#Mayday Heyday 2024

[oda-princess]

Mayday Heyday OC gift exchange !!!

Hosted by: @olivermorningstar and @lorei-writes

This is my gift to @the12thnightproject for this event.

I chose your OC katsuko for this gift! (she drew me to her like a magnet XD ) I loved reading about her and her character is so cool !!

*ahem* so...this is kinda my first attempt at digital art and I'm still learning, so I hope I was able to do justice to her here.

I hope you like it! ❤❤

Once again, thank you to Oliver and Lorei for hosting this event that I could be a part of ! I had a lot of fun working on this and definitely learnt alot that I otherwise wouldn't have :p

[lorei-writes]

Masterlist of works created during Mayday!Heyday OC Gift Exchange hosted by @lorei-writes & @olivermorningstar.

[The sound flowing through her body...] by @faustianfascination for @koco-coko

Ikemen Vampire; FanFic; Hurt/Comfort; Mozart x OC (Tchai)

[Ciel & Rio, fashion spread] by @bicayaya for @floydsteeth

Ikemen Prince; FanArt; Digital Art; Chibi; Rio x OC (Ciel)

[Oliver, the royal scientist] by @keithsandwich for @olivermorningstar

Ikemen Prince; Fanart; Traditional Art; Oil Pastels; Gen Work (Oliver)

Help Wanted by @the12thnightproject for @fighting-and-drawing

Ikemen Sengoku; FanFic; Urban Fantasy AU; Gen Work (Thai)

[Duet] by @krys-loves-otome for @bicayaya

Ikemen Prince; FanArt; Traditional Art; Pencil; Yves x OC (Beatrice)

[Couple Portrait] by @floydsteeth for @krys-loves-otome

Ikemen Vampire; FanArt; Traditional Art; Pen; Vincent x OC (Abigail)

A lovely date by @queengiuliettafirstlady for @m-mmiy

Ikemen Prince; FanFic + Moodboard; Chevalier x OC (Tala)

[Ballerina] by @olivermorningstar for @faustianfascination [alternate link]

Ikemen Vampire; FanArt; Traditional Art; Pen & Pencil; Artur x Faust x OC (Persephone)

[Marie] by @fighting-and-drawing for @oda-princess

Ikemen Sengoku; FanArt; Digital Art; Gen Work (Marie)

Ivy Vines, Poem Lines (a new normal) by @koco-coko for @queengiuliettafirstlady

Ikemen Vampire; FanFic; Jean x OC (Julia)

[Shiloh scratched the tabby cat’s back...] by @kaizoku-musume for @tulipsaisle

Ikemen Prince; FanFic; Crack; Nokto & OC (Shiloh)

[Interview Page] by @tulipsaisle for @kaizoku-musume

Ikemen Prince; FanArt; Digital Art; Gen Work (Aurelia)

Begonia - Beware by @m-mmiy for @lorei-writes

Ikemen Prince; FanArt; Digital Art; Chevalier x OC (Esther)

Home Sweet Home by @lorei-writes for @spoopy-fish-writes

Ikemen Sengoku; FanFic; Comedy/Crack; Hideyoshi & OC (Habiba); Kenshin x OC (Habiba)

[Katsuko] by @oda-princess for @the12thnightproject

Ikemen Sengoku; FanArt; Digital Art; Gen Work (Katsuko)

[Centaur!Keith & Fairy!Maeve] by @spoopy-fish-writes for @keithsandwich

Ikemen Prince; FanArt; Digital Art; Fantasy AU; Centaur!Keith x Fairy!OC (Maeve)

Thank you for joining in for this ride!

[tulipsaisle]

Story Event hosted by: @olivermorningstar & @lorei-writes

Banner credit to: @olivermorningstar & @lorei-writes

My giftee: @kaizoku-musume

Fandom: Ikepri Yves

A very special message for you:

Hi hi!! This is my present for you to celebrate this event hosted by the two iconic duos. It is an art of Aurelia, when I read your form she really caught my attention. She's cool as hell and I hope you like what I did and how I added the introduction. I tried my best to follow thru, so lemme know what you think. Happy Mayday! Heyday!

Stay spunk and spicy - Aurelia Deveroux

Other Tags: @chandeliermichel @judejazza @flimflam707

[keithsandwich]

Finally, it's time!! This event was too beautiful and I loved it ever since @olivermorningstar and @lorei-writes told me they were working on something for OCs (and in this house, we love and praise OCs).

I had the honor to create something for Oliver himself!

Really hope you like it, hon! Love you!! 💜

Inspired by The Sorceress by John William Waterhouse.

[the12thnightproject]

Title: Help Wanted

Event: Mayday Heyday OC Exchange 2024 organized by @lorei-writes and @olivermorningstar

Giftee: @fighting-and-drawing

OC/Fandom: Thai Bulan / Ikemen Sengoku

Genre: Urban Fantasy AU

Warnings: Very Large Spider, some violence (involving said arachnid)

Word Count: 1500

See notes/dedications at end

As the sun sunk, building shadows elongated, creating patches of darkness on narrow, meandering streets. Parts of the city had been planned; every road numbered and set out in a precise grid. This was not one of those parts. If anyone planned out the Echigo district, they had done so by tossing noodles onto a map and putting the streets where they landed.

Thai was following their progress on a phone app, and wondered if his driver actually knew where to go. At least once the Uber doubled back, taking a longer, indirect route. As a precaution, Thai made an obvious show of texting the driver’s information to “a friend” (his own cloud account).

In truth, there were no friends to wonder or worry if he disappeared into a void, never to return.

Too many things had disappeared for him this year, the most pressing being a promised job, the one he had uprooted his life for. He’d travelled over 1000 miles, only to discover the job no longer existed. The entire company no longer existed – it had fallen victim to a takeover by Oda International, then dismantled. All previous employees were fired, all pending job offers rescinded.

Now trapped in a new country, with unpaid moving expenses, a dwindling bank account, and no solution for either, he was desperate for work… any kind. Having burned his bridges back home, in fact, having firebombed those bridges, he –

Screech!

The Uber slammed to a stop in the middle of the street, nearly garroting Thai with his own seatbelt. “Get out.” The driver flicked the automatic locks. “Now.”

He checked his phone. “We’re nowhere near-“

“Get out, or ride back to the city with me, but this car goes no further. Not here. Not after sunset.” The driver pulled a thick cudgel out from under the seat. “Yokai. It’s not worth my life to drive through the district.”

No use arguing with superstition. Grumbling to himself, Thai climbed out, then leaped for the gutter as the car zoomed away. He was surprised it hadn’t taken his leg off with it when it sped into the night.

The lights and press of the city’s humanity were far behind. Here in this strange neighborhood, the sounds were alien. No traffic hum or buzz of neon, just a steady drip drip drip of thick liquid onto pavement. The road was gritty, he could feel tiny grains of gravel and dirt slipping under his feet. A stench of rotting garbage hung in the air, dense, motionless, as if not even the wind would dare come to this place. Even the graffiti was different: its colors sharper, appearing bioluminescent, glowing talismans against evil.

Or warnings.

No… he was being fanciful. The driver’s obvious fear had gotten into his head. He wasn’t a big man, but he moved with strength and purpose. He wasn’t worth attacking, was not, even in his best interview outfit, dressed in a way that would not suggest wealth. Because there was no wealth. Even less now that most of his remaining funds had just sped away with the Uber. He’d have to walk the rest of the way.

At least he was within walking distance, as confirmed by his smartphone’s GPS. The voice of the AI (“Alex,” programmed with a soothing attractive Australian accent) told him to continue along this road another 500 meters.

Good thing I’m still within view of a satellite.

Plonk.

Something wet dripped on him and he squinted up at the tangle of ivy that covered the wall of a warehouse. Ivy? In the middle of the city? No time to investigate, he was already late for the interview. Besides… there was something sinister about that mass of ivy, as if it hid watching eyes.

When, as Alex directed, he turned left at a street so narrow he’d have hesitated to call it a street at all, something skittered past his leg, something furry and malevolent.

Yokai…

It had been a cat. Or… a very large rat (not that that possibility was reassuring).

Still, with Alex giving him updated directions he felt almost comforted. As if the AI was his friend, a non-judgmental friend who would help him navigate the worst of life’s bumps. If only Alex had told him, “Stay in college. Don’t move to a foreign country, don’t break up with -.”

Crash! Thud. Ooof!

“You have arrived, mate.” The AI went silent.

Arrived where?

The noises were coming from the bar on his left. With late summer humidity streaking the window, he’d missed the sign. Kasugayama. Through the fogged glass, he could see two shapes locked in battle.

Anyone might have been forgiven if they’d performed a 500 meter sprint back to relative safety. But acting on instinct, an instinct that he cursed a moment later, Thai ran into the bar. He didn’t know what he’d been expecting. Expectations and instincts did not generally go together. Still, one might have expected a simple bar fight, or a less simple robbery. And not… a spider the size of a pony.

Yokai…

There was probably a more proper name for a spider demon, but Thai’s language skills temporarily deserted him.

Of all the gin joints…

Spiders… why did it have to be spiders?

Why am I thinking in movie quotations?

Fighting the spider was a man who wielded a pool cue as expertly as a spear. But the spider had a six arm advantage and…

Sproing!!!

Holy fuck… it can jump!

That damn instinct took over again and Thai grabbed a chair and threw it at the spider. This had the stunning effect of breaking the chair and getting the thing’s attention. It charged toward him, then screeched when the other man drove the pool cue into its butt.

Now it’s just pissed off.

Taking advantage of the momentary distraction, Thai flipped himself over the bar top, grabbed a bottle from the speed rail, and smashed it on the edge of the sink. The scent of fermented rice mixed with the aromas of spider goo and blood. The blood belonged to a rather nasty looking slash on the man’s leg. The spider goo was … well, obvious.

At the sound of the breaking glass, the spider scuttled toward him again, a glare of uncanny intelligence in its red eyes. Thai slashed furiously with his improvised weapon, drawing more goo from the spider, and dammit, there was a paring knife right there on the garnish station.

The spider jumped to the bar top, stretching out a spindly leg (arm?) toward him. Thai switched the bottle to his other hand, grabbed the knife, and slammed it down on the arm/leg, severing it at a joint. The limb snapped off with a sickening crunch and slid halfway across the room. The spider emitted a high-pitched shriek, then the other man drove the pool cue through its head.

It twitched three times, then went still.

In the sudden silence, Thai could hear himself and the other man breathing.

Later, he might think back and take in details – the man’s warm brown eyes, the feel of the sticky floor under his feet and the flicker and hum of fluorescent lights. But the instinct that drove him into this place took over again. While the other man retrieved a well-used first aid kit and treated the slash on his leg, Thai soothed his jangled, spider-hating nerves with the ritual of cleaning. Wipe down the bar top. Sterilize the knife. Sweep up the glass…

Noticing the pool cue samurai was eyeing a bottle of iichiko Shochu, Thai poured him a glass, adding blood orange juice, tonic water and ice when prompted.

Finally the other guy spoke. “No idea why you came crashing in like a wild boar, but… thanks.” The blunt speech was softened with a wry smile.

“Job interview? Advertisement for a barback?” Thai unearthed his phone, getting ready to pull up the confirmation email. “I’m Thai Bulan.”

“Oh, shit.” The other man raked his hands through a mop of sweat-soaked brown hair. “It completely went out of my head. Sanada Yukimura.” He bowed. “Any chance you still want the job?”

It had been listed as minimum salary, but it did come with the mention of a studio apartment above the bar. “Um.” Thai indicated the spider. “Is that what happened to the previous barback?”

“No. This… was new. Never seen one those in here before.” Yukimura took a deep breath. “The last guy quit. Kasugayama’s owner is a bit… unique.”

Then, with what might have been called perfect timing, the front door opened and a man with heterochromatic eyes entered and surveyed the scene. He eyed the dead spider. “Good. I was in the mood for takeout.”

He pulled a sword out of the scabbard on his waist and cleanly sliced off a limb. Then, gnawing on it like it was a turkey leg and he was some medieval king, he disappeared into a back office.

Thai took the job.

Thank you @lorei-writes and @olivermorningstar for organizing this event (and it was super organized with check ins and google docs and everything I could ask for. If they ever do another event, jump at the chance to join).

To @fighting-and-drawing , I really hope I have done Thai justice. Heart of The Warrior has been one of my favorite Ikemen Sengoku fanfics (I've read it more than once), and I was thrilled when I learned you were the giftee. I'm not nearly as confident writing fight scenes though, so I hope it made sense. And yes, I was the anon who asked you what Yukimura might order in a modern bar (and then had to figure out whether he would still drink a sweet cocktail after killing a giant spider).

To anyone else reading this, I encourage anyone interested in reading a fantastically well written, well researched Ikesen longfic to read Heart of The Warrior either here or here

[fighting-and-drawing]

The Master List

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Artwork

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Twisted Wonderland

The Peerless Beastman (Jack Howl)

Knight in Eternal Night Armor (Sebek Zigvolt & Yuu)

Yuu's New Chariot (Ace Trappola, Deuce Spade, Epel Felmier, Grim, Yuu)

Yuu's New Chariot Pt. 2 (Malleus & Yuu)

Calm Before the Storm (Lilia Vanrouge, Sebek Zigvolt, Silver, Yuu, Grim)

LaDS Crossover (Ruggie Bucchi, ft. Xavier)

IkeSen Crossover (Octotrio, ft. Nobunaga Oda)

Knight Silver

Tremors 2 Scene Redraw (The First Years sans Ortho)

Overblot Azul, ft. Yuu

Ikemen Sengoku

Bi Pride (Shingen Takeda)

A Likely Scenario (Kenshin Uesugi & Shingen Takeda)

Kenshin Uesugi Commission (for @bakersgrief)

Yukimura Sanada Bday 2024

Yukimura Sanada Bday 2023

Yukimura Sanada Bday 2022

Yukimura Sanada Bday 2021

One-Eyed Dragon of Ōshū (Masamune Date)

Crimson Demon of War (Yukimura Sanada)

A Much Needed Rest (Yukimura Sanada & OC)

A Day in Ōhori Park (Yukimura Sanada & OC)

Urban Fantasy AU (Yukimura Sanada & OC)

Toshiie OC Commission (for @the12thnightproject)

Pond Mishap (Mitsunari Ishida and @the12thnightproject's OC, Katsu)

Mayday Heyday

Ava OC Commission (for @writingwhimsey)

Dragon Masamune 2020

Oni Yukimura 2020

Kenshin Uesugi Armor

Ikemen vs Player 2019 (Masamune)

Miscellaneous

Touken Ranbu Commission (Akashi Kuniyuki & commissioner's OC)

Ikemen Vampire: Never Clinch a Vampire (Jean D'Arc & OC)

Ikemen Sengoku Fanfic Series: Heart of the Warrior

   Thai finally did it—he finally followed his old dream of living in Japan and started his new life abroad. One night as he was coming home from his job, he was suddenly thrust into an ominous storm as he passed by a memorial dedicated to the Honnoji-incident. Minutes later, he finds himself fighting off a group of samurai, saving the legendary Yukimura Sanada. Alongside Sasuke, another spontaneous time traveler who was thrown into the Past, he follows the risky strategy of becoming Yukimura's bodyguard in order to survive Sengoku Era Japan until they can make it safely back home.

   As time passes, the friendship between Thai and Yukimura grows, Thai soon finds himself falling madly in love with the Peerless Warrior. However, he wrestles with the implications of revealing the truth to Yukimura, fearing the ever-well-known consequences of rejection and pain. With the looming threats of both rejection and ruining another relationship, Thai resolves to stay by his side as his faithful bodyguard. However, when things take a turn for the worse, will he find the strength to reveal his feelings? Or, will he forever be lost to the shining moon that once lit hope inside his heart?

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Masterlist of Challenges and other Open Events* co-hosted or hosted by @lorei-writes.

In a Flash CC vol. 1

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Wish Upon an Aide CC

Mayday!Heyday OC Gift Exchange (2024)

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