#including plushies that are 6 FEET LONG

[mrpsychokiller]

Galatic Cat and Astro Dog by Creep Cat Toy Co.

[my-plastic-life]

Welcome to Jurassic Park

Happy 30th anniversary to the king of dinosaur movies, the original Jurassic Park!

Released in theaters on June 11, 1993, this movie is based on a book of the same name and still holds up well all these years later. The animatronic T-Rex used in the movie is still being used in all the sequels, including the Jurassic World franchise.

I was in kindergarten when this movie first came out, and it scared me back then. But, of course, I eventually got over it. I actually came to really love dinosaurs, and I still think they’re interesting today.

My doll selves are ready to help me commemorate this milestone!

In Jurassic World, Owen has a “pet” raptor named Blue. Cute, but Kenleigh has a T-Rex named Chomp. :D

It’s okay, she’s tame!

Who says a logo graphic t-shirt with matching cap and cutoff jeans and a dinosaur/reptilian skinned clutch can’t be a fashion statement?

I’d like to take this opportunity to say - check out this awesome T-Rex! This is the Colossal T-Rex that was released not long after the first Jurassic World movie. I’d been eyeing it for a while, and when it finally went on sale, I grabbed it. From the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail, it measures three feet long. The mouth opens and closes, and the hands and feet can also be moved into a variety of positions. The tail can also move from side to side. The T-Rex can also swallow up to 20 mini figures, though I haven’t done that part lol. I thought it was a great size for 1/6 scale dolls, and once I actually put a Barbie with it, I was even more convinced!

My backyard apparently makes a great backdrop for her. :D

So Kenleigh seems to like the carnivores, but Kiku seems to favor the herbivores. Excuse me, the veggiesauruses. :D

Who says dinosaurs can’t be kawaii (cute)?! I won those adorable plushies in a Japanese claw machine at a Round 1 arcade. I knew they’d be great for ani-ME!

Modeling time! The jungle is the runway. :D

[skeleton-in-a-hoodie]

I think I've sort of come to a decision on how big GS2 Splinter is in ghost form compared to the turtles. This'll be his height when his core is relatively healthy, and not five seconds away from giving out, so after his final fight with the Shredder he'll be a lot smaller than this.

Okay, so proportionally the size difference between him and the turtles is roughly the same as between a human and your average sized plushie.

From here I decided to figure out how tall that'd make him.

If the turtles are plushie size to him, let's say when he's standing on his back legs, they'll come 3/4 of the way up his lower leg.

Now let's say that Donnie was around 6 feet tall by the time the show ended (he was so looking foward to being as tall as Sensei). I'm using a comparing heights website and eyeballing this, but Donnie needs to be a little below Splinter's knee.

Based on this, I think Splinter's height (not including tail), would be between 26-30 feet.

His tail is the same length as his body, so when he's walking on all fours that puts him at anywhere between 50 to 60 feet long.

This also means his skull is roughly the same size as Donnie's body!

His hands are the size of Donnie's torso.

When he's in the Lair he's either taking up the entire living room, or is using some power to shrink himself down.

[poophissuperior]

Best Pet Gift Ideas for the Holidays in 2023, Like POOPH

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Engaging in an old fashioned game of tug of war with your dog is a great way to fulfill their need for physical exercise, regardless of whether you can go outside or not. This game also helps canines understand boundaries and rules, especially during their teething phase when they tend to nip. Playing tug of war can also be a valuable tool in teaching your dog the "drop it" command. Both puppies and adult dogs get to fulfill their natural instinct to tug, while preventing undesirable habits, like eating Daddy’s shoes.

3     Fetch Toys

If you are a dog owner, you’re most likely familiar with an obsession of playing fetch. No matter how many times you throw a ball, frisbee or plushie, dogs always come back for more. To satisfy their cravings, look for a tough rubber one that can withstand even the toughest chewing, and still be ready for another game. It should be lightweight and waterproof, making it perfect for playing in any environment, whether that’s in your house, on the grass or even in the snow.

4      Cat Tree

When it comes to felines, they almost always appreciate a nice cat tree. It's important to choose one that’s nice and tall (4 to 6 feet), with well-staggered platforms. This allows your pet to exercise by moving from one stage to another and gives them a quality stretch. Most buyers prefer ones that are covered in long-lasting durable carpet, rather than fleece or plain wood. It doesn’t hurt to look for cat trees that come with scratching posts and spacious perches for sleeping and playing. Don’t forget to use POOPH to deodorize your kitten’s cat trees every so often.

5      Cat Tunnel Bed 

If you're looking for a versatile toy for your furry friend, you may want to consider getting them a bed that doubles up as a play tunnel. It's purr-fect for pets that enjoy burrowing and hiding, providing them with a cozy space to take a nap or play around. Meanwhile, the added dangling toys at the entrance gives them something to keep them entertained. If you have two energetic kittens, they'll likely have a blast chasing each other through this multi-purpose toy.

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Chapter 4 of Yugioh GX: Rewrite

Here we go! This Chapter is here! Hope you enjoy it.

I included both Episode 5 and 6 from the show.

This is on Wattpad, AO3 and Fanfiction.net (Name: kcuf_ad)

Darkness, it was all around it. The shadows of a dark night were overlapping the dark and forgotten dorm in Duel Academy. The place looked more like a destroyed and lonely place than a dorm for children. Inside there was a dark chilling air all around it that would shake anyone of the cores. And for some, they were sounds of two souls in pain and in agony. It was something out of a horror movie. 

One student didn’t care for it, not one bit. The student in question had long blond hair and had hazel coloured eyes. It was none other than the only Obelisk Blue female that wasn’t mean to Slifer Reds, Alexis Rhodes. 

She was walking towards the front gate with a single red rose in her hands. When she reached for it, she put the rose in front of the gate with a single tear in her eyes. 

She wiped the tear out of her eyes, “Be at peace, brother. Wherever you are.”

In the Slifer Red Dorm 

Chumley, Syrus and Jaden were currently playing a game of some sorts. On the table of the lunch room, was an upside down deck, with monsters with varying levels. The game was simple, the higher the monster’s level was, the scarier the story. 

It was currently Syrus’ turn, and the card he drew was a Level 4 monster called The Earthbound Spirit, so a mid level story. 

“I was walking down a strange ruin in the cave of Duel Academy, for I heard stories of students getting crazy good cards and amazing confidence,” said Syrus. It wasn’t amazing by any means, but Jaden had to admit, he was getting into it. 

“But to my knowledge, they didn’t mention about not going in the Full Moon. For when I reached the end of the cave, I saw the pound of an extremely powerful card, the legendary Dark Magician.” 

“But for when I reached for the card, an arm came from the pound of the card and grabbed my head. It pulled me into it and I started to drown! Suffocating me!”

“No please! I have so much to live for! PPPLLLEEEAAASSSEEE!” yelled the imaginary Syrus as the real Syrus was mimicking him drowning. 

That wasn’t scary for Jaden, not a bit. He played video games that were scarier than that story. Chumley, on the other hand, was 4 tables behind Syrus after the story, for him that was extremely scary. 

Jaden yawned, “Really? That’s it?” Syrus looked at Jaden and then nodded, “Oh, well good story, Sy. A mid level story for a mid level card.” He put the card down, and pulled the top card from the deck. 

To his unfortunate, but for Syrus and Chumley fortune, it was a Level 1 Sinister Serpent. He sighed as he placed the card down on the table. 

“Oh, you lucked out, Jay. You can hardly scare anyone with that.” said Syrus. 

“Well, I do have a scary story for this card. More like a memory,” both of the other two Slifer Reds were intrigued, “When I was young, I used to hear these scary noises in the middle of the night. And they were very late hours.”

All of them imagined Jaden as a little kid, in red pajamas, sleeping in a Kuriboh shaped bed. The little Jaden woke up, and heard noises in the closet of his room. Baby Jaden stood on his two feet and began walking towards the closet. 

The noises were a mixture of both a female and a male screaming for return, it almost sounded like they were turning into a monster. It sounded very similar to the little kid, like he heard the noises once in his life. 

Baby Jaden opened the closet, only for it to be empty. Only his Elemental HERO toys, misplaced cards, Aromages plushies and more. 

“And?” Syrus leaned in. 

“That’s it.” Syrus and Chumley dropped their heads in disappointment, “But you know what’s strange? Recently I have started to hear Duel Monster spirits again. It must have been that time when I beat Crowler.” 

He smiled at that memory, but he remembered something, “Hey where is Celina?” 

Celina kicked down the door of Banner’s room and ran out of it, carrying Pharaoh the Cat. She reached for our trio, “Don’t tell him, under here! Please!” she then ran under the tables, still holding the chubby cat. 

Banner then ran inside of the room, “Where is she!? Do you know where she is!?” He looked at Chumley, Syrus and Jaden who were sweating bullets. 

Jaden spoke up, not wanting to get his ass kicked by Celina, “Uh, yes! She is, uh, in the…” he glanced at Syrus and Chumley, who avoided eye to eye, “the bathroom.”

Banner straightens his back. Sure they were lying, but he seriously would not do that to prove that. It was illegal and inhumane to do that to your own underaged students. So he had to believe them, otherwise he would go to jail if he did that. It was a lose-lose situation. 

He sighed as he looked at their table, “Hmm. What is this?”

“Oh, a game where you draw a monster and depending on the level, the scarier the story.” Jaden was for sure happy that Banner believed that lie. 

Banner reached for the table with interest in his mind, in his life he had many stories to tell, so he drew the top card on the deck. 

When they saw the malicious smile on his face, they knew they were screwed. He flipped the card and it was the Level 12 Five Headed Dragon! When did they get that!?

“Whoah, that is a level 12 monster!” yelled Jaden. 

“I think I am going to bed,” said Syrus, but then his leg was grabbed by a certain female under the table. If he leaves, then there is a higher chance of getting caught, and she did not want to take that risk. So he stayed in his seat. 

“What’s wrong? You don’t want to hear about the abandoned dorm?” Everyone was now intrigued by it, even Chumley and Celina, “If you want to hear about it, then here it is. It is a dorm in Duel Academy, it was once used by one of the best students, like your brother Syrus, but then it was left abandoned one day for no reason. It was rumored to have ghosts and spirits of souls of previous students that was in there. There were even rumors of students being missing when they approached the dorm.”

Banner took the reactions of his students very carefully and their body languages. Both Chumley and Syrus were frightened by the story itself and were hugging each other while Jaden looked like he wanted to be there judging by his grin. 

“Well, I am going to bed, kids. Good night!” Banner then started walking to his room, when Celina loosen her grip, to which the chubby cat escaped out of her hands, much to her dismay, and walked up to Banner.

Banner saw this, and deduced that she was under the table where the Slifer Red trio were sitting around and looked at the table, “Celina, you are in detention for 2 weeks.” He walked into his room with Pharaoh in his hands.

“Dang it. I thought I could successfully kidnap him this time,” Celina crawled from the table and got up to see the trio. “You know, I saw a building in a forest once, during the first day here.” 

Jaden looked at her, “Woah really?! Then you can lead us there, tomorrow night!” Syrus and Chumley were taken aback from his reaction. They turned to see Celina, to their shock, she looked like she was agreeing with him. 

“Sure, why not?” Jaden grinned while Syrus and Chumley took a step backwards, “What? Tomorrow is Saturday so it's better than doing nothing.”

“Oh we are going to die, aren’t we?” thought Chumley and Syrus at the same time. 

Outside of the dining room of the Slifer Red dorm was a certain professor with a huge hatred towards Jaden, eavesdropping with a creepy ass laugh, “This is just the opportunity I have been waiting for!” He busted out laughing like a knock off villain in an anime. 

“Hey, does anyone hear that?” asked Chumley. 

“Now that you mention it, it does sound like a clown laughing.” pointed out Celina. 

“Oh Crap!” thought Crowler as he heard the students walking towards the door to see what was causing that noise. So he fled faster than a certain Sound Pillar from a popular anime series. 

They opened the door, only for not having anything near it, “Huh. Must have been the wind.” said Jaden as he ran to the door of his dorm room, “Well good night, guys!” 

Everyone sweatdropped at his ludicrous speed. They looked at each other, before going to bed. 

Syrus and Chumley weren’t sleeping, mainly because of them going to a dorm that was rumored to have children missing, Celina was asleep, dreaming about stealing Pharaoh from Banner and Jaden slept like a baby.

The Next Day

The four students about to break the rules of Duel Academy woke up at different times and did their normal routine of the morning. 

Syrus woke up first, changed his clothes for the usual Slifer Red jacket, read some new Roid strategies, and went to the dinning room of the Slifer Red dorm. 

Chumley woke up after him, he got out of his bed, ate a grilled cheese, changed his clothes, ate a grilled cheese, got his artistic equipment, ate a grilled cheese and went to the dinning room…to which he ate a grilled cheese. 

Celina woke up after the koala looking man, she got her clothes and went to the one of the only clean places in the dorm, took a shower, changed into her uniform, got her homework, PDA and phone and went to the dinning room to see Chumley stuffing about 4 grilled cheeses in his mouth. 

Jaden slept until 11 in the morning, don’t blame him, woke up, got his clothes, went to the showers, changed into his unbuttoned jacket and some jeans, watched a couple of episodes of Naruto and went to the dinning room to get some fried shrimp. 

And then everyone, Chumley was drawing some Japanese looking heroes, had a very serious conversation. A one that almost no one could understand what they were talking about. 

“No way!” started off Celina, “I am in no way in hell Kanao! That means I am quiet and deadly, but I am loud and deadly! If anything, I am Shinobu.” 

Jaden nodded to that, “True true. Sy, sorry, but she has a point.”

Syrus dropped his head in defeat, “Yeah, that makes sense, I admit that, but what character am I?” 

“Zenitsu. Loud, perverted and whiny,” pointed out Celina as Syrus dropped his head for a second time. 

Jaden wanted to cheer his buddy up, “But you can also be amazing once you uncover your real strength.”

Syrus beamed as he looked at his friend, “Thanks Jay! But I think you could go for Kyojuro, in my opinion. Never give up attitude, weird, but friendly person. ”

“Sweet! But I thought I would be Tanjiro,” said Jaden. 

Celina looked at her friend, “Yeah you do have infinite kindness, but that also means that you are smart, which sadly…” Syrus quickly knew what she meant so he started off laughing. 

“Hey! I can’t believe you can break my heart like that,” Jaden held his heart, fake offended, “I can already feel my breath going away from my broken heart. You caused this,” he then ‘fell unconscious’ close to Chumley’s drawing, Celina and Syrus continued laughing. 

Jaden was glad that both of them were having a blast, he really didn’t care how he looked, as long as they were happy, he was happy. 

He lifted his head and saw a really good artwork from Chumley. The monster he was drawing wore a tight metal like armor with a green colouring scheme, it had a long white cape that was on the monster’s calves. The monster’s helmet was something like an insect with dark red eyes on the helmet. Around its palm, there were red dots for the specific purpose of shooting wind of its palms. 

Jaden took the drawing out of Chumley’s hands, “This is so freakin’ sweet, Chum! I never knew you could draw something so cool!” 

Chumley blushed at the compliment as he went to pick the sketch book, only for Syrus to get it before him, “Hey! Give it back!”

“Woah! You weren’t kidding, Jay!” yelled Syrus as he showed the artwork towards Celina. 

“Damn, that is really good.” nodded Celina as Chumley finally got a hold of his sketch book, “Why didn’t you show it to us before?”

Chumley dropped his head, “Well, I am insecure of my art and dream. Everyone here wants to be a Pro Duelist, but I never cared about that dream.” Everyone listened closely, and with no spite in sight, “I always cared about art. Ever since I was little, I drew monsters that Yugi and Kaiba used in their duel in Battle City. Everytime I drew something, I was happy, it made me feel alive. It’s the reason why I am still here despite my grades and rank. Just please don’t make fun of me for it.”

“Are you kidding?” Chumley looked at Celina, “That is nothing to be sad about or to be mean about. Your artwork is amazing and deserves to be used as card art!”

Jaden nodded, “Yeah, Chum! Your artwork is sweet as hell! Just because you are here, but don’t plan on going Pro, doesn’t mean you should be treated less!”

Syrus looked at their koala looking friend, “Yeah, at least you have some skill in something. Unlike me…”

Jaden looked at Syrus, “Sy… we really have to work on your confidence.”

Chumley looked at everyone around the dining room, a happy smile on his face, “Thank you guys. It really means alot  to me that someone has respect for my drawings, unlike my dad.”

“Wait,” started off Celina, “You have a bad relationship with your dad?”

“Well, yeah! All he ever cares about is hot sauce, hot sauce and hot sauce! He never cared about my drawings!” he wailed his arms around.

Jaden put his hands on his shoulders, “Don’t worry, Chum! If he gets here, call me to deal with it. So I can deck him in the schnoz!”

Chumley and Syrus’ jaw dropped while Celina grinned, “Yes! Finally! My influence has passed on him!”

Chumley on the other hand, “Probably should tell him that he is more jacked than a bear. Ehh, maybe later.”

Jaden looked at the Japanese styled door and saw the dark night sky and a small shooting star, that he can maybe get a wish right now. He shook that thought off as he looked at his Slifer Red buddies. “Hey guys! It’s time to check that dorm in the forest!” 

The other two males gulped while got out of her seat and started walking into her room for some equipment. Like a flashlight and backpack for water, snacks and most importantly, a duel disk. 

“Come on slowpokes! Are we moving or what?” asked Celina as her and Jaden walked off into the forest with flashlights active. Chumley had Syrus in his hands, who was struggling to get off the senior. 

“It may not take long.” thought Syrus. 

An hour later

The four Slifer Reds were currently walking in the forest, most likely lost. Why? Because Jaden was in the lead and he wanted to prove that he would make an amazing map. His words not mine. 

“Jaden!” Celina yelled at the top of her voice, “We are walking butt fucking nowhere in end in sight! Face it, we are lost!” 

Jaden didn’t even flinch, “I mean, you could see it as being lost or you could say we found a couple of places where it's not.”

“J, she has a point. We have been walking over an hour, but I guess it could be worse for Sy,” Jaden looked at Chumley, “I mean we could walk over some dirty swamp water” he joked as Celina chuckled. 

“Oh yeah!?” Syrus yelled, “At least I showered last night while you were scared of that story!” 

“So that’s the smell, no wonder you smell like grilled cheese.” Celina closed her nostrils.

“At least I clean the showers after I take a shower. It smelled like a swamp!” yelled Chumley as Celina stopped in her tracks. 

Syrus felt a disturbance in the force as he looked behind him and saw Celina with an angry face, “So you’re the reason why it smelled like Shrek’s swamp!?” Syrus ran away from the psychotic woman as she cursed up a storm. 

“Why me?!” thought Syrus as he continued to run, and what he saw was a building that was almost run down to the ground. 

“SYRUS!” The said bluenette  jumped up as he heard his name in such a scary voice that he seriously wanted to run into the damn thing, rather than facing the angry Celina, a wise choice. 

But sadly the indigo haired duelist got up to him and gave him a loud SMACK on the forehead that caused a mini shockwave.

Syrus rubbed his forehead, “Why?!” 

“You know damn well why!” yelled back Celina as the other two caught up to them. 

“So what happened?” asked Chumley as Syrus pointed at Celina. 

“She hit me with all her might on my forehead!” Syrus rubbed his forehead.

“Sorry Sy, but you did kinda deserve it,” Jaden ignored his best friend pouting as he saw a rose on the ground, “Hey check this out! A rose!” he then lifted his head to see a creepy mansion behind the rose, “And a mansion!”

The other three lifted their heads to see the building that looked like it was ran down to the ground. 

“It looks one of those buildings from horror movies! I bet there are ghosts in there!” yelled Syrus as he nearly got blinded as Jaden pointed his flashlight at him.

“Come on, Syrus. Really? Ghosts? There isn’t anyone close to us in a 50 meter radius,” said Celina as they heard someone stepping on a branch. Both Syrus and Chumley hugged each other. 

Jaden pointed his flashlight at the person in question, only for the person to be Alexis, “Alexis? What are you doing here?” 

Syrus and Chumley stopped hugging each other as they were relieved that someone nice was there, “That’s funny. I was about to ask the very same question.”

“Oh we decided to go to the abandoned dorm.” said Celina as Alexis’ eyebrows were raised.

She sighed, “That is a horrible idea. You do know that students have gone missing ever since they entered that building?” “Like someone precious to me.”

Jaden put his hand on his torso, “Come on, Lex. That is just silly. Someone went missing after entering the building? That is just not likely.” 

Alexis breathed in, not wanting to lash on them for not believing it. If she was honest, if she heard the story also, she would not have believed it not one bit. But since her brother disappeared, she made sure to get her brother back. 

“No, it’s real, Jaden. Believe me, I know.” she looked at the group and all of them either a. didn’t believe her or b. just frightened enough to not show a reaction, “If they catch you here, you would be expelled.”

Celina rolled her eyes, “Says the chick that almost expelled us during the first two weeks.”

Jaden wasn’t worried at all, “Okay fine, but why are you here?” 

“I have my own reasons!” snapped Alexis as everyone took a step back, yes even Celina. 

“Did he strike a nerve?” asked Celina. 

“Yeah, Lex. I didn’t mean to make you mad or anything.” said Jaden. 

“Yeah we were just curious,” said Syrus. 

“And by we, he meant Jaden,” said Chumley, as Syrus rolled his eyes.

Alexis breathed in and out and looked at the group, “Sorry for snapping, it’s just that I lost someone very special to me to that dorm. My brother, Atticus.” She then walked towards the forest, not looking at the shocked faces of the group.

Celina looked at the rose, “That explains the red rose. But is the story of her brother true?” She saw Jaden and Chumley walking towards the building, the latter looking way too scared compared to the former, “Hey where are you two going?”

Jaden turned around, “Well to see if the rumour is true. Want to join us too?” Celina was reluctant at first, but a second later she walked towards the other Slifer Reds.

“Are you serious, guys?!” yelled Syrus as Jaden nodded, “Why?!”

“Because to see if it is true. Come on Sy and get here, or are you scared that you will disappear?” Jaden grinned at his stupid joke. 

Celina added, “Yeah, maybe by those swamp monsters.”

Chumley wanted to troll his friend too, “By those dirty waters.”

“I hate all of you,” Syrus walked towards the other Slifer Reds trying their best not to laugh at their bullying of poor Syrus. 

The four Slifer Reds didn’t notice Alexis standing close to a tree, looking at them as they went in the building, “I hope they know what they are doing.” She turned around to see a big man in a trench coat, a mask to shield his eyes, a fedora and a duel vest looking down at her with a smile. 

She screamed as she pulled her arm and smacked him with all of her might. 

“OOOWWW!! What was that for?!” yelled the mysterious man as he knocked Alexis out and picked her up to his shoulders. 

In the abandoned dorm

The dorm looked haunted. Straight out of a horror game. The place had destroyed pictures, drawings, smashed plants, ruined anime posters and so much more. The air around them was sickening, almost like they are from Antarctica. Both Chumley and Syrus regretted stepping a foot inside of this place, but Jaden on the other hand…

“Yo, this is sweet as hell!” Jaden looked around the place while Celina nodded, “This could be our new base! All we need is to clean the place!”

The grilled cheese loving person and the Roid player were shocked at him, Celina on the other hand, “Honestly not bad of an idea. We could get some paint, pictures and posters to decorate.”

Jaden turned to her, “And we can get a couch and a TV for our free time!”

“Not to mention that this place must have a lot of free rooms to which we can all use.” 

“Amazing idea, Celina!” Both her and Jaden fistbumped each other at the idea of making this their base. Chumley and Syrus sweatdropped. 

“Are you guys kidding?! This place is somehow worse than our dorm!” yelled Syrus as he showed his flashlight all over the ruins of Egyptian puzzles

“Do you guys think it has something to do with the Shadow Games?” asked Chumley, to which Celina looked around, still thinking about her idea of making this their base and Jaden walked near the ruins. 

Syrus turned around to see Jaden, only for the brunette to be a couple of inches away from the pillar, “Jaden, don’t be so close! Are you nuts?!” 

“C’mon Sy, nothing bad is going to happen if I stay close.” Jaden looked at the pillars closely, “Hey those look like the millenium items!” and then turned his flashlight to his right, it was a guy with a hairstyle similar to Alexis, but brown. He had dark hazel eyes. The posture was of him crossing his eyes with a smirk on his face, “And a guy I have not met before. He sure does look like Alexis though.” 

“...And maybe if we add some cable, we might watch some Demon Sla-” Celina was interrupted by a window shattering scream that could have deafen anyone in a 2 mile radius. 

“Hey, that sounded like Alexis!” Everyone decided not to comment on how Syrus knew that sounded like Alexis. 

All of them went straight ahead where the center of the voice was, straightforward. They passed through several rooms and decorations, passing through even some paintings. When they saw a rail and some rails, Chumley and Syrus ran down the stairs while Jaden and Celina jumped down the rails. 

Jaden saw the back of a card, so he picked it up and gasped at the look of the card. It was Cyber Tutu! One of Alexis’ monsters. She must be here!

They looked up and saw an entrance where the scream must have come from. So they ran as fast as possible, not wanting to see her suffer. 

And when they reached near her, they saw the place she was in. It was a dark blue cave that looked like something from a video game. The floor had some weird patterns, something  from an ancient ruin. Now that they looked around, the entire place looked like an ancient ruin. With all of the patterns, the way the rocks looked like and even the temperature of the air was freezing their spines.

In front of them, more like a couple of feet, was Alexis in a vampiric looking coffin with a dark mysterious man, with a face mask, a fedora and a duel vest. The man in question turned around to see the quartet with a malicious smile. 

“What have you done to her?!” yelled Jaden. 

“What have I done to her? Oh, nothing too bad, I just sent her to the Shadow Realm.” said the man.

“The Shadow Realm?” Celina knew about the Shadow Realm, but she always thought it was a rumour. Like ‘cmon, a place full of torment if you lost a game? That only sounds like a rumour a corporation could make, “You’re serious, right?”

The man did not answer her question, “Why yes I am, how would you explain this!?” The man pulled out THE Millennium Puzzle out of his jacket. The quartet gasped, “Now you know this is real. Now if you want your friend’s soul back, you need to beat me in a Shadow game! If you lose, your soul will be tormented for the rest of eternity!”

“Oh you're on!” yelled Jaden as he jumped down the rocks with Celina jumping with him. 

“Celina!” Jaden turned around to see Celina, with a backpack on her back, with him as he heard both Chumley and Syrus yell for Celina, “What are you doing!?”

“I am not gonna let him take all the glory, so I am gonna take him down also!” said Celina as Jaden grinned and the man looked intrigued. 

“That is fine by me.” said the man. 

Celina opened the back and got the two duel disks from it. She gave one to Jaden, to which he took out the deck from his deck box in his belt and showed it into his duel disk. She looked over the bag, but she couldn’t find one thing. Her deck. 

She looked over every pocket in the bag, even in her belt. Nothing. 

Jaden looked at his friend with worry, “Are you okay, Celina?”

“I…forgot my deck.” Celina dropped her head, feeling embarrassed. Everyone felt bad for her, even the mysterious man himself. 

“It’s okay! Next time don’t forget it, after I take him down!” said Jaden as he glared with determination all over his eyes with fires in it. 

Celina climbed up the rocks. As soon as she got there, Syrus and Chumley patted her back.

“Since this is going to be your last duel here, I will tell you my name. My name is Titan.” said the man now known as Titan. He got the deck from his pocket and inserted it in his duel vest. “Now let the Shadow Games begin!”

Both males looked at each other before yelling, “DUEL!”

Jaden Yuki: 4000 lp

Titan: 4000 lp

Turn 1. 

“Prepare yourself to enter the shadows, you fool!” yelled Titan as his duel vest gave him his 6 cards, while Jaden drew his 5 cards. He quickly took a card from his hand, “I summon VIlepawn Archfiend in attack mode!”

From the depth of the cavern, came out a dark beige coloured monster. With muscles bulging around its torso and chest with two sharp weapons on the knuckles of the fiend. 

(Vilepawn Archfiend: Level 2 - Dark Fiend - Attack: 1200. Defense: 200.)

“An Archfiend monster.” stated Celina. 

Titan didn’t say a word as he took 2 cards from his hand, “I end my turn with 2 cards face down.” two cards were set vertically behind Vilepawn Archfiend. 

Turn 2. Jaden - 4000 lp - 5 cards

“Don’t worry guys, I got this!” Jaden drew his top card with a confident smirk on his face. He looked at his hand before taking one of them, “I summon the Hero that rules the Ocean, Elemental HERO Ocean!” 

Behind Jaden came out water. Water so quick and deep, it may even create a Tsunami. But what came from it, wasn’t catastrophe, but an aquatic Hero with a trident in his hands. 

(Elemental HERO Ocean: Level 4 - Water Warrior - Attack: 1500. Defense: 1300.)

“An impressive monster, sure, but it can stand a chance to the shadows!” yelled Titan with a laugh, but Jaden grinned. 

“Who said I am done!?” Jaden took a card from his hand, “I activate the Spell card Tag Request! Here’s how it goes; when I control a monster with the same attack as an Elemental Hero chillin’ in my hand, I can summon the Hero in my hand! So make your first appearance, Elemental HERO Wildheart!”

From the same waters that summoned Ocean appeared once again. This time the Hero that came out of it was a Hero with tribal tattoos all over him, skin of an animal he killed around his crotch and a sword almost the same height of the summoned monster on his back. The Hero roared with power when summoned, that the water beneath him disappeared.

(Elemental HERO WIldheart: Level 4 - Earth Warrior - Attack: 1500. Defense: 1600.)

Titan was taken aback at the new development of the duel, but kept his creepy demeanor, his friends on the other hand, “Yeah, way to go Jaden/J/Jay!” yelled the trio behind our favourite brunette. 

“Be quiet you three, or all of you will be sent to the shadows!” yelled Titan as he got glared at by Jaden ,and by  Celina but he ignored her. 

“Don’t you DARE even lay a finger on my friends! You can harm any way you want, but my friends? Nuh uh!” Jaden shook his head, he pointed at Wildheart, “Well enough of the threats, go Wildheart! Attack with Wild Slash!” Wildheart ran at Vilepawn faster than a cheetah with a sword in his hands. When he reached it, he slashed the monster with all of its might, destroying every bit of it. 

Titan: 4000 - 3700 life points

Jaden: 4000 lp

“And now, with a little back up, Ocean attacks with Surface Slash!” Ocean obeyed Jaden as he ran towards TItan and with one slash from the trident, Titan fell down his knees. Almost like it actually affected him. 

Titan: 3700 - 2200 lp

Jaden: 4000 lp

Titan panted, “Not bad, you might actually survive the shadows.” 

Jaden looked at his field with a happy face on his face as the usual, “I end my turn.”

Turn 3. Titan - 2200 lp - 3 cards

Titan stood as he reached for his duel vest for a card. The card gave Titan his card to which his eyes widened, but due to his eyes being covered by his mask, no one thought about that, “I suppose you deserve a real challenge after all. I activate the Ritual Spell card, Contract with the Abyss!”

In front of him, was a ritual pedestal, with dark blue energy all around it that nearly sucked in the viewers of the duel in it. Around the pedestal was a statue of one of the most recognizable monsters used by the Yugi Muto, Summoned Skull. Everyone, sans Chumley, internally fangirled at the sight of the monster. 

“This card allows me to send a monster with an equal or higher level than that of the Ritual monster I am about to summon. So I send the Archfiend known as, Summoned Skull for the ritual for the end of your life.” Titan summoned the skeleton-like monster, for only to be a tribute for a ritual monster. The monster yelled in pain as it was sucked in by the pedestal, “I Ritual summon…”

From the pedestal came out a claw of that of a beast, similar that of Summoned Skull. The monster climbed up so the entire body was revealed. It looked more like the Summoned Skull they were used to, but the electricity, no they were not used to that part of Summoned Skull, “... Archfiend’s Awakening!” 

(Archfiend’s Awakening: Ritual - Level 6 - Dark Fiend - Attack: 2500. Defense: 1200)

“And now I will show it’s weaker form by activating the Trap card, Call of the Archfiend! I can special summon a level 5 or higher Fiend monster by discarding a Fiend from my hand,” Titan did so as he pointed at his field, “Now, revive from the Shadows, Summoned Skull!”

From the depths came out a claw, similar to its powerful form. And then the entire body was then revealed. The monster looked similar to the Ritual monster, but weaker and had no electric powers. 

(Summoned Skull: Level 6 - Dark Fiend - Attack: 2500. Defense: 1200.)

Normally, if Jaden saw this he would hop side to side and giggle like a schoolgirl, but this is different. This was a battle to save Alexis from him. He readied his back as both of his heroes looked at each other and then the Summoned Skulls. 

Titan pointed at Jaden’s Heroes, “Now, behold the power of the Shadows! Archfiend’s Awakening attack Elemental HERO Ocean with Thunder Swarm!” Dark blue electricity was all around the Ritual monster, even stronger than before. 

From the eyes of the Ritual monster, its dark blue eyes shone with ferocity of that of a wild beast, and it shot the electricity all around the aquatic Hero. Vaporizing it. 

Titan: 2200 lp

Jaden: 4000 - 3000 life points

Something in Jaden felt like disappearing, like a part of the body or something, but he couldn’t think about it as Titan roared, “Now, Summoned Skull! Strike his Wildheart with Lightning Strike!”

From the legendary Fiend monster came electricity with enough power to start up a car and shot it straight ahead of Jaden’s Earth Hero. Destroying it.

Titan: 2200 lp

Jaden: 3000 - 2000 life points

Jaden yelled in pain as he definitely felt part of his soul being taken and a part of his body being erased from existence. He looked at his body, and he seemed fine, but he heard Celina yelling, “WHERE ARE YOUR KNEES!?” 

Jaden turned his head down and his eyes widened, he had no knees! “How is that possible!?”

“Jaden are you alright!?” yelled Syrus as Chumley almost fell unconscious.

Titan merely laughed, “I did say you are in a Shadow Game, didn’t I?” everyone’s eyes widened, “Every time you lose life points, you lose a part of your body and soul! And you lose your soul when you lose the duel!” 

Jaden was taking deep breaths as he looked at Titan, determination flashing over his eyes. “If you think that your hocus pocus Shadow Games can stop me, then you're dead wrong!”

“Really? Then I end my turn.” said Titan. 

Turn 4. Jaden - 2000 lp - 3 cards

Jaden ripped the top card of his deck. He took a glance and immediately activating it, “I activate the Spell card Polymerization! I fuse Burstinatrix and Clayman from my hand!” A heroine wearing a red clad skin suit and a defensive clay-like hero was then summoned onto the field, only to be sucked by a Red-Blue spiral vortex. 

“I Fusion summon the rocket hero, Elemental HERO Rampart Blaster in defense mode!” from the vortex came out a clay-soldier-like hero was summoned onto the field in defense mode. On her right side had a bazooka-like RPG and on her left side had a shield to protect her and her master from any danger. 

(Elemental HERO Rampart Blaster: Fusion - Level 6 - Earth Warrior - Attack: 2000. Defense: 2500.) 

“Yeah! A monster with 2500 defense points!” Celina snapped her fingers. 

“That means it can not be destroyed by those two monsters!” cheered Chumley. 

“And it gets better! You see, if my fellow heroine is in defense mode, then she can attack you directly, but her attack is cut in half!” Titan’s eyes widened in panic, “Now go, Rampart Blaster! Attack with Rampart Barrage!” Jaden’s new Fusion monster took aim at Titan and shot him. The bullets of the Fusion monster were flippin rockets! 

The attack nearly scorched Titan alive. 

Titan: 2200 - 1200 life points

Jaden: 2000 lp

Titan fell to his knees and then stood up as Syrus figured something, “Hey, wait a minute! How do you not have nothing taken away from you!?”

“Crap! I have to figure out a way to prove I am not faking it!” Titan looked at Syrus, “You see little one, I have a Millenium Item for this Shadow Game while he doesn’t have one, so I am immune to the effect of the Shadows.” “Please work!”

“I guess that makes sense,” Jaden sighed as he took the only card from his hand, “I throw down a face down and that makes my turn!” a card was set vertically behind Rampart Blaster. 

Turn 5. Titan - 1200 lp - 0 cards

Titan drew a card that was inserted from his top card and his smile widened, “This is over for you! I activate the Equip Spell card, Falling Down!” a card was inserted into Titan’s duel vest and the Spell card appeared behind Titan. “This card allows me to take control of one of your monsters if I control an Archfiend monster!” 

Jaden’s eyes widened as from the Spell card came out two ghoulish looking hands, reaching for Rampart Blaster. She struggled as much as she could, but the force was too much for the poor Earth Heroine, as she went to join her new colleagues. 

The trio took a step back as Jaden didn’t even budge. 

Titan pointed at his new monster, “I switch her into attack mode!” Rampart Blaster stood up from her card and glared at Jaden. 

Titan left out a malicious laugh that sent shivers down to Chumley and Syrus’ spines, “This is over. Welcome the Shadows! Go, Archfiend’s Awakening, Summoned Skull and Rampart Blaster end him!” 

All three monsters charged their attacks and shot them at Jaden with their unique ways. Summoned Skull’s electricity went straight towards him, Archfiend’s Awakening shot electricity in all directions and Rampart Blaster shot missiles at Jaden. 

Jaden waited for all of the attacks to come near him with an unreadable emotion on his face. At the very last second, he closed his eyes only to open them while pointing at his only set card, “Too easy! I activate the Trap card, Mirror Force!” A barrier was formed around Jaden

“Yes!” yelled the trio. 

“Damn it!” yelled TItan as all of his monsters’ attacks were sucked in by Jaden’s Trap card. 

“This card allows me to destroy all of your monsters in attack mode!” Jaden’s barrier started to crack and shot the pieces at Titan’s monsters. Both of the Archfiends screeched in pain while Rampart Blaster did not make a sound, happy to be released. 

Titan clenched his fist and gritted his teeth, “I end my turn.”

Turn 6. Jaden - 2000 lp - 0 cards

Jaden breathed in and out, he simply drew his card. He looked at it and smiled, “Alright! Time for a little defense! I summon Necro Gardna in attack mode!” 

From the depths of the shadows behind Jaden, appeared a dark fiendish monster. The monster had a dark red colouring scheme with shoulders bigger than its head. The monster had knee long light yellow hair with a mask over his eyes. The monster had spikes on the back side of its arms, emphasizing that it is for defense. 

(Necro Gardna: Level 3 - Dark Warrior - Attack: 600. Defense: 1300.)

“It would have been a wiser choice to summon it in defense mode.” while they hated that he was right, it was confusing on why Jaden would summon a monster with such low attack points. 

“I know about that, but the thought of you having life points sounded like a better idea, go Necro Gardna! Attack with Warrior Bruising Bane!” Jaden’s Dark Warrior ran straight to Titan, for a quick and painful sucker punch to the chin. Making him stammer. 

Titan: 1200 - 600 life points

Jaden: 2000 lp

“You managed to attack me well.” said Titan as he straightened his feet to look his opponent in the eyes.

“Well sooner or later, I will beat you and save Alexis!” Jaden looked at his Necro Gardna and then back to Titan, “I end my turn with that.” 

Turn 7. Titan - 600 lp - 0 cards

“My turn!” yelled Titan as he drew his newest card from the top of his deck. He gave a malicious smile as he showed his card, “I will show you your soon defeat! I summon Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror!” 

From the depths of the floor on the cavern was opened and from it came out a dark purple hand. The entire body was shown and everyone nearly threw up from fear. The monster looked straight out of Hell. The monster had mouths on its torso and even on his knees. The body was skeleton-like with a dark purple aura all around it. On its hands was a 2 foot dark red sword with a horrible scent on it. The monster stared down on Necro Gardna. 

(Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror: Level 8 - Dark Fiend - Attack: 3000. Defense: 2000.)

“Unfortunately, if summoned without any tributes, it gets destroyed during the End Phase,” said Titan, looking at Jaden, “and its attack is halved.” 

Archfiend Emperor: 3000 - 1500 attack points

“Oh my god,” said Celina. 

“That is terrifying.” stated Syrus. 

“I agree, Sy.” agreed Chumley. 

“Don’t worry guys,” Jaden turned around, “I got this.” he gave a thumbs up. 

“Don’t think about that,” Jaden looked back at Titan, “I activate my monster’s effect! I banish a monster from my graveyard,” he took his Vilepawn Archfiend from his graveyard only to put it in his pocket, “So I can destroy a monster on your side of the field! Now destroy that warrior with your power!” 

Archfiend Emperor gripped its devil sword and lifted it. He swung the sword all of it might at the Necro Gardna, roaring and sending shivers to their backs. 

“You don’t have any defense left! Go and meet the Shadows! Hell’s Wrath!” Archfiend Emperor stared down Jaden with an intensity of a thousand wild boars before lifting up its sword and slashing him down. 

Titan: 600 lp

Jaden: 2000 - 500 life points

Jaden yelled in pain as part of his stomach, left shoulder, right elbow and a part of his own head disappeared into darkness. The trio tried to step in, but a glare from the Emperor was enough to stop them. 

“I end my turn.” Titan’s monster exploded, but he just ignored the explosion as he stared down Jaden, “Give up, kid. Leave this island forever and the Shadows might spare you and the girl!”

Jaden glared at Titan, “No way, I will surrender! A duel is not over until the last card is played!” 

Turn 8. Jaden - 500 lp - 0 cards

Jaden was taking deep breaths after deep breaths. If this would go on, he would pass out, but he couldn’t do that! That would be  a spit on all of his and Alexis’ efforts! 

He put a hand on his left shoulder. 

Wait a minute…

His left shoulder?! 

“How is that possible!? If I lose life points, I lose a part of my body. Wait, that means…” He straightens his back to look at the Millenium item closely this time. And he noticed a few things about it. 

For one, it had way less details than the actual one that Yugi once used. The other one was that the rope was way too short for it to be on his neck. And in the final part he noticed that the colour was lighter than the actual Millenium Puzzle. 

He heard a certain coo on his deck, and looked at it. It was a coo from a monster he got from a fantastic duelist. It was Winged Kuriboh! 

The monster came out of Jaden’s deck and hovered around him and Titan. His eyes were on the furball, and he noticed a few things else. The dark aura that was around Alexis’ coffin and on his opponent? Yeah, those were just fog machines. The glow on his Millenium item? Basically a flashlight. 

In his mind, he finally realized something. He was just a wrestler. He wasn’t a guy interested in Shadow Games! 

“No more mind tricks, bud! I know your Shadow Game scam!” yelled Jaden. 

“Shadow Game scam?” Celina raised an eyebrow. 

“What does he mean by that?” Syrus looked at Chumley, who only shrugged his shoulders. 

“I mean, my soul is not on the serving plate anymore, Sy!” Inside of Jaden’s eyes were flames that not one thing can put out, “Let’s keep going!” Jaden drew his card and looked at it. He smiled, “I activate the good ol’ Spell card known as Graceful Charity! I draw 3 cards for the price of discarding two!” He did so, and he looked at the cards he needed to discard. 

One was a Hero with an amazing graveyard effect, and the other is his good old pal Winged Kuriboh. “Say, Kuriboh? May I use you for a little thing?” his question was answered by a coo. 

“I discard Necroshade and Winged Kuriboh!” He first sent Necroshade to the graveyard. He looked at his furball and smiled, “Here goes something.”

“And here is Winged Kuriboh!” He threw his Winged Kuriboh to the Millenium Puzzle Titan was holding, shocking everyone. The card was in the Puzzle!

“What did you just…do?” Titan asked as he saw Jaden’s body was fully healed.

“You got your body back!” yelled Syrus in complete happiness. 

“It was never gone, guys.” Jaden reassured, “It was all hypnosis. He used fog machines, mirrors and flashlights to trick my mind into thinking my body was being erased. Heck, that Millenium Puzzle was made out of paper mache. He is just a phoney.”

“I am not a phoney! I am real! And so is my Millenium Pendant!” yelled back Titan. 

“Real?” Celina snorted, “Please, you are real as a 3 dollar bill. Quit fooling us.”

Titan gritted his teeth, before he was reminded of something, “Alright, then what about the girl?” Everyone’s eyes widened as they saw Alexis’ body still in the coffin. “She is sleeping like someone in a fairy tale, she is in my control! This duel is real and so is my Pendant!” 

Jaden, however, snorted, “Really? But in the scriptures on the way here, the item you are currently holding is the Millenium Puzzle, not the Pendant. You don’t have her soul, you never did! So hand her back!” 

“I will not!” yelled back Titan, without realizing that the floor became darker and more sinister. He noticed that no one heard that, so it must be his imagination. 

But then from the Millenium item, came out a dark ghost, resembling that of a goat and a grim reaper. From the darkness of the floor was absorbed into the dark being making everyone take a step back. 

“Wha-what the hell is that?!” yelled Celina. 

“Maybe one of those fog machines.” replied Jaden, making the dark being laugh. 

“Fog machines? Ha, fool! I am no mere fog machine! I am the being known as Nightshroud! Your very end!” yelled the dark being, now known as Nightshroud. “From the duel I have seen, you have awoken me and your duel energy is most impressive.” it turned around a frightened Titan, making it smile with a malicious smile on its face, “I will duel you while possessing this mortal’s body!”

“Wait! What?! I didn’t sign up for this-” Titan couldn’t even finish his sentence as Nightshroud went straight ahead of his body. He struggled all that he could, but nothing. 

His mental state was broken as Nightshroud took all of his body. His eyes were now deep black blue, “So this is like having a mortal body? I have to take note of this, for a different host. But now is not the time.” Nightshroud looked at Jaden, “Continue your turn, mortal.”

“Jaden, don’t!” yelled the other Slifer Reds. 

“I won’t! Still, this could still be an act.” Inside of Nightshroud, he laughed, but he decided not to ruin this moment. Let him think this is still a normal duel and not a life threatening one. Jaden took a card from his hand, “I normal summon Hero Kid in defense mode!”

From the top of the cavern came out a kid no older than 10 years old in an astronaut costume. The kid was in an X pose signaling that he is on the defense. 

(Hero Kid: Level 2 - Earth Warrior - Attack: 300. Defense: 600.) 

Jaden looked at Nightshroud, “This ends my turn.”

Turn 9. Nightshroud - 600 lp - 0 cards

What Nightshroud did first was check his graveyard and the field. The graveyard was decent enough, but the set card made his new body’s eyes widened. “He had this card the whole time!? No wonder why he was able to almost take him down.” 

Nightshroud took the only card from his hand and smiled devilishly, “Your ending begins with this Spell card known as Monster Reborn!” Everyone gasped at the Spell card, “I can revive a monster from my graveyard! So revive the destruction of your life, Annihilator Archfiend!” 

From the carvings on the floor were blasted open by a blast. The beast flew up and stared down Jaden with all of its hatred. It then landed near his new master. The monster’s full body was then shown to the others and this made Archfiend Emperor look like a minion in a video game. 

The body was the darkest shade of black with muscles bulging all around it. Its wings were bigger than the sword of Archfiend Emperor. They were spikes all around the hands and on its own head. The image alone would scare even the bravest souls. 

(Annihilator Archfiend: Level 9 - Dark Fiend - Attack: 2000. Defense: 3000.)

“Okay, those were actually good special effects if I am being honest. And with a cool monster, too.” Jaden complimented while the others looked at him scared.

“Jaden, I don’t think those were special effects,” said Celina.

Nightshroud looked at Jaden, intrigued on why he is still about these special effects, but that doesn’t matter for now. He pointed at his only set card, “And now, I will revive his minion. With the Trap card Call of the Haunted!” 

A coffin appeared in front of Nightshroud, to which the entire body stood up. It looked around and saw the stronger fiend, which made him kneel down. Making it known that he is the weaker one. 

(Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror: Level 8 - Dark Fiend - Attack: 3000. Defense: 2000.)

“I will activate Annihilator’s effect! I can target one of my monsters and one of your monsters, and I will destroy them both!” Nightshroud’s Archfiend roared when it grabbed both Jaden’s Hero Kid and his own Emperor’s heads, only to crush them while just gripping it. The dust made Jaden almost choke on it, but it was only the beginning.

“And when it destroys a Fiend monster, it gains half of its original attack points until the end of this turn!” Annihilator’s muscles became even bigger and bulkier as it roared, nearly deafening everyone in the cave and waking up Alexis in the process. 

Annihilator: 2000 - 3500 attack points

“Feel the wrath of my monster! Go Annihilator! Hell’s Destruction!” Annihilator obeyed its master as it reached back his fist and shot it against Jaden, who still had a calm composure. 

A card appeared from Jaden’s graveyard to which he took it, “I activate Necro Gardna’s effect! I banish it from my grave, so it can negate one attack!” Necro Gardna appeared behind Jaden and used its arms to defend him from the upcoming attack. The punch nearly broke the invisible barrier, but it stayed on until the end. Successfully saving Jaden. 

If this was any other opponent, they would swear worse than a pirate, but Nightshroud was different. He saw the never giving up attitude of him and was even more interested in him and his duel spirit. “I end my turn. Make it count, mortal.”

Annihilator Archfiend: 3500 - 2000 attack points

Turn 10. Jaden - 500 lp - 0 cards

“Man, is it just me or has your acting become even better?” Jaden commented. 

“Jay, I don’t think it is an act anymore.” said Syrus. 

“Come on, Sy. Only an actor can make this up.” Jaden said as he reached for his deck, “But still, I can not let him win. I draw!” He drew his top card with the intensity of a dragon. He spared a glance at the newly drawn card and grinned, “Hey, Nightshroom! Remember the cards I discarded with Graceful Charity?”

Nightshroud’s new body’s nose flinched at the stupid nickname he gave him, “First of all it’s Nightshroud. Second, I do remember those cards,” he specifically a furball, you know the one  inside of the fake replica of the Millenium Puzzle, and a Dark Attributed Hero monster, “It is Winged Kuriboh and one Hero monster. What about it?”

“Good job on remembering. I know that my buddy Winged Kuriboh doesn’t have a graveyard effect, but the other monster does!” Behind Jaden, an afterimage of a fiendish looking Hero appeared in a dark red clad suit, “Necroshade allows me to summon a Hero regardless if I summoned this turn, and more importantly, what level it is!” Jaden took his only card and placed it on his duel disk. 

Necroshade slashed an empty pit behind the Slifer Red and in a dramatic fashion came out a Hero with a golden armor and blades on its arms, edge enough to slash any villain it sees. It landed on its knees and then stood up glaring at the powerful fiend, “Here is the Hero that can slash anyone in his path, Elemental HERO Bladedge!”

(Elemental HERO Bladedge: Level 7 - Earth Warrior - Attack: 2600. Defense: 1800.)

Nightshroud’s eyes widened at the attack of the monster, “Wait a minute. Those attack points are enough to finish me!” 

“Do it, Jaden/Jay/J! Save Alexis!” cheered his friends, as he turned around to give them a thumps up. 

“Of course I would!” Jaden turned to see Nightshroud, “I had fun, but I have to save her! Go Bladedge! Attack Annihilator Archfiend with Slice and Dice Attack!” 

Bladedge nodded at his command. On his arms came out blades as he charged at a nightmarish fiend, but the monster wasn’t going down without a fight. Annihilator went in for a sucker punch, but due to Bladedge’s training, it dodged it without any issue. The Earth Hero jumped on its arm and ran full speed.

Annihilator tried to swat it like it's a fly, but no luck to the Fiend. Bladedge went faster than before and then charged for its head, slicing it with success. 

“Impossible!” yelled Nightshroud as he dropped to his knees. 

Nightshroud: 600 - 0 life points

Jaden: 500 lp

JADEN YUKI: WINNER!  

With the holograms disappearing, Jaden combined his index finger with his middle finger to point at the fallen duelist, “That’s game!” He failed to notice his friends coming to him, “Now give back Alexis!”

Nightshroud was quiet for what felt like 5 minutes, before he started laughing. It was slow and quiet at first, but then became crazier each second, “Not bad, for a mortal. I see that you duelists might survive the upcoming end of your world.”

Celina stepped in, “What do you mean by that?”

“You will see, in due time. One day you will duel one of my vestiges in the future.” warned Nightshroud as he dropped to the ground, with Titan falling into darkness, never to be see again. 

Almost everyone’s jaw dropped from what they heard/saw. Chumley was focusing on the fact that a guy disappeared, Syrus about the end of the world and for Celina they more or less killed a guy. 

Key word, almost. 

Jaden put his hands on his hips, “Man, I regret calling him lame. That final act was top tier!” Everyone decided not to tell him about any of their worries. Besides, even if they did, he might just chalk it up to an act. 

He straightens his back, “Well, we have to get Alexis out of here, who knows what other things might happen if we stay here.” He said as he went up to take Winged Kuriboh back to his deck and came to Alexis to come pick her up. He saw the worried faces, “Oh, don’t worry about me. My mama always says that I have the energy of an animal!” 

They tried to bargain, but it seems to them that nothing will change his mind. Chumley looked at his brown haired friend, “If you don’t have any energy left, I will carry her on my back, okay?” Jaden nodded at his friend. 

Jaden put Alexis on his back, arms around his neck and his hands were on her knees. Something in Celina was felt, like envy for her. Why did she want to be carried like that,  but she just shrugged it off. 

On their way out of this mansion, deciding that they won’t make this their base, much to the dismay of Jaden, they grabbed a photo of a guy that looks too similar to Alexis. 

A few minutes later

Jaden finally put Alexis in a soft place so she can rest up, a tree of all places. He did not hear his friends facepalming. They chatted a little bit, about the dorm and stuff, until they heard Alexis waking up. What she saw was Jaden, a little too close for her liking. 

So she screamed as she pulled her arm and smacked him with all of her might. 

“OOOWWW!! What was that for?!” Jaden rubbed his cheek on the part that was smacked just a second ago, “Do girls just like slapping me?” He mumbled. 

“What was that?” asked both Celina and Alexis as they looked at him, darkly. 

He gulped, noticing his male friends snickering. “Nothing.” As he put up his arms in the air. 

Alexis breathed in and looked at the group, “Sorry about that. It’s just the same thing happened to me, before I was abushed by a guy wearing -”

“A face mask?”

“A fedora?”

“A dark black jacket?”

“A cool duel vest?” asked Celina, Syrus, Chumley and Jaden at the same time, before looking at Jaden disappointingly. He rubbed the back of his head. 

Alexis blinked, “Yes. Have you met him?” she asked as Jaden pointed at his chin, “Of course! I dueled him and won! And he used awesome special effects!”

She looked at the group, their eyes looked like they were saying, “Don’t question it.”

“Oh yeah, we found a photo of a guy that looks like you.” Chumley took a photo from his pocket and gave it to Alexis, who eyes widened as soon as she saw it, “Do you know who this is?” 

Alexis felt her throat being dry the moment she saw the picture it was him! Her big brother! She instantly took the picture, and hugged, meaning the person was very special to her. 

“Thank you! Thank you for bringing a picture of my missing brother!” She said as everyone felt bad for her, that her own brother went missing. 

“I am so sorry for you lost.” Syrus put a hand on her shoulder, but put it back when he saw the uncomfortable expression on her face. 

“It’s fine. I just miss him. Thank you for saving me and bringing this picture to me.” she said with a smile on her face. 

Jaden gave her a smile, “Anytime Alexis!” He stood up, but he felt tired. He looked at the sky, it was sunrise. He looked at his buddies, “Guys, I hate to ruin the moment, but we need to go back to the dorms. What if Banner gets suspicious of us not going down.”

Every Slifer Red stood up and went to the dorm, giving Alexis their condolences about her brother. 

She smiled as she also stood up and waved at them, thanking them. She looked at the picture, “Maybe there is hope for you. Atticus” 

Meanwhile at the Dorm

A certain teacher was in the abandoned dorm with a flashlight in his hands, it was the person that hates Jaden the most, Doctor Crowler. “Oh mister Shadow Duelist! How are you doing! Has your work done the trick?” He didn’t get an answer. Strange.

He went into every room, but no one. Not even in the cave. Di-did he lose!? Impossible! He hired him for 250 dollars to do this! He lost this month's paycheck for this! 

He went outside to check, and there he was. The Slifer Slacker, himself. Close to the tree with Alexis Rhodes and his 3 other friends!

He swore worse than a sailor as he stomped on the ground like a toddler. “Next time! I will expel you! Jaden Yuki, mark my words!”

He went to the Obelisk Blue dorm, thinking of his next plan on expelling him. 

Authors Notes: 

Finally I am done with this chapter! Sorry about the wait, guys. School is giving me more pain than Tengen does to Zenitsu on a daily basis. I decided to add some more Anime references in this one, especially from Demon Slayer. Tell me if you liked the little change or should I decrease it. 

This duel, this chapter in fact, was really fun to write. A lot of combos I don’t see often were used here and some cards are never used. Titan as a character isn’t anything special, but a fun character to  watch and read. 

But the real surprise to this is 100% Nightshroud this early. Why have I done this? Well so the characters know what they would face in the future and the threat of having another vessel. And in Season 4, Fujiwara did use this exact spot to rerelease the Darkness around the world and take Atticus with him and where Atticus vs Jaden round 2 took place. Inform me if you liked this surprise. 

Also yes, the monster that Chumley drew is a Masked Hero, but Jaden won’t use them. I won’t give you the information on either Neos or Masked Heroes being used in the 2nd season. 

Gonna inform you that I am going on vacation the week this is posted so don’t expect an upload soon, but I do plan on posting it this month. 

Take care!

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Void - Part 7 (M)

title banner by @rude–jude♡

Genre: Sci-fi with a little angst and a LOT of smut

Pairing: BTS x Reader (yup - all seven)

Summary: You are the only female crew member on a 12 year space mission with seven handsome men. The sexual tension is real, y’all.

Word Count: 10.9k

Part 7 / ?

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

Warnings: explicit sexual content, alcohol masturbation, voyeurism, more non-monogamy

The men at the table stare at you, dumb-founded. Jungkook’s mouth hangs open. Hoseok hides his mouth behind his hand; his eyes are wide with shock. Jimin spins around, trying to gauge the others’ reactions. Namjoon leans back in his chair, face unreadable, his chin resting on his hand as he looks from you to your powerpoint. Jin laughs uncomfortably then clears his throat and silence falls again.

Yoongi speaks first. “You put sources on your powerpoint about how we should all start fucking?”  

“It’s important to cite your sources,” you mutter, shuffling your feet.

Taehyung sits up straighter on his cot. “Are you saying we should start fucking you or each other?”

“Well, the bonobos do both. They are fully bisexual. Almost all aggressive contests are settled by sex. Even when two males squabble over a female, they often resolve it by rubbing their genitals together.”

“What?” Hoseok injects. “You want us to start rubbing our genitals together?” His cheeks blush.

“No, no, no.” You shake your head. “I meant you all should have sex with me.” Your own cheeks heat up as you say it. “I can’t control what you do with other people. In an ideal world, it would be both. But it seemed best to start with me.”

Jungkook mouths the words “start with” to himself, still staring at the table.

“But like, how would that work logistically?” Taehyung asks.

“Well, there are seven of you, so that could be like one per day. Take a week off for my period.”

Jimin splutters, whirling to face Yoongi. “Did you put her up to this?”

Yoongi shakes his head, frowning.

“No one put me up to this!” you argue. “This is what I think is best for the mission.”

An explosion of opinions pours out of all the men at once. Hoseok is swearing under his breath. Taehyung is trying to get Jimin’s attention, but Jimin is arguing with Yoongi. Jungkook wants to know how you decide who goes first. Jin says something to Namjoon that you can’t hear.

“So, um…” You struggle to regain command of the room over the chatter. “My period starts tomorrow, so take a few days to think about it.”

“Officer.” Namjoon’s deep voice cuts over everyone else and the conversation at the table ceases. “You and I need to speak privately. Now.”

The commander stands up from the table and gestures toward the door. The rest of the crew looks back and forth between the two of you wearing expressions of shock and confusion.

You avoid their gazes as you follow Namjoon’s direction out into the hallway. He steps out after you, closing the door behind him. A flurry of chatter resumes after the door shuts, but it’s too muffled to hear what the rest of the crew are saying. You and Namjoon stare at each other.

“So…” you say, shifting your weight between your feet.

“Let’s talk in my office,” he says, squeezing past you and moving in the direction of the sleep pods.

You examine him from behind as you follow him to his office, trying to gauge what he’s thinking. Are his shoulders tense? Is he angry with you? Are you about to be scolded?

His office is also his bedroom. And you did just offer to fuck him, no strings attached. But of all your crew, Namjoon is the one that you have the most strictly professional relationship with. His walls are almost as impenetrable as yours. But he is a man, right? And men like sex, right? It would have been more awkward to not include him. This wasn’t about personal feelings. It was about the mission. And you were all in the mission together.

________

Sweat pools at the base of your spine under the hot studio lights. A reporter drums her long red nails on her clipboard as the sound technician adjusts the microphones between interviews.

Press junkets are your least favorite part of the job, made all the worse by your mission director insisting you all dress in full launch gear, despite the launch still being two weeks away.

“This is the last one.” Namjoon turns around from his front and center seat to whisper to the rest of the crew.

Yoongi groans, rubbing his face with his hands. “Why do we have so many of them when they all ask the same questions?”

The eight of you have been trapped in this room all day as a parade of different reporters trail in and ask the same inane questions.

This new reporter opens with a softball. “How’s the food?”

“Good!” Namjoon patiently answers this question for the third time today. “The ICSE has recruited the top food scientists to figure out which foods hold their flavor and nutrition best in long term storage. And our chief botanist here is going to keep us well stocked with fruits and vegetables. Right, officer?” He gestures for you to chime in.

“Yup!” You are grateful to Namjoon for pitching you a question that isn’t about you being the only woman in a crew full of men. You’ve already had to explain how periods in space work twice today (short answer: pretty much the same way they work on Earth). “We have lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, peas, bean, soy, carrots, cabbage, chilis, potatoes, lemons, oranges and strawberries, plus a bunch of fresh herbs. They even found a way for us to grow mushrooms out of our culinary compost.”

The reporter makes a disgusted face at the idea of compost mushrooms and pivots to a new line of questioning. “What will you miss most about home?”

“Why don’t we go around the group?” Namjoon prompts. Even your commander seems to be fading in enthusiasm by this point. “I’m going to miss long walks in the fresh air, and my family, of course.”

Most of the crew answers with some variation of friends and family. Yoongi will miss his brother’s cooking. Taehyung will miss his dog who is going to live with his parents. Jungkook will miss long showers and his mom.

“What’s one personal item you’re taking with you?” she asks.

Namjoon is bringing a Chinese elm bonsai tree that he calls his tiny friend. Hoseok is bringing a stuffed Earth plushie given to him by his niece. Jin is bringing vodka.

The reporter narrows her eyes at the mention of alcohol and leans forward. “So what do you do if you feel a crew member’s judgement has been compromised?”

“We have protocols in place,” Namjoon answers. “Tests of cognitive impairment and such. We’re also coached in what we call “expeditionary behaviors” which are key to maintaining peace and cooperation on board.

Yoongi chimes in. “The key to solving all disputes is our ability to be honest with each other. When there is a problem, we sit down as a group and discuss it.”

“Our readers are saying what a tragedy it is that we are shipping seven of our most eligible bachelors off to space for a decade.” She laughs. “Any broken hearts being left here on Earth?”

“Oh!” Namjoon draws back and looks unsuredly at the rest of the group. This was not a question he was expecting to be asked today. “Umm…” he laughs nervously.

“My mom is devastated!” Jin cracks from the back row and the rest of the crew laughs in relief.

But the reporter doesn’t want to let go of this idea so quickly, so she turns to you. “Well, you must certainly enjoy having such handsome crew members.”

“Uh…” To your complete mortification, you actually blush in response. You clench your fist to try to get a grip. To your right, Hoseok’s hand flinches, as if he can feel the need to hold you back. “I’m going on this mission to find life on other planets.” You grit your teeth. “My only interest in my crew is whether or not they do their jobs.”

The woman shakes her head, laughing. “Doesn’t hurt that they look good doing it.”

_______

Namjoon opens the door to his office and gestures for you to enter. The number of papers on his desk seems to have multiplied, which theoretically shouldn’t be possible.

“I’m going to say three words to you,” Namjoon says as he closes the door behind him. “And then I need you to repeat them back to me: banana, river, finger.”

“Namjoon,” you cross your arms. “I’m not cognitively impaired right now.”

He mirrors your closed stance. “Please repeat the words.”

You sigh. “Banana, river, finger.”

He pulls a piece of paper from his desk and wipes it clean, before handing it to you, along with a pen. “I need you to draw a clock face.”

“Seriously?”

“Set it to quarter past eight.”

“This isn’t necessary, commander,” you grumble as you take the pen and paper, drawing a rudimentary clock face and setting the hands to 8:15. “See?” You hand the paper back to him and he inspects it.

He nods, rubbing his chin. “Repeat the three words again.”

“Banana, river, finger.” You put your hands on your hips. “You think my judgement is compromised?”

Namjoon sighs. “Everything seems to be in order. You must admit, your behavior recently has been uncharacteristic to say the least. Are you sure everything is okay?”

“Well, no, everything is not okay, that’s why I’m doing this.”

He leans against his desk, looking you up and down. “I fail to see how fraternizing with the entire crew will improve things.”

The back of your neck heats up in embarrassment, but you press on. You need the commander to be onboard with your plan.

“You admit we have a morale problem, right?”

He nods. “Hard to suggest otherwise. What with all the recent events.”

“Okay, so I was going through the principles of expeditionary behavior last night as I figured out what to do. Principle One:  Communication - talk so you are clearly understood, talk about intentions before taking action, share information freely.”

“I know the principles.” Namjoon interrupts.

“But don’t you see? That’s why I had to call the meeting. Why I had to get everything out in the open, share information freely.”

“That explains why you needed to inform the crew of your relationship with Jimin. It doesn’t explain why you think it would be good to involve everyone.”

“Principle Two: Self-care - manage psychological and physiological health, balance work, rest, and personal time, be proactive to stay healthy and mitigate stress.”

Namjoon arches an eyebrow. “A lack of sex doesn’t damage your health.”

“With all due respect commander, I think it does.”

“There are outlets to relieve sexual urges other than exploiting our only female crew member.”

“Well, they were all trading porn with each other. That’s how this whole thing started.” Namjoon purses his lips in thought. That seems to be new information to your commander. You continue your argument. “Principle Three: Team-care - monitor team for signs of stress and fatigue - which we have a multitude of, cooperate rather than compete, encourage participation in team activities.”

“Are you considering this a team activity?”

“Well, yes. Like the bonobos do.”

Namjoon shakes his head. “Let me speak so I am clearly understood. I can’t prevent you or the rest of the crew from doing what you want to do with your personal time. But I can’t participate in it either. I’m the commanding officer on this ship. It’s inappropriate. We can’t have an equitable relationship.”

“That’s why it’s not a relationship though, it’s just sex. And if everyone involved is consenting...”

He rubs the back of his neck. “Let’s be honest about intent for a minute. Is that really what you want? You want all seven of us?”

“Umm…” Your stomach churns as you are unable to admit that, yes, that is what you want. “I think it’s best for the mission.”

“Part of principle three is to volunteer for unpleasant tasks if they benefit the team. Are you sure that’s not what you’re doing right now, officer?”

“Yes, I’m sure.” Though embarrassing to admit, boning your attractive colleagues is not an unpleasant task in the slightest.

“You should also consider the fact that whatever forms do get signed will have to be sent back to mission control. And may get out to the press.”

“I thought HR decisions were confidential.”

“Juicy stories have a tendency to find their way out. Especially when they distract from failed missions that added years on to our trip.”

“I understand, commander. Information must be shared freely. I still think this plan is necessary if we’re going to complete this mission successfully.”

“Okay.” Namjoon sighs, dropping his hands to his sides. “It would seem there is no talking you out of it.”

“No, sir. I intend to implement with full commitment.”

The two of you stare at each other for a minute. An immovable object and an unstoppable force.

“So… should I go?”

“Yes, you’re dismissed.”

________

After the press junket is mercifully over, Hoseok catches you in the hallway.

“Hey, you coming to Tae and Jimin’s quarantine party tonight?” Tonight is the last night you all are allowed to see other people before you enter your two-week quarantine prior to launch. “Seems like you could use a drink.”

“I don’t know,”  you sigh, leaning against the wall.

“What’s on your mind?” He leans next to you.

“That last reporter, she got in my head.” You rub your forehead.

Hoseok rubs the back of his neck. His jawline tenses as he mulls over what to say.

Hoseok is so handsome. And smart. And newly single. He broke up with his girlfriend a couple of weeks ago before signing the final mission papers. And now he was going to be the one of only seven people in your whole world.

In another life, you would want to date him. You’d be dying to go to a party with him and plot how to get him alone for part of the evening. In another life, you would have fallen in love with him. But in this life, he’d been dating someone else for the whole time you’ve known him. And you have a mission.

What’s most grating is that the gossip columnist isn’t wrong. You’d be hard pressed to find a better set of men anywhere on Earth than the seven you were leaving with. They were all attractive, smart, kind, disciplined, athletic young men. It would be much easier to be entirely professional if you had a crew of balding middle-aged men.

“Do you think it's a mistake? Me going on this mission?” you finally ask.

“What?” Hoseok gasps. “No! Why would you think that?”

“The mission director said it was supposed to be only men. That mixed gender crews are too complicated.”

“Have we ever done anything to make you feel like we don’t view you as a professional?”

“No, no, of course not.” Other than being ridiculously good-looking.

Hoseok’s fingers twiddle nervously. “And we won’t. We’re a team. You’re our colleague. This mission is so much bigger than any one of us. And you’re the best candidate for this position.”

“I’m the only candidate.”

Hoseok smiles. “Well, that’s exactly my point. We’d be lost without our biologist. Besides, you were better than all the male candidates even before they dropped out.”

“You don’t know that.”

“Oh yes, I do. Are you forgetting how badly you kicked my ass all over organic chemistry? And I was the chem major! It was such a disgrace.” You both laugh.

You smile at the memory: early morning study sessions, Hoseok bringing you coffee in exchange for your homework help.

“Come on,” he insists. “I know you. You can’t not go. You’re going to be the first woman on Europa. It’s been your destiny since college. Don’t you want to see it with us?”

Yes, you wanted to see it so badly. You picture the two of you looking out over the icy surface together.

“Come tonight.” Hoseok insists. “It’ll be fine, you’ll see. We won’t mess this up for you.”

“Thank you, Hoseok.”

_______

You leave Namjoon’s bedroom and climb into your own sleep pod, the question of what mission control or the press know about what’s happening on this ship weighing on your mind.

Unfortunately, googling it for yourself won’t work. It takes between 10 and 20 minutes for a single signal to get from your ship to Earth, depending on exactly where you both are in your orbits. Then it takes another 10-20 minutes to return. Usually if you wanted to research something, you’d submit a formal request to your research assistants back on Earth,  who would gather a collection of relevant documents for you and send you a bundle of them all at once. But asking your research assistants to assemble a dossier on your rumored sex life was out of the question. You need someone you can trust.

You pull out your laptop and compose the following email.

Hi Dianna,

How are you doing? I’m sorry I’ve been slow to respond to your messages lately, things have been a bit messy out here. I was wondering if I could ask you a favor. Are there rumors about my personal life going around the ICSE? Or in the press? I was wondering if you’d be willing to run a quick google search and let me know what you find.

Thank you! I hope you and Melissa are doing well.

Dianna should have been on this mission with you. You wish you could talk to her in person. You’ll have to send her a video message when you have more time. But you are interrupted in your thoughts by a knock on the door.

“Who is it?”

“Jimin.”

You hit send on the email and open the door.

“Can we talk?” he asks.

You nod and stand to one side to allow him into your pod.

He sighs and rubs the back of his neck. “So I’m confused.” He runs a hand through his hair as he steps into the pod. “Last night you were mad at me for suggesting you date Taehyung. You said you wouldn’t be passed around between crew members. But now you want to have sex with the entire crew?”

“I’m not being passed around. This is my plan. I’m in control.”

He shakes his head. “The end results seem to be the same though. I don’t understand.”

“This way we don’t have to pretend this is something it’s not. It can just be sex, just release. We don’t have to pretend it means anything more than that.”

“But it means something to me.” Jimin frowns. “I have feelings for you.”

You sigh. “They’re not real though. It’s hormones and boredom. It’s just because I’m the only woman here.”

“No it’s not!”

“Yes it is! You didn’t feel this way about me on Earth, right?”

Jimin stammers for a minute. “People can change. Relationships can change.”

“Jungkook and Taehyung didn’t have feelings for me on Earth either and now that they’ve seen me naked they’re suddenly 'in love' with me. That’s not real. That’s just biology. We’re just apes in space with too much time on our hands.”

“Jungkook’s in love with you too?”

“I don’t know. He thinks he is.”

Jimin frowns, but seems less sure of himself. “Is this because I suggested sharing? Cause that was a dumb idea and I take it back.”

“No! You were right. It’s what’s best for the mission.”

“So what? It’s like this or nothing? I have to share you to have any of you?”

You don’t answer him. Currently, no one else has actually signed, so Jimin might get you all to himself anyways.

“Am I… am I not enough?” Jimin asks. “I can be more. I can do better. I can do whatever Yoongi does that you like so much.”

“This isn’t about Yoongi. It’s about the mission.”

“You said you liked me. You said you wanted to be with me. Was that just about the mission?”

“It’s not about what I want.”

“Yeah, yeah… it's about the mission.”  

He turns to go, but you catch his hand in yours. His thumb rubs across the back of your hand. All the men are just as touch-starved as you are. It’s probably unfair that you are playing to that now.

You see an idea flash across his face right before he scoops you up into his arms, kissing you passionately. “I’m going to show you,” he whispers between kisses. “I’m going to show it's real. I’m going to be what you need. My feelings are real.”

Then he places you back down and leaves. You lean against the door breathless.

________

Mistake number one: You should not have challenged Jin to beer pong.

Mistake number two: You should not have said goodbye to your parents and dog right before going to a party full of strangers and booze.

Mistake number three: You should not have gone to find Hoseok when you are this drunk and he smells that good.

You collapse onto the couch beside Hoseok, too tired to stand up anymore. Hoseok smiles to see you, face flushed red.

“Hoseok,” you whisper, even though he’s already looking at you. “Hoseok, I have something important to tell you.”

He leans in closer. “Yeah?”

“Europa’s oceans are ninety-six kilometers deep.”

He laughs. “Of course, I know that! I wrote my graduate thesis on Europa’s oceans!”

“Yeah, but like…” You wave your hand. “That’s like soooo deep. Like not intuitive, you know? Like that’s ten times deeper than any ocean on Earth. I can’t even conceive of how deep our oceans are, let alone Europa’s.”

You scoot closer to him on the couch. “That’s like…” You pull out your phone to do some basic math. “That’s like 120 Burj Khalifas!!”

Hoseok nods. “Yes… It is super deep.”

“Stacked on top of each other!” You slap your knee in emphasis.

“Yes, I know!” He laughs again.

You sigh. “Can I tell you a secret?” You lean in closer and put a hand on his thigh. He leans in too. “There just has to be life down there. I know there has to be.”

“I hope so.” He rests his hand on yours.

“We’re going to find it together, you and I.” You grab his hand and squeeze it.

Hoseok looks down at your joined hands and you worry that maybe you’ve gone too far. Maybe tomorrow this will be an awkward and embarrassing moment. But right now it feels nice. His hand is warm. You wonder if it would be too much to lean your head on his shoulder.

But then Hoseok’s phone buzzes in his lap. His ex-girlfriend’s name flashes across the screen and you drop his hand.

“Sorry,” he mutters, getting up off the couch. “I should take this.” He leaves and the couch next you is colder.

“Hey!” Jin stumbles over to your seating area. “Have any of you guys seen Namjoon?”

“I think he went to meet that girl he won’t tell us about,” Yoongi answers from a chair a few feet away. When did Yoongi get here?

“So everyone is getting laid tonight, huh?” Jin laughs.

“Not everyone,” Yoongi mutters, nursing his beer.

“Don’t be such a grump, Yoongi. It’s basically our last night on Earth! Take advantage!” Jin laughs before wandering back into the crowd.

“I’m not getting laid tonight either!” You yell across the room at Yoongi. More direct than you would be when sober.

He cracks the first smile you’ve seen from him in days, raising his beer into the air in a little clinking motion. You do the same with your plastic cup full of what Jimin had described as “Tae’s jungle juice”. It was red and smelled like tequila.

“Why aren’t you getting laid?” you ask, taking a swig of the juice for courage.

“Got dumped, not really over it yet,” he answers matter-of-factly. “What about you?”

You shrug. “The only men here are about to be my only companions for the next twelve years. Seems like a bad plan to fuck them.”

Yoongi laughs. “Suppose so.”

“Well, don’t you worry. If that reporter is right, we’ll all be having space orgies in a month anyways.”

Yoongi chokes on his beer. “Shit.” Beer dribbles down his chin as he laughs. “I think we need to find you some ice water and a cab.”

“Probably a good plan,” you mutter as you lie down on the couch and close your eyes.

________

When you wake up in the morning, there are still no signed HR forms in your messages. Had you been a fool to think any of them were interested? How much time does it take to decide such a thing? Perhaps by putting the idea out there explicitly, it had lost all of its taboo appeal.

There are two other things waiting for you to notice though: your period and a calendar reminder that today is chili pepper pollinating day. After dealing with the first of those problems in the bathroom, you head for the lab to find Hoseok.

You find the science officer in the lab as always, sitting with his knee tucked up against his chest.

“Hey, um…” You shuffle your feet. Want to fuck me? No wait…

He blinks at you, bleary-eyed.

“Oh, you don’t look good. Were you here all night?” you ask.

“Um, was I? Yeah. I suppose. Lost track of time.” He rubs his eyes, before looking you up and down, then casting his gaze back to the floor.

All you want to do is ask about the forms. Or the meeting. Or what he thinks of you now. But you don’t.

“I need to pollinate the chili peppers today.” Usually Hoseok is the person who assists with that. “But I can get one of the other guys to do it if you need the sleep.”

“No!” Hoseok lurches forward, standing up a bit too rapidly and needing to put his hand back on the bench to steady himself. “I mean, I’m fine.”

You should disagree with him. He is exhausted. But you’d like more time to talk to him.

Pollinating the chili peppers is both time-sensitive and time-consuming, hence why it took two of you to get the job done. There were no insects on your ship to do the job for you and if the plants didn’t get pollinated, they wouldn’t bear any fruit. Chili peppers were your favorite crop. Not only a vital source of Vitamin C, but all your food benefitted from having a bit of spice added to it.

You and Hoseok head for the greenhouse together. The initial set-up gives you something to talk about in the beginning. Hoseok gathers the pollen from one flower onto a paintbrush, then hands it over to you to paint onto the stigmas of each little flower on the next plant.

Slowly the conversation dries up as you fall into a silent rhythm. Other than enjoying the chili peppers, this was also one of your favorite tasks on the ship because of the high likelihood that the two of you would brush hands periodically. It always gave you butterflies. But today he seems extra intent on keeping his distance from you. Was he disgusted by you now? His hands are trembling.

“Are you sure you’re okay?”

His hand twitches so hard that a little rain of yellow pollen cascades onto the floor. He curses in frustration before turning to face you. “Are you sure you’re okay?”

"I’m fine. Why wouldn’t I be?”

“This, um, plan of yours…” he gestures to the vague tension in the air. “It doesn’t feel like you.”

“I’m trying to save the mission. That has always been my top priority.”

“Yeah, I’m still not clear on how this benefits the mission.”

“I outlined it all in my presentation. Plus Yoongi said…” you start to say, but are cut off by Hoseok's derisive snort.

“Look, if you’re in love with Yoongi, go date him, okay? Don’t feel obligated to include the rest of us out of pity.”

You frown. “I’m not… I’m not in love with him. It’s just sex. Just biology.”

“This isn’t you!” Hoseok argues back. “You hated the idea of anyone ever treating you that way. And now you want all of us to… to… use you like that?”  He splutters out the end of the sentence.

“No one is using me! This is my plan!”

He sighs. “Well, I can’t be a part of it. Excuse me.” He leaves you alone in the greenhouse.

Your lower lip trembles and you bite it to stop it. He’s disgusted by you. Yoongi was wrong; Hoseok doesn’t want you. It takes you the rest of the day to finish the pollinating on your own.

_____

There are no forms waiting for you when you wake up the next morning either. Perhaps this was a mistake after all. If the men aren’t looking for release in the same way you are, then there’s no point to any of this. Even Jimin has been keeping his distance, so all you’ve done is mess up the one relationship you did have and offend your commander and colleagues.

Your tablet buzzes with a notification. It’s a reply from Dianna.

It’s great to hear from you! I hope things aren’t too crazy up there. I haven’t heard any rumors at work, but I’ve not been directly involved with your mission. We’ve started the plans for Titan and it’s taking most of my focus. I can ask around though if you want me to. I was surprised to find this article when I googled. Is this accurate? I assumed you would have said something.

Hope you are well! Melissa and I are going to send you a video of our new puppy.

Dianna

There is a pdf of a magazine article attached to the email entitled “Love Amongst the Stars”. At the top is one of the official launch photos of the whole crew that has been zoomed and cropped so that it’s only you and Jimin sitting next to each other. The tagline reads “How two astronauts had to leave Earth to find each other”. It makes you cringe so hard you have to put the tablet down for a minute before you can read on.

It’s some sort of fluff piece about a secret affair between you and the mission specialist. You scan the article, trying to figure out what they know. “A source close to the couple spoke with us...” Who is their source? You haven’t told anyone on Earth about what's going on with Jimin.

“Coworkers said they always sensed a special connection between the two…” This is nonsense. Jimin is one of the crew members you knew the least about prior to launch.

“Other crew members are very supportive…” Uh, sure.

“Maybe we’ll even get our first space wedding…” You groan out loud, closing the pdf.

Maybe that seals it then. You’ll just be space-married to Jimin for the next 12 years and that will be that. The idea makes you feel a bit claustrophobic in your tiny sleep pod, so you throw on your exercise clothes and head for the gym to try to clear your head.

_____

What you call “the gym” is actually just a bunch of resistance bands and cardio equipment stashed into the walls of one corner of the hangar. When the gravity was off, you had a variety of different choices for which equipment to use. There was a treadmill in the ceiling and an elliptical in the wall so multiple people could use the equipment in your off hours. But with the gravity on, the stationary bike on the floor is your only option.

As you begin your warm-up on the bike, you mull over your next move. Why hadn’t any of the other men come and talked to you yet? Jungkook had confessed to you, why wasn’t he signing up now? And Yoongi? Yoongi said he wanted a form only a few days ago. Why did it feel so different now?

Were you stupid? Had you embarrassed yourself in front of your entire crew for no reason? Maybe Namjoon and Hoseok were right and this was a bad plan. You pedal faster, trying to burn out some of the tension in your lungs.

The radio buzzes and Taehyung’s deep voice sounds in your in-ear. “Looking for a location for our biologist.”

“I’m in the gym,” you radio back, pausing your bike ride to catch your breath.

Moments later, Taehyung pokes his head in the door of the hangar. It’s good to see him up and about, even if his arm is still in a sling.

“Hey.” He steps into the room, adjusting his hair with his one good hand. “I need to talk to you about this, um, ape sex thing.”

Oh my gosh, is it finally happening? Maybe Jimin was right. Maybe Taehyung is more interested in you than you had realized. He fishes into his pocket and pulls out his tablet. You wish you weren’t so sweaty and gross for this conversation. Taehyung is such an intimidatingly attractive man.

Taehyung opens up the tablet and flips to the form as he walks closer to you. It’s happening. He’s going to sign the form. Shit. Then what will you do? It’s one thing to say you want to have sex with your whole crew, but what if he’s hoping to go right now? You need a shower.

Taehyung has nice hands. Long strong fingers delicately navigate the touch screen. It seems totally improbable that a man this attractive would be into you, even if you were the only woman in the universe. It adds to your suspicions that hormones are driving everyone crazy. Perhaps if you slept with him once, he’d lose all interest.

He finds the form and then turns his gaze up to you, staring you down with those eyes. It’s a good thing  Taehyung rarely turns his full gaze on you, because it is almost too much to bear. Shit, is he going to sign it? Is he waiting for you to give him some sort of signal?

“You can’t do this to Jimin,” he says.

“What?” Not what you were expecting. “Do what to Jimin?”

“This.” He gestures over the HR form. “Signing these forms with everyone. Having sex with everyone. You’re going to destroy Jimin.”

“Jimin’s the one who suggested this whole thing in the first place.” It’s a lie. You know it's a lie. Or at least a gross exaggeration. But Jimin was the one who first brought up the idea of sharing. All for the benefit of the man in front of you now.

“No way.” Taehyung scoffs, crossing his arms and raising an eyebrow. “No way was it Jimin’s idea that you sleep with the whole crew.”

“Well…” You can’t bear his gaze anymore and look down at the floor. “He wanted me to sleep with you.”

“What?” He puts down the tablet. “Why would he want that?”

“He, um…” You rub your arm. “He thinks you’re in love with me.”

“What?” There is only surprise on Taehyung’s face. It’s actually a relief to see that Taehyung is as shocked by that idea as you were. “Why does he think that?”

“I don’t know…” You feel kind of dumb now. Of course, Taehyung doesn’t feel that way about you. Look at him. “Cause you told him you were jealous. Cause you can’t stand to be in the same room as us.”

Taehyung bites his lip. “Oh, um, shit, sorry, that’s not what I meant.”

“What did you mean?” you ask. If Taehyung wasn’t jealous of Jimin, then...“Who are you jealous of?”

“Nevermind…” Taehyung stumbles backward, putting his tablet back in his pocket. “Forget I said anything.”

“No wait,” you get up off the bike to chase after him, catching by the sleeve. As he turns around, you make a show of turning off your microphone. He does the same. “Are you jealous of me?” you ask. “Do you like Jimin?”

Taehyung’s eyes widen and he bites his lip. He glances toward the camera in the corner of the room, then stands up and begins unzipping his jumpsuit.

“Um…” You are distracted by the golden arms that peak from either side of the tank top as the zipper reaches his groin. “What are you doing?”

“Need something to block the camera.”

“We have towels,” you mutter.  But now he’s attempting to peel the tank top up over his head.

“Yeah, but this way anyone watching will think we’re having sex.” He answers. “Shit, can you give me a hand?” In his attempts to remove his shirt, he seems to have forgotten he is wearing the arm sling and is now stuck with his shirt over his head. His injured shoulder is black and blue from his accident with the ROV.

You gingerly try to disentangle him without getting too close to his warm, bare skin. You succeed in freeing him from his shirt and he tosses it up and over the camera.

“You want them to think we’re having sex?” you ask.

“Don’t you? It plays right into your whole ‘save the mission with bonobo sex’ plan.” He zips his jumpsuit back up as he turns around.

“I suppose.” Though the plan was also supposed to be that there would be no more secrets between the crew. “What plan of yours does it play into?”

“The one where Jimin doesn’t realize I’m in love with him.”

Of course, Taehyung is in love with Jimin. That makes so much more sense. They’ve been so close for so long. And Taehyung has always paid very close attention to anything going on with Jimin. “You’ve never tried to tell him?”

Taehyung laughs wryly and shakes his head. “How would that conversation go? Hey man, I know we’ve known each other for years and I’ve already seen you naked and that you just think of me as a friend, but I’m in love with you. I know that’s awkward but now you have to spend the next twelve years with me, knowing that I’m attracted to you when you don’t feel the same way.” Taehyung sighs. “Doesn’t sound like a good plan to me. If he doesn’t feel the same way, I’ve ruined the friendship for nothing and then I don’t even have that.”

“Yeah… I get that.”  There’s something touching about realizing that Taehyung has been fighting the same battle as you for the last two years.

“I couldn’t tell anyone before launch because what if they wouldn’t let me go then? You know?”

“Yeah, the director wasn’t big on sending anyone who might ‘complicate’ the mission.” The two of you share a sad knowing smile.

“Yeah… And I thought it would be fine, you know? I like women too. I’d just date women until launch and no one would know. I wasn’t planning on falling in love with my roommate.”

“I don’t think any of us knew what this would be like.”

“I knew it was going to be a problem. I should have pulled out…” he continues.

Your mind flashes back to your own moment of doubt when Hoseok talked you into still coming on the mission.

Taehyung sighs and leans against the ice drill. “But I couldn’t just let him go off into space without me. Even if he’d never feel the same way, at least he’d still be in my life.”

The emotion in Taehyung’s words makes your eyes begin to mist. “You really love him.”

“Yeah,” Taehyung sighs again. “But he’s in love with you.”

“Well, he thinks he is.”

“What does that mean?”

“He only feels that way about me cause he thinks I’m the only option.”  Maybe he would feel differently if he knew about Taehyung’s feelings.

Taehyung frowns and shakes his head. “You don’t give him enough credit.”

“Oh come on, you know him. How many women did he date while we were in training?”

“A few…”

“And how many of them was he in love with before he found the next one?”  

Taehyung purses his lips. He can’t argue with that. “So why are you with him then, if you don’t think it’s real?”

You shrug, rubbing your arm. “I like him. Lord knows he’s attractive. And he wants me. It’s nice to feel wanted, I guess.”

“You could have that with any man on this ship though...”

You scoff. “They’re all suffering the same delusion. It’s only-available-vagina syndrome. I just want us all to fuck and get it out in the open. Maybe if we could get it out of our system, they would see I’m nothing special. And then we can get back to the mission.”

Taehyung eyes you up and down. “You don’t give yourself enough credit either.”

You shrug. “You wait and see. Jimin will get bored of me. They all will.”

Taehyung pulls his tablet back out of his pocket. “Do you really think that if everyone just like, banged it out, that it would help morale?”

“Well, it certainly couldn’t get any worse.”

“And Jimin thinks I’m in love with you?” He reopens the HR form and stares at it.

You nod.

“What if I signed this? And we let him think that for a little longer? Just until I figure out how to tell him the truth?

“Like we’d pretend the two of us are involved?” Maybe that would help you get the other men on board with your plan.

Taehyung nods. “Would that be okay?”

“Yeah, that would work.”

Taehyung smiles and signs the bottom of the form, then sends it to you. “Thank you,” he says before he leaves you to resume your workout.

______

Other than Taehyung, no one else approaches you over the next few days. If anything, the crew seems to be treating you more professionally than they did before you announced your plan to fuck them all. You have signed forms from Jimin and Taehyung and have been rejected by Namjoon and Hoseok, but you’ve heard nothing either way from the other three. What are they waiting for?

By the time you reach the end of the Monday morning weekly meeting, you’ve had enough waiting.

Namjoon finishes his debrief of the week’s goals and claps his hands. “Anyone have anything else mission related we need to discuss?”

“My period is over,” you announce to your assembled crew.

A muscle pulses in Namjoon’s jaw. “Officer, I wouldn’t consider that mission-related.”

You cross your arms and lean back in your chair. “Just freely sharing information.”

“Already?” Jungkook asks. “I thought you said it would take a week.”

“No, finished this morning. It varies a bit from cycle to cycle.” you answer. Hoseok’s leg begins aggressively bouncing up and down next to you, but you press on. “I need to make a schedule. So I need to know who’s in and who’s out.”

“Ooh, what if you shared out your tracker info so we’re all on the same page.” Taehyung enthuses.

Yoongi scoffs. “Why don’t we just add it to our mission task list then?”

“I’m not clear on why menstruating means we can’t have sex,” Jimin interjects.

“Enough!” Namjoon regains everyone’s attention. “We need clear boundaries between what is personal and what is professional. Right now, you all have jobs to do. Dismissed.”

________

By the time you finish your chores for the day, you have convinced yourself that getting the rest of the team on board is essential to your successful completion of the mission. So you go in search of Yoongi.

You find him in his workshop. Pieces of an air filter are spread out on the workbench and he’s in the middle of cleaning it. You had forgotten that is the actual purpose of the workbench. So much for climbing on top of it and seducing him that way.

He looks up when you enter and you decide to cut to the chase. “I haven’t gotten your HR form yet.”

“Yeah…” He goes back to inspecting the clogged tube in front of him.

“You said you wanted to sign one with me.”

“I did say that, yes.”

“And now you don’t?” You thought if anyone was going to be supportive of the plan, it would be Yoongi.

He sets down the part he had been inspecting. “Have you really thought this through?”

“Yes!” You put your hands on your hips. “I made a whole powerpoint! With sources!!”

“I think it's a bad plan.” He picks up another long tube full of dust and threads a brush through it.

“I thought you’d be onboard with this plan. You said if I was fucking everyone, there’s no need for jealousy.”

“Yeah, well, I was wrong.” He sets the tube down and turns around to look at you directly. “ Is that really what you want?”

Why is he questioning you now? He was the one who put this whole idea in your head. He was the one who knew all your fantasies. “But you said…"

“I know what I said.” He begins pacing back and forth in front of the workbench. “But there’s a difference between a fantasy and a reality. You really want to have sex with a different man every day for 12 years on some kind of rotating daily schedule? Like how we water the crops?”

“You’re mad there’s a schedule?” You try to come closer to him, but he backs away from you, turning back to the air filter.

“Sexual desire doesn’t run on a clock, you know,” he says as he starts to pack up the equipment. “What if you’re not feeling it that day? What if they’re not?”

“I’m just trying to be fair to everyone.”

“But nobody actually gets what they want!” He throws his hands up in exasperation.

“And what do you want, Yoongi?”

He pauses, then deflates, dropping his hands to his sides. “Nevermind, forget about it.” He grabs a wet wipe off the shelf and begins cleaning the dust of his hands, not looking at you.

“No!” He’s the one who has been egging you on this whole time. “You were the one who was all ‘you have to fuck Jimin to save the mission’. You said you didn’t care if I fucked Jimin too. What do you want from me, Min Yoongi?”

“I’m going to go get some dinner.” He mutters, throwing the dirty wipe in the trash and turning to leave.

Oh no. He’s not going to escape you that easily. You need some straight answers. “You started all this, Yoongi! You said every man on this ship wanted to fuck me and none of them do! What was that?” You follow him down the hall toward the kitchen.

He stops and turns around in the middle of the hall. “This isn’t all on me! You made choices too!”

“Because of what I thought you wanted!” you yell back. “What is your deal? First you want me to fuck you, then you dont. Then you want me to fuck everyone and then you don’t. What do you want from me?” Your voice is echoing down the hallway but you are way past caring about it.

Yoongi opens and closes his mouth, then spins back around and heads for the kitchen, with you trailing behind him.

Jungkook is sitting at the kitchen table with a bowl of ramen. He looks up, startled as the two of you barge in.

“And what about you?” You fire the question at your youngest crew member. “Don’t you want to fuck me?”

The poor boy nearly chokes on his noodles. “I, um…” He swallows, wide eyes glancing between you and Yoongi.

You lean against the table next to Jungkook as Yoongi steps around the two of you to head for the pantry, but you see his fist clench as he walks by. You lean closer to Jungkook. “Didn’t you enjoy my video? Don’t you want to see the real thing?”

“Uh...” Jungkook glances at Yoongi again. “Maybe the two of you should talk this out…”

Yoongi’s hands tremble, but he doesn’t turn around, intent on starting the rice cooker. You turn your focus to Jungkook instead. “This isn’t about him. Whatever the flight engineer wants to do is up to him. He knows where I stand. This is about you and I.”  You are going to get a man on this ship to fuck you. Today.

“It’s not like I’m not interested…” Jungkook’s knee bounces up and down rapidly as he watches you. “But I told you I was in love with you and you literally had a panic attack.”

Oh right. That was back when you thought you still had a shot of stopping all this. Before half your crew had seen you naked. Before all of them had heard you having sex. Before you’d announced that you wanted all of them to fuck you. But you can still control this, if you can get them onboard with your plan.

Your tablet buzzes in your pocket. You pull it out to give yourself a moment to think. There’s a message from Jin.

Hey, come find me when you get this and we can talk. I’ll be in the kitchen.

You brace yourself for yet another rejection note. But you click on the attachment to instead find your HR form, Kim Seokjin’s signature scrawled right next to yours.

Holy shit. He signed it. Under no false pretenses. What do you do now?

“What is it?” Jungkook asks.  

But then Jin appears in the doorway. He startles when he sees you. “Oh! I thought you’d still be on shift.”

You shake your head. “You signed the form.”

“What? He did?” Jungkook asks.

“Oh, um, yeah,” Jin answers, laughing nervously. “That’s what you wanted right?”

“Yes, that’s what I wanted.” You stand up and move closer to your pilot. Jungkook crosses his arms. Yoongi finally turns around to observe the three of you.

Jin. Jin with his broad-shoulders and plump lips. Your friend. Your very handsome friend. He’s going to help you save the mission.

“You’re the first one I’ve gotten, so you can go first.”

“Wait, what?” Jin stammers. “But you and the commander?”

You shake your head. “He didn’t sign.”

“You and Taehyung though? I saw him take off his shirt and then cover the camera.”

“Oh right… sorry… I guess you’re the second one. But Tae’s still on shift.”

“Don’t forget about Jimin.” Yoongi helpfully chimes in.

Jin takes a step backward. “But I thought for sure these two…” He gestures at the other two men in the kitchen.

“Nope,” you move toward him. “Not yet.” You suddenly see a way to get them all on board at once.

“Oh, well, um...” His ears are bright red. “Maybe we can talk more about this after dinner?”

“That’s one option…” You lick your lips and find the top of your zipper with your hand, blushing as the next part of your plan unfolds in your mind. “Or you could fuck me now.”

“What?”

“Holy shit.” Jungkook mutters beside you.

Jin dives around you, moving toward the other side of the kitchen. “There are people eating here!”

“Nothing they haven’t seen before.” You begin unzipping your jumpsuit in what you hope is a seductive manner, rolling your hips as you follow him across the kitchen. You have both Jungkook and Yoongi’s rapt attention.

You take a cue from Taehyung and peel off your tank top, throwing it over the camera behind you, leaving you in a bra and the bottom half of your jumpsuit. “Though if these two are going to stay and watch, they better sign the forms as well.”

“Stay and watch?” Jin swallows, hands clenched at his sides.

You grab the waist of your jumpsuit, teasing it down just slightly as you make direct eye contact with Jungkook and then Yoongi. “What do you think boys? In or out?”

Jungkook lunges for his tablet. A satisfying ping on your own tablet confirms that this plan is working. Yoongi just crosses his arms and leans back against the counter.

You drop the jumpsuit, leaving you in nothing but your bra and underwear. You prop yourself up on the kitchen table next to Jungkook’s now cold bowl of ramen.

“What are you doing?” Jin asks, whole face beginning to turn red.

“Look…” You shimmy out of your bra straps so that your bra is only held in place by your hand. “I’m going to need you to fuck me right here on this table, Kim Seokjin. For the good of the mission.”

“Why does putting your bare ass on the surface where we eat help the mission?!”

“No more secrets. No more jealousy. Everything will be out in the open. Like the bonobos do.”

Your fingers tease at the clasp of your bra. All three men stare at you. You lock eyes with Yoongi, daring him to look away. Implement with full commitment. You drop your bra to the floor.

“Stop, stop!” Jin moves toward you as you slide your fingers into the band of your underwear. “Just hang on for one second.” He picks up your jumpsuit from the floor and comes closer, draping it around your shoulders in an attempt to cover you. “Look at me.” He grasps your chin and turns your gaze to meet his. “Are you sure that’s what you want?”

You lick your lips. “Yes.”

He kisses you, hard. It’s aggressive, urgent even. His hands are on your shoulders, then sliding down your back, pulling you toward him. Your eyes close as you momentarily lose yourself in it. Despite you begging him for it, it still surprises you how insistent he is. His hands keep sliding down your back, until they reach your buttocks, running over the thin cotton of your underwear and scooping you into his arms. You wrap your arms around his shoulders for balance, and then he is lifting off the table.

He breaks out of the kiss to pick you up even higher and then proceeds to throw you over his shoulder.

“Jin! What are you doing?” You kick your feet into the air.

“I am a man, not an ape,” he says, picking up your jumpsuit and bra and tossing them over his other shoulder.  “And if I’m going to fuck you, it’s going to be in the privacy of my own sleep pod, where the only man enjoying it is me.”

He hauls you ass first out into the hallway, with Jungkook and Yoongi both watching wide-eyed as you are carried away.

“I can walk,” you argue as Jin turns for the sleep pods.

“Nope,” replies Jin, readjusting you on his shoulder before carrying you down the hall.

As you reach the junction to the bridge, your ass runs into something warm and firm.

“What the-” says Namjoon. Your whole body flushes hot as you realize you’ve run butt-first into your commanding officer.

“Shit, sorry commander.” Jin laughs. “Excuse us,” Jin says and continues down the hallway, not setting you down or stopping.

Namjoon has pressed himself up against the wall with his hands in the air, a look of shock on his face. He looks like he is about to say something, but then Jin reaches his sleep pod and sets you down inside and you can’t see the commander anymore.

“Well, that was the best thing that has happened in a long time.” Jin chuckles as he closes the door. “The looks on Namjoon’s and Jungkook’s faces will power me for a year. You okay?” he asks, handing your bra and jumpsuit. “For the record, I’m not expecting anything else to happen here.”

“You don’t want to do anything else?” You hold up your jumpsuit to cover yourself, more disappointed than you would like to admit.

Jin eyes you up and down. “I mean… I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t interested, but that wasn’t my intention in bringing you here.”

“You hauled me half-naked to your bedroom and your intention wasn’t to have sex?”

“I know, I am such a gentleman, aren’t I?” He laughs, then shrugs. “Seemed like maybe you needed an out. Things were getting kind of crazy back there.”

“But you signed the form? Doesn’t that imply a sexual relationship?”

“I guess I’m not really a ‘sex in front of two other men before we’ve even been on a date’ kind of guy.”

“How about a ‘sex in the sleep pods’ kind of guy?”

“Are you even actually interested in me?” Jin asks, getting more serious. “Because none of what happened in the kitchen felt like it was about me. I don’t want to be some pawn in your plot to make Yoongi jealous.”

“It’s not about Yoongi!” You groan. “Why does everyone think this is about Yoongi?”

“Have you seen the two of you interact recently? There are some seriously repressed feelings going on there.”

You bang your head into the door of the sleep pod in frustration, before looking up at him. “You’re a very attractive man. Maybe I have feelings for you?”

He sighs. “Yeah, but you don’t. You can’t swap us out for each other.”

Shit. The way you’ve been treating the men is exactly how you feared they would treat you. While you fear being wanted because you’re the only woman, you’ve made all the men on the ship feel as though you think them interchangeable simply because they’re men.

“It never occurred to me that any of you would have real feelings for me.”

“Well, you are very dumb.”

“Hey…” You hit him gently on the chest. He catches your hand in his.

“Amazing they would trust such a crucial mission to someone who is so very stupid,” he teases, still holding your hand.

“I’m not this stupid about mission related stuff, just all this relationship crap.” You laugh softly.

“So tragic. Someone with so much training ought to have better sense.”

He squeezes your hand and you look into his eyes again. He smiles a soft reassuring smile and for the first time in weeks, you feel like maybe everything will be okay again at some point in the future.

“You’re a good man, Kim Seokjin.”

“Best man on the ship.” He chuckles.

“Kiss me again.”

He arches his eyebrows. “Why?”

“Because I want you to.”

“Are you sure?”

“Look there’s no one else here right? This is only about you. I want you.”

He kisses you again, tenderly this time. His warm arms wrap around and you realize you’re still naked except for your underwear. You curl into his embrace. He smells good, warm and manly, like good cologne. You run your hands over his muscular shoulders that you can feel through his clothes. It’s slow and leisurely, like you’re savoring each other.

“You sure you’re not a ‘sex in the sleep pods’ kind of guy?” You tease as you slide your thigh in between his legs and feel his erection pressing against you.

He groans, resting his head on your shoulder as you grind against him. “I’d like to think of myself as more of a ‘sex in the sleep pods after the third date’ kind of guy.”

You pause and look up at him surprised. “You want to go on a date?”

He nods. “At least three of them, in fact.”

You smile. “That would be nice. I’d like that.”

He kisses you behind your ear. “So are Mondays my day then? Can I take you on a date next Monday?”

You gasp as he rolls his hips against you, the heat of him seeping through his clothes. “That’s a long time to wait, especially if you’re going to make me wait through three of them.”

“I’m sure we can find other ways to entertain ourselves.” He cups your naked breast in his hand, massaging gently.

“Is there anything in particular you want to do today?” You palm his erection through his pants and he gasps.

“Stop that, you temptress…” He grits his teeth. “I’m trying to be a gentleman.”

“Aww, come on, there must be something I can do for you.”

“Well…” He bites his lip. “I will admit that I am awfully curious what was on that video that got five of my crew members suspended.”

“I could show you.” You start to shimmy down your underwear. “But there was no touching in the video.”

He kisses you one last time on the cheek, before pulling away and pressing himself into the opposite wall of the sleep pod. “Okay, show me. I’ll be good.” He puts his hands up by his head in mock innocence.

You finish removing your underwear, spreading your legs apart as best you can. You trail a hand down between your legs, finding yourself wet already. “It was me masturbating.” You tease around your clit without touching it directly.

He groans, hips kicking forward as he stays up against the wall. “Show me.”

“Well, first I took my fingers and sucked on them.” You narrate your actions as you wet your fingers. “Then I touched my nipples.” Your nipples harden before you’ve even touched them, but you continue to tease them for his benefit.

His eyes dart back and forth between your face, your breasts, and your spread legs, as if he can’t decide where he wants to look first. He licks his lips like a man starving. “Keep going.”

“I’m very wet.” You continue your narration as he clenches his fists. You run your fingers through your wet folds, then hold them up to show him. His hips buck again as he groans, still fully dressed and pressed to the wall. “And then I touched my clitoris.” It’s your turn to moan as you finally touch your swollen pleasure center, stroking slowly and keeping your eyes fixed on Jin.

“Goddamn…” He drops to his knees, hands resting at his sides, eyes fixed on your hand as it strokes around your clit.

“Do you wish it was your fingers right now, instead of mine?” you ask.

He nods, tongue darting out of the corner of his mouth. He begins inching toward you on his knees. “Do you think… maybe…?”

“I thought we said no touching,” you tease when he gets to your feet, his head level with your hand, eyes fixed on your wet cunt as you continue to touch yourself.

“I just…” His eyes flick up to meet yours. “I want to smell you.” A pulse of arousal rocks through you at how eager he is. You nod. He moves his nose right over your pubic mound and inhales a long slow savoring breath, tickling your hairs.

“Ah…” He releases a long, loud satisfied moan. His knuckles turn white, but his face is relaxed. “You smell amazing.” He inches even closer, just millimeters separating you from his face and inhales again.

“Oh shit.” You feel the pleasure skyrocketing as your orgasm catches you off guard. You grab him by the back of the head to stabilize yourself and his nose bumps firmly against your clit.

He groans again, loudly right against you as he grinds his nose into you, letting you ride his face as your orgasm washes over you. You thread your fingers through his hair to hold him in place. He wraps his hands around the back of your thighs to press himself into you harder. You cry out as waves of muscle contraction course through you over and over.

“Fuck…” you both say in unison as you collapse back against the door. Your eyes meet and you both start laughing. He places a light kiss right below your belly button before he gets up.

“Well, I see why that was worth getting suspended for,” he says, unzipping his jumpsuit and using the bottom of his shirt to wipe his face.

“And you didn’t even come yet.” You slide your underwear back up, wondering if he would consider a blowjob to be a step too far before your first date.

“Um, actually…” he gestures down at his crotch and the new wet spot you find there makes your pelvic muscles clench.

“You came in your pants? Over me?”

Jin laughs. “God, you have no idea how sexy you are, do you?” He picks up your clothing off the floor, before kissing you softly on the forehead. “I will have a hard time waiting for Monday.”

“Me too.” You mutter and get a sudden sinking feeling. You don’t want this to be over right now. You want to stay here with him, to cuddle and be held by him, but you have made this very clear to everyone involved that these dalliances are not relationships. It’s just sex. And now the sex is over. Until next week.

You slip back into your clothes and give him one last kiss. You tablet pings as you head out into the hallway and you fish it out of your pocket.

Yoongi: Okay, I’m in.

Below his message is his signed HR form. A swell of smug satisfaction makes you smile as you cross the hall and climb into your own pod. You open up a group message for the five men whose signed forms you now have in your possession and type out the following:

Mondays: Jin

Tuesdays: Jungkook

Wednesdays: Taehyung

Thursdays: Jimin

Fridays: Yoongi

“Saturday and Sunday to be determined,” you whisper to yourself as you hit send.

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[bonjour-rainycity]

Late in the Night | Part Three

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Prompt: There’s only one bed (Content Challenge Day 6)

Pairing: Legolas x Female Reader

Rating: PG

Word count: 1914

Warnings: None

Challenge participants: @game-ofthe-company @grunid @themerriweathermage @errruvande @the-reformed-ringwraith @awkwardkindatries

A/n Happy Day 6 of my content challenge! If you like my account, chances are you’ll love the accounts mentioned above! Check them out if you can :) If you want more, you can find the challenge’s masterlist here and my personal masterlist here. Okay, happy reading!

The tavern is warm and a welcome escape from the evening chill. Occupying the common room is a small, though lively, crowd, including Gimli and Boromir, who sit in plushy chairs drinking mead by the fire. The barman eyes the newcomers with a measure of surprise — it’s his second unusual guest of the night. Though the woman is predictably human, the one standing next to her is clearly an elf. The barman marvels at his luck, knowing he will be the talk of the town if he can compile some interesting stories about the elf and the dwarf he met this eve.

The barman waves at the odd couple, and they come to the counter. The three exchange pleasantries, but Legolas and Y/n are careful to be vague about their travel plans. Even though the barman seems innocently curious, one can never be too cautious. The barman inquires about their needs.

“Meals for tonight and tomorrow morning, as well as two rooms — at least one with a fireplace if you’ve got it.” Legolas reaches under his cloak and produces a velvet pouch containing the human currency he brought for the journey.

The barman grimaces. “I’m sorry, sir, but I’m afraid there is only one room left. You see, we are a small establishment, and the guests that arrived shortly before you requested separate dwellings.”

With narrowed eyes, Legolas turns to regard a very satisfied-looking human and dwarf. Gimli raises his mug, winking at his elven friend.

“Did they, now,” Legolas murmurs, beginning to guess at his friend’s plan. At his side, he hears Y/n huff in disbelief, obviously having caught on.

To his credit, the barman seems genuinely apologetic. “Yes, I-I’m afraid so, sir. If you like, there is another inn on the other side of town, I could inquire about vacancies there—”

“No, thank you.” Legolas cuts him off, trying to soften his cold tone with a smile. He can’t risk the managers talking and comparing guests before he and his companions are long gone. “We will make do.”

The barman briefly disappears to find the key, and Y/n tries to study Legolas surreptitiously. Unfortunately, he seems to have the same idea about her, and their eyes dart away immediately upon meeting, knowing they’d each been caught.

How awkward.

The barman returns, sliding a smooth silver key into Legolas’ hand, who quickly pays the man. “Would it be too much trouble to have dinner delivered to our room?” Legolas swallows. Our room.

The barman responds favorably, but there is an unmistakable note of disappointment to his tone. No doubt he was looking forward to studying probably the only elf he’s ever seen.

Y/n sneaks a look over to Gimli, who is quite enjoying his mead, and figures that he will give the barman enough entertainment to last a few years.

The pair ascends the stairs, and Y/n notices a pink twinge to Legolas’ cheeks. He stumbles over his words, something quite unusual for him. “I—uh, did not mean to presume. I apologize.”

Y/n shrugs. “You don’t need to apologize. It’s our fault for not asking to arrive first, I guess,” Y/n tries for a laugh, but it’s impossible for Legolas to not notice how she won’t meet his eyes.

He stops on the landing, looking quite pained. He hates the idea of making her uncomfortable. “I will sleep on the floor.”

Y/n takes pity on the poor elf, and puts effort into seeming relaxed. “No, really, it’s okay. It’s no different from lying near each other when we camp, right?”

It is completely different, Legolas thinks, but decides not to share that comment.

They reach the door, and both try to will their nerves away as Legolas turns the key in the lock.

“Oh.” Y/n is pleasantly surprised by the state of the room. “It’s nice.”

Legolas has to agree. The bed—the sole bed—is off the ground and boasts an actual mattress, complete with two fluffy pillows and three blankets. There’s a fireplace, a water basin, a tin tub, two exceptionally large jugs of water, and a changing screen. The presence of these amenities constitutes luxury after their time in the wilderness.

Y/n crosses the threshold first, and Legolas chides his own cowardice. The battlefield gives no fear to him, but sharing a room with the woman he…

Well.

He forces himself to enter the room.

Y/n twists the hem of her tunic in her hands, trying desperately to get through the awkwardness. “Will it bother you if I have a bath?”

Legolas practically catapults himself forward, eager to have a task to busy his mind. “Not at all. I’ll heat the water.” He grabs one of the water-filled jugs, lays it on the grate inside the fireplace, and works to start a fire.

Y/n fiddles with the changing screen, dragging it slightly to the left so it completely shields the length of the tub. Even though the fire is properly kindled, Legolas stays near it, kneeled on the ground, eyes glued to the heating water.

Y/n chances a look at him, and the sight of him brings a small smile to her lips. He’s just so sweet. And though she would never say it out loud, Y/n admits to herself that, if she had to spend the night with any of her companions, Legolas would be her first and only choice.

Y/n busies herself with spot-cleaning their extra clothes until Legolas has the water heated and pours it in the bath.

Are his cheeks red from embarrassment or the heat, she wonders.

“I-I’ll stay near the bed and-and give you your privacy,” he stutters out, looking anywhere but at her.

Definitely embarrassment. Y/n bites back a smile, grabs her washing supplies, and slips behind the changing screen.

She undresses and slides into the water, sighing contentedly at her first encounter with warm water in weeks. Knowing it won’t last long, she works quickly to scrub the dirt from her skin.

Legolas sits on the edge of the bed, trying to distract himself by cleaning their weapons. He doesn’t know whether he should try and converse with her, or ignore her completely, or if he should just run from the room and never come back?

Valar, how this is difficult!

A knock sounds on the door.

“That was fast,” Y/n muses, to which Legolas hums in agreement.

He sheds his cloak and uses it to conceal the weapons, then meets the barman at the door to collect the dinner plates.

Legolas shuts the door with his foot and turns back towards the bed.

And freezes upon realizing the issue.

Y/n is still in the bath.

Legolas exhales, looking down at the plate in his right hand, then to the changing screen, then quickly to the opposite corner of the room, a blush coming to his cheeks once again.

He closes his eyes, drawing in a breath.

You are a prince, he reminds himself. You lead council meetings, command troops, and have the respect of an entire kingdom. Pull yourself together.

Before he can give himself a chance to lose his nerve, he turns on his heel, and marches towards the changing screen.

“Delivery, My Lady.”

The teasing tone in Legolas’ voice catches Y/n off guard, and she releases a startled laugh. He can’t be serious? But she sees the tips of his boots peeking under the edge of the wooden screen, and decides to play along, trusting him to keep his gaze respectful. “You may approach, Good Sir.”

Legolas peeks around the screen, presenting Y/n her plate of food and making a show of keeping his eyes closed.

Y/n giggles, for just a moment forgetting the awkwardness and the insurmountable pressure of the fate of the world on their shoulders. “Such service! Thank you.”

Legolas bows, and returns with his own food to his spot on the bed. As they eat, they trade stories of the time before they knew each other — Y/n being careful to edit any details that would give her non-Arda origins away. When the food is gone and the bathwater runs cold, Y/n dries, dresses in fresh clothing, and folds back the changing screen.

She and Legolas stare at each other, unsure how to proceed.

“Um, is there anything you needed to do before bed?”

“No.” Legolas shakes his head. “You?”

“No.” A pause. “Well, I guess we should go to sleep, unless you wanted a bath?”

“It’s alright, I washed in the stream earlier.”

Y/n shifts on her feet. “Oh. Right. You sure you don’t want something hot?”

Legolas smiles. “Temperature doesn’t affect ellyn the way it does humans.”

Y/n laughs softly at herself, using it as an opportunity to exhale some of the nerves. “Forgot….I’ll just get the candles, then.”

Legolas stands abruptly. “Let me.” Then, his panicked look fades into a teasing smile. “Humans already have terrible eyesight in the daytime, I fear for your safety if I let you stumble around in the dark.”

“Oh, be quiet,” Y/n laughs, crawling onto the side of the bed closest to her. The mattress probably isn’t the softest in the world, but it’s much better than the freezing ground. And the pillow and blankets are a nice touch. Y/n remembers her fluffy bed back home, and finds herself snuggling deeper into the covers, trying to recreate the memory.

The room goes dark, and moments later, Y/n feels the bed dip beside her.

Legolas slides under the covers wordlessly, keeping as far to the edge as he can. His mind runs a million miles a minute, wondering if he’s making her uncomfortable, noticing how nice her hair smells, thinking how he’s going to kill Boromir and Gimli for putting them in this position, and everything in between.

On the other side of the bed, Y/n stares at the wall, unable to calm down enough to sleep. Never in her life has she been so affected by someone else’s presence. It’s just a bed for Pete’s sake, she’s shared plenty of them before!

But she can feel his warmth from across the mattress, can picture how his chest would feel under her cheek, and fights the urge to cuddle in close to him.

Oh how she is going to murder Gimli and Boromir.

Time passes, neither of them knowing how much.

But after a while, Y/n gives voice to the more anxious thoughts in her head, unable to let them go.

“Are you awake?”

Legolas’ voice is soft, barely a whisper in the late night. “Yes.”

Silence, and Legolas wonders if Y/n has fallen asleep. But a few breaths later, she speaks again, this time, with a measure of fear in her voice.

“Do you think we can do it? Destroy the Ring?”

“We will.” His voice is confident, steady, just the reassurance she needs. “No matter the cost, we will see this Evil defeated.”

Y/n sighs, closing her eyes. She gives into the exhaustion in her bones, in her mind, and sinks into dreamless sleep. Legolas follows not long after, allowing himself only the briefest of looks at his slumbering companion. He holds the image of her peaceful face in his mind as he drifts off.

And if they do find themselves cuddled up in the morning, well, no one needs to know.

A/n See you all tomorrow with part four! Likes, comments, and reblogs are so appreciated. Also, let me know if you would like a tag!

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[chronicalchaos]

Wick modern AU: Explained +Some fun facts

Uhm, i was gonna wait until i finish this AU's synopsis and new book cover, but both will be taking a while until they get ready...

And i wanted to post this "overview" for a while now, anyways, here's some fun facts and a summary of the story:

Old book cover:

I'm really proud of Sam's shading, but the twins look weird and Tom looks old...I won't use this cover, 'cus Travis and Duncan are main characters as well and i want to include them on the cover. +My art style changed!

Story summary:

Just a quick thing! I changed quite a few things to fit the narrative and the modern days setting, i hope you understand!

The story of this AU happens in September 2014, a little less than a month until Sam’s birthday, where the Weavers aren't dead– Well, most of them aren't...

The narrative is centered on a curse, that was based on the audio that plays when you pick up Benny's bible, where 7 people are affected by it: Tim, Tom, John, Sam, John's brother/Sam's dad(I won't name him), Mary and James.

Sam's, Travis' and Duncan's side of the story will be more on the investigative side maybe with a bit of comedy(I'm not good with writing that, so it will most likely be just investigation), while Tim and Tom's side will be the more angst and unusual/horror side. Sam will have a bit of horror as well, since he's linked with them by the curse, but the twins will definitely have the spotlight when it comes to horror/unusual stuff.

Fun Facts:

General:

The story happens a week, maybe a bit more, after summer break

Even tho one of the first chapters is set on school, them going to school will probably just be mentioned or implied, Example: Them leaving a school bus

For some reason, i saw a few stories where everyone knew what polio is and how it works, which i felt it wouldn't be realistic, so that won't happen here

It has a lot of paranormal stuff

The summer camp by the Weaver's property is closed and has been like that for a few years now

Just Mary and James call the twins Changelings, the rest of the city knows there are "changelings" walking around, just, not that the twins are them

There's no changelings, they think there is, but in reality it's just a curse(like that's something lighter than a demon switched with a child at birth)

The song that helps me get in the mood of this story when I'm writing is "Far too young to die" by Panic! At the disco

Timas Weaver:

Tim is 12, he'll be 13 in...approximately 3 months

He was born December 30th 2001 and is the oldest between him and Tom

He's almost an inch shorter than Tom

He has a huge burn scar! It goes from a bit more than half of his chest, both his arms, his palms and his whole neck, he got that scar when he was 3 years old

He's does not have asthma, but he does have extreme pyrophobia on it's place

He has flat affect, his face doesn't match his emotions/he looks serious most of the time(I'm so sorry if I don't portrait it right! Please give me constructive criticism if I do something wrong here!)

He's a theater kid and would be quoting a lot of musicals if Mary didn't isolate him and Tom from the world(The theater part only exists because of his and Tom's masks)

The whittling thing exists here, but like, it won't be of much importance to the story, the knife will! But not the whittle part

He despises spiders and it's Tom's fault!

He climbs trees (there's not much I can say here to be honest)

He has this...i don't know if you can call it a quirk, but, he tends to tilt his head to the left, it's kinda random

He's ambidextrous, was left handed, but Mary forced him to learn to use his right hand

He teached himself how to throw knifes...don't mess with him

Paranoia!

Needs therapy

Tomathy Weaver:

Tom is 12 and will be 13 in approximately 3 months

He was born December 30th 2001 and is the youngest between him and Tim

He's almost an inch taller than Tim

He doesn't have Polio now, he did when he was...around 5 years old

His left leg is bigger than his right one, his right feet reaches his left ankle

His left ankle is paralyzed, that's why he uses a leg brace

He's claustrophobic, he developed that on the same day Tim got his scar and pyrophobia

He won first place on a spelling bee before he got Polio and he used to spell when he got anxious, but after John's disappearence he started shuddering, shaking and cracking his joints instead, very similar to how he shudders on the game

He loves spiders!

He is really flexible, but, because of his polio, he can't play around with it anymore

He likes to draw

He has pretty bad scoliosis

Paranoia #2!

Socially awkward baby

Went to therapy when little, needs to go back

Caleb Weaver:

Caleb is 9 years old

He was born August 19th 2005

He's almost the same height as Timas

He was a year old when Tom had polio

He's actually James' kid, not John's

He won first place in 2014's(the year the story happens) county track meet

He dislikes Tim

Lillian Weaver:

Lillian is 5 years old

She was born February 28th 2009

She's a bit tall for her age

She's notorious for making little deals between her and her siblings, like helping them get away with something in exchange of something(getting her out of class during their recess, buying a new plushy, etc.)

She's a really curious and affectionate kid, loves hugs, kisses and especially being picked on someone's lap

She loves bunnies(even tho this isn't a surprise)

Benjamin Weaver:

Benjamin is 14 years old and will be 15 in less then a month

He was born October 24th 1999

He's just really tall compared to the twins (it's kinda funny, Tim and Tom are 4 years older than Caleb, but they are just an inch taller than him)

He's really religious and prays a lot for his siblings' health and safety

He's been trying to take care of Tom after John's disappearence, since Mary doesn't do it, much the opposite, she hides Tom's medicines on purpose

Mary Weaver:

I didn't give her neither an age nor a birthday...i probably need to do that

She had an affair with James, when the twins were 4 and Benny was 6, Caleb was born from this affair

She doesn't hit any of her kids, but she does neglect most of them

On the nights between Saturday and Sunday, she doesn't sleep, she spends this time praying with a candle, then, before they go to church, she writes everything that happened that night on her diary

She has a lot of diaries, she keeps them in the attic

She's a little bitch(i don't know what else to say about her)

Pastor James McAlroy:

James also doesn't have an age nor birthday (i only have the Weaver kids and Sam's birthdays)

He won't appear much, but he does have a big role on the story

He's Caleb's biological dad(i mentioned that like 3 times already)

He tried doing a "honest-to-god exorcism" on the twins, it was just a cover for an attempt of murder

He's a toxic little shit(there's not much I can say about him)

Samuel Burton:

Sam is 12 years old and will be 13 in less than a month

He was born in October 2nd 2001

Him and Travis are Brothers on their mom's part

He's cousin with the Weavers, minus Caleb, they just don't know each other

He can be just as smug as Travis sometimes

He absolutely hates going on ghost hunting, he thinks it's dumb

He has long hair and freckles all over his body

He's just too lazy to tie his own shoes

He's the only one that remembers to bring a backpack when ghost hunting

While Travis is the camera man, he's the flashlight guy

Travis Burton:

Travis is 15 years old and i don't have a birthday for him, well, he would be born in 1999 just like Benny

He doesn't like wearing glasses, but doesn't have other choice, he either doesn't take proper care of his lenses and gets his eyes irritated or he just lost them

He's the face of his and Duncan's channel

He tries to drag Sam to be part of the channel, but he doesn't really want to be part of it

He cusses way too much

He's brave, only because he goes face first into danger without thinking

Duncan:

Duncan is 15 and would also be born in 1999

Big ass coward, sends Travis and Sam to go investigate on his place every fucking time

Entitled as fuck

The "brain" behind his and Travis' channel

He's suspiciously good on researching, he'll find the most unexpected things about you

He's a little shit as well

...i think that's it! Now i can go continue the first chapter and maybe finish it soon

[cidnangarlond]

3, 10, 45, 76 for both fortuna and jehanne ?!?! or u can choose which one if u don't wanna do both 💖

I will do it for Both I love my daughters very much. But here's Fortuna !!

3) How tall is your OC?

She is a tall 6'3"!! She is taller than most characters (including her husband) with a select few exceptions. FFXIV lets me live out my greatest fantasy which is being tall

10) What does your OC keep in a special drawer?

Back at home she keeps a few special knick-knacks from her travels, one of her favorites being a sketch Alphinaud did of her when she fell asleep at a table in the Rising Stones :) She also has some pressings of flowers from the First that Ryne gave her before she left that she also treasures very much

45) What are some things that annoy your OC?

There isn't much but Fortuna really does not like being called a hero and such because she's like "yes I may have saved the world multiple times and stopped this centuries long war and helped liberate nations under imperial rule and stopped more worlds from ending but I do not see myself as a hero" she has the attitude that she's doing it because it needs to be done and someone needs to step up to the plate and if she has to then she'll do it!! The only people she's okay with calling her a hero are the elderly, the sick, and children. Her husband will tease her about it and she's good-natured about it when he does it because she loves him. Meanwhile Emet-Selch unfortunately LOVES the word "hero" for her and she's like shut the FUCK. UP. *throws her lance at him*

76) What is your OC's favorite animal?

Chocobos!! They're not really around where she grew up and stayed over the years so when she was able to get her own she cried because she thought it was so cute. But don't tell anyone that that is a secret kept between her and god

And here's Jehanne!! I need to get more photos of her

Beez about the 3rd pic: "She looks like she's the captain of the world's gayest pirate ship and I love that for her"

3) How tall is your OC?

I can't quite remember but I think she's an even 6 feet tall! Still taller than most but there's a few that are taller than her.

10) What does your OC keep in a special drawer?

Jehanne has a bunch of trinkets from when she grew up that she took with her when she left Ishgard, small little toys but she left most of them at home. They were all kept in her room and after her adoptive parent's passing Aymeric held on to them in the chance she still might be alive somewhere. (She was presumed to have died in a village during the Calamity, news of which made it back to Ishgard and Aymeric never stopped looking for her because he felt she was still alive. WHOLE thing with that.) After she came back to Ishgard they were returned to her and until she finds a house for herself and can actually put them somewhere they all stay in her room at the Fortemps Manor

45) What are some things that annoy your OC?

There isn't much that's able to get under Jehanne's skin, she's pretty resilient, but when things keep happening back to back like "we know you just finished this giant quest but there's a new thing you need to deal with!" she becomes that When You Give A Mouse A Cookie edit that's like "PLEASE GIVE A BITCH A BREAK." She also doesn't like when her childhood friend suddenly reappears in her life and then disappears in a bright white flash and thinks he's dead and doesn't tell her otherwise, ESTINIEN, YOU CLOWN

76) What is your OC's favorite animal?

The moogles!! She saw them when she first arrived in Gridania and thought they were the cutest and fluffiest things, which is something she and Ysayle bonded over. Square Enix where are the moogle plushies you know you want to sell them I am holding my hands out. Square Enix PLEASE

Thank u Denim !! :)c

[renaer-is-allegedly-hot]

session 19

Session 19 Sunday, April 25, 2021 7:47 PM

- I'm cold :[ the window is open - Last week on dnd: we went to a place mirt tipped us abt; activity around stone in castle ward o Explored a bunch of rooms and snuck around o Got to arena w prisoners made to fight, came across vats filled w dead beholders o Cel theo and adam discover the kitchenso Asyna and aerana went upstairs hearing commotion not knowing from where - Adam was instructed to head down the hallway to the left and go upstairs, pass through the meeting room and go through first door to right o Currently on lower level, heading towards noisy area - Adam kachunk kachunk kachunks up the stairs o Cel is slightly concerned abt adam's trolley driving ability, theo is holding onto the trolley for dear life bc adam cannot push this cart - Confronted w wall of noise, music o Passes through open door and sees two mess tables, full of diverse set of ppl generally looking shabby/down on their luck o They look mean and shifty but they're having a good time rn o Someone in corner sees adam with the cart ■ "looks at you and says" *dom waves, not saying a word* ■ Adam goes toward person and sees staircase ■ It is a human w a shaved head and an eye tattoo on the back of his head like the motifs in the dungeon ■ "when's my order coming sir" □ "sorry sir we're a little backlogged rn and I'm not your waiter if u tell me who ur waiter is I can find them n give u an update" □ Man sighs n grumbles bc they're v hungry ◆ Adam offers one appetizer to them; one big whole crab ◆ The ppl lean back and look at adam ◆ "just don't tell the chef," adam says, then trolleys away, full steam ahead - Confronted w sheer staircase, no ramp o Adam is gonna try to pull it up, strength check ■ Rolls a 7 ■ Halflings must make stealth check □ Pass without a trace thing is still active ◆ Theo rolls 21 ◆ Cel rolls 34 o Adam can get them up a couple of steps, but after a bit of trying some of the ppl at the party r just . Looking at adam■ "is there a . Strong dude . Just sitting down anywhere"□ "that dude and a couple of the guys" the crab ppl□ They stand up and start heading over to adam◆ "hello friends ! Did you like the crab?"◊ Human guy, half-orc woman, two dwarves w pleated beards► Human : " you want a . Hand ?"- Adam says he's feeding royaltyo The four of them get around the cart and hoist it up the stairs

o Cel's internal screaming gets loudero "I'd just like to thank you guys so much for helping me out"■ Adam winks at one of the dwarves, but why?- Top of the stairs, 150 feet hallway that starts to curve towards endo In front and to right, set of double doors followed by another doorwayo Also a set of double doors to far left and one perpendicular from thato Tl;dr: Facing three doors and one at the end of the hallo Adam is going to follow the directions, sees a passageway as he walkso Lots of ornate carving in the door, door carved to look like a piece of funguso Adam rolls perception, 6■ Doesn't see any other door but hears talking behind this one■ Hears ppl clapping and cheering; otherwise just hears deep booming voice that's difficult to make out- Adam bends down to cart and pokes head insideo "so we're here" adamo "thank god" theoo Left are snails, whole turkey, blueberry pie on carto Plan is to go inside, give them food, grab lord silgaro Cel asks if adam wants fake lord silgar now or later■ Adam puts fake lord silgar on head and pulls chef's hat over■ Except nvm■ He can't do that so uses empty crab dish instead□ Remembers where he puts it to avoid giving fake lord silgar out- Adam opens door and starts wheeling cart ino Theo n cel holding hands- Meanwhile !!- Asyna and aerana just finished going up spiraling staircase stealthilyo Poke heads around corner, notice passageway moving forward {straight) and one offshoot to right, further down there are two more branching pathso Aerana rolls 19 perception■ Can hear some ppl chatting■ Aerana can understand undercommon□ Ppl arguing, that there's no ghost "you're a moron if you think you saw a ghost" "no I'm not gonna check"□ They sound wet, dom says, and lillian and marguerite stare me down :{■ One thinks they saw the ghost, hear them to our righto Naya turns in circles then walks into wall■ Goes behind■ 17 investigation check□ No buttons on wall□ Nothing on the floor□ Nothing on the ceiling, no eye things; down 50ish feet can see an ornately carved door, looks drow-related w spider motifso Not sure if guards would see us if we went down hallway■ We poke our heads in and go OOP did u see the ghost in undercommon■ See big chamber■ Three doorways in diff sections of the room, in between two of the doors, a wider portcullis that's been lowered■ A bunch of fish looking bipedal creatures w spears digging into food, they're called kuo-toa■ One of them turns around and stands up, eating tough cured meat■ "do you know where it went ? I'm scared"□ Deception, 7

□ Short thingy but has a long whip in his hand□ Stares us down "you two aren't authorized to be here"□ "but she's a chef, so" asyna "we're lost"□ Asyna asks what they're up to◆ One of the fishy guys says he saw the ghost go a certain way, pointed towards a hallway leading off to the right in the room□ The main guy staring at us cracks his whip and says "we're busy"■ We back out and head into area we were first in- We go back to kitchen to grab food, off in distance we here loud banging crash from behind us- Adam wheels out the carto The floor drops bc there are stairs; a dozen or so cheering warriors in a wide chambero Make acrobatics checks■ "stairs have been the ultimate enemy in this session" jacob, 2021■ 16 for theo, 7 for celo Adam pushes cart out, and as it leans down, it's a little too heavy and turns to sideo Platters clatter open, except for the one containing the fish {stays upside down)■ Two dishes splatter onto floor, along with a halfling■ Theo stays inside the cart■ Cel tumbles outo Everyone looking at them■ "did anyone order a halfling and blueberry pie?"- Adam must make performance checko 14o Everyone in the room draws their weapono Floating creature descends and hisses, drow gathering energyo Sylvia has an idea■ Adam is telling everyone to calm down bc he has a pieo Cel stands up, hand on dust of disappearance subtlyo But they hear low rumbling sound- Adam yells "WAIT ! I know this looks bad ! But there is a much more pressing manner" as he pulls out the fish foodo Grumbling turning into laughter■ Really creepy uncomfy laughtero "halfling pie" ahahahahao Adam starts laughingo Cel halfheartedly laughso Can't see anything but can hearo Looking at ceiling just see large circle bowl attached to ceiling- Adam "I have been informed - praise xanathar by the way - I've been informed by ot to feed lord silgar his daily sustenance and if I don't get this to him soon things aren't going to b looking too hot for the xanathar guild"o Everyone kinda chuckling to themselves■ Cel makes 21, adam makes 13 or smth for insight check; theo rolls 3o The ppl don't think the joke is funny but they're laughing anywayso Voice echoes "v mysterious . ot went missing"■ "well he hasn't been to work in awhile" adam says□ Adam makes persuasion check□ Adam rolls nat 1◆ Hears deep imposing resonance◆ "deliver your food and then be gone from this ?? Space -- if you should trifle, then perhaps we shall enjoy the new employee with the pie"□ Adam tells cel to wait here and cel Is like :I◆ Adam casts message and tells cel that if things go south to find aerana and

asyna◆ Adam takes theo with him□ Cel messages back for adam to keep an eye on the plushie◆ Cel standing by door, adam wheeling cart with one hand, sets pie on table by buff guys and keeps going◆ Cel looking around room and doesn't see anything that doesn't look humanoid, sees two other doors not including one she came from- Human woman tells cel that she better leaveo "I think you should leave before he changes his mind"o Cel tries the door she came in from, it's unlockedo Adam is going for door closest to him firsto Cel leaves room going back way she came■ Right as she goes to leave, booming voice says "wait. You there . Halfling . Tell us a story . And you tiefling fellow . If you encounter ot, give him my best wishes . And then come back . say . Which door is ot behind, my friend?"■ Jacob: "I'm gonna roll a d2"□ "is this a test ?? I still just started this job" adamo Cel tries to leave, makes acrobatics check 18■ Human woman rolls nat 20 and cel cannot leaveo Jacob rolls 24 to ask for a hint■ "it is not the door on your left !!"■ Adam insight checks, 15; voice is odd and adam can't tell what's going on■ Adam says he loves the voice and opens the door right next to him■ Cold rush fills adam's body, just fear□ "give my regards to ot! You passed :)"■ Adam feels push and door shuts behind him, without theo■ Adam has darkvision, sees gigantic 20x20 fish bowl with aquatic plants and gravel inside and a miniature castle + sizable treasure chest at bottom of bowl■ Inside is a familiar looking dwarf with a strange helmet on□ Turns around and yells◆ "OT"◆ Adam goes over and puts two hands on his shoulders◆ Ot is holding smaller fishbowl with a goldfish◆ "I need that goldfish"- Back to asyna and aeranao We go get food from the kitchen, two souffleso We hear more argument back at stairs, sounds like ringleader from before in undercommon saying "well no sir according to my observation did not see any ghost . Well I should hope not but we can investigate for you if you desire"o We walk down left hallway, see tall pillars■ Passageway to left back in direction we came□ Door, passageway, passageway that goes sort of back way we cameo We keep going down passageway■ 17 perception check at ornate door■ We can hear cel talking and occasionally a deep booming interjecting voice■ We listen by other door, can hear fish people talking through there■ 18 perception down other passageway, looking down catches glimpse of a halfling being dragged off□ Halfling doesn't look like someone we recognize- 28 stealth check to pull open door a little bito See big group of ppl, knocked over cart that looks like one adam was pushing, cel- Back to cel, cel telling a storyo "have you ever heard the story of the yawning portal"

o "no . I've heard it's a terrible place"o "yeah it's an awful place with mystery that I want to explore"o Cel relays things durnan has told about typ, rolls performanceo 11 performance check■ Is talking for awhileo Aerana and asyna can hear clearly- Theo still inside fallen carto Is close to door adam went througho Everyone is watching celo Door adam went through is probably unlocked■ Stealth check, 17 w pass without a trace- Theo makes it through unscathedo Sees ot and adam chatting- Back to adamo "OT I need that fish"o adam slaps himo Adam makes strength check of 5o Theo has sneak attack and is gonna bonk ot on the head■ 13 to hit, stun attack and ot drops bowl□ Adam makes dex check, 14, catches bowl□ Looks like the fish adam saw in that painting but also looks p mundaneo Theo has other fish, other fish kinda looks like lord silgaro Adam gets lord silgar and puts him underneath chef's hato Fake fish named filgar■ See passageway leading out and sloping up {like a ramp) + locked double door against wallo Ot says "we spoke of the stone"■ Ot begging for fish, adam says give stone ot says I don't know where stone is■ Adam rolls 18 for insight, but ot blocking big bowl■ No fish in the bowl just a rocky sandy bottom, faux treasure chest, faux castle- Adam walks up to bowl, tips it overo Adam mage hands down into fish bowl, opens chest, sees oval, uses mage hand to grab rocko Ot starts crying bc he doesn't want to fail at his jobo Adam gives him filgar and brings ot close■ "you saw nothing"- Adam puts rock in pocketo Jk adam hands stone to theo and tells her to get out, adam is gonna go get celo Adam tells theo to meet at kitcheno Jk we'll meet outside the guildo Theo just needs to book it- Adam and theo high five, adam walks back out and claps "he ate"o "very good" booming voice sayso Says they're gonna finish eating the halfling but adam offers his entertainment skills■ Cel dips out, sees asyna and aerana and we hand her the souffles■ Keep door pried open- Theo follows passageway as far out as she can go- Adam starts storyo "there once was a young man in a fallen city . This city had many factions . This young boy was the leader of the smallest . His faction was growing smaller and weaker until one day he made a deal with a devil . Devil asks for an heir, man agrees, came at cost of best friend, but man receives great power and influence in city; one morning realizes consequences and at his doorstep were two baby twin tieflingso One crying one laughing

o Man takes it upon self to raise tieflings in secret, can't kill tieflings bc agreement- Theo running down hallway, sees heavily armed fish folk and head to double doors, walk through; four of us now togethero As adam giving speech, is casually inching towards door he came from, preparing darknesso Voice is just listening to storyo "Man raises two tieflings in secret, one void of powers other great sorcerer; tutor hired to teach lesser tiefling . Tutor was kind and only friend of younger tiefling and realized younger tiefling needed to escape; when younger tiefling turned 17, led tiefling out of city; older tiefling told father of plano Adam's voice cracks :{o "tutor was killed but the younger one got away"o "you know the younger one should've been stronger" voice sayso Adam's voice cracks, stops movements■ Looks at tentacle monster, cross and a little angry, hands shaking behind backo Is close to door

• We ALL run■ "and with that story that has ended with no happy ending, I will bid you adieu" calls darkness, YEETS away■ Adam running

- Naya pokes head out of wall, we run and cel recasts pass without a traceo 13 celo 20 aeranao 19 adamo 11 theoo 10 asyna- Running down hallway back towards kitchenso Behind can hear someone shouting "there you are" from behind us■ Adam casts hypnotic pattern on stairs for next minute■ Aerana launches bow, 6 damage on the jailer dwarf who was immediately chasing us

□- We keep runningDwarf is incapacitated and stands still on stairs

o Following pathway we came through

o Dex saves bc adam's pyrotechnics doesn't work

■ Aerana rolls nat 1

■ Adam nat 20

■ Theo 23

■ Cel 19???

■ Asyna 12

□ Everyone takes 5 damage, except aerana who takes 10

- Adam casts healing words to take aerana to 6 hp

o Adam casts hellish rebuke, 20 fire damage

o Aerana hits 15 damage and yeets out of room

o Asyna rolls 6 dex save, as running out asyna feels incredible slowness; can make door but still slow

■ Halved speed

- We round corner and go up the stairs

o "rat might actually work because rat is rat"

- Aerana turns into squirrel, speed returns

- We get to sewer we entered from and for the moment it looks as we've escaped

o We have lord silgar and the stone

[fuzzy-furby-on-a-string]

Uhhh mcfurby keychain face removal/oddbody tutorial

Alright so I haven’t seen a lot of information on how to do this. It’s fairly simple, but I thought I’d make a little tutorial-thing. This is only for keychain ones, as those are I only ones I've used.

But let’s get started!

You will need:

Your Furby

A seam ripper

A small screwdriver/something similar

(Possibly) a small flathead head/triangle screwdriver (not pictured)

Step 1: Choose your fighter

Each mcfurby has a different “power”, or little thing it can do. For example, Ace here moves his mouth when you squeeze the sides!

These little abilities will determine what kind of cuts you’ll need to make. For example, the face on the left doesn’t do anything and just requires 2 holes. However, the orange face moves, but as you can tell from looking at the skin, it needs significantly more intricate cuts!

Whichever you chose is really up to you, however I’d avoid the diamondback snake (red and yellow spots) and the tiger (tiger stripes) ones, as those are the two with moving pieces. Today we’ll be operating on a monkey one, whose ability is not connected to the face.

Step 2: Seam rip the fabric circle on the bottom

This should be easy. Personally, I go all around from one foot to the other and don’t rip the feet. Remove the stuffing and flip so you can see the back of the face

Step 3: analyze the face and attack accordingly

There are 2 main ways the face pieces are connected: toy screws (screws with a triangle-shaped hole) and these little prong-thingys; which our lad has-

With toy screws, simply use a flathead screwdriver that fits into one of the triangle’s sides to unscrew them there are triangle bits but most people don’t have those, including me.

With prongs, you’ll need to pry them out; which is what our tiny screwdriver/similar object is for! Simply put it between the holes of the things holding the prongs in and pry it outward. Do this for all of them, until you can pull the plastic piece off.

Step 5: remove other piece from the skin and you got a face for your new oddbod friend!

Step 6: Attaching the face to a plush

This step is different depending on what plush you’re using; but Either way you’ll want to find a seam close to the eyes, as well as where you want the face, and open it. If the eyes are plastic you’ll need to remove them from the inside, which can be tough and require a lot of force. However if the eyes are sewn on, you can just use a seam ripper and remove the stitches.

Once the eyes are removed, test to see if they can already work with the faceplate. Some plushies, especially beanie babies, have just the right amount of space for it! If it doesn’t work, close up the original eye holes with a needle and thread, mark where you need the holes for the faceplate to go and cut in those spots. Put the facepiece through the holes, then the plastic backing on the inside. I like to add some hot glue around the prongs to make sure it stays secure.

Sew up the seam you created and you’re done!

I hope this helps! I know it’s pretty long, but I wanted to explain in detail bc I know that’s what I’d want to see. If you have any questions, feel free to pm me!

[harianadimples]

Highlight of My Life

Warning: none 3.0k+: fluff, university!au (harry is a fashion design major; y/n is an english major)

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“So, what’s so special about this new collection? Don’t you already have like three of her highlighters at home?” Harry asks, sounding genuinely curious and interested.

“New shades. I love the formula. I’m wearing hustla baby on my cheeks today, see,” she says as she tilts her cheek for Harry who nods intently. “I like that one, it’s like subtle. Makes me look like a glazed donut. I love glazed donuts,” he trails off.

“It’s my every day, go-to, I want to blind everyone I encounter on campus, highlighter,” she laughs. “I’ve hit pan on that one I might get the mini of it. It comes with a mini gloss bomb you can have so you can stop stealing mine.”

“Thanks. There’s that highlighter I really liked, the one you put on my eyes before,” Harry says.

“Trophy wife?”

“Yeah, but no, I was thinking of the pink one?”

Confusion sticks to them both. They stare at each other for a while, combining both their sleep-deprived braincells together to figure out what Harry was talking about.

“Highlight of My Life”

or

The one where Fenty Beauty is launching a new highlighter collection and the Sephora downtown is doing an event for it where the first hundred people get a goodie bag so Y/N makes Harry wake up at 6 a.m. for its 10 a.m. opening. The things Harry does for the person he loves.

-:-:-:-

“Remind me why you had me wake up at six in the morning and drive you all the way downtown on my off day?”

Harry’s tone is chastising, which was amusing to Y/N when they were pulling out of their shared apartment, but now that they’ve been sat in the car for a while and it’s probably the fiftieth time he’s asked, she’s a little annoyed. Still, she can’t fully commit to being annoyed by Harry for too long. As she looks up from her phone, turning to Harry who’s looking at her expectantly for an answer, his tired eyes sunken in by his interrupted sleep and his mouth looking all pink and plushy, she finds herself completely endeared by his prettiness and quickly lets it go.

Harry gulps down the rest of his coffee, chasing the dryness of the caffeinated beverage with more gulps from her water. He’s watching her, and can tell from how her eyes momentarily dart to the right of her, that she’s thinking of something witty to say.

“Cause you love me,” Y/N pouts in a sweet, singsongy voice, the voice he’s more than aware that she uses when she’s playfully manipulating him into doing something she wants, such as, waking up at six in the morning to drive her downtown.

Harry’s eyes quickly express how nonsensensical her response is though she still finds him endearing, which makes her press her thumb over his puffed, water-filled cheeks. “And,” she continues, “because Rihanna is launching a new highlighter collection and the Sephora downtown is holding an event for it. If you’re within the first hundred people there you get a goodie bag.”

“Will Rihanna be there?” Harry asks. His question resonates through a single monotone note.

“No, I think it’s just the store doing something for the collection launch. She does proper parties for influencers and celebrity friends ahead of releases too but, there’s no way we’d get invited to one any time soon,” she sighs.

“When’s the store opening?” Harry asks, glancing at the time on the dashboard. “We’ve been here since eight-twenty.”

“Ten,” Y/N sighs as she glances at her phone again. “At least we got here early enough before a line started. We can eat while we wait.” She gestures to their breakfast: two large coffees and a sandwich to share between them because $7.99 for an ‘Artisan’ sandwich sounded almost blasphemous for the two uni students.

“When you see someone approaching the front, forming some kind of line, let me know,” she says as Harry nods, taking a bite from the sandwich as he looks to the front of the car.

“So, what’s so special about this new collection? Don’t you already have like three of her highlighters at home?” Harry asks, sounding genuinely curious and interested.

“New shades. I love the formula. I’m wearing hustla baby on my cheeks today, see,” she says as she tilts her cheek for Harry who nods intently. “I like that one, it’s like subtle. Makes me look like a glazed donut. I love glazed donuts,” he trails off.

“It’s my every day, go-to, I want to blind everyone I encounter on campus, highlighter,” she laughs. “I’ve hit pan on that one I might get the mini of it. It comes with a mini gloss bomb you can have so you can stop stealing mine.”

“Thanks. There’s that highlighter I really liked, the one you put on my eyes before,” Harry says.

“Trophy wife?”

“Yeah, but no, I was thinking of the pink one?”

Confusion sticks to them both. They stare at each other for a while, combining both their sleep-deprived braincells together to figure out what Harry was talking about.

“Oh, Wattabrat!” Y/N says with realization.

“Watt-a-brat. Yeah that one. I just love the name. She’s brilliant with the shade names,” he says. “If I could I’d name a shade Styles.”

“Just Styles?” Y/N raises an eyebrow at her boyfriend who nods thoughtfully. “Yeah it’s not product-specific and it’s kind of a great name, don’t ya think?”

“Well, I think the word Styles existed long before you did,” she says, laughing, “but it’s very on-brand for you to name something after you if you ever consider expanding your fashion brand into more business ventures. But you should call the full collection itself ‘Styles’. It’d be like when a musician releases a self-titled album. And the songs in this case would be the shade names, and they can be named after things important to you or whatever you think sounds cool.”

Harry nods thoughtfully, staring at the cup as Y/N drinks from her coffee. He waits until it’s far enough from her face to take it from her and drink from it as well. She takes it back before he’s even done, smiling as she playfully pushes his outstretched hand away. He sighs and takes their sandwich and bites into it.

“Did you finish the paper for Rockwell’s class?” Y/N asks him.

“Yeah, I stayed up until one writing it. Haven’t gotten a chance to edit it yet, I planned on doing it later, but… maybe you could look at it first?” Harry figures he might as well ask, otherwise what’s the point in having a girlfriend who majors in English literature.

“Sure,” Y/N nods, frowning sympathetically as she hands him her coffee. She recalls the night before, going to bed before him while he sat at their kitchen island hunched over his laptop. The screen, even at its lowest level, still bright enough to cast a silhouette on his figure. She remembers not hearing him come in, but feeling the bed dip all of a sudden as he indiscreetly fell into bed, throwing his leg (and cold feet) over her legs while his arm draped over her middle.

Y/N could tell Harry’s been stressed lately because of midterms. She figures it’s especially difficult since it’s their final year and naturally everything is that more stress inducing. There’s few areas here and there where Y/N can lend her assistance and support since she’s in a different program.

Harry is in the fashion design program so he hardly has any courses in the English program, but they happen to be taking The Language of Love, Sex and Gender english course this semester and are in the same class. Despite them both being natural creatives this is her comfort zone and where she naturally shines. Harry used to have a habit of over-saturating his brand descriptions with hyperbolic terms and (sometimes) useless jargon that wouldn’t captivate the eye of a prospective consumer. She does nothing but read and write for her english courses, and occasionally prepares presentations or paragraphs for class discussions, so, if she can help Harry in any way, it’s helping him with his writing. She merely helps him rephrase his thoughts from a different perspective she felt would be more hard-hitting. In return, he gives her style advice and occassionally styles her himself (he has an eye for pieces that suit her and flatter which are her weaker qualities). Harry swears that her dedication to an oversized sweater of his that she wears nearly every day with a pair of boots is the bane of his existence.

They had met in the School of Fashion Design building at the end of their second year.

A mutual friend of theirs in the photography program had included several images of her in a pop-up exhibition held by several students from the program, and she was invited to attend. Harry had come as well and was with a girl he’d been seeing for a while. Harry wouldn’t be able to tell you the name of the girl he’d been seeing, because he swears that the moment he saw Y/N he’d fallen in love. She’d come in a Guy Fieri type collared shirt that was about five-sizes too big, and black platform shoes.

‘I liked that you didn’t give a fuck,’ Harry once explained when she had asked him why he became interested in her after they became friends.

Yet she remembers that he often teased her for her sense of style, taunting her for her lack of pants (she wears bike shorts underneath) or the lack of change to her silhouette (what, she likes it, why change it), but now she relays the same comments in a self-deprecating way. Somewhere between then and now their sense of humour had evolved, as did their relationship. Her style for one thing has evolved, but she’s still dedicated to her brand of oversized clothing for their comfort and Harry hardly teases her except for when he needs a lead-in to ask her to fuck him.

‘I don’t remember ever making fun of you for never wearing pants when you wear my clothes out,’ Harry would say, but his words held as much truth as a ‘my truth’ post-scandal video.

It never actually bothered her, because she knew from being friends with Harry for a while that his humour tended to lean on ignoring the obvious and being heavily sarcastic. Like the time she was nervous about showing him her work and had him read a poem she wrote in her senior year of high school which won her an award, and he told her it was ‘terrible’ and that she should consider dropping out.

‘I couldn’t write this good until this year, I swear,’ Harry had scoffed.

‘This well…’ she had corrected him.

Their dynamic was pretty much set in stone that day too. Y/N tended to be the one riddled with self-doubt and low self-esteem from her overthinking, overly intuitive brain making her second guess a lot of things, while Harry brings out what it’s true in what she believes about herself by ignoring the obvious, making her think for herself; a surprisingly productive way to get her to remember her worth and talent. And sometimes, when he’s being too cocky, she’ll knock him down a peg.

But clearly their dynamic has evolved as well, because she finds herself being the one to remind Harry ‘who the fuck he is’ (as Harry fondly says when he’s in this position trying to uplift her) and Harry’s humour has spread to her as well. She doesn’t spare any opportunities to tell Harry that she loves him, and to remind him that she’s only with him because ‘one day he’ll be a fashion designer for socialites and the Hollywood elite, and she’ll take her one connection and run with it straight into Keanu Reeves’ arms’ (obviously she’s only kidding…unless…).

In the one class they share the midterm is a take-home exam in the form of an essay question. Harry’s a decent writer, having been cordially assisted by Y/N before they were dating until now, to better himself and tweak his style to be less robotic and more human. He really shouldn’t be worried about doing poorly on the paper, but his fashion design senior project is part of his requirement to graduate and has drained him of most of his creative energy, making it difficult to piece together intellectual thoughts into a riveting paper.

His brain must look like a prune by now. He mustered whatever was left and squeezed it onto that horrendous paper. He just knows it’s horrendous. He didn’t have the heart or energy to re-read it, opting instead to get some sleep, forget about it for the day, then return to it in the afternoon.

Of course now he’s here in the car, having been woken up at six in the morning by his overly perky girlfriend cutting off his air supply, yammering on about some makeup thing. All cynicism aside, it’s making for a reasonable distraction for not working on his paper. He’d still prefer to be at home, asleep, cuddling his girl, but he figures any way he spends time with her is good enough. He hardly sees her during the day given that they’re not in the same program, but he sees her every night which is not among his list of complaints.

Realistically, she could have come downtown alone, but Harry and her both knew how much she hated commuting. It seemed really important for Y/N to be here, who Harry knew was also dealing with her own slew of stressful days full of due dates and expectations, so he caved.

‘Makeup is just really therapeutic to me. When I do my skincare and do my makeup, I’m kind of meditating at the same time. When I see the finished product I feel confident and ready to take on the day… once I get my iced coffee, of course,’ Y/N explained to him once when he’d asked her about her interest in it.

He knows most of that was true though he recalls one time, finding her in their bathroom, sitting in their sink, sobbing while doing her makeup, blending her tears into her skin. It was quite the picture for Harry to see, and he’d taken off her makeup for her (against her insistence that she was fine and needed to finish getting ready) since it’d been ruined anyway, and decided that that day would be a mental-health day for her and brought her back to bed.

He re-did her skincare for her, sitting next to her body as she told him what products to use and in what order. He used mostly the length of his fingers and finger tips to work the products into her skin because his hands were much too large for her face and he was afraid of messing something up.

It somehow became a tradition for them to have a self-care day, pampering themselves with skin care, a bottle of white champagne and take-out from their favourite restaurant after one of them has a breakdown.

Harry reckons he’s due for one, but nothing has come up to push him over the edge yet. Sometimes, before he could exhaust his brain into that state, Y/N would figure out some way to save him from himself, reminding him who the fuck he is.

“Hey,” Harry hears Y/N speak. He looks up, humming thoughtfully as he meets her gaze. Her cheek rests on the seat as she speaks, “I love you.”

“I love you too,” Harry smiles, as he kisses her. “Even though you woke me up at an ungodly hour.”

“Heeey,” she pouts, “you better keep that same energy with our baby.”

“You’re having my baby?” Harry’s mouth suddenly dries, and he must look foolish with his eyes bugging out the way they are, because what–.

“Oh– I was kidding!” Y/N quickly shakes her head as Harry shuts his eyes for a moment. “Y/N,” he mumbles, drawing out each syllable of her name.

“I’m sorry,” she giggles, trailing off, “it was a joke.”

“Please. I was about to have a full on breakdown,” Harry mutters.

“You don’t want a baby with me?” She asks candidly, looking at Harry who hasn’t opened his eyes. She wonders if he’s fallen asleep because he isn’t moving. She pokes his face to make sure. “Harry, don’t you wanna put a baby in me? You say that every time we have sex,” she teases him as Harry snorts through his nose, which her finger takes most of the damage from.

Harry’s eyes flutter open again at the sound of Y/N’s squealing as she wipes her hand on his leg. He laughs at the reaction he receives from her which brings that adorable angry pout on her face.

“Obviously the objective still stands, just not right now. I also, for a second, believed you had the audacity to tell me you’re pregnant while we’re waiting for Sephora to open because you wanted to be early for a Fenty Beauty goodie bag,” Harry says as Y/N continues to pout, though her brief frustration subsides, making her look more like a puppy yearning to be pet, so he kisses her pout figuring that’s close enough.

“Don’t worry, you’ll know I’m having your baby because I’m literally the worst at keeping secrets from you, or maybe you just know me too well,” Y/N says thoughtfully as she looks at Harry.

“I think the growing bump will give it away, but okay, that too,” Harry says.

“We won’t be apart like this once we graduate. You’ll have no excuse to avoid me, so you won’t miss the moment I find out I’m pregnant the way you missed me learning that I got that internship I was trying for,” Y/N laughs.

“I was stuck in traffic, and you’re much too impatient!” Harry shakes his head. “Whatever, we still celebrated that night though.”

“And the next morning,” Y/N hums.

“Hey, I think they’re here for the event,” Harry points towards a group of three, all of them wearing full-glam which sets of Y/N’s fight or flight response. Harry sees her entire demeanour change as she quickly grabs her water and stuffs it into her bag before kissing Harry goodbye. “I’ll go wait in line for us. You go ahead and get some more sleep and I’ll call or text you,” Y/N tells him in one breath before shutting the door.

He chuckles as he watches her run like Bambi ahead of the group, taking her place at the front of the line that formed once the three others stood with her. She throws him two thumbs up and a toothy grin, clearly proud of herself for being the first in line. It’s highly amusing to Harry to see her so excited, but mostly he’s happy to see her so happy.

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Hello, thank you for reading ! I’m a huge supporter of the idea of Harry wearing makeup, from soft-glam to highly conceptual Louvre worthy looks, so this was written out of that love of mine and my wish to one day beat Harry’s face the house down boots. I was also inspired by my literal desire to buy more makeup, but can’t, because I have loans to pay back, bills to pay 💀 

Anyway, hope you enjoyed this one ♡

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[drawing-way-outside-the-lines]

Oscar Shaw-Cullman. *Supporting Character. Voice Claim: (Michael Angarano(young)) https://youtu.be/BAH6D-_NyVs?t=18s Partner(s): None. Parents: Andy and Congo. (None biologically) Evan and Akin.   Kids: None. Other family members: The Cullman, Shaw and Thompson family. Daniel, and the Lupei clan. And of course his siblings Willow, Odette, Lina, Lylah, Annie, Sam and Felix. Age: Immortal, but translates roughly into start 20′s, although he can be rather naive and clueless and often comes off more as a teenager. Height: 180cm Body type: Very slim, but with a bit of muscle tone.   Eye color: Light blue. Classification: (Immortal) A version of Seraphim (angel like creature, often called 'ones of love’ as their name comes from the Hebrew root of love) he possesses healing powers, powers of flight, powers to create love, powers to give life, and powers of mending broken things. Including hearts. About: ~ Quite shy, introvert, often unfocused, often lost in his own world, artistic, childlike mind, sweet, cuddly, cute, very girly both in features and personality, compassionate, playful, innocent, gullible, trusting, naive, can be very cautious at times, quiet, caring, bubbly, honest, positive, pensive, optimistic, caring, curious, nurturing and helpful. ~ Gay, bottoms only.   ~ Has half long wavy but silky light to medium blonde hair.     ~ He loves all animals, and often drag home lizards and butterflies. ~ Dislikes violence. ~ Gets uncomfortable in large groups of people. ~ Moved in with Eonan in late 2020, although they aren’t a couple. Oscar was simply reaching the age that it was time to move out from his parents, but isn’t really grown up enough to live on his own, so Eonan who is a very close family friend, offered Oscar to move in with him. ~ Smells like cookies, candies, chocolate or berries. ~ Favorite past time activity is taking bubble baths and strolling the beach. ~ Has not been in a relationship yet, as he doesn’t seem mature enough yet, but is no longer virgin either. ~ Obsessed with the color pink. ~ Collects plushies and dolls. ~ Only eats sweet things, such as candy, cookies, cakes, chocolate, berries, fruit, milk shakes, smoothies and so on. Absolutely hates spicy stuff and would never eat meat. Doesn’t have problems with anyone else eating meat though. ~ He’s very protective of Andy and animals.   ~ Is mostly called Ossie by family ~ Will on rare occasion eat a slice of pizza as long as someone picks the meat off first. ~ Is very much a ‘daddy’s boy’ when it comes to Andy, he even bought Oscar a choker that says ‘daddy’s boy’, which Oscar wears every day proudly. ~ Feels most safe in his own room, which most of all looks like a spoiled child’s room. ~ Is often referred to as ‘Bunny boy’ ~ Loves his parents, siblings and other family members, anything Kawaii, eating sweets, bubble bath scents, glitter, unicorns, rainbows, Disney movies, nature, bunnies, amusement parks, the beach, fizzy non alcoholic drinks, Rillakkuma, Sentimental Circus, Hello Kitty, TokiDoki, Cinnamoroll, beach vibes, swimming, coconut drinks (non alcoholic), Congo’s home made hot chocolate, warm pancakes, baby animals - specially baby ducks, dick, and spending 'cozy time’ in bed with Andy, as he calls it. ~ Style - Think sugar cute. ~ He thinks and acts a lot younger than his 'age’, but is often known for sharing philosophical-like views. Ossie’s tag Ossie’s house/home Ossie’s moodboard Handwriting/ask answer pic:

One gif to describe him:

One song to describe him:  Pharrell Williams - Happy Personal playlist: 1. Shanks & Bigfoot - Sweet Like Chocolate 2. Artful Dodger Feat. Craig David - Re-Rewind                                              3. Jennifer Brown - Alive 4. Moloko - Sing It Back 5. The Supermen Lovers (feat. Mani Hoffman) - Starlight 6. Carrie Underwood - Ever Ever After 7. Natasha Bedingfield - These Words 8. One T + Cool T The magic key 9. Kylie Minogue - Love at first sight (TEEMID & Julia Cover) 10. Bob Sinclar - World Hold On 11. Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling) 12. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc (The SAME x Lalitia Cover) 13. Five - Got The Feelin' 14. Sugababes - Overload 15. Christina Aguilera - Candyman 16. Jack Johnson - Upside Down 17. All Saints - I Know Where It's At 18. Nelly Furtado - Powerless (Say What You Want) 19. Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) 20. iiO - Rapture 21. Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky 22. Junior Senior - Move Your Feet 23. Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me 24. Jack Johnson - Banana Pancakes 25. Oasis - Wonderwall ft. Katy McAllister (Monkey Joker Edit) 26. Le Boeuf x Amanda Law - I Want It That Way (Backstreet Boys Cover) 27. Busted - Year 3000 28. Gwen Stefani - Rich Girl (Official Music Video) ft. Eve 29. Olive - You're Not Alone 30. Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music

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September 2019 Lucky Treat!

Well here we are guys, finally! As it turns out, I was supposed to get this on my birthday (the 15th) and it came, but at the time I was taking a nap because I was gone most of the day and I felt really tired when I got home. So they showed up around 6pm but nobody answered the door, and since I had to sign for it they left.

This isn’t the first time this has happened, I somehow miss foreign packages I need to sign for <_< my mom and I argue over this every time, and as I expected it didn’t come the next day. I wasted 2-3 hours stalking the front door and not leaving the room at all for anything. So yesterday morning we picked it up, but it just wasn’t a good day to try to post this.

It’s also the reason why my next review hasn’t been posted but you can expect to see that later today. So for now, let’s focus on this!

As a reminder I won’t be reviewing these items due to them being sent for free. I’ll just be showing them and giving my opinions.

(Note the Kawaii Box I’m supposed to review in the background...)

Okay, so as you can see this is exactly how it arrived. I initially assumed it would be one large box, so I was actually relieved to see it consisted of 2 medium-sized boxes. Both were light weight and easy to carry.

Japan Haul, for anyone unfamiliar with the name or new to the blog is the online store belonging to the branding that makes Tokyo Treat, YumeTwins, NMNL. You can find a lot of the box items, as well as some unique items on there, which is why I try to recommend you check it out if you’re ever interested in the items from those boxes. There wasn’t any special papers or anything in the box, but each of them had an “order summery sheet“ and a sheet of protective Styrofoam on the bottom.

Before I begin I wanted to mention that usually there’s a “value“ depicted in the information or picture for the Lucky Treat, but this one didn’t have it. On each box it says their values were 1000yen, so combined I think that might be $200.00? I don’t know much about foreign currency so don’t quote me on it.

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Mew Plushie & Vulpix Plushie

Anyone who reads this blog knows that I am OBSESSED with Vulpix/Rokon- it was the reason I just had to have this box, and it hasn’t left my side since I opened the one it was inside. It was true love from the day we met; I have various Vulpix items, including a smaller plush from a KFC promotion when I was a kid, a couple toy items, stickers, coloring book pages, and several TCG cards in both English and Japanese~

About a year or so back they were featuring Vulpix (normal and Alola) in Japanese merch. I’ve always wanted to visit Japan, but that was probably when I wanted it the most.

The plush is pretty big (although I know in comparison to the Mew it doesn’t look it), it’s the perfect lap size~ It’s also very soft, with fluffy material for the hair and tails that is a combination of rose swirls and tufts. The tails are one solid piece with lines between them to give them the feel of individual pieces, but the curled portions are separated. I love love love love love it~

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So as you can tell, Vulpix isn’t the only plush we got in this months box :3 in fact we got a handful more to go- including this really big Mew Plush. Currently this is the second biggest Pokemon Plush I own, it’s a few inches taller than the piplup I won at the fair a few years back, but smaller than the Meowth I got when I was a kid.

This plush is made from the same fabric as the vulpix but lacks the fluffy hair accents. The sewn details are perfect, it’s feet are properly stuffed and a little floppy, while its super-long tail is sewn to the back, so I assume it would dangle if I cut the strings. He’s great for hugs.

Flaaffy Plushie & Mini Eeevee Plushie

We got 2 more Pokemon plushies, including this very small Flaaffy plush~ It’s like the Vulpix in which it has normal plush fabric, and slightly softer fabric for the wool on its neck and head. It’s stitching and details are great, it’s a really good quality plushie.

According to its tag it’s part of a Pokemon Fit line. I never heard of it so I don’t really know what it contains- but I think it’s adorable how out of the 4 Pokemon it’s normally the biggest, and here it’s the smallest. It fits in the palm perfectly. 

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Our final Pokemon plushie is an adorable, fluffy Eevee. I really like Eeevee and its eeveelutions, and I really liked playing Let’s Go Eeevee! so this was a lovely surprise; now if only I had some items to make it match mine~

It’s well made and very cute and sweet looking, and according to the tag this came out last year- probably for Let’s Go Eeevee :P It’s a big bigger than Flaaffy, but still fits in the palm nicely. I can’t decide if I like its fluffy neck fur or huge tail more~

Kopiyo Friends Cushion

This is our last plush-based item in the box, an adorable cushion themed after an adorable birdie. From Kopiyo Friends there was a variety of various birds you could get in this set, but for Lucky Treat it was this specific... parakeet? It looks like the ones I used to have when I was little, so I’ve been calling it that.

 It’s a good size for a pillow (head, lap, legs, etc) and it’s stuffed enough to feel marshmallowy squishy, and it stretches a little bit. It was very comfortable, and it makes for a nice secondary pillow you can cuddle with.

Solgaleo Figure & Mewtwo Mug

If you guys couldn’t tell this box was almost entirely Pokemon oriented :3 and to go with our plushies, we have a Solgaleo figurine from the latest handheld Pokemon games (until sword and shield comes out anyway). It’s from the Moncolle-EX collection of Pokemon figures... and that’s pretty much all I can say other than it’s paint quality is great. I’m not sure about the figure quality itself because I won’t be removing it from the packaging. I might give it to my friend, who bought this version of the game. 

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Now this next item goes with the Mew I got, and I think they were both made to celebrate the upgraded/updated Mewtwo Strikes Back movie. I know my picture quality of this sucks, but I was kind of on a time crunch at this point... and by that I mean, I had cats going crazy in the background trying to get in my way and play with the boxes <_<

The mug has a very detailed, mood-setting picture for the movie. I have to admit it’s not really my style (CUTIEcrates probably says it all right?), but I do like it as a Pokemon fan and I’ll find a use for it.

Gengar Mask & Pokemon Memo

Now this is an item perfect for this time of the year, as well as when I clean or when the allergies hit (where was it during summer when I needed it?!). I did have one mask from a really old DokiDoki, but I have no clue where that went.

I love Gengar (at this rate it’s easier just to say every Pokemon in this box are ones I like, nearly), so this is a cute, funny little item. It’s a nice, padded mask with two layers of filtered-like fabric over the part covering your nose and/or mouth. I’m not really sure if they serve a purpose (maybe filtering dust or scent or something?) but they have a nice clean smell.

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We can’t forget the stationery items now :3 and to go with all of our Pokemon goodness we have a notepad with 4 sets of 8 different designed papers! They easily tear apart and come from the Pokemon World Market series, featuring the various Pokemon from various regions hanging out and having fun.

Pokemon World Market Re-Ment & Colorful Ramune Blind Bag

I’m assuming the Pokemon World Market is a current series/collection :3 because next we have an adorable re-ment set. I miss getting re-ments in the boxes, so this was very exciting. Like the notepad, these were based on various regions foods, Pokemon, and activities. Such as the one I got, the Kanto region, having a bike, a Poke Flute, and a Pokemon Doll. Each one also includes a map of the specific region.

If you were curious, here are what the others had: 

2. Squirtle Watering can, toy, milk, manju/dorayaki?

3. Torchic, Rice cracker, Pokeblock storage, and what looks like an envelope and ticket.

4. Piplup, helmet, shovel, what looks like chocolate, and Poffins.

5. A Pokedoll, a ferris wheel toy, and ice cream.

6. Pokedoll, food, skates, and the girl trainers hat.

7. A book or magazine with Snorlax, a toucan measuring piece(?), a bowl or fruit in a box, and an Alola Exeggutor pen with base.

Now compared to the others, mine feels pretty simple. But the detail on each piece is amazing; I could look at re-ments all day~ I really wish I could display mine, but I just don’t have a safe place or any room for them at the time. As much as I think a re-ment subscription box would be fun, I’m kinda glad they don’t have one of those :P I’d be in trouble.

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Now, this is a Tokyo Treat special box, of course there has to be a couple food items~ and first up is a Pokemon, Wobbuffet bling bag candy tin, which features 6 different designs that feature Wobbuffet interacting with various Pokemon. They’re all so cute!

But lookie lookie, did you notice which one I got~? The special mystery one :D I’m not sure if that was intentional or not, but I thought it was a fun additional surprise.

There are 3 flavors of candy, including a blue ramune/soda, yellow... I think lemon (but it could be banana? It doesn’t taste like it though), and a pinkish-red one that I couldn’t identify. It might be cola, because it tastes like a nasty cola Japanese candy DIY I tried a couple years back- one of the only cola flavors I didn’t like. But the candies are pretty good, even that weird might be cola one.

Pokemon Nori Chips & Dragonball Super Candies

Given the few Non-Pokemon items in the box, I was surprised to see this Dragonball themed candy. These come in a tin-like piece similar to old-style Japanese fruity hard candy. I’ve seen them several times but never had them before- and let me tell you, it’s a picnic trying to open these! You’ll definitely want a pen or scissors or a cornered object or something, nails are not recommended though. But maybe mine are just wimpy. The good news is that you don’t have to worry about them spilling.

Anyway, these are just cute orange spherical candies with a simple orange-ish flavoring to them. It’s not overly sweet or tangy, so it’s good if you like a mild candy.

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To kick up the snacks, we also have some curry-flavored Nori Chips/Seaweed. They come in this adorable Pokemon tin featuring Pikachu and some other impressive pokemon, and the inside is lined by pleated paper. The tin is 71.0 calories.

The seaweed/nori is thin, but in 2 layers, with curry flavored powder/substance between them. If you don’t like the taste of curry or seaweed you probably won’t like these, but if you do then you will. I actually really like eating seaweed as a snack, and curry is pretty yummy so I really like them x3 they’re not spicy, but it seems to pick up heat the more you eat of them. They’re also very crunchy.

Pokemon Tote

We also have some fun apparel, including a Pokemon Tote by the brand Outdoor Products, which has been in business since 1973 apparently. It includes a rainbow variety of colorful Pokemon from a few different generations making a variety of poses. I think there’s 2 per Pokemon. The bag also features a velcro strap to hold it shut, and it’s a medium-big size, so it would come in handy for a lot of stuff.

Pokemon Mini Bath Towel

To go with the Pokemon World Market collection, we also have this adorable and colorful mini-bath towel featuring all the different regions Pokemon having a fun time playing and checking things out at their respective hangouts x3

Despite the name, this thing couldn’t be fit into a single picture without losing a lot of detail, so I had to settle for this. It’s very soft fabric, I’m very eager to begin using it because it’ll go great with that set of Pokemon wash clothes I got a few months back.

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Okay guys, that will be it for now! What did you think, was this Lucky Treat good? I really wish the other subscribers could have won this too because it was very fun and exciting- I still can’t believe i won it!

However, I did notice an item is missing. There was also supposed to be a pair of Pokemon Socks that I didn’t find in either box. I checked multiple times, and I couldn’t find anything to say the item was removed from the box, so I don’t know what happened. I messaged them about it, but because this was entirely free, I don’t actually mind the mistake. It happens... of course, if it had been my Vulpix then heads would roll.

Just kidding :P Anyway, I’ll keep you guys updated on that. Until later, remember to hug a Pokemon!

[weartirondad]

And You Would Smile (And That Would Be Enough) 3/6

5 times Tony helps pull Peter away from an anxiety built cliff and the 1 time Peter is on his own. (part i, part ii, part iv, part v,  part vi)

FF.net I ao3

Peter couldn’t sleep.

He’d been lying in bed for almost an hour now, tossing and turning, and he was still wide awake. His mind wouldn’t shut up and with every scenario it came up with, his heart started beating faster.

Rolling over onto his back, he pressed his index and middle finger to his neck, finding his pulse point with ease and mentally willing it to slow down.

Deep breaths, Peter. Just even out your breathing.

To no avail. His breathing continued to come out in sharp gasps and he didn’t seem to be able to control it at all. For a moment he pressed down harder on his skin, his nails digging into his flesh, but almost immediately he let go and let his arm drop down uselessly next to his body again. He clenched it to a fist instead, beating down on his mattress in frustration.

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His eyes fluttered open for what felt like the hundredth time that night and he stared at the glow in the dark stars on his ceiling he had helped pin there when Tony had first introduced him to his own room at the Tower. Of course he had started looking up constellations and had carefully chosen one that included Ursa major and minor and the North Star. It was the guiding star, always helping him find his way back home. And home, he had learned long ago, didn’t only have to be one place. It didn’t even have to be a location in the first place. Home for him was his family – Aunt May and Tony.

It calmed him down just a little bit to see the reminder of his home directly in front of him but it didn’t last very long. The doubt came back with a force that knocked the breath out of him and instinctually his hand reached to his frantically beating heart. Desperately he tried to distract himself by taking stock of the rest of his room.

Without his mind forming the command, his hands reached out to tug his Ironman plushy to him, burying his chin in the fabric that had long since started to smell like home while his fingers played with the intricate details. He sat up in his bed, hugging his knees to his chest with the plushy on top, and leaning against the collection of pillows on his bed with his back, and tried to concentrate on the small little details Tony had helped him put up in his second bedroom.

The shelf right across from his bed held all his favorite books and some scientific journals Tony had gotten him that he was still working his way through, in alphabetical order of course. On the top shelf stood all Star Wars movies in order of release and he almost smiled at the too much that was his mentor. He already had all those movies at home with May and when they watched them they usually only let F.R.I.D.A.Y. play it from her database. There was no reason for Tony to get him another copy of the movies except for Peter being ridiculously excited when confronted with the purchase.

The same had happened to his wardrobe. The first time he had opened the closet he hadn’t been able to stop his mouth from falling open. There was an entire new wardrobe, complete with both science pun shirts and fancy suits that he didn’t even dare to ask the price of. A little off to the side, in front of the full-length windows overlooking the city sat two bean bags, one red and one dark blue, still littered with the action figures Ned and him had played with last week.

And there was the huge desk standing under one of the big windows that was covered in his unfinished homework, as well as a few blue prints of a robot he was working on with Tony and the cause of his current panic – his project for this year’s Science Fair.

He felt the familiar panic rise in his chest just by looking at the half finished thing.

It was the main reason for him to be spending the second weekend at the Tower in a row – so that Tony could help him finish it. And he was helping. His mentor was doing everything exactly right, he was always letting Peter do the actual thinking and only butted in when the boy was stuck or on the wrong track. He made sure that this project was actually Peter’s and not Tony’s while never leaving him alone with it. The teenager was immensely grateful but it was the same reason that had him so worried.

How good could something that Peter Parker made actually be?

He buried his face in the plushy, trying to calm his beating heart by listening to the recording of Tony’s but he knew himself well enough by now that it wouldn’t be helping much. He was too agitated already and his thoughts running too fast and too far for him to be able to tame them on his own.

Carefully he slipped out of his bed, his naked feet hitting the soft carpet instead of the cold floor but he didn’t have the emotional capacity to feel grateful for Tony’s thoughtfulness like he normally would. No, his mind was too occupied with pointing out all the flaws on the small battery he had built that was supposed to run completely on renewable energy.

The teenager stopped for a moment, suddenly uncertain where he wanted to go in the first place. He just felt the need to get out of his room, away from the nightmare that was his own incapability, and just like that his feet started carrying him towards the elevator.

His plan was to go down to the lab and maybe look over some of his web formulas, the one thing he truly felt he was doing a good job at, but that was thwarted when he got to the living area and found his mentor sitting on one of the loveseats, staring straight ahead at a dark TV screen.

The image made him halt and curl his hand more firmly around his plushy. It was in this moment that he saw the dark rings under the older man’s eyes and the lines creasing his face telling of the weight of the world he was continuously carrying on his shoulders. He looked tired and broken and Peter hated seeing him like that.

“T-Tony?” he asked, his own voice sounding foreign in his ears and oh so quiet.

With the reaction he got, he might as well have been screaming. Wide eyes finding his with a look of terror before his mentor realized who was standing just a few feet away from him.

“Pete?” His voice was hoarse from not being used in a good hour and it had Peter make his way to the couch without a second thought. “Can’t sleep?” Tony asked as the teenager curled up next to him and reached out so he could tug himself more comfortably into the billionaire’s side.

He hummed contently when rough calloused fingers found their way into his hair and started rubbing soothing patterns onto his scalp. His face was buried into Tony’s t-shirt and he was still hugging his plushy to his stomach. In that moment he felt incredibly small and taken care of.

Instead of vocally answering he shook his head and leaned into the calming touch. “You?”

His mentor let out a harsh laugh but never stopped with the motion, “When can I ever sleep?” he asked without humor and it really told Peter a lot about his state of mind. Tony never admitted to his weaknesses in front of him. Not if it could be helped.

They were quiet for a moment after that, both basking in the feeling of not being alone, and the teenager could feel his heart rate returning to a pace at least somewhat akin to normal. He felt comfortable enough to let his eyes drop close and was surprised when it was his mentor who broke the silence.

“The Accords have been nullified for now until we can work out something that guarantees enhanced individuals basic human rights,” he told him in a quiet voice that was, even in its softness, laced with something Peter couldn’t quite identify but that called to some deeply ingrained instinct in him to protect. He did the only thing he could think of and buried his face more fully into his mentor’s chest and threw one arm, and his plushy, onto his stomach, hugging him. He felt the chuckle vibrate through his own body and it made him smile, having accomplished a reaction that wasn’t dread.

“Does that mean they’ll come back to New York?” he wanted to know quietly and almost wanted to take the words back when he felt the arms around him tighten almost painfully when Tony nodded.

“I mean the Avenger’s Compound kind of calls for the Avengers to assemble there, don’t ya think?” He tried to make light of it but the teenager had spent enough time with him to know when he was faking it.

“Are you going to move there, too?”

“Nah.” And for the first time that night there was a smile in the billionaire’s voice as he pressed a kiss to the top of Peter’s head. “Can’t leave you here all on your lonesome, can I?”

He grinned. “Nope. I don’t think your heart could take it.”

“Oh, really?” Tony huffed in amusement, “My heart would be fine if you would be more considerate of the unnecessary danger you’re always looking for. Speaking of,” he turned in his seat slightly and pushed Peter a little off of him gently, “Why are you out and about? Did you have a nightmare?”

He shook his head, trying to lean back into his mentor’s side and scowling when he wouldn’t let him.

“I couldn’t fall asleep. I kept- uh- thinking,” he settled on eventually.

His hero didn’t seem too impressed, giving him a scrutinizing look but let him settle back into his embrace anyway. “And what were you thinking about?”

“Stuff?” he tried, his voice sounding muffled with how he tried to hide in the other man’s shirt.

Suddenly the fingers that had been carding through his hair the entire time were gone and he let out an involuntary whimper prompting them to return to their former activity.

“Just- I’m worried,” he added silently after a moment and already he could feel his anxiety returning, although a lot less vigorously than before. “The Science Fair is less than a week away and there’s so much I still need to get done. And, I mean, even if we do get it done in time I still have to present it and there’s so much that could go wrong a-and I-,” he stuttered, “I don’t want to disappoint anyone, least of all Aunt May and you. A-and I don’t want to make a fool out of myself. I just wish I wasn’t so scared of the dumbest shit all the time. I hate it.”

“You could never disappoint anyone. Least of all your aunt and me,” Tony told him seriously and so solemnly and honestly that Peter couldn’t help but believe him. “We know exactly what you’re capable of and we know how hard it is for you sometimes. But you know what? You still go and do the stuff that scares you and that’s why we couldn’t be any prouder of you if we tried. You’re the bravest kid I know, kid.”

“That’s because you don’t know any kids,” he replied sniffling, “You wouldn’t know that there’s anyone better out there.”

“I do, though. I know you’re the best kid.” Peter felt his mentor’s smile against his head and shrugged half-heartedly.

“Everyone says that about their kid.”

It said a lot about their relationship at this point that Peter didn’t even flinch when the words left his lips.

“Yeah, but you’re my kid so that’s gotta mean something, right?”

The teenager nodded, too tired to reply and comfortable enough to let his eyes fall close and snuggle a little closer still. His mentor seemed to realize it, too, because he pulled him a little bit closer and lowered his voice a notch.

“We’ve got the entire weekend to work on your battery and I promise you, we’ll get it done in time,” he whispered in his ear, “It’s gonna be the best thing out there simply because you made it. And we’ll go through your presentation at least a hundred times before you have to do it and you’ll be fine. I will always have your back. And so will May. And so will Ned. You’re never alone, kiddo.”

“Got your back, too,” he mumbled barely coherent as he let Tony’s words lull him to sleep. “’We’re a team.”

“Damn straight we are.”

Tony let the teenager fall back asleep on him, reassured by the steady thumb-thumb of his heart against his own chest. They had adverted yet another crisis and from the looks of it his kid would get a good night’s sleep at least today and he’d take it. Every achievement, no matter how small it might seem, that improved Peter’s wellbeing was an achievement he would always thank the heavens for and that he’d celebrate loudly and for everyone to hear.

When he was sure that the boy was fully asleep he picked him up in his arms, carefully adjusting his hold on him so he wouldn’t jostle him, and carried him back to his room. Thankfully he had made sure Peter was always close by so he didn’t have to go too far.

“Love you, bud,” he whispered softly when he had successfully managed to set him down on his bed and tugged him in, brushing away a few loose strands from his forehead without waking him up. “You’re the best, no matter what your anxiety keeps telling you.”

He stood up quietly, suppressing a groan at how the joints in his knees and back creaked with the motion, and turned around to look at the almost finished project.

It was a huge task Peter had set himself but so far the kid had risen up to the challenge and had surpassed even his expectations. There was literally no reason for him to worry about it not being good enough. Still, he knew him too well to hope it would just go away once the thing was finished.

Tony had never known a pain like this. An ache so visceral that it spread from his heart into even the most secluded parts of his body because his kid was hurting.

He sighed again, wishing once more that he could take all the pain from his boy and shoulder it himself. But he had learned that he couldn’t do that the hard way. The only thing he could do was be there for him whenever he needed him, to support him and hold him up when he couldn’t stand on his own.

Picking up one of the post-it notes Peter’s desk was covered in, he started scribbling a few words of encouragement and a tiny doodle on it that he knew would lift the teenager’s spirit as soon as he woke up. He stuck it to his night table and smiled at how he had already managed to curl his entire body around his plushy, before he left.

Peter would be okay.