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The Art Of The New Dungeons & Dragons

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The Art Of The New Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons has a big year ahead of it. The classic tabletop RPG is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and the most significant event of that celebration is undoubtedly the release of a revision for the game’s core rules, including the Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual. Backwards-compatible with the entirety of the 5th edition of the game, the new books are nonetheless a big new step forward for the game, reflecting a decade of iteration and evolution as the game has exploded in popularity.

The books aren’t far off. Players and Dungeon Masters alike can watch for pre-orders starting on June 18; each book is set to be priced at $49.99. Each of the three new books comes in at a hefty 384 pages apiece.

Characters from the classic D&D cartoon get a makeover in this internal art from a chapter opener in the new Player’s Handbook. Artist Credit: Dmitry Burmak

We had the good fortune to visit Wizards of the Coast a few weeks ago to learn more from the artists and designers about what to expect in the revised game, and we have a ton of exclusive details about the revised D&D in this month’s Game Informer magazine. The magazine article includes extensive insight from Wizards of the Coast designers, including Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford. Our conversations with the designers offer great depth into what to expect out of each of the three core books on the way. We hope you’ll support that kind of exclusive coverage of D&D with a subscription to GI for less than $2 an issue so you can check the article out for yourself.

In addition to all the fun new design insights discussed in our magazine article, we also wanted to show off some of the remarkable art coming as part of the latest books. We’re including that here, alongside details from the art team working to craft the game’s look.

We’re especially excited to reveal a close look at the cover art for the new Player’s Handbook.

The front cover of the newly revised version of D&D’s Player’s Handbook. Artist Credit: Tyler Jacobson

As the first planned release of the three new core rulebooks, it’s also likely the one that’s most important to the broadest swath of D&D players; its appearance in each prior edition has helped define the tone of the game.

The new Player’s Handbook front cover embraces the game’s revitalized approach to pushing forward legendary characters from across the history of the game. We see the likes of Yolande the Elven queen, Strongheart the knight, Elkhorn the Dwarven warrior, the divine Mercion, and the rogueish Molliver, all charging together into an adventure. These are figures hearkening back to the earliest era of the game. Wrapped around them is a benevolent gold dragon – a nod to the “golden” 50th anniversary of the game and an enticing reminder that the dragons in the game’s title can be allies as frequently as enemies.

A gold dragon teams up with a party of legendary heroes to confront a red dragon and its kobold minions in the full front cover art for the new Player’s Handbook. Artist Credit: Tyler Jacobson

The new cover art comes from the experienced hand of freelance illustrator, Tyler Jacobson. “I’ve worked on DND since 2009. And I did the covers back in the fifth edition,” Jacobson says. “I did the Player’s Handbook and the Dungeon Master’s Guide, as well as many of the other covers that came after that for [titles] like Storm King’s Thunder and Volo’s.”

The direction for the cover art is highly intentional, meant to reflect the content inside. “With the cover art, we wanted to represent each experience,” Jacobson says. “How do we make the Player’s Handbook look like it’s the players’ experience? And how do we make the Dungeon Master’s Guide feel like the Dungeon Master’s experience?”

The back cover of the Player’s Handbook features an unknown party of adventurers flying into danger on the back of a bronze dragon. Artist Credit: Tyler Jacobson

A separate piece of art on the reverse side of the Player’s Handbook goes the other direction from the mythical heroes depicted on the front, depicting a party of unknown heroes, and nodding to players who will craft their own legends.

The new Player’s Handbook (and all the rulebooks moving forward into this new era of the game) features a red book spine, which, in my mind, subtly nods to some classic visual cues like the classic red boxed set from the 1980s. But whether that’s intentional or not, the red hue also easily sets the new books apart from any other recent rulebooks you have on your shelf.

From sketch to completed art of the new Player’s Handbook. Artist Credit: Tyler Jacobson

Early book printings will bear a D&D 50th seal on the back – a recognition of the big five-decade anniversary.

As fans have come to expect, you can also look forward to alternate book covers available in your local game store – the new alternate Player’s Handbook depicts a gorgeous scene of elves and a sinuous gold dragon, all printed in a gold foil treatment.

Beyond the cover, there’s no shortage of art filling the books’ pages, as evidenced by the extensive visuals we saw from the interior pages of the Player’s Handbook.

Artist Néstor Ossandón Leal shows the process from sketch to completed art. Artist Credit: Néstor Ossandón Leal

“A lot of our chapter openers are famous heroes,” says studio art director Josh Herman. “Almost every chapter opening features a different hero, or group of heroes in a different setting. So, you’ve got Dragonlance, and other ones, like Ravenloft; you’ve got a whole suite of them. Whereas the Dungeon Master’s Guide is all about villains. The cover is all about the villains and the sort of threats that the DM gets to play up. And in that art, you get to see a lot of our famous locations and some of our famous villains in its chapter openers. So, it’s sort of like the opposite side of the coin; we want to present all of the facets of the game in a way that hopefully people can understand.”

The completed art that launches the Fighter class section in the Player’s Handbook. Artist Credit: Néstor Ossandón Leal

I was especially struck by the mix of characters and settings on display in the revised books. Where many prior official books seemed to default to the familiar Forgotten Realms setting (chief home of the Baldur’s Gate video games), these new core books seem to embrace the multiversal nature of D&D, including the characters and locations of myriad worlds. “I think like 10 years after [5th edition’s launch], all of these settings have come out,” Herman says. “Like Spelljammer, Dragonlance, Planescape. That’s probably why the differences are so much there; we want to show off all the different ways that players can play just like you can choose any type of character, and we want to create a broad gamut for you to pick from.”

A silver dragon enjoys the adulation of a city’s parade route. Artist Credit: Campbell White

The art in the new core books has a chief goal of helping to further an understanding of the game. Spells are often shown being cast. Art for character backgrounds shows a possible place your hero could have come from. It even extends to the visuals of creatures in the Monster Manual. “There’s a lot of mindfulness about the mixture; to pick the monster design accurately to the stat block,” says art director Emi Tanji. “If it’s a creature that does slashing damage or something like you want to make sure we see claws. And you want to make sure if the art has shows something that’s like a stinger, but there’s nothing in the stat block – that would be weird, right?”

As I had the chance to explore completed pages during my visit to Wizards of the Coast, I was impressed by the bounty of art that fleshes out the books and how the art is presented to act as a visual tool for organization. “We worked with the design team to ensure that every class starts with the left-hand page,” Herman says. “Whereas before in 2014, it was just kind of a running journal. Now what we wanted to do is every class would open with a full-page piece of art on the left-hand side with a similar set of lead data on the right hand, so that every time you get to a new class, you get sort of an immediate visual, which we tried to theme around almost like an iconic version of what that class is.”

Concept art reveals the redesigned look for the red dragon. Artist Credit: Alexander Ostrowski

The revised books also gave the art and design team at Wizards of the Coast a chance to return to some of its most iconic visuals and refine the approach, including the titular dragons of the classic five metallic and five chromatic species. “All the dragon stuff was really great,” Herman says “We went through all 10 of them. We have new designs for all of those and there will be a lot of that in the Monster Manual for sure. We are trying to update those designs to be something in which players could see that dragon’s personality or what biome they live in, or where they fit in the cast of all of the dragons.”

The new look for the bronze dragon, and concepts for its breath weapon. Artist Credit: Alexander Ostrowski

As a longtime D&D player, I came away from perusing this new version of D&D with a lot of excitement. The art we’re sharing here publicly is just a sampling of what I had the opportunity to look over; there’s a cohesive visual language to the new books that is enticing. And I love the way the game seems to embrace the long history of heroes, villains, and iconic named monsters that have arisen over 50 years of play.

If the art on display here has you excited, I hope you don’t miss out on our in-depth tour of the design work expressed in the books themselves, as described in this month’s Game Informer magazine. Our eight-page article includes details on all three books, including new character options, building player bastions, new apex-tier monsters on the way, and the surprising importance and inclusions of what is arguably the oldest D&D campaign setting of them all – Greyhawk. In a magazine that is chiefly focused on video games, we figuratively rolled the dice on offering this level of depth on a tabletop game like D&D in one of our issues, thanks to its incredible influence on gaming, and its recent success and reach to newcomers. If that kind of coverage is something you like, we’d appreciate your support in checking out the magazine.

In the meantime, enjoy exploring the breadth of all this new Dungeons & Dragons art! Click through the gallery below for full-size images of all the art included in this article, plus additional first-look pieces on the way in the new books.

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❛❛ mal haidou . ❜❜ ― 💀 ― loading files…

BASICS.

full name : maleficent malia helena haidou

name meaning :

maleficent : english | “doing evil or harm”

malia : hebrew | “bitter”

helena : greek | “shining light”

haidou : greek | “of hades”

nicknames : mal, baby hades, mali, malsy, m, she-demon

title : princess

gender / pronouns : cis woman / she/her

sexuality : pansexual

date of birth : december 31

age : 18-28

zodiac : capricorn

place of birth : isle of the lost, auradon

accent : n/a

languages : english, modern greek, ancient greek

occupation : heir to the underworld

species : dark fae/demigoddess hybrid

powers/abilities : dark faerie physiology (dragon transformation, faerie magic, flight, potion making, spell casting), demigoddess physiology (necromancy, umbrakinesis, pyrokinesis, limited phobikinesis)

APPEARANCE.

faceclaim : dove cameron

height : 5′2″

eye color : grey, blue when using powers

hair color : blue

dominant hand : right handed

glasses : no

MEDICAL.

mental : adhd, ptsd, anxiety, depression, insomnia

physical : n/a

PERSONALITY.

positive traits : assertive, intelligent, steadfast, passionate, resilient

negative traits : dishonest, impulsive, resentful, tactless, volatile

hobbies : songwriting, singing, playing guitar, wandering the underworld, causing light mischief

RELATIONSHIPS.

parents :

hades; father

maleficent; mother

siblings :

makaria; older sister [ goddess of blessed death ]

melinoë; older sister [ goddess of ghosts ]

zagreus; older brother [ god of mysteries ]

hadie haidou; younger brother

spouse : n/a

children : n/a

pets :

kilída [ three-headed dobermann ]

CONNECTIONS. (adoptable affiliated ocs)

paris cruciamen : daughter of pain. paris is one of mal's former minions turned friend, and serves as the bassist of her band. ➢ 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍

pandora ponturbatio : daughter of panic. pandora is one of mal's former minions tturned friend, and serves as the drummer of her band. ➢ 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍

DIVERGENCE

PRE-FILM/BOOKS.

i’ve chosen to retcon all but the following details when it comes to the books :

mal and jay have been friends/partners in crime the longest

mal still has a dragon birthmark on her upper arm. she keeps this covered or hidden by makeup at all times up until she transforms into a dragon in descendants 2

this retcon includes scrapping the bit about maleficent banishing evie and the evil queen is retaliation for mal not being invited to evie’s birthday party, as maleficent didn’t raise mal and thus likely wouldn’t have cared. instead, i leave it open to evie players on whether they’d like to plot out a more positive beginning for the two, or find another way to keep things unfriendly.

DESCENDANTS.

first things first, any mentions of maleficent as her parent are now mentions of hades

in place of maleficent’s spell book, mal has her own lesser version of hades’ ember. unlike his, however, hers has never worked while under the barrier surrounding the isle of the lost. it only begins to light up once they cross over into auradon

when it comes to any sort of magic, mal is far more inclined to the godly sort, having no real knowledge of or desire to use her fairy magic. instead when it comes to spells, it falls more onto evie, as she would also have magic in her blood courtesy of the evil queen being an avid magic user. this includes unlocking the museum door, the hair makeovers, and the love potion cookie (which was mal’s idea but required evie’s magic to execute properly)

mal does have a moment in the museum with the maleficent statue, the first time she’s seen her mother since infancy, regardless of whether or not she’s truly there. she comes away from this more determined than before to break the villains free and rule auradon. not due to any loyalty or a need to please her mother, but instead to prove maleficent wrong for abandoning her all those years ago. she is being fueled by anger towards her mother at this point, combined with a desire to free her father. (evil like me as a performance, however, is retconned)

small thing, but instead of claiming to be an only child while on her date with ben, she mentions having a brother, as hadie being her younger brother is completely canon to my portrayal of mal

in place of the main conflict at parents day being caused by queen leah and audrey, it’s megara that strikes up conversation with mal only to then be interrupted by hercules who recognizes and calls mal out as being the daughter of hades. this leads to the same sort of end as the original scene, with the divide between aks and vks being further pointed out

mal only ever refers to maleficent as her mother at the coronation once everyone is frozen, and thus cannot play witness. this is when that truth is first revealed to carlos and evie, as jay had made the discovery while still on the isle following an incident where he spotted mal’s dragon birthmark

following the coronation, mal goes out of her way to spend time with jane, trying to make up for the damage that she caused and boost the other’s confidence.

DESCENDANTS TWO.

maleficent does not live in the dorm room with mal and evie, but a highly guarded cell, as she is an incredibly dangerous villain. beyond that, mal doesn’t feel as though she owes her mother anything, so she sees no reason to go out of her way to take care of the lizard who never cared for her

in place of continuing to rely on the spell book, it’s her godly magic that mal continues to use in order to help her assimilate into auradon more easily.

her actual favorite fruit is pomegranate, a fact she keeps to herself to avoid the obvious jokes

“let me spoil you. you didn’t have a lot growing up.” “we managed.” - this exchange with ben is pretty indicative of the fact that mal doesn’t truly hate the isle. it’s where she grew up and, despite everything, she does have some fond memories of her life there

the truth gummy potion was one that mal got from hecate, one of the few relatives to actually reach out to her following the events of coronation. it’s hecate that helped mal to work on her magic and offer guidance

instead of a spell to get the picnic food, mal calls in a favor with the kitchens. the food being fake or spelled is never a major part of the argument she and ben have. the main source of the fight is when it’s revealed that mal has still been using her magic to help her fit in and assimilate in auradon, and has been lying to him about it. this is caused by the discovery of a list of spells mal had gotten from an old book hecate had loaned her, thus leading to the attempted (and failed) memory spell. given the mental manipulation via magic that mal had used against ben in the first film, this obviously leads to the major part of the argument in the film

in hindsight, mal recognizes that she was in the wrong and that her insecurities and defensiveness got the better of her here. she does apologize to ben later on.

mal obviously didn’t take maleficent with her back to the isle since she doesn’t have that immediate access to her, nor would she feel a desire to do so

it’s when ben goes to her on the isle that mal apologizes (as stated above), but the conversation also does serve to finalize a break up that remains in place throughout the rest of my descendants 2 canon. it can be plotted out for descendants 3 and/or later whether or not they decide to give it a second shot or just remain friends

uma doesn’t bring up maleficent as mal’s mother, and instead mocks hades

mal purposefully kept her struggles to herself, both out of guilt and a fear of letting her friends down. they all loved auradon and had been adjusting far better than she had, and mal felt that if she were to express how she’d been struggling it would’ve brought all of them down with her. she never once blamed them for not noticing, as that had been her whole goal

i’ve chosen to retcon the sword fight, because there’s no way the core four would’ve won even with lonnie’s help when up against a massive crew of trained pirates. instead they moved quickly when they got ben back, using the smoke bombs towards the end of the escape to ensure them the time and distance they needed to be successful

if not for carlos insisting on girl talk between the four of them, mal likely never would’ve opened up the way she did. without that talk, she probably would’ve run away again, whether to the isle or not she’s unsure. she also uses this opportunity to pull blame onto herself and away from ben for their breakup, as she does acknowledge she played the larger role in the split

mal’s decision to attend cotillion is based around her friends and not ben

seeing ben with uma at cotillion hits home for mal that she does love him. but it’s also due to that love that she realizes they cannot be together until she’s worked on herself first. she’s done damage to him and their relationship, and it’ll take time to repair that. this is why the break up stays in place despite mal using their love to break uma’s spell on him. it’s not a healthy relationship, and that’s something they both deserve no matter who they end up with in the future

mal is genuine in her attempt to persuade uma to choose good. in recognizing the damage she’s done to ben, it allows her to see harm she did while still on the isle as well. especially to uma

it’s when mal loses control and transforms into a dragon that the pieces fall into place for everyone to realize her mother is maleficent. while this was never something she wanted, she doesn’t regret the way in which it allowed her to protect her friends

that second kiss between mal and ben never happened, as they’re just friends at that point

mal returns hecate’s spell book, as well as donating her own ember to the museum

mal is still made a member of the court following cotillion, though this is due to her being the heir to the underworld and not as ben’s lady. evie is also added to the court in order to give further voice to those still on the isle of the lost

DESCENDANTS THREE.

vk day divergence :

vk day is a weekly thing, taking place on fridays (announcement after school with pickups on saturday morning) to provide the new vk transfers a weekend to settle in and tour the area surrounding auradon prep. the vk day seen in the film is just the first one to take place. the purpose of the application is more so to provide information on a specific individual, rather than determine who gets chosen over other applicants

reasoning for only selecting a small group, with plans to expand the selection number as the program continues on, was to not overwhelm the teachers of auradon prep and provide the vk students the attention they would need in that first week

celia is to mal what dizzy is to evie because i said so

so, mal doesn’t patrol as a dragon, as she tends to do everything in her power to distance herself from maleficent

since mal and ben are no longer together, there is no proposal nor engagement

with hades identity as mal’s father being common knowledge, the attack/escape attempt hits mal even harder than in the film. her guilt is apparent, as well as some sense of betrayal at the fight between them. it’s not a power draining that she mentions when asked if ok, but the fact that her father just fought her with his ember

she also knows hades could’ve taken her out and chose not to when he saw her waning. it does little to mend the emotional wound at the time, but it’s something her mind lingers on when there is discussion closing the barrier forever.

the only reason mal is in the room when the attacks/barrier are being discussed is because she’s on the court for reasons mentioned in my descendants 2 divergence and because her parents were both involved in attacks on auradon

i’m not sure why evie wasn’t there, as she was also a liaison for the isle and vks, but i will have it set in my canon that she was likely helping the new vks get settled in. that said, this is always up for plotting with evies, including saying that evie was in fact there because canon has no rights

while she doesn’t voice it, mal knows that uma didn’t take the crown and scepter. it’s just not uma’s style

the barrier being closed forever was never mal’s idea. that came from beast, belle, and fairy godmother trying to manipulate mal’s guilt into her proposing it first, which she doesn’t. instead, they are forced to voice it themselves. and, while she doesn’t fight it as hard as she should have, she never actually agrees to it

mal tells evie everything that happened at the meeting, and instead of sitting there and letting evie assume things, she’s fully honest about how she should’ve fought harder for the isle

it’s when audrey shows up with the crown and scepter that mal truly realizes the damage and pain she has caused her. an apology is attempted, but mal is cut off and spelled before she can get it out

obviously mal knows how big cerberus is, and yes he’s totally a thing in the movie but also so is the record of his barking as the real cerberus is in the underworld in auradon

basically ignore any moment were mal seems clueless about hades or the underground, since she was raised there by her father

also any shock from others that hades is her dad, as this is common knowledge

and we retcon any mention of hades abandoning mal as a baby because that’s not my canon

instead the conversation is more focused on the attack at the barrier and mal leaving hades in the dust when she chose good, thus sorta retconning a majority of the lyrics of ‘do what you gotta do’. not the whole song, just a good chunk of the lyrics

mal never refers to herself as a dragon

the renewed malice mal feels towards uma is fully based in distrust and her own insecurities that have had time to grow and fester from the end of descendants 2 to the point were uma returns in descendants 3

the spell mal uses on the nights is the result of training in spellcraft with hecate in order to gain better control over her dark fairy magic. the same goes for any spells used in the film by mal

mal doesn’t brush off the fact that they do end up going with uma’s plan, instead giving her the credit she deserved despite her own feelings towards the pirate

when apologizing to uma, mal actually does use the words “i’m sorry”

not super important, but mal is actually very into ben’s fangs

when it comes to mal revealing the truth of the barrier situation, the major point of argument and anger is that mal made the deal with uma knowing she couldn’t back it up. that it was a lie and she knew it, and that by making the deal, she made a liar out of evie as collateral damage (as evie had backed up mal’s word with her own). it’s not that she lied to evie, but that she used her and let her believe she was going to fight harder to uphold her end of the deal

evie: “you lied to jay. you lied to carlos. and you made a liar out of me.”

the only reason mal resorts to using her dragon to fight audrey is due to her loss of hades’ ember and fear she wouldn’t be strong enough in her normal form. the moment uma helps her reignite the ember, mal powers down the dragon and fights against the staff purely with the ember and her own godly power

the decision to take the barrier down was made in the room when audrey was unconscious and they were waiting on hades to help them wake her. belle, beast, and fairy godmother were not involved with the decision, and it was instead a discussion between ben, the core four, and the sea three

when mal finally apologizes to audrey, she gets the entire “i’m sorry” tacked onto it

the barrier is not brought down entirely, but instead replaced by a new spell to allow all children and select parents (based on a measure of how they’ve changed and statements from their children) to travel back and forth from auradon to the isle. villains who chose to use their time on the isle to be abusive and stay bitter remain on the isle, which is updated and cleaned up to better promote reformation and rehabilitation. villains that possess magic and have been granted auradon access have their powers bound for a probationary period, directly linked to their crimes and character statements from their children and/or those they interacted with commonly on the isle. trials become a thing, as does parole. villains still on the isle are regularly checked on to see if they’ve made the changes to grant them any level of freedom to auradon. a process that is overseen by a board of members made up of both aks and vks

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This request is the result of a very awake mind at 2 am. How about a part crack, part tooth-rotting fluff fic about and interview with characters of your choice.

I tried my best with this... it's difficult to do crack in such a short piece (hence this one ended up being a little longer) and although I think writing crack is really fun, I have no experience in the field XD. So... hope this is what you were looking for XD.

The Case of the Forgotten Birthday Gift

Summary: When the ninja are invited to the Ivory City of Shintaro for Princess Vania’s birthday, they find themselves in the most devastating predicament of all- they forgot to bring a birthday gift for Vania. In a panic, Cole offers her a chance to interview them as compensation. Not everyone is thrilled about the idea.

“We thank you for attending Princess Vania’s birthday,” King Vangelis said, hovering before the ninja with two winged guardsmen at his sides. “We ask that you leave any gifts on this table.” He gestured towards a table that was practically groaning under the weight of all the presents atop it.

“Um.” Cole blanched. “Gift?”

“Cole!” Jay whispered harshly in his ear. “Don’t tell me. That you didn’t bring a present for the princess. On her birthday.”

“I didn’t bring one? Last time I checked, we were all invited! Why didn’t you say anything?”

“Well, I didn’t, so you better come up with something now or they’ll never invite us back here again!”

“Uh…” Cole’s brain felt like it was whirring a mile a minute, and he reluctantly turned back to the king. “Thank you, your majesty, but our gift to the princess is not something material.”

King Vangelis raised an eyebrow. “No?”

“No, it’s a… it’s um… we’re giving you a free interview.”

“What?!” the other ninja all yelped, at the same time that Vania beamed, clapping her hands together.

“I get to interview the ninja? The ninja? Truly, this is the best birthday present ever!”

“Cole,” Kai groaned, putting his head in his hands, “what have you done?”

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“When I told you to come up with something to give the princess, this wasn’t exactly what I had in mind,” Jay grumbled from where he was sitting stiffly in a chair next to Cole. “Did you really have to offer the girl who’s obviously a bit bonkers about us an interview?”

“I didn’t see you coming up with anything better,” Cole snapped. “Besides, she may be a bit obsessed, but she seems nice enough. Just go along with it. She’s like any other fan.”

“Any other fan, you say? I wouldn’t be so sure!”

Cole sighed, glancing back at where Lloyd was standing atop his chair, glaring down at them. “Lloyd, sit down.”

“She’s no normal fan, I’m telling you! I don’t trust her! She was too excited about this interview! She’s out to get us, she just wants to trick us into giving away information so she can exploit our weaknesses!”

Kai glanced back and forth between Lloyd and Cole. “Seriously, does no one else see what an obvious cry for therapy this is?”

“Lloyd!” Cole hissed. “For the last time! Sit. Down.”

“Don’t worry, Lloyd,” Zane said as the teen plopped down grumpily in his seat. “The odds of our team member’s princess girlfriend turning out to be the leader of a criminal gang for the second time in our lives are practically nonexistent! Under seventy percent, at least.”

“She’s not my girlfriend!” Cole snapped.

Zane blinked. “Well, then whose is she?”

“Not mine,” Jay told them, grabbing Nya’s hand. “I’m already engaged!”

Kai laughed. “No thanks, she’s not my type. Plus, I already have a girlfriend who stabbed me in the back, although luckily for me, mine came around, eventually.”

“For the last time, Vania is not going to betray us!”

“It’s not our fault we have trust issues,” Lloyd sniffed. “You’d think someone would book us therapy, but apparently that’s not a priority.”

“Well, if she herself isn’t evil, maybe she’s related to someone evil!” Kai said. “Skylor’s evil, psychotic father influenced her to turn on me. Do you think Vania has an evil, psychotic father?”

“Definitely,” Lloyd agreed, at the same time Nya said “No way.”

Nya shook her head. “Do you know how ridiculous you guys sound? How many evil, psychotic fathers can there be out there?”

“Um. There’s Chen, Milton Dyer, Skales, my father- need I go on?”

“Don’t forget Nadakhan’s evil djinn father!” Jay chimed. Lloyd blinked at him. “Who?”

“See? That’s barely any!” Nya exclaimed. “Besides, like half of those people are good now, so they don’t count.”

“But they were, which means there’s a high chance of King Vangelis being evil and psychotic-”

“Who’s evil and psychotic?” A cheery voice interrupted them as Princess Vania pushed open the doors.

“Oh, uh… just an old villain we faced,” Cole covered quickly.

“Oh, you must tell me all about them!” Vania smiled, pushing the doors closed behind her and clicking the lock.

Kai blinked. “Did you just lock us in?”

“Of course! I can’t have anyone else breaking in here and trying to eavesdrop on my very special interview!”

“Do people break into your room often?” Nya laughed.

“Not at all! Only a few times a week.”

“Um… you do realize that we’re crime-fighting ninja, right?” Jay told her. “We have lots of enemies. Maybe you should have some people guarding us while we’re here.”

“Oh, don’t worry! If anyone attacks you, Chompy will scare them off!” The ninja looked to where she was pointing to see a tiny dragon snoozing on Vania’s bed.

“Oh, how reassuring,” Kai said dryly. “The overgrown gecko can keep us safe.”

Vania raised an eyebrow. “You’re lucky he’s asleep. Mr. Chompy does not play nice when he’s angry.”

“Oh yeah, I’m so scared,” Kai grinned, leaning back.

Vania narrowed her eyes at him. “He killed a dire bat once.”

“Yeah, well, we fought off an entire flock of them from our ship.”

“First of all, it’s called a colony of bats, not a flock. Second, I know that a squadron of our guards had to go save you.”

“We didn’t need saving! They interrupted us just as I was about to use my mighty fire powers to burn them to a crisp!” “Chompy would knock them out of the sky before you could do that.”

“Yeah, well, I could squish Chompy under my foot.”

“Chompy could gouge out your eyes.”

“Oookay, as fun as this is,” Cole interrupted, pushing them apart, “Let’s just get this interview over with. Vania, what questions did you want to ask us?”

“Hold on.” Vania jogged over to the wall and pulled over a small table, setting up a camera on top of it.

Jay stared at it. “What is that.”

“I need to record this, silly!”

“What’s the point of locking us in here and not letting anyone else listen in if you’re just going to broadcast this whole thing to everyone, anyway?” Nya asked.

“Because seeing it live isn’t half as fun as watching a recording!”

“Then why record it at all?”

“How else am I going to rub it in all my friends’ faces that I met the ninja?”

“This is a non-consensual violation of my privacy,” Jay grumbled.

“Oh please, your face is over half the city,” Cole sighed.

“Welcome back to Truthful Tidbits! I’m your host, Vania, and I’m here with an exclusive episode today- with me, I have the famous ninja!” “What,” Lloyd said slowly, “are you doing?”

“It’s for my TV show,” Vania whispered.

“You have a TV show?” Nya spluttered.

“Wait, no one told me this was going to be on TV!” Kai yelped. “The camera’s not getting my good side!”

“Wait, if this is a TV show, shouldn’t we have makeup artists or something?”

“Jay’s right!” Kai agreed. “I can’t go on television without a makeover!”

“My database shows no recollection of the show ‘Truthful Tidbits.’”

“It’s not on mainstream television,” Vania grumbled. “I just show them to my videography class.”

“Oh.” Jay relaxed in his chair. “That’s it?”

“What do you mean, that’s it? People are still going to see me without makeup! Just because it’s a small group doesn’t make this any less of a disaster!”

“I’m hoping to change that,” Vania beamed. “This is the big break I need! An interview with the ninja? Everyone will want to see it!”

“Andddd we’re back to privacy invasion again,” Jay groaned.

“Wanna bounce, Jay?” Lloyd asked.

“Do I ever-”

“Count me in, guys, I’m not doing this without a proper makeup job-”

“If you guys are all leaving, I’m not going to stay!” Nya insisted. “Zane?”

“It seems futile to stay if you all are leaving.” “You can’t leave!” Vania cried. “This is my present! Besides, you’re locked in here!”

Lloyd stared her dead in the eyes. “I will literally jump out the window to get out of this.”

“Are you kidding me? You’ll die!”

“Then tell Chumpy to catch me,” he told her, already climbing into the window.

“It’s Chompy!”

“Oh no, you don’t.” Kai reached out a hand, snatching the back of Lloyd’s gi before he could jump. “I don’t want to spend the rest of our stay in a hospital. What did you think was going to happen, you were going to sprout wings?”

“I’m part dragon,” Lloyd grumbled. “It’s not entirely out of the realm of possibility.”

“I have a much less life-threatening way. Stand back.” Kai’s fist lit up in flames.

“I swear, Kai, if you burn down anything, we are never coming back here,” Cole warned.

“A little arson never hurt anyone.” Hurtling a fireball at the door, it burst into flames. Quickly, it burned a human-sized hole in the door, and Kai, Jay, and Lloyd quickly darted through.

“What about my interview?” Vania protested. “You promised!”

“Technically, Cole was the one who promised you the interview,” Zane pointed out. “He never specified which of us you would be interviewing.”

“And since Cole’s staying, we’re technically not breaking that promise!” Nya added.

Cole blinked. “I’m what?”

“Staying. Have fun, you two!” Nya waved, and the two of them shot out the door, spraying ice and water as they passed to extinguish the flames.

“Sorry about that, princess,” Cole said, scratching the back of his neck.

Vania narrowed her eyes. “This better be the best interview ever.”

Cole grinned. “Mark my words, it will be. Fire away.”

“Speaking of fire, you’re paying for my door.”

“... Yeah, I figured.”

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missmitchieg · 3 years

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On a Wednesday, Reggie hummed as he opened the double door to school and walked inside, clad in his usual white t shirt, red flannel, blue jeans, black cowboy boots & matching hat, and a backpack covered in Pokemon and D&D enamel pins making him stand out in a school full of cool Californians who wore crop tops, varsity jackets, and sneakers. He squirmed and cringed under the gaze of the other kids, seeking out the one he knew would be able to help him. "Hey, you guys seen Flynn?" He asked a group of girls dressed in matching Bobcat costumes, thanking them and walking in the direction they pointed him in.

He strode toward Flynn's locker, a smile on his face. "Hi, there." He greeted, tipping his hat.

Flynn gave the boy a sweet smile, grabbing her Calculus book. "Hey! You're the new kid from... Texas, right?"

Reggie nodded in confirmation, scratching the back of his neck. "That's right, ma'am. My name's Reggie Peters." He spoke, Texan accent jumping out.

"Flynn Taylor. Pleased to make your acquaintance." She said with a handshake.

"Pleasure's all mine." He insisted. "I was just wondering, I know you kinda have a thing for giving makeovers-"

Flynn perked up, gasping in excitement.

Reggie chuckled with a nod. "Yeah, I was just wondering if maybe after school, or sometime this weekend, you could help me out?"

"Absolutely! I have some free time this Saturday if that works for you." Flynn nodded.

"Saturday's great." Reggie grinned.

"Ok! Um, here. I'll text you my address so you can come over and we'll figure out what your style is so we can go shopping together." She pulled her phone from her pocket, watching him take his own out.

Reggie gave her his number and they both walked away to their own classes, Flynn Calculus with Julie and Reggie History with Alex, content with the knowledge that they would hang out Saturday.

The rest of the school week came and went and now it was Saturday, so Reggie went to Flynn's house to figure out his new look. He looked up from his bicycle, in awe of his new, cool friend Flynn's house. He locked his bike quickly and walked to the door, knocking three times. He smiled as he watched Flynn run to the door from the window and yank it open.

"Hi, Reggie!" She greeted, taking his hand. "Come in." She gently pulled him in, laughing softly as he took in the interior of the house.

"Wow. You have a really nice place." Reggie hummed, admiring the plants everywhere. "Ooh, is this a fern?"

"Yeah. Mama's pride and joy. Besides me, of course." Flynn joked before leading him to her bedroom, almost a museum of plants and fabrics and arts and crafts she'd left unfinished for another day.

Reggie looked over his shoulder, lifting a hand to inspect a half finished black leather jacket on a mannequin. "I like this."

"That's for my friend, Julie. Not finished, yet. I still need to sew all the sequins in." Flynn smiled. "But shh. It's a surprise for her."

"My lips are sealed." Reggie promised.

"Much appreciated. So, you like black." Flynn noted.

"Yeah, black and red are my favorite colors." He said, still eyeing the jacket. "I've always wanted one of these cool leather jackets."

"I can work with that." She nodded. "You seem to favor boots."

"I like that they're sturdy and secure." Reggie told her.

"Valid. What size?" She grabbed her phone to put black leather ankle boots into her cart.

Reggie spent another half hour at her house before they went shopping together, Flynn paying for everything with her credit card.

"You really didn't have to." Reggie told her.

"But I wanted to." Flynn insisted, carrying half the bags since Reggie pretty much demanded if Flynn paid, he would help with the bags.

"Thanks for that cool jacket from the thrift store."

"You looked happy in it." Flynn shrugged.

On Monday, Reggie walked into school with his new leather jacket, ankle boots, and newly slicked back hair, walking toward his Dungeons & Dragons friends. "Hi, guys."

"Hey, Re-Reggie?!" Albert gasped, taking in his friend's new look.

Reggie chuckled, his eyes bright as he shrugged. "Made a friend. Went shopping."

"Hi, Reggie!" Flynn piped up with a wave.

"Hi, Flynn!" Reggie waved back, giving her a side hug when she walked over with her friend, Julie and her boyfriend in tow. Flynn had introduced him to the pair on Sunday and Julie, having the power to do so, announced on tiktok that she would make it a hallway rule that no one was allowed to bully or mess with Reggie or feel her wrath.

"Reg, I like the look, buddy. Super rad." Luke grinned, giving him a fist bump.

"You look very handsome, Reggie." Julie smiled, patting his shoulder.

Reggie smiled, his jaw dropping and the air leaving his lungs as he took in the very cute jock currently talking to a couple of cheerleaders he seemed friendly with. "Woah." He adjusted his collar, suddenly sweaty and nervous. "Who is that?"

Julie looked in the direction Reggie pointed, a smile growing on her face. "Oh, that's Nick. He's awesome."

"Oh, he's so cool. He always has someone over to play video games." Flynn nodded, recognizing the look on his face. "I could introduce you." She offered.

"What?" Reggie panicked. "N-no. I mean-" He tried, but Flynn was already walking over.

"Hey, guys."

"Hi, Flynn." The group smiled.

"Nick, buddy. I have a friend who wants to meet you." Flynn prompted.

"Uh, ok. See you later, girls." Nick smiled and started to walk away with Flynn, freezing when he saw Reggie. Oh, this boy was cute. "Um, hi." He squeaked after a minute.

"Hi." Reggie responded after a second.

"We're gonna let you two get acquainted with each other." Luke announced and gently pushed Julie and Flynn in the other direction.

Reggie blushed and rubbed the back of his neck, adjusting his backpack on his shoulder.

"Is that Arceus?" Nick pointed to a pin on his backpack.

Reggie perked up at that, nodding quickly. "Yeah. Yeah, it is."

"Oh, it's so cool. I love Pokemon."

"Really?" Reggie grinned brightly.

Nick grinned back, unaware they were being watched by Luke, Julie, Flynn, and Reggie's D&D friends around a corner. "Yeah. I-I just got the New Pokemon Snap game for the Switch. You wanna come over and play sometime?"

"Really?" Reggie blushed, his hand squeezing his backpack strap.

"Yeah, it'll be fun."

"I-I'd love to." Reggie nodded.

"Ok, great! How about you come over after school? We could do homework together and play."

"Sure."

The boys exchanged numbers and separated to their groups, the both of them celebrating spending time with a cute boy after school.

"Reggie, you two are already so cute together." Julie gushed.

"Nick, I swear if you don't take your chance with that boy, I will." Kayla threatened.

"Guys, we're just playing video games." Reggie said, unable to hide his smile.

"Woah. Relax. I just met him." Nick laughed.

"What if it's not just video games?" Albert pointed out, fixing his glasses on his nose.

"Y-you think it could be more?" Reggie blushed.

"I haven't seen that look in his eyes since he dated that curly boy. What was his name?" Julie asked.

"Tyler." Flynn reminded her.

"Yeah, him. They didn't work out and, now I guess we know why. You two were meant to be."

"You two were so sweet." Carrie grinned.

"Danforth-Evans, you better snatch that boy up." Tyler said as he appeared beside the girls.

"You are such a sappy romantic, Jules." Luke smiled.

"And you like it." Julie gave him a twinkly eyed smile.

"I really do." Luke nodded, pressing a kiss to her cheek.

"Ok! Ok! I'll talk to him." Nick declared.

"Ok, good." Carrie nodded, satisfied with that.

"Both of you are saps." Flynn pointed out.

"Yeah, what she said."

"Gosh. I-I've never dated a boy before." Reggie bit his lip. "And he's so cool."

"He's just so cute." Nick said dreamily, and then the bell rang telling everyone to get to class.

"See you guys at lunch!" Nick grinned, rushing to get to class.

#julie and the phantoms #reggie molina #flynn taylor #nick danforth evans #luke patterson #julie molina #jatp fanfic #different cliques!verse

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mythgirlimagines · 4 years

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Talentswap Tuesday is today! Please keep your eyes peeled, or she just might jump out from the shadows to give you an impromptu makeover! It’s Myth, the Former Ultimate Makeup Artist!

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BACKSTORY AND TALENT

When you first of her talent, you would assume Myth to be some kind of Marylin Monroe-esque social media influencer. But despite Myth’s skill in standard makeup application, Myth’s speciality lies in horror and special effects. Able to turn a person from a beauty to a beast, Myth’s makeup skills are praised by both the horror fanatic crowd and the beautician crowd. As the third daughter to an American horror movie actor and a Ukrainian beautician, Myth’s talent manages to consist of the best of both worlds. Starting out as a humble assistant at some of her father‘s movie shoots, eventually Myth garnered internet fame for her tutorials on how to give yourself extra eyes or how to turn into a vampire. She still hasn’t lost any of her spooky and impish charm, even as an adult and chaperone of Hope’s Peak’s annual Kibo-Con field trip.

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RELATIONSHIP

Wyre Anon, Former Ultimate Storyteller

Folks come far and wide to hear Wyre’s macabre tales that can leave even the strongest of bodyguards shaking in their boots. Myth and Wyre knew each other ever since they were little, having bonded over their shared love of horror and the macabre. And you can bet your bottom dollar that their relationship is still going strong to this very day. Myth regularly helps Wyre with their makeup to up the horror factor, usually making Wyre resemble an oni or a dragon. This fearsome duo just love teaming up to scare the other Anons.

Outfit: White face paint with black circles around their eyes and cracks painted into their face, a large purple cape held together with a skull design, a black vest and red ascot over a white dress shirt, brown pants, black heeled boots.

Anon Scar, Ultimate Jazz Singer

With her proficient skill at both vocals and instruments, Anon Scar, also known by her stage name “Guardian of Soul”, managed to revitalize the jazz genre. You’d think that with her whole demon motif along with her cool and calm behavior on stage, Scar would be able to handle Myth’s horror. But all of that talk of demons and curses is merely a facade, concealing an easily-frazzled and heavily concerned mom friend. Myth loves drawing wounds on herself and pretending to be hurt around Scar, just to see Scar’s facade break.

Outfit: A black vest with a white music note design on the back over a white tank top, black pants, black fingerless gloves, a microphone around her right ear, the scarf and boots from her original design.

Fusion Anon, Ultimate Forensic Sociologist

An expert on human behaviors, body language and social interactions, Fusion possesses an uncanny intuition and can read people like a book, making him a tough nut to crack for the more deceptive and manipulative students. Despite his creepy intuition, Fusion remains a kind-hearted, almost paternal, young man. Myth was thinking that if Fusion wasn’t so kind-hearted and she touched up on his makeup, his freakish intuition and his freakishly thin and tall body would make him the perfect horror movie monster.

Outfit: An oversized dark blue trench coat, an equally large red scarf that covers his mouth, the pants, shoes and glasses from his original design.

Fusion Anon II, Ultimate Beatboxer

Conquering rap battles after rap battles, Fusion II is famous for both her epic beatboxing skills and the equally epic roasts of her opponents. But similar to Scar, Fusion II‘s sarcastic and flippant demeanour is merely a facade. Deep down, Fusion II is a massive nerd, particularly for literature and poetry. This love for the written word can be found in many lyrics of her rap songs. Myth finds Fusion II to be a fun person to scare, especially when the beatboxer is in the middle of one of her breakdancing sessions.

Outfit: A white jumpsuit that is undone at her waist revealing her red tanktop and fake gold heart necklace underneath, blue and white sneakers, black fingerless gloves, a couple of piercings in her ears, a red cap worn backwards, sunglasses from her original design.

Just Anon, Ultimate Seer

Ever since he was little, Janon has been having weird prophetic dreams and Janon felt the urge to draw them in his dream journal. Sleeping and drawing are about the only two things that Janon really puts effort into. Janon sleeps a lot to maximize the number of prophecies he can see, and he can get really grouchy if someone wakes him up in the middle of his dreams. As much as Janon tries to put up the image of a stoic emo, his ridiculous fashion sense and adorable appearance makes Janon Myth‘s number one teasing target.

Outfit: Back-length hair that he didn’t bother to cut with a couples of pencils stuck in, a pink ski cap with bunny ears, a white mask with a cat mouth and whiskers on them, a yellow raincoat, galaxy leggings, nothing on his feet.

Sparkle Anon, Former Ultimate Linguist

Coming from an influential family known for their international branches, Sparkle has a penchant for traveling and managed to pick up languages left and right. Currently speaking 14 languages at a native level, Sparkle has a loud, bombastic and dramatic personality. And that loud, bombastic and dramatic personality makes really great reactions to Myth’s jumpscares, along with the added bonus of hearing Sparkle curse in different languages. Sparkle would let Myth touch up on her makeup as long as Myth promises not to put gory details on the linguist’s face.

Outfit: A brown vest over a long-sleeved blue dress shirt, a brown skirt, grey nylons, black heels, a large cape with a map of the word on it, blue pauldrons.

Egg Anon, Former Ultimate Barista, and Wet Sock Anon, Former Ultimate Perfumer

With the twin’s love for the cursed and macabre, Myth got along with them like a house on fire. Myth regularly hangs out with Egg at their coffee house and exchange their regular cursed inside jokes over a nice cup of joe. Wet Sock, despite their bitter personality, produces some of the best-smelling and luxurious perfume in the known world. Wet Sock’s and Myth’s shared love of cosmetics makes them quite the cursed duo. Both of them may have growing feelings for Myth and they usually fight over her, much to Myth’s amusement.

Egg’s Outfit: A white polo shirt, a green apron, black pants and brown loafers.

Wet Sock’s Outfit: A white polo shirt, a black vest, black pants and brown loafers.

Curious Anon, Jr. Ultimate Fencer

Being raised by a prestigious family of fencers, Curious managed to dominate fencing tournaments despite their height and age. Curious is loyal, stalwart and above all else, chivalrous. Said chivalry earned them tons of admirers in their old private school. Similar to Fusion, Curious is also a tough nut to crack, for Curious just has this constant poker face, no matter what horrifying imagery Myth throws at them. But Myth is a determined little lass and will find a way to scare Curious, or she will die trying.

Outfit: Hair in a small ponytail, red and white jacket over a red vest and green tie over a white dress shirt, cream pants, black boots and gloves, always has their trusty rapier on their person.

Anon Nerd, Former Ultimate Lucky Student

Having been admitted to Hope’s Peak via a mere lottery, Anon Nerd has a foul mouth and an equally foul temper, which very clearly came from the poor hand in life that his bad luck gave him. Nerd doesn’t really have anything to his name apart from being part of his school‘s debate club and getting into screaming matches against 13 year olds online. Because of Nerd’s easily-enraged and overreacting personality, Myth finds Nerd in particular to be a fascinating subject to scare. Nerd’s blushy face is just so darn adorable!

Outfit: A black hoodie hood-up, black sweatpants, white socks, grey flip flops.

Eldritch Anon, Ultimate Crime Novelist

Famous for both his graphic and suspenseful novels and his general evasiveness about his personal information, it truly was a wonder that Myth‘s favorite crime novels were written by not only a Hope’s Peak student, but also someone who is 5 years her junior. Myth regularly tries to socialize with her hero in literature, but despite writing graphic crime novels, Eldritch is cowardly and runs away screaming at the slightest chance of danger. Myth’s generally creepy behavior and interests doesn’t really help matters.

Outfit: Longer hair in a ponytail, a dark purple vest with an orange question mark on the lapel over a long white dress shirt, an orange cravat, grey pants, black socks, black slip-on shoes.

Dream Anon, Ultimate Lighting Designer

Dream has become famous for catapulting her school’s theater club to stardom with her amazing light displays. Dream and Myth both have careers centered around show business, they both admire Eldritch Anon and his novels, and they both have outgoing and childish personalities. But a certain quality about Dream prevents Myth from putting her on her list of friends: Dream is a fashion disaster! Myth always tries to give Dream a makeover and a tirade about how crocs are evil, but everything goes in one ear and comes out the other.

Outfit: A blue headband, part of her hair is put into a small sidetail with a green scrunchie, her hair is dyed a rainbow of colors, a black tanktop, a black, white, and pink jacket draped over her shoulders, various fake gold jewelry, orange headphones, white jorts, a blue and purple stocking on her left leg and a green and yellow stocking on her right leg, red crocs.

Iris Anon, Ultimate Jack-Of-All-Trades

Unlike other Ultimates with a clear-cut talent, Iris has mastered a ton of talents but not to the point of Ultimate status. Iris’s unorthodox Ultimate makes her an enigma amongst the other Ultimates. Despite not knowing what her plans are for the future, Iris is determined to make the most of the vast array of skills she mastered. Iris is very optimistic, able to see the good in even the worst and cursed of monsters. Myth admires Iris’s determination and Myth regularly uses Iris as her pranking accomplice.

Outfit: A grey beanie cap with a dark blue star design, a green flannel jacket over a white t-shirt, a gold coin necklace, light blue jorts, white socks and green loafers with white soles, glasses and bandages from her original design.

Purple Anon, Ultimate Toxicologist

As the scion of an influential family in the science field, Purple Anon is hailed as a prodigy in the field of toxicology. Because of Purple’s upbringing, her vocabulary is both old-fashioned and heavily uses scientific jargon, which makes her speech very hard to decipher by the Anons, with a couple of exceptions. Purple has a timid and easy-to-startle personality, usually hiding behind her good friend, Fusion. Myth regularly consults Purple on any new makeup products, to make sure that the makeup isn’t toxic or an allergen.

This series centers around the gremlin make-up artist trying her best to scare her conmates, but eventually, she opens up to others and proves to be a bit of a cinnamon roll.

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PERSONALITY

Having been surrounded by horror for the majority of her life, MakeupArtist!Myth is unfazed at the prospect of horror and revels in the macabre and unnerving. Despite regularly getting kicks from scaring her fellow Anons, MakeupArtist!Myth has a surprisingly kind-hearted personality despite her impish and devious first impression, and can dial back her horror for people like Eldritch and Purple. MakeupArtist!Myth is a massive fashion police towards the other Anons, particularly towards LightingDesigner!Dream. ——————————————————-

APPEARANCE

MakeupArtist!Myth wears her dyed purple hair in two space buns that she keeps up with blue scrunchies with yellow stars on them. She also wears an oversized grey and black sweater, dark blue short overalls, white gyaru-style socks, and black Mary Janes. Holding up her shorts is a belt that holds a bunch of makeup supplies. MakeupArtist!Myth has the same glasses from her original design, which frame her adorable dot eyes with elaborately designed eyeshadow. ——————————————————-

I hope you like this Tuesday’s Talentswap! I can’t wait to hear what you think of it! By the way, I’d totally recommend “Danganronpa: The Wolf’s Game”, if you want to see another Killing Game with an Ultimate Linguist as the protagonist! I wonder how Wolf Game’s Ultimate Linguist would interact with your Ultimate Linguist!

-Fusion Anon

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Dang I would so like to be this good at makeup XD Wyre and I actually have a friend who’s super good with horror makeup

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gidionkeep · 1 year

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Dragon Book Cover Makeover: Linghun

Every Monday, my grumpy dragon Windsor takes over my blog to give books a much needed dragon makeover. This week, Windsor is putting his unique artistic twist on one of my favorite reads of this year, Ai Jiang’s novella Linghun. A testament to how disorienting this cover is, I had to flip the image of the house right-side-up in order to add the dragon, flames, and smoke. This horror story is…

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#Ai Jiang #dragon #Dragon Book Cover Makeover #horror #Linghun #novella #Windsor

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brightengale · 5 years

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tagged by: @imxthexhandler

tagging: Anyone!

name: Nat.

nickname/s: Nat, Natty.

height: 5′5″.

nationality: American.

favorite fruit(s): watermelon, pineapple, MANGO.

favorite season: FALL!

favorite scents: fresh linen, fraser firs, Ralph Lauren Blue cologne (it’s an experience ok), irish spring soap, citrus.

favorite animals: dogs, bats, turtles.

tea, coffee, hot cocoa: Cayenne spiced cocoa and coffee.

average hours of sleep: The average is there is no average.

when my blog was created: A while ago.

random fact: I’m apparently first cousins with Woody Harrelson but his dad and my grandad were estranged so I’ve never gotten a chance to meet him.

favorite food: Tacos, BBQ, pineapple on pizza, croissants (especially chocolate ones), caramel turtles, dark chocolate covered caramel with sea salt.

favorite t.v. shows: Master Chef Jr., Survivor, Great British Baking Show, Xena Warrior Princess, Charmed, Queer Eye: More than a makeover, Lucifer, Shark Tank (Even tho capitalism is BS), Project Runway, Harlots. Currently: Why Women Kill is really good.

favorite movie: The Mummy (1999), Legally Blonde, PS I Love You, Pretty Woman, What We Do In The Shadows, George of the Jungle, V for Vendetta.

favorite vine: None stand out but I love watching compilations.

sexuality: Pan/Bi-sexual.

pronouns: she/her.

favorite book series: The Hunger Games. (you can tell I don’t really read much outside fanfic these days)

favorite video game(s): Mass Effect, Dragon Age Origins, Frogger 2: Swampy’s Revenge, Left 4 Dead.

favorite musician(s): Kylie Minogue, Disturbed, Faun, Frank Sinatra, Paul Anka, Whitney Houston, BANKS. (these are the ones that came to mind first)

favorite subject: Biology, mainly ecology and things where I could get hands on lessons.

guys or girls: Girls & Chris Evans.

last time i cried: last friday.

what i should be doing: Prepping for my conference call that’s in 20min.

favorite fandom: Marvel probs cause I have a strong emotional connection to the characters at this point and reading the phenomenal fanfic in the fandom gets me through some real tough times.

#about nat

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yurtletheturtlehenderson · 6 years

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S1:E4; Chapter Four, The Body - [Pt. 1]

A Will Byers x Reader Series

Refusing to believe Will is dead, Joyce tries to connect with her son. Y/n and the boys give Eleven a makeover. Nancy and Jonathan form an unlikely alliance.

WARNINGS: this is dangerously unedited. Also language. That's it.... I think?

||3rd Person POV||

The pale light of the dim flashlights danced across the walls as the officers investigated the Byers house.

"This the wall she was talking about, Chief?" Officer Powell pointed his flashlight towards the corner of the room.

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"A trooper found something in the, uh... water that's at the quarry." Hopper's solemn voice came out in a distorted echo in Joyce's ears as she tried to process what she was being told.

"Our working theory right now is that Will... crashed his bike, he... made his way over the quarry and, uh... accidently fell in. The earth must have given way. Joyce? Joyce? Do you understand what I'm saying?"

Joyce stared ahead, confusion and pain in her eyes. She gave a weak shake of her head without breaking eye contact with the wall.

"No. Whoever you found... is not my boy. It's not Will."

"Joyce."

"No, you don't understand. I talked to him... a half hour ago. He was..." She sniffled and looked around the room and made her way over to the small cabinet in the wall, opening it up.

"He was here. He was talking with these." She shakily held up the tangled ball of Christmas lights.

"Talking?"

"Uh-huh. One blink for yes, two for no. And... And, uh..." she cast aside the lights and made her way over to the wall of letters and lights.

"And then I made this so he could talk to me. 'Cause he was hiding... from that... that thing."

"The thing that came out of the wall? The thing that chased you." Hopper asked trying to play along.

"Yeah. Yeah." Joyce nodded her head desperately in relief.

"Mom, come on, please. You have to stop this." Jonathan, tears in his eyes stepped towards his shaking mother, pleading to her.

"No, maybe he's... It's after him! He'e in danger. We have to find him! We--" "What exactly was this thing? Was it some kind of animal, you said?"

"Uh, no, it was... It was almost... human, but it wasn't. It... it had these long arms and... it didn't have a face."

As his mother spoke, Jonathan could hold the tears back much longer. Feeling the years begin to flow he stepped away from his mother and the Chief, grief overtaking him. As Hopper spoke, Joyce noticed this and reached a hand out after her fleeing son.

"It didn't have a face?" Hopper continued.

"Joyce?"

Joyce broke down in to sobs as she tried to continue.

"It didn't have a face..."

Hopper gently took her arms in his and guided her to sit down on the coffee table as he softly spoke.

"Joyce, listen to me. Listen to me."

Hopper kneeled down to meet Joyce's watery eyes.

"After Sarah... I saw her, too. And I heard her. I didn't know what was real. And then I figured out that it was in my mind. And I had to pack all that away. Otherwise, I was gonna fall down a hole... that I couldn't get out of."

Joyce softly shook her head. "No, you're... you're talking about grief. This is different."

"I'm just saying that you--"

"No, I know what you're saying, Hop. I swear to you, I know what I saw. And I'm not crazy."

"I'm not saying that you're crazy."

"No... You are. And I understand, but... God, I... I need you to believe me. Please. Please."

"Listen... I think you should go down to the morgue tomorrow and see him for yourself. It'll give you the answers that you need. But tonight..."

"Oh, God..." Joyce whimpered, grief consuming her.

"...I want you to try to get some sleep, if you can."

Joyce blinks as the tears freely fall. She brings her attention to fixate on her lap as she tries to gather herself. Hopper gives Joyce one small reassuring squeeze of the hand before standing up and leaving her to her thoughts.

Hopper leaves the house and gets into his car. A million thoughts running through his head. He begins to start his car, before leaning back into his seat with a heavy sigh.

•••

Jonathan lays on his back, the Clash - his brother's favorite - blasting from his headphones. He hugs his pillow desperately as he cries, mourning his younger brother.

•••

Joyce finds herself outside Jonathan's room, prepared to knock. Something inside her stops her from doing so, and she marches out to the backyard. Determination in her steps she storms into the shed, retrieving the old hatchet and returning inside. She planted herself on her couch, hatchet in hand, waiting to strike.

•••

Karen and Ted Wheeler watch with batted breath as the newscaster reports the body of their son's missing friend.

"Byers' body was found in the water of this quarry by state police this evening. It was discovered by state trooper David O'Bannon, just after dark. The state police are mounting an investigation to determine Byers' cause of death, but an initial inquiry..."

Ted looked to his worried wife. "Should I go down and talk to Michael?"

Holding back her tears she speaks. "Give him time. He'll come to us when he's ready."

Blinking back the tears, Karen grabs her husband's hand for comfort.

••• Mike flips through the drawings Will had given him what seems like ages ago. He found himself unable to tear himself away from one of Will's favorites. It was the party. But they were their dungeons and dragons selves. Will the Wise stood proudly amid his fellow party members. Together they stood triumphant. Mike was pulled from his thoughts at the sound of the feedback from the super-comm whining.

"Can you please stop that?" He asked exasperated at El, who sat in her fort fiddling with the super-comm.

El looks to him, before returning to the com, the crackling of the feedback ringing throughout the room.

"Are you deaf?" Mike snapped.

El was determined to keep tinkering away.

"I thought we were friends, you know? But friends tell each other the truth. And they definitely don't lie to each other. You made me think Will was okay, that he was still out there, but he wasn't. He wasn't! Maybe you thought you were helping, but you weren't. You hurt me. Do you understand? What you did sucks. Lucas was right about you. All along."

El's eyes bore into Mike's as he yelled at her. However she sat there, unfazed before turning back to the com. With the final crackle of the com, the distinctive voice of Will Byers rang over the comm and across the room. He was singing. "So come on and let me know, Should I stay or should I go?"

Mike slowly looked up from the picture and towards El. She was looking to him expectantly, blood dripping from her nose.

"Should I stay or should I go now? Should I stay or should I go now?"

Mike jumped off the couch and ran to El, who slowly handed him the super-comm. Mike stared at it in disbelief as he listened to the unmistakable voice of his best friend.

"If I go there will be trouble. If I stay it will be double."

Mike gladly took the comm. His finger pressed firmly on the speaker button he practically yelled into the speaker. "Will, is that you? It's Mike! Do you copy? Over."

El stares at the boy, wishing she could help him more. Alas, she knew Will would be unable to hear him. The room was met with the dreaded static of the other line as Mike waited for a response that would never come. He tried again.

"Will, are you there? Will!"

Mike saw the look on El's face, knowing she had done her best. He dropped his hand to his side.

"Was that... Was it..."

El gave Mike a bittersweet smile.

"Will."

•••

Early into the morning, Joyce stirred awake. She had fallen asleep on the couch, hatchet in hand. She jumped awake when she thought she heard the sound of her boy.

"Mom..."

Looking around the room, she dismissed the voice as nothing more than a figment of her imagination. She turned to see Will standing before her, his voice coming out in a deep distorted tone.

"Mom!"

Startled, she jumped awake to see Jonathan where Will once stood only seconds before, concern carved into his features.

"Mom! Wake up."

"What... What time is it?"

"It's almost 8:00. We have to go."

Joyce shook her head in confusion, trying to blink away the sleep.

"Go where? Where?"

Jonathan hesitated before speaking.

"To see Will."

•••

There was a soft knock at the door.

"Michael? Hi, honey. How are you feeling?"

Karen poked her head into her son's room. Mike stuttered as he lay under the blankets.

"I, uh... I don't think I can go to school today."

"Oh, that's fine, sweetie. I need to drop off Nance, then I'm gonna check in on Barb's parents. Why don't you grab a book or something and come with me? We can stop by the video store on the way back, pick out whatever you want. Even R-rated."

Karen offered, a small smile on her face.

"I think I just want to stay home today. I mean, if that's okay?" He asked, tentatively.

"Well, are you sure you're gonna be all right here by yourself?"

"I think so."

"Okay." She sighed, patting her son on the arm comfortingly.

"If you need anything, call Dad at work."

Mike softly nodded his head.

"Okay."

Karen leaned forward and kissed her son on the forehead. Before stepping out.

"Bye." Mike softly called after his mom.

She turned to him as she closed the door, a smile on her face.

"Bye, sweetie."

As soon as his mother closed the door, Mike jumped up from under the covers, fully clothed. He reached for the super-comm on his bedside table, and extended the antenna.

"Lucas, do you copy? Lucas, come on, I know you're there! This is urgent. I'm serious."

Mike stood up from his bed, continuing into the com. "I'm not gonna stop until you answer. Lucas. Lucas! Lucas, Lucas, Lucas, Lucas, Lucas... Lucas, Lucas, Lucas, Lucas, Lucas, Lucas, Lucas--"

"Go away, Mike." Lucas had sat up in bed, frustrated as he extended the antenna.

"I'm not in the mood, all right? Over and out."

Before Lucas could close the super-comm antenna, Mike's voice had stopped him.

"No, not "out." I'm not messing around, okay? This is about Will. Over."

Lucas paused, not letting himself get his hopes up.

"What about Will? You mean about his funeral? Over."

"No, not his funeral. Screw his funeral!" Mike spits.

"What?"

"Just get over here stat. And bring Dustin and [Y/N]. Over and out."

•••

Hopper sits anxiously waiting in the lobby of Roane County Coroner. His growing impatience shows from his endless tapping of his foot, and the large sigh he lets out.

"What's taking so long?" He turns, asking the receptionist to his right.

"Well, everything's been a bit chaotic around here without Gary."

"Without Gary? Where's Gary?"

"Well, I thought you knew. Those men from State, they... they sent Gary home last night."

The cogs in Hopper's brain began turning. Yet another thing in this town that felt off to him.

"So who did the autopsy?"

"Someone from State."

•••

Jonathan and Joyce stood facing the window, gazing into the morgue at the sheet that lay lifeless on the table. The two watched as the man behind the mask pulled the sheet down. Joyce remained still and unfazed, while nausea swept over Jonathan who then turn and fled.

"He has a birth mark on his right arm. Can you show that to me, please?" Joyce asked calmly, refusing to believe that was her son laying lifeless on that table.

•••

Hopper was soon joined by Jonathan, the sat in a brief silence before Hopper tried to break the tension.

"How's your mom doing?"

"I don't know." He whispers.

"How long's this stuff been going on? With the lights and, uh... Will and the thing in the wall?"

Jonathan shook his head, not meeting the Chief's eyes.

"Since the first phone call, I guess. You know, she's had anxiety problems... in the past. But this... I don't know."

Jonathan takes a deep, unsteady breath.

"I'm worried it could be... Ugh, I don't know." Jonathan hangs his head in defeat.

"She'll be okay." He sniffles.

"We'll be okay. My mom... She's tough."

Hopper nods his head, a small smile on his face.

"Yeah, she is. Hey," he reaches out and puts a hand on Jonathan's shoulder. "she is."

Jonathan gives Hopper a smile in thanks. Their attention is brought to the doors when they hear the shouts of the coroner.

"Ma'am! Ma'am, I need you to sign!"

"I don't... I don't know what you think that thing is in there, but that is not my son!" Joyce screamed as she stormed through the doors, turning on her heels as she pointed a finger at the disgruntled coroner.

"Joyce, wait a second." Hopper reached out a hand to calm her down.

"No!" She snapped.

She marched to the door, her son and the coroner calling after her.

"Mom!"

"Ma'am, I-- Ma'am!"

Jonathan ran after his mother, narrowly avoiding the door swinging shut.

•••

The bell at Hawkins High rang throughout the halls, signaling the end of the period. Nancy and Steve stood in the alley by the field.

"So, wait a sec. I don't understand. You went back to my house?" Steve asked, puzzled.

"To look for Barb." Nancy confirmed.

"Yeah, okay, but why didn't you just talk to me? That's crazy." Steve shrugged, putting his hands in his pockets.

"I don't know, I... I was scared."

"You seriously think you saw a guy in a mask just hanging out in my yard?"

"I don't think it was a mask."

"But he had no face?" Steve asked, a disapproving yet disbelieving tone evident in his voice.

Nancy felt frustration rising as she knew she wasn't getting to Steve or even explaining correctly. She shook her head.

"I don't know! I don't know, I just... I have a terrible feeling about this."

There was a brief pause before Steve spoke.

"Oh, this is bad. This is really bad." He leaned against the opposite brick wall, panic and concern taking over.

Nancy felt the slightest bit relieved, thinking Steve and herself were finally on the same page, but yet concern.

"What?"

"The cops... they're gonna want to talk to all of us now. Tommy, Carol, everybody who was at the party."

"So?" The anger was rising quickly in Nancy.

"My parents are gonna murder me!"

"Are you serious right now?" She asked in disgust.

"You don't understand. My dad's a grade-A asshole."

"Barb is missing! And you're worried about your dad?" Nancy retorted.

"Okay, just... When you talk to the cops, just... don't mention the beers. It's just gonna get us both in trouble, and Barbara's got nothing to do with it, okay?"

Nancy scoffs.

"I can't believe you right now. I can't believe you." Nancy storms off, leaving Steve in the dirt.

"Nancy. Nancy, wait!" Steve calls, not moving, his feet planted to the ground.

"Nancy!"

||Reader's POV||

I blink away the tears as I stare at the same wall my eyes haven't left since I woke up. Lucas saw me and Dustin off and made sure we got home. My whole body has been numb since last night. The image of Will laying lifeless on the gurney hasn't left my mind.

I never would have believed it but, I wanted more than anything to be at school rather than staying home today. Mom thinks it was the stress and trauma that made me sick today, but whatever it really is, she insisted I stay home.

I locked myself in my room as soon as I got home, Dustin had filled Mom in on what happened. She had woken me up this morning, apologizing and asking if there was anything she could do to help. But she couldn't do anything. Nobody could. Will, my best friend is gone.

Apparently I was burning up because Mom began freaking out when she felt my forehead. I didn't feel any different apart from grief and heartbreak.

"Alright, sweetie I called the school and they know you're staying home. I wish I could stay with you but I can't miss another work day. I'll be back at the regular time, and you know what number to call if you need anything, okay?"

I felt her hand rub my shoulder as I never broke eye contact with the wall. Tears falling freely down my face and into my hair. My left arm had become numb from laying on my left side.

"Mm." I couldn't even bring myself to speak.

"Bye, sweetie."

I heard her footsteps recede followed by the closing of my bedroom door. I closed my eyes, trying to sleep. But every time my eyes closed I saw it all over again. Will being pulled from the water. I tried to push through it. But my mind began creating scenarios of how he fell in.

Countless images of him stumbling over the cliff. Or even the horrific thought of his already lifeless body being tossed into the water by a faceless figure that I only assumed to be his murderer. Countless, horrendous scenarios playing like a slideshow in my head and a second wave of pain washed over me as it felt as if someone reached into my chest and squeezed my heart into dust, while another hand punched my gut. I rolled over on my back, I felt the anguish surging through my veins and all the way to my fingertips as a wave of anger erupted from deep within. I heard items fall to the floor somewhere around my room and I figured that in my fit I had slammed my fists too hard against my bed, shaking the room somehow.

I quickly dismissed the odd thought and a second wave of hot tears streamed down my cheeks.

My palms began to sweat as I felt my body temperature rise out of what I could only assume was anger. That must be where my fever had come from but I still didn't understand how that all happened.

I was angry my best friend was taken away from me. I loved him, and he was the closest friend I have ever had. And now he is gone. I still refused to believe it yet my mind was cruel enough to replay the worst moment of my life every time I close my eyes.

Sniffling, I wiped my eyes and sat up. I couldn't stand being alone with nothing else to think about and I looked around my room for anything to take my mind off everything that's been happening.

My eyes scanned the room and then they fell on the all too familiar mix tape Will had lent to me just months ago. A bittersweet smile had made it's way onto my face and I got out of bed. I put the tape in the boombox and pressed play.

"Should I stay or should I go?"

I sat listening to Will's favorite song and I felt a different wave of emotion each over me for once.

That’s when I heard my super-comm go off.

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The Player’s Handbook got the same aesthetic and organizational makeover as the DMG. And thank goodness. I can’t stress enough how much I appreciate a good index.

PHB is where the 2E controversies cropped up. Gone are monks, assassins and half-orcs, as well as everything in Unearthed Arcana. That really chaffed some folks, but I dunno, Unearthed Arcana is broken as hell and I suspect that is why players love it so. They also either fixed or irrevocably broke the bard, depending on who you talk to. Proficiencies added a (let’s be honest: broken, confusing and probably often ignored) skill system. Fun fact though: 2E is 1E compatible, so you can import all your favorite missing stuff from the earlier edition.

I should come clean about some biases here. 2E is the edition I played in my teens, which means it is the one that I devoted the most time to, which means it is the one I know best. That’s what I mean when I say that 2E is the best D&D – it’s the best for me. And while I love D&D, at this point I am kind of over elaborate rules for simulation – I’ve never once played with a group that didn’t house rule the crap out of any given edition of D&D, which tells me that a lot of the rules are an impediment to the fun. So, if we’re choosing impediments, my preferred impediment is 2E. (Refer back to this when I eventually cover 3-5E.)

Anywho. The PHB and DMG for 2E are very much siblings – sturdy, a bit dull, but you can drive the rules off a cliff and they will still pretty much work. PHB, for my money, organizes its spells the best, with master tables preceding alphabetical descriptions by level, followed by listings by school and sphere. When it comes down to it, spells want to/should be on cards, but if they have to be in a book, this is the way I want them.

Finally, the art is mostly unremarkable. I will say, though, that I always hated the Elmore painting of the party with the dead young dragon. The older I get, the more it underscores the quicksand that D&D’s system of morality is built on.

#RPG #Roleplaying Game #roleplaying games #Tabletop RPG #D&D #dungeons & dragons #advanced dungeons & dragons #Second Edition #2E #Zeb Cook #AD&D #Larry Elmore #Players Handbook

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your answers are always so well thought out, watch me bust up your inbox with more questions just to hear your opinions bc, man, they are intriguing af! hmmmm, if you were to assign a book genre to each got7 member, what would you assign to whom? - knight of despair

Ahhh, Madame Nightmare delights in imparting her opinions on GOT7 to the world. Noble Knight, you may ask me as many questions as you wish and I will strive to answer them all for you.

Book genres, eh? Let’s see.

Mark: A huge adventure epic like Eragon or something, where he befriends a dragon and suffers a lot of physical hardships under some strict instructer/teacher and goes through some self-discovery and attains inner peace.

Jaebum: A sports manga about a high school sports team that hasn’t won in years, but the lead character is a motivated coach who puts the kids through rigorous training, some inspirational dialogues and they suddenly win the championship.

Jackson: Self-help books by authors like Dale Carnegie (there’s one called How To Win Friends and Influence People) which try to tell you how to live your life in the best way possible and almost always include a chapter on how to push yourself beyond your comfort zone and also eat healthy.

Jinyoung: A slightly creepy dystopian novel like 1984 by George Orwell, or The Last Question by Isaac Asimov which is interesting but leaves you without much faith in humankind and basically makes you feel very small and insignificant.(Fully recommend both of these, btw, they’re some of my favorite books.)

Youngjae: A seemingly innocent story about animals that has darker undertones to it. Like Watership Down, which seems like a cute story about rabbits until they start killing each other. Or Animal Farm which starts off about animals on a farm but somewhere along the line you realize it’s all a metaphor for communism and then you’re like this isn’t what I signed up for, there were cute animals on the cover, what is happening?

Bambam: Two words. Princess Diaries. Or any book about a nerdy girl who undergoes a makeover of some sort and proceeds to become fabulous, so she lowkey lets it go to her head and then realizes she was being a bitch when her friends abandon her. (I so badly want to say Mean Girls, but I don’t think it was ever a book, ugh…)

Yugyeom: A classic children’s book like If You Give A Mouse a Cookie, or just a book full of nursery rhymes.

#got7 #got7 as books #got7 answers #answer

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Sooo, speaking of mods for skyrim, can you give me a list of ones i should get? i have the Special edition, and i've only ever played the game on Xbox. I'd like something to make my Nord PC pretty. and the graphics.

hoooooooooo boy. *deep breath*

First of all, definitely get Nexus Mod Manager, it’s a lifesaver when it comes to downloading, installing, and organizing mods. For the mods themselves…

THE UNOFFICIAL SKYRIM PATCH:

Get this. No questions asked. It fixes so many bugs. It deserves its own topic, that’s how vital it is.

Graphics:

I use a combination of Total Character Makeover (for basic character creation) and Diversity (for the rest of Skyrim) to make everybody look good, but still unique and lore-friendly. No anime to be found here! Load TCM first and have Diversity at the bottom of your load order, and it’ll work fine.

I also like Northborn Scars for the scar textures and some new scars (like burns). Just load it after TCM and before Diversity.

For kids, there’s RS Children Overhaul, which is really good but needs patches for like…everything. I’d install that last (so you know what you want to patch) but move it to first in your load order.

ApachiiSkyHair adds more hairs than I care to count to character creation. I’m not a fan of all of them, but a lot of mods have it as a requirement (including the above-mentioned Diversity), and some of the options are really nice. I also like KSHairdos.

For general graphics (objects, nature, etc), there’s Static Mesh Improvement Mod, Realistic Water, Skyrim Flora Overhaul, Enhanced Blood Texture, Vivid Weathers, Better Shaped Weapons, Book Covers Skyrim, and Enhanced Lights.

Footprints is a nice little touch-up mod that has you leave footprints in the snow!

Realistic Ragdolls and Forces tones down some of the over-the-top flopping people do when they’re ragdolled by Fus Ro Dah or killed in general.

UI:

SkyUI fixes the UI to be more friendly for a PC-user, since the original is more suited to those on the XBox.

Overhauls:

Everything by EnaiSioin, but especially Ordinator. Ordinator is a perk rehaul system that makes so many builds available. Want to play a cleric-type? The Restoration tree now has perks that let your spells burn with sacred fire, or perks for a plague doctor. Necromancer? Conjuration has separate perks for Necromancy, Bound Weapons, and Summoning. Useless trees in vanilla, like Pickpocket and Speech, are completely re-hauled–Speech especially is tied to your Thu’um, so you can make Shout-specific builds.

The rest of Enai’s stuff is also great; Thunderchild adds more Shouts (it’s where I got the snowstorm one) and more objects for Shout builds. Wildcat is a combat overhaul that adds things like injuries and makes it a lot more challenging. Sacrosant overhauls vampires, Andromeda overhauls Standing Stones, Imperious overhauls races, Apocalypse adds over a hundred new spells…look just get everything from him.

Immersion:

Immersive Citizens and Run For Your Lives, in combination, improve the AI of friendly NPCs. Now you no longer have an unarmored, dagger-wielding blacksmith charging the rampaging dragon.

Immersive Patrols does exactly what it says, it adds more patrols for the various factions–Dawnguard, Civil War, Thalmor (ambush time bitches!). It also makes the Civil War feel more like a war; if Stormcloak and Imperial patrols cross paths, they’ll fight, and you often run into such fights while travelling.

Frostfall, Campfire, and INeed together form a great “survival mode”, if you’re a fan of Fallout’s. Skyrim’s wilderness feels deadly in the far north, and even in the south/middle is still something to be respected. Now you have to worry about eating, sleeping, and staying warm.

Armors and Weapons:

Immersive Armors adds a lot of beautiful, lore-friendly armors to the game, including the one my character is wearing (Apotheus Armor) and the one she has her eye on (Ritual Armor of Boethiah).

Cloaks of Skyrim adds cool GoT-style cloaks and capes to the game! They also help with the Frostfall-survival package above.

Zim’s Immersive Artifacts buffs up the underpowered artifacts in the game, and makes some unique ones when appropriate–for example, in vanilla, becoming Thane nets you a generic weapon. With this, you get something unique and good.

Gameplay:

Ars Metallica Smithing Enhancement adds more things to smithing, like arrows, lets you melt down unwanted armor and weapons, and grants experience for smelting or forging leather. It definitely helps with leveling up this tree (like say, getting to the 90 you need for dragonbone/dragonscale armor and weapons).

Sneak Tools SE is the mod I mentioned, that let me commit crimes without getting a bounty if I was masked. It also adds a bunch of useful stuff if you want to do a thief-type build, like fire or noisemaker arrows.

Other:

Cutting Room Floor adds back a bunch of cut content into the game (for example, if you join the Companions, Aela can be the one on your mission in Proving Honor, and has a whole lot of her own dialogue), and is just really nice.

The Choice is Yours. Are you like me and hate having your journal fill with quests you don’t want to complete, just because you overheard something? This changes that. You have to choose to pursue a quest for it to pop up in your journal, they’re no longer added automatically.

Achievement Mod Enabler. For some stupid reason, Bethesda decided that modding your game meant no more achievements. Well, now you can have your cake and eat it too.

Better Dialogue Controls does what it says, makes dialogue easier to navigate so you don’t accidentally click the wrong option and get mobbed by the guards you wanted to surrender to.

Relationship Dialogue Overhaul adds thousands of voiced lines to make your relationship with NPCs feel less bland and repeat-y. Rivals, friends, spouses, have much more to say. It also fixes dialogue bugs!

The Paarthurnax Dilemma. What’s that, Delphine? You want me to kill my friendly dragon mentor or you’ll withdraw your support? Screw you, I’m the Dragonborn and you obey me! Basically lets you put your foot down on that whole quest, keep your mentor, and keep your Blades.

Hearthfire Multiple Adoptions. Look I’m a softy and I hate that there are four orphans in the cold but I can only adopt two. Now you can adopt up to six!

I, uh…I have a lot more, but I tried to tone it down to just what I’d recommend for everyone. Basically, I excluded followers, guild overhauls, new guilds, smaller mods, and what I’d call “HARD difficulty” stuff (like overhauling the economy to be against me and oh my gosh I’m so poor). If you have any questions or want recommendations for other things, feel free to ask about them. But this is basically what I’d recommend for a beginner.

#answers #the elder scrolls #skyrim #mod recommendation

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Descendants Book Read Along - Isle of the Lost. Chapter 9

- Apparently all Evie’s clothes are blue, as she had to examine them for the party and her mom gave her a three hour makeover. Oh god.

- Evie’s mom is the reason Mal wasn’t invited to the party. Interesting...

- Apparently the Isle goes out of their way to discourage empathy. Of course they do. Look, Isle citizens, it’s one thing to be born without empathy. You can’t help that and it doesn’t necessarily make you a bad person. However, I know for a fact that they also discourage compassion and are discouraging empathy so you can get your kids to be awful to each other so I am seething.

- Apparently Evie does look up to Mother Gothel. Vindication tastes like skittles.

- Apparently Grimhilde has a grudge against Maleficent and that’s why Mal wasn’t invited. So, probably over influence on the Isle. Evie also wonders why her mom thought now was aafe to leave - Evie, there were no guards keeping you in there and people REGULARLY defy Maleficent. I don’t think anyone cares.

- Evie’s used to freaky things in the dark because of her mother’s taste in decor which involved skulls, hidden things with yellow eyes, etc. I am concerned. Also, I don’t know if I mentioned this in earlier chapters, but Evie regularly keeps secrets from her mom when she knows her mom would be mad.

- YUP the closet’s full of fur traps. Ones that can snap your leg in two. Evie tries to open the door but is locked in.

- Evie starts slowly moving through the closet because there’s a door at the other end, accidentally snapping off a couple traps, one of which grazes her knee but the others she dodges.

- She accidentally knocks one which starts setting the others off like dominos, forcing her to run. One almost gets her heel, another one her stocking. Geez, okay, fine, Mal does something genuinely evil, not just grade school bullying. It only took her almost a third of the way into the book. Yes, I’m still making fun of her for mostly being a punk. :P

- Evie gets through the door and walks right smack into a bunch of coats - skunk, sable, mink, ocelot, etc. She freaks for a bit, thinking its a bear, before she realizes it and tries to escape the tangled up furs she’s stuck in. Carlos pulls her out to the other side.

- Evie gets snarky when he asks if she’s okay! She says she is and asks if she won the game. Carlos says Mal’s going to be mad she’s alive. Well, too bad for Mal.

- Carlos sleeps in a dressing room with a bunch of chore equipment on the other side of the fur traps. Eeeeeeek. Cruella, what in the WORLD is wrong with you? Evie even comments that she sleeps better than that and has a real bed! I’m gonna chalk the real bed stuff up to her being sheltered though. That’s not a Cruella thing, that’s a universal poverty thing. Jay doesn’t have a bed either (Although Carlos isn’t sleeping under heavy tv sets that can fall and crush him so...point, Cruella?)

- ‘relatively soft’ pillows. I see that, Evie. So yeah, Evie is also slightly better off than most on the Isle.

- Most houses aren’t insulated for winter. Hell Hall and Evie’s home, both of whom are slightly better off just by size, are not. HOW ARE PEOPLE ON THIS ISLE STILL *ALIVE*?

- Also, when Evie mentions bright sides to Carlos’ room, she calls it cozy and says he’ll never catch a cold if he uses the furs as a blanket. Sick = sucky on the Isle. I do enjoy getting fuel for my head canons. <3

- Carlos isn’t allowed to touch the furs. Of course not. Unless he’s washing or fluffing them I suppose.

- *sigh* Yup. Grimhilde tried to challenge Maleficent’s ‘leadership’ on the Isle and that’s why she wouldn’t invite Mal, because she was jealous nobody followed her. This is ‘unheard’ of. I’m just going to copy paste my rant to @kidofhallowart: Nope, it's too late. It's a third of the way into the book, you can't establish this now. After showing us that there are TEENAGERS who regularly disrespect her. JAY STEALS FROM AND ASSAULTS HER GUARDS REGULARLY. EVIE JUST WALKED OUT THE DOOR. Okay, fine, maybe Grimhilde and Maleficent worked something out, but nobody else knows that. As far as they know Evie just walked out the door one day and flouted Maleficent's so called authority. And even if Maleficent doesn't care about her guards, OTHER PEOPLE will get the idea they can get away with scorning her. Also - even if Maleficent is the sole ruler, she should be REGULARLY fearing for her life and her daughter's life. WHY HASN'T HOOK OR GASTON OR CLAYTON OR SYKES JUST SHOT THEM?! SHE DOESN’T HAVE MAGIC. SHE CAN STILL DIE. tl;dr - Yeah, no, I’m refusing to believe it. You’ve already shown us people regularly disrespect her authority. You’ve already shown us her authority is basically just yelling at people and having lots of minions. Neither of those an undisputed ruler make. The movie’s also show us Mal has her own territory that isn't her mother’s, thereby establishing that yes, there is territory not belonging to Maleficent (and there’s probably others). I’m willing to believe she rules a good chunk, but not the whole Isle and not undisputed. I can believe a lot of people are afraid of her or would rather not cross her but that’s not the same thing as obeying a sovereign ruler. Evie believes it because she was imprisoned at six and Carlos is afraid of her. They can say it all they want, I’m STILL ignoring this. :P

- Evie goes to fix her makeup. Ow.

- Carlos says Mal will get over it. Carlos, honey, Maleficent’s family gets over NOTHING. Evie says that too. She wants to go home and never come out. </3 Screw you, Mal. I love you but screw you in this instance. And Evie knows she won’t be allowed by mom to stay home forever.

- Evie offers to give Carlos her old comforter and thinks that if she ever had a little brother, it wouldn’t be so bad to have a little brother like Carlos. She says it would be ‘tolerable’ but she so clearly thinks it'd be alright. Excuse me, I need to go cry and melt and cry more. She tries to take it back when he stares at her but STILL.

- Carlos accepts because nobody’s ever cared if he was warm or not. Owwwwwwwww. Not that Evie CARES of course - caring is against the rules of Dragon Hall and would turn a person into a laughing stock. Of course. They were just going to throw it out so may as well use Carlos’ home as their dumpster, right? Wink wink.

- Carlos asks if they were going to throw out a pillow too and accidentally admits he’s never owned one. He tries to cover it by saying he’s had many but they had to throw them out. Evie says they were going to throw out a pillow. She blushes and feels a warm, sunny feeling in her chest. The phrase ‘taken over’ sounds like its new to her. It’s called friendship, honey! </3

- Evie asks about his machine so he goes to show her his lab. Outside the party. Honey, Carlos, maybe try to keep that in check? But he holds the door open for Evie which is SUPER CUTE. He lights a candle with a match to see in the weedy backyard. He assures her he doesn’t sacrifice toads which I find concerning about Isle science.

- Carlos has a tree house. So apparently there ARE tress on the Isle. I mean, like, its a Dark Forest which never means anything good. Carlos’ has mini turrets and a balcony to look over the forest. Carlos uses it as a lab so his mom won’t take the chemicals for makeup and hair products. There’s jars, vials and beakers full of neon coloured liquids and a tv with about fifteen different antennas stuck to it. Evie asks what one is and Carlos says he tried to use it to make a sponge when mixed with water (he took it from Chem Lab). He brought her here to see the machine to poke a hole in the barrier though, so lets see it.

- The box doesn’t work - it sputters and dies. Evie points out two wires are in the wrong place and a powerful electric burst knocks them against the wall and to the floor. It bursts through the roof and into the sky. Apparently Maleficent’s name is a swear word (at least to Carlos). They also say ‘Oh my goblins’ on the Isle because why not?

- They head out to the balcony where sure enough, the light burns through the barrier so they see the night sky for the first time. There’s a lightning flash, a supersonic rumble goes through the Isle (how many buildings do you wanna bet got flattened?) and the box beeps. A bunch of Disney channel shows go through them - Dog with a Blog, Liv and Maddie and Mighty Med. So Disney channel and Disney XD shows DO exist in Descendants verse, but as tv shows. Neat! And yes, Carlos screams at the dog on tv. Poor baby. Carlos is proud of discovering all the different shows.

- The box goes dead and presumably the hole closes. But Carlos is so happy it worked, even as he swears Evie to secrecy. He says they could get in real trouble if people found out about the dome. It’s true Auradon would not be happy and they presumably have guards with the garbage ‘supplies’. However, it’d be more likely the others would find out and whoops, Carlos is now forced to work on it 24/7. Evie promises but crosses her fingers behind her back.

- Carlos asks if she wants to go back to the party and she asks if they have to. Carlos concedes its a good point and tells her her favourite show, the one with the Prince of the Week, is on the Auradon News Network in five minutes, which excites her.

- The barrier hole awakens Maleficent’s staff for a second, the most dangerous evil weapon. It also frees Maleficent’s crow familiar and her best (first) friend, Diablo. It ends on the note ‘Evil would fly again’ and ‘Evil lives..’ Oooh, ominous!

#Ask Auradon reads #isle of the lost by Melissa de la Cruz #chapter 9

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FT - A Moment With You pt2

It was sunset now… and the group was off! Of course preparations had to be made before they went out into public. The men all had matching tight turtleneck black T-shirts, thanks to Virgo. And thanks to Cancer, the men had a huge makeover. Natsu had died his hair black and wore an orange and red cloak that resembled fire. He wore black pants. Gray died his hair blonde and wore a beige cloak with white linings. He wore dark blue pants. Gajeel cut his hair short finally… after much arguing and fighting… it was short in the back and long on top and in the front. Because of his piercings.. he wore a headband that covered his piercings above his eyebrow and wore a half face mask like Mystogan to cover his other facial piercings. His arms were wrapped with bandages as well. He wore a black cloak along with black pants. Laxus died his hair bluish silver. He wore a headband and used it to cover his scarred eye. He wore a white cloak with white pants. Lucy.. however.. was in a completely unforgettable ensemble. She wore Gray's necklace.. Natsu's scarf.. Gajeel's gloves.. and Laxus' cloak. It was her part of the bargain as they went into complete disguise. She would take care of their most important items because they could not wear them. Of course she objected… or tried to.. the men just found it amusing to see her wearing them.

"Okay… calm down LUCY… WHAT DO I DO?!" Lucy panicked inside. "Go on a mission with these handsome men!? All alone?! Be the only girl?! You're crazy!"

Her heart was pounding crazy… she clenched her chest trying to somehow calm her heart by doing so..

"Lucy"…. Gray put his arms around her waist…closing in the distance between their faces… he was shirtless…

"Luce..".. Natsu came up behind her.. putting his hands on her arms.. his face resting in the groove of her neck… his hot breath was felt on her skin.

"Bunnygirl.." Gajeel came up to her side.. taking her chin gently with his hands and making her face him.. he came awfully close to her face and smirked.. "Blondie…" Laxus came on the other side of Lucy.. took her hand.. and gently placed it over his steamy abs...

"KYAAA!" Lucy's ears were steaming.. her face tomato red... Then a heavy hand bonked her head… bringing her back to reality. The hand stayed on her head.

"Oiy Bunny…. Stop thinking perverted thoughts…" Gajeel frowned.

"EEH?! What are you talking about?!" Lucy was startled.

"Instead why don't you share with the group." Gajeel smirked. "I'm sure all of us would love to hear your perverted daydreams. Who knows. Maybe it'll become reality."

Gray and Natsu were blushing mad… Laxus was laughing hard aloud.

"KYAA GA….! I WASN'T! YOU'RE THE PERVERT!" Lucy punched Gajeel's arms repeatedly. Him flexing his arms and laughing aloud at how cute she was and how perfectly harmless her hits were.

After chuckling.. "Be careful Blondie… don't make our covers be for nothing." Laxus said lifting an eyebrow.

Lucy froze… "Ehehe… sorry…" she glared quickly back at Gajeel.

Gajeel just shrugged and played innocent. They finally arrived at the train station.. and to her surprise.. Gray went up to the book and paid for the luxury compartment.. when he turned to face Lucy he smiled at her shock.

"Why are you so shocked Lucy?"

"You bought the… its so expensive.."

"Don't worry about it. We're all S-class mages in the future. We make enough money." Gray smiled warmly. "You act like it's the first time a guy's treated you."

The four men stared at Lucy… she had blushed tomato…their eyes widened at the realization..

"Luce… have you ever had a guy treat you before?" Natsu asked with an eyebrow raised.

"uh… what do you mean?" Lucy looked at them shyly… it was so embarrassing..

"he means.. have you ever been treated out by a guy before.. like on a date?" Gray asked.

"uhm…" Lucy was sweating..

Chooooo! the train's whistle blew.

"Oh we better get in! We're leaving!" Lucy grabbed her packed belongings and rushed onto the train.. The four men were shocked and remained frozen..

"No way…" Gray was trying to understand how.

"She's never been on a date before.." Natsu was confused.

"She's such a virgin…" Gajeel smirked.

"Who would've thought.." Laxus smirked too.

Gray entered the train first… the three dragon slayers remained standing where they were.. they sighed.. Lucy appeared at the entrance again.. "Oh come on you big babies." She walked out and went behind them. She pushed them along into the train.

"I hate trains… why is it always trains!" Natsu was in anguish.

"Someone needs to teach you a lesson bunny girl! Never call men babies!" Gajeel yelled.

"Hai hai" Lucy just brushed him off smiling.

"Oh just you wait blondie.. I'll show you just how man I can be. Then you'll never say that again." Laxus smirked.

"Eeeeep!" Lucy squeeled and ran away from the three. She ran into the train cart they were assigned. When she entered.. she was impressed.. there was a lounge room and a restroom… but when she entered the bedroom area… she deadpanned.

There were five people.. but only 4 bunks.

"Hehe.. I guess we'll have to figure out the sleeping arrangements…" Gray came up next to her, slinging an arm around her.

"You knew there were only 4 bunks didn't you?" Lucy looked at him.

"Well… it wouldn't be very wise for me to get another room just for one of us. I didn't think we should split up in case someone recognizes us." He smiled.

"I guess you're right.." Lucy sighed.

They both turned around to see the three dragon slayers slouched over three lounge chairs.. nauseous and trying their best to maintain face. Lucy giggled and walked up to Natsu.

"Natsu.. come on. Let's get you to bed. You can sleep the whole ride through."

She slung his arm over her shoulders and helped him to a lower bunk. Gray helped Gajeel walk over and helped him to a lower bunk. Lucy went over to Laxus and helped him get up. He had more control over his motion sickness it seemed… or he was really good at hiding it. He walked over to the bunks with just his arm slung over her, barely leaning on her for support. With all the three dragon slayers in their beds, Lucy rummaged around for some sleeping pills. Giving them one each with water, she and Gray left them to sleep.

"So Lucy… how would you like to have dinner with me?" Gray asked blushing slightly. Oh.. he was smooth… with the dragon slayers out of the way… they would be undisturbed the whole train ride. Lucy finally had alone time with Gray… and looking at him.. the manlier mature Gray… he was sure handsome.

She blushed.. "uhm.. okay"

In her head… "KYAAA… IS THIS A DATE?! GRAY IS ASKING ME ON A DATE?! NO… HE'S NOT… RIGHT?!"

Gray looked at her with a lit up face. He smiled. "Great. Let's go."

"Can you give me a moment. Let me change." Lucy asked smiling.

"Sure."

OMG…. WHAT DO I WEAR?! WHAT DO I DO?! Calm down.. its just Gray… Juvia…. Either from this time or in the future or BOTH… is going to KILL MEE!

After a few moments in the bathroom… the nervous Gray looked at the opening bathroom door. His eyes widened. Out stepped a beautiful Lucy Heartfilia… in a white dress with an empire waistline. It was a sleeveless strapless longs solid white dress. She looked like a beautiful snowflake. Gray stood mesmerized.

"Do… I look okay?" Lucy blushed.

"Yea… yes.. you look beautiful" Gray smiled.

He extended out a hand.. and she gently placed hers on his. And out they went to the dining car. The three dragon slayers slept peacefully as the train rolled on. For the first time.. Lucy had a good dinner alone with Gray. They talked and laughed the whole night through. She was impressed at how Gray controlled his eating.. unlike Natsu.. and really enjoyed the time she had with him. Both smiling the night through… and to top it off.. Gray paid for dinner!

OH goodness… why hadn't she seen how much of a gentleman Gray was. Besides his stripping habit.. he would have been an awfully good candidate for a boyfriend! Okay.. maybe if Juvia wasn't so obsessed with Gray either. After eating dinner, the two retired to their sleeping car. They changed into pajamas and sat together on a sofa.. enjoying the rolling of the train and the moonlight shining in on them through their window. She looked at his hands.. his fingers were long and slender.. calloused and clean. His right hand didn't have a ring.

"hm… I guess even after 7 years.. he still hasn't gotten married?" Lucy thought.

"Gray… "

"Hm…"

"In your time.. did you settle down with someone?" Gray flinched.

"Lucy… you know I can't tell you anything about the future.."

"I know… just wanted to know if you finally found someone.. or finally accepted a certain blue haired girl"

"ha..ha.. I know what you're trying to get at… but you're getting nothing out of me Lucy" Lucy leaned her head onto Gray's shoulder. He in tern leaned his head onto her head.

"Gray…"

"hm.."

"Did I settle down with someone?” Lucy felt a sudden movement.. and found herself being hugged by Gray. She was startled and her eyes were wide.

"Lucy…. Please…. Don't ask me any more questions about the future… promise me."

"Gray…"

"Just enjoy this time I have with you right now.. don't think about anything else…"

Gray's hug tightened.. Lucy lifted her hands… and gently began to hug him back.

"Okay…"

"Promise me…"

"I promise Gray…"

Gray let go of her gently and held onto her shoulders.. he looked into her eyes.. her eyes looked back with worry..

He smiled warmly. "Lucy… I'm glad that it was you who we met for help."

Lucy smiled.. "Me too" He put his arm around her shoulder.. and she blushed.. he brought a blanket up to her neck, covering the both of them fully.

"So… do I look prettier now that you've matured an eye for women?" Lucy said smirking with an eyebrow raised.

"HAHA!" Gray laughed aloud.

A nice cool tingling was felt all over. It was so comfortable and she squirmed to feel more of that cool feeling. He felt warm. It wasn't a hot warm.. but a nice warm. Someone was squirming into his chest.. his eyes slowly opened.. and what awaited him was beautiful.

Her. Lucy was in his arms, smiling. Her golden hair perfectly flowing and her face in complete happiness. She was in her pajamas and he eyed her body that was so closer to him. Then he realized his skin. His bare chest.

"Huh…?" Gray lifted up the covers and found himself completely naked. "OMG WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN!" he thought to himself. He gently removed his arm from under lucy's head.. she didn't like it at all. She began to frown and he removed himself even slower. Eventually he finally got out from the bunk bed and began to descend to floor level. Not wanting to be found having slept with Lucy naked, he checked the three dragon slayers.. luckily they were sleeping still. Or were they? He rushed off into the bathroom and began to shower. Soon after, Lucy woke up from a rough bump of the train.

"Ugh….."

"Nnnmn….."

"ughnm….." She heard three moans and she shot up into a sit. Since she was on the top bunk, the ceiling was low and she hit her head.

"AH! Kkkk….Owwiiiee!" She rolled around on the bed rubbing her head.

"Oh.. OH.. OHHH! AAHHH!" Lucy rolled off the top bunk. She shut her eyes for impact onto the hard floor.. but instead.

"Ooooff…nnnnn…" Opening her eyes, she was shocked to find herself on top of Natsu.

"Natsu! Are you okay? I'm so sorry!"

"Lushi….. ugh… falling…." Natsu was still affected by motion sickness.

"Natsu…" Lucy smiled. "I guess you're still catching me from falling. Come on. Let's get you back into bed."

Lucy helped Natsu get up from the floor and put onto his bed. She brushed his bangs away from his face. Natsu's heavy breathing could be heard.. he had fallen right back to sleep again. She smiled warmly. She stood up straight and looked over at Gajeel in the other bottom bunk. He sure looked different with a cleaner haircut. He looked good.

Tiptoeing on her feet, she checked up on Laxus on the top bunk. He had his eyes closed. His arms were under his head and it made his biceps bulge out. She blushed hard as she saw his muscles and how good he looked. She quickly ducked her head away and went out of the bunk room. As she walked out, she saw Gray come out of the shower with just a towel on.

"Good morning Lucy" he rubbed a towel on his wet hair.

"Good morning Gray." Lucy blushed and looked away.

"Did you sleep well?"

"mhm. Did you?"

"I slept really well. Thanks to you."

"what… what you mean?"

"You wouldn't let me go. Don't you remember."

"What…?!"

"Haha.. don't worry nothing happened. But I guess I'm more comfortable than flametard."

" I…"

"showers all yours" he smirked.

"Thanks." She quickly grabbed her stuff and passed by him into the shower. Gray dried off in the living room part of their car. He looked over at the bedridden dragonslayers.

Natsu was glaring right at him. Gray smirked and stuck a tongue out at him.

"GGGGGRRRRAAYYYYY" Natsu growled lowly.

"Haha." Gray ignored Natsu and continued to change. After Lucy came out, she and gray went to dining cart to eat breakfast. It was a lovely sunny morning and through the window, they could see lush green pastures and trees.

Unknown to them, someone from afar.

*Click click*

After finishing breakfast, the two head back to their bunk.

*Click click*

When they return to their room, Lucy eyes widen as she sees a wet Laxus just exiting the bathroom about to tumble over. She runs over towards him and helps him balance. He looked over at her with a grimaced look. Lucy just smiled warmly and led him over to his bunk. He began to start changing in front of Lucy, causing her to turn red and steam. She runs out and closes the door.

Gray looks over at her confused.

"Hehe.. he's changing." Lucy smiles wearily and flustered.

"Oh." Gray laughs.

Soon after the train finally arrived at the train station. With the train stopping, Natsu and Gajeel rushed out of their beds and dashed out the door. Laxus exited soon after but first let Lucy go ahead. She blushed at him and quickly went towards the exit of the train. Gray followed after Lucy but as he did, Laxus whispered to Gray.

"You got lucky this time Gray.. I hope you enjoyed it. You'll never get a chance like that again."

Gray smirked. "Mhm whatever"

Lucy stepped out into the sun. She smiled warmly and saw Natsu and Gajeel stretching, loving the sun on their skins and the feel of solid ground under their feet. The two dragon slayers look over at her. Natsu smiled wide. Gajeel smirked. Gray came around and put an arm around Lucy's shoulders. Lucy smiles at Gray and he to her. The two then began to comfortably walk along the road. The three dragon slayers were left in shock at how Gray got so close to her so fast. Natsu and Gajeel growled. Laxus glared at Gray's head. Natsu ran up and pushed Gray away from Lucy. He put his arms around Lucy's shoulders and smiled widely at her confused face.

"Yes natsu?"

"Nothing just wanted to walk with you."

"You irritating lizard!" Gray yelled at Natsu.

"What did you call me!" Natsu took his arm away and put up a clenched fist at Gray. The two men were at each other's faces, ready to brawl.

Lucy sweat dropped. Then someone heavy came up to her left side and walks beside her. She looked over and found to her surprise, Gajeel. He continued to facing forward. Someone else walks beside her on her right and she looked over to find herself surprised again. Laxus was walking facing forward beside her. Natsu and Gray were too busy in their brawl to notice that two men had taken their prize. Lucy looked over at her two best friends and just giggled at them. A heavy hand landed on top of her head. Lucy's giggling stopped. She's was startled and looked up at the owner of the hand, Gajeel. He's didn't even look at her once. He continued to focus on the road ahead of them. He took his hand off of her head. Lucy watched him silently with a confused look. After a bit, Gajeel glanced over to see her face. Her head was tilted slightly and her eyebrows were slightly furrowed. Her round eyes showed her confusion and sincerity.

"Gihi…" Gajeel laughed to himself. Laxus watched the interaction from the corner of his eye, wondering what in the world Gajeel was up to. After getting no explanation from Gajeel, Lucy's attention went back to Natsu and Gray. She found it funny and yet annoying that the two still continue to fight even after seven years.

"I hate you Ice Princess"

"And I hate you you oversized gecko"

"I don't know how people stand the look of your face. It just pisses me off. I just want to rip it off."

"My face!? You should look at yours. Its uglier than hodras and you stink like one to. Seriously natsu. Have you ever heard of a shower. you and your stench piss me off."

"OH you wanna talk about stench do you. I've had to deal with YOUR stench from glands from all over your body since you love stripping so much. NOTHING COVERS ANYTHING ON YOUR BODY TO HIDE YOUR NASTY STENCH. EVERY FART EVERY POOP EVERY POSSIBLE THING YOUR BODY EXCRETES DEFILES THE AIR."

"It's not my fault I don't have some nasty curse of a gecko nose as yours that I can smell everything. I should just fart more to piss you off. "

"I'M NOT A GECKO! I'M A DRAGON! AGH I HATE YOU!"

Lucy couldn't help but to giggle at their argument. Again... Gajeel put his hand on top of Lucy's head. Plop Lucy stops giggling. She looked up at him and he continued to ignore her as before. He took his hand off. And she continued to look at him with the same confused look.

Gajeel stole a quick glance over at her face. "Gihi…. Ahaha…." He laughed inside.

She looked away even more confused than before.. "odd… what is he trying to do." It didn't help that Gajeel had his mask on. She bit her lower lip and furrowed her eyebrows in thought.

"Gihi."

Lucy shot her gaze towards him and glared. "Are you toying with me?" Gajeel just looked away as if he didn't know what she was talking about. Laxus rolled his eyes. He was far too annoyed with the two brawling boys and their stupidity. Laxus sighed.

Lucy was swatting at Gajeel's hand now and he in return smirked beside her. She had a terrible thought now. Lucy realized that Gajeel was going to keep bugging her the whole way to their client's village.

"So this is how you're going to be… I guess you have changed a lot Gajeel. Well two can play that game." Lucy smirks and decides to do something that will catch him off guard. But of course she couldn't just do THAT with Gajeel. She'll need the ploy of being friendly with both men at her side.

Gajeel notices her smirk and raises an eyebrow at her. She gently weaved her hands around both dragon slayers arms. The two men freeze in their walk as they are looking forward. They both look at her slowly. She's was smiling warmly while looking forward. She pulled at their arms to continue walking. They followed her lead. Shocked at her boldness yet liking this bold side to her, they smirk. They like her holding onto their arms.. and they realize something else is touching their arms… Their arms are put at each side of her chest.. and something soft was also brushing up against their arms.

Laxus raised an eyebrow at her. She clearly is really clueless to her surroundings. He thinks to himself, "I'm going to change that." Gajeel was just happy to have been in the situation. Nothing like a rub and getting away with it.

Gray and Natsu halt mid-brawl and stare at Lucy clinging onto the older men. They let go of each other and run towards her in hopes to steal their spots away from them. Gajeel and Laxus noticed them approaching. Laxus punched Natsu away while Gajeel punched Gray away. Lucy sweatdropped and prayed that they would arrive soon to a village. These men were definitely being a handful. A yummy handful. By nightfall, the team arrived at a village and decided to spend the night at their hot springs resort. Having been tugged around by the four men, Lucy was extremely tired and direly wanted a hot bath to soothe her muscles. The owner looked the team over with suspicion. Four men with a lonely hot lady was too suspicious looking for her tastes. Lucy assured her that they weren't going to do anything fishy and would not destroy any property.

"Alright little girl.. but sadly to say.. there's only one large family room left. You five will have to use it all together." Lucy turned red understanding.. that she would have to share a room with the four..

"We'll take it." Gajeel said gruffly paying for the room.

She looked up at him with shocked eyes. Gajeel Redfox.. just paid for their whole stay at a resort.

Gajeel smirked and grabbed her wrist. He pulled her along to their room and the others followed after. Opening the door for her, he leaned close to her ear..

"you owe me bunnygirl" Gajeel grinned behind his mask.

gulp* Lucy walked in quickly and began to get her stuff ready for the hot springs. As the men were getting settled.. Natsu lying on the ground, Gray doing the same. Gajeel taking his bandages, mask, and coverings off. Laxus never came in and the men were too busy relaxing to realize.

Lucy rushed out of the room excited for the hot springs.

"Women…" Gajeel sighed.

"No.. Lucy." Gray said after.

"hahaha." Natsu laughed aloud.

Lucy stepped out with a towel on. Hoping to get in before the men arrive, Lucy had rushed off to finish washing up before they ruined her hot spring moment. She used her toe to test out the water. It was a good hot temperature. She walked in gently, smiling. It felt so good to relax in the water… the cool quiet night.. steam rising from the water.

Moonlight and stars glistening. It was perfect. Until…

Splash…

Her eyes widened and she looked around frantically towards the source of the splash…HORROR…

"Laxus!"

"Yo blondie." Laxus was leaning back against the edge of the pool. Arms resting above the water, extending outwards from his body on the pool border.

"When did you get here!"

"I was here the whole time."

"What?!" Lucy paled.

Laxus stood up, water rushed down his body. His torso naked. She didn't want to even think about looking down into the water to see if he's covered there or not. Lucy turned beat red and she turned away from him with her hands up to cover her face. She submerged herself until half of her head was popped out of the water. Laxus walked over and sat right next to her. She peeped through her fingers to look at him. He was looking up at the stars. Feeling eyes towards him, he glanced over at her. She quickly covered her face again in embarrassment. He laughed heartily.

"Just sit blondie. And relax." She turned around and sat next to him. She uncovered her face and looked around. Silent. Water trickling into the spring. Steam rising into the night air. She sighs.. and gets comfortable. The silence between them isn't awkward.. its comfortable silence. He's closed his eyes as he leaned back against the edge of the pool. Lucy scoops up water and let the water trickle down between her hands. Laxus opened an eye and began watching her. He smiled. She's so childish. Lucy suddenly stops. She brings her arms down into the water. And abruptly she submerged herself into the water. She grabs her chest in the water, clenching her fist. A sharp needle like pain shot through her chest twice. She gasped underwater.. letting air bubbles rise furiously up. And then the pain was gone. She rose up to the surface. Her hair matting her face. She gasps for air. Her fists are trembling underwater.. "What just happened." Lucy thinks to herself.

"You okay blondie?" Laxus looked at her weirdly. She looked towards his direction. And Laxus just started laughing hysterically. Her hair was matted to her face like she was a wet cat. Realizing the situation, she quickly fixed her hair and blushed furiously with embarrassment.

"What happened just now?"

"oh.. nothing.."

"You're a terrible liar."

"What? I'm… not lying. I'm.."

"I know you're lying. What happened."

"sigh… I had a cramp…"

"HAHAHA. From what? Playing with water?"

Lucy gave him a "Really?" look.

"Ok… I'll believe you had a cramp. Come over here and I'll fix that." Laxus smirked playfully.

"Huh..?" He gently picked her up by her waist "Wait.. Laxus.. what.!"

"Just hold still." He placed her to sit on his lap.

"Laxus… I…. OMG!…" Laxus began massaging Lucy's shoulders..

"Mhm… that's what they all say.."

"Pervert!" Lucy squirmed and tried to get off of Laxus but he holds her down.

"I'm kidding. Just sit still." He continued to massage her.. she tried to hold back her moans.. all the days frustrations of being tugged about.. swatting at Gajeel's hand.. ugh… But OH MY…. Laxus knew exactly where to touch. how to touch. how hard to touch.

She was in bliss.

"Mmm… there."

"You like it."

"mmmhm…..mm." His hands were on her shoulders… massaging soothingly. Along her neck… her shoulders… along her spine.. down to her tail bone. She was feeling weak with how good it felt. When he was done.. she was feeling soo good that she didn't realize she was leaning up against his chest. His arms were around her. it just felt too nice and she didn't want to leave it.

"Blondie."

"Mm?"

"Didn't know you liked me this much."

"Hmm?" Lucy opened her eyes slowly and looked around. She felt something heavy around her. she then realized.. she half fell asleep on Laxus lap. Underwater.. her towel and slipped down slightly and she quickly grabbed it up. And in the midst of her squirming.. her towel and ridden up so she was practically sitting on his lap with her bare butt! Luckily he had a towel covering his thighs…

She tried to get off but Laxus kept her in place. "Sorry Laxus.. I didn't mean to.. it was.. "

"It was what?" he whispered into her ear. She shivered. He smirked

"just… "

"Just?"

"just so comfortable… it felt nice."

"mmm I'm glad it felt nice for you too."

You too?... resonated in Lucy's head.

"If you ever want a massage again, you can come sit on me anytime." Lucy gasped. And Laxus let go now. She got up and froze. Laxus got up and she heard splashing and footsteps going away. Gajeel was standing by the doorway to their room. Laxus smirked at him. And Gajeel hmphed. The four were in their rooms. Sake out. Drinking leisurely but arguing lowly with each other. Lucy finally walked in and Gajeel invited Lucy to come drink with them. But as soon as Gajeel finishes, Natsu freezes and yells..

"OH NO. NEVERR! Lucy can't ever drink sake"

"What why?!" Gray asked Natsu

"Do you not remember!" He yelled at Gray.

"I can't remember her. All I remember is Juvia melting me…." Gray shivers at the memory.Lucy laughed as she sat next to Gajeel and Natsu. Gajeel handed Lucy a cup of sake. He smirked.

"ehehe… I'll pass… I'd rather not relive that day."

"Come on…don't be a baby" Gajeel takes another cup.

"Seriously.. I'm good." Lucy tries to give the cup to Natsu, who gladly takes it from her.

"Chicken." Gajeel downs his cup.

"I'm not!"

"Are too"

"Are not!"

"Prove it."

Lucy glares at Gajeel and clenches her fists.. "Grrrr…."

"did…did you just growl at me?" he looks at her shocked.

She squints her eye at him. She takes the cup from Gajeel's hand and pours herself a drink. And downs it. "NOO! LUCY!" Natsu pales.

Gajeel smirks at her and pours her another.

"NO STOP! STOP IT YOU METAL FREAK!" Natsu tries to take the sake bottle away from him.

Gajeel gives it to Laxus and Laxus holds it away from Natsu.

"Just chill Natsu. You won't have to take care of her. I'm sure any of us wouldn't mind taking care of her except you."

Hiccup. The four men look at lucy.. she's pouring herself another drink as she hiccups. She shakes the bottle clean as it runs dry... "when… did she finish that bottle…?" Natsu asked with his veins popping out of his forehead now. His eyebrows twitching.

"Where did she even get that one.." Gajeel asked confused.

"That was a brand new one.." Gray said paling.

"what? What just happened here?" Laxus looking around at the others.

"Natssuuuuuuuuu~" "h…hi….hi Luce. You feeling okay?" "Natssuuu… you left me… Graaaaayyyyy…"

Natsu's eyebrows are twitching mad… gray is paling… she looks up at him teary eyed..

"You left me… you all left me…"

She reached for the bottle in Gray's hand.. Gray gave it over to Natsu as Natsu tries to hide all the bottles from her. Shocking them all, Lucy went on all fours and hugged Natsu to the floor. He tipped over onto his back and kept the bottle out of her reach. She crawled on top of him and put her legs on each side of Natsu's hips.

"Naattssuuuuu…." Lucy whines..

The three men looked over/around Lucy to look at her over Natsu… to see his face.. his reaction.. the three in complete shock, on the verge of having bloody noses. Her chest was right in from of Natsu's face… he began to sweat… and was on the verge of having a nose bleed.. Gajeel decided Natsu had enough fun with her and so he got up and snatched the sake bottle from Natsu and chugged it down…

"Gajeel! Laxus! Gray! Chug em all!" Natsu pleads. Gajeel, Gray, and Laxus each grabbed a bottle each and began chugging the sake.

Lucy sat up on Natsu.. and looked behind her at the men. Natsu gasped as it starts to feel… really good. "Luce… Lucy.. get off of me…" The men looked at him with jealousy, each still chugging the bottles down

"Aww… I wanted some…." Lucy looks sheepishly at them. She starts to crawl over towards Laxus… she sits on his lap..

He finished the bottle and flipped it over.

"See. All gone."

Lucy giggled and snuggled into his chest. Laxus put a hand on Lucy's head for no reason. She looked up at him with wide eyes, confused. Her cheeks were flustered from the alcohol and her eye lids were having a hard time staying open. Laxus gazed at her face and then realized what Gajeel had been doing the entire time. He looked over at Gajeel with wide eyes. And Gajeel gave a look of understanding. He lets his hand slide down the back of her head. She smiles happily.

"Mmmmm" The men all freeze… and stare at Lucy. Natsu was still lying down, trying his best to calm himself down and his certain awoken friend. Laxus pet her again. "Mmmmm"

Laxus began finding this situation a little weird… he wasn't massaging her this time… he was only petting Lucy.. and she was making such noises…. She pushed herself up against him for more. Laxus began to squirm now. Gray and Gajeel glared at Laxus. Natsu was praying that she would sober up soon… a vulnerable thin robed Lucy.. was a danger to them all.

"Natsu…. Nattssssuuuuu.."

Natsu twitched… "Oh.. no…." he cringed.

"NAatssuuu~" "yea… ?" "I have to pee…." "Not again!"

"PUHAHAHAHAHA!" Gray, Gajeel, and Laxus burst out. "I really got to go now…" Lucy crawled over to him.

"lluuuuuucccccccCCCCYYYYYY!" Natsu picked Lucy up and dashed for a restroom. Gajeel, Gray, and Laxus were rolling around on the floor laughing with tears streaming out.

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