Congrats Sir! Its A B- A Burger??

Rafayel Girlies, how are we feeling ? Because I'm not okay.

I don't know about you guys but these days I literally have no money to spend on the game so I'm forced to be F2P for a while. Knowing this, you can probably guess why I'm actually PISSED.

Yes, I'm happy we get a GOT rerun but the timing ? That was so obviously intentional on Infold's part. It's such an obvious cash grab.

I mean, we literally JUST got a double banner for Rafayel and only got a week of rest to grind diamonds. They KNOW F2P Rafayel girlies are broke asf right now. I have 5k diamonds and a dream bro.

They did that to push people to spend money on the game and it pisses me off so much. A quint I could understand, I would have been desperate all the same but it would have made sense, now this ? So obviously a cash grab, it makes me so mad. I mean, we didn't even get a 2 weeks banner in between the birthday banners and GOT rerun ! How do they expect us to have anything saved up ? Of course we don't ! Had they added a new Abyssal Chaos case or something so we can grind more easily or some other way to get dias then it would have been okay I guess but no, they didn't.

Anyways, sorry, I needed to rant because Infold's greediness is really starting to PISS ME OFF.

Best of luck to us Rafayel Girlies for the upcoming banner, we'll need it !

Hold my yogurt dear

Me right now on day 58 waiting for my period to come after experiencing cramps and other pre-period symptoms for days on end :

I feel like shit 😊

Spiritually I'm already there lmaoo

au where everyone becomes their pfp go

Zayne - Savage Overture

Back again with more audios of our favorite green-eyed menace! I was so upset after realizing there wasn't a way for me to save all the delicious little quips he says when you poke at him on the event page! and since I'm still on a blissful high from this post, my pain once again becomes your pleasure 😉

I HOPE ZAYNE'S VA GETS EVERYTHING HE WISHES FOR IN LIFE.

Which one is your favorite? 🫠

Update: I made another one 😉

UWAHH~ I CAN’T GET OVER HOW CUTE THEY ARE!! 🥹

Who cares if they’re out of sync. I seriously love how their distinct personalities carry over into their chibi forms for this performance.

Early morning (actually afternoon) Xavier scribbles ft. gremlin gf.

What Rafayel hid in Chapter 2 and what does it mean? Analysis & Theory

Someone pointed out in Reddit that Rafayel hid something from MC during chapter 2 when he was trying to look for his "collection log".

Spoilers for the Chapter 2, brief mention to chapter 8, Addictive Pain anecdote and some later mentions about Ebb and Flow and other memories.

The original post in Reddit, thank you OP for pointing this out!

During chapter 2, MC investigates Rafayel's involvement in Raymond's behavior and deducts that his paints might have part in his erradic mental state. When Rafayel offers to show his collection log, he seems to notice something, hide it with his body bit more, glance at MC and show the log in his hands.

Why did he do that?

His body language screams "OH SHI-" when he notices the lime green note. It's just a note, and it's not like MC would be able to read it from where she is standing. I think it is a small hint towards how Rafayel has planned the entire meeting with MC beforehand - which in my mind, this chapter does allude to many times.

I already wrote a theory on their "first meeting" about how Rafayel didn't intend taking Reddie home. I didn't mention explicitly that I believe that he has planned all their meetings in the main story quite meticulously, aside a few details that don't go his way - for example with Reddie.

I think this note was supposed to make "the collection log" easily findable for Rafayel, so he can play along in his plan. He just didn't account for MC being so close, and possibly seeing the note herself, so he panicked to cover it up. Then he realised MC probably won't even notice the note, but tries to tuck it subtly out of view.

Did he really plan all this?

I really want to point out all the ways how Rafayel is manouvering MC along his plans during the main story so far, but I'll focus on this particular chapter for now. He is really good at manipulation - but in this chapter and many other moments, his facial expressions do reveal a lot. Unfrotunately Tumblr lets me post only one video per post, but if you go look the main story, you will be able to notice these things from these few chapters.

At first, he looks bit stern, like he is ready to tell someone off from barging in the studio without a call. After once he realises it's MC, he smiles quite widely considering someone came to his home uninvited. Not to mention that I don't believe a second him knocking the ladder was an accident...

Rafayel looks surprisingly happy about the fact that Thomas let MC have the coral stones from his office. I don't know if Thomas is in with his plans or not, but for now for the sake of not going into another rabbit hole, I'll just say it's possible, but probably not.

If you have read Addictive Pain anecdote, you know that Rafayel used his blood to experiment on paint pigments to get some kind of desired effect from them. The coral stones seem to be reacting to his blood, and he's smirking here because he's demonstrating to MC that he has valuable connections in this case. He already knew the effect his blood would have with the coral stone.

After the battle, before he makes the offer to MC to be his bodyguard, he smirks after MC agrees to listen what he has to say.

Something I want to point out too - notice the "collection log" he had? It's actually an invite to the nest. He doesn't have an actual collection log. Technically he is not lying when he said "I'll happily give you what I have in my hand right now" - he did give an invite to the nest for MC in chapter 8. He just showed it way before hand the actual Hunting Day took place.

One last detail about how he managed to play MC like a fiddle during this chapter - he smirks in the end once he says "the door's over there". He's very pleased with himself. He managed to lead MC to believe that the only way to continue this investigation is to play along with his demands and become his bodyguard.

What a smug b....

... He is a siren, after all.

A lot of his memories and other moments highlight how masterfully he manages to make MC believe she is in control, but eventually he flips it completely around. During Ebb and Flow, after MC inspects his scales, it seems like she is in top of things with her little "You have to call me master" play - but then Rafayel turns it completely around, making her fall into his trap and takes control of the situation. In Gem affection, he lets MC to play around with him until he flips her over. This same theme repeats in several memories like Tipsy Invitation, Omnipotent Perception and Extreme Dose as well.

This exact story moment is probably the first moment we see this in action in a more convoluded way - he peaks her curiousity, controls the conversation and makes MC feel like she doesn't have any other option than play along with his game. It's also visible in the main story later, if I manage to make posts of the other chapters as well.

What if the note was something else?

Another thing that I'm thinking about is that it could be hint that the book the note is sticked to is some kind of marker for his notes about her from the times when he stalked her. I don't really have much to go on with that, but it's a possibility. All we can really deduct from how he reacted is that he probably didn't want MC to see whatever he was hiding.

On a more humorous note, it also could be the sketchbook every artist has and wants no one to see... Not that I have a such sketchbook or would know anything about that *cough cough*

Hey everyone !

Just wanted to ask about something.

So, I've been thinking about picking up on writing fics again. Thing is, I haven't done so in YEARS, literally since I was 15. So I'm kinda hesitant to do so, I'm scared I've lost it you know ?

What do you guys think ? Should I try anyway ? If so, where do I even begin ?