#and instead being met with eyes of steel who look right into vegas' soul and read him like an open book

[stormyoceans]

my vegaspete feelings in a nutshell

[thelittlesushithatcould]

Fallout Meme!

I saw this on @courierspikeee and I noticed one of the tags was anyone who thought ED-E was the goodest boy, and i am 100% in that camp, so I hope nobody minds if I do this ;) Rules:

1. Choose an OC.

2. Answer them as that OC.

3. Tag 5 people to do the same.

1. What is your name?

"Doctor Wanda Thompson, of the Institute!” She laughs “oh, don’t give me that look”

2. How old are you?

"well that’s what we call a ‘complication’ . In reality I’m somewhere around 245? Give or take a few years. Being flash frozen really does a number on your sense of time”

3. What do you look like?

"Me? Oh, you know...curly brown hair, tan complexion, I’ve gotten a little softer as I’ve gotten older, more curves than in my youth.” She rubs her hand “I’ve also gotten some radiation burns during the course of my research. My hands, particularly, and a bit over my lip” She laughs “I like to think I look like a proper scientist, as well as a mother”

4. Where are you from? Where do you live now?

Wanda thinks for a moment, a small smile on her lips that catches on her scar, turning it a little lopsided “I was born on the cape. Over by Hyannis.” She pauses “I moved to Boston after that, to attend the Institute.” She shakes her head “i still live in Boston. just...under it, I suppose”

5. What was your childhood like?

“Wonderful” She laughs, and claps her hands together with a jovial grin “Simply wonderful! I spent more days than I could count out there on the sandy beaches, collecting samples of sea critters and studying them in their natural habitats” She leans on her hand , smiling “I can still smell the salt in the air, when I really think about it”

6. What groups are you friendly with? Are you allied with any factions?

“The Institute” She says without missing a beat “I’m their Director after all.” She waves her gloved fingers dismissively "I took the liberty of changing our standards and practices away from Playing God and into actually helping someone for a change.” “As for allies...well. I met this nice man who claims to have been a courier once. Rules Vegas now, he says. We hit it off fairly well.. and heavens... I suppose there’s the woman who took over Pittsburgh from those slavers...”

7. Tell me about your best friend.

“Nick? He’s fantastic” She points “I’ve never met a finer detective in my life. Even if he refuses to let me help mend his synthskin. Stubborn old bastard”

8. Do you have a family? Tell me about them!

“My husband. He died when we were all frozen, but...there were some strange circumstances involving Institute tech that helped us find one another through the barrier of life and death” She pauses, and frowns slightly “ah. And we had a son. but he turned out to be...well. We don’t like to talk about him”

9. What about a partner or partners?

“Curie! My beloved!” She hugs herself with an ear to ear smile “the cutest robot I’ve ever met in my entire life. I helped her get a body, you know. And for the longest time it was just me and her in the wasteland! Now Thomas, Curie and I all intermingle in a lovely little poly amorous triangle”

10. Who are your enemies, and why?

“oh hoho...” She covers her mouth “Bandits. The Gunners. the Enclave. The Brotherhood of Steel. Covenant. Rogue Institute Personnel..Honestly I’m probably forgetting a few”

11. Have you ever heard of The Brotherhood of Steel? What do you think about them?

“They call me the Bane of Steel for a reason” She smiles,  though there’s something almost vicious in it “When they tried to ‘help’ the Commonwealth by killing anything they wished and hoarding tech...” She mimes shooting into the sky “My one regret is that I didn’t keep their airship. Oh well”

12. What about The Enclave?

“HAH!” she laughs out loud, clapping her hands together again “Terrible! The worst idea I’ve ever heard! America fell, you old loons, rebuild it as something new instead of rehashing the same mistakes all over again”

13. How do you feel about Super Mutants?

“Fascinating creatures. I only wish I could meet the ones from the early West Coast. They’re a real testament to the FEV. If only they’d stop trying to fill me with holes long enough for a proper interview..”

14. What’s the craziest fight you’ve ever been in?

“oh...” she sighed “the time my friends and I destroyed the BoS?” She shrugs slightly “I went up into their blimp, and walked right up to that pompous ass who called himself their leader, before vaporizing him. I did manage to preserve his coat” She smiles slightly “Then we had to fight our way out of a sea of trained soldiers to get back to the ground and organize the destruction of their funny little blimp”

15. Have you ever fought a Deathclaw?

“Heavens yes, and I wish I hadn’t. They’re too gorgeous to kill!”

16. Do you like fighting?

“not really” She folds her fingers together with a sad look in her eyes “It’s always sad to have to harm someone or something. And to take a life is always a weight on the soul” She closes her eyes “but to fix the world, you have to survive...”

17. What’s your weapon of choice?

“Energy Weapons” She says with a bright smile “nothing like holding a buzzing laser rifle in your hands and feeling the raw INNOVATION that went into it” She shook her head “i also have a serrated revolutionary war sword I hooked a battery onto that i’m fond of”

18. How do you survive? Your wits, your charm, your skills, brute force, some combination? (a.k.a. what’s your S.P.E.C.I.A.L?)

“Intelligence” She said , holding up her hand “with a side helping of Charisma. You need to have a keen mind in the field of science. To analyze, theorize and know how to convince others to put those theories into practice...” She tapped her head “that’s the key to changing the world”

19. Have you ever been in a vault? What do you think about them?

“I’ve always hated Vault Tec. They invited me to join their little experiment, but I declined in favor of continuing my research into radiation and mutation. And then the damned bastards froze me!”

20. How do you beat all the radiation around here? Has it affected you?

“I wrote several studies on the effects of radiation exposure on the human body! hah, so I have some ideas on how to prevent it. Some lead lining in the clothes, lots of Rad-x and Radaway transfusions....building decontamination arches over all my doors. The usual stuff”

21. What’s your favorite wasteland critter?

“I love those funny little geckos” She smiled “They’re just so precious!”

22. What’s your least favorite wasteland critter?

“Cazadors” She frowned “i knew the idiot who made them back in the day. Hated him then. Damned fool made a flying plague”

23. How do you feel about robots?

“I ADORE robots” She says with almost girlish glee “I’ve always found them so interesting! While I’m a biologist by trade, I’ve always appreciated the sheer science of a robot. That glowing chrome...that hydraulic power...” She looks like she’s going to go on about this for a distressingly long time.

24. How many caps do you have on you right now?

“More than enough to fix the Commonwealth”

25. Nuka Cola or Sunset Sarsaparilla?

"Nuka Cola is absolute swill” She sniffs “ I’m a Sunset Sarsaparilla girl, myself. and just a little side note from one of my studies: Nuka Cola can melt a crab. A whole crab. Just saying!

26. Do you do chems?

“Mentats, Sometimes. I hate the damned things, but damn were they useful during particularly long and stressful studies”

27. Do you ever think about the Pre-War world?

“All the time. I remember it in all it’s glory...in all it’s faults. It was a flawed society built upon fear...but it was also peaceful, and comfortable... a place full of friends I’ll never see again...” She bites her lip gently “...I’ll help the Wasteland become something better... the Old World without it’s flaws..”

28. What’s your deepest regret? What would you do differently?

“Everything. I would have spoken up about the ethical issues I saw in the Institute before the war even began. I would have found another way to survive that wasn’t Vault Tec and it’s Trap. The ...the synth project maybe. I don’t know. I can’t dwell on this question too long without regretting almost everything I’ve done prior to my choice to change the Institute and fix the wasteland”

29. What’s your biggest achievement? Or what do you hope to achieve?

“Which leads us into this.. hah. When my son passed away, he left the Institute to me. in my hands. He trusted I’d keep us on the course he chose...but he was wrong. The Synths were an exercise in needless cruelty. A species created, given sentience and then called slaves and tools. I ...reorganized...the head committee, and demanded a stop to the hunting and production of synths. No more bodysnatching. no more ‘property retrieval’ . No more. There were those who fought me...and there were those who tried to remove me. But I’m stronger than I seem.” She smiled grimly “I got them to see things my way eventually. And with that, the Institute’s copious resources could be turned outward...and used to help the Commonwealth at large”

30. What do you want for the future? For yourself? Your friends? The world? ”I want...” She looks into the middle distance for a moment in thought “A world where we can all live in peaceful co-existence. Ghouls. Synths. Super Mutants, humans, true robots, and anyone else in that great wide world...I want a world where we can all work towards a mutual understanding and betterment of this wonderful Second Chance we’ve all been given”  And now for the tagging <3 @queenofblackcrows @spookdoggy @corpsewyrm @ all those who think Curie is a sweetheart @ all fallout fans who may see this? idk <3

[kitsumiekat]

Defying the Rules, SCM (Zyglavis x OC) (6/8)

Category: Angst?

Rating: PG-13… maybe NSFW in certain chapters?

Characters: Zyglavis, SCM

OC: Thalassa/Sugawara Riyo

Summary: Zyglavis had always been a fair, just god of the scales. He followed rules to a fault, and was spectacular at his job as the Minister of Punishments. Zyglavis was extremely dissatisfied when the King ruled in favor of the relationship between Leon, Minister of Wishes, with the human girl, even if she had been a former goddess.

Yet as he watched them together everyday, something tugs at him.

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"Sugawara-san, can you please head over to the planetarium and loan their large telescope? We need it to see the JD star and observe the changes in its patterns tonight."

Riyo nodded at her supervisor's instructions, collecting her coat and her bag before heading out of the observatory. She had been quiet all day, and her usual demeanour was off ever since two days ago after Zyglavis had walked her back. Despite her telling herself that it was nothing, Riyo found herself disappointed that she's never seen him since then. She found herself eagerly looking up at the skies, wishing for something she wasn't even sure what it was. Why did she suddenly feel such a huge loss in her chest?

Thankful for the respite from the hustle and bustle within the office as she stepped out in to the late evening sky, a small smile curved her lips upwards as a soft breeze caressed her cheek, tossing her lose dark hair over her shoulders and across her soft yellow blouse. Tugging her red hoodie over her bare arms, she tucked her hands into her pockets before starting down the road towards the planetarium a couple of streets away.

It was only a 5 minute walk away, and before long Riyo's eyes fell upon the planetarium which served as a main tourist attraction in their little town in Japan. It's domed structure used to be a favorite of Riyo's when she first came here as a university student. Being away from home and all that was familiar to her, Riyo often sought refuge here, until she became a research assistant and had free access to the observatory in her university.

"Welcome!" the caramel haired girl at the counter grinned brightly at her as she entered, the bell signalling her entrance.

"Good evening," Riyo greeted, with a little bow of her head. She read the nametag with the name 'Haruka Kotami' printed upon it, and grinned as the girl asked what could she do to assist her. "My professor sent me here to pick up the telescope for our study tonight. He said he called ahead?"

"Ah, that is right. My colleague is packing it up right now. Hiyori, is it ready?" she asked a dark haired girl who just walked in. The girl smiled with her sweet disposition, and nodded.

"It's right in the theatre. Shall I-"

"It's okay Hiyori, you're almost off. I'll pick it up with Sugawara-san here and lock up. You can go. I know you have a date with your new boyfriend." the brunette grinned, laughing when Hiyori blushed and thanked her.

"You're awfully nice to your friend, that's a great thing to do for her." Riyo couldn't resist but commenting. The friendship between the two was obvious even to her naked eye. Kotami smiled over her shoulder at Riyo, leading her into the dim theatre of the planetarium.

"Hiyori's a great friend. She's awfully supportive of everything I do." Kotami headed down the corridor when the door she had left open swung close with a loud thud that reverberated. Both the girls froze, before Kotami gave a nervous laugh. "Might be the strong wind. Here, the telescope is just-"

Before she could finish the sentence, a sudden and mysterious gust of wind swirled, tossing the curtains and sheets that were used to cover the screen. Riyo's eyes widened when her coat was pulled off as if the wind was tugging at it, and she was unceremoniously knocked down the last few steps she had stopped on, rolling until Kotami managed to catch her before she rolled any further.

"What's happening?" Riyo asked as she scrambled up. The two girls held on to each other, but the wind only grew stronger, forcing them to bend their heads. Riyo managed to crack open her eyes just enough to see a dark force amassing in the centre of the theatre. Before long, an ominous cackle filled the theatre.

When the wind finally died down enough for both of them to look up, a long, dark haired figure was standing imposingly. He had pale white, almost alabaster skin. Dressed in a black and gold cloak, his looks reminded Riyo much of Zyglavis's long hair and lanky figure, but unlike the warm aura and protective eyes Zyglavis had looked at her with, the eyes that peered at them through the mask over the eyes was conniving, filled with a hatred so intense, Riyo felt herself and Kotami flinched when he flashed his eyes at them.

"Goddesses of Death and Fate... I will finally get my revenge today."

Before they could react at all, he waved his arm, and two figures, each cloaked in black and red appeared by his side. "Crow, Servillah, get them."

Neither girls had any opportunity to react, for the two figures darted forward and caught their arms in the back. With a touch on their bare skin, Riyo felt her head spin. Her vision went black, and her hearing rang.

---

Zyglavis felt the zing in his ear, along with an irrational fear of panic and steel gripping his chest, almost at the same time as loud voices started ringing in the foyer of the god's mansion. He first heard a loud thud on the floor above his, before several feet scurrying and loud voices yelling "Leon!"

He felt the cold sweat around his forehead, and his mind immediately jumped to the only soul that had been on his mind.

Zyglavis had spent the last two days researching about Sugawara Riyo. He knew she was in her mid twenties, moved away from her family home to work and study the stars. Already, her connection to the stars was a dead giveaway... but now Zyglavis wasn't even sure what to do. He had spent years simmering an anger at her for leaving him in the first place. Even if he knew why she did so, he couldn't help the hurt he felt that she chose to leave him.

Now that he had met her reincarnated form, he wasn't sure what to do. Did he speak to her again? Was Riyo anything like Thalassa? What if she didn't remember?

These thoughts had spent the past two days swirling around his head, so much so that Scorpio had had to remind him a few times to focus.

He was planning to ignore the ruckus outside the door, assuming the stupid lion was causing some sort of trouble again, when his door swung open and young Altair and Vega came running in looking quite in a panic. "Lord Zyglavis! Lord Zyglavis!"

Immediately, the long haired minister stepped away from his files to address the two young minor gods. "What is it?"

"Lord Leon is insistent that he'll go and defeat the Dark King himself!"

His eyes widened, and he felt his senses ring as if warning him of something bad about to happen. In his mind, he felt a painful zing, and his hands gripped tightly into fists as he tried to push the rising panic in him. What was going on? "What Dark King? Did the King not seal him away eons ago?"

"They got Lady Kotami and some other girl. According to Lord Leon, it is the ex Goddess of Dea-"

Before Altair could finish his sentence, Zyglavis all but knocked the two young ones out of the way as he dashed out of the room right into the foyer where he saw Teorus, Scorpio and Karno holding a raging Leon back, as he struggled.

"Would you listen to reason you stupid lion! You stand no chance to face off the Dark King! You'll be annihilated and Haruka Kotami will be defenseless!" Scorpio yelled, but his words seemingly fell on deaf ears. Leon looked almost posessed as he struggled to get to his love.

"Enough!" Zyglavis's voice ringing as usual with authority, echoed throughout the foyer, as he hurried down the stairwell. "Leon, show me."

With a snap of his fingers, Zyglavis made his private reflecting pool appear in the foyer. Leon scowled and waved his hand, and in that instant, Zyglavis felt his blood turn to ice in his veins.

In a dark cave which he could not identify its location, he saw the limp form of Haruka Kotami... and Riyo. Her dark hair was damp, her yellow blouse rumpled. There were scratches on her legs and arms, and her breathing appeared shallow, with a pale complexion that made a furious anger stir in Zyglavis immediately.

"The goddess of death?" he heard Huedhaut next to him murmur in surprise. He could see the girls stir, but very weakly.

"Do you know where they are, Leon?" Zyglavis asked, in a tight voice.

Leon nodded. "I can detect where Kotami is."

"I'm coming with you."

Surprised gasps collective went up around the room. Zyglavis had always been a law abiding god who followed the rules. And the rules for situations like this dictated gods like them immediately notify the King, and that they were not to initiate fights under any circumstances. None of them expected Zyglavis to actually agree with Leon, especially not when they were always at odds with each other.

But he acted as if he didn't hear any of it, and instead turned to Scorpio. "Scorpio, get the King immediately. You and Karno both go. You'll be able to sense our location. Notify him and follow his instructions." And then, Zyglavis turned to Leon, who for once did not gloat, eager as he was to go and save his love. "Leon, let's go."