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It looks like Baraca will have a new typo of mission-watch out for this crockroach!

And in case you noticed–yes, it's heavily inspired by a post from someone called "ARC-TROOPER", specifically regarding the dynamic between W and Baraca (which I happen to love!), so I wanted to create something inspired by that. I recommend checking out their posts; they're very good

And also, I'd like to ask you a quick question: do you enjoy this type of content that I create?

I know this isn't the best thing I've ever done, but I did what I could, feel free to criticize it as much as you like

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A fist slams down on a clock, shutting off the alarm. Chen groans, looking at the ceiling with sleepy eyes. And then a splitting headache hits her. The lung tries to ignore it, pulling herself out of the bed and wobbling toward the bathroom.

"Oh, man..." She complains, "I definetly drank too much last night... Good thing it's Sunday... Perli would not let me live it down other... Wise... Wait."

She pauses, looking around her. That wasn't the door to her bathroom. That was a wall. Light wasn't getting inside the room from her left, but right above her. Her walls had art and colors on them. These were a drab white. Headache or not, one thing was clear: This wasn't the home Zhuang Fangyi gracefully offered her and the rest of the Endfielders to stay in during their adventures in Wuling. Sure, Teleprotocol was a thing. And so was the Drop Pod if you're Leavatain's brand of crazy. But getting to enjoy Wuling instead of bothering the Teleprotocol guys on duty in Dijang was nice.

She looks at herself, and realizes that, besides a pair of panties, she was in her birthday suit. This jolts her fully awake. She turns around, examining her surroundings, trying to stay alert, wondering what happened. Her eyes dart around, looking for her clothes. Her arms tense up, ready to block any incoming strikes. What she confused for the carpet next to her bed was her skirt. The rest was nowhere to be seen. The bed was not empty however.

She notices the form under the sheet. She takes a defensive posture straight out of her training, her thoughts racing. She tries to think back to yesterday's party. They were celebrating their victory in the North Wuling Exclusion Zone. The rift was sealed. Life could finally restart anew. She remembers the laughter. The drinking. The impromptu arm wrestling contest. Her pushing Li to relax a bit with them. Tianshi Zhuang "losing" a bet and having to walk around in a Chubby Lung onesie. Summit absolutely nailing his kareoke section. Something about Phrase and Tangtang making fools of themselves? She's not sure about that last one.

In the absence of clear answers, best she could do was to get them from whoever she was sharing the bed with. She wasn't thrilled by the idea of having slept with someone she didn't remember instantly. But she quickly considers it: It was a private party at Da Pan's restaurant, with everyone present being an active part in the North Wuling Exclusion Zone liberation: Ge Yipu, Lifeng, and most tianshis were having their own celebration at the institute of Material Science instead to keep the Yinglung's civilian identities secret. Tangtang was only allowed due to her role as the Supreme Chief, and her few teammates were all in the other location. In short? She was surrounded by friends and allies. Endmin, Perlica, Mi Fu, and the others would never let her leave the celebration alone if there was even a slight chance of harm coming to her.

She tries to remember, warmth washing over her. A silhouette. Moans. lots of intimacy. Of messiness. But only glimpses. Forms. Sounds. She tries to focus, to bring forth clearer memories, but with her migraine, it was as futile as trying to hold water in an open palm. Only one option left. Steeling herself, she decides to get her answer.

"Excuse me... Where am I?" She halfway yells, hoping to wake up whoever she has been in bed with.

"Huh?" a sleepy voice responds. The one voice Chen did not, under said circumstances, want to hear.

Li emerges from under the sheet, a pained grimace across her face. "Head... So heavy..." she says, ruffling her head feathers.

They make eye contact.

And a loud scream fills the place.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"

"I... I..." Chen sputters, unable to explain herself. But she didn't need to. Arcane examines her guest, then her face turns white as a ghost, followed by her lifting the sheet up and looking at herself. Chen did not need to see what she was seeing. The yelp of anguish was confirmation enough.

"Did... Did we..."

"I... I think we did. I ho..." Chen answers.

"No. No. I refuse to believe it. I will fall back to sleep and wake up alone in my bed when my baby will... OH NO!!!"

Arcane throws the sheet away and jump off her bed with no regard to her own state of undress, running past Chen and out of the room, to the latter's confusion. "It's not here... PLEASE NO PLEASE NO PLEASE NO..." Chen could feel the mounting despair in her voice, worrying her. but before she could ask, she hears Arcane still talking to herself. "Okay, the doors are both closed from the inside, but then where is my baby? Pspsps... QIANYU!!!" she yells as loud as she can.

"What?"

"DID YOU SEE A HOWLERBEAST ANYWHERE?"

"No, But I just woke u*eek*!!!" The lung answers, right before something pressed against her leg. A white kitty with a fiery tail, clearly freshly awake, brushes against her before stretching, yawning at her feet.

"IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO ME!!!" she yells. "It's here!"

Arcane runs back in, the relief in her face so clear it was almost painful. She immediately kneels down before Chen, as if her surprise guest was not even there. Reaching for her pet, lifting it up to her face, nuzzling it and peppering it's face with kisses, giggiling the entire time. Chen, frozen in surprise, doesn't even move, just watching her teammate bond with her fluffy friend. The animal puts its paw on it's owner's nose, and that was all Arcane needed to carefully let it down on the ground. She then looks straight ahead. and her field of vision gets invaded by a pair of thighs she had no interest in.

"These are mine." she groans, pointing at the pair of panties Chen was wearing.

"OH GOD!!! SORRY I WILL..."

"STOP TAKING THEM OFF IN FRONT OF ME YOU [*YANESE PROFANITIES*]!!" Arcane yells, standing up, walking to her closet while straightening her hair. Chen doesn't get much time to notice how weirdly mesmerizing the liberi's undone hair looks before getting a fresh pair of shorts and a black tank top thrown in her face.

"These are clean. Dress up, find your stuff, clean up, and LEAVE." the liberi sputters, both livid and embarassed, her final word sounding more like an order to an operator on the field.

"But..." Chen protests. "... I would like to know what happened."

"A nightmare. That's all. Just a nightmare. With a happy ending." She barks out, grabbing a change of clothes and putting them on behind the furniture's ajar door. As she emerges, a shirt and shorts neglectfully thrown on her, she notices Chen kneeling down, trying to pet her howlerbeast.

"Don't. It's kind of feral. Doesn't trust strangers easily. He would immediately scratch you."

"If it's feral, why were you so worried a few seconds ago?"

"I was afraid it left the house." she answers. "As I've told you, it's... You know about my Endfield demoti... I mean, you know about my forced RnR?"

Chen takes a moment to think, and then she remembers a moment from yesterday. Arcane, getting sadder and sadder about the whole ordeal as empty mugs slowly piled up next to her.

"Yeah, what about it?"

"Well... My pet is... It might be house trained, but I still mostly kept it as an outdoor pet. There's a flap door just for him so he could leave the house and walk around. It's necessary. My responsibilities as squad leader of the Yinglung mean that I could die any day alongside my squadmates. I wanted to make sure that if I was ever killed or missing in action alongside the few Yinglungs that he tolerates, he would still be able to go outside on its own in search of food... Or a new home." Arcane sits down on her bed, looking at her animal curiously smelling their guest.

"And what does that have to do with Endfield?" Chen asks, scratching her head, wondering why did Arcane share all these details.

"Well, I was afraid he'd leave the house for a day or two, and then I would be forced away from Wuling and straight to Dijang, and he'd be alone in Wuling. I would..."

"You still haven't learned, do you." Chen cuts the liberi.

"Excuse me?" Arcane asks, confused. Chen, in turn, sits down on the bed next to her and smirks.

"If you think me, Perli, or the Endmin would let you exit Wuling without your kitty, I'm really dissapointed. There's no way that we would leave without the cute furball."

"The Endmin of all people? They shouldn't need to care about someone's pet. They are..."

"Ask Lifeng."

"Huh?"

"Ask Lifeng! Endmin did that before."

"Endmin is the leader of one of the single most important entities in Talos-II. They are literally cited directly in several recent history books. They wouldn't..."

"You know, while you were recovering from your self imposed exile with Ardashir, we had a quick vacation here. You will never guess all the things we got up to. From helping Lifeng with his pet to delivering cargo to even taking photos for a small kid's scrapbook!"

"I thought you were busy doing things like fixing the Test Area?"

"Oh, yeah, that too."

Arcane tries to read Chen's expression. It didn't look like she was lying. And after all, Endmin *did* ignore the mission and jump after her when the bridge fell.

"I... See. I still struggle to believe you though."

"I know. That's why I told you to ask Lifeng. He can vouch for me on that one." Chen responds. "But anyways. Now that the kitty has been confirmed safe, I must know. What happened last night?" The lung's expression returns to curious.

"As I've said, a nightmare." Arcane clamps down immediately.

"Come on, Arcane. I don't remember a thing, and I'm so curious! Do you remember what happened yourself? Anything at all?"

Arcane stays silent, her thoughts drifting. Past the pet fueled adrenaline rush, she didn't remember much either. And her head was hurting like hell.

"Arcane? Arcane? Li?"

The liberi finally snaps back to the truth of the situation. And to Chen shaking her hand in front of her face.

"We messed up. We did it. We slept together. There nothing more to add." she sputters out.

"Again with your secrets. Just like when you came back with Endmin from that place with the sword and refused to tell me what happened outside of a cryptic "I went home." And Endmin did not tell me a thing either." The annoyance in Chen's voice was palpable.

"What, you expect me to tell you everything about me?"

"No, of course not! I just..."

"Yes?"

"I feel a bit... Excluded, you know. And I'm not sure if I should be. I'm not stupid. It's been years since we've been in touch. And... Nothing would've changed if Nefarith and her LB goons didn't make their way to Wuling right after Valley IV. Each of us would be carving her own path on differents zones of Talos-II" Chen falls silent, scratching the back of her head in embarassement.

Arcane looks at Chen, her thoughts wandering to previous memories. How present Chen was as soon as she arrived in Wuling. How Endmin insisted that Chen cared about her the most.

"Fine." Arcane finally lets out. "I don't remember much either. Give me... A moment. Let's try to retrace our steps."

"...O... Kay..."

"I remember that I was drinking at the bar, but then there's a gap until... I was rummaging around for my keys..."

"So that means... Oh, yeah! You got way too drunk, and Da Pan cut you off. I believe..." Chen immediately reaches for her phone, opening Toast. "Yeah. Summit asked me to take you home because he couldn't. He was a designated driver and couldn't leave. See? He toasted me your adress."

"Okay. So I need to beat the crap out of him during train... Oh yeah. Endfield. Anyways. At least we know how you got here. Then... Let's investigate what did happen when you got me home." Arcane starts walking to the entrance, followed by Chen. Now that she wasn't busy looking for her howlerbeast, she notices the pieces of their outfits all over the place, making a trail between the living room to her own room. "I guess the living room is where we started, but why?" she ponders, looking at the table and couches in the middle of the room. Chen leans down to check the floor, as Arcane remains transfixed on the table, trying to summon her memories back to her. An adorable "Hey! Stop it you little cutie!" breaks her reverie. She notices Chen down on all four, and her howlerbeast sat on the edge of her sofa, swatting playfully at the Lung's fluffy part of her tail.

"Oh, sorry, I'll get him awa..."

"No, no need, I don't mind it!" Chen counters, swaying her tail around to the howlerbeast's amusement. Arcane examines the ebb and flow of Chen's tail as she humored her pet. It was much more mesmerizing than she wanted to admit. Her gaze traced the curve of the appendage out of compulsion. Only to notice two marks on the scales, on the underside of it.

Her mind snaps.

"Are these... Teeth marks?" she ponders to herself, her thoughts a maelstrom, her heart a beating drum, her body tensing up in fear and astonishement. "Did I bite her... Did I bite her there? I only do that when I'm... NOWAYNOWAYNOWAY..."

She looks at Chen's tail and the exposed parts of her back. Hickeys. And clear teeth marks again. Her eyes dart all over. Arcane's body was now so warm she feels like she's suffocating. She's not into hickeys. And she's not into biting either. She only does the latter when her orgasm is too powerful. A precaution to not be heard by neighbours. Seeing these on Chen's body meant only one thing. She really, REALLY enjoyed their time together, and they didn't stop the first time she came.

"Li? LI? LIIIII???"

"YESQIANYUWHATDOYOUNEED?!?" she yells out, panic taking hold of her voice.

"You... You okay?" Chen asks, confused.

"I'mNotFineIDon'tKnowWhatHappenedI'mSoSorryI'm..."

Chen sighs, looking at Arcane. Again, she was left out of the loop. And again, she was a wee bit frustrated. She raises something she had in her hand to Arcane's face. "Found that bottle on the floor. Empty." This reveal snaps the liberi back to reality, causing her to examine the item. And suddenly the memories rush back in. "Dammit..." She closes her eyes slowly, before letting herself fall down on the couch. "I recall now." She was now feeling much calmer.

"You do? You really do?" Chen returns, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

"Only that damned bottle." Arcane leans against the couch, her head turned to the sky, and her hand on her forehead, as if trying to push away her headache. "We arrived here. You sat me down to rest and went to fetch me water. I already had that bottle ready. Was planning on pre-gaming at the bar and drinking this one when I was back home. I... Goddamit." she groans. Her head felt like it was going to split open and spit out her memories right there. "I... I told you I was sad you had to stop partying because of me, and... And I offered that we drink that bottle together. It's very strong baijiu. I remember us both drinking it, a moment with both of us taking off our coats cuz we felt hot... More drinking... And then... Waking up."

"Nothing more?" Chen wonders.

"Nothing... Fuck, my head..." Arcane complains. For some reason, the latest realization kicked her headache into overdrive.

"Wait, I'll try to remember stuff on my end." Chen answers, rubbing her forehead with both hands as she fought her own migraine.

"What's the point? We figured out how we fucked up, why bother wondering *how* we fucked... Wait."

"Huh?"

"I mean... We know we... You know... Because we got too drunk here now. What do you need to know besides that?"

"Well, aren't you even a bit curious about what we did when... Humm..."

"We're DONE with this conversation."

"Come on Li! It already happened! Why not figure out what we did during it? What shenanigans we got up to?"

"What's the point? We were drunk, we're probably STD clean, and we're both women, so no risk of pregnancy. It's not like we're gonna repeat that, will we?"

"You sure know how to kill the mood."

"If you were going to say otherwise, please keep it to yourself."

"I wasn't, but I'm now tempted to say I was just to prove you wrong."

"No. You've never been a good liar. I can read you like a book."

"Fine, fine."

Minutes stretch in silence as they both rest on the couches, each of them at a loss for words. Chen leans in the same position as Arcane, closing her eyes. The latter doesn't do the same, examining her guest's body to see if there were more traces of their lovemaking. Noticing the bite marks and hickeys. Stressing over their number. Praying it was just a fetish of the Lung that she obliged during their fun time.

Then Arcane's howlerbeast jumps onto her lap and meows, begging for food. That was her cue to move.

"Well... I believe it's time to say goodbye. Please dress up in your own clothes and leave. If they're too dirty, you can borrow those you already have on."

"Okay, okay..." Chen answers, standing up and slowly picking up her stuff from the floor, only to stop and run to Arcane, holding her hand to her mouth. The latter immediately rushes her to the toilet, staying outside as the biological consequences of their drinking finally catch up to the lung. She closes the door to give her a bit more privacy, before toasting the endmin.

"Morning, Endmin. My apologies for bothering you, but Chen is at my place, severely hungover. Can you send someone to pick her up?"

"Sure! Toast me the location and I'll be there as soon as possible?"

Arcane looks in confusion. Endmin making time in their busy schedule to pick up Chen by themselves? Her thoughts wander back to the prior conversation about her howlerbeast. Maybe Chen was not pulling her leg.

"Arcane?"

"Oh, sorry, here's the adress." Arcane returns to the endmin. Now all she needed to do is inform the Lung. "Hey Chen", she says as she pushes the door open. "The endmin is co..."

The shorts she lent Chen weren't suited for someone with a thick tail. Chen clearly decided to overcompunsate by pulling them up more than necessary, exposing her thighs and buttfangs. Now clearly on display for Arcane as the lung was leaning on the toilet seat, ready to puke again. But that wasn't the important thing.

One bite mark she didn't notice before. On Chen's inner left thigh.

"Li... Li?" Chen painfully rasps out, lifting her head up to speak to Arcane.

"Oh, Oh... Endmin coming." Arcane lets out, her face red as a beet. Chen would've probably noticed and commented on it if she didn't immediately start puking again. Arcane immediately leans down, trying to support her as best she could, her heart beating out of her chest.

"How are you feeling?" she asks a while later. They were both back in the living room, and Chen was shivering, but fine.

"Drained."

"Don't worry, Endmin is on the way to take you home."

"Okay..."

"You sound a bit dissapointed."

"I wanted to stay and maybe help you get over your hangover..."

"Chen. I told you you're a lousy liar."

"No, I'm sincere. You'll be okay if you too start puking?"

"Don't worry about me. I'm trained to deal with physical discomfort. Yinglung training program and all that. You grabbed all your clothes?"

"Yeah. Skirt is fine, the rest isn't. You mind if I keep them on for a bit longer?"

"Don't worry. Just one moment."

Arcane goes back to her room, emerging a bit later and throwing a clumped shirt in Chen's face. "Put this on."

"A turtleneck?" Chen asks as she unfurl the cloth. "Why... OH." she remains silent, blushing a little as she carefully slide it on, making sure it doesn't get stuck on her horns. As she dresses in the shirt and her skirt, Arcane's phone rings.

"Endmin and Perlica are here." She announces, reading the toast. "Well then, have a nice day, Chen. And again. NOT. A. WORD."

"Yeah, yeah..." Chen answers, standing up with her clothes in her hands. "Okay then. Have a nice day, I guess. And also... Thank you."

"No need. You got me back home safe. Least I can do is make sure you'd be back home safe too."

"Well, that too, but that's not what I meant." Chen answers, making her way to the front door. "Whatever happened between us yesterday? I'm sure that I really enjoyed it." she sputters out.

"You said you don't remember much and kept nagging me to remember stuff on my end." Arcane counters, making her way to the front door in turn.

"I don't need to remember what happend to know. I'm sure I enjoyed it because... Well, it was with you!"

"Endmin and supervisor Perlica are waiting."

"Oh, yeah. Well, have a nice day, Li!"

"Nice day."

Arcane stands there, waving and smiling to Endmin and Perlica as they pick up Chen. She watches them going down the street. She closes the door and drags herself to her couch. She let herself fall face first on it.

And with only her pet as witness, she bites her pillow, letting out a muffled, frustrated scream.

This isn't the best image I've made, but i did what I could; feel free to criticize it as much as you like

Kept you waiting, huh?

I am the storm that is approaching...

Well guys, this isn't the best image I've made, but I did what I could–feel free to criticize it as much as you like.

I didn't include Liquid Snake, as I had promised, due to some editing issues, but at least I mentioned him

Wife time-paradox'd herself back in time just to bake a cake, very cool.

I'm putting down these 2 memes as a trade

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No arknights for 3 hours... I cant... help me..

According to Metal Gear lore, it obviously isn't the mineral from Arknights; it's actually a piece of shrapnel embedded in his skull

Although the resemblance is certainly more than just curious

And yes, I made this image myself; it's not the best work erver, but I did what I could–feel free to criticize it all you want.

What a thrill

Giving hin a demonic appearance and also causing him some brain damage

My shitty gacha luck came from all the way back from the Limbus collab