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[jorvik-chronicles]

🔮 ⤷ Eldritch Awakenings | Main Quest Review

Plot spoilers for the main quest below the cut. Avert your eyes!

Plot: I think the opening to the quest was one of the best we've had in a while. It wasn't just going up to one of the characters and them remembering your existence since they've been stagnant in Fort Maria for two years. Being alone for that first part was really quite cool, and I think reinforced MC's own individual part in this story, and not just as an accessory to the Soul Riders and the Druids. Taking us on a slow ride through MC's journey and growing responsibility as the fifth Soul Rider through mirages of important characters (istg when Elizabeth appeared, I audibly gasped) felt like a genuinely cool way of preparing us for what's ahead, and what MC's position actually means.

I'm not sure if it's ever been mentioned before, though I probably missed it, but I didn't know Aideen's Ascent is the place where Aideen first stepped on Jorvik? I thought that was a really cool place to have the beginning of this quest take place. To stand on the place where light first touched Jorvik, and then look out into the ocean during the vision scene and see the physical manifestation of darkness breaking loose? HELL YEAH. The imagery is *chefs kiss*.

After following Jessica through the portal and coming up into Guardian's Dale (after using various bits of magic from our Soul Rider training), all four Soul Riders are just sorta hanging there. I'll be honest, I kinda didn't like that bit...??? I completely get that they need to get MC to play a big part in this whole thing, but I don't think that necessarily means just handing the entirety of Jorvik's fate over to us whilst the other four just sit on the sidelines (but, hey, what's new?). They kept mentioning over and over throughout this quest that 'together we're unstoppable', but WE'RE VERY MUCH STOPPABLE IF YOU'RE UP THERE BABE. It would be really nice to get a bit of balance across the group, yknow?

But!! Before we can get them down (which apparently we could have done before everything went to shit), we're invited to touch the Light Ceremony Book. Y'know, the big book that's currently dangerously floating in a pool of dark magic? And then, uh, we just do? Well played, MC.

Queue: "Oh god, oh no!! This has all gone horribly wrong!! MC, I believe in you, you can get us down! And then we can help you!!"

But before I get too caught up in that, allow me to just touch on THE DEATH OF MR SANDS???

Now THIS caught me off guard. Whilst I expected that Sands' death would happen eventually (I would have assumed during the final great battle or something), I wasn't prepared for it to happen at this point in time. Honestly, I'm not sure how I feel about it! I think I've grown too attached to Sands as a character throughout the various games and the books, his history and his motives etc, and am kinda sad to see him go. I think it definitely poses an interesting relationship now, as we saw, between the Dark Riders and Darko, the former of which clearly does not want to work with the latter. Wonder how this dynamic will develop in the future?

Okay, so back to saving our besties.

Avoid the various Dark Rider magic, press E, repeat.

Okay got em down, all good.

Queue: "That was awesome MC!! Okay, here's the plan. ALL OF US will distract the Dark Riders whilst YOU AND YOU ALONE DEFEAT GARNOK!! Because together we're unstoppable!! You'll do so awesome!! We believe in you!!

So, okay. I understand that there is only so much they can do in terms of fight scenes and how MC plays a part in that, in terms of keeping it PG and actually playable in the realms of SSO's mechanics, but come on! You're telling me the Big Great Battle you advertised was just 30 seconds of running around in a circle pressing E? Basically dumbed down to "hit this thing!", "now hit this thing!", "one last time, hit this thing!", "OMG you did it!! Garnok's gone now :)"

Though, to be completely honest, another massive thing that shocked me was us having to destroy the Light Ceremony Book. Maybe I'm just too caught up in the lore of the novels (my beloveds), but it's clear that that thing is so valuable, and it's just like, gone now.

Not only that, as Darko mentioned, whilst we may have stopped Garnok from breaking through right now, we've also just destroyed the one way to stop him from doing it again. Which is um, uh oh.

So, Darko wants a fight (and I fully expected us to start fighting him again) BUT no :/ everyone's just too tired to do anything else right now, and so the Dark Riders (after bitching about Darko briefly) ride off into a portal, and we ride off into the sunset for a lil cosy campfire.

And I liked the campfire scene. It very much reminded me of the Saving Anne quest :( Like, they all just want their normal lives back, and yet they're fully aware that they will never fully achieve that? That just :(( I love them really, I promise.

Visuals:

There's no doubt about it that the team went to town on how this quest looked. There were so many new animations, visual effects, and just the general atmosphere felt really nice.

In terms of character animations, I believe we got some new ones for the Dark Riders! The way Katja and Jessica glanced at each other was SUCH a fun little addition to it. No-one was just stood there like "🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️"

The animation for when Darko drags Mr Sands into the portal?? HELLO?? PERFECTION. Bro literally called him frail and decrepit and proceeded to grab him by his collar and throw him into a death hole.

The way the Soul Riders and their horses were being held up in those orb things looked genuinely quite cool. Also very reminiscent of Anne in Pandoria :( We also got another instalment of Shocked Alex™, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

I could be wrong here, but the vision scene right at the beginning looked illustrated? And it looked SO good, I mean, that whole scene was just perfectly executed. The way the effects distorted everything and how we just watch as Garnok breaks out of the water?? MMM.

I would also like to acknowledge the SOUND EFFECTS?? There was a particular moment where Linda screams, and that took me by surprise icl.

Overall:

Mixed opinions for me, really. There are so many elements of the quest that I really liked, and some not so much. I will be stalking ssoblr for the next few days, though, to read people's thoughts, because I get so excited about what people think when main quests come out >:))

Also this post is a reference when I will have inevitably forgotten that any of this happened by the time the next quest comes around in 2027

[theroryflanagan]

It's official. 153,730 words later and I have finished the first rough draft of my second novel. I didn't think that it would happen so soon, but here we are. I didn't even think that I would finish it so soon. Now, it's all the other steps that come with publishing a book. I probably need to even go ahead and find some arc readers, so if anyone is interested, please let me know.

[kxng-of-gcmes]

Peppino's just sitting there in the bushes. Waiting. Watching the shipments go into the Obelisk Blue's Kitchens through binoculars. He had a hunch about something and it wasn't right to him.

Of course, with his intense hyperfocus, he wouldn't see anyone come his way, except from directly in front of him. But would you want to sneak up on him is the question.

[nightwvlker]

@anchoragestarters     ›     closed starter.  cap:  four  ( 6/4 ) DATE  &  LOCATION:     june 25,  dulce tierra winery & vineyard.

a week after the fire incident outside of the winery, jin had to come to take a look for herself ... but it wasn‘t like she was the town’s sheriff or anything. witness if it wasn’t fully burnt to a crisp. the woman had opinions of her own about the entire situation but kept her mouth tight-lipped. that won’t stop her from judging the hell out of anchorage’s townsfolks. heejin whirled the mahogany beverage in her wine glass (essentially feigning to be a connoisseur) she had in hand, holding the stem rather tightly to not let it slip from her grasp. heejin’s arm crossed over her chest, looking over the property and thinking she was on her own.

[red-hemlock]

“Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day...”

“...Preferably not to trap me in a creepy, smelly underpass without an umbrella. It’s quite annoying.”

[kekeakana]

alright this might sound kinda morbin or whatever. but i wanna know how it's already almost halloween? when it feels like the school year was just starting not that long ago? ...anyone else feel kinda freaked out about being a senior but have no idea what they're going to do with their future plans yet?

[eskelwolfed]

Any mutual who likes this gets one of my muses in their inbox, horny AND FOR FREE. Just tell me which and it will be an explicit nsfw thread, no fading to black.

and the best thing? you choose the muse I'll send your way. as long as the ship isn't listed as a no-no, the ship doesn't violate my trigger policy or any of the sort OR it's Harwin/Geralt, those come with a doubling policy. - please keep in mind that some of my muses are either strictly gay/lesbian or asexual. two muses are explicitly transmasculine.

[hecticlife]

chewing gum somehow always makes leon hungry. so, he turns around to the person he's walking alongside with. "you wanna eat?" he asks. "i might pass out if i don't soon."

@valpostart

[kristinhenderson]

It was her first day back in Northknot and not much had changed. There were a few new businesses here and there and the vibe was a little different but everything else was mostly the same. She was walking down the main street after stopping at Cool Beans Cafe for her morning coffee when she was nearly run over by someone. "Whoa there," she said. "You're obviously in a rush but could you watch where you're going maybe? You nearly took me out."

[hollowsart]

my brain hurts, y'all.

[royalight]

I wanted to write here but today was a bit of a dejecting day at work so my head isn't really in it. if tomorrow is better, I'll def get things done.

[angelicgentleman]

The sight of crows around the man wasn't at all uncommon; there were days when they would follow him like a shadow. Cawing, observing, ever so curious and cunning. Anyone else could question it. The image of a dark-haired man followed by a murder of crows was certainly eerie.

Today was no different. The black birds followed the man's every step, and the constant cawing and flutter of wings only added to the unsettling aura around them. Like a tension in the air, the pack of crows felt suffocating to everyone around, the black eyes sharp and judgemental. One would think it was an omen of an upcoming catastrophe. Yet, there was something different about the group today. Among all of the pitch black feathers, there was one that was completely white, its feathers iridescent, changing colours with each move. Setting sun only added to it; pure white feathers shone with beautiful shades, some pink, some blue. This one crow alone seemed to calm the entire group, soothing the eeriness around them, like a breeze of fresh air.

Although loyal followers, none of the crows would land and interact with the man if they weren't ordered to. Except this one, the white raven that seemed to stare at the man with admiration like no other. Was the antichrist aware of the crow following him? If not, he soon would be.

There's a moment of noise and a rapid flutter of wings. Few white feathers fall right around the man, and just a moment later, the white crow lands right in front of him. It stares at him before lightly bowing its head, beak pressed into the feathers and spreading wings evenly. It was clear that it wasn't just a normal raven. Nothing about it was normal. From the colour to its behaviour, everything was a sign that there's something more to it. The bird holds the bow for a moment before straightening again to look at the man in front of him, expectedly.

[gargelyfloof118]

My badly injured chicken died. I'm not surprised. She lived through Monday, but didn't eat or drink anything. Every time I moved her under the heat lamp, she shifted away from it. I think she was trying to find a place to pass.

The other one is doing well. It's been about a week and she's feisty. I moved a gentle buddy in with her for the day. I'll check on them multiple times today and make sure they are getting along. Hopefully, they can rejoin the flock in a couple of days.

My bully chicken is still in solitary confinement. She is to serve one week before an attempt at reintroduction. I'm hoping it goes well.

Seems like my birds are beginning their spring molt. Two of my bearded birds are shedding feathers around their faces. I spied some pin feathers on one of them. Maybe that's the reason for the sudden turn to aggressive behavior?

I have 2 chickens recovering from some serious over plucking. One already is nicely scabbed up and is acting like she's ready to go back to the flock. The other I just found this evening and is in serious condition. I'm hoping she doesn't go into shock in the night.

The bully in question is currently jailed in the old brooder cage. Other than separating her from the flock for a week and reintroducing her on her own later, is there any other option for keeping cannibalism from happening?

I don't want to cull my birds unless I've exhausted every other option.

I'm not a fan of getting a rooster since these girls are laying for consumption.

I have added some new toys to the run, but they don't seem interested in them.

Advice is encouraged and greatly appreciated.

[combeferre-the-mothman]

Starter for @sessy-timesforcharlo

Ferre came into the room carrying two drinks, “One for you, and one for me,” he handed Enj one of the drinks, “To very crappy days being over,” he clinked their glasses together and took a longer sip.

[moriitis]

What if...

Toby lived a normal life? HEADCANONS.

For starters, he'd still suffer with Tourette's and CIPA. I'd like to think Schizophrenia is still there too, but he's on meds for that now.

His sisters survives the car accident, taking a couple of years to recover properly.

His dad goes to prison for abuse and neglect, therefor not being part of Toby or Lyra's life. Toby absolutely goes no contact with him, even going as far as wanting a restraining order against him. Lyra is still torn on it, however Toby always tries to get her to do the same just for her safety.

His mom loses custody of them and Toby ends up in a foster home as his mom is deemed mentally unfit to look after him.

However, she works on herself and her trauma and attends therapy.

His foster parents also pay for his own therapy sessions to help cope with the abuse.

When he turns sixteen, he's allowed to see his mom on the weekends.

He also gets a job!

Only in fast-food, like Mcdonalds or Wendys or something.

He saves up to buy himself a crappy car and gets his licence.

Always makes time to see Lyra at her own apartment.

When he turns eighteen and leaves foster care, he gets his own apartment.

Turns his focus to music, probably a guitarist or drummer.

Always attends concerts.

He'd avoid alcohol but would smoke weed probably every couple days.

Would generally just be a pretty nice guy, more open and accepting.

Super kind too, just because he knows what its like to go through some shit.

Would be a midwest emo guy FOR SURE.

He'd always be up to drop you off if you needed a ride.

Would 100% be the guy who waits for you to get inside before he drives off

REALLY funny too

For example working with him would be like the best

He'd be annoying though but that's the way he flirts

Like throwing lettuce at you or putting ice down your shirt

Would be a really soft guy though

[kumasakka]

.𖥔 ݁ ˖ ❝ 𝐉𝐎𝐉𝐎 𝐒𝐈𝐖𝐀 𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐎𝐅𝐅 ? ❞

　like the title suggests, you’re showing off the modest look of the internet and surprise him with the most beautiful makeup look someone can pull off or a collection of unserious drabbles inspired by jojo siwa !

ft. isagi yoichi , itoshi rin , itoshi sae , iglesias bunny , yukimiya kenyu , chigiri hyoma !

content. 2.5k wc , so much crack , unserious , humour , up to 0.4-0.5k words per drabble , admin tsuna had too much fun while writing this shit , cringe , crappy writing , safe for minors . credits for dividers @/dollywons .

author’s note. have fun reading you all and don’t mind me — sorry for grammar mistakes. I got inspired by those tiktok videos which appeared on my fyp again and I have to admit that I’m a little late, but who cares heh.

ISAGI YOICHI.

　"COME on, love. We're already late and the others are waiting!" the dark-haired male exclaimed, ushering you to hurry up.

It doesn't even matter that much if you're late. After all, you're just meeting with your friends for a little party — a party that came out of nowhere. A silly and out of fun party.

"Pfft—" you stifled a laughter, speeding up your pace to the car. "I'm coming! I hope you aren't wearing expensive or uh, something fancy..."

With the last steps ahead, you slowed down again and walked normally to the car — the only weird thing? You didn't dare to glance into his direction as you opened the door and stepped in.

　THUD !

"I can't find my keys..." he looked around and searched everywhere for the starter of the car, "you got my keys?"

"Of course." you replied, eyes glued to the window and your face not moving an inch to glance at him.

You placed your small bag on your lap and opened it, hands digging in to find your own keys. It took a while. You took a while. But you can't blame yourself, you searched for the keys without even looking into the bag.

"Love?" Isagi blinked a few times, wondering why you needed so long.

Eventually, he turned his head to you and watched how you handed him the keys. His hands gripped the wheel before letting go, accepting the keys.

"Hey... Is there..." he slowly started, concerned why you weren't facing him, "wrong?"

"No. Why are you asking?" you answered nonchalantly.

"Oh..." he raised an eyebrow, slightly hesitating to continue.

Yet, his curiosity caught him and he pushed the urge to continue.

Wrong move? Perhaps.

"Ah you got there something." he lied and his hand reached out to remove the nonexistent dirt off your neck.

"Thanks—" you interrupted yourself as he swiftly got a grip of your chin and forced you to face him.

"Face me properly— What the..." he staggered in his breath, immediately removing his hand off your chin.

"What's wrong?" you tried your best to act normal, biting your lip so you wouldn't burst into laughter.

"So... what a pleasant surprise." he blinked slowly. "Wow..."

"Dream guest on my podcast? Oh my gosh I mean..." your voice was uncomfortably low, "honestly let's spice things up, one of my exes."

"Please..." he sweat dropped. "Remove that makeup."

"What? You don't like it?" you feigned hurt. "You're going to be the dream guest."

"NO SORRY, IT WAS A JOKE—"

"JOKES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY?"

ITOSHI RIN.

　"YOU are lucky that lukewarm dipshit is going to be later than us."

Rin complained as you two finally left the house, only that you're trailing close behind him. "Yes, yes." you nodded at his nonstop complaining, locking the door while doing so.

It's not like you're super late, just a few minutes. The friend you're visiting doesn't even live that far away, only twenty minutes with the car. But if Rin's extremely annoyed then you most likely arrive there in ten.

"Hurry up." he demanded and made his merry way to the car.

"Chill. It's not like the others will be there on time. Most of them will be later than a few minutes." you shook your head and followed into the car.

"Arriving before them is the goal." he didn't glance into your direction as he started the car.

"Honestly? Noticed, that's literally your lifelong goal." you slammed the door shut.

"I'm just better than them." he murmured and began to drive out of the garage.

"You sure are..." you commented, making him glance at you.

"What's with the hairstyle?" he stared at your messy bun.

"Oh I wanted to try something new out." you answered, still looking out of the window.

"Yeah..?" he muttered, eyes returning to the road again — driving out of your home.

Bad, bad idea.

"Mmh yeah." you bit your lip, forcing yourself to stay silent.

As soon as the lights turned red, the car slowly stopped again. And your boyfriend took this opportunity to face you properly, leaning slightly forward to get a better look of your face.

"Is that... black face paint?" he questioned, deadpanning already.

"You got a prob', or what?" you put on your serious face and met his gaze.

"..." he stayed silent.

"I was a bad girl..." you started, "I did some bad things. I swear I did it all for fun and it meant nothing... It never happened. It was a secret. Like when a tree— Rin where are we going?"

"Somewhere..." he murmured, suddenly feeling all moody as he turned right — even though he should've taken the straight path.

"Hey, that's the way back home!"

"We're not arriving there with this makeup."

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN? I'M BEAUTIFUL—"

ITOSHI SAE.

　"CALM down, Sae! We aren't even late, we're thirty minutes early." you deadpanned.

"Don't care. Gotta be there earlier than that lukewarm asshole." he murmured under his breath as he gripped the wheel.

"You're making everything into a competition whenever Bunny gets mentioned." you sweat dropped and closed the door.

"Are you wearing a mask?" he questioned as soon as he glanced into your direction — only seeing the white strings around your ears.

"Erm... I'm a little sick." you lied, coughing a little into the mask as you used your hand to cover your upper face.

"Oh?" he hummed under his breath and started the car, oblivious to the prank you're pulling on him.

A grin crossed your lips, while staring out of the window to admire the beauty of Madrid. It was beautiful, maybe even as beautiful as your makeup. Oh if only he knew how cheeky you are.

The car was drowning in silence, ears filled with your favourite songs as you coughed again and scrolled through your playlist, searching for a certain song.

"Is something wrong, [name]?" he questioned after the music was gone.

Actually it wasn't gone, you just put your phone on silence as you skipped to the main part before pulling down your mask, eyes finally facing forward. And slowly the volume came again.

"[name]... What's with—" Sae got interrupted, already irritated by the prank you're pulling.

"Thou shall not lie... Thou shall not cheat... Thou shall not get caught," you forced him to stay silent by pushing his head away so he can drive properly. "Or you'll end up just like me oh!"

"That's it..." he sighed out, halting as the lights turned red — his head banged against the wheel.

"Karma's a bitch! I should've known better." you danced the practised moves despite being shackled in the seat, "If I had a wish, I would've never effed around!"

"Will I ever have a moment of peace in this life..?" he continued to drive, trying his best to ignore your shenanigans.

"When I saw the pics of you and her, I felt the knife twist!" you got out stacks of pictures and threw them into the car.

"You're cleaning the mess later." he deadpanned.

Suddenly a picture hit his face as he was finally able to take a look on it. "What the—" his eyes twitched, seeing the edited picture. It was beautiful (in your eyes). Him and Bunny on a wedding.

"I'm so done with—"

"PSHHHHH!"

IGLESIAS BUNNY.

　"LET'S get going, my love." he smiled as he guided you outside of your shared home.

Did you seriously have to act like this? You're pretending as if there were paparazzi's or something, gaze glued to ground without lifting your head. At this point are you the celebrity or him?

Not even he was able to get a glimpse of your face. Of course, he doesn't doubt that you look beautiful again but he still wants to see you face him properly. You've been acting strange all the time!

"What's wrong?" he questioned curiously and opened the door to the passenger seat for you.

"Nothing, why?" you forced yourself to not laugh as you got in, pulling down the cap deeper into your face.

"Are you sure?" he chuckled and with that, he closed the door to enter the car on the other side. "Are you nervous because Itoshi's girlfriend is going to be there too?"

"Getting intimidated by who?" you grimaced slightly.

"Nevermind." he smiled, not daring to start the car yet — he wants to see your face first. "It seems like you changed."

Where's the sweet and energetic [name]? Today, you didn't even drop one freaky comment. Not even a single one. Something must be wrong — you definitely don't act like this and he picked it up right away.

"Well... No one has made this dramatic of a change yet." you tsked and shook your head. "No one has made in my generation this extreme of a switch and... I am the first in the generation."

"I'm not following..." he watched as you pulled off the cap. "Oh wow."

"I mean it's very scary. But!" you smirked at him smugly, "someone's gotta do it."

"This makeup is scary." he dropped without further shame, an expressionless smile on his lips.

"Shut up, it's not." you frowned jokingly, finally turning to him to glare at him.

"Don't glare at me with those pretty eyes." he chuckled, raising his hands to prove his innocence — the innocence he never owned.

"Pretty like my makeup." you shone with your ugly makeup which totally didn't match your outfit.

"Right... Flying pigs exist now, don't they?" he leaned forward and opened the storage, grabbing makeup remover wipes.

"Oh dang, you store them here?" you blinked in surprise. "Never saw this in your car. Hey, did a girl leave this here? Are you cheating on me?"

"I've been storing them here for a while." he explained and got out one for you, handing you it, "after I found out bad makeup means bad day."

"Naww, did you watch the reel I send you?" you returned his smile and pushed the wipe away. "No thanks."

"Come here, darling. It won't hurt, I'll be gentle."

"BUNNY— GET AWAY!"

YUKIMIYA KENYU.

　HONESTLY, you don't understand why he's being so fancy with the outfits. After all, you two just wanted to meet up with a few friends and there was definitely no need for him to choose a clothes for you.

"You're exaggerating." you sweat dropped and walked down the stairs.

"Am I or are you?" he sweat dropped, gaze wandering to your covered face.

Just like a celebrity — pretty outfit yet face hid from the world with those glasses and mask. Seriously, are you sure who you were calling exaggerating? Him or you?

Maybe it was just his expensive taste in fashion, after all he was a model and his world revolved around the modest trends, soccer and you. At this point, you fear that he thinks this is normal.

So you're teaching him your world. The one, you lived before this luxury. The time where you actually had fun with silly clothes — wearing colours or musters without worrying that they don't match. Makeup is one thing.

"Nah, you are exaggerating." you accepted his hand as he guided you down the last steps.

"Sure, yes. I am exaggerating." he chuckled and accepted it without another word, closing the door behind you and then trailing behind you.

"Accept the reality." you nodded in acceptance, getting into the car.

"I already did, my love." as soon as he started the car, your phone connected with bluetooth and the first song immediately started.

For a while, you waited Kenyu to get ready to drive off as he buckled the seatbelt. You stared out of the window and slowly removed the glasses and the mask, acting as nonchalant as you could.

"—it took you two weeks. To go off and date her. Guess you didn't cheat..." you started to go along with the text.

"Oh, traitor by Olivia Rodrigo?" he hummed, finally looking into your direction.

"But you're still— You're still a TRAITORRRRRRRR!"

"What in the world..." his smile went from genuine to blank, "Oh wow... What a nice surprise."

"You got a problem, dude?" your voice was dangerously low, almost growling.

"No..." he trailed off, sweat dropping as he was about to get out, "Let me get something..."

"Heh... Guess you couldn't handle my charms." you chuckled, immediately grabbing his wrist so he wouldn't escape.

"[name], love, my universe, my future, dear, darling... Wipe this makeup off."

"Kenyu, sweetie, pookie wookie dookie, my favourite, cutie patootie, baby, bae, hubby, sweet cheeks, the father of my children... No."

"Please?"

"Kenyu, dude, bro, pooks, treasure, father of my children—"

"What?"

"WHAT’S WRONG?"

CHIGIRI HYOMA.

　THE diva, queen, whatever coming personally. Taking even longer than me." you said loudly in the car.

You listened how your boyfriend closed the door and sighed out at your announcement. "What a lovely greeting. Thank you, peasant." he played with you and buckled the seatbelt for him.

"Of course. Only the best for your exquisite taste, princess." your eyes stay glued outside of the window.

"I thank you again." he murmured and got his keys out, starting the car slowly. "Aren't you going to buckle your seatbelt?"

"Nah, it's only a few minute drive." you replied, leaning back into the seat.

"Safety first." he sighed out and leaned closer to you, hand finding its grip around the seatbelt so he can do it for you. "Am I not supposed to be the princess? Why are you getting the princess treatment?"

"Because I'm a queen." and with that, you finally turned to him, face inches away.

"Holy—" he didn't even hesitate to back away in a quick second, his hands on his own seatbelt. "What's... this?"

"My..." you paused and coughed, now setting your voice on the lowest tone you could reach. "Ahem my new look. It's the modest. From the internet."

"The modest?" he grimaced slightly, taking in your so-called new look. "Baby, do you even know what that means?"

"Of course, Hyoma. What's that even supposed to mean?" you frowned, voice deeper than his.

"All offence intended." he added without feeling bad.

"Come here, you stupid—"

As soon as you were to near him, he didn't waste time to unbuckle his seatbelt. "In the name of your love for me, back off." his back was pressed against the car door, hand ready to open the door so he could escape.

"Because I love you, I have to do this." you shook your head, faster than him

this time and grasping his hand.

"Stay back, woman!" he exclaimed and tried to push you away.

"You're a woman yourself!" you didn't care if he pushed you away as you pulled him in.

"More woman than you? Definitely!"

"Accept your true gender— WHAT DID YOU SAY?"

"I SAID WHAT I SAID..!"

"Watch your tone, boy. I'm giving you the same look now. That's what you WANTED!" your one arm wrapped around his neck while getting out a marker out of your purse.

"[name]..." he stopped wriggling in your hold for a moment, hands on your arm.

"Yeah?" you hummed and got off the lid with your teeth.

"Is this a permanent marker?"

"No..." you kissed his cheek with a smile. "Don't worry."

"BACK OFF—"

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