#hysterical and useless crushed like a bug in the ground........

[komeeder]

assigning albums to danganronpa characters but i have only 3, open to suggestions i <3 music

junko enoshima - electra heart by marina

mondo oowada - wish you were here by pink floyd

nagito komaeda - ok computer by radiohead, from under the cork tree by fall out boy

[sexchangedotcom]

radiohead fans will say "this track is so underrated" and it will have ninety million streams on spotify

[sangremarginal]

the cashier: do u want a receipt

me: hysterical and useless!!!! hysterical and let down and hanging around!!! crushed like a BUG IN THE GROUND!!!!!!

[ohvolewheredidyougo]

all my most favourite song lyrics (aka the ones i relate to the most)

this only has glass animals and radiohead, otherwise everyone would be scrolling for 10 minutes

“i wanna go back, i wanna go back

i wanna go back with a club and attack

i wanna take to my guns and break you

i gotta make my little foe take his own”

- flip by glass animals

“oh vole where did you go

dim lanterns held by groans

of beasties sad and tired

lost in the muck and

it’s all dank and gross

slugs on shrooms bubble smoke

through pipes and mondo rolls

their fuzzy warbles drone”

- wyrd by glass animals

“come on you hermit

you never fight back

why don’t you play with bows and arrows?

why don’t you dance like you’re sick in your mind?

why don’t you set your wings on fire?”

- cocoa hooves by glass animals

“i’m waking up

lost in boxes outside tesco

look like a bum

sipping codeine coca cola

thought that i was northern camden’s own flash gordon

sonic ray gun

gonna be a superstar”

- life itself by glass animals

“PINEAPPLES ARE IN MY HEAD!!

GOT NOBODY COS I’M BRAIN DEAD!!”

- pork soda by glass animals

“did you say something? what’d you say?

was that your voice or was that me?

little voices, buzzing poison

backward noise from everything

dr swango says i’m psycho

says they all from neverland

they’ll never ever let me be

was that your voice or was that me?”

- mama’s gun by glass animals

“guess life is long

when soaked in sadness

on borrowed time

from mr madness

and so it goes

a choking rose back to be reborn

i wanna hold you like you’re mine”

- agnes by glass animals

“you’ve had too much of the digital love

you want everything live

you want things you can touch

make it feel like a movie you saw in your youth

make it feel like that song that just unopened you”

- dreamland by glass animals

“don’t wanna be around you

just wanna be like you”

- hot sugar by glass animals

“BIG DICKS AND BIG OL TITTIES ON THE SLY”

- waterfalls coming out your mouth by glass animals

“ooo i’m breaking down

whispers would deafen me now

you don’t make a sound

heartbreak was never so loud

oooo i’m breaking down

whispers would deafen me now

you don’t make a sound

it’s all so incredibly loud

it’s all so incredibly loud”

- it’s all so incredibly loud by glass animals

“you used to be alright

what happened?

did the cat get your tongue?

did you string come undone?”

- 15 step by radiohead

“i have no idea what i am talking about

i am trapped in this body and can’t get out”

- bodysnatchers by radiohead

“you are my centre when i spin away

out of control on videotape”

- videotape by radiohead

“that there, that’s not me

i go where i please

i walk through walls

i float down the liffey

i’m not here

this isn’t happening”

- how to disappear completely by radiohead

“please could you stop the noise

i’m trying to get some rest

from all the unborn chicken voices in my head

…

when i am king you will be first against the wall

with your opinion

which is of no consequence at all”

- paranoid android by radiohead

“i’d tell all my friends but they’d never believe me

they’d think that i finally lost it completely

i’d show them the stars and the meaning of life

they’d shut me away but i’d be alright”

- subterranean homesick alien by radiohead

“one day i am gonna grow wings

a chemical reaction

hysterical and useless

hysterical and

let down and hanging around

crushed like a bug in the ground”

- let down by radiohead

“a heart that’s full up like a landfill

a job that slowly kills you

bruises that won’t heal

you look so tired unhappy

bring down the government

they don’t, they don’t speak for us

i’ll take a quiet life

a handshake of carbon monoxide

no alarms and no surprises

no alarms and no surprises

no alarms and no surprises

silent, silent”

- no surprises by radiohead

[1966loveminuszeronolimit]

transport, motorways and tramlines Starting and then stopping Taking off and landing the emptiest of feelings Disappointed people Clinging on to bottles And when it comes it's so, so disappointing Let down and hanging around Crushed like a bug in the ground Let down and hanging around shell smashed, juices flowing wings twitch, legs are going. don't get sentimental it always ends up drivel oneday I am gonna grow wings A chemical reaction Hysterical and useless hysterical and let down and hanging around Crushed like a bug in the ground let down and hanging around Let down again Let down again Let down again you know, you know where you are with you know where you are with floor collapsing floating, bouncing back and one day i am gonna grow wings A chemical reaction ( you know where you are) hysterical and useless(you know where you are) hysterical and (you know where you are…) let down and hanging around crushed like a bug in the ground let down and hanging around ……..

🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲

🛣️🍀🌾🦎🫑🐛🛣️🐛🛣️🪲🍀🌳

[canislupusfamiliaris]

ONE DAY I AM GONNA GROW WINGS A CHEMICAL REACTION HYSTERICAL AND USELESS HYSTERICAL AND LET DOWN AND HANGING AROUND CRUSHED LIKE A BUG ON THE GROUND LET DOWN AND HANGING AROUND

[lidiabob]

one day i’m ganno grow wings, a chemical reaction, hysterical and useless!!!!!!!!!!

let down and hanging around, crushed like a bug in the ground!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[documentary-surrealist]

i think when i first heard this song, i actually got chills around the 3:40 mark.

LYRICS

Transport, motorways and tramlines  Starting and then stopping Taking off and landing  The emptiest of feelings Disappointed people, clinging on to bottles When it comes it's so, so, disappointing 

Let down and hanging around Crushed like a bug in the ground Let down and hanging around 

Shell smashed, juices flowing Wings twitch, legs are going Don't get sentimental, it always ends up drivel

One day, I am gonna grow wings A chemical reaction Hysterical and useless Hysterical and 

Let down and hanging around Crushed like a bug in the ground Let down and hanging around Let down Let down Let down 

You know, you know where you are with You know where you are with 

Floor collapsing, falling Bouncing back and one day, I am gonna grow wings 

A chemical reaction (you know where you are) Hysterical and useless (you know where you are) Hysterical and (you know where you are)

Let down and hanging around Crushed like a bug in the ground Let down and hanging around

[mephorash]

hysterical and useless hysterical and let down and hanging around, crushed like a bug in the ground

[rip0ster]

One day I am gonna grow wings A chemical reaction (You know where you are) Hysterical and useless (You know where you are) Hysterical and (You know where you are) Let down and hanging around Crushed like a bug in the ground Let down and hanging around

[transsexualism-archive]

dont get sentimental it always ends up drivel one day im gonna grow wings a chemical reaction hysterical and useless hysterical and let down and hanging around crushed like a bug in the ground let down and hanging around let down and hanging

[fallimentiquotidiani]

Transport, motorways and tram lines Starting and then stopping, taking off and landing The emptiest of feelings disappointed people clinging onto bottles and When it comes its so so disappointing Let down and hanging around Crushed like a bug in the ground Let down and hanging around Shell smashed, juices flowing wings twitch, legs are going Don't get sentimental, it always ends up drivel One day I'm going to grow wings A chemical reaction, hysterical and useless hysterical and Let down and hanging around Crushed like a bug in the ground Let down and hanging around let down again You know, you know where you are with you, know where you are With floor collapses floating, bouncing back and one day I am gonna grow wings A chemical reaction, hysterical and useless hysterical and Let down and hanging aroundCrushed like a bug in the ground Let down and hanging around

[angelatmidnight1]

Don’t Romp With Me

This is part 2 to the Outwitted fic with Mirage and Wattson. I liked writing the first part so much that I didn’t want to leave the story there. I’m planning on writing a part three (hopefully) but I hope you all like this continuation!

Summary: Ajay believes that Octane swiped the last donut that was promised to Loba and she's not happy. She chases him throughout the dropship and corners him with her shock sticks in hand. The combat medic may be holding the instrument, but Octane’s the one who’s gonna be making the music.

“SILVA!”

Octane crashed into the side of a table and sent its contents hurtling to the floor. He gasped out an expletive in Spanish but he didn’t stop to check for any damage, he had to run. Death was chasing him and he had to get anywhere but where he was now. He stabbed another stim into his leg and the mechanical gears whirred loudly as he swerved down another corridor of the dropship. He threw himself against the door to his room and fell face first onto the carpet, groaning and kicking the door shut behind him. He was panting, but not from exhaustion. He was still under the effects of the stim and his heart had to pump fast to keep up with it. After a mere ten seconds, maybe even less than that, Octane pushed himself up onto his knees and grabbed a much smaller version of his jump pad from the corner of his room. He’d been working on this thing for exactly seven minutes and eleven seconds, which was long for him, and it was his only chance to keep what was coming for him at bay. But then the door knob turned and Octane hopped to his feet and screamed, shielding himself with the tiny jump pad because his life did depend on it. The door creaked open slowly and the short, pink haired combat medic walked in the room and closed it behind her. Lifeline’s fingers twitched over the shock sticks she carried and slowly approached the daredevil. There were loose strands sticking out of one of her buns and the other one was lopsided on her head. Octane would’ve teased her to the moon and back about it if he wasn’t so damn panicked. 

“Che, listen to me. I--”

Ajay struck the shock sticks together and they buzzed in response. She twirled one of them in her hand and mirrored Octane’s retreating steps with her own. “What did I tell ya would happen, Silva?” She asked in a surprisingly calm voice as she boxed him into a corner and kept walking. Octavio gulped and dropped the useless mini pad and decided his best defense was his own hands. 

“I didn’t take the donut, Che! It was there when I left, I swear!” He argued while backpedaling all the way to the wall behind him. Now he was trapped and Lifeline, pocketing her shock sticks, stood directly in front of him and crushed any hopes of him somehow escaping her. 

“I saw ya running out of the kitchen like the devil himself was behind ya! Ya didn’t think I did, did ya? I told ya that donut was for Loba!” She snapped, suddenly taking her hands and poking both sides of his stomach. Octane’s eyes bugged out and coughed out a laugh before immediately shielding his torso with his arms. He swore the air around him stopped moving; both of them knew what was coming, and Octane would’ve preferred getting whacked with one of those shock sticks. In one desperate motion, the daredevil lurched forward and tried to push her to the side and clear a path. Lifeline smirked and let him push her but caught his leg with her own and sent him tumbling to the floor. She wrestled his arms to his back and made him lie flat so that his own body weight could pin his arms down. Octane put up a good fight but, as a combat medic, Lifeline knew how to pin someone down and keep them wherever she wanted. 

“I’m serious, Ajay! I didn’t take the dahahamn DONONohohut!” Octavio whined and snickered as she poked his belly repeatedly. After a couple more pokes, Lifeline kept her finger on one spot of belly and swirled it in quick, circular motions, causing the man to buck his hips and giggle harder. 

“I dunno, Silva. Feels like ya just ate something to me. And you of all people should know better than to cross me!” Lifeline retorted before using all ten fingers to scratch away Octane’s belly. Octavio sputtered and cursed before laughing loudly. 

“NahahAHAHAHAH AaaJAHAY StahahAHAHAHAHP! WhYHYHY DihIHIHD IIhhiHIHIHT HahahAHAHAHVE TahahaHAHAHAH BEHEHEHEH MEHEHEHE!” Octane shrieked and sucked in his tummy, tossing his body side to side in an attempt to knock her off. Lifeline’s fingers followed his movements easily and she chuckled, shaking her head. “Because I know ya, Silva. This has ya name written all over it.” She smirked as she tweaked his sides before attacking his belly again. “I also know that ya ticklish here and....here!”

Octane’s protests were interrupted by another scream as she suddenly plunged her finger into his navel and scribbled along the curves and dips. He thrashed against the ground and laughed hysterically, his back practically leaving the floor as she tickled faster and faster. Lifeline giggled and blew a sloppy raspberry onto his belly for good measure, prompting another cry of laughter. 

“AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA CHEEHEHEHEH PLEHEHEHEEEHAHAHA!” Octavio shook with laughter and kicked his leg at the floor over and over. Lifeline blew another raspberry, then another, then another, then...well, she lost count after that. She was too busy laughing at Octavio’s pleas and howls of laughter that were embedded with plenty of Spanish expletives. “SAAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH IHIHIHIHT! IHIHAHAHAH DIHIHIHDN’AHAHA! H-HIHIHJO DEHEHEHEHAHAHAH (Son of a…)!” Octane couldn’t form a word or a sentence as he laughed himself silly, his laughter finally going silent after the umpteenth raspberry blown onto his belly. Lifeline stopped and rested both hands on his tummy with a snicker. “I hope ya had time to think about what ya gonna say next. I want an apology for stealing the donut, and crossing ya best friend in the whole wide world.” She demanded with a small, playful pout as she lightly squeezed his tummy. Octavio breathed heavily and groaned. What was he supposed to say? If he said he didn’t take anything, she’d tickle him. If he said he did take something, which he didn’t, she’d probably tickle him anyway. Octane weighed his options too long for Lifeline’s liking and, after quirking a brow at him, she fluttered her fingers up his tummy and suddenly buried them into his armpits. “Ya hurt me, Silva.” Lifeline tutted as the daredevil let out a strangled yelp and fell into a heavy giggling fit. “Ya really do.”

Octane arched his back and giggled wildly, his giggles becoming full blown laughter as she laid across his chest and picked up the tickling pace. His eyes bugged out when she lightly pinched at his hollows and he laughed harder as he tried to turn onto his side. “IiiiIIIIHIHEHEHEH DOHOHN’T KNOHOhohohw whahahaht toohohohoh SAHAHAHAHYHAHA! IHIHIHT WAHAHASN’T MEHEHEHAHAHAH!” He cried out with desperate laughter and squeezed his arms against his sides. It didn’t stop Lifeline from finding the spot where his upper arm and armpits met and, once she started scribbling her fingers there, he let out a hoarse yelp and laughed almost as hard as he did when she targeted his stomach. “NYAHAHAHAHA BAHAHAHSTAHAH (Stop it!)! POHOHOHOR FAHAHAVOR BAHAHAHSTAHAHAH!” He yelped before giving into the hysterical laughter that overtook him. 

Lifeline, in spite of herself, was actually starting to believe Octavio. She knew that he was extremely ticklish and didn’t think that he would subject himself to so much of it if he didn’t have to. Still, it was fun to tease him, and who said she’d have to stop any time soon? With another slow, pitiful shake of her head, she dropped her hands to his ribcage and swiped her fingers along each rib, paying special attention to the ones that made him squeal. Lifeline didn’t stay on his ribs for long and shoved her hands back under his arms and found the spot that made him cackle. 

“OKAHAHAY! OKAHAHAHY I DIHIHIHIHD ITHAHAHAHA IIHIH SOHOHOHOHOHRRY! SSAHAHAHAHRY  AHAHAHAHJAHAHY!” He yelled all in one breath as he rolled his head side to side. Lifeline smirked and kept on tickling before slowing down just enough to keep him giggling. “Maybe ya didn’t, O. I’m starting to think ya didn’t take anything after all. Still, I forgot how much fun it is to tickle ya!” She winked, walking her fingers down to his sides. Octane squeaked and giggled madly as the combat medic’s fingers tweaked and scribbled at his skin. “It’s NAHAHAHahahaht fuhuhuhuhuhuhn! STAHAHAHahahahahahahah!” He protested, his struggling refueled by her true belief that he did not steal that donut. Lifeline looked down at him incredulously and grinned. “It’s not fun? How can ya say that with a smile that big? Why, ya face’s about to split in half from all that smilin’.” She teased, her grin turning into a mischievous smirk when she walked her fingers closer to his stomach and saw the panic in his eyes. Octane continued to yell out protests in between his giggles and squeals; then, the second Ajay’s fingers found and re-buried themselves back into his tummy and navel, he found himself screaming with laughter.  “AAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!”

“See?!” Lifeline had to raise her voice over his heavy howls of laughter as she twisted her finger in circular motions while inside Octavio’s navel. “Ya really smilin’ now! Ya must be havin’ so much fun, aren’t cha?” She grinned and used her nails to gently scratch along his hypersensitive stomach. Octavio shook his head back and forth, barely able to shout out ‘no’ as he flopped against the floor laughter pouring out of him. “PLEHEHEHEHEHEHEASE STAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!” He wailed, his eyes shining with tears as he bucked like crazy. “NOHOHOHOHOOHOH MOHOHOHOHORE! PLEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHAHAHSE!”

“More? Is that what ya said?” Lifeline snickered, not giving him a chance to respond as she knelt down and repeatedly blew raspberries into his navel all over again. At the first one, Octavio let out a hoarse scream and even harder cries of laughter; after the second and third and onward, his laughter became silent and his face was streaked with tears. When she finally stopped, noticing that he hadn’t made many sounds in a minute or two, the daredevil remained in stitches and giggled loudly even though she’d stopped tickling him. Ajay laughed and climbed off of him so that he could curl into a little ball. “Why ya still laughin’, O? I’m not even touching ya!” She giggled, playfully poking his sides to keep him in that giggling fit. Octavio lurched away and snorted, making sure that he was far out of her reach. “Teeheheheheheh oohohohdioohoh… (I hate you)...” He tittered and rubbed his stomach to rub away the lingering ticklish sensations.

Ajay arched a brow and grabbed Octavio’s shoulders to turn him back towards her. “What did ya say?” She snapped with a newfound glint of mischief in her eyes. Octane gasped when he suddenly found himself staring back at the combat medic and he wrenched out of her hold. “N-Nothing! I didn’t say anything.” He stammered, his stamina quickly returning to him as he hopped to his feet. Ajay stood up and lunged towards him but just missed. “I heard ‘odio’! What’s that mean? Odor? Did ya just say I stink?!” Ajay made another grab for the daredevil and he dodged her again, but she kept on coming. After some barely successful evasions, Octavio decided that it was time to run for the hills. He spun around to the door and went to grab a stim from his belt, but Lifeline managed to grab his right arm and pin it against his back. Then, on the same side, she drilled her thumb into the side of his stomach, causing him to stagger and laugh. Octane whipped around in her hold and tried to pull his arm from her grasp. During his struggling, Lifeline smirked and waited for him to pick a side to lean towards, giving him a hard push in the same direction. This caused the daredevil to topple over again with his right arm pinned behind his back, and the left one held to the side by the crazy combat medic. “Are ya gonna tell me what ya said? Or should I assume ya said I stink and torment ya some more?” She asked with a quirked brow, leaning down to his hypersensitive stomach and pausing just above his navel. Octane writhed in her hold the closer her head got to his stomach and shook his head repeatedly. 

“No! NO! Okay, I said---and don’t do anything, I said I hate you, but...NAHAHAHAHAHAH WAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAIT!”

Ajay didn’t wait for the daredevil to try and weasel his way out of that one and dropped her head to blow another sloppy raspberry against his navel. Since he was still sensitive from her previous attack, his laugh was nearly silent by the time she finished. 

“Ya hate me, do ya?” She smirked, blowing another raspberry and chuckling as he bucked and laughed silently. “I can’t have that, Silva. Not after all we’ve been through. So, I’ll just keep tormenting ya and see if ya change ya mind.” 

With that, Lifeline released his arms and pushed her hands into his armpits before he could bring them down. She swiped her nails side to side and even rubbed at the spot where his upper arm and armpits met. Octane shrieked with laughter and grabbed her arms, but she only tickled faster in response. “MEHEHEHEHEHEHEHRCY! CHEHEEHEHEHEHAHAHAHAH!” The daredevil screamed before Ajay decided to torment his stomach with more of those horribly ticklish raspberries. Octavio found himself in hysterics as he thrashed and thrashed, slipping in and out of silent laughter as Ajay put him through more ticklish hell. 

Unbeknownst to Octane and Lifeline, the commotion coming from the daredevil’s room prompted the handsomest bachelor in the Apex Games, Mirage, to go and investigate. It hadn’t been that long since Wattson put him through the same hell that Octavio was in, so he was walking slower than usual. But, in a way, it did give him the opportunity to perfect that strut and flaunt the goods. Mirage approached the door and, throwing privacy out the window, he grabbed the doorknob and twisted so that he could poke his head in the room. “Hey listen, I don’t know what’s going on,” He started, opening the door more so he could step in. “But it sounds like there’s a dying animal in her---oh! Oh jeez, sorry, uh..” 

All Elliott saw was Octavio pinned down by Lifeline, red faced, and laughing his head off. He cleared his throat awkwardly and Lifeline looked towards the sound. 

“Oh, Witt. Didn’t hear ya come in. Looks like ya saved by the bell, Silva.” Ajay snickered as she climbed off of Octane and sat beside him. Octavio panted heavily and rolled onto his side, facing the door. But, as he looked towards the trickster, he found him looking the other way and even retreating into the hallway. 

“Look,” Mirage started, still refusing to look at the pair, “Just pretend I wasn’t here, alright? I mean, I didn’t see anything anyway. Not that I was l-looking, but...ya know…”

Lifeline rolled her eyes and grabbed a pillow to chuck at the trickster. “Calm ya self, Witt.” The combat medic said after Mirage squeaked and dodged the pillow. “None of what ya thinking happened. I was just lookin’ for a donut thief this morning and making sure my bestest friend in the whole wide world wasn’t the culprit.” She continued with a smirk and a playful nudge on Octavio’s shoulder. As daft as the trickster could be, Elliott saw enough to determine how Lifeline most likely went about ‘questioning’ her subject. Poor Octavio was still drawing in as much air as he could.

“Oh, you mean the donut from this morning? Nat ate it. I ran into her maybe an hour or so ago. She said they were good but, ya know, wasn’t able to see for myself.” Mirage added with a chuckle and shrug of his shoulders. 

Lifeline blinked and looked at Octane, who was now sitting up and glaring at her. Well, glaring as much as he could with the smile still stuck on his face. 

“Che..” Octavio started to growl but the combat medic whacked him with a new pillow. 

“What? So ya laughed some and maybe lost some pride. Maybe I woulda eased up if ya didn’t say ya hated me.” Lifeline argued as she put on a little pout and stood up. 

“I could never hate you, hermana. But I’d watch my back if I were you. Because there’s a storm comin’ for you.” Octane responded, feeling his stamina come back faster than the medic walked to the door. 

Lifeline smiled and looked back at the men, pointing a shock stick at Octavio. 

“Ha. I already got ya once. It’d be too easy to do it again~.” 

[serendipitous-posts]

Lapidot Week- Day One; Dancing in the Rain

Peridot is upset that she missed out on Lapis' first Rainday. Flowers are planted and dances are had.

@lapidot-week come get y’all juice

The sound of clanging alerts Lapis to her barnmate's incoming.

Peridot wouldn't know subtlety if it crawled out of her Gem, and the sound of her as she scaled the ten foot tall vertical water tower would be impressive to a newcomer, but at this point it was practically mundane, so Lapis didn't do much more than shift slightly to give her green . . . friend space as she awkwardly flopped over the edge, letting out a cheer as she reached the top.

"Neyhehe!" She giggled, pulling herself up beside Lapis to bare little pointed fangs at the ground below "I have conquered you!"

"And it only took you two hours" Lapis deadpanned as she did not react to Peri leaning into her.

"I know!" Peridot grinned, looking smug "a new record!" She pulled away slightly, and Lapis let out a little disappointed 'oh' that the little Gem thankfully seemed to miss. "A record I wouldn't need to be breaking if you would just fly me up."

"Eh, the climbings good for you" she grinned a little at Peridot's affronted expression, before turning away to stare at the land surrounding them. She could see the place where the Orchids they had tried to grow were, now withered and dead, the one plant they had yet to master.

Peridot, following her gaze, gave a little hum of realisation "it's very . . .  green, isn't it?" She said, like it was the highest compliment one could give to another.

Lapis snorted "yeah, it is. You fit right in."

"Actually, save for the plants we are growing, I have yet to find another creature on this planet that is green like me" she paused "well, Steven mentioned 'hoppers of grass' but apparently they can spit acid, so I'm not sure I want to meet them."

The tall blue Gem stared at the smaller one for a second in disbelief before whistling, a new trick that Steven had taught her "never saw anything like that, although" she trailed off here, glancing up at the sky for a moment "I did see some weird things, when I was- um, under the sea."

Peridot nodded, enthusiastic and carefully ignoring Lapis' slip up. This was why they were friends. "Oh yeah, Amethyst told me about them! They're called fish! Did you know that Earth doesn't even know half of the Ocean's wildlife? Talk about ignorant."

Lapis found herself agreeing; while she liked Earth, her opinions on it's inhabitants were pretty indecisive, mostly because, outside of Steven, Connie and whoever that 'Greg' guy was, she had never met any humans. Unless you counted Camp Pining Hearts, but she was pretty sure if she ever met Paulette, she would uppercut her into the ocean.

"I saw this one . . fish that would expand if you got too close" Lapis reminisced fondly "scared the hell out of us- me. Scared the hell out of me."

Peridot looked amazed at this new information, pulling a notebook out of who-knows-where and scribbling in it fiercely. "But how? Doesn't that break the law of conversation of mass?" She gasped, almost dropping her fancy fountain pen that had almost certainly been stolen from Amethyst who stole it from Pearl. "Are other creatures on Earth capable of that? Is Steven? Is Greg?"

And now her friend was looking at her, like she had all the answers to life, the universe and everything, eyes shining beneath her visor as her hair stood up in all directions, and Lapis was very, very gay (a new term, thank you Pearl) and so blurts out the first thing that comes to mind.

"There weren't any Pumpkins down there."

. . .

Okay, look. Nobody here said that Lapis was smart, and she could see her pet (pet? Like a Pearl? Or a Spinel?) playing down below, and she panicked and now-

-oh Stars, Peridot was doing the thing, with her eyes like she had just realised something beyond the ken of measly gay idiots everywhere.

"Of course! Underwater flora would be completely different than overground flora! Less light and less rain-"

"No rain."

Peridot stopped scribbling in her notebook, which is great because Lapis is pretty sure she can hear the pen weeping, but the manic look doesn't leave her eyes at all. "What?"

Lapis carefully folded her legs underneath her in a kneeling position, which caused Peridot to scooch back slightly, looking slightly . . . disappointed? In the sudden lack of contact "it doesn't rain down there. I didn't even know what rain was until - until I got out."

Not that she was particularly impressed once she discovered it either. It was handy for farming, but other than that? Useless.

But already Peri was making sharp gestures with her hands, "HOLD ON, hold on, are you telling me, that I missed out on your first rain day?" The hands fell into Peri's lap, as she stared, crushed, up at her barnmate.

Slag, slag, slag, you messed up, you messed up big-

Lapis tried to laugh it off "well yeah, but it doesn't matter, it's just water-"

"Just water!" Peridot repeated, somewhat hysterical. "Have you ever seen another planet that drips water from the sky?"

She hesitated "does- does acid count as water?"

The technician stared, bug eyed for a moment, before; "NO!"

"Okay, okay!" Lapis put up both of her hands, feeling oddly defensive about the whole thing "just thought I'd ask."

That did absolutely nothing to soothe Peridot's feelings, as she just curled up into a ball, with a frown on her face.

Great job, Lazuli

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Luckily for Lapis' self worth, the conversation is abandoned and forgotten, until almost a week later, when Peridot all but kicks the barn door in, almost faceplanting as she bounds inside to where Lapis was reading one of those 'trashy romance novels' Amethyst keeps giving her.

She's finally reaching the part that Amethyst assured her is 'hot' and 'steamy' and so is a little annoyed when Peridot grabs one of her arms and pulls her out of her hammock, dragging her slowly towards the door.

"Come on, Lazuli, work with me here!" Peridot grits out as she hauls Lapis towards the open door. Lapis herself, laying on her back and staring blankly up at the ceiling, does not react besides a very slow blink. It's only when they're outside, almost ten minutes later, that she pulls herself to her feet and smiles at the exhausted Peridot.

"You wanted something?"

Peridot doesn't respond; instead choosing to stick her tongue out and march away. "Oh, that's mature" Lapis calls after her as she easily catches up.

It is only then that she really registers the weather around them; it is 'drizzling' a term used for when it is lightly raining, and the feeling of droplets hitting her skin reminds her of the conversation they had all those days ago, and how upset Peri had been.

She's always been pretty ambivalent towards the rain, but that memory may have just ruined it for her.

Peridot turns a corner, then spins dramatically around to face her, hands on hips, triumphant even as the rain starts to wrestle with the mess that is her hair. "Lazuli, I have something to show you."

"Yeah, I got that when you literally dragged me from the barn" Lapis tries to crane her neck around to see what Peridot is blocking but she lets out a screech of anger when she does, so Lapis snaps her head back.

"Thank you" Peridot said pleasantly, like she didn't just fracking screech at Lapis not two seconds ago. "I would like you to meet the newest addition to our farm" and then she moves aside.

Lapis and Peridot had been branching out in their gardening, particularly in the flower department. With Lapis' powers and Peridot's . . . Peridoting, they had singlehandedly mastered the care for every single flower.

Except one.

The Orchid.

Forget the Diamond Authority, these weeds were the real banes of their existence. Connie had heard their troubles, and tried to reassure them, telling them that Orchids were considered one of the hardest plants to care for, that even the most experienced gardeners had troubles with it. Not that that helped much; many a tantrum had been thrown over this stupid, pretty plant. The temptation to just . . ask Steven for help was strong, but they wanted to do this on their own.

It got to the point where they were both strongly considering Amethyst's idea of Goat Sacrificing, Peridot had looked into it and it seemed 'legit' as the humans said.

But now.

Oh, but now-

In a small, small circle, were a couple of orchids, tall and healthy and alive, and not dead.

And blue.

Lapis gapes, unable to even begin to say anything as she stared at the flowers that had only just come into bloom. Peridot rocks back on her heels, grin even larger now as she saw her partners blatant shock.

The rain is starting to come down heavy now, starting to soak through their clothes, but the way Peridot is acting, it was if the sun itself was shining down on her.

Lapis opens her mouth to say something, closes it again, then takes a step forwards to get a better look, bending down to inspect the petals. Her jaw tightens as she spins around to face Peridot, ignoring how her hair is beginning to stick to her face thanks to the determined rainfall "you cheated!" She accuses.

Peridot blinks, hurt "I did not!"

The blue Gem looks between her and the Orchids "yeah, you did. There are no such thing as blue Orchids, you had to have done something to them" honestly, she had read the same gardening books Peridot did, did she really think she wouldn't notice?

Surprisingly, Peridot blushes, sending up small splashes from newly forming puddles as she fidgets on the spot, fixing her eyes on a point beyond Lapis. "I didn't cheat" she says in a quavering sort of voice "not really. I- uh, I got Steven to take me to a Gardening Center, and I bought white Orchids, and I planted them here approximately one week ago."

Lapis stares at her, trying to drill the simple point through her visor and into her head "they're blue."

She clears her throat awkwardly, shifting from foot to foot "yes, well, I thought I could" she gestures helplessly towards the flowers "inject them. With some dye."

Lapis shoves her now sodden hair out of her eyes, frowning as it just flopped down again. What had happened to that nice drizzle? She was soaked. And, more importantly-

"Why blue? Of all colours, why blue?"

Peridot grimaces, looking like she had just been caught out. "W-well" she rubs her fingers together "I- I like blue?" She offers, throwing up her hands in a what do you do? kind of gesture.

There is something in that, something that Lapis felt like she should be seeing, but, to be honest, it is hard to see even a meter in front of her. The rain is coming down hard now, hitting her skin and filling her ears with the rhythmic pit-pat sound. Through the sheet of rain, everything is blurry and mushed up, and Lapis glances back behind her to make sure that the Orchids, which, apparently, weren't the byproduct of Steven or some other outsider playing Diamond, only to see-

She has to take a step back.

Through the rain, the awful, dreadful, downpouring rain, all you could see of the Orchids were the colours-

Blue and Green.

The Orchids petals and stems and leaves.

Blue and Green and Blue and Green.

Mixing, mashing together, blurring so much that it was impossible to see where one colour ended and another began.

Blue and Green.

"Earth's colours" Peridot says, splashing up beside her, voice trembling.

"Our colours" Lapis agrees, sliding her hand through her brilliant, amazing, special partner.

Peridot shrieks when Lapis picks her up, spinning her around as she bounces through the puddles. It doesn't take long for the shrieks to become laughter, or for Lapis to join in, both of them soaked to the skin as they do.

Lapis slips, falling backwards, accidentally crushing two of the Orchids they had worked so hard to even exist, but neither cared, Lapis already rolling to her feet and Peridot already jumping into her arms. It didn't even occur to Lapis to use her wings- this was an Earth dance, not a sky dance.

Peridot's hair is flattened against the rain, making her look smaller than ever, frailer than ever, but she laughs the same as she kicks her way through the puddle, and Lapis laughs with her as she, a Lapis Lazuli, a high ranking Gem, is splashed with mud, some of which gets in her mouth. It just makes her laugh harder. There is no worries about the mirror or Malachite or Fusion at all- they are just two friends dancing through the rain and mud and flowers, howling at the sky.

All those days ago, on the water tower, she hadn't understood why Peridot seemed so upset she missed out on her first rain day.

Now, laughing as she twirled and twisted, feeling her dress float out around her and Peridot put their foreheads together, she finally got it.

And through the rain, the amazing, wonderful, downpouring rain, all you could see of the two were the colours-

Mixing, mashing together, blurring so much that it was impossible to see where one colour ended and another began.

Just Blue and Green and Blue and Green.

The Earth's Colours.

Blue and Green.

I wrote this in an hour because I completely forgot about Lapidot week, and my arm really hurts, and I will surely hate this in Two Hours but it’s Fine.

Also, my weird obsession with flowers leaks into everything I have ever made ever, but at least it’s understandable in this case

[seaofwakinglife]

One day I am gonna grow wings, a chemical reaction, hysterical and useless, hysterical and let down and hanging around, crushed like a bug in the ground

Let down, Radiohead

[learningenglish82]

#75 Let Down - Radiohead

交通機関、高速道路、そして路面電車

Transport, motorways and tramlines

動き始める、そして止まる
Starting and then stopping

離陸する、そして着陸する
Taking off and landing

空っぽの感情
The emptiest of feelings

絶望した人たち、酒にすがりついて���る
Disappointed people clinging on to bottles

そして、そのとき、絶望する
And when it comes it's so, so disappointing

絶望して、彷徨っている

Let down and hanging around

押しつぶされる　土の中の虫みたいに

Crushed like a bug in the ground

絶望して、彷徨っている

Let down and hanging around

粉々になった貝殻、流れ出る液体

Shell smashed, juices flowing

羽は痛み、足は進む
Wings twitch, legs are going

感傷的になるな
Don't get sentimental

それは結局いつもの無駄なもの
It always ends up drivel

ある日、私は翼が生える

One day I am gonna grow wings

化学反応で
A chemical reaction

ヒステリックで役に立たない
Hysterical and useless

ヒステリックで
Hysterical and

再び絶望する

Let down again

再び絶望する

Let down again

再び絶望する

Let down again

知ってるだろう、あなたがどこにいるか

You know, you know where you are with

知ってるだろう、あなたがどこにいるか

You know where you are with

崩れ落ちていく床

Floor collapsing

浮かんで、立ち直る

Floating, bouncing back