I just had a realization. Thanatos was imprisoned by Chronos, has not a single mortal died during Mel’s life, or at least the kind of dead he brings?
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I just had a realization. Thanatos was imprisoned by Chronos, has not a single mortal died during Mel’s life, or at least the kind of dead he brings?
There’s two male mallard ducks that have been hanging around my office and I’ve decided they’re a bonded gay couple. They sit and watch the sunrise every morning rain or shine (at least they try when it’s raining they obviously can’t)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/68528721/chapters/177406266
Behold, the written word. Featuring time loops
I. HAVE. RETURNED!
So on the winter solstice my blog got terminated for being a bot. I had JUST got a vpn, and after a long chain of emails I’m BACK.
I made another blog and I’ll be reblogging somethings from there. But first I gotta find it.
I got tagged in a tag game! Thanks @omegastation!
tag game: ten people you'd like to get to know
Last song: Older by Ben Platt from my Spotify “top songs all time” I listen to a a lot in early college
Currently Watching: The amazing digital circus. I promised my bestie I’d watch it and now he’s taking to to the finale in cinema. Overall 7/10 good scenes and jokes, bad scenes too tho
Currently reading: I am STILL working my way through Exodus the Archimedes Engine. I have made every little progress as I’ve been doing other things
Currently working on: several things! As always my long fic, playing through Cyberpunk 2077 as a stealth character, drafting my Halloween costume, planning a move, and sub7 Hades 2 underworld speedrun
Currently wearing: strapless house dress that’s blue green red and tan in a random stripy pattern
Last google search: ikea corner bookshelf, I’m moving and already know the space I’m moving too and I want to break up a room with it. It’s more expensive than I thought :(
Favorite Flower: Indian Paintbrush, it’s a wildflower I saw a lot as a kid, and it’s native to my area
tagging: any of my mutuals that wanna participate! There’s a lot of yall that are new!
I have an event on Saturday with people from high school (no it’s not a high school reunion) and it’s gonna be so weird seeing some of them. But like my job title is really really fucking cool (the job itself is not that cool) and it’s gonna be so fun pulling that out of my ass.
Fighting Control: Deleted Scene-
Crashing Ship
As Shepard sits with her legs tucked under her at the galaxy map scanning, EDI calls over head. “Commander, I have detected a distress beacon. There is a ship on route to crash with the next planet over. There is a colony there.
She leaps up and down from her platform, “Get us there yesterday! Tell Tali and Garrus to report to the shuttle bay asap, Garrus with his helmet.” Shepard rushes to the lift and has her armor on in a flash. She forgoes her Mattock and only grabs her SMG and sniper. The lift is waiting for her and it drops down with great speed. Her squad is already in the shuttle and its lifting off before the door is even closed.
She looks between the two and gives the shortest briefing possible. “We have a crashing ship with Geth onboard. I need you two to cover my ass as I get those engines back online.” She puts on her helmet and feels the seals activate. “Any questions?”
“How many Geth?” asks the young quarian.
“Unknown. Once the ship is stable we’ll scout the ship and take them all out. Go in assuming there’s a lot networked together.” The two aliens echo their understanding as the Commander gets ready to rain hell on the robots.
The shuttle docks to the ship and Shepard rumbles out biotics blazing. She sends a singularity into the group before them and follows with a running warp. They have three minutes until the ship is stuck on a collision course. She bursts into the control room and disappears. Her eyes fly over the panel as she turns on the deactivated autopilot. She hears the mobile platforms falling around her in droves thanks to her team.
She dodges their foes and heads into engine room with Garrus and Tali hot on her heels. Garrus takes up a sniping position and Tali follows Shepard pistol in hand. She hacks the Geth above them and giggles as she makes one explode. Shepard reinforces her barrier and exits the battle to activate the first vent control. She feels bullets plinking off the dark energy field as her fingers fly.
The moment the control shows it’s back on, she whips around and sends a singularity into the right balcony above. “Garrus overload on it.” She hears the crackle of shorted shields and the whirring of disoriented Geth as she leaps the gap to the other vent control. Once she’s there she detonates the unstable mass and sets to work.
This one is slightly faster than the last. Thank the stars. She disappears and runs up the ramp to the main engine panel. The on switch is glowing, ready to be pressed and she slams her fist onto it. The drive core hums to life and the Commander relaxes. Now she can have some nice bonding time with her friends against some Geth. Just like old times.
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Tiny Excerpt from my fic "Fighting Control"
This is from the currently unpublished Chapter 20: of Maws and Men
The ground shakes beneath her as she falls on her knees. The humans around her collapse and melt before her eyes. Some are part of her first squad, Ashley and Pressley are there, her family is there, the boy is there. The Threster Maw of Akuze appears and looms overhead, acid dripping from it’s many fangs, sizzling her hardsuit. It’s tendrils block the path to the shuttle as she scrambles to stand, skin melting where the acid as eaten through. Harbinger lands on top of her only way off world. His cannon fires down and it dematerialized before her eyes. A painfully familar mass relay is approaching from the corner of her sight. His voice booms from every direction. “You couldn’t save them. You couldn’t have the first Normandy. You’ll doom thousands yet. Their blood covers…”
“Siha, wake up. Come back to me Siha, you’re having a nightmare.”
Find it here on ao3 (updates twice a week and already has 46k words posted)