#sorry for inconsistent punctuation

[handsomesnoog]

A thought about the lords in black:

People have pointed out that In the summoning they take the forms of people that grace, pete, and steph care about (Jon plays wiggly and Richie, Kim plays nibbly and karen, corey plays pokey and solomon, etc.) but I haven’t heard anyone mention,

Where did they get those bodies?

I mean sure they could shapeshift but it’s not like they haven’t possessed people before.

Imagine Richie and Ruth’s cold corpses sprouting green tentacles and purple eyes and escaping from the morgue they were placed in. Richies skin turned slightly green and Ruths mouth sealed closed to make room for more eyes

Imagine Solomon’s fresh body oozing blue liquid from his mouth and eyes that mixes with his blood as he rises from the ground emitting a high, powerful sound.

Imagine mark and Karen Chasity sitting in their living room when all of a sudden sharp goat horns protrude from mark’s head causing his skull to crack, while Karen begins coughing up teeth and fur and pig blood, neither of them knowing what’s going on or why it’s happening.

Imagine all of them materializing in the gym with bloody clothes, their fatal blows visible on their bodies. Grace sees the bone fragments coming from her father’s head, pete notices that when wiggly speaks water spurts out from his lungs, steph sees the fracture on the back of pokeys skull.

should I get an ao3 account.

Edit: i have an ao3 account.

[flame-of-tar-valon]

[helcef]

Hii I just wanted to say I love Reuben sm🥹!! Also my questions are 🎶💛🍎

hhhiiiiiii tysm im duper happy to hear u like him!!!! was kinda worried Guy from My Own Brain wouldnt take off but here we are!!

🎶 what type of music does your oc like? do they listen to music very often?

his music taste isn’t solid in my head yet:-( BUT its likely german (industrial mostly) techno when he’s alone and house music+neue deutche härte like rammstein on the regular. he’ll listen to just about anything though, loves some good classical or rnb too. sometimes he just sits and stares in silence pre-race though, unexplained behaviour

💛 how many languages does your oc speak? what language(s) are they learning, if any?

english and german! he speaks the carinthian (southern austria) dialect bc he partially grew up in spittle/drau which is also where his mother is from. he likes throwing in dialect specific words when talking to someone who’s speaking standard german to him. he’s also picking up second-hand italian bc ollie keeps practicing it on him (hes good at picking up languages even when hes not even actively learning any— wasted talent)

🍎 where was your oc born? do they still live in/around their place of birth or do they live somewhere else? how do they feel about their birthplace?

st.john’s newfoundland canada babey!! projecting so there’s nl rep.. reub lived there for a short while as a child, started up hobby karting, parents divorce, moved to austria w mom. He has good memories of st johns but he doesn’t know too much about it atp bc he hasn’t gone back since he was a bab. he’d go back more if it didn’t mean he had to visit his dad lol, complicated father son relationship lore💥‼️

[dnd-procrastinators]

the path is one i know

not from experience but rather memory

her memory

she follows me now, hand clasped in mine

feet dragging along as i lead her

down the well-trodden path

i can’t help but look around

at the ones that came before us

time has not been kind to them

most have crumbled apart

those that still stand have been weathered

words smoothed over with tears

until all that remains is a blank slate

few carry anything of note, untouched

we keep walking

me in front, her silently behind

it gets better as we go

the path is newer, paved by each set of steps

the ones here are clearer, sharper

giving way to a glimpse of what once was

but they start to blend together

a mass of indistinguishable differences

overlapping, multiplying

we near the end of the path and she stops

finally lifts her head to look at the most recent one

“i held her hand just like you did”

“i know”, i smile softly

“do we really have to?”

“yes. you know how this goes” i offer, but we both know there is no consolation for this

“im scared. i don’t want to go yet”

“there’s no need to be scared” i gently reassure, while pressing down on her shoulders

she turns to face me, watching me through her descent

“you won’t be alone. you saw. you saw everyone before you. you’re only joining them”

she tries to speak but i keep pushing

“its alright. i’ll join you soon enough. once the next one comes”

she lays there staring at me with a blank look on her face

i can’t bear to see it

soft earth claims her, blankets her and whisks her away

i hold my breath, feel the air around me shift

and then release all at once a chorus of sighs

i hope that when my time comes i’ll face it with a bit more grace

perhaps i’ll hold my head up high, maybe even take her hand, play shepherd to my own fate

there’s no point dwelling on it

i know how it goes

[cheetour]

The Void Within's dialogue is sloppy to the point of not being fully literate*.

It's been noticed that the rough sketches and the final artwork don't match up in quality, and seem to be declining as the plot goes on. The same is happening to the writing.

This is, I am sorry, a post about the latest major Neopets update. Not only that, it's about the GRAMMAR in the dialogue for that update. Riveting.

I SWEAR I AM NOT JUST A PEDANTIC ASSHOLE, I GENUINELY WANT USERS TO KNOW THERE'S AN ISSUE!

Most people who complain about "incorrect" grammar in games and comics are wrong. Homestuck, Night in the Woods, We Know the Devil, and Captain Underpants all have fine grammar, just stylized.

I really, really, really like The Void Within. I think it's a fantastic idea, and I am determined to enjoy it as much as possible.

I am a professional editor. Noticing this stuff is my job.

Now, PLEASE bear that in mind when I say:

tl;dr: Neopets is asking you to pay money to a product that does not meet the quality standards of a primary school English test for ages 10+.

*I don't mean to use "not literate" as a stand-in for "stupid and bad at writing." Literacy is very complicated, illiteracy is more common than you think, and there is no shame in being illiterate - you can be very intelligent and also have no written or digital literacy. I mean the literal "not able to use written language to its fullest extent".

It's clear whoever wrote the dialogue didn't have a perfect grasp of English punctuation. AND THAT'S FINE. Good writers don't always have good grammar, and you DON'T need fluent English to write good stories in English.

That's why writing, proofreading, and editing are all separate professions, and why a well-run creative project delegates those roles to separate people. They still matter.

People are more likely to notice grammar mistakes the more they read books. Correctly formatted English is how older, less online, and disabled people with visual or linguistic processing difficulties read. Text-to-speech doesn't work correctly on writing without correct punctuation. These are serious professional standards, and they exist for a reason. They're not worthless just because you don't understand them.

A good-quality publisher of books, comics, or video games wouldn't release dialogue like this to a paying audience. They would consider this standard unacceptable. They'd either use correct grammar, or stylized grammar. (Inconsistent grammar, with no logical or narrative rules, isn't a style. They're not choices if you don't know you're making them. They're mistakes.)

To an extent this is nitpicking, and most people wouldn't notice this stuff.

But Neopets is MAKING MONEY. They are SELLING PRODUCTS for this. They have MULTIPLE PHASES of NC Market sales for this plot.

As an educator, there is no way I could show this (perfectly kid-friendly) comic to a classroom of children - it would have no educational value. It's not written correctly or with any obvious care. If they paid attention to it too much, they'd get the wrong idea about the English language!

I think it's fair to say that if you're publishing an official Neopets story, and you want Neopets to be a kid-friendly, fan-driven, story-based brand with a target audience wider than "people who don't really care about whether stories are professionally written", the script should've been proofread.

To give you an idea of how many typos Chapter 3 has, here's one of the dialogue pages with the missing punctuation added; I also took 5 minutes to rewrite each line for coherency.

And THIS is a website showing you at what points in primary eduation we teach children to use commas correcty:

Art is hard. Programming is hard. Hell, good writing is hard. It's HARD coming up with dialogue and a plot that people actually want to experience.

Grammar is boring and sometimes pointless. It's not difficult. It requires only basic literacy. Children learn how to use commas at ages seven and up.

If you don't care about the story you're telling enough to check that it would get a good grade on a child's school test, how can you possibly expect anyone to pay for it? You need specialist skills to code a website or create a high-quality digital graphic, but the only thing you need to get this right is... one literate adult who cares enough to try.

So where are they?

**There is no shame in being illiterate, but there is CERTAINLY shame in selling illiterate writing.

tl;dr: Neopets is asking you to pay money to a product that does not meet the quality standards of a primary school English test for ages 10+.

Finally, here are some browser petsites/RPGs who have never prompted me to write an 800 word critique:

Fallen London

Pixel Cat's End

Lioden

[kirloris]

Hi, everyone!

Hey, how’s it going?

Personally, I’m happy! A bunch of people liked one of my short posts, and I’m starting to get an idea of what’s most appealing. Yeah, The Promised Neverland seems to be something people really like, and how could they not? It’s a masterpiece! I love this manga even though I’m aware of its flaws. If I ever create an original manga, I’d love to follow a similar structure—full of psychological tension and plot twists.

I plan to post at least something small on Tumblr every Sunday, which is why I’m writing this. I don’t mind not getting a lot of views—well, I do care, but regardless, I’ll keep writing. I want this account to be exclusively about TPN, but I can’t help slipping in bits of my personal life.

Unfortunately, if I ever publish a The Promised Neverland web manga, it won’t be until after June 2025 or even 2026. I can’t improve my English and drawing skills overnight. I can barely manage decent three-point perspective in simple, boxy backgrounds. And if I make a manga, I want to do it right, with the quality it deserves. That said, I’ve started writing a fanfic version of what the manga would be about. I’m rereading the manga and watching the anime to capture the characters' reactions and behavior as accurately as possible. If you guys are on board, I could start posting fanfic chapters here and on Wattpad around May.

If I’m not mistaken, I mentioned it’d be a "What If" about Ray. What do you think it would be about?

Also, I just want to clarify that novels use different punctuation for dialogue in different languages, like Spanish vs. English, and I’m not totally sure if there are other differences. I’ll have to look into it.

I’d love to start posting chapters sooner, but I’d rather have several written in advance just in case I can’t write new ones for some reason. That way, I won’t fall behind or have inconsistencies. Plus, I’m a student and took on several extracurricular activities this semester, including a field research project, and my workload is pretty intense. I don’t want to neglect my studies, so you’ll have to wait a bit—sorry :((

If I can post a chapter earlier, you’ll see it here, but it won’t be anytime soon.

See you, cherubs!

[thedudeplayinggalaga2]

See You In The Morning?

Kate Bishop x GN Reader

3K Words

Warnings: Mentions of injury, Angst, Language, Questionable punctuation, I think that's it?

A/N: This is the very first full fic I've ever written and Grammer/Punctuation has never been a strength of mine. I also have no idea if this story makes any sense but I had a good time writing.

You had forgotten to take your ADHD meds this morning, and now you were really paying for it. As you sat at your desk stopping and staring and stopping a multitude of different tasks without actually finishing any of them. 

It was Kate's fault really, she had completely thrown off your routine as she had a tendency to do. It was a rather chaotic routine but it still got you out the door in enough time to grab breakfast and make sure you took your stimulant before getting to work. 

But last night Kate hadn't come home, she had sent you a quick text telling you not to wait up. This happened fairly often since you'd moved in, and she would usually come home at 3 or 4am. But she hadn't made it home till this morning when you'd already been up and getting ready for work. 

You grimaced to yourself thinking about the conversation you'd had with her. 

"How's your other lover?" You'd asked

"Listen I know that's a joke but it's not a very funny one! I'm so sorry, I really am! But this mission I've been working for weeks finally had a big break and I needed to follow this lead! I'm so close to catching this guy!" 

"It was a joke, and I'm glad you made some headway on your mission, but I did feel sad and concerned when I woke up this morning and you still weren't home." You said this to her with your back turned as you made lucky his breakfast. 

You heard Kate get up and walk over to you, she put a hand on your shoulder. You turned to face her and had gotten the first good look at her face since she'd gotten home. You gasped "Kate, that's a pretty nasty cut above your eye! What the hell happened!?"

"I... Well.. you see there was a guy with a bat and.." 

You didn't give her time to finish cause honestly you didn't think you wanted to know the rest. So you'd pulled her into the bathroom and started cleaning and patching up her various wounds before having to rush out the door so you would only be slightly late to work. 

And now here you are, having a highly unproductive day and also worrying about Kate. She had been having way more late nights than normal recently, and pretty much always came home a little beat up. She definitely wasn't getting anywhere near enough sleep, you assumed this was probably why she had been super distant as of late. And last week she had forgotten about Lucky's vet appointment which was probably the most concerning thing of all. 

You've been with Kate long enough to know and understand that this is just what dating a superhero can be like sometimes. But this time it was really starting to effect your relationship for some reason. Things where so inconsistent between the two of you, partly because you never saw each other and partly because when you did Kate didn't talk much about anything of substance. 

As Kate had grown more distant you'd started to get shorter with her, finding less and less patience which you normally had a bottomless amount of for her. You'd also stopped planning dates with her, stopped waiting up for her even if she said she wasn't going to be too late, and you'd been regrettablely a little too harsh with her when she forgot Lucky's appointment and you'd hauled ass across town to take him. 

Sitting at your desk, switching between the same three programs over and over again you started to tear up. You didn't like this, you didn't like feeling so disconnected from her. You hated how you two seemed to be living completely different lives. Because goddamit you loved Kate Bishop so much! You loved being her partner. Kate was absolutely wonderful! She was passionate, brave, and very caring. She used her skills and talents to help other people, something you admired very much about her. She made you feel seen in a way nobody had ever really seen you before. But most of all Kate made you feel safe, not just physically but emotionally too. She had always felt like home. 

----

The subway commute home was never your favorite, it was always so busy this time of day and wildly overstimulating. But you tried to spend the ride figuring out your game plan for when you got home. You wanted to talk to Kate, if she was even home, but you didn't want to create conflict especially if she was going to be leaving again tonight. 

As you walked into your apartment Lucky nearly knocked you to the ground, absolutely showering you in kisses. 

"Ok! Ok! Lucky I love you too! But we talked about this buddy, you can't just jump somebody at the door!" You said pushing him off before giving him a scratch behind the ears. 

You checked that Lucky had water and decided to let him outside as you assumed he'd been inside all day. Then you went to search for Kate. 

You found her passed out in your bed on top of the blankets letting you know she'd falled asleep as soon as she laid down. You smiled though as you noticed she was wearing one of your hoodies and probably your sweatpants too. 

You bent down the kiss the top of her head before settling down next to her in the bed. Stroking some hair out of her face you couldn't help but smile at your beautiful girlfriend and her slightly battered face. 

"What time is it" Kate mumbled so quietly you could barely hear what she said. 

"It's about 4:30 my love." 

"You're home early." 

"Yeah.... I was having a really bad brain day so my manager told me to just go home." You hoped she wouldn't press any further, but that was wishful thinking. 

Kate finally opened her eyes to look at you, worry evident in them. "Must have been a real bad brain day for Stark Industries to suddenly prioritize mental health over productivity." 

You let out a soft laugh, "Well I definitely wasn't being productive so more likely it just seemed like a waste of company time for me to be there." 

Kate sat up against the headboard next to you, looking even more worried, she tapped your forehead softly with her finger "What's goin on up in there?" 

You gave her a half hearted smile, "Well I forgot to take my meds this morning which isn't the end of the world but it definitely didn't help, there's also no way I've had enough protein today, and ...." You trailed off trying to decide if now was really the best time to tell her that you were also very worried about her and about your relationship. You decided against it because honestly you couldn't remember the last time you'd just sat in bed with her and you wanted to keep those vibes goin.

"Yeah, that's pretty much it."

"Hope you weren't trying for an Oscar with that performance, because I definitely didn't buy it!" Kate said teasingly. 

You groaned looking up at the ceiling "Sorry Kate, I just feel a little overwhelmed right now." Which was entirely true, you did feel very overwhelmed and your brain was going about 200 miles an hour. 

"That's okay, how about we get some food and take Lucky for a walk?" She said suppressing a yawn. 

"Are you sure? I know you're probably exhausted! You can rest more before you have to go to work." 

Kate put her hand on your face stroking your cheek with her thumb. "Yes I'm sure baby, you're having a bad brain day, so let's get some food in you and take a little walk. Also..... I've missed you." 

You leaned your head into her hand a little. "I've really missed you to my love."

----

Kate treated you to your favorite restaurant that had some outdoor pet friendly seating so Lucky could join. And now you were walking through central parking doing your best to keep Lucky from trying to chase squirrels. 

You'd been walking in silence for a few moments when you finally broke it. "Kate, I was also having a hard time at work today because I was worried about you. And well, also about us...."

Kate slowed down and turned to look at you with a frown on her face "Worried because I was hurt this morning? Because really it was nothing! I appreciate you patching me up, you do a better job than me, but really I'm okay! It looks way worse than it is!" She rambled. 

"Well obviously I don't like it when you come home hurt, but it's more to do with how distant you've been. I know how important what you do is, and I would never ask you not to do it! But... You haven't been home much recently, and when you are you seem so distant...." You trailed off realizing you didn't know where this was going. 

Kate was quiet for what felt like forever but than she said "This guy I'm trying to catch, he's like really really bad, like I would tell you how bad he is but I really don't want to burden you with that knowledge. It's really hard for me not to think about it when I'm home I guess." She was just staring at the ground now as you walked, and the way her demeanor changed you could tell that this was really weighing on her. 

Before you could respond she continued, "But, what did you mean that you're also worried about us?" Her voice getting quieter, almost nervous. 

"Well.... I guess I just feel like we are living two completely different lives, passing like ships in the night hardly ever seeing each other. And when we do it's like you're not actually there, or I'm being grumpy with you. This is the first time in weeks we've actually had dinner together. Kate I love you so so much! But I'm getting worried because I want to support you, but I can't do that if I'm always being shut out."

You sat down on a bench taking Kate's hand in yours as she sat next to you. You studied her face trying to figure out what she was thinking. 

"I don't like shutting you out.... I just want you to be safe and to not have to deal with the things I do." 

"And I do appreciate you leaving out the gruesome details truly, you don't have to tell me everything, but it would be nice if I could at least know what you are feeling sometimes. Because otherwise I have to just try and guess."

Kate nodded her head looking out into the park thoughtfully. "Well right now I'm feeling like I'm absolutely failing at everything! I spent all night tracking that son of a bitch for nothing! I've really dropped the ball on my relationship with you, like I caused a whole ass bad brain day for you! And last week I forgot about Lucky's vet appointment!" 

You opened your mouth to something but Kate quickly cut you off "I swear the god Y/N if you say anything about the vet appointment I'm emailing Pepper Pots to tell her you steal all your really good ideas from your intern!" 

You gasped dramatically clutching your chest for emphasis "Okay! Uncalled for! But Pepper would know you were lying because my intern, bless his heart, couldn't tell you the difference between a PDF and a JPEG with a gun to his head." 

"Okay! So a bad threat but I hope I made my point clear." 

"Yes, I swear to never speak or the vet incident again. And I also will apologize for being so harsh on you about it too." You said more soflty "I definitely could have handled that better, I made it a bigger deal than it needed to be and you didn't deserve that. What I was going to say is thank you for telling me how you're feeling, it helps me understand where you're heads at a bit better." 

You were going to say more but Kate leaned her head on your shoulder and started playing with your fingers causing your brain to short circuit for a half second. 

"Do you think I'm failing?" Kate asked in a whisper. 

You stared at her hand intertwined with yours for a minute before responding. "No Kate, I don't think you're failing, I know this bad dude is giving you a run for your money, but he doesn't know who he's up against! Kate Bishop, the world's greatest archer! You're gonna get him, you always figure it out." 

Kate sat up and gave you another small smile, she looked down at lucky who was now sitting at her feet enthralled with a stick he had found. "What about us? Am I failing at this relationship?" 

"My love, the fact that we are sitting here having this conversation is proof that neither of us are failing." You truly did believe that, and also kind of said it to reassure yourself too because recently you'd been wondering the same thing. "I knew what I was getting into when I agreed to be your partner. I knew there would be nights spent without you, secrets I couldn't know, and the occasional missed vet appointment...." 

"Y/N!" Kate said warningly

"Last time I swear!" You said quickly putting your hands up. "But recently you haven't been talking to me about.... Well... Pretty much anything. And I miss you Kate, it feels like you've been gone for weeks and I miss you." 

Kate looked at you with tears in her eyes "God I've missed you too Y/N. I do want to talk to you about how I'm feeling and what I'm doing. I just don't want you to get caught up in all this. I don't want you to get hurt." 

"Well right now it's hurting me to not know anything that's going on with you." 

She nodded "Yeah, I understand, I feel like I don't know what's going on with you right now either, like I don't even know what your current hyper fixation food is and I always know that."

"Well right now it's those little babybel cheeses, but last week it was BBQ chicken pizza from that place down the street from us." 

"I bet Lucky enjoyed that one." Kate leaned down to take Lucky's stick before he shredded it more than he already had. 

"Oh he very much did! Everyday I come home without it he looks at me as if it's the greatest betrayal he's ever experienced." 

Kate stood offering you her had so you could continue your walk. "Y/N I promise that as soon as I catch that bastard my first priority will be making sure we get some quality time together okay? And in the meantime I will be better at communicating." 

"Okay, I love you Kate, and I know you're gonna get him!" 

--- 

You had gotten back home a few minutes ago and you were getting Lucky his dinner. You expected Kate was in your room putting her suit on assuming she would probably be heading out soon. So you were surprised when she walked into the kitchen wearing her signature purple sweatshirt and your sweatpants. 

"I do need to go back out tonight but I thought it'd be nice for both of us if we maybe watched a movie or something before you go to bed?" She asked hopefully. 

This made light up instantly, but then you frowned at the prospect of having to try and pay attention to any entire feature length film. "I would love that, but seeing as I didn't complete even one task at work today I just don't think I'm gonna be able to watch a movie." 

Kate looked thoughtful "Good point, should have thought of that. Okay.... How about we watch TikToks together with New Girl playing in the background?" 

"And that Bishop is possible the best idea you've ever had!" 

So you and Kate spent the rest of the evening cuddled up on the couch doing exactly that. 

---

You and Lucky had just gotten into bed for the night and Kate was getting ready to head out. She came and sat on the edge of the bed leaning in to give you a kiss. "Y/N if I don't get this guy tonight I don't know what else I'm gonna do." 

"Well, have you asked Clint for advice?" 

"No, he's on vacation with his family and I don't want to bother him."

You nodded, being sure that while Clint loved Kate and was always helping her out, he probably wouldn't appreciate his family vacation being interrupted by whatever it was Kate was doing. "Okay, fair, well I'm here for whatever happens. I might not be a superhero but I do work for a very powerful company and Jerry from the biotech department owes me about 20 favors. And I'll be her to patch you up, just try not to break anything cause then I really will have to insist on taking you to the ER." 

Kate gave you a massive grin as she said "You're my superhero though." 

"Okay! That was so cheesy it was physically painful to hear! Imma need you to go now!" 

Kate responded with the first genuine laugh you had heard from her in weeks before leaning in to give you another kiss. 

As she left the room she turned to look at you and Lucky all tucked into bed. "I love you both, I'll see you in the morning?" 

"We love you too! Ummm... If it's not too much to ask, do you think you could bring me breakfast in the morning? I have to do two days worth of work tomorrow and it would help a lot!" 

[eemamminy-art]

fanfic askkkkkssssssss 👀😈?

👀 Do you have any WIPs that you would never let see the light of day? If yes, what are they about?

Currently that's all my ffxiv WIPs frankly :') idk how to feel about them or how to finish them... They're all really over the top smut and I'm like, kinda cringing at myself so I haven't gone back to finish/edit them 😖 There's f!grahawol, f!zenoswol (featuring the much hated "in from the cold" dinner scene, but sexy), and exselch but I realized the exselch one is kind of like the f!exselch I wrote before but with them being their normal guy selves so I got really hung up on like, why am I writing this... I kind of already wrote this... 😭 Maybe I will go back to them one day but they've all been languishing in my gdocs for the better part of the year 🥴

Also there's some first draft chapters from my stardew valley fic that got cut and I doubt I can repurpose them at all but I'm keeping them like, for my own knowledge at least ghdsjjgds also mostly smut parts because bruh that's embarrassing but also there's a few drafts of the finale that were cut too (the finale itself is still a wip but I do know how I want the fic to end more or less, whenever I get there)

😈 Is there anything you enjoy doing that you think your readers hate?

I don't know if I'd say hate necessarily because I'm fragile and don't want to think people are reading my fics and being like, mad about it? 😩 BUT ummm I know I am being inconsistent on a couple of punctuation things and I think there's probably some turbo nerd out there getting frustrated that sometimes I write a sentence like:

"Dialog," action. "More dialog."

And other times it's:

"Dialog," action, "More dialog."

Probably also someone is mad I use prolog and epilog and dialog but I'm an american I will use american english get your UE UE UE out of here! Maybe the run-on sentences too. I like to think it's stylized, and I could be more correct but I like the flavor of my writing reading as though it's someone telling you the story out loud. But yeah all that to say I am doing all those things intentionally, because the flow of the text matters 1000000% more to me than having the most correct english ever

OH!!! Also no one has said anything but I'm anticipating someone getting upset about POV changes mid-chapter. Gonna be one of those with later today's update so I'm bracing for it. For the record though if stuff like that takes you out of a story you're a turbo nerd, sorry to tell you 😞

Fanfic ask game

[not-orphaned-account]

Sorry, Wrong Number fun fact:

Everyone in the fic has their own texting style! This is true for any of my fics that involve texting, but I wanted to really push the point in this fic as it's so integral to the plot.

Suguru: capitalization, punctuation, no abbreviations Satoru: lowercase, rare punctuation, many abbreviations, kaomoji Shoko: lowercase, punctuation, some abbreviations Utahime: capitalization, some punctuation, some abbreviations

And, some that may or may not come into the fic later:

Megumi: lowercase, some punctuation, no abbreviations Yuji: some capitalization, no punctuation, occasional abbreviations, kaomoji Nobara: lowercase, some punctuation, many abbreviations, kaomoji

Also, I'm still trying to format the texting consistently and in a way that reads well, but editing the texting portions after posting means I have to delete the whole chapter and repost it with the edits, so it's pretty inconsistent right now. I'm sorry!!

[deliahscrush2003]

beta reader here!

beta & alpha readers wanted for fic projects will beta in exchange!

Hey everyone!

For those that don't know me, my name's Lou (she/her) and I have recently gotten back into revamping the numerous fic projects I had in my vaults and trying to get back into my writing again.

I have put out this post to say that if anyone is also in a similar situation with their own fics, I am offering my fellow fic writers to beta & alpha read fics in exchange for coming on as an alpha or beta reader for my own projects.

As a beta & alpha reader, I am willing to not only check for grammar, punctuation, spelling and formatting but also:

identify weaknesses in the plot.

identify pieces in the story where engagement was high or lacking.

identify points in the story where clarity is needed.

help develop characters (both oc & canon)

canon check pieces of information (for canonverse/compliant fics)

|| if you have specific needs, feel free to check with me ! ||

As a writer, I am looking for someone to help with:

identifying inconsistent tense.

identifying where engagement was high or lacking.

identifying points in the story where clarity is needed.

writing relationship development (platonic/romantic)

editing plot structure and fluidity.

writing descriptive settings.

identifying monotone or repetitive parts of the story.

Most importantly, I am looking for people who can approach my story as both a reader passionate about the fic and a writer/editor passionate about helping improve the story.

My projects are also multi-chapter (150,000) and usually part of a wider series (minimum of 3 parts) ; therefore, I am open to working on fic projects that are of equal length!

The fandoms that I write and will read for are:

Fairy Tail, My Hero Academia, Attack on Titan, Game of Thrones/House of Dragons (TV), X-Men (movies), Teen Wolf, The Last Kingdom, The Nine Lives of Chloe King, Harry Potter (fuck JKR tho), The DC Animated Films/Young Justice, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Walking Dead (universe), Scream (movies), The Vampire Diaries/The Originals, The 100, Glee, Pretty Little Liars, Percy Jackson, Criminal Minds, Wolfblood, The Chronicles of Narnia, Outerbanks, The Maze Runner, Grey's Anatomy, Tower Prep, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, FATE: The Winx Saga, Stranger Things, Star Wars, Resident Evil (Gameverse), Power Rangers (the movie), The Hunger Games, Five Night's At Freddy's, Pacific Rim.

The fandoms that I have as WIP right now are:

Teen Wolf, Harry Potter, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Chronicles of Narnia, The 100, Game of Thrones.

The rest of the fandoms listed are in the worldbuilding process, which I also welcome help with if anyone is interested in bouncing ideas back and forth and fleshing out each other's fics!

This is the link to my Ao3 if you want to understand my writing style.

if you're interested in one of the projects I have for these fandoms (as a beta or just as a potential reader), send me a DM or a ask!

The type of fics that I enjoy writing/reading are (with consideration that Ao3 is my primary writing platform):

M-E Rated (For that reason, I prefer to work with 18+ betas)

Plot-heavy but with a well-written romantic subplot (requirement)

Specific tags/plot I enjoy/write: Time-travel, Fix-It, Canon-Divergence, What-Ifs.

Canonverse fics.

Both OC (has to have the potential of good development, though) and Canon Character-centric fics.

Found family, healing from trauma, redemption arcs.

Crossover/fusion fics (where the original fandom is set in the universe of another fandom)

Zombie-Apocolypse fics.

Dark twists on characters, plots, and the wider canonverse.

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The type of fics that I steer clear from or don't enjoy reading/writing:

G-T Rated.

No romantic subplot at all (I am a romantic girly, sorry to say)

A Mary Sue OC/Reader-Insert or Mary Sue plot.

Reader-inserts.

Established Relationships (unless I can read the build up first)

Specific tags/plot: P*dophilia, Incest (outside of canon-typical), Mpreg, Omegaverse (only under special circumstances).

Modern AUs, Human AUs, No Power AUs.

No Comfort, No Happy Ending, Major Character (Permanent) Death.

Character bashing (I do read fics that bash, but I find it hard to beta for them only because I like to discuss characters objectively - but there are exceptions, so feel free to check)

Anything that attempts to glorify or justify racism, homophobia, transphobia, biphobia, xenophobia, ableism, sexism, bigotry, abuse, r*pe or anything even remotely similar.

(feel free to check with me tho, I am open to discussion of everything except the bottom dot point)

Because I believe beta reading to be an experience that should be enjoyable and insightful for both the reader and writer, I am open to :

Discussing any ships, character arcs, or plot points that my betas personally wanted to see in the show or are very passionate about (read: this does not mean I will change my entire story but that I am open to possibilities)

Analysing and critiquing any of the above media (read: NOT BASHING, but genuine analysis of how different media were handled to apply to our own form of writing)

Giving out and receiving fic, tv, movie and book recs to aid in inspiring each other during the course of our writing, but also to support our fellow writing community!

Even if you're not interested, please repost so it can reach those who are!

[goldenfox3]

Tagging System

Characters:

Characters are generally tagged by their full name, without punctuation. I don’t have separate tags for anime/mainverse characters with the exception of Captain Falcon. Examples:

Dr Stewart (no period after the Dr because I’m lazy)

Captain Falcon (applies to both mainverse Falcon and Andy Falcon in full costume for now)

Andy Summer (I’m a bit inconsistent about whether this tag is only for posts where Andy is out of costume or whether it also applies when he’s in it. Sorry.)

Bart Lemming (applies to posts depicting Andy in his Bart persona/clothes)

Douglas Jay Falcon (I’m aware this name is uncanon, but I use it to tag mainverse Falcon out of costume or with his face visible)

Ryu Suzaku (for Ryu both in the Falcon costume or out of it)

Creations:

I make fanart, fanfics, and occasionally cosplay or put together F-Zero inspired outfits. The tags for these are:

Duskart (fanart)

Duskpics (cosplay, outfits, selfies, etc.)

Duskwrites (fic)

Duskwips (works in progress)

Fic:

Posts related to specific fics that I’ve written are generally tagged with the name of the fic, unless they’re part of a larger series in which case I use the series tag. See my pinned post for any abbreviations I use for the series names. Examples:

Aflame (contains Embers, Ignite, Ablaze, etc.)

ATFS (A Thousand Fiery Stars series, contains Solstice, Heliodor, Drown, etc.)

Thousand Five (contains the titular Thousand Five, Binary Star, Raise You Like, etc.)

Rambling:

My misc rambling tags are:

#dusk rambling (for general off topic posts)

#fic talk (for talk about things I’m going to write or have written)

#fz musings (for rambling about F-Zero related stuff)

Ships:

I tag ships in alphabetical order. Ship names are formed by smashing the characters’ names together, though threesomes or moresomes tend to get unwieldy. Examples:

FalconStewart (for the mainverse version)

AndyRobert (for the anime version)

AndyRobertRoy

I also try to tag ships by vehicle number (in numerical order) like some Japanese fans do since these are easier to keep track of, though sometimes the anime and mainverse numbering differences may cause confusion or overlap. Examples:

0014 (Ryu/Jack)

0307 (Falcon/Stewart, both anime and main versions)

010307 (Roy/Robert/Andy)

[discustibglybored]

hellooo welcome!!

this will be my first time trying to pick up writing again after my (honestly horrendous) 2020 wattpad phase - don’t sue me we all had one okay!!

here is my masterlist!!

Warnings!

- My Grammar, Spelling, Punctuation and all that stuff definitely isn’t perfect and in (most) of my writing there will be purposeful lowercase (Sorry if that bothers you i'll try my best to remember to include capitals!) so i don’t forget halfway way and make it inconsistent

- Maybe in the future there will be some Smut/More mature themes but wright now i’ll be going for more fluff based stuff!

- Since i’ll be taking requests sometimes there will be characters i don’t know so if there’s anything you really want me to include that i might not be able to know from doing basic research please include it in your request (things like favourite foods,pet names, or any litle detail that will make it better for you!

-I’m a student so keeping my uploads super consistent will be a struggle but i’ll try and regularly upload/say if i’m taking a break!

Characters i will write for!

Harry potter

ׂ╰┈➤ Marauders Era and Golden

- Remus lupin

- James Potter

- Sirius Black

- Peter Pettigrew (i hate when people leave him out he was a marauder too!!)

- Poly!Maraurders!!

ׂ╰┈➤ Say who you want/dont!!

- Marlene McKinnon

- Mary Macdonnald

- Lily Evan’s

- Dorcas meadows

- Regulus Black

- Evan Rosier

- Barty Crouch Jr

- Pandora (if you want her as a Rosier i can write it that way!!)

- Harry Potter

- Ron Weasley

- Hermionie

- Fred/George

- Possibley Draco he pisses me off tbh

- anyone else i forgot too

including (popular) fan made characters if you wish - Matheo, Theo, Enzo, Grant, etc!!

I am more than happy to write diffrent Au’s your interested in!!

Spiderverse

- peter parker

ׂ╰┈➤ whichever version you choose!!

- any side characters too

- i don’t mind writing spiderman as in him just being anonymous if that makes sense (like you don’t know who he is)

Marvel

-All Avengers

ׂ╰┈➤ you choose movie/era for some more context!!

- Villains

- Side/Background Characters

ׂ╰┈➤ If it’s more neiche dw i’ll do my research for you!!

Youtubers

i’m more than happy to take request on different youtubers as long as THERE COMFORTABLE WITH IT!! don’t even try and lie i’ll do my research!! - if theirs a specific video of theirs make sure to add the title/link it in your request so i have some more to go off!!

There probably the main ones but i’m happy to take in your requests and this list will more than likely be added to/change!

if you want your request to follow a more specific plot make sure you ask for that please! <3

That's all angels!!

[endlessthedestiny]

for a long time now ive been thinking about the HS typing quirks and what would the quirks be for sandman characters, so im making this long ass post just to eliminate this from my system

disclaimer: english is not my first language (classic) and if you disagree or have a different headcanon pls share i want to hear (if some may seem ooc my deepest apologies)

Morpheus

Writes in italic.

Bold for emphasis. can also *rarely* use asterisks.

No emoticons, but probably used "*-*" in some conversation with Death.

Normal capitalization and punctuation. If mistype, corrects expressively (ex. "I meant afternoon, sorry.)

If comfortable, uses keyboard smash (ex. "Ahshsnsbj") to laugh.

Death

Doesn't capitalize the beginning of the phrase or utilizes final dot unless she wants to be taken seriously.

Sometimes use the emoticons ":)", ":(", "^_^" only with those she is intimate/trusts. Uses frequently with Delirium.

Emphasis is CAPITALIZED.

When mistypes corrects with *asterisk.

Avoids sending a wall of texts, preferring send small texts to form a big text.

Desire

Italic.

Not severe with capitalization or punctuation. only cares and uses it perfect if wants to be taken seriously.

If sending a big message (+3 lines) ends with a "~ <3", otherwise, only uses "~".

Syllables repetition only to annooooy, with ellipsis at the end. . .

Only emoticon used is ";)"

For emphasis, utilizes *asterisk*.

Also corrects mistypes with *asterisk, and sometimes adds a "oops" or similar at the end.

Despair

Capitalization In Every Word, but the punctuation is perfect.

Bold for the emphasis.

Uses ellipsis in the end of most phrases. . .

Also only send ellipsis if doesn't want to answer.

Rarely mistypes, but if do, doesn't correct.

Destiny

Again, italic.

Capitalization and punctuation perfect.

Doesn't mistype, and corrects the others faster than the person themselves.

Bold for emphasis.

But when angry and wants to be taken more seriously, uses exclamation marks at the end!

Sends empty messages if doesn't want to answer.

Answers in a unbelievable speed. Sometimes send multiple responses almost at once.

If wants to laugh (which RARELY occurs) sends "Ha, ha, haha."

Destruction

ALL CAPS. Inconsistent punctuation.

Double square brackets to [[EMPHASIS]].

Laughs with "OHOHOHO" and similar.

Sometimes uses ":DDD" by influence of Delirium.

When mistypes, very rarely corrects, and corrects expressively (ex. "I MEANT TOMORROW").

Delirium

wRiTES cApITaLiZiNg RAndOmly. punctuation.. it's complicated. she knows how to use question marks that's much I guess

She starts every phrase (when she remembers) with "@ - - >"

For emphasis, she alternates between ****ASTERISKS****, (((TRIPLE PARENTHESIS))), bold and FULL CAPS.

When more controlled, she capitalizes less (ex. "iTs Me."). But the more she is angry or ansious, the harder becomes to understand what she's saying (she replaces some letters with random symbols, keyboard smashes mid phrase etc).

She uses every type of emoticon possible. But her favorites apparently are ":D" and "@__@". Kaomojis are rarely used.

Sometimes Barnabas translates what she's saying. (Ex. Del: "@ - - > iM sOOOoOooy hApPPY!!!! ajahshshhshd". Barbanas: "She said I'm so happy.")

Laughs with keyboard smash, the longer the funnier.

When she mistypes, she doesn't correct. Also dislikes when someone excessively corrects her.

okay now some extras, I didn't think much about them so yea

Lucifer

When he mistypes, he corrects himself as fast as he can. But Destiny always corrects his mistypes first and faster which pisses him off. But Lucifer also corrects the people when they mistype to annoy or simply to correct.

Sometimes simply answers "A" or "K".

Also laughs with "Hah". Already laughed with ))) at some point.

Corinthian

He uses ";)" and "B)".

Begins the phrases with < less than and finishes with greater than >

Hob

When sending a long text, finishes with "~ H."

The one who said that Morpheus is the "*-*" emoticon, and insists in using it with him.

okay im tired, if anything I will edit this post or simply reblog with additions. also now im feeling guilty of tagging cori and hob but whatever

thank you if you read allat

[pippin-pippout]

Tags to block for current obsessions (sorry)(I will not make side blogs)

One Piece: one piece (+arc name if applicable). I tag characters with full name if they have it though I’m inconsistent on whether I punctuate the D. Otherwise I use epithets. Otherwise I use name + one piece.

CDramas: cdrama (+show name)

Lord of the Rings: Lotr

Star Wars: Star Wars (+relevant show, +spoilers if applicable)

Most things will follow a similar pattern. I'll try to keep this updated

[threesongs2012]

Your name is KASPAR, or at least that's what you tell people. You are the HOST of a D.I.D. SYSTEM, which is contained in the body of a 21-YEAR-OLD LESBIAN with JOINT ISSUES. You are currently writing the PINNED POST of your PERSONAL SIDE BLOG, where you save ONLINE POSTS that remind you of yourself.

As previously mentioned, you are the HOST, but more often than not, you either pretend not to be around or take a step back so your system's CO-HOST and APPARENTLY NORMAL PART can do the talking. Not that you think they do a great job of appearing normal.

Despite you and your system's best attempts at discerning your origin, no one is quite sure where you come from. Your best guess is that you are an INTROJECT of the concept of the IDEAL OLDER SIBLING cooked up by the BRAIN of a LONELY, SORE TODDLER, slowly being molded by the characters you found kinship with as you grew. You are utterly confident in saying that your main influences in existing are the main character of a BRITISH SCI-FI TV SERIES, specifically from the FIRST through FOURTH seasons of the newer run of the show, as well as the most RIDICULOUS, PRETENTIOUS ASSHOLES from a webcomic you got into far too young, and the crass humor found in the games of a certain FRUIT-COLORED BOX.

You are also a SOCIAL ALTER. Your main role outside of HOSTHOOD is to keep your co-host's peers from driving them BATSHIT UP THE FUCKING BELFRY.

MUSIC is your main avenue for SELF-EXPRESSION from within your meaty prison. Your current musical fascinations include artists from the noisier side of things, such as ADA ROOK and LAUREN BOUSFIELD, but recently you have found yourself quite enthralled by the musical stylings of artists like DOECHII and TYLER, THE CREATOR. Aside from that, you have a passion for ALL THINGS ARTISTIC. Most of your free time is spent bouncing between flexing your debatably-present POETRY SKILLS, making EXPERIMENTAL ARTWORK, or putting together SHITTY COLLAGES in your HAND-BOUND JOURNALS. You do quite like mending, but you are NOTORIOUSLY PRETTY AWFUL AT IT. Despite this, your friends often come to you for advice on the matter.

Your typical online handle is chemicalConfusion, but it has been quite some time since you used it, and it is now more commonly associated with other alters in your system. Your manners of speech are inconsistent, to match your image of yourself, but you most often speak in Semi-proper capitalization with either a notable overuse or notable absenceof punctuation, witha decnet amount of typos and doubled or missedspaces.

> KASPAR: Post.

Sorry that was stupid and pretentious. My name is kaspar im 30 and/or like 200 in headspace and 21 physically. I like writing.

TAG LIST me id- mostly for things that remind me of my source but also things i kin about lu indie bas art lol

[adventuresofzoeganov]

Stranded

1,773 words

“Jesus fucking Christ!” Zoe cursed and kicked the hull of her broken-down, smoking spaceship. Well, more of a space-boat anyway. She instantly regretted it, as a searing pain shot through her foot and up her ankle. She inhaled sharply and glared at her ship. Boat. Which only smoked and creaked sadly in response. 

Zoe looked around and threw up her hands. 

“Where the hell am I even?” She was standing on a rather regular beach, at which rather regular blood-red waves were lapping. Behind her, rather regular dunes obscured the rest of the land from her view. 

The map had last shown her plummeting through the atmosphere of some planet at the edge of the Kryx-System, but that couldn‘t be right. There was no water anywhere in the Kryx-System. Her expression turned sour as she realised that maybe the blood-red waves weren‘t water. God she hated the Kryx-System She glanced at her shipwreck again. A little red light was blinking somewhere in the midst of the smoke. 

“Fuck you,” she whispered. The red light went out. Zoe propped her hands up on her hips and turned around to see if there were any interesting new additions to the landscape since she’d last looked. The beach stretched on into the grey horizon in both directions. She climbed the dunes to get a better view. There was a forest nearby, and when she squinted, she could see a little hut behind the first row of trees. She looked at her wristwatch, which she had repurposed to a communicator long ago. (Don‘t ask her how. It‘s not important.) The blue light indicating some sort of network was still tragically off. No chance of calling Martyn.

Zoe sighed a tad too dramatically and stomped towards the little hut.

~

As she entered, the floorboards creaked. “Okay you little spooky house,” she said. The door shut behind her. It was cute. The smell of mould hit her nose, the kind of mould that only grows in wet places, the kind you would sometimes fatally confuse with moss. There is no such mould on Earth, and that‘s very good.

The entrance led to a small living room, dust covering the sofa, the armchairs, the bookshelves. An abandoned, pelt-covered mug stood on a small table, emanating the horrific smell that haunted the hut like a ghost. Zoe stepped carefully through it all, trying not to touch a single thing. Trying not to breathe unnecessarily. Who knew what kind of spores flew through the air.

Despite the dust and mould, the room looked rather peaceful. As if someone had left for a Sunday walk five years ago and never returned. 

In all the muted colours, something caught Zoe‘s eye. Next to one of the bookshelves stood a little commode with a glass door. Its inside was tiled with mirrors, reflecting a quiet, pulsating light. It was leaking from a jewel, carefully placed on a silver tripod, of a colour Zoe had never seen before. She approached the dresser and crouched down to get a better look at the jewel. As she studied it, the inside of the jewel seemed to stretch out, reflect her own eyes a million times until they blurred to a dark, deep nothingness, into which she fell, seeing all that was, is, and will be, the horrors and the wonders of creation and destruction, she saw the secrets of the universe and heard a voice, older than time itself, say Death is an illusion, Time is an illusion, the Self will persevere and the Self will be there to see the End of all that Is, and she understood, she understood everything, and she saw that she was both insignificant and the only real Thing there had ever Been.

Zoe blinked and stashed the jewel in the depths of her jacket. She wiped her hands on her pants, her fingertips tingling. She sniffed. A blinking blue light on her wrist drew her eyes away from her own reflection and she shook her fists in triumph like a little kid. “Yesss!“ She stormed out of the hut, barely noticing the shadow moving in the corner of her eye, and called Martyn as soon as she had reached the wreck again. 

~

“You are the dumbest person I‘ve ever met, Zoe,” sounded Martyn‘s tinny voice from her communicator. Zoe clicked her tongue.

“That is not true! What about… Mick Spindle?”

“Mick Spindle would‘ve known the difference between Kryxian and Immenish.”

“Well sorry that I‘ve only been learning Kryxian for like, two months? That could‘ve happened to anyone!”

“Choosing to say the only Immenish word that‘s also an insult in Kryxian doesn‘t just happen to people, Zoe.”

Zoe shrugged. “It happened to me.” Something like a sigh crackled out of the loudspeaker. 

“Yeah, a lot of things happen to you. Anyway, could you describe the damage to your Tonner?”

Zoe took a step towards the wreck and peered inside the fist-sized hole. The smoke had mostly vanished.

“Well… there‘s a hole in the… left side?”

“What do you mean, left side?”

“When you‘re sitting in the ship, it‘s on the left. Sort of behind you.”

“You mean portside.”

“That‘s what I said.”

“Anything else? What‘s inside the hole? How deep is it?”

“Uuh… about five centimetres deep, there‘s some wires inside… blue and green. Some are definitely fried. That‘s probably bad.”

“Depends on how important the wires are. Can you try and turn the entire ship on again?” Zoe peered at the hatch on top of the ship. It was ajar, a tiny trail of smoke curling its way outside.

“I don‘t know if it‘s safe to go in, Martyn.”

“She is a Tonner, Zoe. She can survive anything. That was the only reason I lent her to you.” Zoe pulled a face and mouthed only reason I lent it to you.

“Are you making fun of me?”

“No.”

“Okay, there‘s another way to try and fix this. I think they only hit your cooler, which should be fine to fly without, at least to the next workshop, which shouldn‘t be far… where exactly were you again?” The distant cracking of wood made Zoe‘s reply die in her throat. She spun around and scanned her environment. She could only see the tips of the first trees from here.

“Zoe? Everything okay?”

“No,” she whispered into her communicator as she scrambled up the dunes as quickly and quietly as she could. “I think I heard something.” She lifted her head over the dune just so she could see the edge of the forest. The gaps between the trees looked darker than before. There was no wind stirring the grass atop the dunes. Another crack. Zoe ducked below the dune again, pressing against the sand. She could feel it pour into her shirt. 

“Zoe,” whispered Martyn. “I am locating the Tonner. You have to get out of there as soon as you can. Kryx can be very deadly.”

“No shit.”

“I‘ll send you the route to the closest workshop as soon as I have your location, okay? You just have to-” Zoe pressed her hand over the loudspeaker as she heard another crack, this time louder. It was followed by more and more cracks and rustling, like footsteps through a forest. Zoe lifted her head again, slowly. A face was only inches from hers.

She screamed and pushed herself down the dune, skidding down the sand. Her feet sank in, she fell over and crawled down to the beach. A wet breeze was blowing down her neck, like the devil‘s breath. She didn‘t dare to look behind her as she ran to her ship. Her hands searched frantically for her gun, she never kept it in the same pocket, she really should get a belt.

Zoe reached the ship and climbed up its battered hull, to the hatch, and let herself fall into the seat. She hammered on all the buttons she could reach, and after a few seconds only filled with her panicked breathing, the ship started humming and the lights blinked on. She locked the hatch and ignored the little red warning light. It was labelled Cooler. She laughed hysterically. “I‘m so fucking stupid!”

A dull banging on the hull made her focus again. “Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck,“ she murmured while pressing buttons and shifting levers she didn‘t know if she needed. Finally, she‘d hit the right combination and the windshield was cast over by the green space map, the ship began to vibrate and finally, finally lift off. An ugly scratch and a primordial howl accompanied her as she made for the atmosphere. “So long, sucker! Wohoooo!“ The Tonner rattled and creaked, but it kept speeding towards the stars.

~

“Um, uh… Zoe?” She started in her seat.

“Jesus, Martyn, forgot you were there. I‘m back in orbit, well almost! There was this weird thing in the woods, ugh, you should‘ve seen it.”

“Yeah, about that… I can‘t locate you.” Zoe frowned.

“What do you mean?”

“I mean the Tonner doesn‘t show up on my radar. Is she sending the signal?” Zoe checked the screen in front of her.

“Yeah?”

“That‘s… weird. Are you out of the atmosphere yet?”

“Almost. In five, four, three, two, one-” The ship dived into outer space and stars surrounded her. The rattling died down as the vacuum enclosed her, and Zoe breathed out. On her right, there was the giant Tirs with his pink cloud formations, and not far off she could see his moon Liren. This was the Kryx she knew.

“Ha, there you are! I‘ve got- Zoe, what the hell have you gotten yourself into again?” Zoe sighed.

“What are you upset about now?”

“There‘s no planet next to you, except for Tirs.” Zoe raised an eyebrow and turned on the back camera. “There absolutely- hm. There‘s no planet. What the fuck.”

“We can worry about that later. You need to get to the next workshop. I‘m sending you the route right now.”

“Oh yeah, Tricia says I have like, five minutes left to live.”

“Who‘s Tricia?”

“The board computer.”

“Yeah. Ok. Tricia‘s right. And Zoe?”

“Yes?”

“Kryxian, not Immenish.” Zoe rolled her eyes and turned off the communicator. The route Martyn had sent her now popped up on the screen, and the ship shifted to correct its course. Zoe looked at her reflection in the windshield and brushed a loose strand of hair out of her face. She winked. The reflection winked back. Back on the planet that didn’t exist, a creature called its master for the first time in ten years. Inside Zoe’s pocket, the jewel glittered with the light of a thousand burning stars.