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Baiya Briefs

The First New Saiyan

(OC Lore Dump)

As the adoptive daughter of Bulma & Vegeta, Baiya carries the Legacy of the Saiyans in her blood—literally! Created using the dormant DNA found within a healing pod Bulma salvaged from an ancient, crashed spaceship, Baiya is the lab-grown amalgam of hundreds of Saiyans’ genes. The DNA she harbors can bring forth the next generations of Saiyans; if Baiya proves to be stable, then more New Saiyans may one day be made, to then send to a distant, uninhabited planet to start their own colony.

~Additional Info~

Baiya can’t exactly be considered a “clone”, as Bulma’s experiment allowed for her to be formed as her own person. Since she’s not a hybrid, created solely from Saiyan DNA, Baiya would appear with standard Saiyan traits: Black/dark hair, and dark eyes. She also naturally grows a tail.

Generally, Baiya is pretty serendipitous and friendly towards others—she tries to see the best in everyone. If such naive trust is broken, however, she can become surprisingly cold and reserved around said person that broke her trust. She’s dedicated to her training, but sometimes struggles with her fears about being too weak to live up to expectations. Vegeta’s more than happy to give her long-winded speeches about rising above your own potential, lol.

I’ve debated whether to keep this as a part of her character, but I’ll include it here just for funsies: Originally, I had wanted Baiya to have her own “unique” form, called “Killer Instinct”. In exchange for this transformation, I imagined she would have a strange quirk in her DNA that switched out her natural Oozaru/Great Ape form for a smaller manifestation of “pure survival instinct”, functioning similarly to Ultra Ego, but having… Preservative powers? That would keep Baiya alive in her Killer Instinct state until the mortal threat was eliminated. Given this idea came before I went with the idea of Baiya being a “lab-grown” Saiyan, it now, unfortunately, doesn’t quite fit with her character anymore. I think I’d still like to tweak it someday to bring it back, though! The form would give Baiya a “feral” look, with longer, wilder hair, sharper teeth, and burning red eyes like Beast Mode Gohan.

Vegeta, understandably, had… Many, many strong opinions on the experiment, but by the time he found out (after the Goku Black Arc,) it was already too late to stop Bulma. Understandably, he still has his reservations about the whole thing, but he couldn’t resist the excitement that came with there being a possibility of reviving the Saiyan race thanks to Baiya’s creation.

Baiya is the first child of theirs that Bulma has allowed Vegeta to name himself/give a Saiyan name (LOL). Her name is based on Bay Leaves (and also is part of my name, since she’s a self-insert OC.)

Baiya was artificially aged to be around her mid-20’s (25), so that she’d be in the “prime of her life” when brought out. When Baiya was first “awakened” from her (Pod? Tube?), she still had to learn the basics of walking/ambulating & talking. Bulma tried to speed up this process beforehand by finding a way to give Baiya memories of everyone leading up to her creation via implanting videos/memories of past events.

Once Baiya had gotten the hang of… Well, being alive, Vegeta began her combat training immediately. Baiya’s still fairly weak, power-level wise, but she’s a fast learner.

I like to imagine Vegeta sees Baiya as a bit of a “test run” for parenting Bra/Bulla, so he’s not quite as harsh as he was with raising Trunks. As much as he still wants to push Baiya to reach her full potential, keeping Bulla in mind, Vegeta works at a slower pace with Baiya as he takes her through various training drills in the Gravity Chamber.

Baiya finds these repetitive training regimens to get boring pretty easily, so Vegeta will sometimes call in Trunks for sparring matches. When she first started training like this, Trunks was probably in his tweens/just starting high school.

Now that Trunks is in his teens/has taken up his superhero mantle (I forgor the name exactly. Fake fan lol 🫠), the relationship between him & Baiya as adoptive siblings has become slightly strained/tense. Baiya prefers Vegeta’s training style, and feels that Trunks’s vigilantism has led to a more careless attitude about fighting. She worries that he won’t take actual threats seriously; Despite this, she still cares about him immensely. Vegeta’s had to intervene once or twice, when Baiya would push Trunks too hard during training sessions in the Gravity Chamber. She holds this same fear of recklessness for Goten, but to a lesser extent, as the two rarely interact.

Baiya’s on good terms with the Son family; She’ll visit occasionally to bring over a casserole/similar things between Bulma & Chi-Chi. Baiya will also sometimes help Goku out with farming, as she considers it to be endurance training (she kinda just likes playing in the dirt and gardening, lol. Just Girly Things)

Baiya has picked up on Vegeta’s habit of calling Goku “Kakarot”, and she usually refers to him by his Saiyan name while at Capsule Corporation/around Vegeta. Sometimes she’ll mix it up while working with Goku on his farm, but of course, Goku’s generally forgiving about a slip here and there. I imagine he’d likely joke abt it w her, like “Heh, if you keep calling me by that name, I might just think you’re planning to challenge me to an all-out battle someday! Only my rivals call me that!”

(This mildly puts the fear of Kami into Baiya, LOL. She’s much more careful about it now, though maybe Goku would miss it a tiny bit, since she wouldn’t practically spit the name at him like Vegeta does. Idk that’s just me/wishful thinking)

That being said, Baiya does enjoy training with Goku sometimes! Although, she has some difficulty with it, as she’d grown accustomed to Vegeta’s style & method.

Piccolo… Tolerates Baiya, lol. I think he’d understand she has good intentions behind her more bubbly and outgoing personality, and doesn’t mean to overwhelm him. She’ll happily bring him samplers of fancy bottled waters to win him over. Baiya does enjoy helping him babysit Pan sometimes, whenever she happens to visit after Gohan drops her off, and *this* is mostly what’d probably help Piccolo warm up to her.

Speaking of which, Baiya would definitely take up babysitting duties for Bulla while Bulma works on her inventions/business stuff. She’ll sometimes babysit Pan, whenever Piccolo’s unavailable for one reason or another (needing peace and quiet. Valid)

For the most part, Baiya would likely be privately tutored at home, similar to Trunks. Aside from general “how to Earthling” lessons, Vegeta would be giving her lessons on her Saiyan heritage/their lost culture. I imagine Vegeta was very knowledgable of Saiyan culture even as a young child, and I think he probably kept various history books with him during his later years in the Frieza Force to memorize. I would guess though that the crown would have a more narrow understanding of common Saiyan culture, though major holidays would at least be recognized/acknowledged.

Still debating about this idea, but I think it’d be interesting if this led to Vegeta basically raising Baiya as he would Bulla, teaching her how to behave as a Saiyan Princess (despite not sharing the Vegeta bloodline.) This means Baiya would definitely grow up with a sense of diplomacy.

Baiya’s fighting stance would evolve from mimicking Vegeta’s stance, to a blend of her own, low to the ground and loose. Baiya’s fighting *style* eventually comes to her, as she researches acupuncture techniques to target pressure points. Considering she’s a weaker fighter, she chooses to hone her speed and precision over brute force, and has started channeling her Ki into her fingertips when landing vicious jabs to her opponents.

So far, Baiya’s only just barely managed to achieve her Super Saiyan form. I haven’t yet decided if I’ll go with an idea I had, of Vegeta willingly helping her jumpstart her powers with a Zenkai Boost (aka Vegeta willingly helping her go through a controlled, monitored near-death experience in order to simulate a natural Zenkai Boost.) Although Baiya would trust Vegeta with her life, I doubt that Vegeta would ever approve such an extreme measure. He’d probably view it as a shortcut—instead, recommending that they begin more intense training regimens.

Eventually, after Baiya’s a little more capable of taking care of/defending herself, Bulma and Vegeta would approve of her helping out with collecting the Dragon Balls. Baiya would learn & familiarize herself with various vehicles Bulma allows her to pilot/drive in order to seek them out, and give Baiya her own Capsules to take with her for emergencies.

I like to imagine, since Baiya would eventually befriend Piccolo, this would then lead to her making friends with Dende, and visiting him regularly whenever she’s sent out to retrieve the Dragon Balls after their dormant period.

Baiya’s friendship with Dende likely would lead to her eventually visiting New Namek, and possibly even the Sacred Lands (though this would be highly unlikely. I think she could, possibly, pester either Dende or Goku to take her with them to visit, as she’d naturally be curious to know more. I also think it’d be funny to see her interact with a mildly exasperated Shin, who appreciates her interest in Kai culture, but can’t quite handle her energy lol)

Concerning Beerus and Whis… I have a feeling Vegeta likely would hesitate to bring Baiya to Beerus’s Planet, and would deem their training to be above her current abilities to safely keep up with. Baiya would probably grow frustrated with Whis’s tendency to give her vague answers, much preferring straightforward answers to being led to think of answers herself… Though she does try, at Whis’s gentle encouragement. Vegeta would try to keep Baiya from interacting much with Beerus, fearing she’d get on his nerves easily LOL. Not really sure how the two would get along, if I’m honest.

AUs

Since I originally made Baiya as a self-insert for shipping purposes, I do have multiple AUs for her, as a character, involving each ship. (Has little to do with her main story, whatever that may end up being if I write anything properly abt her someday lol)

Raditz x Baiya

I WOULD LOVE FOR RADITZ TO COME BACK. So this isn’t *entirely* ship-only, as I think it could reasonably happen, given Baiya’s personality.

Basically: Bulma would ask Baiya to gather the Dragon Balls for Goku’s (supposed) birthday/the day Grandpa Gohan adopted him. Since Goku’s never made a selfish wish on the Dragon Balls, I think most characters would agree to this idea to gift Goku with this chance. Goku, of course, would likely try to give his wishes to everyone else (I forget exactly how many wishes they can grant now. Three? Three, probably.)

I think Goku would likely remember/be reminded that Baiya has never seen Shenron before, nor made a wish, and I like to imagine he’d want to give her the chance to experience that.

Baiya, having been told about how Goku would probably try to give his wishes away, would have been thinking on what she could wish for as a gift to him. She chooses to revive Raditz, wanting the two to reconcile. This would be regarded, understandably, as a terrible decision by the rest of the characters, despite her heart being in the right place.

This was a bad idea, as Raditz immediately tries to level a city. I’m not exactly sure how this conflict would go, but given the main cast are now powerful enough to pretty easily subdue him, I think something would happen to where Baiya could convince them to let Raditz remain alive (“Can we keep him? Pleeeaaase?”)

Raditz Rehabilitation arc LOL

Shipping-wise, idk if it’d work between Raditz & Baiya anymore, though possibly this could be changed to more of a sibling relationship in the future with a lot of tweaking. The two would butt heads, with Raditz insisting he’s irredeemable/enjoys being “villainous”, and scoffs at the idea of him settling down like some weakling. Perhaps Baiya could eventually break down his walls and convince him life on Earth would be better than rejoining the Frieza Force.

Shallot x Baiya

Disclaimer: I haven’t played Dragon Ball Legends so I feel this ship is half-baked, although it’s fun to imagine lol

Baiya would likely run into Shallot/Vegeta might introduce the two, if they ever visited Conton City (I THINK that’s where Time Patrol HQ & stuff is. Y’all have a free license to yell at me for inaccuracies LOL)

I have a feeling Baiya would get on Shallot’s nerves fairly easily (though she wouldn’t mean to. She’d probably have a crush on him right away, in all honesty, so that’d worsen the effect.)

Maybe they’d bond over food, with Baiya getting him his favorite as a sort of “sorry I pestered you relentlessly at first” gesture of good will.

More likely than not, their relationship would start out with Vegeta requesting that Shallot train with Baiya, to teach her better mastery of her Super Saiyan form, or bringing her along on routine patrols if Shallot deems it safe to take Baiya with him. Baiya would be dazzled by Shallot’s demonstration of alternate forms/learning about Ancient Saiyans in general.

Granolah x Baiya

This ship is absolutely a long shot, as I doubt Granolah would ever consider a Saiyan as a potential romantic interest. That being said, the AMVs I’ve imagined of these two as a Battle Couple will not leave my mind and I enjoy the prospect of this being what finally helps Granolah overcome most of his (reasonable) distaste for Saiyans

I just like the idea of them having a shared interest in preserving their heritage/history and that being what brings them together

I think it’d be funny if Oatmeel teased Granolah abt it and that’s almost the best part

Shin x Baiya

• Another long shot of a ship, and one that I definitely feel would be, uh… One-sided-ish? Shin might be amused by the idea of a mortal having romantic feelings for a Kai/a Supreme Kai, and though he’d be an anxious mess at first, perhaps he’d at least entertain Baiya’s fantasies/slight crush on him. This would likely simply result in them fostering a closer bond as friends, as, ultimately, I’m pretty sure Kai would be banned from romantic dealings/relations with their mortal charges of course

Z/S Broly x Baiya

DBS Broly, I’m not sure about, as I hesitate to ship him with much of anyone (cough rabid fandom on Twitter cough). Personally, I feel he & Cheelai are more like brother & sister, but that’s just me. A ship between them would be cute, and I don’t hate the idea! But, to be fair, this Broly got me into Dragon Ball lol, so he’ll always have a special place in mine and Baiya’s heart XD

Baiya would definitely take interest in him, and possibly ask Vegeta or Whis to introduce them, but the answer would likely be a solid “no”, as they’d likely deem Baiya still too weak to potentially have to deal with Broly’s hair-trigger emotions (despite his vast improvements whilst training under Beerus’s supervision.)

Still, if they met, I think they’d get along well once Baiya understands that he NEEDS calm & chill. It’s not negotiable w Broly *nervous laugh*

Z Broly is purely “I can fix him”/wishful thinking territory LOL

For the Z Broly AU it honestly came from a dream—that this version of Broly exists instead of Super’s version, and that Vegeta & Baiya had agreed to try and distract Broly with an arranged marriage plot/front to distract him while Goku would battle Paragus due to his various nefarious reasons for inviting the gang to the planet asdfghjkl

Nothing much abt staying in-character w this one honestly, though I imagine Z Broly & Baiya might get along as she’d use her diplomacy to sass back Paragus/earn some of Broly’s trust/respect by standing up for his independence etc. so. Purely for delulu funsies

And that’s all that comes to mind for Baiya!! If I think of more then I’ll add it later asdfghjkl enjoy

Addition:

Baiya takes up cooking as a hobby bc Bulma always orders takeout/Vegeta desperately still tries to do it himself but bless this man’s heart bc he’s either had everything served to him or he ate people. So far she’s got instant/microwave meals down so that’s at least a step in the right direction lol

#artbybai #dragon ball #saiyan oc #OC Baiya #lore dump #oc x canon #ramblings

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nevermindirah · 2 years ago

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dirah what are your thoughts on booker and buffy meeting. would they be friends? would they have fun death related stuff to discuss?? inquiring minds want to know!

Booker and Buffy!!!!

Ok first of all an essential fact to know about Buffy is that her formative trauma, before she became the slayer and got a whole boatload of new traumas, was that her dad left. Booker would meet her and immediately go Dad Mode Activate.

I'm picturing two different versions of the same scene, one when Buffy's 15, pre-show, when she's only just recently become the slayer, another when she's all grown up after the show is over. Booker finds himself in Southern California for some reason, one thing leads to another, here he is in an alleyway getting his ass handed to him. A tiny blonde person appears and ends the fight by causing Booker's opponent to disappear into a cloud of dust.

Booker's thinking oh huh I've heard about vampires, guess Andy wasn't making that up, maybe this is the slayer?

Buffy meanwhile is warily eyeing how the enormous gash down the side of this guy's neck seems to be healing itself up like nothing she's ever seen before. "What kind of demon are you?" is the obvious question, to Buffy at least.

Booker explains that he's just a regular human except for the immortality, she's like "weird", he's like "yeah", he asks if she's the slayer, they have a whole exposition dump banter thing to establish their respective universes' rules to each other's fandoms, it's fun and charming and made all the better by the fact that it's not written by Joss Whedon, entertaining all around! Buffy's a little put out that she's got nowhere near the world record on coming back from the dead. She died twice! That's a lot of times to come back from! Booker assures her that this is indeed an impressive number for a mortal and she's not missing out on anything fun by not having died more.

In the version with teen Buffy, Booker says, "I heard slayers were young but merde, you're way too young to be out here doing this. I feel like I should buy you an ice cream to thank you for saving me from possible double immortality."

Buffy makes some kind of joke I can't think of right now but she agrees she'd rather not have a destiny and yeah actually ice cream sounds great.

So they go get ice cream and they have a nice chat about what bullshit it is to be stuck with a supernatural gift-curse thing that turns your whole life to shit. Booker listens to her complain about how being the slayer is ruining all of her clothes and the old guy they assigned to mentor her doesn't get how much that matters to her. Her watcher doesn't get it and maybe Booker doesn't quite get it either but he cares that it matters to her so he listens and he says supportive things and when they part he gives her a nice big dadly hug and it's wonderful 😭

In the version where Buffy's a grownup, Booker offers to buy her a drink and they spend hours at whatever nearby bar commiserating about the various indignities of their respective bullshit destinies.

Buffy asks how old he is, then when her reaction to his answer is "huh you're the same age as my high school boyfriend" Booker gets to have a moment of WHAT, bc age gap discourse is silly in supernatural contexts but also she was sixteen and Booker is feeling very dad feelings about this kid who had to grow up way too fast.

He tells her about his kids and she tells him about her baby sister who's sort of her child bc some monks magic'ed her up out of Buffy's dna. As far as Buffy knows there's only ever been one slayer who gave birth and that didn't turn out super well, but now being the slayer isn't a one at a time thing, maybe being a mom is something she could do? If she wanted that? It feels like a lot to risk, and Booker tells her that parenting is so much scarier and harder than fighting bad guys but also it's the best damn thing.

They maybe play a drinking game about who's seen a weirder villain or had a more embarrassing (near-) death. Buffy's seen an impressive variety of weird demons but Booker's seen an incomparable variety of weird human nonsense and they have to stop doing the drinking game part before they both fall down.

Buffy asks Booker about historical things she always wondered if Angel and Spike were making up. Booker's first thought on Spike: "you willingly had sex with a Victorian?" Then she explains the aesthetic and the trauma bonding and he's like "yeah that tracks". Buffy teases Booker about the possibility that he might someday meet his immortal soulmate, a mystery person who might not even be born yet as they're having this conversation. "You might want to start thinking now about whether you'd be cool with that person affectionately calling you 'old man'." >:)

For those following along, this ask is a response to my tags on this post about coming back wrong except you're just fine it's everyone around you who's wrong now. Buffy didn't come back just fine exactly — Willow magic'ed her out of heaven and she was understandably depressed as shit about it — but Willow 100% "broke [herself] into shards and bloody bargains to get [Buffy] back". And this has gotten me thinking about Booker's mortal family, and especially Jean Pierre. Remember that sweet little kid who wanted his papa to take his favorite doll with him to war to keep him company? What might that little kid have done hoping it would bring his father back?

Immortality had Booker on its shitty destiny list no matter what his family did or didn't do in the hopes it would bring him back alive, but they didn't know that, and the kind of stubborn hope that borders on magic is especially strong in children. I'm imagining Jean Pierre fashioning a golem to go off to Russia and bring back his papa. Someone returns, but is it his papa, with his traumatized mind and mysteriously changed body, or is it some twisted version of his golem wearing his papa's face? And either way why can this seemingly indestructible protector do nothing to stop the cancer? Papa, why?

Well this sure took a turn. Booker and Buffy: friends! With a lot of terrible stuff in common 😭 but charming friend chats too!

#fandom friends #sebastien le livre #buffy summers #tog #btvs #mine

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sonicasura · 5 months ago

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This was the second Transformers timeline—the one where they arrived early enough to save Cliffjumper, menaced Airachnid plus MECH, and helped repair Breakdown. Him, Knockout, and Starscream technically joining this version of the Inertia faction still blew their mind. All they said back before the Terrorcons hit was that the three should remove their Decepticon symbols so no one mistook them still.

Knockout and Breakdown “joined” a little after the Omnitrix User helped to restore Cybertron as a way to pay back a life debt. (Or spark debt apparently.) The seeker—self-imposed true leader of the Decepticons in every other timeline—had officially joined weeks after. As in, swore on ceremony and all. Dart barely had time to process that because it was during one of their shorter visits to check on the Vehicons.

He was the main one out of the three that they knew the least about when it came to simply interacting with him. Starscream was a scientist, so they had kinda dumped a few offhand projects on him to tinker with. How does Cyber Matter react when it’s made with non-Predacon DNA, very very brief tests into accessing the shadow dimension—

“No, Starscream. We do not use live test subjects. By the Omniverse, start with an unintelligent drone or something to make sure the access point’s stable.”

The Seeker was by far the more troublesome of the three former Decepticons yet never on purpose. Dart had to force themself to be very calm even when he flinched away after making a mistake many times in the beginning. Always, always inform him if they were going to be in their Predacon form. (Crest not being given the opportunity to exist in this timeline was a slight low blow. But, Shockwave was arrested so…)

Bygone’s mech mode reminded him too much of Megatron evidently—if the warlord hadn’t already deactivated… He would have been.

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Verbal slip-ups were far more common.

Over four million years of existing and being partially robotically autonomous had a way of ingraining habits. Frankly, they were called and even thought of worse things to be addressed by than Starscream’s accidental slip-ups.

They were severely questioning what a pre and post Dark Energon infected Megatron was thinking as the Seeker started addressing him as “Master”. He seemed embarrassed every time he made that particular mistake toward Dart. Most of the time it was when something scared him, but the rarer slips were when he was working on something and said it without thinking of the present.

His wings drooped whenever he realized.

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The Omnitrix user was under no illusions that Starscream or the other Decepticons were any shade of innocent. But, they were the type to give other beings a chance to atone for their past deeds. Rotting away in prison or being given the death penalty would insure no further harm was caused… Yet it also made sure no good could come from the offenders.

(Always find out what led them to this. Was it a mental health thing that never was given the care it deserved, did small things eventually snowball into escalation, were they hurt?

Always easier to solve others problems.)

Soundwave was not someone they thought they would extend that effort too.

—ROB’d Anon.

This is why Dart rarely mentions the second Transformers timeline. It was incredibly awkward in the beginning to get used to being around a former Decepticon Starscream. Again, the shapeshifter does visit “offscreen”.

Looks like we're back to the second timeline. Even though the Decepticons aren't wholly innocent, you couldn't help but feel bad for them as Megatron is not only an awful leader but an abusive liar too.

#sonicasura #sonicasura answers #asks #anonymous #ben 10 #ben 10 series #ben ten #ben ten series #oc #original character #maccadam #transformers #transformers series #transformers prime #tf #tf series #tfp

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bbeeohazardd · 2 years ago

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[stares at tumblr while shaking my head disapprovingly] they don't even know IRATE's a creature now and that he's in love with Darnold(<- he has not shared any of the IRATE lore outside the re:y2kvr server)

n e ways uhhhh fuckin lore dump

IRATE (ECMS-4-Xen) is a failed prototype for a Black Mesa project, where they were basically trying to make genetically advanced soldiers with Xen DNA. He was the first to actually survive and kept around to be studied to improve upon future generations.

He's a defect due to being tiny and very alien looking with little to no alien abilities aside from shapeshifting.

He was then later stuck together with Benrey due to the two meeting and immediately bonding, Forzen was able to keep Benrey calm and mostly cooperative, so the scientists just said "fuck it" and let them stick together.

Forzen and Benrey are not the same type of Xen creature, but they're very similar.

Then, once the main scientist he was under the care of (Dr. Reece) retired, he was separated more from Benrey and got put through more of the military stuff due to not really having anyone to advocate for him.

Also, he and Dr. Reece do not have a parent-child relationship, while Reece did care about Forzen he didn't see him as his own kid or anything.

He was only there during the ResCas due to the project higher-ups just sending any of the rejects to be death fodder to keep the successful ones alive. He was very much freaking the fuck out during that and just trying to stay alive til he managed to get out.

Once the shit with Gordon happened, he was kept updated by Benrey and only brought in once Darnold (Dr. Right) contacted him due to needing help with Joshua. They became close, but due to Forzen being very much an outsider he more so saw it as just an "oh I'm just helping the Science Team" thing.

Forzen wants to help to prove that he's good, he has a lotta fuckin guilt from being a product of Black Mesa and a very strong moral code. He was created to be nothing more than a weapon, and he doesn't know how to be anything more than that, along with not having any time to adjust or get help for his issues.

Forzen goes into "I have to fix this" mode and tracks down G-Man to make a deal with him to take Freeman's place, though G-Man isn't known for having an honest nature.

The rp and lore stuff has yet to continue, but IRATE now works under G-Man with basically little to no memory of who he was, Freeman is still Freeman and now Darnold is gonna have to figure out what happened and what to do

#i like how i went from 'oh what if i made the hlvrv Forzens that weren't shown' to this #IRATE lore is crazy and ever-growing #and i think about him way too much so here #also the art for Dr. Right will be posted after this because OOUGH I LOVE HIMMM THE DARNOLDDDDD #irate #hlvrv #art #my art

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mommahowls · 2 years ago

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My best friend walked home from school alone about half the time. We lived far enough away that I took the bus. I walked home with him one day to find that he was bullied every single day by the same trailer trash jock. This asshole just happened to not know I have berserker mode in my DNA & chose the day I was walking home with my best friend to dump water on him. I chased that mother fucker for three blocks kicking the shit out of him. Jock wasn't going to hit a girl, but he couldn't have stopped me even if he had. He never even looked at my best friend after that.

BULLIES ONLY RESPOND TO FORCE! they are not misunderstood, they are not closet gays, they are assholes who hurt others because it makes them feel powerful. They won't stop until greater power is used against them.

I graduated high school in 99.

There was a student at our school named Wayne.

Wayne was gay. It was obvious. He was unable to stay in the closet even if he wanted to. To make matters worse, he was also Black. From a bullying standpoint, that was not a great combo. Both Black and white students made fun of him relentlessly. He was ostracized from the only community that may have given him protection. Only us theater kids stuck up for him, but not to significant effect.

Wayne was bullied so much that at one point he finally snapped and attacked his bullies with a lunch tray. I was actually seated in perfect line of sight and just sat there chewing my soggy fries in stunned silence. It didn't even seem real as I was witnessing it. The image of him wailing on his main bully as the food on his tray flew off is permanently logged into my long term memory.

The bully he attacked had blood all over his face and went straight to the nurse. Other than superficial cuts, he was not injured.

Before the attack, Wayne went to teachers for help. He went to guidance counselors for help. He went to the principals for help.

He did all of the things you were supposed to do. No one helped him. They wagged a finger at the bullies and warned them to stop.

Wayne's lunch tray melee was the only thing that worked. His bullies stayed far away from him. But a week later Wayne was expelled and the bullies were given no punishment.

So... no.

No one in my school talked about being trans.

Because the only way to survive being openly queer was to bash people with a lunch tray.

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tellyreviews · 16 days ago

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YRKKH 11th June 2025 Written Update: Smiles, Lies & Little Spies

YRKKH 11th June 2025 Written Update: Smiles, Lies & Little Spies: Myra Plays Cupid in Abhira’s Life. Today in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai Written Update, Abhira, playing Florence Nightingale with extra sass, asks Myra why she’s upset—probably expecting a kiddish pout. But nope, Myra hits back with a real bouncer: “Did you get separated from your parents too?” Yikes. Emotional cricket at its best. Abhira, rattled but pretending to be calm, asks for her parents’ number so she can call them. Simple, right? Wrong. Cut to Geetanjali and Armaan, running around like headless chickens trying to “locate” Myra—as if she’s a wild Pokémon they forgot to catch. Fake Numbers & Fuzzier Families Abhira manages to find Myra’s father’s number—spoiler alert—it doesn’t work. Then, she tries to get Geetanjali’s number. Myra, with the IQ of a baby Einstein, gives her a fake one. Honestly, this kid could win awards for being suspiciously smooth. Kaveri proudly calls Myra “clever,” but Vidya shuts her up—classic Poddar family energy: praise, then instantly panic. Abhira decides to be the adult (again) and take Myra back to the cultural fest. But Myra, the tiny rebellion in action, refuses. She thinks Armaan will drag her to Mount Abu—which might sound fancy to us, but to her, it probably screams boarding school horror. So she clings to Abhira like a koala in crisis. Abhira informs the event organizer and takes Myra home, because clearly, the rest of the family thinks babysitting is beneath them. Myra, though, already starts seeing Abhira as a sugar-sprinkled cinnamon bun. Aww. Police, Please Calm Armaan Elsewhere, Armaan decides to yell at the cops. Because obviously, if you're upset, yelling at law enforcement is the smart choice (it’s not). The inspector tells him to zip it. Geetanjali pulls Armaan back like a seasoned politician handling a rookie, and he’s forced to mutter a sorry. Gritted teeth, bruised ego, but hey, it works. When they learn Myra is with Abhira, Armaan gets her number and attempts to call her. But... Plot twist: Abhira’s phone dies. Literally. No battery. Armaan, now in full Bollywood hero mode, assumes she switched it off on purpose. Sir, relax. It's not that deep. House of Bonding (And Mild Mayhem) Abhira reaches home with Myra, only to be ungracefully dumped with childcare duties by Vidya and Kaveri. While they watch from the sidelines like judges at a parenting contest, Myra throws the cutest chaos. She bumps into gifts and asks about “Pookie” (who?!). Abhira's like, “Don’t touch!” The little girl shrugs and asks why she’s being such a grump. Valid question. Then comes the food fight—emotionally, not literally. Myra refuses to eat, because obviously, hungry drama queens run in the show’s DNA. Meanwhile, Geetanjali asks if they should involve the Poddars. Armaan gives a hard pass. Instead, he wants to contact his friends. Good call. Less chaos, fewer Kaveris. Budding Bonds & Smiling Lessons As the day softens, so does everyone’s heart. Myra begins to melt the ice around Abhira, Kaveri, and Vidya. She talks about Geetanjali and how she wishes she were her mom. Abhira compliments Myra’s smile, and Myra—bless her tiny soul—says, “You should try smiling too.” The roast? “Even my papa doesn’t know how to smile properly.” Boom. Emotional damage served on a child-sized plate. And just when it all seems peaceful... Precap Thunder Abhira narrates a fairy tale to Myra. The kid asks, “Does the prince return to the queen?”—a not-so-subtle jab at Abhira’s royal mess of a love life. As she smiles at the thought, ding dong, enter Armaan—bringing a storm, a confrontation, or maybe… a royal shocker? - Myra is a legend in the making. - Abhira deserves a nap, a hug, and a working charger. - Armaan, please, for once—don’t yell. Stay tuned. Someone’s definitely about to cry tomorrow—and this time, it might not be the child. Read the full article

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arcplaysgames · 2 years ago

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Alice gets bored of these losers and demands that they be thrown in the trash.

I love the little detail that Morgana lands on his feet bc he's a cat, that's really cute.

No one is 'really like' anything, Ryuji, the self is malleable and internal malice that is not released upon the world is toothless. The presence of l'appel du vide does not mean a heart has been corrupted and may not even been a problem in search of a remedy. Our actions in reality are what dictates what is real by definition.

Anyway yeah we're in a trash dump, let's get out of here.

REVERIE WHY DID YOU TOUCH THAT

ooh big spooky block? well well don't mind if I do. THIS IS HOW DOCTOR WHO EPISODE 1x06 "DALEK" HAPPENED, REVERIE!

Now do we say that Sophia or Sophia, because that's super important to me.

What would you like me to become, that's a fascinating question.

Now........ was that a manifestation of what Reverie wants or do you have some kind of prime directive going on? I hope it was Reverie because there would be something understated and sweet about Reverie imbuing a blank slate with his desire for companionship after so long away from his friends.

But also that's probably not what's going on here.

i'm SCREAMING about Morgana being in shocked mode and defaulting to "uh can I help you" HONESTLY says SO MUCH about him

also we're definitely referencing Sly Cooper here right

Persona 5's DNA is literally like 70% Sly Cooper and 30% Bryan Fuller Homoromanticism. That's how you get Persona 5.

man i miss sly cooper.

MORGANA YOU ARE A MEOW MEOW PSSPSSPSSPSS WHISKERY MINT LOVING KITTY CAT. and i love you.

DON'T JUST NOT FINISH THAT SENTENCE, what noun are you putting behind that possessive form, Ryuji, I am DYING to know

are you assuming reverie is adopting another little sister out of the blue bc that does admittedly have precedent. he is an old hand at finding slightly feral traumatized girls and slowly assisting them in acclimating to society.

hm. reverie should be a social worker. he'd probably be great at helping people who have been through traumatic events.

HMMMMMM

/squints at

hm.

we're gonna get along great, sophia, so long as you don't turn out to be a magical manifestation of a spooky phone app that is like Alexa but with Occult powers. please don't wind up being the evil app.

#p5s #persona liveblog

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norasalina · 4 years ago

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Assassins Creed/Marvel Crossover

So I’m just thinking Desmond is standing there, hand on the Eye, burning from the inside out, and then the energy just kind of... snags on something in his brain. And then there’s just like, this collective,

Oh.

And then like very ancestor of his that had Isu blood and touched a Piece of Eden just like, gets data-dumped into his mind, kinda like Altair and Ezio and Connor, but... like, more of them.

And cause I liked this idea so much I went and like, hunted through each of the assassins family lines and managed to put a family tree together that gets... most of them on there, as being Desmonds ancestors, cause it just worked out nicely and I wanted it, so. Yeah.

Spent a whole evening after work on just that, working out dates and locations to see what works out. And since it’s cannon which side of the family some of the characters came from, I just put them in and filled the blanks with Assassins that fit the time frame/ethnicity. Turned out... really well timed and convenient, actually, so I’ll be posting that family tree too at some point cause I’m proud of it.

Anyway. Another weird thing, doing research for this idea led me to discover that a lot of Assassins that had contact with the Pieces of Eden were like, 25/26. Or a bit younger. Which I thought was kinda interesting but also worked out great for my idea cause it boils down to:

When someone with Isu DNA has contact with any Piece of Eden, it like, copies/downloads them from the moment they are first touched. Kinda like how Minerva and them are all super old, but look the same each time. So yeah, they like get an avatar made for them in the Isu database thing, but cause Desmonds been getting his head messed with so much the last few months, he get each Assassin that was ‘downloaded’ but with all their memories, not just the ones up til they touched the Piece or had a kid.

So basically there are a bunch of fully fledged-out people in their early-to-mid twenties ‘bodies’ crowding his brain, getting his memories too, and then the Eye- which had been there so long it became semi-sentient- just kinda goes Oops and tried to shove them back out of Desmonds head, cause it needs that space to do its job, but all the energy it’s producing and the glitching from the Flare and Desmonds Brain and 70,000 year old systems all just kinda... spaz out, so that instead of shoving the consciousnesses into, like, a server, they get shoved into the real world, the massive amounts of energy being sucked up causing Science Magic to happen and then there’s another glitch at the same time and the ‘get them out’ command just kinda goes into ‘Well, Okay Then’ mode, and Out becomes Out If This Dimension, cause you can’t tell me the Isu can calculate the future that exactly and not have found alternate universes after the Flare while trying to find a way to stop the next one.

So yeah, Desmond wakes up in the Temple, arm like, smoking and with glowing lines but not damaged, and looks around to find... uh, Many Assassins, oh no, why are they here, am I dead? Let me be dead, I don’t have to deal with this if I’m dead. But he’s not, and there’s a lot of Historic Figures stumbling to their feet, but they got his memories too so at least trying to explain all this isn’t necessary and them knowing how the Modern World works without needing a PowerPoint presentation is definitely a plus but still what is he supposed to do with them?

Nothing, Desmond thinks, nothing at all, I can just tell the others and let them handle it while I go and pass out until the next apocalypse. Only no one is there, and the Temple looks a lot more... busted up than before, and having several professional free climbers to poke around confirm that yeah, I don’t think this is the same place, or if it is a lot of time has passed since we got here. So Desmond gets them all to Stay Put, Please! and goes out to find the nearest town, discovers that the date is December 13th, 2012, and Iron Man helped save a hospital from being crushed by a giant tarantula. Which... okay. Yeah, that might be a Problem.

So they find out that they’re in a different dimension, with no records or supplies, and research shows that the Assassins and Templars never existed outside of the Crusades. But a bunch of other groups have sprung up to try their hand at World Domination in their place. So what’s a bunch of histories best Assassins to do? Well, rebuild and fight back, of course! And who better to lead them than the man who knows the most of their strange new world?

And that is how Desmond Miles eventually found himself having to stop his family members from killing Hawkeye.

#assassin's creed #desmond miles #fanfic #Brain puff #crossover #marvel #the avengers #ancestors

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vampacidic · 3 years ago

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ok so the lab in “bloody hell” (the name of the series) is trying to create humans that will survive space travel. there are a few things they’re changing about the human species and a few kids that were bred for each change, …. cece has the ability to . listen im not bio smart it has to do with enzymes and sugar and digestion and converting food into energy. jamie and a lot of other kids were dependent on her dna to be able to metabolize food and such. she doesn’t know they exist though or at least not until she met jamie much later on. there are other things she can do though like if SHE consumes someone else’s blood she can telekinetically change the speed of cellular processes related to energy and essentially change their blood sugar. this relates to the space thing with another character serpi but like thats not the only reason she exists. she was also made to be a bioweapon. anyways she escaped the lab with serpi and the help of one of the staff members and her own biological mother and fukcing. stowed away on a boat and made it to spain. shits crazy.

hmmm thatd mean cece's mitochondria were mutated.... i haven't learned How mitochondria make atp just yet but yknow. maybe lysosomes too... they break down shit in the cell with enzymes. sorry. i love biology. if you ever wanna lore dump to me len i'd love to hear it...... this is making my brain go sicko mode lmao

#ask #len 🐻#out of curiosity do they speak spanish then... spain and all #i love learning about friends' oc's..... ehe

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briarlovesclara · 4 years ago

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Dream SMP and Origins Characters Meet HCs

NOTE FROM THE FUTURE: THIS IS BASED ON S1 OF ORIGINS ONLY!

(Wilbur, Niki, Tubbo, Philza)

In this the idea is there’s a portal you can travel through to visit the other reality! Presumably only once but you can stay for however long you want. People don’t usually stay for too long tho.

Ghostbur and Phantombur

They’d be like. Buddies!

Ghostbur visits the Origins Modded SMP

Would compare their different powers ghost-wise vs. phantom

Ghostbur would distract people so that Phantombur could prank them 10000%

Phantombur loves when Ghostbur weaves flowers into his hair :’)

Ghostbur g r a v i t a t e d to Crow Father. His now.

Ghostbur carries a lot of food constantly for Phantombur, they’re pals! Why wouldn’t he?!

Friend isn’t there but Ghostbur feels a lot more peaceful in this universe

Ghostbur is sad that he can’t visit Mermaid!Niki, but that’s okay!

When Ghostbur says goodbye he makes some blue and hands some clear ones to Phantombur. Phantombur can’t fill it up, but the sentiment is appreciated.

Niki and MerNiki

MerNiki goes to the DSMP!

They put her around the community house, and she likes to swim around under the ruins

Finds it weird that a version of her likes arson, but Niki says arson pog so I guess

Very sad that there’s no Wilbur there, and even offers to try to get Phantombur to come to the DSMP, but Niki refuses

Niki makes her bread to eat and to bring back, and MerNiki cooks fish!

MerNiki’s powers do extend so while she visits she helps people out who need it underwater-wise

MerNiki asks to see Ranboo and gives him a hug in the water since EnderBoo can’t come in the water to touch her and out of the water she’s uncomfortably moist to him

Same about Jack Manifold!

She’s glad Niki and JM get along, because it’s hard to really get to know Jack Maniblaze with their differences :(

She finds it amusing that JM makes a pub in every universe, and so does Niki

MerNiki sneaks away for a little and goes under the prison to sing to Dream a little, because she feels like he would like a song and she understands being ostracized

Tubbo and Tubbee

Another one going to the DSMP

Tubbee loves it when Tubbo tells him he has a bunker

He’s slightly less impressed by actual Snowchester, though he gets excited about the nuke bunker

He’s a little afraid but that’s okay!

Tubbo wishes that he could take Tubbee’s DNA for experiments and such to make a weapon/develop the nukes even more (it’s trauma innit), but he can’t :/

Tubbo is confused to discover that Tubbee is not a committed father???? Like wdym you don’t think you would have that dedication and overwhelming love for a child you found in hell

Thank god they’re in the DSMP, not Origins, because Tubbo would try to steal Enderboo /p /lh

Truly, Tubbee dodged a bullet there

Tubbee tries to dump water on Ranboo because he was told it wouldn’t hurt him. It didn’t, but it was a hell of a way to wake up :/

Tubbee coaxes bees over for Tubbo and helps him get extraordinary amounts of honey before he goes :)

Philza and the Crow Father

Crow Father said. Idk about this one boys

They went to Origins this time, and CF was kinda upset about how cagey and weird Philza was?

He refused to see Phantombur, who luckily was not around at the time

Philza was jealous of CF’s Elytra, but they preened each other and it was a sweet moment

Philza just seems genuinely confused about the other versions of his friends

Like Tubbee is. Perplexing for some reason. Him more than the others

Maybe because he doesn’t look the same without those burn marks scarring him, looking like he’d been ripped apart-- and he had

He respects the more casual CF and Techno relationship

Dadza mode ACTIVATED when he finds out about the CF career.

Like you teamed up with w h o to create a scam superhero source? I

Both find the other stuck-up/pompous in different ways

CF leaves Phil alone for 5 minutes and Philza tries to fly again

(CF doesn’t bring up the obviously strained and ruffled feathers Phil comes back with.)

They give each other pieces of glass, Phil as a memoir/something pretty, CF because it looks like a different colored patch of reality (pink in this case!)

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gra-sonas · 4 years ago

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A lot has changed since Roswell, New Mexico last aired.

There's been a global pandemic, a presidential election, a few billionaires spent like 10 minutes in space, and the United States government confirmed the existence of UFOs. Sure, they're calling them "unidentified aerial phenomena," but the gist remains the same: there are probably aliens out there.

"It just made me laugh so hard," Roswell star Jeanine Mason tells E! News of her reaction to the news. "My castmates and I were just laughing and being like, 'WB's PR budget is through the roof this year!' I'm just so impressed. Good work, team!"

In fact, the cast is hoping their devotion to aliens, in the form of their alien-centric TV show, might give them a leg up when the time comes.

"I mean, it's why we're all here. We love it," Mason says. "Anytime something pops up, we're all texting each other like, 'It's happening! It's happening! Maybe they'll come for us first!'"

Until the aliens come for us all, we've got a whole season of Roswell, New Mexico to watch, and a mystery to solve. At the end of season two, Max (Nathan Dean Parsons), Michael (Michael Vlamis) and Isobel (Lily Cowles) awakened a stowaway named Mr. Jones who looked an awful lot like a bearded version of Max.

Not only does that mean that Parsons is pulling double duty this season, but it also means that there's a mystery to solve. What is this guy's deal?

When the finale aired, then showrunner Carina Adly Mackenzie said that he might not necessarily be a villain, and that the story of Max's family history was going to be "complicated." Mackenzie has since left the show, and Mason says the story has changed.

"It's completely shifted in terms of what her intention was," she shares. "We just took it and made our own thing, which was fun."

Now, Mr. Jones is the key to all the answers the aliens—and Liz—have been searching for.

Season three picks up about a year after the end of season two, with everyone in Roswell getting used to their new alien friend and life without Liz. Liz is working at a lab in California, secretly trying to put her alien DNA knowledge to good use while finding a cure for her ailing friend Maria (Heather Hemmens).

While Max has been trying to move on (after Liz basically dumped him for burning down her lab), Liz has been getting to know her new coworker, Keith (Steven Krueger). While the fans may want her to get back to Roswell and Max ASAP, Mason says Liz is living it up in California.

"She hasn't really taken a second to realize that her life in LA is actually pretty great," Mason says. "She's got a smoking hot lab partner who's brilliant, and they really are a meeting of minds, the two of them. They're really fun off the top. I had a really great time cultivating a new kind of romance."

Where Max and Liz were not exactly on the same page, academics-wise, Liz and Keith "speak the same language." But of course, Liz isn't going to just shed years of history with Max that quickly, and she'll be back in Roswell before we know it.

"She willingly goes back because she's just got too much to sort out with this new Jones character, and she gets back in her heroic, 'Let's solve this, let's figure this out' mode," Mason says, though Liz doesn't even yet know about Max's doppelganger. "I think she's pulled to this because it is deeply her purpose, to be a protector of these aliens."

And no matter how much time they spend apart or how many other people they meet, Max and Liz are never just going to be rid of each other.

"We talk so much this season [about] this extended metaphor that [showrunner Chris Hollier] created for Liz and Max of them orbiting each other constantly, and that orbit pulling her back to him," Mason notes, though there are a lot of obstacles for this couple to figure out. "I think ultimately she left because she felt as if she's not being respected enough and included enough and being considered one of this alien trio enough."

But Mason says Liz realizes she's also to blame, for leaving and for not being a great partner, and Liz owns up to that this season, especially after a year away.

"At the end of season two, emotions were just so raw. With Liz and Max, it was like, I can't even look at you," she shares. "It felt good to imagine her having had sufficient time to process."

Liz has also had time to take on a whole new system of injustice with her new job, a massive corporation with a name like Generex. If you're having trouble imagining that a place like that on a show like this has only the world's best interests in mind, you're on the right track!

"That was a really fun thing for Chris and I to craft," Mason says. "He was really passionate about Liz and all of her abilities showing up fully for Generex, and the ways these talented scientists of color who are so deeply underrepresented hope that their work will be a part of servicing the community and the communities they come from and are just often used and abused."

Liz will be trying to contribute and change the world, but wrestling with the fact that the company she's working for isn't morally aligned with her own values.

"You would hope that you would never have to have your career, your progress stifled by companies that are also against you fundamentally, and it just felt like the right thing to honor this season," the actress explains. "She's a scientist, and this is something we can only imagine a lot of marginalized scientists of color and women all deal with."

Mason couldn't spill too many details about where the season is going, but she could say that it's all "bonkers," and the sci-fi of it all has been upped in the face of the pandemic.

"We were like, 'Let's just use their powers.' You don't have to use your powers within six feet!" Mason says. "So things are just flying and exploding and the stunts are insane."

Mason also dropped one early tease that she may or may not get in a little trouble for.

"Chris told me I'm not allowed to say this, but I'm gonna say it anyway: the last two scenes of this season are a game changer," she says. "I cannot wait for OG fans to see them."

#rnm 3x13 #jeanine mason #liz ortecho #rnm spoilers #rnm cast interviews #roswell new mexico s3 #long post is long

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arts-and-drafts · 5 years ago

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Unexpected Delivery

(This is the start of the Big Brother AU! I made it in fic form since my hand was out of commission at the time!)

Cleo hummed absently as she finished up the last of the DNA samples for the cloning tubes. It was routine by now; she was nearly halfway done cloning the other hermits for her zoo, the growing duplicates catatonic in their seperate tubes.

Cleo thought there was nothing wrong with her quote "questionable" science, but the other hermits seemed uncomfortable whenever she casually brought it up. Which was fine! She was sure they wouldn't mind that she didn't tell them they were being cloned this time. She'd take great care of them! It'd be a great feature of the zoo.

Cleo poured the last sample into an empty tube, having already confirmed the cells were reproducing as expected. She gave a soft smile as the tube filled with the liquid she liked to call "human fertilizer", which would help the clones grow to their correct proportions in the span of a few weeks.

Cleo removed her protective lab gear, carelessly throwing her gloves on the ground. She wasn't alive, there was no danger of hazardous disposal. And her lab was entirely Joe-proof, so not even he could mess this up. There was nothing left to do now but wait.

Cleo started in stunned panic at the last tube. Oh no. No no no.

Instead of a recognizable hermit taking shape by now, it was a small, bean shaped fetus. Something was very very wrong.

The other clones were nearly finished, already clearly resembling Cleo's friends. But instead of a nearly fully grown adult, there was a developing BABY in the last tube.

Cleo was terrified. She had no idea what could've gone wrong. She swabbed each hermits individual bases EXACTLY so this had no chance of happening. What was she going to do?! It was too small to even see any definitive traits of who the parents could be, but even if there was, what was Cleo going to do? Just walk up to them and hand them their accidental test tube baby, sorry and good luck?

Cleo paused her panicked fidgeting. That could actually work. She did just successfully create a scientific breakthrough, accidental or not. Surely that was something no-one could be mad at. All things considered she should be very proud of herself, actually. How hard could taking care of a kid be anyway? Cleo found it relatively easy; that's why she was a teacher before she died, after all. She loved the little buggers.

Surely it would be fine. Everything would be just fine.

Cleo sat in front of the cloning tube, now an artificial womb. The soft green light from the tube shone on Cleo's thoughtful face, her eyes focused on the small little creation growing in front of her.

What a miraculous turn of events.

Mumbo was awoken in the dead of night by something banging on the door to his hobbit hole.

He blearily looked around the bedroom, unsuccessfully trying to blink away the sleep from his eyes. He saw the light from his son's charging cord gently pulsing in the corner of the room, Grumbot still soundly resting in sleep mode. Rain battered the glass ceiling of the two-room house, the trees along the coast lashing in the monsoon-like winds.

The banging at the door came again, and Grian stirred at Mumbo's side. "Whazzit." Grian mumbled without opening his eyes. Mumbo listened intently at the knocks.

"Zombie." Mumbo realized, Grian groaning in annoyance in response. "You geddit." Grian stated, waving a hand vaguely towards the direction of the door. Mumbo sighed exaggeratedly, resigning himself. "It's raining," he complained, but was met with pointedly fake snores from his husband.

Mumbo shook his head with a small smile, pulling back the blanket to swing his legs over the side of the bed. He yawned and stretched as he stood up, shaking out his hands before grabbing his netherite sword from the bedside chest. Zombies weren't terribly dangerous, but Mumbo doubted he could take one on without serious damage if he was sleepy.

He swung open the door to his hobbit hole, sword poised to strike, but stopped suddenly as he recognized Cleo's face staring back at him, sopping wet and holding a mess of blankets. "I guess I was right," Mumbo stammered with a small laugh, not knowing what else to say. "There was a zombie at my door."

"Very funny." Cleo scoffed, wrinkling her nose to signify no harm done. "What--it's the middle of the night, what are you doing here?" Mumbo asked, sheathing his sword and yawning again.

Cleo opened her mouth, but was instantly cut off by a massive thunderclap. The mess of blankets she was holding suddenly came to life, squirming and bawling its lungs out.

Mumbo stared as Cleo frantically shushed the thing in her arms, gently rocking it back and forth. "Is that a baby?!" Mumbo gasped. "I would love to come in, if you don't mind." Cleo said dryly, purposely ignoring his question.

"O-Oh, of course--get out of this weather, goodness--" Mumbo stuttered, moving aside.

"Hold this." Cleo said distractedly, shoving the screaming bundle of soaked blankets into Mumbo's arms after he shut the door to the raging storm. Cleo shook off the water like a dog, spraying Mumbo and his nice furniture with a shower of droplets. "Ack--Cleo, come on!" Mumbo complained over the wailing of the creature in his arms.

"It's fiiine." Cleo responded, wringing out her hair over the doormat. "You can't just say 'it's fine' whenever you do something," Mumbo muttered, knowing he was fighting a losing battle. He turned his attention to the bundle in his arms as Cleo peeled off her soaked striped socks.

Mumbo pulled back the top covering of the screaming heap, revealing what he'd recognized from the beginning; a small human baby, very clearly newborn.

"Is that a baby?" Mumbo looked up to see Grian, out of bed and staring at the poor thing in Mumbo's arms. "Hi Cleo. Oh hi Grian! I'm doing great, thanks for asking!" Cleo flipped her hair back from her face and glared at Grian, the avian sticking his tongue out at her in return.

"Here--can you get new blankets, Gri? These are soaked." Mumbo asked, unconsciously slipping into Dad Mode. He freed the still crying baby from the soaking bundle, unceremoniously dumping the blankets on the floor.

Cleo moved to sit her wet butt on Mumbo's nice couch as he tried to quiet the baby. "Where--where did it come from? Why the middle of the night?" Mumbo stammered, wordlessly handing the child over to Grian, who had returned with clean warm blankets. The baby was dressed in a plain leather tunic, something Grian quickly replaced for an old nightshirt of Grumbot's. It was still too big, but at least it was dry.

Cleo took a breath, clasping her hands together on her knees. Mumbo and Grian sat on the couch across from her, the baby finally quieting from ear-splitting wails to snuffled fussing. "Please explain, Cleo. Who's is it?" Mumbo pleaded, moving a hand through his hair.

"Well, ah, it came from my lab." Cleo began nervously. "Yes, I have a lab." She interjected at Mumbo's surprised look. "And uh. Well, it's yours."

Grian snapped his head up from the baby, having the same shocked-slash-confused look as Mumbo. "Wh--what? Sorry?" Mumbo stammered. "We're both boys." Grian stated stupidly. "Men. We're men." He corrected, going red.

Cleo rolled her eyes. "It's not a traditional baby, dummies. It's a test tube baby. A--an accidental one." Cleo wrung her hands awkwardly at Mumbo and Grian's faces.

"How do you make an accidental test tube baby, Cleo?!" Mumbo exclaimed. He wasn't mad, just--well, extremely confused. "Why were you making a test tube baby in the first place?!" Grian continued. Cleo held her hands up in surrender. "I--okay--I'm making a hermit zoo exhibit! And I'm cloning you! For the zoo! And uh--well, THAT happened." Cleo explained, gesturing at the small being in Grian's lap. "I individually swabbed your bases, so--I'm not really sure how it happened?" Cleo stuttered.

Mumbo stared. "Cleo. We're married. We live together." Mumbo said, holding up his hand to display the ring Grian had made him.

Cleo stared back. "Oh. Well, that would make sense." She rubbed the back of her neck self consciously. "Cleo, you came to the wedding!" Grian stated incredulously. "You were my groomsmaid!!" Cleo winced. "Right. That's right. I remember now." She said apologetically.

"I--anyways. That baby is a perfect mix of your DNA, so--I mean, technically speaking, I managed to create life without the use of traditional means, so you should be not mad, you should be impressed, really." Cleo rambled.

Mumbo opened his mouth and then closed it again. His redstone brain was truly very impressed, actually, but his parent brain took over. "So you just--gave us a baby? We have a baby now, that's it?" He asked, his voice pitching.

Grian gasped quietly next to Mumbo, pulling his attention from an increasingly nervous Cleo. Grian was staring at the baby, who had finally quieted into idle murmuring. "He has your eyes, Mumby." Grian whispered, his voice catching. Mumbo leaned over, startled to see the same shade of red as his staring back at him. "Oh," Mumbo breathed, a strange feeling coming over him.

Grian held out his finger to the baby and was immediately grasped by the tiny thing's button-sized hand, letting out a coo of endearment and peeking the smallest of smiles. The baby was a naked newborn, hardly a day old, but Mumbo was instantly struck by how much the little smile reminded him of Grian.

Mumbo finally looked away from the baby to Cleo, who brandished a smug grin. Mumbo huffed in annoyance he couldn't bring himself to feel.

"Well...he needs a name." Mumbo reluctantly stated, silently accepting the new member to the family that Cleo had brought them. Cleo grinned wider, undoubtedly coming to the same conclusion that he had.

"Jrum--wait." Grian bit on a laugh. "We can't call him Jrumbot, Grian." Mumbo corrected dryly over Cleo and Grian's giggling. "Okay, how about Junior, then?"

Mumbo wrinkled his nose. "That sounds patronizing. And cliche." He disagreed. Grian hummed in thought while their unnamed son sucked on his finger.

"Okay, how about Juni? That's got a nice ring to it," Grian suggested. Mumbo smiled. "You're just saying that because you can't think of another name than Junior." He teased, letting out a laugh when Grian shoved him in response.

"I like Juni." Cleo piped up, visibly more relaxed after knowing they wouldn't be mad at her.

Mumbo looked down at their new son again, his bright red eyes now curiously swiveling around to everything he could see. He was so young, so small and fragile, and yet Mumbo could already see so much life in him.

"Yeah." Mumbo said, swallowing a sudden lump in his throat. "I like Juni too."

#big brother au #hermitcraft fic #grumbot lives au #meraki post

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