#im not tagging them cus i want them to be tagged when my animations are actually finished

[al13n-fr34k]

blog #1

Working hard for something for my moots today!

Bin's part is done :)

Next is Goober :D

[baradurus]

This is my love Letter/Appreciation post to the qsmp thumbler!since i saw so many ppl doing it

(Im kind of a lurker and have just recently become more activ RIGHT WHEN IT ENDED)

Anyways yall are such a nice community!And honestly a safespace for me its really fun to read all the silly shenanigans you come up with ,qsmp thumbler really cheers up my day and sometimes its even the Highlight of my day.

And some of you maynot know me since i am a lurker but i just want to say my appreciationto some ppl bellow the cut

(If i make anyone uncomfy with tagging them please do tell me and i will imeadiatly remove you)

To the artist

@ama-a93 I LOVE LOVE LOVE I JUST ADORE YOU ART ITS SOSO BEUTIFULL I JUST CANT i always get hyperaktiv when i See your beutifull art <3

@ddummy07 omg i cant even begin to describ how much i adore your content it soso amazing i love it so much i first saw you on tik tok and your Animations are just WOW

@lutraviolet your artsyle is so beutifull as is your art u always amazes me how beutifull it is whenever i look at it i think OMG IT SO PRETTYYYYYY at the same time i want all the Art you Post!

@acetheabnormal the backbone of the miscklikers i think i once sent an ask to tell you how much i adores your artstyle BUT IT SIMPLY WAS NOT ENOUGH YOUR ANIMATICS YOUR ART EVERYTHING IS SIMPLY TOP NOTCH evrrytime you post it fills me with joy

@vastlaundrybear im must say ,how much i adore your artsyle your animatics just simply everything ITS SO AAARGH i especally like your slimeccle Design (i also just adore your jrwi animatics) JUST YOUR ANIMATICS IN GENERAL ARE SOO ARRGHHH the transitions ,the lightning,JUST EVERYTHING

@thatonedogart omg i love itARRGHHH you keep me alive i live in jealousy of your greatness!!

@thatplankoverthere omg i love LOVE YOUR ART AREGHHH it simply is just so beutifull (you inspirw me to continue my traditional art journey!!)

now to the amazing artist and my mutal @smallz-o just muah everytime you Post i get happy you are a ray of sunshine to me i aprecviate you soso much and you have Motivation me to be way way more activ in the community (like also Posting art of my own and such<333)

@sadtrashking ARGHH YOUR ART IS SIMPLY SO CREATIV i love love love your takes on the qsmp memebers and turning them into animals(? Sry if thats not the right word)and omg your art is simply prefection i strive to one day be as creativ as you

@shen-mu your art is litterally SO SO GOOD ARRGHHH i just love your artsyle (and wth you post art so quik) it always Cheerleader my day up seing your art!!!

And since were on the topic of mutal

@fantasticflavor i love love love your Pixel art it inspires me so much AND WTH YOU ART IS SOSO PRETTY <333its an honor to be mutal with u!

@motshine i always love to See you in my notfications and your pfp is just so silly <3

@safetycap you are kinda like an Update source to me and i appreciate you very much!

@dragon-lady-owo it is always a pleasure seing that youve liked smt of mine and i apprecate you very very much!!!!!

@orquydia im very very glad that ive got to know you through our silly battel that started cus you liked my art and i decide to like smt of yours and then we had a littel like war (that i won)i apreciate you very very much and hope that our friendship continues to blossum i always enjoy our Talks about anything our minds can think of ( mostly robots)

@saltedcaramelchaos my beloved mutal! Although we dont talk much i appreciate you with every bone i have left your a very nice person from what i can tell and wish you the best!!

To ppl i stayed Updates through:

@royalarchivist you are a litteral livesafer to me no joke you have keep me updated on soso many things and i appreciate the work youve been doing :)

@hey-i-am-trying i appreciate you so so much and thank you for being such a cool person!

@anachronistic-falsehood you have also been a soucre of info to me and its alway cool to See you post <3

@starriknight believ it or not ive been staying updated through you and i appreciate all youve done for the community!!!

I hope i dident forget anyone! Have a nice day <333

[sour-ggrapess]

✮ STARS IN UR EYES ✮

YOONGI X FEM! READER

A/N: im getting yoongi out the way because i wanna make a tae fic sooooo bad. This is inspired by when 21 savage said "I know you on your period, baby, can you suck it?". PRAY THID DONT FLOP COUSE IM EDITING IT AT @ 2AM.

SUMMERY: every time yoongi sees you from that angle there is stars in your eyes

WARNINGS: oral (m receiving), hair kink, cu!m eating, face fu!cking, multiple no p and v, mentions of blood, yonngi is in love.

Rere was listening to; ZERO BY NEWJEANS.

COCCA COLA MASISSDA!

Enter my *Taglist* ༉‧₊˚✧ to be tagged and the first to know when i post.

Yoongi always lost his mind when you were on your period. He always thought you were the most pretty thing in the universe when you were cuddled up in bed like a little bunny because you were having cramps. It drove him insane but he couldn't do anything when it got him hard. Yoongi wondered why you didn't let him just finger you, blood didn't scare him especially when it was yours. "baby you look so perfect right now" yoongi was awestruck by you in your pink sink night gown that your boobs spilled out of it. "Can you just let me fuck you please, baby" Yoongi pleads out as his hard cock pokes through his jeans. You couldn't deny how much you wanted him balls deep inside your sopping cunt but it just made you feel nasty but you had another idea.

"FUCK! Y-y/n". Yoongi groaned as you licked on his slit and all along his tip. Whenever you licked on his dick like that it made this man turn into a animal. He tried so hard to not shove your head down and make you choke on that shit but he let you lead. Your whole mouth on his length now as his tip hit the back of your tongue as it swirled around his length.

He had enough as he grew  impatient and pushed your head all the way down on his lengthy cock causing you to gag and spit mixed with precum to drip out of your mouth. He grasped your hair as he harshly fucked into you throat, letting out sexy groans of your name. You tried pulling away for air but his high got the best of him as he kept on slamming your head down on his cock as he liked to see you fight for air on his cock. One short gasp as pulled you off his cock then right back on as your nose was buried in his stomach.

You could tell he was close as his dick twitched in your throat as you gagged with your mouth open. He felt as if he was in heaven the way you swallowed his dick up like he was the best meal you ever had. He always swore he could see stars in your eyes as you looked up at him while his cock was shoved down your throat. Yoongi removed his hand from your head as he was about to release and that came very soon as you moved your mouth down to his balls. Both of them now in your mouth as you swirled your tongue around both. "FUCK! BITCH!" Yoongi screamed out as sweat dripped down his forehead and his hand dragged you back to his cock. His semen shooting down your tongue giving you no choice but to swallow.

"You're so yummy"

© KOOK-NET 2023 — ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

[biconickyoshi]

ive already put a comment on ur fic but i couldnt let it go without saying that i *literally* cant watch the main show without thinking about your fic and i wish that i could like. watch a version of the show that was your fic xD like ive been ranting and raving to my friends the entire time id been reading it and telling them to read it and i was planning on trying to get back into art so i could make some art of the boys, i am like. a changed person. this will be living in the back of my head rent free for the rest of eternity LMAO if you ever get like, doubtful of your skills or anything or unsure if people actually like anything youve wrote, i am here to tell u to not be cus i am *living* for this fic im running around in circles rereading it and getting zoomies lmfao, it is literally one of my fave fics of all time and ive been in fandom spaces for half my life now, its THAT GOOD (also anyone who follows you, you guys need to go read it honestly, IT NEEDS MORE HITS AND KUDOS AND AAAAGFAHGAF) im sorry if this ask is dumb or anything but. i had to let u know that u have CHANGED ME lmfao keep up the good work! i wish my brain worked the way yours does xD

Aaaaa it's so flattering to hear all of this anon!!! T-T Thank you so much!! I too very much wish there was a version of my show that was my fic lmao, I would loveeee to see so many scenes animated! Also it makes me SO happy to know that you're telling your friends about The Avatar and the Fire Prince!!! If you ever draw any fan art, pleaseeee mention me in the post and feel free to use "the avatar and the fire prince" and/or "taatfp" as a tag to help me find it! :)

Thank you so much for the encouraging words as well - I try not to get too in my head with worrying about whether or not people will like what I have planned for future plotlines, or if I'm writing in a way that stays true to the spirit/plot of the OG show while still being different enough to be entertaining/engaging... AtLA is such a precious piece of media to me, so I hold myself to very high standards, which can be detrimental when I just want to get a chapter out but I keep rereading it and finding little things "wrong" that need to be fixed lol.

Anyways this is NOT a dumb ask at all anon! I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to send this to me, and I apologize for not getting to it sooner! I've been a bit swamped with asks and comments recently so I've been trying to answer them in small chunks at a time haha

Hope you have a great day, and I'm super excited for you to see what I have planned for the future of TAatFP! :) <3

[snow-and-saltea]

People I'd like to know better

Tagged by @paleasamoon (hi tex i love you tex sorry this took a year) (HEH. get it. cus you tagged me last year. heh.)

Last song: just putting on yt music as im reading manga and talking to muwi, and now its playing burn for you, from the bridgerton musical! (i don't know watch or follow it) (it's just a nice song) but i'd also like to recommend this song

Favourite colour: YELLOW!!!! 💛💛💛💛💛💛

Currently watching: my computer screen writing this up

Last movie / TV show: skip to loafer! i was screaming with muwi the entire time bc the story was so sweet and healing and everyone is so sympathetic and cute and we kept being like AAAAAAAAAA I LOVE WOMEN FRIENDSHIPS SO MUCHHHHHH

Spicy/savoury/sweet: sweet! if i could choose a combo, i like savoury-sweet. i like spice but only if i like the flavour! i'm not keen on the actual pain sensation of spice!!

Last thing I googled: hummmm i don't remember... i think a marinade recipe i made yesterday night? i made a korean base marinade for some lamb chops!! i cooked them today and invited my sister to eat with us, it was rlly yummy!

Relationship status: single! waves my aroace flag!!! i'm curious about how it feels to be in a relationship but it's not smth i try to actualize LOL i'm content w reading my shoujosei man-ga/hwa/huas <33

Current obsession: idk if i could call them obsessions yet but right now i'm really invested in sousou no frieren (anime only, havent caught up to the manga), skip to loafer (same there), and i'm looking for more wholesome healing stories. although now that i'm going through my reading lists for stories i've dropped, i'm laughing at them fjaksfjkasfj

(i promise this one has proper context bc i usually like pacifist mcs just bc i like politics and connection seeking to be based on a foundation of empathy and kindness. but this one was just so stupid and just a way to establish how good the mc was to the point that i couldn't get immersed in the story bc it was that nonsensical and i wanted to die)

i'm typically fine w mary sues / jane(?) FLs and i even tend to be biased for them just bc there's a lot of misogyny about the subject matter, so i normally don't bat an eye unless it's a writing choice i find unsuitable / doesn't fulfill the potential it could've achieved with an interesting plot.

(btw the context is that the first screenie which this rant also applies to was when some guy caught the baddies and the FL is like "No let's reward them for trying to kill us. they're just misunderstood!! i bet if we try really hard we can all get along!!")

but! i only really like it when it actually does something useful, like thematically or symbolically. like tohru's innate goodness for furuba inline with the sohma's family curse and mitsumi's unending positivity and earnestness that helps the people around her heal from emotional wounds. not that they're mary sues in any way, but since people understand mary sues as "female protagonists who can do no wrong and will be liked no matter what" (even thought their psychology and personality is just genuinely likeable), i think it makes my point clear. there's a way to write a character who is Good and Kind without cheapening them to a naivete that at best, makes the mc pitiable, or worst, is treated like the mc's totally unique worldview of "lets be nice to people and never hurt anyone ever :)" is the end all be all of the story and the solution to the plot. kindness and empathy is a coiled spring that projects you forward, a motivator. it's how you guide your hand and where it goes, not that the hand is never raised. i don't agree that cowardice towards change and the potential promise of conflict is any kind of wisdom >:T plus it kinda puts the shame to the idea of kindness as a legitimate basis for political strategy, and that leads to some set up for a lot of zero sum games i don't care for in this specific story. there is a good story where each character is trying to one up each other politically, psychologically, at all times, but this is not that story and so the tone feels very off kilter.

but yeah!! sometimes a character is just OP and the story is not even having fun with it (aka its not satire or irony), which makes me think they want to take it seriously. and my serious thoughts was that it sucked.

(i just realised this also applies to the first screenie LMFAO it just loops back huh!!)

not gonna comment about the others bc i think they speak for themselves <33 but also the first one of these three is fucked up in the sense that i dont even get where they're going w the story. its a revenge story and the FL uses the ML from childhood to achieve her revenge, but then suddenly when he's an adult she has Feelings for Him and now im like.... okay....? belief no longer suspended. beliefs are like those garter straps that snapped. my socks are like my beliefs. fallen to my feet. they are no longer suspended.

sorry that got off track </33 i enjoy looking into why i dont like things, im in this stage of life where i realise i actually have specific ass tastes!! i always have, but i just realised it very recently a few years back fjskfjskjf

People I'd like to know better (i also wanna include some mutuals who i haven't talked to but i like to see on my dash):

@snickerdoodlles

@fflewddurfflam7

@00uroboros

@perpetualstateofcrying

@pirate-with-internet-connection

💛🐢😤💪

[pinkmoondoll9shihtzu]

tagged by @lemonmoonlimestar  thankuu *^o^* <3

Relationship status: trying to learn 2 luv myself Lol....neways we dnt talk about that stuff on here

Favourite colour: pink purple n yellow🎀💟⭐️

Song stuck in my head: a&w by lana del rey lol my friend who i hadnt talked to in forever came to me last week to tell me to listen to it (been years since i investigated any of lana’s new music) and im obsesed w this song noww

Last song I listened to: silent hill playlist before i went to sleep ln

Three fav foods:  meat specifically chicken wings (hotsauce type) cus i love the feeling of being like a feral animal eating off the bone. and like a rare ass bloody steak OMGGGG my mouth is watering LOL i go blood fiend mode when i start thinking about meat. curry especially indian food.. oh i really love potato in all forms too. my fav type of treat food is donut, just plain sugar donut and coffee

Last thing I googled: "C minor”

Dream trip: well ofc i rly wanna go to japan but my life would have to change SO much for that to even begin to resemble a possibility xD id love to go in winter/early spring.. honestly wish i cld go to the UK to try and reconnect w some of my family well mostly just my older brothers i rly miss them and feel emptiness in my heart about it. o & im dying to go to some places along the east coast usa cus i love it over there n have many friends i cld see !! thats the most realistic idea

Anything I want right now: hmmm....i want to feel calm, and secure in reality,, basically i just want  like $10,000 and ill b good. i want to be a good friend n help people in watever ways i can.

idk who to tag cus i could keep listing off ppl forever so if u want to do this u can just say i tagged u ^_^ #<3.

[tempenensis]

Hi lele just wanna drop a lil vent AND need YOUR opinion on it please if you would be so kind♡ tq

I hate western fandom so much like even god can't help them!

Ok so i shipped satosugu and itafushi (♡♡) but now this western fans are screaming crying blah blah saying its canon when its NOT

Ok i understand about itafushi cus gege has implied it as well but nothing about satosugu has been said has it? It was just a mistranslation for godsake

All these western ppl started screaming satosugu canon after the director said some ship stuff but that SO does NOT make it official now does it?

I mean even the director of bleach has officially admitted that the anime was kinda biased and towards ichiruki than the ichihime that was later CANON by the MANGAKA himself

Im east asian and i speak and write Japanese well (its my first languag) and so i have always been reading manga first and then watching the anime. And i, as a manga reader, noticed the difference and so many things that were indeed ichiruki but thats not what im saying

Cmon are you getting me lele?! Im not trying to spread hate i just want the western fans to know not to cry wolf unless its OFFICIALLY confirmed or such

Just because THEY WANT to make a ship canon thru some half assed opinions does not mean they would pressurized or shame others who do not get on board on their not canon but i say its canon so its canon train

I really liked satosugu because i though it was cute but now i don't cus the western fandom made it so toxic

I told them that the official manga that is in Japanese language says something else (that my one and only thing) they literally all hounded on me, bullied me online for being a 'homophobe'? Like why? I have a girlfriend for around 3yrs now haha 😂 (im a girl)

I DONT KNOW WHAT TO SAY IM SORRY LELE FOR WASTING YOUR TIME BUT I JUST want WHAT IS YOUR OPINION please

Thank you very much

Have a wonderful day

Uh, yeah. So it's finally time that I came clear. I once said that I have a ship that I barely tolerate, so.... that NOTP is none other than stsg. I recently block the ship tag here in tumblr, actually. So now that I said this, stsg fans, you're very welcome to block me.

I'll put the rest of my answer under the cut in consideration for the ship fans, since this is definitely not for the fans. Don't say I didn't warn you if you're one of the fans and still continue to read and then get offended

Honestly, this is a thing that has been happening since several months ago. I don't know exactly why, but the western stsg fandom got very loud - to the point that I, who usually can tolerate many things including pairings that I don't ship, became unable to ignore it. Fans today really likes to throw words like "canon" and easily verbally attack people who don't agree.

Anyway, even if Director Park said it, it doesn't really make it actually canon. I still remember Nakata Jouji (I love the man, he's my favorite priest in Fate series), the seiyuu for Naobito, said that Naobito is Maki's father, which later written by Gege to be untrue. Ougi is Maki's actual father. So, unless Gege writes or says it directly, what other people (even staffs) can only be considered as a speculation; since it's their interpretation of the characters, just like we fans do.

It's just when related to a ship, fans always get loud. Remember viz's mistranslation "my one and only" lol? I have long thought since the volume came out that the stsg fans will take it and run with it. And this is just a personal theory, but the loudest one are the one with the smallest crumbs. Itfs is still fed today by gege so we're just content day to day, but stsg currently has nothing in the manga so they get really loud when the smallest crumb drops. It'll pass if you wait, just stay calm lol.

So my intolerance does not come from the ship itself, but from the fans, so yeah. Same, anon, same.

[bbina]

i forgot to mention its 🌷

no bc am i the only who didnt understand anons like i get on maybe stuff u dont want ur moots to find out ur reading (im talking heinous..) but i was so confused at first when i joined tumblr but its kinda fun 🤭

-🌷

wait so u sent in that last ask?? cus imma tag it under ur name 😭 also yeah i also didn’t understand the concept of anons bc throughout my 6 years of being on tumblr this is the most amount of anons i have… which is crazy! also during my anime era i scared away a character anon bc i called them funny and that pretending to be a character in my inbox is lowkey weird 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 but yeah anons r so fun!

[dawnilith]

Community-building Tag Game

Tagged by: @peaceful-roadkill

Name: Dawn, Dawnilith, silly lil ding dong seal

Pronouns: they them

Where do you call home?

Im from the texas coast but currently ive enjoyed living in the dallas area and its been my home for a long time

Favorite animal:

Orca, manta rays, cephalopods, seals a lotta marine life rly lol

Cereal of choice:

Trix cereal

Are you a visual auditory or kinesthetic learner?

Def a visual learner its hard for me learn new things if im not being shown how

First pet:

Im gonna instead go with the most memorable pets i had which was two weenie dogs hannah and susie, me and my sister loved them a lot

Favorite scent:

Petrichor, the smell of gummy candy, breakfast tacos, and the scent of someone when i get to cuddle them

Do you believe in astrology?

I try not to believe in it too much cus its just for funsies but i do enjoy talkin and hearing abt it

How many playlists do you have on Spotify/apple music?

Majority of my music i listen to are mp3 files downloaded to my phone, i have a lotta playlists on there too, mostly of putting all of an artists stuff into one playlist, or my calm down playlist

Sharpies or highlighters?

Hmm i did learn recently how useful highlighters can be for drawing but i was more accustomed to using sharpies for inking/coloring

A song that makes you cry:

Ancestress -Björk, winter melody -donna summer; this womans work, all the love, mrs.bartolozzi, a coral room, and dream of sheep - kate bush, tokyo sunrise -LP, crazy world -WALLA, as the world caves in -matt maltese, kimono beat -seiko matsuda

A song that makes you happy:

Try me i know we can make it, happily ever after -donna summer, love and anger -kate bush, clouds -prince, birthday, who is it, big time sensuality, cocoon, in the musicals, ovule, allow, triumph of a heart -björk

And finally what do you write/draw/create? If so use this as an opportunity to shamelessly(😉) promote yourself!

I enjoy drawing my many burly queer oc's and i post them on my art blog! @dawns-art-blog and also on twitter @dawnilith

Nominations: @dantelupine @daybydayartwork @gr-74 @nikodavisflores @thermav and whoever else im mutuals with/wants to

[rurifangirl]

Welcome to a new episode of : ruru introducing yet another sea depths monster oc instead of the actual protagonists because they've gotten an attachment over them

All info under the cut cus I wanna treat this both like an intro n art post so auakdhnd <3

Name: Neptune.

Age: 24.

Gender & Sexuality: Unlabled.

Pronouns: He/they.

Height: 1.72 cms (human form) ,,,,,60 m (octopus form [im so sorry].

Birthday: 21 February.

Likes: Anything choco related (especially cookies), comfy beds, reading, drawing especially familiar faces, gowns.

Dislikes:Being the centre of attention (only in negative light), dull colours, Chris pratt, chainsaws, big boats, sharks.

Personality: They're,, kind of enigmatic. Most of the time he appears charming, in favour of talking, and overall responsable. However, his fits of absolute rage aren't any less devastatin, n while It doesn't affect their transformation,, they're still very much there. Despite being actually insecure, they try their best to hide that through their whole persona.

Abilities/weapons:

(In human form)

While they are extremely weaker than in his other form, Neptune Is pretty good with physical combact. Short ranged weapons such as knives are their preference, although they do use guns n whatnot if necessary.

(In octopus form)

Apart from the obvious massive stature, he's able to control his tentacle/like hair strands just fine. They're far more resistent and is his main ability. However, not like Moor, they can walk on land, despite still having some difficulties.

Another thing he relies on is the usage of their own teeth, having sharpened during the transformation and being quite powerful if used correctly.

Sum lil other stuff🐙

I won't actually really talk on their past, mainly because 1 it's pretty heavy and 2 hits too close to home, so most I'm going to say is that, he had an,,, innappropriate relationship with a far older man back when they weren't of age.

Just years later they'd realized how bad It actually was and, with the course of years, planning to take on his revenge among with other 'collegues' he made on his way.

Most of them were friends w him even before this had happened, and all they know is very small fragments.

He still blames himself from time to time for not having stood up once, even if It wasn't their fault. They thought that he deserved that for the longest time.

While he never stated It, they deeply care about them, especially towards his childood friend, Elisa. At first in the buisness, they had a rocky kind of dynamic. With time passing, they've grown closer and closer.

Well except Neptune forgetting to tell her ever that he could turn into a 40 m octopus that could and had killed hundreds in order to keep them safe from what they're ACTUALLY doing behind closed doors and arguably being one of the worst people in the entire Raventhorns universe leading to her almost shooting him but

HEY THAT'S JUST THE LIL DETAILS.

He owns like . A very very comfortable bed . So soft like you could be immerged in it.

They like to wear dresses and, since he's physically similar to Elisa, borrows w/o permission some of hers when he wants to show himself.

He would've loved to have a domestic animal, but since they cannot assure their safety, he decided not to.

Their love language Is verbal affection, as they don't like physical one because, y'know.

He's actually a very big fan of the fnaf franchise.

did i decide this while listening to break my mind n thinking 'oooooh Neptune vibes yes'? The answer Is yes but u cannot control me🔪🔪

Though It wouldn't seem like It, most of the time he's fun to be round, making an hilarious scene n, even dramatic one just for the sake of it.

Tags: @anonymousgeekhere @a-chaotic-dumbass @spoopy-fish-writes @damnfoxx @nadi-117 @dopesaladlady @audre-falrose @yourlocalcowboy @flowergarden1 @infra-jaded

[simpingforthisonedeer]

Chapter 11: Sons & Daughters

SFW version here

Summary:  Holly is involving herself in things she shouldn't be, like telling the Wizard King he is doing necromancy. Aika plays matchmaker and then has tea with Lord Silva. The Captain of the Royal Guards "greets" Aika and the faceless assassin from the final battle returns. 6563 words

Notes: Heyo folks! Im back 😎 I stopped waiting for the Spade arc to finish so I’m posting now. It’s gonna be really fun from here on out cus we’re slowly easing into the plot so I can’t wait😋

Tagging: @ckjwnnbc​ @thoughtfullyrainynightmare @lyranova​ @elysianluv​

“Good Morning, Julius!” She chirped from where she was seated on her mother’s lap, completely unaware of tension.

A smile lit up his face. He was truly happy to see her again. He faintly wondered if he would get an opportunity to ask about her magic.

"Good morning, Holly! How wonderful to see you again! Are you here to spend the day with your mother?"

"No, I'm about to go to the CLK headquarters to go see Uncle Fueggy, and Leo!" He raised a brow at the name. Uncle Fueggy?

"Good morning, Julius," Aika greeted as casually as she could as her arms tightened around Holly.

His face softened when he looked up at her. She felt her face heat up under his gaze. It always seemed like he was looking through her.

"Good morning, Aika." His low voice raised goosebumps on the nape of her neck. "I just wanted to inform you that I will be touring the bases and will hold a conference with the Captains. I was wondering if you would like to accompany me? It would be a simple way to come out of the shadows as well, now that your amulet is gone," he explained, his voice the epitome of neutral.

She ushered Holly off of her lap and stood up as she clasped her cloak pin, slight regret crossing her face,

"I’m sorry, Julius. I have to go settle a territorial dispute between the city-states Roma and Amor." While it wasn't necessary to provide details, her Uncle recommended that she tell him minor details of her company to encourage Julius to trust her more about his own work.

She had only noticed after Master Raymond pointed it out but Julius may tend to seem casual and open but that was just part of his charm. He asked a lot of questions but rarely ever revealed any details about himself but most people don't notice it because he was so charismatic.

"What does that territorial dispute have to do with you?" Holly grumbled as she crossed her arms. She wanted her mom to come visit Fuegoleon instead. It’s a big achievement becoming captain! It’s like becoming a general.

Aika layed a gloved hand on her head as a small smile crept up her face.

"My company owns a big part of the land they're fighting over so it's a matter of who I will be paying the taxes to." Holly was always very aware of her mother's work and it was all so fascinating. She was glad she explained this stuff to her in a way she could understand. She hated not knowing things.

Aika looked up and addressed Julius again who was listening in interest.

"Then, I would have to have tea with Lord Silva, and hopefully finish that before I have to go introduce myself again to the Royal Guard who take lessons from me once a week. They don't remember me because of the amulet I used to have."

"Oh! I've heard about some faceless teacher giving lessons to the Royal Guard from Master Raymond." Julius touched his chin thoughtfully. "He told me it was you...It was the amulet you were wearing right? Would they even remember your lessons if they couldn't remember your face?"

"Yes, and of course. They only don't remember the identity of their teacher." She tilted her head when she noticed the time. "I must be going now," she announced as she pulled out her communicator. “I will talk to you more when I return.” Aika brought the device up to her mouth. "Ellie, to Roma please." A portal opened up next to her. "I'll see you later, Julius. And Holly," she gave her a stern look. "Behave yourself. Don't bother Fuegoleon too much, okay?” She sighed. It was his first day as Captain but he permitted Holly to come visit him anyway. She worries how much he showed favoritism towards Holly. “And no mischief,” she added.

Holly nodded somberly, suppressing a grin. It was perfect that Julius had walked in when he did. While it wasn't necessarily mischief, she needed to inform him of something that may be considered a bother in her mom's books. She may not exactly like him yet, but this was important. It was her very first, very real mission.

"Yes, mom. I love you!" She blushed when her mom gave her one of her infamous headpats. "Be safe!"

Aika smiled down at her daughter. "Of course." She nodded at Julius who winked at her in response. She blushed as she shook her head and ported away. 

"Julius?" Holly called seriously, her face turned away from him. He briefly feared that that wink may have been too much in front of her.

"Yes, Holly?"

"Are you going to the Crimson Lions Headquarters first?"

He raised a brow.

"Yes. How did you know that?"

She turned around with a mischievous grin.

"It's the closest base to the capital, so logically you would go there first."

"Wow!" He didn't expect deductive reasoning from a 10-year-old.

She smiled proudly.

"So, could I come with you? I'm going there too and I want to tell you something."

That piqued his curiosity. She had something to tell him?

"That mark you and mom are wearing on your forehead." She tapped her forehead. "Do you know what that is?"

Julius stilled at her words. Should he even be talking about this?

"It's a mark from a magic item," he answered cautiously.

"Yeah, I overheard. But do you know what the rune actually means or represents?"

"Er, no?" Where was she going with this?

"Well, the Nordic runes, the Hebrew alphabet and the Star of David are derived from the six-rayed star."

He quirked his brow again. He never knew that and it was fascinating information that he could delve into. But why did she sound so serious?

"The top part of the Tree of Life, also known as the Tree of Sephiroth or Sephirah is also derived from the same rune."

Julius's eyes widened. The elves who used to live near Hage worshipped the emanations in the Tree of Sephirah. Was the Swallowtail their relic? But the first Wizard King had a log of how he invented it so was it inspired by the elves?

"Any magic related to the Sephirah is life magic, used in resurrection, necromancy, reincarnation etcetera etcetera. It's forbidden magic."

Chills swept through him. Oh. Now that she put it that way, that was exactly what he was doing wasn't he? He reasoned that it was so that he could revive himself but that was technically necromancy, wasn't it?

"Mana and life essence are one and the same and you are storing your mana in it right? So that means you are storing your life energy," Holly narrowed her eyes at him in suspicion. "And also, there are elves in other countries who might find it a great offence that you are wearing Sephira's mark, especially when you don't worship it." She looked pointedly at the cross he wore.

"How do you know all of this?" He asked as he mirrored her suspicious gaze.

"My mom's old teacher, who is now my teacher, is an elf and a High Priest of Sephirah. He told me. He knows a lot about the divinity part of forbidden magic. And in order to learn about the light, you need to know the dark so yeah, he knows about all of this." She walked past him towards the door leading to his office. "But please don't tell my mom I know because she doesn't want me learning about the darker parts of forbidden magic yet."

He followed Holly into his office, thinking about how surreal this all was. A ten-year-old was just casually telling him off about necromancy and religion.

"Then why are you telling me this?"

"Because the Triad in the Spade kingdom and their Devils would target this kingdom more aggressively if they knew that someone was bearing the mark that represented the antithe—" She wrestled with the word. "Antithesis to them." She raised her arms defensively. "I'm just telling you what my teacher told me." He was a prophet for Sephirah. Someone who had also achieved Enlightenment, which granted him the ability to bear the Image of God, Imago Dei, and not go blind or insane. He and the other Enlightened Ones would receive direct orders or visions from God that they must carry out. He told her that she needed to tell Julius Novachrono that he must be wary of the mark on his head. When she asked him why, he told her it was more for her sake than him but the message must be relayed nevertheless.

His words worried Holly because did that mean she must be wary of the mark too? She worshipped the sun gods which were emanations of The God so they will be merciful towards her if she made a mistake. Right? Holly wasn’t so sure.

After all, there was no law dictating that God must be fair.

Julius stared long and hard at her. That was very heavy information for a child to bear. And how did her teacher know all that information about the Spade Kingdom? Why did he want to relay it to him? He needed to think on this because there is a very real threat from Spade that could kill him and if he had no way to come back, who was going to protect Clover Kingdom? He needed to keep the mark.

"Alright." He said simply. He would think about this later. "Who's Uncle Fueggy?" He asked with a bright smile, changing the topic. A child shouldn't dwell on such things. 

Holly blushed at that question, ignoring the bizarre way his mood quickly switched up for now.

"Fuegoleon played with me a lot when I was a kid so it's a habit," she explained sheepishly.

"Oh, is your family close to the Vermillions?"

"Well—" Her mom did not want her to tell anyone about her and Mereoleona unless she said so, so she couldn't say anything. "You have to ask my mom about that."

"I see..." Julius did remember the tense looks former Captain Leonardo and Aika shared. There seemed to be some history. Well, he could ask Fuegoleon himself when he goes to their base. If Holly wanted to accompany him, he doesn’t see a reason why she shouldn’t. 

He proffered his elbow to her with a dashing smile. "Shall we go?"

Aika landed unsteadily on the study floor as she tossed her cloak and folders on the desk. Ellie followed behind her, eyes blank and wide as she just tried to process what she just witnessed.

"Are they going to be fine...?" She asked, pointing shakily at the shrinking portal behind her.

Aika leaned on her desk as she pinched the bridge of her nose, staving off an oncoming headache.

"Of course they're going to be fine. The two kings are in love with each other despite how much they fight."

"What?!”

“Yes. It is obvious to most of the officials in the room, myself included.”

“I—” Ellie sputtered in shock as Aika continued.

“Usually, I don’t play cupid but in a show of unity they were trying to impose both their taxes on me and I can’t have that. Our branch on the disputed land is a small one and it would go bankrupt if they did that. So I did the next best thing. I paid the wait staff and guards off so that they would direct the two kings to the same private lounge when they adjourned for recess and lock them for the entirety of the break.”

Ellie gaped at Aika and her crazy idea.

“They’ll either talk it out or kiss and make up.”

“...But how would that help us?”

“This plan could only work because I have a good rapport with both the kings. I proposed a plan where they could split the money from one single tax evenly between themselves. If they talked it out calmly and away from prying eyes, they would go with my plan. If they kissed and made up, their first compromise together as partners would be to go with my plan as well because they are both favorable towards me. They were only being unfair because of the tension between each other, not with me.” It was guaranteed that it would go either way. She didn’t play fair and not use her Time Magic with her own company. She could see what choices she could make that could lead to a favorable outcome for her and her company. 

She knew what investments to make, where to take risks and where to back down, but only if she could think up various solutions to her problems. If she couldn’t think of any plan, then her foresight would offer her nothing. 

She could only see if the plan that she thought up works or not but her foresight couldn’t offer her a plan itself because there technically would be thousands, if not millions, of ways any situation could play out. If she had visions of all of them at once, with the information overload, she would be dead instantly. She has to come up with a plan herself and confirm its success. It was better that way because it kept her sharp.

“What if the—er, tension between the two escalated to a physical fight?”

 Aika plopped down in her armchair with a sigh. She had thought of that as well but she didn’t need to worry about that.

“Even if they did have a fist fight, I’m not worried because those two would not go to war over personal vendettas. I think it would relieve some stress between them actually. In the end, they will calm down and end up compromising on my idea. So either way, whatever manifests in that room, hate or love, I’ve no doubt they will be coming out of it a little bruised,” she smirked as she crossed her legs.

Ellie let out a laugh at her boss’s suggestive look. Aika was relieved she could reassure her. She tended to worry too much about such things. Evan, Jayce and Ellie do not know that she used Time Magic. So they sometimes wondered how she was so sure about her decisions. After years of wondering, they just chalked it up to forbidden magic.

"Ready for round two?" She asked, referring to the tea they were about to have with Lord Silva. Ellie hummed affirmatively as she shook her head in amusement.

"I have only been as far as the gates to the Silva Mansion. Is that alright, ma'am?"

"Yes, Ellie. That is perfect." They quickly freshened up and stepped into the portal and the grand gates of a white, picturesque mansion came into view. With it's steeples, domes, and solid, white brick walls, it would be more appropriate to call it a castle. Daunting gates made of black metal framed tastefully by green vines slowly swung open when their feet touched the cobblestone.

Aika and Ellie shared a cautious look and took the first step forward together.

When they reached the burnt, spruce wood doors, Aika stared at the tacky gold eagle door knockers in exasperation. Ellie reached for them without a second thought and knocked twice, the loud noise startling Aika. The spatial mage looked at her apologetically as the doors seemingly opened by themselves to reveal the Lord of the house standing in the middle of the foyer, his back ramrod straight, hands linked behind him as an ever-present scowl eased into a bored expression in some resemblance of courtesy.

"Welcome to my home, Madam Tolliver and..." His gaze landed on Ellie. "And uninvited guest," he sneered as he took in her appearance. It was obvious that she was a commoner and even worse, a foreigner. Her big, red eyes, soft nose, and plump lips all encompassed by skin as dark as the sea stood in direct contrast to his features. The only trait they seemed to share was the snow white hair that seemed to shine with an otherworldly glow.

Aika cleared her throat when Ellie's brows furrowed to glare back at the older man.

"I hope you don't mind my maid accompanying me. She's a close associate of mine that assists me in anything I need."

Lord Silva's eyes snapped back to hers as he pursed his lips.

"She may wait in the gardens. The matters we are going to discuss are rather... delicate."

Aika turned to her and nodded permissively. There was no reason for her to stay. She could simply go back to the headquarters but the more area a spatial mage covers, the more places they could travel to, and the more valuable they would be. It would be...advantageous for her to be able to travel directly onto the Silva property if she needed to for any reason.

A servant led Ellie away while Lord Silva motioned her to follow him. She side-eyed the paintings she passed by, but one in particular made her pause mid-step. It was undoubtedly the painting of Acier Silva. It was gigantic as if to immortalize every detail on her beautiful face and the frame was grand and ornate. Lord Silva stood stock still next to her, looking up at his former wife with eyes full of utter adoration and heartache.

Aika looked away, allowing him to have his moment.

When she noticed his feet move away, she followed him, putting that little moment of vulnerability behind them.

He led her to a well-lit sitting room with big windows and a view to the gardens that was breathtaking in the afternoon sun. 

Aika faintly wondered how Holly was doing.

Another servant poured them tea and quickly left the room, leaving them in tense silence. She looked out into the garden, clearing her mind and bringing the tea to a much more lukewarm temperature with her magic.

"I apologize for my behaviour on that day," Lord Silva said evenly. She turned to him with slightly raised brows as if she had just noticed his presence. "Whether it was wanted or not, you saved me and I should be grateful to you for that."

"Should be," meaning he wasn't.

Aika looked pensively into her cup.

"Tell me, sir," She peered up at him through her lashes. "How many children do you have?"

He stared at her for a moment, lips parted, before he finally answered,

"Four."

"Have any of them struck your mind before the earth struck you?"

"Excuse me?"

She took a sip.

"I'm sure you need no repeating."

"How dare you ask me such a personal thing?!"

Lord Silva's voice raised several notches, immediately setting Aika on the edge but she restrained her tone and body language.

She quietly stared at him straight in his eyes and he scowled back, refusing to back down for a minute. When he realized she wasn't either, he wrenched his gaze away with a derisive scoff.

"You still haven't answered my question. I'm sure that's not very polite in Clover society," she added lightly. He huffed as a sneer crawled up his face.

"Neither is asking such questions."

"Think of it as payment for saving your life."

"The debt can only be fulfilled when I save you in return."

"You will never save me." Lord Silva's gaze snapped up to her's with a jolt. Blank eyes were downcast at her cup as her left cheek twitched in annoyance.

It seemed like she slipped up once more. It has been happening a lot recently. What was wrong with her?

"What?"

"I meant that you would not have an opportunity to save me." She cleared her throat. "Answer the question for me at least, as your saviour and as a mother."

He was taken aback by that.

"You are a mother?" He asked incredulously.

Aika smiled internally. Information must always be timed perfectly. She had used the truth to both change the subject and reveal a detail about her in a show of false vulnerability that would no doubt encourage him to open up a bit more.

"I am." She smiled lightly. "I have a daughter. Nearly ten."

"So do I..." Lord Silva's shoulders relaxed slightly. He wrapped his hands around the cup comfortingly as he sighed. He caved under her persistence and answered,

"No, I haven't. I haven't thought of them at all."

Aika let the silence envelop them for a moment.

“If you abandoned your children and died, how do you think Lady Acier is going to react?"

He stared at her in shock. How dare she be so casual with him?

"Whether you go to the Underworld or the After, it would be hell either way. If the father of my child died to follow me into the After, leaving our daughter, believe me, I would raise hell."

He looked away pensively when her words struck him.

“I suppose you’re right...”

And with that, Aika was done with what she came for.  She gave him something to think about and hopefully it would snowball into something better for him.

She stood up as she set her cup down.

“I’m glad we agree. I don’t believe there is much to discuss.” She clasped her hands in front of her. “I pray that your retirement is as peaceful as today’s afternoon.

“We are not done yet.”

Aika looked up with a raised brow.

“Your Uncle.” she twitched at the mention. Silva senior smirked at her as she sat down in interest.

He knew.

“Yes, Raymond told me you were his niece. He also told me about your company.”

She picked her cup up with a sigh.

“You two fooled the rest of the world into thinking that you were enemies.” She took a sip. “It seems like that is not the case.”

“We were rivals, but we are also comrades,” he retorted defensively. “But back to the point. He told me about your company, Eidolon.”

She tensed at the name. It was very rare to hear the name of her company. It was both a secret and not. It was vast and well-known but it was strange hearing a Clover citizen discuss it.

“He told me that he was allowed to recommend one person if he wished, to work for your company,” he conjured a sheet of water that materialised into a thick binder of papers. “And he recommended me to your company.” He placed it on the table in front of her. “This was the paperwork and possible contracts I could sign that he gave to me. I have no plans to sit around during my retirement. I want to join the dungeon raiders.”

Aika threw a perplexed look between the papers and the man who stared intently at her for her response.

She opened her mouth open, and snapped it shut when nothing came out. She was at loss for words.

When she asked her Uncle to maybe recommend someone in the future, she meant someone young, adaptable and full of potential. Not a recently retired Magic Knight Captain who is well known to be classist and most likely racist, and too old to learn anything new like a language or a culture.

She was so close to blurting out a rejection but she stilled her tongue. She threw up a polite smile and pretended to sift through the papers in interest.

“I will...consider it,” she finally answered tightly. Silva Senior seemed to be oblivious to her annoyance as he clapped his hands together.

“Well, that’s settled then!” He stood up with her and led her to the door with a wave of his arm.

Aika pursed her lips as he allowed her to pass him. He threw a cold look at her back. He didn’t want to spend any more time in her presence than he had to. He was stubborn but he knew how to pick and choose his battles.

“I must go pick up my maid,” she informed him as they walked in long strides, both eager to relieve themselves of each other’s company.

“Ah, yes of course. I shall show you around the gardens on the way if you don’t mind.” He really didn’t have to but he was just playing the role of a polite lord. And he played it well too. Any sign that they had a heart-to-heart was gone, replaced with brittle formality.

“Thank you, but I have another appointment and I must get to it soon.”

Aika must introduce herself to the Royal Guard, but this time, they will not forget her.

Ellie’s portal directly landed them on the training fields in Clover Castle. Aika adjusted the shoulder brace that clung to her crimson half-cloak that covered her left shoulder. Her longsword hung from her waist, ready to be drawn at a moment’s notice. She appreciated how time magic always helped her get ready quicker.

“And who might you be, porting into Clover Castle without permission?”

Aika looked up and a finger crystallizing with ice was pointed between her eyes, threatening to engulf her any second. She tilted her head to the side to stare at the owner of said finger.

It was the Captain of the Royal Guards, Sal. The rest of the guards were in various groups, exercising or sparring but they all paused to stare at her.

“Hello there, Captain,” she greeted. “You wouldn’t remember but I was the one helping you train your men and I came to reveal my face today.”

Sal raised a brow.

“Is that so?”

He brought his sword up and down in an axe cut where her exposed shoulder was at an unprecedented speed. But Aike blocked it with a dagger she reflexively drew from her forearm where it was strapped.

“Attacking without a warning,” she drawled. “How rude.”

Sal grinned at her.

“No real fight has a countdown.”

She pushed his sword away from her face as he slackened. She took this moment to tie her hair at the nape with a ribbon and drew her sword.

“I see that you wish to test me.”

“Well, Master Raymond did say something about forgetting someone before he left, but I didn’t forget the way they fought.” He rolled his shoulders as his smile fell away and a sharp glint in his eyes surfaced. “Would you mind a spar?”

Aika sighed heavily. Sal wasn’t the one for chit chat, always got to the point in an almost rude fashion. She will make this quick, just as he would prefer it.

“On your mark.”

He threw himself forward with his ice magic propelling his feet and clanged his sword against hers. While Aika pushed with her sword hand and shoulder, she wrapped her other hand around the hilt of his sword where he attached his hand to it with ice so it wouldn’t slip off and she crushed it so the ice encasing it broke.

Sal’s eyes went wide and with the element of surprise, she twisted the sword out of his slippery hand and threw it to the side, far from his reach. 

He launched himself upwards with a tall pillar of ice before she could attack him but she laid a hand on it and melted the pillar with her time magic and it instantaneously turned to water. She pretended she had water magic and this just helped solidify that lie.

When he dropped and rolled, Aika quickly moved to kick him to the side mid-roll but he grabbed her ankle and knee and tripped her onto her side. She threw her sword away as she fell and waited for Sal to come close. He tried to pick her up by the leg but she used the momentum to wrap her legs around his thick neck and she squeezed hard .

She rocked forward and backwards as he choked and he toppled face first but he braced himself with his arms. Aika used this opportunity to reach back and grab his ankles and wrenched them backwards so he couldn’t use his legs.

The leg lock around Sal’s neck slackened and so he inserted his hand between her calves and made a tube of ice that forced her legs apart, freeing him from the chokehold. Aika broke away from the ice clinging to her pants and shifted her hips to straddle his back and grabbed his arm and forced it behind him.

“Give up,” she finally said. Sal struggled in her grip and tried to use his musculature to overpower her strength but it was no use. Aika had always had an abnormal amount of physical strength.

He stopped struggling and tapped the ground twice with his free hand.

“I surrender!” His voice strained.

And just like that, she rolled off of his back and offered a hand to him. Sal took the proffered hand and stood up as he rolled his neck with a grimace.

“That grip was not expected at all. What do they even feed you?” He asked as he scratched his beard.

“Same thing as they feed you. I just don’t have a tendency to flex my muscles like you men,” she said lightly as she covered her smile with her hand. Sal was often funny when he wasn’t terrifying his guards to do their job right. Talking to him was always fun and she would be lying if she said she wasn’t happy that she finally got to talk to him as herself and not some faceless cryptid who whooped the guards asses once a week.

“No shit.” The gathered crowd moved closer to listen to the exchange. “You’re covered from head to toe like a nun!”

Aika let out a laugh.

“Far from it actually!”

He leaned in as if to tell her a secret but whispered loudly, “But I would be lying if I said anyone in this castle is a saint.” He thought for a moment. “Well, except maybe the new Wizard King. Met him earlier today. He was really nice and young. Didn’t seem to be ruffled by too much and was full of boundless energy like a puppy.”

Her mind couldn’t help but conjure up images and memories. A wide smile framed by little dimples that kept her distracted. The passionate way he discussed magic without an end. A soft, content look that he would give her when she added onto his rants.

Aika felt her ears burn up. This infatuation was too much. She was not a schoolgirl yet there she was blushing like one.

“Yes, he is like that a lot.”

“Oh, you know him personally?”

She sighed as she let a smile take over her.

“Something like that.”

“Oh.” Sal smirked. “I see.” He cleared his throat. “Well, Madam Tolliver, wasn’t it? My name is Sal, Captain Sal.” He offered a hand for her to shake. “But I’m sure you knew that.”

“I did, and you seem to know mine as well.”

“Master Raymond made sure to brief the entirety of the Castle staff on many things after the final battle.” She nodded in understanding. Sal motioned at the crowd of guards who were speaking in low voices.

“Well, do you have anything to teach or train us for today? We can catch up over drinks later.”

Aika crossed her arms and scanned her surroundings. She recognized some of the faces among the crowd and Evan and Jayce gave her a thumbs up when she spotted them. Ellie moved to lean on the castle wall where the shadows provided reprieve from the afternoon sun. Sal had a mischievous smile that only served to increase the dread among the guards. The rooms overlooking the training grounds were some libraries, conference rooms and some lounges for the Wizard King to use.

Aika took a deep breath. It was hard not being anonymous. She couldn’t just rely on people to forget the things she will say or do in the future now. She had to watch herself in the future or consequences will follow her.

“Last time, some of them mentioned wanting to practice offense and defense because we practiced intelligence gathering last time so I suppose that?”

She looked to Sal for approval.

“Yes, that sounds good. I’ll keep watch.”

He still had that smile on his face and she wasn’t sure why.

“Okay, everyone!” She raised her voice to catch people’s attention. “My name is Aika. You may call me Miss Aika. I was the teacher who had been training you all alongside Captain Sal when Master Raymond was still Wizard King.” The crowd began to murmur amongst themselves at her words. “That being said, we’re going to be practicing offense and defense today.”

Aika drew a circle around her with a sword, a meter wide, as Sal moved away to stand next to Ellie in the shade.

“Your task is very simple. You have to push me out of the circle in any way you see fit. All of you have to do this at the same time. But of course you can’t all crowd me at once because you might hurt your allies so this tests your teamwork too if you wish to work with other people.”

Someone raised their hand.

“Yes?”

“Will you be attacking us too?”

“I will attack if someone attacks me inside the circle but I will not initiate any offense yet. I will also be defending myself. Blocking, deflecting, and cutting down attacks. I may even send back one of your spells back towards you. You are all allowed to attack me however you please. But think of this exercise as a way to coordinate against one enemy so don’t all rush in at once.”

As Aika spoke, they all slowly moved to surround her at a good distance. She could see the gears shifting in their minds as a strategy formed in their heads. Unlike the Magic Knights, who can go on solo missions or in small teams, the Royal Guards must protect the castle as a one big team. These training exercises have been especially frequent the past few years because of the constant wars with Diamond and Spade kingdoms. And since King Augustus had been crowned, he had been especially insistent on everyone being able to protect him.

“I am ready when you are.”

They didn’t even give her a moment to breathe. Everyone on the front line shot their long-ranged spells at her. All the trajectories were different. Some were straight and some were arching over her so it was difficult to simply just jump and let them collide but she had no other option.

Aika jumped high and tried to make it seem natural when she weaved through the ones still in the air and took this moment to see where the next attack was coming from. Close-range fighters readied themselves to ambush her, no doubt going to use the smoke of the spells that exploded below her to their advantage. Her position is set in that little circle so there’s no uncertainty as to where she will be.

When she landed on her feet, amidst the dense smoke, three people leapt towards her, wielding various weapons. Her objective was not only to push them aside but to knock them out or else they will keep coming back. One woman with a spike-less morningstar swung at her but Aika subtly slowed down the force and when another attacker lunged at her back, she sidestepped and sped up his speed and he was smacked right in the shoulder by the woman. She froze in shock at how she accidentally injured her ally.

Aika’s circle was getting cramped so she kicked them both away and used the momentum to kick the next man right in the side of the neck. She studied enough anatomy during her college years to know that she kicked him perfectly in the vagus nerve and he was knocked out cold as his daggers slipped out of his hands.

The smoke dissipated as she rolled him out of the circle with her foot.

She tied her hair up tighter as she taunted,

“Who’s next?”

There was an immediate response.

Golems rose out of the ground, their bodies burning with the enchantments of different elements. She was briefly impressed with how quickly they infused the mana of multiple mages into them.

They all tried to swarm her but she finally drew her sword and swung in a wide arc. As they were all cut in half and the mana escaped, she drew it all to her.

Her head whipped towards a loud cheer that came somewhere from above. The distraction was dangerous but if she was being honest, she had nothing to worry about. What was the worst that could possibly happen?

Aika’s heart jumped when she saw Julius who was waving enthusiastically from a window. He must be using one of the conference rooms that was overlooking the training grounds. A familiar ginger headed man also leaned forward behind the Wizard King in confusion and was surprised to see her when he spotted her. Her heart warmed at the familiar face. It had been weeks since she had seen Fuegoleon and now he was Captain.

She waved at the both of them with her sword hand as she held the other hand up to hold the growing ball of mana. She should go congratulate him as well.

Just as she refocused her attention back to the fight on hand, a figure came lunging at her with a sword but she quickly blocked. Aika couldn’t help but feel surprised when she strained against his strength. She couldn’t see the entirety of the man’s face except for his growing grin. All her instincts seemed to awaken at once, screaming at her to move, but her skepticism and curiosity kept her still.

Then in a strange turn of events, he let the sword slip out of his hand and his other hand seemed to reach for her stomach, but curled into a tight fist and punched her right under her ribs.

For the first time in years, Aika went flying. She was slammed against the castle walls, creating a sizable crater. Her breath was knocked out of her and her head spun but a brief surge of rage quickly sobered her. She thrust her arm out as she whispered,

“Mana Zone: Mana Hands.”

A swarm of invisible hands materialized all around her and one of them quickly brought her sword to her as she picked herself off of the wall.

Aika took in the sight of her opponent who wielded enough strength to punch her that hard.

A young man whose hood covered half of his face, smirked at her as a slight young woman stood next him, wearing a familiar mask framed by flowing blonde hair that spilled out from either side of her, swaying in the wind as she held up a bow, ready to shoot.

Aika had to look twice as her eyes went wide. It seemed like a bizarre dream when the mask stared back at her. It was the same archer who broke her amulet.

Her hand curled around the hilt of her sword.

And they had some nerve coming back to face her head-on.

Notes: There's a fight scene the next chapter and we see Fuegoleon!! WOOO so I'm excited for that🥰 Also, yes, Sal already knew her because the previous Wizard King refreshed his memory in detail but he was just messing around with Aika LMAO

[khneltea]

timari prompt #1 section c.

Lmao you guys wanted another one, why the heck not. This one's about Tim's reactions to the gift.

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Tag list: @silversaphire12

Please stop telling my brain to think of more scenes for this short story

↬ when Tim gets back to the manor, he opens the gift

↬ inside are 3 things

↬ one of them is one of those onesies, but instead of being animal themed, it was pitch black except for the red and yellow thread on the front that made up the block letters saying "safety blanket for the sleep-deprived. if you encounter someone wearing this, do not worry if they fall over at random points, they are just napping and are not in mortal danger as the blanket provides them extra protection"

↬ and it was padded with pillows and stuffing, but it wasn't uncomfortable like he could wear it for the rest of his life and still be fine

↬ it was also made by a designer that Jason absolutely raved about

↬ that he never found out the real identity of and that drove him crazy

↬ "HOW THE EVERLOVING SHIT DID YOUR GIRLFRIEND ORDER A COMMISSION FROM DCM WHEN I'VE BEEN TRYING TO ORDER ONE FOR Y E A R S. DCM IS BASICALLY CRYPTID STATUS THE FUCK??"

↬ "for the last godDAMN TIME SHE ISN'T MY GIRLFRIEND-"

↬ honestly, he wanted to cry and never take it off the moment he wore it

↬ it was a very snug and personalised item (from the girl he liked-)

↬second thing he found inside was a tea and coffee box, complete with a recipe for her own special "no-sleeper" which he found himself enjoying very much (not that he ever told her to her face-)

↬ third thing he found was a beautifully hand painted thermos with silhouettes of birds and clouds and stars (and is that a bat-) that made him tear up

↬of course, he had to immediately make a cup of her "no-sleeper" and fill up his thermos to the brim (not cus he missed her-)

↬ doesn't taste the same but it makes do (it's not the same because Mari didn't make it for you ✌️✌️✌️)

↬ he didn't even notice the coolest feature yet

↬oops, now he did cus he walked into the Batcave

↬ it had this mechanism where it would let him know how much coffee he had left

↬basically the thermos would glow a certain colour when it reached a certain level of liquid (green for very full, yellow for halfway, red for running low) and it showed because the tiny bird and cloud patterns on the sides where apparently translucent glowy ones that activated when there was heat applied in the inside (I don't know how to explain this-)

↬it was adorable and he full on ugly cried cus he missed her and loved her gift

↬ now that he was under the glow of the thermos and the Batcave he noticed something silvery stitched into the inner lining of the hood on his "safety blanket"

↬it was code

↬a damn code

↬he loved this woman, she knew what he liked

↬ it was a weird code as well, full of symbols and shit

↬but he would have a blast solving it even if he didn't know what it was for

↬it was then that he knew

↬ he was gonna marry this woman, and no one was gonna stop him

Bonus:

↬"AHHHHH ADRIEN, WHAT IF HE DIDN'T GET THE PUZZLE OR HE DIDN'T FIND IT??!!! OR WORSE, HE THINKS I JUST MADE A MISTAKE OR HE ACCIDENTALLY DESTROYS IT?? *mumbles* I knew I should have picked the other thread! But if I did, he wouldn't have seen it, or he would have thought it was part of the design! *raising her voice* wait what if he thinks iM PLOTTING SOMETHING AND NOT DO IT?? OR WHAT IF FINDS OUT I LIKE HIM LIKE THAT BECAUSE IM TRYING TO HARD AND REJECTS ME??!! SNDBDNDNFJFJFNFBF WHAT IF HE DOESN'T LIKE THE GIFTSSSSSS?? WHAT IF HE THINKS I'M CLINGY FOR GIVING HIM A PUZZLE WHERE THE END IS A FREE MONTHLY PASS TO WHATEVER COMMISSION HE WANTS FROM ME???!! WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? WE'LL NEVER GET MARRIED AND OWN A COFFEE SHOP AND GET A HAMSTERRRRRRRR"

↬"Marinette, for the love of aLL THINGS GOOD AND KWAMI, PLEASE SHUT UP AND STOP WORRYING"

↬ "delivery for Mrs Wayne"

↬ "wait who now- no one here is a Wayne, especially not married"

↬ "it's from a Timothy Drake" *drops off the box*

↬ "look Bugaboo, it's even signed with a "<3". It's a bag of coffee beans btw."

↬ Mari just literally starts bawling her eyes out

[seungcy]

Get to know me tag ☄︎

Tagged by: @lovingyu04 (ty for tagging me💗)

Tagging: @seokgyuu @blessedhoonie @wonunuu @cupidhaos @coupsiesluv @cheolliewrites @escapewriter @viastro @wonunonie @naphthalene-ball and anyone else who wants to do this!

Rules: Answer the questions and tag 10 blogs you’d like to get to know better!

Name: I actually have 2 names lol, my English name is Lucy and my Spanish name is Lucero (which I strongly dislike but it’s whatever 🤰)

Pronouns: she/her <3

Star sign: Gemini baby 😈

Height: I think I’m like almost 5’2 (about 157cm) but I’m not really sure Cus last time I got measured the nurse didn’t let me fully stand straight so :|

Time currently: 11:54 AM pst 🤭 don’t tell my anatomy teacher

Sexuality: bisexual

Nationality: American ! But I also have a Mexican citizenship because I’m just THAT cool😌

Favorite animal: this is hardddd because I luv a lot of animals but I guess I would say otters because they’re so cute and small

Favorite ice cream flavor: PISTACHIO ALMOND FROM BASKIN ROBBINS WAAAAAARJWHWJ

Favorite fictional universe: hmmm I actually don’t knowwww because I’m not super familiar with fictional universes but maybe things with dystopias like The Giver, I also enjoy reading things from the past/different eras like The Great Gatsby

Average hours of sleep: luckily it’s about 6-9 hours only because I’m forced to sleep at the same time my mother does 🙄

Last song you listen to: So Bad by STAYC 👨‍🍼 when I first listened to this song I’m pretty sure I cried because it was so good

Last movie you watched: The 2018 version of the grinch in December only because I was listening to the album inspired by the grinch from Tyler the creator and I wanted to hear him in the movie

Last show you binged: this is so embarrassing but Big Time Rush 💔 I go back in forth from watching Victorious then after I finish that I watch big time rush again

Last thing you searched up: (TW: IM AMERICAN SORRY) what’s 5’2 in cm

Cats or dogs?: I love dogs but I prefer cats because they’re much more relaxed and you kinda have to earn their trust ya know? I like medium sized and large dogs like poodles and pit bulls tho ❤️

Dream job: to be a pediatrician !! I’ve always wanted to be a doctor but it wasn’t until recently that I actually knew what kind of doctor I wanted to be

When you made this blog: 01/08/21 (baby blog omg)

Why you made this blog: I had recently just got into seventeen (I’ve always knew about them and listened to their songs but it wasn’t until now that I’m an official carat) and I really enjoyed what lovely things people write for them here and I was inspired to do the same :>

Reason for URL: I wanted a flower themed username because I love flowers and wanted it to be related to a seventeen member so I was like oo lavender + jihoonie = lavenonie 😎 and it was just that simple

a/n - y’all can tag me anytime in stuff like this I LOVE doing them, this was so much fun ❤️ also if I tagged you and you’ve done this before or aren’t comfortable with doing it, don’t worry :) you’re free to do whatever you please

[cosplayspacepirate]

Tag Game!

I was tagged by @kanzukikarin , I’m sorry it took me so long to do this! Thank you for tagging me sweetheart!

1. why did you choose your url?

When I first made my blog I was way more active in cosplaying and also at the same time I was obsessed with an anime about lesbian space pirates so I just combined the name and that what ive been using on pretty much any social media site.

2. any sideblogs?

I have a post pinned on my blog that lists the names of each blog but i do have a couple of side blogs tho the most active ones im on are my kpop side blog and a blog i have for darker aesthics/occasional venting. (Though I try hard not to vent much cus i know it can trigger others. Everthing is always tagged of course)

3. how long have you been on tumblr?

 About 7 Years.

4. do you have a queue tag?

Yes everything under the tag ‘fak queue’ is queued.

5. why did you start your blog in the first place?

 I honestly dont remember I’m pretty sure it was because my friends all had one and we all liked similar things. Plus I wasn’t very active on other social media site.

6. why did you choose your icon/pfp?

 I just thought it was very pretty and i felt like i needed a fresh change from the usual icons i use.

7. why did you choose your header?

 Again I think it was just to match with my icon in a way that i thought looked aesthetically pleasing.

8. what’s your post with the most notes?

 Most definitely some meme about homestuck that i made.

9. how many mutuals do you have?

  93

10. how many followers do you have?

 1,160 (thank you all for putting up with me lol)

11. how many people do you follow?

 601 but I just when through and unfollowed some dead blogs.

12. have you ever made a shitpost?

 Oh definitely I was a homestuck 

13. how often do you use tumblr each day?

I’d say that i open the app at least once a day unless life gets really busy.

14. did you have a fight/argument with another blog once?

 I mean yes and no I’ve had fights or arguments with friends that i know in my personal life but not someone I’ve never met before or really dont know.

15. how do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ posts?

 I think they’re kinda stupid just because it causes some people a dumb amount of unnecessarily anxiety. My self included of course.

16. do you like tag games?

 I really do like tag games its just I have trouble filling them out on my phone sometimes since i work all the time and i type faster on my laptop. Which is usually why im so late to fill them out. (Please forgive me mutuals!)

17. do you like ask games?

 I love ask games but I feel like im not interesting enough to get any asks so I usually dont do them much.

18. which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

 There are quite a few that I wonder how the hell they’re following me tbh.

19. do you have a crush on a mutual?

 I have like those dumb ‘i want to be your friend’ crushes on my mutuals.

20. tags?

 I tag @echoooohce @friendly-jester @yoonjunghan @angel-type @kisskisskawaii @ichigo-sundae @moonfairyrose @paladinsheart @crochetlesbian @red-skady @bigsoftloser

 Only do it if you want~

[cannibaldatingsite]

thank you @hanniba1​ and @fairytalegay​ for tagging me!!!!!!!!!!!

rules: tag people you wanna get to know better! this is like SO long so im putting it under a read more thing

your name and then what you would have named yourself: my name is sara but i also use bille which means beetle in danish i just Dont wanna b called billy in english lmao

astrological sign (sun/moon/rising if you know them): leo

when did you join tumblr and why?: uhhhh i joined wayy back in like 2011 i really dont remember why specifically but this account i made like ?2 ?months ago?? cus of the hannibal reunion stream and i wanted to like join the community again🥺🥺🥺

top 5 fandoms: in my experience every fandom is awful if ure in it long enough

top 5 favourite films: omg idk but 5 movies i really LIKE are mother (2009), monos (2017), oldboy (2003), zappa (1983), ginger snaps (2000)

go to song when you wanna Feel something: george michael - you have been loved

what’s your religion or faith if you have one?: im not faithful but the religion i feel closest to is probably norse paganism?

a song that makes you feel seen: caramelldansen

if you could have any career: i think it would be very fun to be a full-time taxidermist but i would only wanna do animals that had died of natural causes or like car accidents and whatevr

do you have a type?: uhhhhh women

what does your heart/soul yearn for: feeling useful?

if you had to describe yourself in 5 words to someone who doesn’t know you: excitable, opinionated, observant, flamboyant, pragmatic

favourite subjects in school: i mean obvsly arts but i also like chemistry now that im literally having it for the first time at age 20

where does your soul feel most at home: surrounded by quiet and nature and rain

top 5 fictional characters: MY HEAD IS EMPTYYY IDONT KNOW UHHH SPOCK? from star trek? VARRIC FROM DRAGON AGE!!!! hoban washburne from firefly...........hannibal.....ME

top 3 moments in a show that made you ugly cry: season 2 finale of buffy, ending of star trek II twok, uhhhhhh idk i dont ugly cry a lot i guess ive cried to mizumono at some point?

the earth, the sun, the moon or the stars: the earth

favourite kind of weather: i LOOOOVE a good thunderstorm i love rain i love misty weather i HATE like really warm sunny weather it makes me feel ill i think my preferred weather for being outside in would be like kinda cold but ure not shivering in a t-shirt and then like light rain? i really like rain

top 3 characters you kin with: data from star trek, bones from bones, uhh jimmy price from hannibalDFKSYUYFKY

favourite medium of art: to do? digital art

introvert/extrovert/ambivert: introvert??? i guess??

a favourite literary quote: idk man im not like a quotes type person at all

some of your favourite books: best served cold by joe abercrombie, a bright red scream by marilee strong, and like idk i really like the hobbit by tolkien lol

if you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?: hmm maybe sme place with more nature cus i live in the city but still denmark

if you could live in any time in history when would it be?: take away the fact that im a lesbian ive always thought id make a really good monk like just spend my time transcribing books and making funky margins and keeping a strict routine

if you could play any instrument masterfully it would be: boring answer is drums but i think itd b real funky to master like the harp or smtg

if you have one, what mythological god or goddess do you feel a connection to: bro i have no idea i feel way more connected to fucked up little monsters and trolls than i do gods and goddesses

and lastly, favourite recent selfie in your camera roll: i like dont take a lot of selfies this is the best recent one i got where im not like mid-breakdown 😭😭😭😭😭IDONT KNOW WHY ITS SO CLOSE I HAD LIKE 3 AND THEY WERE ALL THAT CLOSE

if u wanna do this just say i tagged u 😭👊

[midnight---hollow]

(Ok im posting this on both my accounts but one with have the marble hornets tag and the ither will have the ninjago one. Just a heads up. Check out my ninjago side blog @ninjago-but-mainly-jay if you like ninjago and like my art, or stupidity)

So i wanted to test out how light works since i learned some new techniques to making things glow and how fire works. I really like how these all came out.

Ghost tim is by @cat-vase

Ghost jay is mine (this version)

The ns13 redesign is by buff-anime-jay but im tagging them when i post this on my side blog.

@krayolacolor cus you wanted me to tag you when i post art.