Slightly Grumpy Monday
Jun. 30th, 2025 11:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crossover_chickYeah, it wasn't a day with the best vibes, I'm sad to say -- I woke up in a bit of a grumpy mood after odd dreams (something about stealing something from Buckingham Palace and getting caught? I guess my brain was in a Fallout: London mood even despite me not getting to watch the latest episode); I had to pin together the front of my blouse to make sure it didn't gap open in embarrassing ways (stupid oversized boobs); there were a few annoying moments at work (as will be explained below); there were some bad vibes during and after dinner (the show we watched wasn't very good, and I think Mom and Dad were annoyed at each other for some stuff); and it took WAY longer than I wanted to write up Gig's birthday post (I just couldn't get the wording on my author's notes right!). Meeeh -- not the greatest way to end June. I'm at least glad you did like the story, Gigs. :) Anyway, here's the daily write-up (which also took longer than anticipated):
Work – As I said, there were a few annoying things that happened at work today – like coming in to find someone having e-mailed us in a tizzy about having accidentally made an ongoing gift for $500 when they were trying to do a pledge of $500 at $50 a month (fortunately, the way they’d scheduled it, they hadn’t been charged anything yet, so I was able to shut down the ongoing gift and set up the right pledge); trying to figure out when we should shut down the previous year’s campaign and having no luck finding out when we pulled the trigger on the 2023 stuff (all this while also trying to get back to someone about whether or not they’d submitted a gift yet); and having to deal with a telemarketer asking about my old supervisor, who hasn’t worked there in years (update your employee lists over there!). *sigh* But on the plus side, it wasn’t too busy either – most of the calls we got about last-minute gifts were easily answered, and there weren’t too many of them. I spent most of my time doing the GL and working my way through the Saturday paper obituaries. *shrug* Nothing particularly exciting! We’ll see how tomorrow goes!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another night on the bike, another night with “Oxventure D&D: Wyrdwood | Chapter 1: Folkmoot!” I picked up with our new cast of five chaotic characters dealing with two burly farmers fighting them after Happen (Luke) Webbed up their fellows for trying to kill Lug (Mike) because they wrongly thought he was responsible for magic breaking – here’s how things went from there:
A) With the two burly farmers having had their go in the fight (successfully having injured poor Happen with some thrown sickles and exposed Willowfine’s (Jane) hidden chainmail), it was time for the characters to try their hand at combat – in order, we had:
I. Lug totally whiffing his attempts to smash the sickle-throwing guy’s head in with his big old hammer because the dice were unkind (to be fair, he used his bonus action to gauge if Happen was into being gouged by that thrown sickle or not, which he was a bit because it was a very lucky throw, so maybe he was distracted by Happen being – as Jane later put it – a “luck pervert”)
II. Willowfine unleashing a blast of celestial light upon her enemies from her staff...to the tune of 3 points of radiant damage (she justified the poor dice roll as a “warning shot”)
III. Happen pulling out his bow and nailing the guy who threw the sickles at him in BOTH EYES with a pair of Nat 20 arrows (one rolled normally, the other rolled on a special die that has five 20s and five 1s on it to represent Happen’s sprite friends intervening to turn his luck one way or the other) – everyone was very suitably horrified, and the fight immediately went out of the attackers, as you might expect
IV. Cressida managing NOT to throw up after seeing that and instead blasting the farmers with a cone of Fear, making the injured one crawl away as fast as possible and the ones stuck in Happen’s web tangle themselves up further in it
V. And Robin, seeing the horrifically injured sickle-throwing guy, bopping him on the head with a stale baguette to try and knock him out (and not even succeeding) XD
As you might imagine, the farmers didn’t want to fight any more after that. XD Happen was all for killing the one he’d shot in the eyes, saying it would be cruel to leave him alive, but Willowfine was like “no” and went and healed the guy, ripping the arrows out of his sockets before blasting him with a pretty hefty “Cure Wounds” (as it was revealed all the characters get to start at level 5 in this campaign, good for them), healing him for 24 “healing damage” as per Jane. XD It did restore the guy’s eyes, at least? And allowed him to run away with his fellows? Yay? :p
B) With the battle over, everyone introduced themselves to the others, which featured Happen declaring to Lug that Lug was the unluckiest creature that he’d met on his travels and that he must be fated to follow him (Lug: “greaaaaat”); Happen asking if Cressida was looking for better shoes for walking in the wilds (Cressida was like “I shall dress how I please,” to which Happen replied “fair enough”) and Robin innocently pointing out the ram’s horns she was trying so desperately to keep hidden (she was rather annoyed); Cressida being even more annoyed that no one knew her name, only for Lug to point out that he lives in a forest and doesn’t get much news from the outside world; and then Robin asking if Cressida was named after cress, as in the salad, causing Willowfine to just start marching in the direction of the Folkmoot, because SOMEBODY had to get this show on the road XD
C) Inspired by Willow’s example, the gang proceeded onto Folkmoot, where they found large stone buildings serving as dormitories, the local religious order/Folkmoot staff wandering around handing out watery soup and bread heels, and about 200 other people from across Heorth – the four country bumpkins of Robin, Happen, Lug, and Willowfine were amazed by seeing so many people in one place and by the free soup (with carrots in, no less), while worldly Cressida from the port city took one look at the meager crowd and vittles and was like “this is bad”
D) While getting their free soup and bread, the gang met Agnes, leader of the order that looks after the meeting area in between folkmoots, who thanked them for coming, explained to Happen when he asked if she knew what had happened to magic that that was the very subject they were there to discuss, and took them to one of the dormitories so they could claim their pallets and rest up before the meeting – again, the country bumpkins were amazed by the idea of them each having a pallet to themselves (Robin especially), while snob Cressida was horrified by the idea of sharing her sleeping quarters with others – fortunately for her, due to the low turnout, Agnes was able to give her a dormitory all to herself. Cressida promptly barred the door with a pallet and turned a bunch of others into a king-sized bed for herself XD
E) While Cressida made herself comfortable, the others picked their bunks and discussed why they were here and the poor turnout at the folkmoot, with Willowfine initially being heartened by Happen saying that he’d seen such amazing luck on the way here and he was certain there would be more at the meeting – only to move her pack to a different bunk when Lug pointed out that they could experience extreme BAD luck instead and Happen was like “let’s not get our hopes up :D” And then she ended up moving her stuff even FURTHER away when the subject of how hard travel was now with the magic infrastructure failing came up, Robin revealed that he’d just been walking everywhere, and Happen/Luke made the tactical error of asking if he could look at Robin’s feet, prompting all the foot fetish jokes. XD I left off with Robin explaining his deal to the others (which included how he lost his job as a spit-turner at the lord’s house to a dog – but he wasn’t even mad, this dog is REALLY good at spit-turning) – tomorrow, we’ll see how the conversation continues, and perhaps even the official folkmoot! I really want to see what happens once the Wild Folk start turning up looking to renew their bargains...
2. Continue writing “The Van Dort Vacancy”: Check – finished up the five-day writing streak on this story with:
I. Smiler responding to Alice saying that she didn’t like leaving Victor with his horrible parents either, but she wasn’t sure what they could do about it, by commenting that they know Elder Gutknecht’s house technically fits three, and that Gutknecht was saying earlier he’d happily take on Victor as an apprentice...cue Alice reminding Smiler they had to respect Victor’s choice not to pursue Whisperhood, and Smiler going “yes but he was happy learning about magic and it pains me as an Advocate to leave him here” (Alice reminded them that Victor still wants to be FRIENDS, so they’d be able to alleviate his unhappiness that way)
II. And the pair re-entering the kitchen afterward to lend a hand as part of their cover – Alice immediately got put on potato-chopping duty, which she executed quite well, while Smiler ended up helping fix a too-acidic soup by getting them to drop a spoonful of honey into it (a real thing you can do to fix too-acidic soups, by the way!) Mrs. Pemberly was quite surprised and impressed by their knowledge. :) We’ll return to this next Saturday, with her also being impressed by Alice’s chopping skills – and the pair spotting a familiar heavily-bearded face being sent to the greenhouse for more veg...
3. Keep up with YouTube “Subs”: Check – and there was nothing else it could be tonight except “CaFae Latte Season 68 - TikTok Compilation” by C. M. Alongi! Because I had to resolve that damn cliffhanger from Saturday already! As a reminder, the LAST compilation revolved around JC disappearing under mysterious circumstances on Nicole’s birthday, ending on the reveal that they were in the Fae Realm, handcuffed and about to have an audience with the king – this follow-up season featured:
A) Nicole gathering with Bob, Cyrus, Drek, and Husniya over a map of the Fae Realm to try and divine where JC was and what was happening to them with the help of some runes – which revealed they were a prisoner – and a wand – which revealed they were in Ivae, aka Bob and Cyrus’s home country. Bob was not happy about this, as you might expect. *grimace* On the plus side, Oscar and Patrick managed to find Nicole’s car, at a gas station near a forest, with a fairly fresh scent trail for JC nearby – Bob quickly told Oscar to NOT FOLLOW IT and to get Patrick, Rethu, and Amyth holding position nearby, so she didn’t have to rescue anyone ELSE from the Fae Realm
B) A flashback to how JC actually ended up in the Fae Realm – basically, they were tricked into following what they thought was a lost human kid into the woods, only to guess that they’d been had when they realized the trail they’d been following was gone. The kid thus revealed they were a fairy adult and that they’d caught JC to be their servant, silencing them when they tried to protest and letting them know they’d be serving them and their family for the rest of their lives, and that they were just their dad’s type –
And then promptly getting a bullet in the head because JC of course had their gun, of course had anti-fairy bullets, and of course wasn’t putting up with that bullshit. *nods* Good for JC.
C) JC’s audience with the Silver King and the Crimson Princess, where (after being relieved of their silence curse) they explained that they’d acted in self-defense against a fairy threatening them with eternal servitude and sexual assault and that they just wanted to go the hell home. However, despite knowing that they were telling the truth (thanks to an enchanted rug), the Silver King and the Crimson Princess were all “mortals don’t have the right of self-defense in this realm” and began thinking up punishments – sending them to serve the family of the deceased anyway; straight-up killing them (offered by the Captain of the Guard who captured them), training them as a captive soldier, etc. JC, annoyed by some of the hypocrisy on display (mainly, “fairies don’t kill, but we can totally tell our mortal soldiers and executioners to do so on our behalf”), said they weren’t surprised Bob left –
Prompting the Silver King to go “You have a fairy master?” JC said yes, they worked for a fairy, and they’d like to get back to her, and the Silver King admitted that they should at least have her at the proceedings. He thus asked who she was so he could contact her, and JC explained that people nowadays called her “Bob,” but she’d also gone by “Violet” and “Lavender,” and – when she was mad – “The Iron Witch” –
And cue the Crimson Princess immediately putting murder back on the table because YUP BOB’S ESTRANGED FAMILY WHO’S SURPRISED.
D) The Silver King taking murder back OFF the table because he didn’t want to face the wrath of his granddaughter should he kill someone she was endeared to (with JC confirming that they’d worked for her for two years and ran her entire kitchen, which they were still astonished that she let them do), and deciding instead to try and ransom JC; cue him calling Bob, who naturally was not happy to hear from her grandfather
E) Bob confirming JC was okay (uncursed, uninjured, hadn’t eaten any fairy food), then the Silver King asking what JC’s life was worth to her, trying to get some sort of oath or favor out of her (as per the Captain of the Guard) as punishment for the time that she inspired a mortal uprising, which ended up creating a human kingdom in the realm that was Ivae’s greatest rival –
And Bob happily informing her grandfather that JC was worth utterly wrecking his kingdom. Like, she acknowledged that she probably couldn’t win a war against him, but she could weaken his realm to the point where any victory against her would be utterly hollow, as he’d be utterly unprepared for any future disasters. And that she had a lot of friends – mortal, fae, dragon, and otherwise – who would be prepared to happily leap into the fray to save JC as well. ...The Silver King smartly agreed to bring JC back through the forest portal by the end of the day, and Bob ended the phone call merely with shaking hands, instead of straight-up vomiting like she’d apparently done the last time.
F) And finally JC being escorted by a guard fifty strong back to the portal to meet up with Bob, Cyrus, and the dragons (with all their other friends hidden in the trees), where Bob asked JC what the first food they made for them was, clarifying that they meant the first baked good for the cafe when JC went “huh?” to ascertain they weren’t a glamoured spy –
And JC promptly went on a small rant about how those two questions were two COMPLETELY different things, as the first FOOD they made for them was brigadeiros, which are not BAKED, but heated up on the stovetop, while the first BAKED GOOD was probably chocolate chip cookies, thus handily proving their identity. XD The Captain of the Guard backed them up (revealing they were a lieutenant in the LAST war against Bob, and surviving her bumped up their rank), and the episode ended with JC demanding their stuffed llama for Nicole back and realizing “oh shit, I missed brunch and the movie,” with Cyrus joking “yup, Nicole’s pissed.” XD
And that was that! Whew – some heavy stuff this time around, what with Bob having to deal with her horrible family and their horrible kingdom again, and JC almost ending up a slave or dead. I mean, we even had Cyrus call Bob “Violet” (the closest we have to her “real name”) while telling her her hand was shaking post-call. Cyrus has never called her anything but “Boss,” so – yeah. But at least JC’s safe and sound, and judging by the thumbnail of the next (and currently final) compilation, will be able to give Nicole her llama. Looking forward to it. :)
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: No check – between how long it took me to write the birthday post and get all this other stuff summed up, I simply did not have the time to work on anything in my Victor Luvs Alice (N Smiler) drafts. *sigh* We’ll see if I can get to that post I was working on about the Teen Valicer Save tomorrow, or if I’ll be posting something else for Wednesday’s queue...
*whew* And that is that. And now I have to go to bed so I can actually get some sleep before work tomorrow. Night all!
Work – As I said, there were a few annoying things that happened at work today – like coming in to find someone having e-mailed us in a tizzy about having accidentally made an ongoing gift for $500 when they were trying to do a pledge of $500 at $50 a month (fortunately, the way they’d scheduled it, they hadn’t been charged anything yet, so I was able to shut down the ongoing gift and set up the right pledge); trying to figure out when we should shut down the previous year’s campaign and having no luck finding out when we pulled the trigger on the 2023 stuff (all this while also trying to get back to someone about whether or not they’d submitted a gift yet); and having to deal with a telemarketer asking about my old supervisor, who hasn’t worked there in years (update your employee lists over there!). *sigh* But on the plus side, it wasn’t too busy either – most of the calls we got about last-minute gifts were easily answered, and there weren’t too many of them. I spent most of my time doing the GL and working my way through the Saturday paper obituaries. *shrug* Nothing particularly exciting! We’ll see how tomorrow goes!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another night on the bike, another night with “Oxventure D&D: Wyrdwood | Chapter 1: Folkmoot!” I picked up with our new cast of five chaotic characters dealing with two burly farmers fighting them after Happen (Luke) Webbed up their fellows for trying to kill Lug (Mike) because they wrongly thought he was responsible for magic breaking – here’s how things went from there:
A) With the two burly farmers having had their go in the fight (successfully having injured poor Happen with some thrown sickles and exposed Willowfine’s (Jane) hidden chainmail), it was time for the characters to try their hand at combat – in order, we had:
I. Lug totally whiffing his attempts to smash the sickle-throwing guy’s head in with his big old hammer because the dice were unkind (to be fair, he used his bonus action to gauge if Happen was into being gouged by that thrown sickle or not, which he was a bit because it was a very lucky throw, so maybe he was distracted by Happen being – as Jane later put it – a “luck pervert”)
II. Willowfine unleashing a blast of celestial light upon her enemies from her staff...to the tune of 3 points of radiant damage (she justified the poor dice roll as a “warning shot”)
III. Happen pulling out his bow and nailing the guy who threw the sickles at him in BOTH EYES with a pair of Nat 20 arrows (one rolled normally, the other rolled on a special die that has five 20s and five 1s on it to represent Happen’s sprite friends intervening to turn his luck one way or the other) – everyone was very suitably horrified, and the fight immediately went out of the attackers, as you might expect
IV. Cressida managing NOT to throw up after seeing that and instead blasting the farmers with a cone of Fear, making the injured one crawl away as fast as possible and the ones stuck in Happen’s web tangle themselves up further in it
V. And Robin, seeing the horrifically injured sickle-throwing guy, bopping him on the head with a stale baguette to try and knock him out (and not even succeeding) XD
As you might imagine, the farmers didn’t want to fight any more after that. XD Happen was all for killing the one he’d shot in the eyes, saying it would be cruel to leave him alive, but Willowfine was like “no” and went and healed the guy, ripping the arrows out of his sockets before blasting him with a pretty hefty “Cure Wounds” (as it was revealed all the characters get to start at level 5 in this campaign, good for them), healing him for 24 “healing damage” as per Jane. XD It did restore the guy’s eyes, at least? And allowed him to run away with his fellows? Yay? :p
B) With the battle over, everyone introduced themselves to the others, which featured Happen declaring to Lug that Lug was the unluckiest creature that he’d met on his travels and that he must be fated to follow him (Lug: “greaaaaat”); Happen asking if Cressida was looking for better shoes for walking in the wilds (Cressida was like “I shall dress how I please,” to which Happen replied “fair enough”) and Robin innocently pointing out the ram’s horns she was trying so desperately to keep hidden (she was rather annoyed); Cressida being even more annoyed that no one knew her name, only for Lug to point out that he lives in a forest and doesn’t get much news from the outside world; and then Robin asking if Cressida was named after cress, as in the salad, causing Willowfine to just start marching in the direction of the Folkmoot, because SOMEBODY had to get this show on the road XD
C) Inspired by Willow’s example, the gang proceeded onto Folkmoot, where they found large stone buildings serving as dormitories, the local religious order/Folkmoot staff wandering around handing out watery soup and bread heels, and about 200 other people from across Heorth – the four country bumpkins of Robin, Happen, Lug, and Willowfine were amazed by seeing so many people in one place and by the free soup (with carrots in, no less), while worldly Cressida from the port city took one look at the meager crowd and vittles and was like “this is bad”
D) While getting their free soup and bread, the gang met Agnes, leader of the order that looks after the meeting area in between folkmoots, who thanked them for coming, explained to Happen when he asked if she knew what had happened to magic that that was the very subject they were there to discuss, and took them to one of the dormitories so they could claim their pallets and rest up before the meeting – again, the country bumpkins were amazed by the idea of them each having a pallet to themselves (Robin especially), while snob Cressida was horrified by the idea of sharing her sleeping quarters with others – fortunately for her, due to the low turnout, Agnes was able to give her a dormitory all to herself. Cressida promptly barred the door with a pallet and turned a bunch of others into a king-sized bed for herself XD
E) While Cressida made herself comfortable, the others picked their bunks and discussed why they were here and the poor turnout at the folkmoot, with Willowfine initially being heartened by Happen saying that he’d seen such amazing luck on the way here and he was certain there would be more at the meeting – only to move her pack to a different bunk when Lug pointed out that they could experience extreme BAD luck instead and Happen was like “let’s not get our hopes up :D” And then she ended up moving her stuff even FURTHER away when the subject of how hard travel was now with the magic infrastructure failing came up, Robin revealed that he’d just been walking everywhere, and Happen/Luke made the tactical error of asking if he could look at Robin’s feet, prompting all the foot fetish jokes. XD I left off with Robin explaining his deal to the others (which included how he lost his job as a spit-turner at the lord’s house to a dog – but he wasn’t even mad, this dog is REALLY good at spit-turning) – tomorrow, we’ll see how the conversation continues, and perhaps even the official folkmoot! I really want to see what happens once the Wild Folk start turning up looking to renew their bargains...
2. Continue writing “The Van Dort Vacancy”: Check – finished up the five-day writing streak on this story with:
I. Smiler responding to Alice saying that she didn’t like leaving Victor with his horrible parents either, but she wasn’t sure what they could do about it, by commenting that they know Elder Gutknecht’s house technically fits three, and that Gutknecht was saying earlier he’d happily take on Victor as an apprentice...cue Alice reminding Smiler they had to respect Victor’s choice not to pursue Whisperhood, and Smiler going “yes but he was happy learning about magic and it pains me as an Advocate to leave him here” (Alice reminded them that Victor still wants to be FRIENDS, so they’d be able to alleviate his unhappiness that way)
II. And the pair re-entering the kitchen afterward to lend a hand as part of their cover – Alice immediately got put on potato-chopping duty, which she executed quite well, while Smiler ended up helping fix a too-acidic soup by getting them to drop a spoonful of honey into it (a real thing you can do to fix too-acidic soups, by the way!) Mrs. Pemberly was quite surprised and impressed by their knowledge. :) We’ll return to this next Saturday, with her also being impressed by Alice’s chopping skills – and the pair spotting a familiar heavily-bearded face being sent to the greenhouse for more veg...
3. Keep up with YouTube “Subs”: Check – and there was nothing else it could be tonight except “CaFae Latte Season 68 - TikTok Compilation” by C. M. Alongi! Because I had to resolve that damn cliffhanger from Saturday already! As a reminder, the LAST compilation revolved around JC disappearing under mysterious circumstances on Nicole’s birthday, ending on the reveal that they were in the Fae Realm, handcuffed and about to have an audience with the king – this follow-up season featured:
A) Nicole gathering with Bob, Cyrus, Drek, and Husniya over a map of the Fae Realm to try and divine where JC was and what was happening to them with the help of some runes – which revealed they were a prisoner – and a wand – which revealed they were in Ivae, aka Bob and Cyrus’s home country. Bob was not happy about this, as you might expect. *grimace* On the plus side, Oscar and Patrick managed to find Nicole’s car, at a gas station near a forest, with a fairly fresh scent trail for JC nearby – Bob quickly told Oscar to NOT FOLLOW IT and to get Patrick, Rethu, and Amyth holding position nearby, so she didn’t have to rescue anyone ELSE from the Fae Realm
B) A flashback to how JC actually ended up in the Fae Realm – basically, they were tricked into following what they thought was a lost human kid into the woods, only to guess that they’d been had when they realized the trail they’d been following was gone. The kid thus revealed they were a fairy adult and that they’d caught JC to be their servant, silencing them when they tried to protest and letting them know they’d be serving them and their family for the rest of their lives, and that they were just their dad’s type –
And then promptly getting a bullet in the head because JC of course had their gun, of course had anti-fairy bullets, and of course wasn’t putting up with that bullshit. *nods* Good for JC.
C) JC’s audience with the Silver King and the Crimson Princess, where (after being relieved of their silence curse) they explained that they’d acted in self-defense against a fairy threatening them with eternal servitude and sexual assault and that they just wanted to go the hell home. However, despite knowing that they were telling the truth (thanks to an enchanted rug), the Silver King and the Crimson Princess were all “mortals don’t have the right of self-defense in this realm” and began thinking up punishments – sending them to serve the family of the deceased anyway; straight-up killing them (offered by the Captain of the Guard who captured them), training them as a captive soldier, etc. JC, annoyed by some of the hypocrisy on display (mainly, “fairies don’t kill, but we can totally tell our mortal soldiers and executioners to do so on our behalf”), said they weren’t surprised Bob left –
Prompting the Silver King to go “You have a fairy master?” JC said yes, they worked for a fairy, and they’d like to get back to her, and the Silver King admitted that they should at least have her at the proceedings. He thus asked who she was so he could contact her, and JC explained that people nowadays called her “Bob,” but she’d also gone by “Violet” and “Lavender,” and – when she was mad – “The Iron Witch” –
And cue the Crimson Princess immediately putting murder back on the table because YUP BOB’S ESTRANGED FAMILY WHO’S SURPRISED.
D) The Silver King taking murder back OFF the table because he didn’t want to face the wrath of his granddaughter should he kill someone she was endeared to (with JC confirming that they’d worked for her for two years and ran her entire kitchen, which they were still astonished that she let them do), and deciding instead to try and ransom JC; cue him calling Bob, who naturally was not happy to hear from her grandfather
E) Bob confirming JC was okay (uncursed, uninjured, hadn’t eaten any fairy food), then the Silver King asking what JC’s life was worth to her, trying to get some sort of oath or favor out of her (as per the Captain of the Guard) as punishment for the time that she inspired a mortal uprising, which ended up creating a human kingdom in the realm that was Ivae’s greatest rival –
And Bob happily informing her grandfather that JC was worth utterly wrecking his kingdom. Like, she acknowledged that she probably couldn’t win a war against him, but she could weaken his realm to the point where any victory against her would be utterly hollow, as he’d be utterly unprepared for any future disasters. And that she had a lot of friends – mortal, fae, dragon, and otherwise – who would be prepared to happily leap into the fray to save JC as well. ...The Silver King smartly agreed to bring JC back through the forest portal by the end of the day, and Bob ended the phone call merely with shaking hands, instead of straight-up vomiting like she’d apparently done the last time.
F) And finally JC being escorted by a guard fifty strong back to the portal to meet up with Bob, Cyrus, and the dragons (with all their other friends hidden in the trees), where Bob asked JC what the first food they made for them was, clarifying that they meant the first baked good for the cafe when JC went “huh?” to ascertain they weren’t a glamoured spy –
And JC promptly went on a small rant about how those two questions were two COMPLETELY different things, as the first FOOD they made for them was brigadeiros, which are not BAKED, but heated up on the stovetop, while the first BAKED GOOD was probably chocolate chip cookies, thus handily proving their identity. XD The Captain of the Guard backed them up (revealing they were a lieutenant in the LAST war against Bob, and surviving her bumped up their rank), and the episode ended with JC demanding their stuffed llama for Nicole back and realizing “oh shit, I missed brunch and the movie,” with Cyrus joking “yup, Nicole’s pissed.” XD
And that was that! Whew – some heavy stuff this time around, what with Bob having to deal with her horrible family and their horrible kingdom again, and JC almost ending up a slave or dead. I mean, we even had Cyrus call Bob “Violet” (the closest we have to her “real name”) while telling her her hand was shaking post-call. Cyrus has never called her anything but “Boss,” so – yeah. But at least JC’s safe and sound, and judging by the thumbnail of the next (and currently final) compilation, will be able to give Nicole her llama. Looking forward to it. :)
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: No check – between how long it took me to write the birthday post and get all this other stuff summed up, I simply did not have the time to work on anything in my Victor Luvs Alice (N Smiler) drafts. *sigh* We’ll see if I can get to that post I was working on about the Teen Valicer Save tomorrow, or if I’ll be posting something else for Wednesday’s queue...
*whew* And that is that. And now I have to go to bed so I can actually get some sleep before work tomorrow. Night all!
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Date: 2025-07-02 03:14 am (UTC)And idk why but the "human child" huffing some air into their bangs gave me the giggles.
The handcuffs came with the costume she got for Erik.
Chris admitted she actually forgot she established that if the fairy that did a curse dies, that curse is undone, so JC should've technically had their voice back before the Silver King re-cursed them.
"Silence."
"Oh for fuck's sake!"
Oh, and Chris went with Bob's novel backstory rather than what she'd said in the older TikTok episodes, so not so much with the changelings now.
"And that's before counting the fact that that baker is an American citizen. I might not even have to blackmail anyone into bombing your palace -- they might just do it for fun."
*JC shrugs in American*
Cyrus calling Bob "Violet" did weird things to my insides. Still does and I've watched it dozens of times.
Bob says that a trained sorcerer would be a...wait as I'm typing this out I realized it can't just be "Are you, in fact....." and wait now she shouldn't say JC's name aloud but couldn't she say "Are you my kitchen manager"?? Ow my head.... too much thinking for this time a night.... I need to go to bed. Someone reminded me that although I've been putting the AL and Poul reunion fic on Ao3 I haven't updated my website, and I had to add my birthday present so now it's late and for whatever reason even though school's out there's still traffic in the morning and that sucks.
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Date: 2025-07-02 03:52 am (UTC)*snork* It is a rather amusing little moment -- just so "darn, and I was hoping to draw this out for longer." :P
*nods* That tracks, yes -- and if she's got 'em, might as well use 'em!
Well, to be fair, I forgot that too, so no worries, Chris. :p And it wouldn't be the first time she retconned something. :p
*snrrrk* That was a good moment, poor JC. XD
Ahhh, I see, interesting -- and like I said, not the first time Chris retconned something! To be fair, her full-on inciting a rebellion and waging war against her family feels more like an exile-worthy offense.
Hehehe, yeah, that -- that is our country. *strained smile*
I KNOW. Just -- fucking hell, it's the most serious I think we've ever seen Cyrus, and it is weird. :(
*patpat* I know -- trying to figure out your way around the fairy laws and rules and trickery is tough! I think Bob did a good job in establishing JC was truly JC, though. And bleh, I know that feel about having too much to do and staying up too late to do it. Though fortunately the morning traffic around here hasn't been too bad -- I can pretty much always get right on the highway, at least.