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fwoosheye · 7 months

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*sighs* Not again

Okay so it's another LU idea and can someone please adopt it so it will leave me alone? Anyone? I have too many projects already. Someone please save me!

Anyway. This is a "Legend is the last one to join the chain" idea. He was practically raised by Fi after he pulled the Master Sword for the first time (was it @bokettochild who came up with that? I know I've read some really good fics with that but I'm not sure I remember by who correctly. Please correct me if I've mixed people up), and it takes place on Lorule's Death Mountain. Link is a regular at the Treacherous Tower, because it's an easy way to earn money and with the Triforce restored the monsters aren't as mindless as before so he actually befriends them (though I hc the monsters in the T-Tower were the least mindless to begin with (at least the ones in the audience, maybe the ones one fights were caught mindless ones), probably around the level of Blind the Ex-Sage the Thief, and that they just became more "stable" and better att communicating when the Triforce was restored). Anyway when the story takes place, Link is actually filling in for the final boss because the Purple Moldorm is sick and their new Union demands sick time or something.

When the chain appears in Lorule it's fairly near the T-Tower and when they ask the Devilish Girl about the Hero and learn he's the final boss, they realize someone will have to get up there and defeat him for his shift to end. She will only let one of them enter, so Sky, Warriors or Wild traverse the Tower with the Master Sword in hand (and I'd pick one of those three because they're aware of Fi's presence. Wild might be post-TotK Wild).

When Sky/Wars/Wild finally makes it to Legend there's some brief chatting, and when they attempt to attack each other they simultaneously get their hands burned and Legend accidentally hisses an undignified "Mom!" at Fi making the other Hero realise this teen was practically raised by a sword (and yes this is the scene that gives me the urge to write this, please save me). It becomes a sword-less battle, because Legend shift won't end if he's not defeated and his (magical?) contract don't permit him to hold back more than making it non-leathal. Tri-Force Heroes might've taken place before ALBW for this fic so Legend actually can use doppels/doppel medallion/etc so there 3v1 for a bit. Surprising move from Sky/Wars/Wild eventually sees Legend defeated and he meets the rest of the chain. He probably offers to guide them to the Castle to talk with Princess Hilda, if it doesn't turn out they've managed to get the information they want from the monsters on the audience while they watched. Maybe the chain are chatting about different friendly/civil monsters they've met during their adventures while descending the mountain. And/or Sky/Wars/Wild asks Legend why he addressed his sword as mom.

And because I am utterly incapable of keeping a story idea short, I was also considering to make it so Link is stuck in Lorule because the bracelet only had enough power left to send one of them home to Hyrule and both Link and Princess Hilda agreed Princess Zelda should be the one to return. Ravio would in that case likewise be stuck in Hyrule because he didn't have enough magic. He had probably managed to sneak into Hyrule's Sacred Realm trying to go home and met Zelda as she came back so he knew Link had won, though he might've left before Zelda made her wish (or even woke up?) and thinks Lorule and Link is gone. Maybe. It has some sweet juicy angst potential to let Ravio think his home and hero are destroyed. But also including this would for sure make it a longer fic...

#i wish my brain could write all the ideas as far as i get them #it would save me so much trouble #if this appeals to you or someone you know please adopt it #i'm trying so hard to not start a new one #linked universe #lu fic idea #lu fic #lu #fic idea #maybe i should reblog this to my prompt blog #it's not my usual prompt format but it basically is one #fanfiction prompt #i guess this could work with other loz au:s too but i'm not as well versed in those so i went with the lu version #if anyone adopts this they can make any changes they want/need

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svtskneecaps · 7 months

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qsmp ghost investigator au dump

here is everything i spitballed into my sibling's texts. apparently their discord was "thriving on it". i'll divide this into categories and attempt to format it as reader friendly as possible. god almighty i hope the keep reading below this paragraph works

CHARACTER HEADCANONS:

there's a main investigative squad formed by roier, cellbit, fic, pac, and tubbo

roier is in charge of their social media accounts

mike is their former college roommate who they constantly bring up and declare has died, except every time he comes up the way he died was different. he's actually a really successful movie producer (or something) so one time they do a live stream for a milestone celebration and in the last ten seconds mike comes flying out of the left side with ghost stage makeup and tackles pac off the side of the screen and they never address this publicly. any time someone asks what happened to pac they answer "who's pac" including pac

cellbit gets extremely disappointed when the perp isn't supernatural

roier is thrilled when the perp isn't supernatural because the peter parker in him loves taking the piss on a billionaire publicly

fit has photographic memory (à la canon screenshots)

pac is extremely good at breaking and entering

cellbit is an old fashioned polaroid kind of guy bc digital cameras don't capture ghost evidence as clearly

roier swears by digital photos bc he likes photoshop (he carries rolls of film with him in case cellbit runs out)

fit has an auto shop. tubbo and ramón work in this auto shop. this is a headache for everyone involved but at least the auto shop was already a thin disguise for experimenting with homemade pyrotechnics so things exploding isn't a big deal

whenever the team has to do a distraction, the only two options are 1) manipulation 2) explosion

when they get caught in a bad spot, pac plays on sympathy, roier plays dumb, tubbo plays along, cellbit pretends to belong, and fit uno reverses

they commissioned jaiden for their logo. she also beta reads the scripts

richarlyson works for mike. sometimes he joins the investigation crew as a cameraman on loan. fans have learned to recognize when richas is behind the camera because the camera doesn't shake when the monster of the week appears because homeboy does not fear death. cellbit knows mike will end his bloodline if anything happens to richas (and would probably end his OWN bloodline) so he tends to be double stressed when richas is behind the camera

the team has a house, courtesy of mike, because god knows a ghost hunter's salary probably can't pay for one

bagi belongs to a "rival" investigation group. she and cellbit talk MAD shit every time they're in the same room. they are also both incredibly fucking smart and often end up working together to crack the tough cases while continuing to smack talk each other

bad is also in the rival investigative group. he is very clearly a demon. this is never commented on.

skeppy is a ghost except bad is the only one who can see him. anyone who calls skeppy imaginary is shouted down by bagi. bagi also believes skeppy is imaginary

tina is the safety net / brawn for bagi's team. she trains in hand to ghost hand combat with etoiles because she is Not Human and can punch ghosts. bagi does not know this and she just thinks tina's super cool and super talented and super badass. tina definitely thinks bagi has realized she is Not Human but they haven't like had a conversation about it but bagi's super smart sooooo

dapper is the "guy in the chair" for the rival investigation team. bad tends to ask a question into a radio (or seemingly to thin air) and immediately get the answer via text. sometimes cellbit will wonder something aloud about various ghost types or signs ("they heard scratching in the attic, so that could be caused by--") and almost immediately get cut off by bad's text tone as bad reads aloud dapper listing off three paranormal options as well as potential structural problems and rodents having an extremely fun night, at which point bad cuts himself off with "LANGUAGE" or "OUT OF POCKET"

the main team thinks dapper is just short until they realize that no, dapper is actually like 14. bad's like WHY DO YOU THINK THEY STAY IN THE VAN???

baghera makes and posts music and consults for bagi's team. cellbit is scared of her and also desperately wishes he could poach her for his own team but she only answers jaiden's calls

pomme has a ghost gun. it was a gift from etoiles. she accidentally took foolish's head off with it one time. his head grew back and that was how they learned he was Not Made of Meat. this was not particularly surprising, because bad is still her part time dad. it still scared the crap out of pomme the first time it happened because the ghost gun SHOULD only work on ghosts but foolish is in a weird enough state of undead that he qualified.

foolish was thrilled to have a spare head, hence "the first time"

vegetta is a famous architect. he calls foolish to ask which paranormal team he should consult on whether a property is haunted, because vegetta trusts his partner of unspecific relationship's judgement, considering foolish is Not Human. foolish's answer usually depends on how spiteful he feels towards tina and bad at the time of the call

bonus, i really want maximus involved in one team or the other but since he hasn't interacted with bagi yet i can't decide his role or anything concrete. but just know that's in my brain.

EPISODES (in no particular order:

foolish summons bad during a sleepover with tina and then thinks it'll be funny to summon paranormal investigators (bad also thinks it's funny). they decide to play a game of "can the investigators figure out who's the immortal". it is revealed to the audience in the end of the ""episode"" once all the investigators have left that all three of them are immortal. bad and foolish devolve into yet another argument over which one of them won based on a win condition they somehow came up with and agreed on without ever consulting each other. tina was actually the winner. roll credits.

quackity owns a casino. he hires the team to look into some demonic activity his patrons have been reporting. he spends the entire investigation and episode demanding they find the demon and exorcise the demon and generally shittalking the demon. they spend the entire episode questioning more and more how quackity's casino stays in business as everything they learn about it and him does not inspire confidence. it is revealed that ironmouse is the demon and is also singlehandedly keeping the casino in business because she fucking loves gambling. quackity immediately changes his tune.

antoine calls the team because he's KINDA worried by the latitude and longitude he keeps finding on the walls at the company he works at, written in what looks suspiciously like blood. unbeknownst to them, bagi's team was ALSO contacted, by baghera. they eventually discover the recipient of the messages is etoiles. after an incident at his previous employment he is half ghost and can now fight ghosts. the messages were from an entity that attacks things when it gets bored and it may as well fight etoiles because etoiles is the only one who has beat it so far. they meet in various back alleys and restaurant parking lots to go at it and get drinks afterward. the entity has no idea how to speak any modern languages but Fighting is Universal.

pierre is a wine baron and claims there's a unicorn who watches over his family's vineyard. it's been part of the brand since inception and it's taken mostly as propaganda and old legend until people start actually catching glimpses of a unicorn around the vineyard and the rumor starts to spread until roier "investigative journalist and old money hater" drags the team to go on a tour of the production line in hopes of blowing the case wide open. fit, pac, and tubbo are in charge of distractions while cellbit and roier sneak away to explore the vineyard and track the unicorn.

the unicorn is pierre. roier ends up finding this hilarious and while his journalistic spirit cannot allow him to NOT expose that the unicorn is fake, he ends up calling it "a white horse with a taped-on horn" instead of the face of the company in a fursuit. pierre sends the team wine periodically as thanks and also because roier still has a picture of him in a unicorn costume in the woods.

fit and pac do a wine tasting together.

wilbur contacts them because ghost slime has taken up residence in the guest bathroom and while his daughter insists slime is part of the family, phil is coming with his son (chayanne) to stay with them for a festival or something and wilbur doesn't feel like getting roasted by the middle schooler who is his brother because the bathroom smells like algae and wet dog so he needs the team to babysit slime until phil leaves town. slime spends the entire time going through windows and walls with no warning and scaring the piss out of everyone. one time he was in the cabinet when cellbit was going in to make his midnight coffee and his scream sent everyone in the house into emergency mode. roier would have FULLY put slime through the wall if slime were corporeal. lucky for slime, and their wall, slime is not.

jaiden works at an escape room and her boss reaches out to the team because he is FED UP with some paranormal entity that keeps drawing on walls and moving shit around and throwing things and tripping him and he wants it GONE. jaiden is extremely fond of bobby and bobby is extremely fond of HER, so she reaches out to the team and asks them to NOT do that and just pretend or something. so the team goes in and pretends to investigate and stuff. roier and bobby feud in the background. by the end of the episode they're besties.

the episode concludes, shockingly, with the boss and bobby gaining grudging respect for each other. somehow. the boss threatens to reveal bobby's existence to the internet at large as a publicity stunt every time bobby trips him in the hallway but never actually does. bobby stops throwing things at him (as much). the themeing of the rooms shift so the drawings and moving objects fit in. the boss is mariana.

from this episode on bobby periodically appears in the team's house, because it's my au and i make the ghost rules

END OF SEASON:

the end season villain is a guy who ran the biggest corporation in the world who died under mysterious circumstances. the corporation has a duck mascot for no reason in particular hahahaha. they're a company like nesquick or aquafina or amazon or something yknow REAL assholes.

the team is contracted by the billionaire's nephew (forever) who took over the business when he died and is extremely overwhelmed by 1) running a business on this scale and 2) all the paranormal bs happening in his office (which is where the former CEO died). he also happens to be cellbit's ex. this is highly awkward.

because i hate billionaires but like forever, let's say forever was contacted by the villain solely because the CEO does NOT want any of his immediate underlings to get the company and thus only reveals his blood relation to forever IN HIS WILL. except forever is A Good Dude and is trying to grasp the full scope of the company's corruption and dismantle the shitty practices while still keeping the employees paid, despite his only business experience being his current position of running a boardwalk/beach. this ends up being the cause of the paranormal activity: the CEO is panicking now that forever is trying to 'ruin his company'.

the episode ends with the CEO briefly succeeding in possessing forever, and the combined forces of the ghost teams bring him back and send the CEO to hell.

somehow the billionaire is involved in or mentioned during previous episodes.

#qsmp #qsmp au #qsmp paranormal investigators au #shut up vic #block game brainrot #do i tag every person who appears in this #i'll tag within reason #qsmp cellbit #qsmp roier #qsmp fit #qsmp pac #qsmp bagi #i think those are the people whose names i mentioned the most #i can think of a couple people who i'd want to spotlight in an episode (antoine) but i can't think of anything concrete in terms of plot lo #i'm setting this au free go wild #like i said earlier i can cook but i can't plate the meal #this will not be made a full length fic by my hand you must be the change you want to see #(please i ask you put my user in a note somewhere if you directly use the concepts here lol and also give me a link to it i want it gimme)#god i hope the formatting is legible i can't really send this to be beta read

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swiftfootedachilles · 7 months

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So excited to see what you post for kinktober this month!!! I know you said it may not be much but I love your writing and will love every single work you post!

i have wonderful news for you then 🫶🫶🫶 The Submission and Will That You Bring Me by snowypatches aka me

#🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 thank you anon you helped motivate me to finish this shit #please please please people give feedback on this i am literally tinkerbell i with wither away and die if i dont get attention 😭#yes this is me begging for attention. ive never posted fic in my ENTIRE LIFE i am SO SCARED right now 😭😭😭😭#those links are both the same btw #GFDI IM SO NERVOUS RN IM GOING TO TAKE THE LONGEST SHOWER EVER BYE!!!!!#gallavich #shameless #fic #asks #anonymous #mine #my writing #gallavich kinktober 2023

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theokusgallery · 5 months

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Since you have a lot of opinions about Sunflower fics, do you have any recommendations :p? I do generally agree with you about the derth of good works on them - kind of hoping for something I've maybe slept on.

Okay, I'll try,

First of all — I want everyone, and I mean everyone to read Coda for a Crestfallen Caitiff by MercuriallyApathetic, who also wrote The Strange Summer of Sunny Whatshisface (still one of my favorite longfics to this day but a lot more lighthearted). Coda is a masterpiece, it makes me insane, it is criminally underrated, I want to inhale its essence, and when I first read it it gave me a panic attack and a mental breakdown that lasted three straight days (/pos). Definitely read the tags and prepare yourself mentally but JESUS CHRIST I need everyone to read it. Please. You will regret it for a few hours but it is... an experience. To me at least. And to the two people I recommended it to who gave me feedback.

Then there's sunflower seeds in the rearview mirror by @andrewwtca which remains probably my favorite multichapter OMORI fic of all time (you might spot my essay-comments in the later chapters, I love this fic so much. I didn't end up writing one for the last chapter but man did it hit me hard). Very intriguing with a captivating style and an unreliable narrator mechanic that I am absolutely in love with. Everything by that author is excellent.

We have, of course, literally everything by BetweenDisorders. Arsenic is partly inspired by one of their fics ! (you know the one.) Their characterization of both Sunny and Basil (but especially Basil, because I'm gay) makes me froth at the mouth. Their style is very recognizable and honestly one of the best I've ever seen. But more generally, they have really original and intriguing ideas (like communication, in which Basil and Sunny are two computers... Did I mention how I'm a sucker for original/unique plots and premises enough yet) and everything they do is something you've never seen before. It's amazing.

Note to Self: Don't Be Gay in Faraway Town by witheredahlia is also very, very good. It's a lot lighter, but it still made my gay little heart ache, because I'm a sucker for misunderstandings done correctly (fight me).

Detective Sunny by Det_Sun is genuinely one of the most creative, fascinating OMORI fics I've seen, and also way too underrated. It's an excellent read, and there's a bunch of ideas in it that you know go deeper than what is shown, and it makes my brain go at the speed of lights. Many many thoughts about this one. (Side note: I fucking love it when there's unexplored ideas in fics. Makes my brain go brrr. Not everything has to be shown and when I see hints of "behind the scene" thoughts and character background that isn't discussed much but still implied, my brain becomes a feral animal. I don't know if that makes sense...)

#im recommending fics that can be morally be read by/recommended to everyone because i know my demographic #but i literally just went through my bookmarks and ooh'ed and ahh'ed at every other fic so i linked them lol.#i'm not linking 'the telltale of a recovering megalomaniac' by shootingstarlightt because im trying to link underrated things #but it's also very good.#there's also Drying on the Steps by DeepFriedBasil but i can't recommend it because i haven't finished reading it !!#but it's so intriguing and unique and you can spot me in the comments of the first few chapters trying to make sense of it all.#I didn't link Culinary Conversations for the same reason (I have yet to catch up on it unfortunately) but it's MAGICAL it's INCREDIBLE #I NEED MORE FICS THAT WRITE STRANGER LIKE THIS. PLEASE. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE #on the topic of characterization: Sunny & Mari Edition™ we also have Mari Doesn't Die At The End by CoreyWW #and The Very Best by nullmeh. both are very very good.#Deep Down We're Still The Same Kids by witheredahlia is also great from what I remember but I... don't remember much #there's some fics in my bookmarks i just... don't remember. oops.#...i hope this post isn't too long. i'm leaving some stuff in the tags because linking them in the post would've made it 3ft long #and also because when i give fic recs I feel like I have to arguments it and for some of those I don't really know what to say except Good #please read Coda for a Crestfallen Caitiff. please.#rant #omori #ask #ephemeralspirit-blog #fic recs #most if not all of these are sunflower btw ! i basically only read sunflower.#sorry to my fellow ze[...]ae lovers btw. i'd recommend them but. again. i know my demographic #arsenic #<- i tag every single mention of him for someone who had it blocked sorry

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parttimesarah · 1 year

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#so whose gonna be the first to write an adam quinn fic?#send me those links pretty please #this character is CRYING OUT for fanfic #and yes I know it’s based on a middle-grade novel #but this character isn’t in the book #SO IT’S FINE!!#I mean COME ON!#good LORD #ben willbond #the things i would let this man do to me #🔥🌭#a kind of spark spoilers #a kind of spark #adam quinn #six idiots #the six idiots #them there #i made these

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lcevinolusola · 20 days

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hi again! hope you're in good health! your answer to the pirate au gave me life, if you ever wanna share more/info-dump about it I'll be happy to take a seat and listen. Since we have similar brain worms about them and it seems you've been on the spamano block even longer than I have I was wondering if you have any fic recs for them? (side note do you have an ao3?) or just any type of rec for spamano at all?

hi again!!! you must have the patience of a saint for waiting so long, but yes hello i am here and i have been DYING to answer your ask and once again i stuck it under a read more bc what is concise wording??? idk her shes not here we only ramble here! warnings for excessive over-explanation and the obsessive thoughts of someone who has been in this stupid fandom for way, way too long.

i also wanted to address the super sweet notes you wrote on your original ask that had me smiling like an absolute fool, btw!!!! so first off: THANK YOU AND IM SO GLAD YOU AGREE!!!!! listen, the canon dynamic between these two has always given me a very severe case of brain rot, and the ways in which that dynamic can be removed from canon and smacked into any au is just soooooo juicy. and while yes i do adore airhead spain with all my heart, i do see it as very reductive to his character and who he actually is. and this also kinda bleeds into answering this ask, so yay! two birds one stone!

my entire thing with these two is the fact that spain is, at his core, an empire. god, gold, glory. that was his whole thing, ruthlessly so. and while yes i do believe the nations dont personify their governments and instead represent the best of their people, it would be foolish to ignore what it means for spain (and antonio) to be the spanish empire, bloody, greedy, damned, troubled, all of it. and that bleeds a lot into how i imagine antonio to be!

antonio (and spain) will always carry a lot of guilt to me. he acts sweet and bubble and sunshiny, and i do think he genuinely is that way naturally, but a lot of it is also an attempt to distance himself from what he used to be, either from guilt, from wanting others to forget, or for whatever reason. who he is in current day is not who he was, but its still there and it is something he grapples with constantly. so, in the vein of my pirate au, antonio as a pirate is someone who is angry.

hes angry at the world, hes angry at his government, hes angry at the state of life for anyone who isnt wealthy and born into generational status, hes angry at the favoritism, at the restrictions, at everything. hes someone who wants freedom. spain as a character doesnt like to be restrained, hated his forced job of folding flowers, hated he couldnt do more when he was once so powerful (to the point where america even said anytime spain was near him hed try and hit him with his knees, so clearly he knows how to hold a grudge) and antonio would feel a lot of resentment to the state of the world as it exists around him but unable to change it—until he can

and lovino, who is angry but for so many other reasons. lovino, who is born into a gilded cage that he cant even touch, lovino, whose entire life was built around his younger (legitimate) brother who will one day inherit everything his grandfather passes on that lovino cannot have, even if they do love him, even if they do cherish him and give him an education and steady work and a comfortable life. but thats not enough, and why would it be? his name is worthless in this society. he barely exists outside of his small family, and whenever he's there, there is always the elephant in the room of none of this is mine, none of this will ever be mine. so yes hes angry, hes resentful, but hes also stuck. where can he go, realistically, when this is all hes ever known? and he loves his family. hes loyal, hes caring, he adores his family. he just also resents them because they are everything he can never be. (and i do throw seborga into the brothers. they are a trio to me and they always will be!)

so when they meet, when antonio sees this little angry brat with so much pent up aggression start barking insults at him in front of his own crew, how can he not be fascinated by that? and he sees someone wearing a shiny family crest of a prominent venetian family, and its so easy to him. take him, maybe teach him some respect, dump him in italy, get some money, and fuck off to the ocean again for the next prize.

and it would work if they both werent so fucking stupid at the same time. bc just like romano and spain, these two are two sides of the same dumb ass spectrum. angry and hopeful with different styles of attachment that fit just perfectly enough to make it feel clandestine. two people who could just so happen to understand where the other is coming from, with enough understanding to get it. and suddenly theyre not so different after all, are they, considering they both got screwed over in life, forced into roles they didnt want until someone gave them an out, until they give each other an out.

and then it becomes a lot less about stealing from the world and keeping it for themselves as it is giving each other the world, wealth and riches that belong to them and them alone, an open ear and willing hands and the understanding that antonio would rip the stars from the sky and temper raging oceans for lovino if he asked, hoping only for lovino to love him in return and choose to stay, to seek freedom and something different.

its entirely selfish and dangerous and doomed to fail from the start, which we as people in 2024 know, but its romantic in its desperation and honest in how actual real life pirates were furious with their lives and were entirely fucked over after the war of spanish succession, and while yes most of those pirates were english (and arthur is a big player in this story too, obvi), spain did have its fair share, esp in retaliation to what the english were doing to spanish treasure ships.

WOW that was a lot im so sorry for how long that is. i hope it is in some way understandable and not just rambling jibberish fghjkjh as for fic recs!!! babe how much time to do you bc i have like. thousands. ill start with my favorite few though, and maybe youll find something you like in them!

some are long, some are short, some are not as much romantic as they are doomed and haunted, and some are nauseatingly sweet, but its a range of stuff. let me know what you like and im sure i can tailor these more to your tastes!

in no particular order, some of my all time favs:

those who loved us all along by aalesundbren

the problem with being known by baybetime

the bocca della verità duology by nyoengland

ravish by ludwiggle73 (spamano isnt the main pair, its second to fruk, but its a good fic nonetheless)

underneath the gilded lights by kai_maciel (spamano is a very small part of this, its mainly centered around latam and portugal, but the parts they do have are cute and i love how spain is characterized. it has a second part with a few other spamano bits, if youre interested)

anything that champagnesly has ever written about spamano. one of my all time favorite authors, even if they havent been in the fandom in a very long time. their wine verse is a personal fav and i read it when i was younger and i still go back to read it now. same for oblivion, the blue hours, and tbh anything else spamano theyve ever written

we are all businessmen by soliloquium

tesoro mio by (they orphaned the fic, i do know who the author is but since its orphaned idk if they want me to say their name???? either way, great fic!)

more than attraction by whitetyger12

and finally, anything mareepysheepy has ever written for spamano, with a particular shout out to give and take

okay, thats all ill do for now. i have so many fic recs that ive accumulated over the years for this pairing, but hopefully you find something somewhere in this mess that you end up enjoying. sorry again for the wait and i hope this made up for it!!!!

you are a delight to my day and THANK YOU for allowing me to ramble endlessly about my stupid pirates

#this is a whole ass essay i am so sorry #getting asks from you makes me so happy that makes it even harder to shut up/distill myself. unfortunately i hate periods & so we ramble!!!#please let me know if you end up liking any of those fics or if youve read them already #i can probably pull more if i know what youre looking for i have a backlog of fics ranging from like 2010 #theres also a good doujinshi site that i like that has some ooollddd famous doujins for these two and i am very fond of it #lmk if you want a link! idk if youve read any but i enjoy them for nostalgias sake #anyway thats all i got you are sucha highlight to my day mwah enjoy!!!!#asks #appleblondie0397

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scarlet-traveler · 8 months

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Thanks to everybody who's been reading my krbk month fics throughout the last few weeks! I really wasn't sure how well they would do over here but I was really surprised at all the attention they got <3

If you happened to miss any, you can find them all below:

Day 2: Rain (Tumblr | AO3) - Bakugou's experiences with rain Day 5: Fantasy (Tumblr | AO3) - runaway prince Bakugou meets dragon shifter Kirishima Day 9: Confession (Tumblr | AO3) - Kirishima unexpected confesses while he and Bakugou are up late at night Days 7+11+14: Sunshine, Long Distance, First Kiss (Tumblr | AO3) - Kirishima and Bakugou have a hiking date and their first kiss Day 17: Free Day (Tumblr | AO3) - mini sequel to previous fic feat. cuddling for warmth Day 18+20: Dancing, Moonlight (Tumblr | AO3) - Kirishima and Bakugou dance together under the stars Day 21: Coffee Shop (Tumblr | AO3) - art student Kirishima uses chemical engineering student Bakugou as his drawing muse Day 22: Alternate Careers (Tumblr | Twitter) - Bakugou and Kirishima open a joint bakery/florist business after retiring from hero work Day 25: Bakusquad (Tumblr | AO3) - Kiribaku tells the rest of the squad about their relationship Day 27: Royalty (Tumblr | AO3) - prince Kirishima meets baker Bakugou while escaping from royal duties Day 28: Soulmate (Tumblr | AO3) - Bakugou's experiences with Kirishima as his soulmate Day 29: Mutual Pining (Tumblr | AO3) - Bakugou and Kirishima confide in Deku about their feelings for each other Day 31: Quirk Accident (Tumblr | AO3) - Kirishima temporarily loses his memories

And for those of you who followed me within the last month, welcome! I hope you enjoy the mess of content here XD

I'll be taking a writing break for the next few weeks since I'm feeling a little burnt out, but I'll still be around! And I've got plenty more fics to share later on, kiribaku or otherwise, so keep an eye out :D

#mha #kiribaku #kirishima eijirou #bakugou katsuki #krbk month 2023 #krbk events #mha fanfiction #fanfic #traveler writes #traveler speaks #this really was a blast to do this year #i feel like I did a pretty good job on this year's bunch of fics #i'm super tired now though ^^'#but thanks again to those of you who read and will continue to read my stories!#also I could've easily messed up these links so please let me know if I did so I can fix it XD

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pridewhatpride · 9 months

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Writing comments isn't easy, no, and it isn't owed either, true. But the people on this post seem to be Christ on the cross, like. Bestie, yeah, "I'm happy getting hits, kudos are already an extra", how little do you think you're worth? Not everyone is happy getting nothing at all out of giving to a fandom- and if the response is no comments at all, the author is gonna think nothing about what they've done is worth remembering or talking about.

Not everyone has to comment, no. And authors don't want to guilt trip people either. But some people write as a way to communicate, and if nobody responds at all, screaming into the void becomes a little tiring.

I'm an artist as well as a writer- if my art gets no comments and only likes, I'm generally okay with it. With writing it's different. With writing it's hating myself because what I've written is meaningless to everyone but me until 3 months later I talk to someone in the fandom and they say they really liked x fic.

And like. Great. That's nice. I'm really happy to hear that. I'm sorry for the months I spent crying over it tho lol. People will write 10k+ words and what they'll get is, at best, the meme where the guy gives a thumbs up and proceeds to ignore the person ejhegdhwhdh

Now, sorry for the incoherent ranting. I'm happy there are people who are satisfied with no comments! Some of us would like to know that even just one person had a single thought about what we spent days writing ^^'

Again, no need to comment on everything. And not everyone needs to always be commenting. But in the same way that comments aren't owed to authors, fanfic isn't owed to you. And it's easy to then complain that your favourite longfic was discontinued when it's too late and the author has already given up on trying to connect with people.

#ranting #shut the fuck up ulri #I'm kinda mad at this #nobody's trying to force comments out of people #people are just saying shit like “comments are what keeps me going please leave one if you liked this fic”#maybe my fic isn't worth commenting on: that's what i will think if i get nothing on any given fic ^^'#it's not “ah these shit readers” it's “if we all thought of each other a little more everyone could be happier”#and like. I'm not pointing at the kids with social anxiety. I'm pointing at those who will tweet about reading a great fic #and will not link it or comment on it #you know?#it's okay to not leave comments #it's also okay for authors to feel sad that they aren't worth your time in the way that you as a reader are worth theirs #fic writing #fic comments

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famewolf · 7 months

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'It’s like the sun has entered Gary’s very soul. Every part of him burns with those words as they pound with each beat of his heart. Engulfing his body in divine flames, he is consumed entirely. This is all that exists.' - Chapter 1 of Better the Devil You Know

finished editing the first chapter of a project I wrote 2 years ago and plan to finish in November. it's a wordy, indulgent fic about my two favorite traumatized men from a campaign long, long ago.

it is explicit in nature, though the first chapter is mild, the content warnings are marked in the tags.

#[static]#wolf writes #dnd fanfiction #18+ Seriously please and thank you #I've been wanting to select some fics to work on for NaNoWriMo since those have been nagging at the back of my mind for some time #so I thought it'd be a good time to dust this chapter off and get excited to write and complete the other two #and yes i know the difference between incubi and succubi #oskov's got only succubi on that side of the family tree so though he's mostly a human man he's got a quarter infernal from his mom's side #it's all just fantasy fun #not my go to kind of writing but it was interesting to do! i do prefer eerie horror and spooky stories which i have plans for in the future #fingers crossed the link works it is giving me trouble on my computer but i can access it on mobile just fine

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lapinneok · 10 months

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always love more dh song recs if youve got them but also are there any dh fics you'd personally recommend <3 ive been scouting and finding good well-characterized ones is an ordeal unfortunately

SONGS! these are the old ones from my sideblog: - girl with one eye by florence + the machine is about billie and delilah (they change places depending on my mood) - worms (re-edit) by aliceband billie. im going. insane. this is too personal 2 me.

i don't read that much fics (its hard for me to read in general tbh. embarrassing) but here's five i really like:

come hell or high water - emily & billie talk! their dialogue is executed here perfectly, im in love. also it was a dhgift for me, how can i not recommend it? 10/10

The Contract - THE CONTRACT

the ghosts of the hound pits pub - billie/cecelia fic. honestly i haven't yet fully read it because i need to take breaks to scream (/pos). love me a good written rarepair.

your reward's in the sweet by and by - LOVED the idea. this fic is what inspired me to make the billie mimir au.

Witches, Bitches, and Pulling Out Stitches - emily/billie after the events of dh2. it's lighthearted (/pos) imo, i found the story captivating. this fic touches upon the fate of the witches after the delilah's coven is gone. pretty sure it has other fics related to it's plot, but i haven't read those yet (but afaik the plot goes wild in a good way).

as always song and fic recs are appreciated! <3

#you've probably read some of those #also thanks for fic asking. you've reminded me that i should make a proper ao3 acc #ive had all those scattered around like 90 different tabs #there was two more ive read a long ago but i lost them in the incoherent mess my tab organization is #ALSO if links don't work correctly please tell me and ill fix it #thaaank you for the ask!#ask game tag

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erstwhilesparrow · 9 months

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double life fic recs

organized by session! (i.e., fics under session 4 will have spoilers up to and including session 4, fics under session 5 will have spoilers for session 5, etc.)

session 1:

these old ghosts; Thunderbirds_and_Lightning - Team Rancher Pacific Rim AU. Brutally sad, but also features: a terrific action sequence, gorgeous prose, unspeakable grief about Flower Husbands, and incredible jaeger and kaiju names.

the right thing; sparxwrites - Cleo and Scott talk the night after the first session. Short and tender and sort of a character study for all of Divorce Quartet despite the other two not being there. Joe Hills, despite also not being there, is a significant presence, which I think really elevates the whole experience.

session 2:

all is fair in love and war but i can't fight with you anymore; wizardlover - Scarian angst with a happy ending. Scar isn't stupid and also he should be allowed to go apeshit. The author is correct on both counts about this. Works out to be very sweet. (Psst. This author does great Scarian just in general -- it is worth checking out the other works in the series this fic is in!)

Detail of the Fire; canarydarity - Team Rancher hurt/comfort, patching each other up after the fire. This one feels a little like walking slowly through an art gallery -- lingering on beautiful / stately / lonely images. Inspired by a Richard Siken poem and does fun things with excerpts from the poem.

those were kinder times; SurrealSupernaturalist - Team Rancher Actually-Ranchers-Not-In-A-Death-Game AU! They escape to a farm and go on a healing arc that is nearly 10k words long. Incredibly sweet, domestic, and warm, plus angst about Jimmy as Omen of Misfortune.

session 3:

[When BigB returned from his rendezvous with Grian,]; orangeocelotmartyn - Ren and Bigb go red and figure out that this isn't going to work. They eat golden apples about it. Very good for Bigb and Ren talking about their relationship! Parting ways basically amicably! Realizing the soulmate thing is bullshit and they can and will pursue what they want!

under my skin?; Sixteenthdays - The soulbound pairs discover that their partnerships are literally, physically changing them. Features snapshot scenes from every soulbound pair as they attempt to cope with this change to varying degrees of success. A total delight all around.

you're the fool, i'm just as well; honeyblock - Pearl gets sick. Scott attempts to soldier through the effects this is having on him to deal with her. Contains: really fun / creative / piercing turns of phrase, Scott and Pearl doing that thing where it feels like they almost understand each other and then everything falls apart again, soulbonds being upsetting.

to catch a secret soulmate; wormcity - The entire server gets looped in on an attempt to find Bigb's secret soulmate. Bets are made, shenanigans are had, the sitcom energy is through the roof. Incredible character voices, and also just generally really fucking funny.

rainy day; whatcaniwriteinthis - It's a rainy day on the Double Life server, and people are waiting it out, or finding ways to occupy themselves, or reflecting on the game so far. The narration style is lots of fun, and it perfectly captures the vibes of hanging out somewhere during a torrential downpour in the late afternoon.

session 4:

[Once a week, the double life players each get one phone call to someone in the outside world.]; dmwrites - The Double Life players make off-world phone calls after session four. They gossip, or pass along life updates, or share blueprints for death machines. Hilarious, and also makes me so goddamn sad about ZombieCleo.

Soulmate-Things With Other People; savannah_owl - During the Homewreckers's pool party, people sneak off in pairs to, shall we say, hang out without their soulmates. There are good times had all around. Features relationships from Third Life, Hermitcraft, and Last Life. (savannah_owl also just has a bunch of really good Double Life fic? Worth taking a look!)

session 5:

hit the ground running; jelliegiggle, rosycheeked - Scar and Grian have a talk at Bigb's grave. Bigb is not, of course, physically there, but it is very much a fic where someone's absence is distinct and palpable. Really really good Desertduo Being Sad And Complicated And Intertwined.

session 6:

[The room is a dim basement room.]; theminecraftbee - Pearl and Scott have a bad time. Superhero AU, featuring a clandestine meeting between two people who hate each other and have no one else who will ever know them the same way. Months after reading it, I'm still obsessed with this one.

and by resilient i mean which holds; TheYesterdayShow - Martyn and Cleo have a bad time. Canon divergent: Cleo and Martyn survive to the end, and wind up talking about what they were supposed to mean to each other and what happens next. Absolutely brilliant characterization for both of them.

sugar, we're going down swinging; BananasofThorns - Etho and Joel have a-- Wait. [checks notes] Okay, honestly, they seem like they're having a fine time. Canon divergence where after outliving every other pair, Boat Boys fight to the bloody death. It's incredibly pretty and perfectly paced.

#sparrowsong #double life #double life smp #fic recs tag #made myself a rule that i can't repeat authors but like. so many people on this list are good and have other excellent works #barely restraining myself from going 'please please please go read these people's fics they're so good'#also those session 6 fics especially are like. yeah. this was a crucial influence on how i write these characters.#tell me if any links are broken etc.

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shegetsburned · 1 year

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𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐬. 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏 - 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧

summary : Sarge, Donut and Washington are held by the Federal Army on Chorus, the last place the Freelancer thought he’d reunite with a former teammate.

characters : Locus (red vs. blue), Donald Doyle, Agent Kansas (freelancer oc), Agent Washington (red vs. blue), Sarge (red vs. blue), Franklin Donut

pairing : Locus x Kansas - “you are the only truth”

note : Finally, throwing myself into a rvb fanfic! So yeaaah, basically this is how Kansas shows up again and the beginning of something with Locus. I really enjoyed writing it and I do hope you guys will like reading it.

word count : 3,3k

chapter 1 - …

The outpost offered itself to Washington, Donut, Sarge, and General Doyle on the promontory. Doyle had brought them here to have a sight upon the snowy mountains where Outpost 37 of the Federal Army was located.

“Upon your arrival, I ordered Locus to confirm his findings and bring you to us as soon as possible.” General Doyle clears his throat, anxiously searching for words to excuse Locus’ previous behavior. “Unfortunately, it appears as though I should’ve been more specific in the exact method of your acquisition.”

“So what? It was all your mercenary’s fault?” Washington asks, still waiting for an answer to why such violent measures had been taken in their attempt to rescue the Reds and the Blues from the New Republic.

“Not only my mercenary-”

Washington cuts the General off.“You expect us to believe you guys find us this quick, that Locus found us this quickly?”

“Agent Washington, we had several ways to locate you. One that might appear even more familiar.” Doyle lingers on his last words as footsteps are heard on the metallic stares behind him.

A dark burgundy armor slowly makes its way beside the General. At the sight of the new soldier, Washington freezes. It’s like thousands of memories come rushing back to him. As if he hadn’t already felt the wrenching pain of reliving painful ones during his few minutes with Epsilon. Feeling his fingers squeeze the handle of his rifle, he can’t help but spit out his thoughts.

“What the fuck.”

“Uh, might tell us who that lady is?” Sarge asks, noticing the familiar anger that surrounded the group every time an acquaintance from the past resurfaced.

It’s this familiar voice, echoing into his brain.

“Hello, Wash.”

His friend. Another Freelancer. The same one he thought he had lost when she had gone AWOL and never returned.

“Kansas.” Her name slips from Washington’s mouth in a whisper. “You fuck!” He immediately aims his rifle at her.

The sight of the barrel frightens General Doyle, as he flinches and hides behind his Freelancer.

“Sarge, what is going on?” Donut asks, trying to get a hold of what’s happening.

As they hadn’t already had enough on their plates, the Reds seemed to attract trouble wherever they went. Especially ghosts from the past.

“I have no idea, private, but it appears we’ve stumbled on another crazy-murderous lady! And this time.. she’s red!”

“If you could please lower your weapon agent, so I don’t lose one of my most precious assets.” The General pleads, head slightly peaking over the girl’s shoulder. “That would be most appreciated.”

She was calm when she spoke. “Let’s talk. Then you’ll be able to put a bullet in my head.” Understanding the man’s frustration, Kansas wanted nothing more than to ease the mind of the soldier and not get into too many details as to how and why she was still alive.

“You’re supposed to be dead, Kansas.”

“We sure do seem to say that a lot.” Says Sarge remembering the numerous times Donut came back from the dead.

“I do realize way too many people have strong opinions about my survival.” Kansas states, slowly shifting to the side to reveal Doyle’s shaking figure.

Washington hesitates. His finger was perfectly still, resting upon the trigger. He examines his past teammate, years of friendship flashing into his head.

Tension filled the atmosphere before Washington finally laid down his weapon.

“You owe me more than a talk.”

Without any more threat in sight, relieved, Doyle regains composure, his stature rising straight beside Kansas. “Agent Washington, I believe you crashed here for a reason.”

“It certainly wasn’t to see her again.”

Kansas lays a hand on her chest plate. “Ouch. I’m hurt.”

“Good.” If it hadn’t been for the helmet, Kansas would’ve recognized a peak of irony in the man’s voice. The usual kind of sarcasm the Freelancers both shared.

“Gentlemen, I am fully aware I might never gain your trust, but let me be perfectly clear, we are not your enemy.”

“Listen, the New Republic has your men.” Kansas adds to Doyle, trying to draw the conversation towards the most crucial part. The part that would win them over.

“And I can promise you, they’re likely recruiting them in their rebellion as we speak.”

“I could inform our troops not to attack them. But I cannot keep them from defending themselves. That’s the best we can do.”

Peaceful alternatives were always considered by the Federal Army, especially when it meant protecting Washington’s group. Kansas had entrusted him during these many years of training. The trust still remained, at least on her side.

But Washington also knew there was a cost to getting his friends back.

The General was a smart man, had he only been in this position for weeks, he had assumed full responsibility for the Federal Army. Gaining the Reds' and Washington’s trust would definitely balance things out.

Doyle also knew that their first thought, after rescuing their friends, would be to escape this planet, as soon as possible. “So, I can’t promise you a safe way out of here, ships are shot down before they can leave the atmosphere.” Doyle explains, erasing any thought of escape from the minds of the men standing in front of him.

“Then what can you promise us?” Washington asks, credible.

Doyle and Kansas exchange a look before the General decides to once and for all, declare the real reason for the Reds and the Blues’ rescue attempt.

“If you can help us defeat these terrorists, you would not only save our planet, you would also save your comrades.”

“So then? Speak.”

They had withdrawn into the outpost’s quarters. Thin walls separating them from the cold breeze of the mountains.

“I thought you’d be happy to see me.“ Declares Kansas “I’m fairly disappointed.” Her attempt to defuse the situation was as poor as her negotiating skills.

“I’m sure you are. Speak.” Maintains Washington, dedicated to unravel the truth.

“Wash. May you explain what in Sam Hill is going on here?” Asks Sarge, once again, nervously trying to figure out if his shotgun would finally be of good use, today.

“She’s a Freelancer.”

Freelancer. The word nobody dared to use around the Reds and the Blues. Donut and Sarge immediately readied their weapon in Kansas’ direction.

“Freelancer means problem! And as much as I love proving my superiority to the Blues by taking down agents, I’ve had enough!”

“Listen, this is important.” Softening her voice, she leans forward, just enough to establish a friendly environment.

This was one very important task for Kansas, and she was willing to do everything to rally them to their cause, for a better chance to defeat the New Republic and get their people safe.

“What? This? Them? What has gotten into you, all of a sudden?”

Her determination to save these strangers had to be the oddest thing Washington had encountered since their arrival on Chorus. That, and a General that crumbles at the sight of a firearm pointed at him.

“You want to save people now? Not abandon them to their deaths?”

“I didn’t abandon you.” Kansas immediately responds, more on the defensive. This subject was not something she wished to elaborate on. It rested heavily upon her heart. This had to stop.

“Yes, you did. You ran. Without us. Knowing about all the lies surrounding the Project.” The memory of a detailed speech by the Director sparked in his mind again. “They told us you died as a traitor.”

“I went to get help.” There was hesitation in her voice. Like she tried to voice the reasons for her departure to Agent Washington, but something was keeping her from elaborating more.

“Guess the only help you got was for yourself.”

Knowing the past events were permanent scars on the Freelancers, Kansas chose to keep her calm, not searching for any confrontation. After all, it’s them she needed to convince.

“I’m not here so you can forgive me, Wash. Doyle hired me to help them in this war.” This ounce of guilt could be heard once again when she spoke. “They’re good people, and if nobody helps them, they’ll die.”

Washington rested only on one word, like all the others were irrelevant to him. Hired.

“So you’re doing this for money, still? Unbelievable.”

A chuckle escapes the girl’s mouth, reminding the other Freelancer of his not-so-honorable past actions. “Didn’t you work with the Meta to get a ticket out of prison? We all have our reasons.” Noticing Washington’s absence of remark, she centers the conversation, once more, towards what really mattered. “If you want to rescue your friends, working with us seems like the best solution for you guys, right about now. It’s your choice. I won’t have a problem throwing you out of here with the rest of your team.”

“Hey!” Of course, Sarge was offended by the simple thought of being in the same team as their worst enemies, as he lowered his shotgun. “Don’t you see he’s a Blue?”

Kansas can’t help but look at the three of them before reformulating her statement to satisfy the old man. “Then with the rest of- with the- the red guy and the other lightish red guy.”

It takes a second for Washington to realize what she had just said. “Lightish red? Are you kidding me?”

“Do not give Donut a reason to talk about color palettes again. I’ve had about enough of the practical guidance for color mixing and its terminology based on the color wheel and separation palettes!” Sarge cries out, remembering the horrors of what hours of very intense and detailed explanations of the color palette theory by none other than the pink armored soldier who defines himself as lightish red had felt like. It was engraved in his memory. Forever.

At least, there was a very enthusiastic man in his ranks, now. “Wow, Sarge! Who knew you had time to listen to my seven-hour color theory podcast?”

Kansas, who slowly paves the way for a deeper conversation about colors, crosses her arms, clearly enjoying the situation. “Considering you guys are called the Reds and Blues, and not the Mixed colors and Blues, I’d say it would be more than appropriate to state that Donut is, indeed, not pink…” She slowly shifts her gaze to Washington before emphasizing her last words. “But lightish red.”

There was no way she was not fucking with him. Playfully engaging the conversation with the two simulation troopers standing beside the Freelancer.

“Ah! Who’s the obsessed one, now, Sarge? How can I be obsessed when I’m absolutely right?” Chants Donut, proudly showing off his armor in a twirl.

Sighing, Washington rubs his helmet before intervening, once more. “This is not how obsession works. Quiet, Donut. Can we get back to the point?”

“The point is, your friend here isn’t pink.” She states, with an amused chuckle.

Donut’s head slowly shifts towards Sarge. Unfortunately, his desire to recognize Kansas’ color knowledge is cut off by Agent Washington, who takes a step forward.

“There’s something in it for you other than money. What is it?”

It was fair to think Kansas had other things in mind than money. Her life had once revolved only around missions and war. And she was getting paid for both of these.

“Why would you even think that?”

“During a civil war, most of the time, both sides aren’t rich enough to pay mercs and freelancers.“ Washington’s words betrayed his knowledge of the Freelancer. “What are they giving you?”

“They’re not giving me anything more, Wash.”

As much as they knew Kansas, even Donut and Sarge waited for a more elaborate answer.

It took several seconds before she spits out what Doyle promised her as a reward. “Alien artifacts.”

“I knew it.”

“Advanced weaponry, armor piercing rounds, upgraded terrain vehicles. Did you know you could mount cannons on a mongoose-”

Washington knew Kansas had to be stopped before she felt the need to explain every single vehicle she had fallen for since her arrival on this planet.

“Okay, okay, we get it.” He finally cuts her off.

She can’t help but finish in a single breathed sentence. “Overall, dope as fuck artifacts.”

“Talking about dope as fuck artifacts, where are Lopez and Lopez 2.0?” Interrupts Sarge already hung up on retrieving his robot friends. As a matter of fact, it’s all he’s been thinking about since Kansas mentioned the artifacts.

“Your Spanish robots?”

“That’s right! Where are our friends? And an even more important question would be- Are there any cooking classes here? Ever since we’ve arrived I’ve sensed this amazing pastry smell-”

Sarge clears up his throat. “Shut up, Donut.”

Washington takes another step forward, readjusting his hands around his rifle.

“Show us to our robots.”.

After her conversation with Washington and the Reds, Kansas took some time to collect her thoughts. Seeing another Freelancer alive, especially Washington, the man who was always one step ahead of her on the leaderboard. The leaderboard. The Director had successfully found more than one way to divide the soldiers. Divide the soldiers and torture their minds until it was enough for them to break.

But there was a part of her that felt relieved. After all they’ve been through, the possibility of finding more of her friends still alive out there brought hope to the freelancer. She also hoped to not get the same treatment as the one she received from Washington. Considering all the facts, Kansas couldn’t blame him. She was just glad he was here, and that he agreed to help them.

As she takes a few steps down the road, passing in front of the infirmary, her trail of thought is interrupted by a familiar voice.

“How did it go?”

Locus makes his way towards Kansas, not stopping her, but joining her walk. He had this intense glare, forcing anyone who faced him to answer whatever question he would ask. His helmet made the mercenary even more frightening.

Kansas did not mind. She was used to scary faces. Especially his. Several missions had been led by the two of them, used to being the most experienced soldiers in the field by now. Kansas looked up to Locus, but she also felt obliged to not commit the same mistake she once did with her superiors.

The chain of command was important, but Locus was like an unleashed dog. He did as he pleased and was getting graciously paid for it. He wasn’t the soldier you wanted to have on the opposite side of the battlefield. The man was restless and exemplary. Kansas believed Locus could discern these same qualities in the Freelancer and that it was the reason she had been entrusted with so many responsibilities and classified information.

But there was something else. Locus seemed obsessed with the fall of Project Freelancer, with the idea of becoming the perfect soldier with the help of the AIs.

“It went better than I thought it would. I didn’t think I’d get out of this room with a head on my shoulders.” Kansas finally answers, lifting her head to meet the man’s impenetrable gaze. “Imagine my disappointment when I got out with both my head and their help.”

As much as Locus' voice could soften, it did.

“Good.”

His timbre of voice always had a tint of authority. When he spoke, Kansas couldn’t help but listen. There was not one word that passed over her shoulder.

But there was more than one question she felt like the mercenary could help her with.

“I know I haven’t been here long, but does the New Republic know there’s a Freelancer on the other side?” Kansas voiced her worries to the mercenary.

“They most certainly do.”

“Then, why not hire another?”

It was quite simple really. “We’ve sided with the only one that they could’ve hired.”

Noticing the absence of response, Locus glances down at her. “What is it?”

“I’m not ready to meet more of my past.”

Oh, their past. How painful had they been to these two soldiers. Molding them into who they were today. One thing Locus understood about Kansas was how her previous years had impacted her.

“You won’t have to.”

He suddenly stops, forcing Kansas to lower her pace and focus on his next words.

”Just do what you do best, and we’ll both have what we came here for.”

“What did you come here for?”

There was no hesitation when he answered.

“Felix.”

Kansas was already familiar with the name. She also knew he was a big deal for Locus. She tries to discern any sign of emotion under his helmet but he speaks again to diverge from the subject of his old partner.

“I talked to them. They’re meaningless.”

“Their story proves the contrary.” Responds Kansas, still baffled by the Reds and Blues’ ingenuity and stupidity. “How is it that they’re known throughout the galaxy as war heroes and are still dumber than they look?”

But Locus knew there was something else to it.“They give meaning to senseless objects and fight against all odds to protect them. Where’s the sense in that?”

“Is it so hard to believe they’ve found meaning in these beings?”

She was particularly thinking about their robots. Those machines they had been so eager to find, after their rescue.

“What’s hard to believe is their implication in taking down Project Freelancer.” Locus wasn’t wrong. An entire organization taken down by a bunch of simulation troopers? How was that even in the specter of being possible?

“I believe they’ve had help.”

Kansas glances at her surroundings, a thought peaking into her mind. They clearly, very clearly, considering their skill set and tactics, couldn’t have accomplished this prowess on their own.

“Agent Washington.”

She hums in approval. If someone had helped the Reds and Blues, it was most certainly Washington.

“You never mentioned the names of the other participants when you talked about the Project.”

The question brings her focus back to Locus.

“I told you all you needed to know about my part in Project Freelancer, Locus.”

Kansas tried not to betray herself, pumping her chest in confidence. Unfortunately, she knew she would not be able to fool the mercenary much longer. He was onto her, whether she liked it or not. The truth was bound to come out.

“Listen to me.” Locus shifts his weight forward, just enough to destabilize the girl. “I have been involved in this conflict for months, and you- Agent Kansas, you stumble onto our little planet, involving yourself in a civil war, and in the process, manage to ask for a fee in exchange for your services and gain ranks inside the Federal army within weeks. If there’s something I want to know, you must tell me.” His voice sounds deeper and more menacing. “It is not a question of what you want to tell me, it’s about what I want to know.”

Kansas can hear the man breathing into his helmet. It’s rhythmic and slow. Her chest piece follows her own breathing, twirling her tongue into her mouth and weighing her next words, carefully.

“I understand.”

Satisfied, the mercenary grunts, before taking a step to the right, his shoulder brushing Kansa’s and finally letting her breathe.

She eyes Locus as he walks away, thousands of questions still left unanswered. She couldn’t possibly let him leave without addressing her biggest concern.

“How do you know so much about Project Freelancer?”

Locus immediately stops in his tracks, not even bothering to turn around and face her. He doesn’t waste any time before responding ever so clearly than before.

“Do not interfere in my business, Agent Kansas.”

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