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You mean "I don't know why", don't you?
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you cling so tightly to the beast that waits to devour you
(please don’t tag as ship)
#i was watching noah's ark circus and it really hit me how tiny and young ciel is because his actor in that show is so small#i think the narrative in the manga gives him adult autonomy and authority so it's easy to forget he's just a kid#their relationship makes me feel ill in both a positive and negative way that’s hard to articulate#hopefully an image is worth a thousand words haha#as a christian im kinda ehhh about drawing the mark of the covenant but i suppose it's fictional so...#i added “dont tag as ship” when i posted and i wonder if i should have clarified that this isn't meant to be a “dadbastian” image either?#this isnt the domesticated creature caring for his small human son this is a predator protecting its quarry to be consumed later#i feel like “ship” and “dad” are at opposite ends of a field and their canonical relationship is actually somewhere completely different#well... one of those far-off interpretations is nicer to imagine than the other haha#kuroshitsuji#black butler#bb#black butler book of circus#book of circus#ciel phantomhive#o!ciel#our ciel#sebastian michaelis#sebastian black butler#ciel black butler#my art#digital art#2025
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wowzers, the lannister twins are actually so dissimilar with such differing views of the world by showing how they literally see colors differently when meeting qyburn and looking into his eyes. or else this is a hint of the extent of qyburn's unnatural powers, that he can just change the color of his eyes whenever he feels like it. in other words ...
and in this case the wizard was qyburn doing stuff to his own eyes!
#valyrianscrolls#asoiaf#asoiaf meta#jaime lannister#cersei lannister#qyburn the chainless#this isn't abt me nitpicking grrm for nerd bonafides so much as showing why overanalyzing every detail and saying your theory has legs bc#grrm is such a great writer that no sentence is there for no reason must mean something can't all just be a mistake etc does not work for m#not only is he a human man whose editor can't catch every little thing but some words/sentences rlly are just more imprnt than others#there are things called background detail and atmosphere so not every word/sentence is created equal#this one just sticks out to me bc eye color is less subjective than jeyne's hips#but unlike renly's green-blue eyes bold blue eyes and warm brown eyes arent close to the same color#so never forget that qyburn has two completely distinct eye colors w each lion twin bc grrm can't rmbr everything#(c)lsb
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Minor spoilers for the already revealed chapters of the next A Starless Clan book Wind
#a starless clan#a starless clan spoilers#wind spoilers#asc spoilers#warrior cats spoilers#warriors#warrior cats#tigerheart#tigerheartstar#tigerstar 2#tigerstar#Squirrelflight#squirrelstar#frostpaw#Nightheart#I’ve been wanting to draw this ever since the chapters were revealed and what better time than like two days til the book comes out#i actually think tigerheartstar is an interesting character in this arc he genuinely thinks he’s doing the right thing and he does honestly#want to help. he just does it by trying to crack dad jokes to lighten the mood while trying to run a group that doesn’t want him there#i also think it’s funny that he’s consistently just chill with taking in cats thrown out of their clans. ESPECIALLY from RiverClan#don’t get me wrong he’s super weird in omen of the stars and avos and I think in his super edition (I haven’t read it in a while)#but he’s also a good dad. he’s such a perplexing character I can’t help but find him interesting. at least he DOES stuff yknow#I’ll eat my words if he does turn out to be completely evil or something. but I’ll hate if he does his behavior really isn’t like Tigerstar#-the first. this guy isn’t out here trying to seize power#but ENOUGH ABOUT HIM!! Nightheart asking squirrelstar if frostpaw could come to thunderclan with him was so sweet#i wish she’d accepted I don’t want them to split up I’m worried the writers will forget the entire last book and they won’t be close again#comic#meme#illustration
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just me whenever I eat a new food or something with even a little bit of flavour / variation in texture or also sometimes just when my brain decides that the same plain food I've been eating without issue daily for six months is the most overstimulating and painful thing to ever exist in the history of the universe
I have never felt more seen than I did in "sad, sad fish, sad fish"
#anyways got the first part of my autism assessment in two weeks!!!#completely unrelated information to that of this post for sure#that was something's body and they put it in a bag was so fucking funny#the description of wet ground cardboard box is truly how I experience most foods#adventuring academy#autistic#seriously though I am excited about finally getting my assessment#though I am very stressed because I can't find much information on what to expect that isn't geared towards parents of 5 year olds#and not knowing what to expect is a big scary for me (because of the you know the autism)#but we're gonna get through it#also big time fears about whether they'll tell me I'm just a lying liar who lies and was just overexaggerating this whole time#me and my 217 raads score and my being clocked as autistic by everybody who's ever met me and other things#gave myself hiccups concentrating too hard on words for this because I forget to breathe when I'm thinking (monotropism baby let's go)#anyway I'm rambling now goodbye#remember the relatable screenshots? I can't even see them anymore
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hey hey heyy
i wanna ask sleep for the wip game!
I FORGOT I WAS SITTING ON THIS. here's something from today's manic 6k frenzy:
“You know, when I gave you a key, I didn’t think you would break in to watch shitty romcoms. At nine in the morning.”
“Oh, I’ve been here since four,” Charles says, in this reasonable tone. “My TV was not working, and I wasn’t getting to sleep, so I thought: I should make use of my wonderful boyfriend and his wonderful TV. Which I think was very smart.”
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guys I’m honestly happy that klance didn’t become canon because I love how as a collective group of people we utilize our right to explore what could have been and create the most smoking hot scenarios ever and yes I obviously wanted more of their friendship growing into this bond stronger than anything else in the universe especially since Voltron has teamwork and family as one of their main lessons but that’s more of a development issue all around…ok besides that there’s something about klance where it provides this PERFECT environment for shippers to inhabit and FEAST upon. With klance, there’s a solid, engaging dynamic between the two set up, which is this weird one-sided rivalry that stems from Lance’s insecurity and his need to prove himself of his worth and Keith literally being one of the best pilots for his age but since they’re flung into space and chosen to become child soldiers in this 10,000 year old intergalactic war so they have to work as a team which surprise surprise forces them to put aside their differences and work as a team which is shown a bunch when Keith needs to become a leader and Lance steps up as his right hand and and they have some kinda tender moments that won’t definitely drive shippers into a shipping craze (or worse) SO YEAH you could see why people loved it with all the classic tropes and mutual growth all that schmooze (ALSO THEY KNEW EACHOTHER BEFORE THE MAIN PLOT??? Well maybe not like friends or even acquaintances probably BUT HELLO?????? EVEN MORE SHIT TO EXPAND ON????), and they share multiple scenes that could be interpreted as romantic but there’s no explicit romance. This environment is fucking dripping drenched flash flooded cornered by 1000ft tsunamis in all directions with potential for shipping, so when people saw this relationship between two bros with this sort of homoerotic (IM JOKING. Kinda.) unresolved tension towards each other and the POTENTIAL for a good slow burn rivals to friends to lovers, it was to no one’s surprise that they went APESHIT. Klancers made countless different ways where they get together whether it be pre-Kerberos, post-gettingthefuckoutofearth, the start of the show, the end of the show, after the end of the show, right smack in the middle, anywhere, anytime, for who the fuck knows why just ANY REASON DAMN IT it doesn’t really matter because people were pumping out fanfiction or fan art or any fan media of klance faster than I spit out a raw baby carrot after chewing it for one second and now we’re all wallowing about how it should have been KICK but the thing is that if VLD did KICK all the way to Altea, the production of these beautiful stories that so many people have and still are coming up with about klance kissing in midst of a battle, helping each other with their crippling nightmares, smiling for the stars or some other sad premise, and whatever is nestled in his pulse…just like uhhh the amount of fics like these that go into great detail about Keith and Lance in these random situations that end up with them getting together being produced would go down to some degree because of the fact that if the people’s beloved sharpshooter and samurai had ended up together like we had wanted, and the majority was satisfied with the ending the creators had given, people would have shifted from writing about “How could Lance and Keith get together?” to writing about “What could Lance and Keith do now that they’re together?” And like. There’s nothing wrong with that honestly I would be HYPED if klance was ever canon but there is profound beauty in the way the community is able to create more from less and turn a show that went to shit in the last few seasons shine even brighter than it did at its prime. Like I wouldn’t trade my favorite fics 4 anything.
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Ok another little thing I’m going to put here: With Klance, all I wanted was for them to be great friends 😭😭😭. I tend to prefer klance becoming canon in later seasons or at the end or even an open ending with no confirmed romantic relationships because I am a sucker for character development and the idea of Keith and Lance both harboring these feelings that at first are just admiration and respect but then escalate to yearning for one another or becoming close friends at the end of the show and getting to imagine anything I want post canon is EVERYTHING if you give me S7 Garrison klance I’ll keel over and thank you like I was a second away from dying of thirst and your gift was a truck load of water
#GOD wtf I keep thinking about that post again and I’m starting to contemplate my opinion I had on that post#I wish I could rephrase that whole post right neow but I did it like almost a month ago so It’d be kinda weird 😰#(yes this is the same post I was ranting about in my little silly midnight rant yesterday or no…today)#voltron#voltron legendary defender#vld#lance mcclain#keith kogane#vld lance#vld keith#klance#laith#scenarios#aloe vera does it again guys#she did the word vomit thing again#😭😭😭 why’d this take hours for me to write#ok guys I hoped you liked this pls don’t forget to hit that like button smash the subscribe button and don’t forget to click that bell#for notifications every time I post a new video—I mean rant about fictional characters#I do this thing where I want to add specific points along the way but I don’t and I can’t add it now because there’s no possible way to add#without ruining the flow of my writing do you get it?#maybe I do but then I have to face the fact that the sentence I worked so hard on is completely irrelevant and now I have to delete the#whole thing#🤬🤬🤬🤬#OH MY YAP#I just realized how much this is (this is now in the morning)
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Ride 769: Danchiku's “escape”

Pag 1
1: Sohoku's number 5 jumped ahead! And he kept attacking!!
2: Number 4, Kaburagi, caught up to Doubashi who has been left behind!!
4: This is bad!! Pedal!!
Let's raise our pace!!

Pag 2
2: I won't let you get away, Chicken!!

Pag 3
2: No.... they're so fast!!
It's no use anymore, senpai!!
3: Get away Danchikuu!!

Pag 4
1: Yeah, Issa!!

Pag 5
1: 4km left until the sprint line!!
2: Don't underestimate him, San-na*!!
(*NdT.: Kaburagi is calling him that because when earlier he called him “Doubashi” with no honorifics, Doubashi corrected him saying “it's san, na” the 'na' is just and ending particle, but I decided to leave it in the nickname Kabu is using now)
3: Danchiku is strong!!
He's the kind of guy who once he makes a decision, he sticks to it!!
4: Buah!!
I'm not underestimating him
5: With that attack earlier I got that his “running” is no chicken!!
6: Haha, I told you from the start!! I told you “that's not true”!!

Pag 6
1: But “mentality” is another story!!
3: “Running” and “mentality”are different things, but two sides of the same coin!!
4: I'm chasing him like this!! I'm getting closer!!
That's the reality!! The situation!!
I'll swallow him
5: And even if I don't do anything, he'll make a mistake!!
6: Tch, this guy hit a nerve
7: Look
8: My pressure

Pag 7
1: Is rising!!
3: What's this
From behind me
4: It's the feeling of something dark and hug approaching!!
This is that guy's....!!
Seriously!?

Pag 8
1: But!!
Gaa
2: But I also came here fully prepared!!
ruaaagh
3: “Take care of that idiot”
4: Bamboo
6: Hop Shot!!

Pag 9
1: I'll leave him behind!!
2: Switch to a
3: higher gear!!
6: Dammit, instead of switching to a higher gear I switched to a lower!?
Such a stupid mistake!! In a moment like this!!
I'll switch to a higher gear now!!
8: Stupid mistake...? That's not it

Pag 10
1: Is my body reacting to Doubashi's pressure!?

Pag 11
1: Dammit!!
Don't turn around
2: San-na is going to move to pin Nagoya down, you go with him
This is the chance that
And then keep going like that!!
3: Issa managed to get for me!!
4: Don't turn around
He's getting closer, I can feel it on my skin!!
5: If I turn around his pressure will swallow me!!
Gaaagh
6: Dammit... so this is the Inter High?

Pag 12
1: This is Hakone Academy's Doubashi Masakiyo!!
2: Chicken.... your pedaling got all messy

Pag 13
1: He's coming closer!!
2: I'm gonna get swallowed!!
4: It's over
After all you really are a chicken


Pag 15
2: A white pressure... Issa!!
3: Danchiku, since it's you, you can do it!!
I'm sure of it, so run without hesitation
4: After all you're

Pag 16
1: Team SS..... Special Strong!!
Higaruaaagh!!

Pag 17
1: I'll take it, Issa!!
2: Higaruaagh!!
Dammit, what happened, he came back to life!!
3: What did you do, Orange
4: I raised it too

Pag 18
1: My pressure, to tell him “if it's you, you can do it”!!
2: I am “team SS”!!
3: I can do it!!
Garuaagh!!
4: Hahaha, if you don't hurry he'll get away, San-na!!
That's called Panda Shout!! That acceleration is terrific!!
5: Talking like that is your strategy to get me to use up my legs, Orange!!
Hahaha of course, you've finally noticed!!

Pag 19
2: I've noticed from the start, though
Is-is that so!?
Well, can't be helped. My plan to defeat him by using pressure alone was a failure
This time I'll use my legs
3: I'll show you my running that I've tempered thoroughly this past year!!
4: The sprint is now down to us three
As expected, there's no one who can catch up to us from there!!

Pag 20
1: In that group behind us!!
2: Pedal more
Let's catch up to them before they get out of sight!!
Gallop!!
Mokkosu!!
4: From behind us, another.... two people!?
Are catching up!?
5: It's two guys from the selected team!!

Pag 21
1: I'm so glad, we caught up with the lead!!
We were pulled by Doubashi-san but we got tore off a little later
You worked hard, you two!
Yeah, somehow!!
2: The leader of our team, Sugimoto-san, negotiated with Doubashi-san fro us
3: Our number has increased so we still have a chance!!
We'll chase Sohoku and Hakogaku that are ahead
Yeah!!
And we'll fight for the green number bib!!
4: Alright, senpai, I'll pull
“Two people” who caught up?
No
5: There's one more person!!
#yowamushi pedal#yowamushi pedal translations#yowapeda#yowapeda manga#yowamushi pedal manga#yowamushi pedal spoilers#ride 769#no seriously i love how kabu is the leader between him and danchiku#like we've always known but it always felt more like it was just bc you know hes kaburagi and he thinks hes a genius#and danchiku always indulges him#but kabu is actually not just instincts during races but he actually thinks??#is this the first time we see this side of kaburagi???? i cant remember another time it happened but i might be forgetting something#its highly possibòe#anyway i love to see him like this#also the fact that hes basically giving up the victory for danchiku#and not only victory but also his own race against doubashi#its really good seeing this side of kabu you actually realize that yes he and danchiku really work perfectlywell#both as friends and as partners#danchiku basically reading issa's mind and getting strength from it its peak t2 behaviour btw#i love how they clearly mirror t2 relationship but are so completely different that it doesnt even feel similar#i loooooveeee them#btw.... KIJI *eyes emoji*#hes gonna win mark my words
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Ghost of fries and hero of cookies final part
All work words count: 14 643 Words in this part: 244 Summary of whole work: Duke wasn't expecting to wake up from his quick rooftop nap to some meta kid with fries. He also wasn't expecting kid to stay Or Danny asked Dani to stay safe while she was in Gotham. Where would she be safer than under the wing of local hero? And he looked like he needed bad day combo anyway This part summary: What happened to Dani (author needs a certificate for being little shit) Beta read by @audhumla-sailor though English is second language for both of us, so proceed with this in mind. I also know all of the charaters through fics alone, so probably ooc. Stay catious if it's something you don't like
First part, Previous part
Dani packed her stuff as soon as she got back from patrol. While doing it, she called Tuck and Sam to coordinate travel plan with them and to make sure she heard where and when correctly. Danny’s birthday were coming, an alien’s autograph would be a good present. Unfortunately she wouldn’t have time to get any of his merch on her way so the sky map she printed in Gotham’s Public Library would have to make it. Because of Sam’s demand she stocked herself in protein bars, other high calorie snacks and tons of drinks. Guy at the register looked disturbed but correctly guessed it wasn’t his business. Thanks for physics meets magic mess that made her backpack lighter. It worked like thermos in a way, though she didn’t even try to understand it.
This flight was going to be challenge not only to her speed but also, mostly, her stamina.
Ancients let her survive.
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Turns out, phones couldn’t survive falling from over a hundred feet at around 60 miles per hour. Well she had all important numbers (Jazz, Val, Tuck, Sam non- and yes-emergency Danny) on paper phased inside her hip. From Sam’s money she could buy one in Los Angeles and explain the change of number then. She would have to come up with an excuse though.
She wasn’t going to admit she got distracted and bumped into a bunch of pigeons, got startled and dropped her phone like a silly child.
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I know I could and should post it with previous part but I wanted to build the tension.
Batfam: We will finally meet our almost niece! Dani: Oh, look, plot convienient reason to leave city fast! Dani was setting up most intense and insane work-out playlist known to mankind to get her through her journey when she bumped with these pigeons face first
Starting notes are longer than this part.
Shit, I really should put it with previous part but the tension and potential for drama aaaa I couldn't resist
and @audhumla-sailor is an enabler
Tag list: @pickleking8 @mynameisnotlaura
#dpxdc#dcxdp#dc x dp#dp x dc#dani hangs out with duke#signal got new sidekick and he cares about her deeply#As much as i didn't know what i was doing while writing this#(joker goons bit was written last)#(name announcement was somewhen along or after steph learning about dani)#(training talk came around also then or a bit later during writing of Batfam confrontation)#this was supposed to happen from the start#just not fully socialized Dani forgetting that saying goodbye is a thing and leaving without the word#for some completely safe mundane reason#while all the friends she made and people associated with them are freaking out#because she literally disappeared#wanished without a word#wandixx writes#ghost of fries and hero of cookies#have a nice day dear stranger who got to this part
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You think US and UK English are pretty similar until someone mentions the word "biscuit"
#me and my friend having confused conversations about biscuits and gravy#pies also#don't forget jelly and duvets#Sometimes it's just a slightly different word for a thing#or an extra u stuck in there#but other times it turns out this totally normal concept simply does not exist in this suddenly very different culture#and the word for it is being worn by a completely different thing
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If the Batfam were actually furries, what would their fursuits look like? What animal would they be? Would they stick to their normal vigilante colours or would they change it up? Would they have a full on suit or just the paws and ears? Or even a tail? Who would create art for their OCs and who would write it? I mean I feel like it's pretty safe to say that Jason would definitely write stories including his OC(s). Damian would probably create really nice art of them, Steph I can see drawing as well. Tbh they'd all easily be able to afford full on suits because of Bruce's money or their own. Whether Dick actually uses his own to buy or make his stuff, idk. Would this be one of the things he'd actually use Bruce's money to buy?
Idk this is just a thought. I think it would be quite fitting though considering half of them are literally bats and people always call Bruce a furry.
(Istg I absolutely love seeing all the different art pieces and suits people create and buy for their OCs, it's so freaking cool)
#dc#batfamily#bruce wayne#dick grayson#jason todd#stephanie brown#damian wayne#the batfam are furries and no one can change my mind#they would love attending cons and everything#also just imagine the play fights that would happen between them all#kinda just imagining tim and damian having a fight in one corner and jason and bruce in another#then there's steph and cass doing whatever tf they're doing#and watching it all happen is duke dick and babs literally just face palming and pretending they don't know them#it would probably be a good way to deal with the stress of their civilian jobs and being a vigilante#they can just hide behind a full mask and walk around in public spending so much money#completely ignoring their budget#not me literally forgetting that the word is fursona istg i knew oc wasn't right but i just couldn't remember what the word was#supposed to be
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i think someone needs to put rtd in a cupboard for a bit and let someone else have a turn
#plant rant#doctor who#that episode wasn’t. well it wasn’t awful. it was what it was wasn’t it#but come on man don’t join moffat in the ‘haha look i know about technology’ plots#they’re so boring#also why was the ai thing so massively underused there. i thought the thing with the words was going to be#that the (ai) robots could only pick up on the broad sense of a sentence not every word. you know. like ai generators.#i also HATE the trend in recent episodes for a ‘twist’ and i don’t mean (spoilers) your man being the ai thing#i mean the fact that he was a bastard was the reason the whole thing started and it wasn’t mentioned at all until AFTER the reveal#that’s so silly. come on#and. i hate to say it. i’m still not completely on board with 15’s characterisation. idk if it’s gatwa or the writers or the directors or..#but i just feel like there’s something a bit missing. like you completely forget he’s meant to be 2500 years old or whatever the numbers are#mmm. well the whole thing is probably about to get cancelled anyway#oh well. maybe in ten years or so enough time will have passed for them to actually let new writers have a turn#oh ALSO the new disney look is. not for me. i miss when it was a bit shabby#and i am still a hater of the new tardis. sorry. its too empty. he lives in there where’s all his stuff!!!!!!
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#Oh yeah I hyperfixated on this ( has a normal relationship with Thing. is able to focu#on other stuff.)“ and the closely related ”Yeah this is my special interest! (it lasts for two weeks tops.)“ and of course who could forget#'I'm non- verbal (IS COMMUNICATING WITH ANY FORM OF LANGUAGE RIGHT FUCKING NOW#hee hee hoo hoo#you have Lost word privileges until you read a fucking Dictonary.#Please stop misusing these Words!#signed by an autistic person who was to put up with#granted for the last one there IS partial shutdown where it just happens sometimes but not always. HOWEVER. THAT'S CALLED SELECTIVE MUTISM#THOSE ARE TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS STOP TREATING THEM INTERCHANGEABLY!!!!!!#ahem. anyway#important#so fucking important
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Sleeping diary (a pink aftermare story)
Chapter 9: What in carnation???
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Orchid stood there, a few feet away from the grass circle, staring, glaring in a seemingly random direction, full of nothing but darkness.
His candy floss colored kitten slippers thumped against the vaguely solid ground.
He swore he heard something that way.
He kept staring for a while, his stillness only broken by this incessant stumping.
One could never be too cautious around here.
A noise in the save screen, that didn’t come from him or the faint but constant buzzing of the checkpoint, was very suspicious.
The monster wasn’t sure if he preferred it to be from Gaster deciding to visit the periphery or something else entirely.
His hands, tucked in his coat’s pockets, picked at the inner fabric in a nervous fidget.
Maybe he imagined that.
Maybe that sound solely came from his fragile mind, sleething its way out by a fissure that would never close fully.
Orchid took his hand out to readjust his scarf and sighed.
Getting poetic again, lonely guy?
Finally deeming an investigation was not worth trudging away from his only light, he simply sat and picked up his favorite activity.
That book.
Berlingot went to sleep already so he only read back old exchanges and counted the pages they completed so far.
A lot.
Between idle chit-chats and paper games, they had decorated many new pages of small moments of life.
Orchid smiled at that.
Berlingot had a lot of free time or was weirdly invested with talking with him.
He didn’t mind however and wouldn’t probe. It’d felt like breaching that invisible barrier they each put up tightly around some aspects of their identity.
It wasn’t like he wanted to talk about his life or situation, why would he demand that of Berlingot?
A flutter moved right in his mostly blind side. The right side of his face was damaged enough that he barely perceived the world from that eye.
He froze.
This time he was sure of it.
He did not imagine that sound.
Twirling around fast, two summoned blasters fired beams of raging fire towards the source of the noise.
“WH-”
Someone else was there.
Someone who barely dodged his blasts and was now floating, eyes wide, not so far from him.
It was a skeleton, with a similar build, clothed in a slightly pinkish white robe thing tied by a thin cord.
Its eye sockets were dark and empty, partly obscured by his hood. The dark pink inside of the fabric contrasted with the pearl white of his bones.
Maybe it was really a ghost this time, he couldn’t see any feet under those clothes.
The apparition whistled before addressing him.
“Well, that wasn’t far… You’re a bit twitchy there, buddy?”
They talked.
“Who and what are you?”
“Maybe we could,” slender fingers gently point to his still summoned blasters, “put away the big guns before we try the whole conversation thing, bucko?”
“Answer my question and I might bring the puppies home, stranger.”
“Ok, ok,” they put their hands open in from of them, “sorry for startling you, I’ll answer your questions, cowboy~”
The floating guy lied down up there and pointed finger guns at him. Confused by the unexpected endeavor, Orchid unsummoned his blasters.
He swore, now was not the time to seem vulnerable.
“Soooo, I’ll admit I’ve been called a fair share of names!”
Their hands fished out squared papers from two colorful bags, hanging from his belt.
“First,” the stranger started folding the paper with a surprising velocity, “my brother calls me Sans. I’m sure you know this name, other me.”
Winking, he put down the origami.
A candy-shaped one.
“How-”
“What, can’t believe there are other worlds than your small one, boo?”
The doppelganger folded a few similar paper constructs and put them in neat lines.
“I would have thought that with your… history?”, he lowered his voice, “not that I know much about it beside you got a copy in there and you out annnd the fact the bloodiest resets finally stopped… So don’t worry about that, candy-cheek!”
Orchid startled and almost rubbed his cheek where he knew the candy-mark shape rested.
10 small paper boxes had been produced again.
“Can you stop with the weird nicknaming and just come down and explain what’s up besides you?”
The other did a small looping and skillfully hid away in his sleeves his creations.
“No can do, pal. I’ll come down at the end of our conversation annnnd you didn’t give me a name for me to use? I wouldn’t assume you still go by “Sans”, do you? Oh and,” the floating guy produced a more complex paper construct made of all the origamis he folded earlier, “you can call me Kusudama! It’s better than my work name and I choose it myself!”
The chatterbox seemed like he could be going for hours but Orchid did not relax yet. There was something in those fast-paced words, in this wide smile and empty sockets that just enerved him. How did “Kusudama” enter the save screen and why?
“I do have another name but I ain't sure I trust you so what if you get down there and we discuss how you breached this place and what you are seeking exactly here?”
No use in beating around the bushes, he might as well get to the point.
“Well it all does have a thing to do with my job but frankly I feel like procrastinating some more and believe me Sans-”
“Orchid.”
The correction fuzed before he could stop it, he couldn’t bear this name in this foreign mouth anymore.
“-Orchid, be-leaf me when I say it is in your best interest, flower guy.”
He tssked at the joke, who was he to steal a pun he could have done.
“And what is your job, world’s worst spooky decoration?”
Kusudama giggled and twirled, putting his hands under his shin, the fabric spinning around him in an aquatic dance.
“I wish,” he sighed.
Something in the atmosphere soured. Something was wrong. Something was very wrong.
Kusudama lowered himself a bit, standing almost to reach now.
“I said I had many names and a few are directly tied to my job, whomst I do not enjoy that much on a good day. But I guess someone has to do it.”
Orchid took a step bad, a hand raising in case he needed to summon something fast.
The other raised a hand as well, holding the colorful origami amalgamation. He threw it high.
His bags shook and a myriad of papers flew out, obscuring his vision suddenly.
Orchid tensed but waited.
A chuckle resonated in the empty place.
A glint of a blade grazed his shoulder and tore through his vest before he could react.
“Uhuh, not that fast.”
The view cleared and Kusudama reappeared, a pair of mismatched paper wings decorated his back. A tall scythe rested in his hands, the misshapen wood let place to the deadly blade where the weird origami thing sat.
“Maybe I played long enough. Hello, I’m a reaper, some call me death and I’m here for you, bye!”
Before the words even registered, the attacker lunged in his direction and it was only by reflex Orchid managed to summon his weapons to fight back.
The other was fast and bones, papers and blasts flew everywhere in a chaotic ordeal.
The monster dodged, more and more in extremis, each attack thrown his way, the blade swiping at him every time the death-bringer managed to close the distance.
A wave of bones made the aggressor tumble farther, tearing through the fragile wing. He didn’t have time to cheer as the hole closed itself using new furniture from the annoying bags and his enemy threw himself back into action.
This couldn’t continue for long.
He would tire.
He would give up.
Could he even die here, when he only had a half-life left, when this place kept him alive when he should have been dust for a long time already?
Another attack barreled down on him.
He side stepped it and grabbed hard on whatever he could touch.
His hand ensnared a wrist and the hardly thought maneuver sent them both flying in the same direction.
They stopped in an awkward heap of limbs.
Both fighters froze, unsure of what to do next.
After a while, they entangled themselves and stood there observing the other.
Kusudama’s eye sockets were blown wide for some reason and the previously determined to harm stranger stood there, limbs limp, as papers retreated and scythe unsummoned, leaving only the colorful ball he built earlier.
“What?”
Orchid didn’t let go of his sharpened bone stick as he shook in an unstable stance despite the sudden change of endeavor. This could be a scheme.
The reaper inspected his hands before tilting his head to the right.
“...why are you still alive…?”
While he couldn’t figure out what action should have killed him so surely the fact it didn’t produce such a confused face on “death” itself, he might as well answer what he knew.
“Beat me if I know. That place helped I guess.”
“...I’ll… I’ll come back later.”
With that, Kusudama disappeared soundlessly.
“YOU BETTER NOT COME BACK,” yelled the monster to nobody in particular, the sound echoing in the now empty space.
What a weird day.
End of chapter 9! Go to chapter 10?
Aftertale belongs to @/loverofpiggies Reapertale belongs to @/renrink Berlingot, Orchid and Kusudama belong to me
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#sleeping diary#chapter 9#What in carnation???#that chapter was incredibly satisfying to write#Kusudama is just so fun#so yeah#I made up my own pink!reaper despite the fact I was aware one existed already-#but 1-I'm shy 2-I love making up characters#so this guy I love him#I left a word to be completed later I sure hope I didn't forget about it >:/
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*writing a literal script* this is the normal way to prepare for a presentation, right?
#complete with filler words and *point to the picture*#then I wonder when I sound so unnatural during presentations lmao#but otherwise I just forget every existing word so can't do that winging it from bullet points thing#april 2024#2024
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Thinking. Abt this but with Bones. Like. Post-Tholian Web? Post-Mirror Mirror?
For AOS, could be after Into Darkness and/or Beyond.
A Bones who's just. So anxious. So stressed. So overwhelmed that it starts taking a toll on his health. Maybe he doesn't even realise - or maybe he does and tries his best to push through it until it knocks him on his ass. Kind of in the vein of "You don't actually know how tired you are until you stop. And then you just physically cannot start again." It becomes his new baseline, a problem that just brews and storms in the distance.
And he just carries on. And keeps going and going and going until one day he realises that 'Oh fuck, I'm not okay' and has about 5 seconds of warning before he straight up collapses, doesn't matter if it's on the bridge, in the madbay, on a planet - he's going down. (Maybe a repeat of Tholian Web where he just straight up faints into Spock's arms? Full whammy, why not)
Maybe it's a high-tension situation getting resolved that does it. The pure relief of it reminds him of how tired he is. How tired he's been for a while. His body sees that momentary rest and goes "More of that, please. And I'm not asking."
And he's so rendered by it that he doesn't grumble about being coddled like he normally would when he wakes up. He knows not to fuck with the medbay staff - they're just as firm as he is on recovery, and that's not by accident - and he knows that Spock and Kirk will be hovering, because they see any problem as something they, too, should shoulder the burden of.
...And because they're some of the most protective people in the damned universe. And that goes for pretty much all the people on board the Enterprise.
In some scenarios, it's just a case of letting his body and mind rest properly. In others, there's a lot more recovery involved than anyone initially expects. Luckily for him, he has a found family who are determined to be there with him at every step. It just takes a couple reminders, every once in a while.
#leonard bones mccoy#star trek tos#star trek aos#whump#back on my bullshit#aos bones fretting over Jim and Spock and their injuries; completely forgetting that hes also a little worse for wear#thinking back to dustykneed's post abt him being fucked up and grieving after ST:ID and. Lets just make it even more physical#After the issues they face from that; Spirk are more aware of Bones' tendency to brush things off. are more equipped to take care of him#when he needs it; just as he does for them. He's so stubbornly self sufficient and it worries them. But they're equally as stubborn and#loving. Unstoppable Force meets Immovable Object. I feel like post ST:ID is where they kind of Learn that Bones keeps shit on the down low#Because like. Bones will complain. Unless it's smth that's just affecting him. And then he suddenly keeps it to himself. When he complains#abt that whole fiasco he complains abt Jim dying. Abt Spock almost dying on that planet. About how they all almost died. But he doesn't tal#about how HE almost died from that fucking torpedo almost blowing up on him. Not a word. Jim forgot it had even happened until like. Carol#brings it up in passing. Maybe she has nightmares on the incident. But he realises Bones has just NEVER fucking mentioned it despite him#being the master complainer. That sets off the first alarm bells. And then maybe Uhura asks Jim how Bones is doing bc she knows that Bones#would just say he's fine. But Jim is like ??? Bc why wouldn't Bones be okay. And then she realises that HE HASN'T realised that Bones is th#kind of motherfucker to suffer in silence. and she's like Jim. Jim he literally ran himself to the ground trying to revive you. Jim. Are yo#kidding me have you NOT TALKED ABOUT THAT??? ANY OF IT??? Thus... Jim realises or maybe even Remembers what Bones is like#bc maybe at some point he DID know Bones well enough to know when he's fucking himself over. But all the Bullshit that theyve gone through#and the fact they work in entirely different parts of the ship kind of. Alienated them a bit. And suddenly hes like. Oh. Oh No. Oh FUCK.#because Jesus how the FUCK does he even approach this. But he manages it. And Spock gets in on it too as he slowly gets to know the doctor#And then post-beyond its like. Yeah. All three of them gang up on each other. That includes Spock and Kirk making sure Bones is as Fine as#he always says he is.#anyway. Yeah. I just think Bones probably stresses and overthinks too much but god forbid anyone comfort him. Self sacrificing bastard#wow this is a lot of alphabet soup im so sorry AHAHA
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