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I managed to finish page two! Well, not entirely finish but the big bulk of it

Cool Ass Merlin

.feat Memesters

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The lovelies

The sillies

Can you tell I have favorites LMAO

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AFK Journey has me writing such a tragic extremely old amnesiac main character tidbit

While Depression is keeping me confined in bed I've found AFKJ really soothed me, I actually super enjoy the characters

Hopefully I can get out of this slump soon and finish the no-stress, no-perfectionism 3 Pager I started before my head got really really bad again

Sneakpeak! :

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Currently not doing so great, but I managed to pick up an old design and do a thing I wanted for a bit

Here's the Cute Family! Love got some sisters because I felt like it

It"s just sketches, maybe I can get myself to add some flat colour or at least non-grey grey scale/magenta scale?

But yeah, left to right we have Love Cute, Desirée Cute and Siren Cute:)

Mashle is a very very funny show if anyone needs a Pick-Me-Up I can really only recommend it<3

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Autism and Anxiety Problems below, just some venting

I've been struggling with generalized anxiety disorder since school and it's so crazy to think that that was most likely because of Autism.

I always worked on trying to keep my fear of other people' (and their possible irrationality) under control while also fearing the randomness of the universe

And I've really made quite good progress with that in the past. But when I was at university I would always pick out a row I knew others would attempt to avoid due to there not being so much space. And I'd sit there in this (to me) gigantic lecture hall with people quite literally all around me and my spine would tense up to the point of hurting even a long time after the 2 hours it took me to get home

I haven't had that specific thing this strong in a long time. But ever since being perceived as malfunctioning and unable to work a normal 9-5 (which my job isn't by the way wtf, my field is almost exclusively shifts??) and being basically kicked out because of that every person suddenly has gained so much threat level.

Like, since getting that iron bar to my face I've started to realize that people can now perceive something is off with me? Like my masking isn't up to par anymore because of how much stress I've been under?

And now every time I go take a walk through a place with more people I get the exact same spine cramping as before in the lecture hall, to the point the pain is so bad I keep having to turn around. My last three walks ended that way

Man, I'm currently really feeling like I'm extremely regressing. I need to bury my head in something to hyperfixate on fr, hopefully the appointment next Tuesday will help out with things

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Re-Writing Curse Wound Snippet since I lost it and and it was going pretty well but now I'm somewhat stuck with Shūhei

I knew I had a plan before but how does this guy handle a stubborn thick head hellbent on the idea that their captain betrayed them?

Half the snippet is him trying to get Maegawa to listen to him lol

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So I just saw a post by a random personal blog that said “don’t follow me if we never even had a conversation before” and?????? Not to be rude but literally what the fuck??????????

I’ve had people (non-pornbots) try to strike conversation out of nowhere in my DMs recently, and now I’m wondering if they were doing that because they wanted to follow me and thought they needed to interact first. I feel compelled to say, just in case, that it’s totally okay to follow this blog (or my side blog, for that matter) even if we’ve never talked before.

Also, I’m legit confused. Is this how follow culture works right now? It was worded like it’s common sense but is that really a thing?

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the world is a better place with trans women in it

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Morning aka Midday Reblog since it's been ages since I last wrote something lol

Some extra tidbits for fun:

Maegawa changed from the 11th to the 9th together with her closest friend/crush at the time (sadly not Minako, her story would have gone quite a lot better if she'd crushed on Minako instead)

Stuff happened at the 9th that's gone into obscurity and the first person to ever notice something was off was Kaname due to archive inconsistencies.

Either way, we're at the day of Kensei's appointment as Captain of the 9th, the former captain being Entetsu Kumoi officially and no one has any reason to doubt that information.

He has his hands full with the sheer amount of paperwork of even taking the position so what does he care about that one shrimp who looks at him like he kicked a dog right in front of her.

..Ok he cares a lot because it's irritating as hell and if there's anything more irritating than paperwork it's passive aggression. Strangely enough he's constantly being held back and told off left and right about giving the little scamp a piece of his mind and due to the impressive amount of medical files on his desk with her name on it, he restrains himself.

Until he doesn't.

How the hell those two ended up bonding I won't tell yet hehehe

But I do have a little story semi-outlined so I hope I'll get to that after my current project hehe

Ok ok I found it surprisingly fast but

One of Maegawa's most well kept secrets, she only starts wearing it openly sometime after Kensei's miraculous return

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"Incredible guy, really! Took on missions here while he was still in the academy I heard. He's sure skilled enough for it. Ah, don't let his edgy exterior scare you off, he's a real goof beneath it all"

Maegawa sighed as her friend lost herself in another ramble. Did the corridors of the 9th seem longer today..?

The strawberry-blonde shinigami had thoroughly enjoyed Minamoto's earlier ramblings about mantodea. This one about some edgy academy upstart? ..Not so much.

"Mina, as much as I trust your insights.. why exactly are you dragging me into this? The Cleansing Festival Preparations are already underway and I have more work on my desk than coffee cups.... Which means I'm behind", Maegawa sighed again. "Also the Shinigami Women's Assocation has asked about a strange new holiday and I have no clue what it is, but if I don't get to part of the preparations for 'Cake and Cunnilingus Day' I swear to you-"

"Hold! I know, I know- but Asa, just trust me with this one, ok?", Minako's excited, and - worryingly enough - mischievous little grinny smile was hard to say no to.

The endless corridors finally seemed to have come to an end and the two Shinigami stepped out into the courtyard.

A few other soul reapers were on the move around them, and the strawberry blonde's eyes wandered over the black clad figures in search of someone waiting.

"..Fine. But if I miss out on cake and cunnilingus-", Asahi's voice got stuck in her throat as her lightly annoyed gaze fell on a young man she hadn't seen around before. Specifically the tattoo ever so prominently displayed on his cheek.

The woman's eyes widened, a ghost of a boasting laugh haunting the back of her mind at seeing that ridiculous number printed so boldy.. and so proudly. Her eyes stung for a moment, but she'd grown adept at swallowing her woes like soul candy.

...Why was something she thought she'd never see again in her agonisingly long afterlife... Printed so boldly on this young man's cheek..?

"Minamoto Minako to Maegawa Asahi, patching through, hello hello, is anybody home?", Mina ripped her friend out of her thoughts, causing Asahi to shake her head and look at her instead.

"Ah, yes, right. Sorry. What was it?"

"I'm introducing you", Minako grinned as she waved the young man over, who crossed the courtyard after her ok with a few haste steps.

As much as he tried to look ever so serious, his hand betrayed him as he fidgeted with the sleeves of his shihakushō.

"Hisagi Shūhei, Maegawa Asahi", Minamoto introduced them with a smile showcasing how proud she was of herself.

Asahi was still struggling with words, trying to keep her eyes from ever so obviously returning to the tattoo on the guy's cheek.

"Uhm.. It's nice to meet you. ...I.. Well, if I could get straight to the point.. Minamoto said.. you were quite close to someone. Uhm.. Someone named..", the man's pointer and middle finger softly touched the 69 on his cheek.

"....Muguruma Kensei", Maegawa softly finished his question for him. ".....I.. might have a moment or two.. for some tea", the Shinigami offered with a rueful smile.

"Guess Cake and Cunnilingus is later then, huh?", Minako snickered, earning a pragmatic nod from Asahi and an extremely bewildered and very much flustered, wide-eyed shock-stare from poor Shūhei.

She got the tattoo after seeing it on Shūhei and missing Kensei, she originally planned to never let anyone see it ever

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Haha I love that! Wiggly Jim who actually only ever took one step up the trunk a day until one day he started suddenly took three, then another he took two down etcxD

Unreliable Narrator Wiggly Jim

I'm glad I got the Kodoku somewhat down haha, I wanted to use cool colours and really make it pop. And since I let my toddler brain do finger painting now instead of forcing it to recreate the mona lisa I picked some that looked nice and I thought would communicate poisonous haha

Or maybe I paid one of the dogs to be a double agent? I'll never tell hehehe

But I'm really happy you like it, that makes me glad hihi<3

I finally managed to finish this piece!!

After taking the pressure of art and redefining with myself that it's for fun and the creating is the fun part, not necessarily the results I could finally finish it

Tama's design is so strong, I loved drawing her

It's been soooo long since I last made a pattern so I really enjoyed her shirt haha (also Manta Rays?? Hello?? And they're in even tied into the character and aren't just for show??? Chefs kisses all over<3)

I also had a surprising amount of fun with the nudibranch boi, I'm taking name suggestions

Colour wise I really wanted to lean into the toxic a little but keep it somewhat natural? I guess I tried to go for a 'the kodoku is fucked up but it's supposed to be that way' kinda vibe, like, I changed the sky colour from blue to green at some point

Anyway Tama is a canon bleach character, thank you so much @gallusrostromegalus for letting me draw her, hope the wait was worth it haha<3

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For AEIWAM:

Is Zaraki's able to see Zanpaktou spirits because he himself was once a weapon?

Any plans for Sode no Shirayuki? How does she feel about being considered the most beautiful Zanpaktou?

Point 1: Yes, also because he's the (adopted) son of a Minor Kami and a [SPOILER], but mostly because it's funny if he has no spiritual sense except that he can see sword spirits. Zanpaktou spend most of their time Resting in a little pocket dimension inside the Sword- all those showy super-attacks take a lot of energy, and they are fueled by but one person! But if a Zanpaktou wants to talk to their wielder or is bored and wants to watch The Shinigami Show, they can manifest outside the sword in a spirit form only visible to Their Wielder Specifically, and other Zanpaktou that are also currently in spirit form or in shikai/bankai. In general, one Shinigami cannot perceive the zanpaktou spirit form of another Shinigami, Unless Some Weird Shit Be Afoot, so it's a hell of a surprise to the spirits when they find out Zaraki can see them, as they (like everyone else) assumed he was Human. He can't see Zanpaktou when they're resting in the pocket dimension though, because they're in a different dimension. Kenpachi does have a bit of a problem though, in that Sword Spirits look just as real and normal to him as humans and other people, and he's seen such an enormous variety of People that he does not necessarily notice that a Zanpaktou is a Zanpaktou. He thought that was Just Some Guy, and he's the last person who should be commenting on appearances. He's learned from living in the heavily forested Far North where they are common, that Many Minor spirits like Koropokkuru and Kodama are invisible to most people and startle if seen, and that more material beings don't like it when he talks to them without being some kind of introduced first, so he's adopted an informal policy of generally ignoring people until they make the first move. ...Which is how nobody in the Gotei-13 noticed Kenpachi could see Zanpaktou until a solid 57 years after he became captain, when he lightly ruined one of Shunsui's moon-veiwing parties.

Point 2: She doesn't think much about it because she is not "Generally Considered" to be the most beautiful zanpaktou, even if she was voted to be so. In AEIWAM, Sode no Shirayuki is an Ice Apparition that takes the form of an Artic Hare and All the Chappy Gikon have a crush on her, and when all the Chappys took a vote, they agreed unanimously on the most beautiful, and espouse her virtues to anyone that will listen. She's usually busy beating the shit out of someone if there's a Chappy in her vicinity, and so she doesn't listen to them and is entirely unaware of their affections.

Point 3: Lots of the Zanpaktou Spirits look different than how they're depicted in the Zanpaktou Arc, because many of those designs were frankly Uninspired, especially compared to the ones that appear in the Manga. ...This post got kinda long though, Zanpaktou spirit appearances under the cut:

Zabimaru appears much as they do in the Manga, and writing their dialogue because they are two entities of different genders sharing a body, or at least, a butthole. Zabi The Monkey is still female and and Maru The Snake is still male, and they don't use pronouns so much as weild them like nunchucks. Kenpachi got on very well with them back when Renji was in the 11th and still do- many spirits are alarmed to be percieved, but Zabimaru was delighted and took a great deal of pleasure at making running rather cheeky commentary during meetings to (lovingly) agitate Renji and see if they could crack Zaraki's Pokerface.

Senbonzakura is one of the few Zanpaktou that semi-regularly manifests in a way humans and other mortals can see, a privlege granted to him by his exceptional age (he's almost as old as Ryujin Jakka and Shinken Hakkyoken) and the patronage of the Kuchiki clan. A great many people have seen him, but few notice that they have because Senbonzakura is a Tree. He appears as an enormous, ancient and beautiful cherry tree with a crooked root that is the perfect for leaning against and meditating, and is far and away the most stable member of the Kuchiki family, if only by virtue of his extensive root system. Kenpachi didn't actually notice Senbonzakura was a sword spirit the first time he saw him- the central courtyard of the Kuchiki manor is a perfectly normal place for a grand old tree like that. He realized what was going on and hour later when he came back down the same hall and realized the tree was now mirror image to it's previous position and had a good laugh at the Spirit's joke and they became friends, much to the detriment of Ginrei Kuchiki's blood pressure. It's bad enough having Yachiru regularly hop the fence to eat snacks and steal fish out of the pond, but Zaraki semi-regularly turning up to have the craic with the family sword is just too much. Senbonzakura is equally find of Kenpachi, because he took the teenage Byakuya under his wing and imparted on the boy the wisdom of a broader appreciation of Senbonzakura- "Sure, the blossoms are pretty and all but that's one week in a whole year of tree. If my opinion is worth anything, He's at his best in late summer when he's full of fruit." "-Count on a Bird to have properly nuanced opinions on trees." agrees Senbonzakura.

Rangiku's Haineko looks like a snow leopard with a coat of fine flaky ashes instead of fur, whose spots glow from the inside like a still-smoldering log. Of all the spirits, Hainkeo is the only one that really Unsettles Kenpachi- She doesn't actually make noise when she moves, is disturbingly well-camoufalged even in the city, and never flinches from making eye contact. Kenpachi isn't sure if Haineko is genuinely unsettling, or if she bothers him because he he was raised by Eagles and lost many friends and even some family to the ravages of cats.

Sogyo no Kotowari are still twins, but Ukitake has seen them change over time- they look like little boys now, but during Ukitake's early days, when the Soul Society was a much rougher place, the twins looked decidedly more Shadow Over Innsmouth. Even today, when they're really upset, they still have a tendency to go a little fish-eyed. They were another one Kenpachi did not realize was a Zanpaktou spirit and one night The Twins had come out to play in the garden during one of Shunsui's "Moon-Veiwing" parties, and Ukitake happened to mention he is the oldest of eight children. "Seven brothers and sisters!" Kenpachi laughed. "How can you, of all people, not have a spare sibling to babysit for you?" "Babysit? For me?" Jushiro blinked at him, confused. "My siblings used to call on me when my nieces and nephews were still young, but I'm a bachelor." "Don't tell me you're babysitting The Twins?" Kenpachi demanded, pointing at them "Here? Now? Surely you've got a less-busy sibling who didn't have a boozing session on his calendar that could watch them?" Jushiro followed out to where Kenpachi was pointing. "You... You can see them? The two little boys over there?" "I only got the one manky eye, Jushiro, the other works fine. Cute little shits." "You- They're- They're my Zanpaktou! You can see Zanpaktou spirits??" "Ohhhh, yeah I can see how getting a sitter for sword spirits would be tricky." Kenpachi nodded. "-THAT'S NOT THE RELEVANT POINT ZARAKI!"

The design I did like from the Zanpaktou filler arc was Minazuki- a shroud over an invisible body and a watery, disembodied voice? Choice combination of elegance and menace, befitting a Stingray. ...but definitely could be weirder. Imagine her cape as what looks like thick, mottled green fabric which an almost wet-looking sheen if she passes through direct sunlight- until you touch it and realize the cape is the smooth, slippery and exquisitely camouflaged flesh of a Potamotrygon brachyura Stingray, and you need to be REALLY careful about the little tail of fabric trailing behind her, because those spines aren't decorative. She shifts, standing up to become more humanoid and her single orange eye appears under her hood, floating in the middle of the space where her head should be. Or if she doesn't feel particularly humanoid, she bows and the eye passes through the fleshy cloak to the top of her head, now shaped more like a stingray but... gooey and uncertain around the edges, like she's bleeding into an invisible river around you. regardless of position, the eye always follows you, unblinking. Kenpachi is of the Opinion that Minazuki is the most beautiful of all the Zanpaktou, and insists he's not biased- Sure, he's madly in love with Retsu and therefore Minazuki because they are more one being than two, but he also damn near died of a freshwater stingray's spine once. "That just makes you more biased." Sighs Yumichika. "You're horny for anything that almost kills you."

Katen Kyokotsu appears much the same as she does in the Manga, and as part of her subterfuge to hide Shinken Hakkyoken, she doesn't distinguish between either of 'her' bodies when speaking. They're both her and if you try to distinguish between them you're clearly some kind of Idiot. Most humans are Idiots though. At the Moon viewing party where Kenpachi revealed he could see The Twins, there is BEDLAM. "You can see Zanpaktou spirits?" Unohana blinks. "-Just. In general and not when you're particularly close to someone?" she asks and when a puzzled Aizen frowns at her, she clips him under the ear before he can speak. "Yeah? It's not that big a deal, lots of people can see minor spirits-" "No! being able to see minor spirits at all is really rare, even among humans in the afterlife and Shinigami, and I've literally never heard of someone who can see Zanpaktou!" Ukitake yelps. "...Huh. 'Snot that great- they mostly just look like other people. Better dressed, usually, but it's really nothing." "How. uh. Long have you been able to see them?" Shunsui asks, suddenly nervous. "Since forever?" Zaraki shrugs, pouring himself another cup of tea. Shunsui stares at him, trying to puzzle something out. "You... didn't think it was Odd when Katen Kyokotsu appears next to me? She loves those meetings." "What, the Oiran with the purple hair and-? Ah." He realized as she manifested at the sound of her name, regarding him imperiously. "My Lady." Kenpachi nodded his head at her. Good Manners around the Oiran had been instilled into him by Madame Tsubaki with some force. There was a moment of silence while those assembled waited for an answer. "...Yeah I'm not gonna lie. I thought she was your Dominatrix or something." Kenpachi sighed. Katen Kyokotsu roared with laughter and Shunsui crumpled into a ball on the floor.

Apparently there's a charter limit I'm approaching, more later.

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I finally managed to finish this piece!!

After taking the pressure of art and redefining with myself that it's for fun and the creating is the fun part, not necessarily the results I could finally finish it

Tama's design is so strong, I loved drawing her

It's been soooo long since I last made a pattern so I really enjoyed her shirt haha (also Manta Rays?? Hello?? And they're in even tied into the character and aren't just for show??? Chefs kisses all over<3)

I also had a surprising amount of fun with the nudibranch boi, I'm taking name suggestions

Colour wise I really wanted to lean into the toxic a little but keep it somewhat natural? I guess I tried to go for a 'the kodoku is fucked up but it's supposed to be that way' kinda vibe, like, I changed the sky colour from blue to green at some point

Anyway Tama is a canon bleach character, thank you so much @gallusrostromegalus for letting me draw her, hope the wait was worth it haha<3

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At the docs waiting to tell the doc how mentally fragile I am due to being kicked from my job place and quite possibly barred from doing stuff I love because I got stressed too much (by the people not the actual non-people-related electrical engineering job) which ended up in me getting sick 'too much'

Never been so honest about my mental world to a doctor who wasn't specialized in brain stuff. Very scared. Hope I can get an official diagnosis soon (not like I haven't been trying that for over a year on my own)

Electrical Engineering my love.. I'll return to for you *now I dramatically wave a white cloth*

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Ok ok I found it surprisingly fast but

One of Maegawa's most well kept secrets, she only starts wearing it openly sometime after Kensei's miraculous return

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"Incredible guy, really! Took on missions here while he was still in the academy I heard. He's sure skilled enough for it. Ah, don't let his edgy exterior scare you off, he's a real goof beneath it all"

Maegawa sighed as her friend lost herself in another ramble. Did the corridors of the 9th seem longer today..?

The strawberry-blonde shinigami had thoroughly enjoyed Minamoto's earlier ramblings about mantodea. This one about some edgy academy upstart? ..Not so much.

"Mina, as much as I trust your insights.. why exactly are you dragging me into this? The Cleansing Festival Preparations are already underway and I have more work on my desk than coffee cups.... Which means I'm behind", Maegawa sighed again. "Also the Shinigami Women's Assocation has asked about a strange new holiday and I have no clue what it is, but if I don't get to part of the preparations for 'Cake and Cunnilingus Day' I swear to you-"

"Hold! I know, I know- but Asa, just trust me with this one, ok?", Minako's excited, and - worryingly enough - mischievous little grinny smile was hard to say no to.

The endless corridors finally seemed to have come to an end and the two Shinigami stepped out into the courtyard.

A few other soul reapers were on the move around them, and the strawberry blonde's eyes wandered over the black clad figures in search of someone waiting.

"..Fine. But if I miss out on cake and cunnilingus-", Asahi's voice got stuck in her throat as her lightly annoyed gaze fell on a young man she hadn't seen around before. Specifically the tattoo ever so prominently displayed on his cheek.

The woman's eyes widened, a ghost of a boasting laugh haunting the back of her mind at seeing that ridiculous number printed so boldy.. and so proudly. Her eyes stung for a moment, but she'd grown adept at swallowing her woes like soul candy.

...Why was something she thought she'd never see again in her agonisingly long afterlife... Printed so boldly on this young man's cheek..?

"Minamoto Minako to Maegawa Asahi, patching through, hello hello, is anybody home?", Mina ripped her friend out of her thoughts, causing Asahi to shake her head and look at her instead.

"Ah, yes, right. Sorry. What was it?"

"I'm introducing you", Minako grinned as she waved the young man over, who crossed the courtyard after her ok with a few haste steps.

As much as he tried to look ever so serious, his hand betrayed him as he fidgeted with the sleeves of his shihakushō.

"Hisagi Shūhei, Maegawa Asahi", Minamoto introduced them with a smile showcasing how proud she was of herself.

Asahi was still struggling with words, trying to keep her eyes from ever so obviously returning to the tattoo on the guy's cheek.

"Uhm.. It's nice to meet you. ...I.. Well, if I could get straight to the point.. Minamoto said.. you were quite close to someone. Uhm.. Someone named..", the man's pointer and middle finger softly touched the 69 on his cheek.

"....Muguruma Kensei", Maegawa softly finished his question for him. ".....I.. might have a moment or two.. for some tea", the Shinigami offered with a rueful smile.

"Guess Cake and Cunnilingus is later then, huh?", Minako snickered, earning a pragmatic nod from Asahi and an extremely bewildered and very much flustered, wide-eyed shock-stare from poor Shūhei.

She got the tattoo after seeing it on Shūhei and missing Kensei, she originally planned to never let anyone see it ever

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Any plans for Kensei and his 69 protege Hissgi. Hated how they were like this guy inspired a background character so cool that we gave him his own light novel series but he's gonna release his very cool looking bannaí twice and you don't get to see either fight implying he lost offscreen

…No one told Kaname about their "69" tattoos.

The issue was not that anyone was trying to keep them secret. The issue is that nobody knew Kaname didn't know.

Why would he? It's not like they come up in conversation- Shuuhei's in particular is as plain as the nose on his face (kind of literally), so nobody mentions it, like people don't typically comment on someone's hair color in conversation that often. It's at the first post-Aizen moon-viewing party in Shunsui's back garden that the subject finally comes up.

Shunsui's Moon-Viewing parties are appropriately named in the sense that most of the partygoers do end up looking at the moon- often after becoming so intoxicated that they fall over in the garden and decide to stay down in the grass and admire the celestial bodies. Before that phase of the evening, things can get rowdy. While some of the party members are listening to Shunsui and Shinji grow more frustrated as they attempt to explain the Transit Of Venus to Rose and Love, who are having difficulty with the difference between orbits and rotataions, let alone axial tilt, others are laying bets with Ukitake over the Kenpachi-Vs-Everyone-Arm-Wrestling-Tournament.

"YAUGH!" Kensei shouted as his knuckles crack against the edge of the table as Kenpachi claims another Flawless Victory. "MOTHER FUCKER!!" he shouts, squeezing his hand and reddening knuckles. Lisa pokes Kensei in the back of the head as Ukitake balances out the wagers and takes his generous bookie's fee. "Why are you being a weenie, your tattoo had to hurt more!" She teases. Kaname speaks up from where he has been quietly lounging in Sajin's lap and asks "-You have a Tattoo?"

"YEAH!" says Kensei, immediately forgetting his pain at the delight because he gets to tell someone about the tattoo again. "I got it the night I became captain, to commemorate my service in the sixth and ninth divisions!"

"-And after Captain Kensei saved me and my class from a mass hollow attack, I decided that was the kind of fearless Shinigami I wanted to be, and dedicated myself to that path with a matching one!" adds Shuuhei.

He and Kensei high-five while Kaname squints suspiciously.

"…What does this commemoration and dedication look like?" he asks, a little too casually.

"I got the numbers 6 and 9 tattooed over my manipura chakra, because that service is the source of my strength!" Kensei explains.

"-and I got the same pair on my face, so I see it every time I look at myself, to remind me of my commitment!" added Shuuhei.

Kaname twitches. "You mean to tell me you both have been walking around with tattoos of the number 69 in prominently visible locations this whole time?"

"Yeah!" Said Kensei.

"…Kensei-san. Did someone suggest this design to you?" He asks, gripping Koumori's hilt.

"Yoruichi-san did!" Kensei says, too thrilled with the joy of sharing this story to notice Kaname's darkening aura.

--- In the human world, Yoruichi's teacup splits in half.

"Aw. Fuck." She sighs.

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Kaname sighs. Perhaps it's not as bad as it seems. "You gentlemen are aware that there's a slang meaning associated- stop trying to shush me Jushiro- there's a slang meaning associated with the number?"

"There is?" Shuuhei asks, genuinely oblivious.

--- The teapot cracks into perfect sixths.

"What did you DO?" hisses Urahara. ---

"The term 'Sixty-Nining' colloquially refers to the act of mutual oral sex between partners." Kaname says flatly, Sajin halfway to grabbing his face to muffle him before remembering that Kaname is absolutely not above biting him when annoyed, and he's well past annoyed now.

There is a moment of silence at the moon-viewing party.

"-This is not an obscure bit of slang either, I'm not sure how either of you have managed to maintain total ignorance of it." Kaname frowns in the general direction of Ukitake and Shunsui, who absolutely should have shared this Fun Fact earlier.

Kensei and Shuuhei continue to ponder this revelation in shocked silence.

"Is that why people keep offering to give me blowjobs?" Shuuhei finally breaks the silence.

"Oh! because the numbers each kind of look like a mouth and a dick!" Kensei realizes in a flash of insight several centuries overdue.

"NICE!" they agree, and high-five again.

"I'm quitting." Kaname groans, despairing.

"You can't quit." declares Yamamoto from the lawn, where he has gone directly to the Moon-viewing phase of the party. "If you quit, I have to promote someone, and that means we have to have a Captain's Meeting. You remember the rule: no more than one Captain's meeting per decade."

"Ah. Yes. There has already been enough violence." Kaname nodded, recalling the destruction that followed every captain's meeting he'd ever attended. "What do you propose then, Sir?"

"Get another bottle and come join me. The moon is beautiful tonight." he waved.

"...I'll take your word for it." Kaname sighed.

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I lost the post but a few months ago, @japhgura and a few other people were asking what my OC Tama Nikuya's Zanpaktou abilities were like. So like a normal person, I spent the last few months drawing out a mini-comic about Tama meeting Izuru after the invading Quincies put some major holes in him!

Under the cut for Bleach-Manga-Typical Gore and Body Horror, but it has a happy ending and here's a safe preview:

(Please Embiggen, Tumblr really eats image quality and I worked hard on this!)

I've really only just started writing/posting An Elephant Is Warm And Mushy, but you can read the first few chapters here on Ao3!