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rinbowaman · 8 months

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hi hi i hope you're okay. May i request a heethan or helel (preferably heethan since he's better at comforting) in which he comforts the reader when she feels useless and feels like giving up, ik its a sensitive topic but i have been like so useless and been depressed lately so i need a lil bit of comfort :)

So i decided to do this drabble a little different. Set in the same universe, and heethan is still heethan but i made this more personal for you and pictured this in you meeting heethan for the first time. so this is like.....a very fresh start, like a beginning to your own story with heethan if you will look at it that way. i hope this makes you feel better. <3

"Bloom where you're planted...."

Warnings: thoughts of (hinted) suicide, giving up, depression, and loneliness. Some fluff.

Walking through the nature trail, seemingly enjoying the scenery, you made your way down the path with a facade, to mask away your true feelings. It was a beautiful spring day, too bad your mood couldn't match it. Lately, you just haven't been feeling so worthy of continuing on. You're not sure if it was one thing or a thousand others, but something was definitely eating you up and causing you to have thoughts and feelings in wanting to disappear, or just become incoherent.

Somehow in the recent months, you've all but had it, if only you had the ability to tell your heart to give in and to stop it. Why was this so hard? Why was everything hard? Why did nothing make sense? Why can't you get anything right? Why cant you feel more productive? You felt as if you dont contribute to anything in life itself, and yet you keep taking in all of it's sucker punches and have to deal with everything. What was the meaning of it all? What was the purpose of going on and having nothing to show for it? Why did you feel so damn.....

"Useless....."

There was an emptiness, a disease of loneliness that ate you up and poisoned your body with tainted thoughts and horrifying nightmares. The thoughts were there, you just didn't have the courage to go all the way through with....at least...not yet. That's what scared you, what if your sense of emptiness gets worse? What if you continue to live feeling scared and dead inside?

You continued to take your steps and aimlessly wandered, following the natural made trail. No one was around or in sight, which you hadn't minded since being surrounded by others and feeling invisible felt far worse than actually being alone. Catching sight of a large log, covered in fresh, bright green, grassy moss, you gently perched yourself atop and crossed your legs over as you propped your elbow and rest your chin in your palm. The moss was soft, and provided a soft cushion for you as you sat long and stared into the abyss of stoic air and stale plants. Hours went by, while some people would find it fallow to sit and stare at the ground for such a long period, this became a usual habit for you. Why can't you find your calling? Your meaning to go on.....couldn't the universe just send you a signal or a sign? Why did it feel that the move was moving forward, and you were being left behind? Why? Nothing helped. Nothing eased the pain. The thoughts of giving up just became stronger and stronger, and that disease.....that aforementioned sickness only grew.

Deep in your darkest thoughts, you feel to the state of ignorance when you realized that you failed to hear his footsteps breaching you. It wasn't until he stepped on a small twig, that the snap caught your attention and shot you out of your zoned mentality. Turning your head, you looked over to see a man walking nearby. He was tall, lean, and built rather hard, considering the flexed muscles and veins that were on his hands and forearms. He had a hat that covered majority of his features, leaving only his mouth and the tip of his nose exposed. His shaggy hair laid down, sightly spurred on the sides, pass the helix of his ears as the length of it tapered in length towards the back of his neck. Carrying a single water bottle in one of his hands, he looked to be calmly enjoying a nice walk while remaining pensive in thought.

Noticing your frame, he lifts his chin and gains a better view as he peers down from the hood of his cap.

The very second he made eye contact with you, you immediately felt shy and shunned your gaze back towards the ground. He had such a handsome face and yet, it was paired with a rather lustful glare, you did your best to remain composed, hoping that he wouldn't noticed how flushed your face was becoming.

"Huh...." you heard him faintly humph out after seeing you. Walking over, he perches a seat right next to you. This was awkward.

"I didn't know anyone else knew about this spot." he calmly initiates conversation. His voice was so deep and yet light. It had a perfect balance in harmony of a depth tone and heightened pitch.

"oh...uh.....is....is this like your secret hideout?" you slightly teased as you nervously smiled, still keeping your vision towards the lush grass at the bottom of your feet.

"Heh...yeah, something like that." he chuckles out as he too keeps his gaze forward, softly admiring the view of the large field of poppies and daisy's. "Whats your name?" he asks.

"....mm?....y/n........and you?"

"Ethan."

Nodding, you gestured that it was nice to meet him. Trying to figure out a way to leave without enhancing the state of awkwardness with the handsome stranger, you were cut off in thought when he suddenly interrupts your thought process.

"Isn't life funny sometimes?"

".......i'm sorry?"

Smirking, he continues to admire the floral pasture as he crosses his arms and tilts his head. "We're surrounded by so much......life tests us with trials and tribunes of living, trying to make meaning out of it. We spend so much time worrying about the past, the future, and the present, that we ignore the true concepts of living."

He was so philosophical with his words, the man looked to be of college age, and you wondered if he was majoring in some sort of humanities program and psychology. Why was he saying all of this to you?

"I'm sorry....but i dont quite understand.....a-are you a poet?" you slightly laughed out. He chuckles back, all the while keeping his eyes on those flowers before you two.

"Something like that....." he says once more in response.

"oh.......well.......i'm sorry for intruding on your secret spot.....i should be getting back, i've been here for a while." You got up, but before you could take a single step towards exiting the location, you felt a gentle grab around your wrist.

"Come with me."

You slightly panicked. The man seemed nice and was good looking, but you didn't even know him, yet he was a bit forceful in dragging you over to whatever location he was taking you to. Too stunned to speak, you merely trailed behind. HIs grip was somewhat harsh, yet the constant stroking of his thumb below your palm somewhat eased your senses and reassured you that he meant you no harm. It actually felt....comforting.

Stopping at a random spot, surrounded by bushels of honey suckle vines, he pulls you over to his side.

"See this?" he shows you a beautiful rose that grew straight out from the ground. It was a bright shade of burgundy and had bright green leaves to match its stem. The petals looked almost like velvet, you had never seen a rose such as this, it was so amazingly beautiful, it took your breath away. What was even more potent than its appearance, was the amazing scent that emitted from it.

Suddenly, your heart dropped when his hand came into view, and did something you were not expecting. Grasping the stem near the base, he rips the entire rose plant from the ground, the small bits of its root prickling out from the bottom. Gasping, you looked with a saddened expression.

"Oh my goodness....why did you do that? its' such a beautiful plant, its going to die."

"Hm.......exactly."

Looking confused, you somewhat glared at him, only to watch his stern look soften as he pulls on your wrist, slightly closing the distance between you two.

"that's a good reaction. glad to see you hadn't entirely given up or lost your sense...."

you looked up. Were you really that transparent? was the lack of life in your eyes that apparent that he could tell you were being eaten up by something just merely minutes after meeting you? You felt rather embarassed and confused. Yet he kept talking, and his words did more than triggered a spark in the depths of your soul.

"Life can be so tricky. A long time ago, roses really didn't contribute to anything. They grew and took up ground space, really not having any purpose. There was even a time, where this plant was considered a weed, because of its' thorns. Yet, before man decided to act on burning it out of existence in this world, we discovered that this ornamental flower had some use when it came to creating scents, perfumes, and other forms of aromatherapy. There's a use for it after all.....we just had to give it time to discover it."

Your eyes began to glisten, as he leaned his face at a tilt and slightly closer towards yours.

"You felt sad when i snagged it out of the ground.....because you dont want it to die. You want to continue looking at it, smelling it.....to appreciate it. Dont you?" his hand brushes up and caresses your cheek.

"So then why not be more like this rose?" Taking your hand, he places the plant in your hand, after chipping off the thorns from its stem. "Take it home, and plant it. If life didn't give you a meaning in life, then make one for yourself.......take this plant, it needs you in order to survive now......this.....is your meaning, until you find your calling."

Looking deep into your eyes, he continues to reflect the symbolic meaning of inner growth.

"You're going to see, that life while life isn't always pleasant, no matter if you're human or a plant, things can happen.....life can snag you away at the root, and toss you over. You might feel dead, you might feel incapable of doing much.....whether you throw this rose aside, or plant it anywhere else, its' going to continue to grow, because it knows that while it wasn't immediate, it eventually found it's purpose in life.....and it brings joy to the world. it just took a little bit of time is all."

His hand rubbed your shoulders, as he looks down at the ground. "If i asked you to come back here next week, would you?"

You stayed silent, and nodded. You truly felt it right to abide by his request after hearing the softness in his voice.

You walked back with him, and he even gave you a ride back home. Normally you wouldn't trust a stranger so much but this man....Ethan, he was so different. There was something about him that was bringing back warmth....the warmth you lost....

He stopped at a store and picked up a planter, some soil, and helped you replant the rose. Bidding you a temporary goodbye, he leaves.

After just three days, you saw that the rose, which had initially gained a wilt from being removed from it's home and replanted in a foreign matter, it regained its vibrancy as you started to notice new baby leaves sprouting from the stem. The rose itself had wilted, with the petals all fallen, leaving only the bud, yet there were new ones forming near the base. You nurtured it, continued to water it as instructed by Ethan, and watched as it continued to grow. By the end of the week, the rose plant grew a half an inch, and was doing so well. You couldn't lie, it was nice having a plant to greet you whenever you came home, something that relied on you, just as much as you relied on it. You were so eager for those buds to bloom, longing to smell that fragrance once again in the comfort of your own abode.

He came and picked you up, and he walked you over to the exact location where first met. Gently guiding you to the area where he snagged the plant, he points down and shows you, and to your initial disbelief, you swore you felt like crying all over again....but out of pure joy this time. Right at the same spot where the seasoned plant was once at, there in its youthful glory, was a small rose plant forming and growing. The leaves were smaller, yet the form and the small thorns were instantly recognizable.

"No matter what life does....or doesnt do for you....always bloom wherever you're planted." he says.

You look up at wanted to thank him, you wanted to say so much to him but you just didn't even know where to begin. Yet somehow, it was as if he knew, and he nodded as a gesture in letting you know that it was alright, that words weren't necessary, just the soft smile and the vibrancy of your personality coming through was more than enough.

"You know y/n......you laughing.......it makes me happy." he remarks.

"....it does?"

"yeah......."

Walking you back to his car, he tells you.....

................

"So now that you know......dont give up.......for me......."

Authors notes: idk about you, but i feel like buying and raising a rose plant now. I feel like sometimes, when life just feels a bit empty, it always helps to have something that gives us meaning and purpose, like the rose plant did for y/n in this drabble. I feel like for those of us that feel left behind or just useless, its only because our purpose and significance in this world hasn't come to fruition because greatness, takes much more time to mold. that's all. give it time and continue to be healthy, appreciate nature, and treat yourself to a coffee here and there. <3 things will get better ;)

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loverofallthingssmart · 1 year

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i'd LOVE to hear your thoughts about the song twins.

anon ur everything thank u for fueling my song twins obsession mwah <3 here u go

sidenote: these are mostly about hair, friendship, and piercings....something that says a lot about me right now

okay first OFF idc tams shorter than linh!! they're both like decently tall but everyone thinks tam is short because linh is just like that type of tall where youre all limbs..like zendaya so everyone looks incredibly short compared to her

idk if he's the younger twin which drives him mad or if he's older AND still shorter but either way he gets made fun of <3

re my last post (that was supposed to go here but sleeby eesha cannot press buttons properly and apparently queue and draft are too close)

linh does NOT have her ears pierced but has an insane amount of piercings like she has a septum, both nostrils, AND a nose bridge piercing, she does NOT have snakebites (lip piercings) bc there's a LINE but she is considering eyebrow piercings to match her bridge one

tam has double lobe piercings on both sides, a helix on his right, a tragus on both sides, a daith on his left ear and he's planning to get an industrial whenever linh gets her eyebrow ones. he does NOT have guages bc like linh said, there's a LINE that shouldn't be crossed

like tam and linh have the same amount of piercings except linh has it everywhere but her ears and tam has it only on his ears

tam: how do u BREATHE linh: how do u HEAR (they're sooo 🤝)

both of them have dimples-linh's are incredibly easy to spot because she smiles all the time but tam only has one on his left side and he purposefully makes it so that when he's not scowling or anything his smirks go to the right so no one can tell (sophie is the first to discover it but no one believes that tam has a dimple so she purposefully tries to make him smile properly in front of everyone so they believe her!! she is only believed when at a sleepover keefe trips and falls flat on his face after boasting abt his balance and tam can't help but grin incredibly wide)

enough bangs tam let's talk about bangs linh, both song twins are diy hairdressers to each other, look me in the eye and tell me the two ppl who melted their registry pendants and decided to dye their hair with it are not...u cant!

so they decided to get bangs together, except tam went HARD and thankfully linh can make it so that it doesn't look so out of place. i can't describe his hair but know it looks good <3

linh in support of tam, decided to want lowkey with simply face framing "bangs" but unfortunately..instead of to the bottom of your nose/your chin which is where they're supposed to be cut, tam cuts them near the TOP of her nose, so linh has the world's tiniest face frame ever with parts of her hair that are just incredibly short. sometimes she can take them and spread them across her forehead into wispy bangs which are cute on some people! unfortunately for her, only tam can rock bangs so she has to wait MONTHS for them to grow out into true face frame bangs (source: me except i went to a hairdresser and when she asked me nose or chin, i said nose and she cut them like that...i loved them though <3 always missing them)

linh always has the urge to bleach her hair to dye it blonde but is talked down by tam every time, because in his words "there are too many blondes in our friend group do not leave me in black-haired superiority to be like every other bitch we know. including our significant others" (tam is dating keefe bc it's me and linh is dating whichever blonde makes you feel better) (sophie or marella bc i fully believe marella is naturally blonde but it's like a DARKK reddish strawberry blonde which counts !)

isn't it canon that it's hard for them to sleep without each other? if not WELL too bad it is now literally when they were little one of them could not sleep without the other next to them like literally impossible which was EVEN more amplified after they were away from home and it's gotten better now but they do find comfort in each other's presence and touch

little geniuses the both of them got their abilities YEARS before they're supposed to (im pretty sure i wrote in one of my fics that they got it when they were like 5?6? around there) ik it doesn't make sense bc oh but its weird that sophie got hers when she was five that's bc she's a telepath. telepaths are weird <3

tam's a NERDDDD i fully believe he's so interested in how everything works just like in general the nitty-gritty details of like lightleaping! and history of the animals and history of elves and astronomy all the things considered like boring or mundane and he bonds with sophie over wanting to know how everything works and they have hangouts with dex and fitz who explain to them what they want to know and sophie in turn tells them about how she learned it's supposed to happen with her human schooling (its me! you thought you wouldn't escape me making everyone friends? you're wrong!)

but like most nerds, he keeps his curiosity under lock and key hidden underneath his prickly attitude (something he and marella bond over because while marella loves to call him a nerd marella is literally THEE inner softie in the friend group like her and dex have a secret handshake tam is sworn to secrecy by the both of them not to say)

yes tam and linh are the first to know of each other's secrets but while tam can hide stuff from linh for YEARSS (his shove his feelings into a bottle mentality is showing) linh cannot keep anything a secret from tam and has ruined many surprise bday parties/gifts by this. the funny part is that it is ONLY with tam like u tell linh a secret involving pranking keefe and the only way you find out she knew is years after the prank happens

this is getting super long so i'll end it with this: they don't actually have a twin thing but they will say they have twin telepathy and have pre-rehearsed bits in their back pockets to freak people out

okay that's it im done i have more but ill save that for another day hope yall enjoyed this montrosity !!

#this is SOOOOO long i cannot shut up KSJHDGTDSHYJA HELP anon i bet ur regretting asking me abt my thoughts on the song twins huh..#this was so fun :] i liked getting back into the groove of what makes this blog like me getting back into making headcanons feels right.#its also the step right before me getting back into writing everyone please manifest #ANYWAY yeah <3 i love them can u tell? and i will stand by intimidating song twins for LIFE #ALSO??? what happened to keep reading idk how to do it anymore??? so truly im sorry for such a long post #tam song #linh song #kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #2 am ramblings #long post #ask me anything #anonymous

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venusinsilk · 1 year

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birthday wishlist? 🙂

Hi I never answered this my bday was back in July and I had a huge party with cake and friends and music and I took lsd and had lots of fun in my house I share with my boyfriend :) that's what I wanted and i got it! Thanks for asking. Anyway I'm just going to post things I want now

Diana Ho Designs on Etsy is one of my fav pages to stare at and just feel yearning I want everything she makes!!! Her designs are so delicate and beautiful and sexy. I love everything in her store but the body chains in particular are sooooo gorgeous and I'm planning to reward myself with one of the body chains i want when I reach a savings goal next year :) I love that she uses high quality gold filled chains... her jewelry is water safe and won't turn my skin green ;) I really want to start supporting local artists and jewelers who are independent, and she happens to be from LA too. I can't wait to buy one of her pieces!!!!!!! Money spent locally on artists who live in your area is always better than at a huge company like Walmart or Target or whatever. Your $$$ stays in your local economy longer and supports your community when you spend with individual people and small businesses!

I'm learning about jewelry and color theory in regards to skin tone right now and I've come to the conclusion that silver, white gold, pearls and opals would suit me well. But I love gold and copper too much to stop trying to wear those colors, and I want to try experimenting with mixing metals when I wear jewelry. I want to build out a thoughtful and cohesive collection with pieces purchased from independent designers and give away most of my older things I never wear. I've been spending my free time in the wee hours of the morning after I get home from work browsing jewelers on Etsy. I love the look of hammered metals in particular, and I've been drawn to coins and oval coins that reflect light like drops of water 💧

I want piercings!! I was so poor throughout my 20s I never got any more piercings beyond my septum. It just wasn't a priority for me. And my earlobs closed up!! Lmao i cant even wear earrings. I'm planning to get my earlobes pierced again in January. This time I want 3 piercings along my lobes so i can stack different earrings and studs, along with a double helix :) I'm also considering getting a Daith piercing later in the year after my ears heal. I found a piercing shop in my city that makes jewelry in house and stocks unique pieces from independent designers and I'm very much looking forward to supporting them!

I also want to get thin rings to stack on my days off. Hand jewelry is tricky for me because I'm a baker, I can't wear jewelry during my work week and I rarely paint my nails. That being said, putting on rings feels very special to me because it never happens! Taking an hour out of my weekend to paint my nails and make my hands look pretty is something i wouldn't mind doing more often. It's more about setting aside time to be alone and make myself feel beautiful, making my self esteem a priority. I'm interested in collecting thin, understated rings that are gold or silver filled, again so they don't turn my skin green. There are so many gorgeous designs on Etsy, that's where I do most of my browsing now, and they're affordable.

#ask #jewelry

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haemosexuality · 2 months

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piercing ranking so far

1-septum. it hurt like motherfucker when the needle was going in i remember thinking "i hope this heals alright because im NEVER doing this again (not helped by the fact i hadnt eaten bc the adrnaline spike and the pain almost made me fall over), but it only hurt in the instant i was getting pierced, the pain went away like 5 mins later and after that itd only hurt if i messed w it. the healing process was easy too.

2-helix. fuck helix all my homies hate helix. i debated a lot between putting it before or after septum bc at the moment of getting pierced it hurt less than septum, but while septum immediately stopped hurting this one kept getting WORSE throughout the day, by nighttime my ear was fucking throbbing, so hot and achy. really annoying. plus the healing process was h e l l it was boderline infected for like 4 months (tbf i didnt rlly take as good care of it as i couldve but STILL). and it still hurts sometimes, i got it done in AUGUST. all that being said i would and will do it again tho so

3-conch. i thought it was gonna hurt way more than helix but it rlly didnt, i mean i think at the moment it was kind of the same but unlike helix this one didnt torture me all day. it did keep hurting for a few hours but not as much as the helix, and the pain went away after i took a painkiller lol. also i can touch it accidentally and its FINE???????????? which was NOT the case w septum OR helix. i mean it hurts but just a bit. im in awe. i cant speak for the healing process yet bc i got it done 7 hours ago

4-eyebrow. gonna be honest i dont remember its been over a year and i couldnt find any texts of me telling ppl how it felt other than "didnt hurt a lot". the healing was also, like, fine? but its a bit annoying bc it closes So fast you really can never take the bar out

5-lobes. again i cant remember but according to 2023 me it "stung a little when the needle went it, then my ears felt kinda hot for a bit, and now (hours later) its literally nothing"

#piercing #septum piercing #helix piercing #conch piercing #eyebrow piercing #stretching ranking: 1- lobes its easy 2- septum a bit annoying and significantly slower can sting quite a bit

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zaptap · 3 years

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ive made a few of these bingo sheets and theyre fun so i decided to make one not just for e3 but also JUST for splatoon 3 (not just for e3 but for like the whole lifetime of the game). also heres my updated list of characters id like to see in smash, ordered generally by which id like more and/or think are the most realistic

since min min got in i took out helix, and since i couldnt decide whether to add in waluigi or madeline i added another row (realistically i dont think any indies are getting in but i threw some in anyway). also i was like “oh yeah maybe theyd put in a gen viii pokemon” so i threw in hatterene since thats one of my favorites.

also as for waluigi (and shovel knight for that matter) i think it would be nice to see an assist trophy get in just to break that rule. also i remember being super surprised he wasnt in brawl (back then i thought he and wario were equally important) and even though that was based on a wrong impression ive still felt like he should be in there ever since

notes about the bingos under the cut

really is about time for those n64 games, especially now that mario is dead so theyre free to release sm64 on it. game boy games would be nice sometime too

would also make sense to include banjo-kazooie in that, nintendos had a good relationship with microsoft lately and the total absence of anything banjo-kazooie on the switch is odd since it’s a dlc character (every other one has a game on switch they can use for cross-marketing, even if joker’s took a while) and i think the best explanation for that would be that theyre holding off for the nso n64 app (this is easiest from a technical standpoint because all they have to do is make a deal to use the roms)

when are they putting octolings in mk8d

xenoblade chronicles x is one of the only wii u games left that they could port (aside from ones that wouldnt make much sense like splatoon and ssb4) so i guess that might as well happen sometime. also monolith soft might be doing something else besides helping with splatoon 3

im not ready for metroid prime 4 (im over halfway through mp2 and therefore the trilogy as a whole) but it’s been a while, they might show it and it could even come out this year

hal apparently recently hinted at a new kirby game or something

the upgraded switch is obviously going to be called the Nintendo Switch ͥ since they already did the ds lite so theyre clearly naming everything in the family after the ds family, theres absolutely no flaw in this logic. idk if theyre showing it, but unlike 2019 they didnt say they werent showing new hardware (just that they were showing software, which could be taken as denying rumors, but they sometimes specify when certain things arent being shown)

metroid prime trilogy also might come this year. would make sense to release it before mp4 since not everyone is going to buy a wii u to get it (and at this point that doesnt get nintendo any money since they stopped making them)

where is detective pikachu 2. i hope it has the blue pikachu from that first tease they gave us in like 2014 (2013? that was a loooong time ago idk)

they said this was MOSTLY 2021 so i am absolutely getting my hopes up for splatoon 2

the two sinnoh games could likely be there

would be super cool if oddity came to switch. and almost as ironic as megalovania getting into smash

we havent seen the botw sequel for a couple years so we’re kind of due for an update on that

it’s ace attorney’s 20th anniversary this year so maybe theyre doing something. theyre already porting those games though so idk. maybe he’s getting in smash

whats with that watermelon mario render

i held off on watching a playthrough for ndrv3 on the off chance it came to switch and i could play a dangan ronpa game for real for once but it’s now been 4 years and we just passed the 10th anniversary of the series (albeit during a pandemic when i wouldnt expect them to have done anything) so it would be cool to see the series come to switch. i think if it still doesnt after this though i’ll just watch the playthrough, 4 years is long enough. amazed ive avoided spoilers this long, i still know next to nothing about the game

im about done with acnh but im still waiting on those splatoon items. and i ran out of storage in february so i need more of that too

nintendo did stuff for zelda’s 30th anniversary so i doubt theyre forgetting the 35th. maybe wwhd/tphd ports, idk

been a couple years since fire emblem, intelligent systems is probably up to something besides planning yet another paper mario spinoff

miyamoto forgot pikmin 4 in the oven 6 years ago and it got burnt to a crisp and thats why it hasnt come out yet because he had to start over

and splatoon

the inklings scared daft punk into quitting so now that theres no competition in the robot musician scene they should have a daft punk style group

i waited and waited and neither of my top two splatoon stages (flounder and d’alfonsino) came back in splatoon 2 so i hope just because splatoon 3 isnt in inkopolis doesnt mean they still wont return

would be sick as hell if there was a real hide and seek mode instead of just sticking to your own rules in private battles. havent played that since 2015 but it was super fun

show us the effects of the chaos world

i wanted mc craig to have a song in octo expansion and they didnt deliver. heres another chance

splatnet 3 baby

cant wait for nogami to do a funny 3 pose

abxy came back for splatoon 2.... am i gonna be that lucky again...?

salmon run doesnt make sense if youre friends with a smallfry but they could either change the story context (you just fight “evil” salmonids?) or replace it with an equally fun co-op mode

amiibo!!! i think i said this before but they should label them by weapons if these cephalopods dont have genders, would make more sense (the gendered ones had different weapons anyway)

returning characters!!!! would like to see everyone have a role of some kind

maybe #GearForAll wasnt successful in getting the emperor/spy/mecha gear, but perhaps theyll at least consider not making that stuff exclusive this time around

squid girl gear should be back. and they should call it a dress instead of a tunic because its a dress. and theres no gender now anyway

as ive said before... TRIPLIES!! you hold one in each hand and another in your mouth. and you can spin around like the tasmanian devil

remove splatfest tee annoyances: you should have a prompt at the end of a splatfest to pay to scrub your tee (to make sure you get the chunks) also it should be on a neutral brand so you dont end up with an overabundance of ink resistance up (or whatever else)

better online and cloud saves would certainly justify having a second splatoon game on the same console, as much as im loving that it exists

hopefully theres a global testfire again

sooner or later the workers will rise up and kill mr grizz

remember in splatoon 1 where if you had squid beatz (via the amiibo) you could “play” it in the lobby and change the music? then you were stuck listening to only bubble bath in splatoon 2? why did they take that option away they should bring it back

looking at those apartment buildings in the trailer i think it would be cool if you had your own room and could decorate it

an octavio redemption arc would be fun to see. in the manga he stole the zapfish because the octarians had an energy crisis, and in the end they worked out a deal to share the electricity

#nintendo direct #e3 #e3 2021 #splatoon 3 #splatoon #ssbu

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maskedjoker · 4 years

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We are getting really close to the scene in lost fragment of snow that was genuinely confusing in the book, and it's the scene were everyone in the circus is killed. I think what we will probably get is a scene were mana finally ends up giving into despair after he is hit and then allen is fed to a lion.

I think that with more current info, i can say for sure that sleeve earl and mana are a hybird. This will likely cause a resurgence of sleeve earl into taking over the body and becoming whole. This only lasts for a short time however and when cross confronts him after the rest of the circus has died from the audience turning into akuma(which i suppose are implied to be constantly just around the earl and is probably one of the many reasons cross warned Allen to stay away) some exchange of words or damage causes a lots of control. This damage however also hurts mana(or potentially just being forced out off control) causing him to loose even more memories as seen when mana and Allen reunite the next day.

Now i think we can agree that sleeve earl exists as a third entity, especially since her recent art exhibit interview, as she talked about the suit being a super sophisticated golem. I think in this case as with tim and lero yhat "golem" refers to AI. Id argue with the weird phrasing like helix of life and all the biotech style that magic is more often than not just more advanced technology, and wherever the noahs came from likely was, hence why they say they only seem strong because we have become so weak. This is only further shown with innocences resemblance to machines like its gear like parts and percentage resonance.

The noah memories in general i think are some kind of AI that passes through generation lines, carrying significant portions of its past forward and then fusing with a similar person in their lineage. For example early on road would have been just road, then through some means either became an AI(or was given a piece of someone that counts as one under golem, its unclear). Regardless once connected to the noah memory, it acts like a save file and becomes more sophisticated with time. It carries each life and gives all those memories, feelings and drives to a new body. So new road would remember being road, her life and everything, but also the life they had been living up until the two combined. Over time the noah memory keeps getting larger and larger to the point new experiences are so small, relatively speaking, that it overrides much more than normal. Since they are fuzed as one being they likely cant be separated without mutually assured destruction, were the current entity will die and any remains will not be the origionals, if anything remains at all. An example of this is that tyki could not be made human by Allen I their fight i the arc, despite having a blade that should destroy only part of him. Admittedly tyki is a special case though, and more tyki backstory is needed.

Changes from body to body become more subtle, but the base, which likely has a distinct core function as seen by its response to certain tasks and ideas, remains a strong aspect. This creates an almost reincarnation like effect for them, needing to only find a new body to continue.

The suit is like this, but different. I don't know how the original earl split, but i do think that some aspect of him was placed on the suit. I would like to say its the original version of the noah memories of the earl and nea got like a brand new copy, but i actually have no idea what memories he has of being past earl so its mostly a guess. Regardless the noah actually all seem to transform in some way when they get mega pissed. Im looking at you skinn, jasdevi, and tyki/joyd. So the suit is likely that kind of thing, but way more distinct and capable of acting autonomously. Since they all have different forms it makes sense that his would also be unique. They all probably represent some inner desire related to their memory. Skinn is just rage so big angry man works fine. Jasdero and devit are bonds so they want most to be one. Tyki got all fucked up before he changed so i got nothing, but it had a heavy does of sadism, which I guess is pleasure? Taking into account that killing in horrible graphic ways is his guilty pleasure it kinda makes sense.

So because of that, this sentient AI is constantly trying to pair with half a fucking brain because nea and mana only share one brain cell. Some kind of resistance from mana or strain causes him to constantly fall ill or comatose. Now to be clear on naming, sleeve earl does not refer to themselves as adam in the mirror scene nor does he refer to mana as adam, and only uses "we" when talking to mana about being the earl. Oddly enough the earls self pronouns are we, using wagashi which is kind of like the japanese equivalent of the royal we used in europe for the entirety of the series. For the record, mana in the flashbacks uses male or single they pronouns, i don't remember if he uses boku or watashi, but he uses at least one if not both.

So from this it seems millennium earl is a title, used by whatever is paired with the suit. Adam is the original name of the noah, and is the preferred name of the current earl aside from the title.

This circumstance was likely caused by the rest of the noah, who are using the earl for something related by the pillar. His separation either by accident or by intent was likely by the hands of his family trying to keep control for their ends. This is why the current earl is called a broken puppet and has so many things around him related to acting and stage plays. He is playing a role, the red clown to allens white clown as stated in the ark arc. He even wears a mask. His memories and mind have been damaged though, therefore broken. However broken puppet for both allen and the earl could also refer to a puppet that doesnt work as a double meaning, implying they can no longer be controlled or puppeted.

It is also implied that he is still unaware of this betrayal, but it is likely nea does to some degree as it would explain why he became a traitor and killed his own family. To be clear, i dont think all of the noah know everything, and i dont think they dont actually care for the earl. It seems they still genuinely follow him to their death and see him as one of their own, especially in cases like road, tyki and wisely.

Now early i said that different generations of noah would cope woth reincarnating differently. Since the earl only died once before 7000 years ago, id say resetting to a new body with only 17 years would be just smashed flat by any algorithm with that much data. However manas feelings are still the newest, and so still have an impact even on the current earl.

Now we come to resurrecting mana. How? Why? Well i dont know. But my guess is whatever part was the memories of mana for the 20 or so years he lived, or at least his memories at death, are in allen. His curse and weird hallucinations of mana seem to suggest it. Alternatively that part of his soul may have passed on, or it fuzed with the noah memory making the origional mana part of the hive and much like tyki and his noah memories cannot be seperated. Not good regardless.

As two additional things, i want to mention that hoshino is a twin and has always been obsessed with it, so having twins in her book was inevitable. What is extra weird is hoshino was actually going to be a triplet, but either her or her sister absorbed it before birth. She has mentioned it in dgm interviews and i cant PROVE it translates to anything in the plot but its suspicious. She also still list mana, nea and the earl as distinct in every book up to date in extra novels and at the start of her books. Oh and her favorite hat for the earl right now? The one featured on the most recent chapter? Has two faces on the front that are visible, and one in the back thats hidden, and the most recent art has the back face as the only one visible, angrily staring allen down. Great art foreshadowing if im right. Its also usually sleeve earl, if not exclusively, that wear it.

The second thing is mana talking about love and drive in the most recent chapter just brings up the earl having the noah memory of love or devotion or something for me. Ive written about it before but it just seems to fit. This character is all about that from the ability to fuze loved ones together to the hearts he talks with and his drives being based on grand acts of devotion, being by their side etc. Mana also loved and adopted both and dog and a homeless child and keeps talking about how the world is so beautiful despite all the bad. The earl literally acts like the whole noah clans mom by his own words and cooks for them, and both of them go out of their way to be cartoony to break tension. The earl literally goes and buys a single red rose from a poor girl while tyki pontificate on how he doesnt act like a villain. He doesnt take an umbrella because he wants to feel the rain. He talks about how what he does is in human nature and requires a connection between two people. He is even designed with his ideal colors as red and purple with white, as well as being designed after flowers. I know this probably doesnt make sense, but its stuck in my head.

#long post #ramble #mine #dgm #d. gray man #spoilers #theory #mana #nea #adam #millennium earl

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fletchphoenix · 4 years

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First Impressions, Worst Impressions

High school Varigo AU? High school Varigo AU. That’s all I will say - I hope you guys enjoy it and if you thought the first one was slow burn,,,,you’re in for a treat <3

Also gives me a chance to show off my OC’s Jeremy, Isla, Elora and Zander! I love them all dearly. Anyway, onwards with the chapter!

TW - Strong Language (i think? I cant remember.)

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From the second Varian woke up, he knew it was going to be a bad day.

His alarm rang from under his pillow, him groaning and turning on his phone screen to shut it off, blinding light immediately shining straight into his eyes and leaving him frazzled for a second. He grumbled as he sat up, Ruddiger hissing in disapproval before sinking back into his slumber. Lucky bastard could sleep all day, but Varian? Nope. Varian had school. Brilliant. He’d gotten so used to being able to just lie in, not expected to attend for the last stretch of tenth grade after...the incident. Varian sat up and stretched, letting out a loud yawn before reaching to grab his clothes off the chair by his bed, it creaking in protest as he shuffled. Admittedly it was rather old - he might have to buy a new frame from Ikea or something like that.

He stumbled around the darkened room, reaching for the curtains covering his window and pulling them open to give him a little bit of light. He liked his room - it was in the attic, so he had a whole story to himself and it was quite spacious, able to fit two desks in his room. One sported his papers and various textbooks he’d used to keep up with school, and the other an old TV monitor along with a Nintendo Switch connected to it. He’d play on it a lot after Rapunzel got it for his birthday, the console soon becoming addictive during his extended absence from school. He’d played it every time he’d finished his work...no matter now, he thought. He had to get ready to return to that..horrible place.

Once he was dressed in his blue shirt, a black undershirt and some jeans, he packed and grabbed his backpack and began to walk downstairs happily, sparing no glance to the different frames on the walls of the house. He trailed down the hall, opening the first door on the right and heading in quietly. In the kitchen stood Rapunzel, humming a small tune to herself and Eugene sleepily rested his forehead against the back of her neck and wrapped his arms loosely around her waist. Varian sauntered in and dumped his bag on the floor, sitting at the table with a frown on his face. “Good morning to you too.” he muttered as Rapunzel plated his breakfast and handed it to him. “I still can’t believe you’re making me do this.” he commented as he ate.

“Look, Varian..please give it a chance. If it doesn’t go well, we can go back to learning from home just..please. You promised you’d try.” Rapunzel pleaded, sitting opposite him at the oak table, the faint sound of a clock ticking filling the background of their tense conversation. Varian let out a groan and a sigh before reluctantly agreeing, turning his head away as Rapunzel cheered happily. He knew it was time for him to go back, despite everything that happened, but he didn’t know if he could. Sophomore year was rough to say the least and he didn’t know if he could even face his peers after everything that had happened to him. Still, a promise was a promise, and if he did this, Eugene and Rapunzel promised he could use the basement as his own personal lab, so that was a bonus.

“Okay kiddo, let's get you to school.” Eugene muttered sleepily, placing a kiss to his wife’s forehead with a soft smile as Varian followed him, his bag over his shoulder and sliding his headphones over his ears. He couldn’t really say he was excited - quite the contrary actually, dreading his return to the building, but he knew he had to do this for Eugene and Rapunzel’s sake. He just..prayed he wasn��t too far behind and that he’d be sat next to moderately decent people in his subjects. Last year, he was sat by Vex in English and she’d just bullied him the whole time, repeatedly calling him a nerd or short even though she was smaller than he was. He would hate to be sat beside her again, being as she made life hell for him. Of course there was no way she could’ve known what was going on in his life at the time, but it still sucked to have someone be a constant insult machine towards him relentlessly.

He slid into the passenger’s seat, pressing the door lock and leaning back in his chair silently. Turning his head, he saw Eugene’s eyes boring into him, instinctively flinching back from him at the look. “Eugene..what are you doing.” he questioned, the man still looking at him with his lips tilted into a frown. Was there something on his face? Did he have a nosebleed or something? Had he offended Eugene?

“Kid, don’t feel pressured, alright? I get it’s been rough and a long time since you’ve been back to school, so if it gets too much for you, please just let me know and I’ll come pick you up. We just..we really hope you can do it. It’s what you need after being alone for so long.” he explained as he began to drive, opening the windows to let the August air breeze through the window and blow Varian’s hair around wildly. Varian shrugged and looked out the window, playing with the hem of his shirt quietly. He was sure he could handle it, after all it’s not as if he could just suddenly get killed on his first day! Right? Ugh, now that he thought about it, it was always a possibility and he could just spontaneously die on the spot in the middle of chemistry class-

“V. I know you’re overthinking now. I can literally hear the cogs in your head going wild. Just relax, okay?” Eugene broke his train of thought, a slight smile on his face. “You’re gonna be fine, trust me, kid.” He reassured him as they pulled up outside the towering, intimidating building Varian knew oh so well as Corona High. His breathing started to quicken. Could he do this? He didn’t know if he could do this anymore, the mere thought of going back made him sick to his stomach. He doubled over in his seat, Eugene leaning over to trace reassuring circles onto his back and whispering comforting words to him. “Kid, don’t freak out. It’s just a building..okay? You’ll be fine. Trust me. Just breathe.” Varian regained his breath and nodded to Eugene, exiting the car and heading towards the looming building, fear building a deep, dark and seemingly endless pit in his gut. He took one last deep breath before his hands reached out, pushing open the immaculately cleaned glass doors and throwing himself into the fray.

Immediately, he went towards his home room. From the look of the note he had, it was Room 256 with Mrs Ophelia Thorne. At least she sounded nice on the phone call, he recalled as he called to ask about his reintroduction back to school. He was apparently having an escort between lessons called Nuru, even though he’d insisted that he didn’t need that, having been to the school before. She persisted, however, saying that she’ll be able to ‘show him the changes around school’ and ‘be like a friend towards him’ as if he needed that. He’d agreed so he could get off the phone and go upstairs to continue with the work he’d started in his free time. It was on the old study of alchemy and, though research had been discontinued, he loved the sound of it. Transmutation fascinated him to no end, so the research never felt strenuous. However, he knew it wasn’t really that interesting to most. Still, he loved the subject with all his heart and would for as long as he lived.

He kept walking down the halls, weaving through people before standing in front of Room 256, his hand moving to grasp the doorknob. He twisted it slowly and gently opened it, twenty or so pairs of eyes instantly fixating on him along with the chocolate brown eyes of a medium sized woman with matching wavy hair to the shade of her eyes. “Oh, you must be Varian! Welcome sweetheart, your seat is on the third row, second seat in! Next to Nuru and Zander please!” she cheered in her sing-song, upbeat voice. He could’ve sworn she was a princess if she wasn’t a school teacher, alas he walked to his seat, dumping his bag on the floor and sitting down at the desk. He looked to either side of him in silence.

The boy to the right of him had clearly dyed, vibrant red hair and his eyes fixated on his phone hidden under the desk. His ears were littered with various piercing, the only ones he really noticed and recognised were the lobe, helix and industrial. His clothes consisted of a red and black sweater, cuffed jeans and some rather large boots on his feet, a black, denim jacket covered in patches hung over the back of the chair. He looked pretty cool, his name apparently Zander, according to Mrs Thorne. He raised his eyebrow, watching as the boy looked over at him and raised his eyebrow. “Take a picture, it’ll last longer.” he muttered before turning back towards his phone. Varian’s cheeks flushed when he realised he was staring before turning away to look at the girl on his left, only to find she was staring at him.

The girl in question, Nuru, had a dark blue turtleneck sweater and a hair clip shaped like a star holding back a small section of hair from her face. She also wore a grey shirt and tights along with high top sneakers on her feet, coloured the same blue as the sweatshirt she was wearing. She looked at him with wide, orange eyes and a wide smile. “Hi, I’m Nuru and I’m gonna be showing you around. Well, I suppose you know that already being as Mrs Thorne didn’t need to explain..your name is Varian, right? That's a cool name. Sounds a bit like variable or variant. It’s unique.” she trailed off rambling, Varian’s mind losing it’s interest in her until she laid his timetable out in front of him. “Oh, so you have chemistry first with Mr Crick. He’s really nice - Zander’s dad, actually. And then you have Mrs Crick for English, but she just lets everyone call her Elora, her first name. Her and Mr Crick are married! They got married a while ago actually-”

As Nuru went off on her second tangent about school, a smile made its way onto Varian’s face. Finally the day was starting to get better! Chemistry for his first period was like a dream come true, especially with Mr Crick. Though he was a young teacher, Mr Crick, or Jeremy as his mother used to call him, was very close friends with his mother before the incident. He could remember him being a sweet guy, albeit a little awkward and socially inept sometimes, but still a sweetheart. He always offered to give Varian extra work if he wanted it or to just be someone to talk to. Although Varian never took him up on the latter offer, it was nice to know someone other than his family cared about how he was holding up. It was nice he got married too - he remembered Elora joining him when he was invited over to dinner sometimes and their kids coming too.

The ringing of the bell in the hall made him rush to his feet, eager to get going to his lessons as Nuru took her time in packing her things up. “Can’t she just hurry up?” Varian murmured to himself as he waited impatiently for Nuru to be ready. As soon as she was, he bolted out of class and let Nuru pull him by his wrists past lockers and other students, a colourful and unique cast of characters. They’d walked past so many people, including Vex and a small, black haired boy dressed in a red hoodie that was far too big for him, but he didn’t seem to care in the slightest as he happily chatted to his friends. Varian took in his surroundings until Nuru abruptly stopped, him walking into her by accident. “Sorry-” he began.

“Here’s your classroom. I’ll come pick you up at the end to walk you to second period, but until then I’ll see you later!” She called out as she began jogging away. Elated, Varian opened the door and stepped over the threshold, relishing at the sight of a proper lab again. It was the one thing he’d missed about school, having all the proper equipment here as opposed to the ageing equipment he was stuck with at Rapunzel’s house. He smiled widely at the familiar sight of a lanky, raven haired man leaning back at his desk. Varian ran over with a smile.

“Hey Mr Crick!” he almost yelled, not realising how loud he was and the man flinching slightly. Varian bit the inside of his cheek, opening his mouth to apologise before the older man chuckled and shook his head.

“I already know you’re gonna apologise, so don’t. There’s no need. It’s good to see you back in school, Varian.” he began, resting a hand on the younger boy’s shoulder with a smile on his face before looking away to his desk, picking up a sheet of paper and scanning it. “Okay, so you’re next to Hugo.” he declared after a few minutes, gesturing to a smug boy sitting at a desk. Varian raised his eyebrow, thanking Jeremy before moving away to sit down beside his new lab partner.

“Hey there, hairstripe. The name’s Hugo. The pleasure is all yours.” the blonde said, looking at the onyx haired boy smugly. From the second Hugo spoke, Varian knew he was going to suffer this year, just like he had with Vex. Bleached blonde locks were tied into a ponytail, revealing an, in his opinion, terrible undercut underneath. Obnoxiously large glasses sat slightly tilted on his crooked nose, the eyes behind them an emerald green colour. He wore a moss green hoodie, a dandelion undershirt peeking out from underneath, along with baggy blue jeans and some sneakers that, just like Nuru’s, matched his hoodie. A thing that piqued his interest, however, was the boy’s prosthetic arm, sitting blatantly out on the table, Varian fixing his gaze onto it and tilting his head slightly.

“ Oh, that little thing? Well, it’s my prosthetic after I tragically lost my arm in the accident that killed my parents.” Hugo explained, dramatically leaning against Varian with the palm of his flesh hand pressed against his forehead. Great, Varian was next to a theatre kid. Just what he needed. “Tragic, right?” Hugo commented with a grin.

“Oh yes, oh so tragic.” Varian rolled his eyes and shoved the other boy off him, already ready to kill him. As much as he loved Mr Crick...why did he have to sit him next to the most dramatic annoyance on earth? As far as first impressions went, Hugo...really wasn’t making a good one at all. He glanced back over at the boy again, whose head was propped up by his right arm as he grinned at Varian.

“Well, aren’t you gonna tell me your name, hairstripe?” he asked, leaning slightly closer into Varian’s personal space, causing him to cringe. This was going to be a VERY long year by the sound of things.

“It’s Varian. And can you please stop calling me Hairstripe? It’s really, really annoying.” he commented, already annoyed with the boy sitting next to him. He really didn’t want his favourite lesson to be ruined by an inconvenience like him.

“Mmm..nah. I think I’m gonna keep calling you hairstripe. It sounds better than whatever you said.” He smiled and turned his attention to the front as Mr Crick began the lesson. Varian leaned against the desk and groaned in annoyance, resting his head on the table and shutting his eyes as the boy beside him kept poking him with his pen under the table. This was going to be a very long lesson.

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By the time the lesson was done, he just wanted to go home. Hugo was literally just Vex, but less insulting and more genuinely annoying. Oh well, at least that was the only time he’d see him all week. Sure, it was his favourite lesson with his favourite teacher in the world, but at least he only sat with him for one lesson this week.

That was until Mr Crick started talking.

“Okay class, we have a senior project, so I’m gonna be announcing the pairs!” Mr Crick declared as he brought out a list. Varian zoned out as he waited for his name to be called. Finally, he’d be able to work with someone else other than this narcissistic, rude, egocentric-

“Varian Ruddiger, you will be working with Hugo Atkinson!”

Varian felt his heart drop and Hugo’s face twisted into a smirk.

Oh no.

No way was he going to work with Hugo Atkinson on a school project, involving the other coming to his house regularly and talking in a close proximity out of school hours even though he hated the guts of the guy sitting next to him. He stood up as everyone started to leave, making his way to Mr Crick. “Mr Crick, you can’t be serious I-I can’t work with him! He’s annoying and-and don’t even get me started on how goddamn dramatic he is!” he began to rant before Jeremy’s hands rested on his shoulders.

“Varian, you’re a bright kid and, surprisingly, so is Hugo. You two will make a really good team just..please give him a chance. Okay?” he pleaded, Varian giving in with his arguments and nodding in submission. He didn’t believe for a second that Hugo possessed more than one brain cell, but hey, miracles can apparently happen, right? He reassured himself as he headed out of the classroom to find Nuru.

Nuru who was currently insulting Hugo outside the classroom.

“Oh my god, Atkinson, you’re such an inconvenience-oh hey Varian! Are you ready for the best lesson ever with the best teacher ever?” she said with a smile, grabbing Varian’s wrist in a clamp like grip and pulling him along the hall, the students seemingly parting to make a path for them. Much to Varian’s misfortune, Hugo followed after them with his stupid, smug grin on his face.

“Heya hairstripe..so we’re together for the project? How about you come over mine tonight and we can start working tonight? I’ll pick you up at the gates if you want.” he said with a grin and a subtle wink, causing Varian to cringe.

“How about you come over to my place? My sister will want me back, since..y’know, first day back and all.” he explained, praying Hugo would agree. Luckily he did and relented in his following, letting Nuru drag him along to the english classrooms. The smaller boy let out a relieved sigh, focusing on Nuru and picking up on sections of her incessant rambling, something he was shockingly used to now.

“Oh, he's a massive playboy, probably fooled around with most girls and boys in the school. He treats them like shit too - uses them till he gets bored, then moves onto the next pretty thing that he can find.” she rolled her eyes and let go of Varian’s wrist, him speeding up to match her pace. “Here we are. I hope you have a great lesson, V and I’ll see you later!” She ran off and, once again, Varian stepped into the class and was told exactly where to go.

The rest of the day went swimmingly. No Hugo..just complete and utter peace. Sure, he had Nuru to drag him along, but he’d met Zander’s twin sister, Isla and she was an utter sweetheart (he sat by her now in math). He’d also seen Vex in the hall a few times, but as usual she paid him no mind and just continued doing her own thing. Typical Vex behaviour. And now it was the time he was dreading - the end of the day.

He made his way through the halls, his eyes focused on the glazed floor before arriving in front of the familiar glass doors and seeing a familiar, lanky blonde standing outside. He waved to Varian, a smirk on his face as the boy left the building. “What took you so long, hairstripe? I was thinking you’d abandoned me.” He asked, laughing as they began to walk side by side.

“Got held up - let’s just go.” Varian muttered in response, kicking a rock across the sidewalk. All it was was a few weeks working together after school. It would fly by, right? He took one look up at the smirking blonde and frowned.

At least he hoped so.

#varian and the seven kingdoms #varigo #varian x hugo #varian tangled #tangled varian #hugo tangled #tangled hugo #alchemy boyfriends #varigo high school au #i love these boys

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inviouswriting · 3 years

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A quick smut then a small fluff afterwards.

Arjuna x reader.

Smut. I will cut this later. Written via mobile.

I tend to focus alot on female pleasures mostly because most readers are usually well.. women. And I am better at writing mxf stories. Also selfish indulgence.

Arjuna had come to you for a mild respite away from others. You indulge him in your room. You are dressed down to a simple black top and skirt that went to mid-thigh. He had complimented it and coaxed you to sit with him, in his lap.

You feel a twinge of embarrassment as the skirt lifts as you straddle his waist fitting in his lap comfortably with your legs on either side of him.

Arjuna holds mischief in his eyes seeing the shade of red your face flushed to. He trails a hand up the outside of your thigh, feeling skin to skin. He had chosen that purple and black outfit, the one he had traveled in.

Arjuna notes how you jump from his touch, if he didnt know you the way he does he would have backed off a bit. Yet he guides his hand higher under the hem of the skirt to expose more to his fingertips.

"Master, you're softer than usual. Have you been using that oil?" He questions and smooths his palm along your thigh. He knew what this does to you.

You blush wild, the oil in question was one you two use together. He takes genuine pleasure in rubbing it on you to hear your voice.

"Yes. I've been using it." You had to look away from his eyes, the knowing stare in them, he knew. That it wasn't just a massage you used it for. Not when his fingers travel to the smooth mound hidden by silk lace.

"My master, my dear master. You should summon me more if you want to use it like that." You feel his face against yours pressing light heated kisses along your neck. Centering on a love bite he had left a few days ago.

"I... I.. know. I couldn't help it.. but it didn't feel the same without you." Kisses are pressed higher to that spot just below your ear. You feel your face hot almost missing the slip of his fingers tugging aside the thin material of the panty.

"Is that so? Why did it not feel the same?" Arjuna blows a hot breath on the ear getting you to try and press your ear to your shoulder. Only succeeding in getting your archer to press his face against the side of your head. He catches the ear between his teeth and you feel plush lips nibble.

If Arjuna could see your face you would surely immolate from what you feel. The nibbling stops and you feel him do small puffs of hot breath.

"You weren't with me... I... ah..." you trail off, you feel his fingers spread you open. Two of them slip in along your folds, he hums in your ear at how his fingers are coated without him doing anything yet.

"Oho? Is it because my fingers reach deeper? You are really wet here. I haven't done anything yet." He notes your face burns more and you press it more to his shoulder. However Arjuna pulls his head back to look at you. Pressing his forehead to yours so you can't escape his eyes.

"Yes... your fingers reach deeper, and... they feel better than mine.." Your eyes dart to the side, even as Arjuna runs his fingers through slickness coating them.

"Look at my eyes." His voice is low and when you look back to him, he pushes his fingers inside. You have a shocked expression at the sudden press of them then keep your gaze with his dark brown eyes. They almost glow with lust, and you can feel just below your thighs his cocknthrough the fabric of his clothes. Those fingers though, they fit just right as he had went straight with three knowing you can handle the stretch. After all you've been seated on him many times without fail.

"A-Arjuna! Your fingers!" They begin to move, he wriggles them at first and turns his hand as he pulls his hand back. There is a smirk gracing his lips seeing you quivering from his fingers already.

"Yes? My Master? What do you ask of your servant." Arjuna returns his head back to the side of yours. Catching an earlobe he runs his tongue from it to the top of your helix listening to you sigh and feels you clench on his fingers. He curls them right then begins to thrust his hand better.

You feel your face hotter. You realized he asked you a question and expected an answer with him doing such sinful things.

"I ask of you... please... t-to." You pant at the end of your broken sentence when his fingers brush that spot that makes you clamp more on him and Rick your hips to his rhythm.

Arjuna pulls his head back to watch your face. His free hand begins to push up the front of your top, bra and shirt till your breasts are exposed to his eyes. He palms a breast while his other hand keeps up with thrusting fingers in ar your gspot till your legs shake more, your toes curling on the bedsheets gripping them as you move in rhythm pushing your hips to his hand.

"You ask of me? You can tell me. I keep all of your secrets. How your voice sounds when you cry my name, how you blush when I get you into embarrassing positions. Tell me. What do you want of your Arjuna." You feel his fingers retreat from within your pussy and spreads open your folds as much as his hand can go. He feels the heat off your center, he dips his middle in just to tease the entrance with wiggling his finger around it not enough to feel full but enough to feel the digit.

"I... ah...! Arjuna! Why... did you stop?!" Teeth graze your neck enough to bite, enough for him to add another mark next to the other.

"I stopped because you are having such a hard time answering me. Be honest, what do you desire of me?" The hot breath on your neck and the press of his fingers back in enough.

The hand toying with your breast had left in favor of underneath you starting to pull the hem of his clothing up. You raise your hips to make it easier only for him to buck his hips up to yours.

"I want you... inside me...." you manage out, and Arjuna kisses a path up your next again after he was satisfied with the mark he left.

"You want me inside where? I have options. From your mouth, to your ass, to this lovely spot just at my fingertips. If I am not directly told where. I could decide for myself and leave you terribly unsatisfied." You snap your head up, he wouldnt deliberately leave you like this. Wet and hot and unable to be satisfied now unless you were on his cock after he had filled you full, well after he reduced you to a mess with his thrusts.

"You wouldn't!?!" A devilish smirk on his face, a rare one as he adjusts his clothes pushing the pants underneath down pass his hips.

"Do we want to test my endurance? You know I can outlast you." You almost retaliate by messing up his hair, but don't as the last time you did that he had pinned you to every single surface and teased you relentless to where you passed out from the intensity of the sex you had with him.

"I want you inside... my..." Arjuna guides your hips over his, lining his cock to your soaked pussy and merely plays with not pushing in yet.

"You want me inside where? Master, your humble servant wants to know." Arjuna presses his forehead against your shoulder, the teasing affecting him well, the slick heat just a command away.

"Arjuna! Please.... inside my pussy!" You feel your face hotter at saying it, but upon the command, Arjuna's hands grip your waist and pushes you down on his dick. You both groan together, you from the sudden intrusion and feeling full from how big he is. Arjuna from the intense comfortable wet heat that surrounds him.

Arjuna has a firm grip on your waist and rocks your hips with his, pulling you back enough till you nearly slip out then guides you back down on his length.

You pant against his collarbone still hidden by the clothing he wears. You even bite into the fabric to stifle moans as tears start brimming your eyes at just how much you needed him.

Arjuna tugs the thin panty further aside making sure it doesn't ride up in his thrusts into you. Feeling the way he is relentless in his movements made you wonder how much he was holding back, he is alot harder than you remember him ever being.

You follown his hands when they urge you to push down harder, Arjuna looks down your back to where his hands grip the flesh of your rear, seeing how his fingers sink nicely in the full of your ass. The squeeze makes you jolt a bit, you roll your hips down as he thrusts his up to meet you, even as you bounce a little to try and keep up.

"That's it... that's it.. feel me... you feel so hot on me.." Arjuna purrs into your ear, and you muffle yourself with the top again till he tugs it away from your mouth.

Arjuna tires of the position he has you in, and with a brief movement, him circling his arms around you, you feel him flip you both, you now on your back and Arjuna pushing your legs further apart. He rustles with his clothing to pull the top of his outfit off sighing relief when his skin is bared.

Hands return to your waist and lifts it enough urging you to wrap your legs on his waist. When he was satisfied with the angle he thrusts in alot harder than before. Chasing his own high with you.

You feel yourself teetering on an edge of pleasure. So much that tears threatened to spill from your eyes with how intense it feels. You hold back for him, for Arjuna, murmuring something under your breath that he looks at you to find out what you are pleading him in broken whimpers.

"Hands.. please..." he looks down and realizes he had been gripping too hard and closes his eyes before he looks at you with a genuine look in his eyes.

"Master, I am sorry, you just feel so good." You shake your head, not what you meant.

"No, it feels good too... I want you to hold my hands." Brown eyes widen with understanding, and he lowers his head to rest his forehead with yours as he grips your hands with his own. You tilt your head up as he does to the side and seals a full kiss, his tongue prodding yours and you suck on his.

Arjuna thrusts wildly again and you feel the grip on your hands tighter, you taper the kiss off, arjuna bites down on your shoulder and you cant help the moan that comes out.

You cry out his name, and feel him twitch inside.

"Master, again! My name... say it like that again." You hear his request even feel his fingers tightening on yours.

"Ah! Arjuna! Arjuna!! Arjuna!!! Please!!! Arjuna!!! I want you!!! Please please!" You plead him, each punctuated cry was met with harder thrusts, even him moaning out under his breath when he isn't kissing you full.

"Tell me... you love me..." his words make your heart melt. And you untangle one hand from his grip to smooth into his hair.

"Arjuna, I love you." You rest your palm to his cheek, feeling the heat off it from his exertion with resuming his thrusts, till he is sure the bed could break under how hard he is going.

You grip the hand you still hold tight, and Arjuna feels the starts of your orgasm how your walls flutter on his cock, how much more wet you are.

The throb of his dick urges you onto reach your climax with a silent scream of his name and a well gush against his lap.

Arjuna thrusts through the sudden tightening around him. Till you grip him hard enough that he cums equally hard, warmth fills you and you blush as you look up to see Arjuna lost to bliss.

Arjuna wraps his arms underneath you and half lays on you while he is worn out from the sex you two had. Your face flushed more when he pants in your ear, hot breath on it and doing wonders for you.

You comb your fingers through his dark hair, content with him like this. You continually pet through his hair with his face buried in your shoulder. Till you feel him stir and move to sit up. You are greeted to him hovering over you, a satisfied smirk on his lips and lowered eyes. His hair tousled nicely by your fingers adding to the rumpled state you both are in.

Arjuna takes note of how the skirt is scrunched at your waist from his pushing it up and panty tugged aside enough for him to have taken you. Your shirt shoved up and he enjoyed every moment of your breasts moving from his thrusts.

You sigh content as you watch him look you over to the perfect mess done by his hands. Arjuna meets your stare after sitting upright. He rolls his hips forward then pulls back to withdraw himself out of you.

You feel your cheeks heat up again seeing thebwaybhe inspects you for rub marks from the underwear.

"Arjuna?" You get his attention instantly when you call his name.

"Hmm?" He lowers down to rest his face on your chest.

"Can we go again? But this time... without clothes?" You fidget and his grin returns.

"Of course my master. I rather have you without clothes too." He reaches over the side of you into a compartment in your bed for a bottle of oil. Your eyes light up seeing it and you bite your bottom lip.

"I do need to put this on you properly after all." You are more than eager to indulge him more if it meant feeling so comfortable in his arms later.

"Please, please me." You request.

"Is that a command? Master?" He watches you remove the rest of your clothing.

"It is. Do have have any problems with it?" You look hopeful.

"It is a command I will enjoy carrying out." As soon as the last of your clothing was off you feel the tingling sensation of the vanilla oil spread on you and knew from there he will take care of you. Just as you do for him.

#arjuna x reader #fgo arjuna #fate arjuna #arjuna smut #arjuna

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theinternetisafacade · 4 years

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Tips for ADHD brain. maybe.

put things you need to do thing with within reach of place you need to do thing in. eg toothpaste next to mug next to sink (so you won’t get distracted going to get thing) (also makes it like 10 times less hard to do)

ALARMS/REMINDERS. that stand out. with labels. (eg writing in sharpie on hand)

A thought dump! to dump thoughts so it doesn’t clog up your working memory! which is what this tumblr is for. (although my brain moves so fast it’s hard to capture everything before it just disappears. also frustrating occasionally)

while bored in class play (mindless) games that don’t have time sensitivity (eg 2048, not a platformer). relieves boredom without needing too much concentration.

fidget toys. that dont require too much thinking/repetitive movements. so half the brain can shut up and focus on it while the other half can focus on doing whatever. (spinning pen is good, but hand gets tired after a while. slinky is hard to get repetitive movements. ball also. fidget spinner too hard to spin mindlessly, and also you need to wait for it to slow down which means it cant really be repetitive. magnets good because can do nice snappy repetitive movements, but can get boring after a while) *note to self: find more fidget toys

if doing things that require a lot of thinking, get a toy that you can stare at and fiddle with while your brain thinks.

music while doing chore makes chore soooo much easier. takes mind off chore, motivating. but dont procrastinate by dancing lmao. (note: playing out loud might be better than using earphones/headphones because then you won't get distracted by videos or games on your phone)

submusic point: i really like listening to lo-fi music while studying hehe it's not too boring and nit too distracting and also has nice cafe vibes (speaking of studying, i just had the idea to add this onto this list in the middle of studying lol)

maybe? a game like helix jump is good for procrastination/taking breaks because each level is only a few seconds long, plus there are annoying ads you have to WAIT for which makes you go back to whatever you were doing. idk some ideas for taking breaks between work without going down a 4 hour rabbit hole

video calling! (apparently its called body doubling wowow theres an actual name for this) accountability, also when you can feel someone’s presence it’s harder to lose track of time. or to do nothing for 4 hours. (idk, like sometimes i dont do work because i “still have time” or “it doesnt feel right” and then i just let time pass by. video calling takes that away because guess what? time is happening to them too! you can’t just pause time while you do nothing! does that even make sense)

before starting on smt get format/ know exactly what you’re supposed to do lol

doing work in the morning/very late at night is very productive because theres no one you can talk to or distract and theres no one to talk to you or distract you. very good.

#adhd

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gemini--emerald · 4 years

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So i made a lore thing for us nHo so take this

Their nearly pitch black hair whipped around themself, the heat of the lava surrounding the large barren rock didnt even make him flinch anymore. When you live in whats basically Hell for almost your whole life you get used to it. The red glow of the Nether portal that would teleport him into another worlds overworld was almost blinding, it was way to bright for their liking, although; he supposes he wouldn't have found it any other way so its actually good he assumes. Well; if the “nHo” liked him that is. Xenon tried whispering reasurrences to himself on the way over here but the fact he could only speak Galactic did nothing to help their nerves so they eventually gave up. Despite Silas telling him repeatedly that enough of the members knew Galactic or sign language to understand him and translate for the other members he still couldnt avoid the prick of doubt in his mind. The anxiety that they wouldnt take him for how he looked or acted or… the Other Thing. It was stupid he knew; Silas had said themself that they took in anyone and that a little bit of craziness was welcome.

Neither knew how they other looked physically because of the fact that the ‘Watcher’ comm, as Silas called it, didnt allow pictures or anything of the sort but despite that the supposed Ender Hybrid seemed excited to meet him; at least, Xenon thinks so from the messages they sent him. Xenon has never really met anyone else besides family and the souls of the Taken and wasnt good with social cues. He really hoped that would change and that hed learn how to socialize somewhat well despite what could probably be considered a verbal disability.

He exhaled, “Guess I better get this over with huh,” he said to no one but the strangely empty air. He picked up the Netherite filled bag with ease, having done so so many times and walked towards the portal. Turning around and looking out into the dull red fog for the last time for a long time he whispered, “Goodbye, hope to see you soon.”

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When he opened his eyes again he was met with the blinding green of, what he was pretty sure, jungle grass...Along with Crimson Nylium?? What was that doing here?! Opting to ignore that for the time being, he noticed they were in a large clearing surrounded by jungle trees, some of them having branches cut off and with large smiley faces with the mouth too wide and the eyes X-ed out. Huh.

“HEY!!” His eyes snapped to his left and up into one eye of bright red, not unlike the portals, and one purple one, like an enderman’s. He took in how they looked, the bright colors of their rainbow hair starting at red on the top and going down to purple at the nape of their neck, the right side of their face covered in enderman scales. They seemed to be about 2 inches taller than him, that didnt happen often, although they are part enderman so he supposes it makes since. Oh shit, he’s been staring hasnt he? It took him a moment to process what they said before and that they had said it in Galactic so he said back, “I can understand English you know; I just cant speak it” They looked surprised for a second, then broke out into a grin. “Guys its him!!”

Suddenly, what seemed like a tad over 10 people started jumping down the trees, some using the vines to help them and… some of the vines helping them itself? Whatever, not the weirdest thing ever. They decided to count heads as this was happening and it seemed like there were 11 people, not counting Silas and himself.

As the swarm of 11 people came into view better he started to notice more and more details about them. Like how one seemingly hovered above the ground, and one was about the same height of Silas, was also floating, had horns and really liked orange. Three more flew around the clearing; one with wings of purple and pink feathers, another with what looked like phantom wings, and a white somewhat-humanoid wolf/avian hybrid.

One short person stood way back in the shadows for a moment before starting to walk. He started walking and grinned when he caught Xenon staring...and then the shadows bent around him almost like inviting them to see him without all the shadows. Well that was new. Silas followed his gaze and piped up, thankfully in english this time. “I see you’ve found Zero, he has a symbiote that bends the shadows.”

Ooookayyy... taking that into account Xenon looks back to the rest of the people; one taller girl, still shorter than him however, was in full blue, even blue hair and jogging next to her was some sort of robot with a red cape covering up where their left arm would be. Three more girls were the last in the group and from what could be mistaken as a trick of the light, but he knew it wasnt, was glitches swirling around one with short hair in a lab coat. The next was the same height as her and had a pink coat and flowers in her hair; the last one was shorter than the previous two and was wearing elyra with a plain t-shirt and jeans and had rectangle glasses.

Once all of them finally reached the portal they automatically made a semi-circle around them, besides Bon, who stayed to the left of him; the rest were close enough to hear and talk, but far enough away so that they wouldnt touch him if he didnt want to. These people must be really accepting if they care enough to give him space. ‘That's… really nice of them,’ he thought.

Before anyone could say anything however, he noticed everyone looking above him with smiles and smirks on their faces. Before he could even think of turning around, he was caught off-gaurd by a sudden force on the back of his head. Okay, so thats why theyre keeping a distance, bc they think he’ll fall and die, thats wonderful, he cant wait to tell them how wrong they are. However, right after that thought, he heard Silas yelling, “Helix what the fuck?!” With the others laughing while watching him stumble with the added weight seemingly attached to his head.

He felt the weight attached to his head shift over to his right shoulder as Silas kept yelling and everyone else laughing to death on the Crimson ground… right that was still a thing. He felt someone sit down on his shoulder and looked towards them as best he could with his hair in the way. They seemed to notice this as they proceeded to move his hair and tuck it behind his shoulder; not knowing if they knew Galactic he hesitantly said a simple, “Hi?” and waved his hand. ‘Helix’ excitedly waved back and used sign language to ask what their name was. Xenon hesitantly looked to Silas and before he could ask, Zero piped up and said “Helix does have a mouth so they use sign language to communicate, by the way they asked what or name is.” Well he knew that; wherever Helix lived before this, their sign language was close to that of the Nether.

Xenon looked back to Helix who was looking expectantly at him. Holding up his hands, trying not to jostle Helix too much, they quickly signed ‘X’ ‘E’ ‘N’ ‘O’ ‘N’ to them. After, Helix looked at the others in what he could only guess was awe as he felt them go almost limp on their shoulder, only holding on to his hair which was starting to hurt by how hard he was gripping it. Curious, Xenon looked to the others and saw awe and happiness in their eyes. Why? He wasnt sure, but after a moment he felt the death-grip on his hair release and a tap on the side of his head.

Turning back to Helix he watched them sign ‘you can understand me’ Xenon signed back, ‘yes of course.’ Helix signed back ‘i understand most Galactic so you can talk.’ “Oh ok, well uh, can i put you down now?” Helix heard this quickly signed ‘sorry,’ and before Xenon could do anything, they jumped off his shoulder, thankfully landed easily and surprisingly graceful on the spiky, weird Nylium and went over to the tall brown haired guy in orange and started climbing up his leg, then arm, and all the way up until they were sitting on his head and between his horns. After that the blue haired girl looked up to him and excitedly exclaimed, “That explosion was so cool! Did you mean to do that?” Xenon had no clue what she was on about and meekly croaked out a “What?” She looked over to Silas for guidance, a non-galactic speaker then.

Silas merely looked at him and said, “so you didn’t mean to make that explosion?” He blankly stared at them and whispered “I had no idea that it would do that.” Silas then leaped into the air and pumped their fist. Looking down at the phantom hybrid they yelled “Told ya so, now you owe me 5 diamonds Alex!” Xenon watched as Alex begrudgingly walked over to Silas and handed them the diamonds .

After introductions and more goofing around, and handing out the Netherite he would never forget the hours of mining that took them, Xenon was sure that he’d like it here, even with the bright green of the Jungle it was ganna turn red soon enough anyways.

(i really hope this worked right, also i didnt edit it yet but i’ll do that later)

#do you nHo tag #my writing #please like this #it has 1621 words and thats the most ive ever writen #in one story #lore #<33

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laurazepamwrites · 4 years

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The Chemicals between us - Ch.9

If Talon had no idea they were under attack they certainly did now as Reinhardt was the first to charge in, hitting the gate with such force it bent far inwards, a huge swing of his hammer sent it crashing across the ground. Instantly his shield was raised as Talon finally got their bearings and returned fire. Bullets ricocheted across the courtyard as he slowly pushed forward covering his team as they got into position. Torbjorn threw his turret down breaking Talons fire momentarily allowing the flank to race forward and take cover. Dva propelled her Mech forward of the shield, bullets harmlessly peppered the thick metal which she returned in kind creating a bigger opening for Team B to advance. From her vantage point on the hill Ana scoped out the scene, she quickly took down agents who took a chance of leaving their cover. She noticed a figure appear on the rooftop of one of the buildings and saw the glint of light reflect from their scope. A wave of nausea hit her like a punch to the gut and she felt the memory of pain from the ghost of her eye and momentarily she was back in that fated sniper duel with Amélie Lacroix or whatever sad monster that wretched scientist had made her into. She fought to focus on the present and the now and took aim at the sniper only to watch them be flung high into the air thanks to one of her daughters rockets.

‘Snipers on the roof.’ She heard Fareeha say through the communicator.

‘Ana?’ Morrisons concerned voice came in clearly.

‘I’m fine. It wasn't her.’

‘Ana-’

‘I said Im fine.’ She snapped back, looking through her scope. She spotted two Talon agents sprint from their cover towards the nearest building. She took aim and fired, one of them falling as the other smashed the button to open the huge metal grate, as it rose she glanced the metal legs of a Mech, she fired again, cursing as the bullet missed the agent by inches as he dove under the grate. Cursing to herself she spoke into the comms ‘Mech incoming northwest building.’

Morrison fired a round before ducking back behind his cover ‘Dva, Pharah. You're up! Reinhardt give me an update!’

‘I can't hold forever.’ He replied, his shield slowly splintering with cracks. Behind him Zarya and Roadhog took out flankers feeling particularly brave or stupid to approach. Roadhog had the double task of making sure his own idiot didnt do anything particularly brave or stupid but for now he seemed too entertained loading grenades into the surrounding choke points..until he got bored of doing that at least. He launched his hook and dragged forward an unfortunate agent, scrap metal exploded in his face showering blood against the sudden burst of shattered light as Reinhardt's shield finally gave way leaving them exposed. Zarya instantly bubbled the huge Crusader as Roadhog grabbed a laughing Junkrat and dragged him behind his huge frame.

‘The fuck am I going to see now?’ He complained loudly.

‘When has that ever mattered to you?’ The large Junker replied curtly.

They both flinched as a projectile impacted close by them destroying Torbjorn's turret in the process much to the engineers despair. Junkrat growled as he brushed rubble from his hair.

‘What matters is getting in that building which is happening way too fucking slow for my liking.’

‘Go right ahead, be meat shield!’ Came Zarya's voice over the sound of bullets and shrapnel.

‘Ladies fucking first!’

‘He has a point we need to push forward’ said Reinhardt. ‘Dva can you give us an opening?’

‘Dvas got her own thing going on right now!’ she shouted as the Talon Mech burst out of its shelter, she swerved hard as it charged her, spinning to face it and launching a stream of projectiles. A glare of blue light radiated as they hit it; of course it had a shield.

‘Pharah you seeing this?’

‘I heard you liked a challenge?’ Pharah cooly replied. Dva smirked at the rival Mech and clanged her own Mechs arms together in an invitation to battle. ‘Bring it on’ she muttered.

The Mech charged at her again, this time predicting her movement and turning the same direction as her, DVA cursed and pulled up hard scrapping her Mechs underside against the metal of Talons and sending sparks flying. She launched into the air and used the momentum to propel herself downwards and fired on the enemy Mech, its blue shield slowly showing signs of cracking. Pharah continued her own barrage on it until it turned its attention towards her and launched itself into the sky. She allowed herself to drop a few yards before launching again on the Mechs opposite side whilst Dva flanked it, a hard impact followed by another hit her hard on the shoulder and wing sending her spiralling in the air, Pharah gasped and dropped as she corrected herself and glanced a fresh sniper taking aim at her. She fired a concussive rocket at them as a bullet flew inches past her helmet and watched as the blast sent them flying off the roof and hitting the ground hard. She had the dark thought of hoping it was the french woman.

‘Pharah behind you!’

She launched herself hard into the air and felt the Talon Mech narrowly avoid her. Sensing the opportunity she took aim at one of the chargers on its back and fired. Her rocket hit its target and the following explosion caused the Mech to falter off course and crash heavily into a ground, the blue glow of its shield finally disappeared. Her and Dva both paused before throwing everything they had at the Mech as it struggled on the ground before finally succumbing to their onslaught, Dva caught the shrapnel in her defense matrix as it exploded and breathed a heavy sigh as Pharah landed beside her.

‘I totally planned that.’ She said to the Helix Soldier

‘Uh huh..’

There was further success at the gate as Reinhardt's shield had finally recharged and with a triumphant laugh he charged forward blindly into the nearest group of Talon combatants, Zarya swore loudly in her native tongue and managed to bubble him just in time before they gained their bearings and opened fire on his exposed flank, her huge weapon glowed brighter with the extra charge.

She grinned menacingly and fired a large projectile into the soldiers, the blast sending them flying and leaving a small smouldering crater in the ground. Reinhardt collided against a wall stopping him in his tracks and swung wildly as he twisted to face his foe, nearly toppling over from the weight of his hammer and he found his enemy already defeated.

‘Oh..’ He said, failing to hide the disappointment in his voice.

Zarya smirked and patted his arm as she walked by him, ‘You did good old man.’

Across the courtyard Tracer and Genji dashed through what was left of Talons rear line making quick work of them, with the courtyard and surrounding grounds clear of hostiles the teams rejoined in front of the main building.

‘Any casualties?’ Morrison asked surveying the wreckage around them.

'My turret..!' Cried Torbjorn.

‘My wing got busted, if we need more aerial support we’ll have to rely on DVAs Mech alone.’ Fareeha said, sounding frustrated.

‘Be glad it's just your wing.’ Came her Mother's voice through her comms.

‘We got lucky but don't drop your guard. We don't know for sure what we will find inside.’ Said Morrison.’ Torbjorn, remain outside and keep watch, keep Zarya and Dva with you. Winston will remain on our high ground, Pharah go and join him. Tracer? Head back to the Orca and get her ready to fly us out, don't take off until I signal you.’

Tracer holstered her twin pistols and gave a wink and salute as she dashed away, gone in the blink of an eye. Morrison turned to the Junkers. ‘Once we’ve assessed what's inside you’ll get to work. We have eyes on you so no funny business.’

‘Yeah yeah..’ Junkrat waved him off. ‘Lets get a move on then.’

The heavy metal doors groaned loudly as Reinhardt pulled them open, the purpose of the compound long disused and forgotten, the buildings cleared of its past. Large metal crates now replaced the facilities and desks of the military personnel who once worked here. Scratches and dents marked the floor where heavy Mechs lifted the crates to and from their transport. Morrison approached one such crate and inspected the insignia emblazoned upon it, Talons insignia. He wrenched the heavy lid off and dropped it unceremoniously on the floor as he peered inside.

‘What have you found?’ Asked Ana as she rejoined the main bulk of the team.

‘What we expected.’ Replied Morrison as he moved aside to allow her to see, inside was four large assault rifles. McCree pulled the lid off another crate and found similar weapons, he gave a low whistle, ‘Lotta fire power in here..’

‘Where do you think its going Jack? To different cells or something much larger?’ Ana asked, her voice anxious.

‘Larger like an Army?’ Reinhardt frowned at the crates upon crates of weapons, Jack shared his concern and pressed his finger to his comms. ‘Winston we need access to whatever files or footage Talon have stored here. Try and find where these weapons are going to.’

‘I'm on it.’ The Gorilla replied.

Ana slung her rifle over her shoulder, ‘I’ll find Talons systems here and assist Winston, Ill alert you when we are finished.’

Morrison nodded in agreement. ‘Fawkes? Set up your charges, I think there is enough gunpowder in here to destroy every weapon in this place.’

Junkrat frowned at him. ‘Er..you what mate?’

‘The whole reason why you are here Fawkes.’ Jack replied coolly.

‘Yeah got that part but ever heard the saying ‘waste not?’ You got a fuck load of fire power in here and you want to get rid?’

‘Talon cant have it.’ Jack said bluntly

‘Yeah I'm getting that mate, but what I'm saying is why don't WE take it?’

‘My thoughts exactly.’ Said McCree as he pulled a rocket launcher from its case.

‘Put that back!’ Morrison snapped at him and turned to Junkrat. ‘Don't think ive not thought about it. Our resources are low and we have next to nothing compared to what Talon have, but for all we know each weapon in here could be marked and traceable and I cant risk our base any further.’

Junkrat made a whining noise ‘Just a few crates of gunpowder mate?’

Jack cocked his rifle in warning and glared at him through his mask, Junkrat grinned and raised his hands in defeat, ‘Fair play mate, I’ll go keep meself busy.’ He nudged Roadhog with his elbow, ‘C’mon, lets go play.’

McCree appeared at Morrisons side as the Junkers started pulling miscellaneous wires and charges from their supplies, a warm glow of light appeared in his visor and the smell of rich smoke hit his nostrils as McCree lit a cigar.

Jack gave an aggravated sigh, ‘I’m concerned Fawkes is going to bring this place down with us inside but really I should be worrying about your addiction blowing us up.’

‘I’ll be careful.’

‘You are literally leaning on a crate of ammunition.’

McCree gave a heavy drag before stubbing out the cigar on his prosthetic, the embers dying as they fell softly to the ground. ‘Kids gotta point.’

‘I know, but we can't risk our security any further. Winston has gone to great lengths and pushed Athena to her limits to make the base appear abandoned after Talon attacked last time.’

‘That how they get agent information?’

Jack nodded solemnly and glanced at Jesse who was now dusting ash off his metal hand seemingly unaware that his old mentor was behind the deaths of former Overwatch agents. As far as he knew Gabriel was dead and Jack wanted to keep that knowledge secure until the time was right. They both remained silent and watched as Junkrat carefully set his explosives around the building.

‘Jack?’ Ana’s voice came through his comms.

‘What have you found?’

Anas voice sounded concerned ‘You need to see this.’

Jack frowned towards the back of the building where Ana had headed off to, he signalled to McCree to keep watch on the Junkers as he headed in her direction. He soon found her in a small office filled with old military files and a large computer with Talons insignia, Ana was frowning deeply at the monitor, her face aglow with the light of the screen. Jack scoffed ‘Do you think their pens have their symbol on? I don't think even Overwatch was this pretentious.’

Ana did not respond instead beckoning him over and moving aside so he could see what had her looking so concerned .

‘Winston found the files regarding the weapons, they're encrypted so he sent them on to Athena to open but we also found this..’ Ana opened a folder and clicked on a video file, ‘This was from three days ago, The Aircraft that Genji saw? Well we know have confirmation of whose Talons guests are..’ She pressed play and soon Jack was sharing her frown as he watched Sanjay Korpal leave the aircraft, clearly on friendly terms with his Talon host as they grasped hands and laughed at some unheard joke and was led into the main building.

‘Do we have any footage of their meeting?’ Jack immediately asked when the video ended.

‘No, whatever was said was done in secret.’

A low growl came from his throat, ‘This isn't the first time Sanjay has appeared in Talons affairs.’

‘We need to assume Viskar is also involved Jack, their methods are controversial enough to suspect them.’

Morrison grunted in agreement and straightened up to leave. ‘I think this may well be our next step, send those files to Athena and any other footage they have, once we get back to base we-’

‘Jack theres something else you need to see.’

Her voice made him stop and turn, her expression a mix of seriousness and concern, ‘This is the only file I found of this Jack so it may be a one off but this concerns me.’ She opened up the file, another video, and pressed play.

It was night time and a fine rain was falling over the military compound giving the footage a misty atmosphere made more so unsettling by the orange glow of the security lights. The main gates opened slowly and the red lights of a large truck reversing into the compound came into view. Talon agents jumped out the back of the truck, pulling out a ramp and aimed their weapons to whatever resided inside, they appeared to be shouting orders. Slowly, nervously a figure stepped out onto the ramp and looked around their new surroundings as they carefully walked down from the truck, their hands bound in front of them.

‘Thats an Omnic.’ Stated Jack.

‘A civilian Omnic..’ Corrected Ana.

They continued to watch as seven Omnics were marched out of the truck, each bound and captive and ordered into the smallest building within the compound. The vehicle parked up and its driver got out, greeting another agent and laughing as they playfully aimed their weapons at the retreating prisoners. The footage ended.

‘What are they doing with civilian Omnics?’ Jack asked.

‘There is nothing that I can see here that tells us but they were moved on a day later via aircraft, no information as to where but maybe Athena will find something.’

‘Or maybe I will, I’m going to check that building.’ Said Jack as he stood up. ‘Whatever it is its not good, do you remember Zarya finding anything out about missing Omnics in the town?’

‘Omnics disappear all the time Jack, the locals wont care what happens to them.’

He sighed in reply. ‘I’ll let you know if I find anything, and be ready to move out soon. I got a feeling we’re on borrowed time now.’

Jack was halfway through the door as Ana called after him, ‘And yes Jack, Overwatch was very pretentious. You especially.’

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‘So how you figure out how to do all this stuff?’ McCree asked Junkrat as he sat on a crate watching the Junker work.

Junkrat was lying on his back as he pulled at some tape and snapped it with his teeth, using it to stick a charger unceremoniously onto some low piping, ‘Dunno, just..figured it out as I went along?’

‘Gotta be more to it then that, not exactly easy work.

‘Its not?’

‘I don't know if you are being sarcastic, ignorant or egotistical.’

Roadhog scoffed ‘Sometimes its all three at once.’

‘Fuck you.’ Junkrat replied as he stood back up, he rubbed the back of his neck as he considered McCree. ‘I dunno its like..its like ive always been good with making stuff and ya know..quickly learnt its best to make stuff that fucks over anyone that wants to steal, kill or y’know..other things.’

‘Must a been alot of trial and error..you don't just learn chemicals, engineering and mechanics up like that.’

‘I didnt blow half me fucking body off if thats what you are getting at Lone ranger.’ Junkrat replied getting annoyed, ‘Actually tell ya what just assume I did, might get ya to fuck off.’

‘Thought you was starting to like Kid.’

Junkrat smirked at him as he picked up a large coil of wire, ‘Ya might be hot Cowboy but im not ready to start making friendship bracelets and getting matching tattoos with ya.’

‘Ya know for someone so loud and in your face you are really closed off.’

‘You don't give Hog such a fucking grilling.’ He complained as he backed out of the building trailing the wire behind him.

‘Naw Im sure a whisky and cigar together, me and the big guy will be the best of friends.’ Laughed McCree as Roadhog walked past him but he quickly lost his smile and averted his gaze as Roadhog pause to glared down at him before following his partner outside. ‘Fucking terrifying..’McCree muttered to himself, he looked up as Morrison returned, walked by and left the same way as the Junkers without saying a word.

‘No one wants to talk to me today,’ He grumbled to Reinhardt as the giant crusader kept post at the door.

‘What?’

McCree sighed ‘Nothing..’

Outside Junkrat continued complaining as he set up his explosives on the large grated power supply at the side of the building, Roadhog had ripped the metal grating away like paper allowing Junkrat to pry open the metal casing to get inside. The large cooling fan sounding even louder as he started pulling away at wires. Roadhog watched and wondered for the millionth time if Jamison actually knew what he was doing or was simply relying on luck.

‘Like, where does he get off?’

‘What?’

‘Him in there, asking stuff.’

Roadhog shrugged ‘People ask stuff.’

‘Don't like it.’

‘Tough.’

‘Tough!’ Junkrat replied mockingly ‘And where's he off to?’ He asked as he spotted Morrison cross the courtyard and entering the far building.

‘For not liking questions you ask alot..’

Junkrat glared at him and turned back to his work with a sullen look, without looking he patted at the utility belt at his waist and found the tool he was looking for in one of the pockets, ‘Ah fuck.’ he muttered as the small screw driver tinkered as it hit the floor, as he reached down something towards to back of the building, just by the fence caught his eye, like a shadow of someone moving.

‘See that?’

Roadhog turned his head to where the younger Junker was looking, ‘See what?’

‘Saw something, something moved.’

‘Maybe the Shimada?’ Roadhog offered.

‘Yeah..yeah probably.’ Junkrat replied though he sounded unconvinced. Preferring Jamison to keep a level head whilst working on explosives in such close proximity was in his best interests so Roadhog gripped his hook in his hand and made his way down the side of the building.

‘Cheers mate!’ Junkrat called after him as he picked up the screwdriver and settled back into unscrewing parts off the supply and soldering wires carefully to the large explosive he attached to it, a few minutes passed as he felt a presence behind him. He was unaware of Hog returning but sometimes when he concentrated hard enough he couldn't hear or notice other things around him, and sometimes he heard everything, was aware of everything. It was certainly hard keeping up with himself. ‘Took ya time.’ Junkrat turned to his partner ‘I know was probably me just getting..’ But it was not Roadhog standing over him. It was a tall hooded figure dressed in black holding a menacing shotgun in each hand, one pointing at Junkrats head. The creepiest thing about him was the bone white skull like mask covering his face.

‘Who the fuck-’ Began Junkrat but was quickly silenced as the shotgun was cocked. The figure spoke, a mans voice that rasped like the words were struggling to leave his throat.

‘Stand up slowly, keep quiet or I end you.’

Junkrat narrowed his eyes at him and grinned menacingly. ‘Counter offer mate. You fuck off now or I detonate this big ol bomb ive just made.’

The man gave a strained cough like laugh, ‘We both know you don't have the guts to do that, so unless you want to see yours you come with me.’

One of Junkrats greatest strengths was being underestimated, it had got in out of many grave situations that a bomb or fire could not fix and he had learned how to size up a person quickly especially when it was a confrontation. Threatening to blow himself up along with this mysterious man wouldn't cut it, it would also mean killing half of the team which annoyingly he did not want to do, so he acted dumb.

‘Yeah fair do’s im not gonna do that, just tell me who you are n what you want.’

‘You know what I want Rat.’

Junkrat looked at him with confusion, ‘My amazing services? Tell ya what mate you’d be doing me a favor getting me away from this lot.’

‘Get up, hands where I can see them.’

‘Alright no dramas I'm moving.’ He got up slowly, hands in surrender and eyed up the creepy mask.

‘Y’know I reckon me mates mask is scarier.’

The stranger remained silent and pointed one of the large guns towards the fence, the other remained aimed at his head.

‘Right-o got the message, where we off to then?’ He started to move slowly backwards to keep his eyes on his kidnapper and making his slight limp purposely more pronounced.

‘Keep moving.’

‘Look if this is about Sydney that suit had it coming double-crossing me.’

‘Keep quiet.’

Junkrat laughed, ‘Good luck with that one, gonna tell me who you are?’

It was the strangers turn to laugh as he seemed to glide the difference between them and press one of the guns to Junkrats temple, ‘Me? I’m a ghost.’

‘Yeah? Funny don't believe in ghosts.’ He flashed a wicked grin at him, ‘Believe in Hobbits though.’

The mask stranger tilted his head in confusion when suddenly a blunt force walloped the back of his knee causing him to crumble to the ground, dropping one of the shotguns. Junkrat leapt over him immediately and before the masked man could grab him he was suddenly met with the sight of an angry looking bearded dwarf holding a hammer high above his head.

‘You gotta be kidding me..’ WHACK!

Junkrat tore into the courtyard and was met with the confused faces of Hana and Zarya. ‘Problem! We gotta problem!’

Zarya glare at him, ‘If you say we have less than two minutes till your bomb goes off I snap your spine.’

‘I nearly got fucking kidnapped by some creep in a halloween costume and the only one that notices is the little guy?!’ Junkrat shouted at her before spotting Roadhog run out from behind the Mech storage. ‘And you’re fucking useless!’

‘Wait what's happening?’ Hana asked

‘Time to go!’ Torbjorn shouted as he ran up to them and hastily started picking up parts of his broken turret, he pressed a finger to his comms, ‘All agents we got a Talon agent still here, not sure if i killed him or not but he nearly went off with the boy.’

‘Yeah thanks i fucking owe you one mate. No thanks to this cunt here..’ He added bitterly to Roadhog who wheezed heavily as he rejoined them.

‘Fuck- wheeze- you.’

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Jack pulled the doors open to the building seen in the security footage. The lock on the door was easy enough to break off with the butt of his rifle and from appearances did not look as if it was to hold anything important with such light security measures. The lights automatically flickered on and he was greeted with the sight of a huge metal pen with a much more heavily bolted door, It instantly put him in mind of caged animals and left him with a sour taste in his mouth. He circled the pen looking for anything to suggest where these omnics had been taken, but it was just an empty room with a prison cell, in the back was the shell of a murdered Omnic, its parts ripped out and head smashed in, more likely left here as a warning to the Omnic prisoners to refrain from resistance. Jack shook his head at the sorry sight. His comms crackled in his ear.

‘Jack?’

‘Here Ana.’

‘I have eyes on the Omnics being moved on but nothing to say where. This place seems to be used for holding only, I think our work here is done.’

‘Agree, start to move out. Fawkes should nearly be-’

‘All agents we got a Talon agent still here, not sure if i killed him or not but he nearly went off with the boy.’

‘Torbjorn give me a location!’ Jack shouted as he ran out the doors and desperately looked around.

‘Main building, all accounted for.’ The engineer replied.

‘Winston, Tracer?’

‘I'm here and so is Fareeha, er commander? My scanner seems to be picking up some slight disturbance..’

‘Keep an eye on it, Tracer do you copy?’

‘Yes Sir?’

‘Fire up the Orca, stay put until I give the clear but be ready to move as soon as I say.’

‘Yes Sir!’

Jack rounded the corner and found the team gathered near the main gates, ‘Wheres the agent?’

‘Gone Jack.’ Stated Ana, her biotic rifle ready in her hands and hawk like gaze scanning her surroundings.

‘Gone? What do you mean gone?’

‘Torbjorn went back for him but he was gone, Genji is searching for him now.’

‘Fuck!’ Shouted Jack then turned to Fawkes. ‘What did he look like?’

‘Fucking weird mate.’

‘Meaning what?’

‘Meaning he’s dressed up like he’s going to a fucking funeral and went to buy a fucking halloween mask on the way!’

Jack stared at him, ‘Did he give you a name?’

‘Didnt get to fucking pleasantries mate whilst he had a massive fucking gun pointing at me fucking head!’

Morrison ignored his outburst and turned to Ana, the look on her face confirmed his fears. They needed to get out of here.

‘Commander!’ Winstons voice shouted through his comms.

‘What is it?’

‘Talon ship inbound!’

Shit..

‘What's their ETA?’

‘Ten minutes Commander!’

SHIT!

‘Tracer! Orca, now!’

‘You know what this is really filling me with confidence being protected and or held captive by you guys.’ Junkrat said sarcastically

‘That bomb of yours better be ready!’

‘Oh its done, got the detonator right here.’ Junkrat replied waving a device that resembled a small remote control. ‘There's just one problem with it,’ and with that he pressed the button. The response of the rest of the team was immediate with shocked gasps, curses and flinching but no loud explosion or shockwave came. Junkrat laughed, ‘Its not connected yet, fuck overreact much?’

‘Im going to kill him.’ said a wide eyed Zarya.

‘Get in line.’ said Morrison, ‘Can you get it ready to blow in ten minutes?’

‘Please, I can do it in five.’ Junkrat replied cockily.

‘You got two, Rutledge do not leave his side and Winston?’

‘Yes Commander?’

‘Prepare a signal surge, oh and your shield.’

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Roadhog stood silently Scrap Gun and hook in hand and ready for action as his partner made quick work to finish his bomb.

‘Ya know this might be one of the biggest ive made.’

Roadhog grunted. ‘Just a bunch of small ones connected together.’

‘Which results in a big explosion, fuck keep up mate.’

‘You finished?’

‘Yeah just…’ He stuck his tongue out in concentration, ‘Done. I’m done! Let's blow this popsicle stand!’ He giggled at his own joke.

Roadhog grabbed him around the shoulder and began pulling him towards the main gate, he wanted to get Jamison out of here quickly, not just for his own sake but for the fact he had just made a very large explosive alongside crates upon crates of weapons and ammo which he held the detonator for. They were joined by Winston and Fareeha who had made their way done from the high ground as soon as Winston gave his warning. Soon the hum of engines reached their ears and the Orca came into view from atop the trees and descended into the courtyard. Tracer lowered the storage hull and Hana wasted no time propelling her Mech inside.

‘Talon ship inbound! Lets go go go!’ Tracer shouted through the comms.

‘Wait!’ Shouted Ana, ‘The Orca is not equipped for aerial battle, Winston's shield can't cover us.’

‘I could get one of those Launchers..’ Offered McCree

‘Thats not an option!’ She snapped in reply.

‘Its not?’ asked McCree and Junkrat at the same time.

‘We’re not going to have a dog fight Ana, we’re going to let Talon come to us.’ Said Morrison.

Reaper snarled as he pulled himself up from the ground using the half wrenched off grate to the power supply and on impulse aimed his gun at the explosive the Junker had made. He could bring them all down with him, just like in Switzerland. He considered and ignored the pounding in his skull before lowering his weapon. Damn that dwarf! He could hear Sombras taunting even now. He faded like smoke and moved like a shadow away from where Overwatch had regrouped, no doubt Genji will soon be scaling the rooftops searching for him. Morrison will be barking his orders, McCree will be a smartass. So predictable. He watched them unseen from the shadows, even Ana's gaze passed over him on occasion. He should have knocked the junker out, no matter. Coming here was simply to see what laughable attempt at resistance Morrison had created and to test the waters on getting the Junker. It would be of no concern if they got away this time, he did not even care if Talon lost this small cache of weapons. He was in this for one thing only; blood. He could wait, part of the hunt was being patient and biding your time. Now thanks to the good Doctor and the sadistic scientist he had plenty of that. He gripped his weapons tightly as the damn ape made his appearance alongside Amari’s kid, something long lost in him stirred, shimmers of a faint memory of laughing children. He shook his head and snarled. Gabriels memories taunted him daily, he was no longer that man. He was barely even human anymore. Reaper looked up as the low deep hum of an engine caught his attention and the Orca came into view. He watched as they began to load, and mused to what Morrison planned. His ship was inbound and would be here any minute, did they have it in them to face another gunfight? Would Morrison be that reckless or had his ‘death’ made him similar to the creature Gabriel had become? He watched a few moments more and still the Orca had not departed. He could hear Talons ship approaching, a ship equipped with weapons and from what he could remember the Orca was not built for aerial battle. He sensed a trap..

A sudden jarring white noise erupted in his ear, growling he ripped his ear piece out. He hissed as he threw it aside in frustration, knowing damn well that Overwatch had just blasted a signal to over run Talons communications. He looked up as his ship flew overhead and watched the turrets take aim at the Orca as it finally began to take off, watched as the gangway slowly came down.

‘I fucking hate that monkey..’

Winston leapt from the Orca and landed upon the roof of the Talon assault ship, the sudden counter weight sending them spinning. He slammed his shield generator onto the roof of the ship and quickly leapt away.

‘Wait you idiot!’ Reaper snarled as the pilot panicked with the sudden appearance of a huge Ape and opened fire..within the shield. The bullets ricocheted and peppered the ship with holes, the glass canopy cracking like ice under the rain of metal. The Orca descended as Winston climbed aboard with haste and quickly began to rise back into the air as Talon attempted an emergency landing. The shield splintered and fazed from sight, atleast the fools had ceased fire upon themselves. Reaper knew a lost cause when he saw one and had began to glide to a safe distance as soon as Winston had leapt into the air, abandoning his men to their soon to be fiery fate.

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‘Everyone buckle in!’ Shouted Lena as Winston climbed on board.

‘Fuck no I aint missing this!’ Junkrat shouted as he hung near the closing gangway, a loose seat belt wrapped around his living arm in a mockery of safety measures, the detonator gripped in the metal one.

‘Fawkes you wait till we’re at safe altitude!’ Morrison barked.

He ignored him, a wild grin on his face and eyes ablaze. Any second now…

‘Jamie!’

He blinked and turned to the sound of his name and the sensation of touch on his arm where Hana had taken hold of it.

‘What?’

‘Sit down or you’ll knock yourself out!’

He laughed ‘Totally worth it.’

‘Sit down or i’ll knock you out.’ Warned Roadhog.

Junkrat hissed at them in frustration and begrudgling untangled himself from the belt and quickly sitting down and belting in properly, he twisted himself to watch the destruction from the window. ‘Come on already!’ He shouted.

‘Three Hundred metres till safe distance..’ Said Tracer.

‘This is gonna be beautiful Hana!’ Junkrat grinned.

‘Two hundred..’

‘Hey Jamie?’

‘Yeah?’

‘One hundred..’ Tracer warned

‘Let me press the trigger with you?’ Hana asked.

Not exactly a request he heard before but it didnt take him long to decide to let the girl have a bit of fun. He giggled and held the detonator toward her, ‘Get ready then.’

‘Altitude reached!’

‘Now Fawkes!’ Morrison shouted.

‘Ok Hana on three. One..two..’ Click.

Reaper shielded his eyes and dug his clawed gloves deep into the bark of a tree as he braced against the sudden smack of the shockwave and the heat that followed. Clouds of flame rose into the air accompained by a deafening roar, the talon airship along with its crew swallowed by the smoke and fire. More bangs and explosions sounded within the fiery cloud as the ammo and gunpowder was destroyed. Through the smoke and searing heat Reaper watched the Orca disappear further from view. He cracked his neck and sighed in frustration, drawing out a small phone from a pocket on his long black cloak.

‘Mission failed. Pick up required.’ He rasped

A pause..

‘Negative..target lost...oh before I go, how about finding more competent soldiers?’ He cut the call and watched the skies a moment more, ignoring the grip of fumes in what remained of his throat and the heat which was growing steadily stronger before he turned and faded into the smoke around him.

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It was approaching early evening as Mei watched from Winstons laboratory window as the Orca returned to base, Lucio and Brigitte where already at the landing site to welcome them back and she supposed she had better join them, no doubt Morrison would want a mission debriefing as soon as possible and Winston had pre warned her of going through Talon documents Ana had grabbed on their retreat.

‘Heya Mei!’ Brigitte greeted her cheerfully as she joined them.

‘Hi, I take it no casualties? I don't see Angela.’

‘Nah nothing serious, few grazes maybe but no need of a stretcher this time.’ Said Lucio

‘Do you guys know how things went?’ Mei asked.

‘Not much, dad says the mission was a success and we may have a few leads but not much else-Oh here we go!’

The back of the Orca opened up and the sound of Hanas mech greeted their ears as it heavily trudged to the garage, its arm waving at them as she went by.

‘Well thanks alot Frosty the mission sucked!’ Sniped Junkrat as he walked past her and clasped hands with Lucio

‘Excuse me?

‘Yeah we lost Torb. Was very sad actually, Briggs taking it pretty well bless her..’

‘...Are you..? What?!’ Mei looked from him to Brigitte who appeared to be scolding at Reinhardt over his armor. She craned her neck trying to spot the swedish engineer.

Hana laughed as she joined them ‘He’s messing with you Mei. Torb lost his Turret thats all.’

Mei shot them both an icy glare and ignoring them went to greet Winston instead. ‘Dude I think she’s gonna seriously mess you up one of these days.’ Lucio lightly warned him.

‘Can’t resist mate, shes fucking funny when shes pissed off.’

Ana, make sure everyone is unloaded and in briefing in one hour.’ Said Morrison as he headed towards his office.

‘You heard him children.’ She said clapping her hands. ‘Weapons in lock up and get those scrapes and bruises seen too. Fawkes that means you too!’

Morrison near slammed the door to his office and took a moment to take a couple of deep breaths as he calmed himself, He turned slightly to lock the door and sat down at his desk and accessing his computer.

: How did Reyes get wind of our mission?

The reply was not immediate, he tapped the desk impatiently and as the minutes passed he decided to get ready for the briefing. As he was about to leave the room he heard a ping from his desk.

:Because I told him. Dont be rude I let you guys walk right in.'

Morrison swore loudly.

:You could have cost us the mission.

The reply was much quicker

:And it could cost me my life!

Morrison paused.

:You knew the risks when you got into this.

:And so did you ‘Sir’. Im in too deep to ruin things now. Im doing the job you both gave me and im sorry. I really am but I have to give them information too.’

:A warning would have been appreciated.

:And how would that look when you are too well prepared for their surprise arrival? You need to chill out Jack, nothing wrong with abit of problem solving to keep your old mind fresh.’

:What are they doing with the omnics?’

:Don't know. Gotta go now, bye bye!’

Morrison stared at the screen before lowering his head and rubbing his temples. The mission had been successful and they had completed what they set out to do. Fawkes was not a big a liability as expected and they had a lead on Sanjay Korpal. So why did he have this pit of dread simmering in his gut? His mind involuntarily drifted back to the remains of the dead Omnic and a shiver ran down his spine

#meihem #junkmei #overwatch #junkrat #jamison fawkes #mei ling zhou #fanfic

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The Battle for Freedom part.1

Time looked out at the other five heroes as they all stood before the heavy oak door adorned with the phrase “Enter and battle if you desire freedom”. The others with Twilight currently in the lead stepped up and Twilight placed a hand on the doors handle.

“Let's end this.”

“No.” The word came from Time’s own throat as he felt Eternal rip away his control. The last thread he had been holding onto for these past weeks cut in a single moment.

“Kishin help.” He called but the deities voice was silent. “Please.”

“Shut up.” Eternal snarled. He looked around the room and once again his eyes fell on Twilight but they were full of anger, rather than the calmness they had before. “Now’s the time mutt, and to any of the rest of you who are still loyal. Take control of the pathetic lights bodies and we’ll slay the rest.”

Time began to panic. What was Eternal doing? He was going to kill them? Of course, Eternal is insane, he’d do that.

Eternal looked back and forth between the other heroes who stood still, none of them making an effort to move towards him, in fact Ravio backed up a little bit.

“None of you? Not a single one are strong enough to take control? Or do you all want to pass up this opportunity to destroy the lights completely and totally?” Eternal said as his face contorted in anger, he took several strides toward Twilight pulling out his sword. “Not even you Mutt? After all the time I’ve spent training you, and still you’re a disappointment. A pity you’ve even been doing so much better recently, you actually landed a blow on me.”

Somewhere in the back of Time’s mind he knew that Eternal had been “training” Twilight as proxy for weeks, he had ignored it for all this time. Believing what Eternal told him, that it was just a nightmare, a fear to be used against him.

“Finally caught on have you Time? I had to literally spell it out for you. You must care for this mutt even less than I do.” Eternal mocked in his head.

“No, I’m not going to let you get to me now.” Time resolved though he knew only a miracle would grant him control again. He had felt this drowning feeling, this feeling of absolute helplessness only once before.

“Oh but I already have.” Eternal said. At the same time Twilight spoke up.

“No, I’m done doing your bidding. And so is Savage. Once we separate you and Time I’m going to be the one who kills you.” Twilight said his face unflinching before the wrath rising from Eternal.

“So the mutt lets his light fight his battles now does he? Even more pathetic. I was going to just dust you and wait until Savage reformed but he’s proved useless too many times.” Eternal stepped forward his sword practically at Twilight’s neck though the youth remained completely calm.

In a moment Eternal was surrounded by a ring of swords, and even Ravio had joined in wielding a large hammer. All the others except for Twilight were against him.

“What a pity, I had hoped even one dark would return to my side. Oh well, I’ve never liked sharing the spotlight.” Eternal swung his sword forward at Twilight who nimbly dodged out of the way shifting into wolf form.

“Give it up Eternal, you can’t take down all of us.” Legend said as he and the others closed in on Eternal again, they didn’t yet attack for risk of hurting Time.

“Ah Acidic, you really are the weakest of the of all of us, and you had the nerve to call yourself a true dark.” Eternal taunted but Legend didn’t waver his blue and red eyes only squinting at the man.

“Better this than to be like you.” Legend sneered in response.

“Time, get…get the…. Get the mask!” Kishin’s voice came back in slowly as though he was far away.

“Why? What are you going to do?” Time questioned.

“Help… you...just do it.” The deity reinforced and Time began to try and think, all he needed was a little control just a mouth or a hand. Eternal was still monologuing making some sort of degrading insult to the others who still had him surrounded.

Time summoned what energy he had left and leapt at his chance while Eternal’s attention was off of him. Stopping mid speech Eternal turned toward Legend and just said “Mask now.”

Legend nodded and went forward immediately as Eternal wrenched back control. “Touch that mask and I’ll take off your head.”

Legend didn't respond but ran forward pulling the pouch off the back of Time’s belt as Wild and Four came forward blocking Eternal from attacking as Legend pulled out what he was looking for.

“I need an opening.” Legend grunted out as he stood. Wild caught his sword under Eternal’s and with a push of strength forced the darks sword out of the way causing him to stagger. Legend pushed forward slamming the mask on the others face.

Eternal staggered backward as the mask fused to his face, the man screamed as the transformation took over, in a moment in the place of the red eyed dark stood an eight foot tall colossus of a man with white hair and eyes, red and blue markings adorned his face and he clutched a double helix sword.

“Thank you. If you intend to save your friend you need to do it now. I cannot hold this form forever.” Kishin said, the others nodded quickly.

Kishins voice projected into his mind. “Your friends need to finish this quickly, my powers feed of the soul of my host, and I cant pull from this dark. If it takes too long your soul would be lost.”

“Help them please, I don’t care if I have to sacrifice myself to save them, I can’t let Eternal hurt them. He won’t show mercy.” Time pleaded.

“I will do my best but I will not risk using my full powers until absolutely necessary.” Kishin responded.

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Legend turned away from his transformed friend and pushed open the doors to Veran’s boss room. Time had trusted him to save them all from Eternal and he wasn’t going to stop now. The only thing to do was to defeat Veran and force her to turn them back.

As they entered the room a cathedral like space that was long and wide, stained glass windows lining the room. As they walked by the heroes saw they depicted their past foes; Yuga, Zant, Vaati, and many more as they made their way to the end of the hall. The largest mural depicted Ganon himself in full pig form.

As they reached the end of the hallway in a flash of smoke and flair Veran appeared standing before the mural of Ganon.

“Welcome heroes. You’ve passed my trials, designed to test your powers, your resolve, and your bonds of dark and light.” She cooed mockingly at them, raising her hands as she spoke. “Now you face me, and yet I ask, I have given you a gift haven’t I?”

“A gift? You forced us to share are bodies with our darks! We could have been killed from that.” Warriors spoke angrily. “It’s because of you that Time was almost lost, that I slaughtered my comrades, and why Legend is stuck like that.”

Warriors was angry but that still hurt to hear. Legend knew being….. whoever he was right now wasn’t right or normal but didn’t it feel normal?

“Oh my dear child I didn’t do any of those things, you did. You couldn’t fight off your darks, or in some cases embraced them a bit too much. But I’ve given you understanding, a dialogue between the sides. Really you should be grateful.”

“Grateful?” Warriors took a step forward. “You’ll die for this.”

Legend stepped forward and held back his angry friend. “She’s trying to manipulate you, if she can catch you off guard she can possess you and make us fight against you.” Legend turned to face the witch. “This is all about your revenge, about avenging your master. Don’t try to act high and mighty.”

Veran’s face turned into a sneer. “Of course it was child. And one other thing, a deal I made, after all I wasn’t able to get into the dark realm without help.”

“You bitch.” A voice behind Legend roared. Turning around he saw Hyrule striding forward his eyes glowing red in rage and bloodlust, an anger he had never seen from Callous. The dark was cruel, even more so than the others, but patient, very patient. Whatever deal Veran broke must have been very important to him.

“You stole my victory and double crossed me. I will make sure you suffer before you die.” Callous promise drawing his sword.

“I would have expected a being of darkness above all others to expect this would happen. But if it’s a fight you want I will oblige.”

As she finished speaking the room grew dark as she flew forward directly at Hyrule, and into him. Shrieking Hyrule’s skin turned blue, he spun around and faced his friends. “Whos first?”

#linkeduniverse #merged #eternal makes good on a promise #legends ongoing identity crisis

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