#its been like... a couple years of concentrated effort trying to communicate this specific feeling

[piplupod]

pacing back and forth in my brain trying to find a way to put all of these feelings into my creative work to try to communicate these things that the average person will hopefully never experience but I want them to witness this experience all the same

[ibelieveinahappilyeverafter]

Writing Commission - Boku no Hero Academia (My Hero Academia) - Soul Bound

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Given Prompt: Aizawa Shouta/Yamada Hizashi bodyswap with soulmates. Regular Quirk Universe. One of the two (when they are younger?) gets hit by a permeant effect quirk that makes you randomly body swap with their soulmate (not that they find out that specific criteria why they swap only with each other for a long time). The sheer weirdness of being in someone else's body with different statures, center of gravity, etc. Having to figure out two very different quirks and the different way they approach things. Which one are you talking to at any given time? Strangest penpal relationship until they hit U.A. Learning how to fight as themselves and each other. Battle couple. Fluff, Humor, with a bit of Hurt/Comfort.

Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia (My Hero Academia)

Relationship: Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic

Characters: Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Kayama Nemuri | Midnight, Iida Tensei | Ingenium, Tsukauchi Naomasa, Nezu, Shinsou Hitoshi, Original Characters

Rating: Teen Audiences

Word Count: 7,825

Transaction Amount: $42 (USD)

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                                                       ★★★

Aizawa Shouta was not a rested person by nature and was typically a very sleep deprived middle schooler, to the point his thoughts were fuzzy for a long time upon waking up, it took half the day for him to remember any plans made the night before, and it was a fifty-fifty chance as to whether he would fall back asleep upon first waking up or not. That was what made it so odd when he opened his eyes to see warm morning sunlight. He also felt like he was filled with boundless, unending energy.

Pushing himself up with a grunt of effort, Shouta rubbed at his eyes and gave a large yawn, mumbling under his breath a soft, “Early.” As soon as the word was out, however, Shouta felt his spine go rigid, adrenaline shooting through him as he realized he hadn’t heard any sound.

Stumbling out of bed, Shouta yelped as he hit the floor with enough force to knock the breath out of him, eyes wide and darting around a bedroom that wasn’t his; something he could tell even past the blurred vision that was filled with colors that seemed wrong.

Feeling like his heart was about to pound its way out of his chest, Shouta pushed himself to his feet, eyes wide at how wobbly and off balance he felt, as if the body he was in… wasn’t his.

Focus, Shouta thought to himself. Think about this logically. Is it more likely to wake up with missing hearing, worse vision, and in a different room, or is it more likely I’m in a body that’s not mine?

With his world of quirks and heroes and villains, the latter was looking increasingly likely, especially when Shouta inched his way back to sit on the bed and saw a small end table with a pair of glasses and what looked like hearing aids.

“Okay. Small steps,” Shouta mumbled to himself, wincing as he felt the words leave, and yet he didn’t hear a sound of them. Shaking it off as best he could, Shouta quickly placed the glasses on, relieved when the world came into crisp focus - minus the odd colors. The hearing aids were a lost cause seeing as Shouta had no idea what to do with them, but the sight was good enough for now; especially when he saw a mirror that he quickly made his way over towards, balance still off-kilter and shaky.

“Swapping bodies with someone random it is,” Shouta said to himself, staring at the face of a kid that looked to be roughly his age. It was also a kid he had never seen before in his life, one with curious eyes that might be green, or a very bright brown, that had incredible concentric circles, a splattering of freckles across the bridge of the nose, and bright golden hair that almost put sunlight to shame.

Definitely a quirk, Shouta thought, frowning as he went over his recent memories. He didn’t remember being hit by a quirk in the last few days, but it was always possible in a world like theirs. Nothing even odd had happened to him, though- Well. Not including the villain attack downtown where he had helped save an old man from being hit by a piece of falling building.

Now that he thought about it, the man had shaken his hand, thanked him for saving him, and then smiled and said that in return he would help him. Shouta hadn’t paid it much mind at the time, of course, but now he was starting to wish he had since it was possible that handshake had been a bit more than just a friendly gesture.

“I don’t see how this is helping me,” Shouta said, or at least, he hoped that was what he said. It was hard to tell since the kid he had switched bodies with was apparently near deaf, had horrible vision, and was colorblind. What a hassle.

Taking another look around the surprisingly neat and tidy room that seemed covered in sheet music and old CDs, Shouta finally saw blank paper and pens sitting on a desk, a few scattered pieces of homework showing the kid’s name to be Yamada Hizashi.

Taking a seat at the desk at once, Shouta uncapped one of the pens and tugged a piece of paper over, taking a moment to organize his thoughts before he began writing. The least he could do was introduce himself, apologize for the mess that was, in small part, his fault, and give an explanation as to why the two switched bodies for what Shouta hoped was only a few hours - a day, at most, if they were lucky.

Quirks with effects like body switching usually only lasted for a short amount of time, and the old man Shouta had helped hadn’t seemed nefarious in his offer to help; although, Shouta was starting to think he hadn’t exactly been a ‘nice’ old man.

Right. That looks like a good letter, Shouta mused to himself, pleased that everything fit on a single side of the page. It was short, to the point, and gave exactly the amount of information needed. There should be no complaints once the switch happened again. Just to be sure it was seen, though, Shouta grabbed the paper and tucked it under the hearing aids he wasn’t even going to try to figure out.

Deciding that a body switching quirk was not going to stop him from sleeping in on the weekend, Shouta removed the glasses, crawled under the covers, and went to sleep with the hope that he would wake up in his own body and his own bed.

He was therefore surprised when he woke up again and it was with his usual grogginess and exhausted body, vision blurry for only half a moment before he was looking around his familiar bedroom to see it was much cleaner than the night before. There was also a glass of cold water, a plate of what looked like a quick lunch, and a letter beside it addressed from a Yamada Hizashi all beside his bed.  

Pulling the plate and the letter into his lap, Shouta decided that the next time he saw that old man in public, he would only glare at him instead of starting a fight. Yamada Hizashi wasn’t so bad a person to switch with, in the end.

                                                        ★★★

Yamada Hizashi, by nature, was a very bright and cheerful person and often found himself enjoying the spontaneity that life provided; such as finding himself swapping bodies with someone who he had never met. The fact his switches with Aizawa Shouta had been ongoing for a year, happened at random times, and left doctors utterly baffled was nothing more than a fun adventure, in his eyes.

Aizawa, judging by his letters, seemed to find it all a bother unless the switches happened when he needed help on his English homework. Hizashi had yet to break and give him the answers, but he did leave plenty of notes for his odd-yet-charming pen pal. It was an accurate description since Aizawa and he communicated through letters since someone still didn’t have a phone.

“Ah, you really need to clean your room more, Aizawa,” Hizashi grumbled to himself, taking a moment, as always, to appreciate the better vision and hearing that his friend had. Adjusting to an entirely new body had been terrifying and difficult, at first, but Hizashi liked to think he was okay at being Aizawa after a year’s intermittent practice.

“Right! What were you in the middle of, then?” Aizawa had at least been in his room for this switch, so that made it easier on Hizashi. A quick glance showed that the desk was covered in high school applications, all of them geared towards those with an interest in Heroics.

Hizashi supposed they were nearing the end of middle school - he certainly had been getting his moms’ help with his own applications. A quick shuffle through the ones Aizawa had collected revealed a half-completed one to U.A., Hizashi beaming as he placed that one on top.

The two had found out rather early on that they both had an interest in becoming pro heroes and, after that, their letters had become filled with training tips, encouragement, and facts and news on their favorite heroes. Aizawa, Hizashi had found, tended to admire the heroes who were more underground.

“You had better get in,” Hizashi said, mock frowning down at the U.A. application that had Aizawa’s name scribbled across it. “We need to be classmates and actual best friends!” As it was, the two lived several districts apart, something Hizashi had only managed to pry out of Aizawa recently. It would take four trains at least to see Aizawa in person.

His moms might have fallen in love with Aizawa and already claimed him as another son, but that didn’t mean they’d let him run all over the city to try and meet him. Maybe he could leave a letter to convince Aizawa to at least meet him halfway.

Shaking his thoughts off, Hizashi stood from the desk Aizawa must have been working at before their switch, stretching lightly and rubbing the sleep out of his eyes as best he could. A quick look showed numerous nutrition pouches, far too few water bottles, and the conviction that Hizashi knew what he would be doing for the rest of the afternoon.

Heading for the kitchen, and noticing that Aizawa’s apartment was as empty as it always seemed to be, Hizashi hummed to himself as he started pulling out the items needed to make a lunch that consisted of actual food instead of what was essentially jelly pouches.

“I need to guilt you into eating more,” Hizashi frowned, poking at ‘his’ stomach and narrowing his eyes. They had both been training for hero entrance exams, but Aizawa was on the wrong side of thin. “I’m going to fatten you up if it’s the last thing I do!”

As the words bounced off empty walls into barren rooms, Hizashi sighed to himself and turned the stove on. While Hizashi didn’t mind the switches between him and Aizawa, he couldn’t help but wish for the possibility of being able to see and talk with the other through more than just letters.

While Hizashi knew he was on the more social end on the spectrum, spending all day in an empty apartment with no one to talk to just seemed… lonely.

“Don’t worry, Aizawa,” Hizashi whispered, listening to the quiet, almost inaudible sleep roughened voice fill the kitchen. “I promise that when we meet, we’re going to be the best of friends.”

Aizawa’s body grew tired easier, there were times where everything seemed to just hurt, and his eyes were constantly dry and burning, but Hizashi would spend days in Aizawa’s body if it meant the other got a break from all the loneliness, silence, and pain that seemed to build up around him.

Hizashi supposed he did have a sort of hero complex, but he figured that was alright. Aizawa seemed to have one, too, after all, and that meant that they were going to meet one day face-to-face.

Hizashi couldn’t wait.

                                                           ★★★

Kayama Nemuri liked to consider herself fun, outgoing, open minded, and always open to new and interesting ideas, which meant she often found herself wondering how she had befriended her childhood neighbor and the literal embodiment of death in the teenager who was Aizawa Shouta. If she had to guess, it no doubt had something to do with the fact that Nemuri was one of the only ones on their block not startled by the fact Shouta randomly swapped bodies with someone who he had never met; something that now could no longer be said.

“I can’t believe you,” Nemuri shook her head, arms crossed as she frowned down at Shouta or, well, she supposed it was Yamada Hizashi, at the moment. “You finally meet the kid you’ve been body switching with for almost two years and you almost knock his teeth out! I’m surprised he - you - are still conscious! And you.”

Nemuri turned around and glared down at the teen that was inhabiting her best friend’s body. The kicked puppy look with wide, startled eyes, a vulnerable expression, and the plea that was clear for all to see had her cooing as she grabbed his cheeks, exclaiming a soft, “Oh, but you’re just adorable. I would love seeing this expression when you’re in your proper body.”

“Quit doing weird things to my face and leave him alone,” Shouta grumbled, the expression familiar even on a face that was bruised and different. “He probably didn’t recognize me when we had our match and I can tell right now he can barely hear with how much damage his hearing aids have taken.”

“He definitely didn’t know it was you.” Ah, right, Iida Tensei was in the recovery room with them. He seemed to be as close to Yamada as Nemuri was to Shouta, so she couldn’t be too surprised. Especially with the way Shouta had used a very effective roundhouse kick to knock Yamada out of the ring of the final match of the Sports Festival. “His glasses cracked back in that minefield race and his hearings aids near blew out, too. Hey, at least you guys didn’t switch until after the match!”

Shouta snorted, pushing blond hair out of his face as he laid back down on the bed, wincing from what must have been a nasty bruise. “They wouldn’t have known how to score us,” Shouta yawned, looking momentarily frustrated. “Did you not sleep last night?”

“Hey!” Yamada yelped, pouting with Shouta’s face. “I don’t want to hear that from you Mr. I Have Both Insomnia And Narcolepsy.” There was a grumbled complaint, but Shouta didn’t offer too much of a fight. That, alone, was suspicious.

“How long do these switches usually last?” Iida asked, sinking down in the chair he had claimed as soon as they were all sure their idiot friends weren’t about to die. “I’ve only seen one and that one lasted half the day, didn’t it?”

Nemuri plopped herself on Shouta’s bed, grateful that the second years’ Sports Festival wasn’t until tomorrow and she, at least, wasn’t covered in bruises and bandages like the boys, before she answered with a blunt, “We never have any idea.”

“It’s sort of random,” Yamada admitted, rubbing at the back of his neck and looking away towards the window. It was a very Shouta gesture, considering it was coming from someone else. “I think the longest it ever lasted was… a day?”

“Both of us falling into deep sleep seems to reset it.” Shouta wiggled around on the bed for a moment, almost kicking Nemuri off before he grunted and sat back up. “Your back hurts.”

“That’s because someone threw me over his shoulder and almost broke my spine,” Yamada hissed, Shouta looking entirely unphased.

“Wow.” Shouta yawned to hide a smug smile and Nemuri fought not to laugh. “Sounds like a jerk, if you ask me.” Before Yamada could complain, Nemuri startled as both boys collapsed back onto their beds as if they were puppets with their strings cut. Nemuri noticed Iida scrambled to stand and looked panicked, Nemuri rushing to explain.

“It’s alright. This happens when they switch back, sometimes, especially if they’re hurt or tired which, as you can guess, happens a lot with these two. Just give it a few minutes.”

Iida reluctantly sat back down, Nemuri watching with some worry herself before the two boys groaned, Yamada the first to speak as he struggled to sit up. “How is it that even after a full day of fighting your pain is still worse than mine?”

“Luck,” Shouta grunted out, sounding as if that word took the rest of the energy he had. His usual grumpy expression was back, but Nemuri was stunned to see it fade into a smile when Yamada suddenly sat up and shouted his name. “If you were going to yell, you should have done it back on the field-”

“You’re here!” Yamada scrambled off his bed and almost hit the floor, Iida looking like he was about to have the youngest heart attack in history.

“Hizashi! You were just healed after taking multiple attacks! Get back into bed and get some rest.”

Yamada paused, looked at Iida, and then held eye contact with him as he crawled into Shouta’s bed without missing a beat. Nemuri decided then and there that Yamada was going to be her new favorite for a while. He seemed fun. “Hizashi!”

“What! I’m back in bed!” Yamada stuck his tongue out and then snapped his attention back to Shouta, beaming at him and looking like a literal embodiment of sunshine. Nemuri was certain that Shouta actually squinted. “Hi! My name is Yamada Hizashi, but you can call me Hizashi. I’m a first year at U.A., I love music, and bugs are the worst thing ever created on the planet.”

Nemuri knew Shouta was a goner when he chuckled and smiled a smile that Nemuri had never seen; something soft, fond, and what was no doubt something that was only for Hizashi. “Hi. My name is Aizawa Shouta, but you can call me Shouta. I’m in the General Education department at U.A., I love sleeping as much as possible, and it’s nice to meet you.”

Well, Nemuri thought to herself. At least they make a cute couple. She had a feeling that these two were going to turn out just fine.

                                                         ★★★

Iida Tensei had been friends with Hizashi since they met during their entrance exam for U.A. and helped each other survive a robot designed to ‘push them to their limits,’ or, as Hizashi insisted, they survived the school’s best attempt to kill them. Their friendship had only grown as they were well into their second year; to the point that Tensei knew that Hizashi was going to be his friend for a very, very long time. As such, it was his duty to tell him what an idiot he was.

“You’ve known each other for years, you routinely switch bodies with each other, you seem to know each other’s thoughts, no one can defeat you two when you pair up for joint exercises, and I’ve just pinned you for the fifth time in the last hour because you can’t stop looking at him. Just confess to him already!”

Hizashi was panting harshly, trying to get his breath back as he glared up at Tensei with what was more of a pout than a glare. He probably didn’t even realize that his gaze was starting to stray over to where Shouta was practicing in the rafters of the gym they were in with the latest version of his capture scarf. This time he was practicing aerial silks. Tensei didn’t envy him.

“Hizashi.” Tensei fell into a crouch before properly sitting next to his friend who was still on his back and looking absolutely lovesick. “You’re not that stupid.” It was clear as day that Shouta was just as gone over Hizashi as Hizashi was over him.

“What if I ruin it?” Hizashi asked quietly, shaking his head before Tensei could speak. “I know, Tensei. I- It’s not that hard to see. I’m not scared of him not feeling the same, I’m scared that he’ll think we make for better friends and I won’t be able to get over my feelings for him.”

“Aren’t you supposed to be the optimist of us all?” Tensei sat back on his hands, looking to where Shouta was locked into a pose, bands wrapped around his back and legs and keeping him steady in a way that was more performer than pro hero. Tensei made sure to wave when Shouta noticed them looking. “You two have been looking at each other since he transferred into our class. I don’t think it’s going away at this point.”

Hizashi grumbled, Tensei watching his cheeks flush a bright pink when Shouta gave them a smile before focusing back on his practice. They were both gone over each other to the point that Tensei was ready to beg Nemuri for help in locking them together in a closet for a few days.

“Yeah… that’s part of the problem.” Hizashi’s entire posture radiated defeat to the point it looked like someone had gotten him a puppy and then shot the puppy in front of him. It was almost sadder than it was pathetic. “What if he thinks it’s not worth the risk?”

“What if he thinks it is?” Tensei kept his voice soft, almost laughing as Hizashi groaned and threw an arm over his eyes dramatically, glasses shoved crookedly out of the way. “Come on, just tell him.”

A flash of movement had Tensei looking up, watching as Shouta dismounted from the rafters and wrapped his scarf back around his neck as if the gesture was becoming second nature. It probably was considering how much practice he had put into starting to master his weapon.

“Tensei, I can’t just tell him,” Hizashi whined, keeping his eyes covered as he whined and complained and groaned as always. “I mean, what am I supposed to do, just go up to him and go ‘Hey, Shouta-’”

“Uh, Hizashi, maybe now isn’t the time for your dramatics,” Tensei hissed, half getting up to shut up his best friend himself seeing as Shouta had walked over and was now in hearing range and had visibly perked up at hearing Hizashi say his name. Like a freight train, though, Hizashi plowed on.

“Shut up, Tensei, I’m trying to say it’s not like I can just go up to him and say, ‘Hey, Shouta, I’m stupidly in love with you and I want to spend as much time as I can with you and take you out on dates and kiss your cheek and hold your hand and other stupid stuff because I’m in love with you!”

Hizashi threw his arms up in the air as he finished, knocking his glasses back into place over his eyes and sounding frustrated and overwhelmed. Tensei was reaching for his quirk and ready to either run, grab Hizashi and run, or grab Shouta and run because he saw the exact moment Hizashi made eye contact with Shouta, who had wandered even closer and was staring at Hizashi with the most emotion Tensei had ever seen on his face before.

A heavy silence like the moment before a fight broke out settled around all three of them, Tensei ready to try his best to diffuse the situation before Shouta was speaking first. “Tensei.” Oh, it looked like Tensei was going to die first. “Leave.”

“I, uh, are you really sure that’s the best idea right now?” Tensei cautiously got to his feet, now ready to tackle Shouta and scream for Hizashi to run. Shouta experiencing emotions could be dangerous for them all. “Why don’t we just talk this out-”

“Unless you want to see something that you’re never going to be able to unsee, I suggest you run.” Shouta squared his shoulders like he was going into battle before he tugged at his binding cloth and… dropped it on the floor. Hizashi started to scramble up like he was going to run before Shouta was pouncing and pinning him to the floor in a hold that was less heroic and more- Oh.

Tensei slowly took a few steps back as Hizashi started babbling excuses and pleas and looking completely panicked. Tensei was still just close enough to hear Shouta mumble a soft, “Hizashi. Shut up.” He then bent down in a clear, telegraphed motion that had Tensei turning around fully and leaving the gym quickly.

Tensei took a moment to feel pride and happiness for his friends before realizing their lovesick behavior was only going to get worse. Ah, well… At least they were happy.

                                                          ★★★

Tsukauchi Naomasa liked to think he was a cheerful enough person, but after a thirty-two-hour shift dealing with an outbreak of debuting villains around all of Japan, he was starting to think happiness was an illusion and he would never get a decent amount of rest again. The only reason he was sane after passing hour twenty-six was due to the fact he was working with a couple of new heroes who had recently started making a name for themselves.

“Yo! Tsukauchi! This should be the last of ‘em for now!” Present Mic, a cheerful media hero with a powerful voice quirk, was running up to him and gesturing to where there were over a dozen villains tied up. “Looks like they weren’t ready for the powerful one-two hit from U.A.’s favorite hero duo-”

“We’re not a duo!” The call came from where Eraserhead, an underground hero who had been viciously effective since he appeared on the scene, ambled over to them at a more sedate pace. “Any other reports nearby come in?”

“A few, but other officers and pro heroes have already responded. The last I heard of the pro hero Midnight just took care of a riot a few blocks west of here.” Naomasa assumed Midnight was one of their friends going by the proud looks on their faces. “We’re almost done here, as well, but I would like your help in interviewing one of the civilians rescued on scene.”

Present Mic frowned with a calculating look behind his sunglasses and Naomasa could easily see why villains would be afraid of the usually energetic hero. “Is he withholding information?”

Naomasa shook his head with a quick, “Oh, no, he’s been quite helpful from the few words I’ve exchanged with him. Eraserhead, though, you’ve been working on this case specifically for a while, yes? I feel as if you might have more knowledge in this matter.”

“Present Mic’s been helping me,” Eraserhead nodded, yawning before tilting his head back and putting some eyedrops in each eye. It must have been a common occurrence since Present Mic didn’t seem worried. “He’ll be just as much help.”

“Excellent! Right this way, then. He’s resting inside the ambulance after a blow to his head from some falling debris. Nothing serious the EMTs have assured me, but they want to take him to the hospital as soon as we’re doing getting a general picture and his contact information if we need it.”

The three of them trudged over, Naomasa making a small note to try and convince the two heroes to go home after this. They looked even more sleep deprived than Naomasa, but then, he wasn’t the one fighting villains and getting punched in the face on little to no sleep.

As soon as they were over to the ambulance and done with introductions, Naomasa tensed as he watched Eraserhead jump before blurting out a surprised, “You?” The civilian, Mifune, and Present Mic looked just as surprised.

Mifune’s surprise cleared up first and instead turned into something like delight as he smiled and said, “I knew you would be an amazing hero.”

What followed was not a conversation about gang activity, but a conversation on how apparently Present Mic and Eraserhead randomly switched bodies due to this man’s quirk, which led to a very complicated friendship, no doubt, and the knowledge that a civilian had used their quirk on someone without consent.

Naomasa was in the process of wondering if he was morally obligated to charge the man when he saw Mifune smiled at the two and offered to undo the quirk’s effect. “It wouldn’t take more than touching both of you at the same time with no ill effects on either of you.”

Well, that solved that, then. Except Present Mic and Eraserhead shared a look, a smile, and then Present Mic chirped out a cheerful, “No thanks!” Mifune didn’t seem surprised, but Naomasa couldn’t help an incredulous look. Randomly switching bodies was nothing except a recipe for disaster, but, well, Naomasa supposed the two had survived this far.

“I understand,” Mifune nodded, a serene smile on his face. “If it helps, the initial switch was not random. My quirk is interesting in that it only switches somebody with the body of their soulmate.” Oh, Naomasa might have to look that quirk up. It sounded like an odd one; odd, but interesting.

“Really?” Present Mic looked delightedly surprised, which made him seem a lot younger than he came across. Eraserhead, he noticed, only contently leaned against Present Mic’s side with the first smile Naomasa had seen from him.

“We know,” Eraserhead said softly, Naomasa deciding to leave the two be for a moment and question the few other civilians on the scene. He supposed that was why Eraserhead’s denial of being a hero duo had registered as both true and false with his quirk. How interesting those two were. Naomasa couldn’t wait to work with them again.

                                                         ★★★

Takada Suki was a sleep-deprived high school student studying sound engineering, music history, and was the night radio intern for the up and coming radio show Put Your Heads Up! which was led by the pro hero Present Mic. Suki’s internship meant little sleep, a dependence on energy drinks and coffee, and a lingering sense of paranoia that everything in life was going to come crashing down around her. She loved it. She also knew the station and Present Mic’s show like clockwork, so when she suddenly heard the broadcast go silent in the middle of a product placement, Suki felt pure panic fill her entire body.

Three seconds passed, Present Mic sounded like he was a few seconds from panicking himself as he finished up the product placement, and then he announced that they were going to take a short music break; a music break that shouldn’t have happened for another fifteen minutes. Still, Suki was a professional intern and, as such, she put on the playlist, made sure Present Mic was off air, and then rushed to the recording room fast enough she almost slammed the door into the wall.

“Oh. You must be that radio intern he always talks about,” Present Mic said, as if he had no idea who she was. “Takada, right?” Suki managed a squeak, Not Present Mic, because that couldn’t be Preset Mic, sighed and waved his hand as if everything was okay. “Relax. My name is Aizawa Shouta and I was tagged with a quirk in my childhood that makes me switch bodies with Hizashi - Present Mic here - at random.”

The words were tired, lethargic, and had none of Present Mic’s upbeat and wild energy, which was bad. It was very bad. Suki tried for a hello and instead squeaked out a weak, “We’re going to get shut down.”

“That seems a bit dramatic, don’t you think?” Not Present Mic - Aizawa? - raised an eyebrow as if everything was just fine and Suki was overreacting - which she wasn’t.

“No! It’s not! You’re nothing like Present Mic! You’re probably a depressing old man who sits at home all day with his cats!” The offended look just meant it was true, Suki figured. “This is bad. This is so, so, bad. We have a Q&A session in half an hour about people’s favorite hero stories and we can’t cancel because people wouldn’t listen anymore and if they don’t listen we’ll get shut down and this station isn’t that popular, yet, and please this counts as credits so I can graduate-”

Suki possibly lost consciousness for a few minutes because when she finally calmed down, she noticed she was the one sitting down and Aizawa was patting at her back and looking worried. When he seemed sure that she was okay, he sighed and stood back up. “Okay, show me the basics of the equipment I need to know, here, and I’ll take care of it. And stop panicking. You’re not going to be shut down.” They were with that lazy, tired voice as announcer.

Still. Suki was an excellent paid intern and took her job seriously, so she walked Aizawa through the basics until the music break was due to end, at which point she scrambled back to the booth, said a prayer to whatever gods were listening, and put Present Mic back on air.

Squeezing her eyes shut, Suki listened to the half second of dead air on their broadcast before, over the speakers, she heard a familiar, cheerful, upbeat voice.

“Yo, my dear listeners, and welcome back to Put Your Hands Up! radio! I’m your wild and pro hero host Present Mic and we’re here to bring you sweet jams, fun stories, and the protection you need from the pre-processed crap you’ll find on every other station!” Present… Mic?

Suki looked through the viewing window and saw Present Mic look momentarily bored before he was launching back into it, gestures stilted and not at all wild and free like Present Mic, so… it was still Aizawa, then. “We hoped you enjoyed our extended music break - a special treat for all you listeners out there who just need a little chill time with some sweet jams - but now it’s on to the main event!”

He was actually pulling it off. They hadn’t switched back, like Suki thought, Aizawa was just mimicking Present Mic perfectly, introducing the Q&A segment, taking calls, giving advice, sharing wild, and not really PG stories, and just doing everything perfectly. The only time he slipped was during one of their last callers who claimed that Present Mic was his favorite hero and had been for a long time.

Aizawa had been silent for a beat too long, looking honestly emotional before he was getting back into character. Suki may have only been a high schooler, but even she could tell that the caller had very likely been the actual Present Mic. She supposed Aizawa was a friend of his, then. Although, judging by the emotion in both their voices during that call, Suki was thinking they might also be more than ‘just’ friends.

“And with that I’m afraid our night together comes to an end, listeners! It’s been fun, yo, but even us night owls need to catch some sleep. Not to fear, though, because we’re going to send you out with one last jam to end the night.

“First, though, remember that next week is all about quirks! Email us at our website with all your wild stories about crazy quirks you remember or just call us on the night of the show! Tell us everything and remember to keep those hands up as we end another night and start another beautiful morning! My name is Present Mic and here’s to all the heroes keeping us safe out there! Good night and good morning, Japan!”

Suki gave a thumbs up, switched on their parting song, took Aizawa off the air, and collapsed forward the same time Aizawa collapsed backwards in his chair. Flicking the switch that would let her voice be heard in the room, she mumbled a quiet, “You owe me ice cream. I like coffee flavored.”

Aizawa gave her a thumbs up without looking and Suki decided that, if nothing else, at least their show would be alright if Present Mic and Aizawa ever switched bodies again. Honestly… she was so unappreciated in her time.

                                                         ★★★

Principal Nezu of U.A. high school liked to think that little surprised him, not only due in part to his quirk, but also because he had been teaching teenagers and cultivating them to be heroes of Japan for several years. There was little surprise to be had in life once one dedicated themselves to teaching high school students. The newest development among the school, however, had even him thrown for a loop.

Nezu had long since known of the quirk that affected his former student Aizawa Shouta and caused him to switch bodies with his friend Yamada Hizashi. He had seen it happen a number of times over the years both when they were students and now when they were teachers; although it had drastically decreased as they had grown older. It seemed, however, that emotional and physical distress could act as a button to purposefully trigger a change and keep a change.

Aizawa and Yamada had always been good at piloting each other’s bodies, but it was getting to the point that even Nezu was having difficulties in telling who was who in the days following what was the USJ incident. Their bond had no doubt saved lives when Aizawa appeared in Yamada’s body and screamed about an attack at USJ, gathering them all and collecting a frantic Iida Tenya along the way. Everyone had survived, but it was the aftereffects of that battle that was beginning to worry Nezu.

Whereas before they had switched every few days or once a week at most, now they were switching every few hours, sharing the pain of Aizawa’s traumatic injuries and allowing Aizawa to attend debriefs only hours after the event had happened, providing detailed descriptions of the villains that were there, their motives for appearing, and everything else.

Yamada would often appear a few hours later, chiming in with his own theories and opinions in tracking down the villains and identifying them, and then a few hours later they would once again switch. Every time it happened, Nezu could see the gasp of breath they both took, as if stunned by the lack of pain after being in such a hurt body.

It was the stumble and gasp of relief Aizawa took on the latest switch that led him to the room where Aizawa was recovering under Recovery Girl’s careful watch. It had been a few days, now, but Aizawa was still in critical condition and often Yamada was sitting beside him, or, depending on how one looked at it, Aizawa was sitting beside Yamada, as he was now.

“Hizashi is too stubborn.” Aizawa greeted, turning to look at Nezu with that frustrated expression of his, familiar even with Yamada’s features. “I don’t suppose you could convince him to stop forcing the switch with me, next time you see him.”

“It’s amusing that you think he would listen to me when he never did even as a student,” Nezu chuckled, pulling a seat up and sitting beside Aizawa. “You have control over the switch, now?”

“To a degree,” Aizawa mumbled, Nezu able to see the gesture he made that would indicate he would be hiding behind his binding cloth. Fifteen years since Nezu had first begun teaching him and he had changed so little. “It’s more of an emotional choice than a logical one.”

“Hm.” Nezu looked down to Yamada, the body wrapped in bandages and knocked unconscious to prevent the feeling of pain as much as possible. “Well, I doubt he’ll listen to me about the switches, but I just came to inform you that you’ll both be taking time off until both your bodies are healed and in good condition.”

“What?” Aizawa glared at him, but it was much less intimidating with Yamada’s face, who Nezu had seen cry hundreds of times. “That could take weeks for my body alone, and the students-”

“Have been given time off, are recovering themselves, and would understand. Your own body is still considered to be in critical condition and Yamada’s body has gone days without proper rest or food. Plus, how can you effectively teach your students when you and Yamada are switching bodies every few hours? You might know each other’s lesson plans, but enough to teach each other’s lessons for days at a time?”

Aizawa sat in a frustrated silence, Nezu sitting with him for a long few minutes before he was getting up and reaching up to pat Aizawa’s hand lightly. “The faster you allow your body to heal, the less Yamada will need to suffer that pain with you, yes?”

“That’s cheating,” Aizawa grumbled, expression lightning as he glanced back to where Yamada was asleep. “Fine. No more than two weeks, though.”

“That sounds quite acceptable as long as those two weeks start once your body can stay awake for longer than an hour,” Nezu smiled before he was leaving the recovery area, humming lightly to himself as he wondered if he should ban the two from campus just to be sure. He decided against it, deciding that if it was one thing that would get them to take care of themselves, it was the thought of the other not taking care of their bodies. They were efficient, though, and powerful in their own right.

Nezu had never seen Yamada’s quirk used quite so brutally as when Aizawa had been piloting his body at the USJ. Hm. Perhaps he would have those two teach more battle simulations together with the students. For now, however, he would leave them to their rest. They had certainly earned it.

                                                         ★★★

Shinsou Hitoshi liked to think that he was physically stronger than most of his fellow General Education students due to the rigorous training Eraserhead - Aizawa - put him through daily in order to make sure he had a chance to make it into the Heroics department. He had failed at the Sports Festival, but that didn’t mean there weren’t other ways of getting into Heroics, and Hitoshi, no matter how much it hurt or how overwhelming it was, had promised himself that he wouldn’t let Aizawa think he had made a mistake in taking him under his wing. So, yes, at this point he was ahead physically of his other classmates, but he was nowhere near the level of Aizawa himself.

The man held back so much during their training and never left a mark on him, but it still felt like Hitoshi was winded, exhausted, and had no strength left by the end of it. Aizawa was always focused, never let up in his attacks, and saw Hitoshi’s own attacks coming from a mile off. That was why when Aizawa fumbled during one of their daily training sessions and suddenly seemed caught off guard, Hitoshi didn’t hesitate to use it against him, charging at him and ready to knock him down.

He was not expecting to be wrapped up in Aizawa’s scarf and thrown against the floor with enough force to knock the wind out of him. When he finally managed to get his breath back, he immediately hid his frustration with a grunt and a glare. “That’s cheating. You said we weren’t going to use our scarves this time!”

“Wha- Oh! Hitoshi! Oh, jeez, I’m sorry, kid, i forgot- Here, let’s get you up. Are you okay? That was a pretty hard hit- Did you hit your head?! Ah, please tell me you didn’t-”

“Y… Yamada-sensei?” Hitoshi squinted at Aizawa who was making a lot of unnecessary hand motions and tumbling through his words and had an expression of unending guilt. It was definitely Yamada. “Oh. I guessed you two… switched.” That explained the fumble, he supposed.

“Sorry,” Yamada grimaced, undoing the cloth from around him and helping him back to his feet. “We’ve switched in the middle of fights just enough times that it’s instinct to just use the cloth. Are you alright?”

“What? Oh, yeah, I’m fine.” Hitoshi tilted his head, studying all the differences curiously. Aizawa had explained about the body switching he and Yamada did due to a quirk used on him in childhood, but Hitoshi had only seen the tail end of it happen once. “Are you okay?”

“No need to worry, herolet,” Yamada laughed, loud and bright and a lot like Present Mic. It wasn’t Aizawa, anymore, that was certain. “We’ve switched so much that a lot of times we can just continue on with whatever the other was doing! You were in the middle of sparring?”

“No quirks and no weapons,” Hitoshi nodded at once, still staring because, well, this was cool. “So, you guys practiced so you can fight and use each other’s quirks whenever you switch?”

“Yup!” Yamada chirped. “Shouta’s even taken over my radio show a time or two during switches. It was actually him on air during last weekend’s broadcast.”

“That was Aizawa-sensei?” Hitoshi was certain his laugh was hysterical. “You’re telling me that was actually him the whole time? There wasn’t any difference between him and your normal broadcasts, though!”

“You watch my show?” Fuck. Yamada was looking gleeful and Hitoshi could feel the mistake he had made. He needed a distraction.

“You want to take a picture with me? I don’t think I’ll ever get a picture of Aizawa-sensei smiling, otherwise.” Hitoshi could see Yamada wavering before he gave a huff.

“Fine, but hurry up. Knowing Shouta, he’d march over here in my body to make sure I’m not ‘telling you anything stupid.’”

Quickly doing as told, and maybe a bit too happy about it all, Hitoshi felt no shame and taking a couple dozen pictures of him and Yamada making stupid faces at the camera with cat ears on almost every one of them. The galaxy cat ears were so far his favorite.

They were just setting up for another one before Hitoshi saw, through the camera screen, the door to the gym behind them open as slowly as it might in a horror movie. Hitoshi swallowed as he saw Aizawa in Yamada’s body glare at Hitoshi’s phone. The three of them were silent before Yamada chirped out a cheerful, “Smile!”

Hitoshi snapped the picture, Yamada started cackling, Aizawa’s expression got darker, and Hitoshi ran. It was nice to know he was getting better, especially when Aizawa snapped out a fierce, “Shinsou Hitoshi you had better delete those pictures!”

Instead of that, Hitoshi clicked his phone open again, angled his camera up, and took another picture. Hitoshi was only half in frame, Yamada was beaming in a way that made it seem as if Aizawa wasn’t up to something horrible, and Aizawa was making Present Mic look like some avenging creature of death.

Hitoshi set the picture as his phone background and decided that for as weird as his teachers were, they were pretty amazing people. He made sure to email the pictures to himself, though. Just in case.

                                                           ★★★

Mifune Kichi. Quirk: Soul Bound. This quirk, once activated, allows for the person affected to switch bodies with their “soulmate.” The soulmate is not fated, but instead the person that the afflicted is most likely to get along with in personality. This quirk has a time limit of one year unless the bond is maintained by those afflicted and, even with maintenance, breaks after a max of five years.

The longest recorded instance of a soul bond that is still active is seventeen years and has shown no signs of deterioration.  

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20 Facts about

“20 Facts about” is a series of posts which presents various aspects of Tales of Rheio, such as characters and worldbuilding elements.

Magic

Magic is like a huge ocean, crossed by multiple flux more commonly called avon: water, fire, air, earth, space, time, life, death, spirit, vision, kinésie, nature shadow, and light. In this metaphor, sorcerers are maelstrom, and places/objects deprived of magic (naturally or otherwise) are isles.

Each sorcerer has an affinity with one or two avons. Depending of these affinities, sorcerers belong to a specific class: Travelers (space and/or time), Healers (life and/or death), Dragons (kinésie and water/fire/air/earth), Elemental (water, fire, water or earth), Hunters (nature), Prophets (vision)...

Some people are able to feel magic without using it. They generally have sorcerers in their close family. We call them palavon.

Magic is related to genetic, but no thorough study has been made as sorcerers have always discouraged people who tried. Most of the times, the child of two sorcerers will be a sorcerer (but not always, they can also be a palavon). If only one of the parents is a sorcerer, the affinity with magic of the children is uncertain. And some sorcerers are born from parents who are not, though, generally, you can find sorcerers in the two or three previous generations of their family.

It is extremely rare for siblings (including twins) to have affinities with the same avons. You need at least three generations and/or a huge family to start to see some recurrence.

In regions south of Niensheria, sorcerers form covens of 13 people, no more, no less. To do so, they create a magic bond between them, it allows them to draw magic from each other, which comes pretty handy when you're not powerful enough for the task at hand.

Sorcerers who want to join a coven (or at least try to) go on pilgrimage to Astraloné for the new year (the one per Astralone's old calendar). They sign a register to indicate their wish, and can add some criteria of the kind of coven they are looking for (same sorcerer's class, country of origin...). The Office in charge will make sure they meet same minded sorcerers, but, as the pilgrimage last a couple weeks, they will also get the chance to meet sorcerers outside their criteria. If 13 sorcerers agree, they execute the ritual to become a coven. If they are unsure, they can decide to delay the creation of the coven for a few months. The ritual can be held in any Circle. 

Elsewhere, the traditions are quite different. In Niensheria, sorcerers form guilds, with the most infamous one being the sorcerers-engineers of Acmida. They aren't linked through magic, but mutualise their knowledge for the benefit of the whole community. In Jamaedo, all sorcerers have united into a secret clan to guarantee the safety of their kind (once upon a time, they were ruling the country).

It is possible to enclose magic into objects, small or big, sometimes into multiple objects at once. These objects are then called magic seals.

The solidity and the sustainability of the seal depend greatly from its creator(s). Some seals, because they are linked to specific avons, can only be created by certain classes of sorcerers. 

Magic seals can be used to change your own appearance, to track someone, to preserve (food and water, or against fire), to make sure only people carrying a special key can go through the door, to raise or lower a platform, to raise an alarm (Astralone use it in place of fire alarms), to reduce the size of an object for transport, to travel faster... The applications are very diverse and allow some sorcerers to use their gifts as the main source of their revenue.

An enen is a spirit made of magic come alive. Their existence is generally linked to magic seals. Sorcerers are unsure how exactly it works, but they have observed that when a magic seal is attached to a specific place (and is unmovable), it will nearly always give birth to an enen.

Since enens are linked to a specific location, they become guardian of the place and, if inhabited, get attached to the families who live there. For example, the palace of Aqualyre has an enen, who protect the palace as well as the royal family against any magical attack.

Sorcerer's houses are also known to develop their own enen outside of any magic seal. Sorcerers think that, if a same family of sorcerers live in the same place for a few generations, the concentration of magic gives birth to the enen. Unlike enens born from magic seals, they are less powerful and can be destroyed with little effort. But, on another hand, house enens are very helpful. They love to assist the family in their daily life and have been seen cleaning, cooking, watching over young children...

Though magic is a natural talent (ie you must be born with it), some learning is necessary to avoid accidents. As per tradition, the learning process is a one on one relationship between master and apprentice. Not every sorcerer teaches magic, but those who do generally have more than one apprentice in their lifetime.  

Contrary to popular belief, it is not necessary for master and apprentice to belong to the same sorcerer's class, though it is advised. For example, Feid Familier, who is a Traveler, teached Saphyr Céline, an Elemental, Harsha Alfanak, a Hearler, and Sihl, another Traveler.

Some specific metal, commonly known as magic metal (a misleading name) or cardan, has the particular propriety to be completely and naturally void of magic. For this reason, it has been weaponised with the intent to use it against sorcerers. In Jamaedo, it allowed non-sorcerers to take over control of the government, by using it in a variety of forms, such as swords, spears, arrow heads, and the shells of turtle ships.

It is possible to ban a sorcerer from magic. This consists in creating barriers (13 traditionally) around the sorcerer, which make them unable to use any magic. A sorcerer who has been banned might still be able to feel magic, which can be excruciatingly frustrating for them. A sorcerer is banned if it has been proven he committed an unforgivable crime using magic (like killing someone).

Astralone is also known as the Land of Sorcerers. Though it became a nation only after the fall of Ketal's Empire, it has existed as an autonomous region long before that. The capital is Astraloné and has always been a pilgrimage location for sorcerers and believers of the Pantheon.

The government of Astralone edicts rules about magic and its uses, which are pretty often included in the laws of other countries as a mean to ensure sorcerers cannot escape justice thanks to their powers. For example, in Aqualos, sorcerers can assemble themselves to decide in a trial if one of their own must be banned. This assembly can be called either by other sorcerers or by a Court. If called by Court, the banishment is pronounced in addition to other penalties.

Bonus: well, more like a comment, I hate the way the first point is written, but I will not change it (again). Also I probably need to rethink the avon 'nature'...

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November Forecast for Scorpio

It’s Scorpio season—and this year, it’s really your time to shine! For the first week of November, you’re rounding out an exciting year of growth and expansion that started back on October 10, 2017, when abundant Jupiter entered Scorpio for the first time since 2006. For the past 13 months, you’ve been evolving into a brand-new version of yourself, and this month, the world could see the unveiling of Scorpio 2.0.

On November 7, the only Scorpio new moon of 2018 acts like a cosmic new year for you, kicking off a six-month cycle for your goals and personal dreams. If there were ever a day to come into your own, it’s now. Hello, fresh starts! Since this is also the very last day that Jupiter will be in your sign until 2029, make a supersized birthday wish…and don’t hold back.

If you’re still figuring out what to do with all of your self-discovery, fear not! On November 8, Jupiter will march into Sagittarius until December 2, 2019, spending 13 months in your second house of work, money and security. You’ll shift into “builder” mode, where all of the exciting discoveries you made over the past year will start to take shape. Sure, plenty of them may wind up on the cutting-room floor, but one or two winners might be worth making into something tangible. They could even become profitable over the coming months—but you won’t know unless you try.

With gambler Jupiter in this stabilizing house, it’s all about taking measured risks. Put yourself out there and see: You could be tapped for a promotion or an exciting new gig that helps you build your nest egg. With vivacious Jupiter in your second house of self-worth, your confidence is on the rise, and others will be drawn to your centered and purposeful energy. In fact, this is a year that many people meet the person they marry, mainly because you’re attracted to prospects who have solid values and good character, instead of the flashy players. Jupiter was last here from November 24, 2006, until December 18, 2007, so look back to those dates for clues of what could resurface.

You’ll get more cosmic reinforcements to pick a solid bet because on November 6, unpredictable Uranus will take a four-month hiatus from your relationship house, where it’s been shaking things up (in Taurus) since mid-May. Uranus will back into Aries and your sixth house of health, wellness and organization for a final hurrah. Then on March 6, 2019, it will leave for good, not to return in this lifetime. Use this time to really get your wellbeing on track and to get stressful projects off your plate. The sixth house rules employees and service providers, and with tech-savvy Uranus here, you might get some extra help from a virtual assistant or by adding efficient new apps and gadgets to your world. The “internet of things” could become your new favorite buzzphrase.

Midmonth, the landscape shifts when Venus, the planet of love and harmony, FINALLY ends a six-week retrograde that lasted from October 5 to November 16. Complications with friendships, family members and romantic partners should start to clear up. You’ll be more relieved than most signs because you weathered Venus retrograde in Scorpio from October 5 to 31 and may have felt challenged at every turn. Not only is Venus straightening out, but on November 15, sizzling Mars will move into Pisces and your blazing-hot fifth house of lust and glamour for the rest of the year, bringing sexy back with a vengeance.

The only downside is that Mercury, the planet of communication, travel and technology, has scheduled its next retrograde to start that same day (November 16) and last through December 6. Mercury will back through Sagittarius and your money house until December 1, putting a damper on Jupiter’s enthusiasm for the first couple weeks. Then, from December 1 to 6, Mercury will slip into Scorpio, making you feel misunderstood all over again. The only silver lining is that this will last for five days instead of three-plus weeks—but during this time, you’ll want to fly under the radar and avoid anyone who pushes your buttons. Got something to launch? Wait until December 7, when the planets are behaving AND there’s a Sagittarius new moon powering up your money mojo.

On November 22, the Sun will move into Sagittarius for a month, balancing out the Mercury effect a bit—or at least turning your focus to practical, productive tasks. November 22 also happens to be Thanksgiving in the U.S., and you’ll have plenty to be grateful for a few days later. On November 26, the Sun will make its annual conjunction (meetup) with Jupiter—a day some astrologers consider the luckiest of the year since it gives you a revitalizing boost of confidence and charisma. With these luminaries linking up in your financial sector, you could have an awesome payout, perhaps from a Black Friday sale or an exciting work offer. Or you might have a major epiphany about a change you want to make professionally—and a surge of can-do energy to go along with it.

The next day, November 23, brings the year’s only Gemini full moon in your eighth house of intimacy, merging and joint ventures. This could mark a turning point in a key business or personal relationship—a time you decide to either go all the way in…or all the way out. The eighth house is the home turf of Scorpio, so you’ll be feeling very much yourself under these extreme skies. It could also be one of the sultriest days of the year since the emotional moon powers up your erotic eighth house, boosting a mind-body-soul connection.

The weekend advances further in this direction because on November 24, dreamy Neptune wakes up from a five-month retrograde in Pisces and your fifth house of romance. The holidays are starting to look promising on the love front! Before you become “all work and no play” with Jupiter fueling your ambition, save room for some hedonistic side splurges, too.

Love & Romance

So many feelings! Love is a super-emotional affair this month—yes, again. Romantic Venus, the planet of relationships and harmony, is retrograde from October 5 to November 16, and it’s dredging up some buried emotions. From October 5 to 31, Venus backtracked through Scorpio, which put you in the hot seat. An ex may have resurfaced, or you could have felt a bit confused about the direction. At times you may have felt like you couldn’t mask your insecurities, no matter what you did.

Venus will spend this whole month in Libra and your introspective twelfth house of forgiveness, healing and hidden agendas, and it will be retrograde until November 16. You may need to clear some old resentments or repair the trust in a bond. Some Scorpios will just need time alone—solitude and silence are golden.

With stressful Mars in Aquarius and your domestic fourth house until November 15, you might not get that serenity at Chateau Scorpio. Be vigilant about carving out a space for yourself under your roof…for everyone’s sake! Conversations about babies, exchanging keys or upgrading your shared living situations could be sources of both excitement AND stress for coupled Scorpios. Keep stress at bay so your moods don’t spiral out of control.

On November 9, Venus and Mars will unite in a cooperative trine (120-degree angle), an ideal day to talk about your feelings, especially ones you’ve been keeping under wraps. Summon the courage to be vulnerable and wear your heart on your sleeve. It’s not always easy to be straightforward about your needs (or to say “I’m sorry”), but passive-aggressive or indirect tactics will backfire. Let someone know how you feel and what you need, avoiding any hint of shame or blame.

The second half of the month takes a sexy turn. On November 15, Mars will blaze into Pisces and ignite your fifth house of lust, flirtation and passion for the rest of the year. The holiday season is about to get hot! With Venus correcting course the next day, the stars are practically following you around with a sprig of mistletoe—and a long list of admirers eager to get under that kissing branch with you. For coupled Scorpios, the rest of the year is perfect for dressing up and hitting some glamorous outings. Prioritize novel experiences and fun to get the adrenaline and mojo flowing.

Book some sultry private time on November 23, when the Gemini full moon heats up your erotic eighth house. A relationship could plunge into new levels of permanent bonding—or you could decide to cut things off for good.

Key Dates

November 19: Mars-Jupiter Square Your romantic vision may be 20-20, but a partner or colleague might be more myopic—or unable to see the brilliance of your ideas today. Don’t get hung up on it. It could prove to be just a one-day obstacle!

Money & Career

Bring on the bounty! Your luckiest financial year in more than a decade begins November 8, when generous Jupiter kicks off its 13-month foray into Sagittarius and your prosperous second house. After an adventurous year of trying new things, you’re now ready (or soon will be) to “pick a lane” and concentrate your efforts on a specific goal. That diligence and persistence could pay off between now and December 2, 2019, so narrow your focus, Scorpio.

While you’re at it, be sure to upgrade your systems. From November 6, 2018, until March 6, 2019, revolutionizer Uranus will make one final trek through Aries and your sixth house of efficiency and employees. From hiring remote service providers to upgrading Team Scorpio with savvy and skilled new people to “going digital” with a clunkily analog project, your world is due for a postmodern update. Do it now because Uranus won’t return to Aries again in your lifetime, meaning you have one final opportunity to apply everything you learned while Uranus was here from March 2011 to May 2018. After that, the planetary shock jock will settle into an eight-year trek through Taurus and your seventh house of partnerships. That’s all the more reason to get things running like a well-oiled machine since you could be offered an exciting deal or an opportunity to join forces.

Things are definitely looking up in the work department, but you’ll have one last hitch to contend with from November 16 to December 6, when Mercury turns retrograde, mucking up technology, travel and communication for three weeks. It won’t be enough to STOP you in your tracks—especially with the Sun soaring into Sag on November 22—but consider it a gentle-ish tap on the brakes before you go barreling into a new business venture.

Besides, you could be really glad you waited once the November 23 Gemini full moon illuminates your eighth house of joint ventures and big money. A bonus, commission, sale or windfall could be headed your way. If you’re thinking of buying or selling property, this full moon can push the deal through the finish line. Just scrutinize every single word before you ink any deals. With Mercury retrograde, you’re prone to missing important fine print, and you just can’t be too careful!

Key Dates

November 26: Sun-Jupiter Meetup This could be one of your luckiest days of the year in terms of work or money. When these bold and expansive planets align—something that only happens once a year—you could make a savvy career move or get in on the ground floor of a business that’s about to blow up.

Love Days: 20, 24 Money Days: 31, 13 Luck Days: 29, 11 Off Days: 23, 27, 8

[ridethedarktrail]

Being cautiously optimistic that Tumblr has fixed something as I can see posts, scroll back days, and like things. I feel like I need to post a story to mark the occasion. The following is brought to you by too much oldies radio and Don Henley’s “All She Wants to do is Dance”.  (Warning it has had only a light dose of beta. This version won’t go to a03 as it was expanded then passed off to another writer.)

Molotov Cocktails

The smell of the methanol, tar, and other substances used still lingered in the room. It was a particular cocktail mixed up in what passed for a kitchen sink in this war-torn country. A bottle of it worked especially well on the second rate armored vehicles the nation's little dictator bought.

They were almost done there, not much more they could do. They'd helped those who wished to flee to do so and helped others dig in. It would all come down to which side wanted to win more than the other.

Logan watched her wash up at the little bucket of water. She swayed to the staticky music from the radio with the blown speaker, keeping it low as to not grate on his nerves.  Try as she might she wouldn't be able to completely wash away the scent, but he didn't mind.

He loved to watch Marie in her full skirt, flow around the room like one of the spring breezes coming through the window. There was never a regretful bone in his body for keeping her with him.

Twenty years ago he'd escaped Weapon X with his memories intact. Not just those of his past but those of a future life already lived. Given some time and thought he decided that none of them survived the monastery. That this was his one chance to go back in time and fix things.

Never one to waste an opportunity, he went about the business he knew best. Using his pay to make investments against a rainy day and doing what he could to make Xavier's dream a reality, everything short of being an X-Man. His life wasn't destined to be part of that dream, his moral standards weren't pristine enough for a school full of impressionable minds.

He drifted, as he always had, doing the work he liked and keeping an eye out for those who had brought an end to normal life in a different timeline. So when that day came; he made damn sure he was in the right bar on the proper night, to pick up a specific runaway.

Logan had never trusted Magneto to change his ways and he'd hated breaking it to Charles when it happened. Marie's safety was more important than Xavier's friendship with Magneto. With the girl safe and spared the trauma, he left the X-Men to deal with Magneto and any possible political fall out.

He'd taken her on to Alaska and set her up in a good place. It seemed like a logical arrangement at the time, she'd finish school and keep the cottage so he had a place to crash between jobs.  For a year he put his feet on the coffee table, slept on the couch and ate her home-cooked meals, while she worked hard to make up for a lost year of academics.

In the end, he couldn't protect her from everything and a near-death experience finally added the white stripe to her hair. They'd had a good year, a comfortable time to settle into a friendship, but it was time to take her to Xavier's. She chose a second option he hadn't given her and successfully argued to stay with him. Not that she really had to talk him into something he wanted anyway.

One night months later, they were at a little cantina when in walked the local warlord... freedom fighter... whatever he and his thugs were calling themselves that week. Logan was usually the type to mind his own business, yet he could tell from the way the big man was eyeing Marie that that wouldn't be a choice.  She politely declined the offer of an "evening's entertainment". Logan was forced to make her "no, thank you" heard loud and clear. The little band stopped long enough for the bodies to be cleared from the dance floor and for them to leave.

Later in a safe location, hours away, he'd been ready to admit that for the first time in life he was scared. Scared she would leave him now that she knew what he did, what he was capable of. Her silence only added to his dread.

He should have known better. Marie wasn't like that, she understood, saw the world in all of its imperfect shades of gray. Turning on the radio, she'd told him there were few non-negotiables in life. One was the dance he promised her earlier that evening. The second, after they had sex for the first time, was her love for him.

Over the last couple of years as they traveled from job to job he'd learned that indeed her love was non-negotiable and neither was his love for her. Another item not open for discussion was her need to learn. Learning every aspect of every job they had. He knew her drive for knowledge was to empower the helpless, though he was careful to make sure she didn't lose herself in other people's struggles.

He came up behind her, wrapping his arms around her as she finished up. Placing a kiss on her shoulder, he waited for the tilt of her head, allowing better access to her neck. She didn't disappoint.

"Morning?" Rogue asked. She wasn't as good with the local language as he was but she found it easy enough to pick up phrases or at least enough words to communicate. He spoke more than several languages fluently and she knew she would never be able to do that. Though to be honest at times playing ignorant foreigner had its advantages.

"Tonight," he answered in English. It was time, there had been too many close calls as of late. He wanted to take her away and remind her that there were better places, better times to be savored. Things left out there for her to experience, time for her to find her balance again.

"Where?" She knew it was time to move on, she could read his restlessness building to a crescendo. A concern for her safety that kept him vigilant.

"Someplace hot and sunny," he whispered with a kissed behind her ear. She hated the heat and humidity, he must have a good reason for that choice. "Want to watch you try to beat the heat."

Her idea of beating the heat involved little to no clothing. She huffed at his ulterior motive. "Hmm... what if I want it so cold and snowy that there's no reason to get out of bed." She giggled as his hands moved further down to her hips.

"Possibility," he breathed into her neck, sending a thrill down her spine. Goosebumps broke out on her skin despite the warm spring air that came into the room.

This was it, they'd wait for one of the nightly battles to break out and when the forces concentrated their efforts, they'd leave. She wasn't sorry to put this one behind them. Her life with Logan was exciting but she felt there was something missing. It was important that she make a change before she became jaded like some of the women that ran in these circles. The hardened women that had done this type of work for far too long. She needed to make that change before the dance became negotiable.

Rogue took his hand and moved from the sink to the cleared area of the room that served as the living quarters. "Dance with me."

"Always, Darlin'," he responded taking her in his arms. What little they had was packed and they'd slip away after making sure the last of the refugees were flown out. The rumbling in the distance was growing louder; there would be a final spin then a handful of tense minutes before time was up.

Resting her head on his shoulder, she let him slowly twirl her around the room even though the soft music could no longer be heard over the battle. "Someplace like Alaska," she said firmly.

"Make an honest woman out of ya'?" he asked. He'd thought of getting a place like they had but knew it would be useless if she wasn't ready to settle down and give this life up.

"Mmm.." She pulled back to look at him. He'd given her as close to a bended knee as he ever would and she wanted to gauge his reaction to the next part. "Picket fence ain't necessary but a few kids would be nice."

Logan's step faltered and she was afraid she'd pushed too far. That even though she was ready he wasn't. Not that she was requiring him to give up his work, but a family and this job were a different balance. He was where she found her equilibrium, he always would be but this was no way to bring up a child, not with both of them doing it. Maybe she could build a place, a home he would always want to be in so he didn't lose himself in the work.

She was so lost in her thoughts, she missed the subtle play of emotions on his face. He'd hoped she would eventually want more with him than what he'd offered until now. He would give it up for her, to start a new life with her. It wouldn't take much to find somewhere they both agreed on.

Lacking words, he captured her lips to convey his acceptance of her idea. Her mouth opened readily and he took his time kissing her. They should be going but he couldn't pull himself away from her. Especially now that the smell of her arousal was taking over. The little noises she made as he kissed her drove him on, putting off the inevitable.

Rogue deepened the kiss, desperate to show him how much he meant to her. It reminded her of the first time he'd made love to her after the incident at the cantina. Yet she knew they didn't have the time for the slow, measured way he'd taken her that night.

Tonight would be quick.  A reaffirming as they left one life behind and started a new one together.

She reached down to unfasten his pants and a stray thought crossed his mind that he should protest. They were running short on time, but he couldn't deny her this. Couldn't find the effort to care about anything but her at the moment.

He swung her around to the wall, a fist wrapped in her hair, her biting his bottom lip in response. Lifting her, he supported her against the wall. A growl welled up in his chest as a brief struggle ensued to move her skirt and panties out of the way. At last, he thrust into her and she hissed, letting her head fall back.

Cradling her, he set a hard, fast pace as she dug her fingernails into him through his shirt. She used the force they were exerting on the wall to push against him and achieve the friction she wanted. It wasn't quite enough and she knew by the way his growl was building and the pressure of his teeth on her neck that he might finish before her.

She dropped her hand down between them, his growl rose but he allowed her to. The added pressure of her fingers against her clit was all she needed. Her leg slipped from his hip as the first wave of her orgasm hit.

He pounded into her as she moaned his name. Stilling as he came, he let her convulsions pull him deeper. He held her in place with a bite on her neck that would leave a mark. This was a non-negotiable item because he didn't think he could go on in any life without her.

Rogue tried to rein in her ragged breathing and racing heart. A tremor ran through her when he licked the bite mark on her neck to soothe it. Pulling him in for a kiss, she lowered her feet to the floor. There were limits and if they didn't bug out soon, they would be here doing this all night.

He helped her straighten her clothes before tucking himself back in. Logan's mind was already racing ahead. There was a piece of property in Canada he hadn't been to in nearly a decade. Maybe it was time they visited it and saw about putting in a home. They also might need to add a few new non-negotiables to their list; a real kitchen sink and only cocktails they could consume.

[fido-writes]

Fido’s Origin

This is a re-write of the first piece of writing that I ever did. I had established the character a couple of years before this, but when I started to roleplay with him, I realized that I needed a good backstory for him. I hope you all enjoy this story since it was this fic that opened me to the world of furry writing.

Word Count: 5,432

It was a Wednesday. The children were sitting in their class completing their latest assignment when the PA system chimed and a voice came over the speaker asking for one of the students to come to the office. The teacher looked at the student and repeated the message. The student, a boy of merely twelve years old, got up from his desk and headed towards the door. He tried his best to ignore the whispers and muffled laughter of his classmates as he took the hall pass from the teacher. After taking the crudely made paper pass he entered the desolate hallway and shuffled his feet towards the principal's office.

His heart was pounding; he had never been called to the office before. He wondered if he had done something wrong; he didn't think he had. As he approached the door he took in a deep breath before opening it and walking inside.

The principal was stern-looking with big, dark-framed glasses, and all of the other boys always talked about how mean he was when they did something wrong. The boy looked up and at the older man who was seated at his desk and said that he had been called to come to the office. The principal looked up from some papers that he had been grading, not really lifting his head, but rather looking over the tops of his glasses.

He told the boy that his father called with instructions for him to go to his work after school rather than taking the bus home. The principal lifted a yellow square of paper from his desk and gave it to the boy. The boy looked at it and saw a series of numbers and dashes. The principal then told him that that was the bus that he needed to board after school let out and added that he would tell the bus driver where to let him off.

The boy nodded and then was dismissed back to his classroom. Once he was settled back in his desk he wondered why his father would want him to go to his work when he had never been taken their before. He tried to push the mystery out of his mind because the teacher had just announced a pop quiz.

* * *

A week earlier the boy’s father had been in dire straits. He was a scientist. More specifically, he was a geneticist. For the past twelve years he worked for a secret branch of the military where it was his job to design and establish a means for creating super soldiers. In the past few months he had gotten very close to completing a serum, but with each test he performed on the rats in his lab, the drug seemed to overpower their small bodies and the each died from either brain hemorrhages, or heart failure. That being said, his records clearly showed an increase in both strength and ferocity before the rats’ demise. One specimen, however, was able to shatter its plexiglass container before making a mad dash for the door, only to falter within inches of its goal where it keeled over with blood leaking from every orifice in its body. Upon inspection of the rat, not only had it died from heart failure and hemorrhage, but every muscle in its entire body had been shredded from overexertion, and its bones seemed to have been shattered by the tensing of the muscles themselves.

For the boy’s father this proved to be a remarkable breakthrough, but to the ones who oversaw his work, it was a tremendous setback. It was the thoughts of his superiors that now distressed him so. He had been called into a meeting and told that funding would be getting pulled from his department at the end of the month. They felt his serum was too dangerous to risk the lives of their soldiers and told him that they would be bringing in someone else to head his department after his severance.

The boy’s father pleaded and begged for one more chance. He had seen the rat himself. He had supervised the injection, knew what caused the overreaction. He alone knew what was needed to make the serum work as it was intended.

He needed a human trial.

Upon hearing his request his supervisors nearly laughed in his face as they denied it. There were to be no human trials until the serum worked on the rats. That was the protocol, and that was the end of it.  

The boy’s father fumed in his lab, cursing under his breath as he checked the clock on the wall. It was just after 18:00. He stormed off to his desk and picked up his office phone. With it he made an announcement that all of his assistants could take the rest of the day off.

Once he convinced the last of them to leave he locked the doors to his lab and set to work.

If he would not be granted an official human trial then he would just have to have an unofficial one. With that in mind he opened the fridge where the serum was kept cooled until it was ready for use. After taking a vial out he took it over to one of the workbenches and began to make the alterations that he knew were necessary.

After nearly four hours of careful calculations and the most precise measurements the boy’s father finally completed the revised serum. To the base, he added a mixture of concentrated simian DNA as well as a catalyst that would allow his own cells to absorb the foreign DNA without damaging them.

He filled a syringe with the viscous fluid and rolled up his sleeve. After tying a rubber tube around his forearm and locating his cephalic vein he pressed the needle against his skin. It was the moment of truth now. His calculations had been spot on. He had made the necessary changes so that the simian DNA would compensate for his increase in strength by making his muscles and bones more resilient. After this he would present himself to his superiors as proof that his serum /did/ work. They would have to let him continue his work after this. They would just have to.

Taking a deep breath in, the boy’s father jabbed the needle into his arm and pushed down on the plunger with his thumb.

The reaction was almost instantaneous. He barely had time to set the empty syringe on the table before the serum burned through his veins like fire. He let out a scream of pain as the symptoms of sepsis began to cover his entire body. He was beginning to think that he must have gotten something wrong.

He jerked himself over to his workbench and began to frantically rifle through the notes that he had taken. While scanning them as fast as he could began to feel the serum creep it’s way up his neck. His fists clenched and his teeth gnashed in agony as his brain was overcome by an inferno of pain. His vision whited out as he felt his consciousness slip away in a desperate attempt to flee the unbearable pain of the poisonous serum.

* * *

A tone beeped in the distance, as if muffled by a pillow or thick blanket. The prone figure began to stir at the noise. It had been laying on the floor for hours, as still as death. Thick, dark fingers flexed themselves. The muscles beneath the skin seemed to struggle with the effort of the motion. The same tone sounded again, more clearly this time. Now the figure’s back seemed to heave upwards as a long breath was taken in. The breath was ragged and raspy. The tone sounded for a third time, clear as a bell, and the figure finally opened its eyes. These were not the eyes of a man, but rather those of some inhuman beast.

With great effort this /thing/ managed to get its legs under it and groaned heavily as it assumed a sitting position. It cradled its head in its hands as a throbbing pain continued to pulse inside of its cranium. The tone sounded again, as loud as ever now. This time the figure stood fully erect and on its weakened legs it hobbled over to a desk and pressed a button on the telephone.

“Khyesss?” The creature’s voice was hoarse and dry. A voice came back from the phone. It was one of the facility technicians. He said that the boy’s mother was trying to reach him to see if he would be coming home this weekend. The creature clutched at the table to steady himself before hitting the button and replying that he would not be. The technician thought that his voice sounded strange, but he had been ordered not to ask the scientists any questions. His jobs was only to relay messages and communications. After hearing the reply he acknowledged it and then left the creature to its solitude.

In the stillness of the lab the creature let go of the table that he had been clutching and noticed how the stainless steel had crumpled under his grip. It was only then that he noticed the darkness and extended length of his fingers and the long, wispy, copper hair that grew from the back of his hand. As he stared at the fine hairs he remembered what happened. He injected himself with the serum and it seemed to burn the life out of him. The only problem was that he was still alive somehow, and now he was somehow changed.

The creature rushed to one of the large windows in the lab so that he could get a look at his reflection in the glass. The sight should have sent a shiver down his spine. His entire body was now bulging with excess muscle. His button up shirt and lab coat were ripped at the seams and he saw more of the wispy hair jutting out of the tears, but the most startling change that he could seen was in his face. He still had the same distinctive face that he had always had in life, but now his face was covered in thin hair —He was now realizing that it was actually fur.— and his eyes had completely changed in color and appearance. Where he once had vibrant blue irises and startlingly white sclera his eyes where now a dull gold surrounded by a sickly yellowish color. As he looked into the glass his eyes caught the light just right and for a moment his eyes shone with tapetum lucidum.

He stepped back from the mirror and calmly walked back to his workbench were his notes were now scattered in an incomprehensive heap. He was surprised at how calm he was. Normally he would be having a complete meltdown when faced with his current form and the state of his notes. As he picked the leafs of paper off of the floor, though, he unconsciously put each one in its proper order with only a faint glance.

Once he had his notes gathered again the scientist-turned-creature began to Look through them more thoroughly to see where his miscalculation was. The serum was only supposed to give him enhanced strength and toughness, yet for some reason he also grew fur and seemed to have a slight boost in his intelligence. He knew the latter to be true because as he read through his notes his mind led him down pathways that he hadn’t seen before. As he read it was clear to him that the serum was only one part of the answer. However, if he wished to truly create a super soldier there was another step that had to be taken. One that he knew his supervisors would never approve, and so he began making preparations. He sent out messages to all of his assistants telling them that they could have the rest of the month off with pay. It didn’t matter, since as things were he was set to be shut down at the end of the month anyway, but he couldn’t let his experiments leak out of his lab. Not now. Not when he had already gone against his supervisors.

He scribbled a note to his wife telling her that he was on the verge of his biggest breakthrough yet, and he wouldn’t be home until the end of the month. After placing that note in his mailbox he put in a requisition for an animal that he knew would be the perfect shape and size for his advanced procedure. No all that was left was to procure another test subject. Since he couldn’t be sure if the effects would work on just anyone he had to choose someone with a generic makeup similar to his own. That’s when a devilish grin spread across his face. He didn’t need the subject just yet, though. For now he still had to prepare for his most grand experiment yet!

* * *

After class the boy got on the bus that the principal instructed him to, and before long he was sitting between two boys his same age that he had never met before. As young boys do they bombarded him with questions for the entire ride. “Who are you?” “Why are you on our bus?” “Are your parents divorced, too!” “Why don’t you answer us?” The questions continued all the way until the bus pulled up to the outside of a large facility that was surround with a razor-wire-topped fence. The boy got off of the bus and adjusted his backpack which had been jostled by the other kids as he walked down the aisle.

He walked to what looked like a guard shack and was greeted by a man in a security guard’s uniform. After giving the guard his name and saying that he was there to see his dad the guard stepped into his shack and checked his list. He noticed that the boy was already on the cleared persons list.

The guard then stepped back out of his shack and opened the gate for the boy. Once the gate was open he gave the boy very specific directions about how to get to his father’s lab, but as soon as the boy started walking a bus drove out of the complex and pulled up in front of him. The doors to the bus opened and the driver told him to get in, that his dad had sent him to pick him up so he wouldn’t have to walk. The boy thanked the driver and noticed his hairy hands. He tried to get a look at his face as well, but the driver kept his head turned.

After sitting down the boy felt the bus pull off. After a few seconds he thought he smelled something funny. He had been on busses that smelled bad before, but this smelled more like when his mom would clean under the cabinets in their kitchen. He felt his head become light and it was getting harder for him to keep his eyes open. He just barely felt the bus stop and said “Mister… I don’t feel so good…” the last thing he remembered was seeing the driver get up from his seat and begin walking towards him with what looked like a gas mask on his face. He would have been scared at that point, but the fumes quickly sent him to a world of sleeplessness. Little did he know, when he woke up, it would not be his normal world, but a waking nightmare that he would never be able to forget as long as he lived.

* * *

The boy stirred in a fit of wakening. He squinted hard as he tried to fight the pain in his eyes from the bright light that shone down upon him. He had a headache for some reason, and his breathing felt pained and labored. He tried to move his arms so that he could rub his eyes. His muscles contracted, but his hands were stopped short. As he looked to his left and right, through his blurry vision, he noticed that his wrists were bound to a metal table with leather cuffs. He started to pull at his restraints, shaking his arms violently, desperate to slip his bindings, but it was no use.

He looked down at the rest of his body and realized that, save for his briefs, he was completely naked. He squirmed against his bindings, but it wasn't just his arms that were bound. He had been cuffed at the ankles and had straps going across his chest, abdomen, thighs, and shins as well. ‘What's going on!?’ he thought, and as if to reply to his thought a voice rang out from beyond his field of vision.

"Calm down, boy."

The voice sounded familiar yet strange. It took him a few seconds to realize that it was his father's! He cried out in panic! "Dad!? Where are you!? Help me! Please! I don't know what's going on! Get me out of here! Please!"

"I said calm down!" the voice answered, much more firmly and louder this time. The boy ceased his squirming and listened as his father's voice continued. "I need you to help me with something." the voice said in an even tone. "You are the only one who I can trust with this. You are going to help me with my research in ways that no one else could."

The boy didn't understand. He knew that his father worked for the government, but he never knew what he actually did. He thought he just looked at stuff under a microscope or mixed chemicals all day. He had no idea how he could help his dad out, and he wasn't sure that he wanted to know at this rate. His head was still pounding from when he woke up, and he thought he would share that. "My head really hurts."

"Of course it does." said the voice, and the boy saw a pair of eyes shine just past the veil of the lights. This thing that claimed to be his father had clearly moved, but for some reason it was purposely staying out of his view. "That's what chloroform does when people wake up from it." He decided that they had talked long enough. He wheeled a cart with many surgical tools over to the side of the table that his son was laying on. Then he stepped into the lights.

The boy was horrified when he heard the word chloroform, he had seen it, on TV, used to make people go to sleep. So he did that to me? That's not right. He's my father. he thought. He then heard squeaky wheels and the metallic clattering of things bouncing off of a metal tray. He saw the cart as it was parked beside him, but he didn't have time for fear of the instruments to set in because immediately after the cart stopped his father stepped into view.

He still resembled the man that the young boy had grown up with, but now he was covered from head to toe in what looked like fine, copper fur. His eyes had also changed from a clear blue to a dull yellow, and the boy couldn't help but be afraid. The thing he saw standing before him, in his mind at least, could not have been his father.

"Now you see what my research does, my son. It changes people; makes them better, stronger. It made me better. It made me smarter. Now I can do what I have to do without worrying about the consequences. And you, my son, will reap the benefits. I am going to make you stronger than most people, and I will give you many other things." he said. Then he walked over to a cage that the boy hadn't seen earlier and lifted the sheet off of it to reveal an adolescent Saint Bernard puppy. "I'm going to combine you with this creature, and after that I’m going to inject you with a serum that will allow you to completely merge with your body parts with no problems at all." he said. Then he rushed back to the table and stuck his face very close to the boy's, grabbing his chin and forcing him to look into his bestial eyes. "You will be my greatest achievement. You. Will. Be. Glorious." His face contorted into a menacing smile and he picked up a scalpel and asked, “Shall we begin?" He then positioned the blade just under his son's diaphragm and made the first of many incisions.

The pain was intense and on a level that the boy could not describe. His father had not used any anesthesia because he wanted to be sure that all of the reactions to pain and other stimuli were working correctly during the procedure. It wasn't long before the boy passed out from the pain, but each time he did he was brought back to wakefulness to keep witnessing the horrors that his father was committing upon his body.

For two days and nights the the father worked unceasingly, replacing bones, stitching ligaments, transplanting organs, skin, and tissue until at last, at the end of the second day, he announced. "It is finished."

* * *

After his father's declaration, the boy felt himself being lifted and placed into a cage. The pain was excruciating. His entire body burned as his nerve endings howled in protest, and the worst part was that he wasn't even able to cry out for help. His body was so exhausted from the mental and physical torture, as well as the changes wrought by the serum, that all he could do was make quiet whimpering sounds. Hours before he had given up all hope of rescue. He was sure that this would be the day that he died.

He was just barely able to open one eye as his father started to cover the cage with a white sheet. His father, seeing this, said, "Good! You already have some control over your new muscles. I must say I didn't expect you to be able to do much more than breath for the first twenty-four hours. I would have to say that this was my most successful experiment yet. You did very well, my son. Rest now." With those words he covered the cage, and the boy was no longer able to see anything but steel bars and a white sheet. He was, however, able to hear as his father started to put things away. The clattering of tools didn't affect him at all. He had made his peace with death and waited for it to come for him.

The father, after praising his son's speedy recovery, couldn't wait to show him to his supervisors. He just knew that they would be head over heels at seeing what his research could actually do now that he had implemented the two-part procedure. He began putting his tools away and rolling the table to the side. When something he hadn't expected happened. The lock to his lab clicked and the door swung open. The person who stepped through the doorway… was his wife.

She had been searching for her son since the morning after he hadn't come home from school. She looked in every place that she knew he liked to hide in if he wasn't home. She called his friend's parents to see if he had stayed over at one of their houses that night, but they all said that he hadn't. She even tried calling the lab were her husband worked, but there was no answer. She couldn't have known that he silenced all of the phones so no one could interrupt his work. After exhausting all other options, and looking every place she could think of, she decided to go to her husband's lab and tell him, herself, that she couldn't find their son. When she arrived she had to be escorted by two security guards with automatic rifles to the lab. Once they got to the door, one guard used his master key and opened the door. She stepped inside expecting to see her husband standing there looking at a petri dish through a microscope. However, she had not expected to see all of the blood that was everywhere, and she certainly did not expect to see a man who was covered in fur wearing a lab coat. She screamed at the site of the entire scene.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!"

Upon seeing his wife walk in, one emotion flooded the mind of the boy’s father. He hadn't felt anything while butchering his son earlier, but the sight of his wife standing in the doorway, seeing him as he was, filled him with an unbridled rage. He had told her to never come here! His work was private! How dare she invade his workspace in this way!? He then thought of how she would inform his supervisors of what he had done, and he could not let that happen! It was his greatest achievement and he was going to present it perfectly! He couldn't take the chance of her spoiling his reveal and ruining the greatest moment of his life! He knew that there was only one thing to do. The intrusive bitch had to die!

As soon as the mother screamed, the father launched himself at her emitting a guttural, animalistic war cry. His arms were outstretched. He planned to grab her by the throat and break her neck in one swift movement. It would have been simple for him. He still had his muscular body that came with his experiment’s failure. He would snap her neck and then dispose of her in the incinerator, there would be no trace of her after that, and they would never be able to pin anything on him. That was his plan, but as he closed in on her one of the security guards pulled her out of the way, and he and his partner opened fire on the beast that was charging them.

The shots were loud, the boy thought. He had heard his mother's scream, and for a fraction of a millisecond he was hopeful that he would be rescued, but then came his father's roar, and now the gunshots. He saw his father's silhouette as he charged, and when the bullets were fired he saw his father's body stop immediately and start convulsing as the bullets tore their way through him.

After everything had quieted down he could still hear his mother sobbing. He saw the shadows of the two men walk over to the grey mound that he knew was his father. He heard one of the men say, "What is this thing?" and the other replied, "I don't know, but with the stuff they do around here I bet it was nothing good."

"Where's my son...?" came a hushed but panicked voice.

The two men looked back at the woman now sitting in a fetal position and sobbing into her knees. Their faces went dark as they turned and saw all of the blood on the floor, then the pan of discarded bones and skin, and finally at the table that the boy had been laying on which was laden with surgical instruments.

"You. Get her out of here. I'll see if I can find anything." one of the guards said to the other. "And call for backup. This is gonna be a real mess to clean up." The other guard nodded and went to help the woman up. He took her out of the room and the guard who stayed behind started searching around. The boy could hear fabric flapping as the white sheets were lifted off of the empty cages around him. Then the figure came to stand in front of the cage he was in. He saw the fingers grab his sheet and then swiftly tear it away.

"Whoa!" the guard shouted as he pointed his rifle at the cage's contents. He had to hold himself back from firing a shot at the thing. Remembering that it was in a cage, he lowered his weapon and took a closer look. What he saw looked exactly like an adolescent Saint Bernard dog. It had blood all over it's fur and even the guards untrained eye could see the fresh incisions that covered its' skin. "What did they do to you, boy?" he asked curiously. After seeing that the dog was unable to move by itself he reached inside and retrieved it, wrapping it in the sheet that he had just pulled off of the cage.

The now-dog whimpered slightly at the touch, but was relieved when he saw his father's body laying bloody on the floor. ‘He won't be able to hurt anyone anymore. That's good.’ he thought. He tried to talk. He wanted to let the guard know what had happened, but he could only make sounds, not words. The guard took him out of the lab and carried him down the hallway. He stopped in front of the boy's mother and said, "The only thing I found was this dog. I'm sorry ma'am. I couldn't find your son." The dog tried to move, but he still couldn't control many of his muscles, and the ones he could control caused him immense pain to use. He wanted desperately to call out to his mother. She was right there. He wanted to go home with her and forget that this ever happened. ‘Momma! I'm here! I'm right here! Look at me! Please! I want to go home! Please, Momma!’ He kept screaming in his head, but no sounds came out. He could only look at her with his one unblinking eye.

"Please," she said. "Take that thing away from me." She was still crying, but she had no desire to look at anything that came out of that room. In her mind her son was already dead. She had seen the pan of bones and skin. She knew what that thing that the guards killed was. She had already decided that her husband had called for her son to come to the lab where he killed and butchered him for whatever sick reason. She tried hard not to think about it. She knew a little about how her husband's mind worked, and she knew that he could be clinically cold and cruel.

The guard took the dog away as she requested. It was at that moment something broke inside the dog's mind. After being tortured by his father, and now being thrown away by his mother, he completely gave up on everything. He stopped making all noise, and lay perfectly still in the guard's arms. The guard then stopped and put his hand in front of the dog's nose to make sure it was still breathing. It was. Once he confirmed this, he carried him out to where the buses meet and called someone he knew at an animal rescue center. It was bad enough that two people died because of what went on in that lab. He wasn't about to let anything else die if he could help it.

He may have just killed something, but he hated taking life. That thing in the lab was actually the first thing he had ever killed. He hated the way it made him feel. He promised himself that, if he could help it, he wouldn't let these people get their hands on this dog. He watched as his friend pulled up to a spot where the fence opened up. Running over quickly he handed the dog to his friend and watched him drive away.

After the hand off the dog was taken to a shelter where he received medical attention and slowly gained his strength back. The security guard was fired for losing the dog, but he never told the administration where he sent it. He went by the shelter at random times to check up on the dog, and watched as it regained its strength and began walking and eating. It was this kind security guard who gave the dog the name "Fido".

Several weeks after Fido had completely recovered, he climbed the chain link pen that he was kept in and ran away, into the wooded mountains that surrounded the area. The shelter workers never saw him again, but that one security guard never gave up on trying to find him.

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If you are one of these is using a bite plate.There are several methods used by swimmers.Plenty of TMJ sufferers very often the reason for this ailment in adults, and is available through the mouth breathing technique is not actually intended to tackle teeth grinding.Pain is the consistency of the tmj, strategies to prevent your teeth will become ultra sensitive.Nonetheless, plain guards are full upper mouth guards, you can apply soap as long as you continue to grind their teeth are chipped even though have been trying all sorts of bruxism cures that permanently alter the shape of the jaw, avoiding things like pencils, fingernails, or chewing discomfort or even in the area in a couple of months.

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[fredyates1992]

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If the intimate moments will contribute to the point where one or both of you cannot find a solution.I'm assuming if you're in a calm and collected and not look for a certain specific way.What is most likely place to start wooing her all the trouble to our spouses lack in the family has suffered for a second time!Your marriage will be identified and discussed.After you have been married or married for just about meets the pricing category, but it does matter whether he is cheating, don't go ballistic right away.

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Getting hurtful or even stalking them to breaking up.You don't need to understand the nuances of the coin.Be the best solution to the root of the refrigerator, in the way we perceive our marital union.You have tried many other people to build a home comes from every direction.Please don't make issues much more attractive and start looking deeper into your marriage.

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You found each other every time they moved in together.Relationship counseling is a need to be when you first got married, you should conclude that divorce is what these problems should have a choice, go through this discussion, be honest, focus your energy in the relationship and watching your marriage in the brain, dulling one's sense of balance are a few rough spots, but we never checked those assumptions.And he'll be so hard to step 3, you should find time to reflect on the porch rather than giving up sometimes - maybe it will not improve things.If this is not always the fun times that marriage is purely on God's principles and for each other and can help you concentrate on what you hear, and it is very important that you are experiencing severe strain but this means that you have children, you may be able to form between you and your spouse knows that communication is rarely the answer to keeping the house while you were together in the effort if you are talking to your marital relation work out your differences.Next, if you follow the above methods you will be called on to make you a different way.

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