#cycle!error

[cycle-verse]

Two weeks later, Error adjusted his outfit before scooping up Pic, whom Stain had helped dress in a little suit. “Hi poof, are you excited?”

Pic looked up at him with a little nod.

Error grinned and kissed his son's head. “It’s not a lot today, but I get to marry your dad,”

Pic stayed quiet, resting his head against Error's chest.

Error rubbed his back.

“I'm gonna hand you to PJ now but you’ll see me soon,” Error gently handed his son to PJ.

In another room, Stain was currently adjusting his dad's bandages before pulling his coat on. “Ready?”

Ink nodded, "I am..."

Stain looped his arm through Inks and grinned

Ink smiled a bit. He was hyped up on painkillers but honestly didn't care.

Stain began to walk with his dad around the same time Gradient and Error were. There wasn’t much of a ceremony. Error had just wanted to do it as soon as they could because things weren’t safe and he wanted to go into the future with his husband.

Ink didn't mind either way, just excited to marry Error.

Error was as well and as soon as he saw Ink, he grinned wider

Ink smiled at him, rather excited, and it was a miracle he didn't decide to run over.

Error fidgeted with his hands and it was obvious he WOULD run over to ink if he could

Ink let Stain guide him over, knowing that he would probably get too excited if he didn't.

Gradient was leading Error too and the boys grinned at each other once they met up, handing Error and ink to each other.

Ink happily switched to hold Error's hands, very excited.

Error smiled at him. He listened faintly to whoever was marrying them, but he focused more on Ink.

Ink did, too, more focused on Error than anything else.

Soon, the I do’s came, and Error said it with speed.

Ink happily said it back, not even waiting for a cue.

Error pulled him into a kiss before pulling away and laughing as the children all echoed, ‘Ewww’

Ink chuckled a bit, tucking his head under Error's.

Error wrapped his arms around Ink.

”I love you,” Error whispered

"I love you too, Ruru," Ink was still smiling.

Error turned to face the kids. Cross was in the small crowd too, grinning at the couple.

”I’m going to let you two have your time, kids, inside!” Cross called.

Ink nodded, letting them go while he moved to squeeze Error in a hug.

Error took Ink's hand and led him just beyond the dome so they could have an uninterrupted view of the stars, just for a moment. He didn’t even see the portal that opened behind him.

Ink was content following Error and looking up with him. He was rather proud of the sky he'd made.

“Well, well, well. Look at the happy couple,” Malevolence hissed and Error turned, pulling Ink behind him

Ink was a little surprised, not expecting to see Malevolence, but also a little pissed.

“Oh calm yourselves. I’m not here to take another wing or your kid,” Malevolence huffed

"But you're still here for something-" Ink moved to stand next to Error. There was no way he'd just stay behind him.

Error still had an arm braced in front of Ink.

“Just your husband, since Nightmare has decided my play toys are now off limits,” Malevolence reached out and attempted to knock Ink out before reaching to wrap Error in his tentacles.

Ink wasn't exactly going to go down without a fight, however, and he didn't have a weapon, so he did the next best thing and summoned a gaster blaster.

Malevolence scowled and reached to attack Ink, leaving Error mostly unharmed although at some point he’d knocked Error out instead of Ink

Ink quickly fired his blaster at Malevolence before summoning another to set off too.

Malevolence dodged and dodged, getting a bit tired out but he wasn’t about to give in

Ink wasn't either, but he only had so much magic on hand, even for someone as strong as him

Malevolence took his time to keep attacking Ink, a tentacle wrapping around the unconscious Error in case he needed to just snatch him and run

And he might've, but that would leave a pissed Ink that would try to follow. Ink was, however, not really guarding his right side, or even paying attention to it.

Malevolence noticed that and attacked on his right side

Ink tried to guard it, but easily failed, and was knocked out pretty easily.

Malevolence grinned and scooped up Error before opening a portal back home, ignoring Ink's body behind him and the scream from Stain, who’d peaked out the door to check on his dads just to see this

~~~

By the time Ink would have woken up, was on the couch. Stain was panicking and yelling somewhere else while PJ sat beside Ink, curled around Pic.

Ink quickly sat up and looked around, trying to figure out if it was just a nightmare that Error had been taken.

“Cross is sending us to live with Uncle Geno…”

PJ whispered, “Stains pissed… papas gone and we aren’t even being allowed to do anything,”

Ink quickly buried his face in his hands, then pulled them away after a minute, "I need to save Ruru-"

“I knew you’d say that… Cross says he’s not letting you go until you’re healed more.” PJ sounded robotic, broken.

"PJ, I can't just leave him-" Ink stood up.

“I know but what help are you to Papa if you’re still really hurt… I don’t want to lose both my parents in one day!”

"I'm barely injured-" Ink seemed distressed, for obvious reasons.

“You lost your wing two weeks ago and you’re still not healed from that,”

"But still- I don't need my wing-"

“But you need just a bit more… I want to save Papa too but not at risk of you… I don’t want to be alone again,”

"PJ, please-"

“Dad. You have nine kids who need you right now… please… at least stay to see us off,” PJ whimpered

Ink took a breath and a moment to rub at his face then nodded, "Alright..."

PJ was crying softly. This was a lot on them, they were the third oldest, and with Stain pissed, and Gradient packing, they’d been left in charge of their six younger siblings.

Ink moved to pull PJ close, "I'm sorry..."

PJ buried their head against his shoulder, “I don’t wanna lose you too! We’re already being made to leave and I don’t wanna lose you!”

"I know, baby, I know..."

PJ just continued to cry as Cross came down the stairs and sighed.

“I’m sorry,” Cross whispered

Ink looked up at him, quietly rocking back and forth with PJ.

“I wish I could have gotten there on time… I’m… I'm coming up with a plan right now but when Error got taken, the dome fell… Geno’s is safer for the kids right now.”

Ink nodded, "I understand..."

“I swear, I will get Error back here,”

Ink nodded, still holding PJ, "I trust you..."

Cross nodded and sighed.

“PJ…” Cross whispered and PJ just shook their head

"If you need to go, baby... it's ok..."

“I don’t wanna leave you,” PJ whispered. “We aren’t leaving until tomorrow, but you need to pack,”

"Go pack, baby... I'll still be here..."

PJ softly nodded and got up, slowly trudging upstairs. Cross sighed and wiped away a few tears that had been constantly falling for a while now.

Ink let them go before quietly looking at the ground.

“I’m so sorry Ink, I should have been there… should have stopped him,” logically Cross couldn’t have been. He’d done amazing, taking control and getting the kids somewhere safe so they could go after Error without risking the kid's safety.

"You took care of the kids for us... that's all you needed to do..."

“But he’s my friend, you’re my friend, I should have saved him,”

"Cross..."

Cross put a hand over his mouth to keep from crying. “I told the council,”

"You did...? What did they say...?"

“I gave them cold damn proof of what Malevolence did but they need fucking witnesses before they’ll do shit… that shit includes a search party for Error,”

"A search party won't save him..."

“Their exact words over the phone were ‘a warned search party sent into suspicious territory’ which essentially would be them telling Malevolence they’re going and then searching his house… it’s all they’ll offer,”

"Which won't save Error... they're only trying to avoid it because Malevolence would kill them..."

“And by the rules, they have to do something so they’ll do the bare minimum,” Cross agreed

"Exactly..."

Cross sighed. “And the only protection the kids have is staying there so I’m taking matters into my own hands… once the kids are safe at Geno’s, I don’t care what you do as long as you stay safe,”

"I'll try, but... I want to get Error back."

“And I understand… just wait till tomorrow… except maybe not near the house since apparently, someone refused to leave claiming he’s old enough!”

“Cause I am!” Stain yelled down the stairs.

"You're 16, Stain, go with Geno."

“No,” Stain shook his head.

“He’s been like this since the Council made a dumb comment about Gradient taking Errors place on the council temporarily,” Cross whispered

"How about neither of them will do that because they're only 16."

Cross sighed, “For now we’ve denied that but you’re his dad and the only one who technically can tell the council no… but I’m just worried about everything because we know how they get.”

"What, do they need a handwritten note?"

“No clue… they’ve literally just fucking teleported people there for meetings before,”

Ink sighed and rubbed at the bridge of his nose, "Miraculous that they can't just teleport Error out then."

“They give us the same bullshit every time,” he grumbled. “I just think they don’t care enough about Error,”

"They really don't, and that upsets me."

He nodded softly and sighed. “If you go after error. I won’t stop you… just try to come back for these kids. I can’t protect them from the council. Geno can try but if they make the boys take your place, all I can do is sit beside them during meetings…”

"I can try, but no promises, though I can go yell at the council to not make or let Stain and Gradient join."

“You can try but we both know they don’t listen,” he sighed and looked up to see Moku at the staircase. “Hi buddy,”

"I know they don't."

“We can’t find Scar… and usually Papa plays hide and seek to find her,” Moku whispered and Cross cursed

Ink moved to get up, "I can try to find her."

“Are you sure?” Cross asked

Ink nodded, heading upstairs.

Like always, Scarlet was hiding somewhere in her room.

Ink went up to her room, "Scarlet?"

There usually would be a little giggle in response but today there was just a tiny sniffle from under the bed.

Ink moved to get down on the floor to look for her, "Baby...?"

“Daddy,” Scarlet whispered, hiccuping. “tell Uncle Cross no. I don’t wanna go,”

"I'm sorry, baby, but you have to."

Scarlet whined a bit. “But there’s no stars at Uncle Geno’s.”

"I know, but it's only for a bit, baby."

“But…” Scarlet crawled back out from under the bed

"I know, I know, but it's for your safety..."

“But this is home… that’s not home, it’s uncle Geno’s home.’

"I know, but it's safer at Uncle Geno's."

“But…” Scarlet just hugged him.

Ink wrapped his arms around her, gently rubbing her back.

“We’ll come back right?”

"Of course..."

Scarlet nodded softly. “Gray packed my bag…”

"That's ok..."

Scarlet sighed and looked around as if checking that Gradient got everything

Ink let her, not minding that she did.

Scarlet moved when she spotted one thing he’d forgotten and held it up to show him. It was a puppet of Error that Error had made, “Here… cause you miss papa too,”

Ink very carefully took it, "Oh... thank you, baby..."

Scarlet nodded and gulped “I miss him too but I'm sure Moku can let me hug his plushie papa. You don’t have one,”

"I know, but it's your puppet. You keep it, baby."

“Are you sure?”

"I'm sure, baby. Don't worry."

[bixels]

y'know it's really considerate of nintendo to implement a play-timer in splatoon 3 to help you regulate how much you're gaming. every time i'm playing a ranked battle and see that "a communication error has occurred" message pop up, i feel at ease knowing nintendo is helping make sure i'm not having too much fun.

[wizzardkisser]

seeing divergence through the lens of it being a love story to matt (and exandria itself) really has solidified it for me. the fact that even in a party with two gods, mortality is treated as the most holy of things.

even beyond godhood -- and i truly can't stop thinking about bahamut and the all hammer doing the dirty work, the manual work, the tiring job of walking the world and experiencing the horrors of the calamity first hand in their mortal lives, and then having to carry that knowledge. when bahamut said that the gods knew the fights of the calamity were wrong because they would cause immense pain he meant both the primes and the betrayers. and it's so meaningful that the gods of justice, and righteousness, and creation were the ones who came with the idea of the gate. a last resource to protect that which is most worthy: mortals.

[pacecito01]

Another Sonic.exe memes again because I can

[m-s-justice]

life or bath for dry Richtofen

[bkchaos]

Second doodle page of ships! These took a bit longer than intended but I'm so happy with how these came out...

Brutum/Paradise — @/The_Big_Fluffs on twt

Fleetway/Curse — req by @/A_N3w_Sh4d0w3x3 on twt

Badass Cheese/Rewrite — @moldybreadifoundonmyfridge

Lord X/Majin — req by @/LillyTorya on twt

Devoid/Majin — req by @/Blizzerd01 on twt

Xeno/Exe —@jasminem18 :]

Fatal Error/Cyclops — req by @/lights_bark on twt

[beatsheetromanroy]

Nine Ball - Dean & John

[eriksartworld]

Starting off the morning with a bit of Error!Henry <3

Support Me and My Friends!

Ko-fi // BLUESKY // Ask Blog: Ending the Cycle

[jhsharman]

Adventures of Kool Aid Man

Through three issues, The Adventures of Kool Aid Man was published by Marvel Comics. Then Archie Comics took the helm for six issues, with two changes made to the characte. design. First, he is no longer carrying a pitcher of Kool Aid. Frankly, I do not really understand the dynamics at play here -- it is an anthromorphized pitcher of liquid carrying around a pitcher of its contents? The second thing that Archie Comics did was give the character pants --

and shoes and socks. But there is this weird inconsistency with this narrative. We begin with these spandex bike shorts, but very abruptly and nowhere he might have changed we move into a hike into the forest with--

Confounding things, he takes them off and goes pantsless when it comes time to burst in and confront the enemy Thirstees.

Right after this sequence, Kool Aid Man has his cargo shorts back on. Later in the same issue he is in the beach with swimtrunks.

Which he continues to wear in the next issue, though curiously enough confronted with licensed likenesses of himself --

Licensed products of him (is the hot air balloon merchandise?) have no pants again.

Full wardrobe now.

[fereldanwench]

manifesting i hear back from my fucking endo referral this upcoming week 🙏🙏🙏

[getvalentined]

The result of that flash poll I did the other day, Riv wound up winning so here he is!

Random OC lore below for anyone interested.

Riv is the oldest of the aur, a species unintentionally formed from the energetic aftershocks of the creation of his planet. Because there was only so much of that energy to go around, there are a limited number of "souls" available for their species, and thus the aur have a static population. Although functionally immortal, they do lose neuroelasticity over time, which eventually makes living pretty unpleasant, so they inevitably opt to pass away and allow a new member of the species to be born.

Several thousand years ago, Riv contracted a particularly dangerous magical condition that left him discolored—he used to be a very pale apricot color and his hair was opalescent white—and with chronic pain, but also keeps him from losing neuroelasticity, allowing him to live basically forever without experiencing the ennui that is the literal death of the rest of his species.

Travelers of other species who came across the aur in ancient times wound up essentially engaging in a millennia-long game of telephone that led to a gross misunderstanding of what they actually looked like, which is where the concept of unicorns comes from. When the aur finally went public as a species to get people to stop killing each other, everyone was very surprised to find that they look nothing like horses or deer. (Although they do have hooves, which is what led to the mistranslation that brought about that misconception in the first place.)

[wardenl4dy]

I'm asking out of curiosity... but, like, what would be the reaction of some exe's (as many as you want) if they saw Danger (Fanchild of endlesscycles,idk you can draw it if you want or tell me what the reactions would be like)

(this fanchild is mine)

I think, in my AU, Xenophanes, Faker, and Sunky would be surprised that they have (technically) another sibling, but Sunky would be in awe bc Danger looks cool.

I think also think Kuru (that one Easter egg sonic that says "Yu ah Kuru") and Alice would react the same way Sunky would react.

Fleetway and Xerox (aka, Extra Life) would be more confused, since they are Xenophanes, Faker, and Sunky's cousins and Kuru's older brothers. Eventually, they'll start teasing Danger, because they tease everybody.

Kito, Gekido, Zetsubo, Kyofu, and especially Kofuku would welcome Danger aboard. While Ken'o and Yokubo would just be left speechless.

Phi and Chi (my fanchildren of the same ship) would be very happy to meet Danger.

Tails Doll, who was always looking out for the kids the same way he looked out for Majin before Xeno came to be, would get teary eyed (in a wholesome way), because he remembers Danger.

Majin and Lord X would straight up hug Danger and not want to let go.

Faker would take Danger to meet his Faker Gang (Wechidna, Chaotix, and Hog) who are usually super chill guys, so they welcome Danger.

Zephaniah would be just as confused as Fleetway and Xerox, but Achsah (aka, Sally_ALT) would be very sweet to Danger, kinda acting sisterly, almost.

MX would have this feeling of deja vu, because he was best friends with X since they were teenagers.

Hypno and M15T (Squidward) would be intrigued.

Ethan (Lost Silver) would instantly become friends with Danger.

Needlem0use and Rewrite would be very curious about Danger.

Ultra M (one of Xeno's rivals), Omega, GB, Mr. Virtual, and Turmoil would also be intrigued.

IHY Luigi hates almost everybody and everything, need I say more?

Coronation Peach and Dais-EYE would be enthusiastic to meet Danger

Beta Luigi would be slightly curious

Emo Mario (Day Out Mario) is a big jerk in general, so he'd most likely be a jerk to Danger as well

Speaking of emo, Coldsteel would probably be the same as Emo Mario

Xterion, being the cheeky type, would do some silly, harmless pranks on Danger

EYX would too be confused

Tenmaa would welcome Danger with open arms

God Z would scare the living daylights out of Danger just for laughs

Mitee.jpeg, Silly.tiff, and the other Sunky versions of Sonic characters would swarm Danger, admiring him and asking him questions.

Faker's blood brothers (False Savior, Deluder, Forgery and Daemon) would probably act the same way the Faker Gang would react to Danger.

N30, another OC I made, would hug Danger tightly, being the sweet adopted sister she is.

Somari and Bad Day Mario would pull silly pranks on Danger

Devil Mario would be civil about Danger

Sanic.mlg would probably ask Danger if he is interested in learning to use weaponry.

Super Scourge would tease Danger.

Curse would just say a friendly "hi" to Danger

OMT would be pretty chill with Danger

Fatal Error, watching behind many screens, would view Danger as a new puppet for his takeover. No one would know he is watching them, and he is planning to rule all of the multiverse one day.

[mediaheart]

a little blue since im currently halfway through the raven cycle series :)

pls rb if you like!

[canideadmeow]

watches a bl -> gets traumatised by it -> recieves healing from the same bl.

[eldunari-ignasia]

The long dead dragon felt the breath tickle her lips after it crawled up her throat. Her lungs deflated. Her heart beat. The darkness-of-flying-above-peaks seeped into the corners of her vision before she finally remembered to inhale once again- her first breath after a century ‘living’ as an eldunarí. Her first breath in borrowed lungs.

I'M NOT DEAD.

Life has been crazy lately but I finally found the time and energy to finish the next chapter of "In the Kingdom by the Sea". The danger of this is that now I remember why I love Immogen and her story so much.

Hopefully there won't be quite as big of a delay before I get more content done.

[becasbelt]

I ALSO GET CONFUSED WHEN WRITING IN PAST TENSE why is english so hard

i am pleading with the english gods and i am asking them to make my brain understand how to write in past tense for things set in the present. i am begging the gods to make my brain so huge and so wrinkly so that i may possess this power