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[championofdarkland]

Karik smiled to be fair had been something of a personal bodyguard before this but that was more part of being the Koopatrol. He had never gone out of his way to interact with Bowser save for that time where they ended up trapped within the painted worlds together.

Now, he got to have both people who had fought alongside him in both instances of the mages attacking together. It was certainly a scary prospect but something inside Karik felt hopeful.

Karik nods to what Saleos say things certainly would be different now.

"Heh, funny you say that. See, now that two of the mages plotting to overthrow me have been captured, it's clear you're more than qualified. As such, you are herby enstated to be my personal body guard! You've shown guts, smarts, strength, and all that! Can't really ask for a better pick, frankly." He decides. This was the easiest way to keep close. Plus, it was true. The mages plotting his dethorming would be gunning harder for both of them. Staying close was really the best call.

"Hehehe, well, congratulations, Karik! I think you and me are gonna be spending a lot more time together with Lord Bowser now!" The snake congratulates. It seems like this was how things were gonna be from now on.

[agoobersretreat]

"G'night~"

"G'night~." Nuzzle, nuzzle into Taylor's back and snoozing is not far behind.

[platypaws]

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YES I REACHED SO HARD WITH THIS PROMPT, GET IT CUZ LIKE FIRING THE INATOR FIRE HA HAHahhahadfdhsdg *hysterical sobbing* anyway candace getting to know because of carl was not on my bingo card #[ ]">

[revival challenege masterpost]

[agooberscanons]

He smiled softly, it was getting harder to alleviate that pent up rage, but Sayori helped

“Love you too, Say”

And off he went

She watches him go, feeling worried and everything for him. "Bye-bye..."

She sighs as she goes to sit down, feeling a little weak in the knees. Maybe some food would help? Monika probably won't mind if she starts their date early, food-wise, right? She starts working on her veggie and cheese plate that they put together the night before. It tastes so good! But hrrrm, why does it also feel weird in her mouth? And also like her stomach is starting to hurt, for some reason. Weird, she doesn't get stomachaches often-? Owowowow! That's definitely one, though!

She goes to sit down at her desk and curl up around it. Damn, why now? Especially since it's supposed to be her and Monika's first lunch date so soon? Bleeergh.

[handfulofmuses]

As soon as the rough landing hit, Mondo wasted no time to hold onto the fish and bury his face hard into his chest, sobbing.

It had been a stressful week for everyone involved but not knowing if Xever survived or not, constantly walking in only to see that he was still out certainly put a strain on him. Dealing with his own fears regarding the whole mafia situation didn’t help either.

His mind was a swirling chaos all week, this situation, the death race - the ache of unresolved wounds between him and Xever.. Everything that he had repressed deep down - his hurt, everything that he kept usually hidden was let out while he cried in Leatherhead‘s arms. Leatherhead just hold him close, tried his best to be there for him.

Don’t get him wrong - Mondo is still upset about what happened and he can’t forgive what happened. They got interrupted during their discussion at the junkyard but … this was not the time to bring it up, not when Xever needed to recover.

His own mind is still not up for it either.

Now, all Mondo could do was let the tears flow freely, an instinctive release of grief and relief.

Leatherhead watched quietly, his head slightly tilted, sensing that perhaps the worst was finally behind them and all they had to do is get the fish back into proper shape. A flicker of warmth settled in his chest and he glanced at Rockwell. The ape looked at him. Neither of them needed to say anything to understand what the other was thinking and they just exchanged a slow nod instead.

Later, they would face the aftermath. For now, Leatherhead decided to set aside his worries. If someone truly wanted to do better, then he was willing to give them that chance.

Leatherhead nods, looks at the direction of the two with a slight smile and then turns around. While they won’t talk about anything yet, he at least wanted to inform his leader. Besides - as much as he wanted to support, they needed the space.

(I don't deserve this...I don't deserve this kindness...I should be alone...I should be wallowing in my misery all by myself. How can he show me any kindness? How can he look at me with those eyes? How can any of them look at me at anything more than disgust? I...)

Yet, the moment the gecko landed upon him despite how much it hurt. Xever used all the strength he could to embrace Mondo. There are no words the fish was just weeping his eyes out. Despite it all, the two had bonded more in this terrible experiance than they ever had before. They were united by the stress, united by the pain, but were also united by the kindness, and finally united by the love they showed to each other. Xever had bared much for the sake of this kid, almost died to protect this kid. Xever knew he would do anything for Mondo. There wasn't a shred of doubt within his heart.

Xever had likely connected more because he showed his real self deep down. He had admitted his fears, how alike to Mondo he had once been, just some aimless kid who had no one or nothing. Constantly thrown away, constantly shown hardship, then they were betrayed. Xever was so glad the world didn't crush Mondo's spirit like his had been, that pure part of Mondo remained despite everything.

"Mondo...I'm so glad...you're safe...I was so worried...I..."

Xever just cried more and more as he held the gecko close. He didn't need to say it, this was love he felt right now. He had shown it many times with his actions. Something he never thought he could ever do for someone else. This level of emotion was scary, but it felt right. This was what Xever had wanted all along to fill the void inside.

Someone he could care for, and someone who cared back for him. It was unspoken, they didn't need to say it to one another. Because words had always felt so hollow, Xever couldn't cheapen this moment by saying anything about it. Xever loved Mondo as the son he never had nothing would ever change that. That was the truth his actions had shown, even when faced with death Xever chose to protect Mondo above all else. And he would do it all again without regret.

"Ha...of course he surprises you...because that is the most wonderful part of Mondo...he can still smile despite everything...I wouldn't change him for the world...and I'll beat up anyone who tries to..."

Xever looked at both Rockwell and Leatherhead with the same warm smile that was more real now than any other smile he gave.

"Because...he makes me want to smile too...and be better..."

[agooberscanons]

"I guess I'll just have to mind her carefully. See you, Sayori~" She gives Sayori's forehead another kiss, before teleporting the woman off to bed.

"Mhmmm~." And she's given her kiss, still feeling it as she opens her eyes back up to her room. She sighs heavily as her aching stomach and heart wears her down more now that she can rest and relax at home. She kicks things and clothes off like nothing and crawls into bed, fumbling for Mr. Cow and some other plushies to hug tight to her stomach as she begins to cry and wail to herself about this pain and this frustration she's feeling.

Poor Natsuki. Even while she's hurting, she knows the pain that Natsuki is going through is raw and unfiltered. And she can understand some of it, too. It's so tough. It's tougher to stay together as much as they did before because they're all adults now and adulting. It's so tough to be sure others really love and care for you when obligations and jobs pull them away so easily.

She sobs as she does her best to get comfortable, shifting and grumbling audibly as she tosses and turns. She's definitely thinking about how she can make this up to Natsuki later, when she can. Maybe there's a school holiday coming up and they won't need her there for staff stuff for once? Once she knows for sure, she'll try and schedule something with her. Something for just...Natsuki...and her...

Zzzzznnngh...

[hecubus]

You look dumb with them glasses on. Why you even wearing 'em?

[nataliescatorccio]

YELLOWJACKETS 1.01 | 3.04

[handfulofmuses]

"I am not worried."

But he is in serious mode, therefore his sentences are shorter because now he has to focus where the rest of the Foot is.

Nothing else matters now.

If there had been a corpse, the wolf would have been a lot more ... taken off guard. But not even the turtles are here anymore, so either they contuined elsewhere or they were in a different hideout.

Bradfords knows where they are too, so he wastes no time to jump ahead.

"Come on. I might have a feeling where they went to."

Xever was a tad worried about how Raz might react here. As always it seemed that he needed to act as a comforting presance to keep the wolf from flying off the handle. That seemed to be his main role at this point since the two began to become closer and closer.

"I know where most of the hideouts are. Let's calmly start searching them all don't worry the master will be fine."

And if not boy would there be hell to pay. Bradford had always sworn to do whatever the Foot wanted of him. But, Raz wasn't Bradford. Honestly it was about time Xever tried to make that clear to him. That he wasn't the same person he was anymore. And to try and go back now wouldn't be possible given how badly he mutated the second time. Could he even become human? Or would he die?

Xever didn't want to think about it, he had finally managed to get on somewhat good terms with the wolf. He wasn't going to lose him now not when they were finally...more than just...allies...

[luxmoogle]

˖♫ + *' +*:ꔫ Brand Ambassadors *ੈ✩‧₊ + ☆⋆｡࿐ Kingdom Hearts X The World Ends With You

[loredrinker]

Trespasser Dream Slides - Fade Dreaming and Continued Connection

The Trespasser dream slides for a romanced Lavellan mark a subtle but interesting divergence in the story of Lavellan and Solas, in that not every player who romanced these two gets these slides - depending on choices.

If Lavellan ends their relationship with anger or finality, vowing to stop Solas no matter the cost, even if it means killing him - these dreams never appear. And I think that detail is brilliant. The story is using the absence of these dreams as a narrative device, one that, to me, actually reflects how the Fade responds to emotions. So when Lavellan emotionally disconnects from Solas, when she severs the bond and chooses to carry nothing of him forward, the Fade has nothing to echo and Solas never appears, honouring her choice. The absence of these dreams in this path becomes the story’s way of saying this relationship is indeed over.

But for the Lavellan who holds hope, who vows to save him from himself and his own destruction, who has expressed her love clearly to Solas - the dreams do come. This narrative path reflects the choices of a player who's decided that their bond endures.

And through these dreams, the game shows how these two people continue to affect each other, be drawn to each other even across distance and years.

The Dreams 

What keeps drawing my attention to these slides is they never confirm whose dreams they are.

“Lavellan sometimes came awake from dreams in which her lover watched her sadly from across an endless distance”

It doesn’t say her dreams, or that she dreamed of Solas, nor does it deny they may be his. And I appreciate how that ambiguity again mirrors the nature of the Fade, leaving open the possibility that these dreams belong to either of them, or to both.

The dreams could originate with Lavellan, stirred by hope and belief, with Solas drawn into them by her emotional presence in the Fade. They could originate with Solas subconsciously pulling her into his dreams, revealing his own hidden ache for her. Or it could be a mutual convergence - neither initiating, but both arriving, called into the same dreamscape by the strength of their bond. These slides allow for all of these possibilities in it's refusal to define the source.

What's interesting is that Solas is always withdrawing from them. When Lavellan reaches for him he doesn’t speak, doesn’t approach - he vanishes. It suggests that he’s not drawn to her to control or watch her possessively in dreams, but allows himself to be near her, pulling back before any contact is made.

Remember, Solas himself confessed to Lavellan she draws him away from the Fade. It's logical to assume then that she draws him in the Fade as well. Because Inquisitor Lavellan is still Fade Walking.

Lavellan - Fade Walker

What we know for certain is that the Inquisitor has demonstrated the ability to find Solas in the Fade before. In the Haven dream sequence, the Inquisitor locates him while sleeping. After they wake, Solas expresses surprise that they were able to find him and that he changed the setting to Haven once they did. At the time, it’s assumed that the Anchor is what allows the Inquisitor to remain conscious and lucid within the Fade. But that may not be entirely true, the Trespasser dream slides complicate that assumption because at that point in the story, the Anchor is gone and yet:

“Still she searched, and dreamed, and waited, for a way to change the Dread Wolf’s heart.”

The way “dreamed” is used here - alongside verbs like searched and waited - positions it as an act in itself. It implies that Lavellan isn't just sleeping, but actively entering the Fade to dream and seek.

Whether she communes with spirits, follows the traces he’s left behind, or comes across remnants of memories, we aren’t told. But the phrasing suggests that Lavellan is looking for answers, information, ways to change the Dread Wolf's heart while in the Fade. (Which continues to support my theory that the Inquisitor has been forever altered by the Anchor.)

Do the Dreams Continue?

We’re never told that the dreams end - and the use of the plural dreams reinforces the sense that the tension between Lavellan and Solas remains ongoing. Perhaps unconsciously, they return to that shared space again and again, a connection that spills forward into Veilguard.

Maybe that ongoing pull is why Lavellan receives the wolf statuette, why she can tell Rook she still loves Solas, and why Solas, close to his goal, stops to write her a letter. It even colours the way he speaks of her to Rook - “She is a good woman.” Not was or someone I once knew: she exists for him in the present because their dreams keep finding their way to each other.

For the story, eight years separate Trespasser and Veilguard. For us as players, that’s a long time - but for them, if their dreams still connect them, still reach across the Fade? That distance may not be felt at all. Time moves differently in memory, and even more so in the Fade. Their last shared dream with each other could have come the night before the ritual, close enough to stir old feelings and sharpen Solas’ need to send those final words to his vhenan.

[always-a-joyful-note]

I love how they took the theme of "not being taken seriously for her appearance" and wrote her arc around it but not her personality around it. Lily/Luoli still likes cute things, pretty things. She likes long hair! She wants to be strong. She wants to keep her hair pink. She's confident in herself and thinks it's perfectly fine, but of course she'll get angry if that's all people focus on! And she's a genius, and she's not going to sit still if people tell her to stop. She might come predisposed as cute but she ENJOYS it. And even if she has to hide her face to pursue her passion, she's not going to hide her personality and make a cute mecha suit because why not?

[ganglymask]

Gangle didn't know exactly what to say when he said that. Part of her wanted to stop him ask him why he said to her, but knowing her she likely couldn't. So, she let him go as she moved her way back towards her room. She took the words to her digital heart. Not sure if they actually had hearts but it was the image that mattered damn it!

Gangle would spend more time on her art. For the first time feeling a level of joy in creating it. Though, very often her thoughts told her it wasn't good enough. That she should scrap them all. But, she kept on trying well into the night or as long as night lasted anyway.

Before then falling into "slumber" upon her chair.

Regardless of if Jax meant it or not his words helped her that day. And would for a while, but whether it mattered longer who knows?

Only time would tell.

Jax blinked as he heard her out. He scuffed and rolled his eyes at this sentimental stuff, but deep down, all of this tough act and meanness was just him missing his first and only friend, "Ya know, Ribbons." He closed the book and handed it back to her.

"You're art is very good, shame you let self-doubt make you stop doing what you love, and etc" he folded his arms "I'm heading to bed, get some rest then again we don't really need to sleep" he chuckled and walked passed her.

[oh-no-its-bird]

Canonical MILF energy gender nonconforming single mom boruto Orochimaru you continue to be the funniest thing in the whole wide world to me

[mymarifae]

guys twitter dot com doesn't like when you criticize toriel's parenting decisions. don't do it

[alchemistc]

Currently upset with myself for missing the opportunity in my last fic to have Eddie make Tommy even more insane with this exchange:

"Buck's a top? That feels out of character."

"One: why do you know more about the gay experience than my boyfriend? And two, in this incredibly straight fantasy scenario you had about my boyfriend, you spent enough time thinking about it to reach the conclusion that your best friend exclusively catches? What is happening."