#episode 858

[loudestcloud]

I'm gonna fucking die, this arc is gonna kill me, i am so in love with this fictional man that i myself could also pass out

[lezkissgifs]

Ici tout commence, episode 858

[dickchef]

hey don’t cry. 858 star trek episodes available. many of them enjoyable. ok?

[v-67]

He's a 10 AND he also represents a group of people?

His love for desserts. And look at how fit he is.

Also the mouth thing, the build up from the last episode before the reveal was GOOOOOD. I laughed so much, also those poor chefs.

Okay but I have a question and I want to say something too

I can't hate on this character because of the way he is w his family, he protects his brothers and sisters, is actually very smart, utilises information properly, is a good son, and is doing his best, and is also living up to the image of his own in the minds of his brothers and sisters. Is so protective of them. Is considering Luffy a threat that will grow for them further and trying to be calm about the situation while also dealing with his own insecurities.

I'm loving the battle though. Rooting for Luffy obviously. Can't wait to see how the situation at Nuts island evolves.

Anyways back here.

Yeah, I can't hate on this guy or be annoyed too, not that I have to, but you know the feeling?

Also poor guy, he is so insecure of his face, I mean, do you think it's because the way Big mom kept telling Pudding how her third eye keeps creeping her out, she did the same kinda thing with Katakuri and that is why he turned so insecure about it?

But what If it happened later sometime? Because there's that cut, so I'm kinda curious, about how it happened and what exactly happened.

Also if he is so insecure about his face, I kinda feel like since his devil fruit power is mochi and he can transform the whole of him, he can maybe make a face he's comfy with? Not that he should, and it might take a lot of energy to maintain it always, but that way he might feel okay? It'd be nice to see him accept himself as he is though. Because man. Those abs. Ahem I mean, his personality...., okay but yeah honestly, his personality doesn't seem so bad

Idk let's see how this moves on

Currently at episode 858

20th January 2024

Exams are going on, but I have the next two days to study so I watched some One piece

[blondbaddie69]

stuff ive uncovered about bookofbill/countdown website

so the first three pages are stuff about the uh website and i think the latter two are about the actual book

, while working on the code for pg 77, after i finished i found a post of people who decoded it 6 days before (kms.) alot of this is uncoverd on the official subreddit, i didnt look at it until after, the pages are kinda just rambling and stuff, passwords and such, the passowords "frame" and "container" didnt mean anything and were glitches fixed a bit later, turns out the capalized letters were not actually apart of the thing, just the way the doc. translated italic letters, before i had gotten the alchemy symbols with soos, i was looking through the source elements and found the thing for his eyes along with the countdown reading at 00:07:00, with the date and a "T12" wich in assuming means 12:00 pm for when it hits 7, also speculated it could be at 03:14:5 as soos mentioned something about "the end of math?" there were also spectorgraphs in the uhh lofi soos linked reading "remember eliclydia" and "free me" while working on it with jake, he said the lofi could have more (DEBUNKED DUMBDUMB!!) oh also the text above bill translates to "lost files" and the uhh alchemy symbols found with possesd soos read " So! Many! Questions! " the set used to translate said textbox is also used in code on the inside of the cover for the book of bill, listed above? i think idont rember if i put it, it read "praise ye fallen angle" there was also some text next to with symbols i have yet to translate (the symbols on inside of cover are in the front) and the other smaller text was in that one gravityfalls cypher (u know the one) it translated to "su remember" i switched the su around for us as su didnt make much sense, then flipped the rest of it getting "remember us", i have yet to decode the rest of it. another thing i had been stumped on for about 4 days was the numbering on page 77 (numbers underlined above) at first i thought if you put them together you could get quards and it would be another cypher hunt (thank gog it wasn't) it was a line up for episodes and seassons in gravity falls followed by a timestamp , as example ill use the first one "215 858" going to episode 15, in seasson 2 at 8:58 a character says a word, "twisted" and the rest of it yadayadayada the full thing is "Twisted out of shape after the kill, The ghosts of his family are haunting him" that kind of supports the heavily speculated theory of bill killing his family, and shortly after spending 4 days on that, i turned to the gravity subreddit to find, it had been decoded 6 days ago from today (the gun apeared under my chin guys!!) while turning to the subreddit as well, it mentioned a coffee stain code when you lined them up, (i did not do that shit at ALL) but from what I saw it brought up two different kinds of triangles (presumably bills sisters or mother and father) scaline and isocelce? i think i dont fucking remember anyways thats all i have so far, if i find more ill update

[elosiahq]

THE BOOK OF BILL DECODED (Spoilers) (P2)

MAD THAT YOU MISSED PART ONE? I WOULD BE TOO, BUD. BUT DON'T WORRY. I'M GENEROUS. Here it is! In a cute little sentence!

WELL NOW THAT YOU'VE READ PART ONE, HERE IS THE REST OF PART TWO.

Look! I reversed it for you! Are you happy? TELL ME YOU ARE HAPPY.

Code(s) used: AXOLOTL

My optometrist never saw it coming

(THANK YOU TO THE HUMAN @retropineapple FOR THIS KNOWLEDGE)

Code(s) used: Ceasar (3 back)

Hbh grfwru ri d gliihuhqw nlqg/ zkr zdqwv wr pdnh klv sdwlhqw eolqg

TRANSLATES TO:

Eye doctor of a different kind/ who wants to make his patient blind

Code(s): It's complicated- here's an explanation:

This is the full list of numbers:

215 858 117 450 110 628 19 21 1 120 2256 216 951 25 256 27 532 212 506 18 1137 221. 658 23 1330 210 231 118 929 112 2043

Each numbers comes in groups of 2. For example, 215-858 or 117-450.

The first number group represents the season and episode. So 215 means season 2, episode 15. The second group represents the time. So 858 means 8:58.

When doing this for each group, we get the sentence:

"Twisted out of shape after the kill. The ghosts of his family are haunting him still."

Code(s) used: Ceasar (3 back)

Ixvvb hdwhu/ edeb erb/ zrxogq'w gulqn/ xqohvv lwv vloob

TRANSLATES TO

Fussy eater/ baby boy/ wouldn't drink/ unless its silly

Code(s) used: Ceasar (3 forward)

Qeb alzqlo pxvp/ qeobb pfmp x axv/ tfii jxhb qeb sfpflkp/ dl xtxv

TRANSLATES TO

The doctor says/ three sips a day/ will make the visions/ go away

Code(s) used: There MIGHT be a code here, but I haven't looked into it just yet! Anyway, here are your numbers from left to right. Go wild!

4 9 5 2 3 1 8 3 3 0 9 8 6 7 3 7 1 2 4

Or (A J F C D B I D D A J I G H D H B C E) If we use the Vigenere alphabet (A=0, B=1, C=2, ect)

X=A

THIS MARKS THE END OF PART 2.

RABBIT HOLE TOO DEEP FOR YOU? WELL LUCKILY I SPAWNED A MAGICAL DOOR TO PART 3 RIGHT HERE

Good luck!

Chapter summary: Silly straws.

[fallloverfic]

S-Classes that I raised/My S-Class Hunters information post

내가 키운 S급들 | S-Classes that I raised (“SCTIR”) is an ongoing Korean fantasy webnovel on Munpia, Naver, Ridibooks, and Kakao by 근서 | Geunseo that has been adapted into an ongoing manhwa/webcomic (My S-Class Hunters) (though the manhwa is on hiatus at the moment after the conclusion of season 1). The second cover art is by onlyraii. The novel is published by 제이플미디어 | JAYPLEMEDIA.

Manhwa adaptation summary: "Yoojin is an F-ranker overshadowed by his little brother, an S-ranker. All he does is get in his brother’s way, causing trouble wherever he goes. When a seemingly routine dungeon raid goes wrong and costs Yoojin his brother’s life, Yoojin decides to use the wish granted by clearing the dungeon to reset his timeline. The plan was to lead a quiet life from now on… but now it turns out he can help other people become S-rankers?! Maybe this is Yoojin’s chance at building his own entourage of powerful metahumans… but it may be easier said than done." - Naver Webtoon

SCTIR the webnovel has an 858-episode main story, a 14-episode epilogue, a completed 167-episode Side Story (sequel) and an ongoing 27-episode Afterward/Later Story (sequel). It was first published on June 29th, 2018 (Munpia).

The main story and epilogue were reformatted into 35 ebooks (Naver, Ridibooks, Kakao), which began publication on May 1st, 2020, and the ebooks have interior illustrations from 비완 | Biwan for volumes 1-14 and a few other artists for the other 21 volumes. Here's a post on some of the interior art that JPLE has shared online.

The ebooks also have extra scenes in various places and possible revisions, which differs from what is available in the individual episodes.

A guide for reading SCTIR on Munpia and Naver (this is meant for another fandom, but it's also designed to work for anyone who wants to read any similar works on Munpia and Naver).

This is meant to be a collective post for information on the novel and manhwa, as well as translations, which will update as new information comes up.

Geunseo

Geunseo is the author of the webnovel. Back in mid-2022, Geunseo replied to questions from readers in a very long Q&A, which folks shared on various platforms.

Translations of the webnovel

There is no official English translation of the webnovel, though there are a few fan translators, but most are just people putting the episodes through machine translators ("MTL") and sharing those online, or doing modified/partial MTL, which involves MTL most/all of the episode and doing partial translation/editing on the results. There is also a lot of confusion because people tend to MTL the individual episodes, not the revised ebooks, so folks reading one but not the other one are going to have different understandings of the story.

Side Stories/Sequels

There are two side stories for SCTIR, both of which are sequels to the part that came before. The order is main story (not an official name, it's just the regular story) > Epilogue > Side Story > Afterward/Later Story. Side Story and Afterward/Later Story are only available on Naver for some reason.

SCTIR manhwa, My S-Class Hunters

SCTIR's manhwa adaptation is published on Naver Comics / Naver Series, began publication on November 15th, 2021, and is 153 episodes long. There's a trailer from right before it released on YouTube.

The manhwa is adapted by 제이플미디어 | JAYPLEMEDIA, with principle art by 비완 | Biwan, and the head of storyboard is seri. Other crew on the team include 징개 JINGGAE | JING_GAE (assistant direction), 김피로(KPR) | tired_kim, and 한흔 | hanheunhan. A lot of the crew share previews and behind the scenes material on their twitters. Although the manhwa is very far behind the novel, the crew are generally novel fans (Biwan did art for the ebooks, after all), and they will also sometimes do fanart for recent episodes of Side Story/Afterward, so be wary if you want to avoid spoilers. The manhwa currently stops in volume 7 of the novel, around episode 168.

The manhwa also differs in many ways from the novel, which is normal for an adaptation. Changes include some chronological reorganization of events, expansion of certain characters and relationships, some modifications to skills, additional scenes, etc.

The original Korean updates weekly on Naver on Tuesdays around 10:30-11:00 AM ET, though it's currently on hiatus after the conclusion of season 1. All translations are currently some ways behind the original Korean, so they have a bit to catch up on during the hiatus if they're ongoing.

The English translation updates weekly at 9 PM ET on Wednesdays on Webtoon, and at 00:00 ET on Wednesdays on Tappytoon. The Webtoon version is free to read, but the last several episodes are paywalled, and these episodes can be accessed by cookies (the currency on Webtoon). Guide for how to read for free on Tappytoon. SCTIR's manhwa is also available online in French (though it seems to be on a hiatus since 2022), German, Japanese (俺が育てたS級たち), Spanish (Los clase S que crié), and Thai.

April Fool's Day Jokes

Both the novel and manhwa teams, like a lot of Webtoon manhwa teams, usually do a joke post for April Fool's Day.

The 2022 joke post for the novel was seemingly a parody of the then-unreleased novel cover by onlyraii. The 2022 joke post for the manhwa was a magical girl Yoohyun parody.

The 2023 joke post for the manhwa was Yoojin, Yerim, Yoohyun, and Peace making heart signs.

The 2024 joke post for the manhwa was to have most of the cast become dinosaurs.

[star-trek-fandom-confessions]

#858

Maybe I missed something when watching the first few episodes of Discovery, but I don’t see how Michael’s attempted mutiny is supposed to be what started the war since she never actually fired on the Klingons like she was trying to do and the Klingons almost certainly would have attacked anyway.

[acethedria]

Drawfee has had a total of 63 days 12 hours 54 minutes 40 seconds worth of content

405:34:50 - Twitch Vods 93:51:56 - Patreon Bonus Streams 98:37:44 - Draw Class 239:43:22 - Unofficial Drawfee Stream Archive 24:25:09 - Drawfee Main Channel Streams

858:14:55 - Streams Total

605:36:48 - Drawfee Show W/O YT STREAMS 2:13:09 - Morning Drawfee Facebook Exclusive 41:07:43 - Drawfee Beans Facebook Exclusive 11:58:43 - Cartoon Hell on Dropout

660:56:23 - Episodes Total

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

This counts streams-turned-episodes and compilations as extra content time

We are missing three years of streams, 2015-2017

We are missing live shows (naturally)

We are missing a recent April live stream which adds 2 hours

We are missing the Butch Hartman episode

Drawing Other Gods In The Hades Style adds an extra 49:57

So yeah, you could watch all of Drawfee in two months nonstop without breaks.

[nockstormbringer]

BEN Drowned with S/O who is opposite personality to him. Headcanons

Brat || BEN Drowned

Synopsis -> How BEN would be with a significant other, who’s his opposite.

Warnings -> Dark Humour, mentions of death, mentions of ghosts, mentions of hitting, Jeff. Possibly more?? { Let me know if any are founded please 🙏 }

A/n -> I have school in an hour. I hate it.

Word count -> 858

↳ BEN to me is such a silly little guy. He’s a goof ball, he’s annoying. He gives off annoying little brother energy.

↳ So for him to have a Significant Other with an opposite personality, they’d would probably give off oldest sibling energy. Essentially, the responsible one.

↳ Definitely teases. Bro would come up behind his significant other, and either pick them up or jump on their back.

↳ BEN has severe ambivert energy. He LOVES hanging out with people, like Jeff and Sally.

↳ BUT, he also likes his privacy, so, bitches better give him that, or they’ll meet with a terrible fate.

{ Do you get it? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) }

↳ So, honestly, his significant other could go either way!

↳ Anyone else think he’d flirt with them, but they’re really bad pick up lines?

↳ “Hey baby, are you noose? Cause I wanna wear you around my neck.”

↳ Dark humour. Definitely his thing. Makes many, many suicidal jokes. You know the abortion version of “Road Work Ahead?”? Yeah, that’s him.

↳ You have so many damn nicknames, and it’s rare you’ll the same one twice in the same day. Jeff once joked he’d forgotten your name and instead called stupid shit to cover it up.

↳ BEN punched him in the gut.

↳ I just thought of this while cleaning my room, but If you take your phone with you to bathroom, he’s using that as a way to come into the bathroom and talk with you.

↳ BEN would sit on the floor next to you, maybe his face is resting on your thigh, or he’s got his arms wrapped around you, while you do whatever.

↳ Definitely a cuddles. So if his significant other isn’t the biggest fan of touch, he’d be a little sad he can’t touch you whenever.

↳ I can 100% image him just sitting, shaking with energy, and you come up and ask him for a hug, and he just practically explodes.

↳ He needs to put his energy somewhere so why not on you?

↳ BEN would adore you if you were shorter than him. Constantly hugging you from behind, leaning on you, comparing hand sizes, standing on tall thing to be even taller then you than laughing at you calling you short.

↳ But if you’re taller than him, he’s so fucking petty. 😭

↳ He constantly be jumping on you, glaring up at you, stand on things, then laugh at you and call you short.

↳ But no matter your height, he’d ask you about how the weather is doing.

↳ “How’s the weather down there?”

↳ “How’s the weather up there?”

↳ Don’t worry though, no matter your height, you can still shove him ☺️

↳ He’s so short either way, like think between 4’10 and 5’4. As much as BEN hates his height, he uses this to his advantage.

↳ “Hey! 🥺 I’m SO small and tiny, you shouldn’t pick on me. 👉👈I’m just so little, no girls like me, so if you’re gonna leave me, just go then.😔”

↳ He’d also be that cringy but funny guy on TikTok who makes those Omegaverse jokes in videos and comments.

↳ “Baby, I am your alpha! You are my Omega! You will submit to me. Because im the Daddy. 😈”

↳ I reckon he’d enjoy the game Sally Face, so while he’s doing a play through, he’d get you to do silly voices for the characters with him.

↳ BEN would love to do Larry’s voice, while you’d be Sal or Todd. He’s Ash cause he wants to be the hot character.

↳ He doesn’t really get angry, at least not with you. He’d just get sulky, and petty. So if you have a short temper, you’d both supple Dazai and Chuuya energy.

↳ Take a guess who is who :DD

↳ Might be a little inaccurate, cause I’m only up to episode 4 of the first season… 😓 Everything else I’ve seen is TikTok and fanfics 🤠

↳ Honestly, the way you to even met would be odd. So I reckon Sally would have been an influence. Whether you’re an innocent civilian or a murderer 👀

↳ Sally’s a ghost, right? And she hangs out with kids, right? Well, maybe you were babysitting a random kid or a younger sibling, and you had taken them to the park. By chance, Sally and insert child you’re looking after, become friends at park.

↳ It’s basically universally known Sally and BEN are the sibling figures if Creepypasta, so either BEN is there or he listens to Sally talk about you two constantly.

↳ Eventually, you two meet and blah blah blah, DATING. 😈

↳ At night, when it’s time to sleep, whether he does or doesn’t, he NEEDS to be touching you. He’ll whine otherwise.

↳ He would cry if you pushed his leg off of you. He’d wake you up and ask if you even love him anymore? 💔

↳ Just slap him upside the head and tell him to go to sleep. Bro would just sit there for five minutes and be hella confused.

↳ If you happen to be a guy, anytime you two would kiss, he would tell you that’s gay. Knowing him, he’d probably still do this if you’re a girl. 💀

↳ BENs so silly ☺️

↳ Oh my god, if your not giving him attention, he’d lick your face to get it. 💀

↳ Basically, BENs a brat, he’d love you either way, finds it fun to tease you! 🤠

thank you!! ♡

[0joodles0]

My gravity falls fans!!!

Without spoilers, does anyone know how to decipher Episode Timestamps? A semi spoiler (and context) for the Book Of Bill under the cut. any and all help would be amazing!! 💙💙💙

On the silly straws page there's a string of numbers and according to the wiki it's related to episode Timestamps, but how do I read it? For context, the string of numbers is:

'215 858 117 450 110 628 19 211 120 2256 216 951 25 256 27 532 212 506 18 1317 110 1137 221. 658 23 1330 210 231 118 929 112 2043'

[best-at-episode]

Just Sixteen episodes remain!

Round 2 has drawn to a close, and with that, Round 3 is set to begin. But first, some stats!

Biggest Sweep of Round 2: The Vault vs I Remember You - Which ended 15.5% to 84.5% - a difference of 436 votes!

Closest Race of Round 2: Min and Marty vs The Tower - Which ended 48.5% to 51.5% - a difference of just 10 votes!

Most Voted on Poll of Round 2: Everything Stays vs The Hall of Egress - Which amassed 858 total votes!

Polls will likely be released in about a week. In the meantime, I will continue to release bonus polls. You may also submit additional propaganda for any of the remaining episodes.

Text Matchups under the cut

Side A:

What Was Missing vs. Finn the Human / Jake the Dog

Holly Jolly Secrets vs. Thank You

Side B:

The Music Hole vs. Ketchup

Three Buckets vs. I Remember You

Side C:

Simon & Marcy vs. Come Along With Me

Take Her Back vs. Varmints

Side D:

Jake the Brick vs. The Tower

Preboot/Reboot vs. Everything Stays

[secretswiftymarvelfan]

MacGyver - Jake Jensen x Reader

A/N: This is part of @the-slumberparty​ Writer warm up: Genres, Old and New. I got the genre Action and the character archetype Innovator! 

Summary: You and Jake find yourself in a predicament that needs outside of the box thinking to get out of

Word Count: 858

Warnings: Lanuage! Fluff!

Dividers by @firefly-graphics​

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“You know there’s something quite romantic about all this” Max says as he paces back and forth in front of you and Jake “tied up with your lover… about to meet your end together”

“The team are on their way now, you won’t get away with this” you warn him, straining against the rope that bound you to your chair.

“Oh I know, I’ve sent my goons to slow them down” Max hums as he stops turning to face you, picking at his nails “but they still won’t get here in time,” he says clapping his hands.

A few guards walk into the room carrying a large heavy box “where’d you want it boss?” They ask.

“Right in front of them, I don’t want any mistakes as to what it is” Max orders nodding to you and Jake, the guards nod walking over to you and Jake placing the box down with a heavy thud “careful idiots” Max chastises before waving for them to leave.

You and Jake exchanged a glance before looking back over at Max, watching as he walked over to the box and opened it to reveal a bomb “shit” you mutter under your breath.

Max smirks looking over at you “shit indeed, this is one of my newest toys and you guys are going to be my lab rats” he explains before chuckling as he shakes his head “there won’t even be anything left of you to scrape up”

You bit your lip to stop yourself from screaming profanities at him, doing so would only make this worse.

“I’ll leave you to say your goodbyes” Max grins before walking out of the room.

“Shit, shit, shit” you mutter screwing your eyes shut.

“It's okay we’ll get out of here, we’ll be fine, just try and shuffle closer to me,” Jake says as he begins to try and scoot his chair closer to yours.

You take a shaky breath as you try and shuffle closer to Jake, the backs of your chairs finally meeting. Jake grabs your shaking hands to calm you down.

“Hey, hey, hey it’s gonna be okay, we’ll get out of here, I promise” he reassures you “I’m gonna untie you and then I need you to untie me”

You take another shaky breath nodding your head, breathing out a sigh of relief when you felt the rope around your wrist fall to the floor. You quickly untie the rope around your ankles before standing up and untying Jake.

“See? Now let's get out of here” Jake reassures you as he stands up.

Just as he says that you hear a loud beep, turning in its direction you see the bomb had been activated and you only had five minutes before it detonated.

“Fuck” Jake cursed under his breath.

“Can you disarm it?” You ask him.

“Not without my gear, we’re just gonna have to run for it,” Jake says shaking his head.

“Jake we’re in a tower a hundred meters tall, with thousands of steps, we aren’t gonna get far enough away in time,” you tell him.

Jake curses looking around the room before a smirk grows on his face “you’re right we’re gonna have to jump”

“What!” You screech staring at him bewildered as he picked up all the rope and a large piece of tarpaulin that was in the corner of the room “are you insane?”

“Maybe, but it’s all we got, I saw this in a spy movie so it should work,” he says as he starts tying the rope to the four corners of the tarpaulin.

“There isn’t a MythBusters episode on this is there?” You ask sceptically.

“Not that I’m aware of now c’mon we need to hurry,” Jake says gesturing for you to follow him “right I’m gonna tie this through our belt loops but hold on tight to me as well” he says threading a spare piece of rope around your waist.

“There’s no way I’m gonna let you go” you mutter as you wrap your arms around his shoulders “god I hope this works” you plead as Jake moves to two of you towards the window ready to jump.

“Trust me” Jake grins.

“Alright MacGyver, let's go” you sigh kissing him quickly just in case.

Jake smiles back at you before counting down from 3, the two of you jumping from the window. You free fall for a couple of seconds, long enough that you accept that you were about to die before finally the makeshift parachute begins to work and the two of you safely glide to freedom.

You landed with a heavy thud a hundred or so meters away from the towers just as the bomb goes off. Jake covering you just in case.

“Well shit… I didn’t expect that to work” you admit once it was all over.

“Me neither” he admits, chuckling when he saw the glare you gave him “but if there was a chance to save the woman I love, I was damn well gonna take it”

Your face softens as you smile warmly up at him “I love you too Jake, thank you for saving us”

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[sociallyawkwardseal]

I have an idea for a fanfiction

Maybe one where Ashlyn and Taylor talk (which could happen during the last episode that came out) where Ash feels guilty for what happened and thinks that Taylor blames her, but Taylor doesn't think that way about her and tries to calm her down (apparently Ashlyn is capable of having a panic attack or starting to hyperventilate when she gets desperate)

It would be interesting...

Yeah, seeing Ashlyn so overwhelmed with how much she had been holding back--and bawling her eyes out of it was. Something to me. I think Tyler helped her out a lot, but I think she still feels pretty bad, especially considering some of what we saw in episode 58.

I'm saying this takes place kind of between them all leaving the hospital/after Tyler wakes up and is in his hospital bed and before everyone actually gets to Jessica and Daniel's place; probably around 5am or 6am? They probably tried to stay at the hospital as long as possible, though.

Words: 858

Ashlyn clicked her seat belt to release it, shifting as it wound back up and fell into its original place. She watched her parents climb out of the car first—both of them talking quietly, stretching their backs as the cool night’s air hit them.

“Are you two coming?” Mike asked, resting his arm on the top of the car. He leaned in, making eye contact first with Ashlyn, and then Taylor. “It’s fine if you need a minute, but I want to let Dan and Jess know we’re here.”

Ashlyn barely nodded, her throat tightening around the sob threatening to climb out once again. “We’re good—we might. Need a few minutes, though.”

Taylor, hands clenching around the corner of her seat, glanced over at Ashlyn without turning her head. It took everything in her to hold herself still, to keep from sobbing. She was used to being the one to comfort others, but now, she couldn’t even comfort herself. She could only do her best to swallow her emotions as best she could.

“Take as much time as you need. Just turn off the car and bring the keys when you come in, alright?” Emma nodded, closing her door. “We’ll let everyone else know where you two are—”

“But text us if you need something. Anything. Alright?”

“We will. Thanks…” Ashlyn leaned back further in her seat as Mike closed the door; she watched the two of them walk to the front door, wait for it to open, and then disappear into the cold, practically white light emanating from inside.

The two stayed quiet for a moment, the overhead lights fading out and eventually dimming entirely to leave them in the dark. Once the two had settled into the silence, Ashlyn called out. “Taylor…?”

When she raised her head to meet Ashlyn’s eyes, Ashlyn looked away; she felt her throat tighten again at the barely-visible sight of tears brimming the corners of Taylor’s eyes, how her mouth struggled to stay in a tight line, trying not to waver with another round of tears.

How would you say this? Ashlyn’s fingertips dug into the sleeve of her jacket, her arms tightening around herself. Though the jeep wasn’t cold, she couldn’t help but shiver just a little bit. Ever since we met, you’ve been the one reassuring everyone. Comforting them. But how do I even start to say I’m sorry to you? How do I even start to help you here?

She knew what she could offer in the phantom dimension; she could make plans, she could try to protect them—though, it wasn’t like she’s had the best track record with that so far, she could… Do something. More than what she knew how to do here.

“I’m sorry.” Ashlyn’s voice, as strangled as it was, found it’s way out. “I’m sorry. I don’t know what else to say,” She held her sleeve more tightly with one hand, the other pushing up her cheek to wipe the fresh tears onto her sleeve before her fingers found themselves tangled in her frazzled, somehow-still-braided hair. “If I turned the jeep around, we all would have—I didn’t want to lose Tyler, I didn’t want anything to happen to any of you, I—you have every right to blame me, and—”

“Ash,” Taylor’s voice, trembling just as much as her hand that now held onto part of Ashlyn’s palm and her wrist, caused Ashlyn’s wide eyes to snap back to meet hers. “I don’t blame you.”

She sounds so hoarse. Ashlyn silently added, her rapid breathing now frozen as she slowly squeezed her fingers against Taylor’s hand. I shouldn’t be bothering you with this. You shouldn't be comforting me. What am I doing?

She continued, her voice wavering as she slowly pulled Ashlyn’s hand further away from her hair and Ashlyn closer, into a light hug. “I know. I know you didn’t want anything to happen to us. Any of us…” She left enough room in the hug for Ashlyn to move away—if she wanted to, if she felt trapped or overwhelmed—but slowly buried her face in her shoulder.

She was holding it together as much as she could.

Both of them were.

Ashlyn nodded, mimicking Taylor’s action and burying her face in her white sweatshirt as she moved both of her own arms around her. She held onto her a little more tightly than Taylor had initially held onto her, her fingers clutching the back of her shirt.

“I’m here for you.” Ashlyn whispered, feeling Taylor shiver against her. She knew that she was trembling, too. “I’m here…”

“Here for you, too.” Taylor murmured, tightening her arms around Ashlyn. She sniffled, pressing her face harder against her shoulder.

Ashlyn squeezed her arms around Taylor briefly, something she had seen her do with Logan, Ben, Tyler, and Aiden countless times before, and exhaled shakily. “Yeah, I know. Don’t worry about me, though. Just. We’ve all got you…”

She could feel Taylor’s stomach tense, her arms tightening more around Ashlyn as she fought back her tears. “Th. Thanks.” Taylor mumbled, a choked-back sob following after. “Thanks, Ash…”

[v-67]

Katakuri but out of context because it's funny hehe

20th January, 2024

Currently at episode 858

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chapter three of "fly over the north shore (i'm going home)"

this episode: new characters, including emma's mysterious job reference chapter comes in at about 858 words

Grainne pressed her fingers to her temples. "We can't fight the Seelie Court. You know that. The Tuatha de Danann tried and they're . . . gone."

Gone. Not dead, just locked away. I'd wondered often before where the keys to that lock were, what the keys to that lock were, but so far Moth was the only person I'd met with any interest in that line of study and I didn't feel we were close enough yet for me to broach that topic. It might be a while, if we ever got there. And everyone else . . . the very idea of digging into what happened to the Tuath Dé exactly and where they went, much less where the keys to their imprisonment were hid and what they looked like, seemed to be some kind of Bluebeard's attic everyone was too terrified to enter.

@chaosandtwo @4uru