I picked up a new video game for my DS on a whim Friday evening and it's called Princess Debut. Basically its a dating sim for girls where you learn to dance and win the heart of a collection of Prince Charmings. You get to pick the name for your character and her zodiac sign, the amount of affection you start out with for each prince seems to be based on the zodiac sign that you pick.

Basic Plot: There is a parallel world where there is another you. This other you comes through a closet to send you to her world so that you can be Princess for a season and take her place at dance lessons, the competitions (there's two of them), and picking a Prince to be a dance partner because she doesn't do very well at that stuff. Naturally you agree and you find that all the Princes are a parallel version of boys that you go to school with, they even have similar names. There are several things you can't unlock unless you play the game all the way through and with each Prince you have two different endings, one where you marry the Prince in the future and one where you return to your world and start to become close to your worlds version of said Prince.

You also have to dance and while its hard to fail a competition it isn't impossible. The dancing is done by tracing within the lines on the touch screen and you get extra points if you hit the star at just the right time. For every bad that you get though you loose five hundred points and if you get to many of them the dance will end. The Waltzes aren't difficult, except for the Vienna Waltz, and the Tango and Paso Doble is a lot of fun. You can't watch the dance while you do it though, or you'll screw up, so the game offers a movie option as well. I like this option because while the animation isn't as good as it could be (ie Princess Cynthia's dress eating Prince Klaus's legs) it's a lot of fun because they were actually created from watching real dancers preform the dances.

I'm really liking this game, enough to admit that yes I am addicted and I want to play until I get every single option and hidden goodies that's out there. I've even discovered a Walkthrough so that I can have help figuring out how to partner with a two elusive Princes. The main reasons I like this game.

1. It's fun, the dancing is easy to pick up and quite enjoyable plus I really like the music.
2. I played it straight through all on my own with no cheats, no help from outside sources, nadda. Just me. True it's not the toughest game out there but I'm proud of myself so silence you!

When I first played the game, using the name Princess Rin, I was worried about not getting a partner so I took up the first offer that I got which was from the class clown (in the normal world) who loved to play pranks and was named Prince Vincent or Vince for short. He came from the River Kingdom. The second time, as Princess Kotoha, I went with Prince Liam from the Green Kingdom who loved plants, cooking, and was very laid back. The issue with Liam though was that he constantly talks about his sister Olive who is sick and being taken care off in a far away kingdom.

The one thing that seems to be consistent throughout all the times I've played is that Vince is in love with the Princess. This never seems to change as he always asks to be her partner and you always find a bottle with a love letter to the Princess in it. It was while I was playing as Kotoha and Liam wouldn't shut up about his sister that I got the idea for my drabble. Kotoha had found the bottle with Vince's letter in it and I figured out that no matter what Vince was going to like her, cause I've got three games going now and have played two already and in all of them he likes her. So I thought I'd write about how he felt seeing Liam and Kotoha together.


( Green Eyed )

This one is for arytra and since her little amigurumi has yet to reach her I'm considering this my White Day gift to her. Hope she doesn't mind.

Also...five months on Monday. ::goofy grin::

I'm not 100% pleased with the ending but really when am I ever 100% pleased with any of my works? Outside of cloud_sama's corset pillow that is. That pattern takes forever but oh man does it work up nice!

Anywho... Enjoy a story that took forever to write!

Oh and quick note. The Fire is Chicago's soccer team, the Duck's are something I pulled from the web, which if I read the site right, should be from arytra's area.

( Firsts )

Trip's letter to Santa needed a little company, so I wrote one from Lucas. I've never written Lucas, outside of rangerville so I hope this one is okay! I snagged the title from my favorite version of the Twelve Days of Christmas by Allen Sherman.

Twelve Days of Christmas


On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
A Japanese transistor radio.

On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
Green polka-dot pajamas,
And a Japanese transistor radio.
(It's a Nakashuma.)

On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
A calendar book with the name of my insurance man,
Green polka-dot pajamas,
And a Japanese transistor radio.
(It's the Mark IV model. That's the one that's discontinued.)

On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
A simulated alligator wallet,
A calendar book with the name of my insurance man,
Green polka-dot pajamas,
And a Japanese transistor radio.
(And it comes in a leatherette case with holes in it,
so you can listen right through the case.)

On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
A statue of a lady, with a clock where her stomach ought to be,
A simulated alligator wallet,
A calendar book with the name of my insurance man,
Green polka-dot pajamas,
And a Japanese transistor radio.
(And it has a wire with a thing on one end that you
can stick in your ear, and a thing on the other end
that you can't stick anywhere, because it's bent.)

On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
A hammered aluminum nutcracker,
And all that other stuff,
And a Japanese transistor radio.

On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
A pink satin pillow that says San Diego, with fringe all around it,
And all that other stuff,
And a Japanese transistor radio.

On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
An indoor plastic birdbath,
And all that other stuff,
And a Japanese transistor radio.

On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
A pair of teakwood shower clogs,
And a Japanese transistor radio.

On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
A chromium combination manicure scissors and cigarette lighter,
And a Japanese transistor radio.

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
An automatic vegetable slicer that works when you see it on television,
but not when you get it home,
And a Japanese transistor radio.

On the twelfth day of Christmas, although it may seem strange,
On the twelfth day of Christmas, I'm going to exchange:
An automatic vegetable slicer that works when you see it on television,
but not when you get it home,
A chromium combination manicure scissors and cigarette lighter,
A pair of teakwood shower clogs,
An indoor plastic birdbath,
A pink satin pillow that says San Diego, with fringe all around it,
A hammered aluminum nutcracker,
A statue of a lady, with a clock where her stomach ought to be,
A simulated alligator wallet,
A calendar book with the name of my insurance man,
Green polka-dot pajamas,
And a Japanese transistor radio.
Merry Christmas everybody

( On the first day of Christmas… )

I tried to sleep last night I really did...I was even all loopy from the pain pills. But Hunter just wouldn't leave me alone. Not 100% pleased with this but thought I'd post it anyway.


( He sees you when your sleeping...he knows when your awake. He knows if you've been bad or good so be good for goodness sake. )

My attempt at my own challenge! There are few other characters that I'm debating on tackling but I'm really liking the stuff that everyone is coming up with. It was sweet to see Suzi from XCE tossed into the mix, any chance you might come up with one for Hollow Temp? That be interesting to see!

Also! Couldn't resist copy and pasting this nugget from chat!

Brit: I feel for Dustin man, he'll go along with like anything. Even hunting for Cam's porn.
Imouto: LOL, wouldn't even think Cam would have porn
Brit: Course not, its Cam...he has it on a flash drive.


( Santa Dude )

Does anyone else think, that despite his quiet demeanor, that Renn would be wild in bed?

Just curious.


( Boo Boo )

You know what really blows? When your bosses boss calls, you answer the phone and transfer it to the boss, and then you hear her explain to the head honcho what you are doing there. I kid you not. Dan, the head boss from California called the bakery today and I answered and transferred the phone call to my boss Barb. The first thing out of his mouth was:

"What is she still doing there?"

Jackass.

Moving on... I wrote a Dino Thunder fic last night that does contain a bit of slash, Conner/Trent to be exact but it's more of a thoughtful piece then I usually write and focuses more on what Trent feels about his friends and teammates then his relationship with Conner. I hope ya'll like it!

( Color Palette )

Just a few things before we continue....

1. This was written because Meg-neesan thought Bridge/Hunter would be cute when she was doing a meme. It's all her fault.
2. I was watching the Cubs vs Huston last night so I was distracted while writing. If It makes no sense that's why.
3. I have NO clue why Bridge was in the past and no idea how these two met. Maybe Bridge just has a thing for hot ninja's?

Now then...on to the story. It's rated 'G' and is pure crack.

It had to be the smile, Hunter was a sucker for those dimples. What other reason was there for him to go weak in the knees when Bridge was nearby? It took extra effort to concentrate, to remain focused and not loose control. To not go all tongue tied anytime their eyes met.

He was was working on his bike, changing the oil and trying to fix a loose brake. Bridge was sitting nearby firing rapid fire questions and distracting Hunter who was trying desperately to focus when all he wanted to do was busy Bridge's mouth with something other than talking. Squeezing his eyes shut tightly he took a deep breath and tried to steady his racing pulse.

The clatter of tools being pushed aside and Bridge's footsteps growing louder indicated that the brunette was coming closer. When Bridge's knee bumped Hunter's the electric tingle was enough to cause him to drop the wrench he'd been holding to the concrete ground with a loud clang. Grumbling under his breath Hunter pushed himself up from his reclined position under his bike and wound up smacking his forehead against the frame with a solid thunk.

"Ow," rubbing his forehead he bit down on the inside of his cheek and pouted like a child.

Concern filled his eyes as Bridge leaned froward to inspect the injury, long fingers brushing over a red goosebump already forming. Pursing his lips he made a face and muttered about concussions and that maybe Hunter should wear a helmet while doing repairs but then that would just look silly. Hunter put a hand on Bridge's shoulder in an attempt to stop the rambles and Bridge just smiled, leaned in, and gave the goosebump a small kiss. His task completed Bridge stood and wander off to find something tinker with, whistling the entire time, gloved hands clasped behind his head.

Hunter was left behind to stare at Bridge's retreating form in a daze the result of the to short contact between them. Yeah it had to be the smile. He was hooked, maybe it was time to start looking into a twelve step program. Did they even have Bridgeaholics Anonymous? Giving his head a shake Hunter lay back under his bike and tried to get back to work.