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"Picture of your face in an invisible locket... I had a bad feeling. But we were dancin'... swaying as the room burned down." (x)
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New Dog's Life chapter today! ~ 3rd Life series fan-season
Chapter 32 - “Starve (Etho, Scott)”
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I am once again bringing you scenes of Etho cuddling up to SnifferMyFeet while Sniff growls reminders that even though he has Joel's memories and misses being Boat Boys, he wants Etho to treat him as a separate person.
If I had a nickel for every chapter Etho's touched this man and thought of Joel, I would have 8 nickels. I'd have 40 cents. That's as much as 1/4 of our story. And that's terrible.
#smalletho - Etho once again working through his touch starvation and Boat Boys Issues™
Many references to Joel, but he doesn't appear. Large flashbacks of him and Etho in next week's chapter, though! <3
(First 1,000 words under the cut)
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This preview section jumps into shippy vibes- Proceed at own discretion.
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Etho - Fox
Status: Holding out a hand
Self-taught programmer, full-time hero
💙 🧡 💚
So, uh. That string tidying, huh? You're setting yourself up for disappointment if you want to do that with an endermite hybrid. They're the best in the business and they'll mock you the whole time you set up. Sniff's smug and giggly about it, too, as Etho pushes him down on the bed and hangs back to study him. He's really tattered the code on the bottoms of his bare feet. I mean, shoe code gets tattered too, but usually those soft parts of a skin design hurt more.
"You gonna use your mouth?" Sniff asks, eyeing him up.
"In a shocking turn of events, the programmer has tools for fixing loose code. They're in the other room." Etho takes Sniff's wrists and pins them above his head for a second, then takes his ankles and stretches them out. Classic textbook pose for the work, even though they'll probably move to the carpet for obvious reasons before they start; he doesn't need weak pixels dropped all over his bed. "Stay," he commands, and Sniff sticks out his tongue and double flips him off without moving his arms. So Etho can't be mad.
But he does lean over, sliding one hand beneath Sniff's cheek, easing it behind his head. He curls it back around and lifts it just enough to scrape his palm across Sniff's brow, beneath his floppy dark brown hair. It's thick and feels like swamp plants in his hands. He still smells like well-treated water. Chlorine. Like one of Gluon's hotel builds with the fancy pools. Or the waterpark server. Never did find out why. Etho breathes against him without pulling back. Despite the wet scents, Sniff's warm soul's like fresh-baked bread against his hand.
"Oh my goodness… You're so pretty. You are so pretty…"
The metaphorical light fades from Sniff's mismatched eyes. Etho pulls back, waiting for a pinch or slap. Sniff turns his face away. Only his Joel side's visible at this angle as he squirms. "Get your eyes checked, Eefo… I saw my reflection when I got my water. I'm stitched together with hand-me-down parts. You don't mean that."
"What if I do, though?" He crouches lower by the bed, bringing a hovering thumb to Sniff's scalp. Sniff glances at him, then away. So Etho breaks that barrier. Slowly, the thick part of his hand eases down to touch Sniff's head. Sniff scrunches up his eyes again, giving the faintest little nod. Etho holds very still a few seconds (Sniff's pixels are so loose on his skin, which was the whole point of this cleaning project anyway) before he speaks again. "I'm sorry you can't see that yet. Body issues are tough; I've got issues too. Sometimes my fox traits get away from me… Been thinking about modding out, but it takes centuries of paperwork." His next stroke of hand (a circle on his head) is firmer, sharper, and Sniff mutters something under his breath as his cheeks freckle up with blue again. Cute. "If it were legal, I'd probably just unthread. I'd miss the bullet paths, but you make vex life look so easy. So good." He draws his hand around in one last loop, then eases it down Sniff's cheek (on his Grian side) to his neck. "Hey, take a closer look next time you're out. There's a lot of interesting people out there. Some wear faces that aren't even humanoid. Have you met MumboDrone or iCam? … And you know, it's just a skin."
Sniff putters his lips, staring towards the ceiling. His fingers lift, dancing across the backs of Etho's knuckles. "You just want me to stay late again. Gods, you're so lonely… Listen, fella- I know my strings are a wreck. I was an endermite before a vex; be pretty messed up if I couldn't tell. I'll let you clean me up, but I'm not playing sleepover. You can't make me."
"Mmhm." Oh man, I want to press my head on yours. He really wants to, noses brushing, hair tufts scraping, but he refrains, you know. He's kneeling, balanced on his heels, and Sniff's saying 'Yes' to the hand but looking unsure. So he won't. "Stay as long as you want to. Just let me clean your code and then you can leave. I promise I won't be mad."
"You smell like bread dough…"
"Yeah? My code wouldn't taste too good right now. Squeaky clean."
"Oh, that's too bad." Absentminded. Distracted. Etho eases back his fingers.
"Are you okay?"
Sniff clicks into focus again and then swishes up, sitting on the bed instead of lying down. "Yeah, thanks. I'm good, actually. The water helped."
"All right. I'll be right back with the cleaning stuff." He leaves without another touch, pausing only to switch off the portal still glowing in the corner. He leaves the desk lantern glowing like it is. It's fun, in the dark. The light's so low, it's like a fox's den in here.
The nice thing about being a programmer? He has no end of scrapers and combs to choose from. He pays the living room a visit to get the tray from the coding desk's drawer and some rolled-up pieces of carpet (ignoring the less than subtle smirks Beef and Pause give him as he strolls by). Etho brings the whole tray to his room and sits on the bed with Sniff, just talking to him and explaining how effective these tools are for different things. Sniff seems to recognize a lot of them, which is no surprise, honestly. Since Joel doesn't do logouts, he has a whole cleaning routine. It takes him forever.
"You know," Sniff says, digging through the tray, "using combs is cheating, actually. I can do the cleaning with my teeth still attached. I bet foxes can too. I mean, it's code work; all the code-eating species can do it." He flicks his gaze to Etho, who kneels across from him, tail waving in the air. Etho doesn't answer, so Sniff goes on. "You know what's fun? 'mite bundles."
"'mite bundles,'" Etho repeats. "Like… Endermites inside a bundle? Is that fun? That's a new one to me." Where is he going with this?
"Yeah, it's when you put endermites in with some of your supplies and go out on adventures. When you want your supplies, you have to dump everything on the ground and try to use your stuff without getting bit. If you get bit, you have to send your coords to server chat. Easy way to get killed, so you'd better not. You can play it in Between, too. Pig has an endermite living in his studio. For every time it bites him, he has to keep his weapons in a chest for an hour when he gets home. It means I can do whatever I want to him, really. Usually he just runs. Sometimes we duke it out bare-fisted. Have you ever seen him with a black eye and a tooth knocked out? Just me, I guess- It probably doesn't carry when he leaves the server. He looks so goofy when he smiles; I'm chuffed to bits with that. Gods, you wouldn't believe the bruise he left on me this one time he pushed me off an end ship. He smirked about it for days, no joke. No, actually. Can't believe his head even fit outside the server."
Etho smirks back, hidden in the mask and hidden by his fingertips. His chin rests against his hand. "What'd you do to him? You didn't let him get away with that, did you?"
"Hell no! I picked up a shulker and I slammed him on the head with it. I bet you didn't even know you can peel 'em off the wall- they're so clingy. What'd he do then? I think he put down a bed and blew himself up trying to get me with it. Oh, he's so lame. I like him so much."
[Full chapter on AO3 - Link at top]
#Announcement repeat#trafficshipping#hermitshipping#Someone put Etho's fox behavior on a leash. there's a deleted scene where I wrote him jumping off the balcony and running away#EthosLab#SnifferMyFeet
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Finally updated my table of contents doc :)
Discovering that you can just make AO3 pieces and hide them in a private unrevealed collection until you're ready to post has been a lifesaver. I'm hoping it holds up in the long run, but so far it's been great for getting the tags, author's notes, and chat colors formatted in advance.
Organized here in my loose plans for order of completion (within each category).
Bonus Arsenic Waltz table doc that I made in December. This is the Neighborhood Watch AU story about Cleo and Etho struggling to raise their new family while juggling Red Life and Yellow Life drama.
The real doc is vertical (2 pages) and has descriptions next to the chapters; I deleted those for this screenshot due to spoilers.
I moved the first 3 chapters for Arsenic to a 3-part story called "All the Darlings I Have Killed." They're Martyn POV and the pacing wasn't working for what Arsenic needs, so now it's a short standalone piece about Martyn meeting Cleo for the first time in Neighborhood Watch AU; she starts explaining her history with Etho, which fades us into the rest of Arsenic Waltz.
I need to cut the other Martyn POV chapters (the arc starters named after trees) from Arsenic, but we do get Martyn POV in Cornflower House (Sequel to Arsenic focused on post-divorce Clocker family and Martyn trying to work out soulmate drama with Cleo and find his role in the dynamic).
Excited to have this done.
#Pixels Imperfect#Neighborhood Watch AU#Arsenic Waltz#Cornflower House#The Clockers#trafficfic#ridwriting#mcyt#traffic soulmates#99% true as far as we remember#Director's cut#That's enough tags I think
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Apocalypse buddies
#The Roomies#EthosLab#Grian#ZombieCleo#reblogs#Drawn by others#mcyt#Secret Life#The Clockers#trafficblr#traffic life smp
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she is silly
#Local gay drama queen and his wildfire unrestrained ex; what crimes will they commit? (Reinforcing mutually self-destructive behavior)#galaxy duo#Scott Smajor#PearlescentMoon#Double Life#traffic soulmates#Limited Life#trafficblr#Hermitcraft#These are great depictions of their relationship (to me). It's about Pearl threatening Scott and him being... ??? what's the word#''Into it'' in the sense of ''unconcerned and entertained''#He is studying her like a bug. she has fun with it. ''Oh that's interesting.'' <- Scott watching his soulmate harass him#''do u mind we're having a moment'' <- She is this close to strangling him. He is learning so much. Fascinating! Tell him more.#reblogs#Drawn by others#mcyt#blood#tw blood#cw blood
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Wooo cyberpunk Impulse
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I know no one cares anymore but great comet still makes me feel insane. the play is NAMED AFTER Pierre and Natasha and they only have one scene together. ONE! the only time they’re in a room together is during the penultimate number. they share ONE, prolonged, gentle point of physical contact in the entire 2.5 hour show. she leaves the room smiling!! can anyone hear me? she leaves the room SMILING
#I am very ill about them...#Girl 'ruins her life' and wants to die and he tells her she still has value and wishes he could be there for her.......#''You're still lovable. If I were a better man and if I weren't married I would ask for your love.'' He makes me sick /positive#I mean it's true what they say in ''Pierre''- without touching any woman he's still kind to them so all the women like him. lol.#Then ''Epilogue'' opens with the line 'Seven years later my finger holds the imprint of your ring' - I'm frothing#Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812#reblogs
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They are so very dear to me
#!!!!#Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812#Saw this and IMMEDIATELY knew who it was before tags#Listened to 'Prologue' / 'Dust and Ashes' / 'Epilogue while driving yesterday (Day I scheduled this). still gets me in the guts.#Every day I get closer to seeing the musical and I vibrate in anticipation. I've been waiting 2+ years... <3#reblogs#Drawn by others
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Martyn stood next to Cleo and said “I’m going to stand next to my soulmate” and then Cleo immediately walked away from him
#Yeah that tracks#Hermitcraft 2024 charity stream#Martyn InTheLittleWood#ZombieCleo#traffic soulmates#Zombiewood#mcyt
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he's so dramatic. :-)
#I enjoy Grian as a character because he's very good at being silly... and it's funny to swing him between huge drama and tomfoolery#Grian#reblogs#Hermitcraft#mcyt
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Do NOT separate them!
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All of my porcelain bugs. Might design more.
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a dtiys from Oddissey_ on twitter that took an embarrassingly long time
#I will ruffle Scar's hair#desert duo#Grian#GoodTimesWithScar#3rd Life#trafficblr#traffic life smp#traffic soulmates#mcyt
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silly lil comic based on ethos 5th sl ep for the bright side of life series event!
big big ty for organizing this event @brightsideoflifes <3 <3 (+ giving me an excuse to rewatch this moment like 5 times)
#Weeping angel Etho was very funny. He did his BEST...#EthosLab#Joel Smallishbeans#BdoubleO100#traffic soulmates#Boat Boys#reblogs#Drawn by others#Secret Life#mcyt#trafficblr#traffic life smp
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two dudes catching up but then an achievement pops up above them thats says "BECHDEL TEST PASSED" and they both look at each other and go "so ive been meaning to tell you something"
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"rebelle painter has an in depth brush engine to simulate traditional painting techniques" is all well and good until you only use your digital painting method. at least the impasto is really pretty
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*Sets your Tek ablaze*
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morning routine
#I like the hems around his pants legs specifically... idk man#EthosLab#reblogs#Drawn by others#mcyt#Hermitcraft
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