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#it was like love jealously if i remember but honestly. i re read parts of it recently
lilgynt · 1 year
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man. i remember this fear street book and it was about this high school theater club and one girl in love with another but violently fifth grade me FLUSTERED by the courtship of it all
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Yaoi/Manga I’m reading/have read. Please support the artists on official websites. If you have recs or want to chat about any of these get in my messages right the fuck now my dudes. Also spoilers, also this probably doesn’t make sense to anyone but me, also I think I’m funny sorry in advance.
Dangerous Convenience Store
Tags: Ongoing, self aware lead for the most part, gangs, smut, love triangle, possessive, not rapey, seme is like the fucking hulk compared to uke, college, age gap, good art, muscular bodies, seme is adorable/romantic in sp chapters, sexual awakening, meeting the gang (in two ways!), FAINTS OF CUTENESS/HOTNESS, the memes after every chapter got me gagged, HAHE hahahahahahahahahaha, OMG DO I GET SOME CNC?! (update: short lived), we stan a vocal man (Ahjussi), thigh fucking, my mans be like my thighs hurt fuck my ass instead DECEASED, ass smacking, these memes are so good god damnit, rimming
8/10, I live for Ahjussi (Am I spelling this wrong..)
The New Employee 
-love love love
Tags: ongoing, we stan supportive boyfriends, healthy relationship, boss/employee, smut, office setting, good art, 10/10 will re-read, muscular bodies
Love Shuttle
Tags: completed, ABO, enemies to lovers, possessive, coworkers, fake relationship, strong omega, the art sucks but I like the story, art gets better after the 1st season, alphas eyes change colors when happy/anxious, muscular bodies, 7/10, update 10/10 art is meh but fml this storyline is basic af in the best way and it’s the fluff/smut I need, when you’re caught by the folks *cringe*
Hold Me Tight
Tags: ongoing, boss/employee, bodyguard, gio can’t feel heat until felix comes along, uke is strong af, horny bastards, smut, possessive, tragic childhood, moving in together right away, rich seme, felix in a bunny costume though *heart eyes*, dialogue is great, rape in a technical sense but the vibe is written like both characters are all good after? Ex. hospital scene…dub con, ART IS GREAT, hand holding during sex, 10/10 will re-read, muscular bodies
Yours to Claim 
Tags: ongoing, love triangle, Dom/sub dynamics, smut, main is big switch energy, reincarnation, jealousy, manipulative, possessive, self aware lead for the most part, toxic af, GREAT ART, college, rich semes, 10/10 will re-read and not even finished, SONOFABITCH that cliff hanger!! Season 3 come thruuuu (I have to wait until November? *cries* BUT MAH LOVE TRIANGLE!!, I want a THROUPLE GOD DAMN IT
The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation
Tags: obsessed with this story, will the incense burner scenes make it?? No tags because I'll never forget this one haha wangxian 5ever, send me all fanfics/fan art you have about this story, love Dark Wangji, Jadecest, ABO/omegaverse, Bottom Wangji/Top Wei Ying, and honestly anything regarding this fandom
Bj Alex
Tags: completed, great art, 11/10 will re-read, cam boy, fanboy, seme is an asshole, uke is so sexy, jealously, rich seme, enemies to lovers kind of?, CHANWOO IS MY BOY FOR LIFE, Chanwoo MD supremacy, BDSM (like really really), fuck I love Chanwoo, college students, rich seme, emotional rollercoaster, uke soft body, mean seme, college life, that one nosy bitch ass guy trying to expose my boys needs to fuck right off, seme split/fake personality, dub con 
Anti PT
Tags: ongoing, 11/10 re-readable, porn with feelings, love triangle, jealousy, attempted non-con, personal training wink wink, main love interest is actually the best, second male lead is a god damn creep, first time, smut, great art, sex addict/constantly horny uke, I WANT A HWI, 
Related: https://www.anime-planet.com/manga/anti-pt/recommendations 
Payback
Tags: ongoing, both are psychopaths tbh, revenge, gangs, uke sells himself to seme, violent seme, entertainment industry, brunette supremacy, what this motherfucker gonna do? hehe , great art, muscular bodies, dead dove do not eat, my mans must be GOOD looking/animal magnetism cause everyone losing their fucking minds, okay this is a comedy I’m dying, he tried to scare him with wanting to be a top but my psycho said REVERSEUNO BITCH I’M A VERSE (wait jk apparently *sigh*), anonymous masked sex (sad n’ kinky)
My Suha
Tags: ongoing, wow this gets dark, possessive af like holy shit, terrible people all around uke, rape, boss/employee, office politics/family politics, smut, characters that are punchable, dead dove do not eat, *velociraptor noises*, avoided this for a while but I’m back because nothing can be more emotionally devastating than Banana Fish, TIE HIM UP, FUCK HIS FACE ALKSJD:ASKD, FUCK SUHA UR SO HOT that dirty talk though YAS, glad I picked this back up lmao, GOD DAMN IT just when the package arrived then this red head fucker *screams*
Shame Application aka Dirty Vibration
Tags: completed, friends to lovers, model seme, cute af uke, love triangle, entertainment industry, smut, kink, all kinds of sex everywhere, realized feelings, mutual pining, jealousy, rich seme, blonde seme, big brother 1984 always watching, 10/10 would re-read, porn with plot, they were roommates!, ~straight~ seme, first times, great art, remembering some cringe but considering the story it’s par for the course
Will You Subscribe
Tags: ongoing, season 1 completed, enemies to lovers, cam boy, office politics, boss/employee, hiding a secret, public sex, stalkers/creepy men, emotionally stunted characters, mutual pining, idiots in lust, lingerie company, slut shaming, jealousy/possessiveness, season 2 bebeh, HOLDING HANDS *velociraptor noises*, LMAO okay my mans is not THAT old how tf does he not know netflix and chill, BUNNY COSTUME (quickly becoming my new fav trope in manga, A+ gang), oh we stan a good boy, wtf is wrong with wanting to do cam work, ‘I wish my marks could become permanent’ *omegaverse wink*, *works for lingerie company* *doesn’t understand where bf gets sexy costumes* like wut kind of fuckery…, cross dressing ftw, roleplay, classic BL miscommunication trope
Hyperventilation
Tags: completed, high school crush, unrequited love, mutual pining, smut, quickie (short story), class reunion, apparently furry with the extra chapter turning my man into a bunny but c'est la vie! https://myreadingmanga.info/korean-bl-animation-hyperventilation-engsub/ this is the animation of the same story, different endings but same in tone (this site is spammy AF but the English subs are so hard to find for this) 8/10 
Unmei no tsugai ga omae da nante
Tags: only one bed, ABO, office setting. Coworkers, enemies to lovers, competitive, equality in the omegaverse, dubcon, real dicks and not lightsabers, fated pair, art is cute af 8/10
K’s Secret
Tags: buckle up buttercup, dead dove do not eat, angst, pining, somnophilia, dub con, non con, boss/employee, manipulative, stalking, forced relationship, tragic childhood background, weird art but gets better,  uke: don’t threaten me with a good time but seriously stop threatening me, possessive & obsessive, seme is like the fucking hulk compared to uke, wow were going full psycho stalker hm?, dating a narcissist is all fun and (mind)games, con non con… ? honestly who tf knows, domestic!, OW MY HEART, the t/n WAP note sent me, ch 51 translated by gen z, do special ep= furry? Wait there’s a maid costume, bunny costume, directors friends keeping it real, rough translations 8/10
Enthusiasm
Tags: ongoing, dead dove do not eat, uke buys seme, masc boys, muscular bodies, fight club, master/slave, rich uke, revenge, real dicks not lightsabers, rough sex, cuckholding, daddy issues, suicide, wow the end of ch 5 punched a hole in my heart, penile implant life,  rough translations makes the storyline wonky, nvm back to lightsabers *star wars noises*, HAD ME FEELING SOME TYPE OF WAY I CAN NOT, shibari, possessive, wait this is cute *velociraptor noises*, angst, no kithes for you “bestie”, OBSESSED, honestly choke him pupper, STAY THE NIGHT ALKSDJA:SLDKJAS:LKDJA:SLDKj, problematic but I’m riding for these two, 
Ichimai Goshi Fetish
Tags: completed, short, fetishes DO start in childhood don’t they *ruminates*, author: describes ML as a beautiful 2D character meanwhile: ML IS 2D character, fellas is it gay to kiss the homies?, “real dudes don’t interest me” is a MOOD, comedy, jealousy, college setting, dialogue is A+, not lightsabers but not dicks either, first time, when you’re fucked so good you think you’ve died, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4uEq5Nx6ko, hero/villain roleplay. Fluff n smut 10/10
My Purrfect Boss
Tags: completed, tooth rotting fluff because blondie is so FUCKING cute little sensitive soul, golden retriever boyfriend, pure comedy, DECEASED, MY MAN JUST DID THE SLOW BLINK, office setting, boss/employee, ~wasted~ (red dead redemption meme),  FFS SO CUTE, he put a ring on it right away beyonce would be proud af, he protecc he attack but most importantly he hit it from the back, jealousy, honeymoon phase of dating, the ex is a snake (update: oh wow literally), I’m picking up abuse/PTSD vibes based on how Kang reacts to his ex :(, classic BL miscommunication plot, immediately no meme audio (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6XWSGfYnps) ,  I WILL STRAIGHT UP MURDER CHA WTF!!!!!!, gang rape, spiked with drugs that force heat, me rn:*screaming/rage*, psychotic ex/abuser, HE PROTECCC, actual relief after that scene jesus fuck, okay YES kings I see you, okay this is giving me cuteness aggression, hi yes I’d like to adopt a cat and a dog please 9/10
Following Namsoo to the Bathhouse
Tags: completed, same author as, “My Purrfect Boss”, A+ comedy once again, JUNIOR, gay awakening, “fap myself to death” DEAD, facial expressions are ridic, my minds telling me no but my body, my bodyyyy’s telling me yaaaaa, ya boy is literally losing his mind over this, actual lightsabers lmao, FLUFF, permasmile, 6969, THINKS THEY’RE GOING TO EAT RAMEN, dense gay, own your skin wtf okay hannibal calm down, everyone is officially cray,  ah I also am barfy when drunk, denial really is something hm, classic BL miscommunication plot, when people pleasing too far, happy ending 🥺🥰, side story: our crazy gets his very own crazy (ashton Kutcher from spread vibes), public sex, sex sparkle 9/10
Alien in my Closet
Tags: ongoing (maybe completed but def ongoing on the site I use), not rapey at all?? You’d think it’s impossible in this medium ffs, anti pt vibes, cute art, fluff ‘n smut, red head!!, they were roomates!, sex toys, bsdm, D/s (brat)dynamic or maybe owner/pet, bondage, *tiffany hadish voice* this is noiceeee, con humiliation/degradtion, SANTA CLAUS, edging, marking, one lotus please (he’s clearly read the 4 agreements and karma sutra), con non con, exhibitionism, the wrist thing stays on people, Katoptronophilia,  roleplay, is it stalking when you bring your friends?, lotus: welcome home cheater, the chin on the head thing gives me cuteness aggression, the twins are my favs, when ur crush vanilla af 😭, haesung: experiment on me daddy, no dick until halfway through/fingering supremacy, bedroom sessions has me gagged, voyeurism, wait they haven’t kissed this whole time I forgot (audio: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryley/video/6976701880277748997?lang=en), sunbae is sus, YES FINALLY A FUCKING SWITCH COUPLE AKJSDHALKSJDHASKLJDHALS KJDALKSJD (update: sort of), there’s a missed opportunity for an anal probe joke, damn it okay maybe sunbae is chill, 3 musketeers, my heart*implodes*, *velociraptor noises*, 12/10 would re-read such fluff my heart 
On Doorstep
Tags: completed, age gap, reese has ptsd, jimmy going from 0 to 100, jimmy really got down on his knees at work, ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) deepest part you say, real dicks, ride him like a rodeo, quickie/short story, porn with plot
Gorani Jeon
Tags: ongoing, omegaverse, no alpha though, animal hybrid, art is beautiful like it's drawn on paper not a screen, 40 inch weave yours came in a pack, historical (non-modern), lord send me a sexy man pls, the memes after each chapter are golden, taking the phrase licking wounds literally, is that an eggplant or are you just happy to see me hehe, ahhh so inhibitors do exist here, vertical 69, here lays Bau fucked to death by Ran, WHY HE TOUCHING MY MAN, these chickens are dope, stomp on his dick, that’s what I call a happy meal, fucked right out the front door I’M DEAD, mpreg, i need a tiger+mountain god spin off (whoops dad/son my bad), slice of life, cute fluff 8/10
Room to room
Tags: completed, college setting, A+ dialogue, absurd size difference, unrequited love,  sexsomina, dubcon, angst, death by a thousand cuts emotionally, insecurity, body envy, pining, friends to lovers, they were roommates!, homophobia, sexual assault, PTSD, gays in denial, the tattoo 🥺 ow my heart, truly this is 90% smut, “going from unrequited love to fwbs is shittier than I expected”, dowan *bad blood by t swift* when he sees garam, ch 22garam reminds me of my ex and that’s not a compliment, I’m not gay but my boyfriend is vibes, triflers need not apply, spanking, 😭😭😭😭😭 my heart hurts, is anyone getting a bit of a puppy play vibe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vni9ZWmDXis, handcuffs, lots of head we stan, dowan’s gotta a touch of a foot thing or maybe body worship thing, asdlfgkjs ;dlkfgjsd;flkgj;sdflkgj;sdlfgjs;d/gkdf SO CUTEEEEEEEEEEE, roleplay. They broke the bed no use of crying over spilled milk ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), side stories delivering man in uniform and sex toys AND puppy, asdlkjaslfkasdjfl;askdfjasdf the shirt thing is so hot, watersports, I take it back this is 98% smut 9/10
Mistake Lover
Tags: completed, when ur bff is back on their BS, love triangle, coworkers, i swear all these ukes look the same to me at this point (which is very cute), GE!!!! (wangxian flashbacks), wait no smut?.... Paused
Yagi to ookami no hatsujou jijou
Tags: completed, quickie/short story, literally on my reading list because a comment said “nice cock 10/10”hahahaha, animal hybrids, scifi/aliens, me during chapter one: am I a furry? No. Am I? Relevant audio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noJNIqvDfoo, hotties when human GOD DAMN, bi king, okay I stan this girl changing gears take your opportunities honey!, does blondie have a tinder or how is this happening? (update: called it), feminization, dubcon/noncon, marking, heats, idk about 10/10 cock but not lightsabers, translation is ruff (get it?), a yankee hahaha, literal wound licking, googles chimera, *claps* yes king selfish call his ass out, tail holding caaaayoooot, not that isn’t usually copious amounts of cum but really this is a lot 8/10
Make Me Bark
Tags: completed, $250 a month rent?? *cries in Californian*, god damn it these grey haired 2D men are really hot fml, “next months rent is a looming concern but I hope it’ll get better” followed by apartment on fire is how I feel about reality, rare characters that smile way more than they frown, sex toys, kink, puppy play, owner/pet dynamic, sugar daddy/baby, college setting, harness, muzzle, leash, tail plug, shirt thing!!, soaked briefs, playing barbie IRL, omg meet cute at the adult store, intercrural sex, possessive/jealousy, ah fuck yes I saw this panel on IG but it didn’t have the source but now hehe, whipping, choking, spanking, *bookmarks*, simp city, childhood friends, side couple cute af, yeonsoo: sorry I’m an anti romantic, size queen, mens lingerie, domestic, mutual pining,  these bestie pairings are *chefs kiss*, skinny but muscular bodies/no ridiculous size differences, “does he have a big dick?” “probably” “well tell him to come” GAGGED AJKSDHALSKDJHA this dialogue pure comedy, exhibitionism, human auction, maid costume, men in heels, topping in a dress, girl at the bus stop HAHAHA, ffs this is so cute, side stories: it’s a small world afterall, dynamic role reversal, pink haired boy is guru, SCREAMING AKDJA:SLDKJA:LKDJA:LSDKJLAKDJA:LDJAL:SKDJASLKDJA:SLKDJLAKSDJLASDJ:LASJD:ALSKDJASL:DJ:ASLJDPUTARINGONIT!!!! 11/10 
Gurume no fukurami
Tags: completed, quickie/short story, food fetish, feeding fetish, age gap, throuple-eqsue? There’s 3 people involved, paused ch 1 pg 30
Under the Green Light
Tags: ongoing, thank you IG for rec’ing this, brunette supremacy, neurodivergent?, lmao @hag, this statue is everything I wonder if it’s based on a real piece?, we went from talking art to being pinned to the ground REAL quick, translations rough but not as rough as my mans here, draw me like one of your french girls vibe, sass master, these dicks are ridiculously huge which is saying something for this genre, i love a verse/switch, “first time he’s asked someone to stop so his self-esteem is hurt” HAHAHAHA, stealing bae’s shirt, facials galore, car sex/public sex, jin not into praise kink clearly, sort of slut shaming jealousy, marking
Walk on Water
Tags: completed, for being about porn it’s not that smutty (i take it back), “don’t even think about running away” got me like https://giphy.com/gifs/VABbCpX94WCfS, actual dicks (lightsabers later must be the cleaners not the OG), muscular bodies, blonde seme, brunette uke, k mcqueen is everything, honestly haven’t loved a couple this much since chanwoo x MD and I LOVE THEM, jealousy, orgasm denial, the angles/frames of the art in this are insane (11/10), emotional intimacy CUTENESS HASIHDLASKDHJLAKSJDH, i wanna lick lick lick you from your head to your toes, dirty talk A+, bestie you turned out to be Judas you judgy fuck how dare you touch my man, Ryan is 50 shades of fucked up bb needs therapy, Chang and yeowoons sexual tension is *chefs kiss*, I ship it/all my ships sailing, woof non con but expected tbh, YEAH BABY YEAH *Austin powers voice*, fml I don’t want this story to end, meeting the Hets ™ would make me nervous too, spiderman kith, mirror sex sjkadfhasldjkfh, 34+35, JOI but with a partner? Not D/s, promises are made to broken hehe, that feeling when you understand the title, omg the fan art is so cool!! 15/10 would re-read seriously I can’t explain how well the artist used angles/how she portrayed the scenes was fucking MASTERFUL
Woof Wolf
Tags: that's my best friend (saweetie), red heads, werewolf au, college setting, students, shoot a shot in your mouth while I'm riding, facials, marking
Sexual Awakening of an Ex Delinquent 
Tags: completed, quickie/short story, sexual coercion/non con/dub con, tiddies, bondage, nipple play, edging/orgasm denial, candy in ass wow, food kink, kink in general, rich seme working class uke, lightsabers,  big dick Jesus fuck, exhibitionism, public sex, men's lingerie, Blondie is a sweet baby angel, self hatred/homophobia, sexual narrating that has me like oof 😣 that's not how this works but okay, the sweet spots thing is a great line, man is a slave to the sweets, lmao at the meme at the end of ch 9 fucking facts, kidnapping plot, rapey guys all around this story, tattoo/back story reveal has me like *nods head yes*, my throats broken has me gagged, crazy amount of sfx noises that distract from the art (I really appreciate cleaners I realize), first times, rushed ending feels,  would rate 6/10 not terrible but probably won't read again.  
With Your Tail Yes
Tags: ongoing, IG rec, quickie/short story, on man brunette looks EXACTLY like a different character by another artist like for real duplicate, home boy pulled Elle Wood’s Bend n Snap and we are HERE FOR IT, lingerie/cross dressing, okay compilation of short stories, great artwork but wtf these are far too short (maybe uploaded wrong..?), *immediately makes deal with the devil because yum*, ah okay previews THEN stories, human animal hybrid situation, lightsabers, fucking imagine your crush delivery the sex toy you ordered online HAHA *dies*, buys toys because men ain’t shit is a VIBE, you know he’s always wearing matching sets because he’s 100% that bitch, dub con/non con, knotting (unexpected), exhibitionism, public sex, good ol’ fashion blackmail to get your lover to stay with you trope, sexual assault/attempted rape, victim blaming, shibari, leashes, D/brat dynamic sort of, copious amounts of cum, lube? What lube?, marathon sex, first time, 75 hours?? Immediately no meme, 7/10 mostly for art/concepts but not execution
Heat and Run
Tags: ongoing, IG rec, omegaverse, friends to enemies to lovers, multiple couples as main to sides then sides to mains, my heart dropped because I thought the first sex scene was incest but then realized I’m mixing up all the characters derp, dense gays, this is america (the shooting comment WOOF reality feels bad man), blondes have more fun, real dicks, dubcon/CNC dealers choice, mutual pining, idiots in love, big alpha energy BDE, there are moments I feel Hayoung on a spiritual level and not sure that’s a compliment hahaha, orgasm denial/edging, istg if he bonded without Hayoung permission *jenna marbles BOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII YOU BETTAH NOT*, also I was hoping the idol was him but realizing it’s probs his sis, *deep sigh*, BDIRL, wow racism, oh no oh no no no no no meme audio, listen everyone needs to get into therapy to break that generational trauma is all I’m saying (not excusing abuse at all, trauma isn’t a free pass), NO ONE WANTS TO PLAY A GAME WITHOUT KNOWING THE RULES :ALKSDHJALKSDJA:SLKDJTRUE, matthew singing bo burnham: I’m problematic *background singers ‘he’s a problem!’*, i ship it yolo, JAEHO STAN (no means no!), mpreg, god damn it I am so worried about him getting roofie and the party scene hasn’t even started ABO WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TOO ME, OH THANK JAEHO, dayummmm that clapback was real fuck him UP, me clapping: MARK HIM MARK HIM, GOD DAMN IT WITH THESE ONGOING FUCKING CLIFF HANGERS FML, marked via knotting? Okay that’s new, but also like normal marking I think, fucking til bottom pees trope
Heaven Officials Blessing
Animated series season 1 complete. Live action currently filming (same director as Untamed too UGH SO HAPPY)
Tags: ongoing, same author as my fav ever MDZS, just finished season 1 animated on netflix and can no longer avoid this because I LOVE THEM, all the memes on IG make sense now, Prince voice: Dearly Beloved (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXJhDltzYVQ) we are gathered here today to dive deeper into a fandom I will never escape, ART IS AMAZING (https://tenor.com/view/incredible-talented-lady-brilliant-gaga-gif-14857187), group chats are always chaotic tbh, wait a minute meme audio: bride = bottom? How tf did I not get that the first time round *sigh* always hoping for a verse couple, the asst. Boys I ship hard, the sass, fuck this is going to just be pure angst isn’t it *straps in, has fluffy manga queued*, even if no smut 11/10 gege porn, not subtle, god FUCK this ART IS SO FUCKING GOOD THE TALENT skjas;ldkfja;, 🥺, traumatic cliff moment *mdzs flashbacks*, HC smirk is my new favorite thing, no fucking but lots of touching, size difference, horror, gore, wuxia, great side characters, my ear feels tingly too lmao, SOMEONE BETTER GET THESE MF SNAKES ON THIS MF PLANE (cliff), umbrella moments got me uwu, gimme at least didi pleaseandthankyou, FUCK I LOVE THIS ARTIST she keeping us WELL fed with these extras DAYUM, wind/earth master ship please sail, CALL ME DADDY IM DEAD, HC has LWJ energy like you are not qualified to talk to me LOL, WAIT this totally counts as there was only one bed trope, also I’m already excited about omegaverse ff (send me recs please please please)
4 week lovers
Tags: ongoing because apparently I want to torture myself, mutual pining/”unrequited love”, college life, friends to lovers, blackmail ur crush into sex trope, public sex, I was going to tag possessive body language but possessive in a general sense apparently (starting strong yessss), sure jan @unrequited love dialogue, THEY WERE ROOMMATES *cackles*, sus haha, rough translation, pure comedy, shirt thing!, casual abuse :( (back story, traumatic childhood), I’m getting TharnType vibes (but not quite…), that note is precious, cry during/after sex, great angles, dialogue A+ 
Burlesque Night
Tags: completed, quickie/short story, stripper/body guard, coworkers, lust at first sight, magic mike vibes, fridays = getting fucked on stage O-O, well that was traumatizing af, took a bullet, real dicks, LDR, CUTE, I’m not in love with you… sure jan, OH WOW MASTER dlksaj;alsdkja;lsdkja;sld, gay awakening/first time, the art detail is *chefs kiss*, disappointed but not surprised :( :( :(, we stan a yes and lover, shirt thing, still not sure wtf the vertical anus thing is but full circle moment haha, you know what fuck it I’d re-read this 9/10
My one and only cat
Tags: ongoing, cat hybrids, god damn it I’m totally in furrydom ffs, ah well here we go, idol hot = loneliness wahhh /s, so hot he literally transforms other beings, omg a cat cafe CUTE, fuck that cat is cute *so fluffy*, stalker status, comedy, real dicks, I think the uncle would be supportive/jealous even I hope they talk about it I’m dying to know his thoughts, big tiddies, if this ain’t the cutest shit FLUFF/SMUT, copious amounts of cum, ate it with the panties on, CAKE, xmas, his milkshakes bring all the boy(cats) to the yard, trifling bitch
Imitation Mate
Tags: completed, omegaverse, alpha x alpha. Class rivals YAS, childhood frans, enemies to lovers omg this is all the shit I want, manipulation 1000 but yolo I ship it
Mr. 100% Perfect
Tags: ongoing, so relatable, OCD?, hoarder, when I read the title I thought mental illness and I was right, masks ugh RELATABLE, getting back together w ex, woof sibling drama/manipulation, suicide attempt, omg their communication regarding the psycho is REFRESHING, OMG JEJU ISLAND I see it in every fucking kdrama ever but this is the first time I’ve seen it mentioned in a manga *hm* interesting, furry furry everywhere, eye contact, finished reading season 1 pause for an omergaverse cause, okay I’m back and season 2 starting STRONG #1 men are gross #2 mans just went right to a blowie while mf was trying to pee lmao i can NOT the germs barf, fuckboi extraordinaire stressing over a textback is *great*, that istg face is perfect, HYUNGGGG, hand on his heart OW MY HEART, vibe check LOL, here for this plot dev, END OF SEASON2 NOOOOOOOimnotready. Head bonks CUTE
The origin of species
Tags: ongoing, omegaverse, sex tape, blackmail, i already don’t like this teacher, size difference, ‘JUST DIE’ hahahahahaha, I’m in love with noona, wait Ahjussi means uncle/mister? Dangerous convenience store has a new meaning to me now, DECEASED @they won’t, copious amounts of cum, alcohol to have intimacy *sighs in early 20s*, also WTF THEY ARE FUCKING AND THERE’S NO PHERMONE STUFF! What’s the point of being ABO without smell *swaggy p meme???*, wait okay ch 11 it begins, stockholm syndrome but since childhood I’m fairly certain *looking at you teacher I don’t trust these mfs*, dubcon obviously, also the can’t be knotted thing has me *cardi b meme that’s weird that’s sus* obvs poor bb about to get preg af, five word horror story: I won’t hurt you again *why tf you lyinggggg why u always lyinggg meme*, white collar crime, what’s the point of a contract when there’s no actual choice
How to Chase an Alpha
Tags: ongoing, lowkey been avoiding this one not because I think it’ll be bad I just..idk the brain is a weird thing, page 2 and I love mains attitude fucking gagged sass me bb, starting with rough translation but it be that way sometimes, GROUNDS HIMSELF BY TOUCHING HIS BLACK CARD I CANTTT, pheromone city fuck it UP, MC is a MOOD, mutual pining, when u and bae both hire PI’s to get info on each other, R-E-S-P-E-C-T, shirt thing, fucking chuffed about the rival fucking bring it, funny art, cheated on ugh mah heart I saw it coming and it still hurt, pure comedy this airport scene is so funny to me wtf, LDR, good ol murica fuckboi, LOVE HIM RIDE FOR UR MAN/MORALS, liams a little rapey rapist hm? No one’s ever said no… well being flooded with pheromones isn’t consent my dude, istg liam = I love it when they struggle, obvs jealousy/possessive tag but such is ABO, cat suit, BUNNY suit, sexy costumes, god damn it I love them that proposal/mpreg so cute, imprinting AW, ugh baes fam is so cute I needed that bc I wanna strangle wooyoungs dad, THE SECETARY is my fucking fav never stops being A+, SEC+LIAM?? Here for it *i ship it*, FUCK SO CUTE 12/10 re-read, fluff n smut, excited for how to chase an omegaside story hyung needs love!, JINI is mood, sales king I’m dying, that collar is ~hot~ btw
Egoism
Tags: completed (because jesus I can’t with ongoing, theheartbreakTM), UPDATE FML THE HEART BREAK IS REAL also no smut, omegaverse, hey stepbro, starts with rape, possessive/jealousy (isn’t all ABO?), age difference (6years, alpha is younger *can I get hyung plz lord*), HYUNG, woof this dad SUCKS, child abuse, rape culture *sigh*, I wanna get jacked like rick and summer and beat tf out of the dad, me n my cat, TELL EM HONEY I love this MC, traitor indeed, beta x omega btw, fated pair, coercive sex, didi going to be his own demise, BREAKUP/TIME SKIP NO this is BL hell, the rona is mentioned in this, ALL I WANT IS TO HEAR YOUR STORY WAHHHHHHHHHH also YES MY SHIP IS GOING TO SAIL I CAN FEEL IT, okay honestly frustrating a bit but also liked it yah 7-8/10, won’t re-read unless I’m looking for hurt though cause the comfort is BRIEF
Yarichin bitch bu
Tags: ongoing, reading because I watched this anime after seeing it mentioned in the comment section of -im-being-harassed-by-the-sexiest-man-of-the-year, anime was 2 eps a fucking wild the way this is uploaded SUCKS, no reality porn what plot rape-y ridiculous and now I need to read the source apparently haha, I need to know much more about yuri and blue hair guy ASAP (they have the spin off*adds to list*), high school setting, smut, studentsxstudents/teachers, photography club my ass, sex toys, kinky, crossdressing, gay awakening, unrequited love, jealousy, fake relationship, two faced people, OCD, COMEDY, rich people problems, hoarder, inferiority complex, one bed, toono is a dumbass in this love triangle or denial might be a better word, they are cousins my dude stop shipping it (I say to both toono and myself LOL), I wanna see Yuri’s face laksdjf;aldskf, vibrator #18 line is fucking iconic, yaguchi is about to get real interesting (BPD?), lies/manipulation, oh toono you sweet summer child, YURI i can’t wit chu, wait did he just punch the student because he won’t kiss him or???, dubcon/noncon obvs, finally my verse couple but they’re not a couple (yuri/tamu), they all care about each other is a weird way awwww, love confessions to pet vibrator scene are ICONIC MY DUDES I CAN NOTTT, lowkey living for Yuri’s drooling at this point, Jimi gives me such bad second hand embarrassment, Yuri the switch verse bb I’ve been looking for need more!, internalized homophobia, blackmail, MIDDLE FINGER IN THE AIR YAS KING, the heartbreak of ongoing/hasn’t been updated in years
Yarichin bitch bu dj wa
Tags: not completed I think, years old though, see above you know what it is, so cute omg, FIRST KISS AW, degradation kink?, MY VERSE COUPLE I’ve finally found you, biting, choking, rough sex, sex toys, they had fun together for another two hours DECEASED
Fucked by my Best Friend
Tags: ongoing, friends to lovers, body swap, Porn what plot, cannon threesomes in past maybe??(MFF for sure but MMF??), beach life, revenge, he became a HOT woman so honestly get over it, sloppy seconds, first off you’re both sluts second lmao this is going to be wild hm?, fellas is it gay if you kiss the homies, classic did you cum guy jfc, that’s how you get preg dumbass, ah the joys of being a woman /s assault in der clrub, *DEEP SIGH* @ you almost being raped turns me on, YES TURNING BACK DYING, gender has nothing to do with this LOL but true. Also yes cannon threesomes/orgies, googles frotting, mans like narrating playtime, intecurial sex public sex, lingerie, this is the closest thing to straight manga I’ve read hahaha, THE SCIENCE OMG FUCKING RIDIC :you need a mass amount of semen within you SURE JAN, possessive. Objectification, she trying to fuck without Shion LMAO, 34+35, do you think he’s on r/nofap, dry orgasm honestly impressed with mans rn ngl, spit as lube, anal fingering, just helping the homies find their prostate, bottom shaming (disappointed but not surprised), bis/gays in denial smh, question if he has a wet dream will he turn into a woman?, shirt thing, lol at female orgasm =anal in switcharoos mind, paging doc perv, shion is enjoying dressing up hm? Same dude, biggest reality gap is believing shion got admitted to a college HAHA, bad anatomy all over the place dude, rui is a dedicated exhibitionist, HE SO TIGHT BECAUSE THERES NO LUBE team no lube over here apparently not even a courtesy spit, yandere territory sort of?, Mayu with the dick wet comment is *chefs kiss*, THE HEARTBREAK OF ONGOING WAHHH I can’t believe I read all this but I can? 8/10 problematic possessive porn
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the-resurrection-3d · 3 years
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tord for 003
003 | Give me a character & I will tell you
How I feel about this character: fucking flopatron 6000. also the most interesting character because this is The Clown Court and I am High Lord. 
All the people I ship romantically with this character: Edd and PauPat, mostly, with a dash of Matt and occasionally Tom but only in a polyworld context. It’s kinda like how YinxYuck is an Elder God Tier ship but I only can like YangxYuck when they’re both using Roger Jr. as a vessel for ten years of unchecked hatred, jealously, and rage. (Worth noting though that Yuck would eat Tord in a fucking instance even at age 11.) 
My non-romantic OTP for this character: honestly, even in a TordPauPat context, I’m always writing Tord and Pat more as rivals than true lovers, and I love that for them. Whenever Tord starts talking about hentai Patryck is either studying him like an exotic bug or thinking of ways to kill himself with a plastic spoon right here in this crusty ass army kitchen. 
My unpopular opinion about this character: The transition from Tord to Red Leader makes sense if you remember the show is bad. (I’m kidding, except for the part where I’m not.) 
One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: We really needed some short episode bridging the gap between Legacy!Tord and Pre-Legacy!Tord, because the pieces for Tord to become a villain hellbent on world domination without Edd’s influence were there, especially in the 2005 Christmas special where that literally happens. We just needed some connective tissue, especially for the fans who didn’t go back and (re)visit the Pre-Legacy content. Without it (along with some other...interesting choices), The End comes off as Tomska being assmad at a guy who stopped being involved with the show fucking years ago for being closer to Edd when they were teenagers. It paints a deeply pathetic portrait of its creator, the likes of which are rarely seen outside of autobiography.  
I don’t like making autobiographical reads. I genuinely don’t. But I hate how open The End is to this interpretation, and how easily this could have been fixed. 
My OTP: EddTord 
My OT3: TordPauPat 
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Summary: Yami Sukehiro just wanted to join the Magic Knights and make his mentor proud.  He knew there would be trails.  He knew trouble would come his way.  Knew he would be faced with discrimination for being a foreigner and a peasant.  What he didn’t know.  Didn’t expect.  Was that literal Chaos would come his way.  That he and his mentor’s sister would be at the center of world ending trouble.  Or that he would fall in love with his mentor’s sister and face more than discrimination; but the jealously of Nozel Silva who loved the same woman he did.
Please remember this fic is rated mature and has warnings of violence, abuse, sexual tension, eventual sexual behavior, and other possible triggers.  For a full list of story tags please check the fics AO3 (link to that at the top of my tumblrs homepage).
Cause I’m impatient to share and all the manga I read are taking a week off, here’s the final chapter of Book I.  ******FYI I’ll be starting a new ‘work’ over on ao3 for Book II so please be aware and be on the look out for that and know that though this work will say complete on ao3, the fic isn’t finished.******
While the fic has had plently of breadcrumbs scattered about.  This chapter has LOTS of hidden and not so hidden nuggets about the Chaos plotline and what’s to come.
Chapter 83
Yami woke up on the dawn of December twenty-first.  At least he figured it was morning.  After being in a cold, damp, dark cellar filled with spirits he wasn’t allowed to drink for two days, Yami’s internal clock was likely a bit off.  He didn’t know where they were.  Three nights ago Julius had time jumped him and Jax here while Greywright had used his transportation charm to portal himself, Teris, and Julius’ Vice Captain Jon somewhere else.
Neither group was suppose to know where the other was.  Though that wasn’t entirely the case for Yami and Teris.  Their heightened sense of each others mana allowed Yami to sense the direction and relative distance Teris was from him.  Though he couldn’t say exactly where she was, he would've been able to track his way to her with ease.  It was why Yami thought this plan entirely needless and stupid.  Not that he’d ever lead the Agents of Chaos to Teris if they found him.  He’d kill them all or die trying before he ever did that.
Yami sat up and stretched his sore neck.  Three nights on cold, damp cobble stone floor wasn’t good for anyone.
“Morning.” Jax greeted.  He saw the tenting of Yami’s pants and looked away, clearing his throat.  “Wanna take care of that?”
Yami ignored the Captain's question.  Bending his knees, he rested his forearms on them, hiding the bulge as best he could.  “Where’s Julius?”
“Checking in with Bronn and getting breakfast.”  Jax answered.
“Not checking in with Greywright?”  Yami questioned.
“Julius couldn’t check in with them even if he wanted.  You know that. It’s safest that way.”  Jax told.
“At least you know where we are.”  Yami complained, looking about the cellar.
“One more day.  Once the sun sets, we can go back home and sleep in our own beds.”
“And see Teris.”  Yami added.
The Captain smirked and stretched, back popping.  “I’m getting too old for missions like this.”
“You’re not that old.  I mean you’re old.  But not ancient.”  Yami said.
Jax huffed.  “Thanks.  I no longer feel bad about your embarrassment over your personal camp ground.”
Yami parted his arms, hands spread.  “Who said I was embarrassed?” Mana, would the thing just go down already.  He had to pee.
“Damn it, Yami!  Have some of decency if not shame.”  Jax might've made a quip back about camp size it were Bronn; but Bronn was his closest friend next to Julius.  The two had come up the ranks together. Always looking out for each other, it was obvious to all that Bronn wouldn’t be where he was if it weren’t for Jax.  But Jax would argue that he wouldn’t be Captain let alone alive if it weren’t for Bronn.
Yami rested his forearms back on his knees.
After a moment Jax asked.  “You can still sense Teris’ mana, right?  It hasn’t moved.”
“She’s still were she was.”  Yami said.  “I still don’t get the point in separating us when we can sense each other.  They could just spell Teris or I into leading them to the other.”
Jax sighed at Yami’s reiterated complaint.  “They’d have to find one of you.  Have a mage capable of compelling you.  And then travel over there.”
“I’ve seen the numbers Alowishus has following him.  I can only imagine the number of Spatial Mages he has to portal such a group.”  Yami argued, recalling the mass of people he saw the morning of the Summer Solstice.
“It’s still an extra step and it makes us feel better.  Stop being difficult for the spite of it.”  Jax snapped.
Yami huffed and got to his feet.
“Where you going?”  Jax questioned.
“To pee.  Care to watch?”
Jax rubbed his weary face.  They were all cranky and tired.  Honestly, it was a wonder Yami wasn’t more temperamental, having been locked inside for six days now.  At least when at the Black Bulls base for those first three days windows provided natural light and fresh air; never mind space to get away from each other.  After being holed up in a windowless cellar for the last three days, Jax was even more certain that he and Yami and would get on as Captain and Vice Captain.  That was if he didn’t kill Yami before this final day was done.
Yami returned, appearing from behind stacked casks of aging brandy.  “If we make till sundown think we could take a barrel or two to celebrate?”
Jax smirked, liking how the man thought.  “No.  But we’ll go out and I’ll cover your tab for the night.”
“I’ll hold you to that and see you regret it.”  Yami grinned.
Before Jax could reply Julius appeared, his form piecing back together.
Yami’s mouth watered at the smell of food.  He grabbed the covered basket out of the Azure Deers Captain's hands and opened it up.  Finally! After two mornings of oatmeal, Julius had brought bacon and sausage.
“I love you.”  Yami breathed.
“Thanks.” Julius said, uncertainly.
“He was talking to the food.”  Jax said.
Julius arched an eyebrow.
“What? He’s still growing.”  Jax defended.
“I hope not.  He’s as tall as me.”  Julius said.
Jax laughed.  “You wish!  He’s taller.”
“Is not.”  Julius argued.
Jax looked over at Yami who closed his eyes and threw his head back as he chewed.  “Sorry to be the one to tell you this, Julius.  But the kid’s nearly a full inch taller than you.”
“Yami. Come here.”  Julius called.
“What?” Yami gruffed, between chews.
“Stand up and come here.”  Julius ordered.
Yami got to his feet and moved to the Captain’s, taking another rasher of bacon as he did.  “What?”
Julius stood in front of Yami, blue eyes skimming him from toe to head.  He stepped back and shot Jax a frowning pout.  “Shut up.”
Jax laughed.  “I have no control over the boys growth spurts.”
Yami looked between the Captain's deciding now was the best time to broach the matter.  “As it’s our last day here.  Either of you wanna tell me what’s got you both so spooked about the Wizard Kings Advisor?”
Julius and Jax’s heads snapped to Yami, any lighthearted semblance of play evaporating in an instant.
“Wha-- Where did that come from?  There’s nothing spooking us about Advisor Ellara.  She—”
“If you had kept shut I might’ve been able to salvage this.”  Jax cut in over Julius, thinking his friend a terrible liar.
Julius turned on Jax.  “What did you tell him?”
“Nothing.” Jax said.  “It’s what we, or rather our Ki, told him.”  He looked at Yami.  “Right?”
Yami gave a nod.
“You just confirmed it though.  So...”  Jax patted Julius’ back. “Good job.”
Yami didn’t say that their Ki had confirmed it as soon as Advisor Ellara was mention.  Instead he watched the two Captain's, waiting for reply.
Eyebrows pinched with worry, Julius turned to Yami.  “We don’t know anything for sure.  So please don’t go doing something stupid.”
Yami’s muscles tensed.  “What’s going on that you think I’d do something?”
“No.” Jax shook his head.  “I’m not ready to bring you in on this yet.”
Yami turned to his Captain, expression darkening.  “You’re going do what Jorah did and leave us in the dark?”
“Sir Jorah.”  Jax corrected, frayed temper struggling not to rise at Yami’s accusation.  “And we won’t keep it from you for long.”
“Sure you won’t.”  Yami rolled his eyes.
“Yami--” Jax bit back an irritated censure and sighed.  “We won’t.  It’s just…  With everything going on right now I’m not telling you, alright.”
“Then don’t.  Let Julius tell me.”  Yami said.
“Not today.”  Jax growled out.
“Then when?”  Yami pressed.
Jax sighed heavily.  He scratched his forehead, considering a moment. “After Bronn’s retired and married.  We’ll start the new year, and your and Teris’ time as Vice Captain with that problematic bit of information.  Happy?”
Yami turned to Julius.
“Don’t look at him.  I’m your Captain.”  Jax snapped.
Yami glared, almost arguing that Julius was future Wizard King.
Jax’s expression hardened.  “Scowl all you like.  You just might change my mind into waiting longer.”
Yami turned away and went back to his breakfast.
Julius and Jax shared a look.  Both silently hoped that Bronn caught Ellara in the act of something so Yami and Teris could be kept well away from that particular mess.
83.2
While Greywright’s army men were capable of watching, listening, and relaying intel; his magic was better suited for close combatant and protective shielding.  With so many of his magics army men currently active and stationed in hidden areas around the property, they were little more than a type of motion sensor for an early warning system.
The Magic Knights Commander would’ve preferred actual Magic Knights positioned outside, along with two or three squads within.  He had re-read Yami and Teris’ reports of all their dealings with the Agents of Chaos.  The numbers Yami had seen on morning of the Summer Solstice was considerable.  Even if most of that force was untrained with middle to low mana levels, their numbers alone would be able to overwhelm with relative ease if they attack en masse.  And that wasn’t even accounting for the magic negating mage Yami and Teris had dealt with; or Alowishus Spade himself, who had somehow been unaffected by Julius’ time magic during their fight on the morning of the Summer Solstice.
Low light streamed in through shuttered windows.  The day was nearing its end, the sun almost completely set.  Yet Greywright’s focus and tension didn’t lessen.  It might've been the longest day of the year; but it felt like the longest day of his life.
So much depended on what happened during this last bit of daylight.  Not just for Yami and Teris, or this Chaos business they were trying to stop; but for Greywright’s own life.  His work, his friendships, the Magic Knights as a whole could be effected for better or worse this day.
If Bronn came back and reported having seen Ellara meeting with members of the Agents of Chaos, it wouldn’t matter if they kept Yami and Teris safe.  Chaos would descend upon the Order of Magic Knights that was Greywright’s life and love.  Doubt and suspicion would be cast upon the man Greywright had spent his career serving.  What would Sir Jorah do?  What would happen to the man?  Would Sir Jorah’s tenure as Wizard King be forced to an end?  Would Sir Jorah’s time as Wizard King be forever scarred?  Would all the good the Wizard King had done be forever forgotten under the stigma of Ellara’s betrayal?
Greywright shook such thoughts away.  Bronn could just as easily return with nothing to report, saying Ellara had stayed late at Magic Investigations as she was known to do.  Instead of worrying about possibilities he couldn’t control, he had to focus on what he could.
With only a twenty minutes left until the sun dipped below the horizon, now was possibly the most dangerous time of all.  If the Agents of Chaos found them, they would be desperate to get Yami and Teris to the ritual sight before the sun set.  Greywright had fought his fair share desperate people.  With nothing to lose, they were perhaps the most deadly and fearsome foes of all.
Greywright’s muscles spasmed in complaint when his already tense neck and shoulders tensed further.  “Someone’s coming.”  He usually wasn’t so tightly wound.  His years of experience had left him calm and ready for anything.  Or so he had thought.  But there was no amount of experience that could leave one ready for the possibly of confirming that your co-worker and counterpart was a traitor serving a zealotous group that wanted to unleash Chaos and end the world.
“You and Teris stay back.”  Greywright ordered Jon.  His gaze locked on Teris.  “Remember what I said.”  His eyes twitched and narrowed. “I’m not Julius, Jax, or Fuegoleon.  I expect you to follow orders without word or reinterpreting.”
Teris swallowed and stared.  Despite what might be outside, a small part of her was awed and envious.  How was it that with mere look and tone of voice Greywright could made her fear him more than what might be coming?  This was the man she admired.  The man who held the rank and position she wanted to achieve.  Would she ever be able to make someone fear with just a look and inflection?  Would she ever be so sure and confident?  The man didn’t even wait for her to nod.  Not that she would've been able to.
The Knights Commander had long since gone over his orders of what she should do if the Agents of Chaos came.  There was no doubt in Teris’ mind that she wouldn’t be able to obey.  She could never light travel away and leave Greywright and Jon to fight.
Where Jax would've given the same orders, telling Teris obey and not to be stupid.  Greywright had told her not to be prideful.  Teris glowered at the retreating Commander.  She didn’t think it prideful to want to stay and help fight.
Teris’ heart pounded in her chest.  She could easily sense Yami’s mana pool.  He hadn’t moved from the spot he had been in for these passed three days.  If they caught her, there were any number of ways the Agents of Chaos could magically force her to lead them to Yami. Her mouth turned as dry as the dust motes around them as Jon urged her into an inner room with one entry and no windows.
They were in the abandoned, boarded up estate of the defunct noble House Glesse.  The family having been stripped of everything immediately after it was learned Lord Glesse had hired Cin and his gang to kill Nozel.  Wrong as it felt to be in the house of the man who had tried to have Nozel murdered.  At least is was comfortable.  All be it cold and dark, as Greywright didn’t allow fires or candles, even during the night.
Jon standing protectively in front of her, Teris tiptoed trying to see over his shoulder; not that there was anything to see other than the wall she’d been staring at for three days.  Her gut churned.  They had made it this far.  There were less than twenty minutes left till sundown.  Her teeth gritted, hands curling into fists.  There was no way they were going to do to Yami what they’d done to her on the Summer Solstice.  She refused to let them use her to find Yami. She’d kill every single one of them first.  She’d rather die.
Greywright relaxed when his guarding army men alerted there was only one person. That was until he saw who the person was.  Ellara Shaw.  He glanced back making sure Jon had moved Teris to the safe room then made for the front door.
Greywright waited out on the front landing.  When the Advisor got close enough for them to talk without raised voices, he asked.  “What are you doing here?”
Ellara squinted at the low hanging sun.  “I could ask you the same.  This isn’t where you were suppose to house Yami and Teris.”
“The place was compromised.”  Greywright said, hating that it could very well be true if Ellara was indeed working with the Agents of Chaos.
“How so?”  Ellara questioned.
Instead of answering, Greywright looked passed her asking a question of his own.  “You alone?”
“As if your magics army men didn’t see and report as much to you.” Ellara said.
Greywright’s eyes narrowed.  Ellara knew the limitations of his magic.  She also knew his connection with his army men was more of a sense or daydream depending on how many and how far they were from him.  Calling that connection a ‘report’ was more than generous.  It was completely inaccurate.  And with as precise as Ellara always was with her phrasing and word choice, something very unlike her to say.
At Greywright's expression, Ellara told.  “I may not be a Magic Knight but I know how not to be followed.  Jorah’s made it perfectly clear that Yami and Teris’ safety is of paramount importance.”
Greywright frowned.  Ellara never spoke the Wizard Kings name without a title of respect.
Ellara looked passed him to the door.  “They inside?”
“How’d you find us?”  Greywright asked.
Ellara crossed her arms, a toying glint in her eyes.  “Teris is a royal lady.  Hiding her in some distillery with no bed or proper bathroom would hardly suit.”
Greywright swallowed, heart quickening.  He was certain the mention of a distillery was to prove she knew where Yami was hidden.
She smiled.  “What’s the matter, Commander?  Getting a little paranoid after being holed up for three days?  Trust me.  If I was working for the Agents of Chaos and the Master of Chaos wanted those two, I would already have them in hand.”
83.3
Taking long shallow breaths, Bronn swallowed roughly, trying not to throw up.  Hitching a ride along side another Spatial Mages gate wasn’t something most Spatial Mages could do.  Nor was it something Bronn liked to do; and not just because the ability likely came thanks to his nobleman father.  Using a portal to tag-along with someone elses portal left him dizzy and vulnerable for a good few seconds.  But when a portal appeared before the Wizard Kings Advisor and she had walked through it, Bronn tethered a portal of his own to it and followed.
There were ten, fifteen minutes at most, before the sun completely set. Bronn knew he couldn’t lose Ellara now.  Not this close to the solstice.  He just hoped Jax, Julius, Greywright, and Jon had been able to keep Yami and Teris hidden and safe.
Bronn quickly crouched behind a shrub thirty meters away from Ellara and the cloaked figures she was meeting, and took in his surroundings. What were the Agents of Chaos doing at the geyser labyrinth?  Even with the labyrinth and its entrance disappeared, Bronn was sure of the location.  Though the geyser labyrinth shifted out of phase.  It always reappeared in the same spot.
Suddenly the ground beneath Bronn disappeared and he was falling.  He was deposited with a plop, the fifteen foot landing knocking the air out of him.  Rolling onto his back, he looked up to find Ellara, another woman, and two men staring down at him.
Bronn propped himself up on an elbow with a grunt, and critiqued.  “A halfway decent Spatial Mage knows how to stick the landing.”
“I did.”  The other woman said.
Bronn glanced from the other woman to Ellara, and greeted.  “Advisor, fancy seeing you here.”
Ellara frowned down at Bronn.  “You shouldn’t have followed me here, Vice Captain.  How did you?”
Bronn sat up.  “I call it ‘hitching a ride’.  Any Spatial Mage worth their salt would’ve felt me tagging along.  It slows the gate process and creates a sort of tugging tension.”  He looked at the other woman.  “Or is that how you knew I was here?”
“I knew you were here because you’ve been following me for the last three days.”  Ellara said.  “You’re not as good as you think you--”
“Seven.” Bronn interrupted, eyes fixing back on Ellara.  “I’ve been tailing you for the last seven days.  Guess you’re not as good as you think you are.”
Ellara glanced at one of the men, before telling Bronn again.  “You shouldn’t have followed me here.”
“And miss your ruined ritual when you couldn’t get a hold of those kids? Nah.  I just had to see your sorry faces for myself.”  Bronn said.
Ellara bent at the waist and grabbed Bronn roughly, fingers digging into his jaw.  “You’re far too early if that’s what you wanted to see. There is no ritual tonight.”
“I don’t believe you.”  Bronn glared.
“You really have no clue, do you?”  Ellara sighed, tone caught between reproachful and amused.  “No wonder Greywright humored Captain’s Julius and Jax in changing the location and hid Yami and Teris in that house and distillery.”
Bronn’s blood ran cold.  Though he didn’t know where either Yami or Teris were, Ellara sounded far too sure of herself.
Ellara released him, expression disgusted.  “Commander Greywright’s days of tolerating Captain's Julius and Jax in their workings against me will come to an end.  A transformation mage is meeting with him as we speak to secure my innocence in his mind.  Your death will be meaningless.  You really shouldn’t have followed me, Vice Captain. Senior Healer Gilly Shae deserved better.”
“You keep her name off your filthy traitor lips or I’ll kill you!” Bronn hollered.  He tried to portal away but couldn’t.
“If the two favored and chosen by Darkness and Light couldn’t use their magic unless I willed it.  What makes you think you’d be able to?” Calen questioned.  “You’re not going anywhere, Vice Captain.”
“Leave him.”  Alowishus commanded.  “It’s almost time.”
“I thought you said there was no ritual.  Leave it to a bunch of crazies to be a pack of liars.”  Bronn spat.
“There is no ritual.  This is a revival.”  Alowishus said.
“Revival? What’s that mean?”  Bronn demanded.  He wasn’t all that curious, though Jax and Julius would be grateful for any info he gave when he got out of here.  …If he got out of here.
Don’t think like that, he scolded himself.  Gilly was waiting for him.  He had promised her that he’d be back.  Bronn had broken his fair share of promises in his life; but never once had he broken a promise to Gilly.  He wasn’t about to start now.  He just had to keep these crazies talking until an opening for a way out presented itself.
Alowishus looked to the setting sun, the barest curve of light still visible but shrinking fast.  “To awaken Chaos more than the rituals of Light and Darkness must be preformed.  We must create our own chaos as offering.”
“Haven’t you pack of lunatics created enough chaos already?”  Bronn goaded.
Alowishus held up a hand, staying his followers from attacking the Vice Captain for his disrespect.  He had heard worse over the course of his life. “My offering will be something truly remarkable.”  Alowishus thought of the skull of his long dead father, memory of the skulls words ringing in his ears.  “What many would say is impossible.”
“What?” Bronn scoffed.  “You gonna drop this nonsense, admit you’re crazy, and suddenly turn sane?”
Bronn’s head wrenched to the side, Calen’s hit resounding off the trees lining the meadow.
Alowishus bent down, mismatched eyes boring into Bronn.  “I’m going to end this world so I never have to mess with nonsense ever again.  Does that count?”
Bronn growled, wiping the blood from his bitten lip with a shirt sleeve.
Alowishus dusted himself off and stood.  “But before I make the Darkness end the Light, I must see myself strengthened so history doesn’t repeat itself.”
Bronn snarled.  “If you think you can make that boy kill Black Sheep, you’re dead wrong.  There’s no manipulation magic or threat to anothers life that’ll make Yami Sukehiro end Teris Nova.”
Alowishus smirked and turned away,  “It’s time.”
The ground swirled around Alowishus as he stepped away from his followers, and Bronn.  He stopped where the entrance to the labyrinth would've been just as the sun vanished beneath the horizon.  Arms extending, Alowishus’ eyes closed.
His mana built as he focused on the residual, and once well known, mana of a long dead soul.  He was Death.  It wasn’t in his nature to give life.  But that didn’t mean he was incapable of doing so, in his own twisted fashion.  People said death was a terrible and unfair thing.  That it took and stole.  If that was the case, wasn’t taking someone from their peace by stealing them from death unfair?  After all, to Alowishus' mind there was nothing more terrible than forcing someone to live.
The ground trembled and split open.
Bronn jumped to his feet.  “What’s he doing?”
“You heard the Master.  Revival.”  Calen said, a look of awe washing over his face.
Bronn turned to Ellara.  “This isn’t you, lass.  I don’t know you well but I know that this isn’t you.  You’ve spent your life serving the Clover Kingdom.  Serving Jorah.”
Ellara looked at him.  “My bed was made long ago.”  Her eyes traveled back to her husband.  “I must continue to lie in it.”
A great explosion of dirt and rock erupted in front of Alowishus.  He crumbled to his knees, weakened from his efforts.
Calen, Ellara, and Misandre made for him.  Bronn tore his gaze away from the scene.  If he made a break for it, he might have a chance.  The Mage blocking his magic had to have some sort of limit.  If he could just get far enough away...
Before Bronn could take a step, the ground swallowed him up to his knees.
Alowishus looked over his shoulder at him.  “You came all this way.  It would be a shame if you left and missed everything.”
Bronn’s breath caught.  The inky black pools of Alowishus' eyes were just how Teris had described Yami’s eyes when the force inside him took over.
Seeing his followers near, Alowishus ordered.  “Stay back.”
Fingers digging into the soil, Alowishus closed his eyes.  In his weakened state he could literally feel the thrum of life around him. It sicken him, the way he could could hear it cry out for mercy.  The only mercy was death Alowishus thought; wishing someone would show Death such mercy.
Focusing and condensing his mana, Alowishus exhaled, pulling his mana out of him.  A tarry, purple-black mass churned around him in a thick, volatile cloud.  The surrounding trees and shrubs shriveled and fell over.
Bronn looked down at his hands, seeing them whither before his eyes.  He had seen enough dead in various stages of decay to know what was happening.
“He’s taking our life force.”  Bronn told the others.
“You’re already dead anyway.”  Misandre said.
Ellara’s heart hammered in her chest, fear and excitement coursing through her veins.  “The Master is only taking the life force of the earth.  If we were any closer we’d have cause for concern.  This far away. There will be no lasting effects.”
Bronn was about to appeal to Ellara again when Alowishus released a blood curling roar that shook the earth and very air they breathed.
With a shout, Alowishus pushed the collected life force into the residual mana of the long dead soul.
Still kneeling on the ground, Alowishus fell to all fours, spent.
“Watch him.”  Ellara ordered the others before rushing to Alowishus.  She knelt beside him and gripped his shoulder, helping him sit up on his knees.   Her hand blackened and rotted at the contact.  But she ignored the pain, certain her husband and Master would see her healed before she returned to her role as Advisor.
Alowishus panted, face pale from exertion.  “I did it.  I brought the dead to life.”
Ellara exhaled.  Her concern for her husband growing as her fear over what he had attempted to do waned.  Despite what Alowishus thought.  It hadn’t worked.  Captain Shadow Banashe did not stand before them.
“Help me up.  I want to be on my feet when I see her for the last.” Alowishus said.
Ellara did as her Master bid, breathing through the mouth least she retch at the decaying stench of him.
Alowishus took a moment to steady himself before nudging her away.  “Get back with the others.”
Ellara stepped back.
With the sun completely disappeared beneath the horizon it was difficult to see.  That was until…  A wild wind whipped up.  Flashes of yellow lightening struck the ground in front of Alowishus, illuminating their surroundings.
A gold glowing ghost appeared.  The specter looked down at her see through hands then up at the Master of the Agents of Chaos.  “What have you done!”
Bronn and the Agents of Chaos stared at the long dead Captain of the Azure Deers.
“I told you, Shadow.  I would have your heart.”  Alowishus said.
A long ago memory of a lazy day sitting on a grassy knoll with the man she thought might be her future filled her mind.
“You’re beautiful, Shadow.  Nearly magnificent.”
Shadow laughed.  “Nearly magnificent?  Is this how you woo all women?”
The handsome man she was slowly falling in love with took her hand and turned to her.  “There are no other women.  It is my goal to have you.  I will have your heart, Shadow Banashe.”
Shadow shook her head and tried to step back.  She tried to travel to the nearest light source; her method of light travel.  But she couldn’t move or use her magic.
“Sorry. I was unable to fully restore you.”  Alowishus apologized, almost tenderly.
Ellara stepped back involuntarily.  She couldn’t believe Alowishus had actually done it.  To bring someone so long dead back to life.  It was truly extraordinary.  Truly terrifying.
Shadow pleaded with the man before her.  “Everard--
Alowishus cut her off.  “I am no longer the man you knew, Shadow.  My name is Alowishus Spade.”
“I don’t care what life you live.  Or what name you use for it.  You are Death.”  Shadow spat.
“That I am.”  Alowishus agreed.  “I wish I had been around to warn you not to go on that mission.  Dying down there couldn’t have been easy.  But you saw to it that I was out of the picture; and as they say, it all worked out in the end, at least for me.”
“Please, Everard. Don’t do this.  If you do this you will never come back from it. There will be no help for you.”  Shadow told.
“I don’t need help.  I need your heart.  The essence of your power.” Alowishus said.
Shadow looked to those behind him.  “Don’t let him do this!  He’ll be unstoppable.  He’ll see the world destroyed and all of existence with it.”
Alowishus’ eyes turned an iridescent black.  “They won’t stop me.  They couldn’t if they tried.  But you are right, Shadow.  And so was I.” His eyes returned to normal, expression softening for a fraction of a second.  “You were nearly magnificent.”  He said, recalling Yami and Teris on the morning of the Summer Solstice.  “And once I devour you heart, there will be no stopping me.  With your heart, I will be able to face the Ray of Annihilation with no fear. Poetic really.  That the light magic user of the previous age would help me destroy this ages light magic user.  Chaos has a way of bending Destiny to his will.  Does he not?”
He thrust out an arm, hand piercing Shadow’s stomach to reach up under her ribs.
“I feel it.”  Alowishus smiled.  “Your essence.  Your power.  To think I once thought you beautiful and extraordinary.  You are nothing, Shadow.  Weak compared to Teris Nova.  She is magnificent. The wheedler of Light itself.  The perfect opposite of Darkness.  She is fearsome and great.  But with this.”  He pulled his hand back holding Shadow’s heart which glowed brightly with a warm golden light.  “With this I will be the Ray of Annihilation’s end and see the Lord of Destruction tear this paltry existence apart.”
Alowishus squeezed the heart.
Shadow screamed, her eyes glowing gold.  Her heart, her mana, her very essence condensed in Alowishus' hand.
“Goodbye, my dear.”  Alowishus whispered.  His hand snapped shut.
Shadow’s phantom vanished.
The glow in Alowishus’ hand dimmed by half and spread throughout his body.
Alowishus gritted his teeth.  He threw his head back in pain.  His arms shot out wide and straight, body spamming violently.  He was Death.  He and Chaos had fathered the Darkness.  He was the enemy and opposite of Life.  And he had just taken in a fraction of the power of Life and Chaos’ own child.  Light.
Alowishus collapsed to his hands and knees.  Looking down at his hands he saw the once decaying flesh return to it’s previous state, taking on a healthy color the appendages had never had for as long as he’d worn them.  He pulled up his sleeves where the scars from countless replacements were no longer heal-able.  Those scars now faded and vanished.
“I did it.”  Alowishus breathed, hardly able to believe it himself. He got to his feet and roared up at the sky.  “I did it!”
If only his father and grandfather had been here to see.  If only the skull he tormented, that tormented him in turn was active and awake for more than the three nights surrounding the new moon.
Ellara rushed to Alowishus and was caught up in his arms.  Alowishus hugged her before setting her down and making his way to the rest of his followers and Bronn.
Bronn sneered at Ellara.  “I see why you’re betraying Jorah and the Clover Kingdom.  You’re more than a follower.  Your part of his harem.”  He glanced at Alowishus’.  “You know she and one of my men constantly fuc--”  Bronn choked, a mass of thorns swelling inside his throat.
“There’s no need to be crude, Vice Captain.  You’re death will go that much easier for you if you don’t aggravate.”  Alowishus said, ceasing the plant magic he could tap into through a replaced right foot.
Bronn spit out bloody thorns.  His raw, cut throat and mouth turning his graveled voice hoarse.  “You gonna pull out my heart too?”
“Of course not.  But I will take your hands for Misandre.”  Alowishus turned to Ellara.  “You never said the Black Bulls Vice Captain had such ability and power.  I would’ve ordered him taken.  Especially after Erskin’s death.”
“I... was unaware.”  Ellara said.
Bronn’s eyes narrowed.  Ellara may not have known that he could hitch a ride with another Spatial Mage.  But after years of mission reports, she had known he was a powerful and highly capable Spatial Mage.  He was certainly better than the Spatial Mage they had towing them around.
“You knew.”  Bronn said.  “Mana level and magically ability was the only thing my no good father gave to me.”
Ellara turned on him.  “You dare lie in your last hour of life?  The only thing I knew you were good for was getting drunk and causing trouble.”
“Enough, wife.”  Alowishus ordered.
“Wife?” Bronn echoed.
“The Vice Captain's perchance for falsehood is well known.  There’s no reason that you wouldn’t have informed us of his ability when you knew Misandre could have used the help.”  Alowishus said.
Ellara settled.
Misandre lowered her head and looked away.
“You’re married to this creep?”  Bronn asked Ellara in disbelief.  He shook his head.  “Well if that doesn’t explain a lot.  You could’ve done so much better, lass.  He could be your what?  Father? Grandfather?”
“Countless times over.”  Alowishus said, though his followers only knew the half of it.
“Really?” Bronn looked up at him, squinting in the low moonlight.  “You don’t look it.  I mean you look like crap.  But to be several decades older...  I suppose you look halfway decent then.”
Calen stepped forward offended on his Master's behalf.
Alowishus lifted a staying hand.  “They’re only words from a man who knows he’s about to die.”
Bronn gritted his teeth.  The crazy bastard was right in that.  He was dead no matter what he did.  Was dead the moment he had hitched a ride and arrived here.  He had been in enough fights to know when one was decided before it begun.  Fighting would get him nothing but a messy, drawn out death.  He’d be a liar if he said he didn’t fear death. But he was more concerned with bravely meeting his end.
Bronn sighed, roughly rubbing a hand over his face.  “So this night really wasn’t about those two troublemakers, was it?”
Alowishus didn’t see a reason not to explain.  Not when the Vice Captain couldn’t escape.  Leaving a dead mans questions unanswered seemed heartless.  And while his long life may have made him cruel, he wasn’t heartless.
“While any Winter Solstice will see Yami Sukehiro at his most connected to the force within him.  A regular ritual of Darkness would not achieve our end goal of awakening Chaos.  No.  This night really wasn’t about Yami and Teris.  The ritual that will see Darkness descend will be something as unique and extraordinary as Yami himself.  Good attempt at keeping them safe though.  I’m surprised they allowed themselves to be separated.”  Alowishus taunted.
Bronn’s lip curled, remembering the fuss Yami and Teris had made.  “They weren’t given a choice.”
His eyes skimmed the dry, dead earth and fallen trees.  He wished he could warn Jax just how out of their depth they were.  That despite all their care, Alowishus and his Agents of Chaos knew where Yami and Teris had been hidden.  That their foe was so much more powerful than they could imagine.  He wished he could grab and squeeze Yami’s neck one last time.  Or better, fight him.  He wished he could tell the Lord of Destruction to give those royals a right good lesson when he fought to free Black Sheep from her family.  He wished he could be there when Yami and Teris invariably caused trouble as Vice Captain’s and tell Jax ‘I told you so’.  But Bronn’s greatest wish was that he could hold Gilly one last time.  That he could tell her how sorry he was he had broken his promise and wouldn’t be back to marry her.
“You seem like a nice man, Vice Captain.”  Alowishus said.
“I’m not.”  Bronn huffed.  “Ask anyone.  I’m a right old bastard.”
“Then I suppose you won’t tell us all that your Commander Greywright, Captain Jax, and Teris’ brother know and suspect.”  Alowishus said.
“That’d be right.”  Bronn said.
“It’s no matter.  Ellara.”  Alowishus commanded.
Ellara stepped in front of Bronn.  Though her expression was haughty, her eyes held a sort of sadness.  “Forgive me, Vice Captain.  Forced memory access is hardly pleasant.”
“I think you’ll be the one finding it unpleasant, lass.”  Bronn told.
Thinking he meant what she would find in his memories, Ellara’s eyes milked over.  She screamed the instant her mind connected with his.  The pain was like a hot poker being driven through her head into the center of her brain.
She staggered.  Calen steadied her.
Bronn cried out, Alowishus magically compressing the earth that had swallowed the bottom half of his legs.  The snapping of Bronn’s bones only slightly muffled by the compacted soil.
Holding her head, Ellara assured.  “I’m alright.”
Alowishus allowed the ground to ease.
Bronn fell forward, arms holding him up.  He forced a chuckle through the pain.  “Warned you, didn’t I?”
“That was more than just a mind block.”  Alowishus said.
“What? You think you’re the only one’s who can think of ways to hurt people?  Me and my lot can get real creative when we have to.” Bronn told.
Alowishus sneered.  “I should have figured.”
“Guess you’re not as smart and informed as you think you are.”  Bronn sassed.
Ignoring the taunt, Alowishus turned to Ellara.  “Are you alright?”
Ellara nodded.  Though no longer hot, it still felt like a poker was lodged in her head.
“Misandre. See my wife home and bring Liva back before she does something out of Ellara’s character that might make someone question.” Alowishus ordered.
“What are you going to do?”  Ellara asked, fighting a glanced at Bronn.
“Calen and I will make the Vice Captain's death as painful as possible, then take his hands and leave the rest for his people to find.” Alowishus looked down at Bronn with a sympathy that was ruined by a small smirk.  “I’m sorry to say, you’ll be missing your wedding, Vice Captain.”
83.4
Yami stepped among an inky blackness that had no up or down, no beginning or end.  He would’ve thought such a space would make him disoriented.  Dizzy even.  But he felt none of those things.  After all this space was his and him at once.
He surveyed the expanse waiting for crazy, happy, killer voice to start going on about how Light could not survive without the Darkness.  But it never happened.  Instead he saw that all was not right within his space.  There was a faint, flickering light far off in the void.  He wanted to get closer to see what it was, and suddenly he was.
Yami found himself standing behind his grandmother.  “Obāchan?”
The old woman turned to him.  “It is time, Sukehiro.”
“Time for what?”
“I used what was left of my magic to save you when you were a babe.  But there is magic in death.  And I am here to bestow that magic upon you.”  His Grandmother told.
Yami shook his head.  “No.  I won’t accept it.”
“It will serve me nothing, Sukehiro.  I will die either way.”
“Why?” Yami asked.
“I am an old woman.”  She said, keeping to herself just how old she was.
“Why give it to me?”
“You know why.  You face a great foe.”
“What do you know of Alowishus Spade?” Yami asked.
“Nothing more than you do.  But I know of his power.  It is Death itself.  The co-creator of your own power.  Darkness.  Why this very night he brought the dead to rise.”
“If he’s Death how can he do that?”  Yami questioned.
“Similar to you, his power is heightened on the shortest day of the year.  But be warned.  His power is greatest on the night of the new moon.”
Yami shook his head again.  “But they didn’t find us.  Their plans--”
“I know nothing of their plans other than Chaos is slowly stirring and it is because of Death.  He has somehow taken a piece of Lights essence--” “Teris...”
“Teris is fine. But now that Death has consumed a piece of Lights essence, she and the Light within her will not be able to stop him.  The only hope this world has left is you.”
Yami laughed.  He couldn’t help it.  “Then the world is screwed.  Sorry Obāchan, but I’m no hero.”
“Not even for Teris who you’re so fond of?”
“How do you--”
“I’m in your head, Sukehiro.  I know what you know.”
“That’s a scary thought.”  Yami quipped.
She felt her life slipping away. “We don’t have much time!  Sukehiro. You won’t remember this.  But you must tuck the knowledge away in your heart.  You must believe the truth so you will have the power you need when the time comes.  You do not have to lose yourself to the Darkness. Like Death now does, you will have your own essence of Light with you when it is time.  Use it.  That essence will be enough to keep you grounded.  It will make you remember who you are, and what you exist for.  It will bring you back from the Brink.”
“I don’t know what you mean.”
She took up his left hand and kiss his thumb.  “You will.  Never forget your chosen purpose.  And never forget who you are.  You carry the magic of three worlds within you.  You are the seventh son of a seventh son of a seventh son.  You are Darkness and the lover of Light.”
“I don’t want to forget!  Don’t leave me!”
She stepped to him pulling him into an embrace.  “You have a hard road ahead, but I know you will make it.  You have done so well.  I am so very proud of you, Sukehiro.”
With her last breath she pressed her lips to Yami’s forehead, channeling the magic of Death into him, and faded away.
I really hope you all enjoyed the end of what’s been my favorite arc of the fic to write thus far.  If you did, please leave a comment. And THANK YOU to those who have recently left comments or re-blogged.  They really mean a lot.
So who noticed my hints, and had doubts that this was Yami’s time? Did any of you pick-up on my death flags/warnings for Bronn?  Any thoughts or theories on what’s to come?  Questions are always welcomed.
Looking over stuff as I prepared to post the end of Book I, titled ‘Light’, I noticed the end of chapter3 was cut short.  Why did no one tell me??!  SORRY!!!  It’s only a few lines, but it’s now fixed and complete over on ao3.
This fic will be taking a three week break.  We’ll resume Tuesday posting on ***February 2*** and start Book II, titled ‘Dark’, off with a 3month time-skip and drama at the Star Awards Festival.
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location: callahan’s new years eve party
time: 11:05pm
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An invitation to a party like such was quite memorable for Athena Walker. It was the needed distraction over the past few months, more said the recent month and a half over anything recent in her life. The opportunity to dress up, step away from the not so glitz-and-glamour of the precinct, to simply enjoy the bustle of the party around her - mostly needing alcohol to get through a few said conversations throughout the evening. Wine was her choice for the evening. Figuring she needed to lay off any hard in alcohol stance, knowing here and there, hasn’t been all of the greatest and eyes were focused heavily upon the police force for news of Alexis’ Hawthorne. Tonight, her mind was attempting to find the off switch and just enjoy, for whatever it may be. When hearing word of a video booth, one where resolutions’ were to be shared. A unique approach, she knew. It did catch her interest, ever walking by the said area where the booth was and eventually finding relief of the simmered down line closer toward the new year, one not looping around the room but one where Athena could enter into the booth with her wine glass in hand and soft smile upon her lips - one that hasn’t been rather steady upon her lips. It was mostly being alone which brought considerable relief. Even though, being alone with your thoughts wasn’t entirely the greatest of feelings.  
“Well,” she began to herself, reading over the instructions upon the screen - pulling the curtain shut and setting her drink down on the provided table. Someone thought this equation out too well. “Why the hell not?” By the sounds of her words, all simply to herself, it was needed words of motivation before second guessing her choice of being here and doing this video booth. Confidence came with Athena. Although, she knew her state of mind hasn’t been all of the greatest recently. A few prick of her thoughts, here and there, triggered it - memories and remainders from her mother to return to Los Angeles for the holiday instantly caused her to tense up. Christmas was her favorite time of year. Underneath the whole glazed exterior Athena simply wore around town, there was someone deep down who struggled and wasn’t trying to force every single human being away. Not even wondering a second thought, she pressed the start button and read the first question. A loud hum fell right off her lips, hands collapsing into one another before words formed, “I was here - at the Callahan’s annual party. I was far more invested in the party last year though. Speaking, drinking, oh, hell, I was having the time of my life there. I was enjoying myself. I didn’t have to fucking stand around - like tonight and double think my moves like now. It sucks. Thinking people are probably wondering why I’m here instead of working. Like I need to be on my best behavior. I’m human after all, don’t people know that?” words escaped as a lazy shrug rolled off her shoulders, collecting her composure and tucking a dark lock behind her ear. “I don’t really have any set resolution’s. If I want something, why do I need to set a goal for it? I find it rather... stupid. I go for what I want. If I don’t get it, a big lose but it’s not the end of the world for me.” Commenting with a soft tone, finding her find roaming further into the question before smiling to herself, “I would love to find happiness around everything going around. Just to be genuinely happy. Not having here or there days - the ups and downs has sadly been the moody self for me. But, the real and permanent deal. Hell, I have no idea how long it’s been for something like that in my life. I just want to be happy and not hold onto things anymore. I truly want to turn the year for the better.” 
It was the truth. She wanted happiness. But, she didn’t even know where to begin. It was a small step forward for even allowing people in her life instead of pushing them away. After all, she was the one to determine her happiness. Could it be finding it in a positive outlet, dropping the whole act of pushing people away could be the first step. It would help her to avoid the mindset and believing everyone was out there to hurt her. Thirty years, three decades on this earth, destined to eventually learn and seek forward. Yet, she grew older and saw people around her finding their own set of happiness and jealously arose in her. Having only been seen in such way, the rough exterior and the detective who was determined to solve the cases, part of her was slowly fading away and finding lack of happiness in one thing she promised herself to fight for - for others. Maybe, it was the way she relied her happiness on work instead of realizing her happiness needed to come within. It was something she read online, imaging how to enter into the New Year with a positive outlook compared to last. It was needed. As she paused after the first question, another sigh before laughing, “Nothing.” Was the simple response. Did she achieve anything worth remembering? Beside the news from Asher, things were quite mellow in her life. Work, sleep, eat and repeat. The hanging out with her girls but other than that, just the usual route of her life. Who would’ve thought Athena would’ve gotten this boring at thirty or ever. Younger her would’ve been tearing up the town. Hell, not even Athena expected herself to become this individual. Perhaps losing someone changes you and makes you turn out to be someone else - the person she would’ve always laughed at. She wasn’t always this serious. Sure, she didn’t favor many of people but at least, she knew not to be explosive. “Well, beside having a child’s middle name after me, sadly, nothing.” It was the sad but utter truth. It was the simple end to that question. Staring at herself in the recorded camera, she leaned to grab her glass of wine and indulging in her red wine before holding it out for the camera, like a toast was going to be shared. The striking, uncomfortable image of herself made her wonder how Athena allowed herself to become this person. Perhaps, if she listened to her mother when she was younger, played it like the other girls did and allowed people to love her - there would’ve been an enhanced amount of relief in her life.
Holding onto her wine glass, a tilt of her head brought around an surprising last question but somehow, something of it, brought her to smile before answering. “Oh God, a question as light as day. Something full of humor but perhaps, my favorite one. I like this one, whoever ended up thinking of this one.” Scrunching her nose, her free hand resting lightly on her cheek before lips were pursed. “Well, we all know I want to say Get Fucked, Be Fucked. We all know how strong I am with the profanity.” The words were slipping off her lips with laughter, shaking her head and waving that off for even being her catchphrase. “Honestly, it would probably be... ‘You have to experience pain to realize how much you need to fight for your happiness’.” Her posture was suddenly straightened, genuinely smiling for once this entire evening before nodding. “An entire year to learn and realize over what I want to head into the New Year, maybe it just dawned upon me because of these questions. I know I won’t.. maybe... heal from all of the pain of my previous years but I can try to look forward, right? Right, yes, I can. You’re a video booth.. I’m not expecting you to properly answer me. Honestly, that came to me right on the spot so I’m rather happy over how it came to me. Hell, I swear I’ll copyright this and make sure no one else steals it if it hasn’t been done before.” And for the first time in the evening, Athena felt a sudden weight off her shoulder and taking another look at herself in the screen before giving a thumbs up, sticking her tongue out before pressing end - opening up the curtain and exiting after having relieved something - perhaps, not enough to the specifics but it was enough for her to re-enter into the party with her head held up high and a genuine smile coated her lip. And, that wasn’t due to the liquor. For once, Athena Noelle Walker knew what she wanted going into the new year and it was about damn time. 
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