Maybe when I have an enough of these shorts to make like a drabble story or something? No idea!

"...who are we snooping on?" whispered Kim to Op, and several other crew members huddled around the corner to the entrance of one of the ship's lounge rooms.

"Max and that guy he's talking to."

"Shh! They're doing it again." hissed Zenith gesturing to the human males.

"C'mere!" called out the man laying on the couch.

"No you c'mere. I'm trying to find an outlet." Huffed Max.

"C'mere!"

"No--what do you want?"

C'mere!!"

"Oh my god, what?! What is it?!"

"Get your frickin butt over here boi!"

"Oi! Shut your pie hole and just tell me what you want, I'm busy!"

"How dare you talk to me that way! I will end you sir!"

"No I will end you! I'm pulling rank here!" snaps Max.

"I own you, you were worth 2 cents."

"Oh, oh really??" he stomps over to him.

"Not even 2 cents, you're worthless." He smirks up at him from the couch.

"I costed thousands while you were free." Max grins leaning down towards him.

"Nah, you're worthless--"

"You weren't even planned, you were a surprise baby--"

"Where's you're receipt? Don't have one cause your worthless--"

"You were a buy one get one free! Mom and Dad bought me and then got you for free!"

"I bought you!"

"You weren't even conceived yet! The time I had without you was so peaceful and nice! Me and Barb were just chilling and then one day this blob comes home and--"

"What the quiznack are they talking about? They've been like this for nearly an hour." muttered Op.

"Kim I thought you said slavery was abolished on Earth??"

"It is...oh! I know who this guy is! Hey Max!" She calls out, coming out from the round the corner.

"says the one who stabbed Barb with a fork--yeah?"

"Is this your younger brother? Matthew?"

"you stabbed her too, with a pen...oh you're Kim! Nice to meet you!" the younger man smiles and gets up from the couch to shake her hand.

"Brother?!" exclaims the rest of the crew members.

"So you're not his slave?" Asks Zenith.

"Well that depends on your definition of slave but in the traditional definition, no. I'm his older brother." Max chuckles.

"But you were talking about your payment?"

"Oh I'm adopted and adoption usually always costs something."

"...you pay to adopt a parentless child? Does the child get the money?"

"No and in my case I did have a parent but they couldn't take care of me so, adoption."

"...you have to pay for an unwanted child?"

"Zenith! I can't believe you just said that!"

"HA! No, no it's fine, I like when people are honest about their questions." He smiles. "I don't why but yeah, still gotta pay in most cases."

"...but you were free?" Zenith looks to Matthew.

"Yep. It's funny but parents got him cause they didn't think they could have another kid and then 2 years later I pop out."

"...heh, buy one get one free but with late shipping."

The humans cackle while Op cringes, thankful that Max won't report this to HR.

If you want drama horror film set in the zombie apocalypse with platonic yandere vibes I recommend Outside, a Filipino Netflix movie.

warning - bad guy wants to kill people and threatens to eat them + ship invasion

General Morbius was one an accomplished soldier. He was ruthless to his enemies, loyal to those who appreciated him, and willing to do anything. He was made for war. The coalition was not, it was made for peace and thus the general was rarely if ever used.

He had been fine with this...until he rejected as captain of the main ship. A tighalax by the name of Nox was chosen instead. Nox was not ruthless, was too hesitant to make the hard decisions, was a runt.

Morbius would not let a runt replace him.

That's when he met Sine Macula, a ruler who stood for everything the coalition did but was not afraid of getting their hands dirty to do so. Morbius respects that and so he fed him information. He got away with this for several months until found out...but not caught. There was not enough proof to charge him with treason and so he laid low. His schedule became tight and rigid, work then straight home. No dawdling or talking...well not to anyone he thought were a real threat.

The human chef from the west side cafeteria, the human who was head of sanitation, the human from the youngling centre, these were the only ones he talked to. They were the only one's who understood him and listened to him. At least that's what he thought.

He had a strange feeling about why the captain's first mate had reduced the amount of tails/watchers on him and so he did some digging. Oh how he longed to rip those filthy humans apart with his teeth...how he longed to watch the life leave their eyes as they gurgled out pleas through blood...

He let them into his home, he let them know of his thoughts and desires, he told them details and secrets, he let them meet his family-touch his family with those filthy dirty hands!!

He has calls to make.

"So path it is?" asked Pollix looking up at the steep forest hill.

"That'll take so long though..." whined Zyz.

"Why don't we just climb it?" buzzed Xw.

"Because...not everyone can make it." hinted Pollix.

"Yeah, and we don't want to-"

"What do you guys mean? It's easy! Even Marl could make that and their tiny-"

"Xw!" "They're right there!" the two hissed frantically pointing to Anthony and Malaika who stand to the side looking at some plants.

"...aw I forgot about them. Do we have to bring them?"

"Teacher Kim said that we need to stay in a group."

"And we can't just leave them, they don't have any claws or extra limbs or anything to protect themselves with!"

"Or to climb with..." Xw muttered.

The younglings stood there silent for a moment trying to figure out how they could help their friends up the very steep hill...if you could call it that. It was almost vertical at some parts and even though Xw said it was easy it would still be a bit tricky for the younglings.

"...We could carry them?" Pollix offered.

"Malaika maybe but Anthony is too big! He's bigger than you."

"What if we tossed done some roots from the top? Like rope!"

"That could work-"

"Hey guys! Hurry up!" called Anthony, he and Malaika almost half way up the steep hill.

"...race ya!" hollers Xw before they scuttle up the hill.

"Hey!"

"No fair!"

All three of them easily passed their human friends. Xw's 4 legs making it easy to climb the near vertical parts. Zyz and Pollix run on all fours, their claws dig into the dirt allowing them to run easily.

Every now and then they would glance down to adjust their pace so as to not leave Anthony and Malaika behind. It was strange to see them climb the hill, they had no claws yet managed just fine by using roots as handles and rope, it was like seeing larger versions of Marl climb. Save for the lack of tail and fur.

"Looks like I win!" grins Pollix just a few feet away from the top.

"Not for long!" cackle Zyz and Xw grabbing a hold of his tail and clothes. The younglings wrestle and fight and all topple onto each other on the top of the hill. They chuff and chirp and snort whit wide smiles on their faces.

...chuff, chirp, snort...where's the laugh?

"Anthony help!"

"I'm trying! J-just stay there!"

"I'm slipping!!"

Peering over the edge they look and look until they see their friends down the hill, about 10 feet down 5 feet to the left...right at the most steepest part of the hill. It seems Malaika had took a different path and was now stuck clinging for dear life on a tiny root that was slowing being pulled out. Anthony was going as fast as he could to her to try and pull her to the safer parts but he too was soon stuck.

Quickly Xw scuttled down to Malaika and grabbed her, frantically pulling her up but alas they were too small to carry her higher.

Pollix and Zyz skidded down and slowly yet surely guided Anthony to the safer parts where he could safely grab on to some roots to climb.

With Anthony now safe they went to Malaika to try and help Xw carry her up or to the side.

.

"You good Xw?"

"Yeah...I hope Zyz comes back with Teacher Kim though." they huffed.

After many terrifying attempts of trying to bring Malaika to somewhere safer on the hill they realized three things. One, the area Malaika was standing was too steep for her to climb onto Pollix or Zyz's back. Two, both boys needed both hands when climbing there so they couldn't grab her hand and pull her higher up to safety. Three, Anthony still couldn't make it to the top and as the biggest couldn't be carried or pulled to the top. In short, both humans were stuck.

"I got Teacher Kim!" Zyz yelled scrambling up the hill.

"...where is she?"

"...still at the bottom of the hill..."

"Zyz! She'll probably need help like-"

"Coming through! Can't stop the momentum!" yells Kim running up the hill on all fours. She goes until she reaches Malaika, grabs her, sits down and slides down the hill.

"..." "..." "..." "...Miss Kim what about m-?!"

The teacher climbs back up, this time slower, taking time to find roots to grab and dig her fingers into the dirt for better grip when she could find none. Malaika clings onto her back, much like Marl would do with his mom.

When she reaches Anthony she first boosts Malaika up to the roots they can't reach and has Pollix help her up to the top. Anthony goes next with some help with from Zyz and Xw until finally she herself goes.

"So what did we learn today?"

"...don't go off the path." the children mumbled.

"Because...?"

"Not everyone can do what other's can do."

"Good. Now let's go, I look like I crawled through the wilderness for miles." she chuckled looking at the dirt caked hands and clothes.

"...so in a few years you'll be able to do that?" Xw asks Anthony.

"I guess."

"My daddy can do that too! He climbs mountains without rope!" Malaika proudly declares.

"...should have brought your dad here then."

Just watched Final Round from alien stage and I'm not gonna lie I freaking love Luka. He is undoubtedly my favorite in the whole series.

I love how I know he is the villain yet do not give a hoot, I love that pretty b!tch! He is a b!tch and he is so pretty and I love him!

Also for the most part, I agree with his tactics. Do I think its messed up and live-streamed psychological torture? Yeah. It's win or die tho and he has health problems that most likely affect his stamina and endurance, which is probably something you need for singing.

Can't do any neat tricks or improve like others so what will help you improve your chances? Mind games that mess up your opponent. I would do the same if I had to, I don't want to die, and you could very well win so I will bring up/do whatever I can to mess you up.

The way I view this all is like the Hunger Games. You do what you have to better your chances because you don't want to die and while people will think of you as a monster you don't care because you did you'd be dead by now. Monsters and heroes win, and both of those change depending on how you look.

Love my monstrous pretty boy bastard. Still wished they both survived though

Black out

"I want that backup generator up and running! All power on essentials only! Engines, med-bay, defenses, everything else is secondary!" the Captain roared to all those in the command room.

"Calis! What's our status?"

"Generator is 5 mekrons away from being ready, dispatch has covered 30% of the ship already and distributed lights. No report of any injuries yet, although there are several dozen passengers stuck in the elevators. We are in contact with them and they are all alright."

"And the-"

"The youngling centre is fine, Kim and Max have reported to me that they are fine as are the younglings." the first mate smiled knowingly.

"...good. Alert me should anything change."

"Of course Captain."

.

"10 mekrons away from the station Captain. Repair workers are already at the dock ready to board and fix our power and the station has prepared board for us."

"Excellent. Calis!"

"Yes Captain!"

"Care to join me in getting our young?" the first mate smiles and nods.

..

"How do you think they faired?"

"Well, it's hard to say. According to Kim and Max they have light, probably flashlights, but for the children to be stuck in a mostly dark room for 6 horvaths..." Calis shrugged.

"True...I assume that Nova is a tad nervous by now...she never liked the dark. Even if we can see well enough in the dark." Captain lightly smiled.

"I am certain that the humans have thought of something to keep her and the others calm."

"Without a doubt!" He laughed. "Probably introduced them to some new game I'll be no doubt playing for the next few weeks."

"As will I, Dali will no doubt-what on earth is that light?" as the two got closer they noticed a warm orange glow seeping out from under the door. The entrance to the youngling centre.

"...that's not a flashlight..."

"...do you smell smoke?"

The two adults looked to one another before rushing the door.

"Dali?!"

"Nova!"

"Mapa!"

"Papa! Look look! We're roasting mars-millows!"

"...Captain...Calis...care to try a marshmallow?" asked a sheepishly smiling Max.

For a moment neither the captain or first mate spoke, too confused by the sight before them. A circle of younglings sat in the middle of the centre, all of them holding out little sticks with marsh-mell-ohs on the end. In the centre sat a youngling whose head and shoulders were on fire holding his own stick and marsh-mell-oh.

"...Max, is that...is that youngling a Fyreian?" slowly asked Calis.

"Yes, yes he is."

"And are you using him...to cook?"

"...he said it was fine." the youngling in the middle of the circle of younglings eagerly nodded.

"...good to know but why are you...roasting marsh-mell-ohs on him?"

"...it was Kim's idea!"

"Hey! ...Okay yeah it was my idea and in my defense we've kept the kids busy like this about 2 hours and it was a last resort."

"...alright. Now how does one roast one of these white squishy things?"

...

"So how did you come up with this idea?" the captain asked, glancing away from his roasting marshmallow.

"Well after doing every game we could think of we had to take a break to think of what else we could do. That's when the first kid actually had time to realize that we're stuck in the dark...and then we had a mass panic."

"We tried everything to calm them down but the both of us were too tired to do that properly," winced Max apologetically. "since well, we're well past our usual shifts. But luckily Kim came up with this idea!"

"Marshmallows! Now obviously we couldn't use a real fire and we can't just let 20 kids use candles to roast them so-"

"Wait wait wait...a candle?" Calis asked.

"Yea, during blackouts I would light a candle and roast marshmallows with it."

"...carry on."

"So we decided to use Fure since he can control how hot he gets and he's easier to manage than a fire."

"Told you they would have the younglings entertained." Calis whispered to their captain who snorted.

gonna be honest I'm bamboozled there's not much on Hagakure and Aoyama as ship

like we have the two shiniest and sparkiest characters in the show together a bunch of times and no one thought about them as a ship???

we have the invisible chick who steals the room's attention within seconds and the most flamboyant human disco boi ever as a wallflower and no one thinks of shipping them?!

and then SPOILERS his spying reveal, which honestly everyone kinda saw, and the relationship/scenes we get with them cause if that!!

why is there only like 3 people who ship these two with me being one of the?!

I’m gonna be honest and say that this account is an escape for me from all that happens in the world and the stress and junk in every day life but it feels weird to see this in my inbox and not do anything…

I donated. You can too in the profile, however much you want…sorry I’m rather awkward and new with this. Last I checked she’s at 300/450

Fenrir smiled as he watched his little love work. He came to surprise her with a dinner date after work but it seemed like there a few stragglers left. Not that Kim or the children minded too much, the little children giggled as they ran from a playfully roaring Kim.

Glyka he has had the honor of meeting before, the youngling truly lived up to his name for he was sweetness itself. Sasha and Rubi on the other hand were new so he had not yet been properly introduced.

"Run Sasha! Run or she'll get you!"

"Yesh!"

The little children ran as fast as they could, well as fast as Sasha could, Glyka and Rubi didn't want to leave their friend behind for the 'monster' to get. Just as any good warriors should do!

"Ra! I'll gobble you up-oh shoot!" Fenrir winced as he watched his little love slip on a stray toy and tumble backwards.

"I'm okay! Just uh, gonna take a moment. Friggin Legos..."

"Quick let's hide."

"Yesh." "Ye."

As far as Fenrir could tell, the two little humans were still learning how to speak. Which was surprising as they looked to be about 4 years old...he thinks. Human children are so much smaller than orc children so it's hard for Fenrir to accurately guess ages.

For the most part the two rarely said a word other than the handful that they could confidently say like 'ye(sh)' which was yes and 'no' which was obviously no. Despite this, Kim and Max managed just fine as did the other children. Never were the two excluded from games, always asked yes or no questions, they were treated like everyone else by both the younglings and teachers.

Said little children scurry over towards where Fenrir sits on the ground and hide behind him. The orc's massive frame easily hiding the three of them.

"Mister Fenrir, can we hide here?" Glyka whispered.

"Yes you may Glyka, actually, hold on." Taking out his folded up cloak, the orc puts it on and drapes it over the children behind him. "Stay still and Ki-Miss Kim won't find you." he shuffled to make sure everyone was covered.

"Thank you."

"Merci."

"Cпасибо."

Oh that sounds awesome! Go for it! Please credit me with of course my name, @stubz, and if you could then please tag or put them as 'the adventures of kim and max running a space child centre' as that's what I call this little series. So happy that you want to use my shorts as part of your portfolio!!

So first off The Amazing Digital Circus is on Netflix now??? Second of all spoilers for episode 3.

Am I the only one who thought the adventure was about Kinger before he came to the circus??? Not gonna lie I thought for like half of the episode this was all based off his tragedy.

Here's why!

And all of this made me think that Kinger was a huntsmen, modern world one, that while going a for fun lighthearted cryptic hunt somehow mentally broke. Enough so that he attacks his beloved wife thinking she is the monster that haunts his dreams. Which is how he joins the digital world. His wife is alive but the both of them are too afraid to be alone together as Kinger still experiences these episodes. But they still love each other too much to divorce or separate.

Thus the amazing digital circus. A VR one of them heard about where you can go on adventures with others, a way they could spend time together without risk.

and yeah. I thought Caine, whose sole purpose is to make adventures, decided to use Kinger and Queenie's life as a template for this spooky one. It's perfectly alright! They hardly remember anything before coming here!

...I love angst. I love it when fictional characters suffer because ANGST. I love making angst scenarios...and I just made a angst scenario with Krel and Aja from 3Below.

I remembered them and then went down a tales of arcadia rabbit hole and then it bam it came it me! It came to me when I re-educated myself on akiridions!

Angst scenario where Colonel Kubritz actually manages to capture the trio. She interrogates them, using the same methods she used on Tronos on Varvatos, not the twins though. They are children after all, she's not that heartless. But she is...rough. It's mostly to scare them really. "Missed" shots and close calls are enough to keep them in line...at least that's what she thought.

She didn't mean to harm the girl. Really, she had no intention of harming her or her brother. But she had charged instead of flinching as she usually did. The blast hits her but she still follows through and tackles the colonel to the ground. That's when instinct took over and she blasted her point blank in the abdomen.

There was no blood. No gore. Just a surprised look on the girls face before she faded away leaving behind a blue device of sorts with an interesting design.

Once the other two finally calmed down after hours of attacking their cell walls with demands that she give them the device, Aja's core, she learned that the girl was not dead. Her physical form was simply destroyed but they could make her a new one...so they're not organic.

They're not living...they're like aneroids then? How many times can they be brought back? How can they bring her back?

The answer to that is with electricity. Lots of electricity shooting at her core in a large capsule. There's more to it than that but that's all she understood from her scientists explanation.

Her body was made and the girl woke up screaming. Looks like this way is more painful than how they do it on their planet.

Colonel Kurbitz isn't too worried about hurting them now. After all, they're not actually alive, living things can't come back to life like this. Plus as long as their core is intact then they can rebuild them.

They rarely try anything now. According to the boy, Krel, their way of rebuilding their bodies is doing something to them. He doesn't know what but he can feel it and it feels horrible.

And it appears that he's right for when the colonel picks up his core after he had tried to hack into their computers she sees it. Cracks. Tiny ones. All along his core.

So there is a limit to how many times you can rebuild them.

"Remember to check with a teacher or one of the gardeners before eating what you pick from the gardens." calls out teacher Max.

The youngling centre was on a field trip visiting the ships indoor public garden that grows both flowers and vegetables from a variety of different planets. Younglings took joy in sharing and showing their friends vegetables and plants from their own respective planet. Even the teachers, Max and Kim, were happy to tell them about earth's plants.

"Wow, what's that Emira?"

"It's a glass flower!" she chirps holding up a beautiful flower with the petals and stem translucent. "They're my favorite flower!"

"So pretty! Can you...eat it!" the human grins.

"No!" the avian giggles. "You can't eat it! But my Maemae says you can use the roots for tea that helps tummy aches."

"I'll have to remember that." he nods, wearing an utmost serious and thoughtful face. The nearby gardeners chuckle.

"You should!"

"I shall-!"

"TEACHER MAAAX!!"

All heads whip to the south of the garden. At the very end of it is Ezshi screaming and waving their little tail and arms frantically. Beside them is Pollix, Zyz, and Tarlak huddling around a Kim kneeling on the ground grabbing her throat.

"Mr Max you stay h-" the gardeners watched as the human sprinted as fast he could to the other side of the gardens. Seconds later the younglings followed suit with Emira leading them, flapping her little wings as fast as she can.

"KIM! KIM WHAT'S WRONG?!" he skids to a stop beside her grabbing her shoulders to examine her.

The human shakes her head, face red, opens her mouth to speak only to go into a coughing fit. Her right hand at her throat, her left pounding her chest.

"What happened?? Did you eat something?? Kids what did she eat?!" later he'll apologize for shouting but right now he can't help it. Right now he's going through every lesson he's had about what to do when one eats something harmful/unknown to their species.

"I-I don't know! Tarlak gave it to her!" Zyz cries, tears streaming down their little snout.

"Tarlak, buddy, what did you give her??" the little Simia's lips quiver as he stares at the still hacking Kim.

"Tarlak, focus. What did you give her? What planet plot was it from?" Max grabs his shoulders, making him look solely at him and not Kim.

"...earth...it-it was from earth. This." he hands over a half eaten white plant bulb.

"...Kim's fine kids." he sighs flopping over onto the dirt. The adrenaline immediately leaving his body.

"What! What is it?!" they all cry.

"It's garlic."

For a moment there is silence save for some sighs of relief from the human children. And then.

"GET THE RED BAG!"

"CALL THE GARDENERS!"

"SHE'S GONNA DIEEE!"

All the younglings scream and wail. Most like Emira, however, simply cling to the human silently crying.

"...what?! Kids! She's not dying."

" 'm not...dying." Kim rasps, finally done coughing.

"Garlic is poison! It's how my Maemae's uncle died!" Emira wails.

"I heard one garlic clove can kill a hundred rextalians!" Ezshi frets.

"What are you talking abo...oooh. Thiosulfate."

"Thio-whatnow?" Kim coughs, spitting out a piece of garlic she frees from her cheek.

"Reason why most animals can't eat garlic and onions. Including most other non-earth species."

"...Oooh! Okay learning time! Listen up kids. Humans can eat garlic! Got it? Humans can eat garlic and other foods like garlic, our body breaks it down and stuff."

"But you choked and your face turned red!"

"Because the taste is very strong. It's like lemons. Basically I took a giant bite out of a lemon."

"...Ooooh!" cries out the younglings now understanding that their teacher is not dying.

"Wait why did you take a giant bite out of garlic?" laughs Max.

"I didn't know if was garlic or an onion and Tarlak's dad uses onions for to make a bug repellent...don't judge me I've never seen garlic in that shape before!"

"Why didn't you ask a gardener?"

"They're all the way on the other side of the field! Just-shush!"

"I'm never letting you live this down. Now help me stop the human kids from doing some kind of garlic challenge. I see Anthony and Piper eyeing them."