#i still hate glowstick

[starrysymphonies]

I’m hilarious guys I know /s

[kuiinncedes]

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[rosykims]

i drove. seven hours today :)

[obae-me]

Random Sibling Headcanons

I'm a wee bit sick, which is why I've put my more serious projects on a very short pause. That being said I still feel the need to write something, so why not get some ideas out in the form of little fun ideas? Featuring colored names this time because it's fun for my brain.

These are just some little headcanons I like to think the brothers have done, since I love thinking of their sibling/ at-home relationships with each other.

In the picture of Lucifer's office, he seems to have stairs heading up to a second-story loft of some sort. I've always imagined he has a "Pride" wall somewhere up there filled with memorabilia of his brother's greatest or proudest achievements. There's some photos, art pieces, awards his siblings gave up on keeping, etc. His brothers know about it but hate it, so they all never speak of it.

Mammon and Levi once both badly injured their hands, trying to outdo each other high-fiving. You know where you try to get that perfect smack and hurt the other person's palm? Yeah, like that. They whiffed it on the first try and had to do it again and just couldn't stop after that.

Belphie usually puts small portions of his dirty clothes into his brother's hampers so they can clean his clothes for him without them realizing. It drives them all wild having to sort it out each time, and Belphie thrives off of it.

One of Satan's favorite pranks was to quickly run around the whole house and use up every hot water source he can while Lucifer was taking a shower so his water turns ice cold while the eldest is still in it. It got to the point where Lucifer is actually fine taking cold showers now.

If a bunch of them are in the same room and one of them gets a call from Lucifer, the others will suddenly try to sound like something horrible is going on, more often than not trying to incriminate the person who picked up the phone, blaming them for some false scenario that never happened.

If Belphie gets woken up too many times in the same day, he'll find ways to wake his siblings up in the middle of the night. Once he managed to get into all their phones and set annoyingly loud alarms, another night he cursed the piano in the music room to play until morning. Now the brothers have an unspoken rule not to wake their youngest sibling up more than four times a day.

Asmo likes to barge into his siblings' rooms sometimes unannounced with his D.D.D. while he's live on Devilgram or Deviltube. He loves to catch his brother's doing something stupid, it's hilarious. Sometimes he's not even live, he's just recording so he can keep videos to laugh over later.

They trade chores often, much to Lucifer's frustration, but everyone has some chores they absolutely can't stand. They've even somehow come up with a bartering system of sorts. Laundry = 1 other chore like dusting, but something like Dishes = 2 chores like taking on laundry and vacuuming.

None of them have ever missed one of Beel's games. They always show up and sit in the same spots so Beel never has to look around for them in the crowd. Lucifer brings the bag of supplies and snacks should his siblings need it. Because they always end up complaining about something by the end of the night. Mammon always brings his megaphone that almost always gets in him trouble every time. Levi gives his brothers all glowsticks. Satan always secretly has tricks up his sleeve to use against the opposing team should any of them come close to harming Beel (although that's nearly impossible, but he has them as a precaution). Asmo made everyone the most beautiful signs to hold. And Belphie brings everyone blankets since it can get chilly in the stands. He also brings a big lunchbox of snacks for Beel to eat right after the game even though they always go out to eat right after.

Lucifer, Mammon, and Levi as the three eldest are used to giving their younger siblings things they no longer need. The younger four have plenty of hand-me-downs but more often then not, they don't really mind. Lucifer gives out anything he's not overtly a fan of which can be anything from books to cologne to jewelry. Everyone has a few old things of his. Mammon gives out a bunch of clothes quite frequently. Despite his greed, his room can only hold so much, and so he usually goes through a semi-regular purge. Anything his brothers don't grab he sells. Levi gives out old electronics since he upgrades to the newest stuff as soon as he can. Because of this, Satan owns a pair of cat-ear headphones.

On a trip to the human world once, Asmo bought Belphie one of those electronic toothbrushes that play a song in your head while you brush your teeth so the youngest no longer falls asleep during brushing. Yes, it was a Brittany Spears one. (Does this date me? Maybe. Do they even make those anymore?)

Mammon and Asmo have both sat Beel down and tried to give him a basic course on recognizing flirting to keep their younger brother from being so totally oblivious, but no matter how many times they try, he never notices. However, now if Beel is ever given a random phone number, he knows to take it to either of those two to sort it out for him.

Once, for Belphie's birthday he received the ugliest quilt made from little squares from his brother's t-shirts, pillowcases, robes, etc. They all worked together to sew it up and it's very, very obvious who did what parts. Belphie says he can't stand the awful thing but sleeps with it every night.

[obsidianstrawberrymilk]

Assorted Batkid Headcanons

During the middle days of Damian being Dick’s Robin, he was still figuring out how to show affection in a nonviolent way, so he just kept getting Dick fish. His logic was ‘Grayson has issues taking care of himself, so I will get him a pet that even he will find easy to care for’.

As a result Dick has an entire tank of various fish, all named Jim after Jim Gordon.

Dick finds this hilarious. Babs finds this hilarious. She’ll casually mention something ‘Jim’ did in conversation with her dad and watch as he bluescreens.

Tim has the pallet of a five year old. All he likes are exceedingly sugary sweet foods everyone else wants to puke while eating.

As a result, all he drinks are those stupidly sugary energy drinks that leave you seeing god after a few minutes. Is this unhealthy? No, it’s a liquid, therefor water, therefor good - Tim Drake.

Duke has purposefully broken his wrist to see if he would light up like a glowstick before. It didn’t work.

Cass shows her affection through objects, so a Batkid will often walk into their residence to find something like a metal bottle cap or a feather neatly placed on their table, without any security triggered or any other indication anyone was ever here. They all know to treasure these, no matter what they are.

Jason, given he’s built like a tank, will often hold things out of reach from people just to Be An Asshole. He loves it.

Damian used the same method of affection on Steph when she was his Batgirl, but had a bit more faith in her ability to not let something die, so he kept getting her small rodents, like hamsters and rats. She named them all after characters from Supernatural.

Stephanie had a huge Supernatural phase when she was 13 and never really grew out of it. She’s tried out summoning rituals from the show before.

Every single Batkid had a Warriors phase. Every. Single. One.

Dick was SO FUCKING HAPPY when Duke showed up because he finally had a brother who would happily give him a hug without having a panic attack due to TouchFuckery.

Steph has referred to the Batfam as “Furry Touchfucked McNuggets” before. No one questions it because she’s right.

Babs has designated snacks for every occasion. Program Taking Too Long To Load is Cheetos. Bruce Being a Bitchass On the Comms is popcorn. Done With This Bullshit For Good, I Swear is Twix.

Tim’s Notes app on this phone is entirely filled with sleep deprived 4am rants about why Star Trek is the superior franchise. He’s very passionate about it.

One time Bart was bored so decided to raid the pantry and he found Damian crouched on one of the top shelves, hissing like a cat and clutching a box of Weetabix. He took a picture and now it’s the YJ discord group icon.

Not exactly Batfam but the YJ Core Four + Cissie have a discord group chat and Tim’s the mod.

Damian loves Weetabix. Idk if anyone else knows what that is but that shit was my fucking childhood so he loves it.

Duke has tried and is currently trying to unionize all the kid sidekicks. They’re getting there.

Jason’s favorite authors are Mary Shelley and Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice is his comfort book that he often reads after patrolling as way to wind down. He fucking hates Edgar Allan Poe with a passion for reasons he refuses to explain.

Cass will sometimes teach some dance moves to little kids while on patrol. Sure, she knows it’s not stopping violence, but when she sees another little girl with scars on her palms and wary eyes light up as she twirls in the air and laugh as she leaps, she thinks it’s worth it. More than worth it.

Jason’s found her doing this sometimes. Neither of them say anything.

The Batkids all love Jon. Yeah, move over Damian, don’t keep him all to yourself. They may have their own supers/alien besties, but Jon is just adorable, and they all want to smoosh the cheeks of a kid who won’t attempt to stab them for it. Look, he’s so cute. The day anyone bullies Jon beware, because the entirety of Gotham’s vigilante force will be there to wreak havoc upon you.

[heartfullofleeches]

This is such a silly and stupid idea but I am desperate for a Yandere x Reader where the Yandere is this extremely paranoid/depressed fuck who thinks the world is diseased and the only way for it to get clean is to get rid of all human life on it, they are willing to kill for a "better cause" and have absolutely no mercy...and then there is Reader (the only person they don't hate entirely), who is into Eurodance, is extremely positive and is a complete fashion disaster who believes it is good in everything and everyone.

This is very much based on my recent obsession with Planet of the Bass but let's not talk about it lol.

I just want these two completely opposite bitches to try and teach each other their points of view while one slowly falls in love with the other

[Here's a blurbo I had in limbo with a similar plot. Yan is indeed depressed/hates the world and Reader's moreso into rave because I dunno anything about Eurodance. Tw: themes of suicide]

This is it. Their final night alive.

They'd done all they needed. Returned a book collecting dust on their desk. Disposed of the tools used on corpses in some other lake to keep their name from more attention. It's crazy how in their last moments all that mattered was the thoughts and options of those who lead them to this fate. How disgusting. They did their victims a favor by leaving them nameless. The murky waters below reflect a dread known long before the plunge. There is nothing waiting for them. Not here. Not on the other side.

Their final night alive. Or so it would have been.

Right as they climbed on the bridge's ledge, back facing the sky, small beads of light rose from the hill adjacent. The tiny orbs merge into separate distinct figures on the horizon. Wheeling onto the scene, the group ride with vehicles unusual for the terrain. Rollerskates, skateboards, electric scooters. They wear some matter of bright clothing with glowsticks and lights dangling from their person in flashy jewelry and attached to headphones they wore. They all seemed to be equipped with some type of earwear and dancing to their own beat while still moving as one.

The group stop at the other side of the road, all oblivious to the shadow lurking across the way. They glared - climbing down from the ledge and sitting upon it, seething. The group may not notice them now, but they'd surely catch on at most inconvenient time. It would seem their presence wasn't completely ignored as one head turns their way. One of the figures wearing skates waves, pointing to one of the many necklaces around their neck. The shadow avoids their smile, praying they get the message.

They don't.

Sparkling wheels crunch over gravel. "Hey."

Silence.

They remove their headphones. "Hey!"

Nothing. Persisting, the person wheels over to the railing, leaning against it as they breath in the salty air. "Long drop down. Won't be quick."

As if that would deter them.

"I won't get on your case. We've all been there at some point. Life sucks, and then you did. Feels like your taking control by going out on your own terms, but you won't and may never will. That's why it's important to enjoy the little things. It's why I hang out with those guys. We get together every once and a while. Party on wheels as some of us call it. Lots of fun."

The party-goer takes off their headphones and places their music player on the railing. "This is what I listen to when I'm down. Maybe it can help you. Maybe not - but I'd like you to return it some day. My name is Y/n, by the way. Just so you know when we meet again."

You take off your necklace and offer it to them. They take it - just to get you to leave them alone. You solemnly wave again, returning to your group and taking over the mantle of carrying the portable speaker another brought with them. You take their arm, balancing skillfully on your wheels as you dance the fleeting night away with no care of the coming dawn.

Your type were the worse of all. Giving them more tasks to complete before they departed from this miserable world. They hated carrying the duties given by others on their shoulders so much they couldn't pass on, but looking at your smiling face, sorting through the music that got you through the toughest - they couldn't see themselves from fulfilling their end of the deal you set anywhere in the near future.

For once in their life living in someone's else's shadow didn't seem so bad.

[gh0st-t0wn3]

Lmk ss edits + headcanons, Part 5 (Porty MK, Artist MK, Delivery MK)

- He/They

- Gay

- Calls Redson either Wildfire or Firecracker

- Whenever something goes wrong he says "called it." (He did not, in fact, call it)

- Calls everyone "Dude"

- Once took Redson out to the Anti-gravity Arcade and got mad when he passed out after almost 32 hours of non-stop dancing and playing arcade games

- Tells MK that he has no fashion sense but will wear the most atrocious combination of colours and patterns himself

- Has multiple ear piercings as well as a bellybutton and tongue piercing

-  Once threw a party that got busted by the police and dispelled himself to avoid getting caught

- Has so much energy, if he's not at a party he's constantly walking around the apartment, if his legs start hurting he'll sit down for like 8 seconds before getting up and walking around again because he still has so much energy left

- Makes the dirtiest jokes known to man kind

- Makes the others do karaoke night with him. every. week.

- Will sometimes put on lipstick and kiss all over Redsons face and neck to make og MK jealous (trust me guys, please🙏)

- Absolutely HATES dark chocolate, it's too bitter for him

- Despises the claw machine games at the arcade, if he gets something and then it falls out of the claw he'll literally break the glass and just take it

- Lives on energy drinks

- Will refuse to drink any soft drinks when they run out of bubbles

- Loves those cringey alpha wolf memes

- Laughs at those firemen saving people in reverse videos and always sends them to Redson, who also laughs at them (yes it does concern MK and the others)

- Smells like sweat and cotton candy (its from flavoured vape smoke)

- Love language is Quality time (and by quality time I mean partying)

- Has a whole box of glowsticks

- "Hey, hey, hey guys, watch this!!" *fails at trick*

- Loves candy, especially hard candies

- Scams kids out of their tickets at the arcade

- Paints his nails a different colour every week, and almost always uses glow in the dark nail polish

- Tried to make his own firework show once and set three houses on fire

- Would rearrange someone's whole room just to mess with them

- Has a monkey form just like og MK, he uses his tail to take prizes from the claw machines without having to actually play them

- He/They

- Gay

- Calls Redson his Muse

- Would probably collect bones. It freaks the fuck out of MK and the other clones

- Will destroy any and every art piece if it doesn't turn out exactly how he envisioned it in his head

- Writes fanfiction

- Constantly covered in paint splatters, charcoal, glue, etc

- Hates baths, lives off dry shampoo

- He acts like a cat whenever he gets wet

- Takes great care of all his art supplies and will flip out if something is out of place

- Agreed to help Sandy paint his boat again the second time he was summoned but only if Sandy stopped changing what colour he wanted it to be after every new coat of paint (Sandy learnt his lesson the first time art MK was summoned)

- His advice is always "just kill them"

- Bites ankles

- Was almost arrested for vandalism (he ran away from the cops)

- Once painted a picture of Redson, who only said "this is pretty good" (it was in fact a genuine compliment, he loved it), and Artist almost killed him

- Analyzes his dreams as if he's the prophet predicting the end of the world

- Won't let anyone use his art supplies

- Growls at people

- Perfectionist

- Smells like paint fumes

- Love language is gift giving and words of affirmation

- If he's focusing on something really hard and something startles him, he'll jump in the air like a cat

- Was drawing at a park once and a bunch of kids were being annoying so he tripped one when it ran past him

- Collects concept art books from literally anything, movies, video games, TV shows, it doesn't even matter if he's played/watched them he just likes looking at the concept art

- Insomniac who 'cures' it with an unholy amount of caffeine

- Has drank paint water before, will do it again

- Extremely passive agressive

- MK yelled at him once for getting paint all over his bed

- Has a monkey form just like og MK, he uses his tail to reach higher places when painting on walls and shit

(Had to use og MK has a base ref because the show did delivery MK dirty)

- He/They

- Gay

- Calls Redson Paprika

- Loves straws, will only ever drink something if he uses a straw (I did this as a kid)

- Is constantly listening to music while doing deliveries and has absolutely passed his destination on multiple occasions

- Surprisingly witty

- Is the only MK who knows how to cook and genuinely loves it

- Has a little bit more chub than og MK does (duplicatnation did him dirty and I will never forgive them for his design)

- Has gotten into physical fights with rude customers before and would do it again

- Absolutely HATES eating fish

-His shoe laces are never tied, the amount of orders he's ruined because he tripped on his stupid laces is insane

- If he gets bored he'll just lay on the floor and do nothing

- Has accidentally eaten dog food before

- After a long day of delivering he'll pass out for hours at a time then wake up again at like 2am

- "Not to be rude, but.." proceeds to say the most disrespectful shit you've ever heard

- Either cannot keep a secret for the life of him, or will immediately forget the secret 5 mins after being told what it is, no in-between

- Him and the other clones accidently broke into a strangers house once, and he felt really bad so he cleaned the dishes before leaving (it was on the news)

- Will @ a specific person in a group chat instead of just dming them

- Sometimes eats out of the noodles he's delivering, no one has found out yet

- Smells like noodles

- Love language is Acts of service

- If he gets into a fight with someone he is fully willing and ready to resort to biting

- Saw Monkey King eat his own hair once and almost threw up

- Sometimes if a customer is being rude while ordering over the phone he'll purposely drive slow or take a longer route so their noodles are cold when they get them (og MK has told him to stop multiple times because he's scared of Pigsy thinking he's the reason they get any bad reviews)

- Has a Spotify Playlist for every possible occasion

- Gives out really good hugs and will hug people for really long periods

- Cries when he sees sad animal videos

- Can't whistle to save his life

- Has a monkey form just like og MK, he uses his tail to hold more orders to get work done faster

[darkchocolatedimples]

keeper characters as things my friends and i have texted!

i'm cleaning out my phone and found wayy too many screenshots

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sophie: i've almost got keefe convinced that storks drop off babies

sophie: this may or may have not incited a breakdown 3:30 am but i've almost done it

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keefe: i'm at the mall with biana she's looking for shoes i'm looking for hot people

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sophie: how does one develop insomnia in level 2? don't know but i'll call it endurance training

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fitz: shut up you simp for my sister

dex: i'm proud

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dex: HOW IS A DEAD PERSON GONNA BE TRAUMATIZED

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keefe: i think i kissed my pillow once when i was 12 or 13

keefe: you know, 70 years ago

keefe: when we still lit things with candles

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sophie with mallowmelt: rock bottom tastes better than it sounds

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dex: idk what it's like to pull a girl i was the one pulled

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keefe: bro my brain waves feel like a siren

keefe: yk what i mean

fitz: i do not

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dex (with braces): imagine loving someone

dex: ...

dex: who has braces

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keefe after sending a picture of himself: omg whos the stylish one i wanna meet him

biana hyping him up: me too he seems so hot wtf

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sophie: YOU WANT PROBLEMS

sophie: ILL GIVE YOU SOME

fitz: this doesn't sound good

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alden: i'm taking a samoa

biana: okay they're five bucks

alden: what no discount? i'm your dad

biana: six bucks

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keefe: i just have the need to be the hottest smarted person in the room at all times to make myself feel valid

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dex: i just wasted 20 mintues of my life on a koala i will never get to see

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fitz: i'm in a whole foods crying by the bobo's toasters

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marella: 420 what's your emergency

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biana: ur so bagelicisous

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marella: shut up band kid

dex: shut up lesbian

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marella: i hope sometimes when the guys at our school are getting a little too cocky they remember that there are literal 2d drawings pulling more bitches than them

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sophie: projection>>>having problems

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biana to keefe: sugar baby would look so good on you

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biana: i love being able to hit men's booties knowing they can't fight back

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dex: british people (derogatory) what tf is beans on toast

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keefe: i WILL breathe more air than you

tam: is this a threat

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dex: this be lookin a little homosexual 🫣

biana: ^us when we see keefe and fitz

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sophie: kmsing 🤭🤭🤭🤭

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biana to fitz: hate to break it to you, you don't like her, you like the boy you think she has a crush on

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grady: maybe getting older is...beginning to like and appreciate bananas

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kenric and jolie: i hope i'm important enough to be the main character from my grave

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sophie: lmao why should i care about anything i'm 15 and i eat chocolate 🤷‍♀️

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keefe: just bc you know you're making me sweat shake and shiver doesn't mean you can or should use that to your advantage (please do) like what the fuck

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fitz: i'm not that much of an asshole

dex: this is untrue

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dex: good news! no more cannibalism. bad news, beastiality?

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keefe about sophie: the way we're twinning

keefe: she drinks red bull and cuts bangs at 2am i impulsively get stitches with no thoughts in my head bc i think its cool

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stina: currently about to fight this seagull will update

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dex: i wouldn't mind a shorter guy actually if they're too tall i'm gonna have to break their knees to kiss them

biana: that's the fun part! like glowsticks 🤩

[mystories2012]

Darkness and then there is Stephan Leyhe

shining-glowstick here is the Fan fic you wished for :) I hope you like it.

This plays after the competition.

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He stood there. Feeling empty. He didn’t even hear the hymn that was played for Ryoyo Kobayashi who just won his 3. Golden eagle. His head was empty. Everything felt heavy. After everything was done, he went on with the interviews. He listened to them. Praising him for how good he jumped, what a Tournee this was, and how frilling it had been to watch him. He smiled but it wasn’t really a happy one. When he had his last interview over, all Andi could think of was his bed, a pillow, and some time alone. His teammates waited at the hotel for him and congratulated him again. He thanked them. They knew. Nobody asked him if they wanted to celebrate the victory and he was thankful for that. So, he just walked past them and went to his and Stephan's room. Tired Andi throw himself on the bed. Not even the light he had put on. All he could do was turn onto his left side, facing the wall, and blankly stare at it. His head started spinning. Thoughts came up.

Why didn’t it work? He started so well. Why couldn’t he go until the end? Could it be, that he was too bad? What if everybody started to hate him? What if Stephan started to hate him too?

Stephan was his rock that one person, who he could rely on. What if he thought he was weak? Somebody that can't go through with things. A looser.

Of course, he was one. He lost the Four Hills tournament. He failed. Yes, he was a failure. Nothing more. A failure that is too stupid to win against another jumper.

Andis thoughts were going on and on and didn’t seem to stop. Or maybe he didn’t want them. Maybe he didn’t because they were true. He started to feel the tears streaming down his face. “Stop crying, you idiot”, his inner voice told him. “This is your own fault”. The next voice sounded like Stephans. His eyes got big. “What?”. How could his best friend say something like this? No wait, this was his head telling him this. Why couldn’t they shut up and leave him alone? Everything started to feel more and more chaotic. His head hurt and his eyes were burning.

Another sentence popped up:

How stupid was I to believe I could win?

“You are not stupid”. He jolted and his body spun around to see who just spoke. In the middle of the room stood nobody less than his roommate and best friend Stephan Leyhe. He looked tired and even had a few tears in his eyes. Why he couldn’t understand. Before he could say or do anything he turned around again and stared blankly at the wall in front of him. He heard somebody move closer. Andi could feel the tears that started to come again. He sniffled. “Andi I… Let me help you”. Andi didn’t turn around. “Please. It hurts me to see you like this”. Now he had him. Andi turned around and looked with glassy, red eyes at his friend. “Why do you care. Everybody hates me”. His voice was raspy. Stephan's eyes got big. Very big. “What are you talking about?”. “I lost Stephan. I couldn’t bring him home. My jumps were too bad. I had it right in my hand and I lost it. You must be all disappointed in me. I am a failure. Nothing else”. He turned back around and closed his eyes to concentrate on the pain inside his head. “Andi…”. Stephan didn’t know what to say. He never heard his best friend say something like that before. “You probably hate me too”. Andi's sentence broke his heart in two. Tears started to form and with a shaky voice he said: “Is that what you think of me? That I hate you because you didn’t win? You know I could never hate you. No matter what”. “Why can’t you hate me? I am a nobody”. “You are somebody. Why are you talking so low of yourself?”, Stephans voice was still shaking. “I am a failure. Everybody tells me how thankful they are, that I made it so adventurous and thrilling to watch but, in the end, I was a huge disappointment”. “Stop saying that you are a disappointment!”. Stephan's voice got louder. “Why don’t you hate me!?”. “BECAUSE I LOVE YOU, YOU IDIOT. I love you so much and it hurts me to see you like this. I hate hearing you saying all that. Because it is not true. You definitely aren't. We've known each other for 11 years now and I can confirm that you have the biggest heart of all. You are a good listener, you are always ready to do anything for someone, and you help without hesitation. You are super smart, never stop smiling, always brighten up the room, when you enter, you never lose your nerve, and above all, you never give up. And those are the best qualities you can have. As I said in the interview in Innsbruck: If someone can do this, it's you. Your time will come. I know it”. Andi turned when Stephan spoke again: “Nobody is perfect Andi. Not me, not you. If I know something for sure, it's that you are my world, and that will never change. You are the most important person in my life. I am sooo proud of you”. Andi stared at him and just now noticed Stephan's wet face. He cried. Andi didn’t want to see him cry. He reached out and cupped Stephan's face to dry it off. Stephan leaned into that and before Andi could really think anymore, he grabbed his best friend, over before he kissed him. Stephan eyes got big before he kissed back. He stopped when he felt tears rolling down his cheek. It wasn’t his. Andi had started crying. Stephan laid down next to him. He pulled him next to himself and started to make circles on his back. His best friend snuggled into him. After a while, he heard deep breaths that were Insync. Stephan sadly looked down at his friend, whose face was swollen from all the tears. “I love you so much”. With that sentence said, he slowly and carefully placed himself right before drifting off to a dreamless sleep.

[atinyladybug-daydreams]

20 Random Personnel HCs no one asked for but I'm giving it here anyway because why not.

I'm bored and I want to think about the clowns. I also want to talk about the clowns.

Glass doesn't like it when he comes to work and sees something wearing the same shirt as he is. That being said, he keeps a few extra sweaters in his office to change into when someone does wear the same shirt as him

Bright has a collection of different types and designs of canes. She invests in it a lot because it's the one familiar thing- aside from 963 which she actively hates, in her body hopping problem. Her favourite is the hotpink offset cane with spikes.

Kondraki carries condiment packets in his pockets all the time. No one knows why. No one sees him restock it. He just always have it. "That bastard Clef always need them," is his answer everytime he's asked.

Gears carries an antique watch in his pocket. You can see the chain from his labcoat. He wants to give it to Alison one day.

Yoric also has a pocket watch given by Jack. It doesn't work anymore but he still keep it on him at all times. Says it's his lucky charm.

Jack completely disowned Yoric's parents. They're no longer part of the official Bright family tree too. Most the family shuns them. They're wary of Yoric most the time because of that.

The pocket watches were definitely matching for Gears and Jack as a sign of their friendship. It's also viewed as an heirloom.

Yoric can play the guitar and sing. He's also knows how to tap dance. No one knows where he learned it or when.

Clef's hawaiian shirt are all special and unique. Some even had extra stuff added to it- much like Mabel's sweaters from Gravity Falls. He definitely has one hawaiian shirt with led-lights sewn into the pattern.

In case of a blackout, Clef is a really good glowstick/source of light because for some reason all his shirts glow in the dark.

Diogenes definitely has tampons and pads at their desk/bag/pocket at all times and will whip them out when someone starts bleeding (not from injury).

Diogenes and Lament are pretty close and they have lunch a lot together to bitch about stuff and gossip. They're also drinking buddies. Also, they're up to date with the latest workplace drama and tea.

Iceberg met Lament once and they had an office chair race down the hallway. There was a really big betting pool on who would win. Jack was the one who started it.

Cimmerian hates store-bought butter and makes his own butter. Yes, it's more expensive. No, he doesn't care.

Finding Iceberg in summer clothing is very common during the winter months as he does not get cold. Hot Girl Summer got delayed. It's Depressing Incel Winter for Iceberg. Also he wears crop tops. I will not change my mind

Jack and Gears are childhood friends. Gears is almost as old as Jack is- if not perhaps a year or two older.

Jack is surprisingly a good cook. In fact, she enjoys cooking a lot. It's one of the things that they like to do to shift their focus away from depressing thoughts.

No one really notices but Gears' love language is feeding people. If he likes you, he buys you lunch and brings you snacks a lot.

Glass definitely once tried baking pot brownies. He says it's for the science but it was actually beacuse he lost a bet with Jack and Clef and had to bake it for them.

Clef smokes weed and definitely has a stash in his office, car and home. Kondraki joined him once. Never again.

[kuiinncedes]

sorry glee nd no longer new directions but natural deduction <3

[stillhavetodothat]

Replaying Nancy Drew without Cheating - Part 10: Curse of Blackmoor Manor

Bruuuhhhh. This is the best project I have ever embarked on and I will tell you why. Never have I ever appreciated the gameplay and storytelling of Nancy Drew games this much before now, which is saying something, since I have always been a massive fan. Constantly switching between the game and Gameboomers ruins the immersion, and if there is ever a game you want to be immersed in, it’s this one. Still to this day, I think this is my number 1 Nancy game of all time. There are still over 20 more to go, including some I’ve never played before, so there is always time for me to change my mind. But goddamn, this is good.

The Curse of Blackmoor Manor is a MASTERPIECE. The backstory is rich and nicely tied together, and the gameplay is complex. The fact that Her made this entire family tree and a (more often than not, tragic) backstory for each person in it was awesome. And of course, the setting is super spooky. I got goosebumps multiple times even when I knew a scare was coming. I also love that the game relied less on dialogue than most other games, and really emphasized puzzles and exploring. Never even realized how much I enjoyed this aspect of the game - I like being shown and not told.

Surprisingly, I was NOT tempted to cheat in this game, despite it being one of the hardest games of the series, at least in my memory. I got frustrated at Alan’s ghost game, because there was one I kept missing in the hallway by the kitchen (which I believe was also the same one I missed every single time in prior plays before ultimately looking up the solution). Other than that, it is a very satisfying game and I had a very smooth playthrough, and it will have me humming “Brigitte” nonstop for likely the next month, much to my fiance’s chagrin.

Here are some of my thoughts:

1. I totally forgot how many random scenes there are in this game that aren’t triggered every time you play. I was waiting and waiting to see the lady in black floating down the hallway in the middle of the night, or to see Mrs. Drake putting a pendant over Linda’s doorframe, but instead I got the dream where the crests were flashing and a disembodied voice says, with a little too much cheer, “How bout we just shake this stuff off and go to the mall?” That was so wildly unsettling, and I had never seen it before with any playthrough. The dream with all the distorted portraits above Nancy’s bed with the sinister chuckling in the background is SO creepy and felt too much like a fever dream I would have if I came down with the flu on the moor.

2. I thought this before and I still think it now - how is a weak ass glowstick seriously the best source of portable light in the entire wretched mansion?? 

3. We should have been able to go into Mrs. Drake’s room. Robbed.

4. Kudos to the developers for including elements of cults, astronomy, and alchemy all in one game. The vibes were ~immaculate~.

5. Nigel Mookerjee had the most punchable face I’ve seen in a while. Almost as much as Shorty. I was so excited to terrorize him by moving the statue in the library that I ended up doing it WAY before I found the forge and even knew what I needed to do with that puzzle. I got it through a lot of trial and error. I just couldn’t wait to hear his screams.

6. I loathe Jane. It’s surprising I love this game so much, because I hate every single one of the characters (with the exception, of course, of LouLou, and Tommy at the pub). As the eldest child in my entire family, on both sides, I found her incessant need to latch onto me and have me constantly entertaining her completely triggering. As a kid, when the cage falls on top of her in the forge at the very end, I remember being disappointed that I actually had to help her out and couldn’t just let her suffocate in there. I also wish Nancy would have told Jane that Brady “Total Hottie” Armstrong effectively tried to kill Maya and is a terrible, terrible person, just to ruin that crush for her.

7. You probably think I’m a bad person based on 5 and 6. I’m sorry to tell you that you are right.

8. I want to live in a world where a few weeks of a hair growth product yields THESE sorts of results. No one would ever go bald! Everyone would have a lucious head of hair! Hairlines would be all the way down to eyebrows!

9. The fact that this game was chock-full of puzzles and we had to do almost NO chores is so amazingly rare. After all the vegetable picking, horse and chicken feeding, chicken coop fixing, and egg collecting of SHA, it was nice to have a little break from being everyone’s bitch. I can forgive Mrs. Drake for making us organize her stupid succulents in a box. The alchemy puzzle was super fun, playing against Betty was super fun, finding the secret slide was fun as HECK, even figuring out the moving rooms (like, REALLY trying to figure it out rather than panicking and looking up the walkthrough) was fun(ish) too.

9a. If I could change one thing puzzle-wise, it would be the fact that we had to re-do the dragon hands/goblin swivels every time we wanted to get into a secret passageway. Very repetitive, which is never my cup of tea. Who would have thought, though, that the combinations would be so burned into my mind from childhood that I’d be able to open both just from muscle memory each time?

10. I want to know whose idea it was to print out these portraits (and spend good money to have them framed) of Hugh looking like a sweet puppy dog and Linda looking like the most unpleasant person in the world? Are these really the moments we want to remember?

11. Finally, I think this is the first game where I found an Easter egg (the teeth!!). Is it the first one with an Easter egg at all? No, but for some reason it is the first one I have gotten throughout this playthrough. For some reason, when I think of Easter eggs in videogames, I always think of this particular Easter egg. The Easter egg of Easter eggs, if you will.

I kind of feel that moving on to the Secret of the Old Clock is going to feel like a major downgrade after this, just like playing most other games would feel like a downgrade. However, I will perservere, even when I am inevitably pulling my hair out trying to get par on Josiah’s golf course! 1930, Nancy saying “horsefeathers,” and never getting tipped on a telegram, here I come!

[i-am-neutral-on-pear-aib]

(AIB: Drawn Together Spoilers)

As much as I absolutely adore the new short (even though pitchfake gives me psychic damage /lh) I feel like there's something that needs to be said considering the new attitude towards Pitchfork and Glowstick.

Glowstick realizing his actions were wrong does not entirely excuse him from those behaviors.

I don't hate Glowstick at all, and I think the short has certainly made me think more highly of him, but people immediately forgiving him for his actions is kind of concerning me, especially when he still has a ways to go. He's on his first step towards moving on, and especially since it's canonically recognized that he stalked and harassed Pitchfork, I find it kind of weird that people are immediately glossing over the fact.

Pitchfork's anger towards Glowstick is not invalidated because of Glowstick's remorse, though I'm really glad that we're seeing Glowstick become more fleshed out. AIB characters are never in black or white!! Neither of those two are perfect or flawed beyond redemption. But that's something that has to be recognized, that no matter which one of those two you prefer, none of them are perfect. And personally, I don't think Glowstick's arc will ever be complete unless he properly apologizes.

Raisin has properly called out Glowstick on his actions (peepaw W) but there's still a lot more that has to be done. And although I'm excited to see where their arcs will go from here, there's still a lot more development that has to happen.

I do hope that someone does properly talk and communicate with Pitchfork though...Chip Bag and Tivo do seem like the most likely options.

[pastel-rights]

I think you could describe them even MORE out of context. A mega contextless list if you will.

aNON??? I... guess you will get your mega list after all! Don't go too crazy trying to figure out what goes to what muse!!

-- sir I know they say to dress your best but this REALLY is not the occasion to be doing this. sir you're going to hell not to prom. SIR!!

-- my favorite little mochi cameraman :] he's very friend-shaped, a little quiet but a good lad a respectable fellow.

-- l-l-lucky number four!! now get in the car, loser. We got seeds to buy from the store.

-- i roasted you so hard you got thanos snapped out of existence. also I think I also gaslit you once too.

...

oh my GOD YOU'RE FOURTH ON THE LIST AND YOU GOT LUCKY NUMBER FOUR'D. SUCK IT BITCH /j

-- is the neutron the powerhouse of the cell. are you the powerhouse of MY cell? dramatic gasp.

-- colors have voices. Orange sounds like a friend? enemy? Green sounds like people you hate. Purple sounds like your friend and your "friend's" roommate. white sounds like birds. pink sounds both like love and whores, supposedly.

you also have a talent for shocking people with no reason and never shutting the fuck up even if you REALLY need to.

Also please never take mushrooms ever again.

also the warehouse. shudders.

-- please stop biting the patroller. this isn't a funny bit this is a genuine cry for help /j

-- stop riZZING UP DEMONBANE but please do keep decking Plutone.

-- you romanticize the wrong sibling, sister. get a GRIP. i love you though. keep slaying, girlquestion.

-- the police but actually likeable. also she explodes you with sweets..

-- miss i know you're sad about your divorce but im TRYING to decode here miss miss PLEASE.

-- omg is that the mcdonalds employee is that the mcgirlfailure. you forgot my mcflurry I'm in AGONY.

-- fruity ass. fruitcake. friend of the lesbians, exploder of the homophobes. ily.

-- sir i know you're haunted by your boss's closet and the food she wants you to cook and the horrors but there's no reason to be THIS dramatic. DAMN.

-- if you disappear to the Bahamas one more time I'm gonna flop over and CRY.

-- punishment this sinner that why don't you stop bitchin' and get some bitches instead. god you're pathetic. /ref

-- you need therapy. and to stay away from the flames the do NOT speak to us they do NOT call our names.

-- sweet tooth with a side of murdering you murdering you mur-

-- you're one of two muses who are normal. congrats, have a cookie!

-- i'm sorry for cussing i'm SORRY i will find an alternative I sincerely aPOLOGIZE PLEASE DON'T YELL AT ME????? also I like penguins too can we be friends. i can ignore the fact you're haunted by the horrors.

-- the first person to ever rizz me before. under the sea rizz /j

-- i love you. you're the light of my life. i only want the best for you. [ throws the fauti at you like a homing missile ]

-- the marriage certifcate is fake and we both know it but at this point I'm too baffled by it's existence to really care. also stop surprise adopting kids that's just called kidnapping.

-- you went from fake marriage to a real marriage and i don't know if i respect that or hate that. it's been months and I still cannot decide. at least, the cake tasting arc was cute!! also give mE BACK MY MUSE'S COAT DAMNIT.

-- how did you murder your wife you are a WEAK bitch. possessed by demons. weak ASS.

-- alcoholic but glowstick

-- stop calling me babygirl i'm neither baby nor a girl.

-- how do you have a husband? no like genuinely i'm SO baffled. /lh

-- father in law.

-- cosmic eldritch horror but the real horrors is the fucking key you keep showing me. please let me go I just want to see my husband and daughter.

.

what do you MEAN he is my husband WHAT.

-- your letters have ruined my life.

-- my VERY real father. of course I get excited whenever i see you around you're very cool and I miss you :(

-- you got hit by the tram once while breakdancing and I'll never forget about that /pos /lh

-- please i just want the divorce papers... what do you mean, I don't NEED a marriage counselor OR a priest. also you threw your friend not once but twice and you're so real for that.

-- the TRUE toxic yuri. also you multiplied and became french which is funny.

-- too many rules to remember. also you're short and I want to rattle you.

-- twitter but cooler!

-- you canonically give spirits bad vibes which is fucking HILARIOUS.

-- i'm noT A FUCKING CAT UNHAND MEE YOU SLIMY WHELP. OUGHHHH also NO I will NOT take a break. >:(

-- the vibes are a WILD way to judge someone but it's even MORE wild the vibes are usually right.

-- the way you just grabbed him was so funny. weak as hell but you had the spirit!!!

-- not a muse i see often but there's like 3 of you floating around and THAT is a funny ass fact.

-- "this is my safety gun." "well can you put it away?" "but my safety gun :("

-- you can't do math yet somehow you made a plan to overthrow your brother and become a god practically and I don't know if I'm impressed or just saddened by that thought.

-- please leave my eyes alone.

-- the manager of the costco! i wonder if he ever got out...

... or unpossessed.

-- no running in the halls!!! /ref

-- bakery owner who i would forfeit all mortal possesions to <333

-- girlboss and her 203948043 vessels

-- peepaw i don't like guns. or fake yous.

-- how's your father's divorce going? do you need a hug. /lh

-- vida la revolution!!!

-- how did you get into my house and why are you talking about fireworks and poetry i just want to disassociate about my brother's traumatic death and disconnect from the world around me, i didn't ASK for an impromptu therapy session.

-- orphan.

-- uno card eater AND number one on the debt list. also your demons. that's fucked up.

[twracehorse]

Ghost Shenanigans and 3 Idiots! (Phasmophobia)

1. We got 4 yokai in a 5-hour session once! One of which we just guessed and go'd because Dorian needed to collect one more bone for his daily task. No evidence or nothing, just went with our gut, and since we had 3 yokai already, it was a healthy guess! We were shockingly correct lmao!

~

2. At one point, Dorian's internet was hanging on by a thread. Only letting him go at 1fps, and he couldn't hear us through the game, but he could still hear the noises from the game. He couldn't speak either, so it was just this man walking very slowly to the van and checking out his surroundings bit by bit. It was funny watching his character look around like ↘️...⬆️....⬅️....↙️...

While he restarted the router, Sky and I did a quick run, and I mean we got in and out of that house with finding evidence of the ghost, the cursed object, the bone, filling out the photo slots, and getting all the objectives in like under 15 minutes!

~

3. Russian roulette of the tarot cards, "These have been so kind, and so-... RUN" (the death card was finally pulled)

~

4. While I have been getting better at running and hiding from the ghosts, it's mostly when somebody finds the cursed object and triggers a hunt, is when I get caught in the crossfire (ouija board and monkey's paw are my main causes of death).

Like how Sky wished for knowledge with the monkey's paw, a hunt occurred. Oh, by the way, we were at the asylum with "starter gear", meaning between the 3 of us, we had a shitty flashlight, a glowstick, and a shitty video camera for light. I ran somewhere, I don't even know where, a corner? I could hear the ghost getting closer and I pulled out my lightstick....bad idea because then I saw the ghost crawling towards me, neck bent, right before her cold hands played the worst game of peek-a-boo ever!

A wish for life was granted, with Sky taking the hit for the tradeoff. It was up to me and Dorian to get evidence! At one point, we came to the stairway door. It was locked. We assumed there was a key that we needed to pick up, so we moved on down the hallway. Finding nothing there, we head back, coming across the stairway again. The door was unlocked! Heading through and going down, after a moment, Dorian remembers that that door locks when there's a hunt. We were completely oblivious to an ongoing hunt!

Sky helping from the beyond to lead us to the ghost room. Which was a bit of a bad idea since we knew our sanity was lower than my expectations for men. Yeah....bad idea. I backed myself between a bookcase and a stretcher, fully exposed to the ghost. I could hear it walk in front of me. But she had her sights on Dorian, who was out in the open across from me. I made it out with little to no clues and had to guess the ghost type by myself. I ended up choosing between a yokai who hates people speaking near it, and a thaye who gets defensive. I was right on the yokai!

~

5. All of us in the van looking at the screen hoping to see something. The ghost finally appears through the dots. Our first words were "oh!", Dorian's was "he is caked up"

~

6. Trying to taunt the ghost to show up so we can get 25% sanity "Kelly Young more like Kelly OLD! Hah, gottem!" *Kelly turned off the lights*

"C'monnn kill us! Kill us!!! You scared? Scared of lil old us?" *crucifix burns*

~

7. When we finally found the ghost room in the asylum and were standing around to get evidence, our lights and equipment started flashing, I looked over to see the ghost in the doorway. I said, "Come here, Papa!" ......he sure did. That wasn't a typical event....it was a hunt, and he came for my neck!

The most insulting part was that I took a photo of him, but in the journal, it barely showed up, and it said "interaction" with 3 stars. What? Did it move the door a bit when he came to kill me??

~

8. We had to get the ghost to hunt so we could complete an objective. Unfortunately, it was a revenant, and unfortunately for us by using the monkey's paw to drain our sanity, it switched up the ghost room. Guess who ran to her designated hiding spot only to run into the arms of the ghost waiting in the basement! :D

I cleansed as I heard the ghost, but without my flashlight me and the ghost were circling each other as I was trying to run somewhere blind as a mole and the ghost, blinded by the smudge, until the air cleared and the ghost gripped me by the arm and said, "you come with me".

~

9. We were pulling tarot cards in the basement, so we'd have enough time to jump into the lockers nearby in the case of pulling the death card. Once we've pulled all the cards, we were ready to leave. But oh! the sound of a door shutting alerted me and I immediately shut up and crawled back into the locker, watching as Sky and Dorian ascended the stairs. Sky exclaims "it was a hunt?...oh...." as Dorian's body flops down the stairs.

~

10. We were playing when the dailies and weekly challenges reset. Bit of a mistake...

It was going normal, up until we tried using the cursed object. I was the one to hold the music box as Dorian hid so we could gauge the ghost's speed via activating a hunt. Sky next to me just outside the gates (Maple Lodge Campsite). I'm clicking to activate it.... it's not working... I don't see the handle spin nor hear the music. I am essentially turning it on and off. Sky can hear the music, Dorian later said that the ghost was starting to sing, stopped, and kept restarting to sing (because of my clicking). It doesn't trigger a hunt, we go into the van to see what our sanity is. Sky and Dorian's sanity was about 45%, mine however, the one HOLDING the music box was a comfortable 78%. The music box drains the sanity of whoever is holding it and anyone nearby to hear its tune. The activity board was also up and down like crazy (the on and off of the music box).

We go back in to get evidence. The ghost steps in salt, I try to take a photo. The camera is clicking but isn't capturing the photo. We hot potato the camera and it's not working for any of us. That's when we notice the objectives on the board aren't crossed off either when we KNOW they were completed. So, we guess and go... we were not permitted to leave...

The van closed and started up the engine, but the loading screen never came. We stopped being able to hear each other. We couldn't drop anything we were holding. We opened the van door and we cannot leave. Dorian is the first to leave the game itself and his smudge stick and headgear are left floating in thin air.

Never be too eager to get on those new dailies!

~

11. Both Dorian and Sky died while in the prison. But! We had the tarot cards! The potential for life!

I managed to pull high priestess! Someone would be brought back to life from where they died. I announced it over the walkie, "One of you will regain your life."

The door closes before me...

"And it's hunting..."

~

12. We successfully got the last objective and were heading out of the house. Sky was just outside (no, they didn't do "hide and seek" on us this time). I tried walking out, however there was an invisible wall that stopped me and Dorian from leaving.... the ghost has decided to hunt. We were stunned by not being able to walk out right before the door shut. Flashlights turned off, smudges burning, booking it to the hallway closet, Dorian made it in. I, however, did not. I kept trying to open the door to no avail. Dorian's head poking out while he was safe inside. My time was running out. The air was starting to clear, and the ghost would be able to see me again. Noting that the ghost was right on top of me heavily breathing as I'm scratching at the closet door to get it open. But it was too late...

Turns out, Dorian thought I was the ghost and kept a tight hold on the doors and only realized when the sounds of my death echoed in the hallway.

~

13. We entered the willow street house, Dorian grabbing the tarot cards right away and pulling... death!

Luckily there was a hiding spot in that front room. Unfortunately, my roommate came home at that exact moment. She starts talking about her day and when putting my finger to my lips didn't work, I had to frantically whisper "shut up!!!!", knowing that it could give away our hiding spot. But if she were to continue talking, the ghost would've found us.

As soon as the ghost stopped hunting, we all burst with laughter at our close call.

~

14. Me waiting for the others to gather 'round so we could drain our sanity via music box (we did a custom setting to have all cursed objects on the map). The ghost, however, was triggered to hunt. We had limited hiding spots available, and I didn't know where to go. I went into the nursery. The ghost going back and forth in the hallway, just reaching the doorway, but not going past it. Until it did... and it locked onto me right away. I ran out yelling, "he was naKED!"

Dorian was in the closet in that hallway when my body fell to the floor, hearing my death woes of being flashed by a ghost...

~

15. With one final objective to complete: cleanse the ghost as it's chasing someone. We were ready at Willow Street! The ghost room was in the basement, while we were in the kitchen, planning to run to the garage's hiding spot.

We hear the ghost start its hunt. Calling out to it so he can come up to us. Dorian was the closest by the basement, looking at the ghost coming up the stairs. Once it got to ground level, Dorian exclaims, "he's naked!". The lights go out, me and Sky are left in the darkness with the sounds of choking next to us.

.....Dorian might have been too distracted by the nudist to cleanse before it got to him....

[scorchedhearth]

jaykyle at a coffee shop? (it's 100% a date but only one of them knows it lmao)

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To be quite honest, this entire situation is on Kyle. That’s on him, he should have known, should have been clearer, made his intentions more straightforward because Jason may be smart but he somehow manages to be such a moron when it comes to relationships. He admitted to having no friends as a kid and after spending a few months hanging out with him Kyle can believe it, it shows. He should have said it out loud.

“What do you mean this is a date?” Jason blurts out, staring at him as if Kyle had just grown a second head.

“I mean I thought we were on a date, we’re in a coffee shop and I bought you pastries, don’t know what else it could be. But obviously, if one party has no idea what’s going on I'm not sure we can call it that.”

“Does this mean-” Jason squints his eyes, and stares at him some more. “Last month, when we went to the exhibit.”

“A date too, yeah.” Kyle confirms “At least, I thought so. I don’t know about you but I don’t go buying ice cream to eat in a park when I’m just hanging out with friends.” And Jason has the decency to wince at that. Kyle really wants to believe it's because of Jason’s obliviousness when it comes to genuine human interaction but a part of him can’t help but think he’s losing his game. He used to be able to charm anyone with a smile and a few words but if he can’t even get a proper date now… He should reconsider spending months away in space and try to get some human contact when he’s down here, outside of other heroes just as out of the loop as he is.

The silence stretches between them and grows heavy, Jason squirming in his seat. And honestly? This would all be almost worth it just for the sight of the Red Hood looking like a wet cat in the middle of a New York cafe, a hard frown and sad look somehow both pulled on his face at the same time. If only Kyle didn’t feel so embarrassed.

“I-” Jason starts but closes his mouth so fast his teeth click, Kyle hears it above the shop’s background noise.

“What?” He wants to get over with this, the faster the better. It’s never fun to be told off, no matter how carefully you chose your words.

“It’s my first date. In a long time.” Jason pulls a face then, twists his lips in a frown and looks away for a moment, eyebrows pulled together. “But I liked it.” Kyle allows some hope in his heart.

“Yeah?” He relaxes his hand around the now empty cup in front of him, drums his fingers on the ceramic. Waits for more out of him.

“Yeah.” Jason nods and looks back at him, and any sign of discomfort or doubt is gone from his face, he looks like a man with a plan. Determined, and a too pleased grin plastered on his face. “Should have told me you liked me, Kyle.” He says and Kyle snorts.

“For your record, I did. I explicitly told you, and I quote, ‘I like you Jason, do you want to come to this exhibition with me?’ The implications of that were more than clear”

“That’s too vague. Up to interpretation.” Jason waves his wrist around and Kyle is back to wanting to strangle him. He never stops with this know-it-all stick, it’s infuriating. Kyle almost still hates it. “Anyway, I know a great spot in Gotham, if you’re up to seeing the city up close.”

“Depends on what you got, birdie.” He raises an eyebrow at the challenge in his voice.

“Well, glowstick.” The grin is back on. “There’s this place downtown, best burgers you can get in the country. On me, to make up for the failed dates. I’ll show you my favorite statue too.”

“Your favorite statue, seriously?” What a nerd, Kyle thinks with a huff of laughter. “Alright, deal. That’s a date.”

“That’s a date,” Jason repeats, and under the puffed-out chest and satisfied expression, Kyle can see a more timid but just as sweet smile, pink over his cheek. Yeah, it can work out, if Kyle makes sure to have as much subtlety as a sledgehammer.