#Monster March Day 27

[katyvern]

Day Twenty Seven of Monster March with the Red Bull from The Last Unicorn

[monster-every-day]

day 87 - 3/27/24 - spirit brite

recently i haven't really been proud of many of my creatures. burger skeleton was funny, but other than snoth i haven't been proud of any of my creations since Keykey & Cagelock. so i made sure to make one i would certainly be proud of. and i did! i am quite happy with this guy! :D

now you might be wondering what a brite is! ...i dunno, i thought it was a word but it turns out the Revive Brite from deltarune is just. a made up word. but that's ok!

there isn't any lore for this one

[thecandywrites]

Monster March 2024- Day 27- Giant

Big Mama

Another continuation from last year. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.

Thank you so much to the amazing @borealwrites for their Monster March 2024 Prompt List!

Monster March 2024- Day 27- Giant

Hemi and Pix- Big Mama

Hemi watched as his pups- now practically fully grown dire wolves seemed to greet Pix differently and if anything, treat her with more care and were even more defensive about her and would not leave her side for anything. They had met back up in Clayton and Kisska was still at the manor, checking on Duchess McClayton and her little Duke as well as her new pregnancy she had come down with since. Embry was practically tickled to be cooking for two crews. And Yasa was too as the two were happy to build one huge fire, surrounded by bricks to make something of a proper oven while Embry was happy to place sheets of metal over the bricks so that they could put pots on the metal as he was happy to keep feeding the flames coals from a separate fire. They all would be eating great tonight because they had chipped in on buying a steer. 

Pix, seemed pleased to be reunited with them, and after setting up camp was content to sit by the fire in her camp chair, her falcons in a nearby tree, the dogs’ heads in her lap, receiving pets. 

“What’s wrong?” Pix asked Hemi as she noted he was simply standing, and staring his own camp chair in his hands, but otherwise hadn’t moved as he watched his wolves behave with her.

“Nothing is wrong Pixie, just happy to be back with you.” He deflected before he set his chair down to sit down right next to her and rest as he mentally worked out what to say and how to say it before her falcons flew back, although they were happy to hop to his own shoulders. 

“Well hello there parakeets.” He offered as he turned his head and then offered them scritches and pets as the falcons practically did become big parakeets to him as Pix snorted a laugh. 

“I can hear your wheels turning from here.” Pix offered once they fell into a companionable silence after that.

“I don’t want to embarrass you by saying anything now in front of others. It’s nothing bad, it’s nothing terribly urgent. Everything is ok.” He murmured in a surprisingly soft and soothing tone. 

“We can talk about it tonight before we go to bed.” He suggested.  

“Is your mom ok? Your dad? Your sisters and your other brothers?” Pix asked. 

“Yup, they’re all fine. I’m sure they’d love to meet you if you wanted to meet them.” Hemi reassured her. 

“Actually I would like to meet them when we get closer to them.” Pix offered. 

“We will definitely do that then.” He grinned happily. 

“How is your family doing?” He felt compelled to ask. 

“They’re fine. They were really impressed with you.” She offered with a pleased grin. 

“I’m happy that they like me and won’t be giving you any trouble, at least over me.” He offered as Pix' expression grew a bit worried over how pleasant he was.

“Hey, I want to show you a new tattoo I got.” Pix urged as she reached out to hold his hand before she tugged on it to get him up to follow her before she pulled them into his cart that he had turned into a little home away from home where both of them could be together and be alone. 

“Ok, what’s going on?” Pix asked. 

“The only times you’re this soft and sweet is when I’m hurt and injured.” Pix urged as Hemi took a deep breath and knew it was best to be plain, honest and to the point.

“Hemtar and Sador indicated that you’re pregnant.” Hemi informed her. 

“Oh. Oh! Ok, this makes more sense.” Pix practically giggled as her worry instantly dissipated as her whole body relaxed.

“Well, that would explain…everything.” Pix nodded as she steadied herself on his arm.

“So what do you want and need from me?” Hemi asked as he took her hand into his own.

“Other than introducing me to your family? Keep doing what you’ve been doing. You already take care of me and mine. And Kisska was hoping that with us staying together for the next several weeks would hopefully turn into several months and our two crews become one. Especially if the others are banging and hooking up, I can’t imagine that I’m the only one that either is or will be expecting. Is there anything you want or need from me?” Pix asked him. 

“I just didn’t know if you wanted the pregnancy or not. And I was just trying to prepare myself for if you didn’t want it.” Hemi confessed. 

“Oh, Babe, I do. I’ve been hoping for this actually. Why do you think I was so adamant that you’d meet my family?” She grinned as she scooted closer to him. 

“Well, in that case, come here Big Mama.” He rumbled as he pulled her flush with himself and kissed her like he had missed her something awful.

"Ooh, Big Mama, I like that." She cooed as she fell into the bed with him, eager to get themselves undressed and rejoined as soon as possible.

[wonijinjin]

SEVENTEEN: THE WEEKND SERIES (MASTERPOST)

this is the masterpost to my new series, in which each seventeen member will have a drabble (approx. 0.5k words) dedicated to them, inspired by the weeknd songs.

each drabble has its own unique setting and trope, these are listed next to the titles, as well as the release dates for them (every wednesday and sunday). warnings will be listed at the top of the works as usual, please check them out before you read them. they can contain dark themes, so i kindly ask minors to dni with the posts listed as such.

cannot wait for you guys to see what i have been working on for the past few weeks!:) as we are slowly reaching the 500 followers milestone i wanted to bring something new to the blog as a form of thanking you for still reading my work and liking it, hope you will like it!

thank you if you read this post, have a great day, take care!:)

THE WORKS IN THE SERIES:

choi seungcheol - call out my name [apocalypse setting, strangers to something more, dark themes, feb 14.]

yoon jeonghan - reminder [actors setting, toxic relationship, dark themes, feb 18.]

joshua hong - after hours [casual life setting, friends with benefits, dark themes, feb 21.]

wen junhui - moth to a flame [casual life setting, breakup, feb 25.]

kwon soonyoung - starboy [celebrities setting, fake dating, feb 28.]

jeon wonwoo - earned it [royalcore setting, strangers to lovers, march 3.]

lee jihoon - often [band members setting, brother’s best friend, march 6.]

lee seokmin - die for you [vampire setting, soulmates, dark themes, march 10.]

kim mingyu - party monster [college setting, schoolmates to something more, march 13.]

xu minghao - heartless [007 setting, forbidden love, dark themes, march 17.]

boo seungkwan - save your tears [casual life setting, best friends to something more/lovers, march 20.]

vernon hansol chwe - can’t feel my face [idol setting, established relationship, march 24.]

lee chan - is there someone else [casual life setting, established relationship to a new level, march 27.]

all rights reserved, @wonijinjin 2024.

[eggobuggo]

A piece for all of March.

All days and what parts of the picture they are under the cut.

White numbers will indicate each day. If it is hard to find a day list is below.

1. Rivulet is within Moon’s chest around her rarefaction cell.

2. Moon’s body is also submerged.

3. Chimney canopy is to the left of Pebbles.

4. Within the tower to the right of Moon, Saint wields a fire spear.

5. On Pebbles’ lower leg Gourmand holds a fire egg.

6. In the left corner Monk sits with a lizard.

7. Gourmand is crafting on Pebbles’ leg.

8. Saint is within the tower right of Moon.

9. The red pipe down in the left corner.

10. Worm grass Down by the first tram cart on the bottom layer.

11. A scavenger holds a lantern under Pebbles’ lifted leg.

12. There are many glow weed bulbs littered around Moon’s body.

13. Pebbles is slightly left from the middle of the work. His entire body is counted.

14. A leviathan is swimming slightly to the left of Moon.

15. There is a small collection of spiders on Pebbles’ right arm.

16. The symbol for the monk is painted to the far left of the piece. Monk is not far from it.

17. Utop Pebbles’ right antenna Artificer faces off with scavenger chieftain with bombs.

18. Below Moon in a pipe a monster kelp fights spears.

19. In chimney canopy and the line closet to Pebbles, Hunter is befriending squidcadas with the saint symbol behind them.

20. Down below Pebbles just before the tram way two scavengers walk. One holds a beehive.

21. Chieftain scavenger fights artificer with only spears. Survivor on Moon’s knee also wields a spear.

22. Hanging from Pebbles’ lifted knee, lantern mice scamper and stare.

23. There is a pearl in the shoreline tower, right at the top. Survivor also holds a pearl.

24. A grand long legs climbs out of the garbage wastes tucked close to the right of Pebbles.

25. There is a 3rd karma symbol with the pair of scavengers, their communication can also be seen as the 3rd karma.

26. in the Pipes beneath Moon. Spearmaster is creating spears as they fight the monster kelp.

27. Up in chimney canopy under the king vulture, Nightcat or the watcher is backflipping to stab a blue lizard.

28. The entire image is technically an anniversary picture.

29. Nightcat or the Watcher is up in chimney canopy fighting a blue lizard.

30. There are three overseers spread out in the picture one observing monk, this is Moon’s overseer. One observing Hunter in chimney canopy, this is NSH’s overseer. One is on the shoreline tower looking towards Moon, this is Pebbles’ overseer.

31. On Pebbles’ waist to the right, rot surrounds a chamber indicating unfortunate development.

[borealwrites]

It’s better late than never, amiright?

Nobody asked for it, but here it is anyway. The prompt list for 2024’s Monster March!

The collection for Monster March can be found here! There aren’t many rules, but please give them a look over. The collection will be open starting today, but works won’t be accepted until March 1st. I’m so excited to see what everyone will do!

Plaintext list under the cut

1. Robot/Android/Cyborg/Automaton

2. Dragon

3. Extradimensional Being

4. Humanoid Animal (i.e. Tabaxi, Kenku, Dragonborn)

5. Taurs (i.e. Cervitaur, Centaur)

6. Doppelgänger

7. Succubus/Incubus/Concubus

8. Undead (i.e. Lich, Frankenstein’s Monster)

9. Pixie/Fairy

10. Fae

11. Angel

12. Naga/Lamia

13. Vampire

14. Minotaur

15. Slimeperson

16. Djinn/elemental spirit

17. Ghost/Spirit

18. Merperson

19. Demon

20. Alien

21. Shapeshifter

22. Alraune

23. Werewolf

24. Satyr

25. Harpy

26. Drider

27. Giant

28. Cryptid

29. Sphinx

30. Forest Spirit

31. Free Day

[wearethekat]

Anticipated New Releases of 2024

**As anticipated by Me. Mostly SFF. Links are to goodreads because that's what I use, sorry. Anything marked "new to me" I haven't read anything by that author before and therefore can't vouch for the quality. I just think the premise is neat.**

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands, Heather Fawcett (16 January)

Sequel to the charming novel about the fairy anthropologist.

Exordia, Seth Dickinson (23 January)

Well, it isn't a new Baru Cormorant, but this modern SF about first contact may be the next best thing.

City of Stardust, Georgia Summers (30 January)

New to me. A young woman descends into the underworld in order to break her family's fatal curse.

The Tainted Cup, Robert Jackson Bennett (6 February)

New to me. A sherlock holmes flavored duo solves the mystery of the murder of an imperial official in a labyrinthine fantasy realm.

What Feasts at Night, T Kingfisher (13 February)

The sequel to the mushroom horror book What Moves the Dead.

The Warm Hands of Ghosts, Katherine Arden (13 February)

A ghost story set in WW1 about a woman searching for her missing brother.

The Fox Wife, Yangsze Choo (13 February)

New to me. A detective in 1908 Manchuria investigates a young woman's death in an area full of mythical foxes.

Redsight, Meredith Mooring (27 February)

New to me. Unpowered priestess and Imperial pawn is set on a collision path with a pirate with a grudge for the Imperium (Gay romance).

Sunbringer, Hannah Kaner (12 March)

Sequel about the professional godkiller Kissen.

Jumpnauts, Hao Jingfang (12 March)

New to me. A SF novel in translation from Chinese, with three scientists joining forces to deal peacefully with a first contact situation.

The Woods All Black, Lee Mandelo (19 March)

I liked Mandelo's debut novel very much so I'm excited to read this queer horror novella set in 1920s Appalachia.

Floating Hotel, Grace Curtis (19 March)

New to me. A series of cozy character vignettes on a space cruise ship after a murder has occurred. One of the four (!) space hotel murder crimes books coming out this year.

The Emperor and the Endless Palace, Justinian Huang (26 March)

New to me. Reincarnation gay romance set in 4 BCE China, the 1740s, and modern-day LA.

Alien Clay, Adrian Tchaikovsky (28 March)

Far future space xenoarchaeology by a man trapped on a prison planet.

Someone You Can Build a Nest In, John Wiswell (2 April)

New to me. Bizarre lesbian cannibalism monster romance from the point of view of the monster.

The Familiar, Leigh Bardugo (9 April)

Glad to see Bardugo writing more adult fantasy, and this one is especially exciting because it's a fantasy set in early modern Spain with a Jewish main character. Fun to see a more original historical period.

A Sweet Sting of Salt, Rose Sutherland (9 April)

New to me. Lesbian selkie romance.

Death in the Spires, KJ Charles (11 April)

Charles branching out from romance into historical Oxford murder mystery about a group of friends with dark secrets.

Audrey Lane Stirs The Pot, Alexis Hall (22 April)

The new Hall thinly veiled british baking show romcom. Libby says it's releasing in April but I've heard nothing from the author so I think it may be Alecto'd (shifted to next year)

Necrobane, Daniel M Ford (23 April)

Sequel to the dungeons and dragons-esque low fantasy lesbian necromancy book.

A Letter to the Luminous Deep, Sylvie Cathrall (25 April)

New to me. Sweet underwater epistolary academic romance.

How To Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying, Django Wexler (21 May)

New to me. A young hero caught in a fantasy time loop gives up and tries being the villain in an attempt to escape.

Goddess of the River, Vaishnavi Patel (21 May)

Another woman-centered retelling of Hindu mythology, this time based on the river goddess Ganga.

Escape Velocity, Victor Manibo (21 May)

New to me. Evil and toxic private school alumni jockey for position in a space hotel event in an attempt to escape a dying Earth.

The Fireborne Blade, Charlotte Bond (28 May)

New to me. Gay dragon slaying knight novella.

Evocation, ST Gibson (28 May)

New to me but looks very cool. Attorney and medium David attempts to escape his deal with the devil with the help of his ex boyfriend and his ex boyfriend's wife (Poly romance).

Service Model, Adrian Tchaikovsky (4 June)

In an SF future, a robot kills its human owners and ventures out into a world where human supremacy is beginning to crumble.

Lady Eve's Last Con, Rebecca Fraimow (4 June)

New to me. A con artist seeks revenge on the man who hurt her sister, who's coincidentally also on a space cruise ship (Sapphic romance subplot).

Triple Sec, TJ Alexander (4 June)

An actual mainstream published poly romance (!!) by trans author Alexander.

Running Close to the Wind, Alexandra Rowland (11 June)

Gay! Pirates! Scheming! Alt fantasy world! Monks! I liked Taste of Gold and Iron a lot and I'm very excited for this one.

The Knife and the Serpent, Tim Pratt (11 June)

New to me. Space opera about an interdimensional organization. Also, there's a sentient starship.

The Witchstone, Henry Neff (18 June)

A childhood favorite of mine's adult debut, featuring a demon who suddenly has to shape up at his curse keeper job after eight hundred years of slacking.

Rakesfall, Vajra Chandrasekera (18 June)

VERY excited to read more weird queer sff from this author after a fantastic debut. Looks weird. I'm in.

Foul Days, Genoveva Dimova (25 June)

New to me. A witch in a Slavic fantasy inspired world flees her evil ex, the Tsar of Monsters. There's also a plague and a detective.

Saints of Storm and Sorrow, Gabriella Buba (25 June)

New to me. Filipino inspired anticolonialist fantasy novel about a nun who is secretly practicing the religion of her goddess.

The Duke at Hazard, KJ Charles (18 July)

A queer regency with an incognito duke by one of my particular favorite romance authors.

Long Live Evil, Sarah Rees Brennan (30 July)

!!! Very excited to see a new adult fantasy by Brennan. A reader is dragged into a fictional world and finds herself the villain.

A Sorceress Comes to Call, T Kingfisher (20 August)

A retelling of The Goose Girl from reliably good fairy tale stalwart Kingfisher.

Buried Deep and Other Stories, Naomi Novik (17 September)

Collection of Novik's short stories.

Swordcrossed, Freya Marske (8 October)

VERY excited to see a new book by talented writer Marske. A man falls in love with the duelist hired for his arranged wedding. MEANWHILE. details of the fantasy world wool industry.

Feast While You Can, Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta (29 October)

New to me. Small town queer cave horror.

The Last Hour Between Worlds, Melissa Caruso (19 November)

Multiple reality murder mystery spy vs spy type antics, with lesbians.

[oldschoolfrp]

Sound tactics and a grasp of the rules carry the day. (Jennell Jaquays, Dungeoneer 10, Judges Guild, March/April 1979) AD&D was still a jumble of rules in different books, and many of the combat rules were only in the DMG, not in the Players Handbook, but facing mattered and by the rules available in 1979 the thief might attack the owlbear with surprise gaining +4 to hit and multipliers to his damage rolls:

From the 1978 AD&D Players Handbook (p 27) in the explanation of the thief class abilities,

For over a year a reasonable reading of this was that only the +4 to hit depended on surprise, while the back stab damage multiplier would apply to every successful attack from the rear throughout a combat. The 1979 DMG (p19) clarified that the thief's entire back stab ability depended on an unaware target (with a "back" in some anatomical sense):

In practice a successful back stab might be a rare thing to accomplish at some tables. The DMG did give something back in return -- Even without surprise everyone gets a +2 bonus to hit from the rear throughout a combat (DMG p70):

Plus you could ignore the AC value of shields and dex bonuses (dex wouldn't be listed in most monster descriptions, but this could help when fighting an NPC with complete character stats). In a well-designed encounter these rules encouraged maneuvering through dense terrain, in stalagmite-filled caverns, or around mazes of branching and intersecting corridors trying to get those bonuses.

[putschki1969]

Wakana's "Mononoke Hime" @“Ghibli wo Utau Concert”

I was this close to giving up all hope of ever getting a recording of this concert. Tried everything within my power to get a U-NEXT account and subscribe to their monthly plan but for the life of me, I just couldn't make it work (neither with my normal credit card nor with Rakuten Pay). Whenever I think I've got it all figured out, Japan is throwing me an evil curve-ball >_> Thankfully, a kind soul eventually provided a t0rrent🙏

Broadcast on Streaming platform: U-NEXT Date/Time: 5/18 (Sat) 16:00📺 Title: “Ghibli wo Utau” Concert ~ Produced by Satoshi Takebe Date and time: March 27, 2024; Open 18:00 | Star 19:00 Venue: Tokyo International Forum Hall A Homepage: https://ghibliwoutau-concert.com/

《Setlist》 「Itsumo Nando Demo」 Wakana, Leo Ieiri 「Mononoke Hime」 Wakana 「Sanpo」 岸田繁,Shiori Tamai, Little Glee Monster, Wakana, Leo Ieiri 「Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara」 Everyone

Instagram post by Wakana | Comment video by Wakana on Twitter

Thoughts: Ahhh, what a lovely performance. The instruments and music felt a bit convoluted at times, at least for my taste, did not like what that guy did with his e-guitar. Don't recall the arrangement being like this in the studio version but I could be wrong. Oh well, doesn't matter, I really enjoyed this. Especially the final chorus, absolutely gorgeous! Though I will say that I probably liked her "Anison Days" performance a bit more. That sounded a bit more solid I think or maybe they just used more studio magic, who knows XD. On an unrelated side note, those Little Glee Monster live performances were top notch, I am impressed. Kinda wish Wakana would have been paired with them instead of Leo Ieiri (not to say that I didn't enjoy their collab - I actually loved it - but Wakana was trying a little too hard to emulate Leo's singing style to make the harmonies work.

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[theqtinkblot]

Helluva Wonderland AU: Sinners

With the Overlords/Housewardens’ backstories finished, let’s see how the others got to Hell. This will only talk about their short time on Earth and what they did in Hell before joining the cult. Also their will be a tiny bit of info for future characters, which I hope you’ll like.

Again, some warnings (18+): mentions of drugs, mentions of guns, underage drinking, unhealthy relationships, demonic practice, implied suicide, angst, violence, death, etc.. You get it, onto the post!

Ace Trappola:

Ace was born on September 23, 1988, in Camden, London, with his mom, his dad and his older brother. He lived a very modest life, but the only bad stuff he’s done was ghosting his girlfriend in middle school, gambling in small pubs for quick cash, and stealing only necessary items. But still, he did manage to go to college in America at the age of 21, before dying in a hit and run on March 5, 2010.

The moment he woke up in Hell with back pain, he immediately saw the red sky and freaked out seeing the creepy monsters around him. He ran towards the nearest store he could find to ask where he was only to be greeted by his new demonic reflection. He looked pretty much the same as he did before, with the only difference being his new reddish skin tone, pointed ears, sharp teeth, and his left eye having a black sclera with a red iris in the shape of a heart.

Ace’s first day in hell was just spent playing card tricks for crowds, gambling for quick cash, and stealing food just to survive. Things get a little messy when he ends up in the Heartslabyul district, Ace has just finished playing some tricks when he spots some tarts left alone. Little did he know, those were for the Crimson Tyrant, who found him eating one of his tarts and was about to behead him. But Ace begged him to spare him, so Riddle made him sell his soul to serve him whenever he demands it, making it very clear Ace must follow the rules Riddle made.

Deuce Spade:

Deuce was born to a single mother on June 3, 1994, in a small city in England. Growing up, he was nothing more than a total punk, ditching school, hanging with thugs, smoking and drinking, getting into fights, all the works. But one day, coming home late at night at the age of 21, he hears his mom crying about how awful a mother she must’ve been. After running away in tears, Deuce vowed to become a better person, but he didn't get that far when he got shot in the head on May 27, 2016.

After waking up from a splitting headache, the man immediately freaked out after seeing a demon get run over by a car. Deuce backs up into a glass wall and spots his demonic reflection. Not much about his appearance changed like his bleached hair, but his skin was now a bluish skin tone, pointed ears, sharp teeth, and his right eye having a black sclera with a blue iris in the shape of a spade.

In Hell, Deuce tried to change himself for the better, doing some good deeds and changing his bleached hair blue, but many sinners just see him as a thug. When he experienced Hell’s annual purge, Deuce was trying to find a place to hide but saw Riddle trying to escape an exorcist. Deuce knocked the angel out from behind, allowing him and Riddle to run back to the Heartslabyul district. The Overlord, thankful for his help, offers Deuce sanctuary in his domain, in exchange for his service as his guard.

Ruggie Bucchi:

Ruggie was born on April 18, 1981 in a very poor part of New York city. His childhood wasn't the best, his mom dying when he was born and his dad just abandoning him, only to be raised by his grandma, so Ruggie did whatever it takes for them to survive. He kept up stealing and selling drugs to earn enough to support her until her passing, afterwards, he dies from a laughing gas leak on February 10, 2004, at the age of 22.

Ruggie violently woke up, coughing up a storm, only to find himself in somewhere that looked like a lion's den, before noticing a humanoid lion staring down at him. The lion man, or Leona, the King of the Hellbeasts, asked him, “How did you manage to trespass and enter my territory, hyena?” Ruggie didn’t understand what he meant until he discovered that he had indeed become an anthropomorphic spotted hyena demon.

With his laid-back, yet cunning personality, Ruggie became Leona’s right hand man, deceiving others to gain their secrets, stealing important and or valuable items, and currying out favors for Leona. Due to his versatility and street smarts from his poor upbringing, although very loyal to his Overlord master, he does find Leona's laziness or privileged behavior a bit annoying. But still, he doesn't go against Leona's orders and makes it his duty to make sure to remind Leona of his duties and that the Hellbeast sinners contribute to the Savanaclaw territory.

Jamil Viper:

Jamil was born on September 12, 1970, in the Middle East. For generations, his family has been servants for the Asim household, he was only born to serve, guard and be a companion to Kalim. But all his life, Jamil secretly hated being overshadowed by Kalim and giving up everything for him, which made him ultimately try to sabotage Kalim’s image while still acting as the servant the family expects of him. At the age of 22, Kalim got really into American pop culture, heard of a movie based on the 1001 Arabian Nights stories and wanted to go there, much to Jamil’s protests, only for him to be killed by a servant on November 25, 1992, from a venomous snake.

Jamil groaned in pain before realizing the venom suddenly subsiding, but when he tried to stand up, he felt his legs were unresponsive. Instead, he was shocked to find his legs had merged into a long snake tail and his hair now acted like a cobra’s hood. In the midst of his confusion, he notices someone fall next to him and sees a white otter with a water-like lava lamp chest wearing a turban, only to immediately groan, knowing exactly who he was.

Their first week of Hell was difficult as they tried to survive, but when Kalim got in contact with a group of demons who wanted to start a merchant business, Jamil was skeptical before they agreed to help. This led to business growing and many sinners willingly offered their services to Kalim, making him an Overlord, and Jamil low key hated it. Seeing that Kalim is succeeding and gaining power, just like he had before when they were alive, and even if Jamil is no longer bound to the rules and traditions his family was restricted to at birth, he’s still just second rate.

Sebek Zigvolt:

Sebek was born in Paris, France on March 17, 1993, living with his mom, dad, his siblings, and grandfather, who was actually a descendant from the Draconian cult. Sebek would spend time with his grandpa, learning about their family’s demonic bloodline, how he was part of the war between Heaven and Hell, and founder of their cult. With this knowledge of his heritage, Sebek proudly devoted his life to the Draconian cult, even slaughtering any traitors, until his “sacrifice” on May 28, 2014, at the age of 21.

The first thing Sebek noticed when he awoke was a humongous chandelier lit with green flames, along with two men with demon horns staring back at him. His eyes lit up when the much taller demon introduced themselves as Malleus and Lilia before Sebek straightened himself and bowed at their presence. Later on, he would examine himself, only to see that he looked very much like his pathetic human form, except for the pointy fangs and his eyes having a black scleras with yellow-green eyes and vertical-slit pupils.

Once he is properly a part of the cult and settled down in Malleus’s castle, Sebek asked Lilia to train him to become a knight for Malleus. Sebek then began his combat training and magic lessons along with Lilia’s adopted son, Silver, who although didn’t seem to be demonic in nature and in appearance, still considers him as an equal, even if they argue at times. However, due to his dedication to Malleus and the cult, he almost looks down at every sinner around him and rarely has any friends to talk to.

[yahoo201027]

Day in Fandom History: March 27…

Steven's troubles with his new power and mental trauma transform him into a giant pink corrupted monster and it's up to the Crystal Gems, Connie, Greg, the Diamonds, and Spinel to help Steven transform back to normal and heal his trauma. “I Am My Monster” premiered on this day, 3 Years Ago.

[jonathankentshipweek]

Almost 30 Votes!

We have 28 votes thus far. The votes were rising up and had stayed at 27 until a few days ago. If I can get up to 40 by next month, I will start eliminating the lowest votes. You're allowed to edit your votes or use alt accounts. Remember that you can vote for as many prompts as you desire, but only vote for one date.

We have Childhood as the one with the most prompts for 18 votes. For the second most voted prompt, we have AU with 16 votes. Friends to Lovers comes in for third most voted with 15 votes. Fourth is a four-way tie with Starcrossed Lovers, Vampires, Best Friends and School Dance/Prom with 14 votes. Coming in fifth with 13 votes is Love at First Sight, School, Prince/Knight and the Dragon and Soulmate. At 12 votes, we have Jock Falls for the Nerd, Culture Difference and Secret Identity(ies) Revealed. If there are no edits or extra votes, these will be the prompts that will make it through to Jonathan Kent Ship Week.

The prompts that have the best chance with making it next month with 9-11 votes are Firsts, Multiverse Ships, Freeday, Cursed, Monsters, Genderbend, Marriage, Justice Lords, Angst, Take/Lend Clothes, Flirt, Flying, Damsel in Distress, Fairytale, Superhero Duty, Flower Language, Rivals, Enemies to Lovers, Country x City, Fire and Ice, Heritage, Magic User, Stargazing, Pink Kryptonite and Long Distance Relationship. If you want any of these to be in Jonathan Kent Week, then vote or edit your votes if you haven't voted for those.

As for the date the week will be, January 15-19 is at first with five votes. Second place is January 6-12 and February 10-16 with four votes. Third place is January 20-26 and March 17-23 with three votes.

That will be all for the announcements. I know this was a bit later than last month, but I was celebrating 4th of July. I hope ya'll have a great 4th of July!

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[storiesbyrhi]

Eddie's March 1986 Timeline

I've spent too long thinking about how hungry Eddie must have been, and how he probably just wanted a hot shower and warm bed. Now you have to think about it too.

Feel free to reblog with thoughts, feelings, additions, corrections, or anything else. xo Rhi

FRIDAY 21 (The Hellfire Club)

BALLS into LAUNDry baSKETS

mEAN an' scARY?

The Hellfire Club campaign ends with Vecna's defeat at the roll of Lady Applejack's 20

Eddie witnesses Chrissy's murder and runs

He arrives at his chosen hiding place of Reefer Rick's boathouse at some point between Friday night and Saturday morning

SATURDAY 22 (Vecna's Curse)

Days without a proper meal or shower: 1

Food: beer and what appears to be a few bags of snack food; Max finds the trash for these in the boathouse

Dustin, Max, Steve, and Robin search for Eddie, after Max's statement that he probably witnessed Chrissy's death

They find him in Rick's boathouse hiding under a tarp, using a broken bottle as a weapon

The public is not yet aware of Eddie's connection

SUNDAY 23 (The Monster and the Superhero)

Days without a proper meal or shower: 2

Food: three bags of snacks including Yoohoo and Honeycomb cereal

Eddie is still wielding the broken bottle and sleeping in the boathouse when the same group brings Eddie supplies and news

The police are proactively searching for Eddie as their prime suspect

The public is still not aware of Eddie's involvement

MONDAY 24 (Dear Billy)

Days without a proper meal or shower: 3

Food: the snacks from the previous day should have lasted till now

We don't know what Eddie does on this day

TUESDAY 25 (The Nina Project, The Dive)

Days without a proper meal or shower: 4

Food: SpaghettiOs from Rick's kitchen cupboard

Eddie calls the gang asking for a food drop and a six-pack' it appears to be the first time he goes into Rick's house; Rick's neighbours notice the movement inside

Jason and co. find Eddie, he escapes as Patrick is murdered by Vecna over Lover's Lake

He spends the night wet and wandering the forest, eventually landing at Skull Rock

(The Dive) Jason gives a statement to law enforcement that Eddie is a vessel for Satan and is killing people with demonic powers

WEDNESDAY 26 (The Dive, The Massacre at Hawkins Lab, Papa)

Days without a proper meal or shower: 5

Food: the supplies the gang brings him at Skull Rock

Law enforcement gives a press statement that names Eddie as a person of interest and give notice of a town meeting that day for the public to attend

Eddie steals a construction site radio and is reunited with the party at Skull Rock

At the town meeting, people ask why Eddie has only been officially named now and why he hasn't been arrested already; Jason makes his case to the town about the murders being "ritualistic sacrifices," and calls Hellfire a cult, handing out the club's yearbook photo; the parents of the gang are visibly shaken while the rest of the town stand up and begin a witch hunt

Meanwhile, Dustin hypothesises there is a gate nearby; they begin to search for it, eventually locating it in Lover's Lake

Steve dives for it but is pulled back under the water and through watergate into the Upside Down

(The Massacre at Hawkins Lab) Nancy, Robin, and a reluctant Eddie go through watergate after him

While the fruity four are in the Upside Down, the kids are with their parents and law enforcement; the two groups eventually find a way to communicate

On their respective sides of the world, the two groups travel to the Munson trailer

Sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday's early hours, Robin and Eddie go through the trailer's gate

(Papa) On her way through the gate, Vecna catches Nancy and shows her his vision of the future - it's a message; Vecna lets Nancy go, and she and Steve go through the gate

THURSDAY 27 (Papa, The Piggyback)

Days without a proper meal or shower: 6

Food: none that we see

The party is reunited and relocate to Max's trailer; they listen to Nancy's experience, then form a plan

After Eddie hotwires an RV and a trip to The War Zone, the party stops in a scenic field to create weapons and prepare

(The Piggyback) That night, their plan is launched

After, they believe they have won against Vecna, at least for now, with his 'physical' body in the Upside Down being attacked as well as his supernatural abilities/his mind; it is ambiguous if the gates have closed for good

In the fight, Hawkins is ripped apart along four lines (likely not actual geographical fault lines) that meet in the town centre, resulting in a blast felt by everyone

Max barely survives the fight; she has been blinded and her limbs broken, but El manages to save her; she is left in a coma

Eddie deviates from the plan and appears to die in Dustin's arms

"2 DAYS LATER" / SATURDAY 29

The news reports, "It's been less than 48 hours since a 7.4 magnitude earthquake rocked the quaint town of Hawkins" and says seismologists are calling it "A natural disaster of near-unprecedented scale"

It's still reported that Hellfire is a cult led by Eddie, who remains the prime suspect in the murders but is presumed dead; a local church has a banner with the bible verse Jason quoted out front - the town of Hawkins will always hate Eddie

Dustin meets Wayne, who routinely replaces Eddie's 'missing' posters due to hate graffiti; Dustin gives him his nephew's iconic necklace and calls Eddie a hero; we, like Wayne, are to assume Eddie is dead

Eddie's body is never discussed or seen again; he was likely left in the Upside Down

Will tells Mike that Vecna is hurting but definitely alive; Will has been connected to One/Vecna since season one, and his connection is stronger now he has returned to Hawkins

Upside Down 'particles' begin to fall from the sky as dark clouds roll in, the 'earthquake' fissures are still smoking and glow red, the clouds are nearly black, and the grass and flowers wilt and rot

Vecna's red lightning appears in the sky promising he will return, but... will Eddie?

[thecandywrites]

Monster March 2023 Day 27- Doppelganger

Dr. Vitanova

So, I know Deoppelganger is supposed to be an evil version of yourself that trades places with you in a mirror and takes over your life.

However, with someone who has issues with dissociation, and someone who wishes they could just walk out of my reality and into ANY OTHER ONE if it means I'm not Murphy's Law incarnate because I'm just sick and tired of my life being this gif

So, when I was having one particularly bad day with wanting to reject my reality and substituting my own- I wrote this. And then when I saw this prompt. It was time to make it for everyone else who wishes they could change things about themselves or their families or their childhoods or their lives that are usually out of their control. And for those who feel they were born in the wrong body, or decade or century or on the wrong continent or whatever, here is your chance to change it how you would want it to be. So think of this as a reverse doppelganger or the good kind maybe.

Thanks to @borealwrites for their Monster March 2023 Prompt list. Even though it's freaking MAY and I'm two months late. But I only have 4 left. Come on, i can do this, I can do this.

Monster March 2023 Day 27- Doppelganger

Dr. Vitanova

You drove up to the local medical center, having had an appointment you could not, for the life of you, remember making. But it was in your Google Calendar, you got text and email reminders about the appointment. And, honestly, with as many doctors, specialists and whatnot that you went to, they all seemed to blend together. So, the nearest you could figure was that you got referred to this specialist by another. 

It was in the section that doctors who had multiple offices usually rented out a single office space to see patients in your area. And you had passed this suite many times before, never giving it a second thought. But now, it almost felt…weird, that you’d be seeing one of them. But you couldn’t remember what these doctors specialized in. 

“Hi, I have a 10am appointment with Dr. Vitanova…?” You tried to say to the receptionist as you stared at the name of the doctor which- to your mouth, you feared trying to wrap your tongue around such a name- for fear you’d butcher it. 

“Oh yes, it’s ok, she has a very long name, we just call her Dr.Vita for short. You’re actually a bit early.” She noted as she had you simply sign in on the sign in sheet. 

“Well, Fashionably Late has a sister, and her name is Anxiously Early.” You tried to joke which got the receptionist to laugh. 

“That’s a good one. I like that.” She smiled. 

“So…is there any paperwork I need to fill out?” You asked. 

“Nope, she already has your medical file. You’ve signed in, you’re all set.” She reassured you. 

“But what about a copay?” You asked. 

“Oh, don’t worry about it. There is no co-pay with Dr. Vita. Your insurance will cover all of it.” She smiled sweetly which was a great relief to you, because money was tight as it was. 

“Well that’s a first.” You muttered under your breath. 

“It’s ok. Just have a seat and Dr. Vita will see you shortly.” She encouraged you before you nodded and sat down and pulled out your phone to scroll through your social media feeds while you waited. 

But within a few minutes, a nurse came and got you before you got up and followed her back, appreciating the downright beautiful scrubs she was wearing. 

“How are you doing today?” She asked you as she walked you back to the room. 

“Oh, I’m…hanging in there.” You tried to smile politely. 

“Well that’s why you’re here, so that you’re no longer just “hanging in there” but actually doing much better where life isn’t something you have to survive, but something to enjoy.” She smiled warmly before she showed you into a room that looked like any other doctor’s examination room you supposed. 

You expected the whole- being weighed and blood pressure and explaining the myriad of symptoms that caused your daily life to be more painful than pleasurable and filled you with dread that every time you woke up, that this was your reality, and that it was another day you had to try to fight your way through before you could escape into the sweet relief of sleep once more. And how you wished there was a way to just go to sleep…forever. Just stay in the wonderful escape fantasies of your dreams where you could do anything and everything and nothing ever hurt, nothing bad ever happened, no one ever died before they were meant to, or no one ever hurt you, or that you didn’t fear anyone or anything, let alone the horrible consequences of you defying the laws of physics or gravity or otherwise. 

But on the contrary, she simply signed into the computer. And typed something in real quick. 

“Ok, Dr. Vita will be right with you. I hope you feel better soon.” She offered sweetly before she left. 

Ok. Dr. Vita must have been some kind of pain specialist then.

Only a few moments later, Dr. Vita came in. She was an elderly doctor. But while she had aged very gracefully, you could sense that while her body was older, her spirit was younger than you, she just exuded bright vitality. And she had your health file. It was practically it’s own large encyclopedia volume. 

“Hello, thank you so much for coming. You have…quite a bit going on don’t you?” She asked in a gentle sympathetic tone before your shoulders sagged. 

“You have no idea.” You murmured in response. 

“But this is the hand that life has dealt me and I’m just…trying to play the hand I was dealt the best way I can.” You admitted as she hummed and nodded before she pulled up her chair and ignored the computer entirely and simply opened your file to flip through it. 

This file might as well have been that “permanent record” everyone always thought existed about themselves. It had everything about you and your family history and your entire life in that thing, which she listed off rather casually as if she was summing up your years of life in mere sentences. All of your health problems, all of your medications, all of your signs and symptoms and junk. Even all the trauma you had experienced, your mental health, your relationships, your family problems. This thing had- literally everything. And with each new thing, you felt more damned and more irredeemable. And that all every medical professional would ever see or think of you as. And then, she turned a page and it had stuff you didn’t even know you had or things that  you would be diagnosed with in the future, which she actually listed off before there were dates when your loved ones would get diagnosed with various illnesses, when they would die, when you would die! 

“How do you know that?” You asked. 

“I’m Dr. Vita, specifically, Dr. Vitanova. Do you know what Vita Nova means in Latin?” She asked. 

“Life? Vita is life I think?” You answered. 

“It is. It means “New Life.” You said that you had been dealt a hand in life and that you were trying to play that hand the best way you could. So, this is that hand. This is how that hand, will play out and how you will have no choice but to play these cards from this deck. So, I have a question for you, do you want it?” She asked as she held up the file. 

“Do I want what?” You asked. 

“This is your life. These are all the cards you will ever be dealt. Do you want to play this hand the way it will be played? Or- would you rather get a whole new hand and play a different game all together?” She asked. 

“I don’t understand.” You shook your head with a frown and the corner of her mouth quirked up in a crooked grin before she went over to a drawer of the cabinets in the room and pulled out a thick clip board and a pen and then presented you with both of them. 

“Old hand, old deck.” She said as she held up your file. 

“New hand, new deck. Do you want the old or do you want to see if the new one will be a much better hand? And instead of being at the mercy of the hand being dealt to you. You control the deck and you can stack this deck in your absolute favor?” She asked as she held up the clipboard. 

You didn’t need to think it over. You just grabbed the clipboard and she smiled happily. 

“I’m so proud of you. Well, we won’t be needing this will we?” She asked as she held up the file and simply put it on the counter and otherwise ignored it. 

You didn’t care if Dr. Vita was the devil incarnate here to make you an offer you couldn’t refuse and you’d be giving away your soul for this. 

But she seemed to have read your mind before she started laughing. 

“No. I’m not the devil. And I’m not here to take your soul. I’m just here to make sure you get dealt the hand you were always meant to have. You have so much potential to make a difference and really help the people you love while also finding the strength to really change your life for the better. Here’s your chance. Make it a good one. You’ll notice that some of the paperwork is already filled in so you don’t have to spend all day filling out every tiny little thing.” She smiled sweetly before she went over to the computer and put in what you were filling out in the paperwork- as you filled it out. 

As if she could see it with her own eyes, seeing it through yours and looking into your mind and imagination and seeing all your fantasies and putting those in as if they were real memories instead of the fantasies you wished you could escape into. 

She made suggestions here and there for certain specifics, which you took her advice and for the first time, could finally be generous to yourself. No guilt for being selfish or making yourself your own version of a “Mary Sue”, but rewarding you for a lifetime of suffering. Finally giving yourself that happy life and happy ending all those fairy tales promised you as a child. 

You could even go back and actually make changes to your family so that they too were healed from their lifetimes of issues and traumas. You gave your parents a happy, healthy, loving relationship. You gave your siblings and yourself the childhoods you all should have had. Where constraints like money and time were no object and no hindrance. You made sure to leave out your stupid mistakes made in youth. You added fun and exciting things in your life and lives of your friends and family. Your friend’s mom who died of breast cancer when she was a kid? Not anymore. Your mother having postpartum depression after a misscarraige? Never happened. Nope, instead she got to keep that pregnancy she had wanted and it was the sibling to really bring your family together and closer than ever. Your parents failed ventures? Successes. Your own failures? Successes. Your faults? Your strengths. Annoying or self destructive habits or detrimental coping mechanisms? Gone. Gifts that you wish you had? Were now yours. Everything you hated about yourself or wished you could change about yourself, you did. Your height, your weight, your freaking eye color, your hair, length, thickness, color and texture? Perfect for you. Your body size and shape so you could eat whatever the fuck you wanted and never had to worry about going on another damn diet for as long as you lived, or avoid certain foods because they caused you intestinal distress or didn’t agree with you. But the ultimate goal was to have the ability to feel at home and at peace in your own skin. And that your chance to dream wasn’t an escape from your life. But a chance to renew your life so that you could really live and thrive and enjoy your life in the here and now. You could change your name to whatever you wanted it to be. Even all the way back, beyond your parents and their siblings but also to your grandparents. Make their lives better. And all the generational trauma that followed- never happened in the first place. That they could have made different choices, the right ones so that your own parents weren’t as messed up as they were. And then after that, then it came to occupations and you paused. 

“So, my advice, sometimes, there is a saying that says ‘more money, more problems’. It’s hard to wrap your head around that when you never had much money in the first place. So my advice? Give yourself and your family and friends enough wealth to satisfy all their needs and wants. And enough to be generous with others. But not enough that any of you come into the trap of hoarding wealth, or that any of you become targets for gold diggers. There is a saying that “money talks, but wealth whispers”. Do the same. Don’t give yourself shameless and embarrassing amounts of money, but discrete wealth. Enough to live under the radar so to speak. Give yourself discrete lavishness, give yourself enough that you don’t have to worry about living paycheck to paycheck, but rather, enough that the paychecks aren’t the center of your life. And that the panic you feel in your life when there’s not enough money to take you through to the next payday, where you feel like you can’t breathe. That- that feeling never comes back. Now granted, if you want fame and fortune, by all means, give that to yourself. But know that there will be certain catches to that lifestyle. Like invasion of privacy. And being recognized and having paparazzi and all that.” She gently warned before that page suddenly had several options to choose from under it before you cherry picked your favorite parts of each one and really made something…spectacular on the page you filled out. 

“Smart.” She grinned before she put that in too. 

You had no idea how long this took. You felt like at any moment your hand was going to cramp, or that the pen was going to run out of ink. But far from. Suddenly, you could completely focus, and really put in every aspect of life you wish was different and made for the better.

And before you knew it, you had filled out everything and had finished and suddenly, you realized you would give anything to trade this file, this hand, from this deck for your old one. 

“Thank you.” Dr. Vita said as she took it from you before she signed off on it. 

“Ok, now as you know, Rome was not built in a day. So, there will be a transition period. Where this will be replaced by this. If it all happened over night, you would think you would still be dreaming and your own mind would reject your own reality.” 

“Like The Matrix?” You guessed. 

“Yes, exactly. So tomorrow, you’re going to receive a “care package” if you will. It will have everything you need to start the transition and end your old life and start the new one you want.” She informed as you nodded in understanding. 

“But there’s more. In order for the transition to be complete and the change to be permanent, that’s where these come in.” She said before she put the two files beside each other and began to take out bottles of pills out of the cabinet above the counter and lined them up. 

“So, meet the only pills you will take from now on. These are your new supplements. They are to replace your medications. And all of them have their own explanation but we’ll go over all of them.” She reassured you as she pulled out several bottles that are simply labeled Supplement 1A- 2B-3C in various colors and puts them in a row on the little counter there in the exam room with the other “normal” medical supplies you’ve gotten used to seeing. 

She picked up the white bottle that has a blue label that simply says 1A on it before she openned it shakes the bottle until a single pill lands on the lid of the bottle and offers it to you, along with a bottle of water she pulls out from a mini fridge that was hidden in a cupboard under the counter. 

“What do you love to drink the most?” She asks before you answer her and she smiles and nods, puts a small, white tablet that instantly dissolves into the water and turns it into your favorite drink before she offers you the bottle and the single pill that is held within the cap. 

“So 1A- is your health. Your mental health, emotional health, physical health, spiritual health, everything. You take this now, and then you take another before you go to bed tonight. And one every night until the bottle is empty. While you won’t feel any different after you take this first dose right now, you will feel different when you wake up in the morning.” She insisted as you seemed to hesitate as you had the cap in one hand and the mini water bottle that is now holding your favorite beverage inside in the other. 

“So what 1-A does- is bring your mind and body into your own standard of perfection. After you take this first one, this one is meant to build you up from your very core outward. So this first pill is meant to bring your vital organs back to perfection. The second pill you take tonight, will bring your mind into what you feel is perfection. And tomorrow, you will have no need to take any of the medications you currently take because you simply won’t need them. And you will get all of the side-effects but none of the cure if you do take them. Because you will already have a clean bill of health internally, no matter what you may look like on the outside. You could even stop wearing those bothersome contacts and glasses too because your eyesight will be restored.” She insisted as you looked from her to the pill and almost wanted to laugh at the ludicrousy of it.

But if that is what the pill could do, you weren’t going to look this gift horse in the mouth so to speak. So you readily took it and swallowed it down and appreciated the blue raspberry flavor of the skin of the pill that reminded you of a liquid over the counter pain killer or multivitamin. 

“Now, if you woke up tomorrow, with what you feel is your perfect version of yourself, no one would recognize you, not even yourself. Which is why you must take this pill every night over the next three to six months, even up to a year, depending on how quickly or slowly you want this process to take. It’s all so that the changes are so subtle that it seems much more believable, because the longer it takes for a miracle to work, the more it can be explained away and easier accepted by those around you.” She advised. 

“But otherwise, tomorrow, it will be as if all the teeth in your mouth have either been replaced or restored to perfection. They will all be in alignment and perfectly white and your oral health will be perfect. Your dentist will be just plain amazed, actually, I strongly suggest you change dentists, because otherwise, your old one won’t believe that all the work they’ve done or could ever do for you is now null and void and the new dentist will be relieved that they only have to do the usual cleanings once or twice a year for maintenance. And as long as you continue with a good oral hygiene routine, you’ll never even get a toothache, let alone a cavity or any kind of sensitivity. While also never having to worry about whitening your teeth either. And a new oral health regimine will be in your care package.” She explained. 

“Otherwise, all the other changes to your outward appearance will appear slow but it will appear as if you have been going to the gym from anywhere from a couple of days up to seven days a week even though your day to day life won’t change. You can eat as healthy as you wish or as unhealthy as you wish and you can eat whatever you want and never have to worry about it not agreeing with your gut, because your gut health will be pristine and able to eat just about anything even remotely edible. It will not have any impact on the results or negative impact on your health. And once your body is what you want it to be- bring the bottle back here to the office. Because usually by then, there won’t be any more pills left in the bottle because each bottle already contains all the pills you will need for your personal transformation. Because I don’t need to bring in a computer to show you what you have secretly always wanted to look like. But know that by the time the bottle is empty, you will be that person in mind and body.” She began. 

“Now supplement 2B- the red pill. This is the love pill. If you take this now, every thought of depression, suicide, self harm, self doubt, self hate, bad self esteem and bad body image, all of that will never again enter your head. But you will not forget how awful those thoughts once tortured you, which will help you to continue to give sympathy and empathy to others to also help heal them and help them love themselves too. Because once you take this. You will truly love yourself. Wholly and completely. You will have a good healthy sense of self confidence without arrogance. You will love yourself without being a megalomaniac. After you take this one. You won’t see anything about yourself that you hate, only areas about yourself you could and should improve on in a positive way.” She explained as you eagerly reached for that one and swallowed it down, smiling at the general berry flavor of that one before you nearly wanted to cry in relief when your voice saying such horrible things to you in your head finally shut up forever. 

“Now, the next few doses, these will help you love everyone around in the ways they have always wanted to be loved while also allowing them to love you the ways you have always wanted to be loved in return. This too, should be taken after you take 1A at bedtime.” She smiled happily as she screwed the lid back onto the bottle since it was the smallest of the bottles before she opened the cabinet to pull a second bottle out, this one just as big as the first bottle was before she held them both up and side by side. 

“Now here’s the danger in the red pill, your romantic relationships both now and in the past, both the good and the bad, the how and the why too and I hold no judgment for any of it. So, here is what I can do for you- I can either give you the small bottle and you will learn to love your current partner the way you have always wanted to while they will do the same. Or if you take the larger bottle. By the time your transformation is complete. You will be free to be with your real and true soulmate and love match. Which most think is rather silly or scared that they already have it too good where they are and who they are with to reach for something that could potentially be better but end up costing them what they’ve grown accustomed to. But if you take the larger bottle and have faith and wait and see- you will finally know and feel what true love from a soulmate and your true love match - which is something that you’ve always felt could only be found in fairytales- feels like. So, what will it be? Something you already know and have found a small measure of contentment with- or something that right now, is hard for you to imagine and might be scary at first?” She asked as she held up each bottle for your choice. 

“Second bottle please.” You immediately requested. 

“That’s my girl. You’ve gone this far, don’t go back now, and if you’re going to go for it, go big. And by the way, he’s a dreamboat, you won’t regret it.” She beamed before she put the smaller bottle back into the cabinet and set the larger bottle of 2B next to 1A and got the third bottle that was purple. 

“Now this is 3C, 3C is your hopes, dreams, desires, ambitions coming into reality. That dream house you have already mapped out, planned and built in your mind? You take this first pill- construction begins today. Your business is obviously already taken care of.  And by the time the bottle is empty, your new house with it’s own business will be move in ready and you’ll hit the ground running and not lose momentum.” She promised as you eagerly took that pill too and smiled again at the purple grape flavor. 

“But it doesn’t stop there. All those stories in your head, or even stories you’ve already written either in part or in whole? Fully written, proofread, edited, ready for submission to the best publisher. When you get home, get on the laptop and read them and enjoy them. You’ll make a mint in royalties and practically on every best seller’s list. And you’ll become a famous writer when you’re not healing other people’s pain. Your masterpieces will be the next big thing, but stay big. Better than Star Wars or Harry Potter and your audience will never turn on you and you’ll never fall from grace. And the movies? The TV series? You cast who you want. You either cast unknowns or the big names or the rather forgotten. You do whatever you want. All of it will be a smashing success. And yet while you’ll be very popular on the red carpet and movie premiers and the sets and events and comicons- you’ll still also be able to live more or less a normal life too, unless you want to either play a part or have a cameo in them, then you’ll have the popularity you want but not to the point that it’s intrusive or dangerous either for you or your family.” She added as your eyes nearly bugged out of your head. 

“All of that starts tonight when you take the second dose tonight and every dose after.” She revealed. 

“Oh. Wow.” You murmured but blushed but smiled so happily at just the thought of it. 

“Now, 4D- the green pill. This is the wealth pill. You take this now, all your debts are paid off, you take it tonight, all the money problems in your whole family will vanish overnight. You’ll see a huge lump sum from the government as a “stimulus”. It will be much more than what you need to completely get out of debt. You can pay off every credit card, every loan, everything. At least a few times over too. And more than enough to replace every single vehicle you have with brand new luxury vehicles right off the lot a few times over. And you could even fully redecorate the house you live in now with it too. And when you take the second dose, the same thing will happen to all your friends and family. So that their own money problems will be over too.” She promised as you practically gobbled that one up and smiled even wider at the taste of watermelon on your tongue. 

“Now here’s the fun thing about the wealth pill. It won’t be just plain money. Because if it was just plain money- money can be spent, lost, stolen, given, whatever. No- this is real- wealth that encompasses more than just money. Every piece of jewelry in your jewelry box? Real- 24 karat gold, or platinum or whatever. Real gemstones. Nothing fake. And even old jewelry that you thought was lost or damaged beyond repair? Returned and made new. Now, when your dream house gets built and you move in, that’s when the real fun begins. Every piece of jewelry you see either on someone else, or in a magazine or in a store, or even on your phone, even Pinterest- mentally say ‘that’s mine’ and it’s yours and suddenly on your finger or around your neck. You’ll need a room just for your jewelry. Or even a safe. Properties? Fully owned outright in your chosen name, you want them fully furnished? Done. You want stocks? In that care package will be a laptop that lists it all out in a portfolio that kicks in tomorrow morning when you wake up and receive your care package. Your business accounts? That “stimulus” that got put into your family’s account? It’s matched and doubled just for your business. And everything you buy- comes with the double rule. So, say you buy your dream work vehicle. Well the bank will see how the money for that came out, and then see- that number rounded up to the nearest hundred dollars, deposited back into your account under any name you wish for it to come in as or whatever. So in theory, the more you spend, the more you make. But it doesn’t stop there.” She practically giggled. 

“When you open your business/ You will have an area of massage chairs in the waiting room. Where actual physical money is concerned, the ten fold rule applies. Where your customers will come to sit in those massage chairs. They pay you five dollars for five minutes, it becomes fifty in your pocket. Ten? A hundred dollars. Twenty? Two hundred. You can charge your clients either outright cash, the ten fold rule applies when the payments are in physical cash in your possession and put into an bank account. For them it will feel like they’ve been given a two hour massage and those chairs just completely healed every ache and pain they’ve ever had head to toe in those few minutes. And if your profession is medical and they have insurance? Bill the insurance whatever you want, you will have your very own fee schedule codes they will pay it in full, no questions asked and no denials. And when it is deposited in your account- it’s also multiplied by ten. You’ll clear a bare minimum of ten thousand dollars a week if not more. You could even hire others at your company, who will come work for you and under you practically a hundred dollars an hour for a forty hour work week and have them only work barely part time, with full time benefits, the best health insurance, best vision, dental, 401k, paid vacation and all of that, the whole shebang. And you’ll have people lining up around the block to work for you and only the best will work for you and you won’t have a single complaint from anyone. While they’ll receive the tips as what the tips actually are. But their client’s payment to the business itself? Ten fold again. And all the tax write offs possible and your taxes themselves? Barely 1%, that you won’t notice or care. But no one will notice or care where and how the money appears, they will simply care how they can get some and you won’t get scammed out of any of it either. You’ll never be questioned, audited, or anything. You could come out with a skincare line and it’ll actually work and you’ll make a killing. A cosmetics line? Instant love and adoration with the best quality with affordable prices so everyone will look fabulous, of which, you have already received your own custom lineup of those cosmetics, custom crafted just for you. But again, just as you find, that you don’t know what to do with it all, or what else you could possibly spend money on? By that point, the bottle will be empty, bring it back.” She instructed. 

“Now this is 5E- you’ll notice it’s clear, I call it the crystal ball supplement. It will give you clarity, give you some foresight and more discernment than you could ever imagine. More than Adderall could ever do for you. Think the premise of Limitless- but beefed up on the strongest steroids ever, but you won’t have any time blindness or areas of lost memory. Instead you’ll have perfect memory recollection. So be careful about what you choose to remember.” She warned you before you took that one too and smiled softly at the flavor of pineapple on your tongue. 

“Now 6F- notice how it’s black, almost completely opposite of 5E. That’s because it is. This is to show that whatever you choose to do in the shadows will never be brought to light and will be struck from all memory, while also giving you powers you can’t even imagine. You want to moonlight as a superhero? This is it. You wish you had superpowers? Here’s the powers to give them to you. And while the adage that ‘with great power comes great responsibility’ will still hold true. This one will help you bear such a burden with ease.” She offered as you took it and smiled when it tasted like black raspberries. 

“Now 7G- this one is perhaps the most important. See how it’s yellow? Usually yellow is associated with joy, sunshine, and warmth. Which is what most will feel when they are around you. But it’s more than that. All you need to do is either think about them hard enough, or touch them, and their pain, their darkness, their suffering, their despair, will melt away. Leaving them feeling at ease and at peace. But again, with such a thing, use with caution, because once people feel safe and at ease with you, they may tell you very troubling things. But this will also shield you from all of it as well. So that your own happiness, joy, and warmth will not be leached from you- simply shared and that it will always start with you and your family first. This is how your customers will be healed. Because you will not only heal them in body, but in mind and soul too, at least for a short time until they need another “dose”.” She offered before you took that one and had to smile again as you tasted mango this time. 

“Now is 8H. And that is because this is because everything you do, everything you put your mind to, everything you make- will be heavenly good. Whether it be food, being a parent, a partner,, a friend, a boss, a workmate, or a patient and client yourself. No matter what it is, it will be heavenly good. Everyone will claim that not even michelin 3 star chefs can make food as good as you can.” She said before you took the gray pill. 

“Now, this is the last supplement, 9-I. Notice that it’s bronze.” She noted. 

“9-I is Time. Because I know everyone wishes- that if only they could go back do it all over again- knowing what they know now? Well this is your chance. Notice it’s a small bottle. In fact it only really has one pill in it. When you’ve transitioned, you have the choice, take this and start your life the way it was meant to be started, and relive your dream childhood that you just wrote out. But knowing what you do now. So that you can avoid the same mistakes you’ve made in the past. And once you get to be as old as you are now, then we will have this same appointment and I’ll give you the Alpha-Omega dose to take the rest of your life. But when you start taking that dose after you take 9-I- all memories of who you are, and what your life is right now, will fade once you start taking the very last suppliment.” She said as she held up the small bottle. Before she put the small white bottle down with a bronze label before she put her hand on the bottle that had all the colors of the rainbow on the label with the name Alpha/Omega on the label.  

“When all of these are empty, and if you choose to take 9-I, that’s when you trade them in for this- it’s called Alpha Omega.” She said before she picked up the bottle to show you the multicolored bottle with all the supplements listed as a “maintenance dose”. Before she opened it and put the pill into the cap to show you. 

“And as you can see, it has a section of all of the colors together to maintain where all the others have left you. And when you are done with this bottle, that’s when the cost for such a change will be asked of you.” She dictated and that’s when you suddenly felt a large pit in your stomach. 

“Now, don’t freak out. When this bottle ends. You will be quite old and aged. Your kids will have grown, your grandchildren too, and you’ll get to see great grand kids. And see everything you’ve ever dreamed of- come to fruition. You will go to bed one night. And to everyone else, you will have passed in your sleep. But instead, you will wake up and see the old body you once inhabited, laying beside you, but you will wake up in the body that you have right now, granted with some minor upgrades and without the pain and other physical imperfections. But you will have lived a new life. And when you’re done, then you come back to this one. And that’s when you get to replace me as the next Dr. Vitanova.” She explained. 

“Oh.” You blinked in surprise. 

“But here’s the key. You can only treat the most deserving of patients who will find you and you will have to use your own judgment to decide who is really deserving of getting a new hand when life has dealt them really shitty ones. And if the good they will do will offset the cost of the supplements. You must choose your patients as Dr. Vitanova very, very carefully. They must want to help people. Or they have an amazing imagination that if only they had the chance to properly articulate or express it, give them the chance so that they can and their creativity might be cultivated. What wonders the great artists would have done had they been given such an opportunity. Your potential patient as Dr. Vitanova - must be kind even when others have shown them cruelty. Usually the more suffering they have gone through, the better the candidate for they show a strength of character to rebel by being kind when everyone else is cruel. They must desire to help others. They must not let greed for wealth, or thirst for popularity corrupt them and turn them selfish and spoiled, just like you must guard yourself from becoming yourself. Because if that ever happens to you- after you prove that it has, then the supplements will no longer work, no matter how many you take. Also, if you tell anyone about me, this office or what these supplements really are or where you got them or what they really do, the pills inside the bottles will vanish and any effects will automatically reverse and all you’ll be left with are simple and plain bottles. And then when you least expect it, even the bottles will vanish. And then you’ll be seen as a one hit wonder and the masses will turn on you and you won’t be any better than you are right now right where you are, but usually, much worse off.” She warned you as you nodded in understanding before she put all the bottles into a bag for you to take home- except for 9-I and Alpha and Omega, which she put back into the cabinet. 

“Now, tomorrow, you will receive your care package in the mail. Make sure you open it and read the instructions, very, very carefully. But otherwise, all of the bottles will be finished at the same time. When they’re out, bring them with you back to this office and just drop the bottles off at this office, and one of my nurses will be ready and waiting to take them from you. But otherwise, I’ll see you again when the time is right.” She smiled sweetly. 

“Where do the pills come from? You said they’re expensive?” You asked her. 

“They’re made from pain. Your pain, your agony, your frustrations, your disappointments, your regrets, your sorrows, your guilt, even over things that were never your fault in the first place. This morning you looked at yourself and saw a monster, one that wasn’t worth the very air you breathe, or the sunshine on your face or worthy of the love from the few people you feel in your life who really do love you, as imperfectly as they do. And the table you’ve been sitting on- has been pulling all of that from you this whole time. That’s why, finding the right people to give this gift to, to give them new hands out of new decks- the more pain they’ve suffered, the more joy and pleasure they will receive in the long run. But that’s only to make the inner person- the greatest they can be. That’s why I chose you. You’ve suffered enough, more than anyone ever should have. Now, you get the sweet relief. And now, instead of surviving and dreading each day, now each one will be better than the last until it’s your last.” She smiled fondly as she reached out and rubbed your arm before you broke down and cried and hugged her tightly. 

“It’s gonna be ok. After this moment, no more loss, no more pain, no more hurt, no more bad days, no more sick days, no more pain days. Only good days.” She soothed you before you let go and she walked you out and you stopped when you passed a full length mirror in the hallway. 

Because in that mirror’s reflection- was what you always wanted to be and look like in your reflection. Your very own doppelganger in a way, but in reality- your true self- looking back as you smiled at yourself and started to cry as your brain finally said that the person looking back at you- really was you. And that that was your body, and you were going to live so happily in your own skin. And you leave there, feeling lighter than air- not feeling a single pinch of pain and ready to play this new hand from this new deck. And when you check the time. You realize that despite feeling like that appointment took several hours. It really only took a few minutes according to your phone. Which gives you plenty of time to finally do the things you always felt you were in too much pain or too busy or didn’t have the energy or stamina or gumption to do. 

You get home, and for the first time- am able to clean your home the way you wish you always had the time and energy to do so. And you make a fantastic dinner for you and your partner. 

The next morning, you awake to a large box already on your front porch. In this box is a packet, and a set of shampoos, conditioners, personal care items, a new wallet, a new purse, a new phone with a wallet phone case and a new set of bluetooth headphones. Along with a new laptop with charging cables and a new surprise box. 

In the packet are instructions of what to do and when to do it- for the day. Along with 2 more checks. One for you and the other for the business you always wanted to have. They are both for $250,000. And the instructions are to sign them and to deposit them after you go through the packet and the prompts on the laptop. 

Once you turn on the phone, complete with it’s own wallet case, with new cards, you find it has replaced your current phone. The laptop is to replace your current one and with both, you find you now have new accounts in your name with every bank possible. Each one with the same 250,000 balance. You now also have credit cards, each with unlimited balances that pay themselves off every month and the wallet, you are told- according to the packet, has unlimited supplies of cash inside and new platinum passes for your favorite Theme Parks and various other places and gift cards galore. 

And in this laptop- is everything you need to start my new life. And all you need to do is plug it in, turn it on, sign into the laptop with a fingerprint and the fingerprint alone is enough to sign that you accept the care package and its contents. Which you do without hesitation. Because in the packet is a deed for land, and on the laptop are designs for your dream home that begin construction the moment you electronically sign the ok with the new name you had made for yourself the day before- which you do, again, without a second thought or hesitation. 

With the packet, there is also a lease agreement for your business and its new office which is now waiting for you in the local Medical Center, complete with its own computer, and other hardware and software. It has a list of aged clients who are eager to see you at your earliest convenience and who are eager to have you be their heir when they die soon. The office is already set up for everything you could possibly think of, need or want. And all you need to do is accept the business, sign the lease, accept the keys that are taped in a bag to the lease agreement- for the office space and move your current equipment into one of the rooms as the business also has it’s own apps on your new phone that you can easily copy to your business phone. And you find that you actually have four businesses and each with their own checking accounts, savings accounts and the like and with only putting in the headphones, for only a minute, you find, you now have all the knowledge and licenses and certifications you could ever want for your businesses and all kinds of special continuing education and you are recognized as one of the best in your fields. Which you had done once you finished reading and following the instructions in the packet, labeled and marked as Day 1 with the date. 

After you go to deposit the checks, which due to the nature of the checks, were made fully available to the accounts, you go to your new office space. You marvel at the other rooms and everything there, including your own scrubs in a huge closet that will be laundered by the Medical Center. The only thing you need to do is set up your work day and come into the office, process your clients and come home because everything else will take care of itself. And there is room here for more than one employee, you could have practically a fleet of them here. And you even have the option to hire a receptionist, which you do, who will start work the very next day. 

You go home and go back to the packet and read the instructions on the shampoo and conditioner bars- are to replace your current ones and they smell divine, like better than any other cologne or perfume you own. And the body wash is to match. The shampoo doubles the thickness of your hair every time I use it until your hair is as thick and long and the color you desire it to be. And the conditioner allows it to be the perfect length, texture and softness and keeps whatever color you wish to color you hair with- perfect without a hint of gray until you’re ready to go gray. There is also a body scrub in addition to the body wash bar. And the body scrub cleanses the body of unwanted hair and imperfections, acne, cellulite, discoloration, stretch marks, restores youthful skin and glow, etcetera. And a bottle of perfumed body oil to moisturize and keep it soft, glowing and supple and keep you smelling amazing and a deodorant that is practically divine that will never fail you. 

There is also a facial cleanser, moisturizer and serum.  The cleanser cleanses your face and neck of imperfections, fine lines and wrinkles, and discoloration and a face scrub to be used once a week to keep it that way as you use the face scrub first, then the cleanser after to wash away the last of everything you don’t like about your own face, jaw, ears and neck. The moisturizer gives your skin everything it needs to make you look as old as you wished you looked. The serum is more or less surgery in a bottle. It takes care of sagging skin, plumps, firms, heals, and gives you perfect eyelashes and eyebrows and in just one routine you stare in awe at your new face, a face you could remember having when you were in your late teens early 20’s, but somehow way better.  

Next is oral care, a toothpaste to permanently restore and whiten and straighten teeth and clean and heal the gums and with a mouthwash, also fixes all bad breath and after one routine you marvel at the results. 

And because you like to wear makeup, there is also a fully stocked makeup bag. And it’s everything you could ever want or need. The perfect eyeshadows, foundations, blushes, highlighter, eye liner, mascara that makes it look like you have eyelash extensions and the best lashes ever as you do your makeup and can’t stop smiling because in only a few moments, you suddenly look like you walked off of the red carpet level of amazing, beautiful makeup. And you feel you look like you could be in a plus size model magazine and once you get dressed, for the first time in a long time, you’re happy and pleased with your appearance and your hair and face make you forget how unhappy you usually are with yourself. 

You go back out to the living room and look through the new wallet. Giggling at the fact that no matter how much money you try to pull out of the wallet, even more reappears, always making it look like you only have a few bills before you put them all back as any anxiety you ever had about money- vanishes for good. 

For once, you can truly focus and actually clean your house top to bottom, and do that real spring cleaning you hadn’t done in way too long. And for once, the house stays clean. You’re able to clean out everything and restock as you want to and keep it all perfectly clean, neat and organized.  

Also in this package is the perfect sex toy. That simply needs to charge via USB cable and gives you amazing orgasms, which you take full advantage of before your partner comes home for the day, of course, right when you’re able to make another amazing dinner for yourself and them. 

And your partner, comes home and is happy to announce they got a raise, and a bonus. And it’s equal to the checks you just deposited. They’re thrilled and so happy. Because things are finally working out. They are making enough money, all of your combined debts and credit cards are paid off and all the cars are now able to have the services they need to be maintained, and even traded in and buy new ones altogether. 

The next morning, you wake up and you’re able to do some amazing writing on your new laptop to update all your stories while also eating breakfast and over lunch, you just can’t stop looking at the plans and the computer generated images of what your dream home will be like when it’s finished. And after breakfast you go to that office space and meet your new clients. And it’s like they’ve known you since you were kid. They’re practically those sweet, wonderful grandparents you always wished you had, all of them eager to adopt you. All of them without any family and heirs to leave their fortunes and properties to. Which you, graciously accept, because you know that once you finish off the regime, they’ll pass, you’ll inherit everything and your transformation will be complete and you’ll be fully equipped to either continue your life the way it is in that moment. Or take that one does of 9-I and get a chance to go back and do it all over again, the way it was meant to be done the first time around. 

And every time you look in the mirror, you see what you look like now, and how you’re transforming into the perfect version of yourself. And you’re delighted when your favorite clothes, change with you. So that you don’t have to replace any of your favorite clothes to suit your changing body shape. 

And sure enough- in six months, you’ve fully transformed. And you go back to the office to drop off the bottles and are presented with the bronze bottle with a single pill in it. 

“So what’s it gonna be? A full do over? Or just continue to play this hand?” The receptionist asks as she takes the empty bottles but still holds the bottle of Alpha-Omega between her hands. 

“A full do over.” You decide. 

“Awesome. Live it well.” She offers before she puts the bottle of Alpha Omega away and gives you a packet to pack up everything you had gotten in the care packet in the first place, which you do. Since you had even kept the very box it all came in and you repack it, just the way you had gotten it. And you tape it back up, wiping the last of your tears up, looking around at the last remnants of what your old hand had left you with. And with a sense of bittersweetness, you drive down to the post office and send the package back to where it’s meant to go, knowing you’ll be reunited with it when the time is right. 

You go home, you have one last night with your partner. One last hurrah and take the single pill before you lay down to fall asleep. 

When you awake, you are a baby, in your mother’s arms as she’s holding you, smiling and crying at the same time. 

“Hello there, I’ve waited so long to meet you.” She cooes as you coo back. Happy to see her young and happy again as you reach and grab her finger before you look at your father beyond her who is also crying tears of happiness as he looks at you and strokes your head. 

“Hi Baby.” He coos too as you coo back at him and smile. Knowing that your life, will be what you’ve always wanted and needed it to be. You’re going to grow up, strong and healthy, safe and sound, unconditionally loved, disciplined in love so that you didn’t turn into a spoiled brat. But to be a better person over all. And you couldn’t be happier for it.

[rz-jocelyn]

[TRANSLATION] Instagram: March 27, 2024

SATO RYUJI @ryuji_japan

This is actually a video of Sato Ryuji's IG Live. Please find the full video at Ryuji's Instagram: HERE

Caption:

Actor with 4.5D eyebrows [1]

NOTE:

[1] This caption is related to the content of the video where Ryuji talks about how he maintains his eyebrows.

Ryuji then jokingly requested for fans to change his Wikipedia page to reflect this and to trend it on Twitter. Needless to say, the fans responded to this request xD

Ryuji also Tweeted about the phrase trending on Twitter: HERE

[2] Ryuji started the IG Live because he is currently not in Tokyo (for work purposes), and so was alone in his hotel room and wanted some company.

Due to the relaxed nature of the live, he opened up quite a bit and talked quite seriously about various things, including about his perspective on how he creates his portrayal of Kashuu Kiyomitsu.

But, this goes against his policy of not revealing the work he puts in behind the scenes (because he believes that, as an actor, he's an "entertainer" who should make fans happy, so he doesn't believe in burdening fans with the processes and troubles that go on behind the scenes).

Therefore, he was quite embarrassed at how much he revealed during this live, and initially didn't want to leave an archive of it. However, in response to fan request, he has decided to leave it up for one day. Thank you, Ryuji ♥

[3] Some snippets from the live.

Ryuji loves kids, and spends a lot of his time playing with the child actors in the "Musical Touken Ranbu". One of the child actors, Katou Gaku, gave him the nickname "Sleeping Monster" because, coincidentally, Ryuji keeps having work on the day before it's Gaku-kun's day to perform in the "Musical Touken Ranbu ~Michi no Oku Hitotsu Hachisu~", so whenever Gaku-kun sees Ryuji, Ryuji is napping. LOL!

"I'm not married~"

Ryuji's response to fans asking about his rings, clarifying that the ring he's wearing on his fourth finger is his right hand and not his left, so it's not a wedding ring.

"Truly, thank you very much for accompanying me [for this IG Live]. I had a really fun time. Let's work hard together from tomorrow onward too!"

Ryuji's closing for the live.

PERSONAL COMMENT:

Ryuji is honestly so precious ♥ He spent a lot of time reading out fan comments, and apologising multiple times for those he missed.

During the IG Live, a couple of his friends dropped by, including Ohno Ryota, Torigoe Yuki, Nakao Masaki, Hideyoshi Kan, Konishi Eito and Takahashi Kensuke.

He had a really cute exchange with Tori, who Ryuji asked to come to Osaka. To which, Tori replied, "I'll go". RyuuPii!

He also had a really cute exchange with Kensuke because Kensuke was supposed to have a live stream right after Ryuji's, and Ryuji was like, "Don't you have your own live stream to prepare for??" (Little signs that Ryuji pays pretty close attention to his friends' schedules ♥)

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K-Pop Debuts and Comebacks for the Last Week of June 2024 (Jun 24 - Jun 30 2024)

Jun 24

TWS - "If I'm S, Can You Be My N?"

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Red Velvet - Cosmic

The girls of Red Velvet channel Midsommar in this haunting return for their 10th anniversary!

Jun 25

CHUU - Strawberry Rush

CHUU brings good vibes in this bright track named after her LOONA representative fruit!

Jun 26

B.D.U - My One

Members of project boy group B.D.U who won Mnet's "Build Up: Vocal Boy Group Survivor" show of their voices in this nice track.

CRAXY - STUPIDZ

Underrated girl group CRAXY shows they are the baddest girls in the industry in this tough track!

Kim Jae Joong - Glorious Day

2nd gen visual king Kim Jae Jeoong is back to grace us with this smooth vocals!

Jun 27

FTISLAND - BURN IT

FTISLAND shows they are still that K-Rock band in this powerful performance!

ROCKY - JEALOUSY

ASTRO's Rocky is all grown up in this sexy performance.

Jun 28

JIMIN - Smeraldo Garden March ft. LOCO

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LISA - ROCKSTAR

BLACKPINK's LISA makes her solo debut in this confident banger.

Jun 29

No releases.

Jun 30

No releases.

What is your favourite track of the week?