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𝚂𝙾 𝙱𝚁𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃 𝙰𝙶𝙰𝙸𝙽𝚂𝚃 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙳𝙰𝚁𝙺 𝙰𝙻𝙻𝙴𝚈𝚂 𝙷𝙴 𝚆𝙰𝙻𝙺𝚂

[armakil]

.. . .. a long inhale followed by a long sigh, " No , Val , I don't know what day it is -- why don't you fill me in ? "

[nightwontlast]

 ❝    It's    Valentine's    Day.    ❞ 

[quotinggod]

THAT'S  HIS  MAN  RIGHT  THERE  !      ❝  Hell  of  a  thing,  I  think  it  is  Valentine's  day  !    And  you  know  what  we  do  on  Valentine's  day  ?  ❞

[nightwontlast]

❝    Well,    I'd    say    we    celebrate    our    Valentines    on    Valentine's    Day.    ❞    He'd    slide    up    with    a    coy    gleam    in    his    luminescent    eye,    &&    round    Hancock's    waist    put    a    real    bold    arm.        ❝    Am    I    right    ?    ❞   

[armakil]

HE DOES THIS EVERY YEAR , PLEASE , SHE IS SO EXHAUSTED.

[nightwontlast]

❝    Hey    kid.    Yanno    what    day    it    is    ?    ❞

[quotinggod]

AND  YOU  KNOW  WHAT  ?      He's  right.      ❝  Hey  Nick.    Nick.    What  day  is  it  ?  ❞

[nightwontlast]

❝    Hmm.    I    dunno.    What    day    is    it    ?    Wait,    don't    tell    me    ...    is    it    ...    Valentine's    Day    ?    ❞        He's    grinning    from    cheek    to    cheek.

[nightwontlast]

❝    Heheh.        Valentine's    Day.    ❞        Yes    he    does    think    it's    funny.        He    does    this    every    year.

[dearea-a-deactivated20230410]

" HOLD STILL ! I'M TRYING TO FIX YOU, NOT ― "

A sudden yelp comes from SHELBY, and away one of her hands go from the earlier model synth's exposed wiring in his neck ; flapping it violently before glaring at him. The fact that he shocked her , even as an accident, caused annoyance to fall upon deaf ears. Nonetheless, she wipes off the buzzing limb and squats down to pick up the screwdriver once more to continue her maintenance.

" I really don't know why it's so difficult to not squirm, you don't do this when ELLIE does it. " Her voice is quiet, assumed to not be heard, and more, talking to herself.

All of this would have been hilarious if they'd not been in a shoot off for about half an hour just twenty minutes before hand. Nick had been shot, which prompted them to fall back and try to escape the shower of bullets flying at them.

Which in turn, got her shot. But will she tell him that ? No, no she won't.

A grunt, and a wince though as she shifted her torso, trying to lean to the side so she could see what she was doing better, just might be the big teller that she'd been hit, though. Now that she thought about it, she wasn't that good at hiding pain . . .. or blood.

@nightwontlast asked for a starter.

[nightwontlast]

❝    I'm    doin'    my    best,    here    ...    don't    hold    it    against    me,    I'm    just    an    ol'    synth,        remember?        Anyway,        Ellie    knows    what    makes    me    tick    by    now.    ❞        He    says    it    like    it's    a    joke.        Ain't    it    always    a    joke    when    it    comes    to    his    own    health?        He's    trouble    at    th'    best    of    times,    but    these    ain't    them.        ❝    What    about    you,    there,    kid?        You're    lookin'    a    little    green    about    th'    gills,        aren't    ya?    ❞

The    transatlantic    accent    that    marks    his    speech    seems    t'    be    just    a    little    more    pronounced    when    he's    speakin'    through    gritted    teeth.        Probably    t'    be    expected.        Much    as    he    pretends    he    doesn't    feel    th'    pain,        he    does,        very    much    so,        which    naturally    brings    out    th'    habits    of    home,        so    to    speak.

His    arm's    loose,        looks    like    that    damn    lucky    shot    hit    somethin'    it    needs    t'    function    properly.        Wouldn't    be    th'    first    time,        but    damn,        it    burns.        Makes    him    feel    like    he's    dragging    her    down,        too.        Valentine's    never    been    a    fan    of    feeling    like    that.

❝    C'mon,        let    me    see    it.        You    can't    be    botherin'    about    me    when    you    need    attention.        I    can    handle    this.        You,        you're    young.        If    you're    hurt,        you    need    t'    get    it    taken    care    of.    ❞

[nightwontlast]

Blows   the   dust   off   this   boy,

Howdy   I'm   back

[nightwontlast]

💘 thoseknighted​

That  is  the  money  question ,    isn’t  it ?    And the one element of the story he knows more than any other he has no intentions of being honest about.    He’d say the guy just owes him some cash,  if only to have an excuse Nick will accept as fact,  if it weren’t for the fact that the detective had just said in no uncertain terms he won’t be out debt collecting.

He casts about for a better lie to tell,  but he hasn’t got any in his vast arsenal that he thinks the strange Synth will believe,  and it takes him just a second too long to brush the whole question aside.

“ Not important.    So will you do the job or what ? ”

Lets  it  hang.    Tough  call.    Larry  obviously  wants  something  more  than  just  caps  or  chems  outta  th’  guy,    or  he  wouldn’t  be  lookin’  like  he  just  lost  th’  family  farm.    What  puts  a  look  like  that  on  a  ghoul  like  Larry?    Might  be  worth  tracking  down  Ben  just  t’  find  out.

That  decides  it  for  th’  synth.    He  can’t  turn  this  one  down.    Yeah  he’s  got  some  history  with  Larry.    But  it’s  th’  knowing  that  makes  him  wanna  know  more.

❝  Yeah...I  suppose  I  can  take  th’  job  for  ya.    I’d  still  like  t’  know  just  what  you  want  th’  guy  for  so  bad,    though.    I  don’t  have  to  tell  you  it  ain’t  like  you  t’  get  so  personally  concerned  over  a  missing  person.    Makes  me  that  much  more  curious.    But  I  guess  I’ll  find  that  out  when  I  find  your  man,    won’t  I?  ❞

[nightwontlast]

| | | | | @npcharacters​​

【 📋 】— ❝ Look at you like what? ❞ Ellie asked increndiously, feigning innocence in her voice. She still had a very smug, "I told you so" look on her face that wasn't going to go away any time soon, and honestly, after what happened, how could it?

               ❝ Why, I have no idea what you're trying to imply here. ❞

❝  You  got  a  lotta  nerve,    kid,  ❞    Valentine  quipped,    &&    he  took  his  hat  off  his  head  in  a  sweeping  motion  before  dropping  it  onto  hers.    ❝  Guess  you’re  th’  detective  now,    huh?  ❞

He  wasn’t  the  kinda  guy  t’  get  flustered  even  when  he  was  wrong.    Even  if  it  was  a  little  beneath  him.    Probably  wasn’t  another  person  around  that  knew  him  th’  way  Ellie  did;  probably  inevitable  she’d  get  th’  better  of  him  sometime.    Still,    did  it  hafta  be  about  his  personal  life?

[haileythesato]

Y’all have good ideas. I definitely wanted to give them both a pokemon that has two different evolved forms. I thought Rockruff would be a cute dogmeat-adjacent dog for them. Nick’s Lycanroc is basically a Dogmeat and Hancock’s only listens to him sometimes.

Nick’s Espeon likes to sleep on him cause he’s like an electric heater.

[halukturgutmenguc]

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Almost Midnight...!

[screenshotsofdespair]

[tanolife]

最近描いた色々。

[tanolife]

The Gainax Pose

[nightwontlast]

dahlia

             ‘ thank you, nick. ‘ dahlia murmured, rubbing at her eyes. while it would probably feel nice to crumble to her knees, for now it was enough to just stand there, listening to the breeze. no bandits shouting in the distance, no monsters growling. it was almost peaceful.

             ‘ it’s always going to feel like this, isn’t it? just… more monsters, more people killing each other. ‘

❝  I  don’t  know.  ❞    Honesty  didn’t  feel  too  nice  right  about  now.    ❝  I  wish  I  could  tell  ya  it  gets  easier  with  time,    but  I  don’t  know  it  really  ever  does.    We  just  do  what  we  gotta  do,    keep  on  movin’  forward,    livin’  day  t’  day.    Most  of  all,    doing  what’s  right.  ❞    At  the  very  least,    he  had  this  to  offer  her.    It  wasn’t  much.    He  never  said  it  would  be.

[nightwontlast]

@wiitchtime​ sent:  ❝ –  oh, i love a mystery. the suspense makes me all tingly. ❞

❝  You  sure  got  a  way  with  words,    Miss,  ❞    Valentine  answered  with  a  chuckle,    all  low  &  gruff.    He  conducted  himself  in  such  a  way  that  it  would  have  been  easy  to  imagine  him  stepped  out  of  any  film,    the  very  picture  of  the  motion  picture  detective.    He  touched  his  hat,    cocking  his  head  while  he  gave  her  an  easy  grin.    ❝  I  think  I  oughtta  be  able  to  give  you  what  you’re  lookin’  for,    though.  ❞

[nightwontlast]

@contrariian​ sent:  “I think you… sprung a leak?” // from deacon

❝  Ah,    crap.    Yeah,    sure  looks  like  it.  ❞    Valentine  stopped,    turning  to  give  the  spot  a  good  lookover.    Bit  of  shrapnel,    by  the  look  of  things.    Jagged,    ugly  little  bit,    too,    probably  come  from  the  scuffle  he’d  got  in  with  some  mutants  over  yonder.    He  clicked  his  tongue  at  it  like  it  was  nothing  big.    Was  a  whole  lotta  blue  fluid  coming  out  for  it  to  be  nothing  big,    though.    Stuck  in  there  good,    too.