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meazalykov · 18 days

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Teammates, or lovers?

emily fox x uswntplayer!R

warnings: none

Emily Fox and Y/n L/n are in a year long relationship together. The 25 and 23 year old first met when they both played for North Carolina Courage in 2023. Since then, Emily moved to London and Y/n L/n moved to Lyon to continue their football careers. So, their relationship turned into a long distance relationship.

The two lovers were sad about it, and the first two months were pretty hard to adjust to. However, they both moved to the same continent so it was easier to see each other during small breaks in their careers. Y/n made the effort to visit London to see Emily, even if it's only a day trip. Emily made the same efforts as well, coming to Lyon to watch Y/n play with their USWNT teammate Lindsey Horan whenever it's possible.

You remembered the night in North Carolina when you cried to Emily about your career. For a while, you lost your passion and struggled to find a challenge in the sport. Everyone involved in the NWSL knew that you were one of the best left wingers out there. You moved to North Carolina from the Chicago Red Stars to see if the team was the problem, it wasn’t.

Emily understands your feelings completely. She cried with you as well since your feelings with the sport related with hers.

The next day, Y/n’s agent told her that Olympique Lyon wanted to offer her a contract. The girl’s jaw dropped at the news. Lyon is one of the most developed clubs in the world, in terms of women’s soccer. She knew Lindsey Horan, her friend and USWNT teammate, transferred there after a year long loan deal. Y/n accepted the offer, hoping that Lyon would give her the passion she wanted back.

“Emily, I have to tell you something.” Y/n sat down beside Emily as she held her hands. The brunette swallowed in nervousness, wondering if her girlfriend saw the rumors about her on instagram.

“I am transferring clubs–” Y/n confessed, before Emily had the chance to talk, the left winger cut her off.

“Not a NWSL club.. Um.. I signed a contract and I’m moving to Europe—-France specifically.” Y/n frowned. She looked at Emily and saw a look… of relief??

“Em what's the matter?” Y/n questioned Emily’s expression.

“Nothing n/n. I was going to tell you this soon but maybe I'll tell you now too– but I am moving to Europe as well. A club offered me a contract and I signed a few days ago.” Emily confessed.

Y/n raised her eyebrows, she knew Emily wanted to transfer clubs, but wondered which lucky club signed Emily.

“Where?” Y/n asked.

“England...well London to be exact.” Emily answered. Y/n smiled and the two girls embraced each other in a hug.

When Emily and Y/n played at Courage, many fans started to suspect that they’re a couple. Many WOSO fanpages shipped the duo due to their close proximity at events. The girls decided that they didn’t want to go public with their relationship until a few years in, since they’d be established enough to not let external factors affect them.

As the two girls moved to Europe, they found their love for the sport back. Y/n fits into Lyon perfectly, being the highest goalscorer in France and in the Women’s Champions League. Emily is considered to be one of the best defenders in England since her transfer. The “rumors” about their relationship died down completely, but some fans do miss the duo at Courage.

Now it's March 2024, the USWNT faces off Brazil in the 2024 CONCACAF Gold Cup final. Y/n L/n and Emily Fox were both on the roster for the tournament which excited the couple. The couple excited the fans too, as Emily and Y/n’s pictures together during training practices excited the fanbase.

At halftime, the score is up 1-0. Y/n’s Lyon teammate Lindsey Horan scores a header that gives the United States the lead. Emily started the match but Y/n didn’t, but the forward subbed on and replaced Trinity Rodman in the 61st minute.

In the 79th minute, Emily fox gained possession of the ball after an error caused by a Brazilian midfielder. She passes the ball to Sophia Smith, seeing the striker in a nice path free from the opposition.

Sophia Smith struggles with keeping control of the ball when she found contact with a Brazilian defender, so she looks forward seeing Y/n L/n onside and free to receive a pass.

Y/n L/n is known for her dribbling and perfect finishes when she shoots from outside the box. The crowd knew this, so the screams got louder as y/n moved the ball to her left. She looks up to see that the Brazilian defender in front of her didn’t move quick enough at her move, so she goes to take a shot.

The soccer ball goes up high in the air and curves, the Brazilian goalkeeper jumps up and the ball barely grazes her fingers before it lands in the net. Goal!

Y/n jumps in excitement before she runs to the corner of the pitch, the crowd erupts and y/n has her arms spread out in celebration.

USWNT 2-0.

The forward turned around and saw Lindsey Horan running to her, y/n jumped up on the blonde girl in excitement. The rest of the team on the pitch gathered around the girls as they’re guaranteed to win, unless Brazil had a miracle.

As the group disbanded from the celebration, y/n saw her girlfriend who smiled brightly. Not caring about the amount of photographers that could capture the moment and the crowd as witnesses, the forward hugs the defender in a tight embrace. Emily accepted it, naturally putting her head on y/n’s shoulder for a few seconds before letting go and tapping her on the lower back in praise.

Twenty minutes later, the game ended 2-0. The USWNT wins the first women’s CONCACAF Gold Cup. Y/n and Emily run and give each other a hug. Well, y/n jumped on Emily who held her as the two celebrated their win. This didn’t go unnoticed by fans and shippers.

The team knew about their relationship, so they gave the girl’s their own moment before the whole team celebrated. This is before going up to receive the trophy and gold medals.

Emily and Y/n stayed side by side the entire night. The idea of hiding their relationship wasn’t ideal to them anymore, now they wanted the world to know about their love.

(pretend this is you in all the pictures below)

y/n.l/n

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a month of hard work ended in victory 💙 forever proud snd grateful for being with this team.

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alexmorgan13 🇺🇸🔥🏆

___emilyfox I love you!! ❤️

wosofan OH MY GOD???

y/n_lyonfan I CANT BELIEVE MY EYES

100purcent gold cup champs!! so proud 🥹

sophsssmith 🤍

trinity_rodman I had such a fun time! 🏆

y/n.l/n same!!

an: my first uswnt centered fic! hope you enjoyed <3

#emily fox #arsenal fc #woso appreciation #woso x reader #uswnt x reader #trinity rodman #leah williamson

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dnd-smash-pass-vs · 5 months

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Wait what's the thing about gold elves killing eilistraee followers as big eilistraee simp i never heard of this. What do I have to blame Corellon "Known Bitch" Larenthian with now?

...oh boy. I don't have the most time today, but I can always rattle off elven lore. idk why, I just got obsessed in the rabbit hole for a year for some reason, despite not being my favorite.

Ok, are you familiar with the evermeet debacle? Gold elves decided to make a new elf-only land by ripping out a chunk of heaven itself and throwing into the sea? Dark elves mentioned basic water displacement exists, and how every time gold elves try high magic it goes wrong and even wipes out entire elven species? Got banned for eternity even after being proven right, basically for insinuating that a Gold Elf plan is capable of fault. Well after everyone rebuilt from the widespread slaughter of most life on continents worth of coast, thier arrogance boiled over and the main gold elf nation tried to subjugate all other elves. Starting with the country which was Eilistraee's capital of worship. That was the start of the Dark Elf decent, as the country on the other side of the coast started fighting thier way through every nation between the two, using worse and worse means in a desparate attempt to get to dark/green elf nation they'd subjugated. Starting with fire, eventually leading to demons and undead. but. Um. Gold elves got sick of 3000 years of failed subjugation I guess, because they made a magical eternal nuke that wiped it off the face of the planet. Specifically with high magic, which comes through Corelleon and he has sole control over, able to just turn it off at any time. note that it took drow high mages running in and having to manually turn it off, even if Corellon somehow didn't register it happening he still had to approve for it to keep going endlessly. Remember, this nation that was vaporized was Eilistraee's place. The prime dark elf nation realized this was now a war for survival, went full feral cornered animal, and the other elves turned the dark elves into drow. Corellon even barred them from the afterlife, took away much of thier elven powers and cut them off from his love. like, for all elves and nations, even those in other planes or completely uninvolved. If you wonder why Lolth even has power, it's because when they made thier descent there was just her, a god of hedonism, and the slime god. Eilistraee had lost most of her influence because all her worshippers had been vaporized. The gold elves had destroyed all influences of good, so lolth had free reign. I made an unhinged video on it after like a year of reading up on every elf I could find and trying to boil the script down. not the most proud of it since I was barely conscious by the end of editing so there's weird pauses between some lines, and...holy shit looking back I forgot subtitles. I'll need to add those when I have a moment. but if you're interested in the full story. 13:05 for the war, 14:35 for the dark elf part. Or the whole thing if you want to hear a listing of all elves, as I learn that I'm not actually biased against them like I thought, just specifically against the Gold elves and Shadar-Kai. And the lythari, but I don't actually have anything against them, I just think the insistence that they aren't lycanthropes is a bit dumb.

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#not tournament #answers

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howlingday · 2 years

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Far off the coast of northern Sanus likes a continent as black as moonless, starless night. It is here where the wicked lost god rests before she rises to consume the world. Now, only one man stands before this vile, ravenous maw of unquenched hunger.

Salem: Hello~!

Salem: Welcome to Black Wastes, oh noble paladin! I am Salem, the Black Queen of Grimm, and the Endless Maw of Death and the Ceaselessly Famished!

Salem: Are you here to become my first follower? That would be so nice~!

Salem: Is there anything you desire? I can grant any wish, so just ask~!

Jaune: My wish? My wish is... YOUR DEATH, BLACK MONSTER!

Salem: Eek!

Jaune: (Stabs her in the heart, Hacks at her torso, Slices through her head, Runs through her belly)

Salem: I'm sorry. I am rather sturdy. If you wish me dead, I would grant it... But I'm not sure I can~.

A few dozen strafes and strikes later...

Jaune: (Panting)

Salem: You can do it! Don't give up~!

Jaune: SILENCE, DEMON! THIS ENDS NOW! (Charges Crocea Mors with all his aura, leaps at Salem) THIS IS THE POWER OF MY ANCESTORS, MY PRIDE, AND MY FRIENDS! HRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH!

About three ultimate attacks later...

Jaune: (Stares at his broken Crocea Mors, Drops to his knees) I give up... I can't do this anymore...

Salem: Oh, I'm so sorry, sir~!

Salem: Is there anything else you want besides my death?

Salem: I could grant you a wish to make you feel better~.

Jaune: Whatever. I'm gonna retire. Be a farmer. Raise some kids.

Salem: Oh, that's wonderful~! The world could always use more farmers. I'm sure you'll be a greater farmer, sweetie. I'm so happy for you~!

---------------------------------------------------

Jaune: (Suddenly holding a pitchfork) Uh...

Emerald: Um, hello? I was told I was supposed to marry you.

Jaune: (Sighs)

A few years later...

Sherry: Daddy, tell me a story! One about when you were a paladin!

Jaune: (Distant look in his sad, sad eye) Those were dark times, my little blossom. You don't want to know.

Emerald: Sherry! You know better than to trigger your father's PTSD!

#rwby #baalbuddy #salem #jaune arc #emerald sustrai #topaz #rwbabies

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gravehags · 4 days

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truth or dare ask game:

🥐🔪🧃🍄🌻🥤🥑🛼(hehe)

yes Im nosey sshhh

🥐 this is an oldie for anyone who was a member of ONTD on livejournal but “i know bitch, i was watching” still makes me laugh and i still quote it to this day

🔪 weirdest topic researched for writing…probably for my undergrad thesis when i was originally planning to include baroque art, i did a deep dive into frederik ruysch’s tableaus of baby skeletons. somewhat related, his daughter rachel was one of the most popular dutch still life artists of the era yet most people don’t know her name.

🧃honestly idk if there is anything about me i haven’t posted lmao i am the queen of oversharing but um. don’t know if i’ve ever talked about how i was chosen as a freshman to present at the deyoung museum on the topic that three years later would become my thesis. it was typically an event only open to seniors but the head of the art history department was so impressed she made an exception :) also connected to that - my grad school capstone advisor was present and the first time i met with her she told me she remembered me and my presentation 12 years later. so keep researching that weird shit you like it will make an impression on at least one person lol

🍄 hmmm since it’s lesbian visibility week let’s go with cirrus/cumulus. i think they were aware of one another in the pit, even intrigued by one another but neither made a move. not until after they were summoned when one evening cirrus got into a scrap with dewdrop and cumulus jumped in to break it up. when dew accidentally swung on her, cirrus lost her whole shit. took aether and mountain holding her back and even then, they got scratched to shit and bit. cumulus, with her eye swollen, walked over to her and gently stroked her face murmuring reassuring words to her. dewdrop felt so guilty he apologized to not only cumulus but also cirrus. it was the last time they ever (physically) fought and every time dew saw cumulus with that black eye it made him sick to his stomach. and the girls? never slept without one another since.

🌻 someone i appreciate but don’t talk to on a regular basis wow this is a hard one. maybe not a specific person but to everyone who regularly likes or reblogs my fics, even if i don’t follow you trust me i see you 🩵

🥤there are so many people on here who are incredible writers but truly @anamelessfool and @the-lisechen blow me away every time. such beautiful prose that really gets you emotionally and they are both incredible at creating compelling OCs. cannot recommend them more.

🥑 if we lived on the same continent i’d absolutely say @forest-rot but other than them i’d say @bimbotheosis lmao she’s got a bigger car than me that can better hold a body and is close enough that it would be efficiently done

🛼 -> 🙊💦🍜🧎🏻‍♀️🪤

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vellatra · 2 months

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Fire Emblem - Three Houses - A Dumb Summary

I was challenged to summarize 3H. I know very little about the game. You've been warned!

Once upon a time there was this guy Billy. Or this girl Billie. Actually you get to pick so we’ll just pick one now… wait and there are also several stories to pick. Shoot. Well we’ll just have to have several summaries then, won’t we? Nyeh!

Story One - Azure… Something

Once upon a time there was this girl Billie who taught battle strategy or something at the Mach 10 Monastery. She was very confusing to everyone, ‘cause she was the same age as the students but also teaching them, but also not the same age and like a super old goddess or dragon or something and also might’ve been possessed by the demigod descendent of Sothe and Yune? Look I don’t know and neither do you. Anyway, so she’s teaching and they’ve got this system like Hogwarts where everybody picks a sports mascot to rally behind, and the teachers also get to pick favorites. She picks Gryffindor because she has a major crush on this dude in the house who wants to KILL EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM. Who are “them”, you ask? Yes. It’s a wonder anybody survived going to school with him okay? Super bloodthirsty dude. Dunno why either, something to do with working for the Holy Faerghan Empire and the Spanish Inquisition I think? And also he talks to ghosts? Yeah that sounds right. Eventually somebody got annoyed with his serial slaughtering because at some point he lost an eye, but we’ll get to that later.

Mr. Inquisitor’s classmates (who will probably never show their faces in this story again) consist of a bottle of Felix Felicis, Ash from Pokemon, Miklan’s Brother, a car, the mailwoman from Rune Factory Frontier, and a d-dude (people always stutter when they talk about him so his title is canonically “d-dude”).

There are also some other teachers, but most of them are boring. Except of course for Mole Lady, and the Phantom of the Opera who’s trained to become a ninja.

So Billie taught the Inquisitor and his cronies all there is to know about combat and strategy and whatnot, until one day when she decided to go on a years-long vacation to “find herself” or something. Everything blew up without Billie there to stop it! But you play as Billie so it all just kinda happens without you and she comes back like “Oh crud what’d I miss?” and she just joins in the war that’s started, on the side of her teacher’s pets of course because they’re her most favoritest and are absolutely in the right in this war, right? Turns out they’re fighting against the other two houses, who are also fighting each other. It’s just a total mess. Also there’s this group of sewer rats who come out of the gutter and say they’re the totally legit and super awesome FOURTH HOUSE DUN DUN DUN! Led by somebody named Japanese Lesbian even though he’s a dude? Whatever, anyway he says they want to join Billie’s side because… I dunno she’s cool I guess? So off they go to fight everybody else, and of course, to KILL EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM! Especially the leader of Ravenclaw, Edelwiess, because she’s definitely a heretic who wants to be a normal Fire Emblem lord and fight the church and defeat god like everybody else. Ew! The horror! She’s definitely evil! So um… yeah that’s basically what they do I guess? Just whoop up on everybody and take over the continent? Oh and also they make a detour to Miklan’s Brother’s Brother’s house and smite him in particular because nobody likes him. He liked to be mean to his brother when they were little because his brother had a fancy hat or something that meant he’d get to be king after their father? I think? Or something? Anyway Miklan’s Brother’s Brother was super jealous of the fancy hat and made sure it was everybody’s problem so they all went to his house to smite him before continuing on their journey to KILL EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM. Which they did. Then if you play your cards right Billie marries the Inquisitor and they live murderously ever after! Yay!

Story Two - Crimson Flour (What the heck is that made of? Red 40? Ew!)

Billy decided to teach Ravenclaw because he thinks their albino leader Edelwiess is cute, but then he discovers that she has this menacing bodyguard who never eats, never sleeps, and follows her everywhere, and he thinks “ya know what, I should’ve picked another house”, but then it’s too late. Ravenclaw consists of Edelwiess, Scary Hubert, a nerd, a ghost, Sonic’s mom, a modern girl cameoing, and Cool Fiona.

So anyway, like Billie, he teaches the kiddos and then leaves for a well-undeserved vacation while the war starts. When he comes back, he’s like “well obviously my faves are the good guys” so he joins the Ravenclaws on their quest to defy the Holy Faerghan Empire and the Church of Kronos’ Wife and to slay god or something. This means they also run afoul of Mr. Inquisitor, but they slay him too and put an end to his bloodbath… while they go off and do basically the same thing I think? Starting to think there are no good guys actually. Oh dear. Anyway at one point things get so evil and wrong that Billy gets to choose whether to stick with Edelwiess or to backstab her. If he sticks with her, they smite their foes and probably live happily ever after (but they don’t get married because Hubert is too scary and Billy doesn’t want to get poisoned on a date). If he betrays her, I have no idea. All I know is that the story turns into Story Three - White… Fluffy Clouds… or something…. And he probably teams up with the aforementioned sewer rats, because they think he’s cool. I’m sure he wins but how in the world does he defeat Hubert? That man is an all-powerful menace. Somebody fill me in? Haha

Story Four - Fear the Deer

Billie joins Hufflepuff, mostly because she sees it’s led by fellow Star Wars enthusiast Claude von Beethoven. He’s so committed to the bit that he even has a little padawan braid and everything! So cool! Anyway so she teaches him and his buddies: a dude obsessed with roses, an artist self-insert, a Micaiah wannabe, Amy Rose with an axe, and some girl who’s obsessed with The Witcher. They’re all a bunch of nerds and we love them for it. I have no idea what these guys want when the war breaks out - they’re probably just excited to be in a Fire Emblem game honestly! - but obviously, since Billie’s with them in this version of the story, those crazy sewer rats join them and they mop the floor with everybody else and, uh, they live happily ever after I guess! Except for Miklan of course. ;P

There’s also Story Five - Whiskered Eggplant, but we’re not getting into that today ;) XD

THE END.

#fire emblem #3h #three houses #dimitri #byleth #edelgard #claude von riegan #dumb summary #fear the deer

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yanderefairyangel · 4 months

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Saw this take: "Eddy bad because she started a war? Boy you don't want to play any of the other FE games" Um you mean the games where they say war is bad and the person who starts it is normally a villain most of the times. And it's generally common sense that someone who starts a war is not a great person? Especially if it's over revanchist nationalism and desire to wipe out an endangered race? I swear this fandom lost common sense.

What ?

Look, Edelgard is literaly the FIRST time ever that a protagonist in Fire Emblem was the one who started the war.

Fe 1/3 : Marth is dragged into this

Fe 2: Alm is dragged into this

Fe 4 : Sigurd is dragged into this and Seliph is forced to partake to liberate Jugdral

Fe 5 : Leif is dragged into this and had to fight to liberate Thracia

Fe 6: Roy is dragged into this and Guinevre, the sister of the man who started all this, would rather join with the 15 year old boi to stop this nonsense then support her brother

Fe 7: Dragged into this

Fe 8 : The twins are literaly fighting to save the world and lost their father because of war

Fe 9/10 : Didn't played them but how much do you wanna bet Ike is dragged into this ?

Fe13 : Again, Chrom has to fight to save his kingdom

Fe 14 : You get to choose who to side with but Corrin's isn't the one who started the war and at the end you beat the guy who declared war in the first place anyway

Fe 17 : You have to save the world.

Yes Fire Emblem is about war, but always showing all the negative consequences of war : it leads to poverty, it makes people suffer, it's literaly Eldigan's soliloquy that nobles sucks because they dragg innocent people into a mess that is war because "we are greedy and war has no benefit what'sover"

Eddie stated a war and what happened ? The whole continent was in chaos for 5 years, some innocent civilians died or became so poor they had to resort to banditry. As you point out, there is a reason why the war is always started by the main antagonist of the game rather then the protag who is an idealistic figure a bit naive who wish for the peace in all world. I get that people like Eddie and want to defend her but saying "akshually war not Bad because Fe is about war" is probably the stupidest way someone could do it no other way to phrase it

#fire emblem

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taryk · 1 year

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TCF SPOILER

(this one is pretty long too) part 2

- Human! What is it again? Choi Han and I found these terribly sad things!

Raon’s urgent voice was heard in his mind.

- Human, you have to hurry. This is a big problem! I, I think it’ll be hard for even me to handle! Do you think gramps can do it?

“Young master-nim, is your heart hurting?”

However, Cale couldn’t properly hear them.

There was a lot going on in his mind.

Kiiii- Kiii-

A terrible cry and black smoke.

It was the moment he could only see and hear those things coming from the stopped golem.

Thud. Thud. Thud.

His heart began to beat madly.

The inside of his body rocked violently.

‘What’s going on?’

It was then that the always quiet voice rang in his mind.

It was the Vitality of the Heart.

- It’s the same as that time.

‘That time?’

Cale breathed in deeply at the beating of his heart and questioned what was going on.

This time the Indestructible Shield, the gluttonous priestess’s voice was heard.

- We had to fight thousands of golems back then. Golems are existences made of dead mana and suffering souls. The core’s liquid is a terrible and horrible thing.

Next the Sound of the Wind, the thief, chimed in.

- Golems. If you want to run away together from that then use my power. If you want to protect your people and your home, then use the power of the earth.

Use the wind to run away together or use the earth to protect everyone.

- And lastly.

Another voice stepped in at that moment.

It was the Sky Eating Water.

- And if you want to destroy them?

- Our names aren’t just for show.

Cale thought over her words.

If he wanted to, ‘destroy,’ then...

The Sky Eating Water whispered while he was thinking.

- What would we need to eliminate both the ‘golem’ and the ‘black despair’ within the dead mana?

There was only one answer.

Cale said the answer out loud.

“...Fire.”

The Fire of ‘Destruction’.

The Super Rock’s voice could be heard.

- Do you know why that cheapskate ended up setting fire to the northern area of the Western continent? Of course, it started for a different reason as well as to help the Sky Eating Water, and um, there was also the fact that this nutjob went crazy, but...

The time when the northern area of Western continent was set on fire.

It wasn’t an easy ordeal no matter how crazy you were.

However, the Fire of Destruction was only able to save it by going mad.

He was able to save the Western continent.

- This cheapskate was the one who eliminated the greatest amount of black despair and golems in the Western continent. That was why he was a hero at least to all of us.

Fire and light. The one who surrounded himself with the fiery thunderbolt and used fire and light to fight against despair.

- The true power of the complete fire is to destroy or purify everything.

Destruction or purification.

Nature’s element of ‘fire’ was somewhere that contradictory existences coexisted.

Cale heard the voice of the fiery thunderbolt that had been quiet until now.

Its voice was serious for the first time.

- Golems and black despair are existences containing the despair of those who have been deprived of their lives. Their deaths weren’t natural but the result of black magic.

‘...Black magic? Not alchemy?’

The voice that lost its lightness was infinitely low.

The Fire of Destruction spoke its will and beliefs for the first time.

- We need to get rid of that damn thing. No one’s lives should be taken away like that. People need to protect their lives.

Cale could feel the five ancient powers roaring together for the first time.

They all shouted at the same time.

- Get rid of that!

-(chapter 299) Raon tells Cale that something is wrong with this "dead mana", but he is too busy getting revelations about ancient times and that one of the reasons the dark times ended in disaster was because of this thing. Black magic. An existence that never should have existed

#trash of the count's family #tcf #cale henituse #raon miru #ancient powers #tags for ancient powers pog #tcf quotes #tcf spoilers #long quotes #part 2

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avatarmerida · 1 year

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Beautiful

I know that this ask was from the “send me a word and if it’s in my wip I’ll post the sentence it’s in” prompt and I didn’t have a sentence with this word in it but seeing this actually inspired a short little fic so Imma just post it here in response lol. I used google translate for the spanish pls no one hate me i lost my Duolingo streak

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“After this can we go over conjugation again?” Hunter asked as he flipped to an empty page in his notebook.

“Sure,” said Luz. “But you don’t have to take so many notes ya know, there’s not gonna be a test or anything.”

“I know that’s technically true, but something about the look in the eyes of that little owl in the box makes the stakes feel higher.” said Gus with a shudder.

“We have a streak to protect,” added Willow with determination, furiously sharpening her pencil to take notes of her own.

“All right, let’s try translating some basic sentences,” said Luz, writing a new one on the board.

La flor es muy hermosa

“Oh oh oh! I know this one!” announced Amity, eagerly raising her hand.

“I know you do batata, but let’s let someone else try,” said Luz with a wink. “Whatcha got, Gus?”

“I’m not entiiiirely sure what it says, but I’ve gotten really good at rolling my r’s,” said Gus. “Herrrrmosa. See?”

“That is pretty impressive,” marveled Luz. “What about you, Hunter?”

“Well, I know that ‘la’ is a definite article for nouns,” he began, breaking down the sentence piece by piece as he often did. “And ‘muy’ is a common adverb that means ‘very’ or sometimes ‘highly’ so it’s saying ‘something’ is ‘something,’ right?”

“You’re on the right track!” Luz encouraged. “I snuck in two new vocab words to test your ability to use context clues.”

“Boo! You said there were no tests!” said Willow with thumbs down. Hunter contined to stare at the board as if it was one of life’s greatest mysteries.

“Hmmm, ‘la flor es muy hermosa.’ read Hunter aloud. “Can you give me a hint?”

“Hmmm... it’s something in this room,” said Luz, looking towards the corner where Willow’s latest collection of chrysanthemums sat in a pot basking in the sunlight.

“Uh... beanbag?”

“No, uh... oh!’“ said Luz, snapping her fingers with inspiration. “It’s a word you would associate with Willow.”

“Oh, beautiful.” said Hunter as though it couldn’t be more obvious, writing it down with confidence in his notebook.

“Um...” said Luz, taking delight in the smile Willow was obviously trying to suppress as she snuck a glance at the boy beside her. “That’s technically correct. So we’re almost there, ‘flor’ is another word we could associate with Willow.”

“Strong? Brave?” tried Hunter, tapping his chin with his pen. “But... no, ‘la’ signifies the following word would be a noun... is it captain? ‘The captain is very beautiful?’ Or would that be capitalized?”

“Hunter, do you want me to-.”

“No, no I don’t need another hint, I can figure it out,” he insisted. “Beautiful like Willow... what’s beautiful like Willow...?”

“Luz you’re gonna break him,” said Gus playfully as Hunter attempted to do the impossible.

“Oh! The flower is very beautiful!” said Hunter triumphantly.

“Perfecto, mi amigo!” sang Luz. “Is, uh, that what you got too, Willow?”

“Well, I’m more of a visual learner.” smiled Willow, turning her notebook around to share a detailed drawing of a beautiful flower.

“Wow, that is beautiful Captain!” Hunter praised, Willow had truly brought the sentence the life.

“Yeah,” agreed Luz with a grin. “Does that mean you’re gonna draw a picture of Willow in your notebook Hunter?” She teasingly asked the boy who was suddenly made aware of his own words and turned a bright crimson.

“W-what? Why? I-I don’t do that!’ he sputtered, covering the bottom of the his notebook page for some totally unrelated reason.

“Oh! Oh! Teacher, teacher!” said Gus, frantically raising his hand. “How do you say ‘busted’ in Spanish? And please tell me there’s an r in it.”

“Arrestado,” Luz replied.

“Arrrrrestado dude,” said Gus with a smirk to Hunter, who groaned lightly as the rest of the group laughed.

“Okay, okay, there will be plenty of time to tease Hunter after class,” said Luz. “Let’s translate some more adjectives while we’re on a roll. What are other words similar to ‘beautiful?’“

“Oh oh! ‘Amazing!” sang Amity, ready to shine. “Its ‘Increíble’ as in ‘mi novia increíble.”

“Aw! Gracias, batata.” Luz blushed.

“Not impressive, we all know that's like the first thing you learned,” scoffed Gus. “What about ‘totally awesome?’”

“Totalmente asombroso.”

“Gus es totalmente asombroso,” said the boy. “I think we should all work on making this a permanent part of our vocabulary.”

“What about ‘handsome?’” asked Willow.

“Well, you could use guapo.”

“And then muy guapo would be very handsome, right?”

“Correcta!”

“Cool,” said Willow as she added the new phrase to her notebook, her eyes wandering over to Hunter who still stared at his notebook with a face that reminded Willow how she had learned the word rojo. “Muy guapo.”

As Luz moved on, Hunter couldn’t help but feel Willow’s gaze on him and turned his attention away from his vocab to return her dreamy look with inquisitive eyes. “Why are you looking at me?” whispered Hunter, bringing his hand to his cheek worried there was another reason to be embarrassed. “Is there something on my face?”

“Nah, I’m just a visual leaner,” said Willow with a shrug, committing the word to memory for future use.

#huntlow #winter toh #willow park #hunter toh #toh #the owl house #it’s cheesy and cliche but whatever they deserve cheesy and cliche #it’s canon Dana told me

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aragornsrockcollection · 2 years

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I talk shit about how the Valar don’t get people, but I actually think this is one of the better narrative decisions Tolkien made, and imo he didn’t take it far ENOUGH.

Canonically Glorfindel got out of Mandos, recovered even more in Valinor, became a follower of Olorin/hung out in his “concerned with middle earth” gang, and then was sent back.

But I absolutely adore fics that ignore this in favor of the Valar being like “yeah, this is the guy we need, send him back!” And doing so. Without. Telling him. Shit.

Because it’s more efficient that he get the info from the source, and they’re AWARE they don’t always see the same things as significant as the children of Iluvitar, so they’ll let them explain!

But that gives us fresh out of Mandos Glorfindel hitting Middle Earth and going “so… um… how long has it been since I died? Morgoth’s dead that’s great! WHAT DO YOU MEAN I JUST SAILED OVER BELERIAND!?!? Ok, but what about the people I died to save? THIRD KINSLAYING?!?! But Tuor and Idril, and little Earendil? *whips around to look at the sky* YOU’RE TELLING ME THAT STAR IS THE BABY WHOSE NAPPIES I CHANGED!?! Alright, but who is king? Ok, but who is Gil-Galad? Alright, um… no I’m processing. Actually, I’m really not processing. Actually I think I’m going to shut down emotionally for a second… Is there anywhere I could sob uncontrollably? No? Ok, I’ll just… fall over then…

Does that paint the Valar as idiotic and completely unreasonable? Yes. Does it create a fascinating situation where a traumatized war hero is stumbling around trying to find his bearings in a completely new world full of reminders of his home forever lost? Without even the support of the other traumatized friends and family he had the last time he crossed to Beleriand? While everyone he meets knows and reveres him? Yes. And I love it. And I want more of it.

Olorin being forced to go with the Istari because he’s the only member of the Ainur who has never completely fucked up an elf’s life by talking to them. Melian actually counting as one of the WORST fuck ups in this department.

Well meaning aliens accidentally screwing everything up when they try to help, not just cause they’re too powerful and sink continents but because they don’t understand how people’s minds work.

More of that.

#valar #ainur #glorfindel #tolkien #jrr tolkien #i can’t tell you how strong Gandalf’s only sane man energy is when he stands next to any other ainu #this would also explain how despite the Valar sending an emmisary to numenor to explain why they couldnt go to valinor and why men die #everything just got much worse immediately after that #the silmarillion #the narrative potential of less reasonable gods #tolkien was too catholic to let the valar not be right all the time #but he scratched the surface of them being right but not handling people well #we need to go deeper

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pettyeti · 8 months

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vrai lore (kinda).

unscripted. this is mostly a joke, but there are some serious bits.

i will preface this by saying he changes a lot after meeting Etienne, so take this as Before Eti Era (B.E.E)

real lore page coming soon. for now take this shitpost.

Name: Asmodeus. Real name is Vrai. Do not call him by his real name otherwise he will k*ll you. Vrai does not remember his last name.

Age: OLD. Too old tbh (935 years old). Don't call him old otherwise he will k*ll you. He was 37 when he became a voidsent.

I don't know when the Flood of Darkness happened. I bend canon and say that it occured 1000~ years before canon.

Gender: Cisgender man.

Sexuality: GAY.

Personality: Very charming and suave. Will call you "my dear" and "my girl" like Howl (you know what scene I am referring to.) Makes you feel like you're the most important person in the room.

Unfortunately, this is just a front. Vrai holds no love for mortals and throws people away when they stop being interesting to him. Vrai is very selfish. Vrai does not care about you. Vrai wants you to suffer because it is interesting to him. He will just be very polite while he watches you die.

Secretly, Vrai longs for the bygone days before he became a voidsent. He misses the sun on his face. He misses the love he once felt. He misses adventuring. He looks at the heroes of other worlds who have not lost their souls to the darkness with extreme intrigue and extreme jealousy.

Vibe: The vibes that emanate from this dude are MAD rancid.

Smell: Oh he smells so good. Like a moonlit path in the forest. Like old books in a well loved library. He also has a bit of a rosy scent when you get close.

Wisdom: 100000/10. Extremely smart. He is a walking encyclopedia. Knows a bit about everything, but has special interests in astronomy, aetherology, and biology.

Job?: This binch unemployed!!

Um? Where does he live??: He has a giant castle on the Thirteenth. It's located on the northern continent so it's cold as fuck! Vrai sits on a throne usually because he is melodramatic. Much like Zero's place, Vrai's castle serves as a domain for weaker voidsent who have pledged their loyalty to him. In return for keeping his castle pretty, Vrai protects them.... kinda.

What does he do all day?: Vrai lounges in his castle and watches people on the Source using a magic mirror he crafted himself. Vrai's been watching heroes and other interesting people for centuries, occasionally going to the Source himself to spook people. When he's bored, he'll spark conflicts. Think Eris and the Trojan War.

Likes: Reading. CHAOS. Collecting books, rare crystals, and other expensive junk. Intelligent people. Wine (hates all other alcohols.) Fighting. Learning about new topics.

Dislikes: Liars. Being outsmarted. Cockroaches. Weak willed people. Being reminded that he was once mortal.

Parents: Vrai had two moms. One was a witch who had a keen interest in herbs and horticulture. The other was a shepherd who liked her solitude and lived in the mountains. They did not survive the Flood. Vrai loved them very much and had a good childhood <3

Combat: Expert caster. Uses a scythe to channel devastating black magic. The scythe isn't just for show either.

What about G*lbez?: Vrai doesn't fuck with Golbez and Golbez doesn't fuck with Vrai. It's an uneasy cold war situation going on between them because Vrai don't care Golbez's plan. He's here for a good time.

Golbez doesn't fuck with him because it would be a waste of time and resources. Golbez is stronger than Vrai and would win in a fight if it came down to it, but it wouldn't be worth it because Vrai would destroy everything Golbez has worked for before kicking the bucket. Still, Vrai let's Golbez do his thing because uhhh. He don't give a fuck. Just leave him alone and let him play with his heroes and they'll be Gucci.

#lore.txt #vrai.

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frayin-von · 9 months

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✮Prologue✮

- POV : (thought) - Flashbacks : (flashbacks) - Dialogue : "dialogue" - Narrator : -dialogue- ✴ ✴ ✴ "What a pain.....so much paperwork to complete" Y/N groaned. (father should be grateful that I am still continuing his dirty work...) mock Y/N. (well, I should not complain ,after all I am the sole figure and example of the family , now that I think about it......I wonder what is Ai doing.) wondered Y/N. - It was a rainy evening , in the midst of paperwork pile stood out , a young teenage girl who acts mature yet close-minded dealing with the 'dirty work' her father left behind for her to do.- "Hmm......I should go get a cup of coffee, just in case I doze off from work, man this is just tiring...Ugh..."Y/N said tiredly. - As she was about to get up, the door to her office burst open startling her , and as if right on cue a cup of coffee was given to her by her secretary Yasuaki , even though he was older that her , Yasuaki treating her like family and became like a father figure to her.- "A little birdie told me that someone wants coffee." said Yasuaki gleefully as he handed you the coffee. "You know there is a rule we have that people have to knock before barging into someone's room without permission." Y/N irked. - Yasuaki sweat dropped - "Forgive me, Y/N Senpai! but...you looked tired despite you being 13 ,and acting like a adult." Yasuaki explained. "I know , just because I look like a adult my age does not match my current height." sighed Y/N as she took a sip of the heavenly coffee in one gulp. "Now that is better, I should contin--" right as she was about to continue, Yasuaki slammed his hand down and looked at her disappointedly. "Why did you that ? , you I should complete my work by midnight." Y/N smiled so deadly. "You should check your watch Missy." said Yasuaki coolly. "I...don't have one." Y/N said knowingly "At least , tell me the time now , Mister Googly Eyes. "Y/N said grumbled. -Yasuaki looked at the watch behind her. - "It's 12 : 43 AM , past your midnight" said Yasuaki smiled back at her. "Oh....I went past my time. "Y/N shrieked. "Hmm.....Eh , It's alright" said Y/N murmured as she got up from her seat and went to sofa taking out a blanket. "Y/N Senpai , why are you sleeping here, don't you have a apartment or something?" questioned Yasuaki. - Y/N looked at him and sighed.- "Well my father acts like he owns me like some animal , so he prohibited me to sleep in the house and told if I complete his "work" until midnight, only then I am able to go home, for now I have to sleep here until I finish his work "yawned Y/N. "So much for his "tool" to suffer..."muttered Y/N. "What about Ai? are you visiting her? You know she is missing you. "regarded Yasuaki. "It is better not to though, I know she wants me to visit her but... it's to risky , at least she doesn't have to face 'father's' cruelty." recounted Y/N. -Yasuaki looked her and new what she was going through, after all he has to take care of her as her 'father' said to do. Yasuaki POV "If it doesn't listen to you , lock it in the office and don't feed it , until it obeys you , Understood?" "Yes , Sir..." -Yasuaki doesn't know know why he treats her like this , calling Y/N an 'it'. It angered him to the severely but he knows if he does not obey the 'rules' he will get punished.-

(Well I don't mind getting punished severely , to me Y/N is a person , and to get treated like this , makes me angry , her 'family' doesn't act like a 'family', at least when she is in my sight I will protect her and become her father figure for a long as I live) -While he was lost in his thoughts , he didn't know he absently pulled Y/N and patted her head reassuring her in a brotherly embrace.- ------------------ Y/N POV (Um..... why is he staring like he is staring into the void? Maybe he is jus-- Huh?! What is he doing?! I swear I will...huh, he's patting me? Well...if he won't harm me , then I will remain like this for a while...It is comforting after that painful session with father last week.) "Father I swear I won't do it again! It was an accident! Please!" I beg.

"Heh......You should've listen but you didn't ....THIS IS YOUR FAULT!..." -It scared her so much , those awful memories , but she knew the time will come for karma to stab her father's back , for now she will wait.- (...Better forgot 'him' at least , for now...I....will sleep...soo..tiring...) ------------------- -While time past , Yasuaki snapped back, to find Y/N in his embrace...sleeping peacefully. He put Y/N on the sofa covered her with the blanket.- (Good night , Y/N Senpai may you have the sweetest of dreams...)

- Yasuaki kissed her forehead and closed the door , as the silence envelops the place into a quiet garden of rest for Y/N.-

#oshi no ko x reader #oshi no ko

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Kay and Tracy being Christmas FIENDS, like full on blasting Mariah Carey the moment the clock hits midnight post Thanksgiving. They both have always loved the holidays (maybe as a form of escapism for 2 lonely girls who have wanted a loving family for so long and made do with what they had) and the first year (Christmas #1) they are in their lawyer’s lives they were all to busy putting out fires* to properly celebrate or notice anything odd around the holidays in regards to each other

*(literally in Nick and Trucy’s case, girl was trying some advanced fire based tricks and oops, so they had Christmas at Kurain Village and it’s lovely if not the traditional Christmas Trucy wanted. Edgeworth got caught up in a marathon case that ended up chaining into a 3 week slog, crossing so many continents and time zones he ends up in locations that don’t really celebrate Christmas and he’s so lost in the investigation sauce he doesn’t even notice the date until (unless it’s clue based) like January 4th and he’s so tired he crashes in some hotel in Morocco for 4 days. Kay got sent back to Germany to stay with Fran after week one seemingly wrapped up and had to hunt Edgeworth down to help him in the last 4 day of week 3 and went sight seeing while Edgworth slept and lived off of room service at a 4 star hotel in Chefchaouen)

But this year! Christmas #2! Edgeworth and Nick are talking again! Trucy and Kay have meet and are basically sisters at this point! (Nick and Miles may or may not be dating yet??). Anyway, this year there’s going to be so much festive cheer and celebration and togetherness and it’s going to be awesome!!!!

And then Nick has to be like, ahhh girls maybe don’t include Edgeworth in your plans for…reasons? I don’t mind a crazy Christmas, go nuts decorating the office/apartment, but ummmm…yeah.

(Or worse, the girls kept their extensive holiday plans a secret to surprise Nick and Edgeworth and so they get their hopes up WAY high and have so many expectations that involve Edgeworth and uh oh)

In anycase, either they learn about the why, or they don’t because Edgeworth isn’t up for it at this point. Do you think:

They have a good, if less full Christmas that year while giving Edgeworth space

They have a quiet Christmas that does it’s best to accommodate Edgeworth

They have essentially trapped Phoenix and Edgeworth somewhere to celebrate Christmas (think remote cabin for some daft reason) and now they’re all stuck and it’s not going well and they have to confront lots of emotions…

Oops Edgeworth heard about their plans and doesn’t want to disappoint them and tries to force it, and the fallout of when he just can’t anymore taking up the rest of the season

CRAZY CHRISTMAS full of so many called in favours from both Phoenix and Edgeworth that involve magic and circuses and “fine” dining and cop car rides. And everyone is around all the time like Maya and Gumshoe and Larry, all except Edgeworth who is doing his best to rest and heal at home, who called in the favours but won’t partake and it’s for the best. And maybe after all the madness they have quiet 1 on 1 visits until Edgeworth works his way up to having a nice, sedate family night and dinner with no holiday trappings but all the famil he needs? (Maybe this will be Christmas #3 or 4 with them haha)

Unfortunately the first thing I was thinking of is that Trucy's second Christmas with Phoenix would be. um. 2020. so probably nothing asdgffdsfgh

BUT in a perfect world where the pandemic did not happen. Kay is at least a little bit aware of Edgeworth's Trauma, though maybe not likely to directly connect Christmas to it, but I feel like Trucy has so much emotional awareness that as soon as she would start bringing up Christmas around Edgeworth, and he was uncomfortable with it, she would immediately be able to clock that. I don't think Edgeworth is good enough at disguising his emotions to be able to get around most people, much less Trucy with her incredible perception skills. So I think for anything to happen they would have to not bring up Christmas around Edgeworth at all until their plans are in place.

Honestly I'm probably biased because I'm not big on celebrating holidays myself, but I think they'd settle with something more around 1 or 2 of your options. I think Edgeworth's trauma is less Christmas-centric and more Christmas being the big warning sign heralding the beginning of misery about DL-6 which lasts until the end of the year, so he could probably handle Christmas better than the 28th. I also think he does not like processing his trauma around other people, but over the years would be able to work his way up to small gatherings with the people he cares about to take his mind off of it, though I'm not sure he'd be there right away by year 2.

#asks

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scarlet-the-girl · 7 months

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The Friends You Make Chapter 2: Warm Scones

Well this is going faster than I thought it would. I'm not questioning it though. Please enjoy.

“Um… you okay, dude?” The Selkie asked when he returned, finding the tiefling still under the table. Joseph sat up and yelped when his head hit the top of the table, his horns only taking some of the damage. He rubbed the back of his head as he looked at the waiter. “Yes, yes, I’m alright.” He insisted too quickly.

The waiter slowly set the new utensils on the table. “Okay.~”

“Does someone named Barclay work here?” Jospeh blurted out, unable to control himself.

The boy’s eyes went wide as he looked at Joseph as if he’d lost some of his head under the table. “Um… No?”

“But…. Under the table…” Joseph said, gesturing towards the area.

The Selkie crouched to see under the table. “Huh… that’s weird. I wonder when that happened.”

“So no one named Barclay has ever worked here? Ever visited?” the tiefling asked, his heart trying to decide whether to pump out of his chest or since to his gut.

“Can’t say I know.” The waiter shook his head. “But maybe Mama will know. She’ll be here tomorrow morning if you wanna try to talk to her.”

Joseph nodded. “Absolutely, I’ll see out your mother in the morning.”

The boy blinked in confusion before laughing with the bark of a seal. “Nah, Mama’s the owner of this place. It’s just what everyone calls her. Oh, I’m Jake, by the way!” he said, holding out a fist to bump.

This time it was Joseph’s turn to be baffled. He tentatively reached out and shook Jake’s hand, because that’s what you did, right? “Guild Investigator Stern.” He said with a polite smile.

Jake chuckled as he took back his hand. “You’re funny, man. Enjoy dinner!” Jake said before moving to help other diners. Joseph tried to eat, he really did, but seeing that name carved under the table ignited something that had only been smoldering for years. The name wasn’t that common, he should know. And he hadn’t been to this side of the continent yet. There could be a chance…

After a few bites of his food, he decided to call it a day and went back to his room to sleep, when it started to rain outside. It was the kind that wasn’t too hard as to break off leaves from trees, and not so gentle that one would call it a sprinkle. Just soft, constant rain.

As he slowly got undressed, Joseph felt himself get lost as the rain pattered down the windows, his mind wandering to the first day he met Barclay. The first time he was truly infatuated with someone.

Since Barclay was the top suspect for the disappearances (according to the locals), Joseph had decided to interview him first, to get it over and done with. He knew that people’s first impressions were often wrong, and he wanted to put the villagers at ease with this news. They’d described Barclay as a fierce man, living solitude by order of the community to keep themselves safe. Joseph wasn’t worried though. He’d trained for years to handle much worse than a violent man.

But halfway to the lonely cottage at the edge of the woods, the sky opened up and the tiefling was drenched in moments. Not wanting to walk all the way back with nothing to show for it, Joseph persevered to the cottage and knocked on the door in a polite, but firm rhythm. As he waited for the man to answer, he could smell fresh bread coming from inside of the house, throwing off his impressions to start.

When the door opened, Joseph had to look up to see the man’s face, a rare thing indeed. Barclay, as it turned out, was a bugbear. A bugbear with warm, brown eyes, a curious expression, and an apron smeared with bright colors.

“Oh geez,” Barclay said in a soft baritone, taking Joseph’s hand at once and gently leading him inside and out of the rain. The cottage was so warm and sweet smelling, Joseph felt himself becoming disoriented between comfort and a need for professionalism, even as the door was shut behind him.

“You’ll catch death walking out in the rain like that.” Barclay said, moving a quilt sized towel over Joseph to dry him. This snapped Joseph back into the present moment as he sputtered and tried to gain some dignity in this situation. He poked his out from under the towel and came up inches from Barclay’s face, causing both of them to freeze.

Joseph could only stare into the bugbear’s eyes, not seeing Barclay’s mouth move as he said, “I think you have the bluest eyes I’ve ever seen.” In a breathless tone.

Joseph felt an electric buzzing under his skin and his face becoming warm, likely turning a light shade of indigo. He swallowed, trying to make his chest return to a steady rhythm with his brain stalling. “I… Your fur is a lovely shade of auburn.” He said earnestly to return the compliment.

Barclay was silent for a moment before he chuckled, taking a step back and rising to his full height again. “Thanks. Runs in the family. Can I get you some tea? We’ve got to warm you from the inside out.” He said as he tightened the bow on the back of his apron and began preparing enough tea for two. He also grabbed a few scones and their necessary condiments. ‘I don’t think that’ll be a problem.' Joseph thought to himself as he watched the bugbear move with such care and attention to detail. Barclay held the ceramic cups so gently, he wondered if he handed everything he cared about that way.

Joseph buried that thought deep in his heart. Professionalism. He had a job to do, he had to save people. But he did also have to interview Barclay for the investigation. And it would be rude to turn down such a fine tea. And it would be simply illogical to wander out into the rain without giving it the chance to lighten up.

So he sat at Barclay’s small table with his plain but well cared for tea set and lavender scones. When he bit into a scone, still warm from the oven, fluffy and lightly sweet with the softest taste of lavender without it tasting soapy, he wondered if his pupils could actually be shaped like hearts.

A soft crack of thunder moved Joseph out of the memory, and he shook his head to make the last of the remembered warmth disappear. Before he went to sleep, he completed his nightly ritual of writing in a particular journal. It had been rebound several times over the years and contained even more pages than Joseph started with.

5128

I’m staying at a place called the Amnesty Lodge in Kepler. I think you would like it, it reminds me of your cottage. The beef stew was good, but I know yours is better by far. I found your name carved under my table. I’m hoping it isn’t just a coincidence.

I miss you.

J. Stern

Joseph woke up early the next morning, not in as much of a state as he was yesterday, and began his morning stretches so he would have time to consider his plan going forward. As he settled into one of his more straining poses, holding a handstand while his legs were in a perfect split, he thought through his priorities. He really should find this Pidgeon person to figure out what the trouble was in this village. But then there was this lead on Barclay to consider. By the time he finished up his stretches, he made up his mind to do a short interview with Mama and then go directly to finding Pigeon. He would complete the work and then, and only then, would he pursue this potential lead.

After getting ready and having some of the grab and go breakfast in the dining hall, he moved to the front desk, where an older human woman was standing and reading through the check ins from last night.

“Excuse me?” Joseph said politely, lightly knocking on the wooden desk.

She glanced up from the book and offered a warm, weathered smile. “Morning, kid. The name’s Mama. How can I help you?”

‘Kid?’ Joseph thought, momentarily perplexed. This place seemed to do that to him. “I am Guild Investigator Stern, and I had some questions for you.” He said, in what he thought was in a friendly, casual tone. But you wouldn’t think that from how Mama gave him such a very measured look.

“What kind of questions?” she asked, setting down her book.

“Have you ever had a Barclay work or stay here?” he asked. “A very tall bugbear, auburn fur, brown eyes, very soft spoken?” As he gave the description, he had to focus on keeping his tone measured, and more importantly, he had to focus on keeping his tail under control. He’d trained the thing long ago to behave itself, but there were times when emotion got the best of him.

“… can’t say I have.” Mama said after pondering a moment. “I feel like I would remember someone like that.

Joseph let a beat pass between them before he smiled and spoke again. “I see. Well, thank you for your time.” He said before turning on his heels and leaving for his assignment. As he began to walk through the town, asking after Pigeon and pondering the interaction with the Lodge owner, Joseph could only come to two conclusions.

Either the owner had genuinely forgotten about Barclay (doubtful) or he was being lied to. But if he was being lied to…. Why?

#fanfic #sternclay #agent stern/barclay #taz amnesty #agent stern

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wecandoit · 8 months

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Honestly Kohinoor diamond one is a great idea, here's more idea to consider -

1. Glorification of Mughal empire in India (when it was tragically and explicitly hinduphobic)

2. Emma Chamberlain wearing Maharaja Bhupinder Singh’s stolen necklace ?????? Wtf

3. Speaking of Taylor Swift, you can talk abt why it's like, people have to justify before saying anything other than her praises? Yk, you can't even criticize her because the Internet Swifties will follow you to death

4. I know you have Indian heritage (or are directly an Indian I'm sorry I may be wrong, apologies wkgjjw) anyway, you can maybe talk abt Kashmir Files or Kerala Story. Like why aren't We ready to accept that these things are real, especially the Kashmir one. (And do u know kerala story is Banned in KERALA make it make sense)

These are some hot topics and tbh I'm not brave enough to send them off anon. But we're mutuals <3

Ummm are you an angel because!!!! Damn???? Thank you so much!!! My thoughts:

Since I started reading up on the Kohinoor I am madly interested in the imperial history of the Indian sub-continent so the Mughal Empire is deffo something I want to look into

Not gonna lie the Patiala necklace thing lowkey made me laugh because it was so random like. some youtuber just shows up one day wearing a piece of lost treasure to a hollywood fancy dress party??? but yeah i could totally take a similar route with this one as with the Kohinoor

Swifties are definitely somewhere on the same level of protective as ARMY and um. While I respect everyone's right to defend their opinions, some of the fandom retaliation that happens on the internet (Swfities or otherwise) definitely calls for legal investigation.

Ummmm it's the way I was literally born in Kerala and have never heard of the Kerala Story???? Or the Kashmir Files??? Thank you for bringing this to my attention I will immediately be falling into a rabbithole

#political #dilli rambles #ask #anon #angel anon #definitely going to do some deep dives and see if I can use these in my project #or even future projects #ah i love this place #💌#studyblr #answered

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