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jokerislandgirl32 · 5 months
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This Wild Kratts Scene Is Hilarious…
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Observations:
Zach actually has a butt in this scene.
Zach’s terrified of needles and shots.
Aviva seems to be enjoying torturing him.
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3:55 pmpdt 22 March 2023 Wednesday
Incubus burned my feet. 3:56 pmpdt incubus probably likes slavery & doesn’t want to do hard risky work. Intaglio print making is hard risky work & so is building construction. You will probably never see incubus doing something brave & virtuous. 3:58 pmpdt
4:14 pmpdt 4:15 pmpdt burning possibly acid pain near right hip. I’m afraid of what I might really be. But, I’m also afraid of anyone I don’t know including incubus. Did anyone see the news of a man sitting on a broken window of a tall building in New York? FBI was trying to serve a warrant for bank fraud. Incubus is going to kill me o piece by piece Bcz he’s a liar heinous animal. He doesn’t love women, only vagina. & boobs. But he will do anything heinous to make it look like he’s gay. 4:20 pmpdt dusty rose is the same height as gio. We should assume behati would have went for a younger better looking man if she wasn’t coerced into marriage? 4:21 pmpdt
4:30 pmpdt incubus/miñion burned my vag with acid again. 4:31 pmpdt incubus invented homosexuality. It’s his reverse psychology tactics to vilify homosexuality. 4:32 pmpdt & he’s trying to use those gullible enough to believe in him. It’s a net/web. He sets out multiple ones to normalize & make lying for him acceptable. It’s probably his tactic to get away with child (coughing! Left side rib & skull pains 4:34 pmpdt) 4:35 pmpdt child rape torture murder. He probably plans to set them up like puppets like that 6 year old who shot his kindergarten teacher in the hand. Maybe she’s his type. & then he says oh that kid did that Bcz he’s evil. But they could tell that I was going to be b4 I was conceived? B4 I was born? So maybe my youngest sister has different parents & she’s a surrogate baby? Is that what happened to king david & bathsheba? I doubt it. Naming someone pee sounds insulting. I forgot my thought. King David was goat. But it’s not okay for women to be loose. Los= loose saw it in online dictionary. Reverse psychology crap. I don’t believe in myself anymore but he destroyed a part of my brain. I’m a sacrificial lamb. 4:42 pmpdt acid under skin arms. He is doing it to torture me. No matter how or what I will be dead. Soon. Tortured to death. Bcz he sets it up easy. So he has an alibi. But I bet it would be really hard to see him the same way if it was his own p*nis caught in the act. But he controls everything. So how can you catch him? The only thing you would have to go on is anything that makes it look like he’s trying to hide something. Like torturing me & isolating me. $ you can tell he has all sorts of escapes. Bcz if power. Not admitting anything. Not facing his accusers. Not going to court. Possibly framing some one for things they didn’t do. Making other people sacrifice. & lying about marriage & children & love & s*xual flings. 4:49 pmpdt lying about artistic ideas. Lacking integrity. 4:49 pmpdt do you think a woman is more likely to have integrity? Children probably would never have survived without it? 4:50 pmpdt it’s. The battle of the s*xes. Gender. 4:51 pmpdt
5:02 pmpdt I really doubt people would live 1000 years. It’s probably closer to 200 years. 5:03 pmpdt that 900+ years with Noah I have to wonder if that was in Alaska ? Wondering but I have a mental block that keeps me from completing the evaluation in my mind. 5:04 pmpdt
5:05 pmpdt tongue acid? 😞pain & left upper skull 💀 pain. 5:05 pmpdt 5:06 pmpdt incubus doesn’t want to do any hard work himself. He doesn’t want to harvest more raw new material from asteroids ☄️ that he made with the power of black holes 🕳 which operates acid throat pain like the vacuum cleaners of the universe. He would rather kill me off slowly and put me through slow agonizing death ☠️ to save capitalism. Everyone was cruel to me so I don’t really see the point in capitalism. 5:08 pmpdt he’s a lazy b*tch. He likes easy smart stuff not hard stuff. 5:09 pmpdt in my intaglio printmaking class most of my classmates were women. Gum pain. 5:10 pmpdt incubus is eating my gums. 5:10 pmpdt
5:12 pmpdt I only remember 2 guys in that class. 5:13 pmpdt the teacher 👨🏻‍🏫 was a man 👨 & the class assistant was a woman.
5:15 pmpdt when I was in schoool (5:13 pmpdt jaw bone 🦴 pain sharp stab in btwn? Gum & tooth 🦷?) 5:16 pmpdt I thought 💭 yellow? Orange? Lights were used to reduce light 💡 pollution so more stars 🌟 are visible in the night sky 🌌 but it’s okay. 5:18 pmpdt
5:19 pmpdt I felt my gums hurt & tighten so I assumed bad stuff was happening. Incubus is heinous b*tch. 5:20 pmpdt
5:22 pmpdt so, incubus wants manjeri an example of me without high lighting his sh*t? 😑I HATE incubus. 5:23 pmpdt I wish incubus would change his name from Adam to incubus vag pain sharp 5:23 5:24 pmpdt I think it’s more fitting.
5:33 pmpdt he wants people to think 💭 I’m crazy. Probably to hide his human s*x trafficking activities. He probably has pizza 🍕 gate at his other mansions behati doesn’t go to. 5:35 pmpdt
8:17 pmpdt incubus made the bathroom smell very bad. I’m confused now. The chemical smell that I smelled b4, I wonder if it was actually mold or mildew? You think architects would have solved this problem with the way they charge for this minisuite. Architects are probably heinous b*tches Bcz that’s what Scott’s dad david? Is. Cano. 8:21 pmpdt he raised that b*tch. They both let me eat the one black banana at their house and told me it was good for me. Is it???????? 😵😖😭😤😤🥵🥵8:22 pmpdt also that Tiffany fry? In Los Gatos who found a mountain 🏔 lion 🦁 in her backyard? Incubus is trying to cash in on a story I held onto for days. We are not collaborating. He’s only trying to save his own ass. 8:24 pmpdt si you don’t really think 💭 that he’s the way that I suspect him to be. He really REALLY hurt me badly a lot. 8:25 pmpdt
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sweetcathedral · 3 years
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🖤Hero Academia — Aizawa🖤
Note: I thought I’d post an old work here. Also, b/c I’m seeing a lot of minors migrate to ao3, I’m thinking of switching all my works to here since it’s easier to monitor, which means I’m deleting my ao3.
⚠️: bulge, breeding, somnophilia, cnc
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He’s late. Just as you thought, but that’s expected of Pro Heroes and you can’t blame him for being one. You knowingly accepted your common law conditions, so you can’t complain. You reached for your phone hoping to see his name tangled within the notifications.
NekoZawa: late
Was the only message that caught your attention with a little bit of disappointment. Deep down you already knew it’d come to this, but you still can’t help feeling let down a bit. As you were about to change out of your getup a series of sharp knocks startled you, catching you off guard.
“It’s mee!” shouted the familiar voice.
Midnight?!
You rushed to open the door.
“Kayama? You’re ba—,”
“Ahhhh! So cute, so delicate, just youth!” she huffed in excitement at the sight of your longline lace bra and single-ruffled panties.
“Ah! Wai—youth? You know we're not that far in age,” you said, as you try to hide behind the door.
“Please, I'd kill to be 5 years younger, and don’t even try hiding from me. Even though he doesn’t care much about looks this definitely falls within his tastes,”
You blushed at the compliment, wishing it had come out of Aizawa’s mouth instead.
“Anyways,” she continued, “how about some bubble tea? I got your favourite,” she whipped out a bag of drinks from behind her. You wonder if she knew of your plans and came to cheer you up.
Who am I kidding, she’s an R-rated hero. Her sixth sense is basically her sex sense.
“Yeah, I could use some company,” you smiled in relief, thankful for her sharp intuition.
Before you knew it, 9PM became 11PM in what felt like 30 minutes and that heavy feeling weighing on your chest left after a couple of laughs here and there. You couldn’t help but feel better in the presence of Kayama, you have no choice but to feel better in her presence.
“And after I showed his class a pic of you, that grape idiot said ‘ if that raggedy ass man of a sensei is able to snatch a woman like that then there’s still hope for me, right?! Right?!’ in that stupid lisp of his! I couldn’t help, but cackle in his face! Hahahahahahahaha!”
“Grape idiot?!,” you laughed, almost choking on your tapioca.
“It caused this huge uproar which took Aizawa an hour to settle down,”
“Sounds like an exaggeration to me,”
“Really? Then I’d have to ask Principal Nezu for permission to let you visit. Hmmm, maybe a surprise visit during his birthday, I’d get to see that purple shit bleed from his eyes again. Hah!” she said, her sadistic side twinkling in her eyes.
You could tell she wasn’t lying about the surprise visit as she hummed her thoughts between sips of beer. Although you know how much Aizawa likes to keep his private life separate from his professional life, your thoughts couldn’t help but ponder in curiosity at how he acts around his infamous class 1-A students. All he ever does is complain about them every time you ask, but just thinking about him acting like the strict teacher Kayama says he is . . . makes . . . you . . .
“Oi, oooii . . . I said OI!”
“Gah!”
“What the hell’s got you blushing like a dazed mess?”
“Blushing? . . . !”
You clasp your hands over your face, as if you’re trying to keep your thoughts and daydreams from escaping. You let your imagination run wild just from thinking about Aizawa as a teacher — his strict demeanour and cold eyes piercing through you . . . his deep growls muffled at the base of your neck as his grip tightens around your waist and hair . . .
“Oh! What time is it?” Kayama exclaimed, disrupting your thoughts.
You reach for your phone to check the time, seeing 11:17PM illuminating from the screen before flipping it to Kayama.
“Perfect!”
You cock your head to the side trying to think of what could make Kayama that excited, but before you could react, her quirk had already taken hold of your consciousness.
Aizawa let out a heavy sigh staring at the time on his phone. It wasn’t the first time he’d let you down like that, even though it’s out of his control he still can’t help feeling disappointed in himself. Pro Heroes always have unpredictable schedules, but still, he’d wish his schedule had gone his way today.
“Thanks as always, Eraserhead. I’ll send the details your way once we’ve confirmed the date,” Tsukauchi reassured, dismissing him for the day. Aizawa nodded in response, finally, he thought. As he walked out of the station, his phone vibrated.
Ugh, what now?
He reached for his phone and unlocked his screen.
Kayama? Probably just more cat pics.
But much to his surprise, the series of pics caused him to stop in his tracks.
Kayama: Bon appétit! *kissy face*
Was the only message that followed at the end of the series of pics. After Kayama used her quirk to put you to sleep, she happily cleaned the place up and settled you prettily onto the bed in an innocent, but also, somewhat tempting position. Who could blame her? She had a knack for setting up tempting situations for her best friends. Aizawa tapped on each pic, examining the details of your delicate lace bra and fluttery panties. He really wished his schedule had gone his way today. The longer he stared at each pic, the bigger his temptation and pent up emotions grew — frustration, doubt, confusion, jealousy, anger, greed, love, lust, it was causing him to lose all sense of logic. You were causing him to lose all sense of logic and he hated it. It’s his first time experiencing something like this, he’d never romantically loved anyone until you came into his life. At first you were just like any other Pro Hero he teamed up with in previous missions, but the mission you two took on escalated into an emotional high profile case, which caused him to spend more time with you. One thing led to another and now, you’re each other’s common-law spouse. Both of you could care less about the huge wedding traditions of planning a wedding day, banquet halls, invitations and all that, but unexpectedly, he did buy you a wedding ring — a customized designer ring at that. Not only does he not care about appearances, but he also doesn’t seem to care about prices, so long as it serves its purpose.
“Uh, Eraserhead? Everything okay?” Officer Sansa tapped on Aizawa’s shoulder, breaking him from his thoughts.
“Huh? Oh, Detective Tsukauchi already settled on a date already?” Aizawa quickly locked his phone and tucked it back into his pocket.
“Um, no, he was actually worried about you . . . you’ve been standing still here for a while now, just staring at your phone . . .”
The logical Pro Hero himself didn’t even realize that he stopped walking and was surprised to see the station still behind him. Tch .
“. . . yeah, I think I should head home now. Someone’s waiting for me. Thanks, Officer Sansa.”
He waved at the cat officer before tucking his hand back into his pocket, unconsciously digging his fingernails into the palms of his hands in frustration. He hated this feeling . . . and he can’t wait to take it out on you .
Aizawa hesitates to open the door, unsure of how he’d react when he sees you for himself. He carefully turns the knob, making sure not to make a noise that’ll wake you from your peaceful slumber. You were just like the pics Kayama sent him — back exposed with the soft glow of the city night lights highlighting your dainty shoulder blades . . . arms clutching the pillow from underneath that pretty little head of yours . . . one leg hitched up to the side while the other was elongated and tucked half way into the sheets . . . As he reached to caress your face, he noticed his hand trembling from suppressing his temptation. Tch. He pulls his hand back in frustration.
“ . . . mmph . . . Shou . . . ta . . .” you murmured in your sleep in between heated breaths.
That was enough for Aizawa to let go of any sense of logic and common sense he had left, and before he knew it, he was hovering over you — the weight of his body sinking into the duvet. His eyes trailing over your features, watching your chest rise and fall with every breath you take — a reassuring feeling that you’re real and very much alive to him. He annoyingly hears his name from the teachers at UA all the time, but when it whispers out from between those pretty lips of yours, it made him experience a feeling he wasn’t used to controlling. He gave in, leaving trails of kisses that slowly turned into hickeys and then bite marks. He felt bad for leaving those marks on your supple skin, but he also wished they were permanent, as if the wedding ring doesn't speak for itself anymore. Aizawa’s grip tightened on your thigh at the thought of anyone else touching you, pinning your leg to your chest. His rough hand traces down your curves before slipping them in between your thighs — a wet sopping mess.
Ah, her panties are ruined . . . shame, he thought as he ripped a slit open, big enough for what you’re about to take in. Whoops . . . I’ll just get her a new one.
The temperature of your body was rising as he continued to press up against you, leaving marks on your collarbone and teasing your insides with his thick calloused fingers. A wave of pleasure ripples through your moonlight kissed skin, slowly pulling you back to your senses. You bat your eyes a few times to shake off the heaviness weighing on your eyelids.
“ . . . Shou—haa . . . !” your body twitched as another wave of pleasure came over you, shaking off your sleepy numbness, awakening your sense of touch as you grip his forearm trying to get him to slow down. It was no use given how enamoured he was with your reaction, your measly grip is as light as a feather against his strength.
“Haa . . . wait . . . slowdow—mmph!,”
Aizawa places his hand over your mouth, silencing your relentless begging. You finally noticed his flushed face and entranced eyes — a face you’re not used to seeing.
“Shut up, if you know what’s good for you,” his deep voice reverberated in your ear, sending a ripple of shivers down your neck. He was a completely different person in a completely different headspace. The only thing that can bring him back to his senses is your safe word, but you know that if you give in he’d completely stop and resist touching you for days as penance for losing control. But . . . you love it when he loses control along with his sense of logic, so you melt into your favourite position, signaling him to release all his pent up emotions in you — a mating press. You bite your trembling lower lip, begging with your wet eyes as a smirk played across his face. He gently kisses your forehead before pulling down his bottoms, revealing his thick throbbing cock. Your cunt twitched at the sight of it, squeezing out your fluids, dripping down like honey.
“How badly do you want it?”
“. . . badly . . . Shou~ta~ . . .” you cooed.
His cock twitched at the sound of your light and airy voice, precum drips onto the sheets.
“Not yet,” he said as he began stroking his cock on your clit, making sure not to let an inch slip inside you. The sensation drives you crazy as you whimper and whine for him to fill you up inside, desperately begging with your hips. But Aizawa’s firm grip on your thighs won’t let you, and keeps you from getting what you want. You miss the feeling of being bred full . His strokes were getting faster, his panting turning into growls. Your body tensed and toes curled as the feeling came closer, letting a desperate sigh escape from your mouth.
“Already? But I’m not done with you yet,” he playfully whispers in your ear before ramming himself inside you.
“Haa!” you yelped.
Your plump walls twitch at the sudden movement, tightening itself around his cock.
“That’s my good girl,” he chuckled, cockingly.
Tears well up in your eyes as you bite back your whimpering. He grabs your hand and firmly places it on your lower abdomen,
“Do you feel me? I’m right here.”
With your hand firmly placed on your stomach, you can feel his bulge every time he strokes his cock in you. He keeps it there, so that you have no choice but to feel it until the very end — up until his cum fills you up inside. His long strokes began to shorten, each stroke getting harder than the last and unable to hold in your pants and moans. Not only can you feel the warmth fill you up, but you can also feel his cock releasing globs of his milk from the bulge protruding from your lower abdomen. Your fingers dance around it making him twitch, his bruising grip tightening around your wrist.
“Fuck,” he grunts, looking down at the mess you both made.
Your cunt was swelling at the amount of cum it’s trying to keep from spilling, gushing out every time your sticky walls twitch. Before Aizawa was about to pull out, you grab his arm,
“Wait . . . not yet,” you must’ve been pouting when those words fell off of your swollen lips cause you’ve never seen his features soften like that before. He lowers himself, feeling his weight sinking into the bed as he tenderly kisses your forehead, brushing your slick baby hairs from your face . . . the warmth of his forehead resting against yours . . . the reassuring feeling of his hand gently cupping your flushed cheeks . . . You reach for his face, thumbing the scar under his eye, diving in for a deeper kiss and wrapping your arms around him. His heart begins to beat harder as you begin to feel his cock swelling up again from inside you.
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carrotkicks · 3 years
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I’m white so it might not be my place to say. But it really seems like Duke, Cass, and Damian’s constant mischaracterization within fandom is all about shoving them into the only archetypes readers can see them fitting into based on their race. Like...Cass being martial arts based and mostly nonverbal is probably already kind of stereotyping on the part of her creators, but the fandoms remaking of her as a quiet and demure little nonentity when she’s historically been a full of herself little shit. Or, like, Duke being made into “the calm sensible one” when he’s just as Batshit (pun intended) as everyone else in Gotham really just seems like him getting put into the “witty black guy serving as voice of reason for a bunch of white people” box. And I can’t even begin to parse out Damian’s simultaneous CONSTANT whitewashing andvilification for his ethnicity.
hoo boy this one is MEATY. In short: You're right, and your right for saying it. But you obviously brought your take to me for a reason, so lemme offer ya my perspective. As a person of color.
It's fairly easy to recognize racism in canon since a.) we know exactly who's writing (usually an old white cishet guy :/) b.) we as the audience tend to use actual critical thinking skills more often with official works, we actually pay attention to and can identify racist subtext much easier. And this is a general statement for all fandoms but like,,, when people consume fan content, they tend to turn the critical thinking switch off -- which is fine! totally fair because fanart, fanfiction, headcanons? thats all for self-indulgence more than anything.
Now since fandoms are much more prominent on platforms like Twitter and Tumblr you’d imagine people would display more awareness for racist/misogynistic/bigoted subtext, considering these sites are known to host people who are,,, well, socially aware is how I’d put it. (don’t believe me? take a trip down to some Reddit discussions. it can shrivel your soul) Uhhhh... but sometimes I find the double standard in fans so offputting. 
For more Batman-fandom specific racism,,, it’s kinda a lot actually. Listen, listen comic books are kinda racist sometimes. It’s an old medium, and has had a long line of old white guys penning them, it’s just a thing. Not a good thing, but what’s been printed just is y’know? I see a lot of these racist storylines or characterizations from old and I just cringe and move on bc a lot of the problematic writers are out of the game now, and in modern books we can go harass the creative team on Twitter. That’s in the bag. But in the actual fandom? Like i said, people don’t really think. they don’t understand or just don’t care if their art/writing/hcs are problematic bc it was made for fun - being morally correct isn’t really a concern. (especially considering we got murder/abuse sympathizers in this one but lest definatly not get into that agian--)
Since you mentioned some specific ones I’ll talk about them for a sec. Takes like “Cass Cain is the most powerful baddest b*tch in the fam and she can do no wrong at all” but also portray her as only existing to support her brothers or Steph is a huge disservice to her entire character. Like yeAH Cass is obviously the best fighter in the fam but there is so much more to her than that! (actually now that the cat’s outta the bag, i’m a lil wary of Cass ships in general bc SO OFTEN they use her as just a prop for the other partner and im just hhhhh ok back on track) and lemme be real with ya, the reason Cass is so often portrayed like this because they are blatantly riffing on the “Dragon Lady” and Asian houswife tropes. (now Cassie defs has some dragon lady as a part of her base character/backstory but, her solo actually worked to make her way less one dimensional.) And while I’m still talking about Cass and how she’s always portrayed as the perfect Good Daughter-- I feel like it’s kinda a lil just maybe a bit sexist to portray female characters as flawless since it’s kinda takes away a central part of their character that humanizes them perhaps? I know I was just talking about how some people unecessarily emphasize female character’s problems but I feel like the opposite is true as well where some people gloss over their issues and make them out to be too good for anyone unproblematic queens. I see it a lot with the Batgirl trio and honestly I’m annoyed by it a little bit. Flaws make a human too, and depicting females without them feels like taking a piece of their humanity, if you get what I mean? I just wanna be able to relate to the ladies being crappy! I have enough self awarness to want that.
Okay back on the rails for reals now haha! I ALSO see that people sorta box Duke into the stoic black guy trope a lot too which is also.. yanno... racist? Duke is definiely as insane as the rest of the fam- homie jumped off a bridge from a moving police car. Honestly that trope kinda reads to me like they either don’t care about Duke, or just don’t wanna let him have fun too? (ok adding this but I don’t wanna sound hypocritical or anything bc I know I hardly talk about Duke either. I just.. don’t have any strong opinions on him? I feel kinda bad but also,, i can talk about what i want. That being said i will talk about how he gets the sh*tty end of the stick which homeslice doesn’t deserve)
With Damian, it’s not even disguised, just plain racism. Nothing I can say more than that regarding his villification based on his backstory and ethnicity. The whitewashing though... uh okay so listen closely. Lisght skinned Arabs do exist but is it proper representation to depict him as white passing? no. I’m not Arab but lemme explain it to you in terms I know. In India, colorism is a really BIG problem. Most Bollywood stars you’ll see are very fair skinned for an Indian, and they’re praised for that specifically. Sometimes when I tune into whatever program my Mom is watching, ads for skin whitening treatments come on and it’s so strange. Like, as a more overt example, dark skinned people are considered “dirty” in some castes. (note, I didn’t grow up in India, that is from my parent’s accounts) Soo rounding back to Batman, a lot of Damian’s whitewashing is also rooted in colorism. Which is why I feel like drawing him with darker skin is much more fair representation.
This is getting really long but I really wanna mention this just to kill (what? 5) birds with one stone. But i feel like some of the fandom’s racebends are pretty... sus. the Latino!Jason headcanon in particular kinda feels not right to me. It’s just, did they decide he was Latino because he was a street kid? because he’s more rough and violent? Guys that’s kinda stereotyping... Also that one hc with Tim as an asian? I’m lukewarm on it. obviously riffing on the “smart asian” thing (and i’ll admit it’s not wholly inaccurate this coming from a rather unintelligent indian) but it’s still really i dunno... it’s based on racist stereotypes. And look. Racebending is great! I do it too! (Tim Kon and Dick are drawn with darker skin sometimes cuz ur local brown girl is feeling self indulgent haha) but I feel like if you’re gonna racebend, maybe don’t do it in an obviously racist way maybe?
Anyways the true takeaway from this crazy long wall of text is that fandoms are racist sometimes. And problematic in a bunch of different ways. The Batfandom is no exception apparently, and that should be called out. which I just did. great job me! and you too anon
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kyouxa · 3 years
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Diabolik lovers Chaos Lineage: Subaru Sakamaki (Story 10)
In terms of the gameplay: The black choices lead up to a bad ending, the white choices lead up to a good ending. Please no reposting onto other sites, ask me before translating this into another language too! If you enjoy these translations, please consider supporting me on ko-fi.
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After successfully leaving the cave, Subaru-kun and I were able to safely reach the Scarlet mansion.
Fortunately, we came this far without having to start a fight, and without burdening the already injured Subaru-kun even more. 
But even so, I’m worried.
It’s about how Carla-san and everyone else haven’t noticed us moving here yet.
And then it also worries me that the Scarlet family should surely be aware of outsiders suddenly wandering around their mansion.
But yet none of Scarlet’s members have taken any actions, despite probably knowing we’re approaching them.
Place: Scarlet mansion — Outside
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Subaru: ...Doesn’t this... somehow feel weird?
Yui: Yes, we ended up coming here easier than I expected, don’t you think?
Subaru: I thought it wouldn’t be possible for an enemy to get this close to Reiji’s mansion without dying first...
Yui: Shouldn’t we return then?
Subaru: We’ve come this far already, so we can’t turn back now. We will meet Reiji.
Yui: Alright, then let’s try to ring the bell at the entrance. This way we could reveal we’re not enemies. 
Subaru: Well, we can’t hesitate now. —Hm? Hey, be quiet. Someone’s coming out.
Yui: Ah…
*Reiji opens door*
Reiji: Welcome to the Scarlet mansion.
Yui: Reiji-san… !
Reiji: We are honored to welcome you two. Please come inside.
Subaru: …..
Yui: …..
Place: Scarlet mansion — Living room
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Reiji: Here, have some tea. With this, you will be able to calm down a bit.
Yui: Thank you, Reiji-san.
Subaru: Hey, why are you serving us tea?
Reiji: Because the two of you appeared rather exhausted after your exile.
Subaru: But we’re supposed to be enemies. You shouldn’t welcome us like this either. What are you scheming?
Reiji: Your movements were merely reported to me by our familiar, which flew around the mansion.
It is just my style to simply treat my guests in a rather polite way. I prefer not to cause any difficulties to begin with.
Subaru: ...So you saw through everything after all.
Reiji: Of course. For example, I am aware that Violet’s members are currently looking for you and Eve , with bloodshot eyes.
Yui: You do, huh… ?
(With bloodshot eyes, he said… seems as if Carla-san is extremely angry)
Subaru: …..
Reiji: What happened there?
Yui: Subaru-kun… if we discuss this with Reiji-san together, maybe he’ll get a better understanding of the situation.
Subaru: Y-Yes.
Say, Reiji. Are you also aiming to become the supreme ruler?
Reiji: Yes, I am. It is part of my assigned mission after all.
Subaru: ...But do you even know why it’s your goal to even become the supreme ruler?
Reiji: What did you just say?
Subaru: I’m just saying that you should probably think of what kind of reason you have for this.
Reiji: You are saying quite ridiculous things. I do not need any reasons for this matter, this is simply one of my living purposes.
Subaru: Cut the crap. You can’t seriously call that a motive, right?
Reiji: As I said, I do not need a reason. Because I am more than assured that I will become the supreme leader.
Subaru: ...Tch. It’s useless.
Yui: (I wonder if anything we just tried to address triggered something in Reiji-san’s memory…)
(What’s another possible trigger other than becoming the next supreme leader?)
Ah, Reiji-san. Shu-san is also part of the Scarlet mansion, isn’t he?
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Reiji: Exactly. He is one of my younger brothers.
Yui: Younger, eh… ? Is that really the case though?
Subaru: Say, doesn’t it feel a bit uncomfortable to treat Shu like your younger brother all of the sudden?
Reiji: ...Both of you have only spread quite the nonsense since entering.
May I ask what in the world are you trying to slowly set up with the current conversation we are having?
Yui: …..
Subaru: Reiji, believe what I’ll say now or not, but I’m actually one of your real brothers.
Reiji: Oh? That is a very interesting comment indeed. Why would someone like you, from the Violet family, be associated with me as a younger brother, while I am Scarlet’s leader?
Subaru: Everything’s strange about this situation in the first place. The Scarlet and Violet family, the overload story, Eve, the folklore and everything else.
Literally everything here is full of shit.
We still don’t know the cause, but our memory changed and we’re trying to kill each other in this place.
All of us had these strange memories about wanting to become the supreme leader like you, and we fight for this title for no meaning.
In the end, this is all a big and useless competition for Eve to make one of us the supreme ruler...
But she’s my, you know… my lover! And I can’t and won’t give her to anyone. 
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Reiji: I see. However, I highly doubt Carla would approve of this statement. He will most definitely keep on looking for a way to become king.
Subaru: Yeah, you’re right. Carla’s the kind of person to even ask others to find a way for him to become the king.
I even tried to explain to him what I told you now. But he didn’t even try to listen to what I said.
Reiji: No wonder he did not. To be honest, I am also merely listening half-convinced to your current story.
I would not think the hard-headed Carla himself would listen to such a story like I am.
Subaru: …..
Reiji: ...Ah, I see. So that is the reason you both ran away from Carla. And now you have arrived here, right?
Subaru: Yeah. As soon as we told him about it, he insisted on treating us like complete traitors.
Reiji: I understand. So what? In the end, what do you, Subaru, want to do from now?
Subaru: I...
I want to keep on protecting her. That’s why I want you to lend me your strength, Reiji.
I’m sorry to suddenly beg someone else out of pity to help me. But I can’t do anything with my own strength only.
I can’t protect her with just my willpower anymore.
So please, help me. I beg you. I’m unable to do anything without depending on my real brothers here.
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Yui: Subaru-kun…
Reiji: …..
If that is so, then please feel free to use this mansion. Let's keep this as a secret between us.
Yui: ...Are you sure!?
Reiji: It is no problem. We will discuss more concrete strategies about this matter from now on in the future. 
Please take a rest here tonight.
Yui: Thank you very much! 
Yay, we did it. Subaru-kun!
Subaru: ...Yes.
Hey, Reiji. Do you really believe in what we said after all?
Reiji: …..
I will prepare a room for you this instant. I promise for you to have a comfortable stay.
Place: Scarlet mansion — Unacoppied room 
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Yuma: Here, this is the room. Don’t be sloppy with it.
Yui: We won’t. Thank you, Yuma-kun.
(So Yuma-kun is supposed to be Reiji-san’s younger brother here, right?)
(It’s just so strange to see Yuma-kun act under Reiji-san’s instructions all of the sudden)
Yuma: If something happens, just call out for somebody. Even though it’ll only come to me if something happens. 
Yui: Alright. If something happens, we’ll call for you then, Yuma-kun.
Yuma: Yeah, laters.
*Yuma leaves*
Yui: I’m so happy, Subaru-kun! At least we���re safe here for the time being.
Subaru: Yes, you’re right.
Yui: And it’s all thanks to you, Subaru-kun. Because you were the one persuading Reiji-san.
(On top of that, I’m more than happy about Subaru-kun’s real feelings and how he only wants to protect me)
Even if he doesn’t remember, your brother is still a gentleman as always, right?
Subaru: What the, what’s with that grin?
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Yui: It’s because I’m really, really happy that Reiji-san ended up helping us out… 
Subaru: ...Well, I guess I do have to thank him for hiding us.
But don’t let your guard down because of that. We still don’t know if Reiji really believed in our story. 
Yui: Fufu, aren’t you also a bit reassured at the end, can’t you at least say that much?
Subaru: S-Shut up.
Yui: Fufu. I really hope Reiji-san’s memory will come back soon, and then we all could look for clues together to find a way out of here.
Subaru: I hope so too. It would be best to have more manpower anyway.
Yui: Yes…
(And if we don’t have to go against his brothers anymore, it would be the best for all of us. But Subaru-kun…)
For the time being, let’s go to bed already, okay? I know we have a lot to think about, but I’m also worried about the injury you got, Subaru-kun. 
Subaru: Ah? ...Isn’t it a bit too early to go to bed already?
Yui: Eh?
*Subaru gets closer*
Subaru: We’re finally all alone in this long-awaited place. So I guess I can go ahead and touch you a bit.
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Yui: (He said that in my ear… !)
W-We can’t do that! No matter how friendly he looked, we still don’t know if Reiji-san is supporting us.
We can’t lose focus now of all time...
Subaru: So you want to say that you don’t want me to spoil you after what happened today?
Yui: T-That’s, um...
(Subaru-kun is so sly… if he says it like that, I don’t want to deny)
Subaru: Heh, your ears turned bright red. I can’t get tired of that face no matter how many times I see it.
But that’s not the case this time.
Yui: (That surprised me! Was he joking just now… ?)
Subaru: We’re still in enemy territory, and this might be our last-minute bet for now. But can we really trust them just like that?
*time passes*
Yui: Are you feeling better? By the way, were you the one who turned off the light?
Subaru: Ah, I’m good.
*door opens and dagger flies*
Subaru: Get down!
Yui: Eh!?
(A dagger suddenly started flying across the room and now sticks in the wall… !)
Subaru: ...Tch, that was close!
Yui: Eh, what!? What’s happening right now!?
Subaru: Damn, he set us up! We have to get out of the window!
Yui: Ehhh… !?
Choices
1) Sudden inability to move (black)
2) Believe in Subaru and run (white) ♡ ♡ ♡
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— Sudden inability to move
Yui: (Subaru-kun, why so suddenly… ?)
Subaru: Hey, how long are you going to stand there!? Open the window already!
Yui: B-But… ! Why would I do this so suddenly…
Subaru: Stop uselessly thinking about that! Just believe me and do it quickly!
Yui: ...Y-Yes!
—  Believe in Subaru and run ♡
Subaru: We don’t have time, open the window now!
Yui: (I don’t know what Subaru-kun’s thinking right now)
(But he must have a proper plan if we do this, right?)
...Okay, Subaru-kun!
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Yui: (But even so… they threw a dagger at us, didn’t they?)
For that kind of thing...
(Did they throw the knife, knowing that we were sleeping there a few moments ago?)
Subaru: Come out, you guys. Stop hiding and face me!
*door opens*
Reiji: There is no way you avoided that hit. I truly admire how fast you acted in this moment.
Shu: I think he only managed to avoid it because the person who threw it sucks.
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Kino: Yuma, I told you that you suck at throwing them.
Yuma: It wasn’t even me who threw it. Don’t rub your shit on others!
Yui: (Reiji-san, Shu-san, Yuma-kun and… even that boy they call Kino, are here)
Kino: I guess you’re right. I wonder if my arm became less capable after this long time?
Reiji: And that is precisely why I kept on telling you to keep practicing and not to slack off instead.
Shu: It’s always the moments that count that you’re useless in.
Kino: Meanie! Show at least some respect for me, you two.
Subaru: Hey, you guys. Don’t you have something to say? Didn’t you say you’d not want to trouble your visitors and comfort them instead?
Yuma: There’s no way you’re actually as dumb as you act. Both of you aren’t our guests anymore.
It already made things easier for us that you brought Eve along with you here. Now we just have to take her.
Subaru: So that’s it. In other words, you have the same motive.
Yui: That’s… ! But we believed in you...
Shu: You can’t seriously believe the enemy would let you approach and then voluntarily help you. If you have some grudge against someone, have it against your own stupidity. 
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Yuma: Hey, never mind that and hand over Eve already.
If not, we won’t miss next time trying to hit you. 
Subaru: Stop fucking around! Who do you think would listen to you!?
Hey! We don’t have time to think about it anymore. I’ll hold you and then get out of the window, understood?
*lifts her*
Yui: ...Uwah!?
Subaru: Let’s go! Hold on tightly! 
Reiji: Wait right there… ! 
Place: Scarlet mansion — Outside
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Yui: ...Kyaa… Ngh!?
Subaru: Shut it! 
*keeps running*
Subaru: We don’t have any other choice but to only think about running away from Reiji for now!
Yui: Yes…
Subaru: ...Fuck, you really can’t trust anyone in here… ! 
Yui: (Subaru-kun looks hurt… but that’s only natural. He was betrayed by someone he thought he could trust after all…)
But you’re not alone, Subaru-kun. I’ll always be by your side, no matter what’s going to happen. 
(This may not be too big of a relief for him now, but I felt as if I had to tell him)
Subaru: ...Yeah, that’s right. As long as I have you with me.
As long as you’re there—
Monologue
We are all alone and without any help in this world.
However, we haven’t yet lost the things most important to each other.
And that’s the only current salvation for us in this crazy world.
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rk1kheadcanons · 3 years
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Markus and Connor are secret dating b/c Connor doesn't wanna be out to the world yet. The Jericrew (-Connor) go drinking and Markus gets *drunk* and starts rambling about his boyf after he rebuffs an advance made by a lady at the bar super sappily, but no matter how hard the others press him, they just get "oh, his eyes are the color of warm chocolate..." answers as to who this boyf is
You would never know Markus was drunk.
He didn’t stutter or slur when he spoke, he didn’t sway or trip over his feet. He didn’t giggle goofily or speak overly loud. He was perfectly composed, as much the charismatic android sober as he was when he was intoxicated.
What he did do, however, was go on long monologues like a Shakespearian stage actor.
Which would be fine, if Markus’ favorite subject to wax poetic about wasn’t his mysterious boyfriend, whom he’d sworn not to reveal the identity of until they were ready. Which would also be fine, if that mysterious boyfriend wasn’t Connor, who was often sitting right next to him (and slowly but surely bluescreening his way into that big Windows XP wallpaper in the sky) as he sang and lathered compliment after compliment, steadily giving away clues that were so blatant that it was a miracle that no one had figured them out yet.
Markus never remembered what he’d done the next day, and whenever Connor mercilessly played back his memories, his poor lover was as embarrassed as he was apologetic. Connor could hardly begrudge him (frankly he didn’t know what sane person on this planet could ever begrudge Markus, but that was just Connor’s correct opinion). What could they even do about it? Should he demand Markus consciously control himself? It wasn’t like Connor was any better at it. Give the RK800 too many AMB’s (Adios Motherboards) and he would be on top of the nearest table and scream-singing his every professionally repressed emotion, regardless if it was a karaoke bar or not. Hence why he never imbibed more than he could handle when they were around their friends. The last thing he wanted to do was sloppily propose to Markus after a long and terrible rendition of K-Ci and JoJo.
And Connor wouldn’t dream of telling Markus to measure the contents of his drink like Connor did. Not when his breaks were so rare, and getting him to relax and let loose was like pulling teeth.
It was just in the cards that their big revelation as a couple would be in a random bar at 3AM, with Markus saying something along the lines of “my boyfriend’s name starts with a C and rhymes with Donner”, and Connor had made peace with that.
“Scarlet woman!” Markus cried, at some random bar at 3AM, surrounded by their drunken comrades. Ah, would this be the night? Connor thought, on the correct side of buzzed as he watched on from the table right next to them, a heady mix of dread and amusement running through his computer soul. “Jezebel! How d a r e you solicit my happily taken hand!”
The waitress, who looked like she regretted serving their table, let alone attempting to get the number from the happily taken hand, raised her hands in surrender. “Sorry, sorry,” she said peaceably and with the calm air of someone who dealt with drunks as a job choice, “just trying to shoot my shot, ya know?”
Markus nodded at her magnanimously, because he was a kind and forgiving man even as a drunken buffoon. “Fret not. I pardon you of this most heinous slight, for if you knew the one to own my heart, you would understand that no other could compare.”
“Sure thing dude,” she said goodnaturedly, packing up and replacing drinks around their tables expertly, and parting with a “have a good night Romeo.”
“But who can no other compare to? WHOMST??” asked North, throwing her torso onto the table and looking up at Markus pleadingly.
“We’ve ruled out Jerry #451, Claudia, Baris from accounting, and Jerry #36,” Simon rattled off. He was looking down at a napkin that he had scribbled the names of all of their potential suspects. “I’ve got it. It’s Baris.”
North rolled her eyes. “We already said it wasn’t Baris.”
“Ohhh. Right, right.” Simon nodded his head and continued to not cross off the names of the people they had decided against, as he had been doing all night.
“How about you describe them a little?” Josh put in, reasonable, and therefore slightly less wasted than everyone else. “Hair color? Height? Eyes? Something?”
“Nay, I must not speak thusly!” Markus declared, back of his hand over his forehead and everything. “For if I were to tread down that forbidden road, I would surely not be able to stop myself from breaking our sacred oath of secrecy!”
“Oh my goOOOOOOOd I hate this fucking oaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaath,” North threw her head back and cried to heavens, which, considering her positon, was probably going to be hell on her neck come morning. “Come on! Break your oath! Be like Thor and wield oathbreaker goddamnit!”
“You might be thinking of Stormbreaker,” Connor added, the need to try and reason with alcoholics apparently embedded in his programming.
North narrowed her eyes at him, or rather his torso, since her chin was very resolutely still resting on the table. “If you think I’m thinking right now then you are drunker than I am.”
Connor lifted his barely touched glass to her in a toast because how dare she be lucid enough to clap back so quickly. A well deserved rebuttal fucking cheers.
“Glasses!” Josh exclaimed, snapping his fingers. “Do they wear glasses? That should narrow down some people.”
“That’s right! That’ll tell us if they’re an android or not. Androids don’t wear glasses! Our eyes are like...fucking...better and shit!”
“Unless….” Simon narrowed his eyes, pausing dramatically. “....they do.”
North gasped. Josh put his hands on either side of face, muttering; “holy fucking shit he’s right.”
Markus scoffed. “Their eyes do not hide behind paltry spectacles! His beautiful orbs, so soft and caring when his gaze lands upon my person, seeing into my very soul, are the warmest chocolate brown!”
‘Ah shit here we go,’ Connor thought, wishing not for the first time that he could just down his drink and join everyone else in blissful, idiotic cavorting. The soft, melodic piano and crooning words of All My Life playing over the speaker stayed his hand. Best not take any chances
“HE!” Simon burst out, tipping over in his chair. “He say he! Them is He!”
“Are we talkin’ Hershey’s or Dove?”
“Ghirardelli you fucking plebs!”
“Oi!” North banged her hand on the table so hard it left a handprint indented in the wood. It was one amongst many however, and not all of them left by their party. Such was the price for serving android drinks at a human bar - you either shelled out for sturdier furniture or the dents and chips became a charming aspect of your décor. “Don’t get spicy with us Sir Lancelot!”
“Apologies fair maiden,” Markus responded easily. He took her hand delicately and made a sweeping bow over it. “Alas, my passions got away from me.” He dropped her hand and whirled around, coat billowing with the movement and most assuredly by accident, placing both hands to his thirium pump. “Conjuring up the magnificent images that is the love of my life oft times sends my emotions into a tizzy! His hair; cloud like in my grasp as I run my fingers threw earthen chestnut tendrils - ”
‘Hhhhhhhhhhhhn so many adjectives Markus whyyyyyyyyyy,’ Connor wheezed internally. He didn’t bother trying to keep down his blush. Markus was nowhere near done laying on the compliments and he’d be subjecting himself to an endless loop of canceling the process. Besides, he could just blame it on the alcohol. Blame it on the a a a a a alcohol - wait no. What!? WHAT. Connor looked down at his drink and saw, to his mounting horror, that the glass was emptier than it had been a few minutes ago. Goddamn his automated rest mode cycle for transforming into fidgeting whenever he was nervous! He resolutely pushed the glass out of his immediate reach.
Nines, who was quietly sitting next to him, hunched over and taking notes on his own napkin, snapped his head up to attention when the glass brushed against his arm. His younger brother was looking from Connor to Markus, eyes narrowed suspiciously as Markus carried on. Connor didn’t like that look at all. It was always a risk inviting Nines to their little outings, the only thing Connor could bank on was Nines passing out - as his dear little bro was a notorious light weight - before his deductive skills could pierce through his drunken haze. Apparently Nines had chosen tonight of all nights, where Markus had never been more obvious about their relationship, to bloody pace himself.
If he could, Connor would be sweating bullets.
“ - a wit SO SHARP!!” Markus declared, foot now planted on his chair and shaking his fist to the ceiling as if it had insulted one of Carl’s paintings, “that neither an UNDEAD HOARD nor a POLITICIAN’S EGO could survive it’s precision strike!!”
“Brown hair, brown eyes, banger body, smarty pants, good at analyzing shit, likes animals” North listed off, holding a hand up and ticking a finger down. “Well that rules out all the Jerrys; they’re all redheads and they’re pretty aggressive about it - except for Jerry #86. Is your man-squeeze Jerry #86?”
“No no no last I heard Jerry #86 is dating Hatsume Miku’s bodyguard; Android Lucy Lawless.” said Simon.
“Tch. Lucky,��� pouted North.
“Oh wow, she really kept that name huh?” Josh said, voice faint with wonder and disbelief. “That’s such a mouthful.”
“And who are you to question a Queen!?” snapped North.
“Huzzah and many blessings to the fortuitous couple!” Markus cheered, toasting a stein of frothy blue intoxication that looked as cartoonish as it did poisonous to the sky, knocking it back in several impressive gulps and slamming it back on the table. “BUT NEITHER OF THEM CAN COMPARE TO THE BEAUTY AND GRACE THAT IS MY LOVE!!” he boomed, louder and more British by the second. “WHO’S CURIOSITY AND INTELLECT A CHERISHED BOON TO I, BUT A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION TO HIS ENEMIES - !”
North slapped her hand on the table several times, the proverbial light bulb lighting up in her eyes - oh. No not proverbial. There was currently little lightbulb emojis pictured in her pupils. Yet another drunken download added to the bill. Connor was glad he’d drawn the long straw on ‘irresponsible buying duty’ tonight. No doubt there would be a lot of strange receipts to sort through in the morning. “Oh! I know I know! It’s Josh!”
So startled by this declaration/accusation, Josh jumped in his seat. “What!?”
“Brown hair, brown eyes, hot, obnoxious, smart - everything FITS!”
“...he didn’t say obnoxious,” Josh muttered, then physically shook sanity back into himself. “It can’t be me. I think I’d know if I was dating Markus!”
Simon leaned in closer towards Josh, arm on the table, determination in his mien. “But what if…” Without breaking eye contact with his friend, he smoothly cracked open his Thirium berry blast bahama mama banana punch wine cooler, and proceeded to pour it just two centimeters off from his glass, all over the table. “You don’t know.”
Josh was shook in the face of this evidence. North narrowed her eyes so hard that they were just closed at this point. “Highly suspicious.”
“No. Nooooo. No? No! Of course I’m not. Right Markus?”
Markus steepled his fingers together and cackled in a way that most people would find concerning, but Connor just found it adorable. He would saving that in his memory banks. “I’ll never tell~,” he sing songed.
“H i g h l y s u s p i c i o u s.”
“I know who it is,” Nines suddenly said, calm but with such confidence that he was easily heard amidst the ruckus. He had his elbows planted on the table, chin resting upon his entwined fingers. Steele grey eyes swept over the now quiet group, everyone waiting with baited breath.
“Grant us your wisdom ‘o soothsayer,” Markus whispered, eyes wide with anticipation and literally perched on the edge of his seat. Connor seriously measured the pros and cons of just throwing his portion of the tab on the table and yeeting himself out of the window.
“It’s Sixty.”
Immediately the room erupted into scoffs and hisses of disbelief. North gave him a thumbs down and cupped her hand to her mouth, letting a long, “Booooo!”
“Why are you booing me I’m right!”
“BoooOOooOOOOOoooooo!” Markus, Josh and Simon joined in.
Connor blinked, and suddenly felt all of his concerns about Nines’ being the lynch pin in solving this mystery evaporate. If Markus transformed into a C grade Shakespeare impersonator when drunk, and Connor subconsciously wanted to be recruited by America’s Got Talent, then Nines became a consummate dumbass.
“That’s it!” North exploded. “Ten dollars says it’s Jerry #92! I caught him in a wig once!” She stood up, her chair sliding back from the force, and slammed a note on the table.
Simon also stood up with equal intensity. “Twenty says it’s Josh!” He reached into his pocket and slammed its contents onto the table. When he removed his hand six lego pieces, a My Little Pony leg, and two actual diamonds were revealed. Connor hoped dearly that the bartender cut Simon off soon.
“It’s not me!” Josh said exasperated. He paused, then pointedly pulled out some money and threw it in the pot as well. “I put forty on Brenden.”
“Bull! Shit!” North declared. “Fitness guru Brenden!? No way!”
“He fits the criteria.”
“I doubt ‘How To Tell If An Android Has Welded on Parts from China vs Russia in their Selfies’ videos on his YouTube channel is the kind analysis Markus was talking about.”
“You don’t know that! He didn’t specify...”
As the two continued to argue, with Simon chiming in with some non sequitur, and Nines tutting about these ‘ignorant fools and their blindness to the evidence presented’, Connor looked over to Markus. He was quiet. He had his elbow perched precariously on the edge of the table, his cheek resting on his fist, a small hat (that was not there literally two minutes ago) was on his head, folded from one of the bar napkins.
And he was looking at Connor as if he hung the moon and stars.
‘How could the world not already know,’ Connor thought, soft and warm inside, happy merely to be in his line of sight, ‘When he looks at me like that?’
Connor picked up his glass and lifted it. “One hundred dollars on Sixty.”
Chaos erupted. Nines threw his arms up and hooted like he’d won the super bowl. Josh tried to explain to him how that was mathematically impossible. North shook her head and warned him that he would live on the streets with an answer like that. Simon pulled out a Yu-Gi-Oh! Card and said he would give him this Charizard if he agreed with him that Josh was Markus’ secret boyfriend. Connor withheld himself from trying to convince drunk people that this was not how betting worked.
Maybe Connor shouldn’t worry so much about their relationship being discovered after all. At this rate, no one would know about he and Markus being together until the wedding invites.
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horrible-exorcism · 3 years
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Dehumanization in Otome Isekai: Are Evil Women Born Evil or Made Evil?
A popular trend in Otome Isekai right now, or rather, common trend is the dehumanization of characters, particularly villains, and particularly... female villains.
Now, that is not to say that a lot of male characters aren’t dehumanized, but I feel there is a clear difference between a man who acts on his sexual desire and need for power to rein in a woman as is commonly seen and... a woman who is cruel for the sake of needing an alpha b*tch villainess (like, a “true” villainess but that is a conversation for another time). Because one is rooted in a pattern commonly seen irl in abuse relationships and misogyny built from upon centuries ago and the other one is a rare form of denial for any layer of depth to female characters. Female villainesses (antagonists) are time and time again denied any form of depth by the author, mainly because authors (authoresses?) want YOU, the audience, to hate the villainess as much as possible, but in doing so, perpetuates a... weird trope. The real question is: should the trope be a common thing? 
There’s absolutely no question that everyone has their different tastes, but these one-dimensional female antagonists feel tasteless, especially in the face of their true potential. Take Mielle from The Villainess Turns the Hourglass, for example. She’s probably the worst of the dehumanized-antagonist syndrome (as I like to call it) because it’s revealed that she doesn’t hate Aria simply for being a commoner, but it’s more of a psychopathy-narcissism thing. 
There’s an important distinction to made here: Rather than Mielle being made evil by growing up with these horrible ideals, learning them and cultivating them into bad behaviors, Mielle was just born evil. But the thing is, Mielle being born evil weakens the narrative a LOT, especially in the face of themes such as classism and corruption of wealth and whatnot. 
Is it... misogynist to have your women born evil? 
Now, there IS a disconnect from real life, I have to mention. Female Psychopaths are, obviously, a real thing, but to what point does media have to abuse the stereotypes of these women to make their female antagonists? And the truth is, even PSYCOPATHIC WOMEN irl are, indeed, human. If you look at the greatest female villains, yes, they display traits of narcissism, but the writers of those media (Elena from Little Fires Everywhere, Azula from ATLA, etc.) make sure that they portray ALL sides of these women, making sure YOU understand that they weren’t born evil. They are just humans who do evil things, strayed from the path, and honestly? It’s FINE to have evil women in media, to have female antagonists, but we have to ask... is it FINE to have your women evil with no other depth to them, to have your women cruel because they were born to be cruel, and have women serve no other purpose than to make YOUR female protagonist look better?
Is that all evil women are cut out to be?
As an author/authoress, I believe that people have the right to control their own narrative, to make characters that stand for something. I really cannot see why women HAVE to be born evil, even giving them a simple motive does wonders. Mielle didn’t HAVE to be born evil, she could’ve represented an extreme of aristocrats, shown that she was taught horrible ideals, and in the end, it’s FINE because we understand that perpetuating those horrible ideals still means she has to be taken down. It is fine to humanize your female antagonists, or any antagonists, because if you HAVE to dehumanize your antagonists to make the audience hate them, then you might want to think twice about how engaging your media really is.
I understand Otome Isekai is said to be a “low-brow” type of genre, much like YA romance novels, but I think it is sad to be watching all this wasted potential go down the drain. It is wrong to feel like Otome Isekai is a progressive feminist-type genre when tropes like these still linger around the most popular and hailed novels, and I absolutely LOVE Otome Isekai but I think it is also important to view some of its tropes with a more critical eye. I hope any rising OI enthusiasts who are writing their own novels can think twice before making another one-dimensional two-faced bitch with no backstory, no real personality beyond “cruel”, no nothing.
As someone who often adores villain/villainesses characters, isn’t it ironic that we have to dehumanize actual villainesses to make our female protagonists seem more human?
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monst · 4 years
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Uhh can i request for iida, momo, todoroki and bakugou (sorry if its too much you can just pick two) comforting their angry s/o after their so called "friend" betrays them/uses them etc... love your writing 💜
^.^  In order:
Tenya, YaoMomo, Todoroki and Bakugou x reader
Warings: None 
Tenya Iida -
Tenya thought you were going to wear a hole into the floor with your furious pacing. You had barged into his office and had begun ranting. Your eyebrows were furrowed and your face was scrunched up in anger. “I still can’t fucking believe it!” you hissed. “The fucking nerve she has! After I spent so much time and effort on that campaign! She didn’t do shit! I was the one who worked my ass of for weeks and she just swoops in and takes all the fucking credit!”
After letting you vent Iida finally stood up. He sighed and stopped your pacing by grabbing onto your hands. You stared into his warm eyes and felt frustrated tears escape your lids. 
“I-It’s just that, I didn’t...Why would she just u-use me like that?” You hiccuped. 
“Shh it’s okay.” He drawled resting his forehead against yours. “This campaign why’d you do it?”
“F-for the children of c-course.” You sniffled. 
“Then think of them. It sucks that she did something like that but at the end of the day the money raised is going to the neglected villain children fund.” He rationalized. 
“I-I know that.” You sighed. “A-and I guess you're right. The money raised was for a good cause and.. It shouldn’t matter that she took all the credit.” 
You felt much better after thinking of the ordeal with that in mind. “Tenya what would I do without you?” You sighed.
“Wear a hole through the floor?” You snorted at his answer. “Also.. You are aware that the check has our names on it right?” 
Yaoyorozu Momo -
Your sobbed tugged at Yaoyorozu’s heart. You had finally calmed down after throwing a tantrum. You had tossed furniture across the room and tore apart every gift your so called friend had ever gifted you. But after you wore out your anger you were left sobbing in Yaoyorozu’s arms. 
“H-he said that he’d never use my past against me.” You wailed hurt and anger lacing your wavering tone. “I-I trusted him b-but all he wanted to do was be fucking famous!”
“Oh (Name) I’m so sorry.” She frowned tearing up at the frazzled state you were in. 
“I-I thought that telling him might inspire him to be better but he j-just used my story. Sold it to the fucking press for some quick cash!” You hissed. 
“H-Hey, hey.” She called out swiping her thumbs under your eyes to brush away your fallen tears. “Are you ashamed of who you are?” 
“N-no.” You muttered burying your face into her chest. Her fingers quickly went to your head gently stroking your hair. 
“Your past made you who you are now.” She smiled. “And I couldn’t be any more prouder of who you are. You are amazing (Name) and when it airs everyone will know how strong you are. Ad there going to be so jealous of me for managing to snag your heart.” She hummed. 
“Momo” You mumbled into her chest. 
“Hmm?”
“I really love you.” You smiled. 
“I love you too.” She paused. “You know. If you really don’t want it aired I could always make a call.”
“Seriously?” You asked looking at her in shock only to remember how influential she is. “Y-you’d do that for me?”
“That and more.” She smiled “Besides that asshole made you cry it’s only fair he doesn't get away with it.”
You snorted. Wrapping your arms around her tighter. YaoMomo cursing was always amusing to you and you knew she knew that...
Todoroki Shoto - 
The beeping of the machine only served to tick you off even more. You had scared off three nurses already and Todoroki didn’t know what to do. When he had gotten the call that you were at the hospital his heart dropped to his feet. He raced to the hospital and expected the worst. Thankfully you weren’t injured bady. You had received stitches on your arm but the pain and meds didn’t quell your rage. 
“I feel so fucking stupid!” You hissed gripping the t.v remote tightly. 
“You shouldn’t. How were we supposed to know.” He tried to reason.
“I Should have known! He was my supposed childhood friend!” You snapped.
Todoroki really didn’t know how to call you down. After all you were also watching the broadcast on t.v. The moment in which your childhood friend stabbed your arm was censored but his words clear as day. ‘Without you I wouldn't have been able to steal this’. Todoroki felt sick. The image of the knife cutting into your skin would definitely haunt him. It didn’t help that he felt guilty as he was the one who told you to go ahead and team up with him for patrol.
“If there is anyone to blame it’s me.” He sighed. 
“What?!” You shouted. “Hell no Shoto!! If it wasn’t for you telling me to go it would have been another unsuspecting hero sitting here or worse lying in the morgue!” 
“I’m sorry.” He apologized. Your anger was quickly forgotten as you tried to comfort him. 
“I'm telling you. It wasn’t your fault. I should have seen it coming. He was acting shifty the whole time but I kept playing it off saying that he was probably nervous since we haven't hung out in ages.” You sighed. “Maybe if I would have been there for him more. We just drifted apart and I never took the initiative to see if he was doing okay.”
“That’s not your fault (Name). People have freewill and he chose this. I- I’m just glad your okay.”
You both stood in silence for a while and a grateful smile crossed your face when Todoroki had spoken again. 
“When your arm gets better, let’s own up to our mistakes and catch him okay?”
“Right. If this is what he chose then we only have one thing left to do.” You sniffled. “Our job.”
Bakugou Katsuki - 
At this point you didn’t know who was more pissed you or Bakugou. Your so called friend had used you to get access to Bakugou’s agency. She said that if she didn’t get an interview and a tour that she would be fired from her job. She begged you to ask Bakugou and you felt bad for her and managed to convince him. The interview questions were half assed and you began to wonder if that was the reason she was about to be let go. 
As she continued the interview with your lover you called the firm she worked at to ask if she needed any pictures since you had realized she was terrible at her journalism job. What they told you next surprised you. Apparently she had been fired three weeks ago. You wanted to help her save face and figured that you should bring it up the next time you met. ‘Maybe she’s trying to do this so that they can take her back?’ 
Sadly that wasn’t the case. As soon as she had left Bakugou had told you that one of his gauntlets went missing. You knew your friends quirk and were out of the door in a flash. After you had dealt with her you came back with a couple of scratches and Bakugou’s grenade launcher. 
“The audacity of that bitch!” You huffed. 
“Get a look at this.” He hissed pointing to his computer screen. “She’s been going to other agency’s and stealing hero props to sell.” 
“Looks like she managed to snag Eijirou’s face guard at one point.” you rolled your eyes. 
“Did ya call the cops.” He asked. 
“Tch no.” You scoffed. 
“And why not?” He sassed. 
“I beat the shit outta her.” you responded. 
“Oh… You still pissed?” He asked. 
“Very?” You said grinding your teeth. “She just used me to steal from my man.”
“Wanna go blow off some steam.” He offered. 
“The ring around the block?”
“Yup.” 
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Can you please write me a Drift soulmate AU?
[Set in the Compass AU, a tattoo resembling a compass appears on your wrist when you turn fifteen,when you find your soulmate the compass turns into a random picture like: a flower,bird, tree. etc, Reader is in her late teens 18-19 early twenties.]
Y/n was sad as she looked around the park at all the happy couples on dates playing with their children, soulmates all of them she could tell, by the way their compasses had shifted into beautiful images of hearts, roses and feathers. 
The y/ht woman sighed miserably as she looked down at her compass;Stuck North frozen never moving… She remembered being so excited when it first appeared, but now? it just serves as a bitter reminder of how lonely she was… 
Her compass It never moved. Ever, at firs Y/n’s friends and family tried to take her on vacations to foreign destinations, Italy,Alaska, France…and random areas and parties to see if the compass would move, nothing worked… then they suggested maybe her soulmate wasn’t born yet? which would make sense, if they were dead then the compass would be broken. But if it’s what her friends says is true and her soulmates not even born yet….
Y/n’s stomach was in knots, the thought of being almost two decades older than her soulmate! she’d be seen as a creep! a cradle robber! and probably to old have kids if she wanted any that is. The y/hc woman felt like crying as she took a sip from her ice coffee. Not noticing her compass going nuts the old lady taking a seat next to her did however.
 “Oh my dear, your compass sure is active today.”
Y/n looked at the old woman like she just spoke in an alien language. “Hm?” the old lady tapped on her wrist which had a tattoo of a faded hare. “Your compass dear, It’s on the move your Soulmate must be near by.” Y/n’s brows furrowed as she looked down at her wrist, and the arrow was moving! 
The y/nat woman blinked a few times wondering if this was trick, she grabbed a lighter out of her purse and lit it under her hand and hissed feeling the flame burn her skin…*Holy crap, Oh crap this isn’t a dream! It’s really happening!* she sat up from the bench, hugged the old woman who was in shock watching Y/n burn her hand not a moment earlier. “Thank you!” the y/ht said before taking off in the direction the arrow was pointing.
Y/n walked down the sidewalk looking down at her compass and followed it’s directions then watched as it suddenly went from N to NE right next to her before speeding down S, Confusing the girl as a white sports car drives passed her, It stopped suddenly as it’s right side-mirror adjusted to look at Y/n. 
The car pulled a U-turn and come to a crawl beside her, Y/n was confused why her compass stopped suddenly and heard a loud rev, causing her to jump. looked at the car then her compass then at the car again. “Ummm, H-hello?” she cringed at how nervous she sounded as she stared at her reflection in the car’s the dark tinted windshield.
The passenger side silently opened causing Y/n to fidget, they wanted her to get in the car? Well Tough luck! soulmate or not she wasn’t getting into some stranger’s car!  
“Look, pal I have wanted to meet you for while now, but I’m not getting in until  show me your face!”
“I..afraid I can’t do that,”
“…Why?”
“It’s complicated, just trust me.”
Y/n contemplated this and swallowed before going over to the passenger side and got before looking over at the driver side and gasped, No driver! “W-what going?! where are you?!” She said panicking as the car drove towards a brick wall causing Y/n scream and close her eyes expecting pain but…. Nothing happened? the terrified woman opened her eyes to see they were in a desert? How did they get here? Why did this thing bring her here? 
The passenger door opened the y/nay woman wasted no time scrambling out of the car she was about to demand whoever was behind this to return her home, thinking this was all some sick prank… She’ll have to figure out how they made her compass move? It was still pointing at that damn demon car!
Then Y/n heard this noise metal shifting on metal… she turned and saw the car was gone and in it’s place was this giant robot that looked at her sheepishly, her y/ec eyes widened to the size of dinner plates, as it crouched down and held out causing Y/n to back way, at seeing this the robot almost looked sad? 
“Don’t be afraid of me, please I wanted to meet you too.”
He said Y/n reluctantly stepped forward and if her eyes weren’t wide then they sure were now, she saw a compass on the robot’s wrist pointing directly at her! She cautiously brought her hand to touch it and sudden the was a short flash cause Y/n and the robot to cover the eyes when the flash gone, the y/ht woman was shocked to see a tattoo in her compass’s place it was sword with a f/c rose growing around it, Robot’s tattoo matched hers.
“Well, this it certainly not how I though it go, what about you?…”
“My name Drift, and I suspected my soulmate was somewhere just not on my planet.”
“I’m Y/n …Hold Up, you’re an alien, they exist?”
“That’s first thing you want to talk about? Not what took me so long?”
Truth be told yes, Y/n would like to know why her giant sword wielding soulmate too so long to find her, but dude aliens! He later introduced her to Rodimus and Ratchet, the young Prime was happy for his friend and excited to meet her, while Ratchet though happy was annoyed Drift used the ground/space bridge for something so minor, Y/n had the pleasure of introducing Drift to her parents. Her father said nothing and fainted, while her mother declared how happy she was to finally have a son-law ,what he does for a living? Does being an intergalactic mercenary count as a job? Because that what Drift does and Y/n loves it!
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Hello! there I’ve returned! sorry for the long ass hiatus, I just…real life is b*tch okay? But I’m back! in the Transformers game, so I’m going to try and put a dent in my inbox before I open it again!
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Jurassic Park 4: Doki Idol Live Festival!
magic5ball submitted:
Remember how you asked me about my idea for a Jurassic Park sequel? Well, here you go:
The two velociraptors stood outside a pastel colored town house in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan. If any passerbys thought that was weird, they certainly didn’t show it. Probably because the raptors were wearing fedoras and fake mustaches, so they looked like humans. Also they had guns. Very cool, very intimidating mobster guns. A tommy gun and a sawed-off shotgun, respectively.
You needed guns, to survive Shinzo Abe’s little empire of vice and socialized medical care.
“So this is the place, huh?” muttered the velociraptor carrying the sawed-off shotgun. His thick Brooklyn accent hung in the air like concrete. “Kinda… frillier than I was expecting.”
“It better be.” Replied his companion, who sounded like your racist conservative uncle trying to impersonate that one cool guy from ‘The Godfather’ (You know, the one with the mustache who was played by Robert de Niro). “We hadda kill a whole lotta people to get this hellhole.”
Sawed-off shotgun licked his non-existent lizard lips
“But hey. That airplane stewardess tasted mighty fine goin-“
“Oh, for f*ck’s sake, would ya stop thinkin’ with your stomach and help me with this f*ckin’ knob!” cried tommy gun, trying to work the doorknob best he could with his raptor claws, which, in all honesty, wasn’t much, because raptor claws are terrible at operating things meant for human fingers. Little did he know, the door was a ‘pull’, not a ‘push.
At least he didn’t have to wait long before someone unlocked the door from the other side: another velociraptor, this one a bit on the short side. And p!ssed. Very, very p!ssed. You could tell he was the cool one because he wore an eyepatch over one eye. An eyepatch with a Captain Underpants logo on it.
“Didn’t your parent’s ever teach you idiots about using the doorbell?! I was just about to enjoy lunch with my beautiful wife and you-!“
He paused, recognizing the two figures facing him.
“Well, well, well” Said tommy gun, cocking his weapon “If it isn’t SWEET JOHN HAMMOND’S BALLSACK WHAT THE F*CK AM I LOOKING AT?!”
For the cool raptor was dressed in a gothic Lolita maid outfit, complete with a bonnet and penny loafers. Under his arm he carried a human sized pillow depicting what appeared to be a blonde floozy with massive tits.
 “Oh this? This is Mami Tomoe, my beautiful wife.”
“WHAT THE F*CK!?!?” Tommy gun pulled out a flask off orange Fanta from his butthole and drank the whole thing in one go. He did NOT have time for this homosexual weeaboo nonsense! Still, he and shotgun hadn’t left a mountain of corpses the exact height and width as Mt. Fuji behind them. Too many to go back to Isla Nublar empty handed. Er, clawed. Because they were dinosaurs. Who have claws.
Shotgun took a deep breath. “What the Boss means to say is, ‘May we take refuge in this fine establishment?’”
Cool raptor opened his mouth to reveal a pistol he’d hidden there. And by hidden I mean replaced his tongue with it.
“You know, for all crap you guys used to give me in the past, I oughta pump you full of lead right here and now. Buuutttt… the lady of the house is present, and I’m not in the mood to create more work on her end. So come on in! You’re just in time for lunch.”
Lest they attract unneeded attention, the three dinosaurs hopped inside.
.   .   .
Lunch was omurice boba tea with a bottle of teriyaki sauce on the side. It was just boba tea, but the boba had been replaced by omurice because F-Bomb hated the flavor of boba, which he likened to rabbit crap. The teriyaki sauce was teriyaki sauce.
It was the most racist thing shotgun had ever eaten.
“Well, now that you jerks have gotten a taste of my sloppy seconds, I suppose some introductions are in order. You’ve already met my lovely wife” Cool raptor gestured to the body pillow seated next to him “So that leaves you two. Mami, meet A-Hole and D-Bag. A-Hole’s got the tommy gun, D-Bag is ridin’ her sawed off shotgun, as always. They’re old… acquaintances of mine.”
“He.” Corrected D-Bag. “I’ve been using he/him pronouns six months now.”
“Well that’s an improvement. Now instead of bein’ the Boss’ side B!tch literally, you’re just his b!tch figuratively!”
“Well screw you too, F-Bomb!” laughed the boss. “An’ speakin’ of screwing, what’s with the fruity get up? You a prostitute now or something?”
 “Even better! This might surprise you, but I’ve got legitimate work now. This here’s my uniform, my uniform for MILF TIDDIES!”
A-Hole chugged his entire bottle of teriyaki sauce in one go, lest his mind implode from the sheer stupidity of that sentence.
“The Hell’s a milf tiddie!?”
“Only the best freakin’ maid café in Hoikaido, hookers!”
He gestured to a wall, covered in hundreds of photos of cute floozies dressed like they were attending a vampire’s funeral. Among them was a photo of F-Bomb in his drag, serving a deep fried hot dog to some elderly Japanese dude.
“As you can see, yours truly is serving Japan’s national desert to none other than 57th Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe!”
“Hold it up. Youse been hobnobbing it with politicians?!”
“I wish! You’re thinking of Shinzo Abe, 57th Prime Minister of Japan. This guy is his twin brother. Still pretty sweet though. We DID win a Grammy for that, after all.”
A-Holes eyes bulged out of his scaly raptor head.
“YOUSE WON A GRAMMY FOR THAT?!”
“Dang right! Milf Tiddies has won sixteen Grammys since I started working there!” He pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket. A very special piece of paper, if the six holes punched into it were any indication. “Did you know that if you win ten Grammys in a row, they give you a free orphan? That’s how the wife and I got our glorious daughter, Lil’ Nagisa!”
F-Bomb pulled a faded photo out of his wallet. A photo showing himself, his pillow wife, and a smaller body pillow of a ten-year-old moeblob wearing a Green Bay Packers cheesehead helmet.
“So youse couldn’t even conceive your own kid?” Inquired D-Bag sexily. He was munching his omurice slowly, so F-Bomb knew he was being serious.
“Are you implying I have sex with my own wife, you sick freak?! I’m a weeaboo, not some degenerate anime fanboy! Get it straight!” He instinctively cocked the pistol in his throat. It was awesome as hell.
In response, D-Bag pumped his shotgun. Loudly.
“Permission to put the sick freak out of his misery, Boss?”
“Firstly, don’t call me Boss when we’re not having anal sex. Second, no can do, my spicy lover. We need F-Bomb alive.”
F-Bomb heard all of this even though A-Hole whispered it, but he pretended not to make A-Hole feel clever.
D-Bag mumbled about how the Boss was lucky he was so mind blowing in the sack, otherwise he would have left the relationship long ago. The sack in this case being a really kinky sex dungeon. Like really kinky. So kinky even Donald Trump wouldn’t go within a mile of it. D-Bag had almost died of autoerotic asphyxiation more times than I’ve gone to the bathroom in my lifetime. That’s why he was the smartest dinosaur out of the three of them. Now where was I again?
Anyway, F-Bomb interrogated
“Alright guys, what’s the deal? I know folks who come to this socialized medical care infested hellhole, and they don’t come here just to eat omurice boba tea. You WANT me for something.”
He cocked his mouth-pistol again. Sparks flew all over the carpet, which was made of alpaca fur so it didn’t catch fire.
A-Hole scandalously kept his cool.
“It’s about Isla Nublar.”
The second those words left A-Hole’s lips, F-Bomb escorted his wife out of the kitchen, but leaned her against the kitchen door, because that’s what she would have wanted.
“Well what about it? I told ya guys, I’m done with that dump.”
“They’re puttin’ the screws on us, F-Bomb. Making us pay for eating those tourists back in the nineties.”
“And what makes you think I care? Like I said, I’m done with that place. I got a wife and kid now.”
“But F-Bomb, doesn’t the Park mean ANYTHING to ya!? What about the time we ate that park ranger that called you a girl? ‘Better than sex’ I recall you saying.”
“Nice try, but I’m not exactly in the mood to get misgendered again. Don’t you guys got any ideas that don’t involve me?”
“As a matter of fact, yours truly had this really spectacular one!”
D-Bag did a hand gesture wherein he constantly crossed his dinosaur claws across his throat rapidly in quick succession. A-Hole, being very smart, knew this meant he should continue, loudly enough so that everyone in the prefecture could hear.
“It was called ‘Trump Ballz’. We’d harvest Donald Trump’s testicles, see, and sell them to the highest bidder, so they could do whatever people do with lopped off testicles. I’m not one to judge. It was a terrific idea. I know because when I told my best friend Donald Trump about it, he said, ‘A-Hole, this is an incredible idea. Absolutely terrific! This is probably the best idea in America! You are very smart, very intelligent dinosaur! I oughta buy you a prostitute!’ Of course, we didn’t realize that Trump’s ballz don’t grow back when you lop them off. Did you know that by the way? Human testicles don’t grow back-“
F-Bomb cocked the pistol inside his throat gain, getting the Boss to shut up. This was probably the most heroic thing anyone had ever done in the history of the universe. He also asked a question:
“SO WHAT THE HECK DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH ME?!”
A-Hole vomited a severed arm and a pamphlet onto the table.
“EVERYTHING, ya WEEB trash!”
The pamphlet was for something called the Doki Idol Live Fest- DILF, for short. F-Bomb was no stranger to the DILF, but they had parted ways years ago. Six, to be exact, when he had buried Nico Yazawa’s still screaming corpse by the side of the highway. And neither was he stranger to the prize.
It looked like a beer and soda drinking baseball cap, but only to complete idiots who didn’t know crap about the Idol Life.
And F-Bomb wasn’t one of those people, er dinosaurs.
“THE MCGUFFIN OF SIN?!”
“Dam* straight! And like it or not, youse the only one with enough idol know-how to help us win it! Thing’s worth, like, a zillion dollars.”
A zillion in this case was equivalent to half a million. Still, isn’t that impressive?
F-Bomb stuck his nose in his omurice and snorted, a common intimidation tactic among velociraptors. I know because I read  it in the Scientific American.
“Sorry, guys, but even with that on the line, no can do. I’m DONE with the Idol Life, any I’m not letting you filthy casuals drag me back in.” He cocked the pistol in his throat. “NOW SCRAM!”
A-Hole and D-Bag jumped out a window, so they could get the jump on a feral dog humping its’ owner. Nobody realized they were dinosaurs because of their fake mustaches, so it looked like a pair of mobsters were eating a puppy.
When they were gone, F-Bomb pranced to the bathroom, which was filled with plush alpacas he had collected over the years. So many, in fact, the bathroom did not meet OSHA compliance. Which was why F-Bomb had made it an independent nation state, only to realize that OSHA didn’t apply to him anyway, since he lived in Japan.
He had felt really stupid after that, but at least he got his own country out of it.
Anyway, he vomited sixteen liters of blood into the sink, for F-Bomb had a secret: he was dying. Back when he was a fetus in an egg in a lab on some island in the Caribean, he’d become addicted to the illegal street drug known as WEEB, and frequent use had poisoned his lungs. The doctors had given him Socialized Medical Care and four more years to live. The WEEB had taken eighty years off his life. Socialized Medical Care had borrowed his lawnmower and never given it back.
But F-Bomb also had a dream: he and his wife were going to build their own maid café, and it would be even better than MILF Tiddies. He’d already picked a title: DILF Tiddies, and it was going to be the greatest food-selling establishment in the history of Japan. Omurice boba tea was going to go global. But he’d never get the funds on time, not on his meager salary. Unless…
His beautiful wife greeted him as he exited the bathroom.
“Get a pen and some razor blades, sweetgums. I’ve got a letter to send.”
.   .   .
The message arrived in the neck of a mailman’s severed head. This is the traditional way velociraptors send letters to each other. I read it in a book.
D-Bag didn’t see the letter, but the look on A-Hole’s face told him everything.
“What’d I tell ya, D-Bag? Like I always say, when you’re dino you’re dino all the way, till youse dead in the ground or youse come out as gay!”
“Yeah, we really need to update those lyrics.”
End Chapter 1
...I cannot for the life of me decide if this is the greatest thing I've ever seen or the worst, but it at the very least had me staring speechless at my computer screen for a long time.
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"Baby, time to get up hon, you've got work in an hour," Shawn whispered in my ear, peppering kisses from my brow down to my chin. His calloused fingers- from his favourite hobby- the guitar- running up and down my arms.
"Mmm, morning," I smiled leaning up to meet his soft kiss.
"Is that coffee I smell?" I asked, sitting up slowly, pulling my (Shawn's) favourite over-sized sweater off the arm chair at the side of the bed and standing up only to be pulled into my favourite spot in the world, Shawn's warm embrace.
"Do you really think I'd be so silly as to wake you without the coffee pot at the ready?" he laughed, kissing my temple again, before taking my hand and leading me down the hallway and into the kitchen.
Both Shawn and I worked for the City of Toronto Fire Department, me as a recently qualified paramedic, and Shawn as a firefighter and paramedic. It had been a tough few months for me, the job was demanding and taxing, but I loved it, and I had Shawn and all my work mates to help guide me.
"Sit," he pointed to the barstool where a cup of coffee in my favourite mug and omelette was waiting.
"Ahhh I love you!" I groaned, flopping down in the chair, shovelling a piece of the fragrant food into my mouth.
"I take it it meets your expectations," he laughed, coming to sit next to me.
"Exceeds!" I mumbled around the next mouthful.
Am hour later and Shawn had dropped me at my station, before headed off across town again to his station.
As I made my way into the station the familiar sounds of saws, engines and various other equipment- once so threatening now seemed to welcome me home.
"Hey El." my work partner and paramedic in charge Jo called, coming to meet me at the locker room door.
"Morning, how are Eli and Felix today?" I asked referring to her two little boys.
"They're okay. Eli had a meltdown before school this morning at having to get out of bed, but once I reminded him that Mummy can't go to work and save people if he doesn't get up and go to school all was well. I swear if the kid doesn't become a firefighter or a paramedic himself one day I'll walk to the moon!" she laughed.
"Aw, he's so sweet, it's so cute how you're his idol, speaking of don't we have that school group coming today?"
"We were supposed to, but due to budget cuts'" she rolled her eyes "the department is no longer able to fund it, apparently it's too expensive and labour intensive to have people out of action."
I sighed," How are we supposed to encourage the next generation of they can't see it for themselves. I mean I became a paramedic because my school had a field trip to a firehouse."
"You're preaching to the choir here girl, you're preaching to the choir." she laughed, turning and walking out. I went about putting my stuff away before heading to the kitchen/common room where we all spent our time inbetween calls.
The day turned out to be a slow one and by eleven o'clock I was doing laundry- (only having been called out once) when Mo one of the longest serving fire fighters and overall cool dude appeared by the door.
"You've got a visitor El, there's someone waiting for you it on the apparatus floor."
"Thanks Mo, " I smiled, putting the clothes I had been folding down and heading out the door.
When I got to the apparatus floor, I was slightly shocked. There was Shawn, leaning casually against a Pilar waiting for me a brown bag in one hand- a bunch of sunflowers (my favourite) in the other.
"Shawn... What are you doing here?" I asked, still stunned.
He beamed running and picking me up.
"I had to come speak to chief Hachette about an arson case so I thought I'd surprise my girl. Do you have time for lunch?" he asked just as Jo walked out, stopping in her tracks. She looked so surprised I thought she was going to faint for a minute.
"And who's this?" she asked with a smile, coming over to stand in front of us where Shawn was still holding me.
"Jo meet Shawn." As soon as I said it I knew it was a mistake. A mischievous grin came over her face and I suddenly felt sick at all the intimate details I'd shared with her about our relationship on long nightshifts-mostly under duress, but still.
"Right so we're going to have lunch before we get another call," I spoke quickly, tugging at Shawn's arm to get him to walk before Jo had an opportunity to embarrass me.
"She seems nice," Shawn commented as we found a quiet spot to sit in the grass behind the firehouse.
"She is," I agreed as he handed me a turkey and Brie sandwich from my favourite deli downtown.
Half an hour later and lunch was done all too soon, duty unfortunately calling for Shawn leaving me alone to face the scrutiny of Jo.
"Girrlll, OMG, he's fiinnnee El. I hope you've locked him down cause I want me some of that," she spoke a million miles a minute running to catch up with me a la I made my way back into the common room and through to the laundry to finish folding the clothes from earlier.
"Well, speaking of," I dug around in my breast pocket, pulling out the engagement ring Shawn had proposed with over the weekend on a mini getaway to the Hamptons.
The scream that left Jo's mouth was louder than expected and sent the whole house into a frenzy. Mo and several of the other firefighters including Tiny and Bug to come running.
When they realised there was no actual issue they turned around grumbling about how we'd pulled then away from the basketball game theyd been placing bets on.
"So when, how, where all the details," she demanded grabbing my arm and jumping up and down. Just the thought of the romantic evening Shawn and I had spent made me giddy again.
However before I got a chance to response the bell went off overhead signalling an incoming call
"Main to 41... Possible GSW, 56th and Main."
I sighed.
It was probably some gang related drug issue again there were plenty of lovely people , but that side of town had a reputation.
"41 responding," I spoke into the radio on my shoulder l before running to the trick, jumping in and flicking the switch to the lights and sirens.
When we got to the scene all was well at first, the cops were already there assuring us it was safe to enter, however just as we were about to leave having treated a minor self inflicted wound a man brandishing a gun leapt from a concealed closet.
"Give me all the drugs you have b*TCH." He yelled before either Jo or I could take in what was happening.
"You know we can't do that sir," Jo spoke calmly. Moving to try to assess the man, who's head was bleeding heavily.
"I said give me the f*cking drugs b*TCH ."
He yelled again, storming towards me. The next few seconds were a blur, I heard a shots, there was immense pain in my abdomen and leg and then I crumpled to the floor, whacking my head in the process.
"El, El. Omg, stay with me." Jo panicked.
"41 to main we have an officer down, urgent assistance required for a GSW, EMS required now!" she shouted down her radio.
"Hurts," I gasped as the initial shock wore off and the pain hit, everything seemed to ache, my leg, my ribs, my head. The room was spinning and I was having trouble breathing no longer able to keep track of the flurry of activity.
Somewhere in the chaos,I'm not sure how long after the incident I heard his voice, Shawn's voice and at first I thought I was dreaming, but I managed to open my eyes and there he was, looking down at with with so much fear.
"It's alright baby, I'm here now, we're going to fix it up, you'll be just fine. Can you tell me where it hurts?" he asked.
I went to move, instinctively seeking his comfort, but he stopped me, and I instantly wanted to cry, more than I already was.
"You have to stay still Princess."
I let out a loud groan as he placed an oxygen mask over my face.
"El? Can you hear me?" I grunted, the effort of actually forming words seeming too hard right then. I could feel hands all over me, and as much as I just wanted to be left alone, I also knew , they were trying to help me.
"It hurts," I cried again.
"I know it does honey, but you're going to be okay. I'm here, and so is Connor and Jo, and we'll look after you, and then when we've got you all comfy we'll take you to get all fixed up, how does that sound?"
"Okay, lets get her onto the bed, and then we can assess her from there," Connor suggested, appearing by my side, with a back board and neck collar that Jo had brought over.
"Okay, we're going to roll you onto the board El just let us do all the work okay?" Shawn said.
I let out a serious of screams as they rolled me, gripping Shawn's gloved hand like my life depended on it.
"We'll get you sorted yeah?" Shawn tried to reassure me as they strapped me onto the bed so I was safe, and then starting to push the gurney out the door and towards the entrance of the ambulance which was no more than ten metres away.
"Shawn ," I whispered, tears falling down my face, mixing with the blood which I could feel was congelling on my face.
When we were in the ambulance Shawn and Jo attached me to the hundreds of leads which I was so used to attaching to others while I lay there helplessly.
"I've started some morphine," Jo patted my arm gently as Shawn pulled a blanket over my body as I drifted off into fairy land.
Ten minutes later and we were pulling into the emergency bay.
The automatic doors opened, where we were met with a hoard of staff, ready to assist, the first person being Brian, Shawn and my mutual friend and colleague.
The look of horror on his face when he saw that it was me on the gurney was unsettling.
"She's a priority one, bed four, resus," he directed Shawn, following behind. " What do we know?" He asked, starting to attach monitors and leads to me all over again.
"GSW on scene, while responding to an incident on the other side of town. Wound to leg and abdo, possible broken ribs and concussion." Shawn reeled off.
I wasn't aware that they'd even assessed me, clearly I'd lost consciousness at some point and I wasn't even aware of it.
I lay there mulling over this lapse in memory, letting the chaos wash over me like a wave.
The last thing I was aware of was Brian shouting orders at the floods of nurses, and Shawn standing helplessly in the corner, red-faced from crying, before everything went black.
"Ah, can you turn the lights off!" I groaned as I came to again, reaching to rip off whatever annoying piece of wiring was sitting over my face "My head hurts," I added as a dull.ache consumed my thoughts as Shawn's worried face came into view, his frame helping to block out the blinding light as he bent over the bed.
"Oh thank God I was so worried," he cried kissing me with so much force I forgot to breathe, making the monitor go crazy for a second. "How are you feeling he asked, stopping me from pulling at the thing on my face which turned out to be oxygen tubing
"What happened?" I asked,. I remembered the main.events but the rest was fuzzy, whether from my injuries or from the drugs I had no doubt been plied with I wasn't sure
"You were shot while on-call, drug exchange gone bad, you scared me so bad baby," he whispered, brushing hair out if my face as Brian made his way into the room clearing his throat to announce himself.
"Hi El, it's good to see you awake, how are you feeling?" He asked coming to check a few things on the monitors before flipping my chart that sat at the end of the bed open.
"So as you know you had two gun shot wounds, one to your left let and one to the abdomen, luckily for you they were both clean shots and we didn't need to do anything other than clean and irrigate the areas and stitch you up. You did however manage to fracture three ribs when you fell as well as sustaining a sizable concussion.
"So what does that mean work wise?" I asked. Shawn must have sensed my nerves, because he was sure to keep a hand intertwined with my, the other tracing soft patterns up and down my arm.
"We'll unfortunately, during the fall you fractured your tibia, which has left you in a cast, and pretty well imibilised, I'm sorry to say you'll be relying on this big guy-" he slapped Shawn in the back, "for the next week at least while everything settles.
You'll be in a cast for at least six weeks and off work from a minimum of two weeks with rehab worked in. Rest up El, give me a yell if ya need anything," he spoke to Shawn as he left the room.
"I'll lose my job," I cried, the thought of not being able to do what I loved terrified me.
"No you won't Brian said you'll be sore for a bit and need to rest, not that you'd lose your job, besides now you'll have a real reason to boss me around, I'll be your slave". He laughed covering .me with a blanket and lifting my bung leg to rest it in a pillow.
Besides when you're well enough there are some people who'd like to see you.
"Get some rest and we'll work it all out when you wake up.
True to his word, he helped me with everything, toileting, showering (which proved to be a challenge with the cast), dressing, getting up and down stairs, making breakfast, lunch and dinner, and forcing me to take pain medication when I was too stubborn to admit I needed it.
By the end of the first week though, I was miseeable,.not used to doing nothing but sitting in my behind.
"You my dear, need to get a coat on we're going out!" he announced, coming over with said coat and helping me to stuff my arms in.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"SSH, it's a secret," he grinned, before carrying me to the car and making sure I was all buckled up.
Half an hour later and we were pulling up to the firehouse, where a few of the guys were sat outside playing cards as we made our way (me hobbling haphazardly on crutches) into the firehouse
"Hero in the house!" Mo called out and they all came running.
"I'm so glad you're okay. You scared me girl." Jo sniffled coming to hug me.
"Ouch still a little sore." I laughed leaning into Shawn for support as she blubbered all over me.
"Well sore is better than the alternative.
If it weren't for this one," she pointed to Shawn "you'd be dead."
"You've got yourself a keeper,"Mo added with a smile.
"Well if Mo approves it must be true." I agreed. "I think I'll keep you." I added, causing everyone to laugh.
"Thank you," I whispered to Shawn when the others were out of ear shot.
"For what?" he asked.
"Just for being you and for loving me," I shrugged, snuggling futher into his embrace, feeling greatful just to be alive, let alone call this wonderful human mine.
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Infinitesimal (part 58)
Author’s note: It’s hilarious to me that this happens to come out in July, about as far as possible from Christmas. An alternate title for this part would be Christmas in July.
Warnings: Illness, hospitals, Remus, nsfw mention, mention of getting hit by a car, censored swearing, references to poor family relationships, peer pressure, Christmas stuff
Word count: 5186
Infinitesimal Masterpost!
Writing Masterpost!
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When Logan got home from the hospital for the second time that day, he went straight to his room. He kicked off his shoes, set a timer on his phone, and turned to the bed. His body thumped on the mattress, and he was instantly asleep.
Two hours later, he was being woken by the song that served as his alarm. Normally, he enjoyed the song; at that moment, it was one of his least favorite sounds in the world.
Logan groaned into his pillow, then reached over and fumbled around on the bedside table, only to realize that he hadn’t actually taken the time to put his phone there before he fell asleep. He lifted his head from the pillow and looked around, finally spotting the device at his side on the comforter. He rolled over and grabbed the phone, silencing the alarm.
He yawned, glanced at the time, and reluctantly got out of bed before he could persuade himself not to. He needed to prepare dinner for himself and the “mouse-men”, and then he needed to go back to the hospital for the third time that day.
With Remus this time.
Logan wasn’t sure how he expected that visit to go. He hoped it would go well, or at least not end in disaster. Remus seemed like a bit of a loose cannon. Plus there was always the fact that he and Roman hadn’t seen each other in a long time, and Logan didn’t know why.
When Logan had gone to drop off Roman’s belongings, Roman had said that he was willing to see Remus sometime after dinner. Logan had texted Roman’s brother afterwards, letting him know the news. Remus and Logan had then agreed that Remus would be at the apartment building at 6:30, and Logan would drive them both over. Sure, Remus technically could have driven himself, but Logan got the feeling that Roman preferred that Logan be there, too.
Logan probably shouldn’t have been all that surprised that the knocking began only five minutes after the clock struck 6.
He frowned, pulling his phone out to confirm the time, and sighed, looking back to the “mouse-men”, who until seconds before had been eating their own dinner across from him.
“My apologies,” he sighed. “That must be Roman’s brother. I wasn’t expecting him for another half hour.”
Logan had warned the “mouse-men” that Remus would he returning, of course; but none of them had expected to be interrupted like this.
They seemed to accept that he was telling the truth, although Virgil still made a point of sending a warning glance his way, just in case.
Logan stood up, set his half-finished plate on the chair, and went to get the door.
Remus stood there, wearing a Santa hat and holding one out for Logan to take. Remus’s had lime green leopard fur where the white would usually go, and the one he offered Logan had comically large elf ears.
“Ready to go?”
“Um.” Logan frowned, looking down at the offered hat. “It’s only just past 6. We weren’t going to depart for another half hour.”
“Were we?”
“Yes.”
“Wellllll.” Remus made a face, then shrugged. “We might as well leave now; I’m here.”
“I haven’t finished dinner,” Logan said. “We’ll leave at 6:30, as planned. You can wait in the hall, or in the lobby downstairs.”
Remus pouted, but Logan stood firm.
“Hat?” he said finally, still pouting. He swung the object slightly closer, like he was trying to tempt Logan with it.
Logan sighed and took the hat, having no intentions of actually wearing it. He closed the door and went back to the living room.
“Sorry about that,” he said as he returned to his chair, taking another bite of his dinner.
“So long as he’s not poking around in here again,” Virgil muttered, probably to himself, but notably loud enough that Logan heard.
“Don’t worry; I asked him to wait outside.”
Half an hour passed, and Logan was ready to return to the hospital.
He’d expected Remus to have left, to wait down in the lobby; but instead, when he opened the door, there he was in the hall, his back and head on the floor and his legs up on the wall, playing a game on his phone.
“Man,” he sighed, when Logan appeared, “if I knew it’d take this long to get to the hospital, I’d’ve made them give me a ride. I could easily get hit by a car or something. Do you think if I did it right I could do a flip over the—” His gaze moved to Logan then, and he broke off with a frown. “Where’s your hat?”
“Inside.”
Remus didn’t blink.
Logan stared back at him for a second, then walked back into the apartment, grabbed the ridiculous hat, and returned to the hall.
Remus smiled and allowed his legs to slide to one side and thunk down on the floor beside him. He scrambled to his feet.
“Let’s go!”
Logan wrinkled his nose.
He and Remus were sitting in the car together. They were more than halfway to their destination, and perhaps Logan should have just let it drop; but an unpleasant odor was getting harder to ignore.
“I hope that one of your presents this year includes some deodorant,” he sighed as they turned onto the block the hospital was on.
Remus hummed. “Sorry, I’m out. I was feeling snackish last night.”
“…What?”
“Kidding. I forgot to pack it.”
“There’s a convenience store not far from the hospital. We’re going to stop there first.”
Remus sighed. “Fine, but they’d better have the good flavors.”
Whatever reply Logan might have given was interrupted by a sudden, loud ding!
Remus fished out his phone, turned down his volume, and opened up the new text.
 Unknown Number: [photo message]
 The photo was of Roman, lying down in a hospital bed, with a cannula in his nose. He was smiling crookedly, but he looked exhausted.
Remus wasn’t sure he liked the feeling that the picture made churn about in his stomach, but only a second later, a new message popped up under the first and made him forget it.
 Unknown Number: I lived b*tch
 Remus started cackling.
“Look, look,” he said gleefully, shoving the phone at Logan so the nerd could see.
“I’m driving,” the spoilsport said.
“So pull over!” Remus said, leaning back in his own seat and beginning to type a reply. “I’ve got comedy gold right here.”
 Remus: Your a resilant Grape
Unknown Number: thanks Stinkbug
 “Awww, he remembered,” Remus said. He tried to shove the phone at Logan again, only for him to dodge, leaning away to keep looking at the road. Rude.
 Remus: Getting redy to stink up ur rm
 While he waited for a reply, and occasionally nudged the phone at an unwilling Logan, Remus tried to imagine what an eight-year-old grape would look like. Would it be all wrinkled, like a raisin? Would it harden like some kind of fruit marble? Would it still be all moldy? Or was eight years way too long for that? Maybe the grape mold would have evolved into a grape mold monster, growing and growing and growing until it was too powerful to be held back by the constraints of a shelf life.
Remus fantasized for a moment about a giant grape mold monster attacking the buildings the car passed by, Godzilla style.
He was interrupted as the car pulled over, and Logan thrust out a hand. “Alright, show me this ‘comedy gold’ of yours.”
Remus grinned and showed Logan his brother’s texts.
“Ah,” said Logan. He didn’t seem to understand what was funny about a photo of Roman in a hospital bed captioned, “I lived b*tch”.
Remus stuck his tongue out at him, and went back to his phone, disappointed. “No sense of humor.”
Logan frowned, and they pulled back onto the road.
Once they had checked in as visitors to the hospital, Logan strode towards the stairwell.
“Wait, wait, wait,” Remus said, making him glance back, “didn’t she say he was in room 503? As in the fifth floor 503?”
“Yes.”
“Well, maybe you like being tortured; but I’m not walking up five flights of stairs!”
Logan glanced towards the stairs, then back at Remus, who was starting towards the elevator bay.
“Stairs are better for cardiovascular health.”
“My twin has asthma; that makes me asthma-adjacent, so making me go up stairs is child abuse.”
“You’re 19 years old.”
“So?”
“That makes you neither a child nor significantly younger than me.”
“Roommate’s brother abuse, then.”
Logan raised an eyebrow.
“It’s five flights,” Remus reminded him. “The elevator will be so much faster!”
Logan glanced towards the elevator bay, folding his arms. “…What if I wear the hat?”
Remus laughed. “Come on, like you’re getting out of wearing the hat.” He walked forwards, took Logan’s wrist, and pulled him towards the elevators.
“I’d really rather not,” Logan said as he was dragged along.
“What, are you claustrophobic or something?”
“…I’m admittedly not a fan of elevators.”
“You’ll be fine, it’s one ride.”
He pressed the button for the elevator, and they waited. Logan couldn’t help but glance occasionally back towards the stairs, especially since by the time the elevator arrived, there were three more people waiting for the same elevator.
The doors slid open. Logan was glad to see that it was not as small as he had feared—probably to make room for gurneys and wheelchairs, he reflected—and if anything it only had the same unnaturally clean smell as the rest of the hospital, and nothing worse.
Still, as all five of them crowded into the elevator, along with the frankly excessively large bunch of balloons one of them held, Logan was not exactly happy.
The elevator began to move, and Logan gripped the railing tightly, standing as far away from the others as could be managed in such a small space.
Remus kept eyeing the enormous cluster of balloons, a stark opposition to the single Get Well Soon! balloon that they had picked up at the convenience store, envy in his eyes.
A silver lining to the experience for Logan was that the three visitors got off at the third floor, and no one else joined them, so the trip up the last two floors was fairly tolerable.
Finally, they arrived, and the elevator doors slid open. Remus stepped out, and Logan followed after, trying to seem less relieved than he actually was.
“We’re taking the stairs on the way down if you want a ride back,” he told Remus.
“Fiiine. Now put on your hat, his room’s right there.”
Logan kept the hat in his hands as they approached.
Just before they reached the doorway, Remus paused. Logan glanced back at him. He looked nervous, suddenly.
“Are you ready?” Logan asked.
Remus grinned, adjusting the hat on his head. Logan noticed as he lifted his arms that the sweater he wore read ‘Merry X-mas F*ckers’.
“Yep! ’Course I am, why wouldn’t I be?”
Logan looked him up and down, then strode into the room, opening the door quietly. “Roman?”
Roman lay in the bed, his eyes closed, earbuds in his ears. His eyes opened as Logan came in, and he smiled tiredly. He pulled out the earbuds, tapping a button on his phone. “There’s my… favorite nerd. Back again… so soon? You must’ve… really missed me.”
Logan’s lips twitched. “I brought someone to see you.”
“Hazel, is that you?”
A confused expression crossed Roman’s face, and he looked past Logan to where Remus stood in the doorway in his lime green Santa hat and vulgar sweater, the Get Well Soon! balloon bobbing at his side. Logan moved to sit beside the bed, glancing between them.
“Jeez, I know you cried like a baby at The Fault in Our Stars, but you might be taking this fanboy thing too far.”
Roman cracked a smile, laughing softly and clearly trying not to cough. “That was… years ago. Now, get over here… Stinkbug.”
They spent nearly two hours at the hospital. Remus and Roman talked, and Logan did his best not to be too intrusive. He could tell they were dancing around the elephant in the room, the fact that they hadn’t seen each other in quite some time; but he figured there were better times to discuss such a thing.
Finally, a nurse came by to let them know that visiting hours had ended.
“Aw, come on,” Remus whined at him. “Tomorrow’s Christmas. Just think of the sleepover we could have.”
“I’m sorry, but you do have to leave. Your brother needs his rest.”
“Who says he’s my brother? Maybe he’s my cousin.”
The nurse glanced between the obvious twins, then towards Logan, as if asking for help.
“He’s joking,” Logan assured him. “We’ll leave in a minute; don’t worry.”
The nurse nodded. “Have a good night,” he said, before leaving the room.
Remus sighed, then looked back to Roman. “Sorry, The Man says we have to leave.”
Roman shook his head, looking amused. The expression faded a second later, though, at the prospect of being alone again. Logan frowned, remembering the news Roman had given him when they arrived—that the doctors thought it would be best for him to stay in the hospital for Christmas as well, rather than checking out in the morning as they had hoped.
“I’ll be back tomorrow,” Logan promised.
“We’ll be back tomorrow,” Remus corrected, grinning at Roman. “And I’ll make him wear the hat!”
“We’ll be back,” Logan agreed, deciding to ignore the hat comment.
“So, what’s the plan?”
Logan glanced at Remus, who had his feet up on the dashboard despite Logan’s repeated protestations about safety and sanitation concerns.
“The plan?” he repeated.
“Yeah. The plan, for tomorrow? For Christmas?”
“My only plan was to visit Roman.”
Remus’s mouth opened, and he stared at Logan for a solid five seconds. Logan’s fingers tapped on the wheel awkwardly.
“I take it that isn’t acceptable to you?”
“Isn’t acceptable—alright, come on. Really. You can do better than that. You can’t really make my brother spend Christmas in the hospital and not do better than that.”
“I’m not making him spend Christmas in the—”
“Missing the point, Nerdy Wolverine! We’ve got planning to do.”
Logan frowned, not liking where this was going.
“We can go back to your place and figure it out.”
Logan hesitated, waiting for a car to pass by before turning a corner. “I suppose we can do that in the building’s lobby.”
“Okay, seriously. What’s up? Do you really think I’m going to rob you or something? I know I haven’t been around lately, but you know I wouldn’t do that to Roman.”
Logan chewed on the inside of his lip. He didn’t mean to offend Remus, but he really couldn’t let him in the apartment, whether it hurt his feelings or not.
Remus looked out the window. “Fine, we’ll do it your way. Keep your secrets.”
“I just don’t know you that well,” Logan defended, unsure of what else to say. There wasn’t much else he could say.
“Yeah, yeah, sure. Whatever.”
They drove in silence for a moment.
“You do know where he’s got the presents hidden, right? Since you won’t let me get them?”
“What presents?”
“You really think Roman doesn’t have presents hidden away?”
“I hadn’t thought about it.”
Remus squinted at him. “…You didn’t get him anything, did you?”
Logan was aware of how telling his silence was.
“Oh my god.”
“I don’t celebrate Christmas; Roman knows that.”
“Did you not get him a birthday present either because it wasn’t your birthday?”
Logan sighed.
“He even got me a Christmas present. I got it in the mail already. Do you really think he didn’t get you one?”
Logan just huffed, until a realization dawned on him. “That’s how you knew where our apartment was.” Apparently the joke about internet stalking had just been that—a joke.
“Yep. And I didn’t even open my present yet because I wanted to come here and surprise him! And I get here, and I bet you two don’t even have a Christmas tree!”
Logan adjusted his grip on the wheel. Remus wasn’t wrong. In their defense, they had been a bit distracted, given what had happened with Emile and the other “mouse-men”.
“You’ve got a mall here, right? What time does it close?”
“…In about an hour.”
Logan closed the apartment door behind himself, stuck the keys in his pocket, and strode into the kitchen, pausing the flick on the lights. He set down the ridiculous hat Remus had gotten him on the kitchen table, and paused in front of the doorway into the living room. He’d left the light on in there for obvious reasons, since the sun had gone down even before he’d left with Remus.
As he debated going in to check on the guests within, Patton looked up at him and put a hand to his mouth. Logan realized he was holding a finger to his lips. He glanced past Patton and saw that both Virgil and Emile were asleep, Emile in his bed and Virgil on his side between his brother and Patton. Logan held up a hand in an acknowledging gesture, and continued down the hall and into Roman’s room.
Remus had said that Roman had always had a habit of hiding presents in an air vent, and would most likely have done the same now. Logan looked around and spotted the vent above Roman’s desk—fairly easily accessed, he had to admit.
He glanced around at the floor leading up to it, grimaced, and decided he had a little time to clean up, first. Remus could wait a few extra minutes.
He gathered up the rocks first—most of them were easily spotted, although several had made their way under the bed and bedside table, and a few even up to the bedroom door—and deposited them back into  their box, which he returned to the bedside table. He also returned the fallen dresser drawer to its usual place. One of the corners of the drawer was broken, but it was only a minor cosmetic issue. Logan simply threw away the scrap of wood and slid the drawer back in the slot. Then, he collected the things that had fallen out of the drawer; and while he was certain that how he arranged them would not match whatever organization system Roman might—or might not—have had in place, he did his best. At any rate, it was certainly better how he had found it.
He found the inhaler last, sitting under the bed, not far from where he had found the expired one he had tried to help Roman with. Logan looked at it for a long moment, silently placed it on top of the dresser, and moved on to the vent.
He glanced around for a screwdriver, guessing that Roman would have one in here if he were really hiding presents in the vent, and spotted it on the desk, next to a fresh-looking scratch in the wood. Logan frowned, running a finger over the damage, then glanced up at the vent. Only three of the screws were in place. He glanced around, and, not spotting the missing one on the desk, finally spotted it on the floor.
Odd.
Logan shook his head, picked up the screwdriver, and stood on the desk chair to reach the vent. He unscrewed the three screws, pocketed them with the other, and removed the vent cover. There was something inside: a large plastic bag. He slid it out of its hiding place, waving away some stray dust motes that came free, and set it on the desk. He glanced inside, confirming that there were in fact presents inside. Then, he replaced the vent cover, stepped down from the desk chair, and left the room, bringing the bag of gifts with him.
He paused to wave good-bye to Patton, turned off the kitchen light, and went down to meet Remus in the lobby.
He found the young man sitting in a chair, his feet up in the one across from him, the shopping bags from the mall at his side. He perked up upon seeing Logan.
“You found them!”
“I did,” Logan confirmed. “You were right.”
“Of course I am.” Remus leaned forward and took the bag from Logan. “He’s so predictable. See, there’s two for you in here….” He pawed around in the bag some more, absently listing a few more names, then paused, pulling out three very small, carefully giftwrapped boxes.
“Who are E, V, and P?” Remus asked, turning them over in his hands.
Logan glanced over sharply, his eyes widening before he could stop them. “Those are, um, college friends,” he said.
Remus clearly didn’t buy it. “He got three college friends ring boxes? Ooh, are they his boyfriends? Does my bro really have three boyfriends? Is that what you didn’t want me to see in the apartment? Damn, he’s outdoing me! Is he going to propose to them all at once?”
Logan opened his mouth and shut it again. “…No,” he said meekly.
Remus grinned, looking over the boxes for a second longer. “Sure, sure. I believe you.” He obviously did not believe Logan; but he did return the three small boxes to their place in the bag, instead only removing the two with Logan’s name on them.
He set the presents aside and picked up one of their shopping bags, pulling out gift bags, tissue paper, and a few other items.
“So, let’s figure out tomorrow. What time should we get there?”
Logan reluctantly allowed himself to be herded into the elevator again. As much as he… preferred not to use elevators, he had to admit that he wasn’t keen to carry so much stuff up five flights of stairs.
Thankfully, no one seemed to want to share an elevator with them, given how crowded it would have been. Logan was relieved.
Roman grinned as they walked into the hospital room. “You wore the hat!”
“I wore the hat,” Logan confirmed, sounding disgruntled. It was only to free up space in his arms, and for no other reason, of course. Remus’s nagging about how much it would cheer up his brother had had nothing to do with it. He hadn’t come across any mirrors, but he was sure he looked ridiculous, with his professional attire clashing with the giant-eared hat.
“What’s… all that?” Roman asked, watching as they hauled in the large shopping bags.
“Christmas,” Remus grinned. He’d dumped his bags on the floor and was already pulling out the tree. It was small, and plastic—pickings at the store had been slim, and they couldn’t exactly bring in a nine-foot fir tree—but it would fit perfectly on one of the chairs. Remus grabbed one from beside the empty bed and dragged it over, setting the tree on top.
Meanwhile, Logan set down his own bags and began unpacking them, stacking the presents at the end of the bed, and handing the box of ornaments to Remus.
Roman watched them both with wide eyes as they transformed the hospital room into something more festive, putting up garlands (strictly where they would not be even remotely in the way, upon Logan’s insistence), decorating the tree (Remus held it up so Roman could add the star at the top), and placed a box of various Christmas cookies on the table. Roman soon wore a reindeer headband and a necklace of colorful LED lightbulbs. Remus had brought his laptop, and had (perhaps less than legally, Logan suspected) downloaded several classic Christmas movies.
“We can always go for some Netflix or Hulu if you’re not feeling the classics,” he said as he set it up on what was meant to be Roman’s serving tray, “and I personally love some good Krampus, but I know you’re like obsessed with Rudolph.”
Remus had also gotten a pack of colorful paper at the mall, so while the movies played, all three of them cut out snowflakes and slowly decorated the walls.
The nurses who occasionally came in to check in on Roman seemed to like what they’d done to the room, despite Logan’s worries that they might have gone overboard or inconvenienced them. But the laptop and quickly dwindling cookies were easily moved if need be, and none of their stuff was in the way of getting to Roman or his monitors.
Just past lunchtime, Remus reached out to pause the movie—Frosty the Snowman—and dramatically placed a gift bag in Roman’s lap. “Time for presents!”
Roman, who had seemed unable to stop smiling since they’d arrived, grinned wider. “Guys, you… didn’t have to….”
“Yes we did! And don’t worry, it’s not just you opening stuff. You’re not very good at hiding presents.”
Roman glanced at Logan, a trace of alarm in his eyes, and Logan quickly clarified, “He told me you like to hide things in vents.”
Roman relaxed, and he laughed, breaking off to cough. “It works… doesn’t it?”
“It definitely worked for me when we were kids,” Remus readily agreed. “Very convenient for early access.”
Roman threw his pillow at him.
“Alright, alright, no pillow fights in the hospital; you’ll break something.” Logan grabbed the pillow and handing it back. “Which of these would you prefer I open first?”
Roman pointed at one, and meanwhile, Remus nudged one of the gift bags on Roman’s lap closer to him. “Open mine first!”
Logan peeled back the paper on the first gift, careful not to tear anything, revealing a shoe box. He lifted the lid, and saw a book inside—one he didn’t recognize. It was thick, and had a dark red cover with a simple black design of a magnifying glass.
“What is this?” he asked, picking it up.
Roman had waited to watch Logan open the gift. “It’s a book! Well… a story. I wrote it. It’s about… Sherlock Holmes… but you’re Watson.”
Logan blinked, inspecting the book more closely. It did, in fact, have Roman’s name stamped where the author’s would normally go. “Really? How did you get it bound like this?”
“The internet.”
“Ah, of course. Thank you, Roman—I’m very intrigued. I’m certain I’ll love it.”
Roman grinned, only to have Remus shove his gift at him more insistently. Roman shook his head, amused, and picked it up. He took none of the care that Logan had in opening his present, tossing torn scraps of paper to the side. Inside was a teddy bear, but not exactly like the ones Logan usually saw in stores. This one was zombified, complete with blood and a partially exposed brain.
“You got this… at Halloween, didn’t you?”
“Maaaybe,” Remus said, grinning. He turned to tear into his own gift then, the one that Roman had mailed to him, with fervor. Logan silently gathered up scraps of paper as Remus scattered them. “Oooh!”
It was a book about frog dissection, complete with numerous illustrations.
“I’m going to rip these out and put them on my wall,” he announced, thumbing eagerly through the pages.
“Okay, open your… second one,” Roman said to Logan.
The second present was heavier than the first, but smaller. Logan unwrapped it carefully. It was a rounded, clear glass paperweight, the center engraved with the spiraling Milky Way Galaxy.
“Oh, wow…. Thank you, Roman,” he said sincerely, lifting it up so that he could look at it in the light.
Logan’s gift for Roman, despite being the last opened, was nothing special, in his opinion—it had been gotten in a hurry, of course, within the hour that he and Remus had had at the mall; but as Roman pulled out the book on Disney’s art through the years, the joy on his face was clearly genuine.
“Oh my gosh… Logan, I love this!”
They left most of the decorations up in Roman’s room for the night, with Logan planning to take them down before his roommate checked out in the morning. He figured there was no harm in it, and Roman clearly enjoyed them.
Remus and Logan drove back to the apartment building that evening, their stomachs full of cookies, a bow stuck to Remus’s forehead, and the presents they’d received in the backseat. Logan was still wearing the ridiculous hat Remus had gotten him.
“Thanks,” Remus said as they got out of the car.
“For driving you back? That’s no trouble, I assure you.”
“No,” Remus said. “Well, that too, but I meant… thanks for helping me with this. I can’t say the hospital was part of my plan, but I really wanted this Christmas to be special.” He shifted where he stood. “I haven’t seen Roman in a while, and I was hoping that… you know, that maybe I could just show up, and maybe… I don’t know. I wanted my brother back is all.”
Logan glanced at him.
“Anyway. Thanks for helping me.”
He grabbed his dissection book from the backseat, looked at the cover, and glanced over to his car. “Guess I should be going. I’ve got boyfriends to kiss, mischief to… mischievize.”
“Remus… may I ask you something?”
Remus tilted his head. “If you want to be my third boyfriend, I’m sorry, but I don’t date my brother’s roomies. Besides, you live kind of far, and I’m not into the whole long distance thing.”
“What? No.”
Remus cackled. “Kidding. Shoot.”
Logan cleared his throat. “I know that you and Roman had some family issues, but I must admit that I’m unaware of what they are. I understand if you are against telling me, but I would appreciate some insight, if you’re willing to provide it.”
Remus screwed up his face. “Well… if Roman didn’t want to say….”
“Of course.” Logan shook his head. “Forget I asked. That was insensitive of me. It was simply an impulse question, think nothing of it.”
Remus glanced towards his car again, then looked down at the pavement.. “I don’t know what exactly it was,” he admitted. “Our parents lied to me about it, said he… Well, they said some things that weren’t true, so I’d side with them.” He grimaced, then forced a grin to his face. “I got back at them, though. Let’s just say I “butt-dialed” them, in the middle of a very fun time with my boyfriends.”
Logan cleared his throat. “I get the idea, yes.”
“Anyway. I found out they lied, and I want to make it better, because I was kind of a d*ck to him about it. So, thanks. Nerd.”
Logan nodded, and watched as Remus walked off to his car, throwing and catching the keys as he went. He dropped them just as he reached the car. Logan watched as he picked them up, pretended nothing had happened, and unlocked the door.
It had been quite an unusual Christmas, to say the least.
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Thank you for Loving Me
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"Baby, time to get up hon, you've got work in an hour", Shawn whispered in my ear, peppering kisses from my brow down to my chin. His calloused fingers- from his favourite hobby- the guitar- running up and down my arms.
"Mmm, morning," I smiled leaning up to meet his soft kiss.
"Is that coffee I smell?"I asked, sitting up slowly, pulling my (Shawn's) favourite over-sized sweater off the arm chair at the side of the bed and standing up only to be pulled into my favourite spot in the world, Shawn's warm embrace.
"Do you really think I'd be so silly as to wake you without the coffee pot at the ready?" he laughed, kissing my temple again, before taking my hand and leading me down the hallway and into the kitchen.
Both Shawn and I worked for the City of Toronto Fire Department, me as a recently qualified paramedic, and Shawn as a firefighter and paramedic. It had been a tough few months for me, the job was demanding and taxing, but I loved it, and I had Shawn and all my work mates to help guide me.
"Sit," he pointed to the barstool where a cup of coffee in my favourite mug and omelette was waiting.
"Ahhh I love you!" I groaned, flopping down in the chair, shovelling a piece of the fragrant food into my mouth.
"I take it it meets your expectations," he laughed, coming to sit next to me.
"Exceeds!" I mumbled around the next mouthful.
Am hour later and Shawn had dropped me at my station, before headed off across town again to his station.
As I made my way into the station the familiar sounds of saws, engines and various other equipment- once so threatening now seemed to welcome me home.
"Hey El.", my work partner and paramedic in charge Jo called, coming to meet me at the locker room door.
"Morning, how are Eli and Felix today?" I asked referring to her two little boys.
"They're okay. Eli had a meltdown before school this morning at having to get out of bed, but once I reminded him that Mummy can't go to work and save people if he doesn't get up and go to school all was well. I swear if the kid doesn't become a firefighter or a paramedic himself one day I'll walk to the moon!" she laughed.
"Aw, he's so sweet, it's so cute how you're his idol, speaking of don't we have that school group coming today?"
"We were supposed to, but due to budget cuts'" she rolled her eyes "the department is no longer able to fund it, apparently it's too expensive and labour intensive to have people out of action."
I sighed, "How are we supposed to encourage the next generation of they can't see it for themselves. I mean I became a paramedic because my school had a field trip to a firehouse."
"You're preaching to the choir here girl, you're preaching to the choir." she laughed, turning and walking out. I went about putting my stuff away before heading to the kitchen/common room where we all spent our time inbetween calls.
The day turned out to be a slow one and by eleven o'clock I was doing laundry- (only having been called out once) when Mo one of the longest serving fire fighters and overall cool dude appeared by the door.
"You've got a visitor El l, there's someone waiting for you it on the apparatus floor."
"Thanks Mo, " I smiled, putting the clothes I had been folding down and heading out the door.
When I got to the apparatus floor, I was slightly shocked. There was Shawn, leaning casually against a Pilar waiting for me a brown bag in one hand- a bunch of sunflowers (my favourite) in the other.
"Shawn... What are you doing here?"I asked, still stunned.
He beamed running and picking me up.
"I had to come speak to chief Hachette about an arson case so I thought I'd surprise my girl.Do you have time for lunch?" he asked just as Jo walked out, stopping in her tracks. She looked so surprised I thought she was going to faint for a minute.
"And who's this?" she asked with a smile, coming over to stand in front of us where Shawn was still holding me.
"Jo meet Shawn." As soon as I said it I knew it was a mistake. A mischievous grin came over her face and I suddenly felt sick at all the intimate details I'd shared with her about our relationship on long nightshifts-mostly under duress, but still.
"Right so we're going to have lunch before we get another call," I spoke quickly, tugging at Shawn's arm to get him to walk before Jo had an opportunity to embarrass me.
"She seems nice," Shawn commented as we found a quiet spot to sit in the grass behind the firehouse.
"She is." I agreed as he handed me a turkey and Brie sandwich from my favourite deli downtown.
Half an hour later and lunch was done all too soon, duty unfortunately calling for Shawn leaving me alone to face the scrutiny of Jo.
"Girrlll, OMG, he's fiinnnee El. I hope youve locked him down cause I want me some of that." she spoke a million miles a minute running to catch up with me a la I made my way back into the common room and through to the laundry to finish folding the clothes from earlier.
"Well, speaking of... " I dug around in my breast pocket, pulling out the engagement ring Shawn had proposed with over the weekend on a mini getaway to the Hamptons.
The scream that left Jo's mouth was louder than expected and sent the whole house into a frenzy. Mo and several of the other firefighters including Tiny and Bug to come running.
When they realised there was no actual issue they turned around grumbling about how we'd pulled then away from the basketball game theyd been placing bets on.
"So when, how, where all the details," she demanded grabbing my arm and jumping up and down. Just the thought of the romantic evening Shawn and I had spent made me giddy again.
However before I got a chance to response the bell went off overhead signalling an incoming call
"Main to 41... Possible GSW, 56th and Main."
I sighed.
It was probably some gang related drug issue again.there were plenty of lovely people , but that side of town had a reputation.
"41 responding," I spoke into the radio, before flicking the switch to the lights and sirens.
When we got to the scene all was well at first, the cops were already there assuring us it was safe to enter, however just as we were about to leave having treated a minor self inflicted wound a man brandishing a gun leapt from a concealed closet.
"Give me all the drugs you have b*TCH." He yelled before either Jo or I could take in what was happening.
"You know we can't do that sir," Jo spoke calmly. Moving to try to assess the man, who's head was bleeding heavily.
"I said give me the f*cking drugs b*TCH ."
He yelled again, storming towards me. The next few seconds were a blur, I heard a shots, there was immense pain in my abdomen and leg and then I crumpled to the floor, whacking my head in the process.
"El, El. Omg, stay with me." Jo panicked.
"41 to main we have an officer down, urgent assistance required for a GSW, EMS required now!" she shouted down her radio.
"Hurts," I gasped as the initial shock wore off and the pain hit, everything seemed to ache, my leg, my ribs, my head. The room was spinning and I was having trouble breathing no longer able to keep track of the flurry of activity.
Somewhere in the chaos,I'm not sure how long after the incident I heard his voice, Shawn's voice and at first I thought I was dreaming, but I managed to open my eyes and there he was, looking down at with with so much fear.
"It's alright baby, I'm here now, we're going to fix it up, you'll be just fine. Can you tell me where it hurts?" he asked.
I went to move, instinctively seeking his comfort, but he stopped me, and I instantly wanted to cry, more than I already was.
"You have to stay still Princess."
I let out a loud groan as he placed an oxygen mask over my face.
"El? Can you hear me?" I grunted, the effort of actually forming words seeming too hard right then. I could feel hands all over me, and as much as I just wanted to be left alone, I also knew , they were trying to help me.
"It hurts," I cried again.
"I know it does honey, but you're going to be okay. I'm here, and so is Connor and Jo, and we'll look after you, and then when we've got you all comfy we'll take you to get all fixed up, how does that sound?"
"Okay, lets get her onto the bed, and then we can assess her from there," Connor suggested, appearing by my side, with a back board and neck collar that Jo had brought over.
"Okay, we're going to roll you onto the board El just let us do all the work okay?" Shawn said.
I let out a serious of screams as they rolled me, gripping Shawn's gloved hand like my life depended on it.
"We'll get you sorted yeah?" Shawn tried to reassure me as they strapped me onto the bed so I was safe, and then starting to push the gurney out the door and towards the entrance of the ambulance which was no more than ten metres away.
"Shawn ," I whispered, tears falling down my face, mixing with the blood which I could feel was congelling on my face.
When we were in the ambulance Shawn and Jo attached me to the hundreds of leads which I was so used to attaching to others while I lay there helplessly.
"I've started some morphine," Jo patted my arm gently as Shawn pulled a blanket over my body as I drifted off into fairy land.
Ten minutes later and we were pulling into the emergency bay.
The automatic doors opened, where we were met with a hoard of staff, ready to assist, the first person being Brian, Shawn and my mutual friend and colleague.
The look of horror on his face when he saw that it was me on the gurney was unsettling.
"She's a priority one, bed four, resus," he directed Shawn, following behind. " What do we know?" He asked, starting to attach monitors and leads to me all over again.
"GSW on scene, while responding to an incident on the other side of town. Wound to leg and abdo, possible broken ribs and concussion." Shawn reeled off.
I wasn't aware that they'd even assessed me, clearly I'd lost consciousness at some point and I wasn't even aware of it.
I lay there mulling over this lapse in memory, letting the chaos wash over me like a wave.
The last thing I was aware of was Brian shouting orders at the floods of nurses, and Shawn standing helplessly in the corner, red-faced from crying, before everything went black.
"Ah, can you turn the lights off!" I groaned as I came to again, reaching to rip off whatever annoying piece of wiring was sitting over my face "My head hurts," I added as a dull.ache consumed my thoughts as Shawn's worried face came into view, his frame helping to block out the blinding light as he bent over the bed.
"Oh thank God I was so worried," he cried kissing me with so much force I forgot to breathe, making the monitor go crazy for a second. "How are you feeling he asked, stopping me from pulling at the thing on my face which turned out to be oxygen tubing
"What happened?" I asked,. I remembered the main.events but the rest was fuzzy, whether from my injuries or from the drugs I had no doubt been plied with I wasn't sure
"You were shot while on-call, drug exchange gone bad, you scared me so bad baby," he whispered, brushing hair out if my face as Brian made his way into the room clearing his throat to announce himself.
"Hi El, it's good to see you awake, how are you feeling?" He asked coming to check a few things on the monitors before flipping my chart that sat at the end of the bed open.
"So as you know you had two gun shot wounds, one to your left let and one to the abdomen, luckily for you they were both clean shots and we didn't need to do anything other than clean and irrigate the areas and stitch you up. You did however manage to fracture three ribs when you fell as well as sustaining a sizable concussion.
"So what does that mean work wise?" I asked. Shawn must have sensed my nerves, because he was sure to keep a hand intertwined with my, the other tracing soft patterns up and down my arm.
"We'll unfortunately, during the fall you fractured your tibia, which has left you in a cast, and pretty well imibilised, I'm sorry to say you'll be relying on this big guy-" he slapped Shawn in the back, "for the next week at least while everything settles.
You'll be in a cast for at least six weeks and off work from a minimum of two weeks with rehab worked in. Rest up El, give me a yell if ya need anything," he spoke to Shawn as he left the room.
"I'll lose my job," I cried, the thought of not being able to do what I loved terrified me.
"No you won't Brian said you'll be sore for a bit and need to rest, not that you'd lose your job, besides now you'll have a real reason to boss me around, I'll be your slave". He laughed covering .me with a blanket and lifting my bung leg to rest it in a pillow.
Besides when you're well enough there are some people who'd like to see you.
"Get some rest and we'll work it all out when you wake up.
True to his word, he helped me with everything, toileting, showering (which proved to be a challenge with the cast), dressing, getting up and down stairs, making breakfast, lunch and dinner, and forcing me to take pain medication when I was too stubborn to admit I needed it.
By the end of the first week though, I was miseeable,.not used to doing nothing but sitting in my behind.
"You my dear, need to get a coat on we're going out!" he announced, coming over with said coat and helping me to stuff my arms in.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"SSH, it's a secret," he grinned, before carrying me to the car and making sure I was all buckled up.
Half an hour later and we were pulling up to the firehouse, where a few of the guys were sat outside playing cards as we made our way (me hobbling haphazardly on crutches) into the firehouse
"Hero in the house!" Mo called out and they all came running.
"I'm so glad you're okay. You scared me girl." Jo sniffled coming to hug me.
"Ouch still a little sore." I laughed leaning into Shawn for support as she blubbered all over me.
"Well sore is better than the alternative.
If it weren't for this one," she pointed to Shawn "you'd be dead."
"You've got yourself a keeper,"Mo added with a smile.
"Well if Mo approves it must be true." I agreed. "I think I'll keep you." I added, causing everyone to laugh.
"Thank you," I whispered to Shawn when the others were out of ear shot.
"For what?" he asked.
"Just for being you and for loving me," I shrugged, snuggling futher into his embrace, feeling greatful just to be alive, let alone call this wonderful human mine.
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Lost Eden Kanato Maniac Prologue Translation
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I returned to my room immediately after
hearing the priest and Kino-kun's conversation.
I wonder if they're looking for the perpetrator
who eavesdropped on them by now.
Now that I think about it,
I can't escape from the mansion today.
Giving up, I pulled a blanket over
myself and closed my eyes.
 The warmth of my former
ordinary life filled my head.
 It was before I met Kanato-kun
and the other vampires.
The memories of when I lived
peacefully with my father...
 *flashback
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Seiji : Yui, are the preparations for Easter going well ?
Yui : Yes, of course.
I painted some eggs. Look at them, father !
Seiji : They're amazing !
You're getting better than last year. Well done.
Yui : Thank you !
Seiji : However...
 *Seiji wipes Yui's cheeks
 Yui : Ah...
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Seiji : Don't get too absorbed in this. You got paint on your cheeks.
Yui : Ah... Sorry about that.
Seiji : Take a shower. I'll be preparing dinner in the meantime.
Yui : Is that okay ? Today was my turn to make dinner.
Seiji : Don't worry about it. I had you spend the whole day preparing the Easter.
I need to show you that I have something of a father sometimes.
Yui : Thank you, father !
 *end of flashback
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Yui : (My father was gentle and I loved him...)
(But... our days spent together suddenly ended in one day.)
(Father got suddenly summoned in a foreign church...)
And he sent me at the Sakamaki mansion...
(Now that I think about it, many things happened...)
(But I never thought father came back to Japan...)
Why didn't he tell me sooner... ?
(Was there a reason he didn't let me know... ?)
… Ah... !
(That’s right, when I first came to the Sakamaki mansion,)
(I became skeptical that my dad sold me as a sacrificial bride...)
(Is that the reason he didn't tell me...?)
Father...
(Why are you teaming up with Kino-kun...?)
??? : Hey.
Yui : Ah... !
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Kino : You listened to our conversation, didn't you ? You heard everything.
Yui : … I'm sorry for eavesdropping.
Kino : That's fine, I don't mind it.
So, what are you gonna do ? Do you wanna meet your father ?
Yui : W-Well...
Kino : I can arrange a meeting with him if you want...
Yui : (Obviously, there's no way I wouldn't want to meet him.)
(But to be honest... I'm scared to see him right now.)
(Because of my feelings for Kanato-kun who's a vampire.)
(My father is a churchman so there's no way he will allow that.)
(Besides...)
(If it's really him who sold me to the vampires...)
(I don't think I want to meet him again...)
(I don't know what to answer...)
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Kino : … Looks like you're misunderstanding something.
Seiji reached the bishop position and took control of the Japanese parish in order to get you back.
He knew the church sold you as the sacrificial bride,
He defeated the previous bishop who was behind it and took control.
Yui : Is that... so... ?
(Thank godness. Father wasn't the one who sold me...)
Kino : … Anyway, it's already too late for him.
Because even if he gets the highest influence, his only daughter is bound by a vampire.
Yui : … !
Kino : … Hey, you're getting it now, don’t you ?
The priest from earlier came here... for you.
Humans don't stand a chance against vampires, after all.
So they really didn't want to deal with the people of the Demon World... thus they joined hands with us.
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Yui : You... joined hands... ?
Kino : That's right. Actually, I'm the leader of the Resistance centered around the ghouls.
Yui : (The ghouls ? Are they a kind of demons... ? And by resistance, does Kino-kun mean he's a rebel ?)
(He talked about interfering with Adam's apple plan... Is it the Resistance's purpose...?)
Kino : Well well, talking about myself doesn't matter for now.
I'll tell you some special news, instead.
Yui : Special news... ?
Kino : You see, the church requested us to rescue you from the vampires.
Yui : Eh !?
They went to the point of requesting you... ?
Is my father planning to do something to the vampires, by any chance... ?
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Kino : Correeeeect ! Hehe... He'll probably kill them all.
Because Seiji doesn't appreciate that evil beings are invading the earth.
Yui : … !
Kino : The church requested us to annihilate any influence from the Demon World in the Human World and rescuing you at the same time.
The Human World once chose to coexist with the evil beings...
But now, Sakamaki Tougo, that is the Lord of the Demon World Karl Heinz, is gone. This is a great opportunity, don't you think ?
It seems they took this opportunity to plan the end of the coexistence.
… So, if you choose your father, Kanato will become your enemy.
And if you choose Kanato, Seiji will no longer be your father...
Yui : No way... !
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Kino : Hey, what are you going to do ?
You know you have to choose between your father and Kanato, right ?
Yui : … I...
(I can't decide so easily.)
(At first, I didn't want to get involved with vampires, I wanted to run away from them...)
(But now... Kanato-kun became very important to me.)
(I'm scared to lose him if I choose father...)
Kino : Well, you don't have to decide right away.
If you desire to meet your father, I'll arrange a meeting at any time.
However, those church guys will probably go to the point of purging us thoughtlessly, so...
I'm not gonna give you back to them that easily.
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Yui : …
(Come to think of it, he's right.)
(The church and the Resistance are allies for now, but the latter is originally treated as evil...)
(So when everything is over, the Church will purge Kino-kun and his allies.)
(But then... Why do they let the church use them without complaining ?)
(Is there any other purpose the Resistance wants to achieve besides preventing Adam's apple plan...?)
Kino : Well, I'll be leaving. I have plenty of things to do.
Yui : (… It may be better to not ask him now.)
O-Okay... Thank you for everything you told me.
 *Kino leaves the room
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Yui : Sigh...
(I'm concerned about Kino-kun, but...)
(I'm even more worried about Kanato-kun and his brothers...)
(They surely don't know that the Church and the Resistance are targeting them.)
(Even the demons will target Kanato-kun, the current Lord.)
(I must get out of here and at least let him know that the danger is imminent.)
 *Yui opens the door and checks the surroundings
 Yui : … There's no one... ?
(I thought my room would guarded...)
(… This may be my only chance to escape !)
 Scene change : Kanashi Tower
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Kanato : …
(I thought I would see her from the top of Kanashi Tower, but she's nowhere to be found...)
(… Not a sign...)
Security guard : G-Get down out of here, kid !
Kanato : Um... ?
Security guard : I don't know how you got up here but it's dangerous !! This is a forbidden area !
If you can't get down, I'll be on my way... ! Hang on !
 *the guard starts climbing
 Kanato : Tch... What a noisy pest.
 *Kanato attacks the guard with his powers
 Security guard : Uguh... !?
UWAAAAAAAAAH !!
 *he falls
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Kanato : … Serves you right.
This is what you get for bothering me.
Because those who get in my way should disappear.
Aaah... I found you... Yui-san.
You came to me... I'm so happy.
I'm coming to you right away, okay ? Hehe...
And I will end your life with my own hands.
 Scene change : Park
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Yui : (I managed to escape but I shouldn't stay here for too long.)
(I never know when the Resistance will find me...)
Eh... ?
(I just heard a huge sound, as if something dropped...)
 *Yui approaches towards the origin of the sound
 Yui : Kyaaaaaa !!
(A dead body !? How !?)
??? : I finally found you.
Yui : … !?
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Kanato : I looked everywhere for you, Yui-san.
I came to pick you up.
Yui : Kanato-kun...
(The atmosphere is very different, as if something's off...)
Kanato : That chunk... Aaah, so this is where he fell.
Yui : Is this... your doing... ?
Kanato : Yes, that's right.
He tried to get in my way, so I got rid of him.
It doesn’t matter that such an insect dies, don’t you think ?
Yui : An insect... ?
(He killed a person, how can he stay so calm...?)
 *Yui backs off
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Kanato : Hehe... Why are you having such a look ?
Hey, please don't run away.
 *Kanato uses his powers on Yui
 Yui : Kyaaa !?
(I can't move... ! Is this also Kanato-kun's powers !?)
K-Kanato-kun... Let me go !
Kanato : No way. If I do as you say, you will run away from me, right ?
 *Kanato gets closer
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Kanato : You know, Yui-san, I've been thinking about killing you.
Yui : … W-Why... ?
 *Kanato starts strangling her
 Kanato : I've always... always been troubled.
Why did I get powers I never wanted... ?
Why are my brothers keeping a distance from me ?
But I finally realized : it's all your fault.
My mind is so troubled and disturbed... because your very existence keeps haunting me until the very end.
Yui : … !
Kanato : If you're gone, I won't go through those painful feelings any longer.
If I just drive you out... other people may take you away.
 *Kanato takes out a knife
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Kanato : So please die now.
I will kill you... with my love.
Yui : N-No... ! Stop ! Kanato-kun !!
 *lots of crows show up
 Kanato : … !
Yui : (Eh...?)
??? : My my, I just came in time.
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Kino : Good evening. My name's Kino. I'm glad I can finally talk with you directly.
Yui : Kino-kun... ! Why ?
Kanato : … Do you know that guy ?
Yui : Ah...
Kino : Ahaha, don't be so scared.
I just let you out and look after Kanato so you could lure him.
Yui : (… So he lightened the security of his mansion and let me escape on purpose...?)
Kino : Sorry ? But I had to use you so I could be able to meet Kanato.
Kanato : Tch... Don't talk to her without my permission !
 *Kanato attacks Kino with his powers
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Kino : Woops... Geez... I only wanted to talk to you.
But... Hehe, I'll have some fun with you since that looks interesting !
Kanato's powers are very strong so be very careful y'all, okay ?
Yui : (The crows turned into humans...!?)
Male ghoul A : Understood, master Kino.
Male ghoul B : We will definitely protect you, master Kino.
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Kanato : … Ghouls ? Why are those guys... ?
Kino : They're my companions. They're all good boys.
I need you to calm down, so I'm putting them to work... Like this !
Kanato : Guh... !
Kino : This net is magical. You can't get out of here easily.
Yui : Kanato-kun !!
 *Yui runs towards Kanato but someone grabs her
 Yui : !?
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Kino : No no no. You have to stay with me.
He almost killed you, you know ? You should quit coming to his rescue.
Yui : B-But...
 Kanato : You worms... Don't touch her !
 *Kanato breaks the net with his powers
 Male ghoul A : This guy... He broke the spell so easily !?
Male ghoul B : Master Kino, please step back !
Kino : Aaah... It didn't work, huh.
Guys, turn back to your crow form, I'll take care of the rest.
… Yui, you step back as well. If you get hit by magic power, you'll die.
Yui : O-Okay...
Kanato : … What are you whispering about !!?
 *Kanato uses his powers, putting the whole park on fire
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The magic power Kanato-kun released
was very powerful, the park quickly
became a sea of flames.
The only thing I could do was watching
him fighting with Kino-kun...
It became an extremely huge
turmoil before I realized it.
People started to gather around.
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Kino : Tsk... We've been noticed after all...
Kanato : Yui-san, this way !
Yui : Eh ? Kyaaa !?
 *Kanato runs away with Yui
 Kino : Ah~ah, what a shame. They managed to escape.
A frontal attack doesn't work on him. I'll remember that...
… More importantly, now...
Sigh... I must escape too before it gets complicated.
 Scene change : Sakamaki castle – Entrance hall
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Kanato : – Well, please come in.
Yui : … Y-Yes...
Kanato : There's a lot of things I'd like to ask you, but... It doesn't matter anymore.
No one will disturb us here right away.
I can finally kill you.
Yui : Ah... No !
 *Yui runs away
 Kanato : You won't escape !
 *Kanato runs after her
 Scene change : Sakamaki castle – Bedroom
 *Yui enters the room and locks the door behind
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Yui : Haa... Haa...
(Kanato-kun's serious... ! What should I do ? Where can I hide...?)
 *hug sound coming from the door
 Yui : Ah !?
Kanato : I know you're here. Hey, please come out.
Yui : C-Calm down ! Kanato-kun !
I can't accept to be killed like that... !
Kanato : …
… Well, fine. My brothers are trapped in the torture chamber, and Kino doesn't know this place.
I have every opportunities to kill you, so I'll grant you a little grace.
Please repent for how much you disturbed my mind in the meantime...
 *Kanato walks away
 Yui : …
(I'm alone in the Demon World with Kanato-kun in that state... What should I do ?)
Maniac prologue : End
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raggydraws · 4 years
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Crow fam headcanons (Crow, Night, and Breeze), please? Personally, I believe Crow loved Nightcloud but never showed it because he was afraid to love again because it only ever gets people hurt
Hewwo! Sorry this took so long, been real busy and also this is one heck of controversial family so I wanted to be careful with what I said. But I hope you enjoy!
I swear to the Erins that somewhere in a Field Guide Rock said that out of all his mates Nightcloud was the one meant to pad alongside him the longest. Now that probably meant that she wasn't going to die?? Or that she was going to remain his mate for a long time but my baby brain always thought it was because she was the one Crowfeather was going to love the most.
But I love it when people end relationships amicably and even though it took awhile for Night and Crow to become friends again I'm real glad they did.
Also this is gonna be really long (cause I both and hate this family) and probably needs a Trigger Warning for death mentions.
Imma do some individual headcanons for them and then the family together!
Nightcloud
Nightcloud is one of many Windclan cats who showed up out of nowhere during Mudclaw's coup, but I like to imagine she been there the whole time. Nightcloud is the niece of Barely, daughter of either Jump or Hoot, and was brought to the clan by her mother. She was promptly adopted by Tornear, a kind tom who was also the brother of the deputy Mudclaw. She was raised exclusively by her adopted father and uncle, but while the deputy and his brother loved and accepted her without hesitation, the rest of the clan was very weary. Nightcloud grew up feeling a little isolated from the clan and thus grew a thick skin and quick wit to defend herself with. After Mudclaw's death she was ostracized even more for following his coup, only being welcomed by her Father, her former mentor Ashfoot and her childhood rival Crowfeather.
Nightcloud had pretty bad anxiety after Crowpaw left on his journey, it left her feeling very alone and out of control, she started taking cues from her uncle Mudclaw to feel more in control of her life and emotions. After he dies she's left feeling out of control and
She was named Nightcloud for her fluffy fur and her usually calm personality, she likes her name but feels like it doesn't her very well.
Crowfeather
Crowfeather was born one to two-ish months after the battle with Bloodclan to his still living mother Ashfoot and his deceased father Deadfoot. Crowkit was born with two siblings, a sister with black fur whom he doesn't remember very well, and a sister who resembled his mother. Unfortunately his sisters passed away and left Crowkit, the runt of his litter, by himself. Almost all of Windclan merged on the nursery not long after to give their condolences to the high ranked queen, which only served to stress out both Ashfoot and Crowkit. Ashfoot basically put a ban on the nursery after that and keep Crowkit by her side at all times, she could see her own anxiety growing in him and didn't want him to be uncomfortable. Thus Crowkit was never properly socialized, something Ashfoot tried to remedy by introducing him to her friend's kitten, Nightkit. This lead to the childhood rivalry and uh 'friendship' between Nightcloud and Crowfeather, they pushed each to be better and shares their hopes of being welcomed by the clan. While Crowpaw was considered very reputable due to his mother's own reputation, his poor attitude and lack of social skills made him very unliked, even his mentor grew frustrated with him and spent little time teaching him to understand or control his emotions.
I also like to think that if he hadn't asked to be named after Feathertail, Tallstar would've called him Crowhop after his father's original name!
Breezepelt
Breezepelt was born 3 to 4 months after The Three, very weak and sickly to Nightcloud and Crowfeather. He doesn't really remember much from his childhood as he slept a lot and spent a lot of time in the nursery. What few he has are of his father, the two quietly sitting in the sunlight away from any loud noises. He's fond of those memories but it hurts to think about them sometimes.
I remember reading, like a prologue or something, of Breezekit seeing sunlight coming through a hole somewhere and thinking about how much he loved the color. Than Nightcloud found him and commented on how she hoped his eyes would stay the kitten blue color they were, while Breezekit hoped they'd be the color of the sun. So! Breezepelt loves to sunbathe and definitely has rusting on his stomach. It's the only time anyone would see the usually angry, resting b*tch faced tom relaxed and happy. Yellow in general is the fastest way to calm him down and to get on his good side. He hated the Dark Forest, the darkness made him feel trapped and amplified his negative emotions, he was there of his violation of course but a little voice in his head would always reminds him that he belonged in the sunlight.
I have somewhat thought of a better redemption arc for Breezepelt, at least a skeleton for one, but it involves his first 'mission' for the Dark Forest. When he goes to kill Jayfeather at the moonpool he wasn't expecting the heavily pregnant Poppyfrost to be there, he expects Brokenstar to call it off (he wants to believe that Brokenstar wouldn't make him attack a queen) but all he says is to not leave any witnesses. Afterwards when Honeyfern kicks his ass he's a bit shaken, he knows the Dark Forest isn't full of great cats but, his delusions of finally regaining his father's attention had clouded his judgement. As more and more cats start to join the Dark Forest the more he realizes that he isn't alone in the way he feels.
Antpelt, a friend of his, joined hoping his newfound strength would impress the cat he liked.
Harespring, the son of his leader, is even there because his own father ignored him too.
Hollowflight, a Riverclan cat he comes to respect, is bullied and ridiculed for his heritage.
Even Ivypool of Thunderclan is there for the attention and validation she so desperately wants from her own clanmates.
Cue Dark Forest therapy sessions. Cue the very awkward friendships of Ivypool, Hollowflight, Antpelt and, Breezepelt. Ivypool and Breezepelt bond over neglect and maybe Ivypool (after she realizes she can find happiness with herself) convinces Breezepelt that maybe he didn't need his father's attention to be happy. He had a mother who loved him, a clan that respected him "and hey, you've got us too, right?"
Alright now all family headcanons are post Crowfeather's trial cause I'm not touching OoTs.
Breezepelt and Crowfeather don't spend much time with each other. They're still very awkward with each other but they bond over watching Breezepelt's kits together. Sunbathing is their favorite pastime.
Nightcloud and Crowfeather are just friends, they do kind of rekindle their friendly appreticehood rivalry tho. Whenever hunting is good and over hunting won't hurt anything they compete to see who can bring the most rabbits back. Breezepelt joins them sometimes and gets praised quite a bit for smoking them both.
Brindlewing and Smokehaze know all of the New Prophecy Gang stories, ones Breezepelt never got to hear. Cue Crowfeather being surrounded by his grandkids and son listening to his horrible Squirrelflight impression from when she was stuck in the fence.
Breezepelt usually has the say for if he wants Crowfeather to be around for family things, when Heathertail got pregnant the first time he was real nervous and didn't want his father around her. Crowfeather understood and kept his distance. Second litter Breezepelt let him visit right after they were born and the two babies cried about how cute they were.
Family therapy with Kestrelflight. Just, someone telling Nightcloud she was reacting reasonably to a very bad situation. Crowfeather's issues with connecting with people and lashing out when he can't be with someone or to keep them away. Breezepelt being told that while his parents issues did influence his own he is still responsible for his actions as a grown ass adult and that it's up to him to break the cycle he was unfairly stuck in.
Breezepelt will probably take the moonpool incident to his grave. Tbh he may of thought of naming one of his daughters after Poppyfrost to somehow atone for it but chicken out.
Nightcloud adores that most of her family are girls now. She and all her granddaughters (Plus Heathertail) can and will chase the two Toms down and sit on them.
Nightcloud gets a girlfriend and excitedly tells Crowfeather about it. Crowfeather gets a boyfriend and excitedly tells Nightcloud about it. Breezepelt gets a new stepmom and stepdad and gets double the amount of parental validation he's been chasing after his entire life.
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beanenigma · 5 years
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MAKE THEM FAT, YOU COWARDS!
A small guide to writing fat characters, by @beanenigma​
As a writer and an illustrator simultaneously, I have the incredible privilege of being a spy for both sides and comparing the community of both hobbies/jobs all in the comfort of my blog. And for a while I have been seeing something that makes me very happy: an effort from the artists to include bigger body sizes in their art - me included. But, on the other hand, I don’t see the same effort in the books I read except for tokens who don’t make that much of a difference to the plot and are only there for certain effects. . 
And even then, the only purpose them being fat serves is them being underestimated, weak, bullied or made fun of. So, with 20 years of being fat in my belt and having suffered through a lot of enraging fat representation in fiction, I compiled this list of things I would like you to remember when writing fat characters:
If you’re character is fat, call them fat 
Have other characters refer to them as fat. Have them refer to each other as fat. Fat is not a bad word… Unless you use it as a bad word. Going around the bush makes it feel like it’s something that should be hidden instead of a natural feature of your character, like being tall or blond. 
Getting thin is not the ultimate victory
 Nothing makes a fat reader feel worse about themselves than this narrative. Not everyone can or wants to get thin. And getting thin won’t fix all of their problems. Especially the emotional trauma of being told (and constantly reminded) the way you are naturally is unfit for life.
Also, getting thin shouldn’t be the only thing on their minds all the time. They should have hobbies and friends and other worries. And if losing weight is the only thing they can think about and plan for, they are probably sick and they need professional help. Eating disorders are real even if we don’t talk that much about them anymore. So keep watch on your characters if you didn’t intend them to be sick. 
Society? B*tch, please
Don’t blame SOCIETY. Society is an abstract concept made of people. People tell fat people shitty things and write shitty things in magazines and purposefully don’t hire them for TV and movies, not “society”. Name the enemy. We know who it is. 
FAT ≠ UNHEALTHY or UGLY
Fatness is not all the same. We are not all thin children that got fed McDonalds and somehow ended up like this. Some people have different metabolisms, genetic components, thyroid disorders, etc, but otherwise are perfectly healthy.
When writing AUs, science and historical fiction, remember in other times, fat had different social meanings. In renaissance Italy for example, the giocondas represented the wealth of the emerging bourgeoisie. Our ideas of fat are very conditioned to our place and time - that doesn’t make them the absolute truth.  
You don’t have to have one designated fat character. 
Make more! Make two! A hundred. Make secondary characters. Background characters. They are not points outside the curve, something that is wrong and should be handled like hot potatoes. They’re a large part of the world’s population (in 2013, there was an estimate of 2.1 billion obese people in the world). 
Choose the right bod! 
Like I said before, not all fat bodies are the same. The artists can help you with these and doctors can too, as well as women’s magazines (surprisingly). Choose your prefered body type keeping your universe and backstory in mind. also, personal choice, let’s normalize stretch marks, they’re so pretty and every girl has them, mention those awesome stripes please? 
Finally, fat characters are characters like any other - that also happen to be fat. They can and should have wishes, dreams, hobbies and relationships. The reader should be able to remember something else about them other than “fat”. Make them human. Please. 
Now, with that being said, being fat can be a great plot device as a physical obstacle towards some objectives. So here’s other obstacles for you fat character that would definitely be more interesting than what’s currently out there: 
Self-esteem issues
Not that we haven’t seen this before in media, but it’s normally caused by constant teasing and bullying. But the thing is that just like it happens to a lot of people with noticeable features, we are painfully aware of our weight at all times. There is really no need for someone to come up to us at our face and say “I hate you because you’re fat”, because we feel that constantly in everything that we do in society. Not that everyone lets themselves be taken by these kinds of stuff - I know some kickass models who couldn’t be more happy to have the body they have - but these things tend to collect a price on our self-esteem (big or small). So keeping that in mind might help not clutter your narrative with unnecessary violence. 
Medical negligence
I know fatphobia is a word people have a hard time believing is real (and I know it sounds weird), but it’s a real thing that happens. Just while writing this, I asked two friends and they both said that they had their concerns ignored by doctors that claimed their ailments would all be fixed once they lost weight. Both me and my mother had that happen to us as well. 
Not to say that weight can’t cause sickness (because it does), but people know their bodies and they know when something is wrong. Personally, I would find it hilarious if a fat superhero went to a doctor to try and find out what their powers mean, for example, and got out with the recommendation of a nutritionist. That’s some relatable content right there.  
Exercising is hard
I know. I know, it’s hard for everyone. But there’s a reason people tie weights to their limbs to carry around when exercising. It makes it harder. We’re carrying a lot more weight on our bones. Muscles get tired easily (and hurt after). Backbones are under a lot of pressure; feet are tortured; speed is decreased. So honestly, no need to trip on the way. Your fat character can run just as well as everyone else on the team, they’ll just get tired faster. Which is great potential for showing physical strength on their part, keeping up with them without showing discomfort. 
AGAIN, REMEMBER: Being fat not always equals being unhealthy. Not all fat people will struggle with exercise. You must decide what’s the case of your character. 
There are sports in which broader body types might be ideal - wrestling, for example - but they could also perform others and be good at it. And if you disagree, I’ll eat you. 
Clothes won’t fit/places don’t have their size
We all remember Mean Girls, when Regina gains weight and the lady tells her she should go shopping elsewhere. Sh*t’s funny, right? Not really. 
But this issue can go further than regular frustration during shopping. What if they want to be a cheerleader and there’s no money to get her uniform (despite them making the team and everyone else getting one their size?). Or, what if, as a superhero, they can’t find the right measures for a uniform that suits them? Or the right mold for knight armor? Or the right size of space suit to go out of the ship in a crisis? It makes you feel unwelcome, unfit, too much, even when people are doing their dang best to help. 
It’s a great opportunity for showing the perseverance of your character or introducing that awesome supportive character who understands. Still on the topic of clothes that won’t fit, here’s the places where normally there are issues:
Thighs and butt (mainly) 
Breasts (for inverted triangle girls, it’s common to have tight clothes at the boobs and loose lower). 
Arms (sometimes they fit but you can’t stretch your arms ahead or up without having the shirt going up)
Waist (and not necessarily belly; when things have a very slim waist, it gets crumpled and what’s down is projected by the belly.
Belly (if you really must)
Chairs are not suitable
Chairs don’t have to break to be mortifying to sit in. Personally, stools are terrible because my thighs go bananas over them. Swallow them whole, and I feel unstable. Some chairs simply won’t be comfortable because parts of me are not on top of them. Having to have someone bring you a special chair is humiliating. 
What if the spaceship was built for slender species? How about the conquerer queen who, upon looking at the pathetic small throne of the territory she just took over, splits it in how with her mighty swords while her new subjects watch in horror as she destroys millennia of history? 
So with those tools, I trust you will not be a coward and give us a thought the next time you’re thinking of your cast of characters next time.
Feel free to reblog this with your own aditions and follow me for similar content! 
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