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memurfevur-archive · 8 months

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Out of Heart

Children of Solstice ch. 3

PREV: Ch 2

Character(s): Hyanna Kekkel, Casitt Resshi (@mageofspacemultiverse), Keonin Caniss

About: After a battle has left Casitt worse for wear, Hyanna finds help from a stranger in the woods.

Word Count: 1,176

Two giant hyena puppies padded their way through a thick forest, but only one of them seated two Trolls of different statures. One was the Purpleblood Hyanna with sweat beading on her brows and exhaustion weighing heavy around her eyes. In either hand she held the reigns of both dogs, steering one while leading the other. Tied to her and the puppy was the Limeblood Casitt, who was worse for wear and barely conscious. Despite Hyanna’s warnings, run-ins with hostile Trolls and drones were finally getting the better of him; now, an infection ran deep through his leg and there were too many cuts and gashes on his body to count.

The four of them had been traveling to the coastal region this side of Alternia, but had found nothing of the sort yet-- lost and no thanks to maps with faded translations. Now, they were wandering the forest, recovering from their last fight with a couple of miners they had tried to rob. It surprisingly wasn’t an easy fight; Casitt had gotten the brunt of it and the battle was only won when Hyanna fell asleep mid-fight, activating her voodoos and brutally killing them. They had gotten their prize and more, but at a heavy cost.

On the bright side, the pups-- Barnum and Bailey-- picked up on the scent of other Trolls. It was a risk, but whatever bunch of Trolls were around might be able to help Casitt. Hyanna hoped so, anyway; they didn’t have the best track record for running into friendly locals. Not that they were entirely friendly, either.

Eventually the forest began to thin out a bit and reveal in the distance a rather large hive. Hyanna’s eyes widened at the sight; rarely having seen something so large and full of splendor. The closest she’s come to experience has been the arena-church she grew up in, where it became sparse for her to explore its intricate structures in great detail. She wondered about what kind of Troll may be living there, if there were many or only one. It had to be a Highblood, no other caste could afford such a thing.

This made chances of finding help slim. Highbloods were more often than not pretentious, and if they saw Casitt’s true color then they could both of their lives right then and there. But did they have a choice? Casitt could die either way; it was up to Hyanna to pick the lesser of two evils, and the lesser evil was to hope that someone was kind enough to spare him over letting him suffer in misery.

“There’s a hive up ahead,” Hyanna murmured to the unconscious Limeblood. “You’ll be okay, buddy.”

Suddenly Bailey’s ears perked and he paused, and quickly after his brother mirrored. Hyanna frowned, running her hand through Barnum’s mane, “What is it, boy? What do you hear?”

Bailey barked, and with a wagging tail dashed off into the wilderness, and Barnum, ever so excited to mirror Bailey’s lead, followed. Hyanna lurched forward when Barnum began to run, kicking her heals in and pulling on the harness, her heart falling to her stomach in shock and panic. “Hey boy! Hey easy! Listen, stupid!” She tried reaching back and holding onto Casitt, fearing that he would fall from the two hyenas’ racing. She saw something slip from his pocket, but from the stress of the dogs and the sick boy she paid it little mind.

The pups dashed into a heavily wooded part of the forest, where the trees were denser and grasses turned into jungles of ferns, wild flowers, and varied herbs beyond Hyanna’s understanding. Thankfully, the two pups began to slow and sniff around the ground. Hyanna still wrestled with Barnum’s harness, but Bailey was a further ways a head and seemed to soon be occupied with something. Something that could giggle and talk back to it.

Hyanna finally managed to get Barnum under control and calmed. She squinted in Bailey’s direction, then whistled for him to come back. Whistling was a bit of a difficult task for her, what with her teeth being as large and packed as they are, but with a few attempts Bailey understood and bounded towards his charges.

When Bailey had moved out of the way, Hyanna finally could see what it was the two puppies had been chasing after. A very skinny Troll was sitting on the ground with her wrists supporting her; no doubt Bailey had knocked her over. She had wild, feathery hair with a strange shine to it that nested two curved horns, and her eyes matched the coat she was wearing: a brilliant shining red. She looked up Hyanna and Casitt and the two young but giant hyenas with a kind and amused smile on her face. Hyanna wondered why Barnum and Bailey had been drawn to her, but still she dipped her head and offered a quick apology.

“I’m sorry, they’re still learning. Are you okay?”

“Oh, don’t worry about me. It was a friendly surprise, is all.” The red Troll’s eyes lingered on Hyanna for a moment, then to the other troll bound to her. Her brows furrowed, and Hyanna took this as an opportunity.

“Yeah, um, can you help us? My friend is sick and hurt, he’s not doing too well.”

The other Troll pushed herself to her feet and paced towards them. Barnum’s tail began to wag quickly, but Hyanna pulled on Barnum’s harness trying to keep him from becoming too excited to sit still. The woman in red approached Casitt, placing her hand on his forehead to check his temperature and immediately pulling back with a cringe. She looked over him, noticed the bandaged injuries stained in bright green, and her eyes widened in recognition. She nodded firmly, “Yes, we can help. My moirail and matesprit lives in the hive up there. My moirail will give you shelter and my matesprit is a doctor, and I and my pack will do our best, too.”

Hyanna brightened at the news, “Oh! Oh thank you.” She settled herself and Casitt so that there was more room on the saddle. “Get on, we can ride there.”

The other Troll seemed hesitant to climb aboard the canine, but a quick glance at Casitt as a reminder spurred her on. She wrapped herself around Casitt, helping to keep him onto the beast more securely. Hyanna did a motion with the leash, and was able to successfully pull Barnum into the lead once again with Bailey trying to get another sniff at the stranger close behind them.

“Cute lusii. What are their names?”

“Barnum and Bailey,” Hyanna answered, tugging at Barnum to prompt him to slip into a run.

“Yours?” Asked the stranger, raising her voice over the heavy pattering of paw steps and excited puppy panting.

Hyanna hesitated, then called over her shoulder, “Hyanna. That right there is Casitt.” The stranger nodded and said nothing in return, which made Hyanna yell back, “So who are you?”

“Keonin. You’ll want to take a left up here.”

#Hyanna Kekkel #Keonin Caniss #Misery Loves Company #fevur writing #Children of Solstice

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ravenya003 · 2 months

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Pack, S01E06

Tonight’s episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is brought to you by the metaphor: peer pressure and bullying. I’m actually rather fond of “The Pack”, even though it’s a middling episode, simply because I had the novelization of it as a pre-teen. My parents would buy me those cheap Buffy and Charmed tie-in paperbacks to keep me occupied on summer camping trips, and I’ve fond memories of reading them in the sun.

But are we really getting two Xander-centric episodes before we get even one of Willow? At least this one’s better than “Teacher’s Pet.”

It opens at Sunnydale Zoo. Who knew that Sunnydale had a zoo? It’s a place that we’ll never visit again, so try not to think about the fact that all these animals were probably killed when the town gets fully destroyed in six years.

The high school is on a field-trip, and Buffy is approached by four mean kids who bully her in the bizarre sort of way that only fictional bullies do. I mean, “careful – she might beat you up!” Dude, what?

According to the script (and my novelization) this quartet of troublemakers are known as Kyle, Heidi, Tor and Rhonda, though I think only Kyle is called by name on-screen. Of more interest is the fact that Kyle is played by Eion Bailey, who is still working regularly and is probably best known to genre fans as August/Pinocchio in Once Upon a Time. Jennifer Sky is also present, someone who is not working regularly, but who you might recognize as Amarice from Xena Warrior Princess.

The bullies move on to torturing another student called Lance Lincoln, who is makes the difficult call not to snitch on his tormentors when Principal Flutie turns up. Kyle pretends to be impressed by this and they drag poor Lance into the hyena house, which has been cordoned off. Buffy, Xander and Willow see them at it, and Xander takes the lead in going to the rescue of a fellow perceived-loser.

Buffy and Willow are about to follow when they’re stopped by a zookeeper (he’s never named either, but his nametag identifies him as Doctor Weirick) who gives the girls some creepy exposition on why exactly the hyena house has been fenced off. They’re fresh from Africa and are in quarantine, but are said to have the ability to understand human speech. They’ve been known to call out a person’s name to lure them away from the safety of their campfires, at which point, their unlucky victim is devoured.

Yeah, this episode has some “darkest Africa” vibes that haven’t aged particularly well, but it’s not too bad. The person doing the most cultural appropriation is the bad guy, after all.

Inside the enclosure, some very dodgy-looking hyena animatronics (?) note the arrival of the bullies, Lance and (soon after) Xander. A scuffle unfolds as Xander comes to Lance’s defence, and as he makes a run for it, the hyenas seem to entrance everyone that remains, a green light glowing in each pair of eyes – including Xander’s.

That night at the Bronze he’s acting agitated and mildly aggressive, much to the confusion of Willow and Buffy. As soon as Kyle and the rest of the Pack arrives, the stare-a-thon begins (and honestly, I’m a little surprised more slash fiction wasn’t written about these two) though the girls aren’t remotely impressed when Xander chuckles along at a joke made at the expense of another student.

The next day at school we’re introduced to poor doomed Herbert the school mascot: a piglet that’s dressed up as a Razorback (established as the basketball team back in “Witch”). Principal Flutie is pretty excited about it, and we’re treated to him giving a lecture on the lack of school spirit in his students to Buffy, the girl who saves people’s lives on a daily basis. The main purpose of the scene seems to be establishing that something is up with Xander when he strolls by and Herbert reacts with squealing terror.

Ah, the dodgeball scene. Once again it serves to showcase Xander’s increasingly aggressive tendencies (as well as Buffy’s physical prowess since she’s the only one left standing on her own team) but the whole thing is stolen by Coach Harrold, who (as far as I know) only appears in this single episode, but gets three of its funniest lines (see below).

After some hyena-esque giggling at having turned on their own teammate and pounding him with dodgeballs (it’s poor Lance again), the Pack go on a slow-motion prowl through the Sunnydale courtyards, which culminates in them finding poor defensive Herbert in his cage. And they’re hungry...

Giles is rather uncharacteristically brushing off Buffy’s concerns about Xander by telling her that he’s behaving like a typical sixteen-year-old boy, though he comes around when Willow arrives with news that Herbert has been found eaten. Buffy twigs that all this started when Xander and the bullies entered the hyena enclosure, and the research party begins.

This next scene is... a lot. Blaming the Pack for poor Herbert’s death, a furious Principal Flutie calls Kyle, Heidi, Rhonda and Tor into his office, where he quickly loses control of the situation. We’re at least spared the sight of him being cannibalized on-screen, but I feel desperately sorry for the poor guy as the now-feral bullies advance on him. Being literally eaten is an extremely gruesome and terrifying way to die, and is quite possibly one of the cruelest deaths on the show.

Xander isn’t present when this goes down, which is a bit of a cheat – but then, I can’t say I’m sorry that they spared one of our main characters from committing murder and cannibalism, even if he was possessed at the time. And it’s not like he’s peacefully sleeping under a tree during all this either; rather, he corners Buffy in an empty classroom and assaults her.

As with the attack on Flutie, the act isn’t shown in any great detail, and I suspect Buffy got the drop on him pretty quickly after the scene cuts away, as she doesn’t seem to be particularly rattled over what she explicitly describes as “felony sexual assault.” (Then again, this was shot in the nineties, an era of television which was in no way equipped to handle this kind of subject matter. Heck, it still isn’t more often than not).

Giles has narrowed the most likely explanation for Xander’s behaviour down to a sect of animal worshippers known as the Primals, who can draw the spirits of certain predatory animals into themselves. Somehow Xander and the rest of the bullies seem to have undergone this ritual, so after locking him up in the book cage (the book cage! Being used as a holding cell for the first time!) Buffy and Giles head out to question the zookeeper on what he knows. Willow is left behind to guard Xander.

We get to see Willow’s steely side when Xander tries his hand at manipulation and plays the “us against the world” card, leaning on their shared history together – but Willow doesn’t fall for it and Xander remains where he is.

Unfortunately, Buffy and Giles are in the midst of hearing from Doctor Weirick that if the Pack are separated, it’s only a matter of time before they try to find each other again. They come up with a hasty plan: to lure the Pack back to the school, where they’ll all attempt to restage the trans-possession ritual and get the hyena spirts back into the hyenas.

There’s an effective scene when the bullies advance on the library and start softly calling Willow’s name (ah, a chase through the Sunnydale High hallways in the afterhours – another staple of the show in its early years) and Buffy lures the Pack away, acting as bait while Giles and Willow rush back to the zoo to help prepare the ritual.

There’s a lot of backwards and forwarding in this episode, not to mention splitting up. Willow stays outside to wait for Buffy, which conveniently leaves Giles vulnerable when he goes into the enclosure and notices that the ritualistic symbol has already been painted on the floor – and has evidently been there for some time. The zookeeper has been trying to draw the hyena spirits into himself, only he missed one crucial step: a predatory act.

So Giles gets knocked out (not for the first, nor for the last time) and Willow rushes in when she hears Buffy coming, somewhat naively letting herself get tied up by Weirick with a knife held to her throat as “part of the ritual.” But she’s not so dumb that she doesn’t shout a warning to Buffy when she comes in, and in a pretty perfect case of Hoisted by His Own Petard, the zookeeper shouts the incantation, draws the hyena spirits out from the teenagers and into himself, and then drops the knife to attack Willow with his bare teeth.

Xander, now himself again, rushes to her rescue, and after a brief tussle, Buffy throws the zookeeper into the hyena enclosure. As he said earlier, they haven’t been fed.

This is actually rather funny, as in later episodes/seasons Buffy will make a HUGE deal out of how wrong it is to take human lives, but here has no qualms about essentially throwing this guy to his death. She does lunge after him in an attempt to save him, but hey – no biggie that she failed. The hyenas chow down and nobody ever mentions him again.

Also never mentioned again? The bullies and the fact they’ll presumably have memories of killing and eating a man. That’s going to require some serious counselling.

Xander feigns memory loss of the whole ordeal, and if the girls suspect that he’s fibbing, they take pity on him and let it go. Giles isn’t fooled at all, but also promises to keep schtum. For the record, I very much think that apologies are necessary when wrong-doings are committed, but I’m lenient when it comes to matters of brainwashing, outer body experiences, demonic possession, losing one’s soul or exposure to red kryptonite – in other words, things that people aren’t truly responsible for.

My point is, Xander isn’t himself when he assaults Buffy, and is clearly so mortified at everything he did while under the hyena’s sway that he tries to get himself off the hook with the amnesia fib... so I’ll give him a pass on this particular fabrication, as ultimately it’s pretty low on his seven-year list of transgressions. He’s way more culpable when it comes to that stupid love spell in season two.

Plus, we get a nice Giles/Xander scene out of it. It’s clear that Giles is now becoming just as fond of Buffy’s friends as he is of Buffy herself.

This was a very simple story and a rather middling Monster of the Week episode, which in the grand scheme of things doesn’t really do anything significant besides kill off Principal Flutie so that Snyder can take his place. The high school/teen drama metaphor was a bit obvious and there was so much padding (the slow-motion prowling, the extended dodgeball game, the completely extraneous scene of the young woman with her baby chancing upon the Pack at night before she just... turns and walks away) but it gave Nicholas Brendon a chance to stretch his acting muscles, and I liked the logistics of the spell (the comparison to demonic possession, the need for a predatory act to take place) and the zookeeper twist.

I feel like it’s a story that knew what it wanted to do, and ends up being precisely what it wanted to be – no more, no less.

Miscellaneous Observations:

This episode vibed with “Teacher’s Pet” not just because it was Xander-centric, but because it’s a story that really could have taken place anywhere (that is, it didn’t need the proximity of the Hellmouth to happen). Unless of course the She-Mantis and the hyenas were deliberately drawn to the mystical energy of the township. Perhaps the zookeeper fully intended to use its power to supplement his ritual, and had the hyenas shipped there on purpose.

RIP Principal Flutie. You were clueless, but not evil – especially when compared to your replacement. And no one deserves to go out like that. Sheesh, I think victims of vampires die quicker and less painfully than Flutie did.

We never see the bullies or Lance again, though I like to believe they all made it to Graduation Day (with the likes of Blayne and Owen) and fought in the battle against the Mayor. Though I have to say Lance was a bit of an odd character. They set him up to be fairly important and then he just disappears halfway through the episode, when his role could have probably been filled by Willow.

I also enjoyed James Stephens as Doctor Weirick. He only had a couple of scenes, but he had an unassuming, helpful manner which effectively concealed his true nature. I remember watching this as a teenager and actually being disappointed that he was evil.

Also, this doesn't come up a lot, but Doctor Weirick is one of the few villains on the show that isn't a demonic or supernatural creature - just a human being trying to accumulate power.

During their research, Buffy mentions that Noah didn’t want the hyenas on the Ark because he considered them an impure blend of cat and dog. This piqued my interest, and some basic Googling tells me this little factoid seems to have come from Sir Walter Raleigh’s 1614 History of the World, where he also mentions that hyenas didn’t need to be on the Ark, since the species could easily be reconstituted after the flood by breeding cats with dogs.

That guy who questions Xander about a guitarist at Sunnydale High (right before the Pack steal his lunch) looked familiar, and sure enough – it was the same guy who talked to Cordelia in the computer lab in “The Harvest.”

Xander’s genuine attraction to Buffy and (somewhat) understandable disappointment that she doesn’t reciprocate once again turns eye-roll-y when he brings up Angel again. And this time it doesn’t even make much sense when he says: “Dangerous and mean, right? Like Angel. Your mystery guy.” Um, since when has Angel been mean? Jealousy does not look good on anyone, and it’s these moments where I most strongly hear Joss Whedon’s “why won’t girls date nice guys?” complaining.

However, I did like the fact that Buffy was initially the only one who really felt something was off about Xander. Willow has known him longer, but her lack of self-esteem makes her certain that she’s the problem, while Giles handwaves the whole thing away with testosterone levels. (A part of me wonders if he was recalling his own delinquent youth). But in realizing that it’s something external, Buffy proves that she knows Xander quite well by this point. Or maybe her Slayer-sense is just tingling.

Poor Principal Flutie didn’t get much of an obituary – just Giles looking sombre and Willow sitting down suddenly. Also, they’re going to blame his death on wild dogs? That’s rough. And Giles is almost chipper when the girls point out that Xander wasn’t involved, though I suppose it’s hard to know how on earth people would actually respond to the news that a man has just been eaten alive by highschoolers.

No Angel or Cordelia this time around, which isn’t so surprising in the former’s case since he’s still being credited as a guest star, but the latter is in the opening credits!

As far as audio effects go, I appreciated the high-pitched laughter and the growls in the back of the Pack’s throats. That was very effective.

Best Line: Coach Harrod scores a hat trick: “it's raining, all regular gym classes have been postponed, so you know what that means: dodgeball,” “for those of you that may have forgotten, the rules are as follows: you dodge” and “God, this game is brutal. I love it!” It’s all in the delivery. And as I’ve said before, the Sunnydale faculty must see some shit.

Best Scene: Willow showing her mettle when she faces down Xander in the book cage. There are hidden depths to her, just waiting to be plumbed.

Most Random Scene: When the Pack are out hunting and come across the Anderson family just leaving a party. The parents are arguing about whether or not Mr Anderson insulted his wife by paying his hostess a compliment, and little Joey is being instructed to chew before he swallows. Then they get attacked by hyena people.

We never see this family again, but like the real Miss French in “Teacher’s Pet,” I love seeing little glimpses of ordinary people living out their lives on the Hellmouth.

Death Toll: Herbert the pig (sorry animal lovers, but I’m not going to count him in the grand total). Principal Bob Flutie. Doctor Weirick.

Grand Total: Twelve civilians, ten villains.

#buffy the vampire slayer #rav's watching log #rav's buffy rewatch

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wildtyler17 · 10 months

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What is the one thing you are most proud of

They are my life and I'll die for them

@byjillianmaria

@unfiltereddisaster

Bailey: spotted Hyena

Vivian: African dog

#stuffed animals #stuffed relationship #hyena oc #African dog oc

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thenightling · 10 months

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Hocus Pocus 3 thoughts

Hocus Pocus 3 is officially in development.

And here is my potentially controversial opinion. Here it goes.

As corny as this may sound I would like Hocus Pocus 3 to be a redemption story for the popular bungling villains. The Sanderson Sisters have essentially become Disney's villain equivalent of the Three Stooges (more so than the hyenas in The Lion King).

The Sanderson Sisters are the face of Hocus Pocus. They have dolls and action figures, t-shirts, posters, throw blankets, and even Christmas ornaments of them now but they're... kind of ...evil.

Sure, there was a coven of good witches in Hocus Pocus 2 but The Sanderson Sisters are still villains.

There were hints of a potential redemption story at the end of Hocus Pocus 2 when Winifred was willing to give up her powers for love of her sisters. It showed that love was more important to her than power. That means there IS good in her, as screwed up as the character is.

So here's my pitch. I'd like to see The Sanderson Sisters sent back to Earth for a chance at redemption. And perhaps having to fight a threat far worse than themselves.

If Disney can make Maleficent and Cruella into heroic protagonists, they can do it with The Sanderson Sisters.

And think how much fun it could be with these three incompetents TRYING to be good. It might be more fun than watching them fail at being evil.

So yeah, that's what I want for Hocus Pocus 3. I know a lot of fans might hate the idea but I think it could be fun and open the door for new possibilities for the trio in other media like comics, cartoons, video games, etc.

Reformed Sanderson Sisters trying not to fall back on their dark ways could be fun.

Further note, my guess is Hocus Pocus 3 won't be out until 2025 or 2024 at the earliest if they rush it.

Also there has been no news about the Hocus Pocus Broadway musical supposedly in development. My guess is the "Spooktacular" Sanderson Sisters stage show they did every year in the Disney parks for the last eight years (except during Covid) may have been a long test to see if people would be interested in a stage musical with these characters. And that stage show has been pretty successful.

#Hocus Pocus

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sativerse · 2 years

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OC ARCHIVE!

this is Ottos's OC Archive! OCs will be organized from oldest to newest, and it'll probably be updated frequently! be PREPARED! i have too many OCs!! they'll be dated if i know exactly when they're from :)

a lot of the older ones are FNaF OCs, so just like be warned lol

there were a lot of ocs lost in between that i can remember but not find their names.. :(

Key! OC Name ~ OC Title/Affiliation (month created)

don't say i didn't warn ya!

Mallory, Razz, Charlie, Ray ~ Early Main OCs (2018-2019 roughly)

2020

Doodle (1.0 + 2.0) ~ Main OCs (Early 2020) Sherbert, Annerose, Jax, Tamarin, Andre, Quinn, Nadia, Bailey ~ FNaF OCs (May) Akira ~ Alien (sorta) (June) Marki Bird ~ Animatronic Son To Akira (June-June[rip]) Peony & Rose ~ FNaF OCs (June) Duckie ~ Main OC (June) Spice / Pumpkin ~ FNaF OC (June) Muzari ~ FNaF OC (June) Muzi ~ FNaF OC (June) Silver ~ FNaF OC (June) Drama ~ FNaF OC (June) Beatrix "Bean" Diane Beau ~ From a FNaF rp initially? not a FNaF OC (July) Stanley ~ [see Beatrix] (July) Froggie ~ Main OC (July) Ant / Antonin ~ Main OC (Earliest Date Found > August[was definitely created months before this]) Cadence, Shelly ~ Internal Personifications [intrusive thoughts, brain] (September) Alvah ~ 7 Deadly Sins RP OC [Wrath] (September) Anubis, Khonsu ~ OCs stolen from Egyptian mythology (October) Villain!AU Ant & Hero!AU Ant ~ Main OC alts (October) [i don't remember their names but they represented my subconscious and my brain and they were in love dont ask me idk] ~ Main OCs (October) Ant / Antonin (REPRISE) ~ Main OC (November) Ant / Antoinette ~ Invert Main OC (November) Olive ~ Antionette's cousin (November) Alvah (REPRISE) ~ 7 Deadly Sins RP OC [Wrath] (November) [all the planet names] ~ Planet Personifications (December) Marietta and his siblings [I DONT REMEMBER THEIR NAMES BUT HE HAD LIKE SIX (6) SIBLINGS] ~ Plain 'ol OCs (December) Ant / Antonin (REPRISEx2) ~ Main OC (December) Ant / Antonin (REPRISEx2) 2.0 ~ Main OC (December)

2021

Muzari (REPRISE) ~ FNaF OC (January) Muzi (REPRISE) ~ FNaF OC (January) Tucker ~ OC (January) Villain!AU Ant (REPRISE) ~ Main OC Alt (January) Debra ~ Main OC Alt[hard to explain] (January) Jake ~ Tucker's Brother (January) Rich ~ Jake's BF (January) Rainey ~ Rich's Sister (January) Gavin ~ OC (January) Clarke ~ Intrusive Thoughts Personification (January) Pirate!AU Ant (Pirant) ~ Main OC Alt (January) Laura ~ Jake & Tucker's Mom (January) Clarke & Antie ~ Main OCs (January) Anton ~ Main OC Alt [extREMELY hard to explain] (January) Moss ~ Main OC (February) Michael ~ OC (Febuary) Nathaniel, Bailey, Jackson, Grey ~ Michael's Siblings (Febuary) Miceli ~ OC [affiliated with Michael's family] (Febuary) Malcom ~ OC (Febuary) Jamie ~ OC (March) Solstice ~ OC (March) Gavin ~ OC (March) Mockingjay / Stanford ~ OC (March) Chirp / Stanley ~ Mockingjay's Brother (March) Tucker ~ OC [he's the step brother of the other tucker] (March) Snail ~ Main OC (March)

Chirp & Mockingjay (REPRISE) ~ OCs (December) Vesper / Valerie ~ Demon[Fallen Angel] / Angel (December) Apricot ~ OC (December) Connor ~ OC (December) Pine / Zealous ~ OC (December) Benjy ~ Fox (December) Blue & Red ~ OCs (December) Sol ~ OC (December) Marlo ~ OC (December) Sami ~ Shark (December) Oracle / Ori ~ Orca (December) Orcus ~ Orca (December) Sphinx ~ Bobcat (January)

2022

Akita [my beloved] ~ Wolf (January) West ~ Akita's Cousin (January) Xavier ~ Hyena (January) Bliss ~ Pine / Zealous' Brother (January) Valor ~ Bliss's Twin (January) Arch ~ Valor's Younger Brother (January) Cobalt ~ OC (January) Qiao Orlov ~ Tiger (January) Miceli ~ Werewolf (January) Memphis ~ Miceli's Twin (January) Cerci ~ Bat (January) Falcon ~ Miceli's Little Sister (January) Kimberly ~ Friend of Miceli (January) Eris ~ Miceli's Daughter (January) Pepper ~ Dog (January) Ozzy ~ Raccoon (January) Trent ~ Eris' Secret Twin (February) Xani ~ Hyena (February) Indigo ~ Wolf (February) Sheila ~ Squid (February) Angel ~ Angler Fish (February) Pierce ~ Catboy (February) Dan ~ Catboy (February) Chester ~ Catboy (February) Wilson ~ Catboy (February) Franny "Bug" ~ Insect (February) Beau ~ Shark (February) Fern ~ OC (February) Sinopia ~ Chimera (February) Aesop ~ Changeling (February) Zeus ~ Changeling (February) Tale ~ Changeling (February) Folke ~ Changeling (February) Myth ~ Changeling (February) Elliot ~ My Only Memory of Him Was 'Little Blue Dude' (February) Arin ~ Selkie (February) Lavender ~ OC (February) Candy ~ Lavender's Bestie (February) Tam ~ OC (February) Reymond, Spencer & Dimitri ~ Personified Plushies [belonging to an oc] (February) Mongoose ~ Hare's Partner [in crimes] (February) Hare ~ Mongoose's Partner [in crimes] (February) Preston & Poppy ~ Possum Twins (March) Winter, Springer, Autumn, Summer ~ Seasonal Siblings (March) Prickle ~ LabRat (March) Oak ~ Werewolf (March) Briar ~ Werewolf (March) Tallulah ~ Cat Lady Lab Experiment (March) Nip ~ I Honestly Do Not Remember (March) Vetis ~ Uber Demon (March) Ameni ~ Little Sub-Demon (March) Yosem ~ God on the Coucil (March) Ullo ~ Demon Greed Guy (March) Seme & Dimitrik ~ Demons (March) Emilie Dubois ~ Professional Psycho (March) Emily ~ Emille's Intern (March) Barb, Thrush, River, Juniper, Rocky, Tulip, Chrysanthemum ~ Werewolf Family :) (April) Birch ~ OC (April) Kirsten ~ Birch's Husband (April) Wolfsbane & Petunia ~ Extensions of Werewolf Family (April) Benoit ~ Monster Guy [my beloved] (April) Vanessa, Shade, Frenchie ~ Monster OCs (April) Arlo, Hyde, Zeke, Royal, Nico ~ Vampire Hybrid Type Deal Family [siblings] (April) Cayde & Banshee ~ Roommates (May) Arcite ~ Business Associate of Banshee (May) Hazel ~ Dominatrix (May) Quinlan ~ Tiger, Qiao's Sister (May) Faris ~ Bear Man (May) Atticus ~ 'Lil Nerd (May) Bennett ~ Sea Bunny (May) Ezekiel ~ Bennett's Brother (May) [unnamed] ~ Bennett's Sister (May) Alistair ~ Mercenary (May) Keystone ~ Changeling[Lab-Created] (May) Ocean ~ Professional Asshole[But Actually An Absolute Pussy] (May)

Xiāo "Viper" ~ Serial Killer/Exotic Pet Shop Owner (May)

Malachai ~ Bodyguard/Security Man (May)

Mykola ~ Insane Circus Performer (May)

Patrick ~ Bodyguard/Security Man (May)

Sawyer ~ Hes Just A Little Guy (May)

Sloane ~ Sawyer's Insane Sister (May)

Walter ~ Hes Just A Baby (May)

Matcha ~ Walter's Sibling (May)

Angel & Eden ~ Walter's Siblings (May)

Amari ~ Walter's Youngest Sibling (May)

Flowers ~ Street Urchin Rat (May)

Grif ~ Rat (May)

York/Wash ~ Trans Rat (May)

Simmons ~ Rat (May)

Rowan ~ Lion (June)

Lex~ Lemur (June)

Hugo ~ Femboy Red Panda (June)

Soren ~ Snow Leopard (June)

Midway ~ Old OC Remake (June)

Blake ~ Old OC Remake (June)

Layla ~ Old OC Remake (June)

Nexo ~ Old OC Remake (June)

Nelly ~ Nexo's Sister (June)

Mima ~ Renamed Old OC Remake (June)

Cailean ~ Cinnamon Roll of a Monster (June)

Orion ~ CatBoy (June)

Dyon (Dionysus) ~ Orion's Half-Brother (June)

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How to Domesticate Your Pilot

Chapter 3: Do not abuse your wolves

Part 2: Action patterning: Risks

Music: Five Sharps - Elegy for a Faithful Hound

Those trained with action psychology; as hounds, hyena, hare or any other subclass: They cannot and will not accept their handler is dead; as such, they will wait until they return. This is a permanent change to the psychology of the subject. In practice, no amount of patterning has ever worked in convincing them to move on, or forget. Many have been found camped as survivors by their carriers, often by the body of their handler which has not been moved: The space around it now a shrine and a monument to them. In spite of this, they still refuse to accept the passing: Sharing wistful thoughts aloud to them as they do their best to survive wherever they are found and fighting violently to protect the remains. If material conditions allow, this has been known to last the total lifespan of the subject, often growing old and dying here, regardless of if their lifespan is extended or not. For this reason, exit programming is considered mandatory preparation if a subject is to undergo action-psychological training. While exit-programming will not undo the action-psychology conditioning, it can sufficiently lessen its grip to permit the acceptance of a trainer passing, and the natural process of grief. No subject will ever self-elect to perform the programming: If it is left upon their person, many will destroy the copy too since it too, represents acceptance. If no exit programming is found, an option does remain to ensure they remain useful is to append these feelings and memories onto a new person: to graft the associations and habits. This too however, comes with catastrophic risks: If the subject realizes this deception, and comprehends what has happened, they will go in search of their original handler. If physical evidence of the original handler's death is found, a recursive psychotic episode may take place: the subject's psychology collapsing like a house of cards. It is tradition to allow the subject to take their own life, which they will eventually ask to, whether they ask knowingly or unknowingly. The alternative does not bare thinking about. Its the least we can do for them, out of love. For this reason, please: never take action-psychology lightly. They either must be at your side at all times, or you are in violation of this very special relationship. A wolf is for life. -- Anonymous

Addendum: Interview

I: "But is it ethical?" RN: "No. Nobody should be doing this. This not not ok." I: "But you've done this. Juno was yours." RN: "I know what I said." I: "Do you have anything further to say?" RN: "No. I would prefer not to discuss this any further. I'm sorry." The call was disconnected at this point from the other side. We did not hear from RN again. -- LR

Addendum: The Dangers of Loyalty

Upon further review, there were no disagreements or contributions to be made from the consulted trainers of this written work upon this chapter. There was nothing further to add, other than the following, in memory: Tolen Argossa Hachi Buddy Norlan Djaq Lulu Pamplemousse Freida Lakia Irina Minu Bao Hui Kuai Kofi Ayo Ren Sota Taku Nala Kaiya Soren Sade Enzo Thalia Liora Juno Djembe Nyullei Diego Beso Sa Kwame Kurt Alma Yhef Ife Alonza Eiji Bindi Von-karra Irwin Avo Fabio Dorla Aldo Nova Sadie Bailey Yonder Slyph Eika Qarla You were all good wolves.

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