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*ੈ✩‧₊˚ Cauldron of the Reborn: Escape from Black Castle

a fanwritten Halloween event

summary: when Malleus receives an invite from a distant relative to a historic castle in Briar Valley, he can't refuse characters: malleus, lilia, sebek, silver, vil, rook, epel, jamil, kalim additional info: reader is gender neutral, reader is yuu

[I needed a break from requests. no idea if I'll continue this or not, I figure most aren't too interested in this sort of thing, but I love halloween events and wanted to write one]

Main Street - Evening

"A little lower," Crowley says, standing with a hand on his hip as you rebalance yourself on the rickety step ladder.

Grim is beneath you both, grumbling about being woken from a nap to help with the annual Halloween event.

"Like this?" you ask, lowering the black crepe banner an inch or two.

Crowley hums, his hand on his chin. And then he nods. "Well enough. I'll have more work for you to volunteer for soon, so keep lively, Prefect!"

You climb down from the ladder, shaking your head. That man...

"Well," you sigh, hands on your hips. "What do you want to do now?"

Grim scratches his head. "Eat?"

"You just did,"

"Ehh, I'm outta ideas. Let's not bother 'lookin for anyone. I don't wanna get dragged into helping. Let's just go home,"

You sigh, but you can't argue with him; you've been decorating since classes had ended for the day, and it's almost dark.

On your chilly walk back to Ramshackle, though, someone comes looking for you.

"Prefect!" a voice calls from behind you on the beaten path.

Grim sighs. "Oh, brother. Here we go..."

Jamil Viper stops behind you, and gives Grim an unamused look. "I heard that, you know. I wasn't looking for any favors. I simply wanted to know if either of you have seen Kalim,"

"Kalim?" you and Grim share a look. "You lost him?"

"Lost? Certainly not," Jamil crosses his arms. "He has relatives visiting for the weekend, and he left to purchase more food for their party a few hours ago. I haven't seen him since."

Grim sighs. "So... you lost him?"

Jamil glares at the direbeast, though his eyes soften when he looks at you.

"He insisted on going himself, and I foolishly let him. But he's not at Sam's, and no one has seen him. Kalim has a tendency to wander, and I'm afraid something might have happened,"

Grim tugs at your coat sleeve, trying to pull you towards Ramshackle, but your feet stay firmly planted on the dirt path.

"We'll help you look for him," you say, ignoring Grim's groaning.

Jamil sighs. "If it's not too much trouble... I would appreciate that,"

Pomefiore Lounge - Evening

"I really doubt he's in here," Grim mutters, clinging to your leg.

Jamil sighs again as you all wipe off your feet before entering the dorm. "We've checked the library, the halls, the courtyards, the cafeteria, Sam's again, and Scarabia twice. Trey Clover, Jack Howl, Azul Ashengrotto, Ortho Shroud, Sebek Zigvolt and Silver have all confirmed he is not at their respective dorms. This is the last place he'd..."

He trails off, and you follow his eyes to a head of white hair and a blinding smile.

And then a frown. "Took you all long enough," Vil Schoenheit says, waving Kalim al-Asim away from a length of lace.

Jamil's dark circles suddenly look much darker.

"Jamil!!" Kalim exclaims, jumping over an expensive couch (to Vil's dismay) and stumbling to the three of you. "You have to see this! It's the best thing in the world!"

"Kalim... what are you... how long have you been here?"

"Two hours and fourteen minutes," Vil mumbles, smoothing out the delicate black skirt he's in.

Jamil grimaces. "Kalim, did you even go to Sam's at all?"

"Huh?" Kalim's smile drops, and he crosses his arms in thought. "...Oh, right. I forgot all about that."

You place a reassuring hand on Jamil's shoulder.

"But- look, I ran into Vil earlier, and he said he needed help!"

"I did not say that,"

"So I had to!"

"Kalim," Jamil pinches the bridge of his nose. "Your cousins will be here in mere hours. We have not the least amount of food to host them."

Vil rolls his eyes and returns to collecting the black lace, pins, and thread strewn across the floor, no doubt the aftermath of Kalim's "help".

"But it was an emergency!" the boy protests. "A fashion emergency!"

You raise an eyebrow. "A what?"

Jamil sets a hand on your shoulder, but when you turn to him, his arms are crossed and close to his chest, which-

"Une urgence couture, Trickster,"

You jump, and the light, merry sound of Rook Hunt's laughter fills your ear. He circles around to your front, Epel Felmier following, mouthing a quick "sorry" for his upperclassman's behavior.

"Pomefiore will be hosting a magnifique fashion spectacle the weekend after this, courtesy of our own Roi du Poison!"

"Yes, yes," Vil waves him off and looks at you. "I was planning on surprising you with invitations at the Halloween event, but I may as well just give them to you now."

He leaves the room to retrieve your invites, leaving you with a chatty Kalim, an exhausted Jamil, a smiling Rook, a whiny Grim, and... Epel.

"You doing okay?" you ask him, and he sighs.

"Vil's 'havin me 'an Rook in the fashion show, so he's cut all processed sugar from our diet for a month,"

"A month?!" Grim exclaims. "What about Halloween treats?!"

Epel shakes his head, sadly, and Rook grins.

"For the best, Monsieur Pommette. As I recall, you have a penchant for stomach aches when you indulge,"

Epel blushes and crosses his arms. He looks about ready to argue, but then Vil returns with invites for yourself and Grim, and so he keeps his mouth shut.

"I hope to see you both there," Vil says. Epel rolls his eyes.

The upperclassmen leave to talk, Jamil drags Kalim outside, and Grim sniffs the scented envelopes Vil had given them.

You smile at Epel. "Hey, at least it's almost over, right?"

He sighs, sulking a little.

"I guess... I just wish there was some way I could enjoy Halloween this year, without Vil knowing a thing..."

Diasomnia Lounge - Evening

"Mail's here,"

The imposing doors of Diasomnia swing open and Sebek Zigvolt and Silver return to the dark lounge with a stack of letters in each hand.

"You know, I really don't know why more fae don't switch to emailing. It's much faster," Lilia Vanrouge says, draped over the arm of a couch as the boys hand out the scrolls and envelopes.

"Or instant messaging. I hear "sliding into DMs" are all the rage nowadays."

Silver rolls his eyes.

"For you, oh... this one is mine, and another one for me..." Sebek says, smiling. "And another, from grandfather... and this one-"

He pales, and his eyes widen. Silver stops between letters and raises an eyebrow.

"Sebek? What is it?"

His hands are shaking. "It... it's for OUR LIEGE!"

"Volume, Sebek," Lilia says merrily, kicking his feet up on the couch.

"B-BUT... IT'S AN INVITATION... FOR LORD MALLEUS!"

"An invitation?" Silver walks to him and reads the yellowed paper. "Is it from the Prefect?"

"CERTAINLY NOT! OBSERVE THE PENMANSHIP! THE PAPER! THIS IS BRIAR VALLEY QUALITY!"

"There's no name on it," he remarks, handing it to Lilia.

Lilia squints, reading the fine calligraphy aloud.

"To the Prince Malleus Draconia,

I, blood relative of the Draconia line, would be honored to host yourself and an entourage of your choice for the holiday week-end at my family's ancient castle. Food, drink, music, and tours of local ruins and wildlife will be provided at no cost. Yours."

Silver and Sebek wait in silence as Lilia reads it, reads it again, and then smiles.

"No name. How peculiar. I recognize the coat of arms here, though- this is certainly a distant relative of Malleus, but I can't remember which family it belongs to... no matter,"

"And the castle?" Sebek asks. "I've never heard of it."

The elder fae hums. "Oh, yes. Black Castle is thousands of years old. I thought it had been abandoned a millennia ago, but I haven't been keeping up with politics," he smiles. "This part of Briar Valley is rather isolated, after all."

Silver crosses his arms. "You're sure this is a relative of Malleus?"

"Positive. It's far too obscure to be an impersonator. Not even the Senate has records from Black Castle,"

"What's this about a castle?"

The three go silent and look towards the mouth of the room, where Malleus Draconia is standing, arms crossed. Silver still looks wary, and Sebek is restless, but Lilia is smiling.

"Oh, Malleus- it's the strangest thing. You've been invited by a distant relative for a weekend getaway,"

"A getaway?" Silver mumbles under his breath at the word choice.

Malleus' eyes widen, and he comes into the room and takes the letter from Lilia's outstretched hand.

He reads the cracked, yellow paper... and then he smiles.

"...My. How kind. We should accept, should we not?"

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i like skully but im so sad we didnt get twisted oogie boogie, especially considering jamils in the event. it practically writes itself

YEAH TRUE... I know people liked it but I'm afraid this event is probably going to be my least favorite out of the trio,,, tho tbf fellow honest is a hard act to follow, for me

I never was much of a nightmare before christmas fan either, so I'm biased

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halloween in RSA, the legend behind the founder, The Sword in the Stone core. there I leave it ✨.

RSA SWORD IN THE STONE EVENT... PLEASE !!!!

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I need to hear more about dove's thoughts on an event inspired by The Black Cauldron

I have the entire event summary written here with extra notes here!!

infamous as it is, I have a soft spot for the black cauldron, I know we'll probably never get an official event out of it so you'll all have to make do with mine ;-;

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I do not have the voices on in-game so whenever I hear the boys' voices in videos it's like WHO IS THAT

especially because I read them in their original villain's voices. like... almost all of them... leona has a dramatic english accent, idia is james woods, vil does in fact sound just like the evil queen, rollo... yes

I don't know why but I can't stop it

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twisted capitan hook and twisted alameda slim... yesss. that anon is SO RIGHT

skully fans don't hurt me pls I still like him but I was a little disappointed that we didn't get a twisted villain for the last halloween event,,, jack skellington is cool but not a villain,,, I want EVIL!

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this other one is more of a headcanon/scenario without much weight, but I was very amused to imagine it as a kind of House of Monster, instead of House of Mouse, where Yuu and Grimm are the hosts. maybe a show they do in the Monstro Lounge from time to time?

house of monster because of grim,, PLEASE,, I loved house of mouse as a kid 😭 @ disney if you ever bring it back, let the twst characters have a (non-canon) episode where they meet their villain counterparts

I would love this as a series of events though, having a spotlight on a different character each time

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peter pan is another movie with tons of potential for an event. it would make a great Lost in the Book, fr. example, adeuce interrupting Trein's lesson to ask about a legend or tale, as a joke. Riddle is so John coded, lol. one day for doing stupid shit, Grimm opens a book he shouldn't have and WHAM. they're in Neverland. i imagine one half fell to Pan and the lost boys, while the other is in the Jolly Rogers. (kalim and jamil respectively, I don't fuck with anyone, lmao). one of the twins or Azul (or the whole mafia fish) on the reef with the mermaids. all som laughs until one messes with floyd gets bored and surprise, surprise! yes you guys are mermaids, we're sirens. malleus and lillia i don't think they're very comfortable with tinkerbell because fae vs pixie beef. rook and epel take on the personality of a lost child and if vil wasn't arguing with idia about how the clock rings in the crocodile's stomach, he'd have a heart attack.

everyone's been saying we need a peter pan event and a lost in the book one is EXACTLY how I'd want it... you're so smart anon (ㅅ´ ˘ `)

riddle and vil having heart attacks at the lost boys, the mermaids trying to drown floyd just for him to be like 🐟, jamil with the pirates,,, MALLEUS AND LILIA HAVING BEEF WITH NEVERLAND PIXIES?!!?

at the end of it I think epel would want to stay with the lost boys (no rules, you can eat whatever you want, act however you please, gender affirming), and the only one who convinces him to come back to school is vil, who reminds him that epel won't be able to get any taller/stronger in a place where you can't grow

also... twisted captain hook? anyone?

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yeeeeey! so:

first of all I can't get a Home on the Range based event out of my head. a halloween one, maybe? the riding club wins a local competition and as a reward they are invited to a major festival competition in a Twisted town that would come to be Texas, with chaperones. Riddle representing the NRC at the rodeo. epel, our farmer, thrilled to be able to be wild without justifications because either Vil is not there or in this situation can't tell him off, great with the lasso. good jockey and doesn't mind helping out on the heavy horse. on the other hand, you can see in the stables tweels making blue stumble and fall off the horse on purpose. ortho cute in a country karaoke💗🤍💗 rook excelling in all the games. any of the guys dressed as cowboys>>>>

Alameda Slim version Twisted Wonderland has so much potential, god...!

NO WAY ANON I ALSO SAID I WANTED AN ALAMEDA SLIM IN TWST MONTHS AGO...

western themed event !!!!!!!!! eee ofc the equestrian club would have to be there, epel and rook are great additions (arms-out freckled rook come home 2 me) AND OCTAVINELLE... have we ever had any confirmation that azul is scared of horses because that feels so real it might be canon. he struggles enough on a broom 😭

cowboy rook ssr ...

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my mum and i do an annual marathon of some kind of movies, which we pick at random✨ this year's we did yesterday and played Disney classics. watching so many disney originals has fed my twst schizophrenia too much, fr.

I have lots and lots of ideas and random headcanons that I'd love to share with you here, if you don't mind!

SEND THEM!!! it was my special interest in disney films that got me to play this game in the first place!!

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imagine inviting malleus' tsum to something but you're so caught up in the chaos that you forget to invite malleus himself

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so anyways, yuri vilyuu <3

the magic words. I have to lock in

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listen the only other thing I could think of was marcheus 😭

roman senator name . maylleus?

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Novilber but it's just a challange to not mention Vil for a month (impossible I know)

I LITERALLY CAN'T DO THAT IT WOULD KILL ME. I HAVE TO YAP

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mallarch????????

there HAS to be a better one for malleus, his name is so ... so...

malleable....

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Lately my favorite brainrot has been to imagine the pomfam singing "Ma Chérie" by Malice Mizer. It just fits so well

none of my experiences are original /silly

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JunAce maybe?!?

I also like this one!!! someone (forgot who sorry sorry <//3) said jandeuary too hehe