I finally finished day 1 of hypno ship week, old friends / getting closer! I don't know if it's the most overt theming, like, it honestly could be read as an established relationship or qpr if you wanted to and I wouldn't argue with you. It's pretty obvious I'm rusty, so go easy on me! /lh
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Despite the drizzling rain outside the little coffee stand, Hypno found managing drive thru customers far more relaxing than usual. Cars seemed reluctant to clump up into a demanding line and customers seemed to be utilitarian in their orders, requesting simple drinks with little to no special instructions.
"You need anything?" False seemed particularly bored, no walk up customers to chat up or maintenance tasks to busy herself with. Hypno was debating convincing her to take over the drive thru when the employee entrance door opened, cold air and morning rain rushing in.
Jevin also rushed in. His sweatshirt was soaked and his expression looked apologetic. False whipped around from the counter she was cleaning with dedication. A sigh of relief escaped her lungs and she returned to scrubbing sticky vanilla syrup and blue raspberry stains from the surface.
Hypno's curiousity got the better of him, "Did you finally get tired to being perfect at your job?" The joke had a pinch of snark to it, but Jev's chuckle disintegrated any though that he would respond with heat.
"No, I'm just that confident you guys could deal perfectly well without me." Hypno was about to say something about how it was a Monday, and Mondays were always terrible, but Jev got to his argument before him.
"I mean, that line," a roll of the eyes and a gesture out the empty drive thru window, "only a professional like you could achieve the feat of serving the entire morning rush before I had even arrived."
Hypno tried to think of a clever response, but to no evale. A matching eye roll and a huff of exasperation would have to do.
The sound of tires on wet concrete interrupted their conversation. Hypno hurriedly slide open his window, an awkward smile covering for his annoyance towards Jevin.
"Could I get myself a quad shot Americano with oat milk and..." Hypno dropped his customer serving face in favor of a cheeky grin, "for you, maybe enough lenience to ditch work?"
"I feel like you were scouting out a day we wouldn't be so busy." Hypno's fingers easily found xB's tab on the touch screen register and entered his order. Jevin had already taken his place at the espresso machine. Hypno would have liked to think it was to prove himself after coming in late, but logic told him Jev just wasn't to kean on leaving customers waiting.
XB's eyes we're on his phone, determinally searching for something before unbuckling from his seat. His torso strained his car to hold out his phone to Hypno. After a glance, Hypno doubled his grin.
He hurriedly added a lid to xB's nearly finished drink, double cupping and sleeving, as usual, and placed it in xB's free hand.
He grabbed his keys.
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Hypno thought an hour and a half drive was a great trade for xB's spontaneous compulsion to take him to a new teriyaki place. Him bringing food back to the parked car was even worth an earful from Cubfan about the importance of being a responsible employee.
His usual order to test and measure restaurant quality was chicken teriyaki with fried rice and a side of coleslaw. His meat was tender and juicy, rice was properly seasoned with vegetables cooked to his liking, and the coleslaw was still crisp.
XB had opted for beef with white rice and coleslaw. Hypno eyed his meal, before stabbing his fork through one of his pieces, rice clinging to the sauce. XB gave him a horrified glance and a fake pout. Unfortunately, Hypno determined that the beef was too dry, and therefore, not worth a trade for any of his precious chicken.
"That's theft, you know," xB made a move for Hypno's food, only for a hand to easily reroute his whole arm away from his goal. XB hadn't been trying that hard, but now he was determined. "I'm definitely thinking that saying, 'an eye for an eye,' yeah, that works here."
Another lunge, another redirect, all the while Hypno is quickly and efficiently tucking away the rest of their settlement fee.
"I could take this to court, you know."
"For what?" Hypno plays stupid, "you can't seriously think it's a good idea to prosecute yourself for entitlement to my things. I mean, what are you, a vigilante?"
Hypno's on his second to last piece, the chicken stabbed onto the end of his fork. XB fanes panic and places his meal out of his way, using his hand to brace on the steering wheel and seat.
Hypno eats the piece.
XB uses his leverage to bring his body up and out of his position, leaning into his personal space.
Hypno stabs the final piece and brings it to his mouth.
XB is there before him, fully crowding him against the window and earning his emotional damages settlement when he bites the chicken right off of Hypno's fork.
As he's chewing, he begins to return to his seat. Before he's there, but after he's swallowed, Hypno pulls at the back of his head for a quick, sweet kiss.
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I might crosspost to AO3 when I've finished all the prompts, but that's also fucking terrifying, so... /hyp
Also, my sincerest apologies for the tags; they are actually deranged a bit.
A wonderful Pokemon chinese animated short film directed by DaiWei (All Saints Street) and produced by MTJJ / HMCH studio (Legend of Hei) for Chinese New Year.
Ok so do you think that there will one day be a season 5 though?
I have no doubt there will be a season 5 in the future, anon! The new three volumes were published recently, merch for it keeps getting released, and nothing seems to indicate WSJ is doing so badly it would get cancelled.
Well, if you really want me to get negative: WSJ is the least popular of the three main webcomics FENZ publishes by a wide margin. Here is an example of the engagement from the latest comic releases for FRZ, YSY and WSJ respectively.
However, I think WSJ importance to FENZ goes beyond its local popularity: with the donghua WSJ became their big series for the foreign market, specifically Japan.
I would attribute this the donghua's unique style and the fact that western myths and monsters are more appealing outside of China (Watching Fei Ren Zai atm and I have been forced to learn Chinese myths and history at the end of every episode!). I think it's pretty clear that only because of ASS's success in Japan a Japanese dub of Fei Ren Zai to be released! Sorry for my previous ignorant joke, honestly, I have been enjoying FRZ. If you haven't, do give it a try!
In short: Season 5 (and probably beyond) is still happening. The studios that work on it: FENZ (they do everything including animation and is the lead studio for the adaptations for both FRZ & YSY) and HMCH (the lead studio for WSJ's adaptation and, as I talked about in the previous asks, have their own projects going on) have been busy, so it will take a while.
Also.... I just learned that you can just watch YSY (Fabulous Beasts) on YouTube? With subs? Might be worldwide?!?! You have to become a member of the YouTube Bilibili channel but at least for me it's really cheap (under 5 dollars per month, can cancel any time and they do have a lot of other donghua there). Dammit. Why can't Tencent do this as well?!?! I hate broadcasting/streaming companies so much...
Well check it out if you are interested:
《Fabulous Beasts》theme song sung by Luo Tianyi【Join to Watch latest】 (youtube.com)
You were right, the soundtracks for Kaledio Star are very irregular. You once said you had all of them except the special 2 disk one. Could you make a list of which ones to get to have all the music? Figuring out which album has which song is a challenge. Is there a master list or a cheat sheet somewhere? 🤔
Hi, actually I have the 2 disc "Kyuukyoku no Sugoi" one now and I highly recommend it as it is a comprehensive collection (thus it's easy to have everything in one purchase and there's no need to go to the bother of getting all the individual ones, which have the same tracks, unless you really want to).
The issue with the other soundtracks is that they were bundled with DVD box sets rather than sold individually, so they don't come in standard cases and they're far more painful to track down.
Here is a list of all the music soundtracks from the series in the order they were released + catalogue ID for easy searching.
Kaleido Star Omatase! Sugoi Soundtrack (12/2003) OKCJ-3001
Kaleido Star Matamata Sugoi Soundtrack (03/2004) OKCJ-3002
Kaleido Star Aratanaru Sugoi Soundtrack (05/2004) OKCJ-3003
Kaleido Star Tenshi no Sugoi Soundtrack (07/2004) OKCJ-3004
Kaleido Star Totteoki no Sugoi Soundtrack (06/2014) HMCH-2041~4
Kaleido Star Kyuukyoku no Sugoi Soundtrack (03/2015) STLC-017~8
For the exact tracks for each CD, I'd recommend looking up Kaleido Star on VGMDB. Hope that is helpful and you find what you're looking for. :)
Titles: 1031 Wan Sheng Jie
Genre: Comedie, supernatural, slice of life, short
Episodes: 3 x 12
Studio: HMCH
Have you ever just wanted to live a quiet life. You know, just relax, enjoy the scenery and mind your own business without getting in anyone’s way. But it’s like people just won’t leave you alone for some reason. That’s exactly what it’s like for the demon king! All Niel wants to do is…
Long story short, it’s all begin when ﹫ 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀͟𝗲͟𝗲͟ (I mean someone who look so damn gorgeous, fine, and attract my attention since day one) shoot me a dm in Jan 14. Pas itu aku lagi diem diem anteng menikmati ke-ansosan yang damai itu💆🏻♀️ and I don’t expect any kind of invitation come my way T______T kayak bejirrr, tiba tiba ada geludug, ini kah saatnya jadi aktifis?????? (hmch 🤔🤔 *decihku dalam hati). Lalu karena mendapat undangan yang sangat tiba tiba ntu, aku jadi penasaran dengan amorverse, aku coba coba untuk stalk dia && GUESS WHAT?? I JUST IMMEDIATELY FELL IN LOVE, and screaming in silence like AAAA CKEP BGT INI SQ UEUEU SOO GOOD-LOOKING🥺💗✋🏻*wink*, AKU HARUS JOINK. So, aku terima undangan itu, dan untuk pertama kalinya aku mention dia 🥺🥺 aku bilang aku terima undangan dia huhu. Gak lama darisitu, ada notif masuk mention tab ku, notif dia pertama kali... TJUY,,, NOTIF PERTAMA DIAA 🫨🫨🫨🫨.. jujur kaya aku semakin excited📈📈📈 likeeee, I can’t wait for the story that will be unblocked by us, and soooo curious about where fate will take us 🥺 (tapi aslinya, I’ve even imagined dating or living forever with si dia, that cute and attractive, amorverse with dn lope bantet huhuw cinta banget).
Setelah interaksi pertama itu, kita lama ga interaksi. mungkin 2 atau 3 hari berikutnya baru interaksi lagi karena aku lihat gerbang dia baru aja dibuka hari itu. Actually, it took me a while to think about whether I would take a chance with amorverse<33, or just throw it away:( why? bc I’m quite comfy with myself that time, sq-less and really enough, with what I have. tapi ada juga pikiran aku yang bilang, ihh pengen deh coba coba pdkt sama amorverse dan ambil kesempatan buat sama dia. dan akhirnya aku langsung cling!!! repost and join amorverseee.
well, I didn’t think that I would be chosen and accepted so lovingly :( but here I am, an amor:( so prouuuud and hwappy to be here. makasi amor udah mau terima aku, padahal aku pas pdkt malah tarik ulur, ga jelas, pasti kamu confused dan bingung yak sm tingkah aku?? (gak si, ini mah aku curhat xixixixi :V
Clairene, how’s love with Amorverse?
Kalian penasaran ga si Clairene after amorverse itu gimana? God, I found a lot of new things. Things I never thought I needed and could admiring them, things that came suddenly and gave me a chance to feels something new which is makes me so happy in a way I never felt before. I am filled with love. love that is filled with amors or verses... amor verse really stole my comfort zone, but filled my emptiness with stories and love that exist every day💗💗.
Mungkin beberapa dari kalian masi asing sama aku, Clairene Persephone Oleyvious🎀, yk rp ningning yang dn kosongan dan pakai leot sok anak alam entu!! aku bakal usahain buat kenal dan bikin kalian familiar sama aku, kalo gabisa ya ak paksain banh😁🔥🔥🔥🌾❤🔥 (lovenya khusus verse).
Jujur, sebagian emang mungkin malah belum pernah interact, dan sebagian ada yang aku familiar tapi belum sempet jadi akrab atau sering interaksi, but I’m genuinely wants to join circle kalian banh, I mean... mau akrab sama kalian sampe bisa diajakin ngepet bareng:(
HOWEVER, aku jadi interaksi, deket, dan kenal sama beberapa orang baru, my amoooor! amoor<33! aku juga jadi tau kalo nobita itu sebloon itu (thx kakak zipey si ini khususnya), aku juga jadi dapet list tontonan buat waktu gabutku (thx khususon kak ongep, kak elxy, adys, yg waktu itu kasi aku rekomendasi), aku jadi bisa melatih kesabaran dan mengasah insting ku pas game find your key, akuu juga jadi bisa refresh otak + upgrade jaringan biar ga 2G lemot karena pas game sama loui aku lemot bener fwek kesel, dan aku juga jadi kenal sama banyak orang baru.. join amorverse bikin aku mikir kalo orang baru juga bisa jadi pemenang dan bikin aku 1000x lebih happy. LOVE U, AMOR! VERSE! 🎀💗💗💗.
🎧 Lover — Taylor Swift
(kode, biar amor egk temporary *wlopun ga mungkin hiksret)
A wonderful Pokemon chinese animated short film directed by DaiWei (All Saints Street) and produced by MTJJ / HMCH studio (Legend of Hei) for chinese new year.