The Levee Breaks
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“No, no, no! Chrissy! Chrissy?” Panic bleeds into Eddie’s voice, and he lets go of the ladder, staggering backwards, face going slack with horror as he stares up at the tear between worlds. At their friends who are just out of reach on the other side, screaming as they shake Chrissy’s fragile shoulders, trying desperately to snap her out of her trance.
Steve grabs Eddie, spinning him around and pulling him against his chest, both their wounds forgotten. Eddie can’t see another person die like this. He can’t see her die. Not after everything they’ve been through together. He tangles his hand in Eddie’s curls, pinning his head in the crook of Steve’s shoulder as he writhes in panic, trying to block his vision. He won’t allow Eddie to witness this again, he won’t. He can’t.
He can’t do anything to save her, but he can save Eddie from this.
Steve hates that they’re trapped here, on the other side of the gate, too far away to do anything, even though he knows that there’s nothing to be done. Chrissy is as good as dead without a Walkman. Steve clings to Eddie, breathing in the sour sink of the Upside Down as he waits for the inevitable snap of bone. For Chrissy to shatter to pieces and traumatize Max and Robin and Dustin forever as they watch her get torn apart from the inside out.
Then Eddie jerks back, ripping himself from of Steve’s arms, and lunges for the base of the ladder.
“Eddie!”
“Lucas!” he screeches. “Lucas, I have a tape! I have a tape in my locker. Metallica!” His words spill out fast and tangled, voice crackling with terror.
Lucas steps back from Chrissy, peering up at the gate in desperation. “Where?”
“Number 113, in the hall by Mrs. Click’s room! It’s unlocked, go, go, go!”
Lucas takes off like a shot, dipping out of view.
“Chrissy, please,” Robin sobs.
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I like to think that Leo one day decides to really play around with his portaling and teleportation abilities and see the full extent of them.
Like - continuously throwing one sword and teleporting to it while throwing the next one immediately and repeating this as long as he can to see how far he can keep it up without stopping.
Making little portals in the air that lead right up against the ground so he could potentially just stand on the portal in the middle of the sky.
Ultimate storage system - anything anywhere at any time is available if he knows where to get it (personally my headcanon for why he goes from two satchels to one in the movie.)
Phasing to avoid attacks - like, he could lightly toss a sword a single centimeter and teleport to it, and in that short amount of time he can completely avoid hits.
If they ever do go to space and end up on different planets, with enough training he can just…go there, whenever. Not only would this be great for being well traveled and having more places to go in general, but this also opens up more room for connections and allies that could assist them the next time they need help against a grand foe.
Leo can easily remove injured team members from a fight and get them help without having to account for transportation times.
On that note - Leo’s teleportation in particular acts on a particle level. It’s quite literally breaking him down into particles and remaking him every time he uses it. Both for him and for anyone he uses it on. Who’s to say it can’t be used for healing? At least for basic wounds.
None of this even touches upon the offensive potential of both portals and teleportation. Leo’s abilities flourish more as a support main, but that doesn’t mean those abilities can’t easily be used as weapons - and I don’t think I need to get into how exactly they can be. Portal chopping alone can take on a very different meaning…
Furthermore, I gotta wonder if he’ll always need the swords for this, or if he could one day be able to achieve the same results without them.
My point being - teleportation and portals are super OP. Even with the abilities Leo has in present they are so unbelievably adaptable and so fun to think about in terms of basic mechanics.
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Here you go!!
Silver in a pretty dress, that ISN'T her usual one!
Some of you may already know this, but I LOVE drawing frilly and poofy dresses! ESPECIALLY when they're moving!!!
I love the ways the folds rearrange themselves!!!
This first dress wasn't really inspired by some barbie doll dress, just a random redesign I guess??
I feel like the lineart isn't that visible though, but I'm too lazy to fix it lol
Aight, up next is a request!!
This dress was requested by @tea-132 and I thank them!!!
It's REALLY pretty and I would've missed out on it otherwise aqnd it was extremely fun to draw so thanks a lot :DD
here it is!!
And yes, before you ask, she will come in more poses I just need to figure them out and nothing seemed more fitting for this dress than the 'joyful-walk-with-a-new-skirt' pose!!
I will say that I totally put no effort into the design on the outer lace and ibis Paint was a giant help with the stars (I love you ibis, marry me <333)
I'm happy with how it turned out and be prepared to expect more dresses soon
I will draw them until y'all are drowning in them
MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
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