#I have...a lot of ideas for this series and they keep duplicating like bunnies

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Naked Love - also on AO3

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Matt gets ideas after Orange pins him with his leg by his ear, and starts coming up with some of his own experiments.

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Set after the Wednesday 9/27 Dynamite. Title from Naked Love by Adam Lambert.

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Matt is practically vibrating when Adam storms off the stage, the adrenaline from everything with Swerve making him reckless and overwhelmed. “Hey,” Matt says, breathless. “Hi.”

“Hey, baby,” Adam says. He leans down and kisses Matt’s head absently.

“Hi,” Matt says again. He’s pink cheeked already. Adam fights the urge to laugh. “You, um. You okay?” He swallows. “That was pretty intense out there.”

Adam flexes his hand. “Yeah. Stabbing somebody with a pen could be called intense. Though I had a colleague who regularly got stabbed with scissors, so this is small potatoes.”

“Damn,” Matt says, looking impressed. “I didn’t realize your early indies days were so intense.”

He shakes his head. “Nah, not the indies. That was when I was teaching.”

Matt blinks. And blinks again.

“Are you batting your eyelashes?” Adam asks, and he can hear the incredulity in his voice. “God, you’re weird.” But he gets an idea.

~

Matt’s got a part of himself touching Adam the entire evening, doesn’t leave his side once Adam comes back from his shower. Adam has to practically peel his arms away when they get to the rental car.

“Didn’t you want to drive tonight?” Adam asks. “C’mon, you can’t drive if you’re attached to me. Let go, baby. Get in the car.”

Matt’s sigh is dramatic and long suffering, but he slides into the driver’s seat. Adam doesn’t mind in the slightest. It gives him the chance to close his eyes.

“So,” Matt says, blurting it out like it’s been fighting its way out of him for ages. “So, um, Orange pinned me, like – well, you saw it, right?” Adam nods, not even opening his eyes. He knows where Matt is going with this. “And, well, I was thinking. If you wanted to. Maybe you could put my leg up there tonight?” Adam waits it out a little. He knows Matt will keep going if he gives him time. “Because, like, the stretch was amazing. But also, I could tell – not that I was thinking of having sex with Orange, that’s Chuck’s job – but I could tell it would be amazing, you know? So, like, I figured we could try that tonight.” He pauses. “It’s mean to let me ramble, you know.”

Adam lets out the laugh he’d been fighting. “I like it when you ramble. You do it when you’re real worked up and into something.”

Matt sighs again, even more dramatically than the first one. “Well sorry you looked all hot in that jacket while you stabbed a man in the hand. Forgive me for finding my boyfriend sexy or whatever.”

Adam blindly reaches out and catches Matt’s hand where it was resting on the gear shift, a habit left over from a shitty, used manual he drove back during his early days of wrestling. “You’re cute when you get all indignant.”

“I’m not – shut up,” Matt says. He flips his hands over, lacing his fingers with Adam’s. “I like it when you get all intense like that.” Adam opens his eyes and – yep. Matt’s blushing. He glances over at Adam as they slow to a stop into the parking lot of the hotel. “Reminds me of back in the Ring of Honor days.” He turns even more pink, but won’t break eye contact with Adam.

“Oh,” Adam says. “Oh, I get it. You like me mean.”

“You already know that,” Matt says, rolling his eyes. He sighs, like he’s steadying himself. But he flickers back to Adam’s gaze and then away.

Adam grins. “I see what’s happening here.” He leans in, lips by Matt’s ear. “Go wait in the lobby, get a mocktail or something in the hotel bar, and maybe I’ll give you a little reminder of back in the day. See how you like it.”

Matt nearly strangles himself with the seatbelt as he rushes to leave. “Okay!” he says. He turns, smiling like sunshine. “I love you so much!”

“I love you even more,” Adam says, and he blows a kiss on impulse.

Matt’s smile brights, somehow, even more. “God, you’re awesome. Okay. Text me when you’re ready.”

“We can walk in together, if you want.”

Matt shakes his head, bun falling out in a mess. “No. I want there to be suspense.”

“I love how you figured out how to edge yourself,” Adam calls after him as Matt throws his bag over his shoulder and practically skips over to the lobby.

Adam pulls out his own bag from the car and walks up to the lobby, throwing Matt a wink as he passes him on the way to the elevator. When he gets to their room, he sits and pulls out a few materials he hasn’t used in a while. The vest for Wrestle Dream, one he hasn’t used yet but was waiting to debut. A pair of tiny trunks, extras he always keeps in his bag. And some miniscule plastic hair ties.

“Alright, Hangman,” he says to himself in the mirror. “Lets see if you remember how to braid.”

~

Half an hour, three broken hair elastics, and a clump of hair in the trash later, Adam grins. The vest looks great, the trunks fit (if a little tight), and the three braids on the side of his head exactly match his mental image. He forgoes his thought of using a tie as the rope. He and Matt haven’t talked about that bit.

Yet.

plz b ready soon nick’s here hitting on billy and I can’t handle it

Adam laughs out loud. You sure you don’t want to edge yourself a little more?

That joke is funnier if you know what I know about Sunday

Adam does know, because Matt is terrible at closing his laptop with his emails open. Last night Adam didn’t even mean to read it, but Matt’s computer was making a horrible blooping noise because Nick was rambling about his Billy crush and them boom. The email popped up.

Cute. Get up here.

Adam gets a pump in real quick, trying to get himself a little more like he looked at 25. He’s softer around the edges now, just as strong but with a layer of comfort on top of it, and he hopes he can still pull off the look. The self-conscious worry rarely hits him. He knows Matt will climb him like a tree in any state. But he still moves away from the line of the mirror.

His heart picks up pace as he hears the techy click of the hotel door lock, and he gets in his position. Shoulders up, face in a growl, legs firmly planted.

Matt’s eyes grow huge as he pushes open the door. “Oh. Oh, you even did the braids.” His voice is barely more than a whisper. “I feel like I just time traveled. Is it 2016 again?”

Adam’s façade cracks and he grins. “Figured you might like a flashback from when we met.”

“Always,” Matt nearly whispers. “I always forget how much I like the braids. You should bring those back forever.” He licks his lips, shameless as always, and Adam basks in it.

“Can I…?” Matt trails off. “I want – I keep forgetting I don’t have to ask.” He laughs a little, beaming up at Adam. “Remember back when we first met?”

“When I thought you were hot and fucked up our first conversation so bad I thought Nick was going to kick me out of Bullet Club?” Adam grins as Matt nods. “Yeah. Yeah, I do.”

“You look like then,” Matt murmurs. His hands slide across Adam’s stomach, and Adam flinches before he can stop himself. Matt looks up at him, concern in his big eyes. “Are you okay? Are you hurt?” He pulls his hands away, and Adam wishes he hadn’t. “What’s wrong?”

“I…” He trails off, unable to explain it. “It’s nothing.”

Matt studies him. “Adam,” he says softly. “Please tell me.”

“I just – it’s been years and I look different.” He hates that he feels defensive. He hates that this is weighing on him. “Trunks fit different, you know?”

“I like it,” Matt says, and the way his eyes hungrily trail Adam’s body feels real. “It’s you, you know? Back then you were eating weird boiled chicken and had weird hangry episodes where you’d pout for an hour over having, like, not enough ounces of protein.”

“It wasn’t an hour!”

Matt’s look shuts him up. “You’re so much happier now. You’re always – well, you know how I feel about you, but maybe…maybe I don’t say how good you look enough.” Matt bites his lip. “Like here?” Matt slides his hands down Adam’s chest, and they shiver at the same time. “God, it’s – you’re so strong. And here?” He slides his hands down Adam’s stomach, eyes fluttering shut. “God, all I can think about is how good you feel on top of me, how much muscle you’re made of, how easily you could – could throw me around however you wanted to.” He goes a little pink. When he looks up again, Adam thinks he could cry. “It’s okay to be self-conscious or whatever, but just know that I love every version of you, okay?” He reaches up and twirls a ringlet dropping from one of the braids in his fingertips. “Especially these braids. You should bring these back. Did I say that already?” Before Adam can say that, yes, he had, Matt barrels on. “Doesn’t matter. It needs to be said again. Keep them forever.”

Adam smiles, dropping his forehead to Matt’s. “I know you want to get fucked hard tonight, but I think I’ll be forced to be all stupid and romantic and make love to you.”

Matt wrinkles his nose. “Oh, god, and this is my fault, isn’t it.”

“Yup,” Adam says with a sigh. He cups Matt’s cheeks in his hands. “This was supposed to be a method to drive you mad with my old gear and instead you got all sweet about it.” He kisses the top of Matt’s head.

“You always get all cute,” Matt sighs, letting Adam slowly peel his shirt off over his head. “You’re a terrible scientist. You keep changing your plans halfway through, and a lot of your hypothesisis – hypoth – your predictions are wrong.”

Adam grins down at him as he walks Matt back to the bed. “You don’t know the plural of hypothesis.”

“Well, at least I would know how to accurately prove one,” Matt says back with a bitchy little tilt of his head.

Adam exhales. “You watch it, baby.”

“Oh, no,” Matt says, and he lifts his hips as Adam goes for his belt. “If I piss you off enough, you might get rough with me. That would be so miserable and I’d be so sad.” He flutters his eyelashes.

“Nope,” Adam says, pressing a kiss to Matt’s tummy. “You’re getting made loved to, baby. No wild fucking tonight.”

Matt sighs. “I mean, I suppose. I guess. If you have to.” He looks up at Adam. “You’ll still put my leg up by my ear, right?”

“Of course,” Adam says with a grin. “Use that bendy body of yours just right.”

Matt’s pupils blow and his mouth drops open. “Oh.”

“Oh?” Adam asks. He settles his hands on Matt’s bare thighs, slowly spreading them. “What oh?”

Matt exhales slowly. “Um. I kind of – I like the idea of you, I guess, using me?” He flames bright red, and Adam etches the look in his memory forever. “Like – like you get to do whatever you want, because I’m…yours? Or like I’m a toy.” His face gets even redder. “Something for you to, you know. Use.”

Adam sighs. “We’ll talk about that later. God, you’re so many levels of horny even when we’re about to have sex.” He leans in and kisses Matt, making it thorough and deep. Matt whimpers against him, mouth practically slack. Adam laughs, getting it dirtier, and Matt moans, pushing boxer-clad hips up, wrapping his legs around the back of Adam’s thighs.

“Come on, please,” Matt murmurs, lips still against Adam’s.

“I will,” Adam says. “I promise. I just want to take my time with you.”

Matt makes a weird, high pitched sound in the back of his throat, props himself up on his elbows. “You have no idea how hot that is.” Adam rolls his eyes and pulls off the vest. Matt repeats the sound and drops back on the bed. “You’re not allowed to look that hot and not, like, dick me down so good I can’t walk the next day.”

“What makes you think I won’t?” Adam leans back, falling back as he kneels. He runs his hand through his hair, fingers catching a bit on the braids. “I can still fuck you into next week when it’s all cute and romantic.”

Matt flutters his eyelashes. “If you promise. Also, um. You’ve still got, like, a lot of clothes on. Can you change that?”

“I’m only in trunks,” Adam says. “This is about as little clothing as I could wear.”

Matt shrugs. “Still too much. Come on. Take them off.”

“Demanding,” Adam grumbles, but he does as Matt requests. “Take off your boxers. Wait. Actually.” He crawls over Matt on the bed and shuffles the boxers down Matt’s hips, locking eye contact the whole time. “There.”

Matt’s eyes shut, a cute little smile playing on his lips. “I like it when you undress me.”

“I’ll keep that in mind when I decide to use you like my little toy, huh?”

Matt moans.

“Jesus, I haven’t even touched you yet.” Adam fights back a laugh. “Look how hard you already are.” He can’t fight this laugh. “I bet I could get you off by just talking you through it.”

“You’re edging me without doing it on purpose,” Matt whines. “This is your fault.” He pouts, turning on the boo boo eyes. “You’re being mean.”

“Once again,” Adam says, grabbing Matt’s thighs and yanking him down the bed, “I thought you like it when I’m mean.”

“Not when it means I’m not getting touched.” Matt, with a hand on the back of his neck, pulls Adam in so hard Adam falls to his elbows, their noses bumping. “That’s better. Let’s have sex now.”

“Romantic,” Adam snorts, kissing Matt’s nose. “Why won’t you let me woo you?”

Matt huffs. “Well, back in our Ring of Honor days, we didn’t have time to be all cute about it. Remember?”

Adam nods, sliding his lips down to mouth at Matt’s jaw, at his neck, down to his collarbone. “I sure as hell remember. Lots of quickies in the locker rooms, blowjobs in the back of rental cars.” He flicks his tongue against Matt’s nipple. “Before you had a beard. Before we had time.” He mouths at Matt’s stomach. “We used to do this a lot.” He wraps his mouth around Matt’s cock, not too tightly, reveling in the whining from Matt.

“We did,” Matt gasps. “We – oh – all the time.” He interrupts himself with a pleased hum, sliding his hands into Adam’s hair. “I always forget how much I like the braids. They make a good handle.”

Adam pulls off of Matt’s cock slowly, lingering at the head in the way that makes Matt squirm. “Yeah? Then maybe I’ll put some in your hair next time.” He slides up Matt’s body, kissing him slow and deep. It’s hard to keep it sweet while Matt’s rocking his hips up against Adam’s, when their cocks slide together. “Talk to me, baby. I know you want your leg in weird places, but tell me what else you want.”

“You – in me,” Matt stammers. His hands scrabble against Adam’s side. “You know what I want, come on.”

“Yeah, but I like making you say it,” Adam laughs. “Hold on right there. You want me to fuck you?”

Matt nods, a little frantic, eyes widening as Adam leaves the bed and walks over the luggage. “Don’t do the fake edging thing this time, okay?” He worries at his lip. “I like it, but I don’t want it right now.”

Adam laughs. “Baby, don’t worry. I wouldn’t leave you. Well, unless we talked about it first.” He throws a wink over to Matt who giggles. He pulls out the lube and condoms. “Do you want –”

“No,” Matt says, looking offended. “I never do.”

“I – shut up, Matty, I’m gonna ask.” Adam grins as Matt closes his mouth. “I might not ask every time, but I’ll still ask every once in a while. Just in case.”

Matt exhales, and he moves like he wants to roll his eyes but thinks better of it. “You’re so stupidly good. That sure hasn’t changed.”

Adam crawls back onto the bed and slides his hand down Matt’s strong thigh, his muscled calf, until he reaches Matt’s ankle and rests it on his shoulder. “And you’re so stupidly flexible.” He turns to press a kiss to Matt’s calf. “That’s changed, but for the better.”

Matt shrugs. “Yeah, well, gotta keep up with the young kids.”

Adam presses forward, and Matt’s eyes widen when Adam drops his hand from Matt’s leg and it just…stays there, pressed against Adam’s shoulder and right next to Matt’s own head.

“This is interesting,” Matt says, near panting. “The stretch is great, though.” He wiggles and his cock brushes up against Adam’s stomach. “Oh, god. Fun banter or whatever but get in me already.”

Adam flicks the lube open and slides his fingers between Matt’s cheeks.

“I – oh my god.” Adam stares at Matt. “What the hell were you doing in the restaurant?”

Matt’s face gets all self-satisfied. “I didn’t go to the restaurant. I went to the bathroom, and got started.” He grins. “Thoughts?”

“I think,” Adam says, lining up Matt’s hole to his cock, “you’re a fucking menace and I love you more than anything.” He thinks about Matt, forcing himself quiet as he worked himself open in a public bathroom. He probably got off on the idea he could get caught. Maybe even pulled up a photo of a younger Adam to make it better. “I love you so fucking much.”

“Good,” Matt says, wiggling his hips. It’s enough to make Adam’s vision go a little blurry. “I love you, too.”

Adam grips Matt’s leg and slowly slides in. He’s not good at this part – processing how it feels, realizing it’s always this intense every single time. He loses focus on whatever kind of wild, aimless fuck Matt wants and thinks about the first time he found a home within Matt. He’d just joined Bullet Club, nervous on a mic and in a ring in front of so many people. He was the fall guy. The one to take the pins.

But Matt saw more in him.

“Adam?” Matt asks. His voice is so soft and concerned it brings him back to the present. “Are you okay?”

Adam shakes his head a little. “Yeah, baby, I’m sorry.” He smiles down at Matt, shifting so that Matt’s leg really is up by his ear. “Just remembering the first time we did this.”

“Aw,” Matt says, face growing sweet. “You really do want to make love to me.”

“Always,” Adam murmurs. Matt gasps as Adam leans in to kiss him. “That okay?”

“Yeah,” Matt replies, eyes a little fuzzy. “God, that angle.”

“Not too much with the leg?”

Matt shakes his head. “No. Not at all. You could go more, even, if you wanted.”

Adam knows what that means, so he pushes further and cants his hips. Matt lets out this dramatic wail as he pushes his hips to take more of Adam inside of him.

“New favorite position,” Matt gasps. “God, okay. Yeah.”

As much as he knows Matt would love it, tonight isn’t the night where Adam can make himself go rough and fast. He whispers everything in his mind into Matt’s lips, rolls his hips with movements like waves, settles himself inside of Matt like he belongs here. Matt whimpers and gasps, nails digging into Adam’s biceps, as he responds.

“Adam,” he whispers.

“Right here,” Adam murmurs, leaning in to kiss Matt’s forehead. He bumps the side of his head against Matt’s leg, laughing a little. “Promise.”

“You really are the worst at being mean,” Matt says, but he smiles as he says it, beaming up at Adam. He has not choice but to lean down and kiss Matt’s pretty mouth. Matt hums against his lips, winding his arms around Adam’s neck, tangling his hands in Adam’s hair. He could live in this moment, forever, and lets every touch linger.

Matt bucks his hips up a few times, pouting to get his point across when Adam pulls away.

“You know you can use your goddamned words, right?” Adam says, moving so he can slide a hand between them around Matt’s dick. He can tell Matt is close, just from the way he rolls his hips without any rhythm.

Matt hums. “Yeah, but where’s the fun in – that, god, okay.” He looks up and locks eyes with Adam, and then they’re both coming at the same time like an old married couple, and that thought alone is enough to make Adam’s mind white out with it all, the bliss and comfort mixing to an intoxicating crescendo.

He blinks, still seeing stars, coming back to focus with his forehead pressed to Matt’s chest and Matt’s fingers carding through his hair.

“That was incredible,” Matt sighs. “But, uh, can I have my leg back? It’s getting kind of sore.”

Adam shifts, lowering Matt’s leg to the bed. “Okay?”

“Much better,” Matt says. He frowns down at his stomach. “How’d it get more on me than on you?”

Adam shifts, feeling his softening dick slip out of Matt in a zing of overstimulation. “It always does,” he replies. He gently swings Matt’s leg over his head so he can fall on the pillow next to Matt. Matt protests for a second, confused, but relaxes.

“Oh,” Matt says, still a bit dizzy. “I thought you were going to try and fuck me again.”

Adam snorts. “I may have the braids like I was 25 again, baby, but I don’t got that much stamina.”

Matt opens his mouth, then closes it.

“You have to tell me what made you make that face,” Adam insists. “I have to know.”

Matt sighs, dramatically, like always. “Well, I was thinking. That could be – fun.”

“What could?” Adam asks. “Me managing to get it up again in twenty minutes like back in the day?”

“Oh my god, yeah, but also…” He trails off and bites his lip, like he doesn’t already have Adam’s complete attention.

“Also what?” Adam encourages. He rests a hand on Matt’s arm.

“Maybe,” Matt says, tracing patterns on Adam’s chest, “maybe, since you don’t like being mean. Maybe we could ask someone for help.”

Adam turns his head, and Matt’s so close Adam has to kiss his forehead. “Help?”

“Yeah,” Matt says, and he shifts on his side, arms curled into his chest. “So they could – could use me first, all mean, and then you could take care of me after? And be all sweet?” He blinks a little. “Like, maybe, we could call in somebody who’s already expressed…interest?”

Adam sighs. “I see what this is.” He kisses Matt quickly, tasting his anticipation and replacing it with a smile. “You want Mox to fuck you.”

“Only if you’re okay with it!” Matt says. He sits up. “I don’t want you to be uncomfortable. And if you don’t like it, I won’t bring it up –”

“No, I like it,” Adam says. He smiles and watches Matt relax. “You’re right. I’m not great at being mean, at least not the whole time.” He licks his lips. “But Mox. Mox would use you like a little doll and be super mean.”

Matt nods so hard that the hair tie, already hanging on for dear life, flies out of his hair across the room.

“Just to confirm, mean to you while he fucks you.”

Matt nods again. “I really want somebody to be, like, so mean.” He lights up. “Oh, maybe he won’t let me come! And then you – you could…” He trails off, eyes going bright. “Adam, I have the best idea.”

The fantasy tumbles out of his mouth so detailed and so specific that Adam wonders if it has been brewing in his mind for ages.

“You’ve got a big plan going on there, Matty.” He yanks Matt over to him, not caring about getting sticky and gross. “Sounds like you’ve been wanting it for a while.” He trails his fingers down Matt’s spine. “Like you’re dying for somebody else to fuck you.” He kisses Matt dirty as he can get it. “Coming up with your own experiments now, you desperate little slut.”

“Is this you being mean?” Matt asks. He lifts his head, grinning. “Don’t stop.”

~

Mini Playlist:

Still Into You - Paramore

Naked Love - Adam Lambert

Stupid Love - Lady Gaga

Do Me - Kim Petras (yes this is on every Matt related fic playlist, no I will not apologize, it's so Matt it hurts)

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Title: filthy rich [2/3]  Pairing: millionare!sakusa kiyoomi x y/n [filthy capitalist au] Genre: mild romance themes, major angst ahead, a bit of mystery, mafia!au-ish

Synopsis: He was perfect, maybe too damn perfect.

Warnings: mild sexual content, yandere themes, toxic relationships, violence, shady business, class differences, mentions of rape, and sakusa being a manipulative bastard [this fic does not in any way glorify these types of relationships!!!] Notes: Happy 605 followers guys! Decided to change this into a three part fic since it would be too damn long....I know this is a long overdue chapter hnnng i fucking hate college i cant wait to see sakusa in the new season, how was it guys? I was absolutely thrown off by akaashi even if he only had like a minute or so screentime hnnng...

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Sakusa Kiyoomi reminded you of an onion.

Over the past three years of going out with him, you seem to find a new layer to him. No longer was he the asshole from that day, he was the sweetest boyfriend, hands down. You were both a bit awkward in terms of affection since you two were treading on unfamiliar territory (much to your surprise, a man like Sakusa Kiyoomi has never been seriously intimate with anyone) but like every other couple out there, you surpassed it. You were now in the receiving end of his soft smiles, warm gaze, and affection.

Although you had your worries like your residency and his company growing bigger and bigger by the day, you started to wonder if you’d last long but the man casted your doubts aside and continued to be faithful to you and everyday you seem to fall deeper and deeper in the rabbit hole.

“...and for the last time, stop buying me expensive things and offering to pay my student loans.” you frowned, stirring the Butajiru for your boyfriend who was coming by today for dinner. Out of spite, early on in the relationship, you had to learn how to cook since Sakusa demanded you to when he learned that you lived a lot on canned foods and unhealthy take-outs. Much to your despise, he even volunteers to pay for your weekly groceries and even got you a ‘for sale’ stove that he apparently can’t return because he misplaced the receipt.

“I don’t get it, don’t partners like it when they’re given gifts all the time?” his brows are upturned, making you scoff. “From past experiences-”

“Are you sure that those weren’t sugar babies?” you cut him off, pointing the wooden spoon on your hand at him, “Because from your description you sound like a sugar daddy.”

“Hey.” He grumbled, walking up to you from behind to envelope you on a hug, “I’m not old enough to be a sugar daddy.”

You shut the stove off and turn to him, placing a brief kiss on the jaw, “You yell at teenagers and complain when it’s too noisy. I think you qualify for a senior discount and a sugar daddy title.” You joked, escaping his grip to grab some bowls so you both could start eating.

“You’re only four years younger than me.”

“Mhm.” You hummed, sticking your tongue out, “Also, aren’t you supposed to be at a party tonight?”

“You weren’t there.” 

“Aren’t you required to go?” You frowned, placing the bowl in front of him, “You know I’m not a big fan of those things and you can’t keep handing it over to Komori-san…”

“And you know I hate it when you aren’t there.” He softly repeated.

You roll your eyes and place your own bowl as you sit in front of him, “Always the smooth talker since we met three years ago.” you shake your head.

“Three years, huh.” Sakusa paused, “Speaking of three years, I was thinking…”

You stopped eating and looked up to face him, his face dead serious, “Move in with me.” He asked out of the blue. Your eyes widen and you let down a gulp, your stomach flipping at his words.

“I-” You paused, “I...I can’t…”

Sakusa tilted his head, confused, “What?”

“Don’t get me wrong…” You started, eyes looking at your food, seemingly nervous, “I-I wanna move in with you, my lease is almost up...but…”

“But what?”

“It’s not like I wasn’t going to tell you any sooner but….but i’m moving.”

Silence filled the room that you could almost hear the pin drop, “What do you mean you’re moving?” Sakusa’s voice was void of emotion and it made you scared for the first time. The man wishes you were wrong, wishing that you were just moving someplace nearby but the next words stun him.

“I got accepted for a huge humanitarian work in Medaide.” You gulped, carefully choosing your words as you slither your hands to his, trying to distract him, “We'll be travelling around third world countries, like the dream I've always told you about. I thought, well, I didn't got accepted since I didn't hear from them but it seems like I did.”

“How many months?”

“It’s- It’s a permanent job, I go back once a year…”

Silence enveloped the room, the only thing that could be heard was the faint sound of the bustling city outside. The world seems to have stopped for Sakusa that time.

“Congrats.” Sakusa smiled softly, breaking the silence, “I’m proud of you, bunny.”

Your eyes widen as you immediately leap out the chair and run to your boyfriend’s side, “Thank god!” you exclaimed, sitting on his lap to envelope him in a hug, “I was afraid you’d break up with me.”

You stare at him in the eye, hands on his cheeks, “Now why would I do that?”

“I don’t know, we’d only be seeing each other once a year if i accepted it.” You murmured, kissing him on the temple, “Thanks for being so supportive.”

You don’t notice how his grip tightens a bit on your waist nor the darken look looming over his features, “I’d never let you go, bunny. Never.” he hummed.

You continue on with your little happy bubble with your ever supportive boyfriend, you start shopping for some goodies for your trip that you were scheduled to leave next month. You should’ve known everything was too good to be true. 

A week before your trip, the company had called you in and said that you were cut off from the team and that apparently your experience wasn’t enough.

You vividly remember Sakusa rushing to your side mid-day when he should be swamped with work, whispering soothing words in your ear. You were absolutely devastated, the dream job you wanted felt like it slipped away, it took you a month to get back to your feet and actually go out. Despite getting over it, you were discouraged, the words they said echoed on your head, thoughts on how you weren’t performing well back  in med school and how your record on residency wasn’t enough.

“Y/N?”

“Oh.” you blinked, looking up to your boyfriend, “Sorry, I spaced out.”

“It’s alright.”

It seemed like the only constant thing in your life now was Sakusa, your friends were busy and they had come and gone, you didn’t want to worry your very busy parents so you didn’t call them about your dilemma. You didn’t want to call your aunt or Hinata about it too since you know they’d tell your parents.

Kiyoomi was the only person who stayed.

He was the only one you trusted.

“Is that roommate thing with you still open?” you suddenly asked, making Sakusa paused mid-movement.

“Of course it is,” He dropped the cutlery he was holding and strode to your side to caress your cheek, “It always is for you.”

“Guess I’ll be able to use my duplicate more often.”

Maybe being a humanitarian doctor wasn’t how it was going to be for you, it took another month for you to actually go and find a permanent job. Sakusa points out that you can take all the time out that you need but you don't want to lounge around and do nothing, you need a good distraction.

So you ended up working for a prestigious hospital as an ER doctor, for a moment, you forgot about Medaide with the help of your new job and your boyfriend.

You were happy.

Really happy.

The idea of staying in Tokyo didn’t actually seem like a bad idea now, you were going to bring it up to your parents and tell them that you wanted to stay here permanently with your boyfriend. They’d probably be happy, Sakusa Kiyoomi is a perfect man.

Until you come to the very sudden realization that he wasn’t.

Kiyoomi hated going out on long distance trips, he always wanted to be next to you or take you with him but this one was apparently too important to skip out so you greet him goodbye and wait for him to come home. Being the good partner you are, you decided to clean the house for your boyfriend. Kiyoomi was an incredibly clean person so you tried to keep your sloppiness to yourself when you moved in a few months ago.

Getting rid of the small dust here and there and throwing some unimportant things on the side, you prepare to throw out the collected garbage but ultimately freeze on your tracks when you find a ripped paper on the garbage dump.

Normally, you don’t do garbage dives.

Why would you?

Yet the name on top along with your boyfriend’s name caught your attention. It was Medaide’s logo, you grabbed the ripped piece of paper and started looking through the garbage dump, it did start to smell but curiosity always got the best of you.

Nervously biting your lower lip, you don’t find all the papers but you find one dated the same week you had broken the news to your boyfriend and the words, “Thank you for your donation and for sending us a group of more competent doctors for this batch.”

Your eyes narrowed as you stood there, shaking, the surge of panic and anxiety bubbling within you made the bile rose on your throat.

What was going on?

Was this really your perfect boyfriend?

Maybe it was all a big misunderstanding, why would your boyfriend do that? What would he even gain? You bite on your fingernails as you walk back and forth in front of the front desk, “Y/N-san?”

You jump on the spot.

“K-Kenjiro-san.” 

“You alright there?” Shirabu Kenjiro asked, tilting his head to the side, “You’re not looking very good these days.”

“Y-Yeah…” You gulped, “J-Just thinking about some things.”

“Well, your shift is about to be over. Maybe you can go home earlier? ER’s pretty much dead right now.”  Your fellow doctor shrugged, you turned around and let out a sigh, maybe you should request to go home earlier. You needed to rest. All this thinking was getting to your head that you had almost misdiagnosed a patient this afternoon.

“Hey Kenjiro-san.” you ask your workmate, “Can I ask you a question?”

“Shoot.”

“I have a friend.” You gulped down, “They’ve got this perfect relationship and he’s a super great guy...then-then they realize that he did something bad…”

Kenjiro looks up from his paperwork and shoots you his usual upturned brow, “Can you specify what he did?”

“He got in the way of their dreams.”

Kenjiro is silent for a moment as if he was thinking of something deep, “Well if I were that person, I’d leave him. What kind of asshat doesn’t support their partner’s dreams?” he asked, placing his hands on his hips, “Tell your friend that they deserve better and not some asshat who is holding them back.”

“Yeah,” you nodded, he had a very good point, “Yeah, that’s right.”

Kenjiro had a good point there, maybe confronting Sakusa would be a wise choice but as of right now you decided against it, you needed to gather the courage to actually talk to him about it. The thing that scared you the most was how much you loved and trusted the guy too much.

He went through such lengths to get you to stay around, who knows what else he could’ve done?

You shake your head, you were being paranoid yet at the same time you couldn’t help it. Your anxiety towards the situation wasn’t helpful at all and it was spiking up and down.

On your way home, you decided to pass by a local pharmacy because your head hadn’t been feeling very well, “Do you have any pain killers?” you weakly asked the man on the front counter, after giving you your medication, you also decided to buy some extra vitamins because you recalled almost running out of them.

“Oh, we ran out of that brand yesterday.” The pharmacist replied, scrunching his brow in wonder, “Would you like another one? It’s not a generic brand but it’s  pretty much the same.”

“Yeah, that’ll do too.” You nodded, after paying for your purchase, you headed home. Fixing up your medicine in your cabinet, you freeze mid-action when you notice how familiar the vitamin looked. Shakily raising your hand to grab your birth-control pills in the medicine cabinet, you almost topple down when you pop it open next to the vitamin you bought.

It was the same.

It was exactly the same.

Before you knew it you were vomiting in the basin, your headache was worsening and the shaking wouldn’t stop.

The idea of the perfect boyfriend was completely erased in your head.

You didn’t look well these past few days, Kiyoomi noticed it because you didn’t even dared to hide it anymore, you wanted to leave him. Not only did he get in the way of whatever you worked hard for but he was trying to get you pregnant without your consent.

You felt utterly disgusted.

You sat at the tub, completely drained from all the events that transpired this past two weeks. The three year perfect streak that he tried to maintain was reduced to nothing but shambles. You wanted to blame yourself for being too stupid and caught up in this sham, your boyfriend was messed up, you wanted to get away but how?

You inwardly sighed, you were stupid. Too stupidly in love and intoo deep the rabbit hole that you hadn't even noticed.

“Y/N?”

Your gaze snapped to find him standing there with an expensive bouquet of flowers, you try to let out a weak smile, “Hey.”

“You’re not looking well.” He commented, placing the flowers on the side as he approached your naked figure on the tub, “Are you alright?”

“Yeah.” you nodded, “Just work.”

“I told you not to overstrain yourself.” He mumbled, bending down to your level, “You might get sick.”

You wanted to cringe away in disgust as he kissed your bare shoulders but you maintained yourself, “It’s fine.” You softly said, “I just have to do my best. I still want to try out for humanitarian work if I get a good recommendation from the hospital.”

You notice the quick shift of expression in his eyes, making you tighten your lips, so there it was.

“Again? I thought-”

“It’s my dream.” You began, trying to give him a smile, maybe, just maybe you can let him see through it, “You know how much I want this.”

“Maybe it’s not meant for you.”

“Excuse me?”

Sakusa Kiyoomi’s eyes widen at the new reaction, your smile turning to a grimace. Over the course of your relationship, you had never been this angry, “Y/N, you know that’s not-”

“Get out.” You shakily say.

“Y/N.”

“I said, Get out, Sakusa.” You yell again, eyes seeing red, the bastard had the audacity to keep pulling you back and doing these things to you. You were downright disgusted at him and everything he was doing, what more would you find? The mere fact that he destroyed your dreams and switched out your birth control had you on edge at the moment and you didn’t want to try to find out anymore, you probably wouldn’t be able to handle it.

He lets out a sigh, “You don’t have to leave the room. I’ll go sleep on the couch.”

You watch him leave and close the bathroom door yet his eyes don’t fool you anymore. 

You didn’t feel safe here.

You needed to get out.

Sakusa Kiyoomi is no fool towards your shift of attitude, he knows something is up when you snap at him when you were usually the calmer one (yes, you may be a bundle of energy and spitfire but you were relatively calm in the most part) so he calls the head of your hospital and sits him down, the head is shaking and on his knees, begging him to spare his life and his job for he did not know that you were overworked at all in your department.

“...I watch over her, sir…” the chief shakily exclaimed, “I always do…”

“So, you’re telling me… that my Y/N is a liar?”

The chief immediately freezes up on the spot, “Good lord, of course not! Doctor Y/N would never-”

“What would it be?”

“E-excuse me?”

“Your hands or your life?”

The man immediately cries out, begging him for mercy for he was innocent but Sakusa didn’t care. 

He didn’t care at all.

Yes, Sakusa Kiyoomi would do anything for you. If someone were to make you sad, tired, weary, or any negative emotion, he’d strike them down, just like how he paid your friends to stay away, just like how he had subtly shifted your parents work conditions that prevented them from returning to you.

You were his and his only.

No one could get in your ways.

“My name is Doctor Sato, I’ll be your new chief...”

You stare at the new head of the hospital blankly, apparently the previous chief, Doctor Yamomoto, had to retire due to some matters with his family. It was a shame, you really liked him since he was awfully nice to you and everyone in the ward, “...L/N-san?” the older man calls out as soon as the meeting was over.

Your gaze snapped towards him as he tilted his head slightly, you’re completely bewildered by the sudden attention from your new boss, “Are your working conditions alright?”

“Yes, chief.” 

“If you have any problem, “ his tight lip turns into a big smile as he places his hand on your shoulder, “Please don’t hesitate to ask.”

You blink at his uncharacteristic request and immediately move back to get away from his grasp, a rather uncomfortable smile made its way to your lips as you nodded, “I’ll take note of that, Chief.” 

Thankfully nothing odd happened anymore after the day ended and as you patched up your things, getting ready to go home, you find your one and only boyfriend standing there with another bouquet of flowers in his hands. The sense of familiar dread sinked in once again.

How would you end this all?

The perfect man was a liar and he got in the way but why couldn’t you end things with him quickly? Why couldn’t you cut him off? You were so angry at him yet at the same time you were so lost, where did it go wrong?

“Y/N…” He greets, “How was work?”

“It was fine.” You quietly replied, turning your gaze  at the expensive bouquet on his hands once again. Ever since you guys fought, he had been buying you flowers and expensive things but you remained the same, you just didn’t know how to act anymore around him.

“How was your new chief?”

You immediately tense up, as far as you recalled you had only met the chief today and no one knew about this outside the hospital. How the hell did this bastard know?

Sakusa notices you’ve gone too quiet, “Y/N? What’s wrong?” he asks.

“Word travels fast, huh?” you blinked, regaining your composure quickly, something wasn’t right now, you knew that something went deeper than that little Medaide charade he did and switching your pills to get you pregnant, “He’s alright and please stop buying me stuff, didn’t I tell you that we were fine already?”

“Y/N-”

You sighed and leaned in closer, pulling down his mask so that you could give him a peck on his lips. Inside, you felt disgusted but this was the only way now, “Stop acting all cringey and lovey-dovey. I forgive you. Let’s not fight again.” You consoled the tall man.

You notice how soft his eyes became.

Yes, two can play a game. 

From stopping you from moving to trying to get you pregnant, it was those things that made you come towards a conclusion that Sakusa Kiyoomi didn’t wanted you to leave his side. The man probably wouldn’t stop at anything, if he was willing to go to such lengths, what more could he do? You let out a tight smile as your boyfriend kisses your temple.

You needed to find a way and quick because the Sakusa Kiyoomi you thought you knew for the past three years was nothing like the Sakusa Kiyoomi in front of you.

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Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U)

Xenoblade Chronicles X, released by Monolith Soft “X”-clusively for the Wii U in 2015, takes place on an alien planet named Mira, where the last remnants of humanity have crash landed after Earth was decimated by a mysterious alien force known as the Ganglion.  The human survivors live on in the form of “mimeosomes”, which are enhanced cyberorganic duplicates, which are being controlled remotely by their real bodies while in stasis in a massive vault known as the Lifehold.

You play as a freshly revived from stasis new recruit in an organization known as BLADE, whose mission statement, besides gathering resources and fending off hostile creatures for the residents of the fledgling city of New Los Angeles, is to find the Lifehold, which was lost during the crash landing, before it runs out of power, killing the rest of humankind in the process.  The only problems is that BLADE is in a race to find the Lifehold against their old pals, the Ganglion, who are committed to finishing the extermination they started.

I normally don’t go into so much detail about a video game story, but goddamn if this one didn’t capture my imagination like no other video game in awhile, especially a J-RPG, with all of their tired tropes.  In fact, while I greatly enjoyed the first game, Xenoblade Chronicles, I found the story to be disappointingly banal, especially from a studio like Monolith, who are known for complex plots since the days of ye olde PlayStation with Xenogears (when the creative team was working under Squaresoft).  I love the idea of humans rebuilding civilization, with their main hub of New Los Angeles having the familiar California architecture juxtaposed against a strange, alien landscape.  I love the idea of these people being trapped in cyber-organic bodies, which if killed, would merely trap their consciousness back in their real bodies in stasis.  What a mind trip it would be for someone close to you to die, but if you’re able to find where their real body is tucked away, you might have a chance to bring them back for realsies!  To the game’s credit, it deeply explores both the negative and positive psychological implications of such an existence, albeit in a melodramatic fashion one comes to expect from most anime (which J-RPGs are basically offshoots of).  The characters are all well-rounded, with Elma, your commanding officer and all around badass bitch, being my favorite.  I even love what Elma says whenever she levels up:

“Strength comes from experience.  That’s true on any planet.”

Meanwhile, whenever my character leveled up she’d exclaim “MY GROWTH SPURT!!!”  Which is... weird.  I guess it’s better than your 13-year-old teammate, Lin, yelling that. 

You’re well-advised to spend most of your time with Elma and Lin, getting them nice and strong.  You can also choose fourth party member from a variety of characters you meet along the way.  The longer you spend time with your team completing missions, the more your affinity grows with them.  One you reach a certain affinity level, it opens a personal side-quest with each respective character, which are worth doing not only to further dive into the story, but for the “fortune and glory, kid, fortune and glory”, as Indiana Jones would say.

While I can’t say enough things about the story, the gameplay is just as solid and immersive.  It plays basically just like its spiritual predecessor, for it should be noted at this point that gameplay is the only thing is has in common with the first game as it does not continue the story.  It’s almost like how Mega Man X *kinda* continues the story of the original Mega Man series, but with a darker, more sci-fi tone.  Xenoblade Chronicles 1 and 2 are pure fantasy (with a lil bit of sci-fi), while Xenoblade Chronicles X is sci-fi fantasy all the way.  It’s pretty much the J-RPG version of Mass Effect, but without all the sex.

The battle system is in real-time, with your various special moves set up in slots.  You can unleash them at will, or wait for your comrades to request a specific move, which is optimal as it is one of very few ways to heal your party.  Plus, those special attacks have to recharge, so you don’t want to be stuck with no specials while your party’s HP is in the red, and one of them is begging for a heal.  Aw~kward!  I do like how streamlined it feels as opposed to the kind of turn-based fighting I’m used to in J-RPGs, although it’s always stressful not being able to control the three other party members beyond issuing generic squad orders like “Concentrate your fire” or “assemble with me” or “GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE” before running from danger like King Arthur and his knights running from that bunny in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

You’ll be using that order a lot by the way as, similarly to the first game, low level enemies cohabit alongside extremely high level enemies all over the world maps.  While most of the time the super strong monsters will ignore your existence, unless you pick a fight or bump into them, others might not have such a chill disposition and will prefer to trample you instead.  Running into an area populated by high-level enemies can feel a lot like when you accidentally wander into a dangerous neighborhood.  There’s nothing like looking for a rare item in a cave only to realize it’s full of enemies twice your level, so you carefully back away like the Homer Simpson meme:

You might think I’m complaining, but I actually really enjoyed this in both games, as it really makes it feel like a truly open world and having to tread softly or risk sudden annihilation from a level 80 tyrant you didn’t know was there makes it feel more like an adventure.  That being said... it can also be incredibly infuriating when you’re flying around in your mech suit, which are called “Skells” in this game, and you innocently bump into a powerful bad guy only for him to promptly blow up your Skells, leaving you with a salvage cost in the MILLIONS.  Yep, that’s when you normally “save scum” by loading up a previous save, but damned if they didn’t make it a pain in the ass what with the obscene loading times and all the fucking menu screens you have to press A through.  While it’s true that players who are savvy about planting mining beacons in the most optimal way to earn money will have more credits than they know how to spend, you will trash your Skells a lot, and that shit adds up, especially when you’re trying to save for more powerful Skells or expensive equipment.

By the way, I don’t want to understate how fucking cool it is that you get a giant mech robot to ride in halfway through the game.  I was already onboard with Xenoblade Chronicle X before that happened, so adding a giant mech robot to the mix is like discovering for the first time how freaking delicious Fritos are in chili.  Like... I love chili, but I had not idea it could be improved THIS much with Fritos!  And just as the initial buzz of getting a Skell starts to wear off, YOU GET A FLIGHT MODULE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO FLY ALL OVER THE MAP WITH IMPUNITY!  Hey, you like chili and Fritos?  Howz about a blow job too?  I mean, you’ll have to listen to an irritatingly catchy J-pop song while you’re getting the blow job, but still awesome!

 Which finally brings us to the music.  Holy shit.  The music is composed by Hiroyuki Sawano, who did the music for the anime series Attack on Titan.  There are lots of great tracks for the game... well except for both the day and night themes for NLA, which will get stuck in your head so much you’ll scream into your pillow while trying to sleep at night (meanwhile in your brain you keep hearing, “Uh, yeah, uh, yeah, oh oh oh”).  Even the worst track is forgivable if only because the main theme to game, innocously titled “Theme X”, is one of the most goddamn beautiful pieces of music I’ve heard in a game in years.  Listen and let the goosebumps wash over you:

It’s obvious I love the game, but there are negatives too.  For one, I didn’t finish the game, because HOLY HELL are the final bosses difficult.  Firstly, any hope that you have of beating them is with your Skells, so should they get wrecked somewhere along the way, there’s no way to bring them back, so you’re SOLAMWF (or “Shit out luck and mighty well fucked” as George Carlin coined).  If you saved before the fight, your heard was in the right place, but guess what?  You’re fucking trapped.  You can’t leave to buy a stronger Skell or level grind.  It’s a goddamn dead end, emphasis on the word “dead”.  Fortunately, being a seasoned RPG player, when Elma asked me not only once, but TWICE, if I was ABSOLUTELY sure I’m ready to enter the Lifehold, I got the subtext and didn’t save once inside.  However, stupidly, I did save after accepting the final mission, which effectively locks out the affinity missions, which can be much less redundant way to level grind than doing the “Basic Missions” (which consists of tasks like fetch quests and monster bounties).  I tried like hell to grind to level 50 and save up enough credits to buy a level 50 Skell (which were the minimum recommendations for evening the odds against the boss), but I still couldn’t beat him. 

So out of frustration and boredom, I rage quit the game and moved on to something that will hopefully be a lot less strenuous... Bloodborne (wah-waaaaaah).  I like Xenoblade enough that I’ll return to it and continue grinding away until I eventually beat it.

So yeah... Xenoblade Chronicles X is pretty fucking great. I would cautiously nominate it as the best RPG you’ll play on the Wii U (below Breath of the Wild of course). 

[disneydreamlights]

So, I've figured out how you'd obtain Moogle of Glory in the MMO. After clearing Beast's Castle, you'd get a cutscene of Donald and Goofy crashing in Daybreak Town. After seeing this cutscene, if you enter then exit the Moogle Shop Menu. Doing that will trigger the cutscene where the Moogle's Keyblade scheme falls through, and the Keychain attaches itself to your Keyblade. Then you can complete the Moogle 'o Glory quest chain.

PLEASE ANYTHING IS FUCKING BETTER THAN THE MOG QUESTS.

I want to max out Moogle of Glory so bad. I literally need a Power Magic medal after pulling every Foreteller but Gula (and guilting Aced and Invi) but the MoG questline is so bad...and only easy to do in 0 AP. I hate it.

You'd actually obtain the Power Bangle after receiving the "Where's Chirithy?" Quest, upon entering the Fountain Square. You'd then get a Guilting tutorial. You'd get a hint that the Chirithy you were talking to isn't your Chirithy when you speak with your own Chirithy after completing the Guilting Tutorial and they have NO idea where you got the Power Bangle (with some foreshadowing since they have a minor, subtle freakout upon seeing that you have it). So yeah, there's that.

Tbh that foreshadowing should’ve been in the actual KHUx now I’m salt.

The Moogle Shop Menu would have buttons for each shop menu, one for Medals, one for Items, one for Furniture, and one for Spirit parts. There'd also be be a button for selling Medals, and a button for selling Keyblade Materials. The Spirit portion of the shop would have two banners that are always there where you can buy Rainbow parts for the Pupstar and Kitstar, plus the limited time banner for other Spirit Parts.

So, the Spirit would be unlocked through simple means, progress past a certain point in the story (not sure where yet, other than it being before Beast's Castle), then head to Daybreak Town. Cue obtaining the new Pet feature. As for the room? You'd unlock it in a Story Quest, after completing the first three Disney World arcs and returning to Daybreak Town, you would get the key to your room. Why a key when you have a Keyblade? To discourage you from abusing the Keyblade's unlocking powers!

Combining these two into both parts because they’re both pet things. I love the idea of a shop where I could buy the pet parts individually. Perhaps do the banners in the same manner as limited edition shop items, with the rainbow items being available for Munny (because let’s face it when you’re at the point I am in the game where you have quite a few million of it, Munny is useless) and having things worth spending Munny on besides evolving medals to guilt them would be nice.

Also the Daybreak Town thing is adorable and hilarious with the key, and if you ask me you actually should hold off on giving the pet until beating the Keyblade War. I think in the MMO since it’d probably go through KHX and KHUx that it would make most sense to not give the pet until the Union Leaders create it in the Unchained Realm.

So uh, I was thinking of an idea for a SUPER RARE Guilt Medal that's used to roll/reroll traits. While Fusing two of the same Medal would still be the best way to go, these SUPER RARE Medals would be an alternative for Medals you don't have duplicates of. It would cost more Guilt and maybe some Munny to use, however. Additionally, I don't know if it should be Phantom Aqua, DiZ, Robed Ansem, Sora's Heartless, or some other villain from the series. Do you have any ideas?

Hooded Ansem. It should be a character not represented yet but still significantly important and powerful within the series.

So, okay, when the Foreteller Deals arrive, everyone would receive a free Medal corresponding to their Foreteller. Each banner would have the "guaranteed in 5 draws", plus the chance of pulling one of the other 4 Foretellers (and Luxu, whom wouldn't have a banner). Luxu would be another Speed Medal. Sharing any of these Medals would change the music in the Player's room to "Dearly Beloved (Back Cover vers.). Players would be able to borrow Friend Medals for single-player portals.

Nonny you’re speaking my language I wasted over 40k jewels for Ava and granted, I got her, that’s 42k jewels I could still have an be well on my way to saving sixty for that Roxas out right now or the Xion dropping in a few weeks.

Okay, so I'm kinda torn on how I want the "Proud Mode" Keychains to be obtained. One way I was considering was having them be available in the "Item" portion of the Moogle Shop, where you can pull a random Keychain from the pool of the "Keychain" Banner. The other way was having Avatar Boards you unlock as you level up where you unlock them with Avatar Coins. I'm kinda torn between the two of them for obvious reasons

So, I think I figured out how I'd like the whole "Proud Mode" Keyblade thing to work. Basically, what if every Story Battle had a "Proud Mode" or something along those lines? I mean, that's pretty close to how canon does it, but seeing as how I've never beaten the first Shadow of the Proud Mode quests... But yeah, what if the first time you clear choice Story Battles in Hard Mode, you got one of the "Hard Mode" Keyblades?

I mean that’s basically how canon does it, but I think having them pull from a banner might be slightly better than just being avatar coins, so long as one Keyblade is guaranteed, but I think it should be available with Event Coins. We have so many event coins left at the end of every event (mine are in the thousands typically) it’d be nice to have something I can throw all those extra event coins at so they’re not wasted.

I also had an idea for the Organization XIII Medals inspired by the AWFUL "Organization XIII Revival" 1 day event. Basically, on the first day of every month, you'd be able to obtain Xemnas from Event Quests. On the second day, Xigbar, and so on and so forth until the fourteenth where you can get Xion. Shorter timeframe? Yes, but it's much less stressful than "Only thirteen days starting from the thirteenth with only ONE CHANCE ever!" Plus, Roxas and Xion medals from the monthly event!

I’d like that if only so I could guilt Xemnas and Xigbar since I failed to do it both times, but I feel like the event will come around again. This is a rerelease of them from the first time after all. Xion medals from any event are also very good to me. XD (Course I more want Xion’s hair but still)

Getting long so throwing the rest under read more for this group.

So, Anniversary Art #6 would depict Nightmare Chirithy in its boss form front and center with Maleficent and Pete at its right and left respectively and two robed figures standing behind them. Anniversary Art #7 would depict Phantom Chirithy in the Background with Maleficent and Pete standing in front of it, and three masked figures (whom players would later learn to be the brainwashed Union Leaders) standing before them. Both would be Reverse Medals.

NIGHTMARE CHIRITHY ART YES.

So yeah, in Unchained X (three whole years after players witnessed their plush companion freak out over the Power Bangle), we'd get a cutscene explaining why the NEW Union Leaders would allow the Power Bangles since they'd probably have learned what Guilt really is. The idea? Use the Medals to imprison darkness with the Guilting Process, and the Nova Attacks are a sort of exhaust to purge dark energy. Now if only they didn't task the TRAITOR with collecting and containing the purged darkness.

So yeah, the plan with that cycle was to keep the darkness from being able to take tangible form so that the Union Leaders could use the Lux the Dandelions collect to turn their dreams into new worlds, void of darkness. Seeing as the series happened, you can guess how well that turned out. But yeah, Lauriam collects all the Darkness and uses it to create Nightmare versions of the Spirits. Speaking of the Pets, as cool as the bottle animation is, spending Jewels for random parts is just, no.

Putting this under gameplay since guilting is a mechanic, but it does make a surprising amount of sense and explain a lot of the reason why the Union Leaders would actually think it’s okay to allow the Power Bangles and guilt in the Unchained Realm.

As somebody who wasted 3000 jewels just to get a full piggy set because she loves pigs and skipped the bunnies because she needed jewels, fuck yes. Do not charge me for my pigs, I don’t care if it’s cosmetic offer at least basics without premium currency and different unique colors for the jewels.

So, I'd probably make it so that you'd use Munny for more than just Fusing Medals. I'd have it so you have to spend Jewels to purchase Items, Medals, and SOME Avatar Boards, sure, but I'd have it so you spend MUNNY on Decorations (furniture), and MAYBE spend both Guilt and Munny on the random Spirit Parts because Spirits are Dream Eaters and those are made of Darkness (the Union Leaders think that they're turning Darkness into Light when they make Spirits. They're not) so continuity nod there.

YOU’RE LITERALLY TELLING ME THINGS SQUARE SHOULD’VE DONE YOU’RE MAKING THE DREAM KHUX HERE WITH MYNNY FOR DREAM EATERS. (How would you sell Guilt given how the mechanics work?)

So, looks like the "Rainbow" parts were exclusive to the Bunstar instead of being a third color type like I thought. So, no "rainbow" Pupstars and Kitstars in the MMO AU. But I probably would still have a permanent banner of some type in there, be it Chocostars or Frogstars or something. Maybe both? Anyway, the purpose of the Spirit is to eat Nightmares that might emerge from the Guilted Medals, with the ones that raise your Spirit's Rank the most being what Brain deems high-risk.

I think they might exist in JPUx, but who cares, do them anyways, they’d be cute. Also frog dream eaters would gladly have me throwing money at jewel boxes. 

So yeah, I was thinking maybe Guilt Prizes would look like the Guilt Symbol, you know what I'm talking about, with each "level" of the symbol corresponding to one point of Guilt. like, Prizes that look like the level 1 symbol would reward 1 Guilt, the level 2 symbol 2 Guilt. The counter would use the Level 7 Guilt Symbol, however. Additionally, Guilt prizes would be inside the bottle in the "Blind Box" Spirit Part purchase animation, until the 3 lights fly in and turn them into a smoke cloud.

Honestly anything that could help with guilt would make anybody more likely to buy those pets blind boxes. XD Only reason I will spend more money on pets is dragon. I got reindeer and fox, that’s good enough.

So, in the MMO AU, the more powerful the attack, the more gauges it will cost. There wouldn't be any 0 SP Medals. As such, Kairi EX's REALLY broken Special Attack would be USELESS in a single player situation, since it would cost 15 SP Guage and only return 5. In Multiplayer, or when using Namine or the Special Attack Guage 2 Skill, on the other hand.

Actually, Illustrated Kairi EX would Coat 10 Guages, restoring 5. Regular Illustrated Kairi would cost 15 Guages and restore 10. They would still have the Canon affects, save for the damage since they would be Team Targeting Medals. Figured that would be more balanced.

Listen I like being broken but anything would be more balanced than what’s currently in the meta with Kairi EX. I actually literally only have my iKairi2 on Treasure Trove just because I don’t have anything better to put there. Actually that’s every Keyblade but Lady Luck now. XD