#a fungus plays genshin impact

[the-breloominati]

girlies ngl I did miss exploring,,

[genshxn]

*emerges from damp cave, throws this at you and disappears again*

you should be addicted to shutting the fuck up

as inspired by the fact that dottore is very likely wearing a harness or some shit under his shirt 👍

(calling dottore a manwhore (half-jokingly); yanking that mfer around or smth idk; also not beta read lmao) this is a leel bit spicy???? i think? i have no idea anymore lmao

he certainly seemed to love talking. did he just love the sound of his own voice that much? with a loud sigh, you leaned your head on your wrist, barely processing anything he was saying. you heard the words, but they mostly just glazed over you.

something something clones... fancy-biology term you've heard maybe once... more clone bullshit... more words flew over your head. so instead, your attention instead wandered to his attire. that was a fancy new look he had, you thought. it was about as pompous as he was with the feathers and glowing accents.

what caught your attention the most was the harness he had on. it's such an expected choice of wardrobe for him, almost laughably so. you silently wondered what would happen if you pulled on it? of course, you weren't going to try such a thing. yet.

your eyes continued to wander over him slowly. he paced around in front of his desk, occasionally stopping to lean on it, or make some sort of exaggerated gesture.

"so i thought that sort of technology would maybe work for some sort of clone, but without him actually here, it's a bit hard to recreate it, y'know... are you even paying attention?" dottore sat back against his desk with his hands behind him, propping himself up. you couldn't see his eyes hidden by his mask, but you knew he was staring right at you with near-tangible annoyance.

"yep." no you weren't.

"really now? then do tell me what i was just talking about."

"i don't know, but i was paying attention to you. what's up with that new outfit?"

"i've been talking to... perhaps more at you for the past two hours and you only notice my clothes now?" dottore's head tilted in perplexity. you were barely paying him any attention of any sort, so yeah, it took you a little bit.

you could understand everything he was saying perfectly fine now, you were just actively choosing to ignore him. "what's up with that choker, huh?"

you couldn't see the expression his eyes were making, but you knew that his slightly agape jaw was a look of complete disbelief. you got up from your seated position across from him and approached him in front of his desk. you leaned in just enough that you could feel faint warmth radiating off him, but still without contact. he instinctually backed up just a tiny bit from you. "...what?"

"oh, look at that. looks like it connects to something under that shirt." you slipped two fingers underneath his choker and pulled them towards the connecting ring in the middle.

"oh my archons, what do you want?" dottore's voice sounded even and impatient, but his quickly preceding swallow suggested otherwise. it was getting easier to read him. (at least this clone)

"to see where this leads, you manwhore." you pulled his head down to your level to mutter into his ear.

"EXCUSE M—" dottore pulled back indignantly, but he was quickly interrupted by your succinct movements. you flicked his beak-like mask upwards, revealing the rest of his face and his bright red eyes beneath. then you yanked the ring of the choker again with greater force and slammed your lips against his.

you leaned into him, bearing more of your weight on him as he began to falter. he wanted to put his hands on you, but he was only going to fall over if he moved them anywhere. he would be even further at your disposal if he was lying on the desk. but he didn't quite want to risk that right now.

your free hand found its way into his mint-coloured hair. it's exceptionally soft under your fingers as you practically manhandled him. your strong grip was admittedly the only thing keeping him upright.

your other hand had begun to work its way down the middle strap of the choker, only to be interrupted by his done-up collar. but that wouldn't stop you, not now, and not before. you undid the blue cravat with one hand and slipped it off him, then moved to singlehandedly undo the top few buttons. you were quite good with your hands, being part of the fatui. being dottore's 'assistant' also helped.

his legs began to feel weak. he was slipping, knuckles turning white from their grip on the desk. he was trying so hard not to fall back.

breath be damned, you thought as you pulled back with a gasp of air. both of you panted, pupils blown wide. his pale face was dusted in a blush. his collar was a mess, by your handiwork. but your suspicions were confirmed. it definitely seemed like he had some sort of harness on, as the middle still continued down over his sternum and further below.

"sorry, i kinda just wanted to make you shut up," you said as you finally caught your breath again. "you talk way too much."

now it was dottore's turn to ignore what you were saying. "hah, who would have thought that a simple change in wardrobe would make you act this way?"

"you say that like it was intentional?" you raised your eyebrow at him.

"who knows, maybe it was?" he shrugged.

"my lord, you really are a manwhore," you quickly said before shoving him down onto the desk, this time working his bound-up coat off.

LMAO SORRY THIS IS SO GOOFY.

DOTTORE'S NEW FIT GOT ME ACTING UP

[genshin-impact-updates]

"Fungus Mechanicus" Event: Fun Mechanicus Challenges

〓Event Duration〓

2023/03/23 10:00:00 – 2023/04/03 03:59:59

〓Event Rewards〓

〓Eligibility〓

Adventure Rank 30 or above

And complete the Archon Quest "A New Star Approaches"

※ Complete the Archon Quest "Akasha Pulses, the Kalpa Flame Rises" first to get the best experience from this event.

※ If you have not completed the Archon Quest "Akasha Pulses, the Kalpa Flame Rises" during the event, you can enter the event through "Quick Start" in the event page.

〓Event Details〓

● After the event begins, a new stage will unlock on each day for a total of 7 stages.

● Command Lil' Fungi to destroy all Mechanici to win the stage.

● During the combat challenge, consume Marvelous Gels to issue orders to Lil' Fungi to cast powerful abilities. The amount of Marvelous Gels will gradually recover over time, or you can use Plauditory Protection(s) on the field to directly obtain more.

[canonical-transformation]

Can't believe they didn't get Haniyyah's consent for her new job beforehand.

[fishareglorious]

Fuck it fungi time

If this is in three acts would this constitute as an archon quest lmaoooo

This lady has pink hair is she going to be important or something??

Shut it Traveler Paimon knows whats good. Sixty million mora prize? sign me the fuck up man

Oh. Ohhhh she has a really nice voice ngl

This man... is he a hybrid of the hydro and electro fungus, but pyro?

He looks like a mix of both but pyro flavored. Huh.

Pokemon reference mayhaps?

Paimon can you really not think of any name for this guy lmaooooo

I would maul a man for this blob

Kaeya reference.

I don’t think the little mushroom is attacking layla its just circling her which is the most adorable damn thing ever

girlie are you alright you just collapsed

Layla calm down you’re talking like this is your dying words lmao

Alright her reasons are completely understandable as a very tired and spread-thin college student with sleeping issues but like.. mushrooms don’t have hands? How are you going to make them lift books or go grab something when most of them don’t even have appendages besides their stalks??? I’m thinking too much into this

TRAVELER”S FACE LMAO

woah oh my god its her its her

Sorry Yae but the only thing I can think of is that “The Fungification of Raiden Ei” fic

I can’t stop thinking of that damn fic...

Yae being yae I guess

Well, Yae Miko would be a hell of an ally. As much as she is a menace of a friend probably.

Yeah me too Layla I’d spontaneously combust

Love how the mushrooms are guoba-ing around peace and love on teyvat

[thetoxicgamer]

Genshin Impact Event Fungus Frenzy is Giving Away Dori for Free

As a prize for accomplishing specific tasks, Dori will be given out for free as part of the brand-new Genshin Impact event, Fabulous Fungus Frenzy. Additionally, Primogems, a Crown of Insight, talent books, Mora, level-up books, enhancement materials, and more are available from HoYoverse. The event for the anime game begins today and runs until November 28. This gives players around two and a half weeks to collect every reward. You don’t actually need to fully complete the Fabulous Fungus Frenzy event to obtain Dori, but you will, however, need to do well enough to earn a certain amount of Mushroom Currency, which will then allow you to purchase a copy of Dori from the in-game event shop. For those unaware, Dori is an Electro catalyst user who specializes in healing and energy generation. She’s especially useful in Dendro or Hydro-focused teams, as Electro triggers some of the most powerful Dendro reactions, and Hydro ‘Tazer’ teams have been strong for some time now. Fabulous Fungus Frenzy is unique in that it offers gameplay we haven’t yet seen in Genshin Impact. It’s a Pokemon-style monster-taming event that tasks players with catching various fungal enemies found in the Sumeru region, then using them to fight other monsters. To be more specific, the event is comprised of three steps/stages: capturing the fungi, strengthening the fungi, and using the fungi in battle. You need to provide real-time instructions to your little fungus pals as they take down enemies like Hilichurls and Mitachurls using move lists that you can adjust manually. If you’ve ever played a monster-taming game like Pokemon, you should have an idea of what to expect here. Genshin Impact version 3.3 is less than a month away, so it’s in your best interest to get Dori, the Primogems, and the other rewards if you want to prepare for the release of Anemo newcomers Scaramouche and Faruzan. Read the full article

[castelleve]

MY NIECE’S BOYFRIEND GAVE ME HIS OLD PHONE...

[pluviwinkle]

the scars we share.

genshin impact soulmate au | kazuha x reader, tomo x reader

chapter 1 : hey pretty stranger

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It’s days like this where you feel like slapping the young master of the Kamisato Estate over his head.

Because why, of all days, did he decide to subject Thoma’s poor stomach to another one of his unusual and definitely-should-not-be-eaten hotpot ingredients the day before the estate was receiving a guest for once?! And he had the audacity to spout at you one of his many nonsensical excuses.

“I heard that if cooked under the right conditions, it’s actually quite tasty.”

“What makes you think that fluorescent fungus that was, very clearly, still glowing was cooked under the right conditions?”

He merely offers you a seemingly innocent grin in response, and you want nothing more than to wipe it off of his face.

You knew that Thoma is one of the most patient people you’ve ever known. So despite his attempts to run away everytime he sees the usually stoic Commissioner with a hint of mischief in his eyes, he never really got angry when Ayato successfully and forcefully feeds him another one of his weird “foods” that he probably picked up from the side of the road, even if it renders him immobile for the entire day. But just because he’s had years to get used to Ayato’s antics doesn’t mean that Ayato should take his patience for granted.

Then again, perhaps Thoma’s fondness for his soulmate would dissipate any amount of anger or annoyance he was supposed to feel in the first place.

Thoma’s soulmate mark was a peculiar one, and rather difficult to figure out. As if the chief retainer wasn’t empathetic enough towards anyone he comes across, he was blessed with the ability to feel the current emotions of his soulmate. Although, that connection doesn’t really help him in the slightest when anyone around him could be feeling the exact same emotion at once.

It was also a blessing, then, that his soulmate had one of the simplest soulmate marks given to him. You remember Thoma introducing himself to you and the siblings for the first time, and you all instantly connected the dots between his name and the name written on Ayato’s wrist.

Still, soulmate or not, it was wrong of him to make Thoma go through all that pain! Not that a day without Thoma to do his half of the housework would gather much dust in the dark corners of the estate, he deserves a break every once in a while too. But whenever something like this happens, you’ll have to take over some of Thoma’s errands as a fixer in the city which you’re not… very used to. Especially when you need context prior to meeting up with the person you need to assist.

Fortunately for you though, the person you have to meet up with today is an all-too-familiar and friendly face.

“Oh, (Name), it’s been so long! Thoma’s not coming today?” Yoimiya beams at the sight of you walking up the stairs to the Naganohara Fireworks shop, waving at you excitedly. Unsurprisingly, in the open space in front of her shop, a young kid sat in front of a certain crimson oni you had the pleasure of meeting a while ago, playing cards together.

“Really, Yoimiya? You haven’t seen me in so long, and you’re asking about Thoma?” You frown at her, placing a hand on your chest in mock-hurt. “What kind of a friend are you?”

“You know that’s not what I meant, I thought I was supposed to see Thoma today, okay?!” Yoimiya pouts at you, placing her hands on her hips as you laugh lightly and gently bump her shoulder in reassurance. “Don’t tell me it’s because of Ayato again.”

“When is it ever not because of Ayato?” You sigh exasperatedly, recalling how Ayato went all out with the hotpot ingredients the previous night. It was a miracle that you and Ayaka somehow avoided his more... dangerous additions.

Now that you thought about it, you suppose that you weren’t going to have a lot of opportunities to relax or hang out with your best friends of the Kamisato Clan in the upcoming weeks. There was a reason you’re meeting up with Yoimiya today, after all.

“Right, so how much did you manage to discuss with Thoma last time?”

“Ah, give me a sec!” Quickly, she runs into the shop, coming out a few moments later with some papers in hand. “Thoma said that he— or, uh, in this case, you’d be bringing the usual paper slips for the fireworks you guys request for every year. But! He also said that we could add some new custom designs if we wanted.”

“Yep, we’ll be paying for the new designs too.” You carefully take out the paper slips with some of the Kamisato Clan’s special firework designs, handing them over to Yoimiya who happily takes them.

“Alright! Then, the payment can wait until you come back next week to check the new designs and if it’s all good, we’ll go ahead with producing them!” She explains, and you simply nod at her in agreement.

While Thoma’s ‘fixer’ duties in assisting the general public were not something you were well versed in (considering the vast variety of situations he gets involved with), festival preparations are nothing new for someone who’s been working for the Yashiro Commission for a long time. Yes, festivals also require negotiations here and there, but it was a topic that you were very familiar with.

“Seems like the Tanabata Festival’s gonna be a lot more lively this time around.” She finishes writing down the details of your order and looks up from the papers to you. “Any particular reason?”

“I don’t know why they’re making it a bit more grand this year either, to be honest.” With how Ayato’s exhaustion and stress only seemed to get worse by the day, it was only natural that you all suggested for the Yashiro Commission to take it easy for this year’s Tanabata Festival. But for some unknown reason, Ayato insisted that the commission made it a little extra special this time.

Whatever his reason is, you all gave up on questioning it.

You and Yoimiya proceeded to wrap up your discussion by filling in and confirming some minor details about the fireworks, and you were just about to bid her farewell until she stopped you.

“By the way...”

Sighing, you raise at eyebrow at her inquiringly. “Yes..?”

“How’s Ayaka holding up?”

Ah yes, another one of your closest friends who has already found their soulmate.

In truth, Ayaka and Yoimiya have technically known each other ever since the both of them could learn how to read and write. It wasn’t until Ayaka started doing more work for the Yashiro Commission, and having to go out more often to strengthen the commission’s social ties, did they properly met in person. To say their first meeting was one of the sweetest moments you’ve ever witnessed was an understatement.

Ayaka, too, has been a lot busier recently, to no one’s surprise. She’s certainly doing a better job at hiding her own exhaustion compared to her brother, but as a close friend who lives in the same house as her, you’re not so easy to fool. You couldn’t exactly blame Yoimiya for being concerned as well.

“Why don’t you ask her yourself through writing? Isn’t that what you usually do?”

“You think I haven’t done just that?” She sighs, crossing her arms helplessly. “Obviously, she doesn’t want me to worry so she’s not gonna tell me herself if something’s wrong. Just look out for her for me, will you?”

“Always have, and always will.” You pat her comfortingly on her shoulder, before turning on your heel. “Well then, I’m off! We’ve got a guest tomorrow, so I gotta go buy some ingredients. Still got a lot of work to do back home.”

“Oh, speaking of food,” she waits for you to look back at her before pointing towards the huge tree near the bottom of the stairs, “Could you check up on the cats and dogs underneath the tree Thoma usually goes to? He always feeds them when he comes here. I’d check on them myself right now, but...”

She gestures to the two figures sitting in front of her shop, still locked in on their intense trading card battle. “Somebody’s gotta keep an eye on these two rascals.”

“Sure thing, I was planning to anyway. Thoma asked me to get their food from Shimura-san.” Finally, you wave her (along with Itto and the kid) goodbye with a smile, making your way up the bigger flights of stairs.

—

If you had to name one good thing about taking over Thoma’s errands for the day, it was surrounding yourself with some of the cutest cats and dogs in Hanamizaka.

Sure, you could just go here everyday with Thoma to feed them regularly, but most days you have to accompany Ayaka and help out the other workers at the estate, and end up too exhausted by the end of the day to walk all the way to the city just to see his little friends.

You barely reached the bottom of the stairs in front of the fireworks shop when one of the dogs practically zoomed towards you, which you instantly recognize as ‘Rex’, with his tongue sticking out in excitement. Laughing gleefully, you lead the little guy back to the rest of his friends under the huge tree.

Sitting on the ground in front of them, you place the bag of food beside you and look around to see if all of the cats and dogs were here. Although you knew that sometimes, they liked to scatter and run off exploring somewhere close by.

“Let’s see... Darko’s here, as well as Petal... There’s Cookie and Lily, too. Huh, Goldilocks isn’t around, that’s new.”

Petal begins pawing at your legs, and you promptly take out the fish and meat to put in their bowls. They had warmed up to you a long time ago, letting you pet and stroke them freely, much to your joy and satisfaction.

You were in the middle of playfully rubbing Darko’s belly and cooing at him when you started hearing high pitched mewls. Confusedly, you look around the nearby area. That had to have been a kitten.

Which was weird, because all of the cats here were about a few years, or several months old at least.

‘Is it coming from behind the tree..?’ You let go of Darko and stand up, slowly making your way behind the tree so as to not startle the little one.

As expected, a small, white kitten was curled up into a ball, shaking fearfully while one of the other cats cautiously tries approaching it. It must’ve just woken up, considering you didn’t hear anything from it until now. You try reaching out to it, only to startle it when your hand made contact.

“It’s okay, sweetie, I’m not gonna hurt you...” Carefully, you lift it from the ground and bring it closer to your chest in an attempt to warm it up. It was so tiny in both of your hands, it couldn’t have been more than two weeks old. You tried looking around for any unfamiliar cats, to no avail. Where was its mother?

“That kitty wasn’t here yesterday.”

“AHH!”

Flinching in surprise, you quickly turn around to find the source of the unfamiliar voice, covering the kitten protectively.

Right behind you stood a man with light blonde hair tied into a high ponytail, your eyes trailing down to a scar across the bridge of his nose. He’s wearing a crimson haori over a black nagagi, with a blue scarf wrapped loosely around his neck. You could barely see it, but his Vision peeked out from the top of his scarf, most likely attached to the piece of clothing around his neck.

It wasn’t until your eyes met his lilac ones, and you notice them widening slightly, did you realize that you were staring at him in silence for who knows how long.

Immediately, you turn away from him in embarrassment, feeling your face heat up profusely. Gods, his little chuckle afterwards did not help you in the slightest.

This stranger was, undeniably, very cute.

“Sorry, sorry, I didn’t mean to startle you.” Hearing his footsteps approach you, you turn to see him crouching beside you and gently petting Lily on the head, who had walked up to him just as eagerly as she did towards you.

‘Huh, he must visit them a lot for them to be this comfortable around him.’

“I don’t see you around here often.”

He looks up from Lily to you, and you flinch again at his gaze. You clear your throat awkwardly, bringing your attention back to the little guy (or girl, maybe? It’s too early to tell). The poor thing was still trembling, but it wasn’t shaking as badly as it did earlier.

“Yeah, uhh, I don’t really come here a lot. Usually, it’s my friend that visits them, but he couldn’t come so I’m taking his place for today,” you explain.

At that, the man suddenly stops scratching the cat. He seemed to contemplate something for a moment before smiling and resuming his scratching.

“I see,” is all he says in response.

How strange.

“How’s the little fella doing?” he asks, and you look back at the kitten curled up in your hands. Its eyes had fully opened by now, revealing deep blue irises staring up at you cutely.

“It’s warmer now... I don’t have any milk with me to feed it though, it’s probably hungry.”

You consider going all the way back up the stairs to Shimura’s restaurant to buy some milk, but with the hues of orange and purple that were beginning to paint the sky...

“Ah, I need to get back soon!” Reluctantly, you stand up from your spot, still keeping the kitten in your grasp. Its mewls had softened for now, but they still caused a sharp pang of pity in your heart. You turn to the man beside you. “Is it alright if you go buy some milk for it? Shimura-san should be selling some.”

“Oh, of course.” He holds out his hands towards you, and you gingerly hand over the kitten to him before he asks, “You don’t wanna bring it back?”

You shake your head regretfully. “Unfortunately, I can’t. We don’t really have the time to care for pets back home. There’s a reason why my friend hasn’t brought any of them back, either. If it were up to him, he’d probably adopt all of them in a heartbeat.”

“Then, you can leave the little one to me.”

You widen your eyes at him in surprise. “You’re gonna keep it? Really?”

“Yes, really.” He smiles softly, looking down to the kitten and scratching its chin, before continuing, “I don’t wanna leave it here at night when it’s cold, especially when we don’t know for sure that its mother would come back or not.”

You couldn’t help the way your heart swelled at the sight of his earnest smile. Bringing your gaze back to your new little friend, you realize how it looked even tinier in his larger hands and Archons, it was too much to handle. He brings the kitten closer to his face, flashing an even brighter smile, if that was somehow possible.

“Don’t worry, little one, I’ll make sure no harm comes to you when you’re under my care!”

“Meow..!”

Okayyy, time to go before your heart could burst from cuteness overload.

You hastily turn away from the man with a wave, hiding your reddening cheeks from him. “I’ll be on my way, then. Thanks for keeping me comp—AAHHH!”

As if to humiliate you in front of the handsome stranger a bit more, Goldilocks finally decides to show up out of nowhere and happily tackles you to the ground. Hard.

“Are you alright?!” Carefully, the man shifts the kitten’s position and tries holding it in one hand, outstretching his other free arm towards you. The kitten lets out another mewl, as if it was concerned for you too.

“Goodness, Goldilocks, when did you get so heavy?” You gently push the overly excitable Shiba Inu off of your chest, grabbing hold of the man’s arm and hoisting yourself up off the ground. Rubbing your now sore back, you face the Shiba with a huff. “Goldie, the food’s already in the bowl. You might wanna eat before your siblings finish it all.”

She only keeps staring at you, tail wagging and tongue sticking out. You sigh guiltily.

“I have to get back home, okay? I’ll play with you another time.” You lean down to give her a brief scratch behind the ears, smiling fondly as she finally walks away to get her food.

“I didn’t know they already had names,” the man smirks at you in amusement.

“Oh, yeah, my friend does most of the naming. So... you can expect some odd names for most of them,” you respond, sheepishly rubbing the back of your neck. He hums thoughtfully then, lifting the kitten a little higher.

“Then... why don’t you decide a name for this kitty?”

“M-me?” you point towards yourself in surprise.

“Why not?” He brings the kitten closer to your face. “You’re the one who found it after all. It’s only fair.”

Your eyes flickered back and forth between the man and the kitten, his warm smile expectant and the kitten’s gaze adorably confused. It didn’t take long for a suitable name to come up in your head, considering the kitten wasn’t old enough for you to be able to tell its gender yet. You lean in close once more, stroking the feline’s tiny head.

“Yuki. Your name is Yuki.”

—

While on the subject of names, you realize disappointingly when you arrived at the estate that you didn’t even think to ask for the man’s name throughout the whole time you spent with him. But you snap yourself out of your disappointment as quickly as it came. Reassuring yourself that surely, you were bound to bump into him again in the city at some point in the future.

Either way, whether you meet him again or not, it probably didn’t matter.

He couldn’t feel your pain when you fell down earlier, after all.

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[weightlessrosewrites]

Albedo x GN! Reader

A/N: I’m dedicating this fic to my friend on AO3, who helped me brainstorm this while we were playing Genshin Impact. If you’d like to check her out, (Sugoi_Potato). I’m sorry if Albedo is ooc? I tried real hard, but I unfortunately don’t have him. I’m saving for him though! Special thanks to @redrose2900 for helping me when I got stuck, ilysm 💕 This fic is just fluff. Reader helping Albedo catch frogs for his experiments.  TW: None.  Masterlist -------------

Helping Albedo catch frogs was definitely something else. For one, he was struggling hard to catch them, and if he did manage to catch one, it slipped from his hands a second later. The near pout on his lips had (Name) utterly amused. In fact, (Name) had already caught a majority of the frogs that Albedo needed.  But watching him flounder around in the in the ponds around Mondstadt was too good to pass up.  According to Albedo, Sucrose normally did this for him; but he’d given her a week off because of a lab incident, and had felt bad for her. He’d been very happy to run into (Name) on his way to Dadaupa Gorge, and they’d been more than happy to help him too.

So, here he was: soaked from head to toe, braids falling out, and sitting in the shallow water in defeat. Certainly a sight to behold of the Chief Alchemist of The Knights of Favonius. Especially with that small pout.  (Name) shook their head, stepping into the water to help him up.  “ Albedo, “ They called gently, leaning over slightly. “ Come on, let me show you. “ Albedo looked up at them after a moment, and gave (Name) a resigned sigh.  “ Okay. “ He stood up with (Name)’s help. “ You need to strip a little, or else you’re going to get a cold. “  Albedo turned his nose up slightly, giving a small huff, but listened regardless and shed his coat. 

“ Boots too, best let your toes dry out. Don’t want to get some sort of foot fungus. “ (Name) chided. Another huff as Albedo leaned over to unlace his boots, and (Name) snickered. Albedo made a soft, displeased noise but said nothing as he pulled his socks off too. He found that he didn’t mind the sandy texture beneath his feet, or how the water gently lapped at his toes with the gentle breeze. He let out a sigh he hadn’t even realized he’d been holding.  “ You should go take your stuff over to Dr. Livingstone’s little camp. I’m sure she won’t mind. When you come back over, I’ll show you my trick for catching frogs. Okay? “ They smiled at him. Albedo nodded after a moment, trudging up to where the said adventurer was.

Dr. Livingstone paid him no mind when he mumbled out the reason he was over there, and even had the audacity to laugh when he explained why he was wet. How rude of her, but Albedo couldn’t actually find it in himself to genuinely be upset with her outside of mild annoyance as he trudged back down to where (Name) was waiting for him. 

Albedo walked down to the pond, careful to avoid stepping on any small rocks that’d cause him unnecessary pain. His pickiness elicited a snort from his partner, whom was shin deep in water with their pants rolled up. “ Albedo, “ (Name) sounded exasperated. “ Come here. “  The alchemist obliged, giving (Name) a small smile, to which they returned full force. 

‘This is nice,’ Albedo thought to himself as he knelt down on the bank to grab his sketchbook, taking notes while he watched (Name) show him how to catch frogs. ‘I wonder how long this will last.’ He thought, watching his partner closely. 

“ Are you drawing?! “ Albedo jumped slightly. “ N-no, uh. No. I’m taking notes. “ He explained sheepishly. It was mostly true, because yes, he was technically drawing. (Name) move their hands to their hips.  “ Taking notes on..? “ They prompted, and Albedo let out a soft huff. “ I’m studying the way you catch frogs. I’ve made diagrams with little notes. “ It was a good enough answer for (Name), who’d spent the better half of five minutes ignoring his intense staring. 

“ Think you can do it now? “ They questioned, watching Albedo put his sketchbook down. He shrugged. “ Maybe. “ It was a good enough answer for (Name), who left the water and sat down on a patch of grass. He moved over to sit beside them, letting the waters calm and the frogs come out of hiding. They fell into a comfortable silence as Albedo surveyed the area. Mondstadt was a beautiful place, he felt lucky he got to experience it, but he wished he could share the rolling hills and piney forests with his master. Where ever she may be.  Albedo missed her, as cold and strict as she was. 

“ ..-bedo? “  He blinked, before turning to look at (Name). “ Hm? Is something the matter? “ They shook their head after watching him for a moment. “ You zoned out, I was just making sure you were okay. “ Albedo blinked, and then smiled at them affectionately. Sometimes (Name) reminded him of Klee.  “ I am okay, but.. thank you for checking. “ They nodded slowly, before the pair slipped back into a comfortable atmosphere. 

Albedo got up after a few minutes of relaxing. He didn’t exactly come here to relax, he had a job to do. (Name) watched him scoop up his sketchbook and flip through it. They watched as he nodded minutely to himself, setting it down, and making his way into the shallow water. Albedo moved through the water slowly, looking around for frogs.  It didn’t take Albedo too long to find a mud frog. (Name) watched him get into position, crouching slightly towards the water. They were intrigued on how this was going to go, and they wished they had a way to preserve the moment. 

Albedo moved forward slowly until he was within reach before reaching out and snatching the frog in his hands. He stood up immediately, clutching his hands to his chest. He looked at (Name), eyes wide in surprise. “ It.. It worked. “  They snorted, getting up. “ Of course it worked, silly, I’ve perfected my frog catching technique. “  (Name) walked over to Albedo, leaning in to kiss his cheek. “ Good job, I’m proud of you. “

Albedo blinked. Then blinked again, before his cheeks started to color. “ (N-Name)- “ He flushed. And then the frog wiggled out of Albedo’s hands and launched itself away. He spluttered, going to reach for the frog but instead tripping. (Name) steadied him, laughing.  He flushed in embarrassment, both from the kiss, and tripping. He surely looked like a fool in front of the object of his affection. 

(Name) smiled softly. “ Lets go home. “

[the-breloominati]

<:]

[neonriser]

I have a vision.

There is this series in my head that has been evolving for several years now. I’ve drawn the characters a couple times, and I’ve imagined several scenarios that involve them. Soon enough, I’m torn between comic issues with an overarching plot, writing a graphic novel, making a one-shot for a comic zine, or my personal favourite, make it first an original work of written fiction enjoyed by family members and their friends, then write it as a 100+ page webcomic, then have it approved by local comic book specialists, and years later get a Canadian comic series, a couple spin offs, a dozen memorable characters, a crossover or two (which may or may not involve a some dude in a chameleon costume), some merchandise, a hopefully small fandom, plenty of memes, some moderators in case the fandom communities get toxic, a couple YouTube videos reviewing the series, a Top 10 Character list, an animated adaptation of the webcomic, and last but not least, the utter realization that you ended up recreating Homestuck without your own knowledge. Or Genshin Impact. Or the Marvel Universe. Or any Ancient Greek epic you can think of. Or whatever.

Whew, that is quite a word-ful. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. We’re not going to be like “as we’re making our original film, let’s prepare to create a trilogy-wait no, we’re making a series-wait no, how about a universe” because let’s face it, that mentality can lead us to just one crappy movie that flopped in the box office (or any comic / webcomic equivalent). As much as we’re tempted to, we’re not going to hype up our idea like “This comic is rad and cool” or “Look, we know the comic industry is at an all-time low right now. In fact, the comics that have been produced recently aren’t even that good! All they seem to care about is getting backlash from angry fans in the name of clout. But we’re not like that. With this high-quality comic, this comic will save the industry and bring a new era where creativity and innovation with thrive thanks to a fresh twist on the superhero genre!” and then end up on the shelves for 10 years or until some random person picks it up, reads it out of curiosity, and then posts a review about it like “The premise is so interesting, Why is no one talking about these days? This is clearly Lost Media! There’s not even a Wikipedia article about it!”

Instead, we are going to start humble. This means I will not elaborate my intent any further and get right to the point.

Here’s my pitch.

For several years, a pair of psychic brothers, Millenious and Mundi battle each other to earn the favour of their eldest sibling: the mayor of Toronto.

One day, Millenious finds out that his brother Mundi has already formed a team of assorted superheroes. He then decides to get even by starting up a supervillain team and impress the mayor once and for all… before the main events of the series.

The story/series would focus on the superheroes on Mundi’s team, such as his best friend Wolfman, the quick British scientist Lightning, the quiet geomancer Qiana, the rich, confident Vera, the fungus-bending soldier Mico, the blind firebender FlareSight, the explosion-inducing Iceberg, and a few others. Together they would discover clues about Millenious’ plan, which cumulates to the Final Battle between the forces of Mundi and Millenious.

How far will they go to impress the mayor? Will their efforts pay off after all these years, or will they be in vain? And is the victory worth the price, whatever the price is? And would they ever pay that price to achieve that victory? And most importantly, how would the real protagonists play a vital role in this?

That is where YOU come in! If you find the pitch appealing and wish to answer at least one of these questions above, please give us a reply via private messaging or reblogging. I am always open to constructive criticism!

[stanleywbaxton]

The One Time I Asked my Friend For a Lift and Left my Soul in an Arcade Car Park

Gas, gas, gas [x]

So this is a quick one, but I need to get it off my chest. Purely because this is the most distilled instance of a hobby matching the hobby-goer I've ever seen in my life.

Arcade Club

is a wonderful place in the middle of Bury. I have this terrible condition known as 'Rhythm Game Brain Fungus', which means I have a compulsive need to check if a rhythm game arcade cabinet is within any distance of my current location, constantly. Arcade Club is run by people who also have a terrible case of RGBF, making it a holy grail in the north of every Bemani game I absolutely adore.

As I'm the kind of person to spread brain fungus as an act of love, I pestered and pestered my friends to come with me for a day out. We're all gamer nerds, and at least one person had to get hooked onto them like I had. And hell, even if they don't care about the rhythm games there's plenty other cabs there, and Mario Kart set up in the corner as a last resort. Everyone wins.

But the actual happenings mean little for this story. I had a great time, my friends had a great time, great times all around. Good day..

Now, the main problem with going to Arcade Club, as much as I adore the place, is that it's quite the way out from where me and my friends live. It takes both a tram and a train to reach it, so if one is delayed or we're late to one regardless of the other, we're a bit snookered for making our way back. But we're not stupid, are we? We'd leave ourselves with plenty of time to account for any public transport mishaps that could befall us, and give ourselves more than enough time to make the connections.

So the last tram leaves in 10 minutes.

I run the numbers, and realise we're not going to make it in time. It takes 20 to walk to the tram stop from the arcade. I'm starting to think through alternatives, seeing if there's a weird train connection that loops back on itself that google can't figure out, and thinking of the final possibility of us all splitting a cab.

When I realise, one of us drove here.

Introducing Tavi. Tavi is insane.

There are so many things to say about Tavi I would be here all day. Here's a selection of favourites.

Tavi wanted a nice speaker system, paid for the entire thing upfront, and offset the cost by eating nothing but cereal for a month. It's so loud that at 15% volume it registered at 80db, and at maximum caused the posters on the walls to fall off. When she watched Inception, her friend who lived in the house next door asked her to stop making her window frames rattle.

Tavi regularly says 'owo' out loud in public. She pronounces it 'oh-woh'.

Tavi is terrifyingly good at Rocket League. She joined her university's esports league, and caused enough decimation during inter-uni matches she caused several people to quit permanently.

Tavi came down to Manchester for Halloween, and everytime she saw a Genshin Impact cosplay would point at them and happily declare "There's an oomfie!" She does not play Genshin Impact.

Tavi is completely obsessed with the game Hatoful Boyfriend, that one dating sim where you go out with a bunch of pigeons. In her home lives a collection of plushies of every single character and when we visit she pelts us with them at random. She has a full dakimakura of one of the guys you can date and proudly displays it in her room. I say 'guy' like he's not a bird. He's a bird.

Tavi is wonderful.

"Hey Tavi," I say, "we're not going to make it to the tram stop in time, would you mind swinging us up there before you go?"

"Oh, sure!" she says with an angelic rasp.

Everyone's rounded up and we make our way out. I'm still running numbers in my head. 5 minute drive to get to the station. It's a bit of a walk to the platform; 2 minutes. We should make this if we get a move on.

So we pile into her shitty little student car—and forgive my homosexuality, I couldn't tell you the model even if I tried—which we manage to fill every seat of.

Now. Let me tell you a few more things about Tavi.

Tavi is a huge fan of eurobeat

Tavi is a huge fan of Initial D

Arcade Club has several Initial D cabinets

Tavi has spent the last 2 hours doing nothing but playing Initial D

Tavi pops her phone in, brings up the tram stop on google maps, which starts to chime out the directions. As we're fastening our seatbelts the engine roars to life with the turn of a key.

And among its bombastic cry, is eurobeat.

This was not some pussy shit. This wasn't your 'Night of Fire' or 'Running in the 90s'. These were cuts deeper than the mariana trench, from a woman who has listened to all two hundred and fifty Super Eurobeat albums, from a woman who has a dedicated spot in her living room for a full driving simulator setup.

The English language does not have the words to describe the speed we ripped out of this car park.

You see, the car park does not have direct access to the road. It's one of those where it's two or three turns to hit a parking spot. She, somehow, transcended the need for right turns. Gravel parted in her wake like Moses leading a speedrun of the Exodus.

My soul, the titular protagonist of this whole story, I feel eject out my back and straight through the car seat. Whatever hold it had on my corporeal form was shattered as soon as my stomach hit my throat. There was nothing to be done. I was that stunned by the literal 0 to 60 I was thrust through.

If you go to Arcade Club, it will still be there. Curled up in a puddle and weeping into the asphalt. The puddle is not from the English weather, but instead from its tears.

We're on a road. Then a different road. I don't know what road this is. Not the one we walked down, is all I know. The spare part of my brain grappling what common sense it can says a prayer to God, and every god that does and doesn't exist between Him.

During this experience, I remember speaking. I don't remember what. Words left my mouth without consulting my brain.

I think I yelled one or two times.

My friends certainly did. One friend does almost constantly, occasionally evolving into a full howl. Others laugh in combined astonishment and terror. Another tries, and fails, a bid to get Tavi to slow down.

"Yeah," she said, completely levelled, "that's the thing about drifting, it's all in the throttle control."

At least three people scream 'NO' at the top of their lungs.

I do wonder what we looked like to the denizens of Bury from the outside. We did hit a red light at some point, which I only remember for the screeching the engine made when Tavi launched us off again. Did someone look through a window while we were stopped? To see a gaggle of screaming university students held hostage by a lunatic of a woman entirely fueled by the most gottagofast-inducing music known to man?

I'm too scared to look at the road ahead. I don't know where we are anymore. Where are we going? Some vague notion of 'in time' floats around my mind and slips between my fingers. The notion that did stick around was 'I am going to Fucking Die'.

Everytime we turn, it feels like my body is a sack of organs in a washing machine. I've never felt car sick before, but this would be the closest I've ever gotten to—

The cacophony stops in an instant as she yanks the key out.

"Okay, we're here!" she chimes with a smile.

It's the tram stop, I realise. The world slowly comes back into focus around it.

We leave the car, because what the fuck else were we going to do? That's the correct move when the driver says you're at your destination. I was running entirely on social etiquette and the survival response of being seconds from hurtling into a wall.

I wave goodbye. I think. I don't remember.

Her car roars to life again, the pounding of eurobeat resuming. She sped out of the tram stop with all the fury she took us here with, burning rubber on the bus stop markings.

We watch her leave our line of sight.

We walk into the station.

It takes ten minutes before any of us can speak again.

And you know what? We made that goddamn tram. We were all sat down with the familiar doots of the best thing to happen to Manchester around us, when our usual conversation starts picking up, realising we made this thing. Felt like death was seconds ahead of us, but we made it. The circumstances that brought us here started to matter less and less.

And it's left me with this story to tell.

I guess, in all, I learnt two things that day:

If you want to get there on time, sans sanity, ask your eurobeat-obsessed friend to take you.

Never give a transwoman the aux cord.

[canonical-transformation]

Fabulous Fungus Frenzy post Match 1 spoilers:

Oh of course we need to win the tournament to save the world the children the Fungi. Wouldn't be a proper Pokemon ripoff otherwise ♥️

[fishareglorious]

What sound does a mushroom car do?

Shroom shroom.

Spoil the little guy Layla Twirly Whirly deserves the entire world

Well, can’t refute Miko’s ways. yes ma’am.

The fuck are we probing mihoyo

Souka we are murdering your mushroom what do you do

Lmao she completely guessed what she would do

Paimon slander all around. Pretty much a genshin event staple.

Yae Miko is a powerful centuries old kitsune. She’d get back at us threefold if we didn’t help her.

Is floral jelly like... steroids for fungi or something that would be funny

Hehe Diluc reference

I circled one spot for several fucking minutes for this little bastard only to find out it was on the opposite side of the area

Haniyyah we all know this song and dance we’ll defeat you with the power of friendship and prove to you fungi aren’t inherently bad and yadda yadda yadda and there’s a fatui conspiracy somewhere here and yadda yadda yadda

Like I said, shady stuff is going on.

I wonder who this almighty merchant is. Liben? idk

Oh. Hey Dori. Yeah it makes sense she’s the almighty merchant

Oh yeah didn’t Layla mention she’s always pestered to buy Dori’s stuff again in her mail or something?

Ah, who would’ve thought. (I was already spoiled in twitter)

I ONLY HAVE 33 MILLION WHAT

[fishareglorious]

Why did all the fungi leave the new year party?

Because there wasn’t mush room in there.

Layla and Twirly Whirly I am sorry I will have to beat you guys up :(

Okay Layla let’s goooooo

ngl the last guy before her was actually harder to defeat because his geo shroom kept stunning all my fungi

THE GIRLIES ARE FIGHTINGNGNGNGNG

lmaooooooo

Huh Miko really slammed down the crushing fate of Pyro-1 if Haniyyah tried to exterminate all of the fungi. Girl you’re already attached to the little guy admit it

She really went “fuck this shit i’m out”

See? You cannot stop yourself from getting attached to the fungi. Embrace the mushroom, Haniyyah. Perhaps not literally you might accidentally burn urself

Aye thanks Yae

I mean, we do have teleports to make traveling easier. But with Sumeru’s terrain, yeah it’ll exhaust me out if I existed in teyvat

See???? You’re attached to the little guy don’t even hide it Haniyyah I literally have pictoral evidence

Oh yeah that explains the grudge against them.... that’s understandable.

Oh shit is Layla gonna be okay besides the coughs?

Okay Haniyyah whatever you say. I’ll see you later girlie

[fishareglorious]

Sentient Fungi. You agree.

He’s one shady mf not gonna lie tho

Byebye blitzara

This is like candy crush? idk

And you were just hounding Paimon for being a money-hungry gremlin a few minutes ago, Traveler.

Yeah no thanks i’ll do this later

Oh. Should I have tried it out to get a feel of the mechanics

Cyno? If he’s here there might be some shady stuff going on then?

Didn’t they almost disqualify you for being a kid though?

Girl my fungi are beating the ass of yours

I would forfeit all my mortal possessions to Twirly Whirly Layla just say the word and you will be 33 million mora richer.

I will pay for your scholarship your housing your equipment literally anything you ask for, just make sure Twirly Whirly lives a comfy and happy life

Is Miko dragging us to uncover an illegal scheme behind the fungi event or something that seems like something she would do

Oh. Oh??? Okay thats not what I expected

Didn’t you make us go through hell in the Shogun fighting training regime or something in the Inazuma archon quest?

I guess. We’re just gonna vibe here eating snacks.

I fucking love Traveler’s expressions so much lmaooo

If anything happens to Twirly Whirly I’m killing everyone in this room and then myself

Screenshotted at the wrong time lmao

Woaahh there Haniyyah did fungi murder someone you love thats a step too far why are you trying to control every single sentient mushroom out there

I suppose she hits the nail on the head right here