Release The Bees

Mira of course claims to not care about being her daughter’s first word. She doesn’t, really, but she’s the one who’s reading their daughter stories every night, and sounding out words at the grocery story, and talking to their infant like she’s a grown adult, not a babbling little girl who thinks it’s hilarious every time Mira hands her a piece of produce to place in the basket.

Their daughter is pretty slow to talking, though. Zoey’s not sure where that came from but she knows damn well it’s not from her. But that’s fine, their girl will take the world at her own pace.

Until, of course, Mira has to leave for a photoshoot for the day.

Mira: I left food in the fridge. For you guys and for her. She’ll eat the peaches but only if it’s on the blue spoon and she’ll take these really small bites-

Zoey: *giggling* we know, babe. It’s our kid too.

Mira: and I’ll call at lunch. If this director makes me stay late I’m gonna kick his ass-

Rumi: *leans in and pecks Mira on the lips* -we got it, jagiya. Have a great day, Mir <3

Mira: *visibly relaxing a little, then leaning down to kiss the baby’s forehead* I’ll see all three of you later. I love you <3

Baby: *fussing and squirming in Rumis arms, getting Big Mad that Mira isn’t picking her up*

Mira: *visibly losing her nerve to leave* wait, just one more kiss-

Baby: *begins to cry*

Zoey: *rushing Mira towards the door* babe, go right now or you’re not making that call time-

Mira: *hesitating and looking agonized* okay. Okay, let me just-

Baby: *wailing* Eommaaaa! Nooo!!!

Polytrix: *stopping dead in their tracks*

Mira: *tearing up, immediately scooping the baby out of Rumi’s arms* oh, my girl, I’m here-

Rumi and Zoey: *also tearing up, but sharing a fist bump behind Mira’s back where she can’t see it*

Rumi: wait, Mir, your photoshoot-

Mira: *snuggling the baby very close, shushing her and bouncing her on her hip until she quiets down* I’m not going. I’m never leaving this apartment again. Oh my god, our baby is talking-

Rumi: and you were her first word, Mira. She was calling out for you 🥺

Hello everyone!

Last year I started designing a series of Coat of Arms, themed in the spirit of Pride Month and using different mythological creatures as heraldic animals. I now aim to turn these designs into wearable pins and will be running a Kickstarter in Julyto fund this endeavor!

In addition to these 5 designs I wish to be able to crowdfund enough to be able to also manufacture the following pins and identities:

I have found a very trustworthy local manufacturer, who has already shown the quality of their craftsmanship with the first batch of test pins I received, just look at the detail they were able to produce!

Since I try to support local manufacturers, which produce pins with fair wages and are more ethical than outside of Europe, the pins are more expensive to create than through the usual pipeline via Asia.

I therefore seek to crowdfund the expenses since they would be more than I can afford. If you are interested and look forward to support this little endeavor, please follow the link below to sign up for a mailing list. People who signed up on the email list and pledged during the campaign will receive an exclusive sticker set by the end of a successful launch consisting of the following designs:

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All of the Prehistoric Pride guys in one collective post to celebrate pride month. Choose your fighter and have an awesome time :D

More suggestions are always welcome, I sadly was not able to cover everyone, but I will do more of these in the future!

I am going to add more and more to the collection as I get them done :D

If you would like to support my silly little dinosaur art, then you can buy any of these Prideaurs as stickers from my Etsy shop, which I just set up recently. I am pretty new to this entire business side of art things, but I am trying my best :D so a like or a reblog would go a long way. Thank you guys so much for all your kind words and support!

Zoey: Best I got is kisses.

filo au where loser zoemira pining for ssg president rumi that they end up tailing her the whole day

Epilogue

Derpy tiger cub! Alternatively, Jinu could just be bad at making appropriately sized hats. 🤣

everyone is questioning how this nepo baby pop princess is gonna be able to make it past the first day, with several people tuned in just hoping to see her crash out early on

but rumis been raised with a lot of survival knowledge. she knows how to start a fire, hunt, fish (with and without a pole), preserve food, make a cooking spit, etc

by the end of day 1, shes the only one with shelter. and its a good shelter too, one that people got to watch her build in real time. its sturdy, and warm, and somehow, inexplicably, made of WOOD. she actually built a little hut.

shes got enough preserved food to get her through several months ready by the time any other people have built proper shelter

millions of people watch as the queen of kpop gets through this competition effortlessly. no one can quite fully believe what theyre watching but they cant look away, and they have no choice but to start to believe

almost a month in, all but one other person is left. the weather has been a nightmare for the other contestants. people who were doubting rumi at the start are now her honest to god fans.

the last one other than rumi is cold and pale, shivering and struggling to make a proper fire. his food is dwindling. he’s not looking too hot, and people are pretty sure that if he doesnt just give up outright in the next day or so, hes gonna be med evaced

rumi looks just fine, health wise.

but shes clearly sullen. her health has stayed steady this whole time, but her mood has been nosediving over the course of the last few weeks

“its weird,” she says to the camera at one point, while chewing on a piece of jerky she made herself, “if i was doing this a decade ago, i would probably have been in good spirits right about now. i didnt have many people in my life who i could consider close to me. this isolation would’ve meant nothing to me.

“but since then, ive met mira and zoey. two people who i couldnt imagine my life without. whose souls feel so tethered to my own.” her voice grows rough. “these past few weeks have been agony without them. i havent even been able to hear their voices. look at their faces. my only solace is that my dreams are full of the two of them, and my mind has cataloged every detail about them to the most minute of them all, so their voices are closer to echoes in my brain than imitations, and their faces appear to me as vividly as if they were in front of me.”

she stares at the jerky in her hand. “i cant wait to go home to them. i wont quit, even though it kills me being away from them any longer.” she turns her attention back to the camera, and points at it, knowing her girls are watching her in that very moment. there are tears in her eyes. “just you wait, mira and zoey, im gonna win this whole thing, and when i do, we’ll never be apart ever again!” her lip wobbles, and the tears begin to spill. “i love you girls so much!”

(back home, mira and zoey clutch each other, sobbing as they watch her, “WE LOVE YOU TOO!”)

luckily, it only takes another day for rumi to win the show. her picture is shown next to those of the former winners at the end of the last episode, and the contrast between their end of show appearances (tired, malnourished, pale) and hers (well rested, full, flushed) is almost terrifying.

Then a fucking kpop star comes up to you, her hair still seems freshly dyed, her health is fine, and she's just like "hey, you seem like you're having trouble. Do you want some shelter for tonight?" And you're confused but you figure this isn't an intense enough show for someone to fucking hansel and gretel you, so sure.