#sketch wp

[jcniper-backup]

wip of @haarleps beautiful OC, Mnemosyne.

[badface]

Serapter painting study of one of my fave frames in the latest episode!

[sweeneydino]

Hi!! Love all the stuff you have on this blog!! I was wondering about your wrong parent AU, how would this change how the boys grow up, like with more of a motherly presence than their rat dad (though maybe she is just as a “sensei” as splinter…who knows XD) or is this like a time travel situation? AAA sorry im excited about this awesome AU!!!

Anywho, sorry for my ramblings I don’t write asks very often and there is no pressure to answer! Thanks so much for all the cool things you do! Lol I love seeing your stuff on my dash :D

It'd be a lot different! I guess I can list a few I thought of,,,

So, Rat!Mom.

She’s still a bit paranoid (how can you not be with the Shredder actively trying to find out what happened to you, where you are, and if you're actually dead), but shes more focused on trying to give her kids as normal of a life as she can and definitely not hiding all her stress underneath endless piles of work.

Mikey plays alot of games and is more adept at cooking, Raph's painting more often and always trying to help his mom with cleaning(yes, hes a mama's boy), Donnie is creating and creating and always wanting to go bigger, and Leo and Karai(yes, Karai :]) play fight alot(so many wars...) when they aren’t watching Space Heroes 24/7 or trying to explore outside the home.

Then, maybe during one of her dumpster dives, she finds some convenient "Chris Bradford" training tapes that they start to gain an interest in ninjutsu. She's not too pleased with it, but since they enjoy it, she tries to be more open to it(she conflicted)

They do go out and about earlier than Canon(with a curfew), meet April earlier too(her and her dad are a little different), and Karai and April become BFFS. (Unless...)

The kids still call her sensei or variations of mom, which ones? Probably all depending on what they did.

Now, fighting bad guys? She did not raise them for that /hj

In reality, when she sees her kids scratched up from fights topside, they are usually pretty quick to inform her what happened(except for two). They get carefully patched up, and scolded before being told to rest for a while(grounded). Which is definitely not so she can keep an eye on them.

And she is certainly not stressed whatsoever👍

Also…

“She was as beautiful as she was kind, and as kind as she was intelligent”

- Splinter

…probably meaning emotional intelligence, or somethin but i think itd be fun if she was just…. Fred.

As in Traps galore, I mean imagine it-

You're Chris Bradford, greatest actor (and martial artist ig) of all time, and your chasing what you presume to be your bosses stubborn former lover,(who you kind of hate ngl) and then you think you have her cornered, just for the ground to cave in beneath you cause whoops, she boobytrapped the whole place.

She can still be emotionally intelligent too, but the traps are staying.

Other than the traps, I do think Rat! Shen will have some other types of self-defense training during the time she was in hiding. Girl is not risking shit.

When it comes to VS. Shredder bits, she'd definitely use everything she can to her advantage, especially her rat abilities. Climbing, gnawing, scratching, hissing; just get the fuck away from her and her kids.

There’s no planned ships atm (other than Shen x Yoshi, but that's the point- hes ded anyway)

Lastly, Im thinking of probably at least three separate versions or “alternate timelines” for the WP au, or two divergents of the wp au canon lol. One where the original turts find Shen and her turts pre-adventure, one post-adventure and/or during the shredder kidnap arc(i will not elaborate) and the least timefuckery timeline where Rat mom and her babies gotta march on without future “assistance” 🤷 im sure they’ll be fine(they willllll)

Thank you all for being interested in this ^ ^ "

I actually don't have much planned for this since it was just another random idea(you can probably tell hdgdhdg), but I'm always happy to see everyone's ideas! It helps a lot with my scattered-brain--

And one FINAL, final thing

Im not sorry.

[fishluring]

did you know that i have iterator ocs. now you do

[purgatory-palace]

Purgatory Doodle Dump!!

The Second Angel Dust design is by @hazbin-hotline one of Midnight’s other Hazbin Hotel related projects! Go check it out!

[enthusiastic-nim]

A Scooby Illustration WIP! Fun Fact; this piece is already done! However, I thought I'd show off the sketch first (Some of the expressions really shift in the end product)

[ooctoopussi]

i0.wp

Sketches I

2015-2016

Colored pencils and ink on A3 moleskine

[fishpupp]

sticky notes app is cool as hell btw it's called stickies!!

[idatenjumpfanatic]

Okay fine im going to go shameless and promote my fic here

Uhhh, brief summary ig, it’s an OC-insert, Gabu’s twin sister who basically rides along the show’s canon events for the most of part 1 but adds a little spice to it.

Some of her characteristics are she’s a chaotic neutral, expressive, and very talkative despite the fact that her love languages are act of service and physical affection. She may not start fights, physical ones, but if you do you better make sure you’re ready to finish it or she will do it for you.

She goes along well with Gabu and Taiga, even so much as to join the former’s schemes, but she has her boundaries. As expected of siblings, she butt heads with them just as much.

She says she doesn’t care about what happens to Shark Tooth when things go awry but she often ends up talking them out of trouble if Taiga isn’t around.

Character sheet!

I’d post my character sketch (the full write down about the character, personality, and relationships) here but the doc it is in has my story plot/beats in there as well as some major spoilers so just have these screenshots

It’s just became my consistent headcanon that Gabu is just terrible at cooking lol

I actually made a comic abt meeting Makoto but i never got past 2 pages bc I’m terrible with dialogue but here it is. Click for better quality, but if the dialogue is really that hard to read lmk I’ll add transcriptions

And finally, the cherry on top, some sketches of Chapter 2, with absolutely no proper order of events

Yeah, this is going to be 100% platonic and familial relationships

[ur-localcreature2023]

Little animation I’m working on.

[badface]

I don't think she had a good time during the sermon

[sweeneydino]

I made fanart for your wrong parent au!! This was originally supposed to be small lol but she just appeared huge😼

Tang shen is so cute if your art

Ok bye :3

THANK YOU 💕💕💕

I think she likes it

[yailtsv]

Live - paige’s sister

💌 Syn: uconn wbb live with taylor!

»»— warnings: it’s not in order of the actual live

»»— notes: finally bringing these over from wp, but the editing did nothing and i still hate this and the others 🫠

»»— word count: 1.4k

»»— pair: paige x sister!oc || taylor bueckers

Paige and KK are sitting on the couch catching their breath after they just did self defense lessons for the viewers on the live. KK's now explaining why she was mad in the car on the live they did earlier with their crumbl cookie review.

"They left me in the mall-" kk started but got cut off "NO I texted you to meet us at the car. I said and I quote 'taylor got scared from the fans screaming and wanting pictures, meet us at the car.' Paige cut in

"And I'm a GIRL!! somebody could just walk behind me and BOOM SNATCHIES!!" KK defended, making everyone laugh at her yelling 'boom snatchies'  and then said "tays my girl, so I understand p leaving to take her to the car when she's scared, BUT THAT DIDN'T MEAN JANA AND ICE HAD TO LEAVE ME!" Making jana and ice laugh and start defending themselves while Paige try's to focus back on her schoolwork

While KK, Jana, and Ice are arguing defending themselves on live and Paige is doing her schoolwork, Taylor walks out of Paige's room with her fuzzy stitch blanket, Olaf stuffed animal that Azzi bought her on her 1st birthday, her sketch book and her crayons and walks into the living room at the time kk walks over to ice and hugs her and Paige records it

Taylor walks to the couch and sets her stuff next to Paige and starts trying to climb up it while kk yells at ice to hug her back

Kk walks away from ice after they hug and her and Paige both see Taylor struggling to climb up the cushion, Paige immediately sets the phone down and lifts Taylor up next to her before she can get hurt. While Paige helped Taylor, kk sat back in her seat and propped the phone back up, all the comments that where laughing and joking about the kk and ice hug are now greeting Taylor

"Baby Bueckers, wanna say hi to the fans?" Kk asked Taylor while Paige was helping her get comfortable by placing her blanket on her and making a little more room so she has room to draw

Taylor looked at kk then the phone where she can see kk,herself, and Paige and then looks at Paige questioning if she can. Paige nods and says "it's ok go ahead" making Taylor look back to the camera and shyly say hi while waving slowly, making paige and kk laugh a little bit and the comments start gushing about her and how shy she is, seeing as paige the least shy person on the planet is her older sister.

"Isn't she just the cutest" kk somewhat yelled and pinched her cheeks, making taylor giggle but pull away. Eventually the focus goes on to debating if they’re gonna do a talent show and while they’re doing that, Taylor’s drawing paige and the uconn girls for Paige. While Taylor was in Paige's room earlier she also finished a drawing for geno and cd.

"That's cute. Who's that for baby?" Paige says softly while kk is looking for someone to add, for the talent show. "It was supposed to be a surprise." Taylor say sadly "it's for you. Do you like it?" She adds on

"Oh I'm sorry baby, I didn't know. I'll act surprised when you give it to me alright? And I think it's absolutely beautiful. You did so good on it." Paige says softly to Taylor while a fan is singing “before he cheats”

"It's ok, I just have a few more things to add and then you can have it." She replied and Paige nodded and looked away to focus on the talent show, giving her the privacy to finish the drawing.

"DONE" she yelled cutting off the person now screaming because she got accepted into the live, making everyone laugh after kk kicked the fan off "whys everyone laughing? Did I do something?" Taylor says making everyone calm down there laughing

"No, you didn't do anything babe. It was just a funny time to yell. That's all" Paige said making her make an 'ohhh' face, before grinning and shoving the drawing into Paige's chest

"Oh wow for me? did you make this all on your own? This is amazing!" Paige says shocked, making Taylor giggle knowing she's acting "this is you! that's kk and Jana, ice, Azzi, Caroline, Aubs, ash, Sarah, morgy, Allie, yanna, that's Kaitlyn with q, and I did nika over there and Aaliyah over there with ines and amari!" She points everyone out excitedly, making kk, Jana, Aubrey, and ice the only other people in the room to move closer to see the drawing.

All of them saying how good it is, and that they want one for them making her say she'll work on them over summer. Kk grabs the drawing excitedly and shows the camera saying "guys I don't think we need to have a talent show anymore. Taylor obviously wins!" Making Taylor giggle "I don't count" she reply's making kk gasp and put her hand over her heart dramatically "what do you MEAN you don't count? It's a talent show. You showed your talent. You WIN!" Kk said

"Noooo someone on the phone has to win! You don't know them, you know me, that's a disadvantage!" Taylor says making kk look at her with wide eyes "WHY IS THIS 4 YEAR OLD SAYING SENTIENCE'S LIKE THAT?! WHO TAUGHT HER THE WORD DISADVANTAGE?!" Kk scream's making Taylor giggle again and the others to laugh

"She's a smarty pants. She loves learning new things." Paige replies "she knows how to count to 100 too" Paige adds making kk even more shocked

The comments are blowing up, so while kks on her ranting spree, Taylor was focusing on the comments "sissy why are they saying your fine? What happened? Are you ok?" Taylor questions confused, with her saying that made the room go silent for a few seconds before kk breaks the silence by bursting into laughter making the others do the same.

"Alright Alright, no more comments for you. Let's look away from the camera alright?" Paige says trying not to laugh cause she sees taylor is now genuinely concerned "you didn't answer. Why are they saying your fine? Why are you sad?"She said making kk laugh again, Paige leaned forward and smacked kk on the back of the head, glaring at her

"I'm good baby, I'm not sad alright? I don't know what there talking about." She tries to comfort while also not informing her what the fans where actually talking about. "You sure?" She says hesitantly, making Paige nod her head "I'm ok. Promise." She says

Taylor nods and then go on to ask her different questions and things unrelated to that whole situation, making Paige let out a sigh of relief that she dropped this conversation. Kk goes on back to the live adding more people, kicking more people off, that whole routine.

"Sissy can you let my hair down? It's to tight" taylor say halting the conversation about all the places she gets to go to this summer "yeah come here" Paige says while moving her computer to the side and setting Taylor in her lap, starting to take out all the hairties, rubber bands, and bobby pins. When completed Paige massages Taylor's scalp a little bit to relieve the pain from the tight up-do her hairs been in all day, making her lean into Paige more.

While that's happening, kk starts singing pyramids. Paige takes her hands away from Taylors head but she still leans into Paige more, suddenly tired. She yawns making Paige look at her "tired?" She asks and Taylor shakesher head no but then shakes her head yes.

Paige moves her sketch book and crayons to the table, and grabs her blanket and Olaf. Handing Taylor the Olaf, Paige lays Taylor in her arms with Taylor's head in the crook of Paige's elbow, face pressed against her stomach and feet curled up against Paige. Paige tucks the blanket around Taylor making sure shes comfortable before starting to rub her back to help her fall asleep.

Once she fell asleep, paige told kk to keep it down a little bit which she did do for awhile, with her making the fans be a little quieter when they joined. Eventually kk was asking someone to sing sexxy red with the fan asking kk to dance to her singing... Taylor woke up grumpy and Paige had to get her back to sleep

@melpthatsme @rebecca-woso

[sinnabum45]

Unexpected Babysitting

Link to help Palestine and other resources! 🇵🇸

[Plain text: Links to help Palestine and other resources! (palestine flag). End plain text.]

[Image description] Digital comic of Ace Attorney characters: Miles Edgeworth, Cody Hackins, Maya Fey, and Pearl Fey.

Page one: Colorful, blurred image of Amusement park’s entrance. People are walking around. Text: “Amusement Park: Steel Samurai special event.” Miles is walking and is internally excited. There are people walking around behind him. Miles’ thoughts: “They’re giving out exclusive Steel Samurai merchandise today! Yippie! Yippie!” There is a small drawing of Miles in his thought excitedly moving his hands up and down. Text box: “Bought a pass one month in advance.”

Page two: Cody yells “Hey, Pops with the frilly thing!!” Miles is surprised and turns around to see an upset Cody standing behind him. Cody, point at Miles: What are you doing here?! Don’t tell me something bad happened again!” Miles frantically tries to explain, “Wha— Ergh! Nothing happened- I’m just…” Cody interrupts him, and stomps his foot. Cody: “Yeah right! Why are you here then?!” Miles: “Ghk!” Maya is off screen and calls out to Miles, “Ah! It’s Edgeworth! And Cody!” Miles and Cody turns towards her.

Page three: Maya and Pearl are walking up to them. Maya is smiling and Pearl is shyly holding Maya’s hand. Maya: “What are you doing here, Edgeworth?” Pearl: “Hello, Mr. Edgeworth.” Maya, snickering: “Maybe you’re here because a “certain someone” is in today’s stage play?” Miles is embarrassed, clenching his jaw and his eyes are closed. Behind him are texts: “Why does this happen every time? I just want to enjoy the show in peace, ALONE. I knew I should’ve worn the disguise today!” There is a little drawing of Miles with “said disguise”. He is fixing his sunglasses with his right hand and a black coat over his usual suit. The kids start approaching Miles. Maya with a mischievous smile: “Aww, don’t be embarrassed! I love Steel Samurai, too!” Pearl: “Me, too!” Cody with his hands raised to his chest: “What?! You like Steel Samurai, too, Pops?!” Miles is backing away, embarrassed and uncomfortable.

Page four: Two sketches of different scenes. Miles is paying for everyone’s food. Behind him, Maya has one arm raised over her head: “Yay~!! Thanks, Edgeworth!” Pearl is holding onto Maya’s arm: “Thank you, Mr. Edgeworth!” Cody has his hands raised to his chest again “You’re not so bad after all, Pops!” Second sketch: Miles is facing an off screen worker with a glare. “Excuse me. She asked for no pickles.” Pearl is behind him with tears in her eyes and she is holding her hands up to her chest. Maya and Cody are sitting at a table eating burgers. Maya is looking at Pearl with worry. End description.]

I wanted to have the Steel Samurai fans hang out 🥺🤲 They probably discuss a bunch of facts and share their interpretations about it together.

Miles does not know how to interact with kids, that’s for sure LOL Maya making fun of Miles for his crush on WP is now my favorite thing (There was supposed to be a whole scene with PowersWorth, but maybe another time)🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️ I’m assuming Pearl got into Steel Samurai because Maya likes it!

Also, I really like how the anime emphasizes Cody’s impact on Miles. I feel like he was the catalyst for Miles to change. And the scenes of Miles struggling (and losing) against Cody in the games were very cute 🥹

[lonerwolff]

𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋 ⌇𝑙𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑤𝑠

you can also read this story on @lonerwolff on wp and ao3 !

chapter 14: difficult?

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author's note⭑.ᐟ: I'm a little rusty, so this chapter sucks, I'm sorry😔

DAISY LOVED THE early mornings the most.

The heat of the sun crawling on her skin, the way the light painted everything, including her, in gold.

She closed her eyes for a moment, letting the hot breeze move through her hair, lifting a few strands of it.

It reminded her of the summers back home, long before she even started to play soccer.

She used to wake up before her parents on Sundays, putting on a still-wrinkled dress, and sneak outside barefoot in the garden behind their house. All kinds of flowers were growing there, and she'd sit there on the grass with her sketchbook, drawing everything that nature had to offer. Her sketches for an eleven year old weren't the best, but they still weren't horrible.

When her mother would see her with grass stains on her legs and dress, her smile would immediately turn into the sort of disappointed frown that Daisy had learned to recognize long before she could even name it.

Her mother would immediately tell her to go change, but sometimes, when they were already running late for church and there wasn't enough time for Daisy to change—or simply not another neat dress for her to wear— she'd have to leave with that stained dress, resulting in getting some dirty looks by some people when she'd sit at the pews.

Daisy wouldn't notice, but her mother surely did, and when one of the old ladies there talked to Carol after the prayer ended—basically scolding her for letting her daughter leave her house like that— Daisy's mother flushed in embarrassment, feeling extremely ashamed, causing her to never make the same mistake again.

Daisy, on the other hand, wasn't ashamed. She didn't even know that people were judging her. She thought that nobody would really care if she had a couple of almost invisible grass stains on her dress. That nobody would care because it was obvious—at least to her— that she had fun that morning.

And still, a bunch of years later, she still sat barefoot on the grass, her foot resting in the water.

Her diary lay open across her lap, half-scribbled in. At first, she started to write everything that came to her mind, but then she got distracted by nature, and so she started to draw instead of writing.

She couldn't decide on what to do on that page, which was obvious by the fact that it had a bunch of flower drawings on it.

Daisy looked at it for a while, resting her chin on her knee. The pencil was still in her hand, but she wasn't drawing anymore, just staring. Her thoughts wondering off again.

She started to think about Lottie again, like she had been doing for hours—or rather, days at that point.

Every time her mind drifted, it circled back to the candle-lit corridor, to Lottie's hand on her hip, to the intense, almost unreadable look in her eyes. And that question : "Do you...think I'm crazy?" Why would she even ask her that?

Daisy felt a familiar flush creep up her neck at the memory, and she instinctively shook her head and blinked a couple of times, as if the thoughts would disappear if she'd done that. She pressed her lips together, wishing she could just doodle away the confusion swirling in her head.

A rustle in the bushes suddenly pulled her out of her thoughts, making her turn around.

Javi revealed himself from the leaves, rubbing sleep from his eyes. His slowly approached, opening his mouth to talk only when he plopped down onto the grass beside her. "Hi," he smiled tiredly.

"Hi Javi," Daisy smiled at him, suddenly cheerful to see his face.

He squinted at the bright morning light. "How long have you been out here?" Javi asked, his voice a little raspy from sleep.

The blonde looked down at the water, "Just...not long," she lied easily. She had been awake from the moment a hint of orange touched the sky, but Javi didn't have to know that, and he didn't push either.

None of them said anything for a moment, and Javi just stretched his legs out in front of him while staring at the water in front of him.

Daisy looked over at him. His shirt was wrinkled, his hair messy, and dirt on his knees, like he had been outside in the forest for a while, or like he had just woken up. "The coach is making us work now," he said, breaking the comfortable silence.

"What? What do you mean?" Daisy asked, shifting slightly, her diary still open on her lap.

"He's giving out roles, like...who's cooking and cleaning," Javi said with a little shrug, as if it didn't matter much to him.

She blinked. "Oh," she looked down at her diary, suddenly remembering that it was still open in front of her, so, she gently closed it, smoothing the wrinkly pages with her hand. Her foot slipped out of the stream and onto the grass as she turned toward him more fully. "Do you know what I am supposed to do?" She just hoped it wasn't anything that involved heavy lifting or too much walking; her sprained wrist still throbbed occasionally, and her concussion still made her feel easily fatigued.

Javi scratched the back of his neck, thinking. "Um...I think... yeah, Coach said you're supposed to get water," he picked at the grass beside him. "Jackie wanted to go with you, though..Because of your injuries."

Her eyebrows scrunched up in surprise. It was true, but Jackie bringing it up made her feel a little embarrassed seeing as everyone else was already over their injuries. She hated being seen as weak or in need of help, although she felt seen. "She did?" Daisy mumbled, mostly to herself. Frankly, she didn't know why Jackie cared so much now. She was...complicated—especially these days— she was still bossy with others, but somehow not with Daisy.

"Yeah," Javi confirmed, still focused on pushing tiny sticks into the stream with his foot. "She actually didn't even want you to go, because of your injuries. But since Coach wanted you to, she offered to help." He looked up at her. "But the Coach said that Jackie had to do something else, so he paired you with Lottie."

A warm flush spread across her cheeks, her eyes wide. She quickly looked down, hoping Javi wouldn't notice. After that night, she wasn't sure how to act around Lottie, or what Lottie was even thinking, because now, Lottie didn't even want to look at her. The thought of spending more time alone with her made her heart beat a little faster, probably out of happiness. She twisted her cross necklace around her fingers, trying to keep her nerves at bay.

"Oh," she cleared her throat. "Okay, well, I guess I should get going then, to..see if she's ready." She stood up, carefully picking up her diary.

"Can I have a page?"

Daisy hummed in confusion, making him nod toward her diary. "A blank page," he said a bit sheepishly. "I want to draw something too."

Her expression immediately softened, the confusion melting into a smile. "Oh, yes. Of course." She gently flipped through the diary, looking for a clean page.

Most of the pages were half-filled with sketches or quick thoughts, but eventually she found one near the back.

"Here," She tore it out carefully along the seam and held it out to him.

Daisy watched as Javi took the page from her, his fingers brushing the edge delicately like he didn't want to ruin it. She was already digging in the pocket of her dress when he looked up at her again.

"Wait. Here," she said, pulling out her pen and offering it to him. "You'll need this."

He accepted it with a soft, "Thanks," but before he could turn away, she paused, hesitating.

Her thumb grazed the edge of her diary, letting out a quiet breath through her nose. "You know what? Take this too. You're gonna need a surface to draw on." She extended the whole thing forward him.

Javi blinked, surprised. "Really?"

She gave him a little shrug. "Just...don't look at what's in there, please."

His face broke into a grin, "thanks, Daisy. I won't look. Promise."

She wasn't sure if she should have believed that or not, but either way, she did. It's not like there was anything too revealing in there— unless he counted all those pages she dedicated to write about a certain tall girl with dark hair.

"You better not," she teased before taking a step back. "I'll come find you later, okay?"

Javi nodded enthusiastically, already settling into the grass with the diary balanced on his knees. "Okay! I'm gonna make something cool."

"I'm sure you will," she called over her shoulder, chuckling at his antics.

As Daisy turned to make her way through the trees, she felt her heart beat a little too hard in her chest. Rationally, she shouldn't care about this whole situation with Lottie, it's not like this was her first time pulling something like this, and yet, it felt different.

She had barely slept these past few days. The memory of Lottie had been looping in her mind. And that question...Daisy didn't think she was crazy; she could never. She couldn't even think about it for an instant, not even when she'd tell her that she had a bad feeling or that she heard something. Because in reality, if Lottie was crazy, so was she.

COACH BEN WAS SITTING on a chair near the front of the cabin, looking up when Daisy approached. "Ah, here you are, Daisy. Perfect Timing. You and Lottie are on water duty."

"Oh, yes Coach. I know" Daisy replied with a small, polite smile. "Javi told me already," she shifted her weight, clasping her hands loosely in front of her.

"Oh, well, that 's good." Coach Ben nodded slowly, his gaze then dropping to her injured wrist, which still had a makeshift bandage around it. "Are you sure you're up for carrying that bucket?" He asked, his voice laced with concern. "They can get pretty heavy when they're full." He paused, looking at her expectantly. "We can swap you out if you'd prefer—"

"No!" She said a little too quickly. "I mean...there's no need for that, coach, I'm fine, really. It's just a little sprain." She already could imagine the dirty looks her mother would give her, the disappointment, if she ever refused to do a chore. It made her stomach churn simply at the thought.

Coach Ben studied her for a moment, his eyes searching her face. Then, with a sigh, he nodded. "Alright, Daisy. If you're sure. Just be careful." He seemed to understand that she wouldn't back down.

As if on cue, Lottie appeared from the cabin, already walking towards the two empty metal buckets that sat near the door. She glanced at Daisy and Coach Ben, offering a small smile of acknowledgment before turning to the buckets.

"Hi, Lottie," Daisy said, her voice a little higher than usual, a tiny flutter starting in her chest. She watched Lottie pick up one of the buckets, and so, Daisy was quick to reach for the other, her good hand gripping the handle tightly.

Lottie just gave a quiet "Hi" back, her voice firm. She didn't look at Daisy directly, her gaze too focused on the buckets and then towards the path leading to the stream. Her movements were fluid, almost graceful, as she turned and started walking.

Daisy followed, but not before saying goodbye to Ben. The heavy bucket swung a little with each step, and she kept her eyes fixed on the back of Lottie's head, hoping to catch her attention, but she seemed completely lost in her own world. Or like she was ignoring her. Daisy realized in that moment that it was worse than she thought. Lottie was ignoring her, something she never did. At first, she thought she just wanted some space after what (hadn't) happened, but now, there was just this...unsettling silence between them.

The path to the stream felt longer than usual, and Daisy twirled nervously her cross necklace with her free hand. "So," She began—her voice a little to loud, not bearing the silence anymore. "Did...did you sleep well last night?" The question seemed stupid, but it was all she could think of.

"Fine." Her voice flat.

"Oh, well that's good to hear." The blonde smiled, trying to push the awkwardness away. "It's a nice morning for it, right?Getting water..." She gestured vaguely around the forest with her hand.

Lottie just grunted in response; she didn't look up, her pace steady and even. It was clear she wasn't interested in making small talk, or in talking at all. Daisy's smile faltered, a slow heat rising in her cheeks. She pressed her lips together, feeling a familiar pain bubble up in her throat.

Daisy took a deep breath, trying again, her voice smaller now. "A-Are you... Okay, Lottie? You seem a little, um...quiet. More than usual, I mean."

Lottie finally stopped, turning just enough for Daisy to see her profile. Her jaw was tight. "I'm fine, Daisy," she said, her voice strained, "Just focused. We should hurry." She started walking again, picking up her pace, leaving Daisy with her thoughts and heavy bucket.

Daisy flexed her fingers. "Focused on what, exactly? Getting water? Seriously?" She snapped, her voice louder than she intended. "Because you've been acting like this for days! Ever since...well, you know. And I'm trying to be understanding, but you're just being... difficult."

This time Lottie stopped dead in her tracks and spun fully around, "Difficult?" Lottie's voice was low. "You think I'm being difficult, Daisy?" Her gaze swept over Daisy, lingering for a moment on her face before dropping to her cross necklace. "You have no idea what 'difficult' is."

The blonde felt a sting in her eyes. She gripped the bucket handle, her knuckles white. "Well, I'm trying to help you, Lottie! I'm trying to be a good friend, and you're just pushing me away!" She took a deep breath. "I don't even know why you asked me if I thought you were crazy! What was that even supposed to mean?" Daisy's voice trembled.

Her chest heaved slightly, her eyes, which were firmly on her, flickered down to Daisy's lips for a fraction of a second, then back up to meet Daisy's tear-filled ones.

She took a slow, shaky breath. "You really don't know, do you?" Lottie's voice was barely above a whisper, filled with a sadness that Daisy, somehow, completely missed. "You think I'm being difficult? You think this is difficult?" She gestured vaguely between them, then around at the silent, looming trees. "You have no idea what's inside my head, Daisy. What it's like. What I've seen. What I feel." Her voice rose slightly, the last word almost a hiss, raw with unexpressed emotion that Daisy couldn't begin to decode. Lottie took a step closer, her eyes locked onto Daisy's, burning with an almost painful intensity. "You live in a world where everything makes sense. Where being late to curch, being perfect, and getting good grades are your only problems. You don't know what it's like when everything is... complex." Her voice dropped to a choked whisper, her gaze once again falling to Daisy's lips."You couldn't possibly know."

The blonde stared, perplexed. The sudden closeness, the way Lottie's eyes seemed to devour her, made her heart race. "Complex? What are you talking about, Lottie? What does that even mean? What could be so 'complex' that you have to act like this?"

Lottie's gaze remained fixed on Daisy, and her lips parted slightly, as if to say more, maybe to confess the "complex" truth that Daisy so desperately couldn't grasp. But then, as quickly as it came, the moment shattered. Her eyes hardened, and she took a step back, her voice flat again. "You don't want to know." She looked away, turning back to the stream of water. "Just... let's finish this."

That was the blonde's last straw.

"You know what, Lottie?" She stopped abruptly, the heavy metal bucket hitting the dirt with a loud thump. "You can carry your own water. I'm done." She turned around, not waiting for Lottie to say anything back. She walked quickly, the branches scratching at her legs and arms. She just wanted—needed to get away, to breathe, to be somewhere completely alone.

Lottie stood frozen, watching Daisy disappear into the trees. Her jaw, which had been so tight, now seemed to slacken. She closed her eyes, hoping that Daisy's words and sad face would disappear if she did that.

[butter-pangcake]

For the data collecting thing, I have this very specific one where it was just Hiro squating in front of a vending machine?? And that art where Hiro has his fingers on Rye's hair.

But there's also this one that I get reminded of whenever I think of WPS. That scene where Hagi joked about him being jealous of rei for getting along with matsuda so well and Hiro actually being jealous over it lmaoo

Thank you! Ohh, I also like the vending machine one; that piece I was having an artblock so I sketched whatever came up to mind (and also trying new brush).

I loooove Hiro (Scotch) playing with Rye's hair maybe because I like drawing hair lol. (but yeah, very good~)

Hiro is actually being jealous is *muah* yummy and with him still in a smiling face? ++++

Rei: You have such a scary face when you're jealous...

Hiro: Ah well, I guess I am. ^^