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Kinda late with posting this one, but here we go~
Hoping for more sunny days~
Sooo, some thoughts about Heath's "Coma" ending~
Scarabia FinaleÂ
man whatever the opposite of artblock is, thats whats going on with me
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MALLEUS DRACONIA ONE OF THE TOP MAGICIANS OF TWISTED WONDERLAND DORM LEADER OF DIASOMNIA PRINCE OF THE FAE HEIR APPARENT TO THE THRONE OF THE VALLEY OF THORNS
Twisted Wonderland - Blair Waltz & Shade Wilter as adults
my favorite mob is enderman but zombies are reletable
look at them
So I've redownloaded mystic messenger a few days ago and maaaan the nostalgia really got to me;;;;
Here are a bunch of sketches I drew lol it was super fun to draw some of the characters again / for the first time~
Leviathan and my OC/MC cosplaying for "ZoomCon" as characters from Tokyo Mew Mew, because I am very nostalgic for that show and I thought the idea was cute.
12th September, 2021
The art meme of "draw your MC on this chair", created by Ivanriyu_06 on twitter. I ... wanted to try and match the style to theirs so it would blend into the image better, giving a more authentic feel.
1st September, 2021.
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The basis of this project brief was a man being obsessed with you know what đ
This is a completely hand drawn illustration design from scratchâ
Within this detail, he wanted women to be inside the vagina. Stripping, champagne, poles and money đ”
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This was a single cover we designed for our returning client Shuicide Holla.
A small bit of stylistic typography mixed with colourful illustrations to make this design.
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Long-term and long time collaborator Shuicide Holla decided to get a fully hand drawn single cover for his song "Splash".
He is probably one of my longest clients to date, since starting the creative studio.
We have done about 25 to 30 projects since and still working!
I will start to document these projects better on here from this day forth.
This was created over a one week period...
He initially explained the concept of wanting something to do with the story of Adam & Eve.
Additionally, for it to also embody sea and water with the appearance of a mystery woman.
For this final result..
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Friend convinced me to post these here so.
I did refs for my Our Life:Beginnings & Always mcs! Obviously, you guys know Covah Haugan (left - he/him); he ends up in a poly relationship with Baxter AND Cove. But you guys havenât seen Vermin Luck yet (right - it/they)! It ends up with Derek :^)
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âCory!â Dr. Patience said in his incredibly high pitched voice that Cory did not want to hear at 9AM on a Tuesday. âYouâre late for your training!â
âUgh⊠Iâve been a Private for like a month now, why do I still need to do training?â Cory complained as he leaned on one of the lab tables near a metal safe.
âBecause you know basically nothing about Skips after a whole month of being here!â Patience scolded. âThankfully for both of us this next one is-â
Nikole suddenly barged into the room. âItâs me Iâm here, chaperoning again cause Trianaâs on a⊠meeting,â Nikole cleared her throat. âWhat are we lookinâ at this time, Doc?â
âThatâs⊠what I was getting to,â The Doctor sighed as he opened up the crate, shoved his hands in and placed the two person, sneaker wearing Llama costume on the ground.
âItâs⊠a Llama costume,â Cory deadpanned. âI think I know why this one isnât dangerous,â
Doc pinched his glasses. âItâs a lot more than that, anyone who enters the costume will believe that they are Larry the Loving Llama,â
âOh I guess thatâs-
âTo the point where they die of dehydration in the suit,â Nikole smirked, having successfully annoyed the Scientist. âProbably shouldâve told him that too,â
âI was getting to that!â
âOh⊠thatâs a lot less cool,â
Dr. Patience sighed again. âAdmittedly, yes; weâre still gonna have a couple of D Class demonstrate it,â
âWe really donât treat D Class well here, huh?â
âEh, theyâre all murderers, or arsonists, or forum trolls,â Nikole shrugged. âThey get fed better in The Foundation than they woulda in prison anyway,â
Cory looked down and puffed out his lips. âI guessâŠâ
The two D Class walked in, neither was exactly the most scrupulous looking man; in fact one looked like he had just exited a knife fight like 15 minutes ago.
âAlright, for this test I need you two to enter this Llama costume,â Patience smiled. âThat is all,â
âThis is humiliating,â Mr. Knife Face said as he put on the legs.
âYeah well, you beat your wife to death with a 2 by 4,â Nikole stared at the D Class.
âAlright, fair,â
Eventually, the two D Class entered the two personâd costume⊠it sat limp for a short moment and then instantly shot to life; standing up on all fours like a real Llama!
âWell hey there yâall; Iâm Larry, Larry the looooooooooooving Llama!â It cheered.
A big smile grew on Coryâs face, no one elseâs though. âWow! I changed my mind this is really cool!â
âI havenât,â Nikole leaned on one of the tables as she took a swig from her flask.
The Llama jumped in front of Nikole, the shock caused her to drop her flask and spill the contents in the floor âWoah there pal, donâtcha know that drinking is bad for you?â He looked at the multicoloured puddle produced from the flask. âEspecially whatever that isâŠâ
âWhat I do with my time doesnât concern ya!â She grumbled as she picked up the flask.
Dr. Patience cleared his throat, interrupted the possible argument. âWhat can you do, Larry?â
âIâm glad you asked random old man! I can dance, I can sing, and I can play all kinds of pranks!â
âPranks!?â Cory yelped in excitement. âWait⊠what if we pranked called Triana right now?â
âNow that sounds like fun!â
âThat doesnât seem like a-â
âHell yeah!â Nikole cheered as she tossed her phone to Larry. âDo it now, câmon!â
Triana, the soon to be prankee was sitting inside of a relatively nice cafe across from her girlfriend, wearing the nicest clothes she had (Consisting of an old leather jacket, an old band shirt that she borrowed from Lara and some slacks) as her phone rang.
âHello?â She exited her lovey dovey conversation with Lara as she put her phone to her ear. âNikole, you there?â
âHey, is your refrigerator running?â The Llama asked.
âWh- Who is this? Who the-â
âIs your refrigerator running,â
âI should kick your fucking ass right now,â Triana gritted her teeth. âWho is this?â
â...Well then you better catch it!â The Llama, along with Cory and Nikole laughed as he hung up.
âNikole? Nikole you little⊠ughhâŠâ Triana sighed as Lara walked over to her and put a hand on her shoulder.
âYou good, Tri?â
The Lieutenant Sighed. âYeah, just a prank call,â
âUgh⊠coworkers amirite?â Lara shrugged, Triana sighed again; more of a joyful sigh as she looked at her hoodie wearing girlfriend, probably also the nicest thing she had.
âDifference is that my coworkerâs lives are in my hands,â
âIâm mission control, Tri, how do you think I feel?â The two women chuckled as Lara went back to sitting; a waiter walked up to the two of them. She had long black hair and brown eyes with somewhat large bags. âHey, what do you want?â
âUh⊠fucken erâŠâ
âTwo burgers, one side of fries,â Triana interrupted, then smirked at Lara as the waiter wrote down their order and left.
Lara crossed her arms and pouted. âI wouldâve gotten it eventually,â
âSuuure,â Triana rolled her eyes.
âKinda sucks that we gotta go straight back to work after this,â Lara complained. âI mean shit, we need a vacation at some point!â
âWe only get one vacation and itâs-
âRetirement, yeahâŠâ Lara rolled her eyes and chuckled. âGod, you sound like The General, dude,â
âIâm back, hereâs your food, byeâ The waitress placed the plates on the table then left as Triana handed her the money.
âSpeaking of The General,â Lara said, a mouthful of fries in her mouth so Triana could barely understand her. âWhen do you think heâs gonna make us do another mission?â
âTomorrow, itâs one of the less dangerous ones thankfully,â Triana gave a thumbs up. âDidnât give me much more information though,â
âWell thatâs helpfulâŠâ Lara looked down. âAlso speaking of uh⊠not giving information when are we gonna tell everyone else about⊠us?â
Triana looked Lara in the eyes, the first time she had looked this serious in awhile. The Lieutenant cleared her throat as she finished chewing her food. âS-Soon, I promise this time,â
âPlease do, I-I suck at lying you know that more than anyone,â
âYeah, I just donât want it to get in the way of any missions, honey,â Triana mumbled.
Lara sighed. âFair, fair; I just think they deserve to know, Tri,â
âI do toâŠâ Triana stood up and tiptoed over to her girlfriend; planting a quick peck on her cheek. âLove you,â
âEh, l-love you too,â Lara turned beet red. âI suddenly c-canât wait to go back to base now⊠heh,â
âOh, you dirty little,â
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âAlright, come in, all of you,â The General said as the crew poured into his office. âGot another mission for the lot of you. Site-06 experienced a large containment breach; youâre being sent in to protect the Detective we have going there to gather evidence,â Triana raised an eyebrow âA detective? I havenât worked with one of those in awhile,â âI know, sheâll be waitinâ for you outside,â The General cleared his throat. âHer life is your number one priority, do not let her die,â âYes sir!â Triana saluted.
The crew moved outside of the base towards a helicopter, they saw a woman with scraggly black hair tied into a ponytail; she wore rather casual clothes compared to the rest of them with just brown jacket, black skirt and red tie. She yawned as the team. walked towards her âYou must be the Task Force sent to protect me⊠OâConnor,â âTriana, if you donât mind me asking what exactly are you investigating at this site?â Triana asked as the crew got into the helicopter. âIâll be investigating how the breach occurred, to get any information on who mightâve caused it,â
âAlright, when we land there we need to be as careful as possible,â Triana ordered. âSite-06 houses mostly Safe Skips,â âThey house 939 there, donât they?â Hooper asked. âYeah, a couple of them too!â Scott stretched his arms to indicate the sheet amount of 939âs âYes, weâll need to be as quiet as possible; theyâre blind, but they can hear insanely well,â Triana warned. âNo screwing about, alright Cory?â âWhen have I ever screwed around?â âWell⊠never actually,â Triana hmmâd. âStill, you can never be sure with Privates,â Cory and Nikole chuckled, Triana menacingly cleared her throat. âLike that,â âSorry LTâŠâ The Helicopter eventually landed in front of the completely abandoned site, the normally bright white walls looked dark grey. âJeez, this place sucks,â Cory simplified. Hooper felt a shiver go up his spine at the sight of the place. âYou can say that again,â âJeez, this place sucks,â âI- nevermind,â âSo, OâConnor,â Triana looked over to the woman they were escorting as the MTF gathered around the front of the Site. âWhat are your current theories as to who caused this breach?â âHmmâŠâ The Detective looked deep in thought for a moment. âNothing concrete yet. The Chaos Insurgency is too bold to wait for a breach, but the Serpentâs Hand isnât bold enough to try something like this,â Nikole smirked at the Lieutenant âYeah she probably needs to find more evidence before accusing whatever group⊠yâknow like a detective does?â âWell maybe you could help her by letting her know about how the Insurgency wouldâve handled this, you have plenty of experience,â Triana snarked back. âAlready told ya, theyâre not the stealthy kind,â Nikole rolled her eyes. âSureâŠâ Triana cleared her throat. âAlright Bluejay; keep tabs on the group escorting OâConnor,â âWill do,â âGreat, Nikole will stand watch out here while the rest of us escort OâConnor around, am I understood?â She stared down the older woman. âJeez, fine,â Nikole raised her hands in surrender. âYou go have fun on your little adventure,â âWe will!â Cory smiled. âIf we donât get eaten, that is,â Scott chuckled. â...We wonât,â
The five people entered the dilapidated building, walking into a main hall equally as grungy as the outside of the facility. âAlright Detective, any locations of Interest?â âIâd start with the comms room, see if any outside contact had been made with any other GOIs,â OâConnor said tiredly as the team escorted her there. âBluejay, any detected hostiles?â âNo maâam, Iâll inform you of⊠whatever inevitably comes up,â
OâConnor and the gang entered the dingy communications room, filled with racks of servers all of which were off due to the lack of power. âHm⊠canât continue my investigation like this,â âBluejay, can you hack into the-â Lara interrupted âThe Facilityâs Emergency Power? Duh, itâs my job. Iâm surprised it hasnât been used up yet thoughâŠâ Lara mused. âJust gotta guess the password real quick,â OâConnor quirked an eyebrow at that, but went to go investigate the communication servers anyway. âSo⊠when did this breach happen?â Cory looked around the hallway as he stood guard near the door to the server room. âLast week from what I heard; everythinâ was goinâ fine and then suddenly it all went to Hell,â âItâs unfortunate, we lost a lot of good Scientists here tooâŠâ Triana's face scrunched up in more anger than usual, but went back to normal pretty quickly. âAnd a lot of valuable Skips got damaged,â âAinât this the place or Site-16 that had the Infinite Pizza Box?â Scott smiled at the thought, then frowned because the breach probably meant it wouldnât be found for awhile. âInfinite⊠what now?â Cory perked up like a pitbull in a room full of toddlers. âNo, Cory, itâs in a different site,â Triana said through gritted teeth, occasionally glancing as Scott as she spoke âAwwâŠâ âAlright, done with this area,â OâConnor said as she walked out of the server room. âNo one had contacted anyone outside of the Site,â Triana sighed. âHmm, that makes it⊠way harder to figure out who did this,â âActually it implies that the breach was caused by someone working for The Foundation,â OâConnor corrected. âOr that whatever group did this has a lot of contacts within the Foundation⊠interesting,â She mused. âSo youâre saying some kinda conspiracyâs made its way into The Foundation?â Hooper looked at the Detective in disbelief. The Detective shook her head âNo⊠not yet at least; Iâd need far more evidendence to make an accusation like that. Speaking of which Iâll be heading to the Site Directorâs office next then weâll be leaving,â âGood, this place gives me the creep-â
âHello, is anyone out there? Hello?â âGuys, thereâs surviv-â âCory wait!â Hooper warned. âThatâs SCP 939, it mimics the voices of its victims to lure in prey,â âReally?â âUnfortunately yes, weâll also need to be far quieter; they canât see but can hear very well,â Triana explained. âHooper and I will follow OâConnor, you two will scope out the facility and make sure that SCP 939 is kept away,â âSure thing dude!â âYes maâam!â Triana, Hooper and OâConnor went forward towards the Office while Scott and Cory moved right, staying quiet and moving slow as to not alert the creature they were walking towards of their presence.
âAlright man, we got flashbangs on us,â Scott whispered at the Camera faced Private. âThese things got skin thatâs sensitive to light,â âReally? Thatâs great!â Cory said, his relief at these things having a weakness being just a tad too loud, loud enough that he instantly covered his mouth. âDude, shut up!â âI-Iâm lost, please help me,â Another voice, this one was feminine⊠and closer. The two MTF tip toed behind a wall, Scott quickly typed into his radioâs screen. FIERI: 939 is close to us dunno if theres more than one. LT: Good, keep them as far away from us as possible.
The creature screamed, exactly like the woman whoâs voice it had just used. Cory and Scott managed to get a peek at it. A large red reptile, with no eyes, spikes coming out of its back and tail, but what spooked Cory the most was the claws that looked like they could tear through metal with ease. âFuck, run Cor!â Scott yelped as the creature began to chase them. They ran and ran through the twisting hallways of the site, hearing the screaming creature getting closer and closer to them. Cory screeched as he ran "Scott, what do we do?" âI *huff* got a plan,â The rotund man heaved. âCover your ears!â The two MTF did just that as Scott launched a flashbang into the Reptileâs face, it let out a small yelp, and then a far louder one as- BANG
Despite the ear covering, Cory and Scott still felt their ears ringing like hell. âAugh, is it gone?â Cory groaned. âI think so, Man, shoulda scared it off for now,â Scott held his head. As Cory stumbled around, he got a glimpse at the end of the Hallway and at âUNI!â âWho?â The black dog-person at the end of the hall noticed Coryâs presence, smirked and then began to run down the halls of the Facility; the instance of 939 following closely behind. âDetective got everything she needed, you guys can head back to the front of the facility now⊠like right now,â Lara said over the radio âCrap, Scott you go; I gotta chase this guy down!â Cory began to run towards the dog with his gun in hand. Scott looked stunned for a minute, before tapping his microphone. âCory spotted a member of the Serpentâs Hand, pursuing as we speak!" âChange of plans then, back him up Scott!â Triana ordered. âHell yeah!â
Cory chased the dog into a dead end hallway. âAlright, nowhere to run now, Evil Uni,â Cory held up his gun. Evil Uni frowned âEvil? Youâre the who nearly burnt this poor little guy!â The Reptile covered the part of its body where its face would be. âHe tried to kill me!â Cory shouted. âAnyways, why did you cause this breach? So many lost lives for what?â The dog shrugged âWe didnât cause this, it just so happens to be a⊠lucky coincidence that Iâm here,â âThat is so totally a lie, Iâm not gonna let you get away with hurting any more people,â âIronic coming from a JailorâŠâ Evil Uni chuckled as he subtly reached into his pocket. âGonna have to leave you here for now, get back to me if you ever wanna work for the good guys,â âYou-â Cory suddenly broke into a coughing fit as black smoke filled the room. Evil Uni and the SCP were gone just as Scott arrived. âDude, where did he go?â âI- I dunno he just⊠vanished,â âShit,â Scott grumbled. âWell, that was a bust, letâs get you outta here dude,â âYeah, letâs,â Cory groaned as he slowly walked out of the facility, leaning on Scott as he coughed from the smoke.
Triana ran up to him almost the instant he had stepped foot on grass. âCory, did you manage to capture the Serpentâs Hand agent?â âNo, but I managed to talk to him a little,â Triana grunted. âDammit,â âWhatâd he say?â OâConnor quietly called out from behind the Lieutenant. âAh, well he said that the Serpentâs Hand didnât cause this breach⊠heâs probably ly-â âInterestingâŠâ OâConnor mused. âMy findings in the Site Directorâs Office indicate that a large amount of money was embezzled from this site into something,â The detective began to pace around the area as the helicopter arrived to pick them up. âWhoever caused this has agents deep inside The Foundation, Iâd watch your backs if I was you,â
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âAlpha Strike, report to Professor Otisâ office immediately, I repeat, report to Otisâ office immediately!â
The PA system interrupted the overall good day that Cory (and by extension the rest of the gang, no one really liked Otis)
âI just started eating,â Scott sighed, looking down.
âYeah, I need to finish third lunch!â Cory pouted.
âDoesnât matter now, letâs head off everyone,â Triana said as she left the common room, the rest of the team trailed behind her as they all made their way to Otisâ office.
âThis is gonna suckâŠâ Lara grumbled.
Alpha Strike walked into the rather bare office, grouping up directly in front of the desk where Otis was sitting behind; tapping his desk nervously and squinting at the MTF when they all entered.
âAh, hello the six of you,â Otis breathed out. âI know we havenât been on⊠the best terms recently, but I need you to put that behind you,â
âWe will, sir,â Triana sighed. âRight everyone?â
The rest of Alpha Strike half-heartedly nodded, or mumbled a form of the word âyesâ.
Otis nodded too. âGood, I have a personal mission for you,â Otis placed a blue key on the table.
âIs that-â
âYes itâs SCP 860!â Otis interrupted Hooper as he began to speak. âI am asking you to explore the dimension created by the key. Take the Micro HID Gun with you,â
âWhy? I thought we got everything we needed from there awhile ago,â Scott turned his head curiously.
Otis sighed roughly. âWe are seeing if there is any way to stun the creature within it, no more questions. Get to it,â
Cory raised his hand. âBut-â
âGet to it!â
Cory sighed, Alpha Strike left the office as quickly as they had entered.
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âWhy is he so frigginâ meanâŠâ Cory pouted, Hooper patted him on the back a little.
âDonât feel too bad, heâs a dick to mostâa us,â The Corporal reassured.
âHeâs also sending us on a suicide mission,â Nikole said. âThereâs that,â
Triana looked around her crew. âYeah, this mission into 860-1 seems sketchy at best, and an assassination attempt at worse,â
âEh, weâll get through it,â Scott shrugged. âThey actually put in the suggestions I made for the Micro HID Thingy, so it should be actually stable this time,â
âHopefully, youâre the only guy whoâs fun around here,â Nikole chuckled as she hit him on the back.
Cory pouted harder. âIâm fun!â
âFun to laugh at, yeah,â Nikole chuckled before âOw!â
Hooper jabbed her in the side.
âJeez, fine I get it,â
The trip to the door that 860 opened didnât take much longer, not factoring in the still relatively short wait to get the Micro HID into Scottâs hands.
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Every member of Alpha Strike was standing in front of the door. Lara was sitting over a laptop.
âAlright, letâs head on in, get this over with,â Triana said as she put the key in the hole, opening the door. She lead each members of her team into the door ending with her-
âHey, Tri,â
âYeah honey?â Triana turned around to look at Lara.
The blue haired womanâs face scrunched into one of concern. âStay safe in there, I know someone who was apart of the initial containment for this thing and it wasnât pretty,â
âI will, Lara,â Triana nodded. âI love you,â
âLove you too, Tri,â
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The team walked on into a large, dense forest. They found themselves in a large, dense forest with trees a hundred times taller than them. They found themselves on a dirt path stretching out in front of them.
âAlright, getting out of here shouldnât be too hard,â Lara said. âJust move forward until you find another door,â
âThanks Bluejay,â Triana said. âYou heard her, letâs get moving, be on high alert so we donât get jumped,â
âYes maâam!â Scott said as he readied the large gun in his hand.
Cory shivered and counted the twigs on the floor as the team began to move through the dark forest. The whole ordeal reminded him of the shadow guy incident, Micro HID that may or may not work this time included.
The team continued to walk through the path until they got to a fork in the roads.
Triana tapped her earpiece. âWeâre at a crossroads, Bluejay, left or-â
âRight,â Lara affirmed. âThis someone went right and escaped, so you probably will too,â
âThanks,â Triana smiled. âYou heard her, letâs go right,â
âRoger that!â Hooper affirmed.
âNo, seriously who is Roger?â
The team quickly turned around to stare judgmentally at Cory, then turned around just as quickly to walk on the left path. The cobblestones were starting to make the anxious camera faced manâs feet hurt.
âJeez, whenâs this gonna be over? I wanna go home,â Cory mumbled.
âWe all do, you just need to suck it up for now- AGH!â
Triana screeched as something pounced from the trees. A big cat made of purple wood with flesh sticking out of the cracks, and glowing yellow eyes that bored into Trianaâs as it began to claw at her: chest, stomach and arms.
Triana groaned in pain as she began to kick the thing, Scott began to charge up the Micro as Nikole ran over to force the thing off.
âDude, move Iâm about to-â
âGive it a minute!â Nikole yelled as hit the Skip repeatedly on the back, it began to scream in pain too as it waved a claw at the Sergeant; Nikole managed only a scratch on her upper chest.
Triana grabbed the thingâs other arm and slammed it to the floor as she kicked herself to her feet.
âSCOTT, NOW!â
âIâm doing it!â
FWEEEEEEEEEEEEE
The creature writhed and writhed, like a cat restrained in barbed wire. Trianaâs hold was firm, adrenaline was to thank for that, however.
âFUCK!â Triana shouted when the thing bit her arm, the pain forced her muscular arm off of the creature who jumped into the forest just us
BZZZZT
A patch of burnt, dead grass between the two women, and the complete lack of the creature. Leaves rustled as everyone slowly calmed down from the encounter.
âGoddammit!â Triana yelled raising her hand as- âOw!â
Rest for awhile, LT, you look pretty fucked up,â Hooper patted Triana on the back, then quickly stopped doing that cause it made Triana wince.
âWhat happened? What the fuck happened, is everyone okay, hello? Hello?â Lara panicked over the radio, her voice filled with shrill anxiety.
âI-Iâm⊠fine,â Triana winced. âWe need to-â
âYou literally just got attacked,â Nikole winced too as she covered the scratch on her chest. âWeâll patch this up, and weâll keep moving, but you gotta stay behind us,â
âI-I shitâŠâ Triana trailed off. âI guess weâll have to rest, ack up here for a bit,â
Lara could be heard breathing in and out, desperately trying to calm herself down. âTri, Tri are you alright?â
âI just got attacked, I-Iâll be fine, honey, just breathe,â Triana reassured, her voice shaky from the bleeding that Hooper had begun to patch up using some gauze.
âOkay, okay, thatâs much better alright,â Lara let out a huge breath. âI mean, you being attacked is bad, but youâre still speaking, so itâs not too bad?â
âSkip dinked ya up bad, huh?â Hooper mumbled to himself as he wrapped up the bite mark.
âOh jeez really? I uh⊠shit shit shit,â Lara mumbled.
âHoop, quit giving Lara a heart attack,â Nikole sighed as she quickly patched up her own wound. âIâll go get blondie to unfreeze-â
âIâm fine,â Cory mumbled. âLetâs just uh⊠get this done as soon as possible,â
âAgreed,â Triana grimaced as she slowly got up from the floor, Hooper quickly offered his shoulder as support.
âYou really alright, Cory? You look a bit shaken up is all,â Hooper asked, concern evident in his soft tone.
âYeah, Iâm just shaken up,â Cory let out a breath. âReady to keep going,â
âThatâs good,â Scott smiled as he carried the Micro. âAnyways, for some good news this thing still has another charge, we might still be able to catch this thing,â
âAlright thatâs good, weâll need a way to lure that thing out though,â Triana said. âItâs skiddish, so weâll fuck need a way to keep it occupied,â
âBefore you ask⊠no, I am not being bait for-â
âIâll do it,â Nikole interrupted Cory as she raised her hand. âItâll wanna go after me anyway, got the feeling itâs pissy with me after we showed it its place,â
Triana let out a wheezy chuckle. âMakes sense to me, letâs get to it,â
Cory breathed a sigh of relief, he (probably) wasnât gonna get scratched by this weird cat thingy!
---
Nikole stood in the middle of a patch of the forest, everyone else was out of sight. She lightly moved the bandage around her upper chest to let the smell of blood enter the air.
âCome outta here you weird cat thing, you donât have the balls!â Nikole mumbled after she took a swig from her flask, an extremely important part of the plan according to her.
RrrrrrrrâŠ
Growling, it was in the woods⊠lying in wait for the perfect chance to pounce.
The prey was practically presenting itself to it, it was almost too good to be true for the creature. The intruder would be annihilated and the rest would leave; all it needed to do was pounced-
BZZZZZZT
It roared in midair as it fell to the ground, electric pain throughout its whole body.
âWooooo!â Scott cheered as he lowered the Gun. âWe gottem!â
âDonât celebrate too soon, now we gotta carry it out,â Hooper said. âLara, tell the higher ups that we incapacitated the Skip,â
âWill do, Hoop,â Lara said. âJust get out of there ASAP, I-Iâm not super comfy with Tri being in there is all,â
âIâll live, honey,â Triana sighed. âJust a couple days in the medical wing is all,â
âHopefully,â Lara chuckled uncomfortably.
âWoooooooooo! Weâre the fuckenâ winners tonight!â Nikole waved her arms as she stepped around the forest.
âWelp, everyoneâs either injured or drunk, you gotta help me carry this thing, Cory,â Hooper said with his hands wrapped around the wrist of the creature.
âDo I have to?â Cory puffed his cheeks.
âWell, considerinâ that Trianaâs too injured, and Nikâs too drunk⊠Iâm kinda your boss,â Hooper chuckled. âSo yeah, you have to,â
âUgh, I shouldâve stayed in accountingâŠâ Cory pouted as he lazily stomped his way over to the incapacitated creature.
saving for when ao3 returns.
âAlright, are we all ready for our first mission as Alpha Strike?â Triana said to the rest of her team, all of which (Excluding Lara, obviously) were in the same helicopter as her. All wearing the, in Coryâs humble opinion far better looking green uniforms, including the bullet proof vest with each individual soldierâs insignia posted on their chest.
âIâve been ready since we got back to base,â Hooper chuckled.
âCourse Iâve been ready, these uniforms are sick!â Scott laughed.
âYeah,â Cory nodded. âI look really good in green,â
Nikole didnât speak, she just kinda crossed her arms and waited to land, uninterested as ever.
âGood enough, weâll be attempting to recontain SCP-280. Use the flashlights provided to you to move it into an area that can inhibit itâs movement,â Lara cleared her throat. âScott, you will use the experimental Micro HID Canon to stun it for a longer period of time,â
âSounds good LT!â Scott chuckled.
âGlad youâre confident, cause weâre landing soon; everyone else ready?â
Everyone else affirmed, pulling out the flashlights, the brightness on them was enough to blind someone, and hopefully to do whatever it was supposed to do to this Skip. Admittedly Cory wasnât paying much attention when Triana was explaining what it was. He didnât have much time to ask anyway as they were landing in a forest. A forest with tall, dark trees that made the ground appear nearly black. Cory felt a small shiver go up his spine as he looked at it.
âWhaddaya scared, Cory?â Hooper slapped the man on the back, Scott and Nikole both chuckled.
âN-No! MaybeâŠâ Cory mumbled as he held out his flashlight like a gun, sweat dripping down his forehead.
âYouâll be fine, Cory,â Triana reassured. âIâve gotten you out of worse,â
Nikole cleared her throat. âWeâve gotten him through worse,â
âYes, yes, letâs get moving now,â Triana tapped her headset. âAny signs of the Skip, Bluejay?â
âFlying a drone above the area now, Iâll let you know when I see it,â
âSo uh⊠whatâs this thing look like?â Cory asked as the team of 5 began to walk through the forest.
âCory, were you listening during the briefing?â Triana sounded somehow both defeated and like she had the pent up frustration to tear down one of these trees.
âUhâŠâ
âItâs a pair of white eyes and some shadowy stuff!â Scott interrupted. âIf you see some white eyes just flash your light at it so I can zap âem!â Scott chuckled as he slowly lifted up the incredibly heavy looking railgun.
âThanks Scott!â
âYâwant help with that?â Hooper asked.
âIâm a big guy, I can carry it dude,â Scott chuckled reassuringly.
Nikole chuckled too. âTrue on that first part,â The two chuckled together.
Cory silently counted the trees in front of him, and glanced to the ground and the drone above him as his team walked through the forest, flashing their lights around the forest to see, the sound of bats above him kept him on edge as he-
Woosh
Wooshing sounds, wooshing sounds, wooshing sounds. Cory felt his blood go cold, the rest of the team felt it too, though to a lesser extent.
âBehind you, behind you, I can see it!â Lara exclaimed, the whole team turned around and flashed their lights at the pair of white pinpricks like eyes, held within a pitch black smoke within the illuminated part of the forest.
âWe got it, Scott, now!â Triana ordered, Scott smiled widely as the canon slowly charged up, electricity surrounding the barrel as the shadowy creature was practically immobile from the amount of light on it, the charging sure was taking awhile though, the creature began to slowly move back.
âWhatâs taking so long?â Nikole shouted.
âI-Itâs not firin-â
POOM
The gun exploded, a good chunk of the forest was shrouded in blinding white light. Every single MTF was launched onto the ground, they all groaned in pain as the light subsided, and the creature was gone.
âAlpha Strike, Alpha- fuck it, guys what happened?â Lara yelped over the radio. âMy droneâs disabled, what did you do?â
âWe *cough* weâre fine,â Triana said as she slowly got up. âThe-â
âOh shit!â Scott shouted, clicking on his flashlight only to notice that it wouldnât turn on, no matter what he did. He took out the battery from the back which had completely exploded.
âThe fuckenâ gun exploded!â Nikole shouted, sounding as defeated as she did panicked. âAnd it blew up all the batteries, and now weâre gonna fuckenâ die cause that fuckenâ Kraut couldnât bother to-â
âNikole, calm the fuck down,â Triana calmly spoke over the older woman, hiding her own panic as Nikole let out a sigh of anger âThe Micro HID Cannon didnât fire properly, the batteries for our flashlights have been destroyed alongside theâŠâ Triana looked at the cannon to assess the damages, only the part of the gun holding the energy core was damaged, the core, and the casing around it exploded and charred.
âTri, the what?â
âThe Canonâs core exploded,â
âOkay, okay itâs not as bad as I thought,â Lara breathed in and out. âHoly shit that was bad, there should be extra batteries and a spare core at the helicopter,â
âGreat, Scott can you repair the Micro HID Cannon?â
âThatâs uhâŠâ Scott was breathing in and out to calm himself down. âLike, my entire job; hopefully I can,â
Hooper had seemingly calmed down pretty quickly. âWhat about us?â
Cory completely zoned out, utter panic on his features as he stood like a deer in headlights; not paying attention to a word of what Triana was saying as the blinding light and the events leading up to it flashed in his mind-
âCory!â Triana shouted.
âAgh! What? What is it?â
âI- weâre going back to the helicopter to get batteries,â Triana explained. âMove!â
âYes maâam,â
The five ran through the forest, attempting to ignore the fwooshing around them, or the smoke in the corner of their eyes, or the white pinpricks theyâd see alongside it, or the-
âAgh, itâs got me!â
Cory turned towards Scott being attacked, held down by the smokey creature. Panic set into him as the rest of his team desperately clicked their flashlights to no effect.
âFuck fuck!â Triana yelled.
âNo, nononononono!â Cory slapped the side of his head in panic, desperately trying to calm himself down-
FLICK
A light shone onto the shadow man, he slowly moved away from the Armorer, covering its eyes as it slowly backed away.
âHoly shit,â Scott was breathing heavily, panic and exhaustion evident in his voice. âYou save me, man,â
âI⊠did?â The panic hadnât worn off yet, Cory was still counting the trees he could see.
âYour eye er⊠lens is glowing, Cory,â Hooper announced.
âYeah, forgot you had a camera for a face for a minute there,â
âOh my God, I⊠saved you!â A huge smile grew on Coryâs face, he hadnât failed somone, he hadnât failed someone!
âThis is great!â Lara sounded just as excited. âNow all Scott has to do is repair the Micro and we can go back to base,â
âYeah Cory, you saved this mission,â Triana patted him on the back. âAnd Scottâs life,â
âEnough talkin, weâre burninâ daylight here,â Hooper said.
âOf course, letâs get moving; someone guide Cory through the forest,â Triana ordered
Hooper grabbed Cory by the wrist and gently led him out of the forest, Cory felt his heartrate speed up (from the adrenaline of saving Scottâs life, of course)
Back at the helicopter, sooner than Cory thought theyâd be. The shadow creature was long gone.
âScott, get repairing the Micro HID Cannon,â Triana ordered, handing the man the glowing blue mass, encased in steel cage.
âOn it, Iâll try to see what went wrong with it,â Scott said as he crouched down with the broken gun, a toolbox and welding equipment. He quickly got to work putting the core into place and welding the outer shell together.
Cory turned around, his lens light shining onto the man.
âDo you know how to turn that off?â Nikole asked.
âUh⊠lemme just,â He slapped the side of his head again, the light turned off. â...I do!â
âGreat, Iâll have this done in a jiffy!â Scott smiled under the welding mask. âAlso Iâm pretty sure I know what was wrong with it; the steel holding the energy core wasnât thick enough,â
âWhat?â Triana sounded pissed, most than she usually did. âThat is⊠incredibly irresponsible of The Foundation to give us a faulty prototype,â
âHey, big Tri, standinâ up to The Foundation nâ all that,â Nikole chuckled.
Triana nodded. âIâll be having a talk with the higher ups after this⊠especially Otis,â
âRight, it is his prototype,â Hooper said.
âThat guy gives me the creeps,â Nikole shuddered at the thought of the Professor. âHeâs just-â
âItâs back!â Cory shouted as he slapped the side of his head, the shadow creature that began to bolt towards him had been stopped in its tracks. âGotcha!â
âShit, are repairs finished, Scott?â
âAll done, ready to lock nâ load!â Scott laughed semi-maniacal as he aimed the massive gun at the creature, it began to rev up and rev up, the tip of the barrel glowing blue before-
BZZZZZZZZZZT
The beam, a light blue combination of electricity and light hit the shadow, sending the smoky mist to the floor, completely incapacitated; a first for any recontainment op.
âHell yeah!â Triana raised her hands in celebration, the rest of the team followed suit, Cory continuing to stare down the creature.
âFrom that I assume that shadow boy is dealt with,â Lara chuckled over the comms.
âYou bet your ass it is, never doubted you Cory!â Nikole patted the man on the back.
âYou said we were gonna die like 10 minutes ago,â
âI was jokin⊠letâs get this thing in the helicopter and go home,â
And so they did, Alpha Strikeâs first mission was a stunning success, even with the mild hiccups it had.
---
Professor Otis sat in his office, tapping his fingers uncomfortably on the paperwork sitting on the table in front of him, he groaned as he readjusted his hat, his tie, every part of his clothes until-
âProfessor Otis, what the hell?â Triana burst open the door, putting her hands on the desk. The man jumped a little in his seat as she entered.
âLieutenant, what are you doing here?â Otis asked, a look of offense and annoyance in his eyes. âI am incredibly busy-â
âI donât care,â Triana deadpanned. âYou gave my team a faulty prototype, I wouldâve liked to know about the fuel containerâs faults beforehand,â
âWe didnât know, we-â
âThen you shouldâve tested it more, your incompetence nearly jeopardised the entire mission,â
âAre you here to insult me, or are you here to talk about something useful?â The man sounded angrier. âAs Alpha Strike you should understand that your job entails more risks than the average Mobile Task Force,â
âI understand, but I would like for unnecessary risks to be removed from the equation,â
âAnd I did what I could, anything else like this and I will have you court martialed,â A small smirk formed on his face for a second before going back to his normal scowl.
Triana grumbled. âI hope for your job that you did, Iâll be going now, Professor,â
Triana left the room.
âGood riddance,â Otis grumbled under his breath.
Saving this for when Ao3 comes back up
The team was sitting in the auditorium, General Flooper, and a man with short, well kept black hair in a nice suit complete with a bowler hat were standing upon the stage.
âThis is Professor Otis, heâs a long time veteran of the European branch of The Foundation,â Flooper explained. âHeâs here to assist us with the fixing of the recent breaches,â
âDanke, General,â The man stepped forward, talking quietly into the microphone. âI am⊠developing a weapon to more easily deal with the Skips without damaging them,â
Nikole whispered to the blonde to her side. âI heard of this thing âround the water cooler,â
âShut up!â Triana whisper yelled at the older woman, who crossed her arms grumpily.
âThank you, Otis; please give him a warm welcome to the Facility,â Flooper said. âA prototype of this weapon will be present in our return to UnLondon; head to the helicopter now, troops,â
And so there the team was, getting into a helicopter that soon began to fly from the US to England preparing to land at UnLondon again.
âAlright, we know that the Serpentâs Hand is in there; weâll easily be able to surround them and force them to surrender,â Triana said
âFinally, somethinâ easy,â Nikole smirked.
Cory shifted in his seat a little. âIâm still pretty unsure about going back there⊠yâknow cause that⊠guy I wonât mention kinda kidnapped me,â
âYou were fine, right Cory?â Hooper asked, mostly jokingly with the smallest hint of concern.
Cory shuddered. âYou wouldnât believe the things I saw in thereâŠâ
âIt was an empty room, and the⊠guy didnât even try to stop Bigfoot from saving you,â Nikole rolled her eyes.
âYeah, well it was still sucky!â Cory crossed his arms.
The helicopter landed in front of the entrance to the Skip shortly after; they quickly entered back into the gloomy city streets they had spent an unfortunate amount of time in.
âAlright, you all know exactly where the Serpentâs Hand base is, place is already surrounded weâre just here to make sure it stays that way,â Lara said over the radio. âShould be an easy mission,â
âHave all instances of SCP-1678 within this area been neutralised?â Triana asked.
âPretty much, unless you really stray away from the group, *ahem* Nikole and Tri,â
âWasnât our fault these three ran in the wrong direction,â Nikole groaned.
âYeah, Bluejay; weâre the ones that ended up actually finding anything,â
Despite the fact they couldnât see her, the team could feel Lara rolling her eyes. âYou still nearly got yourselves killed, I donât wanna hear it,â She cleared her throat. âAnyways, just stick together, and uh⊠Tri,â Her tone got far more serious.
âYeah Blue⊠yeah Honey?â
âStay safe, alright? Losing comms kinda caused me a bit of a panic attackâŠâ Lara chuckled uncomfortably.
Nikole smirked to herself as Triana also chuckled uncomfortably. âI will, donât worry,â
âPhew⊠that goes for the rest of you, I know the autism makes it hard to tell, but I do actually like you guys,â
âI thought you only liked Triana,â Scott smirked⊠then got jabbed in the stomach by Triana.
Lara paused. âShut up⊠momentâs over, just go to the place where all the other MTF are,â
Cory pouted. âAwwwâŠâ
âThereâll be more moments, Cory,â Hooper patted the man on the back.
âHALT, CRIMINAL!â The entire team all aimed at the alleyway where the now all too familiar sound of the Bobbiesâ yelling came from, the two Officers began to rush them before-
BZZZT
A beautiful, yet terrifying blast of light and electricity came from behind the Bobbies; sending both of the Skips falling to the ground completely stunned.
The six stood there, equally stunned as the twitching mummified men on the ground.
âYouâre welcome,â The MTF that fired the futuristic gun; closer to small canon than any gun the other MTF had seen. âThis thing has been real good at dealing with these coppers,â
âThanksâŠâ Triana looked at the insignia on the soldierâs chest. âSergeant, what are your orders?â
âWeâre patrollinâ, a lot less scary recently,â
Scott was ogling the gun. âGoddamn, how does that thing work?â
âI uh⊠donât know, you probably shouldnât be looking that close at it, sir,â
âNah, Iâm a Weaponâs Expert,â Scott confidently said. âI gotta get my hands on one of these,â
âYou can just like⊠ask the General on your next mission,â
âWhat happens when it hits a person?â
âLetâs never find out, Scott,â Triana heaved a bit as she pulled the big guy away from the gun. âLetâs get back to the mission,â
âAwwâŠâ Scott looked down for a minute, before going back to following Triana walking towards the Radio Tower in the distance.
âIf it helps at all, I also wanna disassemble it,â Nikole patted the guy in the back.
âYou prolly wanna try to put it in that flask oâ yours,â Hooper added, Lara chuckled over the radio.
Nikole pouted. âI mean youâre right, but like⊠thatâs just kinda rude,â
---
âDoc, doc, doc!â A Serpentâs Hand member yelled as he ran to the basement of the tower, Evil Uni sat near the bottom.
âJesus, settle down,â The dog man tried to wave the gruntâs fear away, spinning around on an office chair to face him. âWhatâs wrong?â
âThe Foundation! Th-they have us surrounded!â
Duni sat there for a moment, pondering in thought. âNothing to worry about, weâll be out of here in no time,â
âHow? They have the-â
Duni hit a button and opened up a secret hatch, leading to a submarine underwater.
âImpressed? We stole this bad boy from The Foundation,â Duni invited the man in. âThis will only be a minor setback in our plans,â
---
âThis feels⊠too easy,â Cory shuddered, counting the streetlamps in his head as his team got to the outside of the tower.
âThatâs a good thing, Cory,â Triana turned to face the Private.
âThese Serpentâs Hand guys are super crafty, we arenât just gonna be able to get them out of there,â Cory said. âWe gotta go in there,â
âWe donât have the authorisation; we need to wait until reinforcements arrive,â Triana ordered.
Hooper butted in. âYeah, Cory; we shouldnât go in âtill we got more people to back us up,â
âOh, screw that,â Cory ran towards the front door. âIâm not gonna let these guys kill any more people,â He bolted into the building as fast as he could.
âCORY!â Triana reached out to him.
âHoly shit, the kid did it⊠whatever that was,â Nikole looked at the door with a mix of pride and shock.
âSo are we goinâ in after him?â Scott asked.
âNo,â Lara sighed. âWeâd need to wait for reinforcements to do anything,â
âGoddammit,â Hooper sighed. âIâll go after him,â
âWha?â
âDonât worry about it LT, I just gotta do this; weâll be safe,â
âHooper, I am ordering you to-â
âAnd Iâm refusinâ, see ya soon Lieutenant,â Hooper ran into the building.
---
Cory instantly noticed the lack of Serpentâs Hand members, not even a single grunt was in there-
âCory!â
âAgh!â Cory jumped backwards as he heard the familiar Southern accent of his friend. âHoop? I thought you were staying behind,â
âYouâre gonna need backup, Cory,â Hooper explained as he helped Cory get up from the floor. âNo oneâs in here,â
Cory looked lost in thought for a moment⊠âThe basement! What if they have like⊠a submarine in there!â
âCory, that sounds like a trauma response⊠and like a real bad idea,â
Cory lead Hooper by his wrist to the basement. âYou just gotta trust me, Hoop!â
Cory and Hooper looked into the basement, seeing the secret hatch which lead to the secret room with the-
âSubmarine!â Cory whispered to the Corporal.
âHow are we gonna get on?â
Coryâs eyes looked over a large crate, he then looked Hooper in the eyes.
âCory-â
âItâs our only choice, Hoop,â Cory smiled.
They shoved themselves into the crate soon after, probably the absolute worst fit considering that they were two grown men; they soon heard two people walk towards them and pick up the crate.
âGod, this thing is way heavier than I thought,â
âWhat do they got in here, bricks?â
âAnomalies?â
âAnomalous bricks?â
The menâs conversation finished as they dumped the box on the cold metal floor; the two waited until all the sounds of chatter, and walking were far away enough; they quickly opened up the box and stood up in the cramped metal storage room of the submarine; shiny yet dark and with dozens boxes stacked utop each other.
âIâll be damned, Cory, that actually worked,â Hooper whispered.
Cory scoffed. âOf course it did, now we gotta⊠uhâŠâ
âDid you seriously not think this far ahead?â
Cory looked down. âMaybe⊠I uh⊠didnât think weâd get this far,â
âGoddam-â
âHalt Jailers, put your hands up!â The shout from the two Serpentâs Hand grunts caused the two men to comply.
âAw crap,â
The black dog man sauntered in looking as smug as ever he eyed up Cory with a smirk on his face. âThere you are, finally deciding to defect to the good side, huh?â
âNever!â
The dog sighed. âPity, thought you and⊠whoever this is finally grew a conscious-â
RUMBLE
âI- what the hell is going on over there?â Duni shouted over in the general direction of the cockpit, his voice sounding more shaken than before considering the sheer force of the rumbling. Cory nearly vomited from the motion sickness.
âSomething is swimming around us, Doc! Like a big ass snake,â
âY-You donât mean⊠oh fuck⊠oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck,â The Dog began to pace around the room, the two grunts to his side looked at him in concern as did Cory and Hooper.
âWhatâs goinâ on?â Hooper shouted.
âWhatâs going on is that weâre gonna die here; that was the Leviathan,â Duniâs voice shrank to a size even smaller than before as the man continued to pace.
Hooper quirked an eyebrow. âSCP-169?â
âI suppose thatâs what you jailers call it,â
âI thought the Serpentâs Hand wanted to harness the power of all anomalies, why donât you-â
âFucking what?â The dog, through the haze of fear still managed to sound genuinely offended. âHow much bullshit have you been fed?â
RUMBLE
The rumbling of the ship made nearly everyone fall over alongside some boxes that Cory and Hooper quickly rolled out of the way of.
âIt donât matter right now if we all end up at the bottom of the Ocean, we gotta-â
RUMBLE
This was the last rumble, the last thing Cory remembered before everything went black.