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[cyberstatic-fox]

i am insanely tempted to write an animatronic bodyswap fic just for funsies where smun get separated in two different bodies and two of the others wind up stuffed into theirs together

[vicarious-lee-12]

guys. guys i’m going insane. help. /j

(meant to be platonic, but you can interpret it as romantic too lol)

[cypher05]

i am living. my BEST fucking life tonight

[cleavetheclover]

Any Nighttime in Las Vegas spoilers/hints/tidbits to keep us fed? 👀

Nighttime in Las Vegas - author notes on future updates!!

Okay first of all, thank you for the ask!! I am extremely honored by your investment in the fic 🥰

Note: I am not sure how heavy you wanted the spoilers to be when you submitted the ask, so I kept it on the more vague side. I hope this satisfies what you were looking for!

This work is my most ambitious to date and has been an inspiring and invigorating challenge. The effort I have put into this work has been enourmous, and I am incredibly grateful for all the attention the work has gotten. Thank you!! 🎉💕

More info below cut! Non-spoiler (chapter 5) updates first, then Major Spoilers (chapters 6, 7, and 8) next.

Chapter 5 (most recently uploaded chapter):

- Chapter 5 (specifically scenes 11/Medbay and 12/Brimstone’s Office) currently being re-written. I thought that scene 11 was pretty sloppily written and there was a lot of key info that didn’t get properly communicated, and the changes are intended to communicate the plot line with better storytelling/use of characters and dialogue. The major changes in scene 11 are complete and I am doing minor fixes to scene 12 to keep the story consistent.

- To elaborate on the above, scenes 11 and 12 establish that: 1) Omen was rescued per his Distress Call, and Cypher was not. 2) Omen needed to be revived, and is still injured. 3) Fade has been sent on a Search and Rescue mission for Cypher. 4) in discussion with Sage and Brimstone, it is discovered that the mission Cypher and Omen were on was not approved, and that the documents Omen has access to are not in the database and likely forged. 5) Killjoy performs an assessment showing that there have been no external threats / sources of tampering that could be responsible for this incident. 6) Sage and Brimstone bring up Cypher’s history of secret missions, defying orders, and otherwise sketchy business. 7) Omen insists that he was not aware of this history, and asks to compare his own mission history to that of the database to see what else he has been unknowingly doing. He finds three other missions of suspicious origin.

Chapter 6 (in the works):

- Chapter 6 will begin with Cypher’s return. Brimstone interrogates him about his actions and motivations and Cypher attempts to gaslight gatekeep girlboss his way out of guilt, but it backfires and only makes him look worse.

- He does not tell the entire truth about himself, but he specifies that Omen is innocent. Omen is thus cleared of all charges of treason.

- Omen, having discovered that Cypher has lied to him about their joint missions, is furious. He has conflicting loyalties— one to the Protocol, his home, his entire livelihood; and to Cypher, his mission partner, his protector and protected, and his good friend. To have one betray the other is world-shattering.

- Cypher is placed under arrest at HQ. His duties are distributed among the other Agents including Sova, Fade, and Killjoy.

- Omen overhears a conversation where Cypher is begging Fade to let him go with her to Las Vegas, stating that she knows what happens to him there and he can’t let the same happen to her. Fade brushes him off and says her Radiant abilities will ensure her safety.

- Omen visits Cypher in jail to confront him. An argument ensues.

- At the end of the argument, Cypher tells Omen to bring the Box to Viper. He thinks she can help.

Chapter 7 (not drafted):

- chapter 7 deals with the fallout between Cypher and Omen.

- Cypher is in jail, but as you might imagine, he tries to break out. He manages to escape Headquarters without setting off any alarms, because well, he built them himself and can take them apart just as easily.

- By happenstance, Omen sees him escape through the portal at headquarters but is unable to stop him. He follows Cypher through the portal.

- Cypher reveals some information about his past, i.e. everything he didn’t say during his interrogation.

- When Omen realized that he can’t convince Cypher to come back to the Protocol on his own, he shoots him neatly in the head and princess-carries his body back to the Medbay.

Chapter 8

- cypher realizes he is stuck in HQ jail again. Screaming crying throwing up (RIP babygirl but he did it to himself)

- Omen takes the box to viper. He tells her outright not to lie, he’s already had enough of Cypher’s bullshit.

- Sabine tells him what she knows.

More notes:

I am doing my best to publish chapters that are well-planned and well-refined. Unfortunately, having ADHD + fretting over details 24/7 means I am not a very speedy writer, and I apologize for the long waits between chapters.

The document I have in my computer is much more extensive and includes dialogue and additional scenes, but I’d classify those as major spoilers and didn’t include them here. I also have plot points planned out for the rest of the fic, but those are major spoilers in addition to being undecided/malleable so I didn’t want to set them in stone here.

[charlie-oh-no]

The silly! I feel like I haven't drawn Cypher in a long time so here she is in situations that haven't happened in my fic sdkjskdjsk ough

[terrifying-acceptance]

been trying to make a conlang for a little while now, thought i could share some of my progress!

[jujin0]

Trying (and failing) to make conversations flow between three people HAHA its like theyre in a debate all the time

Cypher: what would you like to eat?

Sova: Pasta

Cypher: and you, Omen?

Omen: pasta

Cypher: great!

Cypher makes pasta. End of fanfiction

[clearcatastrophe]

*cough*

Ahem.

YOU CAN LEAVE IT TO ME TO PUT THE RAT IN THE RACE I’M IN IT FOR THE CHEESE LIKE I’M TRAPPED IN A MAZE GOT ANYTHING TO EAT I’LL BE SNACKIN’ ALL DAY WHO TOOK MY JELLYBEANS OH I STASHED THEM AWAY DONT LOOK TO RIZZO FOR A RAT THAT IS BRAVE BUT I KNOW SLAPSTICK LIKE A SMACK IN THE FACE ALWAYS COMIN’ UP WITH SOMETHING SARCASTIC TO SAY ANY KIND OF FOURTH WALL I WILL HAPPILY BREAK ‘CAUSE ME AND GONZO KNOW HOW TO HANDLE STORIES BUT DONT LOOK DOWN I CANT HANDLE STORIES DESPITE MY MASSIVE FEAR OF HEIGHTS NOTHING’LL COME BETWEEN ME AND MY APPETITE

Until we meet again

[greenlodgecypher]

Notes and Queries

-To Freddi Caver: That sounds like a timeslip. Do you think you went back to when the pit mine was open? C. B.

-We're halfway there. I wonder if you know where we're going? Jimmy

-To the Opera Ghost: I'm absolutely delighted to come to your attention. I don't often get letters from my readers! You know, there's a rather illustrious Count who I feel would have been a fascinating pen-pal for you… From: Aivas

-Oh my cheese. Did you really have to put a SPIDER in the last issue? It isn't even an ad, is it? He spooked me! From: Kat

Ed. note: Hee. Public domain text ornaments are a tool I should never be allowed to use freely. And yet there is no one to stop me… (Happy Halloween, from your honorable and responsible editor, Adria.)

A wlyycvr'x remw jsvpfoih dlv kxizw. Yga qkrp dmkrxj uer dlvji fo? M'd sjvkmu ls wvivh. From: The Seeker

-The five-step program. Doesn’t that seem sketchy? I’ve sent in my letter just because I want to see what I’ll get back. I'm assuming that the bill will be front-and-center. From: W.D.

-To the "hackers": I do not appreciate your tone. The police will be contacted. You have to understand that there are consequences in life, and you've exhausted my patience and good will. From: Mrs. Patricia A. Lewis, Vice Principal

Ed. note: Full name printed on request.

-"Why is there a watermelon there?" "I'll explain later". What's with the watermelon?? Nobody explained anything! I have a NEED TO KNOW! From: E.C.

-to Kat: Yep. You can see them from the pasture here. Way far away there's the planes following the highway out west, but between here and there there's all those wisps above the woods. Come by, help feed the goats some night and I'll show you. -To Joe. You found your cow, right? From: H.W.

[cyberstatic-fox]

im gonna level with yall, theres gonna be a LOT of lsws now that looks like its been ripped straight from ruin and i SWEAR it's total coincidence. ive been planning this shit for more than a year, genuinely i had no idea canon would crank a hard left right square into my canon divergence au.

literally the only thing im lifting from ruin is some endgame stuff and even thats only shit i got from the TRAILER i genuinely cannot reiterate enough how fucking bamboozled i am by how close i got to the full release

[butterflies-and-bumble-bees]

sometimes a girl needs to spend an hour after her bedtime making a pair of earrings for stress relief purposes

[mjdrawsalot]

Lou Holt AKA the Phantom Bandit

Resident stealth expert and second MC to appear in the story

[oldsamarie]

mutual 1: I hate gacha boy I want to rip him in half with my teeth and then start dancing sensitive style #i love him

mutual 2: i need that old man from saw #mutual 3 don't look

mutual 3: I'm so mad about what they did to snuffleupagus on sesame street, wtfdym his arc is over

mutual 4: Sorry I've been inactive something happened but I'm better now

mutual 5: Im remaking and my new url starts with u (if you put it through a caesar cypher)and ends in 6537 (repeat the alphabet until you reach the 6537th letter) [I've seen this post at least 50 times by now]

mutual 6:

mutual 7: do any of my mutuals know how to untie an impossible knot? I'm in trouble

mutual 8: How do I watch MLP online for free? Don't tell me to pirate. I don't even have a boat

mutual 9: Give.. Me... My.... Boytoy!!!!!!!!!!!! *kills another hostage* [3 hours later] I'm so tired of living

mutual 10: i hate when people are mean to hammerhead sharks :(

mutual 11: i want to kill snuffleupagus seriously stop talking about his arc

mutual 12: i miss mutual 6

mutual 13: it's my birthday!

mutual 14: I wish the writers of my favorite show wrote something I liked

mutual 15: i wish i had a job :(

mutual 16: day 300 of being unemployed, i just recoded tumblr and also i have a plan for world peace [0 notes]

mutual 17: I love this world... It's so beautiful out here.... If you hang out with me you can see it too... ⭐🌈💫

mutual 18: I HATE THIS FUCKED UP WORLDDDDDD

mutual 19: there's no fandom on tumblr for this book from 1408 tbh im glad but also i wish there were more posts about it

[brongusthearcanist]

I personally think Hoid's true goal and the timeline is like Taravangian's diagram in that Brandon thought of the whole thing years ago in a moment of brilliance and can't quite remember all the details. And he's frantically trying to read his notes that are written in dawnchant, a language he never finished the cypher for cause he figured he'd remember it, and he writes in the hope that it will jog his memory

[strangestcase]

man Im so glad classic literary characters don't have Tumblr could you imagine. What the fuck would Frankenstein post about…

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⚡️ transfem-prometheus Follow

She Cornelius on my Agrippa till I perform the Great Work

📓 miltonreader Follow

I just killed your cousin btw

⚡️ transfem-prometheus Follow

Make your own post????

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🪳 saamsa

I hate my dad

#gregor rambles

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🐶 wardogz Follow

THINGS MY ROOMMATE KNOWS ABOUT:

-identifying tobacco brands by the ash

-disarming men in close combat

-creating cyphers

-the complete history of English crime

-forensic chemistry

THINTS MY ROOMMATE DOESNT KNOW ABOUT:

-heliocentrism

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🐈‍⬛ vanishing-cat Follow

Cats are the opposite of dogs. Cats are autistic. Therefore, dogs are neurotypical.

🌼 curiouslittlegirl Follow

You might be onto something here

♥️ croquetfreak Follow

Who painted my roses red ⁉️

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🔪 choirboy Follow

Im so running this island call me Usain Bolt

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🎩 hydeinside Follow

Putting gummy worms in blue rum to create a cocktail called “the pussy fucker” . Complete with pickle juice. Forflavour

🧪 dualityofjekyll Follow

UPDATE: don’t do this

#laboratory logs #ooooh fuck my stomach

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👰🏽‍♀️ brideintheattic Follow

Crawling

👰🏽‍♀️ brideintheattic Follow

Crawling

👰🏽‍♀️ brideintheattic Follow

My stupid cunt husband is remarrying I’m burning his fucking shit down

👰🏽‍♀️ brideintheattic Follow

Crawling again

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⚔️ caballer0s0 Follow

im gonna fight these giants

🫏 eeeeescudero Follow

They’re fucking windmills

⚔️ caballer0s0 Follow

Im gonna fight them

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🫅🏼doubtful-prince

[dungeonsandblorbos]

Storytime: Improvised Siege Teapot

so, for our Acquisitions, Inc., our franchise location has an attached tea shop called the Cauldron & Kettle Café, right? when we reached the franchise level that gave us a free vehicle, we obviously had to have our modron gnome mechanics make us a steam-powered car shaped like a giant teapot, which we dubbed the Tea Trolley and have used like a food truck before

anyways because the final boss fight is kinda far away, we take the Tea Trolley there because it's fast. when we arrive, we are confronted with a mass of enemies (mostly gnolls) guarding the area where we assume the BBEG is hanging out. like, we're talking approximately 20 hyena-folk split into packs of four or five each, plus about 8 or so bugbears.

we are a party of four, including one very squishy aarakocra elementalist monk (Taku) and one somewhat squishy half-elf light cleric/bard (me) who routinely puts herself in grave danger to keep said monk from dying—which means that actually fighting all of these fuckers would be a Very Bad Idea, even if we somehow managed to only be fighting one pack of gnolls at a time

so instead of fighting them, we spent literally an hour debating the best way to take care of them with minimal injury and spell slot usage. eventually, we settled on this multi-step plan:

1. cut down a tree and strip it of its greens 2. put the tree through the windows of the Tea Trolley, like so:

3. affix torches to the ends of the tree and light them on fire 4. have my cleric/bard Jun play intimidating music on her fiddle as loudly as possible to attract the enemies' attention and get them all grouped together like bowling pins 5. throw a bong bomb [smoke bomb stuffed with fantasy weed] at the closest gnolls to give them super disadvantage 6. drive fullspeed at the gnolls and bugbears to drive over/clothesline/light on fire as many of them as possible 7. profit?

our DM's response was simply "this is actually a good idea disguised as a bad idea."

and so it was. because despite us very loudly announcing our presence, our first hit with the improvised siege teapot counted as a surprise round because none of the enemies knew how to react to the awesome sight in front of them

we hit a good half-dozen gnolls in one go. it does 4d10 bludgeoning + 2d6 fire damage and one-hit KOs all of them except the one that managed to save. Taku gets to take his turn while this is happening, so that one poor fucker just barely dodges the on fire log, then takes 20 damage from Taku’s backswing and dies. our DM says, "this is the stupidest combat i’ve ever done and i’m so here for it." we keep chugging on, and murder a good 3/4ths of them before our trolley takes too much damage to keep going (accomplished by some gnolls stealing our tires) and we have to get out and fight the rest of them the old fashioned way

while this has been happening, by the way, our DM has been playing an incredible siege teapot soundtrack, which includes such hits as a trap remix of the thomas the tank engine theme song, a song called "hit and run," "wrecking ball," "crazy train," and the song from the to be continued meme

truly, a beautiful fight scene.