#original vamp!pirate

[finnismyoriginalsin]

Finn Mikaelson the Original Vamp!pirate

Thanks to Jason Isaacs Captain Hook, Classic swashbuckler, and Killian Jones

@vicioux, @livlepretre, @sevensistersofsussex, @make-things-make-sense, @katherineholmes, @lovesomehate

Let me know if you don’t want me to tag you :)

[mickeymagpie]

2 and 6 for the WIP ask game?

Someone else asked for 2 and i am straight up not good at figuring out what to use for those "x + y" descriptions so i'm just gonna do 6 for a bunch of my wips skdjfhs

September House is actually titled as such in its document, as is Both Sides of the Sky

Other wip doc titles include:

"reincarnated king arthur" (self explanatory)

"accidental child acquisition" (the vampire wip)

"you are grounded for 'til college" (the superheroes wip)

"pirates original" (pretty self explanatory)

Also actually wait i just remembered what i once compared my vamps story to so here's at least one #2 example for you and @booksandberries;

my vampire wip = Dracula (1897) + Brother Bear

[richincolor]

New Releases

A whole slew of books just as the school year is starting. After my bank recovers from Back-to-School shopping, maybe I'll pick up a few of these. Click below to read about all the books coming out this week.

Neverwraith by Shakir Rashaan Entangled: Teen

Being the new kid is always gonna land you in it. Yasir Salah isn’t like the other guys in his new suburban Georgia high school. Lately, he can feel something shifting in his body. Raw. Edgy. Volatile . Like his eyes changing colors and heat on his skin when some alpha bro comes for him…or how just a grin from the gorgeous, untouchable girl at school sends vibrations shooting through his entire body. Only it’s not just being at a new school. It’s a new town. New rules. New flow . And everything feels way smaller than his ex-life in Atlanta. All he can do is what he’s been keep a low profile and try to not be noticed…and keep his anger under control. But they never warned him. They never told him what he is. And they sure as hell didn’t tell him that the world is gonna need him.

All You Have to Do by Autumn Allen Kokila

In ALL YOU HAVE TO DO, two Black young men attend prestigious schools nearly thirty years apart, and yet both navigate similar forms of insidious racism. In April 1968, in the wake of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, Kevin joins a protest that shuts down his Ivy League campus… In September 1995, amidst controversy over the Million Man March, Gibran challenges the “See No Color” hypocrisy of his prestigious New England prep school… As the two students, whose lives overlap in powerful ways, risk losing the opportunities their parents worked hard to provide, they move closer to discovering who they want to be instead of accepting as fact who society and family tell them they are. 

Sign of the Slayer by Sharina Harris Entangled: Teen

High school is supposed to be about studying, socializing, and marching-band practice. Not fighting vampires. Then one night flipped my world inside out―now, my life sucks. But it isn’t all bad. I’m at a slayer academy, learning things like the real origin of vamps and how to make serious weapons out of thin air. Every last one of them will pay for what they did. I’m doing great. Until I come face-to-face with the actual vampire prince…and I’m not sure of anything anymore. Vampires are supposed to be soul-sucking demons. But Khamari is…something else. He’s intelligent and reasonable―and he seems to know things about me that could change everything. He’s also hiding something big, even from his own kind. And when a threat from an ancient evil is so extreme that a vampire will team up with a slayer to take it down, it isn’t just my need for revenge that’s at stake anymore. It’s the whole damn world.

My Father the Panda Killer by Jamie Jo Hoang Crown Books for Young Readers

San Jose, 1999. Jane knows her Vietnamese dad can’t control his temper. Lost in a stupid daydream, she forgot to pick up her seven-year-old brother, Paul, from school. Inside their home, she hands her dad the stick he hits her with. This is how it’s always been. She deserves this. Not because she forgot to pick up Paul, but because at the end of the summer she’s going to leave him when she goes away to college. As Paul retreats inward, Jane realizes she must explain where their dad’s anger comes from. The problem is, she doesn’t quite understand it herself. Đà Nẵng, 1975. Phúc (pronounced /fo͞ok/, rhymes with duke) is eleven the first time his mother walks him through a field of mines he’s always been warned never to enter. Guided by cracks of moonlight, Phúc moves past fallen airplanes and battle debris to a refugee boat. But before the sun even has a chance to rise, more than half the people aboard will perish. This is only the beginning of Phúc’s perilous journey across the Pacific, which will be fraught with Thai pirates, an unrelenting ocean, starvation, hallucination, and the unfortunate murder of a panda. Told in the alternating voices of Jane and Phúc, My Father, The Panda Killer is an unflinching story about war and its impact across multiple generations, and how one American teenager forges a path toward accepting her heritage and herself.

I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea

Henry Holt and Co.

There will be blood. Ace of Spades meets House of Hollow in this villain origin story. Laure Mesny is a perfectionist with an axe to grind. Despite being constantly overlooked in the elite and cutthroat world of the Parisian ballet, she will do anything to prove that a Black girl can take center stage. To level the playing field, Laure ventures deep into the depths of the Catacombs and strikes a deal with a pulsating river of blood. The primordial power Laure gains promises influence and adoration, everything she’s dreamed of and worked toward. With retribution on her mind, she surpasses her bitter and privileged peers, leaving broken bodies behind her on her climb to stardom. But even as undeniable as she is, Laure is not the only monster around. And her vicious desires make her a perfect target for slaughter. As she descends into madness and the mystifying underworld beneath her, she is faced with the ultimate continue to break herself for scraps of validation or succumb to the darkness that wants her exactly as she is—monstrous heart and all. That is, if the god-killer doesn’t catch her first. From debut author Jamison Shea comes I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me , a slow-burn horror that lifts a veil on the institutions that profit on exclusion and the toll of giving everything to a world that will never love you back.

The Infinity Particle by Wendy Xu Quill Tree Books

Clementine Chang moves from Earth to Mars for a new start and is lucky enough to land her dream job with Dr. Marcella Lin, an Artificial Intelligence pioneer. On her first day of work, Clem meets Dr. Lin’s assistant, a humanoid AI named Kye. Clem is no stranger to robots—she built herself a cute moth-shaped companion named SENA. Still, there’s something about Kye that feels almost too human. When Clem and Kye begin to collaborate, their chemistry sets off sparks. The only downside? Dr. Lin is enraged by Kye’s growing independence and won’t allow him more freedom. Plus, their relationship throws into question everything Clem thought she knew about AI. After all, if Kye is sentient enough to have feelings, shouldn’t he be able to control his own actions? Where is the line between AI and human? As her past and Kye’s future weigh down on her, Clem becomes determined to help him break free—even if it means risking everything she came to Mars for. 

The Lightstruck (The Darkening #2) by Sunya Mara Clarion Books

Vesper Vale sacrificed everything to save her city from the cursed storm. After becoming a vessel of The Great Queen, Vesper awakes from a slumber three years after her life altering choice. What she finds isn’t a home freed from the terror of the storm, but one where its citizens are besieged by the even more sinister force of The Great King and his growing army of the lightstruck—once regular citizens who are now controlled by the ominous light encroaching on the city. And the people are all looking to Vesper, now revered as a goddess after her sacrifice, as their city’s only hope. To save the rings from the Great King, Vesper must contend with the obligations of being a deity to her people and the growing chasm between her and Dalca, the prince she swore never to love. Haunted by the guilt of their past choices and faced with the pressures of a city near ruin, Vesper and Dalca find themselves torn between the growing factions within the city and the royal court. But in order to save her city from the light, Vesper must face the power most outside of her control—the goddess within.

A Tall Dark Trouble by Vanessa Montalban Zando

Twin sisters Ofelia and Delfi know better than to get involved with magic. Their Mami has seen to that. After all, it was magic that cursed their family, turning love into a poison. Romance is off the table for the Sanchez women. They’ve seen the curse take hold enough times to know how that road ends. And yet. Sometimes a girl catches feelings and just can’t help herself. When Ofelia and Delfi begin having premonitions of a series of murders, the sisters know it is time to embrace their magical inheritance to get to the bottom of the mystery and save innocent lives. Teaming up with their best friend Ethan and with brooding detective-in-training Andres, the sisters set out to learn the truth. They just need to make sure Mami doesn’t find out what they’re up to. Meanwhile, in 1980 Cuba, Anita struggles with a different magical conflict. Her mother, Mama Orti, is a bruja who belongs to a secret coven of elders and Anita knows she will be forced to join the coven herself one day. She sees no escape, though the thought of staying and letting this future claim her is terrifying. Ofelia, Delfi, and Anita’s stories collide as each woman steps into her power and embraces who she truly is, refusing to be subdued by any person, coven, or curse. In this stunning YA contemporary fantasy, debut author Vanessa Montalban explores the interlocking struggles of three generations of women in one family. An unputdownable debut for anyone who roots for magic, sisterhood, and love. 

House of Marionne by J. Elle Razorbill

17 year-old Quell has lived her entire life on the run. She and her mother have fled from city to city, in order to hide the deadly magic that flows through Quell’s veins. Until someone discovers her dark secret. To hide from the assassin hunting her, and keep her mother out of harm’s way, Quell reluctantly inducts into a debutante society of magical social elites called the Order that she never knew existed. If she can pass their three rites of membership, mastering their proper form of magic, she’ll be able to secretly bury her forbidden magic forever. If caught, she will be killed. But becoming the perfect debutante is a lot harder than Quell imagined, especially when there’s more than tutoring happening with Jordan, her brooding mentor and— assassin in training. When Quell uncovers the deadly lengths the Order will go to defend its wealth and power, she’s forced to choose: embrace the dark magic she’s been running from her entire life or risk losing everything, and everyone, she’s grown to love. Still, she fears the most formidable monster she’ll have to face is the one inside. Brimming with ballgowns and betrayal, magic and mystery, decadence and darkness, House of Marionne is perfect for readers who crave morally gray characters, irresistible romance, dark academia, and a deeply intoxicating and original world.

Her Radiant Curse by Elizabeth Lim Knopf Books for Young Readers

One sister must fall for the other to rise. Channi was not born a monster. But when her own father offers her in sacrifice to the Demon Witch, she is forever changed. Cursed with a serpent’s face, Channi is the exact opposite of her beautiful sister, Vanna—the only person in the village who looks at Channi and doesn’t see a monster. The only person she loves and trusts. Now seventeen, Vanna is to be married off in a vulgar contest that will enrich the coffers of the village leaders. Only Channi, who’s had to rely on her strength and cunning all these years, can defend her sister against the cruelest of the suitors. But in doing so, she becomes the target of his wrath—launching a grisly battle royale, a quest over land and sea, a romance between sworn enemies, and a choice that will strain Channi’s heart to its breaking point. Weaving together elements of The Selection and Ember in the Ashes with classic tales like Beauty and the Beast, Helen of Troy, and Asian folklore, Elizabeth Lim is at the absolute top of her game in this thrilling yet heart-wrenching fantasy that explores the dark side of beauty and the deepest bonds of sisterhood.

Never a Hero (Monsters #2) by Vanessa Len HarperCollins

Despite all of the odds, Joan achieved the impossible. She reset the timeline, saved her family – and destroyed the hero, Nick. But her success has come at a terrible cost. She alone remembers what happened. Now, Aaron, her hard-won friend – and maybe more – is an enemy, trying to kill her. And Nick, the boy she loved, is a stranger who doesn’t even know her name. Only Joan remembers that there is a ruthless and dangerous enemy still out there. When a deadly attack forces Joan back into the monster world as a fugitive, she finds herself on the run with Nick – as Aaron closes in. As the danger rises – and Nick gets perilously closer to discovering the truth of what Joan did to him – Joan discovers a secret of her own. One that threatens everyone she loves. Torn between love and family and monstrous choices, Joan must find a way to re-gather her old allies to face down the deadliest of enemies, and to save the timeline itself. Vanessa Len’s stunning Only a Monster trilogy continues with this second installment, a thrilling journey where a secret past threatens to unravel everyone’s future.

[tangerinesour]

main verse plot ideas :

jobs crossing as operators / tange targeting your muse for a job.

crossing paths on the way to rescuing the white death's son / after they'd scooped him and are on their way to the train.

literally rewriting the entire plot of the movie. i've seen it enough times that i am very sure this will be fun to do over and over and ov- *is shot*.

a post-train au.

alt verses in the works :

gri.sha : tange is a corporalnik. originally from the wandering isle, deserted the second army, makes a living as an assassin.

las.soverse : midfielder for west ham. gets traded ( ? ) to richmond after roy retires.

tua : works for the commission with lemon in what is essentially the same job they have now, just more "fixing the timeline" related.

vamp : is turned on a job where the target wasn't as standard as he'd been led to believe. gets a little bit feral when there's blood. once he's adjusted, starts picking up jobs again. can walk in the sun with eye protection.

pirate : something something thrives in pirate ports.

more tba !

[papersniffer]

What happens in Purgatory stays in…New Orleans? Was someone on Supernatural a fan of the Lafitte Cafe (https://lafittes.com/), or is this just another amazing coincidence? I could see our dearly beloved Purgatory vamp finding his way out again and starting a bar (we know Ty played a bartender earlier in the show lol). Benny would invite Dean and Cass over for old-time sake…and maybe a few rounds of pool.

History: The Laffite Cafe’s bar is open 24 hours a day and has had influential guests, including Tennessee Williams and Truman Capote. Operating since the end of Prohibition, (albeit in two different locations), the original Cafe Lafitte opened in the building that had been the noted pirate Jean Lafitte's blacksmith business in the 18th century. This building is now called Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop.

In its early days, the bar was managed by Mary Collins, a lesbian, and drew a mixed crowd of lesbians, homosexuals, and heterosexuals. In the 1950s, during rising tension between the club and the landlord, manager Tom Caplinger moved the club to the building where it is now located. At the grand reopening party in 1953, patrons arrived costumed as their favorite 'exile', including people like Oscar Wilde, Dante, and Napoleon.

Ghost Stories: In the book Queer Hauntings, Ken Summers writes that bar patrons claim to have occasionally seen the ghosts of deceased individuals who were fond of the bar as well as a "frisky" ghost named Mr. Bubbly who pinches people on their rear ends.

[atthebell-moved]

syti characters list etc.

making a post for this so i can link it instead of writing essays in my notes. will add when more characters come up/as needed. spoilers for ch. 2 included below.

phil: fae, has wings, is old as shit, immortal. he traveled the world and built a bunch of shit (hardcore... im shot before i can finish the thought) and then died but Death was so enamoured with him they got married and she brought him back to life or whatever idk

kristin: Lady Death, death goddess, not quite as old as time but almost, idk lots of cool powers. she was very tired of her job after a bit but was inspired by this freak little man (i wonder who) and fell in love & blessed him. she still has her day job but shes started delegating more and going on vacation. idk im just saying things

techno: around 12-13, little piglin guy, changeling (if you want a long post explaining my reasoning on techno, wilbur, and tommy being changelings, lmk), also immortal bc changeling + son of Death. phil found him in the nether and brought him home.

wilbur: 8-9, human, changeling, also immortal bc changeling + son of Death. kristin found him while she was walking around a nearby city. wilbur and techno are twins bc idk i said so no theyre not the same age or species but wilbur decided it and everyone just lets him say it bc it makes him happy

tommy: itty 18m-2yo, vampire (not a turned vamp-- if you want more vampire lore pls ask i will never shut up about it. but yeah he just spawned in the woods one day) wilbur found him in the woods and brought him home; before that, tubbo and ranboo had been playing with him and bringing him snacks for a few months. phil and kristin, by adopting him as theirs (well. mostly wilburs fault but theyre happy with it obvi), have adopted him as a changeling.

puffy: no clue. probably a bit young to have teenagers but old enough to have been a pirate for like at least a decade so like. 35. idk. sheep hybrid, semi-retired pirate captain. once her boys get a little older she'll probably un-retire and theyll join her crew.

dream: 13, dragon! puffy found him as an egg that poachers were trying to smuggle at the docks and stole him back. his original clutch was gone, although they tried looking for them, so now he lives with puffy and foolish and shares his dad's hoard

foolish: 14, shark totem hybrid. idk puffy found him as a little totem baby/shark pup while stealing from another pirate and was like free baby why not idk

captainsparklez: adult werewolf, like 30-something. found eret in the same city kristin found wilbur in, and brought her home once he couldnt track down her sire. crumb appeared in his house one day and just never left, tubbo is a little wolf he found or adopted like normally or idk hes his kid with iskall who knows

eret: ~13? idk. eret was sired and abandoned as a very young vampire and the captain found him in an alley and brought him home, but hed been exposed to direct sunlight and it really damaged his eyes. they can see but theres weird film over everything; they use vampire magic to see a little better. i didnt

crumb: idk itty bitty like tubbo and tommy but theyre a weird little cryptid so ???. the ages in this make no sense anyway. but yeah shes like a cryptid creature with a box over their head who just showed up in the captain's house one day.

tubbo: 3-4 tiny tiny baby but old enough to get into the woods and cause mischief. like i said you can think of whatever explanation you like for how jordan got him i just think that hc is adorable

ranboo: ???, weird little woods cryptid. he has big floppy ears and long limbs and idk he looks funky. whatever you imagine him as, thats what he looks like. tubbo found him in the woods after he found tommy and theyve been hanging out for a few months. he speaks in little chirps and shit and can teleport.

schlatt bc i just mentioned him in ch 2: idk like 14, also a spawned vamp & not a changed one. him and wilbur like to shove each other into bushes. he likes to think hes a lone wolf but he hangs out with everyone. phil keeps offering to let him stay with them but he "has a very fucking cool castle, old man, leave me alone" (the castle is a stone hut in the woods, he is a disaster)

niki hasn't appeared yet but she will: like 7-8, itty little merling. she lives in a creek near the woods, wilbur found her there once after he fell in and goes and visits her twice a week. her and dream hang out sometimes when he wants to go swimming and idk ill think of more when i get to the chapter with her

and more to come!

[blazing-spectre]

Hozier songs are forcing me to make new wlw OCs help

[clickityweasel]

Wait.....

There are too many dnd parties. Who's in which?

I want to know who's in the art/comics

ooh ok!! so! get ready for a long post!! (my immediate response 2 seeing this ask was basically the screaming seagull meme so. i am going 2 ramble. i am going 2 ramble under a readmore actually because this is going to be a lot)

there are two parties with different players acting independently in the same city at the moment (the city is called Corner and could get an essay of its own honestly), and aside from the dm i'm the only player in both, which means i am the bearer of the curse (many juicy secrets). we're deliberately not sharing anything between the actual players so that if/when we do all someday meet, we can get some really good genuine responses to whatever it is that's shared in character. i am half looking forward to and half dreading playing two characters simultaneously because i've seen joe make players do it before and i dont think i can handle being a foppish bard and a miserable geriatric all at once. there's also a blog specifically for campaign aesthetics lmao @askh-thetics

the two parties are Calleach's Ward (lvl 11), and the Planet Raiders (lvl 6). they do not know the others exist, but the odd rumour of the ward's actions are occasionally drifting towards the raiders, because they tend to make uh. more public moves.

Raiders are probably easier to nail down characters as it's just the four pcs at the moment:

left to right are Nephythys, a tiefling witch played by @becausesecondsnotthesame, Nerve, a virian (half orc) kind-of-artificer-but-actually-a-homebrew-class-the-dm-made, Myah, an aasimar illrigger/hell knight played by @recovering-vamp, and Alistair Fonley, beloved human rogue played by @geoantennae.

all hand picked by our dragon patron Lady Vesper to explore the old worlds (ancient, abandoned, technologically advanced planets that most of the inhabitants of this world originally came from before the elves and vir bombed the whole place back to fantasy era technological capabilities) and bring back whatever they can get their nasty little hands on. morally ambiguous, in it for the cash and the exploration, having to keep the fact that they can travel to space a major secret because that is Not common technology.

Calleach's Ward on the other hand! oh boy!! bound by oath to "stand in the path of destruction" and protect the chains that hold the fragments of this planet together, the ward has been playing since september 2019 and has therefore been through a lot more pcs in that time. and yes i am going to list all of them. heads up there will be terrible old art in here.

the orignal party comp was (starting at fall w his back to us and going clockwise round the table) Fall, elf bard, Claudia, human ranger, Iovanus, virian monk, Aamali, aasimar warlock, Anyte, dwarven cleric (played by @femmemins), and Kaius, tiefling rogue. (yes i only draw full party shots in taverns, what of it.)

Iovanus was eventually replaced by Elias, human artificer and eternal victim of bullying by the rest of the party for being Vaguely Sensible. Aamali and Claudia's players left over time, and for a while Anyte and Kaius were replaced with Ranha (merfolk barbarian/pirate, @femmemins‘s new guy) and Lila (elf witch) respectively. also during this time fall (who is the only member who has stayed exclusively with the ward since joining) got alchemically petrified (by an enemy) then alchemically reanimated (by Elias), so he looks a little different nowadays, being made of stone and all

NOW however, we've moved from Kingdom to Corner; Lila and her moth gf went off in one direction, Ranha in another, Elias returned to the Virum Orcorum, and Anyte came home but as a valour bard now! Fall and Anyte travelled to Corner to rescue Kaius from whatever nonsense he had gotten himself into, and enlisted the help of Rikixio, a dragonborn beastheart / private investigator who decided that the party as it stood was interesting and chaotic enough that he wants to stick around and see what they do next. which means the "ward" at this point is these chucklefucks

and i love them

[bluezey]

Spongebob the musical exists on DVD.

You can buy it on Amazon for ten bucks. It includes the live TV production that aired on Nickelodeon in December 2019, a sing along version of the production, and a small photo gallery.

The original run cuts out the commercial break narrations, but leaves behind the fades to black. This adds just a few seconds of unseen footage that was cut to make room for the return from break bumpers, and a brand new credit roll that shows off an instrumental vamp version of Super Sea Star Savior.

The sing along version includes sing along lyrics for every single song in the production, including No Control, Daddy Knows Best, Poor Pirates, Bikini Bottom Boogie and I Guess I Miss You. The sing along version also keeps the commercial break narrations and bumpers, if you prefer that version.

While the DVD is bare bones, as I prefer it had some behind the scenes featurettes, a making of or history featurette, interviews with the characters or cast, or even the special commercials that aired the day of the live TV musical's airing.

But, with what we got for ten bucks, we got more than enough. We got a legitimate, physical, not bootlegged copy of the musical, complete with the sing along track for all of the songs.

So, waste ten bucks, and treat yourself.

[finnismyoriginalsin]

Finn Mikaelson the Original Vamp!pirate with Elena---Finnlena

Or Finn Mikaelson the Original Vamp!pirate with Sage---Sinn

I think both are good choices lol. Weirdly Sages face in the 2nd set matches so well. And Finns just like disappears after a sec. Guess reface isn’t perfect.

@vicioux, @sevensistersofsussex, @katherineholmes, @make-things-make-sense, @livlepretre

[wychive]

tagged by : @neo-shitty​ (toffee! ilysm hehe)

tagging: @noya-sannnn , @vitriosan , @hwanami , @luthenia and anyone else who wants to participate

slight warning : mentions of food

this is kind of long so it can help you relax if you want to do this!

[ one ] tell me the first song that made you stan your current fave group and why did your faves attract you so much?

wave // ateez

when jane showed me and fely (she already stanned ateez) the mv i was like :00 this song is really good and it goes with my type of music; pumped up and really fun. i decided that i wanted to stan them because of this introduction video that they did during pirate king where san broke the toy hammer trying to smack yunho’s ass SHHSSIJS,, i found them really funny and comforting! they made me so happy and that’s why they attracted me so much. + their amazing music ofc 

forever // exo

alright so i originally just casually listened to exo from wolf era up till 2017 when the kokobop teasers came out. they looked really pretty and so i watched them up till kkb was released. it’s what baekhyun’s voice in the forever teaser that captured me into stanning them. everything about the exo’s attracted me, their vocals, their dancing and ofc their visuals. bonus: their time on the ‘360 show(??)’! im not sure of the actual name for the programme but it was where yixing kept pronouncing jurassic park wrong pls that was so cute and funny how could you NOT stan them!

[ two ] answer the ten questions given by the previous person and write 10 of your own for the next person!

what’s your favorite season and why?

we only have two types of seasons here but if this includes western seasons, i would pick spring! flowers give me a sense of calmness whenever they start to bloom so being in a season where it’s just different coloured plants all around you? sign me up pls

are you a cat person or a dog person?

im a cat person! i currently have two cats as pets

what’s your current favorite song and why can’t you stop listening to it?

it would probably be fever by ateez! this is because it gives off freedom vibes and i’ve been stressed lately so the song is a little oasis for me

if you had the ability to do either of the following, would you rather change something in the past or see into the future?

i would choose to see into the future so that i could change what i do now, whether its related to me being lazy or me being selfish,, i would like to keep the past the way it is even if i had some scarring moments. it’s nice to look back on those and see how far you’ve come as a person.

what’s your favorite movie?

my favorite movie would either be spirited away or paper towns,, i actually don’t have a favorite movie because all of them have affected my life in different ways so yea :D

what did miss rona ruin for you this 2020?

probably the food fair this year,, my group of best friends were supposed to go there to celebrate jane and another friend’s birthday. the food fair happens yearly so it wasn’t anything big to anyone else, but to us it was something special. there are a lot more things but this was one of the major things she ruined :/

what’s your favorite album? (you can name one for each genre you like or you can just name one, it’s up to you.)

toffee why my top three would be day6’s sunrise, bts’ you never walk alone and lauv’s ~how i’m feeling~

if you could talk to your past self (person who lived your past life), what would you tell them?

“hey, dude, i hope you’re doing okay. stop being so selfish all the time alright? and stop comparing yourself to others, it wouldn’t do you any justice. make sure to spread A LOT of positivity even if no one acknowledges it. its okay to cry sometimes too. is my soulmate doing okay? i hope they are. i’ll make sure to find them in this timeline, and the next. whatever it takes. learn to love yourself.”

do you have a go-to person? who is it?

uh i dont have a go-to person,, i can’t vent or rant without feeling like burdening the other person or spreading negativity to them. instead i just kind of rant to myself on discord.

if you could tell your younger self something, what would you say?

“hey, kiddo. don’t fall in love too much nor fool around. it’ll affect you badly. appreciate the things your parents do for you, okay? don’t take anything for granted. ignore the people who call you names, they don’t matter here in the future. just be you.”

how do you spend your free time?

who or what is your biggest inspiration?

if you were a character in a horror movie, which stereotype do you closely resemble? and why?

your top 3 fanfiction tropes! (can be nsfw)

do you believe in soulmates and why?

painting or sketching and why?

what is on the top of your to-do list right now?

list down the top 3 things that make you happy.

who are you simping for right now?

what is your first core memory?

[ three ]  bold the statements that apply to you, italicize your aspirations.

AIR ༉⋆͙̈

i have small hands / i love the night sky / i watch animals and birds when i pass them by / i drink herbal tea / i wake to see the dawn / the smell of dust is comforting / i’m valued for being wise / i prefer books to music / i meditate / i find joy in learning new truths from the world around me

FIRE ༉⋆

i don’t have straight hair / i like to wear ripped jeans and overalls / i play an organized sport / i love dogs / i am not afraid of adventure / i love to talk to strangers / i always try new foods / i enjoy road trips / summer is my favorite season / my radio is always playing

WATER ༉⋆͙̈

i wear bracelets on my wrists / i love the bustle of the city / i have more than one set of piercings / i read poetry / i love the sound of a thunderstorm / i want to travel the world / i sleep past midday most days / i love simply lit dinners and fluorescent signs / i rewatch kids shows out of nostalgia / i see emotions in colors not words

EARTH ༉⋆͙̈

i wear glasses or contacts / i enjoy doing the laundry / i am a vegetarian or vegan / i have an excellent sense of time / my humor is very cheerful / i am a valued advisor to my friends / i believe in true love / i love this chill of mountain air / i’m always listening to music / i am highly trusted by the people in my life

AETHER ༉⋆͙̈

i go without makeup in my daily life / i make my own artwork / i keep on track of my tasks and time / i always know true north / i see beauty in everything / i can always smell flowers / i smile at everyone i pass by / i always fear history repeating itself / i have recovered from a mental disorder / i can love unconditionally

[ four ] the ultimate tag: answer whichever ones you want to because there are a lot.

personal 

name: [REDACTED], alachi nickname: teja, kai birthday: april 11 zodiac: aries nationality: malaysian languages: english, malay,  learning korean gender: female sexuality: biromantic height: 160 cm / 5"2’ or 5"3’

blog stuff

inspiration for muse: music, other people’s work meaning behind my url: fever (current fav song) + core (aesthetic??) blog established: around 2018 but i started becoming active in late 2019/early 2020 followers: 146  ( i love you all )

favorites

favorite animal/s: anything connected to the cat species  favorite book/s: the authentics (abdi nazemian), satellite (nick lake) favorite color/s: lighter shades/mid-tones of cool colours, a dash of yellow

random

average hours of sleep: 6 cats or dogs: cats coffee, tea or hot chocolate: tea current time: 11:34 pm dream trip: south korea, japan, europe dream job: song producer, lyric writer hobbies: listening to music, browsing the internet hogwarts house: ravenclaw last movie watched: harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban last song listened to:  no. of blankets you sleep with: 1 random fact(s): my favourite subjects are biology and english!

[ five ] 10 songs i can’t stop listening to:

eternally - txt

fever - ateez

blue - keshi

lights out - exo

00:00  - bts

strawberries and cigarettes - troye sivan

maze in the mirror - txt

i loved you - day6

 illusion - ateez

 stolen moments - the vamps

[starfleetimagines]

Tag 8 People You Want To Get To Know Better

Thank you @my-fic-corner for tagging me!

Favorite Colors: Pink, purple, and green

Last song I listened to: Too Young by Louis Tomlinson

Favorite Musicians: One Direction (band and solo music), 5 Seconds of Summer, The Vamps, Imagine Dragons, Bastille, Barenaked Ladies, and WALK THE MOON

Last film I watched: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Last TV Series I watched: Star Trek Deep Space Nine

Favorite Original Character: Probably one of my most recent OCs. Her name is Sadie Thorne

Sweet, Spicy, or Savory: Sweet

Sparkling water, tea, or coffee: Tea

I don’t know if I have 8 people to tag, but I’ll tag @reedalert, @writingsfromstarfleet / @dukatsass (idk which you prefer to post these on), @space-helen, and @nikkzwrites

[king-of-thelizards]

So. I’m playing this dnd campaign last quite large. It’s based on a west marches style campaign where there is a new settlement town on an unexplored continent and adventurers have to head out into the wilderness and explore, find new resources for the town, take care of immediate threats to the town, etc. And I’m pretty sure that a group of us just broke the game.

So a while back one of the characters, a time wizard, acquired knowledge of a dungeon in the north, the most frequented area of the campaign. So he got together a group of us, me, a wood elf ranger wereboar, a pirate rogue, a Goliath barbarian and a warforged necromancer and we went go do this dungeon. It went as well as can be expected at first. We find the cave and enter it and the rogue got immediately turned into stone by a Medusa so we fucking obliterated it so he can come back before booking it because we alerted everyone we were there. The time wizard had a cloak with a bunch of patches that can be torn off and become usable items, one of them being a barred door that he put in the cave entrance. We get a safe distance away before returning in the morning. When we return, we see that they had broken through the door, warping it outward opening it slightly. The necromancer sends in his familiar and he sees a beautiful woman standing in there waiting for us. After the time wizard flirts with her a bit, we re-enter the cave and she tries to kill us. Turns out she is a vampire so we just kick her ass until we are able to drag her into the sunlight.

Then shit hits the fan. We originally thought that she could only speak netherese. She knew common and learned all of our names. Before she died, she called out to the rest of the hoard to tell them who had killed her. Her sister came up to the cave entrance and nearly killed us. We couldn’t kill her so we ran. And that night, the vampire lord came after us. We were up against a fucking raid boss. There was no way we could win. But we fought. We fought hard. And this guy had a fucking Efreeti. We were fighting a djinni and a powerful spell casting vampire. And we won. We didn’t kill him sadly though and that’s the big issue. HE GOT AWAY. Now it is no longer safe to go to the north. No one can adventure to the north anymore because there is a vampire hoard that will slaughter any adventurer that goes up there and we are all ill prepared to fight them.

And to make matters worse, they are trying to tear us apart from the inside. They sent the five of us letters trying to get us to find the djinni (which is to the south) and wish for the dead vamp back but we can’t. I need that wish to deal with the wereboar situation. And we can’t fight them. We only have 6 players who are a level that can attack them but it’s a fucking raid boss and the last raid we barely one with 14 people fighting. We broke the game. We can no longer adventure. We might have also halted all town expansion because the north was were we were getting our lumber and stone. We fucked up.

[jungleindierock]

SPECIAL PLAYLIST

Jungle Indie Rock - Moon Playlist

Complied on a Moon theme to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing. 100 tracks from many genres, from when recorded music started to the present day!! Some are covers, some are originals but all are good. This playlist was compiled by Rebjukebox with the cover art work by Mar. So listen to it, share it, but most importantly enjoy it!! Reb. 

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Tracklist

Savage Garden - To The Moon & Back

Electric Light Orchestra - Ticket To The Moon

U.K. Subs - Countdown

The Birthday Party - Blast Off

Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - Rocket Man

Mr. Symarip - One Way Ticket To The Moon

Dinah Washington - Destination Moon

Radiohead - Sail To The Moon

Bobby Womack - Fly Me To The Moon

Imelda May - Meet You At The Moon

Cigarettes After Sex - Neon Moon

The Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon

R.E.M. - Man On The Moon

Norah Jones - Shoot The Moon

The Police - Walking On The Moon

Nick Drake - Pink Moon

The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon

Jose Gonzalez - This Is How We Walk On The Moon

Shivaree - Goodnight Moon

Foals - Moonlight

The Strokes - Life Is Simple In The Moonlight

Micheal Buble - Moondance

AURORA - Dance On The Moon

Toploader - Dancing On The Moon

The Hives - Blood Red Moon

Beck - Blue Moon

Balkan Beat Box - Dancing With The Moon

Dr. John - Creole Moon

Wolfmother - New Moon Rising

Foo Fighters - Virginia Moon

Greyhound - Moon River

Nouvelle Vague - The Killing Moon

Regina Spektor - Small Town Moon

Jack Johnson - Is One Moon Enough

The Doors - Moonlight Dirve

Neko Case - I Wish I Was The Moon

The xx - Blood Red Moon (Demo)

Rancid - Red Hot Moon

Ben Howard - What The Moon Does

Freak Power - Moonbeam Woman

Karen O - The Moon Song (Live)

AC/DC - What's Next To The Moon

Bent - Moonbeams

Rory Gallagher - Moonchild

The Czars - Paint The Moon

Underworld - Moon In Water

Wilco - Black Moon

Feist - My Moon My Man

The Kingstonians - Come We Go Moonwalk

Derrick Morgan - Moon Hop

The Silencers - Painted Moon (Blues Mix)

Mando Diao - Mr Moon

Dead Kennedys - Moon Over Marin

George Harrison - Here Comes The Moon

Voodoo Glow Skulls - Shoot The Moon

Jessica Pratt - Moon Dude

Chris Cornell - Worried Moon

Janis Joplin - Half Moon

DIIV - Healthy Moon

Tom Waits - Drunk On The Moon

Uncle Tupelo - Moonshiner

Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Monkberry Moon Delight

Rickie Lee Jones - The Moon Is Made Of Gold

Sunflower Bean - Harvest Moon

Foster The People - A Beginner's Guide To Destroyinh The Moon

UB40 - Moonlight Lover

Jamie Cullum - Old Devil Moon

Cat Power - The Moon

Traveling Wilburys - New Blue Moon

The Walkmen - Red Moon

M83 - Moonchild

Duran Duran - New Moon On Monday

Hinds - Caribbean Moon

3 Doors Down - Fell From The Moon

The Cult - Brother Wolf; Sister Moon

Belle & Sebastain - Waiting for The Moon To Rise

Iceage - Against The Moon

David Bowie - Moonage Daydream

Bjork - Moon

CocoRosie - The Moon Asked The Crow

Neil Halstead - Full Moon Rising

Cowboy Junkies - Blue Moon Revisited (Song For Elvis)

Love And Rockets - Holiday On The Moon

Pete And The Pirates - Half Moon street

The Black Angels - Comanche Moon

Jenny Lewis - Barking At The Moon

Lee "Scratch" Perry - Dreadlocks In Moonlight

The B52's - There's A moon In the Sky (Called The Moon)

Chromatics - Blue Moon

William Fitsimmons - Tide Pulls From The Moon

Van Morrison - Once In A Blue Moon

Mercury Rev - Tides Of The Moon

Iron & Wine - Half Moon

Lamb - Moonshine

Transvision Vamp - Sister Moon

Corinne Bailey Rae - Been To The Moon

Gates To The Morning - Return To Earth

Tom Petty - Free Fallin'

The Telescopes - Splashdown

Fever Ray - To The Moon And Back

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[salvatoreschool]

‘Legacies’ season 2, episode 9 review: ‘I’m THEE…Ted. I’m Ted. Sigh.’

I am so glad that Legacies season 2, episode 9 has brought our Salvatore School crew back. And now that we’ve met the Alyssa Chang, I can’t wait to see what’s next!

Before we took a break for the holidays, we saw Hope return to everyone’s memory, Landon choose to get back together with her, leaving Josie alone, and none other than THE NECROMANCER! was unveiled as the creature beneath the red cloak wreaking havoc in Mystic Falls. For a full refresher on Legacies season 2, episode 8, check out our review.

But now, it’s time to dig into all things Legacies season 2, episode 9, “I Couldn’t Have Done This Without You.”

From ‘Master of Death’ to ice cream scooper

I really didn’t know what I wanted after learning that THE NECROMANCER! was back at the end of the Legacies season 2 midseason finale. I never expected to get an entire episode of Ben Guerens as a completely human, suddenly powerless version of our hell-raiser. This was absolutely freaking delightful, and while I don’t know how long he will continue to be hanging around causing all sorts of trouble, I can’t help but be delighted to have his enthusiasm back.

Watching him take his journey from powerless mortal back to the necromancer he’s always been was interesting, and now I can’t help but wonder what role Chad will be playing as the season rolls forward.

Introducing Alyssa Chang

Is there anyone who wasn’t excited to see Olivia Liang portray Alyssa Chang? We’ve been hearing about her since the pilot, so I was more than excited to finally meet the witchy powerhouse.

I don’t know if I expected to love or hate her, but I find I’m pretty much neither. I’m intrigued by Alyssa Chang. While I wasn’t too happy about her treatment of Hope in regards to the whole roomie thing, I did love how loyal she felt toward M.G. Our favorite, comic-loving vamp needs more people in his corner, especially when the Saltzman twins keep running hot and cold on him all the time. It’s nice to know there’s someone else around to have his back when Kaleb is MIA.

I’m not sure if I love how she set Sebastian up to fail his test, or if I resent her for casting judgement on him before giving him a chance, but, I’m willing to give her loyalty to Lizzie and M.G. the edge here. Maybe it’s the Damon fan in me, but I keep seeing how similar Sebastian’s vibe is to TVD season 1 Damon. He’s just been resurrected after a VERY long dessication, and he’s not the good, kind-hearted vamp at heart. If he sticks around on Legacies, I can see a long and winding road to redemption for him, much like we watched Damon Salvatore tread.

Break-up and make-up awkwardness

It was inevitable that this episode was going to be full of awkwardness, with Josie and Landon still getting past all their break-up awkward, Hope and Josie trying to navigate a world where they both love Landon, and Hope and Landon trying to find their way back to some semblance of the normal they felt in Legacies season 1.

My greatest sympathies lie with Josie, even if I do think that Handon is my couple of the moment. While Hope and Landon are good together, I really do want to see Josie happy, so imagine the size of my grin at the end of this episode where all three parties find ways to bond in their new awkward and put the hard stuff behind them. I was basically brimming with glee whenever they were on screen.

“This is a seminal work of fiction, not something to run your horny clock out.”

I’m glad that M.G. is keeping Lizzie in her place a little. I thought it was cute that she wanted to bond with M.G. over his comics, but when we learned that it was just an effort to distract herself from Sebastian, I quickly turned on her. Not cool, Lizzie. Not cool. (Even if the tie in to the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover event was super fun to see.)

But, seriously, though. Good on M.G. for standing up for himself and his interests and not allowing her to use him to distract herself. He deserves better, and I’m glad he recognizes that.

Is Landon really powerless?

There was a lot of heavy-handed talk about Landon’s lack of power in Legacies season 2, episode 9. No matter how long Sebastian and him spent together, the ancient vamp could not stop trying to emasculate Landon for being less powerful than Hope.

While I’m really happy that Landon isn’t afraid to be less powerful than his tribrid lady, I can’t help but wonder if we’re being set up for another huge reveal in the second half of season 2. Legacies season 1, episode 13, “The Boy Who Still Has a Lot of Good to Do” was the episode we learned Landon was a phoenix, so could Legacies season 2, episode 13 be when we learn the extent of a phoenix’s powers?

Because there’s got to be more to being a phoenix than just coming back to life. Having a power like that at your fingertips has to mean there’s more he can do. It’s just going to take the perfect set of circumstances to bring forward any other powers he might have boiling under the surface. I’m wondering if there isn’t some healing, superspeed, or SOMETHING else waiting for him to discover.

Is Chad going to be this season’s true hero?

I mean, his introduction, death, and resurrection in this episode has me wondering what role he might play as season 2 goes on. Will he be THE NECROMANCER!’s undoing? Or just a simple, loyal acolyte to the king of the undead? Only time will tell, but I won’t be forgetting him anytime soon, that’s for sure.

Josie’s little premonition

There are exactly three visuals that we see when Josie starts magically messing with the mora miserium. They are: someone smashing the mora miserium in front of a large fireplace, an image of the entire Salvatore School engulfed in flames, and an image of Josie who had clearly gone full Dark Willow. (Like, seriously, the look of it is SO reminiscent of what Willow looked like when she went dark on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.)

I’m curious if this was just the mora miserium trying to convince her to let it out, or whether this was a true sort of premonition of a future that could be if they don’t find a way to get rid of the mora miserium safely.

Friendship restored!

That three-way hug!! I’m really glad that Hope, Josie, and Landon have been able to individually work on their relationships. We saw Hope helping Josie, Josie helping Landon, and Landon leaning on Hope. Everyone is doing the work to get back to the friends they were before all the Malivore-memory-related shenanigans.

I really need Hope and Josie to keep bonding, because I love them having each other to lean on. With all the craziness going on for both of them, it’s really important to me that they have each other to go to in times of trouble, stress, or emotional upheaval.

KYM IS BACK!! Now where’s Kaleb?

Okay, so I didn’t think twice when Dorian kept mentioning his intern, but OMG! It’s Kym! Talk about ecstatic. I don’t know where Kaleb was supposed to have been for the entirety of this episode, but knowing that soon we will have Kaleb, M.G., and Kym all together again is giving me life. I loved their dynamic earlier this season when they were investigating the Croatoan, so there is bound to be some great stuff for them coming down the pike.

Bye Sebastian… the pirate vampire?

So, Sebastian is most definitely in TVD season 1 Damon mode. He’s purposely pushing Alaric’s buttons, he’s head-over-heels for Lizzie, and he’s unable to control his need for chaos. The only question remaining is: Will he end up down a Damon-like path of redemption, or will his story meet a swift and bloody end? Or did it already?

Also, there were a couple of references to Sebastian having a pirate past in this episode that had me wondering where they are taking our new vamp troublemaker. Alaric’s book, Alyssa’s reference to a boat, and when you think back to the Croatoan and the whole Roanoke situation, it would make sense that a pirate could have ended up on the island for all that craziness.

And that original outfit we saw him in. I definitely think it had a pirate-like quality.

I’m definitely eager to see how his pirate-hood may play into later storylines, especially since Alaric did something with him for the time being. Is Sebastian back in his coffin? Is he dead? Did the vamp really choose to leave? I’m sure we’ll find out in Legacies season 2, episode 10, “This Is Why We Don’t Entrust Plans To Muppet Babies.”

Altogether, I think was a great midseason return. We got to see how THE NECROMANCER! came to be back in Mystic Falls, we watched as Sebastian proved himself incapable of following the Salvatore School rules, and we saw Josie, Landon, and Hope well on their way to healing all the ills the first half of the season brought.

I’m anxious to see where the rest of this season takes us after Legacies season 2, episode 9. Have we seen the last of Vardemus? Could we meet the real Vardemus at some point? Is Clark really dead? Is Hope still friends with Maya and Ethan? The questions floating around in my head could go on and on and on and on. But for now, I’ll just trust that there’s a great storyline ahead, and we only have to wait a single week til it arrives this time.

What did you love most about ‘Legacies’ season 2, episode 9?

[thislassishooked]

Wake Me Up Inside (1/?)

Wow, the day has come. Thank you so much to @resident-of-storybrooke for her awesome beta skills and for being the cheerleader I never knew I needed. Thanks to @tennant-the-tigger for not one, but two amazing artworks. She really nailed it with those. And last, but not least thanks to the mods of @cssns for letting me include this fic.

Some of you have already read chapters 1 & 2 since this wasn’t originally a cssns fic so I’ll post chapter 2 very soon or you can cheat and use the AO3 link below ;)

Summary:  Killian Jones has lived longer than any man has a right to live. Most would argue that what he was doing was not living, but merely existing. The day he lost his love was the day he lost the will to live, but instead of ending his life he inadvertently became the strongest being on earth and unfortunately indestructible. His mortal enemy followed him into immortality and craves the power only Killian possesses. With his brother by his side and the help of a quirky blonde hematologist, who makes him question whether he is ready for death after all, he will fight against evil, but more importantly, for the cure.

Rated: M for violence, language and sexual content.

AO3

Chapter 1

He kept his eyes glued to the sliding glass doors, scrutinizing every face that exited the biomedical research facility for the evening. He had a panoramic view of everything that went on around him from the tall oak tree he sat atop, but dusk was approaching and Barnett’s gang of misfit wannabe kidnappers would be appearing shortly and he was in no mood to establish dominance with one of his idiot underlings.

The traffic that had been flowing through the sliding doors had ceased, but two lights in the building were still lit, signaling his target was still in the building. He had been asked to keep watch over her nearly two months ago and she had been making it quite easy for him by keeping herself shut in until the wee hours of the morning. He settled himself in for another calm night, tagging every set of glowing eyes that were fixed on the building. Emma Swan was an enigma. She kept to herself as far as he could gather and staved off any advances from interested men. And there were plenty of interested men. Ms. Swan had grown into a remarkably attractive young woman. The last time he had set eyes on her she had been a gangly spitfire, barely a teenager. The woman she had grown into had glorious emerald eyes that were surrounded by illustrious golden locks, usually pulled back out of necessity. Her thick, too-long bangs that now framed her face always pulled his attention to her dark, long lashes that fluttered every time a colleague approached her. He determined, through his surveillance, that she did not like her research interrupted. She was, however, composed and considerate when forced to interact, and her associates were always met with a genuine smile.

His thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a snap of branches. With his fangs bared, his eyes darted in all directions. His defenses diminished slightly when he heard a familiar, slightly demonic, female giggle.

“Evening Zelena,” he sighed, keeping his eyes locked on the two lit up windows. “Isn’t it a little early for breakfast?”

A pale, frizzy red haired vamp dropped from the branch above him and continued to giggle, as if tickled by an unseen force.

“Silly Killy,” she spoke, inching her mouth closer to his ear. “I’m always hungry.”

He flinched at her revelation, but stayed vigilant, painfully aware that he was not the only vampire keeping a watchful eye on Ms. Swan. Until tonight, the others had been minions, useless in a fight with an older, stronger vampire, such as himself. The appearance of Zelena had him worried. She was half his age, but her psychotic temperament made her a force to be reckoned with. She was a fiercely protective follower of Jonathan Barnett, which put him on high alert.

“Tell me love,” he lamented with a lulling British accent, “when did you develop a taste for intellectuals?”

She giggled again, and then suddenly graced a mock frown.

“What are you insinuating?”

He studied her for a moment, but let the conversation die. She seemed to notice his hesitation and her mood quickly turned giddy again.

��Poor Killian, you seem so lost.” She locked eyes with his and he could see burning desire pulsing in her black, soulless gaze. “You could accompany me home right now. I’d give you everything and Jonathan would welcome you back to the family.”

“So that his minions can rip that poor girl’s throat out in my absence?” he scoffed. “I’m not going anywhere my dear, especially with a demon such as yourself.”

Her disposition suddenly turned fowl.

“You know that Jonathan can’t be stopped. You’ll fail once again and the family Rogers will finally be wiped out for good.” She giggled sardonically. “Let me guess, mummy and daddy have been keeping secrets from you, haven’t they? Keep a weathered eye on your pretty little bookworm, pirate.”

He stiffened at her insinuation. He had noticed he was no longer alone in his nightly stalking a few weeks ago. They had noticed him too and wisely kept their distance.

“When you decide you’re bored with babysitting,” she paused, lowering her lips just inches from his ear, “you know where to find me.” With that, Zelena jumped from the tree and disappeared into the night.

Killian decided that at dawn he would confront his parents. He needed to know why, after all this time, James Roger’s granddaughter was being hunted again.

____________________

The glowing red numbers on her clock kept reminding her that it was time to go. Her eyes were heavy and her brain had turned to mush, but night was when she did her best work and lately walking in the dark alone had become unnerving. She had never been afraid of the dark, always found comfort in its simplicity. In recent weeks, however, she started to feel like she was being watched. The rational part of her brain told her that there was no reason for anyone, or anything, to stalk her. Nevertheless, every time she stepped foot out of the lab at night, the hair on the back of her neck stood at attention.

She could see a hint of pink outside her office window, signaling that dawn had arrived. She’d still be able to catch a few hours of sleep and a shower before she had to be back. She had finally refined her drug formula to the point that she was ready to present her findings to her superior today. She took one last look around the room, flicked off the light and locked her office before heading out into the chilly September morning air.

____________________

Killian threw open the large double doors to his parent’s quarters, making his presence clear to the shocked, middle-aged couple. He made sure to close the doors behind him to secure their privacy. The couple exchanged knowing expressions and his father sighed in defeat.

Killian recognized the worry on their faces. “I take it you know why I’m here?”

His father simply nodded. “Tell me everything.”

His father stood from his place at the large dinner table and made his way to his defiant son. Killian’s piercing stare revealed that he would not be discouraged from his current path of truth seeking. The pair had been throwing excuses at Killian for far longer than either of them thought possible. He had been exceedingly patient with them, but they knew it wouldn’t last and the time for revelation had arrived.

Killian stood his ground, unsure if his demands would be met. His mother and father had never kept secrets from him before. His eyes darted between the pair of vampires that had called him son for over 200 years. He felt a tinge of regret for his abrupt intrusion, but resolved to get some answers.

“Son…” his father began. “You’re right to be angry.”

“I’m not angry,” Killian interrupted, “not yet.” He popped the “t” of both words for extra emphasis.

Something akin to a relieved sigh escaped his mother’s lips. Although vampires do not need to breathe, they are always practicing so as not to arouse suspicions from the living. After so many years, it becomes a natural habit again.

“Right.” His father hesitated, undoubtedly searching for the right words to begin his confession. “We have been keeping much from you and for that we apologize.”

Killian’s brows furrowed in confusion. His flustered blue eyes softened a bit at his father’s words. He had not expected his stubborn parents to relent so early in what should have been an argument. He ran his hand through his dark, tousled hair in a bid to regain his composure. “Right then, let’s hear it.” He gestured with his hand for his father to continue.

After a couple false starts, the older vampire cleared his throat and handed Killian a file that he had fished out of a locked desk drawer from his office. It contained surveillance photos as well as a short bio on the young woman he had been observing.

“As you know, Emma’s parents died when she was 13 and she was sent to live with her grandparents after the accident.” Killian winced, knowing full well that what had happened was no accident.

“Aye, and Barnett was convinced that she had died as well. James kept her identity a secret long enough to satisfy Barnett’s assumption and he disappeared from our lives. That was 15 years ago, how did he find her?”

“She’s pursuing a doctorate in hematology and came to Cambridge last year with grant money to complete her research on a new drug she’s developing.”

Killian studied the information he had just been given. “You believe her arrival in Cambridge was enough to garner Barnett’s attention?” he asked, still gazing at the images.

The hesitation in his father’s voice was clear. “No, it’s more than that. The drug, if formulated successfully, would be the first known cure for Porphyria.”

Killian’s eyes shot up at the mention of the devastating disease. His mind was racing. Could his father possibly believe that this woman could cure vampirism? He scrutinized the last photo in his hand, as if looking for some sign of deception. She was smiling in the picture, warmly receiving praise from a colleague. He considered the date the photo was taken. A year ago on September 30th. Ms. Swan had just begun her research that would consume her every waking moment. In just under a year, she had transformed into a shell of her former bright, confident self. The work had obviously taken a toll on her. The woman in the photo did not have bags under her eyes, and her hair was styled. She was dressed to impress, unlike the baggy scrubs that she sported since he saw her that first night. The most shocking difference was the lack of light in her eyes. In her photo, she was goal-oriented, determined. What he had seen this morning as she hesitantly exited the laboratory at the first signs of daylight was a nearly defeated, exhausted ghost of her former self.

“What does Barnett want with her?”

His father wandered to a large window on the opposite side of the room and slowly drew the curtains, as daylight was creeping in.

“He doesn’t want her to succeed.” he stated flatly.

Killian huffed in frustration.

“He has never hesitated before.” Killian furrowed his prominent brows. “Why is he waiting? If he means to stop her from following through, would it not be advantageous to kill her now?”

“This, we do not know. We have known of her overzealous ambitions since the day she was hired. Our informant at the biomedical labs has kept us updated on her progress, but we never imagined that she would get this far. She has proven herself quite competent, and in doing so, has caught the attention of a very dangerous foe.”

Just then, the double doors swung open and another vampire sauntered in with a mock scowl on his face. “Little brother,” he stated with his brows furrowed and arms folded, “it’s been far too long.”

Killian feigned annoyance and turned to his brother. “Always a pleasure to see you as well, Liam. And it’s younger brother.” The two men stared stoned faced until Liam finally ended the contest and pulled Killian in for a tight hug.

“Hello Liam,” Killian’s mother said with a smile. “Are Mary and Will with you this morning?”

Liam made his way to the soft-spoken older woman and gave her a much lighter, yet just as sincere hug. “Just me today Judith. I was hoping to catch my younger brother” he eyed Killian pointedly, “before he disappeared to his cave.”

“I don’t live in a cave,” Killian muttered.

Killian was genuinely happy to see his big brother. Unlike Martin and Judith, his adoptive parents, Liam was in fact his blood brother. The two were a strong contrast to one another. Liam was taller with broad shoulders. His hair was a soft yet thick blond mess of curls that sat upon a clean-shaven face. The brothers Jones did share one feature that always gave their kinship away, their brilliant blue eyes. Killian’s eyes were cerulean blue, bright and vibrant with a hint of hazel encircling the iris. They resembled the open ocean that he loved so much. The mess of dark brown hair that always looked slightly windblown as well as the kohl he continued to line his eyes with complemented his intense, glimmering gaze.

Liam seemed to detect that he had interrupted a rather serious discussion. “I’m sorry, should I come back?”

Martin waved away his trepidation. “This concerns you as well Liam. You have a family to protect.” Liam’s features dropped at the insinuation that his wife and child could be in danger. Martin repeated to Liam what he had divulged to Killian only moments ago. He turned to Killian, exhaustion clearly written across the older vampire’s features. “Killian, because of your rather unique talent, you are the only one who can get close to Miss Swan.” A flash of sympathy shown in Martin’s eyes and Killian knew exactly what talent his father was referring to. He was, to date, the only vampire to have developed immunity to the sun. Procuring the unexpected ability had been a long and painful process that he preferred to forget.

Nodding, Killian ran his hand through his hair once again, a nervous habit that he had been unable to break for over 300 years. “What would you like me to do?”

“Judith and I will contact our informant at Cambridge, we would like you to get to know the reclusive Miss Swan. Form a friendship with her and earn her trust. We may need it later.”

Killian gaped at his father, but sighed in defeat. Liam was not so silently snickering at the idea of Killian being social.

Martin huffed in annoyance and Liam immediately straightened his face. Killian smiled triumphantly at the admonishment of his brother.

As Killian and Liam were shuffling out of his parent’s chamber, Martin placed a hand on Killian’s shoulder. “Just keep in mind, my boy, that James never revealed any of this to Emma. As far as she in concerned vampires are supernatural beings in movies. Proceed with caution and don’t let her out of your sight.” Killian assured his parents that nothing would happen to the young woman while she was in his charge.

*

Killian smirked as he exited the extravagant home, dressed in a blue plaid button-up flannel shirt and dark jeans that his brother insisted would help him fit in with the modern streets of Cambridge. He shrugged on a leather biker jacket, a much shorter version of the long, heavy duster he was used to and swung his leg over the sleek motorcycle he rarely drove and took off toward town.

Failure was not an option when it came to this particular mission. If any harm came to Emma Swan he would be guilty of breaking an oath that he had made centuries ago.