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2023 Year End List - #1

夢之駭客 Dream Hacker - Otay:onii

Main Genres: Post-Industrial, Experimental

A decent sampling of: Neoclassical Darkwave, Electroacoustic, Glitch, Industrial Techno, Drone

Brace yourself, cause from here on out this is mostly just gonna be me fanboying and gushing uncontrollably.

Back in 2021, I had championed the Chinese American singer/songwriter/composer/producer/performance artist Lane Shi Otayonii a.k.a. Otay:onii for her experimental record Ming Ming on that year's roundup, describing her potential to become "one of the greatest producers of the decade". But who is this enigmatic artist?

Lane Shi divides her time and energy between creating and touring with her hardcore noise rock band Elizabeth Colour Wheel, and performing studio black magic with her solo project under the Otay:onii name.

She is also an artist who regularly alternates her base of operations between two worlds, residing at different times in New York City and Shanghai. The duality of her identity as a Chinese American is a narrative thread that appears many times throughout the artist's work, informing some of the thematic elements of her records.

According to a really great interview she did with the YouTuber Heinos, the moniker 'Otayonii' itself is actually a name that was given to the artist when she met a Seneca First Nations man, who asked if he could call her by the name for 'wolf' in his ancestral language. She liked the sound and what it represented, and so decided to own her new given title.

Musically, Otay:onii is primarily a post-industrial project, but Lane Shi regularly incorporates aspects of darkwave, glitch, drone, traditional Chinese music, and electroacoustic music into her work. Her signature sound is equal parts atmospheric, lovecraftian, primordial, playful, and frenetic. She's kinda like if an ancient vengeful demi-god reemerged from the bowels of the Earth, and learned how to download and play around with studio software on a laptop.

As a vocalist, Lane Shi possesses a contralto range, and falls under one of my favourite niche categories of woman singers I like to call "force-of-nature belters", along with the likes of Tanya Tagaq and Björk. She has a trademark lower register that I would describe as a witch's snarl, a gentler middle register, as well as a higher register that she usually reserves for piercing battle cries and wailing like a banshee.

Her 2018 debut Nag was a comparatively more minimalist, grayscale undertaking, heavy on the more ambient and gothic tones of her sound. A genuinely solid first effort, if a bit less memorable than later records, barring the deliciously dreary eponymous song which is still among her very best.

2021's Ming Ming was an upgrade in all respects. Pulling major influences from Chinese folk music and folklore, I described the record in my previous Otay:onii review as a "true Pandora's Box . . . like the story of a mortal who attempts to enter the realm of the gods". Lots of ominous industrial cyber-magic, with a rare few moments that could have perhaps been edited down or omitted altogether to increase the force of its impact.

So, what to make of her latest then?

Dream Hacker is an exorcism. An inferno of ancient eternal flames envelops this absolutely bonkers and surreal listening experience. Each song carries powerful buildups in intensity combined with impossibly elegant structural competence. Far and away one of the most visceral and transcendent records I have ever beheld. This gets into your bloodstream, like an innate, raw instinct towards entropy.

Otay:onii's work has never sounded quite this immediate, energetic, and dynamic, thanks to the incorporation of avant-garde industrial techno beats that gives the whole project a mighty propulsion. Even during its quieter moments, you as the listener are never far from being engulfed in its unruly fire and brimstone. So many little leftfield moments that made me audibly go "what the fuck?" upon my first listen, too.

To me, this is album of the year not just because it poses the best collection of songs from an artist in 2023 (which, to be clear, it does), but also because it forms the most cohesive and fully realized project of the year. Every moment of this record feels intentional, meticulously crafted, and designed to fit accordingly into a larger entity. This is almost a living, breathing organism unto itself.

Lane Shi described how much of the inspiration for Dream Hacker came to her in a dream, or as she sees it, an "astral projection". Within this dream, she says she witnessed stones being thrown by a child until two of them overlapped, followed by a great light which emerged from the center of the overlap. The imagery was profound enough that she ended up naming most of the tracks after different aspects of what she saw in the dream.

The album starts with humble beginnings. "You Do/Rub" is a two-parter, opening with the haunting, softly swirling piano ballad melancholy of "You Do". The lyrics are deeply cutting and vulnerable, as the artist ponders her shaky relationship with her father as a daughter of the generation where China had implemented the one child policy, breeding stigma against female offspring in the more conservative rural communities. Lane Shi wields her voice like a delicate blade, gracefully and artfully interrogating her father's worldview. The progression of the piano's melody suggests a kind of resolution in ambiguity, resisting rigid, narrow-minded answers to multidimensional questions.

Then quite abruptly, "Rub" completely overtakes and drowns out the serenity of the softer piano song, like a sudden onset computer virus infection. What becomes of this part two is honestly one of the most immaculate timbral frequencies I've ever heard. A glitchy, droning wall of madness forms in dark, ominous, tempestuous clouds all across the sky. Warm colours are sucked out of existence by a black hole, leaving only greyish pale blues. The soul is washed with abrasion until all that's left is the ability to observe. Sound design on this is fucking unreal, as though Lane Shi Otayonii is wiping clean of our universe, leaving only a empty slate to form the basis for her own new sonic domain, wherein she is god of all things.

"Light Burst" is the combustion spark of a rebirth of all things that comes immediately after. Lane Shi let's out a shrill cry of tremendous power and agony amidst the grinding dust and debris of an incredibly dense and intricate industrial techno concoction, built upon her long standing love affair with minor second chord progressions. This track does not relent, adding more and more layers to its already colossal tower of babel proportions until, just as suddenly as it came into existence, it vanishes without a trace of detection.

"Two Rocks A Bird" oscillates like an electron creating new electromagnetic waves. Sound particles split into atoms that dance in a mindless frenzy. Even as a regular Arca fan, I don't think I was ready to comprehend something like this the first time I heard it. Subverted all of my expectations. I think the artist may have invented a few completely new sound textures on this track. A highly reactive new form of industrial music.

After deliberating with all of the sheer fucking brilliance to be found on this project, I eventually concluded that "Overlap" was my favourite off of the record. Like the best song on her last LP "Blackheart Breakables", this is an epic midpoint that just continues to build and build, feeding endlessly like a malignant being that cannot be stopped. Hand drum beat patterns are mutated, modulated, and mutilated by industrial electroacoustic mechanisms, while a synthesized flute echos a most forlorn and sinister melody.

Lane Shi takes on the shape of a skillful pyromancer, testing her newfound powers by conjuring a sea of flames that I visualize with my mind's eye as something similar to the Darvaza Gas Crater. Alternatively, I imagine thousand year old stains of bloodshed on the tombs of a ransacked temple, or the ancient terracotta soldiers of Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum brought to life for the purpose of ushering a new war. "Overlap" is just something else, man. My other pick for song of the year.

"Ritualware" opens with a rare calm, dreams swirling on the outskirts of a newborn world that has not reached its zenith. The spacious void bursts to life with a single, literal drop (another brilliant production choice), creating ripples in space-time that give way to a trumpeting sawtooth synths' cacophonous symphony.

"Good Fool" brings things to a stirringly harmonious denouement. The light of the last candle is blown out, and a creeping dusk sets in. Petals of sound float along the wind and promptly dissipate, as everything reaches an uncanny stillness. A hushed, rapid-fire breakdown of bass drums, hand drums, and gongs occurs as the final closing act of the record.

I know I've already said this like a dozen times before about a dozen different artists, but it really needs to be said here - more people should know about Otay:onii. No one I've discovered has been doing anything as consistently exciting, challenging, and infectious as this project in the last few years. As it stands right now, the artist is criminally unknown and criminally underappreciated.

Dream Hacker is the rare ambitious record that dares to be so challenging and not only lives up to all of its potential, but manages to make the old formula of doing things look incredibly obsolete by comparison. Not many avant-garde music albums are this ridiculously fun to listen to, let alone manage to capture sonic worlds that are this truly sublime.

I've probably listened to this at least 40 times in the last year, and I plan on at least doubling that number in the following year. This is not just my album of the year; it is my top album of the 2020s as a decade so far, and already one of my favourites of all time. This record sets my soul ablaze and I simply can't get enough of it. Otay:onii is my new religion, and Dream Hacker is the scripture.

10/10

Highlights: "Overlap", "You Do/Rub", "Light Burst", "Two Rocks A Bird", "Ritualware", "Good Fool"

[aykatary]

Cypher x Chamber

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My native language is not originally English, so I apologize in advance for any spelling or grammatical errors I may make.

If anyone sees this, I hope you enjoy it.

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warnings: nsfw, explict content, voyeurism

around 5000 words

Cypher catches Chamber in an intimate moment that he has been secretly waiting months for.

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It's not just his job. It is his will, his precision, his wisdom and his qualities that make him one of the best hackers, information gatherers and sentinels.

For as long as he can remember, he has obtained information for himself and now for his team that no one would have found out without him. But when you have such a great gift, it's hard to deal with the pressure; all the secrets you're not supposed to know, whether it's simple passwords, stories from the past or far worse. However, Cypher is not one of the best in his field for nothing.

For years he has been able to keep secrets to himself, close to him, where no one can find or discover them. His teammates would describe him as secretive; the man who would never show even a small part of the surface of his skin, who always wears a mask. There are already rumors that he showers and sleeps with his mask on. He is always there, but somehow never. Introverted, but still always interested in his surroundings and fellow human beings, very loving, humorous, but also criminal.

The activities he engages in are often criminal, even if he usually uses them for good. Just like this evening, he thinks. At least for him.

His eyes, hypnotized by the screens that were supposed to show a certain someone, stared intently at a room. He was the only one who had access to the cameras in the whole building, but nobody knew about them except Brimstone. Some suspected there were some here and there, but there were so many that they would never have thought it possible.

A group of agents had just completed a mission, and he watched over the cameras as they talked to each other for a while, but then gradually made their way to their own rooms.

Here he was. Cypher's heart began to beat faster as the tall, muscular Chamber walked into his room. His vest, which he always wore with his tie, was stained with blood. As soon as he locked the door behind him, his shoulders slumped and the straight posture he usually had dropped. He looked tired and exhausted.

He dropped onto his bed, loosened his tie a little and took off his elegant black leather shoes. Afterwards, however, he got up again and went straight to the bathroom. Cypher could feel the view of Chamber triggering something in him, especially as the tall man walked into his bathroom.

He quickly switched his gaze to the monitor showing his bathroom and watched as Chamber carefully placed his glasses on the sink and slowly began to undress.

Cypher's heart skipped a beat when he saw the other naked in front of him, climbing into the shower with a tense posture and letting out a sigh as the warm water hit his skin.

The blonde laid his head in his neck in pleasure to wet his hair and wash himself. The hacker, on the other hand, felt a tingling sensation in his stomach. He shuddered and got goose bumps when he thought that the other had no idea that he was watching him at such an intimate moment.

His eyes became watery with excitement as he began to realize this beautiful, invigorating moment.

Chambers' muscles moved under his skin, his golden tattoos as he washed himself. His hair hung down his side when all his hair gel was washed out.

As he continued to wash his body with shower gel, the smell of which Cypher knew by heart, another shiver ran over Cypher's body, his lower midsection already warm and tingly. He felt a twitch in his member as Chamber leaned back against the shower wall, the water flowing down his supple body and he took his own member in his hand.

Without another thought and with quick movements, Cypher undid his own belt with one hand, his eyes fixed on the monitor. He let his hand wander into his pants under his boxer shorts and took his own memer into his hand, satisfying himself. He wouldnt have been able to contain his desire for a much longer time and if this was the first time he had seen such a sight, he certainly couldn't wait until the next time. He had been waiting for such an event for months. His fantasies about the Frenchman had not been enough for a long time anymore, not enough to satisfy him.

Chamber thrust his hips into his hand, which had completely encased his now hard member, and moaned softly. The shower water still pattered softly on him in the background, but the hacker only heard the groans that his secret crush let out.

He didn't want this moment to ever end, trying to memorize the image he had in front of him as best he could so that he could use it in later moments of despair.

As Chamber sped up, his eyebrows furrowed, which were now clearly visible as he was no longer wearing his glasses, his eyes closed and his whole body flexed, Cypher could hardly stand the intense pleasure. It was too much.

Too much emotion, too much lust, too much desire.

He couldn't take his eyes off the other, didn't dare to close his eyes, as hard as it was at that moment, as his hand became faster and faster. He wanted nothing more than to be in this shower with Chamber, to feel the same lust and to be touched by the other when he made the sounds he was making right now.

Desperate whimpers left his slightly parted lips, which could only be recognized under the mask. The air underneath became warmer and warmer, he became warmer and warmer, everything became warmer; the room, his member, his hand, his head, simply everything.

He couldn't stand it any longer. So good. So good. So good. Soon he couldn't take any more.

Chamber, on the other hand, didn't adapt to any tempo and let his hand move quickly and fluidly over his entire member, which his large hand had encased. His chest began to rise and fall irregularly, his breathing became louder, his face contorted, his stomach and legs trembled as his orgasm approached.

Cypher, on the other hand, tried to delay it with all his willpower so that he could enjoy the moment of happiness and pleasure at the same time as the other. He prayed that he would be ready soon.

As soon as he thought this, the other became louder, moaned deeply and desperately, moved his hand irregularly and quickly over his member, stopped breathing and spilled over his stomach before he began to laugh uncontrollably and shake as his orgasm overwhelmed him.

The hacker, on the other hand, had tears in his eyes from all the pleasure he could now give free rein to and made a mess even in his pants as he moaned long and hard, leaned back in his chair, gripped the armrest of it tightly with his free hand and enjoyed his climax.

He didn't want to let go. He already missed the other man as he got out of the shower and began to dry himself off. Cypher watched the other for another moment, trying to regulate his breathing, feeling his heart pounding loudly and audibly, before Chamber disappeared from the bathroom and thus from his sight for the time being.

[leam1983]

On Whiners

i used to follow up on YouTubers like Moon or Sargon of Akkad. As you might imagine, my entering a polyamory and emerging as an openly bisexual man has had quite an effect on my Watchlist.

In my early thirties, I was virtually any other Left-of-Center guy you could possibly cross paths with in Montreal, and I had occasional Right-leaning turns for things lie Provincial rights or financial autonomy. I took a hard Left once I realized that the former "critical thinkers" I casually watched were turning into serial whiners, and simultaneously dismissed the "technically Leftist but behaviorally Right-leaning" commentators like The Amazing Atheist. By 36, I was absolutely over the idea of opposing Fire-and-Brimstone institutional hatred with nothing except more vitriol, and started looking for purveyors of Sense, effectively. I now feel better picking at Stephen Fry and Richad Dawkins clips than I do watching Cult of Dusty's -nth autodafé of some braindead Deep South congregation's beliefs, when I'll never meet one of its members or even have the opportunity to debate one of them. I'd rather watch Natalie Wynn than anything close to a Mister Metokur reupload.

Things always tend to circle around the same Right-leaning points, even at their most Progressive. The Internet is now too corporate, too clean, too policed, to be a clear place for innovation or discussion in the marketplace of ideas, they think. You might be willing to concede the point that it's hard to enunciate anything when you know Google, Meta and OpenAI are going to slurp it up for API use, but it's also next-to-impossible to imagine the current Web as a wholly Cyberpunk Fascist hellhole. We're not all behind thirty-six VPNs, we haven't broken off from the Web and followed in Cuba's footsteps in creating a multitude of isolated micro-networks, and unless there's something about your job or your interests that actually warrants end-to-end encryption, it's much more of a choice than a necessity.

None of us are Cyberpunks in the Gibsonian or Pondsmithian senses of the word. If you are, you're ostensibly a hacker and chances are you've done something that warrants you being the object of more attention. While I'll always advocate for piracy and VPN use, the Feds aren't after your average hit-and-run perpetrators on Torrent trackers; nobody's going to end up locked up because they dared to crack the latest Call of Duty - it's the seedboxes that they're after. To go back to the notion of censorship, most corpos aren't looking to prevent anyone from saying shit that hurts their bottom line; they can only expunge records of you having done so.

So riddle me this, Right-wingers: you put your rucksacks down in Corporate territory, pitch your tents under Corporate suns, and then throw a fit because the Corporate lords-'o-the-manor dared to deem your chain-shaking and fear-mongering to be a harmful posture...

Go home. As in, build yourselves a website, like you keep trying to do with Parler or Truth Social or Gab.

One last point on the matter: I'll always hold that the Left's Morality Police is Leftist in name only. There's a ton of people who claim to hold ideological points similar to mine who'd honestly be better off voting to the right, as strong is their volition to hate other people without actually trying to understand or educate them.

[honestlyitsjustsam]

RE: Found you

I told you not to test me.

Do you think I am blind to the coming and going of your little scouts? Sova will not find me. And neither will Cypher. All you have done is waste my time. If you cannot prove your innocence, I will hand over your data to the public. This is just the beginning.

[queenlua]

Only Former Bible School Kids Will Understand:

the weird compulsive urge to quote Bible verses in wildly inappropriate contexts

[shegxox]

special halloween episode | valorant protocol

how you spend some time with your colleagues throughout the spooky season.

c.w: swears, not proofread, written on the spot lmao, will edit soon

w.c: 3,095

a.n: happy halloween, everyone! here's a special episode for you all– it'll be hc's + oneshot scenarios, enjoy!

jett , phoenix , yoru

oh boy, this trio.

they knew you were one who's easily startled and gets scared easily and they just had to take that chance this halloween season.

pheonix usually tries to scare you but would often get just a jump or flinch.

"oh, phoenix! didn't see you there, sorry."

made the man upset cause you think he wasn't trying to scare you

jett and yoru points and laugh

"guess you're not as scary as you think you are, huh, pretty boy?"

jett and yoru were like tag team partners

they scared you so bad one time at least three other agents rushed to where you guys were.

"Uhm, hello?" You laughed nervously. "Who's there. . ?"

You just switched the lights off and saw a silhouette by the end of the hallway, it was just standing there eerily and that immediately started your heart pumping fast.

You switched the lights on again and your eyes widened and jaw dropped down to the floor.

The figure just disappeared and the hallway was empty.

You looked around your surrounding with disbelief written across your face. Placing a hand on your mouth.

Calm down, (y/n).

Maybe you were just seeing things? You didn't get a full night's rest last night so maybe your mind was playing tricks on you?

Yeah, yeah that must be it.

You swallowed thickly before testing out your conclusion.

Closing the lightswitch off again, you felt your heart drop, the figure was there, but it seemed. . . closer.

"So-Sova!" You cried out for your help. "Sova get in here!"

You unintentionally switched the lights off again and gasped, seeing the empty hall once again.

You looked around the room once more, it was just you, usually Sova would come walking in right after you called him but. . .

"Fuck, Sova, where are you." You could feel your heart beating hard against your chest and an eerie chill sent shivers down your spine.

"S-Sova. . .?" You called out once again, your eyes not leaving the hall as you held against the lightswitch.

You swallowed thickly, you wanted to leave, but at the same time, there was this stupid curiosity on what would happen if you turn down the lights again.

And you did.

A blood-curdling scream broke through the air and alerted agents that were nearby.

Sova– who was being held back by Jett earlier to enter the room came in first, his face full of worry and fear from that terrifying scream.

"Gaia?!"

As soon as Jett let him come inside, he immediately saw you still screaming with your eyes shut tightly and hands on either side of your head with thorny vines sprouting out of your hair. In front of you was Yoru with his mask on.

The second agent to come in was Reyna, her eye orb was out and was ready to kill anything on sight.

"What is it, what happened?!" She demanded.

And the third agent was Brimstone, who immediately recognized your scream–dropped his coffee, and came busting through the door in panic.

"Gaia?! Kid, what's wrong?!"

Ah, let's just say that Brim wasn't too happy about the two scaring you off and the two received quite an earful from the captain.

Sova got you some ice cream and played barbie on t.v

Also– Cypher got it all on video.

cypher , kay/o , neon

after your previous scare, these three thought it might be a good idea to do it again.

originally, neon was against the idea but fell victim from cypher

surprisingly, the same goes for kay/o

neon just wanted others to experience it as well

it felt unfair that the hacker fucker got her

unfortunately, the unlucky victim was you

you just got in the lounge area together with chamber

the three knew chamber wouldn't be fazed by the scare

but you?

"C'mon, try it!" Neon said with a glint of mischief in her eyes. "It's a very easy game."

You raised an eyebrow before sitting down infront of Cypher's laptop.

"Is it like a maze game?"

There was a simple maze on the screen, you assumed you just needed to get the dot to the other side and so you did, prompting the new maze to come up.

"Oh wow, this is easy."

Cypher nodded, "Yup. It's an old game I scavenged, apparently, it was made years ago."

"So is it like vintage?"

"You could say that."

"Just make sure you don't let the dot hit the surfaces of the maze, otherwise you lose." Kay/o informed.

"Ah, so it's like that wire game?"

Neon nodded, "Exactly."

Chamber, could already tell where this was going, he knew what was going on a mile away and was about to break the news to you but Neon elbowed his side pretty hard and gave him a sharp look.

The next maze had narrower surfaces, so when you accidentally hit the dot to the side. . .

You flinched terribly together with a screech as a scary image flashed in front of the screen, making you lean back to 'get away' from the monitor and throw the mouse wherever.

Ah, poor you.

The three started to laugh at your reaction, but when you suddenly raised your hand to cover your eyes, a vine erupted from the ground and pierced through the laptop's screen.

The three fell silent and looked at you in nervousness.

"You guys are so mean!" You whined, hands still covering your eyes. "I almost had a heart attack!"

The three still gaped at you, wondering when you'll realize that you just broke the laptop.

Chamber let out a handsome laugh, helping you up from the chair, and soothed your back.

"Hush now, nevermind them, ma chérie." He gave the three a stern look, squinting his eyes, "Trust me, it'll come back around."

The three looked at eachother, before simultaneously thinking the same thing.

"Shit."

Cypher lost his hat the next day and found it again with cat ears stitched on top of them– whenever he'd remove it he'll lose it again before finding it in the same situation as before, Neon would often fall victim to jumpscares from "random" videos that would be sent to her by "someone", and Kay/o received broken toasters in front of his room for at least three days.

raze , killjoy , omen

two words. movie night.

probably the chillest moment you'd have this spooky season

the three of you would have a sleepover on the lounge area since sleeping over in another agent's room was prohibited.

so Brim granted the lounge area instead.

planned to binge all horror classics and slasher films

it was originally just you, raze and kj

omen suddenly came in and the three of you invited him over

Now there's the four of you

omen was pretty intrigued with the movies

"So do you kids think you can survive a horror movie?" You asked with a small smirk as you ate your popcorn.

"Ooh, I don't think I could survive the nun." Killjoy answers before Raze gave her a look.

"The nun? Girl, you don't even go to church! How could you even be in that situation?"

"Oh right." The three of you shared a laugh.

"Okay, okay, but honestly?" Killjoy said. "I think I won't survive the ring."

Raze nods eagerly in agreement. "Now that makes sense."

You let out a laugh, "Oh that's so true, you're so nosy in the internet you'd probably watch the video till the end."

"Actually!" Killjoy laughs along before throwing back the question to you.

"How about you, Gaia? Oh! Do you think you'd survive It?"

You thought for a moment. "Probably not, I'd come running to him myself if the It is Bill Skarsgård."

"Ah, the titan's greatest fall. A man." Raze shook said in a playful tone, shaking her head. "Couldn't be me."

"Oh please!" You giggled, "You're saying you won't go running to the predator out of invetor's curiosity?"

"Ah, touché"

"Oooh what about Omen?" Killjoy raised and the three of you looked at the man on the couch, knitting before looking up from his work.

"Me?"

"I think the killers and ghosts altogether would be running away from him." You joked.

To this Omen tilted his head, "That could be fun."

"See?"

Raze laughs, "Freddy kreuger has nothing against our Omen."

"I'm sorry, Michael Myers who?" Killjoy giggled.

"The devil could never!"

"They're all fools." Omen added. "Both the victim and attacker."

"Ah, to that we say Amen, my friend."

It was a pleasant night for the four of you, and when you, kj, and raze eventually fell asleep. Omen carefully covered your bodies with blankets and closed the television before placing his knitted products next to each of you. He made Killjoy a knitted frog, Raze her killer roomba, and you–

Omen gazed down for a moment at your sleeping face. You were the one who invited him to come and join your group earlier and he was thankful. You made him feel like he's apart of something and treated him normally like he was. . .well, a human.

It felt nice.

Omen then placed a knitted totoro next to your head.

"Thank you."

sova , chamber , sage

surprise surprise, brim decided to have a halloween dinner party within the protocol.

you volunteered to make the food

and sage too

it was going well and smoothly

until chamber peeked into the kitchen

"Be grateful, ma chérie. The best cook has arrived to aid you."

you could say that the feast later on would be diverse

now there's three of you

chamber is hella graceful in the kitchen, what the hell

this man is literally just cooking and yet he had such poise and. . .elegance in him.

chamber with his sleeves rolled back?

oui, please

you couldnt help but stare in awe at times

of course, he'd catch your staring and smirk

"focus now, eyes off me."

you'd playfully answer back to him

"but I can't, mon cher. you look absolutely irresistible."

you wink, and he'd shy away from your view. your comebacks are definitely something he doesn't expect. probably because you're the only one who plays along with it.

sage points and laughs.

"chamber, are you blushing?"

". . .mind your cooking."

It was finally time to bake, your favourite part. You caught your reflection from a glass and you sighed.

"Ugh, I look terrible." You uttered. "But at least the food looks good."

"To that, I agree with you, Gaia." Sage expressed as well, and as you turned to look at her, you let out a soft giggle.

"You have flour on your nose." You point

"Oh!" Your fellow colleagues' cheeks went red, laughing sheepishly. "Sorry."

You shook your head, "It's no problem, come here, I'll wipe it off."

Taking a clean paper tissue, you wiped the tip of Sage's nose.

"There, all good." You smiled

"Thank you. . . " Sage tucked a hair behind her ear, peeking at you through her lashes.

"Is everything going alright over here." A new voice entered and the three of you looked at the door.

It was Sova, adorably peeking his head to the side– at least from your perspective.

"Sova!" You beamed. "We're doing alright, but come!" You gestured him to come inside and he obediently did.

"Do you need any help?"

"Actually, I do."

the two of you looked so domestic as you worked, it was making a certain one irritated within the kitchen.

you forced the russian man wear a frilly pink apron

he doesn't seem to mind as soon as he saw your bright face

man tied his hair in a bun and you short circuited for a sec

oh no, he's rolling up his sleeves as well

you steal some respectful glances to him at times

chamber a little salty

"so did you just come here to help her?"

sova would chuckle as he mixed something in a bowl, "The best cook doesn't need my help, no?"

you gave chamber a sly look

"aww, chamber. are you jealous that Sova's helping me and not you?"

It was finally the dinner party, Brimstone made a rule that everyone must strictly wear a costume, and most of the protocol happily obliged.

The common area is where the party was being held, raze and killjoy absolutely did a wonderful job in decorating the place.

"Alright, that's twenty." Yoru smirked mischievously as Jett hesitantly handed him money.

They were betting on what the agents would wear, and Yoru just won for betting that Sage would dress as a witch.

"I hate your face." Jett slumped against the chair, arms crossed. She's dressed as Aang, a cartoon character from an old show called Avatar.

"I thought your arrow is the only thing that's supposed to be blue, why the face too, hm?" Yoru relentlessly teased.

"Think you're gonna win this huh?" Jett sat up properly, puffing her chest. "We still have more to go!"

Yoru pulled up a smug expression.

"We'll see about that."

Raze went as Frankenstein with colored patches of green and stitches drawn artistically on her skin, whilst killjoy went as Frankenstein's bride. Having drawn stitches with two locks of white hair extension on either side of her hair in an updo as well as a short whited puffed dress.

Sova surprisingly went as Dracula, clad in all black together with the high-collared cape and had his beautiful blonde hair down, Chamber walked in dressed in a black suit with a long coat hung over his shoulders, golden rings decorating his fingers; apparently he said he was the Don of the Mafia.

Next came Omen who literally only had cat ears on, then Cypher who dressed as a plague doctor, Phoenix came as prince Naveen from a Disney movie called The Frog Prince – not gonna lie, the royal clothes and crown suited him very well and lastly. . .

"Man, let me join in the bet!" Phoenix complained after hearing about the bets that jett and yoru were having.

"Sure," Yoru agreed with an overconfident smirk. "I like being rich."

"No fair, you called dibs on the easiest guess." Jett groaned. "For sure, Gaia is gonna dress up as a fairy."

"A fairy?" Phoenix questions. "Nah, I'm calling goddess, she'll dress up as a goddess for sure."

Yoru nudged his head to Jett. "Your guess?"

The agent hummed thoughtfully, her hands pressing on her temples.

It was kind of predictable on what you might dress up as– that's just judging based on what they're used to seeing you wear which is pastels. Something magical or fantasy-related, or perhaps something "soft."

"I'm gonna say. . ." Jett squinted her eyes before deciding on her answer. "Angel, possibly an angel."

As soon as those words left Jett's mouth, you arrived just in time to the room.

"Sorry I'm late!" You apologised as you entered, "I had no costume in my closet so I had to improvise."

All eyes fell on you and the room went silent for a moment.

"What the. . ." Phoenix's mouth went agape as he saw what you came in as.

"Oh my gosh. . ." Jett uttered under her breath whilst Yoru almost dropped the cup he was holding, looking at you in shock.

There you stood in a long black silk dress that hugged the shape of your body beautifully with spaghetti straps and a high slit on the side that exposes almost all of your right leg. Sheer black gloves adorned your arms, and your hair was styled in messy waves flowing on your back. On the corner of your mouth was fake blood dripping down to your throat and chest.

You went as a vampire.

This was probably the first time the protocol saw you in a such revealing outfit, you usually had yourself wrapped around in your comfortable oversized fit or pyjamas, and like earlier said, often wore pastels.

Who knew you looked so ravishing in black?!

You definitely gave them a new side of you that they will probably never forget.

"Why are you all staring at me like that?" You questioned awkwardly, before pointing to your mouth "This is fake blood okay?"

That seemed to snap them out of it.

"Gaia, you look spectacular!" Sage complimented as she approached you, followed by Astra, then Killjoy and Raze, all of them showering you with compliments.

"This may sound crazy but I don't even mind that I lost. . ." Yoru comments, still in a daze after seeing you.

"Yeah. . . Same here. . ." Jett replied, rasing her cup shakily as the aftershock dawns upon the agent.

"That was eerily divine. . ."

As the ladies finally left you alone, you sighed in relief. You honestly didn't expect that reaction considering you were just panicking moments ago about what to wear. You were so preoccupied in the kitchen that you forgot that you didn't have anything to dress up as, but thankfully it all worked out in the end.

"Gaia." You hear your call sign and you turned.

"Sova." You smiled before noticing his costume. "You dressed as Dracula???"

The man chuckles softly, "Indeed."

"Oh my gosh, we match!" You exclaimed gleefully as you gaze into his eyes.

"A wonderful coincidence, no?"

"You look beautiful." You complimented.

"As do you." Sova gave you a warm smile. "You're breathtaking."

Another voice suddenly joined in.

"Funny, I was about to say the same thing."

You turned and saw the french man.

"Chamber," You greeted with a smile. "You clean up nicely as always, monsieur."

The man smirked before taking your hand with his.

"You flatter me, mademoiselle."

Leaning down, he placed a kiss on the back of your hand. "But my looks must yield to you tonight, you look exquisite, ma chérie."

You rolled your eyes playfully, taking your hand from him.

"Always the smooth talker, Chamber." You scoffed with a smile. "You should try that line with Viper, who knows, you might get a date." You joked before turning your body to the side.

"Anyways I'm gonna go get candy before Jett stashes the sour patch."

"I'll go with you." Sova offered.

"Oh sure, you have big hands. Help me stash them before Jett does." You giggled mischievously. "Happy Halloween, Chamber."

The two of you went your way but not before Sova gave the Frenchman a quick glance, and to that, Chamber could only chuckle to himself.

"Happy Halloween indeed."

[ninjago-shipping]

MLM List

(B! equals Bizarro and M! equals the Ninjago movie, just so y’all know)

A.

Abandoned || Morro x Echo Zane x Benthomaar

Abyss || B!Cole x Cryptor

Aftershock || B!Jay x Cole

Allied || Lord Garmadon x General Kozu

Anchor || Benthomaar x Zane

Arson || B!Jay x B!Cole x B!Zane x Kai

Ash || Garmadon x Ray

Avalanche || Zane x B!Cole

B.

BadBoy || Lloyd x Brad x Gene

Bear || Cole x Kataru

BlackIce || B!Zane x Zane

BlackLightning || B!Cole x Jay

Blacksmith || Lou x Ray

Blizzard || Morro x Zane

Blizzaro || B!Zane x Morro

Boomer || Sensei Wu x Krux

BrainFreeze || Neuro x Zane

Brimstone || Echo Zane x Cole

Bronze || Dareth x Karlof

Bruise or Geode || Cole x Jay

C.

Cave || Cole x Benthomaar x Morro

Chaos || B!Kai x B!Cole x B!Jay x B!Zane

Checkmate || Zane x Nadakhan

Chrome || Karlof x Neuro

CinnamonWafer || Char x Glutinous

Citrus || Morro x Echo Zane

Coffee or Self-centered || Dareth x Garmadon

Conductor || Kai x Zane x Jay

Copper || Dareth x Cyrus Borg

Coral || Benthomaar x Cole

CorruptedCode || Mr. E x Cryptor

Corruption or Staff || Staff!Kai x Ice Emperor Zane

CrimsonLightning || Mr. E x Jay

CrimsonTech || Jay x Zane x Mr. E

Crypthor or Lackey || Cryptor x Pythor

Cryptzu || Cryptor x Kozu

Crystal || Morro x Cole x Zane

Cursed || Morro x M!Zane

D.

D&D or Upply || Fungus x Plundar x Korgran

DaddyIssues || Wu x Garmadon

DarkGeode || B!Jay x B!Cole

DarkGlacier || B!Cole x B!Zane

DarkHistory || Garmadon x Krux

DarkHumor || Jay x Shade

DarkLava || B!Kai x B!Cole

DarkOpposite || B!Kai x B!Zane

DarkPlasma || B!Kai x B!Jay

DarkTechno || B!Zane x B!Jay

DarkThinking || Shade x Neuro

DeepSeaEnergy || Benthomaar x Lloyd

Destiny || Kai x Morro

Dilf || Garmadon x all the Ninjago dads

Disaster || Jay x Kai x Morro x Cole

DisintegratedSmoke || Paleman x Ash

Drought || Pythor x Kalmaar

DryIce || Kai x Ice Emperor Zane

Dumbass || Jay x Kai x Cole

E.

Eclipse || Kai x Shade

ElectricBoogaloo || Jay x PoulErik

Electricstorm || Jay x Morro

ElectroGlacier || Cole x Mr. E x Zane

ElectroIce or Gaydar || Zane x Mr. E

Envy || Staff!Kai x Morro

Eruption || B!Cole x Kai

EternalWinter || Ice Emperor Zane x Vex

Everlasting || Echo Zane x Morro AND Morro x Zane

Eyecandy || Kai x Cole x Morro

Eyepatch || Clutch Powers x Ronin

F.

Fever || Kai x Neuro

FireStarter || B!Kai x Jay

Fireworks || B!Jay x Kai

Fixation || Lou x Ed

Forge || Kai x Karlof

Forgiven or GreenFlower || Brad x Lloyd

Forgotten || Echo Zane x Cryptor x Morro

FourArms || Lord Garmadon x General Kozu x Samukai

FriedChicken || Jay x Fugi-Dove

FriedSquid || Jay x Kalmaar

Frostbite || B!Zane x Kai

Future || Cyrus Borg x Acronix

G.

Gambit || Ronin x Soul Archer

GarmaBorg || Garmadon x Cyrus Borg

Garmacest || Garmadon x Lloyd

GarmaChen || Garmadon x Master Chen

GarmaClouse || Garmadon x Clouse

GarmaKai || Garmadon x Kai

Gaymer || Superstar Rockin’ Jay x “Rocky Dangerbuff” x Rockstar!Kai x “Snake Jaguar”

Gemstone || Cole x Plundar

General || Cryptor x White Nindroid

GhostRider || Morro x Mr. E

Glacier || Cole x Zane

Gloomy || B!Cole x Morro

GreasedLightning || B!Jay x Jay

Greed || B!Kai x Morro x B!Jay

GreenCheer || M!Lloyd x M!Chen

Greenflame || Kai x Lloyd

GreenStorm II Lloyd x Morro

Greenwisp or Poprocks || Lloyd x Jay

Gunpowder || Kai x Ash

H.

Hacker || Ronin x Zane

Hailstorm || Jay x Cole x Zane

Hazard || Kai x Echo Zane

Hellstorm || Kai x Zane x Morro

Hubris || Dareth x Clutch Powers

I.

Inferno || Kai x B!Kai

Intangible || Morro x Shade

Inventor || Cyrus Borg x Dr. Julien

J.

Jagged || Cole x Ice Emperor Zane

K.

Kaizor || Kai x Eyezor

L.

Lava || Cole x Kai

Legacy || Morro x Cole x Zane x Jay x Kai

LightningDjinn || Jay x Nadakhan

LightningFast || Jay x Griffin

Lightspeed || Paleman x Griffin

Loner || Kai x Ronin

Loulien || Lou x Dr. Julien

M.

Magma || B!Kai x Cole

Misfit || B!Jay x B!Kai x B!Cole x B!Zane x Morro

Morwu || Morro x Sensei Wu

Moss || Cole x Lloyd

MotorOil || Cole x Mr. E

Mountain || Cole x Kai x Zane

Mystery || Echo Zane x Cryptor

N.

Neon || Scott x Jay

Nightlight || Shade x Paleman

O.

Oblivion || Staff!Kai x Cole

Obsession || Kai x Master Chen

Obsidian || Cole x B!Cole

Opposite || Zane x Kai

Ore || Karlof x Cole

Outdated || Zane x Cryptor

Outlaw || “Rocky Dangerbuff” x “Snake Jaguar”

P.

Parrot || Fugi-Dove x Captain Soto

Penguin || Zane x Fugi-Dove

Plasma || Jay x Kai

Polyninja || Kai x Jay x Zane x Cole

Popsicle or Unique || Zane x Lloyd

Pride || Morro x B!Kai

Pyrotechnic || B!Kai x Zane

Pythales or Skythor || Pythor x Skales

Q.

.

R.

Ratmen || Ronin x Dareth x Clutch Powers

Reaper || Cole x Ice Emperor Zane x Morro

Record || Lou x Dareth

ResonatedGravity || Jacob x Gravis

Risk || Jay x Morro x Kai

Rogue || Ronin x Okino

Rose || Gene x Brad

S.

Salamander || Kai x Clancee

SaltwaterTaffy || Glutinous x Gripe

SameVoiceActor || Dr. Julien x Garmadon

Sandstorm or Spirit || Cole x Morro

Scruff || Dareth x Ronin

Seabreeze || Benthomaar x Morro

Seafoam || Echo Zane x Benthomaar

Seaglass || Cole x Jay x Benthomaar

Shenanigans || B!Jay x Morro

ShortMetal || Mindroid x Cryptor

Skeleton || Morro x Ghoultar

Smelt || Kai x Cryptor

SmokeShade || Ash x Shade

S’mores || Dareth x Zane

SnakeBlizzard || “Snake Jaguar” x Morro

SnakeGlacier || “Snake Jaguar” x Cole

Solstice || Staff!Kai x Shade

Spark || Wu x Ray

Spell || Master Chen x Clouse

Spitfire || Zoltar x Kai

Static || Ice Emperor Zane x Jay

Steampunk || Jay x Echo Zane

StolenDestiny || Ronin x Morro

StoneCold || Cole x B!Zane

Supernatural || Snake!Jay x Ghost!Cole x Zane x Anacondrai!Kai

Surge || M!Jay x Morro

Survival || Vinny x Garmadon

T.

Taser || Cryptor x Jay

Techno || Zane x Jay

Thief || Ronin x Clutch Powers x Plundar

ThinkFast || Neuro x Griffin

ThunderSnow || Morro x Jay x Zane

ThunderWave || Jay x Benthomaar

TickTock || Zane x Acronix

Timecest || Krux x Acronix

Trojan || Zane x B!Jay

U.

Upgrade || Unagami x Mechanic

V.

Vintage || Lou x Sensei Wu

Vinyl || Lou x Garmadon

Virus || B!Zane x Jay

Void || Cryptor x Cole

Vortex || Morro x Ice Emperor Zane

W.

Wannabe || Dareth x Fugi-Dove

Wrath || Staff!Kai x Morro x Ice Emperor Zane

X.

.

Y.

.

Z.

.

[i-love-you-all]

I should’ve waited before sending my thoughts on the folders. Sova’s voicemail is top notch tho and I love this character both in game and in lore. He and Viper are painting a clearer, more realistic view on this fight.

Next agent is another scout/information broker confirmed?

Viper calls Sova Brimstone’s golden boy and that Sova would never want to disappoint Brimstone. I think that level of respect is insane and opens the room up for a lot more nuance within the relationships between agents (obv including the Sova & Brimstone one)

As in, Sova is not just a mindless scout who follows commands, he doesn’t want to disappoint... that opens the possibility up for jealousy should Brim find a new scout to rely on if they’re that close, or it shows us just how effective Brimstone is, and there a thousand other options to explore.

Really excited for the chance to write some of that too.

But the situation is bleak and it’s nice to hear it very bluntly. Viper knows they the game now evolves around information. About what, we can only guess. Is this why Brimstone invites the hacker into VP? they need info, and the hacker can see what Valorant is actually doing and why and they can either drop their accusations or actually tear them apart.

Brimstone needs to show the blackmailer that they are not here to hurt them. (them being the person themselves and perhaps their community or all of mankind.)

Sova is concerned about the blackmailer as he should be. Having secrets dug up is a threat he will not tolerate and perhaps sheds light on his doubts on Cypher. It’s not personal, he just hates Cypher’s job. Perhaps it was Cypher who helped VP hide their individual secrets.

Cypher has rivals that he doesn’t find impressive, just pesky. Fun little thing to imagine.

The blackmailer is impressive though, and the agents respect Cypher’s network enough to understand what this means for them.

Once again, information is always the game. The person with more info wins.

A war on two fronts, one being against the E2 agents (The Omega Plans), which Sova wants to put on hold, and the other... their own world I assume? A smart observation, now to hope that Brimstone also understands and listens.

[sonicexelle-junkary]

You mentioned in the last ask that Smile is a demon, but he has made several reference’s to code, NPCs and other video game jargon. So is the comic set in a video game, and if so, is Smile just a virus/hacker that takes the persona of a demon? Or are we in the “real world” and Smile is an actual Hell and brimstone demon and just perceives the world as a game? Or a mix of the two? (actual demon in a video game.)

I’m trying to put this as vague as I possibly can, and I don’t entirely have all the answers anyways, so I’m sorry if I don’t entirely answer your question

Yes, smile is actually a demon, one of the worst ones you can muster. The whole comic takes place in a video game, In general it’s the classic games with all or most of the classic characters. Anything can happen in terms of the hardware and games logic and code. Drastic changes can only really be done outside of the game, like the debug menu or going into the code and changing it.

Where the game IS I would say is where smile “lives”. Not actually Hell or on Earth, but it’s somewhere. He is mostly confined to that plane and the game, but he’s not really confined to those worlds

Though I wouldn’t put it past him to think that Earth is just another game to mess around with

[5irefly]

the new agent, Fade, joining the protocol is so funny and wild to me.

She instantly has beef with everyone in the protocol and knows their personal lives and secrets basically. 

....but it seems brimstone has not told to the other agents like Pheonix for example in that voicemail about the hacker...or who the hacker is...because in each of the email its like Fade is talking to them directly. So maybe they all know of the hacker but not that she was captured and thats why they seeing spooky shit. 

If she joins and aware shes the hacker all along...the other agents gonna be so hostile towards her or well...scared even. (YALL HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I WANNA SEE REYNA AND HER INTERACT BROS)

Man...this Fade gives me unhinged vibes (i like her already)

[definitelynotaurora]

Imagine the Turkey strike team absolutely losing their minds if Brimstone recruits the hacker

Just like—

Brimstone: Okay you’re in

Hacker, standing there with the burnt, bruised, wounded team menacingly glaring at the back of their head:

Hacker, standing there literally 5 minutes after they tricked the team several times:

Hacker, standing there with absolutely no regards for the gritted teeth of the strike team:

Hacker, standing there completely unbothered, shrugs: K.

Strike Team: *overlapping of Ultimate Ability lines*

[andmaybegayer]

Last Monday of the Week 2021-11-29

Final two days at the electricity factory. I watched movies for the first time in like. A month! There's pandemic travel restrictions which will probably delay my eventual migration but it's fine.

Listening: Courtesy of the #xkcd-music channel, "You look like trouble (But I guess I do too)" by Lisa LeBlanc, some extremely catchy indie bluegrass shit.

The whole EP is enjoyable as well, particularly the titular track.

Reading: Brain abuzz with electronics design for some reason, reading articles about switching power supply design and also tracking down some documentation for a 4G chipset I used in passing a while ago.

Watching: Watched Hackers (1995) finally, it's only considered essential reading for all computer nerds. Delightfully over the top, big and loud and full of images and vibes, half the actors sound like they're doing a stage performance rather than the more naturalistic style of movies and it's so much fun.

Also caught Pacific Rim on TV because *guitar riff*

Making: I have to give back all the hardware development junk I have in my house from work, which means untangling it from the mess of network and power cables around my network gear in the next room, so I spent some time organizing network and power cables and converting badly damaged CAT5 into jumper cables for breadboard prototypes.

Also finally repaired a battery bank with a damaged case but fully good batteries. Scavenged a replacement hull from one that suffered a control board failure. This is partially because I don't want to buy a new battery bank and partially because it means I don't have to throw away my old stickerbombed one.

illiana no longer ships these stickers so until I get my hands on a sticker printer I only have what I've used.

Playing: Pathfinder game comes around and goes around, had a good time writing NPC's for this one and my players haven't even hit the main attraction.

Spent a while in Noita, I've never really dug into the wands system and I decided to remedy that: had a lot of fun making wands that fire lighting blasts that terminate in a burst of brimstone (although water would have been cool). I bought that game the day it came out and I have not regretted it, a great deal of fun whether you munchkin it or not. Extraordinary hidden depths if that's your thing.

Computer Stuff: Nothing for you this week, although as a consolation I'm hyped for the GPD Pocket 3.

[cypher-headcanons]

can i request hcs about cyphers friendships in the protocol? like which agents is he close with, etc. thank youuuu :)

Of course! Here you go:

Note: I only proofread briefly because I spent a long time working on it and didn’t want to see any more of this post. That’s also why they kinda get shorter as we go. I might come back tomorrow and add some things, who knows.

Cypher with the Protocol HCs: Friends

Astra:

No voice lines I could find

Cypher does not know Astra very well, and they do not spend very much time together without another agent that knows both of them

When they are alone, Cypher mostly just finds Astra annoying

Breach:

Breach! Breach! I took a servo from your arms for my tripwire. Don’t be angry. Breach…

Breach and Cypher love making trouble together

Their conflicting personalities and abilities have given them great synergy

At the same time his height, bulkiness, and general scariness terrifies Cypher and he is always careful to not pass any boundaries around Breach, but he will mess with Breach’s things

Their favorite things to do together are mess with other agents - using tripwires and flashes and concusses to confuse everyone

Brimstone:

Let me see if I can hack into that Brimstone's bracer. If he's anything like our Brimstone, he won't know how to fix it, haha.

Brimstone is considered a party pooper by Cypher

While Cypher enjoys being with Brimstone, Brimstone is often keeping Cypher from acting out his ideas.

Brimstone and Cypher spend most their time together training

Cypher is constantly pranking Brimstone by messing with his electronics

Jett:

Fly my wind assassin, do what you do best.

Jett annoys Cypher, but he also loves her sense of humor

The main thing they do together is play board games: Cypher loves chess to see all the angles, but Jett prefers classics like Clue because she thinks they’re more fun and doesn’t want to do strategy

Neither of them really likes card games so they don’t usually play those

They have a really strong bond, one of the strongest within the Protocol, and that can be seen by their synergy on missions

Killjoy:

Little engineer, I borrowed one of your transmitters for my camera. I'll pay you back, probably.

Cypher doesn’t particularly like Killjoy, and the feeling is absolutely mutual

They do sometimes geek out together over scientific discoveries

The activity they do most together is hacking people as mission prep but Cypher hates it because he’s the hacker and she’s constantly trying to correct him when she doesn’t know what she’s doing

Omen:

No voice lines from Cypher to Omen

Cypher doesn’t really like Omen, and Omen is relatively indifferent to Cypher

They don’t spend time together, though Cypher is intrigued about what exactly Omen is

Phoenix:

Phoenix, oh, you are really aggressive, I’m impressed and a little scared.

Cypher really likes messing with Phoenix

Phoenix is so gullible that Cypher can convince him to do anything

Cypher is also smart enough to make it look like he had nothing to do with it

Phoenix usually knows Cypher is messing with him but he finds it funny to go along with whatever Cypher says and keeps doing it

Raze:

Izze, don’t tinker with my gadgets. I don’t need exploding cameras again. The cleanup was so messy.

Cypher really enjoys being with Raze, even if she destroys his stuff!

She has this really positive energy that he loves being around and he can’t help but smile when he’s with her

He also appreciates her music taste and whenever they get drunk together they end up blasting music in one of their rooms for hours

She also makes great cocktails and is a great person to talk to

Reyna:

Reyna, jeez! Leave some for the rest of us... Or don't. Haha, I-I am sorry.

Similarly to Breach, Reyna terrifies Cypher

At the same time they’re really playful together!

Cypher has spent a lot of time observing her in an attempt to better understand her behaviors and the root of her anger but hasn’t been able to figure it out. Reyna knows he’s been doing this but doesn’t care since he’s not doing it in a way that threatens her.

When Raze and Cypher go drinking, they often take Reyna because she’s a riot when drunk - she usually ends up throwing around blinds and talking in fluent Spanish and the other two love being with her when this happens

Reyna and Cypher talk. A lot. They basically vent all their problems to each other and it feels like they new each other for years before either joined the Protocol.

Together, they give off the vibe of exes who are still great friends

Sage:

So, Sage, you can bring people back from the dead? Anyone? No constraints? Interesting. 

Cypher and Sage have a, well, complicated relationship.

Cypher is very intrigued as to her powers, but she does not want anything to do with reviving Nora

Due to this, they do not have a friendship, just a purely professional relationship.

Skye:

No voicelines from Cypher to Skye

Cypher thinks Skye is... well, a bit weird

They play card games sometimes, but they have a strange on-and-off friendship

No one knows why they have this strange friendship, but they do

Sova:

Ah, Sova, my friend, that was amazing! 

Cypher likes Sova.

He enjoys going out for drinks with Sova, but they never go drinking with Raze or Reyna

Kinda like with Jett, Sova has a love for tabletop games, but he plays card games

Cypher doesn’t usually play card games due to his casino past, but if Sova gets him drunk enough he’ll play poker

They also play Pool and watch other sports when they’re drunk together

Sova is also the kind of person that you can just share anything to, and they do that all the time

One of the other things they do a lot is go to animal rescue centers and meet all the animals, Sova loves to see how all the animals love Cypher and Cypher just likes meeting the animals

Viper:

Viper, who's birthday is March 20th? I found it when, uh...Haha, okay, okay, I have everyone's passwords.

Cypher loves pranking Viper because she’s so uptight and angry all the time

But at the same time, he also helps her a lot - he’s the one that designed several of her items, so they have a good relationship

He knows a lot of her secrets but would never share them because he secretly likes her a lot

She also secretly likes him a lot and is never really angry with him, it’s more of a show for other agents

When there’s nobody around they often go drinking or out to have fun together

Yoru:

No voicelines from Cypher to Yoru

Cypher hates Yoru, he’s too arrogant and selfish.

Cypher does his best to not be alone in a room with Yoru because Yoru will start a conversation and Cypher can’t stand talking to Yoru

Cypher has said multiple times that he tries to be friends but Yoru never asks about Cypher so nothing can happen in that friendship.

[limitless-imagination]

What did the agents dress up as for Halloween?

[I will pretend that Agents who didn’t want to dress up also had to, otherwise it wouldn’t make sense. I can’t imagine Brimstone dressing up lol. But we can pretend! After all, it’s a headcanon. - cheesy]

Breach: Arm Fall Off Boy from DC Comics. When he read about this character, he thought it was hilarious. Whenever he pulled his arm out he said, “PLORP!” but really loud. Look this guy up. He’s real.

Brimstone: a grandma. It wasn’t his choice, but he couldn’t come up with anything better. Someone even donated a walker for him which he did not appreciate. He had on the hair cap, and nightgown. Everyone had a good laugh except for him.

Cypher: his young one liked to watch Inspector Gadget. And since both of them tinker, and have trenchcoats, and a nice hat, it was easy for Cypher to modify his trenchcoat to be a little more plain.

Jett: An airbender. Phoenix suggested she shave her head. She didn’t, but she painted her arms and forehead in blue arrows. She thought she looked pretty cool. After that, Phoenix decided to become a firebender.

Killjoy: Robin from Young Justice (animated tv show version). An expert hacker, and she’s lanky enough to look like the young prodigy. Plus, she loves comics and this was a plus. She hung out with Breach that evening.

Omen: He did not want to dress up. Someone was able to put an octopus hat on him and while he absolutely hated it, he kept it on.

Phoenix: a firebender! After seeing Jett look all cool, he wanted to look cool too. Or hot... Because firebenders are hot.

Raze: Bomb-omb from Mario games. Yes, she got an inflatable costume, and only her head sticks out. It almost didn’t even come on time. She had an inflatable dinosaur for a back up, just in case.

Reyna: A vampire queen. Is there anything else that would fit better for her?

Sage: Hinata Hyuuga from Naruto. Sage watches anime now and then, and really respects Hinata’s growth.

Skye: Roxy from Winx Club. They both are headstrong, and care for animals! Skye watched a lot of Winx Club when she was a kid.

Sova: a pirate. He came dressed with a low white v-neck with puffy sleeves, a vest, and tall boots. He wore an eyepatch over his bionic eye (which of course does nothing, because he can see through it anyway). Of course, his drone acts as his bird sidekick.

Viper: Poison Ivy from DC Comics. It was a no-brainer. She just came in her regular suit, but spray painted the black with a bright green. Whenever someone asked why her hair wasn’t red, she would gas them and ask them to repeat the question.

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“Your pretty empire took so long to build, now, with a snap of history’s fingers, down it goes.”

Introduction

Sumire Shinomiya, also known as Diabla in rap battles, is a terrorist hacker and inventor under the guise of a video game designer. She is not known other than being the niece of a CEO but she is a notorious source of info in Japan’s underground and has a large reputation of being a top-notch hacker, hacking through the strongest of security.

Sumire is a pretty girl of above average height with a slim figure and very pale skin from lack of sunlight. She has long hair that goes to her knees tied into twin tails with small black bows, on the left side is her natural black hair color while on the right side is dyed purple with her bangs perfectly framing her face, one side also dyed purple. She has wide gray eyes that are always seem to have a scheming look to them.

She wears a short black cropped jacket opened revealing her purple tank top with the black anarchy logo on it, a black and purple plaid skirt with a white petticoat under it, sheer black stockings that have a spider web pattern on them, and black and purple boots with small chains on them. For accessories, she wears a black utility belt which she keeps a few tools should she ever need to use them, a belt chain with a pentagram on it, black and purple fingerless gloves, and multiple ear piercings.

Name Meanings

Sumire (菫) - violet

Shinomiya (四宮) - four shrine

Aliases

Sumi - Janine, Miyabi

Venefica - Hacker Name

ViolentViolet - Gamertag

“The Demonic Prodigy of Shinagawa”

Little Demon

Big Sister - Aiko

Bane of my Existence - Miho

Apprentice - Ritsuko

Biographical Info

Gender - Female

Age - 17

Birthday - November 6th

Ethnicity - Japanese

Hair Color - Black (Left) Purple (Right, Dyed)

Eye Color - Gray

Height - 175cm / 5’9

Weight - 54kg / 120lbs

Star Sign - Scorpio

Piercings - Lobe, Helix, Industrial, Snug, Orbital, Conch

Markings - Scars (Most of her Body), Laceration on left arm, A small piece of her ear cut off

Family - Mother (Deceased)

Unknown Father

Grandfather (Deceased)

Grandmother (Deceased)

Aunt

“Little Sister”

Voiced By - Ado (Rapping)

Fun Facts

MC Name - Diabla

Occupation - Video Game Designer/Terrorist

Division - Shinagawa

Team - CodeX

Position - 3rd Member

Favorite Food - Candy

Least Favorite Food - Onions

Likes - Robots, Spiders, Energy Drinks, Jiro

Dislikes - Corruption, The 1%, Abusive Adults, Religion

Hypnosis Microphone

Sumire’s Microphone is a headset microphone in the shape of devil horns. They’re purple with black highlights and pointy at the top, the mic itself rest near her mouth and is also purple in color while the cord connecting it is black.

Her Speaker takes the form of mini devils, there are three in total but all relatively large. Two are purple while one is black in color, their mouths are open where speakers are visible. On the ground around her is brimstone with purple fire surrounding her except from the front.

Her rap ability, Devil’s Due, takes her opponent's rap ability for a certain amount of time, leaving them defenseless and vulnerable to an attack.

Sumire’s rap centers around sheer, total anarchy and her desire for a new world without the rule of the Government or any authority figures. She raps about her hatred for those in power, especially those who use it for evil purposes, driving the lower class further into the ground and hurting innocents, she wants to get rid of all of it and burn the world to the ground and remake it so that everyone is equal. She also raps about flexing her intelligence and abilities, also making many references to demons and demonology as a whole.

Personality

Sumire is a genius, a prodigy, and just might be one of the greatest inventors of her generation...it’s shame she doesn’t use her talents to actually help anyone...is what her aunt tells her. It’s no lie that Sumire is intelligent, more intelligent than people her age should be but given her uncouth nature, it comes off more as a surprise. “Feral” is used to describe her, high energy and wild attitude. She simply gives no fucks about how she acts and people’s opinion on her, she firmly believes in being unapologetically herself…which can be utter hell depending on who you ask.

Around her closest friends, Sumire tones down the energy and is playful, mischievous and overall a prankster, she’s teasing and amused by the antics of her close peers, her form of affection is ‘gentle’ bullying but will stop if they express their discomfort. But Sumire feels most happy when she is creating new inventions in her lab, having a natural gift for building things out of basically nothing, Sumire has utilized her talent to get her where she now and rise in the ranks of Japan’s underground.

Sumire is also an anarchist. Rebellious and refusing to conform to society, she takes satisfaction on destroying and wreaking havoc, usually on big corrupt corporations (funny enough, she leaves her aunt out of those targets) and people who are in power but uses said power in selfish or corrupt ways.

Background

In a separate post coming soon.

Trivia

Sumire suffers from frequent nightmares, her upbringing causing her large amounts of trauma.

Sumire takes pills that a friend of hers makes, what these pills do, she won’t say but it’s clear she has a bit of an attachment to them, stating that she has a “medical condition” but refusing to elaborate.

Sumire graduated early on top of her class when she was 16, her intelligence allowing her to skip a couple of grades, she refuses to enroll into college however.

Sumire is fluent in many languages, including dead ones.

Sumire has made tons of inventions that rest in her laboratory which is the basement of the mansion she and Miho live in.

Sumire is the leader of a hacktivist group called Scorpion Den, a hacker group under the guise of a Video Game Company called Player One Studios.

Sumire is in a committed relationship with Jiro Yamada of Ikebukuro

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