#src: the nice guys

[touyaz]

I need someone to draw gojou in thisPlease

[every-moment-a-different-sound]

DBDA gifs for AO3 comments - Part 1

Part 2 here and part 3 here

Have you read any good fics on AO3 recently and wanted to comment, but didn't know what to say?

Have some gifs!

Just paste the HTML below (including the <>) into the comment box in AO3, and when you click submit it'll add the gif to the comment!

There's also an empty HTML tag at the bottom of the post if you have other gifs you'd like to add to your AO3 comments :)

For Niko saying we need to talk about how amazing this fic is, paste this:

<img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/IfhoumOMZGamimBvWC/giphy.gif" alt="Niko: we need to talk about how amazing this gif is" />

For Charles saying the fic was brills, paste this:

<img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/l2GI5eY4NIQ92ASpIb/giphy.gif" alt="Charles: Guys, that fic was brills!" />

For Jenny saying this fic caused emotions, paste this:

<img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/9nh40MrdlUz310gypD/giphy.gif" alt="Jenny: This fic caused emotions. In my eyes" />

For Esther saying she really, really loves girls this fic, paste:

<img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/H6GgElVEY1xA0xUxy9/giphy.gif" alt="Esther: I really really love this fic" />

For Crystal saying what am I supposed to do now, paste:

<img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/Odpjplnb40Vg5n7tOc/giphy.gif" alt="Crystal (After being emotionally destroyed by this fic): Okay. What am I supposed to do now?" />

For Edwin saying he finds this fic charming, paste:

<img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/OKlCLx8KK0AymjlFBT/giphy.gif" alt="Edwin: Honestly, I just find this fic so charming" />

For Niko saying this fic is really nice, paste:

<img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/tAxNdVvbagWaTrMkHh/giphy.gif" alt="Niko: This fic is really nice!" />

For Tragic Mick saying he has a fic that will ruin you emotionally, paste:

<img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/yrH8PCeVt9nJPJkUgj/giphy.gif" alt="Tragic Mick: I've got the perfect item. It's called a fic that will ruin you emotionally" />

How to add other gifs to comments:

If you want to put a different gif in the comments, paste this tag and replace the [link to gif here] with the link for the gif:

<img src="[link to gif here]" />

Absolutely massive thanks to @nix-nihili, who has been a fantastic help and so kind and encouraging!!! You're a star!!!!

[lonely-coconut]

Blinkie.World coding and efficiency

Hi everybody. Thank you all for the support on my last post! I literally only just got on Tumblr, and I already feel very loved and supported. This is a very nice community for sure. It makes me happy to see so many people excited about it. And to every person saying they'd love their blinkies to be included... bold of you to assume you're not already on my radar! When I say I'm collecting every blinkie, I mean EVERY blinkie! The only exceptions are immoral ones like proship and anti equal rights. Even if I'm already getting blinkies from you guys, I do appreciate everyone sharing/ pointing them out to me. It helps me to be sure I've got as many as I can! So, thanks you guys. You're all very kind.

Anyhow, since there seems to be interest in Blinkie.World, I'm sharing a little more about it. This is about how the site's being made physically, both explaining it and trying to think of ways to improve the process. Also a bit on the workflow side of things. If that's not of interest to you then you can go ahead and give this one a skip. This one's probably a bit boring for most people, but if you are interested... then onto the post!

Someone mentioned that they hope I have automation for making the site, since it seems like a lot of work. I've done what I can to help this go efficiently, but at the end of the day, I am just doing it by hand. Last time I showed what the code looks like per blinkie, which is this:

<a href="" target="_BLANK">

<img src="" alt="" title="Credit: . ID: """></a>

<!--Categories: -->

<!--Screencap: -->

That is the actual code I use. I copy and paste this every time, then enter in the details. I'm not sure that counts much as automation, but at least I'm not out here typing that over and over. This is an example of what a blinkie looks like coded in:

<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030406002318/http://mywebpage.netscape.com/antikao/pinkieblinkiepage1.html" target="_BLANK">

<img src="https://lonelycoconut.neocities.org/blinkie%20site/pink%20blinkies/Calvin%20%20%20Hobbes.gif" alt="Calvin + Hobbes" title="Credit: Pinky Blinkies. ID: "Calvin + Hobbes""></a>

<!--Categories: Pinky Blinkies, pink/, cartoons/, comics/, calvin and hobbes/, calvin/, hobbes/, kidcore/, animals/, mammals/, tigers/ -->

<!--Screencap: https://lonelycoconut.neocities.org/blinkie%20site/Screencaps/Pinky%20Blinkies.png -->

That is an actual snippet from the site! First is the link to the creator (and yes, it HAS to be the creator, not a reposter of any kind), and a target="_BLANK" which makes the link open in a new tab. Next is the image link. Each image is named the same as the text on the blinkie. That way, I type what the blinkie says, then copy and paste that to the image name, alt text, and image description (title). Then is the title. If you don't know, a title for an image in HTML is text that appears when you hover your mouse over an image. So, for each hover text (title), it says the name of the creator, then a caption of the blinkie's text (since they're often hard to read). After that is </a>, which closes the link, making only the image linked to the source.

After the link and image, there are the comments. In HTML, a comment is text that's in the code but doesn't appear or affect the website itself. It's usually just notes to self. The first comment is categories. First I put the creator, then the color category it is sorted in, and lastly every other category it's in. You'll also notice that each category listed has a slash after it. The reason is, when I put a slash after a category, that means it's already added to that category page.

Below that is the screencap. This is an image showing the creator, every blinkie they have made, and their terms if any. Here's this specific screencap if you want to see how that looks. I go in and screenshot all the pages I need, then combine them all in Photoshop, then name it after the creator, upload it to Neocities, and finally add the screencap image link below every blinkie by that creator! And, that's how I fill in the code for a blinkie!

So, yeah, this is definitely a lot. I'm sure I could benefit from more ways to speed up the process, but I don't know much else I can do. It's mostly copy pasting and routine. There are some other things I've done to help though, and that's browser extensions!

One I use is called Download All Images, which as you can assume, downloads all images on a page! You can also specify what kind of images you want to download. What I do is set it to add every gif that is 150x20 pixels (or bigger if I see that there are big blinkies on the page).

I also use GifsOnTumblr. If you've ever tried downloading gifs on Tumblr, you'd know Tumblr is a little weird about it. It always saves as a gifv, so you have to open the image link, then change the end of the link from gifv to just gif, click enter, THEN it downloads as a gif. It's not that hard, but let me tell you, now that I have an extension that makes it download as a gif immediately, it saves more time than you'd think!

That's about all I've figured out as far as maximizing efficiency here goes. If anyone else has any advice/ideas, I'd love to hear it! I've been at this since October (give or take, I'm not 100% on that), and as for the workflow, I'm wondering a bit how long it will take before all the blinkies I have are online. It seems like years for sure, but I think I can handle it if I'm slow when I need to be. As in, if I'm tired then I'll stop. I'm not going to treat it as something I HAVE to do, because then I'll burnout most definitely. I'm being chill about it. Especially since I'm currently on break from another huge project, believe it or not.

Just a few months ago, I burnt out from my other project, which is an animated music video I've been animating for almost two years (in which I initially planned out in 2020, started it in 2021, burnt out, cancelled it, then decided to try again and start it all over in 2023 and since). My point is, I'm very ambitious, often to a fault. I'm a workaholic. (I'm also ADHD, so I think being a workaholic is me overcompensating for it, at least partially.)

Because of that, I'm going out of my way not to take this too seriously. It's a passion project, and if it's not fun, then it's not a passion project, then what am I doing it for? Even so, my ambition cannot be held back! When I get excited on a project, I grind like crazy. I'm not scared by the idea of something taking a long time. I want to do this. I'm happy I'm doing this. I'm not going to pretend it's not a lot of work, but working is what I do! It's how I'm built. When I don't work, I feel like I start to loose it. It's not a matter of IF I work, it's a matter of WHAT I work on (and the intensity).

So, despite the somewhat daunting nature of such a big project, it makes me happy, and if it stops making me happy, then I'll stop doing it. It's as simple as that. That's about my feelings on the workload side of this. I can handle it, and if I'm wrong and I can't handle it, then that's okay too. But if anyone has any advice or ideas on how to make this process faster and/or easier, I'm more than open to hear it! (But don't give me ergonomics advice. I promise you I do every ergonomic thing in the book lol.)

[makeslegend]

@starwonderz said → " i don't know how to do this alone . . . " | twaaaain ( src. / accepting. )

Tsukasa has never, ever said anything like that. At least not where Mark could hear him.

Even when they'd met—when Mark had extended a tentative hand and offered to let Tsukasa travel with him for a little while—he'd been the sort of kid who put the weight of the world on his shoulders just to prove he could carry it. His decision to go with Mark had very much been a decision, not a concession to the idea of help. That was how Mark interpreted it, anyway.

So he'd been prepared for Tsukasa to want to get the hell out of dodge sooner rather than later, especially considering the recent revelations that had come to light between the two of them. Things had only been getting more quiet, lately, in the transient spaces between locations. The two of them were just as stubborn about some shit as eachother—uncharacteristically, neither of them filled the silence, because they were making it with purpose.

It had been easier just to suck it up and prepare to let Tsukasa go wherever the hell he wanted, so he hadn't even tried to consider the possibility that Tsukasa was…

… Afraid?

Maybe that's the word; afraid of being alone. Stuck waffling over semantics, Mark's fidgeting stills, eyes darting away in a mixture of confusion and guilt—but mostly guilt.

"Look," he tries, but his voice comes out a little parched. The upset is beginning to catch up with him—the idea that he'd been ready to let Tsukasa just fend for himself. He's almost nauseatingly relieved he was wrong about Tsukasa's intentions, and that only serves to make him feel more guilty. "Tsukasa, I…"

Another failed attempt at speaking.

He's never been good at that. Serious conversations tend to take the wind out of his proverbial sails, because he hasn't built himself around having them. Reassurance and comfort, too, are traits that evade him every time he has to dole them out, and he's reminded for the millionth time that the only people worse for Tsukasa than him are the bastards he wormed Tsukasa away from.

"I'm not just gonna throw you to the wolves, okay? I'm not—look, okay, sure, I figured you'd just wanna stop off somewhere. Get another start. Greener pastures, an' all that. I wasn't—I was never gonna make you go, though. But, uh…"

The weight of something still unsaid lingers in the air. The condition to the statement he hasn't voiced isn't something he actually wants to say himself, because he's never been good at having this sort of serious conversation either. And, selfishly, because he knows what he has to say is going to put him in a position he doesn't want to be in.

Tsukasa isn't the only person who's afraid of being alone.

"… This is really fuckin' bad for you, isn't it?" Though it's phrased like a question, Mark doesn't leave room for a response. "Like, this isn't… I don't just mean the fact that you're livin' off my shitty blood money. Well—y'know. That too. But you're—I mean, hell, you're not even twenty. You could have a whole life. And a future. But you couldn't have that shit with me. That's not—I mean, like, kickin' it with me is probably better than where you were, but you shouldn't hafta live like that."

Then, like he should have done months and months ago, he spits out, "I know some people. Like, people who'd maybe do me a favor if I asked 'em nicely. Who could get you set up somewhere actually decent. And I'm not—I mean, God knows I can't make you do shit, and really I don't even like the fuckin' guy anyway it's not like I wanna go talk to him—I'm not gonna sit here and say you hafta take that route. But I think you can probably do a whole lot better than me, is all."

[recre8ed]

⛄️ - What would be your muse's ideal weather conditions? Do they prefer being hot or cold? What's their favorite season?

oh! this one is fun to think about.

i think hakkai's ideal weather conditions are actually annoyingly average. like, the kind of preferences you'd hear from a middle aged guy who's approaching retirement and just wants to relax at home, except he's literally only 24.

that is to say, i think he likes slightly warm temperatures with a nice, cool breeze and a healthy amount of clouds—but not enough to provoke a fear of rain, since he really doesn't do well mentally when it rains. bonus points if it's not too bright that day, or if the nice and temperate atmosphere is brought about by evening, since evenings are his favorite time of day.

if it were between being hot and cold with nothing in between, though, he'd pick being cold. hakkai tends to cover up even when it isn't cold enough to do so, and cold weather means it's more likely to snow than rain.

his favorite season is probably autumn, with a close second being winter.

this is partly because of official art reasons, which i had to include above because i love this art, but also because there is literally no other season that consistently aligns with his preferences more! it rains too much in spring, summer is slightly too hot, winter is slightly too cold, etc...

also, i tend to associate him with autumn separately from his preferences anyway because it's a season of change and transition—in a more somber way than spring—and those are very important themes to his character hahaha.

( src. / accepting. )

[the-arcade-doctor]

Jay: today's subject: body counts. mr. t, let's start with yours. Mr. T: Just one. SRC? SRC: 0. What's yours, Jay? Jay: i forget the number, maybe four or six? then again, i may be confusing my current partner count with my body count. speaking of my partners, what about you, dashes? Dashes: At least three. Z: Hey, guys. What's going on? Jay: hey, sis! :D Mr. T: We're currently discussing body counts and the sort. Z: Oh, nice. Mine's around three-hundred seventy-seven, give or take a few. Dashes: (spits out her drink) WHAT?! Z, slightly louder: Three-hundred seventy-seven, give or take a few. Jay: sis, aren't you asexual? Z: Yeah, but what does that have to do with my body count? Everyone else, in unison: ... oh.

i wanna dub this, quick, someone make it a comic

[uyuforu]

Most of the things that you wrote in the solar return synastry , I have it with the person that I think he is my fs in solar return 2026/2027 but we didn't met in person yet, it's all on social media+ we are not dating yet but I just felt that he is the one from the first moment I saw him even if it on social media and I dreamt about him before I even saw him and in our synastry we have 8th house and 12th House synastry but in the synastry of our solar return chart in 2026/2027 we have those:

My moon exactly conjunct his Venus and my moon conjunct his MC too

We have groom exactly conjunct Union and union exactly conjunct Union

i have a 7th house stellium in SRC 2026/2027 and they all conjunct his DC

my venus conjunct his Jupiter and my Venus , mercury, Jupiter and vertex are in his 7th house

His mars is in my 7th house and my mars in his 5th house

My venus conjunct his vertex

his vertex and Jupiter are in my 8th house

North node exactly conjunct north node

juno in each other 1st house

His Lilith in my 1st house conjunct my ascendant

His moon is in my 4th house conjunct my briede

Saturn exactly conjunct Saturn in my 4th house in his 3rd house

Neptune exactly conjunct Neptune in each other 3rd house

His sun and mercury in my 9th house

And there's more but these are things that I saw in yours too so I just want to know your opinion about this , I will wait for it patiently

Thank you ,have a nice day and always be happy , all the love 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

The fact that you have a 7h stellium that year indicate meeting FS to me, it means that you will focus on this part of your life (serious relationships) and to me it feels like meeting someone you totally see as and feel like they are your FS. This is what happened to me the year I had 7H stellium. Despite the fact I didn't know at that time he was very possibly my FS.

That's funny also that you have important year in 2026-2027, this is the src I marry haha! I know a lot of people who have a big change in their love life that year, this is funny. I guess 2027 being a year 11 in numerology (2+2+7= 11) is an important year for spiritual connections.

There are big indicators of love at first sight, or at first real meeting should I say, kinda like what happened to me. So you guys could meet that year in real life and it will just never be the same. Check also Pluto and Saturn to see the struggles there could be and if it will be important. For example, Pluto and Saturn for me and my "FS" is pretty important, so this is why we struggle hard lmao... but this connection seems like you will never be able to forget each other after first meeting. Any couple that has 1H, 8H or 12H synastry are constantly on each other's mind until they die... .-.

Anyway, you indeed have big indicators :) I'll post part 2 soon of the SRC Synastry so you can check for the future years!

May you and your person grow well together <3

- uyu

[crechi-theringmaster]

[post text: YOUR WEBSITE'S TITLE HERE

Going to put all this in its own post too by popular request: here's how you make your own website with no understanding of HTML code at all, no software, no backend, absolutely nothing but a text file and image files!

First get website server space of your own, like at NEOCITIES. The free version has enough room to host a whole fan page, your art, a simple comic series, whatever!

The link I've provided goes to a silly comic that will tell you how to save the page as an html file and make it into a page for your own site. The bare minimum of all you need to do with it is JUST THIS: /end ID]

[image ID: a creature explaining what to change after you save the html to make it your own website: “Guess what? The circled bits are all you ever need to change to make it your OWN PAGE” The sections circled in red are:

the text of the page's tab, between "head" and "title" tags. it says “YOUR WEBSITE'S TITLE HERE”; the full line is: <head><title>YOUR WEBSITE'S TITLE HERE</title><head>

a header for the page, between "h1" and "p" tags. it says “BIG, CENTERED TEXT”; the full line is: <h1><p style="font-size:40px">BIG, CENTERED TEXT</p><h1>

a link to the image files of the comic, between an "h1" tag and inside an "img." tag. it says “thisisntyourcomic.png”; the full line is: <h1><img src="thisisntyourcomic.png"></h1>

the three navigation links, each inside an "a" tag. the first link applies to the word “Previous”, the second applies to the word “Home”, and the third to the word “Next”; the first line is: <a href="001.html"><b>Previous</b></a>   . the second line is: <a href="YOURWEBSITE.WHATEVER"><b>Home</b></a>&nps;&nps; . the third line is: <a href="001.html"><b>Next</b></a>

/end ID]

[post text: Change the titles, text, and image url's to whatever you want them to be, upload your image files and the html file together to your free website (or the same subfolder in that website), and now you have a webpage with those pictures on it. That's it!!!!!

.....But if you want to change some more super basic things about it, here's additional tips from the same terrible little guy: /end PT]

[image ID: the creature from before, explaining how to change the background colors: “AAH! It's extra stuff! Here's where you can change colors!” a few spots for hexcodes and code segments are circled and labelled. The lines of code are:

color: "#000000;" labelled “Font”

background: "#FFFFFF;" labelled “Background 1”

a { color: "#0000EE;" } labelled “Links”

a:visited { "color: #551A8B;" } labelled “Visited Links”

#main { "background: #FFFFFF;" width: 900…} labelled “Background 2”

The creature continues: “There's two different ones for "background" because the sample file has this nice middle column for your content!”

/end ID]

[image ID: a demonstration of the different background colors. Background 1 applies to the background of the webpage, and Background 2 applies to the background of the content column. The creature instructs: “Look up color hex codes and try any vile combos you want!” /end ID]

[image ID: the creature explaining how to change the navigation at the bottom: “Links can be images instead of text! Just put an image code where the link text was.” The code segment from the first image for navigation links except with the "Previous", "Home", and "Next" texts replaced with <img src="backbutton.png">, <img src="homebutton.png"> and <img src="nextbutton.png"> /end ID]

[image ID: a screenshot of the html code inside the computer's files, with the creature explaining: “If an html file is just called "Index," it automatically acts as your main page! It will be what people see when they go to yourwebsitename.com or whatever!” /end ID]

[image ID: a singular line of code: <meta HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" content="0; url=yourwebsite.com"> The creature says: “If you make a page with only this one line of code, anyone who goes to the page will be taken to whatever URL you put there!” /end ID]

[image ID: the creature further explains: "You can use that to make a custom link that always goes to your newest update! Whenever you update, just change this link again! Your index.html can be this, too!" There's an arrow pointing towards the "url=yourwebsite.com" in the code segment from the previous image. /end ID]

[post text: That last code by itself is:

<meta HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" content="0; url=001.html">

Change "001.html" to wherever you want that link to take people. THIS IS THE REASON WHY when you go to bogleech.com/pokemon/ you are taken instantly to the newest Pokemon review, because the /pokemon/ directory of my website has an "index.html" page with this single line of code. Every pokemon review has its own permanent link, but I change that single line in the index file so it points to the newest page whenever I need it to!

While I catered these instructions to updating a webcomic, you can use the same template to make blog type posts, articles or just image galleries. Anything you want! You can delete the navigational links entirely, you can make your site's index.html into a simple list of text links OR fun little image links to your different content, whatever! Your website can be nothing but a big ugly deep fried JPEG of goku with a recipe for potato salad on it, no other content ever, who cares! We did that kind of nonsense all the time in the 1990's and thought it was the pinnacle of comedy!! Maybe it still can be?!?! Or maybe you just want a place to put some artwork and thoughts of yours that doesn't come with the same baggage as big social media?

Make a webpage this way and it will look the same in any browser, any operating system for years and years to come, because it's the same kind of basic raw code most of the internet depends upon!

/end PT]

小い.> very useful guide~ thank you for making it!♡

게터.> neocities time〜 have fun everyone :]

ゆの.> web liberation W

additional useful things people added in the notes:

alternatives for making a link to the newest update, because the method privided by the guide above will break the back button

website for learning more html and css

how to make the text properly formatted and visible on mobile

Going to put all this in its own post too by popular request: here's how you make your own website with no understanding of HTML code at all, no software, no backend, absolutely nothing but a text file and image files! First get website server space of your own, like at NEOCITIES. The free version has enough room to host a whole fan page, your art, a simple comic series, whatever! The link I've provided goes to a silly comic that will tell you how to save the page as an html file and make it into a page for your own site. The bare minimum of all you need to do with it is JUST THIS:

Change the titles, text, and image url's to whatever you want them to be, upload your image files and the html file together to your free website (or the same subfolder in that website), and now you have a webpage with those pictures on it. That's it!!!!! .....But if you want to change some more super basic things about it, here's additional tips from the same terrible little guy:

That last code by itself is: <meta HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" content="0; url=001.html"> Change "001.html" to wherever you want that link to take people. THIS IS THE REASON WHY when you go to bogleech.com/pokemon/ you are taken instantly to the newest Pokemon review, because the /pokemon/ directory of my website has an "index.html" page with this single line of code. Every pokemon review has its own permanent link, but I change that single line in the index file so it points to the newest page whenever I need it to! While I catered these instructions to updating a webcomic, you can use the same template to make blog type posts, articles or just image galleries. Anything you want! You can delete the navigational links entirely, you can make your site's index.html into a simple list of text links OR fun little image links to your different content, whatever! Your website can be nothing but a big ugly deep fried JPEG of goku with a recipe for potato salad on it, no other content ever, who cares! We did that kind of nonsense all the time in the 1990's and thought it was the pinnacle of comedy!! Maybe it still can be?!?! Or maybe you just want a place to put some artwork and thoughts of yours that doesn't come with the same baggage as big social media? Make a webpage this way and it will look the same in any browser, any operating system for years and years to come, because it's the same kind of basic raw code most of the internet depends upon!

[manawari]

In The Maze Runner trilogy, those who were sent to mazes had tattoos etched on their back that identified them as WICKED's test subjects. Each tattoo began with "PROPERTY OF WICKED" and included each subject's group (A or B), their subject number, and in some cases their title. The title was given by WICKED based on their character, personality and illustrated the role WICKED intended for them to play. (src.)

These are only for the characters who play a major role in the au!

Jin-woo

A2: "The Reaper".

Jong-in

A6: "The Flame".

Yoon-ho

A9: "The Defender".

Hae-in

A1: "The Mastermind".

Byung-gyu

A4: "The Hope".

Jin-ho

A3: "The Confidant".

Tae-gyu

A11: "The Sharp".

Hee-jin

B5: "The Head".

Eun-seok

B1: "The Traitor".

Ju-hee

B2: "The Follower".

Some short explanations:

Jin-woo (A2: The Reaper) — he once killed a guard and the scientist who was handling him. As punishment, he was brought into the Crank Pit where he had to spend an entire night exposed to the bloodthirsty monsters. The higher-ups were strangely impressed as a kid like him managed to take someone's life, not once, but twice, which showed qualities of what they were seeking. Jin-woo was also the one who killed most of the infected WICKED staff.

Jong-in (A6: The Flame) — as a kid, he was drawn to the fire. While everyone feared it, Jong-in found comfort. But when The Flare took over the entire world, he had mixed opinions whenever he saw fires. Fast forward to the Maze, Jong-in was the only one who could create fires quick and he was known for giving wisdom to the Gladers, being the only one who could make them listen to him or anyone who had a major announcement.

Yoon-ho (A9: The Defender) — as the title states, Yoon-ho earned the title as he was constantly standing up for others, who were afraid when being brought to the operation room. It was also his innate trait to stand in front of others when stakes rose high and it became completely helpful in his survival.

Hae-in (A1: The Mastermind) — as one of the four elites, she was the one who came up with the maze's design and the procedure to prepare the subjects before sending them out to the maze. She was also the one who cracked the exit to the Maze, which explained why she was eager to run with Tae-gyu and Jin-woo.

Byung-gyu (A4: The Hope) — the only person among Jin-woo's friends who did not turn out to be an immune. However, he was the only one who encouraged everyone to kept going; he always found a way to smile about and while the Sun Flares had wiped a quarter of the human population in the world, he remained an epitome of a sunshine, bringing warmth in the people he surrounded with. WICKED called him "The Hope" because even though he was not immune, his capability to survive amidst the virus gave them an idea that some people could become just like him.

Jin-ho (A3: The Confidant) — he had shown qualities of a trusted person and he was the first person Jin-woo felt close with when he was confused on living in the Maze. And even if they had escaped and currently surviving the horrors of the outside world, Jin-ho was still shown to be the most trusted person around and would always keep his word.

Tae-gyu (A11: The Sharp) — besides that he possessed an ability to never miss when firing his attacks, Tae-gyu was quick to catch up on things such as how he instantly knew WICKED's helicarrier was trying to track them down just by the sound. He did suspect Eun-seok, but seeing how the guy seemed nice to his friends, Tae-gyu decided to give him a chance — unfortunately, this turned out to be a mistake, and Tae-gyu blamed himself for not trusting his guts.

Hee-jin (B5: The Head): as the leader of Group B, she brought her members to safety as much as she could. While not a lot of people followed her in the beginning in spite of being in charge, Hee-jin was the guaranteed path if they wished to live, her premonitions never failed. Fast forward when two of the closest people to her heart betrayed everyone, Hee-jin crumbled, yet got back to her feet as her remaining friends still depended on her and the Right Arm needed her as she became a core brain to the group.

Eun-seok (B1: The Traitor): when he could no longer see his best friends, Eun-seok swore to do everything he could to get back to them. He begged the doctors to not wipe away his memories, but they did not listen until Antares chimed in and said that he heard everything. Since Eun-seok had showed great performance and contribution, Antares gave him his wish, only with a condition that Eun-seok must return to WICKED with the immunes to get the cure. He agreed and pretended to not remember anything when he joined Group B. He was always meant to betray everyone, including his best friends, for the greater good.

Ju-hee (B2: The Follower): at first, she was not supposed to be sent to Group B, rather she was going to be one of WICKED's doctors. The news shocked her and Ju-hee refused until she found out that Hae-in, Eun-seok, and Jin-woo were going to the mazes. Not wanting to be alone, Ju-hee agreed to join and have her memories erased, albeit leaving a few fragments that would make sense once she reunited with the three other elites. She promised to follow them wherever they were as they would reach the cure together.

[sameboot]

fim was built to be a sentinel that protected the earth - that didnt really work out!

[kuschelkissen]

Ok first of all, I'm sorry for planting it in your head 😅

To me, his PV and the ending scenes are kinda giving me bad vibes. He looks like he has a lot of baggage he's carrying around and everything around him seems like he's just A Guy™️ and he's hanging out with Vein and Lu Xiao, and that alone is reason for me to believe that he will be thrown under the bus somewhere along the lines by someone. Not even necessarily Vein, but we know that lx is the master manipulator and we're told not to trust him.

I also don't think that all 3 of these new characters will make it to the end of this arc. We know lx will survive and with Vein being the one killing cxs in the future, he also will make it. Xf? Eh. Press x to doubt.

That cooperation line. I said right when i heard it the first time, i hope that he'll say it to lg or cxs, after them helping him doing something heinous (unknowingly in cxs case, knowingly? In the case of the popular theory of lg originally being one of the house), but with xf's pv coming out and veifei poisoning my brain... yeah well.

So. About your post.

In Greek mythology, the story goes that a nymph named Clytie was in love with Apollo, the God of Sun. In the beginning, he loved her too, but then his head was turned toward another nymph. In a fit of jealous rage, Clytie told the other nymphs’ father, who then buried his daughter alive as punishment. Apollo was so angry that he then turned Clytie into a sunflower. But, as her love for him was so strong, she watched him move across the sky every day, just how sunflowers follow the sun. (src)

Vein is like you said Apollo and xf is Clytie.

Someone turned Vein's head. And Xia Fei with his temper did something that resulted in that someone's death.

Xf may or may not be responsible for the dorm fire.

We don't know yet who was involved there. Who died. We do know though that Cheng Weimin was somehow involved. Cwm who may or may not have (had) powers involving seeing the future? Or a son who is able to change time. Or a wife who according to cxs also had powers.

Turning head doesn't necessarily mean that he fell in love with someone else, but maybe he gave a bit too much of his attention away to someone else?

And we don't know what Vein's ability is, we don't know what's his deal in all of this, why he's so keen on killing (?) Cxs.

(Killing or kidnapping? Read a nice analysis the other day of how in their fight in ep 1 he tried to separate the two of them, didn't shoot once at cxs, and seemed genuinely frustrated when they locked themselves in the dark room. Maybe because he knew cxs would be dead by the time he managed to break down that door? And in Yingdu we've already seen 1 attempt of getting him in a car with lx and Vein, and now that very obviously orchestrated rescue mission... hmm)

Then we have next episode's title. "And then there were none", a rhyme from a song that starts with 10 people who all die one by one, which is also the title for an Agatha Christie book where

- people get lured to an island under a pretence (like say... finding out something about your parents?)

- these people then get killed for causing the death of someone

Idk sounds familiar? And with the emphasis on the fire and the code talking about "there's only one survivor", idk, i feel like this will be relevant 🤔

So... uh. Excuse my rambling, i just got up and I'm still a bit tired lol.

What I'm saying is. We don't know what Vein's deal is. We don't know why he keeps Xia Fei (a seemingly normal guy) around and while I would love it to be genuine affection, I just don't clock Vein like that, idk.

What do you mean Xia Fei is full of death flags? His character flower is a sunflower!

Though not native to China, the sunflower is increasingly popular and carries symbolic meanings in Chinese culture. It signifies vitality, loyalty, and warm-heartedness. The sunflower's ability to turn towards the sun conveys admiration, respect, and a yearning for knowledge. (src)

Seems pretty positive. It also tells a lot about what Xia Fei thinks about Vein.

But wait, what’s this...

In Greek mythology, the story goes that a nymph named Clytie was in love with Apollo, the God of Sun. In the beginning, he loved her too, but then his head was turned toward another nymph. In a fit of jealous rage, Clytie told the other nymphs’ father, who then buried his daughter alive as punishment. Apollo was so angry that he then turned Clytie into a sunflower. But, as her love for him was so strong, she watched him move across the sky every day, just how sunflowers follow the sun. (src)

okay, it got a little dangerous… But! this still aligns with my yandere!XF headcanon. And aside from Vein being obviously Apollo, I can’t map the other characters to anyone else in the linkclick cast, so I think we’re safe—

Within Chinese culture, the sunflower has come to represent good luck, and receiving one as a gift or simply walking by one is seen as an auspicious sign. The yellow color is thought to denote intelligence as well as a vital spirit. In ancient China, royalty would eat the sunflower as a way to gain immortality, and it has continued to be associated with long life and prosperity. Most of China considers it a symbol of happiness as well. (src)

Vein.

Don’t. Think. About. It.

DON’T FUCKING THINK ABOUT IT, VEIN!

I WILL BE IN YOUR WALLS, VEIN!!!

[makeslegend]

@applbraver asked → " why don't you step into the sun? " Honami asks with a kind expression | for twain <3 ( src. / accepting. )

"You tryin' to kill me or somethin'?" Mark asks, grinning easily back. Honami's not the sort of person he finds any real enjoyment out of bothering, so the mild sarcasm is the extent of his joking around; if it were someone a little more fun to needle, he'd had the thought of pretending to be a vampire, or something. But he doesn't.

It's not as hot in Japan as some of the other places he's been, but a heatwave is a heatwave regardless of the place, and Mark's never been in the habit of dressing properly for them. He still doesn't plan on it. The jacket's too nice to drop, and the feeling of the air on his bare arms just gives him the chills, no matter how hot it is.

And anyway, it's not like he's having a miserable time scrounging for shade. Summer is a cruel bitch of a season sometimes, but it's got a good case for being his favorite because of the atmosphere it brings, and the people it brings outside for him to look at, like a live documentary all on their own. It's fun to sit and watch people go by and guess at every little detail of their lives. Most of them are probably better off than him, but he's never been able to muster resentment for the sorts of people who are just living comfortably.

He makes sure not to overshare all that in his assurance that he's alright.

"I'm doin' just fine right here," he says matter-of-factly, then nods his head towards the sidewalk. "People-watchin, an' all that. 'Sides, I burn like crazy, y'know? I'm that kinda white guy. I'll get outta here when it cools off."

[evilmaxjr]

New Total Drama cast personality predictions.

Priya: She gives me Courtney vibes but like a very nice and more shy version of Courtney.

Millie: She's like LeShawna but only the supportive best friend parts and not the sassy parts. Probably will be best friends with Priya.

Ripper: Getting a Noah and Owen fusion here. I'm guessing sarcastic and lazy.

Damien: Cool guy vibes. Musician or maybe even and influencer of some sort.

Axel: Love her. Probably my favorite. She's got Eva, Jo and Brick elements in her design. Intense and super competitive. I hope she's not the villain and is just a big personality.

Chase: Spiky hair reminds me of Mike. He seems like he'll be pretty normal and chill. Not much else though.

Zee: He's got stoner vibes. Shaggy and Jude are probably his best friends. He will be popular with the cast even Chris himself.

Scary Girl: Great design. Don't know what to expect. I'm thinking she might be a silent character and she gets her nickname from her teammates. She's kinda freaky but maybe is nice under the surface.

Caleb: He's the hit guy of the season like Justin or Alejandro. He won't be evil though. Will definitely end up in a relationship. Caleb and Bowie?

Nichelle: She's the cool girl who doesn't take.crap from anyone. She can be your best friend or your greatest enemy.

Julia: Popular girl. Maybe a little airheaded but not on the same level as Lindsay. Maybe a little mean but not as bad as Heather. Her and Nichelle are the only ones facing towards each other. Best friends?

Bowie: Finally the gay character we've been waiting for. Kinda stereotypical but it's a start. Guessing his love interest will be Caleb. That'd be cool but I'm hoping maybe they subvert out expectations and pair him up with someone unexpected like Ripper or Damien.

Wayne and Raj: The male versions of Katie and Sadie. They also remind me of the step brothers, but hopefully less obnoxious. I think they will be fun. I can see them being a couple of bumbling buffoons always getting hurt. Basically I think they're both going to be Tyler.

Emma: She reminds me of Sadie from Steven Universe. Hoping she goes far and has a similar src of feeling unsure of herself and persevering anyway.

MK: I like her. She seems quirky and fun. Low key hoping she's a lesbian and we get 2 LGBT couples. Rumors says it's just the one but I can dream.

[soldier-lodbrok]

Well. That sounded shit.

"Oh, a little further than Gongaga to be honest... but if nothing else, that is good enough maybe."

Gongaga was remote as hell, too. But there were splinter cells of Avalanche there, maybe enough amicable bonds for them to pass a message on to the SRC.

Scratching the beard on his chin, Glenn hummed as if he pondered her suggestion.

"Fine, I think I can wait till your husband returns. But the radio is a need, not a want.", he grinned. he just needed to get word back to base. Cosmo, preferably. That they were still all alive. A chopper vanishing without signal usually was a bad sign.

He didn't want Ifalna to worry too much either.

"Your husband was a hunter you said, right? I knew some on the mainland. Good guys. Nice to make deals with them, they have the best hides and teeth of beasts in their inventory. Once traded with one of them - bunch of thin sabertusks against an ointment he needed for his bad ankle."

"Jack of all trades, mast of none unfortunately." She offered the answer with a chuckle and s shrug. Being the smith of their town wasn't a pressing job to be fair - fix some lobster pots, re-weld some old machinery, maybe the odd time make a knife for one of the hunters. Other than that she was the barmaid and tipster here, something that came organically from running the inn for its old owner.

Their farm was something she held onto, inherited from her dad and she tried her best to keep the small herd of livestock going, and the few crops. It was too expensive to buy produce and get it flown to the islands.

"Sara is just fine," she offered another smile and nodded as a customer gestured to the lager tap. A radio. Now that made her thoughts whir. She wasn't sure where this man was from, nor his allegiance just yet; the last they needed was Shina landing here.

"Afraid that depends; the ones we use for music are short-wave and their signal only stretches as far as Gongaga. How far away are your friends?"

"My husband's home tomorrow and he has a much stronger radio in his kit." Being a tipster had taught her the art of friendly conversation and how to get information with a charming smile.

[soobljy]

THE STEALER CHAPTER ONE: PULL THE TRIGGER

genre/warnings: angst, fluff, slow burn, enemies to lovers (?), kidnapping, criminal!tbz, mentions of guns & knives, quick mention of suicide

word count: 2,5k

summary: As y/n is leaved to close the store on her own, the last thing that she expects, happens to her

pairing: tbz x fem reader

“Y/n! You’re closing the store tonight, I have an emergency at home and I need to get going.” You hear your boss, Jiyoo yell from the back of the store as you put some new clothing items up on the racks. You sigh. “Okay!” You yell back at her and look at the time. 8:30PM. The store closes at 9 so you won’t be alone for a long time.

“The store is super quiet right now so I'm sure you can handle the last 30 minutes on your own.” Jiyoo smiles as she walks towards the entrance of the store. ‘I hope so.” You smile back.

She tells you to put the money in the safe and clean the store a bit and then quickly leaves the store, leaving you alone with 2 customers and the loud music of the speakers playing Bad Guy by Billie Eilish.

After the last customers leave, you look at the time again, 9:58. You make your way to the entrance to close the door and turn off the lights so nobody starts knocking, begging you to let them in, then you tidy some stuff up as you make your way back to the counter. As you reach the counter the radio switches to the news.

“The infamous criminal group ‘The Boyz’ have gotten away with yet another robbery just yesterday making it their 12th theft of the month. The police still have not been able to catch them due to the group's large number of members.”

You sigh. Instead of partying with your friends on this friday night you have been put in charge to close the store. “I don’t get paid enough for this.’ you murmur as you grab the money they earned today and start counting them. The sound of something falling shakes you out of your thoughts.

“What the- oh it’s just the broom that fell.” Just as you are about to go back to counting you hear a faint thud in the storage room. “Ok, I'm getting really scared now.” You whisper to yourself.

You decide to shake it off and go back to counting when you suddenly feel cold metal against the back of your head.

Oh fuck.

“Put the money down,''

You hear a male voice say. You do what he says as you start praying internally. You then feel a sharp object pressed against your lower back.

“Listen up, as long you’re doing as we say, you’re not gonna get hurt.”

‘That’s what they always say.’ You think but would never dare to say out loud. You’re on the verge of tears thinking this is your last day when you hear another thud.

“OW!” You hear another voice yell.

“Dumbass.” You hear another voice say.

‘How many of these motherfuckers are there.’ You think

“Grab some stuff over there.” You hear the one holding a gun against your head say as you see another figure grabbing the money you just dropped on the counter.

“I can’t see shit in here.” One of the voices further away from you says.

“Turn the lights on hyung!” The other one says.

You flinch as the lights turn on. Not daring to look at thieves. No Y/n u need to remember their faces just in case they actually don’t kill you. As you look up you make eye contact with the one that took the money. Your eyes widen at how handsome he is. “Bring us to the safe.” The one holding the knife against your lower back says. You slowly turn around making eye contact with the one holding the gun.

Shit, he’s handsome too.

You slowly start walking to the storage room.

“Changmin! Eric! We’ll be right back, grab everything you can!” Gun guy says.

When you arrive at the storage room, you walk to the safe and kneel in front of it, the three guys still behind. As you type in the code you hear a walkie talkie go off followed by another voice.

“What is taking so long.”

“Shut up, we just got to the safe. Anybody nearby?” The one without a weapon, as far as you know then, asks.

“No, it’s dead, everyone is going out a few blocks away.”

“Give us 10 minutes.”

“Fine.”

You take the money out and hand it to knife guy, who puts it in a bag.

“Please don’t kill me.” You plead.

“We won’t.” Gun guy says.

“Hyunjae, come with me. Juyeon, keep an eye on her.” Gun guy commands as he walks away with Hyunjae.

You took the opportunity to look at knife guy, Juyeon.

Fuck, he’s beautiful too.

You guys just stay there in silence till the two guys come back into the storage room. But this time they came back with the two other guys.

“Plan changed, we’re taking you with us.” Hyunjae says. Your eyes widen and you try to get up and escape. Just as you get up, Juyeon grabs your left arm, pulls you back and holds the knife against your neck.

“Do as we say and you will not get hurt.” Gun guy says. Your hands get tied behind your back and you decide to give in and follow the guys outside.

“Took you long enough.” You see three other guys waiting outside. One shows a bored expression, the other is very tall and the last is...very cute? They’re all handsome too. You mentally cry.

“Who’s that?” The ‘cute’ one says with a softer voice. “Our new friend.” Hyunjae smirks. You internally scoff as they walk you to the bus. When they open the bus you see three more guys.

How many of them can there be?!

“Hi, ooohh who’s that.” One of them behind a huge computer screen says.

“They brought a souvenir.” The tall guy that was waiting outside laughs.

They put you in the car and start driving. Tears are threatening to leave your eyes as you think about your friends and family. What if you get killed? Or they never let you go? or even worse… you get Stockholm syndrome?!?!

“What’s your name?” The ‘cute’ one with a soft voice asks you. You still look down refusing to talk.

“Cat caught your tongue.” Hyunjae scoffs.

“I’m jacob.” The one with a soft voice says, you look up to see him give you a soft smile.

“Y/n.” You murmur and the boys start introducing themselves to you. You nod at them and for the rest of the car ride you stay quiet.

After maybe 45 minutes the car stops and they open the door and help you get out. You look up to see a huge villa remote from the city. You guys make your way to the villa and once you're inside they guide you to the couch. They all sit across from you while Sangyeon stands.

“Y/n, do you happen to know who we are?” He asks

You slowly shake your head looking at the 11 boys. Wait. 11 boys? NO WAY! You suddenly remember the new reports for the last two months. You've been kidnapped by…

The Boyz.

You hear the boys laugh at your shocked expression.

“Listen up.” Sangyeon speaks up “It wasn’t in our plan to keep you hostage, but now that you’re here we’ve got to make the best of it haha. As you can see our house is very messy and we’re desperately in need of a cleaner. So we’ll point out your room for you to get some rest, you start tomorrow. Any questions.”

“I don't have any clothes to wear besides these.”

“Well thank God we robbed a clothing store.” Kevin laughs.

“We’ll make sure to buy all the necessities you need.”Sangyeon assures you. He tells you what time they’ll come and wake you up and commands Jacob and Kevin to bring you to your room while Changmin grabs some bed sheets and pillows.

As they open the door to your new room, you see that it’s huge and empty with only curtains and an empty bed in the middle of it.

“You can decorate as time goes by.” Kevin tells you and you nod. Changmin comes in with the pillows and bed sheet and the 3 boys help u set up the bed.

Once your bed is all made up, Younghoon comes in with two pairs of pajamas and some normal clothes for you to wear. All hail one size fits all clothes. Once you put on your pajamas, you lie in bed and think about everything that has just happened until you fall asleep.

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The sun shining through your curtains wakes you up. You groan in annoyance, put a pillow over your head and close your eyes again. Right as you begin to doze off again, your door opens. “It’s time to get up.” You hear someone say. You turn around to see Chanhee standing at your door. “Be downstairs in 30 minutes” He says, closing the door again. As you get up, you get a moment of realization.

You’ve been kidnapped…… YOU’VE BEEN KIDNAPPED! YOU NEED GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.

But how.

While you get dressed you think of all the ways you could escape. Jump out of the window? Suicide. Grab a knife and kill them? You would already have been killed before you stabbed one of them. Sneak out of the house while they’re sleeping? PERFECT. But you needed to stay a bit to figure out the plan in detail. You need to know your way out and their sleeping schedule, you also need to gain their trust. You needed to be super nice to them for them to trust you.

You take a deep breath and step out of your room. When you arrive downstairs you see that all of the boys are awake. “Good Morning!” Haknyeon jumps up from the couch. “Good morning.” You respond back.

“Ah, you’re awake.” Sangyeon walks into the living room. “Sit down, I'll explain what you need to do.” He starts talking about you making their meals and doing their laundry followed by cleaning the whole house. You mentally sigh. This isn’t going to be easy.

Kevin introduces you to the kitchen and offers to help with making breakfast.

“Haknyeon, stop it!” Kevin grabs the spoon that Haknyeon is about to dip in the soup.

For the third time.

“I’m just tasting it for you guys.”

“You’ve tasted enough, get out!” Haknyeon pouts as he walks out of the kitchen, making you giggle.

“So, Kevin, how many times a week do you guys go out to steal?” “Hmm, maybe five to six times a week. Why?” He looks up at you. “Oh just wondering.” You lie. “Must be tiring.”

You continue to make the soup while wondering if it was possible to escape while they’re out stealing. You decide to ask Kevin for more information and he tells you that it usually takes 30 minutes to an hour for them to finish a small mission and that bigger missions sometimes take up to three hours.

He also tells you that he, Haknyeon and sunwoo are in charge of hacking, Younghoon, Jacob and Chanhee are always on the watch and Sangyeon, Hyunjae, Juyeon, Eric, and Changmin are the ones in action.

—————————————————

“Wow this is good!” Eric says, stuffing his mouth with the soup you and Kevin made.

I should’ve put poison in it, you think to yourself.

“So Y/n, tonight we have another mission and since we can’t trust you alone in this house we have to take you with us from now on.” Sangyeon speaks up.

Fuck.

“Sure” You simply say. “So what’s tonight’s mission about, hyung?” Changmin asks. “Tonight we’re robbing the new shoe store in town.”

And they all go crazy

“Finally! I needed new Jordan's.” Eric jumps up from his seat. “We should rob a Balenciaga store next.” Sunwoo sighs. After the boys finally calm down and finish their breakfast, you go wash the dishes while they prepare for tonight’s robbery.

Finally the time has broken for tonight’s mission. While in the car, Sangyeon instructs you to stay in the car with the hackers while the rest of them go to their usual position. When it’s time for the rest to leave the car, you lean back and sigh.

You have no phone, no nothing, all you can do is pray you get out of this situation soon.

“I see you’re enjoying yourself.” Sunwoo chuckles. “Leave her alone Sunwoo. Why don’t you come and look at how we work?” Kevin motions for you to sit next to him.

You sit in between him and Haknyeon and look up at the huge screen. Kevin clicks on a couple of things and all of a sudden a bunch of security camera screens pop up. In one of them you see Jacob, Younghoon and Chanhee on the lookout while the rest make their way around the back of the building.

“If I click on this, all the footage of tonight will be deleted, but I'll do that after the guys come back.” He points at a key on his keyboard. “Now we have to crack the password. Haknyeon?”

You look at your right to see Haknyeon click on a bunch of keys to reveal the password.

“1206” He says, and Sunwoo repeats it into the walkie talkie.

After 30 minutes the rest rushes back in the car with a bunch of bags full of shoes and money.

“We almost got caught.” Eric pants out of breath.

“I saw no one in the store though?” Kevin asks, while deleting the camera footage.

“There was this old lady walking in the alley and Eric started freaking out” Hyunjae huffs.

“So an old lady walking in a dark alley in the middle of the night isn’t sus?!” Eric yells, making the others laugh.

When you guys arrive ‘home’, you decide to go to sleep first because you're exhausted. When you lie in your bed, you fall asleep almost immediately.

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“I’m kinda getting bored of robbing, I need more thrill.” Changmin lay’s down on the couch.

“Yeah me too, I want some adrenaline.” Eric plops down next to him. “Try jumping off a cliff.” “Not funny, Sunwoo.”

“Oh! I have an idea!” Haknyeon jumps up. “Y/n is our maid now, right?” “Maid.” Younghoon snorts. “She’s cute, right? And we steal stuff, right?”

“Get to the point.” Sangyeon sighs.

“Let’s steal her heart.”

Hyunjae burst out laughing. “Are you insane? Why would we do that? That sounds so dumb.”

“You guys said you were bored and this sounds like a fun mission to me.”

“I agree, this could be fun.” Eric jumps up from the couch.

“So you wanna make her fall in love with one of us?” Jacob sits up. “Why would she do that, we’re holding her hostage.” Sunwoo laughs.

“That’s what makes it hard and more of a fun mission!”

“And when does the winner get?” Sangyeon speaks up.

“We have to do anything for that person for two whole years.”

“Are you out of your mind?” Hyunjae scoffs.

“I like the idea, I'm with Haknyeon.” Juyeon sides with the younger one.

“Fine it’s a good distraction, we need to get off the radar for a week, the police are still on our heels.” Sangyeon gives in while Haknyeon and Eric cheer.

[howlingday]

Cardin: Ah, the sea...

Sun: Aye, the sea.

Ren: Makes you glad to be a live!

Jaune: I think that ship is following us.

Sun: Feel that salty spray...

Ren: The sunlight sparkling off the bay!

Cardin: What a glorious seafaring day!

Jaune: It's a pirate ship! We have to outrun her! Alright, men! Are you with me?

Cardin: Oh! A whale!

Sun: Huh?

Ren: Where?

Jaune: They're getting closer! Skull Crusher Cardin, hoist the top sail!

Cardin: Is that a right whale?

Sun: No, no, no! That's not a right whale!

Jaune: They're boarding us! Crew! Help me out here!

Ren: It is a member of the sub-order mystashetti.

Cardin: I think you're right!

Cinder: Well, well...

Jaune: Cinder! So you've been following us! What do you want, Cinder, other than a good eyepatch?

Cinder: I've come for the map to Hell's Reef, so I can claim the treasures of that island you mentioned. A nice feather in my cap, wouldn't you say?

Ren: Look! It's breaching!

Cardin: Ooh!

Sun: Ah!

Jaune: Look, Cyclops, I can't let you take that map. I need it to save Weiss!

Cinder: Then I will take it by force.

Ren: That whale must be 35.12 meters!

Cardin: Well over a hundred feet long.

Sun: And weigh 200 metric tons!

Cinder: I'm sure you already know, Arc, that in a pirate battle, wit always triumphs over might.

Jaune: Of course I know that, One-Eye! Let's get this over with.

Cinder: Every enemy I've annihilated!

Jaune: Oh, yeah? Well, you fight like a cow!

Cinder: No, no, no. That's not right. We do things differently on the sea. All your insults and threats have to rhyme! So, when I say, "All my enemies have been annihilated," you say...

Jaune: Uh, I once found armor that was silver-plated?

Cinder: No! You say, "Breathe your last, for you'll be perforated!" Let's try again.

Jaune: You're on!

Cinder: You're as repulsive as a monkey in a negligee!

Jaune: Uh...

Cinder: (Knocks his sword away) The map. Now.

Jaune: Fine, here. (Pulls it out)

Cinder: You keep it in your chest plate?

Jaune: It's less likely to be stolen that way.

Cinder: ...Whatever. (Turns away) Once I'm done pirating these waters, I'm off to Hell's Reef. Until we meet again, Arc.

Jaune: Thanks, guys! You were a world of help back there!

Ren: It was a rousing battle, Captain.

Cardin: Aye, and it reminds me of a song!

Cardin: We're a vicious band of pirates~!

Sun: A-sailin' out to sea~!

Ren: Once you see our sails~!

Sun: You'll be sure to turn and flee~!

SRC: A pirate I was meant to be~! Trim the sails and roam the sea~!

Jaune: Oh, this is just ridiculous... Come on, men! We've got to recover that map!

Ren: That Cinder will be finished when she falls into our trap~!

Cardin: We're a cloutful troop of rovers~!

Sun: Who can sing in any clef~!

Ren: We can even hit the high notes~!

Sun: It's a shame we're tone-deaf~!

SRC: A pirate I was meant to be~! Trim the sails and roam the sea~!

Jaune: Alright, crew! Enough shanties! Let's get to work!

Ren: A hard day of labor that we'll surely never shirk~!

Cardin: We'll fight you in the harbor~!

Sun: We'll even fight you on your land~!

Ren: When you meet singing pirates~!

Jaune: They'll be more than you can stand.

Sun: Oh! That was a good one!

Jaune: No, it wasn't. Just stop, stop, stop!

Ren: The brass we will polish, and the deck we will mop~!

Jaune: You say you're heartless buccaneers, some thieving bush-whackers, but I don't see pirates, all I see are a bunch of lazy slackers~!

SRC: A pirate I was meant to be~! Trim the sails and roam the sea~!

Jaune: Hmph. We'll surely avoid scurvy with lemons and oranges~.

Cardin: And... uh...

Sun: Hm.

Ren: Door-hinge?

Cardin: No, that won't work.

Sun: I guess it's back to work then.

Jaune: Gee... Now I just feel bad.

Emerald: (Knocks, Enters) Ma'am, we're ready to set sail to... Captain Fall, what are you doing?

Cinder: (Face centimeters away from the stolen map) Uh... (Pulls it away) It's difficult to read in this light, you know!

Emerald: It looked like you were sniff-

Cinder: W-Well, I wasn't! Now, what is so important to interrupt my fanta- I mean reading!