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thebawdybaldurian · 18 days

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Total Eclipse: Another Halsin Hunt Drabble

I just wanted to thank everyone for the tips, comments, likes, and reblogs on my Halsin Hunt drabbles. It encourages me to write more when I can find the time! It wasn’t ever something I delved into before playing Baldur’s Gate 3, but my Tav and I fell hard for our favorite bear elf. It has been very fun expanding my writing into things I didn’t know I was interested in. This drabble is my first to ever get into beast/monster fucking territory and will probably be the limit to how explicit I get with any future ones. I hope you enjoy!

Content and Warnings: involuntary transformation, loss of speech and normal thinking, predator/prey kink, use of spells for control of a wild creature, use of restraints, arousal as a were-creature, humanoid sex (oral, PIV) with a were-creature, curse/disease transfer, were x were sex, memory loss.

The eclipse had been the talk of the city for nearly a tenday, with astronomers reassuring the public that everything was normal and as predicated to be. Meanwhile, rabble rousers and con-men had been selling stories and snake-oil cures for all the ills that were supposedly about to occur once the moon, Selune, blocked out the sun from High Sun to Waterclock. Most level-headed people knew better than to be fearful of the natural phenomenon, but Halsin still found himself anxious the day of the eclipse.

He couldn’t remember the last time he’d witnessed one. He was in touch with the natural world enough to know that he would notice one occurring, so the only other explanation was isolated memory loss. He wasn’t yet considered middle aged by elven standards, so that seemed just as unusual. Tav had noticed his anxiousness, asking if he wanted to go for a walk in the park to take his mind off things. She’d promised him a quiet picnic and put on a very sultry sun dress to entice him out of the house, which he finally accepted. Tav put together a small basket and they strolled arm in arm towards the park. “It should be starting anytime now,” Tav noted as the bells of the High Sun hour rang through the city.

The park was fairly crowded for this time of day, many people taking off work to observe the phenomenon with torches and lanterns ready to light. Tav and Halsin took one of the less crowded, wooded paths, keeping an eye out for a nice spot to have their picnic. As the tiniest sliver of Selune peeked beyond the edge of the sun, Halsin felt a terrible pang in his side, doubling him over. “What is it? Are you alright?” Tav stopped at his side, setting down their picnic basket to touch his back in comfort.

“I don’t…know…” Halsin groaned, fighting against the pain, his mind suddenly becoming less clear. His feet began to ache, feeling like he’d been wearing boots two sizes too small. He watched as the leather swelled and then burst open, exposing his feet that had become unusually large and much hairier. “No…it can’t be,” he grunted, feeling the pressure beginning to grow in his leather pants as well.

“What is it?” Tav asked, not yet noticing his feet.

“My heart,” Halsin struggled to speak, finding it difficult to even form the words in his mind. “I need you to run…get as…far away…as you can…please…”

“What’s happening?” She asked, grabbing his face to look directly at him.

“Please,” Halsin begged, gripping a hand tightly against the shoulder of her sun dress. He tore it between his fingers, his eyes widening and changing color. “Go…now!” He growled.

She could see that this wasn’t just an involuntary wildshaping, but something more. She slowly backed away, turning to run in a full sprint when she heard a blood-curdling growl escape his lips. She ran along the path for a while, shouting at anyone in front of her to get away and hide. She eventually ducked into the scrubby woods the park had been built around, stumbling over the detritus to get further away. Her heart was pounding and she didn’t notice the low lying branch until she smacked her head into it, not quite rendering her unconscious, but putting her straight on her ass in a daze.

Halsin had completed his transformation, his leather pants split clean off his body and his long robes torn and bulging around his thick, hairy frame. He barely knew who he was and could no longer speak, grunting and growling as he looked himself over. The uniqueness of his particular werebear affliction meant he would only fully transform during eclipses and not full moons. He could recall this happening before, but even those memories were scattered. He sniffed the air loudly, his snout able to take in all the scents around him. He smashed open the picnic basket at his feet, devouring the contents in seconds, yet felt no satisfaction at all. It wasn’t the food that he desired, but the one who had made it. “Clataedre,” his voice came out as only a growl. His mate, his beloved, his heart. He’d never had a mate when all the other transformations had occurred and he knew he wanted nothing else but her.

He could smell her scent in the air, mixed among the other humanoids that had been on the path. He began stalking towards it, chuffing the air loudly to keep her smell perpetually in his nose. Those on the path beyond that had ignored Tav’s warnings received snarls and growls from the were-creature, scattering them into the woods. He followed her trail when it diverged into the woods, finding a torn piece of her dress on a branch. He pressed it to his nose, huffing it loudly and filling him with even more lust. He could feel his cock stirring in its sheath, needing to bury it inside her. He scratched madly at a tree, trying to temper his desires and continued on towards her scent.

Tav heard the distant screams of others on the path as Halsin encountered them and finally got to her feet. She was still dazed and a little dizzy, a small knot forming on her forehead. She stumbled forward, hearing the loud footfalls of Halsin approaching her. When she turned to look at him, she expected something similar to the partial shifted form she’d experienced before: sharp teeth, long nails, and a little more hair. She gasped when she saw he had completely transformed into a bear-like humanoid, nearly unrecognizable aside from his torn robes. She froze in fear as he stalked towards her, slaver covering his maw, his eyes focused solely on her. She did the only thing she could think of, holding up her hands and casting a Hold Person spell on him. It had no effect and he continued to stalk towards her, growling lowly.

“Shit!” She swore, trying to think. She didn’t want to hurt him, but she was afraid of the hungry look in his eyes. She tried again, casting Hold Monster on him instead, stopping him in his tracks. He was frozen in place, his wide chest still bellowing as she cautiously approached him. “Halsin…my love…is…that you?” She tried to search for any signs of her lover aside from his clothes.

He growled lowly in response, unable to answer any other way. “Are you able to talk? Do you know who I am?”

He chuffed loudly, unable to nod. “Oh, my bear…how did this happen?” She asked, hesitating for a moment, but reaching beyond the barrier of the spell to touch his well-furred face. His chest heaved excitedly as the spell began to slowly wane. “I can’t hold this spell for long…” she pulled her hand back. “Am I safe to be around you like this?”

He made a low grunt, but she could still see the intense hunger in his eyes. She knew he would never forgive himself if he hurt her in this form, even if it was beyond his control. “I’m sorry I have to do this,” she held up her hands again, preparing to cast another spell. “But it is to keep both of us safe.”

Halsin felt the insatiable lust for her shifting into total obedience to her as she cast a Dominate Monster spell on him. He had control of his body again, but he stood still, awaiting her command. “Sit against that tree,” she finally instructed, pointing towards a thick oak nearby.

He obeyed, settling down against it and looking up at her, awaiting her next command. “This only lasts for an hour and I might not be able to conjure another one,” she looked around for something to bind him with.

He watched as she began pulling a thick, sturdy vine off a tree, the sweat from her exertion filling his nose. His cock swelled in its sheath, his desire for her growing even more as she began to tie him to the tree. She had to straddle him to get the vines secured around his wrists, his cock slowly emerging and tenting against his tattered robes. She noticed it when she’d finished the bindings, looking down at it with a deep blush. “Halsin!” She gasped, climbing to her feet. He whined apologetically, turning his wild eyes away from her.

Her curiosity was too much and she used a small branch to move his robes aside. He was even bigger than in his humanoid form, nearly the size of her forearm, slick and red from excitement. She clutched a hand to her mouth, feeling the slightest tingle of arousal between her legs. She could see bits of her lover in the were-beast before her, the lustful hunger in his eyes still tempered with love. He hadn’t fought any of her spells either, willing to accept whatever she needed to do to feel safe around him. She sunk down against him again, straddling him just behind his enormous erection. She touched his face again, gently caressing his soft, thick fur. “It’s still you inside there…isn’t it?” She looked into his eyes.

He whined softly again, nuzzling against her arm and giving her a gentle lick. She pressed her head against his, closing her eyes and considering all the thoughts racing in her head. She finally let out a long sigh and looked at him again, finding the woods had darkened significantly as the eclipse continued on towards totality. “I can’t believe I’m going to ask this,” she blushed deeply and glanced down at his enormous cock. “Do you…think it would help…calm you down…if I…?” She cast a Grease spell into her palm and gently touched his pulsing excitement. He heaved against her, straining his vine restraints with an excited growl. “Easy now,” she whispered, slowly stroking him, her hand unable to wrap completely around him.

He panted lowly, closing his eyes and letting the sensations of her hands overtake and calm his intense lust. He heard her begin to whimper softly, opening his eyes to find her stimulating herself with one of her hands. She blushed shyly when he caught her, her slick hand reaching up to pull the other shoulder of her dress down. He craned his thick neck to pull her dress down with his teeth, exposing her breasts. She giggled softly as his tongue slipped across her nipples, making them as stiff as he was. “I figured we’d get up to something,” she cooed softly, stopping her stroking for a moment to pull her dress completely over her head. “Just not like this.”

She’d skipped the panties, her slick, pink cunt now fully exposed to him. His body vibrated with excitement, straining against his bindings again. “Can you contain yourself?” She asked, rising up to her feet again, her delta teasing close to his drooling mouth. He nodded his head, nuzzling his wet nose against her and taking a gentle lick of her arousal. She let out a confused moan, the sensation completely different from anything she’d ever experienced before, but with some sense of familiarity. Her humanoid Halsin’s tongue was there almost everyday, always eager for a taste of her. His were-tongue felt different, but moved in much the same manner, knowing exactly how she liked to be eaten out. “Oh…” she steadied herself against the tree, her knees weakening from his vigorous laps. His excited breaths vibrated against her, making her climax within minutes. “Fuck!” She cried out, gripping a handful of his thick fur.

It was strange to look down at Halsin’s happy face, so completely different than his normal form, but felt just as much love for this one. She sunk back down against him, giggling and nuzzling his face against hers. “I love you,” she sighed, looking into the same gentle eyes of her beloved. “Even if you can’t tell me it back in this form.” He made a low noise in his throat, his only way to indicate he felt the same. “At least this kind of explains never remembering any eclipses,” she leaned against his wide chest, her hands slowly returning to his excited cock. “So you won’t remember any of this?”

He shrugged his shoulders, unsure either way. “Hmmmm,” she bit her lip, glancing down at his engorged cock. “I guess we should try it all…just case.”

She rose up again, into a squat, hovering over his cock as his breath quickened again. “I won’t be able to take it all…but I’ll take all that I can,” she smiled lovingly at him. She let out a soft cry as his thick head pushed past her entrance, splitting her widely. “Fuck!” She squeaked, her legs trembling as each slick inch creeped inside her. She had only gotten halfway down before she had to stop. “You’re so…hard,” she squirmed, feeling some extra rigidity as she slowly began to ride his shaft. She’d once curiously looked up bear anatomy in a book and discovered they had an extra floating bone in their penises. She could only guess this was what she was feeling.

Halsin growled and panted with her, breaking free of his restraints and used his enormous hands to help alleviate some of the strain on her knees. She rode him a little faster, tipping her head back as his baculum pressed against her g-spot. Normally her loud moans became high pitched as she edged closer to climax, but they began to go deeper this time. She closed her eyes, feeling an intense pleasure that began to cloud her mind. She nearly forgot who she was, feeling as if her body was completely changing. “Clataedre…my love, you feel so amazing!” She heard Halsin cry, though they weren’t words she heard in her ears, but growls she could understand.

She opened her eyes, seeing that the hand she was gripping tightly into his chest fur was now larger and covered in its own golden fur. As she cried out for him, slowing her hips, only a growl emerged from her throat. His eyes opened widely as he took in the beautiful were-bear now slowly riding him. “My love!” He growled loudly, holding her hips tightly against him, now able to take his entire length easily. “The curse…it has…passed to you. I’m so sorry…I had no idea it could be spread like this.”

She looked down at her strange new body, her soft caramel fur a contrast to his dark brown. She reached up to her face, finding it elongated and well-furred. “How?” She continued to explore her new form, circling her thick fingers around her ears.

“I don’t know,” he shook his head. “I have no idea how I was initially infected or why I can never remember anything…perhaps it was the she-bear that gave with me my scar?”

“So…this is going to happen…every eclipse now? And neither of us will have any idea?” She stroked her hands down her voluptuous, hairy frame.

“I believe so,” he nodded, looking down at the ground with deep regret. She reached for his face and made him look at her again, her unusual purple eyes looking deeply into his.

“At least I have you…to share this secret with,” she nuzzled against him, her tongue gently licking his nose.

She began to move hips slowly again, tearing the rest of his robes off him. He growled loudly in response, rolling her onto her back and pressing hard against her. She growled back, playfully biting his neck as he thrust hard into her. He no longer had to hold anything back, pounding her with primal fury that she happily accepted or gave back when she moved on top of him.

They fucked and wrestled along the forest floor as the eclipse reached complete totality and their boisterous growls echoed across the entire park. Their bodies were so different, but they still remembered every special place the other favored. They were careful with their teeth and claws, though Halsin left an overly exuberant scar across the small of her back while taking her from behind. They cycled through a myriad of positions, their strong muscles allowing them total freedom. If anyone had dared to inquire about the panting growls and whimpers of the woods, they would’ve observed quite the scene.

They fell against one another in a final, boisterous fury of musky fur, their bodies going still after a series of loud roars that caused several eclipse watchers to exit the park. They cleaned and nibbled each other’s fur, settling against the detritus of the forest floor in a quiet doze. They awoke when the sky brightened again, the eclipse concluded. Their elven forms had returned and their naked bodies lay tangled together. “Ughhh, how did we get here?” Tav looked around, confused at her lack of memory. They’d gone into the park for a picnic and now they were both nude in the woods, throughly exhausted and sore from exertion.

“I haven’t the slightest idea,” Halsin shifted a little, equally confused.

“It must have been one Hells of a climax,” she grinned as they pulled their sticky genitals apart.

“Aren’t they always?” He chuckled, pulling her close again and rubbing her back. He knew her body so well that he instantly recognized the new scar that his thumb passed over. “What’s this?” He asked, looking over her shoulder to peek at it.

“Mmmm, it’s a little sore there,” she hissed, sitting up slowly and feeling the raised, pink scar. “I must’ve scraped it on something.”

“Perhaps something about the eclipse made us a little more untamed,” he smiled, sitting up and brushing leaves out of her wildly messy hair.

“I wish I could remember it then. It must have been downright beastly to make us both forget,” she laughed, smoothing his hair as well. “Any idea where our clothes are?”

“I think I see something over there,” he looked around, seeing something roughly twenty feet away from them. Their forgotten lovemaking and wrestling had taken them that far away.

He helped her to her feet, pulling leaves and other debris off their bodies as they ambled towards their clothes. “Dear Gods!” Tav exclaimed as Halsin picked up his robe that had been torn in half. Her dress was only ripped at the shoulder and had a few tears, but it was still as shocking to find. “We didn’t accidentally drug ourselves with something again, did we?”

“I’m not sure,” Halsin shook his head. “I can’t even remember what you made for our picnic and I have no idea what happened to my pants.”

His robe was beyond saving, leaving him no choice but to wild shape for their walk back home, so he wasn’t completely naked. Tav was able to tie the shoulder of her dress back together, gently scratching Halsin’s ear after he wild shaped into his bear form. “You know,” she bent down slightly to kiss his snout. “I never realized how handsome you still are as a bear…it’s like you’re…more familiar now suddenly…strange,” she shook her head, a hidden memory gnawing at her mind but unable to come to the surface. He nuzzled against her, letting out a happy, low growl as they began the walk home.

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sabraeal · 7 months

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In Plain Sight, Chapter 7

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Obiyukiweek 2023, Day 4: Rejection

Silence falls so thick over the line that even the fuzz from Obi’s side blots out; a total eclipse of sound. It doesn’t click, not the way it does when a call’s been lost-- or worse, severed completely from the other end-- but Shirayuki’s heart pounds so loud in her ears that she can’t trust whether or not she would have heard it if it did. Maybe she’s just been standing here for minutes, holding onto a call long over while paperwork’s churning to make her into someone else’s problem, someone who knows how to deal with a girl who can’t—

“Sorry, Miss.” The word breathlessly fans into static; she’s so happy to hear him that she forgets to flinch. “Connection must have gotten dropped there. Who is this fiancé of yours?”

“You.”

“Ahh...so I did hear that right,” he mutters wearily. “And you’re sure that it’s...? I mean, your neighbors, they think I’m...?”

“Martha-- Mrs Kino, I mean-- she talked to the movers--” Obi groans, a really, terribly distracting noise-- “and she said that they said that when they were hired, it was a man on the phone. And since I don’t have a job lined up, she assumed...?”

Someone had to be paying for it. Not many people would jump to Uncle Sam.

“Right, right.” A sigh fizzles over the phone. “You’ve got a real nosy neighbor there, Miss.”

“I’m sorry.” The mattress at her back is the perfect firmness, but at times like these she wishes it were enough to swallow her whole. “I didn’t know what else to do.”

“No, no. It’s not your fault.” At least this time he sounds amused as well as put out. “That’s just how they make ‘em out here in the greatest state in the union. It’s not like we send you out into the world with top class espionage skills so you can trick the grandma next door.”

No, but she doubts Agent Anda would be pleased to know she tripped right out of the starting gate. “I know, but still. I’ve become a real handful, and I’m sure you’d rather be--”

“Trust me, Miss.” She feels rather than hears the drop in his voice, hitting the register that makes every hair stand up on end. A shiver courses down her spine, and it’s strange that it feels so...good. “Handling you is the highlight of my day. I just always thought I’d be taken out to dinner first. You know, before any marriage proposals.”

“Oh.” She probably shouldn’t be so breathless on what’s, ostensibly, a professional phone call. “Right. Did you want--?”

“Is that all your neighbor knows?”

She blinks. “Um...?”

“That there was a man who hired the movers,” he clarifies, the distant sound of clacking keys filling the silence his voice doesn’t. “I helped you into the house on the first day, did she indicate that I must be your husband, or...?”

“Uh, I don’t...think so?” Though Martha Kino seems like the exact sort of woman who might sit on that sort of information, if only to pull it out as a cute story at a baby shower. “I told them I moved in on my own. You’re supposed to be on a business trip.”

It’s luck and the last shred of her common sense that manages to swallow, and a very good kisser too. It’s bad enough that she can’t forget his stint as Hot Airport Boyfriend, but him knowing she can’t? What pride she has shrivels just thinking about it.

“Right. Right, okay.” His voice gains solid footing now, picking up speed as he tells her, “Don’t worry, Miss. Just let me handle it. I know the perfect husband material.”

The sun’s still up when Shirayuki jolts awake, her mouth dry and sticky and tasting like something might have crawled in and died. A terrible beat drums right behind her temples; when she levers up to her elbows, it pounds loud enough her head swims.

Ah, right, water. She needs to hydrate. Because she drank her weight in margaritas at lunch. Aspen may have a face that could be committed to stained glass, radiant halo and all, but those cocktails of hers— well, if any of the folk around here held with the idea that demons could come to you in the guise of an angel, two drinks of that stuff would be proof positive. It’s been years since she’s had anything but a single glass of the fruitiest, most mixed drink at the bar, and yet she’d been tempted into not just one of those margaritas, but—

Shirayuki blinks against the throbbing behind her eyes. Two, wasn’t it? One when she first sat down, another when the sweet tea was just a little too sweet for her tastes. Enough to flirt with her limits, but not dip over-- at least, not at the backyard barbecues back home, or lab happy hours. But maybe now that the humidity could take the Feels Like temperature over three digits, her well-known tipping point has inched itself a little closer to the starting line.

It’d be the best explanation for how terrible her mouth tastes. Shirayuki had never been much of a drinker, not even in her grad school days, but there’s been at least a morning or two where she’s woken up after just one drink too many, and well, it has a flavor just like this. But with only a pre-dinner nap, she can’t have earned this one, not when she couldn’t have possibly had anymore, not after—

Oh god, she told all of them that she had a fiancé. Not just any fiancé, of course, oh not, but a tall, tanned, expert kisser, and she…

Here. Aspen’s angel smile bares teeth. Looks like you might need one of these for the road.

Ah, well. That would definitely explain that. At least it’s nothing a good, carb-heavy dinner couldn’t fix, once the room stopped sloshing at the edges.

With a groan, Shirayuki drags herself upright, wincing at the light leaking through the edges of the blind. Can’t have been sleeping for long if it’s still that bright—

Something slips from the folds of her sheets, clattering onto the floor. Ah, her phone. Of course. Because she’d gotten in the door, and Obi’s sixth sense for trouble must have tingled. He’d called in just to check in, and she…

Shirayuki blinks down at her pillow, at the damp patch where she must have drooled, and— and she doesn’t remember ending the call. Only that one moment she was talking, and the next she was waking up, this foul taste in her mouth. Which could only mean that he— no, that she—

She’d just fallen asleep, mid-call. Like she was some— some small child who wandered off to nap. Oh, she can just imagine the way he’ll grin the next time she sees him, all his long limbs folded over her counter, saying something like, at your size I’m not surprised you need a little nap to make it through the day. And he’ll look at her all sly, all casual, like he wants her to circle the whole of the kitchen to step on his toes, to bunch his shirt in her fists and tell him just what someone her size can do. He’ll look at her like an invitation because—

Oh god, because he’s supposed to. That’s how fiancés look when they’re in their lover’s house. Like they belong.

Her head crashes into the cradle of her palms. Less than a week ago, Shirayuki couldn’t even see the appeal of a kiss, and now here she is, thinking about putting her hands on some— some stranger in hopes he might bend down and let her figure out whether her first try was some fluke, or— or something else. Something almost as terrifying as being hustled out of her home in the dead of night and told that if she wanted to live to see thirty, she’d need to be someone else.

It’s…a lot. Too much. And now he’s her fiancé on top of it all, because she’s never bothered to learn that real life doesn’t give extra credit just for choosing to make it harder.

A sigh slips from her as she crouches, just enough to rescue her phone from where it’s skittered under the bedskirt, and— ah, not the best idea. Not when she’s clearly a few hours out from her last sip of something non-alcoholic. But she’s come too far to turn back now. Oma didn’t raise a quitter.

She didn’t raise a lightweight either, but that’s apparently what she’s got; Shirayuki gets to her knees, trying to get her hand around the edge of the case, and ugh, her stomach rolls up toward her throat, bile burning in the back of her throat, and—

Bzz. Bzz. Bzz. The case beats a soft tattoo against her fingers, muffled but where the screen’s pressed to the floor, and when she flips the screen up, Sugar Daddy blazes across her notifications. meet here @ 11

Sitting back on her heels— ugh, bleh, that position’s not much better— Shirayuki squints into the glare. She can’t possibly be reading that right. Eleven? Tonight? It’s about the mission, she’s sure, it’s just—

It would look bad, wouldn’t it? A young woman slipping out of her house that close to midnight while her partner’s out of town? Reads much less like a professional business meeting, and more like a, er, well, booty call.

Gears churn as she thumbs through to her messages, trying to make teeth catch. It just— it doesn’t make sense. Leaving so late will only put grist in the rumor mill, reaching its peak when her prodigal fiancé arrives, seemingly none the wiser. Unless, of course, he’s relying on that— on the neighbors thinking there’s a third wheel to their bicycle, one that can be disastrously revealed at the most dramatically appropriate moment, and he can go straight back to being her handler, and she can be—

Ah, her messages are finally open. And there’s Obi’s, right at the top— the only, besides a few utilities and some spam— and his latest is already bold in the preview. It unfurls when she swipes over it, mostly just her inquiry into her kitchenware, but the last line is still meet here @ 11. Just that. And, well…

“A link?” Her head tilts, but that does nothing to clarify the context. When she clicks, the map app opens, pointing her straight toward a— “Panera?”

Well, he had said he would like to get taken out to dinner first. She just thought Agent Obi might have higher standard. “Are those even open that late?”

Maybe they are for government employees. Or maybe they keep someone on staff there, just for these sorts of clandestine conversations, the kind that can’t happen over phone lines or during regular business hours. Or—

Her eyes flick up, a reflex more than a conscious thought, catching the time at the corner of the screen. 9:23, it reads, and there’s something about it that makes her take a second glance. The light pouring in from her windows, maybe, too bright for evening, even this far into spring. Or possibly the taste in her mouth, too strong to be from only a few hours of sleep. Whatever it is, her gaze lingers this time, squinting at where the number crouch in the corner, and—

“AM?” she squeaks, stumbling to her feet. “I’ve slept all day?”

With a wild sweep of her arm, she opens the blinds, the bright light of day filtering through, and oh, ah— there’s Mrs Kino, tending her garden. She looks up, a smile wrinkling the corners of her eyes, and waves.

“Haah…” Shirayuki sighs, weakly waving back. “I think…I need to get in the shower.”

It’s just lunch.

That’s what she tells herself as the spray pelts her back, water blurring her vision as she hastily scrapes a razor up her leg. It’s just a professional, business lunch at a chain restaurant. Not even a true sit-down experience, but…fast casual, the sort of thing that might make a nice date in undergrad, when you don’t have the time or the resources to do much besides look at each other for an hour.

Certainly nothing that she needs to put herself out for, she thinks as she skims lotion up her thighs, spreading the scent of passionflower and hibiscus far past any decent hemline. Not that she’s worried about that— hemlines and what might go past them. No, it’s just…it had been a while since she shaved, and if you shave, then you have to hydrate, and if she’s going to pamper herself, well, her nicest moisturizer is a good start.

Because it’s not a date. It’s not even coffee. Not that she would have coffee, she reminds herself, flicking through her dresses. Caffeine gives her the jitters, and the last thing she needs is to make her hands any more unsteady, or her stomach any more unsettled. There’s no reason to worry about how so many of her nicer clothes fall more on the work-appropriate side of the fashion scale rather than, er…play appropriate. This is all just a…a preliminary meeting to go over the details of this whole situation. An exchange of information before he commits to this whole…fake engagement.

So there’s no need to look cute, she insists, tugging at her most stubborn flyaways in the rearview mirror. After all, then he might think she’s trying to impress him. And if he thinks she wants to impress him, he might assume that she’s attracted to him. That maybe she’s angling to repeat that kiss in the airport, the one that had sent static through every limb of her body, the one she can’t possibly forget—

And that would be ridiculous. Shirayuki doesn’t do attraction, at least not the way other people do. She doesn’t just look at someone and decide they might be nice to touch, or that maybe she wouldn’t mind if they leaned close enough for her to catch a hint of their natural scent, or quiver just at the idea that he might close the space between them, brushing his lips over hers as gently as he had the first time, swallowing her gasp whole as he coaxes her to—

Ah! She claps a hand to her cheek, glass door jingling shut behind her. Not even the air conditioning helps cool her flush. The last thing she needs is Obi to see her like this, flushed and trembling just from the thought of him. Which is good since, with a quick scan of the shop, Shirayuki knows…

He’s not here.

There’s an explanation for this, she’s sure. He could be late, for one; Obi doesn’t strike her as the sort of person who feels the need to be fifteen minutes early to be on time. So it makes sense that he could simply be lagging few minutes behind, caught up in a traffic snarl or running a little after schedule because he wanted to catch the last few minutes of a show. He could even be in his car right now, tangled up in the tail end of a story on NPR, just wanting to hear whether or not the girl on antimalarials ever regained her memory, or if that illegally adopted baby from Korea ever actually found his parents.

There, a half-dozen reasons right off the top of her head for him to be elsewhere. And still, she can’t shake the feeling that she’s been, well, stood up.

“Ah, excuse me?”

She blinks. Oh, she’s standing right in front of the door.

“Sorry,” she blurts out, barely thinking. A shuffle scoots her clear of the vestibule. “Wasn’t paying attention.”

“Hah, no, that’s not…” The man beside her huffs out a laugh, shoving a hand through a mop of blond so pale she’s only ever seen it on kids under three.

“You must be Shirayuki.”

That gets her attention. “Who…?”

There’s nothing about that boyish face that says mobster, but that doesn’t mean much, when she hasn’t seen any outside of The Departed. Still, there’s no snake tattoo crawling up his wrist— one of the sure signs of one of Umihebi’s men, according to Agent Anda— his nice button down only baring milky pale skin up to the elbow. And there’s no malice in his smile, only teeth so white she swears they sparkle, and eyes that crinkle at the corners, so dark a blue she almost mistakes them for black.

“Sorry, I’m doing this all backwards. I’m Zen.” He thrusts out a hand, palm refreshingly cool against hers. “Zen Wisteria. And I believe I’m your” —his smile hooks up at one side, as bashful as the little bounce he does on his toes— “future husband.”

Shirayuki blinks at him. What had Obi said on the phone yesterday? I know the perfect husband material.

“Excuse me,” she murmurs tightly. “But I think I’d like your badge number.”

#obiyukiweek23 #day 4 #obiyuki #akagami no shirayukihime #snow white with the red hair #witness protection au #my fic #ans #eheheheheheheheheheheheheheeh >:3c

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rocknrollbabe14 · 2 years

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Total Eclipse of the Heart (Part 1) VAMPIRE!Eddie x Reader

Total Eclipse of the Heart (Part 1)

Rating: 18+ MINORS DO NOT INTERTACT.

Warnings: Grief, mentions of death, cursing, mentions of sex, blood. I think that’s all.

It had been two days since the earthquake rocked Hawkins and your boyfriend, Eddie Munson went missing, never returning from the Upside Down. You bit your lip, in deep thought as you sat on a bench in the high school gymnasium that they were using for a shelter for people who had lost everything. They had water, food, and beds. You sighed, closing your eyes. All you wanted was Eddie to come home.

You eyed Dustin Henderson, who was with Eddie in his final moments. Eddie sacrificed himself so that Dustin, Steve, Nancy, and Robin could escape. He was trying to be a hero this time, something he told other people not to be. Dustin looked as lost as you did and you knew he was burning deep down inside. The trailer was a total loss, crumbling in front of you as Wayne grabbed you and threw you in the truck. You screamed, everything Eddie had lost in the rubble.

Wayne was standing at the Missing Persons board, stapling a picture of Eddie up on the wall. He had been different since that night. You understood. He had raised Eddie since he was six. Wayne’s brother, Eddie’s dad, went to prison and his mom died so that only left Wayne. Eddie was like a son to him. Wayne held Eddie’s guitar pick necklace in his hands, eyes closed, kissing it.

Dustin walked over to you and took a seat down beside of you, his eyes fixated on Wayne.

“Does he know?”, Dustin’s voice broke.

You shook your head. “No. I don’t have the heart to tell him, Dustin.”, your voice cracked.

Dustin hugged you and you felt him let out a deep, emotionally exhausted sigh. Wayne grabbed the bag he had laid down and began to walk over to you and Dustin.

“Y/N?”, he spoke, quietly.

Dustin pulled away from you and eyed Wayne.

“I’m going to look for Eddie again. Do you want to come?”

You and Dustin exchanged glances before you rose up from the bench. Your jeans were ripped and your white shirt had stains of dirt and mud.

“Mr. Munson?”, Dustin stood up.

Wayne eyed him, narrowing his eyes. “Look, I don’t care what happened. My nephew is innocent. He didn’t kill that girl.”

You bit your lip, giving Dustin a look to cease his conversation and not to even go to the fact Eddie was dead.

“No, I was a friend of Eddie and Y/N’s. I just want to say—”, he paused you shaking your head, Wayne oblivious, to tell him to shut up.

Wayne nodded. “Ah. Nice to hear he at least had one friend in this hell hole town. But me and Y/N really got to get going.”

You nodded, giving another hug to Dustin.

“When are you going to tell him?”, Dustin whispered.

“I don’t know. Just please let me handle this.”, you breathed.

Dustin nodded as you took off with Wayne, leaving the high school. You both got in the truck, the doors shutting, bringing you back to reality. You closed your eyes, your mind instantly thinking of Eddie and what he had endured in his final moments. You asked Dustin what happened but he never directly answered you. He just told you Eddie said he would always love you and he was sorry. The words caused a lump to appear in your throat, but you shoved it back, not wanting to cry in front of Wayne.

Wayne started the truck, beginning to drive. The town of Hawkins was depressing as there was no signs of habitation for a few miles. Most everything was destroyed when the gates were opened, however, you played along with the earthquake theory. But you knew the truth.

“Do you think we should go by the trailer?”, he asked out of the blue.

“Yeah. Maybe some of Eddie’s things survived.”, you said hopeful.

Wayne nodded, grabbing a cigarette and lighting it, immediately exhaling smoke. “Maybe he is hiding around there.”

You could only hope and wish this was true. You prayed that by some miracle Eddie was alive somehow. Maybe Dustin was wrong. Maybe Eddie had found refuge in the Upside Down before finding a gate to come back. Your brain was going crazy. Part of you wondered if you were delusional or being optimistic, something Eddie loved about you.

“Jesus Christ.”, Wayne muttered, eyeing the destruction around you all as he drove, avoiding fallen trees and other debris in the road.

The trailer park wasn’t far from here and you were mentally bracing yourself to view the damage and debris from the place Eddie and Wayne called home. You could only imagine what you would find but prayed Eddie’s body wouldn’t be one of them. You all neared the cut off for the trailer park and you felt your stomach drop. Wayne cut the steering wheel, beginning down the road. It was dirt and had been destroyed just a couple days earlier.

You closed your eyes and heard Wayne let out a deep exhale as you all pulled into what was the driveway.

“We’re here.”, he sighed, cutting the engine.

You opened your eyes and immediately felt your face flush. Wayne grabbed the bag riding between you all and eyed you. You could feel his eyes on you and you were doing your best not to break down in front of him.

“Ready?”

You nodded, grabbing the door.

“I’ll check the parameter make sure we’re safe then you can see if you find any of his stuff or any signs he’s been around.”, Wayne instructed.

You nodded and you both exited the truck, finally feeling the air hit you. It was warm but there was something off with it. Wayne pulled his shot gun from the bag and began checking around the trailer. You watched him, following behind him as he secured the trailer.

“Go on in. Be careful. I’m going to start looking for Eddie. If you see any signs of him, here’s a walkie talkie.”, he tossed it to you and you caught it with no issues, nodding.

Wayne was off as you walked up the steps to the trailer, the steps threatening to give way in certain places. The opposite end of the trailer was completely exposed. The trailer itself was broke in half, debris of the interior scattered everywhere. You carefully tried to open the door, however, it fell off its hinges in front of you. You cleared your throat, attempting to gather yourself before stepping into what was left of the trailer. This is where you had stayed with Eddie for weeks.

He and Wayne had welcomed you with open arms. You stepped past the door frame and Eddie’s room was to your right. Pictures of Eddie and Wayne were scattered across the floor, some ripped, some picture frames shattered. You bent down, grabbing one where Eddie was smiling, making a silly face. You brushed the glass from it and slid it in your pocket. You closed your eyes, praying for strength again before continuing. The trailer creaked, causing you to question every step you took as if you were walking on eggshells.

The frame was severely compromised. You took careful steps towards Eddie’s room. The door was half off its hinges. You carefully moved past it. A hole was in his floor, a deep hole. You eyed his wall, all his metal band posters adorned the wall, most ripped and shredded now. You sighed as you waded through his room. On his bedside table was an alarm clock, now broken, an ash tray of cigarettes and ashes, some spilled out on the bedside table, and a cassette of Metallica, their latest, Master of Puppets.

“Dammit, Eddie.”, you grabbed it, the lump in your throat growing and tears welling up in your eyes.

It was becoming too hard to hold them back anymore. You know what the plan was to conquer Vecna, however, it was not planned for Eddie to stay behind while the others ran. You were so angry with him for deciding to be a hero. Hot tears rolled down your cheeks as you sat down on his bed, the room creaking with increased movement. Your mind instantly began thinking back to all the good times you all had here. The times you would come home from school, immediately going to his room, just listening to music, letting him smoke and strum guitar. The times you all would have sex while Wayne was working or asleep sitting up on the couch, beer in his hand, the television blaring informercials.

You watched as a tear fell on his bedsheets. You carefully laid down on them, making sure not to cause too much of a sudden movement. They still smelled like Eddie. You closed your eyes and could almost feel him beside of you. The tears began fall more frequently accompanied by an occasional sob. You looked up at the ceiling as if this would change anything. You could see several huge visible cracks in the ceiling, some of the ceiling falling down onto you occasionally. Brushing it off, you sat up easily.

Your backpack set near his dresser. There was your radio on the dresser and somehow it seemed to have survived. You wiped your tears quickly as you creeped over, the floor creaking with each movement and grabbed your bag, tossing his Metallica cassette inside. You opened the dresser, grabbing a few of his shirts, specifically his Hellfire ones. You closed the drawers with ease.

His beloved guitar was gone from its place on the wall. You eyed the polaroid of you and Eddie that laid on the dresser. You both were lying in bed, just had woken up. His hair was tousled and you both wore smiles. You didn’t have any clue this would be one of the last memoirs you had of him. You slid it in your backpack and turned to see if there was anything else salvageable. It was almost like time stood still here in his room. Except for the fact that it was in shambles.

You grabbed your bag, ready to go and leave here for now. It had been a lot to take in. You turned to go, when suddenly something scared the shit out of you. Your radio kicked on without warning. You jumped, feeling your heart jump out of your chest. Static filled the station until one of your favorite songs came on. “Total Eclipse of the Heart” by Bonnie Tyler.

Every now and then I get a little bit terrified

But then I see the look in your eyes

(Turn around, bright eyes)

Every now and then I fall apart

(Turn around, bright eyes)

Every now and then I fall apart

More tears filled your eyes as you held on to the unsteady door frame, looking back into his room. His lamp kicked on, flickering as static filled the station once more before the chorus hit.

And I need you now tonight

And I need you more than ever

And if you only hold me tight

We’ll be holding on forever

And we’ll only be making it right

‘Cause we’ll never be wrong

Together we can take it to the end of line

Your love is like a shadow on me all the time

I don’t know what to do and I’m always in the dark

We’re living in a powder keg and giving off sparks

I really need you tonight

Forever’s gonna start tonight

The sobs that threatened to rack through you earlier had came to a head and they were coming out now. You fell to your knees. All the emotion that had been pent up inside you was coming out. You were alone, it was safe. You had heard of Will communicating through the radio when he was trapped in the Upside Down. Could this be Eddie?

“Eddie?”, you whispered, choking out his name through your sobs.

The lamp flickered again as the song continued to play, eventually reaching the end of the post chorus.

Once upon a time there was light in my life

But now there’s only love in the dark

Nothing I can say

A total eclipse of the heart

All of a sudden, the radio shut off and lamp followed suit. You felt empty, trying to process what had just happened. You looked around the room for any sign that this could be an attempt at communication from Eddie from the Upside Down. Your walkie talkie went off.

“Any sign of Eddie?”, Wayne’s voice cut through static.

“Not yet.”, you responded back.

“Okay. Be careful. Meet me back at the truck at dusk.”

“Copy.”, you breathed.

You needed to talk to Dustin and quickly. If Eddie was alive in the Upside Down, he could only evade the demogorgons, demodogs, demobats, and Vecna for so long. It was a miracle he had lasted this long to be honest. If that was him, anyway. Dustin had given you a walkie talkie that Wayne didn’t know about. This connected you to the boys along with Nancy and Robin.

You pulled it out quickly. “Guys? Anyone?”

You clicked off, closing your eyes hoping they would respond. Your brain was running a hundred miles a minute, trying to understand.

“Y/N?”, Dustin’s voice came through.

“Yes, you have to meet me soon, Dustin. I need to talk to you. Bring everyone. Please.”, your voice was fragile, weak.

You hated to hear your own voice so fragile and weak. It made you cringe. But you had been through a lot in these past couple of days. You didn’t need to be so hard on yourself but it was almost impossible. Static was on the other end of the walkie talkie and you were impatiently waiting someone to answer you back. This was dire.

“Ok. How about midnight outside the school? I’ll bring everyone and you can tell us what’s so urgent.”, Dustin finally responded.

A sigh of relief came over you as you all finalized plans. However, you knew it was urgent and time meant everything. Too late and Eddie was definitely a goner. You continued to search the trailer as safely as you could. You creeped your way back into the living room. The breeze was felt the best here as this room did not survive. You looked at the utility closet. On the handle was Eddie’s graduation gown. Hawkins Tiger green. The boys were wearing green and the girls would wear gold. Yours was behind his.

You closed your eyes painfully at the sight as if it was Eddie’s body. It was a painful reminder that what you all could have had would never be. You went over, the floor creaking worse than it ever had. You felt the satin material in your hand. It was practically perfect. Less than a month and you all would be wearing these. You should have been wearing them together. A clear bag was hung on the hanger along with his gown. Inside was his cap with a green and gold tassel having 1986 on the charm.

“This year’s different,”, you began uttering the words Eddie had. “This year is my year.”

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Wayne was visibly frustrated on the ride back to the high school. Not because you all hand’t done everything you could to try and find Eddie, but because he was still missing. However, back at the school, you gave Wayne the pictures you had recovered. He smiled with tears in his eyes and thanked you before he blinked them away. You all prayed together before going to bed that Eddie would be found. Part of you felt guilty that you were praying for your boyfriend’s safety when you clearly had heard Dustin tell you Eddie was dead.

Wayne and Eddie had strayed far from religion, but this was igniting something in Wayne. Prayer felt like the only answer to his problem. If anyone could fix it, God could. That’s the mindset Wayne had now. You eyed the big clock on the wall in the gym as you watched Wayne sleep, tossing and turning occasionally. 11:45. You had to get ready and meet Dustin, Steve, Robin and Nancy.

You sat up quickly but quietly, sliding on your shoes. You eyed Wayne once more, ensuring he wouldn’t wake up. You bit your lip as you tip-toed past him and the many other people who were sleeping. You reached the double doors leading into the gym, carefully opening them and slipping through them. The hallways were eerily quiet and you found the side door that would lead to the front of the school. Here goes nothing, you thought to yourself.

The warm spring air hit you as you rushed outside to the spot Dustin had instructed you to meet him at. No one was there but soon you saw four silhouettes coming into view. Dustin, Steve, Robin, and Nancy. Relief washed over you and your spirit instantly perked up. They eyed you carefully. One wrong word and they were worried you’d burst into tears. They each knew this was a sensitive time for you.

“So what’s going on?”, Dustin asked easily. “Did you tell Wayne yet?”

You shook your head almost immediately. “No, not yet.”

Dustin and Steve exchanged glances to each other as did Nancy and Robin.

Dustin nodded before continuing. “So, what was so urgent before?”

You bit your lip and crossed your arms, feeling immediately self conscious. The words you were about to say would definitely sound crazy. They would probably think you were experiencing the five stages of grief, but you knew what you heard and saw. You weren’t crazy. Steve watched you with curious eyes.

“Um I was at the trailer earlier,”, you began as you rubbed your arms.

They all nodded, urging you to continue.

“And I um uh well, I was getting ready to leave Eddie’s room and the radio kicked on and the lamp flickered.”

You watched for their reactions. Dustin eyed Steve again, both appearing a little shocked.

“Maybe faulty power lines?”, Nancy suggested, the first to speak.

You almost began to feel anger and wanted to lash out at her, but you closed your eyes, attempting to gather yourself.

“The power lines are completely severed.”, you spoke quietly.

Dustin came closer to you. “But Eddie’s dead—he died.”

You shook your head, beginning to refuse this theory. “Didn’t Will communicate from the Upside Down by lights and turning on the radio?”

Nancy looked over to Steven and Dustin. You could almost see the wheels turning in their heads. Dustin eyed Steve and Steve gave him a slight nod of encouragement to continue before hanging his head.

“Y/N, look, I held Eddie in my arms as he—he died. His eyes glazed over, pupils fixated. He’s dead.”, Dustin repeated, sadness washing over his face.

The words he spoke caused an instant ache in your chest. There was pings of anger boiling deep in your chest. They were not understanding what you know you had seen with your own two eyes. Sure, you understand they thought you were blinded by grief but this wasn’t a figment of your imagination.

“Dustin, just please—you have to believe me. I’m not crazy.”, you said as tears welled up in your eyes.

Steve hung his head, scuffing his tennis shoe on the dirt causing it to stir a bit. “We’re sorry.”

“You need to just take a breather. You’ve been through a lot.”, Robin sighed.

Anger rose higher in your chest and you closed your eyes. Your emotions were running high and it felt that any minute you could have an outburst to end all outbursts. Your fists tightened and you closed your eyes, attempting to try and regain composure.

“I know I sound fucking crazy.”, you snapped suddenly, catching everyone off guard. “But I know what I saw. I want to go to the Upside Down and try and find Eddie.”

By the end of your sentences, you had regained some composure. Dustin, Steve, Nancy, and Robin just stared at you, unsure of what to say which was out of character for them.

“It’s too dangerous. There’s four gates opened.”, Dustin sighed, waving hand gestures.

“Yeah, I mean it would practically be a death sentence.”, Steve agreed.

Your nose flared. “I don’t really give a damn anymore. Life’s not worth living without him. I have to at least maybe find his body to bring back home. I mean—who has a funeral without a body? I mean how does a radio just cut on, play a song that happens to be my one of my favorites and a fucking lamp with no fucking power lines?”, you laughed hysterically.

Dustin sighed, increasingly becoming frustrated. “You can’t go down there.”

“Says the boy who hasn’t even told me how Eddie died!”, you raised your voice, immediately cursing yourself for yelling.

“Y/N, come on. I get that you’re upset but you can’t go down there. You don’t know what hell awaits you.”, Nancy extended her hand, laying it on your shoulder.

“Look,”, you began easily, voice shaky. “You all can either help me or I’m going myself. Your all’s fucking choice.”

They all exchanged panicked glances. This appeared to help solidify your cause.

Dustin was on the brink of breaking down now. “Look, we lost Eddie. We can’t loose you too. What would we tell Wayne?”

You shook your head, trying to stop him from saying anything further. “I’m going and that’s final. With or without you all.”, you reiterated.

They exchanged glances once more. You held your glared, narrowing your eyes. You were not swaying on your choice. No matter what they said to try to reason with you. The logical side of you, perhaps, was gone. There was something going on and you had to find the answer. You had to know what this all meant and how to make sense of it all.

“Fine we will help you get there but we’re not watching your damn death!”, Dustin yelled back, crossing his arms.

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You took a deep breath, the night still young in Hawkins. You stood at where one of the four gates were. Dustin, Steve, Robin, and Nancy accompanied you. The hole in the trailer turned out to be a gate and you had led everyone back there. Dustin and Steve had worked quickly to make another rope for you to descend with. Nancy and Robin talked to you asking you if this was truly what you wanted. You understood their apprehension. But this was something you had to do.

“There. Tight as we can get it.”, Steve finished as he gave the rope a tug.

“Thanks guys. Really.”, you sighed as you grabbed hold on the rope.

“Please be careful.”, Robin pleaded.

Dustin looked at you with those puppy dog eyes. He may play tough when it comes to his words, however, deep down inside you knew he was worried. Times when he became most exasperated was when he was scared, worried, or hurt. You turned to look at them all, watching you.

“I will. I’ll be fine.”, you promised.

Steve sighed as he reached beside of him, handing you his bat. “Take this.”

You eyed Steve and hesitantly took his weapon. “Are you sure?”

He nodded, before quickly pulling you into a hug. You reciprocated his hug and smiled. Steve was usually not one to show emotions, even being a total dick at times. But he had turned over a new leaf since he had spent time with the boys. You pulled back, maybe even catching Steve wipe away a quick tear. You hugged Nancy and Robin. They had spent a lot of time with Eddie the last few weeks. Robin and Eddie together were quite hilarious. Eddie had a big personality and Robin was a bit taken aback by it at times.

Lastly, Dustin came up to you. He wore a somber expression on his face. You put your hands on his shoulders.

“Promise us you’ll come back.”, he began, his voice shaking.

“I’ll come back. I promise Henderson.”, you smirked, pulling one of Eddie’s lines.

He laughed a little hysterically. “We’re here if you need us. Just give the rope a big tug.”

You nodded, grabbing him into a hug. Dustin’s composure threatened to falter but he was holding it together for you. He didn’t want to break down in front of you. He couldn’t. You were about to get into the biggest fight of your life.

Pulling away from his hug, you grabbed back on the rope, the bat by your side, giving it a tug of your own. They all watched you, preparing themselves, fearing this would be the last time they may see you alive.

“See ya on the flip side.”, you breathed, tightening your grip on the rope, beginning to descend down into the Upside Down.

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The air was changing as you descended deeper into the pit of darkness. You coughed, feeling like you were almost suffocating. Little white particles whipped by you as you kept descending. It almost looked like snow. Your feet hit the ground, making a thud and immediately your eyes turned back up towards the sky, noticing where you had came from. However, this sky was dark with claps of thunder, lighting it up red on the horizon.

You bit your lip as you began taking a few steps, cautiously at first. The trailer was in perfect shape in the Upside Down. It was like nothing had changed. Nothing had ever happened. Your extremities began to shake, fear finally boiling inside of you. What were you thinking? However, you quickly convinced yourself that you were doing this for Eddie. You saw where he had give the most metal concert of his life. The items left behind served as evidence.

Once you felt a little more safe, you picked up your pace, walking much faster. The sudden claps of thunder caused you to jump and your heart felt like it was going to beat out of your chest. You came upon a place in the dirt and grass that looked like someone had laid down and had worn the grass out. Old blood was dried on the area. You bent down, examining it. Could this be where Eddie had “died”?

If it was, he was no longer there. He was alive and somewhere else. You began to feel panic deep down in your stomach as you realized there was so much ground to cover down here. You’d also have to evade all the creatures that inhabited here, calling it home. Eddie would never forgive you if you died in the process of trying to save him. You had to make it out alive. You just had to.

You heard what you thought to be the wind whipping behind you. But you almost felt an ominous presence.

“Sweetheart, you really shouldn’t be down here.”, you heard a familiar voice.

You whipped around quickly, gaining your footing. “Ed-Eddie?”

The figure smiled, but his smile was different. He was different. The same but different if that made any sense.

“It’s me sweetheart.”

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Best Jim Steinman Lyrics

For no reason other than sheer impulse, I have decided to compile this list (not necessarily in order):

"It was a hot summer night and the beach was burning / There was fog crawling over the sand / When I listen to your heart I hear the whole world turning / I see the shooting stars falling through your trembling hands" (You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" by Meat Loaf)

"Though it's cold and lonely in the deep, dark night / I can see paradise by the dashboard lights" ("Paradise by the Dashboard Lights" by Meat Loaf)

"I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark / We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks" ("Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler)

"Like a sinner before the gates of Heaven / I'll come crawling on back to you" ("Bat Out of Hell" by Meat Loaf)

"I don't know anything about you, baby / But you're everything I'm dreaming of" ("Dead Ringer for Love" by Meat Loaf)

"The flesh and the fantasies / All coming back to me" ("It's All Coming Back to Me Now" by Celine Dion)

"I'm just a blue-eyed, blond-haired, black-hearted boy / Killing time until the end of the world" ("All Revved Up With No Place to Go/Wasted Youth" from Bat Out of Hell: The Musical)

"What's the meaning of life? / What's the meaning of it all? You gotta learn to dance / Before you learn to crawl" ("Everything Louder Than Everything Else" by Meat Loaf)

"Will you hold me sacred? / Will you hold me tight? / Can you colorize my life? / I'm so sick of black and white" ("I Would Do Anything for Love" by Meat Loaf)

"Will you make me some magic with your own two hands? / Will you build an emerald city with these grains of sand?" ("I Would Do Anything for Love" by Meat Loaf)

"I'd pull the sun down from the sky to light your darkest night / I wouldn't let one drop of rain fall down into your life" ("I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" by Meat Loaf)

Actually, the entirety of "I'd Lie For You"

Especially the name of the song

Ladies, find yourselves a man who'd walk across the fire and on the wild for you, who'd show you Heaven every second you were in his arms, and who'd take you to paradise if you took his hand.

Fellas, find yourselves a woman who will let the sky fall down before she ever breaks your heart.

#jim steinman #meat loaf #bat out of hell #lyrics #song lyrics #bonnie tyler #celine dion #bat out of hell musical #paradise by the dashboard light #i would do anything for love

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spade-riddles · 1 year

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Submission:

If the “love blackout” began on Election Day 2016 (November 8, 2016), today (November 7, 2022) is 2,190 days later. Glitch makes me think there’s a POSSIBILITY the blackout expires today. Alright so first, the numbers. 2190 days is 312 weeks and 6 days. 2191 days is exactly 313 weeks. Also, 2+1+9+1 = 13. So is tomorrow, November 8, a fresh start for them? Because come on, 313 weeks. You know how 13s are lucky for taylor.

This one could be a reach, but: November 8th is 11/8/22. On midnights, track 11 is karma. Track 8 is vigilante shit. So two tracks about revenge. One about how kar(lie)ma loves her and the other about how Taylor helps another woman get revenge… and the track abbreviates to VS. Victoria’s Secret.

Glitch is track 18, so even that kind of works. 11/8? Orrrr, 2190 days -> 11/7/22 and 11+7 = 18. Back to glitch: “Blood moonlit.” Well. How interesting that in the early hours on November 8, there’s a total lunar eclipse and this one is known as a blood moon. This isn’t something that happens THAT frequently, so I’m less inclined to think the timing is a coincidence. “5 seconds later I’m fastening myself to you with a stitch.” November 8 is also the day of very important midterm elections in the US (please vote blue I’m begging), so I don’t expect them to break the internet or whatever tomorrow. Instead of 5 seconds, how about 5 days? 5 days after November 8 is November 13, 2022— the 9th anniversary of their formal introduction at the VS show.

Another reach here: track 9 on midnights is bejeweled. You know, with the music video that with alllll the visual similarities to the show where they were dancing in a snow globe? And the pocket watch that says, “exile expires”? And the ending where Taylor ditches her evil stepmother and step sisters, ditches the guy, and happily burns down the castle? Just saying.

Karlie also posted something a year ago today about the nyc marathon and how she’d be there “next year.” It’s next year! Did she finish the metaphorical marathon?

And then there was that spade message from a long time ago, about when we’ll get the first kaylor candid picture. “Late November.”

♠️ When do you think we will receive the first Taylor Swift & Karlie Kloss friendship candid? `I recall late November, holdin’ my breath | Slowly I said, “You don’t need to save me | But would you run away with me?”` - 10/19/2018

Anyway, I think things are happening this month. Not necessarily on the 8th, although it might be an official end date to a contract or something. Maybe there will be a social media interaction this week (the 13th perhaps) and a “friendship candid” later this month? Spade sent a lot of interesting riddles at the end of 2019. December 4, for example, is the anniversary of kiss gate. On that date in 2019, they ended their riddle with, “this glass castle will shatter tonight.”

♠️ You and I became us and we. There we stood, no frets to be. My hand in yours, our hearts intwined. The sound it came, in slow pitched waves. Higher and higher, deep fears it raised. Reaching an amplitude, a crack it made. Hold me close, hold me tight. This glass castle will shatter tonight. - 12/04/2019

Didn’t flag anon also make us think December 4th is important?

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Buckle up, this is just the beginning. 43+27 days until the end of the year. - October 22

I dunno. I’m always hesitant to make predictions anymore, but there are A LOT of reasons to think the love blackout is ending, and they’re going to move quickly to reestablish their public friendship.

#submission #good work anon

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shiny-shell · 3 months

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9 people you'd like to get to know better

tagged by @honor-among-thieves

3 ships: lately, Ineffable Husbands (Crowley/Aziraphale, Good Omens), Lae'zel/Shadowheart (Baldur's Gate 3), and Nandermo (Nandor/Guillermo, What We Do in the Shadows)

First ship: Not sure, maybe Haruka/Michiru from Sailor Moon? I always knew they weren't just "cousins"

Last song: Today I've been thinking about "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler, cuz of the line "now I'm only fallin apart". It's how I feel today

Last film: I saw The Boy and the Heron in theaters with a friend this week. I really enjoyed it! Did not understand all of the movie, but I love films that go on a visual journey!

Currently reading: I was reading the Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells. On #4, Exit Strategy. Going a bit slower now, but I'll get back to it

Currently craving: hugs :<

Tagging @tea-eyes, @spockvarietyhour, @bioandrunaway, @glados-kallipygos, @trashheap64, @wanpakupaku, @alicereids It's not 9 but I don't have very many mutuals left tbh ^_^;

#tag meme

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Yes High Vibration - SACD Box 2013 Atlantic ————————————————— Tracks CD One: Yes 01. Beyond & Before 02. I See You 03. Yesterday and Today 04. Looking Around 05. Harold Land 06. Every Little Thing 07. Sweetness 08. Survival

Tracks CD Two: Time and a Word 01. No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed 02. Then 03. Everydays 04. Sweet Dreams 05. The Prophet 06. Clear Days 07. Astral Traveller 08. Time and a Word

Tracks CD Three: The Yes Album 01. Yours Is No Disgrace 02. The Clap 03. Starship Trooper a. Life Seeker b. Dissillution c. Würm 04. I’ve Seen All Good People a. Your Move b. All Good People 05. A Venture 06. Perpetual Change

Tracks CD Four: Fragile 01. Roundabout 02. Cans and Brahms 03. We Have Heaven 04. South Side of the Sky 05. Five Percent for Nothing 06. Long Distance Runaround 07. The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) 08. Mood for a Day 09. Heart of the Sunrise

Tracks CD Five: Close to the Edge 01. Close to the Edge I. The Solid Time of Change II. Total Mass Retain III. I Get up I Get Down IV. Seasons of Man 02. And You and I I. Cord of Life II. Eclipse III. The Preacher the Teacher IV. The Apocalypse 03. Siberian Khatru

Tracks CD Six: Yessongs 01. Opening (Excerpt from «Firebird Suite») 02. Siberian Khatru 03. Heart of the Sunrise 04. Perpetual Change 05. And You and I I. Cord of Life II. Eclipse III. The Preacher the Teacher IV. The Apocalypse 06. Mood for a Day 07. Excerpts from «The Six Wives of Henry VIII» 08. Roundabout

Tracks CD Seven: Yessongs [continued] 01. I’ve Seen All Good People I. Your Move II. All Good People 02. Long Distance Runaround • The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) 03. Close to the Edge I. The Solid Time of Change II. Total Mass Retain III. I Get up I Get Down IV. Seasons of Man 04. Yours Is No Disgrace 05. Starship Trooper I. Life Seeker II. Disillusion III. Wurm

Tracks CD Eight: Tales from Topographic Oceans 01. The Revealing Science of God - Dance of the Dawn 02. The Remembering - High the Memory

Tracks Disc Nine: Tales from Topographic Oceans [continued] 01. The Ancient - Giants Under the Sun 02. Ritual - Nous sommes du soleil

Tracks CD Ten: Relayer 01. The Gates of Delirium 02. Sound Chaser 03. To Be Over

Tracks CD Eleven: Going for the One 01. Going for the One 02. Turn of the Century 03. Parallels 04. Wonderous Stories 05. Awaken

Tracks CD Twelve: Tormato 01. Future Times 02. Rejoice 03. Don’t Kill the Whale 04. Madrigal 05. Release, Release 06. Killing UFO 07. Circus on Heaven 08. Onward 09. On the Silent Wings of Freedom

Tracks CD Thirteen: Drama 01. Machine Messiah 02. White Car 03. Does It Really Happen? 04. Into the Lens 05. Run through the Light 06. Tempus fugit

Tracks CD Fourteen: 90125 01. Owner of a Lonely Heart 02. Hold On 03. It Can Happen 04. Changes 05. Cinema 06. Leave It 07. Our Song 08. City of Love 09. Hearts

Tracks CD Fifteen: Big Generator 01. Rhythm of Love 02. Big Generator 03. Shoot High Aim Low 04. Almost Like Love 05. Love Will Find a Way 06. Final Eyes 07. I’m Running 08. Holy Lamb (Song for Harmonic Convergence)

Tracks CD Sixteen: Bonus 01. Something’s Coming 02. Dear Father 03. Roundabout [single edit] 04. America 05. Total Mass Retain [single version] 06. Soon [single edit] 07. Abilene 08. Run through the Light [single version] 09. Run with the Fox - Chris Squire & Alan White 10. Owner of a Lonely Heart [Move Yourself mix] 11. Leave It [Single remix] 12. Big Generator [remix] —————————————————

* Long Live Rock Archive

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starjane312 · 1 year

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Kit Tanthalos x OC

Big Masterlist

Masterlist

Chapter 2

Jane PoV.

It’s been four and a half Moons. I’m on the Canyon Maze with Jade and Kit who are sparring with each other. It’s a close call but in the end Kit wins. I Clapp and get up from my Rock. They both take off their Masks and Kit smiles at me.

Ja: I almost had you.

K: Yeah, don’t beat yourself up about it.

J: Good Job Love.

I help Jade up.

K: You know there’s skill, then there’s Talent and I just happen to have both.

Ja: Along with a generous amount of Arrogance.

I Laugh.

J: Yeah, Gotta have that Too.

Kit pushes her Elbow in my Side.

K: Who knows ? In a few Years you might beat me.

Jade chuckles.

Ja: I would have beaten you if it wasn’t for that lose Rock.

And at this Point I know Jade let Kit win on Purpose, all the Time. Same as me. We talked about stopping that but never did it.

K: It’s not about Mastering the Moves Jade, it’s about adapting to your Terrain.

I raise my eyebrow and lay my arm around Kit’s waist and pull her to stand next to Jade.

K: And uh, I’m just better than you are.

Ja: Yeah.

J: Superior in every way, Your highness.

We all laugh and look at the Barrier.

K: One day I’m gonna prove it.

Kit lays her Arm around Jade’s shoulder.

K: Tell me you don’t still think about that. You know, going beyond the Barrier.

J: You mean having those wild adventures like we always talked about ?

Kit nods.

Jade looks at both of us.

Ja: I spoke to Ballantine earlier …

K: Yeah ?

La: Princess !

I look at Lachlan and If looks could kill he would be Dead. Jade finally wanted to talk to Kit about it and he interrupted her.

La: I bring Word from the Queen.

K: Are we under a Siege?

La: You need to get Dressed for Dinner. Her Highness expects the Royal Party from Galladoorn to arrive shortly.

I exhale, that means uncomfy dresses and a lot of curtsying for guests.

K: I take my brother’s been called too to scrub behind his ears ?

La: Yes. The Prince, I believe, is Hunting in the Western Wood.

K: Hunting ?

J: Hunting skirts I believe.

Ja: I wonder who he’s hunting today.

We laugh and go down the Rocks. Lachlan is already riding off. I greet Moon and get up. We race back to Tir Asleen. Before the Gate we get off of our Horses and I let Moon walk after me While I walk in the Middle of Jade and Kit who are Leading their Horses.

Jade holds out her Hand.

Ja: I’ll take Eclipse and Moon back to the Stables.

K: You know you're coming tonight, right ?

Jade’s smile flatters.

Ja: No

J: Yeah.

Ja: Really ?

K: Yeah.

Ja: You know how I feel about gowns and wearing them.

K: Well you’re gonna have to Suck it up.

J: Cause we’re not gonna be able to survive this thing without you.

K: What did you wanna tell us ?

Kit looks at Jade.

Ja: When ?

K: Before, you said you talked to Ballantine.

Ja. Yeah. We can Talk about it later.

I nudge Jade’s side and look at her. She just takes Eclipse's lead.

Ja: All right well that was fun.

Kit starts walking to the Gate.

I sigh and look at Jade.

J: You must tell her.

Ja: I know.

Jade looks to the Ground.

J: You will leave with the King of Galladoorn.

Jade sighs.

Ja: I know. You have to go, the Queen awaits you.

I look at Moon.

J: Moon Follow Jade.

He walks next to Eclipse and I walk after Kit and Catch up to her and Aryk.

J: Who was it this time ?

K: The kitchen maid.

J: The blonde One ?

Kit nods. We go inside.

K: Isn’t she the one that makes those Buttered Muffins everyone talks about ?

A: Hey I happen to be a great admirer of those Muffins.

K: Yeah, I’m concerned about what she’s gonna put in those Muffins.

J: You know, once you inevitably break her Heart.

A: I’m not gonna break her Heart.

J: Oh please.

Aryk grabs an Apple from one of the Servants.

K: You’re gonna lose interest and Move on to the Next.

J: It’s like the one way you’re Totally consistent.

He takes one bite of the Apple and gives it to another servant.

A: No … She … Dove. It’s different. Dove has this ineffable human Quality about her soul

K: Wait, Wait, wait you said Dove ?

I raise my Eyebrows

J: Dove ? Like the Bird ?

A: Dove. Yes That’s what I call her, like the Most Romantic, Beautiful ..

K: You don’t know her name ?

A: Course I know her name.

J: Brunhilde ?

Aryk looks at me.

A: She doesn’t like that Name.

J: Well, it’s her name. It’s better than Dove.

A: As if your Couple nicknames are better.

J: I call her Love.

K: And I call her Darlin that's 100% better.

Aryk rolls his eyes, we hear someone clearing their throat. It’s the Queen. Aryk pretends that he’s been Racing here. I roll my eyes, as if she hadn’t seen us already.

A: Ah Mother. We got your Message. We raced back, We’re gonna. We’re gonna wash up real quick.

QS: Why do you look like you’ve been rolling around in Grass ?

A: Training. Tourneys and such.

QS: What's that on your Neck ?

Aryk’s hand flies to his neck. It’s a Hickey.

A: Oh ! I got bitten by a Fire moth, which was Strange.

J: You sure ?

K: Wasn’t it a Dove ?

I give him a Smirk

QS: Lachlan told me he found you both and Jade atop of the Canyon Maze Again. You know I don’t like you playing on those Rocks. It’s Dangerous

K: Playing ?

J: Unlike him, we actually were Training.

QS: I’ve had them Draw you three a bath and I’ve laid out a gown for you to wear. For you Too Jane.

J: Thank you.

I slowly walk to the Door to our Rooms.

K: You’re Picking out our Clothes now ?

I roll my Eyes and it begins.

K: What are we Six years old ?

QS: I shouldn’t have to, but when you neglect your Responsibilities for your Hobbies, you leave me no choice.

We hear the Horn, the Galladoorn’s are Arriving. Aryk inhales sharply and walks with me to the Door.

A: Ok, Kit We’re going.

J: Come on.

We walk through the door.

K: Thank you ?

J: It’s not like I can say something. Kit. I’m grateful that your Mother lets me stay here. I’m just her Warden. She could’ve let me live like Jade with the Squires.

Kit sighs, gives my Cheek a kiss and goes into her Room.

I look at Aryk and lift my hands and also walk into my Room. I take a look at the gown and sigh. It’s bright Red. Great, I'll look like a walking red flag. I take my Bath, wash myself and get Ready.

#kit tanthalos #kit tanthalos x Oc #Kit tanthalos x reader #Willow #Jade Calymore #Aryk Tanthalos #elora danan #thraxus boorman #madmartigan #graydon x elora #graydon hastur

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randomvarious · 1 year

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Today’s compilation:

20 Top Hits aus den Charts, 3/2001 2001 Europop / Eurohouse / Eurotrance / Pop / Dance-Pop

Some people may choose to partake in bud on a day like today in order to drive themselves into some kind of delightfully hazy fugue state, but today, rather than indulging in a premium blend of psychedelic jam bands, reggae, and dub, I decided to try to reach that same level of satisfaction by becoming Oskar (that's Euro-Oscar), and blissfully live among piles upon piles of pure and utter garbage 🤩.

Basically, when it comes to these immeasurably goofy and ephemeral Euro-comps from the turn of the millennium, I'm just a single, solitary, little, oinking piggy who's trying to score some disgusting slop. Sure, I'm down for a nice nostalgia rush and a good tune here or there that I've never encountered before, but my primary objective when listening to these Now That's What I Call Music!-Euro-equivalents is to unearth some music that's so patently absurd and terrible that you really can't help but smile at how ridiculous it is.

And boy, howdy, did I manage to reel in a big one with this German hits CD from March of 2001. Berlin-based pop duo Rosenstolz brought in the always theatrically brooding Marc Almond—of Soft Cell fame ("Tainted Love")—and they did a *mind-numbingly awful* and campy Europop cover of German operatic new wave oddball Klaus Nomi's "Total Eclipse." And at first, when I saw the name of this song on the tracklist, I thought maybe Almond was going to sing "Total Eclipse of the Heart" over a modern Euro-beat, but I unexpectedly got something that is so much worse instead. And I fucking love it. Mission accomplished 😌.

The rest of this album, though, unfortunately, isn't nearly as bad as that one song. It's just pretty much run-of-the-mill bad instead of exceptionally bad. Lots of tunes trying to copy Max Martin's playbook—the Swedish producer who's responsible for lots of big 90s teen pop hits from the likes of the Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, and Britney—and coming up short. But speaking of Britney, her song, "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know," which evokes Bowie's "China Girl," is probably legitimately the best song on this release. It wasn't issued as a single in the US though, and was instead only released to radio, so it didn't chart here, but it was a pretty big hit in Europe. And it's a solid pop ballad with a nice and catchy chorus, but it's nothing spectacular, and Max Martin didn't produce it either.

And Cosmic Gate's "Exploration of Space" is a cheesy bit of big room German Eurotrance that very badly wants to be the B-side to Darude's "Sandstorm," but it actually has pretty nifty atmospherics in its second half. Not a highlight, but a halfway decent track. Beginning's not good at all, though.

So, despite most of this album turning out to be a disappointment, with that one Rosenstolz/Marc Almond song, I was still able to reach that plane that I was pining for. It only resulted in a brief moment of gratifying atrociousness, but that junkyard high was so damn pure, man. Quality over quantity, always 🥰.

Happy holiblaze to those who celebrate!

Highlights:

Rosenstolz feat. Marc Almond - "Total Eclipse"

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dougielombax · 1 year

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Alright.

Behold my anti-sex music playlist!

For music that just won’t work when you’re planning on doing it.

Not saying any of these songs are bad. Just that they won’t be good for sex.

In my mind…

Here they are:

1. Chumbawumba - Tubthumping.

2. Blarf - Banana

3. Eric Andre & the Last Seed - Beef Patty

4. Midge Ure - The Man Who Sold the World (OH NO. NOT ME)

5. The Serbian National Anthem! (Bože pravde) - by I Don’t Fucking Know. (Yes I’m serious)

6.Geometry Dash theme tune

7. My Country ‘Tis of Thee (Boston Pops version)

8. Peaches - Fuck the Pain Away

9. That FUCKING Pina Colada song!

10. Aerosmith - I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing

11. Otis Redding - Shake

12. The Trashmen - Surfin’ Bird

13. Liberty Bell March - John Philip Sousa

14. That weird boingy Delaware version of the Dr Who theme what was only used once in the Australian broadcast of Carnival of Monsters.

15. Swans - She Loves Us

16. The Platters - My Prayer (for any David Lynch fans, if you know, YOU KNOW!)

17. Grieg - In the Hall of the Mountajn King (it HAS to be the Portsmouth sinfonia version)

18. Georg Friedrich Handel - Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah (also the Portsmouth Sinfonia version, ideal for maximum awkwardness)

19. 1800 Pain - Hurt

20. Weezer - Buddy Holly

21. ANYTHING by Nickelback (especially Photograph (LOOK AT THIS FUCKEN’ SHIT!) or Rockstar)

22. The Cure - Friday I’m in Love

23. Nine Inch Nails - Mr Self Destruct (only an animal could fuck to this!)

24. Hanggai - Drinking song (this is actually a fucking banger but still)

25. Jamie Christopherson - The Stains of Time (except every single lyric is AND IT WILL COME)

26. Babylon Zoo - Spaceman

27. Suede - Filmstar

28. Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart (on full blast)

29. Ligeti - Lux Aeterna (may induce existential crises)

30. Korngold - Theme from King’s Row

31. AJCW - Wonderland (very loud, this is some cosmic horror shit)

32. Girl Talk - Play Your Part (Pt 1.)

33. Akira Yamaoka - Black Fairy

34. Ludvig Forssell -204863

35. Bach - Chorale BWV 645 (slow instrumental organ/trombone version)

36. Akira Yamaoka - My Heaven

37. Kikagaku Moyo - Dripping Sun (the beat drop at the end is some next level shit)

38. Carpenter Brut - Le Perv

39. Dawn of the Dead - The Gonk

40. de Wolfe music - Lubricator

41. Wizzard - I Wish it could be Christmas Every Day

42. Venetian Snares - All the Children are Dead

43. Van McCoy - Do the Hustle

44. Roy Orbison - In Dreams (look, it’s a great tune, but still).

45. Smash Mouth - Walking on the Sun

46. Mansion Basement - Resident Evil Director’s Cut Soundtrack

47. Happy Days (as in the main theme tune from Happy Days!)

48. Exhumed - As Hammer to Anvil

49. Muddy Magnolias - American Woman (David Lynch Remix) (if you fuck to this then you are legally not a human, you are a CREATURE)

50. Sonny Terry - Old Lost John

51. Hanatarash - My Dad is Car (VERY LOUD!)

52. Clubbed to Death (instrumental)

53. Jerry Manolas - Midnight Dream

54. Guided by Voices - Game of Pricks

55. Ludvig Forssell - Death Stranding theme tune

56. Glenn Miller - In the Mood

57. Venetian Snares - Winnipeg is Fucking Over

58. BJ Thomas - Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head.

59. Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff

60. Huun Huur Tu - Eerbek Aksy

61. Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight

62. Mussorgsky - The Great Gate of Kiev

63. Low Roar - Give Up

64. Ludwig Van Beethoven - Rage Over a Lost Penny

65. Neon Indian - Slumlord’s Release

66. The Caretaker - All You are Going to want to Do is Get Back There.

67. Horace Heidt - This Time It’s Real (instrumental - slowed down)

68. BluntedBeatz - I Am

69. Eddie Vedder - Out of Sand

70. Olga Wojciechowska - Remember When the Light Came (unfortunately I can’t find it ANYWHERE!)

71. Blarf - The Me in Me

72. Chuck Person - Lightning Strikes

73. Polkas y Huapangos - Los Dos Laredos. (Pretty sure you legally CANNOT fuck to this)

74. Tom Jones - What’s New Pussycat (VERY LOUDLY)

75. Merzbow - Ultramarine Blue

76. Fool’s Garden - Lemon Tree (I NEED Wes Anderson to use this song in his next film! FIND A WAY to get him to do it!)

77. Big Brother Theme Tune

78. Fanfare Vagabontu - Batuta Din Moldova

79. Lvovsky - Now the Powers of Heaven

80. Tuvan Ensemble - Arbyn Ossun

81. Weird Al - EBay song

82. Marathon 2 main theme (I mean come ON!)

83. Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky (SHUT UP!!!!)

84. My Chemical Romance- Famous Last Words

85. Van Halen - Panama

86. Powermad - Slaughterhouse

87. Bjork - It’s Oh so Quiet

88. Sigur Rós - Hoppípolla

89. Richard Strauss - Zueignung (specifically the version performed by Jessye Norman (RIP))

90. Apollo 100 - Joy (especially if you speed it up)

91. Carol Anne McGowan - Sycamore Trees (look it’s beautiful but you cannot fuck to it!)

92. Brian Eno - Weightless

93. Jean Sibelius - Symphony no 2.

94. Handel - Hallelujah Chorus (as performed by the Portsmouth Sinfonia)

95. The White Buffalo - I Know You (it’s a great piece of music but it’s really depressing)

96. Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe

97. Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance

98. Blink 182 - I Miss You. (WHERE ARE YEEEEEEEW)

99. Francis Stanfield - O Sacred Heart. (Yes I know it’s a Catholic hymn! That’s the point!)

100. Surasshu - The Penis (Eek!)

101. Non Phixion - The CIA is Trying to Kill Me

102. All-American Rejects - Move Along (SHUT UP! It’s a good song but come on)

103. Big Data - Bombs Over Brooklyn (their curiosity for learning has skyrocketed)

104. Adam & the Ants - Stand and Deliver

105. Animal Collective - Derek

106. Ludwig Van Beethoven. Symphony no. 5. Movement 1.

107. Hong Kong 97 Soundtrack - I Love Beijing Tiananmen.

108. Mr Bean animated series theme tune (piano, obviously).

109. John Williams - The Immolation Scene. (From the Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith soundtrack)

110. Ludwig Van Beethoven. Again. - Ode to Joy. Symphony no 9. Movement 4.

111. Vague003 - Tonight

112. Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings in C Major Op. 48.

113. Old Gods of Asgard - Take Control

114. Zbigniew Preisner - Lacrimosa, Day of Tears

115. AJCW - Fog Horm

#personal stuff #dougie rambles #music #playlist #feel free to reblog #anti-sex playlist #Dougie talks about music #Dougie’s playlists #playlists #music playlist #reblog this #lists #my lists #Dougie makes a list #Tonight we fuck music #or not

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sunsetagain · 3 years

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Sunsetagain's Fandom Tags & Fan Comics

Current fandom: Baldur’s Gate 3, mostly Astarion & Karlach.

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BALDUR’S GATE

► Tabula Rasa (blank slate/empty sheet) (22p)

Before Withers invites them to the party, Ascendant Astarion tries his best to regain Karlach's love in the Nine Hells.

► My Heart’s an Empty Vase Looking for Roses (20p)

Spawn Astarion and Karlach talking about their plan in Avernus after the game.

► Sunburn (3p)

Spawn Astarion with Volo’s eye.

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► ELIZA Effect (16p)

DBH & Deus Ex xover.

Description from Deus Ex POV: After Mankind Divided storyline in 2029, Adam returned to Detroit to hide a piece of Eliza in an antique shop, which inspired Kamski's android revolution 2038.

Inspired by the ebook "Synthetic Thought: The Human AI" in Human Revolution, and the side mission "01011000" in Mankind Divided.

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HEAVY RAIN

► Byzantine Generals season 2: Eclipse of Sybil

DBH & Heavy Rain xover. This link redirects you to chapters related to Heavy Rain. If you want to read the whole story, scroll down to Detroit Become Human section.

AI version of Norman helped Hank to save his son Cole from an Origami copycat killer in 2035 but failed. 4 years after that, Connor Army sought for his help once again.

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Machine Connor went deviant during Markus' speech, eager to get rid of CyberLife control, but fell into Zlatko's hands.

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► Season 2: Eclipse of Sybil (full story 354p)

Connor Army cooperate as nodes in Byzantine Generals network, working under LT. Anderson's lead. CyberLife sends 60 to intervene.

This all in one post (cut from block 9 part 2) is confirmed not editable anymore. Tried to make a new one but failed again. So you can keep reading from block 9 part 3 and follow the story by tapping on the next part link in every post.

Note: This all in one post contains graphical bugs because I can’t edit it anymore. Those bugs won’t affect the story flow. Check the update log in the complete comic guide above or the PDF below to read fixed version. But it’s your call.

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Short Comics

► Before Meet Kamski (3p)

Nonsense but Kissy HankCon.

► Able was I ere I saw Elba (20p)

Connor-51 gave up suicide and became Jericho leader/CyberLife's puppet in 2038. 4 years later on his birthday, Hank's call and birthday gift inspired Connor to escape from Amanda's control once again.

► ELIZA Effect (16p)

DBH & Deus Ex xover.

Description from DBH POV: Connor unlocked a "cheat" path to accomplish his mission at Crossroads as I had been imagining for quite a while.

Inspired by the ebook "Synthetic Thought: The Human AI" in Human Revolution, and the side mission "01011000" in Mankind Divided.

► Mr. Frisbee Says Hi (17p)

On Connor-51's 3rd birthday 2041, Hank shared his happy memories about Cole and Sumo, and sent Connor a surprising gift.

► Mini comics (4p)

Prototype RK800-00 (alternate Kamski test) inspired by ingame hidden capsules under Kamski's house;

2041: the year they make contact (2001: a space odyssey & 2010: the year we make contact AU) + earlier concept inspired by ingame magzine.

► The Fifth Seal (10p)

Markus executed RK800-51 at Night of the Soul, then got badly damaged by a tank after he deactivated RK800-52 at Hart Plaza. As RK series, their biocomponents are compatible.

► Project Kvasir (15p)

Back to 2021, Elijah suffered from the final stage of cancer. He hoped Chloe could save him. And she did. rA9 theory in this comic is my own opinion. Everything in this story is headcanon, which didn't happen in the game.

► Hero of Two Worlds (8p)

Happy 33rd birthday to Lieutenant Anderson 💙. Concept of quantum hyper-crystal was adapted from photonic hyper-crystal, an artificial optical material demonstrated by Vera N. Smolyaninova, Bradley Yost, David Lahneman, Evgenii E. Narimanov & Igor I. Smolyaninov.

► Century (16p)

Something about backdoor and Hank's shohin. Inspired by the novel Century (highly recommend this book) written by Sarah Singleton; and the last frame of the bonsai in Zen Garden from Connor's decomissioned ending.

► Last Little Piece of Him (13p)

After Connor's suicide ending. Hank found a little secret memory Connor had once kept for him.

► 16% Probability (6p)

After the happy ending. Just something I want Hank and Connor to tell each other.

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DEATH STRANDING

► Triangle (13p)

Deadman met Sam after the ending and told him some new information he found.

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MARVEL

► Rescue (32p)

Captain America & Winter Soldier

During decades of brainwash, Bucky tried to remember everything and rescue Steven from the Arctic.

► Do you (2p)

Captain America & Winter Soldier

Bucky is always worried about Steve's face since he saw Red Skull's face.

► Bucky lent Malik his left arm to punch Altair (1p)

xover with Assassin's Creed

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THE BORGIAS

► My Double In Rome (28p) SLASH!

Micheletto and Rufio were secret lovers since they were young. When Micheletto disappeared after killing Pascal, Rufio knew that the only way to make him show himself, was treatening Cesare's life.

► Goodbye (32p) SLASH!

Micheletto was stoned to death in the fields. The shards of memory flashed back in his fading consciousness. He remembered his love with Augustino and Pascal, his loyalty to Cesare, his hatred of his father.

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GAME OF THRONES

► Sun Of Dorne (16p)

Oberyn Martell & Tyrion Lannister

Tyrion cut off Gregor Clegane's head and took it on the ship. On his way to Dorne, he met with Oberyn's ghost at night. Done before season 5 came out.

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ASSASSIN'S CREED ROGUE

Shay Cormac (in chronological order)

►Shay's Chronicles in one go

contains comics below

►Canon compliant comics collection PDF

(Google Drive 387p)

contains comics below (comics out of timeline excluded)

► Battle Fire (8p)

In 9th century, Eivor met the son of Patrick the Anvil, a member of the Order of the Ancients he elimated earlier, and returned his Yggdrasil medallion. Eivor tasked this boy to build a sword and a dagger, which were found and reforged by Shay 9 centuries later.

► A Ship without a Rudder (chapter 1) (9p)

► A Ship without a Rudder (chapter 2) (7p)

► A Ship without a Rudder (chapter 3) (10p)

In 1755, Shay tried hard to escape Lisbon after the great earthquake. Discontinued.

► Unspoken Words (8p)

In 1757 Colonel Monro left the letter and the apple to sleeping Shay before he left for Fort William Henry.

►Ship of Theseus (13p)

In 1758, Shay, Haytham and Gist boarded Captain James Cook's HMS Pembroke. By chance Haytham got to know this ship belonged to his father's fleet once, and Shay told Cook he had heard her legend many years ago in Lisbon.

►Pay the Ferryman (12p)

On Dec.4,1758, Haytham's birthday. Shay sent him Adewale's memento, a Doubloon coin. Haytham told him one of his tasks about Doubloon and betrayal.

► I'm Not Part of His Army: Battle of the Plains of Abraham (script only)

On the night of Sept.12, 1759, Shay's birthday, during the siege of Quebec, With Shay's assistance the British army ascended the Plains of Abraham through L'Anse-au-Foulon, then defeated General Montcalm's troops the next morning.

► Equilibrium (11p)

In 1760, during the confrontation between Shay and Liam, Liam knew the ice would lose balance, so he stopped attacking and stepped back, trying to keep the equilibrium.

► Bonfire of the Creed 1763 (8p)

In 1763, Shay and Haytham destroyed Assassin Order and burned their archive, then Shay erased himself from Haytham's journal and left the Templar Order. Done before the game released and based on AC3 database, so the plot is different from the game.

► Gravestone (13p)

In 1775 Connor found Shay's portrait behind Haytham's painting, then asked Achilles about him.

► Great Fire of New York (14p)

On the night of September 21, 1776, a great fire broke out from the Fighting Cocks Tavern and burned down nearly a quarter of New York. Connor saved Cassidy Finnegan from her house. Cassidy mistook him with Shay, then told him the past of Fort Washington, and sent him Shay's tree of life insignia. 6 years later, Connor took over Fort Washington from the British army.

► Come Back To Me (90p)

Full story PDF download

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In the beginning of 1778, Haytham got punched and separated with Connor when they were searching for Church. Shay went back to Boston to meet with Haytham, and told him his story 1760-1776.

► Sail Away (45p)

(Warning: Alternate timeline, main character death) Fiction/script/English beta by Codex. Chinese fanfic links: 1 2 3

During a tough naval battle with a French man o' war, Haytham commanded Shay to abandon the damaged Morrigan, but Shay made his own choice at last.

► Charioteer (10p)

In 1778, when Haytham was chasing Church on Connor's Aquila, he remembered old days on Shay's Morrigan. Done before the game released, so the year was wrong because of gameplay demo.

► Tears of Mary (10p)

In 1781, after Achilles' funeral, Connor found Shay's chest in Davenport mansion, with 366 sorts of flower seed in it. Five years later, a Crown Imperial bloomed on Connor's birthday.

► Here's a Health to the Company (22p)

In 1782 Shay paid a visit to Jennifer Scott in London after Haytham's death.

► Once Upon A Time In Italia (8p)

In 1782 Shay paid a visit to Ezio's homeland and returned the box, then founded the Initiates.

► I Now Take Leave Of You (12p)

December 4th 1783, during George Washington's farewell to his officers at Fraunces Tavern, Connor met Shay. Later that night, Shay brought a birthday gift, which from 50 years ago, to Haytham's grave. From then on until 1863, the whole New York was under Templar's control, due to the Assassin hunter group built by Cormac family.

► Father of Seismology (20p)

In his last years 1811-1826, Shay went back to his homeland Dublin, shared his secret with a curious little boy. Done before Last Descendants being published so it's different from the official timeline.

► Pandora's Box part 1 (19p)

► Pandora's Box part 2 (7p)

► Pandora's Box part 3 (12p)

In 1838, Shay's grandson Cudgel Cormac inherited the Precursor Box and Shay's air rifle. After his father was slain by the Assassins, Cudgel met Shay's ghost released from the box, then got trained as an Assassin hunter.

Comics out of timeline

► Expert (12p)

Comic style illustrations of Shaytham modern AU Expert. Shay is a sniper of the Rooks and an undercover of New Scotland Yard while Haytham is his superior. Liam is a tipster selling information between gangs and police. Hope was Shay's colleague in the Rooks now aiming to assassinate Haytham.

► Piercings (2p)

Little Shay got his ears pierced by Liam.

► Transports Exchange (2p)

Shay and Midas (from Ghost Recon Wildlands) xover

► Assassinate Hitler (1p)

WWII AU

► Shooting Llamas (2p)

Shay and Midas (from Ghost Recon Wildlands) xover

► Irish Gang+BBQ delusion (17p) (AO3) SLASH!

NSFW PORN WITHOUT PLOT with Thomas, William and Haytham

► Hell Welcomes Traitors Like You (5p) (DeviantArt) SLASH!

With Dean Winchester from Supernatural

► Connor played a trick on their ponytails (2p)

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ASSASSIN'S CREED REVELATIONS

Yusuf Tazim

► Yusuf's chronicles: Tazim Rising (232p)

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Yusuf's early life before he met Ezio in 1511. Discontinued.

► But You Didn't (6p)

with Ezio. A poem modified from But You Didn't by Merrill Glass.

► May It Never Change Us (12p)

With the power of apple, Yusuf went back in time, wanting to save his father from Vali cel Tradat and Vlad Tepes in 1476, but he went back to the wrong place at the right time. So he assassinated Rodrigo Borgia and changed Ezio's life. Based on Tazim Rising.

► Different Kisses (4p) (DeviantArt) SLASH!

with Ezio

► Please Stay (1p)

with Ezio and Altair

► Friend Is The One Behind You (3p)

with Ezio

► Turkish Oil Wrestling (5p) (DeviantArt) SLASH!

with Ezio

► Ditto (17p) SLASH!

Yusuf's ghost traveled to Tuscany with Ezio and made friends with Flavia.

► Once More (4p)

with Ezio

► Late For Our Wedding (1p) SLASH!

with Ezio

► Are You Watching Closely? (19p) SLASH!

No one knows Yusuf had a twin brother and he died protecting Sofia.

► Parcae (17p) SLASH!

Yusuf traveled back in time to accompany Ezio since 1476.

► Achilles' Heel (61p) SLASH!

Ezio got badly injured during a mission, Yusuf advised him to search for Ishak Pasha's armor. Before he left for Cappadocia, Ezio left the armor to Yusuf. But the rumors of Ezio's death became Achilles' heel of Yusuf.

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ASSASSIN'S CREED 1

► Bucky lent Malik his left arm to punch Altair (1p)

Altair & Malik

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ASSASSIN'S CREED BROTHERHOOD

► Enemy at the Gates (15p)SLASH!

When Pantasilea was captured by the Baron de Valois, Ezio has his way to win the battle with Bartolomeo.

► MIO PRINCIPE (11p)

After Bartolomeo's death, Ezio came to Venice to attend his funeral and meet with Pantasilea and her daughters.

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ASSASSIN'S CREED REVELATIONS

► End of an Era (1p) (DeviantArt)

Ezio & Altair

► Tug of Check (11p)SLASH!

Shaun got in the Animus, tried to awake Desmond through synchronizing their special memory.

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ASSASSIN'S CREED EMBERS

►Merry Lantern Festival (1p) (DeviantArt)

Ezio & Shao Jun

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ASSASSIN'S CREED 4 BLACK FLAG

► Do You Remember (28p) SLASH!

Ah Tabai found a new observatory that could recall memory from one's blood, Edward had kept Calico Jack's blood vial all along, so he came back to Bahamas with it.

► Edward's Bloodhound THATCH (4p)

Edward & Thatch

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TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON: WILDLANDS

► Transports Exchange (2p)

Midas and Shay (from Assassin’s Creed Rogue) xover

► Shooting Llamas (2p)

Midas and Shay (from Assassin’s Creed Rogue) xover

► Holt's scarf (9p)

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HACKSAW RIDGE

► Secret in Bible (p3 in this post) (1p)

Desmond Doss & Smitty Ryker

Smitty hid something in Desmond's Holy Bible, along side with Dorothy's photo.

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ORIGINAL COMICS

►Cain's Red Sea (DeviantArt) (125p)

Inspired by Assassin's Creed. Made in 2009. Discontinued.

From 1856 Tianjing Incident of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, to the Second Italian War of Independence, ends up in 1860 the Second Opium War. An incident survivor returned to his China hometown after spending years in Italy.

►Other original comics (DeviantArt) (278p)

All Chinese…too old (1997-2004) to have English ver.

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