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circeyoru · 2 months

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Collection of Overlords _ Part 7 = Requested

[Alastor x Soul Owner of All Overlords!Reader]

Part 1 — Part 1.5 — Part 2 — Part 3 — Part 4 — Part 5 — Part 6 — Part 7 (here)

Song Used: "They're Only Human" ; in Death Note: The Musical (I've attached a link here, but there's also a video format later on when that part comes)

You hummed a tune while reading through a book and laying on your black cloud platform like a beach chair. Your little moment only cut short when your book was suddenly snatched away. You tilted your head up and saw a pair of silver wings with golden highlights before you saw your book burst into flames in the robber’s hand

“You sure took your time.” You teased as you got up from your comfortable position, opting to sit on your platform. “Trick.”

“Come on! Like you don’t know why!” The being exclaimed enraged with their wings getting puffed up, they took a deep breath and sighed deeply. “Your little Hell made too much of a commotion, Sil. And I told you to call me Noir!”

You shrugged, “That’s not fitting for a character such as yourself, Trick sounds better anyways.”

Trick was similar to you. Actually, he was your opposite. You being the true ruler of Hell makes them the true ruler of Heaven. Of course, unlike how you keep your identity in the shadows, theirs was more well known. Trick was the God that everyone made a big deal around

If one were to see you two together, they’s say the two of you were night and day, good and evil, yin and yang. Not in terms of element, but in appearance as well

While Trick has a pair of lovely giant wings, you had none and would use a black cloud platform to ‘fly’ in some sense. While Trick has hair above the shoulder, you had hair below it. Trick’s eyes remain opened while yours are closed. Trick dons a causal and chill look while you had a more formal and elegant look

Still, whatever you two may appear, those weren’t important as the personalities you two had. If Trick’s name wasn’t an obvious indicator, they are not the holy entity the humans and angels painted them to be

Like you, Trick is absent from a direct presence in your respective realms. However, they love playing around with ‘divine interventions’ or ‘sacred messages’ from the God of this world. Truly, no one was aware of a balance. Even there’s Heaven and Hell, and God is in Heaven overseeing ‘his children’, what of hell?

Yes. You are the ‘God’ of Hell. Though either of you like that title. Since Trick was the one more in the open, you love teasing them about it every time you meet. To you, it’s truly entertaining to see them groan and whine over it

“So~ How was the sleep? Good?” Trick leaned over as their wings flapped from time to time to keep them hovering in the air.

“Like Hell it was, you put me out of commission for no reason and with no warning! I have souls to watch over unlike your lazy holiness.” You snapped with your eyebrows furrowed.

Trick raised his hands in ressurender, “Hey, I was out of commission as well! It’s not a one-side thing.”

Your eyes squeezed even tighter as if you’re glaring at the jerk of a partner. “You started it!”

The two of you were Supreme Beings of your realm and entities as holy and cursed element. You can’t have one without the other. While it’s true that you were weak to holy powers, Trick was weak to cursed powers. You two were each other’s weakness no matter the situation

And the two of you aren’t as immortal as people would think. The two of you can be killed and healed by each other. Killing involves falling into a deep sleep when one side dies and healing involves transfering the other’s wounds onto themselves to heal more naturally as wounds can only be done by the opposite element

If one asks how to describe the two of you. You both were inseparable, can’t have one without the other. The concept of yin and yang comes to play

You are yin, in darkness there’s kindness. You are the unknown, you are negativity, you are darkness. You collect and control the souls marked for Hell without letting them go so long as they worth something to you. Even when you do it wasn’t for mercy and you’ll cage them into a torture unlike any other

Though, you were kind. You offer advice to those that deserve it and give opportunities for people to change. Why else would you let a soul be redeemed and let it leave Hell to go to Heaven? Why else would you allow Alastor to remind at the hotel even after your presence is back? Why else would you give Husk that little hope at a better future?

Trick was yang, in light there’s evil. They are the known, they are positivity, they are light. Trick judges and provides the souls marked for Heaven without letting them feel any negativity and only joy and happiness. Giving those worthy souls that lived life accordingly to enter a paradise fitting of Winners

Though, they were wicked and twisted. They enjoy a good trickery here and there, opting to let their high ranking angels deal with everything rather than rule as the ‘God’ they were named. They cared for none but their own interest and entertainment. If anything, Trick doesn’t see souls to be worth anything. To them, souls were nothing but actors on a stage to perform a good show for beings that was you and them to enjoy watching

“Fine, fine. I won’t do that again, unless you want a little rest.” Trick smirked as he looked your way. “So how’s your collection?”

“Hm… There will be some changes with what I have now. It’s a work in progress.” You told as you thought it over, “How’s your Emily?”

Trick’s smile widened, “Oh, miserable. But admirable. The sweet thing. She found out about the exterminations and sided with that Hell Princess during court! I told you she’s worth paying attention to.”

You hummed, “That’s what you said about Lucifer and he ended up falling to Hell. I wonder if Emily will be casted out as well.” You sensed the dark aura around your dear long-time friend spike and you turned your head over, “Don’t worry, I know not to accept her into Hell. She’s your prized one. Even if she’s casted out, I’ll push her back into Heaven.”

Trick huffed, clenching and unclenching his fists, “Good. Cause I will so remove those stupid higher angels if they did that to the only worthy angel in Heaven.” He looked over to you as well, “Don’t worry, it’s the same for your collections, I won’t let them into Heaven unless you want them do.”

Your smile widened, “Oh, I’ll never let them go~ But thanks for that safety net.”

You both picked your focus. While yours was on a hand-picked group, Trick focused on that one. Your little soul owning had one amazing benefit that none knew. It was the protection against angelic weapons

Back then when Alastor was hit by Adam’s attack in the chest, the slash should have eaten away at his body and soul. The angelic weapons or steel was created to aim directly at the soul of a being, that’s why it could kill both demons and angels. There was nothing angelic to it, merely a combine of yours and Trick’s power to create something that kills the soul

Now, your protection that to limit the effect of the wound till they can reach you for healing. But the best part was that your Overlords have no soul within their bodies so they wouldn’t be killed! Even if their head was chopped off by an angelic spear, it will just take time to grow back

You’ll never tell them that benefit nor do you plan to let them know about it. That’s why you made your appearance at the hotel. It was the sole reason of healing Alastor on your own terms. You thought of leaving soon later but you just couldn’t leave the poor deer when he was that desperate for your presence

The thing you can’t understand was why Trick only picks the one being to care for. Emily was what their supposed to be honestly. If someone met Trick and it was revealed that they were the God, no one would believe it. There was so much chaos and twisted nature in them that it was impossible that they were God

Yet you as the one by their time since the beginning of time knew the change was because of time. Time changed their view on the world and humans. So many time, they were disappointed that they just gave up and decided to laugh at all the misery. Maybe, you and Trick could switch places

But Trick will never agree because they never liked what you have set up in Hell already, plus there wouldn’t be an ‘Emily’ there. It was proposed once, and Trick shot it down without a thought. So to cure their boredom, there are meet-ups like this

Of course, the two of you end up going to Earth to see what the humans were up to while marking souls on whether they go to Heaven or Hell when they die

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Trick smirked and flapped his wings to fly over, and gestures to the humans minding their own business in the city, ♫ Look at how they crawl around, upon the ground, like little ants ♫

♫ Yes, but how they fascinate, ♫ You floated over with your smokey platform, slapping away his hand to touch a mortal, ♫ Confusing fate, With what is merely chance ♫

♫ Isn’t it a laugh? ♫ Trick nudged you.

You pushed him away, ♫ Isn’t it a shame? ♫

♫ Thinking there is someone in Heaven to blame ♫ Trick pointed at themselves.

You rolled your eyes, ♫ Yes, but even while blaming fate for the lives that they lead. They hope for the lives that they need ♫

Trick snapped their fingers, both of them appearing in a cemetery with a heavy mood in the air. They carried a white umbrella while you carried a black one, staying at the back of the group that was grieving while a coffin was lowered, ♫ Living every day ‘til the day they die. Never getting answers ♫

♫ Yet still asking why ♫ You snapped your fingers and appeared on the roof of a building that oversaw a group of religious individuals praying, ♫ Going through the motions as if there will be a reward ♫

♫ While we stay, ♫ Trick made a bored and disgusted face at the scene, grabbing your hand so the two of you fall, ♫ Eternally bored! ♫

♫ They’re only human. They don’t see ♫ The two of you sang, Trick with their signature smirk and you with a bored look. ♫ Who they are is who they’ll always be. Only human, after all ♫

Trick brought you to a scene in front of a murder scene, ♫ So they push and they shove ♫

You showed Trick a scene with a romantic couple on a date, ♫ With this thing they call love ♫

♫ ‘Til they fall! ♫ You both watched as soldiers fall and their souls going to where they were picked to.

♫ Isn’t it a farce? ♫ Trick shrugged while the scene changed to that of a hospital room with a weak man on the bed.

♫ Isn’t it a waste? ♫ You eyed the crying humans around the man, listening as the monitor beep softer and longer with each pause.

♫ Struggling to Face what can never be faced ♫ Trick leaned against the wall with crossed arms.

♫ Yes, but maybe Death can release something more than we share ♫ You blinked at the man as he tried his best to hold the closest family member of his.

♫ I really don’t know ♫ Trick came over, their wing slapped at the man over the face and the lifeline fell flat, ♫ and don’t care ♫

You shook your head while the room bursted in tears and doctors and nurses rushed in, Trick was as indifferent as already with his grin on his face, ♫ They’re only Human. Standing still. Doomed to live pushing boulders uphill. Only Human, after all ♫

With a snap of Trick’s finger, the two of you arrived at a temple with a number of offerings, Trick picked up one and threw it to you then took one for themselves, ♫ So they give and we take ♫

You caught it with one hand and eyed it, then to the elderly women that was bowing to statue, ♫ Hoping someone will help break their fall ♫

Trick brought you to a gang meeting of sorts, the topic seemingly deciding on someone’s death, ♫ They will pray, curse, live, die. Never knowing their Truth is another Man’s Lie ♫

♫ Eat, sleep, love, hate ♫ You changed the scene to one where a group of friends were enjoying themselves in a forest, ♫ Like a Leaf blowing in the Wind ♫

Trick switched to a scene where students are forced to pick a career for the future, gesturing to all the troubled humans for you. ♫ Watch them all vacillate! ♫

The both of you sang, ♫ They’re only human. They can’t see ♫

♫ All the fun they could give you and me ♫ Trick laughed darkly while you smiled at his amusement.

♫ Only human, after all ♫ You both continued as you two picked out a wave of souls destined for Hell without another thought while Trick only picked a small group of them.

♫ So they give and we take ♫ You had your palms opened at the vast souls that would be doomed for Hell under your thoughtless choosing.

Trick nodded approvingly over your future collection, a twisted smile forming, ♫ ‘Til their silly hearts break ♫

♫ Looking down from above. I’m intrigued by their love ♫ An equally dark smile appeared on your face as you took Trick’s offered hand for a short sway.

Trick suggested while taking you into their arms. ♫ So let’s play! ♫

You nodded along, ♫ Let’s play! ♫

Trick chuckled while dipping you down, “Hmm, let’s enjoy ourselves with these foolish souls.”

Since the beginning of time, there were two beings. A being that symbolizes light and a being that symbolizes dark. They were two sides of the same coin and co-exist together contary to what humans would theorize or write in their little works of art

“So I’ll assume you want me to put Heaven’s little business on hold? Not that they can do much with a redeemed soul in their ranks.” Trick smirked at you, their wings flapping at their little jab at their realm’s higher ranked angels. “So Hell gets some peace for the moment.”

Your smiled back, eyes peeking open to that revealed a cosmos from within, “Yes, that is much appreciated. There’s gonna be some interesting change in my collection.”

“Love it when your eyes does that.” Trick’s wings opened up to show the view of a night sky.

“Yours is not too bad. Quite the sight.”

“Only a sight for the two of us though. None is more worthy of it.”

“I’ll agree.”

Everything happening on these two beings’ whims and wants, nothing’s done with clear purpose, and anything’s fair game. As divine and just as the humans painted them to be, they are nothing like the holy one that cares for all’s interest from above. As cruel and evil as the humans painted you to be, you are anything but the cold and heartless tormentor of prisoners of Hell

Note: New character!! I'll get to the request that were about this concept in a bit. First! The character design for Trick and you will be out in a moment~

Now then~ You guys feeling op yet?

Oh yeah!! I'm more interested with the song format too!! First time trying this, what you guys think???

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platycryptus · 1 year

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one of the sillier insect interactions I’ve witnessed… this giant robberfly (Proctacanthus sp.) was lying in wait for prey when a winnow ant (Aphaenogaster treatae) crawled over and tried to bite at its feet, so the robberfly kicked it away, only for the ant to return and repeat the process at least 6 or 7 times before the robber got fed up and left

what i find particularly funny about this is that the robberfly is a voracious predator that eats everything from small flies to wasps and dragonflies bigger than itself, but the ant confidently strolls up and assumes that its fair game to carry back to the nest because it isn’t moving much (though i’m pretty sure this type of robberfly only attacks flying prey so the ant wasn’t in any real danger)

(Massachusetts, 7/18/21)

#asilidae #robberflies #proctacanthus #robberfly #ants #diptera #hymenoptera #aphaenogaster treatae #bugs #bugblr #insects #entomology #biology

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onenicebugperday · 2 years

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@fool-ichor submitted: hi found this 2-3 inch bee (?) in massachusetts , easily dwarfing any other bee or moosefly ive ever seen , note the giant feet with toes this bad boy has

A large and lovely pal! But not a bee. It’s a bee-mimic robber fly. They eat bees :)

#animals #submission #insects #bugs #fly #diptera #robber fly #mimicry #Laphria #bee mimic robber fly

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rubykgrant · 1 year

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OK, here's my pitch for a live-action "grown-up" PPG series (which should still not exist, but let's pretend for a minute~). It begins opening to a slow sunrise of- The City Of Townsville! We even hear the classic Narrator (still Tom Kenny, come on). We never fully see this narrator, but we do see the lower half of his face as he talks and describes what's happening in the city (think of the DJ, Lynne Thigpen, from Warriors or Mister Señor Love Daddy from Do The Right Thing). As the light brightens, people drive and walk around, going to work, and dropping off their at Pokey Oaks Kindergarten.

The screen shows a split of two different things happening simultaneously; one side is little kids putting their backpacks in their cubbies, taking off their shoes, and sitting down at the circular desks as they wait for their teachers to take roll. The OTHER side is a group of people preparing for a bank heist, all old-school style with stripped shirts and scarfs to cover their mouths like wild west robbers. As the kids call out "Here!" when the voices of unseen teachers say their names, the bank robbers go through a check-list of their gear. When the teachers begin describing that their going to begin today by coloring pictures, then play a word game, then go outside for recess- the robber go through their plan for what their going to do in the bank. The robbers burst into the bank, fire a few warning shots, and begin barking orders for money. One robber tells a bank employee "No phone calls!". Immediately, the screen goes back to the kindergarten, where the HOTLINE is buzzing!

As the children look at it expectantly, one of the teachers answers. The voice we hear on the other end is a woman (Miss Bellum), explaining that bank robbers have been spotted at such-and-such address! The teacher who answered says "We're on it, Miss Mayor!". Now the camera pulls back, revealing the three teachers are in fact a red-head wearing pink, a blonde wearing blue, and a dark brunette wearing green. The teacher in pink, who answered the phone, explains the situation to the others, and they prepare to leave. The ask the TA to take care of things, which they promise to do while they're gone. The ladies go to the large double doors that open to the playground. Before leaving, each one mentions something like- "Remember, Calla has her meds to take after snack time!" and "Terry, share the crayons!" and "Ken, no more telling the other kids about what happens in the horror movies your dad let you watch!". The three women the FLY, surging forward with trailing rainbow of blue/pink/green as the kids cheer!

They arrive at the bank, where the robber lament getting caught (they had hoped doing this early in the day would result in the ladies being preoccupied at the kindergarten, giving the robbers time to get away). A fantastic fight scene ensues, with many POWs and BAMs (some of the shots mimicking the opening scenes from the cartoon). The robbers are dealt with and captured. The people in the bank applaud, and thank the ladies for the rescue. When the ladies fly off to leave, they notice another problem... then another... and ANOTHER! Each issue gets more and more extreme, eventually turning into a giant monster attacking the city! The ladies go through it in a montage, that begins with a slow pace, but as the danger increases, the fight scenes become more rapid.

Finally, the screen goes back to the kindergarten, where the kids are going outside for recess. Their three teachers land on the playground, a little battle-warn (teacher in pink fixes her hair because ONE strand was out of place. teacher in blue lightly dabs a little blood from her nose with a tissue, after she had been smashed in the face by a robot with wrecking balls for arms. the teacher in green simply dusts off her shoulders a bit). The kids happily welcome them back, and the teachers proceed to play tag and kickball with them. The teacher in pink gives the TA a coffee she picked up between the fights, as thanks for watching the kids while they were gone~

The rest of the series would proceed with that tone, the exact same spirit of silly whimsy AND dynamic action as the cartoon. Why are the grown-up PPG kindergarten teachers, you ask? Well, I find the fake-out of them answering the Hotline, not as students but adults, very amusing. Also, it just seems like a job they would enjoy doing, simply for the fun of it. Like, Blossom could be a doctor, or a lawyer. Bubbles could be an artist, Buttercup could run a demolition derby (where SHE'S the one who wrecks the cars). They could all be actresses, or perform in a band, or just about ANYTHING, because they're very talented. They probably do some of that in their spare time, anyway... but they don't "need" jobs or careers. They're super heroes! However, they have indeed grown up in this scenario, and they remember how nice it was to be able to go to school with other kids, having a place where they belonged simply because they were little girls. They really appreciate Ms Keane for being so nurturing, and want to be part of that now. Blossom loves teaching and sharing knowledge, Bubbles loves encouraging creativity, and Buttercup is actually very good when it comes to helping kids with anger issues and other problems.

Some of the villains are semi-retired and no longer threats, but still get up to shenanigans from time to time. Him looks like Frank-N-Furter but with lobster claws. Miss Bellum is the mayor now, and the Professor has his own research facility now. Princess tries to be popular as a "influencer", but nobody likes her (and occasionally, she hires people to be her "back up" so she has an evil trio to match the PPG, but it never works). The Gangreen Gang are chill (and there's a few jokes about Ace still getting paychecks from when he worked with a famous band). Some episodes would be the girls dealing with a normal grown-up problem that is ironically more difficult than super hero nonsense. Some episodes would be fun little nods to previous things from the cartoon. Some episodes would introduce new characters, good and bad. There would be a very deliberate lack of Mojo Jojo through the first season, until somebody finally goes "Uh... where IS he???", and they're genuinely worried about what happened to him, the the three-part episode finale is the PPG trying to find Mojo Jojo

#ppg #the powerpuff girls

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fantasticalbiology · 4 months

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Ben 10: Playlist swap season 1

Inspired by @lunar-comic art, what if the oringal ben had the UAF playlist

The Playlist

Swampfire- Replaces Heatblast and Wildvine

Spidermonkey- Replaces Wildmutt

Chromastone- Replaces Diamondhead

Jetray- Replaces XLR8 and Ripjaws

Brainstorm- Replaces Upgrade- Could also give Upgrades role to Jury Rig -and Grey Matter

Rath- Replaces Four Arms

Big Chill- Replaces Ghostfreak and Stinkfly

Toe Pick (on accident)- Replaces Ghostfreak for Last Laugh

And then there were ten

Ben transforms into Swampfire, but doesn't set the forest on fire

He leaves the campsite as Spidermonkey

He fights Vilgax’s robot with Chromastone

He wedgies J.T and Cash as Jetray

Washington B.C

Uses Swampfire to save the mother and child from the burning building

Uses Brainstorm to figure out which Cereal box has the golden sumo slammer card and is able to avoid being caught without Gwen’s help

Uses Rath against the Mammoth

Saves Gwen and stops Animo with Big Chill

The Kraken

Uses Rath or another alien to scare gwen

Gets another alien instead Jetray

Uses Big Chill to save Captain Shaw

Uses Jetray to help the Kraken also gets caught by Captain Shaw somehow

Permanent Retirement

Uses Brainstorm to stop the atm theives

Uses Big Chill to escape Vera’s home, steal a golf cart, see the “ninja old people” and spy on marty

Uses Spidermonkey to move the trashcan and fight off the “old people”

Uses Swampfire to fight the Limax and I think would do better

Uses Jetray to get the old people back to their condos

Hunted

Uses Chromastone or another ranged alien in his “training?”

Uses Big Chill against Krabb

Uses Chromastone to deal with the bounty hunters but is still saved by Tetrax

Uses Brainstorm to deal with the other bounty hunters

Last Laugh

Uses Jetray to stop the thieves (to much greater effect)

Uses Spidermonkey to deal with the circus freak trio, but is scared by Zombozo

Uses Brainstorm to deal with the Circus freak trio

Ben accidentally unlocks Toe Pick and scares Zombozo

Kevin 11

Use Big Chill to sneak into the Sumo Slammer Kiosk

Uses one of his aliens to deal with the teens messing with Kevin

Uses Jetray to escape the SWAT

Was going to turn into Rath, but turned into Swampfire instead and Kevin absorbed some of Swampfire’s power

Uses Rath to fight Kevin, kevin absorbs Rath’ power and I’d feel like this would start a screaming match between the two

Tourist Trap

Uses Brainstorms against the kid making faces

Use Rath for the giant rubber band ball

To those reading this far you already know I’ve been using Brainstorm as a substitute for Upgrade (Alternatively Jury Rig) and Grey matter but I don’t know how effective he’d be against the Megawhatts

Uses Swampfire against the Megawhatt mech- swampfire doesn’t learn how to fly- sealing the dam and sealing the megawhatts in the glass

The Alliance

Uses Rath against Rojo’s gang, but I’m unsure if he’d defeat them. Rath changes Ben’s personality but does he change Ben’s beliefs

Meant to use Rath but uses Swampfire to deal with the falling rocks and Rojo

Uses Jetray against Rojo, and I don’t know how effective he is

Uses Brainstorm to finally defeat Rojo, but doesn’t meet Vilgax

Lucky Girl

Uses Jetray to save everyone and deal with Hex

Uses Spidermonkey to help with the falling construction worker

Uses Rath to fight the gargoyles and I don’t know if he’d use that stone sword

A small problems- N/A unless someone figures out how to do this with goop

Side effects

Jetray stops the robber

Spider monkey is a little bit congested so he’s unable to use his webs (don’t ask the logic)

He uses Rath in Clancey’s apartment

He uses Big Chill- mostly because I don’t know the logistics of how Swampfire an alien that sounds like he's congested would get sick - against Clancey and the reactor

Secrets

Uses Chromastone against the bank thieves

Uses Jetray to get to the city and deal with the Vilgax's robots

Uses Spidermonkey or Big Chill to deal with the robots that were chasing the Rust Busket

Get’s brief “master control” so whoever is reading decides the aliens order for this moment

#Ben 10 #Ben 10 Alien Force #Ben 10 au #Ben 10 Ultimate Alien #Playlist Swap

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elementalgod-aj · 9 months

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Anthro Allies Remastered (Part 10)

Now the Third and Final Part of the Arthropods

Endoterygota

Emorrossa (Insect Queen)

Lord Hexagath (Insect King)

Sawfly

Buzza (Sawfly)

Team

Stem sawfly

Horntail

Cedar wood wasp

Webbed Leaf

Xyelid

Megalodontes

Parasitic Wasps

Crimson the Abominable (Thistledown velvet ant)

The Hoard

P. Wood wasp

Sirex Woodwasp

Ichneumon Wasp

Gall wasp

Chalcid Wasp

Fairy wasp

Ensign Wasp

Crowned Wasp

Cuckoo wasp (Emerald wasp)

Velvet Ant (Cow killer)

Spider Wasp (Tarantula Hawk)

Tiphiid wasp

Scoliid wasp

Mammoth Wasp

Cockroach wasp (Jewel Wasp)

Sand digger wasp

Cicada Killers

Ant hunter wasp

Bee wolf

Aphid wasp

Eusocial Wasp

Queen Assaut

King Vespa

Prince Axe

Princess Strike

Warriors

Hornets

Yellow jackets

European wasps

Paper Wasps

Executioner wasps

Warrior wasps

Potter wasps

Hover wasps

Pollen wasps

Honey Wasp

Ants

Queen Amber

King Ore

Prince Beryl

Princess Siafu

Special Forces

Acrobat Ant, Dracula Ant, Exploding Ant, Mafia Ant, Shining Guest Ant, Sugar Ant

Colony

Black Ants (Garden worker), Red Ants (forager worker)

Argentine Ants (Warrior), Erratic Ants (sun workers), Needle Ant (Warrior), Ghost Ant (Scout), Stink Ants (aphid and caterpillar farmer), cone ant (pest control)

Eciton Ants (Generals/Tanks), Driver Ants (Army)

Trap Jaw Ants (Trappers), Dinosaur Ants (Moon Worshippers)

Diving Ant (Swimmer), Honey Pot Ants (Food dealers), Crazy Ants (Wild cards), Amazon Ants (Raider), Carpenter Ants (Builders), Tree Ants (Warriors), Hodor Ant (Bouncer), Giant forest ants (gladiators)

Leaf Cutter Ants (Builders), Weaver Ants (handmaidens and caretakers), Lemon Ants (mushroom growers), Pharaoh Ants (communication), Harvester Ants (harvesters), Pirate Ants (rogues), Raider Ants (raider), Electric ants (warriors), Fire Ants (Warriors), Big headed ants (Guard)

Bees

Queen Apidae

King Apo

Prince Kyle

Princess Pollen

Bee Hive

Dwarf/Asian Honey bee, Giant/European Honey Bee, Dog Bee, Sugar Bag bee (Honey makers), Carpenter bee (Builders), Bumblebee (Nectar collector), orchid bee (Flower manager), Sweat Bee (workers), Long horned Bees (Workers), Digger Bees (nest builders), Mining Bees (Mining and Excavation)

Plasterer bee (builder), Polyester bee (cloth maker)

Carder bee (Collectors), Leafcutter bee( (Weaver), Mason bee (molder), Wallace giant Bee (blacksmith)

Pantaloon Bee (Guards)

Australian Bee (soldiers)

Daniel and Lyon (lacewing & antlion)

Xan (Snakefly)

Zip(Alderfly)

Grounder (Ground beetles)

Live wire (Telephone pole beetle)

Knock Knock (Deathwatch beetle)

Lucky (Ladybug)

Lumi-Nate (Firefly)

Adorn (Jewel beetle)

IronShell/Ira (Horned Scarab beetle)

Horns (Stag Beetle)

George Schmutz (Dung beetle)

Red Rover (Rove beetle)

Ballin (Boll weevil)

Waxer (Giraffe Weevil)

Twist (Stylops)

Twiddle (Stylops)

Harleigh (Butterfly/Moth)

Eugene (Monarch Butterfly)

Genevieve (Silk Moth)

Cassidy (Caddisfly)

Bethany (House/Horse Fly)

Pesky (Gnat/Midge)

Zika (Mosquito)

Rome (Hover/Robber/Crane fly)

Sting (Scorpionflies)

Ichor (Fleas)

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jonnysinsectcatalogue · 8 months

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Grasshopper Robber Fly - Philodicus sp. (?)

While researching the identity of this insect, the genus Promachus kept popping up as a topic of interest. That genus is fairly popular due to the presence of giant species among Robber Flies. Some of the examples observed (found in Asia) were similar in appearance to this specimen, but not a perfect match. Furthermore, it's hard to judge the scale of this insect, so it may not be so large that it is considered a giant. This large, predaceous insect is likely very formidable if its size is any indication! As impressive as it is, to be perfectly honest I can't declare with certainly the branch within Asilidae (Robber Flies) that this hunter sits on. Looking into other genera for more clues, Philodicus was found and I've settled on it (for now). Compared to Promachus, there is a much closer similarity between the images here sent to me by SaraLi and other specimens observed in the wild and subsequently photographed (including a large collection on iNaturalist). I've kept my attention towards the wings and patterns along the back of the thorax and entirety of the abdomen.

On the assumption that is a Philodicus Fly, a part of its diet seems to be revealed by its common name: Grasshoppers! No easy feat to catch one since Grasshoppers tend to blend into their environment, only to explosively launch and fly away from danger. Recall as well how Robber Flies hunt: lie in wait, ready to ambush prey mid-flight, grapple them and finish them with their sharp proboscis. If this genus does hunt Orthopterans, it will need to rely heavily on its eyesight and any sensory hairs/spines lining its body in order to locate one! Hunting them may be an ultimate waiting game, but a successful catch should provide ample nutrition for a patient Assassin Fly. Perhaps it would have better luck catching a juvenile (wingless) Grasshopper on the descent to the ground for higher vegetation? Of course, if the collections of photographs I've seen are any indication, Philodicus Flies are content with catching small prey if there is need or the opportunity arises, including other smaller Flies.

Pictures were taken on July 8, 2019 in South Korea with a Google Pixel. If anyone can help me clarify the identity of this insect, please let me know. Until then, this insect will be tagged as 'unidentified'.

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justanotherpersonsuniverse · 1 year

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*Ladybug, Panthera Noire, and Queen Bee show up to stop a bank robbery during the latter's first patrol*

Robber: You better back off, or else I'm shooting one of these hostages!

Ladybug: One second, okay? One second. *the three heroes huddle together so they can't be heard* Okay, this is perfect. We've been teaching you this kind of stuff.

Panthera Noire: Robbers are like Superhero 101.

Queen Bee: Ooh... Queenie likey.

Ladybug: What's your plan?

Queen Bee: I was thinking about this in the shower this morning. What if I used my power to create a giant slingshot?

Ladybug: That's a... weird plan, but okay.

Queen Bee: Oh! I've got an even better plan.

Robber: Hey! I'm still robbing this place!

Panthera Noire: *turns around* We will be right with you, sir! Please! *goes back to the huddle*

Queen Bee: Okay, what if I just threw all the honey on this guy? You know, trap him and throw in a few good jokes.

Ladybug: Whatever, Queen Bee, but we just need to hurry up a little bit.

Panthera Noire: Relax, partner. I've seen a lot of thugs. This guy is no shooter.

Robber: *tries to shoot Queen Bee, but the bullet bounces off the back of her suit and ricochets towards his leg* AGH! MY LEG! *writhes around in pain* ARGHHH!

Queen Bee: Well, our work here is done. *tries walking away*

Ladybug: Hey, what are you doing? We can't just leave! You just shot him!

Queen Bee: *confused* I didn't shoot him. He shot him. *to the robber* Do you feel like I shot you?

Robber: *gets up and tries to shoot, only for the bullet to be deflected once again and fly towards his ass*

Ladybug and Panthera Noire: STOP SHOOTING HIM!

Queen Bee: I AM NOT SHOOTING HIM!

Robber: SHE SHOT MY ASS!

Queen Bee: Okay, so he's a little banged up, but we caught the bad guy. Isn't that what superheroes do?

Ladybug: No, a superhero's first job is to protect people.

Queen Bee: *groans* Oh, God! What's the second job? Long-winded lectures before lunch?

Ladybug: I barely-- *hands the bag of stolen money to Panthera Noire* Take this back to the vault and help the hostages. *walks over to the injured robber while grumbling* One day, I'm gonna shove my yo-yo so far up her-- I'M TAKING HIM TO THE HOSPITAL! And Queen Bee, you owe me five coffees. *picks up the injured robber and takes out her yo-yo* Bug out, or whatever. *swings over to the hospital*

Queen Bee: *notices the robber's gun on the floor and picks it up* Hey! He left his gun! He's reformed already!

that was something

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jamiewrites-stuff · 4 months

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Spider across Teyvat

| Teaser | Ch 1 |

Summary: Persephone parker from Earth 2089 managed to get herself into the world of Teyvat, after stumbling upon a dysfunctional multi-dimensional watch by accident. now she's stuck inside a world completely different from her own, how will she ever get back home? Appearances: Diluc, Amber, Jean, Lisa, Bennett, Razor [NOTE: In this fic all Teen characters are aged up, I don't want anyone to complain about it in the comments, if you don't like it then proceed to exit on the door to your left, please and thank you.]

"Parachute, parachute, PARACHUTE!"

Percy screamed, after stepping foot through the weird door, she found herself falling 60 feet in the sky.

"Copy."

Elis spoke, Activating the emergency parachute before they could crash on the ground, luckily it appeared just in time to at least lessen the gravitational pull of her fall, the bad news was she didn't have time to land properly making her to stumble and crash on the grass, scaring a few fireflies.

She groaned feeling the parachute completely cover her figure, temporarily blinding her to the world she appeared in.

"Now where are we?" She asked trying to sit up while Elis slowly retracted the parachute back into the suit.

"I don't know"

Elis answered honestly, the location wasn't showing in any of his maps.

Percy stood up, looking around her location. She seemed to be in a forest, what's odd for her was in this planet they only had one moon instead of her usual two.

She shakes her head and starts walking forward, silently admiring the calm atmosphere of the forest.

She stopped a couple of times to watch a few fireflies flying around, or played a small game of catching the weird lizard.

The lizard was not at all amused at her antics, it didn't even struggle when she held it in her hands, staring at its beautiful scales and blue shade of color.

"You're a pretty one aren't cha?" She complimented the reptile, gently moving her fingers over it's beautiful tail, only to accidentally detach it from its body.

"Oh- uh.. Oops" she smiled sheepishly under her mask, while the lizard gave her a look of annoyance.

"I'll just- put you down. Sorry dude, my bad" she said gently placing the reptile down, watching as it walked away. Not even bothered that it was missing a tail, she figured it was used to it by now.

she wanted to know the difference in DNA between this world's lizards and her own. She'll most likely conduct a study later.

Her body suddenly tensed up, feeling a familiar ringing in her ears, she quickly moved out of the way before a large sword could spilt her in half.

She let out a silent gasp, shooting out a web to one of the tree braches. She pulled herself up, landing in a crouched position on the tree, looking down at the person who attacked her.

The man looked to be quite muscular though you could barely see it due to his outfit, he looked a bit fancy to be a bad guy or your typical robber. his hair was a bright red color, similar to that of roses

His hair was long, tied into a low ponytail, his aura looked extremely intidating, the giant sword in his hands weren't helping his case at all.

"Man, I just got here and someone's already out to kill me? That's a new record" she commented, ignoring the fact that she almost got split into two.

The man froze, he looked like he was still on guard but his eyes showed curiosity as he looked up at her.

"You're.. Human" he stated, observing the woman's every move as she stood up from the tree branch, nodding her head in realization, muttering out a small ohh at the misunderstanding.

"Yup, as human as I can be I guess. Though technically not completely, it's complicated" she shrugged walking on the edge of the branch, letting her feet stick to the wood as she casually stood upside down facing the man.

He sensed that the stranger didn't appear to be dangerous, despite her odd appearance. He placed his claymore to the side but still remained guarded, watching her every move.

"I go by Spiderwoman, people often call me Spidey, Spider, a nuisance, Webs. Take your pick" she said staring at the man through the white eyes of her suit.

"I would tell you my name, but it kinda defeats the whole secret identity thing, plus you almost killed me so I don't really trust you" she said acting like this was a casual Sunday for her, which it was but he didn't know that.

"What is your purpose here? Especially this late at night" He asked, not at all affected by her witty replies.

"I'm kinda lost. I got here through some strange watch which made a portal thingy. I don't know where I am" she said honestly.

"So what you're saying is you came from another world?" He asked, making his claymore disappear as he placed his pointer and thumb fingers below his chin, looking deep in thought.

It would explain her odd outfit, and the fact that she's sitting upside down with ease. She calls herself Spiderwoman so perhaps she has the capabilities of a spider?

"I've heard there are some rare spells that could make people cross through different worlds, though I merely thought of it as a myth. seeing that you're here, you're basically living proof" he said locking eyes with her.

"Very well" he sighed, placing his hand down. His expression remained the same though it appears he's much more calmer now.

"I'll believe your words for now Spider" he said, then proceeded to point at a certain Direction's.

"Currently you are in the whispering woods, if you go straight ahead and follow this path you'll see the city of Mondstadt, where you can take refuge in if you like." He said making sure that the woman was listening to his words before lowering his arm back down.

"I trust that you won't cause any trouble for the civilians, if you do, trust that I'll personally take care of you myself" he warned, giving her a stern glare. Which earned him her respect, she can immediately tell by his protectiveness of his home and it's citizens.

'Add him to the not a bad guy list'

she thought smiling from under the mask, his actions now made sense to her. He was merely trying to protect his city from any potential threat that appears, he also looks like the type to work alone, seeing that he was out at night and no one was accompanying him.

'Just like me..'

"Fair warning though, there are a few hilichurl camps near the area. I'd advise you to avoid them as much as possible, if they spot you, just run away until they get tired of chasing you" he says, looking disinterested on continuing this conversation further as he walks away without even a goodbye, or a good luck.

She made an expression that says that she's clearly not amused at his lack of a farewell, though she didn't have the energy to be bothered by it for long.

"He was..something" she muttered before furrowing her eyebrows in confusion, causing the eyes on her mask to squint

"Wait, what's a Hilichurl?"

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"And that's basically what happened"

Spiderwoman finished telling her story to a random squirrel looking animal who decided to hang out with her after she saved it from getting eaten by a snake.

"Hey, you don't happen to know where this Mon-stat city now would you?" She asked, swinging from tree to tree while the red animal clung to her shoulder. She's been walking around for 30 minutes, she got a bit side tracked on the way with saving the tiny creature, and she somehow manage to lose sight of the path.

She stopped in her tracks, hearing a pained grunt followed by a loud explosion near her location.

"Oh shit, that doesn't sound good" she said, carefully placing the Squirrel down on a tree.

"I gotta go now, thanks for the Company Mr.Squirrel" she said, quickly swinging towards the direction of the explosion. She stuck to one of the trees, seeing a a camp site filled with these humanoid creatures.

The fire caused by the explosion started to spread, as the creatures surrounded a Brunette who tried to fight them back using her Bow.

Out rider Amber was out on nightly patrol, normally she usually won't get assigned to work at night, but due to the constant increase of the Hilicurl camps near the area she couldn't risk anymore civilians getting hurt.

Especially when they get closer and closer to her beloved home.

Unfortunately though, she might have taken too much than what she bargained for. She panted, shooting up another arrow then quickly dodged when one of them threw a ball of fire towards her.

She knew she had to retreat, she wouldn't last long if she stayed a little longer, but they were blocking off all her exits.

She gasp, feeling a presence behind her, she turned around just in time, seeing a Hilicurl getting ready to hit her with its weapon when it was kicked away by a strange looking creature.

"Easy now little Piggy!" A female voice spoke, as she shot up another web to swing away, dodging the attack just in time.

Amber let out a shriek when she was suddenly snatched from the ground by the strange woman, Percy gently placed her down on top of one of the trees.

"Hey, sorry for barging in without notice but it looked like you needed a hand" she said, letting go of Amber as she let herself fall down on the branch. Going back into battle, Amber tried to catch her breath, leaning her back against the tree as she watched the woman fight.

"You guys really shouldn't be playing with fire, or else you'll get turned into Bacon" she commented, shooting out a web directly into one of their mask temporarily blinding one.

"And trust me it wouldn't be a good look for you at all" she said easily jumping away from another attack, she swung from the trees using her webs to either trap them against the wall, or immobilize them from a make shift rope made out of spiderwebs.

"Elis, big large Fire up ahead." She said landing in front of the growing flame, after successfully immobilizing the enemy.

"Turning on fire extinguisher"

Percy opened the palm of her hands, pointing it directly at the flames. Moving around a bit as she stopped the fire from spreading, luckily it didn't reach the trees but it did burn a few bushes.

She heard something moving from behind her, she turned around to see the girl that she saved casually gliding down towards her, when her feet landed on the ground she turned to the Spider hero with a grateful smile.

"Thanks for your help, I would've been a goner if you didn't show" she said walking closer to the stranger.

"No problem, I'm always happy to help" Percy smiled from under her mask, placing her hands on her hips before turning to the creatures who were trapped in her webs.

"Ah, forgive me for not introducing myself sooner. I'm Amber Outrider of the Knights of Favonius" she said placing a hand against her chest

"may I ask what brings you to the whispering woods especially this late at night, strange yet helpful traveller?" She asked watching as the Woman sheepishly scratched the back of her neck.

"I randomly arrived here through some sort of portal? I'm currently trying to get to a city called mon-stat but I'm a bit lost" she explained.

"Its Mondstadt" Amber let out an amused giggle, correcting her pronounciation.

"It seems to me that you appeared here from a different world, I've heard that it's difficult to cross worlds but never impossible" Amber muttered, looking to be deep in thought before turning to the stranger.

"It's settled then, in exchange for your help. I'll be your guide and show you the way towards the city of freedom" she announced.

"Really? You'd do that?" Percy muttered, happy to have met someone who didn't want to kill her at first sight. You'll be surprised on how many times it happened to her.

Amber looks to be trustworthy enough, she appeared to be extremely loyal and takes pride in her city.

"It's the least I could do, follow me. I'll get a group of knights to take care of these Hilichurls later" she said before she began walking towards a random direction.

'So that's a Hilichurl'

Percy thought, glancing at the creatures before jogging her way towards the brunette.

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By the time that they arrived, the sun was already appearing up in the horizon greeting the citizens of Mondstadt with its shining golden rays.

"That took far longer than anticipated"

Amber sighed walking along the bridge of the city of freedom, already seeing a familiar boy running over to his usual hang out place to greet his feathered friends.

"Amber, you don't suppose to know someone that could help me get back home do you?" Percy asked, still hidden within her masks ignoring the odd looks that was given to her by the guards guarding the city gate.

"I have this watch, that somehow opened the portal. But it's a bit messed up, maybe someone will be able to recognize it?" She asked pulling out the familiar watch from her pocket.

"Strange.." Amber muttered carefully taking the item in her hold, gently moving it around to observe it.

"I don't recognize this type of item before.." She said handing the watch back to the hero, "But perhaps Lisa may be able to help, she knows far more about other worlds and magic than I do" she smiled in reassurance.

"Anyways, I formally welcome you to the city of Mondstadt. I'll escort you to the knights of Favonius headquarters right now, follow me" she said leading the way. Percy followed suite, staring at the long flight of stairs in disbelief

'Why stairs?'

She thought, practically panting for air once they finally got to the building, she had to take a minute to catch her breath. Even though she was indeed fit, being a super hero you need to be physically healthy and strong for the occupation.

But this is just ridiculous.

"This is why I band stairs in my world.."

She muttered, as Amber patiently waited for her to recover, not being able to hear what she said.

Amber escorted her inside, reaching towards a familiar office.

She opened the door, immediately getting greeted by Three familiar figures looking to be in the middle of discussing something of importance.

"Out rider Amber, have you finished clearing out the Hilichurl camps?"

A blonde woman with blue eyes asked, turning to look at the brunette. The other two accompanying her is another brunette woman with green eyes, and a male with dark blue hair and one blue eye.

"Unfortunately I only had gotten rid of half of them , there were too many than what I anticipated."

Amber said, feeling rather disappointed in herself for not completely finishing her task. Meanwhile a certain Spiderwoman stood still behind her, looking around the office in wonder.

The white eyes on her masks were wide, drinking up the sight of the books shelves to the side, she couldn't help but walk over to them then casually picked up a book.

Waiting for Amber to finish explaining, being very aware of the 3 pairs of eyes glancing her way.

"Huh.."

She muttered under her breath, her eyes squinting a bit when she turned the pages of the book. She couldn't read the words, if this wasn't proof enough of her being in another world then she doesn't know what is.

It's another language she's never seen before.

She felt like a kid, skipping through all the text just to look at the pictures on the pages. She closed the book and placed it back before taking out another one, double checking if it wasn't just that one book.

"Luckily someone manages to get there in time to help me before I was completely cornered in" Amber said turning her head over to the woman, a smile on her face as she gestured her arm towards her.

"Everyone, I'd like you to meet- uh.." She froze, realizing that she never actually got her name.

Percy Tensed up, immediately turning around to face them, trying to put the book back only to accidentally misplace it causing it to fall on the floor with a thud. She wanted to reach down and grab it, but decided against it when everyone was looking at her so intensely.

Especially the 3 strangers who stared at her with suspicion.

"You showed a random creature to our city without even knowing her name? My, that's very irresponsible of you Amber" Kaeya teased, crossing his arms as he stared at the stranger with interest.

"A creature? Ouch, that's an awful way to say when you're meeting another person" Percy commented, sitting down on the railings, crossing her arms. One of her eyes perked up while one went down, as if she was raising an eyebrow at him.

"I- uh.. It must've slipped my mind, she's not bad. She even put out the fire before it spread" Amber reassured, suddenly feeling nervous when the atmosphere of the room began to grow thicker.

"I apologize on Kaeya's behalf, and you are?" Jean asked, wanting to give her the benefit of the doubt.

Percy stayed silent for a few seconds, before giving a plain and simple answer.

"Spiderwoman."

Jean furrowed her eyebrows at the reply, looking rather confused, wondering if she heard that right.

"Your name is.. Spider woman?"

She asked, watching as the stranger put her leg over the other, leaning on her hands while still sitting on the railings near the book shelves.

"Its a name I often go for whenever I'm wearing this, I was debating whether or not I should trust you with my identity" she said snatching another book from the ground, standing up as she balances on top of the railings, flipping through the books pages.

"Do you guys not have a.. Spider person in this Dimension?" She asked, looking at them curiously, her composure was relax and laid back.

"Not that we heard of, for me it's the first time I ever heard of it" Lisa said, her eyes staring at her with amusement and interest, her voice having it's usual flirtatious tone, but deep down she was on her guard in case anything goes South.

"Oh."

Percy's eyes widen in slight disbelief, closing the book, placing it down, looking to be thinking about her next course of action.

"Well, since there isn't any spider people here. I don't see why I shouldn't introduce myself" She said, giving a carefree shrug, trusting their words immediately to the groups surprise.

"Alright let's go through this again"

She started, having already used to her own type of introduction, though admittedly it wasn't every day where she openly reveal her identity. She mostly recites it to herself in the mirror or just in her mind.

"My name is Persephone Parker, I was bitten by a radioactive spider" she introduced, before jumping off the railings.

She perfectly lands on her feet, facing the group as her masks desentigrated to small pixels, revealing her face for them to see.

"and for the last 3 years I've been the one and only Spiderwoman"

She has wavy long black hair, her eyes were a beautiful light gray color, her pink lips curved up into a mischievous grin showing her pearly white slightly fanged teeth.

She has an eyebrow and lip piercing, with both of her ears also pierced as she wore circular black earrings.

"In case you haven't guessed, I'm some sort of a Super hero in my world. If it wasn't obvious"

She spoke, if you look close enough you would've spotted the silver round object on her tongue.

"Long story short, I was out patrolling one night when I stumbled upon this watch" She said digging through her pocket and gave the watch to Jean.

"It made a portal, it pulled me in and I'm here." She said, awkwardly rubbing the back of her neck while Jean observed the device.

"Was hoping I'd ask for Help, Amber told me that one of you could possibly be familiar with it?" She asked, her voice lacing with hope as she stared at Jean with soft eyes.

"I'm not familiar with this type of Device before, Lisa?" She asked turning to the librarian, giving her the object.

Lisa took the watch, Maneuvering it around in hopes it can spark a memory from within her mind, possibly something she read from a book? But unfortunately she didn't have a clue on what it was.

"I'm sorry Honey, but I can't really help you much either. Even if I'm familiar with the device, portals through other worlds is an extremely rare topic you'll see in books. Those types of spells are forbidden and nearly impossible to find" she said, giving her a sad smile before handing back the watch.

Percy sighed, staring at the watch with a disappointed smile before putting it back in her pocket.

"It didn't hurt to ask though, thank you.. For your time."

She nodded, turning to Amber who was staring at her with a sad frown, silently wishing that she was of more help to Percy.

"It was nice meeting you Amber"

She smiled, patting her shoulder glancing back at the group.

"I'll let myself out"

She said before walking out the door, Amber tried to stop her but held herself back.

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"Hold on there lil Spider"

Percy stopped in her tracks, looking behind her before she could open the door in the knights HQ.

She spotted the familiar man wearing an eye patch calmly walking towards her.

"Oh, it's you. Sorry I didn't catch your name"

She smiled sheepishly, rubbing the back of her neck as he stopped in front of her.

"Cavalry captain Kaeya alberich, Persephone right?"

He asked, lending his hand for her to take. She took it without any hesitation, feeling a bit caught off guard when he pulled it towards his lips, pressing a gentle kiss on the back of her hand.

"You can just call me Percy, Persephone is a bit of a mouthful"

She chuckled, feeling a bit flustered at the sudden action but she didn't mind. She pulled her hand out of his grip, putting it inside her pocket, she looks up at the taller male with a lazy smile.

"So, do you need anything?"

She asked, wondering why he stopped her from leaving.

"Well, since that you'll be here for a while. Why not let me treat you to breakfast? I know a good place here" he offered, his lips curling up into a small smile.

"Hmm.. Sure, as long as you're paying"

She grinned, turning her head downward to her hand, pressing the spider emblem in her chest

Kaeya perked an eyebrow at the sight, taking note to ask her about it later.

Immediately, her suit turned into pixels, her usual body hugging Black and gray colored suit changed into a more loose and baggy get up.

Changing into some black sweatpants, converse shoes, a black tank top and a gray Jacket with a hood.

Due to not having to wear her skin tight suit for the time being, it revealed more of her skin and also her tattoos that covered a handful part of her body.

"Shall we then?"

"So sir Kaeya, care to tell me more of this city of yours?"

Percy asked casually walking alongside the knight while they walked away from the building, she was mainly just following him like a duckling, not wanting to get lost.

"I'd gladly give you a tour after breakfast, I currently have nothing to do and even if I did, who would pass up an opportunity to spend time with a Lady as beautiful as you?" He said giving her a flirtatious grin, leaning his body a bit close to her shoulder.

Percy raised an eyebrow at him, silently analyzing him before showing him an amused smile.

'He doesn't trust me, go figures'

She thought, happily playing along to the role she was suddenly given.

"My, Is it normal for the citizens to boldly flirt with a stranger or is it just a you thing?" She grinned placing her arms on her back as she continued walking.

"It was merely a compliment Lady Percy" He said giving her an Innocent smile as they arrived at a small restaurant called good Hunter.

Like the gentle man he is, he let's her sit first before gently pushing her chair closer to the table, he sat from across from her, his eye staring at her own as if he was trying to read her.

But she remained casual, having this relaxed stance while she looked around the place. Even though just a few minutes earlier she looked disappointed at the fact that she could possibly be stuck here, without ever knowing when she was going home.

Oddly enough, right now she looks unbothered. As if the thought of being stuck in this world forever had disappeared in her mind.

He knew she was hiding something deeper, he just couldn't read her like he does with others, he could tell she was bit of a challenge to handle.

She's certainly peaked his interest.

"So, What do you plan to do now?"

He asked leaning more against the table, patiently waiting for her answer.

"I'll probably just explore around, trying to find a way back home. Or maybe I can somehow fix this thing" she sighed taking out the watch from her pocket, staring at it with an unreadable expression.

The watch looked like any regular wrist watch with a digital screen showing numbers to identify the Time, but instead of time it was various buttons that she couldn't figure out the use for.

It looks to be broken down, with a crack on the screen and it didn't light up like it usually would.

"Kaeya, do you perhaps know of an item that stores a good amount of electricity?"

She asked, judging by the over all look of the place, she wasn't really sure if electricity was invented yet. Or the overall level of technology they had here.

He was surprised at the sudden question but decided to answer her regardless.

"Well, I did see a few Electro crystals near windrise if there isn't any left, you could always check the area near dawn winery" he explained before realizing she probably didn't know what he was talking about based on her confused expression.

"Perhaps I'll buy you a Map of Mondstadt after eating" He chuckled before doing a small clap, standing up from his seat.

"Speaking of eating, what would you like to order?" He asked looking down at her.

"I saw someone ordering some Pancakes" She replied feeling her stomach growling a bit, she hadn't eaten in hours, she didn't even get to eat dinner before disappearing.

He took the hint, nodding his head before walking away, leaving Percy for a moment to go order their food.

Percy looks down at the watch, staring at it for a few seconds before putting it back inside her pocket. She took in a deep breath, admiring the calming atmosphere of the city, it felt so peaceful here.

It was definitely far more quieter than her home, sure she could hear market vendors yelling about a new item of theirs in hopes to catch the attention of potential costumers, but it beats listening to the zooming of cars flying through the skies, or the sounds of people talking over each other.

Her ears perked up when she caught a different sound, yelling?

"This is your fault! It was a simple commission, archons you're hopeless" a male yelled.

She glanced over her shoulder, having caught interest in the conversation, wanting a lil distraction while waiting for Kaeya to come back.

A man looks like he was scolding another male shorter than him, the boy looks around her age but maybe a year younger? He was definitely shorter than her in a few inches.

He had pale skin, white hair and green eyes. He also wore a pair of goggles on top of his head. He kept his gaze down, taking the yelling in, not even once interrupting the male.

"This is what happens when someone trusts a person as unlucky as you" The man scoffed, before he continued shouting something that didn't really interest her.

She was more interested on the other male, who looks like he was dying in embarrassment and shame. They were gaining attention due to the other man's yelling.

Her eyes scanned over his exposed arms, revealing several scars and bruises. His knuckles covered in blooded bandages, he looked like he had quite the adventure.

Then, as if the white haired male could feel her gaze, he slowly glanced her way immediately making eye contact with her.

She blinked, before giving him a lazy grin, raising her hand up in a small wave as some sort of greeting.

The males eyes scanned her appearance, his eyes lighting up in slight awe because for him, she looked so unique and.. Cool.

His eyes glanced at her piercings wondering why anyone would get piercing in those particular areas, but she made it work. Her aura screamed confidence causing him to grow more interested in the stranger.

Her clothing was also rather odd.. But he liked it.

Wait was he staring?

He quickly looked down again, realizing that he was staring at her, remembering that staring at someone for so long was a bit rude. He felt his cheeks warm up when he heard her chuckling even from all the yelling.

Percy watched as the shorter male bowed, muttering out apologies after the taller man was finished with his yelling.

The taller male left, entering a building leaving the shorter behind.

Bennett gave another glance at the woman before walking inside the Adventurers guild.

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Kaeya eventually came back with two plates of Tea time pancakes, the two silently ate together. The silence wasn't awkward or tense, it felt like having breakfast with a friend.

Kaeya did spoke here and there, creating small talk. Just speaking about Mondstadt, answering whatever question Percy asked him. She looked genuinely interested in whatever new information he sprouts out, whether if it's as simple as Good hunters famous sticky honey roast.

Or about their Anemo Archon Barbatos. He also suggested to visit Lisa's library for more information about Mondstadt and the world of Teyvat, which Percy made sure to take note of.

"So, what are you going to do now?"

Kaeya asked, already finished with his plate of pancakes, patiently waiting for Percy to finish eating so he could walk her out of Mondstadt himself.

Percy hummed, taking one final bite of her pancakes before thinking about her answer.

"I'll probably just lay low for a bit, I can take advantage of this opportunity and treat this as a vacation"

She replied with a lazy shrug of her shoulders.

Satisfied with her answer he could only nod, standing up to help her get out of her chair like the Gentleman that he is, he already paid for their food so he escorted her towards one of the shops nearby, in hopes to buy her a map.

"Vacation huh? I could happily point out a few tourists spots if you'd like" he suggested stopping at a small store near the adventurers guild, buying a small Map before giving it to her.

"I'd like that very much"

She grinned, he showed a small smile as he asked the shop owner for some ink and a quill, carefully taking the map back and began to circle a few areas that he thinks she'll enjoy exploring.

"I'd advise you to be careful though when you're off exploring, there's still a lot of Hilichurl camps nearby and Slimes could potentially appear at any given moment. It's better to not lower your guard completely" he instructed giving her back the map.

"I'll take note of it, thanks so much for your help" she smiled brightly, genuinely grateful for his assistance.

He hummed, observing her facial expressions for a moment before his eyes softened a bit, seeing that she was being genuine.

"I do have to ask though, out of curiosity.. What do you plan on doing with Electro crystals?" He asked

"Oh, in my world Electricity is pretty much a common thing, it's extremely useful as well. I just feel more.. At home with it" she explain, saying an answer that'll satisfy his curiosity.

He doesn't seem convinced, she chuckled playfully rolling her eyes before pulling out the watch again.

"Also.. I want to see if I could fix this, so I can possibly go home" she admitted, seeing that he was satisfied with her answer.

"I wish you the best of luck then, if you need anymore help. Rest assured that the Knights of Favonius will be there for any sort of assistance" He said stopping by Mondstadts gate, he took her hand again placing another gentle kiss on the back of it.

"Until then Lil spider"

He muttered, giving her a small smirk before letting go of her hand, she chuckled and did a dramatic bow.

"I thank thee for thy Lords company and free sustenance"

she said putting up an Accent as she took a steps back, smiling when she managed to get a small chuckle out of him.

"See you around Captain!" She grinned, doing a small salute before walking through the gate.

Kaeya stood in his spot, watching as her figure began to grow smaller and smaller the further she walks on the bridge. He turned around and began walking back to HQ once she was barely visible.

'Such a strange girl'

Kaeya thought to himself, putting on a small smile.

Perhaps he could put a little bit of trust on this one.

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Percy arrived at the exact location on the map, it took a while to walk over here from Mondstadt but she didn't mind.

The world itself is surprisingly peaceful, she did have to avoid a few Hilichurl camps but besides that she didn't face any trouble what so ever.

She immediately spotted a purple like crystal stuck to the ground.

She hummed, raising a finger up to touch her ear, making a small holographic visor to appear as a holographic screen appeared on her lower arm.

"Elis, do a complete scan of the area please" she instructed, feeling her casual outfit turn back into its original skin tight suit but without the mask.

The small spider emblem on the front of her chest shot out from place, before it floated up high in the air, scanning the place from above.

She crouched down next to the crystal, her eyes staring at it in wonder. She's never seen a crystal conduct a good amount of electricity that it shot out small sparks on the area around it.

She figured it was a good idea to avoid touching it, so she kept her distance.

"Status report on the total electric currency in the area"

She stated, standing up on her feet, she looked at her holographic screen, gathering up the data from the scan as the spider emblem lowered itself down beside her head.

"A singular crystal could produce an average of 1,000 kilowatts, adding the exact amount of electricity in the area is about 14,000 watts in total"

Percy nodded, looking at the pictures of all of the Electro crystals it managed to spot, gathering up the Data for their exact location before downloading it through her small drone.

"Enough to power a car huh?" She smirked, glancing up at the bright blue sky as the sun happily looks down at her.

"That's more than enough to at least get started, I can always switch to solar power once I've gathered the right materials.." She muttered nodding to herself, swiping away her Holographic screen, getting rid of the screens and her visor as she turned to her spider drone.

She opened her palm, letting it levitate on her open hand.

"Gather all of the electric Crystals and some building materials in the area for me Terrance" she instructed, watching it float up to do as asked.

But before her little spider drone could fly any further, Percy suddenly felt an odd phenomenon happening in her body.

It felt like her limbs and organs were being forcefully rearrange and put back together.

Her body was glitching.

She bites her bottom lip, fighting back a scream as she let out a pained groan, falling down on her knees. While Terrence start glitching as well causing him to fall on the ground, rebooting.

After a few seconds, everything seemed to calm down.

Percy breathed heavily, clutching her stomach as her system restarted itself.

"That was.. New"

She muttered, waiting for a few more seconds before she carefully stood up on her feet. Relieved to see that the pain was over, but she knew this wasn't going to be a one time thing, it came out at random. She had to conduct further study on her body once she completed her base.

After a few hours, she fortunately made a lot of progress thanks to her gadgets. She already calculated that they'll finish the house Roof by nightfall.

B o o m!

She froze, her head immediately snapping at the direction of the explosion.

She let's her Holoscreen disappear, she was confident Terrance and the others can handle things on their own. She began walking away from the area she was setting her temporary home, making her way closer to the explosion.

Her suit changed back to casual clothes, in order to not add suspicion to herself.

The hairs from the back of her neck stood up, the familiar electric feeling came back.

She immediately looked up, practically sprinting into place, she reached her arms in front of her, ignoring another explosion from the distance.

She could hear a scream coming closer and closer.

She jumped forward a bit, catching the male in her arms before he could crash on the ground, she immediately recognized him as the boy from earlier, his wounds grew worse the last time she saw him and it hasn't even been a day.

He had his eyes closed shut, as if he was bracing for impact. But after a few seconds of silence, he finally realized that he didn't crash.

His eyes opened wide, not at all noticing his position as he patted his chest.

"I'm... Fine?"

He muttered to himself, letting out a small victorious laugh.

"Maybe my luck has finally turning things for the better!" He smiled brightly, practically blinding Percy of how pure and innocent he looked.

'Must.. Protect..'

She thought, she awkwardly adjusted her hold of him, his weight wasn't a bother to her, she just wants to make him comfortable and was hoping to not add too much preassure on his injuries.

Due to the movements, the male finally took notice of the girl who was carrying him like a bride.

"Ah! I'm so sorry, I didn't realize you were there- I mean! Thank you for catching me i-i mean, are you okay?! I'm so sorry miss!"

He blabbered, immediately scrambling out of her arms, causing him to land face first on the ground. She thought that he wasn't having the best luck today as she took a step closer in hopes to help him up.

"GET BACK!"

Another voice yelled from the distance, causing the white haired male to snap his head at the direction.

"Oh no! Razor" he said immediately scrambling up his feet, not batting the woman another eye as he sprinted towards the direction of the yell.

Percy followed close behind him, wanting to help the best that she could. They arrive near the small cliff of a hill, she looked down to see another Hilichurl camp but it was different from the previous one she encountered.

It was bigger, and she saw a larger Hilichurl with a shield.

In the middle of all the chaos was another male with long white hair, He was trying his best to keep up with the amount of Piggies but she could tell he was growing tired by how much he was panting.

Fighting with a huge ass sword was also a bit difficult.

"Hold on buddy!"

Bennett yelled, immediately jumping off his cliff to activate his glider. He tripped a bit in his landing, when he tried to stand up another body suddenly collided against his.

Razor gasp after realizing what happened and quickly got off his friend.

"Bennett! You.. Okay?" He asked helping him sit up while the other male let out a pained groan, rubbing the back of his head.

"I'm fine" he reassured him with a smile despite the pain, his eyes widened seeing the Milichurl charging at them with its shield. He quickly grabbed a hold of Razors arm trying to pull him from harms way.

"Razor! Look out"

He warned as the wolf boy let out a threatening growl at the enemy, but before they could get hit.

A figure ran past them in a flash, they didn't even get to blink when she charged at the Milichurl at full speed, reaching her arm back as she curled her fingers into a fist.

Her eyes practically showed red as she punched the shield using a little bit of her inhumane strength, causing the shield to get blown into pieces.

The Milichurl stumbles back due to the impact, staring at the human in complete shock. She didn't appear to have a vision.

The Hilichurl camp stared at the scene, flinching when they sensed the deathly aura coming from the female.

She kept her head down, her hair blocking the expression in her face.

They all flinched in fear when she finally looked up at them, giving them a calm look but her eyes were staring at their souls in a threatening manner.

"Leave."

They didn't have to be told twice, as the Camp quickly scrambled away. Not wanting to be the next thing to be blown into pieces.

Percy sighed, standing up straight as she rubbed her knuckles. It didn't hurt, she just likes to rub her knuckles every time she did a pretty hard punch.

Feeling pairs of eyes staring at her, she awkwardly turned around seeing the two white haired males gawking at her with stars in their eyes.

She showed an awkward smile not knowing where to go from here.

Bennet snapped out of his daze, immediately standing up to approach the girl.

"Are you alright miss? You're not hurt anywhere are you?"

He asked, placing his hands on her shoulders and started to search her for injuries while his friend began to sniff her.

"You smell...nice"

Razor complimented, giving her a smile. He reach his hand to grab hers, leading her away from the Hilichurl camp with Bennett following behind. The wolf boy having already decided that the stranger wasn't a threat and wanted to be friends with her.

"Are you new to Mondstadt miss? Wait I just realized we haven't introduced ourselves"

Bennett chuckled sheepishly while Razor lead Percy to their camp. Showing Bennetts barely stable tent, and their dinner for the night cooking over a open campfire.

"I'm Bennett, the leader of Benny's adventure team."

He introduced proudly, as he placed a hand on his chest before pointing his thumb over to his friend who carefully lead Percy to sit down on a log.

"That's Razor, he has a bit of trouble with words but he's a great fella to be friends with. And who might you be miss?"

He asked sitting down beside her.

"I'm Persephone Parker" she grinned, happy to get aquianted with new faces. She blinked watching as Razor handed her some cooked meat, using a large leaf as a plate.

"P-perse.. Perse-" Razor stuttered, furrowing his eyebrows a bit, clearly having trouble in pronouncing her name correctly. She giggled feeling glad that he was trying, meanwhile Bennett tried to help him out, saying the words slower in hopes for him to get it.

"You guys can call me by my nickname, Percy." She offered, giving out a lazy shrug "Persephone is a bit of a mouth full"

Razor nodded, feeling satisfied to not have to spend the entire night trying to pronounce her name.

"Percy, eat meat"

He said pointing over to the portion of food he gave her.

"Yeah, it's not much but we would love it if you'd join us for dinner" Bennett smiled, grabbing his own portion of meat, nearly letting it slip into the fire but he quickly caught it just in time before the food could burn. Unfortunately it caused his fingers to burn a bit instead.

"Your really are clumsy aren't you?" Percy teased, putting her leaf plate down beside her. Gently grabbing into Bennett's hand, taking some ointments from him and began to apply it to the burn.

"My luck.. Isn't so great to be honest" Bennett replied, chuckling sheepishly as he scratched the back of his neck with his other hand. Letting the girl tend to his burns.

"But when you came in and saved me twice already, I think my lucks finally getting better" He chuckled, giving her a bright smile that could rival the sun.

Percy couldn't help but grin in amusement, she didn't know their story but she was sure she wanted to be friends with these two strangers.

"Percy! Eat.. More meat"

Razor said, adding another serving of boar meat to her leaf plate.

She smiled, feeling completely relaxed with the peaceful atmosphere and pleasant company.

That's chapter 1 done! As you can guess this is a Genshin x Oc fic. I really hope you'll grow to love Percy the more you come along with her journey, I don't really have a posting schedule and I doubt I'll make one in the future, like I said I'm only writing for fun. feel free to comment your thoughts on the story so far. [NOTE: I don't post this story on any other apps except Tumblr]

#genshin fic #genshin impact #genshin fanfic #original character #Spiderverse #genshin x oc #spiderwoman oc #spidersona #Spider across Teyvat

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pelagodes · 3 months

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Really funny picture I got a while back hahaha

#entomology #insects #giant robber fly #robber fly #asilidae #bugposting #bug time #cute critters #fly by

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Project Grave Robbers

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This story uses old characters at times and even words in Old English. If it's an Old English word it will have context clues to help you read what it is. As for the special characters, it would be

Þ = thorn or th which changes the, that, thought to þe, þat, þought

ð = eth which changes with to wið

æ = a, specifically the a in that to þæt

Prologue

Down þere he could imagine it, þe smell of fresh grass and moss, þe chirping and scuttling of various creatures and þe sound of wind rushing þrough forests þick wið undergrowð. Soaring above þe landscape would reveal mountains of moss green jutting out towards þe sky reaching for þe clouds, a pleðora of moss mound like caves wið vines and overgrowð shielding þeir entrances. Giant trees where þe canopies connect to one anoðer, trailing like a snake towards þe mountains and around þem. An ocean þick wið þe smell of salt and faint lights þat once þe sun goes past þe horizon light up þe seabed as if þe stars had sunk into it. If one didn't know what þey were looking for, þey might mistake þe moss and vine mounds as just þat. But if you were to look closer, mountain ranges don't grow out of metal and glass, natural caves don't have squared off rooms of brick and metal where families would gaðer, moss doesn't walk around guarding a long dead compound. But þis is what you see when you trail þe skies of a long dead world þat has noþing but fields of decay.

He could imagine it because it was þe same story again and again. How many times had he seen þis endless ruin no matter what system þey went to þe story was þe same. It was like we were chasing ghosts, fragments of a memory. Trying to just find one living lifeform þat could tell us of þe horror of what had fallen upon þem. could it have been some kind of divine retribution? Or was it a collapse of þeir own making þey couldn't recover from? Or was þere some cursed þreat þat was now hiding in þe shadows of þe galactic void waiting for þe right time to strike?

It doesn't matter þat þose questions would never be answered. What you should ask is what armaments did þose drones have? How many walkers are þere? Because þat's someðing all of þese grave worlds had in common. þe loyal armies of þe dead þat continue to fight even after þeir masters have perished. A cold mechanical army þat kills wið brutal accuracy and has no need for prisoners. þey cannot be reasoned wið because þey don't have þe capacity for it. Unlike humanity þat created droids in þeir essence þat þey could care for like children, fight wið like broðers and love wið like þeir partners, þese were created wið þe entire purpose of removing þe very life essence from your crying eyes.

He spun þe holo model of þe planet once more hoping to see someðing different about þis one but no, noðing had changed, no matter how many times he spun þat model. He lifted his head from his desk and leaned back in his chair as if he was deep in þought, before slumping back down opening his desk drawer and pulling out a packet of cigarettes and a tray. He really hated off days. It reminded him of how boring space was if you're not þe one piloting þe multi billion pound cruiser. He tapped þe cigarettes against his leg before pulling one out and putting it in his mouð and lighting it.

He wanted to be back in his ship, flying amongst þe stars but reading þrough hours of flight logs was more interesting apparently. þe techs on þe ship were þrilled wið his flying ability and it's why he was rushed aboard þis stuffy science vessel, headed to anoðer dead planet. He could at least enjoy one freedom compared to flying wið þe R.S.F. He took a long drag on his smoke and exhaled…Silence. Equipped wið state of þe art air filtration A.I, it could tell þe difference between a cig and a fire and act accordingly. No more crammed smoking areas and no more false flag fire alarms because a crew member forgot þey couldn't smoke on þe flight deck. þose spanner-heads really enjoyed a smoke. He sighed and looked over at þe clock, "guess I'll get some sim time in" he said aloud.

He stubbed out his cigarette and placed þe packet in his pocket. Alðough smoking in your room was allowed, þe corridors between ship areas were anoðer story. Well, for military personnel at least. He left his room and went out into þe winding halls of þe ship.

A slight off-white colour to all þe main bulk of þe walls wið a gray trim here and þere and to detail it off, small lights and screens dotted about wið pipes þat snake in and out of þe walls leading to endless parts of þe ship. You might þink þis is a raðer plain and boring looking ship but you would indeed be mistaken. You only needed to look closer to see þe age of þis old girl and þe journey þat she had been on. Rust, dirt and grime living in þe corners. Worn patches around hidden access panels for parts þat had broken down one too many times. Leftover frost on some of þe cooling pipes where various pilots and oðer personnel had left a beer or two sat þere to cool. All of þese small details would present þemselves over time. A ship shedding its skin and baring its true colours.

Wið all vessels of þis size you could get lost very easily. Which is why you should always check þe signs, þe pilot þought to himself. Two wrong left turns and raðer þan be near engineering, you could end up in þe food court or you could end up in þe farm labs…or maybe some strange M.I.S.A military intelligence secret agency part of þe ship and have to be escorted back to your quarters by some raðer boring S.B.S meat-heads, he chuckled to himself. Three weeks on board þis ship before he decided to fully set up þe neural link wið þe ship's on-board low AI so þat he could get a full ship heads up display. Well, þis did get him þe nickname lost pilot and frequent jokes about how people were surprised he ever made it anywhere.

þe sim room was in engineering so a couple of lefts and a couple of rights and a couple of minutes on þe auto rail and you were þere. But þe minute you step off þe auto rail you would be greeted by þe smell of sparks, metal and propellant of some form, topped wið notes of strong alcohol and cigarette smoke. þis was definitely his favourite place to be. Alðough one might mistake engineering for a run down gravbike pub, þey weren't under þe same stiff military expectations as he was. He was, after all, a guest on such a science vessel. His only job was to shoot þe þings þat could impede research and engineering.

He walked on towards þe sim room trying not to interrupt anyone's work. þis meant side stepping even þe smallest part of metal. It might look like a mess to you but in all likelihood, þat mess is a tidy complete picture for þe spanner-head. Every part had its place even þe parts þat were unrecognisable as human made. þis place may be engineering but it was also still a research vessel so þat meant grafting alien tech to human tech and hoping it would work. þis also seemed to be þe reason þat þe flight sim room where a pilot would spend most of þeir time would be on þe oðer side of þis place. You had to know what you were flying.

He input his key code and entered þe pilot training sim room. As soon as þe door shut behind him it became silent, rim lights along þe edge of þe room lit up wið a soft blue hue. Twelve cockpits sat around þe room in groups of three wið names of each pilot þat þey belonged to being tagged on þe neuro H.U.D.. A science vessel only needs a small escort of fighters and considering þey were all hand picked by þe top admirals or principality þey really should be all þat's needed. However two of þe slots names were different from when he first joined þis mission. þere was always room for promotion on þis vessel ( pick a name ). He sighed. No need worrying about it now, he þought and he proceeded to sit in his assigned training pod.

His face was lit up wið a soft blue glow as þe pod's systems came to life. A hand shape appeared on þe screen and he pressed his hand against it, activating þe rest of þe pod. He got himself into a comfortable position, attached þe flight harness, performed þe necessary systems check and þen proceeded to pull down þe cockpit's roof. þe glass of þe cockpit flickered a couple of times before blotting out þe room and plunging him into complete darkness which was followed by a dimly lit red light þat appeared, showing him now to be in a long corridor. þis was þe launch tube of þe ship he was on and it stretched for what seemed like infinity wið only þe slightest glow at þe end telling you þat þere was indeed an exit. His eyes followed þat red glow þat ran þe lengð of þe tube and as his eyes came level wið þe exit, a new menu popped up.

It was a list of various different scenarios, some made up and some true. Some are too sad to return to. He hovered his hands above various scenarios briefly stopping on one "Damien's sacrifice". He had played þis one over and over, trying to complete it. Maybe today was different, maybe today he would win at þis one. It was unlikely but he þought it was worð þe time. He continued pressing buttons on þe haptic monitor until þe sim was ready to start.

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