#carnelian scout

[cat-attack1701]

TF2 Gem AU: Offense Classes! (Just a little bit of fun because I love designing things like this. I blame @honestcactusblog for infecting me with the idea!) 

Offense ~~ Defense ~~ Support

[lenny-link]

TF2 x SU au fusions!

oof this took too long but i finally made it !

I kept @gracefireheart Andalusite (HeavyMedic) and @cariocay ‘s Turquoise (EngieSpy) (that i just realized their account got deactivated just a few days ago im sad now) fusion designs because i just found them perfect and whenever i wanted to try making my own designs i always ended up with making something similar to theirs since i was very influenced so i just kept them! They’re so awesome plz check the original artists!

my designs :3 :

About the fusions:

I tried to choose a theme for every fusion that suits the characters like Spessartite (DemoSolly) is a warrior i put Demo’s sword with Soldier’s shield thing well he doesn’t specifically have a shield but yknow the helmet thing i thought that could work.

He’s very powerful, strong and jump into action without a second thought, while he possesses immense strength and a love for loud and chaotic things, his battle prowess is a double-edged sword since his attacks lack precision. however, this unpredictability often leaves his enemies confused and scrambling to defend. he fights more efficiently when drunk lol

Lepidolite (MedicSpy) is a plague doctor, he is very inspired by Hannibal Lecter (nbc Hannibal lol shout out to that one Anon who recommended it for me to watch it lol) at first i wanted to give him a bistouri as a weapon, since it would suit Medic’s saw with Spy’s small knife, but then i felt the fusion was leaning too much towards Medic than Spy, so i put a cane instead to give that old idk gentleman look :P

He is polished and sophisticated, with a hint of underlying sadism and very precise in his movements, he meticulously analyzes his opponents, exploiting weaknesses with surgical precision before jumping into action and strike right where it hurts the most, the cane appears to be a simple walking stick, but inside is a hollowed core that had a retractable, poison-tipped blade, and his poison isn't fast-acting he enjoys toying with his victims, watching as the venom slowly takes hold, fueling his twisted sense of amusement. they are far from being the strongest fusion but they rely a lot on making their opponent weaker by their ability to attack precise hits as well as poisoning them!

Carnelian (SniperScout) his design was inspired by a equestrian outfit (he was the hardest to design tbh bc i wanted his design to be specifically different from the others since Scout is half human so i wanted this "human" aspect to show in the fusion).

He is a walking paradox, he's got Sniper's calm confidence with Scout's hyperactive energy, he loves a good plan but his execution is often fueled by pure adrenaline, he can zip across the battlefield with incredible speed, dodging attacks and flanking enemies. good at mid range and long range attacks but weak at close range, has internalized monologues with himself a lot, he appears calm on the surface however, his foot constantly taps, he fidgets with his slingshot, he cannot stays in place for too long. enjoys taking challenges.

Rubellite (DemoPyro) is a robot with a 50’s cartoon style but with like a creepy vibe to it, their voice sounds like a broken radio perpetually stuck on a laugh track, is both infectious and unsettling.

They just as powerful as Spessartite but just a bit more agile and lean more on the defense style than offense, their body stretches in a cartoony way and battles become a twisted playground for them, a child's game where they hop and blow things up everywhere. they’re very joyful and loves to have fun while making chaos, they usually make jokes but no one understands their muffled voice so they often laugh all by themselves lol the weapon actually expands where the ball and the shaft of the mace connects there’s a chaine (i didnt draw it cuz there was already too much going on in the drawing lol) which helps them reach target from close to mid range easily, they twist and turn their body in very flexible ways before swatting their weapon at their target.

♠︎ If you want to suggest a pair for the next fusion please just comment here DO NOT send it in my ask box plz !!

And if you want to make your own fusion designs/fanart go ahead ! id love to see other people’s interpretations could be ! just don’t forget to tag me and add the tag ( tf2 x su au) :D

hope you enjoy !

+ early designs :

[sweetcookie500]

🪻Well what do you know? It’s Amethyst 2.0!🪻

I couldn’t help myself after seeing the Amethyst Spy, so here’s my take on what a fusion between Sapphire Spy and Scout would look like in @lenny-link’s Steven Universe AU! Definitely leaned more into a Mafia-ish style and more human elements in a similar fashion to Carnelian’s fusion appearance.

I very much view their relationship in a similar fashion I view Pearl and Steven’s, almost parental in some sense. I also headcanon even in fusion Sapphire Spy would let Scout ‘drive’ the fusion more (though not without input!), which makes this Amethyst more reckless and impulsive than his previous iteration - despite this, he’s more swift and can improvise any plan, and he excels in sword duels.

[sageryuri]

CARNELIAN, PARK SUNGHOON.

pairing park sunghoon + fem!reader.

genre frenemies, tension, suggestive.

summary working undercover at the same event as park sunghoon gets you riled up enough, but it makes it even worse when he tries to sabotage you in the worse way possible.

word count 1.1k

warnings sunghoon is an ass and is really touchy, drug mentions.

an the new you love is still shocking to me

"Your target is Oh Seolhyun, CEO of Dawn Corporations. She's been up to some pretty shady shit, using her company building as some drug cartel. Heaps of cocaine, marijuana, heroine- you name it, she's probably selling it." Your assistant's voice buzzes through your ear piece, reminding you of the main aim of your mission.

You make your way into the event's primary room, filled with hundreds of people wearing expensive jewellery and appropriate attire that you would likely be unable to fathom the price of.

"You know, you don't speak very professionally when you're explaining these things to me." You whisper under your breath, eyeing around to make sure no one had been watching you.

Unhappily, you pull at the edge of your tight red dress as it begins to bunch up, trying your best not to itch at your neck as the carnelian necklace lays heavy. You roll your eyes when an older man looks you up and down as you walk the corridor.

"I don't see the need to, would you rather I acted like we weren't friends? I feel like you need a sweet, familiar voice considering Park will be prowling around looking for his next meal- which will be you." Minho replies and you can see his stupid smirk in your head.

To say you and Park Sunghoon had a strange past would be a severe understatement. After an horrific first (and last) date, the two of you decided you could never like each other even as friends and parted ways.

However, as the universe has to ruin your life you a slight bit every couple of months, Sunghoon ended up being part of another company similar to yours, where you weren't exactly enemies but weren't friends either — having the same objectives, but wanting your own recognition without the other.

They loved to put you in the same room as him and you're sure Minho had some input.

"That freak of a man won't be putting his hands anywhere near me, I've got better things to focus on. Can you stop distracting me now?" You growl, then reaching the archway that leads to the main hall.

"Getting all hot and bothered thinking about him?" You decide to ignore him, walking out into the crowd without a reply. He chuckles, moving on from bothering you, "Oh Seolhyun should be wandering around, talking with clients. All you need to do is get on her good side so we can eventually get some solid proof and get Dawn shut down."

You nod to yourself, keeping a keen eye on everyone in the room. Most appear just as cautious as you, eyes moving between people everywhere. If this wasn't suspicious, you aren't sure what else would be.

Just to make matters worse, Sunghoon is scouting around in a well fit tuxedo with a dark red tie and a carnelian bracelet; exactly the same colour as your dress and necklace.

"You have got to be fucking kidding me." You groan, hands flying to your face in distress at this new information. Angrily, you hang onto the bridge of your nose before moving on around the room to try and avoid the gaze of Sunghoon, you wanted to pass this day without having to talk to him.

Eventually, your eyes land on your target. She stands with a flowing dark blue dress, dyed blonde hair falling curled over her shoulders. Her eyes stay sultry as she talks with an older man, hand coming up her body to play with the ends of her hair.

"God, no wonder her company is so successful. Pervs everywhere, should have worn a longer dress." Your words are directed at yourself after developing a habit of forgetting Minho is right in your earhole and is listening to every word you're saying.

"Yeah, sorry about the dress. I tried to get a longer one." Minho speaks, making you jump slightly at the sound of his voice, "The Sunghoon match was not intentional."

Choosing to ignore him (because you don't believe it wasn't intentional for a second), you come to the conclusion you have to start getting closer to Seolhyun soon; but nothing can ever be easy.

"Well, don't you look ravishing." Sunghoon's smooth, but irritating, voice speaks in a hush tone next to your ear as he stands behind you, one hand resting softly on your waist, "I might just forget about the mission all together with you around, all matchy matchy with me."

"Hands off, Park. You should keep your eyes on her, not me." You nod your head towards your common target, trying your hardest to pretend there is a lack of tingling and heat where Sunghoon's hand pressed on you.

You allow yourself to let out a deep yet timid breath when he finally pulls himself away from your body. Angrily, you turn around and come face to face with his annoyingly gorgeous face. He smirks, eyes trailing up your body, stopping at your neck for a second before landing on your face.

In embarrassment, you turn off your ear piece so Minho can't tease you later.

"We could just forget about the whole mission for a few minutes, you're looking too pretty to let go." He states, his eyes filled with only lust, you push him back with your hands on his chest to prevent him from getting closer to you, as if he could.

"You have no decency do you? You'd kill to get your hands on me, and I still wouldn't let you." You snap, eyes glaring right through him, but he only laughs at your strong attempt of intimidation and murmurs 'cute' under his breath.

"I wouldn't be so sure of that, sweetheart." He's leaning into you again, a hand on your back, and you dislike how you don't feel urge to push him away, wanting to relish in the moment instead, "You're letting me do it right now, aren't you? If I wanted, I could pull you out of here, take you on a nice date then fuck you like I should have all that time ago."

"Don't you think your time has passed? Bet you could barely get me to cum." You surprise yourself with your response, becoming increasingly glad you had disconnected your earpiece. Sunghoon seemed to have this effect on you.

"If you give me the chance, I'll have your eyes rolling back and your legs shaking, won't even want to leave because I'd treat you so, so well." He emphasises, eyes darkening. When his hand drops lower to grope you, it's where you come to your senses and remember where you are and what you were doing.

“You’ll have to try a lot harder than that.” You respond, dragging yourself away from him and going ahead with your mission, wanting to ignore the want in your body.

[team-headcanons-2]

For the tf2 gem au. What gems are each of the characters? Also any plans for fusions?

Tf2 Gem au: Gems!

I'll go more in depth about fusions in a separate ask maybe.

Scout

He's an off color carnelian from the Beta kindergarten on earth. As a result he's the youngest gem coming out later than the rest of the gems.

He's much akin to amethyst in the show

Doesn't know much about homeworld

His gem placement is on his ankle

It's harder for him to fuse due to his personality conflicts

Pyro

He's a pyrite!

No one knows their gem placement

Fell from the sky sometime after the gem war

Doesn't fuse often due to personal preference

Soldier

He's an off color Agate who came to earth to participate in the war

He's a few thousand years late

He fuses most easily with demo

His gem placement is his right shoulder

Demo

He is a pale's tear who was specifically made to help get rid of organic settlements

He joined the rebellion

Fuses easily with soldier

His gem placement is his eye

Heavy

He's an Onyx Quartz Soldier

A low ranking gem who joined the rebellion with the rest of his kindergarten who he considers like his family

Fuses easily with medic

His gem placement is his forehead

Engie

He's a flint! They work similarly to peridots but focus more on building technology

Joined the rebellion to use his tech for his own desires

Fuses easily with Medic, pyro, and soldier

Medic

A red Pearl who's gem placement is on his chest

He joined the rebellion after running away from his red Agate to be a wild pearl and make his own choices

Those choices happen to be cluster experiments but whatev

He fuses easily with most of the team as an equivalent to an uber

Spy

He's an aquamarine who's placement is on his back

He was on homeworlds side during the war before the corruption striked

He doesn't like fusing with anyone

Sniper

He's a nepherite who's gem placement is the back of his head

He was also on homeworlds side by force

Refuses to fuse for personal reasons

Pauling

She's a purple pearl who serves the admin her gem placement is her right cheek

She keeps the gem mercs under control, poofing them easily if her diamond sees fit for the time

Doesn't fuse

Admin + Saxton + Mann bros

Admin is a purple diamond hiding as a quartz, her gem is on her right cheek, seeking to gain control of the cluster to get an advantage on the diamonds who betrayed her. She has temporarily healing of corrupted gems keeping every gem that's not the offense class under her control. It's help her or give into corruption and be bubbled.

Saxton Hale is australium who owns a fighting ring on homeworld and his gem placement is on his chest

Blutarch, Redmond, and Gray Mann are blue, red, and Gray agates respectively they controlled miniature armies for homeworld for the war

Olivia mann is a recently out of the ground green agate

[tsel-bas]

Wings of Fire Headmates

Warning: Headmates might not turn out exactly as described. Anything and everything can be changed to fit your system.

Name(s): Carnelian, Scorch, Calico

Pronouns: Sie/Sier/Sier/Siers/Sierself, red/red/reds/reds/redself, Mew/Mew/Mews/Mews/Mewself, •/•/•s/•s/•self, 🔥/🔥/🔥s/🔥s/🔥self

Gender Identity: Genderfluid, Catgender

Sexual/Romantic Orientation: Demisexual, Demiromantic

Age: 13-16

Role: Scout, Protector, Traumaholder

Source: Wings 0f Fire, Edited by @/tsel-bas

Species: SkyWing

Description: Carnelian is a battle-torn SkyWing who was thought to be dead. Sie secretly survived and had been living by redself until • formed into the system. Now 🔥 uses sier battle prowess to protect others in the system. Red looks for lost or new headmates in •s free time, further helping out the system and the headmates that were found.

Faceclaims:

Name(s): Kinkajou, Starla

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers/Herself Star/Star/Stars/Stars/Starself

Gender Identity: Xenogender

Sexual/Romantic Orientation: Omnisexual/Omnieromantic

Age: 11-12

Species: RainWing

Source: Wings of Fire, Edited by @/tsel-bas

Description: A bright, bubbly, yet immature dragonet who can get mean and quick to anger in difficult situations. She talks quite a lot according to Carnelian. Star is optimistic and looks at everything in a positive light and heads into dangerous situations often without thinking first. She looks for anyway to show that star is important, someone to be remembered. Being in the system has not changed that.

Faceclaim:

Name(s): Freedom

Pronouns: They/Them/Theirs/Themself

Gender Identity: Nonbinary, Lunarian

Sexual/Romantic Orientation: Orientationless

Age: 8-10/Ageless

Species Unknown

Source: Wings of Fire

Description: Freedom was an angry, loud, and entitled dragonet during their time in the othermind. They didn’t know compassion or love and never felt cared for. They believed that “true” dragons were mean, and scary, and dangerous. Like the ones seen in Cottonmouth’s memories. However, when they met Luna, everything changed. They were shown how to love and gained a friend in Luna. Allowing Luna to end Freedom’s life to save their world. Now, in-sys, Freedom uses what they learned to help out everyone around them. And is kind, unlearning all the hatred they spent years sitting in. They need other headmates to be patient with them, learning new habits is harder than getting rid of them.

Faceclaim:

[crystalelemental]

Put together another nonsense team.

Adel, Clive, and Renault

Carnelian Lance (+1 AP)

[insert shield of choice here]

Adel has retaliation earrings, otherwise whatever damage boosts we can find.

AP are all the same: Wild Rush if fully column, Pile Thrust on lowest HP percentage, then Assaulting Lance on lowest HP percentage. The goal is to nonstop infinite attack as much as possible, after running through part of each line.

PP is Cavalier Call on front row, Quick Guard if someone is under 50% HP and you really need the save, Knight's Pursuit is free.

Aramis

Is honestly just kinda here to take out evasive stuff. The loadout isn't significant in any way, he exists solely to one-shot Scouts and hopefully chunk fliers.

I did give him Hailstorm Edge for Icicle Dart, to hopefully freeze some armor dudes.

Gilbert

Not that he needs to, because Gilbert is here to do literally nothing but buff. Defensive Order only goes off if they're under 25% HP, otherwise it's just Offensive Order to the front row. Banishing Stab exists if the foe has buffed.

Sniping Order exists to grant the team truestrike if there are evasive shits in play. Guard Order is there if anyone's under 75% HP, otherwise we go Rapid Order for better initiative to steamroll quickly.

Game Plan They just run over everything. Gilbert tends to lead with Rapid Order into Offensive Order, leading to Aramis doing his Meteor Strike thing, but then the cavs start charging. Every one of them leads with Cav Call, an effect that stacks 20% attack for their row of cavs. With Carnelian weapons giving +1 AP, they get a Wild Rush charge into their more reliable Pile Thrust. Assaulting Lance is backup. Because of Knight's Pursuit, every time one of them charges a column, one of the others does a follow-up. I've seen them completely tear through armor units 15 levels above them, it's nuts.

[butchriptide]

As is my god given right for every time I gain a new interest; Jade Winglet D&D classes. because I am insufferable and love D&D

Moonwatcher; She’s like the definition of a Divination Wizard. Yes, her powers are innate which conflict a bit with the concept of the wizard class as a whole, but the fact that the Divination school covers pretty much all her canon abilities and the fact that she’s a big enough nerd that casting with intelligence makes more sense than say, the sorcerer’s casting stat being charisma, wizard just feels correct for her.

Kinkajou; Bard is, I think, the most evident immediate thought for her. College of Creation for her, for its emphasis on dance and song in its lore and for the fact that it gives a lot of extra utility to bardic inspiration. It’s Kinkajou, she’s gotta be a support class. I would additionally posit her as a rogue multiclass, particularly the scout archetype. Equating her natural camouflage to the rogue's stealth modifiers just comes pretty naturally, and scout in particular is all about being a fast, squirmy little guy who just kind of Appears during altercations, which feels befitting of her general abilities.

Winter; Paladin. No if-ands-or-buts this guy is a paladin. Oath of the Crown at the beginning, particularly to signify his relationship with his family and Icewing society in general. Post-character development I would argue him Oath of Devotion, since the tenets generally fall in line with Winter's Personal Beliefs, as opposed to Icewing Beliefs. Turtle; Divine Soul Sorcerer. I feel like Sorcerer is a very natural analog for Animus magic, and Divine Soul gives access to the cleric spell list. Turtle just feels like a healer to me. The math on this one is pretty cut and dry I think.

Qibli; Literally the definition of Inquisitive Rogue. You COULD argue Mastermind archetype instead-What with Insightful Manipulator covering the sort of over-analytical flavor, but I think Inquisitive beats it out for me. Mastermind proficiency that reflects the Scorpion's Den origins are easy to pick up elsewhere, and Inquisitive focuses a lot on Reading Others while Mastermind focuses on pure Manipulation. While Qibli is somewhat manipulative, it's not really in the Malicious for-my-own-benefit type of manipulation that Mastermind is built on. Plus, Turtle saying that Qibli's thinking of him and Turtle as a detective duo when he's trying to find a book genre to relate to is really funny. Additionally: Multiclass to Inquisitive Rogue/Fiend Warlock, if you're a fan of those "he does make a deal with Darkstalker" type AUs.

Peril; Wild Magic Barbarian. There's no real good analog to her firescales, and wild magic seems about as close as one can get to it. Beast Barbarian and multi-class Wild Magic Sorcerer, maybe, to reflect the fact that the firescales are a born ability ala sorcerer magic, and to have access to the bigger wild magic chart for fun? Either way, she's some sort of Barbarian, simply on the fact that violence is her best answer to, well, a lot of things. Carnelian and Umber a little hard, just on how little we have of them. I think they're both fighters, with Carnelian being Battle Master archetype and Umber being Banneret (Purple Dragon knight) archetype.

[seacrestseacon]

(To rock the boat), Don't Rock the Boat Baby

His orders were pretty clear: Do not engage the Autobots. Scout for energon. Tag it, flag it, move to the next energon reading.

So, technically this wasn’t engaging with the enemy. It was just ... Recon. He’d watched this little rust red organic toted around by the autobots like a little fashion accessory. Once, with THE Optimus Prime himself, had she touched the upholstery? Was it nice?, and a twice with various members of the autobots.  One time, could be deemed a detoured rescue of the lost widdle organic.  Twice? Three times? Nah mate. That was association and Seacrest could get some pretty valuable details from it.

Despite all that ridiculous and unbuoyant kibble, the Autobots were quite smart not to bring their little gremlins into potentially Decepticon occupied mine shafts. Made inching closer easier. Honestly? He was surprised for being mostly orange he got as close to the little thing as he did before it started hollerin’.  One energon cube popped over her like some wayward scraplet and upending it to pop his servo over the top in the most genius impromptu trap, and Seacrest was fraggin sprinting before The Reds’ came out of the cave.

Aw, lookit its lil servos bibbity bappin the glass. It’s so cute and tiny! ... Maybe Blacktip would let him find and keep his own little Terran. He might need to ask Swindle for a care sheet on humans...

@malika-carnelian​

[malika-carnelian]

Continuity from [ X ]  ||  @katana-the-autobot

Katana was supposed to have a meeting with Rescue Bots where they would go over the report she’d brought. However, as soon as she’d arrived, the team had left in a hurry due to an unexpected rescue. Katana had offered to join the team, but since the mission was more about clearing roads and less about saving people, she’d been told to “sit back and relax”.

However, Katana wasn’t the type to “sit back and relax”. She’d been walking around the base, going over her report and making adjustments to it, when she heard the groundbridge activate. She put the report away and went to look just in time to see the human arrive.

Katana was aware that humans outside Griffin Rock didn’t know about Rescue Bots. However, the fact that this one came through a groundbridge indicated that she had at least some kind of connection with Autobots. Cautiously, she greeted her: “Welcome. Your name and purpose of visit?”

When Malika heard the question, she tried to reassure the other by giving a gentle smile in return, answering with politeness and calmness, “Malika Carnelian, Technical and mechanical Engineer of Team Prime. I came here for checking if everything was alright or if there was any need of help, nothing worrying to any regards.” the girl lowered her head a bit in sign of respect to the rescue bot, before going to ask more or less the same thing. "May I know your name instead? It's the first time I see you around here, I suppose you were always out in a scouting position."

[spillingdreams]

My first Van Cleef and Arpels

I did contemplate this decision for the longest time. Sure the price point isn’t exactly wallet friendly, left alone a necessity. Then again, I did went back and forth scouting for this piece in 3 countries and somehow, they would offer me Carnelian (totally not my colour) In fact, Arya was so done with me pacing back and forth wanting to own this gorgeous necklace that he, yep, paid and gifted it to me just so I will be at peace.

I would love to start journaling all the luxury pieces I own in this blog to commemorate each journey I have went through but at the same time, it seemed a little too boastful? Like why would anyone care to read me talk about a $5,800 - $10,360 bags I would potentially be purchasing in the near future?

Before I have people coming at me talking about savings and long term goals, I have it all planned out. Yet, I have no reason to share the breakdown of my lifetime plans and goals because it’s to each and own’s discreet.

Regardless, this would not be the last piece of Van Cleef I own.

[psychedelicpriscila]

some of my latest purchases: cruelty-free vegan coconut lip balm, asian fantasy sativa, cookies, labradorite, yellow/clear citrine, pink tourmaline, tiger's eye, sunstone, carnelian agate, rough ruby, green goldstone, etc.

[tf2fansderogatory]

My queer tf2 headcanons because look at them. That is not heterosexual.

Scout: defiantly bisexual but is in total denial about it, and unironically say's stuff like "it's not gay to find men attractive" and "all dudes check out other guys, it's normal".

Sniper: gender apathetic, doesn't care about what gender is or what gender people see him as, or what pronouns people use, and is biromantic, asexual, but not currently interested in relationship. I imagine him to be sex-neutral, not particularly interested in it, but not repulsed.

Medic: multigender and genderfluid, mostly identifies with masculine, neutral and androgynous genders, and if pronoun fluid. He mostly uses he/xer pronouns, but occasionally she/her. Xer's gay and bi-lithsexual (he's romantically attracted to non-women, and sexually attracted to all genders, but doesn't want his attracted to women to be reciprocated; lithsexual to women and fem-IDing people). Non-monogamy is the only thing he's ethical in.

Demo: genderflux non-binary man; he fully and always identifies as a man, but how he identifies as a man changes. Sometimes he's an androgynous man, sometimes he's agender but socially a man, sometimes he's apathetic about his identity as a man, and so on. He's pansexual and polyamorous, and loves the idea of having as many partners as he can.

Spy: super straight and Fr*nch /j

Heavy: orientated aroace and gay. He's demi-graysexual and demi-grayromantic, and doesn't like the idea of a traditional romantic relationship, but enjoys having deep and intimate connections with other non-women. He's sex-averse, but enjoys non-sexual forms of physical intimacy such as kissing, cuddling and holding, sleeping together (like actual sleeping), etc.

Engie: binary trans man, bisexual and placiosexual. He doesn't have a gender preference, but he prefers to be with other ace-spec people. Being placiosexual, he enjoys preforming sexual acts to his partner, but doesn't want any sexual acts done to him, which is why he'd prefer an ace-spec partner. He'd rather have no sex in a relationship then to disappoint a partner who wants to preform sexual acts on him.

Soldier: Soldier has a gender for every occasion. He feels like his current situation requires a man? He's a man. Does it require a woman? He's a woman. Someone just asked what his gender is? Gender is for cowardly Europeans. His gender is sort of fluid, sort of indescribable, but defiantly not cis. Also, he lowkey doesn't know what pronouns are. He's generally uninterested in sex or relationships, but if he were approached by someone for a one-night stand or to go on a date, he'd probably say yes.

Pyro: trans masc, non-binary, genderfluid, enboy, girlby, carnelian, opalian, panromantic, hypersexuality (caused by it's depression), aegosexual and objectum. It uses all pronouns, but prefers it/they and neopronouns. Their gender identity changes, sometimes it's more masculine, sometimes it's more feminine, sometimes it's genderless, etc. They have a strong sexual preference for men, masculine-aligned non-binary people and neutral non-binary people, but romantically likes all genders. They developed hypersexuality to cope with their trauma and depression, though are aegosexual; never wanting to act or preform their attraction or fantasies. Xe also loves objects, seeing different objects with different personalities, names, genders, etc. and has a deep emotional connection with cute and "childish" things, like it's massive collection of plushies, figurines and toys.

Sorry that this was so long, I just really love the TF2 team >:) /g

Wonderful.

Also I appreciate the spy's gender is french. Be proud of yourself 🇫🇷

[tsel-bas]

Name(s): Carnelian

Gender Identity: Genderfluid Catgender

Sexual/Romantic Orientation: Demisexual

Age: 13-16

Role: Scout, Protector, Traumaholder

Source: Wings 0f Fire

Name(s): Kinkajou

Pronouns: she/her star/stars

Gender Identity: Xenogender

Sexual/Romantic Orientation: Omni

Age: 11-12

Source: Wings of Fire

Name(s): Freedom

Pronouns: they/them

Gender Identity: Nonbinary Lunarian

Age: 8-10/Ageless

Source: Wings of Fire

Done!

Please enjoy!

[crystalelemental]

Coliseum defeated. Got to around level 34 before trying again and we did manage to clear everything and recruit Amalia. I have also created what I feel is a pretty invincible team. At the very least, I haven't seen them lose to anything sane yet.

Alain

Holy Unicorn Blade (S-rank Renown, obtainable if you can beat your grandfather's ghost. Gives +1 AP/PP and debuff immunity, which I think counts status since "removes debuffs" on heals seems to remove status)

Azure Crest Shield (+1 AP)

Ring of the Unicorn (It's fine)

Knight's Medallion (+2 Def, +10% Def, Guard Rate +10%)

AP skills set Cav Slayer as priority if there are Cavs, Spinning Edge as priority if there are 2+ enemies in a row, Lean Edge as generic.

PP skills are important. The big winning move was adding Luminous Cover with the priority target "Highest Phys Atk" so he guards Nina.

Melisandre

Kingsblade Cornix (Obtained from Cornea stone tablet quest. All stats +5)

Notos' Sword (Obtained from southern(?) door shrine. +1 AP, +10 initiative, +10 evasion)

Warrior's Medallion (+2 Atk, +10% Atk, +10% crit rate)

Hero's Medallion (+1 AP/PP, Atk +20%. Was Carnelian Pendant for +1 AP)

AP has Keen Edge for Scout, Impale for any target below 25% HP, and Meteor Slash generally.

PP focuses on Hasted Strike for Scouts or Fliers aiming for a one-shot. Charged Impetus is the big focus for another AP, with the third PP going into Parry and hopefully a third Meteor Slash. That last bit is only with Hero's Medallion.

Nina

Kingsaxe Drakenash (Drakenhold stone tablets. All stats +5)

Warrior's Medallion

Ruby Pendant (+2 AP)

Green Beret (+10% Atk)

AP is Row Smash if there's armor and a row of 2+ enemies, or Heavy Smash if just armor. Otherwise, we're aiming for Assaulting Blow nonstop infinite smashmax.

PP is mostly Enrage. Heavy Counter exists but the goal is to never use it. Binding Guard also exists for armor but ideally it never goes off. Enrage is all she wants to do with her PP.

Rosalinde

Twinned Bough (Default weapon)

Sorcerer's Medallion (Warrior's but for Mag Atk)

Carnelian Pendant

Druid Robes (applied Cursed Impetus, which grants +1 AP if debuffed)

AP is weird. Elemental Roar is set as Second Action, ideally to combo with Primus Edge. Sylphic Wind activates if there are fliers, and Freezing Thrust is there if we have armor, but mostly we want Primus Edge into Elemental Roar.

PP has her using Curing Heal, with "Prioritize Caster." I've found the one thing that really hurt us on the climb, and the reason I was stopped, was status hitting Scarlett. This clears it.

As an aside, I realized a few things while playing around with Rosaline and Eltoline. Apparently, "activates at the start of battle" only happens for one ally on the team. Only one. So if the others jump queue, the others don't get it. This created a huge problem for getting those fairies active, as a faster option like, say, a Scout? Offsets Eltoline's heal and buff and Fairy to give herself her big damage attack. Additionally, it turns out they only dispel their own fairies, not the full party's. So they are actively kinda crap together, I think, because the "start of battle" setup for their big burst conflicts with one another. Only one of them can get it. I still want to shift Rosaline off this team, but she gets the job done and I don't have better ideas.

Scarlett

Precious Rod (Limited Heal to overheal above maximum)

Scarlett's Ribbon (Quick Heal added)

Sapphire Pendant (+2 PP, was Lapis Pendant)

Ruby Pendant (+2 AP, was Carnelian Pendant)

AP is Innocent Ray if there are 2+ combatants in a row. Curing Call is if anyone gets hit with a debuff, or with particular status shifted to suit the match. Holy Light if there's an armor. Then Limited Heal otherwise.

PP has Saint's Barrier and Passive Miracle naturally, while Quick Heal goes to whoever has the lowest HP percentage.

General Notes

The first Amalia fight goes down pretty easy. It's the follow-up fight that's a pain. The big thing that got us to win was Luminous Cover on Highest Atk. This prevented Nina from getting hit by Ground Shaker, which would shed one of her buffs, and one of her attacks. Additionally, Melisandre can just dodge it, so it saves the most effect. With sufficient guard, Alain will also guard her against one of the big seven-hit team-wide combos, which means she only needs to tank one hit. Luminous Cover is specifically chosen to permit that, as the boosted 20% Def actually lets her tank reasonably well.

So far, there hasn't been anything too threatening. Usually when we lose, it's because the opponent has like 10+ levels on us. Otherwise, they crush it. Usually what stops things is status on the back row. Scarlett can get really messed up if afflicted, and if we don't guard Nina from it and she dies to Burn or Poison, the match is effectively sunk. Nina is the win condition outright.

As mentioned, I really want to shift Rosalinde off this team, to something that doesn't have such a high competition for first action. I'd like to see her have a bit more utility overall. Not that she doesn't help, but she feels more like a generalized backup healer for Scarlett. Maybe that's fine. Maybe it's all she needs to be. But I want better for her.

I have some other teams I'm still testing out. I'll have to post about that tomorrow though. I'm enjoying the game, but I feel like I'm going to walk back into the main plot stuff and kinda steamroll everything now. Oops.

[ikeromantic]

Loyalty

A Mitsuhide Akechi fanfic. This scene occurs at the start of Ch. 10 it the main route. Alternately titled Taking Out the Trash. Approx. 2300 words.

First: Mitsuhide and the Maiden

Previous: Right

Evening fell in a grey hush. At least to Mitsuhide’s eyes, though his vision was grainy, blurred at the edges. He couldn’t trust the little spots of color that blossomed in halos around candles and lanterns. There were no such lights in this abandoned warehouse. Only what came from the setting sun, and the rising moon and stars. 

“My lord, our forces are in place. Scouts indicate the monks have retreated beyond Honno-ji - should we bring them in?”

“No. They are unimportant. What of the Oda vassals? Nobunaga? Any movement?” Mitsuhide’s voice betrayed nothing of his exhaustion. It sounded cold and distant in his ears. 

The warrior nodded. “What is your command?”

“Tell them to hold. I will give the signal to move in after full dark.” He watched the warrior run off to pass the message on to the Imagawa, and the rag-tag militia Yoshiaki had conscripted for this attack. 

Mitsuhide stood, stretching. His joints popped and his bones creaked. Every aging bruise felt fresh, sending a pulsing ache through his body. He made no sound as he forced himself to prepare for the coming fight. There were so many variables. So many points where it could all fall apart. 

Outside, the grey faded to a dark blue, the depth swimming with tiny white stars. The moon sat above the horizon, fat and round and full. Men in armor whispered in alleyways and shadows, voices lost in the cold night breeze. There were no other sounds. No chirping crickets or hunting owls. 

Mitsuhide left his warehouse, signaling to the men that now, now it was time. He drew his sword, stilling the trembling of his hands. Just a little more. 

He rushed forward, silent as he covered the ground between himself and Honno-ji. Behind him, his troops also ran, their steps a wild drumbeat. The next few breaths were chaos. The flash of blades in moonlight, violent exhalation as men breathed their last, and the savage of shouts of men in blood-lust.

On the balcony above them, Mitsuhide made out a shape. Someone standing at the railing, looking down. Despite the darkness, he knew it was her. His little one. Watching. He had not wanted her to be here, but now, somehow, it felt right to him that she was. That she witness this moment.

The kitsune warlord avoided the door guards and the smattering of vassals between himself and the large inner chamber where he knew Nobunaga would make his stand. Behind him, Yoshiaki’s vassals crowded into the halls, keeping track of Mitsuhide’s movements to be certain he could not betray their lord. It might have made him laugh, if he had breath for it.

He heard more than saw Hideyoshi charge out to meet Yoshimoto and the Imagawa at the main doors of the temple. It was impossible not to recognize his voice, even in this pandemonium. That should hold most of the conscripts and mercenaries. Mitsuhide chanced a look back to make sure the shogun’s men were still following. They hadn’t lost any ground, and better, it seemed they’d summoned their lord now that victory was imminent.

“My liege! Nobunaga is this way,” Mitsuhide called, motioning Yoshiaki toward him. Then he turned back, leapt up the narrow stairway, and kicked in the door. 

His calculated melodramatics had the desired effect on everyone but Nobunaga. Yoshiaki’s vassals filed into the room, cocky and self assured. And the shogun himself followed. 

Mitsuhide’s gaze pulled toward the woman at Nobunaga’s side, but he refused to let them rest on her. He could see enough. She was safe. Unhurt. So far. The kitsune warlord forced his eyes to his target. “It’s been a while, Nobunaga.” 

There was nothing but confidence in those carnelian eyes as Nobunaga greeted him. 

Yoshiaki strode into the room, his soldiers moving aside to make way. “I hope the great fool of Owari is not too foolish to realize when he is bested.” 

“Oh? As opposed to you who was too foolish to realize all the times I called you an idiot to your face?” Nobunaga’s left brow rose as his lips turned up in a mocking grin.

“He’s trying to be funny, I see.” Yoshiaki’s mouth twisted with distaste as his vassals all gave a forced laugh. 

Mitsuhide kept his expression cold, and added his own polite chuckle to the shogun’s words. He had to hold to his role a while longer yet, no matter how plainly distasteful. He caught sight of his little mouse sticking out her tongue - and for a breath his laughter was genuine. Only she would make such a face at a shogun. Only she would have so little a care for her own safety. 

Finished with his failed word games, Ashikaga turned to Mitsuhide. “Go now and finish the job. Just . . . don’t get any blood on my robes.” He swept a hand over the fine embroidered silk, as if suddenly realizing battle was a messy affair.

“As you wish, your excellency.” Mitsuhide gave a slight bow. It gave him a moment to check his composure. It seemed there were no bounds to Yoshiaki’s arrogance nor his ridiculous demands. What a sad creature, he thought. To be such a useless creature and to still be so certain of your own importance. 

He held his sword toward Nobunaga, preparing to strike. One of the Oda guards launched himself forward, intent on defending his lord. 

And as if Mitsuhide had scripted the moment himself, the other guard lunged, plunging his sword into the defender’s back. Revealing himself as the traitor embedded in the Oda forces, the hidden blade Mitsuhide’s spies had been unable to identify. How fortuitous. 

Dying, the guard turned to his friend, stumbling against him. “Why? Why -” did you kill me - the words died in a rattling breath.

The other guard shoved the body to the floor, his expression one of triumph. “I fooled you all! My life and my loyalty have always belonged to the shogun!” He turned to Nobunaga. “This is the end for you.”

The Ashikaga vassals pressed in close, grabbing Nobunaga’s arms and forcing him down in front of Yoshiaki. 

Mitsuhide surreptitiously watched his little one, making sure she stayed clear of the violence. She didn’t look afraid, even now. Just shocked and angry. Some of the soldiers grabbed her and held her down. Seeing them handle her like that made his jaw clench. If she had a single bruise, he thought, his knuckles turning white as he gripped his hilt tightly. 

“Mitsuhide,” Yoshiaki called. “Remove the Devil King’s head from his neck and offer it to me as a gift of your loyalty.” 

And now he had his opening. The moment he’d hoped this farce would provide. Mitsuhide smiled his knife-sharp smile. He advanced, the sharp edge of his sword gleaming in the pale moonlight. Then he struck. His blade bit into the fine, embroidered silk of the shogun’s clothes and parted the flesh of his chest and belly just as easily. But with Mitsuhide’s fading strength, the strike was not a killing blow.

Ashikaga stumbled back, eyes wide with shock. He held a hand to his stomach and then pulled it away, staring at the crimson smear in confusion.

“Dearest me,” Mitsuhide’s grin widened. His golden eyes shone. “How clumsy I am.” He lifted his sword for another attack. “I meant that to be a killing blow. It looks, well, it looks quite painful.” 

The shogun’s vassals flung themselves between Mitsuhide and Yoshiaki, ready to spend their lives to keep their lord safe. But they were too slow. 

Fighting through his fatigue, Mitsuhide dodged behind the flailing shogun and forced the man to his knees. He brought his sword to Ashikaga’s throat. “I wouldn’t make another move, were I you. It might startle me into cutting right through his throat.”

He could see behind the men, his little mouse standing up. She straightened her clothes and shot him a proud smile. It felt so good to see her look at him like that. As if he were a hero.

Yoshiaki trembled, though Mitsuhide could not be sure if it was fear or anger. “You - you can’t betray me! Not here! You’ve - you’ve gone mad!”

Mitsuhide laughed. “Well, you are right about one thing. I can’t betray you. I was never loyal to you.” He pressed his knee into the shogun’s back, forcing him to lean forward, into the sharp edge. “I am loyal to my ideals alone.”

Nobunaga began to laugh. “And that is why you are my left-hand.” He stood and straightened his clothes, sauntering over to where Mitsuhide held the shogun.

“My liege.” Mitsuhide nodded to him. 

“You base, vile, traitorous dog!” Yoshiaki’s voice was shaking. “D-don’t you know the penalty for laying a hand on me is ruin?” He turned his gaze to Nobunaga. “You may think you control things, you foul upstart, but I am still shogun! You will lose everything for this!”

“Oh, I think not. Nobunaga will retain his good standing with the court.” Mitsuhide tugged Ashikaga’s head back so that the shogun was forced to look up at him. “You see, it will be I, Mitsuhide Akechi - traitor - who is guilty of your murder.”

Nobunaga shook his head. “I should have known that was why you arranged this theater. You sly kitsune.” 

“That’s why you never told anyone what you were up to. So only you would be found guilty . . .” His little mouse spoke up from where she stood, just out of reach. Her expression was troubled. 

Mitsuhide met her gaze, wishing he could tell her how difficult it had been to hold to this path. How he’d wanted to share his burden with her, and yet, never wanted his misdeeds to sully her. How even now he wanted to put this behind him and take her away from here. But even if he could tell her these things, such wishes were meaningless.

“Are you saying you had this all planned? That you expected my messenger?” Yoshiaki swallowed carefully past the sharp edge of Mitsuhide’s sword. 

The kitsune warlord smiled down at him menacingly. 

“E-even if you kill me, none of you will survive. My army will sweep in here and slaughter all of you.”

Nobunaga glanced down from the balcony as if remembering something. The chatelaine’s gaze followed and even Mitshide found himself looking that direction. 

Out from the dark road, armor glinting coldly, there came a sound of a thousand men shouting.

“Wha- what is that,” Yoshiaki tried to turn himself to see.

Above the roar of voices, one stood out. “Is this where the traitor Mitsuhide Akechi has hidden?” 

“Masamune?” The chatelaine said softly, her eyes going wide.

Ashikaga sputtered. “You- you brought an army to Kyoto? How do you expect to get away with that? The court-”

“Will know that the Oda forces came here in search of that vile traitor, Akechi,” Nobunaga interrupted. “And if they happen across allies under attack, no one would blame them for offering assistance.” He smiled. “Now do you understand?”

Mitsuhide felt a moment of genuine respect for Nobunaga. He couldn’t have crafted a better response himself. He removed his sword from the shogun’s throat and kicked him forward. He was ready to be finished with this. “Now, your excellency, it is time for you to gracefully die.” 

His sword arced through the thin, cold air. And came down hard enough to part bone. But it was Ashikaga’s vassal that took the hit, leaping forward to use his body as a shield. What a bother, Mitsuhide thought. That such an arrogant ass could still hold sway over otherwise good men.

“Quickly, peasants! Guard me!” Yoshiaki crawled toward them, letting his men form a human wall.

Mitsuhide stepped forward, intent on finishing the job. The shogun could not leave here alive tonight. But he stopped, turning back to Nobunaga.

“Go after them,” Nobunaga urged.

“Yes - but first, the chatelaine -” he gestured toward his little mouse. “She should be taken somewhere safe-”

Nobunaga pushed her forward gently. “Go with Mitsuhide. You are ordered to stay by his side at all times.” 

“I don’t know if that’s a good idea. Maybe I should hide instead of getting in Mitsuhide’s way?”

Mitsuhide nodded, glad she said something sensible when he was slow to respond. 

“You will obey.” The command was unmistakable. “Further, when the battle has ended you will bring Mitsuhide back to Azuchi.” He arched one dark eyebrow as if daring her to make him repeat himself.

She turned to Mitsuhide with a wicked smile. “Alright. You can count on me. I promise, I won’t ever leave Mitsuhide’s side again.” She reached out and took his hand, not seeming to mind the sticky, drying blood or the cold sweat on his skin. 

Mitsuhide was torn. These were words his heart yearned to hear and yet - this was not the time or the place. This was a battle and she, and she could not be at his side, where all swords would be turned against her. He tried to say so, to speak reason, but his throat would not let a word pass. 

“Your response,” Nobunaga pressed.

Her hand was so warm in his. Mitsuhide could not let go. It was too late for that. “If my lord commands it,” he said softly. The words were barely audible. And yet, he found himself smiling.

Next: Not An End