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thehouseoflamentation · 4 years

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Wanting What Isn’t Yours (Mammon x MC x Levi) Part 2 - NSFW

For Leviathan, waking up the next morning was just as awful as trying to fall asleep. He was certain he passed out somewhere along the line last night but it still wasn’t enough to quell the restless feeling that clung to the back of his mind. He knew he’d get an earful from Lucifer if he missed breakfast so he mustered up all his energy and dragged himself off towards the dining room. As soon as he took a seat however he felt his heart sink once again. The rest of his brothers had yet to make it to the table so instead he got to sit alone and enjoy the sight of you and Mammon flirting and feeding each other breakfast. He wasn’t hungry to begin with but now he had completely lost his appetite. That should be him sitting next to you! Laughing and flirting and eating together. Why did it have to be him? Why did Mammon always get to be the center of your attention? It just wasn’t fair.

Levi could feel his grip tighten on the fork in his hand before letting the utensil fall back onto the table. He wanted you to feel the same way he felt about you but then again he didn’t exactly have much to bring to the table. If he really wanted you he would have made his intentions known that fateful night and yet here he was forced to witness everything he’ll never get to experience. Having to bottle up his emotions all while pretending everything was alright was just too much to bear. As soon as he cleared what was left on his plate he got up and trudged back to his room locking the door behind him.

He didn’t have any classes that day so he planned to binge on games and anime until his frustrations subsided. Unfortunately for him he couldn’t enjoy ten minutes of peace before he heard a knock on his door. Letting out a deep sigh he got up and opened the door only to find you standing on the other side. Knowing what went down last night he couldn’t look you in the eye. His lips trembled as he stuttered and asked you why you were here.

“Levi did you forget our chat a couple days ago? You said you were free today and wanted to try a new game with me. Are you still free right now or...”

He had completely forgotten about your arrangement but at this point he couldn’t just turn you away. Muttering a soft “Sure, come in” under his breath he let you in and shut the door. Maybe this was his chance. The two of you were finally alone in his room with no Mammon in sight. He might as well make the best of the situation and take his shot. Handing you a controller, Levi turned on the game and took a seat beside you. Soon the minutes that passed turned into hours as the two of you progressed through the game. Levi was less tense than before but he knew that would all change once he made his move.

As the game faded into a cutscene he stared at your hand just inches away from his. He could have sworn he heard his heart beating in his chest but there was no way he could turn back now. With one last deep breath he paused the game and took your hand in his before turning to face you.

“MC I know this is sudden but...I haven’t been honest with you or myself lately and I need you to know that I-I...I like you! I want more than just this pact MC, I want you... ”

As his words trailed off Levi moved closer, his forehead pressed against yours while his lips hovered just centimeters away. When he finally closed the gap he couldn’t help but take advantage of the kiss by pulling you close and wrapping his arms around you. He couldn’t imagine what it would feel like to finally kiss you but here he was living out his fantasy and it was so much better than anything he could have asked for.

Unfortunately, wanting what isn’t yours rarely ends without consequences and Levi was soon going to learn that. Just as he pulled away from the kiss, the irritated sound of someone clearing their throat caught your attention. Mammon stood at the doorway, clearly pissed at seeing his brother locking lips with his human. He took a step forward and slammed the door shut, his eyes shifting between you and Levi as he drew closer. With one quick movement he gripped Levi by the collar and dragged him away from you, forcing him onto his feet.

“Levi you bastard!!! The one day I’m out for class and you think you can just TAKE WHAT’S MINE?!??”

It was rare to see Mammon this mad but it made no difference to Levi who simply wrenched himself out of his brother’s grip before shouting back in response.

“Yeah well you KNEW I HAD FEELINGS FOR THEM TOO!! WHY DO YOU GET TO HAVE MC ALL TO YOURSELF!?!?? IT'S NOT FAIR!!!!!!”

Each of them had shifted into their demon forms by now but before things could escalate any further you jumped in between the two of them.

“STOP!!!!!!! I’m not letting you fight over something like this!! I trust both of you, I made pacts with both of you, and I LOVE both of you but if you’re just going to fight then I might as well be with neither of you!!!”

Your words shut them up in an instant. The last thing they wanted was for you to hate them so they took a few seconds to regain their composure before they did anything they might regret. They were still far from being calm but that didn’t stop you from throwing your hands around both of them, pulling them into a hug before planting a few chaste kisses on their cheeks.

“Now if you’re done making a scene maybe...we can have a little fun instead?”

Their eyes widened in shock once you said that. Mammon knew exactly what you wanted while Levi blushed at the thought of it all. Your hands slipped out of their embrace as you got on your knees in front of Levi eagerly undoing his belt while Mammon undid his own. Once they pulled their pants down you began palming them through their boxers savoring their moans as precum started to stain the fabric. Seeing you kneel in front of them got them hard in no time and soon they found themselves wanting more. After getting rid of the last piece of fabric separating them from you they each took one of your hands, prompting you to keep stroking their cocks.

“Hehe...see? Sharing isn’t so bad now is it?”

As if to prove your point you give Levi’s head a few kitten licks before doing the same to Mammon drawing out another set of moans from the boys. You could feel them getting close so you decide to ramp things up a bit. Pulling away from Levi you turn your attention to Mammon, your hands on both his hips as you suck him off. As expected it didn’t take even a minute for Levi to start whining again. Despite your effort to keep both of them happy you had to admit it was cute seeing him so needy.

“MC come on that’s not faaaaaaiiiirrrrr!!!!! Y-You said-”

Without taking your mouth off Mammon’s dick you slid your pants down along with your underwear. You were now on all fours, your slick entrance plain to see. You gave your ass a wiggle signaling Levi to get behind you.

“I’m sorry Levi, what was that about being unfair?”

You stopped servicing Mammon just long enough to tease Levi one last time before he mounted you. His hands gripped your hips before moving to squeeze your ass as he started pounding into you. You weren’t sure if it was his lack of experience or his desperation that made his thrusts so erratic but neither you or Mammon were complaining. Everytime he rammed his hips into yours you took Mammon deeper and deeper down your throat. It didn’t take long before they started reaching their limit along with you so you decided to finish them at the same time. You could feel your core tightening and when you had just barely reached your breaking point you backed your ass up against Levi’s dick taking him as deep as you could while he released inside you. You didn’t let Mammon go either as you deepthroated him and swirled your tongue against the sensitive spot just under the head of his cock. Both of them wouldn’t let you go until every last drop of their load was in you. When they finally pulled out the three of you collapsed on the floor as the smell of sweat and sex permeated the room.

Now sandwiched between the two of them you giggled to yourself before kissing each of them again, this time on the lips. They were certainly a handful but all three of you were happy and honestly what more could you ask for?

Epilogue

When you went back to your room that night you heard a knock on the door just as you were about to hit the hay. A familiar silver haired demon let himself in just as he did every other night.

“Soooo....how was my acting back there? Looked like I woulda ripped him limb from limb huh? Hehe, seeing him with you like that I just might’ve ya know!!” Mammon chuckled to himself and sighed as he took a seat on your bed.

“Well I’m glad you didn’t but in all honesty thanks again for agreeing to let him join. He seems a lot happier now or at least more than he usually does.”

“Hmp I woulda said no but I can’t really resist spoiling ya now can I? Well whatever as long as you remember who your first was then I guess I can’t exactly complain too much.”

You scooted to the side of your bed giving Mammon some space to lie down beside you and drape an arm around your shoulder. The avatar of greed could only share so much of you before he wanted you to himself again.

“So MC?”

“Hm?”

“Since he was only mad at me… I take it Levi doesn’t know about Beel joining us in the kitchen that night?”

“.........”

“I’M GONNA TELL HIM”

“DON’T YOU DARE!!!!!”

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skythealmighty · 4 years

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A girl in a spider costume zooms through the sky on webs strung from her hand, whooping. A narration cuts in of a sassy teenage girl.

“All right, let’s get this part over with. I’m not the first, and I’m certainly not the last. Cut to backstory!” she said, then snapped. The scene changed.

The girl, outside her costume, is eating a bagel. She has blond-brown hair in a messy bob, blue-green eyes, and pale skin. She’s wearing simple clothes. “My name is Skye King. In my universe, I’m one of two spider-people, though I’m the only Spider-Girl. Spider-Man is in New York. My business is in Seattle. One day, during summer break, I was bitten by a radioactive spider after my 15th birthday. You get the jist, right? Then I had spider powers, yadda yadda yadda. We’ve all heard it before. Well, the thing is, not really. That spider was from another universe (at least I'm 99% sure).” While she said all that, in the cutscene, a spider bit her on the hand and she threw it outside. “I could tell something was wrong, so I decided to cancel my hangout with my friend the next day, telling her I was sick. I couldn’t have been more wrong, but it was a good call. I absolutely trashed my room that day.” It showed Skye in her room, sticking to the bedcovers and the ceiling and her books. “Needless to say, my parents were kinda, okay super mad. Oh well, small price for a little superpower! I discovered during the next few days that I could create portals with my webs, and the first one led to the universe with the graffiti Spider-Man, Miles Morales.” Another scene showed her fistbumping with Miles, masks down on their spider costumes as they sat on top of a building. “There, I officially got my suit from Aunt May with some help. I wanted a little piece of everyone I met, so I asked Miles to decorate my costume a bit. He got the left arm, and I gotta say, it looked pretty sweet! Over the next week, I visited other universes and added to my suit a little at a time. You name them from Miles’s movie, I’ve probably visited them. Peni Parker (got a robotics upgrade from her), Noir (the guns were cool, but he also got a bit of space on my mask), Gwen (I stole her hoodie idea and went to gymnastics), Peter B. (not much, his suit’s the same as the original), and even Peter Porker (got a cartoon hammer, I love Looney Tunes)! They were all really cool, but my story isn’t about meeting them. Way too cliche, and probably done before, too. This little mini story takes place in the universe where that spider came from. So why don’t we finally get started, now that you know who I am?” The scene returned to Spider-Girl swinging from the Seattle Space Needle. She winked at the camera, and the screen turned black.

Skye yawned, sitting up in bed as her alarm went off. “Hey Google, alarm off,” she said tiredly, getting out of bed and getting dressed off-camera. She ate her breakfast, said hi to her family, packed up her backpack (not forgetting her Spider Suit), and jogged out the door to her bus stop. She napped on the bus until it arrived at school, where she was woken up by her Spidey senses. She got off the bus. “Hello again, Edison High,” she sighed, walking into the cafeteria and sitting down at a table full of older students. The narration starts. “This is my average, everyday high school, Edison High. These are my art club friends, Olivia, Jack, Darth, and.. well, they’re important to me, but maybe not to you. My other friends are Sofia, Haylie, Mitchell, AJ, and Micheal. At my high school, nobody apart from Sofia, AJ, and Haylie know I’m Spider-Girl, even though she’s the main topic of gossip. School’s boring, so I’ma skip it.”

The scene of a high school day is fast forwarded until the very end, where she goes to the bathroom. “I’ve long since made a secret exit, and most girls don’t check the bathroom mirror, so I get dressed in my onesie there. It’s really not that hard, and I have a drone get my backpack home. That does mean I have to do my homework in class, but I’m pretty smart, so I can do it most of the time.” Skye, in her Spider-Girl suit, exits the stall and opens the mirror like a door, walking inside. She drops her backpack into a carrier drone, then opens a secret door from the inside and webs to the top of the school. “All in all, a pretty normal day. No crime at the moment, so I decided to visit another universe again. I mean, why not?” She spun her web in a circle, creating a portal, which she swung into. “I wanted a little something to add to my outfit. But that day? Fate didn’t like me one bit.” She looked around at the other portals, which had markings on them, the logos of the different Spider-Men she’d met. One of the portals was unmarked, and that was the one she swung into. As soon as she did, she attempted to make another web, but failed. “Aw, what? Talk about bad timing..” the Skye in the scene said, before yelling and slamming into the ground. “I think I’ll stop the narration now, so you can focus on the story.”

The screen was black, but then Skye opened her eyes. In front of her was a rainbow Spider-Man, upside down in front of her. She yelped and scrambled backwards in surprise, bonking her head. “Ow..” she muttered, rubbing her head. She flicked her wrist, trying to spin her web. Nothing happened. “Damnit!” she cursed.

“You okay?” the rainbow Spider-Man asked, letting go of his web (which was unsurprisingly rainbow as well) and landing on the ground. “You hit your head pretty hard.”

Skye grinned under the mask. “I’ve had worse. I mean, when you’re Spider-Girl, you gotta be able to take a few hits, right?” She got up, standing in front of the walking rainbow and looking him up and down. “I like the sugar glider wings,” she complimented. “I bet those come in handy a lot, huh?”

He smiled too (though only shown with the eyes of his mask). “Yeah, they do. So, how’d you get here anyway? Super collider?”

She shook her head. “Nah, got here on my own. Part of my powers include going to other universes, weirdly enough. My webs aren’t working, though,” she flicked her hand for emphasis, “so I’m stuck here for the moment. I don’t think that’ll last for more than a couple days, so no need to worry.”

He sighed in relief. “Good, I’m already taking care of four Spider-Children, so I don’t need more.. why are you looking at me like that?” he asked, after seeing her starstruck expression.

“There’s more!?” she said, sort of high-pitched. She covered her mouth. “Oops. Um, basically, when I run into another Spider-Person, I want a way of remembering, so I add to my outfit.. I was looking to upgrade mine for a while, so this is perfect!”

He laughed. “Alright, I’ll take you to them. Be warned though, they’re all pretty extra in their own way.” The scene cut to him swinging her up to an apartment, setting her down.

“Thanks for that,” she said, embarrassed. “If I had my webs, I wouldn’t need you to do that, though..”

“Nah, it’s fine!” He took off his mask, grinning. “I don’t mind. I’m Thomas.” He held out his hand.

“Skye,” she said, taking it after pulling her own mask off. “Now if you don’t mind, you got some thread and needles?” He pointed her to a room. “Sweet!” she said, running in. “I’ll be back!”

After a few minutes, she came out with the same sugar glider extensions he had, but they were the bi flag instead of the gay flag. “Ta-daa!”

“Nice,” he nodded in approval. “There’s some spare clothes in the closet if you don’t mind sweats and t-shirts.”

She grinned. “That’s what I usually wear anyway!”

The screen showed a Spongebob ‘one hour later’ cutscene, then showed Thomas and Skye watching a movie. She was wearing a blue t-shirt and purple sweats. There was a knock on the door. “Come in, guys,” Thomas said, not taking his eyes off the movie. Skye, however, looked towards the door to see four different Spider-Men come through. One wore a royal outfit with flowers, hair uncovered, one wore a pink outfit with hearts and a baseball cap, one wore an outfit similar to Gwen’s with a V, and the last one wore a blue outfit that had a tie design on it and four robotic spider legs on his back. Her eyes widened.

“Okay, now I definitely need to update my outfit again!” She grinned, dashing into the room she’d been in before where her suit was. The others looked at her.

“Uh… who was that?” the one in the royal outfit asked, looking perplexed.

“You’ll see,” Thomas answered.

After a half hour, while everyone was on the couch with masks down, she came out with the suit on and mask up. The hoodie was up, and on top of it, there was a gray V like the Gwen lookalike’s mask. One of the legs had pink hearts and red flowers, and the other had the same design as the tie design but only up to below the knee. She was grinning, until she realized something. “Oh, right, I never introduced myself. I’m Skye, Spider-Girl!” she said, pulling her mask down and bowing.

“Virgil,” said the Gwen lookalike.

“Roman!” introduced the royal one.

“Hi, I’m Patton!” grinned the pink one.

“Salutations, my name is Logan,” said the one in the tie.

“Nice to meet all of you!” said Skye, grinning and sitting down with the rest.

A timelapse showed the day going by, nothing super interesting. The timelapse stopped at the next day during lunch, because that’s where the action is. Besides, this is supposed to be a short story, so I won’t bore you too much.

Everyone was having pizza. “Mm, they do not make pizza like this in Seattle, let me tell you,” Skye said after finishing her first slice. “I almost wish they did, but then I’d never cook for myself!”

Suddenly, everyone froze, Spidey senses going off. “Oh no, why in the middle of lunch?” Roman groaned, setting down his slice and going into one of the stalls in the corner. Everyone but Skye followed him, her going into the suit touch up room. One by one, they all emerged in their Spider suits. Thomas and his gang swung out, while Skye took a deep breath and glided after them using the addition she’d just added yesterday, since she still couldn’t use her webs. They arrived in Times Square to see the Scorpion causing trouble with the Tinkerer, again.

“Peter always has to deal with these guys, why don’t they ever quit?” Skye asked, perched next to the others on top of a building.

“Evil never rests?” Logan offered.

“Nah, these guys are just really annoying,” Thomas sighed.

They all jumped down, standing in front of either the Tinkerer or the Scorpion. Virgil, Logan, and Skye were in front of the Tinkerer, while Thomas, Patton, and Roman were in front of the Scorpion. “Time to kick some ass!” Skye said, crawling up a building and launching herself at the Tinkerer. Soon after, Virgil and Logan swung at him in turn, Logan knocking the Tinkerer out of his own vehicle and taking control, which he then used to stun the Tinkerer while Virgil tied him up. Thomas swung and glided onto the Scorpion’s face, blinding him. Patton and Roman tied the Scorpion up, then Thomas kicked the Scorpion over and over in the face, temporarily stunning him. As if it was second nature for her, Skye swung using her webs and tied the Scorpion up some more, knowing her webs were stronger than the others’ by nature. As she landed on the ground, she looked at her hands and smiled. “Looks like I can go home now,” she grinned to the others. “Sorry for overstaying my welcome.”

“Nah, you’re fun to hang around with. Come back anytime,” Thomas said, waving goodbye. She nodded and made a portal, swinging through as it closed behind her. She hung in place in the middle of all the universes, making five webs above the top of the portal she just came in from. The middle one was a rainbow spider, and the other four were a gray V, a red rose, a pink heart, and a blue tie. She grinned and swung through the portal labeled ‘home’, swinging above the city. She was lucky it was Saturday, so she didn’t miss any school. But how would she explain it to her parents? She shook her head to clear her thoughts as she spotted a robbery. Good never sleeps, she thought, webbing one of the criminals with a sigh. The scene faded to black.

“Hey, don't get mad, I told you it’d be short. Cut!”

@ask-spiderverse-virgil

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iscariotsdeputy · 5 years

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Analyzing Staci Pratt’s Character Arc

Julian Bailey once said, on February 13th, 2019: “Yeah, Staci has a real character “arc” and he’s way more complex than he lets on at the beginning…”. And I, Sam, your local Staci Pratt enthusiast, am here to explain why Staci is a deeper character than everyone’s favorite douchebag son. Now, you may look at me and say, “Sam, you dumbass, it simply ain’t that deep.”, to which I say you are completely valid, but you can and should bear with me here for a second. And yeah, you can reblog this if you wish.

Far Cry 5 opens in the small, backwoods locale of Hope County, a completely fictional place in Montana that’s actually inspired by southern Montana. Early on, it’s set up that there’s this heavily armed religious group that has taken roots in Hope County. And guess what? The cops are doing absolutely nothing about it. That is, until one fateful 2:37 AM. The Hope County Sheriff’s Department and one U.S. Marshal have decided to finally arrest Joseph Seed on the suspicion of kidnapping with the intent to harm.

Now, as you sit in the back of the chopper with Sheriff Earl Whitehorse and U.S. Marshal Cameron Burke, two Deputies sit up front, flying the ‘copter and pressing buttons like it’s nobody’s business. Their names are Joey Hudson and Staci Pratt, for the intents and purposes of this post, I will be focusing on Staci Pratt.

Not much is known about Staci Pratt pre-game, except for the fact that an NPC says “Deputy Pratt always came off as a bit of a douchebag, but that doesn’t mean he deserves what Jacob’s doin’ to him”. Throughout the first cutscene, you can occasionally hear some wise cracks from Staci, and although less noticeable, Staci does mess around with Joey up front, offering her his flask and whatnot. Now, Staci’s wise cracks come in the form of hazing the Rookie Deputy (“Maybe we shoulda brought Nancy along with us instead of the Probie. These Peggies wouldn’t fuck with her”) or disrespecting Joseph Seed (“Crazy motherfucker”).

If you think that Staci calling Joseph crazy is the only time Staci is disrespectful to his elders, you’d be incredibly wrong. Now, it’s not exactly “disrespectful”, but it shows a moment of doubt that Staci has towards the orders of Sheriff Whitehorse. When Whitehorse tells Staci to set down the helicopter, Staci does nothing at first. He just keeps the helicopter completely still and doesn’t move it. He’s completely silent too. Staci does nothing until Whitehorse says “Pratt” and Staci quickly says “Roger that”, like he was snapped out of a thought. So, this is where we set up Staci’s character arc:

Confusion. Staci’s character arc is moral confusion and also confusion of one’s identity. As of right now, let me quickly state who Staci is: A guy who’s a bit of a douchebag and he doesn’t believe in a word that Joseph says.

Let’s fast forward to when the Rook eventually goes to the Whitetail Mountains. When you reach these mountains, more often than not, you will hear THIS BROADCAST before you see Staci again. Now, you may say, “Sam, he could’ve just been reading this”. And yeah, definitely, he was reading. The way he stumbles through it and says it so blankly is a very obvious way to say “Yup, that’s false emotion”. So, if I were to put it on a timeline, this had to have been recorded when Staci was first taken in. Maybe within the first week or so of his capture. But, something I didn’t realize at first when I listened to it. Basically, the whole time, it sounds rehearsed. It sounds faked. It sounds like Staci had a gun to his head. But then get to the end. Around 1:10. Please listen close to when Staci says the phrase “Train, Kill, Sacrifice in the name of The Father and The Project at Eden’s Gate”. You hear him, right? Suddenly, he lights up. Suddenly his voice is more gruff, more emotional, more angry. Those cue words, that phrase, and Staci is there again. No stammer. No blank slate. Those are words that Staci believes in.

So, no matter if he doesn’t believe in Joseph normally, as soon as he hits those cue words, his heart is into whatever’s conditioned along with it.

While you’re running around the Whitetails, you’ll hear some NPCs talk about Staci.

My favorite thing is that a few people say “Friends might not be friends after Jacob’s done with ‘em.”, “He might never come out of it. The very least he’ll never be the same guy he was before. Not ever.”, “There’s not much of the old Deputy Pratt left. Jacob made sure of it.”

Alright folks, now we’re at the first time you see Staci in person again. Actually, it’s entirely possible from this clip that Staci is the one who carried your sorry butt to get conditioned. Now, it’s harder to notice because Jacob Seed may believe in culling the weak, but he doesn’t believe in proper lighting: Staci has scars. Staci is roughed up. He went from THIS to THIS. That is the reverse of a glow up. That’s a blow up. In this scene, Staci gets one line: “You shouldn’t’ve come for me. You should’ve run.” Also, the minute Jacob shows up, Staci literally runs to get in his spot. He runs to the back, gets out of Jacob’s way, and just stands there. So, in the time that Jacob has gotten his hands on Staci, our douchebag Deputy has suffered some major wounds to his pride. Believes both Rook and Him were both better off by leaving Staci in the mountains.

BUT HEY HE GETS MORE LINES IN THE CONDITIONING SEQUENCES HA HA GOD I’M IN PAIN.

Hey, hello there, welcome to the Time Break (Part I). What’s the Time Break, you ask? This is where I shamelessly yell about Staci’s voice lines because some of them don’t really fit into a specific point in time (You hear them after you free Stace, but these are just like “hey fun fact Jacob eats a kitkat bar the wrong way i wanna die” reminiscing things) , but they really just reveal facts about Staci’s mental state. Hint: It’s not good.

“Jacob took me on one of his hunts. Only we weren’t huntin’ any animals. A couple of prisoners had escaped. They didn’t get far.” FROM THIS AUDIO

Can I point out how at the end of this line, Staci laughs a lil bit? His voice lightens like he’s amused.

Also, Jacob took Staci on a hunt. It sounds like it was just the two of them hunting people down. I feel like it was a way to “”””reward”””” Staci and get him more chill with pulling the trigger on helpless prisoners.

“I had to help round up the wolves. Y’know, to be made into Judges. They were so scared. So scared.” SAME AUDIO AS ABOVE

This is fairly self explanatory, but yeah, this poor man had to round up scared, whining wolves and lead them to their deaths, essentially.

“I had a dream once that Jacob took me on a hunt. We shot some deer and he asked me to skin ‘em. As I was cuttin’ them open, they changed. It wasn’t deer. I...I don’t think it was a dream.” THIS AUDIO

STACI PRATT HAS SKINNED A HUMAN BEING A HUMAN PERSON A REAL ASS PERSON NOT A DREAM LITERALLY SKINNED A PERSON ALIVE Okay, in all seriousness, I believe Staci was going through his conditioning, which is why they changed. Or, worse, Staci hallucinated it in order to justify his behavior. Either way, Jacob Seed stood and watched as Staci skinned somebody alive under the pretense that he was just skinning a deer.

Finally, here’s Staci singing Only You

Hey there, buddy. Welcome back from The Time Break. Now, let’s keep moving right along through Staci Pratt’s suffering to the next cutscene, again, this is a one line scene. It’s when Joseph comes to speak with Rook about sacrifices and Rook wakes up to hear Staci “They want you to be strong. One of you will be strong.” And once again, Staci finds himself interrupted by Jacob and as soon as Jacob gets there, Staci moves to stand right in Jacob’s line of sight. First he stands on the right of Jacob, but when Jacob turns, Staci rushes to be on Jacob’s left so Jacob can still see him.

Now, let’s go to the next scene where Staci has no lines, but he’s there so let me analyze those body expressions and movements. Pardon my French, but Staci is doing his fucking best here. Like, poor dude has to rush to give Rook their mystery meat and then has to shave Jacob’s beard, then washes Jacob’s hands, and then hands the canteen over to Jacob. The most interesting thing here is the whole shaving nonsense because Staci has a literal knife to Jacob’s throat. Staci has a knife, right there, and he doesn’t slit Jacob’s throat open. He doesn’t kill Jacob, even though he has a very good opportunity. Why? The poor bastard was conditioned to believe that without Jacob, he had no purpose. Jacob is the leader. Jacob is strong. Staci can’t do it. Staci is subservient to Jacob in every way. So no, Staci isn’t going to kill Jacob. Staci is lost without Jacob.

Are you guys ready to commit treason? STACI SURE IS. BUT FUN FACT, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY DON’T THINK STACI THOUGHT OF IT HIMSELF. Let me run through the whole scenario real quick. Staci sneaks out, avoids the guards, goes to Rook, frees Rook, tries to warn Rook about their conditioning, and then shoves Rook onto the truck to free them. Staci thinks he’s being a hero. Staci thinks he’s doing something on his own, but he’s not. Now, why do I think Staci didn’t think of this himself? Because Staci said it himself.

He (Jacob) gets in your head.

Now, please tell me, how Staci would evade capture? He yelled at another prisoner that they weren’t strong. He alerted the Judges there because they started barking when Staci freed Rook. Also, it’s funny how there are no guards out there in the cage area. Nobody watching the prisoners. And how there were no guards that caught Staci and Rook on the way up to Jacob’s office. And that Jacob wasn’t in his office. And that there is a bag of weapons there that anyone would have noticed. Jacob sees everything, we learned this early on. He has security cameras everywhere, just like Eli. Anything Staci did, Jacob or a guard would have noticed. And yet, the alarm finally sounds off just as Rook is about freed. And when you wake up, the truck is all abandoned in the middle of nowhere. Staci was set up. Jacob orchestrated that and let Staci run through the motions.

It was a test. And Staci failed. Staci was weak and traitorous. And we all know what happens to our traitor…

He’s strapped to a chair. He’s publicly humiliated on TV. He’s strapped to a chair in a cold, wet, dark bunker. He is left to die. He will starve and dehydrate. He will rot. When he passes, his body will get thrown to the wolves. And the video ends with Staci crying to help. And guess what?

When you find Staci again. It turns out that he has been listening to that video for days, it has to be less than 7 because he would have dehydrated by then, most definitely. Imagine if you were in his spot. Imagine if you were left to die and all you got to listen to was a video of you being called weak and traitorous, and then you crying for help and crying for Jacob to not leave you there. It’s awful. It’s horrendous. And it leads to a major change in Staci Pratt.

When you meet again, Staci says the line, “Rook, are you real?”. This indicates that Staci had been sitting down there, having hallucinations about Rook and other people. When you free him, he falls to the ground. When he gets up, he says that he was weak. He says that maybe he deserved to die, to starve, to be stuck down there. Then, he takes a sledgehammer, and surprisingly after starvation and dehydration, through that sheer adrenaline and strength, he takes that hammer and smashes everything in sight. Then he takes a gun, says he’s strong and that the people who made him strong are now weak. And that they must be culled.

WOW THAT’S BAD, HUH?

YOU KNOW WHAT THIS CALLS FOR?

Welcome to Time Break (Part II). Now, we’re going to see some of Staci’s lines that happen after you free him and get him to the Wolf’s Den.

“We could’ve died. We could’ve died. And maybe..Maybe I deserved--NO, NO, STOP STOP! The weak! The weak must be culled!”

“Maybe we didn’t survive that crash. Maybe all this is purgatory. We have to atone for all the shit we’ve done before we can leave this place. We have to suffer before God will grant us salvation.”

“Train, hunt, kill, sacrifice.”

“I can’t take it anymore.”

“Jacob. His experiments. He takes us. Owns us. Speaks to us. He hears us.” THIS AND ALL ABOVE IT IS THIS AUDIO

“He was right! He was right! I knew it! I fucking knew it! Shit, Jesus, help us…”

“Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”

“Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, Amen.” (This happens when the bombs go off)

“It’s just gonna get harder. They want an offering. A Sacrifice.”

“I’m trying. I’m trying my best, you have to know that.”

“The whole time I was locked in that room I just kept thinkin’ about how I got here. Y’know why I became a cop…To get laid! That was it! It was a whim! And then after a while I tried to convince myself that I did it for the “greater good”. To help people. But I can’t. I know that now. Jacob taught me that.”

“I don’t know what I’m supposed to do anymore. I don’t even know who I am.”

“I...I don’t know what we’re supposed to do now. Protect and serve? Out here? There’s no law anymore, Rook. Look around! Someone shoulda been here by now! Nobody gives a shit about what’s happenin’ here. We’re on our own. Survival of the fittest. The weak and the strong.” ALL OF THAT WAS THIS AUDIO

If you resuscitate Staci, he says “You’re like my Guardian Angel!”

Alternatively, if Staci’s in pain, he’ll beg The Father to stop his pain.

“This place...do you know what it is? A protector from what’s to come. But it isn’t inevitable. He said to me that you could stop it. But only you, Rook...Only you...But if you don’t...if you don’t listen...if you don’t...We’re all gonna die. Either down here or up there. It won’t matter. We can’t stop it...The Father...He sees what’s coming...He’s right…” FROM HERE

“Nobody’s gonna take anything from me again. Ever.”

“You see that, Jacob?! Who’s weak now?!”

“I’m alive, but I’m weak...weak. Need to be strong. We are meat. We are all meat.”

Also here are four fun videos of what happens when you initiate combat with Staci Pratt: ONE TWO THREE FOUR

Now that we’re free from the final Time Break, let’s talk about the end of the game. First things first, let's talk about the common factor between the two endings, the confrontation with Joseph. This is when Rook turns and sees Joey and Staci forced down on their knees with guns to their heads. Joseph says that you can go in peace and there’s this exchange between Joey and Staci Joey: Go in peace? You’re fucking insane. Staci: Is he? We never should’ve been here in the first place.

Then, in the Resist Ending, as he sits in the back of the car, Staci screams a Hail Mary and then he yells about how Jospeh was right. How Joseph was fucking right. Also, Staci is sitting right by Joseph as he screams that all, so you know Joseph hears him.

Now, to the Walk Away Ending, as soon as they’re let go, Staci is shaking as he gets up and has his hands up to show he isn’t a threat. His back is hunched and he makes himself look small and he’s literally shaking like a leaf. Joey and Earl fight and he rushes to get in the truck. Staci sits in the back with his hands in his lap and staring at the floor. He stays silent until Whitehorse brings up coming back and fighting again. And all he does is say “No. No way. I’m not gonna be a part of this. You heard what he said.”

I’ve enjoyed the time we’ve spent together, I really do, but I’ve realized that I seriously need to come to a conclusion here. So, let’s go back to where this all began. We started with Staci Pratt, the douchebag cop who had wiseass remarks to every situation. Though Far Cry 5 follows the arc of a young, Rookie cop who faces something they were never prepared for, there is an arc to Staci Pratt’s character and it’s a path of confusion and not knowing who he is or where he belongs anymore.

One of the first things Staci does is insult Joseph, and by the end of this story, Staci Pratt believes in Joseph Seed and the Project and culling the weak. Staci’s character arc is so much breaking and breaking and breaking and then being rebuilt in the visage of the Project. In an essence, Staci develops and destroys himself at the same time. Pardon me for a pun, but Staci Pratt is a far cry of the man he once was. As Whitehorse and Joey still fight for the Resistance and loathe Joseph, the same cannot be said with Staci.

He believes is Joseph, but all of his friends are in the Resistance. He is every single one of Jacob’s lessons, beliefs, manifestos, plans, all shoved into one person. He is a living legacy of the man who orchestrated Eli’s murder and yet he’s sitting there in the Wolf’s Den. And yet, he was treated like shit in the Mountains. He was treated as lesser. Even, throughout this all, Staci’s belonging is a topic that really has no proper place.

When Jacob Seed said that Staci would die in the bunker, he wasn’t wrong.

The old Staci Pratt died a long time ago, and now there’s a new man living in his place.

#IM SO SORRY FOR HOW LONG THIS IS #YOU BET YOUR ASS I'M GONNA TAG MY HARD ASS WORK #Staci Pratt #Deputy Pratt #Deputy Staci Pratt #Out of Crashes: OOC

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Cutscene: Because We’re a Team

Lilac stood in front of Ivory, her limbs glowing sickly colors. She was shaking as was her opponent. “Is... Is that it!? You’re almost out of tricks you know. Why do you keep bothering?”

Ivory staggers and leans on her ax. She wasn’t down for the count by any means, but this fight was taking a heavy toll on both of them. In all honestly, she was pretty sure it was sheer willpower keeping her going. She could only hold off Lilac for so long. “All I have to do is keep you here. I just have to hold out!”

“For who!? Who could you possibly have left as backup!? Jade is almost certainly dead by this point and his psychotic partner isn’t about to come to your rescue! Face it, you have nothing left, Reynard! I want to see the hope spill from your eyes before I kill you! What could you possibly be waiting for!?”

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Lapis fired and slashed through several more of the ball-like drones that drove around them, trying to fire or explode to block their path. Lapis lead his sister, Violet, and Molly down the narrow street they were being lead to. “There’s a lot more than there used to be. We’ve got to be getting close!”

“It’s a warehouse half a block down. It can’t be hard to miss with the fight going on!” Molly shouts back. She had only been able to keep up with her injuries, not really participating in the combat despite dragging her gigantic wheel with her.

A barrage of the drones comes flying off the rooftop. “Down!” Lapis urges the three underneath his arm as he holds his barrier upward. The impact created a large explosion that send them all back. After scrambling back up, they turned around to the sound of more beeps and tire screeching.

“How many of these things did she build!?” Violet says double-checking her pistols. “We can’t just keep shooting at them like this, they’re just going to keep slowing us down.”

Lazuli spun around just in time for the sounds to be confirmed with a small group of the ball drones wheeling toward them. She raises her weapon to take more shots and standing. She flips it into its melee form to try and swing at an oncoming on, only for it to be deflected and bounce harmlessly against a wall where Violet shot at it to disable it. She had to do better than this. She had to think back to how her semblance activated that first time in her fight with Jade. All she could remember was being overcome with thoughts and memories of her friends and how much she wanted to protect them. Maybe that was where her part laid. She stands firm and faces the rest of the oncoming drones.

The sounds of her brother turning and trying to protest registered, but she couldn’t quite hear what he was saying. She was too focused. This wasn’t just about saving the person they were after. She had to make sure the people around her were safe as well-

All with the help of the people in her life close to her.

Something finally made sense as she makes the single connection all of the images that fought with her had in common. “You guys go ahead. I’ve got this.”

“No offense, kid, but no you don’t!” Molly returns, doing all she could to stay out of the way of everyone’s fighting. “If it was me, maybe I could do something about this but-”

Lazuli stood staring at the oncoming drones, reaching her hand out as if completely ignorant of the oncoming danger. “What was your name again?”

“Why is that important right now!? We need to get to Ivory!” There was no response from the girl. Molly didn’t really know a lot about her during her time at the Arena- Jade had taken a special interest in her and even brought Darcie in to check her out, but she had been absent for a lot of whatever happened to bust her out. “It’s Molly!” She finally blurted out. “There, are you happy!? Now help us out here!”

Lazuli gives a faint smile no one could see with her back to them. “Molly. My name’s Lazuli.” She finally turns around faintly and holds out her hand. “I forgive you.”

“Yeah. Awesome. That’s swell. We’re going to be best friends now.” Molly said dryly, and taking her hand. Her hand trembled for a moment. This was something new- the idea that someone went through everything the Arena could throw at them and she had the... whatever it was to forgive her? It gave her a moment of pause. “Hey, as cute as it is that you’re being nice to me a few minutes before we’re all blown up, how is this helping?”

Lazuli closed her eyes for a moment before letting go. “Just trust me.” She turns to face the oncoming drones and twirls Winterfang to block the oncoming shots, focusing on her breath and some thoughts. She took in the moment- that small spark of a kind gesture, that connection. She spun around and launched herself forward toward the pack of drones and a faint chain flew from her. Attached to it, a difficult to see form spun a circular shape at them and the impact sent them all flying, some in pieces. The shaky mimic of Molly lasted on a second before disappearing again.

“What the hell was that!?”

“Woah, cool semblance! If you can keep that up we can get to Ivory!”

Lapis met his sister’s confident and serene gaze. “Are you sure you’re going to be okay?”

“I think I finally figured this out so... hopefully. But someone needs to stay behind and take care of these things. Molly, stick with me. If you go back there that woman’s going to try and kill you first, isn’t she?”

Molly stood up a bit more firmly, trying her best to ignore her weakened state and roared her weapon. “Dammit, why do you have to be right!? Alright, but if you’re going to save Ivory, I’m not letting anything happen to us either. I’ve been through worse. Let’s go.”

Violet quickly heard a different beep and checked her scroll before pocketing it with a nod. “Let’s not waste any time. Onyx will be here soon. He’s following my signal. Come on- we’re almost there.”

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Ivory let loose a broad swing to crash through a barrier of pointed icicles that appeared in her way. Lilac had taken to launching projectiles and obstacles to wear her down.

I have to keep going. I have to trust Molly will find help.

Jade couldn’t be dead. She had this... feeling she couldn’t shake or describe. There was an assurance in the back of her mind that Molly was going to come back and that she’d show Lilac that people did care about her enough to come back for her. Her companions- they were a team, right!? Her team would come for her. Jade, Robin, Molly... they’d be here.

“Face facts!” LIlac shouts, landing on the ground and shuddering as more and more dust courses through her. She was running low on the painkillers and was starting to feel the searing sensation of it in her blood. “There is no one coming to get you! No one cares about you! You betrayed everything you’ve ever had and now you’re paying the price for it!”

“IVORY!” “REYNARD!”

The shouts were said in unison as shots rang out, peppering the area around Lilac in bullets.

“What!?”

Lapis and Violet managed to batter the old door off what was left of its hinges to stare down Lilac Cheshire, weapons drawn.

“You know, out of everything I expected to show up- this was not it. Why are you here?” He tone was ice cold as she glared down at the two figures. No, wait... There was one more.

“...Why? You three of all people?”

Onyx strode silently into the doorway as well. He rubbed his neck knowingly. He wasn’t really wanting to strain his voice further- but perhaps he’d have to.

“Because...” He began harshly and slowly, “This must stop.You’re accomplishing nothing anymore. You’ve destroyed everything but what you set out to.”

Ivory stared at them for a while. Onyx, Violet, Lapis... they had shown up. The team she was going to sell out to Jade. This wasn’t right. It wasn’t supposed to work out like this. Why were they here? She didn’t deserve their help. This had to be a coincidence.

Violet kept her gaze on Ivory, though. “It’s over.” She says in a kinder tone that she had imagined it sounding, “We’re here now. You can rest.”

“Wh-What...? No, this is some kind of joke! You can’t just show up and save me like this! It doesn’t make sense! Why!?”

“Why? Because we’re huntsmen and huntresses and it’s the right thing to do. Because someone came to us and said that the only person they care about was in danger. Because no one else was going to stop this psychopath from destroying the entire district and all those people just because she hates you.

“And because, as much as I want to say you deserve everything that’s coming to you, we’re a team and we’re going to end this as one.”

Lapis steps forward, gripping his weapon tightly and holding back the urge to charge right now. This was the person responsible for the deaths of so many of his friends- and a lot of his own old hatreds. It was like staring down all of his personal demons rolled up into one wretched person. “So... you’re the one, huh?”

Lilac scrunches her face and continues glaring. “Whatever it is you think is going on- it doesn’t concern you.”

“Pineyard,” he continues, “Logging village a little bit outside of an old dust mine that got attacked by a riot wielding your weapons.”

“Seriously!? Let me guess, you’re here to avenge your stupid little town, right?”

“Not anymore. This is about something way more important than that. Killing you won’t bring anyone back- but I sure as hell can make sure no one else has to go through what we did because of you. I have a feeling you’re not going to stop here.”

“We’re not here for us. We’re here to stop you for the sake of the people we care about. We can deal with Reynard’s boss later. Right now what matters is you don’t hurt anyone else!”

“You see that, Lilac!? I’m not alone. Maybe I don’t deserve it. They probably should still hate me for what I did, but right here right now I’m going to hold my promise. We’re stopping you and I’m going back to Molly alive.”

“We all are. I can’t call myself a real Goodfellow if I backed away from this now. My dad wouldn’t, my mom wouldn’t, I think even Robin wouldn’t... This is where I’m supposed to be and what I’m supposed to do.”

“I told you this was madness the moment I heard about it. Now...” Onyx lets out a cough and wipes his face, gritting his teeth and resuming.

“Don’t strain your voice, Onyx, we’ll call the shots. Just focus on the fight. Ready team?”

“So that’s how it’s going to be? Fine. I’ll rip you all apart myself.”

#teamoliv #Onyx Cheshire - Overheard Conversations #Lapis Hamelin - Overheard Conversations #Ivory Reynard - Overheard Conversations #Violet Goodfellow - Overheard Conversations #Lilac Cheshire - Overheard Conversations #cutscene #Team OLIV - The Red Arena

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persona-play-q · 5 years

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Introductions in Order

We begin our journey with quite the unusual scene.

Morgana: "...y" Morgana: "Hey! Wake up!"

Morgana. Waking Joker up, rather than telling him to go to bed.

This must be some sort of elseworld or something.

Also, WHAT IN THE UNHOLY NAME OF SATANAEL IS WRONG WITH MONA’S MODEL HERE JEZUS--

Morgana: "So you're finally up. You do know class has been over for quite a while, right?"

Ren: >"What was that cinema...?" >"What was that butterfly...?"

“W-Wait, he actually saw that butterfly? I kind of assume it was just part of the intro...”

“Those butterflies... Whenever they appear, it means something special is about to happen.”

“Yeah... Like a call for help...”

“...*cough* That is... not the inherent, intended meaning of the Butterfly...”

“...A herald of the Master above even our Master, the blue Butterfly is a symbol of human fate and its potential.”

“So, we’re watching a flick about... potential...? Huh?”

“......”

>Yosuke doesn’t even attempt to comprehend and just stuffs a hand of popcorn in his mouth. He’s seen too much to still be baffled.

Morgana: "Butterfly...? What are you talking about?"

Morgana: "Hey now, get a grip. Did you have a strange dream or something?"

Morgana: "Anyway, now that you're awake, let's go home. We still have to decide what you're going to do today."

Ren: >Right, let's do that. >I'm still sleepy .

Jesus, Joker, what are you, Makoto Yuuki??

In any case, Morgana acts supportive of our exhaustion, given how this is before the Casino dungeon and he gets everything has been a bit much lately. He tells Ren that he’s got his back. D’aww~

In front of the school...

Ryuji: "Finally, class is over! That sure was hell..."

Ryuji: *yawn*

Ryuji’s animations are adorable.

Ryuji claims he hasn’t been able to sleep lately because their Phantom Thief work has kept him so excited. He says that’s probably why he keeps falling asleep in class. However, a certain cat thinks otherwise.

Morgana: "Um, haven't you ALWAYS been napping in class, Ryuji?"

Ryuji tells him to shuddup.

Ryuji: "We still got plenty of time till our next deadline, but how about we go gather at the hideout?"

Ren: >”Let's meet up.” >”Should we, though?” >”Let's go have Ramen first.”

I really could go for some Ramen.

Ryuji: "Whoa, you sure are taking it easy... Oh, whatever! I want some Ramen too."

Morgana: "Hey, you guys, it's still too early to think about dinner. Let's go to the hideout first."

First my nighttime slots, now my food. Will Morgana ever stop taking the things I love??

Haru: "Oh, it's you two!"

Ryuji: "Hey, nice timing! We were just talking about going to the hideout."

Haru: "Good, I happen to have some after-school time to spare today. The situation at our company has calmed considerably by now."

Ryuji sends texts for everyone to come in.Everyone replies in 2 seconds flat

Ryuji stares at his phone.

They are all going to Leblanc.

Morgana: "Alright! Then we're unanimous: Today we shall conquer another section of Mementos!"

Not if destiny has a word to put in, Mona.

Futaba: “Roger that! I will put my all into navigating.”

After best girl appears, she gets an intro screen. Everyone does.

FUTABA SAKURA. The adopted daughter of the owner of your current residence. Was a Hikikomori when you first met her. Has genius hacking skills. Her code name within the Phantom Thieves is “Oracle”.

It actually says “Navi”, but for the sake of consistency with the localization, I’ll go with “Oracle”.

“Oh, we’re all getting intros? That’s convenient.”

“Yeah, it’s really going to save time on introductions.”

HARU OKUMURA. A 3rd year at Shujin Academy and thus your Senpai. The heiress of her father’s large company, “Okumura Food”. In some ways, she is rather naive towards the world. Her Code Name is “Noir”.

ANN TAKAMAKI. A 2nd year and your classmate. A 1/4 American girl, with a bright, caring personality. Sometimes works part time as a magazine model. Her Code Name is Panther.

Ann: "Hey, Makoto. I don't mind going to Mementos today, but do you think it's okay to not tackle the Palace yet...?"

Makoto: "Don't worry. Honing our skills first is important. The next one is one battle we can't lose."

It’s nice to have it referenced how important that upcoming dungeon was to Makoto.

“...I remember that day. That was when we gathered at the Hide Out to take Akechi into Mementos for the first time.”

“Why are we seeing that though? I don’t remember anything special happening back then. We fought some Shadows and that was it.”

“...Akechi?”

> Naoto listens up.

“Goro Akechi? You knew him...?”

“Ah... Now, that’s gonna take some explaining...”

“It’s gonna be easier to just let them see. I have a feeling it is coming up anyway.”

MAKOTO NIIJIMA. A 3rd year and your Senpai. An accomplished Student Council President of high moral standards. Occasionally also shows a less restrained side. Her Code Name is “Queen”.

YUSUKE KITAGAWA. A second year at Kousei High, where he studies Art. Has promising potential as an artist. Rather eccentric and emotional, he seems to live in his own little world. His Code Name is “Fox”.

MORGANA. A mysterious cat you met in the Metaverse. Transforms from a normal cat into a bizarre mascot. Can also transform into a car. His Code Name is “Mona”.

“... ‘Mona’.”

> Yosuke squints.

“Everyone got themselves badass Code Names, and you went for... Mona.”

“J-Just so you know, I object to EVERYTHING in that description!”

“Ah, so you CAN’T transform into a kitty-car! Geez, and bear I was confused about how that would go!”

“...ALMOST everything!”

“... Come to think, you guys are pretty unfazed by the fact that Mona-chan can talk...”

“We have Teddie. We’re beyond surprising.”

“And I’d say at this point, Teddie is only the tip of the proverbial ice berg.”

“It’s actually kind of surprising that there’s something that similar to Morgana out there. I always kind of thought he was one of a kind.”

“I-I AM one of a kind, Lady Ann! You should know that!”

“Yeah! And so am I by the way, Ann-chan~!”

“...Don’t call her that...!”

> Angry cat hissing noises.

Ryuji: “Well, doesn’t matter if Palace or Mementos, we just gotta do it to it!”

The model looks better from this angle.

RYUJI SAKAMOTO. A 2nd year. Used to be Star of the Track Team. Passionately hot-blooded and immature. His impulsiveness sometimes gets him into trouble. His Code Name is “Skull”.

Ryuji: "By the way, where's that guy? This would be our first time taking him to Mementos, too..."

Ryuji: "I mean, it'd be a shame if we had to just 'forget' about him..."

Akechi: Sorry to make you wait.”

Ryuji: “Ugh.”

Futaba: “Speak of the devil.”

“That’s...”

“Goro Akechi. I did hear that he had infiltrated the ranks of the Phantom Thieves for a while during the mission that lead to the temporary capture of their leader.”

“I see... I wasn’t allowed access to the files regarding the case, so I had no idea.”

GORO AKECHI. A third year student. A high school aged private detective. His sharp sense for deduction and reasoning, as well as his looks have earned him a lot of fame. He is also called “The second coming of the Detective Prince”. His Code Name is “Crow”.

“Whoaaaaa! What a Bishie! He’s almost up there with me on the pretty-boy scale...!!”

“Yeah, that is one thing he had going for him...”

“ Mitsuru-san, if I may ask...”

“Of course. Once we’re done here, I will give you a complete copy of the case file, Shirogane.”

“Thank you. This is all very interesting...”

“Infiltration, huh...? Yeah, that’s the right word for it...”

“Not like we fell for it, of course. But we did need to play along with him for just a while. Else we wouldn’t have been able to put an end to his games.”

“His ‘games’, huh...”

> Yosuke already doesn’t like the guy.

> Your Code Name is “Joker”. You are the Leader of the Phantom Thieves.

“I thought I felt something ‘Senpai’-ish from that guy...”

“Yeah, that guy does feel special... He may have the same power as Sensei and Ai-chan!”

“The power of the ‘Wild Card’...”

“...”

>Marie looks up, seemingly slightly disinterested.

“I don’t know what you mean. Yu is Yu. There’s only one of him.”

“That may be. But even so, it is surprising, to see that there is such a number of Persona Users who share the same powers as...”

“...”

“In any case. It will be interesting to see how this, as they say ‘plays out’.”

After this scene, the Phantom Thieves head out for Mementos. There’s a badass cutscene which shall be shared.

#PPQ2Liveblog

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Surrender || Ishtar

Participant(s): Ishtar; Ced; Tine (@sireneia); Implied Finn & Febail

Words: 1,625

Type: Cutscene / Drabble

Summary: Ishtar takes to the field of battle towards the end of the war, determined to die fighting. Tine interrupts her fatal duel with Ced, and makes her change her mind.

Content Warning: Suicidal thoughts; Injury; Character Death (Mentioned); Attempts at a more Free-Indirect Discourse-y writing style that maybe hasn’t worked out so hot, excuse the grammar; Potential overuse of the ‘-’ punctuation mark.

She was going to die here. But she'd be damned if she couldn't take someone with her.

Ishtar wasn't really sure how to speak about her emotions anymore, all of them swirling inside her and out of her and mixing with the lightning dancing along her arms like a storm - it was like every bolt she threw at the liberation army was a piece of her anger, or her fear, or her sadness or her guilt or her-

She wasn't sure when her screams of anger turned into pain, or when the first returning blow had struck her, but it didn't matter. A wave of her hand and another bolt would knock that man with the lance off his horse, a swing of both of them crashing down would force the archer to move before the hill he was using as a vantage point was cleaved in half, a point and a howled word would send more arcing from her fingers to impale that green-haired-

It didn't work out like that. The green-haired man, the one she'd fought before, the hidden scion of Silesse - his own tome flared, and he seemed to split the sky in front of him, the bolt sent crashing to ground either side of him rather than spearing him as she had intended. Ishtar's eyes narrowed and she forced herself to restrain her emotions, letting out a shaky breath.

She was going to die here. But if she could take down at least one other Holy Weapon user as a parting gift for her love...that would be worth it. Even if her love was far gone. Or was he? Had she jumped to the right conclusion after speaking with Arvis? She was confused and hurt and angry and she wanted it all to go away-

The wind flared, and Ishtar raised her arms, lightning cracking the sky in two and protecting her from the worst of his blow. The rest of the armies - both hers and this 'Liberation' army - had backed off for the moment, understandably not wanting to get caught in the crossfire of this kind of clash. She stared at him, trying to glare but failing to muster up any kind of energy in her gaze other than dead, blank eyes.

She knew that was the case when the look Ced gave her was one of pity, not fear or respect. And it drove her insane. Ishtar let out another conflicted howl, casting an arm forwards and reveling in the only thing she could really fully believe in right now.

I am the Goddess of Thunder. I am the storm.

Ced managed to batter it aside with yet another redirecting gust, but Ishtar wouldn't let up - just wouldn't give him the time to muster his own attack. She was aware that she was leaving her guard horrifically open, leaving herself defenseless against any reasonable counterattack by any other member of his army, but she didn't care. All those lessons on how to fight properly that her father had rapped into her, his own lightning punching into her stomach again and again until she learned? Useless.

Bloom had never had to fight like this. He'd used it a few times, perhaps, but he had never really understood what Mjolnir was capable of. Not like Ishtar did. She felt something trickling down her cheeks, and for a brief second she wondered when she'd started crying. That second was all Ced needed, stepping past one of her wildly thrown bolts and lashing out with a hand, wind gathering lashing out before she could have a chance to muster a guard-

She felt the deep cut spring up along her leg and she howled in pain, falling down to one knee as a hand moved to clutch the gaping wound in her shin. It was a miracle she hadn't lost the leg, that the blast hadn't cut through bone- he didn't have the time to focus it correctly. He does now-

Ishtar managed to get a defense up in time to stop what must have been Ced's intended coup de grace, a bolt of lightning robbing his wind of its momentum - splitting it into a dozen shards that criss-crossed her arms, face and torso, leaving shallow cuts that all started to bleed profusely despite their depth. She couldn't see out of one eye anymore, but pushed her counter, forcing Ced back on the defensive even as she slowly stood up with only one good leg.

"Please. Stop." Ced said quietly, and the words made Ishtar's blood boil. How dare he tell her to stop fighting? What did he have to fight for! Everything! What did she have left to fight for? Nothing! She had nothing left to lose and nothing left to gain and all she knew was the lightning dancing through her blood and she would cast him down for saying such a thing-

She wasn't sure which of the bolts she'd thrown had been the one to strike Ced in the side and cast him to the ground, but she could smell the seared flesh and smiled viciously. Nailed him. She could hear yells of panic and screams from the Liberation army - good, let's see you react to losing one of your own, like you took Reinhardt and Ishtore and Liza from me - and raised one hand, gathering another bolt that would reduce Ced and Holsety both into ash-

"Ishtar, PLEASE!"

She stared numbly through her one eye not blinded with blood. Tine was crouched over Ced's prone body, the prince weakly muttering for her to get away, not to do this - but Tine was staring at her, tears running down her face as she pleaded with her cousin.

"Please, Ishtar. Please. We don't have to fight like this." Tine begged. Ishtar growled, and could feel her arm shake. Could she do this? Could she strike down her cousin? She figured the bolt would have enough power to take her and Ced both, but her mouth was dry and despite the lightning on her fingertips she couldn't muster the will to strike down.

"Please." Tine said weakly, and she could have sworn she saw Tine's hand move to clasp Ced's and squeeze for a moment. "Just not him. Please, Sister, not him."

Sister.

"Get out of the way, Tine." She said weakly, her arm slowly shifting to point at the two - the lightning crackling into an orb in her open palm, staring at them with trembling knees. "I'll go through you if I have to."

"No." Tine mumbled, seeming to brace herself. "You won't."

Ishtar released the bolt, and in that exact moment felt something inside her scream in revulsion. What had she turned into? Gods, she was about to kill- no. Somehow, and she wasn't sure how, but Tine managed to parry the half-hearted bolt of lightning - but it was clear how much more it took out the younger girl. Meeting even a weak blast from a Holy Weapon with naught but a normal tome was a feat that could burn out most mages, and it was clear to Ishtar she couldn't do it again, Tine crumpled over Ced.

Their hands still clasped. Dammit, why? Ishtar staggered over and grabbed Tine by the shoulder, pulling her off him - ignoring her shouts and pleas not to, or her feeble struggles to stop her - and stared at the prone prince. Then Ced's eyes snapped open, and Ishtar had a bare instant of a second to gather a defense before a ball of wind crashed into her chest.

There hadn't been a cutting edge to it - but the sheer force made her ribs crack and sent her sprawling onto her back almost twenty feet away, head smacking against the ground and making her black out for the briefest of moments. Tasting blood in her tongue Ishtar tried to stand back up, but she could see Ced approaching her - not even walking. Flying. The man was fucking flying towards her. Bastard.

"Do it then." Ishtar said bitterly, fingers digging into the earth. She couldn't feel the lightning anymore, couldn't muster up the strength to keep fighting, not with her injuries. Ced paused, hesitant, and all of Ishtar's emotions came rushing back - tears mixing with the blood coating her face as she screamed at him. "DO IT! KILL ME!"

"Alright." Ced said in a quiet voice, and Ishtar closed her eyes - she could hear the wind gather, hear the voices it seemed to be pulling with it along the way - and then it stopped. She opened them and let out a groan of despair as she saw Tine standing between the two, having a heated argument with Ced, or as heated as she could in her exhausted state. The rest of the Liberation Army was advancing as well, and she was certain that at least one of them would have to be ruthless or opportunistic enough to sneak a knife between her ribs while she lay there.

She'd tried to kill Tine. That thought stabbed through her gut and hurt worse than any of her other wounds, enough to make her eyes widen and vision grow clearer even through her concussed state. She'd called her sister. She'd looked after her for so long, and she tried to repay her by - by -

What had she turned into? Some monster like the beast that was calling himself Julius?

"It's alright." Ishtar said weakly, and Tine turned to her. Ishtar unclasped Mjolnir from her belt and weakly tossed it at Ced's feet, rolling onto her back and trying - and mostly failing - to sit up.

"...I surrender."

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Happy Life: Angelic Game

Primary Pairing: YohaRiko Words: ~2.8k Rating: K AU: Angelic? Time Frame: First day of Riko’s 2nd and Yohane’s 1st year of college Story Arc: Stand Alone

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Author’s Note: Writing Revelations and My Angel got me thinking about scenes that might lead up well to them. This is the first resulting scene.

Ughn… what a day… Riko sighed as she got off the train and started walking toward her apartment. First, she had missed her train in the morning so she was late for her first class. Then, she had foolishly answered a trick question of one of her professors, embarrassing herself in front of the class. Next, her class right before lunch had gone over its scheduled time, leaving her with little time to eat.

It was also then that she realized she had forgotten her lunch on the counter. However, her saving grace was that Yoshiko had found it on her way out and brought it to her. And even though she still had to shove it down before her next class, it had been a small oasis of happiness in the midst of the chaos. After that…

Riko continued to a mental replay of her dismal first day of the new term. She was tired, both physically and mentally. She was tired of dealing with people. She was tired of dealing with crowds. All she wanted to do was curl up on the couch with one of her favorite manga books and forget the rest of the world existed.

“Welcome home, Riri!” An excited voice called from within the apartment as Riko opened the door. A moment later, a blue-haired bundle of energy bounded around the corner.

“Hey, Yocchan.” Riko felt a smile turn up the edges of her lips and some of her tension eased at the warm greeting.

“I was just about to send you a message on LINE to see if you had plans for dinner.”

“I’ll get things started in a moment.”

“Are you sure?” Yoshiko tilted her head as concern tinged her voice. “You look kinda tired.”

“I’ll be fine. Cooking will help take my mind off things.”

“Not a good day?”

“Could have been better.” Riko decided not to go into full detail. “How was yours?”

“Let it be known that on this darkest of days,” The fallen angel began to announce with pride as she held her signature gesture up to her eye “Yohane’s fate may have become entwined with some wonderfully wicked little demons.”

Riko chuckled. “Let me guess, in your drama class?”

“Of course! Where better to find them?”

“It’s good to hear that you’re making friends.”

“But you aren’t?” The hint of concern returned.

“I’m still in touch with the friends I made last year. We’ll see how things go this year, but that was only the first day.” Riko shrugged. “And if nothing else, I can still come here and see you.”

“True.” Yoshiko nodded. “Anyway, a new game was released in one of my favorite series, and I just put the disk in when you came in, so I’m going to get back to that. Let me know if you change your mind and want help with making dinner.”

“Will do. Thanks, Yocchan.”

Yoshiko displayed a wide and toothy grin before heading back to the living room.

“Dinner is ready!” Riko called.

“Smells delicious.” Yoshiko replied, appearing quickly, almost as if magically summoned. She took her seat and clapped her hands together. “Itadakimasu!” She declared happily before holding out her plate.

Riko laughed lightly at her roommate’s enthusiasm as she ladled out a serving to her.

Yoshiko’s chopsticks snapped up an impressive portion and shoved it into her mouth. “Mmmm!” She hummed merrily. “It is even more delicious than it smelled!” She took another bite. “Had Yohane known the mortal realm held such delicacies, surely she would have fallen sooner.”

“Alright, now you’re just being dramatic.” Riko shook her head, though she couldn’t shake the smile she had, even if she had wanted to do so.

“But it is really good, Riri.” Yoshiko insisted. “Try it for yourself!” She held out her chopsticks.

Riko blinked. “I have my…” She realized the younger girl wasn’t paying attention to her attempted protest as she moved her chopsticks closer. Fine, whatever. She leaned forward and accepted the offer.

Wha…?

Riko resisted the urge to recoil as the tofu hit her tongue. Why was it so salty? And did she taste vinegar as well? Had the recipe even called for vinegar?

“Good, isn’t it?” Yoshiko said with a smile. “Riri is a good cook.”

Well, it wasn’t bad, per se, but it definitely was not what Riko had expected. Should she admit this fact to Yoshiko? She tried to think about what she might have done wrong as she chewed.

“It’s not bad.” Riko decided to admit after swallowing. “But I think I can do better.”

“Anything more delicious might end up becoming sinful.” Yoshiko said with a warning tone. “Riri had best be careful lest she fall.” She smirked. “Unless, of course, that’s what Riri wants.”

“I doubt I’m in danger of falling just yet.” Riko replied, taking the first bite from her own plate and deciding it was tolerable enough to finish. “But thanks for the compliment.” At least the younger girl seemed to be enjoying herself, despite whatever mistake had apparently been made. “So, Yocchan,” she decided to change the subject “tell me more about this drama class you decided to take.”

“Oh!” Yoshiko perked up even more. “Well, you see…”

The two girls continued to chat as they finished their meal. Then, since Riko had cooked, Yoshiko insisted she clean up, though Riko still helped a little. Finally, they both made their way to the living room.

“Ahhh…” Yoshiko sighed as she took a spot on the couch. “Yohane may have committed a deadly sin and overindulged a little.” She patted her belly and grinned. “But perhaps she can be forgiven as Riri prepared such a divine dish.”

“I’m glad you liked it.” Riko smiled as she sat down on the other side of the couch and opened her book.

“Mmm…” Yoshiko hummed as she put on her headphones and unpaused her game.

A moment later, Riko looked up from her manga. Something that sounded like swords clashing had caught her attention. Sure enough, Yoshiko was in the middle of an intense battle against a group she assumed were bandits or some sort of outlaws. Riko watched as the other girl deftly dodged their strikes before slipping behind one to deliver a devastating blow. The fight concluded with Yoshiko as the victor and shortly after, a cutscene began. Though Riko could read the subtitles on the screen, she found herself straining to hear the voices coming out the tiny speakers of Yoshiko’s headphones.

“Yocchan…”

“Mmm?” The blue-haired girl paused the game. “What’s up, Riri?” She asked, turning to the redhead.

“Would you mind, uhm…”

“Oh, sorry. I know these are cheap,” she indicated the headphones “so there’s probably some sound leakage. I can turn it down.”

“No, that’s not it.” Riko shook her head. “Actually, I was wondering if you would mind switching the sound to the TV?”

Yoshiko blinked. “Well, I can, but I was trying to avoid distracting you, Riri.”

“It’s not distracting.” Riko set her book down on the end table. “In fact, that scene looked interesting, so I’d like to watch for a bit, if you don’t mind. And I’d like to hear the voices better for the next one.”

Yoshiko stared at Riko for a moment before a smile crossed her lips. “Alright.” She pulled the cord for the headset.

“So, would you mind filling me in with what I’ve missed?”

“Why don’t I just start a new game?”

“Oh, no, you don’t have to go that far…”

“I was going to soon anyway.” Yoshiko explained. “I was just playing through the tutorial to see if I might like the new class they introduced, but I definitely prefer the one I’ve used in all of the other games. I’d’ve finished that fight a lot easier if I was playing my normal class. Plus the opening cinematic is awesome and gives a good summary of the last few games so even people new to the series can just start playing without feeling completely lost. And Riri is kinda like a new player, so, yeah.”

“You’re sure you don’t mind?”

“Not at all.” Yoshiko grinned as she quit out to the main menu. “And if you want, you can help me design my character.”

“Design?”

“Yup. See?”

“You can play as a woman?”

“Uh-huh.” Yoshiko nodded as she made the selection. “I was just playing as a guy earlier because I didn’t want to bother with this part for a character I probably wasn’t going to keep, so I just took the default. But I usually play female characters because they get the best outfits.”

“They do?”

“Yeah, like, uhm…” Yoshiko reached for her phone. “I saved a shot of one of my favorites from the last game because I want to try to make it someday.” She found the picture and turned the screen to Riko.

“It’s lovely… but… how does that even work?”

“I dunno.” Yoshiko admitted with a shrug. “I’ll find out when I design it.”

“How do you fight in it?”

“No idea.”

“Would that even be comfortable?”

“Dunno. But it looks awesome.”

“I suppose…”

“Anyway, this game has even better graphics and according to the advertising, there are even more outfits that can be unlocked than in the last game.” Yoshiko grinned. “I can’t wait to see them. Ooo, how about this color for the hair?”

“It looks like your hair color.”

“Exactly.” Yoshiko grinned. “Seems fitting of a fallen angel.”

“They made a fallen angel class?” Riko raised an eyebrow.

“No, no, silly Riri.” Yoshiko laughed. “However, there is an angelic race. Sadly, they haven’t made it available as a playable one yet. Anyway, I’ll be playing a subrace of elf that was exiled from the high elves, so they kinda have the fallen vibe going for them. Oh, and she’ll be a warlock, and so she’ll have a bunch of magic spells powered by darkness and chaos and whatnot, which would of course be appropriate for a fallen angel.”

“So you’ve figured out a way to make your own version of a fallen angel in this game.”

“Pretty much.”

“Is that why you like it so much?”

“Well, it’s a nice bonus.” Yoshiko admitted. “But it is still a really fun game with an awesome story. Anyway, here is the initial setup.” She pointed to the screen. “How does she look? Anything you want me to change? Don’t worry about the outfit just yet, that’s just what we start with. I’ll find something better soon.”

Riko studied the character on screen for a moment. “It… I mean she… really looks like you…” She found herself impressed with the level of detail and how well Yoshiko had manipulated the settings to create what she wanted. And if she was to be entirely honest, the character was kind of cute. Almost as cute as the girl she represented. “Except she’s missing…”

“Yeah, I know. Unfortunately, even with all of the hairstyle choices they programed in, they neglected to include a conduit.”

“Conduit?”

Yoshiko reached up to tap her bun. “The conduit through which a fallen angel draws her powers.”

“Ah…”

“So, on to the intro.” Yoshiko accepted the settings. “If you have any questions, just ask. Oh, and say, Riri, you know romance type stuff, right?”

“I… wha?” Where did that question come from?

“Pretty much all of the companions have optional romance side quests.” Yoshiko explained, pausing the scene so they wouldn’t miss anything. “Your actions through the game and your conversations with them affect how they feel about you, and if you do things right, you can choose one, or more, as romantic partners.” She smirked. “I’m willing to bet you’ll like some of those cutscenes, Riri, considering your tastes.” She jutted a thumb in the direction of the bookshelf that held some of Riko’s manga collection.

Riko felt herself blush a bit.

“Anyway, I’ve never been good at those things, so I’ve always just skipped them, but there is one companion in this game that I’d really like to get and make my partner if I can. So, maybe Riri can use her knowledge of romance type stuff to help?”

“Maybe…” Riko had to admit the concept sounded interesting. She hadn’t expected a fantasy adventure type game to have romantic subplots and found herself curious how they might play out.

“She appears in the intro.” Yoshiko unpaused the game again. “I’ll point her out.”

“Alright.”

The intro began to describe a war-torn world with multiple races, factions, kingdoms and empires. It touched on the various alliances that had formed and fallen apart over the years and the friction that existed between… well, pretty much everyone. While at first glance, it felt like the typical setup for an action-packed adventure game, Riko had the feeling there was a lot of passion that went into the world building of the project.

“There she is!” Yoshiko suddenly said as a crimson-haired woman appeared on the screen.

Riko shifted her attention to the character. Strange. Other than the hair color, she looked rather similar to all of the other characters; nothing really set her apart from… oh… Suddenly, a pair of brilliant white wings sprouted from the woman’s back and in a flurry of flaps and feathers, she was borne aloft.

“Oooo, she’s so cool!” Yoshiko practically squealed with delight. “I wish you could play as someone from her race, but I can understand why they didn’t implement it; the whole thing about being able to fly would probably be game breaking early on. Still, they did include it in some of her side quests. Apparently, she carries you, but you get to control the flight. Oooo… I can’t wait to get her as a companion! The beta testers were talking about how difficult it is to gain rep with her, but they were pretty sure there was some sort of hidden bonus if you played as a female character, so I have that at least. And with Riri’s help, Yohane might even be able to make her my partner!”

Riko couldn’t help smiling as Yoshiko’s excitement began to feel a little contagious. Once the opening cinematic had concluded, Yoshiko proved her earlier point by completing the tutorial fight in less than half the time of her first run and moved on to new parts of the game. But despite Riko finding herself enjoying the bits of plot scattered between battles, she quickly realized she was far more interested in watching the girl playing than the game itself. The way she carefully considered her speech options, or how she gleefully dispatched dozens of lesser foes with her spells, or how intensely she concentrated during tougher boss battles, it was all fascinating. Who knew video games were this interesting, or more specifically, watching someone play them?

Riko felt a yawn come up and was unable to contain it. She glanced at her phone. When had it become so late? Had she really been that lost in watching Yoshiko play her game? Not that really minded, it had been quite an entertaining experience.

“Yocchan.”

“Mmm?”

“I’m going to go get ready for bed. I didn’t realize…” Riko was interrupted by another yawn “the time. And I have class in the morning.”

“Alright, just let me save…. and… there.” The game returned to the main menu.

“Oh, you don’t have to stop playing. I didn’t mean…”

“It’s fine. Did you like watching?”

“I did.” Riko nodded.

“Then Yohane doesn’t mind waiting for Riri before playing again so nothing important is missed.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yup.” Yoshiko grinned. “I have plenty of other games I can play when you’re not available. Plus, I’m really hoping Riri can help me with that companion. I hope she is introduced soon. If she was an optional companion and not introduced during the main story, I would have hoped someone would have said something online by now…”

“Alright.” Riko returned the smile before getting up to go take her bath. “Oh.” She paused and turned back to her roommate. “Thank you, Yocchan.”

“Hm?” The younger girl tilted her head questioningly.

“For an enjoyable evening. I needed that after today.”

“It is a fallen angel’s duty to ensure the well-being and happiness of her little demons.” Yoshiko held up her signature gesture.

“Right. Of course. Anyway, I’ll be out in a bit and you can have your turn.”

“Alright.”

Riko continued to smile as she stepped into the bathroom and began to fill the tub. Even in their short time living together, Yoshiko continued to prove herself a good choice in roommates. Riko wondered if the younger girl realized the effect she had. For someone claiming to be a fallen angel with dismal luck, she maintained a fairly positive energy that filled the apartment with a welcoming aura. And because of that, during the last week or so, Riko had felt something she hadn’t felt since moving out of her parents.

Riko eased herself into the water and sighed contently. She felt relaxed. She felt happy. She felt at home.

Author’s Note Continued: So, yeah... Yohane is taking a drama class now. That idea came to me literally as I reached that point in writing the scene. But I like it and it has already given me more ideas to play with for future scenes. I can see her combining assignments from both drama and design classes by designing costumes for a play. I can see her convincing Riko to play the piano in the orchestra for a play. I can even go further into the timeline and see her helping out at a local theater after she opens her shop; designing costumes, taking minor roles here and there, and still wrangling Riko in for some fun as well.

Also, the working title for this scene was Home, but as I ended up getting carried away with the part about Yohane’s game, I changed it. Perhaps later I will write a different scene with another way that Yohane makes Riko feel at home in the apartment they share. Or maybe I’ll flip it and show how Riko makes Yohane feel at home. As always, I’ll see where my µ’s muse takes me.

And on the topic of feeling at home and being comfortable and such, this scene is the first of what I hope to be several that touch on the ideas I mentioned in my set of Unsent love letters. For example, in Riko’s letter, she mentions being grateful for Yohane’s unusual tastes, so I wanted to show Yohane enjoying one of Riko’s mistakes. Riko also mentions watching Yohane get excited playing video games, thus what ended up being the central theme in this scene. And finally, the aura and energy that Yohane brings to the apartment. I’d like to extrapolate out some stuff from the other main letters as well at some point to showcase what Maki loves about Nico, what Nico loves about Maki and what Yohane loves about Riko.

Finally, I’m not exactly sure what game Yohane is playing. Maybe some sort of mix of Skyrim, Dragon Age and the like. It’s a fantasy game. It has swords and sorcery. Definitely has elves and dwarves and gnomes and trolls and orcs. Probably a dragon or two or three. And an angel companion who I may or may not get around to naming... would it be too blatant to name her Sakura?

#YohaRiko #YoshiRiko #Sakurauchi Riko #Tsushima Yohane #Love Live Sunshine #Happy Life #fanfic #Tsushima Yoshiko

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This is a fairly lazy critique imo. Not really just in the literal sense.I can know that sometimes people really have got a really busy life-style and they want to reduce down on period consuming duties in-game, and just jump between the great bits. But for a game like this l can't find why I would want to do that.The cars (and the music) are usually outstanding. New Bordeaux is usually fun to discover. Every region has a different feel.

And most importantly, it doesn't take you hours to generate from one end to the othér,merely 5 to 10 minutes. Unless you really feel appreciated to abide by every traffic regulation or you're scared to phase on the gasoline and float into the sides. I wear't thoughts the lack of fast Travel either, but I think they do a shitty thing with those various goals.

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I put on't get why everyone of those vehicles and Moonshine vehicles wants to become in the Bayou. I get why the vessels are presently there, apparent, but they could've spread those vehicles and vehicles even more around the chart. How does this relatie?

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The Mafia series has seen multiple hiatuses between games, with eight years between the first two and six between the second and third. It has now been four years since the third entry, but 2K Games is set to remake the first game as part of a new release known as Mafia Trilogy. While that version is not out for a few more months, they recently released the remastered Mafia II along with including the already existing Mafia III that is now known in the collection as Mafia III: Definitive Edition.

When Mafia III was originally released, there was certainly some controversy about the change in setting. While the prior two games had the traditional Italian mafia akin to Scarface and The Sopranos, Mafia III was taking a different route by having an African American protagonist that is not part of the traditional mob seen in the first few games. https://loadnfc639.tumblr.com/post/655844989264412672/yanmar-portable-diesel-generator-manual. Instead, Lincoln Clay is a soldier that has just returned back to the fictional New Bordeaux that is based on New Orleans from Vietnam and agrees to help some family and friends with the Haitian mob that have come knocking. Soon after he tries to work out a debt to the Italian mafia that his surrogate father has accrued. This ends up going very poorly and leaves Lincoln wanting revenge against mob boss Sal Marcano and his mafia family. This leads Lincoln to having to gather a unique crew of different partners to help take them down, which is the central focus for most of the game.

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The story is largely carried by the incredibly captivating Lincoln Clay and the other characters around him, with a solid story surrounding them. Mafia III: Definitive Edition was not afraid to tackle much more intense and dark themes than in the past, which still holds up well now four years later from the original release. While it is definitely a different style than the first couple games, the story is very much worth experiencing here and may be the best of the trilogy in that area.

Where Mafia III suffers most though is the very unoriginal game structure as you play through Lincoln’s story in a once again large sandbox open world experience. The original city of New Bordeaux this time around is larger than both of the first two games combined, but that kind of is a hindrance in some ways as you’re consistently having to drive across the map for new missions. New Bordeaux itself is split up into nine different districts across nine chapters, each of which have a story mission that is split up for you to complete. The repetitive nature of these missions though is where the game really struggles.

Within each district, you have to take over both of the rackets that are found in that location. Once you have successfully done this, a third mission within the chapter will open where you have to take out the person in charge of that district. There is a little more to do in the later chapters, but the biggest problem is that the structure is especially tedious and will have you growing tired of everything in no time. This feels like a course correction from the emptier world found in the previous games, though they may have gone a bit too far in the other direction.

On the plus side, Mafia III does introduce side missions this time around, a major flaw of the previous game. While not available right away, you’ll eventually get access to side missions that branch off from the main story. These include things such as helping out the underbosses by completing tasks for them to gain favor. While they aren’t that most involved overall, they are better than having nothing extra to do like in Mafia II.

The gameplay itself is really nothing to write home about either, albeit a little more refined here. One of the somewhat frustrating elements of the previous game was that you had to press A to leave cover every time, but now you can move much more freely when trying to move between cover or be stealthy. You have the option to adjust aim assist to the level you prefer, which can make the game a bit too easy. There are plenty of guns to choose from here though, with the ability to set them to a wheel and choose between them.

Compared to its predecessors, Mafia III has a major edge in the visuals department. The recent Mafia II: Definitive Edition was definitely more polished visually, but there is still no real comparison between it and Mafia III. Mafia III: Definitive Edition looks great all around, with the character models and environments looking much more realistic. The performance on Xbox One was pretty solid most of the time, with some slowdown here and there when too much was happening on screen. Thankfully, the character movement in general felt much more natural than in the prior games.

While Mafia III: Definitive Edition is literally supposed to be the same game with a new name and all DLC included, somehow Hangar 13 completely messed up one aspect of this game in the included update. Mafia III was given Xbox One X and PS4 Pro support after the release of the game, which added HDR and 4K support to the game to make it look even better. In what is a baffling mistake, somehow this latest update has completely removed this support, now giving you no way to use 4K on consoles. This is something that absolutely has to be patched in, but there is no way it should have ever happened in the first place, especially when this was a free “upgrade” for those that already owned the game.

Mafia as a series has always had a great soundtrack to match the time period, but Mafia III takes this to another level entirely. With the game being set in the late ’60s, the music was ripe for the picking from the era and Hangar 13 did not disappoint. These include songs from artists such as The Rolling Stones, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Johnny Cash, as the game offers over 100 different songs in total. The stellar soundtrack will constantly have you taking longer routes in your vehicle just to finish an entire song, which at least somewhat helps the fact that the game lacks fast travel.

Mafia III: Definitive Edition somehow managed to improve in one way by including all of the prior DLC, while also taking multiple steps backwards by somehow removing support for Xbox One X, even as a mistake. The story of Lincoln Clay is still enthralling and handles some very dark themes quite well, but the lifeless open world structure found in Mafia III: Definitive Edition really hinders what could have been the best game in the trilogy.

The Verdict

While not anywhere near as glitch ridden as the Mafia II remaster, Mafia III: Definitive Edition adds nothing more than the previously released DLC along with the very strange removal of Xbox One X support that was added to the original release after launch. Lincoln Clay’s story is still well worth experiencing a first time, but there is no real reason to venture back to New Bordeaux with this latest release as part of the Mafia Trilogy.

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Mafia III: Definitive Edition

Available On: Xbox One, PS4, PC

Published By: 2K Games

Developed By: Hangar 13

Genre: Action-adventure

US Release Date: May 19, 2020

Reviewed On: Xbox One

Quote: 'While not anywhere near as glitch ridden as the Mafia II remaster, Mafia III: Definitive Edition adds nothing more than the previously released DLC along with the very strange removal of Xbox One X support that was added to the original release after launch. Lincoln Clay's story is well worth experiencing a first time, but there is no real reason to venture back to New Bordeaux with this latest release as part of the Mafia Trilogy.'

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Part 17: Going Down Memory Lane

Time for a FLASHBACK moment between Tensho and Nataku; and also some other extra stuff that I couldn’t figure out where to put in the guide. This post is a bit of a mess, in all honesty.

If you don’t know what this is about, please refer to this previous post.

[Any new comments by me will be designated by brackets.]

Getting all the extras stuff out of the way first:

You can revisit Hourai Island (which has sunken into the sea), but the only reason you would want to do this is either for level grinding or to nab some of the last remaining treasures using Fugen’s “turn water into ice” ability.

If you take Hiko into your party, his “action ability” allows you to bust through certain types of doors and rocks.

Which means you can finally save that sheep in Taijou Roukun’s village!

It also means you can grab all treasure chests from previous dungeons, that were stuck behind locked doors or rocks! [Yeah I’m not gonna detail all of these locations, sorry.]

If you take In Cho into your party, his action button ability allows you to chop down certain types of trees, like so:

You can then walk over the stumps to grab any treasures blocked off by said tree. I have no idea why In Cho is the only character who can do this, considering that there are many other characters stronger than him (like Nataku???).

That said, remember that house with all the trees in Tensho’s hometown?

BEGONE ANNOYING TREES!

...Three paths. With spikes.

The middle path is the longest, which should be remedied by having Nataku in your party. But for the other two paths, you'll need someone that can dig through walls of dirt (Tenka) and bust through rocks (Hiko). Keep in mind that you'll have to keep In Cho in your party to get inside this place at all, and what you have a really annoying house.

Going in with Tenka or Hiko, you'll have to resort to healing constantly whenever your HP gets low. If you let it reach zero for all party members, you WILL get a game over screen. Are the treasure chests here even worth the trouble? ...I honestly don’t remember.

I *think* at this point in the game, you should have already gotten an item that allows you to unlock doors (the ones that are locked that Hiko can’t bust through).

Remember that room on the left of Ki Hatsu in his palace? Well, if you have the item needed to unlock the door...

Whooo! Treasure!

As a note, the first room on the right (in Ki Hatsu’s palace) is now occupied by Suu Kokuko! I think he gives you an item? [My memory is so fuzzy on these last few parts of the game, I’m sorry.]

Going back to Genshitenson's place, you can talk with the villagers there. Some of them have dialogue choices, and if you choose the first option for all of them I *think* you get some items.

The guy near the entrance may give you this:

It looks like a love letter of some sort???

More importantly, there will be a man standing in front of a door. If you talk to him he apparently gives you something to put on Genshitenson's grave, so do so. After that, speak to Hakutsuru and go inside Genshitenson’s hut.

Remember that pot on the right that I talked about before? Well, now Tensho can finally activate it.

It leads us to this room. A secret basement!

All the boxes have something. If I recall correctly, they’re all fairly rare items too.

Alright, alright. Time for the actual important part of this post.

[I am not sure EXACTLY when this triggers. Perhaps it’s dictated by Tensho’s or Nataku’s level, or it could be plot-related. It’s also very likely that this event could have been triggered much earlier in the game. I unfortunately didn’t find out about it until near the end-game.]

Anyway, if you have Nataku in your party when you go to sleep at Tensho’s house...

This scene will occur.

Nataku and Tensho will have a short convo.

Then there's a flashback inserted here, as we suddenly see kid-Tensho!

I didn't bother to screencap the rest of the scene, but it's basically that Nataku takes kid-Tensho flying on his back to a cliff over-looking the sea. Tensho is sad because many members of his family died. (His mom and auntie first, then his dad and brother.) I think this follows the same scene towards the end of the manga where Tensho is worried that everyone he loves will die and leave him all by himself. If that's the case, then after kid-Tensho's rant in-game, Nataku promises Tensho that he (Nataku) will always be there to look after Tensho; or something along those lines.

Back in the present, you are then treated to a mini-battle with Nataku.

You both only land one hit on each other before stopping, though.

I think Nataku remarks on how strong Tensho has gotten since they last met (which was probably when Tensho was a kid since Nataku became pretty busy after the events of the manga).

Both Tensho and Nataku continue fighting in cutscene style.

And hooray, Nataku's now unlocked his ultimate form! (...Which kind of doesn't make sense in-universe since wasn't he already in this form at the end of the manga?)

Details aside, Nataku gets five stars for everything after this event. This is the only way that you can upgrade Nataku's attacks/paopei to five stars (the max level in this game).

Both Tensho and Nataku gain their "final" moves after this cutscene. Both final moves cost quite a bit of EP, and allow them both to "transform."

Tensho's “transformation” (listed as the very last move, costing 50 EP) is less form-altering; I guess he just powers himself up instead. It ups his stats and allows you to perform a secondary special (costing 35 EP) with the cg shown earlier. It’s a really powerful attack, and really handy for big boss fights.

Nataku's transformation (costing 50 EP)... is an actual transformation.

After transforming, Nataku gains the Kinkosen (formerly Cho Koumei’s paopei), and a new special (costing 48 EP) that allows him to summon DRAGONS. Pretty awesome.

[This is probably one of the reasons why I enjoy the Senkaiden 2 game so much--enough to play through it despite not knowing a word of Japanese and even to make a guide for it. It's really rather sweet of the game producers to put the little cutscene in the game, to highlight the relationship between Tensho and Nataku.

Anyway I’ll see you again in the next post.]

To be continued.

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Something New, Chapter 21: Christmas Special

Heyyyy so SURPRISE, a Something New update for Christmas! Someone asked for one, and I did my best ^_^.

I’ve written a little bit about the delays with this fic at the bottom, for anyone interested. I can’t honestly say if/when there will be another update, but I realllllly don’t want to give up on it.

This is a Christmas chapter, and since most of my fics subconsciously take place in Australia, this means it’s SUMMER, and our boys have just graduated high school (congrats, Naruto <3). It’s been a few months since the last chapter. In my original plans for this fic, this would be about the forth-last chapter, so we’re getting towards the end of the story. Enjoy!

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Something New, Chapter 21: Christmas Special

It was very hard to focus on video games; Naruto was too tired to concentrate, and besides, Sasuke was sitting right there on the couch next to him looking all appealing and gorgeous (as usual). For more than ten minutes the same cutscene had played over and over again on the TV, while Naruto’s controller lay abandoned on the coffee table. Naruto sat there, the boss-fight music providing an oddly dramatic background to his sleepy, hazy observations of his boyfriend.

It was late December; almost Christmas. School had ended and they’d both graduated without incident. Even before graduation, Naruto had been spending all his free time at his new job, saving up for- well, for uni maybe, if he got accepted. More likely he’d need that money for something else, when he got rejected.

You shouldn’t think like that, Naruto scolded himself, and the voice sounded a lot like his counsellor. You worked hard and life’s going great right now, isn’t it? Well yeah, it was. Most of the time.

All of Sasuke’s classes had ended as well, but he was still buried in books more often and not. These past few months something had changed in him, and he’d been taking his studies a lot more seriously. This week he’d been working on some kind-of…a math problem, Sasuke had said- a famous one. But what kind of math problem took days to solve? The lounge room was covered in sheets of paper and the only time Sasuke stopped his furious scribbling was to shake out his cramping hand.

Naruto watched Sasuke’s eyes dart across the paper, watched them darken and narrow with frustration, and widen and sparkle with an occasional burst of inspiration. Naruto would never, ever get tired of watching Sasuke’s eyes. Seeing him so fired up and energised by something- well, back when he’d first met Sasuke, only fighting with his brother or Naruto would get him fired up like this, and never in a good way.

Sasuke had changed; it was amazing.

He seemed stuck on something just now, frowning at his paper, hand stilled, biting on the end of his pencil. His cheeks were flushed a light pink, and he stared down at his notes with an intensity that was- ah, it was-

-Naruto shifted uncomfortably on the couch. His eyes scanned down to the indecipherable notes on the page, then back up to the spark in Sasuke’s eyes, and the pencil resting against his lower lip. Sasuke was so smart. And pretty. And-

“Naruto,” came a voice.

Naruto jumped. He shook his head and blinked; the world had gone a bit hazy. He-

“Naruto,” came Sasuke’s voice again. “Are you-”

Naruto cleared his throat. “Am I what, babe?” he asked, with a quick smile as he met Sasuke’s eyes.

Sasuke scowled. “I’m not going to do math in front of you if it turns you on,” he said.

Naruto turned scarlet red and shifted again on the couch. “I’m not!” he cried, indignant, and lying through his teeth. “I-”

“You damn well are, your eyes were doing that- unfocused thing, and you were clenching your fists, and-”

“And?!” Naruto shrieked, embarrassed that Sasuke could read him so clearly.

Sasuke huffed and turned away from him. “And I can’t concentrate with you sitting on the couch next to me like that,” he said. “I’m trying to get through this so that we can-”

Naruto grinned at that. So they could what? Looked like Sasuke found it hard to concentrate with his boyfriend around as well. Naruto liked that. He liked that a lot. He jumped up from the couch, ruffling Sasuke’s hair as he headed out of the lounge towards the kitchen.

“I’ll give you some space, then. I’ll make dinner. What do you want to eat?” He paused at the door, waiting for Sasuke’s answer.

His boyfriend hesitated, frowning over at him. “I don’t care,” he finally said with a shrug.

“Sasuke,” Naruto said, putting a hint of warning in his voice like he’d seen Itachi doing so many times. “You’ll just get a plate of lettuce if you really don’t care.”

Sasuke sighed. “Mashed potato, then, if you’re cooking it. It’s better than Itachi’s, anyway.”

Naruto nodded, and smiled. “Sure thing, babe.”

“And, can you- um, can you do it with the little tomatoes like that one time?” Sasuke added, turning his face away from Naruto’s, attention back on his math.

“With or without cheese?”

“Without,” Sasuke said without looking up, already back to scribbling away.

Naruto turned and headed to the kitchen, a happy thrill running through him at Sasuke’s instructions- at his requests for food. Naruto had never been much of a cook, but nothing motivated him like seeing Sasuke eat his meals- like having Sasuke request for Naruto to cook, instead of Itachi.

Speak of the devil. The phone on Naruto’s pocket starting ringing with Itachi’s tone just as Naruto finished cutting the potatoes. He fished the phone out of his pocket as he put the potatoes on to cook.

“’sup, bro,” Naruto greeted, feeling energised once more.

A moment on silence, then a brief sigh. “I’ll be working a double shift tonight, so I won’t be home for dinner,” Itachi said, evidently deciding it wasn’t worth responding to Naruto’s choice of greeting.

Again? Naruto thought. Itachi had been working more and more lately, and between that and Naruto’s shifts at the florist, Sasuke was alone more and more. “That busy, huh? Alright, then. I’m just making dinner now.”

“Good. Are you staying over tonight?”

Naruto paused. He started work at 5am tomorrow. But…but Sasuke wanted him to stay, and it’d make Itachi feel better too. “I can, if you want. Sai’s not home anyway.”

Another pause. “Good,” he repeated. “…thank you.”

“So you’ll be home at 7?”

“…no. Mid-morning. I’ve got an errand to run.”

Naruto lowered his voice. “Is it about the, you know, the gift?”

“No. That’s all arranged. Do we need any groceries?”

“Just tomatoes, like usual. Your brother is some kind of freak tomato addict, I swear-”

“I am not,” Sasuke snapped at him, and Naruto whirled around. “Is that my brother?”

Naruto grinned, and held the phone out to him. Sasuke sat at the table, and Naruto turned around to work on his potatoes.

“Naruto drank all the apple juice,” Sasuke complained into his phone. “And he used all my conditioner.”

Naruto chose to ignore that. It wasn’t his fault that Sasuke’s hair smelled so nice, and Naruto just wanted to see if he could achieve the same affect-

“Mm. The green bottle. Yeah. And some more note paper. That’s all. Are you working tomorrow as well?”

Naruto knew that he was; Itachi was even working over Christmas this year. He frowned as he cut up the tomatoes. Sasuke was feeling a lot better these days, but Naruto knew he didn’t like Itachi being away so much. Even if he’d rather lose an arm than admit it.

Maybe Naruto should cut back on his shifts, so he could spend more time with Sasuke. But he needed the money. Christmas was coming up, and-

“Naruto,” Sasuke called from the table. “Why do you have Itachi’s bank account details on your phone?”

Naruto supressed a squeal and rushed over, snatching the phone out of Sasuke’s hands. “Never you mind about that!”

“He’s not actually making you pay rent, is he?”

“That was just a joke!” Naruto quickly said. “Um, I think. Anyway, I’m not gonna let you use my phone if you-”

“The water’s boiling over,” Sasuke interrupted, and Naruto squealed again and ran back to the stove.

Shit, that was close. He shouldn’t have left Itachi’s details open like that. Keeping secrets from Sasuke was hard enough without stupid mistakes like that!

He sighed to himself. This Christmas thing was tough.

***

Naruto yawned and opened his eyes. He’d already been awake this morning, at 4:30am as his internal body clock was now trained to do. Damn you Ino, he cured his friend, who was off in Europe somewhere with her girlfriend- leaving Naruto to help out at her family’s store. He liked the money, and he really liked the distraction from thinking about next year, but 4:30am? It was evil.

But today was Christmas, and that meant at least a small sleep-in, before presents and brunch with Sasuke and Itachi. He smiled sleepily to himself. It would certainly top last year- drinking games and a random hook-up or two, and then being force-fed bread and water and painkillers by Sai after throwing up the contents of his stomach.

Things really had changed. And next year…next year, he might be a uni student. A flutter of nerves danced around in his stomach. Might be. Maybe. Ugh, the waiting was killing him. He wanted it- that life. That chance, to have something different than how he thought his life would go.

Let’s not think about all that.

He stretched and rolled over, reaching his arm out for Sasuke but finding the other side of the bed empty. He blinked and frowned. If Sasuke was on the couch working on those damn math problems again, he’d…damn it! He knew Sasuke was doing this to get into some kind of special class or something, but it was really hard not to take it personally-

“’morning,” came Sasuke’s sleepy voice, as he came out of the bathroom. He yawned as well, stretching his arms over his head, his shirt riding up as he did so. Naruto stared, eyes glazing over, all thoughts of math and uni leaving his mind at once.

Sasuke smirked at that, slipping into bed and reaching over to swat Naruto gently on the head. “It’s too early for that,” he scolded.

“Never too early or late,” Naruto said back, reaching his own arms out to scoop Sasuke closer, pressing a kiss to his throat. “Can’t help it, when you’re wearing my clothes, y’know,” he murmured into Sasuke’s skin.

“These boxers are way too big,” Sasuke complained, wriggling around in Naruto’s arms to get comfortable.

“Don’t care if they fall off,” Naruto said to that, sliding his hands down Sasuke’s back. Sasuke arched into him, letting Naruto nuzzle into his neck.

Last summer, even on the hottest days, he’d never seen Sasuke showing any skin. Now he seemed comfortable enough around Naruto to wear almost anything- when they were at home, anyway. It’d been jarring at first seeing bare arms and legs. Has so many advantages, though, Naruto thought to himself, sighing happily as he ran his fingers down Sasuke’s arms.

“We’ll go shopping at the post-Christmas sales tomorrow,” Naruto suggested. “Get you some new stuff. Oh! Merry Christmas, by the way!” he exclaimed, pushing up on his elbows in a sudden rush of excitement, remembering the Christmas gifts safely hidden away at Sasuke’s apartment.

“Mm,” Sasuke said to that, trying to pull Naruto back down to the bed, tangling his fingers through Naruto’s hair. “These clothes are fine. I’ll put up with them.”

“Oh, will you?” Naruto teased, slipping his hand up Sasuke’s shirt.

“Since they make you so- happy,” Sasuke said, a quick grin flashing over his face, a spark coming into his eyes.

Naruto shivered despite the heat in the room, seeing Sasuke look at him like that. “What time is it? We have to get back to your place by-”

“We have time.”

“Oh, now that you’re interested, we have time?”

“Something like that.”

Naruto sighed and shook his head, but he wasn’t about to complain. He rolled onto his side and Sasuke settled against him, tangling their legs together. Sasuke stretched out and pressed against him, then gave Naruto a slow, lingering kiss that ended in a sharp nip to his bottom lip.

Naruto’s breathing hitched in his throat, and he gripped onto Sasuke’s shirt hard. Sasuke smirked and gave him a knowing look, staring down at Naruto’s fists.

“Stop that,” Naruto breathed, trying to quell the heat in his cheeks. He squirmed under Sasuke’s gaze and moved his hands away from Sasuke’s hips.

“No,” Sasuke said, taking Naruto’s hands and returning them. “Leave them there,” he added, and waited until Naruto relaxed, nodding in approval as Naruto slipped his fingers under the hem of Sasuke’s shirt.

Sasuke still wasn’t into this kind-of stuff, not all that often anyway. But when he was in the mood, he was cheeky, and teasing, and more than willing to tell Naruto exactly what he wanted. It was perfect. And see, now, when Naruto kisses Sasuke’s neck just right, presses into his hips just right, biting into that oh-so-sensitive spot under his left ear- see how Sasuke melts against him? How he purrs?

“Naruto,” Sasuke murmured. “Can’t I have a clue, at least?”

“Mm? ‘bout what?” Naruto murmured back.

Sasuke sighed and rolled his eyes. “My present. The one you and Itachi have been working on for weeks!”

Well, shit. “Uh. Um, there’s no-”

Sasuke sighed again and shifted, pushing Naruto firmly down onto the mattress and seating himself on Naruto’s hips. “Naruto,” he warned, leaning down close to his face, dark eyes smouldering. “A clue! Come on…”

A clue. Right. Just a clue, something to please him and that wouldn’t get him murdered by the other Uchiha. “Um. You’ll like it?”

Sasuke sat back and considered that. “The HP 32Sii?” he asked.

Knowing Sasuke these days, that was some kind of complicated calculator. He just laughed, and Sasuke gripped him tighter to stay in place. “Yeah, babe. That. That’s what we got you for Christmas. Okay, kitten, you got your clue, so-”

“I’ll tell you what I got you,” Sasuke went on, voice lowering, hips shifting. But Naruto wouldn’t be coaxed into spoiling the secret, no, he and Itachi had worked so hard to-

“Stop that,” Naruto whined, at the way Sasuke moved on top of him. “I-”

Sasuke’s eyes widened abruptly and he pushed himself off of Naruto. “That’s it!” he exclaimed, climbing out of bed so fast that the sheets tangled themselves around his legs. He growled and shoved them away, stumbling over to his backpack by the door and reaching in for his notes.

Naruto groaned and fell back onto the pillows. “Now, Sasuke?!” he whined.

“Shush,” Sasuke hissed at him, falling onto the floor with his notes spread all around him. He’d already lost all interest in Naruto. “I almost had it!”

Naruto sighed and reached for his phone. Math waited for no man. That’s what Sasuke said, at least. Naruto would never get it. Oh well. At least while Sasuke wasn’t looking, he could…

Show me, he texted Itachi. Sasuke’s back in math land. He won’t see.

He waited, and soon a photo from Itachi arrived, a brief flash of white and black, a flurry of paws and tails, against the darkness of Itachi’s bedroom.

Naruto bit back a laugh. You let them sleep with you?

They were crying all night, came Itachi’s reply. Such a pain. Get over here already.

Easier said than done; Sasuke’s presents might be waiting, but he wasn’t going anywhere until the math let him go. Naruto grinned and texted back and forth with Itachi for a while, and then went off for a shower as he waited for his boyfriend to come back to him.

***

Naruto was torn between sulking over his interrupted morning snuggles with Sasuke, and excitement over the imminent present. He couldn’t wait to see his boyfriend’s face. Sasuke had no idea what he and Itachi had been planning. Too focused on the math, said a surly voice in his head, and bam, Naruto was back to sulking.

He paced around Sasuke’s lounge room, casting quick glances over at Itachi’s closed door, then sending his gaze back to Sasuke sitting on the edge of the couch.

“Would you sit down, already?” Sasuke said. “What’re you so worked up about? I’m sure I’ll like it, whatever it is.”

Naruto sighed and forced himself to sit. “Yeah. I know you will.”

“So? You’re upset about this morning?” A vaguely guilty expression crossed Sasuke’s face- but just a quick one.

Naruto shook his head. “Not upset.”

“What, then?”

“Well, I mean, you’re meant to be some kind of math genius. Why haven’t you solved the damn thing already?”

“I told you. It’s not meant to be solved! It can’t be solved.”

Naruto frowned. Yeah, Sasuke had said that, but- “So what’s the point?!” Why was Sasuke spending so much time- so much of the limited time they had together- on something that couldn’t be solved?

“To show I have the right way of thinking about it. That I belong in that research group. It’s- it’s important.”

“Mm. Yeah, okay, I get it. I mean, I don’t, but…”

“I’ve wasted so much time,” Sasuke muttered under his breath.

“What time?” Naruto asked, concerned at the tone in Sasuke’s voice. What was Sasuke trying to achieve?

“I just- I’m just making up for it. I know it means I’m- neglecting you-”

“You’re not,” Naruto snapped, grabbing Sasuke’s hand and gripping it tight. “Don’t think like that! I like seeing you interested in this stuff.”

Sasuke leaned back heavily against the couch, carefully avoiding Naruto’s eyes. “Yeah, well, it’s the first time I’ve really been interested in any of it.”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean… Do you know why I even started classes at uni anyway?”

Well, that was obvious. “Because you’re so smart.” Way too smart for high school.

Sasuke scoffed. “Because I was…bored. Frustrated. …empty. Itachi thought I needed something…else. Anyway, it was a convenient excuse to spend less time at school, so I didn’t mind. But I didn’t really care, though. Now I care. There’s so much to do. It’s…hard to balance.”

Naruto stared at him. Yes, that was it. The change that Naruto had seen, in the past few months. Sasuke cared more. Not just about him, or Itachi, but about school and uni, about Sakura and Ino, about video games and movies. And, okay, more about Naruto as well.

“Sasuke…”

“If I can get into this research group, I’ll be working with the best minds at uni. I want to, Naruto! I’m sick of just coasting along. I can do it.”

“Of course you can. I want you to. I- it makes you happy, I know it does.”

Only now Sasuke met his eyes. “Besides, I need to have something to occupy myself while you and Itachi are at work. You’re both so busy these days.”

Naruto’s heart sank, and he dropped Sasuke’s hand. He knew it. He was working too much. He should have been-

“No, that’s not what I meant, Naruto!” Sasuke quickly went on, snatching his hand again. “I can take care of myself. And why shouldn’t I be working hard as well? I’m just saying, this is a big apartment to be alone in, and- I’ve been telling Itachi all year that we should get a cat, but he-” and then Sasuke stopped, abruptly, and gave Naruto a wide-eyed, shocked expression.

“We didn’t get you a cat,” Naruto quickly said, faltering. “Sasuke!”

Sasuke stood at once, and stormed off towards his brother’s room. “Itachi!” he called out. “Hurry up! Get out here!”

And finally, blessedly, Itachi emerged, cradling a large box in his arms. “Be patient, would you?” he scolded. “Sit down over there.”

Sasuke did so at once, speechless, and stared at the box that Itachi lay down gently in front of him. He reached out to the artfully-tied green and red ribbons. “Naruto,” he called out, pausing his hands and turning back to the couch.

“Open it,” Naruto urged, joining Sasuke on the floor. “Come on!” After all, he’d been waiting for weeks to meet them.

“I can’t,” Sasuke said, struggling to untie the ribbons with shaking hands.

Naruto reached out to undo them, then let Sasuke open the lid. Up popped two tiny black-and-white heads, and Sasuke went speechless.

“Shit, they’re so cute,” Naruto exclaimed, glancing at Itachi. “Good choice, bro. Aww! Look at them, Sasuke!”

Sasuke was looking at them, and they were looking at him, and all three were rigid and unmoving. Then, finally, the larger kitten placed a furry paw on the edge of the box and gave a tiny mewl.

“Oh my god,” Sasuke squeaked, reaching out for the kitten, who was standing and straining to get out of the box now. Sasuke picked her up and held her to his chest, staring at the fluffy thing in wonder. He stroked her ears and down her back, and the kitten instantly started purring.

Naruto melted. “They’re adorable,” he said to Itachi.

“They’re a little shy,” Itachi warned, speaking to Sasuke. “And still settling in. Be gentle-”

“I will be,” Sasuke interrupted, reaching down for the other, smaller kitten. She squirmed a little, trembling, but was happy to be near her sister again. They both nuzzled into Sasuke’s chest, staring up at him and purring. “Do they have names?”

“Not yet,” Itachi said.

“Nothing math related,” Naruto groaned.

Sasuke spared him a quick glance, rolling his eyes.

“Or Matt Damon related,” Naruto quickly added.

“They’re mine, though,” Sasuke retorted. “Right?” he asked Itachi. “They’re staying?”

“Of course. They’re all yours.”

“Thank you,” Sasuke breathed. He leaned back on the couch, and placed the kittens in his lap. “Thank you,” he repeated, this time directed at Naruto. He stretched out to kiss Naruto on the cheek.

Naruto blushed. “Well, we thought, you’ve always wanted one, and we thought you’d like the company, so!”

“Here,” Sasuke said, handing him the larger kitten.

It was the softest thing Naruto had ever felt. He cradled her gently, petting her fur. He looked over at Sasuke, and saw him smile. It was the first true smile he’d seen on Sasuke’s face in weeks.

He turned his gaze to Itachi, and saw the older Uchiha smiling as well. Naruto felt a strange unknown tension leave his body; a tension he hadn’t known was there.

“I’ve wanted one for so long,” Sasuke murmured, stroking the kitten in his lap gently. “Now I have two.”

“And all the stuff they need,” Naruto said. “We picked out the coolest toys, and bowls, and brushes, all kinds of things!” Shopping with Itachi for kitten toys had been the most fun Naruto had ever had with the slightly scary man.

“Don’t you have a present for Naruto as well?” Itachi prompted.

“I have no idea,” Sasuke said, eyes not leaving the kitten in his lap.

Naruto laughed. “That can wait.” This was all he needed; seeing Sasuke happy. Seeing Sasuke get what he wanted. What other present could be as good as that?

“Merry Christmas, babe,” Naruto said, kissing Sasuke’s cheek.

“Merry Christmas,” Sasuke said back, smiling over at Itachi as well. “The best one ever.”

***

A/N: So, did Naruto deliberately get Sasuke two female kittens, so that Sasuke couldn’t name them Matt Damon and Mark Watney? The world will never know.

A quick word on the delays on this fic, and my absence from writing & Tumblr. I still haven’t had the heart to officially discontinue this fic, but it’s been very hard to even think of updating it this year. Apart from work and life being busy, I seem to be going through a sex-adverse phase. It’s very strange; even though I’m ace (surprise, for anyone who didn’t know that), it’s never bothered me to read or write about sex before. Like, seriously never bothered me- I enjoyed it, as strange as that sounds. Until a few months ago, at least, when almost overnight I could barely stand be on Tumblr and even kissing on TV had me scrunching my nose up in disgust. Who knows why? Life is weird, *shrug*.

That phase slowly seems to be easing now, but not really enough for me to seriously think of completing this fic. Sex is just too large a part of the story- I’m not capable of/interested in it right now, but I hope to find a way of giving it an ending, anyway.

Anyway tl;dr: it’s not likely Something New will get the ending that I planned for it, but I still hope to give it some kind of ending…eventually. *runs away and hides again*.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

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Super Sonic Thieves Chapter 3

Chapter 3- The Case of Thieves and ‘Killers’

Intro Cutscene:

Sly: “Another look into the Thievius Raccoonus led us to visit England during the Victorian Era. Our family had an ancestor during that time, Thaddeus WInslow Cooper III, that was known as one of the richest families at the time. Besides being known as a wondrous mechanic, building one of the earliest flying machines, he was also a well-known detective from Scotland Yard as well. There was something very worrisome about it though; not only is that information missing, but it seems he was arrested for committing attempted murder he was investigating! Looks like we’ll have to put on our thinking caps and grab the magnifying glasses to solve what has happened to my ancestor.”

Sly Cooper and the Gang in…

*An old timey book opens up to an empty page and a raccoon hand comes in with a red-inked quill and writes: ‘ The Case Of Thieves and ‘Killers’ ’. The ink slides down off the letters a bit, looking like blood.*

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Hub Layout:

The gang has their hideout just outside of London to the West in an abandoned farm (so they can hide the van since they don’t exist yet) during the winter, so not many people are outside as well, along with a covering of snow everywhere. The police department, and the jail as well, are in the center of the city, just West of the River Thames. Nearby is Big Ben, chiming on the hours. Since this is the 1800s, the city is much smaller, and is more filled with houses. The map ends on the River Thames though, so you can’t go any farther. The north side of London is the home of a huge manor and in the air is one of Eggman’s airships floating about, creating all the badniks.

Enemies

Crows: Black crows that flutter about the roofs in search of thieves, or anyone breaking the law for that matter. They will caw for other guards if provoked. Carries/drops 5-7 coins to pickpocket has 10% chance of treasure.

‘Werewolves’: Wolves that walk around, patrolling the streets with their heightened sense of smell for blood (Wolves in Sly’s world are anthropomorphic already, but they are ‘werewolves’ for being more fluffy and having longer claws, seemingly being transformed by the London moon.) They will counterattack with their claws with a nasty claw swipe that is almost unavoidable. Carries/drops 7-9 coins to pickpocket has 25% chance of treasure.

Horses: Brown-colored stallions that search the streets with their flashlights for anyone where they aren’t. Attacking these guys will make them retaliate with a hoof kick, but it does take them a bit to charge up. Despite what you’d think, it’s best to stay real close in front of their face if there is no alert about as they can’t see in front of their own head for a few feet. Carries/drops 7-12 coins to pickpocket has 50% chance of treasure.

Bobbie Pawns: Egg Pawns acting as the actual police force of London, but will club at anyone with their oversized clubs and will whistle for other enemies if left alone. Don’t attack their head as their have a spike on their cap that is NOT for show and WILL hurt. Drops 6 rings when smashed.

Egg Fighter Knights: Also wearing a police uniform, these guys opt for a sword and shield instead (But forgot their spike caps). Either hit them from the top or from the back to destroy them. Drops 8 rings when smashed.

Egg Gunners: Eggman’s blatant disregard for time has had him send his futuristic (And humanoid looking) badniks to fight Sonic and co. They can float in the air and fire at you with their vulcan cannons. Sonic and the others can handle them, but the Sly characters may need to get creative to smash these things. Drops 10 rings when smashed.

Nebula: Helicopter like badniks that drop spike balls on you if you pass underneath them. Better destroy them before that happens. Drops 4 rings.

Balkiry: Fast bird baniks that jet towards you. Better smash them when you see them. Drops 5 rings.

Turtloid: A small turtle badnik that controls a bigger turtle badnik that fires small missiles at you. Destroy the smaller one to make the bigger one useless. Drops 6 rings.

Treasures:

From Guards:

Bronze Quill: Worth 40 coins and 20 rings.

Silver Quill: Worth 60 coins and 30 rings.

Gold Quill: Worth 80 coins and 40 rings.

From Pedestals:

Pearl Necklace: No bobby trap. Worth 400 coins and 200 rings. Found around Annis Fox's home.

Gold Crown: Bomb booby trap, with 2:00 timer. Worth 450 coins and 225 rings. Found near the courthouse.

Silver Clock Hands: Bomb bobby trap, with 1:00 timer. Worth 500 coins and 250 rings. Found on Big Ben’s roof.

Golden Magnifying Glass: Fall Damage Sensor booby trap. Worth 600 coins and 300 rings. Found near Thaddeus’s home

The coins here have an old Victorian England Coat of Arms on them.

Secret Sighting of Clockwerk: Acting as a gargoyle statue in a park. Maybe he’s a Weeping Angel? :P

-----Jobs-----

Another London ‘Murder’ Mystery

Find a disguise for Sly

Go talk to Thaddeus

Steal the case info

Head off to the manor and take recon.

Sly: “It feels weird that I am going to a police station voluntary again.”

Carmelita, through the radio: “Giving you bad memories? Preferably in shocks!” *She chuckles.*

Sly: “Huh, so that’s why my tail has a tingling sensation near you.” *He chuckles back.*

Bentley: “GUYS! PAY ATTENTION!!”

Sly: “Buzzkill.”

Carmelita: “Indeed.”

Bentley: “We don’t got time! We need to hurry in and find Thaddeus! His trial is tomorrow, and we need to figure out to save him before then, but first we need to talk to him!”

Sly: “Alright, Bentley, don’t get your shell cracked. We’ll talk to him, although I wonder if they might arrest me for looking like him…”

Espio: “Don’t worry, I’ll distract them, but perhaps you might need a disguise…”

Bentley: “I would guess the evidence locker for clothes might have something you can use. Now come on!”

*Sly and Espio head into the Police Station. The player has them sneak around, avoiding and distracting police officers with various things to get their attention as they make their way to the evidence locker where they store clothes. There are waypoints in the room for things to collect.*

Sly: “Alright.” *He puts them on.* “Heh, should fool them enough. Now to find Thaddeus.”

*The player continues sneaking on, making their way to Thaddeus’ cell. Once there…*

Thaddeus was sitting, looking away from the bars. “Huh? Who goes there? Another annoying bobby making fun of a ‘lost’ detective?”

Sly: “Quite the opposite really. I want to help restore your reputation.”

It peaked Thaddeus’s interest, with his ears twitching and tilting his head a bit. “Oh, really? And who might you be?”

Sly: “Well, it’s a long story, but I am an ancestor of yours. My name is Sly Cooper.”

Thaddeus turns and walks up to the bars to look at Sly. “Hmmm… it appears you are a Cooper alright. But what are you doing here?”

Sly: “Well, it seems obvious you aren’t meant to be in prison. I know you are a great detective, but someone has altered history to put you in here.

Thaddeus: “Is that so? How? And why? You didn’t have something to do with this, did you?”

Sly: No! ...Well, I hope. Anyway, I’m afraid I can’t explain right now. Can’t risk overstaying my welcome here. But what can you tell about what’s going on. How’d you get arrested?

Thaddeus: “Ah, it is the most infuriating thing! I was framed for attempting to murder Lady Fox, a fox of extraordinary wealth.”

Sly: “WHAT?!”

Thaddeus: “Yes! Even though I’ve never been nor had any reason to ever visit her place, the law found my items in her living room where she laid comatose, and her own valuables were missing! Being from a family of master thieves, I was of course accused of the crime despite none of those valuables being in my possession.”

Sly: Blamed for a thieving you didn’t even commit. Unbelievable…

Thaddeus: Oh, I shudder to think of how tarnished my legacy has become with this unfortunate event...

Sly: Hey, don’t worry! Me and my gang are going to do everything we can to clear your name! I’m not going to let one of my favorite ancestors go down like this!

Thaddeus: A thousand thank yous, my dear descendant. I bet if you want to know anymore of the case, they probably have the information handy, since my trial, which is gonna be more of a death sentence than anything, is soon.”

Sly: “We’ll figure out some way-”

Espio interjects quickly. “Someone’s coming! And we can’t hide you!”

Sly: “Don’t worry, I got this.”

Police Officer: “Hey?! Who are you? What are you doing here?”

Sly (In his favorite accent, Italian :P ): “Oh? A-me? I’m-a the defense lawyer sent to defend Thaddeus. It’s-a my first case.”

Police Officer: “Hah! I see they found a sucker to defend Thaddeus! No one wants to touch that! Good luck, buddy, his case is a lock! Better be prepared to lose!” *The thought was apparently funny enough that the officer leaves.*

Espio: “That was close.”

Sly: “Guess I’m gonna defend you then, Thaddeus.”

Thaddeus: “Knowing you’re doing it, I feel relieved. I wish you luck.”

Sly: “Thanks.”

*The player now makes their way back out, taking the case info someone left out along the way.*

*Outside…*

Bentley: “So you had to tangle yourself with the case huh?”

Sly: “Well, someone has to defend Thaddeus! Besides, it might help with whatever plan we come up with later.”

Bentley: “True. Well, I guess you should make your way to the manor then. See what the crime scene suggests.”

*The player heads off to the manor and in disguise, enters it. They make their way to the master bedroom, where the crime occurred.*

Sly: “Hmmm… quite a mess in here…”

*The player takes recon photos of the broken window, hole in the wall, the neat bed, and the trail of loot leading out of the open empty safe.*

Bentley, on the broken window. “It seems to be where the criminal entered, considering the glass on the inside floor.”

Bentley, on the hole in the wall. “That shape seems quite odd. Maybe we need to ask Sonic and his friends on that.”

Bentley, on the neat bed. “Hmmm, for the mess in the room, the bed looks oddly neat. This Ms. Fox must have been put to sleep before she could even react.”

Bentley, on the trail of loot. “Whoever did this seems to have dropped a money trail, literally. I think we should check where it goes.”

Sly: “That seems to be everything interesting we can find here.”

Bentley: “Alright, come back to the hideout so we can read the case info and we’ll go on from there.”

JOB COMPLETE

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Bentley: “Alright. Here seems to be their case for the prosecution: Yesterday morning, nearby neighbors awoke to the sound of glass breaking from the manor. Worried for Ms. Fox, they immediately went to get the police. They came quick and found her comatose on the bed and her safe open and completely empty of money and valuables. Finding what was a calling card for Thaddeus, they immediately arrested him and took his cane along with them. Oddly, the cane is missing from the evidence log, so it can be assumed it was lost on the way to the station. They threw him in jail, and now it’s just waiting for the case to finish to kill him.”

Vector: “Seems like they have a really good case against him, especially with the calling card.”

Charmy: ♪ “Heh, maybe we should take it back so they have no case!” ♫

Bentley: “That’s what we were thinking. We need to steal it so they will have a harder time prosecuting him. And it might also free Thaddeus for the time being.”

Charmy: ♪ “Sweet! So who gets to go?” ♫

Bentley: “We’re gonna have Espio and Carmelita go in to find the evidence. It’s too dangerous for anyone else.”

Charmy: ♪ “AW! I wanted a mission!” ♫

Bentley: “Don’t worry, you got a mission with Vector. You guys will follow the money trail to see where it ends.”

Charmy: ♪ “YAY!” ♫

Vector: “We won’t let you down!”

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Follow the Green

Follow the trail of money to its end

Vector: “Alright, we’re under the broken window that the trail of cash leads to, but it seems the snow is covering more it.”

Bentley: “Darn, I see the snowfall has been heavy recently. How are we going to find it?”

Charmy: ♪ “OH! Oh! Vector can find it! He can find the trail, no problem!” ♫

Bentley: “Really? How?”

Vector: “Heh, well, I have somewhat of a sense of money. I can smell it from a distance.”

Bentley: “Great! Go on, then! Follow the trail!”

Vector: “Got it.”

*The player has to hold down a certain button to make Vector sniff the ground, which makes green clouds float above the ground, showing the money trail. The player has Vector and Charmy follow it among the streets, alleys, and roofs throughout town, until they reach Big Ben.*

Charmy notices them stop. “What is it?”

Vector: “For some reason, the trail stops here in front of Big Ben. It might continue, but we can’t get up there.”

Bentley: “It’s alright, guys. Come back to the safehouse. We’ll find a way up there.”

JOB COMPLETE

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Freeing the Innocent

Enter the evidence locker and steal back the evidence leading to Thaddeus

Save Carmelita from the police officers.

Carmelita, wearing a period accurate police uniform stolen earlier by Sly. “I wonder if they will believe me in this get-up.”

Espio: “Well, I just need you to convince them long enough so I can get through the evidence locker for Thaddeus’ stuff.”

Carmelita: “Hmmm, if they are like present day evidence holding rooms, it should be alphabetized. So look under ‘C’ .”

Espio: “Got it.”

*The player enters and takes control of Espio as Carmelita grabs the attention of the police around. The player makes their way to the evidence locker and enters it.*

Espio: “Oh my!”

Bentley: “What is it?”

Espio: “For being the 1800s, the place sure has modern-day lasers.”

Bentley: “Hmmm… I wonder if Eggman has messed around in here?”

Espio: “Well, it’s not going to stop me. I got this.”

*The player makes their way through the evidence locker, avoiding the lasers and other modern-day traps to reach Thaddeus’ evidence, which Espio grabs.*

Espio: “Alright. Time to get out of here.”

Bentley: “You better hurry. Carmelita seems to be having trouble keeping up out there. She sounds mad.”

Espio: “Got it.”

*The player now has to make their way out, noticing Carmelita is overwhelmed. The player has Espio make some noises and distractions to help Carmelita escape. Once it works, they leave to finish the mission.*

JOB COMPLETE

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Bentley: “Alright. I got good news and bad news.”

Sly: “I’m guessing the good news is Thaddeus is now free from jail?”

Bentley: “Yes.”

Sonic: “That seemed too easy.”

Bentley: “Well, that’s the bad news.”

Thaddeus: “Apparently, someone claims they saw me putting Ms. Fox to sleep and stealing her money, and they are testifying in court tomorrow. I’m free to move around the city, but I can’t leave.”

Charmy: ♪ “Darn! All that for nothing!” ♫

Thaddeus: “Well, I’m here now, and I want to help you find the real criminal!”

Sly: “So what are our plans on doing that?”

Bentley: “Well, Silver and I will be entering Big Ben to continue on the trail of the money. I have a feeling it will lead us to who did all this. Also during this time, Murray and Vector will check on Ms. Fox.”

Vector: “I think what has made her comatose is an Egg Flapper badnik. The hole in the wall matches up to one.”

Bentley: “Besides, she could be useful in solving the case. Finally, Thaddeus, Sly, and Sonic are going to take Thaddeus’ plane into the air. I think that airship is producing all the badniks down here and it might make our plan harder if we don’t take it down.”

Sonic: “Sweet! Some air time!”

Sly: “Huh, flying with my ancestor. Never thought I’d see the day.”

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Going Cuckoo

Make your way through Big Ben

Steal the cane back from Bark the Polar Bear

Tails: “I can see you guys are at Big Ben. Now how to help you guys get up on the roofs.”

Bentley: “Hmmm… nothing seems obvious…”

Silver: “Can I try something?”

*The player has Silver telekinetically grab Bentley…*

Bentley: “WHOA!”

*... And place him on the roof nearby before telekinetically floating Silver there too.*

Tails: “Well, that worked.”

Bentley: “I flew! But please warn me next time you do that!”

Silver: “Heh, sorry, and alright.”

*The player makes their way across the roofs of Big Ben tower, following the money trail as it takes them into the belfry's. It’s a bit of a dangerous trek, avoiding various swinging parts and for some reason, lasers again and being spun around on gears and destroying junk and walls with Bentley’s bombs. The money trail ends at an ajar door that they enter. Inside they find the vault contents and something more…*

Silver: “Look! The money!”

Bentley: “Shhh… that’s not all.”

*We pan to see Bark the Polar Bear sitting in a lounge chair, talking to Eggman.*

Bark: “Well, it’s a bit unconventional, but I’m going to be testifying to get Thaddeus executed.”

Eggman: “I can only guess that pesky hedgehog is the reason why you have to.”

Bark: “Sorry.”

Eggman:”It’s fine. I’m used to failure. Just make sure your case is solid!”

Bark: “It is, I promise! It can’t be disproven otherwise!”

Eggman: “You better hope so!”

Bark: “Well, if it’s any consolation, I have the info for Thaddeus’ cane and moves and stuff.”

Eggman: “Good. Send it over.”

Silver: “I think I can grab the cane, but we need to distract Bark first.”

Bentley: “I think if I hit the various bells and stuff above him, it should annoy him enough! I’ll use my darts to work them.”

*The player has Bentley shoot darts at various gears and bells, making them work to make a big cacophony that makes Bark cover his ears.*

Bark: “AH!!! The noise! So deafening!”

*The player has Silver take the distraction and telekinetically get the cane over to Silver.*

SIlver grabs them once they are close. “YES! I got them!”

Bentley: “Let’s get out of here before he notices.”

JOB COMPLETE

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Grey’s Robo-Anatomy

Defeat the enemies in the hospital

Save Carmelita’s ancestor from the Egg Flapper

Vector: “Alright, Tails. We have made it to the hospital… although it looks quiet.”

Murray: “Too quiet. The hospital looks dark.”

Tails: “That doesn’t sound good. You guys better check it out and find out what’s happening.”

*They enter and find the place swarming with badniks and guards chasing the hospital staff.*

Tails: “Oh my! They seems to be attacking the staff and patients! You guys better stop them before anyone gets hurt!”

*The player goes on a protection mission, finding hospital staff and protecting them from the badniks and guards.*

*Once everyone is saved:*

Vector “Alrighty, we saved everyone.”

Murray: “But still no sign of Ms Fox.”

Tails: “Hmmm… I’m seeing a strange mechanical reading from one of the rooms that’s covering up someone’s signature. I’ll put a waypoint. See what’s in there.”

*The player goes to find the waypoint and enters the room to find…*

Murray: “ *GASP* Sly’s not going to believe this, but it appears Ms. Fox is actually Carmelita’s ancestor!”

Vector points out the badnik next to her. “Looks like she’s being held asleep by that Egg Flapper!”

*The robot wises up and flies out of the room.*

Vector: “After that badnik!”

*The player know has to chase after the Egg Flapper, throwing things at it to make it crash onto the ground so it can be attacked. Once destroyed, the player returns to Ms. Fox’s room to find her slowly awaking.*

Ms. Fox: “Oooh… what happened… feels like I’m drunk…”

Vector: “Hello, Ms. Fox. You were in a comatose state, but we found a way to wake you again.”

Annis Fox: “Mmm… please, call me Annis. And thanks. But why was I in one, and why am I in a hospital.”

Murray: “We can explain, but it might be safer to do it someplace else.”

Vector: “Is that alright, Ms?”

Annis: “Mmm, anything better than this hospital seems good at the moment.”

JOB COMPLETE

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Robots in the Sky with Coopers

Survive the flying badniks

Take down the airship

Thaddeus: “Ah, home sweet home. I was worried I wouldn’t make it back.”

Sonic: “Why have you taken us here again?”

Thaddeus: “I’m your way of getting into the sky!” *The doors to the shed open, revealing a plane belonging to Thaddeus.*

Sly: “Wow! I saw it in the Cooper Vault, but seeing it here makes it look that much more awesome!”

Thaddeus: “It should work, but this will be my first time flying it, so I’d like apologize if things go south.”

Sonic: “Heh, it wouldn’t be my first crash landing.”

Sly: “Mine neither.”

Thaddeus: “Good. Your friend Bentley seemed adamant on taking out those robots flying up there. I guess you guys can balance on the wings to attack them. I’ll do my best to keep steady.”

*The trio get on the plane and Thaddeus takes off. The camera goes to 2D as a level like Sky Chase Zone starts.*

*The player is zoomed on forward, attacking badniks as they pass by. Sly is useful for close combat while Sonic can hit the more distant (floaty) badniks more safely.*

*Once that is all done, the airship closes in on them and cannon shells whiz by.*

Sly: “WHOA! What was that?”

Sonic: “Cannon shells. Eggman always outfits his airships with cannons. We better get off and destroy that airship as we are still close.”

Thaddeus: “I’ll distract them, but please hurry and destroy them first! I can’t save you guys otherwise!”

*Sly and Sonic jump off. The player now has them destroy the cannons on top of the ship then go into the interior and destroy the computers and other guidance systems to force the airship to crash. The player must then get out and get onto Thaddeus’ plane.*

*Getting on will let a cutscene play of the airship crashing into the River Thames.*

Sonic: “You keep building them and we keep knocking them down, Eggman!”

Sly: “Guess I can check that off on things our gang has destroyed. Let’s go return to Bentley with the news.”

JOB COMPLETE

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Bentley: “Alright, Thaddeus’ trial is today and we need to get him found innocent. I got… no plan.” *He sounded sad.*

Sly: “Well, I am acting as Thaddeus’ defense attorney. (In his Italian accent.) “I shall-a find-a my client not-a guilty!”

Bentley can be heard slapping his face. “We’re doomed.”

Sly: “The only thing I need to do is just convince the judge Thaddeus didn’t do it by countering Bark’s testimony. Is there evidence I can use?”

Charmy: ♪ “Well, we do have the money trail leading out of the manor and to Bark and the valuables!” ♫

Sly: “That’s a good start, but I worry they might think I planted it then.”

Vector: “Well then, how about Ms. Fox’s testimony.”

Sly: “Sure, that would- wait, what?!” *He notices Annis.* “Carmelita?!”

Annis: “No, I’m Annis. I was told already and she knows about me being her ancestor around this time.”

Sly: “I… I see.”

Carmelita: “Don’t get any ideas, Cooper!”

Sly: “I’m not! I’m still surprised to see an ancestor of yours.”

Bentley: “I’ve made some calculations. Using her will most certainly free Thaddeus and implicate Bark! But we have to make sure she can survive a trip to the courthouse.”

Carmelita: “Blaze and I will do it. We’ll get her there safe. Just don’t mess it up Sly.”

Sly: “Heh, knowing I’m at the end of that barrel will keep me from messing up.”

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Operation Turnabout

Get Sly and Thaddeus to the courtroom

Protect Annis Fox

Stall the Courtroom

Defeat Bark

*The player controls Sly and Thaddeus, helping them make their way to the courthouse. But thanks to a heavy guard presence along the ground since the airship crashed, the duo have to stay among the rooftops to avoid being shot at.*

Sly: “We need to make it to the courthouse in one piece.”

Thaddeus: “Being eviscerated is for court.”

*Once they get there, the camera returns to the safehouse, everyone leaving ahead save for Carmelita, Annis, and Blaze*

Bentley: “We’ll scout ahead to make a path, but you guys will have to deal with any stragglers.”

Carmelita: “I’ll make sure they don’t lay a hand on my ancestor at all.”

Blaze: “I’ll make sure of that.”

*The player now has to escort Annis to the courtroom, taking down any guards and badniks along the way. Annis is not much of a fighter, but can dodge somewhat. Just make sure to not let any enemy get close to her and you’ll be fine. Once at the courthouse, they immediately enter...*

*The Judge snaps his gavel to quiet the gallery.*

Judge (He’s an owl): “Order, people! The attempted murder trial of Ms. Annis Fox is to begin now. Is the defense ready?”

Sly: “As-a ready as we can-a be, ‘Udgy!”

Judge: “And the prosecution, Mr ‘Wolf?”

Prosecutor Edge-Were-Wolf: “Despite some setbacks, yes.”

Judge: “Setbacks?”

Prosecution: “Someone… stole some evidence…”

Judge: “But that means there’s no case from what I read.”

Sly: “Then-a my client should-a go free!”

Prosecution: “HOLD IT! We may not have evidence, but we have the next best thing! Testimony from someone who witnessed the crime and certainly put Thaddeus as the killer!”

*The gallery murmurs.*

Judge: “Then bring him out! We got executions and cases to get to!”

Prosecution: “The prosecution calls Bark the Polar Bear to the stand.”

Sly whispers to Thaddeus: “Alright, you ready?”

Thaddeus: “I am used to this, but are you?”

Sly: “Yeah, if it means I save you.”

*Bark takes the stand*

Judge: “Please state your name and occupation for the court. Not that it matters.”

Bark (Having a British accent): “My name’s Bark and I’m Annis’ butler. I know what I saw when I walked in! Thaddeus was there!”

-WItness Testimony-

Bark: “I had finished my work for the day and left, but I forgot something and went back in. There, I saw Annis’ bedroom in ruin and Lady Fox on the bed motionless. And I saw Thaddeus, that very raccoon, pilfering her most treasured items with an evil grin!”

Judge: “Well, that seems to wrap this case up quite nicely! Be the quickest conviction ever! I find Thaddeus-”

Sly interrupted: “OB-JECTION, ‘Udgy, but did-a you forget I’m here to counter?!”

Judge: “Why should you?! Seems pretty open and shut, honestly.”

Sly: “I can find some-a holes, trust-a me.”

Judge: “Fine, but don’t waste our time.”

-Counter Argument (The player decides if Sly presses, objects, moves on, or moves back a statement with dialogue trees from Sly 3. Wrong objections empty the penalty bar, doing it twice gets a guilty verdict and must start over from the beginning.)-

Bark: “I had finished my work for the day and left, but I forgot something and went back in.”

Sly- Do I press him for more info, object to the statement with evidence, or move on to a new statement?

-*If Press is chosen: (CORRECT OPTION)*

Sly: “HOLD IT! What is it you forgot-a to do that required returning back to the manor bedroom?”

Prosecutor: “OBJECTION! Does it really matter?”

Sly: “I-a think so! It might be-a important!”

Judge: “I’ll allow it. Witness?”

Bark laughs nervously: “I… uh… forgot to lock the safe.”

Prosecutor: “WHAT?! You didn’t tell me that?!”

Bark: “It didn’t seem relevant… you’d have to be a part of her staff to even know if the safe was locked.”

Sly: “See! I-a told you it was important!”

Prosecutor: “Ob… Objection! As he said, it’s not relevant totally”

Sly: “Is it? The crime occurred-a when the safe was-a unlocked! Smells of an inside job if you ask-a me!””

Judge: “I have to side with the Defense. Witness, amend your testimony.”

Bark: “I had stupidly forgotten to lock the safe.”

Sly: “Do I press him for more info, object to the statement with evidence, move on, or go back a statement?

*If Sly presses*

Sly: “Hold it! Why did you forget to lock the safe?”

Bark: “I was… busy… Annis had pushed me around a lot that day. It slipped my mind.”

Prosecutor: “I don’t see a problem here, honestly.”

Sly: *Is there?*

YES (Incorrect)-

Sly: “I… I think?”

Judge: “Allow me to decide: No!”

Sly: “D’oh!”

NO (Correct)-

Sly: *Mmm, he is right… if I was busy, I could forget something important.* “Fine, move on.”

Bark: “There, I saw Annis’ bedroom in ruin and Lady Fox on the bed motionless”

*If pressed*

Sly: “Hold it! How did you know the bedroom was in ruin?!”

Bark: “Well, the safe was ajar and the bed was a mess, like with a struggle!”

Prosecutor: “Is there a point?”

YES (Correct)

Sly: “Yes! I took a photo of the scene and found the bed to be neat and tidy, as though she never got out of bed in the first place!” *Shows a period accurate picture of the bedroom for the court.*

Bark: “Oh… darn...”

Prosecution: “Damn it…”

Judge: “The witness will refrain from lying on the stand.”

Bark: “Sorry… I just forgot…”

NO (Incorrect, but just does nothing, as it requires a revisit)

Sly: “No… not that I can see…”

Judge: “Please continue.”

Bark: “And I saw Thaddeus, that very raccoon, pilfering her most treasured items with an evil grin!””

*If pressed.*

Sly: “Hold it! How do you know it was Thaddeus?”

Bark: “It was him for sure! I saw his cane!”

*The prosecutor slaps his face.* “Damn it!”

Judge: “HUH?! Why the outburst, Prosecution?”

The prosecution seethes. “That… was the missing evidence.”

Sly: “Perhaps we can-a help?”

Prosecutor and Judge: “What?!”

Sly: “We found the cane.” *He shows it to the court.*

Judge accepts it as evidence. “Where was it?”

Sly: “Well, it might-a not help the prosecution. But we found it in Bark’s possession. He-a dropped it.”

Bark starts to look worried.

Sly: “And while we are-a on the subject, I think the police should-a visit Big Ben! We did some detective work and found a money trail leading for Annis’ home to his secret hideout in Big Ben. And we found the lost valuables!”

Bark now looks angry.

The judge is surprised. “You found the money and valuables?!”

Sly: “Yeah, and Bark’s testimony seems to neglect the hole in the manor wall and the glass on the inside of the window on top of the hole!”

Judge: “How about you tell us your theory, Defense.”

Sly: “I-a think Bark doesn’t work-a for Annis, and was actually planning on-a robbing her! He-a knocked her out beforehand with one of-a those weird things flying around outside, creating the hole and making her comatose!”

Judge: “So weird things outside belong to him?”

Sly: “Yes! Then he crashed in-a through the window and then robbed her of-a her stuff, leaving a trail to-a his place! Thaddeus is wrongly implicated here!”

The prosecutor smiles: “And can you prove this?”

*A voice can be heard in Sly’s ear at this time.*

Bentley: “Sly! We’re here! We can hear you! Finish it off!”

Sly: “Yes!”

The prosecutor loses his smile fast. “Wait, what?”

Sly: “Why-a don’t you ask Annis Fox yourself?!”

Judge: “But she’s comatose!”

Sly: “We-a found a way to revive her! Just ask her! I call Annis Fox to the stand!”

*The court doors open and Annis walks in.*

The prosecutor: “A-a-a-a ANNIS FOX?!”

Bark: “Damn it…”

Annis: “I heard the defense, and he is right! I believe I saw a bear outside a few times beforehand, and Bark looks just like him! I feel confident that he robbed me!”

The prosecution is speechless.

Judge: “I guess that wraps this up nicely. I find Thaddeus -”

Bark: “NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!”

-*If Object is chosen at a wrong time.*

Sly: “I-a Ob-ject!”

Prosecutor: “On what grounds? Even a fool could tell nothing is wrong there!”

Judge: “Sorry, but I’m with the prosecution. Penalty for the defence”

Sly: “D’oh!”

-*If penalty bar is empty*

Judge: “I’m sorry, but I must stop the defense from making a fool of himself. I find Thaddeus: G U I L T Y.”

Sly: “Sorry Thaddeus…”

*In a fit of anger from losing, Bark pulls out a button switch*

Sly: “What’s that?”

Bark: “I WILL NOT LOSE TO YOU FOOLS!!! DIE!!!!”

*He presses the button, and sounds can be heard outside…*

Sly: “Everyone! Get out now!”

*One of the crashed airship’s last cannons, still operational apparently, aims itself at the courthouse and fires a powerful shot. Everyone scrambles to get out of the courtroom before the shot collides. Once the shot hits, the roof collapses and the debris wreck the courtroom with only Carmelita and Knuckles remaining inside, the rest of the team unable to get back in due to the debris blocking them.*

Knuckles: “Ugh… Oh thank the heavens, we’re alive.”

Carmelita: “Urk, yeah… Unfortunately, we’re alone with him now.”

Bark: “Dammit! How did that not kill anyone?! No matter! I’ll take you both down and then kill that brood like I was supposed to!”

Carmelita: “HA! Good luck with that! I’ll have you know I’m Interpol’s top detective and I’ve taken down criminals far stronger than you! And if you think I’ll let you kill my ancestor this easily, you’re very mistaken!”

Knuckles: “Yeah! And my strength easily outmatches yours! You have no chance, Polar Bear!”

Bark: “We’ll see about that, you echidna lastling!”

*Carmelita fires an electric blast from her Shock Pistol at Bark. Right when the shot was about to hit Bark, it disappears and the polar bear is not affected*

Carmelita: “What the-?!”

Bark: “Hehehe, my boss prepared for your arrival and gave me a device to activate an Electric Shield! It protects me from electricity and gives me a shocking punch!”

*Carmelita growls and jumps at Bark, intending to deliver a powerful kick to his head, but he catches her foot and tosses her into one of the rubble*

*And so the boss fight against Bark begins. Thanks to his Electric Shield, Bark is completely invulnerable to Carmelita’s shots. Thankfully the Electric Shield will disappear should Bark suffer a powerful enough hit but he is tough as bricks, so only Knuckles can do anything about this. The first part of the fight has Knuckles and Bark duking it out like boxers. In other words, this part of the fight plays like a simplified fighting game; the controls have you punch, block, dodge, and move, with the objective being to deplete the Electric Shield’s “HP” to zero. Once it’s gone, you can switch to Carmelita and start unloading her Shock Pistol at Bark and whittle away at his health. Once his health goes down 25%, Bark will bring up another Electric Shield and the process begins again. While fighting against Knuckles, he’ll start off with just punching, then jabbing quickly (75%), throwing uppercuts (50%), and finally fake-outs (25%). And while fighting against Carmelita, he hide more often and throw stuff at you the more health he loses.

*Once Bark is defeated*

Bark: “I may have lost… but Eggman is still winning…”

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Outro Cutscene:

Sly: “After knocking out Bark, the court deemed Thaddeus as not guilty for the crime and arrested that polar bear on the spot. For both the crime and destroying the courthouse, Bark was to be sentenced to death! But we couldn’t let that happen, both to keep the timestream stable and because we can’t allow anyone from Sonic’s universe to die in our world, so we managed to convince the law to let us apprehend Bark and then toss him back into Sonic’s world. After having to solve that whole mystery, we all decided to stick around with Thaddeus for a bit and get some downtime. With the way Eggman and his goons operated so far, we need all the energy we can get. Besides, with time travel, it’s never too late to do anything.

Sly: “Heh, Thaddius sure is spending quite a bit of time with Annis, talking about cases and the like. Guess he must of convinced the Fox family to go into law enforcement.”

Next Time: Sly and Sonic batten down the hatches in the 17th Century Caribbean.

#Isakthedragon's fanfiction #Super Sonic Thieves #SST #Super Sonic Thieves: Chapter 3 #SST: Chapter 3 #Featuring an ancestor to Carmelita... Annis Fox!#I wonder if people will like her... and Thaddeus.#Also Phoenix Wright references cause why not?

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A Pokémon Lemon... Sort of? (18+)

It's the real world. Pokemon don't exist. You're a normal person, and you just got your first job out of college. It's not going to be easy, but it's doable. As you are riding the bus home you decide to pull out your DS to see if there are any games you can play to pass the time. Unfortunately, you don't have many games. Fortunately you do have Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. You haven't played this game before, but you've heard great things about it. So, you pop it into the DS and begin to boot it up. A message on the screen welcomes you to Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. You complete the personality quiz and are determined to be the Sassy type... You're a Riolu, apparently. As the main character, you set off to explore your new world. You watch the intro cutscene of the game... Your soon to be partner, Vulpix is struggling with some fear of a grate. Eventually she gives up and goes to the beach, where she finds you. She begins to speak, and mentions that the two of you will be working together to explore dungeons and conquer them. The bus you are riding arrives at your stop and your forced to cut this adventure short. But before you leave, you promise yourself that you'll continue this journey on a later date, when you have more free time. As you are sleeping later that night, a mysterious beam of light shining in through your window wakes you up. It's very bright. As you groggily wake up, you notice the beam of light pointing to your ds. As you open the lid of the DS your vision goes blank as a sudden jolt of electricity shoots through your body. Your brain awakens as something completely different from what you once knew was real. You awaken in a world filled with Pokemon. But it looks familiar somehow... You look into the water... You've become a Riolu?! Where have you seen this before? Your thoughts are interrupted as a Vulpix rushes over to you. "Are you okay?!" She asks as she begins to stroke your head a bit. "Do you know who I am?" You try to move, and are unable to due to paralysis. "I'm your new partner, Lyra." The name sounds familiar, but you can't quite place it... She pulls out some sort of rock and explains how she wants to become a brave adventurer. The background music is very soothing. You feel like staying in this world forever... "This all feels so unreal..." You think to yourself. She continues on her rant as a Zubat and a Coffing sneak up behind her. They bump into her causing her to drop the stone, she lands on top of you. "Oof!" She jumps off of you and angrily shouts back at them "Hey, why'd you do that?" Coffing: "Don't you get it, we did it to mess with you! We didn't want to be your partner!" Lyra ignores him and says "Alright let's try this again!" as she picks up the stone. Then she realizes something and her eyes widen "My necklace is gone! Lyra is shocked silent for a moment, the zubat and coffing grab the rock and head for a nearby cave on the beach. You slowly hop up and follow Lyra as she runs after them. She is clearly annoyed by this turn of events, but tries not to let it get to her. You try to offer some encouragement as you follow her down the cave... You and Lyra walk hand in hand down a dark cave. There is a loud noise and an overhead light turns on. Lyra doesn't even notice this as odd behavior... It hits you... You got transported into your game console... "I am inside of the game?" You mumble to yourself... As if on command Lyra hears your voice and turns around. "Is something wrong" Lyra asks? "Yeah, I mean, I thought I was in here with you" You respond, confused by your surroundings. This causes a bigger reaction from Lyra as she looks at you in disbelief. She begins to laugh "You're actually inside of my game? This is hilarious!" then she hugs you. Her happiness is contagious, after all this is what you wanted... You hug her back... Something clicks with you... You realize it isn't entire like the game... You can feel yourself... Getting... Hard...?!!! You attempt to stop yourself but it's too late... Soon other Pokemon in the cave are noticing your condition and begin whispering among themselves... "Get a room" You hear a nearby Murkrow say. This rude comment causes Lyra to laugh even more... Why is she finding this funny? Shouldn't she be embarrassed? More importantly why does this bother you so much? The voices return with another comment "You're one of them now" one says. Another says "You should embrace the beast within". You have no idea what they mean, but the pressure in your pants is becoming unbearable... "Get a load of this guy" A Stunky says "He's grown a bulge." Lyra finally notices your erection and begins to laugh even more "That's the funniest thing I've seen in years!" she says as she turns around and rubs her belly. She reaches down between her legs and starts playing with herself while looking at you. Her face is red and she is breathing hard. You find yourself doing the same, but for an entirely different reason... She turns around again and says "It's too bad you have to go back to your world now, I was getting started!" Arceus's voice appears from nowhere and says "Nah, I wanna see where this goes. He can stay" "Thank you!" Lyra says in disbelief "Now I need to make preparations, you head back home. Don't worry about anything; I'll take care of everything. See you later..." she suddenly trails off. She seems very nervous. "Are you okay?" You ask "What's wrong?" She smiles and walks towards you... Then jumps on top of you and says "Are you ready to feel the heat of.... 1,000 Suns!" She kisses you passionately. The voices return and you can almost feel their excitement... They want you to be intimate with this girl, why? Because they want you to embrace the beast within? What does that even mean? As these thoughts race through your mind Lyra hops off of you and pulls her shirt over her head revealing a lacy black bra that contains a monstrous bulge of her own... You didn't know pokemon wore clothes under their shirts... That or you just blocked that out along time ago. Either way it doesn't matter right now. The point is both of you are getting hot and bothered and ready for action. Are you the sub or dom? The observer or participant? And is it even real or is it just part of the fantasy? All of these questions race through your mind as she kisses down your body until she reaches her destination... "Oof" she says as she falls on top of you, she looks at you with tears in her eyes "I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have done that..." Her words confuse you for a moment as she gets off of you and heads towards the entrance of the cave... Only to turn around and throw herself on the floor in front of you once again "Please..." By now you are so confused that you are wondering if she is really this insane or if your tripping on sora ore than usual "Err.. Okay..." The first kiss was an accident, after that though it was on purpose. Whether or not this is real or part of the game doesn't matter, if she keeps doing this to you then this counts as winning regardless of what else happens. The only possible way you could loose is if you die... Or somehow get put back in your own world... In which case you had fun while it lasted. But it continues... You wonder what it would feel like to have fur pressed against you intimately... And it smells good... Suddenly it's Lyra's turn to be confused "You sure took your time about this..." She says as she gets up off of you. "I... I was just confused... S... Sorry..." you say with a nervous smile. Lyra giggles "Don't be, I knew what I was doing the whole time, I just wanted to play with you a bit..." You feel angry. but still horny at the same time "Well why didn't you just say so in the first place!" You shout, causing her to back away "Sorry..." "It's just... You know, it's more fun if the person your playing with doesn't know..." she responds as she continues to step back "Or at least doesn't know all the rules..." "What are you talking about? I'm not following you..." Lyra turns away from you and lays down on the floor beside you. She puts her head on a block of wood and closes her eyes " You wonder where the block of wood came from, it wasn't there before... Did she make it appear out of thin air? You are still thinking real world logic, you need to start thinking game logic or this will never end! Lyra grabs your hand and brings it to her stomach "Can you feel it?" she asks with a smile. You cannot feel it... Unless you are feeling lust and that isn't a feeling you have ever gotten from this situation before. She looks happy though, so much so that she begins to tear up a bit "I had my first time here" Wait, you realize that the murkrow and the stunky from before are still here. You couldn't see them before because they hid so well but they must have been lurking just out of sight the whole time "Why didn't you tell me?" Lyra responds "I just didn't think it was your business that my first time was here" she begins to sniffle a bit "You had a hard time yourself recently and I didn't want you to have a bad time if you had to travel back in time because of me..." "Lyra..." Traveling back in time? Arceus's voice appears again and says "Okay, funs over..." he pauses and looks at Lyra "You sure know how to pick 'em!" he laughs. Lyra giggles as she stands back up "I have to get home now... You should travel back too, there are many places in time where your presence will cause major changes that won't happen any other time! " She seems so enthusiastic about this... Has she always wanted to go back in time? Or is this some sort of game just for the two of you? Well, no more time to think about it as you wake up back on the bus... Appearently you were sleep talking the entire way home, how embarrasing. You go home and change clothes before heading out to face your mom's wrath when she gets home. Luckily for you she doesn't mind your being out so late. "Hey son!" she says while giving you a big hug and kiss "How was school?" You think really hard about what happened while you were there and try to piece together an accurate answer "Uhh, school was good today..." You almost tell her about the sexual encounter with Lyra but you don't think she'll appreciate that story so instead you go with "A girl I like asked me to go with her"... Which is a pretty accurate summary of what happened. She's pretty happy about the news "Hooray for dating!" she smiles. You quickly spit out the words "It was in my DS" before rushing to your room to hide. Sure enough your mom knocks on your door 15 minutes later to give you your presents. A large box from your dad is on your bed and an e-reader from your mom. Why did they give me presents? Oh yeah, Lyra liked you too... Or rather Arceus liked her... You're not really sure what's going on anymore. What happened to the trip to the past? You open the box first to find a brand new g3 laptop. You immediately turn it on and see that it's yours. You finally go through the e-reader after a couple hours of PC gaming to try out the g3. It's very powerful but way too complicated for you, after an hour your entire desktop is one big X button from you cluttering it up. Looks like you don't know how to use a computer, but you do know how to use an e-reader so you put down the g3 for now. Over the next week or two you spend your free time reading through your e-books on your reader. By then you've completely forgotten about Lyra, at least until you try to play Pokemon Mystery Dungeon again... The game boots up but none of the characters are in the cutscene, in fact all of the graphics are plain ole text boxes. Now you're lost, when was this game released? You must have been really bored in class to forget about it already... When you go to sleep that night you find yourself back in the pokemon world, walking around routes 8 and 9 as usual. So much has happened since then... Time to go back in time again! And go back in time you did, but too far back you went, you traveled to before you were born. Instead of changing things for the better, you went back to when the world was first created! And you accidentally killed a spider monster that went on to become the evil force known as Kyros. You single handedly ruined the whole story of course, but at this point you didn't really care, the damage was already done and now everything was lost. The only thing left to do was die. But before you did, why not come up with a clever quote? Haha, you thought of the perfect one, but your alone so you didn't have to say it outloud. THE END

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