#​2p error

[2pdreamtale]

I made a big AU and I hope you like it 😘 But my English is very bad, so if there is anything wrong, you can ask me some questions. The name of the story is "Opposite Dream" or "2p Dreamtale" All here The characters have all become 2p. It is a similar AU to Dreamswap, except that many of the original characters have become 2p versions (^-^)

[ask2ps]

I love 2p japan

CHINA: 日本さえ恋がしたいということ、考えられないことではないねぇ。(It’s not unthinkable that even Japan would want love, right?)

JAPAN: 闭嘴。(Shut up.)

[dark-and-kinky-hetalia-scenarios]

Hi!! I love your hcs.. can I ask for some hcs for 2p north italy and reader who is often stressed? Thank you!

Lol, I forgot to add this part. Anyway if you see this part i how you like the hcs <3

He's stressed af too due to the whole mafia boss thing

You would think Luciano would understand these things, since he's always stressed out. Unfortunately this is not exactly the case, he understands that he can get so stressed he just wants to sleep for a while and not do anything

Does that mean he can empathise with other people's stress in a productive/effective way? No, no it does not.

It's not that he doesn't care, it's more that empathising is difficult for him and he's always had to put himself first for survival. Eventually that just became the norm, being of a 2p nature, doesn't help either.

Flavio on the other hand is better at emphasising, he just doesn't care that much about anyone who's not family or a very close friend/partner.

Flavio plays an essential part in getting Luciano to understand that other people have feelings too

Once all that is over (aka Flavio lovingly beats it into Luciano), Luciano will start trying to help

His help does include some sfw and nsfw things, his mood still affects it a bit but at least he's trying

He makes good coffee for you basically from scratch, whether you like coffee or not has no meaning (Flavio points out caffeine might not be good for stress, Luciano shoots him, don't worry he'll be fine)

Luciano does switch to getting gelato for you, you may request flavours. If you don't like gelato he still doesn't care, it's gelato time

It takes a bit of trial and error but eventually he figures out how to help you when you're stressed out (Flavio gets shot a lot and then Luciano has to apologise when he wants his help again, he refuses ofc)

He will also ask you to join him when he wants to sleep away his stress, because having you close to him is nice

He might focus more on you during stress relieving sexy time, but he'll also want you to show the same care towards him when he's stressed

[astralartefact]

NieR Reincarnation x FFXIV Vol.2 Again into Fantasy Character & Weapon Stories

I made a post for the Vol.1 characters here (You can find Rion & 2P in the reblogs)

I was surprisingly lucky and got them all in 6x10 pulls…

Anyways, lore talk.

The weapon stories are based on characters involved in the job quests for Red Mage, Samurai and Black Mage. (I don't have their names in my head right now except for Shatotto)

Zelos is in line with Misos from Vol. 1, but the second story part seems to have a writing error/mistranslation or something?

As far as we know "Two men were the only ones left after the apocalypse" isn't true unless they mean it as "eventually only two men were left" which would imply it's Elidibus.

But also Part 3 and especially "They vowed to bring back their children" sounds much more like Lahabrea to me, especially since it would tie in nicely with the end of Pandaemonium that just released. But at least 3 people were left when he was around, so :/

I mean it doesn't matter, it's probably since they have to be really concise for the weapon story format that they have to sometimes oversimplify things to get the point across and/or something got lost in translation. so let's just ignore the only in that sentence lol

[cecilias-cool-stuff]

A cute math problem from a kdrama (crash course in romance) of all places. Transcription may not be perfect because I could only read the math symbols. Apologies for the raw latex.

Say we have a sequence a_i and a mystery integer p with the following recursion:

a_{n+2} = (a_{n+2})^2/a_{n+1} if n + 1 <= p

or a_{n+1}/2 if n + 1 > p,

And a_1 = 1, and a_2 = 2.

Now suppose that \sum_{n=1}^21 log_2(a_n) = 0.

Find p. Answers below!

First, just out of random curiosity, let's write out some terms computed by hand in the form of 2^n. We get:

a_1 = 2^0, a_2 = 2^1, a_3 = 2^2, a_4 = 2^3, ...

What an interesting and convenient pattern! Convince yourself that it holds until we reach p, at which point the exponents start going down by 1 each step.

Now let's think about the sum itself. Recall that log_2(2^n) = n, so really what the sum is doing is summing up the exponents of the terms in the sequence. Again, how convenient! Now, if we keep that in mind and work out where the exponents start descending (careful of fencepost errors), we figure out that the sum looks like this:

0 + 1 + 2 + ... + p-1 + p + p-1 + ... + 1 + 0 - 1 - ... - m,

where m is appropriately chosen such that there's 21 terms in the sum. Now, recall the formula

1 + 2 + ... + n = n(n+1)/2

Now we can throw that nice formula around a bit to figure out that the sum is actually

p(p+1)/2 + (p-1)p/2 - m(m+1)/2 = 0

There are p + 1 green terms, p blue terms, m red terms, and 21 terms total, so we also know that

2p + 1 + m = 21

In other words,

m = 20 - p

Doing some good old fashioned substitution, we get

p(p+1)/2 + (p-1)p/2 - (20-p)(21-p)/2 = 0

Distributing everything and combining like terms, we get

-p^2 + 41p - 210 = 0

In yet another great convenience, this factors to

-(p-6)(p-35) = 0

p=35 doesn't make sense, so p=6 is our final answer!

[classificationhell]

If I cashapp you $20 rn will you make an Adam fic? 😂😂

Lol I don't have cashapp but I'm not sure how serious this is. I may start a patreon for this though if I get enough traction or interested people and then this'll be like my job so I can justify working on it every day as opposed to just when I have the time to indulge in my writing hobby which is fluctuating at best due to irl reasons and being unable to justify it since it's completely free lol If I go down this route I will use a program to check for grammar and spelling errors so it's more professional and less "I wrote this and read over it twice before posting"

Whatever happens, though, I will eventually get to Adam and 2p! Alastor, though, they may not be in my "regular rotation" schedule as of right now. Sir Pentious is also a possible future option as the little asks I've had involving him are nice and I do love the snake boi, of course that'd have a bittersweet ending considering what canonically happens during the final battle (when he becomes RePentious lol bad joke I only slightly apologize) which is part of why I am so hesitant because it will emotionally wreck me and a lot of my Readers xD

[hkxytech]

Siemens 6GK5202-2BH00-2BD2 Industrial Ethernet Switch

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[hal-boy]

It's still technically Sunday, I'm beating the buzzer with a solid 10 minutes left in the day as I type this up (and it's 11:59 as I post this!)

This week's track is Thiana's Theme from Panel de Pon (1995)... though honestly this write up is both for this track and the game itself.

Now known as the Puzzle League series but originally localized in the US as Yoshi's Tetris Attack, Panel de Pon is an arcade-style puzzle game that is completely unrelated to Tetris. The Japanese release is the only place where the original cast of player-characters, the fairies, are present (the Gamecube remaster in Nintendo Puzzle Collection technically features their descendants, not the original cast.): obviously, the Tetris Attack localization changed all the characters to Yoshi/Mario characters, and later editions of the game have done away with having a cast altogether (booooooooooo). Also, the item Lip's Stick from Super Smash Bros is from the main playable character from this game, if you were ever wondering where that came from.

Thiana the forest fairy is my sister's character favorite to play as, and my favorite is Sherbet the ice fairy (rendered as Sharbet in game, among multiple other name errors). My sister is, uh, notably better at the game than me, and the game is set up so the winner's music plays in 2p mode, so I am typically hearing Thiana's track when I play, lol.

I think this track is so relaxing! It's distinctly chiller than many of the other tracks in the game, which I appreciate. I love the instrumentation, too. The SNES's music was really such a step up compared to the NES, capability wise: I'm always so shocked when I hear an SNES track and it's actually good, lmao.

You can go to Vi/mms/La/ir's Vault to play online if you'd like, no download required, though of course note it it's all in Japanese. If you like giving Nintendo money for subpar services (for some reason) it's also on Nintendo Switch Online.

[ecodweeb]

Electrify America’s growing pains

I’ve been too busying driving to stop and post, but I had to pen some thoughts about Electrify America and their roll out. I’ve been using them a lot lately, and the experience is 3 out of 5 stars…

Let’s start with the bugs I’ve found. First, for some time now, PlugShare has shown two EA sites “coming soon” in Durham and Hillsborough.

I drove out to the Durham location about a week or two before I bought the Hyundai, and not a thing was there. No construction, nothing. Strange… all the other sites had broken ground when they popped up on the map. So, on Friday (the 14th), I checked the Electrify America map like I always do. Lo and behold - they had the Durham location marked as live, and there was a PlugShare check in that confirmed it was operational as of the 13th! Weirdly, both that Hillsborough and Durham sites showed “live” on Friday…

I drove out to address listed for the new location – 3414 Hillsborough Rd in Durham – and there was no Electrify America.  As you can see from the screenshots above, standing at the alleged location of the site the EA app map shows I’m about 9 miles away from it (despite being at the address listed for the site). Thanks to PlugShare, we knew the address of the correct Sheetz – so off we went!

I found the chargers, and 3 of the 4 were operational. The one that wasn’t had physical damage on the front of it. I plugged in long enough to get 1.2kWh of energy and then called customer service to report the location issue. After that, I emailed photos of the damage at the site as they requested and went home to sleep before my long day of volunteering.

Saturday was an action-packed day. My friend, Seth, and I worked at a yard sale benefiting the SAGE program at the LGBT Center of Raleigh. At 11:30, we departed the yard sale and headed towards Florence, SC for a car show with an EV showcase. We stopped off in Lumberton to charge, which is where the next bug reared its ugly head…

I plugged into the first station, but it never recognized the car. I plugged into the second station, and it charged about 7 minutes and then stopped. I moved to a third station, and that one charged the car to completion. I used the app to start the session on all three chargers, and after the charger would say “plug in here,” the app would tell me an error occurred and my charge had failed. Despite that, two of the stations did initiate a charge. The first time it actually started charging, I got the progress indicator in my mobile app. However, the last charging attempt presented me with a charging indicator that showed 0%. I ignored it, until we got to Florence. It was still there, despite the session having ended and both the push notification to the app and the text message said my charging session had ended.

Opening up another site while the “active charging” banner is on screen is quite difficult. It’s one of the criticisms I have about the app. As of this writing, I still have the above stuck on my screen (but EA support emailed me back at 2p today and said they were looking into this).

Also, three of the 5 charging spaces were ICE’d at Florence. I called EA and they said to get the tag # and description of the car and ask the Walmart Customer Service team to page the owner and threaten the car could be towed. Nice idea, but I didn’t test it out. EA really needs to have a predatory towing company to address this.

I also want to talk about Electrify America’s billing policies. They base your tiered pricing on how fast your car says it can theoretically charge upon initial communication with the station. As a rep told me, my Hyundai reports that it can draw 83kW - which puts it in the $0.42/min tier, even though it never exceeds 70kW actual draw (and anything 75kW or less should pay $0.15/minute). I’ve brought  this up three times with Electrify America, and I keep playing phone tag with a woman named Paris who seems like she wants to discuss the issue with me… if we could ever get on the phone together. No one has a direct line in customer service, so I have to go through the queue and request a call back every time I miss her call. It’s beyond infuriating.

So, sometimes my car (and what circumstances determine this, I don’t know yet) will report it can only draw 75kW - which puts it into the $0.15/minute charging bracket. A few weeks ago, coming back from a graduation party in VA, I thought that the car would report different max charging speeds based on the battery’s state of charge. On our trip up, we charged at 49% and 51%, and both times we were in the $0.15/min tier of pricing. On the return, we plugged in at 8% and it was $0.42. I stopped the charge at 52% and reconnected, and it still put me in the $0.42/min tier. That theory is out.

Going to Florence, it was super hot outside. I left the Bluetooth OBD adapter, so I couldn’t monitor the battery temperature on this trip (which I regret). Every charge - and we did a total of 3 - were at the $0.15/min rate. I’d like to think maybe EA has changed their policy, but I know it’s just my car reporting it is charging slower (for whatever reason).

So, yeah, I’ve found two bugs in the EA app/map and I’ve been fruitlessly trying to get a hold of some one higher up to discuss this pricing policy. As the story develops, I’ll update the blog. Stay tuned.

[joeofelix]

atletico de madrid + statistics (part 3) 📈📂🔍

[noun] a collection of numerical facts or measurements, as about people, business conditions, or weather: the science of using information discovered from collecting, organizing, and studying numbers.

[happyflappymoscowbirbpleyyn]

Best friend’s Brother

Prompt two: Rain - “I lied when I said I didn’t need you.”

Pairing: Seychelles/Iceland/2P Estonia

@nordicrareshipsweek

Madis has a crush on Emil. Did anyone know about it? Besides Emil’s brother Lukas, not really. Despite being around Emil’s age, he’d hung around Lukas’ group more. Until he’d finally set eyes on the smaller blond. How it had happened was they (Madis, Beck, Matthias, Tino) were hanging out at Lukas’s house. Emil had come down to get food and something to drink and Madis had spotted him. Lukas had figured something was up when he saw Madis staring in a certain direction.

“Oh, hey little brother.” Emil rolled his eyes. “Hi Lukas.” “Is Michelle still playing the game you gave her?” “Yeah, she loves it.” Madis watched as Emil walked away. “Who’s Michelle?” He asked when Emil was gone. “His girlfriend,” Lukas responded. “She’s from Seychelles.” “Interesting.” Since then, Madis had started hanging around Emil and Michelle more. Emil had found it a bit weird a first, but went along with it afterwards. He chalked it off as Madis wanting more friends his age. Soon it got to the point where Emil had to tell him to back off, he wanted to spend time with just his girlfriend. That’s when they stopped seeing him for a while.

By that, it’d been months and Madis hadn’t been seen. Both Emil and Michelle took notice of this and asked the others about it. Which is when Lukas told them about him liking Emil. Which was when they realized... what if he were added to their relationship? It was Michelle that brought it up first and they both came to the conclusion that they could try a polyamorous relationship if Madis was ok with it. They just had to find him, which may not be so easy. So they set out to looking for the black haired Estonian. During their search, dark storm clouds came in overhead. Was it going to stop them? Nope. Not even when droplets started falling on their heads. Where was he?

Michelle texted Emil saying she found Madis at Toppen bar, so that’s where the Icelander went. When he got there he saw Michelle standing outside. Both are soaking wet. She didn’t say anything, just turned back to look in the window. Emil joined her and saw Madis sitting at the bar with his head down. He’s most likely drunk off his ass. A sigh escaped him. He was just about to go get Madis when the Estonian slowly sat up, paid the bartender, stood up, and walked out the door. Blue eyes look at Emil and Michelle when he finally noticed the two.

“Oh, look who it is,” Madis slurred. He’s drunk. “The two that disnt seem to care about me.” “We were wrong,” Emil said. “Want to try being part of a polyship?” Madis just stared for a moment as he tried to process what was said. “Yeah, ok.” Both Emil and Michelle smile. “Let’s go home.” Madis wouldn’t remember this in the morning.

[hetaliareaction2p]

2p Canada getting affection like

[super-done-dead]

its him

[obeymeluv]

The Baby Assignment [Mammon]

Long time no see everyone! Thanks for being so understanding with the disappearance. We actually had someone quit at work while clinicals were going full swing into week 2 (currently week three, down an employee by one whole week) so I’ve actually been 7A-2P (Mon-Thurs, 7A-noon on Friday) at my internship and going straight to work after (Mon-Saturday) to make up for the missing person. Edit: new person has since been hired but now both hires slack off a ton and things still suck. It’s okay though. I do my job and get my money ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Note: I personally headcannon that Mammon has a broken or busted wing. One is not as good as the other. One of the last bullet points in this piece (about Mammon’s wing) is just my personal expression. I don’t think anything like it is in-game cannon but I wouldn’t know since I’m stuck in the 20′s.

It is late and this is long. There are probably spelling errors. I think he’s the longest one so far.

Time to give Mammon and Mamm-mini some love <3

So Mammon is basically rubbing it in everyone’s faces as you guys walk up to the summoning circle because OF COURSE you’d get paired with YOUR BEST MAN, THE FIRST MAN, THE ONLY MAN worthy of raisin’ a kid with ya!

He starts beading with sweat and getting sick with nerves as he realizes with heart-dropping-into-stomach nausea that it could be a girl. He doesn’t want the child to be a girl because what if it looks like Lilith? That’s a wound that will never heal.

Also, he helped raise all the bros so he has more experience with boys. Fingers crossed for a boy! Those genes seem strong! 

Imagine his surprise when the smoke clears and there’s a damn near copy of him looking up with a glittering golden eye and a toothless gummy smile. The kids kind of chubby but not overly so and HE’S A MILLION DOLLAR BABY, YOU BET’CHA! 

The kid actually has heterochromatic eyes. Looks like he got one from Mammon (a pure golden eye, but maybe the gradient will come in as he gets older?) and one of yours. Everything else is straight up Mammon!

“Am I happy or am I sad?” Asmodeus is fretting, hand to his cheek as Mammon picks up the heart-melting bundle of squish and gummy joy. “It’s basically a mini-Mammon. I don’t have any ugly siblings but...it’s Mammon...”

Thus the child was nicknamed Mamm-mini but Mammon will tell everyone HE came up with the name. Even if he didn’t, it’s basically Mammon’s idea because the kid is a tiny copy of him. He’s the original and he has a Mamm-mini!

Boy’s the Avatar of Greed and he wants to show it off. Mammon has masterful self-control of his emotions compared to the brothers in game and I’d like to think this could be undone only by parent hormones. Like, he becomes insta-parent and devolves to more demon language and is just a mother hen. It’s also because of his history raising the bros

The baby is instantly tucked close to Mammon’s chest as he causally switches to demon form. Mamm-mini pets the sequins by his collar making all kinds of coos and chirps everyone in the Devildom would pay good money for if it came out of one of The Seven Lords.

You learn he is tactile and very quiet. If he can keep a hand on something shiny or interesting, he’ll just stay by it quiet as a mouse.

He seems very interested in you, his eyes big and shiny, but is content to latch onto Mammon. The baby makes a tiny squawk if he can’t see you, but as long as he can, he’s content.

Beel is kind enough to take the trunk back to the House of Lamentation, setting it down gingerly as not to agitate the baby’s new senses, and disappears soon after.

Mammon completely forgets to give the kid a real name (”He already has one! He’s Mamm-mini! Aren’t you, squirt?” but hasn’t put him down since you guys got back. He just absently rocks back and forth on his heels or side to side as he tries to get the baby to play with his finger.

When you insist the baby needs a name and take him from Mammon until he can help you come up with one, suddenly he’s got MILLIONS of names! The baby doesn’t cry when you take him from Mammon and Mammon doesn’t know if he’s happy or offended. He actually thinks it’s annoyingly adorable (read: actually just adorable, like stupid, make-him-a-real-dad-right-now) that you have a lazy stroll around his room to show the baby his shiniest treasures.

Mammon tries to hide the big smile by rubbing his face, pretending to huff and be annoyed but a gurgle of a laugh (a squeal? A growl?) totally melts his heart and sends it soaring. You’re gently moving the baby back and forth so he can see his funny reflection in Mammon’s highly-polished, very-loved car.  

In his heart he knew what he wanted their name to be but it had a tinge of darkness to it and humans probably didn’t even know that lore. The lore around it had also been a bit misconstrued over the centuries, but it was really the only thing on his mind. “Damascus,” is all he says as he watches the baby drum on the car without a care in the world, snorting and squeaky-purring with glee. You ask about the name but he doesn’t answer, just curls a wild strand of Damascus’ hair in effort to fix it a little.

Mammon is suddenly keeper of the snacks. It’s almost alarmingly magical how quickly he can pull a pouch of food puree or juice off his person to feed his little treasure. You are co-keeper of the snack and secretly question how Mammon can keep that much on him.

Damascus is spoiled from the get-go, and not because he’s a tiny Avatar of Greed. His feet hardly ever touch the ground! You swear Mammon needs to hold him more than the kid needs to latch! Weirdly enough, Damascus is totally content with this. As long as he has contact, he’s fine.

The other brothers try to hold him and he’s just not interested. He tolerates it, you think, but he’s very quick to contort himself and reach for you or Mammon. Practically yeowls for the latter’s attention.

By Day 2 he’s warming up to the idea of latching to Lucifer. You and Mammon thinks it’s the gold buttons on his daywear. Both you and Lucifer try to break Mammon’s ‘carry him everywhere’ habit but the kid snarls and locks if someone tries to put him on the ground. He does everything he can not to let his feet touch.

Damascus may not want to walk around but he LOVES to look at things and try to hold them. He’s a BIG TEETHER and everyone thinks he’ll get his fangs early. Bites everything at least once. Beel is convinced Damascus will take after him the most.

By Day 3 he’s still only communicating in chirps and growls but he can recognize you have trouble understanding or talking back in Demon. He’s good at pointing and conveying his needs non-verbally. No one is sure why Damascus doesn’t like to talk. (”He’s part Mammon! Mammon never shuts up!” Satan   says at least once a day. Levi is also shocked). Your notes on The Baby Assignment says this is normal, just not AS normal, and the teacher stresses not forcing verbal communication.

You and Mammon still take Damascus on walks around the House of Lamentation, talking to him as if he’ll talk back. Damascus is good about listening to how to hold things and puts up a hell of a fight if he doesn’t want to give something back. He can usually be consoled or distracted by something that jingles

Damascus’ comfort item is Mammon’s Grimm bag. It’s basically a Grimm coin purse and Mammon is conflicted. That’s HIS coin purse but that’s HIS KID! You were all worried about Damascus trying to gnaw on the Grimm, especially when Beel usually has to be called in to wrestle something from him.

Belphie and Satan get him a baby toy from a brand called ‘Devil’s First Doll’ and it’s a stuffed crow with red eyes. It has some kind of shaker hidden in the bean-filled belly and there’s another smaller shaker held in the beak. The two made EXTRA sure that crow’s beak would never open. This is Damascus’ official comfort item. He needs it all the time.

At the end of Day 3 you and Mammon are taking a small break on the couch after your most recent lap of the House. You both zone out in front of the TV, Damascus humming and clicking to himself as he bops the crow around. Sometimes he’s just shaking it, other times he’s pecking at yours or Mammon’s hand/arm. Mammon waited for Damascus to tap him again and, just to be funny, he takes the toy.   

Mammon was about to mess with his mini like ‘No, it’s my toy!’ because he’s nothing if not a big child at heart, and his kid bites the shit out of him with official fangs. And screeches with all the red-faced indignation of a spurned child, “MINE!”

Mammon is delighted! First word AND first bite?! Super cool, but seriously can someone detach the kid? And get him a band-aid or something? He’s got a nice chunk taken out of his beautiful hand!

You took a picture of the incident (kid still attached and trying to shake Mammon like a ragdoll) and captioned it “#Babysfirstbite”. Mammon was not amused. You just batted your eyelashes and said you were saving ‘proof of activities’ for your grade.

After Day 3, suddenly this kid doesn’t stop talking! Everyone thinks he was just biding his time, maybe listening to how words sound, before speaking. Satan thinks Damascus would’ve been speaking full sentences if Mammon hadn’t triggered him into talking sooner. Right now it’s a lot of clunky one-word, two-word sentences but the intelligence and comprehension is there. The only thing you guys know is that his toy crow is named “Baby.”

Late Day 3-early Day 4 is also when Mamm-mini really starts to take after his father. Suddenly everything is his and Mammon can’t even hold your hand without the kid trying to snatch it back because it’s his. You hear “You’re lucky you’re cute or you wouldn’t be gettin’ away with it!” a lot. Damascus seems to think those threats and finger-pointing are funny. He just laughs at his dad.

Day 4 is spent introducing Damascus to Mammon’s crows now that the kid likes to walk by himself and this boy is IN LOVE. They’re basically a big version of his Baby?! He tries to carry them like Baby but these crows are big and don’t work like that. Damascus cries and the crows cheer him up by bringing him shiny things they’d originally saved for Mammon.

The kid is now realizing the crisis of ‘too much stuff to carry, not enough arms’ and you’re the official Stuff Saver. It gives Mammon an excuse to take the mini out on the town and show him ALL the stuff! Asmodeus became back up Stuff Saver because Lucifer said you had to go with Mammon and the mini to monitor spending.

Damascus’ second-favorite word is “Shinies.” anything remotely shiny is a ‘shinies’. There is no distinction. He says “shinies” every time he sees one and has to point to it. You and Mammon have almost lost an eye several times.

Your eyes are spared when the store associate points out ‘junior carts’ and Damascus gets to push his own buggy. He loves it. Mammon picks out a little treasure chest trinket holder and Damascus keeps it in the buggy the whole time. He seems very happy having something to push in HIS buggy. (#MoneybagsJr)

This little dude is a serious shopper, He doesn’t throw every Shinie in the buggy, but he will stop and pick up things, feel on them, and maybe sneak a test bite if he thinks you guys won’t lecture him again. If he likes it, he tucks it gently in the treasure chest and looks for more stuff. 

Mammon ends up spending more than usual but you guys have matching engraved necklaces, at least. 

Mamm-mini is happy to rush back home and organize his treasures. Totally cons Asmo out of some empty perfume bottles or used-up lipstick containers that looked nice enough to be his. Damascus has very powerful puppy eyes and Asmo’s actually a sucker for his fake nephew.

You take a picture of Damascus by his treasure hoard and text it to Mammon with the caption ‘Our little treasure with his treasures.’ Mammon, of course, has to rub this in all the bros’ faces. Asmodeus puts it out on Devilgram and it’s eaten up! Yours and Mammon’s D.D.D practically go off all night with booking offers.

Damascus is not happy and, like Mammon, can only be consoled or get any real sleep by sleeping on you (or at least with half-body contact). Mammon is accidently kicked in the face while his beautiful boy is in a dead sleep, snorks, and rolls over to cuddle back into you. He can hate the bruise but not the kid.

Day 5 is spent answering some of those bookings. Mammon thoroughly enjoys bragging about his mini and showing him off. Damascus is a little overwhelmed by the lights but excited by some of the outfits. He and Mammon get matching outfits but the kid refuses to take any pictures unless you’re with them. The agencies were aiming for a cute ‘father-son’ shoot but Mamm-mini has demands and won’t work unless they’re met.

Damascus is about 5 at this point, tall in the torso with stubby legs, and LOVES to talk about you and his Papa.

Damascus smuggles out some of the prop materials to add to his treasure chest. He made off with a whole-ass mini shopping cart when he wasn’t supposed to. You’d made the mistake of showing off a couple pictures you’d already taken and they wanted to reenact them. No one stopped him for some reason.

The shopping cart becomes an outside stroller for Mammon’s crows. They take turns flying down and sitting in the empty buggy. They let Damascus push them around for a bit before flying off or switching places. They pay for their rides with interesting rocks and shiny things. Sometimes the crows let him push them through the House of Lamentation. When Lucifer forbids it, he puts Baby in the stroller and pushes him around.

Day 6 is another quiet day around the house. Turns out little Mamm-mini’s eyes really hurt from all those lights and he needs glasses like his Papa! They get matching glasses and he spends the day being lazy with you and Mammon. He likes it when you borrow Satan’s shinies (some fable books with gilded pages) and read to him in bed. Sometimes he reads to you. 

He’s attached to a book almost as big as he is because it has gold foil letters at the beginning of the chapters and a pretty cover. It takes a lot of effort but he puts it into his treasure chest. When Satan comes looking for it and trying to explain that it’s his--not Damascus’, his--the three of you learn that Damascus has horns.

Satan respects a good horn fight and spends at least an hour on the floor just letting Damascus ram his horns out of their velvet casings. The kid tires himself out and Satan says it was a fair duel. His “nephew” is allowed to borrow the book under the promise that he takes VERY good care of it and not let his father sell it. 

Day 7 seems to inspire a mission in the child. He wants something from every brother. Something to put in his treasure chest. No one gave him the idea (it’s his own. Very strong hoarder vibes) but the mischievous twinkle in his eye says it’s going to happen.

It takes Lucifer almost all of Day 7 to realize Damascus nicked one of his shiny gold buttons off the front of his coat when he was begging for a hug or to be held by Uncle Lucie. The eldest simply gave him a pat on the head and a promise to view his pen collection after he got some work done. He was taking a rare break from his paperwork, fixing his outfit, when he noticed. Damascus, like his father, seems to have The Lucifer Sense, and takes off running.

Mammon is equal parts cheering for his kid to run faster, teasing Lucifer for being outdone by his kid, and 100% to make Lucifer eat the floor of the House if he touches his kid. Luckily, he doesn’t have to worry about that last one. Mamm-mini is fast, climbs curtains in a pinch, and actually surprised everyone by flying from the curtain rod to the chandelier.

Damascus told no one about his wings but Asmo and Mammon think trying on all those clothes at the shoot helped them break loose.

Beel coaxes him down with a fancy fork he was supposed to return to Barbatos. The butler accidentally packaged it when sending samples to the House of Lamentation. For his endless appetite, Beel had an immaculate palate and was excellent in helping him perfect dishes.

You and Mammon are on guard duty the rest of the day and snuggle him close. You fall asleep together. Damascus, the little rascal he is, knows how to unlock Mammon’s D.D.D and takes a picture of the three of you. You’re both sleeping and he’s grinning ear-to-ear. 

In the wee early hours of Day 8 he slowly lifts the engraved necklace off of Mammon and replaces it with his own. He slinks away to put it in his treasure chest and takes great joy in snuggling back up between you two (Mammon is the footrest). 

Damascus sleeps in late on Day 8 but gets restless. He wants to go out and DO THINGS! Mammon can’t take him to casinos or do much more than take him to the shops he already knows and his kid says that’s boring! He can’t believe it! Instead, his mini goes around asking the other brothers what they’re doing and when Levi says he’s going to a convention, Damascus wants to go. You and Mammon get dragged to that convention because Levi absolutely refuses to go without backup.

Naturally, being Mammon’s son, he can find something interesting anywhere (his favorites: shiny headbands, little fake tattoos, and stickers). Levi may have used him to get some extra goods  (”Can’t you do this for my nephew? It’s his first convention!”) but in exchange, he makes Levi buy him some felt dolls that someone hand-made to look like you, Mammon, and him. Levi only wanted a felt Ruri-chan, but business is business. 

Damascus buys Belphie some kind of ‘scene in a bottle’ with the help of Bank of Mammon that looks like a lot of glitter and somehow like a twinkling night sky before the four of you grab lunch and Levi takes pictures of you guys and your haul. The four of you get an official photo, of course (it has a limited edition convention themed border).

You and Mammon get a copy at Damascus’ request (actually: he begs Mammon and flies around him until he agrees to cough up more money because ‘Papa, it’s for us! It’s ours! We’re in it, we have to have it!’) and you can’t help but marvel that 3 days ago this kid was basically a toddler and now he looks almost 2 feet taller and 4 years older. He’s losing some of the baby fat in his face and you’re kind of sad.

After Levi gets what he wants and decides his people (demon) battery is drained, you guys go back to the House of Lamentation. The third-eldest is quick to vanish and file away his new purchases. Damascus is more than happy to strut through the house like the cat that ate the canary, calling for his sleepy uncle. You know he’s found him when you hear “LOOK WHAT YOU’RE SUPER-COOL NEPHEW GOT YOU, UNCLE B!” and can’t help but laugh at how much he takes after Mammon.

Mammon has a keen sense for how long he goes without seeing Damascus (not long) and goes to track him down. This dad needs his kid, okay? He finds Damascus wedges under one of Belphie’s arms in the Star Room, both of them on their backs, staring up at a starry sky. He and Belphie are holding pinkies.

Belphie would gut him where he stood (or try) for throwing a tantrum so Mammon just decides to one-up him by building a neat mega-pillow fort in the Star Room. Belphie slithers in to enjoy the wealth of pillows, Mammon MADE the fort so OF COURSE he’s in there, and Damascus refuses to lay down without you. Beel originally came to check on Belphie, saw the setup, and decided to come back with snacks.

Five became six when Lucifer did kitchen inventory and noticed a lot missing. Satan nearly spoiled an upcoming Lucifer Sucks Club idea by talking as he entered the room. Lucifer was hardly ever in the Star Room so he thought it was safe. The fourth-born simply COULD NOT leave his nephew uneducated so he and Belphie share facts about stars and the cosmos. Asmodeus felt especially abandoned in the empty house and sought out his family to get some of that sweet, sweet attention.

It was a lovely night in the Star Room, the whole family lazing about in their own ways. The silent comfort of family was special all it’s own. The mega-pillow fort took some damage as pillows were handed out, but the night of Day 8 and some of Day 9 was spent in the Star Room.

Almost everyone complained about their backs, their knees and everything in between the next morning but Damascus really enjoyed it. You noticed Belphie slipping the starry scene vial into his nephews hand, something about glitter in his bed, as the lot of you shuffled to the dining room.

Diavolo literally almost scared the pants off of everyone (those with wings definitely let them out in uncontrollable startle) by waiting in the dining area. He’d been keeping up with Damascus’ little adventures and shoots through the pictures Asmodeus had posted and wanted to introduce himself. Secretly he was a little offended he hadn’t seen the boy until now, but any time can be a good time! Truthfully, he wanted a break away from royal duties and used the excuse of not being able to get ahold of Lucifer as the reason (turns out the eldest hadn’t answered because he slept like shit from being on the ground all night.)

Your Day 9 includes a generously catered apology breakfast that has Beel and Damascus piling their plates and trying to negotiate what is and is not theirs. Diavolo is highly amused. Damascus never misses a chance to show off his treasure chest and Diavolo is very interested to see what a child considers precious. When your kid learns he lives in a palace and has LITERALLY a palace full of stuff, he demands a tour. Diavolo happily obliges. 

To say you and Lucifer were stressed trying to keep both Mammon and Damascus in check was an understatement. You were surprised to learn Barbatos could use his tail like a whip and wasn’t afraid to get Mammon’s ankles when Diavolo was distracted. Diavolo kept the child occupied by toting him on his shoulders and Mammon slinked after them like a petulant child, glaring holes in the back of the Future Demon King’s head.

Barbatos eventually thanked you all for coming and dismissed you so the prince could get back to his largely neglected work. Damascus was all but snatched from Diavolo as Mammon hurried to the castle entrance. Lucifer stayed behind to apologize and the rest of you trickled out like normal.

You were closer to the front of the group, keeping an eye on the two. It was enough to overhear ‘Don’t be sad Papa, I got you this.’ Damascus had stolen a poorly-hidden, kind-of-beat-up flower from one of the many vases around the castle. Mammon refused to cry in front of his bros but he was pretty damn close, hugging his mini and telling him thank you.

Lucifer had stayed behind to discuss things with Diavolo (and to apologize for unseemly antics). They discussed the fact that your Baby Assignment was due tomorrow. You and Mammon had to figure out how you were going to present. Damascus asked what you were talking about and assured you that YOUR FAVORITE FOREVER AND ALWAYS, THE ONE AND ONLY DAMASCUS, would fix all of this by making a show-and-tell out of his treasure chest since it was a good summary of the time he’d spent (it was a good representation of him and Mammon was a little mad he didn’t think of it).

The room turned solemn and odd. Kind of painful. Damascus was quick to brighten the mood by asking Mammon to put you in his treasure chest for the assignment. You couldn’t fit, obviously, but Mammon played along. When Damascus realized his Papa could pick you up, he wanted to be held, too. Damascus and Mammon seemed to tire each other out with some much-enjoyed horseplay. It was a very cuddly last night.

When Mammon was sure you two were asleep, he slipped one of those magazine copies into Damascus’ treasure chest. The one from his day of taking pictures with his parents.

On Damascus’ last morning he decided to fly behind the group with Baby in a death grip. Beel carried his barely-used trunk and Mammon pushed his little buggy. The shopping cart was more than one kind of heavy as he made his way to RAD.

The professor took a quick peek inside and decided Damascus would go first since his display would probably take longer than the others. The class was highly amused with the stories behind the different items. A demonness slyly asked what he’d gotten from you. You didn’t seem to have an item in the treasure chest. Damascus flashed a very Mammon smile. “They are mine! That’s what I get, they just don’t fit!”. The class got a good laugh out of that and laughed even harder when Damascus and Mammon devolved into a ‘Nu-uh, yeah-huh!’ when it came to who could really call you ‘mine’. 

Damascus decided to fly and dive bomb him, messing up his hair and trying to take his glasses. They began to play in earnest but the professor had to break it up and made you walk to the summoning circle. Damascus followed behind, lugging his shopping cart.

“Watch my stuff for me while I’m gone, Papa.” Damascus pushed the cart to Mammon. “Promise?”

“Of course, Mamm-mini.” Mammon stuffed his hands in his pockets and looked at his mini fondly. His voice was quiet and already cracking. Damascus gave you a big hug, totally abusing one last long cuddle before launching himself at Mammon and hugging him around the neck as tight as he could with his little arms. You heard a very faint ‘Love you, Papa,’ before he disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

Mammon would 100% excuse the tears on the smoke but Lucifer and his brothers knew better. YOU knew better and so did Mammon. He didn’t want to cry in front of the class and was already complaining about his ‘irritated eyes’. Lucifer and Diavolo convinced the professor to excuse Mammon so he could ‘wash his eyes and take the treasure chest home so it didn’t clutter up the classroom.’ You had to guide him home because of his ‘irritated eyes.’

You let him cry into your shoulder and muffle sobs in a couple of hidden spots around RAD before he found the strength to teleport you and the treasure chest home. He made it up to his room, fully intended to add his Mamm-mini’s treasure to his own, but couldn’t bring himself to touch the chest for several hours. Mammon could only cry and you could only hold him. You cried too, but nowhere near the gaping ache and agony Mammon drowned in.

Getting the official grade back didn’t even help. You and Mammon passed with flying colors. Per the instructor, Damascus was ‘a charming, charismatic 10 year old who was well-cared for and obviously loved.’

Filing the assignment away spurred Mammon into finally unpacking the treasure chest. It was almost midnight but he had a sudden frenzy to look and touch and hold. The rustling woke you up and you shuffled over to help. 

You handed off Satan’s gilded book and watched Mammon prop the felt dolls up against the spine. “What did his name mean? You never told me.” you fished out Lucifer’s button absently, handing it to Mammon. He put it on top of a jewelry box that held the rings he wore for shoots.

Mammon paused for a long moment. He changed into his demon form and stretched out his wings. One of them sagged and looked like it struggled to open. He flexed it a few times before digging through his room of treasures to fish out a huge golden sword wrapped in cloth. It glittered beautifully, a blue opal-like jewel embedded where hilt met blade. 

“This is Damascus.” Mammon hefted the sword up with muscle memory he would never forget. “A sword forged from the bones of a fallen angel, wrapped in holy celestial metal and magic You humans have many legends about how this sword came to be but I don’t think any of them are true.” he looked at the blade almost wistfully and you noticed how he tilted it just so. He watched the lights of his room reflect off of it and race down the center.

“Did you make that?”

Mammon let his wings stretch out again. If it were anyone else asking that he would’ve snorted with utter contempt. He knew you didn’t mean to make it sound like he stole it. In a way, he did.

“The bone is mine,” Mammon whispered, stretching out the injured wing. “It got messed up when I fell...it was easier to take it out than to leave it in. The holy metal came from the sword I fought with when we fell. It was hurting me but I didn’t want to let it go. I didn’t know if anyone would follow us into the Devildom. It’s hard to fight for your life when you think you’re falling to your death, you know?” 

Those sounded like painful memories and you couldn’t fathom how Mammon could give Damscus such a heavy name. Not when he loved him so much. As if he could read your mind, Mammon said, “This sword can kill angels and demons, and if I ever use it again it will be to protect my family.”

That made sense. Mammon, for all his talk, loved his family. And to have something forged from his own bone made even more sense. 

He tucked the sword away gingerly and turned back to the trunk. Beel’s fork was placed with all the other cutlery he’d ever taken while Belphie’s star vial was placed atop Satan’s book. Asmo’s perfume bottle and a couple of empty lipsticks were shoved next to his everyday cologne.

Baby sat at the bottom of the trunk and Mammon grabbed it with a thick lump in his throat. He hadn’t noticed the necklace wrapped around it, and struggled to recall if Damascus had showed it off in class.

The tears started to burn in the corner of his eyes as he held the cool metal in his hands. He flipped the metal plate over, fully expecting to see Damascus’ name. The tears died in his eyes when he saw his own name staring back at him. Mammon quickly palmed the necklace around his chest and nearly ripped the chain from his neck turning it over.

Damascus stared back at him. Mammon sucked in a sniffle and a sob as the tears ran down his face. He clutched Baby in a vice grip, rubbing at his eyes with the other. 

You felt tears splash on the top of your head, Mammon’s glasses crooked on his face as he tried to stop the tears with a fist. He cried even harder when he felt you press kisses against the necklace, the item pressing into his chest. Mammon cried himself into exhaustion, the two of you wilting softly into the bed at some point. 

Your D.D.D alarm started to go off what felt like moments later. Had you even slept? You didn’t know. You turned it off with such a quickness you thought you couldn’t have slept at all. Light washed over you; you scrunched your face and tried your best to shield Mammon from it. Without moving too much you looked over your shoulder at him.

He was dead asleep, so tired he didn’t even snore. There were bags and shadows under his eyes. Baby’s beady eyes and a metal necklace that said Damascus winked back at you. You clicked the side button to kill the light and rolled over to hug your demon.    

[mblue-art]

I love reading your tags. Please, ramble more. I enjoy reading the things you think!

!!! :0 aww you're so nice, anon :') are you sure about this?

bc this is going to be super long,, i hope you have time for this u_u;;

I first encountered the term ‘2p!’ when I was a young weeb in the htalia fandom (I was never in Tumblr at that time though, I think I frequented DA for my content) and was fascinated at the concept because I get it, 2P means ‘second player/player 2’ like in videogames. Their colors get inverted and also their personality.

I was confused for a while and thought ‘was there a game??’, but no, artists just drew darker/inverted versions of the characters. The alter egos. The friendly and nice ones are now cold and mean, and vice versa. They called the AU ‘2p!talia’. I guess that was my first exposure to AUs. (i think i saw a glimpse of the hzbn hotel fandom doing this recently as well? the usual red-colored characters are all in blue, just like how 2P!Dream!Sans has dark blue colors as opposed to the bright yellows of his 1P! counterpart)

(speaking of alter egos and counterparts........................... if there are any old fans of shizaya,,, talk to me LOL)

There’s the genderbending/genderbent AU, saw it in anime fandoms, where they put the labels ‘fem!’ or ‘male!’ before a character’s name, swapping genders, “what would this character look like if they looked like the opposite gender?”, stuff like that.

I don’t know how or why ppl started using the exclamation points (ex. “genderbent!” , “swap!”) thing, instead of just writing “swap __ , fem __” but I think the “!” does make it seem more organized, if that makes sense?

And thennn here I am in the UT fandom around 2016-‘17, remembering that AUs are a Thing in Fandoms: ‘woah there’s an edgy version of this character, like 2P! (2p is more like an Opposite/Inverted AU now that I think about it)’ ‘woah there’s a swapped version! Cool!’ ‘YO SWAPFELL? NICE’ ‘oh god there’s so many AUs now holy crap-‘

I did kinda dip out of the fandom for some time, but when I came back (surprise, surprise, it was Deltarune that pulled me back in......... and also maybe Vade’s comic dub of that Mafiafell comic) and had to familiarize myself with the AUs once again, I noticed the abundance of Sanscest ships that aren’t the main 4 AUs. More content for my multishipper heart lmao

Like for example. The UTMV part of the fandom. Underverse being the inspiration(??) for content like Nightmare’s Gang, the Star Sanses- I really love how the community made them different yet similar despite being Sanses? It’s just so fun to think about!

(I would love to draw a visual to accompany this, but I am... lazy......... bear with me I’ll try to make this section as short as possible)

We have the base- OG Sans Undertale. Classic, lazy, stinky boneman.

Swap!/US!Sans is, obviously, a swapped alternate. Energetic Sans, a bouncing ball of sunshine, has the Papyrus traits while still being a Sans. Cool Blue.

Both Nightmare and Dream, although not born as skeleton monsters, were transferred into skeleton bodies (their mother apparently looked at a random AU and saw US!Sans and took his image?? I think that’s how it went, correct me if im wrong).

Cross was also?? derived from US!Sans?? A lot of people said he was a US!Sans and I’ve just accepted it-

the thing is i think US!Sans has this boyish, anime charm to him, and having that same kinda feel for NM, Dream, & Cross??? BRUH

the apple twins are obviously different already, even though they look like Sans (yo,, the ‘mwehehe’ laugh headcanon tho,,, love that). they have their own charms, some fanart gives me prince-y vibes even (or king for NM bc, ykno)

and Cross,,, oh lord why is he cute. why is he charming. why is he different he’s literally a Sans- like what, he inherited the swap!sans charm??? Is that what’s happened here?? IM NOT A SIMP I SWEAR- but Cross,, he’s babey,,, do you get what i’m feeling here

Ink and Error? Chaotic immortals. Similar kinda deal with the twins. Although I do love the fact that Error was a Geno previously. Makes good angst ideas for their ships :]

Haha and then you go to Nightmare’s other boys.

Murder trio- Killer, Dust, Horror. All starting out as Classic Sanses and spiraled down into their own horrifying respective timelines.

Have I mentioned I love the found family trope going on with Nightmare’s Gang?? They might be the Bad Sanses, but they still care for eachother, and I love that so much actually. I love that they can get into funny shenanigans and I live for that (that bad sanses shitpost blog? i love that blog btw). Nightmare being the tired dad looking at his rowdy boys messing shit up in the castle again. Are they gently bullying teasing Cross? Seems like a normal day. He’ll benefit from the negativity at least. He’s too old for this. (lmao boomer)

And for the Strawberry!NM thing, he's either made for the strawberry flavor aesthetic, a 2P! alternate of NM, both, or some other reason I didn't know.

[dewphox]

Can ya give a guide on how you draw Matt?? (2p Canada)

Ehhh idk. I still don't like how i draw him or any other hetalia char for that matter and I'm already not good at explaining things so I'd feel uncomfortable teaching something I'm not proud of and feel like i have no real foundation to stand on aha. I'm still experimenting whenever i draw them, the only thing i'm confindent in is how i draw Deetje haha. Just general advice tho repetition is key. Experiment, use references and then just draw even if u hate the result, with each drawing you'll find new things you like and stuff u feel is kinda eh, so you start leaving it out the next drawing. Trial and Error is all i do honestly :/