you seem the type to enjoy shit like boku no pico and then scream and cry about how it's fine since it's "not real." fucking pedophile.

Buddy, pal, friend, did you read the FUCKING post?? You know the part where I said content that depicts fictional minors engaging in sex makes my stomach turn but that I don't interact for that reason?

Did you?

Or did you, as many antis do, just nitpick words because you can't understand why people (to quote myself here) have enough braincells to rub together to know that fictional stuff is not nearly as abhorrent as actual CP.

And for your information I've not watched Boku no Pico because I was lucky enough to have older anime fans tell me not to watch it because its fucked up. And wow, isn't that weird?

It's odd isn't it?

That someone can have the stance that fictional media is not as bad as an actual crime and still think it's fucked up?

Also bud just to let you know and I hate to use this card but it's important, I was a tween when people got me to try and watch that show and guess what? That's the issue, that people were going around on the Internet trying to get children or underage teenagers to watch something pornographic, that's the morally wrong action here no matter how disgusted I am with what I've been told the show contains - the attempted INTENTIONAL distribution of known pornographic material to children is the issue here.

But that won't change your opinion on me, since you're too much of a coward to say this off anon I can tell you don't want to engage in an actual conversation.

You just want to feel morally righteous telling someone they must be the scum of the earth. And thats what a pedophile is. Scum of the fucking earth.

But hey whilst on the subject lets look at a definition:

Tell me anon, what part of (and lets refer to the top picture on this post because I'm sure reading comprehension is hard for you so I'll spell it out) "stuff like that isn't for me, I don't like it." And "write something fucked up to see if they can".

Hm, anon, what part of describing that content as fucked up and not for me means that I enjoy it? Or that I have a sexual preference FOR LIVING BREATHING FUCKING CHILDREN YOU IDIOTIC BAFOON.

You cannot simply use "imma refer to a disgusting show and if they know it my point is proven but I'm going to call them a pedophile to really shut them up!" As an excuse to your inability to understand that not everything is black and white.

I don't like that there's child sexual content on AO3 and to reiterate what a previous part of my original post said, it turns my fucking stomach just the thought of it, but I don't interact because guess what pal. It doesn't change a fucking thing what I think.

Just like how all you content Puritans will scream think of the fictional children but won't do fuck all to help real children.

"But what are we supposed to do!?" You all cry if someone points it out to you!

Guess what, you know how you all sit together and decide to mass report fics? You can mass report actual criminals to the police. You can, if you have the ability, help donate to actual charities that help children after those situations and charities that try and prevent those situations.

But you don't actually care about children, in the same way anti-abortonists in the USA and UK don't care about the children.

At the end of the day, you guys just need control and you don't like that you don't have it.

Children are just pawns to you, because if you really cared you wouldn't be out here getting in such a tizzy that you need to call a nobody a pedophile on tumblr because they agreed with you that the content is horrible but that they can understand that if illegal material was actually on a website with all you hundreds of antis the site would be shut down.

And that's the thing isn't it? People HAVE reported Ao3 to the police before but nothings beens done because its not legally counted as CP. Who'd have thunk it.

If you have anything else to say to me anon, get off anon and say it so everyone can see your blog.

Your such a justice warrior aren't you that you have to hide your face.

Headcanons for being Friends to Lovers with Tony Stark

Tony Stark x reader

warnings:

a/n: i make bad decisions and then write immediately after, hope this didn’t absolutely suck

prompt: anonymous: “Headcanons going from best friends to lovers with Tony Stark”

meeting one another way back in the day, children on wildly weathly businessmen

actually forced to play together while your parents were in business meetings

you ended up resenting each other

mostly because every time you had to see each other, it got boring really fast

and your parents shit talked his parents constantly so you accepted that it should just be that way

YEARS later you and him reconnected when you attended MIT

“son of a bitch, what are the odds? tony goddamn stark”

“the odds aren’t in our favor, i guess”

not only were the two of you in assigned seats for the semester, you were also lab partners

but then you realized that you two were feuding for no reason and you actually enjoyed each others company

in this setting, your friendship thrived

“dude, i cant believe that we spent our entire childhood despising each other”

“yeah, y/n, you really missed out. i’m a motherfucking pleasure”

“oh, shut up, tony!”

pulling all nighters because the two of you get distracted by each others presence often

“y/n, try and catch the popcorn in your mouth. say ‘aaaahh’”

“oh, shit. wait, okay. ahhhhh” *throws popcorn and hits your eye* “wait, one more time!”

some wild nights on the town, occasionally stumbling back to your dorms after a few too many drinks

sometimes tony goes out on his own and calls you when he can’t make it home

“hh-ey se—” *burps* “sexy. could you maybeee, i dunno, i need some. some help getting home”

“same place as last time?”

“yeahh, that’s the place.” *hic* “im gonna throw up”

“i have the bucket in my backseat”

and yeah, he calls you sexy when he’s drunk, you just deal with it

he also forgets his keys a lot so thats a whole other mission for you

being bored as hell on school breaks because you have to go back to your families and hear them complain about one another (and ofc report back and make fun of your dramatic ass parents)

but one day you got a call from tony over winter holiday and you were excited to hear his voice until it seemed a little shaky

“hey? everything alright?”

“not...not really. i’ve got some bad news. really bad news...”

he could barely get his words out after that, but he told you his parents had been in an accident

you immediately left your house and drove hours to go see tony, this was his moment of need

mysteriously not long after that, your parents suffered a similar fate

the two of you took over your companies and had much more reasonable meetings, a wonderful partnership, indeed

but you were still two childish idiots at times

you’d bring each other to parties and shit

“you guys have met y/n, right? my date?”

“yep, this is tony, my date”

ongoing joke

ofc you two have done some shit on dares

i firmly believe tons of ppl have dared you guys to make out and who are y/n l/n and tony stark to turn down a good dare?

“what’s he taste like?”

“those goddamn blueberries he’s always eating”

he always has snacks always

several headlines have been speculation on whether or not you two are dating

tony drives you around tons

wants to “show you a good time”

blasting music while speeding down the road

honestly? sharing hotel rooms just bc you feel safer together

especially after he disappeared for so long

“oh my god, tony, i was worried sick abouy you”

“have you written my obituary yet? i gotta read it before i do anything else. how will i be remembered?”

“shut up and give me a hug, you asshole”

playfully making fun of each other

him showing you his “greatest creation” which was a battle suit (which was actually pretty badass)

“i want one”

“no way, this is my baby. you cant have my baby. unless you wanna have my baby” *wink wink*

ah, pepper likes when you’re around bc you distract tony from her and get him back on his work

and happy likes you because tony’s less paranoid around you

you’re like his second bodyguard but you dont get paid

CANT forget rhodey he cant stand you only bc you remind him of tony

but overall you’re alright

you CANNOT HELP but laugh at tony when he does something unfathomably stupid!!!!

even if hes in immediate danger you sometimes cant stop laughing (but that might just be panic.)

as the avengers came up, you weren’t invited on that “business trip” >:(

instead you got to accompany pepper on some stark/l/n business and ended up seeing tony nearly die on live tv

the second you saw him again, you couldn’t tell if you were happy or furious to see him

“you son of a bitch, stark! you had me so worried that you weren’t gonna make it, i might as well kill you myself! don’t ever do something so stup—”

tony kissed you

but like, for real

not as a joke

it seemed right, so you kissed back

“yeah, i missed you, too. can we go get some dinner and catch up?”

“wait, that was..?”

“long overdue, i know”

wasn’t long before the tabloids got ahold of some more “tony x y/n” content

and the lovely rumor was confirmed at a press conference!

“mr. stark, is it true that you and y/n l/n have an official relationship?”

“hell yeah, it’s true! you heard here first, folks! y/n and i are an item! and i fuckin’ love them!”

you made the cover of 5 different magazines 😌

you supported tony on his adventures but you wanted in

“really, after what happened in new york? well, i guess you saving my life on the battlefield would be kind of hot...sure. we’ll give it a shot”

“nuh-uh, tony. i’m in whether you like it or not!”

“that’s why i love you, you do it all. even when i don’t want you to”

engineering your own tech for yourself and others to help on missions

you did surprisingly well

tony had some issues that needed resolving though...like flirting during fights

“wow, y/n, you look great from this angle” *gets hit by some projectile*

“hah! serves you right!”

seriously, you guys were an iconic couple

and it helped that you guys were already so comfortable with each other, the two of you knew exactly what the other was thinking, it was baffling that you guys didn’t actually have powers

but tony was still tony and he had a problem putting you in danger, he was most comfortable with his arm around you

avengers parties and other dealings kept you busy busy busy

but you always made time for one another

and had tons of fun wherever you could

one might even say you and tony were...endgame (im so sorry)

taglist: @alwaysananglophile // @rorybutnotgilmore // @locke-writes // @sweetheartliz07 // @queen-destenie // @natasha-danvers // @allthecreativeonesaretaken // @frostedgiant // @praellee // @emygirl // @lotsoffandomrecs //

Mental Health Headcannons - Tsukishima, Kageyama, Ushijima, Tendou & Bokuto

All these are from my knowledge and based off of each character’s actions haikyuu, this is all my opinion so feel free to discuss other thoughts! I’m happy to talk about each more in depth if anyone would like it :) this is just me projecting my own problems on fictional characters

You can also message me if you wanna talk about these too!!

This is going to be long

TW: Mental health, learning difficulties, eating disorders, self-harm

Tsukishima - Depression, Anxiety & OCD

Tbh someone else (I’ve been trying to find their username to tag them but I can’t find it, they’re called something like theguessmonta but idk) has amazing posts about Tsukishima and his mental health which I totally agree with all of it so some of this is going to be pretty similar

I think his mental health problems started when he was quite young, around the time when the Akiteru drama happened so he’s been dealing with these for a while

Having depression can often make a person seem very disinterested/sarcastic/negative as a way of pushing back emotions and self-protection which explains a lot of the way Tsukishima acts towards some people (I have a whole post on how he isn’t just some asshole)

His anxiety stems from a place of terrible self-esteem and self-image, it’s clear to see he has a bad sense of self-worth when he talks about how people are obviously a lot better than him, he’s just there to ‘stop trouble happening’

Tsukki suffers from panic attacks quite regularly (especially when he was a bit younger) but he tends to shut himself off then they happen, he doesn’t want anyone else to see him like that

His anxiety and overthinking is often why he keeps his headphones on him at all times, listening to music helps drown out the sounds around him and those in his head

His OCD got worse over time - first it was things like turning the light switch on and off repeatedly until it felt right, or tapping on his desk before he went to bed, but as his anxiety and self-esteem got worse it developed into him needing himself to be perfect

This included only eating a certain amount of calories a day (no where near the amount he should be eating) or getting a very specific grade on an exam, where even one number over or under set him into a panic

Things got to their worst for Tsukki around the age of 13 - this is where he was much too underweight and self-harming on his hips (so no one else could see)

Probably also thought about suicide a couple times around this point

He has tried a couple different types of anti-depressants in the past, however none have seemed to help

He likes a lot of time alone - he gets too overwhelmed dealing with other people

The only person besides his family and Yamaguchi that knows about his OCD is Kageyama - they both noticed each others odd, repetitive habits until Kageyama asked him about it one day, while they don’t get along too well, they feel some comfort in each other understanding their actions

Kageyama - Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

wow what a smooth segue 

this boy is like a walking definition of ASD - coming from a person with ASD

Kageyama was diagnosed with Type 1/High-functioning Autism when he was very young (probably around 3-5 years old)

He struggles with social interaction, knowing what to say to people and most importantly, how to say it, e.g. when he smiles people often think he looks angry

Kageyama has never had many, if any, friends before Karasuno, as he has often struggled with conversation and speaking in an inappropriate tone that may make some people uncomfortable or even scared

He isn’t very good when it comes to remembering academic studies but if it relates to his fixations (volleyball) he is extremely intelligent - this is seen clearly when Daichi shows their team hand gestures and Kageyama says he remembered them in a day

Kageyama uses masking a lot - it’s a technique people with ASD tend to do which involves copying other peoples actions in order to understand social situations, he does this many times in the anime/manga such as his awkward BBQ song dance, or high-fives

He visited a social worker once a week while he was little until he started middle school, resulting in his behaviours getting worse

Towards the end of his first year at Karasuno he went back to therapies regularly and has anger-management training in order to help him express himself in a manageable way - he probably won’t admit it but it helps a lot (key note is that having anger-management training often does not have anything to do with anger, simply just managing emotions in general but it often a great type of therapy for those with ASD although he is a bit of an angry boi sometimes)

ASD comes with repetitive, almost OCD-like tendencies - two examples include filing his nails every single day and having a very specific routine before going to bed that consists of drinking milk, putting on pjs, laying in bed and throwing + catching a ball, brushing his teeth and going to bed on his left side - if he doesn’t do these things at the right times/in the right order, he gets extremely anxious and agitated

It is important to remember people with ASD tend to also have another mental health issue, such as anxiety or depression

Ushijima - Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

autism buds with kageyama

I kid thats probably a bad idea

Ushijima was also diagnosed with Type 1/High-Functioning Autism when he was 5

Unfortunately due to the stigma around Autism, his family (besides his father) were not very accepting of this and he was put into therapy at a young age

While this was actually helpful for him, his family insisted his therapies should ‘cure’ him and were dismissive of the many times a doctor told them that ASD is not a curable disorder

Outside of therapy he does not receive much support from his family, except his father who got him a pair of noise-cancelling headphones he used to wear until he 8 whenever they went out together - he was only allowed to wear them if it was just him and his father, the rest of his family thought it made it too obvious there was ‘something wrong with the child’

Extending on this, Ushijima was very sensitive to sensory input as a child, and while he still is, it has become easier to manager as he has gotten older

His ASD is most prevalent in his lack of understand ways of communication, such as sarcasm or jokes, and tends to take things very literally 

@simp4satori and I came to the conclusion that if you were to call him daddy during sex, or ask him to ‘punish you’ the poor boy would have NO CLUE - would probably call your dad and tell him you needed to speak to him, or say you can’t watch anime for a week lol 

He is extremely direct when he talks, to the point where it comes across rude or hurtful but he doesn’t realise this until someone mentions it

Tendou probably helps him rephrase things from time-to-time in order for him to get his point across

He gets very anxious when faced with things he doesn’t know about or understand (this is mentioned by Tendou in the manga), this can include people, going to new places or trying new foods

It is important to remember people with ASD tend to also have another mental health issue, such as anxiety or depression

Tendou - Depression and Anxiety (also a highly sensitive person - that’s not a mental health disorder or illness but it does affect him)

Tendou’s mental health suffered from a young age due to bullying in school

This caused a lot of low self-esteem and low mood, and he was later on diagnosed with depression and anxiety

Only his family, Ushijima and his coach know about this, and even then, only his family know any details

No one would really expect Tendou to deal with such mental health issues as he always keeps a bubbly, happy persona around others - he doesn’t want people to think he is weak or cowardly

It is also hard for others to see and he is someone with high-highs and low-lows, so when he is happy or excited his emotions are quite extreme

Tendou’s anxiety relates a lot to his image, mainly his appearance and the way he acts, but he is also a general over thinker

He doesn’t have panic attacks as often as Tsukishima does, however they do happen occasionally when things just get too much

He often thinks that people are staring at him, or talking about him whenever he goes out, and he tends to hid this by seeming overly cocky or sardonic

When his depression hits, he tends to just feel sad or hopeless instead of numb, which tends to trigger his anxiety too

Tendou used to self-harm often around his hips/thighs however he hasn’t done so since the end of his first year of high-school 

Probably makes a lot of dark ‘jokes’, especially around suicide and people semi are like ‘...dude...you ok?’ and he’s just like ‘hahaha yeah im fine what’

He doesn’t like alone time too much as he tends to get trapped in his own thoughts

As expected of the guess monster, he is extremely good at reading and understanding people, which is how he finds it easier to help and communicate with Ushijima

Bokuto - ADHD

A lot of people at Fukurodani think Bokuto is just stupid, however he actually has ADHD

He was diagnosed a lot later than the rest at 12 years old

Bokuto tends to struggle with his studies as his attention-span is very low and can get distracted easily - either by things in the classroom or his own thoughts

He’s very forgetful, often forgetting his lunch at home or forgetting to do/bring in his homework, and this goes into volleyball too where he forgets how to do certain moves

Taking exams are the worst for Bokuto, he hates having to be still and quiet for such a long time and is very sensitive to little sounds or movements that distract his attention - you’ll often find his bouncing his leg or fiddling with his pen

He tends to butt into conversations or interrupt people when they are talking, he just gets a bit too enthusiastic to share his thoughts

He has extreme mood-swings too which we see often in the anime, especially when he is stressed or someone mentions his behaviours

Is very reckless - Akaashi has probably had to stop him from leaning too far out the window and almost falling to look something

The whole Fukurodani volleyball team are aware of his ADHD and do their best to help him and make him feel comfortable or accepted

They are the only people allowed to call him stupid - they will fight anyone else

I think there are more characters with mental health illnesses or disorders, such and Yamaguchi, Yachi, Kenma and Asahi having anxiety so I might write more at some point!

Real Men Don’t Make Sandwiches

anenglisheducation

How a well-constructed sandwich brings together two unlucky and unlikely souls: first Vegeta, the prince of a dead race who has bound himself to Earth for honor; the other Krillin, a lowly monk who just can't catch a break. A comedy. Sorta.

Read on Ao3 or on fanfiction.net.

As always, my thoughts below the cut, Spoilers!

Ok so I had just finished my submission for Smutfest, and I needed something refreshing to read. So I was looking through some recs (I can’t recall where I found this one) and I came across the idea of a VegetaXKrillin Buddy Cop-esque comedy. I honestly hadn't ever thought about this pairing, but it works. Krillin’s cautious and twitchy characterization works really well with Vegeta’s tsundere. I must say that this is in no way a romance. Ok so maybe a bromance, the true Bromance we need in fact. 

The prologue did not pull me in. From the tags, I had this idea about the story being this ridiculous amalgam of situations and after reading the prologue I have to admit I almost stopped reading. But just like with anime, I had to give it the three episode swing and I pushed through. I have to admit after the prologue it gets much better. 

So I just mentioned the tags. The Ao3 tags are a work of art

This really gives a sense of the dry humor that you will find in the story. It is simply hilarious. You have to have a dry wit with a touch of slapstick to really appreciate the beauty of the humor, which I must admit describes my humor perfectly. If you read the tags and think “WTF?!” and giggle a little, you will probably like this story. 

This story really does revolve around sandwiches. Krillin just falls into the job of making tens of sandwiches a day for Vegeta. Krillin is living at CC, we find out later why, and one day Vegeta is hunting down a chef to create food and there is Krillin making a sandwich. So thats how it starts. Vegeta gets lots of sandwiches and Krillin tricks him into answering questions in exchange for said meals. 

Vegeta wants to kill Krillin, because of course he does. When he thinks about Killing him though he remembers the delicious sandwiches and falters, thinking that if he does kill cueball, he won't get the delicious sandwichy goodness. SO this of course leads Vegeta to believe that pig, one of the meats on the sandwiches is some sort of poison that is supposed to calm him down. 

Theres no action (until the end of the story but we will get there in a minute). Really the story takes place in the kitchen, Vegeta eating sandwiches, trying not to kill Krillin and then taking a bite and realizing how he doesn't want the sandwiches to stop so he decides to spare him. This internal monologue happens several times. Each time is funny because it sounds so much like Vegeta. This writer has pegged the characterizations of both of these characters. Krillin is timid, until he's not, he is even tempered, rational, kind. Vegeta is an asshole. Bulma makes a few appearances and her characterization is also spot on. She's demanding and overbearing, but not in a bitchy way (until she is a bitch, but that is also on point for the character), and she pegs issues the characters are having with little real input from them. 

A few of my favorite jokes. 

1. Vegeta starts to believe that Goku has adopted all of earth as pets. He then comes to the conclusion that since Vegeta doesn't want to kill Krillin that he has adopted Krillin as his own pet. (this leads to a fantastic moment in the second to last chapter if you wanna know about it, READ THIS STORY)

2. Theres this moment that Krillin is telling him about his fight with Bacterian. Krillin is talking up how bad this dude smells and is leading up to the no nose punchline, the best part of this whole interaction is when Krillin is talking about Some people who have some of their senses crosswired, (certain sounds you see colors etc) and Vegeta just blasts out “oh yeah synesthesia” Ok so I am not a great story teller, but trust me, in context this is gold. 

3. Vegeta grants Krillin a favor and Krillin hugs Vegeta. This goes about as well as you can imagine. 

Vegeta is suffering from major culture shock. Realistically he knows nothing about Earth except people are crazy. At one point he tries to teach Krillin to eat. There is a goldmine of this long build up of slightly ridiculous that ends with this burst of crazy that is leads to these one liners that are hilarious. I went back to find a few that would be funny to put in here for the favorite jokes parts, but without the build of the context they are super flat. 

The driving force of the story lay in the sandwiches and the questions Krillin asks. Krillin asks a question and the Vegeta has this inner monologue that lasts an enormous amount of the chapter. Vegeta argues with himself in these monologues. He fills in some of the gaps about the PTO, and his life. The world building in this story is beautiful. I read a comment on FF that this reader considers the background canon, but honestly, its really good. My favorite bit of lore concerns the creation of the Saiyans. The creation myth is told in one of Vegeta’s inner monologues, and really it is fantastic. I could get behind this as a creation myth for the Sayians. I don't wanna spoil this because it is really phenomenal. 

So the three things this author has done well is characterization, world building and humor. 

I will say the last few chapters were not my favorite. There was this wonderful build to the end and with the revelation of why Krillin is around CC so much. This is a heavy moment. Krillin is not eating, he has withdrawn, he has been resurrected twice, which means he has died twice, he's a pity party of one. He's suffering from depression. Throughout the story you get the sense that something serious is wrong with Krillin, and it all comes to a head when he tells Vegeta to just get it over with and kill him. Of course Krillin doesn’t want to die but wow this was an emotionally charged moment of the chapter, and really for me the turning point of a chapter that up until then I thought was meh. This was a beautifully written moment because this writer really paints the perfect picture of someone who is depressed but is being forced to put on the airs of normalcy.  Anyone who has ever felt with soul crushing depression, and has had to force themselves through it knows that eventually it all just blows up. You either end up in bed not moving, not eating, not sleeping (or sleeping too much) doing nothing, or you loose your shit and yell and scream and make an ass out of yourself. It was a slow burn to this point, but worth it. Event hough I said the first part of the chapter was not my favorite, I don't think you could really change it. You see this is the climax of the story (duh) and there is a mood shift. Krillins depression is coming to a head and he can't really handle the situation anymore. So the once odd couple, slightly light hearted banter is replaced by Krillin having an emotional meltdown. It is really wonderful writing. 

The last update was a year ago on October 31, 2017. The story could very well be finished at this point, however the writer has set it up to have another two parts. The story on FF is complete (except for the continuations) and it is being moved over chapter by chapter to Ao3. As the chapters get moved over, they are being edited. The edits are for spelling and grammar only (as far as I can tell). The unedited chapters on FF.net are not bad, but there are some errors. None of these errors are bad enough to break the immersion of the story so if that is something you are worried about, don't, unless you are one of those people, then all I have to say is you shouldn't be reading MY reviews because I know how bad of a writer I am. There are 23 chapters on FF and I think as of this posting 13 on Ao3. The last chapter was uploaded to Ao3 about a month ago, so hopefully the writer is gonna begin writing again once they are all moved over.  

Either way. I 100 percent recommend this story. Its funny if you have a certain kind of humor. It is smart. The world building is fantastic. Characters are on point. The build is fantastic, not only to the emotional climax, but also the build to the punchlines (and they just keep on giving). No really go read this story... Plus sandwiches. 

If you liked this review, after you check out this fic, head over to my A03 and check my stuff out too!

Dream daddy ask: dino-nerd dadsona

He was a nerd wasn’t he?

So, um... holly motherfucking cow, I just remembered how much I love acurate, updated dinosaur stuff, and how it could fit the dream daddy fandom?

so, yeah.

I know I’m such a nerd and I’m so late to the fandom but I had fun writing this and here it is

-ROBERT

He notices how fast you get to withling, and how you always make some animal.

He also notices how interested you are in anything supernatural, But always fiting the science factor in there. Like how it could be that jakelopes exist, and they could crosbreed with hares but not bunnyes becouse they are too diferent or how the yeti could be a distant relative of the orangutan...

Or how you are pasionated about movie making too, but prefer realistic stuff, but he says nothing, because he likes silence.

Then, one day, he comes over for movie and pizza, and he finds it: notebooks.

Notebooks all over the house.

There are three different notebooks on the stack of the tea table. One, opened, on the big table at the dinner room. Another one somewere on the kitchen, and many, intersected with books, on the shelves across the house.

With the excuse that it was open and in the same room, he takes the one in the big table, and flips over it.

Its filled with drawings, sketches, notes and doodles of people, planst and animals.

There’s him, and betsy, so thats… there. Theres a lot of Amanda… and many, many animals.

It calls his atention that many of the drawings fit conversations they had.

MC hadn’t hear speak of the dover ghost before he met Robert, but here they were: pages and pages of sketches and different designs of how the dover ghost may look like.

Some of them were more animal-like, others where very human, and other were made of shadow, the mark of the pencil, smugled with the author’s fingers to make it look like smoke. A chill climbed up Robert’s spine when he came across a particular drawing that did look just the way he remembered it, dragging something behind.

There were steps behind him.

“…Robert?”

Ups. MC was back in the room, and he had his nose deep within the sketchbook. Robert concentrated in another drawing, one that was very common, and odd.

Robert lifted his gaze.

“…dinosausr, with feathers?”

“Oh fuck, Robert! Uh…”

Robert held his gaze, smirking

“Yes. Yes, ok? Dinosaurs with feathers. I can explain it”

Robert closed the notebook, but held it as he crosed his legs, leaning in the table

“Im listening”

And he kept listening as MC went on and on, telling him how come dinosaurs actually had feathers, and the remains of them that could still be found in birds, and so many little fascinating facts, with such passion, similar to when Robert himself told intrinsek made up stories.

He smiled. This could be so much fun

-DAMIEN

He was delighted, with MC’s appreciation of his abode. He even said he felt sorry for the dead butterflyes, but still appreciated the beauty of his colection, and the work that went into it.

As soon as they were sitting at the couch, he had asked for the skulls placed across the room.

They walked over to them and talked about fosils. MC tried to guess the species and origin of the bones, and if he did not get the exact thing, he could deduce a lot from looking at them.He took a bit longer to mention the feathers issue. It was nice to have interests in common with Damien and he didn’t want to ruin it with the stupid argument of the feathers.

Of course the day came. They went to the movies, and Damien turned out to be very scared! MC held his hand and rambled on and on of how unrealistic they were, and why some choices were made, and later on the conversation developed into a very popular, clasic movie:

Jurassic park.

“Most raptor species were smaller but there was one or two species the size of the ones in the movie, in wich they were inspired… but they had feathers, all of them, including the T-rex”

“Wait, what?”

“Ups. Uh… see…”

And it was down hill from there.

-CRAIG

When MC got to the BQ and saw Craig waving from across the yard, he recogniced an SOS call. His buddy needed him.

“Dude, I have no idea what is going on”

MC listened quietly for a moment and then leaned onto Craig and wispered to him

“Moustachasaurus is asking a simple question. Rastasaurodon misinterprets it and makes stuff way more complicated thatn it is. Both monsters engage in an eternal loop of bloodshed, a battle of giants. Is the dress blue or yellow? Are best cats or dogs? Pineapple or pineappleless?”

Craig gigles and covers his mouth, wile looking at the two men arguing in front of him.

Hugo tells Mat why he thinks you can not compare two pictures from different moments in history, but when Mat repeats the question, down they go again.

 “Moustachasaurus displays his extense knolege of taking pics throu the ages and Rastasaurodon tries to scape, but Moustachasaurus attacks from behind and they engage in tragic battle again. It must be mating season or something”

 Craig breaks into laughter, distracting the two men with glasses, and pretends he was having an innocent conversation with MC

“Do you remember how into dinosaurs we were?”

 Oh no

He’s got a funny, smug look. Its a trap! ABORT! ABORT!

 “eh… were?”

“Bro”

“Bro”

“Broooo what do you think the tyranosaurus rex did with those tiny arms?”

“Don’t do it bro. I found out. You won’t like it”

“I need to know bro”

“noo”

“Tell me, MC Tell me…”

 Craig held him by the shirt and roughly wispered in his ear

“What were those tiny claws for?”

“Mhhh huu aaaah FEATHERS”

 Craig stepped back, shock written all over his face

 “Bro… not you too”

“Im sorry Craig. It is true”

“No… its impossible. It can not be!”

“The t-rex had feathers. He probabbly had fluffy and colofull arms for display, when fighting for terrytory… and mating”

“Nooooo!”

“I would never lie to you, bro. It is true”

“…the velociraptor too?”

“…specially the velociraptor”

 -JOSEPH

MC tried not to talk about it in front of Joseph. He just didn’t know how he would take it, being religious and all. Until…

Joseph has a yatch. OMG. He has a yacht.

Before they got off the shore, MC was already creeping him out.

 “I just love the sea. It holds so many misteries… do you have interest in all of the marine life? Why would you own a boat if not?”

“hehe, I just enjoy the fantasy of sailing aways into the sunset… just the sea and I”

“But its not just the sea and you. There’s the giant squid. You knew that? its real. They are out there”

“Shh, don’t be afraid. I will protect you”

“No, Im not afraid, Im fascinated! There’s so much we don’t know about the sea, I mean, it is the origin of all life…!”

 And then, an akward silence

…he was nervous, ok?

 “uh… I mean, after God put it there, of course”

“…right”

“…sorry. There’s not a door we can close and open again this time”

 Joseph laughts, maybe to make it a bit less akward

“Actually, speaking of marine life, we may see whales”

“Whales!”

“And dolphins”

“Oh my god, really? Do you see them ofthen?”

“Yeah. You are interested on them? you know they can be cruel right? They drown theyr babys for fun…”

“Oh no, they don’t. Dolphins are some of the most inteligent and social creatures out there. If they ever do that is as a punishent to a misbehabing child, or to teach them to survive when they have trouble. Of course they can go mad or try murder too but it is…”

 Joseph was staring at him in disbelief

 “…rare. …uh. …yeah”

“Wow”

“hmh. Did you know dinosaurs had feathers? Why do you think they died?”

“…what?”

 -MAT

Mat is such a dork. And he babbles. Its adorable! I guess I feel less self-concious near someone who’s also self-concious.

…ok.

He starts talking about music. I don’t know much about music, but it is nice and sweet and Mat knows lots of stuff and it brings memories from a while back, so it is easy to listen and just roll with it.

Speaking of wich.

Retro music reminds me of retro stuff.

And that reminds me of Dinosaurs, and how awful and fake they looked back then.

 “What you talking about, man, dinosaurs are cool. …I think”

“Yeah, but, compare the ones in black and white movies with Jurassic park”

“Oh, yeah. Thats the stuff”

“Ok, now let me tell you: jurassic park is now outdated too. Dinosaurs did not look like that”

“what!?”

 Mat lays down and listens in awe to me babling abut the found proof that dinosaurs had feathers, and not only that, but also also spikes and colorfull crests and shiny scales, and the misterious noises they may had made. Even the spinoaurus from the third movie, turns out it didn’t walk on two feet. I start realising Im babling a bit too much, but he just looks at me with his sweet, big brown eyes and smiles

 “maaaan. I feel so old”

“well, look at the bright side. Not as old as those fossiles”

 -HUGO

Going to the acuarium with Hugo was an exciting adventure. And I got to awe a bunch of kids with my extense trivia about penguins, while he got some kid out of the penguin enclosure. How did she get in there? oh well.

 Trivia nights were also fun. Hugo and I make a good team and there’s lots of cheese!

It was the dawn of a new era. It really started the time the quizz master got some wrestling trivia wrong, and Hugo went head over hills for it.

I went for all the natural history and nature ones.

Thats what I told him when he showed he his colection.

 “Don’t be ashamed of this, man. Remember how I get when Master quizz talks about dinosaurs?”

“Oh. …OH. Oh, boy”

“Oh yeah. I too, have a dark seecret”

“I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. …but, what could it be? You are just very educated about nature. It is interesting, many people enjoy the nature channel”

 I was giving him a mischevous look

 “It goes deeper than that”

Hugo looks at me in the eyes and then carasses his chin before daring to ask

“…how deep is that?”

I walk closer to him, wrestling belt over my shoulder

“Remember you asked”

 He doesn’t moves, but gulps when I wisper on his ear

 “Dinosaurs had feathers”

“… what?”

“And shiny scales, and colorfull crests, and they made all shorts of music”

“Whait, what, for real?”

“And not all of them went extinct. Not only crocodiles and turtles survived. It has been proved: the birds that we have today descend from dinosaurs like raptors and relatives of the t-rex. Thats why they call it the extintion of the non-aviar dinosaurs now”

“…for real? I… didn’t know that”

“and there was a period, the triasic, when nature was on drugs, and it produced all kinds of crazy stuff!!”

 “Say waaaat?” Said his kid, Ernest, standing in the door. How much did he listen?

 -BRIAN

“oh, is that a dinosaur book?” said MC, and Amanda turned in horror.

“Oh no”

“yes, it is” Said Daisy, with a wide smile “I wish we were studing theese in class, but they don’t talk much about fosiles, just rocks…”

 Brian laughted proudly. “Daisy is not happy with all they teach in class. She is always looking for books with extra stuff…”

Only then he noticed Amanda frantically denying with her head, and making ‘cut it’ gestures. He then looked back at MC. It was too late.

 He was sitting next to Daisy, pointing at pictures in the dinosaur book.

 “Ok, you know this one?”

“Yeah, that’s a brachiosaurus”

“The long-neck one” added Brian “That one’s easy”

“yeah, but it did not look like that. Book is a bit outdated. New data travels faster online. See, look at the skull. Now, where are the holes of the nose?”

 Daisy thoug for a moment.

 “… they are… above its eyes? On the top of the forehead?”

“Exactly. Now, don’t you think that’s a bit weird? Having such a wide, weird nose, and a big mouth way apart? Something’s missing”

“Yeah…?”

“Ok, now look at the skull of an elephant”

 MC took out his phone and showed her pictures

 “… it doesn’t have a nose! And the cavities are huge and… oh my god!”

“Exactly. The trumpet is big and important, but it has no bones. If someone found the fosil of an elephant, but never saw one, they would draw him without a trumpet”

“Like it happened to the brachiosaurus. It had a trumpet! Dad!”

 Brian nearly flinched. He was barely catching up

 “The brachiosaurus had a trumpet, dad! Can you believe it?”

 Brian looked at Amanda. She was scrolling throu her phone like nothing was going on.

 “actually, not necesary a trumpet, see…”

 Daisy turned her attention fully back to MC

 “They are both big hervibores, but the brachiosaurus had a very long neck. It didn’t need a long trumpet. …kind of like a giraff. Have you seen what they do?”

 Daisy denied. MC was already playing a video of a giraff using its lips, and loong, sticky toung to catch things and eat them.

 “it probably didn’t have a trumpet. Nor a long tounge, but there was definetly something important on its nose, wich it probably used for eating and for singing, kinda like cows do, and maybe it was colorful, or diferent between males and females…”

“wooow! It is a big feature, why they don’t use it in movies?”

“see, it is kind of risky, to design such an extrange animal, so they play it easy and just cover the skull with skin. And that’s not all”

“there is more!?”

“this animals had spikes all over their tails, wich have been found incrusted in the skull of predators like the T-rex”

“Wooah!”

 “Don’t feel left out” Amanda said to Brian, seeing that the poor guy needed some company “he can’t help it, loves the stuff. Just make sure you can handle it before letting him anywere near the museum”

“uh… ok”

“And whatever you do, never ask about dinosaurs with feathers” she wispered this “You will never hear the end of it”

Junior pt3

Warnings: swearing probably idk just be warned, violence, general grumpiness, swapping spit with Felix, yuck

Word count: 1,992

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   "Y/N?" Felix looked at me with wide eyes.

I suddenly felt uncomfortable. my composure went out the window at this point.

   "Sorry," I said nervously. "No that's not me,"

I mean it might be I don't remember but I'm Junior now.

   "Y/N?" Pan repeated, looking from me to Felix and back again. "What is your name?"

Pan stepped forward almost angrily.

I stepped back and looked over my shoulder at the tiny speck on the horison that was the Jolly Roger.

   "I-" I stammered. "I'm Junior,"

   "Junior?" Pan questioned. "That's an odd name,"

   "My friend gave it to me," I couldn't stop myself from telling him. "I was found washed up on an island a number of years ago with no memory,"

The boys exchanged worried glances now.

   "I think you are Y/N," Pan said.

Felix nodded in agreement.

   "I'm sorry if you know this Y/N person, but I dont know either of you," I said quickly.

   "Well it's a dear shame that you lack the memory of me," Pan said with a smirk.

   "Yeah okay," I laughed at him. "Sure thing,"

   "Okay well why don't you come with us back to camp," Pan offered. "We can feed you, talk about why you're here and get you adjusted,"

   "I go for the food," I laughed. But then I hesitated. "I can’t get adjusted though because I'm not staying,"

   "Why aren't you staying?" Felix raised his eyebrows.

   "Well I thought you would gather from my attire," I gestured down to my leather pands, boots white cotton shirt and leather coat. "I'm not exactly fit to be a lost one,"

   "You're a pirate," Pan smirked.

   "Indeed," I nodded. “And I wouldn't be here if it weren't for your damned shadow. He came and swooped me off my brother's ship and carried me here against my will,"

   "Your brother is a captain?" Pan asked. He had a cheeky smirk like he didn't really care but he was still curious.

   "Yup," I said, disinterested in the conversation. "Are you guys gonna feed me or what?"

They both looked taken aback.

   "Uhh," Pan fumbled with what to say. "Yeah, um, camp is this way,"

The camp was a little bunch of tents and huts gathered in a half circle shape around a huge fire in a large clearing in the middle of the woods. We didn't walk because Pan didn't want me to know how to get there just incase I wasn't friendly so he grabbed both my hand and Felix's and in a blink we were standing by the fire.

   "Nice place you've got," I marveled.

   "Thanks," a chorus of young male voices called.

   "What the fu-" I began as lost boys began pouring from the tents and trees surrounding.

   "Y/N meet the lost boys," Pan smiled.

I realised he was speaking to me and frowned.

   "It's Junior," I corrected unhappily.

   "Right sorry," he looked genuinely sorry.

A few of the boys looked at me weirdly, like they recognised me.

   "Hello," I gave a small wave. "Just here for a feed, I'm not staying,"

   "All right all right," Pan shushed the lost boys whispereings and walked of to stand in the back of the group leaving me with Felix.

   "Is he seriosuly going to play that?" I asked as Pan pulled a pan flute from his shirt.

   "yeah it's kinda his thing," Felix said with a smile as a chubby lost boy in a bearskin cloak handed me a plate of bread and meat.

I looked at Felix sideways in the slowly dimming sunlight.

He sure is cute. I sighed to myself.

   "What you sighing about?" he caught me looking.

   "Nothing important," I chuckled. "I'm not used to uhh, all the company since I usually eat alone in my quarters. Is there somewhere less crowded I can eat my food in peace?"

He looked at me skeptically before nodding and gesturing for me to follow him.

The sun finally disappeared bellow the horizon as I walked quietly behind him.

He lead my to a small clearing a little ways from the camp. We could still see the light of the bonfire.

   "Is this your private place?" I giggled.

   "No not just mine," he laughed back. "This is usually a time out for the more rowdy boys,"

   "Rowdy huh?" I smirked. "You ever get sent to time out?"

   "Not as much as I used to," he chuckled.

   "Well thats boring," I sat down on the ground leaning against a large boulder that made up a wall of the clearing.

   "What?" Felix raised his eyebrow. "Am I not entertaining enough for you?"

He sat down beside me. He didn't seem to notice I'd put my food down.

Time to have some fun. I smiled to myself.

    "You'd think an island inhabited by young boys would be more fun," I sighed.

He looked at me sideways with raised eyebrows. "Seriously?"

   "Seriously," I looked at him with a straight face.

   "What is your idea of fun?" his mouth curled up at the side to a small smirk that told me his mind was in the same place as mine.

I didn't bother answering the question. I just lunged at him, smashing my mouth against his.

He grunted in surprise but kissed me back just as ferociously.

I swung my leg over him so I was straddling his lap as he leant back against the boulder, holding me up with his hands on my waist.

He moaned as I grinded down on him causing me to giggle.

   "I like your idea of fun," he breathed when we broke apart.

   "Mhmm," I hummed and slowly worked my mouth down his jawline to his neck, running my hands down his chest and up under his shirt.

His muscles trembled under my touch and his breath hitched as he shivered.

I pulled my hands from his shirt and gripped one hand in his hair while the other held the back of his neck.

He ran his hands harshly up my back, quickly pressing my chest into his own.

I smiled as he nipped at my jaw.

I tugged at his shirt with a grin.

   "Off," I instructed.

He wastedd no time pulling his shirt over his head revealing his slim, toned body to me.

I bit my lip in apreciation before swooping in and kissing my way down from his mouth to his neck, to his chest and down his stomach.

reattaching my lips to his, I swivelled my hips down onto his and he groaned into my mouth.

   "Your turn," he pulled at the hem of my jacket.

I shrugged it off, throwing it to the side and proceeded to pull my shirt over my head, leaving me in my camisole.

   "Awesome," he grinned, shamelessly staring at my chest.

   "Wow it's confirmed," I laughed. "You're a teenage boy,"

   "shut up," he laughed before pulling my face down to meet his once again.

I took the more dominant role and dipped my tongue between his lips. When he did the same to me I lightly bit down on his tongue with a triumphant smirk.

I made my way down his chest again and his hand flew to my hair, guiding me and tugging carefully.

I reached his belt and looked up at him with a grin before unbuckling his belt and pulling it from his pants.

I looked up, checking that this was still okay. He looked a little nervous but I saw no objections.

   "Jeus Christ Junior stop stopping," he pleaded tugging my hair lightly.

  “Shh,” I whispered, looking at him through heavily lidded eyes. “Do you want the lost boys to hear us?”

I climbed back up his body and sat on his lap, kissing his neck.

  “No that would be bad,” he grinned and relaxed his head back against the boulder, sighing then biting his lip.

Damn that’s a good look.

With a smirk I stood up over him and shimmied out of my pants, leaving me in my cami and undershorts.

   "Ahh we need more girls on Neverland," Felix sighed with a laughed.

   "Shut up dork," I dropped down to my knees, kneeling over his hips.

He sighed when I kissed him deeply, allowing me room to shove my tongue between his lips. 

   "Junior.." he growled. Then he chuckled a little. "That's such an odd name for this situation,"

I giggled a little, agreeing with him. "Just call me JJ,"

He nodded and wove his fingers into the back of my head, lightly tugging on my hair.

   "What's the other J for?" he asked as he pulled my head to the side and attacked my neck.

I moaned at the feeling before regaining my composure enough to answer him.

   "Jones," I breathed.

He froze.

   "Jones?" he pulled my head back so he could look in my eyes. "Like Killian?"

   "Yeah you know him?" this was making me suddenly very nervous. He's spoiled my mood but he also looks angry.

   "I do," he seethed. "How do you know him?"

His voice was urgent, like he had to know or their would be problems.

I wiggled out of his grip and moved off of him, sitting back on my heels beside him.

   "He and his crew are the ones who found me,” I explained, reaching for my shirt behind me. “I’ve live with him for the past 5 years,”

  “He’s your brother?” His eyes were so angry. “The pirate captain? You’re a pirate just like him,”

  “You knew this already,” I said as I pulled my shirt on and looked around for my pants.

I found them and sat on my ass while I pulled my pants on both legs at the same time.

  “Get up,” He snapped.

He didn’t actually give me anytime to stand or even tie the drawstring on my pants. He stormed over to me and crouched down, grabbing a tight hold of my wrists.

“Felix you’re hurting me,” I struggled against his bruising grip.

  “I said get up,” he growled and yanked me up to my feet.

  “Let go of me!” I shouted.

I heard the music stop and voices die down at my voice.

  “Shut up,” Felix started pulling me along, leaving my jacket and his shirt and hood in the small clearing behind us.

  “Felix, what’s going on?” Peter jumped down from where he had been sitting in a tree on the edge of camp.

  “She’s with Hook,” Felix spat and threw me forward onto the ground.

The was a few murmurs and grumblings from the boys and some even stepped back or drew weapons.

  “Junior,” Pan said slowly. “Care to explain?”

I closed my shirt and started to stand but Felix pushed me back down.

  “Felix give her some space!” Pan barked.

  “I don’t know what his issue is,” I huffed. “But he needs to calm down. You guys were fine when it came to light that I was a pirate but as soon as I say my name is Junior Jones he loses his cool!”

  “‘Junior Jones’?” Pan repeated. “That’s your name?”

  “Yes!” I shouted. “Why is that a problem?!”

  “We’ve had many issues with the Jolly Roger crewmen before,” Pan explained, offereing me help to stand. “Hook and his men killed a few of our boys,”

  “This all happened before Killian found me,” I corrected the nickname. “I’d only heard small things about you and this island. Never anything like that,”

I turned to Felix with a solemn face. Even though I felt bad for him I still moved away from the angry boy.

  “I’m sorry for what happened to your friends,” I said quietly.

  “Brothers,” Felix snapped. “Those pirates killed our brothers. My brother!”

  “Your actual brother?” I was surprised at his choice of words.

  “No but he may as well have been,” Felix glared at me. “Rufio and I were like brothers before we came here,”

   "Rufio..." I said the familiar name slowly. "The kid with the red mowhawk?"

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Its not unimaginable its a predictable product of a broken culture

Happens a lot--every day even, just not this scale or level of weirdness

For a lot of people, you see, his obsession with the rcmp is at odds with the violence

These are the people who call this unimaginable

But, do they really not know? Can they really not imagine why this happens? or, is this just 1 in a million events over hundreds of years since colonization started here, that demonstrates that a culture of violence will always turn inward for more victims

And then everyone who quietly, smugly, felt safe from whiteness within it--and told others to as well to keep it all going--has to say "wow, what an unforeseeable event. The guy who hits his gf and has been very publicly fixated on cop culture for 30+ years, went on a batshit rampage and murdered people when the pressure was on globally wowwwwwwwww so sad oh well guess its just something about men, right? Biologically? Gotta be, no other explanation because all men are like that. So uh. Dont...ask why we have to teach them to be. Dont ask why some arent like that. Yes they are. They all are. So we dont need to look at the culture theyre from or change it because its just built in to them, however it is we're defining that; hormones maybe unless youre living proof thats bullshit because youre on testosterone and you know exactly what it does and doesnt do. If youre on testosterone, then i guess its something about the y chromosome, since presumably you dont have one of those. So thanks to unbiased western medicine's utter timeless accuracy, we know that changing the culture wouldnt do anything but, no one is allowed to.... for unrelated reasons. But also, dont get rid of us all and use the sperm banks for the next generation raised in total isolation from us to test our claim even though we're saying men are inherently maniacs who could snap and do a mass murder which would seem to be a statement worth testing before slandering everyone considered a man. Because just don't test it."

How about...voluntary white extinction instead. Youre always saying youre upset about white genocide, right? "Boohoo where did all the whiteys go"? Which is worse for you...all the white men (male identified people, lets say, i dont like your definitions even in theory) are executed for being an immanent risk post-collapse and there's a generation mainly of testtubebabies (because everyone else wouldnt want to have a kid with these randos), or, no more white people at all. And if theyre the same to you because you'd be gone either way, youre totally full of shit when you talk about "the race" as a whole, and were actually just hiding in a conveniently hegemonically overpowered group that you felt automatically safe/entitled to use as a shield for yourself. Which is always what racial politics are about because all you racists are totally insane and weirdly uninformed about the purposes of genetic diversity (could be the inbreeding, cheeseheads). Also how gendered hegemony works, the worst ones say its all of them and enough of them to cause centuries of near-total cultural stagnation say "i guess it couldve been me doing that because im built the same, wired the same...thats why its not my fault when xyz thing happens, men are just really volatile and have a hard time with selfcontrol under pressure, because of being male. Thats why women have to cover up more in public, because of nature and natural male impulse control issues, right? thats what they told me in school anyway....uh, i think.... i didnt really like school so i wasnt really paying attention, thats part of why i found girls and their wardrobe choices so distracting: sexual daydreaming is more enticing than schoolwork. Like, are you joking? With those eyepeeling lights and beyond-rotted room decor and all that piecemeal & sanitized information to absorb while having an unclear agenda about what it'll be good for later? Yeah, no, i was thinking about the sex I'd rather be having. But thats only natural, i am a guy. Different entirely from the disinterested prudes we're supposed to convince to do it with us, but supposedly will get in trouble for raping--if we get caught--even tho thats just how men are; violent and sexually neurotic in a highly manipulable, economically convenient way that no one can change and which is the same everywhere and always has been and anyone who is a man according to me is also like this. even if they seem like theyre not, theyre just lying to get ahead in the big competition that we all hate and cant stop and which would stop if we let it but also is an unchangeable fact of life like a natural law so trying to stop it is pointless but, don't, superduper do not try, that's bad, but not for any reason. But, dont. You can trust me when i say it wont work. Because, unlike all those fraudulent cryptorapists who pretend to be good people--much like women naturally are--i am honest and do not pretend to be anything other than what ive been told my body automatically makes me. Homicidally violent and inclined to impregnate whoever is within reach when the impulse hits."

Hey I'm newish to the td fandom so do mind me asking who Tasha is?

I guess since she seems to have deleted i can tell the story now lmao

She was basically a fake identity created to harass """the populars™""" like if u heard of jaded teenage girl tashalovesnirvana u probably already know what her personality was like, but the td fanbase was basically her origins and it is an incredibly long story to tell u every little thing shes done so a tl;dr would be tasha is basically a harasser/stalker who traumatized a lot of people for many years. like she pretended to be so many other people and was very out for blood lmao. Also she was a fake persona, along w many others, created by the creator of theconfessioncam herself cherri (who hasnt been online since new years 2015) to make everyone miserable for “kicking her out the td fandom” 

BUT IF U WANNA KNOW THE FULL STORY IT’S UNDER A CUT CAUSE BOI IS IT LONG AND TYPING IT FELT UNREAL

I already spoke abt theconfessioncam so we'll just skip to the day the person behind it was exposed. The person behind it was called cherri (isabelle was her real name but we all called her cherri bc it was in her url)

Cherri was infamous amongst the fanbase bc she shipped chrindsay and wouldn't understand why others didn't, was mostly anti sj/w, liked and defended the one character who shall not be named at the time people were calling out the issues they had w the character (all ppl calling out the issues being neurodivergent while she was neurotypical also this is discourse i am not willing to touch again so dont even think abt sending asks about this lmao), created the phrase "screw you i'm getting my duncney on" and constantly commenting abt why the fandom was toxic and shit like that. Most people would ignore her at first until after theconfessioncam turned out to be her. Many people presented proof and evidence and now she was public enemy #1 like no one liked her and one night everyone started calling her out for her shit and like she immediately blew up. On everyone. I'm p sure after that night the whole plot started.

So like. Shortly after comes a person called "holly-so-jolly" (who then became holly-smokes-molly for a short period of time in late 2015? 2016? fuck idk but her fame was very short but thats another story)Holly befriended cherri and her group of uglies so fast by always being like "wow fuck the populars"  

the populars, a term coined in by theconfessioncam's anons, referred to ppl who would argue a lot abt smthn and others would agree w over well, cherris gang. Anyways holly would almost immediately always start a fight w the populars or say some problematic shit or stan for cherri a lot. I know y'all are wondering what this has to do w tasha but trust me we'll get there lol

A few days (maybe a day or two) after holly joins the fanbase, a new hateblog (SPECIFICALLY MADE TO SEND HATE ABOUT THE POPULARS) popped up. The populars would get anons about the hate blog seeing as it was so brand new that it wouldnt show up in the tag just yet. And these confessions were CRUEL. Like wishing death/murder upon these ppl, encouraging self harm, harassing minors (literally under 16 at the time), ableist comments, racism, transphobia, homophobia like it was all there. Someone else faked a new blog agreeing w these confessions and managed to speak to the new hate blog (this was someone who was undercover and managed to expose the person running that hateblog, which ended up being holly)

Holly then changed her url to winner-challenged to try to impersonate ryan, but them claimed to be other 2 people making an april fool's joke (in february no less lmao) and then she changed her persona completely to desireesparx and tried to pass off as a new person in the fanbase. But it didnt work and she deleted as fast as she came in. Antitotaldramapopulars only lasted one day. On the same day, theconfessioncam was deleted. People suspected cherri was behind all this all to which she claimed she wasnt but we all know the truth lol.

After holly hell, tasha fiasco started. And boy was tasha fucking persistent. Like she came in early 2014, and only JUST NOW DELETED. It is 2017.

Tasha-loves-duncney was ?? I guess ur basic td blogger who just loved duncney? No one had any thoughts of her at first until she made a post about not understanding why people hated mike. So people went on to explain. And i forgot rlly what happened but like tasha started getting more aggressive. Like she would reblog "the populars'" personal posts and mock them, she even added a comment hoping for the person's house to fall on them. Someone then made the "fly away tasha" comment and she CRIED because apparently she had been bullied for having a bird nose and been told that before so it only made the phrase stick. She then made an entire post saying rape wasnt bad or some weird ugly shit like that, and even after that she still had a few ppl supporting her (mostly other anti s/jws in the fanbase and cherris old friends ((also CHERRI WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND OR SEEN! SHE DISAPPEARED DURING ALL THIS LOL))) And that's when we all were all over her and i'm p sure it was when all the hate blogs came back.

I'm not sure if maybe i'm confusing it for another hateblog or if there was another one before this one (or i'm getting the timeline wrong bc is2g tasha deleted and came back so many times) but a confession blog popped up called "camerainthepotty" or smthn along the lines that just seemed to post whatever random weird asks ppl would send them. Then during that night it converted to tdgossipgirls and ?? It was such a weird blog lmao like just like antitotaldramapopulars, it aimed to bully the fandom populars in burn book style ? Tabloid magazine style? Point is we all knew it was tasha lmao and at this point it started to become clear who tasha really was. Whatever hateblog it was it would post fake edited asks allegedly sent by the populars themselves which gave us great classics such as "king bee ryan outtie!"

Anyways tasha liked another populars' personal post and people told her to delete bc it was a super heavy personal post. She claimed it was for support but like she finally deleted. And we were tasha clear for a few months? Weeks? (someone even took the url i think) so she then came back as "tashasbackbitches" and boi was she mad lmao. The whole tag asked her to fly away and she took a screenshot of it and claimed bullying. She then tried to ruin ale//noah day by posting pics of dunc/ney which compared to all she's done this is the most tame thing she had done but ppl were still mad abt that anyways lol. So i think a day later she made the anti-winnerchallenged blog specifically aimed at ryan for whatever reason. She ""accidentally"" made a post for anti-winnerchallenged on tashasbackbitches but like once ppl pointed it out something even weirder happened like it sounds fucking unreal but apparently it was a fake tasha???? According to real tasha??? Who was now back as "tashalovesduncney" with no hyphens?? And going to people's inbox saying that tashasbackbitches WAS NOT HER And that she had proof on her blog bc there was a pic of her holding a piece of paper w her url written on it and also an audio post explaining what happened.

So tashasbackbitches was deleted and now we were stuck with tashalovesduncney. Which at first was??? Idk but the audio post on her blog sounded high pitched like. It didnt sound like no human voice lmao. Also the pic of her had the piece of paper edited in. So someone pointed it out and like. She immediately assumed another ""popular"", cass, had sent it. And when i tell u this tasha was DARK AND OUT FOR BLOOD, I MEAN IT LMAO. Like tasha clung on to cass ever since. She would @ them and all that shit on posts and like. This tasha was out to attack. She would constantly say awful shit abt the populars and @ them in her posts, or she would @ well known anti sj/w blogs (such as p0ppypicklesticks, swimmninda/privilege u name it) and encourage them to slay our sjw asses. Not only that but now there was an anti-deadbyshawn blog to aim hate at cass specifically.

I guess at some point someone else came in the fandom by the name of staceyd123 and was received in many different ways like1. People assuming this was tasha2. People defending her bc she was a minor3. Tasha encouraging her to befriend her

However a lot of ppl started to believe this was a different person. She did befriend tasha and a lot of the ppl in the fandom and bc she was a minor a lot of the older kids protected her from tasha and constantly warned her. Sometime between that antitdpopulars came back and more fake asks were posted, populars were being blamed on for the blog to bring attention to themselves. Not sure if it was earlier or at this exact time but i think it would tie into the next event better.

so tasha and stacey had this BIG FIGHT i guess cause stacey outed tasha for running the new anti populars blog and in this fight tasha blamed stacey for staceys parents divorcing and stacey claimed tasha clipped her toenails in a voice call and like. It was so odd at this point tasha started making fake asks about the people who supported her lmao. Then she would submit herself to blogs to send love to ppl being bullied and then those ppl would fight us and the whole night was a mess. Stacey had deleted and then tasha kept her url. I'm p sure sometime later tasha deleted too?? She came back as a sideblog the next time.  

Stacey came back a bit around the same time and ofc had ppl on her side welcoming her back. Almost immediately. Another new persona came in at the time too known as ""fucknmacine18??"" He changed the url to "thechazmeister" or whatever but he was basically a dumb white straight dude fake persona that claimed to have abandoned the south park fandom. Once in the td fandom, he would reblog a lot of the girls selfies and make comments on them also claiming to fall in love w one of the populars? Two of the populars? Idk but point is him being there was. Irrelevant for a while. He would send uncomfortable asks to stacey apparently and also told tasha to fly away/rejected her or some weird shit that happened there idk the story of that but i know tasha was trying to befriend him and flirting w him lmao.

Several hateblogs came out too, one being psychoanalyzing the populars which would reveal incredibly personal information about them (based on their personal posts) and evaluate them. It was a really fucked up blog and no one knew how on earth she managed to get that information. The other one was very tame, it was battleofthepopulars or smthn like that which consisted of the populars being in a td  like setting and each being voted off everyday and like. No one rlly paid attention to it lol. In the end when she booted off one of the populars, she ranted that it was bc she had blamed cherri for something she didn't even do. Which was suspicious seeing as tasha wasnt here around that time, meaning this person knew about cherri being exposed as theconfessioncam.

During that same time, tasha was still very much clinging onto cass. Sending them fanmails as she couldnt send asks since she was on a sideblog. Meaning she followed ppl on an unknown main blog. Cass would receive over 200 fanmails a day from tasha. Tasha even changed her blog's url to match cass'. One night tasha got tired of being ignored and blackmailed cass into talking to them, or their friends would be harassed. The main tag was full of tasha posting edited pictures of ryan on the main td tag, personal posts of another one of cass' friends with the read more code taken off. It was a horrible night. But in the end tasha exposed her main blog was staceyd123. Tasha had faked being stacey which would explain how she managed to get the personal information for her psychoanalyzations blog. She explained it was because she was someone who got kicked out of the fandom by “tortellani and the other populars” and that she finally knew what it was like living like a popular. She then proceeded to spam the tag w animal gore knowing it was a heavy trigger for one of the populars. Stacey/tasha then deleted. Never to be heard of until...oh no wait, we almost forgot our buddy chaz.

So chaz stuck around and made dumb posts and like. No one really cared for him. Until he wanted to be seen as a threat so he made a hate blog on american thanksgiving day taking the populars' descriptions on their mobile blogs and making them bad adding racist/homophobic commentary. It was here where he stole 2 urls belonging to two other populars and tried to pass off as them. Cass had remade, but chaz took their current url (hottiemcfright) as well as the tortellani url belonging to the other person who had changed urls to avoid traffic from TiA. So that night chaz. God it was a blur but he pretended to be those two people and filled the tag w a bunch of animal gore. Tumblr did jump on that and deleted him. Chaz was another of tasha's personas so, NOW we don't hear of tasha until february of 2015.

So now under the url: tashalovesnirvana, she sent popular bloggers racist slurs thinking she was on anon and then begged for them not to be posted and theyre posted for everyone to read. No one thought twice about it when the screenshots were going around but eventually ppl in the td fanbase noticed that tasha had sent those. And i mean, you can basically look this up as it spread from just the td fandom to literally all of tumblr knew about her. They made her asks into copypastas. And it got rlly funny bc at some point she didnt even know who kurt cobain was.

Anyways after this mess she deleted but she came back. Except this time tumblr updated the blocking system so it could actually work. And boy did it work well. Tasha did get 15 minutes of fame (or less) again when she came back but everyone would just block her and she would never be heard of again. She was still there reblogging posts from the ppl she hated toLet them know. She would try to get their attention but. The moment she would contact them she'd get hit w the block button. So naturally she brought back her persona "holly" as a stoner girl "holly-smokes-molly" who also had a short lived fame but then, again, people stopped caring after they had blocked her.  One of her comebacks was her coming back as a woke feminist but no one else cared about her. Tasha was an old meme, so 2 years ago. No one else gave attention to her.

In 2017 she finally deleted. Like the url isnt even hoarded so that's how u know that it's all done. It took 3 years for her to leave us alone. 3 traumatizing years. A lot of the people involved were minors too.

I know i probably messed up some parts of this or got confused w the many hateblogs she made but like. Trust me when i say that she remade so many times it's hard to keep track of all the weird shit she has done. Also i've been typing this since 8am and i still shake a bit thinking about this lol.

Hi! What are some other reasons you dont like thirteen reasons why? People tell me to watch it but idk im not really sure? Id love to hear the other side too. (Love your blog btw)

Hi! Thank you! I’ve gotten a few of these in my ask box so I’m officially answering this one, but it’s for everyone else who asked too. There’s a lot of anger in here but it’s not directed at you anon! Just the book. (Please keep in mind I have not watched the show, nor do I intend to, so most of these are based on the book. This will also contain spoilers.)

1) Hannah Baker is a selfish hateful bitch. I really hate the B word, but honestly, I dont know what else to say. All suicides are selfish honestly, but she killed herself out of straight spite. She even says that its for revenge. Yes, there were some god awful things that happened, but she destroyed her family, her future, and honestly herself just so she could get back at the people that hurt her. Pathetic. I had a friend who’s client killed themselves, and they were devastated. It wasn’t even a person in their family and they couldn’t get out of bed for weeks. I could never imagine butting my family through that just to get revenge, and make people feel bad for fucking me over. 2) Basing off that, Hannah blames everyone for her suicide except for her own damn self.  Every single one of the issues she talked about sucked, but they could have been solved in so many ways other that suicide (again, I can not believe someone would do that to their family and friends.). If she talked to the people, or went to a real counselor, or did fucking online schooling whatever, she could have avoided it. There so many options she could have taken to better her self, but she allowed what people had done to her to control her. She uses the tapes to show how other people caused her suicide, but her hand was always the one on the trigger. 3) Blame of other people brings me to my next point, which is basically the same as number two only more specific to the School Counselor. I honestly cant remember his name right now, Mr Porter?  I have no clue so Ill just call him SC. This poor dude. He’s just a school counselor, but suddenly he’s the most responsible for her death? She says on that tapes that he’s the only person standing between her and suicide. What kind of god awful burden to put on somebody?? Who fucking does that?? Tells someone they’re the only thing stopping them from killing themselves?? Gross people that’s who. And the real kicker is, she didn’t even tell him. She didn’t even tell him half of the whole story. She said there was sexual things that happened with a guy, didn’t tell him if it was rape or not, and when he offered solutions, she wasn’t open to them. The poor dude did his best, but when who you’re talking too won’t help themselves, there’s really nothing more you can say. He told her to move on, because she wouldn’t press charges or even talk about what happened, and she twisted his words into inspiration to kill herself. And in the book, they talk about how horrible he is for that!!! She tells him he can take the tapes to hell, Clay calls him awful or something. He did his best with what she told him!! And even then, it is not his responsibility to make sure she doesn’t kill herself. Yes, counselors should help, but saying he was the one thing standing between her and her death is???? Crazy??4) This takes me to my next point. Clay. Clay Clay Clay. This whole time, shes talking about people who wronged her, and Clay is wondering how he got on the list. So when it gets to his tape, I’m like “Okay cool maybe the Author will explore the grey areas in this book, and how even good people can do bad things, or about how people you expect to be good can really fuck up, accidentally or on purpose, or fuck maybe it’ll only be a little thing and the author can use it to show how even small actions can impact a person (I wouldn’t say to a point of SUICIDE, but just show the impacts)” but then the tape comes on and its “Clay you don’t deserve to be on this list. You’re the odd one out”. How, fucking, convenient. Our Hero Clay Jensen, who didn’t do anything wrong!! He is exempt from all of her hate so we can have a likable main character. Wonderful. I rolled my eyes his entire chapter. 5) OH Also! talking about Clay’s tape, let’s also talk about (again), Hannah’s absolute fuckery when it comes to dealing with her problems. Literally pushes away anyone who could help her. She doesn’t even want to be helped, and at this point, shes going to twist every damn thing someone says to fit her own self justifying agenda. She says people caused her suicide, but she caused it her self by allowing it to happen. She didn’t help herself, even when she could, and wont take responsibility. Also, she fucking traumatized this poor boy for the rest of his life by making him listen to all the awful things on a set of tapes “he didn’t belong on”. Fuck off Hannah Baker. 6) The book is plain unrealistic. This is less of a character thing and more of something I noticed the second time i read it and it just made me hate it more. First off, literally no one does that shit. No one gives a fuck in high school. if someone cares enough to tell everyone that Justin felt up Hannah on the playground, no one is gonna care enough to believe it. When was the last time you heard a rumor about a girl getting felt up and went  “ wow this must be true what a slut I hate her”. It’s also unrealistic in the sense of the way it portrays depression, which is very poorly and Ill get to that more later. When I’m depressed I can’t even get out of bed, much less orchestrate an entire guilt trip with cassette tapes. Also the fact that Clay knows every single person on those tapes and their backstories despite having very different social groups as them? I’m not buying it. 7) It’s portrayal of depression and suicide. It makes it seem like its this beautifully sad pain. No. False. depression is like,  not getting out of bed because you’re physically unable too. It’s not taking a shower for weeks. It’s crying at two AM for no fucking reason. Miss me with this “I began to see the beauty in giving up” bullshit. You want to show suicide? Show what really happens. the wreckage people leave behind. Jay Ashter or whatever his name is goes into it a little bit when he’s talking about how her parents left for weeks and how the school counselor looked when he found out, but thats about it. Mainly it talks bout why she killed herself and how other people caused it, but not a realistic version of what the aftermath actually entailed. People, especially young people,  might look at this without knowing the true consequences of suicide or impacts of depression and get the wrong idea; namely they killing yourself is a revenge tactic to make everyone see how right you are and feel bad about what they did. Depression isn’t romantic emptiness and suicide isn’t a way to get revenge. It’s a serious issue and it just felt so… empty.8) While I’m not 100% sure, I’ve heard that not only does the Netflix series show the suicide, but also a really long rape scene. Can anyone say Yikes. Lets create a show about mental health and things that cause it,and then not give a fuck how said show will impact viewer’s triggers and mental health. There’s more but this post is already long as hell so I’ll end it here. I’m not the best writer, so there are some concepts that may have gotten muddled and not thoroughly explained, So i apologize for any misunderstandings someone gets if my words aren’t clear enough. I think you get the concept though.

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Arsé-kun: Lupin: *He is Home Now. Horray.* Sheepy: Tom: howdy Sheepy: Tom: what's up Arsé-kun: Lupin: Thankfully, not very much. Sheepy: Tom: that's good Sheepy: Tom: ive just been chilling Sheepy: Tom: thats my skill Sheepy: Tom: have you ever tried chilling? Arsé-kun: Lupin: Oui. Sheepy: Sheepy: *hes here!! did you sign up for a hug? no? too bad!!!* Arsé-kun: Lupin: Oh! There you are! Sheepy: Sheepy: Hello!! Arsé-kun: Lupin: *he hugs Sheepy* Salut! Sheepy: Tom: woah Sheepy: Tom: do dinosaurs have eyebrows Arsé-kun: Lupin: ... What? Sheepy: Tom: do dinosaurs have eyebrows Sheepy: Tom: how will they show how they feel without eyebrows Sheepy: Sheepy: *he is ignoring tom* Arsé-kun: *and so is lupin* Sheepy: Sheepy: I dunno what you went out for, but!! How did it go? Arsé-kun: Lupin: Went well. Can't be complained to about "poor performance" this week. Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh!! Good! Arsé-kun: Lupin: *he drops into a chair* Has the doctor called yet? Sheepy: Sheepy: Nuh-uh. Sheepy: Sheepy: He probably will soon, though! Arsé-kun: Lupin: Good, good. When you're done speaking to him, I would like to as well. Sheepy: Sheepy: Okay! Sheepy: Sheepy: That's fine!! Sheepy: Sheepy: Hey, Lupin??? When I turn back, can we still be friends?? Arsé-kun: Lupin: Of course. Why would we not? Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh! I'm glad! Arsé-kun: Lupin: Why would I not? It isn't as if I would never see you again. Sheepy: Sheepy: That's true...! Arsé-kun: *the phone rings!* Sheepy: Sheepy: *he gets it* Hello!! Arsé-kun: Watson: *on the other line* Good evening, Sheepy. Sheepy: Sheepy: Good evening!! Arsé-kun: Watson: And how are you doing today? Sheepy: Sheepy: I'm doing okay!! And you??? Arsé-kun: Watson: I am well. Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh! Good! Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh, Lupin wanted to talk after we do. Arsé-kun: Watson: Oh? That is fine. Sheepy: Sheepy: Okay! He said it's fine!! Arsé-kun: Lupin: Merci. Sheepy: Sheepy: So, um, what did you want to ask? Arsé-kun: Watson: The same as I have been all month. Nothing new, I presume? Sheepy: Sheepy: Not really.. sorry. Arsé-kun: Watson: That is all right. Sheepy: Sheepy: I'm not really sure what to do that'd help any. Sheepy: Sheepy: Should I be doing something different than just living every day normally??? Arsé-kun: Watson: Well, no. At this juncture, with the information we have, I don't think they'll be recovered naturally. Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh.. Arsé-kun: Watson: It is still proper of me to check on you and your health. Sheepy: Sheepy: Thank you! Arsé-kun: Watson: Quite welcome. *he then asks sheepy other general-health questions* Sheepy: Sheepy: *he answers them* Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh, um, by the way... Sheepy: Sheepy: ....do you think I'll keep my memoriesif I get back my old ones? Arsé-kun: Watson: I don't see why you wouldn't. Sheepy: Sheepy: I'm glad!! Sheepy: Sheepy: Because I don't want to forget them. They're important! Sheepy: Sheepy: Is there anything else you wanted to ask, or should I hand the phone over to Lupin??? Arsé-kun: Watson: Nothing else. You may hand it over. Arsé-kun: *Lupin takes the phone. Sheepy catches things such as "pick flowers at a graveyard", "dying is naturally bad for your health", and at least two things Sheepy never wanted to hear in his life* Sheepy: Sheepy:????? Arsé-kun: Lupin: *and he hangs up the phone* ... Yes? Sheepy: Sheepy: Why is dying bad for your health? Arsé-kun: Lupin: ... Well, your body stops functioning when you die, and it needs to to... function? Or something? Sheepy: Sheepy:..... why were you talking about dying? Sheepy: Sheepy: *he seems worried* Arsé-kun: Lupin: Something he said. He didn't appreciate my joke, though. Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh. Sheepy: Sheepy: What are you getting from a graveyard? Arsé-kun: Lupin: I'm not. Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh? Sheepy: Sheepy: I heard a mention of flowers in a graveyard... but okay! Arsé-kun: Lupin: I did. Sheepy: Sheepy: But what flowers grow there? Arsé-kun: Lupin: Wolfsbane. Sheepy: Sheepy: Wolfsbane? What's that? Arsé-kun: Lupin: A flower. Sheepy: Sheepy: But what's so great about it?? Arsé-kun: Lupin: I told him that getting them may be useful to the weres. Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh! Sheepy: Sheepy: That sounds useful! Arsé-kun: Lupin: It may be. Sheepy: Sheepy: Are they using it for that werewolf from a while back? Arsé-kun: Lupin: Van Helsing? Yes. Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh, okay! Sheepy: Sheepy: *he doesn't appear to have any more questions* Arsé-kun: Lupin: *he goes and sits back down in a chair* Sheepy: Sheepy: *he also goes to sit* Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh. When do Impey and Fran usually visit?? Arsé-kun: Lupin: *he shrugs* Whenever Fran has time off. Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh. Arsé-kun: Lupin: ... Though, it's odd that he hasn't yet. Sheepy: Sheepy: Does he usually have time off around now?? Arsé-kun: Lupin: I thought so. Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh. Maybe he's sick!! Arsé-kun: Lupin: Perhaps- Arsé-kun: Impey: *and he kicks the door in* LUPE! SHEEPY! SUP, MY DUDES? Sheepy: Sheepy: Hello!! I was just wondering when you'd visit! Sheepy: Sheepy: I've been practicing cooking very hard!! Arsé-kun: Impey: That's great! Sheepy: Sheepy:...Oh! Um. How are you? Arsé-kun: Impey: I'm good! How're you guys?? Sheepy: Sheepy: I'm doing well!! Arsé-kun: Lupin: As am I. Arsé-kun: Impey: Good! Great! Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh. Did Fran not come??? Arsé-kun: Impey: *excalibur face* Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh? What's wrong? Sheepy: Sheepy: Did something happen? Is he sick? Arsé-kun: Impey: Ah.. To put it simply, he's been having, uh, issues, since we left last time. Sheepy: Sheepy: Maybe it was the soul removing thingy. Except, that guy did it to me, too, and I felt fine. Sheepy: Sheepy: Has he gone to the doctor? Arsé-kun: Impey: He called Watson, yeah. At least, he says he did. Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh? Arsé-kun: Impey: I wasn't there. Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh.. Sheepy: Sheepy: That's unfortunate. I hope he feels better soon!! Sheepy: Sheepy: Um. By the way. I keep, um... Sheepy: Sheepy: Burning the salad... Arsé-kun: Impey: ............ Sheepy: Sheepy: It's not intentional Arsé-kun: Impey: Literally how?? Sheepy: Sheepy: The way you burn most things. Arsé-kun: Impey: But you don't... *he shakes his head* dude, you don't cook that. Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh? Sheepy: Sheepy: But aren't raw things bad for you? Arsé-kun: Impey: Not that! Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh? Arsé-kun: *so impey explains* Sheepy: Sheepy: *he seems to understand* Arsé-kun: Impey: So don't do that again, shortstack! Sheepy: Sheepy:? Shortstack? My name's Sheepy. Arsé-kun: Impey: Geez, sense of humor much? Sheepy: Sheepy:....? Was that supposed to be funny? Sheepy: Sheepy:...OK. Sheepy: Sheepy: Ha. Ha. Ha. Arsé-kun: Impey: :I Sheepy: Sheepy:....? Sheepy: Sheepy: Is that bad? Arsé-kun: Impey: Meh. Some people just don't have a sense of humor. *he shrugs* Sheepy: Sheepy:...Oh. Sheepy: Sheepy: Sorry. Sheepy: Sheepy: His boss commented that I used to have a sense of humor but I don't anymore. Arsé-kun: Impey: Huh? That's funky. Sheepy: Sheepy: ............. Sheepy: Sheepy: What does "funky" mean? Arsé-kun: Impey: Depends on how it was used. *he raises his voice* Yo, Fran, you comin' upstairs or what? Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh, he's here? Arsé-kun: Impey: Yeah? Sheepy: Fran: *he arrives after a bit. he does not look happy. actually he looks pretty tired.* Sheepy: Fran: ....... Sheepy: Sheepy: Hello!! Arsé-kun: Lupin: *he notices fran looks like shit but does not comment* Sheepy: Sheepy: *he looks Fran over* ... Wow. You look terrible! Sheepy: Fran: ..........haven't been sleeping. Arsé-kun: Lupin: You're feeling that bad? Sheepy: Fran: it's intentional. Arsé-kun: Lupin: *he squints* Arsé-kun: Lupin: .... Eh?? Sheepy: Fran: i can't let myself sleep. Arsé-kun: Lupin: Dare I ask, why? Sheepy: Fran: ...... i hurt people when i sleep.... Arsé-kun: *Lupin looks to Impey for an explanation. Impey looks elsewhere. Tom takes up ballet* Sheepy: Sheepy: Not sleeping's bad for you!! Arsé-kun: Lupin: *he seems to be thinking* Arsé-kun: Lupin: I may have something to keep you in one place, if you'd like. Sheepy: Fran: ... Sheepy: Fran: really? Arsé-kun: Lupin: Oui. Let me go look. Excuse me. *he exists* Sheepy: Fran: *he waits* Arsé-kun: Impey: ...... *snnrrkkk* Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh? Arsé-kun: Impey: Nothing, nothing, never mind! Sheepy: Sheepy: OK... Sheepy: Fran: *he looks like he's falling asleep standing there* Arsé-kun: Lupin: *he returns, gingerly holding a pair of handcuffs, as if they're going to bite him* I found these in a sealed box, where I hoped they were. They finally have a good use. Sheepy: Sheepy: Are you a policeman? Arsé-kun: Lupin: Non. I'll explain later, if Impey doesn't first. Sheepy: Sheepy: Okay! Arsé-kun: Lupin: The important question is what do I attach Fran to.. Sheepy: Shepy: I dunno. Sheepy: Sheepy: Impey knows him better than any of us!! Sheepy: Sheepy: So it may be better to ask him! Arsé-kun: Impey: Man, at that rate, I'd say handcuff 'im to me! Sheepy: Sheepy: ..OK! Arsé-kun: Impey: wait no i was kidding Arsé-kun: Lupin: Shouldn't have suggested it, then. *and he promptly handcuffs them together. r i p* Sheepy: Fran: *he looks like he's mostly asleep by now, so he doesn't fight it* Arsé-kun: *Lupin directs Impey (and fran. mostly impey) to his room. they aint both fittin' on the couch. no way.* Sheepy: Sheepy: *he watches this* Arsé-kun: Lupin: *he sits on the couch and sighs* ... Well, then. I did not think this through. Sheepy: Sheepy: I can sleep on the chair!! Arsé-kun: Lupin: Don't. Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh? Arsé-kun: Lupin: It's not good for you. Sheepy: Sheepy: But what about you? Arsé-kun: Lupin: That is the part I did not think through. I don't want to use the other room. Sheepy: Sheepy: So you should use the sofa. Sheepy: Sheepy: I'm small enough to sleep on the chair. I think you'd have trouble with it!! Arsé-kun: Lupin: And I insist again that it isn't good for you. Sheepy: Sheepy: Then... what should I do? Arsé-kun: Lupin: ........... *he's thinking* Sheepy: Sheepy: *he waits* Arsé-kun: Lupin: I don't know if we'd both fit on here, so I've got nothing. Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh... Sheepy: Sheepy: I don't have any ideas, either. Sheepy: Sheepy: Sorry... Arsé-kun: Lupin: That's fine.. Wait. Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh? Sheepy: Sheepy: What is it? Arsé-kun: Lupin: I'm an idiot. *he gets up, and unfolds the couch. it's a bed now* I can't believe I forgot about this again. Sheepy: Sheepy: *gasp* Wow!!! What magic did you use??? Arsé-kun: Lupin: The lever on the side. Sheepy: Sheepy: Wow! You're amazing!! Arsé-kun: Lupin: Not really. *he goes to turn the lights off* Sheepy: Sheepy:??? "not really"...? Arsé-kun: Lupin: 't was just a lever. Sheepy: Sheepy: ... ... but you're still amazing!! Arsé-kun: Lupin: .... *he shuts the light off* Sheepy: Sheepy: *he moves over to the sofa* Arsé-kun: Lupin: *he takes his jacket and shoes off, and goes to bed. right then.* Sheepy: Sheepy: *oh.* Sheepy: Sheepy: *better sleep as well* Arsé-kun: *skip to the following morning* Sheepy: Sheepy: *he awakens and feels like a million bucks* Arsé-kun: *Lupin's right up against him. He wakes up when Sheepy eventually moves.* Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh!! Good morning! Arsé-kun: Lupin: .... You're in a good mood this morning. Sheepy: Sheepy: I'm feeling veeeerrrryyy good! Arsé-kun: Lupin: .... Odd. Arsé-kun: Lupin: *he slowly sits up, stretching* .... I'm still tired. Oh, well. Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh? ....really? Arsé-kun: Lupin: 's probably not a big deal. Sheepy: Sheepy: That's too bad... Sheepy: Sheepy: I feel capable of anything!! Arsé-kun: Lupin: Then do me a favor, and go see if Impey and Fran are up yet. I doubt it, though. Sheepy: Sheepy: Okay! Sheepy: Sheepy: *he checks on Impey and Fran* Arsé-kun: *they're not up yet.* Sheepy: Sheepy: *he goes to tell Lupin* Arsé-kun: *Lupin has gotten up and seated himself at the table. and now he's dozing off in said chair. lupin no* Sheepy: Sheepy: *oh. better clean* Arsé-kun: Lupin: ..... ? Sheepy: Sheepy: *he's cleaning the room. gotta stay busy!!!* Arsé-kun: Lupin: .... What are you doing? Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh??? Cleaning. That's what I usually do when you're gone!! Arsé-kun: Lupin: Is it? Well, merci. Sheepy: Sheepy: You're welcome! Sheepy: Sheepy: ...How could someone hurt someone else while they were sleeping? Arsé-kun: Lupin: I'm not sure. Arsé-kun: Lupin: ... I am inclined to ask them. Shall we? Sheepy: Sheepy: Let's go!! Arsé-kun: *so they go. wow* Sheepy: Sheepy: Hello! Arsé-kun: Impey: 'mornin! Sheepy: Sheepy: How does Fran hurt people if he's asleep? Arsé-kun: Impey: ... I've been up for like a minute. Can it wait? Sheepy: Sheepy: ? Sheepy: Sheepy: ... OK!!! Arsé-kun: Impey: *he starts getting up, then remembers he's sort of attached to fran* Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh, um, you're stuck together. Arsé-kun: Impey: I forgot. Sheepy: Sheepy: I get forgetful sometimes too!!! Sheepy: Sheepy: I can't remember any instances of forgetting things, though. Sheepy: Sheepy: So I can't give any examples of stuff I've forgotten. Arsé-kun: Impey: You've forgotten them all, that's why. Sheepy: Sheepy: That's a good point!! Sheepy: Fran: *he seems to be waking up* Arsé-kun: Impey: Mornin', Fran. Sheepy: Fran: *it takes him a moment to register that, yes, he slept* I didn't do anything bad, did I? Arsé-kun: Impey: Not that I know of, and I'd know! Sheepy: Fran: Oh, good.. Arsé-kun: Impey: ..... Lupe, buddy, can you free us? *he jingles the handcuffs* Arsé-kun: Lupin: ... Eh? Oh, yeah. Let me get the key. Arsé-kun: Lupin: ........ *he steps out to find the key* Sheepy: Sheepy: There's a key for that? Arsé-kun: Impey: Apparently! Sheepy: Sheepy: I thought you put them on and never get free from them. Arsé-kun: Impey: That would be inconvenient! Arsé-kun: *there is a distant "bordel de merde" from lupin. he sounds. salty* Sheepy: Sheepy: ? Arsé-kun: Impey: I've got no idea what he said! Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh. Sheepy: Sheepy: Maybe I should go look with him! Sheepy: Sheepy: *he goes to join Lupin* Arsé-kun: Lupin: *he's digging through a box, swearing in french all the while.* Sheepy: Sheepy: Did it go missing?? Arsé-kun: Lupin: It fell back in, I think. I hate going through this. Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh? Why? Sheepy: Sheepy: I can look around the area to see if it fell under anything. Arsé-kun: Lupin: please do. Sheepy: Sheepy: *he begins looking under things* Sheepy: Sheepy: *after a bit, he finds and holds up a key* I found this! Sheepy: Sheepy: Is this it? Arsé-kun: Lupin: *he more or less slams the box closed* Oui, yes! Merci! Sheepy: Sheepy: *he gives it to Lupin* Arsé-kun: Lupin: Merci beaucoup! Sheepy: Sheepy: *he replies with a blank stare* Sheepy: Sheepy:....My name isn't Beacoup!! Arsé-kun: Lupin: No, no, non! Beaucoup, in that sentence, makes it mean "thank you very much"! Sheepy: Sheepy:... Oh!! Okay! Arsé-kun: Lupin: Je suis désolé. I keep forgetting you don't know French. Sheepy: Sheepy: What does that first part mean? *he tries to mimic what Lupin says but butchers it* Arsé-kun: Lupin: I am sorry. Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh!! OK!! Arsé-kun: Lupin: Lets free them, shall we? Sheepy: Tom: woah there pal buddy man dude bro pardner comrade bud mate friend brother chum sidekick Arsé-kun: *something breaks in the other room* Sheepy: Tom: put the knife down Arsé-kun: Lupin: *he pauses mid-step* ? ?? Sheepy: Tom: put that back where it came from or so help me Sheepy: Tom: my dude Sheepy: Tom: my friend, pal, man, bro Sheepy: Tom: you need to stop Sheepy: Sheepy: What's that? Sheepy: Tom: oh ok that wouldve been my heart if i wasnt a ghost Arsé-kun: Fran??: mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm​mmmmm, fuck you Sheepy: Sheepy:.....What does that mean? Arsé-kun: Lupin: I'll tell you later. Sheepy: Tom: woah Sheepy: Tom: we've got bad butt over here Arsé-kun: Impey: Yeah, right? What a badass. That was a lamp. Sheepy: Tom: because the other phrase contains a meanie word not suited for babies like you Arsé-kun: Impey: please don't stab me, i'm too pretty to be stabbed. Sheepy: Tom: please stop throwing a temper tantrum Sheepy: Tom: that was my favorite lamp and look at what you did Arsé-kun: Impey: ... Oh, I know what he wants. Too bad it's in my bag. All the way over there, which I can't get wITH YOU PULLING LIKE THAT. HYDE. HINT, HINT. Sheepy: Tom: what does he want Arsé-kun: Lupin: and i officially have no idea what is going on. *he pockets the key* Arsé-kun: Impey: A life. No, kidding, his hats' in my bag. Sheepy: Sheepy: Did Impey make a new friend? Arsé-kun: Lupin: No, no, that is definitely Fran's voice. .... I think. Sheepy: Tom: id get it except he bullied me. Sheepy: Tom: so ill just be over here. i am but a simple zipper on your bag. Arsé-kun: Impey: Yeah, no kid- hyde get down from the ceiling or may god have mercy on your soul Sheepy: Sheepy:...maybe that's what they meant? Arsé-kun: Lupin: I would be inclined to agree. Should we wait this out? Sheepy: Sheepy: Okay! Arsé-kun: Impey: Lupin, I'm being bullied! Sheepy: Sheepy: Lupin isn't here to answer your call right now!! Sheepy: Sheepy: Please leave a message after the beep! Arsé-kun: Lupin: That's wonderful. Is it safe to come in there, Tom? Sheepy: Tom: now im his hat Arsé-kun: Impey: Tom, can you please do something to help? For once? Sheepy: Tom: ok. Sheepy: Tom: *a chair slowly floats into the air...* Sheepy: Tom: *...and is launched at hyde at terminal velocity* Sheepy: Tom: woah Sheepy: Tom: that's how i knock people out Sheepy: Tom: did it work? Arsé-kun: Hyde: Eat shit Sheepy: Tom: what an extensive volcabulary you have Arsé-kun: Impey: And now a chair is broken. Sheepy: Tom: woah Sheepy: Tom: thats too bad Sheepy: Tom: well diddly darn gee Sheepy: Tom: my arm cant reach this object i wanna possess Arsé-kun: Lupin: ... All right, I'm going to look. Sheepy: Sheepy: I'll follow you!! Arsé-kun: *so they Go* Arsé-kun: *Fran looks particularly.. Messy. Also a bit batshit insane. Slasher smiles paired with your eyes being the wrong colors do not help at all. And neither does that knife.* Sheepy: Sheepy: Hello!! *he has a big grin on his face like nothing is different* Arsé-kun: Fran??: *he stops being a shitlord to look at Sheepy. Sheepy hopefully observes that eyes are usually white with a black pupil, not the other way around.* Sheepy: Sheepy:!!! Wow! What magic did you use to change your eyes?? Arsé-kun: Impey: Like he'd know. Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh? ... Oh!! Impey said you wanted a hat, right? The one in his bag? *he produces it from the bag and approaches Hyde* Here you go! Arsé-kun: Fran??: *he snatches it and puts it on* Thank fuck, there is intelligent life Sheepy: Sheepy: What does that mean? Sheepy: Tom: woah there kiddo getting close to him is a bad idea Arsé-kun: Fran??: It means you've got a goddamn brain in your head. Unlike this, fucking... *he makes a vague gesture at Impey* ... Who, coincidentally, is only good for that. Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh!! Arsé-kun: *Impey looks annoyed, but he doesn't comment* Sheepy: Sheepy: You seem nice!! Sheepy: Tom: you are terrible at judging how people are Arsé-kun: Impey: Don't ever suggest Hyde's nice ever again! That's, like, the exact opposite! Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh? Why? Arsé-kun: Impey: Did you not hear ANY of that?? Sheepy: Sheepy: ... His name's Hyde??? Then we haven't met before! I'm Sheepy! Nice to meet you!! Arsé-kun: Lupin: *he's still eyeing the knife* Sheepy: Sheepy: Why do you have a knife? Were you going to cut vegetables? Arsé-kun: *an awkward moment passes, so awkward that even sheepy notices it* Arsé-kun: Impey: ......... No! Sheepy: Sheepy:.....? Sheepy: Sheepy: but... what else do you use knives for? Arsé-kun: Lupin: Violence. Sheepy: Sheepy:.....*he stares. the grin slowly leaves his face.* but...why...? Sheepy: Sheepy: Lupin?? Why do people hurt each other? *seems like he's completely focused on Lupin now.* Arsé-kun: Lupin: Many reasons. *he's watching Hyde carefully* Sheepy: Sheepy: Animals do it to eat, right? But we aren't animals. We don't need to hurt others. Arsé-kun: Lupin: You say to two incubi. Sheepy: Sheepy: ......? Arsé-kun: Impey: Lupe! *he laughs* Sheepy: Sheepy: ??? Sheepy: Sheepy: Did I miss something? Arsé-kun: Lupin: Yes. Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh... Sheepy: Sheepy: I didn't understand. Sorry. Arsé-kun: Impey: That's okay! I don't think you were supposed to! Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh? Oh. Sheepy: *the knife drops to the ground.* Arsé-kun: Impey: ? Sheepy: *Fran seems to be back to normal.* Arsé-kun: Impey: *he hugs Fran, tightly, and then lets go* Well, I guess you're awake now! Sheepy: Fran: *he nods* Why'd I have a knife...? Arsé-kun: Impey: He tried to stab Tom. Thankfully, only Tom. Sheepy: Tom: im offended Arsé-kun: Impey: Sorry Sheepy: Tom: no Arsé-kun: Impey: ok Sheepy: Fran: Tom can't get hurt, right? Sheepy: Tom: I have feelings Arsé-kun: Lupin: .. Fran, are you all right from whatever just happened? Sheepy: Fran: *he nods* Arsé-kun: Lupin: That's what matters here. And no, you did not inflict harm. Sheepy: Fran: I'm glad. Arsé-kun: Lupin: Hm. *he takes the key out, and frees Impey and Fran. Impey rubs his wrist* Sheepy: Fran: *he's thankful for this* Arsé-kun: Lupin: I kind of did lose the key for a bit, there. My apologies Sheepy: Fran: But you found them, and that's what matters. Sheepy: Sheepy: Worst came to worst, his boss has a scythe so I probably do too, right? And her scythe cut through that werewolf's arm like butter! So I could've done the same! ... Cut the handcuff off, not your arm!! Sheepy: Tom: woah Sheepy: Fran: Unless it were Lupin doing the cutting, I probably wouldn't be comfortable with that. Sheepy: Sheepy:? Sheepy: Fran: Besides... I, um, don't see a scythe in your possession. Arsé-kun: Lupin: He doesn't have one that he can summon. Sheepy: Sheepy: I don't? Arsé-kun: Lupin: Do you know how to summon it? Arsé-kun: Lupin: There you go. Sheepy: Sheepy: So it's Schödinger's scythe!! Sheepy: Sheepy: Until I summon it, the scythe neither exists nor doesn't exist. Arsé-kun: Lupin: I guess. Sheepy: Sheepy: There's always a chance as long as you keep trying! Arsé-kun: Lupin: I suppose. So you try doing that, I guess. Sheepy: Sheepy: Right now? Sheepy: Sheepy: I dunno if that's a good idea Arsé-kun: Lupin: Well, later. Arsé-kun: *Lupin turns and heads out* Sheepy: Sheepy: I wonder why he woke up so tired....? Sheepy: Sheepy: I woke up feeling great. Sheepy: Sheepy: Maybe I accidentally did the Incubi thingy!!! I still don't understand it!! Sheepy: Sheepy: Is that possible, Impey? To feed off of someone while sleeping??? Because we both took the couch because Lupin refused to let me sleep on the chair. Sheepy: Sheepy: He turned it into a bed!! It was cool!! Arsé-kun: Impey: *he, looking a bit surprised, nods* Yeah, it's possible. Like Lupe probably told you, not everybody's gotta get it on to get energy! You're probs one of the Procubus! Arsé-kun: Impey: I mean, you're still an incubus, yeah, but it's cool to have another name for it. Sheepy: Sheepy: That's a complicated name Arsé-kun: Impey: You think so? Sheepy: Sheepy: Yeah!! Arsé-kun: Impey: *he shrugs* Oh, well! Sheepy: Sheepy: It's complicated because I don't understand it! Arsé-kun: Impey: Not really! Sheepy: Sheepy: It isn't? Arsé-kun: Impey: It isn't! Look, I'll even break the word down for ya! Sheepy: Sheepy: Okay! Arsé-kun: Impey: Incubus means, in the original Latin, to lie upon. Procubus means to lie beside, which I presume is what you were doing at the time. Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh!!! Arsé-kun: Impey: You didn't know any of that? Sheepy: Sheepy: No! Arsé-kun: Impey: Man, hasn't Lupin taught you anythin'?? Sheepy: Sheepy: That sounds like really obscure language that you probably looked up to sound smart!! Sheepy: Sheepy: ... Sheepy: Sheepy: Nope! Sheepy: Sheepy: I don't think so! Arsé-kun: Impey: ... Good call. I did look that one up- Well, shit. Nothin' at all? Sheepy: Sheepy: I don't think he has. Sheepy: Sheepy: He just told me about how to make markings appear and disappear. Also, um, stuff about horns and wings. Arsé-kun: Impey: Fran, tell me not to kick Lupe square in the ass. Sheepy: Fran: That probably isn't a good idea. Arsé-kun: Impey: You're right. It isn't. So! I'm gonna go kick him square in the ass! *Impey rushes out, and Lupin yelling "ow!" is audible, followed by Impey running back in* Nailed it! Sheepy: Sheepy: Is he okay? Arsé-kun: Impey: Yeah. Just kicked him in the butt. Sheepy: Sheepy: But wouldn't that hurt? Arsé-kun: Impey: Well, duh. Sheepy: Sheepy: I guess I should say what I know and then maybe you can tell me things I should know!! Arsé-kun: Impey: Go for it. Sheepy: Sheepy: He um.. Sheepy: Sheepy: *he explains what lupin covered.* Arsé-kun: Impey: That's... That's it?! Sheepy: Sheepy: *he nods* Arsé-kun: Impey: Whatever we were gonna do today is cancelled! It's now "Me teaching you things you need to know" day! Sheepy: Sheepy: Okay! That sounds fun! Arsé-kun: Impey: Fran? You think you'll be okay with Lupin? Sheepy: Fran: *he nods* Arsé-kun: Impey: Great! Just.. Just give him a better idea of what's goin' on, so he doesn't get chased to the roof or somethin'! Sheepy: Fran: OK. I will. Arsé-kun: Impey: All righty! *he gives Fran a quick hug* We'll be back by dark! Sheepy: Fran: Be careful! Arsé-kun: Impey: Of course! Arsé-kun: *So Impey goes to find Lupin, and tells him that he and Sheepy are going out. Lupin doesn't seem to mind, so it is allowed.* Arsé-kun: *so impey and sheepy go out!! yay* Sheepy: Sheepy: *hes excited* Arsé-kun: *They gooooooo to the park! Yay! Park!* Sheepy: Sheepy: *!!!!!!!! NEW THINGS!!!!!!! HES NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE!!!!!!!!!* Arsé-kun: Impey: You look excited! Never been here before?? Sheepy: Sheepy: I havent!! Arsé-kun: Impey: Doesn't he ever take you out?? Sheepy: Sheepy: ... Is he supposed to??? Arsé-kun: Impey: I guess not. Sheepy: Sheepy: Not very often, though. Sheepy: Sheepy: But I never ask. Arsé-kun: Impey: Point made! Sheepy: Sheepy: Am I supposed to be asking??? Arsé-kun: Impey: Nah! Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh. Okay. Arsé-kun: Impey: So, uh... How do you feel about climbing trees? Sheepy: Sheepy: Sounds fun! Arsé-kun: Impey: The best part is, you've got wings! So you don't need to climb down! Just fly down. Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh!! Arsé-kun: Impey: Or do you want me to show you how to do that, too? Sheepy: Sheepy: Do I aggressively shrug to get down? Arsé-kun: Impey: *he tries not to laugh. he fails step one, miserably* Sheepy: Sheepy: ? Arsé-kun: Impey: Th-that's not how it works at all! Sheepy: Sheepy: But... Lupin said it was right... Arsé-kun: Impey: I guess??? Here. *he takes his coat off and drops it on the ground, before letting his wings out. He put holes in his shirt for his wings. What a nerd.* Sheepy: Sheepy: ????????? Sheepy: Sheepy: What're you going to do? Arsé-kun: Impey: I was going to demonstrate flying for you! Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh!! Arsé-kun: Impey: So, without further ado! *he scrambles up a nearby tree, and jumps out of it. He manages to stop himself before hitting the ground* Ta-da! Sheepy: Sheepy: Wow!! Arsé-kun: Impey: *and he lands* You might be able to lift off from the ground, or you might need a jump! Sheepy: Sheepy: I could try... Sheepy: Sheepy: But won't I ruin these clothes if I do? Arsé-kun: Impey: Nah! Sheepy: Sheepy: *he tries summoning his wings* Arsé-kun: *they are Here Now* Sheepy: Sheepy: *he try to Fly* Sheepy: *HE DONE IT* Arsé-kun: Impey: :D Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh!! Sheepy: Sheepy: I did it! Arsé-kun: Impey: Good job! Sheepy: Sheepy: Thank you! Arsé-kun: Impey: Can you do more than hover, do you think? Sheepy: Sheepy: *he tries so hard. and gets so far. but in the end. it doesn't even matter.* Arsé-kun: Impey: Hmm. We'll work on it! Sheepy: Sheepy: OK!! Sheepy: Sheepy: What's next?? Arsé-kun: Impey: I'd say practice showin' off yer horns, but..... That's sorta a personal thing. You don't just show that in public! Sheepy: Sheepy:....? Sheepy: Sheepy: Why not? Arsé-kun: Impey: Because it's just somethin' we don't do. They're sensitive! So it's like, you only show them or let them be touched by someone you really trust. You don't HAVE to, of course! That's just what we grew up knowin'! Sheepy: Sheepy:.........Why're they sensitive? Arsé-kun: Impey: I dunno! Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh. I'll ask Lupin later. Sheepy: Sheepy: I won't show them because you said not to. Sheepy: Sheepy: What's next??? Arsé-kun: Impey: I didn't really think we'd get this far this quickly, so, uh..... Lets work on your flying again! Sheepy: Sheepy: Okay! Arsé-kun: *so they work on Sheepy's flying. Soon, it becomes dark. Because it's night.* Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh, it's dark out! Arsé-kun: Impey: Oops! I said we'd be back by now! Sheepy: Sheepy: Let's hurry back! Arsé-kun: *Also, distant barking* Sheepy: Sheepy:....? Sheepy: Sheepy: *he stays close to Impey* Arsé-kun: Impey: It's just dogs! Sheepy: Sheepy: But there was a big, dangerous one a while back... Arsé-kun: Impey: Huh? Hm. Then stay close. Sheepy: Sheepy: OK... Arsé-kun: *more dog barking* Arsé-kun: *Out from the bushes runs a sleek, black fox, tail between its legs. The poor creature seems terrified out of its wits. It notices Impey and Sheepy, and runs over to them, before lying down at their feet and whining. Soon after, a much smaller, silvery-white fox trips out of the same bushes, trying to follow it's larger kin. As it starts to slowly approach, a large, golden canine bursts from the bushes, barking all the while. The smaller fox yelps and runs, hiding behind Sheepy's legs in terror.* Sheepy: Sheepy: *he gently picks up the smaller fox* Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh....! That's... Sheepy: Sheepy: Sherlock, stop chasing them! Sheepy: Sherlock: *he does one of his big, dumb dog grins and goes to sniff at Impey.* Hello!!! I'm verrrryy happy to see you! Arsé-kun: A very distant Van: Sherlock! Get back here! Sheepy: Sherlock: *he whimpers and heads back to Van. no interacting with friends for him.* Sheepy: Sheepy: Whose voice is that? Arsé-kun: Impey: *he shrugs* Arsé-kun: Van: *he's standing there, holding a broken harness* I'm not buying you a new one. Sheepy: Sherlock: I don't understand the point of it! I'm responsible! Arsé-kun: Van: You ran off, yelling "I'M GONNA PLAY WITH EM". That is not responsible. Sheepy: Sherlock: It's not? Arsé-kun: Van: No. *he sighs* At least let me keep up when you run off. Sheepy: Sherlock: .. OK!! Arsé-kun: *and then van and sherlock catch up to sheepy and impey again. the foxes are not happy @sherlock* Sheepy: Sherlock: Hello!! Arsé-kun: Impey: Hello again! Sheepy: Sheepy: Who's that? Arsé-kun: Van: I'm the poor sod stuck making sure he stays out of trouble. *he's kidding, though he doesn't look it* Sheepy: Sherlock: *whimper* Arsé-kun: Van: I was joking, Sherlock. You may call me Abraham. Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh! Nice to meet you! Arsé-kun: Van: *he looks Sheepy and Impey over* And these must be two of the people you told me about, Sherlock? Sheepy: Sherlock: Yeah!! Sheepy: Sherlock: The small one's Sheepy and the taller one's Impey!! Arsé-kun: Van: *he bows his head, but not so far that his glasses fall off* Nice to meet you both. Sheepy: Sherlock: I wonder why the foxes seem scared of me!! Sheepy: Sheepy: You were chasing them. Arsé-kun: Van: They ran before he chased them. It's understandable- Canines are often used to hunt foxes. Sheepy: Sherlock: I was trying to sniff them, but they ran away. Arsé-kun: *The larger fox looks up at Sherlock, but stays where it is* Sheepy: Sherlock: Hello!! Sheepy: *the smaller fox refuses to make eye contact with Sherlock* Arsé-kun: *The larger one slowly stands up, untucking its tail-- tails??- from between its legs and warily watching Sherlock* Sheepy: Sheepy: Why does that one have multiple tails??? Sheepy: Sheepy: This one doesn't... Arsé-kun: Impey: o3o Sheepy: Sheepy: Is that normal? Sheepy: Sherlock: I dunno! Arsé-kun: *The larger fox looks to the smaller one, and yips, before slowly approaching Sherlock* Sheepy: Sherlock: Hello! Hello!!! *he sniffs at the larger fox* Sheepy: Sherlock: I'm Sherlock! Who're you? Arsé-kun: Foxy fox fox: *it sniffs at Sherlock. Seeming pleased, it sits down. It yips once, and then* ... Izanagi. A pleasure to make your acquaintance. I apologize for having ran, as we erroneously believed you to be a regular canine. Sheepy: Sherlock: It's okay!! Sheepy: Sheepy: It talks, too? Arsé-kun: Izanagi: Quite. Sheepy: Sheepy: Does this one talk? Sheepy: Yu: No. Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh!! Okay! Arsé-kun: *a brief moment for sheepy to realize the issue here* Sheepy: Sheepy: .. wait a moment!! But you just talked! Sheepy: Yu: Yes!! Sheepy: Yu: I did. Sheepy: Yu: You act as though it's weird, but you can, too. Arsé-kun: *and then i guess they leave. they meaning everyone. meaning van and sherlock go that way, and sheepy and impey go thataway. except the foxes are following them. why they do this.* Sheepy: Sheepy: Hello!! We're home!! Arsé-kun: Lupin: Salut! Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh, these two followed us. Sheepy: Izzy: Hello- *she looks over.* Oh! It's you! Sheepy: Izzy: *she seems rather focused on Izanagi* Sheepy: Sheepy: Do you know him?? Sheepy: Izzy: Yeah, he's my husband. Sheepy: Izzy: How could I not? Arsé-kun: Lupin: what. Sheepy: Izzy: I said, "he's my husband"... Arsé-kun: Izanagi: *he strolls over to her, his tails all wagging. it's a mess. his ass is shaking a little. too much tail wags for one butt* Sheepy: Sheepy: *he looks deep in thought* Sheepy: Sheepy: But....... but... Sheepy: Sheepy: You keep claiming that I'm your kid, but the picture you showed me obviously.. wasn't.. um... Sheepy: Izzy: Oh, yeah. I just claim any baby or kid without parents for myself. That's my way! Arsé-kun: Hyde: It's like some sorta adoption system, except the orphanage burnt down. Sheepy: Izzy: It works! Arsé-kun: Hyde: You should burn it down. Sheepy: Izzy: Burn what down? Sheepy: Izzy: The orphanage? Arsé-kun: Hyde: Yes. Sheepy: Izzy: Naw. I might get... Sheepy: Izzy:... Sheepy: Izzy: ...Fired. Sheepy: Sheepy: You can get fired? Sheepy: Yu: *hes investigating the room* Arsé-kun: Izanagi: *he's just sitting by Izzy* Sheepy: Yu: *he sticks his head in something he's not supposed to stick it into* Arsé-kun: Hyde: *he looks back at the chess board, and moves the knife a single square foward* Arsé-kun: *specifically, the knife from clue* Sheepy: Izzy: *she moves her dog from monopoly diagonally* Sheepy: Izzy: Oh, yeah. Impey. Arsé-kun: Impey: Huh? Sheepy: Izzy: When'd your boyfriend acquire half a soul? Like. Just half. Something seemed a bit odd about it before but whatever reason he's got a soul and a half. Sheepy: Izzy: Like, before I noticed it. Arsé-kun: Impey: No idea! I wouldn't know that, but this half thing is new. Sheepy: Izzy: I never thought to mention it. Arsé-kun: Impey: Uhhhhh... Lupe, can I borrow the computer? I'm gonna do research! Arsé-kun: Lupin: Non, you'll be on it all night. Arsé-kun: Impey: Great, thanks! Sheepy: Sheepy: I thought non meant no... Sheepy: Yu: *he sits next to Izanagi. Something is stuck on his head.* Sheepy: Sheepy: Am I wrong??? Arsé-kun: Lupin: I did say no. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: .... Do you need help? Sheepy: Yu: Yes. Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh! Arsé-kun: Izanagi: Good luck. Sheepy: Yu: That's not helpful!! Arsé-kun: Izanagi: What would you like me to do? Sheepy: Yu: Take it off. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: Yes, with what hands? Sheepy: Yu: You can have hands and I know it. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: I'm not just going to change in front of a bunch of strangers. Sheepy: Yu: And I can't with this on my head. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: You COULD. Sheepy: Yu: Nooo. Sheepy: Yu: It'd hurt. Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh!! Lupin! I learned a lot today! Arsé-kun: Hyde: *he moves a plastic thimble two spaces. diagonally* Check! Sheepy: Sheepy: And we went to this really nice place!! I've never been there before! Arsé-kun: Lupin: Did you? Sheepy: Izzy: *she moves her scrabble piece to the right* Sheepy: Sheepy: Yeah! Sheepy: Sheepy: It was fun! Sheepy: Sheepy:..... Sheepy: Sheepy: Why're horns sensitive? Arsé-kun: Lupin: No idea. They just are. Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh.. Sheepy: Izzy: *she doesn't appear to mind the fact she's losing* Sheepy: Sheepy: Am I supposed to go outside a lot? Arsé-kun: Lupin: No? You can if you want to. Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh. Okay. Arsé-kun: Hyde: *he moves the action figure to the scrabble piece* check Sheepy: Izzy: *she moves the scrabble piece* Arsé-kun: Hyde: *he moves a pawn. the only normal piece on the board* Sheepy: Sheepy: We mostly just practiced flying. Sheepy: Izzy: *she moves godzilla, who takes up multiple squares* Arsé-kun: Lupin: That's good. How did it go? Arsé-kun: Hyde: What the fuck is this bullshit Sheepy: Sheepy: It went okay! Sheepy: Izzy: What's up? Arsé-kun: Hyde: Can I go past that thing at all?? Sheepy: Izzy: Idon't think so! Arsé-kun: Hyde: what the hell Sheepy: Izzy: He can breathe fire up to three squares ahead of him but it takes him one turn to change direction. Arsé-kun: Hyde: But you said my super soldier wasn't allowed to shoot bitches! Why can you shoot ahead? Sheepy: Izzy: Because he's Godzilla! Arsé-kun: Hyde: that's some bullshit. Sheepy: Izzy: I sacrificed my pieces for Godzilla. Arsé-kun: Hyde: oh, fine. Sheepy: Sheepy: What's a Godzilla? Sheepy: Izzy: Really angry rugrats dinosaur. Arsé-kun: Hyde: that's not godzilla! Sheepy: Sheepy: Then what's Godzilla? Arsé-kun: Hyde: She's an angry dinosaur thing! Sheepy: Izzy: Reptar's based on Godzilla, sorry. Sheepy: Sheepy: Godzilla's a she? Sheepy: Sheepy: *he seems very curious as to what Hyde has to say* Arsé-kun: Hyde: One version has godzilla have babies n'shit! Hundreds of shitty dinosaur thing eggs. Sheepy: Sheepy: That's a lot of dinosaurs!! Sheepy: Sheepy: Why is Godzilla angry? Arsé-kun: Hyde: Because humans are living where she wants to nest! So she kills a lot of people. Sheepy: Sheepy: That makes sense! Arsé-kun: *Lupin disagrees in the background while Izanagi tries to get the vase off Yu's head with no hands* Sheepy: Sheepy: If the toy is accurate to how she looks, Godzilla is cute. Arsé-kun: Hyde: *he stands up, grabs the skittle Izzy was using as her king, and eats it* fuck that Sheepy: Izzy: Aww.. Arsé-kun: Hyde: *and then he grins and flips the board* Communism wins Sheepy: Izzy: Darn it communism. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: *he manages to get the vase off* Look, Yu, no hands. Sheepy: Yu: Thank you. Arsé-kun: *MEANWHILE* Sheepy: Sherlock: Where're we going??? Arsé-kun: Watson: Soon, soon. Sheepy: Sherlock: We're going to "soon"??? Sheepy: Sherlock: Where is soon? Arsé-kun: Watson: .. Oh, I thought you asked when. Sheepy: Sherlock: Nope! Sheepy: Sherlock: And why?? You usually don't go out this late! Arsé-kun: Watson: ... That is true, but I would like to get what I need before I forget to. Sheepy: Sherlock: OK!! I'm coming, right? Arsé-kun: Watson: I would like you to. Sheepy: Sherlock: OK! Sheepy: Sherlock: Let's go!! *he excited* Arsé-kun: *so they go Out* Sheepy: Sherlock: *HES EXCITED!!! HE'S OUT!!! WITH WATSON!!! HES GOTTA WAG HIS TAIL REALLY FAST* Arsé-kun: *watson is probably knocked over from his Strong Tail at least once* Sheepy: Sherlock: Where're we going??? Arsé-kun: Watson: The graveyard. Sheepy: Sherlock: Sounds fun!! Sheepy: Sherlock: Why? Arsé-kun: Watson: Because as far as I am aware, the plant I need is only growing there. Sheepy: Sherlock: Oh! We're looking for flowers! Arsé-kun: Watson: That's right. Sheepy: Sherlock: Sounds fun! Arsé-kun: Watson: Just. Just don't dig anything up Sheepy: Sherlock: Aww.. I won't. Sheepy: Sherlock: Or... I'll try not to... Arsé-kun: Watson: Do your best. Sheepy: Sherlock: I'll do my best!! Arsé-kun: *and now they are There* Sheepy: Sherlock: *he sniffs everything* Arsé-kun: *everything smells old and dead, except what doesnt* Sheepy: Sherlock: It smells gross! Arsé-kun: Watson: As expected. Sheepy: Sherlock: *he's still sniffing at everything. ... ... he suddenly bolts off, heading deeper into the graveyard! looks like he smelled a smell.* Arsé-kun: Watson: *oh, great. he runs after sherlock* Sheepy: Sherlock: *he follows the trail until he finds... the reaper we all know and love! and sticks his snout in said reaper's face.* I'm verrrry excited to see you! I don't remember your name!! But you've got a familiar scent and it makes me want to wag my tail! Arsé-kun: Germain: *he is seated in front of a grave, holding his staff. He had been trying to concentrate, and then, Sherlock. He nearly screams and drops his staff. this poor man* Sheepy: Sherlock: *he tilts his head* What're you doing here? Arsé-kun: Germain: I-I was just, uh, v-v-visiting...? Sheepy: Sherlock: *he notices the staff... his tail starts wagging faster* Stick? Stick? Sheepy: Sherlock: I like visiting places! And sniffing things! And sticks! And chasing squirrels! Arsé-kun: Germain: *he picks his staff up VERY quickly* Sheepy: Sherlock: Do you know this person? Arsé-kun: Germain: T-th-them? Y-yes, I had. Sheepy: Sherlock: I'm verrrrryyyy sorry about your loss!! Sheepy: Sherlock: We're looking for a flower!! Do you want to join us? Sheepy: Sherlock: I have no idea what it looks like, but Wilson said it grew here! Arsé-kun: Germain: ...? T-the wolfsbane? Th-that's in the back.. Sheepy: Sherlock: Oh! Maybe! Sheepy: Sherlock: That must be for my friend! He's an actual werewolf, so he can get aggressive! Arsé-kun: Germain: G-good luck, then. *he picks up the book next to him and reads a page over. He then looks rather. Disgruntled* Sheepy: Sherlock: What's wrong? Sheepy: Sherlock: Do you need help? I like to help! Sheepy: Sherlock: Helping is fun! Arsé-kun: Germain: I didn't think I needed to dig. *a pause, and then quickly* I-I'm not robbing the grave or anything, I swear! Sheepy: Sherlock: *his eyes light up* Dig? Dig? Where?? Arsé-kun: Germain: *he gestures to in front of himself* Right here. As far down as you want. Sheepy: Sherlock: *he starts to dig* Arsé-kun: *Watson looks up from catching his breath and sherlock is digging up a grave. the one thing he said not to do. gdi sherlock* Sheepy: Sherlock: *after a bit* ...Oh!! A coffin! *he moves aside* Is this what you want? Arsé-kun: Germain: Yes, actually. Th-thank you very much, Faoladh. Sheepy: Sherlock: You're welcome!! My name is Sherlock, by the way! That's less complicated to say! Arsé-kun: Germain: Y-yes, that is much easier... Sheepy: Sherlock: You're not scared of me anymore, right? Arsé-kun: Germain: N-not as much as before, n-no.. Sheepy: Sherlock: OK!! Sheepy: Sherlock: I'm verrrry glad! Arsé-kun: Germain: ... Your friend seems annoyed. Sheepy: Sherlock: He told me not to dig stuff up! Arsé-kun: Germain: You'd better go explain yourself, t-then. Sheepy: Sherlock: OK!! Good night! I hope everything goes well! Sheepy: Sherlock: *he joins Watson* Arsé-kun: Watson: Holmes. What were you doing?! Sheepy: Sherlock: *he does the thing sad dogs do.* He asked me to!! Arsé-kun: Watson: Wh- You know what? Tell me later. Sheepy: Sherlock: OK!! Sheepy: Sherlock: He said the flower thingies are at the back! Arsé-kun: Watson: Oh? Well, let us go look. Sheepy: Sherlock: I'll follow you! Arsé-kun: *they go looooooook* Sheepy: Sherlock: Is this it? Arsé-kun: Watson: I believe so. Sheepy: Sherlock: *he sniffs it* Arsé-kun: *it smells like flower. idk* Sheepy: Sherlock: It smells like a plant! Arsé-kun: Watson: Really? Never would have guessed. Sheepy: Sherlock: That's the best description for it! Sheepy: Sherlock: *he moves so Watson can get it* Arsé-kun: Watson: .... You get it, please. I am unsure if it would have any effects if I happened to pick it. heepy: Sherlock: *he picks it* Arsé-kun: *nothing happens* Sheepy: Sherlock: Should I carry them?? Arsé-kun: Watson: Just in case, yes. Sheepy: Sherlock: OK! Sheepy: Sherlock: oh, oh, by the way! Sheepy: Sherlock: Why hasn't Iris been with you during all of this time? Did you two fight? Arsé-kun: Watson: W-what? She followed us? Sheepy: Sherlock: Huh? Did you not know? Arsé-kun: Watson: No! Sheepy: Sherlock: I caught her scent but I thought you knew, so I said nothing. Sheepy: Sherlock: But she wasn't walking with you, so I started to get worried... Arsé-kun: Watson: *he groans* She's probably just following us to see what we were doing. Sheepy: Sherlock: Oh!! Sheepy: Sherlock: Was she not supposed to? Arsé-kun: Watson: What do you think? Sheepy: Sherlock: No! Arsé-kun: Watson: Exactly. Well, she may not know that we know, so let's just return home. She will follow. Sheepy: Sherlock: OK! Arsé-kun: *so Watson and Sherlock leave* Sheepy: Iris: *she's helping Germain* Arsé-kun: *A list of things children should not be doing: Helping strangers with death-related magic. A list of things she is doing: THAT.* Sheepy: Iris: Is there anything else I can help with? Arsé-kun: Germain: No, unless you want to stay and help with the clean-up. Sheepy: Iris: Oh, that's fine! I can help with that! Sheepy: Iris: But I guess Holmesies and Daddy might get worried... Arsé-kun: Germain: I think you should return home. *:)* It would be for the best. Arsé-kun: *Once Germain is certain he is alone, he sets his book aside. He opens his eyes, a serious expression settling on his face. He straightens his posture, and locks his eyes onto the gravestone in front of him. He takes a slow breath, steadying his nerves. Once he believes he is ready, he holds his staff upright, the skulls rattling as he does so. Without a moment to waste, he begins.* Arsé-kun: *The words leaving his lips are just barely audible, and most certainly a foreign tongue. He quietly chants, while his entire body begins to relax. As his head and shoulders begin to droop, his glassy stare remains on the tombstone, forcing his eyes to roll upwards. His breathing begins to slow, as does his chanting. To an outsider, it would appear he was desperately trying to stay awake, and failing. The shadows around him, barely noticeable in the night, swirl and twist. A light glow begins to emanate from the staff's top skull, before suddenly going out. Germain's head snaps up, as he blinks. Had he done it? He leaned forward, looking at the coffin. Nothing seemed to have changed. Sighing, he began to get up. Just as he intended to quit, there was a dull thud. He jumped, dropping his staff, and looked back in. There was another thud, and another....* Sheepy: ???: *Knock, knock, knock* Arsé-kun: Germain: *he carefully gets in the hole, trying to figure out how to open the coffin. He immediately gives up and uses his scythe* Sheepy: ???: *they make a surprised noise upon Germain using his scythe, and slowly knocks on the top again. huh. it moved. better just open it and sit up with some difficulty. blink. blink. even with it being night, it's a bit bright, after being in a coffin for so long.* Arsé-kun: Germain: *he puts his scythe away, and offers her a hand.* Sheepy: ???: *she takes it* Sheepy: ???: ...? *she looks around, obviously confused by her surroundings* Arsé-kun: Germain: *he's rather quiet, carefully helping her out* Sheepy: ???: ... ... where's this? Arsé-kun: Germain: ... Where your body had ended up. Sheepy: ???: You found it...? Arsé-kun: Germain: Of course. Sheepy: ???: Thank you! *she hugs Germain. she seems pretty happy.* Arsé-kun: Germain: Anything for you, my lady. Sheepy: ???: My eyes are still adjusting, I apologize... It was dark in there! Arsé-kun: Germain: I understand that. It will take a while to adjust. Sheepy: ???: Um... by the way. You aren't going to get in trouble for this, will you? Arsé-kun: Germain: I hope not. Sheepy: ???: There's no reason you should, I think! Arsé-kun: Germain: I agree. First, though, let's get out of here. Sheepy: ???: I think that's a good idea! Arsé-kun: *and they fucking Go* Arsé-kun: *another timeskip later* Sheepy: Izzy: *she kicks the door in* LUPIN HAVE YOU SEEN GERMAIN? Sheepy: Izzy: He's not anywhere! Sheepy: Izzy: I'm absolutely and completely tired of this! Sheepy: Izzy: I had a job for him! Sheepy: Izzy: And look at what he's done! Sheepy: Izzy: He's up and left! Just like that! Sheepy: Izzy: Who gives him the right to do that? Huh? Huh? Huh? Sheepy: Izzy: He can't just go around disappearing willy-nilly! Maybe I actually need him! Arsé-kun: Lupin: *he stares at Izzy, and puts his teacup down* Non. Sheepy: Izzy: Really? Man.. Where'd he get to? Sheepy: Sheepy: *he sleepily looks up. rest in pieces his nap. that didn't last for very long. he is confused. why is she mad. what is going on* Arsé-kun: Lupin: I wouldn't know. Sheepy: Izzy: If he shows up or if you see him, can you tell me? Arsé-kun: Lupin: Of course. Sheepy: Izzy: Thank you! Arsé-kun: Lupin: You're welcome. Sheepy: Izzy: That's all I wanted to ask. Arsé-kun: Lupin: You're going to need to buy me a new door. Sheepy: Izzy: Pshh, fine. Sheepy: Sheepy: Maybe you should look where he likes to go. Sheepy: Sheepy: Or his house. Sheepy: Izzy: Did I overlook something? Sheepy: Izzy: Hmmm... Sheepy: Izzy: Guess it's time to check the less obvious places. Sheepy: Izzy: Thanks, though. Sheepy: Izzy: *she heads off. she's mad* Arsé-kun: Lupin: That poor man. Sheepy: Sheepy: Yeah... Sheepy: Sheepy: Why did she ask you about him? Arsé-kun: Lupin: *he shrugs* Sheepy: Sheepy: She's weird. Sheepy: Sheepy: *he joins Lupin at the table* Arsé-kun: Lupin: .. Well, I'm not going to find him. Sheepy: Sheepy: I want to go outside. Arsé-kun: Lupin: Oh, we can. I've got somewhere to be. Sheepy: Sheepy: Where? Sheepy: Sheepy: I want to come. Arsé-kun: Lupin: I don't know if I'd be allowed to bring a child into a bar. Sheepy: Sheepy: I am a very short, well-aged twenty year old. Arsé-kun: Lupin: .... The security might fall for it. Sheepy: Sheepy: Wow! Sheepy: Sheepy: Let's try!! Sheepy: Sheepy: What's a bar? Sheepy: Sheepy: Is it a grassy place? I went to a bar with Impey. There was a nice tree. Arsé-kun: Lupin: That's a park, Sheepy. Sheepy: Sheepy: Park? Sheepy: Sheepy: Dogs park. Park, park. Sheepy: Tom: dogs are trees. they bark. Arsé-kun: Lupin: Dogs bark, and no they are not. Sheepy: Sheepy: I want to go to the bar. Arsé-kun: Lupin: .. Well, I suppose. Sheepy: Sheepy: Let's go!! Let's go!! Arsé-kun: *They go to the bar! It is called the Kelpie.* Sheepy: Narugami: Stop, you two! Sheepy: Narugami: Hey, Lupin, it says no kids. This kid is wayyy too short to be an adult. You can't trick me. Sheepy: Sheepy: Why are you being mean to me just because I'm short? Is my age dictated by my height? Are you an old man because you're tall? Arsé-kun: Lupin: You let two kids in a trenchcoat in, weekly. Move, please. Sheepy: Narugami: I expected more respect... *he moves* I'm hurt...! Arsé-kun: Lupin: And I'm not wrong. You actually did. Sheepy: Narugami: Hey, you. They're kids. I can't be harsh on them. Arsé-kun: Lupin: Then are kids allowed, or not? Sheepy: Narugami: They aren't! Sheepy: Narugami: Besides, that's for the casino. Sheepy: Narugami: Come on in, anyway. Sheepy: Narugami: Loki, I'm letting a kid in, don't give him alcohol. He's the shorter one. Uriel: Loki: *He looks up* Again? Arsé-kun: Lupin: Again. Sheepy: Narugami: I can't say no. He's with Lupin and we'll get sued if the kid is kidnapped while Lupin is in here. Uriel: Loki: ... Narukami, where do you get these ideas? But hello, Lupin, did you finally tie yourself down? Arsé-kun: Lupin: Non. Temporary adoption. You missed a spot on that cup. Sheepy: Narugami: If we leave the kid outside and he gets kidnapped, Lupin can sue us. Uriel: Loki: That's called "fostering"... And Narukami, we could simply counter with a defense of, well, he neglected the child and we were just following the law in not allowing him in. Sheepy: Narugami: I don't understand the law. Arsé-kun: Lupin: Mademoiselle will run you over with a truck if something happens to him. Sheepy: Narugami: Who? Uriel: Loki: Ah, nevermind, this is safer. Ahem. *he offers a fanged grin and turns fully to face lupin. and sheepy.* ...Geez, he is short... Anyway, what can I get you? Sheepy: Narugami: Madam missile? Sheepy: Sheepy: I'm not short. I'm a twenty year old who hasn't aged for the last ten years. Uriel: Loki: Alright, kid, can I get ya a glass of milk? Sheepy: Sheepy: I want milk but I have no money. Arsé-kun: Lupin: I'll pay, don't worry. Sheepy: Sheepy: Really? Arsé-kun: Lupin: Oui. Uriel: Loki: ...Well, alright then. What'll it be for yourself, Lupin? Arsé-kun: Lupin: Information. Uriel: Loki: Sorry, we don't carry that product. Sheepy: Sheepy: Aww... Sheepy: Sheepy: What's this? *he pulls on one of Loki's tails* Uriel: Loki: Ow, that's attached! Sheepy: Sheepy: Where? Sheepy: Sheepy: To your shirt? Uriel: Loki: No, to my body! *and he snatches his tails away from Sheepy* Sheepy: Sheepy: Are you a dog? Sheepy: Sheepy: If I pull on your tails more, will you give him information? Uriel: Loki: I'm not a dog, and absolutely not! You'll both be out the door! Arsé-kun: Lupin: *he sits on one of the stools* Sheepy, get out from behind the counter. Sheepy: Sheepy: Okay. *he does so* Uriel: Loki: *He clears his throat and lets go of his tails, then smooths his shirt* Now what do you want information on? Simplying saying you're after information doesn't give me much. Arsé-kun: Lupin: I need information on wish-granting beings, and if there are any locally. You're the best source of information I know, and it's kind of a problematic situation. Uriel: Loki: Wish-granting? Hmm. What sort of wish are we talking about? Sheepy: Sheepy: I was turned into an incubus but I didn't wish to be one. Arsé-kun: Lupin: Being cheated, as well. Uriel: Loki: Well, that's... a situation, alright. What did you wish for originally, do you recall? Sheepy: Sheepy: I don't remember what my dream was. Arsé-kun: Lupin: Nor do we know much else about it. Uriel: Loki: Hmm. I'd almost say a genie, but... That doesn't quite fit. Sheepy: Sheepy: Lupin's boss is my mom. Sheepy: Sheepy: She's scary. Sheepy: Sheepy: I want to see her scythe. Uriel: Loki: And while, yes, sure, taking your memories could guarantee it, that's a powerful genie, and those don't really leave the Middle East or Africa... Sheepy: Sheepy: I don't know what that is. Uriel: Loki: The Middle East and Africa are far, far away from here. Sheepy: Sheepy: Lupin, where did you find me? Arsé-kun: Lupin: Burrwood. Uriel: Loki: And anyway, if it was a genie I'd know by now. Genies aren't very good at staying hidden. But by Burrwood, you say? Arsé-kun: Lupin: Specifically, at the site of the fire. Sheepy: Sheepy: Fire? Arsé-kun: Lupin: Yes. Uriel: Loki: The...? Well, seems whoever it was had deadly intent. *he chews his lip thoughtfully* Considering your situation, we can safely rule out the fae themselves, but they sure weren't happy about that fire, either. Sheepy: Sheepy: I forgot about the fire. Sheepy: Sheepy: But you did mention a fire. Uriel: Loki: I know mermaids can grant wishes, too, but we can rule out them, because you were found on land. Uriel: Loki: Other than those, the only other thing I can think of that can grant wishes... would be gods. Sheepy: Sheepy: ...Eh? Sheepy: Narugami: Heyhey, we wouldn't do something like that. Arsé-kun: Lupin: eh Uriel: Loki: You wouldn't, Narukami, but some of us would. Some gods are tricksters, and enjoy playing pranks. Some can't stand losing. Uriel: Loki: Coincidentally, there IS a god in Burrwood... Sheepy: Narugami: Really? Uriel: Loki: I've heard, yeah. King of the Fae, he is. Sheepy: Narugami: I hit a tree with lightning there once.... Uriel: Loki: Sheesh, Narukami. Do you have a death wish? Sheepy: Sheepy: If security man is a god, can't he fix me? Arsé-kun: *Lupin's just quietly listening* Uriel: Loki: Nope, sorry! He's stuck with a curse for bad behavior! Uriel: Loki: And anyway, not all gods can grant wishes, or undo them! Sheepy: Narugami: I don't waste my time granting wishes. Sheepy: Narugami: I help people in need but wishes are generally from people who can't Sheepy: Narugami: bypass their own mental wall and fix things themselves, because they've told themselves that they can't do it. Uriel: Loki: Mhmm. Why not speak to the god in Burrwood, he might have seen or heard something I haven't. His name is Dagda, I believe. Sheepy: Sheepy: Dogda. Sheepy: Sheepy: We get to see more dogs! Uriel: Loki: Not dog-da. Dag-da. Sheepy: Sheepy: Does he have a dog? Uriel: Loki: I don't recommend it. And now, Lupin, to discuss the matter of payment. *he beams and folds his hands together* Sheepy: Sheepy: You gave us nothing and want payment... Sheepy: Sheepy: No solid information, no milk... Uriel: Loki: *he slides sheepy a glass of milk* You have leads. Sheepy: Sheepy: You are a dishonest dog. Sheepy: Sheepy: But the milk makes up for it. Arsé-kun: Lupin: What would you like to know this time? I know you don't want anything else. Uriel: Loki: I'm not a dog, I'm a fox! *his tails fluff up, and he folds his ears back. (the bells he has tied on jingle)* Sheepy: Sheepy: I met a fox and he stuck his head in a vase. Sheepy: Sheepy: He was with a multi-tailed fox. Uriel: Loki: *He huffs* You know what I usually ask for, Lupin. But I did have someone who was asking about Necromancers or anything related, so anything about that would be nice. Sheepy: Sheepy: Was it my mom? Uriel: Loki: I presume you're talking about Izanagi... and no, I don't think it was your mom. Arsé-kun: Lupin: ... I don't know anything about necromancers, unfortunately. Only the basic understanding. Uriel: Loki: *he swishes his tails back and forth* Alright. Do you know of anything similar to them? Arsé-kun: Lupin: Reapers? Sheepy: Sheepy: Ask Germain. Sheepy: Sheepy: He's smart. Arsé-kun: Lupin: He's creepy. Sheepy: Sheepy: He shoves his hand into people's souls. Sheepy: Sheepy: I want to be his friend. Uriel: Loki: That'll do. What does he look like? Arsé-kun: Lupin: Mademoiselle doesn't know where he is- are we Truly doing this? Sheepy: Sheepy: He wears a robe and walks around with his eyes closed. Sheepy: Sheepy: Sherlock can sniff him out. He's a dog. Arsé-kun: Lupin: He's smarter as one, too. Uriel: Loki: That's fine, that's fine. I'll help you look, but I need to change out of my uniform. Sheepy: Sheepy: Okay. Uriel: Loki: Alright, wait here. *he clears his throat* Narukami!~♪ Sheepy: Narugami: Yeah? Sheepy: Narugami: What's up? Uriel: Loki: I'm going out, so hold down the fort! And make sure that blind kid doesn't run into a pole, yeah? And if Kei asks where I am, tell him I'll talk to him in the evening, okay? *and he exits. He returns in a sweater* Okay, let's go. Sheepy: Narugami: Okay. Sheepy: Narugami: Simple! Uriel: Loki: Well, I'll let you two lead the way!~ By the way, Lupin... If this turns out no good, I won't be happy. Sheepy: Sheepy: If you're mean to Lupin I'll tell my mom on you. Uriel: Loki: I won't, I promise. Arsé-kun: Lupin: Oh, are we heading out right now? Uriel: Loki: We can give you 15 minutes to... unwind. I'll watch your kid. Arsé-kun: Lupin: I was going to use your restroom, but that also works. Uriel: Loki: Have fun, don't hurt yourself. You know the drill. Arsé-kun: Lupin: And don't kill anyone. Uriel: Loki: Of course. Arsé-kun: *so lupin disappears off for about 14 minutes* Uriel: Loki: *he keeps an eye on sheepy and makes sure he Doesn't Wander Off* Sheepy: Sheepy: I want to go to the bright place. Uriel: Loki: No. You can't. You're a child. Children aren't allowed to gamble... unless they're the two in the trench coat because their giant gorilla dad will break my neck with his bare hands if I turn them away. Sheepy: Sheepy: I want to go to the shiny place. Sheepy: Sheepy: I want to meet the gorilla. Arsé-kun: Lupin: what Uriel: Loki: No. No you don't. Sheepy: Sheepy: I wanna. Uriel: Loki: Oh, welcome back, Lupin. Better? Sheepy: Sheepy: Is he cute? Sheepy: Sheepy: Hi, Lupin. He won't let me go to the shiny place. Arsé-kun: Lupin: Much better. And we're leaving, Sheepy. Uriel: Loki: Lead on. Arsé-kun: Lupin: Where are we going? Uriel: Loki: Well, I'd like to meet with Germain. Arsé-kun: Lupin: We'd have to find him. Uriel: Loki: How hard can it be? Arsé-kun: Lupin: Finding a worker of death hard. Uriel: Loki: Easier than you think. Hey, kiddo, you're not a stick in the mud. How would you find him? Sheepy: Sheepy: He walked into our apartment. Sheepy: Sheepy: He looks sad and lonely so he's probably in a library or graveyard. Sheepy: Sheepy: Or maybe he's moping in his house. Uriel: Loki: Sure, those are good places to start. Arsé-kun: Lupin: We don't know where he lives. Sheepy: Sheepy: If we tell Sherlock to sniff him out he should be able to find him... Uriel: Loki: I like the way you think, kiddo. Let's do it, it saves time. Arsé-kun: Lupin: This requires Sherlock. Sheepy: Sheepy: Uhuh. Sheepy: Sheepy: Where does Sherlock live? Arsé-kun: Lupin: *he shrugs* Uriel: Loki: Oh, I can answer that. *so he. does. I guess* Arsé-kun: Lupin: ah Uriel: Loki: Well, shall we request his aid, then? Sheepy: Sheepy: Yeah. Arsé-kun: *dudududuudu timeskip to getting to sherlocks Place* Uriel: Loki: *and so he strolls over with a confidence like he owns the place, bells a-jingling, and knocks on the door, then steps back* Sheepy: Sherlock: *he opens the door* Hullo! We aren't buying anything! Sheepy: Sherlock: Stop coming here! We don't want any girlscout cookies!! Uriel: Loki: Oh, I'm not here to make any sales pitch. Is Sherlock around? Sheepy: Sherlock: I'm Sherlock. Arsé-kun: Lupin: *he rolls his eyes* Uriel: Loki: Well, that worked out nicely!~ We're looking for someone, do you think you could be of assistance? Uriel: Loki: Someone by the name of Germain. Sheepy: Sherlock: I saw him in the graveyard last night. Sheepy: Sherlock: He asked me to dig up a coffin. Sheepy: Sherlock: He had a stick, too. Uriel: Loki: Oh, my. Do you know where he is now? It's of the utmost importance I find him. Sheepy: Sherlock:.....Nope, but I can look for him. Uriel: Loki: That would be appreciated! Sheepy: Sherlock: Wilson! I'm going out! Arsé-kun: Watson: Don't scare the general populace, and don't do anything stupid. Sheepy: Sherlock: You can come if you want. Arsé-kun: Watson: Am I needed? Sheepy: Sherlock: Not for this. Arsé-kun: Watson: Then I'm not coming. Sheepy: Sherlock: Okay. Let's go. Uriel: Loki: Alright. Sheepy: *they go to find Germain!* Arsé-kun: *hes not at the library. hes not at the graveyard, but his scent is still there* Sheepy: *Sherlock follows the scent* Uriel: *and loki follows sherlock like a duckling* Arsé-kun: *and everyone else follows him* Sheepy: *they end up at Germain's house* Sheepy: Sherlock: We're here!! Uriel: Loki: Thank you very much, Sherlock. Sheepy: Sherlock: *he knocks on the door with his pawhandthing* Arsé-kun: Germain: .... ..... What do you want..?? Sheepy: Sherlock: My clients wanted you. Uriel: Loki: My apologies, I requested Sherlock's aid in looking for you. Arsé-kun: Germain: .... Ah, sorry. *he opens the door* Do come in. Sheepy: Sherlock: I hope your graverobbing went well! Arsé-kun: Germain: I wasn't graverobbing, I told you that. Sheepy: Sherlock: Okay, I hope whatever you did went well. Sheepy: *they go in* Uriel: Loki: *He offers a hand to germain for a handshake* Karasude- Karasude Loki. Pleasure to meet you. Sheepy: Sherlock: *he is sniffing stuff* Arsé-kun: Germain: *he accepts* And I am Germain, as you already know. Might I ask what your business is? Sheepy: *he has found a scent he's curious about. sorry germain your house is now being investigated by dog* Uriel: Loki: Myself? I simply to satisfy a desire to learn. Someone came to me asking about those who can raise the dead... I realized my knowledge on the subject was rather lacking, only covering the basics, and a little bird informed me you may be a good person to speak to on the matter. *he folds his hands together and gently swishes his tails from side to side* Arsé-kun: Germain: .. I do not know how or why I was recommended- I only have a beginner's level of knowledge about the topic. Sheepy: Sheepy: I'm not a bird. Arsé-kun: Lupin: *where is sherlock going* Uriel: Loki: Any new information would be appreciated. Sheepy: *he is trying to stick his snout under the door* Arsé-kun: Germain: ... Like? Uriel: Loki: All I know about it is what it is- I've very little information on anything else. Truthfully, I was asked to find a necromancer, so if you can offer me anything like that it would be greatly appreciated. Sheepy: Sherlock: *sherlock is wagging his tail. hes excited! he rolls over onto his back and looks under the door....what's there??* Arsé-kun: Germain: It's very complicated. Arsé-kun: *also, sherlock doesnt see anything, but the scent is there* Uriel: Loki: I can only imagine. *he tilts his head* Perhaps we could sit down to discuss it? Sheepy: Sherlock: *he's so curious... he wants to know... what's in the room* Arsé-kun: Germain: Perhaps, but not now. Sheepy: Sheepy: I told him about you because you're smart. Uriel: Loki: Within this week would work best for me, but I'm flexible. Arsé-kun: Germain: Oh, is that why? Arsé-kun: Germain: And fine, I suppose. Uriel: Loki: Name a date, then. Arsé-kun: Germain: Tomorrow? Uriel: Loki: Certainly. What time? Arsé-kun: Germain: 3? Uriel: Loki: 3 PM sharp? Arsé-kun: Germain: Yes. Arsé-kun: *and sherlock continues doing. whatever hes up to* Uriel: Loki: Alright, that works for me. I'll see you then. Sheepy: Sherlock: *he's still lying there. Sherlock...* Lupin I smell a smell! It smells kinda human...I smelled it at the graveyard too! What is it, what is it? Sheepy: Sherlock: My hunter's instincts are going wild all of a sudden! Arsé-kun: Lupin: A person. Sheepy: Sherlock: I thought he was sad and lonely but he has a companion after all... Sheepy: Sherlock: Maybe his companion has no personality? Arsé-kun: Lupin: I'm almost offended on his behalf. Sheepy: Sherlock: Why? Sheepy: Sherlock: Why? Sheepy: Sherlock: I haven't met them... so I can't judge them. Sheepy: Sherlock: Maybe if I meet them, I can judge! Sheepy: Sherlock: They're pretty scared though, so I bet they aren't a willing companion! Uriel: Loki: Oi oi, that's a bit harsh of a judgement. Arsé-kun: Germain: Please leave my dear alone. She just got back home. Sheepy: Sherlock: You're married? Why do you need to go to the graveyard and dig up friends? Arsé-kun: Germain: Science, clearly. *he's being sarcastic* Sheepy: Sherlock: Makes sense! Arsé-kun: *Lupin is awkward in the background* Sheepy: Sheepy: My mom is mad at you, by the way. Arsé-kun: Germain: No surprise. Sheepy: Sheepy: She doesn't enjoy you shirking work but she yelled at us about it. Arsé-kun: Germain: My apologies. Sheepy: Sheepy: You're smart. Why do people die? Do reapers die? Do incubi die? Sheepy: Sheepy: Will Lupin die? Where do baby reapers come from? If a mom werewolf has a child on full moon, is it a werewolf or a werehuman? Arsé-kun: Germain: Despite your memory loss, you're still asking a thousand questions. Nothing has changed. Sheepy: Sheepy: I've learned something today. I asked many questions before I was an incubus. Arsé-kun: Germain: You honestly seem about the same. I feel like I should have mentioned this before, but I didn't, and I apologize. Sheepy: Sheepy: I didn't know you knew me at all so I didn't think to ask. Sheepy: Thank you for telling me this. When you aren't busy, I want to learn more about me. Arsé-kun: Germain: Sure thing. *he looks to Loki* And I'll be sure to be ready for when you come. Uriel: Loki: Likewise. I'll see you then. Sheepy: Sherlock: Oh, are we leaving? Uriel: Loki: I see no reason to linger. Sheepy: Sherlock: Don't forget to pay me. Uriel: Loki: In what? Sheepy: Sherlock: Money. Uriel: Loki: How much do I owe you, then? Sheepy: Sherlock: I don't remember how much I charge normally. Ask Watson later. Uriel: Loki: ... Well, I can't pay you if I don't know how much I owe, now can I? Sheepy: Sherlock: Don't forget to pay me. Arsé-kun: Lupin: *this is awkward still* Sheepy: *anyway the group goes to their separate homes. holmes goes home....s. haha. sheepy decides it's time to sleep because napping is fun.* Arsé-kun: Lupin: *this is fine* Uriel: *Sheepy is awoken by someone gently shaking him!!* Uriel: ?: Hey! Are you okay..? You were having a really bad dream..! Sheepy: Sheepy: *he groggily looks at them. blinks. rubs his eyes. ... WAIT THAT ISNT LUPIN. OH GEE.* ​Lupin!! There's a scary lady!! She was watching me sleep!! Uriel: ?: W-wait, no, that's not what I'm doing! Arsé-kun: Lupin: *he kinda just. leans in the doorway, looking somewhat pained. he sounds out of breath* shoo Sheepy: Sheepy: How did you get in here? Uriel: Haru: Walked! Sheepy: Sheepy: Are you a robber? All Lupin has of interest is knives and handcuffs. Arsé-kun: Lupin: that makes it sound weird Uriel: Haru: N-no! Sheepy: Sheepy: Lupin, are you okay? Did you dream you were running a marathon? Arsé-kun: Lupin: N-non.. Sheepy: Sheepy: Did you stare at him as he slept too? Is that why he's in pain? Arsé-kun: Lupin: .... I'm.. Not sure why I'm in such pain. Uriel: Haru: No! Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh. Okay. Uriel: Haru: ...Y-you just... accused me of being a robber... a-and then accept that?? Sheepy: Sheepy: Uhuh. Should I not? Arsé-kun: *lupin just slowly puts his other hand on his face* Uriel: Haru: ... Uriel: Haru: W-well, um, I'm... I'm Haru.. I didn't... mean to startle you. Sheepy: Sheepy: I'm Sheepy. Why were you asking me if I was okay? Lupin seems less okay than me. Uriel: Haru: Uh-- I... should explain. Um... I'm a Baku. And you were having a... .... really... bad dream. So um.. I thought maybe I oughta wake you up... Sheepy: Sheepy: Really? Uriel: Haru: Yes. And if he's in pain, *she points to lupin* that means he's an evil spirit! As an exterminator, it's my job to deal with that!! ... But I left my seals at home... Arsé-kun: Lupin: ... You don't seem to realize- You've come into.. My home. And threaten our well being? Uriel: Haru: I came in here not to threaten you originally, but it just so happens to be that you're an evil spirit!! *and she shoves her hands into her pockets, apparently looking for something* Sheepy: Sheepy: Lupin isn't evil. Arsé-kun: Lupin: ... And if you do kill me, Head Reaper Mademoiselle will not be very... kind to you. Sheepy: Sheepy: You can't go around breaking into people's houses and sealing people away just because you've got a weird curse that makes people's chest hurt when they're around you. Sheepy: Sheepy: That's socially unacceptable. Uriel: Haru: I didn't break in!! And like I told you, he's an evil spirit! If it was a curse, you'd hurt, too, not just him! Sheepy: Sheepy: What's an evil spirit? Sheepy: Sheepy: As in, what counts as an evil spirit? Sheepy: Sheepy: He's never been mean. Uriel: Haru: Any spirit that acts harmfully to humans or others! Like Kitsune, or Tengu! Sheepy: Sheepy: He's an incubus and I'm also one. Sheepy: Sheepy: Except I'm a reaper, too, so maybe that's why I'm not affected... Arsé-kun: Lupin: ... You're not? Uriel: Haru: Incubi are most definitely evil spirits! *she pulls out a strip of paper and a red marker from her pockets.* Sheepy: Sheepy: I'm not. Sheepy: Sheepy: Don't do that. Sheepy: Sheepy: He works for my mom and my mom strangles people she doesn't like. I think. Sheepy: Sheepy: Or maybe she hits them with trucks... Arsé-kun: Lupin: And her scythe, for good measure. Uriel: Haru: But he's still a threat to people! And I can't let that slide! Sheepy: Sheepy: She cut off someone's arm because she didn't like them. Arsé-kun: Lupin: And you are being a threat to Sheepy's well being. *he stands up straight* Killing myself would leave him without a capable adult. Are you willing to do that? Uriel: Haru: Uh- um... Uriel: Haru: ... Humans have things like foster care, it'll be fine! Sheepy: Sheepy: I don't want to go to foster care. Sheepy: Sheepy: You're being really unreasonable for someone who came in here uninvited at 4 AM. Arsé-kun: Lupin: ... Get out of my home, before you run out with your tail between your legs. Now. Uriel: Haru: H-hey! I'm just doing my job! I'm obligated to! Sheepy: Sheepy: Your job is making the lives of people sad? Uriel: I SPAt Uriel: Haru: No! Sheepy: Sheepy: Okay. Quit your job then. Sheepy: Sheepy: I think foxy man is probably hiring at his bar. Uriel: Haru: .... Uriel: Haru: It's... not that easy... Sheepy: Sheepy: It's not as easy to live without your guardian than you're saying it is. Uriel: Haru: My family has been exterminators for generations... So if I quit, um... I might get disowned... Sheepy: Sheepy: Your family is unreasonable, like you're being towards Lupin. Uriel: Haru: If I quit, I'd be dishonoring them... Sheepy: Sheepy: I don't care. Arsé-kun: Lupin: ... Consider it this way: All you are doing is hunting down and harming others. Would that not make you the same as what you hunt? Uriel: Haru: I... suppose... but my intention is different..! Sheepy: Sheepy: No. Sheepy: Sheepy: You're fueled by hate. Your intentions are no purer than those that you hurt... Incubi need to drain humans in order to survive. Would you rather they starve? Uriel: Haru: I'm not fueled by hate! I exterminate evil spirits because they hurt humans, and I'm obligated to protect them! That's what Baku do! Arsé-kun: Lupin: Then hunt humans for harming us, as well. It'd only be fair. Uriel: Haru: I can't do that! I'm a protective spirit! Sheepy: Sheepy: Then do to me whatever you were going to do to him, if you're so determined. Sheepy: Sheepy: If you're going to kill one innocent, kill another. Uriel: Haru: You're not an evil spirit, though...! Sheepy: Sheepy: Why is that stopping you for me but not him? Uriel: Haru: Because I don't hunt innocents! Sheepy: Sheepy: Then why are you going to hurt him? Uriel: Haru: Because he's not an innocent! Sheepy: Sheepy: I've most likely done far worse than he has. I took the lives of pets as a reaper, and made many households sad most likely. Sheepy: Sheepy: But that's okay, because it's my job, which is my choice to partake in. Uriel: Haru: That's not the same at all! Sheepy: Sheepy: It's evil of him to not want to starve to death, and be born as an Incubus, which he had no choice in. Arsé-kun: Lupin: And my job is to explicitly kill people who need to die, according to the reapers. Would you like to take it up with them? Uriel: Haru: You're making this really difficult...! Arsé-kun: Lupin: Should murder be easy? Uriel: Haru: It's not murder! Arsé-kun: Lupin: Ah, yes. It's homicide. Excuse me. Sheepy: Izzy: *she places a hand on Haru's shoulder* Do you want me to be the judge of what's murder and what isn't? Arsé-kun: Lupin: Mademoiselle..! Uriel: Haru: *MUFFLED SCREAMING* Sheepy: Izzy: I could kill you and show you what murder is, would you like that? Uriel: Haru: D-don't do that! Sheepy: Izzy: Okay, so, I'm his boss! Sheepy: Izzy: I have a nice scythe, wanna see my scythe? Uriel: Haru: N-no! Sheepy: Izzy: Okay, then... so, if you don't want to see my scythe, how about this: go home and never threaten one of my employees ever again. Uriel: Haru: O-okay, okay, I can make it up to you..!! Sheepy: Izzy: He's irreplaceable. Sheepy: Izzy: You're probably very replaceable. Uriel: Haru: I meant for the threatening thing!! I can make it up to you!! Sheepy: Izzy: Okay, I'm all ears. Uriel: Haru: N-name something and I'll see what I can do...! (I'm not very good for anything else...! And you're probably right about me being replaceable...!) Sheepy: Izzy: How about this. Sheepy: Izzy: Figure out who turned my son into an incubus. They can grant wishes. Uriel: Haru: U-uh.. I can.. try..! Sheepy: Izzy: Great. He's the kid with the curly hair. Uriel: Haru: O-okay, I'll take notes! Sheepy: Izzy: Great. Uriel: Haru: You can stop touching me now!... Sheepy: Izzy: *she stops touching Haru* Uriel: Haru: *she takes a step away from Izzy* Sheepy: Izzy: You're free to leave now. Uriel: Haru: D... do you want me to help with this, or not?.. I can't go off of i-information like that... Sheepy: Izzy: Oh, you want information. Sheepy: Izzy: He's part of the animal division. Apparently the deal happened in a forest? Uriel: Haru: Uh.. Well, the faeries might be better people to ask than me..? Sheepy: Izzy: The day he did it was the day where the head of the animal division was going to take him out to train..... Sheepy: Izzy: You can ask around if anyone knows cheater wish granters. Uriel: Haru: Um... I'm... lost.. Sheepy: Izzy: Just look for a way to get his memory back if you want to make it up to them. Uriel: Haru: ...O-okay... Uriel: Haru: Then can we...talk.. in, um, private...? Sheepy: Izzy: We, as in you and me? Uriel: Haru: N-no thank you! Sheepy: Izzy: You and who? Uriel: Haru: Th-them! Sheepy: Izzy: You better not do anything funny. *she goes* Uriel: Haru: Wouldn't dream of it!... *as soon as izzy exits, she almost deflates* ...this is no good for my heart... Arsé-kun: Lupin: We did warn you.. Uriel: Haru: I don't... do memory, either... so I'm afraid I'll... be totally useless... haha... sorry...! Sheepy: Sheepy: Lupin doesn't do memory either. Sheepy: Sheepy: Giving up before you've started is a bad habit. Uriel: Haru: I'm not giving up, I'm warning you in advance so you don't get your hopes dashed... Uriel: Haru: That 'replaceable' comment hit a little too close to home... ouch... Sheepy: Sheepy: I had no hopes in you to begin with, so it's okay. I can't expect anything of you when I have just met you. Uriel: Haru: No need to rub salt in the wound..! Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh? Uriel: Haru: "I had no hopes in you to begin with"... Sheepy: Sheepy: But I didn't. Sheepy: Sheepy: It's silly to expect anything of someone you've just met. Sheepy: Sheepy: You're also selling yourself short, whih doesn't help me see you any better. Sheepy: Sheepy: If you were nicer to yourself, I might have more confidence in you. Why have confidence in someone who doesn't even have confidence in themselves? Arsé-kun: *lupin decides now is an okay time to sit down, meanwhile. i absolutely did not typo that as 'die' somehow.* Uriel: Haru: That's easy for you to say! I can't think of anything that would cheat you on a wish, nor can I think of anyone who would be able to help with your memory problems! Have you tried talking to Karasude? I don't like him, but... he knows a lot.. Sheepy: Sheepy: I liked the milk. Uriel: Haru: He did the milk thing to you, too?... Sheepy: Sheepy: I learned that his tails are actually a part of him too, and if you tug on him enough, he'll do things for you. Sheepy: Sheepy: Like threaten to kick you out. Uriel: Haru: Y..you pulled his tails? Sheepy: Sheepy: Uhuh. Uriel: Haru: I'll pray for you. Sheepy: Sheepy: Why? Uriel: Haru: He's a nine-tailed fox.. Sheepy: Sheepy: Uhuh? Sheepy: Sheepy: I don't get it but okay. Uriel: Haru: They eat people.. and they can curse you... and they're really vengeful...! Sheepy: Sheepy: He won't eat me because I'm not tasty. Uriel: Haru: ... now that I'm thinking about him, it's kinda weird... his name is "Loki", but his surname is Karasude... Why would he have a Japanese surname if he's not Japanese? Or... I guess, why would he have a Scandinavian first name if he isn't, well, Scandinavian?... Arsé-kun: Lupin: .... Mixed heritage? Sheepy: Sheepy: What's a Japanese? Uriel: Haru: me. I'm a Japanese Arsé-kun: Sheepy: (No, you're a baku) Sheepy: Sheepy: No, you're a Baku. Uriel: Haru: It's an eth...ethnicity Uriel: Haru: Where someone is from! Uriel: Haru: My species is Baku! See! *she. turns into the other form. the tapir. yes. that.* Sheepy: Sheepy: *poke tapir. poke.* Sheepy: Sheepy: Weird dog. Arsé-kun: Lupin: i'd think you're quite cute if I didn't feel like I was dying. Uriel: Haru: "Weird dog".... Uriel: Haru: And sorry, I can't really control that.. you should be OK if you're around me a lot, though.. Uriel: Haru: ...Which... I imagine you will be... Sheepy: Sheepy: Dogs are big and fluffy but you're weird and not fluffy. Sheepy: Sheepy: Dogs have hands but you don't. Sheepy: Sheepy: Bakus are weird dogs. Uriel: Haru: In light of the situation I've gotten myself into now... ooohh.. I'm in way over my head. Uriel: Haru: But.. what have you guys tried so far?.. Sheepy: Sheepy: Talking to reapers. Talking to a doctor. Talking to a strange moon man. Asking foxy man for information. Sheepy: Sheepy: Having someone shove their hand in my chest and inspect my deepest, darkest secrets. Uriel: Haru: .... ..... Uriel: Haru: Um... I know this might sound... weird... but.. maybe try going to school..? Sheepy: Sheepy: What's school? Uriel: Haru: I've... found out about quite a few dangerous spirits that way, just from kids talking... Sheepy: Sheepy: School is a gathering place for dangerous spirits. Sheepy: Sheepy: Sounds good. Uriel: Haru: No! Uriel: Haru: School is a place to learn about human relationships... Sheepy: Sheepy: Do I need to take tests? Uriel: Haru: Sometimes! Sheepy: Sheepy: No. Sheepy: Sheepy: I'll fail because I have no friends other than Lupin. Sheepy: Sheepy: He isn't human. Uriel: Haru: Oh, no, it's not tests on that! It's stuff like... math, and english, and science! Sheepy: Sheepy: I lost my memory... Sheepy: Sheepy: I remember barely any of that.... Uriel: Haru: I could introduce you to Goro Karasude! We're friends! And I think you would get along with him. He's smart, too- he wants to be a detective! I bet he could help! Sheepy: Sheepy: Okay. I'll talk to him... Sheepy: Sheepy: Do I have to take tests? Sheepy: Sheepy: I'm feeling stressed already. Uriel: Haru: You only have to take tests if you go to school! Sheepy: Sheepy: I'm a guest who's only there to mooch off of their social aspects Uriel: Haru: Um, failing school is an option, too, then, I guess.. Uriel: Haru: But if we meet in the morning we can't stay long. Sheepy: Sheepy: You can't fail school if you're a guest. Uriel: Haru: ... I guess you have a point! Sheepy: Sheepy: I don't know any of the subject material and I'm younger than you. Uriel: Haru: You are? Uriel: Haru: How old are you? Sheepy: Sheepy: So many. Uriel: Haru: I mean- we're only 17... Sheepy: Sheepy: Teen is old. Uriel: Haru: ...N...no? Sheepy: Sheepy: I'm 14 according to my mom. My birthday was a few months ago but I don't remember it. Uriel: Haru: That's only a 3 year difference.. Sheepy: Sheepy: She talked a lot about me but I tuned her out because I saw a butterfly. Sheepy: Sheepy: I won't know the things you know. Sheepy: Sheepy: You learn something new every day and you're over a thousand days older than me. Uriel: Haru: That's okay. We'll be in different classes if you do join, but you'll be OK, I think! Sheepy: Sheepy: I don't remember anything I've been taught. Sheepy: Sheepy: I'll be the best guest. Uriel: Haru: Oh... that might be a bit of a problem... Well, I'll let you two sleep, and I'll visit tomorrow, with Goro! Okay? Pleasant dreams~ I'll try to help with your memory tomorrow, too. *and, still a tapir, she... prances? bounces? out of the room.. by passing through the wall like a ghost. As soon as she's gone, though, Lupin can Breathe* Sheepy: Sheepy: Are you okay? Arsé-kun: Lupin: ... Yes, I think so. I could barely breathe... Sheepy: Sheepy: Sorry. Uriel: *Let us skip to morning, because Bedtime ft. ​dante from the devil may cry series​ sheepy and arsene is a Long period of time during which nothing exciting happens* Sheepy: Sheepy: Lupin, wake up. I don't know where the school is. Arsé-kun: Lupin: ... s' not far from here. Sheepy: Sheepy: *he prods Lupin some more* Arsé-kun: Lupin: I'm up. It's only a few blocks away. Sheepy: Sheepy: You've given me no numbers nor directions. Arsé-kun: Lupin: .... Oui. .. Turn right from the entrance. Four blocks from there, then turn left. It's right there. Sheepy: Sheepy: Okay. Uriel: *OK, sheepy, I hope you memorized those directions* Sheepy: *no but he's going to try anyway* Uriel: *Well, lets go out into the world!!* Sheepy: *Sheepy goes to school* Uriel: Haru: Oh! Over here, Sheepy! Sheepy: Sheepy: *he approaches* Uriel: Are you Ready for Goro Uriel: Haru: Nice to see you! Good morning! Sheepy, this is Goro. Sheepy: Sheepy: I don't like his clothes. Sheepy: Goro: I was expecting a pleasant, somewhat excited 'hello' that I get from most people, but instead he judged my fashion right off the bat, no greeting or anything... Uriel: Haru: Oh.. Sheepy, that was a bit mean... Uriel: IM LAUghing Sheepy: Sheepy: It was? Uriel: Haru: It kind of was.. Sheepy: Sheepy: I didn't know it was mean, but that information doesn't change my opinion. I just won't state my opinion next time. Uriel: Haru: ... Well, that's fine, then...! But, uh, this is the person I was telling you about, Goro. Sheepy is the one who lost their memory after being cheated. Sheepy: Goro: Really? Uriel: Haru: Yup, that's him. Sheepy: Goro: I'm smart, so I can tell you whatever you need to know. Sheepy: Sheepy: Who stole my memory and made me an Incubus? It was in a forest. Sheepy: Goro: No clue. Uriel: Haru: We'll need a bit more time than a day, Sheepy... Sheepy: Sheepy: He said whatever I wanted to know. Uriel: Haru: Come on sheepy, be reasonable.. Sheepy: Sheepy: That's the only question I want to know the answer to. Uriel: Haru: We'll work on it, okay? Sheepy: Goro: This is officially my first real detective case! Uriel: Haru: I'm sure you'll do great! Sheepy: Goro: Okay, what did they look like? Sheepy: Sheepy: I don't remember. Sheepy: Goro: This leaves me in a bad place. Uriel: Haru: Sometimes police don't have that information either. Sheepy: Goro: Really? Uriel: Haru: Yup! Sheepy: Goro: Huh. Uriel: Haru: That's when they go to the scene and ask people if they heard anything suspicious, and figure out who might have wanted to hurt the victim! ...I think, at least. Sheepy: Goro: But who lives in a forest? Uriel: Haru: The fae? Sheepy: Goro: Oh, yeah. Uriel: Haru: Most of the things that live around there are supernatural, though, so it might be dangerous... Sheepy: Goro: Oh, yeah, I guess so. Uriel: Haru: ...... We have to get to class soon, don't we? Sheepy: Goro: We do - we need to get to that. Uriel: Haru: Okay, well, Sheepy, we'll see you later! Sheepy: Sheepy: Have fun. Uriel: Haru: We will! Be careful on your way home! Sheepy: Sheepy: Thanks. Sheepy: *Sheepy actively rebels and scales a wall. This isn't important. Whatever's going on with Loki is important though* Arsé-kun: *and Lupin just watches him go up. he's not getting him down, no way* Uriel: Loki: *he twirls his pipe around in his hand* Hey, Fantomas. Sheepy: Fantomas: What's up? Uriel: Loki: I'm not making any promises, but you might be back in your own body soon. Won't need to use Juve anymore. Sheepy: Fantomas: Seriously? Uriel: Loki: Seriously. Lupin's new buddy gave me a heads up about someone who might be able to help. Like I said- no promises. Sheepy: Fantomas: It's still a possibility. I have the entirety of what I'm going to do once I'm free of Juve planned out... Uriel: Loki: *He laughs* Does it involve drinking till you drop? You've mentioned that before. Sheepy: Fantomas: Yes. Uriel: Loki: But of course. *he chews his lip* If I have found someone who is capable of doing what we need them to, but they aren't cooperative, is everything prepared? Sheepy: Fantomas: Yeah. I should be in control long enough, too. Uriel: Loki: Alright, great. I'll go get ready and then head out. Sit tight. Sheepy: Fantomas: I'll be waiting. Uriel: Loki: But of course. *he sets his pipe down and pulls off his collar, then goes to get what he needs. After getting that, he heads out without further comment. Off to germain's we go!* Uriel: Loki: *and upon getting to germain's, he knocks and then steps back, smoothing out his shirt* Arsé-kun: Germain: *he opens the door about twenty seconds later* Ah, hello, Loki! Uriel: Loki: Afternoon, Germain. I take it you're well? Arsé-kun: Germain: Yes, and yourself? Uriel: Loki: I'm quite alright. I presume you recall why I contacted you, or do you need me to give you a quick refresher? Arsé-kun: Germain: Give the refresher anyways- Just in case I've misremembered. Uriel: Loki: I was informed by Sheepy that you might be a good person to talk to on the subject of necromancy, as I had someone recently request information on the subject. Arsé-kun: Germain: All right. Do come in, I suppose. Uriel: Loki: *He steps inside, and tucks his hands into his sleeves* I don't imagine we'll be standing around by the door talking? Arsé-kun: Germain: Of course not. Uriel: Loki: Lead on, then, if you don't mind. Arsé-kun: *So, Germain leads him to the living room. Take a seat somewhere, Loki* Uriel: Loki: *He seats himself and waits for germain to also sit!* Arsé-kun: Germain: *he sits down, and folds his hands. time to explain urself, loki* Uriel: Loki: *He offers a sheepish smile (but he's a fox, so maybe it would be foxish)* This is quite an unusual topic to cover- forgive my uncertainty and clumsiness. I suppose the best place to start would be to simply ask, do you or don't you have knowledge on the subject? Arsé-kun: Germain: I do, yes. Uriel: Loki: *he curls his tails around himself and hums* And how much would you say you know? Arsé-kun: Germain: .. A bit more than the average reaper, I'd say. Uriel: Loki: A bit? *he raises an eyebrow* Arsé-kun: Germain: I was curious, so I looked up some information about the subject. Uriel: Loki: *He thoughtfully chews his lip* Alright, that's fair. Do you know of anyone I could speak to on the matter? *he folds his hands together and rests his chin on them* Arsé-kun: Germain: Unfortunately not. All I learned was from old books and such. Uriel: Loki: Oh? Care to share? Arsé-kun: Germain: It's... Fairly complicated. Uriel: Loki: Is it? I think I can handle complicated. Arsé-kun: Germain: It'd be easier to show you.. Uriel: Loki: That's fine, then. It shouldn't be a problem. Arsé-kun: *so, germain stands up, and gestures for loki to follow* Uriel: Loki: *he moves his tails and then gets up himself! thrilling.* Arsé-kun: *and germain leads him to the study. it's covered in open books, and old writings, and so forth. Covered.* Uriel: Loki: Organized. Arsé-kun: Germain: Not at all. Uriel: Loki: I've noticed. *he faintly smiles and looks around. Hes interested.* Uriel: Loki: ...Although even if I myself have the information, I doubt I would be able to put it to any sort of use, alas. Arsé-kun: Germain: m-hm. It'd be extremely difficult even to attempt.. Uriel: Loki: Are you speaking from experience? Arsé-kun: Germain: ... Perhaps. Uriel: Loki: Don't be evasive. I already know you lied about how much you know. *he sighs and shakes his head* Arsé-kun: Germain: Was I that obvious? hm. Uriel: Loki: You were. Uriel: Loki: Now, care to tell me how much you actually know? Arsé-kun: Germain: ... *he sighs* Enough to actually do it. Uriel: Loki: I won't pry, but perhaps we could discuss the matter further over drinks?... Arsé-kun: Germain: .. That sounds nice. Uriel: Loki: Alright, then, shall we? Arsé-kun: Germain: Yes, lets. Uriel: Loki: *he steps out of the study and waits* Arsé-kun: *and so they go downstairs and get drinks, then return to the living room* Uriel: Loki: *He chews his lip for a moment, then stops* I admit, I have not been entirely honest in my reasons for looking into the matter- I've had someone who's... quite dead hanging around me for some time. It was foolish, but I agreed to help get him back into his body proper if he'll just leave me alone. Essentially what I am asking is if you are willing to assist. Arsé-kun: Germain: .... I'd be glad to, except. I'm not very confident about my ability to do so. .. I've only successfully done so once. Uriel: Loki: If you've done it once, I'm certain you could again. Arsé-kun: Germain: Only once? It may have been a fluke, and not my own talent. Uriel: Loki: I highly doubt it. Arsé-kun: Germain: Either way, I only did it for a specific reason. I've got no need to do it again, and I don't wish to. Uriel: Loki: Oh, is that so? That's too bad. *he tucks his hands into his sleeves* Uriel: Loki: And here I thought you could help me.. I had my hopes up. Arsé-kun: Germain: I do apologize, though. *he looks away. he wonders if learning was a bad idea* Uriel: Loki: *and he leans forward and drops. something. in germain's drink* Well, I suppose I can look into other means... Arsé-kun: Germain: I'd be glad to assist in finding other ways.. Uriel: Loki: Oh, really? That would be appreciated. I was considering simply going the extermination route, but hm... it may not be in my best interests. Arsé-kun: Germain: It'd likely not be. If done wrong, it'd greatly anger the spirit. Uriel: Loki: That's not the only problem with that method. I'm sure you can figure out why. *he leans back and swishes his tails.* Arsé-kun: Germain: I most likely could. Uriel: Loki: I'm fairly certain you'd be able to see the issue just from looking at me. Arsé-kun: Germain: Of course.. Uriel: Loki: *He shrugs* But other than that, I've got nothing. Arsé-kun: Germain: Nor do I.. Arsé-kun: *germain pauses, and takes another drink* Uriel: *Not long after, Germain starts getting reaally sleepy. Like, could-pass-out-standing-​up sleepy.* Arsé-kun: *And he does seem to notice, and is confused as to why* Uriel: Loki: ..Hm? What's with that face? Arsé-kun: Germain: I'm.. Oddly tired.. I think I'll take a rest after you leave.. Uriel: Loki: Are you alright? Arsé-kun: Germain: .. I'm not quite sure. Uriel: *It's really only getting worse and worse...* Uriel: Loki: Perhaps you should lie down. Arsé-kun: Germain: ..... mhm.. Uriel: Loki: Hey, are you listening? Arsé-kun: Germain: .... Huh? Y-yes, I heard you.. Uriel: Loki: Are you sick?.. Arsé-kun: Germain: .... i dunno.. Uriel: *the desire to sleep is absolutely overwhelming now, oh dear!* Uriel: Loki: *he gets up and rests his wrist against germain's forehead to check his temperature* Feels normal... Uriel: Loki: ... probably used a bit much..*he frowns, and carefully picks germain up, tossing him over his shoulder* Sheepy: Cardia: *she peeks in* Is he okay...? What happened to him? Uriel: Loki: *He jumps a bit and turns to look at cardia* I'm sure he'll be fine. Sheepy: Cardia: Okay... please bring him to a doctor. I would, but I can't. Uriel: Loki: Certainly, miss. Uriel: Loki: I mean, I can see why you can't go to a doctor, you look and smell like death warmed over.... Do you mind pouring out those drinks while I deal with this...? Sheepy: Cardia: I- I'm a guard for the nearby graveyard, and I came down with something... I can do that, though. Uriel: Loki: I'm not buying it, but alright. Take care of yourself. *he adjusts germain's position and exits!* Uriel: *So, lets skip to waaay later, after germain has awoken* Arsé-kun: Germain: ...? ?? Uriel: *good morning(?) germain, you are not home! its also dark. very dark.* Sheepy: Narugami: Heyhey, are you awake yet? Arsé-kun: Germain: ... Yes? Sheepy: Narugami: Great. So, um. Sheepy: Narugami: Don't be surprised when I say this, but it seems like my boss kidnapped you. He wants you to help Kei get his actual body back... That's his friend. I doubt they'll let you out of here until you help them. Arsé-kun: Germain: .... I think I'd be more surprised, if I could think more clearly. Sheepy: Narugami: One side of me cries out to assist you, because it's the just way to go, but the other side of me tells me that I can't risk my chance of getting back my godhood... Arsé-kun: Germain: At least tell me where I am? Sheepy: Narugami: In the basement of the casino. Sheepy: Narugami: Specifically, Loch and Kei casino. Uriel: Loki: Narukami... What are you doing? Sheepy: Narugami: *he looks surprised* Sheepy: Narugami: It's not like he can call for help anyway. And, besides, he can't help you if he doesn't know what's up. Uriel: Loki: Aren't you supposed to be, you know, working?... Sheepy: Narugami: In a way I am. He might be able to escape if I'm not here... Uriel: Loki: It's locked. Uriel: Loki: And he's in no state to be breaking down any doors. Sheepy: Narugami: Then how did I get in here? Uriel: Loki: I must have forgotten to lock it. *he rubs his nose* Either way, shoo. Sheepy: *Narugami gets up and gets out* Uriel: Loki: *and he crosses his arms and looks to germain* As Narukami was so... kind to inform you of your situation, you have two options before you. Cooperate, or don't. But be aware Kei won't take no for an answer. Arsé-kun: Germain: *he frowns* No complaining if I fail or do poorly, then Uriel: Loki: We expect your best work. Don't half-ass it. Arsé-kun: Germain: I have only raised one person, and all of my supplies are at home. Uriel: Loki: Then I'll get it for you. Arsé-kun: Germain: That was plural, you idiot. Uriel: Loki: You're really pushing your luck, giving me attitude like that. I was content to let you rest a day or two to recover your strength, but at the rate you're going, you aren't going to get that. But fine, I'll correct myself. I'll get them. Sheepy: Fantomas: It shouldn't be too difficult for you, if you've raised a person. Doing poorly isn't an option. Arsé-kun: Germain: Exactly! I've only done it once...! I don't know if I can replicate the results exactly! Sheepy: Fantomas: I'm a tanuki - a raccoon. How hard could it be? Arsé-kun: Germain: I don't know if that changes the process any.. Uriel: Loki: Where do you keep your supplies? Arsé-kun: Germain: In the study.. Uriel: Loki: All of them? Arsé-kun: Germain: Yes.. Uriel: Loki: Fine. Noted. We'll give you two days to recover. Sound good, Fantomas? Sheepy: Fantomas: Yes. His family may come to worry, though. What should we do if they start wondering where he is? Sheepy: Fantomas: Unless he has none. Sheepy: Fantomas: In which case, there's no rush other than my desire to be back in my body. Uriel: Loki: None that I know of, other than that girl... and I can cover it. Sheepy: Fantomas: Great. And you, don't mess this up. If my body id made unusable by you... Well, what's the term... Sheepy: Fantomas: "We'll cross that bridge when we get there"? Is that it? Uriel: Loki: I've also heard "We'll burn that bridge when we get to it". Sheepy: Fantomas: So is that the correct form? Uriel: Loki: Either works. Arsé-kun: Germain: She is my wife. Uriel: Loki: Your wife... You don't seem the type. Hm. Sheepy: Fantomas: Someone would actually marry you? Arsé-kun: Germain: I can say the same for you. Sheepy: Fantomas: I've never had an interest in tying myself down. Sheepy: Fantomas: And, another thing. Don't say a thing about this to the owner of this body. Arsé-kun: Germain: Ah. You're borrowing it? Uriel: Loki: He is. Arsé-kun: Germain: ... Fine. Sheepy: Fantomas: He will most likely mention it to his parents, who will kill him. Sheepy: Fantomas: You'd lead to the death of an innocent if you told him. Arsé-kun: Germain: ...... We'll see about that, but I personally won't tell him. Uriel: Loki: ..Oh, right. Your ring. Give it to me. Arsé-kun: Germain: Absolutely not. Uriel: Loki: To a certain extent. I need it. Arsé-kun: Germain: I can't let anyone else have it. It'll cause harm to you. Sheepy: Fantomas: Then, you. Cough it up. Not literally, though, because that'd be disgusting. Arsé-kun: Germain: I'd rather do that than hand it over. Uriel: Loki: I know what the rings do. Hand it over. Arsé-kun: Germain: I'm not letting you hurt yourself for that. Imitate it if you have to, but you can't have it. Uriel: Loki: Do you think I'm so stupid as to wear it? Hand it over. I can't imitate something like that, anyway. Arsé-kun: Germain: You implied it. *he hesitantly takes it off* Sheepy: Fantomas: If that's a staple of your fashion, he may need it in order to trick your wife into believing he's you. That's your plan, right? That's what I'd do, at least. Uriel: Loki: That's right. Uriel: Loki: Better to have the real thing, in this case. And I can't imitate such a thing. Now, Germain, is there anything I need to know? Arsé-kun: Germain: Other than the boss probably being mad at me? No. Uriel: Loki: *He grunts* Lovely. Fine, then. I'll be back within the hour with your supplies, assuming I don't run into her. Sheepy: Fantomas: Do you know her name if you do? Uriel: Loki: No. Arsé-kun: Germain: You will. She's staying indoors for now. Sheepy: Fantomas: Hey, you. What do you call her? Arsé-kun: Germain: Her name is Cardia. Sheepy: Fantomas: Great, so you don't have any nicknames for her, like Sweetiepie or Honeybunchkins. Uriel: Loki: I'll keep that in mind. Arsé-kun: Germain: *he more or less ignores fantomas* Uriel: Loki: Nothing you've neglected to tell me? Sheepy: Fantomas: That was a question, because if he doesn't use the right nickname, your wife will get suspicious... Sheepy: Fantomas: Like if Loch called me Snugglebunny, I'd rip his face off and then doubt his identity. Arsé-kun: Germain: Nothing I can think of... Uriel: Loki: You're certain? Arsé-kun: Germain: Not really.. Uriel: Loki: It'll have to do. Kei, will you be around or will you need to get going? Sheepy: Fantomas: I'll need to go. Sheepy: Fantomas: He's going to take control soon. Uriel: Loki: Alright. I'll lock the door behind us, then. Sheepy: Fantomas: Great. Uriel: Loki: Go ahead. Sheepy: *Fantomas leaves* Uriel: Loki: *and he also exits, locking the door behind himself* Arsé-kun: Germain: neat. Uriel: *SO, LATER* Uriel: Loki: *he's shapeshifted into germain and is presently going through the study, looking for germain's supplies. how thrilling* Sheepy: *There's the sound of glass shattering!* Uriel: Loki: *he straightens up and look around. what the hell was that* Sheepy: *Izzy has arrived!* Uriel: Loki: *oh.* Er... Sheepy: Izzy: Where have you been!? Sheepy: Izzy: Shirking your job isn't acceptable! Uriel: Loki: Here? Sheepy: Izzy: And not doing your job! Uriel: Loki: Well, you never came calling... Sheepy: Izzy: I have been telling you to do your job for quite some time now! Uriel: Loki: Have you? Sheepy: Izzy: ​Yes! Sheepy: Izzy: *she approaches!* Uriel: Loki: *he backs off* Personal space, if you don't mind. Sheepy: *Izzy looks him over and then squints* Uriel: Loki: *oh boy* Sheepy: *Izzy pins him to the wall with her scythe! To his neck. Izzy, no.* Sheepy: Izzy: How much did he pay you to stand in for him, huh? Uriel: Loki: P-pay? Sheepy: Izzy: Yeah, how much did Germain pay you to stand in for him, so he wouldn't have to receive an earful? Uriel: Loki: Y-you're pressing a bit hard, I do need to breathe, you know... Sheepy: Izzy: Tell me where Germain is. Uriel: Loki: How am I supposed to know that? Sheepy: Izzy: You've probably spoken to him recently. Uriel: Loki: W-well, sure, but I don't know where he went! Sheepy: Izzy: Uhuh. Sure. Sheepy: Izzy: Okay, pally. We can go one of two ways. Sheepy: Izzy: Either you tell me what I want to know - where Germain is, or I'll see just how fast I can crush your windpipe with my scythe. Uriel: Loki: I don't know where he is! Sheepy: Izzy: Is lying the best idea for the situation you're in? Uriel: Loki: L-look, I really can't breathe all that well, so if you don't mind moving your scythe... Sheepy: *Izzy relieves the pressure somewhat, ut not completely* Uriel: Loki: *THANK YOU* I'm being sincere, I don't know where he is! Sheepy: Izzy: Uhuh. Uriel: Loki: How am I supposed to prove myself as sincere to you?? Sheepy: Izzy: Telling me where he is. Uriel: Loki: I- I don't know where he is! Honest! sheep: Izzy: Stop lying if you treasure your life... Uriel: Loki: Last I spoke with him was yesterday! I swear! He said he was tired and I left shortly after that! Uriel: Loki: I don't know where he would have gone! sheep: Izzy: Uhuh. Uriel: Loki: I'm being sincere! sheep: Izzy: No you aren't. Uriel: Loki: I-I am! sheep: Izzy: No. Uriel: Loki: *he twists to the side to try and pull himself out of izi's...pin(?)* sheep: Izzy: Stop that. Uriel: Loki: Then let go of me! sheep: Izzy: Tell me what I need to know. Uriel: Loki: I did! sheep: Izzy: No. Uriel: Loki: What do you mean no?? sheep: Izzy: Where is he? Uriel: Loki: I don't know! sheep: Izzy: You do. Uriel: Loki: Why would I know? sheep: Izzy: Because you've talked to him recently. Uriel: Loki: That doesn't mean I know where he went...! Sheepy: Izzy: It doesn't mean that, but you do. Uriel: Loki: Why would I know? I talked to him only to satisfy my curiosity on a subject! Sheepy: Izzy: Then why are you in his house with his ring? Sheepy: Izzy: He must have given you his ring, meaning you know where he is to return it. Sheepy: Izzy: I'm like a genius detective or something... Uriel: Loki: *he seems cross* Just because I take things doesn't mean I track a person's every move. Sheepy: Izzy: Taking his ring deserves a punishment all on its own. Uriel: Loki: W-what are you talking about? Sheepy: Izzy: Taking his ring deserves a punishment, too. Uriel: Loki: ... Wh-what sort of punishment...? Sheepy: Izzy: Hmm... Sheepy: Izzy: Torture. Or, you could join the ranks of my hellhounds and be one of our servants. I can't say you'll have much free will though. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: *he's standing on his hind legs, with his front paws on the window* That seems unnecessary. Sheepy: Izzy: It's not. Uriel: Loki: I don't like either of those options! Sheepy: Izzy: Then tell me where he is. Uriel: Loki: I don't know where he is! Arsé-kun: Izanagi: I could just sniff him out.. But, all right. I'll be out here, sniffing the flowers. Sheepy: Izzy: Really? Sheepy: Izzy: Hey, now, you never mentioned that. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: I didn't think I had to. Let the kit go, Izzy. Sheepy: Izzy: First, give me the ring so I can return it to him. Uriel: Loki: Take your scythe off my neck first! Sheepy: *Izzy does so* Uriel: Loki: *and he shifts into his fox-guise, picks up the bag containing germain's supplies, and bAILS THROUGH THE WINDOW WITH LITTLE REGARD FOR CONSEQUENCES OF IZANAGI BEING THERE* Sheepy: Izzy: Well, darn. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: I'll catch up! *he begins to chase after Loki* Sheepy: Izzy: I'll stick around here, I guess. Uriel: Loki: *honestly he's more concerned about getting his ass to the casino in one piece. without getting hit by a car. or something.* Arsé-kun: *And Izanagi, meanwhile, is hauling ass after him- Also without getting hit by a car* Arsé-kun: *They pause at the corner- Loki skids to a stop, and puts a paw up for Izanagi to stop. He then gestures at the crosswalk light. Izanagi nods and sits down, and they calmly cross the street when the walk signal pops up. The chase then resumes* Uriel: Loki: *he arrives at the casino without incident. he almost runs smack into the door, and then like, hops in a circle* Narugami! Sheepy: Narugami: Yeah? Uriel: Loki: *he points with his nose at izanagi, and then goes around narugami and into the casino. Safety. kinda.* Sheepy: Narugami: What does he want me to do about it...? Sheepy: Narugami: Well, whatever. Go away, fox, you aren't wanted here. Sheepy: *Narugami has closed the door* Arsé-kun: Izanagi: *he whines and gives Narugami his best puppy eyes* Sheepy: Narugami: Stop that. The trash is out back if you want food. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: ! Sheepy: Narugami: I'm not letting you in, though. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: *he sulks away, to the back.* Uriel: *well. theres garbage. and the back door is slightly ajar, So.* Arsé-kun: *and so, izanagi strolls in, swallowing the remains of some french fries, lightly gross and trashy* Uriel: *well, loki went over that way, it smells like* Arsé-kun: *follow that scent!!!* Uriel: *loki gave up at some point with. stairs. and he's slid half way down them like a snake.* Arsé-kun: Izanagi: ... Do you need help? Uriel: Loki: no shut up Arsé-kun: Izanagi: ... Are you sure? Uriel: Loki: I'll be fine. *he gets up. and. sits up on his hind legs to unlock the damn door and just. goes in. to give germain his damn supplies.* Arsé-kun: Germain: ... *he rolls over slightly to look at Loki* ah. You survived. Uriel: Loki: you sound disappointed. Arsé-kun: Germain: Too tired for the surprised emotion. Can I have my ring? Uriel: Loki: *he totters over with the ring clenched between his teeth and drops it. on germain. then he jumps off the bed and makes his way back to the door* Arsé-kun: Germain: Are you drunk? Uriel: Loki: *he stops. thinks about this for a second.* Boy, I'd love to be. Uriel: Loki: *and he closes and locks the door.* Arsé-kun: Izanagi: *he has sat down by now* Uriel: Loki: ... Can I help you? Arsé-kun: Izanagi: *he uses a paw to lift Loki's head up a little, and inspects his neck* That's going to definitely bruise. I'm kind of surprised you made it this far. Uriel: Loki: Geez, are you working with her or what?... Arsé-kun: Izanagi: She's my wife, but I've got no intention to harm you. Uriel: Loki: I'm not so naive that I'll accept such a statement right away. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: *he lies down* Truly, I don't. Uriel: Loki: *he gives izanagi a suspicious look* ... Alright, fine, I'll believe you, I suppose. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: I've got no reason to lie to you. Speaking of, it'd do you well to rest as well. Uriel: Loki: Sure, but let me get a drink first. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: Go on ahead. Uriel: Loki: *and so he (laboriously) drags himself upstairs to go get a drink. alcoholic, of course* Arsé-kun: *Izanagi gets impatient, and goes up to make sure he doesn't die* Uriel: *here's loki! drinking. booze. loki...* Arsé-kun: Izanagi: *he hops up onto a seat* ... Well. I suppose that, too, is an option. Uriel: Loki: I was talking about alcohol. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: I see. ... You usually work behind the bar, don't you? Uriel: Loki: I do, yes. Why? Arsé-kun: Izanagi: Pour me one, too. Uriel: Loki: Well, alright. *so he does* Arsé-kun: Izanagi: *he ducks down to change form, and comes back up as a person, looking appropriate for a bar-goer* Thank you. Uriel: Loki: You're welcome. *he rubs his throat and frowns, then drinks.* Arsé-kun: *two foxes get fucking smashed and go barhopping. for two days. straight. somehow* Uriel: *loki gets home and. it's 3am. he's a fox. he's covered in glitter. there's moNEY IN HIS COLLAR. and the first thing he does is pass out on the couch. loki...* Arsé-kun: *Izanagi goes back to where Izzy lives. he's also a fox. he's also got money in his collar. he's got a starbucks cup on one ear. He's also covered in glitter, and he's still slightly drunk. He announces his presence by meowing, loudly* Sheepy: Izzy: It's 3 AM... Where ​were​ you? I was worried- *she stares at him amd squints* When you said follow him, I wasn't aware that you meant getting drunk. Sheepy: Izzy: You disappear for two days, and this is what you were doing? I've been up waiting for you. Gosh.. nevermind, I'm going to bed. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: I'm. So sorry. I completely lost track of time.. But yes, do go rest. I did find out where Germain was, as well.. Sheepy: Izzy: You found out where he is? I can stay up a while longer. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: The Loch and Kei casino basement. Sheepy: Izzy: Awesome. I'm going there tomorrow. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: n' have fun doin' that. I'll probably come, too. Sheepy: Izzy: What, to get drunk there? Arsé-kun: Izanagi: No, no. This was enough for the year. Sheepy: Izzy: I'd appreciate it if you'd taken my concerns more to heart, but thank you for the information. Because, you are aware what's going on, right? Arsé-kun: Izanagi: Nnnnot exactly? Sheepy: Izzy: The head of the animal department has disappeared. Many of the reapers have disappeared, too. Sheepy: Izzy: We don't have enough reapers for the animals and they're starting to overpopulate. The reapers from that side are overworking themselves to keep the priblem in check. Sheepy: Izzy: If that starts happening with other parts, that'd be a huge problem. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: .. That is a massive problem. Sheepy: Izzy: And, of course, Germain has been neglecting his work, meaning everyone from my agency has had to pick up his targets as well as doing our own jobs. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: I was wondering why you'd been so, uh, upset about that. Sheepy: Izzy: He's vital because he can read people's souls, too. He can figure ot what's going on. And, unfortunately, our only witness doesn't remember what he saw. Sheepy: Izzy: So he's necessary in order to find the culprit. Sheepy: Izzy: That's why I've been so concerned. When people who are supposed to die survive, situations like with Germain's wife happens. Sheepy: Izzy: And if that happens on a large scale, my job will be much harder. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: I understand. I'm sorry for not telling you where I had gone. Sheepy: Izzy: It's fine. Sheepy: *so anyway, fantomas and loki exist* Arsé-kun: *and its not 4 am, either* Uriel: Loki: *he has his head down on the bar counter* Sheepy: Fantomas: What's up? Uriel: Loki: I've been drinking for the past few days. My everything hates me right now. Sheepy: Fantomas: Isn't it a little early to be doing that? Uriel: Loki: Hey, I'm not you. Uriel: Loki: And after nearly having my throat crushed, I think I'm more than a little justified in doing so Sheepy: Fantomas: I didn't know about that. Uriel: Loki: Now you do, then. What's up, though? *he lifts his face up and straightens up in general* Sheepy: Fantomas: Not much. Uriel: Loki: Ah. Are you ready to be back in your own body, then?.. Sheepy: Fantomas: Yeah. Uriel: Loki: Alright, well, then let's go. Sheepy: *they go* Arsé-kun: Germain: *he's... awkwardly observing this fucking raccoon corpse, that's just sitting on a towel and thawing out. it was apparently frozen? what the fuck.* Uriel: Loki: it smells like dead animal. Sheepy: Fantomas: I wonder why. Uriel: Loki: Whatever, let's get this over with. Sheepy: Fantomas: You deal with Juve when this is done. I can't be seen with him. Uriel: Loki: Alright, fine, I will. Arsé-kun: Germain: .... Could you maybe move out of my line of sight? ... I've never done this around others. Uriel: Loki: Fine. *and he steps to the side, so germain can't see him* Sheepy: Fantomas: *he moves* Arsé-kun: Germain: ... *he looks back at Fantomas, and makes eye contact* When I need you, I'll gesture for you. It's of utmost importance you come when I need. Sheepy: Fantomas: I will. Arsé-kun: Germain: Thank you. *he turns back to the shitty raccoon corpse.* Sheepy: *fantomas waits* Arsé-kun: *Germain sets his staff upright, and quietly begins to attempt his magic. He's a bit more nervous this time around, but it isn't stopping him... He raises his free hand, and gestures for Fantomas* Sheepy: *Fantomas comes* Arsé-kun: *and he's directed to in the corpse. But will it still be a corpse for long? Germain isn't entirely sure* Sheepy: *there's some twitching!* Arsé-kun: Germain: .. .... *he takes a seat on the ground, and puts his staff down* .... That was.. exhausting, but it is done. Uriel: Loki: Great to know. *and he strolls over to in-vest-i-gate* Sheepy: Fantomas: How did I move originally? I feel like this is... what's the term, phantom limb, except reverse, because i know I have a tail but I can barely feel that it exists. Also, I'm still figuring out how to get up. Uriel: Loki: Heh. It'll come. Arsé-kun: Germain: It may have to do with you still being slightly frozen? Sheepy: Fantomas: I am? Uriel: Loki: Maybe a bit. Juve, are you alright? Sheepy: Juve: Where am I? What's going on? Uriel: Loki: Dooon't worry about it. Come on. Arsé-kun: Germain: No harm was done, so don't worry about it. Sheepy: Juve: Well, okay. Uriel: Loki: *he puts his hands on juve's shoulders, turns him around, and walks him upstairs* Arsé-kun: Izanagi: *he's sitting on a stool again* Good afternoon, Loki. I'm glad to see you're still alive. Uriel: Loki: Hi, Izanagi. Your wife isn't here, is she? Sheepy: Juve: Still alive? Arsé-kun: Izanagi: Loki and I had a bit of fun drinking yesterday. *he laughs* And yes, she went in the backdoor. Uriel: Loki: I don't remember anything I did. ... Ugh. Great, I don't wanna deal with her. Sheepy: Izzy: I heard you talking trash Arsé-kun: Izanagi: *he grins* Oh, shall I tell you? In excruciating detail? Uriel: Loki: Oh, can we save the part where you beat me senseless for after Izanagi educates me- oh, or there's that.. Sheepy: Izzy: What, did you think that you were important to me? Uriel: Loki: Nah, but I did bail on you. Sheepy: Izzy: Your cowardice led me here, so really, I don't care. Uriel: Loki: Excuse me, please, Juve. *he turns and clocks izzy in the jaw* Sheepy: Izzy: Ugh! *she puts her hand on her jaw. ow.* Uriel: Loki: With that out of the way. *he smooths his shirt* You were saying, Izanagi? Sheepy: Izzy: I wish you a painful death. Sheepy: Izzy: That hurt! Uriel: Loki: Oh, don't worry, I've already been promised one. Sheepy: Izzy: I'm guessing he's in the basement, so out of the way. I'm only concerned about Germain. Uriel: Loki: With all due respect, ma'am, it's private property. Sheepy: Izzy: I respect no one. Sheepy: Izzy: So, move. Uriel: Loki: I will have you thrown out. Sheepy: Izzy: I don't care. I have a job I need done and he's the only one who can do it. Sheepy: Izzy: And let me tell you - if he doesn't help clean up what's going on right now, it won't just affect me. It'll affect you and everyone you know. Uriel: Loki: If this is reaper business, no, it won't affect me. Sheepy: Izzy: It's the business of everyone. Sheepy: Izzy: People will stop dying. Sheepy: Izzy: They'll only be born. Sheepy: Izzy: That's what's going on right now. Arsé-kun: Germain: Yes, it will. .... Hello, ma'am. I do apologize for my absence. Sheepy: Izzy: I've been looking for you all over the place.. and you were in some guy's basement. How'd you get yourself kidnapped? Arsé-kun: Germain: Hard work and determination. Sheepy: Izzy: Good job. Now, get back to work. I don't have the energy to yell at you. I've just been punched and I've barely slept. Arsé-kun: Germain: Y-yes, ma'am.. Can I drop my supplies off, at least? Sheepy: Izzy: Go ahead. I'll talk to you immediately afterwards. Arsé-kun: Germain: I'll keep my door unlocked for your arrival. *he hurries out. goodbye, germain* Uriel: Loki: .. Well, Juve, can you get home on your own, or shall I walk you? Sheepy: Juve: I can get home by myself. Uriel: Loki: Alright. Be careful. Sheepy: *Juve leaves* Uriel: Loki: Now, you were saying, Izanagi? Arsé-kun: Izanagi: *he rubs his hands together* Well, we decided to go barhopping. You were apparently disappointed about a lack of a stripper pole, and ran off after having at least three shots. You returned with a stripper pole, and a power drill. Uriel: Loki: ... I'm already disappointed in myself. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: You then proceeded to give lessons to everyone who wanted them. It was somewhat inspirational. Uriel: Loki: Please tell me that's all. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: That was the first hour. Uriel: Loki: I'm almost afraid to ask. Go on. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: Once you were finished, you had one drink. You then went to the back, and returned with a large sum of money. ... You can figure that out yourself. Uriel: Loki: I feel like I need to drink to feel better about this. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: You then had seven drinks in a row. I sobered up immediately watching you. Uriel: Loki: oh. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: We then proceeded to switch bars. You slammed into a parked van, and yelled "I'm hit!" and rolled on the ground. When I asked if you were all right, you looked at me and said "This is what dying looks like". Uriel: Loki: Oh wow. Arsé-kun: Izanagi: You then decided, after having fun with at least six more people, that the hobos out back needed some alcohol too. So, using some of the money you earned, you bought them all beer and spent the rest of the evening having dance-offs with hobos. You gave the winner your coat. Uriel: Loki: *he puts his hand on his cheek* Arsé-kun: Izanagi: And then you passed out next to a dumpster for a few hours. Uriel: Loki: Ah, my home. *he's joking* Arsé-kun: Izanagi: You were a bit more tolerable the next day, but you barely gave me time to sleep. You were also convinced we had to visit the pet store and pet everything. Uriel: Loki: Well, did we? Arsé-kun: Izanagi: Absolutely. Uriel: Loki: Good. Uriel: Loki: Is that all? Arsé-kun: Izanagi: No. You went back to having fun, and I ended up having to cut you off by drinking everything you ordered. Uriel: Loki: Wait, which kind of having fun? Arsé-kun: Izanagi: yes Uriel: Loki: Don't just leave it at "yes"

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Zoe "Oh please. Spare me the lies. You know who i am-my face is plastered all over the universe 'Oh, the new princess just got her title, blah blah blah!'. You were only trying to get rid of me because your a pampered princess turned glorified Captain."

this is under a cut it IS LONG. LIKE HOLY FUCK THIS IS ALOT OF PREPLANNING I DID WOW.

Kait "I'd like to see you in battle, with ACTUAL weapons, instead of cheap mind tricks. Maybe then we'd see who's better."

Zoe "Alright lets cut the small talk, shall we? I was sent here by the council on Ziirav to investigate the 'Great Evil' that may or may not have fled to Earth. You're here for that reason to."

Kait "And?"

Zoe "AND, i think it would prove useful to work together."

Kait pauses, she's let out of Zoes control, and she stands up. She thinks on it, then looks over at zoe. "Isn't the Elven Council corrupt?"

Zoe "Big time. But i'm doing this more so to get away from them, then to do their bidding."

Kait "Well....maybe we can help you with that problem once this 'Great Evil' issue's been dealt with."

Zoe looks up "We?"

Kait "yeah. I already found someone who's on the same mission."

Zoe "Was it that red-haired guy, Petro?"

Kait "Huh? Oh him.....no. And if it was i'd kill myself."

Zoe "Why? He seems nice....if not a bit of a delinquent..."

Kait "He's annoying, and cares too much about people he barely knows." She heads for the door to the hallway. "Coming?"

Floor 2.

Kait knocks on the door marked '26'. A tall lanky girl opens the door, and greats them with a smile, letting them inside.

KP "so.....i take it this is a new addition to our team?"

Kait "How'd ya know?"

KP "Well, she doesnt seem the type to be hanging around you naturally..."

Zoe "And you are?"

Kait "Oh, ya, don't probe her mind." she rolls her eyes.

Zoe "She isn't randomly attacking me. Formalities can thus be used."

Kait slumps down on KP's bed "Whatever."

KP "Katiryna of Klynora," she shakes Zoe's hand "My Earth name is Kirsten."

Zoe "Elziim of Ziirav. Zoe for me." they look at Kait.

Kp "I know NOTHING about you."

Kait "Zineb. Mandorum, Earth is Kait."

KP "So....wait....we're all royal figures in our realms.....thats kind of an odd coincidence dont cha think?"

Zoe "I doubt this was by accident."

KP "What do you mean?"

Zoe "Think about it. We're all sent on the same mission, to the exact same school at the same time, and randomly 'happen' to meet?"

Kait "Actually.....We're still missing someone-if what your saying is true."

KP "Right. Fairy princess.....what was her name again?"

Zoe "Kahna. High strung, high maintenance, high demand for like, every guy EVERWHERE. Mortal enemies with vampire over there." She points to Kait "It wont be easy to get her to believe anything we say."

Kait "Well thats understandable. Fairies have really tiny brains-its all that inbreeding."

KP laughs "That is SO mean!!"

Kait "But its true!" she smiles slightly, stifling a laugh.

Zoe "How are we going to find her?"

a loud shriek is heard just down the hallway. Zoe and Kp look out towards the racket.

Kait ".....You have GOT to be kidding me."

They go down towards the end of the hall, and turn into a giant mess of bags and cheerleaders. There are a few large guys standing there too-holding cheerleader luggage.

Melissa "EW!! These rooms are like, sooooo SMALL!!!"

Court "They aren't THAT bad....I've seen smaller."

Melissa "Ugh, My room back home is like, 3 TIMES bigger than this!"

Court *3 times? Thats it? mines like, at least 6 times larger...* "Well maybe you can have something arranged with the principle?"

KP "OK.....the screechy one is SO her."

Kait "Try the calm, shy one in the corner."

Zoe "What?"

Kait points to court "THAT'S Kahna." Kahna suddenly looks over at the three, seeing Kait pointing to her. Her expressions immediately change from calm and humble, to haughty and angry.

Court "Hold on Melissa, i have to take care of something."

Melissa "Whatever." she continues complaining to the guys nearby.

Court marches towards the three, grabbing Zineb by the arm and draggin her off to the other side of the dorm. Zoe and KP follow close behind.

Court "you.....what are you DOING here?!?!?" she sees Zoe and KP, and realization flashes across her face. "This was supposed to be MY mission!!!" she stomps her heeled boot down in frustration.

KP and Zoe giggle slightly and Kait rolls her eyes. "Well, it looks like your part of a team now."

Chapter 3: Delinquent Dilemma

The four are walking around the school looking for all their classes. Each has run into at least one person from their small Cliques except for Kait.

Court "That was SOOOO embarrassing!"

KP "How was it embarrassing? She seemed nice!"

Kait "That's what Zoe said about Petro."

Court "Who's Petro? OOOO!!! Is he your boyfriend?!"

Kait colours slightly, masking it with embarrassed anger "NO!!!!! We arent even friends! He just likes to show up unannounced and creep me out."

Petro walks up behind her and leans in between the shoulders of her and Court "Miss me?"

They both freak out and move to the sides. Kahna stares at him in horror. "Whats wrong with your HEAD?!?(shes talking about his hair colour) and your FACE-those metal tags!!!"

Petro looks at her, raising an eyebrow, completely unphased by the unintentional insults. "ew, Prep.....AND a cheerleader....."He turns to Kait "You'll hang out with the enemy, and not me?"

Kait "You have NO idea how true that statement is."

They continue walking and Petro reaches around Kait and grabs her schedule.

Court "Why are you so tall?!" she looks up at him, terror and horror worsening on her face.

Petro "Hey, we have the same History class....which is weird-why are you all in a 12 grade course?"

KP "Uh-we all took advanced lessons back home!"

Petro "Riiiiiight....."

Kait snatches her schedule back "We're trying to find the class, if you dont mind?"

Petro "We have Mr. Quan." He takes the front and turns a corner "My third year in a class with him! It's right downt he hall."

Zoe turns back to Kait "See? told you he seemed nice!"

Petro looks around quickly and wiggles the doorknob, opening the door slightly and peering in.

KP "Uhh....shouldnt we wait-"

Petro "SHHHH!!!! I gotta get somethin'" he goes inside, leaving the door open. KP makes a frustrated face and follows him. KAit looks at Zoe with a "really?" expression.

Zoe "Hey. I said delinquent too!"

Kait goes in, following KP, Zoe and Court come to, looking around the large room. Petro's over by Quan's desk, sitting down in the chair and opening drawers, shuffling through them.

KP "OK. This has gone far enough-if your some kind of thief, leave us out of it!"

Petro "Shudap!! I'm just looking for something, gawd. And if your THAT uncomfortable with this, 'Miss Priss', then LEAVE." He yanks at a drawer and it doesnt open.

Zoe blinks, Kait smiles at her evily "OK.....i take back my 'nice' statement...."

Petro digs into his pockets, finally pulling out a small keym pushing it into the lock and turning.

KP "Where did you even GET that?"

Petro smiles deviously "I picked it from Quan this morning when he was setting up the room. He probably doesn't even realize it's gone."

Court "You ARE a thief?"

Petro pulls the drawer open and smiles widely, taking out a small leather book, with odd symbols covering it, and multiple sticky notes protruding from the top and side of countless pages.

Mr. Quan "Oh he realizes." They all spin around, shock on all their faces.

End.

Chapter 4: Mr. Quan

Petro "Heh....sup?"

Quan "Honestly, Mr. Moyaz. you could have waited untill i'd actually gotten back to my room before taking your book back"

Petro "W-well-"

Quan "I took it from you for a reason."

Petro "Ya, I know. But then you forgot to give it back last year, and-"

Quan "And you've been without it all summer, yes i know...."

Petro "What are you trying to protect me from?"

Quan looks up, eyes wide "Excuse me?"

Petro "You heard me. Sir, you keep interfering in anything i do that revolves around magic."

Quan "I-i-"

Petro "Well, just dont bother! Magic isnt real..no matter how much we want to think otherwise.....so seriously. There's nothing to worry about." He gets up and leaves, pushing through the girls and heading back out towards the dorms.

The door closes and the girls turn back to Quan, "Hello, welcome! It's so nice to have historic experts in one of my classes."

Zoe "What do you mean by that?"

Quan "Why dont you tell me?" He taps his right temple with his index and middle finger. When they give him odd expression, he smiles. "It's obvious that todays youths don't get taught in magical histories." He bows deeply "I am High Wizard Quardreer, of Cahll. It's a pleasure to meet you my ladies."

Court "Cahll?! As in the Wizard Realm!?"

The three stare at her in surprise. Kait "Wow....she ACTUALLY knows something..."

Court "Well duh-Cahll is where all the most elegant, charming and handsome boys come from!!" she stares off dreamily. Everyone rolls their eyes.

Zoe "What are you doing here anyway?"

Quan "I was sent by the Wizard Council, Demongus himself, to make sure you four were taken care of. Can't have the next rulers showing up dead now can we?"

(in the background)Court "Who's Demongus?"

Zoe "But your also here for Petro, right?"

Quan leans back against his desk. "I've been here for 12 years. Teaching history, in teh hopes that everything would go as planned and Mr. Moyaz would be brought here for his last three years of school."

KP "Why?"

Quan "I'm to look after him, keep him safe.....make sure that he doesnt loose whatever control he he's got left.....his temper has gotten wrose though....Dire sign of things to come..."

Court "what are you talking about?"

Quan looks up abruptly "Nothing you should be concerned with.....at least not yet....For the moment i need to know that you all realize whats coming, more likely if you fail."

Kait "We dont even know what we're up against here!"

Quan "Im bound to not release such information....that blasted Code...."

KP "So how are we gonna find anything out?!"

Quan "Well....you could always try Shamiroth of Mandorum, Cameela of Ziirav, or Shaal Cantsley of Klynora. A possibility could be Aurelle as well.....but of course she's busy being a Flamean goddess and all." he smiles at Kahna. "Seeing them all would be best, Oh and.....if you can, theres a man in Yarshov(The large jail realm in teh form of a Prison Complex!!), who might be of use." He looks over at Kait "As i remember, your brother may be very useful for getting inside."

Kait "Uh....yeah, we'll.....we'll do that."

end.

Chapter 5: Mandorum

Kait walks out into the grounds, heading for the trio already waiting for her.

Zoe "How'd you get away from Petro?"

Kait "What's that supposed to mean?"

Zoe "I just mean that hes always following you around."

KP "Yeah, he's like a really big,  scruffy, creepy puppy."

Court "a LOVE-STRUCK puppy!!" Kp and Court laugh uncontrollably.

Kait "UGH! You guys, seriously. He doesnt 'love' me!! He just wants to force me to an early, annoyance-induced grave!"

Court "hehe, he wants to force SOMETHING alright!" more laughter from KP and Court, Zoe smiles, trying to keep herself from doing the same. Kait death stares both of them, and they slowly work it down to stifled giggles.

Kait walks past them and spreads her arms out to her sides, closing her eyes. "ZERACONTREL!" a large purple portal opens up, shooting out electrical currents and loud thunder.

KP "Um...are we supposed to trust that? 'Cause honestly, it looks like a spinning vortex of death."

Court "i have to agree..."

Kait "Oh grow up and stop being such Squeebs." she walks towards the portal, when Kahna breaks in.

Court "Why Mandorum first!?"

Kait "Because IM the only one in the group with Captain status-"

Zoe "Uh, technically 'princess' overpowers 'captain'."

Kait "SHH-TSSSSHHHH-SHHEH!" she waits for more giggles to subside. "Either way, im the only one with leadership skills-end of story. We're going to my realm first. Besides.....it's closest."(ya i had realms set up like planets its weird)

They enter and come out into a long grand hallway.

Kait looks around feverishly "DAMN!!! I overshot it-maybe theres still time to-"

BOOM! Kait and Court are encased in a thick glow and then a reverberating sound emmits from their bodies, They collapse to the floor.

Court "You ruined one of my favourite Earth outfits!!!" Kp helps her up.

Kait "well YOU just ended the fucking WAR!!!!"

Zoe "Isn't that a good thing?"

Kait snaps at her "NO! We have no legitimate reason to fight now! And, now we have to go through the peace celebration with all the ugly dresses, dancing and losers in suits." She stomps down the hallways towards the throne room, tearing off the Glamour as she goes.

The others follow close behind, removing their glamours as well. They enter a large room with huge tapestries hangin on the walls. There are guards lining the walls, spears at their sides, ready to be used. A tall, thin guard in a flowing purple cape stands next to the Queen. He stares at them as they enter, his helmet hiding his face in shadows, but a snarl errupts on his face. The royal insignia is embroidered on the cape and he's holding a large scythe, and looks ready to take heads off.

Queen "Daughter! Back so soon?"

The Queen looks young and spry, a pleasant, caring smile pulled tight across her face. A large crown glistens on her head, and an assortment of heavy fabrics and armour make up her dress. The man sitting next to her wears a silver ringlet across his forehead. He's clothed in Dark Gray armour, rose-detailing etched into it. He looks to be at least twice as old as the Queen, and makes no effort at emotion.

Kait kneals, head down low, knowing full well whats coming

Queen "So dearest, how has the mission been so far. I see the other princesses of the great realms are with you-always a good sign!" the Guard rolls his eyes, sighing loudly. The queen slaps his stomach with the back of her hand. "Shush dear." She looks at the others, studying them acutely, and smiles again "Welcome, i'm hopefull that the absense of a sun will not unnerve you?"

Zoe "Shouldn't be a problem your Majesty."

Kait looks over at her father, not wanting to stand up. *Say something father.* a voice enters her head. "How dare you continue to the throne room! You disgrace us by bringing a fairy here, then have the nerve to come see us?"

She blinks quickly glancing at the guard standing beside the throne. Her eyes narrow, and her eyebrows lower. His eyes widen, and his mouth falls open. he turns away for a second and touches his head.

Kait stands up, still staring at him. "Mother, if you'll excuse me,"

Queen "of course deary!"

Kait "AND Damean?"

The queen looks surprised, as do KP, Court and Zoe. Then she looks back at the guard behind her, back to the group. "Alright." She waves over a small, thin man in a fine outfit. "Would you go fetch Nathan for me? He needs to cover for Damean." the man bows and rushes off through a large set of doors to the right.

Damean slowly walks down the stairs from the throne, along the purple fabric, Scythe still in hand. Instead of coming to attention, waiting to receive orders like a well trained guard, he walks right past Kait, and continues up a set of stairs. Kait follows, a stern look on her face. The others tag along.

The get to a long hallway, and walk down it at a fast pace, turning corners and going down a bunch of stairs finally coming to a circular room. Kait moves in behind some boxes and dissapears. The others look at each other questioningly and go behind the boxes too. A metal hatch lies open and Kait is climibng down a long ladder into a huge room. They follow and stop when they reach the bottom.

It's lit with torches and they have to cross a bridge to get to an area with seats and a fireplace. The bridge crosses a large and deep looking canal filled with bright blue water. A thick, white fog comes from it. They cross and see the guard taking off his helmet, Kait's taken a set at a table with a skull and some bones placed on it.

Damean rips his hair free of the helmet, and stares over at the intruders. Kahna blushes a deep red, her mouth falling open for a second. Damean places the helmet on the table and closes his eyes, bracing for impact.

Kait twitches slightly, and then explodes "YOUR A TELEPATH?!?!?! WHEN THE HELL WHERE YOU GONNA LET ME IN ON THIS, HUH?!?! IM YOUR SISTER I NEED TO KNOW THESE THINGS!!!!"

he sighs, and opens his eyes, staring at her "I didn't tell you, because i knew you'd react like that. And excuse me, but when were you going to let me know that Nathan's courting you?"

Kait's eye widen, and she goes silent.

Damean "I heard some Privates talking about it......do you REALLY want to lead him on? Or is it because mum will never approve?"

Kait "What does it matter if she approves? and who says im doing that?"

Damean "It matters because she's still going to be around when you take the throne. And last i checked, Leading people on is what you do when you make them think they have a chance. You DO realize it can never work right?"

Kait "What are you talking about?"

Damean "You know full well what the King's position is in the royal family. The one upstairs is our biological father sure, but Mother ruled with others before him. She's made the mistake your going to make.....She fell in love, and made him King. Now when he dies she'll fall into a state of despair. you'll need to take the throne early, and find a suitable man to be your king, to foster the next generation of royalty. And of course, you being you, you'll choose your precious Nathan! When he dies, you'll die-inside."

She stares angrily at him, tears welling up in her eyes. His anger fades and he gives her a sympathetic look. "Im just worried about you. Tell him your not interested next time you two speak.....just tell him that....Captains can't have affectionate relationships with a member of their squad, er something....k?"

Kait stays silent, turning away from him. He sighs and sits down noticing the other three. "So....why did you freaks even come here?"

KP "WE'RE the freaks? at least our realms all have Sun's to keep our Moon's company!"

Damean "BLAH, blah blah." he puts his feet up on the table, and holds his arms behind his head, closing his eyes.

Zoe comes over and pushes Dameans feet off the table, snapping his eyes open. "We need your help."

Damean looks at her for a second "Why should i help you? I dont even help my SISTER most of the time!"

Zoe "Right, sure you dont-we need to talk to a 'Shamiroth'? Any ideas?"

Damean looks at her and over at Kait "So Zee, more things your hiding from me huh?"

Kait "This is MY mission, not yours, i dont need to give you ANY information!"

Damean breathes out heavily, looking back at the others-they've all come over and are sitting down at the table. "The Shamiroth is a kingly figure, leader of a bunch of Shadow Spirits in the Un-Temphs."

KP "Un-Temphs?"

Damean "Undergrounds temples shrowded in complete and utter darkness. Unless you want to be found and killed, having night vision is a must."

Zoe "But Zineb's royalty, if we go in there with her in our midst wouldnt they keep their distance?"

Damean laughs "Yeah, right! They were the original inhabitants of Mandorum, we came here and made buildings and life on top of their rocks. It was supposed ot work otu well-us living above ground, them living under it, they werent using the space anyway. But of course, the pompous morons decided they didnt want us ANYWHERE NEAR them. They've been waiting for a chance to start a war for a while. Killing off the princess heir would be a nice way of starting it."

KP "So then how are we gonna get in to talk to him?"

Damean "you ARENT. Shamiroth is the worst of the bunch. You're all gonna stay away from him and his little minions. I don't care WHAT your looking for, if all of you die a huge war will break out between all of our realms. Everyone will be eradicated EVERYWHERE." He gets up and puts his helmet back on, marching up toward the ladder. "I have to get back to duty, Nathan cant stand still, so he must be dieing up there right now." He climbs the ladder, and Kahna watches every second, eyes glazed over, still blushing.

They all sit in awkward silence for awhile, KP looks over at Kait, and puts a hand on her shoulder. Kaits head snaps up at her and she jerks free "What?"

KP "Nothing-just.....nothing."

Another silence. Kait "Well.....coming here was a complete waste."

Zoe "Not necessarily....." they all look up at her. "We could always disregard what Damean's told us....go anyway. We are descendants of the original Protectors afterall; being rebellious is what we do!" she smiles, hoping to lift their spirits. It ultimately works as a large and evily devious smile slowly forms on Kaits face. KP and Court smile too.

end.

Chapter 6: Vera's Blessing.

The four are standing outside a large Cave entrance, pillars and columns line the walkway. Kait walks forward, pushing the heavy metal gate open and walks inside. The others follow, and KP lights the passage with her staff. They all look back at her.

KP "If they come for us, they come for us. We'll worry about it if it happens."

they all smile and keep going. The trip is long and countless times they stop to look around, thinking they've heard something.

Finally they come to a set of hallways and rooms. They stop and lookc around. Kait chews her lip, staring down each hallway.

Court "where now, oh glorious leader?"

Kait "i.....I dont know, ok? I've never been down here before....."

Cronin "Zee?"

Kait looks to her right, and a small shadowy figure floats towards her, he's smiling goofily, and hugs her. "What are you doing here? Vampires aren't aloud in the caverns!"

Kait "We're looking for Shamiroth. do you know where he is?"

Cronin "Father? Why?"

Kait "Cronin, just trust me, we need to talk to him."

Cronin "I dont think that's possible....I'll go find him, go down that passage, you'll come ino his throne room. Guards can't attack you in there-too many valuables could get caught in the crossfire!" he floats off at a fast pace down the hallway he came from and they go down the hall he pointed out.

Zoe "Who was that?"

Kait "Cronin. I saved him from some of our guards when he came to the surface to explore. It was a few years ago..."

KP "And he's the kid of the 'Great and Fearsome' Shamiroth? Seriously, this guys credit is just dwindling away!"

"GET THEM!!!" a loud voice comes from behind them, and they spin around, seeing a group of shadow guards rushing down the hallway towards them.

Kait "RUN!!" they bolt down the hallway, the large doors coming closer. They get inside and come face to face with more guards. Kait pulls her sword out and puts in a ready position, but before she can do anything a booming voice shouts "STOP!"

The guards all vanish and the four look up at a large shadowy demonic figure. Cronin is floating next to him, smiling with relief.

Kait smiles gratefully and puts her sword back in its sheath.

Shamiroth "My son demanded that i let you all live. Why are you here, Princess?"

Kait walks forward, "We were told by a High wizard to talk to you about the 'Great Evil'....."

Shamiroth "Ahhh that...." he gives Kait a peculiar look and floats back towards a large curtain "Come."

They all exchange glances and follow him.

Shamiroth "Your people think i would kill you if you came anywhere near here....so i take it they dont know you've come?"

Kait "Of course not."

Shamiroth "Good, good. You not like the past queens.....too much like the first one."

He opens the curtains and they arrive in a large room full of weapon replicas, armour, suits, dresses, and countless antique items. A huge statue looms over everything in the middle of the room. The statue features a built woman roaring up at the sky, giant leathery wings spread out over her head, a giant sword in one hand and a huge shield in the other.

Their mouths drop open and Kait drops to the floor, kneeling in respect.

Shamiroth "The great Vera was one of the original forces used to lock him away. We're hoping that since you are a direct descendant of Vera, that you will take in the responsability of taking care of both sides of Mandorum. Your mother and queens before her have neglected us. Bring honour back to your people."

Kait stands up "I swear to you i will. I'll never follow in their footsteps."

Shamiroth "good." He grabs her wrist and it sizzles for second. She rips free and stares down at a blood red symbol on the bottom of her wrist.

Kait "Vera's Blessing..."

Shamiroth "You are now bound by your word, and are given free passage in the Caverns."

Kait ".....wow....."

KP "We still need information."

Shamiroth turns his gaze on her, and reaches his hand upward to a high shelf near the ceiling. An old scroll comes down to him and he hands it to them. "Go back to the castle, get some rest, and leave in the morning. Don't let anyone know you have this."

KP "what...is it?"

Shamiroth "A bit of help. You'll need a necromancer to translate it for you though. Keep it safe."

He fades and a boulder moves, moonlight streaming into the room.

End.

Chapter 7: Ziirav

Court, KP and Zoe are outside a door, standing in a long hallway. Court's knocking furiously, "C'mon Zee!!! We don't have all day!!!!" They wait another while and Court stomps her foot down again.

Damean comes around the corner and sees them, a look of surprise on his face. He comes over to them, holding his helmet in his arms "You're still here?"

Zoe "We're waiting for Zineb."

Damean "But she's not in there...."

Court "Then where is she!?"

Damean "In the courtyard. She broke it off with Nathan, and their fighting with sharp, pointy weapons to ease the pain." He marches off down the hallway, turning the corner.

The three are about to go down and see Zee, when she walks up and sees them "'Bout time. I've been training all morning, waiting for you guys!"

Court "Well we've been waiting for YOU all morning!"

Kait stares at her. "You suck at making sense. ANYWAY." She looks over at Zoe "Well?"

Zoe "OH, right...." <input portal word here>

The portal opens, its small and circular, glowing a bright blue with a circuit board design floating through it. She walks through and teh others follow, they come out on a sidewalk in a large city.

They look around in awe, mystified by the tall buildings and advanced technology. Zoe takes the lead heading down a street towards a tree filled area in the distance.

Zoe "Hurry up-maybe we can get into the woods before they know im back!"

Kait "Before WHO knows you're back?"

Zoe turns around looking up into teh sky, the others follow her gaze and their mouths drop open.

KP "What is that thing?" a large circular opject is floating above them, its very large and gusts of air protrude from underneath it. One very tall sir, in a tall hat is standing on it, with four other men, all clad in skin tight armour. They rush off the hovercraft and grab onto the four, brining them aboard.

They all struggle but Zoe breaks into ther minds. *Don't struggle, it just makes things worse.* They go still, letting the guards take them wherever their going.

<-- All in Head

Zoe "I guess you guys wanna ask about this huh?"

Kait "When were you gonna tell us that you're a wanted criminal!?"

Zoe "Who said I was that?"

Kait "Start explaining."

Zoe "No time, not right now."

---->

"We're here." They all look down at the large Dome of a building below them. The hovercraft is still heading forward, but it's sinking towards the earth as well.

It gets to a small platform and they're escorted off by the guards. They go inside, following the elven man in the tall hat down a long hallway. They come out in a large circular room, there are seven men sitting at a long rounded podium, elevated above everything else. The man in the middle stares down at them, there's a hint of disgust on his face.

Valfross "Princess, back so soon? You've barely been gone 2 weeks!"

A young boy-about their age-with straight, golden blonde hair and bright turqoise eyes suddenly looks up, seeing Zoe. His back straightens and a small blush enters his cheeks. Kahna smiles over at Zoe in an odd way, and Zoe rolls her eyes, stepping forward.

Valfross "Your mission is incomplete-AND compromised, it appears."

Zoe "High Chancellor Valfross, excuse my unannounced return. My mission is going well, but we were grouped together and sent back to our realms to-"

Valfross puts his hand up, a gesture of silence, and smiles like a Raptor "Princess," He drags the words out, as if trying to seduce her with them "No need for explanations." the blonde boy looks next to him, staring up at Valfross intently. He doesn't look happy. "You ARE the heir to the throne after all, excuses and words aren't really your forté."

The blonde boy says something under his breathe("Disrespectful Prick"). The council leader slaps him in the back of the head, hard.

Valfross "What was that m'boy?" The boy mumbles "I didn't here that." The boy looks up at him, his brows lower and come together.

Lucien "I said nothing. nothing at all, council head."

Valfross "Of course you didn't. Now princess, i'll let you go....do whatever it is princess types do, but keep those mongrels of yours under control." He smiles and ushers them out without even waitign for a response. They stand on the platform, all look uneasy and stare at Zoe.

Kait sits down on a nearby bench, Kahna sits next to her. "So. Do we have time for talk now?"

Kahna "Why were they so mean to you?"

KP "Not 'They'. Just that Valfross guy."

Zoe looks out over the platform, her lips are pressed tightly together, and she closes her eyes. "Not everything is sunshines and rainbows guys. And in politics, the people you want to lead the world, the people who can do so much good, rarely get in. If they do, it's always in low positions."

Kait "That doesn't explain the lack of respect for you. On Mandorum-"

Zoe "This isn't Mandorum....Or Klynora, or Flamea.....this is different. We have a council that decides everything-a government, instead of a court of Royals. The Royal Family is more for show than anything else. I'm a trophy, not a person."

They all go silent. The doors to the court house open and the blondey walks out. He looks like he's going to wrap Zoe in his arms, but she turns and leaves. His sympathetic smile dies almost immediately, and a look of worry sprints across his face. He rushes after her. "Ellie!"

KP "'Ellie'?" Kahna temps a smile and Kait shrugs.

Zoe stops, sitting down and swinging her legs out over a tall building that rests underneath the Council's Dome. She stares out over Ziirav and takes a long breathe. Lucien slows to a walk and sits down next to her. He doesn't touch her, but sits straight, eyes closed, breathing steadily.

Zoe looks up at him from her slump. The wind ruffles his hair, and the worry makes him look peacefully morbid. Zoe smiles slightly. *You're the embodiment of perfection for all my friends. But you just don't do it for me.*

Lucien *I know...*

Zoe *Then why do you keep trying?*

Lucien pauses, he opens his eyes and looks over at her. *I don't know.* He smiles and stands up. He sees the others coming and bows to them perfectly, walking back to the Domed Council Chambers.

Court "So.....Who's Cutey McModel over there?"

Zoe "That's Lucien. If the Royals were still in charge, there would have been an arranged marriage between us."

KP "That's not so bad-he seems to really care about you."

Zoe "He's just like his father. That's whats wrong with him."

KP "Who's his father?"

Zoe looks up. "High Chanceloor Valfross isnt the head of the Council. He's a runt, second in command, handles all the lesser problems." She points to a long screen situated on the side of a sky scraper. There's a tall man with turqoise eyes and a menacing stare. His white hair is combed perfectly to the side. "THAT's the council head. Luciens father, Supreme Chancellor Malthez."

KP "Scary guy..."

zoe "No kidding. Lucien's had a crush on me for years, he cares and he acts real sweet and innocent, but he isn't. I've seen the murderous traits of his father in him."

KP "Murderous?"

Kait "Literally, or-"

Zoe "Literally. You can see the thoughts running through his eyes-like when Valfross acted rude to me." She gets up and looks over at the four. "We should get going. The forest is dangerous at night."

end.

Chapter 8: The Bog-Shack

They set off into the woods, walking along a cobbled path. Many archers smile and bow as they pass.

KP "So you guys have a mix of technology and nature.....cool."

Zoe "It's not a mix. It's a war, and technology is winning."

KP "Well....uh...th-that sux..."

Zoe leads them into knee deep bogwater. It's brown and mushy. court stops and doesnt come anywhere near the bog. She stands on the edge, her arms folded across her chest and a pout across her face.

They stop and stare at her. KP "What's wrong?"

Court "I'm NOT going in there."

Zoe "Why not?"

Court "Its wet, and icky and it'll totally ruin my outfit!"

Kait "Oh thats it. your comin'!" she grabs Court around the waist and pulls her into the mush. They both topple into it, head first, it splatters all over KP and Zoe.

Kait gets up, laughing spaztically. KP and Zoe join in and Court stands up, the mud is all over her and Kait. She screams and they all cover their ears. It stops and she loocks down at her clothes.

Court "They're ruined!"

Kait "Oh lighten up."

Court "Me? You, miss Queen of Darkness, is telling ME to 'lighten up'?!"

Kait "Yeah, pretty much." She throws a fist full of mudd at courts face, then turns around and starts to walk in the direction Zoe was going. A bunch of mudd hits Kait in the back of the head. She turns around and looks at Court, who's got a huge smile on her face.

Court "If anyone knows balls, it's ME!" she stops and a huge shock of deep red comes across her face "No wait-that came out wrong!!" the others laugh at her and a mudd battle breaks out.

Zoe blocks some shots thrown her way, everyones laughing. She trips on a root and falls back into the bog water, covering herself more in mudd. She looks up and sees a shack hidden by the gunk she fell through.

Zoe "Uhh......guys?"

They all come over, peering into the small space. It's a cavern.

KP "Way to go Ellie!"

Kait "Yeah, you pulled a Kahna!"

Court "Hey! i havent tripped and found anything yet!" She marches forward into the cave, tripping over another stray root. "Ptoo! Scratch that..."

Zoe "Yeah, there are roots all over the place, try to be careful."

Court "You could've warned me beforehand!"

Zoe helps her up "sorry!"

KP slides some much over the way they came in.

Kait "What are you doing-thats just gonna block our exit!"

KP "It'd also keep the hermit who doesnt wanna be found happy, and in a mood other than KILL."

Kait "Right....good idea." They continue towards the shack.

Court "Why are we even going here?"

Zoe "Because Cameela is a swamp witch. It would make sense to stay by yourself in a bog-yknow, away from people can report you?"

Court "Ugh....this is so dumb."

KP and Zoe giggle and Kait rushes up to the house, knocking on the door.

Zoe " you're in a rush."

Kait "It's gettign dark, you said this place was dangerous when that happens."

Court "Chicken."

Kait "Idiot. Im being smart. I dont wanna get into any more fights-"

the door opens and a crack rings through the air, a flash sends Kait flying back into the mud.

court "What the heck was that?!"

KP "Magic." she rushes forward and into teh house. The door closes as Court comes in behind her. "Oh this is bad"

Kait gets up "What just happened?"

Zoe "Kahna and Kat went inside the shack."

Kait "And left us out here to fend for ourselves."

Zoe "Im more worried about them. Cameela is powerful."

inside the house, Kahna and Kat are standing in complete and horific silence. They look around.

KP "What should we do?"

Court "uuuuuhhhhhh-" She sees a hatch on the floor down the hallway "Floor Hatch! It must lead to a basement!" She runs over to it.

KP "Why should we go down there?"

Court "Have you never watched a horror movie?" KP stares at her "Well, the bad guy is always in the basement." She tugs at the hatch but it wont budge.

KP "It's blocked by a magic Barrier. I could disable it given some tim-"

Court "I got yer 'Magic Barrier' right HERE!" she blasts off a large fire ball. It hits the hatch and blows it to smithereens. KP looks at the charred remains "good job!" She goes down through the hatch, Court follows. They come across a woman leaning over a spellbook with a large cauldron on the floor. Theres steamy orange mush bubbling out of it.

She quickly looks up and shuts the book.

KP "Oh, no no. It's ok....we just ummm-"

Court "Your shack is eating our friends!"

Cameela "Oh goodness!" She slaps a wall near her "Dont eat people!" The shack gurgles and Kait and Zoe drop in on them. They get up, Kaits sword is still drawn and they both look horrified.

Cameela "Oh you poor dears! Jeffrey does that sometimes....im gonna have to get him fixed..."

Zoe "You wouldnt happen to be Cameela, would you?"

Cam "Yes-you've heard of me?"

Zoe "Well of course. Your the elven sorceress who went missing 12 years ago."

Cam "12 huh? It has been a long time, hasnt it?"

Zoe "Everyone thinks your dead."

Cam "Well good. I dont want those pompus snobs bothering me!" She laughs and sits down, four chairs materialize behind the girls. "Have a seat, girlies! I figure a wizard sent you for something.....important?" She smiles

zoe "Quardreer sent us. We need to know about the supposed 'Great Evil' thats recently broke out."

The smile fades. "He's an elf. His name is Cazath, he's the only one of his kind left."

KP "You guys are elves though..."

Cam "Cazath is a Karez,"

Zoe "An Ancient? But thats not possible. they were all wiped out by an army of Dragon Creatures."

Cam "By their own. One elf, with unimaginable power. You four are the new Protectors, yes?"

Kait "Well who else would we be?"

Cam "May Aeliive's barriers keep you safe. You won't survive....not against Him."

end.

Chapter 9: Klynora

Kait sits up, lookign over at Zoe. court is fast asleep but KP nudges her awake. They sit on the beds, and start getting ready to leave.

Kait "I find it strange that we havent seen your parents yet."

Zoe "you probably wont, considering the fact that we're leaving for Klynora now."

Court "Why do we have to leave so EARLY?!"

KP "It's 11 o'clock, how is that early?"

Court "Mreh..."She falls back on her bed.

KP "I have to warn you guys. My grandfather is WAY into parties and celebratory feasts. So when we get there, and he sees us all together, he'll probably call for one or both."

Kait "Yum. I'm liking your grandfather already."

KP "Yeah, he's great." <insert portal word here>

The portal opens up, its an oval with a sandy brown colour. Festive music is flooding in through it and everyone smiles and cheers up. They walk through only to stand in the middle of a torn down area. Everything is dead. The smiles fall from their faces.

Kait "Not what i expected." She puts her hands over her head and her skin starts to burn "DAMNIT!!!!"

KP "Shit!" She hits the pink orb at her side and magic floods out of her hands towards Kait. She's now incassed in a purple glow. "There. That should protect you from the suns rays."

Court "how come Zee didnt burn up in Ziirav?"

Zoe "Kahna, it was overcast the entire time we were there...."

Court ".....oh....."

They continue on "What did this, Kat?" zoe looks worried.

KP "I think i know...but its not possible, he's locked up."

A thin man with long black hair rushes up to KP, they hug. "Kat, your back! Your Grandfather will be so happy!"

KP smiles and then it fades "Alec, what happened here?"

Alec's eyes dim "The Metal-Eater got free, started spewing the stuff everywhere, ate through all our gear. It took the council to shut him down."

<----in the BG

Kait "does EVERY realm but Mandorum have a council?!"

Court "Pretty Much!"

------>

KP "Is he locked up again? will he get out again?"

Alec "Yes. he's been secured in a new location. We decided that keeping something like him here was a bad idea."

Kait "So then where IS this 'Metal-Eater' guy?"

Alec "A place where he can do no one anymore harm." They all exchange glances. "Now come! Shaal Cantsley(KP's grand dad) will be glad to see his new Protectors have arrived. Especialy, in the presence of his Granddaughter!" Alec leads the way out of the ruins and into a tropical, populated place. Numerous morphers are walking and greet them with a smile and bows.

Zoe "good to know Royalty is actually trusted here."

KP "It's a relief isn't it?"

They keep going untill they reach a large building made of the sand itself. Stone pillars line the walkway. They get inside, massive and detailed mozaics line the walls and floors. A river be runs through either side of the hallway.

Shaal "Granddaughter!" An old man is standing at the top of the staircase infront of them. He's wide set, with a long beard thats tucked into his belt. His hair poofs out from under a hood. He's with two other men of similar styles, one is tall and lanky, he looks humble and thoughtful. The other is pointy, with a strict face and straight back.

Kat runs up the stairs and embraces Shaal in a big hug. The two old guys leave and Shaal shows the girls to a large, black room. The only light comes from floating candles scattered throughout the room.

They sit down in the middle of the room, surrounding a small pit. Shaal stand at the Head of the group.

Zoe "You know why we're here"

KP "So who is he.....Cazath i mean."

Kait "What exactly did he do?"

court "And how do we fit into all this?"

end.

Chapter 10: The Protectors

Shaal "Cazath. The name sends shivers, yes?" They nod, and smile uneasily-all except Kait. He points to her. "You. You need to loosen your emotions."

Kait "I doubt that'll happen."

Shaal "you all must work together, any small emotional contact will help improve your abilities. If you are linked, fending off Cazath will be that much easier." He looks down at the pit. "Now, you should see the face behind the evil." He places his hands at shoulder height, stretched out over the pit, the room rumbles and a huge blast of yellow energy explodes from the pit. It engulfs everything in an unavoidable light. Shaal controls it with his hands, forming images of Dragons and undead creatres, theres an elf in the middle of the room.

He's tall and thin, with muscled arms. his face is long and pointed, and his fingers have an extra joint. His eyes are similar to the dragon's.

Shaal looks at teh girls, they stare on with glazed eyes.

Zoe "He IS an Ancient."

Shaal "Not as impossible as it seems, is it?"

Court "What about us?"

Shaal "You all play a more important role than you think."

Kait "Oh great, so we're like....'Chosen Ones' er somethin'?"

KP "No. We're descendants, right grandpa?"

Shaal "Precisely. Descendants of the original Protectors."

Kait "Why didnt they succeed? Why is Cazath still alive, they should've done away with him!"

Shaal "It is not our way to kill those with such power. At least it wasnt." He looks regretful, and the mist clears. "The past protectors locked him up so as to find a cure for his madness."

Zoe "But no cure came."

Kait "You can't cure stupid, or evil, or different. What were they thinking."

Shaal "What makes you tihnk they were acting of their own minds? They were messangers of the people, they worked for what their rulers wanted."

Kait "So basically, this is all the fault of the Councils!" she smiles, and the others stare.

Shaal smiles "The councils weren't installed untill later. The 5 Protectors-"

Zoe "4." Everyone pauses. "The texts say 4, so do all the elders and ancient writings."

Shaal "My dear, The Milky Way, that entire universe of space that Earth resides in is a realm in itself. One of 5 protectors from the most powerful realms of existance. The texts lie."

As he says this he motions with his hands, and five figures appear before him. "Aeliive, Aurelle, Vera, Habibah....and Damien."(I DONT KNOW WHY THATS HIS NAME. ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THERE IS ALREADY A DAMEAN IN THIS SERIES WTF YOUNGER ME.)

Court "Why does that guy look so familiar?

Kait(under breathe) "He looks like Petro..."

KP "So....why would the texts lie? Why have you kept this from me!"

Shaal "...We felt that telling you before he escaped would result badly."

KP "You knew he'd escape?"

Shaal "Our Se'ers did, yes."

Zoe "So why are you telling us this now?"

Shaal pauses "You will be going back to Earth soon, yes?"

Court "AFTER we go to Flamea!"

Shaal "Then you must find out everything. At least everything we can offer you. I can't discuss it at length, but you must travel to Yarshov and seek out Cazath's cell. Try to locate any clues as to how he escaped-and dont be found out."

KP "but-"

Shaal "Leave in the morning."

end.

Chapter 11: Break In

They're in their room-sections divided for them-getting ready for their next day.

Court "Is it just me or is everyone we talk to scared of Cazath?"

Kait "No shit Kahna. He brutally killed off his own people."

Zoe "im more disturbed that no one is giving us complete answers. It's like they dont trust us."

KP "Maybe they dont."

Everyone goes silent.

KP "I mean, look at us! We're kids, we cant even get along with eachother most of the time. how are we supposed to fend off a great and powerful evil like Cazath? Can anyone?"

They stare at their feet, still silent. They look over at Kait, she has her thinking face on and chews her bottom lip.

Zoe "Whats wrong?"

Kait "That redhead...The 5th Protector...Damien....he....he reminds me of Petro."

No one says anything "I know.....it sounsd stupid, but they look so similar...."

Court "Maybe its just a coincidence?"

Kait "Its not. Quan didnt tell us about him and theres a reason why."

KP "We'll worry about that when we get back to Earth. For now we have to find a way into Yarshov."

Zoe "Quan said something about your brother, Zee?"

court "Cant we do this on Flamea?"

Kait "No. I dont even wana go there, Damean definately wont show."

Court "Well hes gonna have to. hes part of the Royal Family, and the Princess Ball is in a few months!"

Kait "bleck."

KP "So how are we gonna get ahold of ihm?"

Kait "already have. He'll be waiting for us there."

They sit down-two to a bed-and clasp hands.

Court "What are we doing?"

Zoe "Opening the portal to Yarshov. We cant get there unless we work together though.

They all close their eyes and focus, then they opent eh portal. Its dark, rusty red, and screams are heard from the other side. They stand up and file through the portal.

They come out the other side to see Rusty red grit below them. They look up to see a huge metal gate, a large black, grey and red building and a lone man in a purple, hooded cloak. The sky crackles with thunder.

Damean turns around and comes toward them, "Where have you been? I've stood here for 30 minutes, WAITING! Do you honestly think i have this time to waste?"

Kait "Oh please-You'd probably just use your breaks to hit on chicks who don't know better-Like Kahna!" Court's face turns red immediately, and she gets really shy.

Damean "UGH-it doesnt matter!" He throws them each a cloak similar to his own "Put these on and follow me." He walks up to the gates and slides something from a pant pocket swiping it through a detector. The heavy doors creak open and the five-sum walk through and up the path towards the Prison Complex.

Guards in spikey, closed off armor let them through without a glance. They go down a long hallway and down flights of stairs. They finally go to an area called "Block 11-D" underneath is a sign saying "Danger, Do Not Pass". They go into 11-D and head to the end of the hallway each cell is blocked by lazorgrids and a thick metal door.

They get to the end of the hallway and turn to the cell on the right. The lazors are off and the door is bent and scorched, placed at an odd angle. KP stops them from moving.

KP "Don't go in, not yet." She takes off a ring and holds it in her fisted palm, touching the pink orb at her hip. The ring grows into a staff and she holds it out infront of her, scanning the room. "You can go now, just try not to move anything." They go in, KP is still processing.

As soon as Zoe crosses the threshold, her hands fly to her head, and she closes her eyes. Court and Kait spin around.

Court "OMG!"

Zoe "Guh-" She backs out of the room, Damean helps her, and gets her focus back. "Magic. Definately magic-not Cazaths, this feels like.....like I dunno, but its not wizardry."

KP opens her eyes "Blac Magic. Its Shamans work, not clan either. Earthling."(oooooh boy me. yikes)

They all stare at eachother, feeling the tension wash over them. Kait stares around the room, everything is charred and melted, things are half stuck in walls and portions of the cell are gone. "A human did this?"

end.

Chapter 12: Flamea

Court reaches her hands out and speaks the portal word(TRAHOOLAMUNGAH!), it opens up just as Damean's Mandorum portal does. Thei still inside the complex. He goes through and it shuts behind him. Then the four walk into Flamea-after putting another protection around Kait of course.

The portal is a fiery red, and gusts of warm air pour out of it. Flamea is very warm, grounds of orange grass and cobblestone roads. Carriages help fairies get to and fro. There are volcanoes in the distance and forests of orange and red trees spread throughout.

They hail a carriage and get in.

Kait "Why do you have wagons carrying you everywhere? Your a fairy, you people can fly!"

Court "Flying is like running, it gets hard and stupid after awhile!"

Kait "Uh huh.....how the HELL did you people resist our forces for so many years?!"

They get out and walk up towards a giant marble castle, it looms over everything and has vast gardens lined up infront of it. They go inside, walking up the stairs and heading to the back of the building. They descend a humongous pair of stairs into the back gardens, white fowers are everywhere.

Kait whispers to Zoe and KP "Did someone die?" they giggle and court runs out towards a man and woman. She huges them enthusiastically. They're both in white. "Mom, Dad, I'm back! It's just for a night, but im BACK!"

Kait whispers again "why are we even here? Quan said that Aurelle wouldnt help us!"

KP "The night before we left, she got a lettre from her parents."

Court "So, whats going on?"

Zoe "Everythings decorated in white and faded pinks-this must mean something good."

The kind and queen glance at eachother, smiling happily. "Your brothers getting married!"

Court stares blankly for a second. "T-to who?"

They look over towards a young, beautiful man with sandy brown hair, He's in a white suit, standing next to a shapely, gorgeous woman with a cheerful smile. They're holding hands.

Court "I-i.....think....thats......GREAT..!!! I....I have to go show them to they're rooms...." she runs up towards them and drags them up the stairs and inside. She rushes into a humongous room the size of Cameela's shack and flops down on a huge bed near some windows.

KP "Kahna, is something wrong?"

Court "EVERYTHING IS!!! I get a lettre from my parents talking about good, happy news, and then i find out my brother is going to wed the girl i hate!"

Zoe "She seems ni-"

Court "STOP! Everytime someone says that, that person ends up being NOT NICE! So shuttup. nothing is going to make this better."

KP "Well....if you arent happy here, we could always go see if we can contact Aurelle!"

court "I guess.....At least it would get me away from my brother and his stupid bride-to-be."

end.

Chapter 13: Aurelle's Altar

They're standing outside a small temple, made of marble as well. They walk inside and head for the large altar in the center of the room. Court goes towards it and claspses her hands together, closing her eyes. The others stand back.

Kait "Do either of you know the Flamean prayers?"

Zoe "Nope."

KP "uh-uh."

Kait "I dont know them in english, and i wouldnt be able to speak the fairy language, but ive heard it in war."

They both look at her. Theres no anger on her face, almost regret. There's a huge silence and nothing happens. Court opens her eyes.

Zoe "Well?"

court ".....Nothing. aurelle isnt answering, she must be busy with something..."

Kait "Or someONE."

KP "That sux....we'll have to come back later, its getting dark and we have to get back to Earth in the morning."

end.

(wait that was a chapter? me. thats nothing. cmon now)

Chapter 14: Ambush

Their back in the garden, with joint hands

KP "OK, dont think about anything but Earth, the portal should take us back to the place we left." They all close their eyes and open the portal. Its a misty blue with green and white shocks. They smile and walk through, only to end up in a cave.

Right before them is a metallic, two-headed snake - its blasting an acidic, green-yellow liquid at a metal door. A man in a dark cloak is standing behind it, a smile on his face.

Cazath "Just a bit more. We'll have the amulet once your through." He looks over at them "ahhh....the new protectors, so young and breakable." He lifts a hand towards them and they all go flying back.

They hit the wall hard, and Cazath points his opened hand at the portal, clenching hard. It closes abruptly, and he smiles, holding his arms behind his back. He comes towards them at a slow, gentle pace, Elegantly drifting over the rocks and rubble in his path.

Cazath "I've been expecting you."

They sit up, looking at him with fear. Kait puts on an angry face and draws out her sword, barelling towards him, yelling.

He steps aside, gripping her left arm and lifting her up into the air. At the same time, his other arm comes toward her, fast. Energy pushes her back into the wall, small cracks are heard. She falls and lies limp on the floor. The others go over to help her.

Cazath laughs "Really, I was hoping for something more impressive."

Zoe turns her head to look at him, her eyes glowing. His eyes light up and the background fades, as well as everyone else. Zoe stands up slowly "You're a telepath."

Cazath "All the Ancients are. We have immense power, you and I."

Zoe "But I'm not-"

Her eyes widen and roll back in her head, she crashes to the ground. Court is about to attack, but KP stops her.

Cazath "Smart girl. You all need more practice." He walks back over towards the metal door, which has been melted, motioning with his hand. A small pouch comes out and lands in his hand, fabrics and clothing, other trinkets(Talismens, rings, etc.) Float out and file onto his arms and into a pouch at his side. "I'll let you go this time, and possibly next time to."

KP "Next time?"

Cazath smirks "Hm. Of course. It'll be much too soon for any of you to reach my levels of power." He turns, the snake following him. Then he opens up a huge portal, to a grey, destroyed world. "But after that. Well....I won't be holding back." He gracefully walks through the portal. It closes behind him.

They sit in the dark cave, staring blankly out infront of them. The four exchange worried glances.

end.

Chapter 15: The Amulet

Kait is sitting in History, sketching in her notebooks; swords, warriors in-fight, Cazath. Someone behind her pokes her back with a pencil, she turns slightly, seeing Petro giving her a look.

<-- Whispers

Kait "What?"

Petro "you OK? You look horrible."

Kait "Gee thanks. And again, why do you care?"

Petro "W-why does that matter? And honestly, I think i have the right to know if one of my goths been beat up." He motions to the bruises and cuts on her skin, then looks over at Zoe, KP and Court, who are similarly messed up. "What exactly were you guys doing last week?"

Kait blanks, eyes wide *Gotta lie...but what do I say?*

Someone taps abruptly on Kaits desk with a ruler. Petro whitens, quickly going back to scribbling down notes. Kait spins around, staring directly at Mr. Quan. He looks angry "If your going to talk in my class, at least do it discreetly." He marches back up to the front of the room, continuing his lecture on Queen Elizabeth.

Kait turns back to Petro "Now look what you-" she stops, staring at a large amulet strung around Petros neck. "When did you-"

the bell rings and they all file out.

Whispers -->

Petro gets up and heads out of the class, seemingly not having heard Kait. She gets up and runs after him, passing by a confused Zoe, KP and Court. They follow her and catch up in mid-conversation.

Petro "It was in a package on my bed. I woke up and it was just there!" He's still wearing it, sliding his fingers over the surface, and the odd purple crystal in the centre.

KP "You should take that off. You dont know who it belongs to-" He spins to looks at her.

Petro "It's mine. My name was on the box, no return address."

KP "Still, it's just weird that-"

Petro "It's just a trinket. Leave it be." He shuffles the papers under his arm, throwing his backpack over his shoulder. He spins on his heel and walks down the hallway.

Zoe "huh, that went well."

Court "No it didnt." Zoe gives her a look.

Kait "What was that all about?" she looks over at KP suspisciously.

KP "I've seen that thing before, its-"

Quan "Girls. I need to speak with you."

They look at eachother and walk back into the history class.

Court "Whats up?"

Quan "I'm leaving for a bit....a bit before Halloween....Some business back home. I'll be gone for a month, be on your toes."

They stare at him oddly. "Oh.....and might i suggest keeping an eye on Petro? He's been acting strange lately, and my senses are.....well somethings going to happen. Keep your eyes open."

Court salutes "Will do."

end.

Chapter 16: Halloween

court wakes up to knocks at her door. She sleepily gets up and heads for the door, opening it to three masked figures who yell "Boo!". She screams, slamming the door. A few seconds pass, and another knock comes.

KP "Court? It's just us!"

Court "Thats what the monsters always say!"

Kait "Open up flame-butt, or i'll kick your door down."

She opens it, the three are holding the masks in there hands, smiles on their faces-except for Kait.

Court "Why are you all dressed up funny?"

Kait "A famous human tradition-popular on Mandorum and Klynora."

Zoe "It's just starting on Ziirav."

KP "HALLOWEEN!!!" She throws her arms in the air enthusiastically.

Court "Hallo-what?"

Kait "We'll explain on the way."

Court "The way where?"

KP "To the Pizza Place! So Dress up!"

~~~~~~~~~~~

They walk down the street, closing in on the small Pizza place.

Zoe "If you dress up for Halloween, you get free meals. Apparantly they do this every year."

Court "Cool. Wheres the creeper? This seems like his kind of holiday."

Kait "He's gone for the week. He'll be back on friday."

Court "Awww, poor muffin!"

Kait "Shuttap! I dont even care." she looks away from them, crossing her arms. They all go inside, sitting down at a booth in the corner.

Kait looks over at KP "You never finished talking about that amulet."

KP "Right.....that. I've seen it before in an old history book back home. There was something important about it....something dark...."

Zoe "Isnt it dangerous for mortals to be around dark magic too long?"

Court "Very. Sometimes they explode." They stare at her "...what? Its totally a fact!"

Kait "Whatever. Fact is, it needs looking into-especially with how it just randomly showed up."

Zoe "I'm more interested in what Cazath picked up in that cave-the thing in the pouch. And when our next meeting will be."

Kait "Well, one things for sure. Cazath knows much more than we do, and he's in complete control."

end.

Chapter 17: Disaster

Their sitting in math, last period. The announcements sound "Dont forget-the halloween dance is tonight from 7 to 11:30, best costume wins the grand prize!"

The bell rings and they leave, grouping up.

KP "You guys going to the dance? Sounds like fun."

Kait "I dunno." Everyone else is going. KP stops and turns around

KP "Why not?"

Kait "There wouldnt be anything to do. Besides, i dont dance."

They walks down the hallway and hear a student talking on a cell phone. He's standing at the office and they almost walk right past him. Kait stops abruptly and stares at him. His eyes glaze over her, and then come to attention.

Petro "Kait! Hey!"

Kait blushes slightly and waves back, the others turn around "Hi...."

He picks up his backpack and suitcase, heading for the dorms.

Kait "Where were you?"

Petro "Uhh....." He spots a poster for the dance "Hey! You going? It's usually pretty corny, but no teachers guard the hallways, so you can pretty much do whatever you want!"

Court "Oooo, Secrets. Never a good sign in a relationship."

Zoe rolls her eyes "We need to talk about that amulet of yours." She puts an arm on his shoulder and automatically pulls back, holding her head. She grabs KP's arm and they both stare at him.

Kait "you should probably go unpack-"

Petro "Annnnd?"

Kait "...and....ill go. But im gonna beat you up if nothing interesting happens."

He laughs "Well, alright then!" and heads down the hallway, around the corner.

Zoe "Ok, who saw it?"

Court "Saw what?"

Kait "Ya, what just happened?"

KP "His aura is black-its already being tainted by that amulet."

Later.

They enter a side entrance, passing by the gym with its pounding music. Court and KP run off to dance, and Zoe and Kait keep walking.

Zoe "So. Whats up with you and Moyaz?"

Kait "Whattya mean?"

Zoe "He seems pretty into you."

Kait "Whats your point?"

Zoe "Why dont you at least give him a chance? Ive heard earthlings have low morals-could be fun."

Kait "Thats the thing....He's a lowly human. Do you realize what might happen if anything starts up between us?"

Zoe "Kinda what i wanted to talk to you about....I dont think hes human."

Kait "What?"

zoe "I heard multiple voices in his head-one sounds like a demon."

Kait "But that makes no-"

People scream, running down the hallway and out the front doors.

Kait "What the...?" A white barrier of magic forms over the front doors, engulfing every possible escape route. A long, big two-headed snake slides around the corner.

Kait "thats Cazaths snake!"

Zoe "Its looking for something."

Kait "Cazath mustve blocked the exits-"

Zoe "Go find Petro, make sure hes alright."

Kait "Why? He can fend for himsel-"

Zoe "Remember what Quan said? We have to keep an eye on him. I'll go get Kat and Kahna-GO!"

Kait runs off down the hallway, and focus shifts to Court and KP. The white barrier melds over the doors to the outside and people are screaming, running around in the hallways. Zoe comes in just as KP runs off.

Zoe "Where is she going?!"

Court "To go check on the goth-"

Zoe "But-oh nevermind! One of them will find him. C'mon, lets make sure no ones hurt!"

Switch to KP. Shes running down a hallway, opening doors and listening for him. She feels his presence and sneaks into a room, looking around. Hes dressed in all black, with a long cloak draped over everything, fiddling with something on the desk infront of him. She closes the door, and quietly walks over to him, placing a hand on his shoulder. He spins around.

KP "What are you doing?"

Petro "Oh, its you." He turns around again, and puts down a screwdriver, picking up a small black box and shaking it. "You ever wonder what the principal keeps in here?"

KP "NO! Now lets go, there are...weird things in the hallways attacking the school-we have to get outside!"

Petro "'Weird things'? You have got to be-" Something makes a noise outside the door "Oh Shit!" he grabs her and they duck under the desk. A hissing noise gets louder, and soon something slithers into the room. They hear a mans voice.

Cazath "Not in here, my pet? Well keep looking. If you find any of the girls, kill them, but leave the boy for me." Footsteps.

The slithering comes closer and a drop of acidic liquid drops from the snakes mouth, hitting the desk and melting through it. It hits the floor in between KP and Petro and they make a surprised sound, the snake fixes on them, strikign the table. They bolt from under it and run out the door, keeping pace perfectly.

KP *how is he keeping up!?*

They run around the corner and stop.

Petro "What the hell was that thing-whats going on!?"

KP "Nothing-I dunno, i....."

She looks past Petro, the snake is right behind him. It moves its head from side to side, staring down at his hooded head. KP's mouth drops open, she backs up and Petro catches on, turning around slowly. The snake lowers its head and breathes steam through its nostrils.

Petro "Uh.....hiya...hows it goin'?" It knocks into him, gently pushing him to the groun. "Hey-WATCH IT!"

The snake stabs Petro in the shoulder with the end of its tail. Then it sprays acid at KP, she bolts away down the hallway. It follows, leaving Petro, struggling with a large spike of poison on the floor. He pulls it out, slowly rolling over onto his stomach. He clutches at his shoulder, his head spins.

Petro "Gah-aaahhh.....Jesus!"

KP runs into Kait, who has Zoe and Court with her. The snake comes around the corner, its rushing towards them. Kait grips at her side, a sword hilt is hanging there, when she grabs it and pulls it free, the purple metal generates and she runs towards the snake.

She swings that sword and brings it up through the snakes head. It hisses and explodes into light. The light travels back down through the hallway.

Kait "What the hell is going on here?"

KP "Cazath is here. He's looking for someone-a guy."

Court "Wheres Moyaz? Arent you guys supposed to find him!?"

KP "Hes back down the hallway. I had to lead the snake-thing away from him. It hit him with something-c'mon!" They run back down the hallway, Kait lands on her knees next to Petro, rolling him over and placing his head on her lap. She strokes his hair, moving it from his face, then touches the circular gash in his shoulder. The skin is black in the immediate area, and fades to a sickly green. "Its poison....."

Cazath "Right you are." They all go flying back. Petros head hits the floor and he wakes up "Ahh. So this is the boy ive been hearing so much about." he stares down at Petro, he looks quite pleased. Cazath walks over to him, motioning with his hand, telekenetically pulling Petro up off the ground "Funny. You look just like him. It's quite fascinating."

Kait "Let him go!"

Cazath "Im afraid i cant do that."

Petro grips Cazaths arms, kicking him in the face. He falls to the floor and Cazath clutches his face. Petro moves his leg at Cazaths ankles, sending him falling to his side.

Kait rushes forward and grabs Petro, they head off down the hall. They get far enough away and stop. Petro slides to the floor, Kait crouches next ot him "You ok?"

Petro "Ahh.....I feel like ive been run over with a freight train.....ah-twice...."

Kait "Just give it time. It should fade from your system in a few hours."

Petro "Im gonna puke"

Court "Ew-Please dont!"

He tilts his head back, closing his eyes. "How do you all know that guy?"

Kait "Uhhh...-"She looks to the others for help.

Suddenly the girls are sent hurling down the hallway and Cazath comes up next to Petro. He opens a portal and grabs Petro by the arm, thrusting him through it. He smiles at the four and leaves.

Kait "NOOO!" She runs towards the portal but it closes. She haults to a stop and leans against the wall, punching it and sliding down onto her knees.

end.

Chapter 18: Quan Returns

Their in kaits room. Shes lying on her back on the bed, hugging a pillow to her chest. KP is sitting on the edge, everyone is silent, not knowing exactly how to comfort her.

Episode #12: "FUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuoooouuoock me." - Maynor

Well. Looks like Bryce wasnt trust worthy at all. I can only have annabelle but we dont talk too much. I need to win immunity or my ass is gone next.

I definately need to win this immunity if I want to regroup. A even bigger fire in me wanting to play even more aggressive. Ive been passive. Now I dont really care who goes. Except for Annabelle ❤️. Im going to try and throw wrenches in their plans and try to get someone from their side out.

I’m on 230. Idk what my goal is going to be but i think im going to stop around 2pm so i can go back to 1 before 5pm deadline comes. I really need to win this immunity. 😰

Update. I am now at 500 for the number. Its barely noon. Idk if i should keep going or start to go back down to one. I just hope im the furtherest from everyone else. I would die if i dont win.

I feel so terrible. like that Nathan vote was the hardest thing I have had to do in this game so far. He betrayed my trust a lot. But I really got along so well with him. And Nathan deserves better. Ugh. Like Brian and I literally feel gross. And now I have to do damage control with Anna and make it seem like a last minute switch when actually it was me being a terrible person and plotting all round against one of the nicest players ever. I'm feeling rough and this season is getting really tough.

Well I am still here! I am honestly shocked that I am, but I will TAKE it gladly! Maybe I will stop being the target now cause nathan is gone (we shall see though, I feel like Bryce and brian are now HATED by Maynor and Anna) which will be nice. I now have the lovely (....) distinction of having the most votes cast against me in celestial history. and ALL Since the merge started lmao! I really am a magnet for votes huh. I feel good, might have to be rude to someone to get a target off my back though so uh maybe bitch boi matt will make a return at some point? We shall see

its so awk trying to talk to annabelle bc 1 she doesnt talk to me but more importantly idk what to say like. she feels betrayed but sharkys the one who threw nathans name out NNN she should be glad if it were up to me shed be in ponderosa right now ASFKJADSHFKJS. idk like i literally just forced a convo with her so i could confront her about leaking to sharky and she just ghosts. i want DRAMA. i want TEA. and yet nothing. maybe instead of doing the most i should be doing immunity but counting is literally so anxiety inducing and daunting JKHDAFSDKJFHKJ. anyways 6th is cute too

FUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuoooouuoock me. I got to 626 to pay my respect to Stitch and i mess up gojng down from 323 and put 321. I never wanted to cry so bad. I wanted to scream into the void. I cant even with this challenge. I restarted and back at 404. Its 1:25 and deadline 5. Hopefully itll be enough time.

OK, so I definitely won't win immunity, but I tried to do well!  I don't think my submission will be good enough, but I can hope and pray it is!!  I don't even know if I fucked up, but I don't think I did... so hopefully 317 is the number for me!!

In other tea time news, Nathan... ya... um... when you see this I want you to truly understand how heartbroken I am at what happened.  I knew with all the strong-minded gameplay and trust you had in me that we would've been final 2 given the chance, but I also think that what threw me off was Annabelle's constant tea spilling at Sharky and the fact that your closest allies (aside from myself) were her and Maynor, who I like but have little to no actual game relationship with.  In addition, your desire to take out Matt every single round of the merge?  Wig.

I also found out Bryce was the other Matt vote during the merge vote... so... wow I'm powerful....

According to me and Bryce's plans in this game, ideally, Sharky will go this round... but after sending home Nathan last round, my whole ass heart is on some different shit.  I just feel like me doing that would be another rough ass round, and I don't think I could handle it.  It was easier when people like Nick, who annoyed me on a game level, were the names being thrown out, especially with how cocky he was... but now I'm like... wow, these people?  Amazing.

I think Sharky winning immunity wouldn't be too bad because then I can finally push Annabelle out and won't have to worry about her, so I'm banking on that!  I don't wanna ruin Bryce and I's plans in this game, I just feel more confident sitting with Sharky than like anyone else.

I also think my relationship with Maynor is so much better, and I can actually work with him further down the road.  He sketched me out a lot in the past, but I really think it's a solid ally for me if I can get him passed this round.  Annabelle or Sharky are the ideal targets, but I'm really feeling an Annabelle vote this round.  I may not be in the best spot for immunity this round, but I know I'll have my A-game on and ready next round, so I'm READY.

I was doing so well in this challenge. I had like 900 and I screwed up. Now I'm feeling the pressure. And I keep messing up. Now I've got less than 3 hours to make it up and hopefully finally win something. Brian told me he did not do well. And I don't want anyone else to win because it will limit our options going forward.

I'm over it. I screwed up HARD. And now I have like no time to recover. I'm over it.

I decided to go back to 626. And at 2:41pm i was able to get back down to 1. Im happy but i really hope that was enough because if it wasnt then im going to cry. I really want to win this. Stitch my favorite please give me luck. 🦑

last round was so risky i hope it doesnt just get me 6th. i tried to get together with anna again and i think we are but maynor not so much which sucks but as long as brian is real with wanting to keep me i should be good imagine if it was fake and he wasnt really taking me to the end NNN adsjkfhadskj the gag of the season? but ugh sharky really wants me out again like maybe get a clue and stop.

That was upsetting. But Bryce did really well so I applaud him. Its most likely going to be me tomorrow night. It sucks but i can at least try and see if i can find a way to stay.

There is some hope. Annabelle and I want to make it a tie with Matt. And when its rock time, Brian or Sharky hopefully get the odd color and they are sent home. Thats the only play right now that I think can save me. I have to rely on Bryce who i dont trust at all anymore. But kind of have to if i want to survive tomorrow.

i'm down for some mutual destruction this vote. I hope that this pays off or it could totally fuck me over but it is what it is if this works out i'll take this as like a win for nathan and i'll  be in a much better spot i think. wish me luck <3

I WON IMMUNITY PPL CAN TRY TO COME FOR ME BUT THEY CANT SURE MAYBE I PLAYED BAD IDK I HAVE BAD SENSE OF SELF WORTH BUT MAYBE I DID PLAY WELL BUT MAYBE I DIDNT BUT U KNOW WHAT IS TRUE AND FACTS!!! ME WINNING THIS IMMUNITY. BRIAN DOESNT WANT TO VOTE SHARKY ALL OF A SUDDEN WHICH IS SKETCH BUT NOW THAT I HAVE IMMUNITY IM NOT AFRAID OF VOTING SHARKY AND HOPING ANNABELLE AND MAYNOR VOTE WITH ME IM TALKING IN CAPS BC IM SO EXCITED MY STOMACH WAS LITERALLY A MESS ALL DAY BC OF HOW NERVOUS I WAS COUNTING UP AND DOWN AND SEVERAL BREAKDOWNS LATER I WON WOOOOOOOHHOOO IT REALLY IS BRYCE HISTORY MONTH!!!! anyways yaa i hope f5 is me brian matt maynor anna and that brian is real one and uses vote steal there so we auto have immunity but maybe i try to win immunity again anyway to make sure im safe.... but then at f5 i think anna has to go but she'll be so mad idk maybe maynor.. or  maybe matt whomst knows KJASDHFKJS but wooh in this moment... i am at peace

Im convinced annabelle is like a marine biologist or something with how much she loves sharky! i just want him out KFJASDHFKJ i love being pushy jk i literally hate it but i just want him out its not a lot to ask and i feel like im getting played idk but at this point my loyalty is to brian so if he betrays me its like w/e NNN just hoping itll work out maybe i comp my way into a losing finalist spot... anyways i just got into dear evan hansen again so love that renewed obsession

The Fajita Fellas are actually a solid alliance. I know I've been skeptical of Bryce in the past but I'm actually starting to trust him which is cool. HOWEVER it's also an issue because if I'm going to keep trying to save Anna it's only going to get harder. I'm hoping this vote will be easy squeezy. I told the FF that Maynor is easy and least likely to have an idol. They seem good with that. So...we'll see.

I am very nervous for tonight. I am 2 of the options for Sharky, Brian, and Matt to do. Annabell and I are throwing each other under the bus to them. But our plan is to vote Sharky and hoping have Bryce with us and cause a tie. And on the revote hope one flips on Sharky or we go to rocks. And hopefully Matt or Brian get the rocks.

The vote is me tonight. If plan goes according to it should be 3 vote sharky and 3 vote me. Im really hoping they flip on sharky or that Matt or Brian get rocked out. 🤞🤞🤞

So this vote seems so simple, its like kinda amazing for once. Last tribal had so much deceit and lying to get Nathan out and this tribal is like. so. quiet? you could literally hear a pin drop. Maynor and Anna seem like they have legit given up trying to get further, with both apparently voting for the other. How quiet it is is making me slightly nervous, but I do know that if i do somehow leave i am very proud of my game I have played. and I will have the same placement as Standrea so like nothing could be wrong with that huh?

The vote ties, 3 votes Maynor and 3 votes Sharky.

Im died. It worked but now here is hoping for matt or brian to flip. Im scared n excited.

bro... wtf. Can I say I am mad at Bryce? no not really I saw this coming from a mile off, hell even from the other side as the Atlantic. so like mad? nah? Its just... making me so sad. Like I REALLY DO NOT want to go home, i've been through too much to get to this point. But like,... I REALLY love sharky as a person. Like, I love him loads so this is a REALLY hard decision. Fuck my life I don't know what to do

I HATE REVOTES. SO. MUCH. i AM REFUSING TO TELL ANNA ANYTHING cause i like know she will immediately run to sharky and if I am to flip I am gonna tell him first not let him hear via Anna cause that is fucking SHADY. she's just pissing me off tbqh and its just like??? at least be cordial and get off invisible for fucking once

i think the plan worked? it was so awk trying to talk to matt i felt bad but i hope he understands he said he did so! and like... idk its just so hm idk idk. hm. like brian and matt both prob gonna flip wooh. matt said i played well so maybe i did like i tend to never think i played well but maybe i did but maybe hes just lying so KJFSDHJFA wooh

BRIAN IS THE SKETCHIEST PERSON IVE EVER PLAYED WITH I JUST WANNA GO TO THE END WITH HIM BUT HES LITERALLY BACKSTABBING ME I WANTED HIM TO JUST 4-2 SHARKY BUT NO HE WANTED TO MAKE IT GO TO ROCKS TO FEEL BETTER OR WELL GO TO TIE NOT ROCKS AND NOW HES LIKE SORRY SHARKY HAS TO STAY LIKE NO HE ACTUALLY DOESNT HAVE TO STAY IF U VOTE HIM AND ANNA STOPS BEING FAKE AND TRYING TO KEEP HIM WHEN HES DONE NOTHING BUT LIE TO HER AHHHH THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING SJDKFHADSKJFHSDKJF DSHFKJADSHFKJADSHFKASJFHKADSJFHADSKJSKFHASDKJFHASKJFAHKJFS ps: i love everyone in this game... but in this moment? i was ATTACKED

It’s almost about that time. 20 more minutes. I am very nervous. I hope that Bryce and Annabelle stick with me and hope Matt or Brian flipped if not then at least go to rocks. Im really hoping that this move works. But this final 6. I ❤️ Annabelle. ❤️ Sharky. ❤️ Brian. ❤️ Bryce. ❤️ Matt. They are all awesome.

Brian is rocked out.

@jarfulofglassanimals tagged me to this monster! :D

🌻  rules: once you have been tagged, you are supposed to write 92 truths about yourself. At the end, choose 25 people to tag.

🌻 LAST…

1. Drink: chai latte

2. Phone Call: brother, it was his birthday

3. Text Message: does whatsapp count? my groupchat with some friends

4. Song You Listened To: Everything Black, by Unlike Pluto

5. Time You Cried: yesterday, I was watching Rogue One again

🌻 HAVE YOU EVER…

6. Dated Someone Twice: no, over is over

7. Been Cheated On: yes

8. Kissed someone and regretted it: yes

9. Lost someone special: yes

10. Been depressed: yes

11.Gotten drunk and thrown up: yes

🌻 LIST 3 FAVOURITE COLORS…

12. dark green

13. dark red

14. dark purple (wow, why so dark hahaha)

🌻 IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU…

15. Made new friends: yes

16. Fallen out of love: yes

17. Laughed until you cried: yes

18. Found out someone was talking about you: yes

19. Met someone who changed you: many!

20. Found out who your true friends are: yes

21. Kissed someone on your Facebook list: yes

🌻 GENERAL…

22. How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: all of them

23. Do you have any pets: not where i live now, dorm doesnt allow it. I have a dog in Mexico, I had to leave her when I left my boyfriend, and I have a cat at my dads house, tho I dont go there anymore since he threw me out

24. Do you want to change your name: no

25. What did you do for your last birthday: oh boy! My last birthday was a week ago and it was amazing! I had lectures till 2 and then we went to eat vietnamese food, it was amazing how many people showed up and i felt so loved i cried! then we went for cocktails and dancing, i came home 24hours after i woke up that day xD

26. What time did you wake up today: 7 but i went back to sleep until 10

27. What were doing at midnight last night: saying good night to ppl

28. Name something you cannot wait for: this bachelor thesis to write itself

29. When was the last time you saw your mother: christmas, but Ill see her again in april

30. What is one thing that you could change about your life: my life is pretty neat at the moment, even the bad experiences in the past are part of that. I wouldnt be who i am without it being like it is, so .... nothing?

31. What are you listening to right now: nothing right now, which is a first

32. Have you ever talked to someone named Tom: my uncles name is Thomas, does that count? if not, then no

33. Something that gets on your nerves: people who are arrogant and mean, just because they can

34. Most visited website: tumblr....

35. Elementary: first one was nice, lots of friends, second one noone would ever talk to me

36. Secondary: went to the good one after my teachers told my mom i was too stupid for it, she send me in anyways. I redid a year and met my first friends there who, during uni, promptly left me

37. College: studying right now, met a whole lot of crazy people, never met so many genuine and odd and kind people at once

38. Hair colour: brown

39. Long or short hair: short

40. Do you have a crush on someone: oh boy, when do i not? (actually, currently I dont, which is unusual)

41. What do you like about yourself: i know im emotionally very strong and im kind, ive once been told that i am so authentically and unappologetically me that it gives people the courage to be that too, and i find that an amazing trade to have

42. Piercings: yes, a septum and a total of 6 earrings

43. Blood type: A+

44. Nicknames: Jo and Hanna

45. Relationship Status: single

46. Zodiac sign: pisces

47. Pronouns: she/her or they/them

48. fav Tv show: Brooklyn 99 is my favorite right now, an all time loved one is scrubs

49. tattoos: yes, my starsign as a constelation on my left ribcage, i also want the great dipper on my shoulder and a jellyfish and a fish somewhere

50. right or left handed: left

🌻 FIRST…

51. surgery: nosejob, had some issues there since i was 5 and only with 18 was I allowed to get it fixed

52. piercing: earrings, i guess? if not, then the septum which was last year (i freaked the guy out bc i kept staring him straight in the eyes as he rammed the metal rod through my nose, he said that never happened before, bc they usually look away. little did he know i was daydreaming)

53. best friend: her name was Lotte, and she only talked to me when she was alone

54. Sport: bicycle i guess? I went to school with it. If not, Judo

55. Vacation: if i remember correctly, Rekyavik, by ferrie, apparently i was about 2

56. Pair of trainers: they were red, i had a matching red track suit, my mom still has the shoes

🌻 RIGHT NOW…

57. Eating: had a sandwich half an hour ago

58. Drinking: water and chai latte

59. i’m about to: watch assassins creed

60. listening to: nothing rn

61. waiting for: nothing really, going to work this evening, so maybe that?

62. want: cucumber water

63. get married: nah

64. career: i work at an irish pub here, we have about 1000 different kinds of whiskys and such. its just part time tho.

🌻 WHICH IS BETTER…

65. hugs or kisses: depends on the person

66. lips or eyes: both

67. shorter or taller: doesn’t matter

68. older or younger: doesn’t matter

69. romantic or spontaneous: spontaneous

70. nice arms or nice stomach: doesn’t matter

71. sensitive or loud: sensitive

72. hook up or relationship: hook up i guess, i really dont want a relationship rn

73. troublemaker or hesitant: both can be fun

🌻 HAVE YOU EVER…

74. kissed a stranger: yes

75. drank hard liquor: yes

76. lost glasses/contact lenses: yes

77. turned someone down: yes

78. sex on first date: it wasnt a date

79. broken someone’s heart: yes

80. had your own heart broken: yes (it breaks so easy)

81. been arrested: no

82. cried when someone died: yes

83. fallen for a friend: after we stopped being friends, i realized that yes

🌻 DO YOU BELIEVE IN…

84. yourself: sometimes

85. miracles: not really, but sometimes its just funny coincidence

86. love at first sight: no

87. santa claus: lol

88. kiss on the first date: thats up to the person, really

89. angels: no

🌻 OTHER…

90. current best friend’s name: I have quite a bit, but one of them is here so @dmacor

91. eye colour: brown-green

92. favourite movie: oh man, idk

"you know, its a good thing. honestly, its good that you see your value even if you dont see it in other places atleast youre seeing it in your intimate relationship. like this is a difference in you - no one prompted this. i didnt say anything to you. i dont think anyone else said anything. you just thought about it and decided on it. thats a really good thing" thank you, friend. because this is a really valid point that makes all the difference and i might not have seen that. for the first time, honestly, im not crazy. like im not questioning my belief as crazy or delusional. i know i dont like this and therefore its wrong. its not 'is this okay' - its not. and now im fed up. and i became quietly fed up. like i just sat on it and sat on it and never spoke about it to anyone. i dont ponder these thougbts with people. i just drive myself crazy thinking about it. because i know it doesnt matter now. i used to think it matter. i used to think that maybe someone knew more or better than i did. maybe i was just sooo dumb and useless that i dont "get it". so i fell in line to what others thought was best. whatever they said, i did. and i would try to seek a certain approval of my own ways so that i could justify believing other people knowing they really didnt know any better than i do. its a really fucked uo pattern thats like just shitty low self esteem. but heres the thing - i gained so much from him. like he completely changed my world view. not who i am but my world view and he gave me, honest to god, the path into humanity. like i also justified my own weakness of not taking more initiative to understand people and thus not feel abhorred by them and continue my cycle of low self esteem. seeing him be the person he is - not because hes great. hes not fucking great. he is legit not great at all. hes not "the best". hes like.. pretty good. okay on a regular basis. but he has a very unique personality and self awareness that mirrors my own in some ways and seeing it play out as an outsider and learning to love this person has allowed me to gain more love for myself. he is weird as shit. hes so fucking weird. i will almost hope to never meet someone as weird as him again because i dont like the odds of humanity turning out someone so weird and not being harmful in some way. but he is confidently weird. and i feel like he might not even be weird at all - hes transparent. hes totally see thriugh and humans are closed off and private and secluded but he speaks free on everything. everything. i have not met a single person like him before and slowly in my own social life away from him ive gained confidence to just be me. like more me than ive been before in an open and honest way. like just speaking freely and backing up what i believe and allowing the world to just be around me. and as people just let me fjcking be - just let me exist as the shitty person i am, each day ive gotten better. ljke im talking sitting on a couch all day no shower not eating chain smoking to getting up and going out to see people and cleaning my house and showering and eating. he didnt do this for me at all but knowing him allowed me o be free enough to discover my own way. like im starting to feel like the bum ive been for a long time but more in like a wow im pretty fed up with myself even. like damnnn. maybe im starting to wake up. maybe the fucking drugs are working and im like well im good so fuck the drugs like all naive assholes. but i dont know. i guess well find out on this awesome rollercoaster of my life. but i feel like im starting to wake back into life. ljke i was dead already, ive been dead and life is moving aeound me and i am a poltergeist . he knew it all along. im just a ghost haunting him. im already dead. but im not really. i have the ability to resurrect and i think i should be grateful that i can. im close to not being able to but i can. so like.. i said it. i said it but not to him but to him and he would know. like i always remember how he freaked out and posted about his ex owing him money multiole times in a row on facebook. he felt super justified in it and never back tracked. and listen - this is already wrong. were on two wrongs. of course its stupid to post anything like that on facebook. but he felt free enough to do it and i want to enjoy that same freedom without worry as well. he kept and keeps repeating that certain things are a waste of his time. and thats suuuuuuper funny to me. like on a shitty i dont even give a fuck anymore level. you know whats a waste of time? A RELATIONSHIP WITHOUT REASON. holy fuck. nine months of just... WHAT EVEN IS THIS. HELLO. fuck me, im just like a girl who goes around his place and watches him play video games and sleeps at his house and smokes his weed. thats it. im not even his girlfriend honestly. like that describes exactlt our relarionship because he does nothing for me on a regular basis. nothing at all. so i spend a large portion of my time with a guy who DOESNT EVEN GIVE A FUCK and you want to talk about a waste of fucking time? "its not even that serious of a thing" then you dont even know. you dont even know. but you wouldnt. thats what ill have to work on. he wouldnt know anything about this because i dont talk about it. i mean, if im asked, im bluntly honest about it but i dont talk about it to him or anyone. so he wouldnt think it wasnt "serious". its about texting. its about "spending time together" its about whatever but its about THIS POINTLESS ASS ASSOCIATION WITH HIM. who the fuck are you to my life? like i cant even say hes my friend. i cant say hes my boyfriend. i settled into "the guy im seeing". becahse i dont know how important he should be to give him a fucking name in my story. are you a main character or secondary? and if youre the latter why the fuck you enjoying the benefits of a main? but again - repetition. i cleared this blog out of the earliest entries and you know what? they were all "what the fuck is this". nine months of what the fuck is this. i guess im done being romantic and being like all dreamy about this rogue guy having a life with me. now im like weve been fucking for nine months and created nothing but awkward conversarion between each other. heres the thing. i knew i was desperate. i knew that i pressed hard on fuckboy becahse i was desperste to return to confort and stability of a relationship and living together. i knew that. ive been sooooo careful and sooo insecure about seeming that way again. this may have been one of the first adult ways i went about doing something and im just... NINE MONTHS. holy fuck dude. how casual is nine months. you shouldve left four to five months ago and were still fucking. like he doesnt know what i want in life. like he honest to god thinks im just chilling and living wjthout cause. my god. im fucking old. im sorry. ill be 37 and laugh at myself now but im comfortable with the fact at 27 i realized i wanted true love. i wanted familial love. i wanted a partner in life. more than sex, more than a convinience or simple comfort. more than money, more than drugs. im not looking for a reason to change but i would accept one if it gave me things that were of higher priority and emotionally rewarding to my being. like why should i stop smoking weed when its one of the few things i legitmatelt enjoy? why should i stop smoking at all? why should i work my ass off at a full time job to come home to mt cats? this relationship gives me no purpose. a close intimate relarionshio jn my life gives me no purpose, no reason to get up in the morning other than seeing their face. which is ljke seeing a poster on tbe wall or hearing your fav song. its like an empty enjoyment that fades pretty quick because it gives you nothing deep. i guess im sad that this is life. like im not going to put that on him. i did that with an ex already. like its his fault life has these turns and people chanve and do things and become things. its no ones fault its just a depressing fact everyone lives with. people just come and go and in the end itll be me on my couch typing on a broken phone and smoking weed with my cats. im not depressed. like not anymore than i would be. and whats crazy is i was sober and pissed and got high and continued to be just as pissed because i cant even smoke away the anxious uncertainty. its not about fucking texting. its not a waste of time, youve just made it a waste of time. i didnt go to a party that i was onvited to today. i had a ride too. but ljke.. i knew that id be focused on this and be distracted and burnt out and wnting to go home. i was already on the fence about it anyways. i knew there would be hard drugs there and people drinking and honestly, im better than that now. i really am. i can hang out with these people but i dont need to party with them. its really okay. they can do what they like at their parties and as long as im not putting myself into it, i dont have to care. so its okay. im playing on it more that i didnt go out of anger. its really for the best. i told him i would be coming to get my keys tomorrow in the morning. and like.. i want to. and maybe ill wake uo feeling totally different but in my tired stoned state at 2am i feele more like maybe i wont. like it is important to me. and now that ive made a big deal out of it, i probably should. but like.. thats not really my point. i sent him this... kind of sassy message that basically implied that he was careless for not trying to get my keys to me when hes acting like a jerk and that he wouldnt even know about any of my issues for wanting the keys because he doesnt even know what ive done this week besides fucking laundry at his house because he definitelt hasnt given a shit enough about me to ask at all. like how are you smothered by someone you dont really know about. like youre literally not involved in my life unless i tell you one tidbit of it. like i dont talk to him. ive completely huddled uo in myself now. and i kind of wanted to see if i was deljsional and kept track if he asked me about myself. he never did. NOT ONE TIME. like thats why im stuck on it. how can you feel so overwhelmed as if im literally just peckinf at you lkke an annoying bird or something and you dont see me, speak to me or know anythinf about me. ljke he acts as though im just sending him shit over and over and consrantlt barraging him and im not. at all. the onlt way i could would be by sending one word messages. so this is very delusional on his part and other people would have no problem receiving a message from me. but the keys. id rather just not show up. just remain quiet for the day. but i have no weed and nothing else to do so im not sure what else i would do. i dont even know if that means anything either. ljke oo give me my keys and then i dont even show up for them. who cares, he still gets what he wants. like fuck me lets just end this. its been ruined. it takes both of us to untangle this mess and hes not doing his part so its just ruined. in my head not going to get my keys is like, "oh wow how unlike her to not follow through with something like this i wonder why she didnt come and what shes doing instead" but like its probablt more, "lol dumb bitch cries about keys and doesnt even get them" but at like 9pm at night when he finally realizes i never got them. i legit dont think he cares. its a waste of my time to try and think like ~why is he doing this. i dont care. theres nothing ive done to deserve this and to have no fucking point to now arguing about the ability to hang out? fuck off. ive deserved more. like i deserved a reply to my request for keys. just like a "youre right you can get the keys x" even if im penaljzed for not getting them when i was doing laundry -fine. but lkke.. reply to my fucking message. im not asking some inane bullshit. im asking abiut shit i fucking own outright. i deserve a god damn response when he wastes my fucking time calling about shit HE OWNS in his own fjcking house. like my god. theyre fucking keys. appease me even. laugh at it and tell me theyre in your mailbox. like holy shit, its not even hard to be a dick about that and you sit on no response? its not even a malicious thing. ive explained it even to his mother that its safety now. and hes rrying to impede my fucking safety. like go be you. be you all damn day but you being you doesnt include me so give me back my fucking keys. no one is arguing the being you part. no one is impeding or invading the ability to be you. but being an asshole about it - choosing to ignore it, thats impeding me being me. and i can be me as much as you can be you and i guess im sorry these are rhe consequences. like i try to even think of a reason why hes avoided my mentions of it. like why? you know what i want. what reason do you need to hold on to keys you never even use? what do you think im doing? ljke.. is it ljke im trying to clean up before offing myself? do i have a secret lover im movinf in and need keys for? am i offending his sejbilities of being my care giver by telling him hes not doing a good job? like he was offended by the thought that me saying or being in a huff about him not driving me somewhere meant that he didnt do anything or was being a bad boyfriend. so is this like in his mind some big insult to him and hes not even going to respond to it. like its just soo ridiculous to him hes just going to ignore it? simple fucking quesrion. so fucking simple. but hours of waiting. hours and hours. its 3 now and i want to say ill still be mad but i probably wont be mad enoufb to walk to his house. i want to be. but i guess i just need some depression days rifht now. i am doing good. and im still doing good and feeling down about these things is okay.