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missmcspooks · 11 months

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UNSOLVED But Not Forgotten: The Long Island Serial Killer

I decided to write about a case that’s always been heavy on my mind, and that hits close to home. Literally. Being born and raised in Long Island, New York, and not living far from where these tragedies took place, makes me really wish that we could solve this horrible mystery someday, and bring justice to all these victims, and closure to their loved ones.

The Long Island Serial Killer (LISK), also known as the Gilgo Beach Killer, the Manorville Butcher, and the Craigslist Ripper. Over the timespan of 26 years, an unidentified killer murdered between 10-18 people within the years of 1996 and 2011, before bodies just stopped showing up. It’s unclear if the killer is a man or a woman, but considering most of the victims are women who happened to be sex workers, it’s assumed the killer is a man. Police didn’t first start discovering bodies until December 11th, 2010, while searching for a missing woman named Shannan Gilbert. It was then when they found her remains, along with the remains of multiple other women all along the South Shore of both Suffolk and Nassau county.

For a long time it was speculated that there were multiple killers dropping bodies around these areas, but on November 29th, 2011, police stated that they believe only one person is responsible for all of the murders, considering the common characteristics in which the remains were left, and forensic evidence related to the remains. Majority of the bodies were not found with all limbs intact, and their remains were often scattered in different areas, probably to make it harder for police to identify the victims. In June of 2011, police announced a $25,000 reward for anyone who can give them information leading to the arrest of Long Island serial murderers. As of 2023, all of the murders remain unsolved.

There were very few suspects, but ultimately were found to be unrelated to the murders. Additionally, there was new evidence brought to light in January of 2020, an image of a belt that was found at one of the crime scenes. The belt was made of black leather, and had the letters “HM” or “WH” labeled on the belt. Police believe that the belt belonged to the killer, and wasn’t in the possession of any of the victims. Police decided against telling the public the evidentiary value of the item, and wouldn’t release where it was exactly found. They also stated that new scientific evidence was also being used in the investigation, along with launching a website called gilgonews.com, enabling the department to release news and receive tips regarding the case.

VICTIMS AND THE TIMELINE OF WHEN THEY WERE FOUND

February 1st, 1982: Tina Foglia (19) *NOT OFFICIALLY LINKED*

Remains were found in three separate garbage bags next to the Southern State Parkway. The DNA of an unknown man was found on the bags.

April 20th, 1996: Fire Island Jane Doe

Two female legs wrapped in a plastic bag were found on the bayside shore of Fire Island. The victim's skull was later discovered on April 11th, 2011, west of Tobay Beach in Nassau county. The two sets of remains were linked by DNA.

June 28th, 1997: Peaches

The dismembered torso of a woman was found in Hempstead Lake State Park. She was given the nickname Peaches due to a tattoo of a heart shaped peach on her left breast.

In 2011, police found skeletal remains in a plastic bag, near Jones Beach State Park, and was identified as being the remains of Peaches.

November 19th, 2000: Manorville Jane Doe

The torso of a woman was discovered by hitchhikers in the Long Island Pine Barrens in Manorville. The torso was found wrapped in garbage bags and were found in the woods near Halsey Manor Road.

On April 4th, 2011, a skull, a pair of hands, and a right foot, were found in a plastic bag near Ocean Parkway on Gilgo Beach. They were linked by DNA to the Manorville Jane Doe.

In May of 2020, it was announced that the Manorville Jane Doe was actually a woman named Valerie Mack (24).

November 23, 2000: *NOT OFFICIALLY LINKED*

Hunters found the body of a white or Hispanic man in the woods off the eastbound side of the Long Island Expressway (LIE) near Exit 68 in North Shirley. The victim had black hair and was wearing blue-and-white striped GAP boxer shorts. His age was estimated to be between 30 and 45. He was 5'6" to 6 feet tall and weighed 130-150 pounds. A surgical staple was noted embedded in his chin. He had multiple traumatic injuries, including a crushed larynx, implying he was strangle

July 26th, 2011: Jessica Taylor (20)

A dismembered torso, missing it’s head and hands, were discovered in Manorville, with a tattoo on her back which was mutilated. Her identity was confirmed 7 months later after releasing images of the tattoo.

On May 9, 2011, a skull, a pair of hands, and a forearm found on March 29 at Gilgo Beach were matched to Jessica Taylor

November 10th, 2003: *NOT OFFICIALLY LINKED*

A badly decomposed body was found in Manorville, 400 yards south of the Long Island Expressway, near Toppings Path. A hunter discovered the body in a wooded area about three miles east of the woods where the bodies of Jessica Taylor and Valerie Mack had been dumped. Autopsy results were inconclusive. The victim was Caucasian, 35 to 50 years old, about 5'6" and had died up to four months earlier.

The victim was identified in 2015, but the family asked authorities not to release his name. The case remains an active homicide investigation.

March 3rd, 2007: Cherries *NOT OFFICIALLY LINKED*

A suitcase containing the dismembered torso of an unidentified Hispanic or light-skinned African-American female washed up on a beach at Harbor Island Park in Mamaroneck. A few weeks later her legs washed up in different areas of Long Island. A stab wound was noted on the torso. She had a tattoo of two cherries on her right breast. Never identified, she is referred to as "Cherries" by investigators.

July 9th, 2007: Maureen Brainard-Barnes (25)

was last seen in her room at the Super 8 Hotel in midtown Manhattan. She had left her home in Norwich, CT to meet a client she had booked through Craigslist. She was reported missing on July 14, 2007. Maureen's body would be found December 13, 2010 next to Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach. She had been strangled.

June 23rd, 2008: Tanya Rush (39) *NOT OFFICIALLY LINKED*

She was last seen around 3 a.m. walking toward a subway station in Brooklyn. Her dismembered body was discovered on June 27, 2008 in Bellmore crammed inside a suitcase.

July 12th, 2009: Melissa Barthelemy (24)

Melissa was last seen outside her apartment on Underhill Avenue in the Bronx. She had arranged for a $1,000 date with a client the next night somewhere on Long Island. After her disappearance, her sister received several phone calls from a man using Melissa's cell phone and claiming to be her killer.

Melissa's body was discovered December 11, 2010 beside Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach. Her cause of death was strangulation.

May 1st, 2010: Shannan Gilbert (23) *NOT OFFICIALLY LINKED*

She disappeared after leaving a client's house in Oak Beach. Shannan called 911 and claimed people were trying to kill her. She fled from the house and was last seen banging on doors of homes in the neighborhood while screaming for help. After 19 months of searching, her body was discovered December 13, 2011 in an Oak Beach marsh.

June 6th, 2010: Megan Waterman (22)

She was last seen in Hauppauge, NY walking toward a nearby convenience store. She had been staying in a Holiday Inn Express in Hauppauge and was captured by a security camera walking out of the hotel at around 1:30 in the morning. Megan's body was discovered on December 13th, 2010, next to Ocean Parkway, near Gilgo Beach. She had been strangled.

September 2nd, 2010: Amber Lynn Costello (27)

She was last seen by her roommate leaving her home in North Babylon to meet a client. The client had called three or four times and offered Amber $1,500 for her services. Police discovered Amber's body on December 13, 2010, beside Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach. She had been strangled.

April 4th, 2011: Baby Doe

An unidentified female toddler referred to as "Baby Doe." She was found wrapped in a blanket with no apparent signs of trauma. She was later identified as being the daughter of Peaches, linked by DNA.

February 7th, 2012: *NOT OFFICIALLY LINKED*

Skeletal remains are discovered in the woods in Manorville, off North Street and west of Wading River Road. The body was wrapped in bed sheets, a plastic bag, and duct tape. Police determined the victim was a male and estimated the body had been there at least five years.

January 23rd, 2013: *NOT OFFICIALLY LINKED*

The skeletal remains of a woman were discovered in a garbage bag along the shore in Lattingtown, NY. The victim was wearing a 24-karat gold pink pendant, which may be a reference to "The Year of the Pig" in some Asian cultures.

March 16th, 2011: Natasha Jugo *NOT OFFICIALLY LINKED*

She was last seen leaving her home in Queens Village, NY. Her car was found along Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach the next day. Her wallet, ID, and some of her clothing were found in the sand. On June 24, 2013, Jugo's body washed up on Gilgo Beach about a mile from where her car was found in March.

WAS TINA FOGLIA THE FIRST VICTIM OF THE LISK? OR WAS HER CASE COMPLETELY UNRELATED?

As you probably noticed, Tina Foglia (19) was the very first person on the victims list. However, her murder took place twelve years before the killing spree started. Many speculations went around regarding this theory, due to the manner of which her body was disposed of, and that it wasn’t too far away from where the bodies of the other victims were found. However, police stated that although it’s possible that the murder could be linked, it’s unlikely that it is, and they’re not pursuing it as an active route in their investigation. For a long time I assumed that the murder had to have been linked. I thought that maybe the killer had just started out, and was afraid of what happened and took a long break. Sort of like what Jeffrey Dahmer did after he killed his very first victim. Or perhaps he had killed other women, but their remains were just never found. However, after looking deeper into the evidence, I started to question my assumption. Primarily due to two reasons: Who she was as a person, and how her remains were discarded.

The Long Island Serial Killer primarily targeted sex workers, and from our knowledge from her family and friends, Tina was not participating in sex work. She was just a very outgoing and energetic teenager who loved the music scene, and always went to concerts, especially at a big concert venue called Hammerheads. However, she was known to leave bars and clubs with strangers somewhat often, as she was a very trusting person who wanted to see the good in everyone. In regards to her remains, her remains were indeed dismembered, but they were all put into separate bags that were right next to each other, in the exact same area. The LISK clearly disposed of the victims' remains by discarding them all in different areas, most likely to refrain from their identities being discovered. The person who discarded Tina’s remains clearly didn’t care about her identity being discovered.

Again, if this was the LISK, maybe since she was their first victim, he didn’t really think anything through properly, and again, could’ve been experimenting with their signature or MO. Police are still waiting for a match to come up in the database regarding the DNA that was left on the garbage bags. One last piece of information was that, according to Tina’s sister, she had met a man at Hammerheads who claimed to have been a doctor. She didn’t tell anyone his name, but said that she went on multiple dates with him. It’s possible that she could have gone home with this man, or someone else, but police think that whoever had killed her must’ve had a medical background due to the very precise way that she was dismembered. It was like they used a tool, such as a knife or some kind of medical instrument, opposed to a hatchet or an axe. Basically, it was done in such a way that a normal person most likely couldn’t have done it. Perhaps the man could’ve been a butcher. I’m hoping that one day Tina’s mystery will be solved, so her loved ones could finally get the closure that they deserve.

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gokkyfanboy · 2 years

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tobias for ask game 🤨 it's the only fictional guy i know you like

Thanks for asking!! This is mostly the musical, but with some book stuff

-“Overall opinion of them” I think he’s a great character, both musical & book. He’s my blorbo (/hj) and he deserves a gun

-“Gender/sexuality headcanons” Idk cishet? There’s nobody he canonically talks to besides Lovett and Pirelli, so Ive never thought out his romance stuff

-“Favorite moment in canon” In the book where he attempted to kill (idk if he was trying to kill, but the man was scratching at his eyes) the prison warden’s right hand man in the book.

-“Favorite moment in a fanwork” Most of the fanworks are kid!Tobais </3 and I haven’t looked at his tag in ages

-“Favorite line, in canon or otherwise” BY FAR THE “Eat them slow and feel the crust how thin she rolled it” in God That’s Good

-“Characters I love seeing them interact with” Lovett and him and very sweet, but I would love an encounter with Johanna. Maybe in a pre-story he tries to sell her something through her window and they talk until Turpin sees them?

-“Last thing before sleeping headcanons” He tends to a fire and wraps himself in his blanket a a cocoon

-“Sleeping habits headcanons” Considering he used to drink himself to sleep, he sleeps very heavily.

-“First thing after waking up headcanons” He stares at the dying fire, but sometimes Lovett (and occasionally Sweeney) will tend to it at night

-“Favorite locations headcanon” There’s a law firm a few minutes away from the pie shop, and when he isn’t working he hangs around there to talk to his lawyer friend (who was mentioned like . once in the book)

#asks #sweeney todd

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saltypiss · 1 year

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Ask yourself this: Is there any point in pushing graphics anymore. We're genuinely at a point where it's become an intervention.

The sheer amount if budget put into graphics, aka marketing, is unbelievable. We've discarded artistry to the point that most people's highest standard is still Silent Hill 2 for the PS2

That's not a "Grams tobay R all poopy, my gen best gen!" I'm a PS1/N64 head, I know the fact every screen projects a different image impacts the overall view into whatever people operate. I don't and have never cared about graphics. I've been impressed, but never have I bought a game solely for it, there's no point.

See, the issue is people don't know the difference between artistry and graphics. The problem with gaming as it progresses is it's discarded artistry to push for a realistic or impressively clear image that honestly? Does nothing.

Seeing the pores of a character's face isn't creatively intriguing, it doesn't inspire me to create worlds or scenarios in my mind. It doesn't make me more interested in the character, the setting, the world, the story, which is also yet another problem to get to later.

You know what intelectually intrigues people? Makes them creatively consider concepts they otherwise wouldn't have concieved? Making the player stop and examine, not look, examine. Not judt take in "the detail" but actually examine and creatively or intelectually consider more than it's face value.

Do you have a trashcan? Go look at it. Really take some time too. Hopefully it's clean, but still. Is there a sticker you didn't know about? Maybe you'll find the manufacturer's date, or what company produced it. Maybe a scratch you never knew about. In fact, the scratches on the bottom, they've come from so many moments in time, but where, when?

You can take in alot just by stopping to look at something that, all you did was consider at face value, just a trashcan. Notice entire new things that otherwise just blended right in. I call it the Trash Can example. Because it's more than trash, it's what you percieve it to be.

Being able to tell one of Claire's tits is bigger than the other honestly doesn't do anything for me. Does it happen in real life...? Yeah. What does it add tho. What does it mean about her. Jack shit.

Just adding detail isn't necessary, it's the purpose and ability to see why that matters. The trashcan's bottom is scratched because I slide it accross the tile floor in the kitchen sometimes. That's detail that in a game at surface level is meaningless, but it's something to consider if you analyze it.

Just shoving as many fucking polygons on screen, as much blur and bloom, sunray beams and god damned grey filters? It does nothing for me. It doesn't need to be technologically impressive. It needs to serve a point.

The best way to examplify it is to imagine a flashlight, and imagine a little village that's being shown by it, it's at an angle, and everything is set up in order to present a perfect image, the shadows on the roofs don't block one another entirely, allowing every top of the triangular shape to have light upon it on on side, the people below are set up in ways to bolster their sihlouettes against the light of the floor surrounding their shadows that obscures parts of them as it falls to the ground.

Every piece was set up with precision and purpose.

What I see from modern gaming, is adding sparklers in random places, there's a spot light on one area that kinda looks better than default, they moved most of the pieces and now it just looks like a kid was playing with toys, the flashlight was replaced with a disgustingly blue colored lightbulb on the cieling just shining everything, and someone poured an entire bucket of Grey paint onto everything anyways.

It literally looks like nobody had any cohesion with anything with the graphics department of most companies. It straight up looks like they have a checklist of advertisable graphics they just slap in and the developers just have to work around it.

Silent Hill 2 stands out for a ton of people, not me because I honestly hate it and prefer SH1&3, because it came at a time where all developers could do was their best with the graphics, and then spend time on making it actually look good. Before motion blur was standard, before grey filters were cliche, before lighting was overbudgeted, before filters up the ass were overused, before the budget for gaming was remarkably not increased for development, but the advertising and marketing was.

We're getting worse games solely because it's more marketable to spend time on the dipshit, amateur hour graphics. And some poor soul is deperately trying to make the artistry present, but it's impossible, you have a marketing team who's making trailers and screenshots, don't forget the bloom! And the motion blur for trailers! Hey that sunray technology would look good herex what do you mean you can't possibly optimize that in time? Do it anyways!

Can anyone. Please. Can anyone tell me when and where gaming has improved since early 2010?

It costs more because publishers saw opportunities in the mobile market, so followed along and hired addiction experts to get you financially and mentally worse just by having their games in your life.

They cut out content to sell later because nothing was going to stop them. Capcom put On-Disc DLC a long while back and people just act like companies stopped doing that for some reason. DLC was NEVER a default, it was a consideration, and not one that should've been treated as updates.

Microtransactions forced gaming into an always online bullshit atmosphere, where now every game you launch, from release, to the end of fucking time, will be outdated because the main menu has a store option, the main menu also has an update section, a blog post section, a website section, a community page section, a DLC section. Your children will play incomplete games not because of any uncontrollable force but capitalism. Don't get me started on both DRM and preservation.

Look, all I'm saying is gameplay has not remotely improved since early 2010s, we've merely obtain minor QOL with a massive reduction in literally everything else.

Lemme ask you something. You know how you thought gaming couldn't look any better than (x)? And you bought the newest tech to play it at resolutions and framerates consoles couldn't even dream of?

Do you have any legitimate reason to upgrade again? Honestly? It's not like gaming looks better, it just has RTX or whatever, and it's kinda shit. Worthless, is the actual thing I'd call it.

We went from developers having to make the lighting on textures directly in multiple cases, meaning they had to focus on details that a program doesn't, to...that, a program that doesn't give a shit about details.

It's a mess. It's embarrassing. Capitalism and the forceful need for technological growth has bombarded the industry into an honestly shameful display. I've genuinely never been embarrassed of gaming, but with gamers genuinely demanding 70$ incomplete rushed products, not for better pay to developers, not for literally more than 1-2 years of development time, not for QA, not for better work enviroments, not for the removal of DLC and Microtransactions, no, solely, to give CEOs, even more, fucking, money.

Why? "Becuz gamering spensive!" No. Marketing is expensive, and you're a fool you giggles at shiny keys. I just like the sounds of them, I'm different, I'm unique, I'm alpha, uwu. Xoxo

#gaming #gaming industry #gaming artistry

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jerzwriter · 3 years

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Delaying the Inevitable - Asks/Answers and Discussions

PART 1 - July 2021 - Early December 2021 List Part 2 can be found here.

I am so thrilled that there is a NEED for this masterlist. I get so many great questions about the plot, characters, and most importantly, REAL LIFE ISSUES, that are covered in this book, that they needed their own home. I hope this is helpful for those who want to delve further and, remember, I'm always happy to discuss.

PS - no longer putting Team Ethan/Team Tobias asks here unless they contain more info - because there are a lot. You can search delaying the inevitable asks on my page and they should come up. :)

IMPORTANT NOTE: On potentially toxic relationships

ANOTHER GOOD DISCUSSION:

Did Casey really love Ethan? What do we owe those who hurt us? What do we owe ourselves?

ANOTHER GOOD DISCUSSION II: This provides insight into where Casey's mind is now that she is with Tobias, but how does she feel about Ethan?

ROSE GETS IT!!! :)

THIS IS HOW IT ALL STARTED: My awesome friend Zdena, who is the one who convinced me to write this when it was just an idea, went back and found the screenshots from our original conversation about this on FB. This just made me SO excited. It's amazing to think of what developed and how much has changed since this time. If you're interested in seeing our crazy babble, check this out.

The idea....

Facebook Asks:

Why is Ethan being so mean? What does "inevitable" mean? Can Casey/Ethan possibly be together again?

Tumblr Asks:

Do I hate Ethan? - Short answer - HELL NO ...and I don't want you to hate him either, really! When will the series end? Please Consider Tobias Are Tobias & Casey going to get busy? (Tease answer) Is there more DTI smut to come? Some good insight on story - see comments More love for Tobias Ethan - Please come around WHO IS FLORIA!?!? Tobias told Ethan he loved Casey - and he didn't react? Hey .. writer .. do YOU have a preference? You said everyone will be happy in the end. HOW? I second that right there... Expected length of the story (UPDATED) Shipping Wars are Coming - and we ain't talking FedEx Reader Feedback 🥺❤️😢 Does Ethan even care anymore? So, what will happen with Floria/Casey? Thanks for the support :) (I don't hate Ethan part 2,302) Thanks for the support :) (I don't hate Ethan part 2,303) More on why I don't hate Ethan..... Songsiprations from fans - Happiness Taylor Swift Why didn't Ethan & Casey have a song? Team Tobias Team Casey More on Ethan's Relationship with Floria Will DTI Have a sequel? Pluses and Minuses of Ethan and Tobias Why was Tobias & Casey's first love scene...meh? Does Casey really love Tobias? How long have Ethan & Casey been broken up? Will Ethan find out about Casey & Tobias? Will Casey & Ethan have at least a nice moment again? Taylor Swift's Happiness - Ethan & Casey If The World Was Ending - What would Casey do? Ethan/Tobias - how much left? Please go with the Floria route What do you mean you're veering??? What is Floria going to do to Casey? More about Taylor Swift Happiness - Ethan & Casey Don't let the T&E Camps influence your story MORE Happiness - TS and other songs relatable to DTI Why didn't E&C have a song? Tobias staining Ethan and Floria - what up? Why, Ethan, Why? I'm an Ethan fan, should I still read? Is Louise going to die? This is NOT a foregone conclusion Who is kinker Ethan or Tobias? (Not fully DTI but fun) I love DTI Ethan too Just make them a throuple What is significant about the weekend will Casey need to go away with Ethan? Who would Casey pick if she had to pick right now (Ch. 23) Will Tobias have any flaws? Are they really moving to DC? Give us that Tobais smut... lol (UPDATE: I did) Casey chooses Casey No, y'all don't know yet. lol Ethan's ... uhm... urges Ethan's Journal Are they Picta-official? What about this option? About these asks.... Casey in DTI Ethan and Floria Maury Povich will not be needed Where is Tobias's Dad? What about him? How does Vivian play into Casey's work in DC? ROSEBUDDE GETS IT! :) - About DTI. What readers remain? Let's make this messier... lol Smut left? Whose smut? Edit updates? Has Alan stayed in touch with Casey? Will Louise reappear? Does Casey regret being with Tobias now? Who would Casey turn to in a crisis - T or E? First Attraction - (not only DTI, but included) DTI ASKS PART 2 Can be found here (because apparently, I can't add any more links)

#delaying the inevitable #DTI asks masterlist #DTI masterlist2 #delaying the inevitable masterlist 2 #delaying the invitable asks #delaying the inveitable asks answered

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bots-basket · 3 years

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Safety in numbers #7

Balan did all he could, but nothing seemed to be working as to calm the young visitor down as she curled up around herself and her dimly lit Mindcores. The mere mention or thought about this ‘Tobais’ was something completely worse than how she would usually respond to anything else. He wished to comfort her.. but that isn’t something she will allow of him at this point in time.

“Tobais...”

Lance murmured under his breathe as he looked to Balan and Rosie silently. She had been unable to say anything else about the mysterious person as she repeatedly stated in a panicked manner that they all were in fatal trouble. Lance was of course not bothered by such a statement; as it would take a lot to even consider something that dangerous to befall entities like him and Balan.

But Then again, he shouldn’t brush off her warnings so easily. If the mere Mention of their name warrants such a response, Then this.. ‘Tobais’ could really mean Trouble.

As the silent thought to also attempt to stop the child’s crying crossed his mind, the Mindcore between his fingers gave a Brighter glow that caught his attention. The glow grew to a more brighter and defined color the longer he held it. Even Balan Attention was slightly gathered as he saw the glow out of the corner of his Golden Eyes.. and without much Warning, Lance felt a Pull of his Power Leave him.

Once again, The Energy Beast From before had reconstructed himself and now stood before the two Maestros with a glint in his eyes. Balan instinctively got in front of Rosie and stood in a more defensive position. Lance however wasn’t as defensive, Just slightly disturbed that He Came back without His consent. His eyes Narrowed as he Looked to the giant feline before making his statement.

“ So You’ve returned; Bass was it?”

“ Step Aside Clowns, I’m not here for you.”

Bass retorted, Catching both Maestros off guard with the fact he too could speak. He also didn’t waste much time in giving them no time to respond to him. He reached out his Large Paws and rudely batted them out of his way and crawled under the Tree where Rosie Lay crying, before ever so carefully laying down beside her and protectively wrapping himself around her. A Soft purr escaped from his throat as he nuzzled his face into hers, causing her to look up with surprise.

“ Bass..-!”

“ Shhh.. Calm your fears, For I am here My Master.”

He gently licked her face and kept her close. The sound of his voice alone helped her feel a lot better as her breathing began to slow down and she was ultimately calming down. Amazing what can happen when someone you know just holds you close. Bass’s Ears Perked slightly as he glanced over to the two Maestros just Staring at the two. He couldn’t help but let the edges of his tail spike up as he glared back... he really doesn’t like being around other beings.

“ What.”

“ Oh- We were just surprised to hear you speak and all-”

Balan started to speak when he was cut off by Lance, who was already not feeling this Beasts Attitude towards them. He didn’t care how harsh or rude he sounded at this point, he was just generally ticked off that he was taking liberties with his power without much attempt at getting permission.

“ Your syphoning off my Energy again, you Leech.”

“ Well Master Needed me, and so I settled with using your power to aid her. Besides, if I heard correctly- You wish to know about the situation your now apart of; And I can provide that information. So it’s an Acceptable trade I’d gather.”

Bass stated as his tail lashed from side to side. He could be a lot worse in his words, but decided against it since Lance was technically right. And as much as he hates it, he probably shouldn’t be too cumbersome to the guy allowing him to use his energy to exist atm. It would be annoying to fight with his current host over control anyways.. that wouldn’t be too good for his master.

Lance Raised an Eyebrow to the feline and his unorthodox manners.. but let it slide. This time anyways. Any information would be helpful and he did manage to stop Rosie’s panicking so he’ll give him that. He folded his arms and looked down to the lounging feline with an sharp glare

“ Then Elaborate.”

“ Well do you want the Long boring version or the Nutshell version.”

“-I’d Personally say the Long version to get to the bottom of this- But I don’t believe we have the time.”

Balan interjected before pointing over to a few of the other doors Lining the edges of Tim isle. As they spoke another Door started to slowly become corrupted. Whatever they were up against, it wasn’t wasting any time moving throughout Wonderworld. His brow furrowed as he look to Lance with concern.

“ I’m worried about the inhabitants.”

“ If thats the case, Then i guess I can tell you on the way.”

Bass stood upright and gently picked up Rosie by her Hoodie as he did before. Except this time, he Set her down onto his Back and approached the corrupting Door.

“ What? Your coming with us? Wouldn’t it be safer to stay on Tim isle-”

Balan wasn’t too sure about Bass coming along when it was their problem to handle... whatever it was. Not to mention the thought of Taking Rosie with them. She was already traumatized enough as it is as far as he was concerned.. And what if they come encounter with this ‘Tobais’ Fellow that scares her so? That would be a disaster. He’s supposed to help visitors feel better not make their conditions worse.

Bass scoffed At Balan’s concerns as he looked to him with his green dilated cat eyes, the snarky attitude still apparent.

“ It’d be Safer walking through a Blazing inferno then to Stay Here Alone and in the open. Besides, Cheerful the Clown over there is keeping me powered up.. if he were to leave, I’d go back into my Core state and Master would be even more danger. So where he goes, We Go.”

Balan couldn’t really Argue with Bass’s Logic.. but he did wish he’d wouldn’t be so Rude about it. Guess it would be Safer for them to travel in a group for now. And at least he won’t have to worry about Loosing Rosie again in the Wonderworld if all 3 of them were watching over her.

“....I Suppose your right in sticking to together as there is Safety in numbers.”

“ Well if you two are Quite Done, Let’s get a move on.”

It was apparent Lance wasn’t too thrilled with this arrangement either- But he didn’t have the time or patience to waste arguing with an overgrown house cat.

He walked over to the doorway to dramatically throw the doors open- But they wouldn’t budge. He tried a couple of times to open the door, but it still wouldn’t budge. He was beginning to get frustrated with how everything was apparently against him today; Moreso than usual. He began to aggressively jiggle the handle doors as he became more and more ticked off.

“Why. won’t. it. OPEN-!”

“ I’m draining your power. Duh. You can’t used your magical girl power to open stuff. Let Treeline Tophat get the door.”

Bass rolled his eyes to the struggling Negtai Master before using his tail to shove him to the door.

“ T-Treeline Tophat..?”

Balan Blinked as He felt Bass’s Tail pushed him forward and ontop of Lance’s Back, his Hair tentacles flaring upwards at the touch. The Wonderworld’s Maestro Quickly got off of him as he could practically feel the Daggers of Lance’s Glare pierce through his suit.. ah- sorry.. He Gave an apologetic Smile before using some of his Maestro magic to open the doorway to the next Mindscape.

He heard Lance let out an annoyed huff before entering the gateway first, and then Bass followed soon after with Rosie in tow. Balan was the last to go through as he took another Glance around tim Isle before following after them.

And so the Brave Group went off to face the Next Challenge before them; A world completely submerged in Water.

#{ safety in numbers; balan wonderworld!verse }#{ daydreaming; drabble }#{ i am her soldier; bass }#{ follow your heart; balan }#{ shy but sweet; rosie }#lance #balan #{ through the looking glass; au }#Rosie #Bass #sainu!au #balan wonderworld au #balan wonderworld #balan wonderland #fic #fanfic #(( yay I finished this chapter!! ))#(( Also BASS MY BOI IS HERE ))#(( Sassy Kitty ))

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ren-frost · 4 years

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Prompt 15: Ache

@eorzean-capitalist @ffxiv-writers @sea-wolf-coast-to-coast

“It never gets easier... Does it, Father?”

Tobias regarded the his son, the hulking hrothgar that was easily twice the Garelan’s size his maine billowing in the bitter Coerthan wind. He pulled his coat a little tighter around himself as he turned his gaze to the grand view of Foundation before them. It was a great spot for a grave, all things considered. Tobias had spotted his son walking about while in his asylum in the observatorium and struck up a chat with him to learn he had come here on some sort of business. “So... No rest for the just, yes?” He had said. “I’m not foolish enough to think myself just, father. I can only hope in the end history sees me that way.” “ A very fair observation. and one that’s rather unlike you. Are you feeling okay, Ren? You should probably take a small hiatus. I’m sure Eorzea can go a week without imploding in your absence” “I am... There’s presently no crisis that demands my immediate attention.” “Then...” “I mean.. i -do- have business here.. but not in the traditional sense...” “I can see that.” “I Come here to give thanks to someone who believed in me when the world thought me naught but a threat someone who told me to smile no matter how bad it got. Like so many others, their belief in me was so great, that they offered their life in place of my own.. something i can never hope to repay.” Tobias was silent As Ren had laid a small plant arrangement,tied together with a white ribbon. Sweet Pea, Mint, and a single white lily. “Rest in peace.” Tobais remarked. “The Ishgardians have been sharing their culture more freely i see.” Ren replied. “Thanks to you and your friends.” “Father... I feel foolish for asking this... but... Is there a way to blunt this pain? to shake off this ache that feels like a burr in the center of my chest?” “You cannot... you can only learn to recognize it, and welcome it as an old friend when it comes... it will always hurt. You will always miss them.” “ i... I know...” “But a thing that does help is not shouldering this alone... Come.. Let us pray together... They must have meant a lot to you.” Renard barely felt the tears falling form his face as he nodded. Together, the two knelt and clasped thier hands.

#ffxivwrite2020

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tobiandjane · 5 years

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misaligned stars: introduction post

tobi’s w.i.p

*cover designed by jane*

hey guys! i figured i should make an introduction post for my book so all of you know what and who the heck i’m going to be talking about in my future posts.

misaligned stars is a book i’ve been working on for a while now. here is some basic information about the book:

genre: teen fiction romance

point of view: third person

main characters: ryn a. wilbury, tobias g. williams, courtland b. bennett, elowen j. wilbury, scotty p. rowe

setting: private school

summary: tobias williams and ryn wilbury are an unlikely pair, until they're required to work together all of senior year in order for tobais to graduate. tobias and ryn butt heads more often than not, until tobias allows himself to be venerable and gives ryn a glimpse into his past. her perspective changes and an impossible relationship blossoms into something life-changing and unpredictable.

started: december 22nd 9:56 pm

in plotting and drafting stages

finished: —

continue reading under the cut for more information! (it’s cool information, especially since there’s a link to my book, but i wanted to keep this post short on others’ dashes)

for misaligned stars, i originally had a word count goal, which was 100,000 words. however, i’d rather produce quality over quantity, so i don’t have a set word count goal now. i know some writers are the opposite, and hash out tons of words and fix it later, but i prefer otherwise. i’m not a perfectionist with first drafts, but i’m not going to put in extra, unnecessary, unwanted information.

this book has a relatively simple plot, because i prefer simplicity. however, that does not mean this book is boring. at least i don’t think it is.

the romance within this book is slow burn. the relationship becomes official pretty far into the book, if everything goes as planned. but it might not. as writers know, things in writing tend to change a lot.

i will be posting excerpts and such as time goes on, but right now i don’t have any of my actual writing posted (minus one, one line quote). you can wait for me to start posting excerpts or view my book now, by clicking here. fair warning, this is called a work in progress for a reason. it is definitely a work in progress.

if you decide to take a look at my book, comments with constructive criticism and just comments in general would be amazing. i enabled comments considering the writerblr community is pretty friendly and probably will not mess around. plus, i have several back-ups!

thanks for taking the time to read this post and i hope you enjoy the posts that will be coming! if you’d like me to look at your writing & give some feedback in exchange for doing the same thing to mine, please just send me a message @tobiwestport!

i love helping people with their writing and i will give it my all if you’d like me to take a peek at your writing!

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darkspellmaster · 5 years

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Young Justice Theory: So I want to talk about Halo...

I’ve seen a lot of discussion about Halo the character in Young Justice. And, while I’m loathed to throw myself into this discourse, I feel like a lot of misinformation is being bandied about in regard to the character.

Now let me say this much, I am not coming at this from the standpoint of the character being a Muslim girl. Rather I’m coming at this from the standpoint of what and who the character is and why I think a lot of this commentary is…a bit of an issue when it comes to Halo and her role in the series.

So let’s start at the beginning. Who is Halo...?

The original Halo is a girl by the name of Violet Harper who was a troubled teen. She and her then boyfriend stole a drug formula from Tobais Whale (if you watch Black Lighting you will know about this kingpin) and ran off to Markovia where she was killed by an Assassin sent out by Whale. Her body was later found by the the Aurakle, who took it over and revived her. Batman discovered her, and she had no idea who she was. Due to her using Light powers he gave her the code name Halo, so he could at least call her something, and the two helped form the Outsiders to deal with the war in Markovia.

During her time with the Outsiders, Halo takes the name Gabrielle Doe and lives in a penthouse with Katana, becoming Katana’s Legal ward. She attended high school and started to date, making Brion a bit jealous, and the two realized when they spoiled one another’s dates that they loved one another. Eventually Batman found out Halo’s past and she eventually went to live with Violet’s parents, discovered that Violet needed to make amends for her past behavior and then broke things off with Brion.

Tobais Whale came back into Halo’s life seeking out the drug formula, and kidnapped her parents. She had no idea what he was talking about as the memory of the theft was gone, even with the help of her friends Violet’s parents were killed. Her memories were returned when the JL discovered what possessed her body, and the Auakle wanted to split her and their friend, killing her in the process. The outsiders saved her, and was finally left in peace to go find herself.

During this time she got lured into the Kobra cult and had to be saved by the Outsiders once more, rejoined them. However her body was killed during events of an attack on Markovia, where the ex wife of one of the Outsiders allies, and Halo took over the body of Marissa Barron, but went by the name of Violet due to connections to her former body.

In addition the new 52 redid her story to have it where Violet was imprisoned by the Kobra cult in Markovia. During this time Katana, who is on her own mission, frees Violet and steals a police van with the girl, only for the two to be caught when they stop the van to rest, thinking they’re safe.

In the redone story of Halo, the Aurkles have been captured by Kobra, and with the help of a kidnapped Scientist (I think it’s Dr. Jace) Violet is forced to experimented upon and this gives her super powers. The try to mind control her, but the Aurkles breaks free and kills everyone present but shields Violet from harm. Katana threatens to kill them and they back off allowing her and Violet to escape.

When awake from her ordeal Violet uses her powers but Katana and her partner the Entchantress knock her out. Enchantress at the time tries to free Violet from the Aurkles, but the bond is permanent. During this time the Aurkles try to free their friend, but their actions would have killed Halo, so Enchantress has to kill them to keep her alive. Halo saves Katana and Enchantress and Katana takes Halo on as a sister and offers to let her live with her.

Second question…what is Qurac?

Okay so while one can see Qurac as a fake name for Iraq the two nations are not the same and are independent of one another’s history.

Qurac is a gulf nation that runs along the eastern boarder of the Sinai Peninsula from Oman and Rub’al Khali on the south, Saudi Arabia and the Summan on the west and Iraq and Wadi al Batin on the north.

It’s considered an Outlaw nation due to it’s anti-u.s. policies and was a major sponsor of terrorism in the west. Originally, it was ruled by the Ottoman Empire until around the time of WW1 when English and Arab forces defeated the Empire, and the area then held by England until WW2. Now things get interesting…

So during WW2 the Premier of Iraq, one Al-Gailiani, who was a Arab Nationalist, decided to replace the then moderate Iraqi government with a Pro-Axis one. The Brits were having none of that thus the Invasion of Basra in 1941.

Hassan al-Sadr, one of Al-Gailiani’s supporters, fled south and galvanized Arab tribesmen into an army, and, taking the name Sulieman, he was aided by the Germans with materials and funding to establish the nation of Qurac. Because of their alliance Qurac allowed the building of Jotunheim, a giant fortress which was later assaulted by the Suicide Squad when a terrorist organization took hold of it. Jotunheim wrecked the shipping in the Oman and Persian gulfs during this time, and eventually Sulieman’s regime was defeated by the end of the war.

After WW2 Qurac became a republic and that lasted until the 1970s when a military coup led by General Marlo, overthrew the elected government and declared it a military dictatorship, against the will of the people. During his reign Marlo has tested nuclear devices that contaminated the oil supply which is the foremost natural resources. This lead Marlo to attack several international locations, among them Metropolis, causing Superman to come after him and destroy much of his military capability. Marlo eventually was defeated and brought to stand trial thanks to the work of the Suicide squad. Sometime later Cheshire used a nuclear missile on the nation as a means to show she wasn’t afraid of using the weapons she had stolen, causing trouble for aid workers to help survivors.

So that is the comic history of the nation and character…

Question three is…what is a mother box and a New God?

So a New God is a being that is from New Genesis or Apokolips. Respectively you can see them as a heavenly place or a hellish landscape. Batman believes each New God represents something, like Orion is War, Mr. Miracle is Freedom, etc. They live on the Fourth world which is in close proximity to the Source, which is basically a place where most of the powers of the universe come from.

“The Source is the "source" of all that exists and acts as the limitless energy from which all life sprang forth in the Universe. The Source created and was created by the emergence of the Universe approximately 19 billion years ago.[1] Mostly associated with the New Gods, the Source was the supposed origin of the "Godwave" that is believed to have been responsible for creating and empowering the "Gods" with their divine abilities. It also seems to be partially responsible for the ability of certain people to develop super-powers, especially those which defy the laws of physics.

Lying at the edge of the known multiverse is the Source Wall, which protects the Source, and traps all those who attempt to pass beyond it as Promethean Giants.”

So New Gods evolved into almost perfect beings due to their close connection to the source, their technology and other factors. They’re faster, stronger, smarter, etc. than their cousins the humans of earth, even though they look like us.

Another factor about the New Gods is that they are technically immortal, have acceletated healing, and you can’t really kill them with natural means, you need a specific sort of material to use against them, or they just will keep healing up and fixing themselves. Now I don’t know if anyone of them has ever revived directly from death, but near death…yes, several times.

They also obtain powers that are pretty much super depending on who it is.

As for the Mother Box…

So these “living computers” are half sentient being half highly developed machine. The New God Himon, who used Tenth Metal to build the boxes, which is seen as possibly being alive, created them and they can do a number of things. Anything from forming a boom tube, to translating, to energy manipulations to teleportation to, even healing an injury.

According to Metron, one of the smartest New Gods, the Mother box shares a rapport with nature and it’s user, providing unconditional love to the person that owns it and will self destruct should the person that owned it die. Keep in mind the mother box can be woven into just about anything, Scott Free has his in his costume as a part of it.

The list of things they can do is wild:

Change gravity

Transfer energy from one place to another

Control the mental state of a host

Communicate with other life forms

Manipulate the life force of a host to sustain it past fatal injuries,

Open and close boom tubes

Take over and control non-sentient machines

Merge sentient beings into a single more powerful being

Sustain a life form in a hostile environment.

Okay so now about Earth 16 Halo….

So what do we know about Violet? We know that she was named Gabrielle and that she was a citizen of the republic of Qurac, which has been having strife with Queen Bee. We know that she came to Markovia after being chased down by a group of monsters that seems to be attacking. For some reason she agreed to open the door to let assassins in to kill the King and Queen and then was killed herself to install a mother box in her.

It’s clear by now it’s a mother box. But who did it belong to.

This becomes important I think in understanding the character we have here. Gabriella died, and while the Mother box did revive her, much like the original Halo, this is not the same girl that was Gabrielle. This isn’t a case of amnesia, the only thing keeping Violet alive right now is that box inside her, and that box, should the owner die, will destroy itself, unless it sees Gabriella as it’s owner now.

This means that the girl that we have before us isn’t really Gabrielle, she is the Mother box (or New God) taking on a new form, and reading the memories that are storied in Gabrielle’s mind. Because of the fact that the original Gabrielle died, we can then view this person as someone that is, for lack of a better term, wearing Gabrielle’s skin. This also brings up the question of identity and if the being inside her, that being this Mother box, identifies with Gabrielle’s religion or not. Violet at this point clearly feels that continuing to at least wear the hijab is the right thing to do for her, as she says, “it feels right” shows that at least the Mother box is reading the remaining emotions or whatever, inside of Gabrielle’s memories.

A lot of the issues people seem to be having with her centers around if she is her nationality, and honestly I have to say, no, she is not. The moment Gabrielle died and the Mother box activated reviving her, she lost all of that. She became a new person who is learning to be the person that Gabrielle was, but she is not Gabrielle. Thus the taking of the new name. Because of this, you can’t really judge the character on the outfits or actions they put her in based on who Gabrielle was, because this isn’t her anymore, and I don’t think this is ever going to be again. The girl that was Gabrielle died, she is dead, and there is no bringing her back. All we have now is Violet, a person who is learning to be a person, who is experiencing things for the first time inside a person’s body.

Now was it a smart idea to make her a Muslim girl from Qurac, compared to her original form, I don’t know. On the one hand, I can see where the issues regarding her being killed over and over can come off as something horrible. And that her outfit wouldn’t be seen as proper (and compared to M from Marvel this is a pretty fully covered look) compared to say Ms. Marvel’s look. However, on the other side of things, this isn’t Gabrielle anymore and because of that she has to be looked at by a different standard as she has no clue what Gabrielle would and wouldn’t wear. It’s also important to note that their costumes were designed to best suit their powers, and more than likely Fire set Violet up with cloth that would make it easier to use her abilities, much like Geoforce not ripping off all his clothing.

As more and more of Gabrielle’s memories come back, the likelihood is that Violet will have to face a choice to live as Violet or as Gabrielle. There’s also the added issue of the Mother Box and, well, who’s it is and if there is a New God in her or at least, accessing her body.

Keep in mind also that Mother boxes don’t normally create illusions, but New Gods do. Right now there’s some form of confirmation that the Mother box is inside Halo, thus making her what she is. We know that the powers she has seems to mirror that of the Mother boxes, and yet there are a few that don’t.

Halo can fly, while the Mother box can alter gravity it can’t make someone fly. Halo can cast illusions, create beams, Force fields, etc. the Mother box can’t do that –unless that falls under energy manipulation, which it could, but it still leads to the other option that could be happening here.

The Mother box is working in tandem with a New God is one of the other options for this. We’ve heard that the Mother box is inside Halo and keeping her alive. However there is the option for a New God to be using the body as well. New Gods can poessess others, it’s one of the options of their powers, and the one New God that matches a lot of the powers that Violet has right now is Solis, or Light Ray.

Lightray or Solis, is the best friend of Orion, a powerful New God that can fly, has accelerated healing, Photokinesis or the ability to manipulate light in many ways, including force fields, blasts and casting illusions. The reason I bring him up at all is because of what Bear states in Away Mission. During the episode Bear, says that that the Real Orion is away from New Genesis. Now why could that be?

Originally I thought that this meant that the Mother box could be Orion’s and that they were holding him captive. However, the big thing about this is that you don’t just capture a Mother Box, it’s not easy to get, and the other factor is that Orion’s controls his beast/rage form. Without it he becomes a wild animal.

Which could explain the monster we see chasing down Halo and the others in her memories.

The other option is that the mother box belonged to Lightray who is being held prisoner, as with Orion, only he tapped into his connection with his Mother box and is now connected to it allowing Halo to access his powers until help can arrive in the form of Orion.

So we have three options here.

Option 1. Halo’s powers come strictly from the Mother Box and the Mother box has become the person Violet that is now inhabiting the mortal remains of Gabrielle Doe, who was the girl from Qurac that died at the hands of Ecks and the others.

Option 2. Halo’s powers are coming from a mix of the Mother box and Lightray/Solis who is right now incapacitated and is using his mother box inside Halo to keep others from using him for whatever purpose that they will. And that Orion is looking for his best friend, thus why M’comm was able to pretend to be him.

Option 3. Halo’s powers are coming from the Mother box, but the box belongs to a captured Orion. Should Orion be saved this could put a serious issue up in the air for Halo. As the Mother box would belong to Orion this would mean it may have to be removed as it has a connection to Orion and would want to go back with him home, since it helps calm him down. Orion could be a dick about it and want it back as well leading to a fight over Halo and her life, or he could be talked down from it by Bear and the other Forever people, which is also an option here.

Ultimately I feel like a lot of people are viewing Halo in a way that seems to be under the impression that she’s alive. Let me reiterate, she is not. She is not the girl that died, she is a vastly different character, one who’s deaths I think mean something. Each death may be processed by the Mother box for a reason, and probably will be used later in the story. As she understands that pain the box can then probably dish out everything upon someone that is attacking them at some point. That is honestly where I think we are going with this.

I hope this all makes sense.

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agateshot · 4 years

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They say he's lucky to be alive.

Luck.

Perhaps there was some truth in that; he had been lucky that his father loved him despite the old man's poor memory, lucky that his mother was a kind woman with care in her hands. Lucky that all of them lived to see the city of Irithyll.

Lucky enough that his father lived long enough to see him become a page in the order of the Silver Knights.

On hard days, he can still remember what his father had told him that day. After the ceremony, in a moment of lucidity, his father had taken Petya into his arms, the sharp smell of mint and medicine invading his nose. Petya had hugged his father anyway, the old man so frail in his arms even then. His father called him by the name of his uncle-- but that was common for his father to do. Petya knows that his dad loved him as who he was, but just because he sees the image of his son in his mind, it's hard for his father to remember fresh names, even if Petya was old enough to become a page.

His father had told him that even in those moments were life seemed hopeless, to be thankful for the chance to breathe. As long as air flowed through your lungs, you never knew what kind of amazing things you would see.

His father's eyes, so much like his own, gold ringed with the insides banded like agate, were so clear when his father told him that he loved him. That he was so proud of his son, and thankful that he had gotten the chance to meet Petya.

His father died that night, old age finally claiming him. His mother died soon after, broken-hearted. She had tried to live for Petya, but the wound was too great for her to bear alone.

Some days Petya wonders if he had done the right thing, choosing his training over his grieving mother.

This…. Was definitely one of those days.

The battle for Irithyll had been tough on everyone, no knight wanted to fight each other, at least those who had supported Lord Gwyndolin; but their duty toward him meant that they must. These were their brothers and sisters at arms, even if they had chosen to turn on them. Bonds of family aren't so easily severed, and while the hoards were made up of wizards and monsters… nothing was more horrific than the Knights.

And yet… The invasion and coup was repulsed, Traitor Sulyvahn killed by their God Of Justice and Vengeance. It should have been over. Those that could be captured were, to face trial, and those that had been slain had been counted and noted.

There had been so many Knights slain or missing, horrible horrible unsure knowledge on who had been on what side, the carnage both physical and emotional. The order of knights had been left in shambles for a time, and he had been promoted to a lieutenant from his previous position as a general officer. While he was a good knight and a good man, he was often rash and quick tongued. He was respected by his fellow knights and supported by them, but he knew as well as anyone that his promotion came only because he was the most qualified long standing officer… and because all the others that would fill the position had defected.

He wasn't a young man anymore. By the time he had been promoted to lieutenant, he was nearly fifty. Gone were his thirties where he had taken to fighting off bears single handedly (and gaining a litany of scars for his idiocy), and had assumed that his halted rank had been permanent.

His fellow knights keep telling him that he's earned this, that this was something he had coming for his years of service, but he doesn't know if he can accept that. One of the people that had gone missing, the one person he felt desperate to talk to about all of this, what would Toby say?

Toby…

Tobias was the man he had replaced directly as lieutenant. He had hoped that what had happened to the man he had come to love not just as a brother-at-arms, but as a true brother, was that he had been one of the men that had been on their side, but turned to cinder by the horrible flames of the mages. It was a disgusting thing to wish for, but the alternative is that Tobais has betrayed not only Lord Gwyndolin; but more personally, had betrayed him.

It had turned out however, that Tobias had not died in the service of the Nameless Moon.

Petya had been leading a sweep of the Boreal Valley, trying to flush out the remaining insurgents of the assault, on orders from Lord Commander Lorain, when he had heard that familiar voice.

It was so faint, at first he didn't think that it was real. The Knights that had been with him hadn't heard it, so what was he supposed to assume? But he swears he had heard it.

Rash. He was always too rash.

He went to investigate, telling the men that if he wasn't back within five minutes to come after him.

It took only three minutes for Tobias to slide a knife into his back like his armor was so much hot butter. It must have been magic, because his body instantly went limp, collapsing into Tobias' arms like a ragged doll. It took the remaining two for Tobias to gloat about halting Petya's progress for so long, to reveal how he had always hated Petya, and how much of a fool Petya had been to assume he had ever had family after his parents had died.

Petya wasn't the only fool that day, too caught up in his hate, Tobias failed to see the blade that decapitated him glinting in the moon. Even then, within those ten seconds that his head still lived, Tobias had mouthed at Petya that even if he lived, he would never walk again.

He had blacked out after that, and when he had awakened, he had opened his eyes to the familiar sight of a hospital. His right hand had no problem coming up to rub at his eyes, but it seemed that his left had been restrained to keep him from moving. It was weird, tying him down on only one side, especially considering it was his dominant hand. Being left handed was something of a boon against single armed combatants, often he was able to break the guard of a right-handed opponent when they least expected it, with his own quick reflexes keeping his own guard up.

He can really only think of two times that he's felt so utterly defenseless against a person-- the most recent being Toby's betrayal. The first time had been at the Winter Solstice party, the first time he had been invited to one where Lord Gwyndolin had been in attendance. Part of his new rank he supposed. He had been on his best behaviour the whole evening.

Well.

Almost the whole evening.

"He's been standing there for ten minutes." He heard a lieutenant whispering to another, "Doesn't he know you're supposed to bring someone you know?"

He had turned to see who the "he" had been, and had seen a vision. The way the light reflected off of the green satin of his dress, complements the shade of gold that was his hair and beard, the bracelets on his arms jingling slightly as he nervously shakes them from time to time. Petya can't make out the color of his eyes from here, the man looking away to somewhere else, but he seemed to be around his age.

Ever rash, he takes a step forward, attracting the attention of the gossiping lieutenants. They gasp and giggle a bit, and he glances back at them.

"Go! Go!" They tell him, "He's waiting for you, if no one else. It is a party after all."

He crinkles his brow somewhat at that, but goes anyway. It's not until he arrives does he realize what the fuss was about.

Mistletoe. The man had been waiting for someone who wanted to kiss him. At this point, he was close enough to see the look in the man's eyes. Excited. Worried. Lonely. The excitement grows as he catches sight of Petya coming toward him, an obvious effort not to show it in his face-- one that failed, and hope joined the gold in his eyes.

Oh well… it was just a kiss. He's close now, finding he has about five inches on the man, though he's hardly short.

"Hi." Petya says.

"Hello," Says the man, trailing of before asking a question.

"Mistletoe?" Petya says for him.

The man nods.

"Well, all right. It is traditional after all."

The man smiles, relief creeping into his eyes, and he reaches up to take Petya's face. Unsure what to do, Petya places his hands on the man's sides, leaning in to let their mouths touch.

It's like sipping sparkling wine. At first the fizz isn't noticeable, but after a couple seconds, the tingling- tantalising- grows stronger. He finds himself leaning in for more, a hand finding its way to the bare skin on the stranger's back, feeling the raised lines of scars. The man seems more than eager to deepen the kiss, his beard soft as it rubs against Petya's shaven face. A tongue touches against his lips and--

Oh he's in public, he shouldn't be putting on a display like this--

Petya opens his mouth slightly, and the champagne turns to bursts of light across his vision, even when he closes his eyes. He's never felt anything like it, he's never imagined someone could feel like this. He-- oh it's too much?

He pulls back quickly, his left hand coming up to cover his mouth, the buzzing staying trapped in his skin.

"Thank you for coming over." The man says, golden eyes now considerably brighter. Petya can feel the way that gold eyes search agate, waiting for a response. Petya supposed that the man must have liked what he saw, because he smiled then. "Have a good winter solstice."

The man leaves then, and Petya, still staring after him, realizes he had never gotten his name.

He's still in shock when he returns to the other officers, seeing now that there had been quite a crowd that had gathered while he was gone. As he joins them again, they burst out into cheers for him, many people patting him on the back.

"You know," He says after a moment, the crowd pausing to listen to what he had to say, "I hadn't thought of it before, but I think that was my first kiss."

The moment dissolved into laughter.

Another round of congratulations was issued after someone spotted the man talking to Lord Gwyndolin himself, though Petya was awash in embarrassment as the man pointed directly at him and waved. He waved back, only to excuse himself very, very soon after.

Even now the memory makes him smile, the right corner of his mouth pulling up, the left hindered by an old scar. His right hand comes up to rub at his eyes again-- and a moment later, what feels like a paw hits his left side of his face. He's being attacked? He's quick to slap the object away, pinning it under his right hand. He turns his head to see what it was…

His left hand. Utterly devoid of feeling or sense, curled up into a claw.

Ah yes. Unless he were to lose himself in memories of the past, it seemed that Tobias had been right. He would never walk again, and even if he were to learn the skill, his hand would never grasp a sword again.

#v. resisting flames #anyway this is a side blog to halfofxerxes and I cannot remember how much work I did on this blog #rip

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thenixkat · 6 years

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Animorphs notes 3

Book 3

Narrated by Tobias. Getting all of the white kids out of the first I guess

Tobias forgets the color of his eyes after a few weeks as a bird. But he remembers that he had blond hair and was kinda big.

Tobi has also oly been looking at his bird face head on cause otherwise he’d notice how doofy his face looks

Dan’s not holding that hawk prisoner he’s just got shitty animal husbandry. If that 3 ft by 3 ft cage is the only cage he keeps her in. That could just be a travel cage dude uses for the filming for all the info I have and Tobi has already demonstrated that he over anthropomorphises animals

Also Tobi is gonna get that captive bird fucking killed with this Peta shit.

And he does something very unbirdlike infront of multiple people any of whom could be a controller.

And he nearly gets killed doing this.

Tobias is a dumbass that doesnt consider the consequences of shit.

Tobi she’s a fucking bird and there’s a fucking elephant destroying shit and humans causing a ruckus. She’s startled and startled birds fucking fly u numpty!

Rachel chews Tobias out for being a complete idiot and starting that stunt while on fucking air

Ya know what, Tobi’s descriptions of Rachel are starting to make me uncomfortable. And that plus his insistence of talking to Rachel on her solo mission every 5 secs probably means he has some creepy crush on her

Tobi don’t start on that shit you chose to be in morph far more than was safe, was warned multiple times of the time limit and got yerself stuck. Its not a curse if yer fucking responsible.

Applegate skips on the whole redtails also hunt smaller birds and that’s… weird

Tobi assumes that a human smiling when they see a bird means their jealous. Not that like, the person just fucking likes birds and nature and shit and is either going to or going home from a job where they spent hours in a bland cubicle looking at just a computer so hey a cool bird, they must be jelly that they cant fly.

I don’t like Tobias.

Why do the yeerk ships have clocking that hides them in ultraviolet as well when humans can’t see into that range? Wouldn’t it make sense just to cloak along the visible spectrum and save power and also cleaning bills from hitting so many birds and bugs?

Marco is valid.

Also betting that that released hawk is gonna be ded in the next few days.

Also why did Jake not get any info from Cassie on potentially what to feed Tobias? Why isn’t Tobias just fucking living at Cassie’s barn? She could claim that he’s some tame hawk that someone gave to her b/c they couldn’t afford to take care of him any more

Tobias why didn’t you bring up the thing in the sky to the whole group?

Is this brooding angst?

Also if Tobias has been eating random leftovers from Jake for weeks he should be sick as fuck.

Why didn’t anyone call Child Protective Services for Tobias’ case too?

Dead geese

Wolves were recently released in the nearby national parkl/woods

There are mountains nearby, and a coast near by, an abandoned church, a mall next to a construction site

Has Marco been in the mountains before?

Marco, yall only tried to rescue Tom once. That’s not everything you could do. Yall could just fucking kidnap him and fake his death and also tell Jake’s parents so they don’t do anything… rash

Tobias is kinda taking charge of this mission

Tobias doesnt like Marco

Its 20 miles from Cassie’s barn to the mountains

Cassie apparently dosent consider that female wolves might also fight for dominance

None of these kids practiced this morph beforehand even tho they know morphing something for the first time usually leads to some loss of control

Cassie can morph horse. There’s horses plural at her barn. They could have all become horses in the woods to travel the 20 miles then turned into more normal forest animals to blend in once they got there.

Every Time they morph my comparative anatomy classes start fucking screaming in anguish. The knees reversing is not nearly as bad as fingers shriveling and disappearing b/c somebody doesnt know fucking digitigrade limb anatomy

Morphing took Cassie 2 mins

Tobais is a hawkaboo

Alpha. Ick

Jake can’t control his morph and is triggering wolf shit in the others

They really should just fucking demorph and remorph.

Tobias gets frustrated and flies off to clear his head

Too fucking bad we dont get a first person view of turning into a wolf b/c Tobias got himself stuck as his fursona and had to narrate this book

Fake park rangers

No, I’m not going to believe that hork-bajir have T. rex feet b/c these kids know jack and shit about every kinda animal. Also zygodactyl feet make more sense for a tree climber, and would look lovely while kangaroo hopping

Tobias only notes blades on their heads, wrists, elbows and knees.

Tobi mistakes a random group of 5 wolves for his friends

These dumbasses dont demorph and remorph b/c they want to be wolves for the rest of their life

Taxxons are consistently described as fat centipedes

Tobias finds out his hawk body is horny for a lady bird

More misinformation on how wolf packs work

Idiots don’t display submissive behavior and back away to avoid a conflict. Or just flat out fucking run away.

SO the gang are able to demorph at least 7 mins past the two hours time limit. Cassie was in morph the longest yet is the first to finish and then helps the other morph with her coaching skills. Interesting.

SO how long can they really stay in morph? It takes Cassie 2mins to morph, they were at least 7 mins past the window. Cassie spent 69 mins in morph more or less, could she go longer?

Did lying to them about how much time they had left help? How much of morphing is psychological?

Owls can and would eat hawks. Tobias should be concerned about that.

Marco comes up with the idea to drive the alien tanker uncloaked over the city to alert the citizens

Jakes plan is to enter the ship through the pipes as fish. Why would there be a way to get into the rest of the ship from the water tank?

Rachel’s gymnastics group is doing a show in the mall

It bothers me that the kids and books don’t call Iness 226 by their name. B/c conflating the yeerk with their host is… not a good mentality to have

...birds can walk. Does Tobias think the only way birds can move is by flying? He can fucking run, it’d be a cute little flapping waddle but he can fucking run

Tobias loses control kills a rat, has a freak out and tries to commit suicide in front of Rachel. Is thwarted by Marco

Tobias goes feral to avoid his emotions

Tobias goes to see if the female hawk is still alive/maybe a booty call

Ya know I wanna know whats going on with the other animorphs while Tobias is having this crisis

It took Tobias a surprisingly long time to get past his shit and give a damn that a person was about to be brutally murdered in front of him

… how does Tobi’s eye attack work on the hork-controllers? AT what angle is he going to avoid the foot long horns and still hit the eyes?

You can totally hug a damn bird Applegate. People hug birds all the damn time.

Why don’t the two people with osprey morphs? Catch fish? Hell they could work together driving the fish into a net if they’d thought to bring a net.

These kids are so dumb. Marco? Cassie? Morph fucking ospery and see where the fish are!

Toboas gets distracted by the sexy lady hawk durring an important part of the mission

Andalite description: eyes on antler-like stalks, large main eyes, dainty hooves

Why is Visser 3 here now?

Plan gets 500% more dangerous and Jake and Rachel still push for it

Cassie sides with doing the plan over fucking waiting till security cools off and trying again when there’s less chance of death

The hork-controllers shoot a deer but not a bird going out over the lake multiple times

Hork-controller talking shit to a human-controller

Why is there a grate at the top of the water tank that leads in to the rest of the ship?

Tobias genuinely seems to think that there are voluntary hork-controllers given this and his comment in the first book’

Also I don’t like how Tobi keeps refering to non-human people as creatures. This shit probably happened in the other books but fuck it I’m noting it now

Heh. The kids can’t open the grate to escape and are plotting group suicide to avoid capture and infestation.

Its almost like trying to infiltrate a spaceship/tanker through the water take was a very very bad idea.

Tho is they had like mosquito morphs it might have worked

Taxxons can apparently climb like small bugs do.

Tobi steals a gun to kill the ship with

Tobi kills a ship with a gun

Random chance saves the animorphs again and Tobi is the only one to notice the humans falling out of the ship

…. Marco has an osprey morph not bald eagle.

Also! Bald eagles are fish eaters! Why didn’t Rachel morph to make fishing a little easier

Tobi sees the sexy lady hawk die

#nix meows #nix reads animorphs

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frivery · 3 years

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Tobai's Birthday was not on the list either, probaby because he's turning 1! His Birthday was May 10th!

A short piece of Tobai returning home, POV of Tobai featuring Empress Snowflake of the Snowflake Empire

"The Honorable Tobai, you return from your leave to that little quaint palace in that murky little swamp. It pleases us to see you come home so well." the light, flowy, tone that she used was fake as the glass flowers you would find tucked into vases around the Kingdom. Her voice was high, dainty, pitched up in a way that you could hear her delicately holding her hands out and away from her massive multi-colored dress. The goblin quickly put down the bag he was holding, swapping out the wooden handle for the pale tan one of his prized fan before dropping to his knee to kneel before her Imperial Majesty. The ice primal kept his eyes down on the bright orange of the luxury velvet carpet, knowing better than to even look at the Empress until given permission.

The tiefling hummed to herself, Tobai could feel her watching him, before she lightly tapped her fan on his head. Not a proper greeting, a playful one, that she as the Empress was wholly allowed to get away with.

"Honorable and Venerated Tobai, please stand before us and tell us of this little Kingdom you have found."

the ice primal stood up at her instruction, standing to his full height before dipping into a polite bow in gratitude to the blue blood.

"Thank you for your warm welcome, Your Imperial Majesty, it would not be the same without her." he dared to look up at the tall tiefling, her pale snowy skin dotted with snow leopard-like marks that drew even his shakey gaze to her pale freshly-fallen snow-colored eyes. A sharp smile was on her pouted lips at her words, her fan that was designed to reflect the plumage of an albino peacock fanned out to hide part of her almost mischievous expression.

"It certainly would not." she agreed, eyes glinting sharp as she continued to fan herself. It had not escaped her notice that he had said nothing of the Shadow Kingdom he had returned from, he could feel those calculating eyes scouring over him like talons but the goblin politely waited. Her Imperial Majesty hummed again to herself, folding her fan closed and placing it under the ice primal's chin in a playful way, but he couldn't help but shudder at the gesture. He knew she had seen it, her eyes sharpened like a cat staring at a mouse, Tobai was too smart to not be aware of how much of a show of dominance even this small gesture was.

"Would the Honorable Tobai grant us the privilege of coming to tea with us?" it was phrased like a question but one could not simply say no to the Empress of all dragons.

"It would do us great Honor, Your Imperial Majesty." the goblin responded lightly, allowing the tall tiefling to begin to lead him down the icy corridor.

"Tell us of this Shadow Kingdom, Sweet and Kind Chancellor Tobai. What kind of people are they?" she sounded light and curious, like a fae batting its eyelashes at you. A trick but one he could not sidestep so easy in her own Kingdom.

"They are an interesting kind of people, if I may say so Your Imperial Majesty, very... diverse and open to change."

"Are they? My, I wonder how long that will last for."

"Your Imperial Majesty has managed it, mayhaps they may be so lucky to do the same." she paused in her walking, giving him a look as she started to fan herself once more, she examined him for a long moment before pursing her lips and beginning to walk down the extravagant hall once more.

"We heard the Honorable Tobai visited as a tutor to the Royal Family there?"

"Yes, she heard correctly."

"Who was it? What were they like?"

"Their King, your Imperial Majesty, he was quite kind to us." Tobai could see a dangerous glint in the Empress' eyes.

"The King needed a political etiquette tutor? How very novel, how absurd."

"He did, a young human King unprepared and untrained to take the throne was he. A quick study his Majesty was." the goblin quickened his pace slightly, pulling up the grand lapis colored door to the Empress' sunroom and bowing politely as she swept past him with a playful smile. Tobai followed quickly after, closing the door behind them and pulling the pale white-woven chair out from the delicate tea table so she could sit. An endeavor with all those skirts but she was elegant enough to make it look effortless. He took the seat across from her when directed to do so with her fan.

"Tell us about this Shadow King, he sounds so novel." the crystal clear ring of her ice bell called a well-dressed servant to scamper into the room and bow before them. "Hot Cinnamon tea, dear, and apple pie for me and the Chancellor." the girl nodded, bowing deeply again before skittering off like a mouse.

"The Knight King, they call him, a warrior who was favored by the Founding King so much that he was given the throne. His majesty bedecked in gold-plated black-steel armor and blue satin, who they say joined his peasantry in defense of his kingdom when they were attacked by those dreadful Bandits."

"You make him sound so impressive, Chancellor Tobai, especially since I believe you implied he is an obsidian blood."

"He is both, though he could hardly hope to hold a candle to Her Imperial Majesty."

"A Well-ruling Obsidian blood? In this Era? My, I would be thoroughly impressed to see it." the servant girl from before, a mousey tiefling of brown hair, returned with a haste in her step. A sweet and spicy smelling tea placed carefully on the tea table as well as a freshly baked pie. He didn't have to pour the hot liquid, the servant girl filling the Empress' cup just the right amount before doing the same with Tobai's. The ice primal was not the one server first, for obvious reasons, but he took a sip of the warm cidery tea first as the Empress watched him with a curled smile. Poison testing. She hummed in a pleased way when he didn't seem to react poorly to the luxury drink and took a sip from her own cup.

"He is no Blue blood, this is true, but Black bloods have their place among the nobility do they not?"

"Outside of founders? Not that I believe. Founders start lines of gold, the originators of all power, but a non-founding Obsidian blood has no right of pretending to be nobility." Tobai frowned into his cup at her harsh take, though it was not the most extreme considering some blue bloods thought lowly of even founding black bloods.

"I suppose we shall have to watch and see how that Shadow Kingdom progresses." he commented, to which the Empress nodded in agreement, picking up her fork and taking a small bite of her apple pie now that the serving girl had tested it.

"It shall certainly be interesting if nothing else." she agreed, allowing them to lapse into an almost comfortable silence.

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ironwroughtunicorn · 6 years

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💬 for Cale? 8u

WHAT YOU REALLY THINK:

Jonah scratched his chin in thought for a moment, his optics glowing as he considered the Titan. “Cale and I go a long way back. He was one the first wave of new Curators we recruited after our decimation on Mare Imbrium by the Ascendant Hive Wizard Veikirn. He’s a valiant fighter, and has a good heart.”

Jonah paused, looking up from his assessment, eyes narrowed. “But I’d be lying if I didn’t say that we’ve had issues. He’s headstrong, overly aggressive, and easily goaded into a fight. He’s also got a tendency to go rogue, as he did some time ago… I remember when he and Tobais came to blows over how to track the fell wizard. Cale wanted to just throw himself at the beast, and was willing to scrounge up a suicide Fireteam to do it.”

Jonah shook his head, eyes closed. “Good man, but dangerously reckless, and willing to sacrifice others to pursue his own revenge. I heard he’s moved on to another clan and has sorted out his head; good for him. I wish him the best… but as this Clan’s Field Commander I have to watch out for my kin.“

His eyes opened, glinting dangerously and deadly serious. "I won’t let him near my clan again. And that’s an oath.”

@razorbeard

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transtrendhumanity · 6 years

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so we got really busy with moving and now its been nearly a month since our last roll call.

im pretty sure current front is callon, seeing as im feeling very intent about sorting and organizing, but not actually unpacking, which is what we should be doing.

let’s start in the back living room of the main house. for one, vaccine and venic have installed a jellyfish wall on the left side of the room. vaccine is really embarrassed about it. venic is kind of gloating. venic is looking more like rutile now. we’ll have to re-draw kyr soon. vaccine’s appearance has changed a lot, too, but it hasn’t fully settled yet.

in vex’s workshop, vex is in a flurry of scrapbooking supplies. ey’s really into the new lookbook project. jace is hovering over eir shoulder, offering occasional input.

actually i think ethan is in there, too? who knows why. i guess they just like papercrafts.

out in the living room now. amelia and floret and gabbi are on the couch having tea, and seem to be engaged in an animated conversation about their past lives. echo is awake, and kind of participating. cilla, curled up on the floor again now, but someone set out a pillow for her, is half-dozing and half paying attention.

nitexx and kayden are in the karaoke room. a large vanity has popped up where the actual karaoke console used to be, but i think it’ll switch back as needed. nitexx is doing zir makeup, very excited to pose for zir own scrapbook page. kayden is talking to zir about his own photos.

upstairs... nessie is in her and riley’s shared bedroom, doing her nails. she looks a bit bored. riley is upstairs in the attic, writing a letter. raliel is on the beanbags in the back of the attic, talking to sil. riley seems pretty invested in the new iwaizumi we’ve been talking to, which we’re a bit surprised about.

tyto is up there, too, on the beanbags with raliel, sulking.

i ask eir for a lift over to corian’s cabin, and ey obliges, still sulking. kestrel is sitting, looking rather resplendent despite being on a deck chair, on the front deck. ailecent is perched nearby on the railing, aer wings fanning out behind aer and reaching the roof. i think ae would have to change forms to go inside again. aer face is back to a more humanoid form, but the rest of aer is still very much influenced by aer new kin with deep-eyes.

aren is out there with them, looking awed and a bit flustered. kestrel is making small talk with him, but ailecent seems to be ignoring him entirely. he seems to have mechanical wings now, but they’re not to a scale that would be able to carry him the way kestrel and ailecent’s are.

inside the cabin, corian is making tea, as is usual. nine is still perched across the back of a tapestry armchair, talking about whatever comes to hir mind. elster is in there too, today, as is nika. nika wants to talk about the wedding, but it seems like the others have other things they want to talk about. nika is considering going off to find trysten instead, so i offer to take sier with me to azdien’s mansion when i move on. i poke my nose into the basement to see if anyone’s there, but as i expected, it’s empty. the lamps by the resting area are still lit.

we get up to check on lunch, and when i get back, we’re in azdien’s mansion. upstairs, in trysten’s room. it has expanded a bit to allow a small table and three chairs in the middle of the room. azdien, trysten, and nika sit around the table and chat about the wedding. azdien seems more excited about it than i’d expected. vae wants to include lots of cherry blossoms, for nerii. nika says they would go well with sier outfit, so that’s fine with sier.

i poke my head into aren’s room. it’s coming along very well, it’s very sci-fi. it looks like he’s been working on mechanical self-modification in there. i don’t see a bed. i wonder if he even needs to sleep.

downstairs, jody is looking through the library at a casual pace. darion is still kind of excited about a post about prehistoric crocodilians that we saw earlier in the week. he’s telling drohen about it, who is just politely listening. tobais is sprawled on azdien’s reading chair again, rather rudely, but he’s not actually causing any trouble.

micah seems to be in a daishou shift, and is thinking about causing some mischief. they’re in a human form, tossing a volleyball around with surprising lack of caution for someone in a room full of computers.

vyrn is pacing around in the lobby, seeming kind of irritated. im not sure about what.

kisoquine is way down in xyr room, observing xyrself. i wonder if vyrn was irritated because kisoquine isn’t letting xyr into xyr room right now.

up in the main basement, i had expected that vaccine’s room might be closed off now that they seem to have moved in with venic more permanently, but it’s still very much there. there’s a sword on the wall, and another wall of jellyfish. otherwise it’s more or less the same.

i forgot to check on haze and remm while i was upstairs. remm has been more awake than usual recently, and is pretty irritated about it. haze says something passive aggressive and self-depreciating. i decide that’s enough out of both of them, but i still apologize.

skye is out on faer own porch today, communing with the sky. gail is nearby, watching. it seems less hostile than usual, i think it’s pleased that we’re living alone now. aloe is also watching, from a window. i wave and ae quickly runs off.

last stop is the treehouse. yacinthe and vite are dueling by the couch. vite seems to be winning. kitt watches on with some interest. nero is also watching, from where he can see yacinthe’s cards and not vite’s. he’s trying to help, but it’s more like unwelcome backseat driving. yacinthe and nero are both getting frustrated about it. kei is in their own corner, looking wistful and a bit lonely.

perien is out in the rose garden, wringing kyr hands and trying to work up the nerve to actually read the fic we commissioned. just do it, you ridiculous nerd.

#[roll call]

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