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procastinating. have a trans bison edit

the before for context:

[sankta-lumeto]

Bison Pides has spent more time with Penguin Logistics than Mostima

The Emperor started Penguin Logistics with Texas in the year 1092. "Code of Brawl" takes place five years later.

We're not sure exactly when the Emperor hired Croissant and Sora, only that he did so in that order, in the first year.

Croissant: When ya first got here, there was always all kindsa presents pilin' up in front of Penguin Logistics. Mailboxes stuffed to burstin' with fan mail. (source)

The phrasing of this line suggests Mostima was hired before both of them.

Croissant: Tell ya the truth, I barely seen heads or tails of her since they hired me. (source)

But when Mostima asks how long it has been since she last met Texas, Croissant, and Sora, Exusiai answers: "Four years and three months" (source).

As a reminder, Penguin Logistics has been in business for only 5 years at that point, and only Texas was with the company from the start. Mostima could have spent a maximum total of 9 months with the PL girls. And given her regular duties to Laterano, it's unlikely that she did.

Though in that same linked chapter, Sora confirms that she's at least familiar enough with Mostima to have seen her cast Arts more than once:

Sora: No matter how many times I see it, I'm always impressed how Mostima will wave her staff around all light and subtle, only to have some big amazing thing come out.

[Which, when combined with the general sense of familiarity Sora shows towards Mostima at earlier points of the event, leads me to dismiss the canonicity of Sora's lack of familiarity with Mostima in Exusiai's second Operator Record. Which was already on thin-ice with regards to Sora by having this internationally-known idol accuse her agent of treating her poorly "just because I'm an up-and-comer…" (source)]

Mostima leaves Penguin Logistics again after "Code of Brawl", and while she visits Lungmen at least twice more before the events of "Guiding Ahead" in her first Operator Record and in the main story (appearing before Chief Wei Yenwu with a cryptic message about "breakfast"), she does not meet with the girls.

By all appearances, Mostima does not meet them again until Exusiai's second Operator Record, set after "Guiding Ahead", which is two years after "Code of Brawl". And then Mostima vanishes back to her usual duties until Exusiai meets back up with her in Laterano for the events of "Masses' Travels".

Meanwhile, Bison has spent much more time with Penguin Logistics than just that one crazy Sauin night.

By the time of the New Year's Day celebration later that year, Sora and the girls were inviting Bison to join them for their exclusive picnic party. And that was before his father hired them to spend the day trying to get Bison to relax and enjoy himself. (source)

According to many of his voice lines and archive files, Bison spent an extended period of time aboard the Rhodes Island landship at the same time as all four Penguin Logistics girls. His father wanted Bison to get some outside experience and not return "back at his side too early".

During this period, Bison actively sought out contact with the Penguin Logistics girls, and gained something of a reputation as their "poor whipping boy". He would try to keep Exusiai from disturbing the peace too much with her Heavy Metal party music, and help the Doctor clean up her messes, while accompanying Croissant on her shopping trips to try to keep her from making bad purchases, and recommending Sora's latest music publications to the islanders.

Angelina refers to this period in her first Operator Record, when she and Croissant talk about how they pranked Bison.

At some point, Penguin Logistics returned to Lungmen and Bison parted ways with them to visit various nations on behalf of his father's business: Kazimierz, Laterano, Columbia, Sami, Siracusa... And at the end of it, he returns home to Lungmen for the PL girls to throw him a welcoming party. When rival gangs attack the party, Bison resolves to himself that he will make Penguin Logistics operate like a normal company for at least one month, maybe even a year. (source)

After the events of "IL Siracusano", according to Texas Alter's third Archive File, Croissant reaches out to Bison for help in connecting Nuovo Volsinii to the rest of the world through his international logistics company.

Though it is called Mountain Dash Trade at that time, the timeline suggests that it is actually MountainCom Trade, after the events of "So Long, Adelle".

During those events, the Emperor meets Bison personally for a conversation. (source)

One year later, when Texas arrives back in Nuovo Volsinii for the events of "I Portatori dei Velluti", she explains that the reason Croissant didn't come with her is because "Croissant is busy pushing Bison into organizing some new international project". Which is apparently different from the previous one involving Nuovo Volsinii.

Later, during the events of "Masses' Travels", Bison comes up repeatedly as one of Exusiai's close friends. A gift from him is given equal attention as gifts from the girls, and his is the first she opens. When she rattles off the names of these close friends, Bison's name is not the last of the list (source). Nor is it when she rattles off the names to her sister. (source)

It is canonical, according to that scene, and her conversation with Agenir, and Texas' comment in Exusiai's promotion archive file, that Exusiai "seems to get along fine with anyone, but lets very few people close to her."

She has apparently allowed Bison to get close to her.

So, for all of these reasons, if Mostima qualifies to mechanically belong to both Lungmen and Penguin Logistics as well as Laterano, and Titi gets to be a honorary Minoan in both story and gameplay, then Bison deserves to belong to Penguin Logistics as well as Lungmen.

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The fucking cutesy mascara lashes and the shy but stoic and dutiful “:<” I know an autistic trans girl when I see one

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Arknights 4th Anniversary

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Transgender pride flag colour-picked from Bison!

Requested by @foxgirl-warcriminal

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Some highlights from Code of Brawl:

Exusai being cheeky and funny as usual

Penguin Logistics being both cool and ridiculous simultaneously

Emperor

This interaction between Texas and Bison which perfectly sums up their role in the group XD

Mostima being way too pretty for my bi ass

I don't have anything funny to say this is just really cute

[arknights-imagines]

Mostima's reaction to seeing that Bison is also contracted to Rhodes Island. While Doctor deals with Bison who's first day isn't exactly easy either ?

Tysm for the request anon! ✨ I liked the ideo of Bison's first day at Rhodes Island going bad and him being able to relate to the Doctor who didn't exactly have the smoothest start either loll 💞 anyways, let the event imagines begin! I hope I did both Bison and Mostima justice 🌸🥺

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Another Hectic Start

Imagine format; From the perspective of Bison for the most part

Contains: Bison, gender neutral Doctor, Mostima, Bison and Mostima briefly interacting, and Bison and the Doctor meeting eachother for the first time ✨

Word count: just over 2.4k!

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How many rough starts could one person have? There was no possible way it could've been really happening; Bison was dreaming, he was sure. But, losing packages, bumping into people, tripping and falling on air, and getting completely lost didn't seem like things that would be in something as pleasant as a dream. Maybe it would be better described as a nightmare, but unfortunately, Bison was quite conscious.

The Forte had arrived at Rhodes Island early in the morning, bright and ready to put his best foot toward. He had contact with them before, but today was to be the day he began his work under Rhodes Island Pharmaceutical Inc. as per his contract. The opportunity to visit new places always excited him, but he was there for business purposes, so he had to stay focused.

Well, unfortunately, it seemed like the whole world was against him that day. He hadn't even met the person who he had to talk with about his contract yet, but he had already lost the packages he was meant to deliver whilst at Rhodes Island, bumped into multiple workers and staff; including a lab worker who left an uncomfortable stain on his shirt thanks to the beaker they split on him, tripped over his own feet in the middle of the hallway too many times, and gotten completely lost. It really was reminding him all too much of the night he first met Penguin Logistics, and it was too tiring to even think about.

Nevertheless, the Forte pushed on - he still had to find this 'Doctor' so he could discuss his contract. Bison turned another corner, looking this way and that. Looking around for a moment, he stopped before blinking, 'Have I…passed through here already?' There were so many intertwining halls that he wasn't sure where he was anymore. He had read the map of the Infrastructure complex that was near the main entrance, but now the location of the Doctor's office wasn't coming back to him.

'This day can't possibly get more eventful.' Bison had hoped he'd be able to complete his task smoothly, but it always seemed like otherworldly forces were out to mess his plans up.

The Forte wasn't sure what had gotten into him - he was typically good at keeping organized. Was it that the Rhodes Island complex was so big? He was usually decent at navigating around, so that couldn't possibly be it. Or, maybe; was it that all his surroundings were new? In any case, his head felt so fuzzy that he was having trouble thinking.

Bison sighed, tugging at his shirt while trying to ignore how it stuck to his skin thanks to the odd coloured liquid he had gotten split on him. He looked up and down the hall, his eyes stopping on a nearby vending machine. Maybe something to eat would help? Now that he thought about it, the last time he had eaten anything had been hours ago - something to eat wouldn't hurt.

Thankfully he had some change in his pocket, since it looked like the machine only took coins. Deciding on a colourfully wrapped granola bar, the Forte punched the corresponding number into the keypad before slipping his coin through the slot. Bison watched as the machine pushed this snack forward, and he waited for it to fall. Or, well, he was waiting for it to fall, when the machine stopped pushing the snack further, leaving it stuck behind the glass.

"....Huh?" Blinking at the machine, the Forte mumbled to himself out loud. The machine had taken his money, but his snack wasn't falling from its spot. Was the machine just malfunctioning for a second? It wasn't making any noise - his snack was definitely stuck. Bison huffed, hesitantly lifting his arms to shake the machine a little, careful not to break it. Even when he did that, the granola bar didn't budge. In an attempt to free his snack, the Forte then kicked the machine lightly and tried reaching through the little door at the bottom of the machine to grab his snack from inside.

"This…." Just as he was about to resort to punching the glass, a light voice cut through, grabbing his attention. "Ahaha, hey you. Is the machine giving you trouble?"

Bison blinked, turning around to see a familiar horned Sankta; "Ms. Mostima?" It was definitely her, the smile she always wore was easy to recognize. Still, he hadn't been expecting to see her, and by the looks of it, she seemed surprised to see him too.

She smiled at him, stepping toward the machine, "It jams sometimes, so you have to give it a little beating to get your snack." Mostima pulled a coin from one of her pockets, selecting the number for a small bag of colourful candies before feeding the machine her change.

"A little beating?" The Forte piped up, blinking when the machine failed to push her snack over the edge of its shelf too, leaving it stuck just like his still was. Just as he was about to speak up about how someone should definitely fix the machine, Mostima delivered a harsh kick to its side with a small grunt, causing Bison to jump a little.

Mostima smiled at him, looking a little amused at his baffled expression, "That should do it!" Just as she said, the two snacks fell from their shelves thanks to her 'little beating'. She bent over to retrieve their well earned snacks before turning back to Bison, still grinning, "I believe this belongs to you."

The Forte stared at her hand that was offering him his snack before nodding, "...Thank you." Accepting it, he looked back to Mostima, tilting his head to the wide a little, "Ms. Mostima, I wasn't expecting to run into you here."

Mostima chimed with a light laugh, "I'm surprised to see you too! I didn't think we'd see eachother again so soon." She grinned, placing one of her candies in her mouth, "I've got some work to do here, so I come by every now and then. What about you?" Bison paused, taking a second to finish biting his granola bar, "Me? I start my contract today. I'm still looking for the Doctor."

"Contract, huh?" Mostima blinked at him a little, looking him up and down, "Hah, you look a little rough! Did you run into trouble on your way here?" The Forte sighed, for a second he had almost forgotten about how much of a mess his day had become, "You could say that. I'm having some trouble…finding the Doctor."

Mostima hummed, "Did you check their office? Hm, well, come to think of it, they might be in one of the labs or meeting rooms right now." She looked back to Bison, smiling lightly, "They're a busy person, but compared to me, they're not too hard to find."

The Forte nodded, watching as Mostima finished her last candy, "I'm guessing this is where you take your leave?" She blinked at him, before chuckling lightly, "Ehehe, look at that! You're really getting the hang of me, huh?" Mostima stuffed the empty candy bag in her pocket before nodding, turning to look out of one of the large spanning windows nearby, "You're right, though. I've got some business to take care of here, but then I'm off to go elsewhere." Taking a moment, she looked back to Bison with a grin, patting his shoulder in a friendly manner. "I'll be going, then. Maybe now that we're both working here, we'll be seeing each other more often. Good luck on your search for the Doctor! Surely you'll find them soon." With a quick wave, Mostima was already off, disappearing down the hall and around the corner quickly. Quietly bidding her goodbye, the Forte sighed. Eating the last of his snack, he began making his way in the opposite direction.

'Hah, what a day.' It wasn't even sunset yet and he had already been sent on a rollercoaster, it really was odd to run into Mostima; now that he was supposed to begin working at Rhodes Island as well, they'd most definitely be seeing each other more often. That did remind him, however, that he still needed to find the Doctor. What a day, and he hadn't even gotten to his primary task yet.

The Doctor; where did one find the Doctor? Well, their name obviously suggested they'd be found in medical rooms, but their title wasn't exactly the most fitting - Bison knew that much. Still, where would someone like them be? Mostima mentioned an Office and meeting rooms, but he wasn't sure which of the many offices and meeting rooms she was referring to. Even after having his snack, Bison still felt like his energy was drained.

He looked around, there were stairs nearby, they seemed to lead to some higher deck. Maybe some air would help? It was a little stuffy. If anything, some fresh air couldn't possibly make his day any crazier. Once he had his thoughts organized, he would go searching for the Doctor again.

The stairs were a little lengthy, but once he climbed them and pushed open the door that laid at the top of the staircase, Bison was met with a pleasant breeze through his hair. The relief was definitely welcomed, considering how his day had been going for him. The deck was surprisingly wide, and the view was quite nice too. It was a good idea to take a small stop to get some air, to sum it up.

The Forte was about to walk toward the railing when he noticed a piece of paper blowing past him. Lifting a brow, he quickly rushed forward and grabbed it, making sure to hold it tightly so it wouldn't blow away again. Before he could figure out where it came from, quick footsteps and a small gasp followed by a hurried word of thanks cut in. Bison blinked, looking up to see someone rushing toward him, still thanking him.

"Did you lose this?" He asked, allowing them to catch their breath for a second. They nodded, "Yes, thanks for catching it, I was worried I'd have to get another copy." They looked at him with a smile, taking the paper back in their hand and returning it to its spot between other sheets of paper among the stack that was in their arms.

Bison looked them over for a minute; their jacket and voice sounded a little familiar, where had he seen him before? Before he could think about it, however, the person before him spoke up.

"I don't think I've seen you before. Are you a new Operator?" They asked, finished with organizing their papers. It was after they said that when the Forte realized who he was talking to - "Excuse me, are you the Doctor?" He asked, standing a little straighter.

At this question, they nodded with a small smile, "Yes, that's me. So, you are a new Operator, then?" Hiding his relief and thankfulness, Bison nodded, lifting his hand for them to shake - at least one thing has gone according to plan that day, "Yes, pleased to meet you, Doctor. My name is Bison." The Doctor shook his hand, grinning still, "Nice to meet you, Bison; you have a contract with Rhodes Island, right?"

"Yes, I look forward to working with you." The Forte replied, noticing how they looked him up and down, just like how Mostima had. "Sorry for asking, but what happened to your shirt?" The Doctor asked a little slowly. Bison blinked, before sighing lightly. Was it really that obvious that his day had gone rough? When he got back home, he needed a nice warm bath as soon as possible.

"Hah, yes. My day has been a little more eventful than I expected, and unfortunately my shirt got caught in the crossfire." He smiled lightly at them, "I'm hanging on, though."

The Doctor chimed with a small laugh, "You're having a rough start? I'm sorry, I can definitely understand that. My first day here was a little awful too, but that's a long story." Bison blinked, "Was it?" They replied with a small nod, taking a second before turning back to him, "I know you're here for a contract, but how would you like to see if we can make your day any better? I'd hate it if a new Operator had a bad first day here when I could've helped turn it around."

The Forte lifted a brow; what were they up to? Like Mostima had said, they were most definitely a busy person. Did they have time to spare for him just to help turn his day around?

"I wouldn't mind it, but I'm sure you have important things to attend to, Doctor." Bison replied, "Just tell me where you need my help and I'll get out of your way." To his surprise, the Doctor shook their head dismissively, "At least let me tour you around Rhodes Island? I know I got lost many times on my first day."

The Forte stared at them for a moment, looking out at the sky, "If you insist, I guess I could learn a lot from a tour of the place." He tugged at his shirt again, a little hesitant, "But, it's already sunset. Will there be time?"

The Doctor grinned at him, sparking a sudden warmth in his chest for a second, "If I've learned anything from my time here, is that it's never too late to turn anything around." They tucked their stack of papers beneath their arm, "Now, follow me, there's a lot of things I think you'll find are interesting around Rhodes Island, Bison."

Moving past him, they pushed the door to the stairs open, motioning for him to follow. Bison stared at their hurrying form for a second; he had only just met them, but they already felt like someone he had been working with for a long time. It was the warm feeling in his chest - this would definitely be the start of a beautiful relationship.

Maybe his day really could start going uphill; his shirt was still sticking to his chest, his packages were still missing, and he felt drained from bumping into so many people, but out of all of the things he had run into, the Doctor was the most pleasant surprise of the day.

Yes, he definitely looked forward to working with them. Bison let a light smile tug at his lips, "Thank you so much Doctor," following them, he got ready to put his best foot toward once again - this time for a more smoother start, "I'm right behind you, please lead the way."

[aphrokitty]

He’s so cute! Ive fallen in love with his soft colors. Also Bison are some of my favorite animals!