#Decryption Assignment Help

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Ooooh I'm so normal about yan!starscream with the religious theme and how reader's accidental touch basically makes him freeze and tamed him a little there "A single touch made a current run through all the circuits and the scarlet optics go out as he exhaled and lowered his twitching wings in pleasure." Eating this btw

i'm sure reader's just sooo confused about how quick his behaviour changed.. and the gag of star giving some cryptic message before immediately transforming into a jet and flying away again,leaving reader to even more confused made me laugh harddd, lol poor reader

Great work!!!! <3 💗💖💖

Yandere!Starscream x Autobot!Reader

Chapter 3

(Chapter 2 is here)

Oh, my Primus, thank you very much! Kind words warm my Spark! GN!Reader; Obsession; A departure from the canon; You x Ratchet (a little) TW! Minor character death, kidnap, injuries.

Too much had happened in the intervening time, and Starscream was still out of sight. This caused doubt and discussion among the Autobot base, but not for more than a few seconds, as another expedition demanded attention.

You are diligently putting everything in its place, disinfecting medical devices, helping to treat your friends, in short, fully immersed in the events, but when the base becomes quieter for a while, the edges of your EM-field seem to pick up something dangerous.

With a weary sigh, you clear another surface and feel the optics on your frame again, but when you turn around, you see only your leader, not taking his attention off the console. You can't remember the last time he ate or charged, but touching him about it is futile. The overwhelming urge to talk a little keeps you going, and you walk past Optimus, entering the medical bay and seeing Ratchet.

As the conversation progresses, you both broach the subject of someone else's presence as he digs through the thin wires of Bulkhead's broken device, nodding occasionally in response. Every now and then you stop your speech to look in the direction of something moving, but see no more than a bug crawling away in the vent of a missile silo. This whole thing is nothing more than paranoia, right? You want to hope so.

And even Ratchet suggests that everyone is on edge right now. Decrypting the files, missing and rescuing Optimus, the fading and rekindling hope of winning this long war. It all takes its toll on every member of your team. You approach the doctor from behind, silently watching the light and quick movements as he unravels, interlocks, reinforces the microchips and it calms your processor.

“You're right, we need to focus on our mission and when we rebuild Cybertron everything will fall into place” you gently hug your mentor from behind, wishing him a quiet job and go on to put things in order.

When. Not if, but when we rebuild Cybertron. It wasn't until long after you left that Ratchet found a faint smile on his faceplate. When did the mech get so attached to you?

***

“Optimus, you can't be serious. Wheeljack can't follow orders, he's simply out of control, and sending such a young Transformer with him...”

“Wheeljack is a skilled fighter, and you can fully trust your assistant just as I do.” your leader's voice is as usual calm and friendly in response.

The reason you rarely showed up on the battlefield was precisely because of Ratchet-he'd find a hundred reasons why you'd be better off staying near him. He needed your help in the medical bay, or you were being punished for bickering, or you had a suspicious limp, or whatever. But now he can do nothing.

Despite the seriousness of the task assigned to you, there was no point or time to argue. It was up to each of you to catch the artifact and snatch it out of the hands of the Decepticons.

The Decepticons...they had clearly become more ruthless, even though it seemed impossible. You can still remember when the base received a message begging for help. From whom? Arachnida! Despite the obvious reluctance of either of you to save this spider-woman, Bee and Arcee still arrived at the strange cave, but found nothing but the femme's dead body, mutilated so hideously you'd think she'd been torn apart by fangs. She had probably gotten a real beating in the power struggle after all, but none of you would miss her, anyway.

You greet Wheeljack with a welcoming smile as you emerge from the green funnel.

“Immediately note: Prime has decided that I should be the one to watch over you, not the other way around.”

The mech only chuckles in response to your words, sarcastically offering a servo as your peds step onto his ship. You accept the offered limb and a moment later you soar through the sky at high speed, continuing your dialog, from which you are distracted by Soundwave suddenly appearing on your tail. What luck...

The ship maneuvers, fires, and even hits its target, but the last shot of the Communications Officers drone causes the ship to burst into flames and hurtle towards the ground.

The best option is to split up. The bot rushes to snatch an unknown but clearly valuable resource from the enemy's servo, while you are left alone with the suddenly awakened blind and deaf Laserbeak and Rafael on the link.

Your limbs desperately press the drone into the ground while you hold out hope that the virus will take the Decepticons by surprise and the kid backs up your faith. You are distracted from the human cub speaking into the audio sensor by a strange hum approaching behind you, and you turn around.

The optics widen and the servos themselves let the metal bird flail about in panic, taking off and falling back into the dirt with no sense of space or time. The flock of creatures in the sky with the sickening sound of a battle scream was rapidly approaching and it was not difficult to identify the insecticons with horror, dozens of individuals, frenzied and ready to attack.

With your voice and limbs shaking, you tell your friends on the other side of the call of your extreme predicament and the green funnel of the Earth Bridge that opened up not far from you didn't take long.

Forgetting about the artifact and Laserbeak by Unicron, you rush towards your mentor, stumbling over your own peds, falling and resuming your run, but a huge insect crashes into you at frame flight speed, knocking you away from the portal, and you shriek in surprise and pain, rolling on the dirt next to the communicator's drone.

Unable to get up from such a powerful collision, you wheeze, try to at least crawl toward the medic's screams, and fall faceplate into the ground, blacking out.

Part 4 will be out tonight.

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Wise: Oh, hello Qingyi! What brings you around today?

Qingyi: Pleased to meet you! I'm public security Officer-

Qingyi: *Ahem* Apologies. I have been assigned to Community Service due to an error when handling sensitive Evidence relating to an ongoing case, until the technicians may find the source of the issue.

Belle: Oh no, what happened?

Qingyi: I was required to handle sensitive Data and physical evidence revolving around Public Securities investigations of Proxies - especially pertaining to Phaethon.

Wise: *Definitely not panicking* W-Well that's unfortunate!

Belle: *Totally not sweating* Yep! That's not good! But at least you seem alright for now?

Qingyi: I am currently functioning with no noted issues. Thank you for your concern. Are you two well? You appear ill.

Wise: We're fine!

Belle: Just a little food poisoning? Wise Tried to cook for us last night!

Qingyi: ... Very well then. Hot water should help quell your stomachs.

Qingyi: Is there anything you made need assistance with?

Wise: Nope!

Belle: Nothing!

Qingyi: Very well then. Goodbye ... Actually I do have one piece of advice.

Qingyi: I am capable of Decrypting Voice Masking Programs. Should you every receive or send messages that use them, I will likely be able to decrypt the.

Qingyi: Have a good rest of your Day.

Qingyi Leaves Random Play.

Wise: *About to have a heart attack* She Knows. She knows. She so totally KNows.

Belle: It's okay, if she wanted to rat us out, then she would've. She likes us, I think? She did ruin that evidence PubSec apparently had!

Fairy: I would like to Inform you; When assisting Officer Qingyi with the recovering of the Bangboo "Teddy" I informed you there was 43% chance she would still recognize you through the voice filter.

Wise: We know Fairy.

Belle: thank you Fairy.

Fairy: I was simply reminding you that you had been warned.

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drop the modlist 👀 /lh

what the hell, sure

here's my Mass Effect Legendary Edition modlist

so i'm pretty picky about mods! i don't like anything too immersion breaking, or anything that looks like it's from a totally different game, but it's still a pretty sizable list. i added a little ★ to the mods that are must-haves for me

Mass Effect 1

QoL

★ LE1 Community Patch — bug fixes! ★ MELLO — restores the lighting from the Original Trilogy ★ LE1 Alternative Bodies — makes the female human/asari body proportions look a little better Keepers Finders — marks the keepers on the map! Mission Timings — delays the Council's message about Virmire until Therum, Feros and Noveria have been completed Remove Screen Shake A Little Help From My Friends — your friends on the Normandy help you complete your collection assignments so you don't have to spend time driving around on empty planets Galaxy Map Trackers — adds UNC assignments to the galaxy map Charted Worlds — marks mineral deposits on world maps Replenish Grenades — lets you restock your grenades on the Normandy Remove Intro Window Reflection — i just think it looks bad lol XP Rescale — increases the amount of XP you get so you can actually reach max level in a single playthrough

Immersion

★ LE1 Diversification Project — huge overhaul of the NPC population, adds way more NPCs to hub areas, more female aliens, tons of cut/bugged lines restored. little warning that it adds a puzzle to activating the generator on Ilos which is annoying, but i think it's worth it for everything else it adds ★ Saren Stages — gives Saren different looks for the different stages of his transformation Streamlined Weapon Loadouts — characters now only have the weapons they're proficient in equipped Morlan's Iconic Armor Store — adds the characters' iconic starting armours to Morlan's shop, scaled to the player's level Combat Communication — restores a bunch of combat voicelines ★ New Casuals for Femshep — casual outfits for Femshep (note: i use an older version of the mod that doesn't use the Appearance Modification Menu because i don't wanna deal with all that) Pistols Remade — makes the pistols a little smaller ★ Saren Boss Encounters — optional changes to Saren's boss fights, i use the enhanced version that reduces the amount of geth and restores some cut dialogue Dr. Heart Experiments — changes Saleon's test subjects from Thorian Creepers to their own unique model ★ Mako Squadmate Banter — plays the elevator banter while you're driving around in the Mako

Cheating

Skip Minigames No Skill Check Required — removes the decryption/electronics requirements on loot Infinite Sprint ★ No Armor Skill Required — equip whatever armour you want, no skill required. useful if you're like me and you love the look of the heavy Onyx armour but you don't play a class that can wear it Easier Feros Persuasion Check — the persuasion check with Ethan Jeong is too high to beat early on, this mod lowers it

Mass Effect 2

QoL

★ Unofficial LE2 Patch — bug fixes! ★ LE2 Alternative Bodies — makes Femshep's body proportions look a little better, buffer arms and less bulky feet ★ Optional Flirting — moves romance-initiating dialogue to the left of the dialogue wheel! gives you platonic dialogue options regardless of gender! Femshep no longer sounds like she's in heat when talking to Jacob! F.I.S.H — Kelly will offer to feed your fish after you buy some, so you don't have to flirt with her just to keep them alive Remove Storm Screen Shake Kasumi Restored — restores some of Kasumi's dialogue that was cut from the Legendary Edition Genesis Begone — restores the prologue's original dialogue ★ Remove Low Health Effect — removes the distracting veins that appear on the screen when you're low health

Immersion

★ Immersive Citizens — adds a whole bunch of NPCs to hub areas! makes the world feel livelier Weapons in Cutscenes — Shepard and squadmates will use the weapons they have equipped in cutscenes instead of the default weapons Jack Power Tweak — swaps Jack's Pull ability with Singularity Pistols Remade — makes pistols smaller Wrex Armour Consistency — gives Wrex his usual armour back Kelly and Kenson Restoration — gives them back the OT version of their hair, because i think the LE version of it is ugly Cerberus Ladies Wear Cerberus — gives female Cerberus crew members the correct uniforms. has an option to restore Kelly's hair as well, but i prefer to use the other mod for that because it also fixes the lighting when talking to her ★ Oriana looks like Miranda's Twin — what it says on the tin. i prefer to use the version with the vanilla hair Platonic Post-Horizon Emails — a platonic version of the email Ashley/Kaidan send to a romanced Shepard after Horizon Legion Femshep N7 Shoulder Guard — gives Legion Femshep's shoulder piece, also a LE3 version

Customization

★ Tank Top Casuals — tank top outfits for Shepard, also a version for LE3 Undamaged Armor for Garrus — replaces Garrus' DLC armour. i use the option that makes it look like an undamaged version of his loyalty armour ★ Samara's New Armor — i usually don't like to replace the companion's iconic armour, no matter how impractical it is, but Samara is an exception because i think her vanilla look is really ugly 💀 and this mod makes her look like a space paladin and it's great Garrus with No Visor — like i said i don't like to change much, so all i do is remove the visor for his casual/romance look and keep everything else vanilla No Headgear for Squadmates — removes the headgear from the DLC armours ★ ME2 Miranda Hair to LE — i never liked how Miranda's hair looked in ME3. this mod gives her a higher quality version of her original ME2 hair in LE2 & 3

Cheating

★ Skip Minigames Trigger Buttons — timed missions only trigger when you press a button next to your terminal. i like this one because it lets me delay the Arrival dlc until after the suicide mission Infinite Fuel M-44 Battle Tank — tired of the Hammerhead getting ripped apart like wet tissue paper? me too ★ One Probe All Resources — collect all resources from a planet with one probe Instant Shadow Broker Rewards

Mass Effect 3

QoL

★ LE3 Community Patch — bug fixes! ★ LE3 Alternative Bodies — edits Femshep's casual outfits to give her better proportions. i use the vanilla style version ★ LE3 Alternative Armor Bodies — edits Femshep's armours to give her buffer arms and reduce the boobplate ★ LE3 Alternative Squadmate Bodies — gives Ashley, Liara and EDI better proportioned bodies Admiral Daro'Xen Restored — restores Xen's war asset that was (mistakenly?) removed from LE3 ★ Optional Flirting — adds extra options on the dialogue wheel so you can be friendly without being flirty Kirrahe Makes Good — adds a war asset after talking to Kirrahe on Sur'Kesh F.I.S.H — Kelly will show up and give you your fish back as long as she survived the suicide mission, no flirting required Audio Dynamic Range — restores a missing option Super Extra Party Time — allows you to experience both the rowdy and the relaxed versions of the party in the Citadel DLC ★ Journal Enhanced — makes the journal easier to read

Immersion

★ Immersive Emails — sends the messages from the old datapad app to your email! (note: some of them send too early, but it's nbd) ★ Oriana looks like Miranda's Twin ★ Anderson Conversation Restored — restores cut content to Anderson's final scene Dreams Remade — changes Shepard's dream sequences. ymmv with this one, it's not totally seamless and personally i think it can be a little overwrought, but i like the emphasis on Shepard's choices instead of on the child ★ Immersive Thessia — overhauls the mission Priority: Thessia ★ Take Earth Back — overhauls Priority: Earth Liara Mourns the Dead — restores a conversation with Liara after the Citadel Coup that previously only triggered if the Virmire Survivor was killed Expanded Galaxy Mod — this mod adds a lot and i personally only use the Core + Normandy version of it, everything else makes the game feel bloated imo. i like to use it to set the DLCs to trigger at specific times, for example you get the most out of the Citadel DLC if you do it after Priority: Horizon

Customization

★ Iconic Femshep Hair Fix Garrus with No Visor — again, i just use the option that removes his visor from his casual/romance outfit ★ Samara's New Armour T-shirt and Leggings Miranda's Alternate Outfits — i use the option that changes her dress in the Citadel DLC Remastered Kelly — the version that fixes her hair in LE3 Ashley Consistency Project — this mod conflicts with the Alternative Squadmate Bodies mod, which i prefer, so i don't actually use it, but it's great! de-glams Ashley

Cheating

All Bonus Powers — makes all bonus powers available in the medbay for free ★ No Weapon Weight Improved Scanning — scan an entire system in one go. no more jumping out of your skin when you alert the reapers! ★ No Movement Penalty During Rannoch Weapon Class Upgrade

Textures

★ A Lot Of Textures — graphical overhaul Improved Eye Normal Map — improved eye textures ★ Turian Faces and Eyes: LE1 LE2 LE3 — high res textures for turians. optional cat-eye pupil texture, which i use because it matches the female turians and i like it better! PS4 Controller Icons — i like to play with my ps4 controller, this mod just replaces the xbox icons so it's easier on my brain Disavowed — the option that removes the hexagons from Miranda's white outfit Miranda Black and White — changes Miranda's loyalty armour from black and orange to black and white EDI Cerberus No Longer — removes EDI's Cerberus logo in LE3 Reduced Interaction HUD ★ Brunette Jack is Back — for some reason Jack is blonde in LE3

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the evangeline chronicles episode 4: every part of myself

Series Masterlist See my full list of works here!

Placement: 2025

Summary: Evangeline returns after nearly a decade of silence

Word Count: 1.6k

Warnings: 18+ | violence; murder; attempted roofie; attempted sexual assault; scene depicting stitching up a wound [if i missed anything, let me know]

Things to be aware of: POV switch on the last part; Evangeline's identity is revealed; translations at the end Author's Note

Feedback is greatly appreciated! Remember, likes are great but comments & reblogs are treasured.

It didn't take long for Evangeline's phone to ring once word got out that her accounts had gone back online and she was taking on assignments throughout Europe. "What's up, Grey?"

"So it's true, then? You're back? That lasted…shorter than I'd hoped for you, I'm so sorry, G."

"What the--don't be," she told him, a wide smile stretching across her face. "I married him. And I told him everything." Tears started to well up in her eyes as she remembered how tense she had been that fateful day, telling her husband about the one remaining part of her life that he was yet to learn about. "And all he said was that as long as I stayed careful, that he doesn't want to hold me back from…being myself. Every part of myself."

"What a guy," he remarked admirably. "So it looks like he really is more than just a pretty face and a big dick?"

"I'm not talking to you about my husband's genitals, Grey."

"He still wearing you out?"

"Shut up, Grey."

"Every bit the marathoner, huh?"

"Did you really just call me to tease me about my husband's inhuman stamina?"

"Partly," he confessed, laughter ringing out from his end. "I honestly just wanted to see if you were really back, but also…might have something for you. Help you get get back up on the horse?"

"Well I have somewhere I have to be tonight," she told him, looking over the decrypted dossier he sent over. "But if your intel's good then it looks like this wanker's local haunt is close to where I gotta be. Yeah this should be fine I can take this."

With all the knowledge that she'd gained over the last few years helping to enrich her abilities as far as disguises were concerned, Evangeline was able to whip up a rather flawless one this fine Tuesday evening. Prosthetics had helped to change the contours of her face, making anyone who was even remotely familiar with her unable to recognize her.

She sat barside at a pub in Drury Lane, lazily running her finger along the rim of her glass as her target droned on about how "great of a catch" he is and how he'd gotten together with various performers who were now performing ensemble in productions in West End and even Broadway. He seemed to conveniently forget to mention that he'd gotten with these women when they were alarmingly young, and most if not all of them, according to their intel, was most definitely not consensual.

The filthy scumbag had already slipped something into her drink, no doubt to make her weaker, more pliable. And then if she were ever to launch a complaint, he would fall back on the lame excuse that "she probably had too much to drink". Despite that reasoning being flawed beyond belief and easily thrown back at the idiot that spewed those words in the first place.

"I have to get going, though. Date night," she said, making a show of slurring her words together and stumbling out of her barstool. The man took the bait, seeing the stumble as an opportunity to catch her and wrap a meaty hand around her arm.

"I got ya, luv," he said with a lascivious smile that he didn't even bother to mask. She held on to her purse tightly as he tugged her out of the pub, leading her to the back alley. "Your boyfriend's a bloody idiot for leavin' a pretty thing like ye unattended."

In a few short moments, Evangeline found herself trapped between the man's large and imposing frame and the brick wall of the pub. His breath reeked of alcohol and halitosis, overtaking the air around her with his heavy mouth breathing while his hand tried to find purchase on her waist.

"His loss, I guess."

"No," she spoke back clearly, straightening her stance and opening her pocket knife. "If you don't let me go right now, I think you'll find that it's your loss." She kneed him in the groin, forcing him to take a step back as he tenderly cupped his crotch, an evil smirk coloring his face.

"Ooh I got me a fighter, eh?" he sneered. "No matter. I like my steak a li'l bloodied every now and again."

"Espèce de porc dégoûtant," she hissed, charging at him and slashing at his arm. "You messed with the wrong girl."

He began to bleed from the wound, his blood dripping down to the concrete ground, the look on his face turning murderous as he whipped out a blade of his own and slashed at her side. The sharp pain, and the panicking thoughts that went about Evangeline's mind as she realized she couldn't just cross over to the theater now after this assignment finally summoned her rage.

She punched the man squarely in the Adam's apple, crouching and slashing away at the insides of the man's knees in quick, fluid motions. When he was down on the ground she got on top of him and raised the blade over his heart, like a witch offering a blood sacrifice to the gods.

"You made me late for my husband's show, you fucking bitch," she spat at him before plunging the blade into his heart.

Evangeline hobbled her way back to her car, taking out a plastic construction sheet to keep her blood from dripping onto the interior and drove back to her home, staring ruefully at Drury Lane Theatre where a line of eager Shakespeare enthusiasts and fans had already began to form for the first preview of Much Ado About Nothing.

"Sorry, sweetie," she said, mostly to herself. "Looks like I won't make it by intermission."

Y/N, where are you? Intermission's started and Tom's looking like lost puppy asking everyone if they've heard from you today

Your husband's assistant's text popped up on your phone, worsening the guilt you felt for even taking on the assignment from Grey. You wouldn't have done this if you knew that it would end with a trip back home, one of your belts folded up between your teeth for you to bite down on, and fingers bloodied from having to stitch together the gash that that creeper gave you on your left side.

More texts flooded your phone while you placed each mattress stitch, muffled screaming and groaning filling your guest bedroom every time you had to pull the needle and suture thread through your skin.

"Goddamn, you're popular tonight," Grey quipped.

"It's the first previews show of my husband's play and I'm not there to support him, no shit I'm popular tonight," you said through the layers of leather between your teeth. The final stitch was finally placed and you wrapped the thread around your finger and took a deep, steadying breath.

This is gonna suck, you thought to yourself, letting out a piercing scream and dropping the belt from your mouth as you pulled at the thread with all your might, closing the skin the rest of the way.

"For a second there, I forgot how fucking metal you were, G. Damn."

You took a breath, slathering some more betadine to disinfect the injury site before starting to dress your wound. "Here's hoping it doesn't leave a scar," you said. "Been a while since I've had to do that."

"Well if you want to speed up your healing process, I placed an order for that ointment we used to use back in the day. Should be in your storage facility near Drury Lane by midnight. Unit 9."

"Thanks, Grey. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna try and get to my husband before curtain call."

"Send Tom my regards."

You probably toed the fine line of the speed limit at every possible turn on your way back to the theater, haphazardly waving your backstage pass at the burly security guard. Still, he placed a hand in front of you, insisting that you be frisked for any potential contraband.

"Hey hey hey, whad'ya think you're doing, buddy?" You breathed a sigh of relief hearing Jamie's voice. "That's Y/N Hiddleston. Don't you know that if you put your hands on 'er, Tom will put you on your arse?"

"Fuck that," you chimed in. "You put your hands on me and I'll put you on your ass. You wouldn't be the first idiot to try it tonight."

He mumbled a half-hearted apology and let you walk through the doors, the director linking arms with you the second you entered the backstage area. "That's Tom's dressing room through there." He pointed at a closed door with a pink star, and then pointed at where your husband's assistant stood. "And that's the curtain he'll be exiting through."

"Oh thank sweet baby Jesus above, you're here," his assistant said once you stepped beside her. "You're late. You're never late. Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I am. I just…took a wrong detour and cut myself on something stupid. Had to change clothes."

Right as Mason's finale song ended, Tom looked to the curtain and you could see even from where you stood how his face got brighter once he locked eyes with you. You gave him a little wave, your heart and stomach a-flutter when his gaze darkened at the sight of the dark floral maxi dress you'd picked out.

The cast began to file out and your husband all but sprinted towards you, pulling you into a warm embrace the moment you were within arm's reach. "Sorry I'm late, sweetie," you told him, kissing his cheek. "Had to take a detour and--"

"It doesn't matter, goddess," he cut you off, gently stroking your braided hair. You couldn't bring yourself to unravel the 'do since he'd been the one to put your hair in the French braid this morning. "All that matters is you're here now."

A/N: Well here we are…Evangeline is actually Y/N from the "One Look & They'll Know" series! Or rather, because I will be using Evangeline again in a future series unrelated to this, Y/N from the "One Look & They'll Know" series is actually Evangeline. This series was really just a little "introduction" to Evangeline's skills & abilities, and hopefully it's been as fun for like the five of you that read this as it has been for me finally getting to explore the OC that I haven't revisited since like 2019.

Also this puts a new light on Y/N's freakout in the original 'one look & they'll know' oneshot, because now she didn't freeze up finding out that Tom had a nickname for her. She froze because she thought he knew about her "other life" 🤣 Hence her panic screeching "What did you call me?!" Turns out her future husband was just horny AF

I can't wait to work in the reveal over in the main OLTK series, and also…Grey will have a cameo in an upcoming OLTK chapter in the 'it worked out' arc 😳👀

Translations: Espèce de porc dégoûtant – "you disgusting pig"

'the evangeline chronicles' taglist: @jaidenhawke @holdmytesseract

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Hope you uh don't mind me asking again i thought of something different can you do something spicy where y/n dresses up as joker but like a sexy version with the makeup and wig foe her halloween costume up to you but was wondering what that would be like between the two

His Lighthouse: Happy uhh Halloween? (LedgerJoker x f!reader)

Happy uhh Halloween? - Oneshot

KEEP IN MIND THIS IS NOT A CHAPTER UPDATE NOR IS IT HALLOWEEN 🤭

Hi @jokerslittlepage I am so sorry this oneshot is ten days late!! but I spent the entire day to make sure you enjoy a little slice of October at the end of July! I love writing female!Joker... hehe might revisit this reoccurring idea later... anyhoo I hope you enjoy!!

two oneshots down four more to go!! The next one is super fluff! 🖤✨Wanna be included in the His Lighthouse journey? Join the taglist!

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Halloween is a big deal in the L/n household.

You always won best costume at school, the house (both indoors and out) was always eloquently decorated and you lived, ate, and slept, Spooky day vibes.

Your mother made sure the surrounding neighbors understood the assignment and participated to the best of their abilities. It wasn't just about candy and scaring people, oh no. This was a lifestyle. Now that you were away from home, you were stoked to continue the tradition even if you were the only one to enjoy it.

Joker was rather curious when you dragged out totes from storage on September 30th and willingly climbed your ladder to hang cobwebs, giant spiders, and the like from the rafters.

Not once did you trip or ask for help. He was impressed to say the least.

Overnight, your bright and cheery penthouse was transformed into a haunting decrypted shell of itself.

Anything colorful was converted out for shades of black or silver with red being the only pop of color. You moved your plants into the sunroom but the creepy vines and black elephant ear remained. For the next month, your abode would convey peak Halloween energy.

The entire apartment building participated too and decorated the main lobby and elevator for the month. It was cute and focused mainly on pumpkins and ghosts. Definitely not your style.

But for Halloween night, everything was dedicated to the trick-or-treaters within the building.

Each apartment floor had a theme and boasted fun little activities for the youth. You made it publicly known at the September community meeting, your floor would be the one to visit.

As soon as you got off the elevator, the short hallway leading up to your black front door was decorated to perfection. Even Joker was caught off guard when he came home.

The lights were turned off and you placed keep out signs, hung more cobwebs from the ceiling, and scattered dried up leaves on the hardwood floors.

The small table you had in the hallway was replaced with an gothic altar that held a cauldron of dried ice that pooled onto the floor and really gave off the haunted vibe you crafted so wonderfully. A fog machine nearby was pumping the rest of the area with smoke. Red and black candles littered the hallway, providing just enough light to see where you were going but no more.

Joker was thoroughly impressed by your haunted hallway in all of its glory.

It was eerie and completely unlike your normal setup. He was used to bright lights and a fresh display of flora on the table before entering your penthouse, not this.

You warned Joker to stay away for the day while you entertained children and their parents stopping by but when did he ever listen? He stuck around the area just in case you needed him.

Since the day was over, he came home.

He made it to the front door but stopped when he saw it was cracked open. His natural instincts were on high alert, already thinking the worst.

He knew for a fact that wasn't part of the decorations. You always kept your door locked.

Granted you were excited as of late, you weren't that careless to forget to close the door. The entire month you fangirled over your Halloween costume and barred Joker from seeing what you would be wearing.

'It's a surprise!' You would say as another component was delivered to the penthouse or 'You'll see it online when I post pictures!'

This morning you did in fact post pictures of your costume. It was a character from another popular book ,right down to the outlandish wig and custom shoes.

That's what you were so hush hush about? Big yawn.

Little did Joker know, you had two Halloween costumes this year. One was strictly for public view, the other.. well. Joker would see it very soon.

You knew Joker wouldn't stay away for too long so after the last trick-or-treater left, you quickly changed to begin your surprise for Joker.

You left the front door open knowing he would panic and left him a trail to follow. Another cauldron/fog machine in the main foyer to your apartment made everything distorted.

It was dark in here too but candelabras were scattered about offering limited light for Joker's search.

Just how many candles did you buy? Wasn't this some kind of fire hazard? And where were you?

Joker wanted to call out your name as he slowly searched your apartment but stopped himself. He knew the floor plan by heart and if there was an intruder inside, he'd rather keep the element of surprise and stay quiet.

The living room and beyond was empty so he moved onto the dining room and kitchen. Right as Joker was clearing the pantry, he felt a presence behind him.

He swung and hit nothing but air as your giggles echoed throughout the room. "Come and catch me..."

So his bunny wanted to play hide and seek? He grinned and followed your stifled giggles towards his bedroom. The door was closed but he could see the glow of light underneath. The entire apartment was decorated for October but you didn't touch his room.

At least you hadn't when he left this morning. When Joker opened the door, he knew you had been busy.

More candelabras were lit, giving the place a soft intimate glow, and black lace and cobwebs hung from the ceiling around the bed like a canopy. Not a speck of color was to be found and you had black rose petals scattered all over the floor. He expected you to be on the bed since you were always one for theatrics.

Yet you were nowhere to be found. Did he mishear the door closing? Maybe his Light was good at hiding after all.

Joker clicked his tongue and turned to leave when he (almost) ran face first into..

"Hi."

It took everything in him not to hit you. Joker quickly backed away but not before his jaw fell open in disbelief.

Joker was at a loss for words and of course you teased him for it. "What? Is there something wrong with my uh.. face? Is it the scars? Wanna know how I got 'em?"

You smiled wide, exposing your pearly whites. His eyes scanned your body, completely speechless. He didn't know whether to be turned on or disturbed by your getup.

On one side, you were a literal vixen but it was something off putting about seeing your doppelganger. Especially genderbent.

Was it weird to be attracted to himself? Was that a thing?

Your normal voluptuous curls were gone and replaced with long green hair. You incorporated braids into the do' to keep the bangs off your forehead since your entire face was painted in Joker's signature white greasepaint.

Your makeup was dark and dramatic with a smokey eye and a winged eyeliner so sharp that it could cut him if he weren't careful. You let the black eyeshadow extend past your eyes and fade down to your cheekbones.

It was simply phenomenal but your mouth was where J drew the line.

Joker feared you went too far and did the unthinkable.

Your beautiful face was now disfigured and still wet with blood. You arched an eyebrow at Joker's pain stricken face. He didn't like your cosplay after you spent all day putting it together.

You rolled your eyes, (it took him a minute to notice they were green) and smacked your red lips. "Oh? Do... ya not like iT?" You even adopted his speech pattern. This was all too much to take in.

"Y/n... "

You didn't give him a chance to speak. You roughly pushed Joker down into a chair. He was appalled by the audacity but also mildly turned on by it.

Was this just a Halloween costume or did you fully commit yourself to this? He was unsure and weighted out the possibilities of his Light actually gone insane.

It was something about seeing you in a tight black corset and matching leather pants splattered with blood that did things to him. Your curves were on full display in the tight material and you oozed confidence.

He swallowed loudly and avoided your gaze.

You didn't like that. You straddled Joker's thighs and ran your hands from his shoulders down to his chest. "You look tense. What's the matter hmm?"

You grabbed his face, jerking it so he faced you, and demanded that he answer. You saw the wheels turning in Joker's head. Would he play along or put a stop to things before they began?

He was too confused to decide. "Bunny.. Y/n. What's gotten into you?" Joker asked.

He let his hands roam over your leather clad thighs until you spoke up.

"Oh her. She's... err gone for the night. I'm afraid you're stuck with meeee." You rolled your hips into Joker's with an airy moan. "And I think you're quite okay with that.."

You grinded down on Joker's hard on and trailed kisses down his neck. You tugged at his hair and he couldn't stop the moan that escaped his throat.

"See? You want this. Relax, J. I'll make you feel gooood."

In the blink of an eye, you clicked a knife open and cut Joker's shirt right down the center. Your knife skills weren't perfect like J's and you accidentally nicked his skin. Without thinking, you licked the red welt clean of blood.

He saw red on your tongue as you licked your lips making him groan. Joker was breathing hard but you could see the uncertainty still in his jade eyes.

Why was he turned on by this? What was wrong with him? He should be concerned about your mental health!

"Y/n? I uhhh gotta ask. Are they.. did you.. You know?"

Joker ran his thumb against the jagged cut that began at the apples of your cheeks and stopped at the corner of your lip. He sighed when you sucked his thumb into your mouth. God, you were such a tease. And your mouth was so warm too.

You asked him coyly. "Do you want them to be real, J?"

Did he? Heavens no! Joker liked you the way you are! He pulled you into a hug and let his hesitations be known. 

"Never. I like my Light the way she is. Please.. tell me you didn't cut your face baby doll.." J cupped your cheek and stared into your contact colored eyes.

It was just prosthetic makeup but Joker didn't need to know that. If he thought your costume was that real, then kudos to you! You tried to stifle your laugh but failed terribly.

And that seemed to make things worse.

Watching you laugh uncontrollably dressed up as himself, Joker was beyond worried. He was about to shake some sense into you when you finally had enough.

You did your best interpretation of Joker's growl and fought his hold to pin his wrists to the armrest. The moment Joker heard a distinctive metal clicking sound, he flipped out.

"What the f__k, Y/n?" He shouted until you shut him up with a kiss.

"Shhhh. Since ya don't wanna.. re-lax, I'll make ya by force. Oh someone's maddd." You giggled.

Joker exhaled through his nose and tried breaking free of the handcuffs but they didn't budge. There wasn't a pair in Gotham City that could hold him but these must be new. Just what kind were they? He struggled some more and didn't notice you undoing his belt until you started removing his pants.

"Should've done this earlier but.. I have such a stubborn pet. I'll have to switch my plans around." His neck nearly snapped in half, hearing you call him a pet. 

You grunted as you finally pulled Joker's pants off. They disappeared somewhere in the candle lit room as you fell to your knees in front of him. From his seated position, Joker could admire your cleavage spilling out of your corset and your curvaceous backside if he turned his head to the side. This outfit of yours was killing him.

He was left in his boxer briefs with a noticeable bulge poking through the dark fabric. Your mouth watered just by looking at it.

He refused to be handcuffed like some submissive lover.

"Bunny, last change. Take these off. Now." Joker warned.

Screw your plans! He.. he was not enjoying this. Such a shame his body said otherwise. Joker's dick was straining against his briefs and you instantly took pity on him.

"Ya want me to take these off? Sure thing handsome."

You dipped your fingers into the waistband of his underwear and tugged. You laughed when J's cock hit your face after being set free. "Such an eager pet! This all for me?" You kisses the tip and Joker hissed.

"Careful now, Y/n. Y-You're playing a dangerous game." He said.

Two pairs of green eyes met in a stand-off. One was filled with unbridled lust, whereas the other, pure mischief. It was rare that Joker let you be in charge so you seized this opportunity while it lasted. So what if he punishes you later?

You secretly loved punishments from Joker.

You licked Joker from base to tip before swirling your tongue around the head. And just like you anticipated, J went wild.

He bucked his hips up and bit his lip to stifle the deep groan he wanted to let out. That mouth of yours was a tease. Why didn't he let you suck him off more often? It felt like the first time all over again; it had been so long.

"Yesssss Princess. Just... just like that." He wanted to guide you but you had his hands cuffed to the chair. "Ohhhh you planned this didn't ya? Naughty girl... get it wet."

You smiled and slapped Joker's fat head on your tongue. You managed to respond with a uh huh, noise right before you relaxed your jaw and took J down your throat.

"F__k meee! All of it! All. Of. It. Yes, that's it, there ya go, doll!" Joker groaned your name when his head bumped against the back of your throat, making you gag a bit.

He didn't care that your makeup was rubbing off on his thighs, feeling your hot mouth wrapped around his dick was oh so worth it.

You swallowed around Joker's dick a few times until you had to breathe. With a sharp gasp, you let him slip out of your mouth. Joker was now shiny with your spit and you stroked him with your hand as you caught your breath.

He looked down and noticed you were already staring. Your contacts were pretty but he loved your natural eye color more. It was like staring in a mirror. You looked so sexy dressed up like him.

"I wanna grab your hair... use that mouth of yours. Ruin you.."

You kissed Joker's inner thighs and laughed. "Ruin me? Why... that's exactly what I'm gonna do to you, J." You squeezed his cock tighter and began to jerk him off faster.

Joker tried to hold back his desire but your hands were so soft stroking his cock. Your body was so sexy all dolled up in leather and splattered red. Your smile was so inviting even if he questioned if the scars were real...

You had an air of confidence and he was drowning in your allure. He was so close didn't care how loud he was.

Joker letting go right as you stopped and leaned away. His eyes shot open to see your smug grin.

"Oh bunny, you are cruel." He pulled at his restraints to no avail and groaned. "When I get these uh, handcuffs off, you're gonna get iT."

He gasped when you stroked his tip until a tiny bead of cum emerged to the surface. It was torture he never felt before. Being worked up only to be thoroughly let down. What were you doing to him?

You made sure to keep eye contact with Joker as you licked up his precum. His poor tip was turning red, he was so wound up. It matched Joker's rosy cheeks with each heavy drag of air that he took.

"I'm sorry. Did ya say something, J?" You teased.

You wondered how many times you could bring Joker to the edge and snatch it away before he finally snapped?

You scratched your purple fingernail down Joker's shaft. He huffed out a curse with an unexpected moan. You saw a vein throb from the sensation and giggled. This was so much fun!

You gripped him again and began a slow, leisurely pace, as you thought aloud.

"I gave out sooo many tootsie pops today, I wonder. Just how many... uhhh licks does it take to get to the creamy center? Let's find out.."

You opened your mouth and took Joker's cock right down to the base in one go. He was too far gone to care about what you said, the pleasure had a way of overriding everything. He threw his head back and let you take charge for a change.

He'd regret letting you call the shots later. Once you got a taste of power, you'd force his hand again.

Joker tugged at his restraints, feeling powerless to your desire. It wasn't the worst situation he'd been in but still.

Your mouth was bobbing up and down his length in wet, sloppy pulls that forced him closer and closer to the peak that he needed to fall from. You edged him long enough.

Joker could feel the white hot coils slowly tearing apart and they threatened to take him under but once again, you stopped.

Joker cursed up a storm amidst your chuckles. You licked your lips clean and stood to your feet but grabbed J's face to calm him down.

"Shhhh, shhhh, pet. Don't worry. You'll get to cum. Yeah.. Right now." You let him go so you could shimmy out of your skin tight pants.

He groaned discovering you weren't wearing any underwear. He called out your name, making you look up.

"I need ya, doll.  M-Make me feel good, yeah? You said you would. Be a good girl then and do it."

It was the closest thing to pleading that Joker was gonna do. He was desperate enough to even ask.

He looked so helpless sitting in handcuffs with his swollen dick rutting up into the air, searching for any type of stimuli to get off.

Joker wasn't broken– you doubted he would ever submit to anyone, (you included) but he was delirious with pleasure. It was time to put him out of his misery.

You were about to undo your corset but Joker snapped at you, "Leave. It. On. I need you, now."

The sheer need in his voice had you scrambling into his lap and sinking down on his cock without hesitation. The both of you cried out at the stretch. Joker was already on the brink and feeling your pussy welcoming him inside its wet warmth was making him dizzy. He didn't know you had edged yourself before he came home in preparation.

None of that mattered right now.

You secured a grip on Joker's shoulders and started bouncing on his dick. There was no rhythm or tactic, just pure instinct hurdling you straight into an orgasm as Joker lost control and burst into your pussy.

He said your name like it was both a blessing and a curse.

He never came this much in his entire life. Black dots clouded his vision and his body felt fever hot. Tremors wracked his body as you continued to slam your pussy down over and over on his spent cock.

"Bunny... bunny... s-stop!" A moan got caught in his throat when he felt another orgasm rushing to the surface.

This had to be magic. There was no way he could cum again. You were a literal witch.

He bit down on your neck as the both of you came together. You sagged your weight onto J as the both of you floated in an afterglow. Joker's gaze was fixed on the ceiling as he came to terms with what just happened.

He literally just had sex with himself. The situation sounded so absurd that he burst out laughing.

You lifted your head in confusion. Joker simmered his mirth down to admire your beautiful face painted in white.

"What's so funny?" You asked.

Joker sighed and rolled his neck. You were gonna love this one.

"If that's how you uhhh celebrate Hallo-ween. I'm looking forward to next year's festivities. But! For now.. can ya hehe, get me outta these cuffs, baby doll?"

[russiasredguardian]

winter guard: operation snowblind (2021)

and then i was assigned to operation snowblind. my handler in those days was general yuri brushov. according to the general, my role was simple; keep what is buried, buried.

snowblind was the work of isolated cells of analysts and technicians. no cells had contacts beyond brushov ... and who knows who he reported to. at that time, the kremlin was determined to digitally preserve every scrap of useful information. brushov's people embraced a counter-philosophy.

keep what is buried, buried.

snowblind took advantage of the chaotic archiving process to destroy physical evidence and edit archives, one analyst at a time. all to eliminate 'dangerous' state secrets, we were told. no expense was spared -- custom data drives, vanko-tech encryptions, all of it.

and once the truth was scrubbed clean from the world ... all that remained were the project's analysts and a handful of data drives. it was my job to ensure every last trace was destroyed.

i encountered an analyst with no military training -- i meant to disarm her.

i failed.

she'd made four imperfect copies of the drives that could only be decrypted all together. why? a whistleblower? an idealist? was her dedication to the truth so powerful that she would risk her life? risk the prosperous future we dreamed of building -- in pursuit of it? wasn't burying the sins of the past enough to safeguard the future?

how naive i was, her blood pooling around me. i felt that i owed her, so ... i broke protocol. but i didn't find tactical secrets, dangerous technology or even evidence of darker necessary evils. operation snowblind was nothing but a criminal cover-up.

doctored bank statements, hydra mission reports, secret alliances and false flags -- and not just from the ussr. documentation on the oligarchs and corporations who would build themselves into billionaires by the dawn of the 21st century.

if this was leaked, my dream for russia's future was dead. but what assurance did i have that it would ever arrive? so i turned over decoys to bushov instead. i don't think he ever doubted me. red guardian was loyal to a fault. who would suspect this symbol -- their falsehood embodied -- of failure?

but i needed to hide the real drives until i knew how to use them.

one in officers' storage, at the air force base where they faked my death.

one at the party's administrative office where i once made small talk with a young ballerina named natasha romanova.

one in the basement of the church my grandfather helped build -- abandoned but left standing.

and the last i placed in the hands of the most self-invested monster i could think of. the leverage it offered would eb too valuable for him to surrender.

not long after brushov and i were sent on our first 'official' assignment together -- to defeat the avengers once and for all. i suspect we were intended to die in the line of duty. brushov did. i assume everyone associated with operation snowblind died similarly.

[dangraccoon]

Jari'eyc - Chapter 9

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Word Count: 1888

Warnings: loss of consciousness, major character death, discussion of inhibitor chips and mind control experiments, reference to past child abuse, grief and loss, imprisonment, torture, The Girls Are Fighting

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“The Empire is looking for us,” Crosshair rasped, tears dripping down his face more freely than Tech had seen them in a long time. He clung to Tech’s arm as if he were a lifeboat. “Th-they��re killing her to get to us. Mar'eyir kaysh, Tad’ika.” [Find her, Little Two.]

Runi had taken up a place at his side once he passed out, keeping a check on his vitals with Wrecker keeping a watch over both. Tech had noted Sinya pulling Hunter by the arm into the medbay. The doors hadn’t opened since and Tech decided he wasn’t going to risk opening them.

Echo had offered to help him sort through the data he’d been pulling from the Empire’s databanks. Fives and Omega had offered their assistance as well, but had fallen asleep about an hour ago, Omega leaning against her newfound brother.

Echo had just thrown a blanket over the pair when the console chirped.

“Has the new set finished decrypting?” he asked, coming to look over Tech’s shoulder.

Tech nodded, fingers dancing across the buttons and eyes scanning the information rapidly.

Tech was starting to believe this set wouldn’t have her information either when Echo nearly shouted “there”.

Tech opened her personnel file, her image attached at the top. She looked so tired. Her eyes were cold and empty, seemingly half-lidded permanently. The white streak in her hair was stark against the rest. Her mouth was fixed in a straight line, missing all hint of the pull upwards it used to have. The image sent a shiver down Tech’s spine.

He read down into the file. It showed him the missions she’d been assigned, locations, dates, objectives. And at the very bottom was a report from an Imperial Officer.

Tech opened the report, both he and Echo letting out little gasp at the words written across the top.

“Status: Killed in Action”

“Kriff,” Echo cursed behind him, hand running over the short thatch of curls that had finally begun to regrow over his scalp.

Tech scowled at the report. Hadn’t the Chromira shown Crosshair that Jaine was alive? It wouldn’t make sense to show him images of the past. 

“What about the curse? She could still be alive, couldn’t she?” Echo and Tech’s heads turned quickly toward Omega, who was removing herself from the tight embrace of Fives.

“How do you know about that?” Echo asked, kneeling down next to her.

“It was in a report someone gave Nala Se,” she shrugged. “It came in after you all left for Felucia.”

Echo and Tech exchanged a look. 

“Nala Se read the report and then asked the Prime Minister for an urgent meeting. Then once Jaine woke up, Nala Se ordered…”

“Ordered what, ‘Mega?” Echo asked.

Omega’s hands were shaking slightly. “They did a– an experiment on her,” she mumbled, her expression turning to a mix of fear and anger. “They put a chip in.”

“A chip?” Echo repeated, nervously glancing at Fives, thankful that he was still asleep. “Like the inhibitor chips?”

Omega nodded and Echo let out a breath he didn’t know he’d be holding. “It didn’t work right at first, so they had to condition her. That’s where she got those scars and why her hair turned white.”

Tech felt sick, guilt twisting his stomach into knots. Behind his eyes he saw flashes of his own ‘conditioning’, but he pushed the foul memories to the side. He couldn’t shut down now.

“It wasn’t her?” Echo whispered, his widened eyes finding Tech. “None of it was her.”

—

Crosshair woke up with his head pounding and his entire body sore. He sat up and looked around. He definitely wasn’t on the Marauder. No, this place was too cold, literally and figuratively. A shiver ran down his back. Instinctively he wrapped his arms around his body. He could feel his hands shaking. Wait, his hands? No, these were someone else’s hands. 

He realized a moment later that he wasn’t in control of this body; he was merely a passenger. 

The person reached up to massage their neck at the point that was hurting most. Crosshair noted the knots of scar tissue beneath their touch.

They sighed, reaching up to pull their hair forward, beginning to braid some of the long crimson hair. Crosshair could feel something emanating deep within their soul; an intense pleading for help.

The pieces came together. Red hair, blaster scar on the neck. This was Jaine’s body he was in. 

“Up,” a stormtrooper ordered, opening the laser gate. Despite the resentment that boiled in her chest, she stood without hesitation, holding her arms out for the binders. 

The pair of troopers led her through the facility past numerous cells of clones. He could feel her guilt at not being able to help them. She glanced up at one cell in particular as they approached it. 

“Wait,” she whispered, her movement stilling as her heart dropped into her gut. “Where’s Fluke?”

One of the stormtroopers hit her shoulder with the butt of his gun. “Keep walking.”

She turned to face him. “Where’s CT-5121?” she growled.

“Went last night,” rasped the clone - Sig, she remembered - in the cell across from the one that used to hold Fluke.

Crosshair could feel the deep sorrow in Jaine’s heart and the tear that fell down her cheek. 

“Good morning, Jaine,” that woman, Doctor Karr, said as the gate opened. “How are you feeling today?”

Jaine didn’t answer. Merely allowing herself to be pushed onto the table and secured in place. 

“I’d like to offer you an opportunity,” Karr said, looking up from her datapad. “Answer the question and we don’t have to go through any of the pain.”

Jaine swallowed, her throat dry. “What question?”

“How do we find Clone Force 99?”

Crosshair felt her hesitation, before she finally answered. 

“Who?”

—

Hunter wasn’t sure exactly what was happening if he were to be completely honest. He probably should be anxious and on edge. He probably should be worried sick about Crosshair. He probably should have some kind of feelings about the possibility that Jaine wasn’t truly in control of herself when she’d attacked them.

But he didn’t really feel any of that. He was a little nervous, concerned for his brother, and a little more compassionate for their former medic, but none of that was at the forefront, and wasn’t even really what he was focused on at the moment. No, he was focused on the woman sitting in front of him. He’d lost track of what she was talking about a few minutes ago, but he smiled and nodded when it seemed appropriate. He did note there was an odd… heat in his chest.

“Hunter?” Sinya said, tapping his arm. “You okay?”

He shook his head a little, trying desperately to ignore the buzz of electricity that flooded his body, originating from her hand. “Sorry, could you repeat that?”

Sinya giggled. “It didn’t matter.”

She smiled at him and he realized he’d probably do anything if it just meant he’d get to see that smile again. Her smile reminded him of the first time he’d seen starlight. 

A sharp pang hit his heart. 

Did I make Jaine feel like this? He thought. Is that why she called me ‘Starlight’?

“Hunter,” Tech called from the suddenly open door of the medbay. 

Hunter hoped Tech didn’t notice the way he and Sinya sprung away from each other. He hadn’t realized they’d been so close. 

“What is it, Tech?”

Tech eyed him suspiciously. Of course he noticed. “Crosshair is awake. He would like to speak with us.”

Hunter nodded, turning to give an apology to Sinya, who shooed him off with a “go”.

By the time Hunter arrived in the bunk rooms, Crosshair was sitting up on the edge of the bunk and Runi was still fussing over his vitals, despite the annoyance written plainly on his face. After another moment she gave up with a huff, rolling her eyes when she saw the smug look on his face. She muttered something violent about that expression as she passed him. 

Omega ran into the room, practically launching herself at Crosshair. “You’re okay!”

“I told you he would be,” Tech pointed out. “And I am seldom wrong.”

Crosshair and Omega rolled their eyes in unison. 

“What’s going on, Crosshair?” Echo said, trying to hide a smirk.

Crosshair glanced briefly at Omega before looking at the rest of them. “Jaine… won’t be telling the Empire how to find us,” he sighed, hating the way his voice shook. The air in the ship seemed to still. 

“That’s a good thing, right?” Omega asked, looking worriedly up at Crosshair.

“Yeah,” Wrecker nodded. “If she doesn’t tell ‘em anything about us then we can surprise ‘em when we go rescue her!”

Hunter’s eyes narrowed on his youngest brother. He could hear Crosshair’s rapid heartbeat, despite the measured breaths he was taking. “What aren’t you saying?”

His intense gaze locked onto Hunter’s. “She can’t tell the Empire about us because she doesn’t remember who we are.”

The room went still as the weight of Crosshair’s statement settled over the squad.

“How could she just forget us?” Omega asked, her eyes welling up. “After everything that’s happened…”

Tech knelt down next to her. “It is not her fault, Omega,” he said. “Part of her curse is that she forgets things that are important to her each time she comes back. More often than not, it is people she cares about.”

“That- that’s not fair,” Omega whispered. 

“You’re right,” Crosshair assured her. “But that’s why she had people like Sinya to help her remember.”

Omega scowled, but looked up at Hunter. “We have Sinya with us. We can go and save her and then Sinya can help her remember, right?”

Hunter sighed. His chest felt heavy. “It’s not that simple,” he explained. “Breaking someone out of Imperial custody would be tricky and we don’t even know where she’s being held, not to mention that we’d be walking right into the hands of the Empire.”

“But–”

“No, Omega. We can’t go after her; it’s too risky.”

Omega scowled up at him before storming out of the room. 

“She would do it for us,” Crosshair hissed. “We always said we’d never leave our own behind.”

“And we haven’t,” Hunter growled. “She spent months trying to kill us–”

“That was not her fault,” Tech interjected. “We have learned that there was a chip implanted in her brain when she was on Kamino without us, after which she was put through intense conditioning.”

Hunter didn’t listen. He couldn’t. “Chip or not, she doesn’t even know who we are! For all we know she could hate all clones now and try to kill us the moment she sees us anyway.”

Crosshair spoke up. “She doesn’t. I don’t know who he was or what he meant to her, but she just grieved one called Fluke.”

“How do you know that?” Echo asked.

Crosshair glanced between Hunter and Tech. “I-I could feel it. It was like I was in her body. It was… strange. I didn’t hear the Chromira-”

“The who?” Echo and Wrecker asked simultaneously.

“And it didn’t feel like when she talked to me before,” he finished, crossing his arms. “It almost felt like- like it was Jaine who was reaching out to me.”

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During the defense of the Last City just prior to the commencement of Operation Ahamkara, we reopened an old case file with the help of ERI-223. In looking back into the anomaly on Io, we encountered one glaring change; the displayed destination of the mysterious, lone Vex portal once surrounded by Oracles. Where once it opened onto the Vault of Glass, it now showed somewhere... Dark and unfamiliar. A line of violet light extended into the darkness. A single purple Oracle sat nearby.

We have discovered it led here, into the heart of Nessus. Into Maya Sundaresh's domain, her laboratory. Agents are encouraged to report further findings on Hidden channels.

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FOR IKO-006 EYES ONLY

Ikora, I bring this to you in confidence and hopes that you will understand my thinking, though I do not fully understand it myself. I believe grander games may be afoot, and I fear we near the endpoint of a plan set in motion before we dare venture guess. This portal was only accessed via a small crevice in a wall far below normally accessible terrain. This crevice only appeared after a series of tasks within Sundaresh's lab were completed. These all related to Vex portals, connections, and access, and the conclusion of it all was to bring me back to where I started, where the portal now lie.

Attached are photographs collected by VIP #2014 showing abnormalities at the sites both leading to and surrounding the portal. Note the red organic substance on the ledge above the drop. Within the operational area, this substance appears only on this ledge. It can also be seen on the cliff faces adjacent to and leading to the portal's hall.

A black, tarry substance was also noted within the tunnel leading to the portal's hall. The ledge outside rests behind curtain of water (a common pre-Golden Age interactive fiction storytelling technique, I'm told by the Neomuna archivists), through which can be seen the Core Pyramid.

Within the portal's hall, there is a single, straight depression dividing the room in two down the middle. It is filled with Radiolaria and descends to the portal at an angle of approx. 25-30°. Similar depressions and Vex greebling branch from this central trunk. At the end of the line, the radiolaria surrounds the portal in pools of concentric circles.

I think on the Witness' design language, its logic trees we have so often seen. I have traced the lines as best I can in hopes we can rule this possibility out.

But another oddity appears here as well; Taken essence. The Taken are not loyal to Sundaresh—though the strength of will within the Echo of Command could draw them here. But I cannot help but think.... The Whisper. Worms. The Taken. Sundaresh. The Vex. It all leads one place.

On first exploration of the core, I noted to my fireteam the similarities in architecture, theme, and general meaning between it and Whisper—an emphasis on delving deeper, becoming lost, finding dead ends and trick paths. We have noted this in Exotic Assignments and Anomalies before, most recently during Operation Dual Destiny, but it is keenly felt here. The loops. The red light coaxing and the purple light leading. Eyes and outflow valves. Pathways that require one to double back, shift their perspective, look deeper to move forward.

And so I think back on the portal and I wonder—what have we missed? Does some transient whisperer already lie among us? What Taken thing has slithered out of its jar on our lost Io and into the core of Nessus?

Clarity in action, always. Signing off.

REPORT ENDS

[wktn94-7fm]

Episode 3

The end of a song fades out, the final strum of an acoustic guitar dissolving into static. The voice of Steve White rises out of the quiet like a lighthouse beam cutting through stormclouds.

SW:

That was "Pale Horizon" by Ash Rourke. A voice like warm whiskey and a song that used to remind me of fall drives through the Rockies. Hard to believe there’s still music like that left in the world. Harder still to believe we’ve made it this far. Day sixty-two.

You're listening to WKTN 94.7FM. If you're hearing this, you're not alone. We’re still here. I’m still here. Steve White, voice of the wasteland, keeping the dial warm in this cold, broken world.

Now… I’ve got someone on the line. She’s calling from a CDC data storage site. Yeah, that’s right. Not a lab, not a safe zone—this is something else. She reached out through a cracked relay tower we didn’t even know was functioning.

Go ahead, caller. You’re live.

Caller:

My name is Riley. I’m a systems analyst. I was assigned to CDC auxiliary site Theta-9. We’re… one of the last cold storage data facilities. Not research. Not medicine. Just information. Kept cold and deep. The kind you don’t want to lose.

There’s fifty-eight of us still here. Ten of us are CDC data analysts and research aides. We’ve got twelve private security personnel—ex-military, mostly—and the rest are our families and a could we found while scavenging for supplies.

SW:

Thanks for calling in, Riley. That takes guts these days. Tell us… what’s going on over there?

R:

We lost contact with one of our scout teams. That’s not unusual now, but these were our best—former Special Forces. They went out three days ago looking for power cells and any relay tech we could salvage.

They never came back. But what they sent… before the signal died… was data. Classified CDC recon reports. From the weeks before the fall.

We decrypted it last night.

Steve… this wasn’t an accident. This plague didn’t crawl out of the jungle. It didn’t come from a lab leak or a bat cave. This was deployed. Targeted. A coordinated strike on every major western nation. Same day. Same hour. Water coolers, vending machines, bottled drinks, public hydration systems—all laced. Containment vectors in everyday places.

SW:

Jesus…

R:

One hundred twenty-eight deployment points in the U.S. alone. Shopping malls. Sports arenas. Public schools. Hospitals.

They didn’t hit military installations. Not at first. They wanted chaos. Confusion. Maximum civilian saturation.

Multiple patient zero events. Simultaneous. It was a firestorm from within.

We don’t know who did it. Not yet. The metadata is corrupted in most places, and half the archive is inaccessible behind encryption we weren’t trained to crack. But… someone did this, Steve...

Someone made this plague.

SW:

So this wasn’t nature. Wasn’t an act of God.

R:

No. This was war. The kind where no one declares it.

We still have some of the raw intel. Maybe others do, too. If anyone’s listening—if there are any researchers, military analysts, cryptographers—this is the time to reach out.

There are four CDC sites still online. All on lockdown. Fully automated containment protocols. If breached, the systems detonate the entire structure. There’s no way to exit without deactivation codes, and those… are either lost, or hidden in dead servers across the country.

We’re ghosts, Steve. Digital phantoms trapped in our own bunker. No backup. No extraction. Only reason we’re even talking now is because a storm knocked out part of the firewall and let a signal slip through.

SW:

You’re reaching out… to ask for help.

R:

Yes. But not just that. We’re asking for information.

There might be fragments out there. Old drives. Laptops. Printed memos. Anything that hints at where these deployment kits were manufactured. Who coordinated the drops. Even which agencies knew. Before the fall, there were whispers—internal chatter about compromised infrastructure. Supposed drills. A "Containment Simulation" run two weeks before the outbreak.

We think… some part of the government knew this was coming. Or was told to look the other way.

SW:

You think this wasn’t just terrorism. You think someone inside helped.

R:

We don’t have proof. But someone buried the warning signs. We need to know why.

Because if this wasn’t just an attack… if it was a collaboration... then whoever started this isn’t done.

A long silence stretches out. You can hear a distant echo—maybe a child’s laugh, or a door closing, somewhere behind Riley. Then she speaks again.

R:

We can’t stay here forever, Steve. The generator’s fuel is running low, solar can only maintain the records, not support us. The food’s rationed, and… the waters almost gone.

Help us spread this. Keep asking questions. Keep the line open. Someone out there has to know something.

SW:

You got it, Riley. We’ll keep your signal alive. And if anyone out there knows anything—if you’ve seen something, heard something, found anything strange—WKTN 94.7FM is your voice. Call us. Share it. Even if it’s just a rumour. Sometimes, the truth hides in the static.

Stay safe, Riley. We’ll be listening.

The line goes dead. Steve sits in silence for a moment. The only sound is the faint hum of the radio equipment, the whisper of wind against the boarded windows.

SW:

Anyone out there got answers? Because the questions just keep getting darker.

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[misscammiedawn]

Not sure what to put here. I wanted to be a friendly ghost and leave something cryptic and nice like "you are loved." But saying just that with no context feels like it'd be eerie to read on its own. So now it's not on its own! It's got all these other words surrounding it. Hope that helps.

-Not Casper

That is sweet of you to say, friendly ghost.

Glad we woke up in a mood receptive to such an ask and did not devolve into a paranoid desire to decrypt the cryptic message and read too much into who sent it and assign some motive to it before doing the "I will find you" speech from Taken. Heaven knows that would have been Camden's first instinct.

I am more than content to accept the praise with the kindness intended and thank you from the bottom of our over-swelling heart.

Thank you for thinking of us and thank you for reaching out. It feels good to be seen and appreciated. Though we cannot see you, oh spirit, we appreciate you in turn.

Be safe, be well and may the universe give you reasons to smile today.

[somthing-lavender]

12.52 diffrent solutions for the Foxy grid, along with other leads (will update if I find more)

The equation for how many solutions there are is (none Evan solutions) + (first Evan method) + 0.25*(all methods to get Evan - 1) + 0.01* (Every way to get N - 1)

Understanding the Cassidy solution

Understanding how we solved Cassidy will help us understand how the logbook expects us to solve these things. (And with Cassidy showing up in tfc 3 months after the log book, and a couple other places, Cassidy is probably the correct answer, so technically the method could be incorrect)

Cassidy solution from 6 years ago, & they got the numbers at 9:44 (video from 2018 June 3).

Possible solutions

Mary (incorrect page # + out of order # & Geocaching Decryption Key) Jan 1, 2018 (older than Cassidy solution)

I Show U (adding the digets of altered + red #s, converting #s to letters, Ceasars shift of 6, then by 3) 6 years ago

Spring trap (altered #s & red numbers + fnaf 3 post) 6 years ago

Afton (letters in the corner of the grid, (5+4)3=27 -> (2,7) which gets N) 4 years ago (does this count as another way to get N in Evan? Do I need to edit the title to 10.76?)

Evan (Responses & blood stains used to get N) 3 years ago

Evan (Responses & "adding up the score" of tallies + magazine to get N) 3 years ago

Dave (Responses + reflect solution) 3 years ago

Its Michael (counts things, go down the count, then across the pg # the thing was on) 2022 Feb 18. Go to 0:29

Evan (we meet again Evan) or Evaq (Happiest day, balloons + cakes + alive children solution) 1 year old & more detailed explanation (do the cake + kids count as a 4th alternative way to get N?)

ELJ (breaking up scared, converting to numbers, get ELJ -> Elijah) 8 months ago

Evyn or Evan (give it up for the 3rd way to find Evan y'all. This time the A is a stretch) (using what Foxy's ears, hook, and pointer finger are pointing at to get Evyn. Taking the highest point of his hook to get A and Evan) 2 months ago (not counting this as a 4-5th way to get N)

TRST (make the grid repeat ABC, count the grid on the rows, Ceasars shift, Trst -> Tristen)

Long (input ripped pages) ~Sep 17 2024

Bruce (number assigned to each question on a pg with tallies, tallies total) ~Sep 26 October

Cant (Responses + inserting foxing higher into the grid) reposted on ~Sep 29 October (Can't find original post)

Other Mics things but don't have one clear answer

Vigenere Chiper (results of note: 9 letters + 3rd last & 2nd last are the same letter like Alphonsus, or somthing ending in us, ay, om like Malcom) 6y

+7 Ceasars cipher (Max & Cacy) 8mo

Tallies & Binary (result, ZLQCVHYD) 1y

"Everything you'll possibly need for the Foxy Grid" if you want to add to this list. 2mo

Eva, Ave, Vea, Aev, Vae, Eav (pick any solution that gets Evan/Dave and remove the n/d) me, on Oct 12 2024

Yes, all of these are real names, so Eva, Vae, & Eva are only feminine according to Google. Every solution that has "E, V, A" starts making a stretch at the last letter. Unless someone can tell me why it needs to be a 4 letter name, maybe C.C's name is only 3 letters

[govindhtech]

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Amazon Key Management Service (KMS) keys can now be used for server-side encryption with Amazon S3 Express One Zone, a high-performance, single-Availability Zone (AZ) S3 storage class (SSE-KMS). All items kept in S3 directory buckets are already encrypted by default by S3 Express One Zone using Amazon S3 management keys (SSE-S3). As of right now, data at rest can be encrypted using AWS KMS customer managed keys without affecting speed. With the help of this new encryption feature, you may use S3 Express One Zone which is intended to provide reliable single-digit millisecond data access for your most frequently accessed data and latency-sensitive applications to further satisfy compliance and regulatory standards.

For SSE-KMS encryption, S3 directory buckets let you define a single customer controlled key per bucket. You cannot change it to use a different key once the customer managed key has been inserted. Conversely, S3 general purpose buckets allow you to use several KMS keys during S3 PUT requests or by modifying the bucket’s default encryption configuration. S3 Bucket Keys are always enabled when utilizing SSE-KMS with S3 Express One Zone. Free S3 bucket keys can minimize AWS KMS queries by up to 99%, improving efficiency and lowering expenses.

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First construct an S3 directory bucket in the Amazon S3 console by following the instructions, and you can use apne1-az4 as the Availability Zone, to demonstrate this new functionality to you. To construct the final name, you automatically add the Availability Zone ID to the suffix you enter in the Base name, which is s3express-kms. Then confirm that Data is stored in a single Availability Zone by checking the corresponding checkbox.

Select Server-side encryption using AWS Key Management Service keys (SSE-KMS) under the Default encryption option. You have three options under AWS KMS Key: Create a KMS key, Enter AWS KMS key ARN, or Select from your AWS KMS keys. In this case, you choose to Create bucket after choosing from a list of previously established AWS KMS keys.

You can now automatically encrypt any new object you upload to this S3 directory bucket using my Amazon KMS key.

SSE-KMS in operation with Amazon S3 Express One Zone

You require an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) user or role with the following policy in order to use SSE-KMS with S3 Express One Zone using the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI). In order to successfully upload and receive encrypted data to and from your S3 directory bucket, this policy permits the CreateSession API function.

Using the HeadObject command to examine the object’s properties, you can see that it is encrypted using SSE-KMS and my previously generated key:

You can use GetObject to download the encrypted object:

The object downloads and decrypts itself because your session has the required rights.

Use a separate IAM user with a policy who isn’t allowed the required KMS key rights to download the item for this second test. The SSE-KMS encryption is operating as planned, as seen by the AccessDenied error that occurs during this attempt.

Important information

Beginning the process The AWS SDKs, AWS CLI, or the Amazon S3 console can all be used to enable SSE-KMS for S3 Express One Zone. Assign your AWS KMS key and change the S3 directory bucket’s default encryption option to SSE-KMS. Recall that over the lifespan of an S3 directory bucket, only one customer controlled key may be used.

Regions: Every AWS Region where S3 Express One Zone is presently offered offers support for SSE-KMS utilizing customer-managed keys.

Performance: Request latency is unaffected by using SSE-KMS with S3 Express One Zone. The same single-digit millisecond data access will be available to you.

Pricing: To generate and recover data keys used for encryption and decryption, you must pay AWS KMS fees. For additional information, see the pricing page for AWS KMS. Furthermore, S3 Bucket Keys are enabled by default for all data plane operations aside from CopyObject and UploadPartCopy when utilizing SSE-KMS with S3 Express One Zone, and they cannot be removed. By doing this, AWS KMS request volume is lowered by up to 99%, improving both performance and cost-effectiveness.

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[codingprolab]

CSCI 151 Homework 2 encrypt and decrypt files

For this assignment, you will write a program that can help you encrypt and decrypt files on your computer. Like the previous homework, the program will have a main menu, which will have the following options: • e: encrypt a file Ask the user the name of the file to encrypt. If the file doesn’t exist, or can’t be opened, print an error message, then go back to the menu. Ask the user the name of…

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