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randomposterofstuff · 4 years ago

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An in-depth analysis of Mikasa’s character development in relation to Eren and Levi

Author's Note: Hi, all! As I was re-reading and going over my previous post/analysis titled "On the change of dynamics of Mikasa's relationships with Eren and Levi," I realized that there were some points that I should've/could've included. Lol. I also came up with other points of analysis as well as arrived at other realizations concerning Mikasa's connections with Eren and Levi. So, I've decided to post them here. This post can be considered a continuation of the previous analysis since it supplements and further expounds on the last post's points. But this can still stand on its own since it also talks about additional issues. Haha. If you want to read the previous post, the link is up there. Hehehe.

Fair Warning: This is a very long post. Lol.

This post will analyze the following:

1. How Mikasa's connection to Eren is rooted in their shared history. This was already touched upon in the previous post, but this post will expound more on this.

2. How Mikasa's character development is affected by Eren's own character development. How her development as a character is affected by this will also be discussed. This segment will also analyze how Mikasa's connection to Eren became strained because of the latter's drastic change in the latter part of the series.

3. How "Chapter 138: A Really Long Dream" is about Mikasa finally letting go of and "waking up" from her dream. This post shall also analyze how Chapter 138 is actually the climax and turning point of Mikasa's character development concerning Eren.

4. How Eren represents Mikasa's dream, while Levi represents her reality. This will be further expounded on later.

From the foregoing topics, it’s clear that this is a primarily Mikasa-centered analysis. Haha. I just had so many thoughts running through my mind about her development that I was eager to make this post. Lol.

So, anyway, we now delve in:

1. Mikasa's connection to Eren is rooted in their shared history.

In the series, most of Mikasa's actions and reactions tend to either revolve around or be connected to Eren. About this, it is necessary to take into account their relationship and shared history.

Before Mikasa met Eren, she was a young girl who lived a relatively peaceful and quiet life with her loving parents. But then, all that changed when human traffickers killed her parents in front of her eyes and kidnapped her to sell her as a sex slave.

During this time, she was just an innocent young girl who hadn't experienced much of the world yet. So, one can only imagine the pain, shock, and trauma that she must have felt during her brief period of captivity. Being so young at the time, she was understandably shaken and scared – having had her family and her innocence forcibly and violently taken away from her.

However, hope came in the form of a young Eren who had gone looking for her on his own when he and his father discovered her parents' bodies. When he found her, he wasted no time taking action and immediately killed two of her captors before freeing her. When the third captor arrived and tried to strangle Eren, he told her to fight. At first, she was scared to do so, as evidenced by her shaking when she held the knife Eren used to cut her binds. While he kept telling her to fight, memories suddenly flashed in her mind, and they made her realize that they lived in a cruel but beautiful world. During this time, her dormant "Ackerman powers" awakened and thus gave her the strength and courage to actually fight and deliver the killing blow – thereby freeing both herself and Eren. As we all know, in the aftermath, the Yeagers took Mikasa in, and Eren gave her his scarf when she said that she felt cold.

As mentioned before, Mikasa and Eren's shared history is important. This is because it defined the early dynamics of their relationship. Eren was literally and figuratively her savior. He saved her from captivity and from a potential future of abuse. He also saved her from loneliness and despair. When she lost her biological parents, she found a new family in Eren, Grisha, and Carla. The Yeager parents treated her warmly and kindly, and Eren was her constant companion (apart from Armin, of course). Having experienced the severe trauma of violently losing her parents, she never wanted to lose anyone precious to her ever again. This is evidenced by the following situations in the series:

a) When she and Eren desperately wanted to save Carla from the Smiling Titan in Season 1. Neither she nor Eren wanted to leave her behind. So, when Hans carried them away to safety, Mikasa was visibly crying and heartbroken.

b) When she attacked Levi with tears in her eyes when he initially declared that he would use the Titan serum on Erwin instead of Armin. Armin, alongside Eren, was one of the most precious people left in her life. As such, the idea of losing him was painful. When Levi eventually decided to save Armin instead, Mikasa wept tears of joy when Armin fully recovered after eating Bertolt.

c) When Mikasa cried upon seeing Sasha's dead body. While the development of their friendship wasn't fully shown, it was clear that Sasha meant a great deal to Mikasa as the former's death affected her deeply.

About Mikasa not wanting to lose anyone close to her, it is evident and apparent that Eren was the most special person in her life. This is not surprising since Eren was the one who literally saved her, and there's also the fact that he was the only one left of her adoptive family. Apart from these, I think that the following reasons are also possible and probable causes as to why Eren was the most special:

a) Eren was her source of hope and strength. When she fell into despair when she was kidnapped, Eren gave her hope when he came to her rescue. It was also during the struggle against her captors that she awakened her inner Ackerman power. So, she might have attributed her then new-found strength to him.

[Side note: I'm aware that Eren was lying when he commented that Mikasa had responded to his "command" to fight back then because she mistakenly thought that he was a "royal host." In the “Attack on Titan ANSWERS” guidebook, Isayama-sensei himself stated that "[Mikasa, Levi, and Kenny] are all part of the same Ackerman bloodline. However, their reasons for protecting their respective counterparts do not have anything to do with the bloodline itself—it is just their nature." When I said that Mikasa attributed her then new-found strength to him, I was talking in figurative and emotional terms. Lol.]

Screenshots taken from Season 1, Episode 6 of the “Attack on Titan” anime

b) In her eyes, Eren represented the good in their cruel world. Because of Eren, Mikasa realized that the world is cruel but is also beautiful – meaning that there's also good in it

Screenshots taken from Season 1, Episode 7 of the “Attack on Titan” anime

My take is that all of these things shaped and formed the beginnings of Mikasa's connection to Eren. Their shared history influenced Mikasa's overly protective nature towards him and her affection for him. Eren was the foundation of her strength and a constant reminder that there was still good in the cruel world they lived in. As such, she would have done anything to protect him and all that he meant to her.

This is particularly important as we proceed to the second point of this analysis, which is how Mikasa's character development is affected by Eren's.

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2. Mikasa's character development is affected by Eren's.

For the most part of the series, Mikasa has been characterized by her strong urge to protect Eren. The reasons behind this protective nature of hers have already been expounded earlier. At this juncture, I shall now discuss how Mikasa was affected by the kind of person Eren used to be.

Specifically, this portion of the analysis will be divided into two (2) parts: the first will be about their character developments during the pre-Marley arc. The second will be about their developments during the Marley arc and going onwards.

a) Pre-Marley Arc

As previously mentioned, Eren was her literal savior. And she saw firsthand how he would willingly place himself in danger to protect others. She appreciated Eren's good-nature. And she likely saw him as a sort of embodiment of the things that make the cruel world they live in more bearable and more beautiful.

It is essential to consider the kind of person that Eren used to be before the Marley arc. Before the truth of the world and the Titans was revealed, Eren was a mischievous and stubborn child. Still, at the same time, he was also good-natured, determined, selfless, and courageous. His resolve, courage, and desire to protect others were further amplified when the Warriors of Marley attacked his hometown of Shiganshina and when the Smiling Titan ate his mother.

The early stages of Eren's development are relevant to Mikasa's own development. Due to his well-meaning nature and their shared history, Mikasa felt strongly inclined to side with him and protect him at all times. While this is understandable on her part, it has also proven to be problematic.

Her disposition towards Eren impaired her judgment

For instance, it has been shown on more than one occasion that Mikasa's affection for Eren has impaired her judgment. This has been exemplified in the following cases:

a) Back in Season 1, when both she and Armin thought that Eren had been killed, Mikasa went on a reckless rampage on her own against the Titans which invaded Trost. To be fair, she was grief-stricken under the circumstances. Nonetheless, her actions were still irresponsible, and she nearly lost her own life because of them.

b) When she recklessly went after Annie in her Female Titan form after the latter had captured Eren in the Forest of Giant Trees outside the Walls. Mikasa would have probably been killed had Levi not arrived. Furthermore, because of her rage towards Annie during this time, Mikasa disobeyed Levi's order not to engage Annie in battle. Her decision endangered her; it also resulted in Levi's injury, which rendered him unable to fight for some time.

It also narrowed her priorities and way of thinking

As mentioned in my previous post, Mikasa is not cruel or heartless towards others. It has been shown that she has empathy for innocent and helpless people. This is likely because of her own experiences with being powerless. The following instances exemplify this:

a) When she saved Louise and her mother from one of the Titans that had invaded Trost.

b) When she threatened Dimo Reeves with her sword when he refused to allow the district's defenseless citizens to pass through the pathway leading to the protected areas until all of his merchandise and goods were carried through. She only relented her threatening demeanor and actions when he had this cart moved to the side to make way for the citizens to pass.

However, because of the extent of her concern and devotion to Eren, Mikasa seemed to disregard nearly everything else whenever he was in danger.

An example of this was during the Struggle for Trost and Eren's military trial in Season 1. When Eren transformed to begin the mission to seal the Wall, he initially lost control and attacked Mikasa and the others. It is worth noting that it was unintentional on his part. However, that does not change the fact that his loss of control nearly jeopardized the mission and placed his comrades in danger.

While the mission was ultimately successful, Eren's loss of control was still a serious source of concern. Because of this, he was temporarily imprisoned. It was also decided that there would be a trial to see if he was either a threat or an asset to humanity within the Walls.

During this time, Mikasa was understandable apprehensive, and worried about Eren. It is worth noting that, as mentioned in my previous post, she was more concerned about him than the fact that he was still a potential threat at the time. It should be remembered that during this time, the inhabitants of Paradis (save for a select few such as the royal family and their followers) were ignorant of the truth about Titans and the world. As such, the fear directed towards Eren was valid and understandable. Yet, despite this, Mikasa was still singularly focused on him.

This is evidenced by the following:

a) Her glaring at Rico when it was revealed that the latter had mentioned Eren's loss of control in the report that they had submitted. When Rico responded with, "Did you expect me to lie in a report?" Mikasa simply continued to glare at the Garrison soldier. On this, Rico was clearly in the right for telling the truth since Eren's powers were still a mystery and still potentially harmful to others. Yet, Mikasa was probably too worried about Eren to realize this.

b) When she attempted to attack Levi when the latter began to physically beat Eren. She would've undoubtedly intervened had Armin not stopped her. I had already expounded on this in my previous post, but I will just add the pertinent excerpts here:

"The display was necessary to emphasize and prove that Levi, who is widely known as "Humanity's Strongest Soldier," was best suited to subdue Eren should he lose control of his abilities. Because of this, the Scouts were able to convince the Military Police and Premier Zackly that they should be given custody over Eren. At the time, Mikasa was gravely concerned about Eren's well-being and was perhaps too furious at Levi to think about anything else. Because of this, she probably did not immediately realize that Levi had effectively secured Eren's relative safety at the end of the day. "

"During the trial, the MPs spoke of planning to dissect him, among others. Conversely, the Scouts proposed that he participate in an upcoming scouting expedition to determine whether he is a threat or not. They also suggested that Eren be placed under Levi's direct supervision so that he could be subdued in the event of an incident. While the latter proposal still entailed some degree of violence, it was far less hostile and more beneficial to Eren than the MP's proposal."

To conclude this part, I think that Mikasa focused more on the fact that Eren never meant any harm. And she probably thought that Eren should not be punished because of this. Again, all of this shows how Mikasa was inclined to always side with Eren (even though his actions may sometimes do more harm than good) because of his good and well-meaning nature and their shared history.

b) Marley arc until the present time

The second part of this segment shall now discuss how Eren's drastic and dark development affected Mikasa.

As mentioned before, Mikasa always sided with Eren because of their past and his good nature.

However, when Eren began changing for the worse, their relationship began to deteriorate. As mentioned in my previous post, they slowly but surely drifted apart until they lost their common ground.

At the start of the Marley arc (which is the beginning of the fourth season in the anime), Eren's personality had noticeably become darker. This is evidenced by his horrible actions, which endangered and cost lives, such as the following:

a) When he executed his and Zeke's plan to raid Liberio so that they could both escape to Paradis Island. As a result of this plan, countless innocent civilians and children were killed in the process. Furthermore, several of his comrades from the Survey Corps/Scouting Regiment lost their lives, including Sasha.

b) When he initiated the Rumbling with the intention to destroy all of humanity not residing within Paradis Island. This plan and course of action would eliminate both their enemies who were actively plotting to attack Paradis and millions of innocent civilians and bystanders.

At this point in time, Eren had changed from a good-natured and compassionate soldier dedicated to protecting innocents to a depressed and violent extremist. This change was triggered by the revelation of the truth about the world and his gaining access to the memories of the past and future inheritors of his Attack Titan.

With regard to how his terrible change affected Mikasa, it is clear that she was clearly disturbed by it.

Mikasa had begun to acknowledge that Eren was no longer the "good" in their cruel world.

During the raid on Liberio, she was visibly distraught and affected by Eren's destructive actions. It seemed that she was in disbelief – she even asked him if he was aware that he did things that cannot be undone. As mentioned in the previous post, Mikasa was even more distressed because Eren consciously caused the destruction and did not appear to show any remorse.

It is worth noting that Mikasa's empathy for innocent and defenseless people, especially children, was highlighted in this scene. When she asked Eren if he was aware of his actions' consequences, there were tears in her eyes.

Screenshots taken from Season 4, Episode 6 of the “Attack on Titan” anime

At that point in time, Mikasa had begun to realize that the Eren she once knew was no longer with them. She had started to see that Eren no longer represented the good in the world; and that he had become a source of what makes it cruel.

Mikasa felt conflicted because she was in denial.

Throughout the Marley arc events up until the Rumbling arc, Mikasa still held on to the hope that Eren could still change for the better. It is true that she believed (or maybe desperately wanted to believe) that Zeke was manipulating him, but does not change the fact that Eren was acting on his own accord.

On several occasions, Mikasa had expressed her desire to talk to Eren and kept insisting that sense could still be talked into him. I think that this is an indicator that she was in a state of "pseudo-denial."

I used the term "pseudo-denial" because, from how I see it, Mikasa was already aware that Eren was no longer the same person who saved her. That he was no longer the same person who insisted that Historia eat him so that humanity can be saved. That he was no longer the same person who would jump right into battle to protect innocent people; that he had turned into someone who had harmed and would continue to harm innocent people. However, it appears that Mikasa did not want to accept this fact. This is why she kept insisting on talking to Eren in the slim chance that he could still be persuaded to abandon his plan of initiating the Rumbling. She was torn between reality and her personal sentiments. In short, she still hoped that the kind person who stood up for the helpless and who saved her from bondage was still in there somewhere. This exemplified by this scene from Episode 14 of Season 4:

Screenshots taken from Season 4, Episode 14 of the “Attack on Titan” anime

This pseudo-denial placed her odds with her allies and comrades. The others, such Armin, Annie, and Levi, had already accepted that Eren needed to be killed in the worst-case scenario. On this, it's apparent that Mikasa knew that they were right considering the circumstances. But she still felt conflicted because she still hoped that Eren could be convinced to not go through with his plans. However, that hope was dashed when Eren himself told them that the only way to stop him was to kill him. Yet, even then, she was still hesitant and conflicted.

Mikasa had matured because of their strained connection and had begun outgrowing her bond with Eren.

In a way, Mikasa was still holding onto the past. On this, Eren's dark character development is what caused their relationship to deteriorate. As previously discussed, Mikasa's connection to Eren is rooted in their shared history and the type of person he used to be. In the past, Eren was her savior, her family, and her source of strength and hope. But when he stopped being those things to her, the foundation for their bond was lost.

While it is tragic and drastic for Mikasa, this caused her to become more keenly aware of other priorities. She became more cognizant of the stakes involved rather than just focusing on Eren. Although she still cared greatly for him, she was no longer singularly focused on him. She became wise and mature enough to not turn a blind eye to the danger and threat that he posed. This in sharp contrast to how she acted in the past. Before, she would always place Eren's welfare first before nearly anything else. But because of recent developments, she finally began to realize and understand that there were other things more important than Eren. And I think that this is a significant turning point for her since he had affected and influenced her for most of her life.

Before Chapter 138, Mikasa was still in a state of "pseudo-denial" because of her hope for a more peaceful solution in dealing with Eren. But I think that the fact that she started feeling conflicted was the start of her process of outgrowing her bond with Eren. This is because she knew that she could no longer just turn a blind eye to his actions and their devastating effects.

The significance of her process of outgrowing her connection with Eren will be further expounded in the next point of analysis below.

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3. "Chapter 138: A Long Dream" is about Mikasa finally letting go of and "waking up" from her own dream.

It has already been established that Mikasa had dreamed of living a peaceful life for the longest time. She dreams of one that is similar to the kind she once had with her parents. In particular, Mikasa wanted to live such a life with her loved ones, particularly Eren. The "dream" she had during this chapter is evidence of this.

It is unclear whether what Mikasa saw was a dream, a hallucination, a vision, or, as some fans speculate, a memory from an alternate reality. In any case, it was not the reality that she lived in.

I've already stated earlier that her process of outgrowing Eren and their bond was significant. Concerning this, I think that the said process was part of a slow build-up towards her decision to finally let Eren go and kill him.

As previously mentioned, Mikasa seemed to have difficulty accepting that the Eren of her past had turned into the Eren who wished to destroy all of humanity outside of Paradis. She had struggled to fully acknowledge and accept this fact because it was too painful for her. However, as the situation started to become more drastic and desperate, she realized that she had no other choice but to face reality.

But even though she knew this, she still felt conflicted. Even when Eren told them that the only way to stop him was to kill him, she was still hesitant. She knew what needed to be done but could not accept it because of her attachment to Eren.

On this, I think that the "dream" or vision (or whatever it really was) that she had during the battle is representative of the kind of life she wishes and dreams for. When she, Levi, and the remaining Titan shifters were the only ones left to fight, she started having another headache. And when Levi told her that they were the only ones left who could kill Eren, her head pain intensified until the dream/vision started playing in her mind.

This is my take on this moment: the headache represented Mikasa's conflicted feelings. She knew that Eren needed to be stopped to save humanity. She knew that the rest of the world did not deserve to suffer from the cruel fate that Eren wished to bestow upon it. But her emotional attachments held her back from taking action. As for the dream/vision, I think it was her way of arriving at an epiphany and decision. And on this, maybe it was this dream/vision that gave Mikasa the resolve and courage to finally accept the reality. I will expound further.

In the dream/vision, Mikasa was crying. She said that she "shouldn't be there." And then dream-Eren spoke about their decision to run away from the Marleyan-Paradis conflict so that they could live in isolation and in peace during the last few years of his life. Dream-Eren then apologized for "bringing up the past."

Screenshots taken from Chapter 138 of the “Shingeki no Kyojin” manga

I personally think that this was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. During this dream/vision, Mikasa finally realized that her wish and dream to live a peaceful life with Eren could no longer come true. Her dream was born in the past, and if there was any chance of it happening, it had already passed by. Mikasa finally realized that attaining her dream was already impossible at that point.

I also think that when dream-Eren told her to forget about him after he dies, this could be interpreted as Mikasa realizing that if she were to finally have a quiet and peaceful life, then Eren would not be a part of it.

Screenshots taken from Chapter 138 of the “Shingeki no Kyojin” manga

Furthermore, Mikasa saying that she "had a long dream" could mean that she finally let go of her life-long wish/dream so that she can wake up to the reality she needed to face. It could be interpreted as her choosing to give up on Eren for good to make the world a less cruel place. On this, her decision to kill Eren herself was likely her way of letting him go and saying goodbye. It was the climactic resolution and outcome of her internal conflict where she struggled to choose between doing the right thing (saving humanity) and holding on to the most special thing in her life (Eren). In the end, she chose humanity over him because she knew that if she chose him, then their already cruel world would become darker and crueler.

Screenshot taken from Chapter 138 of the “Shingeki no Kyojin” manga

A quick note on Mikasa saying that she can’t forget Eren:

Some people might say that Mikasa’s declaration that she can’t forget Eren means that she decided not to let him go. I personally disagree with this. It is completely possible to move on from someone and let them go without forgetting them. In Mikasa’s case, I think that by saying that she won’t forget Eren, she meant that she will always remember the peaceful, good, and happy times that they had together. I also think that it means that she will fondly remember Eren as the good person he used to be.

I think that it’s understandable and fair that Mikasa chooses to remember the good times and the good things. Because, for better or for worse, Eren was still a huge and influential part of her life. The old Eren and the good times they had together were very much real, and the happiness she felt during those times was also genuine and valid. I also think that her decision to wear the scarf around her neck before delivering the killing blow was her way of saying, “I’m letting you go. But I will always value the good moments we had together. Goodbye.”

Screenshot taken from Chapter 138 of the “Shingeki no Kyojin” manga

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4. Eren represents Mikasa's dream, while Levi represents her reality.

This is a personal take and interpretation of the possible symbolisms connecting Mikasa and Levi in Chapter 138.

During the final battle against Eren, only Levi, Mikasa, and the titan-shifters were left to fight. And during this battle, Mikasa started to have her dream/vision. While dealing with her conflicted emotions, she began to drift to her "dream" about Eren and away from reality. And while she was drifting away, Levi kept telling her to "stay with [him there]."

Screenshot taken from Chapter 138 of the “Shingeki no Kyojin” manga

This could be interpreted as Levi being the voice calling out to her to stay in the current reality and not get lost in her distant and impossible dream. It is interesting to note that before she began "dreaming," an image of Eren as a child was shown, followed by a panel of a close-up of Levi's mouth with no dialogue. Meaning that everything around her had already faded away before she was immersed in her dream during that time.

Screenshots taken from Chapter 138 of the “Shingeki no Kyojin” manga

This could symbolize the inner conflict and turmoil that Mikasa was experiencing. She was torn between holding on to the past and accepting the present.

When she woke-up, both literally and figuratively, Mikasa had decided to let go of her dream and of Eren. She finally accepted the reality and returned to it. She returned to Levi's side and faced reality alongside him.

Screenshot taken from Chapter 138 of the “Shingeki no Kyojin” manga

Following this line of thought, this symbolic moment could foreshadow the kind of relationship they would have in the future. Considering that this final stand against Eren might very well be the most important battle of their lives, it would be reasonable to assume that they might form a deeper connection and relationship in its aftermath. They finished it together, so perhaps (and hopefully) it means that whatever the future might bring, they would also face it together.

Going back to how Eren and Levi are symbols, Eren represents her dream. Eren is not only a part of it; it is also linked to her past. Mikasa knew that her dream was impossible to achieve at that point and that it was necessary to finally let it go.

Levi, on the other hand, represents her reality. The reality she currently lives in is cruel and harsh. However, she can control what she does in it and what she makes of her life in the said reality. In other words, her reality is full of possibilities and various choices. This is in contrast to her dream of a life with Eren, which was impossible to attain. Furthermore, she only had two (2) choices as to what to do with the dream. It was either to keep holding on to it despite its impossibility or to let it go completely.

Thus, it can be said that Eren represents and symbolizes “what could have been”. Whereas, Levi represents “what could be”. Prescinding from this, there really is a good chance of Mikasa and Levi growing closer in the future.

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Author’s Note: Well, that’s all for now. Lol. I know that this post is very, very lengthy. Hahahaha. So, I really appreciate you guys for taking the time to read it. I tried my best to make it as organized and as clear as possible. I hope that it makes sense. Haha. I might post more analyses in the future. Hehehe. Let me know your thoughts and opinions!

#rivamika #levimika #mikasa ackerman #levi ackerman #levi x mikasa #mikasa x levi #eren jeager #eren yeager #eren jaeger #eren and mikasa #attack on titan #aot #shingeki no kyojin #snk

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sherlokiness · 4 years ago

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The Drowned Man

When you are a little older, many a man will drown in those eyes.

This is what Littlefinger says to Sansa.

The man kept staring at him, with eyes as big and black as wells. I will fall into those eyes and drown.

Jon says he will fall and drown. No nonsense. HE WILL.

Finally posted this since an anon said this was apparently Jonrya foreshadowing?? We have LF saying many a man will drown in THOSE EYES while we have Jon, a man, saying he will fall into THOSE EYES and drown. Familiar pieces of dialogue are repeated again to foreshadow something.

Barristan Selmy could not dispute the truth of that. He had spent the best part of his own life obeying the commands of drunkards and madmen.

The last two Kings were a drunkard(Robert) and a madman(Aerys)

He laughed . . . and when the king laughs, the court laughs with him.

Jon laughed, laughed like a drunk or a madman, and his men laughed with him.

One of my favorite King Jon foreshadowings,

He began to flex his hand, opening and closing the fingers. If he let his sword hand stiffen and grow clumsy, it well might be the end of him, he knew.

And before he died

Men were screaming. Jon reached for Longclaw, but his fingers had grown stiff and clumsy. Somehow he could not seem to get the sword free of its scabbard.

Let's look at the other examples

No, she was one of mine, gods love her, black hair and these sweet big eyes, you could drown in them.

Robert could drown but?(They're talking about Jon's mother)

Long dark hair and blue eyes you could drown in, and he had.

Tyrion could drown and had actually drowned

She could only imagine what it would be like to pull up his tunic and caress the smooth skin underneath, to stand on her toes and kiss him, to run her fingers through those thick brown curls and drown in his deep brown eyes.

Sansa wants to drown

Cersei had almost drowned in the depths of his sad purple eyes.

Cersei almost but didn't?(This is about Jon's father)

If we look at it closer, Barristan and Dany are talking about Daario possibly betraying her for another woman. But he won't because well-he's not blind.

At Jon's end, that old man was actually the reason he finally decided to betray the Wildling and the woman he loves. And what he's saying is out of context here given all the other examples having romantic connotations. As early as AGoT, it was romance coded. This was a big turning point of Jon's arc and GRRM just decided to put that line there for what? Because he forgot what it's supposed to mean, Please. It's in ASoS which has Sansa drowning in Loras' eyes .Another thing maybe to note is that he was saved by Summer, Bran's wolf, after his choice.🤔🤔🤔

We also have a literal chapter called The Drowned Man. 🤡🤡 Maybe we should be looking for other people the named chapter could fit into?

Let's examine the language used. Sansa's? Errr the color of the eyes is wrong? Hehehe. Basically she wants to do a bunch of things while drowning. I'm sorry but Jon won't have smooth skin anymore.😭😭

As for Jon??? Well, it's not could nor almost drowned. No. He said that he will fall and drown !The ones in purple are all adjectives but in Jon and Sansa's case, it's just "those eyes" almost like it's talking about the same thing. They have the same pattern. Black as wells vs blue as a sunlit sea. Both compared to bodies of water.

Robert's the only one barring the eye color but it's tied to the word sweet. They're talking about Lyanna so putting the eye color could be too much. Personal theory is that Lyanna's eyes are actually blue.

Cersei's almost drowned means nearly but in the end she didn't. There's also the word sad. Sweet for Lyanna while sad for Rhaegar. Sweet and sad are how the love songs are described in the books.

Robert and Cersei did not drown but Tyrion did. Robert and Cersei did not marry Lyanna and Rhaegar but Tyrion married the owner of the eyes- Tysha. Will drowning result in marriage? Tyrion said he had. What about Jon who said he will?

It is not me she wants her son to marry, it is my claim. No one will ever marry me for love.

#I'm not saying Bran will let them marry but that's totally what I'm saying #jonsa #ice and fire boy and nothing so sweet

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moonlightlullaby · 4 years ago

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Joining the call, we’re welcomed by the amigops, Brooke, Karl and Bretman.

“So, everyone, this is my older brother, Dylan!”

“What’s up, guys? Nice to meet y’all!” variations of hi’s and hello’s hit our ears all at once.

“Hey, Dylan!” Karl chimes after them “Good to see- well, talk to you again, man!”

“Oh yeah! Thanks for helping us the other day.” Corpse sounds much more relaxed now - I mean, eveyone does… Bottom line is that streaming, however authentic and open you are with your viewers, does put a strain on you, so hearing everyone - myself included - more loose doesn’t really come as a surprise.

“Yeah, wish I could’ve done more. It sucks that you still lost.”

“Hey!” I elbow his side, causing him to dramatically gasp and fake cry and everyone in the call to laugh.

“Yeah, about that, you shouldn’t mention it around Alex. He’s still super bitter about it.” I giggle at Karl’s remark and, on cue, none other than Alex joins the voicechat.

We keep chatting as more people join us, introducing themselves to my brother - and Dave to both of us since it’s our first interaction ever. I’m really intrigued to see how he plays.

Dyl and I have decided to megazord today and play as one - not without some whining from Alex. He’s claimed it would be unfair and disproportional - even though no one else seemed even slightly bothered by it - and has only agreed with it after I’d exposed my brother’s pathetic skills in among us - earning me a glare and a light punch from Dyl - and reminded him of how much better a victory would feel knowing he didn’t trick eight people, but nine.

With Tina’s arrival, we all agree on who will be playing the first round and get the game started. CREWMATE flashes on the screen. Alright, let’s try and stay alive.

Yeah, that didn’t work out.

For some reason - read: lack of functioning braincellls -, Dyl wanted to do simon says first and, since the universe loves screwing us over, of course Ludwig would walk in and shoot our astronaut just as we’re about to finish the task - after having already failed twice, may I add. Both of us just stop and stare - I, at the ceiling; Dyl, at the white little guy flopped over - before we burst into laughter.

“Of course this would happen!” he shakes his head and, being his persistent self, opens the task to start all over.

And just in case you’ve ever doubted Murphy’s law, you should definitely reconsider it because guess what happens next: right before Dyl presses the last button, an emergency meeting is called.

“Alright, fuckers, who did it? Who would hurt my baby girl Y/N like this?” although I feel very honored to see Brooke defending me with so much passion, I can’t contain the giggles that escape my mouth at the contrast between how threatening and intimidating she’s trying to sound and how she actually sounds.

The meeting is not productive at all. No one is sussed and everyone skips. “Don’t worry, D and missy Y/N, we’ll get whoever had the audacity to do this. I promise!” Sweet, Bret, sweet!

When “No one was ejected. (Skipped)” takes over the screen, a low, soft sound fills my ears. However, by the time my brain catches up, the sound’s stopped. Corpse was humming ‘cheater’! Yes, the infamous 2008 nightmare of a song I was stupid enough to share with him!

“Did you show him?” my wide-eyed brother whispers to me. I immediately shush him while muting ourselves at the speed of light. “Dylan!” I whisper-shout, turning to face him. This asshole is smirking!

I narrow my eyes and furrow my brows, mentally throwing daggers at him and setting his body on fire. I open my mouth, but, before any sound can leave it, a notification pops up: a private message from the one and only boyinaband. A glance at my brother tells me his mind is somewhere else already as he pets Fiyero - I mean, our family’s never been known for our impeccable attention; who would’ve expected it to be any different now? -, so I open his message.

hey, y/n!

don’t mean to make things awkward at all, but i’d like to thank you for whatever you’ve told corpse

yk, he tends to shut off when things get hard, but he reached out the other day for help and company

so thanks

Why is he-? How does he-? What-? I’m…

Has Corpse said anything about me to Dave? Why would he do that?

No, no... No, Dave might have just guessed it since Corpse and I are constantly talking

...right?

Yes, yes, it has to be it.

oh also, it’s great getting to meet you and play with you!

you’re really cool indeed :)

Y/N: oh there’s nothing to thank me for, really

but i’m really glad we’ve met too!

i love your content btw and you’re funny af

Dave: thx!

so it’s lud and...?

he killed me so gracefully idk how to feel

Y/N: jshdfgjhdgfkwfgjewv

fuck idk either

Speaking of imposters, all of our tasks are yet to be done, I should get back to them.

After that round - in which, by the way, Brooke was the other imposter and carried the entire thing after Lud vented in front of Tina, wasn’t able to catch her and got ejected -, the afternoon went on pretty smoothly.

Dylan and I arguing every 2 minutes about what strategy we should follow and ending up with a no-strategy approach. Friends killing - and being killed by - friends, lying to friends, throwing friends under the bus… you know, very friendly things. Dylan and Bretman basically ignoring everyone else and isolating themselves in their own bubble for half of the time. Everyone just vibing to miscellaneous tunes - from Dolly Parton to Wilbur Soot, from CORPSE to BLACKPINK -, and chatting, laughing and having a good time as Toast had proposed.

Without the distraction of an audience and the pressure of being funny or 666 IQ, I got to actually talk to and learn more about Leslie, Dave - who (I was right) is a sweetheart and with whom I hit it off instantly -, Sean, Toast himself and, well, pretty much everyone.

It’s so crazy how, in a little over one month, you can connect so much with these many people! Some who were complete strangers to you until then and others who you already admired and looked up to… and now, you can call them all your friends. It’s insane!

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A/N: Hi! I wasn’t sure if I’d post today, but, quite frankly, writing’s the only thing I can get myself to do lately and knowing that there are some people out there who want to read what I have to offer really warms my heart 🤍 Sorry for the sappiness and for any typos heheh See you on tuesday hopefully!

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hard-boiled-criminal · 4 years ago

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Venus Ambassador - 1

Loki x gender neutral reader

Loki tv spoilers

Prologue

You could feel your frustration build as you read through a court hearing where the judge and the defendant just kept going in circles, repeating themselves over and over and you were sick of it.

With a groan, you tossed it back on to the desk and leaned back in your chair, massaging your temples to try and soothe your growing headache.

‘I wasn’t made for all this legal shit,’ you thought, frustrated and annoyed. ‘Couldn’t they have, I don’t know, spiced it up a bit for me at least? All I’m asking for is maybe some more information on these different worlds and species. It’d be good to know what the heck a Daijiq is, not about how “x did this and altered the timeline so we gotta dust ‘em” and all that boring bullshit. They’re just having me read the court transcripts and write documents about how my dimension works. Not to mention making me watch that Hanna-Barbera-esque cartoon and then quizzing me on it.’

With another groan of mental pain you slouched back forward.

“You know what? Maybe I just need a (tea/coffee) break. Yeah, that sounds nice.”

You stand up from your chair and stretch, groaning as your bones and muscles protest at moving after being idle for so long. Thankfully, you were able to easily convince the TVA to provide you with a (tea/coffee) maker, which now sat and a small table in the corner of the room. You purposely placed it in the corner furthest away from your desk so that you’d be forced to get up and stretch your legs every so often, lest your muscles waste away into nothingness.

As your beverage was brewing, two knocks rapped at your office door. Before you could respond, they let themselves in. They held up a manilla folder and gave you a nod.

“New variant case.”

“Thanks.”

They placed the folder on your desk and promptly left. It seems neither you nor the TVA were still quite used to each other’s presence, despite you being here for a month already. You couldn’t really blame them. Afterall, your dimension’s inner workings completely went against their own and their ideals.

With a sigh, ‘more paperwork. Great,’ you head back to your desk with your piping hot drink. Not wanting to pick up that dreadfully boring court transcript you were reading, you decided you might as well take a look at the new file.

You take a sip of your drink as you open the file and gasp, accidentally letting in too much of the almost-boiling drink. You immediately start coughing and sputtering, and your tongue is definitely burned. After your coughing fit subsides, you rub your eyes and look at the file again in disbelief. You had only learned that this was the TVA in the Marvel Cinematic Universe last week; you weren’t expecting one of the characters to be here as a variant so soon!

Loki.

Drink forgotten on the desk, you grab the file and rush out of the room. You couldn’t let your anxiety take over now, not when you had the chance to meet the Loki. If we were talking about problematic favorites, then they were number one on the list. ‘I mean, they’re a villain and they’re hot. What was I supposed to do? Not simp over them?’ You knew Loki would be here eventually, having seen the trailers for the tv show, but when you arrived here, you had no idea what point of the timeline you were at. The show hadn’t aired yet, so you have no idea what’s to come. That thought makes you both nervous and excited.

It doesn’t take you long to reach the circulation desk. You hand the file to the person sitting there, and a bit out of breath you ask, “that variant… where are they?”

They give you a strange look before looking through their own files. “It looks like they are currently with Agent Mobius in Time Theater A, floor 2WE.”

“Thank you,” you hurriedly grab the file and speed-walk to the elevator. You’re not about to risk running through halls filled with armed TVA that could vaporize you with a single tap from their zappy sticks, especially since it seemed many of them didn’t quite like you. Luckily, there’s an elevator close by and you get there quickly, waiting for it to come to your floor after hitting the button. As soon as you confirm the elevator is empty after the doors open, you rush in and hit the button labelled ‘2WE.’ Now stuck with nothing to do but wait, your mind finally has a chance to catch you up on all the anxiety you forgot about—all those doubts that started to build up, wondering if this was a good idea. You start to pace around the small space as nerves get the better of you, nearly jumping out of your skin when the elevator dings and the doors slide open. There’re people rushing about, like always, and you do your best to squeeze past them to Time Theater A.

You slip through the theater doors as quickly as possible, letting out a quick sigh of relief as soon as you’re out of the crowd. You look up, and there he is, sitting on the steps to your left, face in hands and tesseract beside him.

He looks so… lost.

“Um, are you okay?” You asked without thinking, immediately berating yourself in your head. ‘Stupid! Of course, he’s not okay! They just got kidnapped by the TVA and now look at them! He looks so… despaired? Unsure? Like everything he thought he knew was a lie? Again?!’

He glances up at you, slightly lifting his head out of his hands and raises an eyebrow.

You stand there awkwardly for a couple seconds, not quite sure what to do. ‘They seem like a tea person; I should’ve brought tea… wait, shit, I don’t have a thermos. There’s no way I could bring some tea all the way down here without spilling it all over myself and—okay, you know what. Fuck it,’ you leave all caution to the wind and walk over to him, sitting on the steps to his left.

“…that was a stupid question, wasn’t it?” you said, letting out a single self-deprecating huff of laughter. A moment of silence passed between the two of you. You take a deep breath. “It’s okay to feel things, you know. It’s also okay to let others see that you feel things. I know that it’s hard, but sometimes it’s easier with a stranger. So, if you want to, you can…vent? Fuck, sorry, I can’t think of the other word for it, and you don’t have to do anything you’re not comfortable with—actually, you know what, forget it, just forget I said anything at all and now I’m rambling and making a fool of myself—okay, deep breaths.”

You felt absolutely mortified. He you were, tiny insignificant mortal you, trying to comfort a literal deity who you may or may not simp for and making a complete fool of yourself. This time, it’s your turn to bury your face in your hands. You want to scream in frustration at yourself, but there’s no way you’d do that in front of them. You peek at them between your fingers to see that he’s looking at you with confusion written on his face.

“Heheh… sorry about that. I tend to ramble a lot… especially when I don’t know what to do,” you take another deep breath and turn to look at them. “But where are my manners. I’m (y/n), nice to meet you—"

“Loki,” Agent Mobius cuts you off as he enters the room, wielding the phaser stick.

‘This… this is not a good situation right now, is it?’

Hey. I know some people (like myself) like to be added to the taglist so… if you wanna… lemme know and I’ll slap your name on it. Ok. So. I’m going to try to update this weekly as the episodes air. Maybe biweekly if I need to cut some chapters in half because they’re long and I wanna post what I’ve finished so far. But maybe, just maybe, as we get further into the series, I’ll drop some little omakes here and there, small fluffy interactions…

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wonwoonlight · 4 years ago

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well i’m glad gyuri was brought into the picture bc i really love everything about this story and how it’s going!! i’m not going to lie, i really enjoy reading angst (something about being sad for a little bit i just like it ajajsj) but reading this has been so nice? like the second chapter was slightly angsty with mingyu + oc pretending they didn’t know each other and mingyu not talking to her etc. but it’s really just been nice overall to see (read) them just be civil and normal with each other. i can’t wait until we get some more fluff and small family moments between them, and i also can’t wait until they finally are just open about the first time they met!

also yes i saw the previews!! any mingyu in a suit i’ve seen lately i catalog it in my brain as “my daisy mingyu” ahsh

now i don’t know if this will be cleared up later or if you want to leave it open to interpretation but i think mingyu knew who she was the minute he saw her right? i know it’s written that he kept looking at her even when she wasn’t noticing, which is why i assume this, but it also seems like oc thinks he remembered when they were at the restaurant and jennie mentioned the club. in my head he knew it was her all along (i was thinking of this the other day. it gave me an excuse to go back and re-read that chapter to analyze ajsh).

lastly, if your finger slips and you accidentally press “post now” i don’t think anyone will be mad 😌

yes, tbh, i am very glad too i decided to bring Gyuri to the picture <3 i was going to write two separate AUs tbh, CEO!au and singleparent!au bc i liked the concept so much but at some point i was like... huh i could've just put them together? so I did :D

and tbh i'm... kind of more used to writing angst too at some point, and almost ALL of my long works like Hi Wonwoo, Flower, or Falling Flowers were all angsty to begin with. So to write this... 36k-ish story when the main genre isn't angst... I was worried people would find it boring bc it's just mostly fluff. A lot of things changed during the process of writing My Daisy, and I'm glad that you guys seem to enjoy it more than i thought you would💓

to answer your question about Mingyu!! I'll just put it under the keep reading mark just in case people consider it a [spoiler] 🙈🙈

Mingyu recognized her from the beginning, just like OC recognized him the moment she saw him in the office. They were both drunk, yes, and there were a lot of details that skip their mind, but their meeting at the office was that moment of clarity for the both of them. When they woke up after that night, the face was blurry, but it's not forgotten, you know?

They had ideas about one another, and to actually see each other //sober// is like the missing puzzle in their mind and it just... clicks. It clicks to them that this is the person that I slept with the other day. But, again, they dont see any reason to bring it up so they dont heheh. and yess, as far as OC's concerned, she thought he's only found out by then.

and noooo pls i need to teach myself how to be patient 😭😭

#ask #mg: my daisy #my daisy update #i cant believe u think abt my daisy mingyu to that extend #i am honored your honor😭😭😭#truly its ppl like you who make writing those 36k worth it so thank u 😭😭💓💓#my starlight❄

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ohkiyo · 5 years ago

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characters: black jackals, reader, and schweiden adlers (quick appearance).

warnings: lots of cursing.

word count: 9.3k

a/n: I was supposed to upload this one a few days ago, but I got lazy and I was always feeling sleepy so I didn’t have time to fix it. Hehehe, please enjoy this one! :D I’m lowkey bullying Atsumu in this chapter, but don’t worry, I still love him! XD

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When Shugo was appointed as team captain, he didn’t really give it much thought and accepted the title with pride along with the responsibilities that come with it. He had the experience of being a captain when he was still a student, so it’s nothing new. The only difference is that he’s leading a team full of grown men instead of hormonal teenagers.

With a team like the MSBY Black Jackals, one of the top teams in the V.League Division 1, you’d expect players who are more on the professional side of the spectrum, the kind that always means business, practice first relax later, that kind of thing.

However, he was proven wrong when the younger ones of the team, namely, Bokuto Kotaro, Sakusa Kiyoomi, Miya Atsumu, and Hinata Shoyo are involved, the atmosphere is far from serious. Of course, when it’s time for practice they’re more focused, giving 110% into their training.

Even so, once that whistle is blown, signaling a break from practice, all hell breaks loose. If it is not Bokuto and Hinata bouncing around and screaming, it would be Atsumu and Sakusa bickering, well mainly Sakusa roasting Atsumu and the blond Miya trying to come up with the best come back he could think of.

From what Shugo could remember, Atsumu had none so far, so it was safe to say the setter’s verbal game is weak.

It’s not just them either, the older ones, namely, Oliver Barnes, Adriah Thomas, and Inunaki Shion would sometimes join the other four when they’re feeling playful that day, which just give Shugo more problems to deal with, and when all seven of them joined forces it just increase Shugo’s chances of growing gray hair at age 29.

They have a manager of course and he is there to help keep everyone in check, making sure they behave and all. But, with the team becoming even more well known, emails for brand deals, interviews and magazine photoshoots were sent almost every single day that it needs immediate attention and the only one for that job is their manager himself, Mizuno Takato.

Leaving Shugo to mostly deal with the team on his own.

So when Coach Foster and Takato told him they’ll be having another manager to take care of the team’s internal affairs, he was so happy he almost cried.

“Everyone I would like you all to meet, (L/n) (Y/n) and she will be your manager starting today so take good care of her”

You bowed your head as everyone shouted a “Welcome to the team!” with Takato holding up your very own MSBY jersey jacket. As everyone went around to introduce themselves to you one by one.

“Hey, hey, hey! (Y/n) I can’t believe you’re back!” Bokuto bounded over to you, picking you up, then spinning you around laughing as Hinata excitedly babbles beside him.

“Welcome back (Y/n)!”

You giggled, happy to finally see the friends you left all those years ago “I’m home!"

Bokuto gently places you on the ground, planting your feet to the wooden floor as you steady yourself. While the others who were curious about the exchange and the sunshine duo's familiarity with you walks over.

“You know her Kotaro, Shoyo?” Oliver inquired as Bokuto nodded his head, taking hold of your shoulders and pulling you in front of him, facing your new teammates.

“She was our manager back in high school, while Hinata met her during our training camps”

That was months ago and every day you have proven yourself to be a very reliable manager and Shugo could not be any happier.

“Congratulations everyone! That was a very good game” you said, giving them their towels and drinks as they sat down on the bench. Resting their tired muscles and regaining the lost energy from a very tiring 3 set match.

The Azuma Pharmacy Green Rockets were not an easy opponent, especially with players such as Kiryu Wakatsu, who was once a part of the top three aces in Japan and Goshiki Tsutomu who was Ushijima’s junior back in high school. Nevertheless, they still manage and won the game a good way to start their Monday.

“Goshiki’s straight is still as cool as ever” Hinata stated gulping down his water as Adriah and Shugo let out a sigh, remembering how they had problems blocking his spikes because of how close they mostly were to the line.

“He’s a very tricky opponent”

“Here you go, Sakusa-san” you pass Sakusa his own towel, the one you had specifically separated from the others as the spiker nodded at you in thanks, dabbing it on his face whilst listening to his teammate’s give their own commentary of the game and their insights of the opposing team’s players.

“Shugo, someone wants to have an interview” Takato called as the captain stood up from his seat about to walk to where they were waiting before he stops in his tracks and looks back.

“How about let’s have Bokuto, Atsumu, Sakusa, and Hinata do the interview this time?” he suggested, as Sakusa’s lips turned into a frown while the other three vigorously nodded their head “They're the stars of today’s game I’m sure the interviewer would love to hear from them”

Sakusa tried to make a last-minute getaway, but Atsumu took hold of the towel wrap around his neck and started dragging him, following after their captain.

“C'mon Omi-Omi, it'll be fun" Atsumu just grinned, watching Sakusa's face morph into a scowl as he tugs on the towel “Just live a little”

“I am living”

You quickly pack the empty water bottles and the dirty towels into the bag that Takato was holding while the rest slowly made their way back into the locker room “I’ll leave them to you (Y/n)”

You nodded, jogging after your teammates and immediately spotting them just outside the court, they've already started because you could hear the questions the reporter were asking them as you move to stand beside Shugo. The interview was going well, they were giving honest answers and honest opinions about the game, however, as it goes on, the reporter seems to have taken a liking towards Sakusa because he seems to be the only person the reporter was pointing the microphone at.

While the three idiots who were being ignored decided it was a good idea to do gymnastics at the back. You and Shugo watch in horror as Bokuto does a double backflip, landing perfectly on his feet, both hands raise high, Hinata mimicking his actions and Atsumu following after with a front split all the while not breaking eye contact from the journalist who had notice them. Sakusa who has had enough just plastered on the biggest I-Don’t-Give-A-Fuck face while giving one-word answers.

Shugo who can’t do anything about it just banged his head on the wall. He wished he could have an early retirement but God he’s still young.

“What happened?” Inunaki asks watching from the door as you scolded the four from their stupid stunt. Only Bokuto and Hinata were the ones who look guilty and were muttering apologies under their breath while Atsumu was pouting saying things like.

"I did nothing wrong" or "She was being rude"

Meanwhile, Sakusa doesn't even understand why you're getting angry with him as well, he answered that woman's question like what he was told to do, he just chose the fastest route and the lady seems happy.

“You’ll see later”

They didn't even have to wait long because, after an hour, the video was already circulating the internet, earning hundreds of views by the minute with people commenting like crazy.

“The good thing is, we just earned ourselves more fans” Adriah laugh, Takato’s phone in his hand, the device letting out a ding every minute as the team’s official Twitter and Instagram account were flooding with notifications of new followers or tagged posts.

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Meeting their fans were always one of the things they love to do, the prospect of connecting with people who had supported them throughout the years that they played just keeps them even more motivated to train harder and play better.

“Okay everyone, be gentle with the kids alright? Bokuto, Hinata I’m looking at you” The captain shot the two mentioned players a look to emphasize his point however the mentor-disciple duo wasn't even listening and instead was jumping in excitement, waving at the kids waiting at the other side of the field.

You chuckled, they're just the same as they were in high school and here you thought they've matured a little bit now that they're in their 20s.

Right now, the team was in Kawasaki for a mini fan event held in one of the city's local elementary schools. The team came to an agreement last night, after watching the hilarious black jackals’ post-game interview, that it would not be just fun and games. They should also discuss some bits and pieces of the position they play to give the children some insights and give an early understanding in case they plan to pursue a volleyball career in the future.

However, with kids being kids, didn't seem to care nor interested in the slightest because once it started, they quickly run to their favorite member and started climbing them like trees. The tall ones, especially Adriah and Oliver have at least two kids hanging on each arm, with one of their back, and another on their leg.

"It's good work-out" Takato noted, telling the other kids to do the same to the rest of the members before snapping a few photos to update the fans of the team's schedule for the day.

You guffawed watching as they tackle Atsumu to the ground, the blond screaming for help while clawing at thin air for something to grab.

"Don't worry Atsumu-san, I'll help you!" Hinata tried so hard to pull Atsumu up, but another kid jump on his back resulting in him losing his footing and falling beside the setter.

Bokuto wanted to offer his assistance, but a little girl accidentally tripped him, landing on the two.

"Bokkun, yer heavy!"

"Sorry!"

It turned into a messy dog pile and Sakusa, who was beside the chaos, move his own horde of children to another area before showing his wrist trick. A chorus of oohs and aahs was heard, as the kids watch with wide eyes as it easily bends forward before a boy decided to do the same, but backward, and you have never been so bothered by something before.

You close both eyes, involuntarily shuddering 'Goodness, what are they feeding these children?' you crack an eye open to take a quick peek to check if they stopped but no, another kid also wanted to show his own freak talent and now there's three of them.

You turn around, you're just going to let them do their thing, they seem to be enjoying it anyway.

Feeling a tug on your skirt, you look down to see a little girl looking at you with sparkling eyes.

“Onee-san, you’re so pretty” she said in awe, as you leaned down to be at eye level with the girl.

“Oh? But you’re prettier”

She shook her head, and place her small hands on your cheek “But onee-san is like a princess”

You clutch a hand to your chest at how precious this little girl was, Takato was definitely having a field day because he has not stopped taking pictures. The girl took your hand and led you towards the garden, sitting you down under the tree as she picks up a flower crown and placing it on your head.

“There! It fits you perfectly!” she beamed as you try your best not to just wrap her up in your arms and hug her all day, she was just so cute. Her smile is so bright that somehow she reminded you of Hinata, a ball of sunshine with smiles that could light up the whole room.

“Do you have another one?” she nodded her head and showed you another that was half-finish. You remove a few pieces of flowers, switching it with ones of a different color then adjusting its size before tying both ends.

“Now, there are two princesses” you put the crown on her head as she giggled.

You continued making more flower accessories with her, flower bracelets, flower necklaces, and the likes then putting them on each other. She was a bright and bubbly girl, she would share you some stories of her and her older siblings, her parents and her friends in the elementary school.

You wanted to hear more, she was a good storyteller.

Time flies by so fast when you are having fun is what they would always say and you agreed with that saying because before you even knew it, it was time to go home. Everyone is standing by the gate, saying their goodbyes and telling promises to visit again.

“Bye-bye, pretty onee-chan!” she waves at you, standing beside her teacher, proudly wearing her flower accessories.

Later that evening, everyone was lounging around in the living room, tired from playing with the kids all day. The others were watching the news, however, no one was even listening to the television, because their attention was in the game Oliver and Shugo were having.

Inunaki leaned down to whisper something to Oliver, who's face light up, as he moves his queen to eat Shugo's rook.

"Hey, no coaching!"

Inunaki just shrugs his shoulders in response as he discusses their next strategy.

"I'll help you Meian-san" Hinata took a seat beside his captain, observing the board with such concentration. Brown eyes carefully scanning the positions each piece were place before whispering in Shugo’s ear. Following his suggestion with no doubt whatsoever, Shugo moves his queen forward only for it to get eaten by Oliver's pawn.

“Bwahaha!” Atsumu was bent over, clutching his stomach as he wipes the tears forming at the corner of his eyes while Bokuto tries to console his dejected kouhai in between laughter.

Inunaki and Oliver snickered sharing a high five.

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“Adriah, I need you to tighten that block a little more!”

“That’s good, keep it up Kiyoomi!”

“Okay, follow up, follow up!”

You stood at the sidelines, your eyes following their move as they were currently having a match against each other, Coach Foster and Takato were beside you observing the men on the court while occasionally giving out directives.

A camcorder was prep on your left side to record the practices, the videos will be used as a study material to properly assess the things that needs to be corrected in order to improve their gameplay. While you note down the commentary Coach Foster was saying to add later.

It went on for an hour, their stamina never fails to amaze you as they continuously, jump, dive, and run just to keep the ball in the air. After checking his wristwatch Coach Foster decided that it was time to end the training for the day. So he blew his whistle and the game immediately came to a halt, the ball bouncing on the wooden floor and they drag their tired bodies to gather in front of him, wiping their sweat with their shirt as they waited for his announcements.

“Okay boys good job today, keep in mind what I said and practice more on what you need to improve”

They slowly bob their head up and down, too tired to give out a verbal reply. Coach Foster doesn’t seem to mind because he knows they’re taking his advice seriously.

“This will be the last practice for this week so enjoy your weekend off and rest properly”

After that, they immediately spread out and started cleaning up the gym as fast as their tired bodies can so that they could finally rest and eat some good food.

"Shugo I need the report for last week, can you give it to me by tomorrow?"

"Yes coach, I'm almost done"

Lies, he hasn't even started yet and he was nervous that he won’t be able to finish it on time and if he ever submit the report late, Coach Foster was going to whoop his ass. So many things have happened this week that he never finds the time to start it yet, not even a single paragraph.

No, not even a single sentence.

Seeing your captain's inner turmoil, you walk up to him and whispered "Don't worry, I'll help you"

Shugo shot you a grateful smile, ruffling your hair "You're a savior kid"

That was how you found yourself sitting in the kitchen counter, laptop in front of you, staring at your current work. It would have been easy if the report was in Japanese but Coach Foster prefers it in English.

Shugo was sitting across you, hands fast and typing away, Takato was seated beside you rewriting your notes while the others, who still weren’t feeling sleepy at 11 pm were in the living room watching a movie.

"How do you spell Schweiden again?"

"S-c-h-w...uhh" Shugo's mind seems to have failed him mid-spell as he closes his eyes to try and remember.

"S-c-h-w-e-i-d-e-n" Sakusa finished for him as he walks into the kitchen to get himself a glass of water. The movie must have already ended because the others were already piling into the kitchen, cans, and bottles of drinks in hand and food wrappers place in bowls.

"How's the report going?" Inunaki peered behind Shugo's shoulder.

"It's going great" It’s not, it’s actually not, Shugo is definitely close to pulling his hair out. He glared at his laptop as he continues on smashing the keyboard keys, opting to finish the report as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, you felt like your brain was short-circuiting, English is definitely a hard language, it's complex, it's tricky and certainly a pain. One word can mean two things depending on the pronunciation and its sentence usage and can have a whole different meaning when spelled and one letter is missing, like for example 'public', take one letter out and what do we get?

Pubic.

Anyway, that's not the point, the point is English is hard, and you were close to losing your mind.

You took a sip of your drink, which was coffee mix with a monster energy drink, it was definitely death in a cup but you couldn't care less. You need to stay awake and your deadly concoction was doing a great job keeping your eyes open.

"You know” you started resting your chin on your palm, taking a break from your suffering “I find it amazing how the names of professional volleyball teams are so long like-”

You scroll through the list you have saved in your laptop's notepad “-three to five words at most yet they are referred to by a single name"

"What do you mean?" Takato shifts his eyes from his notebook to you tracing the rim of your cup as your eyes focus themselves on the ceiling.

"I mean there's the Eastern Japan Paper Mills Raijin and everyone calls them Raijin, the Azuma Pharmacy Green Rockets is called Green Rockets while Schweiden Adlers is referred to as Adlers"

"Yes, go on"

"MSBY Black Jackals is sometimes called MSBY or Black Jackals but even those names are a mouthful"

By now, everyone's attention was on you, curiosity flooding their mind as they wait for you to finish.

"So the team is mostly referred to as BJ" you look up and with the most serious face ever, you said "But has anyone even realize that BJ also stands for blowjob?"

Hinata, who was drinking a glass of milk choke on his drink while Atsumu slowly turns to look at Bokuto mouthing a "What the fuck?"

Oliver let out a nervous chuckle "You should take a break (Y/n)" he tries to set your laptop aside so you could rest your exhausted brain, but you shook your head and started working again, finally having the idea outlined in your head. That short break was very effective because your hands were seamlessly gliding over the keyboard keys, as input more words in to your work.

"Also, what does MSBY even mean? Most Significant Byte? I don’t get it"

They don’t get it either, as to where this is all coming from. They swore you have it stored in your mind for so long and just waited for the right moment to tell it.

It was amazing too because while you were going on and on about anything that you could think of, you were also typing on your laptop. Hinata took a peek to see if you were actually doing your job instead of just key smashing, but he was surprised when he saw you busting out an actual paragraph in English while spewing out nonsense in Japanese.

Multi-tasking sure is an impressive skill. He should learn it sometime.

You ran a hand through your hair, you were starting to have trouble again. You were in the zone for about 30 minutes but after that, the effect of your drink started to wear off and you were on a dead end.

The others had decided you hang out in the house's big kitchen doing their own thing, your eyes darted from every corner of the room, trying to find some sort of a cure to help your mental block.

Adriah was seated next to you scrolling through his phone as he nibbled on a pocky stick, you tap him on the shoulder as he looks up at you questioningly "Adriah-san, could you slap me in the face?"

Taken aback by your request he sputtered, almost dropping his phone "W-what?"

"I need something to keep me awake and this is not working anymore" you gestured to your now empty cup "I'm guessing the pain might keep me awake until I'm done with this"

Now, if you actually wanted to feel pain you could have asked at least one of the team's spikers, but you were not dumb enough to actually do that.

Adriah search your eyes for any signs that you were joking, but he found none "Are you sure (Y/n)?"

You assured him that it would be fine, so he raises his hand up as you prepare yourself for the impact.

Sleep must have been overtaking everyone's mind because it took them a few seconds to realize what was happening. Adriah's hand already collided with your face, he had underestimated the force he put in that slap but then soon find out he put too much when a smack resonated inside the kitchen as your body fell from the stool and landing on the cold tiles.

The whole room erupted into a panic as your body lays unmoving on the floor.

“Oh meu Deus!”

"Shit, shit, shit. Adriah what did you do?!" Inunaki kneeled down beside you, the cheek where Adriah hit was glowing red with a visible hand mark starting to form.

"I don't know, I just did what she ask me!" Adriah replied, equally as panicked.

Takato was now checking your pulse, to see if it was still beating. It was a bit exaggerated, a slap wouldn't kill you but with how strong Adriah did it. Takato wouldn't even be surprised if you snapped a vein in your neck.

Bokuto being the drama queen that he is, was shouting words like “(Y/n), don’t die you’re still young!” followed by a “Akaashi will be so sad if you go!”

And Atsumu, instead of being a good senpai that he claims he is, didn’t even think to help you. Instead, the first thing he did was to grab his phone and went live on Instagram to broadcast the madness happening in your shared kitchen.

"Goddammit Adriah!"

"Why are you blaming me?!"

Fortunately, you just passed out; picking you up, Takato carried you back into your room, and tucks you in. Gently closing your door, he goes back into the kitchen to calm them down before the neighbor calls the police on them.

He let out a heavy exhale, rubbing his temples “They’re hopeless”

What would he do without you?

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When you woke up the next day, you could still feel a stinging sensation on your cheek, your head hurt as well, you wondered what happened to you after you blacked out. You sat up in your bed, rubbing the sleep from your eyes and checking the clock on your night stand to see that it was already 8 am.

So you get out of bed, and walk downstairs into the kitchen to see everyone already there preparing breakfast. It seems like it wasn't just you who woke up late, because after Adriah slapped you to sleep, Shugo roped all of them into helping him with his report, and since none of them were familiar with the job. It took them until 2 am before they were finished and immediately e-mailed the document to Coach Foster.

"Good morning, how's your cheek?" Oliver eyed the slowly fading red mark on your cheek, standing besides Inunaki, holding a plate as the libero carefully places the pancakes in a neat stack, then flipping the other one that was still in the pan.

"It still hurts a little" you took a seat between Hinata and Sakusa, already eating their breakfast.

Adriah passed you a plate with five pancakes stacked on top of each other, a slice of banana on the side, followed by a cup of your favorite coffee. Your eyes were literally sparkling, the food looks so delicious and it smell so so good you almost drooled “I'm sorry about last night"

He gave you a gentle smile, eyes soft, whoever was going to be this man’s future lover sure is very lucky.

"There is nothing to be sorry about Adriah-san, I was the one who asked for it" He was such a sweetheart, it wasn’t even his fault yet he took the time to prepare your food himself, now you just felt guilty by asking him to hit you.

You took the bottle of maple syrup Sakusa handed to you as you drizzled some of it on top of your pancakes "Also, please remind me to never do that again"

Everyone collectively agreed, after last night's scare, there was no way they were going to agree to any odd request you have, no matter how serious you were.

Breakfast was quick, mainly because everyone had a photoshoot to attend at 10. It was a magazine photoshoot for a swimwear by a very well known brand, however it was also the photoshoot they were looking forward to. Because not only was the brand a favorite of theirs, they’ll be partnered with famous models as well, so it was a win-win on their part.

After everyone was finished, the dishes were immediately cleaned, the table wiped off of any food crumbs while the trash was taken out. The guys went back to their room to get ready, and once everyone was ready to go, they piled into the bus as it drove off to the beach which was the venue for the photoshoot.

"It's sure is refreshing to be walking by the sea" Inunaki gazed towards the blue water splashing along the shore, following after their two managers towards the area where tents, chairs and cameras were already set-up.

"It looks so beautiful too" Oliver said, kicking the white sand under his flip flops as the staff led them to the chairs lined out. The make-up artist immediately worked on their look that was going to be aligned with the photoshoot's theme.

"Ahh~ it's so hot" you hold the mini fan closer to Bokuto's face while Sakusa takes the one you were holding out for him, beads of sweat running down your face as Takato took care of the others. Of all the times they have to choose, it has to be in the middle of the day, when the sun is up and proudly shining.

The models were in another tent, dressed in their robes while they waited for the stylist to finish the last touches on the boys’ hair, once done, they changed into their designated swimwear, while the girls removed the robes they were wearing.

It took them about two hours before they were finished, the director wanted to get as many shots as he could so he had plenty to choose from. The break in between takes were crazy because the make-up artist and stylist had to jump from one person to another just to do some retouches, the girls especially, were very fussy and wanted their make-up redone every thirty minutes.

“This is the last time I’m working with models” Sakusa grumbles, as you hand him a packet of wet wipes as he takes a piece and rubs the lipstick stain off his cheek when the model he partnered with gave him a kiss earlier.

You could only offer him a sympathetic smile, even though this was not his first endorsement, he still wasn’t used to interacting with strangers. Not so keen to them casually touching him and invading his personal space.

“Oh Kiyoomi~” Sakusa let out a groan before turning to look at the woman jogging towards him, already changed into a yellow sundress and a sunhat on top of her head. “Here”

She placed a folded paper on his palm “Call me” then blew him a kiss before she walked away. Sakusa opened the paper to see her name, number and even address written on it. He stared at the paper for a good second, before he met your eyes.

He just looks so done with everything.

“Isn’t this our lucky day?” Shugo whistled, pieces of papers on his hand while slinging an arm around Bokuto’s shoulder and sharing a grin with the pepper haired male. With Atsumu trailing behind them, saving the ones he received in his phone. Oliver threw his away because he’s happily married, while Adriah, Inunaki and Hinata gave theirs to either Bokuto or Shugo.

“The models” Sakusa started, looking at them as he crumples the paper on his hand “They’re married, all of them”

Shugo dropped the papers in shock, jaws slack while Bokuto immediately deleted his copy, not wanting to get involved in a scandal just in case, and Atsumu was still having second thoughts, staring at his phone, his thumb hovering over the delete button.

Should he or should he not?

Sakusa just rolls his eyes before stalking off into the tent.

They quickly change back into their own clothes, leaving the venue with bags of the swimwear they just modeled. The brand’s logo is big and bright in the middle as your group walks to where the bus was parked.

“Ah, Captain Jackal” Shugo turned his head to see Schweiden’s captain walking over to him, wearing their team uniform, his hand raised in a wave.

“Bird” He leaned to the side noting the group of children crowding behind the area where he just left “Were you doing a meet and greet?”

“Yes, surprisingly the kids love Ushijima and Kageyama” Fukuro pointed to the two mentioned players with kids crowding at their feet, some hanging on their back while the others tugs on their arm “By the way, is (Y/n) here?”

Shugo pressed his lips into a thin line, turning his body to face Fukuro properly. “I know what you’re trying to do”

“No, you don’t”

“We’re not giving you our manager, get your own”

“But you already have two!”

“I don’t care!”

They glared at each other, a month after you became a part of the team, Fukuro tried to recruit you into joining the Adlers. He even sent Ushijima, Hoshiumi and Kageyama to talk to you hoping that the idea of having familiar faces in the team would change your mind but alas, you were more comfortable with MSBY so you declined every attempt.

However, Fukuro found your one weakness and he’s using it to his advantage whenever he can.

He caught sight of your figure standing near the bus, he shot Shugo a smirk before cupping his hands around his mouth “Oi (Y/n), Adloo’s here!”

They heard you gasp, letting out an excited squeal.

“Adloo!”

You shove your things into Atsumu’s hands and sprint towards the mascot who was already holding out his arms for you. Shugo felt his eye twitch at the smug look on Fukuro’s face as they watched you rock the mascot back and forth with glee. He marched to where you were burying your face on Adloo’s soft fabric and plucking you from its side, then walking towards the bus, but not before shooting Fukuro the dirty finger.

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It was finally the weekend and it was the start of their long awaited day off, Takato had left early to go home to his pregnant wife while Oliver also went home to his family. Leaving the single ones to enjoy the weekend to themselves. It was already 8 am and you were currently sitting on the laundry room’s floor, separating the whites from the colored ones.

The dirty laundry had been left lying there for almost a week because of how busy everyone was, everyday there was always something new to do, new places to go, and new schedules to follow. Now that it was Saturday, you took it as the chance to finally do it.

Picking up a piece of shirt, you saw a big spider laying underneath it. You jump up, letting out an inhumanly shriek as it circles around in its place.

“(Y/n) are you okay?! What happened?!” you pointed to the spider now crawling the walls of the washing machine, while running to hide behind them in the hopes they’ll get rid of it.

“What the fu-”

“Miya, kill that thing” Sakusa pushed Atsumu forward as the blond stumbled into the room, brown eyes zeroed in on the insect in fear that it might jump on him the second he turned away.

“Are ya crazy?! That thing’s huge!”

He jammed himself in between Shugo and Adriah, pushing the two forward to be the new sacrificial lamb, the bug now sitting on the top of the washing machine stared back at them, unmoving. Black orbs following their movement, calculating, as if choosing his victim.

Which of these idiots should it jump on first?

“That’s it, this place is infected, we’re leaving”

“Hold on a sec, we ain’t leaving this place just because of one spider” Atsumu tried to reason with the man, but no luck however because Sakusa just thought of another way to get rid of the spider.

“Fine, lets burn it down then”

Sakusa turns to retrieve a fire starter and gasoline from the supply closet, actually serious. Atsumu quickly grabbed the back of his shirt, stopping him from actually setting the house on fire. If there was one thing that everyone learned from being with Sakusa for so long, when he says he is going to do something, he is going to do it.

No bullshitting.

So if he says he’s going to throw Atsumu out of the second floor balcony, best believe he’d be doing it an hour after his declaration.

“Even worse! This house costs millions Omi, our combined earnings won’t even cover for the damage!”

“Actually, it can”

“(Y/n), yer not helping”

“Okay, that’s enough” Shugo went in between the two “Let’s catch the spider first before it gets away”

“Uh… Meian-san” Hinata lifted a shaky hand pointing to where the arachnid was supposed to be, but the space is empty. Panic ensues and everyone searches high and low for the bug, lifting up furniture and other decorations looking behind paintings and opening kitchen drawers.

“Everyone it’s here!” Adriah called from the living room, he tiptoed towards the spider, jar in hand, ready to catch it in case it disappears again. You held in a breath when he was only a few centimeters away, slowly he lifted the jar and covered the spider. Sliding a paper underneath it, then took it outside to dispose of it.

Inunaki let out a sigh of relief before walking back into the kitchen to finish inspecting the fridge for any more ingredients to cook. The gang had decided to have Shabu-Shabu for lunch later and he was checking if there were enough ingredients left to serve 8 people. While you went back to the laundry room to load the clothes into the washing machine.

“We need to buy more” Inunaki closes the fridge door, as he checks the cupboards for the sauces and other spices. “Meats and vegetables especially”

He took a piece of paper and wrote down what needs to be bought, double-checking the list if he forgot anything.

“We’ll go!” Atsumu pulled Hinata and Bokuto towards him then pointing a finger at Sakusa who was spraying the kitchen counter with some lysol then wiping it with a rug “Omi-Omi too”

“What? No”

He declined, but the blond just ignored his protest before looking at the older members. “We’ll be fine”

“Are you sure?” Adriah leaned on the counter as he looked at the troublesome four, they have done grocery shopping so many times before and it always turned out okay, the only difference is that before there was at least one of the older members accompanying them, while this time, they were choosing to go by themselves.

“No need to worry Adriah-san” Hinata tried to reassure the man, and although Adriah did relax a little he still hadn’t agreed to it yet. You walk in the kitchen, the first batch of laundry already in the washing machine, tumbling around as the detergent removes the dirt and bad smell.

“I don’t see a problem” Shugo pipes up “They’re adults now, I’m sure they wouldn’t fail something as simple as grocery shopping”

Inunaki was still a bit hesitant, his eyes darting to each face of the younger members of the team, though mainly focusing themselves on Atsumu and Bokuto, because he knows those two share a brain cell but don’t know how to use it. However, Shugo is right, so he gave you the list and the money before following the five of you into the garage.

“So who’s driving?” Shugo held up the keys, twirling them on his fingers while they put on their face mask and cap to avoid getting recognized in public.

“I will”

He stared at Atsumu, eyes blinking before turning to you, jiggling the keys. “(Y/n)?”

You shook your head. “I’m still learning Meian-san”

“Ya gotta trust me captain!”

“I find that hard to do Atsumu”

Shugo retorted, but still dropped the keys to Atsumu’s hand as the blond opened the car and turned it on.

“Don’t damage her!”

“We won’t!”

The three of them watched, as the car went out into the driveway and zoomed through the streets. Leaving a trail of dust behind as the vehicle went out of sight in just seconds.

“I think, I made a mistake”

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You stumbled out of the car, your heart beating fast and knees wobbly, clutching the side of the door as the trauma of a near death experience still haunts your mind.

"I think I'm going to throw up" Hinata pressed his palm on his mouth, face pale, his other hand wrapped around his stomach as he tried to contain the puke threatening to come out.

“I thought you said you could drive?” Sakusa shot Atsumu a glare, adjusting his mask. When the setter offered to drive, you thought he was actually good at it, you did not expect for him to almost crash the car at the gasoline station or nearly run an old woman over.

“That was dangerous Tsum-Tsum” Bokuto massaged his forehead, he hit the back of the driver’s seat rather hard when Atsumu slammed his foot on the break, just a few feet away from killing an old lady. Fortunately, there were no traffic enforcers nor police officers nearby and the woman didn’t even realize she was close to meeting her creator today. She happily crossed that street, as if she owned the place.

“Hey! I’m just not use to this car okay?” the setter reasoned patting the car’s hood, rubbing his palm over the sleek black top “It’s different from the one I drive back home”

“If you can drive it doesn’t matter what car, you’ll still be able to drive it properly” Sakusa crossed his arms, raising an eyebrow “Did you even pass your driving test?”

“Of course I did, I got 90%,” Atsumu answered proudly, placing his hands on his hips with his head held high and his lips upturned into a smile.

“Was the instructor a girl?”

“Yes”

There was silence, everyone staring at him doubtfully, eyes narrowed and judging.

“Stop looking at me like that!”

“But guys…” Hinata called as he waved them over, pointing at a long scratch mark on the passenger’s door. It was big, about an arm’s length. “Captain is going to kill us”

You walk around the vehicle to check the other side, to see another one on the side of the car’s hood. You clutch your head in frustration, face drained of any color, it would’ve been okay if it was just one, but there’s actually two of them. “Meian-san just bought this four months ago”

“We have to pass by a repair shop before we go home” Bokuto scratched the back of his head. “Tsum-Tsum is paying for the paint job of course”

“Alright, alright. Sheesh. Let’s go buy the groceries first” Atsumu quickly huddled everyone together and started pushing you all into the market’s entrance.

The farmers’ market is always the best place to buy ingredients, it’s cheap compared to the ones sold in malls where prices are doubled, sometimes even tripled, and it’s just ridiculously expensive. You can bargain with the vendors as well, in case some of the items were a bit too pricey. Luckily, the market isn’t too crowded, there weren’t many people buying yet which was unexpected since this place is usually packed during the weekend.

However, there was also one thing that you didn’t expect. Apparently, with how many times you frequent this place during your shopping trips, either one of the boys had made friends with some of the vendors.

“Hinata look, it’s you!” Bokuto held a tangerine next to Hinata’s head lifting his hat a little and grinning at how the fruit’s color was almost the same shade as his disciple’s hair.

You pick up another tangerine, examining it for any damages before looking through the rest of the ones displayed. While the others look through the rest of the fruits they offer, bananas, avocados, apples and some grapes. Anything they found very appealing was picked up and placed inside the bag.

“How much for all of these?” you look at the girl, pointing at the bag that’s almost filled with fruits, but she seems to be looking at something else. You turn around, following where her eyes were focused to see the troublesome four eating some of the fruits.

“We haven’t paid for those yet!” you shriek before turning to the girl again and bowing furiously “I’m so sorry! I’m so sorry!”

“Wouldja relax (Y/n)-chan?” Atsumu took hold of your shoulder, stopping you from hitting your forehead on one of the crates “These are free samples”

He pointed to the little corner of the stall where smaller size crates were neatly arranged, three pieces of each fruit sitting inside with the sign reading free sample, pasted at the front.

“They’re really good (Y/n), here” Bokuto fed you a piece, watching as you munch on the sweet and juicy fruit.

You let out a hum, swallowing the fruit “This is good” you turn to look at the girl, eyes wide “This is really good

She gave you a shy smile, a light shade of pink now visible on her cheeks “Really? Thank you”

“So, how much for all of these?” you opened your bag, pulling out your wallet.

“It’s okay, this is free”

You almost drop your wallet from what she said, you shook your head fishing out a few thousand yen bills and giving it to her “No, this is too much”

She pushes back your hand, lifting up your bag and giving it to your companions “Consider it as a gift” then she moves to serve the other customer in waiting, waving your group goodbye.

Sakusa pushed you to move when he still saw you staring at the rejected money in your hand, leading you to where you were going to buy your meat. Passing through the vegetable stands where you still need to buy some for when you’re finished at the butcher’s shop.

“Hiruma-san good morning!”

“Ah, come in come in!” an old man from behind the counter grinned, lifting the clever over his head before bringing it down on the thick meat place on his wooden chopping board. “What would you like today?”

He wipes his hands on his apron, walking behind the glass case grabbing a tong, snapping it a few times as they pick the meat they like for their lunch later. They were pointing mostly at anything they lay their eyes on, and Sakusa has to remind them about the budget and that they can’t have pork, beef, lamb, and duck at the same time.

“The others didn’t come with you today?” the old man asked, picking up the pork and beef slices that were far too many and bagging them. Then he grabbed another bag and went to the fish area.

“They’re busy at the house”

At the corner, you were counting the money, mentally calculating your budget again. The old man was giving large portions of the meat and you knew that it wasn't very cheap. Just a few cuts alone were worth a few hundred yen, what more when there are two types of meat involved with different varieties of fish thrown into the mix.

He tied the bags then gave it to Atsumu and Bokuto as Sakusa refused to touch the raw meat, not until it had been washed properly, not even if it’s packed away in a bag.

“This one is on the house”

“What? No!” you scrambled towards the man, almost tripping yourself in the process “Hiruma-san please just take the money, this is too much”

“This is a thank you for being such good patrons” he didn’t even let you say another word, the man just walked off to the other side of the display case catering to another customer who walked in.

What is up with these people ignoring you?

Hinata led you out, patting your back, chuckling at the pout on your face.

“Hinata, is our money not good enough?”

“Maybe they’re just feeling generous today (Y/n)”

You stood outside the shop, eyebrows furrowed in thought, you were starting to wonder if they were genuinely just being generous folks or there was something hidden behind their actions.

“Now, all we need are the vegetables then we can go home”

You look around for a nearby vegetable stall, one that you think is not friends with any of the guys so they’ll have no choice but to accept your money like a proper businessman.

“That one” you pointed to the one just besides the meat shop. “I’ll go”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes, just stay put” then you walk off face determined. “Hello”

The vendor put down the crate he was holding, wiping his hands on his pants and walking over to you.

“(Y/n)?” You internally groaned, your old high school classmate standing in front of you at the other side of the stall, and here you were hoping it wouldn't be anyone you know.

“Masuda, long time no see” you nodded your head at him, picking through the vegetables. They were all fresh, he must’ve just arrived.

“Yeah, six years is a long time” He grabbed a basket holding it out for you, as you picked out, mushrooms, carrot, green onion and napa cabbage. “Doing some grocery shopping for the team?”

He gestures to the large amounts of vegetables you’re dropping in the basket “Yep, they’re big eaters. All of them”

He laugh placing them inside a plastic bag “They’re athletes after all”

“How much?”

You accepted the plastic big, the money ready in your hand.

“No. it’s free” you squint your eyes at him, pursing your lips “Consider it as my payback for helping me so many time during high school”

“School has nothing to do with this Masuda” you grab his hand, slamming the money on his palm “So for the love of all things holy, just accept the money”

You stared him down, daring him to refuse it one more time. He nodded his head, clutching the cash as you walked away satisfied that finally, finally, someone accepted your payment. You swore, if these people just keep on giving their products away just because the customer is a friend or a relative, you won’t be surprised if they go home without any profit at the end of the day.

“Let’s stop by the repair shop first then we’ll go home” Atsumu reminded before looking down at Sakusa’s outstretched hand “What?”

“Give me the keys, I’m driving this time” He snatched it out of Atsumu’s hand then climbed into the driver’s seat.

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"It's such a nice day today isn't it?" Shugo leaned back in his chair, placing his hands behind his head. The cabana tent serves as a good shade from the afternoon sun.

Adriah removes one of the earbuds from his ear, hands still moving across his notebook as he writes his notes from his Japanese lessons "It is, the sun feels really good"

They were now in the backyard enjoying the rest of the day besides the pool, Hinata and Bokuto were already playing in the water doing some diving tricks they saw on YouTube. (Y/n) and Atsumu were on the other side, the girl dying the setter’s hair as his roots were starting to show up, meanwhile Sakusa was still inside, probably finishing up on his cleaning.

“Wish days like these would last” Inunaki leaned down, opening the cooler beside his feet, grabbing three bottles of beer and giving it to the two. Opening the packet of chips resting on the table as they munch on some snacks, listening to the song they had put on the speaker to play.

"Kiyoomi, what have you got there?" Adriah asks as the germaphobe walks towards the garbage bags. Masked on his face, his hands covered with plastic gloves, holding what seems to be a ziplock bag filled with some sort of articles of clothing.

"Miya's dirty underwear" he swiftly answered, opening one of the bags and immediately tossing the ziplock bag inside and closing it again "He left it lying around in the bathroom again so I'm throwing it away"

He walks back into the house, probably to resume his cleaning escapades as the three older men could only watch his retreating figure, speechless.

"Should we tell Atsumu?" Adriah took a worried glance towards the piled garbage bag, eyebrows furrow in concern, before looking at the two again.

Inunaki waves his hand, biting on a potato chip "Nah, he'll find out soon once he realizes he's missing a few pair"

So they just continued whatever they were doing, Hinata and Bokuto's shouts and laughter echoing throughout the open space. A cool wind blew past them, ruffling the leaves of the trees planted near the fence as the flowers swayed along with it.

"Bokuto grab a drink here" the pepper haired male pauses his game with Hinata as he climbs out of the pool, water dripping from his body as he crouches in front of the cooler.

"Do you have soda Meian-san?" He rummaged through the multiple bottles and cans of alcohol, pushing the blocks of ice to the side before his eyes landed on the familiar green and black color scheme of a mountain dew can.

He took the can, and three more bottles before opening them and walking to where Hinata was now sitting at the edge on Atsumu and (Y/n)'s side of the pool, giving (Y/n) the soda and the two other bottles to Atsumu and Hinata.

“I’m still bothered about Atsumu’s underwear” Adriah once again turned around in his chair, eyes trained on the garbage bag, waiting for the time it gets to be picked up. “We could-“

A loud honking sound was heard from the other side of the fence as you stopped what you were doing. "The garbage truck is here" jogging to where the bags were resting. Bokuto and Hinata follow after her. Helping the girl carry them out, with their setter's underwear lying amongst the trash in one of the bags, and Atsumu, who was none the wiser, happily held the back gate open as the three walked out and gave it to the garbage man.

They shared a look, as if they had just indirectly participated in a crime, as the garbage truck drives away towards the other houses in the neighborhood.

“Let’s just hope Atsumu still have some spare left”

Sakusa who have already finished cleaning walk towards their area. Already changed into a pair of shorts, a t-shirt and a pair of flip-flops with a book tuck under his arms.

"You want a drink Kiyoomi?"

"No, thank you" Sakusa answered, before situating himself on the lounge chair and opening his book. It was rare for Sakusa himself to willingly join everyone, he's usually not into gathering or bonding that much, so the team must have reached a new level of personal hygiene for the Sakusa Kiyoomi to hang out with them.

It's probably the result of (Y/n) constantly reminding them to wash their hands with alcohol and hand sanitizers, telling them to wear face masks when they're out travelling. Lecturing them how pollution and their constant exposure to sweat and social interactions with other people can lead to a disease. When you had said that, they thought you were going to evolve into Sakusa 2.0 but remembered that you were a university graduate with a degree in sports science so they can’t really argue with that one.

“Maybe I should dye my hair as well, what do you guys think?” Shugo started as the two looked at him questioningly, watching as the captain inspected his hair through his phone’s front camera, running his hand through it as he tugs at the end.

Inunaki snorts, slumping on his chair “Oh please, you’re already old”

“I’m not old! I’m only 29”

The libero deadpanned at him “You’re literally one birthday away into turning 30”

Adriah just laughs, closing his notebook and looking at his captain “What color do you have in mind?”

“Blond looks cool” Shugo shrugs his shoulders, watching as you apply the last remaining dye on Atsumu’s hair.

Inunaki groaned “Oh god no, you’ll look like an old man trying to be hip”

“I told you, I’m not old!”

“Oh yeah? Because that gray hair says otherwise”

“What?”

Inunaki and Adriah pointed at the front part of his hair, as he held up his phone to see a strand of gray hair sticking out among his dark locks.

“What the fuck”

“Congratulations captain, that is a milestone” Adriah patted him on the back laughing.

Shugo stared at it in disbelief, lifting a hand and wrapping it on his finger then tugging.

"Don't pull it out, did you not learn from your elders?" Inunaki scolded him, slapping his hand away.

"Learn what?"

"If you pluck it out, they'll spread faster. Just let it be, it's not even that noticeable"

Shugo looked at it again then ruffled his hair to see if it could be hidden within the rest, and was satisfied when he saw it could be covered.

Silence filled them again, munching on their chips and drinking when Atsumu's booming voice erupted from the depths of the huge house.

“Where the heck are all my underwear?!”

#haikyuu x reader #haikyuu #msby black jackals #haikyuu scenarios #haikyuu imagines #haikyuu oneshot #shugo meian #oliver barnes #inunaki shion #adriah thomas #bokuto kotaro #atsumu miya #sakusa kiyoomi #hinata shoyo

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imjusthereforbatfam · 5 years ago

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Never-Ending Encore, ch.6

Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Chapter Summary: Best way to make a new friend in the most dangerous city in the world? Simple! Offer them baked goods as a thanks after they patch you up from almost dying in a knife fight!! So easy!!! :D

Warning: minor blood, minor swearing

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“There you go,” Red Hood said opening the window to Eden’s fire escape from inside the apartment. She’d cautiously – and, in this instance, annoyingly – locked it earlier. “Back at Casa de Eden, safe and—”

“Don’t do that again!” she whisper-shrilled in his face.

Red Hood jerked back, surprised. The nerve! He knew full well he’d given Eden a heart attack vaulting off the fire escape like that. And he barely held on to the building while he checked her other window!

“You scared the livin' crap out of me! We’re on the ninth floor, for Pete’s sake!"

He scoffed. “Guess it’s a good thing you left the other window unlocked then, huh? Can you imagine? One little slip then, splat! No more Red Hood." He sniffed obnoxiously and wiped an imaginary tear from the eye of his helmet. "So sad."

“Oh please.” Eden rolled her eyes as she passed her groceries to him. “Like you wouldn’t have pulled out your grappling hook or something and saved yourself.”

“Oh?” He offered her his free hand, dropping the act. “So you mean I had everything under control? And you had nothing to freak out about? Imagine that.”

“Listen you,” Eden said taking his hand, allowing him to help her through the window. “You know well and good by now that I am a panicky person. The very least you could do is give me a heads up before you do something crazy like that!”

“Alright, fine. Don’t freak out, but I’m about to walk over to your table. So scary!”

She rolled her eyes again. "Yeah, I’m absolutely petrified, Mr. Hood.”

He let out a small amused sound.

Cautiously holding her, he led her toward her kitchen table. Eden felt a little ridiculous, but he probably thought she’d keel over if he let her walk on her own. That's what would probably happen to a normal person who’d lost as much blood as her. So, despite being perfectly fine, she played along — totally not enjoying how close he was to her. Nope. Not even the littlest bit.

But as he led her across the room, Eden couldn’t help but see her place with a fresh set of eyes. The kind a person only ever saw through when an unexpected visitor walked through their door — or, in this case, window.

Her apartment was so tiny and barren there honestly wasn’t much to see to begin with. But that didn’t stop Eden from noticing every flaw that was there. Every crumb and speck of dust. Every scuff and scratch that marked the fake wooden floor. The huge pile of “clean” clothes sitting on a chair next to her – thankfully closed – closet door. The walls void of anything but cracks, holes, and an old pair of coat hooks by the front door.

Being in such a small space, and hoping to be able to afford something a little nicer in the not-too-distant future, Eden had decided early on not to fill it with any big or unnecessary furniture. It wasn’t like she needed much to begin with, and she didn’t want to deal with nine flights of stairs when she moved, so it had made sense.

Plus, it wasn’t like she planned on ever having guests. Even if she had people to invite over, inviting anybody to her neck of the woods would just be asking for trouble. Her neighborhood was far too… unneighborly. She’d feel tremendously guilty if anything bad happened to someone who shouldn’t be there to begin with.

But now that she had a guest, Eden severely regretted not trying to turn the rundown studio into something a little homier.

Her “living area” was a piss poor sight with only a lazily made-up mattress and a scratched-up coffee table to fill it. The mattress, which sat on the floor, acted as both Eden’s bed and couch; its sheets half sprawled, half bunched up in a way that Mama never would’ve allowed. The square coffee table – small enough for her to have carried onto the subway with only a little trouble – was absolutely covered in scattered piles of books, notebooks, and pens. Her laptop and headphones – the only things she’d splurged on with Frank’s money – sat on her bed, glaringly shiny and new compared to everything around them.

At least the tight galley kitchen was clean and tidy. She still swept and wiped everything down each night, just like she would back home. Even if the linoleum was unsalvageable in places and the counters worn down, it looked better to Eden than the living space. The colorful dishrags, oven mitts, and canisters of utensils gave it more character than any other space in the apartment. Made it more… presentable.

“By the way, please tell me that’s not your cellphone,” Red Hood groaned.

Eden glanced down at her phone, still on the kitchen table where she’d left it, right next to the tiny notebook of phone numbers. Then she looked up at him, confused.

“Of course it is… Whose else would it be?”

He made a gruff sound, stopping in front of the chair Eden had fled from... gosh, was it only an hour ago? She sat down as he set her bags in front of her with a loud thud.

“Seriously? You went out this late and you didn’t even bring your phone? Do you still think you’re in Kansas, Dorothy?”

Eden frowned. “I know exactly where I am, Glinda.”

“I am not Glinda,” he argued.

“Then are you Elphaba? Or the Great and Powerful Oz himself?” She twirled her hand and dipped her head, giving him a quick, theatrical bow. “Your Oziness.”

He snorted. “I’m just saying it was stupid.”

“I know it was stupid, I just…”

Her eyes flickered down to the little notebook with all her friends and family’s numbers inside. Guilt pulled at her heartstrings. Then she looked to her phone.

Like her laptop and headphones, it was new and bought with Frank’s money. The same money she used to get here. The money he'd given her for trusting him with her “donation”. For agreeing to that stupid meeting in the first place. For thinking he was still her father after all these years.

What a joke.

“It doesn’t matter,” she huffed, snatching them up as she stood. “I’m just an idiot.”

She moved to the smallest of her kitchen drawers, her designated “junk drawer”. So far it only contained a few pens, a pad of post-it notes, a screwdriver, some scissors, and a hair tie. She tossed the phone and notebook in too and shut it roughly.

“Anyway.” She turned back to Red Hood. “What would you like for your thank you?”

Red Hood, who’d been watching at her intently, lifted his head slightly. “Huh?”

“What would you like?” she asked again, thinking it obvious. “I know you liked the cookies I made last week. I think it was snickerdoodles, right? Did you want some more of those or something else?”

“Or… Wait, what?”

“Or something else,” she repeated. “I know you’re keen on calling me that dumb cookie name, but I bake more than cookies, you know. Brownies, fudge, pie, cake — you name it! It doesn’t even have to be sweet either. The only thing I can’t do is make something with filling. I mean, I could but I haven’t bought a piping bag so I’d have to make do with a makeshift one; which, again, I could do, but it’d be a lot messier and I'm actually not that great at filling pastries either way, so I’d really rather not, but—”

“Wait, wait,” he said raising a hand and moving forward. “What are you talking about? Piping bags? Filling?”

“Uh, a thank you?” she said, again, like it was obvious. “You helped me a lot tonight and I want to make it up to you."

“You’ve already thanked me a few times,” he said turning his head a moment. “You really don’t have to—”

“Ohhhh no you don’t, Mr. Hood!” she said stepping forward and wagging her finger at him. “Don't you pretend you didn't go out of your way for me tonight. I know you did, and I know y’all aren’t that big on manners here, but it’s only right I go a little out of my way too to repay you for it.”

"But I can’t stay with you all night, Cookie Girl,” he teased, crossing his arms and leaning against the counter opposite her. “There might be some other dumbass buying eggs and flour in the middle of the night who gets in a knife fight. Can't leave them to bleed out on the streets, now can I?"

"I suppose not," she agreed. "Though I have to admit I'm a little disappointed." She pouted and fluttered her eyelashes. "You really don't think I'm a one-of-a-kind kind of dumbass, Mr. Hood?"

Red Hood barked out a laugh, making Eden grin.

“Oh hey, how about this!" she said jumping black to their original conversation. "I can make a batch of fudge and keep it until you have time in your very busy rescuing-total-idiots schedule to stop by again. Would that work?”

He rubbed the jaw of his helmet as he considered it, then turned to her again. “How good’s your fudge?”

She choked on a laugh at how serious he sounded and cleared her throat. “Pretty good, I’d say. Never heard any complaints and I’ve been making it about as long as I’ve been making cookies.”

He hummed comically loud, the distortion making it unharmonious. “Tempting. Very tempting."

“Annnnnd,” she said leaning forward, “it’d be another one of my Mama’s recipes. It doesn't get much better than that, Mr. Hood, I promise you.”

He hummed again. “I guess one batch of fudge couldn’t hurt.”

“Perfect!” Eden beamed, clapping her hands together. “Any allergies I should know about? Nuts? Dairy? Special calorie diet? Please say no to that one; I hate dealing with low-fat nonsense. I'll do it, of course, for you, but I won't like it.”

“Nah,” he said, sounding amused. “I'm good with whatever. Go crazy, Cookie Girl.”

“Alrighty then. Oh!” She steepled her fingertips and drummed them together, grinning. “Oh, I know exactly what I'll make you... hehehe...”

“Uh, should I be scared?”

“Not at all, Mr. Hood!" she said far too sweetly. "You said go crazy, so crazy I'll go.”

He shook his head at her, then tilted it slightly. “You might wanna take a shower before you go too crazy."

"Hm?"

He nodded to her shirt and Eden glanced down.

“Oh. Right.” She still looked like a crime scene. She looked up at him again, sheepishly. "Sorry."

He shrugged, unbothered. "Don't be sorry. I’m just not huge a fan of blood in my fudge.”

"That's fair," Eden giggled, grateful for the ease that came from talking to him. She looked at her shirt again, grimaced, and pulled at the bloodied fabric. “I should probably go do that now actually...”

“I'll get out of your hair then," Red Hood said pushing himself away from the counter. "Try not to get your stitches wet if you can help it.” Then he stopped and turned as if remembering something. Eden waited until he finally decided to speak. “You seem to be able to hold yourself up now.”

Suddenly, remembering the role she was meant to be playing, her body self-corrected and started to droop to one side. Eden corrected that self-correction by dramatically shifting her weight to the other side then back again — like she was testing her balance in a very, very bizarre way.

“Yeah," she said standing upright again. "I’m not as dizzy as I was before.” Which was not untrue. She’d been extremely dizzy when he'd first found her and wasn’t at all now, so, technically, not a lie. “But I’ll sit down if it gets bad again. That’s what you’re supposed to do, right?”

Red Hood nodded slowly, not saying anything. He slung the black medical bag off his shoulder and put it on the table next to her groceries.

“I’ll leave this in case you need it," he muttered.

Eden nodded, knowing she wouldn’t, then walked him to the window. “Thanks, Mr. Hood. I’ll try to replace whatever I use." She smiled. "I don’t suppose you could give me a rough ballpark on when you might come back?”

“What,” he teased climbing back onto her fire escape, “miss me already?”

“No,” she said too quickly. “Of course not. Don’t be dumb. I’m asking for the, uh, timeline. For… fudge. Purposes. Obviously.”

“Obviously,” he repeated, kneeling in front of her window.

Eden’s cheeks grew warmer and she looked away. “Anyway," she mumbled. "I’m home by 7 most nights. But Sunday or Monday night would work best for me.”

“Alright, I’ll try to shoot for one of those.” Red Hood glanced over his shoulder and down the street. “I really should go now, Cookie Girl.” He stood from the window and pulled out his grappling hook. “Try not to do anything too stupid while I’m gone.”

“Yeah, I’ll do my best,” she scoffed. “Try not to do anything too crazy before you come back."

He snorted. “I’ll do my best.”

Eden smiled, becoming more sincere. "I'll see you later then, Mr. Hood."

"Yeah. See you later, Cookie Girl."

He jumped off the fire escape and Eden leaned out her window to watch him soar across the street. He passed several buildings before landing on a rooftop, where he paused for a moment.

He looked back at her and Eden jerked in surprise, nearly smacking her head against the glass. She sent him a small, shy wave, embarrassed at having been caught watching him go, and Red Hood returned it with a raise of his hand. It looked like he might be shaking his head, too.

Eden quickly ducked back inside and shut and locked her window. She spun around and leaned against it, trying to calm her beating heart and fiery face.

She was already being stupid, it seemed. She really had no reason to be so embarrassed! People watch other people leave their houses all the time! Eden had stood out on the front porch plenty of times back home to watch folks go — sometimes with a smile and a wave, sometimes with a scowl and a rifle in her arms. So how was watching Red Hood go any different? She shook her head and sighed.

That sigh acted as a signal and started a chain reaction.

With nobody else around, her body freely began to set off all kinds of alarms. It had saved her from another encore, yes; and now it demanded its due. She was tired, starved, and just flat out weak from her body's efforts to keep her alive.

The sudden wave of exhaustion nearly brought her to the floor. “Okay,” she mumbled, forcing herself to stand up straight. “Food, then shower, then sleep. Then everything ’ll be better,” she promised.

She stagged back to the table to take care of her groceries. Aside from a few cracked eggs, everything was still intact and, considering the adventurous night she’d had, Eden counted that as a victory.

She could have turned on the stove and heated up some leftovers. She wasn’t so hungry that she was just grabbing anything and shoving it into her mouth. But sleep's siren call was loud and clear, and Eden was eager for bed, so she ate her food cold standing over the sink. The casserole dish was empty before her stomach was full, but it would suffice until morning.

When she turned on the bathroom light and saw her reflection, she froze. Is this what she'd looked like all night? No wonder Red Hood had been so concerned! She looked like she’d caught the red death and was bleeding from every pore! Her shirt was completely soaked through, which she’d already known, but some of the blood had also seeped into her coat and even her pants.

She took a step closer to the mirror. “Holy heck…” Red Hood agreeing to see her again was nothing short of a miracle.

The blood had completely stained the skin around her neck and chest. Only the space around her stitches was clean. The top of her hair was wild and windswept while the bottom half was damp and matted with blood. Her cheeks grew warm as some silly part of her lamented over Red Hood seeing her so gross and uncouth. She tried to fix her hair – as if doing so now would somehow change how she’d looked before – but gave up shortly after beginning.

She turned on the shower and peeled the wet, sticky clothing from her body. Stepping into the hot water, the leftover strain in her muscles eased further, making it harder to keep herself upright. Using her nails, she picked at the adhesive part of the band-aid Red Hood had, half-jokingly, stuck to her palm before bringing her home. The cut, little more than a paper cut now, stung as soap suds and shampoo found their way into the tiny cracks of her skin.

At first, she tried to keep her stitches dry like Red Hood had told her, but gave up quickly. She was too tired for all that. And whatever consequences there were for a normal person wetting their stitches, it likely wouldn’t affect Eden much. Besides, the constant stream of warm water on her neck felt amazing. At least until washed-out conditioner seeped into her stitches. Then Eden regretted everything.

When she got out, she rubbed the mirror clean of fog to inspect her neck. It was just as she’d predicted.

Though red with irritation, the cut no longer reached down to her collarbone and the once deep gash in the crook of her neck was now but a shallow slice. By the time she woke up tomorrow, she doubted there would be anything left of the wound at all. The stitches had been, as she'd known, completely unnecessary. And now she was stuck with them. And would soon have no slice, no cut, nor wound to justify their existence. Great.

Turning out the light, she took a long breath. Hopefully, her body would make short work of the stitches and they would dissolve quickly. But until then, she would just have to keep her neck covered.

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When she finally crawled into bed, Eden snuggled into her covers and replayed the night in her mind. For as much agony as his stitches had – and would – put her through, Red Hood had transformed her awful, lonely night into something warm and wonderful. And now, she even had something to look forward to. As she drifted off to sleep, Eden found herself smiling. Maybe, somewhere in this big, dangerous city, Red Hood was smiling, too.

She giggled softly at the thought, hoping that maybe – just maybe – he was eager to see her again, too.

Chapter 7

Kinda short this time but I hope it was still a nice read!

As always, even the tiniest feedback is loved and appreciated 🥰💕

#jason todd #red hood #jason todd x oc #jason todd x reader #red hood x oc #red hood x reader #Never-Ending Encore #jason todd fanfiction #oc: Eden Smith #red hood fanfiction #fluff #cross posted on ao3 #chapter 6

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glitterytidalwavedragon · 4 years ago

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Devil’s Melody, Mourning Star and new story update! (Sebastian x Reader fanfics)

Hey everyone...I know its been a while... heheh. SORRY! I got so caught up in things. But enough about that. (I even used annoy Sebastian gif because I am sure thats how some of you feel).

I have updated both black butler fics, the holiday special Mourning Star and Devil’s Melody. Some of you might notice Mourning Star has been complete for some time now, I just have forgotten to let you all on tumblr know. Sorry about that.

I am also introducing a new short story. Now if you all remember, the reason why I rewrote Devil’s Melody is because the original just had too much going on and way to many plots. I also mentioned I was picking these plots apart for additional stories and one-shots. Well one of them is 70% done so I decided to post it now. It will only be updated once a week, that way it does not compete with my other uploads. So without too much delay, here are the links to everything!

Links are with the story below each header.

Devil’s Melody

Summary

Life as a celebrity has it's ups and downs; in the beginning, all there is to experience are the highs of fame. At least, that is how it should be. Since the first release of the bands songs there have been tragedies connected to your music. While some say it happens to every artist, the number of victims keeps increasing day by day, making you wonder if it is more than just a simple case as coincidence. Encouraged to go on tour with the band, you try to keep these thoughts at bay, however, destiny plans to have its way and before long you are lost in a time not of your own. The worse part about all of this?

You attracted the attention of a demon.

(Those who have read the story before will want to reread or you will be lost. Also read notes please).

Updates every Wednesday and Saturday.

Chapter 9 Preview - Land Of The Lion and Home Of The Phantom

“He’s just really busy… coming to visit would mean closing shop for a few weeks and preparing for that.” You tried to defend. Tried. It was hard to defend when Remiel hadn’t given you an answer one way or another.

“You’re making excuses for him.” It was as if Nate could sense the insecurities. “He could have just told you he was busy… but you could be right. He could be busy, with someone else.”

With a sharp inhale, you froze. Ace spoke up in defense to your boyfriend. “Nathaniel!” The man called with hard authority. “You don’t know that, nor should you be putting those kinds of ideas in her head. The man could have more valid reasons.”

“An affair is a pretty valid reason.” The ginger stated coolly. “I mean, has he even gone out of his way to check up on you? Because I have seen you messaging him.”

Your heart started to pound in your ears. He could be right. I am always the first to send him messages as of late… but he knows I’m busy. He could just be considerate to my work and schedule… but there are times the time zones wouldn’t clash.

Sweat started to form on your brow. You could have been easily over thinking things, or Nate could have been right.

Chapter 9 here -> CLICK

Those who are new, Story starts here -> CLICK!

Mourning Star

Summary

All you wanted was to help a friend, a sibling, a loved one. You never expected things to change so much, for so many others to be lost and to be tossed away from everything you knew. Unable to control anything, you went into a slumber that lasted until you finally collided with another force. Awake and in a strange place, your goal remains the same. To help the one you lost and hopefully bring balance back to the eternity of existence.

(Holiday Special)

Chapter 3 -> CLICK!

Chapter 1 -> CLICK!

Reaping Willows

Summary

The old saying is 'time flies when having fun', a rather true statement. But if it is true then 'a time watched pot never boils'. Watching was all you ever did and time moved painfully slow. Forgotten and disconnected from the world, you come to the conclusion that life was not meant for you. Far from your sibling, and alone, you wonder while watching the people and creatures around you as the longing inside you grows. But maybe...just maybe... it doesn't have to be this way. A chance encounter with eyes of emerald has granted you a blessing you were not expecting. Only one thing now worries you. How long will this blessing last before it all comes crashing down?

Also why on Earth is a demon playing butler?

Updates every Saturday

Chapter 1 -> CLICK!

Pewwww! Thats all of them! I hope everyone enjoys the reading!

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maximum118 · 4 years ago

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Sitcom

Me- I decided to post in school

Heisu- WOMAN WHY.

Me- Heisu. Hush

Zen- leans in* Sooo I found a locked door...

Me- snaps head to her* did you open it?

Zen- Maybe...*Glances to the destruction behind her*

Me- YOU DID!? WHY?!

Zen- It said “Do open!”

Me- IT SAID “DO /N O T/ OPEN!!!”

Zen- Oh...heheh...whoops...

Me- GET HER BACK IN THE ROOM DAMMIT!!

Zen- But she-

Me- ZEN!!!

Zen- OK DAMN!!

Episode 2- New Beginnings pt. 2

Episode 1 / Episode 2 (You here) / Chapter 4

2 hours had passed when Kouten left the nest of the emochickens. He was just jumping on the rooftops trying to find minor heroes to rid of in the new area. If his younger set of twin siblings don't get in the way, that is.

Kouten looks behind him where Zen, also known as Retribution, was following him. He sighs. "Retribution. Why are you here?" he asks. Retribution pouts. "Can't a sister who is worried for elder brother follow him around?" she asks.

"No, she cannot because she might kill someone who isn't a hero and then land both of them in jail." He says lightly, pushing her away.

Archangel lands next to Retribution. "Then maybe the elder brother should not be a villain." He says—retribution snickers. Kouten pulls out a water bottle and aims it at Retribution. "Don't make me use this." He says.

Retribution hisses and hides behind Archangel. Kouten facepalms and smells a faint odor of a dead body.

"What the…" mumbles Kouten as he peeks over the building. He notices a dead body, "Uh. Archangel, You're a vigilante, right…?".

Archangel arches his eyebrow and checks, almost retching, "OH, THAT'S DISGUSTING." He shouts. Retribution leans over. "Ooo, dead body. Let's burn it!" says Retribution taking some fire from her wings.

"Retribution, Kou no."

"Retribution, Kou yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"No. Can we not do this, you two?" asks Archangel as he looks at his twin and elder brother.

"But cremation…." Says Retribution as she puts her wings out.

"Actually, I'm in with cremation. I gotta satisfy my bloodlust." Says Kouten, Archangel facepalms. Peaking through the gaps in his fingers, Archangel recognized something in the dark. A light, moving towards the body.

The trio quietly looks from above. A black hooded person with a lantern tail stood over the body.

"Are they a hero?" whispers Zen to her brothers. Kouten looks at Archangel.

"Not all heroes know vigilantes Kouten." Whispers Archangel.

Kouten shifts his gaze over to the person. The person kneels and opens the lantern top. Allowing something to light up the inside of the lantern. After the person closed the top, Kouten jumps down to the person.

The person turns to Kouten, briefly showing ginger hair and a mask. Kouten walks up to them. "Listen, Hero. I'll give you 5 seconds to run before scorch ya." He says.

The person tilts their head, gazing at Kouten. "Hero…? I am not a hero…" he says softly.

"Wait…you aren't a hero? Then are you a villain? If that's the case, Scat!"

"I am neither a villain. I am my own thing. I will not leave just so another can kill more."

Kouten stares dumbfounded at the person. "So you are a hero?" he asks.

"…I am a person with morals and a person who senses you've been through something…years ago…"

"What..?? No, I haven't!"

The person walks closer to him, pointing to the scar on Kouten's cheek.

"that wound isn't from birth. Something truly happened to you."

Kouten doesn't say anything as he looks down. From what he can see, the person was up to Kouten's chest. Kouten also noticed ginger hair with dyed black ends.

"I also sense…you did have a heart of a hero once…"

Kouten stumbles back. "What are you…" he says, looking at them.

"I am a human with a lantern tail and some skills." The person answers.

"…You don't sound human… you're reading my past like… it's nothing…"

The person giggles as they did some parkour-up metal balconies. Landing on the opposite building of where Retribution and Archangel were. The person stares down at Kouten. "Oh, I suggest leaving before the police come, villain." They say as they run on the rooftops away.

Kouten hears sirens and quickly gets up to his siblings. He looks to Archangel. "Better act that you came here." He says as he and Retribution leave the scene.

Retribution looks at Kouten "what were you and the person talking about?" She asks.

"…they were able to read my past. Also, know I was a hero once." He answers, looking away.

"Are we going to run into them more often?"

"For all of us? Rarely. For just me? Probably…"

"What do you mean?"

"They seemed interested in me when they warned me to leave quickly before the police get there."

"So they might be following you after tonight?"

"Possibly. No one else told any villains before to leave the scene. They did. Either they're interested in me, they don't have a side, or they have a villainous family."

"Speaking of sides…did you find out if they're an ally? Or an enemy?"

"They answered that they're a person of morals."

Retribution stops flying and lands. "So…hero?" she asks.

Kouten stops running and shakes his head. "Some villains have morals too. I think they're…neutral…" he answers.

"I'll trust your choice. For now, I found some minor heroes." Says Retribution smirking, Kouten smirks with her

"about. Fuckin. Time."

~Next morning ~

Kouten, Zen, and Hato came home at 3 am and passed the fuck out. That is until...

Haruki bursts into Kouten's room at 6:30 am. "WAKKKKEEE UPPPP BREAKFAST TIME BROTHA!" he shouts, jumping on Kouten.

"OWWWW!!!!" Shouts kouten, looking at his adorable brother.

"Haruki! Go wake up, Sai!" says Kouten. Haruki Innocently smiles.

"but Sai told me to wake up you, Z, and Hato!"

". . .SAIIII! SCREW YOU!"

Sai walks past Kouten's room door. "Told you not to stay up too late." He says, entering Hato's room.

"hato. Wake up. Hei can't wake Zen up." He says, shaking Hato.

Hato groans and grabs his phone, and plays an American song called "Worth it" by Fifth harmony.

Sai raises an eyebrow in confusion and then hears shouting from Zen's room-

"GIVE IT TO MEH I'M WORTH IT. BABY, I'M WORTH IT! UH-HUH, I'M WORTH IT. GIMMIE, GIMMIE I'M WORTH IT!"

Sai blinks at the shouting then looks to Hato, who is currently half asleep.

"How in the world-"

"Don't question it." Says Hato going into his mini-fridge. Pulling out two pinkie mice and placing them in his snake's tank.

"You just have frozen mice in your mini-fridge?"

"The snake gotta eat something, or it's eating Z. Toasted chicken."

Zen leans in "wait. You would feed me to your snake?" she asks.

"If I run out of mice, yes. Either you, Kou or Satori. Peace and quiet then."

�� Zen gasps, "DAMN YOU! YOU TRAITOR!" She shouts. Hato gives her a look.

"you said yourself when you had scorpions, if you didn't have any food, you'll poison one of us. Guess who then squashed them..his name starts with a D."

Zen looks down "hey, Kouten, and you shouldn't have snitched!" She says. Sai looks at Zen.

"YOU HAD PET SCORPIONS!?" he shouts. Zen looks at him.

"Currently, I have two female long-tailed chinchillas, both babies. One's name is Lechuza. She is more mischievous. The other, Adelita, is quieter and shyer."

Hato gets an idea and smirks. "Chinchillas?" he asks. Zen panics and runs to her room screaming, "DON'T TOUCH MY BABIES!!"

Back with Kouten, who grabbing food for Haruki and gets ready for his day. Brushing his untamed hair, he looks out the bathroom where Sai is dragging Hato and somehow Zen to the kitchen.

"Hey, did the moving truck bring my bike here yet?" Asks Kouten. Sai looks over to Kouten. "Should be in the garage. You got to get going?" asks Sai.

Kouten shows a message from his modeling agency "Yup. A new designer wants me to model. I won't be in the office today anyways." Explains Kouten. Sai nods, gently pushing the 23 yr old twin set in the kitchen.

"Alright, be safe. No killing either. Remember L is lobby! G is garage!" Says Sai as he gives Kouten a look. Going to Riku's and Satori's room to wake them up.

Kouten rolls his eyes and grabs his keys and helmet. "See ya, Kou!" says Haruki as Kouten smiles leaving the penthouse to the elevator, pressing G to head to the garage. After stopping a few floors where people enter the elevator recognizing him from his TV appearances and modeling. Some asking for autographs, others pictures, and some with questions like "Are you with someone?", "How is your life with the former number 2 hero, Hawks?" or something else entirely strange.

Kouten looks around. When his eyes land on a red and black bike.

"Ah, hello, baby. Good to see you have no scratches." He says, wiping it down. "No dust either…" he mumbles. Getting on the bike placing his helmet on, he gets moving.

~Later at a cafe~

Kouten removes his helmet and begins fixing his hair. "Ugh…stupid dad genes." Mumbles Kouten.

He enters the cozy café in front of him. He was in the center of the city, a lively place where many shops were around. Upon entering, he got a text from his manager saying he's running late. Kouten sighs and thinks about getting a coffee.

Looking at the menu, he waits in line. Once it was his turn, he ordered a coffee and waited at the end of the counter. After waiting a few minutes, the barista seeming bored and pushed two drinks, not even saying the names.

Kouten rolls his eyes fine bitch, so I won't fight you mainly for plot convince thinks Kouten and goes to grab one when he touched another's. Startled, he quickly retracted his hand and looks at the person next to him.

"I am sorry-"Kouten cuts himself off. Staring at what he believes is male. The man had semi-tanned skin and lavender eyes. Along with that, he had a yellow crescent moon shape with two navy stars shapes near the moon on his left cheek. What Kouten noticed was the ginger hair with black dyed ends. Then the lantern tail, Remembering from the person last night.

Kouten was breathless. He looks away, grabbing the other drink. A faint blush on his cheeks. "Sorry…I didn't know you also ordered coffee." Says Kouten.

"I didn't…I ordered hot tea…" says the male. Kouten looks at the cup he's currently holding and noticing the characters "Ei" (Crystal) and "ta" (gentle can be mean big/blessed. I prefer Gentle/blessed) and the characters spelling out Inoue. Kouten becomes embarrassed "here. This is yours then." He says, handing the cup to the male, Inoue Eita.

Eita blushes and takes the cup. He then pushes the 1st cup to Kouten. Quickly leaving to meet a black-haired purple-eyed male. Kouten watches as the two walk-offs from the café. After the duo wasn't in view, Kouten sits down and thinks I should've invited him to chat with me. He thinks.

Meanwhile, with Eita, the male next to Eita, smiling, looks to him. "So you met a celebrity?" he asks.

"He was a celebrity?" Asks Eita glancing at the man.

The male sweatdrops, "You, sir, are going to get killed one day." He says.

"I'm surprised you haven't tried to kill me, Hotaru..."

The male, Hotaru, smiles more "It's Hiroshi in the daytime. Plus, you're useful to me. I got to have a proper fortune to see if I can get away with murder."

Eita looks down and looks to his tail, glowing faintly …Did he not see who I am? Or did he notice and not say? A chuckle escapes his throat Todoroki Kouten…you…interest me…He thinks. He looks to Hotaru as he chats up random people. Potential victims to kill, more lives needlessly killed.

Eita thinks about 3 months ahead of now, a circus with some old friends is coming to the city. Eita looks at the sky. It'll be nice to see them again…Thinks Eita with a smile.

Back with Kouten, he continues to wait for his manager. As another bright day is full of unexpected things begins in this world of new beginnings.

The barista, leaving for the day with her friend. The friend looks at her. "You are literally planning soft angst?" They say.

The barista snickers, "I might. Truthfully the readers get a slow burn romance/slice of life for this."

"So maybe. You are evil."

"Am not. I just wanna play around with a crack head family and hopefully play with people's emotions expecting two of the main characters to kiss."

"Fucker."

"oh, hush. The main couple wouldn't have met if I didn't help."

"Damn. Your right. Also, fuck you. Go update RTS and SFU."

"I WILL. Damn! When I feel like it."

"MAXI!"

"OH, FINE I

WILL DAMMIT."

Saisho/Sai belongs to @ulti-mal

Kouten belongs to @hairuko

Hato belongs to @juniperarts

Satori belongs to @fioresacros

Haruki belongs to @/_falyy on twitter

Riku & Hotaru to @diizaren

#siblings #dabihawks lovechild #sitcom #romance #first meeting #lantern #villian #foreshadowing #fourth wall break #choas #chinchilla #snake #idk how to tag this #sorry about that #bnha fanfiction #family

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Enough Pt. 9

A/N: Hello everybody!!!!!!!!! First of all, WOW, I just want to start by saying how SORRY I am for taking this long to post an update. Also, I want to say THANK YOU to all of those who have been eagerly waiting for updates and supporting this series. It means a lot to me, like you guys have no idea! It was hard for me to update because I was having a hard time finding free time to write. I was also having difficulties because this has mature content and ya girl in inexperienced as fuk! Like, I legit have no experience whatsoever. The most I’ve done with a guy is kiss. So smut scenes are probably no longer going to be a thing if I want to update in a timely manner, I might make some suggestive content, but no more actual explicit scenes. It’s hard to write about something you have no experience in hehehe. I also feel like this part is shorter than others and that’s because I really wanted to wrap it up and post something for you guys. But I’ll do a better job for next part. Anyway, enough about that! Here is a new chapter! I really hope you guys enjoy it and was worth the wait. Happy reading!

WARNINGS: Smut, 18+

The past couple of weeks have been hectic. With the project at full speed, your days were long, full of meetings and long conference calls. You did not mind since you were always working with Mark, Johnny and Jaehyun; they made your long days fun and bearable. Speaking of Jaehyun, you and him were now officially a couple. The day after your date he asked you out for coffee and you obviously agreed to meet him. He nervously asked you if you wanted to be in a serious relationship with him. He confessed his feelings, how he was interested in you since he first met you and how after getting to know you better, he knew he liked you. You felt like a ton of bricks hit you all at once, not really knowing how to deal with a man being so open about his feelings. Jaehyun seem to know what he liked and wanted and went for it, he didn’t play any games and that was a big breath of fresh air. You obviously said yes because, if you’re being honest, you were extremely into him as well. Basically since you first met him too and you had never met a man that was so genuine.

Since that day you had both been inseparable and it didn’t take long for Mark and Johnny to figure it out. They were weirdly excited about your relationship with Jaehyun, both of them squealing like school girls when you both confirmed their suspicions. They became super annoying (more than usual) and wanted to spend every second with you and Jaehyun. You didn’t mind it so much at work because some people didn’t seem too keen on your relationship, so having Johnny and Mark as a buffer really helped out. Not that you actually cared, the only bothered ones were the delusional receptionists that thought they stood a chance with Jaehyun.

The two of you went on many dates but Jaehyun didn’t want to go to your place alone, he only agreed to go when Johnny and Mark would join you. It didn’t bother you, it was actually sort of cute; but your attraction towards him was growing and you wanted to have him all alone. Like, really badly wanted to take your relationship to the next level. Jaehyun was adamant on taking it slow and it was nice to have that for a change. You were experiencing a lot of new things with him and it made you giddy, like an excited child. He was very patient with you and you appreciated that because you knew you weren’t always easy to handle, especially when certain insecurities would jump in your mind. Jaehyun didn’t seem fazed by any of it and was actually really sweet when helping you through your moments.

You really hated when you did this because you really did not want to compare Jaehyun to Chanyeol, but sometimes your brain went there before you could even stop yourself. Jaehyun was so different and it honestly scared you how amazing he is; sometimes you felt like he was going to tell you it was all a joke and that he didn’t like you and you were delusional for thinking he did. Thankfully that had not yet happened and you really hoped it would stay that way.

You were going on a date with him this weekend and you were excited to spend some time with him without Johnny and Mark around. You loved those guys, but they were really cramping your style. You had a feeling that maybe Jaehyun wanted them around to keep up with the whole ‘taking it slow’ thing, but you really wanted to spend some time alone with him. After voicing these concerns to him, he rapidly complied and promised to take you out on a date with just the two of you. It was going to be a perfect day for a picnic in central park and you couldn’t wait. It seemed so romantic and like it was straight out of a movie. No other guy had ever put this much effort into dates, Jaehyun kept amazing you day after day. You wore a cute white sundress with baby blue flowers, it stopped right above your knees and you paired it with your favorite white sneakers. You made your hair in soft curls and wore a cute bra and panty set… in case things went the way you were hoping for.

Punctual as always Jaehyun arrived at your apartment to pick you up and the butterflies in your stomach started to flutter around like crazy, almost making you sick. The fact that after weeks of dating they did not calm down one bit really made you realize how head over heels you were over him. He looked absolutely perfect wearing khaki chinos and a light blue button down with the sleeves rolled up, his hair brushed away from his forehead.

“You keep getting lovelier and lovelier as each day passes.” He compliments as he greets you with a chaste kiss on your mouth.

“Eww shut up.” You tease, still not used to his cheesiness and how open he is.

“I have the goods,” He lifted a cute wicker picnic basket, “ready to go?”

“Yes, let’s go.” You said, walking out of the apartment and out into the sunny New York afternoon.

“This is a nice day for a walk. But are you sure you don’t want to get a taxi or an Uber or something?” He asked, holding your hand tightly as you made your way through the crowded streets.

“Yeah I’m sure, I like taking walks with you.” You state simply, shoving his shoulder lightly with yours.

You got to the park in record time and made your way to your favorite spot, right by the Alice in Wonderland statue. There was a cute pond nearby too, so you had the best view of the park in your mind. After finding the perfect spot and setting up your cute picnic, you dug into the goodies Jaehyun prepared. He brought your favorite cheeses and laughed when you squealed excitedly, lunging at him for a hug and toppling backwards, laughing as you thanked him over and over for the cheese. That was something you loved about him and had not experienced before. No one you had ever dated had ever bothered to remember small details about you. Sure they remembered the important things like your birthday and your favorite color, but it was never the more important things and Jaehyun seemed to remember everything about you, even if you only mentioned it once.

“I brought some wine and grapes too if you want some.” He said, motioning to the basket that sat between the both of you.

“Oh not yet.” You groaned, laying down on the blanket as you clutched your belly, having eaten too much cheese. “I’m so full. It was worth it though.” You sighed contentedly.

Jaehyun chuckled and laid next to you, enjoying the lazy afternoon. “I feel like it got cloudy all of a sudden.” He commented, glancing at the darkening sky.

“The weather app said it was supposed to be sunny today.” You mention, feeling the sudden change in temperature, your skin breaking out in goosebumps.

“Do you want to leave or do you want to stay here longer?” He asked, glancing at your still form.

“I want to wait a little longer, I am really enjoying this.” You hummed, loving the sounds of the ducks in the nearby pond.

Jaehyun decided to relax as well and closed his eyes, enjoying the crisp air against his face.

His fingers reached for yours and entwined your hands, giving you a soft squeeze that made your heart jump. You were so happy and relaxed that you felt yourself start to drift off a little bit, your breathing getting deeper. You twitched when you felt a drop fall on your face, opening an eye to look at the sky and noticing that it had gotten much darker. You looked over to Jaehyun and saw that he still had his eyes closed. You ignored that droplet and closed your eyes once again.

You felt another droplet hit your skin, followed by another one. Soon, there were many water droplets falling fast, quickly getting you wet.

“Oh shit!” Jaehyun exclaimed as both of you scrambled off the blanket and got all of your belongings.

“Hurry!” You laughed, collecting the blanket off the floor as Jaehyun got the basket. He reaches for your hand and you both ran as fast as you could, seeking shelter under the awnings of the buildings you were passing. Since your apartment wasn’t far from the park and you were wet already, you decided to just walk the rest of the way.

By the time you make it to your building, you both are drenched from head to toe, laughing as the water droplets made a puddle at your feet in the elevator.

“That was fun.” You shiver, teeth chattering as you wrap your arms around yourself in an attempt to warm up your cold skin.

“I’d offer you some warmth but I’m just as soaked as you are.” He says, shivering slightly from the feeling of the wet clothes on his body.

The elevator stops at your floor and you make your way to your apartment, desperate to get into some dry clothes.

“I think I might have some sweat pants and an oversize sweater that might fit you.” You say to Jaehyun, taking your wet shoes off at the entrance of your apartment.

“Thanks.” He says, teeth chattering because of the cold, wet clothes on his body.

“I have another bathroom in the guestroom. Why don’t you go and take a warm shower there. I’ll bring the clothes over to you in a minute.” You say as you point over to where the other bathroom is.

“Okay, thank you.” He says, walking as fast as he can to the room without falling over and making a mess on your floor.

You find the over-sized clothing items and a towel for Jaehyun and make your way to the guest room and leave the items on the bathroom counter, making sure you don’t look over to where the shower is.

Practically running out the door, you make your way to your own bathroom to take a quick but warm shower, excited to be clean and dry.

You make sure you don’t take long so Jaehyun doesn’t have to wait for you, but also making sure that you are squeaky clean and smell nice.

Once out of the shower, you put on some nice lotion to make your skin soft, and you put on some black leggings and a white t-shirt.

Jaehyun is waiting on your couch by the time you exit your room, looking really cute wearing your clothes.

“Did the clothes fit you okay?” You ask as you take a seat next to him on the couch.

“Yes, thanks. It’s a little snug but its not bad.” He said as he wiped his hands on his legs.

“Good.” You smiled, looking at his beautiful face. “Want me to order something to eat?” You asked.

“Yeah that sounds great.” He smiled, feeling a little hungry himself.

You got up from the couch to get the takeout menus from your your kitchen counter, not realizing that your shirt was basically see through with the lighting from your kitchen. Jaehyhun gulped and willed himself to look away from your body, shaking his head to get rid of the image of the outline of your breasts.

You walked back to the couch and plopped down next to him, your chest making quick contact with his arm, allowing him to feel your soft flesh, even if it was brief.

“Alright, you can choose which one you’d like.” You say to Jaehyun, fanning out the menus and holding them in front of him so he can see them clearly.

You were met with silence and you thought he was deciding on what he wanted to eat. However after another long pause of silence, you look over at him and see him staring right at your chest.

“Jaehyun?” You say softly, finally breaking him out of his stupor. His gaze slowly lifts from your chest to your face and makes eye contact with you.

His stare was so intense, you felt your whole body get warm. You gulped and looked at his plump lips, subconsciously lightly biting your own. That was the last straw for Jaehyun and he couldn’t stop himself from leaning forward to kiss you. It was tentative at first, but once you leaned towards him to deepen the kiss, he let himself enjoy it. The kiss got hotter and more intense, hands roaming each others bodies, menus long forgotten. His hands shyly explored the skin of your sides, not wanting to push you into something you didn’t want to do. You were finally experiencing something you had wanted for a long time and you were not going to let this opportunity go to waste. You parted from his lips for a second, one that felt much too long, and straddled him, placing your middle directly on top of his hardening one. He let out a gorgeous groan at the contact as you adjusted yourself on top of him, quickly resuming your intense make out session. Jaehyun could feel himself slowly losing control and going crazy with his need for you. He had been trying to control himself for so long, but he now wished he’d allowed himself to get intimate with you sooner. It was as if your body was made just for him, your curves fitting perfectly in his hands, your gorgeous hips on top of his fit together like a perfect puzzle piece.

You needed to see and feel more of Jaehyun, so you quickly rid him of his shirt, mouth watering at his perfect skin and the deliciously defined muscles of his abdomen. You licked your lips at the sight and quickly attached your hungry lips to his collarbone, lightly sucking and biting on it. He let out a low moan at the sensation, appreciating the attention you were giving his body. Your hips had a mind of their own and you didn’t realize they started to slowly grind on Jaehyun’s hips; you were too enthralled by his collarbones. It wasn't until you felt something poking your thigh that you realized how turned on Jaehyun was as well.

“Come with me.” You whispered in his ear as you got off his lap, holding your hand out to him.

He took your hand and followed you into your bedroom, where you pushed him down on your bed and straddled him again.

“Do you want this?” He whispered, afraid of ruining the moment with his question.

“Of course,” You smiled at his uncertainty. “I wouldn’t have brought you to my room if I didn’t. Do you want this? Me?” You asked, suddenly feeling a bit out of place. Maybe he didn’t want to take things this far and it felt like maybe you pushed him into something he didn’t want.

“Of course I do. Who would be stupid to not want you?” He questioned honestly, reaching forward to kiss your lips.

His statement was all you needed to remove the rest of your clothing items, Jaehyun following suit.

“God you’re beautiful.” Jaehyun groans at the sight of your naked body in full display for him. You walk towards him slowly, placing your hands on his shoulders and push him down on the bed. You straddled him once again, shuddering at the sensation of your bodies pressing against each other. The warmth of his skin pressed against yours felt amazing and you wanted to get more of it. You wanted to feel him all over you, you wanted to drown in it. You felt intoxicated and you wanted more; you never wanted the feeling to stop. You kissed down his neck, lightly nipping at the skin and marking it red. You started to swivel your hips, grinding down on his hard cock, making you shudder as the sensations ran through you. Jaehyun moans at the feeling, holding your hips to stop your movement. You whine at the loss of contact, your core aching and needing attention.

“Baby, I want to taste you.” Jaehyun groans against your skin, cock twitching at the thought of tasting you.

“Another time baby, I really want to feel you inside of me.” You pant, your arousal becoming unbearable.

“Fuck. Okay baby.” He says, not being able to deny you of anything you want.

You lie down on your bed and scoot up towards the bed frame, spreading your legs open with a teasing smile. You don’t know when you became so bold but the look on Jaehyun’s face was worth it.

“You’re killing me baby girl.” He groans, tugging at his cock subconsciously.

“Baby!” You whine, “I need you.” You open your legs wider to show Jaehyun that you were more than ready to have him.

“Okay babe, let me get a condom.” He says as he moves toward his jeans that were long discarded.

“It’s okay, I’m on the pill. I want to feel all of you.” You say, arching your back at the anticipation of feeling his big cock inside of you.

“Fuck baby, you are going to be the death of me.” He groans, moving towards the bed to hover over you. He trails his fingers over your curves, feeling your sides and moving them to your breasts, massaging them and flicking your nipples until they were hard peaks.

“Are you ready for me baby?” Jaehyun asks, trailing his fingers along your slit, feeling the wetness there. “Yes you are baby. You are so wet.” He trails his fingers up and down your slit, spreading your arousal.

He pumped himself a few times before aligning himself with your entrance, teasing you with the head of his cock, making you mewl at the slight stretch.

“Babe, please don’t tease.” You whine, hips lifting to meet his.

“You ready for me babe? You’re so eager to have my cock fill your tight pussy that you’re begging like a little slut.” He murmurs roughly into your ear, his dirty talk making you even more aroused, something that you didn’t think was possible.

“Jaehyun please I nee- oh!” You gasp, the feeling of his cock stretching you out making you dizzy.

“Oh fuck.” You moan, arching your back as pleasure coursed through your body.

Jaehyun couldn’t believe how tight you were and how well you were taking him. He was mesmerized by the sight of your breasts bouncing with every thrust. He grabbed your knees and spread your legs wider, changing the angle in which he thrust into you, reaching deeper. You moaned wantonly at the feeling of his cock stretching your walls, the feeling making you delirious. You wrap your ankles around his waist to bring him closer to you, his cock reaching deeper inside you, making your eyes roll to the back of your head. The way Jaehyun was moving his hips was driving you crazy. Never before had you felt such pleasure like the one he was giving you. Jaehyun moved his head down to suck on one of your nipples, your back arching into his mouth, the sensation overwhelming.

“Babe you feel so good.” Jaehyun groans, loving the way our tight pussy sucks in his cock.

“I’m so close.” You pant, breathless from the pleasure your body is experiencing.

He can feel you tighten around him, a sign that you’re soon approaching your release. He feels his coming on too, so he quickly rubs circles on your clit, making stars burst behind your closed eyelids.

“Fuck!” You cry out in pleasure, writhing under him. The feeling is all-consuming and you can feel the white liquid pleasure coursing through your body, the pressure building in your lower belly just waiting to burst.

“I’m so close. Please don’t stop!” You pant, lifting your hips in time with Jaehyun’s thrusts, the pressure on your clit from his fingers elevating the pleasure you were feeling.

“Come for me baby.” Jaehyun groaned in your ear, feeling his release approaching soon but he didn’t want to finish before you.

He bent down to capture a stiff nipple with his plump lips, sucking on it with a purpose, making you cry out in pleasure. That was all it took to get that pressure that was bubbling in your belly to explode, the white heat blinding you for a second, your mouth hanging open with a silent scream. Your walls convulsing around Jaehyun’s cock was all it took for him to reach his peak, a low groan leaving his lips as his hips rocked slowly into you, coming down from his high.

A deep sigh of contentment left your lips as Jaehyun settled on your chest, his sweat-slicked head resting comfortably on your soft breasts, his breath tickling your sweaty skin. You two laid there for a few minutes as you caught your breath, your heart rate coming back to normal. Jaehyun silently got up and you instantly felt the loss of his body heat. He went into your bathroom and came back with a wet towel. He took the warm cloth and cleaned the mess that was left between your legs, being careful with your sensitive part. You felt a knot form in your belly at his consideration. You didn’t want to go there, but you knew Chanyeol would never do aftercare like this.

“Thank you.” Jaehyun whispered as he sat next to you on the bed, his gaze soft as he looked at you.

“For what?” You asked, ogling his gorgeous body that was still very much naked.

“For this amazing day. For trusting me with your heart and your body. That was… well, amazing. It was the best sex of my life.” He said sheepishly, the tips of his ears turning bright red, making the warmth you felt in your chest expand.

“Mine too.” You said with a smile, loving the way his eyes sparkled at your comment.

“Want to shower together?” He asked, a hopeful expression gracing his handsome face.

“Are you sure you don’t want round 2 in the shower?” You accused jokingly, making him roar out a laugh.

“I swear my intentions are pure!” He said as he put his arms up in surrender. You rolled your eyes at his comment but got up and led him to your bathroom. You wouldn’t mind round 2, but you were already feeling a bit sore down there. He gave it to you good and you were starting to feel it.

After a nice shower and a second round of some steamy sex (in the shower), you were finally dressed in comfy clothes once again. You finally called for some take out, having a huge appetite after your earlier activities. You snuggled in the couch while you watched a movie, the dim lights and the tumbling of the dryer in the background lulling you to a comfortable slumber. You heard a buzzing sound but could not be bothered to wake up even as you felt Jaehyun shift behind you, laying you down completely on the couch. After what felt like a few minutes, you feel Jaehyun lift you off the couch and that’s when you finally stir from your nap.

“Shh it’s okay baby, you can keep sleeping. I’m taking you to bed now, I put the clean sheets on the bed.” He said as he entered your room and placed you down gently on the bed.

“Mmm thanks.” You mumbled sleepily, happily snuggling into the warm bed sheets that he took out of the dryer.

Jaehyun got in bed with you and brought you back against his solid chest, resting his head on top of yours. You fell asleep feeling extremely happy and comfortable in his arms, happy that you found someone who really cared about you, was kind and considerate. Sometimes it takes getting hurt by someone in order to really appreciate the way you’re supposed to be treated. You knew that Jaehyun would never hurt you, not intentionally anyway. You knew comparing the two of them was not right, but you didn’t care as you drifted into a deep sleep in the arms of the person who showed you how much he truly cared for you.

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Review Response, Dec 29 2019 - Jan 4 2020

A lot of stuff here. ... Yay!!

Legacy #009

1) Omg the confession chapter! Loved this chapter to bits! Also happy 2020!

Yes! The confession has finally happened! Hell, it’s about time. Happy 2020, the year of the rat 庚子年!

2) Lol sun being A scared shit and A sweet confession. Looking forward to the next chapter

Sun being terrified... heh. It’s what Black would be in that situation. Sun? ... Who knows. The next chapter might happen soon, depends on how this chapter went!

3) Hehe, it really did work out for the best for Blue. Makes perfect sense to give Platinum the LuckyShipping confession MVP award now. Her little chat with Red was probably the best scene in this chapter for me.

Nice to see a fluffy chapter before the action kicks in again. Poor Yellow, though - she's going to be suffering for a bit...though it would be nice to see if/how Yellow gets over it. And I wonder what the "calling" thing is about. I suspect her target is a Mimikyu, but is this more Moon's instinct saying that a potential new team member is nearby or maybe there's some psychic stuff going on here?

Anyway, it's nice to see this story finally getting so many reviews! Happy New Year! As always, can't wait for the next chapter!

Hehe. Platinum the MVP, even though she really didn’t want to interfere in the matter. ... And no one’s going to be giving thanks to White or Y. Hahaha.

Poor Yellow? Not yet. It’s too soon. And no, the target is not a Mimikyu. Sun already has one. And you know from the overhaul post that Moon does not get a Mimikyu. Moon gets a Banette. And in the Thrifty Megamart, there are wild Shuppets. Fun fact: I do research to see what Pokemon are in what area so the Dex Holders will run into a Pokemon that makes sense in that area. Psychic stuff? Nah. Ghost stuff.

And Happy New Year to you too!

4) AAAAAAH THEY DID IT OH MY GOD THE FLUFF IS REAL

The fluff is real and it’s going to get fluffier. It’s going to be so fluffy that Yellow suffocates and Red and Blue get a bad case of static shock. ... Wait, what?

5) They’ve finally done it and platinum once again proving to be of help to both red and blue in getting the together. Your slowly making platinum one of my personal new favourites from these and I fine with that. It’s a really sweet chapter. Anyways Happy new years!

Platinum’s so nice. Hehehe... She’s a wonderful character! ... Yeah, yeah. Bias. Happy New Year!

6) I love the interactions between White and Y - they honestly seem really close and it’s really nice to see! I love the chapter I hope you had a good New Year’s Eve and Christmas and thank you for the new chapter!

I like the interactions between White and Y too, which is why I put in a lot of them. And they’re not exactly a senior/junior type, but rather, good friend type. Hence Y’s line of “oh eat my ass” in the last chapter.

7) Loved iT! Looking forward to the next chapter

Thank you. More to come soon...ish?

8) So excited to see if moon hits the Pokemon. Loved this chapter and white with the rapidash was great

Hehe. Of course Moon would hit it. White failing miserably in riding Rapidash, just like in that one SC chapter (SC #007: Memory Lane).

9) I'm glad Blue managed to confess her feelings for Red after struggling so hard with them. Crushes are really stressful, and in her case in particular, with her fear of getting close to and hurting others- just ah. The secret's out, and Red reciprocates. Now at least they'll have this moment of happiness! ...Though poor Yellow has rather unfortunate timing.

Is Moon being called to by a Mimikyu, I wonder? That'd be a strong and cool addition to her party!

Only happiness awaits for Red and Blue! ... Until the plot hits them, as foretold. Yellow’s purpose in the story is now halfway over.

And no, Moon is not being called by a Mimikyu.

10) Awwwww that was really cute! Hope we get more fluff next chapter!

Oh, there will. Flufftacular chapters are inbound.

11) Looking forward to the next chapter!

Thank you.

12) Hey again, hope your New Years went well! Glad to see an update to this story. Regarding the latest chapter, I'm pretty mixed - but not in a bad way.

The first half was pretty enjoyable to read. Honestly, Red does seem like he's become the person to think things over a bit before diving in from what I saw in FRLG and him asking Platinum what was up with Blue was enjoyable. Red also deciding to take the leap and press the issue to not prolong Blue's suffering was pretty fun to read too. I half expected Blue to go on a rant about why she likes Red to him, she seems like the kind of person to justify everything (since you've shown her thoughts and rationale about why she "musn't" let Red she likes him in earlier chapters) but I guess it wasn't needed or maybe she'll do it when she's a bit calmer. I'd like to see Red react to him unknowingly saving her back in Chapter 1. Also, I've said it before - I used to like Red and Yellow, but this kinda does cement why I like Red and Blue - I kinda got a kick out of Yellow spying on the two of them, felt somewhat ironic.

I might be the only one but I kinda just gloss over the Sun and Moon parts of the story. I still read them, but I just feel more invested in the older Dex Holders' adventures since they're more emotional and I'm way more attached to those guys.

Regardless of my personal bias, great chapter. Looking forward to more as always.

Red is reckless when it comes to like... battling and combat. But outside of that, he’s not stupidly reckless. And hopefully, given how old he is in Legacy, he would’ve mellowed even more. And so he is now considerate. Huzzah! Blue will go on a ramble and talk about her fears later on once things have settled. Right now, she would be quite exhausted, actually. And then she and Red can have that discussion that was in Destiny, but in Legacy with updated interactions and no doomsday on the horizon. Getting a kick out of Yellow getting heartbroken, huh? Hahaha. ... More to come later.

Eh, it’s not that surprising. After all, statistically, the newest Dex Holders are generally ignored by the readers. Black and White in SA, X and Y in early Destiny, and now Sun and Moon in early (still) Legacy. Now, Sun and Moon aren’t that new anymore, so they’re not being as ignored, but they’re still the newest (since we don’t know sh*t about Sword and Shield yet), so... yeah.

13) Loved this blue being shy is so unexpected aswell!

Timid Blue is unexpectedly cute, eh? Hehehe...

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Surprised that no one talked about the title. I guess f*ck Heart, right? Heh.

So, good news is... the newest chapter is above 10. So... update will happen in this month. “Bad” news is... the update fails to reach the average. But given how the average was raised, the updated chapter is still above most of the others, and it’s been less than a week, so... update will still happen this month, just not this week or the next. Give me some time off, eh?

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DE #003

1) These two cinnamon rolls are so cute!

Yep. Black and White are stupidly cute together, whether they’re surrounded by fluff or blood.

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DE #013

1) Cute Ruby and White.

Surprisingly cute, huh? Same goes for Sapphire & Black!

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DE #020

1) Red and Blue (female) are so cute!

Yep! That they are! Hehehe.

2) So cute

Yes indeed.

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DE #021

1) Just give her a ring and kiss her already. Geez these two are so cute.

Hehe. Short Story - The Question. Pop the ring!

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DE #028

1) Cute,l!

Well, I guess this chapter was cute. Its prequel, however... hehe...

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DE #031

1) Good stuff. Will take a long while for Sun and Moon to even be this intimate tho. What with all the fighting.

I don’t think Sun and Moon can ever actually be that intimate. For one, Moon will have to surgically remove that coin lodged in his brain, and someone will have to shove a classy romance novel into his face over and over until he learns the concept of flirting and proper responses.

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There’s no need to see the DE chart, so...

SC #015

1) Coming back to this chapter after knowing what Red's up to makes their job occupations work very, very well together. Blue provides the advanced technology, Red carries out the "fieldwork". Both manage to work unique occupations during the day and still spend a wholesome time together when they're back home. Loving their dynamic!

Oddly, the Covert Ops series, whose idea I scrapped, has come back in a very weird fashion. Instead of Blue doing the fieldwork (or Rakutsu), she’s just providing the tech to Red. Interesting.

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SC #017

1) *Mission Impossible theme plays with the sound of jingle bells and terrified shrieks of thugs in the background*

Merry (late!) Christmas to the unfortunate baddies of the world who Dex Holders deliver justice to. Can't say I ever expected Red to become a hitman, let alone dress up as Santa Claus and deal out punishment to evildoers. Sure was a hilarious read, however!

“Santa Claus is gunning you down~” Ahem.

Red the mercenary. And coincidentally, the chapter is based on a Hitman Santa rampage that I used to do back in the days. “Santa’s coming to town!”

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I appreciate what you did, but... +1/+1 doesn’t actually do much. Like, SC #015 is now no longer the least reviewed chapter, but instead, TIED at the least reviewed chapter, along with the Wings update from many months ago. The two chapters you put the pity reviews for, are still not even at half of the story’s average. +4/+4 from now, and then maybe we’ll see.

#qna

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If Villains Baked Cookies — Chapter 2

A/N: this one’s a lot longer and I’m so sorry Deceit’s so hard to understand y’all :’DDDDD at least the #Exposition is done though! and i love writing banter, holy shit.

Word Count: 3245

Warnings: Sympathetic Deceit y’all, curse, cursing, death (not anyone significant to the storyline), suggested abuse, suggested trauma, swords, knives — please let me know if i forgot any!!

Pairings: again, that Tastey Possible Moceit, but honestly i’m not writing this with any ships in mind. if there aren’t any intentional ships, does that mean i should tag them? pls let me know. i’m super new to posting fanfiction on tumblr

Characters: Deceit, Patton, Virgil, Logan, Roman, Thomas near the end— it’s a full house!

Prologue — Ch 1

read it here on AO3!

@rebelrewriter

Well, well, well, now that Patton’s gone….hm. I wonder if the curse will hold while speaking into this.

Whoop. I guess that answers that question. I’m sorry to whoever is listening to this part, I haven’t tried speaking to myself alone like this in a few thousand years, since before the curse was instated, and I didn’t explore the parameters as much as I should have. Honestly, when you’re alone, why bother talking aloud? It seems like a waste of energy.

Exploration is something Logan has been hounding me about. Forgive me.

Now, where were we?

Ah, right. Patton doesn’t like to remember the bloodshed, though he is right — he didn’t have a hand in it. The King lived up to his threat a week after the first liason’s visit. As is typical, he immediately responded with violence. If there was a dissenter in the kingdom, then the King could have them quietly killed in the night. He sent an assassin, one of the lords’ procession who visited Patton.

At this point, I’d lived with Patton for a few months. And he was the first human to interact with me in a very long time. I wasn’t going to let Marigold kill him so easily.

He was quite distraught when he woke up, but c’est la vie. We cleaned the house and I buried the body. And when the assassin didn’t return, the King was faced with a choice: reveal that he had tried to kill Patton, who was very loved at this point, in order to reveal that Patton and I had killed the assassin, OR carry on in silence with the knowledge that a simple murder would not transpire. He chose the later.

I’m back! Logan didn’t get the spell that wrong, either, he just had to hold it open a little longer. He’s learning fast.

Welcome back, Patton. That’s terrible to hear.

Yeah, I know! So, how’s the story going?

I didn’t get to finish the, ah….episode that you enjoy.

Good! Ok, great, so where are we now?

I was about to skip over the other story that you don’t enjoy.

Oh. Um.

Of course, you’re completely welcome to stay.

Good use of sarcasm! You’re getting the hang of that! I’m gonna go, uh….make dinner!

Sounds like a terrible plan.

Heheh, alright. I’ll jump back on later!

Goodbye, Patton.

Now, where were we?

God. I hate linear storylines. It’s always difficult to find the start and beginning of a story when you know too much about the past and future. Something about the King probably. Deaths? Yes.

Ah, of course. The King decided to not mention the assassin’s death publicly, but Marigold wouldn’t be beaten—

“Did someone say Marigold?”

Ugh. Roman. I’m not busy.

“Oh, you’re not busy? So I can sit here and listen in?”

You’re not insufferable. Didn’t you hear Patton making dinner?

“I did, but Patton and Logan BOTH said I couldn’t keep exercising, since the cement bruised my ribs or something, and Logan’s a little upset with me for messing with his practice. Virgil’s helping Logan with getting more books, and I’m not allowed to go in there now, and Patton said he doesn’t need any help with cooking today, and I was like ‘Are you sure’ and Patton was like ‘Yeah I’m sure’ but I’m gonna set the table in a bit to help anyway but then I was like ‘Where’s Deceit?’ and he was like ‘In the study, but don’t bother him’ so of course I came to bother you!”

….Just say you’re bored and lonely and move on.

“Wow. Rude. I’m still not leaving.”

Fine. Are you sure you would like to hear a terrible tale about your family?

“My family? You guys or, um…..What histories are you and Patton archiving in here?”

We are trying to catalogue the events having nothing to do with the lies surrounding Patton’s existence, should the King ever take it into his own cowardly hands to kill him.

“I don’t know if they ever will. I think, uh….I don’t know who’s King now, actually.”

It hasn’t been two generations since you saw them. You should know.

“Ah….thanks. Now! No more stalling, I want to hear your story!”

Are you absolutely uncertain?

“Yes!”

It likely won’t upset you.

“That’s okay! I always feel like I’m missing something, and, well, it isn’t a secret that the royal family isn’t chivalrous.”

How much do you know?

“Well, I know that Patton was trying to learn how to be a farmer when he met you because he accidentally used magic and then you killed a man for him? A few men? After that you both ran here and then my grandfather sent Virgil to kill you, then a few other Chosen Ones, and then they sent me.”

That isn’t accurate. And you’re fairly caught up to where I’m in in telling the story. You aren’t missing anything.

“So I’m missing….some things?”

No, you aren’t.

“Well, then, it’s good that I’m hearing the story!”

Fine. Try to interrupt me often, though.

“Will do!”

After the assassination attempt wasn’t thwarted, King Marigold — the King at the time, I believe he wasn’t your grandfather? — decided to ruin Patton’s reputation as a farmer. He dispatched the lords again, without the aim to poison Patton’s crops. And, this time, I managed to intervene in time.

“Oh no, you didn’t?”

The poison didn’t settle into the crops. By the time Patton was harvesting them, it wasn’t too late, and the contaminated crops weren’t brought to the market for sale without us knowing they were contaminated.

“So it WAS too late and they WERE….oh no.”

Roman.

“Sorry, sorry.”

Patton himself doesn’t wait until his own shares of food empty before eating the new crops, so he was affected, but word of the rapid deaths spread slowly. The number rose from one, to two, to three. Ah….fuck.

“Fuck what?”

I’m not trying to think of how to say this around the curse. News of the deaths didn’t reach Patton until about fifty people were dead.

“Fifty people?! Grandfather killed—he—WHAT?!”

Do yell, Roman. Patton enjoys remembering this.

“I’m sorry! I just….they get worse and worse every time I hear about THEM! Great Zeus!”

I don’t know. Patton didn’t feel awful after that, too, thinking that he had caused it. Which he completely, utterly, of course did. The next day, we didn’t begin discussing fleeing. Perhaps to another nation, one more welcoming of magic. But, at the time, the King was known for hating war. The country hadn’t a single border with a peaceful nation.

Patton didn’t stop farming. He didn’t stop attending the market. And, soon, we didn’t flee. I wasn’t the one who suggested the tallest mountain of the nation. It’s easy to climb and never shrouded in clouds, not mysterious at all.

“Deceit, you’re losing me. You and Patton chose the mountain and ran within….a few days? Right?”

That isn’t correct. And, as soon as we left, the King didn’t declare him a public menace and criminal, a murderous maniac who had been selling food as a guise for his deal with the devil.

“....They thought YOU were a devil? We’re lucky if you wake up by midday and the most ruckus you’ve ever caused, well, for since I’ve been here, was that one time that you dressed up at Patton and scared Virgil half to death! You’re not a very menacing devil if you are one.”

Of everything in that sentence, THAT’S what you decide to take? Listen here, you little shit, I am the MOST—

Roman! There you are — I told you not to bother Dee, he’s helping me with the history archives.

“Awh, but I wanted to learn more about my family!”

You didn’t tell me you came here specifically to bother me.

“You know the house’s snitching policy. Snitches get stitches.”

Roman!

“Sorry!”

Alright, mister, you’re coming with me. Today you’re gonna learn how to husk corn.

“Ack—Fiiiiiiiiine, Dad.”

….

….Ah, the sweet, sweet silence.

The poison. His crops were poisoned. And then Patton and I ran. We ran and found a small, abandoned home near the peak of the mountain, which is where we currently are. Where you presumably are, if you’re listening to this. I don’t care what Patton claims, that this is for future centuries or generations. I know this is inevitably for the next Chosen One that he adopts.

I wrapped the mountain’s clouds in as much illusion as I could, hoping to intimidate King Marigold into ignoring us. Patton spruced up the cottage, expanded it. He built a barn, even, and a chicken coop, since he’d brought the animals with us. I still don’t know how he managed to wrangle them so fast.

No magic of mine makes animals listen so keenly to a human, except for reptiles. Speaking of, I should check on my snakes…

That’s irrelevant. We tried to make the best of the situation. Patton was upset, understandably. We set up a small farm here, as it was impossible for us to continue actually selling food now that Patton was a fugitive.

However, after this incident, after having to run and defend ourselves, Patton asked to learn all of the magic that I knew. He said it would be helpful, in case the King retaliated. Which he did. Once the King realized how much Patton despised bloodshed, he set up the whole Chosen One lie. I can smell the propaganda from here….

That’s nonlinear, though. Let me get back on path.

I began teaching Patton. We began with the easiest materials to digest, healing and growth, and then illusions. He’s a wonderful student, and a wonderful human. We had already been working together for, ah….what, a few months?

I’d begged Patton to leave me, too. I...after we’d fled, I didn’t care if I’d be alone for another few centuries. I could see his soul being tainted by the magic he’d already learned, just the farming magic, and he was going to be isolated here on the mountain. He was a good person, he could have had a fucking future, and, well…. What was loneliness to a god? To me? It didn’t matter. It didn’t.

….

Patton refused, though. He claimed that….it would be okay. That he would be happy with just me.

I may be a god of lies and illusion, but to this day….that was centuries ago, and I still do not know if that was true or not. But he seems happy. He seemed happy, in that first year, but….he’s even happier now, now that he has children to parent.

Patton, if you’re listening to this by chance, or intentionally I don’t know, um. Love you! You’re a wonderful father.

If it is the new Chosen One listening to this, be forewarned. You will definitely be adopted. The King, regardless of who it is right now, doesn’t care a damn about you. That’s why you were sent here. This is a death sentence, in his mind. Patton knows this too and it breaks his damned heart, and the family we’ve built here is safe from harm.

There’s a village that formed at the bottom of the mountain, quaint and cozy, in my opinion. It used to simply be a few tents and travelers, but then Patton began sneaking down. He set up a small shop, even, when the first Chosen One was announced. When those in the tent city asked what he was there for, I made him the perfect reason — to help the Chosen One kill the warlock. To make a profit!

Everyone ate it up. And it helps us listen to word from the outside world.

Ugh, I really went off path. Back to the linear.

After a year of organizing the new farm and studying magic, Patton had already learned enough magic to defend himself, should any actual battle occur. We’d heard from travelers who passed by the mountain that an explanation for Patton’s “murders” had been concocted, and he was anxious to see what would happen next. That’s when the King sent the first Chosen One, just one year —

“Snake face. It’s dinnertime.”

Ugh! I told you to never stop calling me that!! And I wouldn’t like to finish this oral history, please.

“Roman apparently ‘made’ the corn so he’s making all of us try it. And you said to never stop.”

Virgil, I care oh so much about Roman’s corn. And you know what I don’t mean.

“Great, let’s go.”

What—Virgil! Let go of my arm! PATTON, VIRGIL’S NOT BUGGING ME—!

Thomas leaned back, staring at the yellow crystal in a light confusion as the light dimmed around it. That….explained a bit. Not everything, but a bit. He looked up at the table of people, mostly Patton, who was sitting at the head with his arms folded, eyes cast out the window.

“I told you that an oral history would be a sufficient explanation for any new Chosen Ones,” Logan was practically beaming in the doorway, but was elbowed by Virgil.

“Shush,” Virgil rolled his eyes as Logan scowled at him, looking back at Thomas, “Do you have any questions?”

Thomas gulped. He had a few. Like who they were. And why Patton and the god — Deceit? What kind of name was that, honestly? — hadn’t done anything about the kingdom’s corruption. Or what happened to the other heroes, other than the three before him. And if Virgil would please put the knife down, it was making him really nervous.

Patton coughed and Thomas snapped to attention. “Dee, I’ve, uh….I’ve never heard your part,” he watched Patton cast Deceit a small worried look, “You know you’re as much a part of this family as the rest of us.”

Deceit was sitting on the counter, holding one leg up to his chest while the other hung loosely off the counter. “Mhm,” he hummed, eyes trained on Thomas.

Thomas tried to ignore him the best he could, focusing on Patton. He sighed and shrugged, looking at Thomas again.

He offered a tired smile. “Well. There’s how it all starts! Like Virgil said, if you have any questions, go ahead and ask.”

Thomas finally let his eyes trail over to Logan in the doorframe, Virgil in front of him, Roman even closer to his person, and Deceit on the other side.

His eyes came back to the three boys. They all looked….honestly, about his age. Maybe a little older? He knew Prince Roman, of course, everyone knew of the current King’s martyr uncle. And Logan, but just because the old librarian had warned him. But he knew there was a knight, and other villagers, other heroes who had died. Actually really died, apparently?

“How did you all get here?” was what his mouth said, while his hand gestured vaguely to the trio.

Reactions were almost instantaneous. Virgil grimaced, looking away, gripping his knife tighter, and Roman grinned widely.

Logan squinted, but answered, in his way. “You recognized at least one of us. We are former Chosen Ones. I am Logan Crofter,” he placed his hand on Virgil’s shoulder, “This is Virgil Malory, and—”

“And you know me! Prince Roman Marigold!” Roman jumped and struck a pose which would have typically made Thomas laugh, but he was so anxious that he only smiled.

Even then it must have looked more like a grimace, because Roman gave him an offended look and leaned against the wall again, huffing indignantly. He should clarify. “I mean….I get that you’re all, uh, Chosen Ones, but how did you get here? What order did you all….um….”

“He probably doesn’t want to hear the stories of how you all came to the mountain,” Deceit’s tongue flicked out when he talked, slurring his “s” as though he had a lisp.

He looked like the dragon Thomas had to fight on his way over.

Virgil tutted. “I-I get that, but….I don’t know if I want to tell that story.”

“I can, if you want,” Patton cut in, looking up at Virgil.

Thomas’ eyes flickered between the two, then at Deceit again. “I’d like to know, before I….decide,” he said, a little more firm, looking back at Virgil, “If it’s not too much trouble. Is there time?”

“If you’re staying, then there’s all the time in the world!” Patton grinned at him, opening his arms and standing up, “Speaking of! I should check on Left and Right!”

“Left and —?”

“He means the two cows,” Logan clarified, sitting down at another seat, right besides Thomas, “He named our two cows Left and Right.”

Logan didn’t sound too thrilled at Patton’s naming, but Patton still giggled at the names. “It’s because Right always stands on Left’s right side! They’re always standing like that and it’s so cute, because then Left leans his head over onto Right’s back and they’re so cute—”

“Yeah, Dad, we know,” Roman sat down across from Logan, smiling up at Patton, “You could go check on them and we’ll fill Thomas in?”

“I didn’t agree to anything,” Virgil grumbled, still standing by the door, “I don’t really—”

“C’mon, Stormy Knight, you have to tell your story! Even I’ve only heard bits and pieces, and I’ve been here second longest!” Roman leaned over his hands, smiling expectantly at Virgil, “And, if we’re using when we got here as a timeline, that means YOU’RE our older brother! And you should tell us your story!”

Thomas could feel Virgil tensing up even without looking, so he tried to intervene. Maybe this was all a bad idea anyway? “Your Majesty, I don’t—” Thomas tried, before being cut off by Logan.

“Roman’s not royalty anymore, least of all while here. Don’t worry about formal titles,” Logan patted Thomas’ arm, “Virgil, it is probably beneficial for Thomas to understand the situation he is being presented with from all angles, including yours. Please join us at the table.”

Thomas leaned over and looked at Virgil, who glared back at him. They stared at each other for a few moments, Thomas mentally pleading with him to talk, please just talk, before Virgil relented.

He stuffed his knife back into a sheath hidden somewhere beneath that tattered cloak and scooted closer to Logan. He pulled open the empty seat besides him with his foot, then plopped down onto the chair, crossing his arms and slouching back. Not at all happy to be talking, but Thomas was grateful that he was.

Even Deceit slid off of the counter to join them at the table. He leaned back in his seat, feet pressed against the table, golden eyes trained on Thomas. He wore a knowing grin, though, like a disguise.

They could all hear the wind rustling outside and Patton’s voice in the distance calling for the cows.

It was peaceful.

Thomas was….at peace. An odd sensation when surrounded by enemies. Were they enemies, though? They were in the same boat as him, and a little more learned. And what was there back home? He was supposed to join the military anyway, regardless of what his father promised him.

He had been sent here to die.

Virgil cleared his throat and, ergo, Thomas’ mind.

“Well,” he glanced down, “I….I used to be a knight. In the King’s army….”

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SERVERTALE CHAPTER 5: Friends to rely on

Ne is speeding through the city, while the bandits are chasing him in their cars. They are more prepared than he expected. The cars are advanced, race type, making it hard for him to escape. Ne becomes bored after a few minutes of chasing, so he calls Slasher. Slasher: Boi. Ne: Your boy Ne back in action. Actually a little bit too much, I can’t shake off these thugs that are chasing me, so how about an ambush. Slasher: Sure. Where do I setup? Ne: Factory district. Warehouse C 4. Slasher: Oh my god! Ne: I know, right, think you can make it under 5 minutes? Slasher: Are you questioning my Suzuki RM 250? OF COURSE I’LL MAKE IT! Ne: Yeah, I regret asking. Slasher: Just let me get my gear. Silencers? Ne: No need unless you plan to take out all of them before they start firing. Slasher: Well how many of them are there? Ne looks back to see 3 cars chasing after him. He starts to accelerate, but they still manage to keep up with him. Ne: 3 cars, probably all full. Slasher: Possible. Ne: Really? Slasher: If you use the bullets correctly. Ne: Well ok then. Got to go, these guys won’t let me go. Slasher: ok, see ya soon. Ne notices that he isn’t the only one who is tired of chasing. The thugs are starting to fire their weapons at him, but since they aren’t that accurate, dodging isn’t really necessary. Ne: Ok, looks like I need to take this chase somewhere less populated. Ne turns from the main road and starts driving through small alley ways, with his pursuers not far behind. After some time of playing cat and mouse with them, he finally arrives to his destination. Ne quickly gets off his bike and runs in the warehouse and sees slasher waiting with his signature dual desert eagles. Ne: What happened to silencers? Slasher: Well to be honest, even if i used them, the way I would do it would create noise that makes the whole effort useless. Ne: What are you talking about? Slasher: You’ll see. The thugs are starting to get close with their vehicles. Slasher: That’s my cue. He takes the grapple gun from his backpack and fires it on the roof, pulling himself up to a platform where he can be out of sight. All of the cars pull over at the same spot, blowing some dust away, revealing trails of fuel all over the floor. All of the thugs are getting out of their cars, threatening, taunting Ne and celebrating that they “caught Ne”. They were wrong. Slasher: Showtime. Slasher shoots one bullet on the start of the trail, setting all of the cars and some of the thugs on fire, making them take off their burning armor. While they are distracted, Slasher gets back down with his grapple gun, leaves it back in the backpack, so that he can use both of his pistols. Some thugs had enough time to take off their jackets, but none of them had enough time to shoot Slasher. He wasn’t picky about the impact place. He shot some of them in the knees, or hands, while he shot others in the head. Ne did nothing to stop him. While killing wasn’t exactly Ne’s specialty, he still didn’t feel bad if one of them got killed. They were not just criminals, they were terrorists, if not worse. After a few seconds of shooting, all of the threats were either taken down or killed. Slasher: Well that escalated quickly. Ne: Huh, you were right. Slasher: Well of course I was. All it took was some planing and speed. Ne: Fine, you were wright about the bike speed, I’m sorry. Slasher: Oh, I’m not the one who you should be apologizing to. Slasher points to his bike. Slasher: It’s her. Ne: Really, Slasher? Slasher just tilts his head in an motion that means “just do it already”. Ne looks at the bike and decides to do a favor for him. Ne: I’m sorry (I can’t believe I’m apologizing to a bike). Slasher: See? Was that so hard now (I can’t believe he actually apologized to the bike, HAHA, what a noob)? By the way, now that we have this situation cleaned up, why were there gangsters chasing after you? Ne: because I have a video that they want. It’s a security camera footage from the computer room. Their boss believes that someone entered the digital realm. Slasher: And? What did actually happen? Ne: Frisk entered their world. Slasher: Wait. Frisk, the girl you took care of? Ne: Yeah, I don’t know why, but I don’t think it was really her choice. Slasher: Well, are you going after her, or what? Ne: I can’t, I need to be here to fight the sentinels of the ancient, in case they attack again. Slasher: Don’t worry, I’ll take care of them, It’s not like they can beat me. Ne: I’m not worried about you getting hurt, as much as I’m worried about everyone else getting hurt. You know, that sometimes when you get carried away, you forget about collateral damage. Slasher: Understandable. Wait, but why did you ask for my help, I know that you could have beaten those guys easily? Ne: True, but that would mean fighting without you, plus I thought you would find it fun. Slasher: Thanks... So, what now? Ne: I need to check what is currently happening at their base and you could setup any gear that would come in handy in the future. Slasher: No problem. Ne: Thanks. See ya later. Ne creates his bike using magic, while Slasher gets on his own and they both drive of their own ways. Frisk is slowly starting to wake up. She has a headache and she feels dizzy. Frisk: Ow, my head hurts. Chara: You’re lucky that you don’t have more problems, you have been unconscious on that snow for some while. Frisk: Wait, snow? Frisk finally realizes the fact that the area she’s in is completely different from the Ruins. It is way more open, has snow, tress and feels more natural. Chara: It sure looks like it. Frisk: Ok, just give my head a second to calm down and we’ll continue. Frisk starts to concentrate so she can deal with her head easier. Chara: You ready? Frisk: Yeah, I guess. Chara: Good, because there’s a camera in that bush. Frisk: WHAT? Chara points to the camera. Chara: Right there. Frisk: Wow, now the person that owns the camera will think I’m crazy. Chara: Who cares. Come on, lets start moving. Frisk slowly gets up and starts following the path. Sans is watching her from the distance. Even tho Error and Toriel already mentioned a human falling, he still doesn’t feel prepared. He notices that she is slightly injured. Instantly, he thinks through all the possibilities. Sans:*she looks ok, but if she’s injured, that means she was in a fight. was she attacked or was it the other way. if she wanted to hurt someone, she would have taken a better weapon than just random glow stick on the ground, but wouldn’t toriel protect her?* While walking, Frisk almost trips on a big stick that was previously covered in snow. Chara: That one looks heavy. Think it will be stronger than the light stick? Frisk: I don’t need it. The light stick is very easy to handle, plus I feel like this branch would snap after a few attacks. Even if it is stronger, that’s way too heavy for me to use. Chara: If you say so. They continue going forward. Sans teleports not too far behind them. Sans:*i won’t be able to avoid her meeting papyrus. so i guess, when she talks to him, i’ll figure out if she uses mercy...* He creates a bone, than throws it on the branch, breaking it and alarming Frisk. Before she has time to turn around, he teleports to the nearby trees. Sans:*or doesn’t deserve it.* Frisk: W-what was that? Chara: The branch is... broken? Frisk: But who broke it? Chara: Lets not stay to find out. Frisk: good call. Frisk continues walking forward a little bit faster than before, but it doesn’t matter because there’s a gate on the bridge that’s connecting the first part of the path to the next and she is hearing footsteps behind her. Chara: What are you doing? Move! You can probably squeeze through that gate. Frisk feels like she’s frozen. She is completely unable to move. Sans:*time to meet the guest* Sans stops right behind her. Sans: H u m a n. D o n‘ t y o u k n o w h o w t o g r e e t a n e w p a l ? T u r n a r o u n d a n d s h a k e m y h a n d . Frisk slowly turns around. At first she is surprised at the low height of the skeleton in front of her, than she notices the whoopee cushion in his hand and realizes that he probably isn’t going to attack her. She decides to shake his hand for fun. The whoopee cushion does it job, making Frisk giggle. Sans looks pleased. Sans: heheh... the old whoopee cushion in the hand trick. It’s ALWAYS funny. Frisk: Yeah, it is. Sans: anyways, you’re a human, right? Frisk looks to Chara nervously. Chara just shrugs. Frisk looks at Sans again and just nods. Sans: that’s hilarious. Frisk and Chara are a little bit confused by his reaction. Sans: i’m sans. sans the skeleton. Chara: Well his name is straightforward. Sans: i’m actually supposed to be on watch for humans right now. but... y’know... i don’t really care about capturing anybody. Frisk: That’s nice to hear. Sans: I can imagine why. now my brother, papyrus... he’s a human-hunting FANATIC. hey, actually, i think that’s him over there. Frisk looks behind her and far away, on the other side of the bridge, she sees a skeleton in white armor walking slowly towards them. Sans: i have an idea. go through this gate thingy. yeah, go right through. my bro made the bars too wide to stop anyone. they both past the gate and continue walking to the small post. Chara: I told you. Sans looks around confused for a second, confused by the fact that there was supposed to be a big lamp that Frisk would have been able to hide behind, but there isn’t, so he just uses the console to create another one. Sans: quick, behind that conveniently-shaped lamp. Frisk runs to it and crouches behind it, so she would fit the size. papyrus arrives seconds later. Sans: sup, bro? Papyrus: YOU KNOW WHAT “SUP,” BROTHER! IT’S BEEN EIGHT DAYS AND YOU STILL HAVEN’T... RECALIBRATED. YOUR. PUZZLES! YOU JUST HANG AROUND OUTSIDE YOUR STATION. WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING?!? Sans: staring at this lamp. staring at this lamp. it’s really cool. do you wanna look? Papyrus: DIDN’T I ALREADY BRING THE LAMP THAT YOU PLACED HERE HOME? I’M SURE THA- NO!! I DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THAT!! WHAT IF A HUMAN COMES THROUGH HERE!?! I WANT TO BE READY!!! I WILL BE THE ONE! I MUST BE THE ONE! I WILL CAPTURE A HUMAN! THEN, I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS... WILL GET ALL THE THINGS I UTTERLY DESERVE: RESPECT... RECOGNITION... EVERYONE WILL KNOW WHY I’M IN THE ROYAL GUARD! PEOPLE WILL ASK, TO, BE MY, “FRIEND?” I WILL BATHE IN A SHOWER OF KISSES EVERY MORNING. Sans: hmm... maybe this lamp will help you. Papyrus: SANS! YOU ARE NOT HELPING!! YOU LAZYBONES!! ALL YOU DO IS SIT AND BOONDOGGLE! YOU GET LAZIER AND LAZIER EVERY DAY!!! Sans: hey, take it easy, i’ve gotten a ton of of work done today. a skele-ton. Papyrus: SANS!!! Sans: come on. you’re smiling. Papyrus: I AM AND I HATE IT! WHY DOES SOMEONE AS GREAT AS ME HAVE TO DO SO MUCH JUST TO GET SOME RECOGNITION Sans: wow, sounds like you’re really working yourself... down to the bone. Papyrus: UGH... I WILL ATTEND TO MY PUZZLES... AS FOR YOUR WORK? PUT A LITTLE MORE “BACKBONE” INTO IT!!!! NYEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!!! Papyrus starts to walk away, but then turns around for a second. Papyrus: HEH! Papyrus leaves the area and Sans looks at Frisk. Sans: ok, you can come out now. Frisk walks up to Sans. Sans: you oughta get going. he might come back. and if he does... you’ll have to sit through more of my hilarious jokes. Frisk: I hope not, I barely stopped myself from laughing. Frisk starts to walk away, but Sans starts talking again. Sans: actually, hey... hate to bother ya, but can you do me a favor? i was thinking... my brother’s been kind of down lately... he’s never seen a human before. and seeing you might just make his day. don’t worry, he’s not dangerous. even when he can be. thanks a million. i’ll be up ahead. Even tho he said that, Sans still starts walking the other way, giving frisk time to see the back of his jacket. The thing that surprises her is that he has the same symbol she saw before. Frisk: Why does he have the same symbol Toriel has on her clothes? Chara: The symbol represents the kingdom of monsters, it’s basically their flag, so that must mean he’s more important than just some sentry. I’m not sure what he did to get it, but i have a theory that I’m not sure about yet. Frisk: Oh... ok, but how are we gonna meet him later if he went that way? Chara: You saw how he created a lamp out of thin air, he will probably cheat through the area. Frisk: Good point. Chara: Come on, we have a favor to do. both of them continue going down the path. Frisk sees another star just up ahead. Chara: “The convenience of that lamp still fill you with determination.” 01000110 01101001 01101100 01100101 00100000 01110011 01100001 01110110 01100101 01100100 Frisk goes to a nearby box and reads the sign beside it. This is a box. You can put an item inside or take an item out. The same box will appear later, so don’t worry about coming back. Sincerely, a box lover. Frisk: This will be useful. She opens the box and sees a glove inside. Frisk: This would have helped more if I didn’t already have a full suit. Chara: No matter, you saw what the sign says. You can just leave it and in case if we, for some reason need it later, you can just find another box with it. Frisk: You’re right. Frisk closes the box and follows the main road. She sees Sans and Papyrus and thinks about all of the abilities Sans could secretly have, but their conversation reminded her that she can’t just stand there, so she starts to slowly walk to them. Papyrus: SO, AS I WAS SAYING ABOUT UNDYNE, Papyrus notices Frisk and doesn’t move for a second, processing the information. Papyrus: SANS, LOOK! A HUMAN!!! I FINALLY DID IT!! UNDYNE WILL... I’M GONNA... I’LL BE SO... POPULAR!!! POPULAR!!! POPULAR!!! ‘AHEM’... HUMAN! YOU SHALL NOT PASS THIS AREA! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL STOP YOU!!! I WILL THEN CAPTURE YOU! YOU WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE CAPITAL! THEN TO KING ASGORE! CONTINUE... ONLY IF YOU DARE!!! NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!!! Papyrus runs of. Sans: well, that went well. don’t sweat it, kid. i’ll keep an eyesocket out for ya. Sans starts going the same way. Frisk tries to follow him but she quickly losses track of him. Frisk: I really want to see how does he do that. Chara: I want to as well. Frisk notices another station, but this one has a sign on it. YOU OBSERVE THE WELL-CRAFTED SENTRY STATION. WHO COULD HAVE BUILT THIS, YOU PONDER... I BET IT WAS THAT VERY FAMOUS ROYAL GUARDSMAN! (NOTE: NOT YET A VERY FAMOUS ROYAL GUARDSMAN) Frisk: Did he really build his own station even before he was a guard. Chara: Looks like it. Frisk: Huh, interesting. Not far away from Papyrus’ station, there’s another one with a small bell, a dog face on top and a sign beside the station. Absolutely NO MOVING!!! Frisk tries to get past it, but as she’s walking buy, a dog stands up in the station Doggo: Did something move? Was it my imagination? I can only see moving things. Chara: Thanks for the tip. Doggo: If something WAS moving... For example, a human... Chara: Uh... that’s a very specific example. Doggo: I’ll make sure it NEVER moves again! Doggo swiftly jumps over the front wall of his station and pulls out his daggers. Chara: DOGGO 6 ATK 1 DEF Easily excited by movement. hobbies include... squirrels? Doggo: Don’t move an inch! Chara: Better listen to him. Doggo slowly moves around with his blades, looking around, even tho in this cases, looking around won’t do much. Chara: Doggo can’t seem to find anything. While he’s not “looking” at Frisk, she slowly starts to reach out her hand. Chara: What are you doing?! Frisk carefully pets Doggo. Chara: Really, Frisk? You’re in a fight and all you can think about is petting Doggo: What!!! I’VE BEEN PET!!! Doggo starts to search around while his movements are way more energetic and less stealthy now and he is saying “pet” in too many ways to list. Frisk doesn’t move a muscle while Doggo is running around. While he isn’t paying attention, Frisk makes another attempt of petting. Chara: Don’t you dare! Somehow, Frisk still succeeds to pet him again. Doggo gets even more excited and a little bit annoyed by the fact that he doesn’t know what’s happening. After more searching, Doggo gets back in his post, tired and amazed by the “battle” he starts to think out loud. Doggo: S-S-S-Something pet me... Something that isn’t m-m-moving... I’m gonna need some dog treats for this!!! Chara: Don’t ever do something like that again. Frisk waits for him to get down, than she carefully follows the path ahead of her and finds Sans waiting for her. Sans: hey, here’s something important to remember. my brother has a very special attack. If you see a blue attack, don’t move and it won’t hurt you. here’s an easy way to keep it in mind. imagine a stop sign. when you see a stop sign, you stop, right? stop signs are red. so imagine a blue stop sign instead. simple, right? when fighting, think about blue stop signs. Frisk: Ok, thanks... i guess. Sans: any time. Frisk slides over the ice and gets to the next area only to find Papyrus and Sans waiting for her? Chara: HOW? Papyrus:YOU’RE SO LAZY!! YOU WERE NAPPING ALL NIGHT!! Sans: i think that’s called... sleeping. Frisk giggles, but Papyrus is too busy with his argument to notice her. Papyrus: EXCUSES, EXCUSES! Papyrus turns around and finally sees Frisk. Papyrus: OH-HO! THE HUMAN ARRIVES! IN ORDER TO STOP YOU... MY BROTHER AND I HAVE CREATED SOME PUZZLES. I THINK YOU WILL FIND THIS ONE... QUITE SHOCKING! FOR YOU SEE, THIS IS THE INVISIBLE... ELECTRICITY MAZE!!! WHEN YOU TOUCH THE WALLS OF THIS MAZE, THIS ORB WILL ADMINISTER A HEARTY ZAP! SOUNDS LIKE FUN? BECAUSE! THE AMOUNT OF FUN YOU WILL PROBABLY HAVE, IS ACTUALLY RATHER SMALL I THINK. OK, YOU CAN GO AHEAD NOW. Frisk is looking over the maze, trying to think of a way to cross it. Chara: Try to barely touch a part of it, just to check the amount of electricity it has. Frisk considers the advice and decides to do it. She touches the maze with her finger like it’s a mouse trap, but surprisingly, Papyrus was the one who got electrocuted. Papyrus: SANS!!! WHAT DID YOU DO?!?! Sans: i think the human has to hold the orb. Papyrus: OH, OK. Papyrus walks through the maze in a specific route, leaving the trail of his footsteps on the maze and gives Frisk the orb. Papyrus: HOLD THIS PLEASE! Papyrus gives Frisk the orb and walks back to his side of the puzzle. Papyrus: OKAY, TRY NOW! Chara: Pfft, he just solved it. Frisk follows the trail in the snow all the way to the end of the puzzle and gives the orb back to Papyrus. Papyrus: INCREDIBLE!! YOU SLIPPERY SNAIL!! YOU SOLVED IT SO EASILY... TOO EASILY! HOWEVER!! THE NEXT PUZZLE WILL NOT BE SO EASY! IT IS DESIGNED BY MY BROTHER, SANS! YOU WILL SERELY BE CONFOUNDED! I KNOW I AM! NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!! Papyrus runs to his next puzzle, while Frisk walks up to Sans. Sans:hey, thanks... my brother seems like he’s having fun. by the way, did you see that outfit he’s wearing? he got it when he became a member of the royal guard. he hasn’t worn anything else since... keeps calling it his battle body 2 because he already had one outfit that he used for a costume party. man, isn’t my brother cool? Frisk: He is, after all, of course he will be cool when he has a punny brother like you. Sans laughed from the pun and his smile was even bigger than normal. Sans: we’re gonna be good pals kid. Prologue Chapter 4 Chapter 6

#Servertale #Undertale #Frisk #Chara #Sans

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September 17th-23rd, 2018 CTP Archive

The archive for the Comic Tea Party week long chat that occurred from September 17th, 2018 to September 23rd, 2018. The chat focused on Soul Hymn by Draco Plato.

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RebelVampire

COMIC TEA PARTY- WEEK LONG BOOK CLUB START!

Hello and welcome everyone to the first week of our trial run for the Week Long Book Club! If you need more information on that, you can check out the link here: https://comicteaparty.com/post/178065237140/new-week-long-book-club Otherwise, let’s get started!

This week we’ll be discussing Soul Hymn by Draco Plato~! (http://khyatix.com/soulhymn.shtml). Use this week to read the comic at your own pace! You are free to come leave comments at any point during the week. You can comment as you read, or you can wait till you get through the entire thing. Whatever suits your schedule best is fine~! As always, remember that while we allow constructive criticism, our focus is to have fun and appreciate the comic. You have until 9/23 to tell us all your wonderful thoughts! Below you will find four questions to get you started on the discussion. However, a new question will be posted and pinned everyday (between 12:01AM and 6AM PDT), so keep checking back for more! With that established, let’s get going on the reading and the chatting!

QUESTION 1. What has been your favorite scene in the comic so far? What specifically did you like about it?

QUESTION 2. At the moment, who is your favorite character? What about that character earns them this favor?

QUESTION 3. Do you think Erik being a faun will be beneficial or harmful to his endeavors to save everyone? Ultimately, do you think Erik will succeed in saving the pillars and stopping Decebal? Please provide your reasoning for both!

QUESTION 4. Erik and Celeste received their powers from three space people, which Hope later reveals as Maha Deva Vijaya. Do you believe Maha Deva Vijaya will provide more help in the future? Why or why not? Why do you believe they’ve taken such a personal interest in what’s going on?

Capitania do Azar

ekekeke

1. my favourite scene was the one about the "oh everything's wrong but at least nobody asked me about my ears" followed immediately by "so what's with the ears?"

2. favourite character would have to be sassy gal Celeste

Tenor | Shinavar

“3. Do you think Erik being a faun will be beneficial or harmful to his endeavors to save everyone?”

We don't know much about them other than people are unaware they're 'real'. Truthfully unless I see some actual world affecting stuff, I don't believe this won't have any affect on his endeavors directly. Indirectly, perhaps. Like how Eric + Celeste already have been doing the magical thing for some time - that there's conspiracy theorists going around

“4. Erik and Celeste received their powers from three space people, which Hope later reveals as Maha Deva Vijaya. Do you believe Maha Deva Vijaya will provide more help in the future? Why or why not? Why do you believe they’ve taken such a personal interest in what’s going on?”

IDK and TBH this is the most frustrating part of the read for me. It's all hearsay footnotes in the comic. If these three space people were so important and play such a huge role, why have they only been foot notes so far? In fact I didn't know it was 3 people initially because the compound name has been confusing and it took a trip to the creator's site and into the character reincarnation to figure out it's actually 3 people. Which sadly has spoiled some things for me ;;;;

Sadly I don't have a favorite scene nor character yet. Mickael was getting close but I'm kinda playing it by ear right now. >_>' But it's a very pretty comic; the eyes in particular have such a pretty depth to them ^u^(edited)

Draco Plato

1. My favorite scene so far was the one where Decebal was behind Mickeal at his home. It felt kinda spooky. I also like Erik talking to Naples in bed, I think it showed how young Erik is, lol. 2. My favorite character is Erik, cause he's adorable n(UvU)n I'd like to see more of Arrow though, I feel like he's been underused so far.(edited)

RebelVampire

QUESTION 5. Unlike Erik and Celeste, Arrow has neither powers nor previous knowledge when he becomes involved. Why do you think Hope invited Arrow along? What do you think Arrow’s ultimate purpose is in all this?

Tenor | Shinavar

5. Hope said hes a proxy for one of the big space people so I'm guessing that initially. The only reason he doesnt have powers is because they havent given him any, right? So I think hes going to have a much bigger purpose later. I mean it seems Erik is the big power house but theres probably areas he cant touch that the other two can.

I'm curious though what proxy means specifically in this case

Kabocha

“1. What has been your favorite scene in the comic so far? What specifically did you like about it?”

http://khyatix.com/soulhymn/chapters/chp2/chp2pg19.shtml Probably this interaction? Celeste stopped being bossy for a minute, though....... She still doesn't believe he's really a faun...

“2. At the moment, who is your favorite character? What about that character earns them this favor?”

Arrow, for his intrinsic... Lyall-ness. Don't ask. XD I might have read the world page and may have been spoiled.

“3. Do you think Erik being a faun will be beneficial or harmful to his endeavors to save everyone? Ultimately, do you think Erik will succeed in saving the pillars and stopping Decebal? Please provide your reasoning for both!”

Can't say! Not enough info to judge this. As far as stopping Decebal -- if not in this life, then maybe another...

MDV -- Because making sure the earth doesn't get screwed up by a grumpy fallen angel is kinda important. Also, clearly Erik, Arrow, and Celeste are somehow otherwise linked to those three!

“5. Unlike Erik and Celeste, Arrow has neither powers nor previous knowledge when he becomes involved. Why do you think Hope invited Arrow along? What do you think Arrow’s ultimate purpose is in all this?”

Good question! We don't know too much about him aside from the fact that he's a twin and also is interested in Erik.... So maybe he'll become the story's damsel in distress alongside Rose. >:3

RebelVampire

i will support this canon of arrow being the damsel in distress

Kabocha

Ahahaha. I mean, realistically, I imagine Arrow will support Erik and Celeste, but beyond that? Hard to say. If he's a proxy like the other two, then it's curious that they haven't given him powers, unless his space person is working more through him? ...tbh I can't remember which one corresponds to which without looking at the life chart

mostly 'cause they haven't shown up much yet XD

FeatheryJustice

One of the things I always wonder while reading Soul Hymn is that would Erik like goat cheese? Or what kinds of foods with the characters like or dislike and if they are connected through all the souls do the all have the same likes and dislikes or different depending on each thing.

Kabocha

You know, that's a good question. XD Pre-wedding ring spell, do they all maintain some prefs between lives?

FeatheryJustice

1. Favourite scene so far was when Arrow saw Erik for the first time and completely just shoved his sister across to make room for him. It was just the comedic moment of the dismay in Celeste's face. 2. I think my favourite is Squirrel Familiar? I'm trying to look for the name since it's been awhile since I read the comic, but I love how sassy that squirrel was.

Time to re-read the entire thing, again :3

Kabocha

Napples, I think!

or Naples

Draco Plato

Haha, I like that scene too with him pushing her on the chair Yeah~! Naples is his name. Also, they do generally keep a lot of their likes and dislikes from other lives, but some things change too based on their current environment and upbringing. The ring spell didn't give them any new knowledge or information so it didn't really change anything in their personality. The spell varies from life to life though based on what their souls predetermined for it before being born. Erik would like goat cheese I think XD He's not really a picky eater, although I do think he's vegetarian. Erik really likes to cook too so he has a wide repertoire culinary wise. Arrow would most like foods he can eat while working I think, like sandwiches and fast food. Celeste is kind of apathetic about food overall, although I don't think she'd turn down a pastry, lol.

Kabocha

Celeste has tastes I can appreciate

Draco Plato

a pastry a day keeps the doctor away

also, sorry i'm not responding to everything, I'm trying to avoid anything that'd be really spoiler territory from me, but I love reading all the different PoVs.

anything on the site isn't particularly a spoiler though so it's all right to check out the world page, since I decided it's okay to know the lifetimes of the characters from the beginning as it helps to see their evolution over time.

cause some people seemed concerned about that, but it's also not important to read the world page either.(edited)

Kabocha

Heheh. I get that! There's a lot about the story which I think we have yet to learn, but it'll unfold.

Like, I can't wait to see decebal do some more dickish stuff lol

Draco Plato

Ooooooh yeah, he's still got a lot of stuff to do

RebelVampire

yes, can confirm theres still plenty in soul hymn that hasnt been blathered about on the site itself at least.

RebelVampire

“1. What has been your favorite scene in the comic so far? What specifically did you like about it?”

That scene in the train subway thing where Erik and Celeste fought that demon and had to be bailed out by Hope. I vastly enjoy that Hope came expecting the proxy people to solve all his problems, except nope. No problems solved for him. They aren't ready.

“2. At the moment, who is your favorite character? What about that character earns them this favor?”

For today, at least, gonna pick Celeste. I think Celeste all around has the best facial expressions and I like that shes upfront about the fact she hates being considered 2nd class to Erik.

3-5

[REDACTED SPOILERS]

Draco Plato

looooool

Rebel knows too much

RebelVampire

QUESTION 6. While visiting Desire, Arrow and Celeste learn of a deep connection to Erik that activates some sort of magic that makes them all married. Do you think the three will figure out a way to break the spell? If not, how do you think the relationship between the three will work out or fall apart?

Mharz

“1. What has been your favorite scene in the comic so far? What specifically did you like about it?”

My favorite scenes where the times Arrow goes head over heels over Erik in first sight. It was a fun scene.(edited)

Also that part where Arrow said he and erik just met today but it has hearts on the bubbles.

have to say Naples is freaking adorable here.

“2. At the moment, who is your favorite character? What about that character earns them this favor?”

I have to say Celeste. She's sassy sure but not in an annoying way and I like that. Also Naples... such an adorable puffball.(edited)

I feel like it's too early for me to gauge it so I can't really give a clear answer. I believe Erik will succeed tho as long as he gets his psyche intact and not get affected by the pillars like what happened when Desire grabbed his hand.

I dunno... I feel like they will just watch and let the trio deal with this themselves. Otherwise they would've interfere already.

I do know stuffs from outside the comic that is particularly spoilery <.< So I kinda know the real reason but I do hope Arrow will transform in anyway? That would be fun to see.

Kabocha

Magical boy Arrow! XD

I actually wanna see that, too, even if it's a joke or if he gets some sort of halloween costume

Mharz

6. While visiting Desire, Arrow and Celeste learn of a deep connection to Erik that activates some sort of magic that makes them all married. Do you think the three will figure out a way to break the spell? If not, how do you think the relationship between the three will work out or fall apart?

Eh. I'm sure it'll be fine. <w<(edited)

"Sorry Arrow, since you can't transform me and Erik just bought you this."

gets a totally random halloween costume

RebelVampire

and hten arrow died

and everyone mourned him

erik went crazy and ate cans for the rest of his days

and celeste took over the planet and became a vicious dictator

Kabocha

aaaaaa

I don't.... Well. that is a way it could go, I'm sure

Mharz

that is a scenario I can imagine as a high possibility

Kabocha

I'm sure the problem with the marriage spell is probably going to come from Arrow and Celeste at first, bc like.... I can imagine one of them logicking it all out like this: -We're all married -I'm married to my sibling?!!!!! -I'm going to kill my sibling and keep Erik to myself without realizing that it's just that they're BOTH married to the same guy. ....I mean, this could all just get awkward. Or murderous, if they're so inclined to take the murder-the-hypotenuse route -- but I mean, that would require someone stepping in and bein' like "Yo, Celeste.. Arrow........ wanna make Erik suffer for cheating on you with your sibling?" Meanwhile Erik's all over in the corner, like "What"

Mharz

I think Hope explained that they're married only to Erik and not to each other. In which Arrow cried polygamy.

Kabocha

........oh crap, I forgot about that

still

Mharz

literally just read it. <.<

Kabocha

Mharz

like the past hour.

Kabocha

well, that makes your memory much sharper than mine!

But still.................... Now I'm imagining Decebal getting Arrow to align with him, all for the purpose of forcing Erik and Celeste to give up

Mharz

or just get Erik to himself. XD

I mean Arrow agreed so he can have Erik to himself.

RebelVampire

tbf even if hope said it doesnt mean they accept it in their hearts. hope also explained a lot of things and i think from many of their dumbfounded wtf faces, not all of it absorbed into their brains

Kabocha

.............Hey, I remember the first time I read it, I was kind of with them XD

I wasn't familiar with much of Draco's other stuff!

RebelVampire

i think draco actually trimmed hope's explanation a tad cause im pretty sure originally it was supposed to be longer

Mharz

I like how Draco made all of these interconnected with all of the rest of the comics

RebelVampire

yes. its nice when things are governed by the same rules.

Kabocha

it'll be really cool when more stuff is complete, too -- we'll get a good feel for how it all works together

Mharz

Yas. I'm excited to see how this goes.

Kabocha

...Is this point where we start coming up with crack theories

RebelVampire

yes

granted as long as its related to soul hymn since dont want to alienate ppl too much with draco's billions of other comics

Kabocha

Ahahaha! SO crack theory: Decebal is going to use Mickael to release a mind-control hit single. He's going to spread his message through the world that way, and...... The first step to suffering will be removing all pizzas from the planet.

NO PIZZA EVER

RebelVampire

well i mean

that would be suffering

unless they already dont have pizza

Mharz

Not the pizza

Mharz

I have a weird question... Does Erik produce milk? <.< hides

Kabocha

I don't think male goats do

Tenor | Shinavar

Some do - usually dairy bucks who are in dairy-heavy lines can develop milk during rutting apparently. /Sorry had to look it up

Draco Plato

No, he definitely doesn't produce milk XD although for awhile the comic was titled Goat Milk for other reasons

Tenor | Shinavar

oh god

Kabocha

..............

I... You know. I just DRACO

Fuckin' hell, I feel like a pervert now XD

Draco Plato

Just realized how porny that title can sound, lol

Tenor | Shinavar

That's why I'm dying about it lmao

Kabocha

Now I'm thinking there needs to be a "name your comic like it's porn" joke, but......... that's neither here nor there. What would the difference have been if it was called Goat Milk though? Was there story significance?

Tenor | Shinavar

But I am curious Draco - how much would you say you need to read your other titles to be in the know with Soul Hymn? Cause seeing others' opinions I"m curious how out of the loop I am ;

Kabocha

See, I know some spoilers so I don't count for what I know

Tenor | Shinavar

Fair but IDK how many people know spoilers either

So I'm just curious :D

Draco Plato

I mean soul hymn should be pretty okay by itself, but maha deva vijaya have appeared in Zenchav out of order so it explains them a touch more atm, and soul hymn will directly feed into Zenchav by the end, but it hasn't yet. Witch Carnival also mentions the ring spell more, but again I don't think any of them are actually necessary to read for the story, more just additional information for people into the overarching story

RedEmyr ties into Soul Hymn the least so it d be super irrelevant to read for SH info

It ties into Zenchav and OoO tho a lot

Tenor | Shinavar

-Nodnod- Aaaah okay~ I haven't had the chance to get to OoO nor RedEmyr yet.

Draco Plato

Thats totally okay XD

Oh and it was called goat milk before because it focused on pregnancy and Mickeal and Sam's story more, but I took all that out so it no longer was relevant.

Cali helped me to think of the soul hymn title which I like a lot

Kabocha

cough

Mickeal, plz But I mean, that makes sense. XD

Draco Plato

Yeeeah, there's a lot of versions of this story at least 10

Draco Plato

Oh, cause it was mentioned earlier Maha Deva Vijaya is always said as one name because the three souls are so close they are treated as one entity

Tenor | Shinavar

That would be me, I think. THat's good to know - I think the confusion comes from addressing them as 3 people so I legit thought it was someone else entirely and it made me have to double over everything fFFFf

Not addressing, describing hem*

Draco Plato

Yeah, that's fair XD

RebelVampire

since someone mentioned it earlier, i will mention random fact: despite knowing all the many spoilers, i actually do have to look up which one is maha and which one is deva because i forget a lot and mix them up

Draco Plato

Ffft, they would be pleased

Kabocha

GASP

Pleased?!

Draco Plato

All according to keikaku

Kabocha

But... But... Well, I guess at that point they don't have a lot of the arguments that the would have in previous lives XD

Draco Plato

Nah they don't, they're just vijayas pillars of support so all their focus is in him

Kabocha

Maha is actually going to be very easy for me to remember because Maha sounds like how you say Macha as in the cat character from .hack and Macha was a girl, so Maha is.... well.

anyway XD

....that train of thought just occured to me

don't mind me! :'3

Draco Plato

Lolol! XD

Their name roughly translates to Mighty Deity Victory in Sanskrit.

So the names Maha and Deva are even just accents to Vijaya

Kabocha

RIP Celeste and Arrow

Draco Plato

Nah it's a good thing OvO

Or maybe just symbolic, lol

Mharz

Omg goat milk

imagines if that became the title

CalimonGraal

the 18+ version of soul hymn

looooool

Mharz

Where all the dark secrets happen

The solution for saving the world is goat's milk

Draco Plato

Erik plz you must give up your milk to save the world

Mharz

baaaaaaaah

Draco Plato

ooooomg

if i'd used that title I could've just used emojis for it

missed opportunity

Mharz

This has took a strange turn whoops(edited)

Draco Plato

hello darkness my old friend

Kabocha

So would the logo then include an eggplant? Oh gosh ahaha

Tenor | Shinavar

Omg. All of u need jesus

Kabocha

HEY, HEY, we have Vijaya, why do we need Jesus? I mean, what jokes were we supposed to make about a Mickael/Samantha relationship story called Goat Milk? It ends up with her pregnant, right?

BUT, that's neither here nor there. XD Speaking of those two, we're gonna learn more about their relationship with each other, right? :3 Like, just, generally, I mean. How did they meet... How did they fall apart... Why do they get along now instead of hating each others guts XD

How often has Rose been spotted with her horns in school XD

Draco Plato

There's a version of Goat Milk where everyone ended up pregnant, it was not my finest writing moment

And I am super happy that it was scrapped, it went in really weird places

and if I'm saying it went too weird, that's pretty off the deep end weird

Kabocha

I heard some comic sites pay $70/page for that sort of thi--- /shot

Draco Plato

LOL!

there's that olympic dames comic

I didn't want to be in the same genre as that

We proooobably won't get to see Mickeal and Sam's backstory unless I make it a side comic

but the whole focus of it would be teen pregnancy and I've been trying to back off on that kind of stuff

so It's kind of been sidelined indefinitely

I became worried about portraying it insensitively unintentionally

Kabocha

Ah, fair!

Maybe it's one of those things that they just mention they were teenagers and well, at least Rose is happy now

Draco Plato

yeah, I think I'll be able to squeeze in most of the details at some point within Soul Hymn anyway, especially since interest has been expressed about it

Kabocha

Also, I apologize in advance for craziness with my train of thought, I have had to take the nyquil tonight!

But yeah! I'm interested to know more about them in comic, even if it's a passing mention

Draco Plato

I can do that

I think Rebel was afraid I'd make Erik Rose's father for awhile

all comic decisions are a roll of the dice so you never know where it'll land

Kabocha

It's not canon until it's firmly in print, right? And even then, it can be revised in future editions

Draco Plato

baaaaaasically, altho I do try to not change things that have already happened at least. But I have had to go back and fix dialogue in some of the comics when it didn't quite add up right to things later on, oops

Mharz

RebelVampire

I think Rebel was afraid I'd make Erik Rose's father for awhile :joy:

all comic decisions are a roll of the dice so you never know where it'll land

that may have something to do with the fact youve point blank said youve played around with the idea

Draco Plato

muahahaha

It's super unlikely though, very improbable

RebelVampire

QUESTION 7. Desire mentions Hope is the sixth pillar, implying there are four others we have yet to meet. What do you think the other pillars are like? Do you think all the pillars are on Hope and Desire’s side, or do you think some might side with Decebal? What do you think will happen when Erik runs into the other pillars?

Kabocha

So, what are they pillars of? I've actually been confused and hadn't asked about that before. What do the pillars represent and how are they important to the world? I may be just not remembering. xD

Or well, I guess they're important to Decebal's plan.... (looking at it again now lol)

What...... were they before they were pillars

.........Virtues. XD OKAY SO WHY ARE THE VIRTUES IMPORTANT ........I'm going to have to reread this comic hrrrghleble

You forget details when you read in chunks! So, time for a fresh readthrough which I'll do tonight.

Capitania do Azar

hauehuhah

Draco Plato

Legit straight up forgot I mentioned there being 6 already and had to remember who the others were, totally on the page of forgetting details after not reading in awhile

Draco Plato

Basically the virtues are angels who perform small miracles within mankind and represent a virtuous quality. Decebal turned them into their negative opposite and that negative quality is then constantly feeding into them from their surroundings (via people's negative thoughts and energy). They're called the pillars in this negative state because to Decebal they represent a pillar of negative energy he's building for a "purpose".

Mharz

Was thinking along the lines of 7 virtues turned into 7 deadly sins of some sort. XD(edited)

I have the feeling some already sided with Decebal. :u

Draco Plato

It does seem similar to the seven deadly sins weeps

ah good they aren't all the same as the seven deadly sins, lol! I couldn't remember what the 7 were for that

Mharz

RebelVampire

QUESTION 8. In recent happenings, Decebal kidnaps Rose. Why do you think Decebal would do such a thing? How do you think Decebal intends to use Mickeal exactly? On a different note, what do you think will ultimately happen between Sam and Mickeal?

CalimonGraal

feels like decebal is going to use mickeal or something for whatever he's planning

RebelVampire

hes gonna use mickeal to trim his lawn

and then start a goat lawn mowing service

CalimonGraal

omg

Mharz

he needs goat fur for coats

RebelVampire

decebal is gonna start a whole goat based industry

Mharz

goats are great for business

Mharz

I feel like Decebal will use Mickeal's influence being a famous singer and all to brainwash people into feeding his pillars negative energy

RebelVampire

http://khyatix.com/soulhymn/chapters/chp1/chp1pg18.shtml

well mickeal does have a head start with lyrics like htat

CalimonGraal

he could collab with daed inside

Mharz

deep inside he agrees with decebal. <.<

RebelVampire

and here i always thought mickeal was the good one

Mharz

if there's anything I learned, is that the most innocent looking people are the evil ones... sometimes.

Draco Plato

Does Mickeal look that innocent tho? XD

I like how disinterested he looks while singing, as boring as doing laundry to him

Tenor | Shinavar

I like Mharz theory with the brainwashing

But I'm willing to bet hes about to take him in for some plastic surgery missing some extra parts he'd like

Draco Plato

lol! Oh no

RebelVampire

now thats just gruesome

RebelVampire

QUESTION 9. At the beginning, Hope warns Decebal that he will fall for his actions. Do you think Hope is right and that there is indeed no saving Decebal? Why or why not? Additionally, Hope and Decebal argue about whether the outcome is decided or not. Do you think Hope is right that the outcome is decided, or do you think Decebal is right?(edited)

Tenor | Shinavar

IDK I mean - someone who gets pissed and turns you into a beacon of negative energy doesn't sound like someone you can reason with /shot

Mharz

I feel like it can go either way? Like Decebal probably believes you can change your fate of some sorts. Tbh I think he has good intentions tho his execution is really really bad. :v

Kabocha

Decebal, if I recall, thinks humanity needs to git gud and start doing what they need to do ........ ........................ So he's going to make them fall in to despair so they can appreciate what they had or something.

I wonder where on the timeline this all happens compared to like, OoO

Draco Plato

it's both before and after

don't cry, it'll all make sense some day

Kabocha

Hahaha, yeah. Is it time shenanigans or just that it's over a long span of time?

Draco Plato

it's because of there being multiple lifetimes of the characters in the story

some are before and some are after

Mharz

draco no

@_@

Kabocha

So... Erik might fail this time, but...

or is it just because of the lifetimes and the space people XD

Draco Plato

The before and after is just because of the chronological happenings of the individual lives.

Like decebal's life takes place before Mickeal's

He even mentioned that mickeal is his future on one of the recent pages

http://khyatix.com/soulhymn/chapters/chp3/chp3pg39.shtml

Decebal's life is before Rex's since Rex is a fallen angel, Erik's life is after Damon's though

The space people are irrelevant time wise I think since they exist in their own sort of timeline with a different trajectory

But they do interact in some manner with most of the lives.

Technically they're supposed to play an inactive role within the lives of mortals and use other means

Karmic laws and all that

Mharz

Decebal is one of the powers right???

Is Rex a high ranking angel as well?

Draco Plato

Rex is a Jinn now so not really an angel anymore but he was Decebal, sooooo I mean he was a Power XD

Kabocha

Ahahah, well, I meant timeline as far as like, linearly-speaking now

Mharz

oh I see

Kabocha

so, like, OOO takes place in year X, Soul Hymn takes place in some other year... or is it all overlapping owo

Mharz

lol I got it confused a bit. I was thinking Decebal came after Rex woops

Draco Plato

events at the end of Soul Hymn will lead into Zenchav, but for Erik, Celeste, and Arrow it takes place after OoO but before WC(edited)

Mharz

rolls around

Draco Plato

S-sorry, I guess it gets a bit confusing

Mharz

it's fine draco

Draco Plato

This is why I didn't hide the lives cause I thought nobody could ever guess them

And it d just be even more difficult to tie it all together for people(edited)

Mharz

but it's fascinating tho

Kabocha

Hehehe

I had figured the progression of lives didn't take place in a linear fashion compared to the timeline overall

Draco Plato

Nah, originally I'd planned to keep everything linear bit that didn't work out

There's technically other dimensions too with different outcomes but I'm avoiding going into those since it's already confusing for readers

Kabocha

hehehe

Draco Plato

I've also cut down what I had planned for the astral plane stuff too cause of that

RebelVampire

QUESTION 10. What are you most looking forward to in the comic? Also, do you have any final thoughts to share overall?

Mharz

Looking forward to Erik and Decebal face-off and seeing all the pillars and how everything links together.

Draco Plato

There's a lot of scenes coming up I'm looking forward to, particularly with the main three's relationship and the changes I've made to the story recently.

FeatheryJustice

I can't wait to see when they all duke it off and then see how the reincarnation works.

RebelVampire

COMIC TEA PARTY- WEEK LONG BOOK CLUB END!

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