#// oh sweet thoth this is old

[plantmusic]

[ @forgotten-teammates​​ ]

He watched as the embers went out, offering a friendly smile once asked his name.

"Kain Fuery, it's nice to meet you."

His rank wasn't really that important, not to some random kid, so he omitted it. He was more interested in being personable than stiff and overly formal - he'd always been that way, in stark contrast to a majority of other soldiers he'd encountered. Of course, his own team was a bit different (some would even call them 'weird'), but outside of them... even beyond the walls of the command center soldiers held boring, cold interactions. Kain has never been interested in being that way outside of what was necessary, too warm and bright of a person to try to adhere to strictness that ultimately did not benefit anyone. So, he extended his hand when he asked a mirrored question.

"What about yours?"

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"Kain." He parroted with a nod.

One could say that names were a sore subject for Russell, given his history with them. Upon being asked for his own, he very nearly replied in kind with the stolen one he wore for so long. It was there, gnawing at the tip of his tongue like a fish parasite, but he elected to not let it slip.

(Not when saying it to the wrong person nearly cost him his life, which was what started him on the straight(ish) and narrow.)

"Russell." He wouldn't bother with his last name in the off chance that the other knew of his arrest record. Impersonating a state alchemist is a pretty hard thing to scrub.

He stepped easily past in the direction of the front door, fluid in his movement like Fuery was nothing more than another one of the many potted plants sitting on the step, and let it swing open inwards, book tucked against his hip and smouldering pipe between his lips "Come in, leave your shoes by the door. If my brother comes home to mud stains on the rug, he'll come for my shins."

[demcnsinmymind]

Promises made and kept, but with a twist (1/5) Aza/thoth, Lance & his own family

I don't think I've touched my main headcanon too much yet, but this is actually a big one so I need to talk about it. One thing that I've come up with that is loosely based on some things said in canon ( I did what you said and broken promises), is that the building Aza/toth made promises to Lance. Basically stating that if he does XYZ, then it will do XYZ for him. The main thing being letting him go of course, or more so, getting him out of Collingwood. The main deal was that if it got him out and back to the real world and his family (mainly his mom but also the OC daughter he finally wanted to start a connection with), then in return, he'd let it hitchhike out of the place along with him. In a moment of total desperation, he ended up saying yes to that deal and playing into its cards and thus, after much fuckery and chaos, dead cult members and a burning building later, it made itself comfortable within him and actually kept its promise - got him out of the loop, back to his own time, and eventually did get him back to Seattle/LA, back to his family, back to his mom.

But of course, it's not a good Samaritan, doesn't just do this out of the goodness of its nonexistent heart. Though sure enough, at first glance, it even seems like it because wouldn't you know it! With all its time and space mojo it can have the same effect on his mother's brain that it does have on his! Oh wonder! It doesn't just keep his major brain trauma in check, it can also manipulate/reverse his mom's Alzheimer whenever he/it's around! She does remember her sweet boy even after all this time! The reunion's so heartfelt! But alas, it's not permanent, not entirely irreversible, not sustainable. Because the longer it stays inside her mind, fixing everything that has been taken by the disease, the more he's slipping because it's not in his mind. So it's a constant back and forth, back and forth, only ever lasting a few minutes for the both of them, maybe an hour tops until at last, either of them starts slipping gets lost. And each time, with that comes the immense grief, that realization that something's wrong, that something was done to her son, that his mom will be gone soon, it's a constant echoing cycle of moments of happiness, followed by more suffering and repeated realization. Exactly what it's getting out of this. More to feed on.

In a messed up way, they all get something out of this. Delia gets to see and recognize her missing son after 13 years. Lance gets to see his mom, talk to her, see her the most lucid he's seen her in probably 18 years. And Aza/thoth gets something to sustain itself with in return. It'd almost feel fair. If it weren't for the fact that actually, it can possess both simultaneously, and for much longer than what it does for them. Because she's his mom, because the DNA's there, because she, just like him, is exactly what it needs. A half empty shell, lost and stuck somewhere in time, not really part of either world. Sure enough, she's old, hasn't been part of the ritual, is much sicker than him, so a full possession of her really isn't sustainable forever. But it is purposely keeping its actual capabilities from the both of them because that way, all that suffering's just so much tastier.

And LA! The abandoned daughter with a nonexistent relationship there. The awkward attempts at a connection. All those daddy issues. And allll that guilt. Isn't that something to latch on as well. So really. It does keep its promise to him. Gets him what he wants, and where he wants to be. And he's oh so glad and grateful for it all, and still way too wrecked from his ordeal to really see the actual gains its getting from this, the way it's manipulating every last bit of it to get more than just his body out of this deal. It gets all the emotions atttached to that family. All the trauma. All the loss. And more than anything, at this stage, it really does make him start to believe, that maybe, it is his friend. That maybe, this isn't so bad at all. Exactly what it wants. Him, and more people all around him. Suffering. It's not even causing that suffering itself. But it is playing right into it. Furthering it. Kindling it. Using it.

[nanshe-of-nina]

Favorite Songs || Darkwave and Ethereal, part I

Dark Star — Deine Lakaien Wandering about in a universe/ Back and forth – torn/ Strandgoods of the galaxies/ Back and forth – torn/ Exhausted, starved, yet still a hunter/ Hidden, lurking behind some planets/ In narrow lanes, in narrow lanes...

Fallen Angel — L’Âme Immortelle You’ve been a fallen angel/ Ripped out of the sky/ But as your wings grew strong enough/ You left me – behind to die/ We built up our own world together/ For our future I assumed/ I believed in what you said that day/ But was already doomed...

Feralia Genitalia (Arrival of the Jugglers) — Sopor Aeternus and the Ensemble of Shadows I awoke in this room that was merely a bath/ I saw my essence in a mirror while my genitals were falling off/ Like old leaves on a plant that come off on demand/ barren they had no juice/ Hanging on a single thread, testicles of a dead, mummy-skin beyond use/ Shake, shake, shake... the other side awakes! / We are, we are, we are the Jugglers of Jusa...

If I Only Were a Goth — ThouShaltNot In my casket purse I’m toutin’/ Einstürzende Neubauten/ And pagan hymns to Thoth/ Yes, the world would be depressing/ Over death, I’d be obsessing/ And this corpse that I’m undressing/ Would be sexier, I’m guessing/ With my diet I’d get scurvy/ And I’d worship Peter Murphy/ If I only were a Goth...

The Inexperienced Spiral Traveller II — Sopor Aeternus and the Ensemble of Shadows Alles ist nur Illusion und von mir erschaffen/ doch Ich vermag ihr nicht zu entflieh’n/ bin in meinem eignen Trugbild gefangen/ und meine armen Augen erkennen kein Ziel/ die Antwort kann niemals im Außen sein/ sie liegt stets im Innern, schlaft in mir drin/ doch welches Auge schaut hinein...

Lake of Tears — L’Âme Immortelle Is there someone who can lead me/ Out of this fate and to the light?/ Is there someone who can guide me/ Through the lake of tears I cried?/ You took my doubts, you took my fears/ You led me through this lake of tears/ So close we are, but still apart/ Not in mine, but in your heart...

The Night of Love — Deine Lakaien When I saw your face again/ I was burned by snow/ Found my trials in vain/ ... burned by snow .../ ‘Cause tonight we’ll turn out all the lights/ The night of love...

True Love — ThouShaltNot In walks the villain of this tale/ The door closing silent behind you/ I smile and I offer you something to drink/ In the hopes that a taste will remind you/ That poison goes better with grenadine/ That deceit’s always lovely with lime/ That bitterness can be so sweet when it’s served/ In the right place and at the right time...

Your Love Is Sweeter Than Wine — Black Tape for a Blue Girl Your love is sweeter than wine – oh, I taste it/ Your smile is sweeter than wine – don’t I know?/ You should trust in the beat of your heart/ You should believe in the words that are on your lips/ Don’t fear to speak them/ My love, my love, life can be so hard – if you force it/ Believe in me ‘cause I believe in you…

[thehierophage]

April 1, 2021 æ.v. 

Dies Jovii, 

☉︎ 12° ♈︎ : ☽︎ 10° ♐︎ : ♃︎ : Ⅴⅴⅰⅰ 

  Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 

  The Day of Yod, the Day of the Hermit 

  Hebrew Letter: Yod 

  Numerical Value as Letter: 10 

Numerical Value as Word: 20/14 (Yod+Vav+Daleth or Yod+Daleth) 

Meaning: Hand (open, palm, side & fingers) 

  Thoth Card: The Hermit (Atu IX) 

Alternate Title: The Prophet of the Eternal, The Magus of the Voice of Power. Image:

Correspondences: 

Tree of Life Path Association: Key 20 - Tiphareth to Chesed (from Sephira 6-4) 

Astrological Sign: Virgo 

Element: Earth 

Egyptian Godforms: Isis [as Virgin], Heru-pa-Kraath 

Geomantic Figure: Conjunctio 

Gemstones: Peridot 

Perfumes: Narcissus 

Plants: Snowdrop, Lily, Narcissus, Mistletoe 

Animals: Rhinoceros 

Colors: 

King Scale – Green, yellowish 

Queen Scale – Slate grey 

Prince Scale – Green grey 

Princess Scale – Plum colour

The Secret Instruction of the Master:

Wander alone; bearing the Light and thy Staff! And be the Light so bright that no man seeth thee! Be not moved by aught without or within: keep Silence in all ways!

Mnemonic:

Most secret seed of all Life's serpent plan, Virgin, the Hermit goes, dumb Guardian.

Recommended Text for Meditation:

Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli, Cap. 5

Liber Liberi vel Lapdis Lazuli Adumbratio Kabbalae Aegyptiorum Sub Figura VII

Being the Voluntary Emancipation of a certain Exempt Adept from his Adeptship. These are the Birth-Words of a Master of the Temple. A.˙.A.˙. Publication in Class A. Imprimatur: N. Fra A.˙. A.˙.

V

1. O my beautiful God! I swim in Thy heart like a trout in the mountain torrent. 

2. I leap from pool to pool in my joy; I am goodly with brown and gold and silver. 

3. Why, I am lovelier than the russet autumn woods at the first snowfall. 

4. And the crystal cave of my thought is lovelier than I. 

5. Only one fish-hook can draw me out; it is a woman kneeling by the bank of the stream. It is she that pours the bright dew over herself, and into the sand so that the river gushes forth. 

6. There is a bird on yonder myrtle; only the song of that bird can draw me out of the pool of Thy heart, O my God! 

7. Who is this Neapolitan boy that laughs in his happiness? His lover is the mighty crater of the Mountain of Fire. I saw his charred limbs borne down the slopes in a stealthy tongue of liquid stone. 

8. And Oh! the chirp of the cicada! 

9. I remember the days when I was cacique in Mexico. 

10. O my God, wast Thou then as now my beautiful lover? 

11. Was my boyhood then as now Thy toy, Thy joy? 

12. Verily, I remember those iron days. 

13. I remember how we drenched the bitter lakes with our torrent of gold; how we sank the treasurable image in the crater of Citlaltepetl. 

14. How the good flame lifted us even unto the lowlands, setting us down in the impenetrable forest. 

15. Yea, Thou wast a strange scarlet bird with a bill of gold. I was Thy mate in the forests of the lowland; and ever we heard from afar the shrill chant of mutilated priests and the insane clamour of the Sacrifice of Maidens. 

16. There was a weird winged God that told us of his wisdom. 

17. We attained to be starry grains of gold dust in the sands of a slow river. 

18. Yea, and that river was the river of space and time also. 

19. We parted thence; ever to the smaller, ever to the greater, until now, O sweet God, we are ourselves, the same. 

20. O God of mine, Thou art like a little white goat with lightning in his horns! 

21. I love Thee, I love Thee. 

22. Every breath, every word, every thought, every deed is an act of love with Thee. 

23. The beat of my heart is the pendulum of love. 

24. The songs of me are the soft sighs: 

25. The thoughts of me are very rapture: 

26. And my deeds are the myriads of Thy children, the stars and the atoms. 

27. Let there be nothing! 

28. Let all things drop into this ocean of love! 

29. Be this devotion a potent spell to exorcise the demons of the Five! 

30. Ah God, all is gone! Thou dost consummate Thy rapture. Falutli! Falutli! 

31. There is a solemnity of the silence. There is no more voice at all. 

32. So shall it be unto the end. We who were dust shall never fall away into the dust. 

33. So shall it be. 

34. Then, O my God, the breath of the Garden of Spices. All these have a savour averse. 

35. The cone is cut with an infinite ray; the curve of hyperbolic life springs into being. 

36. Farther and farther we float; yet we are still. It is the chain of systems that is falling away from us. 

37. First falls the silly world; the world of the old grey land. 

38. Falls it unthinkably far, with its sorrowful bearded face presiding over it; it fades to silence and woe. 

39. We to silence and bliss, and the face is the laughing face of Eros. 

40. Smiling we greet him with the secret signs. 

41. He leads us into the Inverted Palace. 

42. There is the Heart of Blood, a pyramid reaching its apex down beyond the Wrong of the Beginning. 

43. Bury me unto Thy Glory, O beloved, O princely lover of this harlot maiden, within the Secretest Chamber of the Palace! 

44. It is done quickly; yea, the seal is set upon the vault. 

45. There is one that shall avail to open it. 

46. Nor by memory, nor by imagination, nor by prayer, nor by fasting, nor by scourging, nor by drugs, nor by ritual, nor by meditation; only by passive love shall he avail. 

47. He shall await the sword of the Beloved and bare his throat for the stroke. 

48. Then shall his blood leap out and write me runes in the sky; yea, write me runes in the sky.

Love is the law, love under will.

[wrathfulmercy]

@dxspereaux continued from here

Rick couldn’t hide the amused smirk building at the corner of his lips as he listened to all this sweet manipulative words she used to unsettle him. It was adorable when pretty women were facing him, thinking they could twirl him around their index finger by just being cocky and intriguing. She wasn’t wrong with her assumption of him being embittered, but for him it came in handy during situations like this. He wasn’t impressed easily by women or their beauty cause he simply had no fucking interest in getting involved in something of this kind. And right now he was damn glad about that fact, no matter how many times he cried out in loneliness in his bed from time to time.

“Oh, so you’re threatening my colleagues already? How unoriginal.” And again she was right about him wanting to protect everyone, but on the contrary to her he was old enough to know that this wouldn’t work. It just didn’t keep him from trying nevertheless. Just for his own conscience and morality.

He leaned forward, arms now resting on the table while his eyes met hers again, like facing a tiger. “For someone who can’t help you, you’re a bit too interested in my personal life, aren’t you? Sadly I must disappoint you, there’s no one I need to render an account for besides myself, so I do have all the time in the world. But I get why you like this. In here you have the feeling of control. Must be comforting to be someone in these walls, I know that effect myself. I can imagine you don’t feel as important and powerful when you are around Thoth since you’re just his little playgirl, ain’t I right? Then why not making this fun for both of us?”

The door opened and Jon placed two cups of coffee on the table before leaving with another frightened glare to the lady.

“I tell you how this goes, I can free you from the cuffs so you can have a nice cup of coffee with me, chit chatting about our lives which will be still more exciting than the job you would come back to when I let you go, or at least I assume so. Or you keep on playing the bratty teenager who is inwardly screaming for her daddy to pick her up and barks at everyone approaching her. But I assure you, it will lead you nowhere.”

He got up and walked slowly to the back of her chair where her hands were cuffed tightly. Without fear he was leaning down next to her ear and slid they key out of his pants.

“Your choice, what will it be?”

[ts-akhmim]

Rites of Passage

TJ: Bodhi – I don’t know that much about you, but I’ve heard you are a crackhead, so I guess I’m ok having saved the experience of playing TS with you for a different time. It would have made the original tribes a lot more interesting to say the least, lol.

AMIR: I am so angerry we didn’t get to play together!!! I wanted to work with you back in Survivor Cutthroat and when I saw you were cast on this season i was excited to play with u again and was robbed of the opportunity AGAIN!  u were also the only person on this cast that i have played with previously so the familiarity was lovely, so anyways u were robbed even tho you got like a 35 in the first challenge luv u always

AUTUMN: I wish we had gotten to play together longer! I’m glad we’re in another game together because I think you’re a cool guy and I appreciate your humor, honesty, and just candor about everything. I know in the moment the vote felt very hurtful but it was purely about the challenge and wanting Thoth to be as strong as possible moving forward (little did we know what was coming lmaaaaoo)

TJ: Trace – Another person I never got to meet in this game, but everything I heard from the Brains that I did get to talk to was that you were a super nice guy and really respectable. Sorry this season didn’t work out for you; I think we all know we can just blame Thoth for being a cursed tribe!

AMIR: We never got to meet :(  may b in the afterlife

AUTUMN: I hope you’re well! Honestly your death felt like true Survivor because the target was someone else but once Devon and I found out that you had made an alliance with everyone except us, I flipped it and said you had to be the one to go. I think the game would’ve been completely different had you stayed because there’s no way you would’ve let me get this far and once I realized you wanted me on the bottom, I was like ok Trace is the real deal he knows I’m trouble hahaha. You’re a great guy though and I hope you understand it was just game

TJ: Isaac – The third person I have never met in this game (I feel bad, Autumn is going to be the only one of us three who can actually say anything about these first three). I know you brought an interesting dynamic to the tribe based on the tribals I had watched, so kudos to you for being able to make an impact on the tribe. Another person I think we can just blame Thoth and not really blame anything gameplay wise, lol.

AMIR: Bane of my existence but also taken way too soon from us smh, you didn't deserve to be on cursed ass thoth, rip in peace’s sweet bottom

AUTUMN: You’re so sweet and wholesome and I really miss our conversations. I was being dumb and naive when you told me Scott and Duncan were a duo because I was an alliance with them and Devon. So I very much wanted to believe we were rock solid but YOU KNEW!! You called it before anyone else and for that, I stan. That alliance is literally the reason you want home and I just didn’t want to turn on them at the time. But in hindsight you were right about a lot of things and I appreciate your kindness and maturity about it all even though you were lowkey robbed

TJ: Austin – I never thought that we would reconnect after a few years away from being on the same site, so it was a great surprise to realize that you and I had actually played a couple games together in the past. I wish we had more than 24 hours together to maybe see what a future in this game could have been like. You are just as genuine of a guy as I remember you being, so that was really nice for me to see.

AMIR: Hello king of dairy queen, we honestly never talked too too much but you always were really nice to me and everyone else on hathor, and even after you were voted out, you were kind and left so gracefully

AUTUMN: You were so fun to talk to and if it weren’t for Devon’s mist I would’ve saved you lmao. I almost wish that twist hadn’t happened because had we met at a normal swap, I think our good vibes could’ve turned into a great alliance and we got along super well. It was nice getting to know you in the time we had though and I hope we get a chance to really play together one day

TJ: Lovelis – I can’t apologize enough for having to vote you off both as early as I did and how I did so. I’ve played now two seasons of the Challenge with you, but I found that I built a better bond with you this season than those two seasons combined, and then it just snowballed into this giant series of unfortunate events the tribal we had to go to and there was nothing that I could do. I’m genuinely so sorry for not being able to tell you what was going on and hope there’s a small chance you may understand sometime down the line.

AMIR: I never got to meet you unfortunately but I always thought your name was pronounced Love-El-Leez and then someone said “Loveless” and i was shookums

AUTUMN: SIR WHERE DID YOU GO??? I love that you don’t give a single fuck though haha because mood and I love dramatic exits- do you boo

TJ: AJ – Other than a brief convo during the Osiris vote, you and I never really got to meet. From what I did see, you seem like a really nice person and one that I think got voted out way too early. Hopefully I can verify that myself in another game if there is one in our future, but I wish we had been able to meet and see what could have been!

AMIR: You are so funny and and one of my fav people from Hathor 1.0 when it was such a simple time, also your winter bells score was inhumane and you had a great presence to be around, i just had a hard time ever trusting u and ya hehe

AUTUMN: ROBBED KING!! We didn’t really get to meet but thank you for sticking up for Adam on Hathor and for being honest with him. Although it led to a crazy divide amongst the beauties that lasted the whole game lmao (cmon impact!), I think that takes character to step out on a limb for someone especially when it risks your game. Merge would’ve been so much more iconic with you since I’m rooting for everyone brown haha. I hope we get to talk more after the game!

TJ: Connor – You seem like such a great guy and I wish I had spent more time trying to know you on Hathor. One of the things that always scares me in these games is when I can’t get a read on someone. I never was able to get a solid read on who you were and what you were capable of, and for that, that made you the person I was most threatened by in that circumstance. 

AMIR: 

AUTUMN: SIS I MISS YOU!! That tribe was BLAND after you left lmaaaoo I couldn’t wait for merge. Even though we didn’t talk a ton, I feel like we really vibed towards the end and just talking about Survivor seasons all evening. I screenshot your rankings and I reference them all the time/ they’ve been a fun conversation starter at merge. But anyway you’re hilarious and messy and iconic and I’m glad we got to meet. Also, you’ll be glad to know I finished Cagayan, I am neither Tony trash nor a Spencer fan, and I’m watching Pearl Islands now

TJ: Dan – Seeing you on the cast and on my starting tribe was almost like a little sigh of relief. Knowing someone and trusting that they aren’t going to just randomly screw you over is the greatest feeling in that initial stage of this game, and it sucks that it wasn’t able to go too much further than that since we got through an easy tribal at Brawn and then we got swapped onto opposite tribes. You and Drew brought me into this crazy world that is TS, and I hope I can complete that initial season now with a win here.

AMIR: Oh my gosh has it been a long time, I really haven’t seen you around or spoken to you in about 3 years, so seeing you in this game brought back a lot of nostalgia and memories from being in this community during like 2016 looooool, but it honestly was really nice to reconnect with you and see where we’ve gone in life since leaving here, wishing you the best (‘:

AUTUMN: Girl what happened??? I mean ok yes a part of me was relieved that you wouldn’t be able to kill me haha but you were robbed and we really could’ve fucked shit up. Had a different Apis member been over then instead of you, whew we would’ve done damage together on Hathor. It’s all good though- I hope everything is well with you and that you’re taking that well deserved break. All these back to back orgs we’ve been doing is getting OLD haha

TJ:  Scott – When I saw the cast reveal, I was so excited to meet you. I really thought I would be a Brain and that we would be on the same tribe. We would have worked so well together, and I hope in some alternate universe you come back to ORGs and we find each other in another game to play. 

AMIR: Scott !! Oh wow I have thots when it comes to your vote out, I did know u were getting voted out and I’m sorry, but honestly, you were just too good!! Our whole tribe was loyal to you dead ass, and I felt like if you got to merge, you would run the game using the brains and the beauties. U were just too damn likable during the game and I hope U understand why I did it

AUTUMN: Wheeeww Scott. I’m still gagged by that tribal that was something else. It was hard to see you go out like that because you truly deserve the best and have such a kind, amazing spirit. To the point where I would’ve had a hard time ever voting you or even getting anyone else to do the same so. Yes you were robbed but please don’t internalize it cause you were playing an amazing game (even had the boys confronting me about all the tea you shared haha/ gave me some messes to clean up) so please please please play again because you will WIN

TJ:  Liam – Of all the names I wrote down this season, yours was by far the hardest. Emotionally, I had really grown close to you and I felt awful for the situation you were in. Everything I told you that whole round and before that was 100% genuine. I just wanted to see the fight you had that first Brawn vote when I wanted to save you over Lovelis. You are one of the kindest dudes I’ve ever met in these games, and I have so much respect for you, your priorities, and how you carry yourself.

AMIR:  We never really got to talk much at all, but the few times we have talked you were always very sweet, I hope you are doing well. Autumn: Ok I do actually love you I swear haha. You’re a very sweet, compassionate guy and I could tell you were going through a lot which I 1000% get. But once merge hit, I knew shit would hit the fan really quickly so I basically got everyone to target you because most people didn’t know you too well and all the other Apis boys went with it because they were terrified of being the sacrificial brawn (since 5 of y’all made merge). I hope things are going better for you and I hope not having to worry about this wild ass game helped in some way. You thought you and I were tired back at pre-merge- girrrrrlll that was nothing hahaha

TJ: Jordan – If you told me Day 1 that you would be the person I would strategize the most with and become the closest ally too, I would have laughed in your face! I thought there was no freaking way that our personalities would click. And then I got to know you, we bonded over Survivor, and then a genuine friendship formed in this game. We made a F2 pact during the swapped Hathor tribe and I would have stuck to that to the end of this game. You are a great player and fun influence for these games, and I hope I made you proud throughout this merge.

AMIR: Oooof! Okay we did not leave on the best terms, you, similarly to dan, bring me a lot of nostalgia and you remind me of what it was like being in this community years ago. I never really got a chance to meet you in a personal way and get to know you at all until this game and I loved that we were able to reflect on the past and look back together, but unfortunately, by the time we did finally get on the same page, it was a little to late for me strategically. We got to connect over c*rcle and going to Ryerson and you’re honestly a real cool guy. I’m sorry for doing you dirty and I was happy to hear that you felt better the day after everything happened. I still stand by my decision and do not want to come across as a suck up, because I felt like you were after me prior to that point, and while I did feel a person connection after one call, my head still said that betraying all my allies for your plan was not smart for me. I truly do wish u the best and really hope u give me a chance outside the game, because that call we had did truly matter to me i swear I’m not evil looool Autumn: There’s so much I could say here but I’m gonna go about it like this: hi, I’m Autumn Hill and everything I do in Survivor is purely based on of strategy. I’ve always wanted to play with you just because of all the things I’ve heard about you but I knew we were too cracked to ever really work together. So I said yes to that alliance to appease Duncan and to keep an eye on you/ figure out how to take you out from the inside. There’s been a running joke all game that I just woke up and decided to kill you lmao and I swear that isn’t true. Yes I had been taking notes on you the whole game but no I was not waiting to specifically kill you at Final 11. I literally just wanted you and/or TJ to be captain because neither of y’all had done shit the whole game and it was already Final 11. Did I KNOW y’all would wile out and you would dig your own grave? No but I was really hoping you would hahaha. So you openly targeting me made it easy for me and then you snapping on everyone before tribal sealed it. I hope you don’t still hate me but I wouldn’t be surprised if you do even though I don’t think it’s justified because it’s literally just game and you had no intention of going to the end with me anyway. And I’m sure you’ve been praying I walk into jury but that has given me so much motivation to do the opposite you have no idea

TJ:  Duncan – Regardless of how our relationship in the game ended up, you are still someone that I enjoyed getting to know and genuinely connected with you during the Hathor swap. You are such a smart and genuine soul, and that’s not something that’s always easy to find in these ORGs. If I screwed something up between us, I’m genuinely sorry about that and would love to talk it out afterwards.

AMIR: *wendy_williams_with_the_hat_over_her_head_gif*  you did not deserve what happened to you in this game, i hope you believe me when i say I was super super happy to see that you’ve been cast in this game, and assumed from the moment of cast reveal that we would be working closely together. We connect well, we had a lot of important conversations and both being gay poc and our experiences and I always felt that we would be great allies. Unfortunately in the game, the round where you were getting voted out, I actually wanted you to stay but all my closest allies did not and I felt like being a leader in that round was not what's best for my game. I was upset to lose you way earlier than I wanted to and I hope you know me not warning was never personal, and i really hope you’ll want to be friends afterwards b/c I definitely do Autumn: My bb :( I STILL LOVE YOU BUT YOU KNOW HOW I AM!!! I can’t be tamed lmao and I just felt really suffocated by our alliance and paranoid about us having been together the whole game. Devon lowkey came between us on Thoth and I felt like you were jealous that I was close to someone else so when you got Devon to vote me back on Thoth I was really shook. Idk it felt like a warning shot, that you and Scott would basically dangle me off a cliff for no reason so I knew what had to happen. Then the alliance with Jordan and TJ happened and you didn’t fuck with Ali and Adam and I was like oooop I need to cook something up. Then I really started aligning with other people at merge (Jakey, Amir, Augusto, etc.) and I was like ok I need to cover my tracks. And Idk there were just a lot of weird moments where you voted TJ captain first but wanted me to convince everyone else to do Adam, you protecting Jordan during the immunity challenge and cutting Augusto’s rope only for you to force Devon to cut Jordan’s rope, lying to Adam about targeting him- so I just couldn’t do it anymore. I knew I was trying to go deep in this game and I felt like we couldn’t go any further together so I put the vote on you and it became unanimous since a lot of people were hurt by all the lies you told. So whew that’s the tea but you always said if I ever killed you, I better win and here we are lol and I hope I continue to make you proud

TJ: Devon – Ah, Slithers! I was so excited to reconnect with you because there was so much unfinished business between us after Guyana. There was so much we could have done that game, and I was glad to at least get a small taste of that in this game. I wish we had met before merge so that we didn’t have to throw something together right at merge. Your elimination was a blessing in disguise for me, because it was that round or the round before that I started becoming weary of the fact you were telling things to others you said you had only told me, so maybe it was good? You’re a strategic genius and I truly think you’d win if you came back one more time.

AMIR: Oh my god Devon you were always a confusing one for me, I felt quite close to you for a lot of this entire game and for a good portion of it, I actually felt quite loyal to you. When I met you at one world, we instantly clicked as people and I was excited for you to get back into the game and we were tight from that point on. At merge, things started getting complicated and at some point, I truly did start to get intimidated by your social game and how calculated you were about every single decision. I definitely was not the driving force behind your vote off but I also did not do much to try and stop it, overall tho, you protected me a bunch of times in this game over and over and I’m not ignorant to that and I’m thankful for that time we had as allies and friends mr 95% top Autumn: Girl what the fuck hahaha. I have half the nerve to leave the message with that but you’re lucky I still love you. To this day I have no clue why you turned on me and I was always loyal to you. So many people talked shit about you but I continued to give you the benefit of the doubt and forgive you. And I genuinely wanted to go to the end with you, Amir, and Augusto (or you, me and Ali) and had you actually believed me, you would be sitting here instead of me. But then you tried it and got the whole tribe to lie to me and if that wasn’t bad enough, you were coming at me for believing you were the rat (even though you, Amir, and Augusto were intentionally covering Kendall’s tracks) and saying you had my back no matter what. So between that and realizing that you were intentionally trying to put me on the bottom of the tribe is why I put a hit on you. I was truly never coming for you until you gave me a reason. So yes I was in my bag about it then but it’s all good now and I’m now back to thinking you’re a sweet, funny guy who deserves nice things. I miss the good ole days on Thoth ugh when we just call and laugh and make fun of everyone but alas. ALSO THANK YOU FOR CUTTING THE WRONG ROPES!! It’s one of my favorite moments of the game and it makes my day every time I think about it lmao I really need all the laughs I can get these days. Unless you actually have been rooting for me this whole time and you cut your allies’ ropes intentionally??? I can’t wait to finally hear that story hahaha

TJ: Ali – I need to start by apologizing for not replying the last hour-ish before your elimination. You are such a high caliber player – potentially the highest of caliber – that I didn’t want to give you any more information to possibly spook you and change what you and Jakey had talked about. You were someone I knew from the getgo that I couldn’t let you get far, and yet you cease to amaze me in your ability to be so freaking likeable and get far in these games. I will never forget doing the name scramble with you and I truly wish every challenge could have been that.

AMIR: WHHEWW weeeee i have so much respect for you, you have no idea. Like okay I never had met you but I knew that you were a godly player due to bbpokemon, but I never judge based on placements, but playing in this game with you confirmed that. Tbh tbh we were never gonna work out as loyal allies because you scared the absolute shite out of me as a player and had a damn toybox of powers, but i am glad that this game gave me the opportunity to get to know you as a person and ive come to really really like you. You were a force in the game but also super nice and respectful to everyone the entire way through and i can only admire that, and after like literally years of just hearing about you i get why everyone loves u

Autumn: I CAN’T DO THIS. I cannot cry over you twice in this game I really cannot. I cannot articulate the guilt I felt watching you die when you didn’t have to. I go back to that moment where you gave your negator power to Adam in case you died and it crossed my mind to tell you to play the idol on yourself because I just had a weird feeling. And like- we were right we knew we wouldn’t be able to do this whole game together because Auli is too powerful. But I just thought we had more time together. You really are like a brother to me and when you died, Adam and I called and he did all the talking for a good 15 minutes because I was on the other end just crying. But! This means you’ve joined the elite cause the only other allies I’ve MOURNED are Ned and Eddie. I just love how you are literally the nicest person but constantly have everyone shaking in their boots. Like the way all these people had a hard-on trying to get you out like 3 rounds in a row is just so powerful ugh. King of living rent free in everyone’s minds! Idk it would’ve been too good to be true for us both to go to the end but you  are truly a legend and I’m grateful for literally any time I get with you and I REALLY wouldn’t be here without your idol sis so your spirit really did live on

TJ: Jakey – Day One I really thought that you and I would be at the end of this game together. And even throughout that entire merge, despite a few ups and downs we both had, I really saw us sitting here together. It sucks that we got blindsided together and I didn’t have that chance to save you, but I am so glad that we were able to connect the way we did. Our dynamic in having information from both sides of the house was perfect for both of us, even if it was your downfall. I was not kidding when I told you after Jordan left that I still had your back and that I wanted to get us to the end. 

AMIR: I am so glad I got to meet you in this game because you literally became one of my fav people ever in the span of a month, and you know I love you. You’re someone I plan on being tight with for a very long time and have come to care about you so much, and we ended up calling like every single day for hours. You not being in the game anymore always did feel weird afterwards since you were essentially my other closest ally in terms of how you knew just about everything about my game and were kind of like a sounding board for me. I didn’t fully trust you sometimes, and I often think back to a “what if” and if we both could be here rn if my ass decided to take that risk and fully commit to this alliance and 100% trust you, but when this game is over, our nightly late night calls are probably going to be the main thing I remember and I am so appreciative that I got the chance to get to know you and become as close we did ❤️

Autumn: LMAO now see when you do clownery… I have so much respect for you and you are truly brilliant but girl you do too much haha and you know I’m OLD. I can’t do the back and forth and watching someone play both sides and have this je ne sais quoi energy about fucking everyone’s games up, allies included. Fam if you had waited to kill Ali ONE MORE ROUND, this game would’ve been yours. You had Amir and TJ whipped, you would’ve had me, Adam, and Kendall powerless, and Augusto would’ve kept chilling. But no I had to avenge Ali so me and Adam got to work and came up with a bunch of lies and truths to get you out and the kids ate it UP. But anyway, you’re still my son, you will bounce back, and I’m rooting for you in everything you do.  You’re hilarious and perceptive and cracked and I told all the POC’s every round you were the only white boy I would actually vote for hahaha and I mean that

TJ: Adam – My biggest personal regret is not getting to talk to you more and at least get to know you more on a personal level. You always seemed so sweet and we talked about a decent bit, but I don’t think I ever put my best foot forward to build that connection since we were never on the same side. You are such a kind, sweet guy and I wish more guys were like you. 

AMIR: Hello hunty, I think out of everyone in this cast, you are the first person I had ever met and it goes way way way back...like 2014 back. Our relationship is this game was…. ICONIC and messy to say the least. I was always a huge fan of your blog back then, and never thought we’d both end up on the beauty tribe. I honestly saw so much potential for us being super close allies, and at some point, I considered you my closest ally during day 1-2. The issue was the creation of an alliance without you in it, and then that alliance targetting you and you getting word of it which just kinda set us on the wrong foot from the very beginning because you didn’t trust me and I was anxious about that. It was literally all just shitty circumstances because bible i literally wanted to work with you so bad. We eventually set things straight again, but due to alliance lines, previous mistrust, and the people we were both working with, we ended up being on opposite sides and never were able to work out on a strategic level despite the fact that we always meshed well on a personal level, it was unfortunate but also kind of an iconic rivalry/alliance thing that was going on

Autumn: MY BABY!!! When you died I was just numb and I miss you so much. That happening right after I finally won immunity was just cruel and my system short circuited. We had a million alliance chats and just like that the house was empty and it’s just been quiet all the rounds since. Tbh I was triggered cause I was ALONE alone in Crossroads so when you died I was just sitting at Final 5 with the idol like awww shit here we go again haha. You are one of the funniest, kindest, most loyal, and most authentic players I’ve ever met and your social game is TOP SHELF sir. Watching you lie and finesse and manipulate people round after round actually cleared my skin. In my mind, I always referred to you as the Mad Hatter because you always had tea and you always had something brewing on the stove haha. I miss our conversations so much and I really wouldn’t be here without all the trust you put in me and for being like “giiiirrrl you need to get on the blog RIGHT NOW.” You know I can make hoes mad all by myself haha but it was at its best when you were by my side

TJ: Augusto – I want to mirror what you said about me in your goodbye message. You are so pure, you are so likeable, you are such a king when it comes to the social game. I didn’t think our games would gel that much coming into this game, but once we got over the little hump that was the first couple rounds of merge, I really clicked with you and enjoyed meeting you this game. I wish we had followed the plan and you’d still be here over Amir, but ‘tis the game.

AMIR:  This is probably the hardest one to write because you have been my partner in crime and my closest ally since day 1 in this game, and I truly did want to go to the end with you and Kendall. You kept me sane for like the majority of the game and I 100% could not have made it here without you. I am not going to diminish the impact that you had on this game and how big of a factor you were in my survival. I have never lied or kissed ass when I said I believed you played one of the strongest games by far. As a person, I love you and you know I mean that and have enjoyed your friendship a lot over the past month, and really really hope we’ll be friends after this game. The game does not feel the same without u there and i miss your dumb gay memes that make me cackle, and im sorry for how things ended up, I truly felt like at that point, it was me going home or u, and i chose to pick me. I don’t want to dwell but I also don’t want to invalidate how badly I screwed you over and how you get to be mad for it. i cant wait 2 talk to u after the game  

Autumn:Lmaaaaooo listen. That whole thing was one of the most cracked things I’ve ever done in my entire org career and Iiiiii don’t wanna get into it here but I will so that miss Amir can’t take credit for it hahaha. Basically…. what had happened was… I was very much going to idol Amir out but he randomly came into my pm’s after TJ won immunity and begged that we work together and that I spare him if I had the idol even though he had just killed Adam. And it took a lot of convincing but I thought about how well positioned you were to go to the end with anyone so I said: yes Amir but I’m killing Augusto which means you’re going to tell the beauties you have the idol since everyone has to vote me. Meanwhile TJ was talking to me and being very straight up that it was between me and Amir/ it was based on who had the idol. So I threw Amir under the bus and said everyone was giving the game away to him and that TJ was no better for always talking shit but never doing anything about it. And he kept trying to corner me into saying I had the idol and that “everyone was still concerned” so I got tired of going back and forth and was just like lemme go address everyone in the tribe cause I’m not doing this all day when I know I’ll be at Final 4 no matter what. So that’s when I gave a monologue in the tribe chat about how everyone should be honest with me and that there’s no point in lying when I’m essentially a sitting duck. Then you and Kendall admitted to voting me, which allowed me to a) play the idol correctly and b) split you and Amir. Tbh I just felt like you had the best spot in the game because the whole round it like never crossed your mind that you could die and I was like oop hold my beer. Meanwhile you had talked shit about Amir’s game to me more than once so I started twisting the knife on him and when you weren’t talking to him as much, Amir really got paranoid and was like they’re gonna kill me soon I just know it I’m all in. So that’s the tea. But! You know it was strictly game because I adore you and I legit called you more than anyone in this cast haha. I just got spooked about you getting any deeper in the game. You have a great heart and I hope we can still be friends after this because you’re an amazing person and I’ll always be here for you

TJ: Kendall – You haven’t even been gone for 24 hours and I already miss your lunatic history facts! I never expected to meet someone in this game who I truly understood and care about in this game, and that’s exactly what I found starting very early in that merge with you. You are so freaking quirky, but so am I so I get it completely. I wish everyone in this game got to see how amazing you were and how you were completely robbed from being able to make the finals with me. I truly think I met a friend for years to come with you, and I’m so grateful for that. (Also ps, apparently we had a flirtmance going according to the other two… I wasn’t aware of this, lol).

AMIR: This is interesting because I kinda already messaged you yesterday right before the vote with everything I have to say, in the end, you have the right to feel how you feel and your reactions are 100% valid. I apologize for lying to you and blindsiding you, It was not an easy decision and I own it, and even writing this right now is quite difficult because I want to talk about the hilarious and amazing times we had together and make it a cute rop, but I know the wounds are still fresh and I know you said you are not happy with me rn and I would not want to act oblivious to your current emotions. Maybe if I make it to jury or FTC, you will be able to say everything you want to say to me and we can move on from there and pick up where we left off,

Autumn: Sis I don’t even know where to begin with you haha. Because we were never allies or even friends lmao but we always had mutual respect for each other the whole game and just tried to stay out of each other’s way. I do genuinely believe you get a bad wrap for no reason and people talked a lot of shit about you for no real reason. And I love that both the women in the game were despised but for different reasons haha. You were playing a good game tbh and even though I really considered sitting beside you at the end, it frustrated me that you (like Augusto) felt like you were guaranteed to be at the end and you were essentially the prettiest girl at the dance and meanwhile I had to fight for my life every single round since Final 6. So I was like ok if sis really wants to go to the end, then she’ll pull up and meet me at firemaking haha. Amir went back and forth about the whole thing and legitimately told me he was voting me earlier that day but I got in his head and I said you know damn well they will clip you at Final 3 no hesitation so unless you want this whole game to have been for nothing, you need to just send me to firemaking and if Kendall wins she wins and if I win I win. So, it was strictly strategic for me because there was no way for you, me, and Amir to all make final 3 and you and TJ were very transparent about voting me lol. But anyway! Thank you for your humor and patience and constant forgiveness throughout this game and your incredible knack for manipulating men. I salute you and I’m glad we got to meet

Amir: Tj tj tj oh wow oh wow, I literally feel like our relationship is like the disappointed dad (you) and me being the rebellious child who keeps promising to straighten myself out and then keeps up my fuckery. Anyway, it was a pleasure playing this game with you, you were kind to everyone, had a huge underdog hero arc, and you were probably the person who was onto my antics the most. Somehow after every vote, you’re like “I hate u but I get it so I still like u” and it was just a very wholesome hilarious relationship that I’ve had this whole game. You had me shaking during that final “autumn take me” riff raff and you deserve to be sitting in this spot just as much as I do

Autumn: Oh boy- not to be dramatic but killing you, my favorite adversary, wasn’t nearly as satisfying as I thought it would be. Listening to you talk last night made me realize how much heart you had put into the game and I felt really compelled to give you a chance to vouch for yourself at FTC just out of respect. But I know how allies get and I didn’t see a whole pocket of jurors voting for me over you when they had probably been rooting for you the whole game. So once my laptop died last night haha and I was sitting with my notes, it came down to a) leveling the playing field amongst the jurors, b) trying to picture what jury would really value, and c) how persuasive you are. If you could do aaaaaall that off the record to save your game, I knew you were gonna bring it at FTC. But it’s not the same without you. I have no one to tease, no one to call out, no one’s business to air, no one’s game to undermine lmao- it’s too quiet, everyone’s dead. The reason I love our relationship so much is because we think very similarly so our elaborate multi-round game of cat and mouse game gave a lot amusement and frustration but most importantly focus. We are literally the movie Catch Me If You Can and you’re were always watching me scam everyone and do the most and no one wants to listen to you so you take it upon yourself to chase me yourself round after round. And I was always watching you and egging you on and doing everything I could to throw you off my tracks haha. You’re my Tom Hanks and I’m your Leo and a lot of people made it easy on me but you never did and I have a lot of respect for that. You never miss a beat and you have fantastic instincts so after all this time, I can finally say I am a TJ fan, fedora and all

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Anything For You

((I wrote a little fanfic about TKC Thoth and Manon (OC) that took place before our RP! ~Mod Sav))

Anything For You

TW: Alcohol, sexual harassment

Manon swore she’d never love anybody ever again. Not after what had happened to her family. They made her happy, they made her feel loved, then BAM! Gone. Dead, reduced to piles of ashes.

Manon swore she’d never let herself feel that heartbreak again. Those awful nights full of tears, where she’d cry herself to sleep and wish that their murders had been some sort of twisted prank, that they’d suddenly appear and be like, “Just kidding, we’re alive!”

Of course, that never happened. The dead tend to stay dead. But the hope Manon felt, the painful hope that a miracle would happen, destroyed her emotionally, so she swore she’d never love anyone like that again.

Until him.

Oh, that bastard.

Manon had had crushes before. The boy on the playground who Manon thought was cute when she was eight. The handsome magician who Manon followed around the First Nome when she was twelve, hoping he’d notice her and talk to her. A baseball player at her high school.

But never had she fallen in love as an adult. Never had she fallen in love with an ancient god.

Yes, Manon was in love with Thoth, the Egyptian god of knowledge. Seven billion people on the planet, and she had to fall in love with him of all people.

Manon knew she didn’t have a chance with him, as much as she tried to deny it. Thoth could probably get any woman or man he wanted. Why on earth would he choose Manon, his twenty-one-year-old assistant/bodyguard?

Thoth was very much capable of protecting himself. Manon really didn’t understand why he needed someone who basically served as his bodyguard. But the group she was a part of thought it necessary. Probably because she had more information about the cult than him, which was ironic considering Thoth was a god of knowledge. But whatever. Manon didn’t mind her job.

She didn’t mean to fall in love with him, of course. It just...happened. And if Manon could have predicted before she came to Memphis that she’d fall for him, she would have been shocked.

He seemed so cold at first. Like a slightly more emotional Vulcan with attention span issues. But then as Manon got to know him more, he let what Manon guessed was his real self show. And she fell in love with him.

In return, she started to trust him more. In fact, she trusted him more than she has trusted anyone in a long time. Manon told him embarrassing things about herself, like the time she managed to fall headfirst into a fountain because she was too busy reading, and the time she cried because she saw a really cute dog. Things she never imagined she’d tell anyone, especially not a millennia-old god.

Thankfully, Thoth didn’t make her feel any more embarrassed about those things. He’d simply give her a small smile, a smile that made Manon melt every time she saw it, and make a comment about how something similar happened to him. An ancient guy like him had hours of embarrassing moments to talk about.

And contrary to popular belief, Thoth had a sense of humor. His sense of humor was subtle but refined, his jokes coming in the form of off-hand, often passive-aggressive remarks and puns. The worst puns, which would always make Manon laugh, especially with his stoic delivery of them, the only hint of his mischief a smirk.

Of course, Thoth wasn’t without his flaws. Manon had seen his bad side in addition to his good side. In fact, she noticed that everyone had mostly seen his bad side, his stubbornness, emotionlessness, and his occasional arrogance, hence his not-so-good reputation among the gods and others who have met him. Despite his flaws, Manon still loved him for him. They were part of him, after all, and she knew she definitely wasn’t without flaws.

For the most part, though, Thoth was kind and caring. A real gentleman, in Manon’s opinion, although she might be biased. For the several months she had spent with him, he’d offered her nothing but kindness and hospitality and expected nothing in return but her companionship and occasional help. Sometimes, Thoth would ask Manon to be a test subject for odd spell combinations he wanted to try. Nothing that could potentially kill her, though, according to Thoth.

One time, Thoth asked her to be a test subject for a potential strength spell combination. Manon agreed, like she always did, and he tested the spell combination on her. Something must have gone wrong, though, because Manon lost consciousness and the next thing she remembered was waking up on the floor, Thoth kneeling above her and fretting over her, making sure she was okay. Manon wasn’t okay, she ended up somehow contracting some illness from the spell combination. She remembered Thoth carrying her to bed and tucking her in, then nursing her back to health for a few days.

He never asked for anything in return. Gods, he was so sweet. Manon loved him. She hoped one day to return his kindness. She didn’t know how she would, but somehow, she would do it.

In addition to his lovely personality, Thoth looked good. Sure, he didn’t look like a male supermodel, but damn, he was still hot. Manon could admire him and his multicolored eyes, messy hair, and slender but somewhat muscular body for hours. She also liked the way he dressed, especially when he wore his usual outfit of a lab coat, t-shirt, and jeans, all scribbled on in marker with various hieroglyphics for easy spell-casting. That outfit captured his personality well, Manon thought, plus it looked comfortable and hot on him.

Gods, she had it bad, didn’t she? Swooning over an ancient deity like some hormonal schoolgirl. Even just a thought of him made her blush and grin.

Manon sat at the bar, a dreamy smile on her face as she stirred her drink with her straw. Only a layer of ice and watered down whiskey remained in the glass.

She had come to this bar for no reason, really. She had just gotten out of a musical that she saw in downtown Memphis. Thoth said he had something else to do, so Manon went alone. And once she was done, well…she could use a small drink. Not much, just a little something to make her tipsy, to keep her attention off her thoughts and feelings.

Thoth had been hesitant to let her leave, though. “You look feverish,” he had said, laying his cool, smooth hand on her forehead, a look of concern upon his face. “Are you feeling alright?”

Manon said yes, and he let her go to the musical. Truth be told, Manon was only “feverish” because she was in his presence and was blushing wildly.

And now, she found herself here….

“More whiskey, miss?” The bartender asked her.

Manon nodded and slid her glass over. “Sure. Just a bit more, though. I don’t want to get wasted.” She chuckled a bit.

The bartender nodded back and went to go pour her drink.

A man who Manon hadn’t even noticed sat down on the stool next to her.

“French, eh?” He asked in a gruff, vaguely southern-US accent. He was a large, hulking man who obviously frequented the gym. His appearance reminded Manon of a modern Gaston from Beauty and the Beast.

Eyeing him suspiciously, Manon nodded. “Yes. From Montpellier.”

The man let out a whistle. “From what I’ve heard, the French are notorious for their lovin’. Is that true?”

Oh, so he’s one of those guys. Manon rolled her eyes. “I don’t know and I don’t fucking care,” she grumbled, turning away from him.

The man frowned. “I was just askin’ a question.”

“A weird one,” Manon muttered.

The man didn’t answer. Manon received her drink and took a sip. The man spoke again.

“I like that dress on you. Really shows off your beautiful ass.”

Manon almost choked on her drink. “Ex-Excuse me?”

“You have a beautiful ass,” the man murmured, leaning closer to her, his arm starting to wrap around her waist.

The shock wore off, and before the man could do anything, Manon picked up her drink and poured it all over the man’s face. Whiskey dripped down from his face in golden-brown drops as he glared at Manon.

“Bitch! I was giving you a compliment!”

“And touching me inappropriately!” Manon yelled back, not caring that the whole bar was staring at them now. She was pissed now. “And your comment was creepy! Who the hell compliments a stranger’s ass? Get away from me, creep!”

She moved to get up and find somewhere else to sit, but the man grabbed her elbow, yanking her back down. Letting out a yell, Manon snatched her arm from his grip. The man retaliated by shoving her, causing her to fall backwards off the stool.

Manon landed on her back, hissing at the impact. The skirt of her dress was all messed up, and Manon was thankful that she had the foresight to wear shorts beneath it.

She tried to get up, but the man kicked her down again. The bartender and a few bystanders tried to restrain this man, but his strength made this an impossible task.

He kicked again, causing a sharp pain to shoot through Manon’s ribs. Despite this, Manon tried to get up to beat this guy’s ass, but the man pushed her back down and tried to punch her, which Manon dodged with almost-expert reflexes.

The bartender and bystanders once again tried to restrain this man, but their efforts were futile. The man managed to break free of their clutches, and as he did so, he swung his arm and fist back, ready to punch Manon again.

Before Manon had time to react, an iridescent hieroglyphic flashed across the man’s face. Manon had time to just read it before it sank into the man’s forehead. Calm.

The man pacified instantly. “Sorry,” he mumbled in a dreamy voice, the voice of a mortal under the influence of magic. “I didn’t realize you were taken. My bad.”

He walked away before anyone, whether Manon or the bartender or the bystanders, had time to say anything.

“Are you alright?” Thoth asked, appearing in front of Manon and offering her a hand. His eyebrows were furrowed in concern. “Are you hurt?”

Dozens of thoughts cluttered Manon’s mind, and she turned pink and desperately tried to find some way to verbalize all of them, but only one of them managed to be said, the most important one.

“Why...why are you here?”

“According to my calculations based on all known information about the musical and its venue and location, I estimated that your time of arrival back to my place would be around 10:45 PM, give or take ten to fifteen minutes,” Thoth began. “But that time period passed, so I decided to find your location, in case something happened to you. You seemed feverish earlier, and I was hoping that you didn’t fall ill while on your way from the musical.”

He frowned, putting his hand once again against Manon’s forehead. “You still look and feel feverish...though I suppose it could be the result of the alcohol you’ve consumed and the fight against that...moron.”

Manon blushed even more and gently pushed his hand away. “I’m fine, I’m fine, it was just the fight and the whiskey.”

Well, she wasn’t fine, she was fairly certain she broke a rib, but Thoth didn’t need to know that at the moment.

Thoth nodded, his eyes narrowing. “Very well.” He then tilted his head. “I saw that man kick near your rib cage. No pain around there?”

Ah shit.

“They hurt a bit,” Manon said, biting her lip and looking away. “Not much, though. I’ll be fine.”

That was a lie, they actually hurt more than a bit, but Manon didn’t want Thoth to worry about her, even if she would like it if he did. She was just his mortal assistant. Nothing more.

“Very well,” Thoth said again. “I can take a look at them once we get back to my building.”

“I sure hope you can,” Manon joked, looking back at Thoth, a grin dancing on her lips. As her gaze returned to him, she noticed his outfit. He wore a maroon button-down shirt, which was tucked into a pair of purple pinstripe pants with suspenders. A black bow tie hung from his collar. Manon turned even redder.

“You like nice,” she complimented, her mischievous grin turning into a shy smile. Thoth smiled back.

“Why thank you. I didn’t want to stand out too much here.” His eyes moved up and down Manon’s body, analyzing her outfit of a black dress with lace sleeves. “You look nice as well.”

Manon grinned. “Thanks.”

The two kind of just looked at one another for a few moments, then Thoth looked away, clearing his throat. “Well, shall we head back?”

Manon nodded. Thoth offered her his hand again, and Manon took it this time, standing up. She wondered if Thoth used lotion or if his hands were naturally that soft.

He let go of her hand and started leading her towards the front door of the bar. Manon followed, her walking wobbly due to the bit of alcohol she’d had and the pain in her ribs.

As soon as they were outside the bar, Thoth looked back at her and noticed her difficulties walking. Manon thanked the gods that she decided not to wear high heels that night.

“Do you need help walking?” Thoth asked, his voice gentle.

Manon nodded. “I’d appreciate that. I’d like to not die before we get back.”

Thoth smiled at her joke and walked towards her, offering her his arm. Manon took it, appreciating his kindness as well as the firmness of his muscles, though she’d never admit that to anyone.

They walked together, Manon using Thoth’s arm to steady herself as they walked in the direction of the university where Thoth’s building was located. It wasn’t too far of a walk, thankfully, maybe just ten or fifteen minutes, but Manon was thankful for Thoth’s presence. She knew that walking alone in the city at that time of night could be dangerous for a young woman like Manon, especially if she was intoxicated. Of course, she could always use her magic and fighting skills to take down any mortal threat, but that would be rather difficult for even a mildly intoxicated person.

People smiled at the two as they walked, obviously assuming that Manon and Thoth were a couple. Why people were out on the streets that late, Manon had no idea. Thoth seemed to pay no attention to them, focusing straight ahead. Manon just blushed and focused on walking like a normal, functioning human being, ignoring the pain in her ribs.

They were almost to the university when Manon decided to break the silence that stretched between them.

“Thank you.”

“What for?” Thoth asked. Manon giggles slightly. Gods, he was so adorable.

“For saving me from that douche in the bar. And for walking me back and letting me use you as a support. And for, well, everything, I guess. For allowing me to exist in your home and exist in your life. For...being my friend.” Manon looked away, suddenly ashamed of her giving of gratitude.

To her surprise, Thoth gave her a gentle smile, a smile that seemed to ease her pain and dissipate her embarrassment. A smile that brought her joy and a sense of security and comfort whenever she saw it.

“Of course. Anything for you.”

The End

Word Count: 2626

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soo you gonna explain it to us innocents or WAT

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[raijinhasverybigpecs]

smite high school au (part 1)

part 1 - agni to erlang shen

part 2 - fafnir to odin

part 3 - osiris to zhong kui

notes

the school is a fancy private school with the gods playing a major role as important students and teachers at the school

the gods are not the only employees/students - there are many other students and teachers at the school to fill in the gaps

uniform is like this, but in the emblem colours (i’m too lazy to search up another image, give me a break lmao)

gods have no divine power but keep certain skills, talents and traits that they had with their powers (raijin doesn’t have lightning powers but he’s still good at playing the drums for example)

gods are mostly in human forms and they actually look like people - no super wild claws or fur or any of that shit (aside from cama and baka i think)

just a general note: this isn’t final or anything, and i’d appreciate any feedback or if you wanna add something or change something then please tell me, i’d like everyone’s opinions to be considered :>

roster (part 1: agni - erlang shen)

(short descriptions/headcannons of gods below)

agni - business and science teacher

for the purposes of this au they’ll be twins :>

seen constantly bickering around the school - don’t approach them if they’re having a fight bc they’ll pull you into it

ah muzen cab - groundsman

not much to say, he good at bee i guess

ah puch - science and maths teacher

subject of lots of rumors around the school due to a lack of knowledge about his past

“if you bring raw meat into the 3rd stall in the boys toilets the seat will overflow with blood and that creepy science teacher will show up behind you and kill you”

“hey kids what’s up-”

“HOLY FUCK DON’T KILL ME-”

“i was just gonna say that you did really well on the last maths test and that you should keep up the effort. is there something wrong?”

“oh it’s nothing...... haha......”

wears a bunch of fancy surgeons masks everyday due to an accident that left his face disfigured

anubis, hades, isis, artio, osiris and awilix are the only ones to know about what actually happened

extremely calm all the time, creeps out everyone constantly

strangely close bond with awilix, no one knows why they get on but they do

awilix will have lunch with ah puch at least once per week

amaterasu - student

good at everything, better than you(tm)

student government president

captain of the volleyball team

plays the cello

mutual crush on bellona but the two are incapable of saying that they like each other

anhur - student

head of the debating team

always in control even when he’s not

plays chess with anubis, ganesha and thoth on fridays in the library, students and other teachers like to watch bc it always gets v intense

anubis - history and maths teacher

grumpy old man who won’t take your shit

if he puts you on the spot for doing something wrong you will feel nothing but shame for the rest of the day

runs the debating team

doesn’t understand modern technology, needs a student to help him

ao kuang - business and hpe teacher

always vaguely angry even though he doesn’t mean to come off that way

always angry at wukong, bad gay mess

“so now we’ll split into teams-”

wukong takes a break to drink some water nearby, ends up wetting his shirt as well and winks when he sees ao kuang watching

“sir are you okay”

“it’s too early for this bullshit i can’t”

needs coffee in the morning to run

throws dodgeballs at students who arrive late in his morning hpe classes

aphrodite - student

pretty much always the lead in the stage play with apollo

good at every single arts subject

popular but not in a bitchy way - knows everyone’s names and tries to talk with everyone

head cheerleader, also a good dancer

knows how to throw a hell of a party

apollo - student

theater hoe and band nerd rolled up in a bright orange cheeto package

always annoying

arachne - former teacher

rumours around the school say that athena was jealous of her so she got her fired through her connections with zeus (the principal)

neith is the only one who can talk to her anymore

ares - student

fuck boy

that’s it

nothing else to say

artemis - student

band nerd, and just a nerd in general

still good at sports tho

v good at maths

part of the moon girls club (awilix & chang’e)

artio - english and geography teacher

she’d be a teacher that would die for her students, really nice and patient but if you annoy her she’ll destroy you

has motivational posters on her desk of bears with bad pun captions on them

one of those teachers that is always part of every school event, literally never sick or away

athena – teacher

reliable and respected by teachers and students

teaches lots of different subjects but enjoys teaching her arts subjects the most

very strict but in a good way

hiding darker secrets (see arachne & medusa for more)

awilix – student

on every sporting team, always doing the most at every moment

always puts her hand up, the type to have organised study books with colour coding and everything

remembers everyone’s name, friends with everyone

part of the moon girls club (artemis & chang’e)

special relationship with ah puch

bacchus –  chef

always drunk but no one calls him out on it

helps with the guidance councillors at times

bakasura – spooky rumour

cryptid

rumours always conflict with each other, no one is too sure what’s true or not but everyone can claim that they saw him

bastet - student

dance buddies with bastet, tries to get chang’e to go out more with her and aphrodite

too goddamn flexible, also really good at sport

bellona - student

awkward everywhere but on the sports field

even more awkward when it comes to ama, is a terrible lovesick lesbian

aphrodite always tries to set the pair up but it never works out the way she plans it

teachers always yell at her, there’s a strange bond between her and her teachers

cabrakan – groundsman

him good at dig

camazotz – pet of ah puch

ah puch wanted to demonstrate how animal wings work with a real animal but cama ended up attacking students ah puch just likes having the company of cama so that’s why he brings him to school everyday

ah puch offers cama to those who wanna take him for the night but it never turns out well for those who take him

cerberus - security guards

set of brothers who work as security guards

no one knows what the relationship between hades and them is – are they cousins? friends? lovers??? what is goin on

cernunnos – geography and history teacher

supportive and patient teacher

won’t call you out on talking during class, he’ll just walk up to you and wait for you to be quiet then step away and continue with what he was doing earlier

is busy with everything, half of the time he can’t show up to class bc he’s going to other important education stuffs 

chaac – hpe teacher

the loudest person in the room, always yelling for no reason

makes fun of students at times but he wants them to succeed

chang’e – student

quiet overachiever, probably doing better than you in everything

obviously gets best marks in dance, has won awards and stuff

part of the moon girls club (artemis & awilix), otherwise only friends with bastet, aphro and erlang

chiron – teacher

mainly teaches history and english but often fills in for other teachers

always well dressed and groomed

strict but you’ll probably never get bored in his classes ever

chronos – teacher

just like chiron, teaches every subject aside from hpe and is strict but you won’t get bored in his classes

sarcastic but he cares (deep down somewhere)

cu chulainn - student

one of the popular kids, good at everything and an all around perfect student

everyone has a crush on him and on valentines day he constantly gets roses and chocolates

keeps trying to flirt with erlang but he keeps failing

tries to invite erlang to his wrestling matches but erlang keeps leaving bc he’s really embarassed by how hot cu is

cupid – student

chatterbox, knows all the gossip

oddly enough, good at keeping secrets

close friends with aphro

da ji – unknown

seen a few times around the school with nu wa or zeus, no one knows why

secretly zeus’ lover

discordia – student

good at science, chemistry to be exact

it’s the only thing keeping her in the school – without her skill in science she’d be kicked out

bit of a bitch, pulls pranks on everyone but not on nu wa or artio 

special relationship with nu wa and artio, they lobby for her to stay in the school because they see her potential

erlang shen – student

perfect boy, good at everything

pure, sweet, innocent child that never causes any trouble (he’s a giant nerd ew), friends with everyone

likes cu chulainn but doesn’t know how to say it

[pearlescentbirdmom]

I don’t know how it happened or why, but like the “friendliest” deities tend to scare me a bit and the “scariest” ones are the ones I feel comfortable approaching??? Like for instance, Thor. All I hear about Thor from followers is how supportive, fatherly, companionable, humorous and dedicated He is. Like a big Papa Bear. But I don’t interact with Thor because when I lay down my feelers I’m intimidated as fuck. Thor is like an 8.0 on my Oh Shit!-o-Meter even when He’s chill and happy and I’m chill and happy. On the other hand, Loki and Odin, who are “scary” and avoided by some for 100% legitimate concerns, I’m A-Okay with.

Loki is my numero uno, ok? When I first thought to myself a year and half ago, “polytheism feels right, who should I talk to” Loki was the only deity on my mind from absolutely out of left field. And because I wanted to “do things right” out of weird southern states social etiquette I sort of cozied up to Odin and (timidly) Thor before approaching Loki, because making good impressions with friends/family is important when establishing a relationship. And I won’t lie, Odin is shady as fuck, but for some odd reason in the back of my head I’m more comfortable waltzing up to Him and sharing drinks than I am with Thor, even though Thor has more warm Papa Bear vibes. Odin registers as the crazy con-man uncle, who I know is frighteningly capable, but is very good at making others comfortable and extremely charming when He wants to be, so I’m ok sitting next to Him at the table. Loki has always registered as intimately close to me, not like a parent, but definitely a safe haven. When He’s near, I sort of just want to fold myself into Him and take a nap. I can breathe when Loki is with me and He settles me in a way not even my parents can anymore. And He’s always registered as “home” even though I know He’s a wickedly lethal being. Thor registers as an enforcer, which given He’s the defender of Asgard and humans, that makes sense, but it’s different than feeling like I’m standing next to a bodyguard. Being in Thor’s presence makes me feel like I have to walk the straight and narrow and mind my manners. Like being around a real old school cowboy dad who won’t stand for bad behavior from his kids or any others. Basically, I can’t relax as easily around the Thor I know. Like I gotta sit up straight and be on the guard for a slap to the head like He’s NCIS Special Agent Gibbs or something.

*throws hands up*  I’m weird!

But I just feel like my basis for what “approachable” is is very different from the norm. And on the surface it is odd, because looking at me you wouldn’t think “that person totally follows bamf chaotic deities.” My best friends were even surprised the first time I told them the god closest to my heart was Loki, because I am not adventurous by any means and I hate confrontation. They were expecting a hearth/home deity I think, like Hestia, or someone bookish like Thoth because I’m a nerd. I’m quiet and introverted, I hate loud intense situations like concerts and parties, but I love small intimate gatherings. I like cooking and feeding people and taking care of them. I’m a sucker for cutesy pastels and plushy toys and purring cats. I’m slow to warm to people, but fiercely loyal once I’m connected and protective af. (Birdmom is not my calling for nothing. I will cut a bitch for hurting my precious people.) I mean, I’m kind of the poster child for Hufflepuff, basically. So when I showed up with my cart hitched to Loki’s everyone in my circle was a bit thrown.

I’m the “looks a cinnamon roll/could actually kill you” human who likes the “looks like they could kill you/would actually kill you” deities lol.

 (As an added bonus I’ll tell you about how Hermes and Dionysus register.) Hermes has always registered as a massive flirt who moves faster than the speed of light, but in a literal sense, like a  sugar-high hummingbird. He’s a party boy, but under all that personality there’s the feeling of being extremely on point and busy as hell. Bumble bees always come to mind when I think of Hermes because they work work work until exhaustion, which seems to be what Hermes does. I don’t think I’ll ever not want to be around Hermes either. He’s my first love. The #Light of My Life.

Dionysus, or as I call ‘em Big D, registers as a big hunk of love. Like, made of honey, warm and sweet, gives the Best Hugs Ever, actual cinnamon roll, hunk of love. Big D is amazing to be around. I just like to bask in the glow that radiates off of ‘em. It’s like Dionysus is the embodiment of sunshine on a sandy beach with a choice drink in hand. Gods, I love Big D’s vibes.

In a way, Hermes and Dionysus are also slighty scary gods which I’m fine being around, because Hermes has a prankster streak a mile long and Big D can get hella scary when in a frenzy.

[resilientreader]

all the!! mythology!! asks! they're really cute, just like u, but also kind of nosy, like me; it's a match made in paradise

hahaha i think i’ve discovered a ready way to summon you at a moment’s notice: just gotta reblog an asks post

Anubis: How do you feel about death? - uhhhhhh fuckAtum: What are your greatest imperfections? - LMAO me. im my greatest imperfectionBastet: Do you have any cats? - sadly noHathor: What brings you joy? - like. actual good people???? like u and cy and such???? also uhhghgh good stories and characters i would fucking die for good shit like thatHorus: What is one thing you’ve had to fight for in your life? - i think uhhhh im still fighting to be he?ard??? by the people ik. except in reality if i just would say shit loudly for once then maybe i wouldnt have this problem but woop dee dooOsiris: Do you believe in the underworld? - fuck yeah i do, hades and me are gonna end up being pals. i just have a feeling,,,Ra: Do you have any major responsibilities or importance? - responsibilities? running a shitty site is a responsibility and uhhhh not mouthing off everyone is a responsibility. importance though? hahahahhahahThoth: Do you like to read/write? - lmao snark what do /u/ thinkArawn: What is the most terrifying thing you’ve ever done? - LMao talk about feelings. i think. i dont remember a lot of terrifying shit like i have a Great mechanism of forcing shitty memories out of my mind so genuinely i cannot remember some of my recent or longstanding hardships lmao whoopsBran: How is your health? - i wouldnt be surprised if i dropped dead soonBrighid: Tell us about your relationship with your father. - good!! he’s great he’s this weird mixture of reasonable yet passive aggressive and he also watches anime and football or sleeps in his freetime he’s nice.Cernunnos: What is your favorite animal? - oh shit uh. red pandas and african painted dogs and foxes are Nice. uhhh ravens are also nice fuck. those are uhhh a top four i thinkDanu: What is your relationship with your mother? - …uhhhhhhMorrigan: What do you think happens when we die? - i think everyone sees what they believe and there isn’t a true afterlifeOlwen: What is your favorite flower? - hrhhgehihdjkfhhh pla.n,,,ts.Rhiannon: Have you ever been betrayed? - betrayed?? maybe. idkBragi: What kind of music do you listen to? - rock. emotional shit. i love me some music-induced feelsFreya: Have you ever been in love? - sure i guessFreyr: Do you have any children? - no no noHœnir: Are you a silent or talkative person? - silentIounn: How old are you? - mmmmmmmm what was that i cant hear you oh- oh this phone’s cutting out im sor-Loki: What is the best trick you’ve ever pulled on someone? - tricks???? sorry im too inadequate for that shit Odin: What is your family like? - chaoticThor: Would you consider yourself pretty powerful? - powerful?? hahahhaahhaahhahTree: What have you done with your life? What are you going to do with it? - i have done absolutely nothing with my life and im hoping i /will/ do something with it but uhhhhhh idkAphrodite: What do you think of yourself? - ew. gross. what a disgusting human being. cant even handle pulp in their orange juice :^////. how pitifulAres: Are you an easy person to anger? - i dont think so?? or at least im not quick to /show/ my anger, so uhhhh if i get pissed at u and im not bothering to hide it or be polite then uhhhhhhhhh idkAthena: Would you consider yourself an artist? - artist???? im an artist of words (sort of). im not an artist of art. have you seen my hands? shaky, sad things. not good enough for drawingApollo: Do you play any instruments? - noDionysus: Do you drink? - i drink water glug glug love me those sweet h2o nutrientsHades: Do you have a bad reputation? - lmao. dont ask me this ask someone else this im too stuck in my head to know this shitHekate: Have you ever tried to communicate with the dead? - nah, not my thingHermes: Have you ever stolen anything? - uhhhhh ur heart xDddPoseidon: Are you a moody person? - yesZeus: Are you a confident person? - hghghg lmao noJupiter: Would people say that you are intimidating or fairly approachable? - uhhhhhH???? i have no fucks in my head ask someone who uhhhghghg actually knows this shitPluto: Where do you think we go when we die? - we go where ever we believe we’ll go. it’s all subjective bitchApollo & Dianna: Do you prefer to be up during the day or at night? - night night night night. night is saferMars: Have you ever gotten into a fight? - uhhhh maybe a verbal or silent one and one or two physical ones with siblings???? i thi??nk???????Minerva: Do you generally give good advice? - ….no i doubt itProserpine: Have you ever felt trapped? - ahhahahhahah @ ajcw, @ certain friendships, @ my familyPlutus: Do you have a job? - nahVenus: Have you ever had your heart broken? - s?ur???e?????Vesta: Do you like being home or do you try to get out whenever you can? - being home is greatMorpheus: Do you daydream often? Of what? - i daydream of magic shit

[i-write-stuff-its-ok]

Petals and Ink  part three

Summary: Jeremy tries to convince Rich he doesn't have a thing for Michael. Jeremy and his friends go to the mall the get lunch where Jeremy runs into someone special.

Genre: Fluff

Warnings: Mild swearing

Word count: 2090 Shorter chapter next one will be longer.

 Jeremy could not believe what Rich was doing. Rich sat there leaned back in his chair at the front desk acting as if asking this was nothing. “ Are you gay?” he said into the phone. Jeremy tried to protest and get him to stop. “ No please don’t do this. I I Rich don’t. No. Rich this is humiliating” Jeremy whined trying to keep his voice down so Michael on the other end of the phone wouldn’t hear him. There was silence on to other side of the phone. Jeremy started to panic. There's no way Michael would ever answer this he barely knew them. “ Thorry for Thtereotyping ,but like a boy wearing a pathtel pink thweater crop top and white thkinny jeans. Tho my coworker Jena and I have a bet. I thiad your most likely gay and the thaid you're a feminine thraight. Tho once again, don’t mean to stereotype but you know are you?” Jeremy made an inhuman noise of distress. Why was Rich doing this to him. Then Jeremy heard Michael on the other end, “ Yeah I’m gay.” “ Cool, thankth dude. Oh and thothe flowerth Jeremy bought look great on the front dethk.” Rich hung up the phone and looked at Jeremy with a smirk. Rich looked over at Jeremy who was bright red. “ What the hell Rich! Why would you do that! That’s not even his phone number it’s his work number what if someone else picked up the phone! What would you say then. Huh! Oh sorry I want to know if your coworker is gay! Dude what the fuck!” Jeremy shrieked. Jeremy started hitting Rich’s arm as Rich laughed. “ Jutht trying to help you out dude tho you knew if you had a chance. Thorry for helping you.” “ If I had a, Rich no!” Jeremy yelled. “ Tho you don’t have a thing for him?” Rich said raising his eyebrow. “ No. No I don’t. Thank you very much.” Jeremy crossed his arms and turned away from Rich. “ Then why are you being tho defensive? You thure you don’t have a thing for flower boy?” rich smirked. “ No I don’t have a thing for Michael. What even gave you that idea in the first place?” “ Well, letth thee. You thpent hourth talking to him to the point where your forgot it was closing time. Then you came up with an excuthe to go see him at his work and then took a bisneth card tho you had thome way to contact him. Then you got thuper defensive when I brought up the idea of you liking him. Tho yeth your right why on earth would I think you had a thing for flower power.” Rich said rolling his eyes. Jeremy was bright red. “ S-shut up.” Jeremy squeaked. “ Awwwwwwww my little boy hath hith first cruth. They grow up tho fath.” Rich teased dramatically placing his hands on his heart. “ I'm so fucking done with you.” Jeremy sighed as he walked off into his office.

He sighed sunk into his chair and got out his sketch book. He tried to come up with some new designs to clear his mind. He sat there staring at the blank page all he could think to draw was flowers. He stared at the paige for who knows how long before there was someone in the doorway. Jeremy looked up at the tall boy standing in front of him. He had on an old faded band tee and black jeans. “ Hey Jake, what’s up?” Jeremy asked. “ Me and a few others were gonna go to the mall to get something to eat in the food court, wanna come?”  Jake asked with a smile. “I mean it seems better than being cooped up in here drawing all day.” “ Yeah sure sounds nice.” Jeremy said as he got up. “ Can you give a ride, my car is getting fixed some ass hole broke my windshield.” Jeremy asked. “ Yeah totally I was already giving Rich and Jenna a ride.” Jake said.

The two of them walked out with Rich and Jena and piled in to Jake’s car. “ Thhot gun!” Rich shouted. “ What no fair you always get shot gun.” Jena whined. “ That would be because I alwath call it firtht.” Rich smirked as he climbed into the front seat.  Jeremy took his seat next to Jena. They sat and chatted for a bit. Jeremy quietly hoped Rich wouldn't bring up Michael again. They pulled up to a red light when a convertible pulled up next to them. The top of the was rolled down and they were blasting music. “ I'VE DONE ALRIGHT UP TILL NOW ITS THE LIGHT OF DAY THAT SHOWS ME HOW. BUT WHEN THE NIGHT FALLS MY LONELY HEART CALLS.” Jeremy look out off his window to see who was blaring their 80s music for all the world to hear. Then in the shotgun seat, it couldn't be. There was no way it could really be, the blonde girl driving the car turned up the music even louder for the chorus as the boy in the front seat sang along. “ OOOOOOOOH I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY! I WANNA FEEL THE HEAT WITH SOMEBODY! YEAH I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY, WITH SOMEBODY WHO LOVES ME!” It was Michael. It was really him. Jeremy stared at him in disbelief. Michael didn't even notice him and continued singing along. “OOOOOOOH I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY! I WANNA FEEL THE HEAT WITH SOMEBODY! YEAH I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY WITH SOMEBODY WHO LOVES ME!”  Michael sang out as he danced around in his seat. Jeremy kept on staring at him and couldn't help thinking to himself how adorable Michael was as his shimmed around rocking out to the song. The two other girls from the store where in the car with him to. Christen was in the back seat laughing and singing well Brooke was trying to keep her eyes on the road well her friends performed a full on concert next to her. But Jeremy really only watched Michael. He felt something on his arm. “ Hello, Earth to Jeremy. Are you here Heere?” Jena asked she was tapping Jeremy's shoulder. He snapped back to reality. “ Huh, what?” he asked shaking his head. “ What on Earth are you looking at?” She asked as she looked out the window. Michael was still dancing around and singing. Before Jenna could get a good look the light turned green and Jake drove past Brooke’s car. “ What was that all about dude?” She asked Jeremy. “ What was what about?” he said confused. “ Looking out the window smiling like a doofus.” “ Oh, I ummmm I saw a dog.” Jeremy lied. “ What you saw a dog and didn’t tell us ,gathp what kind of friend are you.” Rich teased. “ Ha ha s-sorry.” Jeremy said awkwardly. The finaly made it to the mall. Jake parked his car and they all got out to go to the food court.

Jeremy went to get in line to get sushi from some Japanese place. He walked up to the line when he noticed a familiar outfit standing at the end of the line. Purple sweater and overalls ,dark hair and tan skin. He was everywhere today. Jeremy’s thoughts began“ Should I say something? No I shouldn’t he doesn't care. He'll think I'm stalking him I already showed up at his work today I can’t talk to him what do I even say. I shouldn’t. He doesn't want to talk to me, he’s probably already annoyed with me for letting Rich call him and ask him if he is gay. Why would Rich even do that. See if I had chance jeez. I don’t have a crush on Micheal. I just think he’s sweet, and pretty cute and- no what why am I thinking this. I don’t-” Jeremy's racing thoughts were cut off by a greeting. “ J-Jeremy? H-hey long time no see haha.” Michael smiled as he waved at him. “ Oh, h-hi Michael. What are you doing here? I mean it pretty obvious you're getting food because you're standing in line for f-food, I mean, I just. Hi.” Jeremy rambled. Michael smiled as he giggled at Jeremy, he walked over to him. “ I’m here with Brooke and Christen. They said I had to come with them to make for bailing  on them yesterday.” “ Yeah sorry about that.” Jeremy said looking at the ground. “ No no no, it’s fine really. It was nice talking yesterday, it was my fault for losing track of time. You were being polite.” Michael said. “ It was nice talking to you to.” Jeremy smiled starting to turn red. “ T-thanks.” Michael blushed. The two of them got in line together. “ Hey nice concert today.” Jeremy smirked. “ W-what?” “ In your car. You got some moves.” Jeremy teased as he copied the dance Michael did in the car. Michael turned bright red. “ Y-you saw t-that. I ummmmm.” Michael stammered turning bright red. Jeremy giggled. They got to the front of the line and ordered, once they got their food they walked back to find their groups at their own tables. Brooke and Christen where only a few tables away from Jake, Rich, and Jena.

Jeremy sat down in between Rich and Jena. “ Who was that?” Jena asked. “ Oh no one he was just a customer from yesterday and he recognized me.” “ Jutht a customer. Huh.” rich said smirking at Jeremy. “ Yes. Just a random customer. Nothing special about him at all ok. Nothing just a guy who got a tattoo nothing more nothing less. Ok Rich.” “ Why tho defenthive Jeremy? Jena jutht athked a quethtion.” Rich teased. “ Now is not the time Rich.” Jeremy said trying to hide his face growing red. “ Wait a minute do you..” Jena started. “ NO! I don’t.” Jeremy said. Jake walked up to the table and sat down next to Rich. “ Sorry the line a Sabros was way too fucking long.” ,Jake looked at Jeremy's frazzled state, “ What did I miss.” Jake asked. “ Nothi-” Jeremy was cut off by Rich. “ Jeremy hath a cruth on a customer from yethterday and he’th here and Jeremy dothen’t know how to talk to people.” Rich said with a smile. “ I don’t-” Jeremy started again only to be cut off by Jena. “ He’s sitting over there. He’s the boy in the purple with the dark hair and glasses.” “ Jena really I-” Jeremy got interrupted again by Jake. “ Aw little dudes got a crush.” Jake teased. “ S-stop.” Jeremy blushed. “ Go talk to him.” Jake said. “ W-what! Jake I can’t, I mean, I c-can’t. I don’t-” “ Dude its easy. It’s all about confidence. Just go talk to him.” Jake said. “ Do it do it do it do it do it do it!” Jena chanted Rich joined in the chanting. “ Do it do it do it do it do it!” they said almost yelling. “ Ok jeez. But what do I even say?” Jeremy asked desperate for them to stop there teasing. “ I’th eathy jutht tell him that he exicteth you thexualy.” Rich said. “ Rich what the fuck no.” squeaked Jeremy. “  Honthty ith the key dude.” “ Don’t listen to him. Just go say hi.” Jenna smiled. “ And then what?” asked Jeremy. “ Ask him if him and his friends wanna hang out with us.” Jeremy got up and slowly walked over to Michael's table. Why was he shaking so much. Why was he so nervous. He was almost at the table he was debating running back to his own table and not bothering him. Christen saw him and waved. No going back now.

“ Hey Jeremy what’s up.” Christen smiled. “ Hey Christen, Brooke. Hey M-Michael.” Jeremy stutterd. Michael turned around and smiled at him. “ S-shit. He has dimples. That’s adorable” Thought Jeremy. How had he not noticed that before. “ So what’s up?” Brooke asked. “ Oh nothing really I’m just here with some friends from work.” Jeremy said looking down. “ Cool, you guys wanna hang out with us?” Christen asked. “ Oh, yeah that sounds cool I’ll ask them.” Jeremy said shocked that she had really asked him that. He walked back to his table quickly. “ So how did it go?” Jena asked. “ They asked if we wanted to hang out.” Jeremy sad still in a mid state of shock. “ Nice tell them will be right over after we finish eating.” Jena smiled.

After they had all finished both groups met up and introduced themselves. Jena, Brooke and Christen all seemed to get along well. They went off to Pink and Rich and Jake left to go to Hot Topic leaving Jeremy and Michael alone.

[doctorsawbones]

how did they ruin Cu Chulainn? are you one of those people who thinks that smite should be a historically accurate (my beloved sweet child... it's a mythology game) while you have things like british apollo and isis then you are a fool who just wants to be upset and or offended for the sake of being upset and or offended. Also if you are one of those who thinks that he shouldn't be turning into a monster when that's part of his actual lore, then you are even worse.

No. I understand that it is a mythology game. I’m mad because his kit is sloppy and disjointed. He is legitimately not fun to play. I believe that by trying to pump out gods in the way Ajax has been doing, they haven’t been very good. The same problem arises with Da Ji, whose kit has no synergy. Meanwhile, gods that had more time spent on them (e.g. Ganesha and The Morrigan) are fantastic and interesting and fun to play. 

For instance, let’s look at Cu Chulainn’s kit:

The passive. It’s weird but interesting. I wouldn’t have gone about his berzerk mode in the same way, but this is my favorite part of his kit. It keeps the enemy guessing as to when you’re gonna transform. What I do not like is that ONLY 10% OF HIS MANA IS TRANSFERRED TO HIS HEALTH. That is ridiculous. It is a punishment for choosing items that are incredibly good (e.g. spirit robe, breastplate of valor, even bluestone). It is not worth it to go these items, and it puts the Cu Chulainn at a severe disadvantage because the opponent (unless it’s another Cu Chulainn) will be going those items.

His 1 in regular form is just Skadi’s spear with a root for minions and anti-heal instead of a slow. That’s fine, gods often have similar abilities to other gods, or straight up copy other gods abilities (e.g. Thoth and Isis having somewhat similar ball throwing abilities, Ganesha’s ult copying Old Wa’s ult, etc.) However, this ability is extremely short ranged (something that will be said again in a bit). You cannot even clear the wave safely with this ability, which is kind of bullshit, being that the whole rooting minions thing suggests that you should be using this for wave clear.

In Berzerk form, this is Nike’s Rend, sans protection shred. The root is nice, but both this ability and his normal 1 do little to nothing in terms of damage. 

His 2 is mystical mail that drains your very precious and limited mana (15% of it per .5 sec to be exact). Besides all that, this ability is still HIS BEST ONE FOR WAVE CLEAR. Essentially, in the solo lane, you will never get to go berzerk if you use this ability often, which is counter-intuitive to the kit.

His 3. Oh boy, where do I begin with his 3. It is so short and choppy. It is essentially Xing Tian’s jump, but you can only do it once. And the cooldown is 16 seconds! With max cdr, this would be about 10 seconds, which is too much for his ONLY escape.  In Berzerk, it is LITERALLY Herc’s Driving Strike with LESS DAMAGE! Like, WTF! The stun isn’t even as long!

Finally, his ult is just Sylvanus’ ult without the dot. Now, Knockups are the strongest CC in the game, so that isn’t that bad, besides this being like, the 5th thing in his kit that is another god’s ability. What is bad is that in his Berzerk form, the ult does LESS damage! Even with the tremble it is signifigantly worse than his normal form ult.

The question is WHY WOULD I PLAY HIM? His entire kit save for his passive and his Berzerk ult is literally another character’s ability, but worse! If I wanted to do better, I would pick any of the other characters that his kit is borrowed from and play them. Skadi, Nike, Xing Tian, Hercules and Sylvanus would PROBABLY BE BETTER IN THE SOLO LANE THAN HIM! 

I totally did not expect them to get it 100% accurate. Shit, I think they did a good job with the myth side of things. I did expect them, however, to make him a character that was relatively good. 

That is why I’m mad. The kit isn’t fun, nor is it original, and I was hoping that for Cu Chulainn, a hero that I have been waiting for since the Celtic Pantheon was announced, would be fun to play.

Ganesha was SO GOOD! I was hopeful for Da Ji and was disappointed. Now with Cu Chulainn, im just mad.

[thehierophage]

Holy Day Celebration 3/31/21 e.v.

March 31, 2021 æ.v. 

Dies Mercurii, 

Sol 11° ♈︎ : Luna 26° ♏︎ : ☿︎ : Ⅴⅴⅰⅰi 

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 

The Day of Kaph, the Day of Fortune 

Hebrew Letter: Kaph 

Numerical Value as Letter: 20 

Numerical Value as Word: 100/820 (Kaph+Peh) 

Meaning: Bent or Hollow Hand, Palm, Fist. 

Thoth Card: Fortune (Atu X) 

Alternate Title: The Wheel of Fortune, The Lord of the Forces of Life. 

Image: 

Correspondences: 

Tree of Life Path Association: Key 21 - Netzach to Chesed (from Sephira 7-4) 

Astrological Sign: Jupiter 

Element: - 

Egyptian Godforms: Amoun-Ra 

Geomantic Figure: Square and Rhombus 

Gemstones: Sapphire, Amethyst, Lapis Lazuli 

Perfumes: Ammoniacum, Golden Copal, Mace, Balm of Gilead, Saffron, Ash, all generous and expansive odors 

Plants: Hyssop, Oak, Poplar, Fig, Arnica, Cedar 

Animals: Hart, Eagle, Dolphin, Praying Mantis. 

Colors: 

King Scale – Violet 

Queen Scale – Blue 

Prince Scale – Rich Purple 

Princess Scale – Bright blue rayed yellow 

  The Secret Instruction of the Master:

Follow thy Fortune, careless where it lead thee! The axle moveth not: attain thou that!

Mnemonic:

Sped by its energies triune, the Wheel Of Fortune spins: its Axle's immobile.

Recommended Text for Meditation:

L Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli, Cap. 3

Liber Liberi vel Lapdis Lazuli Adumbratio Kabbalae Aegyptiorum Sub Figura VII

Being the Voluntary Emancipation of a certain Exempt Adept from his Adeptship. These are the Birth-Words of a Master of the Temple. A.˙.A.˙. Publication in Class A. Imprimatur: N. Fra A.˙. A.˙.

III

1. I was the priest of Ammon-Ra in the temple of Ammon-Ra at Thebai. 

 2. But Bacchus came singing with his troops of vine-clad girls, of girls in dark mantles; and Bacchus in the midst like a fawn! 

 3. God! how I ran out in my rage and scattered the chorus! 

 4. But in my temple stood Bacchus as the priest of Ammon-Ra. 

 5. Therefore I went wildly with the girls into Abyssinia; and there we abode and rejoiced. 

 6. Exceedingly; yea, in good sooth! 

 7. I will eat the ripe and the unripe fruit for the glory of Bacchus.

 8. Terraces of ilex, and tiers of onyx and opal and sardonyx leading up to the cool green porch of malachite. 

 9. Within is a crystal shell, shaped like an oyster - O glory of Priapus! O beatitude of the Great Goddess! 

 10. Therein is a pearl. 

 11. O Pearl! thou hast come from the majesty of dread Ammon-Ra. 

 12. Then I the priest beheld a steady glitter in the heart of the pearl. 

 13. So bright we could not look! But behold! a blood-red rose upon a rood of glowing gold! 

 14. So I adored the God. Bacchus! thou art the lover of my God! 

 15. I who was priest of Ammon-Ra, who saw the Nile flow by for many moons, for many, many moons, am the young fawn of the grey land. 

 16. I will set up my dance in your conventicles, and my secret loves shall be sweet among you. 

 17. Thou shalt have a lover among the lords of the grey land. 

 18. This shall he bring unto thee, without which all is in vain; a man's life spilt for thy love upon My Altars. 

 19. Amen. 

 20. Let it be soon, O God, my God! I ache for Thee, I wander very lonely among the mad folk, in the grey land of desolation. 

 21. Thou shalt set up the abominable lonely Thing of wickedness. Oh joy! to lay that corner-stone! 

 22. It shall stand erect upon the high mountain; only my God shall commune with it. 

 23. I will build it of a single ruby; it shall be seen from afar off. 

 24. Come! let us irritate the vessels of the earth: they shall distil strange wine. 

 25. It grows under my hand: it shall cover the whole heaven. 

 26. Thou art behind me: I scream with a mad joy. 

 27. Then said Ithuriel the strong; let Us also worship this invisible marvel! 

 28. So did they, and the archangels swept over the heaven. 29. Strange and mystic, like a yellow priest invoking mighty flights of great grey birds from the North, so do I stand and invoke Thee! 

 30. Let them obscure not the sun with their wings and their clamour! 

 31. Take away form and its following! 

 32. I am still. 

 33. Thou art like an osprey among the rice, I am the great red pelican in the sunset waters. 

 34. I am like a black eunuch; and Thou art the scimitar. I smite off the head of the light one, the breaker of bread and salt. 

 35. Yea! I smite - and the blood makes as it were a sunset on the lapis lazuli of the King's Bedchamber. 

 36. I smite! The whole world is broken up into a mighty wind, and a voice cries aloud in a tongue that men cannot speak. 

 37. I know that awful sound of primal joy; let us follow on the wings of the gale even unto the holy house of Hathor; let us offer the five jewels of the cow upon her altar! 

 38. Again the inhuman voice! 

 39. I rear my Titan bulk into the teeth of the gale, and I smite and prevail, and swing me out over the sea. 

 40. There is a strange pale God, a god of pain and deadly wickedness. 

 41. My own soul bites into itself, like a scorpion ringed with fire. 

 42. That pallid God with face averted, that God of subtlety and laughter, that young Doric God, him will I serve. 

 43. For the end thereof is torment unspeakable. 

 44. Better the loneliness of the great grey sea! 

 45. But ill befall the folk of the grey land, my God! 

 46. Let me smother them with my roses! 

 47. Oh Thou delicious God, smile sinister! 

 48. I pluck Thee, O my God, like a purple plum upon a sunny tree. How Thou dost melt in my mouth, Thou consecrated sugar of the Stars! 

 49. The world is all grey before mine eyes; it is like an old worn wine-skin. 

 50. All the wine of it is on these lips. 

 51. Thou hast begotten me upon a marble Statue, O my God! 

 52. The body is icy cold with the coldness of a million moons; it is harder than the adamant of eternity. How shall I come forth into the light? 

 53. Thou art He, O God! O my darling! my child! my plaything! Thou art like a cluster of maidens, like a multitude of swans upon the lake. 

 54. I feel the essence of softness. 

 55. I am hard and strong and male; but come Thou! I shall be soft and weak and feminine. 

 56. Thou shalt crush me in the wine-press of Thy love. My blood shall stain Thy fiery feet with litanies of Love in Anguish. 

 57. There shall be a new flower in the fields, a new vintage in the vineyards. 

 58. The bees shall gather a new honey; the poets shall sing a new song. 

 59. I shall gain the Pain of the Goat for my prize; and the God that sitteth upon the shoulders of Time shall drowse. 

60. Then shall all this which is written be accomplished: yea, it shall be accomplished.

Love is the law, love under will.

[ask-the-phan-site]

The Bejeweled Princess of Vanity

>It’s time.

Let’s knock the rocks of that girl.

A beautiful heist awaits us as we take such a sparkling Treasure.

It has to be if she’s such an empress.

Then we’re off! Next stop: The Beverly Hills Teens Club!

>Mona becomes our van and we head off to steal the heart of Bianca Dupree.

>The Teen Club in Beverly Hills, California. The Teens were discussing about the calling card we sent.

Are you sure you’ll be fine, Bianca? That calling card looked really real.

Oh, please. I’m not scared of a little slip of red paper.

It’s the people who sent it that worries us most, my dear Bianca.

He’s right. After what happened in New York and that Sugimura guy in Tokyo, I think we can honestly say this is no joke.

Bianca: Oh, Troy. I’m so glad that you’re worried about me. But I’m sure we’ve got nothing to worry about. They’re just a bunch dorks in silly masks.

She’s stubborn. That’s for sure.

Larke: I wish Chester was still here. He might find a way to deal with this.

Troy: I know. I sure miss the little guy. But then he moved away.

NOTE: In reality, Chester McTech’s voice actor, Sean Roberge, died in a car accident.

Larke: Me, too... And I know you miss him most of all, Pierce.

Pierce: (a little misty eyed) I respected him a lot and he was really sweet to my little sister. And... I kinda liked him, too.

Bianca: Well, while you people are busy bowling over Chester, I’ll be going pool side.

Troy: (a little irritated) How could you be so cold?

Bianca: I’m not cold... I’m a hot mama.

>Everyone, even the normally faithful Wilshire, was starting to get upset. But the one who was more upset by Bianca’s words... Was Pierce.

Pierce: (getting up from his chair) How could you!? ... YOU BETTER APOLOGIZE TO CHESTER!

Bianca: Oh, shove it, you damn womanizer.

???????: If that’s what you think, then you should shove it.

The Teens: !

>A red wave passes over them and the Teens were now in what looked like an Egyptian palace where the marking on the walls appeared to depict their days together with their friends... But they were mostly of Bianca. Speaking of which, when Larke, Troy, Wilshire, and Pierce looked to see Bianca, they were in for a big surprise...

Oh dear. Didn’t think they would strike this soon.

Wilshire: (surprised and shocked) M- Miss Bianca!?

Shadow Bianca: That’s Princess Bianca to you, peasant!

Cognitive Wilshire: How dare you speak to her grand majesty like that!

Larke: This can’t be happening, can it?

?????: I’m afraid it is. This is how Bianca Dupree truly sees herself. A dark hearted monarch who cares only for herself and looks down on others.

Shadow Bianca: You dare speak of me that way!?

???: We speak only of the truth.

?????: You, however, just look away from it.

>Suddenly, sarcophagi open and we jump out to reveal ourselves. (Wilshire was surprised.)

Joker: Target: Bianca Dupree.

You have tormented your fellow students all to settle your own vanity.

We can no longer overlook all of the bad deeds that you have done.

You think that because you have so much money and power at your disposal, you can rule this town with an iron fist? I don’t think so.

You hide behind such a pretty face so no one can see the true ugliness of your soul.

You take people hopes and dream, you kill them, and bury them in this tomb... And I thought I had problems.

Panther: And you do it all just for that one boy.

Fox: Troy Jeffries has a kind big heart he can share with anyone, yet you desire it all for yourself that you would turn away a man who would risk his own life for you.

Mona: So for their sake to protect them from your cruelty, we will take the distortion that is the source of your darkness.

Joker: We won’t let you put others down so you can raise up. We will take your Treasure and you will finally end your wicked ways.

Shadow Bianca: Wicked ways? I’m merely just reminding them of their place. And it’s clear that you have forgotten yours.

Panther: Have we now? Do you even know what our place is? Because right now...

We’re exactly where we need to be.

Shadow Bianca: You little hussy! If you wish to treat this beautiful goddess like a villain... So be it. Now I’m a villain. Wilshire!

Cognitive Wilshire: Yes, O great goddess.

Wilshire: I can’t believe this is how she sees me. Does she have no care and affection for me, the only one who actually likes her?

Shadow Bianca: You? Don’t make me laugh, darling. Who in their right mind would actually care about you? You’re just the help.

>Wilshire was starting to look down, until...

Pierce: That’s not true. He does have people who care about him.

Larke: As much as I can’t believe it, but Pierce is right. We care about Wilshire. We in the Teen Club actually care for one another.

Troy: We’ve put up with how you usually act for so long. But now, having seeing this. Seeing how you truly are... We don’t know what to think of you anymore.

Pierce: But here’s what I think. I think you’re just a selfish cow who has never known love or friends ship... I feel sorry for you.

Shadow Bianca: Enough talk out of you. You will now suffer the consequences of going against me! I sentence you... TO DEATH!

>With that, the darkness covers the Shadow and it takes on it’s other form.

Wilshire!

Cognitive Wilshire: As you desire!

>The cognition also changes form.

>The Teens were a little shaken by the appearances of the Shadows... However, Pierce was mostly unfazed.

Oracle: Time to work. Persona!

>Necronomicon scans the two Shadows.

Oracle: Got it! Isis is weak to Psychokinesis and Horus is weak to Fire. Noir, Panther, you’re on!

Noir: We won’t fail. We can do this.

Panther: We’ll give it all we’ve got. Persona!

Noir: Persona!

Mona: I’ll fight along side you, Panther. Persona!

>I change Personas.

Joker: Persona!

Larke: Wow!

Troy: That’s... Amazing.

Wilshire: Kinda wish I had one of these... Personas. Is that right? My Japanese isn’t very good.

Pierce: Actually... Same here.

Maybe.

>Carmen uses Agilao on Horus. It was enough to knock him down.

Baton Pass!

>Milady uses Psio on Isis. It knocks her down as well.

Hold Up!

Isis: Oh! This is all your fault, Wilshire! You should have protected me better!

Horus: Forgive me great one! I wasn’t strong enough.

Wilshire: That’s not true! Don’t let her talk to you that way!

Horus: But I must! It is my duty!

Noir: You don’t even know what that is. But the real you does. Time to punish them!

>After the attack, the two Shadow were still up. Milady uses Psio again. However, Horus dodges it.

Horus: See, Princess Bianca, I can be good, too.

Isis: Good... But not impressive.

Pierce: Hmph! As if you know what impressive is.

Mona: Well said. Take care of them, Zorro!

>Zorro uses Miracle Punch on Horus. It was hard, but not enough to knock him down. Then, Kaiwan uses Psio on Isis. But she dodged it.

Isis: You will find that fighting a royal shall not be easy.

>Isis uses Makarakarn on herself. Using spells on her won’t be so easy if she can reflect it. Then, Horus uses Diarama on Isis.

Joker: Noir, better let me take care of the shield on Isis.

Noir: Are you sure? I can resist it.

Joker: You need to save your energy in case we need to go big.

Noir: Right. I trust you.

>Carmen uses Concentrate to boost her next spell. Noir simply defends herself. As does Mona. As for me, I have Kaiwan use Psio on Isis and the shield reflects it back at me. It was hard, but I took it good.

Isis: Nice plan... But you may have to do it without your little friend.

>Isis uses Zionga on Mona. It knocks him down.

Isis: Wilshire, finish him!

Horus: As you wish, your majesty.

>Horus uses Hamaon on Mona. It’s lowers his health to 1. Then, he attacks again and finishes Mona off.

Mona: Owie!

Joker: Hold on, Mona.

>Carmen uses Agidyne on Horus. It knocked him down good that it even burned him. Panther then defends herself. Milady also uses Psiodyne on Isis. It knocks her down.

Noir: This one’s for Mona!

>After the attack, Isis and Horus were still up, but Horus was now getting weaker. I use a Revivadrin to revive Mona.

Mona: Thanks, Joker. Panther, forgive me. They caught me off guard.

Panther: It’s alright, Mona. You did your best.

Pierce: See, Bianca? They’re forgiving him for his mistakes and are nice about it. But you just push poor Wilshire because it pleases you.

Isis: Just shows how you know... After all, you were a bit like that... with Chester.

>Pierce becomes quite.

Wilshire: Miss Bianca, don’t you think that’s a little harsh?

Troy: That’s right. Leave Chester out of this.

Isis: Do you really think I care?

>Isis uses Diarama on herself. Horus also uses Diarama... But he uses it on Isis, fully restoring her health.

Mona: He’s not even healing himself. He must really be devoted to her to the point where he doesn’t even care for himself.

Wilshire: I can’t believe it. How could she? Now seeing this, I feel like a fool. To think... I actually liked her, unaware that I was just the help to her. What a fool am I.

Joker: But now you know... So what will you do now?

Wilshire: What?

Joker: Now that you know the truth, what will you do now?

Wilshire: ...

Horus: I’ll tell you what he will do. He’s going to bow his head and worship his princess whether he likes it or not.

Wilshire: ... No!

Isis: What was that?

Wilshire: I had been so blinded by your beauty that I couldn’t see that you were snuffing out my own light. I should have been more careful about what my heart says. It says I should still care about you... But there are times where it will say that enough is enough... It’s saying that now.

Isis: You damn insane fool. You will pay for your transgression.

Panther: You’ll have to get past us first.

>Carmen uses Maragidyne. Isis dodged it, but it knocked down Horus.

Mona, finish him!

Baton Pass!

Let’s do it, Zorro!

>Zorro uses Garudyne on Horus. With that, Horus was gone.

Wilshire: Farewell... Old me.

Isis: He was a worthless fool anyway. No matter, you will all be joining him soon. Time to show you just how much Daddy’s money can buy. Come forth!

>Two more Shadows appear.

Noir: Thrash them, Milady!

>Milady uses Mapsiodyne. Only one of the Thoths got hit while the others dodged it. Noir then passes the baton to me and Kaiwan uses Mapsio. They still dodged it.

Mona: This looks bad. Joker, we better defend ourselves.

>We did just that. Then the knocked down Thoth comes back up and uses Freila on Noir. It knocks her down. It takes another shot at her.. Then, the other Thoth uses Freila also on Noir and she is KO’d. Then, it uses Taunt on Mona which enrages him.

Panther: Hold on, Noir, Mona. We’ll help.

Isis: I don’t think you’ll have the chance.

>Isis uses Zionga on Panther and left her shocked. She could move the next turn.

Mona: (screaming in rage)

>He had Zorro use Lucky Punch, but it missed. I just realized that I forgot to get items for things like this... Ironic since my currant Persona resists Forget. So for now, Kaiwan uses Marakunda to weaken their defenses.

 Isis: Now finish that pretender to my tiara.

>One of the Thoths use Freila on Panther which was super effective on her since she was shocked. The other one does the same and now Panther was KO’d. Now Mona was even more pissed and attacked one of the Thoths. It took a good amount, but not enough to take it down.

Joker: I may not items, but I better snap Mona out of it.

>I change Personas.

Joker: Persona!

>Norn uses Amrita Drop on Mona and cures him of his Rage.

Isis: I’m afraid you’ll find that no matter what you do now, I will come out the winner. The one with the most power and money will always win.

>Isis uses Zionga on Mona which knocks him down and shocks him. She then uses it on me. I was shocked too.

Isis: Now, my apes, finish these thieves once and for all!

Larke: This is bad.

Troy: Bianca, stop! You’ll kill them!

>Troy tries to get closer to stop her.

Stop! Don’t come any closer!

>Too late. Two cages fall. Pierce and Wilshire managed to get away, but Larke and Troy both get captured.

Isis: Just wait there, Prince Troy, I’ll be with you in a second.

Pierce: Bianca, this is getting out of hand! I may not know what going on here, but at this rate, people are going to die!

Isis: What’s this? Pierce “The Narcissist” Thorndyke III is actually caring about people other than himself?

Pierce: There are times even I know when enough’s enough.

Isis: Are you sure? Or maybe... You’re trying to prove that you can do things without that tiny ass dork to supply you with his fancy toys.

Pierce: (irritated) Don’t you dare talk about him that way!

Isis: Is that so? ... He doesn’t seem to mind.

>Suddenly, a sarcophagus open... and out comes a kid.

Pierce: (surprised) Th- That’s...

...

Larke: Chester!? What are you doing here!?

Chester?: ...

Troy: Come on, man! Say something!

Isis: (cruel giggling) You’ll find that he only listens to me.

Pierce: You monster! What have you done to him!?

>Pierce tries to get closer to the thing that looks like his friend

We said stop! Whoever he is, it’s not really him! It’s just a cognition! A replica made in Bianca Dupree’s Palace!

Isis: How perceptive of you, detective. Yes, it’s just a dummy mummy I made. If it were real... I’d feel pleasure doing this.

>Isis uses Agilao which burns the cognition until there was nothing left... Pierce and Wilshire just stared in shock... Some tears even started coming from their eyes.

Isis: (maniacal laughing) The looks on your faces! Priceless.

Pierce: (tearing up and angry) You... You bitch! How could you scare us like this!?

Wilshire: (same thing) And to think... I actually liked you. But now, I see the true you.

Isis: And this coming from two idiots who hardly do anything whenever an adventure shows up. You always need me or Chester just to get even noticed by anyone.

Pierce and Wilshire: ...

Larke: (also on the verge of tears) That’s not true! Pierce, Wilshire, you two are just as important to our adventures as anyone.

Troy: I know Wilshire is just the driver, but the best one we’ve ever known. You’re kind and you always think of other before you self.

Wilshire: You... You really mean it?

Larke: And you, Pierce, I know you’re not the ladies’ man you make yourself out to be, but you have a good heart and there are time that you care more about others before yourself. Especially your little sister.

Pierce: ...

Troy: I know that if Chester saw the kind of person you’ve become, I’m sure he would be really proud.

Pierce: He... He would?

Joker: (still able to speak) Your friends believe in the both of you. Trust in that, and you conquer anything. Whatever bad things you’ve done in the past, you’ve moved beyond it.

Now you just have to believe in yourselves as well.

Pierce and Wilshire: ...

Isis: Sorry, I was getting sleepy from your annoying prattling. Now if you don’t mind, I’d like to get this over with, I have an appointment with my hairdresser in five.

>The two Thoths were prepared to attack me and Mona when...

Pierce and Wilshire: NO!!!

>The two young men stand between us.

Pierce: It’s true. I’m nothing without Chester to back me up.

Wilshire: And I’m nothing without Bianca telling me what to do.

Pierce: But now we’ve moved passed that. We can find our own reason to go on.

Wilshire: Without Chester having to work himself to the bone for us. And without you to bully us around.

Pierce: So Bianca, you can take your jewels and shove it.

Wilshire: And while you’re at it...

Pierce and Wilshire: LEAVE US ALL THE HELL ALONE, YOU STUPID BITCH!

>...

Voice in Pierce’s head: It’s about time. We thought you’d never take the hint.

Voice in Wilshire’s head: Yes. I can feel it, too. Now we can ride.

>The two young men hold their head in pain as their eyes turn golden... Could it be?

Voice in Pierce’s head: You accepted your flaws and now rise to the occasion...

Voice in Wilshire’s head: Even in the shadows, you chose to stand up for your beliefs and fought back against the ones who have wronged you...

Voice in Pierce’s head: She has used beauty as a mask to hide her foul stinking heart... But you can unmask it now...

Voice in Wilshire’s head: You both have held in your true feelings and now can let it go... If so, then our contracts have now been formed...

Voices in Pierce’s and Wilshire’s heads: I am thou... Thou art I...

Voice in Pierce’s head: Come, let us spread our wings and take flight against this injustice!

Voices in Wilshire’s head: You have held back for too long, now it’s time to take action and help your true friends!

>In a flash, the two men where now wearing masks. Pierce wore a mask that was green with a picture of a hornet on top. Wilshire wore a simple black mask but is definitely more than meets the eye. Then, they both grabbed their masks and painfully removed them from their faces. When they did, both were in masses of flaming blue energy. When it was over, the first thing we noticed was this...

>Behind Pierce was what looked like a man with six arms, some of them had guns and knives, wearing a green trench coat, a green fedora, wings that look like they belong to a hornet, and wearing a mask similar to what Pierce had on. As for Pierce, he was dressed in a similar manner but with some black designs on the coat, green pants, black shoes and black gloves.

>With Wilshire, behind him is a tiny man dressed in a black chauffeur uniform holding a staff and also had hornet wings, making him look like a fairy. Wilshire was dressed the same way as well.

It’s just as I thought.

Isis: Big deal, so you both have superpowers now. It’s going to take more than that to stop me.

>The two Thoths prepare use Megido on the two new Persona Users. However, Pierce’s Persona uses Mapsiodyne to knock the two Shadows down. Then, Wilshire’s Persona uses Mabaisudi to cure me and Mona of being shocked.

Pierce: You were saying, Dupree?

Wilshire: Are you two alright?

Mona: We are now, thanks to you guys.

Isis: No! You shall not go against your princess!

Pierce: You may be rich like a princess, but you sure don’t act like it.

Wilshire: So it’s time for an upraising. Us and the Phantom Thieves.

Isis: (angry) How dare you! Guards, seize them!

>The two Thoths get back up.

Pierce: Let’s do this together, Wilshire.

Wilshire: I’m with you all the way, Pierce. Let’s drive on through, Kato!

Pierce: Spread your wings and fly, Reid!

>While Queen and Skull take Noir and Panther to safety, Mona, Pierce, Wilshire, and myself fight Isis and her Shadows. First, Zorro uses Mediarahan to heal us all to full health. I change Personas.

Joker: Persona!

>Forneus uses Mapsiodyne. It hits the two Thoths, but Isis dodges it. Reid uses Psiodyne on Isis and it knocks her down.

Pierce: Now, let’s move!

Joker: My thought exactly.

>After the attack, Isis was still up, but the two Thoths were gone.

Wilshire: Now let’s see what I can do.

>Kato uses Hysterical Slap. It was enough to enrage Isis.

Isis: Grr! You will DIE!

>Isis uses Agilao on me. Luckily, I dodged it. Zorro uses Miracle Punch, but it wasn’t enough to get her down. Forneus uses Psiodyne. It knocks her down.

Isis: You- You can’t! I am the the princess! I ALWAYS WIN!

Wilshire: Not the this time, Bianca... Just like the other times.

Joker: Let’s finish this!

>After the attack, the Shadow resumes her human form and a light comes out of her.

Mona: The Treasure is ours, gentlemen.

>I take the Treasure. It looked like a tiara.

Larke: (after being freed from the cages with Troy) A tiara? I guess that’s no surprise.

Skull: Man, this girl really was born with a silver spoon in her mouth.

Pierce: (in his mask again) Not really. Take a closer look.

Fox: He’s right. Upon further inspection...

>We looked closely at the tiara...

Plastic!?

Wilshire: (also masked) That’s Bianca first tiara.

Larke: Contrary to how you Japanese view rich Californian teens, we’re not given fancy things like real jewelry when we’re young. We have to wait a few years.

Joker: Really? Guess Bubbly Hills isn’t as realistic as they claim to be.

Mona: But at least you gained some Charm out of it.

Shadow Bianca: I only wanted the attention my mother and father have. They gave me that tiara so I can become the ruler of my own little kingdom. And I sought to expand it all over Beverly Hills... Maybe even the rest of the world.

Joker: You can do that, but do it in a way that makes others happy and not just yourself. Any real royal know that.

Queen: Rule over others as they would rule over you.

Shadow Bianca: I guess... I guess you’re right. I should be a little more nicer to others and trying to make them happy instead of trying to control them. Especially Troy who clearly already has another in his heart.

Troy: That’s good to hear. Just try not to forget it.

Shadow Bianca: I will. And... I’m sorry about Chester. For a kid, he was a good man.

Pierce: Indeed he was.

>With that, the Shadow returns to her true self. Then, we make our leave as well.

>The next day at the Teen Club, we were watching the news.

News Reporter: Earlier this morning, Bianca Dupree, daughter of millionaire, Benjamin Dupree, had just confessed to multiple accounts of blackmail, harassment, and abuse. Many believe that she had a change of heart when her property was searched only to find a calling card. When asked his opinion on the matter, Mr. Dupree said, “No comment.” Bianca Dupree is currently under psychiatric evaluation and will be excused from school for the time being. More news as it developed.

Another heist down!

And we even got two more members out of it.

Wilshire: Really? Me and Pierce are Phantom Thieves now?

Well you guys can wield Personas. And you guys can keep a secret, can you?

Pierce: Oh, we will. Besides, I don’t think anyone’s going to believe that we met a talking cat.

Troy: That’s true.

Well, if you guys are Phantom Thieves now, first thing we’ve gotta come up with are code names. I’m thinkin’ Bug for Thorndyke and Fist for Brentwood.

That’s a little too crude.

Pierce: I agree. Luckily, C.A.D., my computer, helped me find a good code name. I’ll go by Cash.

Troy: Who are you? Buck?

Pierce: ... Good point.

Ren, how about you find some good code names for our newest members.

To be honest... I think Wing for Pierce and Driver for Wilshire sound good.

We’re going for something literal. That’s quite bold.

Wilshire: I actually like the sound of that. Driver. Since I can drive on through any difficulties.

Ren: That’s true.

Pierce: And I think Wing is good, too. Guess I’m destined to fly the skies.

Troy: If you can be more careful with how you go after girls.

Larke: And what about me and Troy? I know we don’t have these Personas you talk about, but we want to be of some help.

Wilshire: Can they?

Pierce: Larke and Troy are our closest friends. What do you say?

Ren: ... I say...

You found your first Confidants.

>It’s true. I can sense that Pierce and Wilshire can sense it.

I am thou, thou art I… Thou hast acquired a new vow.

It shall become the wings of rebellion that breaketh thy chains of captivity.

With the birth of the Lovers Persona, I have obtained the winds of blessing that shall lead to freedom and new power…

Larke: I get the feeling that’s true.

Troy: Yeah, same here.

Larke: So, what are you going going to do with that plastic tiara.

Pierce: Let’s just say... I now know what to get Jillian for her birthday soon.

Larke: Really? I’m sure she might like it. Just hope it doesn’t make her distorted like Bianca was.

Ren: I’m sure. That’s what her big brother is for.

Pierce: (smiling) You bet.

>We spend the whole day chatting, getting to know our newest members before we had to return. I say this was another successful heist.

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Hello, Storytellers~

Summer's in full swing! (Which is great, but up here it's kinda chilly. What gives?!) It's sunny, it's warm, it's beach season and we couldn't be happier! Summer is the season of high energy and high muse - which means lots of plotting, lots of writing! But don't forget to go outside for the occasional ten seconds of fresh air. <3

Welcome to our blog’s first newsletter! From hereon in, we’ll be submitting it every month on the first. Keep an eye out!

THE WELCOME WAGON

We're welcoming a total six new candidates this month! Say hello if you see them in the cbox! March, as brought by Shade! She's looking at the Obsidian King~ Cam, who has expressed interest in Dorothy! Gen, looking at the Merry Men of Robin Hood! Leopard, who totally slipped in under the radar - if you see this one, nab them and say hi! Rosary, a friend of Nico's! Shelby, who found us through an ad on tumblr! Last minute Zira, an old friend of Carma's, who's dragging York along with her!

IN THE WORKS

We're looking at fae, Egyptians and fairytales this month! Be sure and take a look at these apps, and stay tuned to see them complete~

March's Rauvelore ap Ievos

Gengar's Iollas Dacan

Hakuna's Osiris

Shelby's Maddie Hathaway

Nico's Alice Liddell

Though there's not yet an app, Rosary has a character named Lucy Seeker in the works! Wonder what she's all about!

ENTERING THE STAGE

We had a whole slew of characters joining us in May, including a grand total three canines, a feline, a few immortals and a Night Mare.

Ocean's Cafe Noir

Skel's Averin Lucida

Bass Invader's Pestilence

Spotteh's Gregorio Pantaleon

Momo's Pippa McBride

Micken's Ranger

Reed's Cerberus

Moulder's Pretty Boy

Lloydy's Asheton Hollins

Lulu's Jack Dawson

WANTED CHARACTERS

Of all the Big Five, a couple are still in need of filling! Those are North, the Guardian of Wonder, and Sandman, the Guardian of Dreams. Further, we'd like to take a moment to remind people of the Wanted Ads out there~ If you're musing on a character idea, take a look at the Wanted Ads out there to see if there are any roles your idea can fill! Don't hesitate to poke people and see if they're willing to be flexible on what they've got!

SITE UPDATES

It's Summer Skin time! As before, you have the option to choose between a DAY skin and a NIGHT skin. Go to your User Control Panel, and on the left-hand side, look for skin preferences! You should see SUMMER DAY and SUMMER NIGHT available. Special thanks go to Ionahi of tumblr, who we commissioned for the artwork in both skins! Tumblr Features: Starting this month we are opening up a new thread for Wanted Ad features! Those of you who would like a wanted ad featured on our tumblr page, post in that thread with the requested information! A single member can request a specific wanted ad once a month. That same member can request different wanted ads once every week. Guides: The community has done it again, giving us two new guides to pore over! First we have Shade's Guide to the Fae, formatted in a google doc, and second, Momo gave us the Land of Sweets from the Nutcracker. NPC Character Gudielines: Staff is going to be slightly revising the role that NPC characters are able to take! This shouldn't affect anyone currently, it will simply help to give a more distinctive boundary between "full character" and "NPC character", as we don't currently have much to distinguish them.

THE STORY SO FAR

The Starlit Masquerade is underway! So far most of the guests have arrived in some fashion; some have partnered off for a dance, while the rest are simply chatting it up in....what we can only hope is civil discussion. But soon, they will be joined by their most gracious host, with words on the Guardians! I wonder what all will be said - and how might that information be used by less savoury sorts? Could the Anti-Guardians be gleaning information from their enemies, even now?

SPOTLIGHTS

Momo's Poesy: If you've heard anything about the power struggle in New York's gang community, this girl's at the center of it. The gang scene has been severely shaken up ever since Poesy decided to dig her claws into it; she's clever, she's crazy, and she's on her way to the top. Moulder's Volker: This is a man who's lived a long life haunted by his family's curse. Male members of the family are possessed, through each generation, by a demon of sorts known as Oor, who turns the host into a sociopathic cannibal. With a son of his own, he's looking for a way to free himself of the curse before it passes on to his child.

GOSSIP INSIDER

Know the tricky thing about masks and code names? All the good gossip is speculation until everything is revealed! That said, the gossip rags are soaking up spilled tea everywhere! Let's wring 'em out and see what we can find out~ A masked lady in blue and silver was asked to dance by a dashing man in green - are those robes? Who wears robes in this day and age? And who taught this man to dance? He's crushed the lady's delicate toes! Wow, did you see the gown on that woman with the horned mask? The one with the emeralds and gold? Whew, she looks like she belongs in the Palace, that's for sure! But it also looks like she'd found her place with Mr. Tall-Dark-and-Handsome over there~ Now there's an energetic duo on the dance floor! She's clad in gold and he in white, but if you squint a bit... I think - maybe - one of them is glowing? Perhaps it's just a trick of the many lights... Yeah, that's it. Couldn't possibly be...? Could it? Overheard in the Amber Room: two ladies discussing how overwhelming the party is! They're not wrong; the party is being held in one of the grandest locales in Russia, is being hosted by a being that hasn't been seen in several years, and no one knows who anyone is! It's the very definition of the word, but fear not, ladies - everything will be okay. Just enjoy the party~ Overprotective Chaperone Alert!! Hyperion has found himself in the company of two unchaperoned young women and is, apparently, very upset about this! So much so, in fact, that when one of the dates finally appeared, he was very curt with him. There's still one date missing and he seems to be silently fuming about this. WHAT KIND OF STRANGE DOG IS THAT?! It's not like any dog we've ever seen, folks, and I'm willing to bet that it's not a real dog! Honestly, we're still wondering how it even got in and to whom it belongs, but the guy in red seems to know it... Speaking of the guy in red... RABASTAN! That's his name! Yeah, he was overheard saying some rather rude things to a lady - granted, her words weren't terribly ladylike - but that was seriously uncalled for! And it just goes to show that words hurt - but fear not, Rasalas! A fellow lady is there to show solidarity and to give advice and comfort. Just let Gemma take care of you, it'll be okay~ Looks like the champagne wasn't enough for some! Arcturus set out to steal some wine and succeeded! Now, with stronger drinks in hands, he and several others in the Cameron Gallery are discussing the other guests in broader terms. People come to the balconies for fresh air and a reprieve, but they tend to leave in pairs - according to one set of loose lips. Several couples have been spotted, but the one that intrigues me the most is the man in the cape and his dazzling lady in blue. She seems tense... wonder why... HOLY MASQUERADE, BATMAN! Gotham City's Dark Knight has been spotted talking to a pirate lass, a pretty lady in yellow, and a gentleman who... ALMOST... got a date! In any case, I hope Batman has an eye on the two gentlemen in the corner; they are lowkey competing with him for the title of 'Most Likely to Brood at a Fancy Party'. And, thus the curtains close on the Starlit Masquerade Gossip Corner~ We shall now resume with our regular programming. There would appear to be an unattended child running around in Burgess with a bag way too big for him. Fortunately, a nice ol' dad is here to help him out. Hey, who said that you have to be a Guardian to have fun? Ginger's throwing her own shindig, and she's got all the really cool people there. Booze and soft drinks around! Seriously, who let Douglas take anyone for a tour around the Moon Clipper? At least Thoth seems to be serious about it... Avast, it's a meeting of pirate folk! Or...well, a former pirate and a cabin boy....girl. Wonder what the Jolly Roger wants with Asheton? Oh jeez, Jamie's gotten himself into the clutches of a rising power in the gang world. And who's there to save the day but one of Ryder's own gang members? Yeah, it's a bit of a hairy mess. Let's hope our belief-less boy comes out okay! Who's that sniffing around the fae world? Why, it's a handsome skeleton~ He's caught the eye of an equally curious hot mom. No, a real hot mom, as in she's on actual fire. It seems our favourite light sprite doesn't understand that wraiths don't like bright glowing girls. She just wants to make a friend, Sab, have a heart! Maidie's in a mess! A mess whose name is Hydra. Whatever dastardly plans does the snake man have for her?! Will she make it out alive?! Ever wonder what training a ditzy light sprite might look like? Well, Deit's about to find out... Tars needs to seriously stop getting caught unawares. It's happened with the wrong person now...wonder if Taer plans to tattle? The friendly mom routine is winding to a close~ Kary is about to learn the true nature of the Beldam. And it's a real shame, too; they were getting along so well. Oor seems to believe he can strike a bargain with the Nightmare King. Could he have anything in his favour, or is it a lost cause? Snow is beginning to uncover the mysteries that lie beneath Roman's mask....just how much will he share? Apparently mouth to mouth isn't an expression of romance in these two cultures; Emil and Sabellius have instead become a strange pair of friends. Or that's the idea, anyway. It's a bird! It's a plane! ...Actually a bird isn't far off, but Daniel's being a superhero again and Kay's left to wonder....huh? Stand aside Emil, there's a new dad for Maidie in town, and his name is Niulang! Well there's no lions or tigers or bears, but there sure is a wolf, and Frollo hates wolves. What's that? She's also a woman? Oh, now he hates her more. Burn the witch, am I right? It seems like the Aquarians are about to get themselves into a bit of a pickle...there's danger on the horizon, and only one of them seems to be aware. Ever wondered why the Guardians think how they do? Pandora's asked the Guardian Expert, Pitch, to explain! Wait.... Hold on, hold on! There's a gunfight by the lake, between two Guardians. Both of you, calm down! You're on the same side! What's this? Childhood friends?! West is about to learn a shocking truth about her sweet friend Pippa. The Lady of the Lake stands before the ruins that brought about the existence of the Stromkarlen. Is there any dark magic here to be revealed? Damn, what a view! Douglas sure knows how to treat a lady to a nice spectacle. I guess there are some perks to living on the moon, eh? An evil scientist and an evil potionmaster have finally met! Only one seems to be even remotely pleased about it.