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monbeauloup · 3 years

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my love language is quality time, words of reassurance. i'm enfp-t, scorpio, hufflepuff, i'm french muslim pansexual nonbinary they/he/she, i use any pronouns but this is the order i prefer. i have long curly light brown hair, almond shaped hazel eyes and a few beauty marks on my face. i'm 163cm/5'4ft. i have a wide smile with dimples. i'm chubby and will start a diet for myself and only myself. my favourite colours are lavender (or most shades of purple like russian violet and midnight purple), green sage, canary yellow, light grey blue and brick red. i'm open minded, would defend anyone i think is being right but judged. i really hate unfairness even in the littlest things, as well as toxicity in any form, it triggers me. i'm a people pleaser. i'm an affectionate person. i show my love to my friends by making fun of them (i never cross the line though) or of myself. i am funny and creative. if I can make someone laugh even if i have to embarrass myself in the process i get really happy. i am clumsy (trip on air and hit myself against furniture constantly also almost drop anything i hold). i'm sarcastic and humorous. i often quote vine or audios on tiktok i find funny. i am basically a walking meme i guess. i have a funny laugh and laugh a lot. i am a happy person. i can be loud one moment and suddenly really calm. i am an ambivert. i'm stubborn but patient. i'm sensitive and prefer to talk things out, i'm pretty calm but can get scary when annoyed or really angry. my biggest pet peeve is when people talk to me but when someone will try to get their attention they will right away go to talk to them as if i wasn’t talking in the first place and what i was saying is meaningless, so when people interrupt me and don’t listen to me. i have this habit of cracking my bones constantly, it relaxes me.

i am always listening to music with earphones, dancing and making choreographies. i enjoy listening to kpop. i like to write and when i do i like to put in as many details as possible. i have two cats. i like learning languages, i can speak french, english fluently, italian and spanish moderately and i'm starting to learn korean seriously. i dress in multiple aesthetics. i own 'quirky' earrings. i like makeup. i want to experience a lot with my hair, i would love to bleach and dye it in multiple colours. i believe that family doesn't necessarily mean blood for personal reasons and from experience. i am the kind of person who likes to do multiple things though i often stop something and never or later finish it. i'm overly confident yet extremely self-conscious. i often need reassurance because of trauma i have and trust issues with my family with transphobia and homophobia. my favourite series are alice in borderland and the umbrella academy. i like animes. i get scared easily but laugh and scream when i get scared. i speak with my hands a lot and i am really expressive. i use the finger guns too much and the word period too haha. i zone out a lot and talk to myself constantly. i would like to become an english teacher and still dance in the future. the perfect date would be either chilling in my apartment, going out to the amusement park or a picnic. i get slightly shy when i first meet someone but warm up to them fast. i get shy with people who are interested in me romantically even if i knew them for a while.

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i ship you with dorcas meadowes! ♡

power couple.

leo and scorpio. when you put these two together sparks will inevitably fly.

you met for the first time, while she was on her way to the great hall and you bumped straight into her.

having been writing, you weren’t watching where you were going and bumped into her on complete accident.

she sweetly assures you, that everything’s fine and that she’s glad, you didn’t hurt yourself.

you meet again through a mutual friend and she asks you out.

having a lovely picnic at the black lake, while the sun is beaming down.

you’re both the happiest when you’re together. never ending laughs, glistening eyes and smiles.

same sense of humor and sarcasm.

when she asked you to be her partner, she follows it up with “should i call you my partner? significant other? do you have a personal preference?”

the black lake is your favorite place. just you and her slowly stepping down to the soft murmur of the water, the smell of flowers, picnics, braiding each other's hair and just spending some quality time together.

“i have something for you,” she says and holds out her hand, revealing a large shell. the spirals are perfectly formed and colored in lavender and all possible shades of purple. “a gift,” she continues.

you take the shell, fingertips brushing against dorcas' palm as you do. “thank you” you say. “it's beautiful.”

gestures like that to show you how much she cares.

deep talks about everything there is in life. she’s the one who understands, listens and gives you lot of reassurance.

feels like she needs to protect you and be with you always.

you dye each other’s hair with spells you found in a book from the library.

the magic seemed to flow fairly naturally, quite instantly beginning to yank at your hair, slowly recoloring it.

being bilingual and interested in languages, she loves that you’re french.

“what means doe (her nickname) in french, love?”

from that moment on, you're calling her "ma biche" and she gets all teary eyed.

the ESFJ / ENFP-T match is an interesting one.

attracted to each other's warmth, sensitivity and kindness to each other’s needs.

many subjects to discuss, a common sensibility, humanity and a very big envy to share and talk.

invites you to dance parties in the gryffindor common room and she regularly comes over for the monthly hufflepuff sleepover and helps you loot the kitchen for midnight snacks.

when she looks at you, she really looks at you.

always makes sure to make you feel you have her full attention.

loyal to a fault. she will stand by you until the very end and she'll do the same with what she believes in.

you both have a soft spot for the younger black brother regulus and make it your personal mission to befriend him.

“he always looks so sad y/n, his eyes hold so much pain.. is he okay? i mean obviously not, but is he good?”

like the gryffindor she is, she finally takes up the courage and approaches him, with you at her side.

taking the right approach being slow and letting him set the pace.

you three slowly become friends, even though you have a closer connection to him than dorcas.

his smile was something remarkably extraordinary to you bc you had not seen him reveal much emotion since the very beginning.

it feels as if some deeper connection has been established now - a closer one and it made you return his smile.

right now, the world seems okay. every moment, you love and support the people close to you.

⊱ ──── ˗ˏˋ✧*♡*✧´ˎ˗ ────⊰

for the lovely @chishiyas-backstory ! 💫✨

thank you for your request. it was a genuine pleasure to write this for you!!

#dorcas meadowes #marauders era #shipping request #harry potter

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diet-coke-sims · 4 years

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Hello! I’m Alex! IDC what pronouns but I am used to she/her! I have had this account for a while and I want to start posting! Not that anyone will care. I have been playing The Sims for a few years now :) I mostly play TS4 (I know how to recolor and am self-learning mesh editing/merging) but TS3 is my favorite. I am planning to post some berry stuff in a while, I just have to organize everything and put in some new parts in my computer.

You may want to know that while English is the only language I speak, I am absoluty horrible at it. I will probably misspell/misuse words a lot. I am sorry. Also, if you want anything recolored for TS4, feel free to ask! I have the noodles sorbet actions but if you want to send me others and request those/any specific colors I can attempt it for you! Also sorry this is so long, I got carried away and wanted to put stuff I always like reading about you guys! My anxiety is also a HUGE problem. If you would like to talk to me, messaging is the best bet!

Me & TS4 (Mostly MM~90%)

Favorite/Least Favorite: Skills

Favorites are Flower Arranging/Gardening!

Least Liked is Baking!

Favorite/Least Favorite: Careers

Favorite is... I guess... Secret Agent? None really.

Least Liked is Conservationist. It’s just boring for me.

Favorite/Least Favorite: Expansion Packs

Favorites are Seasons/Get To Work!

Least Liked is Island Living. It’s lacking in gameplay imo.

Favorite/Least Favorite: Game Packs

Favorite is Vampires! I remember the day the trailer came out!

Least Liked is none! I love and always use all of them!

Favorite/Least Favorite: Stuff Packs

Favorites are Fitness/Bowling/Laundry Day/Romantic Garden/Spooky/Vintage Glamour!

Least Liked out of the ones I have is Movie Hangout! Least Liked out of them all, is the cash grab First Pet Stuff

My TS4 Traits:

Paranoid - Paranoid Sims feel that danger is around every corner, and that people are always talking about them. Paranoid Sims feel a sense of security while hanging out in basements.

Erratic - These Sims can Talk to themselves and have unpredictable Emotions.

Clumsy - These Sims tend to fail more often at physical activities and tend to laugh at failure instead of becoming upset.

ME & TS3

Favorite/Least Favorite: Skills

Favorite is Gardening!

Least Liked is none of them! I like them all!

Favorite/Least Favorite: Careers

Favorite is Daycare!

Least Liked is Singer.

Favorite/Least Favorite: Expansion Packs

Favorites are Generations/Into The Future/Supernatural/University Life/Ambitions!

Least Liked is Showtime. SO BORING.

Favorite/Least Favorite: Stuff Packs

Favorites are High-End Loft Stuff/Master Suite.

Least Liked is the only one I don’t own: Katy Perry Sweet Treats.

Favorite/Least Favorite: Store Worlds

Favorites are Dragon Valley/Aurora Skies/Midnight Hollow.

Least Liked is Barnacle Bay.

My TS3 Traits:

Neurotic - Neurotic Sims will freak out at the most minor of provocations. They can become stressed easily and can be difficult to mellow. Luckily they take solace in sharing their worries with others.

Socially Awkward - Socially Awkward Sims try to fit in, but sometimes say the wrong thing at the wrong time. It's not easy being Socially Awkward, but it sure is awkward!

Brooding - Brooding Sims often can't help themselves from contemplating the riddles, mystery, and meaning of life. Sometimes the weight of these incredibly deep thoughts can become a distraction, and can actually slow down the creative process slightly.

Coward - Cowards are terrified of everything that can and will go bump in the night. They are scared of the dark and will frequently faint in 'dire' situations.

Absent-minded - Absent-Minded Sims get lost in their thoughts and occasionally forget what they are doing, or where they are going.

My TS3 Favorites:

Music: Dark Wave, DigiTunes, Electronica, Rock (I know, as a Sim, you can only have one but I love them all too much lol)

Color: Black. If your one of those people that is stubborn that it is a shade, then my second favorite is purple.

Food: I don’t like food as a part of my ED I have, but Sushi is the closet thing.

This or This?

(based off of TS3 + TS4 traits)

Unflirty or Flirty/Romantic? I come off as flirty, but it isn’t my intention.

Computer Whiz or Technophobe? Whiz, for sure.

Evil or Good? Good! I do my best everyday to be the best me I can! Unlike sims, I don’t hate other people for having the guts to be evil.

Loves The Outdoors or Hates The Outdoors? I hate it so much.

Cat Lover or Dog Lover or Equestrian? Cat Lover! I have a kitten, soon to be full cat!

Loner or Outgoing? I am a loner, but I do go out of my way to try to make everyone feel included, or at least I try!

Supernatural Fan or Skeptic? Fan!!! LET ME BE A VAMPIRE/WITCH HYBRID IN REAL LIFE PLEASE!

Athletic or Clumsy? Clumsy, and I hate it.

Hydrophobic or Loves To Swim? I love swimming so much! Been doing it my whole life! I can’t do a single stroke though.

Active or Lazy? *chuckles* Lazy

Other Games I’ve Played: (that I can think of)

Both Watch Dogs <333

3 of the Assassin’s Creeds (Origins is the best one :P )

Ex-Overwatch player (played from when it came out to the second halloween event)

Planet Zoo (Timber Wolves are the best)

Minecraft ?Vet? (IDK if I count as veteran or not...)

Tropico 6

Two Point Hospital

DDLC (Natsuki is my girl)

LEGO Star Wars The Complete Saga

Terraria

FFXIV (Used to play- was an Astro Main)

LIS + LIS:BTS

Rimworld

Death Road to Canada

Town of Salem

Stellaris

So... if you somehow have made it this far... I’m sorry. If you wanna talk about anything I’ve mentioned or anything else, please message me if you feel like!

#simblr #new simblr #ts3 #ts4 #im not sleeping tonight #its already 3:54am #i spent an hour on this no joke im just really scared to post this #introduction

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actiaslunaris · 4 years

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Tutorial: Making Gifs with Animation Shop 3

This is text and picture heavy and is geared to working with free software available for Windows systems, as much as possible. I’ll cut once I reach the first screenshot.

For starters, make sure you have at least 10 gigabytes free in your hard drive space. The process I use to create gifs with and without text requires that I use uncompressed video (this simply means that the video I take source from is usually compressed in formats like MP4 and MKV). Uncompressed video takes a lot of space.

I do use a legally-bought software to make gifs with text. It's a low-cost alternative to Adobe Photoshop and I acquired it back in 2000 or so. It used to be called Jasc Paint Shop Pro and is now called Corel Paint Shop Pro. Animation Shop 3 was bundled with PSP 7, but ceased being bundled shortly thereafter. This tutorial will include making gifs with text, but the process is cumbersome, and does require purchasing PSP. (It's inexpensive, however. I highly recommend Corel products as good alternatives to Adobe. Currently PSP 7 is available for around $60 on Amazon.)

However, the executable file for Animation Shop 3 is freely available online, with no crack needed for use. If you're using it on a Windows 10 system, you will need to adjust the compatibility settings to Windows 8. This is done by right-clicking on it after install, selecting 'Properties' and then clicking on the 'Compatibility' tab. Adjust the version in the drop-down box.

Software needed: VirtualDubMod 1.5.4.1

Avisynth 2.5

ffdshow

Jasc Animation Shop 3

Install these by running them and following directions. Make shortcuts for VirtualDub and Animation Shop only and open them before using to continue assigning file types to them, especially for Animation Shop 3.

Now you'll need to install some filters for use with Avisynth. The first of these is a video enhancer to use for coloring your gif. The second is a pack that includes FFVideoSource, which is how you'll be able to open most formats in VirtualDub.

ColorMill

(Here’s a page with some more information about how to use Color Mill, but ignore the directions for installing because you won’t be using them here.)

Install this file by simply dropping it into the 'plugins' folder of where you've installed VirtualDub. For instance, mine is located at 'C:\Program Files\VirtualDubMod1.5.4.1\plugins'.

Avisynth Plugin Pack

(Here is information on what Avisynth does. It’s not necessary that you read it for this tutorial,but it does demystify it somewhat.)

To install these, unzip the contained files and then also drop them into the 'plugins' folder, but this time for your installation of Avisynth. I use 2.6, so this is slightly different, but to demonstrate again, it could be like 'C:\Program Files (x86)\AviSynth2.6\plugins'.

Now, you need video source. Nowadays, most video is available in MP4, MKV or AVI format. I use downloaded source to make my gifs because the process of saving individual frames as screenshots, while a viable process, is painstaking. This setup, while initially complicated, takes a lot of the pain out of the process, once fully set up.

So, if you have an MP4 or an MKV, create a simple .txt file. This will become an Avisynth script, by changing the extension of the file to .avs. Make sure you can see your file extensions on your system.

Into this file, you'll type the location of your source file as can be seen in this sample screenshot, which also includes some further source modifications. I've cropped two pixels off each side of the source, as well as resized it to the original size.

Stripped of the modifications specific to this file:

FFVideoSource("") Crop(0,0,-0,-0) LanczosResize([integer],[integer])

Once your Avisynth script has been created and saved, drop the file on top of the shortcut for VirtualDub, or open it, using 'File>Open video file...', which will open a window by which you can navigate to your script. If this is the first time doing this, and you've done everything correctly, there will be a slight delay in which it seems nothing is happening and then the file will open. You might encounter an error if you have not installed anything correctly or have typed your script incorrectly.

To open an AVI, open Virtualdub and open the video file by selecting 'File>Open video file...'. It should open without problems.

Once open in VirtualDub, you can navigate to the section you want to extract from your video by using the slider at the bottom of the screen. If the video resolution is large and you can't see all of it in the two boxes of video (one for input and one for output), right-click in the video frame and select one of the zoom options.

At the bottom of VirtualDub are the controls. In order they are: stop, play input, play output, move to first frame, back by one frame, forward by one frame, move to last frame, backward to last keyframe, forward to next keyframe, scan to last scene change, scan to next scene change, mark in, mark out.

Mark in and mark out are what you will be using to extract the section of video you need. Place your slider on the first frame of what you want to extract and press 'mark in' then move to the last frame and press 'mark out'. Doing so should show a change in the box below the controls.

I've already done this with a section of video, so next you'll select 'File> Save As...'. Give it a name and make sure that under the section of Video, it says 'Full processing mode' and then '(Uncompressed RGB)'. Save it. This should show you progress, if you have 'Show input video' and 'Show output video' checked.

It is easier to do coloring when you've extracted your clip(s). Open your clip in VirtualDub. Go to 'Video>Filters...'. A box will open. Click 'Add...' on the right hand of the box. Select Color Mill(2.1) and press 'OK'. This will open a preview of your source (if not, the options have a button to press that says 'Show preview' in the left-hand corner). Adjust to your liking using the options.

I desaturated mine, as you can compare in this screenshot:

Save your recolor with a different name. I usually just append the abbreviation 'rc' to my recolors, so my file name here becomes 'beautifulrc.avi'.

Open your recolored file in Animation Shop 3 (File>Open...). If your file is a large resolution like mine and over a certain amount of frames long, you might get an error message. Press 'Yes' to continue opening the file.

I have my Animation Shop set up to show the toolbars for everything but VCR Controls and have configured them in the manner you see here:

To make a single gif for Tumblr, you need to make sure that it doesn't exceed the specifications of: under 3 megabytes in size and 510 pixels in width. You'll find those criteria will constrain what you're able to do. For instance, my raw source for this gif is 1920x1080 pixels, width and height, and has 71 frames.

The less frames your gif has the more you can save on final file size. The less width your gif has the more frames you can have. A 320x210 gif can have up to sixty frames and still have great quality and stay under the megabyte limitation. The more color in your source, the less compression you'll get in your final gif, with the consequence of a larger file size. (This is why I desaturated my source.)

I will be putting text on this gif to show how this can be accomplished with Paint Shop Pro 7. I will also cull the frames down to less than 30 (aiming for 26 or 24). I'm going to crop my source as well, because it is currently in 1:85 perspective, which is rectangular and I want it to be square (at 500x500 pixels).

To crop your source, select the button that looks like two twisted ribbons and place your cursor in the source frame, right click and drag, enlarging the selection area. Your cursor will change to a four-pointed arrow mover cursor and you can move the selection around your source. If you move your cursor to one of the boundary lines of the selection, it will convert to a two-pointed arrow and you can click and drag this to adjust simply that side. Go back up to the toolbar and press the button for 'Crop' once you've adjusted your selection area to your satisfaction. If your source resolution is large you'll get this error message.

So be sure you're satisfied before continuing.

In the above screenshot, you can also see the selection lines for cropping, as thin lines.

To resize your source, select from the menu: 'Animation>Resize animation...'. This might shrink your animation down in zoom. To see it actual size, click the magnifying glass icon and click on your animation until you see the ratio change to '1:1'.

Now, you'll need to change the speed of your source. To do this, select all your frames by pressing 'Ctrl+A' or going to 'Edit>Select All'. Now select the pointer arrow from the toolbar and right-click on a frame of your source. Select 'Frame properties...'. In the tab that says 'Display Time' enter an integer. It's '3' by default, usually. Good times are 9, 10, and 12. I usually use 9 if I want close to real time and 12 if I want it to be slow. The more frames you remove the less smooth the motion of your gif will be. If you start out at 12 and then remove every second gif, you might end up at something close to real time. You'll need to adjust these parameters until you get something you like. To test them, use preview, which is accessed by selecting 'View>Animation'.

Move on to culling frames from your animation. Go to 'Animation>Cull animation'. As you can see here, removing 1 frame for every 2 frames, leaves me with 36 frames in my animation. My target was 24 or 26, so I have to do one of two things: remove frames by deleting them individually or culling again. Here's where I would preview my animation again, to see which option is best. In this case, I chose to cull again, but I adjusted how many frames were being removed to get close to my target, leaving me with 27 frames.

At this point I could choose to save.

Go to 'File>Save as...'. Since you've been working with uncompressed video, the program will automatically default to giving you the option to save as AVI. Change the selection in the box for 'Save as type:' to 'CompuServe Graphics Interchange (*.gif)' and click 'Save'. That will bring up this box:

Click 'Customize...' and change the settings as follows:

[Under 'Colors' tab] 255 colors/ Optimized Median Cut / Error Diffusions

[Under 'Optimizations' tab] Uncheck everything except for 'Remove Non Visible Animation Elements'

Click 'Next>'. It will show progress of rendering and when finished prompt you to continue. Press 'Next>' again twice. The box will now show you Optimization Results, including the size of the file. Click 'Finish' if it falls beneath the limitation for file size.

Mine has failed to fall beneath the 3MB limitation. Darn it. Now I have to go back and remove some frames to try for the target of 24 frames. If you have this same problem, you can try that solution or you can attempt to modify some of the above parameters for file rendering (I ended up using this route to keep 26 frames). I changed 'Optimized Median Cut' to 'Optimized Octree'. It gave me a final size of 2.5MB.

Congrats, for a gif without text, you're done.

Animation Shop 3 has the capability to save frames as individual images. If you wished to not purchase Paint Shop Pro 7, you could conceivably download a free photo editor like Gimp, add text to each individual frame, and then use Animation Shop to build the gif by opening each frame with the wizard provided in the software itself. That's straightforward process.

To create a gif with text by using Paint Shop Pro, what you need to do is open Paint Shop Pro 7. Leave it open and switch to Animation Shop 3, while it still has your animation open.

Make sure you have not yet rendered your animation into a gif. Also make sure you have all your frames selected. Right-click in a frame of your source and select 'Export to Paint Shop Pro'. Do not close either programs at any point during this process.

If the export goes correctly, PSP will open the gif as frames in layers. Make sure you have the toolbar for the Layer Palette open, as well as the Tool Options palette. To access click ‘View>Toolbars’, which will open this dialogue, if you didn’t already set this up.

Select a font you wish to use on your gif. Most gifs on Tumblrs use Corbel set as italicized for dialogue. I make use of akFontViewer to choose from the fonts I have.

Choose the text entry dialogue by selecting the small 'A' icon on the Tool Palette. Adjust parameters to your liking. Make sure the radio button in the section for 'Create as' is set to 'Floating' and 'Antialias' is checked. Press 'OK'. Now it will show a dotted line around your text, because it is a floating selection, so press 'Ctrl+Shift+P' to change it to a raster layer.

Adjust the placement of your text by using the mover tool (the four-pointed cursor icon). Use the grid tool to align it the way you wish. (View>Grid)

Make further adjustments to the look of your text, if you desire. On gifs, this may mean adding a drop shadow to the text, so that it stands out a little more. All image adjustments in PSP can be found under Effects or Colors, but I won't get into how I made the text look here in the final version, as that's not the focus of this tutorial.

Next, select your image by pressing 'Ctrl+A'. This will put a dotted selection line around the entire image.

Here's where it gets painstaking in a series of repetitive actions. It's necessary to make sure you follow these in the right order and not to skip or make mistakes, as these will affect your individual frames. What you'll be doing is selecting a frame, then copying that frame with the text on it, then pasting into the same frame selection.

1. Place your cursor on your first frame. They go in reverse order. Make sure it is highlighted (in blue is how it shows in my program). 2. Click on the title-bar of your image. Now, right-click. Select 'Copy Merged'. 3. Right-click again. Select 'Paste Into Selection'. 4. Expand your Layer Palette. Click on the glasses icon next to the frame and toggle it to invisible. (It will indicate it is so by red slashes through the glasses.) 5. Click on the next frame layer below the one you've already changed. You can hover over the invisible layer to see the change if you wish. 6. Repeat for each frame layer. 7. Click on the layers that contain your text and turn them invisible. 8. Click on the frame layers starting from the bottom and turn them visible. The last layer should already be visible.

Now, right-click on your image title-bar and select 'Update Back to Animation Shop'. (You can see the option in the above screenshot, as well as the ‘Paste Into Selection’ option, even though they are not highlighted.)

Return to Animation Shop to see if the frames have updated correctly. Move through the frames by clicking on the slider below the frames and check to make sure each frame now has text.

Right-click on the title-bar of your animation (while still in Animation Shop) and select 'Break Link With Exported Frames'.

Proceed to save your gif as outlined above.

Close everything if you're sure you're done.

Congrats! Now you've made a gif with text, using Paint Shop Pro.

#tutorial #paint shop pro 7 #animation shop 3 #giffing #long post #how i make gifs

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jorlith · 6 years

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You know, I really hate that I can’t art, neither digital or on paper, because I have an idea for a new hero, and I really love it, and wish I could art. Anyway this will be a long post as it covers a lot for this hero, if you’re interested and keep reading, I thank you.

Hero # ?

Hero Name: Phoenix

Real name: Kekoa Havika

Originally from: Hawaii, USA

Age: 36

Gender: Male, Cis.

Hero Type: Defense

Weapon: Flamethrower that has two special tanks on the back. Primary muzzle is held in right hand, top of tanks resembles canons. Two exhausts that are shaped like feathered wings stick out of the middle of the tanks. When used too much, overheats and needs to cool down before it can be used again.

Abilities:

Primary Fire: Fires a stream of fire that deals decent damage, shoots out a set distance from Phoenix, moves with Phoenix. Phoenix’s movements are slowed while he fires. Primary fire causes overheat.

Secondary Fire: Focuses flame into a beam like attack, which causes high damage, Phoenix’s movements slowed greatly while using. Secondary Fire almost immediately causes overheat, works similar to McCree’s fan the hammer. Overheat lasts slightly longer after use of Secondary Fire.

First Ability: Flare: When using this Phoenix says: “Here, hold this.” Throws a small item that launches itself slightly into the air once it makes contact with the ground. Once activated it produces a cone of flames in a small radius, dealing damage to enemies caught in it or who walk into it. Medium cool down.

Second Ability: Burst: When using Phoenix says: “Back Off!” Steam and pressure builds in the weapons exhaust, which is released, creating a small burst. This burst travels in all directions around Phoenix. All enemies hit by are are knocked backwards, deals low damage, medium cool down.

Passive Ability: Phoenix Wing: While in the air, if you press the jump button, fire is released from the exhaust wings, giving you a second jump. Cannot be used again until after you touch the ground (Like Genji’s double jump). While in the air, if you hold the jump button, steam is released from the exhaust wings, making you fall at a slower rate.

Ultimate: Purge: Teammates hear Phoenix say: “Rise from the ashes!” Enemies hear Phoenix say: “Ka nalu o ke ahi!” Phoenix anchors his flamethrower, bracing him in place, the tanks on his back turn over his shoulders, releasing a wave of fire forward. Phoenix cannot move while using Purge, leaving his back exposed, as well as being exposed to aerial attacks. Purge deals high damage to any enemies caught in it, good for clearing points/areas. Can be used to help protect your team while caught in Zarya’s Graviton Surge. Instantly cancels out Mei’s blizzard, as well is instantly cancelled out by Mei’s blizzard. Both ultimates stop immediately, regardless of how much time remained on the first one used.

Skins:

Classic: Phoenix wears a gas mask over his nose and mouth, the mask is shaped like a beak. Wears armor over a long sleeved shirt, the armor to support the weight of his flamethrower, the sleeved shirt to protect him against heat. A large glove is worn on his right hand, so he can hold his weapon when it overheats. Armored leggings and boots to also help him support the weight of his weapon. His armor and clothes are a faded red and orange, representing fire as well as a Phoenix.

Rare Skins:

Ash: Armor and clothes are white.

Smoke: Armor and clothes are a mixture of silvers and greys.

Smolder (or coal, not sure on a name yet.): Black with a red glow.

Sulfur: Different shades of blue.

Legendary Skins:

Cadet Havika: Phoenix is wearing a classic Overwatch uniform/armor, his face is fully visible.

Secret Agent: Recolor of Cadet Havika, with darker colors.

Epic Skins:

Phoenix: Phoenix is wearing a headdress that represents the mythological bird, his mouth and nosed are uncovered with this skin. Multiple feathers run down from the headdress, covering his body in feathers. Has gauntlets and armored boots that represent bird talons. Skin is colored mostly with reds and some oranges and yellows.

Sun God: Recolor of Phoenix skin that is colored with mostly yellow and has some oranges and reds. Orange suns are drawn on random locations of the armor.

Fire Dancer: Phoenix is wearing a grass skirt over a tunic, as well as grass like boots and bracelets. A bandanna that appears to be made of grass rests on his head, as well as a necklace of grass around his neck. Grass is dark green in color, tunic is gold.

Uluao: Recolor of Fire dancer, grass is brownish is color, tunic is white with black spots.

Emotes:

Heroic: Phoenix pulls left arm toward his body, and raises up his flamethrower.

Exhausted: Phoenix lays down on his back, sprawling out.

Really?: Phoenix extends left hand forward, looks to his left, confused. Phoenix then looks forward again, extending his hand further. ‘

Research: Phoenix takes out notepad and begins writing in it, before putting it back.

Technique: Phoenix spins in a circle, making a circle of flames, he then jumps and spins in the air, making a vertical wheel of fire.

Unbelievable: Phoenix puts his right hand to his forehead and wraps his left arm around his chest. Phoenix then shakes his head and snickers.

Voice Lines:

Really?

Everything Burns

From the Ash (Mai ka lehu)

I will get it done.

It’s just research

Light it up!

Move (Ne’e)

Play with fire… you’ll get burned

Relax (Ho’omaha)

Sounds Good (Maika’i loa)

Victory Poses:

Heroic: Stands with his flamethrower ready.

Research: Sits crossed legged, reading over notes.

Purge: Stands with his flamethrower’s canons aimed forward, anchored in the ground.

Family: Standing to his side, holding a holo-photo of him, his parents and his brother.

Highlight Intros:

Heroic: Pulls left arm toward his body, raises his flamethrower up.

Reason: Looks at picture of family, before putting it away, pulling flamethrower to the ready.

Burn: Lands on ground from air, anchors into place and activates Purge.

Phoenix: Uses his exhaust wings to slowly fly toward the ground, aiming his flamethrower at the camera.

Sprays:

Pixel: Unlocked by earning the “Into the Frying Pan” Achievement/Trophy.

Cute: Unlocked by earning the “From the Ashes” Achievement/Trophy.

Lei: Circle of flowers or an Hawaiian Lei

Research: Single page of research notes

Amazed: Young Kekoa, sitting in front of a television screen, wonder on his face.

Flame: A single flame.

Birds: A group of colorful birds.

Flamethrower: Spray is Phoenix’s weapon.

Intense: Focus of Phoenix’s head/torso, with him staring forward.

Hero: Outline spray of Phoenix is overwatch gear.

Family: Picture of Phoenix’s family.

Flare: Cartoonish drawing of his flare.

Exhaust: Phoenix’s “wings” releasing pressure.

Clearing: Detailed Spray of Phoenix spraying fire.

Phoenix: Bird made of flame.

Experimenting: Phoenix wearing goggles, using a blow torch.

Purge: Phoenix’s flamethrower in it’s purge state.

Volcano: A volcano with magma spilling out of it.

Ash: A pile of ash with a soft glow in the middle.

Really?: Phoenix with his hand extended, a confused expression on his face.

Not a Morning Person: Phoenix is laying in a bed, sprawled out and asleep.

Declaration: A Poster of Doomfist, that is half burnt, and still burning.

Inspiration: A signed picture of Mercy, Mei and Winston.

Reason: Three gravestones.

. Fire Staff: A burning staff used by fire dancers.

Character Interactions:

Mei: “I heard what Talon did, I’m sorry about your family.” Phoenix: “I heard about Antarctica, I’m sorry about yours.”

Phoenix: “It is an honor to work with someone who has done so much for the world.” Mei: “You’ve done plenty to help the world yourself!”

Phoenix: “Genji is right, you can still make a difference.” Hanzo: “You know nothing!”

Reaper: “Why hate Doomfist, I killed your family.” Phoenix: “Doomfist killed my family, you are nothing more than a puppet on strings.”

Doomfist: “We both believe in being reborn through destruction, we should be working together.” Phoenix: “What I believe is natural, what you believe is evil.”

Phoenix: “You better watch your back!” Doomfist: “I accept the challenge!”

When discorded: “Kuamuamu!”

When resurrected: “Phoenix rebirth!”

When Phoenix kills Mei, he says: “It should’ve never come to this”

When Mei kills Phoenix, she says: “Maybe you’ll be born anew”

When Phoenix uses Purge to cancel Blizzard, he says: “Let’s heat things up!”

When Mei uses Blizzard to cancel Purge, she says: “You need to chill out!”

When Phoenix kills Doomfist, Phoenix says: “That, was for my family!”

When Doomfist kills Phoenix, Doomfist says: “You were never a real threat.”

When Reaper kills Phoenix, Reaper says: “Go join your family.”

When Phoenix gets Nano Boost he shouts: “You’ll all burn!”

When Phoenix gets hacked: “Don’t play with fire!”

Enemy Turret: “A turret block our progress.”

When destroying a turret: “The turret is merely ash.”

Teleporter: “A Teleporter is helping with rebirth.”

Shield Generator: “The enemy team seems to have shield assistance!”

When locating Teleporter/Shield Generator: “Teleporter/Shield Generator discovered.”

After destroying a teleporter/Shield Generator: “Teleporter/Shield Generator has burned up.”

When on the payload: “Payload ready for transport.”

When Payload is contested: “We need to get the payload on its way!”

When capturing the objective: “Heating up the point!”

When the enemy is capturing the point: “They’re on our point, let’s burn them back!”

When time is running out on payload escort: “Our time seems to be coming to close, we must act fast!”

When time is running out on offense: “This victory will make for excellent data.”

When time is running out on defense: “We’re not here to lose, move!”

Ways Phoenix says hello: either “aloha” or “hey there”

Ways Phoenix says Thank you: “Appreciated” or “Mahalo!”

When Phoenix says understood: either “I get you” or “Ua lohe wai ia’oe”

When on fire Phoenix says: “I’m on fire… well, they are!”

When asks for healing says: “Medic!” or “Some healing would be appreciated!”

Ultimate Status: “Ultimate is charging/almost ready/ready!” “Purge is charging/almost ready.” “Ready to Burn them all!”

When saying group up: “Everyone gather here” or “We need to form together!”

When Phoenix was selected before the match: “We shall be reborn through the flame.”

When you switch to Phoenix: “Phoenix is here” or “Someone call for some heat?”

When respawns says: “My flame will not go out.” or “I’m not done yet!”

Map Interactions:

Volskaya Industries: “Good thing I brought some heat.”

Eichenwalde: “This place is a great example of withstanding what should destroy you.”

Oasis: “I’ve always wanted to come here.”

Watchpoint Gibraltar: “I wonder if Overwatch would ever accept what I’ve become.”

Trophies/Achievements:

Into the frying pan: Use Burst to knock an enemy into an active Flare.

From the Ashes: Get four or more eliminations with a single use of Phoenix’s Purge.

Lore:

Kekoa Havika grew up in a family of researches, growing up he was fascinated by the way some natural disasters, like forest fires, created new life. Kekoa spent a good amount of time studying rebirth through destruction, but only believed it should be allowed if natural. Kekoa had a great mind, and was good with technology. He had an energetic and carefree personality and joined Overwatch when he was in his twenties. He trained underneath Lena and Genji, while he looked up to researches like Mei, Angela, Moira and others. Kekoa had a great admiration for Mei and the ecopoint crew, hoping to one day do research at ecopoint. When Overwatch was disbanded, Kekoa went back to live with his family. The government was having his family research something that could benefit the unity between the omnics and humans. Talon had managed to gain Kekoa’s home address, and sent their agent Reaper to kill the researchers and steal the research. Reaper had happily taken the job as Overwatch Hero code name Phoenix was on his personal hit list. Kekoa was away from his lab doing personal research when Reaper arrived. Kekoa returned home to find his parents and younger brother murdered, all their research either stolen or destroyed. Upon watching the security footage Kekoa learned who was responsible for the death of his family. Kekoa vowed to destroy Talon and stop anyone from doing what Talon had done.

Character Introduction:

Phoenix: “Crime has risen, which shouldn’t be a surprise, given what they did to Overwatch. They disbanded our family, and yet they wonder how organizations like Talon grew to be so powerful. Of course evil people will take advantage of a world that lost its heros! Which leaves a question, the people in charge of the world, how many of them can truly be trusted? I got your message Winston, and I agree, somebody has to do something. However, what needs to be done can’t be done the way Overwatch does things. I left my badge on my mother’s grave, I can never return. I will kill Doomfist myself, and go after anyone who wants to do wrong to the world. I will make sure that what happened to my family will never happen to anyone else ever again! Talon thought they snuffed the Havika flame, well, didn’t they know, a Phoenix rises from the ashes!

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part 68

Children plz, be polite. Be civil. So much sass.

“Death didn’t agree with me,” Blackout jeered, taking a step back from the medic. “What do you think you’re doing, tracking a Hound? Have you not heard the saying that the hunter is destined to become the hunted; especially by a bigger, more experienced predator?”

Snorting back laughter, Nighthawk jabbed a digit in Satan’s direction as he hissed, “Don’t act like I can’t follow a trail. I’ve dealt with my fair share in pursuits of bots over the years. And who the frag answers a question like that? How are you online?”

Adjusting his optics, the melted shadow of mech turned his gaze over to the dragon standing off to the side. Infiltrator caught his gaze and lowered his helm slightly beneath his gaze. Whether the gesture was one meant for respect and awe, or of fear and apprehension, Blackout couldn’t make out.

The impatient tapping of Nighthawk’s pede on the ground had him turning back to the elder bot. He faceplate appeared as solemn as every bad memory recalled it to be. Only now, it was in front of him, magnified to the tenth degree and definitely more peevish than usual. He’d since dropped his arm to his side and his dark coal digits coiled in and out of the shape of a fist like he had the jitters.

“It’s a long story,” Blackout uneasily expressed, his voice quieter now.

Shrugging his shoulders, the seeker spoke with irritation: “I don’t see what’s stopping you from telling it. And what’s this?”

Following the medic’s gaze, Blackout looked down at all the replaced armor plating and temporary covering over much of his chassis. Some of the pieces had obviously been recolored to better hide his appearance in the darkness as he preferred; but some of them were still a startling silver. Untreated metal alloy dressing to hide his healing wounds from debris and the gaping hole near his spark chamber.

“What’s it look like?” he growled with annoyance.

“The best a poor sad sap without medical experience can do,” Nighthawk sniffed.

“I have just enough experience to not be dead,” he thickly snarled.

The medic gave a harsh snicker. “I’ll give you that one.”

Glancing around with unease, Blackout gave a slow vent as he brought his optics back to Nighthawk. He knew how he must look; tired, run down, a ghost of the past, a mech who had taken one too many blows and was now living a hermit’s life.

Each and every one of those things would be true.

Lowering his shoulders, the enormous mech gestured vaguely with his servo as he rumbled, “I’ll tell you anything you want to know, if you come with me. I can speak in private and I... Could use your help.”

Arching an optic ridge, Nighthawk glanced over to Infiltrator as he scooted close to his side. He turned back to Blackout for a moment, meeting his gaze with curiosity.

“Alright,” the seeker slowly agreed, his curiosity heightened. “Where are we heading?”

It was a relatively short flight to the hideout Blackout had taken up residence on a nearby dwarf planet. It barely sustained the size of most lunar structures, but it was quiet and bots didn’t so much as glance to it on their way to the bazaar for the most part.

Blackout lead the Jaguar and its small crew of two towards what was currently on the light side of the clay-like dustball world. As they swooped in low towards a cave structure entrance he banked; coming in low and landed steadily upon the surface. Red dust went swirling in every direction as his thrusters slowly burned and growled into silence. Not but a few yards away, the small traveler ship rested and purred into silence.

Transforming proved to be quite difficult. Panels shifted and groaned; armor refused to budge and bulked up against other pieces and kibble. The former commander of the Rising Star only hoped that Nighthawk and Infiltrator were too preoccupied shutting down their vessel to notice. By the time he managed to finally complete shifting into bipedal, he was leaning over and grimacing with pain.

The medic and dragon’s scratch of pedes against the ground had him quickly lifting his helm.

Opening his mouth, Nighthawk’s optics glistened with concern.

“This way,” Blackout cut in before he had a chance to hear a whisper of pity come from the mech’s mouth.

Nighthawk snorted through his olfactory sensors and followed in reluctant silence.

Entering the cave system, the monstrous mech shifted his optic view scanners and heightened his sensors as he trailed down the gloomy dim. He could hear the exhale of hesitation from the red seeker before he continued too dare to trust him. It wasn’t his easiest option, but the mech had guts. Most bots would take into account the mech they were following; the horrible acts he’d performed, the treachery, the slaughter, the mayhem and they were likely to turn tail and run rather than follow him into the blacker darker than the darkest side of the twilight hour.

Infiltrator pressed against Nighthawk’s good leg as an added assurance to lead the old bot through the maze of darkness. The duo followed cautiously behind Blackout; down the uneven terrain further into the hole as it twisted and turned in a snake's random path until it began to widen out. Light began to form at the end of one of the branched off structures and filter down into the path they turned down.

Shadows moved ahead in the light. Blackout allowed himself a brief smile as he picked up the pace slightly to step into the carved out and widened end of this particular tunnel.

< Don’t attack him, > he informed the bug through the bond.

< That makes it a whole lot less fun, you know. Can’t I just make a stabbing motion at him? >

< How can I expect him to stay and help if you do that? >

Chirping with understanding, Scorponok lifted up from the ground as Blackout entered. Two of his golden optics remained on his master and two upon the entryway as the outsiders followed shortly thereafter.

Before the titan had a chance of turning to speak a word, Nighthawk was already exploring the room. There was a limp in his gait as he walked suspiciously to the left and then to the right. Blackout turned to watch him, somewhat puzzled at the medic’s anxiety. There was nothing of interest in the room; a relatively smooth floor he’d paced on much too often, energon cubes, some stolen and traded for goods and shabby looking chairs and even a table.

Then he watched as Night moved to pass by Scorponok. The minicon didn’t shift enough in time to cover the small white frame curled up by his side. She lifted her helm up slowly at all the noises and turned a blurry blue optic stare up towards him tiredly.

Nighthawk turned on him in a flash, his optics blazing.

“What did you do to her?” he demanded, his voice seething as his servos acted more like talons daring to strike him.

“You think I did this?” Blackout asked, his voice going from battled to enraged as he went on, “I would never-”

“Never? Never? Never coming from the mech who has crushed larger bots between his index digit and thumb digit. Don’t you never me, what have you done?”

Nighthawk’s tone was hauntingly quiet and threatening as he took a step forward. In a surprisingly act of mercy, Blackout raised his servos up in the air. He knew it wouldn’t mean much; the medic knew very well what he was capable of, what sort of arsenal he had on him. Or at least, had on him at least for a time.

Growling, the seeker raised a servo as he hissed, “I’m going to rip your optics from your helm and-”

“Nighthawk, stop!”

A fleeting glimpse of white and blue, and Novastrike had placed herself between the two mechs.

Both mechs paused, slightly surprised.

“Novastrike, get out of the way,” Blackout requested gently.

Ignoring him, the small femme held up her arm- the only arm responding anyway to Nighthawk and spoke quickly but firmly, “He’s not going to hurt me, Nighthawk, trust me. He would never hurt me.”

That seemed to have stumped the medic. Gradually, he dropped his arm and his pose returned to its usual sophisticated pose and less of the big cat ready to pounce and shred and maim.

“You remember my name,” the medic mused for a brief moment, seeming pleased from what Blackout could read.

“Hard to forget a name and a friendly face,” she answered with relief, dropping her arm. A slight smile pulled at her mouth as Infiltrator curled around Nighthawk’s legs to sniff at her curiously. Unlike the last time they’d met, she didn’t hold back this time at touching his snout with a delighted grin.

Offering a lopsided if not tired smile, Nighthawk returned his gaze back to Blackout.

“I have supplies on my ship. You could have saved me the trouble of fetching it by telling me there was a patient to attend to.”

“I guess I should have,” Blackout agreed with a vent. “If I’d realized you were going to try beheading me.”

The medic chuckled lightly.

“I’ll go get your equipment-”

“Oooh no, no no no, no you won’t,” Nighthawk quickly stated with a firm shake of his helm as he raised a servo. “You’re not going anywhere near my ship. Infiltrator, if you’d please.”

The dragonic Cybertronian lifted his helm and let out a slight sneeze.

“You got it boss,” he declared with a salute of his wing. Pressing the appendage back to his body, the wyvren bounded down the corridor, using the earlier trace of the map and scents still lingering to lead him out.

Jerking back slightly with surprise as the medic nearly stabbed his thrust digit against his chassis, Blackout narrowed his optics towards the mech.

“You have a lot of explaining to do.”

He knew the seating was far from comfortable and the energon was old and lacking substance and flavor, but at least Nighthawk didn’t complain. The mech had been silent since Blackout had began talking. Even as his words wandered off or he strayed into the detail of things one would probably think unimportant to the story, he remained quiet and merely listened.

And as he grew quiet, he only grew more nervous. The hushed spell over the seeker continued to last. He wondered if he’d placed the old bot to sleep. He’d never been much of a talker; but trying to recount years of being missing in a short span of time proved more complicated than he’d thought.

“So, you’ve actually been online this whole time, living with... rogues?”

Blackout nodded.

“I’ve got to say, I’m surprised Megatron’s biggest supporter didn’t go running to his master’s side,” Nighthawk commented with a sneer.

Grunting, Blackout offered a shrug as his response. “I had other priorities.”

“And Neutroboost?” the medic pressed.

“I... I don’t know,” he admitted, looking down at the muddled and hardly glowing energon he’d been nursing in his servo. “After I threw that slagger against the wall, I broke free of the ship and chased after the escape pod. It took me days to follow it; they’d launched it at it’s full speed and keeping up with it, both in the shape I was in and the fading particle trail its thrusters left, was damn near impossible.”

“She was starving,” he went on as the memory replayed fresh in his memory banks with a pang of guilt. “We both were. And by the time we got back to the location I’d marked on the star chart where the Rising Star and Revenge II should be, there was nothing. No trail, either. I could only assume that they’d jumped with the transwarp drive and went elsewhere, or we were just too many days behind them and the trail had run cold. We drifted a while longer in hopes of running into the ships but to no avail. After a while, I did pick up on a high-traffic area of multiple ship trails and we followed it to that meteor you were just on.”

“I picked up work where I could and traded whatever services I could provide to help us make ends meet, but it hasn’t been easy,” he finished.

Nighthawk took a sip of the energon. He gave the slightest wince, probably at the taste.

“How long have you two been out here?” he whispered softly.

“Few weeks,” Blackout recalled with uncertainty. “I haven’t been keeping time, to be honest.”

As the medic turned his helm off to the side, Blackout followed his glance. Novastrike was once again balled up and recharging despite their attempts at getting her to lay in a position that wouldn’t cause her repaired arm any further strain, but that had proven useless. Scorponok had positioned himself around her protectively. Lying just beside them was Infiltrator, who tried to push his muzzle in to see how the femme was doing here and there. Each time he did so though, the bug would raise a drill and gesture or push at the dragon with a quiet hiss not to disturb his charge.

It didn’t seem to matter to the minicon that the dragon had medical experience. The femme was resting, and now no one was allowed to bother her now or they’d feel the wrath of the irked scorpion.

“I’m sorry for your loss,” Nighthawk offered quietly. “Both of your losses, really.”

Blackout raised his massive shoulders slowly. He tried to keep it as shoved back in the depths of his processor as he could. It seemed like every time he went to recharge, all he got was images of Guard’s offlined faceplate staring out at nothing.

“Have you considered trying to find the ship?”

That caught him off guard.

“I... Don’t know that either,” he growled with frustration. “There’s no telling where it is now. It could be just around the star, or lightyears away. I haven’t the faintest clue. It’d be a fools errand to look for it now.”

“So, Neutroboost wins.”

Tiredly, Blackout placed a servo over his faceplate. His words came out muffled as he muttered: “It would seem so.”

Placing his energon down, Nightawk leaned back in the rubbish of a chair he was in. He looked Blackout up and down a moment before he flicked his wrist towards him.

“That sounds a lot like quitter talk to me.”

“What am I supposed to do?” Blackout asked, his tone showing his aggravation now as his servo dropped from his faceplate. He turned a quick glance to Novastrike upon realizing he’d raised his voice. When she didn’t stir, he continued much quieter:

“I can’t risk searching all of space for a transporter and a battle cruiser. It’s impossible. I would offline before I found it, probably, and drag them down with me.”

Light flickered brightly from the seeker’s optics as he leaned forward. “Why did you leave Scorponok with the femme? Surely she’s safe here, untraceable on this planet.”

“That’s none of your business.”

“You just said that you didn’t want to drag them down with you.”

“Well I’m hardly going to leave the pair here, you slaghead, is something stuck between your audios and your processor?”

With a smug face, Nighthawk reclined further as he commented, “You like her, don’t you?”

Blackout bit his glossia and stayed silent.

The smug grin slowly disappeared from Nighthawk’s faceplate. His mouth opened just slightly as he came forward.

“You love her,” he exclaimed in a hiss. “The great Decepticon Hound, in love.”

“Shhhhh,” Blackout growled. “Keep it down.”

“Does she know?”

“Of course she knows, you stupid fragger, shut up.”

Nighthawk gave a slight tuting sound. “That poor, sweet femme. You know, the brief time I met her, I knew she was a special femme. But to wrangle you in, whoa, I clearly underestimated how powerful she is.”

“Cut the slag, Nighthawk,” the big mech tersely sneered.

“You’re just mad because it’s so obvious and you can’t hide it,” the seeker proclaimed. “Either that, or she doesn’t love you back.”

By the look on Nighthawk’s face, the instant regret smacked him harder than even Blackout could have if he hadn’t been in the damn mech’s debt for repairing Nova.

“I- I didn’t mean that-”

“Yes, you did,” Blackout smoothly replied; proudly stating, “not that I have to ponder such things. I’m comfortably aware of the answer I have in those regards.”

He became acutely aware of Nighthawk’s softened optics. Was it just him, or did the grumpy old medic actually seem happy for him?

“It would seem so,” he agreed. “My apologies. That was uncalled for. Judging by how quickly she jumped up to defend you when she thought I was going to strike you...”

“You were going to strike me,” Blackout growled with a blank expression.

“Oh I certainly would have. I would have finished with well, that,” he gestured to Blackout’s chassis. “If you’d been the culprit behind that femme’s injuries.”

“Why would I bring you here if I’d done that?”

“I don’t know, to gloat?”

“I was never a gloater.”

“Sometimes.”

Both mechs gave a slight chuckle.

Sighing quietly, Blackout looked down in his energon cube. He glanced over the hard lines of his armor, the scars, the marks, and felt the smile still lingering on his mouth.

Clearing his vocalizer, Nighthawk brought his helm back up and into the conversation.

“You know, the larger the search group, the better the outcomes,” he vaguely remarked.

“Please, I don’t need anymore of your charity,” Blackout grumbled. “I’m already indebted to you for what you did for Novastrike.”

“That’s not debt,” the medic choked, trying not to laugh. “I quite like Novastrike; it was a privilege to see the little femme and know she’s okay, and to help her once more. She was far more shy the last time I spoke with her though, but still an exceptional patient.”

“That’s great,” the large mech drawled. “But I’m still not interested. Why would I drag around a Decepticon medic with me? Shouldn’t you be returning to your ship, anyway?”

“Oh, I must not have mentioned,” Nighthawk stated with mockery. “I’m defected.”

“Heh,” Blackout chuckled. “Well frag, doesn’t look like any bot’s sticking around these days.”

“Hard to stay when Lord Megatron allows his most loyal, one of his most trusted advisers and friends from the days of old to simply go missing to offline,” growled the seeker. “He didn’t even bring you up. Not even once. You were just listed among those who were lost in the records. A note to your status on the Nemesis and the Decepticons and nothing more. I knew from that moment that if you weren’t safe from Megatron’s pity, no bot was. If he wasn’t willing to make sure you were returned to the Nemesis; if he couldn’t take the time to try saving you, what were the rest of us to him?

“Pawns? Toys? Disposable,” the medic bitterly simmered. “After all you had done on behalf of him and his dreams, his goals, and he simply left you... I couldn’t stand by any longer. Infiltrator and I have been on the go ever since. From place to place, planet to planet, refueling station to refueling station. Wherever we can stop for conversation, some energon, a little time to explore and nothing more. As you can imagine some Decepticons recognize us or our insignia, no matter how ill kept they are, and insist on swapping war stories or asking where we’re from, where we’re going, what sort of mission we’re on.”

He created a circle motion with his servo to implicate his endless cycle.

Strange. Blackout had never considered the influence of his fated ‘demise’ among other Decepticons. And for it to hit Nighthawk so hard for him to leave; the same mech who had fought and disagreed with him for ages, that was something. If it did that to someone like Nighthawk, what sort of uproar was it giving among the other Decepticons?

“I’m still not taking you on some crazy quest to go find the Rising Star,” he commented with a snarl. “Get that out of your thoughts. I couldn’t pay you, anyway.”

“I’m not a bounty hunter Blackout; at least, not anymore. I’m a medic by trade. You needn’t not pay me. Besides,” a grin flashed across the medic’s faceplate. “Consider it my payment to you in exchange for something.”

Arching an optic ridge, the dark-armored mech hummed curiously. “What in Primus’ name am I going to pay you with?”

Nighthawk waved his servo at him. “Let’s crack you open and have a look behind all those patches now, shall we?”

Narrowing his optics, the Satanic mech vented with annoyance, “My pain gets you off that much, huh old mech?”

“Disgusting,” Nighthawk growled with a revolted shudder. “No. I haven’t had a patient in months. Do you have any idea what that does to my processor? It turns to mush, is what it does.”

“Don’t be so dramatic, doc, I’m sure your processor is as empty as ever.”

Nighthawk whacked him upside the helm.

“Ouch,” Blackout murmured quietly, glancing to Nova to make sure the metallic clap hadn’t awoken her.

“A little respect,” the medic announced as he ruffled himself up. “I’m an authorized medical professional.”

“So I heard a million times from the medic on the Rising Star,” grumbled the big bot.

“We’ll talk over the payment in a bit,” Nighthawk stated, pushing his seat back to stand. “But first, let's see about your damage.”

#quid pro quo au #OTP AU #OTP Lit #OTP Friends

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A bunch o’ them. Some are old because I’ve been bad. :(

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Omg a pregnant sim that knows how to feed themselves. Its going to snow o.o

I dunno, all my Sims take pretty good care of themselves in terms of filling their own motives as well as gaining skill points. It’s probably because of the mods I have that nuke a portion of the behaviors they can engage in, so that they are more directed towards things that actually do something for them. Also, I’ve made lots of objects have autonomous interactions, so it keeps them busy and happy. :) Of course, it makes things like Asylum Challenges a little less fun, but I generally prefer to have Sims that I don’t have to micromanage, as I’m mostly a hands-off sort of player.

penig replied to your photoset “Cherry, nesting. In her pajamas-that-are-really-underwear. (I really...”

Sounds like a useful, fulfilling life to me. I wouldn't want it, myself. But somebody should.

It’s a good life for a Popularity Sim, I think. Cherry’s Romance/Popularity, but she’s always been more interested in the popularity-type things than the romance-type things. Well, except for woohoo, but she’s perfectly happy to keep that within the triad.

shaonharryandpannisim replied to your photo “Mars the wee puppy grew into Mars the great big hairy...”

You always get the best Pets !! Look at the cute ball of floof

He is very floofy! And I dunno, I tend to get fugly dogs, at least those that are game-generated and not the “premade” ones in the adoption bin. Cute cats, fugly dogs. Poor dogs. This one’s not so fugly, at least.

didilysims replied to your post “*sigh*”

Doesn't help that tumblr takes a lot of internet juice to run! My poor shoddy internet doesn't like it much, and some days refuses to load everything, though other sites will run fine. I feel your pain.

Yeah, all those pics and GIFs and stuff to load can really gum up the works. I’m used to it being slow in Colorado, where the only option available is really, really crappy DSL. It’s cheap and it’s the only option for the moment, so it’s not really worth complaining about. But here in CA, where we’ve been for over a year now, we have that fiberoptic jazz, and it’s usually really, really fast and it’s expensive. So, when you pay a lot for fast internet, you expect it to be...Well, fast. All the time. :) But apparently they were doing something the past couple days and I guess they’re done because it’s back to normal now. :)

pensblr replied to your photoset “For the anon who requested them, here’s the mangled version of Spaik’s...”

Still loving your hi-res textures on...all the things. Thank you!

You’re welcome! I still worry that it’ll be pushing it too much...but then I remember that most of the converted stuff from other games is high-res/high-poly, and since I don’t have very much of that stuff AND I don’t have an unreasonable amount of hi-res custom hair, either, I’m figuring I, at least, can go sort of hog-wild with objects and walls/floors. Not so sure about everyone else, though...

esotheria-sims replied to your photoset “For the anon who requested them, here’s the mangled version of Spaik’s...”

*snags* Your hi-res recolors will be the death of me...

I promise to say nice things at your funeral. ;)

celebkiriedhel replied to your post “*sigh*”

More importantly - check your ping - it might be that one of the networks may be struggling. Its worth talking to your internet provider to see.

Yeah, the hubbo called them. It’s his job to do phone things, since I hate talking on phones. Apparently, they were doing something or something was down (I kind of tuned out all the technobabble that I don’t understand), but it’s fixed now. YAY! I’m just glad it wasn’t a problem on our end.

getmygameon replied to your photo “Pop! (I love her OMGWTF?! face.)”

More like a 'no! I just bought this! Damnit I knew I shouldn't have had that extra cinnamon roll last night!' Face XD

Heh. Yeah, pregnancy bumps AND getting fat both kinda happen very suddenly to Sims. Like, 0 to 60 in 0.1 seconds. :) I imagine it might be hard to know which is which, at first. “Am I pregnant? Or am I just fat?” Then again, all the barfing should be a clue to them, I’d think...

leavealight-on replied to your photo “Aaron barged in to hog the piano.”

Apologies if you've already been asked this, but where are those curtains from? They're gorgeous :)

They are a recolor I have of the Holy Simoly “Simply Elegant” curtains. I’m sorry to say that I have no idea who made that particular recolor or where it might be found since I have hundreds of recolors of those things, gathered over years. I’m sorry! But I agree they’re nice. But then, orange IS one of my favorite colors. :)

sim-boo replied to your post “And of course the next morning, Amelia rolled up the usual...”

I like how its not like "I WANT THIS PERSON TO DIE" cause that would be too direct instead they just imply it

I imagine the people who do the game ratings might be a little iffy on Sims outright wishing death on people. :) But it is still pretty much the same thing. Even more vicious is wanting them to be eaten by a cowplant so that the pissed-off Sim can drink their life essence. Yow!

didilysims replied to your photoset “New lots! Captioned.”

They look so cool with their Lot Adjuster adjustedness. (And even without--pretty snazzy buildings.)

Thanks! I’m in love with the Lot Adjuster a little bit. So many cool things you can do with it! I wish Mootilda was still with us, so that I could thank her more for all of her utilities for the game. :(

cedanyblee replied to your photoset “Here are @nimitwinklesims‘s horizonless skies, edited to be compatible...”

That's the sims 2?! Whaaaa- so pretty. ��

It is indeed TS2! Completely unedited pics, too. With all of the stuff that’s been made for the game in the past couple of years, particularly the stuff that affects neighborbood view, I think it’s the prettiest game of the four. But, I could be a wee bit biased. ;)

holleyberry replied to your post “*is contemplating building a custom uni* *is probably insane* *has...”

Yes! There are so many things you can do in this game.

I know! There are so many things that I STILL haven’t done, even though I’ve been playing for almost 10 years. And I see people saying, “Oh, I’m so bored with the game!” and I’m like...how? How can you be? You can do literally ANYTHING with it! Boredom is not possible! I mean, I can see being bored with a particular family or even a particular neighborhood. But with the game as a whole? Not possible.

penig replied to your photo “These two barged in and…um… Well, he’s always admired her at her pool...”

And she needs to get on with her life. No one can mourn forever.

This is true. But seriously, does she need to get on with her life with her brother-in-law??? Because, judging by her wants, she really, really wants to. But A) I’m not sure I wanna go there. I mean, I’m perfectly OK with doing in the game some things that freak other people out, but...I dunno, for me that’s pushing it. And B) Simon doesn’t seem to feel the same. Yeah, he’ll mess with her if they’re together, but he doesn’t roll wants for her. Probably because for him, she’s just one of many.

clericalrodent replied to your photo “Owen is just slightly kitty-obsessed. As in, he pretty much does...”

Ooh, you should totally get some custom kitties to spice up the genetics game.

I might, if I do more breeding. As it is, I’m happy with just what the game generates. Same as I am with Sims, for that matter. Once in a blue moon I’ll download a Sim, but generally I’m happy with what my game generates.

#getmygameon #penig #shaonharryandpannisim #didilysims #pensblr #esotheria-sims #celebkiriedhel #leavealight-on #sim-boo #cedanyblee #holleyberry #clericalrodent #replies

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viviandangcc · 7 years

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This guide took me a long time to write so I hope you find it useful. It is intended for people who already have an idea about retexturing. I’ll explain here how to use TSRW, how to add custom thumbnails, and give you tips to make your retexturing better.

★★ R E T E X T U R I N G . T I P S ★★

For me a good hair retexture should have two things: the shine on the right places and curved textures if the strands are curved. Many people make the bangs with shiny tips or straight hairs with inconsistent shiny areas. But here we can see how real hair looks like. Whenever a curve forms, that should be the “shiny” part. Sometimes it’s hard to do this because the hair was meshed in a way that makes it impossible to do it, but other than that, if you want a realistic looking hair for your sims, observe how your own hair looks like and try to imitate that with your retexture. Usually the tips for most hair meshes are slightly curved, and making this effect in Photoshop is very easy. You have to right click the layer with your texture and duplicate it. Then go to Image > Image Rotation > 90º CCW. With your duplicate selected, go to Edit > Transform > Scale, then press this button usually at the top. Now the Warp options should show up with a drop-down menu. Choose from there the Flag option with Bend at 12,0%. Click any button from the Tools menu and Apply the Transformation. Now the whole texture is curved, but you want only the tips. Select and delete the rest, then adjust it to match the straight original layer below. Once you’re done go to Image > Image Rotation > 90ºCW.

★★ T S R W . & . C U S T O M . T H U M B N A I L S ★★

So now that we know those things, let’s start with TSRW. Open the program and go to Create New Project > New Import. A pop-up window will ask you to choose your file, but before doing that you have to choose the file’s format, if it’s a sims3pack, package or a workshop project (.wrk). Select you file and hit Next.

Follwing this you have to choose your Project Name and Title. The second one is not that important for hair retextures, but for objects, this is the title you see in buy/build mode. Same with the Description. It’s important that you always include your creator’s name and/or url, and always give credit to the original creator in case you’re using a custom mesh. Write a descriptive Project Name and click Next. Now you can start working!

Under Project you can choose the categories, and this is very important because very few creators pay attention to these details. Sneakers don’t go under Formalwear, caps don’t go under Sleepwear, and pants don’t go under Swimwear! Hairs should always be working when your sim gets naked. Ponytails and updos don’t need morphs because they won’t clip so make them ValidForMaternity. Your pregnant sims will appreciate it. And this is my personal choice. I always disable the ValidForRandom category. Why Vivian, WHY?? Because if you don’t disable that, every NPC or random sim that pops up in your sim world will have a custom hair and this will make your game very slow. The more CC random sims have the slower your game gets.

Under Texture you have the textures (Control Map and Diffuse Map) that you have to edit. Click on the images and the Edit button should appear. Click on Edit to Export and Import the images (.dds). The CAS Thumbnail option is under Configuration. If you click there it will give you the option to choose the image you want to use for the thumbnail in .png format. This image should be 256x256 pixels. IMPORTANT: For hairs that don’t have accessories it is necessary to edit the file with S3PE once you’re done, otherwise the thumbnail won’t show up in CAS. I’ll explain this below. And finally under Mesh you have the Specular and the Normal Map. The Specular is what makes the hair shine in game. Make it too white and it can look like plastic. The Normal Map gives the hair a more 3D effect. Once you’re done with your retexture you can export it as a sims3pack. File > Export > Sims3Pack, and then convert it to package with Sims3Pack Multi Installer. Or you can go to Edit > Project Content > Export > To .package. Either way works. Remember that if your hair doesn’t go under the Hats category, then we need to edit this file with S3PE for the thumbnail to work, and now I’m going to explain why. Open your file with S3PE, and make sure Displey: Names - Tags are both ticked. This makes finding things much easier. What we need to edit is the THUMB file. When you find it, right click on it and go to Details. You should get a pop-up window. Now, when you add thumbs with TSRW, the group you get is always 0x00000001, but this group only belongs to hairs with accessories/hats. The group for non-hat hairs is 0x00000000, so you have to replace that 1 with a 0 for your thumbnail to work in CAS. If your hair has accessories, then you leave it as it is. With TSRW you can add an individual thumb for each “recolor” your mesh has, and sometimes some hairs have both a recolor without the accessory and one or more with the accessory. The recolor without it should have the group 0x00000000, the first recolor with the accessory should be 0x00000001, and the second should be 0x00000002. And what if you can’t add thumbs with TSRW? Let’s just say you’re retexturing a very old hair that you can’t open with TSRW, but you still want to add a thumbnail. Open your file with S3PE, and find CASP, then right click it and choose Details. The same pop-up window we saw before will show up and what you need to copy is the Instance number. Every file, every recolor has a unique instance number and this is how the game knows that certain thumbnail belongs to a specific recolor. Copy that number (ctrl+C) and click ok. Now go to Resources > Add. Again the pop-up window. Under Instance paste the number you just copied (ctrl+V). Under group you write the corresponding group I just explained above. And under Type, choose from the drop-down menu the option THUM 0x626F60CE. Click OK. Now you have a THUMB but it doesn’t have an image. Right click on THUMB > Replace. Find your 256x256 png thumb and Open. Save you file and you’re done! It’s important that I mention that it’s possible to edit the categories, gender and age corresponding to any CAS file with CASP as well. You have to select CASP and click the Grid button at the bottom. Cick Commit and save your file after the changes.

#tutorial

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