symbiotic-slime · 7 months ago
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“having a special interest can’t be that bad” I had to convince myself not to get a blond mullet because it was “Eddie Brock core”
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jomamaofficial · 3 years ago
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You should have said something pt.8 (Bakugou x fem!Reader)
AN: Hello there besties, I hope you are all doing well. Here is your daily dose of I like torturing myself by reading Richie's angsty fanfiction. Over the weekends, I've had many ideas and one of them include in making a MHA AU series where their good qualities have been twisted into something bad. And trust me, I won't disappoint. Tell me what you think of that and enjoy this <3. Edit: Part 9 TW: Alcoholism, verbal abuse and heavy cursing. Masterlist Tags: @spicy-therapist-mom @speedmetalqueen @silentw-lkr @loki-an-idiot @clickbait-official @captainchrisstan @kamalymaly
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Crash.
Your eyes squeezed tightly as your hands reached out for your pillow.
Bang.
The tumult seeped in through the thickness of your pillows, your body jolting in a state of consciousness. Sleep in your eyes you heavily relied on your ears. A clogged mind didn’t serve anyone well. You knew that, it was the first lesson taught to you in Yuuei.
“A hero cannot save others when their own mind is distracted. It’s alright to get help, it’s alright to be saved by others as well. Do whatever you can young heroes, do whatever you can to ensure you prioritise your feelings, your emotions and your health first.”
I guess I failed then. Your limbs got up by themselves, your hands clutching the pillow in your fist.
“Who’s there…” There it was again. That weakness that plagued your existence from the first day you were rendered speechless three months ago. No one would have thought this was Number 3 Hero, Y/Hn. They would have thought you were a civilian, weak, helpless and at their mercy. Your shoulders were slouching and you couldn’t be asked to correct yourself. You wanted to curl up in a tiny ball of nothingness. You wanted to be a civilian who could rely on the heroes to save the day. You wanted someone to wrap their arms around you and tell you everything was alright. You wanted everything you couldn’t have.
“You fucking bitch.” He cornered you, prowling you in. With every step you took an inch back, with every inch he venomously sneered. He could have been smiling. He was smiling… it was just laced in bitter poison that was charged by the urge to make you writhe in pain.
Your heart dropped as your back met the cold empty walls.
“Don’t let the opponent get the best of you. You’re not the only one trying to capture them; the opponent, or in your case the villain, is also trying to get to you. Think about their next moves and don’t limit your own movement”.
You tried to step around him but he barked right in your face.
“Trying to outsmart me huh? Pathetic. You can’t even do that right, cornering yourself in the fucking wall. And that’s why you’re number 3.”
Tears threatened to give your feelings away. He was right, no hero would do that. No hero would let anyone trap them this way.
“I’m surprised you even managed to keep your fucking place on the Top 10. You were already a dumb bitch who couldn’t keep up with your worthless fucking quirk, I’m starting to think this year was a joke. After all the shit you stirred up, I’m surprised you haven’t been taken down yet.”
He was right, you always followed his lead, or Deku’s. You never lead yourself because your quirk was useless, people were just kind enough to consider you for higher positions. What was the use of having the record for saving so many people during attacks when… your job never threatened your life? Wasn’t it a hero's job to stay on the front line and fight head on?
Suddenly every joyous reunion with Bakugou or Todoroki-san or Midoriya-san in the hospital beds turned into guilt. Hard guilt. Because whilst you were there nursing and escaping with the civilians and supervising their healing process, they risked their lives and hurt themselves to go beyond what their quirk could do. They could have died fighting and you’d be alive. Alive because your quirk wasn’t strong enough to prevent the attacks from happening in the first place.
“And you’re fucking crying now? Did you just come to the realisation that you were a useless bitch, or is this because of something else?”
A small ball of hope rose in your chest… His slurred words, his strong breath…
This isn’t going to happen again, okay? He’s just drunk. And people say things when they’re drunk. It’s fine, it won’t happen again.
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lilywoood · 5 years ago
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You’ve got a Mail 1/?
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Hi guys I’m back from my little hiatus, I want to thank you for bearing with me, for your support all along that painful time of my life, I want to thank you for all the love you gave to my family and I, most of all I want to thank you for your patience so here it is my new project, my ideal crossover, here is the surprise I was preparing hoping that you’ll come to like it and that you’ll want to embark in this new journey. ♥️♥️♥️
If you like it and want to be tagged in futur part hit my askbox ♥️♥️.
Tag list : @felicitous-one, @translucent-bisexual @cherishingstydia @diazbuckleysworld @chrrlees @justsmilestuffhappens @comablog2 @hardychick89
Word count : 1543
Song : When the party’s over - Billy Eilish
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“Hello my name is Evan “Buck” Buckley, I’m a 28 Virgo firefighter in LA and I recently was diagnosed with severe PTSD”
Buck sighed looking at his computer screen, like every nights for the past three weeks he was writing and deleting the same message, battling with himself about wether he should post it or not, wondering if it would really help, if they were really people out there who could understand him, support him, comfort him... and just like every nights he resigned himself, he deleted the message, closed his laptop and went straight to his fridge shoulder slumped and a tired chuckle escaping his lips, he knew better than hoping, hope was for dreamers, for idealists, for the old Buck, not for the new him, the adult Buck, Buck 2.5.
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Throwing a quick glance at the clock above the fridge he noticed how it was a little close to 2a.m, he knew he should probably get back to sleep, try to get some rest so that he would be fully efficient, so that he wouldn’t give his team another reason to criticize him, another reason to blame him if something were to go wrong.
It was an impossible task, sleeping didn’t mean rest anymore, sleeping was akin to torture for Buck, sleeping meant reliving the bombing, it meant that his left leg will start to ache, would get numb, it meant he would start to feel the heaviness of the truck, that his ears would start to buzz, that his breathing would get harder because the aches were clogging his lungs, and then water would replace the aches, then he’ll hear himself scream Christopher’s name but Christopher never called back, he was never saved...
His eyes kept on going from his couch to the six pack in the fridge, he was tempted to drink it all, tempted to down it until he passed out, after all passing out was not far from sleeping except that they won’t be nightmares, flashes, screams, passing out meant a dreamless sleep and that what he needed, what he yearned...
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He wasn’t thrilled to get to work that morning, his head was pounding thanks to a raging headache and his muscles were sore due to the accumulation of sleepless nights....
He tiredly went through his morning routine, first a little run around his block, then a quick shower followed by breakfast and swallowing all the pills his therapist prescribed, final with little to no motivation got ready for work, already knowing what was awaiting him at the firehouse, knowing that they were going to make assumptions of how bad he looked...
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He knew he looked like shit he felt like it too, that didn’t meant it was okay for people to remind him how bad it was, still he could already hear them, hear the critics, the whispers, could feel the glares...
He didn’t want to go, didn’t want to face them but he had to, he had to prove them he deserved his place, prove them he was right, show them he wasn’t a petulant kid, he was a fighter, a survivor, a warrior.
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It’s been two months since he’s been reinstated, two months since he was ostracized, two months of nasty comments, two months of cold shoulders, two months of isolation, two months of loneliness.
If he was his old self he would have been gutted by it, he would have tried to win them back, would have been crawling at their feet begging for forgiveness , but he wasn’t Buck 2.0 anymore, gone was his childlike naivety, gone was his tendency to forgive and forget, he was like them now, an adult, a grown up forged by deception and betrayal, set on fighting for what was right, for what he deserved, he wasn’t going to beg, wasn’t going to forgive, he was fighting now, proving himself and not letting any of them makes him doubt his decisions, his choices they could either accept it or get lost.
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He was always the first to get to the station, it was a decision he’d made three days after his reinstatement, after he overheard some of his teammates protest over his comeback, after he heard Chim and Eddie joke about how he wouldn’t make it till the end of the shift, after he heard them bet on what his next injury would be and if this time he would finally understand that he wasn’t meant to be a firefighter.
He never felt as betrayed and hurt as that day, never felt so much hate, bitterness and resentment for people he loved, admired, cherished, it wasn’t their comments, their glares and badmouthing that made him detest them, it was how they turned his love and respect for them into animosity, loathing, venom.
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He was well entranced in reorganizing the inventory when he heard them, the taunting sound of their laughers.
He felt a shiver run down his spine, he felt his heart clenching in his chest, he felt stupid and ridiculous, it was pathetic how much he missed and loathed them.
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It was close to lunch break when Hen joined him in the room, he was recounting the numbers of gauzes when she taped him on his shoulder making him jump back .
-Hey Buck, she smiled taking place next to him, didn’t saw you up here, she mentioned.
-Yeah, he shrugged, I didn’t, he stammered, I didn’t really felt like eating today, he chuckled still focused on his counting.
-You know avoiding us....avoiding them, she frowned, it won’t fix things, she offered
-I heard them, Buck whispered facing her, I heard them joke about how I wasn’t fit for this job, he snorted, how I was a walking disaster.
-Oh Buck, she gasped, I’m sure they didn’t...
-They meant it Hen, he cut, they meant every damn words, he growled stopping himself when he noticed her flinching, sorry, he croaked, god I’m such a mess, he mumbled kneeling down.
-Hey no no, she interrupted him, no need, to apologize, she reassured him, Buckaroo, she called softly, I’m not mad at you, she grinned.
-I’m just... it’s just I’m cranky cause I didn’t sleep well, he croaked, sorry I took it on you.
-You’re still having nightmares , she remarked sadly.
-I’m kinda used to them now, he tried to joke.
-Did you told someone about it, she frowned.
He nodded his eyes fixed on some stain on the floor, Hen bumped their shoulders accepting his sudden silence.
-I go to therapy twice a week, he whispered, I have a treatment, he pursued, but sometimes even the strongest medications can’t keep the brain from remembering, he admitted.
-I take that therapy doesn’t help, she stated.
-It help more than I though, he objected, it’s just sometimes I’d like to talk about it with someone that could relate to me.
-Someone with who you could share it without feeling analyzed, she nodded in understanding, did you told this to your therapist, she asked.
-Yes, he chucked, she, he cleared his throat, actually she...she tried to get me to join some sort of online therapy group, he frowned, for people with PTSD.
-And that’s not your thing, she guessed, Buck shrugged not knowing how to explain himself, is it the internet thing or the fact that it’s with people you don’t know, she pursued.
-I assumed that if I needed to talk about it, you guys would have my back, he wheezed, but then it all went wrong, he sniffed, and the only person that could understand me, the only person I could talk with now hates my gut, he gasped, so tell me how can I rely on strangers when my own friends turned their back on me, he smiled tears rolling down his cheeks.
-I’m not turning my back on you, Hen declared hugging him tightly, you have me and Karen if you need, she offered, but Buck, she added, maybe you should give that online thing a shot until things get better here, she offered before the alarm went off forcing her to leave him behind.
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The rest of his day went smoothly, the 118 spend their shift having calls after calls, meaning that he never had to cone across one of them much to his relief, still Hen words have been playing in his head all day, that’s how he found himself glaring at his computer screen once he got home.
He was reading over and over the message he was about to post, trying to come up with an excuse, with anything that could make him delete it once more, but when he closed his eyes to think about it all he could see were the flashes, the memories, the reminders, he needed help, he needed friends and support and if his surrogate family couldn’t give it to him then maybe he could find it in the comfort of strangers.
So with trembling fingers and an over beating heart he clicked send, he took the leap and was rewarded mere seconds later with a new message less shorter than his, and a bit warmer, he took it as a sign that his wish, his prayer has finally been heard.
“Hi Buck my name is Tyler Kennedy “TK” Strand, I’m a 26 Scorpio firefighter in Austin, I’m also struggling with PTSD among other things, so if you ever wanna chat don’t hesitate”
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its-sixxers · 4 years ago
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Why Do You Hurt? OC Quiz
tagged by @third-rail-vip​ and doing this for my Elder Scrolls bbs as they are currently taking up room in my head rent free this week but if people want to see my other OCs I also can do
Quiz here if anyone wants to take it! :D Tag me if you do! Putting Tandreth and Raansi under the cut so I don’t clog up everyone’s dash.
Idunn Kyne-Kissed
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because you have made mistakes you cannot swallow
mistakes come back to you like echoes in an empty cave. you have been trying since you started but does trying count? is trying good enough? every night it visits you, the pain that you have caused with your clumsy hands and venom-tongue. life careens onward, onward, with the moon hung in the sky and the sun the day after, but you walk backwards on this path so you can keep sight of what you did. the destruction still feels fresh. it still feels like fire, where you burned them. fire is supposed to be warm. it burned them, and it will swallow you. blow out the candle. let it rest. some things are better left behind in the dark.
Being the ‘chosen one’ sucks, so this encapsulates Idunn’s whole complex pretty well. She believes that her strength is a gift from the gods and must be put to use helping those who lack it, and when she’s unable to help or fumbles things it cuts her up inside bad. As someone whose talents at their core revolve around violence - around swinging a warhammer and shouting demigods out of the sky - there’s a conflict between her desires and actions that’s chipping away at her.
Indoril Tandreth
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this isn't enough for you
the words creep into your head in the dead of night one night and you cannot get rid of them. 'this isn't enough for me anymore'. you thought this was enough for you at some point, or maybe you hoped that it would be, but it isn't, and it hurts. you need to change something, or die trying. this - life like this - does not make life worth living. there is a lump in your throat that demands attention every waking moment of the day. there is pain in your body like a cavernous maw you cannot keep balance over. this is not what you wanted. you need to change. you can't stay here. it is not a character flaw you want more.
This is so hilariously on the nose for him I don’t feel like I need to explain much. Tandreth spends his life running from his own pain or trying to drown it through whatever means he can, and it’s why his behavior is so risk taking and his lifestyle is so hedonistic. But it’s not working, and the past always has a way of catching up with you. Tandreth tries to burn away his pain or blind it with the light of distraction, but what he really needs is a purpose - something huge, something great to be a part of, something to lend meaning to it all.
Indoril Azuraansi
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you swallow pain & fold around it
you have always hurt. you hold it carefully, and twisted in such a way that other people don't have to see it. you don't choke on it. you don't drown. you just have it, the way some people have freckles, this is a thing that lives in your bones. you fold instead of fighting because you know how to make yourself small, tuck away the places where they have clawed at, swallow the bruises so you seem clean. nobody needs to see it. you will live through this on your own. you know what you need, and relief isn't it. this doesn't mean you cannot reach out - it means it is not in your nature to do so. you should. hiding does not mean you won't be seen.
Raansi, unlike her brother, accepts that pain will come to her. She’s allowed herself to love and to lose. While Tandreth runs away from it, she bottles hers away and isolates herself from others - it’s why Winterhold has been so dear to her. Raansi is carved from ice, isolated and unknowable - but she will melt at the touch of one able to brave the cold.
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goldstonegolem64 · 6 years ago
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Sorry for no chapters last week I was busy with school and work and merry Christmas everyone  Book1 hope returns Chapter22 Crystal venom By goldstonegolem64
Allura still tired after rejuvenating the balmera sat in a field of flowers with the Ai Version of her father in the memory chamber
“So how have you been my darling daughter?”Alfor asked
“ I've been thinking about altea or mother. it only feels like yesterday that I was walking with her though the gardens back home or how we would come to a field like this  an play. I truly miss those day.” Allura said sadly
“I know its hard right now. but remember a leader must do what is right even if it means make the ultimate sacrifice.” the old king said
“ I know” Allura said even sadder now thinking about how her sacrifice would a effect her new team but that time would hopefully never come. But if it did she hopped they all understood and forgave her .
Suddenly the door to the chamber opened and coran stepped in to the chamber
“ Princess you should be in bed resting.” Coran said with a stern look on his face
“Sorry Coran” She said as she was getting up almost falling over
Coran helped walk allura out of the chamber
“ See you later father” Allura said
As the Allura And Coran  left the room the holographic field faded out but before Alfor faded out he flickered them disappeared
in Allura room  
“Now princess please get some rest” Coran said leading allura to her bed 
“alright Alright I will get some rest Coran” She said as she was getting into her bed 
“ Good to hear .Now goodnight princess see you in the morning” Coran said as he was leaving the room.
“goodnight Coran”She said back as the lights in her room dimmed 
IN the Hanger of the green lion pidge and beau were studying the galra power crystal 
Pidge was studying the galra crystal that sendak had tried to use to power the castle of lions with Beauregard 
“So how do you think they made it purple?“ Beau asked
“I think it might just before a different belmare” pidge replied 
“maybe its magic“ Beau counter
Pidge was about to said magic didn’t exist but she has a bond with a flying giant green lion robot that combine with five other flying lion to make a giant fighting robot. A alien princess whose life force was connected to said lion  and  Martian who could turn in a ten foot lizard man with a talking dragon  . So she couldn’t write magic off the list of possibilities. “Maybe I don't know but it is a possibility “ pidge said
Over the speakers coran’s voice said” to pidge and Jay pleace make your way to the detainment room please 
Pidge  was annoy that she was being interrupted. But she make her way to the detainment room
“  Hey are you coming along Beau?” she asked 
“I'm all ready there“ beau said. then he lift sentry he was inhabiting leaving it still as it’s visor color changed from the blue to green.  
pidge stared at the sentry for a few seconds wondering about how beau could jump from vessel to vessel so fast. she might have to ask him later about it. Then she left the room leaving the sentry to guard the now glowing ominous crystal    
A few minutes later everyone was in the detainment room expect for three
“Hey where is jay and fitz?” Hunk asked 
“ they stayed back to double checking the list of thing we took back on the balmera” Rolo said arms crossed
“ Now that we know Jay whereabouts. What are we doing here Coran?” Adam asked
“We're here to get information from sendak” coran said 
“ How are you going to do?”  Shay asked
“ I going to use the memory extractor system“Coran said 
“ So your going to probe Sendaks mind then”lance said 
“Yes but with Sendak being unconscious and unwilling to give us the information. It might not work”  coran said while hooking up the memory extractor.
 “yes but if it dose work we have information on the command structure of the empire military ” Nyma said
“ Ok what are we waiting for lets get to extracting that info” Beau said mimicking Jays voice
Thirty minutes later
“  So how long have we been waiting for ?” Lance asked
“  thirty minutes” Beau replied 
“Ok then I'm going to go train ” Keith said 
“ Can I tag along?” Rax asked
“ Alright anyone else want to join us?” Keith asked cracking a little smile
“ I’ll join you guys” Rolo said
“ Shiro look are little Keith is making friends” Adam said smiling 
“I’m so proud of him” Shiro said smiling as well
Keith turned an jokingly flipped both of them off as he was leaving. Then he came back into the room and said“Oh hey Lance want to train with us?” Keith asked hopping he says yes  
“ I will join you guys later on. I just want to relaxes for now”   Lance said
“Alright see you then Keith said as he was leaving the room again a little disappointed 
“ Alright then I'm going back to studying the crystal. Call me went the information is done being extracted .” Pidge said 
“I‘m going to the kitchen  "Hunk said 
“ I'll tag along” Shay said smiling
“ I most admit I cant wait around while there is repair to be done to the castle. Lance would you care to help me?” Coran asked 
“Alright” Lance said
“Well I'm going back to the hanger bay to rest for a bit” Nyma said as she left the room
“I’m going to check up on Jay and Fitz. I will be back soon  ” Adam said then kissed Shiro on the check
“We will keep you posted on any new development” Shiro said
in the Kitchen a few minutes later 
“ So how dose it feel to be the first balmeran to leave their home in over ten thousand years ?”Hunk asked 
“I’m happy that I'm going to see the universe Along with so other thing. But I'm sacred as well  “ Shay said
“if your sacred about the balmera getting invade again We will be there to stop it.So don't you worry about that I promise ” Hunk said trying to reassure her
“it’s not that I know you will up hold your promise “ She said 
“Then what is it then?” Hunk said
“yesterday I hear Allura, Coran, shiro, adam and Jay. Talking about training Me, Rax and the other to pilot the lions just in case any you were hurt or even worst kill in battle.”she said 
It took hunk a few seconds to process this information then he said “ I can’t promise you that wont get hurt or killed out there because were at war. But i can  Promise you that I will try my hardest to get back to you after ever mission” Hunk place his hand on top of hers hopping that what he said help reassure her.
Shay leaned her head onto his shoulder “ thank you for those kind word hunk” She said 
“I'm glad I could help” He replied 
the two enjoy their quiet moment together. Then the door to the kitchen opened The moment it opened Hunk and Shay split apart in embarrassment 
“Did I interrupt something?” Pidge asked
“No “ The two said both blushing profusely
“I definitely interrupted something sorry about that “ Pidge said as she walked to the food goo machine.She grabbed the hose that the came out of an pulled the trigger but nothing came out.”Hey hunk can you come over here for a second I think the machine busted”
“alright what seem to be the problem?” Hunk asked As he walked over to pidge 
“I pulled the trigger but nothing come out. It might just be a malfunction but i want a second opinion on the matter” pidge said handing over the hose
Hunk starred  for a few seconds looking for any bulges in the hose as well as running his hand over it just to double check. Then he checked the hole where the goo came out of just to see if it was clogged. But nothing was there 
“I don't see anything wrong  wi” Hunk was stop by a spray of food goo hitting him in the face.
The hose flow out of hunks hand and started firing at both of them in random intervolve and occasionally took a shoot at shay. The two paladins tried grabbing the out of control food goo hose.It took about three minutes for hunk and pidge to tie the food hose in a knot leaving the two of them covered in the green food goo as well as the room. The three of them looked around the room
"Alright all in favor of just leaving this mess for coran and the bots  to clean just walk out with” pidge said As she was walking out of the room
Hunk following behind pidge. Shay Quickly follow suit laughing about the scene she just witnessed  
In the sleeping chamber Lance and coran were cleaning the healing pods
“ok this things can being a person back from the brink of death which I’m thankful for but they can’t self clean”Lance said annoy by this
“It dose” Coran 
“ if it dose why are we using it?” Lance asked
“ Because cleaning it manually helps build character.it remind me of my younger years back when I was in the sub tech weaponry unit. my old drill Sargent used to make us cleaning cryo pod day and night” 
Lance listen half heartedly thinking about other thing. Entering the cryo pod lance started to clean the inside. but a few seconds after he entered the practical barrel closed behind him. Lance began to panic slamming his fist into the door. But coran was to busy reminiscing about his day in boot camp. Lance felt the cryo pod activating then he froze in place.the pod started to decent out of view of coran
“ And if you work hard enough you might just get some cleaning strips your self” Coran turned to see lance.But no one was there” Lance Lance where did you going”   Coran surged his shoulder “ Paladin”
in the training deck. 
“ Now throw a punch aimed for the stomach first. then when his guard is down hit then in the face and don’t give them room to breath keep on hitting them and throw in a few fake out punches” Rolo said
“ Fake out punches? “ Rax asked 
“ It’s when you start to punch some one with arm then hit them with the other. When they go to block the first punch” Rolo said
“ Alright what ever you says” Rax said 
Rax followed the steps that Rolo showed him on a the gladthat was on lowest setting see as Rax didn’t have any Experian fight at all .Keith was on the other end of the room finishing a fight with a gladiator bot cutting it down with two quick swing of his sword 
“Alright  engage the next level on this one “ Keith said to the training system 
The gladiator was dispensed ran at him. Swings it’s blade furiously at him.Keith could tell something was off after the first blow.
”Ok computer turn down the difficulty”  Keith said.
But the training system don’t respond.
“ Hey’ guy you having trouble with your gladiator?” Keith asked
“ Yes” Rax said after being knocked to the ground by the gladiator
 “What is going on Keith?” rolo asked before landing a heavy kick to the gladiator bot in the side sending it back a few feet back
“ No clue” Keith said 
Keith kept on the defensive blocking most blows. but the last swing knocked his  Bayard out of his hands. then the gladiator landed a powerful kick to Keith's chest. Keith hit the ground hard an rolled a few feet. The gladiator swung at the downed paladin. But Keith managed to get out of the way of the attack and straight to his Bayard. and book it out of the room followed by the gladiator.
“Where is he going?” Rax asked 
“No idea . now let’s focuses on the problem in front of us ” Rolo said ready himself for the gladiator’s attack 
“Alright then” Rax said 
in the detainment room
Shiro and beau were just watching the memory extractor unaware of the chaos out side. they both tried asking question to the sleeping sendark. But with no results and no memories extracted  This was starting to anger Shiro causing him to walk up the pod and punched it 
“Come on your a broken soldier you can’t hold out for ever” Shiro yelled
then moment Shiro yelled a weird purple glow appeared in a tank near by  
“ I have no clue how that worked but I will contact the others ” Beau said to Shiro
”So you can hear my” Shiro said looking at the tank that held the memory not paying attention to beau 
outside of the hanger bay
“So what is the deal with Fitz anyway. Why is a kid on a warship ” Nyma asked 
“One the castle of lions isn’t a warship it’s a castle ship there is a different  . an two Jay kinda adopted him into his family I don't why jay did it even though Allura and Coran  told him to leave Fitz with shay’s family because he would be safer there then here  . But he countered with (your letting four teenagers to pilot giant robot lions in a fight against a ten thousand year old empire that can make monster. You have no place to speak when it comes to child safety) Adam said
“ Wow And she still let him bring Fitz along “ Nyma said 
“ Yeah I don’t know how he manage that one” Adam said as he opened the door to the hanger
When the door opened to reveal the aftermath of a shoot out. six sentries were on the floor. blaster burns on the walls shell casing on the ground and some blood on the floor.
“ What happened in here ?” Adam asked
“I don’t know but where Fitz and Jay” Nyma asked scary but what she was seeing
“ I’m here” a weak voices said behind a set of crates 
The two ran over to the crates to find Jay slumped against the wall bleeding from bullet wounds in his right thigh,the gut ,his should was smoking from a plasma burn and his prostatic arm was sparking and moving on its only
“Can you take me to the med bay please?”  Jay asked 
the two dragged their bleeding friend to the Prometheus’s med bay. them placed him on one of the bed has serval med bot roll out to remove the bullets ,to apply burn cream to his shoulder as well as set up a blood bag and a morphine drip 
“ Now where’s Fitz?” Adam asked
“He’s sleeping in his room. I locked his door the moment the sentries turned on me.” Jay said  still weak 
“What caused them to turn on you” Nyma asked worried 
“ No clue. One moment I'm doing inventory the next I'm being surrounded and shoot at . think some one is hacking into the castle you two should worn the other about this  ” Jay said
“What about you?”  Adam asked
“ I’ll be fine I still have my Bayard and the Prometheus will go into lock down when you leave “ Jay said 
“Alright we will be back” Nyma said
“Do go anywhere” Adam said
“ I will be waiting for your return” Jay said lying there on the bed
in Allura’s room. the princess was resting with the mice until a voice started to whisper to her  
“Allura my dear daughter” the voice said
“Father your here” Allura said 
“ Yes it’s me now come with me I have some thing to show you” Alfor said 
back in the cryo pod room
coran was finishing up the second to last. but the moment he reached to the last pod. he found lance frozen.
“So what happened to you lance?” asked Coran while helping the shivering out of the pod
“ I was just cleaning the inside of the cryo pod. the next thing in know the door closes and  I'm being frozen ” Lance said
“ I guess the cryo pods are malfunctioning” Coran said
“ Or maybe the castle is haunted” lance said 
“ Well the castle is made of supernatural advent  technology that can’t be explained but sciences alone so you may be right about it being haunted “ coran said 
A few minutes pass as the two talked about what had just happened until coran had to leave to handle other thing. leave lance alone. Lance sat in the cryo room not wanting to leave the room until the cryo pod he was trapped in suddenly started to descending on it own. lance ran out of the room screaming.  after that lance nervously scurried thought the halls of castle. getting spooked by the reprogramed sentries that were roaming the hall. lance continued  to walk alone thought the dark halls and saw a figure that flickered in and out of view.
“Coran is that you ?” Lance asked confused 
The figure disappeared then coran voice was heard in the distances yelling           “Lance Help I'm  trapped in the airlock come quickly” 
Lance ran to the air lock to help coran out. But when he got there coran wasn’t there I was just an empty room. lance walked a little closer to the airlock just to double check. he had stepped pass the door way and that moment the air lock opened and the door behind him closed. Lance grabbed on to the wall holding on for dear life. 
Keith and the rouge gladiator were fighting thought the hall. Keith was using the massive  halls and his agility to keep a good space between them. But that all change when they turned the corner. Gladiator slammed into Keith  knocking him next to the an airlock door. As Keith was getting to his feet he heard a voices from behind him. turning his head he saw lance holding onto the hall dear life. But be fore he could do anything to save lance the gladiator swung it’ s blade at him so He met it with his blade knocking the gladiator into the door way . then he slammed the ejected button for the airlock open the door. Gladiator flow out into space. Keith then reached into the airlock trying to grab lance 
“Grab my hand” Keith yelled 
 Lance extended his own hand fighting the now stronger pull of space just to survive. He started to feel cold his eyes were burn and he was getting weaker every passing second it terrified him . But he need to  push past the pain,the weakness and the fear he had to survive he need to return home and tell his family about everything he was going to do and see. so with the last of his strength he  pushed forward using the wall to launch himself towards Keith’s hand and grabbed it. the moment Keith felt lance’s hand on his he pulled lance in back into the ship and slam the airlock door shut 
The two lied on the ground catching the breath. Keith turned his to look at lance and saw him on his side shiver intently.
“lance are you alright?” Keith asked concerned 
“lance turned to face Keith his eyes red tears, running and before Keith could do anything lance’s arm wrapped around him an pulled him into a hug. keith felt the coldness of lance and on instinct just hugged lance back
  “thank you thank you so much for saving me Keith. I was scared that no one was coming to save me”lance said through heavy breaths  
“your welcome lance I just did what I had to do. Your my teammate” Keith said but in the back of his mind he thought about how this was the second time he almost lost lance a second time in under a week . Jay was right he need to tell lance how he feels so
a few seconds later several pair of feet could be heard running toward there location. Keith broke the hug by getting up and put lance behind him readying his Bayard  to protect lance no matter what. then to his surprised it was Rolo Rax and coran   
“ thank god it’s guys” lance said still lying on the floor 
“ What happened to you Lance?” Coran asked concerned  
“ He nearly was suck out into space. and Me, Rolo and Rax were attacked by the gladiator training bots. something is up with the castle ” Keith said while helping lance to his feet 
“He’s right the damn thing did a number on me  “ Rolo said holding  his bruised side and sporting a black eye 
“ Yes it did do a number on us” Rax said follow rolo lead. He had a split lip and few burses on his hand and for arms 
“Wait why was lance in the airlock?” Coran asked scared by this information 
“ I heard you voice coming for the airlock calling for help. so I came to help you”  lance said with a faint smile.
Coran starred at lance for a few seconds. he was remind of Blaytz for a moment and how lance coran of him in all of his actions. the blue lion made the right choice by picking lance
“ Ok we should get the other before any thing else happens” Keith said walking toward the green lions hanger to check up on pidge  
“ right” everyone follow after Keith 
in the memory chamber Allura was again sitting in a field of altea flowers talking to her father again 
“ Allura do you wish to go back to Altae?” Alfor asked 
“ Yes I would love to but it’s gone” Allura said sadly 
“No it not and I can prove it. Here take this Altea flower from my hand “ Alfor said his voice slightly distorted handing her the flower
Allura grabbed the flower from her father hand. She felt it’s weight and she could smell it. She was didn’t know if this was a dream or real by she didn’t care “ let’s go home father “ Allura said with a smile 
In the green lion hanger bay hunk shay and pidge were flowing around in room . Shay was just laughing and enjoy this new experience 
“aw look at her go no care in the world right now” Hunk said look at shay having the time of her life while holding onto Pidge
“Hunk focus on me right now and know your girlfriend”  pidge said 
“She not my girlfriend” hunk said blushing 
“ What’s a girlfriend?” Shay asked flowing by 
“ I will tell you later. But right now hunk you need to kick me” pidge said 
“ What no your my friend and I do hurt friends” hunk said concerned
“ no I need you to kick me towards the door” pidge said 
“ oh ok” he replied 
Pidge placed her feet on to hunk’s feet. then he launched her toward the door controls. she had a smile on her face as she flew  to the control room. But her smile turned to a grimes when she released her trajectory was off by a few feet to the side.
“No No No No No No “ She said as she slammed into the wall then the floor 
 “ You ok?” hunk asked
“no” she replied just flowing away from the door. 
She flowed there mad here plan had fail. then Rover flew toward from his charger 
“Rover” she said happy that her little bubby was here to help “ ok rover I need you to open the door “
Rover beeped to confirm that he understood the order. Then he flew to the door control
“ no wait pidge Me and Shay are still very high up he”  hunk said to later . rover opened the door returning gravity to the room sending the trio slamming they into the ground. Hunk was the first to get up from the ground and walk to shay 
“ Are you alright?’ HE asked as he helped her up 
“ I'm fine a little sore from the fall are you alright “ Shay asked
“ yeah I'm good. hey pidge you ok” Hunk asked concern for his fallen teammate 
Pidge through her hand into the air and gave a thumbs up. Then the sound off foot step could be heard approaching the room 
“ hey quit sleeping on the job Pidge something is up with the castle”   lance said walking in to the room.
in the detainment room 
“ What was your first rank in zarkon’s army. Dose Zarkon have any weaknesses. what is the best way to destroy then command center. if you were going to attack Zarkon how would do it?” Shira asked the unconscious Sendak.
“ Shiro I'm not getting a signal to anyone one else on the ship and I can’t jump to any of my other bodies and six of them are offline. So I'm going to fine out what is going on out there Be right back” Beauregard said leaving the room
“ alright” Shiro said “ Now where were we “
“ If I were going to attack Zarkon how would I do it “ Sendak said from behind Shiro 
Shiro turned round and swung his arm to cut into the some how freed Sendak. only to swing at a empty space. Shiro only saw serval sentries who were standing guarded of the detainment room just standing there looking at him kinda confused    Shiro then turn back around to see sendak still in his pod.
“ am I hearing thing” Shiro said to himself just looking around the room just to make sure Beau wasn’t just messing with him then turning back to sendak’s pod
“ No your not hearing thing” Sendak said now from around the room 
“ How are you doing this?” Shiro asked 
“ that dose matter right now. What matter is why would you want to destroy the empire that fixed you,you broken soldier “ sendak said 
“ I'm not a broken”  Shiro said
“You were broken by us and reform by us  just look at your arm.Then look back at all you’ve do an how many people did you killed to survive. Think how the other would think of you if they knew the truth about you. How would Adam reacted to all the blood on your hand . Sendak said
“ Shut up ” Shiro yelled 
‘No You listen you are nothing more then a monster who hide behind a mask of a hero and nothing you do will ever change “
“I'm not listening” Shiro said trying to block out Sendek's voice 
“How can a monster ever be a paladin of Voltron. How can a monster ever have friends care about it and how could a monster like you ever find some one to  love you” The trapped man said 
“ Enough” Shiro yelled smashing his fist into the pod leaving a huge crack in the pod.Shiro was breathing heavily and just starred at sendak for a few second only to see sendak’s eyes open and his head move forward but suddenly sendak was gone along with the pod. Shiro turned his head to see Adam standing by eject button with his hand on it
“Are you alright Shiro?’  Adam asked
Shiro Stared at Adam a few second the just hugged him” no I'm not all right. But I will tell you more later. We need to find the other right ” Shiro said
“ Yeah let’s go love” Adam said
In the Bridge of the castle of lions Allura was piloting it with alfor next to her toward a imploding star 
“It’s there Father Altae is still there” She said still stuck in her dream like state  
“ Yes my dear daughter were almost home  just a few more minutes.” the Ai said it’s voice distorted and flickering more and more 
Running to the bridge the know reanointed group ran to the bridge 
“ Coran , beau  what has been happened ?” Shiro asked 
The galra crystal has corrupted the Alfor Ai “ Coran said 
And it’s Marked everyone except for Coran  as problems that could possible hurt Allura. So it tried to Either to Trap ,scare or just flat out kill us to keep her  safe.’ Beau said 
“ So that why the food goo machine started firing on us” Shay said 
“Or how it first trapped me and when that didn’t work it tried to send me out the air lock” lance said 
“ or how it used the sentries to kill Jay off do to him be a berserker ” Adam said 
“ or the gladiator bot to get rid of Keith , Rax and I” rolo said 
the group was at the bridge and saw Allura stand at the controls pilot flying straight toward a star Everyone then Ran to her only to be stopped by the holographic face of king alfor yelling “ Get away from my daughter”  then a Barrier formed around Allura and king Alfor 
“WE need to get her out of there now” Shiro said 
“I'm trying” beau said a he was using one of the console to being down the barrier along with Adam and Coran 
Lance stood there with everyone else  just starring at the star slowly growing more and more” this is it. this is how I die on a alien space ship light year way from home” 
“Lance don’t give up hope we can still save this” Shiro said slamming his prostatic arm into the barrier over and over again
  But the scents of hopelessness filled the room. Rax and Shay held onto each other 
“Sorry I got you into this Brother”  Shay said crying 
“It’s alright It’s alright little sister “  HE said just holding on to her 
Rolo Nyma And Beezer were saying their goodbye thing this was it  
“ It’s been an honor flying with you two” Rolo said 
“oh shut up you guy are my best friends and I saw no other way this could end”  Nyma said huge Rolo 
Beezer just beeped happily 
Keith thinking this was his last chance So he walked up to lance and grabbed his jacket “Hey Keith what are you doin” lance said before being pulled into a long deep kiss. they only pulled apart when they need to breath
“What was that ?” lance said face bright red 
“ that was me confessing to you ok” Keith said also blush the same shade of red as the red lion 
“Oh that make scenes “ lance said 
“Hey don’t count me out” pidge yelled walking up to lance 
“ Wait what” lance said before pidge followed Keith’s lead and kissed lance then they broke a part
“if we had more time I would have like to go on a date but that’s not going to happen now” pidge said sadly 
“Yeah I really wish we did” Keith said
Lance face still bright red ran at the barrier and punched and kicked at it yell”  Allura turn this ship around I have dates to go on”
in the Barrier Allura just stared at altea slowly getting closer. but she started to get distracted by a voice calling her name that snapped her out of her dream like state
“Allura  Allura “ the voice said 
“Father” Allura turned to see her father. but he was next to her” what is going on here”
“ it’s time for you to let me go” Alfor said
“ But were almost home” She said pointing towards Altea 
“ No we are not look again my dear daughter”  He said
Allura turned to see a imploding star where Altea once was. She stopped the ship before it could get any closer to the star. Everyone outside of the barrier felt the ship stop and saw the barrier around Allura turn black to block everyone’s view of Allura sending them all in to panic   
” What is going on here Father please tell me” She asked now confessed and scared about what she almost did to everyone 
“ It looks like my Ai has started to degrade from the Galra crystal and it tried to kill your friends and you as well as fulfill your wish to return home by any means” The king said 
“ He did what now” she yelled
I doesn't matter right now. what matters now is that most let me go” He said
“But your all I have left of home” She cried 
“ no I'm not you still have coran and there is the altea colony on Mar and before you say I'm the only family you have left. Again you still have coran the new paladin and everyone else on this ship to call your family” He said slowly flickering away.
“ But what will I do with out you here to guild me” She said
“You don’t need me anymore you have already become the leader I always know you could be my dear daughter” 
but I don’t want you to go” Allura said starting to cry 
“Allura Remember what I told you”
 “ I know A leader most make sacrifices. She said 
“ Good Now it’s time for me to go”
Allura watched as memories of he pasted flash past her. Hundreds of them some from her childhood her teen years memories of her and the first paladins. Then at the end of memory lane a newer memory popped up of her and the other at Shiro and Adam’s wedding on the balmera and how happy they all were that day. She smiled that this picture. Then she turned to her father and hugged him 
“ Goodbye father I love” She said now crying even more now
“ Goodbye my dear daughter” Alfor said hugging her back as he finally flicker off of existents for the last time  
As the barrier fell  Everyone ran to her to make sure she was alright .
A few hour later Allura was back in her room sitting on her bed Looking at old photos of home. then she heard a knocking on the door
“ Come”  She said
the door opened to reveal Jay hold a pot in his hands  “ Hey princess I heard what happened to you from beau. So I brought you a Altean flower .see as my dad owns a flower shop back home I have all of different plants from altea on bored my ship  and now I'm rambling. So here you go”   Jay said handing her the pot “ It will take a few weeks for it to full grow but it’s truly worth the wait” 
“ Thank you Jay.” She said taking the pot from his hands
“ I should get back to the med bay before beau finds out I left it see you later Allura” jay said running back to his hanger bay
Allura look at the pot and smiled. then see saw a note on it. She opened it and read get well soon signed by everyone. She smile at the note and thought  Her father was right they are her family her weird and loveable new family and she would do anything to protect it 
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nicksilveirart · 6 years ago
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(SING!) Story Not Told, chapter 5 – I Walk the Line
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Ash sat in bed rubbing her forehead. She had made bad mistakes, but that was sure to be #1 on the list. She wondered if it was a dream. She wished it was a dream. No. There was no way in hell she kissed Buster. It had to be a dream. But… What if it wasn't? How would she ever look at his face again? She was lost in her own thoughts, when the sound of something metallic crashing to the ground startled her. Chasing after the sound, she found a distressed koala sitting on the ground, and holding his ears. Around him, a variety of pans and pots.
"I washed the dishes, and when I was putting them back, BOOM!" He was motioning agitatedly with his hands. "Sorry I woke you up."
She gave him a somewhat nervous smile. "You didn't wake me, Buster."
"I didn't?" He faced her for a moment, and scratched his head. "Uh! Good. I made you breakfast! I'd eat, but I'm kinda very late and still gotta drop by the theatre to grab my stuff. Mind if I borrow the mug?" He finished, waving a steaming mug in the air. By his actions, she deducted it was coffee.
"Sure, no problem." She was looking for anything to confirm her doubt, but found nothing. It was a crazy dream. It had to be.
"And I still gotta iron this one, great!" He said, putting his creased shirt on hurriedly. "I see you at rehearsal. Thanks for letting me stay the night, and the pizza, and movie, the all. See you!"
He ran out the door, slamming it on his way out. The all. What was that supposed to mean? She sat down in thought, munching on whatever was it that Buster had prepared. Both of them kissing didn't seem likely to her, but that could've been because her maybe-companion was in a hurry. She took another piece of the yellow and brown mix. It tasted kinda good. Reminded her of mash potatoes, and something else she couldn't quite identify. But it tasted good. She heard a knock on the door.
"Come on in, it's open!"
"Didn't take you too long to find someone else." She almost choked on her food.
"What are you doing here?"
"You were just waiting for me to jump out before sticking to the koala, right? And I gave you that!"
"What are you talking about?!"
"That's why you went back, right?! You were seeing him, don't try to hide it, I saw him leaving the building!"
"Lance, he came here to eat and watch a movie!"
"Oh yeah, in the morning, fine, I believe you."
"Why are you here? I don't owe you any explanation on what I'm doing!"
"I thought I was the only cheater, that's why I'm here."
"I'm not-" She laughed nervously. "I can't believe I'm listening to this! You're out of your mind! Buster is a FRIEND!"
"He is? Uh… I wonder how did you went from 'Mr Moon' to 'Buster' so quick."
"Do you call your friends by their last name? Last time I checked, you didn't."
"So I'm imagining all this? You didn't go back because of him, it isn't a coincidence that just the other day after we break up I see him walking out of our house?"
"I went back for us! Both of us! We'd start a label, and the world would know your songs! How did this end up being my fault?!"
"You kicked me out!"
"You were about to kiss someone else, Lance!"
"At least I tried to hide."
"Ha! Tried to hide? You BROUGHT your lover to our house, Lance, our house! Who does that?!"
"You just had to come home early that one day, you had to."
"It's my fault I found you cheating? That's what you're saying?" She practically jumped off the chair.
He put his hands up defensively. "I'm just saying… If you hadn't come home earlier you wouldn't have found out and wouldn't be like that now, babes. Can't you just forget about that?"
She was staring at his incredulously, and couldn't believe her ears. "You cheated Lance! CHEATED, with all letters! Do you expect I'm just going to forgive you for that?!"
"It was a one day thing!"
"Get out of here!"
"Come on, we can start over!"
"I don't-!" The words clogged in her throat. "I don't want to. How long will it take until you cheat again?!"
"You also did!"
"We had split up!"
He froze, smirking and cocking an eyebrow. "So you have something with him."
She sighed. "I don't know for sure."
"That's just how much I meant to you, we break up one day and the following one you are with someone else."
She stared at him venomously. "I waited for us to break up before getting together with someone."
"Okay, okay, babes, that's fine. But let me tell you something, you ain't getting the prize by sleeping with the director."
She choked on her food. "I'm not hearing this!"
"It's not how it works, babes. The guy wants to increase the popularity of that joint, he is going to choose the best performer."
"Stop talking!"
"If that's your strategy, you better just drop it now."
It took all Ash had not to throw something at him. She detested violence, but he was already pushing. She adjusted her quills, and turned to him. "We." She motioned to him, and herself again. "Are not a thing. Get it? This here, is over. I don't owe you anything about who I date, or kiss, and neither do you. You are free to date whoever wants this crazy personality around."
"Crazy?!"
"DO YOU HAVE A BETTER NAME FOR IT?!" Her voice broke, and she couldn't hold her tears back. "You bring your lover to our house, and the next day you barge in here complaining I brought a friend over, let alone assuming I slept with him?! Crazy really isn't the word, Lance, you're absolutely nuts! You are the cheater! You!" She said, closing the space between them, and pointing an inquiring finger at his chest. "And now you are jealous over someone that you aren't dating anymore!"
"More like wondering if you cheated first."
"Are we at high sch-" She swallowed hard. "I didn't. Is that what you wanted to hear? That I was actually loyal to you while you saw others?"
"I did it once!"
"One or one thousand times, it doesn't matter! It's cheating nonetheless!"
He seemed to give her words a thought. "Depends on how you see it."
"I see it that way. Now please, please get out."
He went to the door, and gave her a last glance. "Sure you never cheated?"
"GET THE HELL OUT!" She shut the door in his face. She couldn't believe what had just happened. She slammed her forehead against the door. Blaming her over his cheating? He had to be out of his mind.
Buster was very excited. At least he had a chance to get the money, and of course he was not wishing to waste it. It couldn't be more perfect: He'd get the blueprints he had done with an architect years prior, put it to use, and put together the best singing competition the world had ever seen. It was perfect! But he was running out of time. He ran into the theatre excitedly.
"Okay okay, break time's over! Everybody to the stage please, gather up!"
He paused when going past Ash. The rocker was staring down, avoiding his glaze. He merely shrug it off for now. He had something important to do.
"Miss Crawly!"
"Yes, Mr Moon?"
"Go get D4, please! It should be in our files!"
"D4?" Johnny asked, as the lizard climbed up the stairs.
"It's the number of a file, Johnny, don't worry!" Buster started, "Now, listen up! Tomorrow we're gonna have a full preview of the show, and our audience will be none other than Miss Nana Noodleman!"
And came that bratty, annoying voice no one liked to hear. "Nana Noodleman, that woman still alive?"
"Yes, and believe me, she's got some pretty high standards! Today we are going to have a full dress rehearsal! I want to see you all light up that stage!"
"Got it, Mr Moon."
"Great! Meena, Miss Crawly!" He opened the blueprints to a beautiful, and entirely squid-powered stage. "What ya think?"
Miss Crawly seemed surprised. "So ambitious…"
"Yeah." Meena agreed. "You sure about this?"
"I promised Nana something spectacular, and this!" He quickly folded it back. "This is gonna blow her away! Two minutes everybody!" He finished, taking place at the first row of seats, and motioning for his doddering assistant to follow him. "Putting it simple, guys! Mike first, than Ash, Gunter and Rosita, Johnny as the final act! One more time, Mike, Ash, Gunter and Rosita, Johnny as the final act! Meena, if you feel like it, tag along!"
Mike went on stage and started singing to Fox Sinatra's New York, as all other animals sat, patiently waiting for their turn. However, they noticed Johnny was not there, but knew better than to warn Buster. They had a feeling the koala would not care for that. All they could do was hope he'd be there in time.
Ash was lost in her own thoughts, and was barely listening to whichever joke Gunter was telling. All she could make out were the words "priest", "rabbi" and "minister". Not too long after, the cast broke into laughter, but all she could do was give a weak smile. She wanted Lance back, and it took the power of every fiber of her being to turn him down. And now that power was replaced by acute regret. She didn't want to sing, she wanted to go back to her house and cry herself to sleep.
"Okay, can we see Ash next please? Ash, let's get you out here!"
She sighed and stood up, slowly going onstage.
"Stand back. Moody teenager comin' through." She heard Mike mock. On a normal day she just would've wanted to step on him, but this time she couldn't care less. He could mock her all he wished.
"Good luck, Ash." Came a soothing voice. She smiled a little under her breath. Meena had a way of always sounding sweet and caring no matter what she said. She walked to the mic, as the beat started. That's just what she needed, the most annoying song in the world… Which happened to be about love.
"I threw a wish in the well, don't ask me I'll never tell, I looked to you as it fell, and now you're in my way…" She could feel her eyes burning, and regret, and sadness. "Your stare was holdin'. Ripped jeans, skin was showin', hot night, wind was blowin'. Where do you think you're going baby?" She could no longer hold her tears, and finished the song sobbing. "Hey I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my number… So call me, maybe…" She covered the mic with her hands.
"Whoa whoa, okay, enough of that! Cut it, cut it! Cut it." He rose from his seat. "I don't think anyone's gonna call her after that." His mind flashed back to the previous night. Maybe… No. They didn't went that far for her to be regretting it. "Hey… Come on, Ash, what is it? Do you not like the dress?" He asked sympathetically. She ran to the wings, accidentally sending quills flying all over the place.
"Ow." Buster said, as some quills got stuck to his face. "Ow!" He finished, pulling one of them out.
"Ash, what's wrong?" Rosita said, as Ash rushed right past her.
"Okay, let's call it a break! Five minutes everybody!"
"Okay dear, sit with us and tell me exactly what happened." Rosita soothingly said, while rubbing Ash's back. Trying, at least. More like avoiding quills the best she could. Meena laid down the controllers for now, and listened intently to the porcupine. Mike couldn't care less, and left the theatre. Gunter merely stood against a wall, whilst Johnny still was nowhere to be seen.
"I have a-" Ash begun, wiping her tears. "I had a boyfriend, who cheated on me… Just the other night, I caught him close to kissing someone, at our living room."
"Sohn einer Hündin!" Gunter exclaimed.
"That he said!" Meena added, trying to sound enthusiastic.
"Oh for heaven's sake let her finish!"
"He cheated… And today he dropped by saying he wondered if I had cheated, and asking to forget about it." She sniffed. Rosita lifted a hand in air.
"Why would he ask if you cheated?"
"He saw a friend leaving the house. I had called him the previous night and asked him to drop by, we watched a movie, played a couple songs in the guitar, and ended up falling asleep."
Buster was listening intentionally from a distance, and wondered if she didn't want to share what happened between them, or if she wanted to forget what happened between them. But that didn't matter. At least he knew the entire story now. It was time.
"So he asked if I didn't want to put all that behind, and start again, and I said no, and now I'm regretting it."
Rosita intervened. "Oh, don't you be like that! You are way better off without that… That…"
"That total super-jerk dinkleschplatt!"
"Exactly! Total, super-jerk, dinkle… Schplatt." Rosita spoke it the best she could. She had no idea what it meant, but spoke it for the lack of a better word.
"Rosita, Gunter! You're on!"
"Okay, here!" She added, pushing her purse towards Ash. "There should be some gum or some candy in there, just help yourself!"
She smiled the best she could, and felt a warm feeling flushing her heart. She didn't knew Rosita, or Gunter, or Meena three days prior to this, and here they were, trying to cheer her up. She smiled, and opened the purse to pull out a small gum box that was sitting there. Johnny rushed in. He seemed to be in a hurry. She saw him and Rosita exchange words, then their respective presentations. Saw Rosita fall face first to the ground, and leave upset by all matters, and Johnny both present and leave as hurriedly as he came in.
"Okay everybody! Uh..." Buster rubbed his temples. "I got half a cast here, practice at your homes and let's call it a day! Gunter, dismissed! Meena, dismissed for now, but stay tuned, I'm gonna call you later! Miss Crawly... Please phone the ones who have left and ask them to practice. Ash, my office please!"
A/N: Try to guess what Sohn einer Hündin means. You guessed right, as it means "son of a *beep!*". Trying my best not to put dirty words into this, good thing I got Gunter to say them in another language for me! Also, I get the feeling I should stop with the puns involving singer's names, but I simply can't. Review! Thanks to all reviewers!
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ellipticalcortex · 4 years ago
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After playing through Hiveswap Act 2, and reading a bit about the controversies since I haven’t kept up with its production at all, I can see why people are upset with it, though as usual I feel some people are being a bit too harsh with it.
I’m gonna add a read-more just in case this ends up in any tags, don’t want a rambling post clogging up anything! This is mostly focused on my thoughts about Act 2, not so much about fan reactions as that first bit might imply.
The whole not crediting workers thing is terrible, I agree with that. Their excuse about not encouraging harassment sounds reasonable on paper, but the trade off of straight up not crediting people and the implication that they’re covering their own ass is just too much. I don’t know enough about the situation to form any real in-depth opinion about it, but man... I just hope WP gets their shit together soon if they haven’t by now.
However, I don’t think that WP’s messy internal affairs are enough to dismiss the game altogether like I’ve seen people doing. Personally, I had tons of fun with the game and thought its writing was fine, despite the game’s flaws, and from what I’ve seen here on Tumblr, from articles online, and from player reviews, the majority of people seem to feel the same, which is relieving.
The entire game was a blast to play! I actually got all the way to the end of the trial before deciding that I wanted a particular ending and went back to play the entirety of Act 1 just so I could import a completed save with the batteries, and I think it was worth it! I uninstalled Act 1 shortly after I played it 3 years ago, but it was nice to get a refresher. It let me appreciate Joey and Xefros in the parts I played and replayed during Act 2 a lot more. It also gave me the opportunity to go and inspect things from Xefros’s perspective, which I didn’t start doing until I was on the train during my first run.
I’m not going to lie, this game made me like Joey a little bit less and Xefros a bit more. This was by no fault of the game, just me getting to know the characters better and forming a more solid opinion. In Act 1, Joey felt very “little girl, big sister” to me which was adorable, but removed from her home and from Jude she lost that a bit. Her relationship with Xefros is really nice though! Seeing her urge him to make certain realizations about Dammek was sweet. I’m also wondering how long it’ll be until her comphet wears off and she realizes she can h*ld h*nds with other g*rls.
Xefros though... this game just solidified him even more as “son boy”. Usually I don’t feel this way about characters, but he really feels like a young teen to me! I guess it’s sort of the same feeling I get about my own little sister who is about his age. It helps that I enjoyed all the character animations a lot in this, and his trial sprite was especially nice, even if he didn’t show up during it all that much. Watching him try to process everything he’s seeing about his own culture and about how others deal with interpersonal relationships hurt a lot, too... and that bit near the very end was shocking, but sadly familiar. That was incredibly rough to watch.
Now, as for the game itself, it certainly did feel different from Act 1. From what I understand, a lot of content got cut out of it, like meeting Charun and Zebede. That is really disappointing, but I was fine with what we got. One thing I really don’t get is everyone complaining about the bee game. Just put your fingers on the corresponding keys! I guess it would be hard doing that whole thing with your mouse like it suggests, but I switched over after the tutorial and it immediately clicked, like, to the point that I want to play more rhythm games with that specific set up of vertical visuals and inputs. The music was really fun too. I didn’t even realize Xefros was beatboxing during it until my second time through, after I saw James Raoch comment about it! That was a really cute touch, the mental image of Xefros beatboxing while Joey does her weird little bee dance.
Before I get into the rest of the game, I guess I’ll address how the supporting cast is written in this. From what I understand, these are each of the Friendsim trolls’ original personalities, written before Friendsim ever came out. While looking through the tag on here, I saw people were super frustrated and even angry about this, expecting them to go back and rewrite these characters... after they even had to cut entire characters from the game... I don’t know, I can understand where these criticisms are coming from, but Hiveswap Friendsim is still there if you want to see their more developed counterparts. As the trolls exist in this game, they’re more so their bulletpoints of personality that you don’t even see that much of. Personally, I enjoy seeing the differences, and makes me appreciate Friendsim even more! There were a couple of spots where I /was/ disappointed with them though, specifically with Fozzer and Boldir... Boldir at least has the animation where she looks at the player and talks about the... universal re-convergence? Was that it? While Fozzer says and does nothing of import. I somehow expected them to be something more with what their roles were in Friendsim. The same can be said of Marvus, I suppose. But overall the characters remained largely the same, and you don’t speak to many of them for long anyhow.
The ticket machine area didn’t have much to it, especially in terms of interactions, which I would have hoped would be fleshed out a bit in lieu of narrative importance. Fozzer didn’t add much, you were seeing Folkyl again later anyways, and I have no idea what that other teal’s reason for being there was. The couple of tracks that loop in this area getting constantly cut off by an announcer was pretty funny though.
The loading platform was I think my favorite area in the game. I liked how the characters were presented, and how they interacted. “Gaegrl Elwurd” or whatever she said was incredibly funny, and now that I type it out I realize that the name she uses is probably supposed to be “L-Word” or lesbian. Feel silly for not realizing that earlier. Anyhoo I still despise Zebruh even if he’s incredibly funny, especially that walk cycle. I didn’t get the scene where Marvus blows a kiss at him though in either of my runs, which is sad. Is that another way to give him confidence besides the mic? I hope so. The bit with Chixie was nice too, as was Marvus’s introduction. I liked the tip-off where he said he knew Joey would be able to get onto the train. I think there’s a bit more left for me to do in that area, though I’ll leave it for when I inevitably have to replay Act 2 whenever Act 3 comes out so I can save some item or other.
The Burgundy/Bronze car had my favorite of the Ticket to Ride tracks, probably because it was the base for all the others, and its origin story is pretty funny. I really wish there had been more interactions with the trolls presented. Diemen was a joke character even in Friendsim, but I wish Joey hadn’t completely dismissed Vikare who had I think my favorite sprite/idle animation in the game. The convo with Skylla was nice though I fear for her lusus now, and Marsti was about what I expected. While I was going through the game I had a guide up mostly because of the trial and it was funny to see how the author referred to the characters. I couldn’t tell if they hadn’t read Homestuck before this or just skipped Friendsim, but how they referred to some of the characters was pretty funny, like calling Skylla a zookeeper, or thinking Marsti was a guy for some reason. I guess she was never referred to much in the third person, so that’s fair.
The Yellow/Olive car had my least favorite Ticket to Ride track, mostly because I’m not a big fan of chip tune and think the Olives should have been represented in the song as well. Folkyl and Kuprum were still super funny even if they didn’t have much to add past introducing the player to their blood color’s traditional role. Polypa and Boldir were neat, and I loved the scenes with Azdaja and Konyyl! The part where Xefros floors Azdaja after he hurt Joey was stunning, especially after seeing how powerful he really is through Friendsim. It wouldn’t surprise me if bugandies’ and bronzes’ powers were much stronger than they realize but triggered by emotion or something and that’s part of the reason they’re so downtrodden, to keep them depressed and placid, which would also tie into the supposed purpose of lime bloods.
I had a lot of fun in the Jade/Teal car, even if it /did/ drag on a bit too long like I’ve seen a lot of people say. Its rendition of Ticket to Ride rubbed me the wrong way, too, though mostly a certain part of it, and it might just be because I listened to it for so long. I liked how each of the characters were presented, as well as all of the drama. I saw some people criticizing this part as just being the Jades throwing venom at one another and... yeah? They are? I don’t see why that’s bad, it was to exemplify toxic interpersonal relationships and to show that even the trolls’ caregiver caste could still be terrible. Anyways, the first time I went around I didn’t have the battery nor the pogs which I traded for tickets earlier, but I only realized I needed them when I got to the recess. I’d been experiencing several bugs in this room specifically, including Xefros’s trial sprite disappearing, the screen becoming solid black after accusing someone, and basic dialogue bugging out. This was all very frustrating. Also, while I did end up having fun with the trial, it was a slog to figure out. I enjoy the Ace Attorney games, but what I like the least are the leaps in logic you have to make when figuring what to present and where. This trial took that aspect and made it five times worse. I did love having Tyzias by Joey’s side though, and the ending I got was super worth it. I’m still not sure who did it. I saw a video of Lanque chucking Joey off the train, so I guess it was him? Though I don’t know how or any of the specifics. I know you can implicate Lynera too as a scapegoat.
The Cobalt/Indigo car was pretty underwhelming. I’m sad I only remembered to click on Galehk’s footnotes after I’d done his task. That whole sequence was very funny through, and I’m curious to see the other ways you could’ve gotten through. All of the characters were pretty fun, and I loved seeing Elwurd again and having her save Joey from Ardata and all. Xefros and Joey’s conversation about the revolution afterwards was really nice too.
The clown car was, understandably, horrifying. I’m going to be hearing that stock honk for the rest of eternity. It was a very fun room, and its gimmick was super interesting. I loved the animations for the wheel! I also didn’t realize that the uh, clown religion involved the red and green snakes, though it makes sense that they do. I looked back at some backgrounds for Friendsim, and while Chahut’s clown church didn’t have the red and green, Marvus’s festival DID have red and green balloons, which was interesting. This entire sequence was incredibly tense, obviously trying to make you worry it would land on Burgandy. I’m also curious about some of the alternate stuff you could do during this, like that video with Tegiri being dramatic. Also, seeing Xefros kill Baizli was super upsetting, and I think another spot where having played Friendsim could make this game a little frustrating, since in Friendsim Barzum and Baizli are just lost, fun-loving clown twins that never directly kill MSPA reader. It was surprising to see Baizli come out and approach Joey alone. It was also terrible to see what Baizli dying did to Barzum. I wonder if that’s the last we’ll see of Marvus... I’ll be disappointed if it is. It feels like he should be more important.
Now, that last section I’ll admit was pretty bad. Literally the only action section in the game and you get so little direction and nothing interesting really happens. I did in fact use a guide for this because I simply did not care. It was a super anti climactic ending sequence.
And of course, there was the train blowing up and Joey and Xefros being impeded again. There was that droopy looking dragon thingy? That shot something suspiciously bright green at the train. It’s also curious how Chahut and Marvus seem mostly disinterested or at least unrattled by the explosion.
Well, that was... a review of the whole game! I loved it a lot, even if it wasn’t what it could have been. It had some bugs, which were annoying, and issues with content, a lot of which I’m willing to chalk up to the crew getting shuffled around and people leaving and the while switch over to Viz Media. Of course, there is once again the issue of people not getting credited. But, despite all of this, I think Act 2 was an enjoyable game, and I think there was love put into it, even if the people who put love into it were put in unfair and shitty situations because of WP. I’m hoping that things have straightened out with them after that fiasco and that Act 3 will turn out a bit better, and hopefully sooner than Act 2!
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New Year. New Me. {Peter Pan Imagine}
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Part One  Part Two Part Three
Peter Pan Imagine
Author: Joi A. Wade
Tagged: @tmrhollandkay, @ arfrona
Requested: Yes,  HI CAN I HAVE A EXTREME FLUFF IMAGINE WITH ROBBIE KAY OR PETER PAN WHERE YOU GUYS GET INTO A REALLY REALLY BAD FIGHT AND YOU DECIDE YOU GUYS SHOULD BREAK UP AND HES LIKE NO BABE WAIT IM SORRY AND YOURE LIKE NOPE I CANT DO THIS ANYMORE AND THEN YOU LEAVE AND HE CANT FUNCTION WITHOUT YOU SO HE TRIES TO WIN YOU BACK AND IT TAKES A WHILE BUT ONE DAY HE FINALLY WINS YOU BACK EXTREMELY FLUFFY PLEASE
Note: Thank you all for being such amazing people and being patient with me! Thank you for loving my slow ass, and my stories, it means a lot that you guys stick with me!
It’s been a while since Y/n had seen him. Never had she thought the time would come that he’d be finally calling her phone, in such a long period of time. Six an a half years is a long time to wait. Especially for an ex. 
“I’m glad you had time to see me, Y/n. It’s been so long.” 
Y/n smiles politely, looking down at the cup of tea her company had ordered for her. 
“Well, I gotta admit, it was quite the surprise when you called, Newton.” 
“Newt. Please, call me Newt. You’re one of the very few that I allow to, and…I miss how it sounds coming from your mouth.” He chuckles, rubbing the back of his neck in nervousness. “S-Sorry, that um..sounded bloody creepy, but you get my point.”
Sighing heavily, her politeness was slowly starting to fade away. She knew what this was, she wasn’t stupid. In the past six years Y/n has gotten not one phone call or text message from this guy, and then all of sudden here he is acting all awkward and charming at the same time. Setting her cup down after taking a short gulp of it, she finally makes eye contact with the man before her.
“Look, Newton. Things didn’t work out between us because you loved your music more than I.” 
“That’s not true-”
“Let me finish,” She holds her hand up, silencing him. “I was understanding, I was fair and actually wanted you to be happy and let you go. I moved on. Which was a mistake, I’ll admit, but it helped my unhappiness turn into something else. I fell in love again. And now that I am once again heartbroken, you decide to turn up, saying sweet nothings to me as if all of what you put me through never happened. Now how is that fair to me? ” 
“Love, I came back for you because I realized my only dream was with you. You were my dream.” 
“Oh, cut the bullshit.” 
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Newt’s eyes widen at her venomous tone. Last time he had spoken to Y/n, she had such a sweet demeanor about herself, everything about her was kind and gentle. Earlier on this little gathering she was calm and collected, but now she is speaking to him in such a way he had never heard her speak before. 
“What’s happened to you?” 
“Life, Newton. Life fucking happened to me. You wanna know what I’ve been through? You leave me for your stupid music career, not even returning my calls or emails or letters. Then, when I finally move on to another guy, I find out he’s cheating on me with some bitch for nearly half of the time we’ve been together, then trying to make me seem like the bad guy! And now that I’m somewhat over him, you show the fuck up! Out of nowhere!”
“Love, calm down-”
“Don’t you tell me to calm down! I deserve to be fucking mad! I put up with so much, sticking up for guys that don’t deserve it, and I wonder why I end up the same way! Heartbroken!” By now, she was starting to draw attention to their table, alarming a certain few while the others watched with anticipation. Newt stands up slowly with his hands up, trying not to provoke her any further. 
“Y/n, please, I didn’t mean to struck a nerve-”
“Bullshit!”
“Can you please talk to me without cursing at me, for bloody sake?” 
“I just think it’s a coincidence how you show up, right when I start to get out of my funk and feel better about finally leaving that dickhead. Were you just waiting for the perfect opportunity to make your way back into my life? When I was at my most vulnerable? Well, news flash for you, buddy! The only thing you’re getting from me, are these hands!”
Y/n was about to jump right over the table and tackle the poor, confused, Brit. Luckily, someone was able to grab her by the waist at the right time before she could even cross the table. Holding her close to their chest, Newt was able to take a few steps back, while making eye contact with the person behind her. Y/n squirmed against their hold, until the familiar scent of pine clogged her nostrils. Her squirming ceased. For now.
“Who the bloody hell are you?” 
“Oh, you don’t remember me, Newtie? I’m hurt, I thought we had something special.” 
Once Newt’s eyes actually scanned his face, he glared. Lowering his hands from his self-defense stance, he crossed them over his chest. “Very funny, Pan. I see that you didn’t change at all. Except for getting uglier, of course.”
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“And you’re still the same after all these years, as well. Except you’re still single.” 
Y/n pushes away from Peter with great force, nearly knocking him backwards. Straightening out her shirt, she huffs in anger. “What the hell are you doing here? Where’s your little sex toy?” 
Peter drew his attention to Y/n, the playful glint in his eyes turning melancholy. 
“Y/n, I know I am the last person you want to see right now, and I understand that. I was a completely asshole, and deserve to burn in hell for what I did behind your back. But, if you give me a moment to explain-”
“So it’s you.” Newt connects, as a grin started to form on his face. “You’re the one who cheated, while you were still in the relationship with Y/n. Did you honestly think you would get away with that?”
“Can we talk somewhere a little more private, love?” 
“No. And don’t call me that. We can settle this right here, right now. I’ve been waiting to actually kick your ass, now that the tears finally stopped. Do you realize how humiliated you made me feel after that night? How absolutely filthy you left me? And you had some nerve to try and blame me! The only person that saw good in you, cared for you, loved you!” Each word spoken was a shove to his chest, which he happily took. He was just glad that she was actually talking to him. 
“I understand that you are in pain-”
“Oh, you can’t even begin to understand! Giving your love to someone who you thought was the one, only to have it blow up in your face, you have no idea what that feels like!”
“I could’ve warned you in the first place, Y/n. It’s your own fault for thinking a bloke like Pan would ever-” Before he could finish his unneeded input, Y/n picked up his cup of tea and threw what was left of it into his face. It was just hot enough to prove a point: for him to shut the fuck up. “Ahh! Mother of fu-Jesus Christ! Shit, shit, shit, shit! Bloody, burning hell!” 
Newt rushes to find the nearest bathroom, a few workers following behind him, as others just stare in shock or gaze in amusement. Placing the cup back on the table, Y/n turns back to Peter, with rage darkening her eyes. 
“Y/n, I-”
“I thought I told you to stay the hell away from me. How did you even know I was here?” 
“That’s not important, what’s important is us fixing this problem that we have-”
“We don’t have a problem! You do, and only you! I was perfectly happy being with you, I didn’t care what people said about your past relationships because none of that mattered, it’s in the past for a reason! I didn’t care when they called you bad news, I didn’t care that my parents didn’t approve of you, and I didn’t care how much we argued over stupid shit! What I cared about was you, and how much I loved you. You were there when Newt left, you were my friend, someone I could talk to when I needed it. You listened, you cared…And when you asked me out, I thought moving on was too good to be true, but you changed that. And look where it got us! Five fucking years I gave to you, and this whole time that was just a game to you.”
“It wasn’t a game-” 
“Hearing a lot of bullshit today, you know. You knew exactly what you were doing, Peter. And you knew the person you did it with I despised, yet you still did it anyway.” Tears were starting to form in her eyes, as the heat of the moment was dying down and reality was coming back to her. The man that broke her already bruised heart was standing right there, with the guts to say that he didn’t mean what he did. What does he take her for, a fool? 
“Y/n, what I did was unforgivable, we both know that. But, love, I regret it.”
“Is that supposed to make me feel better? Three words that don’t matter at all to me? I regret giving you my time, mind, body and soul. I regret thinking that scum like you could ever change. I regret loving you, Peter Pan. So I’ll say it again, since you obviously didn’t listen the first time. Stay. The hell. Away. From me.” 
With that said, Y/n left money on the table and took her leave. Storming outside the door, she roughly wiped the single tear that escaped her eye before anyone could see. 
She was so over crying.
But, the sound of the door chimes made her stop only for a second. He seriously could not be trying to chase after her, could he? The rapid footsteps confirmed that prediction, making her bite the inside of her cheek, to stop herself from doing anything she’ll regret. Again. 
“Y/n, please! You gotta listen to me, love-”
“I don’t want anything to do with you, Peter. Just crawl back to wherever you came from, and forget we ever existed. Let me move on! Live your own life, so I can get on with mine!”
“Y/n, baby, I’m begging you!”
“Nothing you can say or do will change my mind, Peter-!” 
“ M A R R Y   M E ! ” 
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In that moment…everything just stops.
From the noisy traffic, to the beating of her own heart. 
It was silent.
With her covered mouth agape, Y/n stands there in complete and utter disbelief. Seeing that he now had her attention, Peter slowly descended to one knee, staring up at her with eyes that were filling with tears. 
“Y/n L/n. Will you marry me?”  
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