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theglamorousferal · 4 months

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Cryptid of Smallville Chapter 3

Hey ya'll, this has been a long time coming.

First off, I want to thank everybody who liked and shared! I'm not great at talking to people but know that everything has made me so happy and warms my heart so much that I can barely put together words.

Secondly, I will be writing more, but I definitely won't be able to keep any sort of schedule. I already have a good part of the next chapter started and though it's definitely going to be a shorter one, it will still be good.

Finally, this beast of a chapter. I wrote the first 3/4 of this chapter about a week after I finished the first chapter and then began to second-guess myself about whether people would want an entire chapter dedicated to a lore dump. I fought with myself for literal months before I finally sat down and was like, "You won't be able to do the rest of it until you get this one done, it's important". Finally this morning I sat down and plugged out the last bit of the chapter and after looking everything over again I decided to just post it before I lost my nerve.

Please let me know any critiques you may have, I barely edited this. Thank you so much for the support!! <3 Here's the AO3 link

For as long as he can remember, Danny has always been fascinated by space. Something about the fact that each star out there being home to other planets and all the different things on those planets just tugs at his curiosity. To make it better, it’s infinite, so he can just keep learning about new places for as long as he’ll live. Which might be forever, but he’s trying to not think too hard about that right now.

He wonders what the members of his Fright are up to right now. Jazz it probably trying to psycho-analyze Vlad who claims that his days of evil are over with and that he plans to just be the chill uncle to both the Fenton children. Tucker’s probably hacking into the GIW again just to mess with them. Sam’s probably planning a protest to try and get some of the anti-ecto acts repealed while Mom and Dad help with the research to back her up. Ellie is probably still hanging out with Pandora learning how to fight ancient style. Danny sighed, most of that sounded really fun, and he really wished that he could learn to fight alongside Ellie. He missed his totally-not-twin.

Right now, Danny is basically on vacation until his body is back to being 16. He basically can do whatever he wants, but he does have to go to school to keep up appearances. He’s allowed to use his powers whenever, but not where anybody can see. Which typically means he’s not allowed to go into low orbit to look at the stars because that’s just a bit far for the Kent parents' tastes.

They compromised with the roof.

So here he was, at the highest point of the Kent family home staring up at the night sky with little to no light pollution and not a cloud in the sky. The Milky Way was on full display as the stars all twinkled above. One thing he noticed pretty early on is that despite this not being his planet Earth and dimension, the constellations are the same. He tracked his way through all of the astrological signs, pausing a moment on Libra as he pictured himself as the balance with morbid humor, and then through the popular ones like Orion and the Big Dipper. He glances next to him a moment later when someone settles down on the roof with him.

“Hey Clark, what’s got you up?” Danny asked, turning back to face the sky. It’s been about five months since he started staying with the Kent’s and he’s forever grateful that they’ve been so kind and understanding with him.

“Not much, was finishing up studying for this new unit in science when I noticed you were up here. Heard you sighing, what’s got you worked up?” Clark sat with an arm braced on his knee and the other behind him staring up at the sky as well.

“Just thinking about what my Fri- family is up to. I know time works differently here and it’s probably just been a couple days or maybe even hours for them, but I miss them a lot. They’re a crazy mess, but they’re my crazy mess, ya’know?”

Clark glanced down at Danny, the kid looking a bit lost. He shifted so he was leaning back on both of his hands. “Actually no, I mean, it’s just been me and Ma and Pa out here before you came along. I don’t really have friends at school that I’m close with.” He paused for a moment, staring straight out across the fields. “Mind telling me about them?”

Danny whipped his head toward Clark, scanning his face. “Are you sure? You don’t have to listen to me ramble, I know I can go on and on, and I don’t want to bore you or anything.”

Clark chuckled, “Nah, go right on ahead and tell me about your family and friends, it’d be nice to hear about the people who helped make you, well you.”

Danny paused looking at Clark’s face for a moment before he blew out a breath and turned away to look at the sky.

“My parents are mad scientists,” Danny started. “Not in the ‘we’re building a thing to take over the world’ way, but in the ‘this sounds insane but it’s somehow real’ way. They’re the leading scientists in Ecto-biology and Ecto-engineering, also known as the study of ghostly behavior, biology and the properties of ectoplasm. Ectoplasm is both an energy source and the material that ghosts are made of. They make all kinds of things from weaponry to shield generators to tracking devices all based on ectoplasm. Their crowning achievement however was the portal.” Danny paused here, debating how much to say. “They built a portal to the afterlife in the basement of my childhood home, and it’s the reason I have ghost powers.” He decided to not get into the fact that he walked in and had a whole dimension pulled through him as the portal opened, no need to scare poor Clark.

“Lab safety has always been a thing that was more like guidelines than actual rules in the house, so since growing up in that environment, it led to myself and my family getting contaminated with ectoplasm. I definitely have it worse off than my family members, but each of them has something that’s just a bit off about them. Like my dad lifting things he probably shouldn’t, my mom moving just a little too fast, and my sister does this thing where she’s looking at you and it feels like she’s looking at your soul and it takes her just a little too long to actually blink and then she’s psychoanalyzed you and knows all your secrets. It’s unsettling, but we just live with it. I had a bit of an accident so I got more contaminated which is why I can fly and do other ghostly things.”

“Must be great having people around who’ve studied ghosts and everything when you have ghost powers. If you have them, why were you left with us? Wouldn’t it make more sense to have you stay with your parents who can handle it if your powers get out of control?”

Danny winced at this, “It’s kinda complicated. So I have some responsibilities in my dimension that I kinda need to be bigger for. I have all my power, and who knows maybe going through puberty a second time will make them grow more, but for now it shouldn’t be much. I’m mostly here to get something of a ‘normal’ childhood and to wait it out until I’m my full size again. It’ll be weird because by that point I’ll technically be 26 but hey I’m not gonna have to go through all the ‘adult’ things I need to do, just need to lay low and do some fun kid stuff, maybe do better in school this time around, maybe I’ll be able to pass high school when I get back. Maybe I’ll work on learning some stuff that could be useful like karate, that could be fun, we could do it together! Since we’re both strong we wouldn’t have to hold back against each other!” Danny excitedly looked over at Clark. It was hard to see in the light of the full moon, but it almost seemed like the freckles on Danny’s face were glowing green in his excitement. Clark smiled at his excitement.

“Yeah that sounds like fun, we can ask Ma and Pa together tomorrow.”

“Yeah! It’ll be great, maybe when I get back I can show off that I’m a black belt just like mom. I can show Ellie all my new moves while she shows me what she learned from Pandora.” Danny smiled to himself and yes, those were certainly glowing freckles.

“Who’re Ellie and Pandora?” Danny stilled for a moment, the freckles dimming a bit. Should he tell Clark about the whole clone thing? Should he mention that he’s friends with what basically amounts to gods?

“So Ellie’s like my younger sister/cousin, we are very close and everyone says we could be twins, she’s a bit of a free spirit and is traveling a lot of the time. Right now she’s spending some time with Lady Pandora. Does your dimension have the myth of Pandora’s box?” at Clark’s nod Danny continues. “That’s her, she keeps the horrors in a box that she keeps locked down pretty tightly in the GZ, there’s a whole labyrinth and everything. I did have to help her one time when someone got a hold of it, not a fun time, but hey it was one of the first positive experiences my parents ever had when dealing with ghosts so there is that. Pandora has become something of a doting awesome aunt who can and will teach you how to fight if given the opportunity.”

They lapsed into silence for a bit, Clark content to just sit there while Danny gathered his thoughts.

“Let’s see, I talked about my parents, Ellie, Pandora and a little bit about my sister. So Jazz is the most amazing and overbearing sister known to all kind. She has her heart in the right place, but Ancients if she puts me in soup-time one more time, I’m gonna figure out a way to do it to her and see if she likes it.”

“Excuse me, ‘soup time’?” Clark was baffled. “Actually a few things you’ve mentioned have me confused, what is the ‘GZ’ and why say ‘Ancients’ like it’s a curse word?”

Danny looked sheepish at that. “Right yeah, I forgot, I’m just so used to talking to people who know. So the GZ is also known as the Ghost Zone, the Infinite Realms or the afterlife. Basically it’s a dimension connected to all other dimensions and houses the ecto-entities of the worlds. It’s where all the afterlives are connected together and there are also, like, gods or god-like beings, which are the Ancients I mentioned, there as well as monsters. Basically anything that gives off a whiff of ‘spooky’ is probably connected to the GZ in some way.”

“So your friends in the corn fields?” Clark trailed off giving a dubious look at the fields.

“Yeah, they’re technically ecto-entities. There are places that the veil between thins and sometimes things crossover. Like, I saw in one of the aerospace books that you also have the Bermuda Triangle as a thing, a lot of those incidents are from the veil thinning there and some natural portals opening up into the Infinite Realms. Sometimes they come back out, but it’s likely going to be a different time period than they first went in.”

“So, ‘soup time’?” Clark asked, getting Danny back on track.

“Right! So, you know how I mentioned that my parents make some crazy things? Well some of those things are containment devices, but there’s one that works the best out of all of them, and that is the Fenton Thermos. Basically it’s bigger on the inside and can suck in and hold an ecto-entity until it is released, usually through the portal. It’s very cramped and not a great feeling and my sister is rather clumsy so when she first started helping me, she accidentally sucked me into the thermos six times. Six times! Like I get it, sometimes somebody’s aim can be a bit off, but she kept getting me and not the ghost that was attacking! She’s gotten better and can and will join us on patrol if need be, but she’s more like a backup and also our field medic. She’s going into psychology and stuff for school, but she also wants to be a certified emt, it really couldn’t hurt in our town and with what I do.” Danny paused here, seeming to think about the fact he wasn’t home patrolling his Haunt. “Hey Clark, would you mind going for a short fly around the property with me? I need to move a bit.”

“Yeah, sure we can do that.” Clark got up and waited for Danny before making his way down towards the ground. “So you mentioned patrol? What’s up with that? Also do you have any friends you hang out with?”

Danny started flying in a set route and Clark followed along, curious. “So, you know how I have powers and whatnot, kind of obvious now that we’re actually flying.” Danny and Clark both snorted at this. “So not all things that come through the portal in my basement are good things. I fight whatever comes through and send it back where it came from. Most of the time it’s just animal ghosts that don’t know any better, but there are also ones that know full well what they’re doing and seem to just want to make my life worse. I mean, can’t Skulker lay off me for long enough for me to finish an essay? Honestly.”

“So, you’re a hero, is what you’re telling me? A vigilante?” Clark asked, and watched as Danny scanned the horizon for anything weird. Well, at least weird for Danny, which, on second thought, Clark decided he would just pay attention to the child-teen next to him. No need to see things not meant to be seen.

Danny glanced over at Clark, “Yes, though it took a while and some misunderstandings for the town to accept that I’m there to do good. There was an issue with mind control and then the mayor was possessed, it was a whole thing, I’ll go into it later. Anyway,” Danny turned down a path between fields. “So I talked about my parents, a bit about my sister and the basics of ghost stuff, how’s about I talk about my best friends in the whole world?” He smiled at this, a fond wistful thing.

“So my best friends are Sam and Tucker, and Valerie is getting there. We had a bit of a rough time before she realized I was the ghost boy she wanted to fight. It was a whole thing, but we’ve figured it out. We’ve got a truce going and she’s starting to hang out with us more and trains with us when she can. She’s this badass hunter in a red power suit with a flying surfboard, it’s really awesome. I mean, it wasn’t when she was unknowingly working with my nemesis, but the suit is now tied into her own ecto-signature so he can’t take it back from her now.”

“So I guess that brings me to my best friends in the whole world, they’ve been with me since before all of this and have stood by me and kept my secret before I told my parents. Tucker is the best hacker that I’ve ever met, and I know a ghost who literally can become electricity. He’s a self-proclaimed carnivore and will not eat veggies unless they’re with an almost equal portion of meat. He’s also the reincarnation of an ancient Pharaoh and will inherit a domain in the GZ when he passes on. He’s been helping out my parents with some of the tech they make and also keeps all our data safe. He also has been working with some people in the GZ to update our tech, specifically stuff for tracking and also medical stuff for ecto-entities. He may hate hospitals, but that doesn’t mean he won’t help when it’s needed.” He paused for a breath here before he basically sighed out, “And then there’s Sam.” His freckles started to glow again when he said her name.

“Sam is awesome. She’s a vegan and a goth and can and will absolutely beat the afterlife into anyone who messes with any of us. She has some level of powers following an incident that had her possessed for several days, but mostly it’s stuff like enhanced strength and speed, nothing too alarming, and juuuust a touch outside of normal for an athletic human, but she also can take and recover from hits almost on my level. She can talk to plants and grow them very quickly and when needed during a fight she can sprout out vines from the ground to help take out enemies. She’s set to take control of a part of the GZ as well when she dies, just as a princess, but still. She’s really smart and knows all this stuff about mythology and the kinds of things that we end up fighting a lot before the rest of us realize what it is and she’s a great shot too.” Danny seemed more content now than when Clark first came out, and while Danny had been right to warn him about the rambling, he found he really liked it when Danny was talking about the people he loves and things he knows about.

“So, what other things do you want to do before you go back? You already mentioned karate, did you want to learn anything else?” Clark asked. They started to make their way back to the house since they found nothing along the edges of the property.

Danny thinks for a moment. Learning new other combat techniques wouldn’t be a bad idea, but he can always learn from masters in the Zone. On one hand, learning politics wouldn’t be a bad idea, but he has a feeling that it’s probably different in the Zone than in the living world. On the other hand, he was told to treat this time like a vacation, meaning he can just enjoy himself and pursue his hobbies here.

“Well, I haven’t really had the time to do my hobbies or major interests in the last couple of years, so I guess I could do that. I’m not sure where you are with video games, but I’m sure they’re nowhere near what I’m used to, but building model spaceships and maybe I can try out flight simulators at museums. I’d love to learn to pilot, but right now I have the body of a six year old, so that’s gonna have to wait until I’m bigger. I’ve been a bit interested in the mechanics of things too, my dad’s shown me how to solder computer parts together, so I wouldn’t mind learning about how electronics and engines work. I’ve always wanted to be an astronaut, so I’d have to learn some of that stuff anyway.”

“Oh, one of our neighbors has a small plane he uses for crop dusting and sometimes for fires or rescue things if the police or firefighters need his help. We can see if he’d be willing to take us up sometime! I think there’s an aerospace museum in Metropolis that has a flight simulator, but it’s pretty far away, we’d have to go in winter when we can leave the farm for a day, but I’m sure Ma an’ Pa would take us. I’m sure Pa would be happy to teach you about the engines of the truck and the tractor too, though he might not let you do anything except hand him things until you’re older. As far as video games go, I’m not sure what they’re like there, but we only really have an arcade with some fighting games that are pretty cool. I mean, the Mayor’s kid has a home gaming system, but they’re hard to get around here.”

“Aw man, I’m gonna end up spending all my allowance at the arcade aren’t I?” Danny groaned as they made their way up the stairs of the house. Clark chuckled, swinging the door open. “But yeah, all that sounds awesome! I hope we can convince your parents to let us do all that stuff.” Danny yawned. “I think it’s time I actually head to bed though. Tiny baby body needs sleep.” Danny floated his way up the stairs, too tired to use his legs and not wanting to wake the Kent parents with the creaky stairs. “Hey, Clark?” Danny asked.

Clark turned back to Danny, about to head to his own room. “Yeah Danny?”

Danny smiled a small smile. “Thanks for listening to me, I think it helped with me being homesick. To, you know, talk about them all. I do wish I could see them and hang out with them all, but I’m glad that I’m here too. For the first time in a while I’m not responsible for anything, I can actually be a kid.”

Clark smiled back at Danny, “Of course, I’ll listen anytime.” He thought for a moment. “You mentioned before about responsibility, you mean the hero thing right?”

Danny nods at first, then tilts his head to the side for a moment. “Oh, I forgot to tell you, it’s not just that. I’m also to be the King of the GZ when I’m old enough.”

Clark’s face drained and he landed hard on his feet. Breathlessly he asked. “King of the GZ? You mean the dimension that connects all the dimensions? You’re going to be King of it all?”

Danny just nods then sits criss-cross in the air. “Yeah, gimmie a sec, I can make the royal getup appear, you might want to shield your eyes, it’s a bit bright.” Danny called forth his newest transformation, the one that came to be when he agreed to become Crown Prince of the Realms. A bright white light similar to an aurora with static on the edges appeared at his middle and hoarfrost seemed to spiral outwards as the light passed over his body. Left in its wake is medieval looking armor.

Chainmail that seemed to be made from frost under a breastplate of black metal with his logo etched in silver. A cloak that started as a slippery black faded on the edges to look like the galaxy itself was trailing after him. His bracers were a pale silver and the clothes beneath his armor were a black leather-like material. He had white leather boots that went up to his knees and had the same pale silver metal tipping the toes. Above his head an aurora circled and little flakes of snow would drop into his hair like falling stars. Danny himself changed also, he stayed a six-year-old, but his skin faded to a light blue, his freckles began to glow a bright green as they had earlier. His eyes changed and glowed with a similar green light, and his hair turned white as snow and seemed to float as if in water. His fingertips were a deep navy and clawed, his canines elongated and his ears became pointed. On his finger there appeared to be a ring made of onyx with a gem so bright a blue that it almost hurt to look at, though it didn’t seem to light up the place more than Danny himself.

The most startling thing to Clark however, was not his appearance. “Danny, why don’t you have a heartbeat?” he asked, projecting as much outward calm as he could muster while being twelve and internally freaking out.

Danny seemed confused for a bit before he seemed to realize something. “Oh, right, so right now I’m a ghost, and as a ghost I don’t have a heartbeat, you should be able to hear some sort of almost rhythmic buzzing though, that’s my core, it’s similar to a heart and brain for ghosts.” Clark listened closer and relaxed once he found the buzzing sound. It reminded him of the sounds of a plane engine in the distance.

“I also completely forgot that I never showed you my ghost form, so one sec, this one’s a lot brighter, I definitely don’t advise looking at this one.” Clark decided to listen this time, as the last time hurt his eyes.

In a flash of bright white light, Danny appeared once again differently than before. He kept the green eyes, snow-white hair and glowing freckles, but the rest of him looked more like his human form, albeit wearing a black and white full bodysuit. The suit itself was black with the stylized DP logo, white boots, white gloves and a white belt. Danny’s skin was a more healthy tan, though still a bit paler than his human form.

“So this is my usual ghost form, I’ve been able to change into it since I got my powers and it’s why my parents didn’t know I was who I was at first. It led to a lot of miscommunication and getting grounded even though I was out saving the day. Things have gotten much better since they learned about me and then looked at their research and realized a lot of it was wrong. I’m really proud of them, they looked at all their biased papers they had written over the years and instead of doubling down or letting it ruin them, they instead found a renewed vigor and are learning all they can. They’re releasing paper after paper correcting all the assumptions they had made now that they aren’t blinded by their prejudices.” Danny had a soft smile on his face as his eyes and freckles glowed brighter thinking about his parents. He yawned again. “I think I’ve dropped enough info on you for tonight though, so I’m gonna head to bed. You should too.” Another bright flash and Danny was back to being human, feet firmly on the floor.

“Yeah, I’ll do that. Sleep well Danny.” Clark appeared to have reached his limit for processing things as he put some dots together. As he lay awake in his bed he realized that Danny is going to be a king to literal gods.

And he thought his math final was stressful.

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thebestofoneshots · 7 months

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WHEN I TELL YOU I SCREAMED WHEN YOU SAID I WAS A SLY FOX!?!??? GOD I LOVE THIS STORY AND THAT JUST PROVES SO MUCH THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT!!!! IM LITERALLY SCREAMING!!!! I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!! AND THE COVER FOR THE BOOK?!?!? ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!! ITS SO PRETTY!!! BUT ALSO I DIVED DEEPER LIKE YOU SAID I NOTICED SOME HIDDEN CLUES!!!

ok so first of all right off the bat i noticed the little fox on the bottom! but also above that is “A labyrinth of lost souls” (now i know this might be reaching but idk!) so i looked up “a labyrinth of lost souls” and immediately got a bunch of links talking about assassins creed! and i quickly read over one of the links and saw that there’s a ring involved?!?!? and i immediately thought of the ring that y/n got from her mother! but i also saw there’s another game called wizardry: labyrinth of lost souls! so that could also be what you’re talking about!!! idk if either of those are relevant but for now this is just a quick rundown of what i can gather right now!

ok next are the the little moons in the top corners with the woman sitting in them! idk what meaning you have behind them rn but what i got from them is the fact that they are not full moons and she’s sitting inside of them while it kids looks like the moon is curving into her in a way? like trying to reach to her? idk again just the vibe i’m getting! ALSO THERES STARS IN THE MOON!!! WOLFSTAR!!! not only are there stars in the moon but there’s a single star outside of the moon but also in it? with the woman! it almost looks like the woman is sitting inside the moon admiring the star!!! idk!

MOVING ON BECAUSE THIS ISNT A DEEP DIVE JUST WHAT I CAN GATHER NOW!! I WILL DO A DEEP DIVE LATER!!! OK THE CONSTELLATIONS!!! I NOTICE THREE OF THEM AND I IMMEDIATELY LOOKED UP SIRIUS’ CONSTELLATION!!! AND WHAT DID I FIND?!?!??? THATS RIGHT CANIS MAJOR!!! THAT LOOKS LIKE A DOG!!! WHICH HAS SIRIUS’ CONSTELLATION IN IT!!! and where do i see a dog like constellation?!?!? ON THE LEFT OF THE COVER!!!

i believe the constellation in the middle is cassiopeia but i could be wrong. i don’t know for sure i looked up the story and don’t see how it fits in right now but maybe later in the story? hmmm

i can’t figure out what the one on the right is but hopefully i will find out soon!!! like i said this is just be briefly looking at the cover because i got so excited and couldn’t wait!!!

OK FOR NOW THATS ALL IM GONNA TALK ABOUT I WILL FIND MORE THINGS LATER!!! BUT OMG THIS IS SO MUCH FUN!!! TO LIKE LOOK FOR LITTLE DETAILS!!! ALSO THE WHOLE PRIZE THING?!?!??? I SCREAMED OMG!!! I WOULD ACTUALLY KILL TO BE A CHARACTER IN YOUR STORY!!! ITS LITERALLY AMAZING!!!! AND I HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO SAY BUT I NEED TO GET TO BED BUT JUST KNOW IM IN LOVE WITH YOUR WRITING AND EVERYTHING YOU DO ITS AMAZING!!!!

OK LOVE YA BYE!!!!

Tinny little fun fact so you don’t rack your brain over this one: Labyrinth of Souls was actually my second top option for naming Gilded Constellations, I wanted it to have a very David Bowie-esque vibe which is why Labyrinth (literally from the movie The Labyrinth, was just perfect, but I felt it was too corny (especially when the first iteration was Labyrinth of Hearts) that I went for Gilded Constellations instead.

Gilded being inspired by Golden Years from Bowie, and constellations because our babies are our moon and stars. In Spanish we have a word that’s “Astros” which roughly translates to “all the things in the sky” but there is no cool version of it in English so constellations it was in the end.

Aaaalso, theories are so freaking fun, I thought I’d let you guys run with them, so I’m helping you recruit some of my other readers, especially the ones that always approach me with theories since I feel like you could have lots of fun together theorizing over the cover: @moonyunebi @starchaser-lily @blacksgarden @loving-and-dreaming @imdoingbetternow (no pressure btw)

Lovelies, this is a follow up to this post, and I’m also adding the cover here again for your convenience ♡

But in short, I was telling Comet that I had designed this cover and that is just as filled with easter eggs, foreshadowing and secrets, as the story itself… So you may or may not find clues for the story here ☆

Also taking this chance to invite everyone who has not sent questions for the future Q&A, to send as many as you want ૮꒰ ˶• ༝ •˶꒱ა ♡

Lastly, there will be a mini contest later on, so Comet will not be the only one receiving a price, stay tuned, and send in all your theories…

Ps, That’s not Cassiopeia, perhaps you should look closer to where the swans swim…

Ps2, thanks for the rose and love kit, you’re lovely ꒰ᐢ. .ᐢ꒱₊˚⊹

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writergirl3 · 1 year

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⭐️FIC TEASER⭐️ 'Your Choice' ; Aaron T/Z x Fem!Reader

So, I got this ask a couple months back and feel bad that I never got back into writing the fic I'd started.

But, in seeing as the manga previews have revived us remaining 4 Townies, I thought I'd post the least shitty scrap of writing I have for this.

This is NOT a poly fic, to be clear. In a nutshell, you're Jesse's little sister (sorry nb/masc readers), and the Aarons each fall for you. The story will have two alternate endings, so you can choose who you end up with. Sound good?

If enough people like this, I'll revise it so it's g/n, but this is what I got so far. Let's get into it!

GIF by lagorditadeturningred

June 2002

“I’m just gonna say it- this is dumb.”

Robaire being wrong is a rarity not witnessed by many, and this fact still rings true as he and Tae stare up at their identically-named bandmates.

While the two Aarons were usually the poster boys of solid friendship, things between the pair had begun to go sour in recent months. Little banter-fuelled competitions had grown more serious. Irritable grumbles from Z towards his energetic friend had turned personal. And T’s fun-filled pranks had bordered on full-blown altercations.

What fuels this fire, you ask?

Well, in truth, it’s you.

Ever since your initial encounter with your brother’s bandmates back in ‘99, the Aarons have never been able to shake off their own feelings towards you.

Pretty much ever since they set eyes on you, you had captured their hearts. They had both been taken by your own distinctive beauty at first. But since learning more about you as a person, their affection towards you has become an all-encompassing sort.

Like stars mapping out the night sky, moments with you clustered into constellations in each of the Aarons’ minds day and night. And, it was these memories that made them fall for you.

Like when you and T pranked Jesse, jumping out to scare him when he was throwing clay on his wheel (it went EVERYWHERE).

Or when you ran into Z late one August evening and he taught you the ‘proper’ way to shoot hoops.

Then, there was the time when you all blasted Michael Jackson’s The Way You Make Me Feel at 2am and danced like crazy.

Little things like this had been eating the Aarons up over the past three years, and they were both down bad. The thing is, they know that they share this commonality.

The problem that now presents itself is the rivalry that ensued between the once-friends. What had begun as a shared crush is now a full-on contention to win your heart. Only Tae and Robaire know, and while they try and keep the peace, it’s becoming harder to keep the group dynamic strong.

It’s this feud that’s brought all of the 4 Town members, excluding Jesse, to this particular situation. T had suggested that the Aarons settle their dispute once and for all by seeing who could dangle from a basketball hoop for the longest. Whoever lost their grip first had to give you up, and the winner got to take you out.

Robaire looks up at the young men, trying to ignore the faint stench of sweat permeating the air. He stands on Z’s hoop to weigh it down, while Tae does the same for T’s.

“Shut up, R-Ro…” Z tries, and fails, to hide the struggle in his voice, his grip on the metal ring faltering.

“I think this is so cute! It’s like that scene in The Notebook-”

“-Don’t encourage them, Tae!”

“Alright, sorry, sorry…”

T and Z glare at each other, unaffected by their bandmates' conversation back on the ground. T smirks, knowing his words can get into Z’s head, easy. “I hope you got plans tonight, when I take Y/N out. Wouldn’t want you to spend it crying to Titanic.”

Z eyes the younger brunette with eyes that could rival a full-blown wildfire. “You takin’ her some place where pigs fly and unicorns shit rainbows?”

“I love unicorns!”

The three guys all deadpan Tae, who chuckles uncertainly and begins looking inanely up at the sky in the hopes of sighting some rare bird.

“How do you know Y/N even likes either of you dummies?” Robaire sighs, rubbing his temples.

“She told me!”

“Shut up, T, no she didn’t!”

T huffs, readjusted his grip on the hoop, “Okay, maybe not. But at least I talk to her! All you do is stare at her like a dog or some shit!”

Widening his eyes in a dopey, lovestruck caricature, T impersonates Z mercilessly. If the latter didn’t have a face like thunder, Tae Young would have collapsed in a fit of uncontrollable giggles then and there.

“And how are you gonna impress her? With toilet humour and pranks?” Z spits, wishing he hadn’t made any reference to the bathroom. He’s been supporting his own weight for almost fifteen minutes now, and with the thought now in his head, he needs to pee.

In fact, he almost did just that when he, and the other boys, were startled by a familiar voice.

Well, yours, to be precise.

“What are you both doing?”

“Y/N!” the Aarons call in unison, your sudden appearance surprising them both. With a thud, they both fall to the ground in a heap.

“It’s a tie!” Tae shouts excitedly.

“A tie?” you question, quickening your approach to the scene.

Robaire and the Aarons look at Tae desperately, and he thinks on his feet. “I, uh- a Thai Silver Pheasant! Up there!”

Pointing upwards, Tae diverts your attention just long enough for the other boys to collect themselves. You frown, puzzled by what Tae is talking about. “Really?”

“Yeah! Did you miss it? Oh well, there’s always next time!” Tae rambles nervously before hastily pacing over to the house.

“Okay then…” you chuckle to yourself, before the sound of a wince takes your attention and you remember your brother’s bandmates. “You two okay?”

“I, er, I’m-”

“-Yeah, we’re good! All good!” T interrupts Z. You extend a hand out to T and he takes it with a blush and a jittery ‘thank you’.

Turning your attention to Z, your eyes widen at the small trail of blood trickling down one of his short-clad legs. “Z! You're bleeding!”

Rushing over to him, you sling your backpack onto the ground and rummage for a tissue or something to dab at the cut with with. He eyes you in a daze, slightly overwhelmed by your concern for him. When you retrieve a pack of tissues from the front pocket of your bag, you begin dabbing the graze carefully.

“T-thanks, Y/N…” Z utters sheepishly, embarrassed by your attention. You offer him a warm smile that makes his grazed knee, and the other one, weak.

T lets out a little huff of jealous annoyance, wanting your attention and care. When Jesse asks for help with unloading the suitcases from his van, though, T jumps at the chance to impress you with his strength and runs off.

You chuckle at the curly-haired boy before helping Robaire get Z to his feet. With one arm around his waist and the other holding his arm around your shoulder, Z can’t help but blush furiously as he hobbles towards the house with your help.

“T! Take them one at a time, you’ve already fallen once this morning!”

Jesse’s paternal instructions fall on deaf ears as T zooms past, gripping three suitcases somewhat-capably. He hides any struggle on his part well with the cheeky grin he flashes you on as he passes.

⭐️

So, what did y'all think? Should I keep plugging away at this and turn it into a full story?

#4 town #4*town #4town #4 town Aaron t #4*town Aaron t #4town Aaron t #4 town Aaron t x reader #4*town Aaron t x reader #4town Aaron t x reader #4 town Aaron z #4*town Aaron z #4town Aaron z #4 town Aaron z x reader #4*town Aaron z x reader #4town Aaron z x reader #4 town x reader #4*town x reader #4town x reader

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palialaina · 4 months

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What is sleep? FOR THE WEAK!

Look, when you have to get up stupidly early to try and catch fish, you generally just tend to say fuckit and stay up all night. At least, you do if you're me! But I have completed the Silvering constellation thing, and I feel... like something got missed.

But you know what, it's done, and dealt with, and I can figure it out later when I'm not so loopy on lack of sleep that Hodari of all people had to put me to bed.

In my defense, I was gonna go, and then Auni delivered a letter from him that said he was going to be at the Wave temple, and he wanted to share lunch! I'm not entirely sure if we're a couple yet, but...

Free food.

So I figured why not, I'll go say hi and see how he's doing with the survey thing, and get some lunch, and hang out for a while, tell him, you know, how wild it was to wake this temple up.

Because it kind of was.

Turns out, Hodari was so excited to see if I'd show up, he forgot the lunch. Which, frankly, is adorable no matter what he thinks. (He claims it's ridiculous, I think it's cute, we're just not gonna agree on that.) It wasn't a total loss though, There's mushrooms and fish, and while I'm honestly not a fan of fish, it was better than nothing, and kind of fun to gather things up and let someone else do the cooking for a change. (Jel burns water, and Hassian eyes my kitchen stuff like it's going to bite him. No, I do not know how Jel burns water, but there's definitely a reason why Reth brings him food every day.)

Honestly, the best part has been the fact that Hodari insisted I come home and nap, saw me home and everything, and then once he'd left, Najuma popped in and asked me if he'd given me a thing yet. Given that I wasn't all sure it was a date, I was a little confused until Naj pointed to the pins I have for Hassian and Jel.

Which, uh... Admittedly, it's probably time to see about making one? Because I do like him, and Jel and Hassian have no problems with him, and clearly Najuma is on my side with the whole utter exasperation she was fielding when I told her that no, I didn't have Hodari's pin. Legit asked what he thought he was doing, and yanno...

When you have the kid's approval for something like this? You're doing all right, I think.

But she said she was going to bug him about it, which is Concerning, but I don't think I can talk her out of it. So I might have a third pin soon.

I have almost decided what to do with my house. I just need to save up a bit more money to get a large room (I'm upgrading my bedroom) and another harvest house (for a guest house), and then I just have to smack some trees.

Dad suggested I could make a workshop, if I was floundering for ideas, and that could be fun too, but most everything I have still fits in the tent that was home for a bit before I had the money for the house. So I'm not entirely sure if I want to do that or not. But no matter what, it's gonna be a big project that'll probably take several days.

Maybe I should ask Tish for ideas. And I'll need help from Einar again, to get stuff down from way up high... Hm...

...oh right. I'm supposed to be sleeping. Time to do that before a certain thiefy palcat runs off with my pen.

Again.

#palia #palia online #singularity 6 #berry plays palia #palia game #palia journaling #palia journey #palia mmo #palia roleplaying

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cresentcube · 10 months

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Howdy there! I'm a bit late to the party, by like, a few years by my estimate, but I'm absolutely in love with your Nine in DQ11 AU. I had a similar thought because DQ9 was the one other DQ game I've played. But yeah, I've been tearing through your AU, feeling a little betrayed that I'm just finding this now T_T. I'm not sure if you're still taking questions for this AU, but there's one thing I'm wondering that I'm pretty sure I haven't seen yet. Apologies if you've already answered this. What are Nine's general vibes with Serena, Erik, and Jade. Like what's their relationships and interactions like?

HELLO WELCOME!! YOU'RE NOT LATE THE TRAIN IS STILL RUNNING

I still have this AU in my heart, yes! I'm so glad you loved it!!!

It's an AU I always hold dear in the corner of my heart and if anyone leaves a like on my post I immidiately just leap up in joy. Just haven't been posting since life was really busy but it's still one of my favorite pastimes to just think about it for a while. Your ask filled me with pure joy! if you have any more questions or ideas or just random thoughts about the au, anything, just dump it on the ask and I'll be there with you in an instant. Feel absolutely free to barge in, I love getting asks. Thank you again.

Now, to your question!

Serena: They've got a lot of things in common: mainly, that they're the team gluttons. If left unsupervised they will drift to a bakery unprotected and return after spending half the team's budget. They're also both absentminded as all hell, so you can constantly see Veronica chiding the two of them at the same time- Nine and Serena side by side, slightly looking like soaking wet puppies. Like partner in crimes- but the crimes are just things like disappearing into the crowd and being lost, only to be found hours later, sharing a pastry, blissfully unaware how much the other party members were frantically looking for them in concern.

They're very good friends! She's the one who Nine makes the most casual conversation to, due to them having a lot of common interests- Nine's affinity to healing magic brings them together to discuss healing magic theory together, too. Nine enjoys braiding her hair if there's nothing to be done! Serena very, very much enjoys listening to his nighttime stories of stars and constellations.

Erik: If you leave them together, their bickering will NOT end. It's a constant stream of roasts and roasting back. Despite all this, it's all in good fun- in truth, Nine is very, very fond of Erik. Ever since Erik helped El bust out of the dungeons, Nine is always very thankful to him. He's also... aggressively protective of Erik, but does not seem to realize the fact himself. Their usual conversation is on the bickering side, but they're all good-natured and both know it. ("Nine, you know your plans make no sense." "Sure, mister 'I jumped off a cliff and would have died immediately if not for El's miracle powers', tell me your wisdom, then!')

Since Nine usually has his head above in his clouds- El's a bit too used to Nine's casual chaos- it's usually up to Erik to try and "save him from himself". "Nine, stop trying to eat that loaf whole. We have a bread knife. We're not savages." "Nine, for the love of- how did you burn the cooking pot down?? It's made of copper!!" Erik is also fond of Nine, but in the way of "Good God. My partner's brother needs a leash(affectionate)" kind of way.

In return, Nine cares a lot about Erik's wellbeing: he constantly asks Erik whether he ate anything, quietly mends his clothes, forcefully sits him down to check for his wounds and tends to them personally. As I mentioned, Nine almost gets aggressively protective of Erik from time to time- Erik notices this but does not mention it.

Jade: Jade views El as a brother: and the fact that Nine had dedicated his (jade's percieved sense of) entire life to keeping Eleven safe has won her respect. She doubts his motive at first, because she instantly recongized he was a man that was hiding a bit too much inside his seams- but the fact that Nine gets hurled off a cliff just to give them a time frame to escape erased her doubts right away. She does have her own blazing questions about Nine's true identity, but she decides to keep silent in the behalf of the respect she holds against him.

It's a relationship of solemn respect, at first, Jade respecting Nine as a protector and Nine viewing Jade as a lineage of royalty and treating her as such.... but it slowly melted into something much more friendlier over the time.

Jade does not speak of it, of course, but by the time act 1 is coming to a close she already came to a point where she considers him as her second younger brother. She (half jokingly) tries to appoint Nine to come be her royal knight beside Hendrik after she is crowned queen- Nine politely refuses.

(Nine still holds a bit of regret in the fact that he could not help any of the tragedies made in the day she lost the grip of the basket.)

Another tidbit is that albeit not daily like Hendrik and Nine, they spar quite regularly. Hendrick and Nine's sparring usually follows the same routine: Hendrik, with his physical wall of defence and his slow but devastating blows, tries to brute force his way through Nine's shield spells. Nine, with his floating movements, utilize his dexterity and small form to dodge his attacks and tries to find an opening. It's a calm conversation, almost, and since they both know each other's limit, they usuallt let go of their weapons when either of them looks drained and end the sparring in a peaceful handshake.

Jade and Nine's battle, however- not so much. Jade's blows are quick, very quick, and absolutely merciless. Since Nine's go-to battle strategy is to glance off attacks by dodging, parrying, and putting up shielding spells, this means Nine have to dodge a LOT. When they spar, it's a constant flurry of movement, sounds of split-second parrying, and the dust sifting around them as Jade metaphorically chases Nine around to land a strike: it's chaos. The only thing one would be able to make out of this mess is an occasional, frantic chant of SKARA! as the gold tint of Nine's shield spell surrounds himself, only to be deftly broken by Jade's roundhouse kick. Jade does not have mercy. To her it's either a win or a loss: Either Nine puts up a shield a second late and gets flung across the field like a rag doll by a kick, or Jade loses her balance for a split second after Nine's parry and gets a sword hilt smashed against her stomach.

Nine very much enjoys sparring against her! Erik is very concerned for his sanity.

That's what I can think of of the moment. I'll add more when I have more ideas, and if you want more details feel free to ask!!

#nine in dq 11 au #dragon quest #dragon quest ix #dragon quest xi #dragon quest 9 #dragon quest 11 #ask in the box

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lee-hakhyun · 1 year

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584 + 585

episode 6! i did take a break from reading it for a bit but i'm back on my regular schedule <3 there's a lot here (i know i say that a lot but it's orv. the plot never slows down) also, a small fun fact: from chapters 553-586, kim dokja's name has appeared in all but two chapters (562, 580). lee hakhyun. you have brainworms

so, the item box kyung sein does rightfully ask how the hell he found a second box, and lee hakhyun makes up an excuse on the spot like usual when the constellation messages start coming in, he decides to look at them and guess which are just constellations are which are readers who possessed constellations

so, lee hakhyun's guesses:

wukong: constellation tiger: reader rat: unknown cow: reader pig: reader unrevealed modifier: a weirdo

schemer is noticeably missing. now, they don't have broken faith, so what are they going to put in that box? lee hakhyun puts in 'unrealized thoughts' (changed the 'unrealized ideas' item name)

..however, he don't have a demon's core, because the dark keeper left peacefully. and

lee hakhyun is prepared to reject the constellation's offer assuming it's going to be something impossible, but the tiger only requests one thing: for lee hakhyun to attend the zodiac ball, something like the constellation banquet or the gourmet association festival but for the zodiacs

and again with hakhyun calling himself a villain these zodiacs are chill though, and i'm interested to see what will happen at the ball with all the ingredients, lhh puts them in the box and that would be the end of the chapter but there's a pov switch

han sooyoung. there is NO way it isn't han sooyoung (prepared to eat my own words if i'm wrong though) and that's where schemer was, huh. i have no guesses on who he could be

now, 585

LMFAO

so, the item turns out to be.. a living slime thing..? and when lee dansu tried to feed it ground rat meat, it eats his bracelet item and then turns into the bracelet. before the item description, as they're leaving they just. barely miss han sooyoung

she was soo close

now the item. i had a hell of a time trying to figure out the translation but i tried my best

so, this item can mimic another item, though needing to fulfill extra conditions if it's a powerful item and also the slime can just. not transform if it doesn't like you

they make it back to geumho station, and the food penalty and survival penalty have started. there's a vastly different atmosphere compared to when kim dokja was there

i'm going to talk about this when i've read a few more chapters, but 41 yjh is really not what would be expected from what we got in ORV

lee hakhyun, i love you i'm curious on who that unrevealed constellation is, too. his indirect messages have been suspicious to say the least

lhh goes on to demonstrate cooking a ground rat corpse that jung heewon (who's awake now!) brought back after not being able to find any food, and teaching the people in geumho station how to hunt ground rats

while teaching the citizens, lee hakhyun plans out his next actions, which is to go to chungmuro and deal with gong pildu

AS MUCH PRESENCE AS HE HAS HAIR

and as lee hakhyun complains about coins,

GABRIEL FOR THE WLWS?

i'm not including lhh's comment, but i will add my own opinion from how kyung sein has been about her new body, shes soo trans transmigrated into a woman's body and just immediately accepts it

along with this exchange in 580 she's just a girl head over heels for jung heewon <3

anyway, as lhh gets up to talk to them

urieeel!! she's here!! now afbd, wukong, and uriel are in hakhyun's channel! i wonder how this will go

and that's the end of 585, two more chapters left in episode 6

#orv side story #orv #orv spoilers #side story rambles #<- all of my chapter summaries are in that tag :)

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lord-pigeon · 4 months

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The thing you're not getting about why genshin is worse is because events are not meant to be the primary source of quartz in fgo. It comes from your weekly log in, live streams, 50 day ten pull, ascending servants to their second last ascension, story quests, free quests and the ten quartz you get from doing ten of them, rank up and interludes and the quartz you also get for doing ten of those, and special occasions like anniversary and new year. If you do ten rank ups you get a ten pull and you can do this in maybe an hour or two, now try grinding a ten pull in genshin. It'll be a lot more time investing and taxing considering you're just pressing buttons in fate. Also genshin's odds are just lower and it bleeds whales way harder by making constellations do more than just damage and they make modern 4 stars suck without them. Yes genshin has a better pity but that isn't the be all end all, you need to get 5 copies to max a 5 star in fate where as genshin its 6 AND 5 copies of their weapons. I could keep going on about ways that it's worse all day long, especially when genshin has way more micro transactions and predatory practices like battlepasses and resin but take that fate is worse is utterly baffling tbh

Oh boy let's get into the math here because this is where the fun begins.

Don't get me wrong, I'll never defend Genshin's dogshit practices, but I have a personal grudge against FGO fans sucking on it when it's literally the bastard of the mainstream bunch. This argument is me pitting garbage against garbage to say which one is stinkier.

This gonna be long so I'm putting this under a cut:

Alright FGO dailies list (I'll use NA for FGO, since Genshin is a global server schedule):

Day 2=1 SQ, Day 4=1 SQ, Day 6=2 SQ and Day 7=Ticket (3 SQ equivalent)

Total: 7 SQ

Needed for a tenfold: 30 SQ

Weeks needed for a tenfold via Log-In alone: 4 weeks and 4 days. 32 days total.

It should be noted that if you miss a single day, it resets from the very start. You must log in no matter what. It might take but a few moments, but note, you have to.

Genshin dailies list:

10 Primos per Comm/action, total of 40, and a 20 Primo bonus for turning into Katherine

Total: 60 Primos

Needed for tenfold 1600 Primo

Weeks needed for a Log-In alone: 26 days total.

Genshin's big detriment is that while you never lose your place, you need to spend time on Commissions. It can be anywhere from 5-10 minutes, which is a bit of a serious timesink. It's a bit better with the Fontaine update but it's still a pain in the ass for those on the go.

Alright, but Lord, that's just raw Log-In, what about monthlies?

Monthlies are the same, since both give you 5 tickets/fates to use. Genshin is at the disadvantage here since you need to spend the stardust you get from summoning on it, but Fate also requires you to spend Mana Prisms. Fundamentally similar, it's just that Fate wins out by the small margin Mana Prisms are slightly easier to obtain.

What about pity?

Eat my ass, Fate's pity system just happened cause they were getting this ass beat monetarily and they gave up and did a base-tier QOL update. Six FUCKING years we waited for pity and its over 900 SQ??? ((330 pulls btw))

I saved a whole year and a half back for Musashi's inital release and I just barely had that shit. And that was events, dailies, so on and so forth. (I got her in three tickets so nobody come at me with the fact I'm just a bitter old bird who didn't get my cute girl.)

While there's the 50/50 mechanic with Genshin, that levels the idea of 180, and that's going to hard-hard pity. No matter what, you can, and will, at least get the character you want.

Now what if we include Weapon Banner, since people assume Weapons+Characters *must* go together rather than it just being BIS and disregarding the completely different game mechanics of turn-based FGO and action rpg Genshin (<bitter).

Weapon Hard Pity is 240 pulls. You get a Fate Point for 80 pulls if you don't get your directed weapon, and you get another one if you get screwed again. Two Fate Points guarantees the next 80 is what you want.

Now, that might equal 420 pulls, but there's a catch few people acknowledge: Soft Pity.

Genshin has a system that, the closer you get to that hard pity, the higher the rate goes up. Therefore, it's not often someone actually goes to the hard 80 or 90. I'm just using the hard numbers as a point.

FGO is a hard pity, nothing about the rates changes from Summon 1 to Summon 330. Plus no guarantee you actually even get something from those 330 pulls--at least in Genshin you get a Basic Banner character who has some measure of utility you can use to make progress.

Also FGO pity doesn't carry per banner, but Genshin's does, so if you get fucked over and wanna wait a few months, you have another shot instead of wasting all of it cause you got close but no cigar.

But what about upgrades? Constellations?

NP-bonuses are rather minor and not as key as say, Xiao C1 or Hu Tao C1, so FGO has the edge there. However, that leads me to the side point of:

Weapons.

Reasonably, everyone talks about how the 3-star weapons suck, yadda yadda. You get so many weapons from the game as welfare that are good and can be used by multiple characters. You don't need a 5-star weapon, just because you aren't hitting 300k a hit doesn't mean shit.

Genshin has a lot more versatility in team building than FGO tbh, since a lot of FGO's boils down to "Do you have Merlin/Skadi/Chen Gong/Waver/Tamamo/Castoria/Support Caster.png" that you can then use with any other character.

Not saying Genshin doesn't have that too with Qinqiu and Bennett, but due to the nature of Spiral Abyss, people have gotten smart about using others instead of just them cause it's a split up team system.

Citation: I didn't get a single 5-star Weapon until Year 2.5 of Genshin. Fun fact, I also didn't have a single DPS 5-star either (all I had since launch was Diluc and Venti), until fucking Cyno came out. I managed to play the game just fine.

Now in FGO NA, I was also there since Launch, and I didn't get my first SSR until the Solomon raids, in which I finally got Florence Nightingale. I was playing the game carried by Kiyohime, Salter, and throwing SQ at revives. And guides, christ, so many guides it made Arknights look elementary.

What about general SQ/Primo flow (the Anniversaries and whatnot mentioned)?

FGO, the year of 2023, had, according to a Reddit post which I can link if people want the source, is: 2571 SQ, tickets included.

This Reddit post involved Servant NP Ascension Quests, Events, Chunked Log-In Bonus, Live Streams, Bond Stuff, ect ect (also, stuff you can't do if you didn't roll them, the post was being generous with people getting what they rolled or had)

That is about 85.7 tenfolds. So, if you don't spend a penny and not miss a day of logging in, the average joe might get about 2, 3 hard pities on who they want. Presuming I'm doing the math right on that.

Genshin, in the year of 2022, had, according to another Reddit Post, roughly 100k Primogems.

That equals about 62.5 tenfolds, or over 620 Fates. Now, tossing that into the system with someone with the worst luck imaginable that wants a character, that's about the same amount of 3 to 4 guaranteed pities.

One might note that the numbers are about the same, and yeah, that checks. However, there's a lot of variables, such as Spiral Abyss for Genshin, and actually having the characters to do Interludes on.

Half-baked conclusion

FGO is a money sink, Genshin is a time sink. They both sink your serotonin. Nobody wins.

Look, I play both, I have grief with both, I have fond memories of both. I wouldn't have a stupid expensive Okada figurine sitting next to a custom Cyno plushie if I hated these games.

But they're gacha, they're both out for your money, it's just that one is just a raging cunt about the whole affair.

Reddit Post Citations:

#if theres anything I'm fucking stupid about its gacha #espeically the two i have the most time in #i been in fgo since year 1 day 1 in jp #i had two np 5 merlins before nasu took me out back with a shotgun #i was day 1 (day 4 technically cause rerolling lmao) for genshin too #theyre both my problematic dickhead comfort games #who need to be slapped for gambling crimes

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" look, i know i've been real, like... crabby, i guess, an' a huge pain in the ass t' deal with the last few weeks— "ㅤnot the best way to open things up, even with a present held in their hands, but they've never been anything short of blunt and they're trying to get better about communication. for sol, at least.ㅤ" —but i obviously wasn't gonna not do somethin' for you, so... here. "

passing off the carefully wrapped gift, topped with a sparkly pink bow because they can never resist, byan keeps their gaze lowered. they can feel the sheepishness in their expression, and they can't handle looking sol in the eye while they're so strangely nervous. why are they even nervous? they've given him gifts before, it's not like this is anything new! it's got to be the holiday making them so ill at ease, but even that feels so stupid...

inside the soft blue wrapping paper lay a small bundle of gifts — a usb cup warmer sits on top, something he can use to keep his coffee warm while he's doing school work at home. beside it, a hand painted mug, coloured in all the shades of a sunset with the silhouettes of the both of them seated on a rooftop, looking at one another, the lights of the city glowing in the distance. it's meant to be reminiscent of that night when they took him to their favourite hiding spot, their refuge from the world around them, and let him in farther than they ever had before. disgustingly sentimental, but it meant a lot to them, and they'd had to commit the event to memory through art. beneath that, there's a sweater in a shade of blue so deep that it's almost black, with all of his favourite constellations embroidered across the chest and arms in silver thread. and, to keep things a little more light-hearted, a small pair of glasses made to look similar to sol's own sit nestled at the very bottom as a final surprise.

" thought it'd be fun if you 'n jjijji could match. —if you can get her to sit still long enough t' put 'em on, anyway. "ㅤthe explanation comes with a quiet chuckle, and byan finally allows their gaze to lift to sol's face, a hopeful look in their eyes.ㅤ" if all else fails, momo'd look cute in 'em too. but, uh... yeah. i know it's not much, an' i'm not great at this, but... i hope you like it. 'cause otherwise, s'kinda embarrassing how much time i put into all of it. "

while the confession comes out of nowhere, it’s actually… nice to know that they’re aware. he understands where they’re coming from, and why they’ve been acting the way have been, but it’s still nice. what’s even more surprising, is the fact that they come with a gift. it is the season of giving, yes, and they’re already known for bringing him little gifts, but he didn’t except to get a gift and an apology.

when the gift is passed off to him, he stares at it for a moment, before carefully unwrapping the present, revealing what’s inside. the heater is the first thing he sees, and that alone gets him excited. the mug is next, the little details immediately stick out to him, as he carefully lifts it up to get a better look at each little detail. the scene it depicts is familiar to him, one he cherishes, because it’s when they let him in, trusted him enough to bring him to one of their sacred places. recalling the memory brings a certain warmth to his chest, and it’s paired with a smile on his face. he doesn't get to the shirt right away, he's taking in every little detail of the mug. and finally, he sets it and the warmer aside, excited to use soon. when he sees the sweater, he carefully picks it up, and once it’s out of the package, the constellations become more visible. the constellations are another detail he immediately recognizes, they’re the same constellations he can always point out whenever they’re visible enough. and lastly, the gift that really gets him smiling, the gift for jjiji. it’s cute, everything they’ve done for him.

they put so much detail into these gifts, remembering things he didn’t think were important. he’s almost overwhelmed with the emotions these bring, the fact that he feels so seen. he doesn’t think he can stop smiling, even when his throat gets tight, and the corner of his eyes start to burn.

“ thank you… ” he carefully sets the gifts down next to him, before pulling them into an embrace, and holding them close. even after his face is no longer visible to them, there’s still a smile on his face, cause if he stops smiling, he might actually start to tear up. “ i love all of it, every little detail you put in… it’s perfect. thank you… ” planting a kiss to the side of their head, he squeezes them just a bit harder. “ i love you…. ”

#byanyan #( in character. )#it’s so cute i couldn’t stop smiling when i read it #and i’m sorry it’s so late ahhhh

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While I’m on my art break, here’s some HCs about my lil listeners.

Sweetheart(Valentina)

- youngest sibling. But isn’t the “baby”. Has the youngest sibling syndrome of having to be the best like the oldest sibling

- was not a fan of cats until she met Aggro

- loves the chocolate cosmos flowers

Lovely (Yue)

- Speaks Mandarin

- Book smart and a smart ass

- likes to roast Sam verbally. They see him as a big brother and treats him like one.

FUN FACT! I based her off my lil sister personality wise :)

Angel (Evangeline)

- misses her cat sm, and has asked David if they can adopt a cat. More like the adopts the senior cats person (“they just need a comfy home davey 🥺”)

- could say the alphabet backwards/knows random useless knowledge.

- died her hair in high school and has stuck with that color ever since

Freelancer(Percy)

- obsessed with “Song of Achilles” and they got Lasko to read it. They both cried.

- hates sand. (Cue the whole Anakin Skywalker memes)

- can quote the whole Cars movie

Darlin (Ina)

- the scar on their nose is from trying to befriend a stray cat. They told everyone it was they got into a fight.

- likes socks. Specifically the fuzzy socks, but no one needs to know…

- a big closet Harry Potter fan and definitely tried to use a spell with their magic (Heh closet joke)

Honey (Amber)

- has an OF, BUT it’s all click bait. Sexy honey pics?? Oh no that’s just them with the cat meme with a knife face. Fans eat that shit up

- has bit Guy when he tickles them or gets too affectionate. Nom nom bitch

- allergic to mangoes

Babe (Cass)

- loves bugs. Like…obsessed. They were that kid that ran around the backyard barefoot to catch beetles

- likes longs skirts cause of the flowy look, and always wears a sweater.

- the sole reason there is a “no snacks at midnight” rule when it is pack hang outs. This gremlin will fight David for the last snack at 3 am

Sunshine (Solidad)

- has that thick curly hair that breaks 2 brushes a month

- played volleyball in high school. Kicks ass when Elliot and her friends play beach volleyball

- likes to hug Elliot from behind and hide her face in between his shoulder blades

Warden (Selene)

- Kept her given name when she’s on Elegy, but since I noticed the boys are named after constellations, she’s named after the Greek moon goddess

- definitely had that “is that not what you humans do?” like Starfire phase when she first came to Elegy

- loves the smell of Mint or Lavender

Petra (oc?)

- definitely had body confidence issues until her later years of D.A.M.N.

- hated Lasko at first, they just didn’t get along at first. Now she won’t shut up about how cute he is when he rambles

- does more plant work than anything with her earth powers. Into medicinal herb studies shit

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whatisreggieshortfor · 2 years

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Questions and Answers

Your friend bailed on you, so you decide to help a cute guy win a trivia game while you wait for your best friend and his friends ignore him.

College!Yamaguchi x college!gn!reader

You were exasperated. You felt like that was the best term. Your friend that had been putting you off for weeks because of her new relationship had finally promised to meet you for a drink, without bringing the new boyfriend for once. It wasn’t that you weren’t happy for her, you were ecstatic, but you wanted to spend time with her, not with her plus one. However, you weren’t surprised when you received a text stating that he wasn’t feeling well, so she was cancelling to take care of him. Again, you weren’t unhappy. You know she was doing what she thought her duties were as a girlfriend, but you just felt like your friendship was getting thrown on the back burner. You said as much when you texted your best friend, who promised to meet you when he got off work, while complaining you needed better friends, but offered up that the bar was scheduled to have a trivia night while you were there. You groaned, it had been the reason you came. Your friend loved trivia, and it was because of her that you learned so many random facts for this. You decided it was fine, settling more into your seat at the bar to wait out your best friend’s work clock until he’d be able to join you. A group of boys took a table near you, and you recognized the blonde one as the guy that sits down the row from you in one of your lectures, but he was too busy bickering with two of the guys to notice. The fourth guy was just snickering to himself about it before he offered to get the first round of drinks, making his way to stand beside your seat at the bar. Taking a closer look, you were blown away by how pretty he was. Sure, most guys didn’t like being called pretty, but you couldn’t think of a better word. He had olive green hair and freckles dusting over his face, you almost couldn’t help but stare. He seemed to notice when he glanced your way and you witnessed the flush creeping up his cheeks, “Uh, hi? Do I know you?”

“No,” You shook your head embarrassed, “No, sorry. I, uh-“ what were you gonna say exactly? That you were too busy picturing the different constellations on his face to realize you were looking at him too long?

“Tadashi!” The blonde called out, and you were thankful for interruption, “They’re going to start soon.”

“Sorry, Tsukki!” He looked back at you, “Not playing?”

“No,” You shook your head again, “My friend bailed, so I’m just gonna watch until my other friend can meet me for a drink. Gotta destress after midterms somehow, right?” He laughed, and dear god it was even prettier than his face that you were sure had to have been crafted by all of the gods.

“Fair, well, I’m sure I’ll see you later then,” he did an awkward two finger salute before grabbing the drinks for his friends from the bartender and heading back to their table. The blonde, Tsukki, looked back at you with an eyebrow raised and an unreadable expression on his face, so you just stuck your tongue out at him. Sure, you were a grown adult, but you didn’t care how childish it was, he just scoffed and turned back to his friends.

The host of the trivia night wasn’t even halfway through the first set of questions before three of boys started ignoring him in favor of bickering amongst themselves, leaving the cute freckled one to try and reel them in if they wanted any hope of winning.

You shifted over a seat, just one to be closer to their table before leaning down, “It’s Scotland.”

“Guys, if you’d just- huh?” He snapped his head over to you as soon as he registered your voice.

“The county wood national animal is the unicorn. It’s Scotland.” You nodded to his answer sheet before taking a sip of your drink.

He huffed a laugh, giving you a bright smile that you almost had to look away from, “You know something like that?”

“I like fun facts.” You shrugged.

“Do you wanna-“ he started to motion to the last chair at the table, the one that still sat empty next to him before he froze, “Sorry, nevermind, you said you were meeting someone.”

You smiled at him, hopping into the empty seat, “Akira won’t be here until trivia is over.”

“Oh- well, uh, I’m Yamaguchi. This is Tsukishima, Hinata, and Kageyama.”

“Y/N,” You waved at the boys that were still ignoring the two of you.

It took over half way through the game before the other boys even noticed you joined them long enough to say anything, Hinata felt bad, reasoning to you that he was usually much more friendly, “but Crappyama and Suckyshima keep starting arguments with him”. Which obviously only launched another argument while you and Yamaguchi finished the game, and you managed to win between the two of you. The prize was just a free round of drinks from the bar, so the group of made your way over. You laughed knowing these guys only stopped fighting when they heard “free drink.” Yamaguchi was laughing at something you said before he looked kinda of nervous, “Uh, I know this might be a long shot, but I was wondering if maybe-“

“Y/N!” Your head snapped toward the door when the voice called your name, interrupting the boy in front of you.

Your smile got even bigger when you saw your best friend offering a small wave as he started walking toward you, only to slow down with slightly furrowed brows on his usually expressionless face.

“Kageyama?”

“Kunimi?”

“Yo, wait, you’re that Kageyama?” You laughed, “That must make the rest of you Karasuno boys!”

The rest of them looked equally surprised as they nodded, Hinata was the one to break the silence, “Did you do volleyball, too or something!?”

You shook your head, “Akira was my neighbor, I unofficially managed the volleyball to help his lazy butt out when he was a third year but I didn’t get to sit next to the coaches at the games cause I wouldn’t fill out the application to actually have the job.”

“And you call me lazy.” Kunimi rolled his eyes.

“Oh shove it!” You laughed.

Kunimi and Kageyama didn’t glare at each other anymore like they would’ve in high school, instead Kunimi just listened to him talk about the team he works with now. Tsukishima and Hinata are still arguing because Tsukishima said Hinata was so small he could use the ginger’s head as an arm rest. You were listening to Yamaguchi tell a story about one of his classes when Kunimi slumped over into your arm. You didn’t even glance away, so used to his tired antics, just ran a hand through his hair as you encouraged Yamaguchi to continue, but the freckled boy seemed to forget as he stared at him. “How long have- uh-“ his face flushed a bit.

Tsukishima just groaned from he stopped paying attention to Hinata, “Tadashi, for fuck sake, we’ve been here for like three hours longer than planned. Can you please just ask what you wanna ask so we can go to bed?”

“Sorry, Tsukki!” He looked even redder, still not quite meeting your eyes, “Uh- are you two dating?”

You blinked as Kunimi seemed to jerk away from you, “Gross.” He muttered, choosing to lean onto the bar instead.

Now you were slightly offended. “Wow. Bro, just because you’re a whole ass aroace, does not I am not a catch.”

“Catch is a good word. Like a stomach bug. I caught you in middle school and haven’t gotten better since.” You laughed as he huffed, smile barely cracking his face as he buried it in his arms.

“Whoaaa!” Hinata was almost vibrating with excited. “They’re like Noya-Senpai and Tanaka-Senpai mixed with Tadashi and Suckyshima!” Tsukishima scowled, but Yamaguchi seemed to feel better.

You just poked Kunimi, “Come on, ya big baby. Let’s get you to bed.” He shuffled up, and even though he obviously did it on purpose, he stumbled into, making what was left of your cup go flying into Yamaguchi. “Akira, what the-“

“Oops. I guess now you should give- what did you call him again?” He fished out his phone, “‘The freckled angel face’ your number so he can get ahold of you to get his shirt cleaned.”

You flushed, slowly setting the cup down before staring at the ground. “I-“ The squeak caught you off guard, but you were too afraid to look, “Would you, maybe, wanna hang out again instead of worrying about my shirt?”

Tsukishima groaned, “Kunimi’s tired ass tried to set you up and that’s the best you could do?”

Kageyama wasn’t even sure what was happening, he had been checking volleyball scores on his phone, and Hinata was trying to hype Yamaguchi up. The olive haired boy just seemed to get more nervous when you glanced up at him, “I can give you my number.” You offered with a mumble.

“I would really, really like that.” He smiled, face getting redder as Hinata cheered.

So maybe your friend bailed on you. But you got the number of a really cute guy.

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9 YEAR OLD DREAMY WAS IN LOVE WITH GRAYSON??? i actually almost choked on air reading that because when i was 8-10 i had a phat crush on robin/dick from young justice season 1; this is so funny skdjfhj i think there's been a variety of fandoms i've been in but the dc + marvel ones were the longest. i also loved littlest petshop, gen rex, ben 10 etc. but my iron man craze was literally the worst. can you believe that i had all 44 iron mans (the designs) memorized by name when i was 12? it's absolutely mindblowing thinking of that for me, i can barely remember my friends' names now djdjfkfj also hiii hope you are having a lovely day today ❣️ the flamin' hot cheeto look was a really fun one, if i'm being honest and yes! changbin looks so nice with light hair... my favourite binnie remains go-saeng era bin though, the ash blue/grey hair and slight mullet suited him a lot! i personally love natural hair on everyone but my preferred hair colour has always been a deep purple, like the one minho had a while back! whenever any of my biases get the grape hair is when i think they look the prettiest⏤my favourite gem is amethyst and that shade reminds me of the geode a lot, especially once it starts fading towards the pastels, it's like it's fading from the crystals to the chalcedony :D others i love are silver/lychee hair, blueberry hair, peach hair etc. hehe oh you're so cute :c i am more of a person whose love language is acts of service + gift giving so i often end up remembering the most absolutely trivial things concerning my friends, which has extended to my biases jfkjkgjd a few things i associate with them is: the stars (cliche but i once heard someone say to another person that their freckles were like specks of stardust & constellations in the night sky somewhere and that stuck with me for felix once i saw him after that!), guitars, berries, bandaids, skateboards, cooking/baking, cats, trace chain necklaces, sweaters, garlic (LOL) and little envelopes! soem of these are things i've seen them with and the others are like. this will sounds so weird but what i smell/taste/feel/picture when i think of them? it only happens with a few people though and the funniest thing is my ult isn't one of them KLDJDSJ but yeah jeongin is the one with which it does happen! what's your favourite food? and what is some fun activity you'd like to try out with chan if you had the chance to? - 🌨

hi my love! sorry im always so swamped during the weekends im like brain dead lmao

omg young justice was SO good the fact that it got cancelled was such a crushing part of my childhood, it was so perfect but just cause girls liked it they trashed it :( i fully support u memorizing all of iron mans suits, i always go into fandoms like that lmao if i really like something i was to be an encyclopedia of knowledge on it. i used to be that way about lord of the rings but a lot of that info has absolutely leaked out of my brain since i was a kid so now it just pops up randomly and im like how do i know this still???

purple is ALWAYS such a good color, its so sad to me that chris had purple hair for liek a week because its always SUCH a pretty color and i agree it was ESPECIALLY amazing on minho for maniac era, it really suited him! i do wish minho got to have more hairstyles, i feel like he either gets a coconut or coconut but you can see his forehead lol and i think he could pull off anything so i always wonder why they dont really do anything else most of the time.

omg i love remembering little insignificant facts about ppl, i always find that those are the things that make people feel so loved. the amount of times ive gotten something or mentioned something to my best friend that i know she likes it always surprises her cause she doesnt even remember telling me the fact, but im like its about you so it was important to me to remember. I also love gift giving for that reason, cause im not someone to do something super big or elaborate, but i'll get a couple tiny things that i know mean something to someone or that really remind me of them and it always feels nice, like im sharing a piece of how i see them with them.

my favorite food is easily tacos lol i love tacos so much that my best friend has a taco tattoo for me! and i like all kinds of tacos from the garbage taco bell ones to really good authentic street tacos, just something about them i find really comforting I don't know lol but yeah theyre definitely my favorite.

oh god this is massively cheesy but if i could literally do anything with chris it would to be to drive to the middle of nowhere and go stargazing. like just forget everything else and just tell each other stories about the constellations with nothing else around to bother us. i think that would be the most ideal thing to me.

#drm.ask #🌧 santa

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sk3tch404 · 2 years

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OK I’LL GET WU CHANG THEN. SHOULD I GET FEMALE DANCER OR PRISONER AFTER THAT?? WHICH ONE⁉️ ALSO I’LL GET NAIAD AFTER GETTING THE REST SO YEAH!! Anyways I am thinking of saving up for the grey haired blue eyed guy cause uhh..simp y’know?! Also I agree about the skin tone part we barely have any dark skinned characters that are playable. The only one that comes to mind is Kaeya (sorry if I forgot an others) also! When the dendro archon was released MANY people were annoyed at the fact that she was WHITE A GHOST, SHE’S WHITER THAN KLEE AND DIONA!! From what I heard she’s based off a Buddhist poem about a very pale fairy who’s short and how you shouldn’t hudge someone’s height off their wisdom. Honestly I didn’t really mind that much that she was short and that pale, Mihoyo has done worst and also she’s like hundreds of years older than us so we can’t judge our elders 👵 and now I’m sad that I won’t get yoimiya, I’ll still pull for bennet tho he’s good to have so yeah!! I was scrolling through my YT and found a pretty funny/entertaining video, it’s gacha. Which I used to be a part of but drifted away from because I no longer played nor watched on so yeah!! Laugh at me 😭😭 please whenever gacha is mentioned you will get poked fun at 😤😭😭 Sorry for grammar errors but bye!! - ☁️

https://youtu.be/2ihjYIHx448 (the gacha video and the comments basically saying more about the archon)

UHHH GET PRISONER. HIS CONNECTION THING IS PRETTY EASY TO UNDERSTAND. ITS BASICALLY HOW MUCH OF UR CIPHER SPEED U WANT TO PUT INTO THAT OTHER CIPHER.

And are you talking about Photographer? Haha he's pretty easy to play too. Just have to find the survivors before they can finish the ciphers too quickly. He does half the damage that would've been in the real world when he's in the camera world. Chairing a surv in the camera world = downed. Find them quickly before they can get back up again!

Card trick is harder to understand, but you'll understand it with practice and time.

And yes he is veryyyyyyy fineeeeee (I was obsessed with him when I first entered the fandom)

I actually do have Bennet! Got his second constellation last night while trying to pull for Mona AGAIN. But it's okay ig since it's Benny boy 😊 He is nice support for my team and all, but uh, I still don't really understand his ultimate. I think it's maybe to heal ur teammates while also kinda damaging other enemies when you use it? Idrk lol

My sister had a gacha phase like 2-3 years ago. One of her really bad quality videos kinda got attention lol

It had like 63k views or smth. The comments were either telling her it wasn't good or it was incredibly amazing. But she deleted it now SO I GUESS THATS JUST TOO BAD 😭😭

And dw all interests are welcome on this blog! I love it when people share media that makes them happy! Just as long as it's not too weird or nsfw or something lol

Although I did laugh a little at the mention of Gacha Life hehe

#cloud anon #anon #ask

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captstrawberryclover · 2 years

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I made new characters since i got locked out in 2020…

and now i’m here to show them to you. i’m gonna try to do it in order of which i made them but i forgor when i made some of them so. i’ll try m best. starting with the one that, fun fact, i was going to show the day i got locked out of my account. and yeah i’m using similar of not the same descriptions from ArtFight cuz. i’m lazy. but i will also elaborate more on the stories and characters in general in later posts. or in asks 👁👁

also warning. this post is. very long

Dark Ocean Overlord / Overlord

*smol note, he was made for fun as part of an RP story with my friends on discord, which takes place in a separate universe from SeaRune. However, his backstory and lore are able to work within SeaRune, so simply put, he can be cannon if you want him to be :)

Dark Ocean Overlord, or Overlord for short, is a one of the primary antagonists* of Searune. While it is unknown what his real identity before the [REDACTED] curse was, as he himself does not remember, it is known his body is a recreation of Captain Seam Nui during a time when Captain was possessed by the [REDACTED] Curse. Unlike Captain Seam, Overlord does not have a single issue with harming someone to get his way or revenge. If there was any way i could describe one of the ways he decides who to hurt in a few words, it would be a “loan shark”. Overlord is a cold man, not wanting to show any positive emotions such as joy, excitement, or love in public or in front of his peers.

Celestial Captain

(well it’s an alternate version of Captain Seam but. still)

One night, on a pirate-filled island, Seam sits alone on the beach, unable to think of anything but his fears of being unable to protect his loved ones and fears of never being able to break his curse. He is approached by a mermaid whose ability comes from the stars and moon. She tells him she senses he has these fears and offers to help him out of the kindness of her heart. One magical thing leads to another, and he gains the ability to turn into Celestial Captain by jumping into water after the first star of the night appears in the sky. Captain believes what happened will give him the ability to protect his loved ones and give him answers to questions he has had for so long, but instead, it gives him more questions, one he fears he may never be able to answer. His magic abilities include water manipulation, walking on water, lullabies with various effects, the ability to summon weapons based on the current constellation, and hovering. Of course, all of these effects are gone when the sun comes up.

Cam

Cam is an ambitious, competitive woman and a primary side character in Marybell (my OC story). She is the treasurer of the "Safe Town," a place where victims of the deeds of the Marybell company can live safely. She races in underground Street races to earn money for the town. While on her way home from a race, she found Carrie Marybell, one of the CEO's daughters, on the side of the road in the forest and took her in after learning she ran away after discovering the truth about her family and the company.

Phoenix

Pheonix Marybell is an overachieving young woman and a primary side character in Marybell. She was conceived to be an heir to the Marybell company, one of, if not, the richest company in the world (or as I like to call it, "Disney, Amazon, and Microsoft thrown into a blender"). As such, expectations for her have been increasingly high as her father, the founder and CEO of the Marybell company, gets older, leading her to risk or even ignore her own health to make progress toward her work. Additionally, she acts formally at all times, except for when she is with her sister, Carrie Marybell. Carrie often tries to persuade Pheonix to take breaks, and Pheonix often feels bad for saying no, but does so anyway, until she is eventually convinced to take a break, either taking a “short” nap or taking Carrie to the coffee shop they both enjoy.

Penelope

Penelope is a kind and caring woman and a side character in Marybell. She is in charge of the "Safe Town" resident's living space and the residents' therapist. The residents suspect she was a former employee of the Marybell company, altho Penelope has never confirmed this for sure and avoids the topic when it's brought up in conversation. Additionally, due to her positive attitude and how she treats the residents, Penelope has earned the codenames "Mama" and "Sunshine".

Fun fact about her: she’s a remake of one of my old ocs, Sundae.

Pirate King

(yeah it’s another alt Captain Seam lol)

After years of constant disrespect by other pirates and commoners, Captain is finally respected after earning so much treasure he doesn't know what to do with it. Some have given him the nickname "The Pirate King", others would treat him as a celebrity when he walks by in taverns.

#strawbeclover #captain seam #searune #deltarune seam #my ocs #oc stuff #deltarune au

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jammatown919 · 2 years

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Please Don’t Take My Sunshine Away

Jinx rather enjoyed her reputation. She was The Loose Cannon, one of Zuan's most feared criminals, the terror of Piltover, and gods was it fun.

Everywhere she went, she carried an aura of danger, discouraging anyone too boring from messing with her while simultaneously attracting worthwhile playmates who would give her a good, exciting fight. Only one person was fully immune to it, and that suited Jinx just fine. Lux was all she needed, the only person who truly mattered in any capacity.

As long as she had Lux, the entire rest of the world could hate and fear her. In fact, she preferred it that way. Her reputation was her second favorite thing, after all.

Until, of course, it put her first favorite thing in danger; and in the middle of date night, no less.

The first few hours had gone by smoothly, and with a tameness that Jinx could only stand if Lux was around. Lux had bought them dinner from Jericho's, the real nice stuff that Jinx had tasted only one or twice throughout her childhood, and then brought Jinx up to a rooftop near the top of the fissures for a sort of picnic.

Their conversations shifted wildly by the minute, just the way Jinx preferred. One minute it was Lux's hilariously low spice tolerance (but she looked so cute trying to pretend the food didn't bother her), the next it was Jinx's current pet project, then it was astrology and suddenly Lux was squinting up through the fissures trying to place constellations she couldn't see.

They stayed well after their food was finished, and Jinx would have been more than happy to stay all night, had she not noticed Lux beginning to fall asleep. In an effort to keep the night going as long as possible, she had suggested something a bit more exciting, and presently the two of them were walking back to Jinx's workshop so that Lux could be properly introduced to that new beloved project.

Keeping to the backstreets to avoid Jinx drawing too much attention, they made their way at a leisurely pace, ducking their heads together to continue their conversation in hushed voices.

In that moment, they were completely relaxed, fully focused on each other, and then Jinx suddenly straightened, acutely aware of unwanted eyes on them.

"Jinx?" Lux inquired softly. Though she'd yet to notice the source of Jinx's agitation, her hand went to the hilt of her sword, tucked safely into a scabbard at her side. "What's the matter?"

"I don't think we're alone." Jinx absently plucked Zapper from his holster, eyes flicking about, searching for movement.

There.

A silhouette in the alleyway they'd just cut through, frantically scuttling backward in a futile attempt to avoid detection.

"Blondie, light," Jinx requested in a whisper, and a moment later the space was illuminated by a tiny ball of light sitting in Lux's palm.

Their stalker surged forward at the same time Lux threw out her other arm, sending a bolt of bright gold that struck his chest and stopped him in his tracks. His body went rigid, though Jinx could see muscles straining against Lux's invisible hold, and only then were they able to get a clear look at him.

He seemed about their age, muscular and among the better fed of Zuan's people. In his hand was a very nice little gun, almost as well-kept as Jinx's collection, pointed directly at her head.

"Looks like I owe you one, Blondie." Jinx turned to the mage, more praise on her tongue, only to falter at the rare, magnificent sight before her.

She could recall very few times in which she'd seen Lux as utterly pissed as when she marched up to that frozen man and, in a single motion, snatched the gun from him and pressed it firmly to the underside of his chin.

"You've got about two seconds to explain what the hell you think you're doing," she hissed, eliciting a pleasant shudder from Jinx. Oh, she loved it when Lux got like this.

"I'd say something if I were you," Jinx said lightly, because the man was taking far too long to respond. "Or y'know, don't. I think I'll like what happens if you don't."

Their captive's eyes darted between them briefly before settling on Lux, cold and calculating and dangerous, but before either of them could really process this, he was moving again. He seized Lux by the wrist, forcing the gun up and away from him, and after a brief struggle wrenched it back from her entirely.

The light in her other hand expanded, ready to be used offensively, only to go out in an instant as he pistol-whipped her so hard that she immediately lost consciousness.

Jinx's eyes adjusted quickly to the darkness (small perk of containing more Shimmer than blood); enough so that she was able to see with decent clarity as Lux hit the ground with an unpleasant thud. Even worse, she could see the bastard raising his gun again, ready to pull the trigger and send her one good thing somewhere she could not follow.

"You gonna let her die too?" Mylo's impish voice demanded from somewhere in the back of her mind.

Absolutely fucking not.

With Lux on the ground, Jinx could now shoot without fear of catching her in the crossfire, and she did so readily, relishing in the advantage that her target could not see nearly as well.

Zapper caught him in the shoulder, sending a jolt throughout his entire body. He stumbled back, and Jinx darted forward to deliver a swift kick to his gut that forced him even farther from the prone mage. In a panic, he fired three shots, each missing her by a spectacularly embarrassing margin.

Without much effort, Jinx knocked the gun from his hand and shot him in the knee, watching as he collapsed heavily onto his back. If he'd been hired to kill her, she almost thought his client deserved a refund, but then she remembered that this client would be partially responsible for what had just happened to Lux, and suddenly she hoped they'd been ripped off as much as humanly possible. Not like this guy would ever get to use the money, after all.

Briefly, Jinx considered keeping him alive long enough to inquire about this potential client, but with a glance over her shoulder she realized that Lux still hadn't moved, and that concerned her infinitely more. She shot the man in the head and, slipping Zapper back into his holster, turned away without another thought.

"Blondie!" Jinx shouted, and quickly closed the distance between them. She dropped to her knees at Lux's side, nauseated by the dark, wet spot at the mage's hairline. "Shit, Blondie."

Her fingers hovered over the wound, hesitant to touch anything for fear of making it worse. Should she try parting the hair to better inspect the injury? She thought it best to know exactly what she was dealing with, but it would be sensitive and, if Lux was at all conscious, painful to touch.

"You with me, Sunshine?" Jinx asked softly. She opted to avoid the head and instead give Lux's shoulder a few gentle prods.

There was no response, and so she decided to risk it. Gingerly, she took the sticky clump between her fingers and began to pull it from the damaged skin. More blood rushed down Lux's face as it came away, to the point that Jinx didn't even get to see the wound before she felt compelled to let the hair cover it again.

Oh, this was bad. Terribly, horrifically bad. She'd seen people dead from injuries like this.

"No, no, no, please," Jinx muttered frantically as she began to rock Lux's shoulders. "Blondie, please, wake up. I need you to wake up."

Several agonizing moments passed. Nothing.

"Don't you dare," she hissed for lack of anything better to say. "Don't you dare leave me. What am I supposed to do without you, huh?"

She hated that she already knew the answer to that, because it had happened twice before. She knew exactly what it was to lose everyone who gave a damn about her. It felt like the end of the world, and it was, in a way. The end of her little world, where she was safe and happy and loved and actually okay for once in her goddamn life.

Her world with her sister was long dead. Her world with Dad had been torn apart by her own hands. But her world with Lux? Somehow, she thought losing that would be worst of all.

And just when she thought she would, that Lux would remain still and vacant beneath her, a soft groan reached her ears.

"Lux?"

"Mm?" Lux moaned back, brow furrowing as she struggled to open her eyes.

"You hear me, Blondie?"

"Mmm..." Lux hummed, and finally managed to look up at Jinx. She seemed dazed, and perhaps not entirely aware, but she was awake and responding, and that was enough for the moment.

Relief flooded through Jinx's body, manifested in tears pouring down her face. She brought Lux close to her chest and held her tight, nuzzling into the side of her neck.

"Don't scare me like that," she murmured into Lux's ear, unable to contain her watery laugh as the mage nuzzled back and lifted her arms to weakly encircle Jinx's middle.

"Jinx?" Lux's chin rested heavily atop Jinx's shoulder, and her jawbone dug in as she spoke, though Jinx couldn't have cared less.

"Yeah, Blondie, it's me," she said.

"No, I know," Lux replied, perhaps more aware than Jinx had initially thought. "Just... what happened to him?"

Jinx pulled away, momentarily confused until she realized that Lux had been staring over her shoulder, directly at the body she'd left behind. Unsure of how much Lux remembered and unwilling to say anything that might upset or frighten her in this state, Jinx opted for the simplest explanation she could think of.

"He wanted to take you away from me," she whispered. Lux's brow furrowed, and she kissed it gingerly. "But I didn't let him. I wouldn't let anyone."

"I wouldn't either," Lux replied, as seriously as one could with that exhausted, vaguely slurred voice. "Not ever. 'Cause I'm yours."

The declaration of loyalty did not go unnoticed, but Jinx's relief was quickly giving way to some notion of guilt. She had done absolutely nothing to do deserve such devotion. What she had done was unintentionally put Lux in this situation in the first place. After all, that man had only been after one of them.

"You're too good for me, Blondie," she sighed, and pressed their foreheads together. "I'm sorry you got caught up in this."

"Not your fault," Lux murmured.

"He wasn't here for you," Jinx shot back, far more assertively than intended. She tried to lose the tone as she continued, but it merely shifted into something smaller and more pathetic. "He hurt you because you were with me. I dragged you into this, and I couldn't even keep you safe. You could have died and it would have-"

Lux's hand on her face effectively shut her up. It was gentle, trembling and threatening to slide right off her cheek, but determined to stay there and provide comfort Jinx was certain she didn't deserve.

"You didn't hurt me," Lux said firmly. "You saved me. I'm still here because of you."

Jinx laid one hand over Lux's, holding it in place. She kissed it once, on the wrist, and leaned into it.

"I'm here," Lux continued with what was probably the biggest smile she could manage. "Right here. Not going anywhere."

"I'm gonna hold you to that," Jinx replied. "Now what do you say we get out of here?"

Lux hummed in agreement, and Jinx slipped her arms beneath her girlfriend's body to lift them both off the group. She took a moment to steady them, then set off in the direction they'd been going before the attack.

She watched Lux carefully as they went, partially to ensure she didn't fall asleep and partially because she didn't know what to do with the rest of the protective energy built up in her chest. She wanted to take Lux away and hide her somewhere no one else could ever get to her, but she had a feeling that wouldn't go over well.

In fact, pretty much any method to prevent Lux from defending Jinx at her own risk was less likely to be accepted than to start a fight that Jinx wouldn't win. It was just Lux's nature to protect her own.

So, it would have to be Jinx's nature too.

"I'll do better," she murmured, low enough that she didn't think the half-conscious mage could hear. "Next time, they won't get near you. I won't let anyone hurt you ever again." ---- If you enjoyed this, please reblog to share it with others! That is literally the only way content creators get any recognition on this site; likes unfortunately don’t really do anything. Thank you for reading!

#lightcannon #luxanna crownguard #jinx league of legends #jinx lol #tw head injury #tw blood #honestly scared to tag further than that because of the randomly banned trigger tags #if you want more detailed tags this will be up on AO3 in a few hours #no proofreading we die like men

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Streamer!Scaramouche [2]

thanks for all the support in the first part! i wrote a second part where scaramouche plays genshin + the reader comes in (i tried to make it as gender neutral as possible, so let me know if there’s something off!). you’re a close friend of scaramouche and also a voice actor!

i had been planning this since i wrote the first part, but because i was busy and uninspired i couldn’t finish it. but here it is and it’s actually pretty long (over 5k words...)! i hope you guys will like this!! obviously he’s a little nicer than he is in game but,,, for the sake of the plot + it being a modern au, it had to be done sjnfdskjf

He was selected to play the beta for genshin because of his popularity and tbh he really wanted to play it

The game hadn’t really caught his eye all that much when he first heard about it but he saw how everyone online went crazy over it (plus other streamers who also were selected to play it in early access kept talking about it) and he became more curious to know what it would be like and if it’d live to everyone’s expectations

However he couldn’t really play it until it was officially released because he had a very busy schedule, and when he saw other streams of people playing it he was,,, lowkey jealous because it did look fun

When it was finally released and the game finished downloading and installing, he went live right away

And since so many people were looking forward to seeing him play plus the game was getting so popular so fast, that stream of when he first played hit his biggest milestone of live viewers ever

ANYWAYS skip forward to further into the game

when it comes to the gacha,,,

we’ve established that this boy is loaded. he won’t hesitate to throw some big amounts of money at the game to get every single character and weapon he wants and get their constellations to the max

i feel like he’d make little bets (and it works as a way to thank the chat for the support) like “if i get (insert newest character) in the first 50 pulls, i will gift 50 subs”

he’d be SOOOOOOO LUCKY it’d make everyone who doesn’t play think that it must be very easy to get the 5 stars or that the drop rate must be very high,,,

so in the end he’d have to gift the subs and it’d be funny to see the chat go absolutely crazy because everyone is commenting at the same time trying to see if they got lucky too and got the sub

but the chat goes so fast that they can’t even see their own comment after they send it sNDJGDJSK

he’d end up turning subs mode on for a while because it goes crazy

and that’s when he’d see people going “I GOT THE SUB-” all excited and he can’t help but chuckle and congratulate them for being one of the lucky ones

probably another game he can use to play with some subs once in a while! they could play co-op and when he’s a very high level he’d go to the worlds of some of his subs with lower level to help them with whatever they need

SO, LITTLE SKIP HERE

this is where i want the reader to slide into the picture

you’d be a voice actor, and also you have been a friend of his for a very long time

he met you even before he started streaming and you were always so supportive of him, as he was of every and each of your dreams

in fact, he would have invited you over more than once to stream with him

people don’t say anything bc they’re afraid of scaramouche banning them (it’s happened before) + they understand it can be disrespectful... but…

some people lowkey ship you two a little bit,,,,,, you didn’t hear it from me. scaramouche don’t ban me----

so one day he’s making another livestream playing genshin (sponsored by mihoyo to promote the newest update and event) and they’re going to release a new character

AND he has told everyone that you are the voice actor of the new character, who will be introduced in the event and is also getting their own banner

so everyone is very curious of what they’ll be like, if scaramouche will try to get them (obviously he will, he has every single character…. the amount of money he has put into the game…. just thinking of it gives me the heebie-jeebies)

could he even,,, main them,,,,

spoiler: he won’t because he’ll stay honest till the end (and no hard feelings) but there are other characters that he has built up to the max just like them and still work better with the way he plays but he’ll still find a chance to use them often

he didn’t know anything of what the character you voiced would be like because you wanted to keep it a surprise and he knew his audience would enjoy seeing his first reactions

I think the character you voice in the game would have the role that Scaramouche has in the actual game, and their design would be fairly similar (maybe similar color palette) to the design fans made for him as a genshin character (the one i mentioned that he uses for popup notifs of subscriptions and all!)

needless to say he’d absolutely love their personality and the charisma you showed in their lines

of course when he finally gets them he shows everything about them including all their voice lines and he compliments y/n’s voice acting… that was the first time people suspected that....

mayhaps… scaramouche….

has feelings for you....

it’s in the soft gaze in his eyes,,, the gentle smile on his lips,,, his soft voice when saying “I think this one is my favorite line of theirs”

and just how BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL his laugh sounds when someone comments he should invite you and ask you to do that voiceline live for him and everyone else

he’d jokingly reach for his phone and be like “should i call them? i could”

(but he wouldn’t because he doesn’t want to disturb you, you may be busy, considering you still hadn’t replied to the messages he sent to you before he started the stream a few hours ago)

if anyone dares be mean to you saying you got the chance to voice act for genshin just bc of scaramouche

or implies that he did something to get you there he’ll get quite mad even tho he won’t speak up about it (he might if enough people say it)

people can see something shift in his gaze,,,, and he bans them permanently right away

it’d be kinda funny when he does those “reading unban requests” streams and he goes past immediately rejecting people who said those kind of stuff, not even reading the apologies JSNKJFNDSJKGNSDK

some people say he’s too strict about it but literally his stream his rules. people who don’t like him should just not watch him

and people who like him should NOT speak badly about you or doubt your talent and effort, which is what brought you that opportunity in the first place

one day he’d be streaming playing the game, he had been using your character and gathering materials to get their last ascension

and at one point he’d grab his phone and look at the screen for a second before putting it back down and saying he had planned something else for tonight besides playing genshin for a while

then, the doorbell would ring (before he could even close the game-) and it’d be heard from his setup room so people in the chat heard it and they’re all like???

it’s definitely not takeout because scaramouche never orders takeout when he’s on his own, he usually cooks for himself and just orders it when he’s with friends and they all feel like eating something different

actually, offtopic, but i have a feeling he’d be very responsible when it comes to food and like he’d cook himself proper meals all perfectly balanced and all- he could afford having someone cook for him but his house = his privacy and personal space so he’d rather do it himself

it’s like, past 10pm, so no way it would be a package or mail at that time

and then he says “we have a visitor tonight”

and then the chat goes crazy saying “CHILDE” “HARBINGERS” but mostly “Y/N!??!?/PLEASE LET IT BE Y/N”

AND IT WAS YOU!!!!

and omg you brought takeout--------

it had been a while since they had seen you in scaramouche’s stream and you didn’t have your own channel (even though there were many people who encouraged you to open one)

SO everyone was very excited

i feel like scaramouche wouldn’t be the biggest fan of eating on camera so you guys would put the food away so that you can eat it later on your own without an audience

and you two would just spend a while talking to the chat, watching videos

AND reviewing fanart and fanmade content together!! it’d be so cute especially fanarts of the two of you together, little animatics or comics of funny clips or memes from his streams of you two,,,

someone made a little felt plushie of the genshin character you voiced and the way you COOED because it was SO cute

only those who were truly paying attention were able to notice the soft smile on scaramouche’s lips and the way he looked at you as you gushed over how cute the little plushie is and how talented the person who made it is!!

also you’d tell him you saw signora make a stream where she talked to some of her fans on discord individually to give them advice on their life/problems (nothing too serious) and it was very funny and you wanted to do that with him someday

and he’s like “that… could be a huge mess. people could say some crazy stuff” and you’re like “NO but i talked to her about it and she said she got her mods to talk to them first and approve them before they moved them up to the channel where she was to talk to her”

and he’s like “still…….. what if people lie and then when they get to talk to us they say something-”

and you’re like “BOY!!!! DO YOU NOT TRUST YOUR FANS *GASP*” and everyone in the chat is also going “GASP” “HE DOESN’T TRUST US…” “IS THIS YOUR IDOL…..?” “SAY SORRY” (all good fun, obviously he’d love to talk to everyone if he could make sure there won’t be anything disrespectful said)

SO!!!!! you two say you’ll plan to do something like that soon and everyone is very excited, they can already tell it’ll be both super cute and hilarious

before he ends the stream, you two watch some videos together

some are about some upcoming videogames and he talks about them and what he knows and explaining things to you... he is.. so knowledgeable…

the way you look at him as he goes into a little rant about it… cinematic parallels with the way he looked at you before

ONCE AGAIN, people aren’t blind. they notice. but they keep it to themselves bc scary scara (the way i had to resist overusing this one joke with his name-)

so the stream ends and you two walk out of the setup room to go to his living room and eat the takeout you brought while watching something on tv

he apologises because the food is cold now, but you brush it off saying it’s ok, you had missed being on his streams and you two can just heat up the food again

he doesn’t look at you in the eyes as he mutters that you know you can join his streams whenever, and instead just says it as he makes his way to the kitchen to heat the food

you join him in the kitchen soon after and tell him you also bought something for dessert and put it in the fridge already before

and honestly he didn’t know how much he wanted to eat that dessert until it was in his fridge, so he can’t stop himself from sighing and saying “god, i love you”

there’s silence for a second, right as the microwave beeps as it finished heating the food

it feels eternal to him, but you immediately started laughing and said jokingly “of course you do! you’re welcome!”

he’s happy you took it as a joke because that’s not how he planned to confess (he didn’t plan to confess anytime soon in the first place) but at the same time ?? he’s lowkey offended inside because? you took it as a joke?? is it so unrealistic that you wouldn’t even think that he meant it romantically?

it’s at that moment that he realises that if he didn’t want to confess before, now he does.

he wouldn’t want anyone to know about how he let that slip because he’s sure no one in you two’s friend group even knows he likes you

but you,,, actually,,,,, were actually caught off guard too because scaramouche wasn’t precisely one for words of affection and he showed his care for everyone with his actions

in fact, you had never heard him say those words before but well- it was kinda nice- if only he meant it as you feel it- but he couldn’t, right? who’d confess their feelings so casually while looking at a dessert in the fridge with desire-------

that night, it gets pretty late and to be honest he’s a little too tired to drive you home as he usually would, so he asks if you’d like to sleep over

it wouldn’t be your first time doing so, not even the first time you stayed unplanned, and he had a couple guest rooms that you could use so you accepted

also, staying for longer meant you could keep watching some more of that series with him without worrying about it getting late

or,,,

“actually” you said in a low voice, almost a whisper, since it was getting late and you two had been in complete silence while watching the series “i lowkey still wanted to stream some more”

he scoffs but then lets out a short chuckle, replying in the same volume

“it’s past 2am, who’s going to watch me stream now?”

“i would” have mercy for his poor heart- “but i’d be the streamer too this time so it doesn’t count”

“what even would we do”

“can we play that co-op game you played with childe? it was so much fun”

had you not brought it up, he wouldn’t have offered that ever because? if he had recently played it with childe he didn’t want to stream it again and make it feel repetitive for his audience

(jokes on him because when genshin came out they put up with it being the only thing he streamed for over a week. they’d rewatch any game if it’s you two playing it)

but to be honest, he didn’t really want to stream anymore that day and just wanted to be with you, just you and no one else

he got up from the couch and walked towards the hallway, making you look up to him in confusion for a second, but then started getting excited knowing this meant he was going to let you play it with him

“i don’t really feel like streaming anymore today, but we can still play it. let’s go”

the next day, you two wake up around the same time and make breakfast together

scaramouche i feel is not very talkative in the mornings

in fact, i feel like he’s just not the most talkative in general. he’s more the type to listen, but it’s different during his streams because he’s doing what he loves and talking about what he loves

and when it comes to you and he talks more it’s because he’s talking to who he loves----

before you’re going to leave and you’re standing at the door about to say goodbye to him, he suddenly speaks up before you can

“do you want to go somewhere tomorrow?”

you raise your eyebrows in curiosity from the sudden request, but then smile at him and nod

“yeah sure! what do you have in min-”

“it’s a date” he said, interrupting you, which was weird enough of him (since he would never interrupt you), but his words were even weirder-

“h-huh?” you felt the heat rising to your cheeks, and scaramouche just repeated his words

on the outside, he looked so casual and just, confident- bUT INSIDE he was actually panicking a little bit

but just a little bit.

After a moment, you smiled at him again, this time somewhat more shily but also excited for your date!

“I look forward to it”

Just with that, you two knew you had made the first step

You weren’t just friends anymore

You two had hung out on your own many times before, in fact and as it was mentioned before, you two had even slept over at his house or yours many times before

but it had all always been purely platonic, and you guys had never even questioned that aspect of it even after realising you had romantic feelings for each other

he’d spend the rest of the day thinking of what you could do the next day, as if he hadn’t been brainstorming for ideas all night either

i feel like he hasn’t gone in many (if not any--) dates before

solely because he has never been interested in romance plus he had never liked someone or at least, not as much as he liked you

and even when he found out he felt something for you, he just always told himself he was okay with how things were, because he’d never experienced anything beyond friendship and didn’t feel the need to try and maybe ruin the friendship

SO he didn’t have many ideas of what a good date could be

he definitely didn’t want a cliché corny date, but he really didn’t have any idea of what was good enough for a date

(and if for future dates you want something he’d consider a “”cliché corny date”” he’d do it for you and actually enjoy it)

the last thing he wanted was to have to ask you what you could do for your date

1- because he didn’t want to show you any side of him that didn’t look like he always has everything under control and he’s always composed (as if you wouldn’t want to see every side of him, even his most vulnerable sides- you’d have to work on that with him when you two become official)

2- he… kind of wanted to surprise you…..

but it really got to the point where he really didn’t know what you’d like the most (or what he’d like the most too) and what he wanted most over anything else is to not disappoint you in you two’s first date

SO he finally texted you asking if there was anything special you wanted to do (and therefore indirectly admitting he……….. just really wanted to ask you out. so much he did it without thinking of what he’d do if you said yes--)

you didn’t seem to mind, and in fact you were happy he asked for your opinion

overall, scaramouche was very independent so he wasn’t one to ask others for advice, opinions or anything, much less for help regarding anything

“how long has it been since we last went to the arcade? we could go there! i heard from childe that they added new games!”

and he’s like !?!?!?? THAT…. is…….. the perfect idea

“that actually sounds perfect” he admitted, and the message brought a big smile to your face

“just don’t get mad at me when you lose at all of them” he sent right after, teasing you, and you couldn’t help but let out a laugh out loud

“the last time i won in your favorite game” you reminded him, and even after he read your message, he took a little bit to reply

(he needed a second to put the pieces of his pride together SJNFKJDS)

“don’t get used to it, it won’t happen again”

“we will see about that” the more you two joked like this, the more excited you got thinking about tomorrow

scaramouche was sure now that it’d be a great first date that you’d both remember forever

the next day, it was almost the time for the date and scaramouche was going to pick you up at your house

i feel like scaramouche would be very fashionable and even in his style he doesn’t try to hide that he’s loaded…

not that he cares about buying cheap clothes, literally he’d say if he likes it and it’s good (aka it’s not cheap because it’s made of something that won’t make it last longer than 3 weeks) he’ll get it

but it just so happens that many times… the clothes he likes most are from famous brands…

AND THIS DAY!!!!!! he’s putting together one of his favorite outfits because it’s a special day

it almost hurts me just how nonchalant he’d look on the outside, making it a little hard to know exactly just how much this date meant to him (because as i said he’s not one to be very vocal about his feelings or even his thoughts)

BUT i trust that you… since you know him well…. can see past all that and you know that this is not just anything casual to him. this is special.

STILL!!!! he’d try his best to not let the blush rise to his cheeks and show, as well as to not let his voice shake when he complimented that you looked very good

ANYWAYS i think i think Scaramouche wouldn’t be one for big pda

the most he’d do where anyone can see is hold your hand or put his arm around your waist

WHICH IS WHY he’d try to be all smooth (and he would manage) reaching for your hand and lacing his fingers with yours

he wouldn’t make eye contact because then he’s sure it’ll show on his face that he’s getting somewhat flustered, but he’d still ask if you’re okay with it, to which you said yes

the area where the arcade was is always somewhat crowded so when you two were getting there, scaramouche would tighten the grip on your hand a little bit to make sure you wouldn’t let go and you’d be pulled apart by people trying to walk past however they can

you know that if you two got serious about your relationship, he would want to be the first person to share the news with his fans

BUT since he was so popular now, you two lived in a pretty big city and now were at a popular area (+ scaramouche wouldn’t be the type to try and hide his identity because he’s never had people make a fuss when they recognise him)

you were a little worried someone would see you two and maybe take a picture and post it online and it’d go viral before he can admit it himself

because of that, you end up throwing back to him the question he had asked when he held your hand

“are you sure this is okay?”

your question confused him because he didn’t know what you mean, so he finally looked you in the eyes and waited for you to explain further

“it’s just- what if somebody sees us and recognises you?”

he looked away from you and back at where he was going, taking a few seconds to answer before he just shrugged

“i don’t care”

you softly let out a breath you didn’t know you were holding as you waited for him to say something, and almost missed the way he whispered

“as long as it doesn’t affect you”

for someone who seemed and actually tried to seem to self-sufficient, who appreciated his friends but was also okay on his own because he was absolutely comfortable with himself, he was actually…

more selfless than people would ever know, especially when it came to you

you two would have SO much fun in the arcade, trying every single game many times

this time though, scaramouche won in his favorite game so he lived up to his words

you two won so many tickets you literally didn’t even know what to do with them once you got the couple prizes you were interested in

you bumped into a couple fans of his, so you talked for a while

once again, you were met with suggestions of opening your own streaming channel, and even scaramouche said “i’ve told them that many times too, but they always say they think their streams won’t be fun enough”

and the fans are like “NO!! literally everyone thinks you’re super nice and fun!! of course you don’t have to if you don’t want to, but we’d love it!!”

one of the fans (exaggerating a little as a joke) said “i’ll be your number 1 fan i swear” and the three of you laughed, except scaramouche who just scoffed and smirked

“i am ALREADY their number one fan. but good try” <- scaramouche in his head. say it outloud u coward.

but at the same time it was a joke scaramouche chill pretty much everyone knows you’re their number one fan……. even though you think you’re so smooth………. they just don’t say anything

they were very nice and fun to talk to and you knew scaramouche and you didn’t really want anything else from the prizes, so you offered you two’s tickets to them

“we don’t really need these anymore so maybe you’ll have more use for them!!”

they got SO excited, the way their eyes lit up :( scaramouche is convinced you’re an angel but he’s also very happy to see how joyful his fans got because those were more than enough for the prize they really wanted-

so after that cute little interaction and having used up your energy for competition, you two leave and think of buying some ice cream or a milkshake or something to end the date nicely and to enjoy while you walk back home

the arcade was not exactly very close to where you two lived (it was far from your house, but even farther from his-) so he asked if you were okay with walking back or if you two should get an uber or something, to which you said you were okay

walking back with him meant!! a little more time you could spend with him

and he was happy you said that because he was feeling the same way and still didn’t want the day to end

we’ll see more about the kind of things he likes and dislikes if he’s released as a playing character BUT FOR NOW i really get this vibe that he’d LOVE boba tea

i even think he’d?? enjoy tea in general??? classy boy…

SO you two would end up going to get some boba

it was very touching how, when reading the flavors they had that day, he suddenly and casually went “oh, they have your favorite” and you looked at the one he was pointing at and !!! indeed it was your favorite!!!!!!!

he remembers this kind of details very well

you take the chance to talk some more as you’re walking home

scaramouche asks about your job with voice acting and you tell him that you actually have been recording some new lines for your genshin character lately because in the next update there’ll be an event involving them

he’s looking forward to it but he teases you a little asking if it’s okay for you to spoil him with such information

but it’s okay because it’s not like he’d tell anyone, especially knowing it could get you in trouble

when he drops you off at your house, he has a hard time saying goodbye

literally you’re standing at your door and he’s in front of you, a couple steps away, looking away from you

you don’t say goodbye either, mainly because you know scaramouche is working the courage to say something, and you can also sort of guess what he wants to say

you think of saying it first, but then think that it would make scaramouche proud to be honest about his feelings and confess first

“i’ve liked you for a long time”

you can’t help the smile that makes its way onto your face, unconsciously reaching a hand up to slightly cover it

“i feel the same way” you replied to him in a soft voice

he took a deep breath and exhaled it softly, finally lifting up his gaze and making eye contact with you

it was already dark outside, so you couldn’t appreciate the faint rosy blush on his cheeks well

“can i kiss you?”

your eyes widened for a second, not expecting him to ask and if anything, thinking he’d just step forward and do it

so you were a little embarrassed and caught off-guard to reply properly, so you just nodded and put your hand down as he took the last couple steps and his face was right in front of yours

he’d cup your cheek in one of his hands, feeling the warmth of your skin

you closed your eyes, and he looked at you for a second longer before he finally leaned in and closed the short distance that separated your lips

at that moment you both knew that you had been missing on so much more when you two just settled and were content with your friendship

but!! that was about to change now, so it was all worth it

after that, scaramouche would make clear that this would be the first day of your relationship!! and even if he didn’t say it with words, you could just feel his happiness!!

so!! after that, because of work you two got a little busy the next couple months so dates weren’t very frequent

or at least, they weren’t dates like the one you first had

but still whenever you two were free he’d go over to your house, or you’d come over to his to play, stream together, or literally just spend time together doing anything

he wouldn’t let people know you two had started dating straight away (if anything, only his other streamer friends -aka you two’s friends in common- knew)

but the day he said it, he wanted you to be there

SO one day you two were streaming and you were currently reacting to one fanart of you two together

so he looked at you and you made eye contact and it was like you two spoke with your eyes like

“do we tell them now”

“let’s tell them.”

so scaramouche would clear his throat and without closing the fanart, he’d say he has something he wanted to announce

everyone was excited thinking it’d be some new project, maybe involving you

maybe some merch??? and the fanarts had reminded him of it???????

BUT THEN he straightforwardly said

“y/n and i are dating”

and everyone goes aBSOLUTELY CRAZY

amidst the chaos, you two catch a comment saying “will you unban the people who shipped you two” and you laugh

and you look at each other like “did you read that one?” “yeah”

and scaramouche is like “yeah, i guess i will have to unban some people”

and when some get unbanned they’re like “fREEDOM!!!!”

and jokingly they’re all like “APOLOGISE!!!!!!!! SAY SORRY!!!” so he just laughs and you join them being like “!!! apologise!!! you banned them for it and!! look at you now!!”

so he ends up trying to hold in another laugh as he mutters a halfassed ‘sorry’ and everyone starts commenting claps and hearts and celebrating that he apologised. now justice has been made.

the rest of that stream suddenly feels livelier and brighter!! you two are laughing a lot and so is everyone in the chat!!

and also the new genshin event would’ve already just been released that same day so you can talk about some of your experiences with recording or what you thought of it

and scaramouche would let you play it yourself!! (he still hadn’t played it) and it was also the first time you played genshin live!! you’d show people the characters you have and everything and tell them some anecdotes

people would be SHOCKED because you!? don’t have the character you voiced!? D:

and you’re like “yeah… i pulled for them and used up all my primogems and… didn’t get them”

and your banner is back because of the event, so scaramouche won’t let this slide!!!!!!!!!! YOU WILL GET YOUR CHARACTER.

your luck is terrible compared to his so at one point you’ll literally feel bad for how much he’s spending for you to get it

but he doesn’t mind at all and everyone is having fun so!!

and once you finally get them you’re sO HAPPY and everyone in the chat is celebrating

and you think it’s over but scaramouche is like ???? what are you doing?? open the wish page again. you’re going to get them c6.

and you’re like oh my gOD PLEASE NO DON’T SPEND MORE MONEY ON ME FOR THIS

but he won’t listen and he’ll do it

so!!! he’ll always do his best to be the best boyfriend he can be for you!! so you better give him your heart!!!!

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