Just call me Emmett

"Dazzling Lone Wolf" suits him more than many think. You wouldn't attribute that name to him just by looking at him, though dazzling sure fits him well. I mean, he's very charming and open, and yet you could spend days in his company and know absolutely nothing about him. He has a talent of conversing for hours without revealing anything about himself.

It's like a barrier. You'll know as much as he wants you to know, which is always little.

I doubt he'd be a great friend or partner either.. Like, sure, he's good friends with Mr. Inference, but that's because Orion got to Ronald before he became what he's now. He's an actor—a lier— decieving everyone into thinking he's someone he isn't. He doesn't belong to the rich society and neither is he actually wealthy, but that's what he presents himself to be.

Any connection from when he left the military would be built on shameless lies and they're all bound to end badly.

I'm genuinely disappointed in natease for their blatant use of AI. People have been complaining about their ridiculous prices for so long and the least you'd expect of the company is to use that money for the development of the game and story. I even excused the prices, thinking that the cost of artists who draw their official art must be quite expensive, considering how beautiful everything has been, y'know? But then to turn around and use AI?

I'm new to the game and yet I can say that it has been a great inspiration to me. The character designs, the individual backstories, and the main story as a whole are just so well crafted that it motives me into being more creative and thorough with my art myself. And now I'm pretty sure they'll use AI for birthday letters and other lore drops, too.

I don't think he talks though..

Again, mostly because of his black lung. Making love is a breathtaking activity, and I mean it literally, so wasting more breath on speaking is just not what he would do. And he'd probably be too busy to think of stuff to say, he's in the middle of something after all.

I see no reason why he wouldn't be okay with it. It's a soothing feeling having your hair played with and it quickly puts one to sleep, which is great with Norton, who has a hard time with sleep in general. Quite a strained relationship..

I'm certain there were plenty of cases where he injured other survivors by throwing his magnets at them. The cause is righteous—he's trying to help them get out—but man, it hurts having metal knocked against you. The bruises afterwards are painful and long-lasting too, but what else is he supposed to do? Sure, the victim will get a purple bruise somewhere, but at least they're alive, so that must balance the scale, right?

The same logic doesn't work with you though.

Being that he has three magnets, ones that he retrieves during the match for another usage, he'd give one of them to you. Ain't no way he's risking knocking you out with one of them.. Last thing he needs is being the cause of your brain damage. Put it in your pockets (if they're big enough) or tie it across your waist like him, as long as you have it on you during the match.

I'm certain there were plenty of cases where he injured other survivors by throwing his magnets at them. The cause is righteous—he's trying to help them get out—but man, it hurts having metal knocked against you. The bruises afterwards are painful and long-lasting too, but what else is he supposed to do? Sure, the victim will get a purple bruise somewhere, but at least they're alive, so that must balance the scale, right?

The same logic doesn't work with you though.

Being that he has three magnets, ones that he retrieves during the match for another usage, he'd give one of them to you. Ain't no way he's risking knocking you out with one of them.. Last thing he needs is being the cause of your brain damage. Put it in your pockets (if they're big enough) or tie it across your waist like him, as long as you have it on you during the match.

Yeah, hand holding is pretty much the first physical touch he'll be comfortable with with his s/o.

If you two are walking down the street or are generally in a crowded area, he'll take your hand into his so as not to lose you in the crowd. It's such a simple gesture, and I think that's why he likes it. Holding hands doesn't attract attention yet signals to anyone looking that you two are in a relationship. To him, that's the perfect balance, being that he doesn't really enjoy being in the spotlight.

Aaand we're back. I'll be taking commissions in batches of Five!

Anyway, imagine being married to Norton, who's like a famous gangster around town. He's feared and respected and he goes after the rich. Personality wise, he's kind of like Smoke, tho some would argue that he's like Stack, but I can't really agree with that. And UGH you're his wife—or maybe husband, who's going to tell him who to love? That man has a gun he isn't afraid to use—to whom he returns after long absences, and he always has to make it up to you cause, duh, he has been gone for weeks..

He definitely gets flustered by your habit of calling him dear or darling. It probably softens him up for a moment, too. You want to go to a holiday celebration on the main street and you know he won't want to go? Call him one of the two pet names and the chances of him agreeing will increase.

He's good at keeping his face straight—lying to officers about the "accidental" explosion made him in good in that—but if you look closely, you'll see his eyebrows fighting the urge to stop furrowing. A man who has never been called anything sweet will have a soft spot for those loving names.

like.. how would Fugo react? and if the kid looked at him and streched his arms like "PAPA :D"? I think regular norton would be growing gray hair from stress if he knew

If for some magical reason the toddler was forced to PARTICIPATE in the match, Norton would either never let go of him or, if he wasn't in the match himself, pass out from stress. He'd bounce his leg under a table like crazy and age another 20 years. A toddler forced into the games? That's insane..

I like to think that Norton and Fugo do not share memories. It's more like Fugo sometimes sees fragments of things he didn't experience (Norton's memories), but otherwise, he's his own being. He would not recognise the little boy as his counterparts son, but he'd sure as hell feel some kind of fondess for him. He'd pick him up by the back of his shirt with one rocky hand and carry him around like a bag of groceries..

The boy would probably like it too. Feel like flying, I guess.

Aww and the boy would call him Papa and point at random things because that's what he does with Norton. Fugo wouldn't know what to do with it either. Whereas Norton learned to comment on whatever his son points at, Fugo is very much confused. He'd just pick up the broken medical device the boy pointed at and give it to him.

And then take it away because the toddler tried to put it in his mouth.

Considering that the explosion was a suicide attempt as much as it was a murder attempt, he was already feeling guilty for how he was planning on leaving you. Not only that, but the accident would also be a cover-up for the true nature of the explosion, so his last tribute to you would be a lie, too.

So when he survived, found his way to the surface and then had you visit and take care of him in the hospital, the guilt would be eating him alive. I mean, he'd get sick whenever you showed you. The extent of his betrayal was threefold. The attempt, the lie and the harm it caused you. It could be a skull fracture, being that you got blown away by a small distance by the blast wave or a small burn on your arm and shoulder caused by the heat wave.

Seriously, how is he supposed to forget it all and be with you as nothing has ever happened? Confess and ask for forgiveness could be the way, but he's unfortunately incapable of that. He can't tell you the truth and lose the one person he cares for. You're the only family he has, so no matter how terrible he feels for what he has done and is doing by preceeding with the lie, he won't tell you the truth.

Right right..

I can imagine him being very hesitant when kissing you for the first time. He had a hard time accepting the reality of you truly wanting to be with him, so just think of what went through his head when you leaned in for the kiss. His face might not have shown it, but the way he leaned in and then stopped and leaned in again showcased his inner battle well enough. There's this fear in him that you'll come to see him the way he sees himself. Maybe the kiss will be the first step towards that realisation.

He's also a bad kisser. Not terrible, I doubt he'd accidently clank his teeth against yours, but his lips are very stiff. He has seen people kiss— witnessed other miners with their wives enough times to know how a kiss looks—but he has no idea how to actually move his lips. One has to possess a certain level of confidence, and even though he has a lot of it in different areas like playing board and card games, he lacks it in kissing.

But there's nothing one can't gain through effort and dedication :)

When the inner tumour dies down and he learns the ways of making out, he's actually quite gentle with it. I like to think that lips to lips is not his favourite form of kissing. He enjoys the ones planted on knuckles or temples instead, which leads back to my point that when he does kiss you on the lips, he's gentle with it since it's quite rare between you two.

Now, of course, during lovemaking, it's a whole different story. That's when he's rough with it. I implied it a couple of times before, but he gets quite frustrated when he's turned on. It's not the usual anger, obviously. It's more like he's pissed at himself for getting hard as fast as he does. Behaving like a reserved and grumpy guy only to get seduced by you embarrassing fast.. Anyway, he loves "swallowing" the sounds you make, so his lips are on yours for a good chunk of the time. That's also why he doesn't prefer kissing that way outside of the bedroom. It's just too intimate to be done in broad daylight on a casual basis..