Aloy lifted her chin and closed her eyes, savouring the gentle fall of snow on her face. She’d always loved the snow, but here in the Cut, snowflakes seemed to carry more weight, as though they were brushed with mystery from the Banuk’s Blue Light.

She smiled as the heavy flakes kissed her eyelashes and melted coolly on her skin. A new snowfall always brought a particular kind of hush with it, a silence like the bated breath right before a sigh of relief.

Finally Aloy opened her eyes and gazed up at the perfectly white sky. It might be so cold that there was frost between her teeth, but she would take a fresh snowfall over a summer breeze any day.

“I always wanted to be a snow-ghost, free to do what I will.”

So this sidequest really hit me HARD in the feels. I love Ikrie so much. I feel like she’s a really kindred spirit with Aloy, which just makes the whole situation much more emotional. 

When Ikrie says “maybe I’ll start my own werak… but for now, I’m a werak of one.” I just absolutely lost it. 

And  then when you run into her later at the Hunting Grounds… OH MY HEART

Needless to say I’m obviously NILOY FOREVER, but… I really need to read something about Aloy and Ikrie. Whether it’s a friendship fic or Aloy/Ikrie romance, I don’t mind – but I need more about these two.

And if someone else doesn’t write it soon… *rolls up sleeves* CONSIDER THIS CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

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Guys.

Sign it.

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Sign and reblog guys!

It has less signatures than this has notes. Sign it!

All of my followers- sign this please!

If you have time to signal boost this or even fucking like it, SIGN IT and enact change because this feature is bullshit. 

I signed it! But we need more to sign it

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We hear and obey.

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Horizon Zero Dawn’s 1 year anniversary is steadily approaching. I can’t believe a year has almost flown by! To celebrate it’s first year being release, the staff of @dailyhorizon and I have decided to host a #hzdweek! It will start on February 21st and ends on February 28th. This gives more than 2 months to prepare so you don’t have to stress about it.

  • Day #1: All About Aloy (of course Aloy needs her own day! You can do feature, personality, whatever you want)
  • Day #2: Nature or Technology (do you like the beautiful nature or do you like places like the bunkers, cauldrons, etc?)
  • Day #3: Terraforming vs Weapons Machines (do you like the machines who help the earth or do you like the machines who were made to kill hunters and protect the terraforming machines?)
  • Day #4: Best NPC(s) or Best Soundtrack
  • Day #5: Tribe Cities or Ruins (do you like exploring the tribe cities like meridian, mother’s heart, pitchcliff or do you like exploring the ruins more?)
  • Day #6: Most Emotional Scene
  • Day #7: Free Day/The Frozen Wilds (For those who don’t have the dlc, you can just do a free day and for those who do, tell us what you enjoyed most about the dlc or just really do anything for it!)

The tag will be #hzdweek (no space!). Make sure it’s one of the first 5 tags or it won’t show up in the tags. I don’t want anyone to feel left out. If you have any questions, please contact me or send us an ask at @dailyhorizon! Help us spread the word and let’s have some fun!

SO EXCITED even though it’s a few months away! 😂 I’ll be all here for it!

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Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce: 

The Bloody Snowdrifts
The Flaming Skulls
The Burning Turkeys
The Sunshine Snowshoes (THIS ONE WAS MY FAVOURITE)
The Scars of the North: Urkai, Tulemak, and Tatai.

So seriously… at first when I met these guys I was like “The Hunters Three, yeah more like the Three Stooges.” And then the whole story came out. And then I was a mess of feelings on the floor.

Thanks gain for another humour and emotion-filled sidequest, GG!!

Shameless Niloy smut

Just a smutty oneshot. Didn’t bother with plot. Dom!Nil comes out to play.

A thin shaft of bright sunlight slants in through the chink in the tent flap and dances across Aloy’s eyelids.

The buttery ray of light wakes her as surely as the sudden slide of Nil’s morning wood against her bottom.

He’s still mostly asleep, she knows; his breath against her neck is slow and deep with slumber. But a semi-conscious state has never stopped Nil from taking full advantage of Aloy’s nearness, and it doesn’t stop him now from sliding his hand slowly inside her soft Nora shirt. He splays his hot palm on her belly and strokes his hardness against her butt in a smooth, firm stroke.

Instantly Aloy’s groin is tingling with heat and anticipation. She languorously presses back against Nil’s hips, and he responds by clenching his fingers slightly against her belly and grumbling with sleepy approval.

Twice more he rubs himself against her. But when he thrusts forward a third time, Aloy suddenly shifts away from him.

It’s an intentional tease. She smiles to herself as Nil’s happy grumble becomes a petulant growl. He slides close to her again, gathering her back against his chest with his arm around her waist, then pumps his silk-trousered pelvis against her ass more insistently as he slips his hand up to palm her breast.

Her nipple pearls instantly at his touch, and Aloy presses back against him firmly, her lips parting with lust as Nil’s grunt of satisfaction rumbles against her back. But after a few more slow, firm thrusts, she abruptly pulls away again, leaving his pumping hips bereft.

Nil’s patience shatters like a faulty Watcher’s lens. Suddenly Aloy is pressed face-down against the bedroll and Nil is on top of her, his arms banded tightly around her waist so she can barely move. She gasps with excitement; Nil is still only half awake, and early-morning moments like this tend to bring the possessive, unapologetic beast inside of him surging to the fore.

Read the rest on AO3.