#and she was like. well we don't do that here. we only make green robots

[artekai]

Guess what movie I watched

[glamrockraybot]

(NOT A "<character> is a robot" POST)

Honestly my favourite current theory for fnaf is that the mimic (who is probably not burntrap but may be glitchtrap) is intending to recreate the events of the William Afton Era™️ to a T, as it was built to mimic by....someone? I mean someone had to build it right.

Anyway I'm gonna lightly explain my reasoning for each of these even though I'm sure most of you have already made these connections before

I mean, we all heard the Vanessa theories already yeah? Not even mentioning her visual similarities to Elizabeth, I think either her or Michael could fit. Both of them were loyal to their father at some point (I don't know why else Michael would go into the Sister location bunker) and they both played significant roles in the story. I think if this was the case I'd wager Vanessa was *supposed* to be Elizabeth, but after breaking free she became more like Michael and hellbent on destroying the glitchtrap virus for good (maybe with a little bit of fire). I could understand arguments for Glamrock Freddy being Michael (even aside from him *literally* being Michael) but I didn't include any of the glamrocks because they serve a narrative purpose already as animatronics.

Gregory is. Obvious. I mean with how similar they look its already sort of suspicious, though Gregory is a little bit more of a fighter than CC. They at the very least share a connection with bear robots. I could see an argument for Gregory being Michael (God is Michael just every character?) But for visual similarities alone I picked CC.

Cassie was theorized from day one to be Cassidy or Charlie or both. I personally learn more towards Charlie but because of Something in hw2 I may be more willing to accept her as the vengeful spirit. I know Charlie doesn't always equal green but Cassie does have specks of green throughout her design, and she seems to be a very kind and caring friend (maybe too kind). Roxy being protective over her near the end is, well, a loose connection to the security puppet but I thought I'd bring it up.

For cassidy I can see this since if Gregory is CC, obviously cassidy and him would most likely talk and maybe be friends. In the picture that is from the logbook which might be cassidy they share a similar hair style. Not identical but, similar. Though I miss Cassie's curly hair </3

Mimic is probably the most obvious connection. William is like. The only human murderer from the original story, so you know, if the mimic is trying to kill people it's safe to say they are probably mimicking him. Though clearly they are not above mimicking other people (Gregory) in order to do this, sort of like what I imagine the funtimes did. I don't necessarily think they are acting like they did in the books where they are just carrying out an order to disassemble mechs, because if they were WHYyyy the need to lure people down there? Hey man I don't think that person you tricked into climbing down here is an endoskeleton I think that's a fucking person. This seems much more malicious, something that would make sense if they based their actions off of a killer from the 80s.

Also I guess Cassie's dad is worth a mention, who may be a parallel with Henry Emily or even Charlie herself. I'm leaning more towards Henry but I could see a case for it. I guess he can always be Michael. Because as much as I like fan interpretations of him he's sort of. Just Like. There. You know to be a foil to his dad.

Anyway I hope this was interesting, or rage inducing. And no I don't like the idea of them being robots of the character ❤️

[sanydraws]

What i think happened with bonnie

So we already saw bonnie dead body (rest in pizza) and we saw the bowling ball spot on the wall and besides his head but what doesn't make sense is that, a bowling ball doesn't do THAT much of a damage on someone.

I have been inspecting bonnies body and it was obvious that someone staged it like duh, also why was there green paint on my man. Made me think it was puke-

Anyways, i have been thinking, if a truck went over an animatronic, would it do that much damage? The answer would be no, it would do some damage but not whole alot, and i think the person who did that to bonnie tried using the pizzaplex truck but it obviously failed.

Then we see his face, now if we use a bowling ball and hit him in the face then it could do that much damage if there was enough force when you throw the ball so who threw the ball must have been pretty strong.

Then we check his body and stomach and my dude got RIPPED.

now you see all that i wrote? Ignore it because that wasn't the actual story.

Here's what i think happened and i have some proof for it

Ok let's start by looking at bonnies body

Here's bonnie body damage

Now let's check something out

See those damages?

Don't they look kinda

Familiar?

Look at this

It's like 80% same damages freddy got from being attacked by the robots

More proof?

Ok sure

Look at this

While checking out bonnies body i saw this tire mark on his leg and i thought it would be made by a truck

Oh no no

Look at this

Oh would you look at that

Tires

You might think that one can't possibly mark that on an animatronic,but a whole bunch can pal

And guess who made them attack freddy?

Vanny

Who do you think would be able to stage a crime scene

Why would an animatronic think about staging a crime scene

Only a human would think about doing something like that

We literally can see that there is a camera pointed on the place where we found bonnies body

And who do you think have access with the cameras

A security guard

And that's vanessa

Who is literally vanny

Also why not lie about your report on where bonnie was last seen

Bonnie could have gone to monty golf and left

So it would be a half truth

Then she could hack the cams to make them not show the footage where bonnie was attacked.

When freddy was attacked he was still able to talk to us but he got badly beaten in the face which resulted on him ig dying, well more like powering off

But for bonnie his attacks where directed on his stomach and bottom half so he just have this hole on his head which i think was the result of the bowling ball being hit in his head and then he got attacked.

I think he was like, unconscious at that time so vanny thought he was dead ig. But then he regained his eyes power but of course he can't move.

That's what i think happened to him

BUT HEY, THAT'S JUST A THEORY

A SANY THEORY

AND CUT

Man I'm amazing

[thankskenpenders]

The first proper trailer for Sonic Prime came out yesterday, as I'm sure you've all heard. I've gotten several messages asking me my thoughts, so... here's some thoughts! Thoughts on how the show's looking, and a certain bat whose presence is somehow the biggest news to me.

First off? This looks phenomenal, visually speaking. I'm kind of in awe of how good the visuals in CGI cartoons are getting. The scenery looks great. The characters move so fluidly. Everything's beautifully lit. I could go on and on. I wish the in-engine game cutscenes had animation half this good.

I continue to be pleased with how slavishly faithful to the games the main universe is - to the point that they're saying this is, in fact, just set in the game universe. Yeah, we're all getting tired of Green Hill Zone, but we've never had a cartoon that was this faithful. The closest we got was Sonic X, which I like, but it's hard to look at any random episode about Sonic having to save the extensive human cast from another generic robot and say it really has the feel of the games. Seeing Sonic and co. fight some classic Badniks in a cartoon with (mostly) their normal designs feels special after all these years of never quite getting that.

That slavish faithfulness to the classic iconography also makes the differences with the multiverse stuff hit harder, and thank GOD they're finally showing some of that. This teaser is pitching it as a show about Sonic meeting alternate timeline versions of his friends who form an underground resistance against the Eggman Empire (funny how the franchise keeps finding itself back in Freedom Fighter territory), which is fun and all. Tall cyborg Amy! A version of Tails who can walk like a spider on a set of robotic kitsune tails! Hell yeah! But if the synopsis blurbs about a "multiverse" and "new worlds" and that pile of leaked concept art from a year and a half ago are anything to go off of, this is presumably only the first of multiple alternate worlds that we'll be seeing. I'm very excited to see more of them!

We also hear a little more from the new voice cast. Brian Drummond is kinda doing his own thing with Eggman. I like it. It sounds compatible with the usual Mike Pollock take without aping it 1:1. He seems maybe a little more sinister here, which fits what we've seen so far from this take on Eggman. And Deven Mack still sounds great as Sonic, although I kind of wonder if he's being instructed to sound like Roger since the delivery in what we've heard so far is pretty similar. I get that desire for consistency, but I hope he's able to inject a bit more of his own spin on Sonic in the full show, even if it's supposed to technically be the same Sonic as Roger's.

Meanwhile, the roles for the rest of the main voice cast have been confirmed elsewhere, and they mostly match up with what I expected because these casting choices just make perfect sense. I already know Shannon Chan-Kent, known primarily for playing Misa in Death Note and Pinkie Pie's singing voice (and Smolder) in MLP, is perfect casting for Amy. Ashleigh Ball's one brief line as Tails sounds a lot like her Rainbow Dash voice, but like... hey, it fits! I'm excited to hear more from her. And Knuckles... well, I don't know his VA as well and also he has no lines in this trailer.

But by now y'all know which characters I stan the most, and you know what I'm gonna be excited about. The big surprise here is the fact that Rouge is on the main cast. The main cast.

The cast posters revealed that she was in the show, which was big enough news, but then the trailer drops and she's on the damn team. Every hero team in a kids' show needs three boys and two girls, and this time they rounded out the group with Rouge. AND she's being voiced by Kazumi Evans, yet another MLP alum on this show - this time Rarity's singing voice and the voice of Adagio Dazzle in Equestria Girls. I don't even need to hear any lines, I know that's another perfect fit.

I'm just shocked. Rouge hasn't been in a TV series in almost two decades since she was kept out of Boom, robbing us of the "Rouge somehow ropes Team Sonic into doing a goofy heist with her" episode the world deserved. Ian's even said that he pitched some ideas for Boom Rouge after being asked to pitch more Boom-ified game characters, but it went nowhere. While she's continued to show up in the comics and (to a lesser extent) the games due to her fan favorite status, it's kind of felt like she was being swept under the rug. Fewer major story appearances than in the '00s, not much merch, it took them until the fifth Mario & Sonic game to make her playable. And she's probably seen as less broadly marketable as a mascot character because of... well, two big reasons.

And so, understandably, Rouge is here with a new outfit that covers those two big reasons up more than usual.

Yeah as a Rouge fan, a person who's talked at length about the fanservice in Archie Sonic, and a sapphic furry artist, I can't avoid talking about this stuff lol

I mostly like the new outfit and think it was a smart call. We can have lots of nuanced discussions about objectification and sexual liberation and the fact that seeing some cleavage isn't gonna kill you and how being the flirty femme fatale is a core part of Rouge's character and whether that's objectifying or empowering and all the other things that get brought up every time a new Bayonetta game comes out. But at the end of the day their main audience is 8-year-olds, and because of that I really can't blame them for dressing Rouge slightly more modestly. I've always loved Rouge as a character the way she already is, but people (particularly non-fans, and also just... Sonic fans who aren't also furries lol) often write her off as "that weird bat lady with the tits that people are really horny for." Hopefully the writing will show non-comic readers that she's a genuinely fun character when used well as a foil to the rest of the cast, and hopefully her new outfit(s) will allow people to focus on that.

I do think something's a little off with the new outfit, though, even if I think it looks solid overall. Is it just that the heart motif is more abstract and less of a central focus here? That might be part of it. Maybe the suit just looks slightly overdesigned next to Team Sonic. Unsurprisingly I've also already seen multiple pieces of fanart giving this outfit a boob window, with one arguing that showing more of her skin tone on her torso gives the design better color balance, and... yeah, on that level I do kinda agree lol. Although I think a similar balance could be achieved just by having her upper arms be exposed or something. (Which is a feature on her bad timeline counterpart's outfit!) But, yeah, overall I do think I like it.

I also don't think they actually made her boobs smaller compared to most of her modern appearances despite the many, many, MANY claims to the contrary but I am not getting into that debate lol. Also she's literally still wearing a skintight catsuit and doing cool flying kicks you are not allowed to say they made her less hot

The fact that they're putting Rouge front and center has me VERY curious about her future prospects in the movie universe, though, given the particular projects currently in the works. To me, this makes it seem WAY more likely than it previously did. But who knows?

Uhhh anyway yeah the show looks good. I like pretty much everything we've seen so far. I like basically all of the previous Sonic cartoons except Underground to some extent, but if they stick the landing with this one then it seems like it'll pretty easily be the best one. I guess it's kinda lame that they made Sonic say "gotta go fast" in the trailer, but idk, it's a modern Sonic project, they gotta pay the obligatory lame meme toll. I am mostly fixated on Rouge because she's one of my favorite characters and her being on the main team is somehow the biggest curveball this show's previews have thrown so far, like seriously what.

[valnyte]

Morganatic Idol first impressions from the prologue (just a bunch of incoherent thoughts)

• mc in prologue says this is her Cinderella story, and you know what, from Jace's route that I'm on so far, I can see it

• at this point we are all tired of the 1 month time limit set for IkeSeries [this is a +ONE game but they follow the formula] but here we go again (IkeVamp, IkePri, IkeVil, now Morganatic Idol)

• mc, my girl, LEAVE THE AEGIS COMPANY OH MY GOD 😭 (tldr they treat her like complete and utter crap)

• one does not simply steal a presentation idea and get away with it (bombastic side eye at MC's boss)

• also, what the hell is sakura on thinking mc will be able to balance both company work and housekeeping at the same time (Jace, we stan our makeup king, was the first one to point out how difficult that would be but nooo sakura didn't listen)

• my girl gonna die from overwork holy shit

• we don't meet Gem Cuddle until towards the end parts, they'd make a good setup for Act 2 because MC didn't even know they existed

• I need whatever MC has to even get any sort of energy at all because holy crap I would cry several times a day if I were her

Onto the characters

• Eito Sakura, is your head ok bdhshsh props for letting MC have a redo of her presentation but straight up invite her to work as a housekeeper and live in the same penthouse in less than an hour that you knew her? my guy, WHAT

• now to Gem Cuddle's Hitaki: oh he's sus alright, I wouldn't trust him at all, but if it were between him and Miu, I'd trust Hitaki more, smooth talker but very much up to no good (reminds me of Alfons in Ikemen Villains and yes they do share a seiyuu)

• Miu is actually reminding me of Gilbert von Obsidian and scares me more than Hitaki - Miu is very very suspicious and lowkey terrifying when he smiles because you know damn well he's plotting something (ily Gilbert but you are scawy)

• Nagi is the only seemingly sane one in Gem Cuddle with Hitaki and Miu are just going ふふふふふふ all over the place, the ONLY green flag in the entire game so far

• to exe Creed, I will constantly bring this up: WHAT THE HELL ARE YALL C A S U A L OUTFITS THOSE ARE NOT I T

• whoever said Xeno is just modern day Chev personality without the murder (and the bunch of dramatic medieval politcs), I might have to agree with you, and given how he's the poster boy, much of the prologue gives him quite a spotlight with MC noting a lot about him

• someone please give Ivy a break, he's giving me extreme IkeSen Hideyoshi vibes because he's pretty much the mom of exe Creed (his profile describes him as the older brother type, but no I'd say he's more of an actual mom because he has to constantly keep looking after the others in his group) and gives MC info here and there

• Jace is surprisingly bordering on polite in the prologue, albeit still flirty and one of the first to take notice and pay mind to MC aside from Sakura (just in case you forgot, Jace is the token womanizer and MC is quick to remember all of that in his route) but what the actual fuck is his casual outfit I'm still crying at it

• Finn's biggest impact on me was his casual outfit because why, just why, man, WHY, the whiplash I had seeing him in that because it reminds me of the guys I used to know who dressed godawful 😭😭😭, he's fast to back up Jace though with the "bruh wym let her live and work here as a housekeeper when she also works in a company" at Sakura

• Hugh is just eepy, that's it, he's so eepy in the prologue either Ivy or Finn nudge him awake, he's cute though

All in all, its a standard Ikemen Series style prologue, but if I am to be honest, Gem Cuddle is the actual group who I find bustling with more personality (despite two members being very two-faced) and dynamics from the prologue alone and not exe Creed. From a story standpoint, it all makes sense. MC sees exe Creed as robotic without emotions, it's difficult to see what exe Creed has in store through her eyes aside from the fact that they're hot idols that seemingly lack human emotion.

[mirersc]

MLB AU x SONADOW

What's the result?

A chaotic AU with the most unbearable slow burn of all ages.

Yep, we're doing this. Or at least we will talk about it, because I need to share it with someone. Anyone.

Warning: contains spoilers of MLB movie

So ever since the new movie of MLB came out -btw you should go see it, it's pretty light-hearted and adorable- my head is spinning and thinking what would happen if our two hedgehogs had been instead on the main characters' place, but with their own personalities.

Sonic would take Marinette's role, I haven't thought of a backstory yet, -and no he is not shy and without confidence, he is sly and cocky as ever- but he lives with Tails -when he isn't on one of his trips- and together they attend Chaos High on Green Hill -I'm still planning the settings and the names in my head-

On the other hand, Shadow takes Adrien's role, but unlike him, he's actually moving from his home in Station Square to go live with his best friend, Rouge, for a while, who miraculously lives in Green Hill as the others. And surprise, surprise, Gerald is alive! Does that mean that he is Hawk Moth and that Maria is Emily? To be honest, I'm still debating if Gerald is the real villain, because I want to include GUN in the game as well, but oh man, stuff like that takes time.

For sure though Maria takes Emily's place.

There's a high possibility though that she isn't dead. Just pretty sick. For now at least ;) *cough* I meant, she will be fine!

Tikal is the guardian so she takes the place of Master Fu and there are no kwamies. Yes, that's right. Instead of kwamies -do I even spell that right?- we have chaos, thus and why Tikal is the guardian of them. And instead of having a plethora of them there are only seven of them, each of them bearing a chaos emerald.

So skipping into the plot we have first day of a new year with everyone knowing everyone and Shadow being the new transfer student, who clings to Rouge's side and his personal robotic assistant Omega -yeah we're bringing him because we stan Team Dark!-

Introductions are made and oops, the two hedgies make a brief eye contact while at class. Neither of them shows any interest. Ouch I know, but wait, we have track. That's right. And where Sonic believes that his only rival is Jet here comes Shadow to steal the spotlight with his AIR SHOES, even if Sonic deems them rocket shoes. And just like that the blue blur finally pays attention to the stoic new student. Not as if he's fallen in love, but he is intrigued by him! I mean, have you seen any other running as fast as him?

Note; there are no super powers in this world, but Tails still is the smartest of the group, lol. That's just his nature. However he doesn't know that he can fly with his second tail. That's something that he'll discover later.

Anyways moving on, Hawk Moth -or however I'll remain the character later, because I'm not keeping those names for copyright issues- suddenly awakens the purple emerald, thus and the chao with it that have been lost in the fight that have broke between the echidna race and Tikal is forced to call upon the chaos of the dark blue and red chaos emeralds, named -that's actually a good question, I'm debating on Azul and Shade, but that's just basic? Or nah- Anyways, both chaos don't go well with each other and decide like in the movie to select on their own their champions.

Long story short, because there's no way I'm revealing everything, Azul ends up with Sonic and Shade with Shadow and they both activate their powers -after a lot of convincing by both ends, I know surprise for a specific blue hedgehog but sus- I was thinking that the could say, “Chaos Activate” with their respective chao on the start of the sentence, but working on it. Oh they are on their super forms, when powers activated, because I couldn't think of something better and thus their original abilities are unlocked, a.k.a Sonic's speed and Shadow's manipulation over chaos energy.

So the heroes meet while trying to discover where the corrupted with dark chaos energy is -yep, no akumas either- and they do not get along. Shadow having thought of it more, had already picked a name for his secret identity, named -I'm bad at names, but I was thinking something to do with Chaos, like Chaos Controller, but that's just too big so I'll think of something better-. Sonic soon realises that he still haven't thought of his own name, but then the corrupted arrives and interrupts them.

So they fight, they banter, Sonic haves a panic attack, Shadow almost loses his emerald, but they work it out. But like in the series they forget to cleanse the dark chaos energy something that BOTH Sonic and Shadow are able to do with the power of the chaos emerald.

They both find their way after that, working together, learning from their mistakes. Surprisingly, it is Shadow that finds a name for Sonic. Without even thinking of it too hard. He just calls him something and Sonic likes it so he keeps it.

And here's the moment that you all waited for.

The love matter.

Which takes a LOT OF TIME to finally come.

So to put it simple.

Sonic loves Shadow.

Shadow loves Super Sonic.

-this is where you all start clapping and fangirling-

There I said it. You can all just toy with the idea now, if you haven't thought of this already. And oh they both get refused by the other like the movie. But first is Shadow who declines Sonic and then Super Sonic who declines Super Shadow. Why? Because one thing led to another and Sonic accidentally reveals his like to the other hedgehog. Shadow of course is taken aback, because he didn't expect Sonic to like him. Not that Sonic would like to change anything in their current relationship, because it's perfect as it is. He just wishes to know if Shadow would like to keep it like that and after graduation. Shadow, however, likes Super Sonic and thus declines Sonic. Of course he doesn't express this in a harsh manner. He is considerate of the other's feelings. But Sonic of course is hurting. So imagine the SAME time in the evening to getting asked by Super Shadow, if he would like for their relationship to grow into something more. Sonic just can't and he leaves immediately like he'd done a prior hours ago.

Of course I'm not telling you how they get together or how they overcome this, because where's the fun in that? Don't know, if I'll make it into a fic this idea yet, but feel free to send me asks, if you have any questions.

Furthermore you can even take this idea and turn it into something unique. Just be sure to let me know so I can keep an eye out of it. I wouldn't mind reading an AU like this or seeing art of it.

Thank you for managing to come this far. I am super grateful and hopefully my next posts will not be as big as this one. Be safe and be happy! Gotta love our two hogs.

[samobservessonic]

If you’ve been wondering where Sonic’s been keeping the Chaos Emeralds since the start of StC, well, this issue opens with the answer to that, as Plunder and Filch give us a quick reminder of what transpired last time

But Sonic and the others are right behind them, to the point where I wonder if this was a setup on their part or else if Sonic took Porker’s confession remarkably well and just realised they had other priorities right now (EDIT: After reading ahead, they don't mention it, so I guess Sonic really was just okay with it)

Have a neat shot of the Freedom Fighters diving into battle. They have pretty much immediately given Amy her crossbow girl role after the kidnappings in her two original appearances. She hasn’t had a big role in any of these stories so far, but it is interesting to see that the action girl role was quick to be reached and not something that happened slowly over time

Illustrating this, here’s Amy saving Porker. And if you are starting to think that poor Porker might be a weak link in this team outside of his tech knowledge, this is also a plot point that’ll be addressed further down the line

We once again see that when Tails is threatened, Sonic immediately gives up to Plunder, that being the second time that Plunder has taken advantage of this weakness. Not only that, but there’s a lore note about how the Chaos Emeralds are charged up with pure evil, thanks to the mistaken ideals of Dr. Kintobor trying to purify the world. On another panel, Tails also points out that the emerald’s need to be kept cool. All part of your Chaos Emerald maintenance training, right here, folks!

And here they are in the flesh for the second time in the comic! The first time was back in issue 8, where they were all green, like in Archie, but from now on they’ll all be different colours. StC might make up a lot of its own lore for the Chaos Emeralds, but I do appreciate that they keep them colourful

Sonic and Tails give chase to the sky pirates in the Tornado and what they find when they get there is what can only be described as peace and love on Planet Mobius

There’s not even a struggle to get the emeralds back, as Sonic explains to Tails that they absorb evil, not dish it out (what that means for Super Sonic is another question). But even if they’re loving life now, that certainly won’t be the last we see of Captain Plunder and his crew

But in case you’re wondering what’s happening in the ever-unlucky Emerald Hill Zone right now…

Here’s Metal Sonic! No more hiding in the shadows or being teased - in the next issue, Sonic’s robot doppelganger is going to be front and centre

But for now, I want to end by saying these last couple of issues have been a blast! I talked before about how I’m glad that Captain Plunder is here to give us a villain separate to Robotnik, and in doing so, it’s allowed Robotnik to work in the background to build up suspense for the big Metal Sonic reveal next time

[minniethemoocherda]

Iridescent: Chapter 11

Summary: When Jazz is promoted to Head of Special Operations, the last thing he expected was to have to work with a face from his past.

Ao3

FF.net

Jazz quickly shut off the robotic voice of his text-to-speech generator as he heard a knock on his door.

He wasn't expecting anyone. And the past few times that someone had turned up unexpectedly at his door hadn't exactly bode good news so he went to answer it with caution.

Even with all the scenarios he was imaging, Jazz was still surprised to find Prowl standing behind his door.

"Hey Commander." Jazz greeted, leaning against the doorway. "You got more paperwork for me?"

"No." Prowl stated. His expression gave nothing awayway but judging by his long pause he was clearly gathering his thoughts to say something. "Would you like to... hang out with me?"

Jazz nearly slid off the doorframe. Honestly he'd been starting to worry that Prowl was about to tell him that somebody else had died. So it was a bit of a relief. If no less confusing. But frankly Jazz didn't really care about the reasonings behind Prowl's change of heart. As whilst Jazz wasn't currently the Praxian's biggest fan, that didn't mean that he didn't want Prowl to like him back.

"Alright." He shrugged, not wanting to appear too eager. "Do you want to meet up in the rec-room for lunch?"

"The recreational room is very loud." Prowl stated.

"Well most people's shifts don't start ending for another hour so it should be pretty quite right now. I'll just finish this then we can head down if you want?"

Prowl paused, that breifly blank look crossing his eyes that Jazz had begun to recognise as when he was assessing all possible probabilities with that big battle computer brain of his. Whatever conclusion he'd come too must have been acceptable as a moment later Prowl nodded.

Jazz tried his best to finish his work as quick as possible. He avoided Prowl's gaze as he turned the text to speak generator back on but thankfully the commander didn't make any comment on it.

As soon as he was done, Jazz lead the way towards the rec room, not wanting to give Prowl time to change his mind.

Thankfully Jazz had been right in his guess that it wouldn't be busy. Besides the clashing green and red forms of Inferno and Hound taking up one of the central tables with a cyber-chess match, the place was empty.

Jazz poured a cube of energon for himself then one for Prowl, trying the get it to the same shade of pink that he remembered Sideswipe previously making for the commander. It must've been close enough as Prowl took one inspecting glance at cube before taking a sip. Jazz mentally tallied that as a win.

Despite the place being practically empty, Prowl took them to the right corner booth which would let them survey the room whilst keeping an eye on the exit. Whether Prowl was aware that he'd done this on purpose, Jazz wasn't sure but he wasn't about to complain when he would have done that same.

As soon as he sat down, Prowl sharply turned his whole body towards him.

"The weather is terrible today." Prowl stated. He then proceeded to stare at Jazz expectantly.

"Err yeah sure is." Jazz replied.

There was then an awkward silence as Prowl apparently had no idea what to say after that. Whatever was happening here, the guy was at least trying, so Jazz decided to throw him a bone.

"So how's Bluestreak settling back in?" He asked, guessing that would be a safe subject.

Sure enough, that got Prowl to brighten up.

"She is settling in well. And I am glad that she has found a friend in Bumblebee."

"Me too." Jazz said. Primus knows the kid could do with better influences than the twins. "Hey If this is too personal then you can tell me to frag off but if you don't mind me asking, what did Bluestreak mean that you weren't biologically brother and sister? Because you could've fooled me! And believe me, that aint an easy thing to do."

"As the only other known Praxian still alive, I believed that it was my duty to become her gaurdian after the destruction of Praxus."

Shit. Jazz had been stationed in Iacon at the time but like everyone else left on their planet, he had heard of the Battle of Praxus. Although calling it a battle was a bit disingenuous. A slaughter would be more acurate. Praxus had been a Neutral State up until that point so most of the casualties had been civilian. Many of the remaining neutral cities had joined the Autobots after that but in Jazz's opinion the loss of life hadn't been worth it.

"Well from what I've seen from her records she's grown into a resilient young bot." Jazz told him.

"She should not have needed to become so resilient." Prowl stated, a slight edge to his voice. "She has been through so much for such a young age. Loosing her family, deciding to transition and growing up during a war."

"Still, you must be proud of her?"

"I claim no responsibility for her strength of character. That is all her. But yes I am proud." A rare smile crossed Prowl's face. It soon vanished however when he turned his attention back to Jazz. "Do you have any siblings?"

"I did." Jazz stated before smoothly moving the subject back to Bluestreak. "Is she the reason you're doing... whatever this is?"

"Yes." Prowl sighed. "She is worried I do not talk to anyone whilst she is away and I cannot have her worrying about me whilst on a mission when a distraction could cost her life."

Okay that made sense. What didn't make sense was- "Why did you pick me? I thought you hated me!"

"I do." Prowl replied without hesitation. "But you are the only one interested in talking to me."

"Well how do ya know that for certain? When was the last time you actually tried to make friends with someone?" Jazz asked.

Prowl's eyes took on that blank look once again and judging by the fact that it was taking him this long and he hadn't come up with an answer yet told Jazz that it had probably been a long time.

"Listen if you genuinely to be my friend then I'm more than happy to be! But I don't want you to feel like you have to settle for me because you think I'm you're only option." Jazz told him.

"You are my only option."

Well with that attitude he would be. Still as he had done with Mirage all those years ago now, Jazz decided to give the bot a helping hand.

Glancing around the room, Jazz's gaze landed on Hound and Inferno, two of the friendliest mechs in the entire Autobot army.

Perfect.

"Come on!" Jazz downed the rest of his drink then held out a hand to the commander. After a moment's hesitation, he took it allowing Jazz to lead them over to the central tables.

"Heya mechs! Who's winning?" Jazz asked, dropping Prowl's hand so that he could lean on the comparitivly cooler table.

"Inferno." Hound grumbled.

The bot in question shrugged. "That's only because I've played against my Red so much."

"I've been trying to think outside the box like you're always telling me! But it's hard when you're literally playing with little boxes!" Hound faux whined, pretending to bang his head on the table.

"That's because you're taking it too literally." Jazz explained, patting his friend on the helm. "We ain't confined to black and white boxes in real life!"

Jazz then grabbed one of Inferno's pawns and ate it.

"Well I've gotta admit, I have no idea how to respond to that." Inferno stated whilst Hound banged his head against the table for real.

"I do." Prowl stated, moving another pawn to take its place.

Interested to see where the commander was going with this, Jazz moved Hound's own pawn to steal it back. It wasn't until three moves later that Jazz saw what was about to happen the second before Prowl took his rook.

Jazz grinned.

Oh it was on.

Hound and Inferno had already whittled down each others pieces so it wasn't long until the two commanders were down to two pieces each. Jazz with a knight. Prowl with a rook. And both with their king.

Within that time the lunch hour had truly begun and their little game had drawn quite a crowd. But despite the number of people, the room was oddly quiet. Many of them were probably in shock to see the head of tactics actually in the Rec Room for first time.

Being a spy, Jazz had been aware of the silent swarm starting to form, but Prowl was so engrossed in the game that he hadn't appeared to have noticed.

Jazz smirked to himself, as he placed his knight adjacent  to his opponents king.

Prowl paused, looking up to stare at Jazz with those intelligent blue eyes. Jazz gave nothing away, keeping his smirk only for himself.

Sure enough, two moves later, Prowl defeated Jazz's King and the crowd exploded.

Prowl froze as the mechs surrounded him with applause, singing his praises and clasping his shoulders.

Jazz allowd himself a small chuckle at the sight.

Perhaps Prowl wasn't a complete arsehole. Sure he was partly. But more so he was just extremely socially awkward.

Jazz allowed the crowd another minute to shower their congratulations before coming to Prowl's rescue.

"Alright I know most of ya'lls shifts have started again by now so get ya sorry afts back to work!" Jazz ordered. After a few grumbles and quick dashes for energon, most having forgotten to refuel in their engrossment, soon only the original players remained.

"Thanks for letting us joing in." Jazz grinned. "And sorry about your pawn. I'll make ya a new one!"

"Don't worry about it!" Inferno said, waving him off before perking up. "Hey I was thinking of starting a cyber-chess club. I thought it would be fun for the base! Plus it would be a good excuse to get Red out of their room." He then turned to Jazz with a pleading glint to his optics. "Just promise me you won't eat the peices when playing with them? I think it would cause another episode."

"I promise." Jazz said, holding his hand to his spark. Out of the corner of his eye, he snuck a glance at Prowl.

The Head of Tactics had a slightly blank stare on his face as though what Inferno had just asked them didn't logically make sense.

Jazz gave him a subtle nudge.

Prowl blinked, his mind seemingly now back within this realm of reality as he turned to Inferno.

"Yes, I would like to join your club." Prowl said. Jazz thought that he imagined the corners of Prowl's lips twitch in a smile.

"Thank you so much!" Inferno beamed as they started to pack away. "I'll send you both a rota for matches!"

"Can't wait!" Jazz cried, giving him and Hound a wave as he strolled towards the exit. Prowl followed behind him after a polite nod.

As soon as they stepped outside, the blast proof doors slammed shut behind them, leaving the pair in total silence.

"You let me win." Prowl stated.

"Of course. It's the only way you could win against me." Jazz said, finally letting his smirk free.

"I could have beaten you."

"Prove it." Jazz dared, his smirk now a full on grin.

"I will." Prowl told him, that monotone voice of his expressing his calm confidence.

"I'm looking forward to it." Jazz said, turning down the corridor towards his habsuite, surprised that he actually meant it.

He had nearly reached the end of the corridor when caught Prowl's reply.

"Me too."

The next morning stacked on top of Jazz's mounting pile of daily reports, was a datastick.

Curious, he plugged it into his computer where a voice recording tab popped up.

He pressed play, and was surprised yet touched to hear the words of this mornings reports read aloud by Prowl's steady voice.

[zillyeh]

Turned Tides

Technically an immediate precursor to this drabble. only cws i can really give is talks of bombing towards the end, lmk if i need to add anything here<3 Synopsis: Around 150 sweeps ago, Heiress Halosa Delhon discuss what to do with the den of rebels in the north of Delhon city, with the added input of some unfortunate guests.

Your heavy footsteps echo across the marble castle floors. The mere sound of your approach had always been enough to quiet a room, but since the execution? A pin could drop upstairs and you could hear it. You almost miss her air headed giggling as she draped herself over the throne.However.

You admit that you prefer what it's done to Heiress Halosa.

She sits motionless on her throne. Hollow. She is a shell of the Delhon you knew. You'd behead Bridal again just to watch the light leave Halosa's eyes.  

The heiress did not wear her mourning whites for long. She was already back to her caped fleet uniform. The golden rank pauldrons sat spiky and and important on her shoulders. They glinted with the rest of the gold inlaid in her uniform in the jade and pink moonlight. Even this subtle combination of colors bouncing on her lap seemed to be grimming her already sour expression.

You greet her with a kneeling bow. 

"Your highness," you say. She hardly moves but to flick her wrist- an instruction to stand. 

"Steris," she says, the gravel of her voice deeper than you've ever heard it. "Approach. We don't have time for a round table. Visitors."

"Visitors?" you ask incredulously, climbing the short few steps to her side. "Now?" A quiet Delhon castle is a Delhon castle in shambles. To bring in others before you get a moment with her is… inconvenient. For you.

"They have a solution for me." Her voice is robotic. Halosa is running low on willpower. Anyone but you would think she’s just as hard as ever, but you can see her foundations beginning to crack. Mentioning Bridal in just the right way could break her, bend her to your whims, but you need her alone.

She hums, shifting in her seat. With an unenthusiastic flourish, she bangs her serpentine scepter on the ground. The ornate main doors of the throne room open, and the quartet of trolls that enter makes your thin lip curl.

They aren't clowns of yours, but they are clowns. Masked laughsassins with Enfaris' signature gaudy frills, all except for the tall elder in the front of them. He was certainly as Enfarian as the rest, but he had the decency to mute his colors and show his face. His paint was obnoxiously intricate- they have so much time for it don't they?- and did work to fill the deep lines of his face. His hair fell around his face in thin, tight braids, beaded in green and red at the ends.

"Your 'ighness," he greets. The phlegmy yet airy dust of his accent on those two words alone make your skin crawl. The beads in his hair clatter softly as he shifts. He bares his throat in place of bowing. Whatever ailment requires his cane seems to prevent his fellows from dropping to the floor as well. Disrespectful.

"Father Jortis, I take it?" Halosa asks, not looking for an answer. "I apologize for having no announcer to your entrance. It is no secret that my court is in unacceptable disarray. Please, speak."

"It is quite alright, Madame Delhon," Jortis says, gripping the cane in front of him. You do not hide your grimace when you realize it has a honking horn at the handle. 

"My church received most disturbing news from someone in zis province," he continues, "A rather eloquent plea for assistance. I 'ave an embarrassment of my own you see: in short a few, shall I say incorrectly zealous of our church stole some of our‐ qu'est que ce- 'idden members. I am to believe their fleeing brought zem 'ere, based on my informant's descriptions."

"This should be our priority why exactly?" You can't see his angle. You don't like that. "What do you mean by hidden-"

Halosa puts up a hand again. 

"You will be addressed when you are addressed, Steris." She can't make her voice sound as scary as it used to be. Regardless, you shut your mouth, narrowing your eyes at the clowns in front of you. 

"My advisor does make a fair point, Father. You bring this to me now for the reasons I hope you do, yes?"

Jortis nods once.

"Not zat I would be so brazen as to peek into your mind, but I believe so. My informant claims to 'ave been abducted by rebels and forced to labor for zem- ones zat match ze description of my missing flock."

"Fascinating," you say, having never shut up for long before this. "Is your little informant with us tonight, Enfarian?"

"'E should be," Jortis says easily, catching you off guard. His aloofness to your own disrespect annoys you. Enfarians are so difficult to rile. "If 'e manages to-"

The doors behind the troupe open again, spilling in the last person you'd ever thought you'd see in Delhon's throne room. The guards who escort him in look like they can't get their hands off him fast enough.

"Ninefingers?" You almost can't believe your eyes. He looks genuinely afraid in a way you've never seen the Exacerbator look. He wrings his lopsided hands, warily moving beside the quartet of clowns before dropping to a bow for the Heiress.

"Your highness," he says with a shake in his voice. Closer you can see barely healed scars on his arms, and a bruise under his eye. His first finger has been replaced with something made of… wood? How barbaric. His curly hair had been pulled back tight. He looks even smaller than he already is without his mane. Crushable underfoot or under ax.

Halosa signals for him to get up, casting a wary eye at you. You step forward. He winces.

"I should strangle whatever information you have out of you, Aarika." You crack your knuckles, but Jortis and Halosa both put their arms out to keep you two from each other.

"Vionyi, fucking behave or I will force you to leave."

"Yeah, okay."

Halosa stands. She strikes you across the mouth hard enough to reverberate through the high-ceilinged hall. You swallow the bit of blood in your mouth, clenching your fists. Oh how you hate fighting the urge to do something back. Tears sting at your eyes, but you are well practiced in biting back pain. Closing your clear false lids also helps.

"We can have this conversation over your corpse if need be," she says, some of the real danger in her voice back. You grit your teeth, the hand shaped print on your face stings. Hard. 

"I apologize for my insolence, your highness," you say through tight lips. "I shall not let my emotions get the better of me again."

For a split second, you think you catch a smug little smirk on Aarika's face.

"If I may-," Aarika speaks up with the well practice shake of a fearful child. Halosa seats herself again. "I apologize as well for my- everything. My unacceptable transgressions against the Empire, what I assume is a nasty scar on the back of your leg-" You want to kill him. Never in your life have you had to contain it quite this much. Cleaving him in two would only be the start. "-all of it is my fault. After those pirates took me from- kept me under the deck until I was so wound up and starved that I-" he interrupts himself with a sob. Jortis places a hand on his shoulder. Pathetic. This was what had become of Exacerbator Ninefingers? 

"I- sometimes I feel like I'm still not fully come to. I'm sorry. That's not what I'm here for. Please forgive me." He clears his throat, shaking as he finds his composure. "When they landed last they took me here. Taking to the rebel groups. The Underground practically found him- us first."

"The Underground?" Halosa seems interested. That was your pet project for sweeps. He's going to take this from you, right under your nose. Or lack thereof.

He nods. "There’s a church, on the north side of the city. They call it the-" he shudders, as if remembering something terrible, "-the church of the Reverent. That's what they call their leader. He and a handful of others are Enfarian. You can hear it- and I've overheard things-"

Jortis seems to think that Aarika's frantic ramblings are enough. 

"I would like your permission to retrieve ze 'eads of my missing flock, your 'ighness," he says, gesturing back to his laughsassins. Ah. That's what they were there for.

"Infiltration is incredibly difficult," Aarika interjects. "There are tunnels they will use to evacuate at even the slightest hint of smoke, the-"

"Old snake tunnels, I am familiar," Halosa says, more lively than you've seen her in weeks. Ugh. "Do you know them well enough to block them off?"

He hesitates, but nods.

"They could be… encouraged to certain routes."

Halosa turns her gaze to Jortis.

"How much time would it take you, Jortis?"

"Twenty minutes if we linger," he says. His little trio of freaks nod in unison. Aarika looks just as uncomfortable as you feel with them. The welts he came in with are slower to fade than you thought they'd be. Exacerbator Ninefingers had been rumored to heal as fast as you could cut him, but you suppose not all pirate tales are true.

You are very aware of the chunk he cut out of your thigh as you stare him down. He balks under your scrutiny, reluctantly leaning towards the subjugs. You want to find something, anything about him that you can use to get him dead. His crimes against the Empire are enough, but if he uses this leverage to beg for his life now? After giving up the location to the biggest thorn in Delhon’s side?

Halosa was far too weak not to let him have it.

"If you intend to do this, I would suggest you do it soon," he says, freaky teeth moving as he speaks. "They are intending to mobilize somewhere- I'm unsure where, I would assume further north to disperse into the woods, or south to integrate into the city."

"Two very different directions," Halosa hums.

“That is by design, your highness,” Aarika says with a solemn nod. “They listen to me about… tactics. They know who I was, not who I am. I will do anything in my limited power to make sure that the one who stole your m-”

He stopped himself with a hand over his mouth, looking like he fully expected Halosa to strike him down. You wish she would. She sits up straighter in her seat, the hardness of a several thousand year old war-ender back in her eyes. When she speaks again it is a demand.

“Who stole my...”

“The unspeakably blooded rebel who stole your beloved, your highness.” Aarika dropped to the floor again in another bow. He was really laying it on thick, though you must begrudgingly admire his commitment to keeping his neck and his head attached. “You must know she is one of the Enfarians in that church. It’s where-”

“Enough.” Now Halosa Delhon’s voice was a thundercrack, reverberating off the walls louder than when she’d slapped you. “Father, you can personally see to the unmerciful, gruesome end of your ex flock?” Jortis nodded. Aarika looked up, still frightened, but for a moment the mask slipped to unfettered glee. You would see his teeth pulled out of his face and reintroduced into his eyesockets if you could. 

“Unmercifully shall tack on an ‘andful’s worth of minutes, but it can be done, easily. One of our riders has a vested interest in seeing at least one of zem dead. If I understand correctly, it is the very same.” Riders. They would have taken one of their noodly, violent dragons here. Enfarians have them to spare for every law enforcer over there. You wonder which of his troupe it is. If they aren’t out tending to it.

The shadow of a smile finds itself creasing the severe lines around Halosa’s mouth. This is bad for you. If they can just kill their leaders and get the few spies stationed to get the more egregious mutants, your position as her tactician is practically-

“Steris,” she says, alive. You stiffen. “You had plans for the city north, did you not?”

Is she serious?

“Your highness?”

“To simply kill the perpetrators of so much strife against my city is not enough,” she says cooly, rehearsing words you’d spoken to her already almost verbatim. “The rats nest must be wiped out, lest more vermin crop up. Wouldn’t you agree?”  

Something in the way you shift almost makes Aarika snort. You feel almost lightheaded. Is this truly happening? This is one of the best nights of your life. Aarika and the foreign clowns at the edge of your vision be damned, she’s actually going to go through with it.

“Of course, your highness,” you say breathlessly, “An example should be made to the rest of the city- rest of the province that you-”

“Won’t stand for this behavior from our citizens,” she finishes for you. “Contact Felzee and the other two, tell them they’ll have thirty minutes. Anyone else you find terribly important as well. Everyone else figures it out when the drones come.”

You give her a short nod.

“Shall we be walling off the rest of the city then?” She nods in return. Her control over Delhon’s drones could rival even the Empress. Shielding off just the north side would be nothing.

“Get Ninefingers to mark a map for you and Jortis.” You grimace, and he winces at being mentioned by name. “I will offer you one singular favor, Amillo Aarika, aside from sparing your life.” 

Of course she would.

Fucking of course she would.

That won’t sour your mood. Aarika could ask for a room in the castle and you’d still be over the moons. This is your idea, she’s listened to you, you are getting everything you wanted to do to that hole and more.

“A floor of the greenhouse tower in the center city,” Aarika says as if he’d been expecting this. “If you would be so generous. I- I want my life to be simple, all I’ve ever really wanted is to make-”

“I don’t care. It will be done. All of you come with me. This must be done now.”

When she stands, turning her back to your company, something in Aarika changes, shifts ever so slightly that you barely catch it. His shake stops. He seems more relaxed. He catches your eye and flashes you a smile, which you meet with a sneer. You know then that he’s also just gotten exactly what he wanted. Even if it doesn’t seem like much, you and he are united in this one desire- to see north Delhon torched.

That doesn’t sit well with you, but you have to ignore it. Right now you have a city to raze.

[the-broken-truth]

Rabbit's Love: Yandere Vanessa [FNAF] X Male OC (Usagi Snow) [Part 2]

Summary: On his first day as a Day Guard at Mega Pizzaplx, Usagi's shift was running smoothly until he crossed paths with Vanessa, the Night Guard. How will their interaction play out?

[Mega Pizzaplex - 10:15 In The Morning]

"Here is your walkie-talkie, your flashlight, your taser, and the rest of your belt; everything you need to do your job perfectly is on that belt. Is there anything you need to know?" The Manager asked as Usagi looped the belt through the loops of his pants.

"What exactly am I supposed to do today?" Usagi asked as he finished fixing his belt.

"Just keep an eye on the children and make sure they don't try to damage the animatronics, make sure the parents and their children are together - look for the matching wristbands. Your job is also to make sure the birthday parties go smoothly. Understood?" The Manager said as he sat back down to get back to doing his paperwork.

"Are there any High Priority Birthday Parties today?" Usagi asked.

"I like that about you - you ask the right questions. There is only one birthday party today - a Montgomery Gator Themed Party. Not too high grade but we strive to make sure every party is well received. At 2 o'clock, head to the party area and make sure that there are no problems with the party." The Manager explained. Usagi nodded, looked at his watch, and took the map his boss supplied him, sliding it into the slot on the belt and walking out of the door before heading to his post.

"Hopefully, Snow and Vanessa get along." The Manager sighed before he picked up the ringing phone, "Hello?"

[Hours Later - At The Birthday Party]

Usagi stood in the shadows of the party with his hands behind his back as he scanned the room with his blue eyes - everything was going smoothly and the party was in full effect as Monty was hanging out with the birthday boy, who was smiling and clapping his hands as the robotic gator was flexing his metal muscles and making grunting noises while looking at the boy from the opening above his glasses. Usagi smiled - it was nice to see a family have fun - while he didn't celebrate his own birthday due to his issues with his family, he was happy to make sure everything was going smoothly; that's when he heard someone crying. He looked at the source of the crying and saw a man carrying a little boy out of the party room but something wasn't right - the boy was pushing the man away from him.

"Excuse me," Usagi said as she walked up to the man, causing him to stop and look at the white-haired man, "What is going on around here? Why are you carrying this boy out of the party room?"

"Sorry, this is my son. He wanted to join the party going on but i told him no so we are going home early." The man said with a tender smile but Usagi just looked at him with narrowed eyes.

"Show me your wristbands." Usagi said, causing the man to look at him confused.

"Wristbands?" The man asked but the boy quickly held his arm out and showed his green wristband.

"This wristband - we give them to parents and children to make sure there aren't any kidnapping attempts. Your 'son' showed me his, you need to have one that matches. Snow me your wristband." Usagi demanded but the man started panicking.

"I...threw mine away. Look, me and my son need to get home so get out of my way." The man tried to walk around Usagi but the white-haired man placed a hand in front of him to stop him.

"Put the boy down, now, or I shall be forced to take you down." Usagi warned the man who suddenly threw a fist at him but Usagi grabbed it and turned it back, making the man yell in pain, and drop to the ground, and the boy ran out of the man's arms and hid behind Usagi used his other hand to get his walkie-talkie and called for the police waiting outside and held the man there when 2 parents with green wristbands came up to him with their wrists and the moment the bo saw them, he ran into the woman's waiting arms and called her 'Mommy'.

"Thank you. This man has been following us for a week and trying to take our son but I never thought they would let him in there without a wristband." The man said as he glared at the man kneeling on the ground. The police walked into the room and secured the man before healing him away, allowing Usagi to return o his post at the birthday party, where they were starting to sing happy birthday.

[At The End Of The Day]

Usagi stripped himself of the security guard's outfit and placed it in his locket before putting n his normal clothes when the door opened again ad he jumped at the sudden sound - he looked at the door and a female was standing there with her green eyes wide. She had lightly tanned skin, freckles across her face and on the side of her neck, and long blonde hair with a braid. He looked at her - she was dressed in a Security Guard's Outfit but she walked up to him with a raised eyebrow.

"So, you're the new Day Guard - Usagi Snow, right?' The woman asked as she looked him up and down before locking eyes with him with a smile on her face, "You look bigger than I thought you were going to be. With a name like ' Usagi', I thought you would be small and delicate, like a bunny." The woman said.

"I get that a lot. You must be Vanessa - The Night Guard." Usagi said as he held his hand out for Vanessa to take but she placed her hand on his chest - which was still bare due to the fact his shirt was still in his hand - mainly, the scar on Usagi's chest.

"What happened?" Vanessa asked as she looked at the scar, running her fingertips along the deep healed scar.

"It's personal. Please, don't touch it." Usagi said as he grabbed Vanessa's soft hand and removed her hand from his chest before stepping away from her to place his shirt on. "I need to go, I need to get home." Usagi started for the door when Vannessa called out to him.

"You interest me, Usagi Snow. You're going to be mine." Vanessa smiled at him as he walked out of the door, Vanessa licked her lips and turned to her locket to get something out of the locket, "He's going to be mine, My Snow Bunny."

[gamersansblog]

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts." -???

*~~*

"My my~" a deep yet female voice said looking at the scene unfold. She never thought she would see fighting robots at  night it's so weird these days well for her "tsk tsk and they don't even know that there is a demon here" she said she quickly unsheathed her sword "ara ara~ come at me beast" she said gripping her sword and ignoring the robots that are fighting. "kkkk ahh~ y/n are you ready for me to rip your heart out? kkk" a tall demon said, claws sharp as ever, teeth bering "ara ara~ test me" she said waiting for the attack "grrr why you" and with that the demon lunged for her.

*~Few hours later

Sweat leaking out of her head, her breathing unsteady, she spit some blood out of her mouth and rose up in victor (victor is another word for victory if your wondering). The demons body lay there unmoving but the head....well "grrrrr they'll kill you" the demon said "my my~ that's not how to treat a women~" y/n said sheathing her sword "but sadly the fight has ended and you lost" y/n said again "grrr" the demon said slowly dieing "they'll get you one day star pillar" the demons last words before disappearing in the night sky.

Y/n looked at the once body of the demon and to decaying. Y/n quickly turned around and was ready to go home until she heard a cough. Y/n turned around to see 3 robots  staring at her with shock "ara ara~ I forgot you were there" y/n said fully turning around looking at the bots.

One was a red and blue kinda looked like a male the other was blue and had some pink and looked like a female and the other was  yellow and looked like a male too but Young. Y/n quickly snapped out of her lala land when she heard talking "my name is Optimus prime and those are bumblebee and Arcce" the red and blue male or known as Optimus said "my name is none of your concern" y/n said turning around " since you know of our existence, decepticons will come look for you so you must be protected by us" Optimus says "look hun I'm on a tight schedule and I'm already fighting demons in this place so no and good luck finding me-" y/n said before running before they could catch her.

"Who is she?" Arcce said ::we never saw her in this town:: bumblebee beeped "I'll look her up when we get back" Optimus said "ratchet ground bridge us back to base" Optimus said to ratchet and with that a green swirling portal came into view. The three bots quickly walked in the portal.

*~~*

Y/n opened the door of her home and sighing she walked in and closed it and locked it. Y/n took off her haroi and hung it on her coat rack, she took off her sword and hung it where her old friends swords where placed.

Y/n was to tired to put on pjs since she didn't sleep for a few days. Y/n walked to her room and opened it only to meet a owl "oh hello Aera" y/n said "who?" The owl who'd at y/n "goodnight love" she said and with that she fell asleep the moment she hit the bed.

*~~*

"What does it say?" Arcce said "what on cybertron are you two doing?" Ratchet said to Arcce and Optimus "we are looking for this human" Optimus said "oh great we're going to have more humans? We just met the kids yesterday" ratchet said "she is different like she speaks a different language and she ignored us and fought this weird thing I don't know what that was but the human said it was a demon" Arcce said  "found it" Optimus said making Arcce and ratchet look at the screen.

Name: y/n

Last: l/n

Height: 6'1

Age: 28

Likes: Error

Dislikes: error

Address: ????

Job: Pillar (demon slayer)

More info: y/n is a star pillar she hunts down demons that eat humans. The leader of the demons that can turn people into demons was killed by strong demon slayers and fought till the death. ECT.

"Hmm it doesn't give that much info unlike the others" Optimus says "well we need to find her before the cons take her" ratchet says "indeed old friend but it doesn't say about her address" Optimus said "well maybe the kids know her or something" ratchet says "I'm tired you can do this tomorrow go to sleep" ratchet says again making the two bots nod at the old mech "goodnight" they all said before going to there berthrooms and sleeping wondering how could they find this strange female.

(what you look like and this is not my art work)

[ask-chaotic-creatures]

Anyone want pizza?

The two commando teams of the bygone Tribal Alliance have been summoned to a chamber. All sit around a table, where a few boxes of pizza have been set out. Bierk comes in with another stack, using his four arms to carry it easily. He places the last of the boxes down and has a seat beside Arias.

Cameraman: Okay, that's everything. Alright guys, have a taste. Tell them what you think.

Lyssta: Why were we picked for this?

Cameraman: Variety, I guess. Oh, and if you have to vomit, please do it off camera.

Creatures open the boxes and start taking slices, including Faash and Viqtarr, who also sit beside each other.

Faash: Sarah said this was safe for Danians to eat. But if she's wrong, she owes me.

Viqtarr: Owes you what?

Faash: First, something to heal my stomach. Second, a lot of chocolate.

Viqtarr: Make sure you don't eat too much of that.

Faash: Make sure you don't eat all this pizza, if I like it.

Viqtarr: Can you stop with the jokes? I thought we were friends...

Faash: Alright, you have a point.

Ghatup: He's right, Faash. You wouldn't wanna end up like Wamma.

Viqtarr: Is that why he's so fat? Sarah gave him too much chocolate?

Faash: No, he's just always been fat. (Chewing) Alright, this pizza is actually delicious. What are the toppings?

Cameraman: The red dots are pepperoni.

Faash: Yeah, I know those.

Cameraman: The pinkish-brown meat's bacon.

Viqtarr tries a slice of bacon separately. The taste brings a grin to his furry face.

Viqtarr: Hey, that's pretty good. What's it made of?

Cameraman notices Nebres is among the eating commandos.

Cameraman: I don't know, it's not a thing where I live. Anyway, the black rings are olives, the green things are peppers and you probably already know those are mushrooms.

Ghatup: It's very greasy, but tasty. Beats our rations, that's for sure.

Lyssta: It could do without the mushrooms. No offense, Danians.

Faash: Hey, I'm in the same boat as you. After getting around Perim and trying food outside our tribe's? I don't wanna go back. The upside to these players idolizing us? They'll bring us food whenever.

Malvadine: Like Peyton. That's not why we let him scan us. He's a good kid.

Arias: This uh, tastes good. Can I get a box for myself after this? With extra olives.

Cameraman: I'll get one of the OverWorld fanboys on it.

Viqtarr: And you guys call me fat.

Arias slings a separate slice, aiming for Viqtarr's face. Instead, the bear catches it in his jaws. Laughter among the commandos.

Viqtarr: (Chewing with mouth full) That's why I'm the strategist. See how ready I was for that?

Arias: Whatever.

Bierk: Uh oh, you made him mad.

Arias: (to Bierk) You're only here because you had two sets of arms to carry the pizza.

Bierk: Hey, I'm interesting. Have you cannonballed in the Lava Pond before and lived? I bet more players use me than you.

Arias: Your tribe's the least played, I hear.

Targubaj: This kind of human food is nice, but it makes me feel worse after.

Tassanil: That's why they call it junk food. Which reminds me. (To cameraman) Might I ask who in Chaotic makes the food?

Cameraman: Probably the robots. We've got healthier choices if you're interested.

Targubaj: Sure.

Faash: Well, this food's staying down. I could go for a few more slices.

Ghatup: Better hurry, Ultadur seems to love this stuff and there's a reason he's banned from the parkfew eating contest.

Ultadur: Hey, I don't abuse my speed like that. Unless it's to show up Gespaden. Show off.

[foreverfangirl2001]

Roommates

Illumi/Gittarackur x Reader

Hisoka x Reader platonic

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Third POV

You had met Hisoka at the last Hunter exam. You didn't pass that year and blame him partially. You called him out on his psycho behavior pretending to be an examiner since he kept killing fellow participants. The two of you got in a fight, and then....you were both disqualified. Ever since then he had some how grew fond of you, something about "finding another equal" whatever that meant. You couldn't complain though, being his friend wasn't all that bad and it helped to have a strong ally even if he was peculiar.

You arrived to the waiting area for the first phase and searched for Hisoka immediately, he informed you that he would be here again as you were traveling over. You quickly found him, I mean he stuck out like a sore thumb with his vibrant hair. "Hisoka!" you waved at him to get his attention from across the room. Some people stared but you didn't mind, although there was one even more peculiar looking guy standing next to him who was looking between you two. He was the same height as Hisoka but had spiked purple hair in a Mohawk style but also partially bald on the sides. He wore an array of green and had yellow pins sticking out of his chest and long slender face. You grimaced at the sight of the pins but made your way over. As you approached Hisoka smirked at both of you. "Who's your new buddy?" You asked him prompting him to introduce you.

The man reached his hand out to shake your hand in a shaken and rustic motion, like he was a tin man needing oil. "I'm Ill-Gittarackur" you were confused by the change in wording but brushed it off because his voice was also very strange, it was very shaken and almost robotic.

"Nice to meet you Gittarackur. My name is [Y/N]" you smiled brightly at him despite Hisoka giggling at the interaction.

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The first phase started and you all went your separate ways. In fact you all decided to keep your distance from one another for majority of the game, until the trick tower.

You all had finished so early, Hisoka first, then Gittarackur, then yourself. When you had finished you saw them playing cards together, so you obviously sat down and joined them to kill time.

"Agh I can't do this anymore" you said frustrated throwing your cards in the air. The whole 70 plus hours to complete the trick tower was agony for you considering it took you about 10 hours at most.

"Why don't we play a different game?" Hisoka suggested creepily.

You thought about it for a moment "Depends on the game.." you said hesitantly.

Hisoka suggested a harmless game of truth or dare. You played rock paper scissors to decide you would go first. Since you won you prompted Hisoka, "Truth or Dare" you asked him.

"Dare of course" you racked your brain for an adequate dare for him....

"I dare you to restrain your bloodlust next phase when you peak" he glared at you as you smirked. You did NOT want a repeat of last year and this was the best way to ensure that didn't happen.

"Fine" he said begrudgingly "but only for an hour tops"

"Deal" you said as the two of you shook on it, "your turn" you prompted for Hisoka to ask someone else truth or dare.

He picked Gittarackur. He hesitated a bit in his answer but ended up picking truth. It seemed like Hisoka had already had a question in mind because he prompted Gittarackur immediately "What do you think of [Y/N]?"

You were a bit taken aback by his question for Gittarackur. I mean the two of you had just met?

"I...think....she's....intriguing..and...

quite....attractive" the words were broken but you could still sense the shyness behind them. You blushed a bit but quickly shook it off.

"Well ahem-" you coughed awkwardly as you stood up to walk away "this was fun but I'm going to go see what that ninja dude and other contestants are up too, see if they're a threat"

You quickly made your exit unsure of what to make of the situation 'So much for a harmless game...that was interesting' you thought to yourself

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It was finally the end of the third phase. So long Trick Tower!!

You all were taken to an all old stationed ship. The two I front of you wre an older woman and an older man, they looked like grandparents. Apparently the Hunter Association was giving us 3 days to rest before the next phase officially started. 'Suspicious' you thought.

They said that they ran a hotel and thrift store. Since their hotel rooms were astronomically expensive they prompted contestants to trade treasure for their room instead of money. So, monkey do as monkey told-we all spent the day scavenging for some type of treasure in the surrounding ocean filled with sunken ships.

Majority of the contestants traded for a room no problem, well almost no problem.....they forced everyone to share rooms.

"Please I'm begging you I can't sleep in this room" you tried asking the old lady manager of the hotel to switch your room but she refused.

"I'm sorry there's nothing I can do maybe you can switch with someone else?" She suggested sweetly but useless for you.

You groaned and were ready to start cussing out an old lady when Tonpa walked by "I'll switch with you!" He said eagerly. You were about to to question him since you weren't necessarily fond of Tonpa the Rookie Crusher, but decided you'd take your chances.

"Deal" you exchanged keys and immediately headed for your new room.

Once at the door you realized that his roommate could've been much worse than yours....but then again what's worse than snakes? You held your breath as you unlocked the door hoping to find a normal roommate on the other side. To your surprised it was Gittarackur.

You sighed in relief although Gittarackur looked at you with a confused look. "What happened to the chubby man?" He asked.

"I'm guessing the needles got to him" you laughed, pointing at your face in reference to the pins sticking out of his. "I switched with him because my roommate filled the room with snakes. And I do not do snakes. Im glad you're my new roommate though!"

There was a semi-uncomfortable silence between you two upon noticing that there was only one bed in the room despite the two of you being assigned to it.

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As the sun set the two of you got ready for bed. Your routine was normal...Gittarackur on the other hand was odd. You didn't mean to see what you did, but the door was open slightly so you couldn't help but peak in.

While in the bathroom preparing for bed Gittarackur had taken the pins out of his face. The pins must've morphed his face because without them....well he was kind of beautiful. His face was much more petite and paler in color too, his eyes dark and sunken. Most different was his hair, that atrocious hair style turned into beautiful long black hair that seemed silky and soft to touch. You didn't even notice you were staring so intently until you accidentally dropped your brush 'shit' you thought to yourself.

Gittarackur immediately turned his head towards you "Shit" he said out loud.

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Gittarackur or Illumi, as you've found out explained everything to you. He was there under cover to monitor and prevent someone from becoming a Hunter.

"I'm guessing that someone is your little brother, Killua is it?" You asked nonchalantly as he looked at you a bit surprised "It doesn't take a genius to know you're related, you're a family of famous assassins"

"Well yes....but you can't tell anyone, only Hisoka knows" you hummed in response.

"Fine with me, I won't get in your way"

There was another silence between the two of you, although this time it wasn't as awkward as before. "So tell me froggy did you really meant what you said earlier?"

"Froggy?" He asked confused again

"Yeah froggy, you were a little sore on the eyes but now you're transformed into your normal Prince looking self. Froggy"

He laughed at your comparison "So what I'm hearing if you think I'm a handsome Prince"

You grew a little embarrassed with a light dust of pink of your cheeks "Hey I asked you a question first"

"You mean when I said your were intriguing and attractive and you walked away? Yes, I did"

You smiled at him sheepishly, "yeah that, I'm sorry about that. To be honest I still wasn't really sure about how I felt about you, but now I think I understand you better. At least I know the real you now"

He nodded, understanding your point of view.

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The two of you stayed up late enjoying each others company and continued talking about yourself and really everything you could think of.

It was a mix of you enjoying the conversation and trying to prolong the inevitable.....sharing the bed. But it was past 3am and you both needed the rest wether you liked it or not.

"Okay, so I guess I'll take the right side and you take the left?" You prompted trying to rip off the metaphorical band-aid.

"Are you sure you wouldn't be more comfortable if I slept on the floor?" Illumi asked softly

"No no" you insisted "I can't let you do that, this place is old and disgusting"

After a bit more insisting you both climbed into the bed making sure there was a significant gap between you two as you both layed in the bed face up on your backs.

"Well goodnight!" You said a bit loudly as you turned over to face away from him.

'Just sleep [Y/N] sleep. Don't think about his froggy Prince face being on the pillow beside you'

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Illumi POV

[Y/N] fell asleep rather quickly, she must've been really tired despite acting like she didn't need the rest. Since I'm a trained assassin I wasn't really tired so I instead just watched her as she peacefully slept.

'She's so pretty. If I'm a frog, does that make her the princess?'

She turned in her sleep to face me, our faces now inches apart. I studied her face like it would be a test in the next phase. Her eyelashes long yet dainty. Her [H/C] hair that perfectly fell around her face and onto the pillow. Her skin that looked clear like glass yet soft like a cloud.

"Take a picture it will last longer" a voice disrupted my fantasy. Hisoka.

"What are you doing here?" I snapped a bit at him for invading my privacy, our privacy.

"Relax relax I'm just checking on how my match is working" Of course he prompted this somehow, Hisoka loved to play many roles: pervert, examiner, now match maker.

"Get out" I said in a deadpanned tone. Luckily he obliged and left out the window from where he most likely snuck in.

I thought about getting up to lock the window to prevent having another unwelcome visit, but [Y/N] moved again in her sleep. Only this time she wrapped her arms around my torso and rested her head on my chest

'Well now I'm stuck here'

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Original POV

The next morning you found yourself sleeping on a much more comfort pillow than the night before. 'Is this pillow moving' you asked yourself 'shit'

You lifted up your head to find yourself snuggling Illumi who was looking at you softly. "Good morning" he said.

"Shit I'm so sorry-" you started to apologize and move off him but he wrapped his arm around you forcing you to stay.

"Don't be, I didn't mind" he rested his hand on your head and started playing with your hair slightly, calling you down.

"Illumi" you said softly wanting, needing to close the gap between you. You looked down at his lips, and he did the same. Your eyes both flickered closed as the gap grew smaller and smaller. When...SNAP - FLASH.

The two of you jumped apart immediately startled by the intrusion.

Hisoka had somehow managed to make his way back into your room. "Hisoka what the hell?!" You yelled at him while throwing your pillow at him.

Of course he dodged it with ease, "you'll thank me later" he said holding up the now printed Polaroid of the two one you almost kissing.

"You little shit!" You immediately jumped out of the bed and began chasing him out of the room and into to the hallway.

Before you fully chased him through the door you ran back to the end of the bed "We are not done here," you looked at Illumi still shocked in the bed "I will be back to continue this" you finished before running back out to the hall yelling for Hisoka.

Illumi sat in bed still processing the chain of events as you ran after the mischievous clown

The end

[nagirambles]

Okay, so I wanna go on for a bit here.

In the Dragon cry sketches, we actually saw Mashima draw a suit as Capricorn's SD which was actually perfect for his taste and clothing choice. AND his own personality. But Mashima also drew another SD, which was most probably a Draco constellation dress, not sure. And I'm most definitely sure he merged the two designs to come up with the current one.

Personally, as a dress I love the design of the current one but as a SD of a spirit like Capricorn, it is awful and doesn't make sense at all. Like I agree that the dresses are to reflect the personalities and choices of the spirits themselves. Capricorn choosing a outfit like that doesn't sit right with me.

Ofc Leo's would be a gorgeous gown, Aries' would be a cute and soft and fluffy dress, Taurus' would be a sexy one(tho I'd have loved if Lucy got a jacket with the bikini top), Saguttarius' would be a beautiful green shooter-type(I actually love how the anime added extra black leggings), Virgo's would be a maid costume, the Aquarius one being bikini makes sense, Cancer's is the most amazing with Lucy having twin blades to counter the enemies(and I'd have loved to see Cancer wield big scissors instead of the small ones). AND then the Gemini and Scorpio designs are my most fav ones (as SDs). A badass hairtyle like Scorpio and a red scorpion tail to top it off. The Gemini one actually goes with their magic type since it's actually a lot like real magic, how they copy people and transform. So the magician-ish dress is perfect!

But did you see the AxS design, I hate it even more than the AxG one. The design makes even less sense than the recent one. It looks like a nonsensical costume that seems like can do heavy lifting but actually can't. Lucy has literally no use of those robot-ish parts of the mix. It was used as a way of adding some unwanted fanservice. And with the recent mix, I have lost hope of getting proper outfits. At this point I don't want any, literally any SD to merge with Aquarius. It'll inevitably ruin the dress.

The most modest ones like Scorpio's and Gemini's unique outfits turned into a sturdy bikini and the other one a glittering bikini made me give up hope. I don't even look at outfits now, only consider her achievements. I've talked about it many times how ridiculous it seems for Lucy to suddenly loose her clothes in a battle. I'm tired of it now.

But I've seen many people say, "Lucy did nothing except get naked" or "Laxus did all the work" or "she's JUST fanservice and no might" and I do think they're the vocal Lucy haters. But in general, people complaining about the dress mix aren't them. And I share the same feelings.

Oh dear, you are so right on all this. 

Capricorn’s SD is really sad to see. I begrudgingly admit it’s kinda cool as it is, not going to lie, love the glasses and the braids and the sexy mature cut on the dress, it manages to set itself apart from Loke’s despite both being off-shoudler dresses, but it just... why, Mashima? Why? Capricorn would never approve of this! Where is the super serious butler that respected Layla? Layla (and Anna, now that I think about it) are some of the most modestly-dressed women in the show, so I definitely believe Capricorn would want Lucy to dress like them simply because he knows she’ll look good in it. 

Yes! the base star dresses all look beautiful. I do think some of them could be better or more developed to the spirits (Cancer and Sagittarius are a bit strange because they don’t match the spirit appearances at all, but eh, that’s details), but as single designs, they are all wonderful for what they are, Capricorn aside. I love Aquarius’ the most because it’s a bikini, but it’s at least more functional and comfortable than panties and a bra. It’s a really good balance between fanservice and genuinely something I’d want to wear if I had the assets to pull it off. I love that some of them gave Lucy more combat abilities as well (Cancer, for example). I do kind of wish Loke’s was a bit more functional though, since his main thing is close combat. But it makes sense for him, so it’s fine. The concept of the dresses is just so fun. I could talk about them, both positively and negatively, forever. 

Oh dear I agree. AxS is awful. There was way too much robot against the stupid swimsuit and it just looked bad. But I at least appreciated the creativity, you know? Honestly, I feel we could have found a balance with a thinner tail or shorter glove/boots, Mashima just didn’t try too hard since it only showed for a panel or two. It needs to be reworked so badly. 

AxG was just a swimsuit. Just a swimsuit. They couldn’t even retain any of the magician/clown parts of Gemini, that seriously annoys me! And Aquarius’ contribution is even worse, does Mashima know that mermaid-cut dresses exist? MERMAID? Aquarius can be something other than a typical swimsuit, geez! And they can be ASYMMETRICAL and layered, too! It’s perfect for a Gemini fusion! 

I think it’d have been great if the fusions weren’t literally mixing them together, but the product of “what would both spirits give Lucy?” Honestly, I think among the spirits, Aquarius and Scorpio are totally the type to give you crap about your fashion sense. Aquarius is a very girly girl, and Scorpio is a rockstar! Choosing what to give Lucy as a fusion star dress would be like, a funny way to actually give these two depth in their relationship. Like, their first time ever having a disagreement. 

...I wish the spirits still got personality exploration... I’m sad now...

As for your final point-- you know what? You’re right. Haters gonna hate on that regard. Love to see Lucy finishing a battle on her own, and it’s sad that even after coming this far and going as far as using the spirits’ powers, her achievements are still credited to the damn guys around her. People who think that way are never going to change their minds, they’ve already decided what they think about it. 

[drukhari]

Whats Warhammer about exactly?

HOO alright, well as a quick disclaimer before we get started, we're only gonna be touching on the subject of Warhammer 40k specifically because I have no experience with Warhammer Age of Sigmar (aka Warhammer Fantasy) to speak of!

This is mainly just gonna be input from my fiancée from here on, since Lily's the one who introduced me to the game and knows SO much more about the lore than I do, so here she is:

"What's Warhammer about?" - It's about wasting lots of money on little toy soldiers so that you can move them around on a table but in reality you'll end up owning way more models than you'll ever paint and they mock you relentlessly for being such a slow painter. There you go: I just saved you years of time and thousands of dollars, you're welcome.

No but seriously: it's a tabletop war game that's set in the 41st millennium (I'm not talking about Age of Sigmar, I spend enough on this crap without playing that too lmao). Humanity has created a dystopian empire under the rule of a guy called the Emperor and he's basically a corpse plugged into a lifesupport machine. He serves 2 main functions: his presence in an alternate dimension called the Warp (don't worry, I'll get to it) allows ships to travel through the space accurately by triangulation based on his position and also he's the official God of the empire...so that's fucked!

The empire is millions of planets and trillions of people, so that's a lot of real estate to babysit. To help with that, they have a massive standing army of regular humans, religious fanatics who will happily die in droves to defend the Emperor, and the Space Marines: 8 foot tall super soldiers who are super hard to kill and are like Master Chief from Halo cranked to 11. If you've ever seen ANY marketing material for Warhammer, you've seen a Space Marine.

Fighting them are the denizens of the Warp (I told you I'd get to it lol), which is an alternate reality where Demons come from (its...a whole lot more than JUST that but this is already a fucking novel). With the Demons are fallen humans and Space Marines who turned from the Emperor and worship the major powers in the warp as gods. There are 4 of these: Khorne the Blood God (he's the one most people know), Nurgle the God of Decay, Tzeentch the God of Change, and Slaanesh the God of Excess.

On top of that nonsense, there are also aliens who hate humanity and they are as follows:

Eldar - literally Space Elves who come in 4 flavors. Craftworld Eldar are your high elves in Space. Dark Eldar (aka Drukhari) are your super sadistic dark elves in space. Corsairs are (you guessed it) pirate elves in Space, and Harlequins who are elf clowns...in Space.

Orks - big, green, very dumb but hit like a truck. Envision Warcraft orcs, give them guns and robots, turn down their smarts and turn up the violence. Honestly a super fun faction to play.

Tyranids - Space locusts who want to eat everything. They work as a hive mind...basically it's the Zerg from StarCraft (and that's my last comparison to a Blizzard IP)

Necrons - Zombie robots with a kind of ancient Egyptian vibe. Picture the robot from Terminator but make it glow green and have ancient Egyptian looking bits like crowns and cloaks of gold.

Tau - basically reptilian with a humanoid form and advanced tech. Suck at melee but that doesn't matter when you can shoot your opponent dead before they can reach you. Caste society that works toward the greater good.

The whole galaxy sucks, people die by the billions constantly and the bureaucracy of the empire just keeps chugging. It's a nightmare future where there's no hope and no one is "good". I hope you enjoyed my VERY brief primer on what Warhammer 40,000 is. If you want to know anything more specific just poke Tristan lmao, they'll let me know.

[ancient-cats-unite]

Ototo's New Recruit

Elmo joins Ototo's development team.

Elmo strutted out of his room, Yoyo tailing behind him.

"So what's next on the tour?"

"We only get this hallway. However we do have a small kitchen!"

Yoyo led him to the kitchen near the entrance. Pots and pans were neatly stored in cupboards. A small stove sponsored by the Iron Legion had some grease stuck to it. A cat eating rice sat on the ground.

"That's T-Bone, she's like a black hole. Shes also our culinary expert, her lasagna can feed the whole Cat Army."

Elmo walked over to stand where T-Bone was.

"Hello!"

She gobbled down the last bit of her rice. She put the bowl in the sink.

"Hi. Do you like cookies?"

"Yeah!"

"Great. I can get some for you, but you need to get something for me."

Elmo scratched his head. Then he had an execllent idea.

"Do you like carrots? My friend gave me a good one. Brave Cutter Approved."

"Brave Cutter? The Grandon Mining Cutter? Alright lets see this carrot!"

Elmo went back to his room and got the carrot. It had a couple bruises but no mold. He went back to the kitchen and gave T-Bone the carrot. She ate the tip.

"Mmm.. that's pretty good. You weren't kidding. Maybe I'll make some soup with it."

"That sounds pretty good."

T-bone handed Elmo a bag full of sugar cookies from the shelf.

"Here you go. My treat. See you around."

"Oh wow! Thanks!"

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The two were going to leave the cabin, but a crackling sound caught their attention.

"What was that? Did something pop a fuse?"

The two ran to the sound's origin. It came from a dark painted door. "KEEP OUT!" was written on a large sign. "Please?" was written on a smaller sticky note.

"Oh. Thats Gordy's room. He'll be fine."

"Hold on, I have something I wanted to give him."

Elmo held up a fragment of the green crystal from his overalls pocket. It glew brighter, the etchings pulsing with energy. Taking a deep breath, he head inside.

Gordy was hacking up smoke in his room with some wiring gone wrong. He was working on a panel covered by a white tarp. The mysterious curtain covered a large margin of the room.

"YOU! Disgusting vermin, leave immediately!"

Gordy hissed. Yoyo and Elmo backed up.

"Not you, new kid. You can stay."

Yoyo huffed and left the room, closing the door. Gordy appeared behind Elmo and draped him with a part of his coat.

"Have you decided? That these WORTHLESS FOOLS aren't worth your time? With me, we will conquer the world with our MERCILESS ROBOT ARMY! Right now they're just cleaning robots, but THAT'S NOT THE POINT!"

Elmo got some distance from Gordy. He pulled out the crystal, who strongly reacted to the machinery. Gordy snatched it immediately.

"You.. YOU.. You are a BLOODY GENIUS! This is a fraction of true power, I can power up my precious! Witness my creation, my dear assistant.. WITNESS THE BRINGER OF DESTRUCTION!"

Gordy unveiled the tarp to reveal.. to reveal.. a small metal Bun Bun. It makes a dent into the floor.

"Ah. I just need to implant it. I'm very grateful, these things grant immense power!The world shall be in my paws! Nya hahahahahahaha!!"

Elmo just stared. Gordy got nervous.

"Laugh with me. Its awkward."

So the two bringers of destruction laughed together.

Gordy hands Elmo a scrap metal cat. Its in decent shape with working cameras to boot. Elmo pats the cat on the head.

"My minion shall serve you well. Now begone! Evil awaits!"

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Elmo left the cabin. Yoyo wasn't anywhere, so maybe he could vibe with Hank? Hank was lying down, Ototo with him.

"Don't eat the butterflies anymore, Hank. Please."

"But.. preety.."

Hank perked up when Elmo came by. Ototo looked up as well.

"Frend! I got you preety butterflies!"

The jar had yellow butterflies in it. They all had cat faces.

"Ooh! I'll put this on my shelf. Thanks Hank!"

"Hey Elmo. Oh good, the uniform fits. Hank, could you go for a sec?""

Hank got up and ran somewhere else. Ototo looked Elmo up and down before putting two paws on his shoulders. He pulled out a beaded bracelet covered in metal and gold beads.

"Yoyo wanted to give you this. Remember you got really sad when you lost that friendship bracelet? He made you another one."

"Aw! I'll put it on right away!"

Elmo slipped on the bracelet. He gave Ototo a big hug, the mentor returning the favor.

"Thanks for letting me on the team."

"No problem Elmo."

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//What a nice wrap up! Probably the most I've written. A little bit of everyone is here! Let me know what else you want!//