#THIEVERY!!!

[n1ko-whoisdefinatelynotacat]

-Time skip from the last thread-

-It’s now somewhat early in the morning, probably about 6 o’clock-

Mph- Mornin’ Niko…

Morning Rizu. I already made coffee for you.

Thanks…

-As Rizu gets her coffee, she continues talking to Somino-

Did ya finish that project you’ve been working on?

Almost. I’m not working as fast as normal ‘cause of my shoulder, but if I keep working I can probably be done tonight.

Makes sense. You think Light’s awake yet??

Dunno. It’s pretty early, and I know the only reason you’re up is because you have that class. Wouldn’t surprise me if they’re still asleep.

[for-some-reason-i-can-hold-light]

(story telling again. Get ready people)

Immediately everyone was absorbed in the fighting. There was nothing else to think about. [Redacted] hadn’t realized he would remember just how using a sword felt, because they hadn’t done so in a while. But they moved fast, and being able to blind your opponent definitely helps in winning a fight.

Across the field, Somino was also holding their own quite well, even with a busted hand. They’d definitely practiced, and the sharp point of their spear worked wonders that their bat wouldn’t have been able too in this scenario.

Rizu and Asa were also holding their own well, staying higher up and moving constantly. Shockingly, Rizu has deadly aim, and Asa wasn’t a particularly bad shot either.

But in this kind of scenario, when one of you is the target, and intended only to be incapacitated and not killed, they’ll do anything to distract you. And they knew he’d focus on anything that happened to one of their kids.

He saw a grunt level their weapon towards Somino. Their back was turned and they had no clue of what was behind them, and Rizu and Asa were too far to see it.

He didn’t even think. They just moved. It had lost four others dear to them from its own inaction, and he would not let it happen again. Nobody else would be lost because they didn’t move fast enough, or do something to stop it, and it damn well would never happen to his kid.

Maybe before the calamity he would have been afraid, but he’d faced death once before, and knowing the others were there waiting for them, it wasn’t so scary to think about. Even so, they said a small prayer to Ludeius. He may not typically be one to pray to their species guardian deity, but in this case he wanted just that little bit of relief.

He just hoped Somino would forgive them.

When he pushed them behind him, he saw the look on their face. They knew something was up, but it wasn’t until it actually happened that they understood. (Tw: not super well drawn explosion)

Gods it hurt. He’d expected it, but he still wasn’t ready for it. Just for a second he stood, wing still spread in front of Somino, and he heard that sharp inhale of panic from them.

But then they were falling to the ground, vision going blurry, and all they heard was Niko screaming something at him.

“DAD?!”

And the glowing feather drifted to the ground alongside him.

Five glowing feathers on the ground.

[putting-grubpeta-in-situations]

Grubpeta is

BEING STOLEN NOOO

[the-lore-and-art-cave-go-brrrrr]

So I’ve started watching the owl house because several friends of mine are hyper-fixated on it right now and I wanted to know what the hell they were talking about. This is made more ironic by the fact that me thinking Gus and Hunter are sort of what I imagine Niko sounds like was not related to this, as they had not yet landed on TOH at that time.

But I’m watching it, and I may be a little obsessed because I’m a good chunk of the way through season 2, and was watching Hunter and Flapjack do their thing, and all the sudden my brain goes “Damn, I wonder what palismen all of my guys would have,” and now this is all I can think about.

My brain has already decided basically all of them. [Redacted] would have an owl, probably one that somewhat resembles a western screech owl, and he would name it Dusty, after his sister (Dusty was her chosen name.) Rizu I can’t get over the idea of her having a pink fox named Taffy, because it popped into my head and it won’t go away. Asa I’ve been thinking would have a snake, which she would name something like Tofu, since those are a symbol of healing. I’ve been toying with the idea of Sage having something like a coyote, because of the trickster bit in mythology, or a cat of some kind because it’s just stuck in my head. I don’t have a name in mind yet.

Now Twm and Niko are where I struggle. Twm I’m still trying to figure out their personality, but what I’ve established is they’re a somewhat cynical walking entity of sass. But I feel like they would unironically end up with something like a hummingbird or a bee. Leaning towards them having a bee named Flick, and I’m not sure why I’ve decided the name is Flick, but it is.

Niko is the other hard one, and it’s because I now have the included existence of Hoshi. So I can’t quite decide if they would have their own separate ones somehow, or share one. Niko I would lean towards them having a Lion or dragon, two things associated with the sun, and therefore light, or some sort of shape shifter, which could be connected up to their connection to dreams (It’s why I picked the name Somino, something I’m storing away for later). Hoshi is a little more complex. If I were to give them their own, I’d probably use an animal associated with the Zodiac, due to it’s connect to stars, which Hoshi takes their name from.

but yeah basically this is what I’ve been thinking about pretty much since I got off of work.

[heartorbit]

catch us if you can! ☆

[teaboot]

how is Ollie doing?

Ollie crawled into my lap and snuggled with me for a solid hour and a half the other day. I thought this was odd, because he's been really bitey lately and isn't much of a cuddler. But his stomach was kind of bloated so I thought he might be gassy and feeling bad. So I rubbed his belly and enjoyed the cuddles until he was feeling better.

AND THEN I FOUND THE HOLE HE CHEWED THROUGH THE CAT FOOD BAG

[lilithism1848]

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 198

Now Bruce was not expecting to reincarnate upon his death. At least he thinks he died, he’s pretty sure he did. There wasn’t any other reason for him to be a well, literal baby. Around two he thinks, which fits well with the fact that it’s around that time that babies start forming memory recall, if he, well, remembered correctly. 

But while he knew about reincarnation thanks to Shayera and Carter, he’d never exactly given it much thought towards himself. Because seriously, what were the chances of such a thing as him being given another chance? 

So he was quite surprised at his situation, experimentally opening and closing pudgy hands that looked well, just a tiny bit off. He’d never been that pale before, he thinks, even back when he never went outside like, ever. 

He turned his gaze towards the mobile above him with a sort of idle curiosity- a mixture of bats (ha) and other trinkets he wasn’t familiar with. It also caused him to get his first good look at his parent, asleep on a rocking chair right next to the crib. 

Huh. They had the same pale skin he did, albeit in the light it looked like it was slightly tinted blue, and while their hair was white they didn’t exactly look old. They looked surprisingly well rested for raising a toddler too, unless they had a nanny or something similar… He rolled over, managing to very shakily push himself to his feet with the help of the crib. 

Why was standing so hard as a toddler? And why did he have his memories of everything except how he had died anyway? 

His head whipped up from where they were staring at his feet when he heard a snort, finding his parent awake and standing. Somehow silently enough that he hadn’t noticed- or he was that easily distracted by the unfamiliar giddiness bursting in his chest. 

“Morning little bat,” his parent easily picked him up and held him while he inwardly sighed at the nickname. Of course his bat motif would follow him into this life. A low rumbling almost caused him to jump, his body relaxing before he could fully register the sound. The… purring? 

Oh. 

He wasn’t human this time around. 

[weepingfireflies]

"Of course, I couldn't take Parker home with me and raise her like a normal child. She wouldn't fit in with my normal family." Killing this man with hammers 🔨🔨🔨🔨

[sergle]

for those interested in what Hugo gets up to, he's such an enjoyer of Produce that he's resorted stealing the strawberries straight out of our garden. just plucking them right off the plant with his teeth. he always chooses the ripest and nicest one.

FRUIT THIEF.

[n1ko-whoisdefinatelynotacat]

A rift suddenly appears in the middle of the room.

What-

Nope! Don't like that one bit! Let’s go.

Yeah I agree let’s do that-

Whatever the hell that is I do not like the sound one bit.

[Oh by the five… I knew something was up!]

Yep okay we’re leaving now-

[for-some-reason-i-can-hold-light]

"I didn't know you had subway systems in your world [Redacted]!"

Niko seemed very surprised, as did Asa and Rizu. Sage was quiet, probably still trying to get her bearings. She'd mentioned recently that she'd been having migraines more often, and Asa had noticed that she'd started running really high temperatures at times. But there were no signs of sickness, so they didn't really know what to do about it. [Redacted] sighed.

"[Yeah, we do, though we call ours the Quick Rail System, or QRS. They got messed up during the calamity, but after rebuilding them it was officially set up as a way to travel between different groups countries. This one will take us to the capital city of the star strikers, which is where we need to go.]"

The group nodded, and Aesteus laughed.

"It's going to be just a bit until it gets here, and the trip is about an hour. It's still our best option, given none of you can fly."

"Makes sense. We'll be there in time for [Redacted]'s appointment right?"

"[We will be. Don't worry Sage, it's not too loud typically.]"

She nodded, and [Redacted] gave her a thumbs up. Then he turned, and leaned back, settling in to wait.

[edwardsmate4ever]

PSA- this is going on right now. I wouldn't care if the stories linked to my AO3 or ffn account, but no, it's fully copied and pasted to this site. Three of mine were there. Make sure you check for yours, and write them an email to take it down!!

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[tippenfunkaport]

That viral post that's going around about how people who write "book quality" mlm fic are too "normal" to publish and have real jobs so only "weird" people publish their "shitty" fanfic is so completely out of touch with reality and I am giving a massive side eye to everyone reblogging it.

Not only is it completely, easily verifiably untrue (you cannot enter any professional writing space without tripping over a dozen grizzled scifi writers who got their start by filing off the serial numbers and publishing their Star Trek fanfic even going back decades ago??? it's a whole thing?? plus how can you look at the mlm category on Amazon right now and say with a straight face that people aren't publishing shitty Spirk and Stucky fanfic??? Oh, honey...) it's also the perfect example of this kind of sneering elitism that true artists would never sully themselves by seeking profit, they do it only for the purity of the thing that always somehow leads back to, "no one should be paid to make art, actually."

The only reason you're seeing more published fanfic right now has nothing to do with the idealistic purity of your hypothetical government employee written smut of the past vs the debased scribbles of those awful straights of today and everything to do with the fact that a) self-publishing has created a voracious readership that wants a ton of content so it's become a viable, flexible income stream for many, especially disabled people b) anyone can publish now with self-publishing tools so there are less gatekeepers and c) lockdown got a lot of people into fandom and therefore writing who never tried it before.

And if you really think there's no "shitty" published mlm and no "book-quality" m/f writing out there that started as fanfic, then you are clearly not a reader so why are you even talking about this?

[aardvaark]

And that actually is one of the bits that we wound up not being able to ever do quite as much as we want - is Parker picks locks like other people knit. And if you watch carefully in the pilot, in the foreground when they’re back in the apartment, she has a giant box of locks she’s picking. That’s just kind of her hobby.

-- John Rogers, episode commentary for The Wedding Job

[teshiee]

day 22 - interrogation