#EDIT: I FORGOT MAX'S TAIL

[samandmaxsecretsanta]

Secret Santa complete! Thank you to all who participated, hope to see y'all soon, but for now! That's all folks :D

[cupcakeslushie]

How much of a perfectionist are you, when it comes to your own art or writing? If you're not completely happy with a piece, do you still post it, or do you scrap/rework it?

Good question!

I think it depends on what it is. For my EW comic, I take a lot of pride in that, so I tend to be kinda meticulous, and probably cause I stare at those pages for weeks, I just have more time to see the things that need to be fixed and re-worked. For commissions, that’s probably when I am like max perfectionist mode, cause I really want ppl to be 100% happy with what they get. If they want changes, I’m happy to make them.

But for the most part, my style is kinda messy anyway, so I’m never usually too fussy with the fun stuff. I work fast, and post like 99.9% of what I make immediately, and if, later, I notice something’s off, I’ll just edit it quietly, or leave it—things like that definitely don’t haunt me. (No I’m not still thinking about how I forgot to color the tip of Gemini Donnie’s tail for Kay’s DTIYS)

Having ADHD you just kinda learn that if you wait around for perfection, you’re never going to accomplish anything. If Shia Leboeuf was ever right about one thing—just do it. Get stuff out. If you make like 100 pieces of work, and like maybe 20% is crap 40% is good and the rest is kinda mid, most ppl will find the good and even enjoy the mid enough for it to be worth it. And the more you work, the better those numbers will get! That’s the way I always look at it anyway.

[cheddar-inq]

three more scug designs!

btw usually ill refer to slugcats just with they/them pronouns but some of them will use pronouns like he/him or she/her depending on my personal headcanons for them i think arti and hunter use any pronouns but use she/her the most, rivulet uses he/they, and spearmaster uses any but primarily they/them idk man its just how i see them, call any of them whatever you like !!!!

anyways

monk is one of the few slugcats in the group with no glowing whatsoever, instead being able to grow flowers on their back these flowers can be picked without hurting monk, and if gifted to any creature will remove any hostility that specific creature has towards whoever gave it to them. the effect stays even if the flower is lost, and the flower doesnt mean the creature wont go back to being hostile.

its kind of like. "wow this is a great gift ok i wont beat the shit out of this person" and if you arent treating said creature kindly it will go right back to hating/wanting to eat you

monk is always at max karma and can grow karma flowers (although pretty rarely) alongside the normal ones. the karma flowers dont have the same effect as the normal flowers, just. normal karma flower !!

theyre pretty quiet, but super friendly and hate seeing people fight. they suck at breaking up fights, though, and usually just end up trying to find somebody else to break it up

bros also really short thank you for your time

monk uses he/she pronouns

next up is artificer !!

artificer, along with a couple others like hunter and spearmaster, does most of the protecting for the group.

although capable of glowing, its not something she can do easily and its not something that really worth trying to do

Along with her normal explosion jumps/explosions, she can do a MASSIVE explosion which stuns and/or kills any creature in a pretty large radius. usually if theres a lot of creatures in one spot she'll go in, explode once or twice, and then come back so she doesnt stun/hurt any of the scugs in the group.

she can use the massive explosion once, maybe twice before needing to lie down and cool down. using it causes her scars to start glowing a bit and smoking and they get very hot which hurts arti a lot, so she doesnt use that explosion very often, only when she really needs to.

her usual explosions often work fine if she overheats from any of her explosions it has the same effect, but it starts a lot slower and just keeps building up- faint glowing, getting hotter, and starting to smoke

shes very protective over the others (at least, the ones she likes) and struggles a lot with keeping her emotions in check, as she has a habit of getting worked up over things and needing to sit down and calm herself down for a bit.

arti uses any pronouns, she/her preferred (she and hunter are partners. love them)

aaand hunter !!

Hunter is based on a lantern mouse in terms of design. when sleeping, relaxed, or in bright spaces, she looks like the first design (dark red/orange-red one), but in dark places or when feeling a strong emotion they kind of "pop" to the lighter form and constantly glow (like a lantern mouse), their eyes and tail tip glow the most (eyes also get slightly lighter in color)

hunter is fairly serious but likes to slip jokes into conversation while keeping a straight face and not changing their tone at all, just to see if anyone will notice

shes usually hanging out near artificer

has the rot (of course how could i not) and sometimes it'll start to effect him more than usual, causing them a lot of pain and making it hard to walk. if it gets bad enough she can just collapse and wait for it to wear off enough for them to get up again

hunter uses any pronouns, she/they preferred (eheheh artihunter)

edit rq to mention: hunter does have scars, but theyre too dark to see on the darker ver and the glow from the other ver hide them (aka i forgot to unhide the layer with scars so here we are)

artihunter doodle next

[kedreeva]

Do you have any sketches or more details on Max’s monster design from ur fic? I want to draw it but I don’t want to get anything wrong lol

She's a real fucked up peryton! I'll put photos and details and stuff under a cut for you so it doesn't stretch anyone's dashboard.

So a peryton is a winged deer. Usually they have feathered wings, but there's no feathers or fur in the upside down, so she has bat wings instead. If you do an image search for peryton, you'll get a lot of good images, but they're art so I don't wanna repost them.

Max looks like an elk instead of the more traditional whitetail/red deer perytons are typically modeled after:

Except much bulkier in the body when her wings are closed, with no fur anywhere

more spikes on her antlers, and a lion's tail that has, like... webbing from the rump to partway down it (please excuse my touchpad paint skills):

Instead of a face, she's got a lil faceplate like this, but not as bulgy, more like if her skull was exposed and it's just a smooth skull plate:

and her mouth does this thing when opened:

with a bonus of her front limbs ending in hands like this bad boy's:

and that's about what her skin all looks like too. Her hind limbs end in normal elk feet

Her wings fold in flush with her body, but since the flesh is all *gestures to the demogorgon above* they just look like more gross flesh. Also!! You can see on the above, the "ridge" that goes around the demogorgon's neck, like weird collarbones almost? She's got that ridge, except for her it's the alula claws/fingers of her wings. When she opens her wings, she loses a lot of bulk and looks as starved as the demogorgons do.

EDIT: OH I forgot, she breathes through operculi in her chest that look like this, but thinner slits, more like gills:

Real fucked up peryton monster! I'm sorry, I have no art skills anymore, but I assure you if you want to draw her, I will only see perfection.

[bendeevee-blog]

Hello I'm here to talk about 2 ideas for object shows one sound cool the other sounds a little (or maybe more than just a little) controversial so I'm gonna start with the good one and then give a trigger warning when I talk about the other one 👍

So 1.- battle for just 1 more (bfj1m)

This is a "coin flip" strategy, it is basically a normal object show but the elimination thing is what changes, basically: who ever louses or gets voted out instead of getting trapped on a box for the next episodes (or the full season) they get swapped to the other team (there can be max 3 team and the host does a coin flip to choose witch team they join but is recommended 2 teams) and if the same guy gets voted out 3 times in a row the host does a coin flip heads: they stay Tails: they leave and when they get eliminated they go home, due to the elimination function there will be no rejoining and the team that has the most contestants (or least idk I gotta deside) wins the coin that the host used to eliminate people as like a win token or a badge and they also win money cuz yes and that's pretty much it, I really wanna do this one cuz the fact that characters will obiesly make alliances and then get swapped away from each other can make really good strategies for how or who's team to make win or lose. I even made a logo for this

Now the other one so...tw: this involves sensitive topics like depression, schizophrenia, trauma, self harm but most importantly suicide so if I offend anyone with this mental problems I'm really sorry, I know that I don't really know what I'm talking about but I know what these things I'm going to talk about and reference on this object show idea are really sensitive so sorry

Ok. 2.- suicidal objects show (sos)

This is in a way based of hfj one, this "show" is not exactly a competition show yet it still is, the host [redacted] is a therapist, but one that likes to make their patients have fun while also helping them so in a way to do this they decided to do an "object show" on the mental hospital they work in but just as a test they had to get the patients with the "least" needed help (side note: this is not just a object show experiment, it is in a mental hospital building so the contestants and the host do have their breakes cuz it is not torture and also the host stays with the contestants to help them if they need anything. Moving on) all of the contestants have a dead wish so the first 7 episodes (in coanon the episodes are daily so it technicaly passes a week) when someone gets eliminated they are sended home but obliged to go to therapy (for free) but from then on the next episodes (from 8 and on) the characters are presented with a second opinion... Go home but go to therapy or end with their misery, if the character has been able to feel good and have fun they might choose to go home but if they fake it or they just can't change their minds they will choose the second option... [Redacted] will not be able to stop them if they do choose the second option but will take them to a separated room for themselves alone and they can do whatever they want, and this just to try not to influence the fellings of the gone one into the others...

Here are some character ideas:

The two friends: their only will to live is to see who'll die first, like a competition between the two

The one that pretends: they seem not to have any problems in life but they're hiding behind a mask, aka "hide the pain away"

The good voices: the schizophrenic kid who is willing to stay to feel better, and might not end themselves

The one that knows: they know what happens to the people that chooses the second option, they might care they might not

The self-carnival one: they get harmed every time and always bites their limbs, they might have a companion to stop them from terring all their flesh

Edit: I forgot to mention that the host for sos can't get themselves to choose a louser so they have to relay on a really black humorist relative to do it for them.

Ok that's it, thanks for reading

[goldenbear228]

Baby max to tighnari : I had a nighmawe…

Tighnari : it’s ok come here….here this’ll help

I failed at hands & max is stimming (crappy hand writing translation under pic)

Tighnari : my baby brother has ticklish little toes <3

Max : n-nhohoho buhubuhuaha it-it tikwhahaws

Max has a speech problem that last part says : it tickles

Edit I forgot to add tails sorry (does that count for bald 🤔)

[cryoculus]

Hey kai!! ahhh idk you're my only genpact resource (for now) so idk who to share this to but i got zhongli!! [immense crying] now that i got him though i have no idea what to do wt him oopsies,,,, you have any tips about artifacts and stuff? (god knows im hopeless with all the stat discourse) TY IN ADVANCE

CONGRATS ON GETTING RAT TAIL!!

Oh lord, artifact chat? If it was any other character (that I use) I’d be SO down but, Zhongli’s kit is literally all over the place *shakes fist at Mihoyo* that I still haven’t mulled over how I want to build him. Thinking abt it makes me mad, but I guess here’s how I personally built ZL lol. (P.S. This got kinda long jsyk.)

First thing I did was get him a two-piece Noblesse set and a two-piece Archaic Petra set. Noblesse 2pc gives an additional 20% damage to your Elemental Burst (which is all Zhongli is good for at the moment 1/2 jk) while Archaic 2pc grants an additional 15% Geo Damage Bonus. I farmed with Zhongli support in mind, so don’t be surprised if his normal attack doesn’t do much damage like your main DPS character would. 

Next priority should be a Geo Damage Bonus Goblet. Zhongli’s Elemental Burst deals Geo damage so you’d want to maximize the damage output for that as much as you can. A 5* one gives about 46.6% damage bonus so if you couple that with Archaic’s 2pc passive, and his ascension stat, he’ll be popping painful meteors left and right <3

As for stats and substats, this is where everything starts to scatter lmao. I prioritized Crit DMG and ATK% for Zhongli, because after several test runs with some friends, we realized that even if his Burst scales with his max HP, Zhongli still deals more damage with an invested Crit + Atk build instead of an HP build. That’s what makes him so confusing to build around because, what do I focus on? ATK or HP ??? 

Anyway to be specific, I gave him: an ATK% Sands of Eon, Crit DMG Circlet of Logos, and a Geo Damage Bonus Goblet of Eonothem. The substats I prioritized were mostly atk%, crit rate, crit dmg, and energy recharge (for unlimited burst ^__^)

He only has about 1,490 overall ATK stat with this build (at Lv. 80 with maxed out artifacts). ZL has a ridiculously low Base ATK stat (600 something ugh) which makes dealing damage even harder as is sigh. 

Your weapons also do a part in maximizing this guy’s potential! Rn, I only have Prototype Grudge on him (It has an energy recharge substat) because his signature weapon is evil and didn’t come home to me. You can have it crafted, so it’s pretty easy to obtain, but if you have better weapons like the Jade spear or Vortex Vanquisher, then it’s better for you to use those instead!

Okay, just a reminder that I’m not at all saying that this is the proper way to build Zhongli ahgshgsdf it’s just how I personally built him and what the RNG decided to bless me with. Everyone knows Mihoyo could do better w this guy. But I do hope this was somehow helpful T__T Feel free to message me about it if you have any questions :0

Edit: forgot to add that I also took in some HP% substats bcs his Elemental Skill (the jade shield) scales off his max HP! Back then, I used to run the fuck away from Oceanid bombs but now I just stand in front of them without taking an ounce of damage :,)

[carryonmywaywardwriters]

I Prefer Sir - Sam x Reader (One Shot)

A/N: Throwing this out really quick before I go and make dinner. There’s no editing, and I’m skipping tags for the moment. LHYHM is next up. For now? Feedback is amazing, and I hope you all enjoy <3

Warnings: Embarrassment. Some sexual innuendos. Nothing wild

Word Count: Roughly 1,400

“Relax, baby...it's not that bad.” Cooing softly, you rubbed your hand through the thick hair that covered a large leg. Trying to soothe the beast resting on the table in front of you. Ever impatient.

The St. Bernard mix clearly disagreed. A loud, broken howl of anguish left the beast as you lifted the final paw. Another heavy sigh of resignation left you while you bent your head. There'd be no escape from the noise until you were done if Sir-Sheds-A-Lot had his way. You'd known you'd saved the best for last, for a reason.

Snip here. Clip there. And again.There’s the quick. Ignore the noise. You can do it, Y/N... One more time. Done. Finally.

A kink in your lower back had you arching your spine as you stood tall. Trying to earn a pop as the ear splitting noises faded into miserable whimpers. Despite the damage to your hearing, you couldn't help the small smile that tugged at your lips. He was a little dumb and a lot of head strong, but in the best possible way.

“You seem like you have your hands full today,” The sudden, deep male voice made you spin around, hand still on the St. Bernard out of habit. 

There he stood. The Jesus lookalike himself. Sam fucking Winchester. All decked out in the light blue plaid shirt he'd been in the day you'd met him. His dog, just as beautiful, leaning against his leg. As you took him in, you cursed the white, wavy hair that covered your body.

“Ya have no idea,” Came your breathy response while placing the lead back around the thick neck. “Max is a sweet boy...just a little... overzealous.” A glob of drool slid down the drooped lip before a head shake followed. Making you wince a bit as you dodged it. With another dramatic sigh, you pushed at the fur coat that clung to you. Futile was putting it lightly. “If you give me just a minute, I'll put this guy in the back and get you two going.”

Getting Sam going would be an honor. That much you were sure of. You peeked back at him as you unclipped the dog from the harness. Noting just how broad his shoulders were. Gawking was a luxury you wouldn't have, though. Instead, you were yanked back to attention.

“Take your time. We're in no rush.” His hand was huge as he blew off the inconvenience with a friendly wave. 

Riot whimpered at his feet, drawing attention to himself. The doting owner didn't hesitate. Dropping down to the couch in the waiting area, and patting for the Shepard to join him. As he pet the thick fur, he eyed up the boxes resting in front of him. 

I'll bet his hands aren't all that's bi- Damn it, Max! Slow down!

Max's telepathic abilities were sorely lacking. Instead, he swam across the tile floor. Right into the other groomer. You two were similar in age and stature. Her not toppling over was a miracle in itself.

“Hey, buddy,” She cooed once her balance was restored. Before she could spot the hunk of man meat in front, you stepped forward. Blocking the view efficiently. A dirty trick that she'd catch onto soon enough. Worth it...

“Do you mind putting him away, and then washing Bandit? I'll call Sue, and get this guy going.” Don't look up there. Don't look-

“Come on, Maxxy. Y/N doesn't love you, anymore.” The baby voice worked. St. Bernard in hand, she strode back behind the door.

Resisting the urge to fist bump the air, you turned around, “That's a lie, but I'll let it slide this time.” Indignant tones seemed only make the dimples appear on Sam's face as he set down the book he’d been nosing in. “Besides, Riot doesn't howl in my ear. Does he?” He didn't. Instead, the Australian Shepard wagged his tail furiously. “That's why you're my favorite. Come here, big guy!” There wasn't a second wasted. The moment you squatted down, your lap was filled with a squirming, murmuring ball of fuzz. “He looks great, really. You'd never guess that he'd been hit by a car.” Your fingers caught on a small clump of hair. Summer had its downfalls. “Shedding a bit, today, though.”

“A bit? He covered my room. He's gonna get us kicked out if we’re not careful,” Affectionately said. But, it was a fair enough point. Sam could end up homeless if the owner of the motel got pissy enough. “That's why I need your help. Think you can do something about it?”

“Yeah, I'll give him the works.” A slobbering kiss was your reward. From the wrong man. At least Riot appreciated the extra lengths you were willing to go through. “I'll blow him out real good.” You told yourself it was just your imagination that Sam sat up straighter. “Hit him with the Furminator shampoo and conditioner combo. Do a second blow out. Brush him real good. And see where that gets us.”

“That's my girl.” The breathy, thankful way he said it went straight to your crotch. Fuck me... he's trouble. Trouble that you couldn't help but crave. “You've always got an answer for something.”

“I hope so, or I'd be out of work.” His lips were too pink to draw your eyes from when he smiled your way. Luckily, you knew the old keyboard by heart. “Everything the same?”

“Perfect.” You had little doubts about that. Sam lived for that dog. The care was evident.

Check ins were simple procedures. And it was over with all too fast. Riot whined as Sam walked out the door. Back to every day life. Unaware he'd left two broken hearts behind.

“Me too, bud...me too.”  Lolling tongue, he stared up to you. As if asking how long he had to wait until his dad was back. “Let me make a call, and we'll put it in over drive...okay?” As if he understood English, he let you make the call to return Max to his people.

“Is that Riot?” It was rude to smirk when the appalled question sounded. But, yet, you couldn't help it. “That's why you wanted me in the back? You bitch!”

“I'm shameless, I know.” Was your answer as you patted the table. Encouraging the dog to jump up. Of course, he did it perfectly. “Great dog with a gorgeous human... I think I'm in love.”

“Yeah...that's it.” The dry tone only made you laugh more. Or lust.

“God, you missed it. He pulled out the 'that's my girl' today.” A memory that would forever be ingrained in your brain.

Whimpering came from your coworker that time rather than a dog, “He did not."

“He did,” Your eased up Riot's back leg. Getting to work on the nails. It didn't take long at all. He was right on schedule. “Riot better watch it...his dad can't be saying stuff like that. Otherwise, I'm going to end up calling him daddy, too.”

“Oh, really?” The clippers fell from your hand at the low timbre of Sam's voice. There wasn't an opening of the door that you could remember. But, it must have happened at some point. Because he was truly there. I gotta put that bell back up...

“Oh...” You squeaked, lifting your head slowly. Wondering just how much he'd heard. Hoping it was just that last sentence. Still damning, but less damaging than it all packed together. “C...Can I help you?”

His mouth tugged up at one side as he lifted a piece of paper, “I forgot to have you update his rabies.”

“Right...” The heat in your cheeks was undeniable as you pulled away from Riot. Leaving on hand on the dog, you moved over to the computer. “Sorry about that.”

“Don't be sorry...” Your breath caught in your throat at the husky murmur as you pulled up the information on the screen. He waited a moment more. Letting you type in the new expiration date. “Just remember...” His hand pressed over yours when you were done. “I prefer Sir.” All words died on your lips as he squeezed your hand.

With that, he pulled away from the desk. Stuffing his hands in pockets, he left for good. Leaving you gaping...

[hua-fei-hua]

I've been meaning to read your fanfics, but everytime i check your a03 i get overwhelmed because of adhd, what should i read first? sorry to bother.

not a bother at all!!! i have adhd too, so reading fic is often hard for me too. i’m assuming you’re here for bnha, so i’ll go over all my bnha fics and talk about what happens in them in the order of how adhd friendly i think they are (with respect to how much i personally like them)!!

i just woke up so like unmedicated n a little rambly probably hahaha

firstly, there’s sparklers, which is a fluffy todomomo drabble/ficlet collection, which makes it very adhd friendly. each chapter is about something new, with a few follow-ups scattered throughout, and they’re all less than 1.2k words. the chapters can be read in any order, and it’ll give you a good idea of my writing style and character interpretations. it updates at random, but lately with the quarantine screwing over all sense of time for me, it’s been updating at the rate of about once a week //sweatdrops

number 1.5, there’s heartstrings, which was going to be a drabble for sparklers, but wound up a little bit too long at 1.3k words. it’s a red string of fate au!

secondly, there’s Without You, Life Would B♭, which is a series of mostly oneshots, actually! it’s an extremely niche soulmate au where whatever music your soulmate is listening to, you can hear as well, and all the bnha characters go to an american high school and are in band. it has all my favorite ships (todomomo, kamijirou, kiribaku, and izuocha), and all the oneshots are under 3k. each work in the series can be read independently of the others, so if you don’t like the pairing in one work, you can just skip right over it. i’ve just gotten back into serializing the multichapter, music of the moment, which is a romcom focused on kamijirou (and to a lesser extent, kiribaku) and has background todomomo. it’s the only fic i have where i don’t set a word max or min on my chapters, so while the chapters average 2k words, in the first eight chapters i have written (the first three of which have been published at this time), the lengths range from ~700 words to 3.9k, so if you’re interested in this one, i’d recommend catching up now so that it’s not an overwhelming challenge later.

all the rest i’m putting under a cut so that you don’t get immediately overwhelmed by all the options you have to choose from hahaha

third, and i forgot i had this fic up, there’s dutiful hearts, which is a todomomo au of the anime tada-kun wa koi wo shinai, or tada doesn’t fell in love. technically there are spoilers for that anime in here, but it’s whatever. basically, todoroki is a boy from a coffee shop who fell in love with momo, an exchange student who’s secretly the princess of a tiny european country. for Reasons(tm) he goes over to the tiny european country to deliver some coffee to someone in the palace and then uhh yeah they meet again and it’s dramatic. it’s a twoshot with each chapter at about 1.5k words.

if we’re going based off length, then technically heat haze days, a todomomo kagerou days au, would come next at 4.1k words. it’s an oddball among my fics for not being fluffy at all (since it is a story about how momo goes through various time loops trying to prevent todoroki from violently dying) and being the only one without a happy ending. it’s also the last oneshot i published before my 2019 hiatus.

fifth, we have veneer, aka the only bnha piece i have up that has been Actually Edited(tm). it’s a todomomo soulmate au (i write a lot of soulmate aus o-o) set in canon where whatever temporary markings you have on your skin will show up on your soulmate as well. pound for pound, it’s apparently my best work, with a kudos-to-hits ratio of 11.2%, which is, uh, astonishing. it’s in the tail end of the sweet spot length for oneshots at 6.4k words

sixth, finishing off the oneshots, we have some things last forever, aka the bnha piece i always wished got the attention that veneer got. it’s a post canon todomomo arranged marriage fic that uses a lot of flower symbolism, and it talks from momo’s perspective as someone who doesn’t think todoroki’s in love with her back (when spoiler alert, he is, and literally everyone else can see it lol). my favorite review described it as “like coffee: weak, then violently bitter, before mellowing out into something rich and mellow” and found it to be “rather dull on the first read, but after a couple more reads, it was actually a very comforting read” which i think really captures what i was going for in the fic. it’s a long oneshot at 8.7k words, but it focuses a lot on the mundane, which makes it basically like a sparklers chapter on crack. fun fact, i published this fic to commemorate turning seventeen, though i got impatient and posted it a few days early lol.

next, we have orchid in bloom, an 85.4k word todomomo mulan au that i wrote JUST so that i could have that one “you fight good” scene in the end, though obviously it became so much more than that. it was originally going to be a quick, seven chapter fic following the basic plot beats of disney’s mulan, but then i got really invested in the au and watched this 2009 live-action mulan movie from china, and the plot just transformed before my eyes. it still resembles disney’s mulan, especially at the start and at the end (bc i can’t just write 80k words and NOT include the “you fight good” and “would you like to stay for dinner”/“WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAY FOREVER??” scenes), but i feel like i really made the story my own. i consider it to be my fanfic magnum opus right now, not just because of how long it is, but because as a story, it has actual depth. it has themes, symbolism, an author’s message(!!), and lines worth a good analysis, all of which can actually be read in the annotated version up on my tumblr, which isn’t actually done bc obviously adhd hahaha. anyway, along with the slow burn todomomo, there’s also side kamijirou and kiribaku, and both relationships get visible and meaningful development throughout the story. like, so much more than i had initially anticipated writing this lol. it also features deku as the cricket and uraraka as mushu, which were joke choices to go with horse iida at first, but have now allowed me the room to have a full-length sequel, which i won’t be getting to until after i finish up w/o you Bb ;w; despite being so proud of it, i put it very low on this list bc it’s not super adhd friendly. the first few chapters are 2-3k words, but they do gradually increase in length to normal chapter lengths of around 5k, and the finale (before the epilogue) is an abnormally long 11k word long chapter. basically, if you can get invested enough from the first few short chapters, you should be able to tackle the finale, but if it’s just something you’re reading casually and for fun, it would be easy to start struggling as the fic progresses.

finally, we have paper faces, which was supposed to be a oneshot on par with some things last forever, but i got carried away and it became 28k words and four chapters. it’s not very adhd friendly because of the long chapters (the first two are 5k, then the second two are ~7k). anyway it’s not an au of any sort, and it’s basically todomomo meet at a masquerade ball in the summer of their second year, though they have the sneaking suspicion that they’ve met before. the fic covers the time before the masquerade (their thoughts, feelings, memories, and general party prep), the masquerade itself (which has... a fun kiss scene aaaaaaa), and the time after the masquerade when they’re searching for the other’s true identity. the last chapter features some side kamijirou, izuocha, and kiribaku (because who am i to deny myself some quality self-indulgence) as like half of class 1-a schemes to get tdmm together bc they put all the pieces together and will make this happen. it’s also the funniest chapter, so despite being so long, it really does just fly by. this fic is actually dedicated to stardust-make-a-wish because it was her commenting on all the chapters of an orchid reread that motivated and encouraged me enough to get out of my 2019 writing hiatus hahaha. 

technically, we also have my fair lady, which, as a todomomo fantasy au, was my very first bnha fic idea, but we don’t talk about this one bc it’s on hiatus and i have no plans to get back to it in any definition of the “near” future because i think it’s badly written. it has a mix of my late 2017/early 2018 writing combined with my uninspired 2019 struggle writing, and every time i look at the doc i’m like “ugh i don’t know how to use WORDS here” and so even though i really liked the general concept for the au (momo as a princess goes out to slay a dragon and picks up the mysterious shoto to accompany her. also they still have quirks.), it leaves a bit of a bitter taste in my mouth. i might rewrite it someday, but for now, it’s just the first chapter up as a testament to my struggle to write in 2019.

[thessalian]

Thess vs Attacks of Opportunity

I tend to be a litt-- okay, a lot socially anxious. That plus a few bad experiences with fandoms and internet communities means I tend to approach the whole situation like a feral cat: I see a thing, I stand a long way away from it and watch, and maybe, if I feel comfortable enough or if the need is great enough, I will approach - slowly, ready to bolt at the slightest provocation - and maybe I’ll stick around long enough to find that hey, I like the petting and suddenly you’ve got a “This is not my cat” situation where I’m curled up next to your favourite chair purring when you need comfort and company, or face-ramming you because ‘MINE NOW’.

These days, it’s communities involving D&D, and I’m lingering extra-long in the “slowly, ready to bolt” stage because holy shit. I’m flashing back to my early days of roleplaying - I joined a group playing 1st edition 7th Sea, and they had a lot to say about D&D. I think it was towards the end of 3.5, and 4th ed was just coming out, and either way, the conglomeration of Theatre Kids I was running with were real snobs about D&D. As in, they didn’t consider it worth their time because “there’s no plot; there’s just numbers and mindless tomb-crawl”. Of course, then Critical Role happened and I saw how the clever Theatre Kids took D&D and made it their own, and I was on that like white on rice, especially since 5e streamlined the rules systems and suddenly I was in a position where I could actually use all the dice I had that weren’t d10s.

I kind of forgot that it was entirely possible that the numbers snobs and combat-monkeys were still there, still being possessive and all gate-keeper about it. And I forgot that microaggressions were still a thing.

Because of a couple of FB groups I follow, FB dumped a couple of instances of “You Might Be Interested In” at me. One was pretty easy: article/vid/whatever about “How To Play A Dragonborn”. Thankfully, someone commented, “...however the fuck you want?” and I just thanked that person because ... well, yeah, exactly. Min/max if you want to, but I love the dragonborn monk @miaaoi came up with and part of that is because of how it doesn’t exactly make the best use of his stats. (Also, my dragonborn have tails and the player’s guide can get fucked. It adds colour to monk stuff, the tail. I like it. IT STAYS.) You want to play a dragonborn monk? Bard? Rogue? Wizard? DO IT. Have fun.

The other one was a little harder, and it was the responses that made me back away. The question was, “What D&D rules do you think need revising?” Now, everyone has their own opinions about this kind of thing, and I’m on board with that. It was the fact that everyone was answering like their opinion was fact, their word should be law, and anyone who felt differently was stupid.

First was levels. A surprising number of people spoke up with, “There should be no levels after about level ten or so. NO ONE has campaigns that last long enough to hit level 20″. I mean, at that point I could just point to Critical Role, or damn near any game that’s not about just getting through one of the campaigns set up in the various guides. Plus I can’t imagine getting through Rise of Tiamat without being high-level. Anyway, I moved on from that one without commenting because if people only want to keep the same character balance going for as long as it takes them to clear out Saltmarsh, more power to ‘em.

The thing I couldn’t let lie was people trying to say that attacks of opportunity should be abolished because they’re too limiting. “They basically force you to just stand there and take a beating”, said one person. Erm ... no they fucking don’t. Like any other attack, an attack of opportunity can be avoided if your AC is high enough and if your enemy rolls low enough. Plus there are plenty of other ways to get out of a situation like that. Rogues have disengage as a class feature. There are magical items that allow you to do the same. Most people who use magic can manage something like that - Misty Step, Expeditious Retreat, stuff like that. There are a lot of ways to avoid an attack of opportunity.

And that’s even if you decide to avoid it. If your companion is more badly hurt than you are, you might move to try to draw the enemy away ... and at the same time, hopefully make the enemy use their one reaction for the round for an attack of opportunity, and thus let the wounded comrade get away without risk of outright dying. That gets even more important if you’re fighting a magic user, because even if you’re not facing a War Caster, there’s Counterspell to consider. Make them blow their reaction, and they’re not going to be able to interrupt you when you try for a magical killing blow or attempt to heal your wounded.

Plus ... they go both ways, do attacks of opportunity. I have actually taught my party the best way to exploit spells to earn attacks of opportunity on foes. Because it’s another toy in their toy box. It’s served them well the few times they remember to use it. Plus it means that there’s actually a use for reactions for classes outside, say, Monk.

Basically, what I’m seeing in some of these communities is a woeful lack of imagination and a focus on the raw numbers rather than the potential living between the lines. It’s depressing and I don’t like it, so maybe the community isn’t for me. Then again, I’m fairly sure some of those people would say that the game isn’t for me, but they can fuck off.

[almaasi]

reaction post typed while watching SPN 14x16 “Don’t Go In The Woods”

oh man as a forest-dwelling human I OBJECT TO SCARY FOREST MONSTERS

but i’m on board for girls flirting with each other

04:04pm

hey guess what!!! i’m really sick

so i’mma maybe mostly watch this, comment if there’s something i HAVE to comment on, but otherwise save it all for the end maybe

no idea what to expect?? i hope cas is in it, at least a bit. or some destiel parallels or something. i like those, they taste good

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04:07

oh hey the girls got to hold hands in the recap without another scene fading in over their precious 0.5 seconds

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this recap is jumpin’

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rip snek

your death was a mistek

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04:11

DEAR FELLOW HUMANS, IF YOU HEAR A WEIRD NOISE IN THE WOODS AND YOU’RE IN A CAR JUST LEAVE

JUST LEAVE

WHY IS THAT SO HARD FOR STRAIGHT COUPLES WITH BROWN HAIR WHO GO OUT TO MAKE OUT IN CARS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE TO UNDERSTAND

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also i was gonna say they were white but the boy and his sheriff dad are clearly native american so that’s cool

they better not die

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04:16

aaaaaand the girl is dead

/checks who wrote this so i can tell what brand of bullshit is coming next

davy perez

hmmm

unsure what kind of bullshit

seems to be a variable kind

will find out

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04:18

so i guess dean just calls EVERYONE sunshine now

cas, lucifer, sam

welp

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04:19

sam: “the internet is more than just naked PEOPLE”

HE SAID PEOPLE

not WOMEN

PEOPLE

dEAN IS BI AND SAM KNOWS and has probably known since at least season 7 let’s be real

also, second time in a few episodes that people was enunciated like that, i notice a trend of pointed gender-neutrality and i think i’m into it

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sam: “the internet is more than just naked PEOPLE, you do know that right?”

dean: “not my internet”

the porn....... it must be.... a lot........

i find it fascinating that the show is being so obvious that he used to sleep with women/people all the time but now he’s just watching porn, all the freaking time

like he’s not even trying to look for relationships

I WONDER WHY

A CERTAIN ANGEL, PERHAPS

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04:30

how does dean know cas left early that morning

either cas woke him up to tell him

or he was there (IN THE SAME BED) when cas decided

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04:34

HE IS SO PURE

and also what the heck was the rest of the list

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04:35

dean: “got cat-like reflexes”

yes he is a cat, his patronus is a cat

give him cuddles and watch him jump 3 feet in the air because he wasn’t expecting it and he forgot he had a tail

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04:37

they all seem pretty gay to me and i love them all

and apparently the ghostfacers are still kickin’

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elliot: “are they fighting GHOSTS?”

jack: “what’s a ghost?”

JACK YOU PRECIOUS DIMINUTIVE EXPLETIVE

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04:42

jack: “i don’t like to lie. it makes me stomach hurt. like when you have to burp but you can’t burp? yeah.”

I’M SO HAPPY THIS ENTIRE SCENE EXISTS

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04:43

“but    the   store    is    closed”

jack’s speaking a lil weird

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04:45

“beer, kleenex and old spice”

yeah pretty much

idk though old spice smells good

BUT THE FACT MAX THINKS THE BUNKER WOULD SMELL OF KLEENEX

WOW

SHE HAS PORN!DEAN DOWN TO A T

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texan star beer cases in the bg

i haven’t kept up with the beer symbolism but i know it means something

pretty sure it’s the queerest beer

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04:48

jack: “dean usually picks. i’ve seen lost boys like 36 times”

i haven’t seen “lost boys” but now i gotta

just from the title alone it sounds like a nostalgic coming of age boy’s adventure story with an underlying current of repressed homosexuality

@ me if i’m wrong

edit: @ myself, i googled it and i’m wrong, it’s about 2 brothers hunting vampires........ still sounds gay though

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04:51

jack: “i’m two.         wwwwwwwwwenty.              two.     i’m twenty-two!”

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04:45

FUCK THAT SHADOW IN TH WOODS IF FUCKING FUCKIF UFCK

THE THING IN THE WOODS WAS FUCKING SCARIEST EPISODE OF THE X FILES AND WENDIGO WAS THE SCARIEST EPISODE OF SPN I HATE THIS I HATE THIS FUCK

THINGS IN THE WOODS ARE 100% THE WORST MONSTERS I HATE THIS FUCK 

LIKE

OH GOD

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045:i can’t fucking look i’m 

this if sognna fucking give me nightnamres

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i can’t even skip because i have to look 

fdg

help

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05:01

jack: “dean says any music made after 1979 sucks ass”

TELL THAT TO HIS ENJOYMENT OF TAYLOR SWIFT

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05:07

I’m sensing a parallel to the time lucifer stabbed cas in the back and dean watched

oh no

oh no please fix this jack

ALSO? SHE LOOKS LIKE CAS at least a lil bit

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05:12

why on earth would you curse someone to always be starving and then be surprised when he eats more people

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05:16

fuck that shadow is the ijfsjgfjsfjskf

i hate

maybe it’s because i live in a forest with a lot of shadows and i only feel safe because i know none of them are these things and/or people and this makes me doubt that safety

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05:18

for some reason there’s an ad in my video file

who forgot to take this out

how the hell do you 'muricans watch stuff with ads in the middle, it breaks the immersion completely

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05:26

OH NO JACK LIED EVEN THOUGH HE HATES LYING AND CAN’T EVEN USE FAKE ID EVEN THOUGH REAL ID WOULD SAY HE WAS TWO AND DEAN AND SAM JUST EQUATED TELLING THE TRUTH TO SHOWING LOVE FOR SOMEONE and he still lied by ommission

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05:27

i loved the storyline of this, it was great, 10/10

can kind of excuse the dead girl and dead black dude because there was another black dude and multiple girls so ..... cool ???

NATIVE AMERICAN CHARACTERS WITH CHARACTER GROWTH YAY

but man would i love to see lady native people?? i’ve mostly only ever seen men in fiction. the story could’ve worked just as well if the sheriff was the kid’s mother

anyway it was well written regardless and i loved that dean and sam’s story led them back to jack and they told the truth

BUT JACK’S ADVENTURE HURT MY FEELINGS

WAH

:c

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also

 something i failed to note last time those three kids had an episode. max had blue/pink(/yellow?) bi/pan pride colours behind her in LITERALLY EVERY SHOT I SCREENCAPPED

including on the shot that’s frozen on my video player right now

my favourite part of this episode was the girls flirtingggggg~ and elliot being a kissblock (like sam clearing his throat real loud)

i can’t wait for the episode where they finally kiss and it’s the most destiel parallelly thing ever

[twracehorse]

Cringing at my own videos

Training Videos Edition!

I got bored, needed motivation to start editing, went back to take a look at my older videos, and now I judge and cringe at them because that’s a given at this stage

Under the cut to keep your dash shorter :3

Determined Horse Training, the title I came up with to be a little unique. I obviously couldn’t use something akin to Northena’s “Training Is Fun...Right?” and I wanted to give it a proper title knowing this would be a series of videos. I thought, and thought, and came up with the title after thinking of Undertale and how you are filled with determination in the game. “I am filled with determination to train these horses!” is what I thought and so the title of the series became that!

I use // as a way to separate different topics I’m talking about

Brave Rebel- First off...the thumbnail. He was originally themed sort of after Nathan Drake from Uncharted, since I was into that series at the time. So the map was, you know, for the treasure hunting. But I didn’t want to stretch the map to fit and somehow decided that a brown background was a good idea?? // AH THE CLOTHES! THE NECK!! AHHH GATORADE OCEAN BLEHH. // Oh yeah I have a spelling error in the video “Let’s go defeat this traning day!”. // Been training with Sage from the start of the series. I wonder how many fails of their’s I’ve caught XD // Ah the rocks, the rocks that I caught Sage stumbling out of in a later training video. // Let’s not forget the double mouse thing going on that makes its appearance in many videos before I figured out to click off of the web pages (which had a music playlist going while training). // Omg there’s someone with the club name The Babies standing nearby when I turn in the final race. // Low-key still love this horse. He was my first true Soul Steed before we were designated to our starter. I don’t take him out much, the difference in horse animations from new to old is getting bigger and for dynamic photos, it just doesn’t look good ( @~@)

Cool Hero- The horse based off of Markiplier back when he had red hair. I also uploaded the video on his birthday! // The song choice....I mean it fits the theme, otherwise I’d pick a better song. // The mini references I’m still low-key proud of. // There’s quite the amount of gliding pons in this video and some horror texture pons. // I obviously had to max Markimoo at the observatory! // I also mimicked Mark’s outros where an image is boomeranging. It took a couple tries with my friend in the background, but it was worth it!

Violet Mystery- I hope when I introduced her as “The winner of the Jorvik Wild horse competition” I mean, she was the first coat to be picked. Back when it was only one horse coat is being made. They added the top two coats afterwards. // Oh yeah the character’s whole head would move to the side to keep eye contact with the camera. // It’s so weird to think that I caught a bit of footage of Swifty just before meeting her. Then again I remember NOT editing this training video until months later and uploaded it in September. Mind you that I got Cool Hero and Violet Mystery at the same time and Cool Hero’s video was out in June...oops. // Ironic that I have the pandoric cracks around when the horse is based off them. // People running up from the riding arena, ah the fog glitch that would happen when you left your horse in the riding area, ran all the way to the dino valley elevator, took it, and there was no fog in the valley! 

Megalove- Ah the first Undertale horse! I mean technically still the only Undertale themed horse I have, but I do have others planned. Haven’t gotten them yet and some plans changed. // The thumbnail....why did I make the stickers super tiny?? // Finally changed Elsa’s hairstyle to the ponytail I still wear to this day. We need updated ponytails with side bangs! I know we have the awesome braided ponytail in Mistfall, but there’s too much forehead! // Also the first training footage with the meet up....was 4 hours long. This was back when I recorded all stages of training and went through the footage in real time....I’m glad I changed strategy. // Can’t remember if crashing into a jump and the jump of the music timed at the same point was on purpose or if it was editing magic. // Oof cringing that I put comic sans as Sans “talking” in the video nnngghhhhh! // Ah my old club name Royal Ambassadors. I gave that club over to my side account Chiara Monsterhope for obvious reasons. // Annoying Dog in the credits, I still love that

Lucky Hero- I’m still proud that I came up with his nickname Vien short of Vienna where the famous riding school is. He, along with Brave Rebel, are my top horses. Please get an update eventually boys! // Finally Mac users had clear water! I was so happy over this you do not understand XD // Warriors by Imagine Dragons fits this horse, but quite a pain when I got Dark Warrior and didn’t want repeating songs. // Oh yeah early on, the Lipizzaners had a weird reflective tail glitch going on. // Vien was the first horse of mine that I got the day of release, bright and early in the morning! // I love how in the face of danger, an approaching bull dozer, I just stare at it. It wasn’t even a “oh no I should get out of the way” and instead was “huh that’s a thing”. // ALLY CHUM! I forgot that was a nickname to good friend!

Grey Ghost- OH BOY HERE WE GO!! Honestly my favorite training video. It was so much fun to edit with the music and the Halloween stickers hidden around the screen! Despite waking up at 5am to train for that aesthetic™. // Okay but that mushroom with the dark green sign did legit give me a spook. My body froze for a second and then I remembered that Slenderman doesn’t exist in Star Stable XD. // Ngl two of the stickers are hard to see cause of their surroundings. // GALLOPER THOMPSON MY MAN! Honestly I waited till midnight for him to be in Goldenleaf forest, just to see what would happen if you were racing and he caught you. By the gods of editing magic, the song was at a good point that fits perfectly with that scene. // For the scarecrow race I did actually take two different takes. I failed the first one and when I was editing I noticed that the two runs looked similar. So I put the first part of run 1 and cut before I failed and then put the remaining of the race with run 2. Looks almost seamless! 

Silent Promise- My favorite mare in my stable! She ends up being my AoT cosplay photo horse...until I get the actual themed horse XP. // Shadows were a little glitchy at first. // Why am I using Rud instead of Rude. Like I know why cause that’s how we got around the filter, but I didn’t need to put it like that in the video. It’s like back in my WolfQuest days where I learned to use Cuz as a short version of Cause and it bled into my text vocab. // The witch bombs...I wanted to make it dramatic, but in hindsight it’s just tasteless really. Also to note that the sound which was fine before uploading, got more rough once it was on YouTube

Small Potential- Real cringe theme here, Hetalia. It was fun while watching and all that, but since then I’ve seen some well done anime! Growth! // I love the nickname Finny. Not too sure if I want to keep this pony or not, sadly. // The Christmas remix song is because I had no other ideas XD

Brave Eagle- Oh this is another slight cringe theme. Even more cringe is the fact that I had to re-upload this training video since it got blocked all over the world! due to the Hamilton musical songs. So I....had to layer over the songs with other songs....it’s a whole mess and was a whole pain since I had to re-edit the sound effects. // I’m proud of the thumbnail though....that’s it

Winter Dust- Why did I make the “there’s a new app with these foals you can train” with the dramatic music? // I think because I had less levels to train, I tried filling that space with “cool looking shots”. // Ah, yes, my How To Get Over A Jump wikipedia step by step

Hollow Phantom- Had to bring a creepy vibe even though it was February. So he’s like a Halloween not Halloween horse. // Can you believe that I found the main song from a Haikyuu!! crack video? XD. // That zoom on the pony surrounded by magic shires was weird. We’re saying “SO TINY” but the clip was so short it was done and over without much sense. // Mmm that slight irritation that the music and clip didn’t match with the drop. // Tried to blend the music together with itself....it’s obvious. // Of course had to max the Galloper horse where I first met the phantom himself

North Guardian- I wanna talk about the thumbnail....that background...is literally just the horse’s hindquarters. I wanted something mossy since the horse is sort of based off of Pelagia from Shadow of the Colossus. I couldn’t find good enough backgrounds, so I used the horse itself. // Again that urge to want to make the clip and music match but ahhh

Lucky Lucky- Still wish I could name this horse Gold Luck or something. // I think one of the camera turns during a race was just to show off the rainbow nearby. // Ahh! back when we could say “demon” in the chat. // Hmm instead of letting the clip run, I could’ve just cut to Reed calling the askew fence “a disgrace”. // Text was onscreen for just too long. // Trying to do the riding arena jumps with a good camera angle. But at that point, the camera kept moving and wouldn’t hold still. I’m glad it’s better now. Maybe I’ll try it again with a future horse. // Huh, forgot to add sound effects when I hit something on the last race

Silent Surprise- Cause I had to let the people know that I bought the horse after watching the Belmont. // AH STILL THE NECK! // 2 minutes in and we haven’t even gotten to the actual training yet. // Another day, another SSO glitch, this time it’s shadow rocks. // Oop missed a sound effect

Hot Spot- THE MUSTACHE! // I forgot I put a filter over the video to give it an old timey look. I should do more like that if it’s in theme. // Of course I had to have The Wanted be playing with this song since it’s old west sounding. // What was the purpose of editing the scarecrow race like that? XD. // Random running clip. // Walking the whole bobcat race would be nice if I didn’t keep moving the camera

Pumpkin Candy- As much as I love my Halloween horses, this training video isn’t up to the standards that the first Halloween training video set up. It’s still got Halloween themed music, it’s still got stickers hidden in the video, but it doesn’t feel the same. // Having text be their default instead of making them the same agh. // The spooky filter I overlayed the clips with changes at times. Would be nice if it stayed consistent

Dragon Dawn- Hmm now that I have more songs to choose from (getting into another artist as much as I did with The Wanted), I would have another song playing to fit the horse better. Maybe Euphoria or Mikrokosmos. Oh well those will be for future horses eventually! // Didn’t drop with the music...disappointed

Thunder Spirit- The horse that trains through three months. You can easily tell by the Valentine race, the rainbows of March, and April Fools. // Man I really need to work on making the text not be so BIG. // The first rainbow race had lots of sound effects. After that one I was just like “yeah not doing that again”

Sun Chaser- Eh the slowed down music is not the best idea. But I think it was also an intro to a remix of the song. So it was only so long and I had a bit to say for the intro of the horse. // The second clip of the mysterious Icelandic cryptid you can’t see them once it zooms in....annoying. // Too much of a slow build up with another cryptid spotting. // Also using the same sound but slower after just using it...smooth (not). // You know the very last clip of the horse as he’s turning around on the beach? Yeah that’s the exact moment I did the intro for the horse XD

Dragon Warrior- The contrast between me and Sage’s bantering vs the sadder song (I found the song because of a Zeno AMV) well it’s kinda weird having laughs and then sad melody. // YouTube again ruins the quality of the mic as it sounds fuzzier than it was pre-uploaded. // Low-key recording voices was fun aside from having to make sure the clips matched the voices and clicking of the mouse. // I’m still annoyed I couldn’t find the perfect snoring sound effect when Sage’s Connemara is sleeping and starts gliding away

Smoke Mirror- A little too much of a pause between text in the intro. // I love how I’m wearing a Halloween shirt because no other shirt matched with the blue of the hat except for the dress it came with THAT I GOT RID OF! 

Obsidian Mystery- I love the thumbnail for her training video. It’s so spooky and cool! Favorite thumbnail of the entire series right there. // Ironic that with the three Halloween horses I’ve had. The two with the upbeat music are the ones where Galloper was present that year. The one where Galloper was missing that October, the music was softer, generic Halloween music. Not intentional, but it works. Though the first Halloween training video still gets the trick-or-treats because it has nostalgic music. // Some text isn’t easily visible

Dark Warrior- The horse I wish I could name Secret Warrior cause that would make SO MUCH MORE SENSE than Dark Warrior, but here we are. // Since Warriors by Imagine Dragons was in a previous training video, I had to search for another song to fit the horse. I literally went through those anime character theme song videos to find one! That was a terrible jump cut of the song

Ember Flame- Coming Soon

[thecandywrites]

Rakshasa- Sulaimon and Zakira

Ya’ll I would like to say I’M SO SORRY. I did NOT mean to forget about this story, for like, over a year? Like I had to go through my phone’s library looking for something else and I found all my Rakshasa stuff saved to my phone because I HAVE/HAD PLANS for this story and I had this chapter mostly written all this time that I just...FORGOT about. But I reread it and I finished this chapter, finally. So to be clear, this is fanfiction of @momolady‘s Rakshasa, King Amit’s royal court with her permission to reference her work. but this is set BEFORE the war of the crown jewels, like this is set like after Foluke and Kalidas as far as time frame goes, when Mythri’s sons are still like, 6-7 ish? before the birth of Mythri’s daughter. So if you follow all that, just keep in mind this is set before all that. 

What I need to do is go back and edit this and repost it to this blog using my collage app because before I just used Tumblr’s thing and it sucked and you can only get like 9-10 pictures before it maxes out. 

But in the meantime, here is chapter 9. 

Rakshasa Part 9

Zakira woke up, feeling even more at ease and happy than she had the previous morning. She looked down at Anna sleeping soundly next to her and then lifted her head to see Sulaimon sleeping peacefully on the chaise lounge. Because he was asleep she felt comfortable staring at him and really taking note of every little thing about him. The more she looked, the more she realized...she was very attracted to him. He was handsome, and very sexy if she was honest but more than that, he was kind, generous, charming, patient, humble and most importantly gentle, and even funny, very much so. But the way he was laying in the chaise lounge, she could see he had morning wood and she found herself staring at it hungrily, very hungrily.

 Zakira bit her lips and judged by how deeply both Sulaimon and Anna seemed to be sleeping, thought it would be safe to quietly please herself and snaked her hand between her legs and began to try to quickly and quietly as she could- give herself and orgasm.

Sulaimon awoke to smelling the most amazing, mouth watering smell wafting into his nose before his ears flicked to Zakira and could hear her slightly labored breathing and very carefully squinted one eye open to see Zakira laying on her back with her eyes closed tight and judging by the way her hand was moving furiously under the covers at her crotch as her legs were opened wide, he realized what was happening and shut his eyes before his body reacted very strongly to her and he had to pretend to roll away from her in his sleep to hopefully hide his rock hard length and once he did and tried to keep his breathing slow, deep and even just in case she looked over at him, she would think he was still sleeping.

His movement caused her to pause but once she figured he was still sleeping she resumed and continued to stroke her clit. The sound of her breathing and the muffled wet slipping sound being the only sounds in the room besides Sulaimon’s and Anna’s breathing.

Sulaimon closed his eyes tight and clenched his jaw and had to ball his fists up to keep from actually reaching down to stroke himself as his ears devoured every tiny little noise Zakira made as the head of his own dick leaked a river of precum and soaked his underwear. The closer she came to her own release the more labored her breathing became and the more Sulaimon’s hips and tail begged to move but he forced himself to lay perfectly still. But just listening to her come closer and closer to orgasm and his own imagination and wishful thinking, wishing he was the one to give her this great pleasure had him close to orgasm himself and he wasn’t even touching himself. Then when she got really close and started softly gasping and panting it was almost too much for Sulaimon. His whole body was tense from trying to look relaxed and still. Then when she gave the most delicious but tiny keening cry when she came, Sulaimon couldn’t help it, he came into this own underwear, it was the sexiest thing he had ever heard before. Sulaimon suddenly smelled her release as the pheromones she released in her cream seemed to fill the air and Sulaimon did his best not to immediately take a huge breath of it into every centimeter of his nose and lungs. He had to swallow because his mouth watered so much. It was better than that perfume ever could be as his ears continued to train on her as she recovered as his own cock, thankfully, began to soften and shrink.

Only when his ears heard her breathing change and go back to a sleeping rhythm, did he finally chance a look at her over his shoulder and realize she was asleep again before he let himself fully relax then get out of bed and gather his bathing things and wrote her a note to tell her he would be going to bathe real quick and escaped the room to clean himself up but as he walked down the halls he could hear the other couples have their morning sex and while he felt jealous, he also knew to be grateful for the closeness he was able to acquire and couldn’t help but hope that soon he’d be among them. He bathed by himself, quickly cleaning himself up and returning to Zakira’s room to find Zakira and Anna were still asleep, so he took his previous note and threw it away before making his bed up so it was at least neat and tidy before Zakira and Anna finally stirred awake.

“Good morning,” Sulaimon greeted softly, a fond smile on his face as he turned as he was just finishing up folding his blanket.

“Good morning,” Zakira greeted back sleepily, a very pleased smile on her face that Sulaimon did his best not to grin knowingly at as she stretched before Anna needed to nurse, Zakira pulling her breast out of her top to nurse her and relax into the bed. Once Anna was done nursing, she immediately came over to Sulaimon as she babbled to him excitedly.

“Well good morning Beautiful, it’s good to see you too.” Sulaimon greeted as he picked her up and kissed her cheeks and hugged her before he brought her over to the little table Zakira had been using to change her before he went ahead and changed her diaper as Zakira got up and got her bathing suit on and then a tunic and a pair of shorts on top of that, putting even more of the perfume on today than she had the first two days combined before Sulaimon had to fight not to get a boner again, but his expression as he got Anna dressed made her laugh and giggle before he continued to make faces and silly noises at Anna to get her to laugh, absolutely loving the sound of her sweet laughter which insighted his own soft chuckling.  

“Do you have two coin purses?” Zakira asked when she went into his other bag to get her coin purse out to put it into the diaper bag but found hers, Sulaimon's and the third.

“Nope, just the one.” Sulaimon answered with a mischievous grin.

“Then who does this belong to?” Zakira asked as she held up the third.

“You,” Sulaimon answered once he was done and put Anna safely back onto the bed with her toys so he could get dressed for the beach behind the dressing curtain.  

“Where did it come from?” Zakira asked.

“Guess,” Sulaimon prompted with a chuckle.

“Your father.” Zakira huffed a laugh but Sulaimon peeked over the top of the dressing panels and grinned when he saw her smile and shake her head. “And let me guess, he gave it to you to give to me, he probably gave it to you while I was trying on bathing suits.” Zakira ventured.

“Close, he gave it to me while you were napping.” Sulaimon answered.

“Why didn’t you refuse to take it from him?” Zakira asked as her brows furrowed but an amused smile never leaving her.

“He didn’t hand it to me. He put it into my bag himself.” Sulaimon answered before he came out from behind the dressing curtain, only wearing his swim trunks and nothing else which made Zakira pause and stare at his bare chest and abdomen as all other rational and logical thoughts left her brain since the urge to go to him and touch him and stroke him and really feel how soft his fur and how hard his body was all over seemed to take over her brain.

“W-why...why didn’t you um, try to stop him?” Zakira tried to ask as she barely managed to pull her eyes off of his torso and back up to eyes where the tiniest smirk was on his lips as he may or may not have been flexing for her benefit.

“There was no stopping him, it was the right thing for him to do and he would have found a way to give it to you one way or another.” Sulaimon shrugged and Zakira just exhaled out of her nose and shook her head but her smile just grew more fond.

“Yeah, he did strike me as that kind of person.” Zakira relented and put the second coin purse into the rest of her things before grabbing a handful of coins from it and put it into her original coin purse that she had received from the treasury, thinking that would be more than enough money for the coast, imagining there would probably be shops of all kinds selling shells and jewelry and probably all kinds of seafood dishes.

“You’ll want to bring a blanket and a light jacket, it can get a little chilly once the sun sets, the coast is always windy.” Sulaimon advised as he fought his grin when she would keep catching herself staring at him and try to look away again.  

“Oh, ok, um, which one do you think?” Zakira asked as she got her coats, jackets and warmer things out and started laying those out onto the bed for him to go over.

“Hmm,” Sulaimon hummed as he reached out and felt the thickness and the materials that made them up before choosing one that should keep her warm as well as looking particularly beautiful and soft. “Probably this one or even this one.” Sulaimon gestured between the two that would be best before gesturing to his preferred one.

“Ok,” Zakira nodded and got a second bag and packed the sweater jacket and a small blanket and another outfit to change into once she would be done swimming as well as a little jacket for Anna and another blanket to swaddle her in and extra clothes for her too and put those into the larger bag along with the diaper bag itself as Sulaimon got a tunic on and his daggers around his waist that still had her engagement ring in the little pocket of them along with a jacket for himself before he put that into the larger bag and slung the larger bag over his shoulder and picked up Anna and left with Zakira at about the same time the other mothers were leaving their rooms.

“Where’s Remi?” Zakira asked Zumar.

“He’s getting our ride, an elephant.” Zumar informed her excitedly.

“He has an elephant?” Zakira asked excitedly.

“Yeah, he commands a troop of them.” Zumar answered.

“Oh, awesome.” Zakira smiled.

Meanwhile Sulaimon’s family was waiting inside in the grand lobby talking to Zara Joy as they waited patiently on Zakira, Anna and Sulaimon as Joy explained Zakira’s full situation while also encouraging them that Zakira would be worth waiting for and to be gentle, generous, patient and kind to her and everything would work out for the best before you couldn’t help but to tell them to go ahead and begin packing for a trip to Willow and back and to make sure they brought plenty of extra carts to cart off not just her things but cuttings and vines and all sorts of plants along with more fruits and produce as well as to acquire a lot of wine jugs because when they would be going there, the grapes would be ready to be harvested and turned into some of the best if not the best wine they would ever drink, along with beer which considering Willow were descendants of Egyptians, beer and wine went with most meals and that even though it was a bit of an acquired taste, it was also exceedingly good and to also get dozens of baskets for the raw gemstones because there would be more of them than they could possibly carry but to disguise it all as food stuffs in large baskets to keep from getting robbed or anything and that they would need at least one large cart just for the gemstones and to go ahead and buy dozens of large baskets just for the gems and that Wenet would be making all of the gemstones that would ever be on Zakira’s land come right up to the surface and that as soon as the sheep were done grazing that they would just need little garden shovels to dig them all up as well as informed them that Zakira actually had a herd of sheep and a herd of every variety of goats along with a few cows and several horses and that Zakira had discovered a way to spin a variety of fabrics that were both unbelievably soft while being very warm that was her signature trademark and that any clothes made using her fabrics were always the best as well as being worth the most and to let her cook once in a while because cooking did make her happy and that her food was always the best in all of Willow before Zakira and Sulaimon along with the other couples showed up and started to get ready to go while Sully sent his attendant with the orders and instructions to his Steward to start preparing to go to Willow along with repeating all of your instructions and advice but put higher numbers with them just in case you had been low-balling those numbers.

“Wow,” everyone from Willow breathed in awe when they left the palace to see a line of elephants at the bottom of the stairs.

“Look what Daddy is riding!” Zumar exclaimed to Zehra who kicked and squealed excitedly as she came near and watched as Remi got down from on top of the lead elephant’s head and came down to greet her. Hugging her and kissing her sweetly even though they had only been apart for merely an hour.

“Meet Tyra,” Remi introduced.

“Hi Tyra,” Zumar greeted as she came and pet the elephant before Remi instructed her on how to get up and held Zehra and hugged and kissed his daughter affectionately so her mother could climb up on Tyra easier as the elephant herself helped Zumar up onto her back before Remi got up too as Zumar scooted back so he could sit where he had been sitting and once he got up he handed Zehra back to Zumar to hold again and put back into her mother’s sling before Zumar scooted closer to Remi, putting one arm around Zehra and the other around Remi the best that she could before kissing his back sweetly, making Remi reach down and rub her arm that was around him affectionately.

Zakira was led past the elephants to see over a dozen carriages, the first one obviously belonged to the royal family and then there was a couple of carts behind it that had all sorts of things on it, a tent and special chairs and umbrellas and blankets and towels and things.

The next 7 carriages however belonged to Sully and his wife followed by three carts of stuff followed by dozens of other carriages and carts belonging to the families of the escorts followed by dozens and dozens of horses who were still being led out of the royal stables.

“Zakira? Could Ajay ride Daunte?” Zaida asked once she learned that Zakira wouldn’t be riding her horse to the beach.

“As long as Ajay is gentle with him.” Zakira answered as she looked from Zaida to Ajay a little warily. “Just remember that Daunte is very touchy about his sides so you can not kick him to go faster unless you want to do nothing but run the whole way there, only squeeze, gently. And ask him to do what you want. He’s good with spoken commands and you have to talk nicely to him, if you yell at him when he hasn’t done anything bad, he might buck you off.” Zakira cautioned Ajay. “Actually let me go with you and introduce you, otherwise he may not take you as a rider.” Zakira suggested.  

“I’ll be right back,” Zakira told Sulaimon and left with Zaida and Ajay and quickly walked to the stables where Daunte was getting upset that the other horses were about to go on a ride without him. His big black body pressing up against the door to the stall while his head and neck stretched out over the top of the lower door to get a good view of the rest of the barn.

“Hey Baby, how’s my Baby Daunte?” Zakira cooed to Daunte who was so relieved and thrilled to finally see his ‘mama’ again and whinnied to her and rubbed his face all over her front before hugging her as she hugged him as Zakira giggled. “Yes I’ve missed you too, you been a good boy?” Zakira continued to coo to him as she hugged him and pet his neck. “Yes I’m sure you have, listen, I have a friend I want you to meet, this, is Ajay, can you be nice to Ajay?” Zakira introduced and got Ajay’s hand and brought it to Daunte’s muzzle to let Daunte smell him.

“So listen I need you to be good and let Ajay ride you and not buck him off ok?” Zakira asked Daunte as Ajay pet Daunte’s head.

“Ok good, come on Baby.” Zakira led him to the saddling area and got her riding pad that had stirrups  and put that on him. “Good boy, you’re such a good boy.” Zakira praised Daunte as he stood perfectly still and let her cinch it up on him before she led him out of the barn with the other horses.

“Oh my gods, he’s beautiful!” Sulaimon’s family praised when they saw Zakira’s big black stallion.

“Thank you, this is Daunte, I helped birth him, his mama is Fawn who is still back in Willow. He’s only three and he’s been a dream to teach how to take a rider.” Zakira praised as Sulaimon’s family came up to greet the horse.

“His conformation is perfect.” Tavi, Hazine’s husband awed since his family was in the horse business.

“Conformation?” Zakira repeated in confusion.

“The way he’s put together, his proportions, the way he stands, where and how high his withers are.” Tavi tried to explain.

“Oh, well, good,” Zakira nodded. “You hear that? They think you’re perfect.” Zakira giggled to Daunte as she put her forehead on his. “Ok, now Ajay is going to ride you and you’re going to be good right? No bucking, no trying to scrape him off on a tree or anything right?” Zakira prompted Daunte before she gestured to Ajay to get on Daunte. Daunte stood perfectly still to let Ajay get on him and once he was on Daunte looked at Ajay questioningly then back to Zakira.

“Oh, you’ll live, it’s only for a day.” Zakira reminded Daunte who brushed his head back onto her front again. “Thanks, like I didn’t have enough of your hair on me already.” Zakira teased Daunte with a snickering laugh but when she went to get into the carriage, Daunte followed her like a puppy and began to whiny again.

“It’s a carriage, I’m allowed to ride in a carriage and take a mode of transportation that isn’t you.” Zakira reminded him with another laugh as everyone snickered and got into one of the several carriages that Sully had brought before she got into the one that Sulaimon, Anna, Dalia and Yanni and their four kids in it and realized it was quite plush and very comfortable. “See? I’m ok, the carriage isn’t eating me or anything.” Zakira said from the window seat as she reached out to pet Daunte’s head before Daunte put his head through the window to see inside the carriage and to sniff and lick Anna who was happy to have him close again, kissing his muzzle and petting his nose, making everyone laugh again. “No, there’s not room enough to have you in here with me.” Zakira teased which made everyone continue to laugh as she tried pushing his head out. “You’re making yourself look ridiculous, come on, out,” Zakira persuaded Daunte as she managed to push his head out of the carriage.

“Go, go find Zaida, make sure she’s ok. Ajay is supposed to be with her, let him be with her. I know you love me and you want to stay with me, but I don’t know how narrow the streets may be and you can’t ride next to me. I know you want to, but you can’t ok? Go, go find Zaida.” Zakira ordered him before Daunte huffed and finally let Ajay lead him away.

“I swear, he gets anxiety if we’re separated.” Zakira joked as everyone else continued to snicker their laughter. “I wanted to bring his mama instead because she is much calmer and isn’t nearly as spirited as he is but he wouldn’t let me leave Willow without him and I didn’t need a pack horse so Daunte it was, besides I’m pretty sure Fawn is pregnant anyway, she didn’t need that kind of stress on her body.” Zakira shrugged.

Zakira soon found Thalia, Dalia’s daughter next to her between her and Sulaimon and Shaeen, Dalia’s son right across from her, Shaeen looking at her like she was the most beautiful, sublime creature he had ever seen and Zakira could tell he had a crush on her, even though he was only 9 while Thalia was only 6 and Sura who was 4 and sitting between Dalia and Yanni, drawing on a piece of paper while Dalia’s two year old sat on Dalia’s lap while they broke into the breakfast basket that had all sorts of foods in it to eat breakfast on the way there.

“So how long will it take to get to the coast?” Zakira asked between bites of her breakfast.

“About half an hour.” Dalia answered.

“Oh that’s not bad.” Zakira nodded before she got into her bag and got her notebook she had been writing songs in along with a thesaurus and a pencil.

“What are you doing?” Thalia asked.

“I’m writing some songs for the concert in a few days.” Zakira answered.

“Why do you need a thesaurus?” Thalia questioned.

“Well a thesaurus will give me words that are similar to other words so that the song will have the same meaning but will still rhyme. Like for instance...” Zakira started going through examples and had Thalia read the songs herself since only in the last two years she was learning how to read herself as everyone else watched on in amusement and appreciation as the other families of Willow continued to gather and get ready to go before they all finally left for the coast.

However the time passed quickly as they watched Zakira continue to work with Thalia who seemed to learn more from the brief time with Zakira than she usually did spending her whole day with the private tutors back at home while Yanni seemed to be just as inspired by Zakira’s songs that he took out a stack of music sheets and started to write melodies and writing down Zakira’s songs on them.

As soon as the ocean breeze blew and wafted into the carriage Zakira was pulled from the books to look out and could faintly see the ocean in the distance, smiling excitedly at the sight of such beautiful blue waters and the gentle morning waves.

“So how often do you guys get to go to the beach?” Zakira asked Thalia.

“A lot during the summer,” Thalia answered. “Usually once a week or once every two weeks. It’s a lot of fun, I always eat so many prawns!” Thalia answered excitedly.

“I know I saw you eat a lot of them yesterday,” Zakira giggled before Thalia listed off all the seafood she liked or didn’t like and before Zakira knew it they were at the shore and it was time to leave the carriage before Sully picked out his preferred spot and their servants began to set up the large tent like canopies and chairs and things for everyone.

Soon however Daunte returned to her without Ajay.

“Oh my goodness, where’s Ajay? You didn’t buck him off did you?” Zakira laughed and got his riding pad and halter off of him as she saw Ajay nearby, his family and Zaida’s family having a similar set up as her own.

“Come on, let’s get in the water while they’re setting up.” Dalia invited as she and her sisters and sisters in law and the guys started stripping down to their bathing suites while the babies simply wore special diapers. Zakira agreed and stripped down to her bathing suit and everyone including Sulaimon fought not to stare, she was the sexiest woman there before Zakira got Anna back from Sulaimon and walked with everyone else towards the water, her feet sinking into the silky soft sand with Daunte still following her like a puppy before he stopped and sniffed at the waves washing up onto the shore.

“Now you just have to be careful because the waves can get strong enough to knock you over and over there is a rip tide where a current can pull you out to sea.” Gulnar warned as they walked out into the water, it getting deeper, the water coming up to their upper thighs, because it was late summer, the waters were perfectly warm yet refreshing before they found the sand bar and sat down on it with the babies and little kids as the older kids went out into the deeper water with their grandpa or ‘Papa’ as they called him before he started throwing them out, all of them squealing and laughing as their Papa threw them, all of them knowing how to swim and swimming back to him once they reemerged before swimming back so he could throw them again, the water being wonderfully refreshing as Daunte came into the water and started playing in it before he came out to see Zakira before the other horses joined him in the water, all of them banding together and went out further in the water to swim and play in the water too, the younger kids from Willow swimming with them and playing games around the horses and getting onto their backs when the horses were in water deep enough that they could stand and would stand on the horse’s back and jump off of them as Shaeen found Zakira’s younger cousin, Zakila, who was his age and looked like a younger and slightly lighter version of Zakira herself and promptly fell in love with her and befriended her and wouldn’t leave her side.

“Here, I’ll take Anna so you can enjoy the deeper water.” Coral invited to Zakira before Anna happily went to Coral who started to teach Anna how to swim a little as Sulaimon and Zakira took to the deeper water themselves.

“Can you swim?” Sulaimon asked her.

“Yeah, I’m just trying to get used to the rhythm of the waves.” Zakira answered as her body adjusted to the rhythm the ocean seemed to have. “Does it sting to open your eyes under the water?” Zakira asked.

“It does a little but your eyes get used to it after a while.” Sulaimon answered.

“Ok, well let me try.” Zakira prompted and dove into the waters and opened her eyes, preparing herself for the sting but once she did, she saw the reef that was further out and began swimming to it with Sulaimon swimming next to her under the water before she had to breathe and came up to the surface above the water.

“Wow!” Zakira awed as she looked down through the crystal clear waters to see the gorgeous coral reef.

“It’s called a coral reef. They’re like special animals that live like plants, some of them sting you if you touch them though.” Sulaimon informed her.

“Can you show me which ones to touch and not to touch? I’m pretty sure I can dive down that deep.” Zakira asked hopefully.

“Yeah, come on, deep breath.” Sulaimon encouraged before both of them took a deep breath and dove down, Sulaimon pointing to different ones and nodding no before pointing to others and nodding yes before reaching out to touch them while the brightly and beautifully colored fish swam around them before Zakira reached out to touch the same ones Sulaimon did before they swam back up to the surface to breathe again.

“Now there are some really big fish and sharks that you have to look out for, I’ll point those out to you too, if they come close, reach out, grab them by the nose and push down and away.” Sulaimon tried to inform her as they both caught their breath.

“Ok,” Zakira nodded breathlessly as she tread water before they continued to dive and Sulaimon pointed at an eel and nodded ‘no’ to Zakira before seeing a few sail fish out deeper then they saw sting rays, Sulaimon taking Zakira’s hand over to them and showing her how she could pet them before she did, the sting rays swimming curiously around them in the water, brushing up against them before swimming away before they saw a shark patrolling the reef at a comfortable distance and Sulaimon brought Zakira back up to the surface.

“Ok that huge fish, that’s a shark, but it’s a kind that doesn’t attack, I’ve swam right next to those kind before. So we’re ok. Having fun?” Sulaimon explained and asked as he noticed how Zakira couldn’t stop smiling.

“The most fun I’ve ever had in my life, this is great.” Zakira beamed as she caught her breath before they continued to dive some more seeing more different kinds of fish than Zakira knew existed before Zakira felt her milk come in and knew Anna would be getting hungry.

“Ok, my milk came in I gotta go back and nurse Anna.” Zakira informed Sulaimon before they swam back just as Anna started to get a tiny bit fussy and started looking around for her mama.

“I know, I know, time to eat.” Zakira cooed to Anna as she took her back and noticed Sulaimon’s other sisters were nursing their babies right out into the water, leaning against their husbands chests as their husbands had their backs to the waves to serve as a wave break so their wives could nurse comfortably and the babies wouldn’t choke or drown. And so Sulaimon got into position and for the first time Zakira cozied up to Sulaimon’s chest and did what his sisters and sisters in law were doing. Zakira relaxing completely as she let Sulaimon wrap his arms around her waist to help hold her up and in place and sighing in relief as Anna drained her full breast and then sighing in happiness and contentment at the feeling of being with family and being in Sulaimon’s embrace.

“So how was the reef?” Coral asked.

“Gorgeous, I love it.” Zakira beamed before she turned her head and leaned up to kiss Sulaimon on the cheek. “Thanks for showing it to me.” Zakira thanked him sweetly and Sulaimon couldn’t help but kiss her cheek back as everyone managed not to squeal at the sign of affection while Zakira smiled brightly and giggled in turn, realizing how good Sulaimon’s kiss felt on her cheek while her mind wondered what his kisses would feel like all over her, her cheeks staining deep rose at the salacious thought.

“You’re welcome, any time.” Sulaimon murmured as he couldn’t help but purr happily again and nuzzled his face next to hers as she nuzzled back, a loving and adoring smile gracing her features. Oh yeah. She could see herself living the rest of her life here, with Sulaimon.

“The tent is ready my lady and the restaurant will have lunch ready within half an hour.” Sidra, Coral’s lady in waiting informed Coral and everyone else as she waded into the water, picking up her skirt so it wouldn’t get wet.

“Thank you Sidra.” Coral thanked her appreciatively. Once the babies were done nursing, they got up and waded back to shore before drying off and getting redressed before going into a restaurant that was on the other side of the road that separated the beach from city, everyone dawning their flower necklaces again as they came in and saw a very large table set up with name Kouri, which was the family’s last name on it and had been covered in banana leaves and they sat down as wine and punch was brought out to drink, Zakira preferring the super sweet punch to the wine that was a bit dry before more pitchers were brought out that had spiced rum mixed in with the punch for the grown ups that Zakira could have gulped and chugged down it was so good to go along with the fresh bread and oils and sauces to snack on while their lunch was being cooked.  

“I need like a vat of this to take home, it’s so good.” Zakira giggled as she drank the rum punch and felt the alcohol relax her and bring happiness and merriment to her heart before laughing even more at the jokes Sulaimon and his family started to tell before a feast was brought out and put on the table while Sulaimon finally was brave enough to put his arm around her shoulders as he sat next to her.

“Oh my gods, that’s a bug! A very big ugly bug!” Zakira noted with a snickering laugh as she looked at the very large lobster that was halved as she picked up a feeler and lifted it to look at the outside as the others roared with laughter at her assessment of it.

“It does, but it’s a delicious bug.” Sulaimon snickered as he took one of the knives on the table and cut her a little bite of it before dipping it into a butter then a spicy sauce and handed it to her before she took a bite of it while it was still in his hand since Zakira was still in her lap as she held her and bounced her a little on her thigh as Zakira made a face at the thought of eating a bug as the others laughed in amusement before she blinked in surprise at the taste.

“Do you like it?” Sulaimon asked.

“I do, I didn’t think I would but I do.” Zakira had to admit before Sulaimon put the rest of the bite in her mouth and she chewed it with a pleased grin before Sulaimon got a bite of the lobster and dipped it into a little bit of butter and handed it to Anna to try. Anna however immediately liked it and tried to eat his fingers to eat the rest of it.

“Ok, ok, ok, don’t actually eat me!” Sulaimon teased Anna who laughed evilly which got everyone else to laugh at her laugh.

“Oh yeah, she’s a stinker, come on, she won’t bite me.” Sully invited with a chuckle before Zakira passed Anna over to him so he could feed her before Zakira dug into the food that was put directly onto the banana leaves, loving all the different flavors and sauces and sides and variety of everything and noting how each fish tended to taste different but loved everything, especially the crab and the smaller sweeter fish and the roasted pork that had had been turned on a spit, it had been glazed with coconut milk while rubbed with spices so it’s skin was crisp and practically candied while the meat was tender, well flavored and still wonderfully moist.

Once they started slowing down eating the main course, the desserts were brought out, sweet doughnuts rolled in honey and sugar that Zakira nearly inhaled, her appetite being just as big as it was yesterday if not more so and for the first time in two years, besides her pregnancy, she actually felt hungry and in more ways than one. The closer Sulaimon inched closer to her the closer she found herself inching closer to him until she found his arm around her once more, once he was done eating and wiped his hands off on his napkin, this time his fingertips gently grazing over her shoulder and upper arm as she snuggled into his side and sipped the rum punch so she wouldn’t get drunk, just delightfully buzzed and relaxed and happy as Anna curled into Sully’s arms and chest and fell asleep, her belly full and Sully’s purring lulling her to take a nap as the other babies fell asleep too as the kids started to almost nod off themselves since their bellies were full too.

After they were done, Sully ordered a few more gallon jugs of the rum punch and discretely paid for it since he had sent the money to pay for lunch with his servants ahead of time. And once they were delivered, everyone thanked Sully for buying lunch and took their jugs and back to their canopy on the beach, all the kids and the grandparents taking a nap which left the adults and parents freedom to do what they wanted.

“Hey Kira, me and the other girls were gonna race our horses on the beach, did you want to race Daunte?” Grace invited.

“You know I think I will.” Zakira nodded in agreement and left and got Daunte who was laying down in the sand, having followed the other horses around and had been watered and fed when the other horses had been fed and watered as Sulaimon and his siblings and their mates followed her curiously.

“Hey Dante, you wanna race Baby?” Zakira asked him as she got up on his back once he rolled over to his stomach so she could get on him before he got up, Zakira directing him with her words and legs as she held onto his long mane since he wasn’t wearing his bridal or anything before the other horses got into a group as everyone lined the beach, the horses racing on the shore where the water met the sand, Zakira taking a rear spot on purpose.

“Why are you back there?” Sulaimon asked.

“He races better if he has other horses to pass.” Zakira answered as she pat his neck.

“Wouldn’t you feel better in a saddle?” Tavi asked.

“Nah, I’m good,” Zakira waived off before the other horses got in place. “But you should go to the finish line.” Zakira grinned mischievously before Sulaimon and his siblings and their mates eagerly and quickly jogged down the beach to get to the finish line in time.

“Ready? Set? Go!” Grace’s mom called out before Zakira kicked then held on tight as Daunte sprung into action and raced going out into the water a little to pass the other horses as Zakira encouraged him by saying ‘Go Baby Go!’

“Wow! Look at him go!” Sulaimon and everyone else exclaimed when they saw how Daunte kept passing every horse until he was in the lead and still pulled out ahead until he saw another horse up ahead on the beach who wasn’t even racing and kicked into the fastest run he had to catch even that horse as Zakira held on tight with her legs but smiled brightly and let go of his mane to pull her arms out wide to mimic the feeling like she was flying and right now she could swear she was because of how much her heart was soaring.

“Holy shit, that has to be the fastest horse I’ve ever seen!” Tavi exclaimed, which was saying something because his family also raced horses as Zakira ran past them to win the race but Daunte wouldn’t slow down until he ran up and passed the last horse on the beach, Sulaimon and his family watching in curious amusement once Daunte had passed that horse did he finally slow down and let Zakira lead him back to the others.

“You show off!” Zakira teased Daunte as she relaxed on his back and pet his neck as he came back.

“What would you think about breeding him?” Tavi asked.

“I don’t know if he would know what to do.” Zakira snorted a laugh. “But if you wanted to, sure, I don’t mind.” Zakira shrugged before she looked over at Sulaimon who seemed to read her mind and helped her down from her horse, her sliding down into his waiting arms as he took a moment and just held her bridal style for a moment before he let her back down on her feet.

“Thank you,” Zakira smiled at him before she went up to Daunte and pet him before he rubbed his face on her front again. “Yes I love you too, you raced really good, I’m very proud, now go, go play.” Zakira ordered as she gestured to the other horses before he trotted away and bumped his sister who was Grace’s horse who was the second horse to pass the finish line before she took Sulaimon’s hand as he walked her back down the beach, the two falling into a very easy and delightful conversation before it got a little deeper.

“So how come you’re the only one of your siblings still unmarried?” Zakira asked him as she walked along side him on the beach, her fingers intertwined with his as the waves crashed up and covered their feet as they stepped into the fading hoof prints.

“Well I’d like to say I’ve been waiting for you to come along but that’s not the truth.” Sulaimon admitted with a little huff of a laugh and a sigh before Zakira’s prompting look pushed him to explain.

“Well, I don’t know if you’ve picked up on this, but I was really awkward and shy as a kid and a teenager and I couldn’t talk to girls or women to save my life and I don’t have a head for my father’s business, well, besides the book keeping part, so since I was kind of aimless as a teenager, I got recruited by the army and found out I was good at it and finally found an aim and a purpose and since I wasn’t the first born son who is usually pushed to follow tradition, I was free to choose the army and once I was in, I loved it and threw myself into it as a career and I was always at the top of my classes and performed really well and flew up the ranks but because I was so focused on my career and always around the training arena, I never really had a life outside of it and never really socialized with anyone but my fellow men and it wasn’t until I turned 20 when I was the youngest general ever appointed that I realized all of my men who were usually older than me, all had families and by that point all my siblings had been meeting people and getting married and having kids and even though all of them tried to set me up at each wedding, I never clicked with anyone. And unless you’re in an active battle or war, or training, being a general is a really boring job so I started reading a lot to fill my time and read a lot of really good books and after that, every girl I met just seemed so flat or shallow, I guess, or gold diggers. All they saw was my titles or my family home and any and all prestige my family and I had and they never really saw me and living at home with everyone getting married and starting their families only made my own singleness almost unbearable so I moved out and into the barracks with my men who were single and it became a little easier and after that I was just in a rut.” Sulaimon explained, keeping his gaze down at the sand instead of at Zakira who listened patiently.

“I can understand that, the rut part I mean. And I hope you never think I’m...” Zakira tried to explain as she realized she really only started to really warm up to him recently, but it was on account of his merits and personality and family, not because of what he was or anything outside of that, she had been happy and content with just thinking he was just as relatively poor as she was.

“Oh gods, no! Never.” Sulaimon quickly reassured her and lifted his head to consider her. “No, I know for certain you’re not like that, not even close.” Sulaimon added with a meaningful look that Zakira smiled appreciatively at that.

“Thank you.” Zakira grinned. “But yeah I can totally understand the rut part, that’s been the last two years of my life. After my mother passed, I found out I was pregnant only a month later. Then it was a struggle just trying to prepare for Zahir and my father to return and getting ready for the baby and then days turned to weeks, weeks turned to months and just doing the same things over and over again, making cloth diapers for the baby and making my brother’s old room a nursery since he would be building a house for himself and Grace when he would be getting back and once I had over a hundred diapers in every size a baby could possibly need and more baby blankets and clothes than any baby could ever wear and it was only half way through my pregnancy. Then I was so listless, I cooked every recipe I knew of and invented dozens more but…. slowly but surely every passion I had faded and died and I was left an anxious mess and then none of my food tasted right because it was like every flavor faded and was bland and I couldn’t write any songs because my creative well dried up and I couldn’t play any instruments because everything sounded off and flat in my ears and I couldn’t bring myself to even dance because I didn’t feel like dancing and it didn’t matter how good any rhythm was played, it would never move me and it didn’t matter how many times I cleaned the house top to bottom it still felt empty and lifeless and suffocating-ly small, which compared to even my room at the palace it kind of is, but it felt that way because my family wasn’t in it and then I just couldn’t stand the sight of the actual house and so I would go walking and just walk and walk until the village wasn’t in sight any more and my feet hurt so bad I couldn’t walk anymore and Fawn and Daunte would still follow me because he was a yearling at the time and Zahir and I helped birth Daunte together a few months before he left and he had promised me that we would train Daunte how to take a rider together once he came back but that never happened. So then once I couldn’t walk anymore, Fawn would get down on the ground and let me step over her and then take me back to the village and I would just cry the whole way back because- here I was, pregnant, about to bring life into the world and I couldn’t be happy about it because I didn’t have my immediate family to be happy about it with and then once my feet healed I would just spend all day in the fields with my herds and just lay on a blanket in the tall grass with a pile of fruit and then one day when I was out in the field napping, just waiting to hear Zahir’s voice to greet me when I went into labor and I fought it, for a whole day, my friends cousins dragged me back to my house and I fought every step of the way because I didn’t want to give birth without Zahir. My mother in law and my sisters in law and aunts and cousins and friends still gathered around me and Zamira and her mother and grandmother helped deliver Anna. I had never been around so many people but still felt so isolated and alone. It took three days to birth Anna. The first I was in denial I was in labor and mentally did everything I could to convince my body that I wasn’t in labor and to wait just another day, another week but one thing I found out was that when a woman’s body goes into labor, it’s something that can’t be brought out of, especially when it’s time for the baby to come out and then it took two more days in hard labor, but because I had fought it so bad, my body took an extra long time to finally relax and get in the groove. It was awful. I was beyond weak, because you can’t really eat anything while you’re in labor and Mira and her mother and grandmother tried to make me drink this special tea but it tasted disgusting and so I didn’t drink enough of it and I almost died a few times. But when Anna came out, I finally found my will to live again and was able to bounce back and then it was back to the waiting game but the more time went on, the angrier I got because Zahir had missed so much and then when Anna was only a few months old, finally the men came back. But I was so heartbroken that Zahir wasn’t among them or even my father and brother weren’t among them either that I fell into a depression that lasted the whole winter. I barely ate, I managed to eat just enough to keep my milk flowing but I still lost a lot of weight, I was practically skin and bones with boobs by spring even though I had half the village staying with me and taking care of my house and feeding me, some of them a little forcefully.” Zakira chuckled at the ‘forcefully’ part as she remembered Zara Joy and several others practically stuffing her mouth and all of you laughing as they moved her jaw to chew for her before she would give in and chew on her own.

“And then once spring came I got out of the worst of it but I still felt like I was in a rut until Zara Joy came back with Lomi and when Anna took to him as well as she did and when Zara Joy told me about you, it piqued my interest and I felt like I had been stirred back to life and here I came, but the closer we got to the Crown City- the more nervous and anxious I got because I doubted everything Zara Joy and Lomi told me because I had it in my head that because Zahir’s promise to return to me didn’t come true that nothing anyone ever said would ever come true either because he along with my parents had never ever lied to me before.” Zakira explained as she did her best not to cry as Sulaimon let go of her hand to wrap his arm around his shoulders while her arm wrapped around his waist as her head rested on his shoulder, his heart breaking at her confession while also warming at the realization that she was finally letting him in and so he listened closely and respectfully as they continued to walk along the beach until they had passed his family’s tent like canopy going the other direction before Sulaimon offered every comforting thought he could think of before he assured and reassured her that he would never lie to her either before he stopped walking and hugged her again and just held her for a few long moments because he could tell she just needed a hug and Zakira was ever so thankful and grateful he seemed to be able to pick up on that and hugged him back tightly and held him in turn and really let all her anxiety and anger go and simply stayed in the moment, smelling the ocean and the flowers from the flower necklaces which seemed to have lasted an unusually long time and were still as fresh as they had been when they had been picked but most importantly, smelling Sulaimon and felt the softness of his fur on her face and the warmth of the sunshine and his embrace and couldn’t help but smile. She couldn’t help but feel like this was where she was meant to be. She felt truly safe and happy and completely at peace again. When she pulled away she wasted no time in actually kissing him, framing his face and kissing him firmly. Sulaimon’s eyes went wide for only half a heartbeat before he closed his eyes and kissed her back, keeping his arms wrapped around her tightly and keeping her flush against him as Zakira’s arms wrapped around his neck and shoulders and clung to him like he was her lifeline and for all intensive purposes, he was.

And when Sulaimon deepened the kiss and threaded his fingers though her hair as one hand came up to rest behind her head as the other arm wrapped possessively around her back, the floodgates opened and Zakira kissed him for all she was worth and it felt so much better than she thought it would, or even better than she could have imagined and it ignited a fire within them both that Sulaimon had never felt before while Zakira was only all too familiar with but was so happy and grateful it returned with full force and the more they kissed the more alive she felt until she was just as alive as she felt before there was ever even a hint of a war or battle.

“I love you,” Sulaimon professed when they finally broke for air.  

“I love you too.” Zakira returned and it didn’t feel forced, it felt true and honest and real.

“Will you marry me?” Sulaimon asked.

“Absolutely, I want you, Anna and I to move into your parents house to live with the rest of your family though.” Zakira claimed as they put their foreheads together and stared adoringly in each other’s eyes.

“Consider it done. We could move in tonight if you wanted to.” Sulaimon immediately answered which got Zakira to laugh.

“Ok maybe not tonight, but definitely after Zara Joy’s wedding.” Zakira allowed.

“Actually I heard talk of Zara Joy’s wedding becoming a mass wedding,” Sulaimon hinted.

“You know that’s funny because Zara Joy may have given me a dress that could totally be a wedding dress too, the note Zara Joy put with it said to wear it to her wedding and at the concert but I’m fairly certain it is a wedding dress in it’s own right and it’s in my favorite color, purple.” Zara smiled brightly with a mischievous glint in her eyes that Sulaimon completely fell in love with.

“You could wear anything and make it look amazing.” Sulaimon praised.

“Aww, likewise,” Zakira cooed. “I guess we’ll have to go ask Zara Joy for a ring now.” Zakira giggled excitedly.

“No need, I already have a ring, it’s in my pocket with my daggers.” Sulaimon beamed.

“Really?” Zakira asked before Sulaimon took her hand and began running back to the canopy with her, both of them laughing with delight before they came back into the canopy as Coral, Sully and the children all woke up before Sulaimon got the ring out and everyone reached out for each other and shook each other as they did their best not to squeal before Sulaimon took a knee in front of Zakira in the middle of the canopy as everyone gathered around them, all of them holding tightly to each other as the brightest most excited smiles plastered themselves onto their faces.

“Zakira SuNamune, will you marry me?” Sulaimon asked as he presented his father’s ring which Sully had been working on for over a year. An exquisite alexandrite ring with halos of diamonds all around it, Sully had picked it because it was by far one of the most beautiful rings he had ever created and the alexandrite matched Zakira’s eyes and when Sully had met Zakira, Sully knew that the ring had been fated for her and that it belonged to her. Especially when she had come to his house wearing his jewelry that you had bought for her, all of her jewelry in fact had been bought from Sully since you had brought all of Zakira’s outfits into his shop and he and his sons had matched their best jewelry to each outfit. You had paid him handsomely for every piece, having brought actual bars of gold to pay for it all on a little cart to pull everything since it was far too heavy to carry and had raved about Zakira to them which got them very interested in trying to meet her.

“Yes!” Zakira squealed happily before everyone cheered and Sulaimon jumped to his feet and put the ring on as Zakira started crying happy tears, a bright happy smile never leaving her lips and by a small miracle, it fit perfectly and Zakira kissed Sulaimon again before peppering every inch of his face with kisses as he picked her up and spun her around happily as Anna shrieked in happiness and kicked excitedly from her spot in Sully’s arms before Sulaimon put Zakira down so they could go over to her.

Zakira took Anna from Sully and started kissing her all over too before she turned to Sulaimon.

“Daddy.” Zakira said to Anna as she pointed to Sulaimon before placing her hand on Sulaimon’s chest as Sulaimon started to tear up and put his hand over Zakira’s and squeezed affectionately.

“Dada?” Anna repeated as she looked from her mother to Sulaimon before she reached for him. “Dada!” Anna squealed happily again as Sulaimon happily took her and hugged her tightly and started crying as did everyone else.

“That’s right, I’m your Dada, and I’ll be the best Dada I can be and I’ll love you forever.” Sulaimon vowed to Anna who hugged him back before Anna just kept saying ‘Dada!’ over and over and over again as her legs kicked excitedly and she started kissing him all over too as Zakira stood by and cried even more before she came into Sulaimon’s embrace again as Sulaimon hugged his girls tightly and kept going back and forth, kissing one and then kissing the other as everyone cheered which got the daughters of Willow to come and check out what was going on.

“Is everything ok?” They asked as they cautiously came into the canopy.

“Yes! Guess what?!” Zakira asked before she shoved her left hand into their faces before they screamed and squealed in excitement before they hugged her and kissed her and Sulaimon before they grabbed Zakira by the left hand before Zakira grabbed Sulaimon’s hand and happily let them drag her and Sulaimon out of his parent’s canopy and out with the rest of them, all of them squealing the news to their cousins and friends who all rushed over to them. Zakira being the last one to officially get engaged but also being the one that all her friends and extended family had been waiting for and soon Sulaimon was almost overwhelmed with hugs and kisses to the cheeks by all people of Willow while also getting congratulated by all his friends and family as well since they too had followed him out of the canopy, all the mothers and fathers of Willow congratulating Coral and Sully on having Zakira as a future daughter in law.

Especially Zuhrah’s mother Zohar who’s son was Zahir and gave some amazing insights to them about Zakira as well as a lot of well deserved and earned praise and then once Zakira announced that she would be moving to the crown city, all the daughters of Willow who would be doing the same rejoiced before Zuhrah requested to buy Zakira’s house so that her and Riyad could move into it and Zakira immediately agreed and simply requested to come during the harvest time and still collect her grapes to make wine from them to which Zuhrah readily agreed and offered to tend to Zakira’s vines during the year and also offered that when Zakira and her family would come, that they could take half the produce that was ready at that time of year and that if she came during the early harvest which was in summer that she could keep half the produce on the lands then too since Zakira’s lands always produced the most and best produce anyway and Zakira ended up giving most of it away and was more than even the whole village could consume which Zakira readily agreed to as well, Sully and Coral readily agreed to make the trip to Willow at least twice a year and whenever Zakira wished to go and visit which Zakira was especially grateful for.

Then as the afternoon went on, Zakira and Sulaimon walked along the beach and collected seashells and sea glass as they talked about their future and what they wanted and needed from each other which was eye opening yet thrilling and comforting for both of them since they realized they both needed the same things from the other and realized they showed affection in very similar ways too which pleased them both greatly before the winds picked up and the waves got bigger, big enough to surf a little on them. Sulaimon and his siblings and their mates pulling out their surfboards and showing Zakira how to surf which Zakira wasn’t immediately great at but had a lot of fun trying and learning anyway.

Once it got to be dinner time, they went back into the city for dinner, a different restaurant this time which had a different kind of rum punch, this one had lots of mango, coconut and pineapple, where as the other one at lunch seemed to be passion fruit, papaya and pineapple and a special watermelon drink that had special rum poured directly into a watermelon that had a hole bored into the side and then shaken up and then a thick wire inserted to crush the flesh to release the juices held into the flesh and Zakira loving both just as much and drinking them and eating another seafood spread, this one heavy on the crabs, prawns, lobster and a very great variety of fish, fried and in curry sauces with heavenly rice and Zakira got to try mussels which she didn’t particularly care for and all kinds of clams which she did like very much, the smaller ones especially and oysters which she liked too before trying squids and cuttlefish and even an octopus, preferring the stewed and heavily spiced curried ones better than the grilled ones she didn’t care for the tough texture of the grilled ones. All while Sulaimon and his family took mental notes on. Sulaimon hand fed her since her arms were full since she nursed Anna through part of dinner and once Anna was done, Coral got her back and tried feeding her more fish, prawns and lobster since those three tended to be her favorites as Anna seemed to transform into the perfect baby for her new grandparents, also for dinner they seemed to have a few new guests, a lot of the daughters of Willow and their families had come in and Zakila and Shaeen shared a seat as they ate together, Zakila being taken with Shaeen just as much as he was taken with her, the two giggling and murmuring and whispering lowly to each other and Zakira watched on to make sure her cousin still behaved herself while Dalia and Yanni watched their son with much amusement and only hoped this new romance would last, Zakila was absolutely stunning, even for a girl of only 9, they could see she would grow into a devastatingly handsome woman when she grew up. But she wasn’t the only one, a few more girls had found their way to Zakira’s table to eat with the children of Sulaimon’s brothers and sisters, having radiated to the Rakshasa children just like their big sisters had and excited to make new friends.

After dinner, they all went back to the beach to watch the sunset. Sulaimon sitting on his beach lounge chair with Zakira sitting between his legs as she laid back on him while he had one arm around her waist again, this time Zakira lovingly stroked his arm and the back of his hand with both of her hands with her light but super soft blanket over them as Anna laid her head and chest on Sulaimon’s shoulder a small blanket over her as well as she cuddled into his neck while her pelvis and legs rested on Zakira’s shoulder, her eyes growing heavier and heavier as she was tempted to go to sleep early especially when Sulaimon was purring and stroking her back tenderly over the blanket, it had been a big day for her with lots of excitement and new tasty foods and she had taken to the water like a fish and had loved trying to learn how to swim and had splashed and played in the water to her heart’s content and now she was resting on her parents and was happy. Her mama was happy and content and at peace and that seemed to bleed into her too.

Zakira flicked her eyes occasionally from the stunning sunset and her gorgeous engagement ring to her cousin Zakila who was sitting next to Shaeen on his beach lounge chair as Shaeen put his arm around her shoulders as they shared his light blanket since it was getting colder out as the two cuddled close before Zakila surprised Shaeen and herself by kissing Shaeen’s cheek sweetly, giggling softly when his ears laid back bashfully before he stole a kiss from her in turn, making her blush and giggle even more before she buried her face into the crux of his neck and shoulder as she hugged him and Zakira could only smile fondly at how innocent they both were, remembering how Zahir and herself would do that all the time when they were that age. Zakira expected herself to feel guilty over the memory but she didn’t feel anything of the sort. She found herself feeling grateful- that she had Zahir in her life for the time that she did while also being happy that she found happiness again. Somehow she knew that Zahir would be happy and proud of her for continuing to live her life and finding ways of being happy again and being strong enough to move on and love again. Anna fell asleep just as the sun set and was soon snoring softly in Sulaimon’s trained ear as the other families had started fires right on the beach and had even broke out the instruments they brought and had started to play which drew Zakira’s attention as she felt the music truly move her again and grinned when she realized she wanted Sulaimon to dance with her. She picked up the jug of watermelon punch from the sand beside them and took a long pull from it to really relax and feel loose before she sat up and picked up Anna from Sulaimon’s shoulder as he watched her curiously, wondering what she was up to.

“Coral, would you mind holding her for a while?” Zakira asked hopefully.

“Of course Sweetheart.” Coral smiled as she readily took Anna’s sleeping form into her arms since Sully already had his arms full with his two other infant grand children, both of them snoring blissfully away while their parents were cozied up too.

“Come on, dance with me,” Zakira invited as she giddily took Sulaimon’s hand and pulled him off his chair with an excited smile.

“Uh, I can’t really dance but ok...” Sulaimon mumbled as she let him lead him away as his siblings and their mates scrambled to get up and join them, knowing it was going to be a show if their brother who only danced when forced at weddings while being at least half drunk was going to dance as Coral got up too putting her palm over Anna’s ear as her other each was pressed to her chest so the noise of the music and the others wouldn’t wake her while Sully told his attendants to go ahead and start taking everything down so that when his children and their mates were done dancing, they could go home.

“You don’t know how to dance?” Zakira asked Sulaimon as she looked over at him as they walked over.

“Um...ok, I don’t dance well,” Sulaimon confessed.

“Oh, well maybe you just needed to find the right partner.” Zakira grinned cheekily which got Sulaimon to grin in turn. She did have a point.

“Coming to dance with us?” All the girls and young women asked excitedly when they saw her walking over to them, her walking stride matching the beat.

“Yes I am,” Zakira crooned before they all squealed in delight and rushed her to pull her into the center of them dancing before pulling Sulaimon’s sisters and sister’s in law with them too before they all started to dance to the beat, Sulaimon’s sisters along with Aila’s daughters learning how the daughters of Willow danced and learning to dance that way too before Grace started singing her signature song that was titillating and provocative to say the least but the way all the women danced in unison to the song, following Zakira’s lead spoke of it actually being one of her songs and the way they all rode the beat was beyond sexy and Sulaimon and every other man there watched on with hungry eyes and watering mouths and barely concealed hard on’s.

When Grace was done with her song, Hope sang hers and it was like every woman transformed into a belly dancer or even an exotic dancer at a private gentleman’s club but it was again, every girl taking the lead from Zakira and while each young woman put her own twists and flair to each move, Zakira still was the best, Joy had been right. Zakira was, hands down the best dancer, because she was sexy, sultry and classy without being vulgar. Grace though, she was quite vulgar and it seemed to be her mission to get Omar to loose his load in front of the gods and everyone as he danced with her.

“If that’s how Kira danced for her first husband, I’m pretty sure Anna came into existence soon after.” Yanni murmured lowly in Sulaimon’s ear and Sulaimon could only murmur an ‘uh huh’ and a nod in agreement, not even bothering to take his eyes off Zakira, he was practically hypnotized by the sway of her hips, the jiggle of her breasts and the curve of her smile.

“Let me guess, Anna is going to be a big sister tonight.” Murad teased as he bumped Sulaimon’s arm with his own which still didn’t break Sulaimon’s gaze off of her.

“Uh huh,” Sulaimon said more firmly with a more emphatic nod which got his brothers and brothers in law to snicker a laugh before Ziva started singing her song as she got Riyad, the strawberry blonde tiger to sway with her from behind to the sensual beat and rhythm as all the other girls went and grabbed their mates and led them back between the fires all of them not even putting up a fight or anything before Zakira pulled Sulaimon’s arms up and out a bit and then nestled her back against his front as her hands held onto his.

“Ok, try to keep up with me.” Zakira purred over her shoulder giving him a look that Sulaimon swore could melt his clothes off and keep his dick hard forever. And for the first time without much alcohol involved, Sulaimon did his best to move with her and surprised himself and his family when he was able to keep up enough with her. Of course her subtle but completely intentional- grinding her ass into his dick and once she had it squarely in the dip between her butt cheeks and then sliding them up and down his shaft had a lot to do with it too. She had been right, it was all about having the right dance partner. That and the music was very easy to dance to as well, even the King and Queen were dancing the same way they all were.

“Zakira, it’s your turn, sing ‘Drunk In Love’!” all the girls and young women begged and pleaded before Zeena sang her little bit to tempt to try to sing it as the musicians began to play the song all of them giving Zakira hopeful looks.

“I’ll do Zahir’s part.” Zed offered.

“Please?!” They all pleaded which made Zakira laugh and shake her head and hide her blushing face behind her hands as she stopped dancing.

“No,” Zakira shook her head no as she palmed her own burning cheeks.

“Why?!” They all asked.

“I don’t want to embarrass him!” Zakira pointed to Sulaimon over her shoulder.

“Why would I be embarrassed?” Sulaimon asked.

“Well, it’s a very sexual song that usually has a very sensual dance to go along with it.” Zakira informed him.

“Why would that embarrass me? If it would make you happy and if it’s something you want to do, you should do it, don’t worry about me, I’ll be just fine.” Sulaimon reassured her.

“Ok fine,” Zakira quickly caved which got everyone to cheer. “Zed, you can do Zahir’s part if you want to but I’m gonna change my part so go ahead and do what you feel is right.” Zakira grinned as they all squealed in delight, knowing Zakira’s songs that she was inspired with on the spot were always some of her best work as Zakira took a deep breath and did a small voice exercise to make sure her voice wouldn’t crack. “Ok, one more time Zeena.” Zakira bid her before Zeena did her little part as Zakira moved to a rhythm that no drum was playing to but Sulaimon still moved with her because she was currently hiding his hard on and his body demanded that it move with her and to always be moving with her for the rest of it’s life as his hands rested on her waist and hips.

“I been drinkin, I been drinkin, I get filthy when that liquor get into me. I’ve been thinkin, I’ve been thinkin. Why can’t I keep my fingers off it? Baby, I want you, na, na,” Zakira sang out as her hands went to Sulaimon’s thighs and raked up them with her clawed hands to his hips and then his ass and squeezed as Sulaimon paused and tried not to come from just that simple touch as everyone hollered in excitement as they followed suit and their mates were in a similar position Sulaimon was in as the rolled in at the same rhythm her hips were already moving before she continued to sing her song, changing the lyrics to involve more innuendo than anything.

“Can’t keep your eyes off my fatty Daddy, I want you, na na. Drunk in love, I want you….” Zakira grinded herself especially hard when she said ‘Daddy’ with a mischievous grin over her shoulder at him. “We woke up in the kitchen saying ‘how the hell did this shit happen?’ oh baby. Drunk in love. We be all night. Last thing I remember is our beautiful bodies grinding off...” Zakira sang as she practically slithered down Sulaimon’s body, his hands stroking up her sides and back as she went down and back up again, his hands following the same path that they had made on her way down before finding their place on her waist and hips again as Sulaimon’s breath crashed from his lungs, that was hands down, the sexiest thing anyone had ever done to him and he was ready to pick her up and find her horse and jump on it and ride off back home that instant because he needed her like he needed air in his lungs. But they were surrounded by people and spectators and so he could do little else but pull her hard against him and grind subtly back into her. “Drunk in love!” Zakira sang out with a growl in her own voice that Sulaimon could have sworn sounded Rakshasa to him and only turned him on more and as Zakira continued to sing, thankfully the other girls joined in as back up but Zakira’s voice still carried over everyone and everything and was the most beautiful voice anyone from the Crown City had ever heard before. The more she sang and danced, the brighter her smile got as did everyone else’s. The daughters of Willow rejoicing that their favorite daughter had come back to herself. Sulaimon was one lucky man.

After the song ended everyone rejoiced and cheered before Sulaimon just couldn’t take it anymore, he looked over to where their canopy had been to see it had been taken down and the last of their things were being packed up to which he was ever so grateful for because it gave him a reason to pull away from the party.

“Things just got packed up, we should go home My Love, now.” Sulaimon growled sexily in Zakira’s ear before softly nipping her neck and shoulder which made her gasp in delight and the brightest most giddy smile plastered itself on her face again.

“Yup, time to go back.” Zakira nodded in agreement. “Good night guys! Time for us to call it a night.” Zakira bid everyone who wanted hugs and kisses on the cheeks and to give her their congratulations and praise before she was able to pull away and take Sulaimon’s arm once more as they made their way back to the carriages where Sulaimon put on his jacket and Zakira quickly put on her sweater jacket to stave off the chilly night air and got Anna back from Coral and kept her wrapped in her small blanket before getting into the carriage with Sulaimon, her small blanket covering the three of them as they cuddled close but all the blanket did was hide their stroking, Sulaimon stroking up Zakira’s sides and center through the bottoms of her bathing suit while Zakira stroked his still rock hard length through the fabric of his swim trunks until he had close to cumming and had to reach over and stop her hand to keep himself from cumming in the carriage in front of his sister and brother in law and their family who looked to be asleep but still but that didn’t stop him from going back to stroking her center, the pads of his fingers digging into her folds through her bathing suit bottoms before she took his hand and shoved it under her bathing suit before his fingers explored her curiously before finding her clit again and feeling the wetness drench his fingers as he sunk his fingers into her sopping wet core and found that oh so special spot inside her that made her head plow back into his shoulder as she bit her lips and shuddered a breath through her nose as her eyes looked at Dalia and Yanni to make sure they were asleep as she shifted so he could please her more comfortably as she tried to silently enjoy this wonderful pleasure as Sulaimon did his best to use her subdued reactions to guide him and shortly before they got back to the palace, Zakira came around Sulaimon’s fingers, her clit engorging as her inner walls constricted and fluttered around his fingers as she held her breath and fisted her hand into his swim trunks as her head lulled back onto his shoulder as her eyes squeezed shut as her mouth was open in a silent scream as her whole body became tense then lax before she stilled his own hand and gave him the look he had been waiting for all this time, the ‘I’m going to have so much sex with you’ look before she kissed him hungrily before the carriage came to a stop and Sulaimon pulled his hands from her as he quickly but hungrily licked his fingers clean which made Zakira blush deeply before he gathered their stuff as Dalia and Yanni woke up too as the motion of the carriage stopping stirred them awake.

“Hey, would you mind if we came over tomorrow during lunch so we could discuss wedding plans?” Dalia asked.

“Uh, actually I already have a dress and jewelry but sure if you want to.” Zakira agreed.

“Ok, I’ll let my mom and my sisters know. Goodnight Kira, sweet dreams, when and if you actually get a chance to sleep.” Dalia giggled with a wink as Zakira giggled with her.

“Same to you.” Zakira snickered, kissing Dalia’s cheeks before Sulaimon helped her out of the carriage, Sulaimon’s other family leaving their carriages to hug and kiss her goodbye before she and Sulaimon slipped back into the palace with everyone else who had started to come back.

Once inside the room, Sulaimon put Anna into a little bassinette since she was still sleeping soundly before it felt like Zakira practically attacked him, trying to keep kissing him and stripping him out of his clothes as he did the same to her, literally using his claws to sever the strings of her bikini so that she was bared to him before she pinned him to the bed and eased herself down onto him, moaning in sweet relief at feeling filled and stretched again, for the first time since she gave birth as Sulaimon’s eyes nearly rolled backward in pleasure as his hands stroked all over her body, up those killer legs to her hips and waist then to her breasts before they started leaking milk as he then sat up to lick the milk up, his tongue making her shiver and giggle.

“May I?” He asked as he watched even more milk start to dribble out of her nipples.

“Help yourself.” She invited as he licked it up again and closed his mouth over a nipple as his purring became super loud because her milk was, actually so delicious, he almost felt guilty for ‘stealing it’ from Anna but he didn’t think she’d miss it. And the way Zakira was pushing her breast into his mouth and scratching his head, especially behind his ears while she rode him with the same rhythmic movements she had danced to earlier, and moaned at feeling the pressure being built up in her breasts get released was amazing. Even the feel of his arms wrapping around her in between stroking her body all over was amazing before he switched his attention to the other breast liking up the little river of milk dripping down her breast and rib cage, tasting the salt of the ocean on her skin before he rolled them and pinned her to the bed, his mouth kissing her mindless before kissing her neck and chest before kissing even lower, pulling out so he could kiss her ribcage and belly, especially each and every stretch mark she had on her lower belly that the bathing suit had covered up a little, kissing them with care and tenderness that had her eyes watering as she was becoming overwhelmed with emotion, he really did love her, every inch of her, she couldn’t help but feel loved and wanted and desired and sexy and it touched her mind, heart and soul, before he gave a teasing lick to her folds while he looked up from between her legs with a fire in his eyes that stole her breath away and had her gushing again as his tongue continued to lick and speared her folds, licking at her entrance hungrily, he never would have thought such a thing would have tasted so good, but it did and he it was driving him wild with lust and when his nose rutted up against her nub, her legs wrapped around his head as she writhed and made the most delicious sounds his ears had ever devoured.

“Sula, please, please, please,” Zakira pleaded desperately as he was getting her close to her second orgasm and when he traded his tongues for his fingers again so his tongue could sweetly torture her nub as he closed his lips around her clit and sucked hard, it was all over, her legs squeezed his head as her toes curled and her whole body shuddered and convulsed as her belly fluttered as her chest heaved and her voice cut off as she called out his name which was music to his ears as she clawed at the bedding as Sulaiman rode out her orgasm and drank her cream up greedily, his loud purring a constant and even causing his tongue to have a slight vibrating quality which only made the sensations that much more potent.

“Holy shit, wooow.” Zakira panted as she came down from her high and caught her breath.

“Thanks,” Sulaiman grinned as gave her swollen woman hood one last teasing lick which caused her to shiver before he kissed his way back up her body.

“You ok? Or do you need a minute?” He asked with the smuggest grin ever.

“How did you get that good at that?” Zakira asked as she playfully narrowed her eyes at him.

“Uh, honestly, I usually suck at that, I’ve only done that once before and she nearly clawed my face off after like 20 minutes and she wasn’t getting any closer, but then again, young, stupid, didn’t have a clue what I was doing and I was half drunk, and it was my sister Hazine’s wedding which was...like...five years ago? Because Kareem is 4 now.” Sulaimon answered honestly.

“So how did you go from that to..well that magnificence you just gave me if you haven’t had practice?”  Zakira posed curiously.

“Uh, honestly Lomi and some of the others have been giving me pointers for, uh, well three weeks now.” Sulaimon admitted.

“Wow,” Zakira smiled happily. “Lucky me, ok, I’ve rested, back on the horse.” Zakira teased as she wrapped her legs around his waist and guided him toward her center as he snorted a laugh and kissed her softly before he reached down between them to line himself up with her entrance before he didn’t warn her and just sheathed himself to the hilt in her as her whole body writhed again as her mouth hung open as a moan spilled from her throat as her eyes closed as her hands went to his back to scratch and claw down that because his elbows were placed on either side of her head to keep most of his weight off of her so as not to crush her and her scratching cause his own eyes to close in serenity as his purring almost became a growl that and the feeling of being sheathed in her was the best feeling ever. She was heavenly, inside and out as his hips suddenly started to snap into hers, finding a natural rhythm and made love to her and worshiped her body with his own and only when she got to three orgasms did he finally let himself loose in her and stuffed her full and when they had recovered, he rolled over to lay next to her as she got Anna out of her bassinet and cuddled Anna between them as the three of them finally fell asleep.

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oh man i just want to talk/theorize (sort of) about dimitri and peekaboo for a bit so here it is

so like everyone else i’m super hype to see how zack develops peekaboo and dimitri’s relationship w the spectral world. looks like dimitri may be a medium for peekaboo seeing as both times he used peekaboo’s powers involved his body and in those times he hasn’t been shown w a consistent accessory/tool of some sort... irony bc he’d be possessed by the stereotypical representation of a ghost but moving on

based on the latest update, there are probably a few ways we can interpret dimitri’s relationship w peekaboo... it’s obviously not too great based on dimitri’s body language throughout the page

it’s implied dimitri doesn’t interact w peekaboo or use his spectral powers a lot, so perhaps dimitri is just not used to seeing peekaboo yet. i’m not going to talk too much about how isaac could be involved in that w the “accident” but if you remember from the first ch dimitri seems to have met his spirit w no context or anyone to tell him that he’s not just going crazy or whatnot. and just suddenly seeing a spirit that looks like peekaboo following you around... dimitri’s a poc. he ain’t messing w that voodoo shit. that explains the “scared” part (additionally, maybe peekaboo’s aware that dimitri is also scared of the spectral world in general and that’s what they’re referring to in those panels w peekaboo representing the spectral world) but not really the “mad” part... maybe peekaboo played a prank on him or something that dimitri got annoyed at? or dimitri’s “mad” that he’s possessed and has to deal w this stuff and peekaboo can pick up on those feelings?

dimitri is scared of peekaboo bc peekaboo is a hidden monster. this could explain the body language and unease w which dimitri treats peekaboo. i’ve seen posts floating around theorizing this, and it doesn’t help that peekaboo’s blank eyes look a lot like what you’d find in other horror games (that one game w the pixelated floating, smiling head comes to mind, idr the name). peekaboo might be one of those spirits who hides their true form behind a more innocent facade, but if dimitri knows what’s really up and has seen the true form before... (perhaps isaac accidentally brought out peekaboo’s true form?) then heck i’d be scared af too. again, explains the “scared” part but the “mad” part... maybe somehow when dimitri activated peekaboo’s monster powers he ended up hurting other ppl in the activity club? so dimitri is “mad” at peekaboo about that?

EDIT: i was just thinking about this and i’m almost pretty sure peekaboo might have another form. based on what i remember, all of the spirits revealed so far tend to match/include the color of their spectral’s energy color. scrapdragon matches max’s black, eightfold had red and so does flipflop, ed’s spirit (i forgot his name yikes) has green, king c has blue, lucifer is yellow, patchworm has green, and so on (i’m not gonna go list every single spirit we’ve seen). assuming that’s the case then (i don’t think we’ve seen forge’s spectral color yet, but he has gray and orange, which are the 2 colors i’ve seen headcanoned for johnny so...): dimitri has orange spectral energy, but peekaboo... doesn’t seem to be orange in any way at all right now. tbh peekaboo did throw me off at first when i first saw today’s update and that’s bc i was expecting an orange/brown-colored spirit to match dimitri’s spectral energy... EDIT 2: ok so bc ppl are nerds and i forget everything like a cool person, someone brought up (on reddit) that the reason that peekaboo looks like that is maybe bc since dimitri doesn’t use their powers too often apparently, peekaboo is unable to regain their normal form (which may be colored for all we know) bc they aren’t able to feed off of dimitri... duDE!!

on the flip side, it could also be that peekaboo isn’t hiding behind a facade but is just unaware/oblivious their powers could actually be scary to someone like didi. this sort of leads into the next point

this last point isn’t really a theory about their relationship but more about peekaboo themself... based on peekaboo’s spectral space (idk if there’s an actual name for it yet) it looks like peekaboo might be a young spirit in age like hijack as toys are usually associated w young children. sure, there could be other cases as older ages can also play w toys but let’s assume peekaboo is young... you naturally tend to want to be nice towards children, right? so perhaps in lying and not saying he’s scared of peekaboo, dimitri is trying to make peekaboo feel better/happy rather than just being straight w it and being like ‘dude sorry don’t get anywhere near me’. but that’s also prob more dimitri’s personality than about peekaboo’s age so idk where i was trying to go w this point. but also i think it’s interesting that peekaboo asked about dimitri being mad first before asking about being scared... i think children tend to focus more on you being mad at them first and foremost than about whatever they did. and asking about being mad right on the tail of using peekaboo’s powers more... did dimitri purposely punish peekaboo for whatever they did by saying he wasn’t going to use their powers?

anway very very excited to see more peekaboo development! i hope the exact nature/details of their powers gets explained soon; i think most ppl are just saying it has something to do w rubber but it’s been unclear so far... hope dimitri stays on as the main pov for the next few pages like w cody

[recentanimenews]

Manga the Week of 12/8/21

SEAN: Busy busy busy! Almost forgot to type this up this week! What do we see?

ASH: Oh, do I know the feeling!

SEAN: Yen On has the 3rd volume of The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten as well as Reign of the Seven Spellblades 4.

Yen Press debuts an artbook: AidaIro Illustrations: Toilet-bound Hanako-kun. This does exactly what it says on the tin.

ASH: I quite like the art in Toilet-bound Hanako-kun, so I’m looking forward to this collection.

Also out from Yen’s manga imprint: Bofuri: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defense 2, The Eminence in Shadow 2, Final Fantasy: Lost Stranger 6, For the Kid I Saw in My Dreams 7, and The Saga of Tanya the Evil 15.

MICHELLE: As with much else, I do mean to get around to reading For the Kid I Saw in My Dreams someday.

ASH: I read the first few volumes and have the next few on hand, though I haven’t actually gotten around to reading them yet.

SEAN: Three debuts from Viz. Akira Toriyama’s Manga Theater is a massive, 625-page hardcover featuring a ton of short stories from the legendary Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball creator.

ANNA: That sounds like a great holiday present!

MICHELLE: I didn’t love Dr. Slump but really adored Toriyama’s COWA! oneshot, so might check this out.

ASH: Wow, that’s a lot of manga packed into one volume! Should hopefully be pretty good.

MELINDA: This is pretty cool!

SEAN: Kaiju No. 8 is a Shonen Jump + release that already is getting simulpubbed, and has HUGE buzz. A man who works on cleaning up after Japanese Godzilla monsters suddenly finds himself with new powers. Can he now achieve his dream of fighting them?

ANNA: Also intriguing.

ASH: Indeed! I’ve heard good things.

MELINDA: Okay, I’m ready.

SEAN: Rosen Blood is from Akita Shoten’s Princess, and if I said reverse harem vampire story would that get your attention?

ANNA: This fully has my attention, surprising no one.

We also get the final volume of Takane & Hana, the 18th, which is out in both a regular edition and a special edition which has a variant cover and an extra chapter. I’ll miss these goofballs.

ANNA: I’m behind on this series, but I am fond of it!

MICHELLE: I will miss them too!

SEAN: There’s also Chainsaw Man 8, Fullmetal Alchemist: Fullmetal Edition 15, Jujutsu Kaisen 13, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War 21, One Piece 98, Queen’s Quality 13, We Never Learn 19, Yakuza Lover 3, and Yona of the Dawn 33.

ANNA: Stoked for the excellence of Yona of the Dawn and the insanity of Yakuza Lover.

ASH: Always glad to see Yona on the list. I’ve been enjoying Queen’s Quality, too.

SEAN: Tokyopop has a 5th volume of Laughing Under the Clouds.

Square Enix has the 8th Hi Score Girl.

Seven Seas debuts Robo Sapiens: Tales of Tomorrow (Robo Sapiens Zenshi), a done-in-one omnibus from Kodansha’s Morning Two. This is a multi-award winning manga about robots and humans, and how far apart and close to each other they are.

MICHELLE: Sounds intriguing.

ASH: I’m here for it!

MELINDA: Same!

SEAN: Also from Seven Seas: CALL TO ADVENTURE! Defeating Dungeons with a Skill Board 3, DUNGEON DIVE: Aim for the Deepest Level 2, Hitomi-chan is Shy With Strangers 2, and Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games 2.

Kodansha’s first print debut screams “this is actually Vertical”: Emma Dreams of Stars (Emma wa Hoshi no Yume wo Miru). A one-shot from Kodansha’s Morning, but it was originally published in France, and is about the first woman Michelin Guide Inspector.

ANNA: Ooh!

MICHELLE: I second that “Ooh!”

ASH: And thirded!

MELINDA: And I’ll just repeat, “Ooh!”

SEAN: Also debuting is Hitorijime Boyfriend, a one-shot from Ichijinsha’s Gateau and prequel to Hitorijime My Hero.

Kodansha also has a lot of print titles whose ebooks came out a week or two (or more) ago. We see Bakemonogatari 11, Blood on the Tracks 7, Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro 9, Orient 6, Shaman King Omnibus 6, Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie 7, UQ Holder 24, and When Will Ayumu Make His Move? 2.

Digitally our debut is My Master Has No Tail (Uchi no Shishou wa Shippo ga nai), a good! Afternoon series that has the unlikely teamup of a tanuki and a rakugo master.

ASH: Sounds like my kind of team!

SEAN: And there’s Chihayafuru 29, Kounodori: Dr. Stork 18, Love After World Domination 3, My Dearest Self With Malice Aforethought 11 (the final volume), Saint Young Men 14, Smile Down the Runway 21, With the Sheikh in His Harem 8 (also a final volume), and Ya Boy Kongming! 6.

MICHELLE: Insert obligatory Chihayafuru rejoicing.

SEAN: J-Novel Club has a few series in print which, well, are mostly already out, but Amazon lists them as next week, so… anyway, it’s Ascendance of a Bookworm 10, I Shall Survive Using Potions! (manga) 5, Infinite Dendrogram 14, A Lily Blooms in Another World, My Friend’s Little Sister Has It in for Me! 1, Tearmoon Empire 2, and The Unwanted Undead Adventurer (manga) 2.

ASH: I am so far behind on my light novel reading, but there are some good ones here.

SEAN: Digitally we have two light novels debuting. Goodbye Otherworld, See You Tomorrow (Sayonara Isekai, Mata Kite Ashita), a post-apocalyptic journey series that looks a bit more serious than most recent isekai titles.

There’s also Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter (Koujo Denka no Kateikyoushi), the story of a commoner who was trying to become a court magician… but failed. Now his only recourse to avoid debt is a suspicious tutoring job.

We also see Lazy Dungeon Master 15 and the 7th Unwanted Undead Adventurer (manga version).

Ghost Ship has Call Girl in Another World 3 and Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs 16.

Denpa Books gives us The Girl with the Sanpaku Eyes 3.

And Dark Horse has the 3rd volume of Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!.

Cross Infinite World gives us Reset! The Imprisoned Princess Dreams of Another Chance! 2 digitally.

Lastly, Airship has two digital-early titles: The Most Notorious “Talker” Runs the World’s Greatest Clan 2 and Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship! 3.

Too much, too marvelous, too marvelous for words. What titles make you dance?

By: Sean Gaffney

[czec-hoslo-vak-ians]

Michael and Maria💜

Scene goes 👽

I can't believe Max talk Liz into skipping class just because the teacher is out. Any chance Max gets he wants to be alone with Liz even though he can't be with her. Max's staring way too long at liz and not watching the road. He's going to cause an accident.

👽 oh no they can't draw his blood and Liz realizes that they can't. This is great news for topolsky finding out that Max is in the hospital this is her way to get a sample from Max. She definitely doesn't want to make sure everything is okay. I wonder why Maria didn't go with Isabelle and Michael to the hospital. The person who's drawing the blood his hand is sweating through the glove you can see the sweat mark. Michael is a smooth talker and it helps that he's cute. Michael is on the mission to get that blood before it's too late.

How does nobody notice this sketchy guy walking down the hallway. That is cool that they don't ever get sick which is a good thing because that makes them avoid hospitals and doctors and such. It's a good idea to to switch the blood Liz would definitely do it but she's right they would definitely know the difference between male and female blood. What guinea pig are they going to find to give the blood like that. They really only have two options Kyle or Alex. Ding ding ding in the lucky winner is Alex to the rescue to help. Michael getting Max's blood that fast it's way too easy. Here Comes the suspicious guy. I can't believe Alex is going to give his blood just like that. They really need to tell him after he does this. Michael has to play ask the girl out on a date card it's the only way he's going to get close enough to switch the blood. Of course the nurse would be a cougar and say wait until you're 18 then again if I was her I would have said the same thing because he is cute looking. Of course the agent is going to be lurking in the corner.

This is an awkward situation no one telling Alex anyting even though he just gave his blood. I don't blame Alex for being mad or upset I see where he's coming from he feels like he's lost his friends the keep secrets from him and now he's alone. Alex totally knows that Liz is lying when he says it's drugs. I feel bad for Alex he feels like he's being used by his so-called friends. Liz just realized that she lost Alex as a friend now when he walked away. It's good that Max is awake. Max definitely talk himself out of staying in the hospital because he knows that he can't get any tests done. 👽

Those two agents are busted. How is finding out who's after them making things worse it's better than running away that will make it worse running away. I agree with Michael when to know who your enemy is. They almost would have gotten away with it without anyone knowing they switch the blood if the agents weren't on their tail. I feel so bad for Alex Kyle Even thinks that Alex is part of the group he thinks that Alex is the B Team Kyle has no idea that Alex doesn't know anything that he's left in the dark just as much as he is. It's cute that Max and Liz are pretending that they're on a little date.👽.

Liz feel so guilty leaving Alex out of this she hates mine to him. I don't think she buys that Alex but story that it was drugs. She definitely was going to say when you love someone but she couldn't say those words.

👽 she's very sneaky getting Alex to trust her Alex only Alex knew what bad person she is. Alex is such a good friend for not tell Topolsky exactly what he did at the hospital even though he's pissed at Liz and Maria right now.

Topolski is a sneaky little bug who needs to get squashed. Cussing out to have nosebleed just so she can get his blood.

They're both giving their version of what happened even though a Michaels version he's the smart one in this scenario the smart one in this scenario. At this moment in time they do seem like the toast.

Alexis smart boy I'm hoping that he could put the pieces together and realize that there's something off with the Topolski. The moment she said write everything down and sign it Alex Spidey senses off that's a red flag and he knows it. He knows that she's hiding something. This whole situation in a mess this is really include Alex it would be less of a mess. But now not knowing if Alex sign the confession or not he's going to worry Max and knowing that to Topolsky knows about the blood swap everything is unraveling fast. I bet Max told Liz he tried talking to Alex so now Liz is trying again to talk to him she is pretty much begging him to trust her.

Topolski has to be smarter than this she has to know that something is up because Alex wasn't in the room long enough when Liz knocked. Liz is not doing very good job at keeping Topolski away from her desk. Alex is running out of time he needs to work his computer Magic. Topolski just got busted by a high school student. This does not look like a going to end well for Topolsky. What a hard position The Secret of Max's putting Liz in.

💜 the awkwardness between Michael and Maria is great. They don't know how to act around each other now after that kiss. Of course Michael is avoiding Maria he has to keep his wall up. I just love how he just snatches the phone from Maria and takes control of the conversation. Did Michael buy Maria a new phone because a few episodes ago he smashed her phone out the window.

💜 Maria gets frustrated with Michael he couldn't comprehend getting her purse for her until she had to explain it to him that she's in a crisis and she forgot it.

💜 I like the idea of Michael and Maria tailing the agent. She looks so ridiculous in those sunglasses. I feel bad Port Isabel having to be stuck in the car with Michael and Maria while they're waiting for the agent to get out of his room she has to listen to them bickering .

💜 Michael definitely doesn't need two look out. He just wanted her close by so he can keep an eye on her. Meaning that in a good way. Maria lately has been having the best lines. It is so true they always end up in a sleazy Motel on some type of mission. Maria telling Michael he needs toiletries cracks me up, she felt so bossy on telling him on where to look for information on this guy. Well the cat is out of the bag they are on to Topolski.

Well you guys that's to end the episode I had fun I hope you had fun I'll see you on the other side.

[B]Quote of the episode" this is the second time you have dragged me into some cheap motel"

Up next :Heat wave.

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