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Oh yeah, that's the one | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
And I'm among them. Let the world burn!😈 | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Ohhhhh so that's why I saw so many twits saying that they should cancel PM because they are from 4chan. Now I'm even more of a Project Moon fan. Certified This is this and That is that moment | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
We pissed off Project Moon twitter(I may be a PM fan but please don't lump us with twittards), now let's piss off Arknights twitter, and finally for the ultimate collab we get Azur Lane, Blue Archive and Arknights | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
I tire so much of different websites forming their little in-groups and just wanting to piss each other off. Are we all still 15? | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Please i need Defender Hoshino in the game | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Honestly I blame the writer for that one | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Funny ntr and chucking is from cn..... Just why | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Lmao 😂😂😂 | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Literally, trying to drive away the fans that were there when PM was relatively unknown is just dumb. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-17-08 |
the shit CN pulls makes me ashamed to be chinese lmao. Thank god i dont live there. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-20-08 |
Now, Mostima is one of the operators where the sex will COMPLETELY depend on the trust you have with her. She has horns and she is horny.
Low trust: You have to find her first.
Medium to high trust: let's say you are out for casual sex and somehow got her to have sex with you, unless you are an experienced Dokutah, and by experience I mean having a foursome with Sui sisters, satisfying all of them and then living to tell the tale level of experience you're not going to fuck her, SHE is going to fuck you. Good luck, you're going to get absolutely womanhandled.
Sex with her is going to start with her teasings. She will slowly and endlessly tease you saying remarks like "Wow, who knew Doctor of Rhodes Island was a virgin" and "Do you like what you see, hm?" while slowly taking off her pants. Regardless of her experience, she is somehow very good at sex, her teasings involve slowly taking off her clothes, licking and nibbling your ears and necks, dirty talking and even maybe edging.
Now, if you have successfully completed the "edging phase" you insert your dick on her "baby-making organ" She is the type to say "I popped Doctor's cherry" while she has blood dripping from her most private part or says "You moan like a girl, Dokutah." when she goes hard on you. Her favorite position is cowgirl and she will ride you like a buck until you're completely left dry.
If you are an experienced Dokutah she will use her time ability on you to make you cum and tease you that way. If you're such a beast that you don't ejaculate even after her stimulations then she will be left flabbergasted and now you have your chance. You have to take the initiative. You're going to need to start gentle with her, she doesn't like too rough. When you're done with her she will be gasping on the bed and say "Doctor... you're something... else..."
With casual sex when you try to reach for after after sleeping in the same bed you're not going to find her.
Casual Sex: Normally 9/10 but the post-nut clarity hits so hard that it gets dropped to 7/10. Some outcomes have worse post-nut-clarity than others and she might ask you to do it every time before she goes on to her deliveries if she likes it.
+250 trust: Now this is where the good stuff begins. Gaining her complete trust is not an easy task, you will have no shortage of days spent chasing her, having spent time and money for snacks suited for her tastes, taking care of Exusai, and discussing Fiammetta nicknames and escapades after operation only to go on to dine with her only.
You two will not *merely* fuck, you two will become one. And the lewdest the ultimate lewd action ever known to mankind will take place in that. >!**Handholding**. !<
It starts with a deep tongue kissing. Then as you start to take off each other's clothes you hold each other's hands. She will give you the most heartfelt blowjob you ever experienced.
When you tell her you're going to come she will say "So fast... Cum, Doctor." and swallow the load. You have to look at her face to understand that she didn't mean anything bad with that remark "if anything she is happy that she can satisfy you and you can feel her love.
After all, she finally started to feel warmth again and sought for much more. It is almost as if you rekindled her desires. Then you get her ready. After you feel her "love juices" in your hand you start to put it in. She will say "Doctor is inside me..." while having a big smile on her face.
Now, you must have consumed the amount of sanity potions needed, lest you slip a "FALLEN ANGELL PUSS PUSS HITS DIFFERENT" or "PLAP PLAP PLAP GET PREGNANT GET PREGNANT GET PREGNANT" like a dumb fucking fuck. You have to ask "Does it hurt?" it's not the answer you seek, it's the message that you care about her.
Lovey-dovey sex with her is pretty vanilla, You are still in a cowgirl position but she is going slower and her face is reddened. She might hide her breasts with a bra because Apparently "It's embarrassing"
Now, when you're "becoming one" it is very important to keep holding her hand and looking at her face with a smile. You need to look straight into her eyes. You shouldn't look at it as just a "fuck", you have to think of it as conveying your feelings through the use of your various body parts. You continue and she tells you to cum inside and it's a safe day. So you comply and cum inside her. After you come she tightens the grip on your hand and says "Doctors... sperms are inside me."
Now, after sex, she will cuddle with you. You two will be whispering sweet nothings to each other. She will ask you to touch her horns (Congratulations, you have gained horn-touching privilege) and her tail will make it obvious how she feels. You won't have post-nut clarity with this one, you will have post-nut Nirvana.
10000/10 lovey dovey sex. Would recommend. | r/0sanitymemes | post | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-14-08 |
I think it is a bit too long for a sex-review. Also I don't know why but I had it in me to write a story about >!Mostima and Doctor dying together!< and a sex review but still couldn't get myself to continue my story where they two were going to have fun.. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-14-08 |
You cooked, homie!
Also, there is no such thing as a too long sex Review. The next one I'm making is probably going to be a few pages long. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-14-08 |
Thank you, I am currently writing a Doctima fanfic and I think I still haven't really figured out Mostima so it means a lot.
I don't mind other peoples review being too long, it doesn't really bother me, its just my preference. I think the original one was just perfect sex review. Of course I've read the others and they're quite good too. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-14-08 |
I was gonna say these are supposed to be posted only on Thursdays ( if I remember correctly) but since Mostima deserves all the love I'll support this. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-14-08 |
It is already Thursday in most parts of the world. And thank you | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-14-08 |
Oops, sorry for that. And you're welcome fellow Mostima lover. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-14-08 |
Of course, happy to see a fellow Mostima enjoyer liking my post. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-14-08 |
Lets ask a question: does contact with her tongue or saliva paints you blue?like those painting candies or gums? | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-14-08 |
I actually thought about this before, I think if she sees the Doctor wanting to see her with a blue tongue she would paint her tongue blue (with candy or gums etc) beforehand. But it's not something she would do to a low-trust Doctor. And *yes*, it would paint your tongue blue.
Also, she's *definitely* going to tease you about that blue tongue fetish. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-14-08 |
Im blue dabee dee da be da | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-14-08 |
MOISTima | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
the mostimer
wow i really need to write more sesbian lex | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
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(Conclusion) :
I have nightmares. The Abyssal Hunters are all surrounding me inside the deep abyss and showing pointy teeth at me, they draw closer, and closer, ready to swallow me whole, then I instantly wake up. The lights are bright, completely different from both the cave and my nightmare in the abyss. I recognize the medical department of Rhodes Island. Specter is laying on the bed besides me, already awake. She is back to her usual post-amnesia gentle state and watching me with a faint smile.
“Thank you doctor... For making me feel alive again.”
Despite the degrading state I left her in and the utter humiliation I inflicted on her even as she was unconscious, it seems Specter was truly appreciative for what I did. After a while, Gladiia and Skadi enter the room. Skadi was crying a bit, relieved to see both of us alive. Gladiia on the other hand was looking at me like I was an insect ready to be swatted. It seems she had immediately understood what I did to Specter and knowing her subordinate had been completely dominated brought shame to her squad. She coldly congratulated Specter and me for destroying the hideout of seaborns and left. Skadi followed, letting me alone with Specter again. We didn’t talk much as her extraordinary recovery abilities allowed her to be discharged a mere couple hours later.
Alone in my hospital bed, I am writing this review on Miss Laurentina, aka Specter, I’m sorry if this writing is a bit unsteady as my main arm is still recovering. Everything I can say is: do not, and I can’t stress this enough, DO NOT the shark. Miss Specter may appear as an innocent, somehow even slightly fragile smiling woman, but her mental state is way too unpredictable, and unlike her captain who has restraints and “only” wants to humiliate you, Specter will actively try and inflict pain on you, even trying to kill you if you’re not deemed worthy enough. You will absolutely need abnormal strength and a high resistance to the horrors she may try to inflict to your brain before you can even dream of overcoming her sadistic tendencies. She is somehow even more dangerous than Gladiia and by no means should be approached with the intent of sexual intercourse in mind. If she approaches you, flee. If she manages to trap you, do everything you can to escape. If she starts getting violent, show her you can fight, and maybe, just maybe, you will somehow get out of this nightmarish experience, albeit certainly not unscathed, both physically and mentally.
Final rating : shork/10
Source : [https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/4523871](https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/4523871) | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-14-08 |
Q&A time :
"What theme did you go for this time ?" As you can see I decided to go for a more horrific / gore theme, I don't want to explore only one genre. It's important for me to improve.
"Improve?" Context : https://www.reddit.com/r/0sanitymemes/comments/1epqaq6/thank_you_a_very_serious_post_trust/
"Continuation of the gladiia fanfic? What is this?" [https://www.reddit.com/r/0sanitymemes/comments/1eesk85/sex\_review\_gladiia\_very\_long/](https://www.reddit.com/r/0sanitymemes/comments/1eesk85/sex_review_gladiia_very_long/)
"When Specter Sex review" - u/[No\_Heat\_5582](https://www.reddit.com/user/No_Heat_5582/) : well there you go
"Why didn't you post the conclusion in the post instead of in the comments" : Reddit limitation. Reddit only allows 40 000 characters.
"How many words was this?" A bit more than 7500, the Gladiia one was a bit less than 6000.
"What do you want to explore next?" Maybe a change in pov would be fine so maybe a femdoc X Mlynar would be interesting.
"Did you touch grass today?" : yes, I walked 5km, for those who use weird metric systems, it means around 3 miles.
"Are you okay?" : No | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-14-08 |
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Glad you enjoyed it! I didn't know I was down bad for this either before I started writing it. I initially intended to go a completely different direction but I'm satisfied enough with the result. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-14-08 |
PLEASE just get a job as a smut writer, these aren’t even pretending to be reviews anymore 😭 (I still thoroughly enjoy them) | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-14-08 |
Ok, a humilation one with glaadia, the most hardcore experience with specter
What about a lovey dovey with skadi? | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-14-08 |
Skadi is definitely something I'm thinking about, though lovey dovey while skadi has fucking isharmla inside her doesn't feel right... Initially I intended this review (is it even a review at this point? I mean the conclusion is but...) to be a completely different topic, basically a psychological breakdown between a dominating specter and a gentle specter the unchained, but I discarded the idea as this seemed a bit inappropriate, so I might use this theme for skadi. (Basically a mix between lovey dovey and mind control. ~~And yes, I'm not even trying to hide my preferences at this point~~) | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Wait, people pay to read smut?
~~hell writing them is more fun~~ | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Then may I suggest a Lovey-Dovey one with Savage :3? Thighs are even thiccer. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Right, that sounds more appropriate.
~~but first, time to roleplay as a female doc getting humiliated with a dog collar and a leash going on a stroll with Mlynar~~ | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
gotta be the best sex review yet | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
>Be me
>Preparing to sleep
>Grab phone to set up alarm.
>Get jumpscared by the notification
See you tomorrow brother. I can't enjoy such a fine meal when I'm this tired. Will definetly try to give you a fair critique.
EDIT: Also MAN. You posted that at midnight? :p | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
BASED AND SHARKPILLED | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Mods! MODS!!! WHERE IS MY ABILITY TO POST MEDIA IN THE COMMENTS!?!? THIS DEGENERACY MUST BE JUDGED!!!
Edit:... It's back... Showtime. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
I got no words, like really, uhhh I can only give you my most sincere applause, to my bookmarks this goes, [and to quote Deadpool ](https://c.tenor.com/mjt1hUgr1TwAAAAC/dead-pool-ryan-reynolds.gif) | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
What about a pushy S.A and C.N.C femdoc? What do you think? | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
I ain't reading allat (yet) but you cooked (probably) | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Keep cooking brother, this is some gourmet shit | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Me when Gladiia or Specter :
https://preview.redd.it/8trrj2hn5rid1.jpeg?width=735&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3dfb6b71de76d59c54b80fc3a3c96aaeb2cb4847 | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
"N... No... Please... My ally..."
Mmh SA being pushy feels a bit weird considering how reserved he seems to be, but I'll think about it | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
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Tl;dr : shork seggs dangerous | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
I’ll allow it, keep cooking | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
WHY CAN'T I POST MEDIA FOR MY WOEDS CANNOT DESCRIBE THE FLAVORS OF THIS FULL COURSE MEAL | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Okay nice and also when you say lovy dovy mind control stuff who's on receiving end of it?
Also would include the recent story spoilers to spice this up next Thursday? | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
More like the "h-hey, wait! W-we can talk a little o-ok? P-put back your shirt... err... what is the handcuff for?"
But ok, if you don't like the idea don't worry, I'm no coward
**I'LL DO IT MYSELF!!** | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Jesus Christ this can compete with the works of Slumbrrr, Dueceposter, GrandLeviathan and dare I say it Pheluminar just for the detail in the writing! 10/10 Absolute Cinema. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Doctor is definitely the one getting mind controlled by skadi's voice
What are these spoilers? | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Bruh just tell an AI to read it for you at work or on the way to work | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Double slash for double the cuffing next week, perfect | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Yeah I had finished it around an hour before and was like "might as well" | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
This is litteraly just
https://preview.redd.it/xplghy8zcsid1.png?width=622&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be05ed5bd24a69d2a205f4412d38709ca374b58f | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Exactly, shark fucker 69 | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
"i like the kind of woman that could actualy just kill me" | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
if it weren't for improving my writing skills I would only make fanfics about Gladiia, Specter, Qiubai, Degenbrecher, Eblana and Talulah honestly. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Honestly not a bad spread of options | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Never stop cooking OP. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
wasn't about to | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
No. You get the two-for one special today.
https://i.redd.it/8pxgxrzansid1.gif | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
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My weapon is my pen.
...
~~Alright but a little wanking can't do no hurt~~ | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Shut or else Saileach will be next | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
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Someone do Fia! I'm begging, please | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Precursor related spoilers, it makes sharmy and docs relationship even more special. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
wait, what do you mean "do" Fia
https://i.redd.it/5bjgspboqsid1.gif | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
"That" do. But let me go first. Okay, but uhhh, you know, Regs Seview.
https://preview.redd.it/qauvao92rsid1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea3b4aff96bc1725a625c5bbff302701db595b95 | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
That's it, mind breaking Saileach sex review coming up | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
ngl i'm not very familiar with KFC lore but I can try after I read a bit.
Damn at this point I'm gonna have to release two sex reviews a week. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Peak fiction | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
I’ve always loved my Shark, I brought her to my Rhodes Island pretty early and she was a fantastic carry in my early game days. Her immortality is a great stalling tool and is one of the few operators that constantly heals themselves (adding Perfumer’s passive also helps).
Great design, character and honestly a good backstory. Stultifera Navis helped expand that lore and showed us how her condition is somewhat improving. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Never in my life have i needed something so much and never known until i received it. Thank you for this amazing piece of art | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
O7 | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
laurentina munches on my seaborn til I specter | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Basically this yes | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-15-08 |
Bonjour. (cuz I guess you'll see this this morning :3)
Holy fuck that was exhausting in the best non-lewd way possible.
Okay brother. I will genuinely try to give you as unbiased and as detailed of a critique as I can. Important notes before:
- As you might have surmised from what I write myself, my preference is wholesome, not horror. I will admit that I took several breaks reading this the first time because it was that rough on me.
- Yes, I read it twice.
As such, **my critique might be completely off the mark on multiple points and you're 100% allowed to throw it in the fucking trash if so.** Also, I will refer to unhinged Shork as Specter and sane Shork as Laurentina.
With all that said, I will focus on multiple points I noticed:
- Character wise, I'm ashamed to admit that it didn't click for me that this was a review of OG Specter and not Laurentina until the "DON'T" line. Based on that, **you nailed the return to madness of SHORK in that cave perfectly.** It's by far your best achievement here. Note that I said "In the cave". Not sure if it is intentional or not, and I might VERY WELL be wrong on that point (I'd legit need to reread SN for that), but **her personnality pre-cave is slightly off?** If that was Laurentina, the way she pulled Doc away from the brand is too agressive for her. If Specter, everything else was too restrained. The rest of the characters are perfect. I won't judge Doktah though. All doktahs are different.
- I have a love and hate relationship with **the way you describe things. It's so vivid, so alive,** I can close my eyes and SEE that shit happen. **You get too lost in the descriptions sometimes, though**. Unironically, the boobies description get the worst of this. This combines with the next and most important point, which is both your second greatest achievement, and a possible issue.
- Your punctuation. **You structure some VERY long sentences sometimes, with little to no punctuation, little to no breathing room**. This unironically convinces me you're french because La langue de Molière DOES accomodate for that type of prose way, way better than English does. BUT. While this doesn't help your story at all at first, FUCKING HELL IT WORKS LIKE A CHARM LATER. **As soon as Doc starts fighting back, especially as he drank that water, the way you pace your writing made this shit run at Gladiia speed. It was basically the feeling of being in a rollercoaster as it was going down a MASSIVE slope. That genuinely made the horror and brutality of the whole thing much, MUCH more palpable. Closer. Too close.** I'm not sure if intentional or if it was a deliberate choice, but HOLY FUCK YOU PEAKED THERE. If this wasn't intentional BY ALL THAT IS THICC MAKE IT DELIBERATELY IN THE FUTURE.
- I'm not sure about the mitochondria line and the engis lines, chief. They felt incredibly off in such a violent event. (but they were welcome bubbles of safety in what was a very brutal reading moment.)
- Not gonna judge spelling and shit, I'm not one to talk on that front.
In short: This is a story that I wouldn't have read if I didn't believe that it would be good. This is a story I probably would never ever revisit willingly. **But it was still amazing and if my past self asked me my opinion, I would've told him "READ THIS SHIT WITHOUT A SHRED OF HESITATION. Just, buckle up, it gets rough."** (In case you might feel down reading this, it's the same way I describe Grave of the Fireflies or Silent Hill 2. In Bug land, that's VERY high praise.)
Brother, to stay in the spirit of the sub, PLEASE. Keep cooking. Keep improving. And keep posting. I'm looking forward to more. Even stuff that's more brutal than this. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-16-08 |
OH NO. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-16-08 |
Fia pains me. She's both in the "club of characters I know too little about to do them justice" and the "Club of characters I don't dare touch because I cannot unsee a certain artist take on them and I'm not worthy."
First one because I want to do a review of hers through the eyes of Lemuen and I don't think we know Lem that well yet.
Second one because I want a do a review of hers through the eyes of Mostima and I'm afraid to accidentally mimick Peak Mostima fiction Aka Octodeco.
*Pouts* | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-16-08 |
I'll try and answer all your, and I want to emphasize, valid criticisms :
> Note that I said "In the cave". Not sure if it is intentional or not, and I might VERY WELL be wrong on that point (I'd legit need to reread SN for that), but her personnality pre-cave is slightly off?
No you're completely right, the scenario I had in my mind initially had nothing to do with this, it was about exploring Specter's bipolar nature and using some kind of mindbreaking elements between a gentle Specter the Unchained and an insane Vanilla Specter instead of focusing solely on the insane mental aspect of her, however this scenario was completely discarded after writing around 20% since I thought it was more appropriate for another operator (hum hum, a certain Skadi hum hum) and decided to go for a more fighting, gory horror scenario instead, so if you can see remnants of this, most notably at the begining of the story, you're absolutely right. I should have changed it after I had finished written it but I decided to keep it a bit nonetheless as a way to remind of her bipolar nature just a little. The results on this aspect aren't really there and you're absolutely right for pointing it out.
> You get too lost in the descriptions sometimes,
I was told this before and I admit it's pretty hard writing only 7000 word without adding a lot of details, particularly for a horror scenario since the horror is supposed to come from the uncanny descriptions, it's way easier to describe settings and environments when you have multiple chapters to do so as you can always add details progressively, here in this case I wanted to add just the right amount of details to throw the readers off, I can totally understand if it feels too much however.
> You structure some VERY long sentences sometimes, with little to no punctuation, little to no breathing room.
I try to match the pace of the scenario with the way I write (well, like every good writer does to be honest): when I want the reader to feel a sense of danger I will make the reading stifling by adding lots of commas and dots to simulate a ragged breathing, while during calmer moments I'll try longer descriptions with a slower pace in order to simulate the stillness. I initially wanted to go even further and try a more "stream of conscioussness" type of writing, which seemed particularly fitting since doctor slowly lost his mind there, but I'm clearly not on that level yet and all that is left is the "dialog" between doctor and the seaborns which is usually reduced to one. single. word. after. the. other. (I did try some fantasies though, for example changing the point of view from first to third person with the pronouns in order to make the reader feel more distant from the creature he had himself become, this kind of things). However, it's true I still have to work on my pacing during calmer moments, you're absolutely right.
> It was basically the feeling of being in a rollercoaster as it was going down a MASSIVE slope.
Exactly, until then Doctor was still not a match to Specter so I wanted this to be a turning point.
> That genuinely made the horror and brutality of the whole thing much, MUCH more palpable. Closer. Too close. I'm not sure if intentional or if it was a deliberate choice
Completely deliberate, a famous French movie youtuber once said that horror should be visceral, not instantaneous. The goal was to set a gory settings prior to this point to make the battle way more intense and a way to feel the stakes. That's usually how good horror movies go : an uncanny setting, a trigger to make the horror feel more "alive", then the fighting on this setting. If it worked for you, then good, that was entirely the point.
> I'm not sure about the mitochondria line and the engis lines
Sorry if it wasn't clear, the "architects" line was supposed to be off, as I continued by mentioning Specter's state of delirium on the very next sentence: at that point Specter is hallucinating and starting to see things she wasn't supposed to (due to her reduced breathing and her injuries), even simulating a laughable situation in her head as a last way to resist, though I agree I could have made this clearer or use a less weird comparison and if you didn't understand it's 100% my fault.
The "mitochondria" one was a way to highlight the fact that every cell was on alert at this point up to their very core, however maybe the term was too scientific and I should have stuck with a simpler one, you're absolutely right.
> Not gonna judge spelling and shit, I'm not one to talk on that front.
Woops, teehee *bonks head*
> As you might have surmised from what I write myself, my preference is wholesome, not horror.
I'm keeping this for last since this is not a critique, though I just want to explain things a bit just to give some context: the complete story I'm trying to write is... Clearly not wholesome. It's supposed to be a reflection of various parts of (my) life going from teens years to adulthood, like a Bildungsroman (or a nekketsu in a way), having to experience many somber aspects of life on the way, like the death or sickness of close people, mental illnesses, the feeling of getting lost amidst the complexity of the vast world, the slow understanding of politics, the discovery of other opinions sometimes shattering the previous one, the struggle against inner demons and phobias, the sudden charge of responsibilities and I'm barely getting started; all of this being experienced through lots and lots of shonen-like fightings and the death of many protagonists. While I haven't included extremely gory stuff (I thought about it however), it does include elements that I would argue being much worse and way more disturbing included but not limited to: utter disparition of main protagonists (and I want to emphasize "utter" as in "complete removal of existence", not just death, but that's a story for another time), mass r*ping, marricide and patricide, body experiments and so on. Sure, it does have some wholesome moments, hell even friendship building and love stories, but just like life itself is essentially 95% suffering for 5% wholesome, most wholesome moments in it are usually brutally interrupted. All of this to say that wholesomeness isn't really my forte and to be fair doesn't necessarily have to be in the context of what I want to achieve, I could have made an excuse and say "describing smut in a wholesome way will necessarily lead to way too graphic sex", but it's just an excuse. In fact, I've started to relish wholesome moments being "plot twisted" into degenerate moments. For example, while my next smut is clearly more wholesome (not too hard, the bar was in hell anyway), it's huuuuh definitely not vanilla.
Maybe trying to write exclusively tender moments could help me write the very few kind scenes I want to include... I'll think about it.
In any case, thank you a lot, this really helps. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-16-08 |
You my man. You cooked. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-16-08 |
You asked for Specter sex review so here you go | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-16-08 |
Your warnings for not doing the shark wont stop me | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-16-08 |
So like. If you ever plan to do one of these with skadi. Would the final review just be all 3 together, with the doctor | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-16-08 |
Good bye soldier, it was nice knowing you | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-16-08 |
No, since if I ever decide to do the skadi one (might be next week? Might be not? *cue Jojo outro theme*), then I would HAVE to write a fourth, longer one describing a foursome. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-16-08 |
But It’d be worth it. Trust. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-16-08 |
Okay fam, got some points I HAVE to bounce off of.
First: Stop flagellating yourself over my critique. You're still cooking some good ass things.
>Completely deliberate, a famous French movie youtuber once said that horror should be visceral, not instantaneous. The goal was to set a gory settings prior to this point to make the battle way more intense and a way to feel the stakes. That's usually how good horror movies go : an uncanny setting, a trigger to make the horror feel more "alive", then the fighting on this setting. If it worked for you, then good, that was entirely the point.
That's what took me for a loop. If I have to experience horror, I prefer the VERY slow burn, with sudden accelerations at key points, but without jumpscares. Perfect horror for me is the radio mechanic in Silent Hill games. But you went for the other type and dude, there's a reason I STILL was hooked on this shit. :3
Also, lemme guess: either Karim Debacche's review of Paranormal Activity, or Fossoyeur de Films's review of La Pora (Frayeur)... God, I miss these two. While I will always respect Karim for chasing his dream, I'm still salty he's now exclusively working on JdG.
... No, I am not french :3 shit is that good. Fossoyeur's review of Battle Royale 2 and Karim's review of Signs changed my brain chemistry forever.
>the complete story I'm trying to write is... Clearly not wholesome... Sure, it does have some wholesome moments, hell even friendship building and love stories, but just like life itself is essentially 95% suffering for 5% wholesome, most wholesome moments in it are usually brutally interrupted.
In that case, I have SO MANY THINGS I want to recommend you watch or read because I genuinely think you'll love em. Want the list, or you'd rather never be influenced?
>For example, while my next smut is clearly more wholesome (not too hard, the bar was in hell anyway), it's huuuuh definitely not vanilla.
Honestly, based on this, I REALLY hope my recent fuckup here will not stop me from posting. Because my next review (possibly two if I'm allowed) will feature villains. They will not be truly horror, but I'd like them to be slightly... Off.
So if you can spare me a moment, roast me on them next week. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-16-08 |
>Also, lemme guess: either Karim Debacche's review of Paranormal Activity, or Fossoyeur de Films's review of La Pora (Frayeur)
It is indeed Karim Debbache, but I believe it was on his review of House of the Dead (EDIT : actually it's his Stay Alive one, just rewatched it, at around 10:10.) and the fact that you know who he is is slightly scary.
> Want the list, or you'd rather never be influenced?
While I'm interested, keep in mind the story is actually finished, just unwritten so it's probably not gonna influence much.
>I REALLY hope my recent fuckup here will not stop me from posting.
Just saw the utage review got removed, what happened? | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-16-08 |
>It is indeed Karim Debbache, but I believe it was on his review of House of the Dead and the fact that you know who he is is slightly scary.
No need to be. I'm on the other side of the mediterranean, and JdG was big AF for the OG geek community. And when you watched him, you got recommended a lot of shit. Never clicked with Cyprien for example, but Pause manga, Fossoyeur de Films or Crossed? GIMME MORE. MORE!!!
>While I'm interested, keep in mind the story is actually finished, just unwritten so it's probably not gonna influence much.
So.
Gaming: Super Paper Mario, Silent Hill 2, and... Actually, look up Marsh's review of Gu-L instead of playing the game. Faster and better than trying to run the real deal.
Theater: A Doll's house, by Ibsen. If they didn't change it, hunt down the translated "J'ai Lu" old print (the one with the red circle logo). One of the greats of Theater in my country keeps saying it's one of the most faithful translations he experienced in the medium. (This is a guy that tried learning ANCIENT GREEK to experience stuff like Medea in its original form. So it's not small praise)
Movies: Jacob's Ladder (yes I know our shared source loves the movie it's that good), Cronenberg, and David Lynch.
Music: Adagio, and more specifically, their Album "Dominate.".
Literatture: Unironically, Coraline by Neil Gaiman.
For an very OUT THERE recommendation, ask someone that read these books to lend you Twilight Breaking Dawn with a Bookmark on the moment Bella starts giving birth, read the entire scene, then close that shite and return it. I swear David Lynch posessed Stephanie Mayer for just that scene and left.
And... There's a book I read before that is even more brutal and painful to me than what you cooked, but with NONE of the substance or subtlety. It's my most hated fiction book of all times.
Pig Island. By Mo Hayder. I genuinely feel it's THE example on what someone like you should not do in order to write peak, although it falls down at the last 50 pages or so.
>Just saw the utage review got removed, what happened?
Out of respect to the mods, I'll take this to PMs. But know that their hand was forced and they were 100% in the right for taking it out. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-16-08 |
It's okay, just enjoy the reading | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-17-08 |
Alright I've started writing it, lovey dovey it will be. | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-18-08 |
VANILLA ENJOYERS!! SCREAM!!!!!
"Thaaaank yoouu!"
(We can't be agressive, sorry....) | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-18-08 |
Yeah... | r/0sanitymemes | comment | r/0sanitymemes | 2024-18-08 |
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//1099 July 10 4:49 PM Rhodes Island landship
‘An inventory issue sprung up as of late, missing records of PRTS combat simulations. And while the prospect of records turning to thin air is a worry, the more pressing matter was to re-record those procedures to restore our saved up recordkeeping, be it an Operator would require it for their own training purposes’
‘Mandragora’s delicate steps echo through the empty hallways outside my office, there still is a slight limp in her walking… perhaps that’s why she tends to use her staff as a support’
‘I shake my head free of those idle thoughts, getting back to the monotonous motion of looking through every batch of records, as since the missing records have not been detailed and instead of having direct information on what to replace, Kal’tsit suggested for me to pass the time looking through all of the past records to make sure nothing was amiss’
“Doctor?” ‘Of course this chore was accepted by me since it’s certainly a way to pass the time and get to read the colourful names chosen by our operators, I can almost tell case by case who named which tape, but I’m yet to poke fingers’
“Doctor!” ‘I flip through the box with ‘Dossoles’ written on it, no doubt the missions Ch’en had endured in Bolivar… It puts a smile on my face knowing the rigid Ch’en, once the captain of the LGD had to face off against an elderly Perro firmly seated in their modified jet’
‘Poke’
“Doctor just what the hell has gotten into ya?! Seeing ghosts in those boxes or what?” ‘Mandragora’s words finally strike me the same way my cheek gets firmly pressed by her staff, poking me once or twice before I swat it away in an annoyed grumble’
“Yes yes- I’m sorry it’s just busy work”
“Busy work?! I checked back on ya three times today! All you’ve been dealing with is more boxes piling up!” ‘Mandragora voices her concerns as she points her staff to the pooling amount of boxes around me, one side of my desk having those already viewed, the other being the ones not yet seen’
“It’s just a lot of idle chore… Recordkeeping had a slip up, some simulations went missing so it’s best that I look through everything…” ‘I say in a rather defeated tone as the prospect of Noir Corne, bless his heart, is no doubt still only half-way through delivering all of the records I will need to moll through’
“A-aha, missing records is it?” ‘Mandragora’s eyes nervously shifts her gaze to the pile of boxes rapidly- well not-so-rapidly depleting’
“Yeah… It’s not a thing you can assist me all that much with so I decided to dig away at this alone” ‘I shrug, closing up the box to put away onto the pile of catalogued records’
‘Mandragora grabs the box written with Stormwatch on it, her hands hurried and her eyes filled with a small amount of guilt’
“Don’t want me having another ‘coffee machine incident’ now do we? Ha, I’m sure… I’m sure I can be of some help-” ‘She tries to pull away the box, but I grab its other end in response’
‘I immediately get the feel that it’s empty’
“I- h-hey doc- let go of it- I’ll help just-”
“Mandragora… This box is empty, I feel like we both know this.” ‘I respond tiredly, having spent the entire day from morning onward on this matter at hand’
“I… Doc… How much trouble did these missing records cause?” ‘Mandragora asks, her voice drowned behind a layer of shame, letting go of the box with it not falling one bit as my hand pulls it onto my desk, quickly flipping it open to see it is in fact; empty.’
“None, seeing as they were yet to be used… Though with these missing… re-recording them will no doubt be the way to go” ‘I shrug, completely ignoring Mandragora’s guilt… I know those tapes were from the Hillock incident, a quite important event for Dublinn… and by turn’
“Mandragora… Did you take them?”
“Ha, bold of me to even try deny that, eh doc?” ‘She smirks, masking her guilt momentarily before she begins to flake and crumble’
“I admit it, doc… homesickness has been rotting away at this girl for as long as I first woke up in one of those hospital beds you lot have at your disposal…” ‘Her tail swishes low, her ears once again take their solstice position, her throat clenches up like last week had her go…’
‘She, instead of sulking away, meets my eyes’
“Ever since you mentioned watching records of me, I had the thought that if there is some of me… there is no doubt some of Dublinn too, I- I swear it wasnt me trying to be a malicious bastard… It’s just- Well-”
“Mandra… It’s okay to miss home, but please for the love of god don’t make yourself out to be a villain… It’s okay to request simulation records, they are there for operator training.” ‘I explain to her still guilt filled eyes not daring to take them off of me’
“I- aye… at first I only took a couple, but as it seems like I really did end up causing an issue despite being an assistant… Tara bless my incompetence, ha…” ‘With a defeated shudder she pulls her eyes away and stands there at the edge of my desk, looking at the empty box still’
“Did those records help your homesickness?” ‘I ask her out of curiosity, looking at all the boxes still requiring my gaze’
“Like no other, Doctor. Every time before I tried to remember Dublinn I just kept getting reminded of how that snake bit me in the back… left me to rot, hard not to think about them when ya don’t have masks to put actions to, and those records… They bring back the good ol’ days” ‘Mandragora crosses her arms, speaking with a slight uptilt in her lips, her tail swishing in a more active manner as her ears return to their more relaxed shape’
‘Mandragora’s gaze lingers on the box on my desk, reading the written on the side of the box, she sighs’
“Stormwatch… all these records are taken from Hillock… ain’t they, doc? Ha… Reckon I could even pinpoint who serviced the information…” ‘She slowly slides the box across the table, putting it near her chest’
“It was the last good time I fought alongside my fellows… to march by the true Dublinn… I was happy to serve with them, something that bastard took from me soon thereafter…” ‘Her voice sours as she stares into the empty box, squeezing her hands around it’
‘She cradles the box with an annoyed look on her face, scoffing as she shakes her head free of those repressed emotions’
“I’ll go collect those records… My fault anyways… bloody fidgeting round with tools I really shouldn’t have-” ‘She scolds herself further as I reach out to her’
“...?” ‘She looks at me in bewilderment, like I appeared out of thin air right in front of her’
“You mentioned those records helped you… And that’s all that matters to me, though I ponder…”
“Were these records accurate to your opinion?” ‘This question of mine silenced Mandragora for a few moments, her eyes shifting all around in a slow pattern, trying her best to really put her mind into words’
“Accurate enough if they were the retelling of who I think it is… Tch…” ‘Her tone sour as she looks to the side, beginning to walk towards the door of my office’
‘She stops a step before leaving’
“... Despite being accepted by you lot, none other than by you, Doctor… actually someone worth respecting unlike that bunny… Even so I just really fail to see” ‘She stands there, quivering, unreactive as I stand up from my chair’
“I really just can’t see myself being a member of Rhodes Island… I mean… hard for me to ever be sent on a mission, eh Doctor?” ‘She looks back to me with a bittersweet smile as I walk towards her, her stance unmoving like a statue’
“... Mandra, don't worry about things like that… would it be the right time for us to talk about Dublinn?”
“Tch, so bloody relentless… but I suppose it's the least I can do to repay… Just dont worry yourself if I get sappy…” ‘Mandragora chuckles at my relentless quest for knowledge, but nods, finally she's ready to speak her mind’
“Say, doc, were these records the only ones missing?” ‘She lifts up the box, which I nod to’
“Ha, made ya dig for nothing… I'm sorry, really… there won't be any others missing, or at least not by my hands there won't” ‘I can feel she's formulating an idea in her head’
“If I'm gonna pull my heart out over Dublinn… those records are a damn near requirement- I- Doctor…” ‘She shakes her head, looking to the box in her hands’
“Then it makes best sense if we watched those simulation records while you explained about Dublinn, right?”
‘Mandra wants to say something but my question stunned her for a moment’
‘Her cheeks turn pink looking at me before she quickly pulls her head away, putting a fist up to her mouth and faking a cough’
“Right out of my bloody mouth- I… I have a borrowed tape player in my dorm, we could view them through there… If you let me rob ya from your tactician duties, that is”
“hm, no, I think it's fine if I trust your word on that, plus I'd rather do this than dig through the endless piles of combat records”
‘Mandragora chuckles, a genuine smile on her face as she pokes me with her elbow, her staff tapping against the cold metal ground alongside our shared footsteps syncing up’
“Not even you are so infallible, eh Doctor?” ‘She asks, smirking as I look across the hallways, not many people being present, as most operators would likely still be out doing their duties, the day being far from open’
‘Mandragora scoffs at my silence, sighing’
Makes me wonder… how does Rhodes Island do it? Those records…”
“Hm? Something pressing on your mind?”
“Aye, how do you lot make such authentic combat simulations? Tch, beyond my backwater understanding” ‘She chuckles to herself as I walk beside her, tail trailing the ground and amber eyes snaking their way up the hallway’
“Oh- that- well, the PRTS system of Rhodes Island is naturally adept at creating the base of those simulations, records are made with my tactical input and different operators who had their data fed to the system, it was rocky at first but nowadays it's quite the well oiled machine!” ‘I start speaking with a mix of pride and excitement, getting lost in the moment before snapping back, it’s been a while since I’ve last tackled a batch of new records, though it’s undeniably enjoyable to run them through with a wide variety of operators’
‘There, beside me walking, Mandragora looked at me in silence for a moment, her eyes shine’
‘Something seems to tick within her, though I have not one clue what exactly, perhaps seeing me as a leader rather than a tactician?’
‘She stares at me for a few more moments, our steps in perfect synchronisation, she soon breaks her gaze and focuses on the end of the hallway soon coming to an elbow’
“Bloody hell, doc… you run all those simulations?” ‘She asks with a slight chuckle as we walk around the corner’
“Yeah, it’s a fun pastime to run those simulations… lets me minimise losses when on the field, though it's hardly ever possible for a truly clean mission…”
“Ha, I can relate… a lot of skirmishes fought with my men had less and less return… At first faces I barely recognized but then… everyone started dropping, I felt guilty at first… but it’s all bloody useless when this world feeds on death and engorges itself on suffering, eh doc?”
‘I nod in silence, thinking back on the amount of losses suffered through all our operations, despite my best efforts death is unfortunately a guarantee, some things are just out of our control and will stay that way’
“Mandragora- come to wonder… how exactly did you get a player?”
“Ha, now that you ask I do kind of wonder how an Operator is meant to view those combat simulations by themselves-” ‘She’s not so different from me, having led people the same way as me leading operations… yet she was broken, shattered alive’
“There’s a room for that-” ‘I nervously reply, still fogged in the mind’
“Ah bugger it all, got it borrowed from one of the greenhouse folk, Vulpo I think, certainly has a knack for flowers”
“Ah, Perfumer- didn’t know she had a tool like that-”
“Ha! That’s a bloody codename? Well mark me down as ‘Slingshot’ at this rate… Dublinn still wins over with their titles”
“Err… but doesn't your own codename go against the-” ‘Mandragora cuts me off in annoyance’
“Oh shut your-” ‘She puts two fingers on the bridge of her nose, taking a deep sigh’
“I liked those titles, they sounded imposing, and me having a different one would’ve ought to bring any Victorian highborn into a cold sweat… tch, shame I never got to see the face of one of ‘em dukes, you know what they say… Largest pigs squeal the loudest” ‘Mandragora seethes as we take the elevator down Rhodes Island’s facilities’
“Say… Mandra… what about the greenhouse crew? I mean I’m sure you met-”
“Aye, that one horned Sarkaz, Flamebringer. What do you want me to say? I tolerate the bastard…” ‘Her voice polarises into a rigid, cold tone, her eyes shining with gloom and resentment, her venom restrained though very clear that a wide variety of curses litter her mind’
“I’m glad you’re not outright aggressive towards the Sarkaz on this landship, even if-”
“It took a couple sights but I just have to keep reminding myself that this ain’t Tara, ain’t Victoria…”
‘Mandragora’s eyes follow a melancholic note as the elevator door opens in front of us’
“Rhodes island… where Sarkaz roam free, far from the savages that my kin saw their end with”
“Does it make it easier to trust them?”
“Trust… Huh, funny question, that one, doc…” ‘She leans towards me, shoulder brushing shoulder’
‘She points to the wound permanently etched into her body, she smiles in contrast’
“I’m afraid even your miracle work can’t help this lass out, wounds like this… wounds lacerating my mind either… they are gaping festering stains, and not something healable” ‘She shrugs, having accepted this matter, though her word choice puts unease into me, an oddly poetic description of her pain’
‘We walk in silence until her dormitory’s door stands in front of us, Mandragora quickly and deftly unlocking the door to greet me with quite the particular sight’
“Ha, do ya often go into other operators’ dormitories? I do wonder how much of an open thing this is…” ‘Mandragora asks, letting me into her dormitory as she stands by the doorway patiently’
“I suppose it’s like letting one into your house, quite the trusting thing to do, at least with how I see it” ‘I respond, looking around her dormitory’
‘The single room design had not let Mandragora falter, every surface, shelf, windowsill is filled with trinkets, earthen formations, even her bed space has been turned into a glorified shelf, whatever blankets and padding being put onto the ground’
‘After observing the details of her dormitory, cracked ceramic pots no doubt filled with rocks, my head turns to the centre of the room, records piled up around an old vintage looking cassette player, quite surprising for one of such machines to even be running these combat simulations, much rather in a resolution applicable for training data’
“A house, eh? Not helping a lass out much, lemme tell ya that” ‘Mandragora chuckles, closing the door behind herself as she reaches her staff up’
‘I turn around to see one of the cracked ceramic pots expand its wings, a miniature Tombkeeper greeting me from above as it handedly takes Mandragora’s staff into its hands, quickly retracting all its parts aside of the arms’
‘Mandragora looks to me, quickly spotting my surprised expression, a face funny enough for her to crack a stifled snicker’
“Ha- Doc, you pride yourself on your knowledge and then become surprised when the caster of earth casts of earth?” ‘She asks me half jokingly, reaching up to pat the miniature Tombkeeper, not much larger than a flowerpot’
“It’s not that- It’s just most Operators are quite careful with their Arts… after all it’s a volatile tool”
“Tch, suppose it makes sense if your Arts are all about bursts of energy” ‘Mandragora sighs, shaking her head’
“Doctor, I suppose you do make sense… I- Me and my lot only had tents to call homes, if even that… Time and time again my Arts, my staff provided me home… sanctuary…” ‘She looks to her staff for a few prolonged moment, eyes watery before being rubbed away by her arm’
“This staff… I like it, sure it may be far from my first staff but eh, home’s a home, innit doc?” ‘She looks to me with a choked out smile, trying her best to mask her repressed emotions’
“I’m glad you like it, though a lot of casters I’ve heard that their staff is rarely the one giving their Arts a personality… It’s all in the soul, do you subscribe to that belief?”
“Nah, a mix of things, Dublinn told me that much, at least… About which” ‘Mandragora sits down besides me, onto the layed out sheets crumbled from sitting there for prolonged times’
‘There is an unmistakable earthly smell to the room, not wild per se, nor any sort of bad smell, almost like a morning walk after rain, an oddly refreshing scent much too rarely blessed to Rhodes Island’s operators’
'While looking through the shelves of Mandragora's dormitory room, right beside the quiet steadfast grotesque of hers stood a small flowerpot with a blossoming yellow petaled flower sitting within it looming above my head'
‘Mandragora clicks in a record as the player starts to come alive, she grumbles smacking the side of the machine before looking to me’
"Hm? Looking at that flower? Ha, got a nice backstory behind it" ‘She says, moving her gaze to the yellow flower, already having gotten distracted’
"Oh? That so?" ‘I look back to her, slowly lowering and sitting down beside her with a sigh’
"Aye, frequenting the greenhouse to use my Arts idly led a girl to be quite a fan of my efforts, lil' bugger started calling me 'Big sis Mandy' and I just didn't have the heart to tell 'er off..." ‘She says, flicking her wrist in mock annoyance, looking to the flower herself before returning her gaze to the screen coming to life’
"Sounds a lot like Suzuran..."
"Oh, that's her name? Small lass with way too many bloody tails?"
"Yup, fits the bill alright, that’s her codename, an excellent supporter operator of Rhodes Island!" ‘I say, remembering her and Folinic’s moderately successful mission in Wolumonde’
"Ha, aye she is-- Wait a bloody second! Now what in Tara do you mean operator?!" ‘She looks back to me in bewilderment, baffled in tone and wide with her eyes’
"Well, an operator. Just like all other operators she-" ‘I repeat, shrugging, not fully understanding her issue’
"Oh no no no! Doctor run it by me again- an operator like every other, so she just... gets sent on missions?!"
"Yeah...?"
"..."
"..."
"Mandra your silence is scaring me-" ‘I defensively put my hands up to my chest, palms faced outwards and feeling a tad more dread than I had a week prior’
"So ya really do take everyone in… huh, welp, can't complain... I was 'bout her age when I first took up the mantle of Dublinn, bit a double standard for me to be calling out this sort of stuff..." ‘She huffs as the simulation starts playing on the vintage player, leaning back a bit as her breathing calms’
“Wouldn’t the recorder damage these simulation tapes… Hm, I wonder…” ‘I think aloud as the PRTS logo runs at the bottom of the screen, a lineup of the present operators just above it’
“Tch, if the bloody recorder didn’t by itself, me playing them again and again would be bound to turn these simulations into paperweight… but they still function well ‘nuff for this screen, don’t they?” ‘Mandragora asks, nodding towards the screen playing one of the missions utilising Dublinn enemies as the target enemies’
‘I nod as we both fall silent, picked up by the noise extruded from the player, Dublinn soldiers start to march as the recording deploys the operators in my predetermined order, though this time around my focus is more onto the behaviour of the Spectre force, Dublinn’s prime army’
“Those fellows up front, the ones charging alongside the dogs… Doc, what do you think they serve in the regiment?” ‘She asks, almost absentmindedly watching the same recording no doubt by the dozenth time’
“Light armour and fast moving, bearing Refraction they seem like a tactical vanguard team sent out to distract or otherwise overwhelm caster operators… Is that right? Mandra?” ‘I ask after my skim through review, inducing a cackle from the short Feline caster seated beside me’
“Ha, not for anti-Arts purposes, those fellows are just regular scouts… Almost felt alien when I first saw them after so long…” ‘She chuckles as the scouts are stopped by a rudimentary defence formation’
“Interesting, I always considered Refraction to be one of the more expensive parts of Dublinn, or atleast a costly endeavour for proper planning…”
“Tch, thank the shadowcasters for this, their boss in specific- Bloody madwoman but she had her heart at the right place, you’d be hard pressed to see a Dublinn mask without that bloody chant etched into it, only Dublinn ya see roaming the battlefield without it either would conflict with their Arts or with their tools…” ‘Mandragora chuckles as she continues to witness her soldiers getting slaughtered by a single anti air sniper, their light armour proving futile against even the weakest and swiftest of offence’
“Ha, bloody miracles these folk were, plenty of ‘em heavy drinkers!” ‘Mandragora alludes with a chuckle, a smirk despite watching her kin be made an example of’
“Interesting, how did you utilise them in your own group, Mandra?”
“Ha, us lot rarely fought casters, for one… and what casters we did fight, they were barely a match to the refraction much less the crossbow fire some of those folk were armed with…” ‘Her tail flicks as I get to take a good look at her dormitory once again’‘The floor is oddly clear with only the blankets covering the small portion we sat on, the evening sky shining orange behind the record player as I soon come to notice the pillows we’re seated on lying in wait below the blankets’
“Haa… a bit alien to see scouts, by the time of Hillock all of my squad were put to a higher standard, and by that a much more potent smell of alcohol”
“Hm, suppose war comes with its own bounty… especially when parting with one of Dublinn’s finest”
“Tch… don’t bloody call me that, but I suppose you have some right in ya words… Heh… here…” ‘Mandragora starts to chuckle as her shoulder brushes against me for the second time this evening’
“I’d reckon those bastards have enough booze in their system to start fermenting when one flops over dead’ good times…”
‘I nod along with her as my vision realigns with the record’
‘Just as the last scout gets shot down by the anti air sniper, the red entry points flood with Dublinn Phalanx units, their helmets shining red as their refraction flows into one another's’
“Ah, here they bloody come… brave bastards they are”
“Hm, they get a benefit from staying next to each other… is it in relation to the Refraction?”
“Ha, hardly… These lot are trained to work together, ol’ Gaulish tactics the last time I heard, a bit odd for us to use a dead nation’s techniques… But it certainly helped being a backbone against Victorian soldiers”
“Doctor… How would you go about commanding these lots? Scouts and Phalanx…”
“Hm, a good question… Rhodes Island doesn't usually work with high numbers of operators, we much rather work like a scalpel than a sword…”
“Hm… aye, I also preferred to lead small squads… the unavoidable death of dozens with each mission… Soldiers ain’t meant to die like that…”
“I suppose with how they are used in this case is understandable… though the Phalanx needs a more violent squadron to back them up. Their shields are sturdy but the blades won't be enough to break the line”
“Oh Doctor! Just wait till the casters show up” ‘Like clockwork, as soon as the words left Mandragora’s mouth in a spark of excitement, the angular masks of Dublinn’s shadowcasters follow the Phalanx backline’
‘An ambusher is deployed in front of the defence line, a medic operator joined beside the sniper as casters prove futile unless the refraction is circumvented’
"Mhm... and those... you know who those are, don'tcha?"
"Dublinn casters, right?"
"Ha... and green grass, Dublinn didn't have one type of caster! Just- \*yawn\* how you were a caster mattered a whole lot as to who you've been trained by”
‘Suddenly from the furthest point far behind the backline of Dublinn’s assault a ball of flame rides past the marching band, striking and putting the ambusher into a critical state. It quickly makes the medic focus on the sole ambusher, guards replacing the defenders. Deployment points are quite low.’
“Round mask there... the one hurling balls of flame, that's an evocator... quite the high names in a group, and they bloody deserve to be \*yawn\* gawking the lungs out I mean just look at those flames!" ‘Mandragora excitedly refers to the purifying flame striking the ambusher alongside the relentless stream of more common Arts flung by its shadowcasters’
"Ha... ha back when purifying flames actually meant a shite..." ‘Her tone once again sours, the pendulum hits its other end once more’
"What about the ones with the more angular masks? The one in hoods that came before? They seem to be a lot more agile and plentiful by comparison"
"Ha, unsure what the… ‘Victorian’ had in mind about them. Shadowcasters were about as common as evocators back in Hillock, but thank a bleeding criminal for thinning their numbers out... barely had any remaining in Dublinn, all were basically in my novel hovel of a regiment..."
"Mhm, what makes them different? And which one would you say you belonged to?"
"Ha... s'pose I'm a third branch, the evocators trained from The Leader, or rather Loughshinny on a good day... and the shadowcasters... Ha, let's just say they got taught by a woman a tad less focused on hiding her face than how The Leader presented herself, a bloody miracle, pioneered the Refraction and a whole lot of common casters were put to use under her tutelage…" ‘She sounds less bitter and more spiteful towards this idea of a caster’
"Hm, I did notice that they did utilise common Arts... interesting how non-Infected casters are able to match the elite casters of Reunion"
"Reunion...? Ha, weird name, but those are hardly anything but common, suppose that the system these training records were based on was blanked when it came to these blokes..."
"Hm? How so? They certainly seem to be quite powerful, if not overshadowed by their flame casting comrades..."
"Ha, shadowcasters ya rarely saw on field, usually taking up a support role while the more know-how having folk did the beheading part of war…"
"Robbing blokes of their senses... a good ole' trick, and certainly a way to let a Victorian open their guard for a good bashing, be it sight, hearing, touch… Ha, got to meet some good shadowcasters, though on the battlefield you’d be first to soil yourself over the balls of fire rather than the blinding darkness of this lot" ‘Mandragora chuckles as the Dublinn assault had been melted away’
‘A dreadnaught guard is deployed to combat the evocator on a one on one combat, with its health lowering both combatants were on death's door before the round masked caster fell to their knees’
‘Mission complete’
“I’m learning a rather good amount from your explanation… Maybe we could alter the shadowcasters to fit closer to how you envision them” ‘I go to stand up, having a lot of culminating thoughts about strategy and methodology to gnaw through’
‘Grab’
‘Mandragora’s hand holds onto mine, preventing me from rising’
“Hey… doc… I know it’s getting late, but this is a nice pastime, don’tcha think?” ‘She asks rather innocently as I sit back down and look to her’
“It is, really- Though… the sun is soon to set and I…”
“To be the one to set the sun… That was Dublinn’s motto, doctor…” ‘She looks to me with a pained face, her amber eyes shaking a little, a small tear forming around her eyes’
“I just… I’ll take some extra bloody hours just- Allow me to talk about this a bit more- please…” ‘She looks at me, amber eyes deflected from my gaze’
“I can stay, Mandragora.” ‘I pat her back as I nod’
‘She hurriedly leans towards the player once more, my hand supportingly lingering on her back, she quickly flicks the played simulation and puts a different one in just as fast’
‘The simulation plays, the same Dublinn soldiers but in a far more adverse number, a more strong selection of operators being there as a countermeasure for the increased frequency’
“Among the lads, y’see the ones with the flamethrowers?”
“I think so, they stick out like a sore thumb, don't they?” ‘Mandragora asks before sighing as the recording plays an executor killing the flamerazer, causing a chain reaction with its following brethren’
“Mandra? You sounded oddly deflated there- is everything okay…?” ‘I ask, feeling her push against me a tad more, leaning her head onto my shoulder’
“Just… this PRTS is painfully accurate with their deaths…”
“Hm? How come? What’s wrong?”
“I'm just remembering an incident with my old regiment, thirty some bastards died in a chain explosion… a flamerazer surviving their backpack going alight is the exception… not the rule”
“Mandra you sound worried I- we have base mission data where they aren't being slaughtered-”
“Ha, I bloody told you it doesn't matter! it almost… Makes me happy knowing some did die earnestly fighting for home… Good comrades deserving of a good end” ‘She snuggles next to me as the dormitory gets chilly in the evening time’
‘A large shield wielding Dublinn enters the battlefield from the red box, marching along as its camouflage brethren walks from the opposite side’
‘An executor is quickly deployed on the blade wielding counterpart, swiftly disposing of them’
“Ha… even you make mistakes sometimes, doc…”
“I wasn't familiar with their technique at first…”
“\*Yawn\* You still had your mind at the right place, keep ‘em away from each other… a Companion Knight and a Shadowblade together spills danger… keh… Doc, could you believe me they can get even more lethal?”
‘A dreadnaught is placed on the shadowblade as the shield wielder meets the steadfast frontline, the comparably unassuming sword of the large defender proving futile against a competent defender operator’
“I can… hardly imagine, when together the two are a nigh impossible combo unless the shadowblade can be too, damaged by a splash attack”
“Tch… had a group of rather talented fellows of this branch, they valued individuality a whole lot- Like the old knights of Minos they nabbed the combat technique of…” ‘She looks as the shadowblade breaks free but the shield wielder is long dead, meeting the frontline in an already weakened state, they quickly pass’
“They trained my group well… split ‘em into pairs, sure they lost their versatility in partnership but by Tara…” ‘Her tail curls around my leg as she sighs’
“They were a sight to see, sturdy like no other paired with an agile bastard like no other…”
“It’s rather impressive, Mandra… Commanding over them must’ve been calmer, knowing that they know how to defend the other”
“Hmph, read my mind again… While I lost some, no doubt… There still were far less faces lost than sending scouts… By the time of Londinium they were the largest part of my group, a devastating force for sure… or rather too rowdy for the snake to coil around…”
‘She spits her words as she slumps against me further, using me as a prop to fall over asleep’
“How would you command this lot, Doc?”
“Ambushing, most definitely… they seem self sufficient, two could be sent out for missions requiring a lot more less well prepared operators.”
‘From the fall of the companion knights, on the other side of the map a series of Dublinn soldiers dash past a series of pitfalls, floatation equipment preventing them from a fall, naturally a ranged guard and an anti-air sniper being stationed to prevent their attack’
“Hah… there they are… the scouts of my old crew”
“Hm, they are certainly more… equipped than the other Dublinn scouts”
“Hehe… it’s a funny story… we took a whole lot of mining equipment… And once sufficiently drunk, any true Taran knows how to use high impact mining gear, hehe…” ‘Her tired chuckles bring an equally as exhausted strain of logic behind it’
“What about the refraction? Neither shadowblades nor these float guards have them”
“Ha, shadowblades do have a Refraction! It gives them camouflage, and for the float fellows… well, blame mistress Arch Shadowcaster for not bothering with anything mechanical… Bloody hag still carved by Tombkeepers but those visors were just too much”
“Well I mean carving on a visor would obscure-”
“IT HAS METAL PARTS! Tch… arrogant bitch she was, but oftentimes reasonable enough…”
‘She reaches back in, flipping over to yet another record as my eyes start to get dizzy and tired’
‘The trumpets play, the PRTS logo flashes, the simulation plays as the night grows blue and dark behind its screen’
“This one stuck with me a lot… Doctor…”
‘The map plays, from scouts to defenders of Dublinn slain before the music hits its high point’
‘Tombkeeper grotesques pour out of the red boxes’
“Ha… my dear creations… I brought thirty or so into Hillock, still reckon a lot of ‘em are still flying around in there” ‘Mandragora smirks, laying back and prodding onto me’
“They are a sturdy and… quite annoying enemy, must say…”
“Ha… thanks doctor… being an annoyance to such a brain of yours is truly a… \*yawn\*”
‘There is a wide smile on her face’
“Privilege\~” ‘She teases, falling her head onto my shoulder’
“Mhm… their flight is a good gift, being able to ignore terrain… if only they had a more imposing damage output…”
“Hehe… not everything’s a simulation, doc, I’d reckon my little staff holder could pull a couple heads off, imagine a combat sized one? Picking up folk left n’ right- \*yawn\*”
‘And there, at the midway point of the map, Mandragora walks out of the red box, stones immediately gathered around her staff as each strike of it against the earth moves her further one step’
“And there I am…”
‘Mandragora advances down the lane, destroying operators left and right in her way while the real Mandragora grapples against my arms, hugging it’
“Doctor… this simulation… makes me look so infallible… like a god… a ruler…”
“An absolute monster… a relentless and lethal beast-”
‘I put my hand across Mandragora’s waist, pulling her towards me in an attempt to reassure her’
“Mandra… You’re no monster, you’re a commander…”
“Not anymore… just a shadow… and worlds apart from this ideal version of me, a formidable caster who demands the battlefield to flow around herself… all but a pathetic kitten left astray…”
“Mandragora… I think it’s time you abandon that idea of you being alone… After all… I’m here, and I’ll be here for as long as I’m needed by Rhodes Island… You’re far from astray… and even if you’re not a juggernaut like that… It doesn't matter, Rhodes Island has backups, you alone won't need to battle armies… Not alone”
‘Mandragora wraps her arms around me in a tight coil, wagging her tail against the ground in a mix of excitement and tiredness’
“Haha… Thank you doctor… I- I appreciate the sentiment… and having escaped the grave three times… I’ll do my best to serve Rhodes Island in return… even if I need to dance with death again and again…”
‘Her breath is hot against my skin as her tone lowers to a personal tone, abandoning any of the outspoken demeanour, my hand gravitates to her head as I start patting her hair and ruffing her ears’
“Doctor… stop…” ‘She tiredly tries to swat away at my hand as she slowly loses herself, falling back and adjusting herself to lay down properly’
“You can be quite cute, Mandra…” ‘I can’t help but smirk at the small Feline caster looking up to me with sleepy amber eyes’
“... Hehe… Doctor… once you send me on a mission… I know I’ll be safe…”
“...Leader…”
‘The simulation ends as the screen waits for a few moments’
‘Mandragora starts quietly snoring beside me as the screen goes black’
‘I am left with silence, the blue shade of the window passing through the dormitory, I take one look at the trinkets again’
‘A piece of her old staff rests on one of the shelves’
‘The shelf which has the gargoyle bares the fellow ceramic pot, between the two standing the yellow flower trying its best to bask in the light, even if it’s the moon which provides’
‘Accolades of weird stone modules made by Mandragora letter countless shelves, what once used to be her bed now repurposed to a workshop of sorts’
‘I look down to see her slender pale arms hug onto me, my palm resting on her chest and over the wound’
‘I ponder how painful it is for her to feel touch against it, even her uniform alone would cause intense pain, no doubt’
‘I slowly lay down beside her, moving the pillow up a bit so I have something to rest my head on’
‘Mandragora naturally starts to snuggle closer to me, seeking warmth’
‘I wrap my hands around her as she nuzzles into my neck, unsure if she’s even fully asleep or playing a prank’
‘She weakly coils her hands around me once more, mumbling against my coat’
‘Her body is warm, very warm, each one of her motions is noticeable just by the heat difference alone’
‘Her heartbeat is fast, so is her breathing, her ear flickers in the dim light before I too shut my eyes’
//1099 July 11 6:06 AM Rhodes Island landship
‘I arrive, my coat slightly dishevelled and still bleary eyed as Mandragora walks beside me, holding my sleeve with her hand’
“Doctor… I’m sorry for-”
“It’s fine, told you once, I was happy to sleep beside you…”
“Ha… no, not that… I’m sorry for saying this but… being beside ya sure made a lot of the usual nightmares evaporate…”
‘I sigh, opening my office door’
“Mandragora you’re not suggesting we-”
‘I open the door to be greeted with a pile of boxes, I try to look inside my office but it’s all boxes’
‘It’s all boxes’
“What is that man made out of…”
“Doctor are all these-” ‘Mandragora voices her concerns as she reads one of the boxes’
‘Break the Ice’
“Yeah… all combat records”
“Ugh- lemme get some of my rocks and make a cart to carry ‘em all… Least I can do after… That…”
“Mandra… you make it out to be more than what it was”
“Truth is, doc… I’m likely underselling”
“Thanks… once again, I’m… it’s an honour to well…”
“I know what you mean, I’m equally as glad, now go get your rocks because if I touch this I’ll likely get crushed immediately…” ‘I say gazing to the incredible towers of combat records no doubt carried by Noir Corne for hours on end’
‘I gulp knowing the amount of favours I owe to him now’
Overall review: 10/10 she was so SO huggable and cuddleable it's unreal, so warm, her breathing was soft, her heart rate was high and she kept yapping WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT??
Haha go check [TOPH](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q7qiWfA9UmePtXbAmAWLd427zEsWtvAAaa7jR0rn7fs/edit?usp=sharing) out I am not asking.
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