#DINO MUSHROOM TALK

[flowercrowns-n-punks]

mushrooms r awesome.. in the main dnd game im in, my friend plays a spores druid who wears a fly agaric cap hat on his head... and my backup character is his sibling who has an ink cap hat :3c he has a ton of other siblings all with their own unique mushroom hat...

u should assign me a mushroom btw im so curious

SCREAMING SHAKING YOUR SILLY CHARACTERS!!!/POS /WHIMSY JOY i like love that so much,thats just amazing and like omg????? Just yes!???!!!

[Im sorry i am so unhinged at ungodly hours esp anything bout mushrooms and add my anxiety leaves the buliding for abit]

But okay!!! First it wont be as authentic as i usually do them cause when i do this i vividly consider my whole like vibes n friend stuff. And we havent talked to much [A SHAME CAUSE YOU ARE ONE OF THE COOL MOOTS HERE TBH ITS JUST IM AWFUL AT TALKING/lh jab at me]

We should talk more/silly/nf

Mushroom under the cut thos i going to get long. Does it have to be long no but i WANT it to be long.

But from how i see your blog, how i vibe with the colors., the small talk,etc.

Bleeding Fairy Helmet/Mycena Haematopus!!

Look at these its a muted red too that complements the colors i see on your blog , and like just cool- but these guys!!!

Not only if you cut it they bleed like a red latex fluid similar to blood [Like blood tooth mushrooms!!] Got its name from the red latex it oozes when damaged!![it bleeds a more purplish red on younger blood fairy helmets!]

They.Glow.In.The.DARK!!! Glow in the dark mushrooms are just so cool. Even though its really hard to see from like the human eye sort of deal cause the light is weak but its still there!!

Even though the Lacks in the brightness from its glow, it makes up for in the beautiful burgundy of its delicate caps!! They can be found throughout Europe & North America.

Another fun name for these guys are burgundydrop bonnets!!! Which like the cutest thing ever???

These guys are also safe to eat but really no benefits and is tasteless from what i know[i need to double check this fact]

They appear in small groups or clusters on things such as decaying logs, trunks, and stumps for example!!

I dont know to , to much bout these fellas but they are so cool and i wanna know more so very similar to idk you too well but you are a cool moot id def love to talk to more lol

But yeah!!!! Hehe

[prof-oleander]

Thank you for more old mushroom dino lore. How old is chestnut in canon? Older then the professor himself?

OOC: You're welcome! And good question. Time to properly think about this as I never actually decided her age.

I personally headcanon that some types and species of Pokémon can live for a long time in the right conditions... some examples are rock types, and steel types... but grass types are in my headcanon too.

But at the same time, I never ended up deciding the professor's age and kept it vague with a "late twenties - early thirties" because it was kinda difficult to pick an age with no canon age for most of the characters (except for Opal since in the game it's confirmed that she's 88)... and also I'm at fault bc I wanted to make him around my age lmao

Also Chestnut is a wild mon so it's another thing that makes it difficult to pinpoint her age...

Considering all of this, I'd say that Chestnut is around 2 to 4 years older than the professor himself. Let's pick the middle ground with 3 years older than the professor.

[class-1b-bull]

What I think class 1b were like as toddlers because I cant stop thinking about it <3

Awase - definitely got in trouble a lot for welding shit together, he would welding his toys together to make these big as sculptures to give to his dad and it would be so cute but such a pain in the ass at the same time. He tries to be helpful with his quirk though <3 one time he was holding the light for his dad (universal experience) and welded the light to his forehead only to blind his dad when they looked at eachother.

Sen - he was a good kid for the most part but I think he would test peoples patience and pick fights with litterally everyone. Like some kid down the street looked at him wrong so now hes chasing him down the street screaming with a handfull of water balloons. Has 100% threatened to drill people with his quirk <3 took pictures of anything and everything with his moms phone.

Kamakiri - spent 100% of his time outside catching bugs or frogs or something. His mom would constantly get onto him for bringing bugs and shit into the house so he would go outside with a little grass hopper in his hands and sulk on the porch </3

Kuroiro - he would mostly keep to himself and just draw or play alone simply because he preferred it that way but the one game he always loved playing with others was hide and seek, only because he was a GOD at that game. 100% made a babysitter almost cry before because they thought he ran away or something when he was just hiding in the shadows (quite litterally)

Kendo - pure angel. Nice to everyone and everything and helped with anything she could help with <3 she seems like the type of kid that would hold your hand or something if you were sad or do something for you that makes her happy and omg I love her sm <3

Kodai - quiet kid. She did 100% use her quirk oh her toys though. Like she would take a small dino figure and size it up to take up her entire room to be more accurate to the game shes playing. Mostly kept to herself and was akward around others but definitely liked helping <3

Komori - problem child. She grew mushrooms everywhere and would pretend to make mushroom soup with the mushrooms she grew <3 definitely had to go to the hospital before because 'pretty mushrooms cant be poisonous' (the pretty mushroom was in fact poisonous)

Ibara - had one of those pocket bibles that she carried with her all the time. Stereotypical christian kid <3 not much I can say tbh exsept I feel like her vine hair would get caught on stuff a lot

Shishida - such a big kid for his age but shy asf. Hid behind his moms leg when he met new people. People constantly thought he was a short teen for how hairy he is when hes like 5. Idk why but he gives me 'doesent like loud noises' vibes. Asked his mom for shades to look cool and they stayed with him ever since

Shoda - shy kid that hides behind his moms leg 2.0. Idk why but I feel like he was a leash kid. Not because he was a problem child but because he would just wander off and no one would notice. Almost got cps called on him mom like 12 times for child neglect because he just walks away lmao

Pony - she the kid that walks up to strangers at pools and stuff and says shit like "my mommy says that her sister is a narcissistic bitch that deserves to rot in hell, watch me do this, its really cool!" Then she just jumps in the pool while whoever shes talking too goes through the 5 stages of grief.

Tsubaraba - problem child. Definitely was one of those kids that made up jokes that dont make sense (He thinks theyre funny plz laugh) also a very talkative kid. Not in the pony way but he would walk up to you and tell you everything he knows about dinos <3 ran out of breath quickly when he was a kid (cuz his quirk) so he had a little inhaler on him all the time

Tetsutetsu - outgoing popular kid that everyone likes. Everyone wants him on their dodge ball team <3. Knew different cuss words but not what they ment so he would say shit like 'son of a fuck you bitchin butt fart' or shit like that. Almost bit his tongue off before because he was talking while eating. (I wanna say he learned his lesson but he did it again a week later.)

Tokage - really liked legos as a kid. Her entire bedroom was just legos and her pet lizard named after some character from a movie she liked or smthn. She would confidently shout the wrong awnser in class (thinking shes right) and get hella confused when the teacher says shes wrong. Pony type talkative <3

Manga - his parents fridge never had enough room for his drawings. The only trouble he would cause is drawing on the walls or his bed sheet and stuff like that. He was pretty good at controlling his quirk but he was still really careful to not say certain things that would lead to house fires or his family being crushed lmao

Honenuki - adorable kid. He would constantly go up to strangers and compliment them <3 he would steal his dads ties and stuff and walk around with them on to feel like an adult and it was always so cute. Definitely the type of kid thay would take his moms phone to take pictures of random flowers and shit.

Bondo - taller and bigger than the rest of the kids his age. He preferred playing with bugs and other small animals than the other kids. One day he came home from school and his mom saw that he had a rabbit? For some reason? Next thing ya know they have a pet rabbit called carrot stick and it was his best friend <3

Monoma - he was cannonly teased and made fun of a lot as a kid for his quirk so I think he had some hannah montana type double life. Like at school he was being bullied and kept to himself and just kinda sit there and take it but at home he would be talking about how he rulled the school and was treated like a king there because of how awesome he is </3

Reiko - watched a lot of horror movies as a kid. Like her babysitter would be like 'you cant watch that its too scary' but then the babysitter is the one that ends up scared while reiko is drawing a little doodle of whatever movie monster is in front of her <3

Rin - angel child. Definitely shy but will talk your ear off if you ask him about dragons <3 his mom has the entire 'how to train your dragon' movie franchise memorized because of how often rin would watch it. He would pick flowers (or weeds that look like flowers) on his way home from school and give them to his family.

They were all so sweet im gonna cry </3

[discendia]

Juuuuuunebug!!! 💗💗💗

Hi, Hi! I have some asks for Rio!

🍄 (mushroom) - Does your character like being in nature or do they prefer the indoors? Do they have any outdoor hobbies like camping or fishing? If they prefer the indoors, why?

🧣(scarf) - What comforts your oc? Is it an item? An action? A person? Whatever it is, how any why does it comfort them?

🐞 (ladybug) - What does a perfect day look like for your oc? What do they do? Who do they see?

Next is Stella 🤭

NIMOOO!! 💕💕 Thank you for asking! It took a bit more thought but I'm happy I could answer these questions too. You were so nice with your choices. ✨

《 Red Emoji OC Asks 》

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Rio

🍄 (mushroom) - Does your character like being in nature or do they prefer the indoors? Do they have any outdoor hobbies like camping or fishing? If they prefer the indoors, why?

She has more indoor hobbies but on sunny days, instead of doing crafts in her room, she likes to set up a table in the garden and work there. She also loves going on walks around the city, enjoying the salty breeze of the coast, or visiting Dino’s stables and grooming the horses after a peaceful ride.   

🧣(scarf) - What comforts your oc? Is it an item? An action? A person? Whatever it is, how and why does it comfort them?

She usually finds comfort in Takeshi. She doesn’t need to use words with him, he can perceive when his sister needs a hug and opens his arms for her. Many nights Rio would grab her futon next to Takeshi’s to snuggle up to him and sleep surrounded by his warmth. It calms her down to know that he’s with her.

Eventually, Dino also becomes a source of comfort, his warmth is different to Takeshi’s, as well as the way they communicate, but she loves it dearly and searches for it.

If she’s alone and away from Namimori, she’ll look for comfort in the smell of home: cooked rice and fresh fish, petrichor and straw, or in the small talk with people from the neighbourhood and children playing.

🐞 (ladybug) - What does a perfect day look like for your oc? What do they do? Who do they see?

The perfect day for Rio would start with sleeping in, no alarms, only snuggling and a soft wake-up call if it's getting really late. She wouldn’t expect anyone to wait for her for breakfast but it would be perfect if her family were still around, doing their things while chatting with her.

It would be a peaceful day, she would run some errands around the shopping district, taking her time to talk to the neighbours, and she would stop by the flower shop and pick up some orchids before returning to the restaurant.

Takeshi would play a perfect match, he would be the ace, the star, the undisputable MVP, and she would be there to support him in his moment of glory. And it would be a thousand times better if it were their birthday!

She would prepare a celebration dinner with Tsuyoshi, just the two of them in the kitchen, listening to hyped conversations and laughs over drinks while they waited for the food. It would reunite all the people important to her, family and friends, in the same place without having to worry about conflicts or appearances, to spend time together and enjoy homemade food around a big table.

[lollytea]

hc that hunter and willow end up sharing a lot of clothing and because hunter has issues with the texture of certain fabrics, he sews that little W patch to remind himself that this or that belongs to willow. theres ceirtaintly an easier way to remember other than sewing an entire patch, but he enjoys designing patches that match the clothing. anyways look at what uve done to me im thinking up domestic huntlow hcs

I could imagine that during the time spent in Camila's house, mixing up clothes was a frequent occurance. Usually between Luz, Amity and Gus. They're all roughly the same size so they'd pull out a shirt, take one look at it and be like "yeah this is probably mine." Considering they're GFs, Luz and Amity wouldn't mind. But Gus would definitely complain if he saw either of them in one of his dino shirts tho lmao.

Willow and Hunter are also susceptible to this but less so. Hunter accidentally wore one of Willow's T-shirts once and when she was like "Borrowing my shirt, huh? ;)", he was absolutely mortified.

"O-oh! Is this yours? I didn't-- I-I'm so sorry. I mean, looking at it now... obviously it's yours. It's got mushrooms on it. Like, duh, am I right? I'll-I'll take it off immediately lemme just--"

"Now I know you're not about to take the shirt off right now in front of her, right?" Gus quickly adds before he embarrasses himself any further.

Hunter freezes, hands bunched in the hem, seconds before yanking the shirt over his head.

"ObViOusly not!" His voice cracks, face scalding. "That'd be weird. So weird! No I-...I'll wash it for you! I know you don't want my weird smell on it..."

Willow tilts head to the side, cocking an eyebrow "I don't?" She asks innocently.

All Hunter can manage is a confused but horribly flustered squeak. It's amazing the heat didn't melt the skin of his face off.

Gus has to give Willow a stern talking to later that day. ("You WILL kill him if you don't tone it down. Stop the violence, Park!!!")

Anyway, after that happens, Hunter does not throw on just anything. He carefully scrutinises every article of clothing he dons and makes absolute certain that it belongs to him. So yeah I could imagine him sewing in little name tags just to keep Willow's clothes out of his pile.

However, this is the point where Willow starts "accidentally" wearing his clothes in return. She bounces into the kitchen for breakfast in one of his rocko button downs and it makes his galdorstone fucking flatline. Sees his life flash before his eyes as he chokes on his cereal. He cannt TAKE this shit anymore man.

You know his sweater? The soft yellow one? Willow once asked to borrow it. She, Lumity and Vee were heading out for a girls day and she had this cute skirt that she wanted to wear and that sweater would match it perfectly and... 🥺

Anyway when Hunter gets it back, there's a strong scent of perfume on it.

"You'll probably wanna wash that." Willow winks, fully aware that he hasn't a notion of washing it. She leaves Hunter a pile of mush, clutching the sweater to his chest for dear life.

He wears it the next day. There's still traces of Willow's scent on it. He tries to be casual about it but fails miserably. She grins like an idiot all day long.

But yes YES absolutely. In a few years time they are constant clothes sharers. Deliberate this time. Very funny to think about Willow intentionally avoiding textures that Hunter doesn't like when clothes shopping, even when they're for her. Cuz like...they'll end up on him at some point probably. If she owns fabrics that bother Hunter, it's clothes that aren't really his style anyway. But shirts, pants, jackets, hoodies. These are all fair game.

Hunter STILL distinguishes every article of clothing with the personalised little patches but you want to know the biggest reason I think he does this?

He wants people to know. He likes flaunting who he's dating honestly.

Luz: *pointing at the leaf patch on the sleeve of Hunter's jacket* Lemme guess. This is your girlfriend's?

Hunter: *is not a teenager anymore and tries to resist the urge to giggle. Fails anyway* yeah 🥰

[i-love-harryosborn-dotcom]

❤️⭐️Get To Know Me⭐️💙

a brief introduction to your friendly neighborhood Parker Kinnie

more below the cut!

⭐️ General To Know Jazz ⭐️

Names/Nicknames: Parker, Heebles

Age: 22

Pronouns: He/They/It

Primary Hobbies/Interests: Art, Gaming, Movie Watching, Food

⭐️ Interests, Info & Hobbies Elaborated! ⭐️

My Parker Kinnie Sources: Raimi Spiderman, TASM Movies, Insomniac Spiderman, Some Spiderverse Movie stuff (i just generally pull a lot of kinnieism from a lot of parker’s core narrative themes/struggles lol)

Special Interests: Pokemon, Animals

Current Interests +: HTML Coding, Pixel Art, Art RPGs, Pokemon, Dinosaurs, “Bugs”, Hazbin/Helluva (im critical as fuck of these), Character Design, Mood boards/stimboards, 4*Town, Diorama creation, food/cooking

Current Disinterests: talking abt politics here??, im actually not sure what to put here rn ngl 🫡

Hobbies +: Watching Movies (Horror Especially), Playing Games, Watchin Video Essays & Restoration or Tiny Cooking Videos

Games I Enjoy RN: Planet Zoo, Subnautica, Pokemon, Lioden, Slime Rancher 1 & 2, webbed

Cool Queer Labels I’ve Collected: Aro/Ace Spec, Pansexual, Polyamorous, Nonbinary, Transgender, Xenogender

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⭐️ Trivia :]!

- favorite color is purple

- my main fursona is a wild boar monster!

- im a big parksborn shipper but im also a huge multishipper 🍕🫶

- i actually dont eat pepperoni, my pizza order is a medium pan w/ extra sauce n light cheese 🍕🍕 but thats ok!

- im a southern parker kinnie 🫡 image pete w/ a slight texan twang ig

- im hella into red heads Harry Osbo :3

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I block liberally to protect my peace & curate my experience online. If you interact in a way im not cool with or post about my personal icks, i may block you! And thats okay :]! What i do doesn’t determine you, please don’t block evade

Note 2 Minors: This acc is sfw so i dont mind you interacting w/ my personal posts or chatting back n forth via reblogs, but know that im not interested in interacting a ton personally in DMs or anything 👍

DNI/Fast Blocks: proship, racists/queerphobes, TERFs, anti-xenogender girlies, generally assholeish ppl lol

God Please Interact: Parksborn Shippers, Queer/Autistic Artists, Furry Artists/Furries, Other Spiderman fans :]! (Especially insomniac), pokemon fans

Inbox/Requests: See Bio for up to date status but normally they’re very open! Im good w/ random questions, rambling, info dumping etc. And im normally cool w/ art requests :]!

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#Parkers Pizza = Anything 2 do w/ my weird food aesthetic interest

#Poppin Parker = My Autistic Rants/Rambling

#Parker Playtime = My Game Rambling/Screenshots

#Parky Parker = My AUs

#Paintin Parker = My Art Posted Here

#Herping Parker = Posts w/ Bugs & Other Small Critters

#Planty Parker = Posts w/ Mushrooms/Fungi & Plant-central posts

#Paleo Parker = Posts w/ Dinos/Prehistoric Life

#Parker Blinkies = Blinkie reblogs 4 me to look back on/harvest from

More are sure 2 come

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Nothin Rn 🍕 There will probably be an art masterlist or AU masterlist one day

Definitely gonna be a blinkie masterlist lol

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(You’ll see a lot of these on my acc) Credit

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- sexist / misogynistic

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- ageplay, petplay, dual com, or anything related to or under that umbrella

- “sfw” kink, kink or nsfw accs in general

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(why below)

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- use tone tags

- don’t call me pet names

- don’t ask me to be your cg or regressor

- no small talk / don’t ask to be friends just let it happen naturally

- don’t baby me unless given permission.

- no heavy baby talk

- no mature language or topics

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names

names you can call me / some of my name hoard

- koda

- grey

- star

- dottie

- winnie

- lilac

- bear

- pluto / plu

- grid

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about me

1. {name} legal is greyson, but the names above work too :)

2. {big age} 19

3. {small age} 0-10

4. {petre smallest to biggest} bunny, kitty, calf, puppy, dino, shark, black panther

5. {others} i have an awesome sauce bubba :3, autistic, adhd, possibly dyslexic, hEDS & POTS, PCOS, cane user, satanic pagan witch, therian & otherkin

6. {special interests} i have many, but my main ones marine life (sharks & penguins specifically) and ancient egypt

7. {likes} purple, black, yellow, blue, forest colors, fnaf, minecraft, stuffed animals, doing crafts, anime, alt music (mostly emo, rock, metal), kandi etc etc

8. {dislikes} S’s arachnophobia, liars, sea food, opera & k pop, tomatoes & mushrooms

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tags

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📖text posts

📦user boxes

📺shows

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🦷icons

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[banannabethchase]

Jurassic Sanctuary

Chapter 2: Nick - also on AO3

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Claudio takes Nick on a tour, where Nick refuses to follow directions and is introduced to consequences for it. The consequences, however, are big. And attractive.

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Nick

He follows Claudio. “How’s Breeze?” Nick asks. “I was expecting him to come along. Or, like, meet him here with you.”

Claudio smiles. “Actually, he’s at home. Setting up the final touches of the nursery.”

“Oh duh!” Nick says. “God, that baby has to be nearly ready to pop. How’s Peyton?”

“About as good as I can assume someone is at 35 weeks pregnant,” Claudio chuckles. “Breeze visits her daily, and I’m getting in overtime to bulk up the paychecks while we’re both on paternity leave.”

Nick rolls his eyes. “Yeah, like Breeze will actually stop making his fashion videos.”

Claudio stops. “He will.” It’s the first insecurity Nick’s ever seen behind his eyes, and it makes him uncomfortable. “We have spoken about it at length. Both of us, for the first twelve weeks, no work beyond a video or two a week to make sure people know he’s not dead.”

“Oh.” Nick doesn’t even know what to say about that. “I – I know. You’ll both be great fathers.”

“Some things are more important than the videos, Nicholas,” Claudio admonishes. It makes Nick feel like a stupid little kid, the way Claudio speaks sometimes. Kind of makes him wish Breeze had married that weirdo guy he met in the fashion blog sphere before Claudio.

“I know that,” Nick says, a little too late. “So, um. Tell me about the projects.”

“You signed the NDA prior to coming on the island, correct?”

Nick nods. “I’m no stranger to NDAs.”

Claudio rolls his eyes. “I forget how you get.” He sighs. “Well, you can be assured that, as long as you follow the instructions of the staff, there is no chance of interacting or getting injured.”

Nick nods. “Follow instructions. Got it.”

“Do you?” Claudio asks. “I recall an event with you and Tyler a few years back with the triceratops at the museum in Houston.”

“I will argue until the day of my death,” Nick says, “that was Tyler’s fault.”

“I’m sure it was,” Claudio says. There’s a sparkle in his eye that assures Nick that, despite appearances, he has a mischievous side that matches Tyler. “But you still almost destroyed a priceless artifact.”

“Again, technically, Tyler almost destroyed it.”

“Tyler was on your shoulders.”

“Coercion,” Nick says, grinning. “I was forced to do it.”

“Well,” Claudio says, “be that as it may, don’t jump over any guardrails or anything.” His expression is stern. “Mox did something stupid a few months ago, thought he could balance to get a sample for Bryan from one of the blooms.” He shakes his head. “Let’s just say he had an interesting interaction with Jack.”

“Jack?”

“Yes,” and he says nothing more about it.

Claudio takes him through the first set of exhibits, letting him peer at plant samples and mushrooms from millions of years ago.

“I didn’t even know they had mushrooms,” Nick muses. “Guess I should have.”

“We would have called Bryan in to take you on this tour,” Claudio says as they walk through a new room. “But he’s working on his skin cream.”

Nick blinks. “Skin cream?”

Claudio nods. “Has multiple uses, from what I can understand. He really does have the expertise in the plant and fungi element.” He rolls his eyes. “I actually think it’s because he’s trying to figure out which ones he can live on and convince people are meat, but he hasn’t succeeded yet.”

When they reach a door with a complex sort of entrance, Claudio grins. “Ah, yes,” he says. “The locked wing.”

“Locked wing?” Nick asks. “Like, locked for everyone else but I’ll get to see it, wing?”

Claudio sighs. “Yes, but only because Tony gave me special permission because I accidentally talked you three up.” He sighs. “Truly, I owe you my current life and the life of my soon to be daughter, but you really are impossible. Nobody is supposed to have access to this area.”

“Why not?” Nick asks. “Are the dinos deadly? Am I going to get attacked?” The excitement wells. “Oh, my god, do you have Bigfoot?!”

“You,” Claudio says, “are the absolute worst.” He presses his hand to a computer screen, which moves a little like a scanner. Then he leans in, eye first. And then he says, “Castagnoli, Claudio.” Finally, the door opens, slowly, automated. “Welcome,” he says, “to the genetic evolution of man.”

Nick steps into the room, blinking. “The what now?”

“The genetic evolution – it was for the drama,” Claudio says. “Tyler says I should be more – stop laughing at me.”

“I’m not laughing!” Nick lies. “I’m – choking. On air.”

“I rue the day you came into my life,” Claudio deadpans.

“You do not,” Nick chirps, skipping around the exhibit as Claudio turns on the light. “That’s the day you and Breeze made it official, and if you two weren’t together, you wouldn’t have the baby on the way.” Nick leans over the railing. “Why’s there no screen here?”

“Get off of there!” Claudio gets a handful of Nick’s jacket and yanks him back down with one arm. Nick resists the urge to have certain sinful thoughts about his best friend’s husband. “Honestly, I have just told you not to do this.”

“I was leaning,” Nick says, wiggling out of the jacket. “Hah. Now I win.”

“If you do something stupid, I will not defend you to anyone,” Claudio grumbles. He leans against the wall. “There is no screen because the people in this exhibit are actually in their homes.”

Nick raises an eyebrow. “People? Excuse me?”

“They’re here voluntarily,” Claudio says. “Well, in a sense. They are essentially Mr. Khan’s children.”

“I thought Mr. Khan was, like, a permanent bachelor.” Nick hops up to sit on the railing, ignoring Claudio's eye roll. He’ll be fine. “He have some sort of affairs or something?”

“The elder Khan,” Claudio explains. “Get down from there.”

“I’m fine.” Nick waves him off. “But, like. How? I didn’t know there was more than one Khan kid.”

“As I stated previously,” Claudio says, and Nick’s not sure he’s ever looked so annoyed, “they aren’t people in the standard sense of the word. They are experiments. Genetic experiments.”

Nick has a thousand questions screaming through his mind, all insistent to be the first. The one that strikes him first is about to come out when a bolt of lightning, accompanied by earth-shattering thunder, strikes somewhere nearby.

“Nicholas!”

He’s falling before he realizes. And he hits the ground before he has time enough to fear it.

Well. He thought it was the ground. He sits up.

“What the eff?” he asks, looking around. He’s in the branches of a tree, body aching.

“Nicholas, get back – oh –” Out comes a litany of swears from Claudio’s mouth. At least, Nick assumes they’re swears. They’re in German. Probably. And they’re drowned out by the onslaught of rain now dumping buckets down on him. He’s beginning to wish the coat was back on him.

“Get me out of here!” Nick yells. He can’t see the window anymore, only a speedily closing metal door.

“I can’t!” Claudio shouts at him. “The lockdown procedures – I will do what I can, Nick!”

And the door shuts.

Nick is stuck in a tree, in the pouring rain, without a jacket, in the middle of an experiment exhibit in a dinosaur sanctuary. If there were ever an event to earn it. “Fuck.”

~

He manages to get down the tree after longer than he would ever admit, stumbling into a puddle of chilly water up to his knees. The mud seeps into his sneakers, ruining them beyond any hope. He keeps them on, though, because he doesn’t know what kind of stuff is on this forest floor.

It’s nicer than any forest he’s been stuck in before, at least. And this time he doesn’t have a camera on him. It’s nice to not be making content of his misery, for once.

He’s been walking so long he barely registers the little home he comes upon, a quaint cabin reminiscent of Little House on the Prairie. The energy is ruined, though, by the highly complicated electrical setup on the side of the house. Relief flooding through him, he stomps toward the door. It’s either a staff building or some sort of summer home, and either is preferable to pouring rain.

“Hello!” he yells, knocking on the door. “Hello! Nick Jackson, visitor! Could I get some help here?”

The door opens hesitantly, the person behind the door only showing one leg covered in black sweatpants. “A visitor?”

“Yes,” Nick says. “And it’s quite literally pouring. Can I come in?”

“To my house?” the voice asks, warm and smooth. “That seems rather presumptuous.”

“Are you Tony’s dad or something?” Nick asks. “I’m friends with Claudio. Well, Claudio’s husband. Tony approved a visit.”

“I,” the person says, “am not Tony, nor his father.”

“Another staff member,” Nick says. “No worries. Is this like a staff lodge or something?”

“You are impossible.” The door swings open and Nick – Nick stares.

“This might be rude,” he says, blinking away what he thinks must be a hallucination, “but are those horns?”

“This is my face,” the man – dinosaur – dinosaurman – thing says. “But, yes.”

“I – okay.” Nick isn’t sure what to say next. “Hello.”

“Hello,” the marvel says. “You do seem uncomfortable. It would be rude to refuse you shelter.” He steps to the side and gestures into the little home.

If Nick were thinking, he wouldn’t go into a stranger’s house while he’s dripping wet and well out of his element. He wouldn’t smile at the person he’s unsure is defined as a man, worry about dripping all over the hallway rug, or feel self-conscious about how bad his hair must look.

“Come sit,” the dinosaur man says, gesturing toward the couch. “It’s cold outside. I’ll put some water on to boil.” His smile is shockingly soft and sweet. Nick is…intrigued. “Do you like tea?”

“I do,” Nick says. On a normal day, he likes it sweet, cold, and with a bunch of lemon, but he would drink anything warm right now. He shivers as the man’s back turns. “Um, sorry, this has got to be rude. But who – are you?” He almost said what.

“I,” the man says, “am one of a kind.”

“Yeah, no duh,” Nick scoffs. “There can’t possibly be anybody like you.”

He glances over his shoulder, green face amused. “Such a statement for a man who just met me.”

Nick shrugs. “I call ‘em as I see ‘em. And, look, I’ve been all over the world. I’ve never seen anyone like you.”

The man chuckles, something warm and rumbling. Nick shifts on the couch. “I appreciate the assessment,” the dinosaur man says. “Now, you are correct, as far as I know. There is only one of me. I am a genetic experiment, at least that’s what they’ve told me.” He turns up the heat under the water. “Human genes spliced with specially selected dinosaur genomes. It’s all very complicated.” He turns, leaning on the counter. Nick can’t resist the urge to scan the man’s body – long, broad. He can only imagine the strength under the soft clothing and tanned skin. “Frankly, I always preferred the humanities over the sciences.”

Nick nods. “Genetic experiment,” he says. “Only thing I can say is I was supposed to be a twin.”

“Ah,” the man says. His eyes sparkle. “An only child like me, then.”

“Not quite,” Nick says. “My older brother, Matt. He’s here with me too.”

The man tilts his head. Nick finds the horns frame his face nicely. They add character, extra expression. He likes it. “Here with you?”

“We came to visit,” Nick explains. “We really like dinosaurs.”

“You do,” the man says. He smiles. “Good to know.”

Nick shifts, crossing his legs at the ankles. “So, um,” he says. “I’m Nick, by the way.” He meets them man’s eyes, and tries his best to stay neutral. “What’s your name?”

“Devlin,” the dinosaur man says. “I call myself Devlin.” The kettle begins to whistle, and Devlin pours the water over two mugs with tea bags in them.

Nick nods. “Hi, Devlin.” He shouldn’t ask, but he does. “And – and what does everyone else call you?”

“Devlin, the same,” he explains. He sits on the couch next to Nick, handing him the steaming mug “But, for a while, before they knew what to name me, I was nameless. The elder Khan decided to discourage people from interacting with me. It took meeting Tony, when we were both young and he snuck in, for me to get a true name.”

“That sounds awful,” Nick whispers.

Devlin shrugs as he plays with the tea bag. “It was okay. I got to choose my own name. Tony was older, but seemed to know about as much about the world beyond books as I did. We chose my name based on a book he read to me.” He smiles, and Nick wishes he could step into the memories. “I can’t remember what book now. But it was nice.”

A million questions run through Nick’s mind, but he settles on asking, “So you live all by yourself?”

“Not quite,” Devlin says. “There’s another experiment, Jack, in this little environment. But he doesn’t often connect with me.” He offers a smile. “He’s a bit shy. Doesn’t enjoy speech. Tony and I learned sign language together and taught him, so that’s how we communicate.” He takes a careful sip. Nick follows suit, and the tea burns, but just a little bit.

“I know a little sign,” Nick says, “but, I mean, nothing like you all do, I’m guessing. Does he live in this part of the sanctuary?”

Devlin nods. “He does.”

Nick fights the urge to glance over his shoulder. “Is he, like, here now?”

Devlin laughs, and it’s sweet and honest and Nick’s worried he’s about to get addicted to it. “Not right now, no. When the storms hit, he tends to spend time in his house alone. He’s always hated thunder.”

A crash booms, closer than the past few, and Nick jumps. If he lands closer to Devlin than he’d been beforehand, that’s a coincidence.

“Don’t worry,” Devlin says. “I’ll keep you safe from the big, scary thunder.” His hand is huge next to Nick’s where they rest on the couch.

“Promise?” Nick jokes. He catches sight of lightning out the small window, the rain continuing to pour down. He shivers in his wet clothes.

“You’re cold!” Devlin says. “Oh, of course. Tea wouldn’t possibly be enough. Let me get you something warm.”

“Oh, you don’t have to –”

“Please,” Devlin says, smiling. “I’ve never had a real guest before.”

Nick nods and smiles. “Okay.” Their gazes linger on each other. This should feel weirder than it does. “It’s an honor to be the first.”

He takes the moment to look around the little home. It reminds him of a one or two bedroom apartment – through a door, he can see a bed and dresser. He can see a hallway, and can assume down it is a bathroom, maybe an office. It’s cozy in the living room, kitchen in the line of sight along with the front door.

“Here,” Devlin says, still smiling. “I’m sure it’s far too big for you, but it will keep you warmer than,” he looks at Nick, “that.”

“It’s a romper,” Nick explains, taking the blanket of a flannel from Devlin’s hands. It’s soft and worn, blue plaid. He pulls it on over his damp romper and immediately feels better. “Thank you.”

“Tell me about these rompers,” Devlin says, laughter in his eyes. “They seem less than appropriate for trekking through a nature preserve.”

“I wasn’t thinking I would be trekking,” Nick says. “I was visiting. With my brother, and our best friend.”

Devlin’s eyes go wistful. “I always wanted a brother,” he murmurs. “Jack was close, but…” He trails off. “I suppose maybe I’m yearning for more human interaction than I knew.”

“You’ve never spoken to a human off the island?” Nick asks. “Other than Tony and his dad and the staff?”

“Oh, I’ve spoken to them,” Devlin says. “Many times. My instructors and I converse very frequently via phone or video chat, but I always keep my video off.” He reaches up to touch at his horns, fingertips gliding over half-scale, half skin green space across his cheeks. “I decided early on to follow the initial suggestion that I keep my face hidden.”

“I don’t know why,” Nick says, “you’re gorgeous.”

He hadn’t meant to say that part out loud.

“Really?”

Nick looks at him. Really looks. “You don’t believe me?” He shuffles closer. Their pinkies touch.

“I suppose I’ve never heard it before.”

Nick’s not sure what’s going on, but he knows he’s leaning in closer. He doesn’t know what to do, only that he wants to do it.

Devlin’s kiss is gentle and quick, only a hint of a thing. Nick’s entire body is on alert, aching for more. He pulls back to see Devlin’s green face smiling.

“Is it strange,” Devlin says, “if I tell you that, in my thirties, that’s my first kiss?”

Nick smiles. “No. Are you okay?”

“I’m great,” Devlin says. He presses his lips together. “You must be hungry.”

Nick shrugs. “Yeah, but I wouldn’t want to impose.”

“Impose?” Devlin chuckles. “Certainly not. You can’t imagine how many years I’ve wanted to cook for someone else.” He stands and walks over to the kitchenette with surprising grace. “You can only practice jerk chicken and beef Wellington so many times for yourself before it begins to feel banal.”

Nick nods. “Okay,” he decides. “I – okay. Will you be able to cook without power?”

“Gas stove,” Devlin explains. He pulls a lighter from a drawer and lights the stove. “You could say I prefer a more primitive method.” He winks, and Nick is having a rough time staying normal.

Nick watches as Devlin expertly prepares something with spices and peppers, chicken. It smells heavenly. “Tell me about the dish,” Nick says. “How did you learn?”

Apparently, Devlin’s spent years learning different recipes from youtubers and cookbooks around the world. He keeps his own garden in the back of the house, where he gets most of his vegetables. Others are shipped in by his request. Nick listens and tastes as Devlin explains the necessary spices to create the correct depth of flavor, not even reacting to the thunder in the background anymore.

“This is karahi,” he explains. “Try it.”

Nick is immediately flooded with flavor as he tries the sauce. “That’s incredible.”

“I’ve done my best to honor its origins over the years I’ve made it,” Devlin says. “It’s good?”

“It’s great.”

“I have some tortilla, which isn’t the standard naan, but we can make it work.” He smiles.

“You really are a self-made man,” Nick says. He sees the tortillas on the counter. They look better than anything he could buy in a grocery store. “No one would know you hadn’t been out in the world before.”

Devlin sighs. “I do my best to pretend, but the face.” He gestures to it. Reptilian has always given Nick the connotation of sneaky, sleazy. Maybe untrustworthy. But Devlin’s reptilian smile is anything but that, more sheepish and sweet. “I doubt the world would be willing to give it a chance.”

“I would.” Nick’s confident in his words. “If – if you were interested in that as an option, I mean. My brother and I – well, we’re sort of famous. On YouTube and video channels.” It hits him that Devlin may have seen him before. “Um. Not like the cooks you watch. We sort of…” He trails off. He doesn’t know how to explain he reports on celebrity gossip when people like Devlin do so much more with their lives. “Matt reports on fashion and I report on celebrity events.”

“Would you believe I’ve seen a video or two?” Devlin asks. “You’re much more meanspirited in the videos than you are in real life.”

Nick shrugs. “It’s sort of a character I play. I’m much less judgmental to the people I meet in real life.” He pauses. “Also, most of the people I insult really bad are kind of awful.”

Devlin nods. “I can understand that.” He finishes cooking in silence while Nick watches. He feels the need to be close to Devlin, and hopes he’s not hovering.

“And there we are,” Devlin says. “I regret my choice not to have a dining room table.” He frowns.

“No, it’s fine!” Nick says. “I haven’t had, like, a homecooked meal since Breeze decided he could make pasta and screwed up alfredo sauce.”

“Breeze…do you mean Tyler?” Devlin walks toward the couch with two bowls, a tortilla in each. Nick follows as he watches Devlin scoop some of the karahi in the bread. “Has the baby come yet? I’ve been speaking with Claudio almost daily.” He smiles, wistful. “I can’t wait to see a picture.”

“Not yet,” Nick says. He mirrors Devlin’s motions, finding himself clunky and disastrous. He only just manages to catch a pepper before it slides onto his romper.

“Here,” Devlin says, smiling. “Let me help.” He takes the tortilla from Nick’s hand and expertly slides some karahi on it. “Open.”

Nick’s heart races as he takes a bite. He can’t be held responsible for the moan that leaves his lips. Anyone, man, dinosaur, child, whatever, would have the same reaction. When he opens his eyes, savoring the flavor, Devlin’s eyes are heat and flame on him.

“It’s incredible,” Nick whispers. “I didn’t – I haven’t…” He doesn’t know what he’s trying to say, only that he hopes Devlin understands.

Devlin nods and takes another bite, eyes still on Nick. “I’m glad to see you enjoy it.”

They laugh as Nick learns how to scoop, Devlin’s large hand helping him make the proper movements. Nick’s on the last bite and goes a little intense, scooping a whole pepper onto the tortilla.

“Oh, hold on –”

Nick shoves a large bite in his mouth and chews. And then his entire face is on fire. “Oh, my god,” he says gracefully through a mouthful of burning hellfire. He swallows, unsure what else to do. “Oh, my god, that was so hot.”

Devlin winces. “Yes, I can see – I would have recommended you didn’t eat half a jalapeño pepper, but you didn’t give me the time to stop you.”

Nick grabs for his tea, but Devlin’s hand stops him.

“Do you want me to burn into the stratosphere?” Nick asks. He thinks, perhaps, he can see the heat bubbling up as he looks around frantically.

“Tortilla,” Devlin says firmly. “It will be more effective at fixing the heat. Water will make it worse.”

Nick nods, willing to do anything to make it stop, and shoves the tortilla in his mouth. The burn dulls to something tolerable and he relaxes, flopping against the back of Devlin’s couch. Devlin’s chuckling as Nick finishes chewing. “You could have warned me earlier,” Nick says. “That was mean.”

“I assure you, it wasn’t intentional.” Devlin smiles. He watches Nick as he squirms, just a little. “I assumed I had a limited spice tolerance, but I also assumed you would know from sight not to eat an entire jalepeno in one bite.”

Nick sighs. “Well, at least I’m warm now.” He shoots a smile at Devlin.

Devlin’s expression shifts. “I haven’t given you a full set of warm clothes!” he says. “I should provide you with more than just the flannel.”

“It’s okay!” Nick says. “No, really, I – it’s fine.” He smiles. “The food was plenty.”

“You must be cold, though,” Devlin says. “Come, you can shower.”

“I thought the power was dead?”

“I work with solar for 50% of my energy,” Devlin explains. “Tony and I designed it when we were kids. It doesn’t have enough push yet to power a whole house, but I use it to heat my water for showers.” He shrugs. “If you’d like to, that is.”

Nick nods. “Yeah, I – I think…” He trails off, thinking of himself naked and wet and so, so, willing in the home of this incredible man, and not doing anything about it. “I think, um, maybe, you should join me.”

Devlin’s eyebrows raise. “Do you, now.”

Nick nods. “If you want. Showers can be, like, difficult. In a new person’s house.” He fights the smile tempting his lips. “It’s a whole thing.”

“Well, I couldn’t have my guest confused,” Devlin murmurs.

He leans in and kisses Nick again, heat exploding in Nick’s body oh so different from the pepper before. Nick meets Devlin, damp clothes and skin touching Devlin’s shirtless chest. Before he knows it, Nick finds himself in Devlin’s lap, straddling his hips, very aware of something he’d like to know better. “We, um,” Nick says, unsure of when the beard burn kicked in on his neck. “Shower?”

“Shower,” Devlin murmurs.

They stumble into the bedroom and Nick yanks Devlin on top of him first, grinning up. “I figure we could start here.”

“Reasonable,” he says.

They make out like horny teenagers, Devlin’s sweats and Nick’s romper and the flannel falling to the floor. He doesn’t want to rush this, doesn’t want to scare Devlin or make him feel pressured.

“You said, earlier,” Nick says, forcing his hands to stop shaking. “That was your first kiss.”

Devlin nods above him, caging Nick in but without any part of him touching. “Yes,” he breathes.

“So this…” Nick reaches up and touches Devlin’s face. His beautiful, green face. “You’ve never done this before.”

Devlin smiles. “Well, darling, you understand I can order from Amazon, correct?”

Nick laughs. “Yeah, and?”

“I may not have experience, per se,” he says. He draws open a drawer and pulls out every possible sex toy Nick could never have imagined. “But I do have video, Nick. I know what to do.” He winks. “Though, with a person, it is a little different. Perhaps you could give me some assistance.”

Nick nods, almost too quickly. “Yeah,” he says. “I mean – yeah, I can.” He’s never been somebody’s first before. He’s never felt like it mattered how he did it before. “What kind of assistance?”

Devlin’s smile is shockingly knowing. “Why don’t you get yourself ready, for whatever you want, and I can watch.”

Nick exhales. “Jesus,” he says, unable to fight the little laugh. “You, uh. You have a lot of – a lot of game for a solitary superhuman.”

“Superhuman,” Devlin says, like he’s testing the word in his mouth. “Huh. I don’t think I’ve thought of it that way before.”

The two of them have hands everywhere as they make their way to the shower. Devlin’s skin is warm, soft. Nothing like scales, which he finds himself expecting.

Devlin is intentional as he kisses, if a little clumsy. It’s charming. Nick’s never been anybody’s first anything before, and it’s a responsibility he’s willing to hold.

“Okay,” Nick says, stepping into the water. It’s warm, not hot. Comfortable. “So, it has to be the right kind or – oh.” He smiles at the bottle of lube in Devlin’s hand. “Yeah, that’s the one.”

“You act as if I haven’t had thirty years of research to prepare for a moment like this,” Devlin says. “Go on. Show me what to do.”

Nick sighs and turns, leaning over a little. He feels observed as he slips a hand behind himself and decides, for this moment, he’ll take his time with it. He’s only had a few relationships – Matt’s more of the playboy of the two of them, and Kenny a close second – but this he’s gotten good at this over the years. Devlin watches, attention burning flame, and Nick tries not to grin too hard. He hasn’t felt this kind of watched in years. Like he wants it. Like he’s asking for the eyes instead of expecting them.

“You,” Devlin says, voice reverent, “are stunning.”

“Yeah?” Nick asks, finally warmed from the water. He turns, fingers slipping out of himself. “You are, too.” He steps toward Devlin. “Do you want to touch me?”

Devlin’s breath comes out slowly. “Of course I do,” he says. “I – yes. But, um.” He looks shy again. Nick wants to keep the memory forever. “But – I suppose it’s a bit silly, but I’ve always wanted someone whose hair I could wash.” His smile is sweet beyond words. “You could call it a fantasy of mine.”

Nick thinks to the multitude of hair products, conditioners and shampoos and toners in his bag back in the rooms. He glances to the two in one on the counter.

“Yes,” Nick says. “I’ve always wanted someone to wash my hair.”

Devlin blinks. “You’ve never had that?”

Nick shakes his head, surprised at his answer. “No, never. I – no one’s ever said they wanted to, and I was always too, I don’t know, weird about it to ask.”

Devlin leans in and cups Nick’s face in his hands, pressing a gentle kiss to his lips. “I want to,” Devlin says quietly.

His fingers are careful but thorough, massaging Nick’s scalp well enough that he can’t help a moan.

“Good?” Devlin asks, and Nick can hear the knowing smile behind it.

Nick makes a weird noise in the back of his throat, something he hopes is affirming and attractive. “You, um,” he says, wanting to feel those hands other places. “You can touch me more.”

“I can?” Devlin asks. His hands slide out of Nick’s hair and settle on his hips. “How about here?”

Nick hums. “And other places, too.”

Devlin chuckles. He reaches his hands around toward Nick’s stomach, not quite at his dick. “Here?”

Nick whines. “Touch me,” he pleads. “If – if you want.”

“I’ve wanted to touch someone else for a long time,” Devlin growls. He reaches a big hand and gentle, so incredibly gently, circles Nick’s dick. Nick can’t help it – he moans, openly, and drops his head back on Devlin’s shoulder. He can hear a sharp inhale from Devlin.

“You…” Devlin says, quietly. “My god.”

Nick laughs. “You’re pretty incredible, too.”

“Incredible isn’t enough,” Devlin says. He begins murmuring something into Nick’s ear, maybe French, or Spanish, he’s not able to tell. The sounds switch, almost frantically, as they fall from Devlin’s lips. “See?” he mumbles. “I know six languages and I can’t find any words to match what this moment means to me.”

“You have no idea how hot that is,” Nick manages to say. Everything’s swirling around him with meaning he struggles to catch. “I – are you – do you want to?” His hips twitch back, bumping into Devlin’s cock. “Because I do.”

“You are certain?” Devlin spins Nick in his arms. His green face looks fairytale as the water drips down it, horns and scales merging into soft skin and a well kept beard. Nick wants to be devoured, consumed, and he doesn’t know how to ask for it. “I want you to be sure,” Devlin says, brushing damp hair off of Nick’s shoulder. “I want to you to know – to know it’s this you’re asking it from.” He gestures to himself, height and muscle and skin and scale. “I want you to know it’s me.”

“I know it’s you,” Nick says, reaching up to stroke Devlin’s cheek. “That’s why I want it. Only because it’s you.”

Devlin hauls him close, hands on Nick’s waist, and the kiss is electricity enough to power the whole campus, Nick thinks. He throws his arms around Devlin’s neck and presses against him, hoping his intention and need is written across every inch of his skin. Devlin grunts, hands gripping Nick’s hips like he’s fighting to grab somewhere else. “You’re certain?”

Nick pulls away. “I’ve never wanted to be with someone more than I do right now.” He turns around and sticks out his ass. He throws a look over his shoulder, glancing down at the thick, long, unexpectedly ribbed cock. “Literally never. Oh my god.” He reaches over and grabs the lube, shoves it in Devlin’s hand. Devlin angles the showerhead away and then slides a finger between Nick’s cheeks. Nick hums, pushing back.

“Do I…?” Devlin asks.

“If you want to,” Nick says. “I can – I’m, um, good to go, if not.”

Devlin chuckles. “Well, I would like to be thorough.” He kisses the side of Nick’s neck. “Intentional. You understand.”

Nick moans, dropping his head forward on the shower wall as a finger slides inside him. He’s ready even before this, but Devlin’s so much more careful than he’s ever been with himself. Slow.

“Good?”

Nick nods. “I – another, please,” he mumbles. “If you want.”

“I certainly do.” He gently eases a second finger in and Nick’s about to lose his mind with the need to be completely filled. “This is beautiful. You’re beautiful.” All Nick can do is listen. “I never – I understood, truly, what sex was. But I didn’t realize the power my partner would hold over me.” He kisses the top of Nick’s head. “Nicholas, I’m afraid I won’t be one to have one night stands.”

“Good,” Nick sighs, rocking back against Devlin’s fingers, “because I know for a fact I’m not.”

Devlin seems entranced with the way he can draw sounds from Nick just with his fingers, because he takes his time. Nick’s never felt this close to sobbing from somebody’s fingers, usually needs to get fucked with reckless abandon to feel this way. But it’s different. He feels different. Partners in the past haven’t made him feel this much.

“Now,” Devlin says, “when it comes to protection –”

“Totally up to you,” Nick interrupts. “I’ve tested negative recently, and haven’t had any partners in a while.”

“And you know I am,” Devlin pauses, a laugh in his voice, “new to all of this.”

Nick’s head swims with the knowledge that Devlin is trusting him to be the first, that he may get to feel Devlin come inside him, that he gets to take care of Devlin the way he wasn’t cared for his first time.

“Whatever you want,” Nick says, “and nothing else. I promise.”

Devlin slowly eases his fingers out, leaving Nick empty for the quickest moment before Devlin turns him and leans in for a kiss. It starts sweet, gentle, then escalates back into fireworks and electricity and promise. “What you want matters, too, Nicholas.”

“What I want,” Nick says, “is you.”

Devlin turns him and presses him against the wall. “Well, for the sake of transparency, I intend to come inside you,” he growls into Nick’s ear. “Is that alright?”

“Effing – that’s more than alright,” Nick says, heart racing. “Yes. I want you to.”

“And you’ve seen that my anatomy is a bit, how should I say,” Devlin chuckles, “atypical?”

“Part of the draw,” Nick breathes. “You’re incredible.”

“As are you, beautiful,” Devlin says, lining himself up. “As are you.”

Nick relaxes, melts like putty, as Devlin slowly, achingly slowly, slides the first few inches of himself into Nick. The shape of it is familiar, but the ridges and bumps are different. Magical different. Making Nick’s eyes black out with the pleasure of it, different.

“Oh my god,” Nick says. “I – I don’t know if I can take all of you.”

“Shh,” Devlin says, “that’s okay. I don’t expect any more than you feel comfortable to give.”

Nick has fallen in love with this dinosaur, and there’s nothing else to it. He’d never believed in love at first sight. Infatuation, maybe. He’d loved partners in the past with almost all of himself.

But he’d never fallen this hard this fast.

Devlin is incredibly careful – never pushing too far, never going too deep.

“You can – more,” Nick pants, shifting his hips backward.

“Are you certain?” Devlin asks, pulling back slowly. The head of his cock grazes Nick’s prostate and his eyes roll back in his head.

“Yep,” Nick squeaks. “So certain. Please.”

It’s probably the limit, for now, but god is it good. Nick wants to hold onto this moment for decades. And maybe repeat it for the same amount of time.

“Alright?” Devlin asks, voice tight.

“Definitely,” Nick gasps. “I – I don’t know how long I’ll be able to hold out, though.”

“Oh, thank god,” Devlin chuckles. “I understand there are adages about a man’s stamina during their first time.”

“There should probably be some about a man’s first time with a dinosaur, because this is so good,” Nick says. He reaches down to wrap a hand around his cock. “Yeah, this isn’t gonna last long.”

“Let me,” Devlin murmurs in his ear. It’s a hand around Nick’s cock, a few pumps in time with his thrusts, and Nick’s gone. He moans loudly enough that he’s pretty sure somebody on this giant campus must have heard it, almost losing his legs from underneath him. Devlin’s thrusts increase in speed, but not in aggression or roughness. Nick wants to kiss him for it, but he doesn’t have time. With a sound that is more animal than man, Devlin’s filling Nick, adding his name somewhere along the growl.

“Nicholas,” he breathes, dropping his head down on Nick’s shoulder. “I think you may have exceeded my expectations, beautiful.”

Nick giggles, lightheaded and sated. He squirms as Devlin pulls out of him. “Oh, that’s going to be messy,” he mumbles.

“Good thing we’re in a shower then,” Devlin says. “May I help clean you up?”

Nick nods.

The water is a bit startling, becoming colder as the cistern starts to run out of the heated water, but Devlin is careful and gentle.

“That’s good,” Nick says, and he doesn’t want to add that he wants to hold a little more of Devlin inside of him. It might be going too far, for his first time.

“You’re right,” Devlin says. He stands and turns the water off, wrapping Nick in his arms. “We should get a towel. Warm up.”

Nick nods, beaming. “Do you have, like, extra-large sized towels?”

“I use bath sheets,” Devlin explains. “You could definitely call them extra-large.”

Nick feels blanketed by Devlin’s towels, but it’s in a good way. The two of them curl up and make their way to Devlin’s bed, wrapped up together.

“You’re welcome to take a nap,” Devlin says, tying his damp hair up and back. He offers a hair tie to Nick, who accepts. “You’ve had quite the day.”

Nick barks out a laugh. “No kidding.” A yawn betrays his attempts to stay awake. “I think I will take some rest. Nothing much to do other than sleep until the power comes back.”

Devlin picks up a book. “You could read.”

Nick presses his lips to me. “Um.”

Devlin tilts his head. “Yes?”

“Would you read to me?” Nick almost whispers. “You don’t have to.”

“I would love to,” Devlin says, face brightening. “I’m right in the middle of this one,” he shakes a book in his hand, “is that alright?”

“That’s great,” Nick says, beaming up at Devlin. “I just want to hear your voice.”

Nick is lulled to sleep by Devlin’s steady, low tone. He’s not quite sure what he’s talking about, Nick himself having zero background in medieval poetry structures, but that doesn’t matter.

He’s cozy. He’s safe.

And he may be a little in love.

~

Nick wakes from cozy sleep to hear footsteps and low voices. The door creaks open, and Nick blinks himself awake, weary. “Do you mind?” he mumbles. “Some of us are trying to sleep.”

Claudio’s staring at him, jaw practically on the floor. “I’m – we wanted…” He trails off. Nick’s never seen him thrown off before. It’s kind of hilarious. “Devlin, what is happening?!”

“Hello there, Claudio,” Devlin says pleasantly as he sits back into bed. He wraps his arm around Nick’s shoulders. “Has the power in the campus returned?”

“Not – not quite,” Claudio says. He looks over his shoulder. “Tell, uh. Tell Willow that Nick is accounted for and safe.” He blinks. “Nicholas, I had been spending the past four hours worrying that I would have to tell my husband his best friend had been devoured by raptors.”

Nick snorts. “Wrong dinosaur.”

“Good lord,” Claudio says, shaking his head. “Okay. I’m – we will be leaving. Devlin, we will notify you on your intercom if and when the electricity is fully functional again. Nicholas…” He trails off. Watching him try to rationalize and process what’s in front of him is kind of hilarious, Nick thinks. He’ll have to ask Breeze if this is how he’d looked when Breeze proposed. “Nicholas, I think you’re in safe hands, but I’ll expect the two of you to return to the Center once it’s safe to do so, as neither of you have appropriate gear.”

“I don��t have any gear,” Nick grins at him.

“I don’t need to know,” Claudio says, shaking his head. “For the record, Devlin is far more the gentleman than anyone you’ve brought home, Nicholas, and unfortunately my loyalties lie with him above you.” His eyebrow raises.

“Chill, Swissman,” Nick says, cuddling into Devlin’s chest. “I don’t plan on screwing this up.”

~

Mini playlist: C’Mon – Kesha Love You a Little Bit – Tanner Adell I Think I’m in Love – Kat Dahlia Sledgehammer – Fifth Harmony

[optimusphillip]

OptimusPhillip Reviews – Transformers: Power of the Primes Slug

Before I begin this review, I will give you a little heads up. In this review, I will be referencing the name of the original G1 character this toy is based on, which in some dialects of English, most notably UK English, is considered highly offensive and derogatory towards women. If this includes your dialect, I totally understand and would caution you against reading onward. That said, I am American, and in American English, this word has none of those connotations, so I don’t really have any issues with using it.

With all of that out of the way, let’s continue our look at the Power of the Primes Dinobot by talking about Slug, the Dinobot formerly known as Slag.

Dinosaur Mode

In his Triceratops mode, Slug, much like Grimlock, is very much styled after his G1 toy. He looks a little stretched out, his back has more of a curve to it, and his tail is a lot shorter and straighter, but all around he pulls off the look of the original Slag quite well. It helps that so much of the original molded detailing is carried over. It’s tweaked slightly to fit the new shape, but you’ll find spots of Diaclone-referential tech detail around the hips, across the sides, and on the lower jaw. The ridges across the dinosaur’s back are there as well, along with some spinal detail that throws back to the original toy’s transformation hinge.

Slug features more of the clear plastic painted on the inside that we saw on Grimlock, here highlighting the dino skull, the tail, and the disks of his hips. I like how they put silver paint on the outside of his hips to complete the effect (spoiler alert: yes, that is something worth complimenting).

Deluxe figures don’t get the same stickers as the Voyagers in this line, but that doesn’t mean Slug goes completely without his vintage sticker details. It’s just that now, they mostly take the form of more molded detail. The stickers around his sides are now molded in and painted over in black. This does wash out the sculpt some, which is unfortunate, but you can still tell what it’s supposed to be. They also molded in his dino-hip stickers... though for some reason the arrows are backwards. The clear pieces on the hips also have sculpting that looks like it might be referencing the internal stickers from the G1 toy, but it’s a little hard to tell just by photos.

Slug does have a fair bit of articulation in this mode, though it’s mostly in the front legs, which are ball-jointed at the shoulder, mushroom-pegged at the bicep, and soft-ratcheted at the elbow. Going to the rear legs, all you get is a swivel and maybe a knee bend if you break the transformation slightly. Aside from that, the only other moving parts are the horns, which are adjustable. Everything else is a transformation joint.

For other features in this mode, really all you get is some weapon integration. Slug has 5mm ports on his hips, spine, jaw, and front feet. So if you want to store his accessories in this mode, you can. There are also two pegs on his back for Prime Masters to ride on. And... that’s it. To see him do anything else, we need to go into robot mode.

Conversion

Slug’s transformation sequence is even more slavish to the G1 toy than Grimlock’s. The biggest deviation is that the tail no longer hangs off his back, instead splitting apart with the legs and tucking away into the gaps behind his shins. I think this is a great addition that cleans up the robot mode significantly. They also added a pair of heel spurs which fold out from those same gaps. They’re on some tight detents, which is good for stability, but may make them difficult. Thankfully, they’re also joined to the dino legs, so you can rotate them for better access.

Moving up to the torso, we find the other main deviation from the G1 toy: there are no wings. Some people weren’t thrilled with this because it’s not cartoon-accurate, but I’m okay with Slug having a cleaner silhouette. Also, it’s super easy to miss, but when going into dinosaur mode, you want to unclip the Triceratops head and pivot it back ever so slightly, so there’s some space behind the frill and the back is all smooth. A pair of tabs have a comfortable resting place in this configuration, but it doesn’t actually lock in like it does for robot mode. That aside, it’s largely the same process as the G1 toy, except for the hands folding out on hinges instead of a slider.

Robot Mode

In robot mode, Slug is looking very thin compared to both his toy and animation model. Like in dinosaur mode, he looks stretched out, particularly in the legs, and this doesn’t work as well for me in this mode as it did for the Triceratops. He looks frail and emaciated, which is hardly a good look on a Dinobot, especially one as hungry for a fight as Slag.

At least we get more G1-referential detailing in this mode. The detailing around his shoulder joints is lifted almost directly from the original toy, and he even has the horizontal ridges that originally flanked the Diaclone cockpit. You can even see his shoulder chevrons molded into his arms. He also has a pair of tampographs on his shins, styled after the shin stickers on the original toy.

Looking closely at the head, you can definitely tell this is a toy-based design, though some elements of the animation model do still creep in. Much like the toy, the head is done in black with the eyes painted in red, but the eyes are separated like the animation model. It’s an interesting, if subtle fusion, that makes me wonder if the cartoon-colors repaint we got recently in Selects was planned from the start.

Posability is also a major win. The shoulders are on ball joints with 90 degrees of outward range, you get a full bicep swivel and 90 degree elbows on soft-ratchets. The waist rotates, though it does soft-lock in the forward position. The hips are on ball joints, but can only move out about 45 degrees, and you also get thigh swivels and less than 90 degrees of bend at the knee, due to the tail halves. The neck also swivels inside of the Triceratops mouth, though the range is limited and you also need to push on it to rotate it.

For accessories, Slug comes with a gun that bears barely any resemblance to the one that came with the original toy. It fits snugly into his hand or into any of the other mounting points across his body. He also comes with a piece of Prime Armor, which is essentially a block of black plastic with three spikes towards the front and two obvious thumbs on the sides. There’s a 5mm peg that flips out of the back that you can use to mount it on his chest, or anywhere else you can fit it. There’s a piece of clear plastic in the middle, which you can remove very easily to reveal a space for a Prime Master, a Matrix Core, or an Enigma of Combination. That clear piece can also be held as another gun, so no pieces are leftover. It’s an interesting concept, I’ll admit, but the feature itself is kind of lackluster. You really need to use your imagination to get full mileage out of it, especially since there isn’t much in the way of fiction to support it. Mostly, I just store the Prime Armor on his back and kind of forget about it.

Combination

Turning Slug into arm mode is about as simple as you expect from a Prime Wars combiner. You flip the arm around and connect them to the sides, then you combine the legs to make the forearm. The unique element comes from how you reveal the connection peg. You fold up the chest shield, then disconnect the Triceratops head from the body and fold it all the way out on its double hinge. This gives you the clearance to flip out the combiner peg. Once again, however, the dinosaur head doesn’t actually connect anywhere, it just has a molded in space to rest. Thankfully, in my experience, the joints are stiff enough to stay in place through normal play.

As an arm, Slug does have a bit more of a powerful look. While he isn’t super bulky, he is a bit thicker of an arm than most of the other limb bots I’ve messed around with, which makes him look like he could throw a good haymaker or two. Of course, with the back of his legs forming the front of his forearm, he does look a bit hollow in this mode, with only the dinosaur tail really filling out that space. So it’s not without its weaknesses.

In this mode, the Prime Armor forms a hand for the combiner. It has two thumbs, so it can work as a left or right hand, though this does mean that you’ll always have a second thumb to contend with. I personally like to rotate the thumb on its ball joint to form a heel, but some may prefer to just pull it off. I like the spiked knuckles the Dinobots have, it just feels right for them. Each thumb also has a 5mm port for holding weapons, though you’d probably have a hard time finding one that it works for. It’s not like in Combiner Wars where the torso-bots came with combining weapons, or where you could get a Legends toy to turn into a gun for you. So you may need to improvise on the weapons front.

Articulation is pretty standard. The combiner peg serves as a universal ratchet joint, allowing for full arm rotation and 90 degrees of outward movement. Slug’s waist serves as a bicep swivel, and his leg joints work as a double-jointed elbow. The hand uses a round peg so you can get some wrist rotation, the thumbs are on ball-joints, and you have a single knuckle joint for all four fingers, that even has a few soft detents.

Slug’s leg mode is essentially just his arm mode, but with his legs in the dinosaur mode configuration, and the tail folds up to reveal the port for the foot. In this mode, his thickness is a bit less apparent than it was in arm mode. That said, the fact that there are no big gaps visible here makes him look much more solid as a leg. Plus, the Triceratops head actually works well as a kneecap, complete with horns to make knee attacks much more painful. Now, there have been reports of breakage in this mode, due to the thin walls of the ankle connection port, but I’ve used him as a leg pretty regularly with no issue. That said, be a little careful. I got lucky, but you may not be.

Final Thoughts

While he’s still not perfect, I think that Slug came out better than Grimlock, all things considered. The robot mode looks a little lanky, but the dinosaur mode came out as good as I could ask for, and the limb modes actually came out pretty strong. If you’re looking for a Slag that scales with the rest of your Generations collection, or if you want one that looks exactly like he does in the show, then you’d probably be better off going for the Studio Series version. But if you’re more nostalgic for the G1 Slag toy, or are more interested in the play value that comes from being a combiner limb, I would definitely recommend you seek this one out.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll have to check with my local UK embassy to determine the status of my tea drinking privileges.

[liamthemarowak]

It was a good day at the mushroom kingdom, and Liam and Jack are looking around toad town to see a lot of items. "Wow, these items look so good, maybe we could one of those one day." Liam said. "I know, but we still have our elemental powers at least, so we might get some if the mushroom kingdom is in trouble." Jack said. "Anyways let's head on to the store, they sell some good food there!" Liam said. "Sure, maybe a mushroom sandwich would be a good treat for me if they have it!" Jack said. "Sure, lets get ourselves a sandwich for our lunch!" Liam said as they went into the store. Inside the store, they are so amazed that the mushroom kingdom store is much bigger than the on in the pokemon village. "Wow, this place is much bigger that our pokemon village store!" Jack said. "Yes, there are so many products such as food takeaways that we ordered! It's like a shopper's dream come true! Anyway, we need our sandwiches to have for our lunch." Liam said as they went to the Sandwich section to get their sandwiches. Once they are about to pay their sandwiches, Toad came into the store to see them, and he looks a bit worried. "Oh Hey there toad, are you here to see us because of Bowser invading toad town, or is it something else?" Jack asked. "Well, I think it's something else. So this means you have to go see peach in her castle, that way she will tell you what the problem is." Toad said. "Ok, let us have our sandwiches first and we will find out what the problem is." Liam said as they went to the till and pay their sandwiches. "Thank you very much Liam and Jack, I will be waiting by the castle entrance." Toad said as he went back to Peach's castle. "Ok, now we brought out sandwiches, now we could be able to eat them now." Jack said as they eat their sandwiches. "Mmmmm, toad town sure makes the tastiest sandwiches, Including those tasty mushroom sandwiches!" Liam said. "They sure are tasty indeed, now all we need to do is go to peach castle and see what the problem is." Jack said as they went into peaches castle. They have arrived at peaches Castle, and there are guards that are preventing someone from getting in. "I'm sorry, but you two are not coming in until you have permission from the princess!" The Castle Guard said. "But toad said we have to meet peach because there is something wrong with Mario, he's gone missing!" Liam said. The two guards were shocked about Mario is missing! "Really? That's very terrible! We will let you come in and speak to the princess." The Castle Guard said as they open the castle doors to let Liam and Jack in. "Thank you, now let's go and see Peach and see what's the matter." Jack said as they went Inside Peach's castle. They came in to the hall and peach is waiting for Liam and Jack. "Hmmm, I wonder how long they will be? Maybe they are talking to other toads in toad town." Peach said. "Don't worry peach, they should be here any minute now." Toad said. Just then, Liam and Jack arrived to see Princess Peach. "Hey there Peach, can you tell what the problem is so we will figure this out?" Liam asked. "Well, it's about Mario's I was saying good morning to him, but for some reason, he left his room early, and now I can't find him anywhere." Peach said. Jack just realised that he saw peach having a stage ticket in her pocket. "Hey Peach, is that a stage ticket that you got in your pocket?" Jack asked. "Oh this? Nintendo gave me this stage ticket because I'm getting my own new game in 2024, and I also got my flower companion as well! But I don't know what the name of the game is, but it will be much fun!" Peach said. Then, they could hear an elephant noise in the distance. "Hey, that must be that elephant noise! Quick Jack, let's find that noise!" Liam said as they went outside to find the noise of the elephant. "I hope it was Mario, Hope he will be ok." Peach said. Liam and Jack looked around the mushroom kingdom fields to find the sound. Just then, they could hear a voice. "Hey there Cute Bone Dinos!" The voice said. Liam and Jack looked around to see what the voice. "Huh? Who said that? That did not sound like Mario." Jack said. "Well, look up and see me!" The talking flower said. Liam and Jack looked up, and it was a talking flower! "Wow, a flower that talks? How amazing! So Mr Flower, Can you tell us where is Mario?" Liam asked. "Well, he is just by the fountain, doing a powerful stomp as an elephant, and the other flower is teaching him on how to do it." The talking flower said. "Thanks Mr flower, now let's see Mario!" Jack said as they went to the fountain to see Mario. They have saw Mario, but he was an elephant. "Hey there Liam and Jack, It's a me, Mario! Today I'm doing a powerful stomp just like my ground pound move!" Mario said. "Hey Jack, do you know what that means? We will be able to have a new move on the list!" Liam said. "Oh, shall I train you to do a powerful stomp? Very well, So it's simple, just use your legs and be able to make a powerful stomp? Ready?" Mario said. "Yep, we sure are ready, gonna prepare our legs and make a powerful one!" Jack said. "On the count to three, we will jump and push our legs to make a powerful stomp! One, Two, Three!" Mario said as they Jumped high and used their legs to make a powerful stomp! The talking flower was very impressed. "Wow, seems you know how to use the powerful stomp!" The talking flower said. "Thanks, now let's take you to Peach's Castle and tell you we found you." Liam said as they went back to Peach's Castle. Back at the Castle, Peach has found Mario, but he was surprised about Mario as an elephant. "Mario, you're back, but how are you an elephant?" Peach asked. "Well, let me tell you, I was about to get dressed, but then I saw an apple with an elephant face on it. So I decided to follow it. Then, I grabbed it, ate it, and I suddenly turned myself into an elephant." Mario asked. "Oh, so that's why, but thank you Liam and Jack for finding Mario. Here is a gift if you are having trouble in a battle." Peach said as she gives Liam and Jack a star each. "Thank you very much peach, and we also learned to do a powerful stomp from Mario as well." Jack said. "Did you, that's very nice of Mario Teaching you that move!" Peach said. "Well, we better head on back to toad town to look around the shops, so we see you next time peach!" Liam said as they waved to peach and went back to toad town. "They are such cute bone boys. So let's make dinner for the toads shall we Mario?" Peach asked. "Sure, lets make some dinner with them!" Mario said as they went to the kitchen to cook some food for the toads.

Liam The Marowak and Jack The Cubone belongs to Me

Super Mario Belongs to Nintendo

Pokemon Belongs to Nintendo and Game Freak

[flowercrowns-n-punks]

I think its a crime i havent talked about my favorite thing ever here, like.

Besides au making, my other hyperfixations the potentional new one,etc

WHY HAVENT I TALKED ABOUT MUSHROOMS HERE, THESE ARE JUST COOL FUNGI IM A LIL FUNGI!!! IM JUST A SILLY MUSHROOM!!! - ahem.

What im getting at is ask me bout a mushroom please anyone and ill infodump, heck moots ask for me to assign you as a mushroom.

Or ask doodles for dndads characters as lil mushroom fellas!!!

PLEASE!!!

I am that one meme of nobody wants your burd facts. But its like

Ill name 5 mushroom facts!

Ill name 100!! Mushroom Facts!!

Nobody wants your mushroom facts dino!!!!

PLEASE!!!!

/all silly/nf

[shadowwingtronix]

The Super Mario Brothers Movie I WANTED To See

BW Media Spotlight goes into pitch mode to describe The Super Mario Brothers Movie I WANTED To See

Catch more from Screen Junkies on YouTube Sure I could have used the ACTUAL trailer, but where’s the fun in that? Anyway, I’ve got OverClocked Remix’s Mario playlist going on in the background, so let’s talk Mario Brothers. Did you hear the movie is out? The good one that actually takes place in the Mushroom Kingdom instead of some urban sci-fi city where dinos and mushrooms all evolved into…

[godofthestupid]

I play DnD with some friends of mine and it's really fun!

And you know what? I'm gonna tell you random bits from the sessions:

Me and a friend of mine play twins, those twins are based on a dice which fell down and the picture we google afterwards(it was a picture of a dino in military gear,we play wood elfs now)

the Paladin and the tiefling have a beautiful Bromance

They're are also dying most of the time

I don't know if my character is like me or I am slowly turning into my character

My character is a rogue who, upon the very first meeting, stole from the Paladin(who's supposed to be rich) which resulted in the player being angry and the character not realising anything

I stole 100 gold in the first hour of the first session~

We have a drug dealer Druid who is just a hobo with magic mushrooms

I tried to start a prank war just because, it almost failed terribly

The sanest person in the party is the druid, but also one of the shady ones

we have formed two main groups:the shady ones,the bros with an alcoholic

We skipped an entire chase scene because me and my twin killed the person we were chasing

I multiclass as a bard now, not because my character always wanted to play an instrument or be entertaining, but because we needed to identify a stone

My character may not be as chaotic neutral as they should be

the twins are non-binary because we both didn't want to play as one or the other gender so we settle for the middle

Tiefling intimidated a horse into talking

I, irl, wrote the beginning of a ballad about the campaign and have dragged some actual musician friends I know into working with me to make it a song which I can just send to the others

that song made me cringe so hard at my own voice I jumped higher than I thought I even could

I, in fact, am bad at music and sing like a hoarse crow

My character found a magical stone(stone of golorr) and tried badly to pretend like they found it on the street and not stole it

We own a tavern and I got sent to the kitchen because I might steal from our clients

the alcoholic is also the bar tender

she drinks the alcohol away

my intuition regarding story bits is always in the right place,but it's like rolling a nat1 in what it actually means

My character changed guilds like three different times,it flip flopped between the bad guys we are supposed to fight and some shady spies

Every single character has their own design, except for the tiefling who has yet to describe himself,so I just draw him as a stickfigure until he does

[fwuffypwincess]

୨୧ ₊˚. ݁ `` Types of babies! ◝꒰ ´ ˘ ` part. 1

꒰ Happi artsie baby 📒🖍

Draws on walls, coloring books, their drawings deserve a place on the fridge!, finger painting, comfy big hoodies, creative ideas, excited to show their arts, crayons and markers, colorful art supplies, smiles with paci, sandwiches with faces or dino nuggets, fun craft time!, chalkboard, colored pencils, packaging lunch in a colorful lunchbox.

꒰ Soft sleepy baby ⭐️🛌

Sleepy most of the time, nap times are the best, likes a lot bedtime stories, lullabies, comfy around their blankies, pajamas party with stuffies, quiet and cute, likes soft things, cute pajamas, baby bottles, calm and friendly, care about animals, likes watching the stars, favorite colors might be tons of blue, prefer calm or quiet kid shows.

꒰ Cuddly bubbly baby 🌸🍭

Outgoing and adorable, giggles at everything, ball of sunshine, tea party with stuffies, loves giving their special person cuddles, very friendly and caring, enjoys playing hide and seek, playground!, sweets, watching cartoons, big smiles, glitters and stickers, bubbles, plays on the backyard, birthdays and cake!, *puppy eyes* when they want something.

꒰ Curious goblin baby 🍄🐛

Loves playing outside, seeks adventures, curious about small animals, talks with plants, imaging how would it be being an insect, loves nature, overalls, likes to doodle small animals, might know a few facts about many insects, mushroom, fairies, green and earth tons, cookies, likes snack times, froggies!, juice box, running around, labybugs and butterflies, likes to collect rocks, always with bandaids because of their adventures, likes to climb trees.

꒰ Tiny royal baby 🎀🫖

Castle toys and royalty dolls, doesn’t like following rules because they make their own rules!, play pretending with other babies or stuffies, shiny crows or tiaras, royal banquets (snacks)!, very protective with their friends and stuffies, royal clothes, can be bratty sometimes but they’re very playful and loving, jumps on their bed.

꒰ Sweet shy baby 🍼🧸

Very kind and soft, yet sensitive and quiet, sippy cups and paci, carries around with them their favorite stuffies, teethes, soft foods, crawls, plays quietly with toys but with an adorable smile, may hide behind their special person, fluffy socks, pastel colors, alphabet blocks, doesn’t like loud environments or noises, little angel, clouds, cotton candy, likes to read, activity books, sanrio characters, picnic with stuffies and their special person.

By @fwuffypwincess on Tumblr ꒰ᐢ ´ ˘` ᐢ꒱. Which baby are you?

[ivyloveheart]

Free card to talk about your ocs. Please I love ocs so much

Oh my gosh I have so much to say!! :DD

I can list the ones that are currently occupying my mind at the most, and then anyone can choose any characters and send asks about/for them!!

Sona Characters

Ivy (also goes by Vee, V, & Myco)

My main Sona!

(See my profile image for visual reference <3)

Tags: #ivysona, #sona info

Species: Hylian-Mage

Main pronouns are It/They/Any, but they vary and include other pronouns in specific scenarios!

IVYGEN-L34F (Ivy or Ivygen, for short)

My main Fursona!

Species: Protogen

Pronouns: It/They/Any (same as Main Sona)

Myco

My secondary Fursona <3

(While I own both images and designs, I did not create the first image or the majority of this character’s design. The second image is of my own creation. Find the artist I adopted the design from right here!)

Species: Shapeshifter, mushroom-themed skull[species]

Pronouns: It/They/Any (same as Main Sona!)

(I have some other main fursonas that are more like Ivygen, but they don’t have designs outside of my own imagination just yet! One of them, however, is definitely going to be a cat)

Non-Sona Characters

KB

(Name derived from the name of a color palette he was based off; Skee-Ball. I may change his name in the future to something I like better!)

(While I own this image and design, I did not create it or this character’s design. Find the artist I adopted the design from right here!)

Species: Ghost (Subspecies: Anthropomorphic Unknown. Some sort of mammal)

Pronouns: He/They/Any!

Keylime

(Also goes by Kiwi!)

(I did not create the art or design, but I do own the image/design. Find the artist I adopted them from right here!)

Species: Alien, Anthropomorphic Worm-on-a-String!

Pronouns: They/It/Any <3

Cosmic

(Like the brownie :D)

(I did not create the art or design, but I do own the image/design. Find the artist I adopted them from right here!)

Species: Anthropomorphic Dino-Worm-on-a-String!

Pronouns: He/She/They (no preference in what is used most often! Just use what you wish, they don’t mind :])

Myca Amy Floral

(This is like. The only OC of mine with a full name /lh. She goes by Myca and Amy the most!)

(I did not create the art or design, but I do own the image/design. Find the artist I adopted them from right here!)

Species: Anthropomorphic Mushworm-on-a-String

Pronouns: She/They

Cade

(While I own both images and design, I did not create the first image or the majority of this character’s design. The second image is of my own creation. Find the artist I adopted the design from right here!)

Species: Sentient Anthropomorphic Plush Hyena!

Pronouns: He/They

3Dee

(Also goes by Dee or 3D)

(While I own this image and design, I did not create it or this character’s design. Find the artist I adopted the design from right here!)

Species: Sentient Anthropomorphic Plush Hyna!

Pronouns: He/Him

As should be needless to say, do not repost any images found on this post; they do not belong to you.

More info on these characters can be found on my ArtFight, as well!!

Feel free to also check out my Ko-Fi if you’d like to help support me :]

[luvsellie]

wait am I the only one who really wants to know more about your tlou dr...

im currently trying to shift there and I didn't knew about the letter thing so ofc I'm gonna start doing it but there's something I didn't understand.. do you ask ellie things in the letter? or did i misunderstood...

you’re not the only one dw ! i had an anon ask to hear more about it, so im going to link this post when i answer them :)

as for the letter thing…boy do i have a few stories to tell you. first, though, we’ll start w/ an explanation.

basically, you write to a person in your dr. the letter doesn’t have to be long, but you need to talk to them as if you’re already in the reality. i ‘act’ as if i’m just on a trip or out doing something. the most important thing that you have to do to get results is, after you’ve said what you’ve wanted to say, ask for something in return. examples include strawberry mochi, a mushroom, or a penny. BUT these items/things have to be things that you don’t normally see. and when they are ‘delivered,’ they don’t necessarily have to be material, they can be a picture or simply just mentioned. afterward you’ve signed off on the letter, you can rip it up, burn it (SAFELY), or simply forget about it. the idea is to not think about it. let it go. most importantly, HAVE FAITH THAT YOU WILL GET WHAT YOU ASKED FOR !

i’ll provide some of my own experiences below :) please keep in mind, though, that i have done this before my tlou dr. i have plenty of other desired realities that i do this with.

— the first time i wrote a letter to ellie i asked for a snake. it was simple and i never saw them in my every day life. WELL fast forward like a day, when i’m in the cafeteria at my high school, and my friends are playing this game on their phones. i was busy talking to my other friend, so i wasn’t really paying attention. at least that was until they were deciding which colored snake avatar they wanted to be. as they decided, my head literally whipped in their direction to see what they were looking at, and, low and behold, there were two blue and red snakes on the screens. i was SUPER excited, and i kid you not after that i saw snakes EVERYWHERE.

— okay, this story occurred like last month. after careful consideration, i decided that from now on, i would work on a theme. everything that i would ask for would be in correlation to tlou/ellie. so, i asked her for a dinosaur. no specificities, just a plain old dino. babe…she sent me SO. MANY. DINOSAURS🧍‍♀️it was constantly one after the other, and when i went to a local craft store to buy yarn the same day, THERE WERE A SHIT TON OF DINOSAUR FIGURINES 😭😭

— this one is super short and simple, but i asked for a space ship (for obvious reasons hehe). this one also occurred at my school, but an organization was hosting a small booth and spreading awareness on mental health in teens and young adults. they were handing out pins and when they gave one to me IT HAD A SPACE SHIP ON IT :,)

— i saved the best for last ✋ THIS ONE MAKES ME SMILE CAUSE IT HAPPENED LIKE LAST WEEK BUT i was writing to ellie and telling her to listen to some lana del rey songs that make me think of her. in return i asked for a guitar. after i had put my journal away, and i put in airpods to listen to music, i clicked shuffle on my ‘ellie’ playlist. THE SONG THAT PLAYED WAS DARK RED BY STEVE LACY !! AND, IF YOURE NOT AWARE, THE COVER HAS A GUITAR IN IT 😫 i literally couldn’t stop smiling, and now every time i hear that song my mind instantly goes to ellie. it’s like she sent me a song in return for sending her some :)

well, ig that’s a wrap on the whole letter situation and my experiences with it :D i hope this helped and gave you some motivation to shift !! <3