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[ladyramora]

Together again

Shadowbringers spoilers.

Submitted by: @lolzwaitwhat

Ramora and Y'shtola walked deeper into Rak'tika Greatwood,  following a path of bright blue flowers that glowed in the shadows of the trees towards Yx'Maja, the taller of the duo scanning the area while the shorter stroked at the medallion that was to help them gain safe passage, her eyes searching for a people who had cut off all contact to the outside world centuries ago.

Thancred, Minfillia and Urianger hung farther back, their eyes searching through the wood as well, although as to what they were keeping their eyes open for, Ramora could only guess.

Since coming to this world, she had found that the one who had brought her here hadn’t realized they had pulled another warrior of light through and had no idea where she was. He knew where everyone else had popped up, as he had many people looking out for them as well as letting the Scions here know if one of their friends had slipped into the world as well and could look for them, but he had no idea where Lolz was. 

She and the others had been searching for her while killing the light wardens that plagued these lands, but had not seen her anywhere. Y'shtola assured her that those who entered this part of the forest without permission or proof that they were trustworthy were often killed on sight, so it would be highly unlikely that Lolz would have stayed, even if this had been where she had arrived, but Ramora had a feeling deep in her gut that the last of her lost companions was close as they continued forward.

Suddenly they heard arrows and she and the nimble Miqo'te leapt backwards to avoid them, the heavy heads landing with powerful thuds into the ground where they had just been.

“‘twould seem we have found them.” Y'shtola purred, pleased that they had found the group they had been looking for, her head held high to look up at three armed vii wearing a sort of uniform armor. The one in the middle held a bow, most likely the one who had given them their warm welcome, the one on her right had a staff and the one on her left welded a spear.

“You tresspass on sacred grounds.” The one in the middle said, her tone powerful with a hint of an accent that made Ramora perk up a bit, a bit enamored as the vii ordered them to “Begone!” As she unleashed a volley of arrows into the air.

Ramora didn’t even have the time to be impressed with her ability to shoot so many arrows at once when she felt her stomach tense at the sight of so many arrows falling towards them and quickly grabbed at her weapon.

Only to watch as something pink flew towards the arrows from behind them and knocked them away before standing, revealing a female with a short stature, pink hair and a lack of bunny ears stand between their group and the vii, wearing the same armor as the bunny girls in the tree, a fan in each hand and no staff to be seen.

“Is-is that?” Thancred began.

“Lolz?” Ramora murmured, stiff with shock.

The figured turned and then gave them a sweet smile, “You’re fucking late again, Rammy."Lolz told her.

"TRAITOR!” The one with the spear bellowed at their savior, “THIS IS HOW YOU REPAY US AFTER WE TOOK YOU IN AS OUR SISTER?!”

“Well, to be fair.” Lolz said as she lowered her stance, “These guys became like family to me before you guys did.”

the one with the spear let out a roar before leaping to the ground before charging at them.

“Wait, we did not come to-!” Y'shtola began, only for the Vii to knock her off of her feet and for Lolz to began to fight her one on one, fans verses spear.

“I never thought I’d see the day that Lolz fights with anything other than magic!” Thancred laughed as he used his sword to stop more incoming arrows from striking him or Minfillia.

“Indeed.” Urianger agreed, his tone light and somewhat amused, “If I recall, you have often said that in a battle, you prefer magic over might.”

“that doesn’t mean I don’t know how to fight without magic!” she blurted, somewhat annoyed at their shock as she fought, “I just like magic better!”

Y'shtola looked up at the two other Vii still standing in the tree, “Please, we mean you no harm!” And then held up the medallion to them.

The vii with the spear stop mid strike and stared at it in awe as Y'shtola told them that they were allied with the kingdom of Ronka and that they carried the seal of the emperor.

The vii on the ground began dashing around her squinting at it at all angles.

“For the love of-” Lolz groaned, “Just ask her if you can take a closer look already!" 

The vii stiffened at the command before sheepishly motioning to the medallion, Y'shtola handed it to her and she began doing a proper inspection.

Ramora finally managed to take a few steps towards her no longer lost friend, "You’re-you’re okay…”

“It appears to be GENUINE!” The spear one cried happily.

Ramora heard muffled voices from above as she took another step closer, her eyes watering as she did so.

“Are you okay?” she asked, “Because Your eyes are all shiny and it’s not the happy 'I’m gonna ride tonight’ kinda shiny…” Ramora pulled her tiny friend into a big, tight hug before she could say anymore and started to cry.

Lolz looked towards the others, who seemed to mirror her shock before she sighed and rubbed her back, “Glad you guys are okay too-” she then paused and looked to the others, “Wait a bloody second here, aren’t you three supposed to be out for the count?!” she cried, her free hand moving to point at the three who, last she saw, had been souless husks in rooms back at their base.

But before anyone could answer, the archer of the trio called out, “We acknowledge your seal, but we must be certain of it’s authenticity! Follow the azure flowers to our village, there we will judge if you are friend or foe.” She then seemed to narrow her eyes on the non-vii wearing their armor, “That goes for you too, Lolz.”

“That’s fair.” She complied, “Need me to pick up any extra food for tonight on the way back?”

The archer let out a huff, “You seem confident that your deeds will be forgiven. Or are you trying to bribe us?”

“Confident.” She replied, “Vii aren’t the kind who can be swayed with bribes.”

The archer gave her a small smile before motioning for the other two to join her and then they left. The group waited a beat before Ramora finally let go of her friend and wiped at her face as she regained her composure.

“And how, dare I ask, do you know what kind of people the Vii are?” Y'shtola asked.

“Oh, the village elder back home is a Viera, she used to babysit me all the time when I was little. I used to make her all sorts of little accessories and stuff and she’d teach me about Viera culture and how to fight with fans and basic self defense.” Lolz explained, then rubbed at her shoulder, “She’s also the reason I prefer magic to might, harder to get your ass handed to you when you’re sending blasts of magic at your enemy from a distance.”

“Couldn’t an archer attack from a distance as well?” Minfilla asked her.

“Arrows and bullets can be sent back to the source if you know how to do it.” she mumbled, then motioned towards the path of glowing flowers, “come on, the village isn’t too far and I helped the little ones hunt for a bit this morning, so there should be plenty to eat when we get there, even if we don’t see anything on the way.”

“I must say, you must have quite a diverse culture on this island of yours.” Y'shtola chuckled.

“That’s a nice way of putting it.” She replied, making them chuckle.

Ramora watched in rapt attention as the last friend she’d lost led the way to the vii village, the words their group spoke seeming to be lost to the sounds of the forest and the glow of the flowers, her heart feeling light (no pun intended)

She would probably bombard Lolz with questions later and had no doubt she had questions of her own, but for now, it was just nice having all her friends back.

Lolz note: Yay! Rammy has all her friends back now! 

I kinda felt bad about how I made Ramora cry in alone and when I learned she had abandonment issues… so yeah, I kept trying to think of how I could have them reunite. Then while I was playing the main story of Shadowbringers I was watching the scene where we meet the vii, I was like, hmmm, yeah, Lolz would have the kind of luck where she’d get stuck with the antisocial bunny girls who try to kill anyone who ends up in their forest without any armor or weapons… or clothes for that matter.

Also, I headcanon that Lolz had no idea she was in an entirely different world until Y'shtola explains it to her.

Why is that? Well, she woke up naked and without her bag or weapons and figured the possessed Zenos stole all her stuff and stripped her and left her in some far off place to either die or to keep her busy enough to pull a Thancred so he could do as he pleased without her interfering and upseting Ramora in the process. When she saw Vii running around, she knew she was far away from where she had been, although not much else than that, and threw a shit fit about how she was going to fucking kill the next Ascian she saw for this, but she had no idea she was in the First and not the Source since Vii and Viera have such similar cultures. And as for the Lighteaters, she just figured they were just dangerous and unfortunately common place monsters in the area as her old Viera babysitter never told her about the local monsters she dealt with growing up.

Also, Lolz has another shit fit after finding out she’s been in another world this whole time and is pissed that she couldn’t have come into this world with at least some clothes. “I HAD TO MAKE CLOTHES OUT OF DEER SKIN AND POISON IVY! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG A POISON IVY RASH LASTS, RAMMY?!”

“I’m honestly more curious where you got the rash.”

“NONE OF YOUR BLOODY BUSINESS!!”

You don’t have to post this one, I just wanted to give you a follow up story that has a happy ending after making Ramora cry in Alone. sorry if it’s not as good as the last one but I really wanted to share this with you. 

[ravens-rambling]

omg Prinxiety and “Wanna get high and watch your favorite movie?” (if you wanttt)

A/N: Haha this was a fun prompt and I had a lot of fun writing tiny Pat and Lo! So I hope you like it!! 

WC: 1,474

ships: Romantic Prinxiety 

warnings: Bad luck days, Mentions of child abandonment, Mentions of crying uuhhhh idk 

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It was a very loud dramatic huff that made Roman’s body finally relax. Today hasn’t been…great. He accidentally slept through his alarm this morning and cause of that the kids got ready late. Then he spilled his coffee on the way to work. Couldn’t get home in time to change before he had to help everyone so he walked around stage with a coffee stained shirt. Virgil couldn’t drop off a new shirt for him having been too busy himself with his own work. Once he finally got home he was exhausted and ready to sleep as soon as he walked through the door but for some reason as soon as he did Virgil practically ran out it mumbling something about having to get some stuff he forgot. He had to serve Lo and Pat’s dinner. And bring them to bed. Which on most days would be fine but on this day…

He felt like he wanted to cry.

It wasn’t Virgil’s fault, it wasn’t his fault, it wasn’t anybody’s fault. All he wanted was a bit of a break is all and it seems the world doesn’t want to give it to him.

Though what did make him smile and make it through the day was the fact that before his kids left for the bus he kissed them both on the cheek and waved goodbye. Course Pat kissed him back and waved practically bouncing in place as he wore his bright blue jacket with rubber ducky’s on it. And his blue jeans with yellow rainboots on. He looked like the sweetest little thing. He even had a little blue bow in his hair. Even just picturing it he wanted to go upstairs and just scoop up his darling and swing him around and give him so many kisses that they both would be dizzy off of giggles.

Logan, now Logan has always been a tough cookie to crack, a cookie that he hasn’t quite figured out yet. But somehow Virgil has managed to bring down the small boys walls one by one. How he does it Roman has zero idea. When they adopted these two brothers just over a few months ago he knew they were opposites just from a glance but it still amazes him how much they really were that. Logan is always the serious one, always the one that has to act formal and proper even if he’s still a youngster. Roman suppose its from the fact that Logan had to take care of Patton when they were in the orphanage and foster care. Maybe it was the fact that they had to take care of each other for their first few years…

Whatever the case he still loves Logan to death, of course he does, he just needs more time to figure out his boundaries and bring down some walls that’s all. Which he will set his heart on learning.

Roman drew a breath as he stared up at the ceiling with a dazed smile. Oh, how his heart swelled at seeing Logan with a book that’s way too big for his size barely able to carry it as he wobbled his way towards the bus not waiting for Patton nor waving back to his dads. Even though he was 8 he still insisted on wearing a tie every day at school. His dark blue brain jacket looking so adorable on him that it took all Romans willpower not to snatch him up and kiss him. He’s learned the hard way Logan does not like that.

He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn’t even notice the door opening. Nor somebody stepping in the living room.

“Yo. Princey. Got something for you.”

The sudden noise caused the man to jump at least a foot in the air and he huffed as he heard loud laughter. His brown eyes met the sight of his handsome husbands giggling face. Well, now he can never stay mad at that face.

“How dare you scare the mightiest princes in all the land! You hideous foe!”

Through his laughter, he snorted, “Excuse you. Who are you calling hideous? I have you know I think I’m rather dashing. Why else did you marry me for?”

“Oh shush I rather think you are the beautifulest Prince who has ever stepped foot on earth!….besides me of course. And I married you for a million reasons, not just that!”

“Roman if you don’t shut up right now I won’t tell you what I got you.”

“Okay okay! Tell me! Tell me!”

Even though today has been bad he could always put up a smile for his husband. He dove off the couch almost slipping as he forgot he was wearing socks and almost slid right on the tile but he ignored that and ran into the kitchen with a big dumb goofy grin.

“What did ya got me! I wanna know, tell me tell me!”

Virgil giggled, “Jeez calm down princey. If I won’t know any better I would say you’re the child here. But fine,” He lifted the many many bags he placed on the counter and the floor in his hands and smiled devilishly. Oh, this cannot be good… That smile only comes out when he has something evil planned.

Before Roman could say anything Virgil smiled brighter and said, “Wanna get high and watch your favorite movie?”

If Roman was taking a drink he most certainly would have spat it out. His mouth opened and closed like a fish as he blubbered, “What?!”

And of course, Virgil laughed so hard that he had to drop what he was holding in fear of the stuff dropping as he had to grip on the counter to steady himself. Through his laughter Roman perked up an eyebrow and glanced at one of the bags to find dozens of half sale Valentine’s Day chocolate. Wait…

“Hey! That wasn’t cool dude!”

“You…. You should have seen… The look on your face! It… It was priceless oh boy,” Virgil managed to say through his laughter his cheeks were bright red by now.

“Haha. Very funny, Dark and Gloomy. Give me the chocolate you are restricted.”

“What?! But Ro-”

“That’s what you get for making fun of me!”

“Oh come on you make fun of me all the time. Let me take this one!”

Roman smirked, “Okay… But for a price.”

Instantly Virgil knew what he was talking about and smirked back, “Oh really. We going there huh?”

“Ya betcha.”

“Mhm… Okay then,” Before Roman could even take a breath cold lips met his warm ones and his eyes widened in surprise. Well, he wasn’t expecting the kiss to come on suddenly like that! Not like he was complaining though…

They stayed like that, both of their bodies and limbs slowly molding together until they were one. Each of them holding the other as they let their negative energy from the day fly out the window. And just as soon as it came on it ended way too soon in Roman’s opinion.

He huffed as Virgil drew away, crossing his arms and frowning. Virgil just laughed at him and poked his tongue out, “No worries love. You’ll get more of a taste tonight. But first, help me start off on this candy and hide the rest before the kiddos find it.”

“Fine… Were you joking about the movie-”

“No, I wasn’t babe. Let’s go.”

“Yay!!”

In his revenge Roman scooped up his husband before the other could protest, it wasn’t his fault he was so lightweight! And started carrying him towards the living room and the couch only stopping to carry some bags on the way there. At first, Virgil tried to protest but soon gave up to start laughing and giggling.

Yeah, Roman hasn’t had a good day. But his husband and kids make up for all his misfortune days. If this is what awaits him at home he was perfectly fine with having a few off days cause this was well worth it.

“You really got all this for me, my dark knight?” He mumbled as he grabbed a Reese’s.

Virgil glanced over and nodded as he cuddled up more into his chest, Aladdin playing in the background. Smiling he mumbled, “Yeah… Since you were having a bad day. And I know how much you love your chocolates. I remembered that a store still had some chocolates left from Valentine’s so I bought them all.”

“You bought them all?!”

“Yep. It was a good sale, bite me.”

“Don’t tempt me.”

“Maybe I will. What are ya gonna do about it princey?”

Roman chuckled and shook his head sighing deeply. He kissed his husband’s hair as he hugged him tighter, there were slight tears to his eyes as he mumbled quietly, “Say I love you more than anything.”

[gokinjeespot]

off the rack #1241

Monday, December 17, 2018

 I got sucked into the vortex that happens this time of year for social events that I couldn't avoid. We went out to dinner on Friday at Grow Your Roots Café in Kanata with our vegetarian friends to celebrate my and Brian's birthdays, which are two weeks apart in December. I actually enjoyed my beyond meat burger platter. Way better than A&W's, although to be fair I haven't had the fast food version yet, but Brian has. And their fries were excellent too. Saturday was date night with dinner at the Yangtze Restaurant on Somerset Street and then crossing Arthur Street to Bar Robo to see the Tony D Trio. I've always wanted to see Tony D play live and this was a great chance to do that. It was intimate and we got a great table. We stayed for both sets and got home just before midnight. Not bad for an old fogey. The rocking music helped me stay awake. Sunday morning found us at the Carleton Tavern having breakfast at 9 AM. We try to see Sam the chef before Christmas and wish him and his family all the best for the holidays. Sam spoils us. You can tell he piles a lot more food on our plates than for other diners. You get that when you've patronized a place for 40 years. And finally, I venture out tonight to go see the Aquaman movie with my Jee-Riz partner Chris. I hear Amber Heard is in it.

 X-23 #7 - Mariko Tamaki (writer) Diego Olortegui (pencils) Walden Wong (inks) Chris O'Halloran (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). X-Assassin part 1. You can safely jump onto this book right here with this new story. Laura and Gabby help out the NYPD with a serial murder case and the killer is something brand new. I like the connection between the assassin, X-23 and Honey Badger and the new art team did a great job so I'm going to keep reading.

 Doctor Strange: The Best Defense #1 - Gerry Duggan (writer) Greg Smallwood (art) VC's Cory Petit (letters). By the Vishanti was this ever good. These Defender one-shots are thoroughly worth reading if you're a big Marvel Fan. Greg did a wonderful tribute to Steve Ditko in a two page spread and I loved his Clea. The stabby guy in the bed sheet is still killing aliens too.

 The Silver Surfer: The Best Defense #1 - Jason Latour (writer & art) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). My hopes for all of the Defenders one-shots to be stellar were dashed with this one. Norrin Radd doesn't even appear until way later in the story. It starts off incomprehensibly with a bunch of aliens and ends with a lot of new age gobbledy goop that the Surfer spouts while floating in space. The crazy knife wielding Halloween ghost only shows up in two panels so that was disappointing as well. The only thing I liked was when the Surfer's board takes off eh.

 Magic Order #5 - Mark Millar (writer) Olivier Coipel (art) Dave Stewart (colours) Peter Doherty (letters). This is the penultimate issue with many shocking revelations. It sets up next issue's conclusion beautifully. I can hardly wait to find out what happens.

 Miles Morales: Spider-Man #1/LGY #241 - Saladin Ahmed (writer) Javier Garron (art) David Curiel (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). Yay! This did not suck. I was so afraid that the new Miles book would not stand up to the high standard that I put on it when Brian Michael Bendis was writing his adventures. Saladin Ahmed did an excellent job here and it helped that Javier Garron's art rocked the whole issue. You get all you need to know to enjoy this Spider-Man even if you didn't read the 240 issues leading up to this. I admit I did a little eye roll when the super villain showed up but then there's a twist that made me give a cheer. I can't wait for the next issue, and that's the magic that Brian used to make that kept me reading.

 The Batman Who Laughs #1 - Scott Snyder (writer) Jock (art) David Baron (colours) Sal Cipriano (letters). I was going to give this 6-issue mini a pass because I didn't like the whole Dark Nights Metal storyline but I thought I'd give Scott Snyder another chance. He presents a very different kind of dark knight that I still do not like so I won't finish reading this story either, but that's just me. If you want to see what happens when Batman gets turned into the Joker (WTF?) then you'll want to read this.

 Goddess Mode #1 - Zoe Quinn (writer) Robbi Rodriguez (art) Rico Renzi (colours) Simon Bowland (letters). This new Vertigo book takes place in a very colourful future where folks live in a virtual reality because the real world sucks. Cassandra Price is a coder who works for the corporation that controls the VR. A glitch sends her into another reality and there she meets three other women and I think they go fight evil forces. This book is very bright and very tech and text heavy. I felt like I didn't get to know Cassandra very well before she gets transformed into a goddess and her situation is very confusing. This book is not to my taste unfortunately.

 The Unstoppable Wasp #3/LGY #11 - Jeremy Whitley (writer) Gurihiru (art) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). A.I.M. has broken into Pym Labs to steal tech and Nadia must save her friends and keep the bad guys from getting away. These foes are quite formidable and even with the help of the original Wasp and Mockingbird, the bad guys win. I like the new A.I.M. villains and want to learn more about them.

 Avengers #11/LGY #701 - Jason Aaron (writer) Ed McGuinness & Cory Smith (pencils) Mark Morales, Scott Hanna & Karl Kesel (inks/finishers) Erick Arciniega (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). It's the calm before the next storm. According to the cover Jason's other story in Thor, "The War of the Realms", will cross over into this book in 4 months. Meanwhile, T'Challa meets with some international super heroes to try and form an alliance to keep the world safe. Thor and She-Hulk go on a date and Phil Coulson explains why there's a Squadron Supreme of America. See, it's not always massive alien invasions and war with Namor.

 Fantastic Four Wedding Special #1 - This lead in one-shot to Fantastic Four #650 has 3 stories.

"(Invisible) Girls Gone Wild" by Gail Simone (writer) Laura Braga (art) Jesus Aburtov (colours) & VC's Joe Caramagna (letters) is a silly bachelorette party at a strip joint with Alicia's friends and some of Sue's super powered buddies. I expected better from Gail.

"Father Figure" by Dan Slott (writer) Mark Buckingham (pencils) Mark Farmer (inks) Matt Yackey (colours) & VC's Joe Caramagna (letters) reminded me of who Alicia's step-father is. I was touched as I remembered asking Mr. Fowler for Penny's hand in marriage. I loved the job the two Marks did. I would have sworn Jack Kirby drew this.

"The Puppet Master's Lament" by Fred Hembeck (writer & art) & Megan Wilson (colours) was a monologue recap of Ben and Alicia's relationship. It was typical Fred Hembeck humour.

You really don't have to read this since there's nothing here that impacts the wedding much but it's a nice accompaniment to the big day.

 Sasquatch Detective #1 - Brandee Stilwell (creator & writer). This $7.99 US 64-page special continues the beloved tradition of silly funny animal comic books that used to rule the racks. Too bad it doesn't cost 25 cents like back in the fifties. You get the origin story by Ron Randall (art) Ross Campbell (colours) & Dave Sharpe (letters). This will tell you how Tonya Mae Lightfoot from the Appalachian Mountains leaves her Sasquatch family to go to Los Angeles and join the LAPD. What follows are five short stories where Tonya solves crimes. I would not have wanted to read this big book normally, but the art throughout is really good. Thanks to Gustavo Vazques (art) & Chris Sotomayor (colours) in "Sasquatch Anniversary"; Gustavo Vazques (art) & Ross Campbell (colours) in "Unsolved Mysteries", "Neighbourhood Watch", "Arrest and Relaxation" & "Smoke and Mirrors". There are even some cameos by some DC heroes as a bonus.

 Batman Annual #3 - Tom Taylor (writer) Otto Schmidt (art) A Larger World's Troy Peteri (letters). If Tom King ever leaves Batman I hope that Tom Taylor takes over the writing chores. I love when Alfred is featured but only if it's very well written and this story is very well written indeed. The relationship between Alfred and Batman/Bruce is special and this story proves just how special. If you're a Batman fan but don't normally get the annual, you have to get this one.