#so win-win

[hellishgayliath]

Sometimes self care is just you buying a lil squishy turtle toy and then drawing your fav with it 🐢

[spiritoffox]

If I was writing a Dungeon Meshi AU of SVSSS, it would probably go like this (MoShang, sorta!BingYuan and implied QiJiu, kinda hopeful/YMMV ending(?), spoilers for DunMeshi):

- Shen Jiu and Shen Yuan are elf siblings (possibly twins haven't decided), born at the bottom of elven society

- SJ manages to gain enough money with both legal and illegal stuff to be somewhat respected (but nowhere near the level of the elf noble families) - he is also something of a rogue

- SY (still a transmigrator, the younger brother) gets accepted into a very good Magic school on a scholarship - mage, specializes in monsters etc. which makes his possible employment opportunities as a court mage/mage somewhat limited outside of dungeons (and they don't have the generational wealth nobles have to do whatever they want, they need to have a paying job)

- the brothers clash a lot over each other's choices which also results in some alienation between them

- SY goes off to study dungeons, SJ stays to build his growing empire of not-completely-legal activities

- SY gets known enough as an expert to get permission to go into various sealed/etc dungeons with the Canaries to study them (the Canaries are like the elven dungeon investigators/guards made up from nobles' children and convicts)

- Years pass in this stalemate between them, then one day Yue Qingyuan (elf, childhood friend, rediscovered heir to a noble family) arrives at SJ's doorstep to tell him that his brother was last seen entering a sealed dungeon months ago and not coming out since then. Additionally the dungeon started growing again which means that it likely has a new lord

- SJ decides to retrieve his brother (or his corpse then resurrect him then scold him a fuckton about being stupid)

- YQY can't go with him, but he can put him in contact with some adventurers

- months pass (bc traveling and making arrangements takes a lot of time)

- meet Shang Qinghua (still a transmigrator, also a dwarf now, rogue/cleric), his hubby Mobei-jun (ogre... what? I like the size diff... - warrior/mage btw), their buddy Liu Qingge (tall-men, warrior) and his sister Liu Mingyan (tall-men, mage/warrior) - there is a lot of multi-classing in this idea but eh

- and a warrior Luo Binghe (elf/tall-men) whom SQH is adamant they must take with them into the dungeon (because SQH is fairly sure that LBH's protag halo works just as well in this dunmeshi AU as it did in his novel)

- a few groups of the Canaries are camped outside the dungeon, not letting anyone in or out, monitoring the situation, preparing to storm and destroy the dungeon before monsters start spilling out

- so they (SJ and co) sneak into the dungeon, fighting monsters etc and eventually coming across some of the previous Canaries' bodies

- a lot of them were so destroyed/died too long that they couldn't be resurrected, SJ has a mini breakdown what this might mean for SY

- meanwhile we get a look at SY's side of the story, learn that they ran into a strange tall-men named Xin Mo in the dungeon and who turned out to be the dungeon's demon in disguise

- Xin Mo sweeps SY away and they make a deal, thus SY becomes the new dungeon lord

- he lives a quiet life studying the monsters in the dungeon (possibly mashed with his modern memories so the dungeon would start reflecting those too which would make SQH freak out a little while others are like "what twisted mind would come up with these concrete monstrosities" etc.) and creating new monsters too and there is a Luo Bingge look alike too tending to his every need (this LBH is made up of SY's memories of og!PIDW!LBH and some monsters)

- XM also feeds off of him and fanning his desires so that he can devour SY and break out of the dungeon eventually

And that's what I have atm. It would likely have a somewhat angsty ending with SJ not reaching SY in time so he gets half/mostly devoured and then how they all have to live with that. So like a hopeful ending bc they succeed, SY is alive but also really injured etc. but he could get reasonably better eventually.

[tallbluelady]

“It’s not as bad as it looks. Can you help?” 

Twilight had graced Sharlyan as Rowan concluded her little rendezvous with Estinien and Alphinaud. The two of them had what she assumed was a lovely tea with Ameliance and she smiled as Estinien asked where she was in his hour of need.

"First I saw Thorsthal and A'quexta, then I had to check up on G'raha and Alisaie. The way they're going about it, they'll sleep when they're dead, along with Khaliun. And before then I had dinner with Thancred, Y'shtola, and Urianger. They might still be there."

And as if to confirm it, Rowan's linkpearl rang in her ear. "Yes?"

"My love, I am intoxicated." Urianger's voice rang through the connection, a bit slurred and lyrical. It then sounded as if the pearl was dropped and he had to reach to grab it.

Rowan smiled at that. "I may need to return to the Last Stand ere long."

Alphinaud and Estinien waved her off and she turned to the aethernet shard nearby. Before she reached it, the linkpearl rang again.

"You probably need to come pick him up," Thancred said over the connection. "He's fallen to the floor and is staring at your miniature."

Rowan laughed. "I'll be right there."

Urianger was indeed on the floor and halfway under the table by the time Rowan made her way back to the Last Stand. Thancred was standing guard, trying to avert gossipy patrons.

"It's not as bad as it looks," Y'shtola said when Rowan approached. "He just got distracted when he was looking for his linkpearl."

Rowan smiled at Y'shtola then knelt next to Urianger. "Did you find the linkpearl, darling?"

He nodded solemnly. "Verily. Then I found thine entrancing visage upon the miniature I doth carry. And now thou art here."

With some help from Thancred, Rowan got her drunken fiance upright. He nuzzled into her neck and swayed against her. "I love thee."

Rowan's heart melted at that. "I love you too."

"Make sure he drinks enough water and he shouldn't need a cast of Esuna," Y'shtola said. "But I leave it to your judgment."

"I'd say he deserves the break, honestly," Thancred said. "Then again, I'm not spending the night with him."

Rowan shrugged, causing Urianger to bob against her shoulder. "We'll see how he is after a walk."

"Good luck with that," Thancred gave a chipper smile and sat back down with Y'shtola.

"And you need not worry about us, we know our limits and we'll stick to them," she said.

Rowan nodded and started to move with Urianger out of the restaurant. It was more of a shamble than walking, but he did shuffle along even as he clung onto Rowan. Noting the long flight of stairs, Rowan decided to risk any aetherial disturbance by going to the aethernet shard by the Guildship office on the bay.

She met Erenville's eyes and the man gave the pair of them a raised eyebrow. "Can't hold his ale?"

Rowan shrugged. "He's using this as a chance to relax."

Urianger nodded drowsily.

"Then I wish you two a good night, and plenty of privacy."

She sighed as she moved Urianger's hand that had start to slide up her waist. "Let's get to our room in the Annex first, darling. Thank you, Erenville."

Urianger hummed as Rowan led the teleportation. He bit her necklace and hummed in what Rowan assumed was supposed to be a seductive manner when they made it to the Annex. 

"Jey, we still have to talk to Ojika. Then we can do what ever you want in our rooms," Rowan said, trying to push the door open without the both of them toppling over.

They made it through with only a bit of a stumble and Ojika greeted them with a pleasant smile.

"Ahhh..." Rowan tried to formulate an explanation for her fiance being so amorous as he was.

Ojika shook his head. "I've seen far worse in my days, Mistress Argentas. As a reminder, the sink's water is potable, and there's an extra set of sheets in the cedar chest."

"Thank you," Rowan said, as she pulled Urianger through the threshold.

Finally, they made it to their room. Rowan sighed and let herself melt into Urianger's arms, who still held her tight.

"Now may I lavish thee to the fullest extent of mine affection?" he asked.

"Aye, you may now get as handsy as you wish, Master Archon."

And with many sloppy kisses along her neck and chin, he did just that.

[infiniteorangethethird]

Day 5: Caecilian

so uh. up until today. I did not know what a caecilian was. I thought it was like. one of the time periods during which dinosaurs lived or something 😭 I am not a very knowledgeable person but the more you know I guess

this little fella is for all those who suffer from the same fate as I

[daisywords]

telling that when I was like "ok I'm going to focus on nailing down the plot of Fear Me and just like have fun with DaDBaB if the mood strikes me" I proceeded to have like three separate incredible plot breakthroughs on DaDBaB

[thewindstale]

What if we dueled at our wedding with katanas to signify our marriage

Jkjk...unless?

@anon-n-chan

[amarynthian-fortress]

do you ship charlie and alastor? :)

I am an enthusiastic multi-shipper, so I pretty much enjoy the dynamics of all of them, be it chaggie, charlastor, radiodust, huskerdust, radiohusk.   @rosenaz16