#taz im begging for a chance

[jennortegas]

OPLA appreciation week

favorite outfit: Sanji's chef uniform

[sockablock]

So I found Critical Role fandom less than two weeks ago, and fell madly in character-love with Molly. My first time in a game fandom! Ongong content! And Molly was just flat out amazing, and all the fanworks were amazing, and -- then my birthday was July 12. Effing happy birthday to meeeeeee omg. And then all my friends who were already in Critical Role fandom said 'oh don't worry, they've never stayed dead,' and now this. (I am never going to try another game fandom.) I hope people AU like mad?

I think it’s really a testament to the power of real-play podcasts and shows that there can be characters like Molly that are so loved and inspiring to fans and creators. I also get how much of a loss this was (molly was one of the characters i had the most fun writing, and i had a million long stories planned with him, and im going to take a break from those now to see what happens next in-game). But i think it also demonstrates how wonderful these games can be! The people behind them put a lot of work and love into incredible characters, and then let the whims of luck/the dice gods/rolling direct the story. If you want to leave then I totally understand, and I would never ever discourage you from doing what you think is best. 

But personally, I would beg you not to quit on game fandoms! I promise they are amazing and your friends have a point with campaign 1 that they never stayed dead, and we still have a whole world of possibilities vis a vis what to do with Molly. I will say that there is a chance that he doesn’t come back, which would completely suck but is a choice I’ll grudgingly respect. There is also a chance he comes back, though, especially if the cast believes he still has potential (which they probably do). Taliesin himself apparently cried all Thursday night and didn’t sleep over Molly’s departure. And in Campaign 1, they have conducted resurrections in single digit-levels without a cleric before.

I will add, though, that maybe you could try listening to TAZ in the meantime? It’s a load of fun and the balance campaign is extremely feel-good, and I promise nothing like the Molly situation happens.

I wish you the best in whatever you do, and I hope you keep loving CR or at least keep loving Mollymauk, because in the end I think that’s what he and Tal would’ve wanted. And who knows? Maybe we’ll see that purple fucker again sometime soon. 

[btsillegal]

Farfalla - Park Jimin

Summary: “I set her free and my farfalla came back to me.”

Word Count: 4,235

Pairing: Park Jimin x Character 

Characters In this Chapter: Kim Taehyung, Anabel Anderson

 I’ve tried and I don’t know how to be without you.

Oh, yeah... Why’s that?

Because you consume me.

Im on my way..xx

The rain fell down the busy streets of Seoul as I continued to lay down in my bed thinking of what would soon become of me. He never managed to leave my mind, my thoughts. The thought of him had a special control over me, it weakened me.

For the past month I have spent thinking of him and how he decided to just end things. It was crazy, I didn't understand him. Everything he said to me that night didn't make sense to me, it was plain confusion to me. He was so determined and sure of what he spoke, at first I simply thought he must have been drunk for him to speak such nonsense. But I was wrong. Never giving me a chance to speak or defend myself from the names he called me was unforgivable. If he really thought that of me, and would even consider myself capable of doing that he was wrong.

He didn't deserve an explanation, nothing from me, so I left just like he wanted. Leaving him with those final thoughts of me, it was worthless of me to show him wrong when he felt so sure of himself. I was done. I was done with him. The past months I spent with him are now forgotten, nothing but worthless memories that are now in the trash.

Flashback

"C'mon just tell me where were going!" I exclaim sitting un-patiently in the car. This was really starting to annoy me especially looking at the fact that he had also placed a blindfold to cover my eyes.

"No! Its a secret."

"Well can I at least take off the blindfold?"

"Anabel, I already told you that you may take it off when we get there." It was worth a try, right?

"Well are we almost there?"

"Yes, almost." he answered me and took hold of my hand, caressing the side with his thumb. That always made me feel so calm, just the feeling of his touch gave me chills and made me feel safe.

"That means I can take off the blind fold!" I cheered taking the blindfold off of my head but it seems to me that it was still not time yet for me to take it off.

"Anabel it wasn't time yet!" he whined.

"It had to come off any time soon anyway." I defended and turned to my side to look out the window. Immediately I knew we were out of the city and out close to the country side as I saw huge fields.

"Well we are here now." Jimin spoke parking the car of to the side and stepping out of the car to open the door for me. I stepped out and took his hand that was stretched out for me to take, I took it and he guided me to where we would be going.

My attention was set on the beautiful sunset that was seen over the city, as its final rays hit that gave us sunlight. Then Jimin motioned my attention towards a tree where a picnic was prepared under its shade. It was lovely.

Not to forget all the candles that were set around and lights hanged on the tree, giving it a romantic look.

"You did all this?"

"Yeah."

His action made me so happy that he would take time out of his day to do this, he was truly incredible and knew how to make a first date unforgettable.

I looked up at him and smiled, he was just truly amazing for doing all this. I couldn't believe he would go trough all that trouble for me, not even thinking it a second time I kissed him wrapping my arms around his neck.

It took him a while to realize what was going on that once he realized it he started to deepen the kiss and wrap his arms around my waist, pulling me in closer to him.

End of flashback

I stood from my bed and walked towards the bathroom, turning on the water from the sink as I watched it fall rapidly. Leaning towards the sink I splashed some water into my face, closing the handle on the sink I took a good luck of my reflection that was on the mirror. I was a complete mess, I couldn't not allow myself to come so low of myself especially for a boy. A tear slowly started to fall down my cheek, quickly I wiped it away and then set both hands resting on the sink as I continued to look at my reflection. Suddenly I felt the urge of more tears threatening to fall, I was not going to let that happen. Turning my back I walked back to my room and headed straight for my closet.

I need to distract myself from all this, pulling out a black lace dress and a pair of black heels from my closet. I quickly set them on my bed and sat on my vanity chair, taking a deep sigh I then started to do my make up and hair. I will not be staying home another night yet alone I will go out and have fun, distract myself from him.

*

The next morning I woke up with a huge headache, my head was killing me. Guess thats what happens when you have to much to drink, whoops. Slowly sitting up from my bed I turned to look at the clock, it read 10:36 am. It was still to early for me to be up especially with a killer headache, I let myself fall back into bed and just stared at the ceiling. Minutes must have passed by that I never came to realize that I had fallen asleep once again.

My sleep didn't seem to last long as just moments later I was awoken when I received a call, It was my father.

Hello

Anabel! Sweetheart, how are you?

Im good dad, what about you?

Im good as well, I have some great news!

What is it dad?

I have negotiated a deal with a fashion company in Seoul and will be flying up there tomorrow morning.

Thats good news dad!

Yes it is, Im finally going to be able to see you.

Yes and I cant wait. Call me as soon as you get to the airport, I want to be the one to pick you up.

Of course

Well who did you manage to make a deal with?

Oh thats a surprise

Please dad tell me! I start to beg

No 

c'mon tell me dad! Its not fair. You have to tell me.

He laughs You are just going to have to wait till tomorrow to find out.

But I cant wait! don't I at least get a hint

Fine, if it will make you happy then fine you get 1 hint.

Yay I cheered

Well I will say that it is your favorite brand of clothing line

What? No it cant it be! Any other company but that one please. How can this be?! No, there has to be an explanation.

Aren't you exited sweetie?

Uh yeah, sure dad.

Of course I wasn't. Not if it meant my dad working with him. This had to be some weird Karma shit! Yes it had to be. Why is it that of all clothing line companies he just happened to now be co working with Kim Inc.

 I have to go and finish my packing. I will see you first thing in the morning, bye now.

Bye Dad.

flashback

The sun rose happily over the city, the sun rays reaching trough my rooms windows signaling it was time for me to wake up. The morning followed my regular morning routine; brush teeth, shower, get dressed and then eat a simple breakfast.

There was not much to do today expect all I knew was that my favorite clothing line was having a sale and I had to be there. I was going to get this cute short length black lace dress I have been having my eyes on now for a while. If all goes well today was going to be a good day.

Once I was finally dressed and had eaten my breakfast I headed down where a taxi was waiting for me. I was so exited to be getting this dress, it was a limited edition and I was not going to miss this chance to finally have it. I swear if a crazy bitch tries to get it out of my hands I will rip her head off! In just a few minutes we had arrived at the mall and I quickly rushed out of the taxi forgetting to pay the taxi driver. Rushing back I paid him and then continued my way to the store, this brand was really big here in Seoul as well as all around the world. This clothing line was known as Kim Inc.

And it is my favorite clothing brand.

When I arrived at the store there were already a couple of girls waiting outside the store ready to go in and make a rush to gather the clothing they wanted. I tried making my way to the front but it was no use these girls were animals, pushing me back to my spot in the back. I decided to give up, besides the real fight was not out here but inside the store.

A hour had past by and more girls had gathered right behind me, suddenly a faint voice was heard. I turned to where the commotion was coming from and saw a nervous shy girl making her way to the front of the store. She must be the worker who is going to open up. As soon as she reached the front she tried to get the crowd to calm down and give her some space to open the door,but it wasn't working.

Struggling to open the door she finally did manage to open it and as soon as she did all the girls suddenly rushed trough knocking the poor girl down to her feet. I knew I should too rush in to get myself the dress before they were all out, but I could not leave the poor girl to get stepped on. I extended my hand out for her to reach and she nervously smiled at me and took it.

"Thank you." she said to me and retrieved her hand back scrubbing the dirt off of her skirt. She seemed rather a bit of a shy girl, her hair was put up in a nice but with loose blond strands that framed her nice slim face.

"Those girls sure are crazy right?" I smiled at her, taking a look inside of the store as two girls fought over a pair of heels. She chuckled "You bet! Maybe they are related go Taz." I laughed at her comparison agreeing with her, but hey that would be me too if I hadn't stopped to help her.

"Well you better get in there if you want to get something." she instructed me and I did as she said and ran into the store where my dress awaited me. Once I caught sight of the section the dress was in I quickly smiled in relieve as to see there was still a dress left.

I took hold of the dress and checked the tag to see the dress size and to my luck it was my size, I sigh in relieve and once I was relaxed enough another grip took hold of the dress and started to pull in the opposite direction. Quickly I kept a tight grip on my dress and pulled it back towards my chest.

"Excuse me, I had this first." I tell the person that is on the other side of the rack pulling on my dress trying to get it out of my hands. Though they didn't seem to care they continued to pull on my dress and ignore the fact that I had just spoken.

"Hey! I had this dress first. Back off!" I shouted a bit louder starting to get angry, I am not going to loose this dress. it will go home with me even if it means I have to tackle this person to the ground.

"Why don't you just back down sweatie there no chance of you getting this dress." the person spat at me, still holding onto the dress I walked over to the side they were on to come to face with them. There stood a tall blond girl, she was rather pretty not ugly at all.

"Excuse me, why don't you shut that mouth of yours and get your hands off my dress." I told her raising my voice and pulled the dress more in my direction. The blondie then had a shocked expression all over her face with her mouth sprung open.

"Trust me Im sure we can both agree this dress will look better on me." was her remark back towards me, I was not going to let her talk to me like this. I pushed her off with my right hand as she fell to the ground and let go of her grip on the dress. I smiled and stuck my tongue out at her then turning my back on her and started to walk towards the cash register.

It seemed she too was not going to let this go that she leaped onto me knocking me off my feet falling to the ground with her over my back trying to get the dress off my hands. Turning on my back she fell off of me and I started to get on my feet but she grabbed me by the hair and pulled me back to the ground. Soon enough we were going at each other fighting over the dress that even a crowd had started to form around us.

Well I hope they enjoy the show Im about to put on for them, because this is something I am going to enjoy doing.

A few minutes had past and this stranger and me were still going at it fighting over the dress, though soon enough as we were pulling it back and forth from each other I noticed it had a stain.

Bummer.

Noticing I decided to give up, there was no way I was going to get that stain off so I might as well let her have it.

"Fine you can keep it."

"Thats what I thought, they always give up going up against me." she bragged feeling so powerful and the decision I had just made.

"Whatever." were my final words to her and I walked off to look at another section. Stupid her to have not noticed the stain.

Currently in the shoe aisle I found a cute pair of black heels that I liked and was planning on getting them. Putting them back in the box I stood from my seat and walked over to the cashier, where miss bitch had just finished paying for the dress.

Looking at me with a pitiful look she said these final words to me "Better look next time" letting out a laugh at the end as she took her sassy ass out of the store.

"Ugh what a bitch" I murdered to myself and walked up to the register, it seemed I must have not whispered it soft enough to myself that the girl from earlier overheard me.

"Tell me about it."

"Girls like her get off my dam nervous." I complained setting the heels on the counter.

"I totally agree with you." taking the heels and scanning the box she turned to look at me and asked if this was all I would be buying. I nodded my head in response.

"Im Anabel." I introduced myself with a smile on my face, she smiled back and introduced herself "Im Amanda."

"Nice to meet you."

"Are you sure this is all you are getting I mean we are having a sale?" Amanda asked placing the box of heels in a bag.

"Yes, Im sure. I was planning on getting a dress but they were all out, and the last one that was left I had to fight for it. But unfortunately there was a stain on it so I gave it up." I explained to her.

"Im sorry, I wish there was a way I could make it up to you. It all my fault, you would have gotten your dress if it wasn't for you helping me."

"No its fine, I couldn't just leave those girls to run all over you." I told her and suddenly her face brighten up with joy as her stare looked over towards the entrance.

I turned to look towards the direction she was looking at and spotted a tall handsome man wearing a black suit.

Amanda quickly walked around the counter and towards the man who was walking in her direction, could it be her boyfriend?

As soon as he was in front of us both I caught a better glimpse of him and I could see how perfect his brown eyes reflected in the light. I wanted to run my fingers trough his long  brown hair and feel his soft looking pink lips against mine.

Gosh Anabel! What are you thinking?! You don't even know this man.

"Taehyung." Amanda called him, that must be his name. He frowned "Ms.Collins I have told you to address me as Mr.Kim when at work." he reminded her.

Wait? What?! Did he say Mr.Kim as in Mr.Kim the owner of Kim Inc?! It cant be!

"Yeah whatever. Listen I have a huge favor to ask of you." she grinned, he only gave her a curious look as to why the sudden urge for this favor.

"Depends on what it is."

"This here is Anabel." she began to say stretching her hand out directing his attention to me, I nervously smiled and did an awkward wave.

"She helped me this morning when I opened the store and the girls had knocked me down, anyway it was my fault she was not able to get what she came for. I was hoping maybe you could take her down to the main building and have her pick out anything she likes as a thank you." she finished explaining to him.

"Amanda I-"

"C'mon! Please" she begged "You owe me one and this is how I want you to pay me back."

"Fine."

"Yay." Amanda cheered jumping up and down with happiness. I was unsure of what had just happened so I kept silent and waited to see what would occur next.

"Perfect, now Anebel if you could please go with Mr.Kim he will take you to the main building where you will be able to pick anything of your liking." she instructed me explaining what was going to happen.

Im not so sure I want to go, I mean I just met this girl and she seemed really sweet and all but to make me leave with a stranger. Yeah no thank you.

"Uh.."

"Oh and don't worry about the shoes those are on me. Bye! Now off you go you two!." Amanda took her hands and gave me and Harry a small push towards the doors.

Mr.Kim turned to look at me and spoke with a deep raspy voice "Ladies first." and guided me out the store doors and out to the car.

The car ride with Mr.Kim had been mostly quiet, I was not so sure as to what to say since Amanda had just tossed me onto his care. It was just so sudden, neither one of us was expecting this to happen. None of us had spoken since we had gotten into the car, this was completely awkward for me I was not sure whether I should say something or keep quiet.

I spoke up.

"You don't have to do this you know" I told him a bit shyly afraid as to what he might say.

"Its fine" he answered me, not making any eye contact what so ever.

Soon we had arrived, the driver parked the car in front of a building then stepping out to open the car door for us. As it was my turn to step out of the car I noticed Mr.Kim extend his hand out for me to hold. Our eyes made eye contact which made me nervous just to have his eyes focused on me, unaware of what was going on trough his ind at the moment.

Lost in my thoughts I must have not been paying very much attention that when I stepped out i lost complete balance of my body causing me to fall forward. Trying to catch my fall I grabbed the first thing that came to my reach; Mr.Kim’s hand. Taking a firm hold he then took me from my waist and helped me regain my balance, his touch sending chills across my body.

Once I was standing nice and tall there he was standing there still looking down on me , his eyes staring straight at me. This time I looked back up at him, staring into his beautiful brown eyes trying to find a signal that could help me tell what he was thinking. Though I did not figure it out, he but only cleared his throat and I closed my eyes looking down as to our hands were still in hold.

Quickly I let go of his hand and snapped into reality as to what was going on. What just happened? Did I seriously just almost fall in front the famous Mr.Kim. Ugh only you Anabel would make a fool of yourself.

"Thank you" I said to him.

"You are welcome" he answered me "Next time watch your step" I nodded in agreement. Turning on his feet he started making his way inside the building, I followed quickly behind. The doors opened as soon as we were in reach revealing a very luxurious first floor.

I looked around as I followed Mr.Kim, there was a very nice lobby off to the side and a cafeteria just to the left. Further up ahead was a desk where one was able to ask for information I suppose. The lighting here was very nice, the building seem to have been decorated with much white, grey and black. The walls were of glass I suppose, I was a bit confused seeing as how we were able to look out into the street but once outside. You could not see what was going on inside the building.

Mr. Kim than came to a complete stop and pressed a button on one of the elevators. He stepped in and I followed right after him, the small trip up was rather awkward with the elevator music playing. Once we reached the 7th floor and the doors opened a floor full of clothes was revealed. There were clothes on every corner, shoes, handbags etc it was like a giant closet.

He turned to look at me and spoke "Which dress were you interested in?"

"Um well its a black dress consisting of a body whose top is a silk chiffon corset, black lace and a transparent skirt below." He only nodded and started walking again, confused I quickly started to follow him.

He came to a stop where there was a large rack of black clothes, and started to look trough it.

"Here" he said and placed the black dress in my hands. I smiled at the sight of the dress as I was finally able to get my hands on it.

"Thank you so much."

"Don't mention it, Im only doing this because Amanda asked."

Hmm it seems that maybe Mr.Kim has a crush on Amanda, or wait could they be dating each other? As far as I know he is single.

"How about you try it on?" He suggested, I nodded and smiled at him.

"Um but where do I try it on?"

"Follow me."

He guided me to the back of the room where there were 5 dressing rooms, I walked into the first one that had the curtain opened meaning it was available. Quickly I got undressed and tried on the dress. It was beautiful, I could not believe I finally owned this dress after 4 long months of trying it was finally mine.

"Did it fit well?" Mr.Kim asked from the other side of the curtain.

"Yes" I answered.

"Well lets see it then."

Wait what? Does he really want to see how this dress looks on me? I have to admit I would feel a bit embarrassed if he does not like how his dress looks on me.

"Uh okay." I stepped out of the dressing room and stood nice and tall for him to see me in the dress.

*

End of flashback

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