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astralartefact · 1 year

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after all that happened you still think they made nymeia, the incest sister god, look like manah on accident????? it was 100% an accident

FFXIV 6.3 Thoughts and Feelings - Heavy Spoilers (kind of turned into a weird rant? sorry)

First off I feel generally pretty positive about 6.3, I liked it, Euphrosyne was nice, I'm not in a 'Everything is going downhill' mood at all, I'm thriving, Bunny Boys finally have short hair, I'm super excited for Eureka Orthos (bc of the music q.q my favorite ff theme is comingggg)

...but...

I'm hardly the first person to point out that the writing in 6.3 was... pretty meh.

And I had a bit of a thought about why it felt like that, because on the surface, I'm fine with what happened. I like Zero and her arc about making friends and her starting to care about others, I like the reveal that the twelve + 1 are Venat's group (When they pointed out that the thirteenth god might be the moonwatcher I legit gasped, I don't know why, I began to care about this guy at some point and didn't even notice)

But like. All of the writing was kind of flavorless, which made it a bit boring tbh.

Zero learns the magic of friendship through another mo-cap eating animation bc people liked the Graha Burger scene i guess (what is it with Endwalker and animating eating please use that cutscene budget for something else I don't want to see it anymore)

Rubicante and Cagnazzo exist I guess. I love their designs and fights, but the other two had a little bit more build up and it shows imo. (We fought Scarmiglione twice, Barbariccia had a quest of voidsent being absolutely terrified of her arrival, with these two we only have "I have a plan Cagnazzo, come with me")

All of the Twelve are friends :) No conflict, no chaos, just happy people being absolutely unnuanced nice and non-controversial :)

Instead of actually learning about the gods we get to meet a weird cultist as a nod to 1.x whose conflict felt like we already did that thrice (at least i hope that was a reference, bc if it wasn't then why???) and we got a crumb of Krile development. Which is good and I love her. (I hope the 6.5 raid reveals her new outfit, If she isn't our company for the last raid I will be upset.)

I guess there's a lack of superfluous-ness in this patch that's usually there. Like in Lapis Manalis, one of the group (I think Y'shtola) goes to the village to search for lore/information/whatever. Usually the game would let you do that. "While Vrtra is sad, let's check out this village." And then you get to go around and the writers spoon feed us the lore we crave so much. It's superfluous in a good way.

Like imagine we go to a new place, we need to find something out, Y'shtola is with you when talking with a local. That local tells you "And as everybody knows Light Aether is black!" Cut to Y'shtola doing /ponder. "Interesting. Thank you for your time." The conversation ends and Y'shtola pulls you to the side and explains to you what exactly you were supposed to get in that situation. Actually, Light Aether is white, so why do they think otherwise? Here are some hypotheses based on the lore we know that either are correct or will explicitly be ruled out later on.

Of course we could also come to all those conclusions ourselves - and in another questline game you would be expected to do that work for yourself. And in my opinion both of these approaches are perfectly fine - But since ffxiv generally does it one way it needs to be done on purpose if you suddenly do it differently. Especially if you suddenly stop doing it from one patch to the other in the main story.

But this time Y'shtola comes back and tells you: "No, I looked and there's nothing here worth mentioning." Get a barrel and carry some fuel. You don't get to learn more about Galatea the Puppetmaster or Drusilla's home or some weird new piece of Reaper lore. Go and reread the three notes in the Dungeon if you want that. We have stuff to do so go ahead and waste play time with this engaging filler quest.

The gods say "Yes, what people tell, feel and think about us affects us and our being." And then nothing happens. No examples given, even though several are kind of right there and it's a lot weirder that they don't adress them. Not even something basic like "Althyk and Nymeia are siblings, some people think they had children together, but that's actually not true." And of course nothing like "For example, Nophica and Halone were actually good friends, but the stories of the people literally created hatred between them and turned them into rivals, even though nothing actually happened between them."

I am bitter they erased their feud. Justice for Nophica.

Anyways, that's a lot of words to say "It was fine." To me it's at most a worrisome precedent, but I doubt this will continue? Again, the general outline is fine, it's just filling the gaps between it that didn't work out great. They probably just took it easy on this patch or something, who knows what happened behind the scenes. Maybe XVI needed help with something, maybe somebody quit, we'll never know.

And even if this continued, the music and the art design continues to amaze me and they'll have to do a lot of things wrong to make me consider dropping this game anytime soon lol

#ffxiv #ffxiv spoilers #nymeia #manah #drakengard #yes i just drew one again #one is just taller manah what can i say #i just bought a fantasia only to change my diety to althyk.#and then they give her red eyes.#i should have seen that coming.#she was my number two bc i have a weakness for fate symbolism #but then i was no that would be on the nose take her brother #fine i'l pay for another fantasia... it's penance for my sins of doubt #also can i just say i'm over the whole voidsent sculptor stuff #he doesn't have to be referenced literally everywhere #the community already acts as if it's some obscure arcane discovery to remember that existing when it's brought up frequently online #also if you know where the card i drew is from you're a real one

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dotster001 · 1 year

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May I request one of the Twisted Earth story you made but like with the Heartslabyul students?

Twisted Earth Part Two

Summary: Heartslaybul x gn!reader. They are real, and you're the game.

Part One Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six

His mother disapproved of video games, they took away from study time. So when Cater took his phone and downloaded the game for him, he didn't open it for months.

It's the only game on his phone, and it's in a hidden folder so that when his mother searches his phone, she can't find it.

He only plays once a month, usually after Cater tells him an event is going on. He'll heave a heavy sigh, open it for an hour or so, and not play again.

He was drawn to you. He doesn't know what it is. Maybe he's touch starved, maybe he knows his mother wouldn't approve of you if you were real, or maybe there's something about you that, deep down, makes him feel safe.

He doesn't actually have any of your cards. His only cards he has are from his initial ten pull that the game gave him. But he read through the story, and that's all he needs for now.

Cater also kidnapped his phone to download the game. He only plays while he's waiting for things in the oven to finish up. So he actually plays a lot, but in short intervals.

He thinks you'd help him with his jobs. Or maybe you wouldn't, and you'd cause more trouble. He understands it would depend on your mood. But he's along for the ride.

He drew your basic SSR in his first ten pull, and he's satisfied with that. He never plays events, because he just doesn't have time or energy for it. He can just see pictures and the stories that come with online, without having to invest the effort.

For the last unbirthday party, he made a cake loosely I spired by you and your color scheme. The only person who noticed was Cater, who smirked at him the entire time. Trey was definitely not blushing when Cater confronted him about it.

The second the game was starting to look like it'd go viral, it was on Carter's phone, and his magicam. He did a thorough review, and gave it five stars! The game devs were thrilled and reached out to him for a sponsorship. He's been regularly sponsored ever since.

He has modeled several looks based on your colors. He's doing the twisted wonderland version of Disney bounding for you. The first time he did, your voice actor reached out to him. His most viral magicam post is him and your va modeling "Disney bound" looks of a particularly popular event outfit you had.

If he's not on magicam, he's playing your game. He has all your cards, and is neglecting any character that isn't you. (Apologies to your peers, he just isn't interested) He giggles a little whenever your character greets him on the home screen. He thinks you're so sweet, he just wants to scoop you up and protect you from all the bad in the world.

Speaking of…he loves to read angst fanfiction where he comes to your rescue or cheers you up. He is definitely not crying and thinking about his own depression. His eyes are just pissing.

Having befriended the devs and your va, there's talk of having him as a VA when the anime comes out… so follow for announcements on his magicam!

Thought you were hot. Downloaded the game for that reason, and that reason alone. (Sorry guys, I love ace, but irl he's a fuck boy, and you can't change my mind)

A very casual, and secretive, player. Doesn't want anyone to know he's playing, no matter how popular or mainstream it is.

Anyone who the devs or fandom ship with you is blacklisted in his mind. He barely takes care of your cards, but those cards are never used and never looked at.

He has a body pillow of you, but it's hidden under his bed so that Deuce and his roommates can't find it. He's pretty sure they'd make fun of him if they knew (he's right, they would). When all three of his roommates are out of town, or gone home for a short holiday or something, he'll pull it out and cuddle "you".

You're adorable, hard working, and so kind to those you care about. It was love at first sight for poor Deuce. Sevens, he wishes you were real.He worries his past would scare you off if you were real, though. So he's fine pretending for now.

His mom knows about his like of your character, and got him a chibi plushie of you. It sits on his desk. He's so happy to have it.

He plays a lot, but he's not very good at the battles or rhythm game elements. So he's just an average player. Nothing to write home about.

He is one of the many secret techies of NRC, so he and Idia teamed up to design an otome version of your game. He uses a pseudonym, because he would just die if anyone found out he'd worked on it.

He has half of your basic collection, and one of your event cards. He's so proud of his collection, even though it's not the best one in the world.

Wrote a fan letter to the devs. He got back a poster signed by them and all the va's. He was so happy.

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mickeys-malarkey · 1 year

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Pt. 3/3: My BATDR Timeline & Plot Twist Theories!

First, I think both BATIM and BATDR take place sometime between 1978 and 1991. I already suspected BATDR was happening in the ‘80s based on the fact that card readers – which have featured in many of the environment screenshots we've seen – were invented in 1979...

…and Audrey's clothes and hairstyle look very 1980s.

Then they released the images of Audrey's office, where her chair and desk lamps also look very 1980s, and the wallpaper and flooring looks pretty 1970s…

…and @inkdemonapologist pointed out that the type of bankruptcy we see documents for in Joey's apartment didn't exist until 1978…

…and I remembered that Joey's apartment also had a newspaper whose headline took place in the future— Princess Diana's 30th birthday which, as TetraBitGaming on YouTube pointed out, would be in 1991 since Princess Diana was born in 1961. She should be two years old if BATIM were really taking place in 1963!

Maybe, at the time, they didn't mean for these two to be clues, since they seem to have rolled the date backwards a bit from the newspaper one; but at this point it feels pretty clear when BATDR takes place, to me. And I'm even more certain than I already was, after finding out that this image from the JDS website…

…is titled “museum” (good work yoinking it, @halfusek /gen 👍🏻), that we know the ink dimension's new home: Nathan Arch Sr.'s private Joey Drew Studios museum that he mentioned he was curating in TIOL (meaning it's existed since around 1972).

“Over the years, I have collected every single piece of the studio memorabilia I could find to restore it to its former glory, to create, in a sense, a private museum that gleamed with the true vision of Joey Drew…” ~ Nathan Arch, The Illusion of Living, pg. 2

Also, besides the fact the museum image has clearly aged, here's some more evidence that at least a few years have probably passed since Bendy was purchased: it generally takes a fair bit more time (years!!) to make movies/documentaries, as Archgate Pictures seems to have made about Joey, than it does to make shorts.

As for BATIM, I think that time has been moving as normal outside of the loop, we were just seeing a repeat of that significant day in 1963; Henry and Joey have been trapped in the ink dimension for somewhere between twenty and thirty years, and the bankruptcy paperwork and Princess Diana newspaper were pieces of the real world leaking into the memory. This explains how there seems to be evidence of Audrey in BATIM and how BATDR is still supposedly neither sequel nor prequel to BATIM despite all the evidence that it takes place long after 1963! They're happening at the same time!! I wonder if Audrey is the daughter of the little girl we hear at the end of BATIM? So, Henry's (great-)granddaughter or Joey's (great-)great-niece?

Now, onto my big theory: the plot twist.

If they handle it right, it would be really, really cool if “break the cycle” really doesn't just mean “end the time loop” but also “break the cycle of abuse/trauma” and a lot of the huge cast of not-so-innocent characters wind up with the potential to get redemption arcs. I have an idea of exactly how they might be planning on even providing the opportunity for Joey.

Victor McKnight commented this on his Artistic Hallowing music video and pinned it:

Those last two sentences. “Make sure you're watching every second! You don't want to miss any vital information. 😉” Does that not sound to anyone else like he's got insider information? Now, I want y'all to watch these music videos that either Victor himself or his brother Noah were suspiciously involved in all of (and one of which is supposedly a BATDS song but for some reason involves Audrey) and tell me if you notice any patterns.

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This one seems to be a duet between Sammy and the Ink Demon, both singing to Audrey. Sammy mostly sings in the default sepiatone, asking us things like “Can you see me? Can you feel me?” (that feels so… sad… and desperate…) and telling us things like “make sense of the consequence we witnessed on that day” (Excuse me, you're telling me that there was a consequence for something on a specific, significant day that we witnessed?? 👀) The demon, on the other hand, mostly sings when the grayscale effect is on, and seems to just be playing a stereotypical villain roll until you notice “be forced to believe what I see” (why would we even give a crap about what you're seeing /srs? How the actual heck would we see what you're seeing /gen? You don't even have eyeballs, bro /j) and “be damned in this evil received” (how do you receive evil that damns you? Maybe by being abused and becoming an abuser in response?).

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Two apparently-separate characters singing with the same voice but very different tones and outlooks on the situation, still both singing to Audrey, in this one. One mostly sings in the default sepiatone, again, at first seeming more hopeful, helpful, and friendly until you start noticing ominous comments like “you've made mistakes, accept the change. You will be punished too” (*incoherent noises* 🚨🚨) and “welcome to my dream . . . you still think you are safe in my dream.” The other mostly sings when the grayscale effect is on, again, and seems much more aggressive and seductive until you start noticing comments like “take up your weapons, just leave my friends be” (why is this stereotypically evil-seeming character both telling us to take up weapons, not just letting us have them, and asking us to leave his friends alone with them?).

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More hints that the demon who will rise and presumably is most important to the story is linked to grayscale, in this one.

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And, in this one, Sammy's asking if the grayscale-linked demon is the one who will set him free (as he claims to be in the first two videos).

Across all four of these first videos, there seems to be an overall “things change when we switch from the default sepiatone to grayscale” and “grayscale is dangerous and seems hopeless but it's important and linked to truth and freedom” theme…

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…You're telling me that Sammy and his followers' past (BATIM?) selves were worshipping an imposter demon…? And the truth will be revealed in BATDR…?

Hum, hum, hum… fascinating. I'd noticed the sepiatone vs. grayscale split and imposter vs. true savior thing long before I read the books; for the longest time, I thought it meant we would be dealing with a Henry-Bendy and a Joey-Bendy, as I've been seeing people theorizing. But then I read TIOL, and discovered what I think is evidence that this info is indeed canon and was not left on the cutting room floor while BATDR was in development limbo.

Nathan makes a very strange note on Joey's story about the Sparkle Unicorn speakeasy…

“…I remember this night well. Though I remember it being at the Bee Room, gold and black, not silver as the main design aesthetic. Doesn't really make much of a difference though, I suppose.” ~ Nathan Arch, The Illusion of Living, pg. 44 (emphasis added)

Nathan remembers that night in sepiatone, Joey remembers it in grayscale.

Now, I've seen all kinds of theories all over about how Wilson actually “banished/killed the ink demon…” “Wilson took advantage of some sort of blip in Bendy's existence that happened when Joey died,” “Wilson got rid of him by purifying him and turning him into Dapper Bendy,” “Wilson got rid of him by fusing him with either Henry or Joey,” “Wilson got rid of him by trapping him in Henry's loop,” “he didn't, Wilson's just another liar manipulating everyone,” etc…

What if we're looking at this from the wrong angle? What if the point is that, whatever happened, neither of the BATDR Bendys is the original soulless monster we see in BATIM and the books? What if, whether they share a body or are separate, there are two human souls involved here? What if one of those souls is the “new evil” in the ink dimension, not Wilson, who may have been meddling in ink dimension affairs since 1963?

Going back to the time frame I propose BATDR is happening in… Joey was born in 1901, which means that if Nathan was 18 or 19 when Joey was just turning 16, then he was born in 1899 or 1898. So, in 1978, Nathan would've been 79 or 80, and in 1991 he would've been 92 or 93. Especially considering the clues that point towards Nathan having been a smoker, it wouldn't surprise me if he's straight-up already dead in BATDR. Mayhaps for 211 days? During Loop 414…? Could this be why the BATIM loop is different, with Henry apparently not remembering anything that previous versions of himself could? The now-previous owner of their prison has died of old age and/or lung cancer? And could that be why the JDS museum has fallen into bankruptcy? Has Nathan Jr. taken over and isn't as ruthless a businessman as his father?

Itsjustjord on YouTube pointed this out in his trailer reaction, which when he said it set my Clue Radar off so that I went to the trailer again to get a closer look. And… well… *clears throat*

…Do y'all see this weird effect over Dapper Bendy? Compared to every other character we see in the trailer as well as the environment around him, does it not look as if we're seeing him, specifically, through some sort of cartoony filter? Maybe it'll only be in circumstances like this (far away in weird lighting) that the edges of the illusion will fray in-game, based on the other teaser image we have of him, but it definitely looks off to me.

Especially with what I now suspect Allison and Susie's situations were in relation to Nathan, I think that the ink creatures’ perfection vs. imperfection has nothing to do with how pure/good vs. impure/evil their hearts are as we've been lead to believe/is the conventional surface-level reading, but instead how intact vs. broken their hearts are. I think that the more horrific the ink being's appearance, the more the soul inside was abused while it was alive. Allison isn't a perfect Alice because she's a better person, it's because she obeyed Nathan and wasn't made to suffer as severely as Susie, who Nathan chose to be his next Isabel. So, why is one new Bendy (apparently created after Joey lost everything, I suspect even being made to watch his Shoulder Angel's murder before being murdered himself) so much scarier than the original (created before Joey lost everything) and the other so goshdarn perfect, proportions and all?

Maybe the banning of everything related to Sammy's demon cult and Henry under Wilson's rule has to do with his decades-old mission to keep the Creators from joining forces, as well as everyone including himself feeling like they're finally free from The Great Puppet Master?

I love Dapper Bendy's design as much as everyone else!! He's positively adorable, and it would also be a nice outcome if the baby boy is exactly what he seems and just a precious lil friend to love forever; but I theorize that Dapper Bendy is the perfectly sane, untraumatized, and truly evil one, that (assuming we actually get choices in BATDR, unlike in BATIM) his route, no matter how things seem in the moment, is the wrong one, that he's Nathan. And I think Freaky Teeth Bendy (that's been my nickname for him since we first saw him and I'm sticking to it lolol) is the damaged as heck but able to be saved one, that his route is the correct one, that he's Joey. I also think that we won't get to see either demon for what they really are – won't be able to get the True, Broken Cycle, “Joey's Redeemed & Nathan Faces Justice” Ending – unless we somehow unlock Grayscale Mode like we could in BATIM and gain the ability to see Joey's truth. Until then, we'll be seeing the demons the way Nathan wants us to see them. Through Nathan's tainted, gaslighting, sepiatone filter.

If I'm right, the fact that they did choose these color palettes is so perfectly poetic~! Sepiatone is what happens when black-and-white images have been chemically altered for preservation purposes; Nathan's altered our perception of himself, Joey, and all the events surrounding them, and his version of events is much more resilient. Meanwhile, Joey's would be more pure and unaltered but easily destroyed— including by himself, with his Illusion of Living coping mechanism… The only thing that could make it more perfect is if not only do we get to see Henry in BATDR, but when we do he's an angelic toon… *Vibrates with excitement*

Please, please, please, JDS, let me be right about where you're going with this!! Cause this would genuinely be so freaking cool…!! 🙏🏻 I hope that we eventually get to “rejoice with our founders,” as Artistic Hallowing says, when they're reunited.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk, rofl. Congratulations on making it through the ramblings of a hyped AuDHD fangirl (though, I guess we already knew you were capable, if you've read TIOL. I could do a whole nother rant on evidence that Joey's basically confirmed canonically ADHD(+?), my freaking gosh). 😝

Read the Rest of the Original Analysis/Theory: Part One • Part Two • Unexpected Part Four

BATDR Analysis/Post-Playthrough Theory Revision: Part One • Part Two • Part Three • Part Four

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miniimapp · 1 year

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A-Z Fluff (Aaron T Edition)

Gen ;; Fluff - Alphabet Headcanons

Warnings ;; no

Proofread + Edited ;; also no

Auth. Note ;; WELCOME TO DAY 20 OF THE 4*TOWN CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN !! ONE MORE SLEEP !!

Due to the missed days I will be posting a bunch tomorrow,, consider that my gift to you all lmao

Enjoy !! <3

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A = Activities (What kind of things do you do?)

Your first together can range from T wanting to climb a mountain and settling for a hike to staying in and playing video games. It'll have to be something engaging though or T may just zone out real hard lmao

B = Baby (Do they want a family? Why/Why not?)

T loves the idea of a big family,, like an impossibly large family and he definitely wants to try adoption or fostering of some kind

C = Cuddle (How do they cuddle?)

Like a koala to a tree,, somehow all limbs become involved and he will cling to you and not let go until he feels like it

D = Dates (What are dates with them like?)

Most likely chaotic,, you know if its running smoothly there was interference from the boy's or you planned the date lmao

The chaos is charming though..

E = Everything (You are my ____ (e.g. my life, my world)

You are his soul mate,, you perfectly complement him

F = Feelings (When did they know they were in love?)

There isn't a time T can pinpoint where he realised he was in love with you,, he just knew.. T likes to say he didn't fall in love but instead took your hand and you walked into love together

G = Gentle (Are they gentle? If so, how?)

Ish.. there's energy in everything T does,, even his calm is like an energetic calm if that makes sense and so is his gentle.. energetically gentle or smthn idk

H = Hands (How do they like to hold hands?)

T likes to squeeze you hand and rub his thumb over the back of it. He'll squeeze it every now and then almost as if to reassure himself you didn't disappear

I = Injury (How would they react if you got hurt?)

Massive freak out,, lots of flapping,, tons of frantic, nervous energy.. he will require another member, prolly Jesse, to help him out

J = Jealousy (Do they get jealous?)

Eh,, not really.. T gets huffy if he feels like you're not giving him enough attention and may start acting p obnoxious in an attempt to get it but he's never really jealous of the people or your relation to them

K = Kiss (How do they kiss? Who initiated the first kiss?)

With his whole being :DD

Your first kiss was definitely initiated by you,, like he was trying but accidentally got himself caught up in a ramble so you took the reigns and made your move

L = Love (Who says I love you first?)

You again,, similar situation actually.. he's rambling on, trying his best to just spite out the words but somehow gets himself into a speech about your eyes and you just blurt it for him

M = Memory (What's their favourite memory together?)

His favourite memory is playing uno with you and the boys.. you had no idea what you were getting yourself into and T had so much fun causing chaos

Yall went round the group TWICE with plus 2's before they all ended up on poor Z,, my guy drew 24 fucking cards in one go..

N = Nickel (Do they spoil? Do they buy the person they love everything?)

Tbh T isn't really a material girlie,, his mind is more on spending time than giving gifts gifts he might not really think to get you anything unless you directly ask for it

Exceptions are made for your birthday and Christmas, maybe valentines day and any other gift giving holiday you tell him that you celebrate (again you have to let the guy know lmao) and he will be begging Jesse for help even though he knows you better

O = Orange (What colour reminds them of their other half?)

Not really applicable tbh,, no colour really make shim think of you.. at best maybe red but only because of roses and valentines and all that lmao

P = Pet names (What pet names do they use?)

T despises non-ironic pet names they make him feel icky,, catch him calling you the most out of pocket shit for jokes and only jokes

"How are you today, my little napkin corner?"

Q = Questions (What are the questions they’re always asking?)

"How are you?"

"Is ____ technically a sandwich?"

R = Rainy Day (What do they like to do on a rainy day?)

Play video games or watch a movie with you and maybe the boys if they're around,, he loves big groups

S = Sad (How do they cheer themselves/others up?)

For someone,, else he'll crack jokes to try and ease the tensions and take their mind of whatever they're experiencing..

For himself,, T wants to be alone in a quite place to sort out his thoughts and feelings so he doesn't lash out at anyone or anything (he never would but he's scared one day he might)

T = Talking (What do they like to talk about?)

Anything and everything,, the sky is literally the limit and he will start a debate about what counts as the sky and where it ends if you ever say that phrase

U = Unencumbered (What helps them relax?)

Hear me out,, putting popping candy in his mouth, closing his eyes and just experiencing it.. he lives the tingly feeling and it somehow helps him relax

W = Wedding (When, how, where do they propose?)

For some reason I get the feeling I've done this before.. oh wait..

Find the fully-written T proposal here

X = Xylophone (What's their song?)

Grace Kelly - MIKA,, no explanation necessary

Y = Yearning (How well do they cope when they’re separated from their S/O?)

T does fine,, he saves all his clingy energy for facetime calls with his partner.. man he loves those lmao

Z = Zebra (If they wanted a pet, what would they get?)

A reptile of some sort,, maybe a gecko or a lizard

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Hope you enjoyed !! <3

#4town christmas countdown #4town #4town headcanons #4town aaron t x reader #4town aaron t

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twoidiotwriters1 · 1 year

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Copycat: Cryptomnesia —(Marvel Fem!Oc)

A/N: These last few weeks have been so weird I need a break 😠 -Danny

Words: 1,548

Phase Five Masterlist

Previous Chapter // Next Chapter

Listen to: ‘Bad Girls’ -by M.I.A

ii: The Gorgons

The group of men kept asking for drinks and throwing clouds of smoke around, they were the standard type of scum they'd dealt with numerous times before. Both women thought it was a waste of bullets, but they were paid for this.

"Anthony," one of the men leaned closer to the young one beside him, a cut-clean guy. "Tell me about your boss."

"They want to offer you their models, in exchange for half of your profit."

"We'll need to check some of the specimens, to make sure of their quality," the guy placed his cigar on the corner of his lips.

Anthony smiled. "When can we do it?"

"Bring them here," the man pulled out a card from his vest. "Let us know how many and what type he's sending."

"And this is your office?" The young man asked. "Where you film?"

"Yeah."

"And you keep them here?"

The older man raised a brow in annoyance. "It's none of your business, is it?"

"My boss wouldn't want his girls to be driven around the city, they could be seen, or you know... one of them could run away."

"Tell your boss we're not idiots," he said as a waitress approached to hand him the bill.

"You're no geniuses either."

When the man looked up he saw a gun pointed at his face, as his eyes moved he saw a blonde woman in her mid-twenties. "Stay still," Yelena said. "Don't make this harder."

He turned away only to find the young man also pointing a gun at him. The other men at the table drew out their own guns, the people closest noticed and quickly started to leave the place.

"You're surrounded!" The old man spat. "If you don't stand down my boys will kill you!"

The young man tilted his head. "I think you should put the guns away before we kill them."

"We're going to make this easy for your tiny brain," Yelena continued. "Take us to the girls, or we'll kill you."

"I don't know what you're talking about," the guy scoffed.

"No?" Yelena pouted. "You're going to have a pretty confusing death, then."

Anthony vanished from the booth in a cloud of smoke. He reappeared behind the old man's guards and hit one in the back of the head while tasing the other, the third got punched in the face by Yelena, and the fourth pointed his gun at Anthony but the young man teleported again and landed on top of the table, kicking a bottle directly at the last guy's face, crystal and vodka flew everywhere.

Yelena pulled the old man to his feet and dragged him out of his seat while the last conscious guard dropped to the floor.

"Would you mind helping me with this sack of shit?"

The young man loosened his tie, Anthony shifted, and in his place Cat appeared, looking at the old man with disgust. "Did we shoot you in the knees?"

The man stammered a reply. "N-No."

"Then get the hell up!"

He walked ahead of them, Cat pushed him to make him go faster.

"Y-you're the gorgons..."

Cat and Yelena groaned. "You don't hear that kind of nickname for men, do you?" Yelena poked his back with the gun. "They're Deadpool, or the winter soldier... I even like Thunderbolts over this dumb name..."

"Could be worse," Cat reminded her. "Remember that time they called me 'Lady Loki'?"

Yelena laughed. "It was real funny when you shot them in the dick."

"You don't wanna be shot in the dick, right, Mr. whats-your-face?"

"It's—"

"I don't care," Cat scowled. "You could be Mr. Human Trafficker for all that matters. You're gonna take us to the girls, and then we'll decide whether you live or not."

"You'll die, most likely," Yelena admitted.

The agents had built a well-known reputation, most people knew them as "Gorgons", the Thunderbolts was the name of their whole team.

Yelena drove while Cat sat in the back seat with the gun pointing at the man's head.

"Whatever your boss is paying you, I can double it!"

"They always think we do it for the money," Yelena sighed.

"I do," Cat shrugged. "But it's also fun to watch this. Look at you, covered in tears..."

"Whatever you want, I'll give it to you!"

Cat hit his face, cutting his cheekbone.

"We want the girls!" Yelena said in annoyance. "Tape his mouth, if he keeps talking I'll kill him too soon."

The minute the door went down, the men quickly charged toward them, but Cat and Yelena acted at the speed of light.

Cat pulled out two guns from her belt and shot at every moving figure she saw. Yelena pulled out her baton and turned it on, the electricity making it buzz loudly. She jumped at a guy and hit him sideways on the ribs, another man tried to shoot her and Cat threw an empty gun at his head.

"Let's go back to the classics! Who wants to fist-fight?"

"This guy," Yelena kicked a man in her direction.

The mutant landed a hard blow to the man's face, causing him to get dizzy, then she stabbed him on the side of the neck and threw him to the ground.

"Cheater!" Yelena called her out.

Cat scoffed. "On your left!"

Yelena moved and Cat threw a knife, piercing a guy's forehead. The blonde tossed her baton at Cat and then unstuck the blade from the man's head. Cat stopped another one from shooting by twisting his wrist and pressing Yelena's taser to the prominent vein in his throat. She pushed him away with a kick and looked around.

The women swapped weapons, Cat pushed her hair away from her eyes.

"Are these it?"

She paid attention: the agent could hear women crying and whispering, but no guns clicking.

"We're good to go."

They were supposed to call the police once they were done, but they couldn't be seen, so before doing so, Cat and Yelena went back to the car and opened the trunk.

"What are we gonna do with the extra weight?" Cat stared at the man curled up in the small space.

Yelena pulled out her phone and called someone. "Is De Fontaine there with you?"

Cat listened to the phone call.

"What do you want?"

"The job is done, and we're sending pictures..."

"Mouse, send tonight's mission to De Fontaine," she said, pressing her earpiece.

"Done."

She gave Yelena a thumbs up and the blonde continued.

"You got them?"

"Yes. Why are you calling?"

"We got Mr. Human trafficker here, and he's alive."

Cat could hear movement at the other side of the line, they were giving the full report to someone."Kill him."

The widow looked at Cat. "You heard?"

"Yes."

"Wanna do the honors?"

The mutant wasn't wearing the nanotech mask nor her suit, just a regular handkerchief over her nose and mouth and an all-black bulletproof set of clothes made by a designer specialized in "hero" attire, the smell of gunpowder and blood was already grossing her out. "Not really."

"Okay. Teleport him inside and wait for me."

Yelena entered the building and closed the door behind her, working for the governments of the world was exactly as she'd imagined. Heartless and bloody. Cat didn't enjoy killing any more than she used to when she was younger, but at least now she was getting paid, and it was all people who had it coming.

Cat waited a whole hour until the young woman walked out, cleaning her hands. "You okay?"

"Just tired," the mutant climbed inside the car, but she took a glance at Yelena before deciding to leave her mask on. "I've been sleeping in motel rooms for a month."

"I've been sleeping in them my whole life," Yelena turned on the engine.

Cat was getting rid of the blood under her claws with a knife. "You slept in the red room for a while, I bet that was comfy..."

"Did Vision make you breakfast every morning?"

"Did you mop the floors with your own tears?"

"Stark probably bribed every teacher at your school so you could pass."

Cat's gaze was absent. "Maybe he did... I don't remember failing a single class."

"If you were good why did you quit?"

"My friends blipped. I might've been a good student but that doesn't mean I enjoyed it," she shrugged.

"Weird how before the blip I would've met you as a tiny baby instead of being the same age."

"We're not the same age."

"It counts as having the same age once you pass your twenties."

Cat frowned. "I've heard that before."

"Because it's true."

Her head pounded as if scolding her for trying to use her brain for something other than killing.

"Whatever," Cat heaved a sigh. "I'll be taking a break after this."

Yelena made a sound of discontent. "I don't think they'll let you go."

Cat groaned. "The only thing special about me is that I can disguise myself better, they can do without for a while."

Yelena smirked. "You didn't sleep with your boyfriend before coming here, right?"

"That's not it."

"You know, a good thing about having no uterus is that your hormones don't misbehave. Unlike you, you're always horny."

"I'm not."

"You get sexually frustrated."

"This isn't about my needs, okay?" Cat snapped. "I feel like I'm just playing hide and seek with the criminals of the planet. I feel used. I want a break."

Yelena raised her eyebrows in mild surprise. "I'm just saying... I don't want you to get your hopes up."

"As if you actually cared."

"I think you deserve to enjoy your free time. Unfortunately, we don't have free time."

"Thank you, barbie."

"Don't ever call me that."

Cat chuckled, Yelena's lips twitched a little but they stopped before they could form a smile.

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mercurytrinemoon · 1 year

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Some thoughts on pairings of queens and kings of the same tarot suit

(now it takes a while for me to get to my point but bear with me)

I was doing some spying on my ex friend that got engaged in 2020 during Venus retrograde in Gemini, because I do often think about how she's doing but also my asrology-absorbed brain wants to know how her engagement is doing with that rx Venus glooming over (especially that she's one of the few real-life friends of mine that I have an exact birth time of).

Now, I first drew 3 cards from a classic card deck and asked my mom to interpret that (because I can't read those) and she said cards are blatantly pointing out to a wedding but... with a friend figure, not a romantic figure. So I grabbed my tarot deck to further investigate.

So I was shuffling the cards and what popped up was 4 of wands sandwitched between the queen of pentacles and the king of pentacles. Now that's nice, I love when that happens. A coincidence? I think NOT.

And I was pondering on court card pairings and how I once saw someone having a full on rant on how some pairings suck (wands in particular, which I found a bit annoying). I think often they'll just show people's astrological correspondence, especially if two people match in their Sun sign's element... Or if two people come up as the same suit, that's what they have in common and this is where they match.

Now my ex friend is an Aries Sun with a ton of airy influence. But she came up as the queen of pentacles. I said to my mom "look how she's squeezing and caressing her little pentacle": she was always someone who had a lack mentality, even when she was earning money as a teen or early 20-something while not having to pay for rent or bills cause she was living with her parents (meaning all that money she could spent on whatever she wanted, yet still she was walking around saying how poor she is).

So how I actually associate each suit (aka finally getting to the point)

The guy came up as the king of pentacles. No idea what sign he is, technically I don't even know he exists... but that aside. There's a possibility he works at a bank but I say this just because I know someone who saw a similar-looking man at a bank. But I digress. What's important here is that with classic cards he came up as a friend, a provider, someone who takes care of the other person/is a helping hand. This helped me a ton in understanding the king of pentacles in that equasion: he is a provider and all that stuff but what the earth suit is about is simplicity, the day-to-day life. If a person or a couple comes up as pentacle court card(s), they're simple people (and earth signs are usually simple, grounded people as well). They're in a relationship probably because it's convenient. And let's be honest, most couples are like that, not a lot of people even believe in a true soulmate-level love and romantic fairy tales, most just settle for what they have and stick to it because it's good enough... kind of like if it ain't broke, don't fix it, meaning they don't search for the perfect one; they don't question the relationship they're in.

I'm not saying all pentacle couples are together out of convenience, but there is an element of commiting just because that's what you feel like is expected from you. It's about giving stability and working on maintaining that. I guess this can also be a couple where both people are focused on earning money... or who do business together but I feel like that could be a bit of a wands territory, since you're creating something (and wands are about a spark and creation).

The more emotionally-driven pair would be the cups suit. Now I never had a couple straight up coming up as a cups courts but what I've seen a few times was the queen of cups representing someone who guards the other person in a spiritual/emotional way. Kinda like the unseen force that is protecting the other; possibly someone who is connected to the other in the 5D, who's your guardian angel so to speak or simply someone who cares deeply for you and their energy is always present with you. The king of cups I had come up as a person developing mature feelings (paired with ace of cups to be clear). So, obviously because the water element is about emotions, a cup couple will be more emotionally tied together, for good or bad. They just feel each other and are connected through intuition. It's about providing the emotional support but that stems from the deep connection, not because of society's pressure or a sense of duty like the pentacles suit.

The sword couple can be a tricky one cause swords people are known to be more cold and calculated. But as air there can also be a bit of a social tone to them and that can be fun sometimes. I'm saying this just because I had that couple come up in questions regarding how two people are seen in public. So this can be sociable and witty. Like two intellectuals who get into a friendly banter or a heated debate. Or two activists focused on their ideas. There's a mental chemistry there connecting a pair of the queen and king of swords. It's like two friends who end up in a romantic relationship type of situation. The downfall is, there may be an emotional distance.

Now my favorite (obviously) is the wands couple. Mainly because I often come up as the queen of wands (again, probably because I have a lot of Sagittarius and fire in my chart) and, as I always say, the king of wands is the king of my heart, even if some would think it's nonsense to think a wands couple is a good couple because fire burns out quickly. But you can keep the fire glowing, and if you do... there's some magical stuff going on. I see it as the fun couple, similarly to swords they can be a sociable pair, full of creative ideas but also full of passion for each other, which the air suit lacks. They're bold in expressing that as well. Talking about astrological correspondences, I always say fire signs can be as emotional as water signs because they feel everything deep in their bones. Fire signs can be just as emotionally devoted. Constantly evolving and adapting to the other person is what keeps the passion alive and fire people like movement, that's their fuel. So if two people are on the same page, coming up as the queen and king of wands, with the passion they have for one another, you bet that won't be boring. It's the willingness to do things together, to experience things together, not just building a stable home and fitting the norm. Also it's just literally hot. You can say what you want but I'm sure you're gonna admit at least that.

Also, something worth pointing out, in the RW deck the wands suit is the only one where, if you're lucky enough, you can have queen of wands and king of wands directly looking at each other (if the queen is on the left from the king). I think that might be significant.

I'm looking at each suit through the lense of astrology so you could as well apply that to couples who share the same element in their charts but that doesn't have to be the case with everyone (my Aries ex friend being an example). Also obviously I'm talking about the healthy manifestation of each suit. If you use reversals or look at the surrounding cards to get the feel of where and in what way each energy is directed, you can determine if two people really get along. Pentacles can be too stuck in their ways or materialistic, cups can be overly emotional and dramatic, swords can be harsh, cold or argumentative and wands can be too temperamental and shallow.

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unhonestlymirror · 2 years

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Hello I wanted to ask you for some advice I got a comment saying that they wanted to commission me but I’m a traditional artist and I don’t know how that would work? And I have never been commissioned before so I don’t know how that would work

Hello dear,

I can't say I'm such an expert in comissions myself (van-del if you're reading this I'm sorry xd).

But.

Since that person, I suppose, asked you about a digital comission, not just a comission - the first thing I'd done in your place is telling straight-forward that you are experienced mostly in traditional art. (but if that person didn't clarify then it's much easier to lead them to a favorable field for you.)

(Oh damn, I've seen so much threads about taking comissions but where are they when they're so needed?! xd)

Of course it's preferable to have a comission card(?) I guess, it's called so. But if you're LIKE ME don't have any - no need to panic! Ask about:

How many characters your client wants to see in ONE drawing (in two drawings separately - two prices)

PAYMENT METHOD. This is the most important point. Find out what online money receiving services work in your country - and what the commission is (not a drawing haha). PayPal, Ko-fi, Boostie, ByeMeACoffee, Patreon - and many others. It is better to plunge into jurisprudence and economics than to find out later why the client sent money - but they did not come. However, if the client can pay in cash, that's even better. Just don't forget to wear a long black coat and a hat.

It's preferable to mention in advance what you WILL NOT DRAW - usually people write "porn, furry, mecha, complex backgrounds", etc. For example, I don't draw bicycles, because they remind me of that jerk in a hurry who broke my brother's nose. Remember, that no one can force you to draw something uncomfortable for you money can but i didn’t say it

Ask in details about characters: their age, race, gender, hobbies, behavior, appearance, do they wear accessories (you can rise the price for too much details), their profession, their lifestory - for better understanding.

Usually artist set different prices for "just head / three quarters / full length" of a character. From cheapest to the most expensive.

Ask about what should happen with them on a drawing: they can stay still like manekens or being in a move. If you are confident enough in your abilities - specify the angle.

If something happens to them - specify in what place. It can be a park, a shop, a car interior, a palace - the complexity also increases with the background. Let your client know upfront if you don't draw complex backgrounds.

When you have discussed everything in detail:

If your client is not your close friend, it is advisable to require an advance payment (about 50%). And it is advisable to draw up an agreement in which you undertake to return this prepayment, if during the sketching you suddenly did not want to continue working.

It's time to discuss a deadline. My honest advice: "time you think it will take" + "one week". The overestimation of one's strength is real.

You draw a sketch. You DON'T put in much effort, but you make the future drawing understandable enough. Because your client can change their mind and say "oh, you know, i want them not sitting in a cafe but dancing. with glow sticks". - and you have to put in a lot of extra effort.

Remember: if you discussed all the details - and then you lost all desire to draw this - you are not an asshole if you tell your client "i won't do this". You are NOT an asshole if you drew a sketch, lost your desire, RETURNED THE PREPAYMENT and said "I won't do this". It's your own work.

You start drawing the whole comission. You put effort.

If you're starting to realize "+ one week" wasn’t enough - tell your client about the delay and offer them some additional extra drawings to make amends. If you draw them before the commission, send them first. Show your client "nobody's forgotten, nothing's forgotten".

If your client, after your presentation of the full work, says, “oh you know, I don’t want this at all” - that is, behaves like an asshole - you have the right not to return the prepayment and to tweet what a jerk this person is. (this will be impolite, but you will have the right to do so)

Not to overestimate your powers is just as important as not to underestimate your work! Ask yourself how much you would pay yourself for your drawing - and set that price. Do not get fooled by "why is it so expensive" whiners - if a person does not want to pay, they simply will not.

That is, I think I told everything important. Hope it helps and wish you good money! ☺️

#ask #comissions

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twojackals · 2 years

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A little bit of Anhur in your life...

... tHe TrUmPeTs!

Listen. When I drew Anhur for my card of the week, after weeks of calm and prosperity, I probably should have known there might be a rough go ahead.

"What's so wrong with Anhur, wasn't He the God of the Year recently?"

It's not that there's anything wrong with Anhur, it's just that it was a major step outside of the usual flow of things since the New Year began. It's like going to a family figure skating event and being body-checked by a professional hockey player -- you didn't see it coming, you weren't prepared, you're a bit hurt, and you're trying to figure out if it was just one guy or if there are 10 more behind him you need to watch out for.

For the entire first month of the New Year the cards kept coming up with smooth sailing and, for the most part, that was true. But now, the cards are telling me "Movement" and "Conflict", and jumping between two very stark positions week to week was jarring as I starred at this card on Friday (which would represent the week ahead starting Sunday). I thought about what it could mean and immediately my mind went to 'work', as in my day-job.

That, among other things, did in fact come to pass. It turns out my direct manager, someone who has become a good friend and a close confidant at my company, someone who before this week I didn't think I would be able to work a normal work life without, is leaving, and I could not be more devastated about that.

My co-workers as well know enough about me to know I'm probably not OK, though I took it with the usual smiles, jokes, and laughter, I still had person after person coming up to my desk and asking: "So... how are you really doing." Because they know. They know change is not easy for a person on the spectrum, for someone with Borderline Personality Disorder, for someone with severe anxiety, and not only do they know me, but they love and support me (I really do love my job if nothing else than for the people).

And by writing out that paragraph I gotta say, I clearly have a lot day to day to be thankful for. I need to remember that. This post is already turning out to be worth it's weight in latinum gold in terms of therapy kickbacks.

I shelve this quite heavily under the "movement" aspect of the cards though; as for the "conflict" part... well, that was also a thing this week, and sometimes it's just nice to know you've got a serious amount of liquor on the side to get through it all.

I will say it feels a bit like groundhog day to be honest. I even found posts from myself, 1.5 years almost to the very day, saying the exact same things that I had uttered moments before a lot of other things hit the fan Sunday and Monday. In some ways it's a bit surreal, and in others completely predictable. It's not that I want to call myself gullible in terms of believing people are making a real effort to change, because I see no crime at all in giving people repeated chances -- yes, even after being burned before; it's more or less that I have a very Newtonian outlook on things, where an object in motion tends to stay in motion, unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

In other words, people typically don't change unless they absolutely have to (and sometimes not even then).

I have a tendency to try to be kind, maybe even too kind. I enjoy being nice to others, even if they've hurt me deeply, because I believe kindness is most often necessary, though I was given some good advice by important persons this week. Actually, a few related pieces of advice:

"Fair" does not always mean "nice"

"Nice" does not equal "stupid"

Sometimes, balance and justice cannot be "nice".

These are things I'm really thinking about right now, and I'm understanding that my want to value everyone as equally as I can is not short-sighted, but that to balance a load, there needs to be more than just the load in action.

Regardless of how things play out, I do know I can only control me at the end of the day, and there is one thing I ultimately want others to know, whether they believe me or not:

You are good people.

I value you and your your experiences.

You are a part of my extended family, and I care about you.

So, that wraps up an interesting week, and while it was a lot of ups and downs, I have to admit I'm in a great state of mind. I suppose that, above all else, is what's important right now.

Sláinte and Senebty!

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syubub · 4 years

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YOONGI SOULMATE READING

Disclaimer~tarot is speculative and this is my interpretation of energy. Take it with a grain of salt.

Honey boi time. Strap down because this one is wild. Kinda. And soft. Really really soft. And a little creepy. Buckle in.

So for starters Yoon has a dark, royal blue color energy. It isn't as opaque as Koos was but it was very... thick? Like its not that it wasn't opaque from a lack of energy but rather that kinda had clear energy mixed in too?? It was really pretty and its kinda like the more you look at it the deeper it gets?

It was kinda like this but deeper? And it was almost reflective and "sparkly" idk put it was real pretty.

So first thing to note. Yoon is always easy for me to connect with so he didn't have any barriers put up or whatever so when I was going towards him he was in red flannel pj bottoms and I was like, "am I missing something?" But no. He was just being comfy I guess? Now usually when I connect with energy of a person there's this like eternal tree trunk rope colum thing of energy or something that I kinda follow and then there's little platforms that they're on? I always have my back facing the energy colum thing when I connect.

That was not the case this time. Yoon essentially led me to his side to face the energy trunk? And he was like, "its weird on this side, huh?" ??? Hello, sir. What the fuck. This to me hints that maybe he is also going out and consciously connecting to energies? Idk man. But I was like, "yeah, it is kinda weird" It only gets weirder.

Next I was facing yoon and I was like hey I want to read your soulmate and gave him like a big ole energy marble expecting that to kinda get the connection going but the only thing I heard from his soulmate was "I can't tell you" like shit. And then he dissolved my energy offering? Oki. And I essentially couldn't connect with his soulmate at all. Anyway, I floated off the little platform thing (that was real bizarre) and yoongi connected with me.

His soulmates energy wasn't present at all but I was told to continue any way. Now for in my opinion the creepiest part. So, keep in mind yoons is actively connected to me and I was like, "well, if your soulmate isn't here then please guide me to what deck I should use for their personality signifier and he pointed me to the fountain tarot.

I started shuffling and after I did one bridge shuffle and split it to do another one he was like, "hey, you're gonna get temperance reverse fyi" and I was like hahaha no. And he was like, "no. Listen to me. Bridge twice, hand shuffle twice and split into two. And you'll get temperance rev. Turn it ride side up when it comes out" I was like okay but you crazy. Tarot doesn't work like that

Guess what fucking came up? TEMPERANCE REVERSED when I tell you I freaked out I mean I fuckin freaked. I know it sounds made up or unbelievable and if I didn't see it happen I'd say its fake but FUCK DUDE. So i asked my pendulum if it should be reverse and it was like no, flips that shit. And I swear to God yoongi was laughing at me for being spooked like the smug ass that he is.

Now

First note I wrote was sagittarius energy. This person has sagittarius energy. Yep yep yep. This person balances him out. Temperance is the card of sagittarius. Heavy fire influence in the cart.

Oki now onto personality explained. I got 3 of coins, the heirophant, ace of wands and the magician. This person is very spiritual and has been manifesting him (they’ve manesfesting eachother but I'll get to that later?) This is a person that values knowledge and is very creative and has a lot of quick ideas. This person also really values communication of knowledge. Loves to get it loves to share it. Probably the person that can tell you a stupid fact about almost anything.

We also have networked, storyteller, god and mentor. This is someone who loves to teach people about what they've learned. They like to share the wisdom (with the god card im inclined to say that they share spiritual wisdom but I don't see it as a career?) This person values communication and collecting knowledge.

Now, on to relationship. We have wheel of fortune, justice, ace of wands and the lovers. This relationship has been in the works on a spiritual level for a long time. They’ve been actively manifesting eachother. We know Yoon is at least a little psychic so this makes sense. This relationship is founded in balance. They treat eachother as equals. I also wrote, "certainly something devine". They have a witty rapport and its so so so loving! They have really good communication and respect for eachother! They are also good at keeping eachither accountable.

Now for this person's career. They’ve been going through a change so their career is undecided. There was likely a period of depression that put a pause on their career? But there's also the queen of coins which suggests that they will be making good money. Now, I chose 3 clarity cards on the queen of coins to help me figure out where this money will be coming from and I drew three more coin cards so this means this person is on the cusp of making some good money soon!

Now we have answer the call, awakening and share your voice. They are being called to be together. Again yoon is woke af and apparently so is his soulmate. The picture i get is like when they finally meet they're both a little shy because they've been connecting with eachothers energies and they're like, "whos gonna bring it up?" Like they are finally out of hiding when they meet. Its cute as fuck.

Oki. We have answered prayers, spiritual path and make time for self care. THEY ARE MANIFESTING EACHOTHER. They are a woke pair and the energy is so sturdy and solid. I also get the sense that they engage in self care together? Like they'll make sure to take care of themselves spiritual and physical. I also think that they would be that type of couple to have a mad bath bomb collection.

Side note: while I was doing this I got like a cute little picture in my head of them sitting on the couch in pj's and facemasks with towels on their heads sipping wine and that makes me soft.

Now onto the message from his soulmate cards. So we have release all anger, new idea, be positive, take a shot, Have you eaten? You're acting like a big ass baby and shit is going down with your job. Now. I made a note that this is from Yoon to his soulmate? Um, sir? But oki, yoon makes the rules. What I get from this is that his soulmate is currently going through some job related stuff and he's saying, "hey, its okay to start over. Do that thing you've been wanting to do for a while" he wants his soulmate to stop focusing on what isn't going right and just start fresh. I also lowkey think he's like, you need to just fucking chill. The world isn't imploding just because something isn't working out. Its very reassuring and it feels like he wants to comfort them. Cute

Let's talk about the descriptors now. Yoon was very picky with these? Which confused me. They don't know eachother in person is the vibe im getting and I don't think yoon has ever seen this person either? I think maybe he's had dreams of his soulmate? Idk but the cards are: quality time, fashionable, unique, free spirit, independent, short hair, younger, sweet, charming. I also made a note for brown hair and a masculine chart.

For my little word cards we have, fate, vows, serendipity and loyalty. WE GET IT. YOURE ADORABLE TOGETHER

"All men should learn before they die, what they are running from and to and why" is the little fortune. I think that this is yoon telling his soulmate to do some shadow work? Like find out why you do the things you do, why certain things anger you ect.

Now at this point I was told that I had to use the small deck to get more cards about the relationship. I was like "I already did that but whatever" and I did. I pulled 10 of cups, 2 of cups and the lovers again. WHAT. THE. FUCK. This is the most romantic and soulmatey soulmate reading ever. 10 of cups is emotional fulfillment. This is just everything. Everything! 2 of cups is romance, unified love. Its also about partnership. They work so well together. And the lovers card. Love, relationships and harmony. Oh my god its fucking nuts.

Now onto the final card. Again. Very very very clearly told that this is for his soulmate. We have, the perfection of your life. This card talks about a spiritual storm coming to shake things up in order to put things to put things back in perfect order. A quote I like from the book is, "all is unfolding to a perfect higher order." This to me kinda sums it up well. Shit is about to get crazy for his soulmate and its not a bad thing. Change is need for this person and there is change coming that will stir every thing up and place it back in better places. Ugh. I can't. He wants his soulmate not to fear the storm but rather embrace it and know that positive change will come out of it.

Last part. When the reading is over I always disconnect and essentially put the energy back? This time on yoons little platform (I sound like a lunatic trying to describe some of this shit I swear) I was like, "hey thanks for being cooperative and being so active and involved i appreciate that." And then he gave me an energy marble ball thing too? I was like, "thanks but what the fuck" and then I did what he did when I gave him the marble ball energy thing in the beginning and just... put it in my energy? Like thats what he did? so is that like an energy custom that I don't know about? Wtf. My best guess is that I gave him an offering of energy and he gave me some in return at the end? And then the little shit just dissappears? MIN YOONGI I HAVE QUESTIONS YOU CAN'T JUST DISSAPPEAR??

But he did. And that was the end. It was super fucking bizarre. So for say joo I connected to his soulmate through him. So it was a connection with the soulmate but hosted by joons energy? For Jk his soulmate gave me a direct link which was new and awesome but for Yoongi it was just a very direct connection with him. Just him.

That really tells me that he knows his soulmate well on a soul level and his soulmate literally said, "I can't tell you"

I'm confused but very happy for him!

Yoon is a very soft and sweet man, pass it on

#bts #bts tarot #bts reactions #bts rm #jungkook #seokjin #taehyung #bts imagines #yoongi #bts jhope #min suga #suga #jimin

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alirhi · 3 years

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How I'd have done TFATWS pt 1

Okay, I am such a whore for positive attention that, yes, it literally only takes one person expressing interest to get me to do something lol. So, for the lovely @goblin-tea, here is how The Falcon and the Winter Soldier would have gone for Bucky if I'd been a writer on the show!

Also, shoutout to @gunshou, who popped up showing support when I was in the middle of writing this lol 😘

Episode 1: New World Order

I actually love how most of this episode was handled; it's what drew me into the show in the first place, and gave me such hope for the rest of it. Most of the changes that I'd make here are pretty minor, tbh.

I'd specify the setting in some way for Bucky's nightmare. Obviously, since he was there and knows what happened, when, and where he was, it wouldn't be like the setting changes in movies where they slap a big, bold title card over the scene. Still, I'd probably open with a brief establishing shot showing the city skyline or something; some identifying feature so that viewers can work out where this happened without needing a direct statement from Marvel (note: if you need to directly address your audience to clarify something from within your story, you're a bad storyteller). What year did this take place? I show technology from the time; perhaps a dated cell phone in someone's hand. The point is to establish where and when The Winter Soldier killed RJ Nakajima, without detracting from the emotional impact of the scene. Why does it matter? Because we should know why. Why is Bucky dreaming about this particular incident? Was it his last mission before the events of CA:TWS (a theory I see frequently repeated but with no evidence to back it up)? Was it earlier on? Is RJ only on the forefront of Bucky's mind because of his (unhealthy, but we'll get to that) friendship with Yori? How long has Yori been suffering under the weight of his grief?

I would not have had him crash through the wall, btw. As cool as that shot looked, let's try to remember that The Winter Soldier was a ghost story for 70 years. Ghosts don't leave giant gaping holes in hotel walls. I'm not saying brazen wholesale destruction is out of character for him (obviously not. I've seen CA:TWS lmao. many times. this moment lives rent-free in my brain:

found on google without credit; pls lmk if it's yours so I can credit.

but you don't become a "ghost story" if you always leave that much evidence, ijs)

I'd leave the terrible therapy session alone. That scene was beautiful. Beautifully shot; I loved how claustrophobic it felt, and it really did a wonderful job of showing how Bucky felt on the spot, scrutinized, almost put on display for this bitch woman. This scene establishes Raynor as clearly wrong, and an unprofessional mess, and Bucky calls her out on it. I fucking love that!

lmao gods, I love his painfully awkward forced smile... Guys, this episode is fkn great. (betcha weren't expecting so much praise from me, were you? 😂)

"You're free." "To do what?"

👆👆👆 In my show? That would have more of an impact on Bucky's arc. That question would be one of the underlying issues moving his whole story along. Twice in this show, he's told that he's free, but no one addresses what he's free from, much less what he's free to do next.

It's a minor thing, but when Yori tells Bucky to ask Leah out? I'd have Bucky do more than just shake his head in silent horror. Not much more, just something that matters to me as someone who's worked in the service industry for many, many years and dealt with too many creepos: Bucky would flat-out say "she's at work! that's harassment, Yori!"

Yori can still stomp right past that boundary, and Leah can still smile and agree. I just really want someone to verbally acknowledge that you don't fucking ask someone out when they're at work. Ever. Bucky cringing and apologizing puts the power of the conversation back in Leah's hands; it gives her an out to politely decline if she's not interested, and just laugh off Yori's flirting on Bucky's behalf as a senile old man being silly, so I'm actually fine with how this scene turned out. I just would personally have gone that extra inch there for the idiots in the audience who don't get Bucky's subtle "wtf" reaction and why Yori's suggestion was so bad. If someone's livelihood depends on being nice to you, keep your goddamn distance. Flirting with them or asking them out when they're at that big of a disadvantage and have virtually no power to say "no" is harassment.

Here is where I'd make one more subtle change, too. When Yori sees the mochi and is reminded of his son, and tells Bucky about his death, I'd just slip in a time frame. "x years ago, my son was..." blah. (Guys, it really bothers me not knowing when that scene took place rofl can you tell?)

One complaint I've seen a lot online about this show is how it's a bit murky on just how well known Bucky is in-universe. He can walk around Brooklyn with more or less total anonymity, but he's also recognized as "an Avenger" (when he was never actually technically in the group)... but honestly? I think it's actually pretty realistic. Just because someone's famous doesn't mean every single person on the planet knows who they are and what they look like well enough to instantly recognize them on the street. People look different in photos than in person, and pre-Blip, Bucky had the complete Jesus look - long flowing hair and a full beard. In TFATWS he's a little scruffy, but not this:

Sebastian looks like about 10 different men from one moment to the next just irl with a change in haircut, lighting, expression, whether or not he got enough sleep the night before... 😂 I don't really find it hard to believe that people not expecting to bump into an Avenger would have trouble seeing Bucky post-haircut as anything other than just another attractive white guy.

Anyway! Sorry for the segue lol. On to the date!

Earlier in this very same goddamn episode, it is established that Bucky can remotely operate a car with a tablet. This is not a technologically-inept geezer. This is a 30-something nerd who loves new technology, who, yes, is facing a brave new world and a whole lot of new technology, but has never shown any issue picking it up. The crappy flip phone he handed Raynor earlier? a burner to keep her out of what little personal life he does have (we never see it again in the real show, anyway). The "tiger photos" line? Stays, not to show Bucky's floundering ineptitude with technology, but as a little nod to his bisexuality. (don't like it? don't wanna see Bucky as bi? go watch the show and read Skogland's borderline-offensive interviews. This isn't "how I would pander to a homophobic audience" it's "how I would have written it." the "Bucky is bi" interpretation is super fucking common and has been since TFA so bite me 😁)

Tiny nitpick, but I'd also have the Battleship boards actually set up properly lmao. What even was that? Anyway...

I don't think I'd have Leah get all ranty about Yori and RJ. That's not first date talk, for one thing. For another, let's ease up on the beating Bucky and the audience over the head with that one incident in a single episode, shall we? Instead, I'd have her stick with the date questions - she asked his age, asked about his family; I'd have her follow it with questions about what he does for a living (giving us a chance to not only actually have that question answered for us - how the hell does Bucky keep himself from being homeless? lol - but also set up...)

He shuts down a little when she starts asking about his past; she's innocently curious, just trying to get to know him, but he's flinchy and deflects with questions about her. The date is awkward, but doesn't abruptly end with him running away lol. He walks Leah home, like the old-fashioned gentleman he is, goes home, himself, and end on him grimacing in his sleep, in the clutches of another nightmare: not as much detail as the RJ murder scene, we see disjointed, disorienting images of fluorescent lights glinting off of machinery, the occasional shot of Bucky writhing in the chair, a shot of that damned notebook (to remind the dumber audience members why Raynor's passive-aggressive notebook thing was so triggering for him), and we hear echoes of a couple of the trigger words, and Bucky's screams.

#tfatws #tfatws critical #how it should have gone #if i'd written it #bucky deserved better #bucky was a victim #victim not villain #take your victim blaming bullshit and fucking choke on it #episode 1

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Howl - Ch 2

Chapter: 2/10

Add'l Notes: As usual, fic is like 6 chapters ahead on my AO3, WizardGlick

Chapter Content Warnings: N/A, ask to tag

Trying a new thing where I force you to read the first paragraph by not including it under the cut 😇

Virgil slept soundly and woke up unharmed in his bed. The relative cold of the morning air bit into his face, the only part of him that wasn't buried under his duvet. Still laying down, he wriggled into his hoodie and got up to make coffee. He mentally checked himself over while he waited for it to brew, staring blankly at the French press with stinging eyes. Damn, he must not have gotten all his vampire makeup off. Ah, well. His own absentmindedness was not a curse. Maybe he had escaped unscathed. Nothing hurt, save a normal soreness in his legs from standing around watching the Halloween parade, and a quick look in one of the many ornate mirrors decorating his walls revealed nothing abnormal with his face (well, except for the smudgy remnants of last night's eyeliner).

Despite this reassuring examination, he still spent the morning jumping at shadows. He rode his moped extra slowly and took time adjusting the straps of his helmet to make sure it fit perfectly. He examined the hanging sign ("Mystick Earth: ephemera for all ages") outside his workplace to make sure it wouldn't fall and kill him. He even took high steps on his way to the register to make sure he wouldn't trip over anything unseen.

But nothing bad happened.

In fact, nothing much happened at all until just past noon, when the brass bells on the door jangled and Logan stepped in, wafting the smell of warm bread and something sweet in with him.

Virgil didn't even realize he was smiling until his cheeks began to ache. "Hi," he said.

"Hello, Virgil." Logan wasn't looking at him; he was focusing on the paper bag hooked around one wrist and the drink carrier balanced in his other arm. "Forgive me for not asking first, but I wanted to surprise you."

"Here, you can set that on the counter." Virgil already knew what Logan had brought: banh mi, pho, and bubble tea from Sunrise, Virgil's favorite café.

Before he could talk himself out of it, Virgil pressed his hands on the counter and levered himself up to give Logan a kiss. He had always known that Logan was courteous and sweet under that somewhat stiff exterior; this wasn't even the first time he had done something kind for Virgil out of nowhere. But Virgil never could get used to being doted on. "Thank you, Logan."

Logan dropped his gaze, one hand coming up to fidget with his tie. "You're quite welcome."

The bells chimed again. Virgil looked up and caught sight of Roman, who had frozen in place. Catching Virgil's gaze, he straightened as though offended. "Well," he said, "I just came by to make sure Count Virgila survived the night, but it looks as though Casanova here beat me to the punch."

Logan turned. "Roman. I hope you've already eaten, because I only brought enough food for two people."

"I can take a hint," Roman said. Virgil raised his eyebrows at him expectantly, but Roman only raised his own eyebrows back, strode over to the counter, and stole a sip of Virgil's milk tea.

"I thought you said you could take a hint," Virgil said.

"I can," Roman said, "but I'm choosing not to."

Logan sighed through his nose and passed Virgil his sandwich. "I see no need to insist upon politeness if Roman is not going to return the favor."

Roman bumped Logan with his hip. "Really, I just came by to make sure Virgil's okay "

The bells jangled. Virgil looked up again, half-surprised and half-annoyed to see Janus, clad in the extravagant tailcoat he had to wear for work, pretending rather transparently to examine the display of tarot card-themed posters by the door. "Hi, Janus," he said, making no effort to hide his annoyance. Maybe this was the curse, to never get any alone time with Logan.

"Let me guess," said Roman, "you're here to check on Virgil."

"Of course not," Janus said, now pawing through the discount t-shirt display. Ugh, Virgil had just finished re-folding those. "Virgil's a big boy; he knows how to handle himself."

"Oh, yeah?" Virgil raised an eyebrow. "For all the money in the register, tell me what you came to buy and what you plan to use it for."

For the brief moment that Janus hesitated, Virgil allowed himself to hope that he had gotten one over on Janus. In all their years of friendship, he had admitted to being wrong exactly once. Virgil kept the date saved in his phone calendar and made sure to send Janus a card on the anniversary. But a moment's hesitation was all the satisfaction he got this time; Janus faced him properly, adjusted his tie, and said, "I don't know. I'm looking for a gift for Remus."

"Nice save," Virgil said. "We'll see about that."

"Oh, I don't know why you bother trying to hide it." Roman beckoned Janus over to the counter. "Look with your own eyes: he's fine."

"I combined like five different rituals last night," Virgil said. "And I'm doing another one once I get off work." He had already paid for the bottle and the string, knowing he had a hand trowel somewhere in the depths of his spider-infested shed.

Roman quick-drew his phone from his pocket and had himself posed for a selfie with Virgil almost before Virgil could process what was happening. "Smile," he said. "Patton made me promise I'd send him a picture."

Virgil flashed a peace sign. It was better to just go with it. Despite his bravado, Roman got his feelings hurt easily, and it was never fun to try to bounce back from that. "Are we done now?"

"Pardon us for caring about you," Roman said, sticking his nose into the air. It was such a Remus thing to do that Virgil nearly laughed, but he managed to hold himself together.

"Yeah, yeah, my friends love and cherish me, blah, blah, blah."

"Also," Roman read from his phone, "Patton says to tell Janus to come over soon so they can make cutting boards together."

"He was serious about that?" Janus looked helplessly at Virgil. Ah, yes, Patton had made the invitation last night and Janus, leaning back on social niceties, had agreed. "I thought he was just being nice."

"Nope." Virgil leaned forward across the counter and grinned. "Not only is Patton gonna make you make yourself a cutting board, you're going to enjoy it."

"We'll see about that," Janus said. He shook up his sleeve so he could glance at his watch. "Well, I should get back to Bienvenue. Those suits won't sell themselves."

He turned on his heel and made for the door so quickly that Virgil knew he was forgetting something. Ding. "Wait, but weren't you going to buy something for Remus?" he called.

"Sorry," said Janus, one hand already on the door. "Can't hear you, bye." And he was gone.

Roman bounced on his toes. "Alright, alright, I'll leave you two to it, too."

"Thank you kindly," Virgil said, metering the sardonic bite in his tone so that Roman wouldn't get offended.

Roman tipped an imaginary hat first to Virgil, then to Logan, and sauntered out.

"Finally," Virgil sighed. He looked up to find Logan staring at him with evident concern. "What?"

"Are you alright?" Logan asked. "I know you take this kind of thing seriously and I would hate for you to feel like I'm not supporting you just because I don't share your belief."

Virgil couldn't help but smile as an unfamiliar feeling spread from his stomach to his chest. Ah, the warm fuzzies. He couldn't even be mad about the damage to his dark and brooding image. "I'm okay, Lo. I did my stuff."

Logan smiled back: a small, shy thing. "I'm glad."

They were quiet for a moment. Virgil took small bites of his banh mi, careful to keep one eye on the door. It had been an unusually slow day, especially given that it was the day after Halloween. The denizens of Vaillant were superstitious enough that Virgil was rarely idle behind the counter of Mystick Earth. A few groups of people paused by the door, some even going so far as to peer in through the glass storefront windows, but no one came in. Virgil relaxed a little. "How's work? Catch anyone embezzling?"

"Not yet," Logan said, pushing his sleeves further up his elbows. Virgil tried not to stare at the few additional centimeters of skin this action exposed. What was he, a repressed Victorian? "I did notice a discrepancy in the amount we spent on office supplies, but it was only because someone had miswritten a 'seven' as a 'two.'"

"No office drama?" Virgil ribbed him. "Nobody stealing pens or making out in supply closets?"

"Unfortunately, we are a building of professionals." Logan paused, straightened his tie. "The light above my cubicle went out and I had to put in an email to maintenance to get it fixed."

"Man, I could never work in an office," Virgil said.

"Did anything interesting happen to you this morning?"

"Eh, I had someone looking to curse an ex, and I had to explain why that's not acceptable. I won't bore you with the details." Virgil took another bite of his sandwich and bounced the toe of his shoe against the floor. Was he doing this right? It had been so long since his last real relationship, and everyone knew what a disaster that had been. He liked Logan, liked being with Logan, but… Well, maybe he was freaking out over nothing. He just had to remember how to do it right, and then everything would be okay.

"Ordinarily, I would challenge the notion that you could ever bore me," Logan said, "but I do have to leave soon."

"Finish your pho," Virgil said, smiling. "I can tell you later."

They finished eating and Virgil again leaned up to give Logan a kiss, balancing his weight on his hands. His heart wasn't in it, his brain a few seconds ahead. Should he come over the counter and walk Logan to the door? What should he say? ‘I love you’? Should he grab Logan's ass?

"Did you hear me?" Logan asked.

Virgil feet hit the floor, the impact driving tingles up to his knees. "Huh?"

"Just saying goodbye," Logan said.

"See you soon?"

"Let's make plans."

Logan left. Virgil stared at the door for a while, happiness ebbing away into loneliness and doubt. A small, childish part of him wanted to insist that Logan stay. Forget work. They could go to the movies and get ice cream, have a proper date. And Virgil would find some way to communicate just how much he appreciated Logan.

Virgil: Thanks for lunch, Lo

Logan: You're welcome

Logan: <3

Virgil hadn't gathered up the guts to respond to Logan's text message yet. It was really pathetic, how a single emoticon heart had him blushing and panicking like a teenager.

He swung one leg over his moped, but kept his weight mostly on the ground. Hating the way his heart pounded, he pulled out his phone.

Logan: <3

Virgil: <3

Before he could freak himself out any further, Virgil got on his moped properly and nearly peeled out of his parking spot. He rode home in silence, shivering a little in the wind chill and dodging potholes.

The sinking sun lit up the thunderheads on the horizon until the whole sky on Virgil's left was blue-gray and luminescent. He stared, admiring the bald cypress and tupelo trees silhouetted against the dying light, until the road turned and faced him toward the darkness. By the time he got home, it was full dark. He parked his moped in the carport and settled in for a lonely evening of curse-breaking.

Virgil wasn't usually lonely. As an introvert with several boisterous extroverts in his friend circle, he usually jumped at the chance for some alone time. But suddenly Logan's absence felt like loss in a way it never had before, and Virgil longed to have him near. Even if he just sat quietly and watched while Virgil put his own spin on constructing a witch bottle.

He went to bed early that night, earlier than usual, unable to stand the emptiness of his old house. Even the creaks and groans, even the ambient sounds of outside, even the ticking of his mantle clock, seemed to fade away into intolerable lonely silence. So Virgil crawled into bed before midnight, clutching his hoodie to his chest.

He didn't sleep well.

Strange visions haunted his dreams, almost primal in their intensity. He was rage, he was fear, he was power. He knew the earth beneath his feet, knew the deep, rich smells of the forest. He knew the moon above. It was bright but waning, pale silver struggling through the clouds that smelled of rain. So unlike Virgil, whose strength was eternal and agonizing and all. He howled.

He woke up all at once, all his senses alight. Even without opening his eyes, it was obvious: He was outside. Not only that, he was naked in the dirt.

He opened his eyes and rolled over, sitting up slowly to examine himself. Clammy soil clung to his exposed skin. He brushed it off with a shaking hand. His nails were stained with it too, all muddy and broken. And he was sore, almost as bad as the time he'd try to go jogging with Logan.

Virgil let the panic wash over him and pulled his legs in close to his chest, wrapped his arms around them. Wrong, wrong, wrong, he had nothing, knew nothing and he was all alone in the woods.

He crested the worst of the attack and clenched his trembling hands into fists, resentful of the adrenaline still ruling him. At least he seemed unharmed; his skin was free of bruises and scratches. He was just dirty. He raised a shaking hand to his left ear, feeling along the back of it for any strange marks. Finding nothing, he checked his right ear. The skin seemed wholly undisturbed, but he would see about that later. Right now, he had more pressing things to worry about than potential alien abduction. For one, there was the matter of his clothes… He got to his feet, covering his groin with his hands despite the solitude. All that surrounded him were the early-morning birdsong and the rustle of the wind in the leaves.

Spinning in a circle, Virgil found a place where branches had been broken and the underbrush had been thoroughly trampled by something much, much bigger than he. With no other leads, he steeled himself and followed the trail. It was difficult going. He had to keep his head down to make sure he didn’t step on anything sharp, and his heartbeat remained sharp and painful and panicked, beating out what-ifs beneath his skin. What if he couldn’t find his way home? What if he got arrested for public nudity? What if he tripped and broke his leg and got stranded? What if something attacked him?

The morning breeze picked up and made him shiver, drawing him out of his panicked thoughts. He just needed to keep walking. He might not even have been that far from home. He lived on the edge of the woods, so it made sense that he was within walking distance of home, right? Well, maybe not, but the belief was all he had. So he believed that he was close to home, believed that he would be fine, and continued to tread the path of destruction through the woods.

He was closer than he’d thought. Soon, the sound of tires over asphalt reached his ears and he picked up the pace. Crossing the road was a nerve-wracking endeavor, not least because the speed limit was 55 mph. He hadn’t seen any of his clothes on the trek. What would people say if they caught him darting naked across the road like some kind of feral mountain man? Traffic was sparse, it was true, but with Virgil’s luck, a pickup full of country boys would plow into him and leave him in the ditch. What a pleasant thought for a Friday morning. Pushing his fear aside, Virgil sprinted across the road as fast as his abused feet and sore muscles would let him. The trail of trampled bushes and broken branches led directly to his house, as he had feared it might, and the destruction didn’t stop there. His front door was open, bugs buzzing around the light over his kitchen sink. Several of his end tables had been knocked over and various trinkets from his many floating shelves littered the floor. His ceramic incense holder lay in pieces by the magazine rack filled with his collection of old tabloids-- the tabloids were okay, thank goodness.

“Hello?” Virgil called. No one answered, and the house was silent. He crept into the bedroom. Ah, there were his clothes. The t-shirt he slept in had split at the seams and his boxers hadn’t fared much better. At least his hoodie was okay. He pulled it on and slipped into a new pair of boxers, exhaustion finally catching up with him. He needed to deal with this, like, really needed to deal with this, but his bed…

He face-planted into it, not even bothering to straighten out or pull his legs onto the mattress. Sleep now, unpack terrifying potential supernatural encounter later.

#the formatting on this seems off but i can't figure out why-- let me know if you figure it out #sanders sides #analogical #virgil sanders #logan sanders #spicywrites #spicywrites howl

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virtual-viruviru · 4 years

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|| CV - Special Episode 1 ->

-> ALSO CHARACTER SPOILERS!! YOU’VE BEEN WARNED LATE-

-> Ready?

Tonight was a special night, they're holding a major game of UNO with Mori invited! Insane right!? Blossom managed to convince him to come peacefully for once and have fun with them!

"Alright everyone it's UNO time!" Virtual annouced as all 10 people gather around a big round table. She took the pack of UNO cards and before handing out cards, shuffled them up until no one could know which card was which. Everyone was then handed 7 cards, while everyone was busy organizing their cards and planning out their strategies, she picked up a card from the pile.

"Yellow, nine!"

"CLOCK-WISE!"

Lorel yelled back all smug looking, to the left of Virtual sat Lorel with her cards, her legs crossed sitting like a queen would. To the right of her was Nobody who bursted out laughing at Andrew as he pouted with his arms crossed. "No fair!" Said Ava, who sat next to Andrew while Slime nodded beside her. "Don't worry buddy-" Virtual whispered as she counted, starting from Lorel:

"1"

"2"

"3"

"4"

"5"

"6"

"7"

"8"

"9"

"Andrew you're up first buddy!" She said happily as his face lights up, "Awh yeah!!" he squealed as he put down a 'Choose color', "Blue" he replied immediately. Virtual chuckled as they placed down a double six, blue and red, without hesitation. Lorel thought carefully for a moment before placing down a red, five. Nobody replied back with a green, five- " Hah, no u!" PP laughed as they placed down a green reverse card, "Jokes on you I'm into that!" They said as they placed down a green, three. Lorel whispered something softly to herself as she played a green zero before the turn went to Virtual. They wondered which card should they play? They strategized for a minute before placing down a green skip, "Sorry buddy-" They said softly to Andrew as he gasped, I think he'd died a bit inside.

Ava giggled and played a double 2, green and yellow before Slime who placed down a yellow five. It was now Shandy's turn, she looked Mori with a smirk on her face as she raise up a plus 2 for him to see, "Don't you DARE!" Mori gasped as she placed it down. Mori flipped her off as he drew two cards from the deck, the turn was now given to Blossom. "Hey PP, would you like a 2 or a 4?" Blossom said innocently, PP seeing as they had both a two and a four, "Any!" They said happily with a smile before it faded away as Blossom puts down a pair of double plus 2 cards, green and yellow. Everyone else gasped as Blossom laughed ominously, they've been hanging around Mori too much it seems. "But the r-"

"No one said we couldn't play a double plus in one turn!" Blossom cut them off immediately.

PP hesitatingly took four cards from the deck as they cried inside while Mori looked at Blossom impressed, who knew they could also be so evil?

"Oh no... uh... Hey Lorel?" Nobody asked

"Yes?"

"You know how we're really good friends right?"

"... Yes, go on."

" Well... “

As they had no other cards they could use, nobody placed down a green plus 2 onto the pile. Lorel stared them right in the eye as she picked up two cards from the deck, "I'll have my revenge just you wait!" She said as she sat back down with her arms crossed. Virtual sighed happily as they said-

“UNO!" Before placing down a triple eight, green, blue and red.

"What!?" Andrew said as he stared at his cool buddy while she hummed a song. He placed down a double two, red and blue before passing the turn off to Ava who quickly placed down a plus 4.

"N-No hesitant at all?" Slime said weakly as they looked at their friend, "No~" Ava replied.

Slime immediately smashed their head down onto their poor cards as Andrew took four cards from the deck and passed it onto the passed out Slime, "Yellow!". Shandy placed down double ones, yellow and green. Mori replied with a pair of double eights, green and red before Blossom then placed down a blue eight. "Phew!" Said PP as they placed down quarduple sevens, blue, green and two reds. Nobody placed down a yellow seven happily, Lorel peeked over Virtual's shoulder before placing down a plus 4.

"Oh no! I'm so sorry I TOTALLY didn't have any other card I could've played!"

"Lorel that's cheating!" Launch said from behind her, "You do have a card you can play! And she wouldn't win anyways!"

"Hey wait you're right! Oops sorry Virtual~"

Lorel took back her plus 4 and replaced it with a yellow skip. "You cheater!" She whined as her turn was skipped to Andrew, he comforted his cool buddy but laughed evilly inside, she'd skipped him too remember? He looked back at his cards and smirked, "Oh Ava~ Oh Slime~ Do you have any cards you can play?" Slime woke up from their smol coma.

"A lot!" They said in unison

"Whoops-" He said as he placed down a pair of skips, blue and green.

A sudden realization hit him, "Uh-"

"Uno? Too late!" Slime yelled out while laughing, "NoooooOOOOOO!" Andrew yelled in defeat, karma went back to get him real quick as he went to pick up two new cards from the deck. Ava and Slime laughed together while Shandy grumbled to herself as she reached out to grab a card from the deck. A sudden an idea hit Mori, he snapped his fingers behind his back as he summoned a 'WB' or otherwise known as 'Writer's block' right behind Virtual. "WATCH OUT!" Blossom yelled as Lorel turned to whack WB in the face with her wings, knocking it fifty feet away from them. "You alright?" Virtual was dumbfounded, what just happened? She thought as she looked at the hole in her hide out's wall. This, while everyone was distracted, gave Mori enough time to switch three of his cards with Slime, PP and Shandy. He switch a blue three for Shandy's blue reverse, blue nine for PP's blue skip and blue two for Slime's plus 2 with an additional of putting his blue one back into the shuffled deck.

They finally settled down and Mori placed down PP's blue skip which he stole, "Sorry Blossom." He whispered quietly to them, "No worries!" They replied as they smiled at their friend. PP looked at their cards and reached out to where her blue skip was to only find out a blue nine replaced it, 'Wait I thought I had a blue skip!?' They thought but shrugged it off, it's probably just their imagination as they placed down the nine already in their hand. Nobody the placed down their green nine, "Phew-" Lorel said as she placed down double nines, green and red. Virtual sighed as she picked up a card from the deck before passing the turn to her cool buddy Andrew. Andrew smiled and placed down double ones, red and yellow before yelling out "UNO!" really fast yet you could still hear the excitement in his voice.

Ava glanced over to Slime before deciding to place down her yellow seven instead of her yellow plus 2, let's just cut Slime some slack and let them play shall we? Slime squeaked excitingly before placing down one of their plus 4 and looked happily over to Shandy as they clapped their hands cutely while Shandy picked up four new cards from the deck sadly. Mori laughed as and happily placed down a yellow five onto the pile. Blossom let out a sigh and put down their 'Choose color' card, "Red..." They said as PP placed down their red four happily. Nobody groaned as they went to pick up a card from the perfectly shuffled deck while Lorel smirks as she placed down a red reverse.

"WHAT!? Are you kidding meeeeee!' Nobody whined as they went to pick up another card whole Lorel stuck her tongue out all smug at them while Virtual bonked her on the head.

PP happily placed down her red one before it turned over to Blossom, they then placed down a green reverse. "... no u" Said PP as they smacked Blossom in the face gently with another green reverse before placing it down also. Blossom groaned and picked up a card from the deck while Mori shrugged, "No complaints." They said as they set down a blue reverse onto the pile. "THANK YOU MORI I APPRECIATE THAT A LOT!!" Blossom said frustratingly as they picked up yet another card while Mori snickered quietly, it was funny to him when Blossom gets impatient. PP placed down a 'choose color' card, "Eh-"

Nobody whispered "Red~"

"Red? Sure thing then, red!"

"YES!" Nobody said as they slam down their red plus 2 onto the pile as they looked up with a smirk towards Lorel as she grumbled while she picked up two cards from the deck. Virtual sighed impatiently as she picked up another card from the deck while Andrew happily placed down their LAST DOUBLE GREEN AND BLUE THREE CARDS!?!?

"I WIN!!!" Andrew screamed as everyone clapped while groaning except for Slime who was now conveniently unconscious again, you see there was a catch to this Uno game as well.

Everyone had a special request IF they win first place and Andrew's request was that someone would have to buy him a giant Nightmare plushie. That 'someone' was Ava and Slime.

"Let's just continue, we'll get you your prize later buddy!" Virtual said while clapping their hands to get everyone's attention. Andrew sat back down, happily eating some chips while Ava sighed and placed down double fours, green and yellow, onto Andrew's winning cards. Virtual tapped Slime's head to wake them up, Slime looked at their cards and picked out a yellow eight then placed it down, Shandy followed in by placing down quarduple threes, blue, yellow, red and another blue. Mori decided to spare Blossom of his plus 2 and passed a blue five onto the pile instead. Blossom breathed in as they picked out another card from the deck and so did PP AND apparently so did Nobody! That chain of pain gave Lorel a happy feeling as she placed down a blue zero, Virtual smiled as she placed down a blue one. Ava with no hesitation, picked up a card from the deck before Slime placed slid a blue five onto the pile. Shandy played a pair of ones, blue and green, Mori frowned as they picked up a card from the shuffled deck but it faded as he as able to play the green six he'd gotten. Blossom squealed happily as they now get to play their yellow six! PP snickered, "Hey Nobody, what's your favorite thing to do outside?"

"Oh I like-"

"I really like skipping!" PP interrupted them as they placed down a yellow skip, Nobody was left speechless as the turn went on to Lorel.

Lorel was about to place down a plus 4 but noticed that she had another card and placed down a 'choose color' card instead, "Red," She smirked.

"Lucky~" She whispered to Virtual. She laughed nervously as she placed down her red four card onto the pile. "Uno!" Virtual said quickly while sweating. Ava glanced at her before picking up a card from the deck, Slime placed down their yellow four. "It's a fortune! (Four chain - Lmfao I'm sorry)" Shandy said while placing down her blue four, "Uno then." Said Mori as he placed down his plus 2, "Sorry Blossom~". Blossom sighed but picked up the two cards anyways, PP also had to pick up one from the shuffled deck and again the chain began as Nobody also picked up a card. "Ah I don't have a card! Whatever shall I do!?" Lorel said in a dramatic voice while she picked up her plus 4 and played it. "Red!"

"You-!" Lorel slapped a hand on Virtual's mouth, picking up four cards and handed it to her. "Shhhhh it's okay~"

Ava snickered and placed down her yellow plus 2 before bursting out laughing, "Here comes the chain!" She said while Slime picks up two more cards. "And you'd be right!" Said Shandy who played her blue plus 2 happily, "UNO!"

"GOD DA-" Blossom puts their hand over Mori's mouth before he could continue while picking up two cards for him and playing a blue four of their own. PP then played a blue six, allowing Nobody to finally play their double sixes, red and green. "Uno~!" Said Lorel happily as she placed down a green four. "Hmph well UNO as well!" Virtual said as she placed down triple nines, two green and a blue. "Ah I wish I could've continued the Uno train..." Ava said sadly as they picked up a card from the newly shuffled deck. Slime played a blue two leaving Shandy having to let go of her winning chance for now as she picked a card from the deck. Mori groaned as he picked another card from the deck again while Blossom played their red two. PP placed down a yellow two, "Two choo train!" Nobody laughed while placing down their green two. Lorel pouted and picked up a card as did Virtual. Ava played a green skip since it was all they had left. "Stop it Avaaaaaa!" Slime whined as their turn was skipped again, "Thanks Avaaaaaa!" Shandy said as she played a green one, "Uno!". Mori huffed and played his yellow one and Blossom played their yellow nine straight after. Those cards gave PP no chance to play, they drew a card from the deck as Nobody played a yellow eight, "Uno! Let's see who's winning second place huh?" They nudged Lorel's by the shoulder. She groaned and picked up a card from the deck, Virtual laughed, "And that person would be me!" She said as she placed down a pair of reverses, yellow and red, then immediately after she said "UNO!" She placed down her last card, a red eight. She turned to Andrew and gave him a high-five and sat back, took a plastic container that holds three pieces of churros and started munching on them.

"You were just lucky!" Said Nobody, "I'll be third for sure!"

"No I will!" Lorel replied

"Then try~"

"It's on!"

Ava sigh happily as she watch her friends goof around trying to see each other's cards as she took one from the deck. Slime played double nines, red and blue, forcing Shandy to pick up another card. Mori relaxed as he played his red nine card down onto the pile, Blossom played down double skips with a smirk on their face. "Uno~!" Said Lorel again, "Thanks Blossom!"

"Hmph-" Ava huffed while picking up another card, Slime happily placed down double sevens, blue and green, peacefully without any tricks. Too bad the trick has already been played. "Uno!!" Said Shandy excitingly, "Uno.' Said Mori as he placed his green eight down, looking directly at her. "No!" Blossom said as they sadly pick up a card from the deck but that sadness faded as they could play the card they'd just picked up, a green five "Uno!". "You guys are so lucky!!" PP said as they picked up another card from the deck, "Oh wait nevermind-" They play the green four as soon as they got it. "Ack come on Lady Luck!" Nobody prayed as they picked up their new card, "Lady luck wasn't on your side and neither was she on mine, sadly." Lorel said picking up a new card from the deck. "Oops actually she was on mine, Uno!" Lorel laughed while placing down her new green six as Nobody whined. "She's on mine too apparently!" Ava said as she played the card she'd just picked up, a yellow six. "Is she on yours as well?" Slime shrugged and played their yellow zero. "SHE'S SURE HELL IS ON MINE!!" Shandy yelled as she slammed her last card down on the pile, a yellow nine. "I'm with you this time." Mori said confidently as he played his last card as well, a yellow five.

"Lucky y- Oh hey she's on my side as well!" Blossom said as she picked up her new card and played it, a yellow skip. "Yeah she's not on mine anymore apparently..." PP said sadly while Nobody laughed, "Yeah, and she sure isn't on Lorel's side!" They said as they played a blue skip. "Awh no fair!" Lorel whined, "Don't worry Lorel you can do this!" Virtual patted Lorel on the back as Andrew sat beside her, fallen asleep, seems like it was too boring for him to handle. "Thank you lady luck~" Ava said as she played her newly picked 'choose color' card, "Red!".

"Uno! Thanks Ava!" Slime said as they placed down a red one, "I never thought I'd hear myself say that!"

"Me too." Andrew said sleepily

"Andrew!!!"

Blossom sighed as they picked up a card which lady luck didn't bless. PP happily played their red one as well, "Lady Luck abandoned you too?" Blossom nodded as PP pat their head. Mori scoffed. "She's not on my side anymore!!" Nobody said as they picked up a card they couldn't play, "Yeah, because she's on MY SIDE!" Lorel slammed her last card down onto the pile, on her face expressed a victory smile. "NoooOO!!" Nobody said in a dramatic defeat. "Meh." Ava said as they played a red three, "Meh? MEH!? HAH, MEH WON!" Said Slime who jumped in victory as Ava sighed when Slime put down their plus 4 card, "Yellow!". "Evil, just, evil." Said Blossom who had to draw four new cards. "Yeah, evil definitely but I'm gonna change that, red." PP said after placing a 'choose color' card they'd just picked up. "You're Evil PP!" Nobody said as they picked up a card but luck for them, lady Luck was back on their side, they played a red four down onto the pile. "LADY LUCK WAS ON MY SIDE!!" Ava exclaimed as she yelled out "UNO!" Before placing down a pair of reverses and then her last card, a yellow seven just like how Virtual won. Blossom managed to play their double yellow four, "Awh she's not here!" PP said as they picked up a card they couldn't play. "UNO!!" Screamed Nobody, "I'm not gonna be last!!".

"We'll see about that~!" Said Mori smuggly who sat on the opposite side of the table.

"Whatever!"

"Uno!" Said Blossom in the most adorable voice ever, even Mori's heart skipped a beat. Blossom sat back down happily, awaiting their victory. PP placed down a blue eight with hesitation while looking at Nobody. "I!!!! Don't have it..." Nobody started and went down hill as quickly as a athletic's heartbeat while running a race, they picked up a card, "I win!!" Blossom said happily as they hugged Mori, "D-Don't touch me!" Mori pushed them away quickly, "Awhh, UNO!" Said Nobody as they played a green reverse, "Hah Uno you!" PP replied back. It was now an intense battle between PP and Nobody! Nobody picked up a blue reverse and played it,

"Uno u!"

"UNO RED!" PP said as they placed down a 'color choose' card, "Heh there's no way you could-"

"Uno u." Said Nobody as they put down a red plus 2, "There IS a way~!"

"Oh my God how!?" Ava said while Slime gasped, they thought PP had it in the bag!

"No idea but it's gone now." Nobody picked up a card they couldn't play. "Uno u!" Said PP as they played a red zero card down onto the pile. Nobody concentrated and played the red seven they'd just picked up. Surprisingly PP also picked up the same card and played it down, Nobody picked up another card, a yellow seven and it was like faith failed them as they put down the card.

"I WIN!!" Yelled PP as they placed down a pair of yellow and blue skip.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" Nobody yelled out as they placed their cards back down onto the table for everyone to see. "You'll be buying the ice creams then!" PP patted Nobody's back as they groaned.

"Slime, Ava don't forget about my plushie!!" Andrew yelled out happily, "Yeah yeah we got it!" Ava said as they dragged Slime out of the hideout to get Andrew his Nightmare plushie. "That was fun!" Blossom squealed as they hugged Mori, "For goodness sake Blossom!" Mori scoffed as Blossom laughed.

"What do you guys wanna do in next?”

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Oh woah, that took longer than expected! Haha, I actually had to laid out ten pile of uno cards with each person’s name on it- It took hours to play AND write at the same time so this was as accurate as it could be, I have no idea how Andrew won because the discord suggested him finishing 9th out of 10 but yay you got yourself a NM plushie that Slime and Ava had to pay for! :D

Here is the list of everyone in this!

@andrew-imposter

@is-this-the-real-slime

@onlyplatonicirl

@digital-template

@shandycandy278

@lordterronus

@ava-the-lost-artist

@greetings-and-yeetings

@blossomtato

And Mori <3

Mini mention: <3

@joho-the-travelling-merchant

#creatorverse #digital art #my art #TTCreator #creatorverse fanfiction #CV special episodes #hope you guys like this~#been a long time since i’ve wrote anything #wb cant do nothing to me-#also yes i know the drawing is bad i rushed it #uwu

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Purple Phire Princess

Part 1

In fire there are many shades, hues, and tones. Once a pond a moment there was a princess made of the royalist of purples. She was named Phire after her father who ruled over the Flareany. One day when Princess Phire was 13 she was allowed to leave the Royal Palace on her own.

"Dearest daughter of mine be mindful that not all is fare in Flareany... Not all you meet will have your best interest at heart. Many will try to steal your light. Don't let them." Warned King Phire.

"How can one steal what is me?" Asked the Princess. "Who's out there?"

"Not all Flarens burn the same..."

"My'Light you are needed in the Skilletem." The serf said with widen eyes.

"Excuse me dearest daughter... Mind my words." The King said as he rushed to the Skilletem.

Princess Phire mind her father's warning before she left the kingdom. The Palacesgards opened the gates for her.

"When will you be coming back?" The Palacegard asked.

"Afternoon... I will be heading to Crimsunbrix

To meet a friend." Said Princess Phire. "Her name is Mesa Mora..."

"See you soon, My'Light." The Palacegrad said as she opened the castiron gates.

While Phire and Mesa walked the Boulevard of the farmers market they found a Mage doing tarot readings. A Ocean blue Flareany with silver hair came out her Witvhes booth heated. "What you mean I shall cause my own misery? I want a better future. Give back thy coin!"

"The cards had spoken! The future ain't free. You see you started the prophecy." Exclaimed the Witvh.

The boy stormed off. "Don't waste your coin on her." He told the girls.

"Come one. Come two. Let she what my cards claim for you." The Mage pointed at Phire and Mesa.

Of course they got their reading done despite the boys warning. They walked in the booth and admire the crystals dangling from the ceiling. The crystals washed over them before they sat side by side. The neon pink lights from the Witvhes deafpunk-mask characters shifted while she put the tarot in the desk-shuffler.

Phire watched the machine. The Witvh asked them to pick a type of reading off the menu. Each reading listed had an emjoi that makes her deafpunk pink. Mesa picked the 5th typed to the top. "That a reading for Romantica..." The machine handed Mesa the deck. "Pick 10 cards. You can look at them. But I suggest you don't."

Mesa laughed. She looked at each card before picking her 10. She placed the rest in the deck and handed the cards to be tempted by the Mage.

"Romantica or Love; the unlighten ones call it, is more than sexual. Transcends the physical and emotional... Your master card is the Ace of Swords." She pulled out the card with a hand emerging from a cloud holding a long sword. "You are a strong girl who will grow into a mightier woman. You will find Callers of every nation trying to romance you... However, they will not last... Now each card you picked are the lovers you will lose." She drew the other nine. "The Knight of Wishes. The Princes of Wishes. The Fool. The Joker. The Warrior. The Twin Flame. The Devil. The Mortal. And The Chibi Sun... Be careful of the Chibi Sun 'cause it's upside down."

Mesa felt the ooogies. "How do I lose them?"

"Does it matter you lost them. Just don't make that miss step thinking you found the one. The one isn't in this draw. There no card for him."

Phire felt the ooogies too. Was nervous about her turn. Since she didn't care for romance; she picked the 3rd type of reading. She loved the name Epicventura. She watched the machine shuffle. She picked 3 cards blindly. The Mage interpret them.

"Father Time. The Tower. Blooming Moonflower... Your a royalty. Real in flesh, soul and mind. I can tell by your cards you time is now... You will face new challenges past generations had not foreseen. However you will live happily enough after the wrecking." Said the Mage.

"How come her fortune is nice? All my lovers are going to die...?" Noted Mesa.

"You picked what you picked. The cards had spoken."

The friends carried on to enjoy the market buying beans till dust hit. On the way back to the Palace they came across a white cat with purple eyes being attacked buy a flock of crows. Phire scared the flock away from the white cat.

"Damn those birds... They pecked him to death. We gotta get him to the Palace." Said Princess Phire. She took the cat to the Firesages and in moments the once dead cat was living.

"Thank you for re-animating me..." Said the White cat suprising the Princess, Mesa and Firesage.

"What you can talk? How can that be" Asked the Firesage.

"Just how you learned." Replied the cat then jumped off the table onto his feet.

"You can stand?" Said Mesa.

"Well I don't know how that's so interesting. You stand every day... Now I must be going. My Major will be pissed. Which way to Sayaity?"

"Sayaity?" The Firesage said."You're from Sayaity? You're a long long way from home. Your in Flareany Palace"

"My Majors not going to like this one bit." After some further explanations they learned the cats name was Markham. He wasn't always a white cat. Do to a curse from a Warlovk in Sayaity he been turned. His Major Zir.Clarence been trying to reverse the curse but need 4 ingredients across the globe. He got issued A-shard from the liberty Bell in Decline, the blood of a vampire from Rubikity, and while he was in Rubikity going to Qiwishstone he ran into the flock of crows.

"Qiwishstone isn't that far from Flareany." Said Princess Phire. "What you need in Qiwishstone?"

"You're Father will not allow you to travel that a ways..." Said the Firesage.

"I need the feather of a Phoniex." Markham said.

" We can't just let a cat of his size travel his own. My father will understand I am of age I could it's not out of the kingdom." The Princes declared.

She asked her father when he was his sweetest. It was always after he took off his crown in his Study. Of course he didn't want his daughter to travel at-all, but he saw the fire in her eyes. That same flame he had when he was her age. If he said no he know she will do it in spite. He allowed her with the company of Mesa, The Firesage, and The Palacegard.

After the Firesmith made the party their armory they where ready to travel. Princess Phire armory was made of white gold with copper finishing. She wore cat-like claws that was made Osedon crystals that matched her booths; it kept her flame in-check.

Mesa armory was made of stainless steel. She was given two daggers that looked like a snake.

The Firesage armory was made of Rose Quarts. She was given a staff made of cherry wood with a ruby crystal; that would amplify her spell-accuraty.

The Palacesgard was made of Bismuth. Her weapon was shield with the sigil of Blue Fire with gold wings.

Markham Of'Sayaity armory was a jumper made of leather. He was also given a so thin blade it was naked to the human eye.

The met in the courtyard. After the Firesmith showed his administration for his models he told them each item work best together. "- the stone made works best in the sun. The metal made work best at night. Work as a unit and you'll do fine. And most importantly don't give my Smithin' a bad name."

"We wont." Promise Princess Phire.

The journey began in Menthol; outside Flaerity.

In Menthol the party had no trouble making there way to Newer Goldity. There they heard whispers of a bird made of fire attacking the pigs on Old Mans Jinkans farm.

"You know that Jinkans is a character. Very queer... If you ask me. Did he make bacon. Fire birds are long gone." Said the city man.

"Where is this old man Jinkans?" Markham asked.

"Which Witvh cured you? It's been years since I talked to a talking cat. Where you from? Everyone knows that Old Man Jinkans live on Old Town rd." Replied the city man.

On old town rd the party found the farmhouse of Jinkans. There liad the blacken skulls of his stock of pigs.

"No Flareany can cast such a fire. It must be the Phoenix." Mesa said in delight. "I feel sorry for the pigs tho-but you know..."

Markham was ecstatic. "Soon I'll be no more a feline. Let's see if Jinkans can tell us where it went."

"Pipe down. We can't just knock on the door of a old man demanding information. We should of thought this out." Said the Palacegaurd.

"True. He just lost his stock. Imagine how he must feel?" Princess Phire looked at the brunt farm.

"What are you doing?" Shouted a boy from the farmhouse. He ran up to them holding a hoe as a weapon. "This is private property! Not a theme park! Nothing to see here!"

Princess Phire recalled that boy from the tarot reading. His silver hair was in box-braids and he was dressed in overalls. His Ocean fire was more golden do being in a new city. His light made hers blush.

The Palaceguard shield the Princess. The boy tripped on his feet, face planting into a mug pie. The party laughed.

"Stop that's not funny..." Phire said forcing herself to stop laughing. "Are you alright?" She rushed to help.

"Perfectly fine. I don't need your pitty."

"How dare you talk to the Princess like that?" Said the Palacegard.

The boy noticed her royal fire. "I don't care if she is the Queen of Makebelieve... This is still private property. You rule over nothing here. And if you did you rule over dead pigs." Said the boy.

"We are not here to rule. We must talk to your grandfather-" Markham said.

"Old men Jinkans isn't my grandfather. He's my uncle. His name is just Jinkans. I'm Jincode. This is Jinfarms."

"I read of the Jinkin. I'm and Princess Phire daughter of King Phire and this is my party. We came to help Markham Of'Sayaity get a Phoniex feather to undo his catattitude..."

"So where is your Uncle?" Asked Mesa.

"He's away getting more pigs." Jincode explanated. He told them about the horror he witnessed on the day the Phoniex caused. "It came down like wildfire. It went east. I thought Fire birds where extinct? I thought wrong."

"They stay to themselves mostly in volcanoes. There must be one nearby." The Firesage said.

"There is no canoes to the east. That bird must be dumb... Just mountains. The Golderhills." Said Jincode.

"It must be inactived." Princess Phire said.

Jincode joined the party to seek revenge on the Phoniex. They traveled east to the Golderhills. The smell of burning bacon came from a cave. To there luck they found the Phoniex resting on top a bed of blacken skulls of pigs.

The cave was cold.

That was good for the party.

"Go get your feather so I can end it's life." Whispered Jincode to Markham.

"Jobs indeed." Said Markham. He leaped stone to stone where the resting Phoniex poached.

"That's one cool cat." Said the Palacegard.

Markham sneaked a pinch at the tail of the Fire bird. Getting the feather woke up the Phoniex and She roars. Her roar sounds like crystal cracking and embers burning. She pushed Markham away making him fall. The Firesage uses her staffs magic to catch him. The feather on the other hand was lost.

"Sugar we need another feather!" Markham said.

"No we don't it's right there!" Princess Phire said pointing at the spot. The feather was caught between a rock and a hard place. The Phoniex made the cave heat-up.

The Firesage attacked the wild beast with her magic to make it go to sleep. Each try was missed. The bird attacked them with a fireball. The Palacegard shield them all. The bird swings down to attack and Mess cut her with her snake dagger.

Unfortunately she got hit back by a blast of embers.

"Mesa!" Cried Phire. "We gotta get out of here!" The cave became too hot for even the Flareany princess. Her party left to rethink there plain.

Back at the Jinkans Farmhouse Uncle Jinkans laughed at them. "What was you thinking? It's a bird made of fire. There's no way your going to get that feather. KittyCat, get use to being a feline."

"I can't just give up. Do you know how hard it is to be a talking cat? It would be worst if I waa black." Said Markham.

"Don't fear Markham... We just need research. Do you guys have a computer with Internet?" Phire asked and Jincode showed her the house PC. It was a old model made in 2021 but Phire knew how to work it.

"Sorry for the oldness... We're not technology inclined. My grandfather grew up on this computer." Jincode said.

After serfing the world-wide-web for everything under Phoniex and Fire Bird.

Phire found out they are weakest after dust. She also learned that on the night of a new moon their fire is at its coolest.

The following day they went at dust to try for the feather. Jincode still wanted to kill the beast despite Phire telling him no one ever killed a Phoniex in the stories she researched.

He insisted that he's going to make history out of herstory. She laughed and blushed. Making Mesa feel the ooogies.

"Do they really gotta flirt? I never seen Phire like this." Mesa said.

"You sound jealous." Markham said.

"Its like I'm yesterdays news." Mesa stated.

They gone inside the cave to see the fasting Phoniex on her nest of skulls. The echo on Jincode's kicking a rock woken the Phoniex.

She roars causing the earth to shake.

"Thanks a lot Blueboy!" Mesa said drawing her daggers. "That Witvh was spot-on."

"Why bring her up." Jincode rolled his eyes.

The bird attacked with a breath of cold ash.

The Firesage blocked the attack. She spelled a rock in her control and tossed it at the beast. The beast cried as the rock hit her.

She spat green fire at the sage. The attack hit her and she fainted from the foreign flame.

The bird took flight and tossed stars at the rest of the party.

Phire added the yellow light into her. Her inner flame roared a burning berry tone. She grew inside and was able to punch the Phoniex. She got three jabs in before her power-up went out. She was drain.

Mesa blocked the starts with her daggers who ate them. They where full and grew into a two dual swords. They gave her the ability to turn invisible.

Markham hid behind a stone with Jincode from the stars. After watching Phire eat more falling stars. Jincode thought he could do the same. He let one hit him.

Feeling the light settle in him his silver hair burned Pacific blue. He felt a rush that he never felt before and his thought rushed. He started throwing fire jabs all over.

He hits Mesa making her faint. She became visible after the hit.

"Watch where you tossing those hits!" The Palacegard remarked as she dodged the stars. She used her grafuling-hook to move closer to get a feather. Next to the nest she noticed a six giant topaz egg. "Sugar Honey Ice Tea!"

The Mother Phoniex attacked her.

She fainted.

"We gotta get the Heynow-Out-of-here!" Princess Phire used the last of her flame to cast a bright light so Jincode, Markham and herself to wakeup the fallen party to evacuate.

Uncle Jinkans felt to bad to laugh at them. He gave each of them a special elixir to heal 100 percent. After they where healed fully he laughed. "-So she's a mommy. Your not getting that feather..."

"We just need to think outside the box." Princess Phire said.

"Is it really that bad being a cat?" Asked Mesa. "You can die a cat or a human. Dying a cat you might get treated better. Humanity can be messed up. Think about it... You can have a nice shoes box that coast way less than a casket."

"You might be right?" Markham the Cat said.

"Don't give up! We came this far. I am not a Quicker! We are not Quickers!" Princess Phire declared.

Her party cried.

Phire went hard at work doing more research on Phoniex. She learned of the Legend of the Queen and The Phoniex. In her study she read that by nature the bird isn't destructive by nature but brings life. The Queen in the Legend kissed the bird and let it burn her so she could become the Phoniex.

Phire found that half bizarre. "I'm not doing all that..." She said to the site. The Legend was typed in 1995 by some man named DJ Big R. Back in 95 the Humans where still leading what was Wi-Fi. So she took the story with a grain of salt.

"You need to get some sleep. Your light is dimming, girl." Mesa worried.

"Okay. I will hit the hay." Phire turned off the computer and went to sleep.

Two days later the party was ready to take on the beast. This time Princess Phire had a idea. This time they would wait for the bird to leave when the sun was rising The Phoniex left to search for stock to feed its fire. Phire knew it would need to get more food since their last encounter with her.

Once the party saw her leave the cave the rushed into the cave.

"Still want to get your revenge?" Teased Mesa.

"Shut up. Revenge is foolishness." Jincode said.

(End of part 1)

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An Honest Review of Nancy Drew: The Final Scene

Spoilers under the cut!

Hi! Penny (not that one) here with the next installment of my Nancy Drew game reviews!

In case you haven’t seen the previous reviews, a quick overview of how I’ll be doing this:

I’m going to include several different factors in my review of each game. First, the plot; obvious enough. The plot is, after all, the driving force behind the game. I’ll also be talking about what I think of the characters, as well as how fun it is to play/replay, and the general atmosphere/setting of the game too. And, of course, I’ll talk about my opinions of the music. I’m not going to be doing any ratings or anything like that, no numbers will be coming into these reviews; I’m just going to say my honest thoughts. (Even when they are not nice thoughts.)

Please remember that these reviews will be my entirely subjective opinions! If you disagree with me on any points, that’s absolutely your prerogative, and in fact, I’d love to discuss it with you and hear some perspectives aside from my own. These reviews are not meant to hurt or invalidate anyone’s feelings, but only to put forth my own.

So without further ado, my review of The Final Scene!

Plot

I really like the plot of this game. This is one of those games where it kind of has two plots going on, but it ties them together so seamlessly that most of the time you can barely even tell. See, Nancy is tagging along with her friend Maya Nguyen, who is going to interview a famous TV 'hunk'--and no, this does not mark the reappearance of Rick Arlen, thank god--but when she goes in to interview him, Maya disappears! Nancy is told that her friend is hidden somewhere in the Royal Palladium theater, but here's the problem--the theater is going to be demolished in just three days, which doesn't leave her much time to find Maya and get out of there. With the police being incredibly unhelpful and the clock ticking down, Nancy has to either find Maya or stop the demolition before the theater is destroyed with her friend inside it! Her search for Maya is interspersed with the discovery of the history behind the old theater, weaving the kidnapping plot together with the hunt for the theater's true owner in such a way that they fit perfectly. After all, the owner might be able to stop the demolition in time to save Maya--but only if Nancy can figure out who it is before time runs out! It's a really stellar and well-crafted plot, and it deserves all the praise I'm giving it.

I also really enjoy the backstory they give this game. I am a fan of Harry Houdini (look up his relationship with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle some time, it's hilarious) and stage magicians in general, so it's really fun for me.

Characters

This is another game with a quite colorful cast of characters. We have Brady Armstrong, a popular actor; Simone Mueller, his agent; Nicholas Falcone, an activist; and Joseph Hughes, the theater's caretaker.

I would be remiss to not mention just how fantastic Nancy's interactions with the characters are in this game. She's so sassy and sharp with everyone, her impatience and fear for Maya coming out in fire. Thank you, Nancy.

As for the characters themselves... they are a bit of a mixed bag in terms of quality, as far as I'm concerned. I really couldn't care less about Brady. I find him annoying and whiny (I'm so sorry your life is so hard, Mr. Famous Actor) and he seems to share all of Rick Arlen's worst personality traits, so really, it's just a hard thumbs-down on this one.

Simone, though. Wow! Pardon the language, but she is such a bitch, and I love it. The absolute nerve she has! Using Maya's disappearance as nothing more than a publicity stunt is a truly coldhearted move, and it really just establishes her as exactly who she is: a ruthless, ambitious, calculating woman who is willing to do anything to get what she wants.

Nicholas is popular for obvious reasons. He's passionate about his work, is fun to talk to, and has a long history with the theater that further drives his resolve. Also, I love the way he is just so unimpressed with Brady. Me too, Nick. Me too.

Joseph, on the other hand, is just a sweet, harmless old man who doesn't want to lose the theater he loves so much... except it turns out that he's not so sweet and harmless after all. In fact, he's so desperate to save the theater that he is willing to go to any length to do so, including kidnapping. I remember how absolutely horrified I was when he was revealed as the culprit, but in the end, his character was so well-developed that I could almost understand how he got there. The theater was essentially the only home he had--of course he wouldn't want to lose it! Unfortunately, he went way too far trying to keep it.

Gameplay

...Yeah, I have some complaints about the gameplay here, and by 'some complaints' I mean the 3-day mechanic. While it makes sense in the context of the plot, I hate it. It'll come back in a later game, and I hate it there, too. Having to try and figure out exactly what I have to do each day to get the plot to move forward is something that really frustrates me, especially since I also have to figure out what I can't do until the next day, when hey, maybe I just want to do that thing now. Also I have a special hatred for the key machine just because of how much time it took from me. Yes, I know that's a me problem. I know. I don't replay this game often because even years after I first played it, it still frustrates me to no end. Fuck the 3-day mechanic. Let me do what I want.

Atmosphere

The setting is so lovely! I love exploring the theater, I love looking at all the posters. It's so real and beautiful-looking, but clearly has been falling into some disrepair, which also adds a bit of a spooky vibe to it. Details like the gum and the popcorn really help immerse the player--what's a theater without a little mess, after all? And I positively adore the old touches like the game in the lobby--and I hate the key machine, but it really does add a lot to the setting. But you're on thin fucking ice, key machine. Thin. Fucking. Ice.

The more hidden areas are also incredible, especially the magician's room--I wish I could go there in real life! But, um... I never want to see that card machine. Ever. God, that thing creeps me out.

Music

The music in this game is sooooooo good! In fact, I'd say it's perfect. It has this lovely old-timey sound to it that, when combined with the incredible way the theater is rendered, really makes me feel like I'm there. It also has several tracks which are downright creepy! This isn't at all a game I would consider one of the scary ones, but it has a more subtle fear to it, and some of the music really brings that out. Maya's theme is also superb. I love how dramatic and intense it sounds, and the mixed-in shouts at the beginning of it. It's perfect. I have so much love for this game's soundtrack, I think it was really well-made.

Conclusion

This is another of those games that I would definitely recommend. The characters are good, the plot is great, and the atmosphere and music are just stunning. It definitely has less enjoyable elements (*cough* 3-day mechanic *cough*) but any fan of the series should definitely play it at least once.

See you next time, when I review game #6: Secret of the Scarlet Hand!

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