#but then it was made semi-canon and like its a nice nod to the fans but its also a nice nod to only. some. of the fans.

[iscratchdoors]

man. rw downpour makes me so sad. im one of those ppl that just didn't really enjoy what i played of it and now it's kinda ruined the game for me. i know i can just turn it off and play ol vanilla rw just fine but i feel like i'm missing out on smth the fandom is excited about and i just cannot. feel that excitement. i had fun playing gourmand then artificer totally soured me on the whole thing and now going back to the whole dlc feels more like a chore than an adventure

[charlie-artlie]

just got back from the fnaf movie, i really need to go to bed but i have to get some thoughts out NOW 🫠

positives

movey good C:

matthew lillard was just so so good god bless

the animatronics were amazing, i really wasn’t expecting the scene where they all played and had fun together????? it was such wish fulfillment i was just sitting there like is this real

(on that note HEY. someone had better gif that fronnie scene were theyre just playing and dancing together. 👉 get on it giffers)

maybe controversial but i liked the matpat and coryxkenshin cameos a lot they were funny and didnt detract from the flow too much

the jumpscares were not terribly hacky like i thought theyd be, and the balloon boy one was really good 👏

also IM NOT CRAZY THAT WAS A CIRCUS BABY REFERENCE RIGHT??? AAAAAAAAAA

all of the parts and service room was so cool tbh, all of the creepy old endos and parts, the little fetch easter egg, all of it so so good

the easter eggs in general were really fun, im looking forward to watching this movie be micro analyzed for years to come

the springlock scene 🤌 cinema…..

that scene were william roundhouse kicks mike is just like. so amazing. this is going on the positives. i cant believe they did that. what an amazing movie.

in general the lighting and sound design were very nice (i mean as a layperson i thought they were nice idk XD)

THE SONG WAS IN IT THEY DID THE FUCKING THING 😭👏

negatives

no puppet?

i feel like this story suffers from the same issue TSE has, where by straying from the games canon you’ve actually made things so much more complicated? while some things definitely made sense (vanessa being williams daughter was a nice touch and made sense for both characters fight me, also a great nod to how shes mind controlled in game canon) others feel like they just made things more complicated? like, why was garrett just a random kid in a random campsite? why was william there, why did he kill him, why do the ghost kids know him? i guess you could say, if there is a reason, it will be revealed in a later movie? but thats so many unnecessary steps when all you had to do was have garret go missing from a freddys location (like in TSE). like, mikes brothers disappearance is linked to freddys, thats why he needs to work there, you could save a lot of time aunt jane ate up. speaking of.

its such a hilarious plot hole that they just totally move past aunt janes death. like this guy is fighting tooth and nail for custody of his sister against his aunt and she shows up dead at his house and nobody is suspicious or cares. also he shows up at the hospital with a stabbed cop who’s apparently in a coma and cant verify his story at all?? the plot armor on this man!!

i realize they needed to put abby in danger at some point or else why would she even be here, but having the ghost kids want to ghostify her doesnt make a whole lotta sense >_> like they kept saying william was confusing them but they never really showed that, golden freddys spirit kid seemed pretty aware of the situation the entire time.

that one jumpscare with the kid with black goopy eyes was pretty silly lmao. feel like they could have captured the creepypasta vibe better

this is semi positive and negative, but i really really liked vanessa’s creepiness i just wish theyd leaned into it a bit more? that scene where shes staring lovingly up at the animatronics and then asks mike to dance is just so 👌 like girl what is wrong with you fr 🥰 but then her behaviors dont make much sense after that, i was a bit confused as to when she was supposed to be trying to get mike to stay and when she was supposed to be warning him away.

the writing in general was definitely a bit weird ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ eh

sorry if my negatives seem like bummers, but i really enjoy picking apart movies i like, and i tend to like things more when there is stuff to pick apart! (sensory fandom experience…..) in general i really enjoyed the movie and i think most fnaf fans will! it’s fun cheesy horror that has a lot of love for the source material without trying to BE it, which wouldn’t be possible anyway

man theres definitely other things i could say but i really have to go to sleep now 😭 gn!!!

[izukult]

haiykuu boys react to a long distance partner surprising them

characters: hinata, kageyama, oikawa, sugawara, nishinoya, tsukishima

established relationship | warnings: swearing, my fan behavior, why are my head canons so long in this gd it’s like a tiny story without structure

hinata shōyō

-SUNSHINE BOY (i went crazy for this one i’m so sorry)

-you were sugawara’s old middle school penpal which turned online friend

-so obviously you’d heard about his volleyball team and the new first year star players

-and one thing led to another where he introduced you to hinata

-actually you were facetiming suga and you saw hinata and told your old friend you thought the tangerine boy was cute and then koushi “accidentally” put you in a gc together

-you and hinata have been dating for about four months

-you’ve heard everything to a t, including small little remarks from tsukishima to every toss, kill, and miss your boyfriend and kageyama managed

-side note but it’s so cute this boy is so whipped for you if you don’t respond for a certain amount of time he’ll find some dumb excuse to talk to suga just so he can shift the convo to making sure you’re safe

-anyway

-so you’re going to meet suga finally

-like FINALLY you’re so excited

-but you’re also boutta see your boyfriend!!!!!!

-buuuuuuuuuut your boyfriend didn’t know

-so it’s safe to say you were a little nervous about it

-you made suga swear up and down that he wouldn’t tell any of his teammates that you specifically were coming, but he did ask to make sure it was okay to have a semi open practice

-so you’re standing outside the volleyball gym with sugawara, backpack with hinatas favorite snacks over your shoulder. practice had already started so suga was late, but he still stood outside with you and let you prepare yourself

-you felt like you were about to throw up even though that’s shoyo’s thing

-suga walks in before you and you follow shortly after, holding in a sharp breath.

-there he was. standing on the other side of the gym, talking to who you knew as kageyama

-he hadn’t seen you yet, but other member of karasuno had

-”yoo who’s this hottie” bald, flirtatious, you had to assume its tanaka

-hinata was in the middle of jumping for a spike when he saw you, and he froze and fell to the ground, stumbling to keep his balance

-the gym got quiet at the tangerines reaction, but he was just staring at you.

-and then he was doing that “woosh” run he always told you about and before you knew it his arms were around your waist and his head was buried in your shoulder.

-everyone (literally EVERYONE) was looking at you two but you just laughed and placed a hand in his hair (which, holy fuck, is soft)

-you mouthed an apology to suga and he shrugged you off, and focused your attention back on the boy in front of you

he pulled back just enough to look at you, leaving his hands to rest on your back. his eyes were filled with tears (cute) and he offered you a smile.

“you’re here” his voice was quiet, for once, but it didn’t have any lag this time. and it was so fucking beautiful.

“i’m here.” you nodded, eyes scanning the features of his face. he chuckled lightly, a tear falling to his cheek as he shook his head.

“you’re so pretty.” his voice was watery and he moved his head back in your shoulder before you could utter a compliment back.

-he stayed attached to you for like minutes okay and this man completely ignored the teasing of his classmates.

-eventually you tried to pull him off you so he could get on with practice (and so you could watch him practice) but he refused to get off

-”bubs. babe. honey. you gotta get up”

-”hey hey hey, what about showing me a cool spike?”

-”i am literally asking you to do your favorite thing in the world sho,”

-”new favorite thing is holding you.”

-YOUR HEART

-eventually you did get him off of you and he practiced the HARDEST he had

-after practice he introduced you to everyone as his girlfriend even though you’d literally been introduced to them like an hour before

-his eyes stay on you and he constantly tells you how pretty you are face to face and how you smell good and how soft your hands are

-it would sound stalkerish if you werent whipped

-its ok hes whipped too

kageyama tobio

-no idea how youd meet this mf online

-maybe some volleyball forum or like arguing over which setter was betting in youtube comments

-or if you know nothing about volleyball,,,,

-i have no fucking clue BUT

-he doesnt mind long distance honestly

-he doesnt have to get worried about completely embarrassing himself and he never has to make like physical moves

-but he does wish he could hold your hand sometimes.

-but he ignores it🙄

-so you are like obsessed w this bitch u r in love w him🤢🤢

-and ur a good 90% sure he luv u too

-so you plan a trip to him

-you do it all out. you talk to his mom, you find the cheapest hotel that’s perfect distance between his house and his school bc ur just that cool

-and you even make up an excuse to kageyama for why you won’t be on your phone during the flight

-you know he’s gonna be at practice bc you know his schedule cos gf things

-you stocked up on banana milk (aka you brought like four)

-you hit him up yknow yknow

- “hey bubs i’m back<3 how’s practice going?” you’re literally standing outside the gym but you want to make sure you’re not coming in at a bad time

-after like three minutes he texted u “good:). just got done with a practice set.”

-so now you’re going and you’re excited and you’re Nervous

-you open the door and you’re met with a rly tall guy with a headband on

-“hi, can i help you?”

-“uh, is kageyama here?” and he turns his head, and you follow his eyes, and there he is

-and he’s already staring at you

-a ball is lightly held in his hands

-if anyone who didn’t know him saw him they would genuinely think he’s angry

-but it was kinda the same look he’d give you when you talked about things you cared about on facetime

-so maybe that’s love? 😳😳😳

you give him a little wave

-“sup kags”

-he’s just staring

-blankly staring

-which you should’ve expected

-“sorry, are you mad? i should’ve told you i was coming, that’s my bad i just thought i could surprise you and it would be really nice and then you wouldn’t be stressed out sorry-“

-literally why are you saying all this all of his teammates just like “wtf”

-he shook his head quickly and opened his mouth to say no but just continued to stare

-“i- uh- you want to watch me set?”

-you LAUGH. and i mean LAUGH girly and he just turns all kinds of red and you know his team is gonna be on him for that

-“yea! if that’s like, allowed?” daichi doesn’t care so you are literally balling

-you watch him play and like at first he’s REALLY awful like rly bad but then he kind of tunes everything out (i.e. you) and gets back in his groove

-afterwards he comes over to you and asks you what you think and he’s looking at you like this is normal but you can tell he’s shaking and he kisses your forehead REALLY REALLY FAST and mumbles a quiet “i’m glad you’re here”

-he opens up w affection more along the trip

-he appreciates the banana milk. sm.

-from then on out he constantly brags ab having a gf to the team

oikawa tooru

-he suspects smth is up to be honest

-he’s like “ohhh shawty gon do sum😫”

-(he doesn’t fucking call you shawty)

-but to be fair he figured more like you were gonna send him smth rather than send yourself

-surprise again he’s AT PRACTICE who would’ve guessed

-but this time you come at the end of practice because seijoh has like set schedules and oikawa tells you everything so

-you’re just standing by the door waiting for him to come out, ignoring the literal group of girls forming at the end of the hall knowing dAmn well they are your bf’s fangirls

-oh well

-you hear his voice before you actually see him

-he’s giving someone tips on their serves and you hear someone make a snide remark at him and you only assume its iwa

-he’s in the middle of a sentence and he just stops.

-there’s a good couple of seconds where he completely loses composure

-which is not tooru like

-you took a step closer and smiled

-”is this the oikawa tooru fanclub?”

-”nah it’s actually the oilykawa hate club” it’s the same voice from earlier and it’s definitely iwa

-you laugh a little and keep looking at your boyfriend

-”that’s even better”

-he just walks up to you and gives you a real, genuine smile

-pushes a piece of hair behind your ear

-and KISSES u

-EPIC MOMENT GAMERS

-”what are you doing here, pretty? come to see me play? if so, i hate to break it to you, but you’re late”

-you just roll your eyes and kiss him again

-once you two are alone he literally cries

-LMAO

sugawara koushi

-literally the only one who can keep his cool out of all these mfs (aside from tsukishima)

-however, when you show up to his practice wearing the hoodie he sent you like two months earlier, he lost his shit

-you set it up with daichi and everything beforehand.

-(and daichi literally made sure suga would look like a setting genius the day you showed up)

-he had just made a really good set when you walked in and you clapped

-”nice one, koushi”

-he looks at you like 😦 & is just like “you- what- you’re- how- why?”

-lol and then he goes on “not why like i’m not happy you’re here just how”

-and all the third years think it’s so funny to be honest, because typically suga can keep his cool

-he eventually gains his cool and shines you one his signature amazing smiles (which, is somehow better face to face)

-omg he goes over to you and once he gets there he turns to his teammates and like

-”this is my s/o!!!”

-mf is BEAMING

-he’s so happy

-you find out right after he gives literally the best hugs ever i live by that and i will die by that

-he doesn’t kiss you til you two are alone

-and its so fucking sweet and personal he puts his forehead on yours and tells you you’re the most beautiful person hes ever seen

-he is literally so in love w you

-ew

-i love him.

nishinoya yü

-ok he’s so loud

-literally the second he gets a gf everyone knows

-he shows the team pictures of you literally anytime one of them will look

-he luvs u

-he is your BIGGEST fan no doubt

-you make a nice meal? he wants to post about it

-you have a nice outfit? he will put it on his story

-you breathe? expect an “omg baby im so proud of u”

-so when you show up, he reacts the way you expect him to

-so like obviously this man isnt checking his phone during practice

-but he puts his phone on dnd and has you as his only favorite contact

-so you can text him if its an emergency during practice

-you know that, he knows it, the team knows it

-he gets the little ping!

-and he’s out the game

-no one is recovering the ball #peaceout

-he jogs over to check because you never text his number during practice bc you respect his passion for volleyball

-the text just says “come outside:))”

-he’s like wtf?? but bitch gonna do what u say😐

-he sees you and he just yells “holy shit” so loud dude

-daichi goes to call him on his language but steps outside and sees the short libero hugging the person they’d all seen in the photos, he just goes quiet

-nishinoya will not shut up as he hugs you

-he’s literally just hyping you up and asking you literally every single detail about how you’re there, where you’re staying, when you’re leaving, how your flight was, everything

-you just kiss his forehead :)

-literally only good vibes

-you guys have such a good trip bruh

-after you leave he literally just cries while looking at pics of you two together

-^ he took so many pics and vids of you pls

tsukishima kei

-unlike the others, you wouldn’t meet him at practice

-you don’t really know his team, nor does he tell you about them outside of mostly complaining

-you do know tadashi, but like you’ve only talked to him in a gc all three of you are in and never like alone

-you did not tell him you were coming because you’re 100% convinced he would’ve accidentally told tsuki even though he can keep his own shit secret lol

-you just show up at his door when you know he’s home

-and he’s texting you as you’re there and he had actually had a moderately rough day so you told him you were gonna order him food from his favorite restaurant

-which, technically wasn’t a lie you just had to make an extra stop

-you knock on his door (once you’ve prepared yourself because you honestly have no idea how he’s going to react)

-and he opens it ready to give a half hearted thank you to some delivery guy

-but instead his s/o

-he just stares at you

-he looks like a fish

-after like fifteen seconds you decide to try to break the ice bc you are nervous

-”delivery here for uh one…” you pretend to look at the paper, you’re doin a whole skit here “one dumb bitch. are you dumb bitch?”

-he just rolls his eyes and shoves your head

-he walks back but he leaves the door open

-”take your shoes off”

-he’s not even looking at you smh but you smile so fucking wide bc that’s the kind of reaction you were honestly hoping for

-(what you don’t know is he will literally break his whole hard exterior act if he looks at you right now and he is not ready for that)

-you put the food on the table and move to stand next to him

-and after a bit he finally looks at you

-and you look at him

-and you smile

-and he does too,, kind of

-(which is so fucking cute,)

-and you just keep starin at him and bite your lip to keep from grinning

-and after a couple minutes you clear your throat

-”can i hug you?”

-bro he’s so fucking whipped he doesnt even answer he just wraps his arms around you and puts his head on top of yours

-and he mumbles a thank you and its so fucking SWEET

-he does open up more the longer you’re there and u have a very good trip mwah in luv

[ordonianhero]

Dawn of a new Adventure

A Linked Universe fan fiction. No real warnings needed other then a bit of language. its 2,408 words. Angst/fluff. Little bit of everyone involved. 

Synopsis: The weather get really bad and they just need to find shelter. However the more they journey the worst their moral and mood get. Things get testy. will they find shelter?

Authors note: this came about with our own stormy winter weather blasting through where I live. I hope you enjoy. feel free to create art from any of this or any of my other writings. I would love to see what stuck out to all you creators out there. I love the whole family platonic like bond like thing...so for the life of me don’t go turning this in to LINKCEST or anything NSFW.  The Creator Jojo has requested so and I am with them on that. thank you. Now enjoy. 

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Wind: dang we missed the before the story stuff.

Hyrule: well someone had to take their time.

War: excuse me?! I can’t just go walking out in plublic in nothing but lounge wear.

Legend: SHHHHH shut up you three. the story is about the begin.

-silence-

loud popcorn crunching comes in the direction of Wild. Everyone angrily looks at him. Twilight take the bowl away.

story begins- loud sounds of Hyrule entertainment played by kudzus, by fairies. Time having to swat them away. “Enough!”

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  "It's raining sideways!" grumbled the Veteran. The rain blasting at them all as they trudged through a storm. The hair dripping and sticking to their faces. "Surprised its you who is complaining and not our Captain." The smith stated, his hood over his head. The heroes all had experienced unwelcoming weather. However it never makes for an easy journey. The leader of the group was equally not in a pleasant mood with such weather. The cold temperature and soaked clothing seeped into his sore joints from old injuries. He kept his mood to himself, however I knew they best find some sort of shelter. Cloaks did nothing to protect them with the wind blowing harshly, and Rain blinding them with every step they took. Their boots muddy and soggy. If they didn't find shelter soon, they were bound to catch a cold from it.

 They all halted under some Trees for some cover after some time. The rancher blew into his hands attempting warm part of himself up. The wind picked up again, the Trees creaked and moaned. The rain pounding ever hard. This was some storm that had happened. It being winter, that'd be expected. The leader of their group rubbed his sore joints. "So do any of you know which Hyrule we are in?" asked the captain, attempting to ring out his royal blue scarf. Pointless really. They all looked at each other. None of them knew. The young sailor seem to cling to Sky, as he shivered. "only if we had a map or something to show us a place for shelter." The smith stated shaking out his boot. Wild has been quiet, he had done on his warm doublet and his hood, however now even those were failing him.  The rancher shook out, rain water getting ever, a useless thing to do. however it helped him at least be able to see things better. The water droplets had started to form on his eye lashes. "I am sure if we keep moving we will find something." He then suggested. Standing around getting more soaked wasn't going to fix their situation. They all nodded. "so would you like to take the lead then?" suggest the Leader. Rancher looked over at them and then over the rest. "I can take over." He replies, adjusting his sword and pelt. The leader came over and placed his hand on his shoulder. The rancher could tell the Old man was hurting bad. The rain was starting to slow down enough. "Okay, let's get going then." he states as he turned to lead them down the path more. He wasn't very comfortable taking lead. The captain stuck closer to the old leader then, while the wild one and traveler joined the rancher in the front. ********  They had wonder for hours it seemed, as the rancher lead them through the dense woods. It only provide them with some protection from the raging storm going on. The mood in the group had started to get very unpleasant. Some grumbled under their breaths, some whined, and some just stayed quiet. Their mind filled with images how much a warm bath would be nice or a warm fire, with a warm drink. A bed for comfort. It's amazing how weather can make one romanticize little things other's take for granted. Even Wild, who enjoyed the outdoors was thinking about the comfort of a good shelter. His Hyrule always being unpredictable with the weather. The rancher even was thinking how much he would give anything to have a bowl of warm soup. That also reminded him of the time he visited the yetis. Dunking warm baked bread in to a bowl of soup. All their minds were swimming with wishes and images of comforts. So much so that they were all so lost in thought. As the rain once more came down hard. Big, hard, Fat rain drops. "Okay, Could Hylia please let up on us for once." Grumbled the Veteran and in a what would of been comical moment, they all seem to slip and fall like dominoes in the mud. The young sailor sat up and slammed his fists into the puddle he fell in and sob, "I can't do this. This is fucking miserable. I would take being flung out of a canon then this." Sky came over and helped the young sailor up and held him. The captain helped the Older leader up. "probably best we find a cave or something." he tried gently suggesting. "too bad the wild child's stupid slate cant bother work or we wouldn't be this stuck." the veteran angrily says trying to get some of the mud off his tunic.  

 Wild looked down, his wet hair covering his face. Rancher turned and snapped, "Hey, that aint his fault. We're all in this. Sorry we don't have some 'magical' tool that will just go 'hey, there's a good shelter over there!' " his finger pointing out in some random spot. He bore a face which the veteran has never seen. the rancher rarely snaps and is often more comforting or stern. However never snippy or angry. If he was, he never let it on or turn on other. The veteran now felt guilty for lashing out. The rancher was often protective for sure. he knew he picked the wrong person to go after. "Okay let all take it easy." said the Older leader, rubbing his side he fell on. "Getting snappy won't get us anywhere. we got to just got to keep a look out."  They all stood quiet for a bit, the young sailor was still buried into sky, softly sobbing and shivering.

 The rancher turned and closed his eyes, letting out a long sigh. His breath could be seen in the cold that was creeping in more. He placed his hand on the back of wild and rubbed it gently before moving forward. The other's then followed in step. It was only when they walked a few more miles, they all saw in the distance, illuminated by light among the dark woods. "A CABIN!"  Squealed the Traveler. "wonder if anyone live there?" questioned sky as they all made their way towards it. "who'd want to live way out in the middle of nowhere in thick forest?" stated the Captain. The older leader stayed quiet. "some just do." replied the rancher. The veteran snored, "right." As they approached there was a sign that sated, "Traveling camp cabin."

 "oh! it like the cabin's I came across in my hyrule. It's a place for travelers of all sorts to take shelter in." wild explain. "Is that so?" said the smith. "Yeah. see- they have a place where you can even house your horses." they all looked. "well that mighty nice." the rancher said with a smile. They opened the cabin door. The room was semi large. a single bed, a old wooden table where a leather book laid open. A fire place with cooking pot and kettle hung. Wood off to the side of it. It looked unvisited for some time. the room floors creaked and the building smelt of smoke from previous visitors. A few spiders had made their home there in the odd corner of the building. Rancher tended to making sure Epona was set up in the side horse stall with fresh water and food. Dry bedding and a warm blanket over her back. After he dried her off. He then brought in everyone's packs. Wild had gotten a fire started.

 The group respectfully left their muddy boots by the door. Then they each shed their soaked clothing and put on dry ones. Placing the soaked ones to hang on a well placed wire. One of them brought in some water from the nearby stream, placing some off for cooking and the rest was to wash the mud and grime. it wasn't a warm bath, but it would do in the mean time. They had all agreed the Older leader could take the bed. The rest placed their bedding off to the side for when they would go to sleep. Wild made work on making some hearty soup and Traveler went about making tea. They stayed quiet for some time. some took to doing a bit of work on their items. Such as patching up hole in their clothing, placing new chainmail links and removing damaged ones. Traveler came around handing them a nice herbal tea. To sip on while food was still being work on. The Moment the warm liquid touched their lips, there a unison sigh from everyone. The tea hit the spot in helping in warming their cold bodies up and the warm fire heating up the space.

 The smell of the food wild was preparing was also welcomed. Just a simple soup of creamy meat soup. which consisted of whatever meat wild had on hand, milk, herbs and vegetables. There was a little rack above it for warming bread, which he did. The Rancher had his blanket over his head as he stared down at his chainmail and made work with getting all the broken rings off and putting in new one. The young sailor looked over his shoulder and watched in awe. The Veteran also doing so. The Captain, Old leader and Smith worked on their weapons. Sky stuck with Traveler and Wild, helping where he could. When the rancher spotted the little Sailor watching him, he motioned them to sit beside him. He asked if they wanted to learn how to work on chainmail. The sailor nodded. There was a soft chuckle that came from the Veteran. Rancher paid no attention be then gently started teaching the young one the trick. then hand his chainmail over to them. The nervously looked up at the rancher, who placed a hand on their shoulder. The sailor then fidgeted be felt unsuccessful, so the rancher shifted his sitting spot and placed his hand over the sailors and helped them till they finally were able to do it on their own. in which the rancher praised them. The room filled with warm laughter when the sailor enthusiastically whooped that he did it. The fact they were out of the rain, warm shelter, and food on the way improved everyone's moral.

  Once food was ready, they each got a bowl with some honey wheat bread. "MMM. I am so going to food coma after this." Moaned the Veteran. "Oh please do. Think we had enough salt for the day." the Captain joked, with a mouth semi full of soup and bread. "Zing. One point for Captain. what you going to do about it Vet?" laughed Rancher. with a dead pan look at Captain and replied. "Throw salt at them."

"Oi, no thro-" The Old leader was about to say.

 The Veteran placed his bowl of food down and leaped across to tackle the Captain, who had to quickly put his own food down before he was toppled over. "OOF." Everyone in the room chuckled. "Ah now I get it." said Sky, softly chuckling. "wait- were you like the old man and thought he was going to literally toss salt?" questioned Traveler. "well you never know in this group. Sometimes it takes a bit to realize things- like the Old man's horrible dad joke." chuckled the Smith. The room erupted in laughter. "I think my jokes are rather dadtastic." the old leader said with a gently laugh. "okay, say that when you're around your wife next time." The Vet teases as he was getting off the caption and returning to his own food. There was another roar of laughter from the group. Once after several helpings of soup and all of them had finished their food, a few helped with clean up.

 Bed rolls were laid out ready for sleep. The old leader took to reading a few letter his wife sent. The more younger members took to watch as Captain was once again losing to Rancher in a game of poker. "I for the life of me have no idea how you do it." captain said smiling back at the Rancher. There was a smirk on the rancher's face as he shuffled the deck. "He just that good. You maybe a strategist in this group, but he is the one to read through you bullshit talk and look." Sky chuckled. "Oh is that so, country? predicting my moves are you?" the Captain smirked with a flashy smile. The Rancher didn't reply but handed out the cards again. Then he just smirked once more up at the Captain. The played at least one last round. Which resulted in the Captain fling his cards at Rancher and everyone chuckling.

 Wild made some warm honey and cinnamon milk to help the younger ones to fall asleep easily. Which they drank and fell in to warm milk drunk sleep stage. Everyone else crawled into their bed roll and laid down to sleep. a few snuggled up with certain members. The rancher was last one up. He tossed in two more logs to keep the fire going a bit more before heading to his bed roll. He then caught the eye of the Older leader, who quietly motioned him over. He quietly made his way over. The old leader shifted and motioned for him to sleep beside him. Rancher joined him and curled up in their arms. Soon falling asleep in their arms. "I am so proud of you." whispered the old leader as looked over his blood. Then softly fell asleep himself. The only sound left, was the sound of the heavy rain falling, soft breathing of nine sleeping heroes and the crackling of the fire. Safe and Sound, snug and warm, and forgotten memory how the day first was. *****  When they woke, the warm sun streamed through the window. The fire was out, but the ambers still smoldering, and could be seen dancing in the light. The resident birds chirped. Only a few still not woke. Not shockingly sky being one, but the Old leader and Rancher. Who were known to be early birds in the group. by habit. The Captain suggested to let them sleep in a little more, while getting sky to wake, but grudgingly not ready to get up. Wild set to work making some breakfast. Veteran and Wind went about feeding Epona and giving her some attention. The Traveler Stretched and lout a yawn. "A Dawn of a new day. New adventure awaits us." -Fin.

[antiquechampagne]

Chapter 11

Hancock soon started flitting around the room as the rest chatted over their drinks. While listening, something in the corner of her eye caught Payne’s attention. Nate had just become visible on the escalator with Cait in tow. Payne quickly looked at Kent. He had not yet noticed. Grabbing Daisy, she swiftly told her to keep Kent distracted. She had another plan.

Payne quickly excused herself to use the restroom and wove through the crowd towards the escalator. As she reached Nate, she gently took his arm, using her body to shield him from Kent below, just in case.

“Did you find the costume?” Payne hastily asked.

“Um… yes… what are you doing? Why are you dressed up like that? Ow!” Nate was finding himself being only semi-gently guided back up the stairs.

“I have an idea, just come with me and I’ll tell you.”

Cait was definitely not on board with this idea. “What the fuck are you trying to pull, lassie?”

“I’m not trying to pull anything, I’m trying to do something nice for Kent!”

“We had to slug our way through a whole building full of ferals to get that damn thing, you aren’t nicking it!” Cait was starting to get heated.

“It’s okay.” Nate finally resigned to being dragged back up to the entry way. “What do you want?”

“Okay, you saw how I am dressed, right? You know who I am supposed to look like, right?” Nate nodded his head. “This was the only way to get Kent to come to this party. He would be more than happy to never venture out of the Memory Den, but this has helped him step outside his comfort zone. Now, you arrive, with the actual Silver Shroud costume… this is going to blow his fucking mind… but do you know what would make this night better? If he saw the Silver Shroud AND the Mistress of Mystery coming down those steps hand in hand. Just imagine the look on his face!?” Anticipating Cait’s reaction she quickly added “And don’t worry, I’m not stealing your boyfriend.”

“Damn straight, you’re not or you are going to end up with a lot fewer teeth tomorrow morning!”

Nate wasn’t looking convinced. Kent had commissioned him to find the costume, not wear it. It was rightfully Kent’s property.

“I’m not saying you keep the costume, just surprise him with it. You can give it to him after the party. Whaddya say?”

Nate hemmed and hawed for a minute before agreeing. He quickly changed in the bathroom and stepped out.

Cait was impressed and expressed her pleasure with smirk and a head nod. Nate’s broad frame filled out the black trench coat. The silver scarf along with the black fedora framed his face as if it was tailor made for him.

“Nearly perfect… but do you have any water on you?”

Nate was confused. “Um… why?”

“We need to slick your hair back a little and unless you want me to use irradiated toilet water…”

Cait started rifling through her bag. “Here.” Payne quickly passed her fingers through Nate’s thick dark hair, elegantly swooping it back.

Payne stepped back and grinned. “There we go… just like the comics!”

“I feel like an idiot.”

“You look better than when you wear that stupid vault suit. Now, come on. I told Kent I was just going to the bathroom… I don’t want have him come up here looking for me. Just remember, we are doing this for him.”

They headed down the stationary escalator, Nate placing his hand gently on her hip. This time, even more people turned to see the curious sight.

Kent was talking with another ghoul when they pointed towards the stairs. Payne grinned when she saw his shocked expression. She proud of this night he would not soon forget.

Nate leaned over and whispered in her ear. “Everyone is looking at us.”

“Of course they are! Now just try to remember who you are supposed to be acting like.”

Nate seemed to take that advice to heart. As they reached the bottom of the stairs, an upbeat tune started on the radio. He leaned over again. “Do you know how to dance?”

Payne, taken off guard, quickly answered, “If you can lead.”

Nate took her hand and led her to a small clearing in the middle of the bar. Nate started simple and guided her through the music. People, not used to seeing old world dancing, naturally cleared the dance floor, opening up a wide space for the two of them to float and bob around. Finding Nate a natural leader, Payne quickly fell into a spirited and happy rhythm.

Daisy, who had been talking to Ham, elbowed him in the ribs. “Holy shit, Ham… they’re doing the lindy hop! You remember that?”

Nate started to swing her out in great flourishes, her dress splaying and billowing playfully around her legs. Payne’s face could hardly contain her smile behind the swishing black veil. Patrons started to clap and whoop along with the dancers.

As the song neared its ending climax, Nate pulled her in close and whispered. “Big finale?”

“Hell yeah”

Nate spun her back and forth in a grand arc then when Payne returned to her side, he flipped her head over heels. While quickly bowing to the spirited ovation, Payne spotted Kent. He grinning and clapping louder than anyone. She pulled Nate in and whispered a grateful thank you into his ear. He clapped a hand heartily on her arm before taking his leave. Payne turned back to Kent.

“May I have the next dance… though it I can’t do much more than sway in a circle.” Payne smiled and nodded, following him to the floor. Thankfully, the next song was much slower, more fitting to Kent’s pace and personality. Kent gingerly put his hands on Payne’s waist while Payne casually placed hers around the back of his neck.

“Thank you for not being mad at me for all this.” Payne confessed. “The last thing I wanted was for you to think I was mocking you or something. I really hope you are having a good time.”

“I am! Having a good time, I mean. Sorry I was so bull headed about coming. Parties aren’t normally my thing.” Kent shrugged sheepishly. “I’m more of a quiet home body, if you haven’t guessed.”

“You are more than that! You are so full of hope and optimism, even after all these centuries. That is a rare feat. You could even inspire others to make the world a better place.”

“Oh, now you are making fun of me!” Kent ribbed.

“I’m serious! People listen to your shows, hearing stories that inspire them to go out and maybe make a change.”

“Is that why you come by to listen? To get inspired?”

“Me?” Payne had to be honest. “Not really. You… you remind me of someone.” Her hand instinctually caressed a bottle cap suspended on a metal chair necklace. The dim glow of the faint blue star caught Kent’s attention.

“Now, I’m pretty sure that isn’t canon for the Mistress of Mystery official costume.” Payne’s expression soured slightly. “Who do I remind you of?”

Payne looked down, pursed her lips and tucked the necklace back under the white ruffle of her dress. “My brother. You remind me a lot of my older brother. When we were kids, we didn’t have a whole lot in common but we were voracious comic fans. He was always so positive he could help change the world for the better, probably because of all those stories filling his head. I miss him.” She swallowed, both the stem the pain and to stop the memories from flooding her mind. “Talking to you is like talking to him, in a way.”

Kent gently removed Payne’s hands from around his neck and held them tenderly in his own. “You have an old soul, you know?”

“I’ve heard that before.” They shared a friendly embrace.

“Memories are a hard thing to shake, aren’t they? Thank you for giving me some new ones to hold dear with the old.” Kent lightly squeezed her.

Payne squeezed back. “You too, my friend.” She leaned forward, lifted her veil and kissed Kent on the forehead. “I think it is about time you go get all the juicy details on the Shroud’s latest escapades straight from the man himself. I’m sure the suspense is killing you!” Kent smiled and wandered off to find Nate.

Needing to catch her breath, Payne retired to the VIP room. She hoped it might be a little cooler and quieter away from the bustle of the party.

[intoxicatedeuphoria]

Translation: RoyAi Fireworks Event (FMA: Prince of the Dawn)

Hiiiii~!! I’m back with my rough translations of anything Royai. This time I chose the fireworks event from the Prince of the Dawn Wii game because I swear this game (along with Daughter of the Dusk) was made so that fans can have a go at some RoyAi (and EdWin, etc.) interactions. What’s really nice about these two games is they are both completely voiced so you can hear the characters speak the lines. You can hear Riza and Roy call each other by their first names.

There’s a mini dating sim part where you have to talk to the character you want to spend the fireworks show with. It’s adorable, but the damn game isn’t in English yet so I watched the playthrough by kaji on Nico Nico Douga instead. I swear, the guy is amazing and his voice-over comments are hilarious (plus he’s a RoyAi junkie, too!). He also did Fullmetal Alchemist: To the Promised Day, which is the source of the semi-canon RoyAi information I partially translated here.

The events in the game happens a few weeks (or months?) after Team Mustang was split up and Riza became the Führer’s aide. This part of the game is set in the Armstrong Mansion where a party was thrown in honor of the Aerugonian prince, Claudio, who was visiting Amestris. Please note that the events here may not be canon, but really, who cares? We all need more RoyAi in our lives anyway.

Please credit/mention my blog when you use the translation for your works. Thanks <3

WARNING: LONG POST AHEAD + POSSIBLE SPOILERS

LEGEND: (thoughts) *reactions/actions* [my notes/comments] H - Riza M - Roy E - Edward

PART I

ROY APPROACHES RIZA WHILE SHE IS ON GUARD DUTY

M: （This corridor close to the master room where the prince is staying must be considerably guarded.）

H: *salutes, reports to Roy* There is no abnormality.

M: You’re not in uniform. Are you on patrol? Being the Führer’s aide sure is troublesome.

H: This is also one of my duties.

M: [Roy has 2 options on how to proceed.] 1.Leave without disturbing her. 2. Chat with her.

[The player chose 1 in the playthrough.]

M: I see. I was bothering you.

H: *blushes* Thank you very much for going through the trouble to talk to me… colonel. [literal translation was “call out to me”]

PART II

RIZA TALKS TO ROY AND ED AT THE PARTY

H: (The interior of the house is so spacious. It mostly appears that the Armstrong family is a distinguished clan that has produced a great number of generals.）

H: *approaches Roy and Edward* Colonel?

M: *surprised* ...oh, it’s the lieutenant!

M: *sparkling and grinning, attempts to flirt with her* I was wondering where the lady was. She’s too beautiful, I’m speechless! [literal translation: “my voice is not coming out.” He was basically using flowery words.]

H: [Riza has 2 options for her response.] 1. Please stop kidding. 2. Ehh...?

[The player chose 2 in the playthrough.]

H: ...

M: ... lieutenant? Are you alright?

M: *sweatdrops, realizes his flirtation was bad/not working* Since the lieutenant is not there to keep me in line, I get into trouble because there’s no one to stop me.

H: I hope the replacement [adjutant] arrives soon.

M: *runs his fingers through his hair, sweatdrops miserably* W-why did it [i.e. his attempt at flirting] go this way? [Roy’s devastated that things went downhill so quickly.]

H: *turns to Edward*

E: *blushing* Lieutenant, there’s something different about you.

H: Because of the party, I guess?

E: *still blushing* It’s the adult charm, if I may say so myself. [I’m not so sure about this line, but basically, Ed is complimenting Riza about being an adult/grown-up.]

H: [Riza has 2 options for her response.] 1. Thank you! 2. How about Winry?

[The player chose 2 in the playthrough.]

H: Have you seen Winry? Since it was all so sudden, I had to lend her my old dress. [OMG, Winry’s revealing/sexy, pink dress was once Riza’s!!!!]

E: *crosses his arms* You know what they say. “Anyone can look good with the right clothes” applies to her. [Ed uses a Japanese adage here: clothes on a packhorse driver and he alludes to Winry rudely, it kinda pissed me off.]

H: Youth has its own charm, you see. Of course, this applies to you, too...

E: *blushes and scratches his head* What were you like when you were younger, Lieutenant?

H: It’s a secret! *Ed is disappointed*

E: *sweatdrops* Somehow... when I start imagining, it comes up blank.

H: *laughs*

PART III

ROY AND RIZA’S RENDEZVOUS AT THE GARDEN

M: *moves to the garden*（I would like to get some fresh air for a bit.） 

H: *pleasantly surprised* Oh, colonel!

M: Fancy meeting you in a nice place.

M: [Roy has 2 options for his next line.] 1. Are you admiring the flowers? 2. Are you on patrol duty?

[The player chose 1 in the playthrough.]

M: It’s a beautiful garden.

H: *nods* It is.

H: *looks up* The stars are also pretty.

M: You can barely see the stars with all the lampposts in Central’s busy streets.

H: *nods* That’s true. As a person from the countryside, I feel much calmer here. [remember: Riza grew up in the East, away from the hustle and bustle of the capital.]

*Riza blushes + pink power up effect activates, which means Roy chose the correct response*

M: Indeed.

FINALE

ROYAI FIREWORKS WATCHING EVENT

*Riza approaches Roy who is standing on the balcony

*He notices and turns towards her*

M: *crosses his arms* How’s the Führer’s aide doing?

H: *shakes her head* Today’s working hours have ended already.

M: *nods* I see.

M: *looks at the fireworks, being all emo* Even my flames can be so beautiful and be blooming like this from time to time.

[My translation in this part does not make sense, so I’m hoping someone who knows more Japanese can help with the following lines]

H: *turns to him* またひとつ、 口説きの手口を増やすおつもりですか。*concerned/troubled expression on her face* [”Is this another one of your wooing/begging tricks/modus operandi?” Totally not sure about this translation. SEND HELP PLEASE!]

M: *extends his hand in resignation?* そう、 からむな。[lit. trans.: “I see. Don’t link/relate/connect it.” The verb is in imperative form, I think?]

H: *shakes her head* からんでなど、 いませんよ。[lit. trans.: “To link and whatnot, it does not exist” OR “to relate, etc., I’m not doing it.” Again, I’m not sure.]

*They both turn to look at the fireworks, standing side by side.*

M: ...

M: Is there something [bothering you]?

H: What do you mean?

M: *puts a hand on his hip* For example, a command you don’t want to follow—

H: *turns away from him abruptly* I cannot answer you.

M: *shoulders slump* I figured.

M: That’s fine, though. As a soldier, you should guard your secrets.

M: *crosses his arms* [says this as a command] But remember, you— *hesitates, then scratches his head*

M: *turns to her with a determined expression* It is my mission to protect my subordinates.

H: *suddenly blushes after hearing, then nods* Yes, sir.

They face each other and smile.

OMG! How adorably awkward can these two get?! I was laughing so hard at the part where Roy’s flirting went miserably wrong. His reaction was epic. And it’s both amusing and frustrating how they’re both hiding behind the veneer of duty and professionalism T__T

TL/N: I decided not to translate the lines literally because some of the nuances of the Japanese language do not have counterparts in English. I also added the proper subjects and objects to the sentences because in the original dialogues, the characters usually don’t mention them ( and this drives me crazy sometimes).

[guidedbygunpla]

Chapter 3. Fukushima Exclusion Zone

A Large Part of the city of Fukushima had been walled off in the late 21st century, when the reactor was finally able to be sealed up, after the construction of a sea wall around it, a giant concrete and lead ball was constructed around the reactor. Where once was a shore, was now a giant black egg, great and foreboding, painted as it was in carbon black. The exclusion zone was surrounded by giant concrete walls, with black spikes surrounding it, a part of the Republic of Japans long term nuclear storage plan, so that regardless of what happened to humanity, this place would seem like something to be avoided for the next 20,000 years, something terrifying. The walls covered with stainless steel plates, carved into them warning messages in every language saying to avoid this place, that this was a construction of mans hubris, and to never, ever, try to break through the black, lead, carbon, and concrete shell around the reactor.

               They flew over Fukushima in two medea transport crafts that Canon provided them, one for Catalyst and the GM, and the other for this Brazilian pilot, and his team. She looked out the windows, a foggy afternoon by the sea. Cat had really only met a few Newtypes like herself, and few of them anywhere near as gifted as she. She was excited. The ship switched to vertical landing mode, and its great turbojets swung around causing the ship to rock back and forth in the air. They hadn’t brought too much with them, a lot less than they usually bring when they need the Medea to transport the GM, usually they bring at least a few replacement parts, like joints, a camera lense, a spare visor, and a Samson truck and crane rig to remount anything if it gets dislodged in a fight. But this was just going to be some light sparring and a few attempts to see how well she was suited for full psychic v psychic combat. So they really only had a few things like spare minovski buffers, and some computer equipment to monitor the EEG band she wore under her pilots helmet.                The Medea was bought as military surplus, back when Canon had decided to become one of the major sponsors of the mobile suit sports that started popping up after the war. Initially it was just racing at first, but eventually they too saw the money that could be made in the MSMMAA. When Catalyst had gone to the Japanese government, they reached out to Canon, suggesting they hire her as their fighter. They did, and as the year went on she acquired sponsorships from Gatorade and Yamaha as well, with a few smaller sponsorships coming on later to round out their financial bottom end. That first year she placed 1st in the Japanese regionals, and then placed 4th in the Grand Prix, and had represented the Republic of Japan the last three years, and if qualifying kept going the way it was, this would be her fourth year.

               The medea landed with a thud, near a part of the city that had been bulldozed when it was decided that in the 20,000 year long term storage plan that the reactor necessitated, wouldn’t be able to include anything that looked like dwellings around it, less they look habitable. Even after Japan tried hard to reclaim this city, people never seemed to feel safe coming back, and after Japans population bubble finally burst at the end of the 21st century, there never was really a need to get the city fully up and running again. So they decommissioned the plant and finally sealed the derelict reactor in that giant egg of a sarcophagus. A reminder.                The giant door to the mobile suit hanger rolled up and the ramp to drive the Samson carrier that the GM was strapped to rolled out. Catalyst climbed into the passenger seat, the cab sat 8 with 4 in a front seat and 4 in the back, but she only brought Tenneth, and Dyrik. Figured worse came to worse, if the GM really did get busted up,they could just go get the rest of the team and fly or drive them down here.  The second medea landed not too far away, and its doors rolled up as well. Inside an old Semi truck was tied to a jerry rigged mobile suit platform, holding a quite battered Zaku 2. It looked like the federation had used it as a training suit for new pilots. It was painted all in gray but it had clearly seen a bit of action in its day. The one striking thing about it was, all over it was covered in graffiti, like an old rail car. Just who was this man?

The two trucks stopped at a large concrete slab, it looked like it might’ve been the remains of a warehouse, or a factory, there really wasn’t a way to be sure.                Two men stepped out of the cab of the semi, one quite young, and one quite a bit older. They walked back from the cab and up onto their makeshift mobile suit platform and began undoing what looked like tie down straps that were holding it more or less in place. Her team also disembarked and began the work of disconnecting the GM from the Samson carrier. Once both suits were free the teams walked towards eachother. The younger man had a scar along his left cheek, and steely good looks. The older man had grease stains on his jacket and hands, and seemed to walk with a  bit of unease, like he had a back injury he was trying to avoid exacerbating.                “well, its nice to finally meet you Ms Takahashi, big fan of your work” the younger man said as he reached a hand out to her, she shook his hand                “the names Lucas Oliveria, I guess you guys flew us up here so you could see what it was like fighting another Newtype huh?” he said, his voice accented but smooth.                “exactly, I haven’t gotten to in the last few years in the MSMMAA, but I think there might be a few of them in the Grand Prix this year, figured it couldn’t hurt seeing what its like”                “it is quite distracting, the zeon had a few ace pilots who were expressive during the war, and dog fighting them was a chore, I’ll say that much, having someone able to read your thoughts sure makes it hard to think out a strategy”                “nuff chit chattin, didn’t come all this way to talk bout psychic pow’rs came up here to use em” the old man said shouting at them                “…Antonio, please…don’t be rude” Lucas said to the older gentleman “well….I guess he does have a point, so, what’re the rules here, just sparring, some boxing off and on, and then a few rounds of some real psychic expression?” He asked                tenneth chimed in “that is the plan, I suppose we will have both of you push your powers to the limits and see what its like, if it gets too much just switch the suit to external control and we’ll get you out of there.” Both the coaches nodded to eachother and the teams parted ways. Catalyst went into the Samson and grabbed the suitcase that had her normal suit and helmet in it. she went about pulling it up overtop of herself, and slotting the eeg headband on before pulling the pilots helmet on over top. Dyrick had gotten the GM to sit up, and set up a folding ladder so she could easily climb in the cockpit. She climbed in and began belting herself in.                “did you get any feelings off of him? Is he as strong as the report said?” Tenneth asked over her intercom                “No, I didn’t feel a thing…hope this isn’t a waste of time…I feel like if I really tried to fight him, that old zaku would just fall apart”                “you know what they say Cat, looks can be deceiving, that guys won 19 qualifying matches with it so far, it cant be that bad” Tenneth said as Cat got the suit righted and started the launch procedure checklist.                the zaku stood up off the platform with a jump, its movements seemed faster than zakus usually were. It still looked like it was mostly held together with hope and wishes, but it seemed like there might be something to it as it walked around the improvisred mobile suit carrier

               Cat began sweeping through com frequencies until the Zaku 2’s came into view.                “Lucas this is Catalsyst, can you hear me?”                “loud and clear, so what will we begin with, some sparring….your suits set for boxing and judo right?” He asked, his face showing in a small picture in picture window in the corner of her main screen

               “right and yours shows krav maga and base zeon cqc correct” she asked, pulling his reference file up on her right monitor.                “correct, only so much this suits limited mobility can cope with, but it gets the job done. So what you say? A bit of boxing and then we’ll move into the newtype stuff once we’re comfortable with eachothers styles?” he said taking a drink from a water bottle in his cockpit                “sounds fine to me, ready when you are.” Cat said closing the com channel

The suits flew at eachother, the zaku moved swiftly towards her, throwing a couple quick jabs in at her suits head. She blocked the first away and as the second came in, she threw a cross back catching the zakus snout.                “quick responses, I like it” Lucas said to her, though their comm channel was down she could hear him telepathically                the zaku switched tactics and jumped back, ducking a little, throwing itself at her, its spiked shoulder leading the charge, the Gm catching its leading arm and switching to a Seoi Nage reversal.                “I thought you said we were just boxing” she laughed aloud, knowing he could hear her even without their coms now.                “I think we have a feeling for how we’ll fight now, I see no reason to hold back.” He said as he righted the zaku and stood up. Catalyst suddenly felt like the walls were closing in on her, a sudden panic inducing claustrophobia. She gritted her teeth though, knowing this was just some type of aura push. She charged the gm towards the zaku, cycling through her techniques, reaching her hand towards the zakus face power pipes, and grabbing hold. She pulled the head down to waste height and punched the monoeye hard. Zakus have a combination rangefinder lense. It is both an actual camera as well as a lidar, using laser range finding to map a space in 3D so the suits computer can navigate it easier. Punching one hard can cause it to have to reset, making the pilot blind for about 15-20 seconds.                “clever” Lucase spoke as the zakus leg boosers fired, and it kicked off, rotating out and around the hold, so that the arm of the GM, which was trapped in the power pipe was now pulled up and around its own shoulder, the zaku landing just behind the GM. The room kept getting smaller and smaller, and Catalyst could feel herself involuntarily start to gasp for air, the panic response starting to take hold.                the Gm swing its left elbow back into the zaku, it pulling back further reflexively, and the right arm, still caught in the faces power pipe pulled hard, ripping the power pipe open, the zakus head could now no longer rotate. She spun around to face him. The zaku threw a cross punch, which the gm windmill blocked out of the way, and returned in kind with a jab at the zakus chest. The zaku then swung its leg out, in a sweep kick, dropping the Gm and placing it in a scarf hold. Catalyst gasping now, toggled through commands, and the GM began to implement a reversal, getting the Zaku in an arm bar. The room went back to normal size now, the panic stopping.  Catalyst saw that he was about to try to use his boosters to get out of this, her foresight kicking in, as he was just about to fire, she fired the GMs backpack and lifted them both into the air slightly, so that the zakus legs were aimed right back into the ground, and switching the hold into a make shift pile driver. Both suits froze as their coaches desided this was enough and switched them to external control mode at that moment.

               The zaku was a mess, its head was more or less completely destroyed, and its chest armor was broken open, exposing the frame beneath. The Gm had fared better, but Catalyst isn’t sure she was okay, that claustrophobia was something she would have never guessed was possible. She was still trying to catch her breathe. She waited until Dyrick had piloted the suit back onto the Samson and laid it down to start unbuckling from her seat. The room felt like it was spinning. She could hear Tenneth trying to talk to her, but she couldn’t make out what he was saying.                “Ten, I can hear you, but I cant make out what youre saying….I think I’m having a panic attack or something, im trying to come down from it…..I’ll explain in a bit” she slowed her breathing down, and thought of Ryu and Ohm, good thoughts, trying to cause her bodies involuntarily responses to panic to stop. ______________________________________________________________

The two pilots stood there face to face again, their teams thanking eachother for coming out.                “you fought amazingly well Ms. Takahashi” Lucas spoke after a bit, seeing she was kind of shaken                “it’s Misses takahashi, sorry…..and you did as well Mr. Oliveria. I didn’t know Newtypes had powers like that” she said back, her voice still a bit shakey.                “I haven’t met anyone else who can do it, I am sorry I didn’t reveal what exactly my powers were to you ahead of time, telepathy mostly, but theres also the sympathetic panic response….people say it feels like the walls are closing in on them and then they go into a panic usually, I used to feel it when I was in my plane when I first was learning to fly, I still feel it honestly, but I have learned not to panic. I think its really just an extension of the telepathy, its just sending that feeling out to people. I haven’t seen someone able to keep fighting coherently during it though.” He said reaching his hand out for a hand shake again. she shook it                “heres hoping we see eachother again in the Grand Prix” she said, forcing a smile they watched the medea transport take off, headed back to Brazil. They loaded the GM back onto their medea and took off                “you alright Cat, you seem really shaken up” Tenneth said as they started to take off, Dyrick guiding the Medea up and back towards their homebase.                “I am Ten, that was bizarre, there was another voice in my head sure, I have dealt with that before….but suddenly having someone elses feelings push in on me like that, I didn’t know people could do that.” She said holding her normal suit helmet still                “yea, I didn’t either, sure explains his record during the war though. Cant imagine feeling like the walls closing in on you and going into a panic attack is that conducive to piloting a plane let alone a mobile suit.