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Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 8d

DAY 3: Step for step; dance with me and don't look back.

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I posted this everyone on Discord, but almost forgot about my Rentry, oops!

”Dance with me!” Rex laughs, stumbling.

Kalita visibly hesitates, “Um, what?”

”C’mon, K’lita, let’s live a little and dance!”

She stares, “There’s no music though.” She squints at him. “Are you...drunk? I thought you could hold your alcohol? How much have you *had*?”

”Enough to do this,” and he leaps forward to tug her close, forcing their hands together.

”Oof—Rex!” Kalita cries, stumbling against his sturdy frame as he bounces them around in a circle. She squirms in his hold, head twisting left and right to attempt to gather her bearings.

“Don’t look back!” Rex says. “Just have fun!”

He hums a tune only he can hear with not a care in the world. She doesn’t even bother to break free, resigning herself to how the movements are sort of…fun. At least, it’s fun when it’s Rex spinning her around. Step by step, her irritation fades into a fond appreciation for the absurd spontaneity that can only arise from copious amounts of alcohol. Soon enough—with her struggling to hide her slight panting—they slow into a sway.

“So?” Rex says out of the blue.

“So...?”

“Was it fun?”

“Yes,” she admits.

“Happy to hear my plan worked then.”

“‘Plan’...?” Suddenly, she realizes he hadn’t slurred his words even once. Kalita jerks her head upwards to stare at him, gasping at his smug expression. She pries a hand free and lightly slaps his chest. “You jerk, I knew you couldn’t get that drunk!”

He only laughs loudly, which she’s swift to cut off with a firm kiss on the lips.

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Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 12h

DAY 11: Stay in touch.

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I was busy all day yesterday and all day today so I ended up almost running out of time oop

DAY 11: Stay in touch.
“Please stay in touch,” Kalita demands. “Let me know once you get to the Rest Spot.”

Shulk blinks, “Rest Spot?”

She waves her hand, “Campsite, whatever. Just call me before you go to bed please; I know it’s just a simple supply run but it'll ease my anxiety.”

He shifts in place, cocking his head. “Is your anxiety high today? You're normally not so insistent.”

“Eh, maybe?” She looks to the heavens, nods, then grimaces. “Okay, yeah, I would say yes. I don't even know why, probably just usual mental illness shenanigans or what have you.”

“I'm sorry,” he frowns, sympathetic. “Is there anything I can do to help?”

“Call me when you get to the Rest Spot—campsite,” Kalita repeats with an amused grin and laughter in her throat.

He chuckles, “Besides that.”

“A hug then?”

“I can do that.”

Kalita beams and eagerly steps over, arms wrapping around Shulk's torso firmly. Their height difference means her head is level with his shoulders, and she’s more than happy to snuggle her cheek against his right shoulder. While she and Rex have attempted to train him (using ‘train’ in the nicest way possible, of course), Shulk’s still the least eager for hugs out of their trio. Thus, there’s a slight delay before he reciprocates her action, and even then his grasp is a little on the flimsy side.

*Well, when a man goes without a hug for multiple years... He’ll get there some day, we’ll ensure it,* she thinks fondly.

Squeezing once, Kalita lets go a second later—but not before giving a quick peck on the lips.

“And there’s your kiss for luck,” she says. “Now you have no excuse to not call me when everything will go A-okay.”

“I could somehow forget,” he offers.

She raises a singular eyebrow.

“Or not.”

Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 13h

hehe. new vs old

since the website was being inaccurate i just did the exact feet measurements from the conversions

Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 16h

Google also says 5'9" what the hell is this website on lmfao, guess I'll manually adjust it. But what is the point of having a HEIGHT COMPARISON WEBSITE that gets the height wrong?!?

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Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 16h

Hi update on this, what do you mean my height convertor in my phone calculator places Shulk (180 cm) at 5'9" but the height comparison website puts him at 5'10.57"?????? I am very confused

Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 1d

New XC height chart comparison has hit my Twitter feed that re-confirms certain measurements so I'll need to modify some OTHER numbers too on my template now aha. Actually a little excited to correct it cause now I'm closer in height to both Shulk AND Rex 🥰🥰🥰

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Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 1d

Also wym I'm literally the same height as Shulk's canon wife Fiora ehehehehe

Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 1d

When I was making my height comparison chart, I basically just took the median from every height chart comparison that existed at the time. There was slightly more info in direction A, but directions B and C still existed. Now there's yet another point towards A, so direction A I'll follow

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Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 1d

New XC height chart comparison has hit my Twitter feed that re-confirms certain measurements so I'll need to modify some OTHER numbers too on my template now aha. Actually a little excited to correct it cause now I'm closer in height to both Shulk AND Rex 🥰🥰🥰

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Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 9d

DAY 2: [prompt redacted]

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Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 2d

DAY 9: Wasn't it worth the pain?

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You know, I *tried* to go abide by the max word count...then the alternate timeline AU dialogue exposition just kept going into over 600 words lmfao. Hopefully you can follow along!

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Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 3d

how did i not put my birthday anywhere on the template. i mean, i know why, i was running out of space, BUT PAST KALITAAAAA WHAT WERE YOU THINKINGGGGGG

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Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 3d

i gotta set a poll for this tomorrow on my main i need some thoughts on this LOL

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Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 3d

help i'm realizing my shipping template and is gonna be outdated soon and i'm gonna re-pin it in november and my age will be off 😭

GONNA BE 22 FOR THE WHOLE YEAR NOW, OH WELL, WISH I COULD EDIT IMAGES POST-UPLOAD BUT I COMMITTED TO THE COMMS THREAD AT LEAST FOR THE YEAR

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Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 3d

ok. what if: happy birthday to meeeee here i am in my pretty dress looking all happy presents somewhere on the screen idk.

am i cooking? who knows. but personally irl i LOVE dressing up on my birthday so i'd love to incorporate that somehow

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Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 3d

fashion in aionios is so...odd. how do the rebels even get the materials in the first place to make such swanky, streetwear-esque outfits? i guess that means i could technically design any dress for myself lol

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Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 3d

laying on my bed staring into space because i'm trying to think of what cute thing i wanna doodle for my birthday when, as we all know, i can't draw people

i know what *fic* i could write but i don't really wanna write tbh. all i can think of is birthday outfits...but yesterdale fashion. oof.

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Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 3d

DAY 8: [prompt redacted]

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You may be wondering now...Kalita, why every odd day but a few even days? Answer: there's a second prompt list I don't feel comfortable sharing publicly, and that goes alongside the stories I write for those days too ^^'

Kalita frowns at the bandage wrapped around Rex’s lower right side, only noticeable now due to the stretching of his arms and raised shirt. “Hey Rex? Is that new?”

He glances down at where she’s looking, clicking his tongue. “Ah, yeah, nasty bugger swiped me hard. More of a bruise than a wound but the good ol’ medic wanted it covered just in case.”

She squints, frown deepening, “How big of a bruise are we talking?”

“‘Bout as big as my hand, if I had to guess.”

“Does it hurt?”

He smirks boyishly, “If I say yes, will you kiss it better?”

“Sure, if it’ll help your pain.” Though her cheeks are dusted with red, she says it seriously.

He blinks rapidly a few times, taken aback, but recovers quickly. “Alrighty then, come over here.”

Rex lowers his arms and rolls his shirt up just enough to expose the bandage. Kalita crosses the short distance to his body, crouches until her face is square with the area, and presses a tender kiss directly in the center. The sheer sincerity of the action has his heart swell with love the longer her lips remain, enough to ignore the tingling pain from the applied pressure.

She draws back with a fond smile, returning to her feet, however the smile immediately wipes away into a disgusted gag. “Wait, eugh, I think I got a fuzzy in my mouth.” Her upper teeth repeatedly scrape across her tongue until her gag lessens.

He can’t hold in a laugh, “A *fuzzy*? How old are you?”

“Old enough to kiss your boo-boos better,” she retorts.

“Touché. At least we’re even for the other night now.”

“Rex!” She whines. “I said I was sorry! How was I supposed to know my stupid sleeping sweat would get in all over your hair?”

“We both knew it was hot outside, so there’s your answer,” and he pats the top of her head with a smile of his own.

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Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 10d

DAY 1: Far away from reality, kind of lost on the path

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(also I ran out of space in the first post but comments in this thread are a-okay)

What is considered reality nowadays when you’ve been magically transported to a previously-fictional universe? Is reality your current plain of existence, or your home realm an impossible distance away? Kalita would probably go with a mixture of both considering how often she feels disjointed by the societal differences in Colony 9, and how she’s literally far away from her reality on Earth.

Even after several years on Aionios, she still has fears lingering in the back of her mind that she’ll, to put it crassly, kind of fuck everything up. How many stories has she read where the protagonist’s presence alone affected the future? At least those are short-term consequences for up to a few decades. She’s stuck sometime before the plot of Future Redeemed; there’s still an entire millennium to pass until Ouroboros restarts Origin. Kalita’s only mortal; there’s no way to guarantee every step forward progresses correctly as the timeline dictates when she won’t live longer than 80.

Except...there is one way. No, no, she can’t become Moebius. No matter how lost she feels she refuses to become the literal enemy to the few rebels that exist. She just needs to trust everyone, trust A’s words whenever A appears, that the future path is still secure.

She’s not trying to change anything major, it just...sort of happened, and she’s selfish enough, paradoxically satisfied and unsatisfied enough, to prioritize her happiness in the moment when the outcome will result in tragedy as long as she doesn’t fight it. They’re doomed, to put it simply. She’s known since day one what will inevitably happen, and no matter how much it pains her, for the sake of Aionios she will have to let them go eventually.

All Kalita can hope is that she refrains from reality for just a little longer.

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Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 4d

DAY 7: Until the mirror breaks

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Kalita can pretend she’s in a dream for only so long. She’s seasoned in how these kinds of stories go, and the notion of essentially being a weak fan fiction protagonist is daunting. But truthfully, the illusion shattered as soon as she woke up to the sight of a sturdy, dull tent ceiling—maybe even sooner when she saw Shulk amongst the Liberators in crystal-clear vision the day prior. And wasn’t that crazy, encountering one of your favorite formerly-fictional characters in the flesh? Had she seen him on Earth, she’d probably assumed it was some disabled middle-aged cosplayer with the best-looking wig known to man and an accurate, actually functional prosthetic arm.

Everyone in Colony 9 has treated her with mild distrust thus far, not that she can blame them. A mysterious young woman dressed in City-esque clothing wakes up in the middle of a field with no recollection of how she got there? Part of her wishes someone had told her there were better places to take a nap than on the ground.

Shulk, at least, has been one of the few to treat her with kindness right off the bat. Obviously, Kalita isn’t some secret Moebius agent or anything, but she worries even he will grow sick of her presence eventually. She can’t fight, she can’t strategize, she can’t cook, she can’t make things with her hands, and she doesn’t even have an Iris installed within her eye.

So then why is she in Aionios? *How* is she in Aionios? She’s almost 21, she’s in her final year of college. She should be focusing on graduating and instead she’s anxiously following Liberators around the colony like a lost duckling, eager for something to do.

How long until the mirror breaks? How long until they see her uselessness reflected in shattered glass? She can only pray she’ll find some way to pull her weight and not be thrown out to the wolves—or rather, she should say thrown out to the Volves. Guess it’s time to start brainstorming...

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Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 5d

I STILL DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT SECOND ART PIECE TO MAKE FOR MY BIRTHDAY IS THE THING. 😭 I ONLY HAVE THE ANGSTY ONE FOR THE MAIN PROMPT LIST. WHAT KIND OF ADORABLE THING CAN I CRAFT IN TIME

lowkey though the Brain has been kicking my ass about my yumeship everyday this month, i feel so comforted now

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Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 5d

i love the craziest of coincidences happening this year. first it was that pink cosmos candle on my yumeship anniversary, now it's this. universe says YES to ~~middle-aged~~ Old Man Yaoi Self-Shipping Polyamory!!!!

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Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 5d

what if some random stranger overseas said "yeah so your birthday xenoblade prompt word is 'eternity'" and you looked at your phone screen and went "i'm sorry did you just say my birthday and xenoblade and eternity are connected" and it's midnight and your brain explodes

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Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 5d

aaaand now i'm crying over the stupidest thing

saw someone have...hashtagxenotober? yooo let's check that out!

prompt list image, hone in on my birthday:

day 21, eternity

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huh????

birthday???? eternity????? xenoblade????? MY YUMESHIP ETERNALCOSMOS??????

well shit, now i HAVE to make this art

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Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 5d

Bouncing up and down the person who did my Rex comm is going to do a Shulk comm for me next month...! He's gonna be so cool...

This reminds me that on an even day I don't have a prompt for publicly I need to share that art still lol

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Kalita @eternalcosmosyume.bsky.social · 10d

New pinned thread for October!

✨ Yumetober 2025 ✨

Every other day is a 200-450 words writing prompt, and can be viewed here:

rentry.co/kalita-yumet...

Thank you to my friend Mai for creating this list!

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#yumeshipping #yumeship #selfshipping #selfship #writing

Yumetober 2025 Prompts

DAY 1: Far away from reality, kind of lost on the path. What is considered reality nowadays when you’ve been magically transported to a previously-fictional universe? Is reality your current plain of ...

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