#octokitty asks

[quack-tity]

Just Let Me In

cw: Hurt/Comfort, Overworked!reader, CC!reader wc: 1485 Side Note: kind of a vent for me, but I'm sure there are a lot of you who are going through the same thing. make sure to take care of yourselves <3

It was another night of no sleep. You've grown accustomed to this set up at this point, of nights where you don't sleep, where you can't sleep.

You don't know when it became difficult to sleep, just that you went to bed one night, and watched the sun rise without shutting your eyes once, despite how heavy your eyelids felt.

Alex was the first to notice. Of course, he noticed everything when it came to you...

"Cariño," He said one time during face time, you noted his furrowed brows, how he looked at you through the screen, trying to piece something together without knowing what he was really looking at. "Did you get any sleep at all last night? You look exhausted."

"I haven't slept all week." You told him nonchalantly, his expression was unreadable. You notice him opening his mouth, but you cut him off. "It's not a big deal. Besides, you're just as guilty as I am of this, Alex."

He didn't say anything. He didn't have to.

The second to notice was your streamer friends.

"Yo, you good?" Seb asked you after you ended stream, logging out of the game you both had been streaming together. "You look worse than an actual zombie."

"Gee, thanks for the compliment." You rolled your eyes, trying to keep it lighthearted.

Key word: trying.

"I'm serious," Seb pressed, sounding a bit concerned. You didn't like it. "You sounded like you were gonna pass out or something during stream."

"I'm fine, Roi, just... just tired. I'm heading to bed right after we hang up for the night." You tried to sound convincing.

Key word: tried.

And failed, as Roier went quiet for a minute before relenting, choosing to believe your obvious lie.

It wasn't completely a lie though. You did go to bed, and you did try to sleep. You just couldn't.

Unfortunately, Seb and Alex were not the only ones to call out the insomnia you were steadily developing. You just kept trying to reassure them all that you were okay, or that you'd be okay eventually.

Key word: trying...

The last to notice were your fans. Honestly, you were more surprised that they hadn't noticed sooner, considering they acted like they knew everything about you.

octokitty: you look tired, streamer, i hope all is well <3<3<3

isleofsophie: wow, those bags are bigger than my suitcases!

miketheyork: they look like they haven't slept in ten thousand years!

"Guys, I'm fine." You tell your chat during another stream. "Just going through a restless spurt. I assure you all, all is well on my end." You lied, and you were sure they knew it was a lie.

Because not even you found it convincing.

The breaking point was toward the end of the second week, two weeks of a mix of terrible nights of restless sleep and straight up getting no sleep at all.

There's just too much to get done. How could you possibly try to sleep when there's so much that still needs your attention?

You had just signed off of stream for the night before burying your face in your hands, shoulders shaking with suppressed sobs. You felt awful, exhausted to no end, drained and hopeless.

You hear a knock on the front door. At first, you chose to ignore it, assuming that the sleep deprivation had finally caught up to you and chose to begin making you hallucinate right then and there.

But the knock came again, followed by the sound of your phone ringing.

You didn't check the caller ID, too exhausted to read the name. "Hel—"

"Open the door." Alex's voice comes through the other side of the call.

You straighten in your seat at his voice, breath catching in your throat. "What?" You question, unsure if you heard him right. "Alex, what are you—"

"Just... come open the door, baby." He says, before hanging up.

You lower your phone, shocked by the call before setting the device down and making your way toward the front door.

You crack the door open a bit, and to your shock, there he stood, duffle bag in one hand, his phone in the other. He looked like he just rolled out of bed.

"What... what are you doing here?" You ask. "Not that I'm not happy to see you, but—"

"I'm here to make sure you actually take a minute to fucking sleep." He said, stepping into your apartment, shutting the door behind him. He looks around, noting how everything seemed... scattered.

Plates were on your living room coffee table, papers and journals were laid out on your kitchen counter going over an upcoming project you were working on, and your garbage looks as though it hasn't been taken out all week.

"I wish you had told me you were coming," You tell him, walking into your kitchen to scoop up your opened journals that you haven't actually touched in two days, "... it's not as bad—"

"Don't," He cuts you off, his voice softer now. "Don't finish that."

You don't. Instead, you look down at your journal and pick at the worn binding. You hear him walk up behind him before you feel his arms wrap around your waist, his forehead pressing against your shoulder. The close contact makes you shudder.

You didn't know how touch starved you were until now.

"... When's the last time you slept, cariño?" Alex's hands pressed flat against your stomach through your clothes, thumb rubbing a lazy circle. 

You shake your head, not trusting your voice to give an answer. 

That was enough for him to know that it's been long enough. Alex pulls back, turning you around so you are facing him now. "Do you know why?"

You can't bring yourself to look him in the eye, but he raises a hand to grip your chin softly, guiding your gaze to meet his. "It... There's just... I have too much to do, Alex. I can't fall behind, or it'll never get done. If it doesn't get done, it'll jeopardize my entire career, and I can't afford to lose my career, I can't handle that—"

"Shh, shh, cariño, breathe." His hands rub up and down your arms as your shoulders begin to shake.

You shake your head again. "I can't, Alex, that's the problem!" You snap unintendedly. "I can't breathe, I can't sleep, not with everything that needs to get done, it's like all the projects, all the fans, their hands are coming through the screen and pushing me down into a tub of water, I feel like I'm drowning."

Alex falls silent for a moment, his hands gripping your shoulders a bit tighter with an unreadable expression.

At first, you thought he might be mad at you for snapping, which made you feel guilty as you hadn't meant to, you knew he was just worried, that he was just trying to help.

But then he pulls you closer, arms wrapping around you, chest pressed against yours, bringing your head to his shoulder. And as you feel a form of wetness against your cheek, you realize he's holding you because you're crying.

"You're not drowning, baby..." He whispers into your ear, running a hand through your hair while the other pressing against your lower back. "You don't have to deal with this by yourself. I'm here. I'm always here, even if we're miles apart, I'm still capable of answering my fucking phone. I don't care if it's two in the morning and I just fell asleep an hour before you call me, you don't ever let it get this bad. Okay?"

Alex pulls back to look at you, his hands moving to cup your face, thumbs wiping your tears as they fall. "Give it to me, I can take it."

Your arms wrap around him in an instant, yanking him close to you again as you break down. He didn't say anything further.

He didn't judge.

He didn't feel disgusted by your tears and snot on his hoodie as you cried heavily onto his shoulder.

He didn't get annoyed when your tears would slow only to come back in full force.

Alex just held you close, even when your legs gave out and you both sank down to the floor that hadn't been swept all week, even when sleep finally found you in the form your tears exhausting you and his arms around you felt like a warm blanket shielding you from the cold.

He didn't let go.

Not when you finally fell asleep against his chest while the both of you sat on your kitchen floor, not when he carries you to your room and lays you down on your bed and he crawls in beside you after kicking off his shoes. He stayed right by your side, holding you close, running his hand through your messy hair, and eventually fell asleep with you on his chest.

[undiagnosedautismfeels]

hey so I used to submit under 🐙🐈/octokitty and I just wanted to send an ask saying that things are a lot better now, I’m diagnosed, my mom accepts my diagnosis, and my school counselor supports me with anything I need at school. The reason my dad was so against my diagnosis is that he and I are so similar, if I’m autistic, that means he may be too. I just kind of wanted everyone to know that things can get better and you can get the support you need

[ninjamuffin654]

(anti-honesty hour) What kinda of pet do you want?

A feral trash eating werewolf racoon.

[majickth]

So, steampunk space pirates AU, right?

Wherein Grian is a thief who takes more pleasure in stealing attention than gold. He’s good at his job, the best actually, and he takes pride in never being caught — until, of course, he actually is and gets thrown into the galaxy’s worst prison. Not a good look for the self-proclaimed “best thief ever”.

While imprisoned, he gets a visit from a strange yet charming conman who offers him a proposition: freedom for service. Steal something for the conman and the conman can steal him his freedom. With no other choice, Grian agrees.

The man introduces himself as Scar. He makes good on his word. His pet cat-opus (octokitty?) finagles the lock open and the guards aren’t immune to his smooth talking (or bribery). They’re outside in minutes, boarding a ship and soaring through the stars towards…well, Grian’s not sure where. And he’s still not sure what he’s supposed to steal.

When Grian asks Scar, the conman just winks as if exchanging some clever secret that Grian already regrets being privy to.

“We’ll be stealing a map,” he says and grins, “from beneath the nose of the Worldeater himself — the worst pirate these stars have ever known. And you, my friend, are going to help me.”

[tentacletournament]

The rot has eaten so many slugcats the octo kitties have no way to touch it, rot rules octokitties drool!!!11!!/lh

The rot consumes com’on y’all!!!

the rawness of this ask has inspired me. the rot consumes.

[fadesinthelight]

Hey! I know this may sound odd, but would you be alright with someone (me) getting a tattoo based around your octokitties drawings? I think it's always important to get permission from the artist, but I really liked them.

Yeah that'd be fine! Thank you for asking. You've got to send me pics when it's done though.

And if you want to work out a custom design, feel free to DM me, I take commissions!

[friedricebunny]

Yknow I will admit I did not fully appreciate the ship that is ayumi/mc until I watched the Halloween event and at first, Ayumi does NOT want to wear the octokitty costume but the moment mc asks her to help, she's like "I will do it!!!! I'm gonna become the best octokitty!!!!!!!" And then she became like an Octokitty acting expert in like a couple minutes. Like that was a full on ah I get it now moment

[nohm94art]

I saw your Haruichi Mamiya so I'm gonna be the one to ask, LIAR! UNCOVER THE TRUTH!

HAHAHAHAAH THOUGHT YOU’D NEVER AAASK.

Favorite character: Haruichi Mamiya, hands down. Kazumi with his ability to read people like a book, and Joe’s eccentricity!

Least Favorite character: Hmm, Kunio is the token man of everyone’s hate on tumblr, and I can see why. But hey, he got called out for it, so all good. But GAWDDAMN. I HATE MARS (MC’s Nephew). And sorry, but I find Itaru a tiny bit…boring. Same goes with Sotaro

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): MC with Haruichi / Azusa / Joe Yazawa (Sorry, don’t have alot)

Character I find most attractive: Haruichi

Character I would marry: None (I know, weird for me to say because I am playing an Otome game of all things)

Character I would be best friends with: Joe Yazawa

A random thought: Is Octokitty plush a thing yet?

An unpopular opinion: Some of the character’s lies are disappointing tbh

My canon OTP: None

Non-canon OTP: Haruichi and MC

Most badass character: Haruichi

Pairing I am not a fan of: Hmmm, naw, they’re all fine in a reasonable sense.

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): Hmmm the potential of doing so is only during events, but they’re all non-canon, so it’s safe.

Favourite friendship: Ayumi and MC tbh,

[everlastingbutterfly]

Perplexing Presents Walkthrough (Liar! Uncover the Truth event)

Please only click “keep reading” if you are willing to know the answer. If you are on mobile and do not wish to see, please scroll down fast!  

If you find this walkthrough useful in any way at all, please like or comment to let me know! It’s greatly appreciated :D

Note: Answers are translated from Japanese so wording is not exact however  A/B/C choices are guaranteed. All official translations are up now.

Event requirements Stage 1 - 700 CP to start accusation, 1300 CP to start individual route One route - 1900 CP Two routes - 2700 CP Three routes - 3500 CP Four routes - 4500 CP All routes -  5600 CP

Stage 1

Who’s the liar? Kunio Muroi

Q1. Ask a leading question about the present! B. It’s great for tying my hair back

Q2. Point out what doesn't make sense about this scrunchy! A. The shape of it

Q3. What should you point out on the warranty? C. The order date

Pick your evidence Kunio’s Planner

Pick your evidence Eiffel Tower Model

Pick your evidence Culture magazine

Pick your evidence Sayaka Hanamura’s FindFriend Screen

Final Choice Q4. What's the definitive proof that's written on FindFriend? C. His nickname for Sayaka Hanamura

Stage 2

ie. individual character routes, please scroll down to the character you are playing

Kunio Muroi

Pick your evidence Kunio’s TalkTime Screen

Pick your evidence Kunio’s Planner

Final Choice Pick your evidence Dead flip phone

Azusa Kurono

Q1. What did Azusa get for you? A. The flower box

Pick your evidence Fortune Telling Book

Final Choice Q3. What flowers will you use to say “Yes” to Azusa? A. Blue hyacinths

Kazumi Kagami

Q1. What present did Kazumi give you? C. Alarm Clock

Q2. The alarm clock’s message actually means... B. Look at FindFriend!

Q3. How will you move the clock’s minute hand? A. Move it counterclockwise to 4 

Final Choice Q4. What’s your actual present that’s hidden in the clock? B. Earrings

Keima Katagiri

Q1. What was Keima’s White Day gift? A. Tickets for a trip

Q2. Where does Keima want to take you? A. A hot spring in Izu

Final Choice Pick your evidence Special Octokitty Keychain

Sotaro Shiga

Q1. What is Sotaro’s White Day gift? A. Panties

Q2. Why did Sotaro give you panties? C. To improve your luck

Q3. Why did Sotaro give you those panties? A. Luck in health

Final Choice Pick your evidence Diagnosis Report

[otome-obsessed]

Event Walkthrough - Liar! - Perplexing Presents!

Liar! Related Pages:

Game Page

Event Ends: 3/14 12:00JST Early Clear Requirements: Clear 3 lover’s routes by 3/6 23:59JST Early Clear Bonus: Azusa & Kunio Story - A Ring from Your Man Top 500 Rank Bonus: Kazumi - Naughty Butler Bedroom Play (Note: It is written as 500 in two paces, but Top 1000 on the rank page. I have also been shown a place where it is listed as Top 1500. Shoot for Top 500 to be safe until this is cleared up.)

Contributor(s): Susie101, Weng Yi Kan, Haruka Nanase, Jackie He, holahallobonjour

Until all answers are confirmed, please use at your own risk!

Stage 1

Room Investigation

Click the receipt under the chess board. Click the magazines on the table. Click the business card next to the magazines.

Cool Points Mission - 200

FindFriend

Note: Press the house in the upper right hand corner to get back to the main screen

Click Azusa’s profile> scroll to the post with one comment> click into the comment> take a photo Scroll to Munio’s post> click his profile> click his friends> click Sayaka’s photo> scroll to her bottom post> click the comments> take a photo Press the icon in the top right corner> click on Sotaro’s photo> click friends> click Saya’s photo> take a photo

Cool Points Mission - 700

Pick Kunio

Ask a leading question about the present! B. It’s great for tying my hair back. 　　

Point out what doesn’t make sense about this scrunchy! A. The shape of it. What should you point out on the warranty? C. The order date

Evidence (in order)

1) Kunio’s planner

2) Eiffel Tower Model

3) Magazine

4) Sayaka Hanamura’s FindFriend Screen

What’s the definitive proof that’s written on FindFriend? C. His nickname for Sayaka Hanamura Cool Points Mission - 1300

Lover’s Routes - Check Amounts

First Route: 1900 

Second Route: 2700

Third Route: 3500

Fourth Route: 4500

Fourth Route: 5600

Stage 2 - Lover’s Routes

Room Investigation

Click the red ribbon sticking out from the bed Click the trashcan Click the pink box on the side table

FindFriend

Press the icon in the top right corner> Click on Kunio’s photo> Click friends> Click Hiromi’s photo> take a photo Click back> Click Nana’s photo> take a photo

Evidence (in order)

1) Kunio's TalkTime screen

2) Kunio's planner

3) Flip phone

FindFriend

Click Kazumi’s profile> Scroll until the text shows up> Take a photo

FindFriend

Scroll until you see Kazumi’s post> Take a photo

Q. What present did Kazumi give you? C. Alarm Clock (Correct)

Q. The alarm clock’s message actually means...   B. Look at FindFriend! (Correct)

Q. How will you move the clock’s minute hand? A. Turn it counterclockwise to 4 (Correct)

Q. What’s your actual present that’s hidden in the clock? B. Earrings.

Q. What did Azusa git for you? A The flower box (Correct)

Evidence Fortune Telling Book (Correct)

Q. What flowers will you use to say “Yes” to Azusa? A Blue hyacinths (Correct)

Q. What was Keima’s White Day gift? A Tickets for a trip. (Correct)

Q. Where does Keima want to take you? A A hot spings inIzu. (Correct)

Evidence Special Octokitty Keychain

Q. What is Sotaro’s White Day Gift? A Panties (Correct)

Q. Why did Sotaro give you panties? C To improve your luck (Correct)

Q. Why did Sotaro give you those panties? A Luck in health (Correct)

Evidence

Diagnosis Report (Correct)

Flirt Time Questions

All common Flirt Time Questions are located here.

Character Specific Appeal Time Answers

Kunio

Makizushi is the best kind of sushi! What does “Maki” mean?  B. Rolled

A place he wants to go to in France. D. Mont-Saint-Michel (lol BMP shout out!)

Azusa

Horoscope question D. Cancer

Do you know the “Winter Triangle”? What star is NOT a part of it? C. Altair

Sotaro

What do his patients call him? C. Kokushimusoutaro

This Italian place’s soup is incredible. How would you eat it? D. Scooping towards center from front.

Kazumi

What's the working title of the book I'm currently writing? A. Wandering Moon

When is his birthday? C. February 6th.  

Keima

When we went to Yamanashi on a class trip, what was wrong with you? B. Hangover

I have it set up in my living room. What am I really into right now? A Chess

[fatty-thao]

Liar! Uncover the truth: Accusing wrong people for shts and giggles – 4th -6th  liar

First part. Again super spoiler under the cut

*4th Liar: Gambling addict

Accuse Sotaro

Evidence: Loan document. It’s actually Sotaro’s patient’s promissory note, not his, and he also got the lending firm’s advertising flyer from one of this patient too. Those weird words MC heard him over a phone call in the restaurant are doctor’s lingo, one of this patient lost consciousness and died that day. He said he owned property and many assets, and showed proof to MC. He didn’t appreaciate MC rummaging through his desk when she questioned him of the loan docs and flyer which I call bullsht because he ASKED her to TIDY his goddamn desk in the first place, no way she couldn’t see them as they were placed directly on top of his mess of a table. And asking a girl you’re trying to woo to clean your office on your first date isn’t, by any means, nice (another proof Sotaro is not the one for me)

Accuse Azusa

Evidence: he doesn’t eat horse meat (LOL what kind of evidence is this). Azusa’s never placed a real bet in his life, he only played game, and if he got money, he’d rather buy clothes. He said betting money would make you lose a whole stack of money real fast, knowing Azusa’s identity in 8th liar arc, this totally makes sense.

*5th Liar: Married man

Accuse Kazumi

Evidence: Kotoko Hiroi’s Meat and Potatoes picture: MC thought when Kototo was talking about having meal with her husband, she meaned Kazumi, the two must have been married, but Kotoko was Kazumi’s editor (she nagged him quite a lot in his lover’s route). The Octokitty bandage was given to Kazumi by Kotoko too because he got calluses on his hand quite often. The last thing is , they got different last name (Hiroi vs Kagami) so Kazumi said MC should’ve thought about this carefully before accusing him

Accuse Haruichi

Evidence: Sumire’s FindFriend screen. MC accused that Sumire was Haruichi’s wife and she was the one she talked to at his office (who told her “not to come close to Haruichi” in jealous tone). Sumire is Haruichi’s cousin, he just happened to share the chocolate to her and her child when she visited Mamiya’s household , she also appeared on the Bar homepage picture evidence on 6th Liar (the one with the child), that’s why she got “Haruichi” last name. To prove Sumire wasn’t his wife, Haruichi showed MC picture of her family with her husband (who wasn’t Haruichi), and the woman at the office who glared and threatened MC was one of his employee and got romantic feeling toward Haruichi.

From 6th liar onward, the guys are accused of different things, and to be honest, that make the game much easier than the first 5.

*6th Liar

Accuse Sotaro: Redneck

Evidence: Photo of Sotaro’ parents. MC accused Sotaro of being a farmer and he wanted to move to US to live with his parents in their farm, and MC, trying to leave her country life behind, would not be fond of the idea of being back to the farm, even in the US! Turn out that’s photo of Sotaro’s parents when they were on vacation in Hokkaido, and they didn’t own a farm in America, his father was there for an academic conference. He did have a garden in his house though, that’s where the picture of eggplant came from. Sotaro wanted to go to US because he wanted to learn surgical techniques that weren’t available in Japan.

Accuse Itaru: Cut off contact with his parents

Evidence: He called his parents “those people”. People don’t use such contemptuous when speaking of of their parents, but Itaru said it was just the heat of the moment, he was really bitter at that time saying that to MC, so he didn’t regconize how harsh it sounded. He didn’t cut off with his family, he just hadn’t been home for a long time (after graduating his University) because he had to work even on holiday. His parents didn’t approve of his job at the company he chose because they wanted him to find a more stable job. He thought they didn’t understand his feeling of why he chose that job, the same to him about them too, but after he settled in, they gave him full support. If you read Itaru’s lover route, you will understand why he didn’t have fond memories of his childhood as well as his hatred of being taken picture ( and WHY he had to go against his parents to live in Tokyo).

Accuse Kazumi: Homeless

Evidence: Internet Café member Card. There are actually people living in internet café in Japan, I don’t blame MC for thinking this way of Kazumi, but as usual he was just there for research, how it would be like for the criminal to escaped into an internet café . He didn’t like the place though (it was cramped and people snoring). After the meeting with MC he went to the park to sober up and the breeze felt nice on his skin. He got the train table as a bookmark, and he invited MC to his mansion in Kamakura to prove her he wasn’t homeless (he did own a mansion, big that is).

Accuse Azusa: Orphan

Evidence: He only showed picture of his brother. His parents hated being in picture , Azusa and his brother were pretty close, and he often told MC about his brother, like the time the two of them going to supermarket alone to shop for his mother’s birthday as a surprise. He didn’t want MC to call him by his last name because  he didn’t want her to be formal with him (real smooth Azusa, that’s how he got the money out of pockets of the women LOL I guess)

To sum up the wrong accusation of this part

[undiagnosedautismfeels]

tuaf when your therapist believes you're autistic and has put it in your medical records, but you can't get any accommodations at school and your parents refuse to help you get a 504 plan because you're "not really autistic" because your symptoms were noticed late and you "can function fine without the accommodations" 🐙🐈

If you have a diagnosis on your medical records, it’s illegal for them to refuse you accommodations

[undiagnosedautismfeels]

TUAF when you go nonverbal but you're with a very good friend who's also neurodivergent and he's very good at calming you down, so he talks gently to you and makes cute jokes and makes sure that you can stim without anyone looking weirdly and it makes you feel so much better ! 🐙🐈

[undiagnosedautismfeels]

tuafw I was in my favourite class and I couldn't stop happy flapping even though it was just a test day and nothing exciting happened but I have a few friends in that class and they smiled and went along with it and it makes me so happy ! One friend mimicked the flapping (because it was "cute") and found out that she likes flapping too, so we were both just in class flapping our hands 🐙🐈

[undiagnosedautismfeels]

tuaf when your friend who is also on the spectrum gets you a very soft toy that is stuffed with sand and it's so nice to touch and tap and it's stimmy and good and your other friend made you slime (they even did special colours!!) And it's such a good time !! 🐙🐈

[undiagnosedautismfeels]

TUAF WHEN YOU GET A WEIGHTED BLANKET FOR CHRISTMAS AND ITS SO GOOD AND ITS ALSO SOFT AND YOU ROLL AROUND ON IT AND WRAP YOURSELF IN IT AND PLAY POKEMON AND ITS AMAZING 🐙🐈