#textbox chan

[jayperior]

Absolutely honored that a character I wrote was featured in a Nintendo Direct!

Hope everyone is looking forward to meeting Textbox-chan in Date Everything!

[silverstormsxx]

another thing I made.

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Been getting back into yansim lately

[crescencestudio]

๋࣭⭑ Devlog 37 | 1.29.24 ๋࣭⭑

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Hope the holiday season and the new year have been treating you all well <3 I've been hard at work this past month to get the revamped demo out to you all soon, so let's jump right into things ^^

This past month, most of my writing has been focused on the revamped demo, finishing Etza's first draft, and Druk's developmental edits.

The revamped demo is FINISHED w writing edits!!!! That honestly took way more time than I thought, but because I wrote the demo basically two years ago at this point, a lot of my writing style has changed. So while some people might think it is an unnecessary time sink, it was important for me to rewrite the scenes I could so that it felt like it accurately portrayed how the routes are looking. And, because my writing skills are better than basically 0, which is where I was starting when I first wrote the demo, I can better write a script that's closer to my vision of the game.

....So THAT ended up taking a while!!! BUT I finished that this month, which was a huge accomplishment to me and I feel much happier with the Alaris script than before, where I kinda... well, hated it. LOL

In-Game Sneak Peek: New Choices HEHEHE

Etza's draft is making good progress. I'm JUST ABOUT done with their first draft YAY!!! As I mentioned before, writing for the full game routes will be a bit slower for now since I'm now balancing more game stages than before (like coding, sprites, etc.). But I was pretty happy with Etza's progress this month since it does feel like the finish line is pretty close for their first draft ^^

And then Druk's edits are just about wrapping up!! Wudgey and I have been having lots of fun with Druk's route, and it's shaped up to be a personal favorite just because of how enjoyable the editing process has been, so I hope you all are excited for it!

For art, I've gotten some more backgrounds commissioned from Vui for the full game. I also decided to update the prologue art for the demo and commissioned dear friend @saffein-e for some prologue art and..... WELL..... SHE'S STUNNING. I'll let the prologue preview speak for itself HEH

In-Game Preview: New Prologue feat. New Art and Fade-in Text Effect

I'm so happy with it, and in general seeing the demo come together with all the new assets has been RRRRGGGHHH!!!!! I've coded most of the screens by now, but I don't want to show them all quite yet. I'll show one preview of the new communicator screens.

Communicator Feature: Texting (left) and Phone Calls (right)

First is the texting screen, and then I also updated the phone call screen! The sprites now not only emote (kinda like video call vibes), but they also auto-highlight based on who is talking!

Most of my miscellaneous stuff has to do with coding the demo. I've been doing a LOT of backend coding to make the game more polished. First is the example above with the communicator phone call feature. Without getting too into coding jargon, it basically is like a new version of the normal sprites so that it feels more interactive, with seeing the characters emote while talking to you, and has the auto-highlight function so that it is clear who is talking during a phone call!

I'm adding more camera work to the demo, more vfx/sfx to make things more immersive, and overall just adding a lot of polish to the game. It's been a lot of work, since it's involved adding alternative textboxes, cleaning up old code, revamping things (like sprites and other images), etc. But it's been worth it to see everything come together!

In-Game Preview: Pop-up Codex now instead of separate screen!

I'm hoping the beta demo can be done by the end of this week or next, so if you all would like access to it, please feel free to subscribe to my Patreon for this upcoming month! Highest tier gets access to beta builds for $10 <3

Finally, In other news, I DID release Intertwine: Another Life this month LMFAOOO

If you haven't gotten a chance to play it, please do! There's almost double the amount of script content. I've been doing an awful job of promoting it since I've been in the coding trenches. But I do appreciate the reception so far!! It was honestly bigger than I thought it would be, and I'm always so grateful for everyone's support ^^ Very happy you all liked the extra bit of content with Van <33333

For market research, I didn't do anything this past month. I DID play Date with Death in December and had massive brainrot from it. In fact, I made two fanarts of little Grimmy LMFAOOOO.

I'm sure most of you have played it, but if you haven't this is your sign to go play it. It's a free game and the amount of polish and features in it are crazy, so please show the dev team some love!!!

Hoping to have the revamped demo out soon, and the beta demo out even sooner. Hope you all have a great rest of your month, and I'll talk to you soon! <3

[2n2n]

CH. 116

WOOOO!! ah I wished for a Tsukasa color image... aren't we so blessed....

a delicate princess pose lol...... every Tsukasa has a kind of hime-sama vibe, even dirty orphan... isn't it true....

God. what did Amane do with you

now this is a meaningless detail I'm sure everyone will note, but I do think a correction was made to Kou's staff. Previous chapter it had the 'seal' Hanako placed on it when they met....

which doesn't really make sense in this world...

It now seems to be a seal to imbue it with lightning. Even in distance shots, or shots before Teru himself is holding it. So it's simply an error that has been corrected.

it's not the first time AidaIro-sensei have bungled a small detail. The dates for the Yugi twin's 4th birthday were originally printed slightly off (1960 in magazine print VS 1959 in volume print), and I used to go insane staring at the literally same panels with different numbers LOL. If it was an earnest mistake, we'll likely see the seal replaced with this lightning one in the previous chapter, in the volume edition.

It's kind of endearing... because if I had to guess I assume the seal was a simple aida-sensei bungle, while the dates/calendar was an iro-sensei bungle. Both such simple mistakes to make though, lol... and both caught!

I wonder if it's kind of a concession to make it easier on Aida-sensei LOL, I feel bad for her having to always subtract or add seals and occasionally messing up... maybe it's easier to draw a seal there on impulse, and just change the symbol on it, than get used to drawing the staff fully without seal at all.. it doesn't have one in the first volume, of course, lightning or anything...

so wild to see Kou just punch a kid...

maybe I am overthinking it, but it doesn't feel like the lightning really hurts Tsukasa....? feels like he just whacked him with a broom for all that did....

typically even a feeble small bolt at least hurts Hanako or seizes his body briefly...

though Tsukasa is always flat affect when receiving pain, you can at least see it does technically hurt him/leave a mark, like it does on Hanako...

eh... wonder. The lightning only works on 'evil spirits' and not blessed ones, so I'll just say I'd be really intrigued if this Tsukasa was not technically an 'evil spirit'.... Hanako is categorically one (like it or not). I do not really know what this Tsukasa is (:> my heart is open to anything....

AND THEN IT IS TIME FOR ULTIMATE INTRIGUE!!!! GOING TO MAKE ME CRY!!! I was watching all the girlies on JP twitter losing their minds....

p-please... why does Tsukasa always have some... strange, confused aspect to him, like his mind isn't all there, like he can't remember where he is or what he's doing... this is a devastating tiny peek into something... AidaIro-sensei are, such masters... how can Tsukasa balance so well, being a scamp menace, and seeming so unfortunate? Your heart hurts, doesn't it... he always loves Amane. He is always calling for him....

I wonder if he's just confused easily when alone, or if there's something about his perception of reality/time/space, or what... he seems to get kind of lost while he's chasing Nene-chan around too... I wonder why!!! Tsukasa-chan... do you think you're chasing Amane, do you remember playing with Amane...? Do you hallucinate other people as Amane...? Or... do you just not remember when and where you are... or do you call out to him compulsively when alone? Why did you say it in your own tone of voice, apart from the well's...? A white textbox, standing out from the black... What is your state, little otouto...

Did Amane train you to do this....? Does that mean you did this with him? How and why are you here!!! 100 QUESTIONS

ohhh lamentably fuckable otouto .... Amane I don't know what you did but I wonder if I'll be able to blame you.... I dunno, something about Tsukasa, maybe you've gotta subjugate him to quiet the darkness within you wwwww....

now, I think Kou made a big mistake w, I'm going to assume Tsutsu started barrelling at him at inhuman speed

I hope you got caught in about 5 seconds....

this is all the twitter girlies summoning Tsukasa to ask him what color Amane's underwear is

glad to have another angle of 'yorishiro' lore...

yorishiro is an established concept in shinto beliefs as it is, so obviously it always has had an existence of SOME kind outside of the mysteries specifically... but we haven't gotten to really know what those are, in THIS world! I like learning about this simpler, pared-down version of the idea... less complicated and advanced than the mysteries obviously... I like that one would not need some sort of kannagi/miko/blessed being to destroy this kind of simple yorishiro. This would imply a lot more power to the SEALS in particular, and whatever PLACES them onto the mysteries, which PROTECT them from such simple destruction (I get the impression the Mysteries are trying to create a system of checks-and-balances by REQUIRING cooperation between HUMANS and KAII both... which makes one ask 100 questions about how they came to be)...

well I like this tidbit (: grudge you say.... hmhmmmm...

do you remember when I finally was like OHHH i get it, the purpose of KouMitsu is raw physical assault, that's the fetishistic appeal of it, that is the kind of yaoi it is visually... is like, a small, waify pink haired femme boy getting hit and grabbed and throttled and straddled and kabedon'd by a shoe and screamed at. Well it's happening again.

hmm. This is the best you have ever looked in your life, Kou. You should be grateful. You'll never achieve this level of minxy foxie slay on your own, with your ugly little sonic the hedgehog eyeballs....

hm though. I think some individuals are going to have some kind of a forced sexual awakening, from the concept of Tsukasa possessing Kou and harming Mitsuba like this. I dunno. Some people, they've really built Tsukasa into such an ultimate terror in their minds, it has to come out the other end some day (like all deep-seated fears do). I dunno man. If you're uncontrollably aroused by this concept/scene don't worry, it's normal. Mitsuba's divine purpose in life is to have his limbs chopped off and be thrown around the room like a ragdoll...

a Tsukasa-chan who doesn't like yelling.

it's funny to get all quiet and just continue to more silently strangle him wwww...... very Tsukasa-like........

yaoi panel wwwwwwww.....

WE ARE ONCE AGAIN QUESTIONING TSUKASA-CHAN'S AUTHENTICITY!!! is it ever really 'Yugi Tsukasa'? Ohhh what did the stupid clockkeepers really accomplish....

I'm hoping they had a hubris, and had no real idea the domino effect of time shenanigans that occur from tampering with Tsukasa... considering Nene-chan's timehopping means Tsukasa connects to FAR more involved points in time than may be obvious to a linear-time observer...

[easel-eisel]

the narrator being their own character in vn could be cool if it weren't textbox chan from "i blindly hate vns"

[ur-local-new-years-child]

Feb 6

I feel so much better now, thanks to you.

I felt like you told me a secret that day. That you let some of your true thoughts show a bit, only because you were comfortable with me.

So… I thought I’d pay you a visit.

Your aunt let me in, and after a few minutes of joyful bustling about, told me you’d be upstairs, at the end of the hall.

Knock,Knock. “Hey, Mo-san? It’s me….”

“Come in…”

I opened the door and slid in.

The room was dark, but not in a way that was made for sleep. Like someone didn’t bother to turn the lights on, letting the natural sun do it’s work.

You were sitting at the foot of the window, your head resting against the dresser. There was a prism in your hand, and you watched the rainbows dance on the wooden floor with every turn of your wrist. 

“Hey, Ichigo-san… You’re feeling better…?” You say, almost sleepily. 

The weather outside was warm enough, and the sky was a bright blue. It seems the tepid weather made even staying awake hard, because your eyes were drooped, as if you wanted to nod off. 

“yeah..I wanted to thank you for taking care of me the other day… so I made you some Matcha Cookies!” 

I sit down across from you, as to not disturb the rainbows you were making, and handed the mini package to you.

You took it, and opened it up. “Ooh, they smell good… like a roastery, kinda.” you take one out, and nibble on it.

“So… this is your room..?”

“Yep. it does the job, so no complaints from me.”

Your room’s really small. Maybe the size of two broom closets together, give or take. It’s also a bit messy, but not in a slovenly way. Books, pencils, a sketchbook, more books…

“It’s not too bad.” I say, laying back.

“I wasn’t a fan of big rooms anyway. If i can see all my stuff, and they’re there, and I can reach them…” you stretch, and a bit of your back shows as you bend to get a manga that had been thrown haphazardly out of the way. I blush at the sight and try to compose myself as you get back into position.

“What was I saying again…?” You blink slowly, looking at the book’s slowly moving pages.

“Uh, about you preferring small rooms over large ones…”

“Oh. well, I like everything within reach, is all.” You toss the book over your shoulder, then look up, hugging your knees.

“You like videogames…?”

“Yeah.. “

You nod to yourself, then stand up, humming something as you look around the clutter.

“Oh, here it is.” You bend over, and with a grunt, haul up a small tv, decorated with Nintendo stickers.

“We could play on this… I’ve got an Atari. We could play Higanbana Ningyo..”

“Sure!” I say,  a little too quickly. “I’ve never heard about that game before, though.”

“Oh, well the cartridge is over there. It’s got a pretty boy on it with a spider lily on his mouth or something...”

I look at where you gestured to, and found the cartridge case. 

The game’s really interesting. It’s about a boy who’s been bullied to the point where he’s really just tired of it all. So he asks help from one of the seven mysteries of the school, a doll called Lady Higanbana, who’s said to haunt the school at night. The doll comes to life and grants him his wish and all, making him a school mystery in the process, giving him the name “mesomeso-chan”. So now he haunts the school, making sure no one has to suffer what he has.

“Oh, this is kinda like the ‘Hanako Hanako, are you there?’ game…”

“You know that one?  it’s the sequel. Not many people like it though, cause Hanako turns out to be a guy…”

“Hey!! I wasn’t done with the game!!” I playfully throw a pillow at you, which you artfully dodge.

“Whoops. Spoiler alert..?” you chuckle as the screen of the tv crackles with life. I put in the cartridge, and a soft humming sound- like from a horror flick- fills the room

You plop down next to me and hand me a controller, and we watch the cutscene play out.

The game opens with a textbox, and the words roll in, like a carpet being unfurled.

“Higanbana-sama.. Help me. I’m so tired of these people bullying me….. They won’t leave me alone…” 

A sob echoes from the black screen, and you slump, visibly uncomfortable.

“Hey, it’s okay if we skip this. I get the plot…”

You comb your slender fingers through your black hair. “Mmmh.. you sure..? I don’t want you to miss out on the story…”

“I’ll get my step-dad to tell me about it. He’s a big gaming otaku so he’s probably played this already.” 

I hesitate at first, but I pet your arm. “If it makes you uncomfortable, we can always just play something else.”

“No it’s… It’s just the intro.” you press a button, and the game fast forewards. I catch glimpses of gore, very very graphic gore

You press another button, and the fast forwarding stops. Then you wobble out the room, and moments later, I hear a retch.

“Mo-san!! A-are you okay?” I jolt and run after you, your head hanging over the toilet as the sound of another retch tears through the silent house.

“B-bugh..water…”

I fetch you a water bottle, uncapping it so you could drink as fast as possible. You’re shivering violently, as if your soul had just been expelled from your body and you were now a walking corpse. 

“N-nngh…” you gargle with the water, trying to take out as much of the acrid taste from you mouth as possible. 

“Are you okay..? Should I call your aunt..?”

You shake your head, resting your forehead on the toilet seat. “Give me… five minutes…” you say between heavy, shaky breaths. “I’ll be…fine…”

“Then, I’ll stay here until you’re okay, okay?”

You shiver and nod. Your hand finds it’s way to mine, and I give it a light squeeze to comfort you.

You sniff. “T-thanks, Ichigo-san…”

“Don’t worry about it. Don’t even worry about it.” I rub circles into your palm, your knuckles, your fingers. The initial shock of this sudden event was replaced by my ‘mom mode’.

“Do you want anything? Do you feel dizzy?” 

“No..”

“Was it the cookies?”

You shake your head.

“I want.. I want to go outside.”

I let you hold onto my waist, and I attempt to give you a piggyback ride, but you’re just.. way too tall. So I just let your feet touch the ground, and slowly make my way to the front door.

“Mmh..” you nuzzle my neck, and I flush. This , combined with your slightly laboured breathing, sent the gears in my head spiralling out of control. 

Good god, you look so hot right now, I thought to myself. 

After what seemed like a whole One Piece later, we made it to the front door, and I dragged it open, careful not to let the door bump into you in any way.

The cold air hit us, along with the realisation that I had just spent a whole day with you. I flushed all over again, and for a second i thought my fever had come back.

I settled you down on the porch, where you let out a sigh of relief. You took in the cold night air, and soon your breathing stabilised.

“Thanks, Ichigo…san….” you whisper.

“No problem. Do you want me to stay with you until your aunt comes?”

You nod slightly. I sit next to you, and your hand finds it’s way to mine again.

“Ichigo-san…?”

“Yeah?” god, for once, will I EVER stop blushing at every little thing you do?

“I… I wish you were here sooner…” your voice seemed to drift away.

“ Can.. can you take me to my room…? I feel… so exhausted….”

Another ascension up the stairs, and I settle you at the top-most stair. 

“Wait here, okay? I’ll get everything ready.” 

By that I meant chucking that damned game out the window and cleaning up a bit. If this game made you nauseous every time you played it, why do you even still have it?

But you seemed to sense I would do that. “Don’t touch the game…It’s.. It’s very important to me.”

Drat. there goes my Idea.

I clean up the room as best as I can, then ease you into the plush mattress.

“Okay… there.. You better now?”

You nod, and snuggle into the pillows.

“Thank you…. I’ll.. see you tomorrow..?”

I flush for the thousandth time that day.

But I smile down at you. “Sure. at the library?”

You return the smile, and it’s the softest thing in the world. “Sure."

[thedarkmoonkingdom]

Chapter One: An Unexpected Arrival

It's been a long, long time since I've written anything. So I hope it's not too bad... haha

Also I suck at titles... Anyway...

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It wasn't supposed to turn out like this...

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The frantic sound sound of an alarm stirred Luna from her slumber. She unfurled herself and stretched before quickly getting to work, her paws tapping away on the keypad she had just been sleeping on. A screen appeared before her, red flashing text reading "anomaly detected". The black cat's eyebrows furrowed, her paws hitting a series of keys to zoom in on the image.

"An asteroid?"

The cat muttered to herself, her blue eyes focused on the glowing object hurtling through the galaxy lightyears at a time. Luna entered another string of commands and a textbox appeared next to the object.

“Material unknown”

Luna’s frown deepened. The computer could identify all elements and materials known to humankind… and then some. So, what was this thing?

Luna's heart pounded in her chest. An object of unknown origin, made of materials that couldn't be analyzed, hurtling through the galaxy… could things get any worse?

The beeping of another alarm pulled Luna from her thoughts. That thing, whatever it was, was headed straight for the Earth.

"With that trajectory," Her paws flew across the keypad "and at that speed… collision with the Earth is imminent!”

A determined look came upon Luna's features.

"I have to tell the girls"

~~~

So there they were, all five sailor scouts transformed and gathered in a grassy field, their gazes locked on the star-filled sky above. They had been there for quite some time.

"Maybe the computer was wrong," Said Sailor Moon, her hands clasped in front of her chest making her words seem more like a prayer.

"Considering its mass, there is a good chance that whatever it is wouldn't survive the Earth's atmosphere," Sailor Mercury added.

"That would be true under normal circumstances," Artemis interjected, jumping on Sailor Venus' shoulder, "but we don't know what that thing is made of. It could be made from a material that would allow it to withstand extraordinary temperatures"

"There!" Sailor Mercury announced, pointing at a bright spec in the sky that hadn't been there a moment ago.

The spec seemed to grow by the second, a ball of light with a bright burgundy tail streaking through the sky. Sailor Mercury activated her visor, her eyebrows furrowed in concentration.

"Thirty-three centimeters in diameter, traveling at a speed of three hundred miles per hour. Damage to the Earth will be minimal"

The guardians sighed in relief, their shoulders slumped as their stances relaxed.

"Oh, what a relief!" Jupiter breathed, using the back of her hand to wipe the sweat that had unknowingly formed on her brow.

"Well, that’s good news at least, " Venus sighed.

"We’re not out of the woods yet" Artemis' warned, his green eyes still fixed on the sky above.

"What? What do you you mean?"

Ignoring the ache in her neck, Sailor Venus craned her head to the sky once more, her dark blue eyes widening.

"We need to move. NOW!"

The object was headed straight for them. With only seconds to spare, the scouts moved in unison, leaping backward to create as much distance as possible. The object collided with the earth, kicking up a thick cloud of dirt and debris that left the group coughing.

"Is everyone alright?" Sailor Mars called out, her clear voice seeming to cut through the haze.

A chorus of affirmations, accompanied by a medley of coughs and sneezes served as a response.

The haze dissipated just as quickly as it formed, revealing a deep trough at least several meters long carved into the ground where the scouts had been standing just moments before. At its end, a mound of freshly churned earth, still smoldering from the heat of the impact.

"What do we do now?"

"I think I see something!" Said Sailor Moon, dashing toward the heap.

"Usagi-chan! Wait!" The scouts pleaded, following after their princess.

None one could have guessed the sight that awaited them.

"Is that... an owl?"

Before the scouts laid a creature no larger than a volleyball, its wings outstretched on either side of its small body, feathers ruffled and singed. At first, it appeared to be dead, but its heaving chest and twitching talons proved that it still had some life left in it at the very least.

"Athena?" Artemis gasped, launching himself from Minako's shoulder and racing toward the creature.

"Athena! Wake up!"

He relentlessly nudged and batted at the creature, shaking it until, surprisingly, it stirred. Its eyelids flew open, a pair of bright emerald-green eyes rapidly flicked from one thing to the next, its head swiveling in the same erratic manner as it took in its surroundings.

"Wha-where am I?"

[californiaispurple]

[Image description: A comic with seven images. The first has a giant text bubble saying "Take that!". The next image has a drawing of Edogawa Conan from Detective Conan surrounded by three red Psyche Locks from Ace Attorney. He looks very happy and is waving his arms around. Chains surround him along with three Psyche Locks against a black background. He is saying, "I live with Mr. Mouri and Ran-nee-chan because my parents work overseas!" in a game-like textbox. In the next image, he has one red Psyche Lock and is looking off to the side inquisitively. He is saying, "My friends and I were walkin' around the park looking for bugs, when there was a big yell! There was some sorta office party going on when we shown up.". In the next image, he's giving the viewer a toothy grin and has two red Psych Locks. He is saying, "A man ran into the woods, so we chased after 'em! He musta had an acorn fall on his head, though, cuz when we found him he was on the ground!". In the next image, he looks very happy and is leaning towards the viewer, hands clasped at his chest, and is surrounded by three red Psych Locks. He is saying, "I dunno what much happened, but the police came and a man died or something. Then, Mr. Mouri solved that the man who ran away was the victim's brother!". In the next image, he is in the same pose as the second image, and is saying, "Ah, sorry Mr. Phoenix, I never intro-duced myself! My name is Edogawa Conan, a detect-tive! Like Mr. Mouri!". The next image is split into two panels. The first panel shows Phoenix Wright from Ace Attorney looking down at Conan, holding his green Magatama, the green light shining on his skin and blue suit. Maya is in the background. In the second panel, we get a close-up shot of his face, devoid of all color except for the green Magatama light and his eyes colored red. He says "What the fuck" in big text, the letters turning red towards the end. There's a speech bubble that says "Nick?!", presumably said by Maya. End Description.]

nfjckxm this crossover always gets me i love it

phoenix is vaguely familiar with the Sleeping Detective and as such is vaguely familiar with Conan

he runs across the tiny child on the crime scene and is like 'ahaha what're u doing here kid, aren't you w/ that one sleeping detective guy, aren't you his son or something' and conan opens his mouth and l i e s

the things that conan lied about + more conan 'sprites' + general brain rot over the crossover under the cut

...so much brain rot...

first statement: he lives with ran and kogoro not because his parents are working overseas (although they technically are) but to try and gather intel on the black organization, and also it's related to the whole Conan Secret

second statement: haibara and conan thought they glimpsed a black org member at the park yesterday, so they set out to investigate, and then when they turned around the Detective Boys were just There (like the little menaces they are)

third statement: a man did run into the woods, and the detective boys did chase after them, it's just that the elusive 'acorn' was actually a very, very, high-powered soccer ball

fourth statement: both 'not knowing what much happened' and the fact that kogoro solved it

fifth statement: my name is conan. edogawa conan.

black psyche lock is present because conan has some Identity Issues that he needs to sort out

ANYHOW IN A THEORETICAL UNIVERSE WHERE I DIDN'T NEED SLEEP I WOULD HAVE CREATED 'SPRITES' OF THE DETECTIVE BOYS TOO (along with ran) AND HAVE THEM SIDE BY SIDE ALONG CONAN'S SPRITES TO SHOW HOW HE COPIES THEM TO TRY AND APPEAR MORE CHILD-LIKE

all i have is sketches, sadly

so, while playing in this hypothetical case as phoenix, you'd probably get accounts from ayumi, mitsuhiko, and genta too, or at least you'd need some kind of evidence from them to disprove conan's statement about 'looking for bugs'

although they may try to lie about the fact they were 'looking for bugs' too, because despite not knowing exactly why haibara and conan went to the park, they're ride-or die kids and if conan says they went looking for bugs then they went looking for bugs, okay, mr. lawyer?

conan has his 'performative' sprites and his sprites when he's actually genuine, as seen below. Top row is more genuine and bottom row is more performative.

Obviously, as his facade sheds, and the more into the investigation he gets, he uses less and less of the bottom sprites and more of the top ones (which would also require a more 'neutral face' sprite since none of the top ones have one)

second bottom sprite to the left is his 'ah le le' face

whereas the very last sprite on the top row is his actual thinking face, and the face he makes when he starts spouting exactly how long it takes for the human body to suffocate when a fishing line is used for strangulation, before quickly spouting out a 'or, that's what shinichi-nee-san told me!'

not very noticeable but conan has darker hair at the roots because he's been gradually dyeing it a lighter color so the resemblance between him and shinichi is less obvious

Along with Ran and the Detective Boys, he'd also have sprites mirroring Haibara and Kogoro and maybe Professor Agasa

Ran's mirrored sprite is noted as one of the genuine ones, and Kogoro's mirrored sprite would also be one of the more genuine ones. With these, Conan himself doesn't realize he's picking up their mannerisms.

honestly the thing that would inspire Kogoro's and Conan's shared sprite would be their laughing faces here:

ahhh they're idiots

Haibara's mirrored sprite with conan would be biting/picking at their nails. Haibara's tried to keep that habit of her's down ever since de-aging, so even though Conan picked up the habit from her, he does it more.

Haibara would also copy the detective boys in her theoretical sprites, but to a lesser degree. She'd have more mirrored sprites with Professor Agasa, her sister, and also one with Conan.

Speaking of mannerisms...

Something that could be interesting is that Haibara persuades Conan and the kids to hide that she was there when they arrived at the scene. Whether it be because she just doesn't like the extra police attention, or because there could potentially be a black org member at the crime scene, they all collectively agree to say that she was either in the car or someplace else. That way, Haibara wouldn't have to talk to the police that much.

Maybe she got the Bad Vibes around there and Does Not Want to Be Anywhere Near.

However, whenever they lie about this, or say something to cover up her presence, the detective boys and Conan start picking at/fiddling with their nails.

Phoenix meets Haibara far away from the crime scene (at like the corner store or something) and the first sprite that you see of her is her biting her nails. After that, she puts on her cutesy act for Phoenix and introduces herself briefly. That's the last you see of her before Phoenix has to figure out that Haibara was also at the crime scene too. The nail-biting from the Detective Boys and Conan would clue you/phoenix into perhaps deducing that they're thinking about Haibara for some reason.

Maybe something about how the detective boys are all the five of them, as told by Takagi/Ran? Don't the Detective Boys have some sort of badge too? Or, maybe a story about how the detective boys all got ice cream while going to the park, and Phoenix notices there's an ice cream receipt in Haibara's pocket that's from the exact same store?

Any way you look at it, Phoenix would find out that there's a link between Haibara and the Detective Boys, thereby implicating that she was present when they chased after the man.

Haibara wouldn't have a major freakout when Phoenix confronts her about her presence at the crime scene, because she knows he's not part of the black org, but would still ask him to not involve her anymore. At this point, the cutesy act would drop. Cue phoenix going 'wtf is wrong with these toddlers'

She'd have some major testimonial evidence though that turns the case around, so it'd be worth it.

Conan clutches his wrist when under duress, alluding to his watch's sleeping dart.

Another psyche lock appears when Kogoro says he solves his crimes/that he figured out the mystery, since, of course, he knows he didn't. He rubs the back of his neck whenever he talks about it.

On Kogoro, I'm not sure what level of awareness should have on who exactly solves the crimes. The options are:

1. He's completely oblivious as to who. 2. He knows that Conan is the one doing the drugging, but not necessarily that Conan is Shinichi. 3. Have him be aware that Conan is Shinichi and that he's doing the drugging. Maybe knows about the black org.

Anyhow, number two and three would make it harder to pry that secret out of him. I've always liked the idea of number two to show that Kogoro isn't completely oblivious-- but I don't think you'd be able to get 'so the kid that's sorta your ward now is actually your daughter's best friend that was shrunken down because he took a pill meant to be poison made by a shady crime organization' without some major evidence to prompt you to think that.

Number one would still count as a 'dark secret within the heart' since it'd be humiliating for kogoro to be outed as a fraud.

With number two, he'd just know that Conan has someone after him and Kogoro's actually a little maybe sorta attached to the gremlin and wants to keep him safe.

Either way, Kogoro would slip up somehow on the facts of the crime (getting someone's name wrong or getting the time wrong) so the player/phoenix can deduce that Something's Up.

I like the idea of Conan being a companion like Pearls and Maya throughout the investigation. That did come with some difficulties, as Phoenix actually needs a defendant to defend, and Conan would've stepped in if he felt that the suspect the police arrested didn't actually do the crime.

Although, it would be interesting to explore a case where Conan deducts wrong, and what reasons he could've been misled.

Or we could have a Matt Engarde situation of some sort, and Conan knows something's up, and tries to help Phoenix...

Either way, what I came up with was that Conan used Kogoro to broadcast some new revelation about the murder and the method in which the perpetrator did it, but in the process of putting that new revelation to light, it heavily put Phoenix's soon-to-be defendant under suspect.

However, even though Conan knows that something's fishy, before he's able to continue, some accident debilitates him, and he has to go to the hospital.

When he's released, the police have already arrested the suspect.

So, the only thing Conan can do is return to the scene of the crime, and try to look for any clues as to who actually did it. Along the way, he meets this weird lawyer...

might be cool for Phoenix to go through the whole sleeping detective song and dance

Phoenix feels the hair rise up on the back of his neck, instinct honed from years of danger. The last thing he sees is, when he glances behind him, is Conan raising his watch, glasses gleaming white, before everything goes to black.

OH i just realized Haibara would be given the psyche lock treatment too if she introduced herself

i'm almost tempted to throw Hattori in there so he and Conan can do their disguise shenanigans, thereby making Phoenix seriously consider the last vestiges of his sanity

Hattori-disguised-as-Shinichi shows up and introduces himself and Phoenix is like ????

then a moment later he takes conan with him into another room, Shinichi comes back, and Phoenix is all 'is he pretending to be this shinichi? i have to find out!'

asks him again to introduce himself, BUT it's actually Conan-as-Shinichi now, so when Shinichi says it again it's registered as true and phoenix is wondering if he's having hallucinations now

until LATER Hattori-disguised-as-Shinichi pops up because Shinichi was running out of time, and they're investigating a witness or something, and Hattori is like 'yo, i'm shinichi kudo' and the psyche-locks appear AGAIN and Phoenix wants to DIE

phoenix and maya go to amuro's cafe to celebrate a case well-done and as soon as phoenix hears the clanging sound he just. jumps out of the window

~defenestration~

the question is. would conan be bold enough to try and pull off a sleeping detective in the middle of court.

edgeworth: wright, i know you've had your unprofessional moments, but i even didn't think you'd go as far as to fall asleep in court.

conan, sweating under the chair:

the stenographer is at the perfect angle to see behind the defendant's chair and WHY did the defense attorney fall asleep and WHY is there a tiny child behind him WHY DID THEY SIGN UP FOR THIS JOB

the judge is high enough he can see that conan ducked under the chair right before phoenix passed out and is like "oh ho ho, that's cute, i remember my grandson hiding behind me too when he was scared..."

i saw an art piece of conan standing on the bench while yelling objection and that. is too cute to pass up i need to reblog it.

another thing: there's only one defense aide allowed at a time?? i think?? ...maybe if conan stands on maya's shoulders they can count as one full adult.

y'know conan and edgeworth would be an amusing duo i think

edgeworth: ah wright, i see you have adopted another child as your aide. hm. conan: :D edgeworth: ...i don't trust it.

~ conan: lmao ghosts aren't real, that's crazy, that doesn't happen in real life phoenix and maya:

~

conan: oh, Mr. Phoenix, you've had to deal with phantom thieves too?

phoenix: oh, ha, yeah. crazy time, but it turned into a murder investigation halfway through...

conan, whose literal only moment of reprieve from his daily murder mysteries is KID's heists: damn, that sucks man

~

akako and maya meeting?? somehow??

there's something to be said about maya and haibara...

if somehow you could convince haibara to both 1. believe the idea that maya's an Actual Spirit Medium and 2. get haibara to trust maya and phoenix enough to divulge personal information, i think it would be sweet for maya to channel haibara's old sister so they could talk to each other

also pOTENTIALLY MORE INFORMATION ON THE BLACK ORG HMMMM?

takagi, to megure: isn't that the guy who cross-examined a parrot...?

maya, to phoenix: isn't that guy who's solved over 900 murders in the past two years...? (about kogoro)

anyways i need to stop before i actually start writing this

i cannot be sustained on cool ideas alone

[sleepy-yn]

Stray Kids: Reacting to their GF Missing Them

A/N: This is basically something I’ve been daydreaming about fjfdjkk so there’s that. Basically their Gf’s record themselves on tiktok to the song “Mr. Loverman” and “Me and my Husband” and the boys see it. ALSO the boys don’t have a dating ban here and they are public with their relationship (some more than others) NOT PROOF READ

Chan:

 You were still in Uni and it was stressful being a student

it’s also very stressful when your sweet boyfriend lives across the world

you had visited him for a week recently but, obviously, you had to go back home

it was one of those early morning study sessions because you really needed to pass this quiz

 you looked up at the picture frames on your desk and tears started to spill over the keyboard

you missed chan so much it hurt in your chest

 like if there was a hole where your heart should be

you decided to scroll through tiktok as a way to escape from your sadness 

that’s when you heard the song “Mr Loverman” for the thousandth time and you decided to let your feelings out

chan’s fans knew he was in a relationship but he cared too much about your privacy that he never introduced you to his fans

after you finished uploading the tiktok, you decided to get back to studying 

chan was finishing up his work for the afternoon when Felix came into the studio

“Hyung look” he shoved his phone into chan’s face

we all know felix has a secret tiktok

Chan saw you sitting at your desk, tears in your eyes and several words on the screen

the familiar lyrics “I’m Mr. Loverman, and I miss my lover man” while he read what you wrote broke his heart into a million pieces

“i miss him so much. I want to see him again.” 

tears threatened to spill from his own eyes as he watched you look so broken

felix took that as his cue to give chan some space

He needed to see your face even though he knew it was late

accepting the facetime call, you almost sobbed at seeing your handsome boyfriends face

“Hey babygirl’

“hi channie”

“Why are you still awake, love?”

“i miss you too much” you said in a whisper, a pout on your lips and your voice quivering

it was all about to spill out again, your emotions were just not in tact at the moment

“baby please don’t cry” :( i’m literally about to cry writing this

He wishes so badly that he could be there to wipe your tears

chan hated seeing you sad, you crying was his ultimate weakness

After calming down, he told you to stop studying and get some rest

he hummed the familiar tune to you while you fell into a soft slumber

you bet your ass that he booked the soonest flight to go see you

Minho

please i can’t get enough of this gif

so you lived in korea with minho 

you both lived in an apartment together and although small, it was your home

you worked as a therapist for young adults and dealt with a lot every day

you and him never really saw each other during the day because of how busy you two were

it was comeback season so that meant he was rarely home

actually, he wasn’t home at all; he stayed at the dorms with the boys so that transportation and work was easier

so the house felt even emptier and although you were extremely supportive of the boys you missed your husband

so one night when you got home from work, you just burst into tears

a patient of yours talked about losing his first love and yadayadayada

it just hit you for some reason

but you knew it was stupid to cry, you should be happy your husband was back with his brothers and doing what he loves

so while you made dinner you continued, you listened to the playlist you made for these types of scenarios

and with your luck, the song “Me and my Husband” started playing

all the emotions you had been holding in flowed back out as you related to every word

what you didn’t know was that Minho was done early today and was making his way back home to you

and at the perfect moment, when the line “But when he walks in, I am loved” he walked in the door

turning to look at him, you couldn’t stop the smile from spreading across your face

jumping into his arms, he staggered back a bit but held you nonetheless 

“Did someone miss me?” he smirked 

“oh shut up and kiss me” and that he did

all your sadness faded away and the stress taking place in your body relaxed

“you really missed me didn’t you?” he said, wiping what was left of your tears

“yea yea, now come help me with dinner”

he couldn’t wish to be anywhere else but here with you

Changbin

look at his smile pls 

you and changbin have been married for about a year now 

his fans were super supportive and they honestly were warning HIM not to break your heart

you were a youtuber and a producer who made music for groups like KARD and VAV

so obviously you and changbin barely saw each other when you two were busy

however, you had a day off but changbin on the other hand had to help chan with a song

even though today was your anniversary, you made him go help out chan

your marriage was important but you knew how important music is to him and the boys

looking around the house at the pictures of the both of you, you started to get teary eyed

all the memories came hitting you like a bus rip george o’malley

you decided to put all these memories into a video not only to put your emotions somewhere but for the fans as well

but there was a twist at the end no one expected

while Changbin and Chan were focused on the track they were working on, Jisung came in to show changbin something

“Just look”

changbins attention went to the video in front of him

there you were doing your makeup and a couple textboxes showed up talking about how depressed you were in the past

you were not in a good state of mind and weren’t sure life was for you

that was until Changbin walked into your life *cue “But when he walks in I am loved”*

He smiled at all the pictures of you and him; your first dates, the proposal, the wedding, and more couple pictures

but what he wasn’t expecting was the last picture

there you were, holding a pregnancy test with a hand covering your smile

bet your ass all of twitter was already talking about it, that’s how jisung found it

both chan and jisung were hopping off the walls congratulating changbin

He packed up all his stuff and rushed home as fast as he could

when he walked in, there you were in bed watching his music videos

He didn’t even say anything, all he did was kiss you and hug you so tight in his arms as if your were going to slip away

“So I’m guessing this means you’re happy?”

He kissed you again “Why didn’t you tell me sooner?”

“I wanted to surprise you” you shrugged

he layed in bed with you, head on your belly

“See that? Those are your uncles, they already want to meet you” you giggled

“and that is your daddy, I’m going to protect you with all I am. I already love you so much”

“what are you doing, Binnie?”

“shush woman I’m talking to my baby

you rolled your eyes, “i was your baby first”

He cupped your cheek and looked into your eyes

“you still are, you’re just my big baby” 

giggles filled the air as you two wondered what your future would look like

Hyunjin

now hyunjin is a special case

all your days were filled with laughter and fun, your relationship was never dull

but recently he couldn’t be with you as much as you wanted

there were rumors about hyunjin dating and him and the company weren’t sure whether to deny or admit it

so for the mean time, you two couldn’t see each other for a bit

your days began getting dull and gray, you missed your energy boy

it didn’t help that you were just about to graduate and the stress of your future was filling your head

one day, it got too much and you spent the day crying

you missed hyunjin so much and wished he could be there with you

so what do you do to organize your thoughts?

make a tiktok

choosing the song “Mr Loverman” you record yourself sitting in your bed, head in your arms and curled up in a ball

the text went along like

“If it benefits him, I want him to let me go. I miss him so much but I know that this means the world to him. I just want to hold him”

of course the viewers had no idea what you were talking about, except for one

felix walked towards where the members were having dinner

“hyung look”

watching the video and listening to the lyrics, his chest felt so heavy

he wanted to throw everything up because the sadness was eating him up

“i have to see her”

although the boys were worried about the media and what the company would say, they still let him go

sitting on the floor against your bed listening to the song on repeat, you didn’t hear hyunjin come in

spotting you, he sat in the spot next to you

you jumped and looked at him with wide eyes 

“hyunjin you can’t be here! what about the company and the saesangs and-”

he kissed you and held you in his arms

“i don’t care about any of that. If i can’t have you, I don’t want any of it.”

there you two sat, holding hands and looking at the moonlight from your window

he didn’t need to have supporters when his main supporter was sitting right next to him

Jisung

i miss minsung omg 

you were an idol and it was no secret that you and jisung were in love with each other 

but your companies forbid you two from being with one another, at least until you had a couple more years of being an idol

you and jisung had to pretend you were best friends, but that also meant no seeing each other very often

you wanted so bad just to say fuck it and come out to the public anyway

but you knew how much music meant to him

both of your fans weren’t even mad about the rumors, they were more mad at the invasion of privacy

one day, you had a video scheduled to do a cover

and what song did you want to sing? “Mr Loverman” of course

there you sat, in a blue turtleneck topped by a brown coat and plaid tennis skirt

as you sang, the lyrics just kept getting to you

you didn’t cry but when fans watched and analyzed the video, they noticed parts where your eyes watered

stray kids were one of the first viewers

there they sat in the dorm in front of the tv

watching you sing, they all praised your voice and how pretty you looked

but jisung noticed how the song affected you, and honestly it affected him too

he got his jacket and left the dorm, ignoring the boys calls and yells

arriving at your apartment, he knocked softly

and there you were, in one of his sweaters and tears in your arms

before any of you could say anything, he hugged you and tucked his head into your neck

“jisung?” your hands played with his hair

“ we can make this work, i don’t want to lose you”

after a while of talking, you too were just watching tv and cuddling, *like in the gif*

you didn’t want to be anywhere but with him

Felix

this gif makes me fall more in love with him

Felix and you have been a couple for about a year and a half

your fans loved how wholesome your relationship was

he was the light of your life and was the biggest energy booster

felix was always cooking and baking for you

now you were another idol but you were a solo artist

you also compose songs for groups like day6

so one day you were on the radio show that young k brian hosts

“so y/n, you are very open about your relationship with Felix. what is a song that reminds you of him or your relationship.”

you talked about the song “Me and my Husband”, making sure to remind people that you and felix aren’t married yet

so they asked you to sing a part of the song for them

as you sing the lines “But when he walks in I am loved, I am loved” 

they all talked about how nice your voice was and continued talking about your career

but at one point, there was a phone call to the radio show

it was felix, you were so shocked that he would call but nonetheless it made you giggle

during the call, he told you to look over the the door

you looked over and there he was, drawing a heart with his breathe that hit the window *like in the gif*

you blushed and laughed at him

you can guess how much twitter was freaking out over the interaction

at home later, you thanked him for making your day

“i just love being your number one supporter”

Seungmin 

im so in love with him

although seungmin and your relationship was fairly new, you two didn’t spend as much time together

you knew each other’s boundaries and knew how much your personal lives mattered

but that didn’t mean you didn’t miss each other

you were still in school technically but you also were an intern at a hospital

this meant that you didn’t have time to spend time with seungmin since you were either at your internship or studing

your favorite pastime was tiktok and playing the piano

so in the small free time that you had, you would post covers on tiktok and you gained a huge following 

seungmin and the rest of the boys followed you on their personal accounts they have one and we all know it

However one day, you were missing seungmin terribly 

your body ached for the feeling of his hugs and kisses on your nose

your followers kept suggesting for you to cover the song “Mr. Loverman” so you used this opportunity to let your emotions out

Seungmin was scrolling through his following on his tiktok account and he found your new video

your sweet silky voice filled his ears and he couldn’t help but smile

but his heart was starting to feel heavy and he noticed how your voice broke just a bit

after he finished watching and saving the video, he decided to video call you

and there he was, with so much love in his eyes

“I missed you” 

“i miss you too minnie” 

the two of you kept on the conversation being the sweetest couple ever

he made sure to never let you feel like that again

Jeongin

hes growing up so fast im crying

you and innie were still in school

and we all know how he is so obviously being in a relationship was fairly new and crazy to him

however you had a semi career on youtube where you posted singing and dance covers of numerous songs

recently, your music teacher assigned for you and the rest of your peers to sing or create a song that you relate to deeply OR reflects on your life

you browsed through songs like Gone Days, Zombie, and other various kpop songs

but you wanted to be different and do an english song

you were pretty good at english, since it was a class you chose to take

you also knew that your viewers were wanting an english cover on your channel for a while 

deciding to chose the song “mr. loverman”, you started to record

unbeknownst to you, these videos were going to be shown to several other classes 

one happening to be jeongins

while in the big auditorium, several students gasped and praised your singing skills

jeongin, however, looked over at you with stars in his eyes

after school, you both went out to your favorite cafe and back to the dorms

“you sounded really good” his cheeks were heating up

“i was singing about you, you know”

that earned you a kiss on your cheek and cuddles the rest of the day

[thisisthepartwhereyou]

BEASTARS MINI-STORY #3: “The Pitfalls of Thin Walls pt. 4″ (Final Part) by JCL

Legosi, who has now changed into a new t-shirt and sweatpants, stares at something with a deadpan look in his eyes. HARU: "So... How do I look?" We see that Haru has changed clothes too: She is wearing a pink blazer over a pink shirt and a pink skirt, basically looking like a rabbit-version of Jackie Kennedy. Legosi continues to stare at her. Then he begins to go pffffft as he fails to contain his laughter. Haru on the other hand looks anything but amused. LEGOSI: "I'm sorry, but it's so not your style!" HARU: "Damn straight it's not my style, none of this is mine to begin with!" (That woman next door...!) -- We see a flashback, where an apolagetic Sebun is standing in the doorway of Legosi's apartment. HARU: (It was nice enough of her to apologize for making such a ruckus and even borrow me some of her own to me in the meantime, while she is having mine and Legosi's clothes washed) A yakisoba-covered Legosi and Haru stares at her as she talks. Legosi looks neutral, while Haru looks pissed. -- Back in the present, Haru looks down at her borrowed outfit and adjusts the skirt, all the while Legosi is doing his best to keep from laughing out loud. HARU: (I am grateful we have about the same size, though what is up with all this PINK? Is she part flamingo or something? Plus, if it hadn't been for her...!) She thinks back to when she and Legosi were about to kiss in the last part and gets a melancholic expression. Anime-tears of frustration begins to run down her cheeks. HARU: (DAMN! We were so close!) Legosi, who seems to have tapped out with all the laughter, points at Haru's clothes and tries to cheer her up. LEGOSI: "On the plus-side, it does make you look more mature." HARU: "Oh yeah? Well," -- We are now in Sebun's apartment, where we see that Sebun has joined the rest of the gang with a glass of her own pressed against the wall. HARU: "-who wouldn't look like an old spinster in these clothes?" This comment seems to hit Sebun like a brick. Her offended expression gets covered by a dark aura of self-conscious depression as she begins to mutter through clenched teeth: SEBUN: "OLD SPINSTER...!" A textbox with an arrow pointing at Sebun appears. TEXT: 29, SINGLE AND OVERLY SELF-CONSCIOUS ABOUT IT Ebisu gives her a sympathetic pat on the shoulder, though like the rest of the gang, he can't help but to find the situation humorous. EBISU: "There, there..." -- Back in Legosi's apartment, Haru exhales. HARU: "My folks are going to have a laugh, that's for certain." Legosi smiles and puts his hands in the pockets of the sweatpants. LEGOSI: "Probably... It's been a pretty strange day, hasn't it?" HARU: "Eventful, though not that strange." Haru begins to count up the general events of their  dinner-date with the help of her fingers. HARU: "I mean we had dinner, I got drunk, we (kind of) went to second base, had some coffee, sat in the wok and played dress up. I'd say it was a pretty fun dinner-date. Generally speaking, I'd say it was pretty normal too." Legosi looks surprised, then cocks a brow. LEGOSI: "You really think so?" HARU: "Well, maybe you shouldn't take my word for it, I mean I didn't exactly do dinner-dates before we met. Or even date for that matter." LEGOSI: "Really?" HARU: "Really-really. I was a tramp, remember?" Haru's blunt acknowledgement to her past prompts Legosi to adopt a thoughtful expression. HARU: "Though maybe we should avoid contact with liquor from now on, I mean I don't want to nurse a hangover each time afterwards." Legosi walks up to Haru with a determined look in his eye. He stops, and looks down at her, like he wants to tell her something important. LEGOSI: "Haru... " HARU: "Yes?" LEGOSI: "I..." Legosi bites down on his lip, like he's struggling with what he's trying to say. Haru looks a little confused. HARU: "What?" Though, we see in Legosi's background that he is thinking about his mother, his father and his grandfather. This morphs into uglier details of his family history, including the last time he met his mother, his father walking away and disappearing and how badly treated his grandfather has been on account of his species. We can see in Legosi's face that he struggles to process all of this, like he wants to share it with Haru, but just can't. His arm suddenly shoots back and points at the terrarium. LEGOSI: "You know, I haven't named that beetle yet." HARU: "Huh?" LEGOSI: "I was thinking about calling him Smoochy, you know, after that movie with the pink rhino, but..." Haru blinks and notes with a deadpan voice: HARU: "That is a terrible name." Legosi nods and fidgets with his fingers. LEGOSI: "Exactly. I've always been bad at naming things, and back when you talked about us having a daughter, you said a lot of good ones. So... I wonder if you'd like to name him for me?" Haru continues to stare at Legosi, like she's thinking 'this is what he had such a hard time saying?' LEGOSI: "It could be your housewarming gift." Haru looks past Legosi and onto the rhinoceros beetle. HARU: "... Josuke." Legosi blinks. LEGOSI: "Josuke? Why?" Haru puts her hand in front of her forehead and extends a single finger from it, imitiating a horn. In her background, as an illustration, we see a wolf-version of Josuke Higashikata from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. HARU: "His horn makes me think of the hairdo of a character from a manga I used to read, named Josuke." Legosi looks happy, like an enthused kid and turns to greet his freshly named pet. LEGOSI: "Josuke huh? Oi, Josuke!" Haru rolls her eyes and proceeds to open the door. HARU: "Anyway, I think I should be leaving now. So... Bye." She begins to walk out into the corridor. Legosi however quickly turns and catches up to her in the doorway. LEGOSI: "Wait." Haru stops and turns around. Legosi goes down on one knee so that they are on the same eye level. LEGOSI: "Look, I want to be honest and upfront to you about my family... But I'm sorry, I just can't tell you about all of that right now. I can tell you about my grandpa though. He practically raised me all on his own. He is a good person; probably the friendliest and most considerate person one can meet." As he talks, Haru's expression gradually softens. LEGOSI: "He is strong, honest and would go to hell and back to protect his loved ones. You two are the ones I care about the most... And I want you to meet him some day." HARU: (Strong and honest... So that's where you get it from?) "I would love that." Then, straight out of nowhere, Haru darts forward and plants a kiss on Legosi's lips. Legosi's eyes widen, though before he can react further, Haru pulls back with a grin. HARU: "See ya." She then begins to skip down the corridor. Legosi seems like he hasn't quite processed what just happened, and stands frozen in the same position like a statue for a second or two. Then his face goes completely red and he bolts back with a flabbergasted face. As he begins to compute that he's had his first real kiss with Haru, he gets to his feet and calls to Haru. LEGOSI: "HEY! Haru!" Haru stops, turns around and gives him a sneaky look. HARU: "What? You can surprise me with dinner and I can't surprise you with a kiss? Get real! When you're with me, there'll be plenty more surprises!" She then disappears out of sight down the stairs. Legosi touches his lips with his fingers and then gives off a little laugh. Then a sudden crash is heard nearby. Legosi turns his head to see what caused it. What he sees is that the gang in Sebun's apartment, including Sebun herself, has fallen out through the door. They're now piled on top of each other, looking awkward as Legosi stares at them. The only exception is Zaguan, who is standing in the doorway and giving Legosi a little wave. ZAGUAN: "Hello Legosi!" LEGOSI: "What are you doing?" Sebun, who is at the bottom of the pile, sweatdrops. SEBUN: (I forgot to close the door again...) -- EPILOGUE #1 Haru is now back at her parents house. She is taking off her shoes in the hall when her father comes out, holding a cup of coffee. HARU'S DAD: "Hey honey, did you have fu-" He gives her an odd look as he notices what she's wearing. Then he begins to go pfffft and proceeds to laugh out loud. Haru shoots him an annoyed look and begins to stomp away to her room. HARU: "Grrrr....!" She passes her mom, who looks after her with a questioning look. She then turns to her husband. HARU'S MOM: "Who was that lady just now?" Haru's dad can't stop laughing. -- EPILOGUE #2 We see that Sebun is now at her job, sitting behind her desk and working a computer. She is wearing dark pink jeans and a light pink turtleneck with her sleeves rolled up. She looks a bit uncomfortable though, as she is gaining the attention of at least five male co-workers.   HYENA CO-WORKER: "Whoa! New outfit huh?" COUGAR CO-WORKER: "Looking good in the new duds Sebun-chan!" COYOTE CO-WORKER: "Pink is a good color on you!" SEBUN: "Uh, thank you..." (I've worn these clothes before though!) -- EPILOGUE #3 We see Raika, with Fina on his shoulder like usual, walking back to their apartment. He scratches the back of his head and gives Fina a look. RAIKA: "Um, no reason in particular for bringing this up, but if it hadn't been for scale and proportion, you'd actually consider dating me?" Fina gives her roomate an ugly look. FINA: "No. Comment." -- EPILOGUE #4 We see that some time later, Legosi has regained his and Haru's clothes from Sebun. He is currently inspecting his t-shirt. LEGOSI: (The clothes are nice and clean again) He then looks confused as he holds up yet another copy of Harold and Kumar go to White Castle. LEGOSI: (Though why did Sebun give me a copy of Harold and Kumar too?) -- THE END

[matriarch-rin]

A sketch of when I livestream! And yes, I expect you to type, “Rin-chan, Now!” when you enter my stream~

Fresco of dear mother Vesta below the cut used as reference and a snippet of Jerma985′s chat absolutely LOSING it over Rin-chan Now! from Project Diva as the textbox~

Look at this piece though oh my gods its gorgeous! I’d love to learn how to do fresco pieces, they come out so pretty (even if the Romans used a different KIND of fresco technique and resources but that’s less important than the finished result). Her legs are also totally faded by time and our dearest mother is SO squanched.

[grays-library]

The Femanist

Chels couldn't keep away from Twitter thanks to the literal war that was going on about her and her fellow women online. She clicked on the photoshop window she had open on her second monitor. There was a picture of her -- marble white skin, short, dyed pink hair, skinny, heart-shaped face -- that she had added text to. She couldn't believe that in this day and age people still couldn't accept feminism. Which is exactly why I have to keep fighting these manbabies.

She typed a message into the textbox on the screen, probably too forcefully. She hated this stupid imageboard, with its "2edgy4me" attitude about every serious issue including, lately, her favorite writers and magazines. These nerds just don't understand why it was important to share stories of disempowered groups like women and minorities -- no matter the cost. They didn't get that no matter how good her life was, it would never outweigh the oppressive force of the patriarchal microaggressions that permeated the lives of her and every other woman.

Thank god Chels' father had hired a cybersecurity expert for her, that meant she could really show these idiots who is boss with no personal repercussions. She had come up with a brilliant "false flag" that she was sure the media would pick up on immediately. They all fought for social justice like she did. Well, the good ones at least.

"Fuck these stupid Vivian posts, you faggots", she typed into the text box, cringing at the f-word, "focus on the bitch who actually needs to be fucked."

Then she saved and attached her custom photo. It was the picture of her, with red text overlay reading, "Next on the hitlist: Chels La Marke, Social Justice Whore." No doubt her sisters in feminism would be monitoring the thread and screencap it immediately, send it to the "right" people. These Vivian threads were the worst. So perverted.

Chels tabbed back over to her twitter timeline. Only boring "goobergrapers" repeating the same old arguments. Objectivity, "ethics", etc.

"Bored now, fuck you", she typed.

Chels was proud of herself. She'd been personally responsible for creating a petition that got Bayonetta 2 removed from her local games stores, she'd actually made a few ex-"gowmbergrompers" check their privilege for once, and now she was going to successfully false-flag a bunch of shitgoblins into visiting and "dosing" her personal blog. Hellooooo Patreon money.

Chels sighed. Nothing left to do but wait. Her boyfriend was out distributing flyers for their bi-weekly Feminist Science Club meeting, not that he'd ever actually make a move on her anymore. It had been fun and arousing guilting him about every sexual urge he'd had, but he'd been completely domesticated lately, and, though she hated to admit it, she was bored of that. Sometimes she couldn't help but imagine being taken by a nice strong man. She couldn't help the patriarchy she had been socialized in, sometimes it slipped into her fantasies!

Chels found herself imagining some buff juicehead ignoring her preaching and whining, pushing her down on the bed, tearing her clothes off and fucking her tiny ass raw. She begged him to stay, to emotionally attach, but he never would. He ignored all of her commands, always returning when he needed to please himself with her. Like some kind of toy. This figure had invaded her fantasies as of late. It turned her on so damn much. Guilty pleasure, she figured.

She slipped her hand down her pants, revealing the Raised Feminist Fist tattoo she had tattooed above her...Cunt. That word, so filthy, always turned her on. She hated it, of course, but it was so powerful and so charged that it always worked for her. Cunt, cunt, cunt. She whispered it softly as she slipped her fingers down into her thin slit. She was still tender from her failed pube-dye experiment last week, but that almost added to the sensation of her sliding her fingers between her lower lips.

She imagined herself reluctantly letting go, letting the muscled man lift her small frame and slide his cock into her, stretching her more than her boyfriend(s) ever could. He pounded into her again and again, and she looked down to see her crotch throb with each thrust. She could imagine his hands on her back, his muscles flexing as he fucked her so hard.

Damn, I'm really getting into this, she thought, pushing the fantasy one step further, I'm really enjoying getting fucked by an "alpha".

She was soaking herself, and she laughed at a thought. My boyfriend really is a fucking beta isn't he? That only turned her on more. Her whole body was feeling warm and tingly. She could tell this orgasm was going to be astronomical. She flicked her finger across her clit rapidly, sending shocks of pleasure through her crotch and thighs. For some reason, her clit felt twice as hot and engorged as usual. Damn fantasies...

There was a ding from her laptop. A PM? What the fuck? She spun in her chair and, using her other hand, snagged the mouse and clicked on the twitter tab. Who the fuck is this? Some random Social Justice blogger she had followed back last week had sent her a PM.

"Nice try, Chels, I know it's you posting on chan", the message read, "you've been posting under the same I.D. across multiple threads you fucking retard, and your security sucks. If you haven't already noticed, I've devised something special for you, courtesy of my friends on the deep web. Hope you liked this actual sock account.

Chels' skin prickled. Who the fuck are you? Her hand hovered over the keys, but she couldn't think straight. She was still so turned on. Her head was hazy. She felt hot. A second message dinged through.

"Go check that Vivian thread you shitted up."

Instinctively, Chels tabbed over to the thread. Ten updates. All of them except one were denouncing her image. The last one was a hyper-realistic picture of Vivian fingering herself. The text next to it read, "Have fun looking like this girl for the rest of your life, Chels." For some reason, the image turned her on. Chels shook the thought from her mind, as best as she could.

It was then that she noticed the room was foggy. There was some kind of purple haze filling her vision. She tried to stand, but her legs were wobbly. She accidentally gasped, taking the purple smoke into her lungs.

"Oh gawd..." she moaned, as every erogenous zone on her body came alight with feeling.

Chels threw her head back, filling her lungs with the purple smoke. She caught a glimpse of her screen, which was glowing bright green. My computer...compromised? She could barely think.

A light pain shot through her spine, waking her enough to stumble to her feet. Her cunt was so wet for some reason. She looked down at herself. Something was definitely wrong. Her pants were tightening. She rushed to peel them off, but only succeeded in drunkenly stumbling as she hopped out of her pants. Hell, my shirt too? She took that off next.

Looking down again, she could have sworn her body was warping before her very eyes. Am I fucking high? Her legs were thickening, her feet, shrinking. She felt herself grow closer to the floor. Chels' eyes shot to the body mirror in the corner of the room, and she stumbled towards it. 

"My legs feel weird..."

Chels gawked at the image reflected in the mirror. She was inches shorter, she'd gained weight, and...spots...were spreading across her bared breasts. As she leaned in for a closer look, she realized they were freckles -- and that her once nearly flat breasts were pushing outwards and gaining weight. She watched in horror as her areolas lightened and expanded. An involuntary moan slipped from her lips as a wave of pleasure surged from her cunt.

She gripped the side of the mirror, clenching her eyes shut and moaning again. When she opened her eyes, she was horrified to see her hair lengthening and changing in color. Oh god. It's red. Oh my god what is this? She watched her breasts settle into their larger size and greater weight, her face round out ever so slightly, her belly get a little lazy pudge, her hips round out, and then it all clicked when her eyes changed. Green. Why are my eyes green! No, this is impossible!

Chels looked at herself again, gawking. Gone was the skinny, dyed-hair, pixie girl with marble skin. Instead, her body became that of a short, slightly pudgy, large breasted, red-head. Her eyes looked tired, and her expression, mildly annoyed. With horror, Chels realized that her tattoo had become a green-and-purple infinity. She had become a perfect model of a "girl who games", that GamerGate icon, Vivian James.

Chels screamed in horror, the voice that came forth completely alien to her. It was soft and a little raspy instead of the loud, nasally voice she had always known to be hers. Her hands shot to her face, touching to feel if it was real. As her fingers touched her cheeks, the finishing touches of her radical female transformation completed. Freckles dotted across her face, and reddish pubic hair appeared above her slightly chubby cunt. She gawked in terror and arousal.

Her cheeks were flushed red, and, somehow, she couldn't help but be turned on looking at her new body. Her mind filled with images of Vivian -- herself -- being fucked. She imagined her now large, heavy breasts bouncing with each thrust of her imaginary lover. His cock pushed into her reddened pussy, sliding against her enlarged clit.

Chels, still dizzy, fell onto her bed, unable to resist fingering herself. Frantically, she felt down between her new folds and quickly found her clit; it was indeed larger. She stared at her tattoo, turned on by the downright evil of it as her fingers flicked across her nub. Such a taboo image, on her flesh. Her breasts jiggled as she forcefully fingered herself, hoping to replicate the images flashing through her mind so rapidly.

She closed her eyes tight, picturing cum rising from the cock of her lover and splashing into her red pubes, across her infinity tattoo, and onto her thighs. She tried with whatever will remained to think of her actual boyfriend, but it just didn't turn her on at all. She came to the image of Vivian-Chels being fucked by a musclebound, masculine, hero trope. She came, convulsing and tightening around her fingers.

Falling to the floor in ecstasy, Chels glanced over at her computer. A red light was visible through the dissipating purple-and-green haze. The light of her webcam. They have it on video... Chels honestly tried to work up care, but, for some reason she couldn't. She was so satisfied. She hugged herself, shivered slightly in the last wave of orgasmic bliss, and went to stand.

Chels felt so relaxed. Even her expression felt chill. She walked over to her computer, smiled slightly, and sat down in the chair. She didn't even try to turn off the webcam. Something about not giving a shit felt nice. She bit her lip as a thought crossed her mind. A half-second later, she had propped her leg up on the armrest, giving the webcam a nice view of her red-haired pussy.I should be concerned, right?

Chels clicked out of twitter, opened up steam. Fuck it. I feel fucking fantastic. I'll just play a game and let this fucker enjoy the view. Unbeknownst to her, the video of Chels La Marke A.K.A. Vivian James was streaming live to her Social Justice blog. 

She woke up in a pool of her own sweat,looks around the the room and sighs

It was all a dream..a weird ass dream.

[magicalgirlelsatranslations]

Flower Song Class, Chapter 5: Sing for You

Textbox: The day of the Yotsuboshi Academy Sing a Song concert...

Laura: Okay, okay, this is the crucial moment. Soon it will be our turn to perform.

Yume: [Player]-chan, are you sure you’re okay?

Yume: You know, before, I also used to have my voice not come out...

Yume: So I’m really worried about you!

Player: Yume-chan... Thank you for worrying about me!

Laura: I can understand wanting to sing, but don’t overdo it, okay?

Player: I’m okay! I took care of myself by having a lot of lessons where I rested, and things like that... so today I’m sure I’m fine to sing with Yume-chan and Laura-chan!

Player: And, I feel like today I can sing a really great song!

Laura: [Player]...

Yume: ...I get it! We’ll do our best together!

Laura: It’s almost time. Let’s go!

Player: Now we’re going to sing a song that I love...!

Player: I’m going to convey my feelings singing a song that only I can sing!

[Player, Yume, and Laura sing 1, 2, Sing for You! in a unit.]

Yume: [Player]-chan! You did it, you did it~!

Laura: You sang really well! No, that doesn’t even cover it...

Laura: You had an amazing voice! I was surprised!

Player: Thank you, both of you!

Player: I was cheered on by Lillie-senpai and Hime-senpai... and today, you who stood on stage with me, Yume-chan and Laura-chan! It’s thanks to all of you!

Yume: I’m glad... I’m so glad~! Wahhh~~~~!!

Laura: Hey, Yume! You’re crying too much! But, [Player]...

Laura: Be careful not to overdo it again during lessons!

Player: Ehehe... ye~s, I’ll be careful!