#Luka has his little music shop

[afkaskus]

For some reason, I'm really invested in knowing what future Miraculous character will be doing.

This are my headcanons so far and why:

(long post, in the tags you can read the resume)

Marinette: Designer. We all know this is meant to happen, it's super clear. BUT, I'm not meaning designer as a fashion designer, I meant it as a costume designer. She works mostly on movies but loves working on theaters. Sometimes she also helps with scenography and for some reason she knows a little about lighting as well. She still takes little commissions from a few artists. I like believing that she saw the fashion desing world with another pov and decided to not be part of it. Taking the Agreste company? I think she will enjoy to destroy that empire, and also will want to have her own name.

Adrien: I LOVE "Baker!Adrien" headcanon. Yes, he works with the Dupain-Chengs, and he loves it. He has the family he has always dreamed of. Also there has been a few mentions in the show of Adrien as a food seller. Tom will be thrilled to adopt Adrien and show him everything he knows. Tom will also be happy that he has someone to take over the bakery when he retires.

Gabriel: In jail. He deserves no other place to stay.

Nathalie: haven't think that much about it. But I don't think she will end up in jail like Gabriel. She's smart, she's better than that.

Alya: an reporter. It's meant to happen. She also has a few enemies because she DOES tell the truth. Maybe she will travel with Nino and they'll match their works with their travels, so maybe she's an independent reporter.

Nino: The best DJ in the world. As I said before, he matches his work travels with Alya's work, but also, they are pretty independent from each other. They love the feeling they get when they haven't seen each other in a few weeks and then they meet again in a total different country.

Kagami: Ok, hear me out in this one. Kagami is a tattoo artist. She's very good at drawing and art, but I don't think she will enjoy being in a place where rich can control everything. She's already rich and she might have the contacts to be a very recognized artist, but, let's be honest, that's not something the both rich kids want. After realizing that her mom is not the one who controls her life, she decided to be rebellious and got a tattoo herself (big thing for being japanese), after that, her friends convinced her to become a tattoo artist and she ended up loving the idea. I also like thinking that Tomoe paid a lot of people in the art industry to not let people accept Kagami as an artist, but I think is kind of brutal. Now everyone has a tattoo made by Kagami. Luka and Adrien have a competition to see who gets more tattoos.

Luka: He has his little shop, the one he named in Wishmaker. He loves making people happy finding an instrument that's made for them, specially kids.

Juleka: She's an stylist. She's the best and most revolutionary. She has a lot of knowledge in makeup and hairstyle.

Rose: She's a famous singer and songwriter, she's also Juleka's muse and they go on tour together. Juleka and Marinette help her with her style.

Chloé: She's an influencer and has her own cosmetics brand.

And that's everyone I have thought of for now.

[dilemmaontwolegs]

Not A Verstappen: Lights Out {3}

Pairing: Charles Leclerc x fem!driver!reader x Lando Norris Summary: You get a glimpse into the future with Charles and Lando as fathers. Warnings: 18+ only, nsfw, fluff WC: 1.5k F1 Masterlist NAV: Sibling Rivalry One || Two || Three NAV: Gridlocked One || Two || Three || Four || Five || Six || Seven || Eight || Nine NAV: A New World One || Two || Three || Four || Five || Six || Seven || Eight || Nine || Ten NAV: Lights Out One || Two || Three || Four

You collapsed breathless on top of Charles and let your eyes fall shut as the heat inside the SUV soared. Steam fogged the windows and the sounds of your boyfriends panting filled the small space. 

Lando hummed as he sat back on his knees and watched his release, and Charles’, leak out from you. “Missed this pretty mess you make when we fill you up.”

“Putain, oui,” Charles agreed with a deeply satisfied chuckle. “Feels amazing.”

They were absolutely right, it did feel amazing - especially when it had been almost a week since you last had sex. It was almost a record, and not one you wanted to break anytime soon.

“We should head back,” you said despite wanting to stay exactly as you were. “We should also buy something so it actually looks like we went out.”

“Pretty sure your mum knows how much you hate shopping, and do you really want to risk being spotted?”

Lando made a fair point and you climbed off Charles so you could pull your panties back up and push your dress back down. Max’s plane would be tracked to the local airport so soon everyone would know where you were hiding. You would rather savour the peace and quiet before the paparazzi started to haunt you.

Once you got to Austin there would be no place to hide.

Sitting in the backyard of the pub, you watched the sun set over the countryside backdrop with bittersweet happiness. Luka was squealing with joy as Charles tossed him high into the air and Lando was sprawled on the grass with Lio and Mila clambering over him. It was like a little glimpse into the future you would have all too soon, but it still didn’t feel real. 

“What are you doing, hiding in the corner?” Max took a seat beside you on the bench and scanned the groups that had broken off from the crowd. You could smell the gin in his drink and took a sip of your lemonade as you longed for your usual drink. It didn’t help Lando had ordered you Sprite No Sugar, you weren’t even allowed that anymore.

“Just thinking.”

“I tried that once, but it didn’t work out well for me,” he joked, nudging you with his shoulder when he didn’t get a response. “What are you thinking about?”

You sighed and shifted to face him. “Were you scared you were going to mess up Penelope?”

“No,” he scoffed. 

“Right, because you are good at everything,” you nodded solemnly. “Stupid question.”

“No, it’s because I’m not her father, and I’m not trying to be her father because she already has one. So it is not the same.” Max looked to where Lando and Charles had moved onto dancing with the kids. It probably wasn’t quite dancing, but they were all hugging each other and gently swaying to the music. “You three are going to be fine. You’ve got the responsible parent, the fun one and the worrier.”

“I don’t really want to know who you think is who,” you chuckled, feeling a little better. But another thought had plagued you and there was only one person you could admit it to without fear of judgement. “This is going to sound terrible, but I wish she was a boy.”

Max’s brows shot up his face. “Why?”

You toyed with the condensation running down your glass, drawing little pictures as you spoke. “What if she wants to race? It’s in her blood but this industry is tough on girls, Max. I don’t want her going through the same bullshit I had to.”

“You’re worrying about something that is at least 15 years away, zusje. A lot can change in that time. Plus, she will have you, her fathers and a scary uncle who have been there to make sure she gets treated right.”

You looked across at the young man struggling to understand the horse-riding terms Flo was talking about. “Arthur’s not that scary.”

You laughed at the indignant sound Max made. “Okay, you’re right, you’re right. I don’t need to worry about that now. I just need to get through the rest of the season watching someone else race my car.”

“Checo’s contract is up next year, maybe Red Bull will beg you to come back?”

Your laughter caught the attention of your boyfriends and they smiled at the sound before making their way over. “Yeah, that ain’t happening, they can beg all they want - I would rather be seatless.”

Max turned serious. “They saw your data, you know, when you used my sim. It was the best time anyone has pulled from the car. It was impressive as hell.”

“Well if you want personal driving lessons I am happy to assist. I’ll even give you a family discount.”

Max snickered in amusement as the seats opposite the bench were taken. “Now that you are once again unemployed.”

“Don’t let her mother hear you say that,” Lando warned, only half joking. “She’s not unemployed.”

“Yeah,” you placed a hand on your stomach. “I have the best job in the world now as a human incubator. Me and Vick can be ladies of leisure together.”

“She prefers the term influencer,” Max corrected sarcastically.

“What’s the difference?” Charles asked.

“There isn’t any. Now will you come and dance?”

You accepted Lando’s hand and followed him to the outdoor lights that had been turned on.

“Nutty!” Mila called as she ambled towards you with grabby hands. 

“So close, sweetie,” you laughed as you dropped Lando’s hand to pick her up. “Aunty. Aunt-tee.”

“Nutty is kind of accurate,” Max teased as he walked past to where Kelly was talking with Vicky. He did pause for a second as he watched you spin around with Mila and blow a raspberry onto her neck making the toddler giggle. “Zusje, you’re gonna be fine.” 

You looked up over the top of her curls that were only a few shades lighter than Lando’s and found sincerity in your brother's eyes. “Thanks, Max.”

A pair of arms encircled you and Charles’ chin came to rest on your shoulder. “My dance partner has been stolen.”

Lando spun past with Penelope in his arms and you kissed Charles’ cheek. “Mila, look at Dodo, he thinks he’s a better dancer than us.”

She narrowed her eyes at her uncle dancing with the four year old and her brows furrowed before she squirmed to be put down. “Oops, I think someone is a little jealous,” Charles chuckled, pulling you into his arms while you watched with amusement as she made Lando pick her up too. “Should we save him?”

“Nah, he’ll need to learn how to deal with two females soon enough.” You placed your head on Charles’ shoulder and followed his lead, swaying gently to the music that probably demanded more energy.

“You seem happier,” he commented softly.

“It’s amazing what a little sex in a secluded forest can do for the soul.”

Charles laughed and kissed your forehead, his smile etched on your skin. “Chérie, what we did could hardly be called ‘little’ but even afterwards you still weren’t…I don’t know what the word is…you seem more like yourself.”

You smiled a little as he stumbled over the words. “I’m getting there.”

“I know you will.” He gave up the pretence of dancing and just held you as Lando extracted himself from the girls and they ran off to their mothers before making his way to join you. “We will make sure of it.”

Lando’s warm body pressed against your back and his arms wrapped around you to hold Charles’ hips. “So I was thinking of names…Tulip.”

“Um, no.”

“Hear me out, it’s kind if Dutch and it’s a flower which is pretty cool-”

“Non, mon cher, keep thinking.”

��Daisy?”

You shook your head and he groaned as he was shut down again. “Daphne?”

It was your turn to groan. “No more Bridgerton for you.”

“Clover?”

You paused and his grin widened. “I’m not opposed to that one, but keep brainstorming.”

“How about Juniper?”

“Daddy, where does my name come from?” you asked in a higher pitched voice as you wrinkled your nose.”Well mummy drank lots and lots of Gin one night and that is how you were made.”

“Oh, right,” Lando laughed awkwardly. “I forgot it’s in Gin.”

“It is a good thing we have time,” Charles hummed, holding you both tighter. “There’s no rush finding the perfect name.”

Lando conceded for the moment and fell silent, and you felt content to stay cocooned until your stomach rumbled louder than the music. Your warmth disappeared as they stepped away laughing. “Come on, love. Dinner should be ready.”

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[viviennevermillion]

date ideas for them

✧ ɴᴏᴛᴇꜱ: had this idea and thought it'd make for a nice post. i love sampo so much. geppie is kinda cute too. writing for luka has made me realize the guy is literally a shounen protagonist. 2,5k words

✧ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀꜱ: gepard, bronya, sampo, luka

✧ ɴᴏᴡ ᴘʟᴀʏɪɴɢ: long way home — walk off the earth

✧ ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢꜱ: "sampo is a masked fool" theory is canon to me at this point

✧ Going to the Flower Shop

Gepard loves flowers and likes taking care of them (even though he always manages to mess up). So what better way to introduce you to the softer side of him, the man far removed from the front lines, than to take you to the Eversummer Florist Shop? Gepard may struggle to keep his flowers alive but he's quite knowledgeable when it comes to the meanings of them, medical uses or where they're found in the wild. The florist just smiles at you from the side, remarking how well-informed your boyfriend is about this. He'd wrap his arms around your waist and quietly explains the different kinds of flowers to you. He seems so soft in this moment, so different than how he can be seen commanding the troops. You smile, glad that he is able to take a break from duty, and kiss his cheek gently, causing Gepard to blush. You let out a quiet chuckle and make sure to get him some flowers that show how much you love him sometime soon.

✧ Gardening

He's aware that this is not everybody's cup of tea. If you don't want to help him with his garden, you're welcome to watch from the sidelines and play some music to relax to. Before he starts working on the garden, Gepard makes sure you have some drinks and snacks. If you do decide to help him, he'll happily show you how to tend to the flowers. If you decide to watch instead, whenever he passes you by to get some additional supplies or tools, he can't resist pressing a kiss to your lips. He swears to himself that this time he will manage to grow something worthy of being given to you as a gift.

✧ Singing together

You're the only person he feels comfortable enough around to practice his singing with. He can actually play the piano, something he learned to do as a child as his father never allowed him to play with the "peasant children". He's by no means as skilled as Serval but when you tell him that you find his voice soothing, his cheeks redden a little and he thanks you, snuggling up to you. Gepard makes it his personal mission to learn how to play the songs that are your favorites at the moment. If you're up for it, you two can sing together while he plays the piano.

✧ Indoor Picnic

It's clear that having a nice picnic outdoors in Belobog might be a little bit cold and uncomfortable but luckily, Serval is willing to help her little brother out a little and lends him her shop after hours for a day. She definitely teases him about it but he puts so much effort into organizing this picnic for you. He hangs up pretty fairy lights in the workshop and prepares a comfortable blanket and pillows for you to sit on. He cooks all the food he presents to you himself and it tastes really nice. He puts up some candles and scatters some rose petals as well and when he's done, the workshop looks very different from before. He's trying to look confident when he asks you to come in and shows you the result of his hard work but he gets so flustered again, especially upon seeing you having dressed up for the date, that he stumbles over his words a little. You just chuckle and press a kiss to his cheek, leaving his face with a soft and loving smile. Serval definitely wants to know all about how her brother's date went once it's over but she's going to have to wait for that because there was no way you wouldn't be staying with your boyfriend for the night after how sweet he has been to you.

✧ Ballroom Dancing

Bronya doesn't know much about love and going on dates other than what she read in books as a child or picked up from other people's conversations. She has been pretty sheltered as a child and now that she knows you like her too, she's wracking her brain; wondering what date to take you on that would make you happy. Luckily, Seele is there to help her out. "Duh, you're an overworld princess. You literally have the whole of Qliphoth Fort at your disposal. Take them ballroom dancing or something!" Bronya is very thankful for this suggestion from her friend and makes sure to invite you to a private evening in the ballroom. She gets you a pretty dress or suit you would like to wear and she herself wears a stunning ballgown herself. At first she tries to apply her customs from the balls she attended growing up; especially because she is nervous and essentially already has a memorized collection of proper etiquette for this type of situation, but soon she finds that around you, she can be a lot more light-hearted and casual. You guys end up giggling and trying out all sorts of dances in the big dance hall whilst playing music Bronya would have never expected herself to play at a ball. But this evening with you feels unrestrained and freeing and she knows that she wants many more days like this.

✧ Spa Day

This is right up Bronya's alley. Qliphoth Fort has a private spa for the Supreme Guardian and when Bronya has worked a lot and feels exhausted or tense, she loves nothing more than to take you there for a relaxing day together. You take a swim in a brine bath together, visit the sauna and do all sorts of spa treatments at your disposal. Bronya chuckles when she finds you falling asleep against her in the hot tub. She presses a kiss to your forehead and wraps her arms around you.

✧ Playing Video Games

This one was your suggestion when you learnt that Bronya; having essentially been raised as a princess and on the technologically underdeveloped Jarilo-VI, has never played a video game before. She's very curious herself to try them out so you sit down on the sofa for an afternoon and you introduce Bronya to Honkai Star Rail's version of Mario Kart whilst you try out all sorts of snacks Cocolia never let Bronya eat. At first she's a little lost at which buttons to push and why the game works the way it does but she gets the hang of it pretty quickly. And she's very competitive. Definitely shoots you a triumphant grin when she sends your character flying off the racing track. She isn't afraid to play dirty in this game and teases you about losing but soothes you with a gentle kiss to your lips.

✧ Going to the Theatre

Bronya loves to hear the singing that comes from the Golden Theatre so going there on a date is a must for sure. You check out the theatre program together to decide on a play both of you are interested in and Bronya gets you the best seats in the theatre. You smile at her from the side during the play upon noticing how captivated and excited she is about seeing the play and hearing the songs from it. The intermission definitely involves sneaking around the theatre with her and kissing away from all eyes.

✧ Visiting a Fun Fair

Sampo isn't even from Jarilo-VI, so he's ready to leave at any time if it's for taking his beloved on a nice date. And what location would work better for a man like Sampo than the fun fair? For him, laughter and jokes are what gives life meaning and he's experiencing first-hand how much your laughter adds to his life. So the fun fair works in his favor. He kisses you passionately in the mirror labyrinth; pecking at your lower lip repeatedly and trailing kisses down your neck, whispering against your skin to keep your eyes closed because he has a nice surprise for you. When he tells you to open them again, Sampo is way further ahead in the mirror labyrinth, having the time of his life watching you trying to find your way back to him. He's wheezing at this point and you swear to yourself that you're going to get back at him for this. You decide to forgive him when he buys you cotton candy and wins you the most cursed plushie they have at the shooting booth. Sampo also loves to scare you in the haunted house and recount "fun" tales of rollercoasters crashing around the universe when the coaster you sit in starts moving slowly. Some of them are so absurd that you're certain he made them up. He loves to joke around with you on this trip and holding your hand as you walk across the fun fair.

✧ Visiting the Circus

Out of all shows you could take Sampo to watch, aside from a comedy show, the circus is probably the most entertaining for him. He enjoys the whole vibe of it. He gets roasted almonds and candy for you two to snack on while you watch the circus show. You have to be careful with Sampo because he's absolutely the kind of person who'd raise his hand when someone in the ring says "okay and now I need two volunteers".

✧ Spending an Evening at the Tavern

This is Sampo's world. He takes you to a masked fools tavern, introducing you to the people he tends to spend his time with and showing you what he's usually up to when he's not travelling and scamming people. He gets you a pretty mask that fits you and definitely shows you off to anyone who asks with the most proud smile ever. You two listen to the other masked fools recount the stories of the chaos they caused and you back Sampo up when he talks about his time on Jarilo-VI. If you're up for it, he'll happily dance with you to the upbeat music the bard plays. He also plays the masked fools version of poker which is just like regular poker except that aside from losing money, the loser also has to do weird and funny dares. Basically, Sampo makes a complete fool of himself and that's the point. After all, those moments of laughter are the ones he wants you to remember whenever you have a bad day.

✧ Pranks

Sampo would love if you help him with his shenanigans. He's up for pretty much anything he finds funny, whether it's scamming people with you or hanging up hand-drawn "Vote Sampo Koski for Supreme Guardian" posters in the dead of night. He's so proud if you're able to come up with a good scam for him. He kisses you and tells you this is why he loves you so much. He also gets a kick out of hiding from the Silvermane Guards with you after one of his many pranks, having you pressed against his chest and kissing you while the guards are looking for you. If you're able to bring any chaotic ideas to the table for what pranks you could pull together, Sampo's heart is yours forever.

✧ Sparring together

Luka is a formidable fighter and he can teach you quite a few things about fighting if you want to. Of course, he goes easy on you but he'd love to teach you a few techniques and have a few playful fights. He's definitely not above distracting you with his kisses and affection before you land on the ground and he reminds you not to let your guard down like this.

✧ Riding a Motorcycle

Luka doesn't have a very high opinion of the overworld, but once the two layers of Belobog are no longer divided, he does think it's worth checking out with you. So he gets a motorcycle ready to take a drive with you. He's very thorough about making sure you're safe and he's a good driver; although the ride is definitely still adventurous with Luka. He does this at night so you can see the city lights pass you by and enjoy the atmosphere of freedom and the cool air of the night. He stops at a vantage point to look out onto the city with you and you talk about all sorts of things that are on your mind while watching the people of the overworld go about their business. Luka wants to get a meaty fast food snack for both of you. If you'd rather like to eat something with a lot of vegetables, he'll fulfill your wish but he definitely cringes at the idea of eating something like that himself. Luka is open to teach you about how to drive a motorcycle yourself as well if you don't know, having his arms wrapped around your waist and guiding you during your first few tries. He makes sure both of you wear safety gear and he thinks you look absolutely stunning in leather gear. He bonks your head when both of you wear your helmets.

✧ Stargazing

For the more quiet nights together, Luka takes you stargazing. He sets up a picnic blanket on a roof in the city and after eating dinner, the two of you lay down on it and look up at the stars. Luka knows the constellations but he's much more interested in what you see in the stars; both literally and metaphorically. These are the moments where he gets a little more sentimental and quiet, telling you about his dreams and what's in his heart. Luka is definitely a dreamer with unwavering determination and you find listening to him to be quite inspiring. You could be the most pessimistic person out there, you couldn't help but to hang onto every word he speaks, especially if he drives them home with his lips on yours. There is always that glimmer of hope in his eyes that you wish to protect with all you have and now you understand why he fights. If it were for protecting Luka's smile; you'd fight your way to the end of the world. Your boyfriend is still gazing up at the vast space above but you are already lost in his eyes instead, eventually snuggling up to him to confess to him how much he means to you and that your dream is to spend this life and all that follow by his side.

✧ Karaoke

Luka isn't the most outstanding singer out there but he thinks karaoke is fun, even if he cringes at himself sometimes during it. He's fine with doing karaoke in front of an audience or in a private room rented by just the two of you. He gets you some fun and fruity cocktails and he's done his research, learning the melody of all of your favorite songs so he can sing them with you. He definitely gets lost in the songs, especially the upbeat ones. You can't help but burst out laughing in the middle of the song.

[tigerjolteo]

So I may or may not have turned my project moon yume ships into a project sekai unit :(

A group of four vocalists who sometimes perform on the street, sometimes make covers, and sometimes perform in live shows - as long as they're singing, they're doing what they love.

Their name is 'elysian epoch' and their infodump is below 🧡

THE CHARACTERS

Charlie is a street performer from Miyamasuzaka (1-A) - a vocalist who busks nearly everyday singing sweet love songs between afternoon to night. Occasionally she posts covers on social media, but prefers performing live. She is popular and sociable. The leader of elysian epoch, and Tora's best friend since middle school.

Daniel is a rich kid from Kamiyama (2-B) whose knowledge of music all comes from the rich kid classes his parents sent him to. Has as much of an affinity for coffee as he does for enjoying the musical talent of others! A bright and passionate young man. Part of Kamiyama's Health Committee (insert Welfare joke here) alongside Tora. Classmates with Giovanni.

Tora is a lonely artist from Kamiyama (1-C) who has a complex about her voice sounding 'weird'. She fakes a more typically feminine tone until she is confronted about it. She is awkward but well-meaning. On the Health Committee with Daniel and in the Art Club with Giovanni, and Charlie's best friend since middle school.

Giovanni is another quiet artist from Kamiyama (2-B) who fell into a deep depression after his childhood friend tragically passed away. Often sleeping or doodling aimlessly during class. He regained his inspiration for life after seeing Charlie, Tora and Daniel perform together for the first time.

The Harbour SEKAI is a city-based dock right by a sea that seems to stretch on for miles. There are some cozy shops further back, and the main walking street is lit up by street-lamps. The moon is almost always up, and the sun never rises past the horizon. It is an overall large, spacious area with a lot of environmental value. Miku, Luka and KAITO are the initial Virtual Singers. Thematically the group portrays a blend of VBS and N25. Music genre-wise, their style is mostly night-time city pop (like A4., imase and natori), with the occassional electro swing (like Surii and FAKE TYPE).

THE STORY

Charlie first enters her SEKAI after thinking about where she wants to go with her passion for musical performance. Typical SEKAI things happen where she meets and talks to Miku, before leaving and thinking that it was simply a dream.

The next day, Daniel happens across Charlie's street performance and stays until she finishes her song. She thought he was cute and gave a little wink as fanservice, and though she was disappointed when he left right as the song ended, she continued on with her set. The next day, Charlie infiltrates Kamiyama to spend the lunch break with Tora, and Daniel sees the former after having come to the classroom to ask the latter a question regarding the committee.

Charlie and Daniel recognise each other and chat for a bit, with Daniel praising her vocal performance and Charlie praising him for how much he knows. She becomes slightly infatuated, and once he leaves she makes a light-hearted comment about inviting him to perform with her, which Tora dismisses as a joke.

After more relationship establishment (Daniel and Giovanni as classmates, Giovanni and Tora as club mates, Giovanni and Charlie having negative first impressions of each other) and discussions, Charlie and Daniel eventually perform together and it's wonderful. Tora is happy that her best friend found someone to perform with, but ultimately combats feelings of jealousy at the fact that she isn't there with her.

She becomes slightly withdrawn from her friendship with Charlie but in that time bonds more with Giovanni, as they finally start having proper conversations during their club activities, sharing the same uncertainty in what they want to do with their lives and having art as a grounding crutch.

Charlie notices that Tora is distancing herself a little and expresses her worries to Daniel, and the two of them accidentally end up in SEKAI. Through a discussion with him, Luka and KAITO about not knowing why Tora is suddenly becoming more distant, realises how she doesn't truly know her. She suppresses a breakdown - now feeling guilty, she decides to properly talk to Tora.

They attempt to share a heart to heart in Tora's room, but she struggles in opening up and saying what she wants to say. Charlie decides to bring her to SEKAI to help her calm down, and to her surprise Daniel is already there exploring the area. He gives them privacy, and Tora finally tells Charlie about how she wants to perform with her as well. Charlie is overjoyed and formally invites her to perform together with Daniel, and insists that they sing a song together immediately, to which Tora nervously agrees.

A few days later, Daniel and Giovanni interact. The former is more starry-eyed than usual and Giovanni attempts to poke fun at him, but Daniel starts gushing about performing with Charlie, to which Giovanni reacts neutrally but thinks cynically about, internally dismissing it as a phase or short-lived fulfilment that ultimately won't bring him anywhere. The same day, he notices that Tora is also in higher spirits than usual, and after she essentially tells him the same thing albeit in a more awkward and soft-spoken manner, he ends up slightly spiralling. He stumbles into SEKAI, and has a very confused chat with KAITO before he leaves, wanting to believe that it was a dream but ultimately knowing that it wasn't.

It's Giovanni's turn to become more withdrawn and pessimistic, additionally falling into an artistic slump. Both Daniel and Tora notice but are unsure of how to talk to him, but eventually the former decides to properly approach him and brings him into SEKAI, interrupting a practice session between Charlie and Tora. Giovanni is shocked that they all also have access to SEKAI and vice versa. Charlie, who hasn't had a meaningful interaction with Giovanni since the time they first met, is hesitant in doing so especially now, but after some prompting from her performance partners she decides to invite Giovanni to watch them busk on the street. Giovanni ultimately disregards the suggestion before he leaves, and Charlie is annoyed at his melancholy, but keeps her thoughts to herself after seeing how worried Daniel and Tora are.

The next day, Charlie, Daniel and Tora are about to perform together for the first time and there's no sign of Giovanni. Charlie passively expresses her annoyance, but they start their set. Giovanni, having initially not wanted to go see the three of them, ends up walking past anyhow, and he's captivated by how much they seem to be truly enjoying themselves, and how radiant they appear to be while they're singing. He hurriedly leaves once the song ends, which the other three notice.

Giovanni is unable to be found anywhere for the next two days and Charlie is frustrated by how much Daniel and Tora care, so she goes off to SEKAI by herself under the pretence of wanting to ask Miku a question. She finds Giovanni there by himself, with Miku watching him from a distance. She tells Charlie that he's been wandering around the SEKAI aimlessly, and after some deliberating she caves and goes up to him. She starts off sharply asking him why he ran away after he saw the three of them perform, and he says that seeing them all perform with such passion reminded him of an old friend he had - Carmen - whose death cause him to lose his motivation for life. He admits that seeing them with the same kind of spark and passion that Carmen had absolutely terrified him, but ultimately made him want to find a reason to live his life properly - he is just unsure of how to do such a thing. Charlie sympathises with his loss, before inviting him to be a part of their performance group.

Just as Giovanni agrees, Daniel and Tora enter SEKAI, saying that they were prompted by Miku after she overheard them being concerned about the other two. Charlie establishes them all as a group, and Daniel enthusiastically suggests the name 'Elysium'. Giovanni dislikes them implicitly representing a form of the afterlife, and Charlie then suggests 'elysian epoch', to keep Daniel's idea but turn it into something a little more abstract for Giovanni's sake. They all agree on the name, and 'Untitled' turns into 'Elysium Rendezvous'. Miku, Luka and KAITO come up to them and explain that their feelings turned into a song before prompting them to sing it, and it marks the first time they all sing together as a group.

A few days later they all perform the song live on the streets, and it is noted by Charlie's regulars as the first time she performed an original song, and she happily says that there may be more to come, and now that she has more people with her she's going to try and expand the group's horizons, branching out into doing more things and performing in more places and more forms of media. There are slightly mixed reactions, but Charlie insists that this is the path she wants to take with the group, and as the crowd disperses she hears some people commenting on the other member in a critical manner, additionally some people wanting her to go back to performing solo. She is annoyed at hearing such things, but decides to put on a smile and regroups with the rest of elysian epoch, happily asking them when they're all free to perform together again.

[mc-lukanette]

MC-Lukanette’s “No Context November” 2023 Masterpost

` = ficlet

* = one-shot (or close to being a one-shot if a few paragraphs/a little more context were added)

^ = part of a larger AU/hypothetical story

{AO3 link for No Context November}

(Halloween bonus) * (3867 words) - A Horror-ble Idea {Lukanette} [Horror Movies] [Fluff] [Childhood Friends] [Confession] [Kiss]

Marinette had been friends with Luka for years, having shared just about everything except for her crush on him. Deciding it's time to change that, she tries to come up with the ultimate plan to prove her love for him.

It has varying results.

Day 1 ^ (1597 words) - {Lukanette} [Adulthood] [Meeting Again]

Luka meets Marinette again after years and realizes that he wasn't the only one pining.

Day 2 ^ (2223 words) - {Lukanette} [Drama] [Confession] [post-"Silencer"]

Marinette makes a decision regarding Luka's confession in "Silencer," as much as she doesn't want to.

Day 3 ^ (2971 words) - {Lukanette} [Sleeping Problems] [Trauma] [post-"Chat Blanc"] [Light Girl Squad Salt]

Luka approaches an exhausted Marinette, unaware of her terrifying experience in an alternate timeline of Paris.

Day 4 * (1648 words) - {Lukanette} ["Silencer"] [Canon Divergence] [Marinette and Luka are Confident and In Love] [Love Square Salt]

"Clear as a music note, sincere as a melody." Those words kept echoing in Marinette's head, not unlike a chorus on replay.

And perhaps she was the song in his head simply because she'd wanted to be there in the first place.

Day 5 ^ (1086 words) - {Lukanette} [Adulthood] [Charity Auction] [Silly] [Flirting] [(implied) Adrino]

A charity auction is held, selling off dates with famous men to any woman with enough cash to throw at them for it.

Marinette just didn't know the list would include a rock star's son.

Day 6 ^ (1431 words) - {Lukanette} [Silly] [Confession]

Two fools in love stop being as foolish as before.

Day 7 ^ (1707 words) - {Lukanette} [Luka Hears Heart Songs] [Rock Star Anarka Couffaine] [Luka's Father is Not Jagged Stone]

Luka senses music in most things he experiences, yet somehow Marinette is still a unique one.

Day 8 * (1963 words) - {Lukanette} [Post-Dating] [Gift Giving] [(Adrimi But Only Mentioned)]

Marinette had been dating Luka for a while now and she couldn't have been happier. He was everything she could've wanted in a boyfriend: attentive, mature, and incredibly loving.

But maybe there was also such a thing as too loving?

Day 9 ^ (3854 words) - {Lukanette} [Adulthood] [Homeless Luka Couffaine]

Marinette worries about her homeless friend when cold washes over her town.

Day 10 ^ (3431 words) - {Lukanette} [Fantasy] [Witch Marinette Dupain-Cheng] [Naga Luka Couffaine]

Marinette meets a musical naga boy while she's working on new ideas for her magic.

Day 11 ^ (1523 words) - {Lukanette} [Adulthood] [Baker Marinette Dupain-Cheng] [Childhood Friends]

Luka stops by a bakery in town and sees a familiar face. He has mixed feelings about it.

Day 12 * (2678 words) - {Viperbug} [Sparring] [Introspection]

For Ladybug, going on patrol just isn't good enough. Akuma battles aren't the time to be improving her skills, so she uses her nights to train whenever she can.

She knows just the partner to help her with that.

Day 13 ^ (4945 words) - {Lukanette} [Childhood] [Fluff] [Sleepovers]

Luka meets a new face during one of Juleka's "girls only" sleepovers.

Day 14 ^ (1974 words) - {Lukanette} [Adulthood] [Florist Marinette Dupain-Cheng] [Luka Has Flower Nymph Genes]

Marinette gets an interesting customer in her flower shop.

Day 15 ^ (1636 words) - {Lukanette} [Fluff] [Introspection] [Outsider POV] [Possibly Post-Dating]

Juleka reflects on three separate instances of her brother and friend hanging out together.

Day 16 * (2765 words) - {Lukanette} ["Glaciator" Fix-It] [Adrien Salt] [Love Square Salt] [Introspection]

Marinette's first instinct had been to run away as she watched the culmination of her efforts end with her ice cream cone falling from her hands. After all, none of her efforts - no matter how strong - had gone anywhere or done anything substantial for her relationship with Adrien.

But if she ran, the cycle would only continue. She would do the same thing over and over for little to no return and it would continue to be that way for potentially forever.

So instead, she reflects, in part with the help of the new friend she'd made just recently.

Day 17 ^ (1150 words) - {Lukanette} [Luka Knows] [Nutrition]

Marinette shares a previously-unknown fact about being Ladybug with Luka.

Day 18 ^ (1797 words) - {Lukanette} [post-"Silencer"] [Music]

Marinette calls Luka about a particular location for their next music lesson.

Day 19 ^ (2281 words) - {Lukamouse} [Post-Dating] [Luka Knows] [Multimouse] [No Miraculous Timers]

Luka gets a tiny visitor during class one day.

Day 20 * (3070 words) - {Lukanette} ["Desperada" Fix-It] [Reincarnation] [Canon Divergence]

Luka wasn't self-conscious about his role in life. He was perfectly happy where he was as his mother's son, as Kitty Section's guitarist, as Juleka's brother. To him, his life had enough meaning as it was.

He just couldn't help feeling like there was something more to it.

Day 21 ^ (1699 words) - {Lukanette} [Adulthood] [Merman Luka Couffaine]

Ladybug comes across someone interesting and her own heroism gets the better of her.

Day 22 ` (925 words) - {Lukanette} [Silly]

Marinette prepares a little something for Luka, but nothing ever truly goes according to her plans.

Day 23 ` (1194 words) - {Lukanette} [Adulthood] [Post-Dating] [Trauma]

Luka helps Marinette work through the thoughts in her head.

Day 24 * (2808 words) - {Lukanette} [Jealousy]

As the months went on, Marinette found it harder and harder to keep up with her growing circle of friends and responsibilities. There were too many things to do and she wasn't "good or efficient enough" to do them. Other people had it easier, and she imagined they could replace her if needed.

Luka disagreed.

Day 25 ` (1386 words) - {Lukanette} [Post-Dating] [Gifts] [Fluff]

Luka goes to Marinette's house and catches her in the middle of one of her bad habits.

Day 26 ^ (2837 words) - {Vipernette} [Fluff]

Viperion goes out for patrol and gets appreciated by the only person he would seek appreciation from in the first place.

Day 27 * (3320 words) - {LukaFairy} [Adulthood] [Fantasy Elements] [Fairynette] [Introspection] [Love Square Salt] [Moments in Time] [No Dialog]

A tale of a fairy seamstress as she meets a model, a musician, and experiences love for the very first time with one of them.

Day 28 ^ (1703 words) - {Lukanette} [The Wish] [Silly]

Luka meets Marinette for the first time… sort of.

Day 29 ^ (1809 words) - {Lukanette} ["Chameleon" Fix-It] [Canon Divergence] [Luka and Marinette Are the Same Age] [Post-Dating] [Brief Class Salt]

Marinette gains an ally in her metaphorical battle with Lila.

Day 30 * (3381 words) - {Lukanette} [Cold Weather] [Silly] [Fluff]

Marinette hates the cold, and it's looking as though she's about to have a lonely day far removed from anything enjoyable.

Until, of course, Luka arrives at her home and they can't seem to part from each other for even a moment.

[revelry-in-severity]

Daemon Sanrio AU!! (From someone who doesn't know anything other than names and appearances of the sanrio characters)

Miku owns the nice fancy restaurant in town where Tsukasa and Mafuyu work at as waiters, though Tsukasa usually takes over most of the work and leaves Mafuyu with seating people which is fine by her as that doesn't involve much most of the time. She does have to push him around a little if he's thinking to much about Rui though. Haruka and Nene rotate on who's going to be the show at Miku's restaurant. It's a very good night if the three of them decide to perform together.

Almost everyone ends up here anyway due to it being in the center of town and a nice meet up place

Kaito is Rui's first mate despite being older and owning the ship they all work on and Rui often returns to the city when they are running low on supplies. Minori had joined thinking it would be easier to possibly see some of Haruka's shows if she were traveling. Until Haruka decided to station herself, but Minori sticks around on the ship because it's fun.

Kaito's main job is supposes to be cargo delivery but if most of the cargo actually belongs to Rui and is mostly parts, then that's neither here nor there. Minori works as a waitress, but mostly sticks to Kaito and Rui as she's very slow due to not wanting her clumsiness to get the better of her due to the waves

Rui also returns often to see Tsukasa and the others. It's always a big scene between Rui and Tsukasa when they are reunited or saying goodbye

Airi, Ena, Mizuki, and An all work at a boutique shop with Airi and Mizuki on the clothing side and the other two on the accessory side. An mostly joined as a way to get back at Akito and poke fun at Ena liking her more than him. Ena did it to see who would get more customers, while the others are just a bonus for her

Emu and Shiho work at a bakery and Honami often stops by to buy food. Shiho does have to be on the look out sometimes as Emu likes to be experimental if she can. Honami also has her own apple orchard and she'll drop off fresh apples for them to use.

Luka is actually the owner of the boutique, but Airi is the one who usually ends up doing more of the business work for her as she would likely ends up losing the papers. Meiko used to help her out, but now she mostly roams around and helps any of the stray animals she sees. It doesn't matter how dangerous. Everyone has to hold Shizuku's hand when she's out making deliveries and they often wonder who's bright idea it is to let her keep the job. They usually get a nice walk out of it though

The three who never leave their houses. Kanade still likes composing music as often as she can. She still needs to be check in on as she doesn't leave the house. Meanwhile, Rin and Len are often working on their art projects. Rin likes writing while Len likes experimenting with 3d builds

Touya skates around town to make his dad angry and Akito joins him every chance he can. It's because Touya didn't actually know how to skateboard beforehand and Akito needed to be the one to teach him how after he wondered if he would be able to jump down the stairs with the board because he knew the physics of the jump

Saki is a frequent visitor to any and all places. She'll make Ichika and Kohane join her and they'll often just sit around and talk. Ichika has been learning photography from Kohane and Kohane uses the chance to take care of all the flowers in town as they walk around. They've been putting together a scrapbook for everyone

[celestiall0tus]

Court of Miracles - Chapter 8 - Old Habits

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            Adrien and Duusu stepped off the teleportation pad into the peacock district of the capital metropolis. Duus grabbed Adrien’s wrist and dragged him through the shiny, reflective streets past elegantly shaped buildings made of glass. The passersby stopped to gawk at Duusu and Adrien, who still had his tail feathers materialized. The onlookers in their way jumped out of it and bowed before them.

            Adrien tsked and looked away as Duusu pulled him into the lobby of a spa. The employees rushed around like chickens with their heads cut off as they carried out Duusu’s orders. Adrien huffed as Duusu led him down a hall of smooth, turquoise stone and marble lit with low, cool lights.

            Adrien and Duusu stepped into a large room with various attendants lined up. Duusu released Adrien and approached the staff. Adrien snorted and strutted around the room. He saw the usual that Duusu would order for when he was upset. A relaxing bath to soak in with a massage to follow, his favorite comfort foods paired with an entourage of staff to complain to, and a comfy chaise with soothing music set up for him to unwind in after everything.

            Adrien crossed his arms and turned away. He did appreciate Duusu’s efforts, but it wouldn’t be enough this time. He had Luka, himself, and their relationship disrespected enough to last several months. It would take more than cheap, little fix-its to calm him this time.

            Adrien turned and sauntered over to the chaise. He caught Duusu’s eye as he took a seat and fanned out his feathers. He rested his head on the armrest and stared at Duusu. Duusu’s eye twitched as he let out a loud, audible sigh.

            “For the love of Velze, Adrien. You two! Go find his mate. Now!” Duusu barked.

            The pair of girls flinched, then bowed before they rushed out. Duusu dismissed the others before he approached Adrien.

            “Who insulted him today?” Duusu asked.

            “I don’t want to talk about it,” Adrien hissed.

            “Fine. Don’t talk to me, but I know you’ll talk to your mate. You always do, and I’m always listening. Never forget that.”

            Adrien narrowed his eyes as Duusu vanished and left him alone.

~~

            Juleka stepped off the teleportation pad after Sass. Her breath caught as she looked up at a rainforest canopy that blocked out the worst of the sun’s rays. Despite the shade offered by the canopy, the air was humid and wet from a recent shower. A chill passed through her as she eyed each of the sterile, clean buildings that struck her as various clinics, hospitals, and funeral homes.

            Sass opened his mouth, but Juleka trotted along. People stopped to gawk at her, but she ignored them as she moved from building to building. Her eyes sparked with curiosity at the different shops along this stretch of road. She marveled at the items on display that ranged from medical equipment, medicinal herbs and drugs, incense, oils, and more. She didn’t see any shops that sold things like clothes aside of funerary and medical clothes, food, or other basic essentials.

            “Enjoying your sightseeing?” Sass asked.

            “It’s… something, but where’s all the basic shit? You know, water, food, that kind of stuff.”

            “We get that stuff from the dragons. They’re generous when it comes to us, and they give freely to the snakes. For the others, they have to pay a pretty coin.”

            “Why? What makes snakes so special?”

            “That falls to Longg and I. We have… an interesting sort of relationship. A relationship that has benefited the many families and descendants of those families. You’ll find that other kwamis and their respective people get similar treatment from others like Longg and I.”

            “So… kwamis fuck. Is that what I’m hearing?”

            Sass stopped and turned to Juleka. He opened his mouth but stopped when his eyes darted past her. She tilted her head when she heard her name called. Anger burned through her as she recognized the voice as Luka. She turned towards Luka as he ran towards her, his hair a mess of colors.

            “What the fuck did he do?” Sass hissed.

            “I don’t what to know. C’mon, let’s-,” Juleka started.

            “Juleka, my darling girl! There you are!” Anarka cheered.

            Juleka’s eyes widened as she saw Anarka rush towards her out of the corner of her eye. She ducked away as Anarka and Luka collided into each other. They recovered while she stared them both down.

            “What the fuck are you two doing here?” Juleka roared.

            “Jules, this is-,” Anarka started.

            “Don’t call me that! You have no right to call me by any little pet name. No right!”

            “Jules, please, calm down. Everything is alright. You’re part of the family now. There’s no need to carry on the act.”

            “Act? Act! Is that all that was for my entire fucking life? Just a little act you and Luka put on to isolate me? To make me feel worthless? To make me feel like I was a mistake?”

            “Juleka, please, we had to do what we did. It’s just… just our way. Your way too,” Luka butted in.

            “Can it, golden child! I don’t want to hear jack-fucking-shit from you. From any of you! I was never part of your family. Never! These powers. This… everything! It means nothing! I am not one of you. I will never be one of you!”

            “Jules, please, it’s ok. You are one of us now. You are family,” Anarka said.

            Anarka held out a hand to Juleka. Juleka hissed and swatted it away. She turned away from Anarka and tripped. She hit the ground as the feeling of a myriad of eyes fell on her. She dug her nails into the ground as she noticed the large crowd that had gathered. She gritted her teeth as hot tears rimmed her eyes as rage and humiliation tore through her.

            “Deep breaths, Juleka,” Sass instructed.

            “I’m fucking trying. What do you think-?” Juleka hissed in a low voice.

            “It’s ok, Juleka. I’m here. I’m finally here,” Luka said as he knelt beside Juleka.

            Juleka’s breath caught as her world slowed and crashed down. A shiver passed through her as she felt her bones and muscles shift beneath her skin. She took a breath, then another. She roared as she swung and tore her armor nails across Luka’s face. Sickly green light and hideous shadows trailed along them and left four long, deep slashes across Luka’s face. Screams and gasps tore through the area as she shifted into her naga form.

            Juleka hissed and lunged for Luka. Sass caught her and threw her back onto the teleportation pad. She recovered and started for Luka when the runes beneath lit up. She tilted her head as she vanished as the pair of peacock attendants appeared. She heard Sass hiss a curse before she appeared in the peacock district.

            Juleka’s eyes widened, and jaw dropped at the beauty of the peacock district. The glass buildings that towered over were works of art first, functional second. The streets were made of a pristine, reflective metal that showed a perfect reflection of anything it caught. The sidewalks and streets were decorated with natural glass flowers with petals that looked like blown glass.

            Juleka struggled to stand and move in her naga form. She hissed and spat before she gave up and rolled and dragged herself around. She felt eyes fall on her as she moved about, but she didn’t care about these strangers and their judgements. She explored the many shops that sold beauty products, artisan supplies, art, and clothing. She stopped and admired the many park plazas that were each decorated with a lavish fountain centerpiece and surrounded by hundreds of the same glass flowers. She took a break and pulled herself onto the rim of a fountain. She marveled at the beautiful crystal-clear water with prismatic reflections.

            Juleka sighed and laid out on the fountain. She peered out at the onlookers and their shocked, bewildered looks. The pauses they all shared as they whispered to their companions about her. The same curious thoughts got the better of her as they always had. She watched them as memories overlapped of the countless times she had done this before. The numerous times she had fought with her family, when she’d run away to a place like this, and be in a place where she could just be.

            Juleka turned away from the onlookers to the magic water. Her ruined world was destroyed. The life she fought to just exist in seemed like a distant dream, but the nightmare didn’t end. She was free of her family’s indifference, had their love, but it still doesn’t feel like she’d want it to. The years she suffered didn’t matter to Anarka and Luka. They were ready to forget them like they were nothing and move on, but not her. To them, this changed everything, but it changed nothing.

            Juleka sighed and rolled onto her stomach. She rested her head on her arms as her eyes grew heavy. She shook herself as the sun warmed her and lulled her to sleep.

~~

            Adrien stared at the wall as he tapped his fingers on the chaise. He grumbled and snorted under his breath as the seconds passed by. His eyes darted from the door to the wall until the door opened. He perked up, hoping to see Luka, but it was just the two girls.

            “Where is he?” Adrien demanded.

            The pair of attendants looked at one another with terrified looks. The one on the right pushed the left one forward and ran. Adrien stood and towered over the attendant.

            “Well?”

            The attendant shrank back. “Uh, well, you see, uh, there was an… incident. L-Luka was, uh… injured.”

            Adrien’s eyes widened as he grabbed the attendant. “Where is he?”

            “Snake district, at the main hospital.”

            Adrien tossed aside the attendant and rushed to the teleportation hub. He hopped onto a portal pad and teleported to the Snake District. He ran through the district to the hospital up to Luka’s room. He burst into the room and froze. He paled seeing the four long gashes across the left side of Luka’s face and his eye.

            “What happened? Who did this to you? Was it Lila? I’ll never let her-!” Adrien started.

            “No, no! It was just Juleka,” Luka cut in.

            “Juleka? Why would she do this?”

            “The lassie won’t let go of the past. She won’t accept that she’s part of the family now. And poor Luka. He tried to help her, but she hurt him instead,” Anarka mumbled.

            “Well, what are you waiting for? Heal him,” Adrien demanded.

            “They have been, The wounds, they just, uh, keep reopening,” Luka said.

            “Reopening? How?” Adrien asked.

            “Uh, we think it might be a power of Juleka’s. Right, Mom?”

            “Aye. We have some records of heirs that are able to inflict horrible, everlasting wounds on their foes. We fear she’s done just that with Luka.”

            “What? Where is she? I’m going to give her a piece of my mind!” Adrien screeched.

            “Wait, please, don’t-!” Luka started.

            Sass stepped into the room and shoved a needle into Adrien’s neck. Adrien gasped as Sass injected a potent, fast-acting sedative into Adrien. Adrien’s eyes rolled to the back of his head as he collapsed.

            “Duusu, come collect your heir,” Sass barked.

            Duusu materialized and looked down at Adrien, then at Sass. “You know I don’t approve of this method.”

            “And you should know that I don’t care. Now get him out of here.”

            Duusu tsked, flung Adrien over his shoulder, and left. Sass sighed and approached Luka.

            “You are lucky, fool boy. Juleka is unaware of the full range of her powers, and you should be thankful she doesn’t know yet,” Sass scolded.

            “Can you heal him, please?” Anarka begged.

            Sass hummed. He raised his hand as a bright green light flashed, but Luka’s wounds weren’t healed.

            “What did you do? Why isn’t he healed?” Anarka demanded.

            “Bandage him up and let them heal on their own,” Sass instructed.

            “What? You’re punishing him? Why? He didn’t do anything wrong!” Anarka challenged.

            “If you cannot see why, then let it be a reminder.”

            “Reminder? Reminder of what? That Juleka is as hot-headed and stubborn as she always has been?”

            Sass grabbed Anarka’s chin and squeezed it. “A reminder of this moment. A reminder of what happens when you fuck around with life. We’ve not had to face the consequences of our methods. And seeing her, seeing the everything it just… we must do right by her, not the family. Especially if she’s to be the heir.”

            “What? Never! She is volatile, chaotic, and savage. She’s unworthy of a seat in court. Especially after this little stunt she pulled!”

            “That decision is not for you to make, Anarka. That is for Velze, and I know you will never challenge Velze, would you?”

            “I… no.”

            “Good lass. Now, bandage him up. If I see anyone healed him, I will inflict the wounds again and to the healer responsible. Understood?”

            Silence.

            Sass nodded and vanished. The doctors moved to bandage up Luka’s face. Anarka let out a sigh and gently touched Luka’s right cheek.

            “Don’t worry, lad. Everything will be set right. You’ll keep your heir status and Juleka… well, we’ll see where she fits into this.”

            Luka gave a weak smile to Anarka before she was escorted out. He sighed and stared at the ground. He would make things right with Juleka. He wasn’t sure how, but he would do right by her.

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[princess-of-the-corner]

So, I THINK this could be tagged as Princess Bee, or adjacent, this is mostly me feeling this out on the Miracuclass and attached jobs they’ll have as adults? Tell me how you think it sounds, and if any are WILDLY out of place, I guess.

Marinette - Designer. Has mostly taken over the Agreste brand, and redone it as MDC Designs. While still doing a lot of work herself, she is much better at delegating her time than Gabriel was, so can spend more time with her family.

Adrien - yeah, this one’s a little weird, cause I can sort of see him doing … . just about anything? Keep doing modelling? Sure. Take over Marinette’s parents bakery? Why not. Be a House Spouse? Absolutely! Voice actor, stage manager, set designer- Hell, go really out of left field and be, like, an astrophysicist? Go right ahead! Just … the only thing I can think of, is whatever Adrien does? It NEEDS flexible hours. He is NOT turning into his old man, he needs there to be plentiful family and friends time!

Alya - no brainer, she’s a reporter! Probably taken over from Nadja Chamack as the face of Paris’s news cycle. Or, I could also see her going mostly self-employed, get a bit more freedom in her reporting, but that one would depend, I think.

Nino - couple of things, really. I can see him being a movie producer or director, but I could also see him working in movies as a sound designer. The guy who does sound effects, or creates the sounds needed for a film. Either way, I can see him DJing in his off time. That’s his hobby.

Sabrina - future Mayor of Paris! I weirdly see her as, like, starting going into forensics or criminal law. She didn’t start OUT going for politics, but. Well, shit happened with her dad when she started dating Luka, one thing leads to another, and boom, youngest elected mayor in over two hundred years. She’s damn good at her job, too.

Luka - cause I mentioned him above, he and the band are still doing Kitty Section, but it’s kind of taken a back seat to the whole, ya know, Families they have now. They still make music, still put out new songs, or record covers, might do a local show, but they Don’t tour or anything. Luka himself, I can see as either a local music teacher, some kind of instrument maker, or even the owner of a small record label. Guess it depends.

Juleka - apart from Kitty Section, I can see her still being a model, but she might have stopped to try other things. I can also see her being a photographer, or also a kind of music teacher. Or maybe she and Luka co-manage that little record label, who knows?

Rose - so, Rose is interesting, cause besides Kitty Section, there are there jobs in my head I can see her as REALLY CLEARLY. Either flower shop owner OR Doctor OR head of a charity organization. Not sure what exactly the charity would be, or what kind of doctor, but I can see her as each of these really clearly.

Ivan - besides Kitty Section, weirdly the only thing I can really see Ivan as is a teacher? Not sure why, but like. He just radiates Papa Bear energy? He’s a big hit with younger kids, they just climb all over him, but they will always listen when he talks.

Mylene - I’m thinking stage actress? Like, she still does activism and stuff, but I see her really getting into stage plays, they weirdly are better for her stage fright than recorded shows.

Kim - Olympic swimmer. Or, maybe sport hopper Olympic Athlete? Anyway, he wins a few gold medals, then decides to settle down a little, ends up as a PE teacher.

Max - Game designer. Like, also inventor, he keeps creating new software and hardware to run the games he wants, and people keep trying to get him to be the next Microsoft, and he’s like “Fuck no, I’m making Legend Of Zelda:No Fate, Special Edition, now it comes in VR Chamber version!”

Alix - I … honestly don’t really know. I think she might try professional skater for a year or two, win some competitions. Maybe she eventually starts working at the museum with her brother? But she’s also the only one with a working Miraculous, she might be doing something with that …

Nathaniel - a graphic artist, mostly working on his own comics, but will do commissions for people. Self-employed.

Marc - writer, mostly works on Comics with Nath, but has also published a few short stories, maybe a novel or two. Self-employed.

Kagami - probably a champion fencer, Olympic gold winning even. Rest of the time, might coach a few fencing classes, or work on her art. Might have done a few collabs with Nathaniel, or drawn a few covers for Marc’s books.

Felix - Either ALSO works as a stage actor, OR owns his own studio to make whatever movie or play he wants. Probably employs many of his friends.

Chloé - Off being a kickass lawyer. If she hadn’t gone into law, might have become a realtor.

Zoé - I know actor is popular, but I could see her being a detective, or private investigator. She’s very popular, because she gets great results! … despite the fact she’s always quite put out that the culprit wasn’t a vampire or a ghoul or something.

Lila - if you want to get extremely technical, she’s a freelance writer. That’s what she tells people she does, jets around and writes stories. And she has published a few books, mostly mysteries. But of course, her actual way of getting money is using the Butterfly to con people. She’s even moonlighted as a masked thief a few times. Though she might be looking to shift careers, after a certain news report from Paris goes live … 

BONUS:

Aurore & Mirelle - Weather girls, right? Nope, those two are storm chasers! After growing up in Paris at the height of Hawk Moth? They MIGHT have turned into adrenaline junkies. They go around the world, chasing storms, working out the science, and reporting about it on cite to various agencies. They even had their wedding near a tornado! Everyone is VERY happy for them, but also thinks they’re nuts! (They do not, as of me writing this, have kids, because I can see that being the thing that makes them decide “Ya know, we should probably stop chasing hurricanes if we want children.”)

Mme. Bustier - Now the Principal of Dupont.

Nathalie & Emilie - professional grandmas! In all seriousness, Emilie probably helps manage Felix’s studio, while I headcanon Nathalie never really recovers from being Damaged by the Peacock. Like, she’s ok! She’s healthy, and isn’t in danger of falling into a coma! But the damage had physical effects that, for whatever reason, didn’t hit Emilie as hard, but did stick around for Nathalie. Like, she gets short of breath easily, needs more rest than others, I kind of see her with a cane? She’s doing alright, but isn’t up to running any marathons. So Nathalie is enjoying a pleasant retirement. Maybe she works at the museum now, she did used to be a grave robber - “the only difference between a grave robber and an archeologist is one has permission!”

Chester Fester - uh, on paper, he’s a cook, but he keeps getting fired for allowing pests into his workplaces. Then he met Lila, and now I guess if you want to get technical, he’s her personal chef? He does most of the cooking, cause Lila CANNOT cook to save her life, so Chester tries to make sure she’s eating healthy. He also helps out with her schemes, and such, though, so, maybe general housekeeper? Butler? Not really important, I guess, unless he needs one of those to put on his taxes.

(Please include your thoughts, and anyone you think I missed, cause I swear to GOD I’m missing someone!)

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YES

Okay so like. My notes are mostly gonna be ‘hell yeah hell yeah hell yeah’ because I know I have like. Somewhere in the tag I listed jobs and yeah this is! This is basically it! But let’s go a bit more! In-Depth since we can!

Marinette - Designer baby! It was her dream in the first place and she kinda. Low-key yoinks all of Gabriel’s industry? Like he dies ofc and his fashion company goes to Emilie and Adrien but they’re.... Not really into it? Emilie is fine running the company stuff, but she’s not a designer. Adrien’s decent at the company stuff but also isn’t a designer and really isn’t into Business. They do keep what they can going but when Mari starts making a name for herself, enough that she feels she got the fame on her own terms, she takes over the stuff that’s still running and gets the industry contacts and such.

Adrien - Honestly I think he rolls with having so many options. Mainly stay at home dad, especially when the kids are little. But if Mari asks him to model something, he will. Tom and Sabine need an extra hand in the bakery for a big order/catering? On the job! Get told ‘hey we have a character in a movie your voice would fit?’ sure he’ll come help out!

Alya - hell yeah a reporter! I did debate on if she’d still do more written journalism, but she does like the camera type so yeah taking over for Nadja makes sense!

Nino - Yeah director! He does the sound and such too on his movies. Very much a jack of all trades in that he can step in when he can’t get across to the crew his ideas. (not like in a pretensious way just genuinely ‘idk how to describe this so hand me the wheel’)

Sabrina - I love the Mayor!Sabrina idea so much lmao. Like yeah I think she would’ve been into law more on the ‘well my dad’s a cop and he thinks I’d be good at it’ but then.... yeah between the tensions between him and the Couffaines and then Sabrina learning to think more for herself and some encouragement from others and various circumstances she ends up runnign for mayor. And wins!

Luka - Yeah his main thing is still Kitty Section and yeah no tours. They’re starting to get a little back into the idea of short tours now that the kids are a little older and able to like. Handle themselves for a weekend trip. But yeah shows have to be local like that instead of hopping over to like austraila or some shit.

Rose - mm! I like the doctor one! She’d def work with kids. The charity stuff can kinda be like a side thing of just. Heavily supporting and using her platform of Kitty Section to advertise the charities she supports!

Ivan - this was actually suggested within this AU but he gets to be a music teacher! On top of Kitty Section ofc. But yeah he looks scary but is so soft with his students!

Mylene - Yes! Actress! She gets over a lot of her stagefright(or at least has made it managable) and can be on stage! She does some movies too, but she very much prefers stage acting to film acting!

Kim - Olympic swimmer turned gym teacher? Hell yeah.

Max - 100% game designer. Beautiful.

Alix - honestly I like her working at the museum! She def liked that sort of thing even before she got time travel. Def has a roller derby hobby though.

Nath and Marc - yeah they absolutely still make comics together!

Kagami - olympic fencer! hell yes! And yeah I’d see her being a fencing instructor in the downtime. She def brings Adrien in for a ‘real match’ to spook her students though.

Felix - mm! opens a branch of Graham Films in Paris to make movies there! Works a lot with Nino and Zoé.

Zoé - tbh I love her being the actress but where canon just. Yoinked that from mylene I’m making their differences re: stage v film. So Zoé is more into film than stage. I do like the PI thing though, but maybe in another universe.

Lila - my girl is out here committing crimes! But yeah she’s done various cons. She has /some/ morality so her cons and thefts are usually a little Leverage-esque in that her target has it coming, but def more for profit.

Aurore & Mireille - Ha! I love that! I will note one thing on the like. I actually don’t ship them? Like in theory I like the ship and I’m not like ‘ugh’ when I see it. But usually I have Aurore is gay but Mireille is unfortunately straight. 

Bustier - Ye! She’s principal now! Since I’m nice to her in this AU I like. Rewrite everything that went down with her in Season 5 so she’s not ya know fuckin awful at her job. So her being principal is a good thing!

Chester - once again I love him. But yeah ‘officially’ he’s Lila’s personal assistant but he’s just rolling with whatever con she’s doing.

[sincerrelyserena]

YOU ASKED FOR A FEAST SO HERE IT IS!!

but just a warning they aren’t dating YET this is all while they are friends and shit 

starter: (1 item)

•Ai totally has a bunch of cat clothes and cat themed items, in fact, you wouldn’t be surprised if you saw her and her cat lord bartholomew jojo simpson the 2nd wearing matching outfits!! when rui finds this out he first teases her but from time to time he gives her cute cat figurines or anything hello kitty!! and for one of her birthdays, rui made her a robo cat <33

main: (2 items)

•Ai absolutely loves slower, deeper chill songs, and rui is the only one that knows this, as i’ve mentioned before, so sometimes rui sends her song reccs that’s in her music taste with a little text like : “heard this n thought u might like it” and they quickly become one of Ais favourite songs, not just because they sound good, but because of the person who sent them to her 

•another thing rui does for ai is listen contently when Ai rambles about a theory she has about a song that she loves, she often interprets them and tells rui about her thoughts and sometimes she’s rlly sneaky with her intention (like she’d be yapping about a song about someone loving their friend bc it’s a cute hint) but rui never realises. He actually enjoys listening to her because she does the same thing when he rambles on about how his shows went and such

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•Another thing i’ve mentioned before is how rui n mizuki n ai all go out shopping together and skip school, sometimes mizuki would make excuses like “if i miss this certain lesson i have to take supplementary classes” so sometimes it would just be ai n rui going together and ai treats them like little dates (she totally calls them that aswell as an attempt to fluster rui, the first couple of times it worked but then rui became used to it)

•One of Ais hobbys is matchmaking- and she’s insanely good at it too, she’s gotten a bunch of people together before (cupid fr) however she is yet to be with someone herself

•AI RUI N MIZUKI ALL GO OUT FOR SLEEPOVERS OR JUST GO OUT FOR THE EVENING FOR FUN AND ITS USUALLY RLLY CUTE BECAUSE AI TREATS MIZUKI LIKE A CHILD/HER SISTER AND RUI WATCHES THE DYNAMIC BETWEEN THE TWO AND THINKS TO HIMSELF THAT AI WOULD BE A GREAT MOTHER ONE DAY  

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•the idea that rui takes Ai to cat cafes is something that dosent leave my mind omg.. he probably started when they became close friends in middle school and would pay for everything as Ai sits there cuddling a cat, he’d probably start developing a crush on her during the last year of middle school because he wasn’t used to the idea of love yet but when he figures it out he try’s his best to get closer with ai 

•they prolly have a shared playlist together and half of the songs are all those rlly chill romantic songs that Ai loves with all her heart, and then idk man Rui seems like a hardcore odetari fan (PROJECTING ONTO RUI RN BUT IT SEEMS SO REAL) and honestly who can blame him Ai also loves odetari and in the future wants to collab with him (SHE WILL TRUST ME!!) same with sabrina carpet (that was on purpose) she loves trendy songs but she resonates most with dark slow deep romantic songs grrr

•speaking of music, when Ai makes song drafts for COSM1C OPERA she sends them to both Rui and Kanade, Kanade usually helps her clean a couple things up and help make it sound better and Rui just gives his feedback on what it sounds like (Ais  deffo uses vocaloid to make her songs, same with the rest of her unit)

•AI TOTALLY YAPS TO CAT SEKAI MIKU AND LUKA ABOUT HOW DOWN BAD SHE IS FOR RUI AND SHE DOSENT KNOW HOW TO TELL HIM AND LUKA TEASES HER FOR IT AND MIKU IS LIKE “you’ll know when the time is right” and then we have cat sekai len who’s an absolute BITCH AND TELLS HER “just say it to his face you sad lonely bastard” (but he means well he’s great at comforting Ai when it comes to love)

•ai fell first, rui fell harder- honestly because Ai is such a hopeless romantic she deffo fell after a couple of weeks of knowing him, she had a bunch of crushes aswell during highschool but she was trying to hide her true feelings because my baby was in denial, still that dosent stop her from yapping to rui about hot guys and rui just patting her head and saying she’ll find the right person for her one day (he’s the right person trust)

rui fell harder because after a while of knowing Ai, he started to want to be closer to her and then when he realised he had a crush on her he was absolutely down bad for Ai (as he should be Ai is a goddess she’s the strongest most invincible idol obvi) and so the rest of COSM1C OPERA found it really cute that rui would usually go up to Ai and tell her about a cute cat he saw or one of his upcoming shows or to ramble about past shows (Ai can never make it to his shows because she’s a busy girl, but she always reads through the scripts and tells him her favourite parts of them ) 

•Ais twin Ren (FINALLY GOT A NAME FOR HIM)  is super over protective of Ai since he dosent get to see her much outside of school unless it’s to meet up with the rest of COSM1C OPERA and so if rui and Ai are talking for to long then he will put his arm around Ai and will be like ‘hey!! this is MY sister!! go find another girl to steal!!’ and Ai will be pissed asf and rui will just be like so chill and just tease him😌😌

OKAY AND IM DONE MY DARLING I STILL HAVE SO MANY MORE BUT IT WOULD BE TOO LONG!! HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS MEAL IVE PREPARED FOR YOU 

YUMMMY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE FOOD💥💥 THIS IS A WHOLE FEAST 10/10

V I LOVE YOU SO MUCH/P THANK YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU THANK AND ALL THIS IS SO CUTE💥💥💥😭😭💕😞😞

[magic-is-something-we-create]

NIMBUS TIMBER - The Millennium Saga [Firebreathers ; Echoseers ; Goddess-Touched]

My movement becomes a work of mindless automation, once the halls around are familiar enough for my mental organization of colored glass and unclear distance to guide me. A blessing, in that I don’t need to think-think-overthink to figure out where to go. A curse, in that I’m free to think-think-overthink every way the world could end in the time it takes me to find the neon blue, teal, evergreen, and gray door that hides Beta’s makeshift workshop. On instinct, my hands go to press the panels in a door left behind in the electrical-humming district of Little Wasi. To strike the pattern I wrote into my muscles bathed in morning mist and sleepless sunrises, one I learned so I could let myself in and wake the crone in the rafters in time for his repair shop to open.

Basics:

He/Him - Transgender Man

Bisexual - 21 (~23 on Earth)

First-generation Mae Ehlf - Water Mage

Heavily OCD-coded; chronic insomniac.

Where he begins:

Nimbus is awake when Ember returns home after midnight, but this is nothing strange. It's rare to ever find him sleeping, really, ever since their life took a nosedive and he managed to convince himself that if he never closed his eyes, nothing bad could ever happen again.

It doesn't work. But that doesn't mean he can stop doing it.

Luckily, his apprenticeship under the robotics engineer Beta Altiana has flexible hours. Even if that means working with a man with no regard for physical safety or lawfulness, two of the biggest triggers for Nimbus' paranoia.

But he can cope. There's only one front on which he has to deal with that, after all.

Right?

What he finds himself confronting:

When Ember decides they want to join the rebellion, Nimbus is adamant that they turn the rebels in for a bounty instead. It's safer on all counts, really, and maybe the guilt would eat him up alive, but that wouldn't be anything new, not after he lost track of time once and ended up with a dead sister and mortally wounded brother and years of blaming himself for—

But Ember wins the argument. And, just like he warned them, the consequences they shrugged off come raining down in a horrific mimicry of his deepest fears.

Now they all have to run. To abandon the only city they've ever known. To leave their lives behind.

If he has to leave because of Ember's rash decisions, he's going to make one of his own.

He's bringing Beta with them, regardless of his status as an international fugitive.

Important connections:

Family: Ember (twin), Autumn, Dusk, Ash, and Oak Timber. Formerly Luka, Akari, and Starlight Timber, and Lileya Wolfsbane (all deceased)

Friends: Andy Meywin (best friend) and Beta Altiana (the man he apprentices under)

MUSIC

Themes - Missing Prototype by Audiomachine, Ion Storm by Audiomachine, Incendiary (Instrumental) by Tommee Profitt

Vibes - Paranoia by Koethe, Monster In The Wall by Rosendale, Sick of the Silence by Mother Mother

[airi-p4]

The weekend Project - Ch 5

Chapter 1 | Ch 2 | Ch 3 | Ch 4 | Ch 5 | Ch 6 | Ch 7 __________________________________________

Summary: At school, Marinette has no friends in her class other than Alya. With the idea of making students interact more and out of their usual groups of friends, Ms. Bustier assigns her students to a school project that requires spending a weekend with another student of her choice. What Marinette didn’t know was how this project with her partner Juleka was going to change her life.

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AO3

__________________________________ Chapter 5: Weekend at the Couffaine’s (3)

"What!? Marinette cured your photo curse!?" Luka's eyes glowed, admiring the album Marinette gave Juleka the previous afternoon, his morning coffee getting cold in front of him. "This is wonderful! Incredible! You're amazing, Marinette! Thank you."

Marinette blushed at his compliment. "I-it was nothing… it's my mom who took the photos…" she humbly answered.

"But you fixed Juleka's clothes, too, and even drew a pretty portrait of her. Wow… you're really talented!"

"Y-you're exaggerating! I'm not amazing or anything—I'm just clumsy and—"

"Of course not! You're amazing and very talented. I mean it," he assented. "I think you're an extraordinary girl, Marinette."

Marinette had thought that her heart couldn't beat faster and that the butterflies in her stomach couldn't get crazier around him, but she had been wrong, as his nice words and heartwarming smile just proved her.

"Luka is right."

Still lost in Luka's eyes, Juleka's voice made her come back to earth. "Thank you…" she managed to say.

"Have you shown it to Mom, already?" he asked his sister.

"Yes, yesterday after dinner, while you were at work."

"I bet she loved it." Luka chuckled and Juleka nodded shyly. "I'm very happy for you, Jules!"

He leaned to hug his sister but she protested in a mumble. "Stop—that's embarrassing…"

"Okay, okay, I'll stop." Luka chuckled at her reaction and Marinette looked at the scene in amusement. "Do you have plans for today?" he asked the girls.

"We plan to go out. The weather is lovely today."

"That sounds nice," Luka agreed.

"What about you, Luka?" Marinette asked, curious.

"I was thinking of going to play the guitar at my usual spot and then go shopping. I have to do my best not to disappoint Marinette with my cooking." The girl blushed at his comment. "Lunch will be at the usual time, so don't come back too late, okay?"

"Okay!" The girls nodded.

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The girls were walking, Marinette's arm hanging from Juleka's, as they happily talked about silly things. Suddenly, Juleka looked back.

"Stop following us!" Juleka glared at Luka, who was walking a few meters behind them.

"I'm not following you. Just going in the same direction," he hummed, amused.

It was true. Luka's usual spot to play the guitar and earn a few coins had been the same park they were going to. "No way!" Juleka had groaned as he sat down and tuned his guitar.

The girls had been playing around, Marinette's skirt flying with her natural enthusiasm and laughing. Due to that, Luka found it more difficult than usual to focus on his music, but Marinette was actually the same—she loved it when he played.

Juleka tossed a coin in Luka's guitar case.

"5 cents? Stingy," he called, and played a tune accordingly that made Marinette chuckle.

The smaller girl gave him a paper flower made out of a €5 bill.

"Wow! That's cute! Thank you, Marinette" she blushed as he played a soft happy tune. "You should learn more from your friend, Jules," he teased.

Juleka stuck her tongue out at him playfully. "Let's go, Marinette."

Luka bowed his head at Marinette once again as a thank you as the girls moved farther, and he played for a few more minutes before collecting the little money he'd made and moving back to his shopping duties—not before buying mini croissants and a drink at the closest café for the girls, of course.

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A delicious smell filled the air when the girls returned to Juleka's home: Luka's cooking! Anarka welcomed them, and urged them to get ready for lunch. They didn't lose a minute to sit down.

"Voilà," Luka said, taking the plate out of the oven.

Even if fish wasn't one of Marinette's favorites, she had to admit it looked and smelled delicious, with the golden color, all those little herbs on top, and the potatoes accompanying the main dish. And the first bite she took:

"It's so good!" She exclaimed.

And Luka could finally let out the breath he had been holding. "I'm so glad"

The Couffaine ladies hadn't been exaggerating: Luka was a great cook.

‘He would be a good husband.’

Marinette almost choked on her water when the thought crossed her mind. Stupid butterflies that won’t stop making her stomach feel wobbly!

All of them did, indeed, repeat until there were no leftovers. Luka had also bought pudding and whipped cream for dessert, but they decided to eat it later as they were already full.

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It was a while after lunch, with a missing phone call to Juleka's phone, when everything changed.

Rose

Juleka panicked, turning white as a sheet of paper. Marinette could tell she was internally debating if she should call her back, but fear seemed to be blinding her judgment.

"Go, Juleka. Call her," Marinette encouraged. "I'll wait for you here meanwhile."

"I'll be with her, don't worry. Go," Luka assured and Juleka moved to her room to speak privately. "Are you sure you don't want to go with her?" he asked Marinette.

"Yes. Juleka told me about Rose... I think the two of them have a very special bond that goes beyond friendship. I don't want to get in their way."

"I'm surprised you noticed that. I think neither of them have realized yet." His eyebrows disappeared in his long bangs.

"Love will eventually find its way to the right person," she mumbled.

Luka looked at her both surprised and hopeful.

"I-I mean! That's what Juleka's tarot cards reading said for her!"

Luka chuckled. "I think it's accurate when it comes to them."

Marinette smiled in agreement. "I think so, too."

"What did the cards tell you?"

"Oh, m-me…?" She blushed. "I-I'm going to get good luck with friends and money and stay healthy but it seems that I'll have to put more attention to my studies…"

"What about love?"

Her heart skipped a beat at his question.

"Love…" she blushed at his expectant eyes staring at her. "It's a secret!"

"Ooh-" he teased, but he was in fact hoping he was part of her reading of love.  

"I'll ask Juleka to read the cards for me later, too. Now I'm curious."

"Oh! Will you tell me what they say?"

"I don't know, maybe it's a secret as well?" He winked playfully. "But shouldn't I have a way to tell you if you want me to?"

Ah! His phone number! She didn't have it! She wanted it! She should—

"Here's my phone number." He gave her a piece of paper with his name and some numbers on it. "In case you want it, of course."

"I do!" She hurried to snatch the paper and type him a 'hello' message. Her eyes lightened at the sight of his contact on her phone. "Thank you, Luka!"

Luka thought that maybe he was being too hopeful about Marinette, but the way she wiggled joyfully and excitedly certainly didn't help him to not feel that.

"Come here. Let's take a photo. For the new contact."

Marinette blushed at his hand on her shoulder, keeping her close for the photo. She knew her face would be reddish, but she didn't care. She was too happy to have a picture with Luka!

She beamed again and he couldn't take his eyes off of her, mesmerized. Oh, the amount of songs he could write about her… his fingers itched to play. He picked up the guitar and played a few chords.

"You're not playing the violin today?" she asked and he blinked at her. "Ah-I mean! I heard you yesterday and I was surprised to know you can also play the violin?"

"Yes. I feel more comfortable with the guitar, to be honest. But there's a violin recital coming soon at the school and I have to practice," he explained.

"Oh! Amazing! I'm sure you're going to win the audience's hearts! You play beautifully."

'There's only one heart I want to win,' he thought. "Why don't you come, Marinette? To the recital?"

"Eh!? C-can I?"

"Of course! It's open and free and I'd love it if you came!" He leaned closer, his hands on her shoulders.

"I-I'll go!" She smiled eagerly. "I want to go!"

"Awesome!" He beamed. "With you supporting me I'll be able to perform at my best! Thank you Marinette! I'll text you the day, time, and place later."

"Okay!"

They were looking at each other's eyes, smiling like lovestruck fools. His hands were still on her shoulders and hers had instinctively moved to the corners of his jacket.

Their faces burned when they realized how close they were and separated immediately. Gosh, what was wrong with her!? She couldn't look up at him now! She would have kissed him if he had leaned down to her! The butterflies were once again crazy in her stomach.

"I'm sorry, Marinette. Jukeka says I should be more careful with physical contact. Sometimes I lean too much into personal space when I'm comfortable with someone."

He was comfortable with her? She wanted to do three or four flips out of happiness.

"I don't mind it, Luka. If it's you…" She blushed, realizing. "I mean! I feel comfortable with you, too."

He let out a deep sigh and his smile widened. "I'm glad."

"I think Juleka will be on the phone for a long while… would you like it if I played you a song in the meantime?"

"Yes, I'd love that." She smiled.

"Good." He softened. "Come here, sit down."

He invited her to sit in his bed, beside him and she gladly took the invitation. He played for her, joked, and taught her a few things about guitars and stringed instruments. And if their knees had been burning from being in continued contact with the other, neither of them mentioned it: they felt very comfortable as they were.

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Marinette hadn't realized that more than one hour had passed when Juleka came back. She was a bit sad that the spell they had been in with Luka had to end, but seeing Juleka in tears had her rush towards her friend with Luka's encouragement.

"Jukeka! Are you okay?" she asked.

Juleka cried again.

"Juleka… What's wrong…?"

"I was so scared!" She wept, clinging to Marinette.

"Don't cry, Juleka, tell me how I can help."

"You can't! And neither can I! That's why!" She continued crying.

"What happened, Juleka…? Are things with Ivan not going well for Rose?"

"No! It has nothing to do with the project but Rose—she—" a hiccup interrupted her. "She's  been in the hospital since yesterday."

"Oh, no! Is she okay?"

"Y-yes. She's okay now, but she had to undergo some treatments and—" She looked at Marinette with her teary eyes, doubting if she should tell her more. But the worry in Marinette's eyes was so honest that she decided to trust her. "Rose has a chronic disease."

"What?" Marinette gasped. "But! She's always so energetic and—"

"Because she knows what being ill is. She wants to live every moment she feels well at her fullest. But she still has medical checkups every week."

"I had no idea…" Marinette saddened. "Is this why you were checking your phone all the time? Because you were worried about her condition?"

Juleka nodded. "She's been feeling a bit weird lately and… I was worried."

"Oh no, Juleka! I had no idea when I yelled at you! I'm so sorry." Marinette hugged her tightly.

"You couldn't have known, Marinette… I'm not angry at you or anything." She wiped her tears. "But Rose had been at the hospital and she didn't tell me! She was getting treatments and checkups and meanwhile I was here, unaware of it and having fun with you instead." She sniffed. "I wished to have been by her side if she wasn’t well… I'm a horrible friend…"

"Oh, Juleka! I'm sure Rose didn't tell you because she didn't want to worry you and distract you from your weekend project. If I had been in Rose's place, I would have done the same."

"But—"

"Besides, she has recovered and is back home now, right?" Juleka nodded. "Then everything is fine! That's the most important thing!"

"Marinette…"

"So you know what we're going to do now?" She took her friend's hand and guided her to the bathroom. "We're going to clean up your face and send her a photo showing her how glad we are she's back home again. And tomorrow, when you see her at school, you're going to greet her with a big smile. Can you do this for me, Juleka? For Rose?"

Juleka was at a loss of words as she looked at Marinette, behind her, from the mirror. The hands on her shoulders were giving her warmth and strength.

"Ok. I-I’ll do it. Thank you, Marinette."

They shared a tender smile through the mirror and Juleka proceeded to clean up her tears.

"Juleka has made a great friend, hasn't she?" Anarka told Luka, from the next room. They exchanged a happy smile when they saw them go to the green house and take a photo together.  

"But she isn't the only one fascinated with her, is she?" She winked at her son knowingly. "She's a good girl."

"She's amazing," Luka finished, standing up and going to the girls, asking if she could join them in the photo. Anarka smiled at them fondly, and joined them for a photo as well. She would frame the photo later. Marinette was almost part of the family already. Or at least, all the Couffaines wanted her to be, in the future.

Before Marinette went to get her things ready to go back home, she stopped Luka alone.  

"Juleka told me about the phone," she informed him and he smiled, content. "Thank you, Luka."

She gave him a quick peck on his cheek and ran to Juleka's room. It took Luka a while to recover and wipe the stupid lovestruck smile—as Juleka called it— of his face.

He was so doomed.

_____________

It was Marinette's father, Tom, who came to get her daughter back.

"Thank you for having me this weekend." Marinette politely bowed. "I really enjoyed my time here. You have a wonderful family, Juleka."

"Thank you." She blushed.

"See you at school tomorrow." Marinette stepped down the gangplank. "With a smile!"

"Sure!"

"Bye!"

Marinette waved at them and held back some tears when her back turned to them. She did have a great time there. She didn't want it to end yet.

"Marinette!" Juleka called with a loud voice from afar. "Come back again! You're welcome here anytime!"

The tears Marinette was holding back fell down, moved and relieved from Juleka's words. She could see, despite the blurriness of her eyes, how Anarka and Luka also welcomed her to come back anytime with their smiles.

Humble or not, they were a truly miraculous family…

Neither Marinette or the Couffaine family didn't stop waving goodbye until the Liberty was out of sight.

A wonderful weekend to remember.

[grizzlyofthesea]

Dumb Vocaloid Headcanons Part 1: Internet Co.

All

Andriods/robots of various levels of human resemblance

Voicebank upgrades correspond to hardware upgrades.

Primarily made for music, but they also have combat skills.

Each one has a unique music-related weapon/ability, which I'll elaborate on in another post. (I got this idea from the manga Megu Megu Singer Song Fighter. It's...an experience. Kinda chaotic, and the translation I found isn't always the clearest, but it's cute, harmless fun focused on the first few Internet Co. Vocaloids. If you want to see himbo Gackpo in a fundoshi, this is the manga for you.)

Generally get along well with the Cryptonloids

One huge, generally happy family

Camui Gackpo (Gackpoid)

The most robotic/android-like of the bunch in terms of physical structure, but good gosh, does he have feelings

His "bodysuit" is just what his body looks like (he can morph it into a more human-looking appearance, though), and that weird glowy spot on his chest is his power core.

Can change his eye and power core colors at will

Has a whole army of eggplant horses

A chivalrous gentleman, but he has his goofy moments

An expert in hair care

Cishet ally

Dating/in love with GUMI

GUMI (Megpoid)

Huge science and sci-fi nerd

Has a visible battery gauge on each of her designs, which takes the form of a red jewel. It blinks when her battery is running low. (another idea from Megu Megu Singer Song Fighter)

BFFs with Miku, Luka, Lily, and CUL

Owns a carrot rocket equipped with missiles

Her goggles have several functions, including night vision, tracking, and looking cool.

Lives for the aesthetics of the 1960s-1980s

A little bit scatterbrained, but she tries

Hoping that everyone else (or at least Gackpo and Una) joins her on VOCALOID6 and gets an AI voicebank

Bisexual

Dating/in love with Gackpo

Lily

Beta/production name was Yuripoid (not actually, but in my headcanon). This didn't stick for multiple reasons.

Her tattoo doubles as a battery meter, "draining" from top to bottom as her power depletes.

Likes lollipops (yet another idea from Megu Megu Singer Song Fighter)

The "cool older sister" of the group

Infamous for speeding on her motorcycle

Keeps a couple of beehives, from which she harvests honey

Demi/heteroromantic asexual

Exchanges makeup tips with Gackpo

Ryuto (Gachapoid)

Obsessed with dinosaurs, to the point where he has memorized every species

Basically GUMI's little brother

His arm warmers serve to make his elbow joints slightly less obvious; his shoes do the same thing for his ankles.

Favorite meal is dino nuggies with waffle fries

Friends with Yuki and Oliver

Really wants a pet puppy

Favorite holiday is Halloween

Big fan of FNAF, even if it scares him sometimes

A little bit self-conscious about his buck teeth

Always carries a notebook and markers with him in his backpack

CUL

Huge Madoka Magica fan; cried at Sayaka's death

Doesn't always get along with her sisters, but she loves them all dearly

Gets into arguments with Gackpo over who "stole" the other's hairstyle

Her eyes double as cameras

Favorite foods are Pocky and tempura shrimp

Shops exclusively at thrift stores and Hot Topic

Knows all the jokes about her name's meaning in French; not amused at all

Lesbian; has a bit of a crush on flower

Secretly collects porcelain dolls

galaco

Huge space nerd

Loves to nerd out over space with GUMI

Has always wanted to be a princess

Has jet boots; can use them to float in place or skate around

The first one to lack any visibly robotic traits

BFFs with MAYU

Loves listening to video game soundtracks

Aroace

Plays a lot of TF2 in her spare time; mains Demoman

kokone

Kind of shy, especially around new people

Huge book nerd; favorite genre is fantasy

LOVES animals

Favorite food is raindrop cake

Surprisingly big fan of horror movies

Gets cold easily

Likes to do prank phone calls with GUMI; they switch places periodically, pretending to be the same person

Trans girl (pronouns are she/her); polysexual

Wants to write and illustrate her own manga series

Rana

Technically developed by We've Inc. as a collab with Internet Co., but since she's the only one from We've Inc, the Internet Co. crew includes her as one of their own.

Really wants to be a magical girl; has designed her own weapon and transformation device

Has a massive collection of teddy bears

Practically lives in her hoodie

Feels a bit weird about being literally 0 years old, but tries to ignore it

Sugar cookies make her life worth living

Carries a variety of glitter with her at all times

Chika

The mom friend

Has regular lunch outings with Mew and MEIKO

A talented tailor

Lives for vintage clothing

Has an entire cupboard full of various herbal teas

A little bit disappointed about her unpopularity, but she has mostly accepted it at this point

Tends a butterfly garden

Cishet ally

Really good at cooking and baking

Otomachi Una

Her hat is alive.

Views Rana as a rival; Rana doesn't really care

Looks up to GUMI

Can hold her breath for ten minutes

Tends a koi pond

Loves to experiment with different hair dyes

Sometimes wears fake glasses for the sake of fashion

Owns a swimmable mermaid tail (fades from indigo to lime green, then cotton candy pink); loves showing it off

Just beginning to question her sexuality

Will eat every piece of cheesecake in a five mile radius

ROSA

A CeVIO/upcoming SynthV vocal rather than a Vocaloid, but since she was made in collaboration with Internet Co. and CUL is her older sister, she hangs out with the Internet Co. crew often

Gets along well with Gackpo for their shared love of traditional Japanese culture

Insists that she "was born in the wrong generation"

Loves rose-flavored macarons, but her favorite food is salmon nigiri

Gets picked on by some of her older sisters, so she has learned to be a bit sassy as a defense mechanism

Genderfaer (pronouns are she/her and occasionally they/them); pansexual

In the process of collecting all of the Vocaloid Nendoroids (except the Miku ones; there are way too many)

[butyoumissedmyheart]

Get to know me :’)

Hello, Sunny here! 

Looking back, my intro post was very dry so I wanted to make something a little more detailed, like a get to know me! My username is inspired by the beautiful narrative song You Missed My Heart by my lord and savior Phoebe Bridgers. If you haven’t heard it... you must listen. 

https://open.spotify.com/track/3BGzKSHUVJawX3x2z6W7js?si=85927113c56b4165 

Above all else, I’m a hoe for sad music. 

The first whump story I got very super invested in was Henry’s story by @orchidscript​! I currently would give my left lung for Jameson from @ashintheairlikesnow​‘s story. Honorable mention to @whumpvp​ because their stories keep me up at night! @albino-whumpee​‘s writing and artwork inspire me so much <3 Sorry to bother y’all by tagging but you are very cool and talented people! 

I don’t know official trope names but these are things I like in whump stories!

Captivity

Punishments

Creepy/intimate whumper

Dub/non con

Emotional whump/angst

Fucked up power dynamics 

Fucked up family situations

Male whumpee

Male whumpee who wants to protect a sister or daughter figure

Whumpee acts tough but is really a softie

Whumpee slowly learning to accept love and care

Favorite whump book is Half Bad by Sally Green.

Favorite depressing ass anime is Banana Fish.

Favorite webcomic is Uriah by Toffuo.

Favorite song that breaks my damn heart is Hopelessness Has Done Nothing For Me by Johanna Warren.

I want to post some writing soon but I worry about people not understanding it or it being too explicit :’) I know I’m overthinking but please don’t hesitate to tell me if I tagged anything wrong or need to change something or if it doesn’t make sense or anything! >.< Also lmk if you have tumblr tips...

Here is more info on my stories!

Lukas ! His story is my focus and he has the most personality of my OC’s. I actually have a really rough webcomic for him up here. It is so rough and I am quite bad at dialogue as I simply do not have talent in writing scripts. Luke was kidnapped for three years by a freak who is a pillar of a sex trafficking ring. Here he is 4 years after with his first bestie ever, at their little pizza shop job. 

Will is the other story I might be sharing. I remember starting this very long ago, most of these stories were begun when I had no knowledge of the world and thus they are historically inaccurate. When I first found whump blogs, I edited this to fit into the Box Boy Universe (so sorry for stealing this idea, it just fit so well. If there is someone to credit for this lmk!). He is in a fucked up situation and has an even more fucked up past that has been buried. Here he is at a makeshift grave getting closure!

That’s all for now I suppose! Thank you if you read this, I am giving you a virtual hug !

[justelib]

(Base references by Mellon Soup <3)

Edit: (you can probably tell how my black Ball point pen gave up and I had to move on to my blue one.) VC: Marshall Lee

Little backstory <3

Casey Kingsley had travelled all around the world, Originally coming from Tasmania, and finally his parents were settling down in Paris.

He was excited, his family was staying with the Couffaine family, his mother was best friends With Anarka and the women allowed them space on their ship. Casey was bunking in Luka & Juleka’s room, Staying on a spare mattress and His parents were bunking in a spare room next to Anarka’s.

Casey was attending Françoise Dupont middle\high school, also known as Collège Françoise Dupont, in the French language, with Juleka, who was held back. It was his last year, ninth grade, and he was stressed, he’d moved around so much that he’s worried he isn’t caught up, even though he’s had multiple tutors over the years.

Now, when Casey was twelve he came across an old second hand shop were he found something that caught his eye, a black choker with a silver Spider pendant and could you imagine his surprise when a black, Flying spider came out of the pendant when he put it on?

The twelve year old boys biggest fear had been spiders at the time…he may have tried to squish the poor Kwami.

But anyways, after the Kwami, known as Fangs, explained everything to Casey, the twelve year old began to stop small crimes that the police couldn’t be bothered with. The first crime was stopping a mugging in New York, it was nearly a total disaster considering Casey had tripled and fell into a dumpster but he had kicked the muggers ass.

(I’m planning to write a Fic for this Oc, the love interest is undecided but here’s some info!)

Appearance:

• his hair is dyed Blue, specifically this shade:

• he has naturally tanned skin.

• his eyes are a Greenish blue colour, except for when he’s in his hero costume where his extra two eyes are a red colour, the same as Fangs.

• he’s 5’3.

Basics

• his hero costume is a mix of black, Reds and blues.

• his clothes are a mixture of vintage and Retro.

• he is fifteen years old.

• Casey is a loud and Proud bisexual, with a preference towards boys.

• he see’s Luka and Juleka as siblings.

• he can summon different weapons but his go to’s are Nunchuck’s with blades and a pair of Sai.

• he’s the #1 Marcaniel, Julerose and Myvan Shipper. (I couldn’t remember what Mylene and Ivan’s Ship name was so I just winged it)

• Casey is a loud and proud person, He’s caring and kind but he’s also impatient, Sarcastic, forgetful, Stubborn and impulsive. He has a loyal heart and he’s totally honest, which is probably a bad trait considering He’s nearly gave away his identity multiple times.

• his favourite food is pasta, his favourite drink is ice coffee…never, I repeat, NEVER come between this boy and his ice coffee.

• he loves strolling through the park with music blaring through his headphones.

• Chat noir is his favourite hero, sure he loves ladybug (PLATONICALLY, PLATONICALLY) but Chat is just someone Casey (or Spider bite) can talk to without a care in the world.

• Casey absolutely Loves Marinette, she was so kind to him when they first met and He finds her Clumsiness adorable.

(She’s lot totally creepy towards Adrian in my AU, I don’t even know if he’s her love interest in the alternate universe yet.)

• Casey’s favourite couple to hang out with is Nate and Marc, they make sure to never leave him out and they’re just overall Awesome.

• don’t ever wake Casey up from a nap, he nearly never goes to sleep in the middle of the day unless he absolutely needs the rest.

• Fangs helped Casey come out to his parents.

• Casey saw right through Lila the moment he saw her and it frustrated him so much when nearly everyone was…Ahem, Dumb, Ahem…enough to believe her ridiculous lies, Especially when Lila claimed that Marinette ‘pushed’ her down the stairs.

• Casey Kingsley is my baby.

<3

(You can probably tell Shading isn’t my strong suit, I didn’t even try for this. Shading is my weakness 😭😭)

(Base reference by Mellon soup again) the bag is chat noir merch 😉

[bike42]

Monday September 11, 2023

Transfer day. At 10am the bus left Clifden, leaving six of our members there. It was drizzly when we left the hotel - first real day of rain in ten days.

We drove about an hour and took a three hour break in the city of Galway. Peter said it’s the fastest growing city in Ireland, and it had a cosmopolitan feel. I finally got to wear my boot and I was glad I had them along! We donned our rain coats and we’re also happy we had umbrellas. We walked the pedestrian zone and followed some canals to where the met the river and ran to the sea. Later we learned the canals had been built in the 1850’s to divert water for the mills. I bought a beautiful scarf, and a “sweater” for my teapot. We found a quiet spot in a coffee shop and spent the rest of our time chilling out there.

Back in the bus, we drove awhile and took another break in the town of Ennis. The sun was out and we enjoyed the stroll around the beautiful downtown area. Jeff bought a new hat which he’ll have to wear as we transition to the next parts of our adventure!

Because of the rain, we drove a different route than what we’d have normally taken. They said the coastal road wouldn’t have been any fun today.

We arrived at the Falls Hotel in Ennistymon, our last three nights here. James made dinner reservations at a place in town for anyone interested. It’s an adorable little town and I can wait to walk and explore it more.

We got settled in our room, changed for dinner and walked the few blocks to the main drag. We had a wonderful dinner. Wayne and Sue came in later, they’d stopped at Eugene’s Whiskey Bar first and said it was hysterical. We skipped dessert and went to Eugene’s instead. What a guy, and what a place!

Eugene is a recovered alcoholic, and opened this eceletic whiskey bar as part of his recovery. We were the only patrons and learned so much about how to drink whiskey! We each tried two different single malts - gave us a nice after dinner buzz.

We walked back to the hotel and grabbed a Guinness before our evening concert. Tonight was Luka Bloom - a wonderfully talented musician and singer. The evening music truly has been the highlight of this trip.

[reallyromealone]

I return

X

"Are you sure you don't wanna be a cool robot?"

"No thank you papa" (name) said softly and Steve sighed with a soft smile as Eddie cackled at the small boy "whatever floats your boat bud" Eddie said patting theur sons head.

"Dustin's taking him yeah?" Steve said to his husband who grabbed a drink from the fridge "yup, he's still getting ready in his room" the metalhead said offering his son a sip of the carbonated drink "still?? He's never been this obsessed with a costume"

"He wanna make girl fall in love" (name) said innocently as he let Steve put the cardboard box with arms and a head hole on the boy "whatcha talking about bud?" "He got cush on gorwl in class!" (Name) said and the two dad's looked at him wide eyed "dusty...has a crush on someone?"

"He talk bout it to Will all the time over talkie" (name) huffed and mumbled something about keeping him up "got any other gossip bud?" Eddie said playfully "aunty Robbie ated last of cereal" he said simply before waddling off to see what Dustin was doing "I knew it!" Eddie said with an angry Huff and Steve rolled his eyes.

"dusty! Hurry up!" (Name) with a huff and came in to see Dustin dressed as Freddie Kruger and poor (name) began crying loudly at it "what happened?!" Steve yelled as the parents checked up on them, Dustin taking off the mask "(name)! It's dude!"

(Name) looked confused and scared as he ran into Eddie's arms "bud, it's just a spooky costume" Eddie said to the tiny toddler who looked back to see Dustin's face "no monster?"

"No monsters bud, it's just your brother"

"Sorry..."

"Don't be sorry, it startled you"

When everyone was ready the parents went to a party at Eddie's music shop and Dustin and (name) went out trick or treating and meet up with the party where they looked at (name) confused "what is he supposed to be?"

"A cardboard box"

"...why?"

"Dad says he gets his sense of humor from pops side"

"That tracks"

The group went off trick or treating, the six teens keeping an eye on little (name) who was having a grand time "psst (name) trade you for those three Musketeers" Dustin said to the little boy, holding up a handful of (candy) and little (name) looked at the candy in awe "ok!"

One house was giving out soda and (name) struggled opening it "you good (name)?" Max asked and the small boy held it to her "help?"

The redhead opened the can and handed it back to the boy as the group took a short break "you having fun?" Lukas asked the toddler "popa wants starburst" as he then proceeded to eat a starburst "he ated my dunkaroo"

Lukas laughed at this and the group continued their journey, the group talking about a campaign they were working on with Eddie, little (name) to small to be able to hold focus on such a long game and usually hung with dad aka Steve.

When it was around 9pm the group returned to Dustin and (name)s house where they looked at their hauls, little (name) putting aside certain candies like Pez and the likes...old candy brands.

"What's he doing?"

"He likes to put candy aside for grandpa Wayne, they hang out on Saturday when we do our Champaign and Dad goes out with aunt Robin and Nancy"

"What do they do?"

"Grandpa Wayne and (name) work on woodworking projects for a while and then watch old movies and eat pizza until (name) passes out"

"Huh"

"Yeah, it's his most looked forward day of the week"

"Good for him"

When (name) finished his sorting and trading, Dustin helped him clean up and get ready for bed "aight dude, bath time!"

Many bubbles later and (name) was out cold in his little bed and the teens set up their horror movies around the time Eddie and Steve returned with pizza they promised to get the teens before going to check on the tot who was out cold but did notice a few starbursts and a few m&m packs on the dresser "Atta boy"