Original Song by MAIKI
References from Arie Dawson
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You gloating your high and mighty attitude?
Ideas of your justice warping far into the blue
You gloating your high and mighty attitude?
Ideas of a ruler laughing subjects to their doom
You gloating your high and mighty attitude?
Cuz there’s no rules to the world, narcissism is the key
Kingly? With your high and mighty attitude?
Although your fun’s just begun, it means nothing to me!
Collect dust and scatter, old timer it’s ‘bout time you go
You’re so goddamn stupid, is it proper to bitch and moan?
See no evil here? Hear no evil there? Speak no evil where? No threats in the air
Even in this world, good suffer
God! What’s the point of expounding these lectures again?
Ah well, BAD ENDING’s come, BAD ENDING scum
Yeah, sure, great job, my CHECKMATE has won
Can’t be helped, I can’t be helped back
I’m a slave to this world that’s under attack
DEAD ENDINGS come, DEAD ENDING, so?
BYE BYE LEGEND, sad to see you go
Just shut it, be quiet, be silent, we riot
You don’t get anything at all, don’cha know?
Smile, say cheese, and let’s just have a laugh
With no damn FANSERVICE to keep us under wraps
1 2 3, may I have this dance?
And with your ugly facade, there’s no fucking turning back!
I came to crush the guy who's strutting around
Yeah, 1 2 3, hey, WHAT DO YOU SING?
Can’t keep myself from laughing
(Crazy, ‘mazing!)
Yeah I can’t write a song, so I preach all wrong
HIGH TONES don’t matter all along
(Crazy, ‘mazing!)
(LATATATA)
A prince stripped of all his lies, there’s nowhere left to feign pride
(LATATATA)
Turn his head, “I’m feeling sick,” an easy cure, his FAKE MUSIC
Daybreak’s TAKING OVER
I’ve always hated it, hated it, though
I steal, chase variables through unknowns
Be quiet, be quiet, be quiet, be quiet
What ideals do you seek?
Ah well, BAD ENDING’s come, BAD ENDING scum
Yeah, sure, great job, my CHECKMATE has won
Can’t be helped, I can’t be helped back
I’m a slave to this world that’s under attack
DEAD ENDINGS come, DEAD ENDING, so?
BYE BYE LEGEND, sad to see you go
Just shut it, be quiet, be silent, we riot
You don’t get anything at all, don’cha know?
Smile, say cheese, and let’s just have a laugh
With no damn FANSERVICE to keep us under wraps
1 2 3, may I have this dance?
And with your ugly facade, there’s no fucking turning back!
[ID: a digital painting of Suki in a yoga pose while Mai is kneeling beside her giving her a kiss. Suki is blushing. There is a little heart between them. Suki is wearing a green racerback shirt and darker shorts. Around her ankle, there is a golden bracelet with a little knife char. Mai is wearing a maroon blouse and tights and a purple skirt. There is a silver bracelet around her ankle with a fan charm. The background is a gradient with hearts drawn on top. End Id]
Mai pulls away, rinsing the cloth out one more time before draping it over the side of the water bucket. She looks Suki up and down. “What happened?”
Suki sighs. She hates this part. She knows Mai only asks because she’s worried for her, but Suki doesn’t like reliving her narrow escapes like this. It’s easier when she’s regaling tales of glory to a tavern full of strangers. It’s much harder when she has to admit near defeat to the person she will miss most when the end finally does come.
suki shows up on mai's doorstep in the night, injured and seeking the solace of home
🍃 maisuki dnd au | 2.6k words 🍃
written for @atlasapphicweek day six: hurt/comfort & based on a prompt from @to-taste-all-this-dawn
Idk i went into a spiral now im thinking about Mai x Suki x Zuko x Sokka. Oh the wars they could bring (or crack). Thoughts?
Ooh, great potential!
Imagine post-war that Zuko stays close to Sokka & Suki. After all, doing a prison break together seems like the kind of activity that will leave you bonded for life. Of course, Zuko is close to the entire Gaang postwar. But, for the sake of this potential ship let's say he's spending a lot of time with Sokka & Suki, visiting the Southern Water Tribe a lot, & when they visit, the time gets lost. Mai isn't the type to act outwardly jealous, but she feels left out because she doesn't really know them. Zuko wants to make her feel more included once he figures this out (possibly after she's acting snippy for no reason & he gets mad & eventually it comes out during an argument). So, he starts arranging double dates, & pushing Suki especially to do "girly bonding things" with Mai.
Okay, apparently you're not the only one who can spiral, Anon, because I started rambling about this poly ship way too much :) More thoughts below :)
Well, Mai isn't much for "girly bonding things" but perhaps someone tries to assassinate Mai on a failed outing that mostly involved bickering. She is after all the Fire Lady. Mai can obviously hold her own in a fight, but maybe she throws all her knives & they're surrounded or something. Suki kicks ass & Mai has an "oh shit she's hot" moment that she misinterprets as starting to like Suki platonically.
Mai & Sokka are actually the ones who bond over girly things, & it's completely accidental. Mai mentions a specific goth fashionista she admires & Sokka gets all excited because he thought Mai's Look was accidental & upon discovering that she has an interest in fashion, he invites her shopping. They get mani pedis & lunch & Mai actually enjoys hearing Sokka ramble on about the Southern Water Tribe versus Fire Nation culture, & clothes, & engineering, & everything else. She's quiet, so it's nice that someone else is doing all the talking, & there's not a lot of pressure.
The four of them become good friends. Then moments start happening between Mai & Suki. Lingering glances. Hand brushes that last too long. Games of footsie under the table at supper or beneath the blankets while sitting at the beach. Zuko & Sokka start having these moments too. Zuko tells himself it's nothing because Sokka is a guy & he doesn't like guys (he tries to forget a certain rebel boy who died during the war that he kissed a couple times in secret, that was nothing, he never thinks about it, or so he tells himself). Sokka is just a good friend, who listens when Zuko talks about how hard it is to have a sister he can't be close too, & makes Zuko laugh even when he feels like crying. It's nothing more than that. Right?
Sokka & Suki are both bi & they've talked about it privately & are open to involving Mai & Zuko in their relationship, but they don't know if Mai & Zuko are up for it. They agree not to bring it up, for fear of ruining the friendship. If Zuko & Mai are into it, they'll tell them. Zuko & Mai have a talk one night, & both admit that they're having these feelings. Zuko brings it up first & Mai shuts down, & Zuko starts freaking out thinking she's mad, so eventually she explains it's just that she's having some uncertainty too.
Zuko & Mai agree to try to move past these bisexual awakenings until one night Mai & Sokka are hanging out one on one. They get a little tipsy & Sokka makes Mai laugh really hard, which never happens. She falls onto his shoulder, & when she draws away, he kisses her. She's into it for a moment, then she runs away without a word. Mai tells Zuko what happened. They agree to keep their distance, for a while, but they never explain why. Katara tells Zuko that Sokka asks about him. Zuko pretends there's not a reason for the distance.
Time passes. The distance hurts. Sokka feels horrible & ashamed. Suki tells him it's not his fault, but he still feels bad. They agree not to tell their other friends, they wouldn't understand. Aang tries to ask both parties about it, & bring peace, but they blow him off. Toph always knows that these four are lying about something, she just doesn't know what. She tries to push them, & it leads to the biggest fight she & Zuko have ever had.
Then, something big happens. There's an assassination attempt & Zuko almost dies. He'll make a full recovery, but he's got a bad injury from getting shot with an arrow. The entire Gaang comes of course. Azula comes to check on Zuko, & that's weird, & Zuko wishes desperately that Sokka was around to ask advice.
Then, Sokka & Suki show up. In her excitement to see her old friend alive, Suki full on kisses Zuko on the lips right in front of Sokka & Mai. At first, Mai is shocked. Sokka starts laughing then, & Mai is even more shocked.
Well, finally, the truth starts to come out. Zuko says something about it being a good kiss, & that breaks the tension & they start to talk. Slowly, everyone slowly realizes that they should all just be together as a foursome, actually. Activities start to ensue right there in the hospital room, but Zuko's injury stops them. They realize that they should maybe talk more, actually. But they agree to all four spend the night together, & maybe cuddle, that night.
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thinking about the atla teens polycule. ty lee is the hinge of the polycule, which is actually a big circle. on her right is suki, who’s holding hands with sokka, who has zuko, who has mai, who (depending on how her mental health is) is holding azula, who’s holding ty lee, although ty lee is also dating mai, and mai is also interested in suki.
CYBERPUNK DEAD BOY [English Translyrics] サイバーパンクデッドボーイ
Original Song by MAIKI
Translyric references from Igloo, Wafflesia, CoolMikeHatsune22 and Thai1210
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You’re fucking kidding?!
Anything I say passes by their deaf ears
Saying music passes by like FASHION, leaving it out to die like a girl ONE NIGHT
There’s no meaning, though, they sell their names til they’re dear
Posting those ‘what’-toks until they die, oh, such a bore, a chore, so I’ll say GOOD NIGHT
Whatever and however this story goes, the gurus run through the streets
Even though right there and here and where and they don’t care right here
Where Team Alpha* only wants your piece, so
There’s no punchline for you, and there’s no meaning for the song you knew
Just ignore the words we wrote like poems old, cause there’s no story to be told
Together, laughing one last time
Care for the numbers rather than rhyme?
Reaching the top yet it’s not ‘mine’**
Ah, what to do? Is this what I’ll go through?
Looping all the way around to make something new?
I’ve found myself instead
That’s fucking bullshit! BYE-BYE viral MELODIES
So cut the bullshit! Don’t give in to elegies
You can’t hide! Confide in the ideals you designed
Don’t let the AI bros defile everything we’ve tried***
Don’t care about the money or the jealousies!
Can’t let the awkwardness filter out the parodies!
You can fight! Don’t hide what’s deep inside, it’s alright!
What happened to the messages you wanted to plead?
You’re fucking kidding?!
Oh god, there’s no way right? These posers think they’re elite? Why…
They’re over there, over here, everywhere I see…
You’re fucking kidding?!
Whatever and however this story goes, gurus run through the streets
Even though right there and here and where and they don’t care right here
Where Team Alpha only wants your piece, so
There’s no punchline for you, and there’s no meaning for the song you knew
Just ignore the words we wrote like poems old, cause there’s no story to be told
Together, losing all bad vibes
Care for the numbers rather than rhyme?
Reaching the top yet it’s not ‘mine’
Ah, what to do? Is this what I’ll go through?
Looping all the way around to make something new?
I’ve found myself instead
That’s fucking bullshit! BYE-BYE viral MELODIES
So cut the bullshit! Don’t give in to elegies
You can’t hide! Confide in the ideals you designed
Don’t let the AI bros defile everything we’ve tried
Cause there’s no way you’ll make me forgive enemies
The ones who wanted money from stealing melodies
You can fight! Don’t hide what’s deep inside, it’s alright!
Weren’t there some “meta”-phors you wanted to bring to light?
It’s fucking bullshit…
That’s fucking bullshit! BYE-BYE viral MELODIES
So cut the bullshit! Don’t give in to elegies
You can’t hide! Confide in the ideals you designed
Don’t let the AI bros defile everything we’ve tried
Don’t care about the money or the jealousies!
Can’t let the awkwardness filter out the parodies!
You can fight! Don’t hide what’s deep inside, it’s alright!
What happened to the messages you wanted to plead?
You’re fucking kidding?!
You’re fucking kidding me!!
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* The original song calls out Gen Z, but I felt it more accurate to use Gen Alpha instead.
** Play on how everything’s stolen content now (not actually but you know what I mean)
*** I changed the lyric from the original ‘What happened to the things you wanted to sing about’ since it’s already spoken so many times prior. That and fuck AI.
I no longer despise WxS teasers for being unclear thank you Rui4 teaser. If I see one more person say this is definitely a Nene event I will start asking people to explain their reasoning without using the words Cyber Sniper.
Sorry for not doing one of these last month, college is not fun. Anyway, we're back now and there's barely anything to get out of this teaser but we'll try.
It's definitely a Rui event. There's so much purple there's no way it's not him. Also like, he's the only one left in WxS for their 4th event, and I doubt clpl is gonna pull a stunt like they did with the double Saki and Ichika banners back in the earlier years of the game. It's definitely a different vibe for him, what with the Showtime Ruler teaser having the nostalgic storybook, and Donketsu having a very melancholic feel, but nonetheless all his songs have a pretty unique style, obviously tying to his character arc of being "different".
It reminds me a lot of Kimagure Mercy actually. If this was going to be a 3DMV I would assume it would look something like that, but unfortunately this is 2DMV only. Maybe the sort of cyber/futuristic theming will tie into the cards? At the very least the song jacket will be taken from this teaser, as always.
It's impossible to tell what this event could actually be about, the teaser gives us nothing. Well, actually there is one thing, but it's a bit of a stretch. While looking through reactions to the teaser I found some tweets pointing out that there's coordinates at the start of the video that land you exactly in the real-life location of Scramble Crossing, so I double checked this and it's legit.
I was talking about this with some other people and one of them brought up that Scramble Crossing is where Rui used to do some of his guerrilla gigs before he joined WxS, so we were wondering if this event might cover some of his backstory (specifically his first year of high school spent at some sort of private/grammar school that was brought up one time and never again). However, it is a bit of a reach, the coordinates are probably just a nod to the location the game is set in. That said, I don't think we're going to rush into the plot introduced at the end of Tsukasa's event, we don't want this current arc ending within 2 or 3 events lol. The WxS disbandment arc, the mystery surrounding Nagi arc, and Mafuyu's arc all went on for literal years so there is always room for a more character-focused Rui event before we get more into the overarching plot I guess.