#sending literally all the love x2 right back at you :D

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catch!!!

BOLD MOVE ARCHIBALD!!! THIS MEANS WAR-!!

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dnf moments caught from within the chaos (every single one)

 march 10th george alt stream

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first video:

00:11:40-00:12:30 "is that george from dreamhunt?"

00:20:37-00:21:10 g:"me and dream argue about the stupidest things"

(many good sap/gogy sibling moments! and then...)

00:26:49 dream joins in secret and george tries to figure it out

00:27:26 dream gives himself away with a chuckle

00:27:55-00:29:00 "i was watching George's stream, i didn't even know you were streaming"

00:34:08-00:34:45 lil uk travel ban talk

00:36:46 g:"'late nights in the middle of june' this is true x2"

00:37:52-00:38:10 1.5 inches elephant still on george's desk

00:40:56-00:41:12 dream chuckling going "george is so salty"

00:49:04 dream hasn't paid george the $1,000 from geoguessr

00:49:50 dream tries to get george to play geoguessr

00:50:18-00:50:45 george tells dream about dreamhunt guy

00:53:37 d:"im on literally negative sleep"

00:55:57 g:"'tell dream you love him' no."

00:56:27-00:57:00 g:"'george you're the hottest piece of ass in dreamhunt' is that true dream?", d:"maybe it is" + "you're such an idiot"

00:57:14-00:57:54 dream tries to think of who in one direction each one of them are, can't choose for george

00:59:12 d:"he's like the most annoying person on the planet" (prob cus he can't focus on chess cus of gogy)

01:17:36 sapnap doesn't reply to george, dream replies immediately

01:19:26-01:19:40 + 01:21:56-01:22:50 talking about george exposing dream for the s*x tiktok

01:24:13 g:"ok i'm gonna go get water. dream, entertain my stream."

01:29:55-01:32:00 george and sapnap argue over servers, simp dream settles it w/ a "coin flip" (rigged)

01:33:40-01:34:50 sapnap waited for dream to wake up for burger day, s:"george wishes he coulda been a part of that"

01:36:12 d:"i was actually writing lyrics this morning"

01:40:37-01:42:12 stonks talk g:"what do i invest in?" d:"me"

(dreamnap moments interval here...)

01:50:14 s:"should i tweet out a picture of your girlfriend george?", d:"it's gonna be like a picture of my yt icon"

01:52:11-01:52:43 d:"'dnf arc'? yeah maybe", g:"is it a joke to you?"

01:52:57-01:53:11 sapnap and dream don't send george good morning texts & it upsets him

01:53:13-01:53:45 george didn't laugh at dream's joke, so dream calls him out for not paying attention

01:53:51 g:"'pretty privilege is real and you have it!' is this true dream?" d:"yeah. yeah"

01:54:13-01:54:55 sapnap accusing george of having a girlfriend, g:“dream, should we just tell them?”

01:59:30-01:59:50 g:“’can you say bleepbleep dream?’ no i can’t say that”, d:”just say it. george.”

02:02:00 g:“’is it true quackity and dream constantly fight for your love?’ it’s true”

02:02:10-02:03:00 d:”we were in our, like, linked arc. except for opposites …attract”

02:03:30 dream starts going through his texts with george

02:04:30 d:”my favorite number is…one second, i’m pulling up my george contact”

02:05:35-02:06:20 dream reads out their texts about waking up at the same time & having s*x

02:06:33-02:08:00 george’s “ayo muffin man” text to dream where he asked if he could make a joke about dream’s cheating drama, d:”you were being a good friend”

02:07:02 g:”we don’t text that much” d:”we text, like, everyday, but…”

02:08:36 first video ends

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second video:

00:10:35 george shoots dnf on a wall, d:”you’re so dumb”, s:”what?”, d:”george”

00:14:30 g:”dream come baaaaackk”

00:16:22 dream in the bg laughing alone “this text is so funny! this text is amazing” (note: he started going through their texts, like, 20 mins ago)

00:17:25-00:17:58 george’s first text to dream: “hi loser”, sapnap asking about his first text, d:”that’s different”

00:20:38-00:21:00 s:”maybe if you were watching my stream instead of watching george’s all the time” + s:“maybe if you weren’t in your, like, dnf arc all the time”

00:22:40-00:23:15 g:“’george and dream’s brotherly relationship is so iconic’ brotherly?”, d:”someone in chat said ‘the alabama arc’”

00:26:05-00:26:30 pickle dick g:”dick-…dip his hands in the pickle jar”

00:27:05 d:”you’re an idiot george, you’re such a, you’re such a dick”

00:30:29-00:41:45 discussion about covid travel rules and george going to florida, george heatedly going through every possible trick to get there but dream being responsible about it

00:34:00 g:”dream, get me a private jet”

00:34:56 g:”i’ll just stay”, d:”for how long?”, g:”forever.”

00:36:13 gnf charity for private jet and then george will grapple down from a helicopter, d:”you’re such an idiot x2”

00:36:51 g:”i’m not actually joking” + g:”no it’s not impossible!” *checks cost of a private jet*

00:38:20 d:”you need to double it cus you have to go back” g:”i’m not going back. i’m not going back”

00:38:38 about deportation g:”dream, you can just protect me dream, just don’t let them take me away”

00:39:29 about deportation g:”then what if i never go back, what if i just never go back?”

00:40:01 g:”wait i have an idea dream. what if you just married me?” s:”you’re not allowed to marry someone to get them in the country”, g:”well that’s not the only reason”

00:41:13 g:”’sounds like dream doesn’t wanna meet you’ yeah he doesn’t”

00:43:43 g:”to be fair you are in your silly goose arc”, d:”i’m not in any goose arc” *mutual giggling*

00:44:45-00:45:25 discussion about obama escorting george on his private jet

00:47:38 dono:“you visiting dream is not a no, it’s a not yet”

00:50:21 g:”’just admit it, you’re madly in love with dream and you’re using this as an excuse to marry him’ no. this is false”, g:”i’m in my hating dream arc right now” d:”well, i mean … it’s about to be in a different arc though”

00:50:40 finishing each other’s sentences

00:50:50 s:”i wish karl was here.”, s:”at least i would have someone to be like, in love with, jesus”

00:51:29 d:”sapnap third wheel arc” s:”you guys may flirt and stuff, but me and you have physical s*x” d:”oh my goddd, what the hell?! that’s too far!”

00:54:43 sapnap teasing george about being able to cuddle dream, g:”i don’t care, i don’t care”

00:56:27 george teasing sapnap about having a gf again, s:”you have a dream”

00:56:43 g:”should i play geoguessr?” d:”oh, yes!”

00:57:07 d:”i’m exhausted and i’m laying in bed” (but he’s still staying)

(00:58:30 geoguessr starts, they’re tired and argue a lot)

01:00:48 arguing about colors g:”well you’re wrong” d:”maybe- actually maybe i think that’s- actually you’re right”

01:03:27 george was going to do geoguessr with wilbur today, but is too tired now

01:07:55 d:”if you had asked, i would’ve told you” g:”i didn’t wanna ask, i did it myself” *sassy*

01:13:55 george missed dream’s joke and he called him out for it again

01:17:00 g:”i’m not buying a maid dress” d:*silence*

01:20:10 g:“’dream we need your support to get george in a maid dress’ what do you think dream?”, d:*silence*

01:21:53 g:”you know what dream? i trust you”, d:”no, don’t trust me!”

01:22:50 dono:”when you asked dream if you should wear a maid dress, the silence was so loud” d:*silence*

01:23:23 after george makes a dumb voice d:”why are you reading like that?”, d:”i’m about to leave” (spoiler: he doesn’t leave, just stops looking for 30 secs)

01:24:10 g:”what do you mean you’re not even looking?”, g:”why, do you hate me?”, d:”you were being in your annoying arc”

01:34:28 dono:”do you have a song that makes you think of dream?”, d:”probably heat waves”, + george saying he doesn’t think of dream when listening to songs and dream not buying it

01:36:40 dream replying for him that george’s most listened to travis scott song is goosebumps (aka “their song”)

01:39:50 george confirms goosebumps is his most listened to travis scott song

01:42:26 d:”this is the last game im playing with you”, d:”cus i don’t wanna play with you anymore” (spoiler: it’s not the last one)

01:45:52 g:”alright one more”, d:”no i said i’d-…ok fine whatever one more” (spoiler: it’s not just one more)

01:48:46 dream mishears that george is gonna kiss him

01:54:24 g:”alright here’s the last game guys”, d:”you keep saying that, you keep…leading me on”

01:57:02 d:”that was the last one”, g:”no we said we were ending on a win” (no they didn’t) g:”you can’t leeeeeave, you can’t leave! it’s not allowed”

01:58:17 dono:”what is a place you’ve always wanted to go?”, g:”idk”, d:”america”

01:59:27 g:”i just, i was like…aaaaaghhhhlldududu you know?”, d:”yeah, i do know”

02:05:00 d:”alright, i’m gonna head out”, g:”wait, wait just wait”, g:”why are you in your like salty era?”, d:”why are you in your clingy era?”, d:”i think it would make sense if i left when i want to”, g:”alright, well, leave then, see what happens, you’re gonna regret it, that’s all i know”

02:05:30 dream leaves the call but then immediately starts watching george’s stream until he ends (who’s the one in their clingy era?)

02:06:10 george talks about going to bed (dream’s already in bed so they’re synced once again) 

[garden-uprooted]

“One body, two souls” (( god I can't imagine there being any personality that'd be worse to fuse Spinel's with than Dom's and vice versa and I MUST hear what your take on what that Hell Fusion would be like is omfggggggggggg ))

Send “One body, two souls” to see what I think the fusion of our muses would be like // Still Accepting!

Gemstone Name & Reasoning: Mookaite (yes I KNOW there’s no reason the gem would change since Spinel’s the only Gem in the fusion, but finding the gemstone for the fusion is half the fun, shut up-) 

Okay so I KNOW the name sounds weird, but I NEEDED a specific feel for the fusion to fully WORK, y’know? Their fusion would lack ANY sort of Spinel’s typical restraint; a completely wild free spirit. I needed a gemstone that encouraged the release of inhibitions and made you set your sights on things that you’d previously held yourself back from. 

“Embrace your wanderlust and let Mookaite be your spiritual compass, pointing you in the direction of adventure. Awaken your true potential with the energy of this stone, and pursue the passions you’ve put on hold. The willpower that mookaite stimulates in your solar plexus and root chakras will rouse in you a desire to explore new activities. Its exciting, yet comforting energy makes for a great travel companion for those on a solo journey.”

I would go into more detail, but in order to properly do that, I’d need to jump onto the next section uwu… 

Personality:

OKAY. I HAVE SO MANY FUCKIN’ THOUGHTS ON THIS MESS WHOM I ALREADY IMMEDIATELY ADORE 

Okay okay okay, SO. Obviously they’re a pretty toxic fusion. This should go without saying- two chaotic energies in ONE body?? 

… But it ISN’T because Spinel and Lord D DON’T get along, oh no..

It’s BECAUSE they get along so SWIMMINGLY. 

Spinel is naturally impulsive and reckless, sometimes, due to Trauma TM, and also just because she’s Like That, but she HAS self-restraint. She can tell (most of the time) when she’s gone too far with something. And Lord D, while not nearly AS hyperactive as Spinel (but ABSOLUTELY is also an ADHD mess), has undoubted patience and self-control, as well. 

They’re “bouncing off of the walls” off the shits chaos lesbians, but they both know how to reign themselves in. 

While fused as Mookaite, however?

That ALL goes out of the window.

They FEED into each other’s boundless thoughts- they ENCOURAGE each other’s deepest darkest carnal desires ALL in the name of 

FUN. 

Spinel is a people-pleaser, above all. She’s LITERALLY an entertainer, and she ADORES her job/”life purpose”. She won’t hesitate to change herself or mold herself into what others want/expect her to be so long as she looks up to and wants to impress said person. 

And DING DING DING, Lord Dominator fits that criteria. Spinel gladly falls into the more submissive role in their fusion- letting Lord D pull the strings from the back (AKA, the Front). 

A little confusing? Don’t worry, I’ll clear that up a little later down the line. 

For now, let’s just say that Mookaite is THE definition of discord and madness. She practically BATHES in the tears of others- RELISHES in pained cries as she tramples over (or SLASHES through) people. Jokes? Japes? Cruel pranks? Snarky remarks? Low blows to people’s self-esteem via honing in on their weaknesses and using it against them? 

You want it, Mookaite’s got it all! There are absolutely NO remnants of Spinel’s kindness or compassion to be had. It’s all overshadowed by the desire to be ACTIVE and to MOVE and to spend all of her child-like ENERGY (that has practically no limit to it, so long as they’re fused together). 

She’s INTELLIGENT, though. SCARILY so. A force that you DO. NOT. WANT. To reckon with. If she WANTS something, she GETS it. There is no escape, so don’t even bother hiding or running. 

A MASTER manipulator and strategist, as well as wild party animal and unrestrained force of destruction. She’ll gladly restrain herself long enough to string people along- only for the SWEET sweet eventual payment of said person’s bitter tears as they either have their heart, or their spine broken. 

…However… I WILL say that, SHOULD Mookaite ever encounter someone that Spinel KNOWS (and thus most likely automatically CARES about), and the Dom part of them goes “OH, someone to hurt/”prank”!!!”, Spinel WILL go “Wait wait wait, but- but they’re my FRIEND, I’m not gonna-??” 

It’s SO MUCH more DIFFICULT for Spinel to vent our her feelings/frustrations on someone who ISN’T a complete stranger to her. All of that empathy and WANT to be somebody’s very best friend never VANISHED. It just got restrained. 

The SECOND Mookaite tries to/decides to ATTACK/HURT, say, someone like STEVEN, Spinel takes full control and unfuses at once.

Physical Appearance:

Oh, they want to make sure they can at LEAST tower over most humans they encounter. I’d IMAGINE Dom is around 5′7″, and Spinel just barely naturally reaches 5′3″ in her current form (I headcanon she WAS 5′0″ or so before Pink left her- height is intimidating), and so Mookaite is looking to be around 6′5″ to possibly JUST shy of being 7′0″. Of course, they can stretch, still, so their natural standing height isn’t all THAT important. 

Remember how I described their personality earlier, though? What with Spinel playing the more subservient role while Dom takes the reigns? Yeah, that’s coming back into play here, baybey!!! 

While Mookaite takes on Dom’s slender and athletic physique and generally uses her body as a base, their face resembles Spinel’s the most. At first glance, SPINEL would seem like the dominant in the fusion, actually. 

However, in spite of that, Spinel’s loud and proud presence in Mookaite is only representative of her and Dom’s RELATIONSHIP. Dominator is Spinel’s enabler- turning her from a loose canon to one fully loaded and ready to fire; the consequences be damned. 

So, in actuality, Dom is still, naturally, the dominant. Spinel is just her willing (?) puppet to enact out their obscene horrors. 

Their hair is styled almost exactly like Dom’s- except it’s colored like Spinel’s, and it’s an absolute jagged frizzy mess. It kinda looks like they took a pair of scissors and tried to style it themselves, to be honest; but it’s stylish in the “manic pixie dream girl” way, if you know what I mean? 

Dom’s white hair shows in white streaks throughout. Mooktaite’s entire color scheme is themed around blacks, dark magentas/reds, deep browns, oranges, and yellows, to boot; drawing inspiration from the gemstone, Mookaite, itself, and Dominator’s attire. 

They keep Spinel’s poofy bottom, but it acts more like short shorts that flow seamlessly into Dom’s split dress; which is masterfully torn and tattered just at the knees. They also keep Spinel’s gloves- they just gain a more ragged look, as well, and are styled after Dom’s elbow-length ones. 

Say bye bye to Spinel’s fuckign clown shoes, tho, they’re Dom’s sneakers, now. RIP clown shoes. Ye shall be missed. 

Mookaite’s eyes are Forever Swirly And Crazed. It makes her look like she downed ten espresso shots in one sitting and went back to the coffee shop for more. Her mascara is also There, but it’s X2. 

It’s ALWAYS running down her face- yes, actually running down her chin and dripping right off. An endless supply of messy, drippy mascara that LOOKS like they’ve been crying in it for five hours, but 

HAHA!

Mookaite doesn’t CRY! 

On the outside. 

Oh, also, did I mention the fact that they have extra limbs? Typically it’s only just two arms and two legs, but as an extra “HEY, WATCH THIS, AND ALSO FUCK YOU!!!” they can sprout another pair of arms from their back at will. And yes it makes sickening cracking sounds, because Dominator has bones that CAN make those sounds. 

Does it ACTUALLY hurt her to do, though? 

Eh. Your choice. 

Oh oh oh and NATURALLY they have sharp, shark-like teeth. Why??? Would they NOT???? Bruh they’re fuckin off the wall, they’re demonic as all hell and so basically I Love Them 

…. Oh, and uh…. Sarah Stiles’ Spinel’s New Yorker accent that tends to be more of an undertone, than anything..? 

It’s fully pronounced in Mookaite. High pitched, squeaky, psychotic Betty Boop hours, folks.

Combat: 

My fingers hurt but you know how Spinel has her scythe, Suzie? And Dom can control magma and ice/frost? AND you know how they BOTH can stretch and extend their limbs/Dom is super flexible? 

Now, I’m not saying crazy fast contortionist that can wreck you from like twenty feet away, but- okay I totally am.

Something tells me Mookaite would be MUCH more a fan of hands-on fighting, though. Sure she COULD either suit up or use Dom’s powers and Spinel’s elasticity to one-hit KO their opponent, but where’s the FUN in THAT? 

And thus where Suzie comes in. 

Mookaite is a brick POWERHOUSE- chaotic demented laughter all the while while she SLASHES through her enemies; twirling through the air and jumping on top of/off of their shoulders or heads. She’s a bratty gamer girl about it the whole time, too; mocking her adversaries for being “too slow” or “not putting up enough of a fight/challenge”. 

She’s ALWAYS looking for fights and worthy opponents- swinging Suzie around like the huge scythe is a baton and not a VERY deadly weapon. She treats her like a prized cane half the time; preferring to have her fully activated and ready to go at the drop of a hat. 

[maculategiraffe]

meanwhile back at the castle

Thank you @percygranger, @heigraylake and @karenisyourfriend for your prompts!  I threw them all in a blender and came up with something!

(@onniilee I’m sorry I couldn’t incorporate yours, but thank you for your kind words and yes I am doing Okay.  :D  For the future, is there anything in particular you’d like to see?  Characters, settings, etc.?)

Spoilers ahead for How Life Goes On The Way It Does through the end of Renascence.  This bit takes place back at the Castle, at approximately at the same time as the current events happening in Refreshment.  Rated F for Fluff. 

Emily remembers.

There are things she doesn't talk about much, not even with her mother, or Kasumi, but it doesn't mean she doesn't remember.

She doesn't know why she's remembering this particular thing right now, so vividly.  In reality, in the present, she's curled on one of the library couches with Kasumi.  They're almost the same size, but Emily's a little bit bigger-- an inch and a half taller, her limbs thicker and stronger than Kasumi's, her hips and breasts a little bit fuller-- which is one of the many things she loves about Kasumi.  Emily gets to be the bigger one, when she's smaller than almost everybody.  Except Shaun, who's fallen asleep on the couch opposite, head pillowed on Max's thigh, Max's brown hand resting lightly on his back.

Kasumi doesn't mind being smaller.  She's an only child, so she doesn't have a lot of big strong brothers to feel towered over by, and she's human, so she inherited her size and shape directly from her parents.  When Emily lived with them, she kept staring at the three of them, marvelling at the mixture of Rei and Kenji in Kasumi's face.  It made her wish she could have known her father, the one who died long before her creation, when Father was just a tiny baby.  Shaun must look partly like him.  She'd like to see how.

Emily's warm and happy, with her Kasumi in her arms, her beautiful girl, who kissed her first by the water in the Diamond City moonlight, and her family all around.  Cog and Victoria, the twins-- she thinks of them as the twins, because they came as a set and because they're inseparable, and speak a giddy shared private language sometimes, like the Thompson twins did-- Victoria on the couch beside Max and Shaun, Cog on the floor at her feet, head leant against her knee.  In one comfortable armchair, Leah-- dear Leah, Emily's heart swells with joy to have her safe here-- hands folded quietly in her lap, her stillness seeming practiced, like a courser's.  Tom in another chair, knees drawn up to his chin, heavy shoes dirtying and possibly tearing the upholstery, but no one's inclined to reprove him, not even Victoria.

Desdemona's in one corner of the third couch, perpendicular to the others.  Both of the ex-Railroad humans are looking a lot better already than they did when they arrived.  Dee's been looking after them, making sure they eat and drink, making sure they rest, but coaxing them, too, to get a little exercise and sunshine and fresh air every day.  Mothering them.  

Elizabeth is in the other corner of the third couch, watching Dee, who's between her and Desdemona, bent over the book he's reading aloud.

They're still working on The Wind in the Willows, but now that Shaun's asleep, they've switched over to their grown-up book, one their mother picked out herself at the library, called Silas Marner.  Emily's not really listening to the words, just to the cadence of the sentences, Dee's voice.  This is the first time he's ever agreed to read for them, and he has a great voice, as Emily knew he would.  Smooth, fluent, expressive.  He does the voices, too.

Emily's aware of all this, blissfully aware, but she's also remembering darkness.

Darkness, with a line of light visible, where the door of the room where she's been stored doesn't quite meet the floor.  She's on her knees, her thin cotton dress providing almost no protection from the cold, hard, filthy concrete.  Her hands are tied behind her back.  Her leg hurts, where she got bitten by that creature.  So does her face, where the raider slapped her.  She's trying not to cry.  She's waiting.

(She didn't know then what she was waiting for, exactly.  What would happen, when the door opened.  Whether her mother would be angry, shout at her, demand to know how she could be so stupid, what she could possibly have been thinking, what had possessed her to do such a thing. She didn't know what she'd say, whether she'd be able to tell the truth.  She didn't even know her mother was her mother.  She called her ma'am, and you, in conversation.  She didn't call her anything in thought, really, just-- saw her.)

Kasumi stretches lazily in her arms-- she's getting sleepy -- and readjusts herself, wrapping one arm around Emily's neck, laying her head down on Emily's chest, nuzzling her collarbone, not quite kissing.   Emily can feel her breath, warm and tingly, the warm sweet pressure and trusting weight of her girlfriend, can hear the voice of her human brother reading, at the same time she sees darkness, hears muffled gunfire and screaming.

She kisses Kasumi's temple, where the fine black hair begins, and listens at the same time for the gritchy grating sound of a bobby pin inserted into a keyhole, probing delicately at the tumblers of the lock.

Click. The hinges creak.

The light dazzles her.

Then the memory's over, and she's just here, in the library.

She's a little disappointed it ended before her mother smiled at her and called her sweetheart, cut her hands free and took Emily (Ruby, Y4-15, her nameless not-yet-daughter) in her arms.

But this is good, too.  Emily's at home with her family, and her mother's with her stepfather and all her biggest, best-trained brothers, looking for the lost ones, the ones who don't know her yet.  Probably nobody has locked V4-54 and X2-71 in a dark room, not literally, but that doesn't mean they don't need someone to come for them.  Someone to put strong arms around them, show them what it means to be loved.

She still isn't really listening to what Dee's reading-- she can always steal the book after the sleepers are asleep and catch up on what she missed -- until she hears the word Deacon.

She isn't the only one.  People stir.  No one comments, though.

Dee himself doesn't pause or falter.  His smooth voice reads on:

"--and, being a childless widower, he was tended night and day by some of the younger brethren or sisters.  Silas frequently took his turn in the night-watching with William, the one relieving the other at two in the morning.  The old man, contrary to expectation, seemed to be on the way to recovery, when one night Silas, sitting up by his bedside, observed that his usual audible breathing had ceased.  The candle was burning low, and he had to lift it to see the patient's face distinctly.  Examination convinced him that the deacon was dead-- had been dead some time, for the limbs were rigid."

Max's low, slightly hoarse voice interrupts, "What's a deacon?"

Dee hesitates for a second before he looks up at Max.  He isn't wearing his sunglasses.  Emily likes how he looks without them.

Cog is already looking through the dictionary they keep handy when they're reading.  He's on vocabulary duty tonight.

"A member of the diaconate," he reads, "an office in Christian churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions.  From the Greek, diakonos, 'servant,' 'waiting-man,' 'minister,' or 'messenger.'"

Desdemona does something Emily hasn't seen her do before.  She reaches out, and puts her hand over Dee's where it rests on the page.

He looks at her, and she smiles at him, the smile that transforms her face, makes her look as young as Emily's mother, as ready to open her arms or put up her fists, as full of love and hope and fight.

Dee smiles back, looking dazed.  Light-dazzled, like the memory-Emily on the floor, the moment when the door opens.

"Should I keep going?" he asks after a second.

"Yeah," says Tom.

"Yeah," echoes Max, and adds, "That old deacon might be dead, but you got plenty left in you, Jonah Dee."

Dee smiles down at the page a moment before he resumes, "Silas asked himself if he had been asleep, and looked at the clock: it was already four in the morning. How was it that William had not come? In much anxiety he went to seek for help, and soon there were several friends assembled in the house, the minister among them--"

Kasumi is asleep.  Emily can tell from her breathing, and the weight of her.  Drifted away into dreams, leaving Emily to look after her sleeping, defenseless body. Just as her mother left her in charge: of her siblings, and the Castle, and the Commonwealth.  Left her to take care of them, make sure they don't come to harm.  Make sure they stick together.  Like in the lullaby Mrs. Nakano sang, that Emily remembered, and sang to her mother, while her mother clung to her and wept.  Find them and fold them deep, fold them to sleep.

At the end of the chapter, she'll rouse Kasumi and Shaun and anyone else who's drifted off by then, get them to their beds, get bedtime snacks and drinks of water and extra blankets and goodnight kisses for those who want them, tell them goodnight and sweet dreams, and that she loves them.

Then she'll go to the top of the wall of her mother's fortress, and pick out patterns in the stars, sending each one-- the hunter, the seven sisters, the queen, the yao guai and its cub-- a silent plea to look after her mother and her brothers, all of her family they can see and she can't.

For now, though, she can see enough from where she sits, Kasumi in her arms.  Cog's eyes are closed; Victoria's are intent on Dee.  Max is watching him, too, with a soft, unguarded look on his face.  Tom's cheek is resting on his hands, which rest on his knees.  Desdemona's hand is on Dee's arm now, laying there lightly, and Elizabeth has cozied up to his other side, her head on his shoulder.  Dee's voice goes on, into the warm, well-lighted room: "...with the eyes of those who to him represented God's people fixed solemnly upon him..."

Emily knows: they’re all, always, learning.  Themselves, each other.  Who they are.  How to love each other.  What to remember, and what to let go.

Emily remembers.  Who she is, who she’ll be, how she’ll manage.  Summons the memory on purpose this time, just a fragment, her mother's love-wrung voice, my sweet, brave girl.

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Who is your favourite villain in bnha??

I don’t... really... like the villains in bnha... sorry - the one I’m the most interested in is Twice, I feel like I could end up liking him soon enough, and the one I like the design of the most is Overhaul? I’m waiting for the day Horikoshi will make Dabi interesting to me, since as of now he’s a pretty bland and anonymous character and if I knew him more the chances I’d like or dislike him are more or less equal, but that’s about it for now

Anon said:i am just going to say that i am really inlove with your bakushimanaris (like, all three of them, any one of them, tbh you just opened my eyes on bakukami though, they're so cute and love!!!) and bakusquad i hope you draw more and more and more of them and never ever get tired of them

Awwwww thank you so much!!!! And I’m super glad you like my squad stuff!!!!! I’ll definitely draw more of it soon, don’t worry about that, they’re my faves to play with at the moment~

Anon said:Every time I see one of your drawing from a new show I'm like welp! Looks like I'm starting a new show. I think I started watching like three different shows and read the entire bnha manga just to understand more of your comics because I love your art!! Seriously it's super amazing and beautiful!!

BOI thank you!!!!!!!!!! I hope you liked all that stuff you started because of me hahaha and if this ask was about my latest LWA sketches, I hope you’ll enjoy that too!!! The girls are all amazing and both art-style and animations are incredible, it’s a really fun show!

Anon said:At the very least, I'm praying for "die you bacteria fucks"

I hear Bakugou’s vocabulary has been censored a bit in the anime (lmao good god son) so who knows! And how you translate swears from japanese depends a lot on the translator too, so who know x2! I hope it’ll be there tho, I love it haha

Anon said:Your Kosei is ADORABLE (not that all your drawings aren't, you amaze me). So glad he's getting some love

He’s such a good one, I hope with the anime more people will notice him!!!! I’m glad you like how I draw him!!!!!!!

Anon said:I feel like I'm the only one who hasn't read the actual manga for bnha! But I rly like ur art a lot even when I don't always get a reference or recognize a chara. Keep drawing I love it a lot (ﾉ´ヮ´)ﾉ*: ･ﾟ

Thank you???!!!!!! And don’t worry anon, you’re really not, there’s a lot of people who prefer anime to manga and there’s nothing wrong with that! Also... not getting or remembering the 1B kids...... isn’t unheard of from manga readers either.......... they’re seriously minor characters................. rip

Anon said:monoma x everyone this is the new ship 4 me, dekubowl got another contender

!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m glad your multishipper heart found a new victim, anon!! haha

Anon said:your tags literally give me life. honestly, they never fail to make me smile even if im having a shitty day. especially that stray kiri in your class b post like. kiri is literally my life saver i think

GOSH I’m glad I can help you like that!!!!!

Anon said:I just finished bnha and I'm going back trought all your art bc now I understand all the bnha ones and I'm happy with this

OOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I’m happy you still like them after knowing who the characters are hahahaha might mean I’m doing something right with the characterization lol

Anon said:I had to go Google Sharkboy and Lavagirl and I've never been happier that I follow you

LMAO happy I could introduce you to the masterpiece that is that movie anon hahaha

Anon said: I'll probably regret sending this in the morning but I had a weird ass thought. What if Kiri accidentally activated his quirk when Baku was leaving a hickey and Baku straight up got stuck there. Unable to pull away. And they're both mortified.

Oh my god anon I don’t think that’s how Kirishima’s quirk works hahaha

Anon said:I JUST READ CHAPTER 133 OF BNHA AND ALL THE OTHER NEW CHAPTERS OH MY GOOOOOD thought i'd let you know ahah bc i know you must have died reading it too idkk. Also your last Kuroteru art !!!!! Gives me life !!!!! I LOVE YOUR ART SO MUCH and oh your comic abt tsuyu's and kaminari's hair had me laughing so hard you're a gIFT

Oops i forgot to put it in my previous ask : do you have any favorite bnha fic you'd be okay to share ? thank you !! (again you're a gIFT ily you seem like such a kind person and your art is awesome)

BOI SO MUCH HYPE IN JUST ONE ANON I LIKE YOU A LOT FRIEND !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for all the compliments!!!! And sure, of course I do I don’t read anything that isn’t bnha lately - try there

Bakushima

Bakushima

Also Bakushima + second part

More Bakushima

BakushimaNARI

You might notice I’m really into Bakushima

Kamishima!!!

MORE Kamishima

Another Bakushimanari

lOOK another Bakushima

BAKUNARI !!!!

Bakushima but also Gen/Kiri-centric

BAKUSHIMA

Agaaainnnn

These are just some of them guess who my faves are - btw anything by authoress is worth giving a shot, same for eggstasy and poteto 👍👍

Anon said:Your art is so cute and pretty it's starting to piss me off!

Please don’t be pissed off anon!!!!! °O°

Anon said:i'm so happy, i went to a con today and got a mystery haikyuu print... it turned out to be Teru and i nearly cried it was so good

OHHHHHHHHHH that’s super great for you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anon said:whispers you said you're far from your favourite artist so i just wanted to say that you're My favourite artist

G o D that’s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! such a huge honor!!!!!!!!!!! I’m dying a bit don’t mind me aaaaHHHHHHHHH thank you!!!!!