#A snippet from an ongoing project

[deerspherestudios]

Hello hello! I'm Cheea, also known as DeersphereStudios; if you're here for content related to my games on itch.io, you're in the right place! You can expect lore snippets and doodles, behind-the-scenes and other stuff that players might be interested in!

My current ongoing project is Mushroom Oasis, initially submitted for a Yandere Game Jam in 2023. While that's the main focus of this blog, I also occasionally talk about my other one-shot games: Astronought and Lift Your Spirits!

Enjoy your stay! ☕🐰

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🔍 MUSHROOM OASIS QnA MASTERLIST 🔎:

❥ [PART 1] Mychael's abilities, romantic/yandere traits and his opinion on kids.

❥ [PART 2] Mychael’s anatomy.

❥ [PART 3] Mychael’s reactions to different MCs.

❥ [PART 4] Mychael's general lore.

❥ [PART 5] Mychael’s favorite things, experience with holidays and MR!Mychael.

🔍 LIFT YOUR SPIRITS QnA MASTERLIST 🔎

🔍 ASTRONOUGHT QnA MASTERLIST 🔎

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beware of toxic fungi. a slow burn yandere vn : itch.io

🍄 Questions about Mychael (ask tag) 🍄 Mychael's character sheet 🍄 Firefly's character sheet 🍄 of mushrooms and men ║ a mychael playlist (Spotify)

trapped in space with a stranger too keen on getting to know you. a short sci-fi horror/romance(??) vn : itch.io

👽 Questions about Atom (ask tag) 👽 Astronought QnA masterlist 👽 Atom's character sheet (coming soon) 👽 Luna's character sheet (coming soon)

are the campus rumors true? short horror/light romance vn : itch.io

👻 Questions about Alma/Vida (ask tag) 👻 Lift Your Spirits QnA masterlist 👻 Alma/Vida's character sheet (coming soon) 👻 MC's character sheet (coming soon)

✩ Thank you to @/thecutestgrotto and @/plum98 for their lovely dividers!

✩ For my own personal use: the old pinned post.

[willowpains]

introducing…

latina actress reader!

mexican to be exact, born and raised. sings and dances, but has decided to focus all her efforts into acting and breaking through Hollywood, fighting closed doors due to her nationality, always with a good attitude and ready to work her ass off to achieve her dreams to be the next it girl and big thing around the world.

she’s…

big hearted. soft. sensitive. hardworking. multilingual. singer. dancer. warm. family girl. fangirl. super friendly. the one that makes everyone feel included. a listener and big yapper around the people she trusts. a bit shy at first. loves a good party. cinephile. tequila lover.

loves…

going out with her friends and fellow costars. traveling back home whenever she can. the beach. taking photos of everyone and everything. speaking spanish in front of people that don’t understand. doing karaoke. her dog. reggaeton. doing tiktok dances. reading romance and fantasy. going to the movies at night. posting photo dumps on instagram. doing pranks. her mexican food. makeup. her alone time.

can’t stand…

horror movies. people that don’t love animals. over bearing and noisy paparazzi and press. liars. smoking and cigarettes. loud chewing. small spaces. rats. not wearing perfume. losing her favorite lip gloss. online spoilers. missing out on stuff. people talking on the movie theater.

wikipedia…

-her first big role outside of her country was as a pogue, with a trope of slow burn enemies to lovers with Drew Starkey’s character, and member of the main friend group in the highly acclaimed Netflix series Outer Banks, still ongoing now with a just released season 4.

-she was casted and is part of the wrapped up and upcoming movie: Wake Up Dead Man, sequel to the famous murder mystery movie Knives Out.

-uploads covers and snippets of originals songs on her YouTube channel, as well as see social media accounts such as TikTok and Instagram.

-had a big role besides actor Jacob Elordi in last years hit project Saltburn, making it one of her biggest movies in her repertoire to this day.

-she was seen attending a Niall Horan concert previously in the year, and was brought up on stage by the artist to sing a duet, as she claimed one of her favorite songs, “You could start a cult” during the show.

-she is rumored to take part in the role of Susan Pevensie in upcoming Narnia Series directed by Greta Gerwig, nothing has been confirmed yet but both the actress and the director have been hinting at it in different interviews and events.

loading more…🎥🎞️🎬🍿

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I am so freaking excited about this concept that I came up with! I had been wanting to continue writing for drew and this idea just landed on my lap didn’t it? *wink wink*

I have so many plans for this universe with mexican/latina actress reader, from moodboards, blurbs, headcanons, specific scenarios, sooooo so much! if you have any questions, things you wanna request or know about reader please feel free to ask or let me know, you’ll be feeding into my motivation to write more about her and drew and the rest of the obx cast<3

credits and inspiration to all the writers out here that come up with these concepts of ___ reader! if ate up most of them and I think they’re creative and amazing af

about time my writer personality came back, and as always, English is not my first language, so I apologize in advance for any grammar or writing errors there may be!

stay tuned👀

[prettywordsyouleft]

Country Charm - Farm (Mis)Adventures

Pairing: Park Jinyoung x female reader

Genre: fluff, slice of life

Tropes: married life, small-town rural setting, cosy cottagecore vibes

Warnings: mild bout of nerves

Word count: 2023

Farm (Mis)Adventures is an ongoing series of snippets of self-indulgent and wholesome life with Park Jinyoung as your husband, turning a somewhat overrun farmstead into your family home and learning to slow down in life after leaving the city grind behind.

Country Charm |

“This is the one.”

Turning to look at your husband, Jinyoung, you felt so overwhelmed. This place had all been but a dream for the longest time. Ever since you were a little girl, you had loved horses and told everyone you’d grow up and live on a farm with your favourite animal. This, coming from someone city-born and bred, used to make the adults around you chuckle with delight at the fervour of your declaration, responding with a “of course you will, sweetie!” that had firmly cemented you’d reach that goal sometime in your life.

Growing into an adult, you slowly realised they had just been placating your passion, yet here you were. Standing next to your husband on the little farmstead of your dreams.

Okay, so it wasn’t exactly what you had drawn constantly as a child. The villa home required some updating, the stables were currently only good for storing things in, and the gardens were… well, they were so wild that you couldn’t venture along the pathways around the house. But you could see the charm in the little ten-acre property. The fencing was thankfully updated, and the boundary line was safe enough for you to move your horse Honey in with a little modification. The foundations of the four-bedroom home were solid and built to last, and the beautiful wooden flooring throughout was original. It was within the budget you and Jinyoung had discussed, along with enough to get the kitchen project started. There was ample storage, a conservatory, a small established orchard – the only part not overtaken by the unruly garden – and you could feel yourself settling here. Growing, thriving, and falling further in love with your life and your new husband.

It was your dream, right in front of you.

Something in your expression must’ve captivated your husband because he wasn’t the type to suddenly kiss you in the company of strangers. But he didn’t seem to care for the real estate agent lingering nearby, his face coming closer to yours, his warm eyes searching yours. “You’re certain.”

“This is it,” you repeated, nodding your head softly.

“Alright.”

“Really?” You couldn’t control the bounce in your step, the widening of your gaze, whilst Jinyoung’s eyes crinkled with smug delight. Oh, how he’d hold this moment over you for the rest of your lives. But you didn’t care because he was helping you bring to life your childhood dream. “Oh gosh, you’re not joking? We can put in an offer?!”

“Looks like you’ve won me over to the country charm, Y/N.”

Six weeks later, you were a ball of anxiety as Jinyoung navigated the winding country roads, your hands clasped tightly in your lap. You normally drove the horse trailer whenever it was hitched to the SUV, but you were beyond grateful that it was Jinyoung who had taken over this drive. Still, you kept your gaze on the little camera monitor that linked to the box, watching as Honey travelled quietly in the back, uncaring of the horse equipment packed tightly – and very securely, thanks to Jinyoung’s triple-checking – in the partition beside her. You were so close to your new home, and you didn’t know if you had imagined this all up or if you were about to wake up from a beautiful dream.

Surely, moving to your own farm shouldn’t feel this surreal.

“Calm down,” a smooth voice instructed beside you, and you darted your gaze to your husband’s. Jinyoung didn’t remove his eyes from the road, but you could tell he was aware of any minuscule reaction within your wired body. “We’re ten minutes away. She’s travelled like a dream. You, not so much.”

“I’m worried.”

“About?”

“It not being like I remember it looking.”

Due to having to tidy up loose ends back in the city, you had barely managed to make it to the key exchange in time with the real estate out of town before heading back to the city again. You had resigned from your corporate job, and Jinyoung had managed to transfer to the local doctor’s clinic in the small township you were moving into. It was serendipitous that the clinic required a new doctor with one of three now retiring. For now, you weren’t so sure about what you’d be doing. You wondered if that was tying into some of your unease.

“The house will be just as it was. Needing a good clean, renovating, and gardening,” Jinyoung said, smiling softly.

“You know what I mean.”

“You’re worried you saw more than what it was.”

You nodded. “What if the country charm isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be? How will you cope without your favourite coffee shop? And I don’t have an income right now. Honey needs to be fed and--”

His closest hand lifted away from where he’d loosely been holding the bottom of the steering wheel, now warmly encasing yours with firm pressure. Before he could even tell you to breathe, you were inhaling deeply, trying to slow down your anxious thoughts.

“Good girl.”

“I just want this to be everything I’ve always wanted. And for you to be happy here.”

“Baby, I’ll be happy anywhere with you.”

“It doesn’t have air conditioning like our apartment did. And we’re due for that heatwave.”

“I’ll make sure we have fans for now. Don’t worry. Who do you think you married? A clueless guy?”

You smiled warmly then, relaxing into the passenger seat and staring at the man you had married eight months ago. The absolute love of your life, the one person who could drive you so insane, yet had the power to make it all better again with one kiss. Park Jinyoung had been the only man to challenge you over the years, and whilst you had initially found him insufferable upon first meeting, you couldn’t imagine loving anyone but him now.

Your attention turned to the window when Jinyoung slowed down and put on the signal to turn onto your property. This was it. You had bought this place with him. Well, you had been approved for a mortgage and put down a sizeable deposit. It had been quite the process, and yet you were the one who had the keys to this house in your purse.

Jinyoung shared a nervous grin with you as he put the car into park. He leaned over and pecked your lips as he undid his seatbelt, holding out his hand for the keys you were already producing. You watched as he unlocked the main driveway gate, pushing with a little more effort than it should require to get it over a stubborn strip of moss and uneven concrete. You peered out at the overgrown garden running over the fence next to him and let out a laugh. Jinyoung returned to the car with a similar amusement.

“This place is unruly.”

“You should be able to handle that.”

“I married the most stubborn woman I could find, so I guess you’re right,” he teased light-heartedly. Honey whinnied from inside her trailer, and Jinyoung took that as time to move the vehicle up to where they could unload her first.

“Should we have come here and set everything up first before bringing her here?” you wondered aloud, realising the grass would be way too long in any of the paddocks for Honey to be on full-time.

Jinyoung shot you a look. “I told you we should do that. But you wanted our first time here to be the whole family, the horse included.”

You sheepishly ducked your head before getting out of the car. “I’m sure you’ll be the best helper at getting things organised with me.”

Jinyoung grunted non-committedly as you walked down to the trailer to open the back door together. Before you could reach the latch, you were surprised that Jinyoung had jumped the towbar and joined you on your side, wrapping his arms around you from behind and holding you for a moment. “We’re home.”

“We are.”

“It’s going to be exhausting, but worth it.”

You nodded, feeling lighter with his comfort. “You promise you’ll tell me if you hate country life.”

“I got tired of the city grind. Y/N, I’m excited to breathe in fresh air, to not live in a box thirteen stories up and working for a company, instead of for the community. This was the right move for both of us.”

“Well then, should we unload Honey into our new home too?”

Two hours later, you were happy that Honey was settled in her new field. You and Jinyoung had worked on putting up a tape fence to limit how much of the lush grass she peacefully munched on, making sure she could access the field shelter and the water trough you had scrubbed clean. Her things were stored, albeit not to yours or Jinyoung’s best standards, in the stable’s tack shed and feed room, and you were both in need of getting out of the late morning sun.

“Is it strange we’ve been here for two hours, and we’ve not even gone near the house yet?” you asked, and Jinyoung shrugged, reaching into the car for the chilled bag you had packed with lunch foods and drinks before setting out on the road earlier that morning. He then slung his free arm around your shoulders, and you instantly wrapped yourself around his middle.

“Ready to go inside?”

“Remember the real estate agent mentioned the side door by the kitchen is the best way inside. We’ll have to figure out how to unlock the front doors for when the movers come tomorrow with our stuff.”

“Jackson and Sarah will be here by then to help us clear a path for the bigger items to come in,” Jinyoung replied as he unlocked the door then looked at you, the bag he was holding, and inhaled deeply.

“Don’t you dare!”

“It’s customary.”

“You have been working all morning lifting things out of the trailer and car into Honey’s new yard. If you try to pick me up Park Jinyoung, you will break your – JINYOUNG!”

He grunted, almost losing grip of your body. “I mean this in the nicest way, but you’re heavier than I expected.”

“Of course, I am, you idiot! Put me down!”

“Just let me get you over the threshold,” he huffed as you clung to his broad shoulders, worrying about him toppling back with you in his arms.

Thankfully, he got you both inside before ceremoniously dumping you out of his grip as he slumped to the ground beside you panting. You glared at Jinyoung, and he winked, easing some of your disgruntled energy.

“Idiot.”

“Welcome home, Mrs Park.”

“I love you, but there was no need for that,” you scolded softly, wiping yourself off as you got to your feet and looked around the empty entryway.

“Well?” he asked, having picked himself up off his knees, now resting his chin on your shoulders.

“It’s a blank slate.”

“It is not!”

“I know we have a lot of work to do, but it’s blank from the last owner’s possessions. It feels like a great place to start this new chapter, don’t you?”

“Hmm. I think I need to get the Dyson mop out of the car. The floors don’t look very clean.”

“The last owner was eighty-five and moving into his son’s house three hours away. I wasn’t expecting to have a squeaky-clean home. It needs us to do that first clean before our things arrive.”

“I’m sore and tired.”

“Because you lifted me over the threshold!”

Jinyoung rolled his eyes. “And helped with Honey.”

“Farm life, Jinyoung.”

“Farm Adventures, more like.”

You watched as your husband walked further into the house, taking the right into the kitchen before hearing him yelp in pain.

“A cupboard door was open!”

“Farm Misadventures then?” you called out, hurrying in to find him nursing the side of his head. You couldn’t hide your mirth, even as you replaced his hand with your own, gently rubbing the area and being thankful there had been no immediate bump.

“With you around? Most definitely.”

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[hibiscusseaart]

Master post for Time Travel Tobirama AU

#hibiscusseaart mdtb time travel marriage au - the main tag i caught from ppl who reblogged it and now it's stuck. But I'm making this master post in case I missed to tag it correctly.

UPD8: I wrote a fic!!! Its big and it's ongoing

Art for the fic specifically:

For ch1 and ch2

The first post ever, that birthed this au

The snippet written by @fashionredalert for this pic

The art for the snippet by @oh-no-its-bird !!!!!!!

The first written post and reblogs about the AU (i do recommend cheking reblogs just in case i missed some replies with ideas)

Art 2 + reblogs and more reblogs

Art 3 with a baby!

Timeline thoughts

Art 4 babies master post!

Silly doods

Bunch of hcs

Hatake hcs about this AU

Art 5 for an ask

Time travel team Ro by @oh-no-its-bird in this AU here

Art 6 The Hatake pile!

Art 7 baby mdtb and pouty Hashirama

Art 8 with misbehaving child

AU of the AU if Tobirama dies a year after marriage with Madara + cont

@lilshoots 's ART of Madara with baby Motoko + Tobirama!!!! omfg they're so cute im dying

Art 9 Hatake kids concepts!

[autumnmobile12]

Does anyone else think the holiday season is exhausting for the Pro Heroes?

Especially if they're in the top ten because there's probably a social expectation/pressure to host and attend events. There's probably an itinerary they have to stick to. Show up to a colleague's party here, host an event there, can't forget the party the Commission is throwing. Keep track of who’s party you can’t make it to so you remember to send a card and apology later so it doesn’t look like a snub. This is probably an exercise in networking and maybe sponsorship opportunities for the lower ranked Pros.

So yeah. Exhausting.

Anyway, if it wasn't already clear that I have too many ongoing projects, I am working on a little holiday one-shot regarding this incident.

Only interestingly enough, it ended up being from Tenko's point of view because it is nice to have an outside perspective on the madness that is the Todoroki household. Plus I’ve been wanting to write more with Tenko in the Ambush Sim AU, especially since this alternate universe started with the idea All Might found him before All For One did.

This one-shot is a Summer Camp prequel, so Touya is seventeen and Tenko is fourteen. At this point in the timeline, they know of each other, but they are not friends yet.

...

Anyway, here's a snippet:

The Endeavor Agency Christmas party was actually the third party Tenko and his uncle were attending that day, and it wasn’t the last.  With annual holiday season came an exhausting itinerary of social events for every Pro Hero household, the invitations for which Tenko and Uncle Mirai had sorted through and organized into a December calendar when they first started pouring in.  The Top Ten were, of course, socially expected to host an event for their colleagues, Commission officials, the press, and so on.  The more business-minded among them would call it networking, but to Tenko, it was a brutal exercise in patience rewarded by a quiet Christmas at home with his own little family.

...

And not to worry, I haven't forgot Summer Camp either! My last update said I was hoping to have the new chapter up before the end of November. I don't know if that deadline is still happening, but the chapter is officially in its editing phase now.

[911coded]

Upside Down And Inside Out Chapter 5

Chapter 5 is up on AO3, you can read it HERE, or start from the beginning HERE.

Here's a snippet:

This is Taylor Kelly reporting live from LA City Hall, where an entire department is being investigated for embezzlement and fraud. You can see behind me, several city employees being taken into custody as a result of the investigation into the deliberate burial of recall orders for life-saving equipment used by the LAFD. Money that was allocated to be used to replace recalled equipment was diverted to special projects and bonuses for employees. Our investigation and that of the LAPD is ongoing, please stay tuned for more as it develops.

[zeldaelmo]

Hellooo

I'm looking for good Zelink AU fics. I've already read all of yours, so.

Do you have a rec list or some fic you'd like us to try? Zelink in modern setting, fantasy anything but canon lmao (I've read too much of that)

BTW have you read Hit list by zestycrouton? It's high-school au and pretty old fic from ff.net. One of the best fics, all characters so well developed, it felt like you're watching a movie before your eyes. Yeah, I highly recommend.

Ah, thank you for reaching out and what an honor that you've read all my AUs! 🥰

So, here we go. I try to stick to stories that haven't been recommended over and over.

My friend @deiliamedlini writes a lot of AUs. I'm linking the Pirate AU, but there are tons of others, too. Some get dark, and don't think she won't kill characters off just because they've grown on you. 😂

Speaking of Pirates, my friend @mistresslrigtar also has one. She also has an ongoing rock star AU that I also recommend!

If you're looking for something short, you should check out @ladyhoneydee 's work. She writes a lot of modern AU and everything comes with a manageable word count! This is a sweet coffee shop AU, but she has tons of others, too.

If you're more looking for stories that have that 'game feel' but are based on own ideas, I'll direct you to @nocturnalfandomartist's blog(s). She has several AUs going on, with concept art and all!

I've only started to explore @abbyz-elda 's work but what I read so far I enjoyed greatly. Currently listening to this one with my screen reader when I'm out running, but I recommend the Sci Fi AU 'A Link to the Stars', too.

Next on my read list is @flutefemme's TP 1920th AU. I read enough of Flute's fics and snippets from this one that I'm confident to recommend before reading.

Another friend who loves AUs is @louwhose. Recommending this one because it's the last I read:

I also enjoyed @sparklyhyperbole 's fairy AU and the ongoing fic.

And last but not least, Puppy Love by @liv-andletdie .

I'm very, very sure I've forgotten a ton of authors and stories, so please reblog and add your own recommendations and/or self recs!

More about Hit List under the cut. TW: mentions of school shootings.

I skipped Hit List as one of the few fics when I went through all the zelink fics on ff.net and Ao3. I heard that the characterizations etc are really good, but since it's about a school shooting, I didn't want to read it. I'm not doing well with violence in general, and a story that deals with any aspects of a school shooting is not what I want to read for fun. That being said, that obviously doesn't say anything about the quality of the fic and isn't supposed to discredit the story in any kind. I heard others enjoy it greatly. It's just not for me. 😊

[whatevertheweather]

Thank you all for the tags @run-for-chamo-miles @monbons @forabeatofadrum @rimeswithpurple @ileadacharmedlife @artsyunderstudy @noblecorgi @you-remind-me-of-the-babe! You're all making me very emotional about fandom, and my TBR has gotten out of control.

So. It's 2024 for a little bit more. I'm not sure what's going to happen as I write this post, but I know it's not going to be succinct, so we're just going to start below the cut and see what happens.

I'm waffling over where to start, but I've decided on what we're here for, which is the fic recap. I did actually make fic goals in 2024, and I did actually meet some of them, which I'm trying to focus on instead of the parts I didn't meet. Here's a nice lil screenshot to sum that up.

I did give Bait and Switch a checkmark after some hesitation, because it says ongoing, and I did keep it going. I just didn't finish. (The new goal is before CORB 2025 I guess.)

So I completed 2 fics. Continued 1. Posted 60,917 words, AO3 says, even though that's including the chapters of the WIPs I started last year, and by my clumsy calculations with that in mind, it's actually 32,990. Did not meet my goals, struggled to write most of the time, but when I was looking for these stats, I found AO3 doesn't even give me a 2023 tab (rip first chaps of Bait and Switch and Musical Chairs, I guess), so it's an improvement over last year.

It just doesn't feel like it, because so much of what I did is unposted. So those are the stats I'm gonna give.

Words that didn't get posted: 23.5k

Fics this close to done that I just couldn't get any farther on: 4

Fics started: 3

Fics lovingly revisited after being abandoned for a long while: 2

Number of projects I got really excited about writing: 3

Number of times I wrote AHAHAHA in brainstorming documents because I figured out what I need to do to fix the problems I was having: 5

How long it will take me to turn those ahas into action: I cannot possibly say

Number of times I should have reached out for brainstorming help: 50, probably

Number of times I actually reached out: 3, I think

It's these last two points I actually care about. Well, no, I care about all of it, but it's these last two I've been thinking about. I had writing goals for 2024, I'm going to have writing goals for 2025, but I also had a more nebulous goal to participate in fandom more, and that's the one I'm actually bothered about not meeting.

I have a bad habit of thinking the only way I can participate is by getting fic done. Sharing it. Posting snippets if it's not done. Like I can only rejoice in other people's WIPsday posts if I have my own, instead of just being inspired by other people's writing and art. Or I can only share excitement or progress if I'm sure it's going to go somewhere, instead of just posting what I have and letting the community of it all be its own excitement. Or I can only comment if I have the headspace to put together a stunning review that perfectly encapsulates what I liked about a fic/art/anything, instead of just saying what I can or messaging someone to tell them I loved the thing they made, as if I don't know how wonderful it feels when that happens.

I'm getting sappy and maudlin on main, but I appreciate this fandom so much, even when I revert to lurking, and I want so much to get back to participating and talking to people and sharing in all the amazing wonderful things this fandom does. Y'all are some of the most talented and creative and kind people and I adore you all. So that's my main (fandom-related) goal for 2025, and any fic completed will just be bonus points.

But! Since we're here for fic at the end of the year, I will round out this rambling post by saying there are at least 3 ideas I'm hopeful I'll be able to maintain my current level of enthusiasm for, and beyond that there are about 5 that are a few sentences away from done, so there's hope for seeing at least some fic from me in the new year. Related, here's a peek at the first three documents on my drive.

Two of these fall in the "a few sentences away from done good lord why can't you just finish this" category. The other one falls in the category of things I'm actually very excited about, and hope to at least have a WIPsday post for it before too long. Because I'm thinking keeping things secret for fear of never finishing them is actually kind of silly, and I don't need to keep trying to create things in a vacuum.

Finally, a mess of tags that is me waving hello with both hands: @fatalfangirl @moodandmist @martsonmars @facewithoutheart @whogaveyoupermission

@mostlymaudlin @sillyunicorn @aristocratic-otter @bookish-bogwitch @alexalexinii

@ivelovedhimthroughworse @iamamythologicalcreature @ionlydrinkhotwater @thewholelemon @bluedahlia912

@youarenevertooold @cutestkilla @raenestee @confused-bi-queer @basiltonbutliketheherb

[bomberqueen17]

Liveblogging the Aubreyad 2: Post Captain, part 1

The main thing to know about the second book in Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin series is that it's really really really fucking long.

i was trying to sum up the plot even to myself and uh. it’s like. Late in the book there’s a dated letter and I realized it literally covers an almost four-year period. So like… as Inigo Montoya says, “Let me explain. No, no there is too much. Let me sum up.” But I can’t.

I went through and summarized the whole book in detail one night when I was having an insomnia issue and it was like a fever dream, and I'd read it twice and listened to it a third time before I started this project and still was like "WAIT there's MORE?" as I kept skimming through. But I'm gonna try.

I will begin unpromisingly with some tedious background worldbuilding stuff, though. Yes the entertaining way to do this would be We Didn't Start The Fire style rapid-fire snippets but do you know how much work that is? no I spent long enough reading this book I'm not doing that for you. Sorry.

I will relent, however, and give you one exciting tidbit: this book contains female characters, plural! Yes multiples of them! Round characters, with multiple facets apiece! Enticing, no?

So the underlying mechanic beneath like, a solid 75% of the plot of these books is promotion. For every naval officer in the series, this is a large portion of their motive for every issue.

There are three categories of members of the Navy in this respect. The first one is the foremast jacks-- your enlisted men, though in this time period they were often impressed, forcibly conscripted. They can achieve various ranks within themselves, specialty crews and various small statuses and such, but even the most dignified, long-serving of them is still subject to being flogged or beaten or disciplined at any time without any real recourse.

The next category is the ratings, or warrant officers-- subtle distinctions among them, but broadly speaking on the same level. The master is in charge of the navigation and general sailing of the ship, the bosun the rigging and masts, the purser the purse (money and supplies), the gunner you can probably guess. A surgeon has a warrant rather than a commission. And the midshipmen have ratings, not commissions either.

But midshipmen are eligible for promotion to lieutenant after six years of sea time. Once they are made lieutenant, they are a commissioned officer, no longer subject to flogging or dismissal out of hand-- they must be court-martialed for such a thing to occur. They get half-pay when on shore. They accrue seniority. A lieutenant can then be promoted to master and commander, as we saw in the first book. And from there he can be promoted to a post-captain, and from there promotion is automatic (though, crucially, a command is not), according to seniority. This will become important later. A post captain will become an admiral solely through seniority, in due time when it is his turn.

But an officer who doesn't have a stellar service record AND influential friends is very likely to be sidelined regardless of seniority. Many, many men serve thirty years as a lieutenant, never promoted. Still more languish as master's mates, the seniormost rating of a midshipman's rank. And even once made post, men languish ashore, and by the time they're made admiral, have so little renown that they're never given any kind of command at all and stay ashore doing nothing more than drawing half-pay.

I'm explaining all of this because much of the series winds up being an ongoing, meditative reflection on the benefits and flaws of such a situation, and we see incompetent men promoted while competent ones are sidelined, over and over. And this book shows the beginning of Jack Aubrey's career-long struggle to not only keep himself moving up this ladder, but also to try to take some of his people with him-- especially TOM PULLINGS, who as a former foremast jack from a family of dirt farmers, has absolutely no political influence of any kind, and cannot hope for any.

(This is, I think, part of what makes this series so readable. On the face of it it seems like oh no this is some rah-rah Royal Navy bullshit, but if you actually look at it, it's a pretty warts-and-all depiction, oftentimes depressingly heavy on the warts, which is much more interesting and also easier to stomach. I did have a little trouble with the book where they're fighting the War of 1812, though, where everyone was so dispirited that the Americans kept winning and I was like "wait no I'm rooting for those guys." LOLLL.)

But you didn't come here for this. You came here to know what happens in this book. And for that, I will do my best to convey some of it. I'll lead with a couple of teasers.

there are fly honeys. oh yes.

Stephen forcefems Jack into adopting a female bear as his fursona, for literally months. No I am not making this up.

TOM PULLINGS no you'll just have to get there to see, I can't bullet point him

Jack abducts a mugger

Barret Bonden beats a cop unconscious

That's enough teasers. Let's start with the fly honeys.

Everyone is ashore, and Jack has set himself and Stephen up in a sweet bachelor pad, with a crew of his favorite sailors as household staff. (Don't you fear, Preserved Killick is here.) His nearby neighbors are a household entirely made up of women: a horrible old woman, with three reasonably hot young daughters, and an incredibly hot niece. The war is over for now (it's the Peace of Amiens) and there are no ships to be had, but Jack has some money and is ready to do some fox hunting in more than one meaning of the word.

The neighbor is called Mrs. Williams and her oldest daughter, Sophia, is 27, willowy and ethereal, innocent and appealing. But her cousin Diana, about the same age, is a young widow brought up in India, and has incomparable style and dash. Stephen is completely smitten, but makes the mistake of telling her he's not really into women as women so much as he is interested in them as people, and she spends the next age treating him like absolute shit trying to get him to admit he's into her. Meanwhile, Jack is really into Sophia, but Diana is so dashing he can't help wanting to pursue her too, and so he and Stephen wind up unhappily romantic rivals. It doesn't help that Sophia is too innocent and entirely under her mother's idiot ill-natured thumb to straightforwardly reciprocate Jack's interest.

Jack throws a huge party, to be sociable, on Valentine's Day, in honor of the Battle of Cape St Vincent, of which he is a veteran. Babbington attends, and on his way there he is to pick up Diana, who had been sent to stay with another relative for a bit to get her out of the way so Jack would pay more attention to Sophia instead, Mrs. Williams being, to put it kindly, a conniving old bitch.

Babbington, as it turns out, is a horrible driver, which leads to perhaps the single funniest passage of the book.

“… she said [to herself], 'It will never do. This young man will have to be taken down.' The lane ran straight up hill, rising higher and higher, with God knows what breakneck descent the other side. The horse slowed to a walk - the bean-fed horse, as it proved by a thunderous, long, long fart. ‘I beg your pardon,' said the midshipman in the silence. 'Oh, that's all right,' said Diana coldly. 'I thought it was the horse.' A sideways glance showed that this had settled Babbington's hash for the moment. 'Let me show you how we do it in India,' she said, gathering the reins and taking his whip away from him.

Really, Diana is amazing, and you can almost forgive her for how horribly she treats Stephen. And Jack.

Anyway the overarching plot is now beginning-- it comes up (to the reader, though not to other characters per se) that Stephen is becoming quite involved in naval intelligence; his Catalan background means he's indispensible given that the British are keenly interested in using the cause of Catalan independence to divide Spain, preventing it from effectively allying with France, which is quite openly using this peace to amass an invasion army to take England. Shit is tense, in Europe.

But meanwhile at home, various legal matters are resolved badly and it turns out that instead of being owed thousands of pounds in prize-money, Jack has to repay eleven thousand pounds to the owners of ships he took that the courts decided were in fact neutrals. And to make matters worse, his prize-agent, to whom he had entrusted the management of all the money he did earn, suddenly folds, taking all the money and running. Jack's money is just gone, with no recourse. So now Jack, according to the law of the time, is subject to arrest and imprisonment until and unless he can pay off the entire debt.

Which he can't. So he has to go into hiding. And Mrs. Williams decides that as he is in her eyes a common criminal she no longer wants him to court her daughter, so contact with Sophia is cut off, which makes them both miserable.

But Stephen has a Spanish passport. So he takes Jack across to France with him. They visit Christy-Palliere, the French ship captain who captured the Sophie in the previous book. He is delighted to see them-- so delighted that he embraces Jack and kisses him soundly on both cheeks, which makes Jack blush enormously.

And then war breaks out again. Napoleon has all British citizens in France arrested. Jack and Stephen must flee, lest they rot in a French prison for the duration of however long this round of wars lasts.

Whew that's enough plot isn't it? Oh no. There's so much more. I'll divide here. Stay tuned for Part Two, in which the bear thing will be explained, oh yes.

[factoryfileshorrorseries]

The Factory Files: A Mascot Horror Series . . .

[ 16+ Blog for Gore & Violence — Minors Proceed at your own risk I will not be liable to your choices/actions this is your only warning — No DM’s ESPECIALLY under 18 — Comments / Likes / Reblogs / Asks are Welcome ]

Factory Files Vol. 1-5

Five Nights Before Dawn / Echoed Escape / Infected Within: Breached Archives / Radio Waves / Circus Row

Vol. 1 / Vol. 2 / Vol. 3 / Vol. 4 / Vol. 5

(More info listed in each description, these are the cover arts for each volume)

Series Synopsis . . .

A ten year passion project that has been carefully cared for and curated for the enjoyment of each fandom. An epic story that features the Five Nights at Freddy’s Franchise, Poppy Playtime, My Friendly Neighborhood, and Indigo Park.

Drawing from the lore we hold so dear to our hearts in order to create an epic tale of murder, grief, revenge, and most importantly love. Illustrated and written by yours truly, join me on my adventure as I attempt to write hopefully one of the best crossover fan fictions of all time!

About the Story:

Hello, hello! My name’s @cookiecrumbles52 and welcome to the Factory Files Blog! Down below will be all of the links to our most important posts. Please feel free to leave a like and a comment if you enjoy what you see!

🐻 🐰 🐤 🦊 ☎️

I’ve been working on “Five Nights Before Dawn” since I joined the FNaF’s fandom in middle school. Back then there were a million names and a million ideas that never made it past the notes app on my phone. And really over time it became something amazing when I had the brilliant idea to make a Crossover Au with not one, but three other mascot horror games.

In an attempt to get myself to actually write the dang thing I’ve created this blog to get the hype going as I know many of you fans have been dying for some new content! That being said every now and then you’ll get snippets of what’s actually being written within the descriptions of my sketches, illustrations, and overall dorky doodles.

I try to keep to a normal posting schedule but I won’t promise anything as I’m running several other art blogs, writing & illustrating my own novels, working a part time job, and really just trying to survive life. But I figured since it’s already been ten years I might as well give it another go!

I’m always open to new ideas especially for ongoing projects like Indigo Park, so if you have anything please give me a shout and maybe your ideas will make it into the story!

That being said if it wasn’t for the fanbase I don’t think I’d be typing this all out at 4:33 in the morning. Seeing what people can create out of nothing has always been inspiring to me and every year I try to better myself with what I make so I can pass on what I’ve learned onto newer fans. Keep creating, that’s all I’ve gotta say, because someone somewhere is watching whether you know it or not!

Links:

Meet the Cast

FNaF’s / Poppy Playtime / Indigo Park / My Friendly Neighborhood

Lore Bits:

FNaF’s / Poppy Playtime / Indigo Park / My Friendly Neighborhood

Polls:

Oc’s:

FNaF’s / Poppy Playtime / Indigo Park / My Friendly Neighborhood

Memes:

Story:

Vol. 1: FNBD (FNaF)

Vol. 2: Echoed Escape (Poppy Playtime)

Vol. 3: Infected Within: Breached Archives (FNaF: SB)

Vol. 4: Puppets & Parlors (MFNH)

Vol. 5: Circus Row (IP/FNaF/MFNH/PP)

Writing Scraps:

[ DO NOT REPOST, ALL ART & CONCEPTS WERE MADE BY ME — This is a FNaF’s / PoppyPlaytime / My Friendly Neiborhood / Indigo Park AU, in no way is this canon to any of the OG storylines or Lore. ]

[loreseekergaia]

Interesting notes from "Deep Strike, Mapping the Old World":

Warhammer+ recently released an episode of Deep Strike, in which they interview members of staff/ writers/ designers on certain subjects. This episode was all about the Old World map that the design team (including Holly Goodwin) has made for the game.

Some interesting pointers:

They keep referring (both in the episode and in articles) to this map as a living document. This is an ongoing project that will continue to change throughout the lifespan of the game. Currently; the map is set in the year 2776 and beyond.

They want it to be used by fans as the groundwork for their own projects. It is meant to inspire players to come up with interesting scenarios and possible headcanoning.

They intentionally put in easter eggs and old references wherever they could. Karitamen's Tomb and Tor Anrok are examples of these that I have found, but they mentioned the Mirror Moors as another.

The events that they currently focus on are the Errantry Crusades of Louen Orc Slayer in Bretonnia, the Anarchy in the Empire, the Invasion of the Border Princes by Settra, and the resurgence of Chaos all the way up North. They are actively establishing the setting to eventually lead up into the Great War Against Chaos.

The actual "development map" is divided into about 4-5 big map pieces that they connect into one big whole.

We currently know 3 of these maps. The First one consists of most of the Old World and the Darklands. The Second one includes Nehekhara and the Northern Southlands. The Third one consists of everything in the North; The Chaos Wastes.

What intrigues me is not what we have, but what we don't have yet. I'm guessing the 4th map will showcase most, if not all, of Cathay. We already have seen snippets of it so that would be my guess.

The mention of a 5th map was kind of unclear. We definitely know about 4 maps in total. If a 5th map is being worked on, it could be about anything. My most likely guess would be a map spanning West into Ulthuan. Another guess could be The Mountains of Mourn (if this isn't part of the Cathay map) or it could go into the Lands of Ind and Khuresh.

They try to interpret and use as many sources as possible to create the map itself, and they make attempts to consolidate inconsistencies between sources. Things seem to sometimes slip through the cracks (the Barren Hills should probably be called the Green Hills in the current time).

The projection of the map is similar to a real life Mercator Projection with a twist. Chaos messes withe reality, and that includes the size and shape of the polar regions. They consider the Chaos Wastes unmappable, with rivers turning to chasms and locations not necessarily making sense.

The Cathayan Ship visible in the Sea of Claws is indeed how the Cathayans will become a presence in the Old World. Miao Ying leads an expedition to aid in the coming war against Chaos. They note that they indeed travelled by boat, meaning that they either had to sail all the way to the Southlands, or that they went around the New World to get to the Empire.

Ind, Araby, and Albion are given a mention.

They wanted to emphasize that the inclusion of something on the map, doesn't hint at future factions. They wanted to fill in the map as much as possible even though it wouldn't be prevalent to the story. It would've been very unfortunate to have a map of the Old World and leave Estalia empty because it isn't a playable faction (yet ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)).

According to the designers, the most fun part to work on are the icons. Especially going from traditional heraldric signs for the Bretonnians, to the weird monstrous symbols for the Greenskinz.

Each Dwarf Hold has an icon that shows which ancestor god is most prevalent/ important in that hold. For Karak Eight Peaks, it is Valaya.

I'm really glad they did an interview with the designers on this. It shows that this isn't some side project that they will abandon soon. I can't wait to see it expand even further.

[anywaysishouldgo]

Through the Smoke

Pairing: Kit Connor x OC (Devin Evans)

Summary: Kit Connor has no idea what he’s getting himself into when he signs on for a new romance film. Thrown out of his comfort zone—riding motorcycles, navigating intense scenes, and blurring the lines between characters—he finds himself learning to trust his co-star in ways he never expected. But as the on-screen chemistry deepens, fans begins to wonder: is the romance really just acting? Or do the doe eyes and soft smiles from his scene partner—now his closest friend—feel a little too real?

Warnings: Slow burn, friends to lovers, coworkers to lovers, mature themes, explicit language, kissing, mentions of intimate scenes (let know if I missed anything) [nothing too serious in the first few chapters]

A/N: Hi! Welcome to one of my first works! I'm so excited to share this concept, so please feel free to comment and interact. This is ongoing and will contain multiple smaller parts that are all interconnected, that I will hopefully 🤞 have linked together in a masterlist.

*Disclaimer: this will mostly be a series of instagram and Twitter posts showcasing their online interactions/relationship, along with interview snippets and fan reactions. The first part is really the only one with excess narration*

First Glimpse

As production on their latest film nears its final scenes, Kit Connor and rising star Devin Evans are preparing to shift gears—from quiet set days to the buzz of press tours and red carpets. The film, still officially under wraps but rumored to be titled Through the Smoke, follows two lifelong best friends, Luke Preston (Connor) and Alex Dalton (Evans), whose bond is tested and transformed as they navigate a pivotal turning point in their relationship—set against the backdrop of motorcycles and the close-knit biking community they call home.

Connor, stepping into the role of Luke, plays a character both grounded and emotionally tangled. Evans’s portrayal of the bold, fiercely loyal Alex brings a steady vulnerability to a story that blends adrenaline, intimacy, and change. With filming wrapping up, the two leads have been given the green light to start posting about the project, offering fans their first glimpses into the world they’ve helped bring to life.

via Instagram

kit.connor

liked by joelocke03, willpoulter, jimmyfallon and others

Me and @DevinEvans1, have been working so hard on a new film titled "Through the Smoke". Follow the intense storyline of Luke Preston and Alex Dalton on October 15th!

Can't wait to have you guys along for the ride! 🏍️

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willpoulter looks great man can't wait to see it!

joelocke03 cheating on me *gasp

↪DevinEvans1 you should know he never once shut up about you 🙄

user8 never considered a motorcycle film till now

kitt.connor you already look so hot!

heartstopper3 kit on a motorcyle! excuse me while I lose my mind

revZilla awesome gear guys! where'd you'd get it? 👀

genh i didn't know you could stare at someone so intensely with a motorcycle helmet on

↪kateS Ikr, i feel like I'm interrupting something

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It starts off small—the speculation. Neither Devin nor Kit is surprised when a few comments start wondering if there’s more than just on-screen chemistry between them. They laugh about it quietly, tucked away in Devin’s trailer during the final stretch of filming.

Getting close was inevitable. The nature of the project—playing two people whose lives are deeply, emotionally intertwined—meant that any initial awkwardness had to fade quickly. And it did. Much quicker than either of them anticipated. Open conversations, late-night dinners, and long days on set helped them ease into a genuine friendship that felt effortless.

Devin had held a quiet admiration for Kit even before filming began. A fan of his previous work, she initially struggled to hide her amazement. But after a few weeks, the awe gave way to something warmer, more familiar, like the comfort you feel with someone who just gets you.

Her journey to the film was anything but conventional. Already part of the motorcycle community, Devin had been riding since 21, shortly after college. A longtime friend from a Facebook riding group tipped her off about the film when it was still in early casting. At first, she hesitated. She liked the life she was building. But he pushed her to audition, arguing she was perfect for the role, and eventually, she gave in.

A few callbacks and one chemistry read with Kit later, she was flying to Georgia to start filming in March.

And it turned out to be everything she never knew she wanted. She loved the work, the story, the character, the challenge of stepping so far outside her comfort zone. She loved representing the biker community, and most of all, she loved working with Kit.

He was infuriatingly sweet. Endlessly supportive. The kind of co-star who made everything easier, just by being who he was. Their friendship clicked almost immediately, and it became the steady foundation of the entire experience.

Of course, Kit was handsome—gorgeously so. And yes, he was the type of guy Devin would normally gush about to her friends. But between the late-night filming and stretches of highway, she’d come to understand what they had: a friendship. A real one.

Right?

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Are you ready to fall in love with me?

[five-flavor-soup]

suffering will be your teacher is now complete!

Chapters: 4/4

Words: 33k

Relevant tags: Zuko-centric, dual POV, Time Travel, Lieutenant Jee being a reluctant father figure, many mentions of the Air Nomad genocide.

Summary:

The bath takes care of the sweat. Takes care of the burnt bits of skin and fat that still cling to his palm. Zuko scrubs his body until it’s raw, blushing red; he dunks his head under the hot water and stays there, staring up at the dark, vaulted ceiling of the washroom until his lungs run out of breath to use. The oil of honeysuckle and opium and cinnamon, sweet and sharp and earthy, does not wash the stench of scorched flesh out of his nose.

Zuko falls asleep on the evening of his official coronation, when he’s twenty-one-years old and has finally reached his majority. Zuko wakes on the morning of the Agni Kai with his father, eight years earlier. This is annoying for several reasons, like the fact that the War is still ongoing, that he has zero friends, and that Ozai is not in jail. It’s time to scheme.

Snippet from Ch 4:

If the rest of the crew is to be believed, nothing in the atmosphere has changed—except that, perhaps, it is lighter, easier to breathe through. None cut corners, but none are scared to cut corners either. The sheer empathy the Prince is capable of fosters a comfort that Jee has never once experienced on a warship.

But then, this isn’t a warship, is it? The Wanyi is a floating bucket of rust sailing with the sole purpose of finding the Avatar, of teaching their Crown Prince worldly things. There is no true pressure. Prince Zuko will not find the Avatar, and everybody knows it, and nobody cares about it either. 

Jee knows, however, and can read that there is a line of tension strung in the air. Where the others are ignorant of it, Jee’s job is positioned too close to the royals for him not to notice the glances, the nods, the looks between the Prince and his uncle. 

“Would you say all crewmembers are trustworthy, Lieutenant?” 

Jee pauses in his stretch. Prince Zuko, who had been mirroring him, does not; goes further until his upper thigh is mere inches from the deck. 

“In what way, my Prince?” he asks. 

“That they are under my command only,” the Prince clarifies. “Not also my father’s.” 

Jee does not speak immediately, does not say ‘yes, of course’ as is his knee-jerk response. Because, are they? They likely are, but Ensign Asami’s mother works in the palace; but Seaman Keiji’s little brother is part of the royal guard; but Recruits Kazumi and Ohta are still, as of now, entranced by Fire Nation imperialism rather than disillusioned with all the death and rot. 

“I’d say yes,” he says slowly, thoughtfully, “but I cannot be sure they won’t… talk, Your Highness. Things that can filter down—or up, if you will.”

Prince Zuko’s little face furrows in thought and consideration. He nods. 

“Thank you for your honesty, Lieutenant,” he says, and then he adds, “it’s always been my favourite thing about you.” 

That says so much and so little. Jee is nevertheless flattered, and bows. 

“Onto the katas then?” 

“Yes.” The Prince smiles at him, cheeks squishing into mochi. Jee kind of wants to ruffle the kid’s neat hair and then kind of wants to slap himself for being so sappy. “Let’s do it.”

[kentuckyfriedmegumi]

what is itafushi’s next haunting adventure 👀 from da wip ask game

heyyyy [insert irl nickname here] <33

this is an ongoing series that i wrote that features one-shots that are based off of and structured like Buzzfeed Unsolved/Watcher Ghost Files, and itafushi are our very own shane and ryan!! yuuji and megumi are ghost hunters and explore different haunted locations in japan. they run a youtube channel called Investigative Archives for the Paranormal, and they’re very much known for their believer/non-believer dynamics.

there’s currently only one work out — Hachioji Castle. it starts off as a friends thing, but we’ll see a slowburn romance throughout the series. i DO plan to make this interactive, in which the comments left on my fic are then used and written into a second part that yuuji and megumi will “react to,” like how Buzzfeed Unsolved has a “post-mortem” version and Watcher Ghost Files has a “Ghost Files: Debrief.”

here’s a snippet of the second part:

it’s a fun one! all sillies and regular banter, much like shane and ryan usually are irl. it’s structured like a youtube video, too. in its own way. omniscient third POV and all that fun stuff. no prior knowledge of the series is needed to read!

thanks for asking about this! it’s my little self-indulgent project where i combine two niches, basically.

[leofrith]

Make Me Write

tagged by @aeide, you Bitch. stop trying to make writing happen it's not going to happen!!

Rules: Post your current WIPs with an emoji, people can then send you an ask with the emoji and ask for a fresh snippet.

all i got are valhalla wips. sorryyyyyyy.

⚔️ honor bound | my three-year long ongoing passion project/obsession about eivor and leofrith being forced to confront their differences/similarities as they groom ceolbert for the throne, kill all the zealots that leofrith somewhat accidentally sicced on eivor, deal with their respective traumas and hang-ups, and fall in love. among other things. really really trying to finish chapter two of this by the end of january for the love of fuck.

🫂 a different kind of sorrow | sequel fic to a different kind of solace, in which eivor and leofrith . . . no i shan't say it. leofrith had a wee mental breakdown in the first one, and now it's eivor's turn. 🤪

🍷 loving thy enemy | tentative name for the fic that i'll most likely never publish (and honestly could probably just cannibalize for an original story idea because who give a shit) about leofrith and cordelia (of daughters of lerion fame)'s arranged marriage. inspired by the note you can find that mentions marrying off the three sisters to allies in mercia and leofrith being well. a mercian noble. i think that it's pretty fucked up that so many of my story ideas for this game come from notes that probably 60% of players will never read. if none of this makes sense to you, just tune it out.

❄️ the near dawn | previously named "indigo skies". hytham and eivor have a little heart to heart about their shared feelings of aimlessness due to his new disability and her life's goal of revenge finally being fulfilled, the night before they set sail for England.

i have a few other wips but they're either not suited for public consumption or just honestly not a priority right now

tagging @reiverreturns, @artschoolglasses, @alethiometry, @winedark, @mirendils, @ainulindaelynn, @findusinaweek, @orphiceonian, if ya want. i've been pretty inactive for a while so i don't really know who's actively writing right now :(

[wholesomefluffdaddy]

Wednesday's new court mandated therapist is having her keep a journal of her thoughts and feelings. Wednesday finds this to be a complete waste of time and decides instead to use it to record her observations of her unusual roommate Enid Sinclair. Wednesday POV.

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At the behest of my newest court mandated therapist I am to keep a journal of my mundane daily activities. She believes this frivolous and time wasting activity will 'allow me to gain new perspective and be more reflective.' I find this to be merely tedious busywork.

At first I assumed this to be a lazy invasion of privacy. A way for me to do her work for her. Presumably she would assume to find heartfelt confessions of a confused and addled youth. Yet I have been informed that even that is expecting too much. She says she does not even intend to read it. I do not see what would stop me from simply falsifying the activity in question save for the fact that she wishes me to choose some day at random to share a snippet from.

To see the depths of her indolent work ethic I decided to ask for clarification as to what she wishes for me to record. I should not have been surprised by her answer of 'anything that stuck out to you that day or made it special.' I find nothing extraordinary out of my monotonous days at the academy. Not since the Hyde disappearance and end of the Cragstone bloodline. Each day is dreadfully predictable, dry, stale, and safe.

Well, except for the ongoing enigma that is my roommate Enid Sinclair. A case study really ought to be completed on her. There is no rhyme or reason to her madness and she continues to perplex me. I have therefore decided to conduct my own by recording her strange occurrences as part of my journaling assignment. For she is certainly the most unusual and unpredictable part of my day.

Before I begin my observations, I feel it relevant to provide some background information.

Enid Sinclair. Werewolf. Age: 18. Hair: Blonde with lurid pastel blues and pinks. Eyes: Cerulean. Height: 5 ft 6 in. Relationship Status: Single.

Family Bio: Enid Sinclair, one of five children. Youngest and only daughter of Esther and Murray Sinclair. Full werewolf. Until recently was unable to fully shift into wolf form or in her words 'wolf out.' This inability to 'wolf out' at an early age is the source of much strain between her and her mother Esther. The relationship has not improved since Enid's complete transformation under the Blood Moon. Her relationships with her father and brothers appear more amicable.

Out of purely academic curiosity I intend to study if there is any correlation of her strange behavior and the phases of the moon. Perhaps this shall provide greater insight to-