#interactive segment

[dystopianvagrant]

"Why Me?"

As soon as you asked that question you saw a hint of hesitation finally cross Varen's equine face as he raised a fist to his chest and cleared his throat before continuing.

"When I had this tech commissioned the scientist who created it said it needed to essentially be hooked up or connected with a host to be used and this host needed to have a certain requirement fulfilled to be viable." He explained before pausing and opening his mouth as if to say something before pausing, hesitating, and then finally letting out an exasperated sigh and bracing his large hands against the table before finally continuing. "The host needs to be... an old mutant."

As soon as those words leave his mouth you feel your heart begin to race, you feel the hair on your body stand on end and almost bristle up as you sink into the seat, attempting to shrink down into yourself.

"You're not supposed to know that."

"I know but trust me ᶦᶠ ᴵ ʳᵉᵃˡˡʸ ʷᵃⁿᵗᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ....."

You feel his words muffle and slip away as your mind races, thinking of escape routes. The elevator? No too slow and he could shut it off remotely. The vent to the left? Better but no, he'd be able to track you and have guards on any exit waiting for you. The window behind him, risky but if you could make it past him the worst injury you could get is a shattered spine, less if you can grab something just before impact-

A splash of water suddenly hits your face and you're brought back to reality, enough to see Varen holding a now empty cup of water.

"That bring you back to reality?"

"...Yeah...." You admitted the shock leaving your system bit by bit and after a moment the equine hands you a towel and after another moment you finally take it.

"As I was saying, I know looking up your status as an.. you know a massive invasion of your privacy, but I wouldn't look it up if it wasn't necessary, and I wasn't looking for you specifically if it helps." Veran explained as he brought a hand up to the side of his head and sent you an electronic invoice for the information he purchased. It wasn't just you, he purchased the information on the status of every old mutant in the nearby area.

"How....you shouldn't be able to look this up.... they said we were protected, that this information was confidential...." You murmured as you stored away the copy of the invoice to your personal memory before turning your attention back to Varen. You must have had a harsh look on your face because despite the size advantage he had over you he looked just a tad nervous.

"It still is, I was only able to get this information directly from the Empress's own secretary due to my status as.... ah..." Varen pauses before leaning forwards and cupping his mouth prompting you to do the same. "One of the Empress's... husbands..."

Now it made a bit more sense, it was common knowledge the Empress had a harem whose identities were protected much like old mutants due to the fact that being married to the one in control of several planets would paint quite the target on anyone's back. This put you at ease somewhat, knowing that you and he were in similar ships so to speak.

....

You still have enough time for one more question

=> Why you? => How does it work? => ...How big is it? => ...Can I fit my head between your pecs?

[reunitedinterlude]

dnp tours + motifs

[pistachi0art]

tell me I’m wrong. you can’t

[black-and-yellow]

Ingenue

Reel it in.

(NB even though this reads right to left, the pages are ordered so that they will be in order when scrolled through on full screen)

[ministarfruit]

bitter tea 🍵

[goldenpinof]

i'm gonna be lying in bed at 3 am going 🎶come in my ladydoor🎶

[vagueeyes]

INSIDE NO. 9 | "The Party's Over" Visiting Graham Humphreys

[harbingersecho]

it died inside — there's someone inside

[dandp]

It's truly so impressive to me how well they've always handled audience participation in their tours and tatinof was maybe the best. So many different ways to contribute, the way it's seamlessly integrated and is always an important part of the show. They love their audience and want to give them the best live show experience possible and it shows!

[dystopianvagrant]

=> You have an appointment right?

"I...I have an appointment.." You manage to get out after tearing your eyes away from the cowgal's abyssal deep cleavage and up to her face finally noticing her firey-red hair draped over one side of her face, the small wry smile cresting her lips and the faint look of disappointment in her eyes as they lit up for a moment, assuming that she was contacting someone through her brain chip before nodding softly at you.

"He's ready for you hun~"

With that and a small nod of confirmation from yourself you skedaddle past the receptionist and her desk and head into the elevator and let out a relieved sigh as it closed behind you when a thought occurred to you as the elevator began to go up.

'Please don't be a horse.' 'Please don't be a horse.' 'Please do not be a predictable ass horse.'

When the doors opened again allowing you to walk out you heard a firm, bracing voice call out to you from behind a large suede chair.

"Divi my girl, come on in here and take a seat!"

Spurred on by the welcoming voice you quicken your step and take a seat without much hesitation, practically sinking into the soft leather just as the figure in the seat before you finally turned around and away from the window to reveal... a large equine man.

'MotherFUCKER.' "Hello sir." You feel the words tumble out of your lips out of habit upon seeing the large, imposing figure from behind his desk, baring a dark coat and a golden mane of hair on his head that also made itself apparent as a thick bush along his impressive chest and a beard along his chin that only served to highlight his warm smile. "So about the position Mr... uh..."

"Varen, Varen Corral at your service Miss DiVi." He finished your sentence by reaching an immense hand over his desk towards you, again highlighting just how large he is compared to you, you take it and are immediately shaken up by him shaking your hand as gently as he could you assume.

"R-right so about the job."

"You got it."

"Ye- wait what?"

"You got it, it's yours, it's a done deal."

"Wha- can we at least talk about it?!"

"What's there to talk about?"

"Like what I'd be doing for one?!" You ask incredulously a bit frazzled by this high ranking CEO's casual demeanor even as he rubs his chin thoughtfully.

"I suppose ya might be right... but it'd be better if this comes up a bit more... natural like."

"...So, tell me, how do you feel about 'fictional' characters."

"...You mean the ones who just... pop into reality, or this universe for a bit before being pulled back to theirs?"

"Yeah that, do you know what phenomenon is called?"

You pause for a moment and thought back to the short year of what was essentially cram school you were ordered to be put through after being pulled out of stasis, to help you get acclimated to the new world you were thrown into.

"They called it... the Reel Phenomenon, basically otherworlders, fictional or otherwise, would eventually be pulled back to their world, most often happening when they attempted to use powers from their world in excess in ours, it also works in reverse when we try to stay in their worlds."

"Handy ain't it, even if we didn't have our 'Glorious Queen's' Dampeners we'd still be pretty safe from any supervillain taking over or hero trying to save us..."

He pauses for a moment and looks at you and you think for a moment he is trying to gauge your reaction to his words, but you remain still and blank, a plus of working retail you've gained quite the poker face, or have a dead eyed stare so strong no one dares to look at you directly for long.

"Anyway... what if I told you I had a piece of tech that allows otherworlders to stay as long as they please, and vice versa?"

"...I'd say you're about to be a very rich man, or are a very big target."

"And if I told you I wanted you to be in charge of this piece of tech?"

...You have some questions.

=>Why me? =>Why you? =>....How big is it?

[crimescrimson]

Ada Wong & Leon S. Kennedy: The History [ Resident Evil 4 (2023) ]

[raiseupyourbat]

utry 2.0 liveblog continued from here. getting into true lab stuff now so blacklist 'xan plays utry2' if you really wanna avoid that

anyway replicated that weird bug w charas text in the shower room again. this is so unsettling

[fuckyeahkimseungmin]

Seeing a m*nsunger having a breakdown over cinema a whole month after it was released and then seeing someone say they don't want 2min to have another unit song together because of "how much negativity it caused" so we should reward these people who don't know how to behave? Give them what they want? Give me a break.

[cranialaccessory]

do you rewatch stuff?

[misterradio]

bug blues got me DOWN im having crazy species dysphoria (?) for the past couple days... i wanna know people's tips for presenting more bug-like physically (as vague or as specific as possible, doesnt matter to me) and see if that will help me, but its not something im finding easily..... invertebrate therians lend me your aid

[homestuckconfession]

I genuinley belueve latula pyrope isnt a real homestuck character, I played all the flash game portions of homestuck and looked for her everywhere but she never showed up at ALL

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