#// All the Moon stuff hit for Moon Boy huh

[anisespice]

“ hate your boyfriend ” || tokyo rev. pt. 2

one

synopsis: " you can pick me or your little boy. "

pairing: college!toman x gn!reader

warnings: mature language, sexual themes, MDI. toxic!toman, cheater!reader (pumpkin eater!!), enabling behavior, mild violence, vague descriptions of sex (cause i’m lazy), vulgar language, corny marvel joke, dirty-talk, moral compass is a roulette wheel in this one lol and i think that’s it :P 

notes: did a little continuation of the first one before doing more characters lol i’m happy you guys liked the concept, lemme know who you’d like to see next :))) i don’t hate this one, but i don’t love it either (except maybe mikey’s) buuuut hope yall enjoy! <333

tagged: @fantasycantasy , @spacegirl05​

A week had passed since the whole kick-back fiasco, and MIKEY had gone awol. Aki was over the moon about it, for obvious reasons; as far as he was concerned, he scared him off. Besides, the less you hung around the delinquent, the better for both of you.

“That guy’s just a nuisance, babe. Good riddance.”

Little did he know, this was a regular occurrence. Mikey always did this—Disappeared for days on end, only to pop right back up like he never left. Whether it be due to gang related issues, or because he felt like it, this frustrating habit was one of the reasons you invited him that night, despite knowing he’d pick a fight with Aki. You had missed him…in more ways than one. You knew it was only a matter of time before he came back to you.

And in the wee hours of the night, not far after said boyfriend left your place, you received a lone message from the former blonde himself.

from : bad influence ♡ 11:03pm     “ omw. ”

Short, but effective. His timing was impeccable, how he always managed to text the second you were alone was beyond you, but it made your heart race all the same. It was wrong, you knew that, Aki deserved better than someone who snuck around. You didn’t mean for it to get this far, but that was a guilt you’d deal with later. Mikey was your drug of choice, and tonight you craved another fix.

to : bad influence ♡ 11:07pm       “ okay. but just for a little while. ”

Even if you tried to play coy, to salvage whatever weak moral you had left, it didn’t matter—The only one you were fooling tonight was Aki.

from : bad influence ♡ 11:08pm      “ mhm. sure, angel. ”

It was a wonder how you didn’t draw blood with how harshly you clawed at his shoulders, fighting between wanting him closer or wanting to push him away. Mikey didn’t mind, though. On the contrary, he encouraged you to leave marks. As tempted as he was to leave his own, he figured beating up your insides would suffice.

Knowing you’ll struggle to walk tomorrow was all the reward he needed.

“God—fuuck,” he slurred, after a particularly hard thrust made you arch off the bed, forcing him to sink deeper. He gazed down at you with an all too pleased grin as you begged him for more. How could he deny you when you sounded so desperate? “Taking me so well, angel…always so good f’me…”

“J-Jiro..! Ahplease!” You sobbed, your knees practically knocking upside your temples as he increased momentum. Mikey snickered, angling his hips to continue ramming the spot that made your eyes cross, moans reaching octaves you didn’t even know you could hit.

“Mm, been feening for this dick, huh? Yeah? Maybe we should call up that smug bastard, let ‘em see how such good friends we are, right [______]? Bet he was real proud thinkin’ he got me to fuck off…but we both know who you really belong to. Don’t we?”

He wasn’t sorry. That’s the short end of it.

The moment Takeru decided to act all big and bad, breaking stuff in a place where he paid no bills, it was in DRAKEN’s right to set him straight; mama may not have raised him, but he still ain’t no bitch.

It took some coaxing on your end, but you were able to reel Draken back from turning your boyfriend inside out. But, after he forced him to pick up every broken piece of the lamp, he told Takeru to choose a number between one and ten.

“…Why?” Was his response. Draken raised a brow.

“That’s how many shards I’m gonna shove up your nose.”

“Ken!”

The look on the shorter male’s face was worth it, earning a threatening smirk from the mechanic as he slapped a heavy hand on his shoulder. “Ahh, y’look like you were about to shit yourself, man! Nah, I’m not gonna hurt you.”

For a moment, there’s relief in your boyfriend’s eyes. It was short-lived, of course. Especially once Draken’s grip tightened around his shoulder. “But I will. Don’t ever let me catch you pop off on [_____] like that again. Would hate for you to have to pick yourself up off the floor next time. You feel me?”

With a gulp, he gave a shaky nod; now he really looked like he shat himself. “Y-Yes…”

“Hah? Yes, what?”

“Y-Yes, Draken, sir?”

He rewarded the poor sucker’s obedience with a couple taps to the cheek just to spite him before sending him on his way. It was met with little protest, Takeru scurrying out of the room with lamp pieces still in his palms, not even sparing you a passing glance. 

“Text you later?” You called at his retreating form. When all you got was the sound of your front door slamming shut in response, you swiftly turned on your heel to aim a dejected frown at your other houseguest. Draken sardonically pouted back at you, reaching over to pinch your cheek until you swatted his hand away. “Why’d you do that, you totally freaked him out!” 

He wasn’t sorry. Draken shrugged. “Good.” 

Merely rolling your eyes, you headed for the small broom and dustpan in your closet to gather what little pieces Takeru left behind–Might as well busy yourself to delay addressing the elephant still in the room. Unfortunately, said elephant wasn’t about to let that happen. Before you could even think of sweeping anything, Draken gently grabbed your elbow, those same eyes that stared death into your boyfriend’s soul now filled with something else as they appraised you, melting through whatever cold exterior you tried to aim at him.

He leaned down closer, sporting a slanted grin that sent signals straight down to your core. Sometimes, you despised how easily he made your insides flutter by just existing.

“How much longer y’gonna entertain that fucking loser, huh? He wouldn’t know the first thing about handling someone like you.”

You hummed, fighting the giddy tremble in your body at the challenging air that surrounded you both. With the inkling of boldness you had, you took the bait. “What, like you would?”

He wasn’t sorry; you’d be though.

The way Draken split you in half would make Lucifer himself bite the pillow. Hovering over his gigantic frame, chest bare with your hands perched on each pec, he manhandled you to take every unforgiving inch of his dick, having you feeling downright discombobulated as your hips struggled to keep momentum.

Forget about seeing stars, at some point, you were certain you saw into the quantum realm; say hi to Ant-Man for me.

“K-Kenny...I can’t...t’s too much!” 

He cooed up at you, though there wasn’t an ounce of sympathy in his tone. If anything, Draken enjoyed himself thoroughly, tongue-in-cheek as he watched you fall apart in his lap, just like he knew you would. With the way you tightened up around him like a vice, as if your own body was against the thought of him stopping, the former blonde chuckled breathlessly.

“Use the safe word then, doll.”

You glared down at him, to the best of your ability. With him practically jabbing you in the lung, it was more than difficult to say the rebuttal as smartly as you wanted to. “Y-you think…you’re so-oh! So f-funny…”

He did. Absolutely he did. By making your boyfriend’s name the safe word, nothing would soften his dick quicker. Plus, he knew you didn’t need it; just like you didn’t need Takeru.

“What? It’d be the only way you’d ever scream it anyways.”

“Welcome back.”

You paused mid-step upon entering your apartment, not expecting the ravenette to still be there. With a deep exhale, you paid him no mind as you kicked off your shoes, irritated after a tiresome process of checking your boyfriend into the hospital.

To say BAJI did a number on him would be an understatement…Man’s fucked him up. Sure, maybe Makoto could’ve watched his tone when talking to someone with such a short fuse, but Baji could’ve at least exercised a little restraint.

…Oh, who were you kidding? It’s Baji.

“What, ya not talkin’ to me?” Barely sparing him a glance, you set your bag on the coffee table before heading for the bedroom for a much-needed shower. Baji didn’t take kindly to being ignored. He huffed, standing to meet you halfway as he trailed behind you. Even when you attempted to close the door in his face, he shouldered his way in anyway; it was gonna take more than that to deter him.

“Quit being mad…said I was sorry, damn.”

“No you didn’t,” you replied, incredulously. You really tried it with the silent treatment, but knowing him, it was only a matter of seconds before he'd get you talking again. Taking off the sweats you threw on in haste earlier, you continued. “You said, and I quote, ‘Talk shit, get hit,’ then fell asleep on the couch while I had to haul Makoto to the emergency room!”

Baji shuffled his feet, “…Well, I meant to say it. Jus' forgot.”

You scoffed, walking into your bathroom. "What are you even still doing here? Don't you have someone else's day to shit on?”

“Y’kicking me out now?” He teased, raising a brow. What he didn't expect was for you to start throwing your toiletries at him. Although his reflexes saved him for the most part, Baji still got hit a few times as he attempted to dodge between a shampoo bottle and mouthwash. "Whoa! Hey-!"

“Maybe I should! Do you have any idea how hard it was to get him in and out of my car with all that dead weight, let alone into the building? Not to mention, his emergency contacts were his uppity-ass parents, so after they chewed me out, I had to lie and say he saved me from getting mugged.”

“...They buy it?”

You tilted your head, exasperated. "Wow. And here I thought the next thing out of your mouth would be that apology you 'forgot' to say earlier…[Sigh] Whatever. You just better hope when Makoto wakes up he doesn't remember anything, or else we're both in deep shit."

“Tsk. The fuck’s he gonna do?”

“He could literally sue us.” You deadpanned.

“He’s a pussy, he wouldn’t be stupid enough to try me again. And if he gives you any shit for it, you let me know. I’ll take care of it.”

“Oh, you mean like how you did today? Pass.”

He groaned, “I said sorry!”

“No you didn’t! And still haven’t!”

At the moment, it felt like the conversation would just continue in circles. With Baji stubbornly claiming he was in the right, and you combating his warped logic with colorful language and more stuff thrown at him, it's a wonder how things ended up here–With your face pressed against the cold shower wall as he gave you his fucking apology.

Over, and over, and over again.

While one hand wrapped around the column of your throat, fingers shoved knuckle-deep into your mouth to pacify the excessive whines tumbling out, the other made use of gripping the meat of your thigh, giving you no chance of running from the punishing thwap of his hips ramming against your wet ass-cheeks. The water cascading over your bodies had long turned cold as Baji chased after orgasm number five, his muscles ached from the strain, but he'd be damned to stop until he was certain all was forgiven.

Even if it meant missing every single one of Makoto's phone calls.

“God, I am so, so sorry, Takashi. Can’t believe he just…I-I’ve never seen him act like that before. Does it hurt?”

MITSUYA, despite the sting in his split lip, gave you an easy grin. “Nah, y’know I’ve been through worse. Fucker hits like one of my younger sisters.”

You had brought him back to your place to ice the bruise forming on his jaw, still frazzled over what occurred in the last half hour. Back at the restaurant, everything seemed fine when you excused yourself to the bathroom, having a blast knowing that your two favorite people were actually getting along. Unbeknownst to you, there was a storm brewing in Hajime. And the second you were out of sight, he used this opportunity to set a record straight with Mitsuya.  

Evidently, he allowed his fists to do the talking. 

You groaned, rubbing down your face in distress. “We’ll probably never get to set foot in that restaurant again...’m so embarrassed.”

“Hey,” he softly reprimanded, “Don’t sweat it, t’s not your fault-”

“I’m the one who begged you to let him come with us in the first place. I mean, I know you two butt heads from time to time, but I didn’t think it’d ever turn that serious. Please, Taka, just tell me what happened.”

Mitsuya shook his head, about to lower the ice pack until you shot him a pointed look. With a small exhale through his nose, he kept it on his jaw while he spoke. “I told you, he was probably pissed he couldn’t get a free meal outta me-”

“Don’t bullshit me, Haji wouldn’t explode like that over a fucking chicken sandwich.” You huffed, frustrated at his evasive behavior. He was holding back information on purpose, you were certain. Ever since the fitting, he'd been acting weird all evening. And that fight only solidified your suspicions. “Just tell me what started it!” 

"Doesn’t matter."

"Taka-"

"Let it go, [______]." He laid back on your couch and made himself comfortable, even so much as turning on your tv to fill over the dead conversation. Mitsuya trained his eyes on the lit-up screen, still icing his jaw as he subtly avoided eye contact.

You could just scream.

Childishly, you snatched the remote from his hand and switched it back off. The lavender haired threw his head back in defeat, the hand holding the ice pack slowly coming down as Mitsuya eyed you from his peripheral; so stubborn.

“Be honest. It was about me again, wasn’t it?” His silence spoke volumes. “So it was then. Ugh, okay listen, I get that you’re both really protective of me, I do, but that doesn’t excuse-”

“I’m in love with you.”

You choked. Though, only on your words.

With that now hanging up in the air, you gaped like a damn goldfish, the remote slipping out your grasp and clambering to the floor with a clack. Mitsuya exhaled; no turning back now. “You…huh?”

“Yep. Have been for a while, actually.” He placed his arms behind the couch, wry smirk on his face. “Planned to tell you over dinner tonight, but that backfired fast, no thanks to that walking steroid you call a boyfriend.”

“Y-…You’re messing with me. Right?” The designer offered a humorless laugh, gesturing to his split lip and bruised jaw.

“Didn’t get hit for saying what a great pal you were, [______].”

Now it was your turn to be silent. A lump began to form in your throat, overwhelmed with the newfound information, borderline confession.

“So then…what did you say to Haji to make him so angry?”

For a split second, you saw a glint within his pools of amethyst as they slowly rendered to a deep violet. Staring at you from beneath his pretty lashes, Mitsuya resembled that of a starved animal on the verge of cornering its prey, causing a sudden warmth to envelop you as you squirmed under his heady gaze.

Sitting up a little, he merely beckoned you to his empty lap. You blinked widely at him, sputtering as you tried to protest the idea. But, what he said next played into your curiosity.

“C’mere, and I’ll show you.”

You blinked at him, uncertain; he made no move to rush you. If you were against the idea, you were more than welcome to decline and tell him to shove it. However, when you eventually crawled into the awaiting throne, settling all your weight on top of him to the point he couldn’t keep from groaning shamelessly, Mitsuya was fucking elated.

You gripped his shirt at the shoulders, sporting that signature pout you’d do whenever you wanted something from him—The designer was more than ready to give it to you. All you had to do was say so.

“Hajime’s gonna kill you if he finds out, though. Don’t want you getting hurt again because of me…”

Mitsuya chuckled, hands slowly rubbing up your thighs until they settled on your hips. “Don’t worry about it, sweet thing. He may have gotten two hits on me today, but all I need is one tomorrow.”

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[heliosthegriffin]

Shadow Knight, and Magic Girls XII

AO3 Link

Chapter 12

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'The choice is yours, was the Gods answer to the Hero.

The Hero-King thought on it, then made his decision.

He went to live inside the tower with his Moon.

With his kingdom following him.

They lived happily together.

Then the Hero-King died, ascending into the Heavens.

With his death, the Golden Age of Man had ended.

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Jaune put away the book, Melanie snapping her fingers to get his attention.

"Really, a children's book?" She asked dismissively.

"I like the pictures." Jaune asked coyly.

"Huh," She sighed. "Whatever, time to suit up, we've fully replaced your inventory and gear, hope you don't miss the old stuff."

Jaune frowned. He would, but he also wouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth. "What did you do with the old stuff?"

"Burned it." She looked at him, searching his face. "We can't have your dna laying around. Plus, it was all a hairs breath away from falling apart, seriously, how did you even stay alive up to now?"

"Spite, mostly." Jaune answered. "And, a need to hit things really hard."

Melanie laughed. "Alright, then." She shook her head. "Lets get going."

Jaune followed her into a clean, sterile room with humming lights, he couldn't spot a speck of dirt if he tried. In the center of which, a steel table with a set of folded clothes, a helmet, a set of shoes, socks, and gloves. Next to it, a similar table, thick sturdy-looking vest, a set of straps and holsters, full of fun looking toys and gadgets, and then another table, full of weapons.

Walking over to the first table, he realized the sets of clothes came with a set of underclothes, he raised a eyebrow at Melanie.

"What?"

"Underwear, really?"

"You want to have kids?"

"If I live long enough, yeah."

"Then you're going to need to protect you're jewel's better, boy."

Jaune went quiet in acceptance. He stripped, feeling no real shame in the act, as he Melanie and the rest had already had seen everything he had to offer.

Putting on the underclothes first, it clung tightly to him like a second skin, stretching and contracting across him. They also felt warm, and comforting. They were also a dark grey, almost black color.

"Those are reinforce with Kevlar, it won't stop a bullet, not by itself, but it'll keep you from being shanked, and when layered beneath it the rest of the outfit, it'll keep you from having a new blowhole."

"Thanks." He had been grazed a couple of times past, but never taken a direct hit.

Moving onto the rest, Jaune realized he was looking at dark-blue suit and trousers. Picking them up, they were heavier than they looked.

Jaune peered at Melanie curiously.

She shrugged. "What? If you're going on the Xiong's Lien, you're going out in style. Anything it's more protective than what you had. This will stop a bullet, a low-caliber one, but it'll stop it. It might hurt like hell, but it won't go through you." Jaune put on the pants, they fit perfectly, like he had worn them a thousand times before. Was this power of a personally made clothes? Or was it just money?

"The top half has Kinetic force-reactive Earth Dust built into it, so when you get hit hard enough, it'll form plates that'll break instead of you, not that'll save you from being hit by a bus, or a building falling on you." Melanie continued. "But, to the common thug? You might as well be a walking tank. It's also reinforced like the underwear, stab-resistant, slashing-resistant, and padded to absorb blunt force. Not that I recommend you testing that."

"Noted, and approved." Jaune felt heavier, but not uncomfortably so, the weight was well distributed across him. It was actually, quite comfortable. It was like he wasn't hindered at all by it. He did some quick movements, a couple punches and rotated his torso, as though dodging unseen hits, it didn't restrict him in the slightest, or slow him down. "It feels great."

"I would hope so, It was 4000 Lien, and that was just the over clothes." Jaune stumbled, balancing on one foot so he wouldn't crash into the floor. His neck grinded against his head as he looked toward Melanie. "4000?" She nodded. "Yup, and remember this is just one suit, we're having multiple ones made, which since it's bulk order, they threw in a slight discount, but it still is around 37.5K Lien total, and adding in everything else, you're looking at," She pulled up her scroll, and projected a screen. "89.5K."

Jaune stared at the number with horror. "How?"

"Well, it's custom made, so the maker can charge practically whatever they want." She shrugged, holding up her hands helplessly. "And, quality doesn't come cheap, we're not the military, so we don't just take the lowest bidder, either. Anyway, it's actually not that bad, that's also including your weapons, gear, and everything else. But, you can't expect to go into battle cheaply, do you? You're a Xiong asset, and will be treated as such, you just so happen to be one that talks back sometimes."

Jaune said nothing, it was sinking again how far into this he was again. It was one thing to just a see a big number, and know in theory one was responsible for paying it back, but actually seeing the items that were worth that much money, well it was staggering.

"Hey, don't look so glum," Melanie said, trying to cheer him up. "At least we won't be taking your organs if you don't pay interest, as long as you risk your life every night for us." She said cheerfully.

Jaune chuckled. "Well, that helps, I guess." He moved over to a pair of boots. "How many kidneys would I need to sell for one of these?"

"None, just several days of hard labor."

"Oh."

"Anyway, they're just extra-durable otherwise, and made to fit into the outfit without sacrificing practicality. They're also slip-resistant, water-resistant, and noise-suppressant."

Jaune put on his gloves, looking at them for any secrets. "They're just reinforced, but I suppose, they look more like gauntlets than gloves. They're well padded, though and have plates on the back. So, feel free to go catching knives, and back-handing brick-walls, if you feel like it. Should be safe-enough."

The helmet was no long an old bike helmet he had found. They had given the bastard-love child of a tactical helmet and a knights great helm. It was also a dark navy somehow fitting with the rest of the outfit.

He'd give the Xiong's this they didn't half-ass it when it came to design, if they were going asskicking they're doing it in style. Jaune included too, now.

He put it on, and like the rest, it was made for him.

'Testing.' Miltiades voice spoke from inside, and Jaune jumped back in surprise. 'Ha, got you! I was waiting all day for that' Jaune looked around for her. 'Try speaking back to me.'

"Alright," And Jaune noticed his voice was distorted like it was coming down a hallway, and slightly deeper. 'Neat, right?' Milita said. 'Anyway, since you can't be taking your scroll out with you, we put a com system in, along with so other goodies. Like night-vision, light-protection, hearing-protection, and even, some emergency air-dust! You're all set, buddy.'

"Thanks." Jaune answered, but internally thankful, he wasn't hearing voices.

Going to the next table, he looked at a tactical-vest, then asked Melanie show him how to put it on. She didn't know either, so they just looked up some Atlasian Soldier show them how.

"Alright, we got that figured out. Inside the pockets are flash-bangs, tear-gas, basic-first aid, rope, extra magazines for the guns, knives, a stun-baton, water flask, flares, and some pain-killers. That's all we could think of at the moment, if you need anything else, just ask."

"If I can, I'm having trouble just remember what you already said."

"Then we're probably good for now."

Then they moved over to the last table. Jaune smiled under his helmet.

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Red held out a bundle to Black. "It's done, my dark mistress."

Black nodded, accepting it and sliding it into a shadow space. "Acceptable. Consider you're debt paid."

"Yes!" Red cheered.

"Though,-" A scythe tickled Black's neck. "Red?" She asked nervously.

"Oh, don't mind me, continue you on." She smiled like a saint.

Black sweated, and slowly pushed the scythe away. "I'll get to deleting those video's now."

Red continued to smile. "Good."

The two then took off in streaks of light across the city, over towards the dock, where the other three were waiting.

"So, what's the lead?" Yellow asked the group.

"There has been a murder here!" Red proclaimed, gesturing to the dark waters lapping at the boats and docks.

"There's always a murder, somewhere." White sighed. "Why are we wasting our time here, instead of letting the cops handle this?"

"At cost of agreeing with her, yes, this a pretty charged place to begin with." Black added, but added a snide look toward White. "Not that the cops are going to be of help here, they're probably to busy being paid not to come here."

White looked agrieve and glared at Black, opening her mouth, only to be cut off by Crimison.

"I've done my own research, and the murders go back farther than that, the Grimm have been here longer than any of us, or our predecessors. Brutal killings happen here, there is a pattern going back at least sixty years here, of dock-workers being torn apart by some monstrous creature, with legends and storys going back centuries of something lurking around the waters here. Now, given what we know about Grimm..."

Yellows eyes lit up. "Then we got a very old, very strong Grimm hanging around the waters here." Her hair lit up in antipation. "This is going to be awesome, I've been getting bored fighting all these pests around here!"

"I wouldn't get too excited." Black added. "If it's a Class-D6 minimum, maybe even up to a multi C-Class, then to get that old, it probably knows better than to reveal itself around us, the older a Grimm gets the more sensitive it becomes to Aura. So, if we're all up here throwing out several magnitudes over the normal amount of Aura, it's probably already gone into hiding."

Yellow deflated, hair extinguishing. "Oh. That's no fun."

"Which is way, we're going to be observing in shifts over here, until we can determine if it's still even in the area." Red added.

Yellow frowned. "Can't we just blow up the area till it comes out?"

All of them looked at her like she was an idiot.

"No."

"Bad idea, Yellow."

"Lady Purple was most displeased last time."

"With all due respect, no."

Yellow sulked. "You girls are no fun." Then flew off searching for cobblerable enemies.

White sighed. "Someone make sure to go get her for her turn, anyway whose going first?"

Red held up her hand. "Me."

"Alright, then I'll follow after her." White added.

"I'll take over after you," Crimson said.

"Alright, then me, then Yellow." Black nodded.

"Lets do this!" Red cheered.

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Downtown Vale was not a quiet place in general, it was busy full of foot traffic, and a had a healthy night-life. Couples met up with friends for drinks late into the night, clubs offered meetup spots late into the early morning, and hotels were one could book by the hour were open 24hrs.

That did not mean tragedy did not happen.

In a secluded alleyway, a man took his last breaths in utter agony. He could not move his hands, his feet, or even roll his eyes. His stomach was torn open, and he was pinned to the ground by a great black beast. He was in the process of being torn apart alive.

It ripped great big chunks out of him with a twist of it's neck, and sent viscera flying across the alley. It stomped it's legs and flattened whatever it hit into a gruesome, unspeakable paste. Bones broke, organs pulped, and a man slowly died.

This was no animal, that could clearly be ruled out, what did this, did it with a evil mind and utter hatred that motivated it's entire reason to exist, a soulless abomination in search of destroying all with a Soul.

A man watched in horror inside a dumpster, cowering in utter fear and disgust.

River Song had been having a rough couple weeks, job was a mess due to lack of people, he hadn't had a good night sleep in weeks, and he had been feeling himself losing his life into a spiral of depression.

So, when he got a sudden call from some of his old friends coming into town, he had been ecstatic, agreeing to meet them tonight. It had been years since he seen some, and months for others, so he made sure to look his best before going out.

When River met them it was the best night he had in years, he felt his energy come back, and it was like they had never been separated from each other for more than a second with how in tune they were.

It was late at night, when they had stumbled out of a bar, and decided to call it a night, with River offering his friend Garth a shoulder to lean on as he escorted his friend to his hotel.

They had opted to take the back-alleys, as while it had some dangers, River and Garth were full of a drunken sort of confidence that told them it was good idea.

Garth had needed to take a piss, and River kept a watch to make sure no one came up behind them.

River wished it had been a man with a gun, or a knife, piece of wood, whatever it a man could wield. It would have been better than the thing that crawled out of the night.

He hadn't been able to see it at first, only hear it, the sound of something massive moving around behind him. He had disregard it figuring it was a stray dog, or maybe a large raccoon.

When a pair of shining red eyes looked at him from the other end of the street, he felt a primal chill grip his heart.

It made no sign of it noticing them like a wild animal would, no snorts of aggression, no growls, no pawing at the earth, no shaking its head. It just charged at them, moving at a automotive speeds that could only be seen to believe.

River grabbed his friend by the shoulders, and they took off running blindly in a panic.

It was a futile effort, as they ended up cornered, Garth tripped and was trampled by the creature, and River ended up tossed into a dumpster when he was clipped by it mid-sprint. He couldn't move his leg, he didn't know if it was out of fear, or if he actually broke something.

He had heard of fight, or flight before, he hadn't known till now of a horrifying third option.

Freezing. He knew he couldn't fight, and he could not flee, so all he was left with was seat in the observation theater to his long-time friends mutilation.

Forced to watch the beast as it tore him apart.

It's black skin practically melded into the shadows around, with only thick white plates giving any evidence it was more than just a mass of monstrous shadows.

It was massive, so big, that it made him wonder how it got into Vale with no one the wiser. It was on all fours, looking vaguely like a giant pig, with large tusks. It was low to the ground, but as wide as two men put together, and so heavy, he laughed at the idea of moving it without a machine.

Crack.

River felt his heart freeze, as he saw the thing bring it's hoof down on his friends head, done with him.

It turned towards him, and charged.

The entire dumpster shook and flew backwards into the wall, and River scrambled back, as steel dented inward, and two wickedly sharp tusk were inches away from him.

For a moment, Rivers hoped, that the monster was stuck, that this was his chance to run.

The tusks jerked back and forth, tearing apart steel like it was wet cardboard, opening up the dumpster to the alleyway, spilling trash out into the alley.

Rivers then got a good look at it's bone-plated face, and hateful red eyes, and had a moment to realize he was about to die.

Yet, he still could not move, utterly taken by the horror he struck with.

Looking at his friends mangled body, time-slowed down for him, and he got a good look at every horrible inch of it. He felt a great and terrible sense of responsibility, that he was at fault for this.

He absorbing the sight and burning it into himself.

The boar-thing launched itself at him.

Bang.

The sound stretched to infinity to Rivers, it was horribly loud sound, one that rattled his teeth, and made his frozen heart jump in place, it was sound he didn't ever want to hear, yet at that moment, it was more beautiful than a heavenly song.

He got a front row-seat to watching as the boar-things mask jerked to the side, pieces flew off in slow-motion in great shards and thin slivers. Crack lines grew slowly from the point it was hit, like watching weathering happen in real-time. From underneath the mask, Rivers could see nothing but dark-red mass, shifting around, but no blood was spelt.

Bang.

Another sound rang out, the mask exploding off it's head, in a great white spray of bone-like fragments, shaving off the front of it's head, removing it's horrible red eyes from looking at Rivers.

He felt his heart start to be normally, and he scrambled as far back as could, time started moving normally. The urge to live hitting back in full force, guilt suppressed for the moment, as adrenaline hit him like a sledgehammer.

Getting up, he looked about for a exit to his current crisis. But, realized in they're blind panic earlier, they had cornered themselves in a deadend.

And, he was stuck with the monster.

Rivers was not alone though.

As what could only be described as a Knight cloaked in shadows emerged from the alleyway with a calm stride, pumping a sleek-black shotgun, before firing with pin-point accuracy at the ruined mess of the boar's face.

Rivers watched in awe at the Knight's focus. They're wasn't the least bit of fear in him, was there? A sense of child-like wonder hit him, as he saw what could only be a story-book hero kill the monster in the dark.

It's head was hanging on by a thread at his point, having taken 3 hits from that shotgun. But, it was still very much alive, as it turned on a dime, with far too much grace for a creature it's size, charging the Knight with deadly force.

The knight merely slung the beast of a gun around his shoulder, and reached to his side, taking out a black-shield, and a large ax, then charge slipped to the side, as the boar almost hit him.

But, just as it pasted, he made a single downward swing with that ax that looked like it belonged inside a museum, and River's saw it's head separate from it's body, which carried on charging for a dozen yards before it realized it was dead, sliding to the ground.

Rivers was stunned.

The Knight wasn't, putting away the ax, and looked at him. "Are you ok?" His voice was deep and distorted, but it couldn't have sounded more friendly, if he was trying to offer him a beer.

Rivers realized he was crying, and feel to his knees, gesturing at what remained of his friend.

"Oh." If it was possibly, the Knight managed to fit a entire speeches worth of disappointment and sadness into a single word. "I'm sorry I wasn't quicker."

Rivers couldn't answer, he was choking on his own breath. Split between being happy to be alive, and disgusted at himself for living where his friend couldn't.

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'So, the Silver Age began,

Led by a Lonely Woman, who sought to bring her husband back from the dead.

She left her town for the first time, searching far and wide for the magic to do so.

Eventually, she made her way to the spirit world, and found her husband.

He glowed with a majesty like the sun, and she wept, as he refused to come back

The Moon was enraged by this, but The Former King refused to yield, explaining his time was done.

His Wife could not comprehend it, and swore to bring him back, no matter the cost, and they would live forever.

The Man like the Sun swore to forever resist her attempts, less they bring the Wrath of Gods.

So, the Woman decided to become like the Moon, practicing her magic, she rose far above all others. Making the King's once great, but humble kingdom into a might kingdom.

Wielding dark magic, commanding great and terrible beast that were made of darkness and destruction, and made seven great generals to fight on her behalf.

Each one wielding a horrible bone mask.'

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Author's Note: If the cost for Jaune's equipment seems low, I'm using my head-canon that Lien has more buying power than the dollar, sense it's a univerally back currency on Remnant, that's accepted everywhere. So, it's worth is probably several times that of dollar, or even a euro.

How many times? Eh, lets go with a conservative estimate of 4 times the dollar, since they're 4 kingdoms. So, Jaune's actual cost is around 356K Dollars.

Anyway, I'm also using a ranking system for Grimm. It's not perfect, but it's not meant to be, it's just a general danger level related to age categories.

Going as

Class-Y0 for Yearling, all Grimm under or around a year old, with each number up, representing a year older, unto -

Class-D for Decades.

Then, Class-C, for century.

Then Class - M, for Millennium, at which point they're known as Super-Heavy Grimm.

Anything older is Class-A, for Ancient. As in Grimm known to be around since as far as recorded history, possible beyond it. Such as Krakens, Drakes, and Leviathans, and so on.

Then, lastly, for the end, we have Unknown - Class Grimm, ones that can't be measured as any age, due to power, or simply having a form that's hard to tell. These are the most dangerous simpply due to a lack of knowledge.

Thoughts? Idea? Let me know!

[genderlesssinner]

Alright nerds I'm back

Here we go with 108

SAMUEL we are 3 minutes into this episode. Holy shit.

Some weird shit going on with the gaurds okay okay

It's Ira isn't it

He's so creepy and I love it

How did no one react to "tying up daddy and gagging him" holy shit Tal

Sometimes I love watching with subtitles for the description of their fuckery. [Batman's Bane nonsense]

Ashton hold on what do you mean by take care of this

7th fucking level Psychic Lance woof. Talk about burn all your stuff

Yeah no he ded

Well this could go so poorly

"Did this just completely backfire?" Yes yes it did

Okay okay maybe we're not totally fucked

Hopefully Nana can help. Okay so gonna have some flying groups? I def agree that Nana should meet up in case Gloamglut does come back

An hour, short rest it up bitches

I can't help but picture the temple put back together with gold in the cracks, like that one method of fixing pottery

The 'play' idea isn't a bad idea I just don't know if these chucklefucks can pull it off

I love Robbie so much. Gaes is a badass spell when it works and I also do not know how tf to pronounce it

They've been talking for like 20 minutes and I still don't know what they're doing great job guys

"You knocked him out. I just wanted them to do the scene." beautiful

Oh my god.

Ash playing director for these idiot is hilarious

Oh fuck okay well shit Zathuda is gone okay okay okay but Laudna knows where he is

Back in initiative and everyone is tapped or close to it,,,, grrreaaat

Get his ass Chet he can't have many hit points

Yeeeep there's the dragon

Okay if they *just* got the short rest Nana should be here soon RIGHT??

Oooh shit okay Zathuda is dead um this is gonna have consequences Gloamglut is bout to be real mad I bet

Yeah mhm okay

Yes Fearne get the dragon GET YOUR PONY BOO

Ashley just became Mister for a second 😂😂

This could be good or it could make it worse

Oh no he saaaddd 🥺

Dorian is like nope not ready for the dragon

Yeessss Fearnie

The little guys are gonna have shaken baby syndrome from being in the dragon's hands while he's flying

Come on, horse girl!

Break! We have a fucken dragon boys. For the moment, anyway.

Back into it - flying to Nana's

Ooh interesting Gloamglut doesn't wanna land at Morri's

Oop Nana put Gloamglut on a leash

What does the Loom do what. Nana.

I definitely think they should ask Zathuda some things. They could ask about bonding to Gloamglut and also about moon stuff

Ooohhh Nana really has it for Ira huh. Spooky

I wanna see the Loom. That did not answer any questions.

This should be interesting and maybe (likely) scary

Mhmhm gruesome but also cool af

Ashley and Marisha grinning while everyone else is in various stages of horror is great

Okay look I get them checking in with Fearne vecause the guy was her father.. But like. She didn't really know him. Like someone said a bit ago, he was her father, not her dad. And yes she's lost the opportunity to know him but it's not like she lost a parent that raised her.

"It's not as nice as yours" Jesus Braius

Fearnie getting feral on us hm

Oh Ashton my love. We know you have parental issues hun.

"Are you okay Matt?" "I'm fine."

Are. Are we sure Matt's okay? (joking, mainly but like damn creepy shit this ep yall)

✨ Generational trauma ✨

I'm worried about what this conversation is gonna mean for Ashton a little bit honestly though they've had one hell of a look this whole time

Ah here's the good stuff. So something about Ruidusborn, particularly the strongest Exultants, can unlock magic similar to the Divine Gate?? The implications

"I wish I had more empathy." "You *are* my daughter." oof

Ooo a hemocraft ritual for the dragon?? Up your game Chet

Failure brings an eternal enemy, no pressure

Exaltants disappearing?? Uh oh. Maybe Ludinus has a Version 2 of the funnel thing

Oooooh maybe he's throwing them at the Gate holding Predathos eesh

Oh my god maattttt the Misty Step

DORIAN DID YOU LEAVE THE EMISSARY OUTSIDE

Okay okay Nana got this

I would now be like side eyeing all of the ...everything in Nana's place. Especially if it still has a face. Eugh.

THANK YOU LAUDNA for actually checking in with my boy. Orym is being so strong for everyone all the time 😭

Are Fearne and Ash gonna cuddle the dragon? I love this

Ooohhh Doriaaannnn same though

Oh man okay blow all the spell slots Laudy

This is fucking insane what even

Oop he's a tree okay

Several Ludinuses slapping him for several minutes, wonderful

These fucken rolls tonight damn

Oo using the spirit horse awesome awesome

Orym's speech and Ash leaving like that ajxbjdv

I have lots of feelings but no words for them

Now I want them to take Laudna back to the Vasselheim temple for some lake of blood action

Robbiiiieeee damn 'if a god can see the future.. I would imagine the one you can't see is the one where the gods come to an end.'

Oryyym an Doriaaannnn 😭😭 boooyyssss

Look at that, character growth. Ash left instead of starting shit

Oo okay Braius oh wait shit okay which god

Chase the rest away. So the betrayers would stay?? That's *bad* yall

SAMUEL

Braius is bout to get some Nana and I don't know how to feel about it

MILF Manor : Morri I'd like to Fuck. Oh my god

Cursed demon armor

Bet you if you fail the save it stays

Bompers. Wild.

Oooohhhhhh Gloamglut just saaaddd but he seems thankful that Fearne plans to let him go free

Aww he's a good booyyyyyyyy

I love Fearne and Ashton's interactions so much aaaaaaaa

Horror cozy that's totally an aesthetic isn't it

♥️♥️♥️

And that’s it guys. These posts are so long but I normally don't have a good place for a page break.. Eesh. I just have a lot of Thoughts and Feelings about these idiots we love so much. But also like sometimes I forget I'm supposed to be doing this and I just zone out and listen to them and then I'm like fuck I had a Thought and didn't write it down damn..

[selfshipgushing]

I got good news last night!!!

I have known my three husbands for three years now, just almost, and I’ve selfshipped with them officially for two years because the fandom is so. Cliquey? Really two-faced? I’d love making mutuals but i had to pretend I saw the three as a mum, a dad, and a child because everyone who didn’t was a ‘creep’ [there are def some creeps in the fandom but i don’t touch proship stuff I’m against it].And when I eventually did I was lied to, people were ‘nice’ but then like and make posts about why people like me with these headcanons are all weird n dumb. Hope that’s not too sad I promise you this gets better!!

I grappled with my feelings, first choosing two of them, then settling for one for a while.

Then I decided fuck it I’m going to love them all and I’m going to give em all I’ve got while i still have time. 

I grew up in a BAD foster care system. And their media shared similarities to my home life… I realised that if they could never leave their prison I could. It’s what they would want. I feel loved by them. They’ve helped me settle into society bit by bit, I’m still getting there, but I’ve got them. And my amazing real friends who have been kind to me.

There was recently a presentation I couldn’t attend [money reasons, travel reasons :’<]  and the creators of the show ………… well…. Made them canonically poly or at least expressed a preference/liking towards the ship. 

Bit of backstory, a dragshow based on my f/o’s media was created a couple months ago that made my husbands poly and the creators attended and were chill with it. I was over the moon. The drag performers attended the presentation and kissed n stripped n what have you after the creators expressed their love for fanart. 

Blasting a ship piece of my boys together on a huge projector for more minutes than should be allowed. My jaw hit the floor. 

So in short they kiss eachother, AND me, They’re all adults like I assumed, the fandom who was once so adamant on what was canon is now all death of the author the people who I remember having contempt for the ship are like ‘ah. That’s awesome what funny people huh guess we were all wrong’ through their teeth as if they weren’t talking shit earlier this year- this is cathartic. And I owe the creators my soul they make all my hcs canon I jokingly [and never posted this] hc'd one of the as Italian and they MADE IT CANON THROUGH HIS SIGNATURE. On my hands and knees I can now go about guilt-free without the fear I'll lose my boys <333 thinking about marrying them.

-☕ 🐸 again :3 [I think that was the way the emojis were last time- not talking abt the same f/o btw these are my MAIN mains lol]

because you brought up foster care, I wonder sometimes how many ppl fell in love with their f/os because they felt they could relate to their trauma. I honestly think that if I wasn't in the bad situation I was in when I met my husband I wouldn't have loved him nearly as much

[naffeclipse]

Hoooooooooooooo boy! That chapter huh! So here we go!

(Oh god I'm looking at my notes and I'm already afraid of how long this is gonna be fgkdjhñjgf they're usually like half of this)

Ok, ok so! I was already hooked before even starting to read because of how last chapter ended! The way they were all mostly silent as they fled from the motel. That certainly was a situation for everyone involved. Aaah I was having so many feelings at seeing the boys shaken by what happened with the seal! And so was y/n since they were concerned and wanted to reassure them that they would protect them from being taken away.

(As a sidenote it's a bit funny but heartwarming too, because for so much of this fic the hunter has made an effort to calm them whenever they (mistakenly) thought the boys were scared and now that there is a situation where they are actually anxious about something, they can genuinely do just that. Say they will protect them.)

And ooo the boys are very confident that FEI wouldn't be able to control them, but it seems a bit reckless to be dismissing the hunter's concerns so quickly given the spook they just went through. I'm sure their experience as an ancient being has made them sure of certain things, but just like y/n's recently got upside down and all their convictions shaken, maybe they shouldn't be so quick to discard the possiblity that FEI has some more tricks in their sleeve. If there's a seal that can prevent them from touching it, what else could be out there right?

And ohoho, we got a bit more info on the salt's effect! Of course, I already know what happens at the end of the chapter, but I'll still put some of my thoughts as I read haha. And here I was wondering if by learning of Sun's inability to cross the salt, but Moon being able to, then a possible loophole for the vow could exist. Because technicaly they can cross the salt, just not all the time, and so they would be able to go there by technicality. Although that's a bit irrelevant now kjfhgfjds

But speaking about vows and trust, aaah the way they wake them up! Because they promised they would not leave them wondering again! Though ouch, when the hunter pleads with them not to go after the hunters. It must hurt a bit, having their vow being questioned like this, but they understand why that is. And y/n understands that it must hurt, because they apologize quickly. It makes sense though, since the constant lies from before must be a nagging thought even if it is unwanted.

I gotta say, I love the bit of wholesomeness you threw at us right before crap hit the fan XD Freddy’s description was so sweet. He certainly has that politeness about him and the fondness with which his chapter was written is plain to see. Henry really had a good time hanging out with Freddy! Also I love that this gives y/n ideas to study their own demon later on, like using the voicebox to hear their real voice. They want to know if there is something they have been saying that they haven’t been able to hear and that’s pretty cute X3

And then…

Oh, as soon as that brief call from Vanessa ended I had a suspicion of what might happen next. The boys were gone, specifically to eat a heart, the hunters were in their mind, and the sounds through the receiver were terrible. Doubts, doubts, doubts. Of course to us readers it’s plain to see that it wasn’t the boys even before cutting to their perspective. We know Vanessa has been possessed and now the hunter highly suspected it too. But stuff has barely had a chance to calm down, the book mentioned the ability of demons to be cunning and play the long game, and though y/n desperately wants to trust the boys, there’s been a salt shaker full of doubts accompanying them since after the reveal.

(Sidenote: “Your lovely, tired face” You know you overdo it constantly when tired is added to the list of your descriptors gfkjhdñs)

Ahhh Eclipse’s brief section makes the ones that follow hurt so much more. They’re reflecting how y/n will trust them. Does trust them. They’re so hopeful and tentatively happy hhhhhhhhhhhh So when they see all the signals that something is wrong. That they are being regarded so carefully, just ouch. The “What are you afraid of?” Pain. Pain because just last chapter y/n assured them desperately that they weren’t afraid of them. But now it feels like they are, but Moon asks because they remember that, and it must be confusing and that fear that their heart is scared of them lingers.

And oh gosh, not surprised that no hunters survived that but darn it, of course Singh is the first one to be found. Since the trio’s appearance I had a small feeling that oh no something will happen, but I had the hope that after last chapter’s escape maaaaybe they would get to walk away (mainly Singh, sorry I got attached gfdhsgñ). But oof. What a gruesome end for all of them. Cafaro even was dismembered and a hundred percent sure that happened before he killed her. It really highlights how sadistic the cornfield demon is.

But ooooough, the heartbreak of what happens next! I have to wonder how orchestrated it all was, because dang, that notification calling attention to the phone though. Right were all the ugliness of the consumed hearts is on display, basically triggering a bad flashback for them. All factors combined made such a recipe for disaster. And how could it not? Reading Henry’s book, it would seem clear that each demon seems to specialize on eating a single type of organ and so far none of them have been repeated. It’s Eclipse’s word against the evidence, and given their history their word doesn’t hold up to much yet. (But it will after this, I think. Even when everything points at them, the truth is the truth.)

And oh. Oh, I say!

“a warning echoes your name in betrayal” That right there? Hurts. 

Because god. Y/n is so sure they have been betrayed again themselves. They’re feeling used and stupid and gullible. They think the boys are trying to save face to continue fooling them (even if they actually cared a little). And so they fool them right back. Y/n thinks they are playing along with the demon’s game, and use their care (which they no longer think is genuine) for them to trick them. And what a way to do it! They know when they are vulnerable, the boys’ response is to comfort them. And I just knew they were scheming when they admitted out loud to being scared. Because, if I remember correctly, they’ve never done that before. Yes, they have expressed that they do feel fear when they hunt, but always they try to put a brave face during the fact. They hate looking weak and incapable. They’re always the one swearing that it will be fine and they’ll take care of things. And internally that’s their mindset right now. They use what they know about the cryptid to set a trap. They bait them and they trap them.

And oh!! I know it’s a tense moment but I felt a bit validated when they pointed out precisely what stood out to me when they killed the hunter back then. The fact that it was right after they got told about their encounter with the other demon. It does seem like a very damning detail after all. And they plead that they never meant for this to hurt them, but the hunter is now panicking with hurt and trauma induced panic and definitely not in a place to want to listen to them.

(Sidenote: “You are abysmal” oooo that seems like such a low blow because it’s precisely the word the boys have used before. When they asked to stay and prove they are not. That they are not a complete monster. And right here y/n tells them that no, they are)

So! What I said last time about them fearing being the hunted ones, huh? They did get to experience it in the end. And in such a raw way. Unable to flee or fight back even if they wanted to. A paper and a couple of words away from ceasing their lengthy existence. Helplessness in a way they have likely never experienced, even with the seal, because then they could still move their vessel. Sun and Moon stared at death in the face and it was crying.

But hhhh if it was their lies and casual violence that nearly brought their demise, it was their love that spared them. In every act of caring, in every moment they spent together with the hunter. Because they love them back. As much as it makes them ashamed right now they do. And it must be such a conflicting realization when they were this close to an exorcism, but I can only imagine what they saw in their face. Grief at the idea of killing them? Their steely look suddenly falling apart as soon as they looked at them? Aaaaaagh! And then the warning 

(Sidenote: oh I’m just thinking of how long they’re gonna have to sit there with the corpses! I know it’s probably not much to them, and their mind is mostly occupied with worrying about how to fix this mess, but I can’t help being curious about it. They probably never lingered long around any other victims, theirs or otherwise. Admittedly, half a day is not long for a demon who has lived as long as them, but as the hours pass I wonder if they’d turn their thoughts to the fallen hunters for a bit.)

(Sidenote to the sidenote: Now they sit in a heartless room. Both physically and metaphorically :( )

Oof, and then we cut back to y/n. Facing the nightmare, but in no shape to do so. But they are very objective oriented, and so when Vanessa is right there and she needs help and they can do something about it, they push everything aside to focus. They find their strength in that. But oh gosh. Their kind heart might be one of the things that saved the boys, but right now it’s what betrayed the hunter. They saw Vanessa in distress and couldn’t resist running to her aid even when they were not finished with the incantation.

And then, after the episode triggered by the photo, now they see what was supposed to remain just a nightmare become a reality right there. And of course the nightmare recognizes them back. Aaaaaa when he licks the scar!!! Like, I didn’t know it was possible to rub salt over a closed wound! But then again, it never really closed in a way, did it? And now as they stare at their night terror in the flesh, now instead of (or added to) the regret of having failed as a hunter in their own eyes, there is also the regret of what they did to Eclipse, right at that moment when there is nothing they can do to fix it.

Ahhh, I was always so sure that in that first encounter the demon meant to possess y/n!! The way you describe it if I remember correctly, was that they felt trapped by those eyes and it seemed to me more like losing themselves rather than being about to die. Of course it could be he was just prolonging it, but I wonder if there is a certain affinity that would make a demon consider a human a good vessel.

(Sidenote: again very tense moment during the possession, but I was also so excited to see the reference to Help Wanted, with the locked door and the chains and the darkness as they were possessed. Even the bit about everything turning purple when it happens in game!)

Ok, ok, I also just have some rambling about predictions and stuff about the future! That seal is definitely not gonna stay in that pocket just doing nothing. I wonder if they would use it on themselves to trap the demon and guarantee an exorcism where it can’t escape, or maybe the cornfield demon somehow learns about it and uses it against the boys to hinder them when they eventually arrive (though this one seems less likely to me). And following that train of thought, I’m wondering how the exorcism might go (if there is one) to free y/n. They are certainly strong-willed, but also very quick to deem themselves as expendable to get the job done. (Twice regarding the vampires for example, willing to let the vampires drink from them to kill them with holy water even if it could kill them and also when they talk about finishing themselves if they were to turn into a vampire. Also once when just after the reveal, they contemplated not letting Eclipse have a fresh human vessel.)

Also, I’m just so unsure about what might happen to Vanessa! She has spent the most amount of time with this demon. He might kill her, but it’s just as likely that he would abandon her there. She’s dehydrated and famished, and physically weak. If he were to leave her there, it would likely be with the hope that she will die to the elements. Though it would certainly provide a moment for the boys to find her. And Vanessa has a lot of valuable info on this demon’s modus operandi.

And ahhhh I’m also just thinking about the aftermath! Y/n probably desperately wants to apologize to them. But with their self-doubt and how they told them to stay away, they might think they will not come for them. So when everything is said and done, when Eclipse does come for them, I can see a lot of teary exhausted apologies and maybe, just maybe a new vow being made. 

This last part was so scattered but gjkdhñg lots of thoughts as always hehe

Awesome chapter as always, Naff! Thanks for the pain, looking forward to more! X3 

And that’s it from me! I am so excited for the resolution! I can’t believe we are almost there!

Chaotik, I am spinning you around, ahhh! I have been rereading this over and over, and I am smooching your big brain *mwah*

One thing I have to talk about because you pointed out (and so far the only one to have done so) is the moment Y/N said "I'm scared" because as you put it, "...they have expressed that they do feel fear when they hunt, but always they try to put a brave face during the fact. They hate looking weak and incapable. They’re always the one swearing that it will be fine and they’ll take care of things."

That really is them using the boys' care against them, as at this point, Y/N intends to use it to play along, letting the boys' think Y/N is still so gullible and frail (much to their own chagrin) and distracting Sun with their sudden need for comfort. Y/N has never admitted to being scared in the middle of an encounter or otherwise gruesome scene. This was entirely about trapping a demonic cryptid in a salt circle.

I'm really happy you noticed that! Y/N is still a cryptid hunter and they are intelligent and cunning when it comes to their craft. Of course, they were oblivious to their dear friend being a cryptid, but now that there's little doubt in their mind that Eclipse just slaughtered fellow cryptid hunters? Y/N can't let them go. Y/N was on the hunt, they just couldn't finish it ;-; (and for the best, it would turn out hehe)

Thank you so much! I look forward to your comments and I love your analysis! I'm so excited for the ending ♥ Thanks, babe!

[writingmochi]

an honest review of orange blood from musical and conceptual observation (not proofread)

opening remarks: wow... they really let go of manifesto saga all together, huh? ngl i think they're doing this to cater towards the dark moon audience (as per what sunghoon said in the vlog they did in lotte world towards solon, "are you more famous than me? you are me."

also, i'm gonna be truthful here: i haven't kept up with their lore stuff after border era finished (actually it's more of because i've been straying from kpop a lot now). i used to read webtoons but idk man i still think that hybe is really pushing their artists into making intellectual properties so they can license it to everyone (the successful ones are tiny tan and bts universe) but when you're here for the artistry in the music and audio visual aspect of the music, you kinda feel being left behind. so, relating to another hybe artist, i kind of like txt separating from their star seekers character but dark moon is technically enhypen's (and &team's) dna now.

concept-wise visually, i think it's good. we love a sanskrit representation with ksana and kalpa, but i think it'll be more interesting if they dig deeper into what it means cosmological, mythological, etc and relate it towards dark moon, sooha/selen, the werewolves of sunshine city and more.

also, it's an interesting choice on hybe's behalf to make a comeback between &team and enhypen around the same time, especially since they are brothers-with-rivalries group (yes, i just coin that teehee)

i can go on on a tangent about how belift doesn't know where enhypen's is going long-term wise but... eh, that's for another time...

let's start!

1.mortal: intro track as always! i love the more lo-fi instrumental of it (it can be a good bgm to reflect on mortality akfbauewiue4g) i also love that every member participates here, either by monologuing or singing. it's like a poem in a short film (it could actually be in the concept trailer, cmiiw) and i think it's gonna be a good visual spectacle on concerts (which given the state of kpop now. they will do tours even for EPs, too criminal actually)

also WHY THE FUCK IS THIS LONGER THAN THE TITLE TRACK FFS (unless this is not a monologue, but dialogues between differing perspective, i agree that it should be that long) oh gosh...

2.sweet venom: AINT THIS JAKE'S ERA?! my boy!!! also WE GET A FREAKING BRIDGE ISTG YOU DON'T KNOW HOW UNEXPECTED THAT IS AS SOMEONE WHO MISSES ENHYPEN'S BRIDGES (given-taken my love). from the post i made before this, i mentioned hybe is doing something interesting and the answer is... we're returning to 2020 hybe again with their retro-sounding title tracks like chasing the feeling, god of music, and this. also, i watched the mv first before hearing the audio and i love the stop-motion mv like for real (definitely matches the music)

i definitely can see and hear the michael jackson influence for this comeback and the choreo, funk is his genre after all. but the funk is making it easy-listening that it doesn't overwhelm those who aren't funk and disco listeners. the orchestral bytes in the bridges make it nostalgic towards songs in the 90s. it definitely is trying to cater towards gen z's affection towards nostalgia (which hits me too with the mj influence, riki probably likes this comeback so much :D)

highlights? oh the three oldest hyungs get it. jake has never been the center of a comeback (it's always heeseung or jungwon) and i love that he can hold himself up, for my fellow jaeyun lover be prepared to see him in thumbnails now~ heeseung and jay's vocals? chef's kiss! get those falsettos, kings! and their runs in the verses is just so good ughh

also, another tangent of me of the vocal mixing incoming. i think it's better but niki's voice sounds unrecognizable in the audio. maybe it's because his voice hasn't stop evolving or what not but yeah, if i didn't watch the mv first, i wouldn't recognize niki's voice. also the last chorus can be given two more bars cause it just unsatisfyingly ends? and i can understand why sunghoon doesn't have that much lines here because (and don't cancel me on this) it doesn't suit his timbre much because his voice is more on the baritone range than the others who are tenor and this song is in a high key. if maybe they can lower the key like a full step than it can match his voice more...

3.still monster: emo-ballad enha? is that you? the start does sound a bit more bossa-nova ish before the drums kick in. i love how muted the instrumental is so that we can hear the vocals more. it definitely has the analog phone filter to it, kinda of reminds me of haru haru by big bang but mellower. i think i know that synth keyboard sound font is because it sounds so vintage and i like how it harmonizes with the guitar. i can definitely play bass to the song *cue me trying to make the bass tab in my free time after this*. i can hear sunghoon again yay! also we love the ad-libs at the last chorus. get it, heeseung! and this song is very heeseung actually lol

4.blind: wow... synth? at the start i think this is gonna be like cyberpunk by ateez but then it goes into a more rnb route. i almost thought also jersey club percussion, okay drum fills in the pre-chorus. and BAM... synthwave! this is more like take me home by ateez. i think this could even be an ateez song, but it's not as abrasive as the ones ateez makes. that post-chorus part though when the bass kicks in, the fuck was that? and why can't we got more of that D:?

but i actually like how slow it's taking, like they're trying to take the vibes in first, ya know? i think it is because this is their first venture to synthwave from a more rnb/hip-hop-based set of songs. they tried it with tamed-dashed but this is a mature, slower version of it. also, heeseung with the ad-libs istg!!! heeseung stop it, don't tug my heart string like that. that bounce between sunghoon and niki, we like that!

5.orange flower (you complete me): *cue onf's complete* you complete... ME~~~~ when i see the tracklist, that's the kind of song i predict with this title. and, a signature of enhypen in this album, we have a more mellow version of the style they're going with this song. they're also catering this towards gen z as this is like the type of songs that's gonna be placed in a "indie rock end credits" type of music. it's pretty predictable with a name like orange flower for it to be a feel-good song. i actually like this more than tfw cause the instrumental is more optimistic.

i also like the verses more than the chorus (kinda a bit anti-climatic for me) but it still gives of a music that you play while riding bicycles with your friends around sunset (wish i could do that again but growing up is pain ehheheheeh)

6.sweet venom (english ver): since this is just sweet venom but in a different language, i'm gonna focus more on vocal performance and lyrics.

i like how gritty they sound, like the textures in their voice i can hear it better. the way the pronounce the words is clear enough to be deciphered. i love the pre-chorus in korean version better but i know that they're trying to make the lyrics make sense in the language. idk why but heeseung sounds better here like my man wtf is on with you istg

7.sweet venom (ft. bella poarch): first: i don't have beef with bella poarch cause i don't really care about her. she's just another influencer trying to survive the internet and life honestly. i think it's also another situation how engenes are jealous because enhypen's with a girl because they're delulu that enha can only be with them through sooha lmao (read: enhypen now performing bite me with female partners) because they dig into controversies that don't really involve them (international engenes, especially westerners). i just think that what western engenes are doing with the situation is reacting the same way that korean engene react to them during bite me era. it's part of stan culture and to break it, it's gonna be hard.

second: since this is technically sweet venom eng ver with bella poarch, i'll be focusing on vocal performance and lyrics (if they decide to change it)

even from the mixing, you can hear the difference from the vocals. bella's voice is much more airy with more reverb than enha's. i also think that it makes the song more richer, especially with the harmonics, some are a bit unnecessary. but from me, this changes sweet venom's color from a full orange color towards a peachy one with bella's feminine influence.

closing remarks: i definitely didn't expect to like this album as much.

coming from unliking three enha title tracks in a row, even i can't believe that i like the sound of this album. the sound is more cohesive; a mellow rnb touch in every track as they combine with other genres (sweet venom with funk, still monster with emo-ballad, blind with synthwave, and orange flower with indie rock) yet they still try to push the boundaries of genres they wanna try.

the highlight of the overall album is definitely heeseung. he kills it with his vocal performance and i love how versatile he is as he pushes some fancy things in one song and dim it in another, creating a more diverse set of texture for each song. jay is close second because this album just shows how much of a powerhouse he is (i think his music diversification with listening to rock songs helps him with that).

when it comes to the whole comeback, imo, it doesn't really match that well from both audio and visual. it's like they have two different visions cause the theme doesn't matches with between the art and music direction. it's like if belift just said "the main theme of this album is orange." okay so what do you mean orange? like visually, the concept photo is very orange-like and the music does sound orange to me, but what is the connection here? it also definitely shows with how enha can't explained what orange blood means in one interview they did. because i don't understand what they're trying to say with the phrase orange blood. is it orange because it's like fire? is it orange because it is derived from red blood? if it's like fire, then why did we get a funk song?

also, what saddens me is the track listing like only 5 new songs + one is more like monologue. even i can see it as a scam if you actually are trying to use your money to buy an album + they have 3 versions of this album with randomized photocard. please treat your money carefully!

final ranking:

7.sweet venom (english ver.)

6.mortal

5.sweet venom (ft. bella poarch)

4.still monster

3.orange flower (you complete me)

2.sweet venom

1.blind

small conclusion: DON'T INTERACT WITH VENOM AND POISON, FOLKS. ITS DANGEROUS FOR A REASON: YOU CAN DIE!!11!!! THERE AREN'T ANY SWEET VENOM UNLESS IT IS SUGAR (N EVEN THAT CAN CAUSE YOU DIABETES)

also, here's my predictions for the next entry of the blood series:

following the colors of the rainbow, it's gonna be yellow/golden blood. it's gonna make the blood series have seven albums from the colors of the rainbow (red = jungwon, orange = jake, yellow = ???)

following the next phrase related to blood (and because of selen from the lore), it's gonna be blue blood: a term used to refer to noble birth, royalty, etc here's me hoping they do a more dpr ian miito sound for a regal comeback

[screamsviakeyboard]

Just watched Cyberpunk Edgerunner. Overall very good! I really enjoyed the beginning and there were lots of things I quite liked about the story, however there were a few things that lost me towards the end. Spoilers and more under the cut.

Everything post timeskip felt worse to me, but I think that's almost completely because of David's design. I understand that it's supposed to be jarring, you're supposed to see our sweet little boy juxtaposed with the hulk of chrome he's become. But I just don't like the way it looks. I felt like his head didn't fit properly onto his body and it kept taking me out.

With stories like this, I think it's important that they keep you inside them the whole time. Stuff like Lucy and David having dogshit communication isn't frustrating if you're immersed in the tragedy of it all. David accelerating towards cyberpsychosis in his pursuit of Lucy's dream works if you don't step back and wonder why he doesn't do things in a slightly more sustainable way and get them both to the moon in, like, a decade. These aren't unbelievable decisions for the characters, and they work thematically, but if you get uninvested then they stick out and become negatives, to me at least.

That being said, I was adjusting to it all. Then they made David's design even worse. The exosuit(skeleton? idr) just... does nothing for me. It's kind of undefined, it's not posable enough to have any good hand to hand or gunplay scenes, both of which are areas where the show shined before. It compensates for this with the gravity stuff, which is a very cool effect, but can't recapture what makes everything else so dynamic.

It just falls flat for me, which is a shame because everything involving the cyberpsychosis and David's mind is really good! It's so good I honestly could forgive the design his head and oversized torso were stuck on. If it weren't for Adam Smasher.

There's nothing wrong with Adam Smasher as a character or an entity, because there's basically nothing there. He gets mentioned once, if you're already familiar with Cyberpunk you know a bit, and then he shows up and kills David. And that sucks.

It sucks mostly because David doesn't even get a good hit in. I know he "wins" because Lucy gets to the moon, but he and Rebecca die and Adam just goes "huh, that was actually pretty fun," without a scratch. It's incredibly unsatisfying!

And I get that's the point. The series is about the overwhelming cruelty of the world of Cyberpunk. It beats you down, it kills your friends, it's too controlled to let you be free and too chaotic to let you feel safe, and all you can do--the best you can hope for--is to die in a way that'll inconvenience the monsters responsible. And maybe, if you're lucky, if you're Special, you save one person. They get to feel the sun on the moon. Without you.

It's a good tragedy, but the flaw that gets me is the unbeatable strength of the corpos feels unearned, and I think it's because of the exosuit. Up until then Maxtec is set up as this completely terrifying, basically unbeatable force. The series opens with a cyberpsycho who is better trained, better armed, and better augmented than the main character getting killed by them. Then the mc gets one part of that dude's arsenal and is immediately able to do all this wild shit. It instantly establishes just how strong maxtec is. No matter how good Maine and the rest are, no matter how good David is, there are things that are unfuckable with in this world that they need to be scared of.

But then David gets the exosuit and he destroys a whole fleet of corpos and three Maxtec helicopters. The ceiling gets blown clean off the setting. He's unstoppable now.

Except he isn't. Adam Smasher stops him like it's nothing. And the setting does treat AS with the respect this ability deserves, but it doesn't show us that until he's killing David.

And their fight... isn't even really a fight. David wants to save Lucy and kill Farady. He gets distracted and gets shot, accomplishes those things and gets blown out of the building, he stops Adam once with the gravity thing and then gets torn to shreds. David is so unfocused on Adam that there isn't enough resistance for his feats to be impressive. In my opinion, the whole confrontation winds up feeling unsatisfying.

And it's a shame, because I think that if they had actually been able to fight it would have worked much better. As is, David loses so quickly that I had a hard time really processing that he was losing, and then I had to go "oh, I guess it's over." Ironically, if David had been able to resist getting literally dismantled, I think it would have made Adam seem more threatening.

Alright and, uh, so I was rewriting how I'd have liked the scene to go and I wound up just doing fanfic. So I'm including that in a reblog.

Anyways, just wanna say I still think it was a good show.

[fff777]

Watched the NCT Dream 7th anniversary video (7 to 7)

They finally changed their seating arrangement! Not that the usual one is BAD but like, some variation is nice.

Jeno: After seven years, we still talk over each other.

The kimchi stew fight was memorable to Haechan ^^;; Affection to him is fighting I guess lol.

Teddy on Jisung's shoulder :3

Renjun and Haechan had a huge fist fight where their clothes were all torn and then they made up on the spot all within 15 minutes X'D That's so freaking dramatic what the heck.

Chenle dropping the bomb that he and Jeno fought and Jeno being like "...we did?" Flashback to when Chenle said he and Jisung had an argument and Jisung was like "...that was an argument?" Chenle being dramatic.

So Dream's infrequent fights start because of jokes eh. I'm reminded of how GOT7's fights are often because of food ^^;; I guess every group has its quirks.

Jaemin @ Haechan: Get the order right, YOU got covid first, and then I did.

I wonder why Jaemin was in the VCR and not Haechan though. I guess it was filmed when Haechan had covid but Jaemin hasn't gotten it yet?

Wow we're finally hearing about the scavenger hunt lol. So the guys went to a vacation home but Renjun was worried they'd find it boring so he set up an entire scavenger hunt at his own expense, and then went to Mark to tell him about it because Mark was leader XD

Jisung: It was fun :3

All of them remembering 7llin' in our Youth >w<

Jisung crying every day for the last three concerts ToT A sensitive boi.

Mark was like this the entire time Renjun was telling his story about hitting his head ToT

Jisung got hurt trying to kick Chenle's ass and they're still talking about it years later ToT

Omg they LIED about it and said that Jisung got hurt practising XD

I'm not even half way through the video but they have so many memories...they spent a lot of time together huh. Like athletes, celebrities also experience the highest of highs and lowest of lows. The highs are great but the lows are inevitable and it's nice that they have each other to rely on ;_;

Oh man I do the same thing when I get excited or very happy, I do the kitty paws thing and just shake my paws a lot.

Chenle telling the fans to be their stars and then them looking up and seeing the moon...Jisung really is such a romantic.

Is that Chenle's assigned kaomoji?

Chenle being nosy

"Jisung still isn't done yet." "HE ONLY WROTE TWO LINES"

Jisung and Haechan have known each other for 10 years ToT

After the other guys come back Jisung is STILL writing. He has a lot of feelings okay ToT

Mark wanted to write a letter back to the him that would have been graduating ToT

Wait whose decision was it to put on the music while Renjun read his letter ToT

They found out they'd be back to 7Dream during Ridin'???

Jeno had a lot of worries while Mark was gone...like the guys obviously tease Mark a lot, but it shows how each member is so important to the group T_T Yeah I totally buy into the 7Dream stuff TAT

"Don't lose the friendship ring." As I'm writing this (weeks ago when I would have queued this post) I just spilled like a quarter of the expensive peach juice I bought and I've been feeling glum about it...this makes me feel a little better because at least I didn't lose the expensive ring that is a representation of my friendship XD

Is Jeno controlling the music??? I can't see clearly.

Haechan kept getting interrupted ToT I can't tell if it was an accident or if they're actually clowning him on purpose ToT

Jaemin's message as always....好行啊!! XD Just focuses on the fans without saying too much about himself.

Renjun would've cried if there was a fire...also sensitive boi.

Mark sooo pleased with Chenle's casual message :P

Jisung's message is so direct :P He writes it like it's a mystery to be solved.

Pretty sure kyuu pose has nothing to do with 7, they just like the kyuu pose lol

YES they all called out Jisung for always skipping out on doing kyuu pose lol. He's in his rebellious phase and doesn't want to be cute.

Haechan: If we catch you not doing it again, we'll shave your hair

I don't know when this started but I think Haechan made this threat during the Finding U-jeong videos too XD

Jaemin: We will sue you (for not doing the kyuu pose) XD

Yep, Jisung wants to be cool instead of cringe lol

Jaemin: You (Mark) always talk about growing old

It's because Mark is a sap!!! He's a romantic too. He's sooo emotional about the Dreamies.

The camera and printer are kind of cool though.

So Jaemin started the Dream trend of ultra-close ups :3

My Jaemren :3

They all ended up wearing their rings on that day :3 Renjun the group glue is so happy. He even got them to take a photo with all their ringed hands :3

They really are just kids hanging out ;_;

Chenle: 我做的好不好?

Renjun: 做的好

Other Dreamies: *Trying to copy them*

Oh man...Dream's story is so touching, that's how they got me v.v

[thesoftieanon]

(( Cool stuff imagine ))

The chain,sol and hesper are in time hyrule and are resting in hyrule fields. Half of the chain are looking in their bags to check on their stuff the others take whatever naps they can but blind is in the tall grass with a small bag of their own and humming a song while walk back to hand each links what they find.

Time: a old ocarina that belongs to saria

Warrior: a rare scroll in a old language

Twilight: a clear see through wolf tooth

Legend: a tiny stone that shape of a rabbit

Sky: a pure white feather of a unknown animal

Wild: a unknown fruit that have a sweet scent to it

Hyrule: a old book of different fairy kinds and even some have pixies too

Four: shiny kitstone that have four colors inside

Wind: blue seashell that he can hear the actual ocean

Sol: a plant that looks like the sun and can help regain sol in case of emergencies

Hesper: a old crown of moon that have small gems in it that glows in moonlight

Blind: those remain me of you! Oh I found this too!

Blind lift up a small dragon and the chain flip out since blind and tall grasses hold wonders.

Oh boy. I need to split this into parts.

Time

Time… Time is fine. He has… no idea how Blind found this. Not that he isn't happy to see it again, it just... brings back memories.

A lot of memories.

Some good, some...

It's really been that long, hasn't it? Since he left the woods. Since he started this journey.

He never expected it would take him this far.

He finds himself turning the pink ocarina in his hand slowly, like it was worth more than the blue one in his bag.

... He missed the Woods.

Warrior

He swears he's seen this language before. He can't remember where, but he's seen it.

The War took him all over the place, geographically and chronologically, so everything blurs together at this point, but he's certain he can pinpoint where this came from, given time. Maybe one of the others can help him identify and even read it.

But... is he going to like what he finds? Is it something that should even go back, or something he keeps?

The Old Man is much better at this time stuff than he is.

Twilight

He has no idea how the tooth is clear, but he does know what it is. This is pretty cool. A nice trinket. He has no idea what he'll do with it, but that's fine.

He looks around at the others. There's... varying reactions towards their items. Maybe some hit a bit too close to home...

He sees a fruit go flying, and he sighs, getting up to retrieve it.

Who would throw a perfectly good... banana?

... Oh.

Legend

Legend doesn't like being reminded of his other form.

It's so... vulnerable, being a rabbit. No way to defend yourself, no way to hide. That form strips down his walls and leaves him more open than he's prepared to be.

Not to mention the pink stays in his hair for weeks.

The stone in his hand is cold. He smooths his thumb over it.

... Yeah. Lucky.

He can't fault the child, but there's a small sting in knowing this reminds them of him. What does that even mean? All he can think of is-

"Hey, a lucky rabbit! Cool!"

That's certainly one way to describe him.

Sky

It reminds him of the fluffy white feathers on his Loftwing back in Hyrule, and he gets homesick all over again.

He misses Zelda. Misses her dearly. He can't wait for all of this to be over so he can hold her close and not let go for a month.

He considers this a good luck charm from her. One that sought him out over space and time.

Wild

He adds it to his red feather.

"Thank you- uh. Where'd you get a dragon, kiddo?"

Wild chucks the fruit out of reflex.

He knows the child means well, but...

He doesn't like bananas. Really doesn't like them.

... Maybe someone else will take it. Someone who isn't concerned about plátano-loving ninjas.

"Huh? What was that?"

"Nothing, nothing! Just... a bird."

... Plátano?

Where did he learn that word??

Hyrule

Hyrule wants to read this book cover to cover. It looks incredibly interesting, especially with it being about his sisters! He hoped it was accurate to them.

... One problem with that.

Hyrule... doesn't know how to read that well. Maybe he should be able to, but- who needs reading skills when you're on the run?

... Oh right.

He's on the run.

... He better start reading.

Four

Four doesn't think he's ever seen a kinstone like this in his life. He doubts he'll ever find the other half.

But he's okay with that, he determines as he turns it slowly, letting the light catch the different shades of red, blue, purple and green.

It reminds him of his adventure. All he's done, all he's learned and accomplished. It brings him a sense of inner peace.

He makes a note to add it to the string of kinstones on his side. Or maybe he'll make a necklace out of it.

This is shaping up to be his new favorite item.

Wind

Wind put the shell up to his ear right away, delighted when he heard the ocean.

It made him think of Aryll and Grandma, back in his Hyrule.

How were they doing? Were they watching the ocean, waiting for him to come back?

... He lowers the shell, hugging it gently to his chest.

He hopes they can be done with this adventure soon. He misses his family.

Sol

Sol liked flowers. And if he cupped his hands around the petals of this one, it glowed!

He thinks he'll keep this in his bag for a while. Maybe he can borrow a jar from one of the boys so it won't be crushed. Wild has so many, surely he could spare one?

It... reminds him of his other big sister, Hemera. She was always all warm and glowy. And he feels like he can do anything when he sees it!

Yeah. He'll keep this flower for a while.

Hesper

Hesper was never honored back home. She kept the camp safe, sure, but the campers preferred it when she did so hidden. In silence.

She wondered if they noticed how much she did for them now that she was gone. Maybe they had to keep the monsters in line themselves now, or they just brought in another shamed but powerful demigod to replace her.

Either way, she pitied them.

She wasn't sure what to expect when the child put the crown in her hands... it was beautiful. Something worthy of her mother's head.

And... it was hers.

Hesper had never felt honored before.

She quite liked the feeling.

Blind

"Along with everything else?" Warriors sets his scroll down, getting up slowly.

"Thank you- uh. Where did you get a dragon, kiddo?"

"In the grass!" The child grins in the direction of Sky.

"Doesn't sound like a wise idea..."

"Uh-huh! Why?"

"Should we... really let them have a dragon?" Hyrule gulps.

"Okay... Bubbah, let me see-" The dragon lunges at War's face, sending him stumbling back as it escapes from the child's grasp.

"Din- someone grab it!" The boys scramble to capture the slippery creature as it heads in Hesper's direction. "Hesper, watch out!"

Hesper looks at the dragon, calling back an old glare she would use on the monsters at camp. The dragon trips over itself, stumbling to a stop at her feet. Hesper tuts and picks it up, setting it in her lap.

"She can't be serious." Legend groans.

"A little scrawny now, but with time you'd make a powerful drákon indeed." She gives it a scratch and it settles down. "Bubbah?"

"Yes, Mama?"

"Are you taking responsibility for this dragon?"

"We have a dragon now?" Wild blinks.

"Yes, Mama!" The child exclaims excitedly, and Time rubs a hand over his face.

[kebberron]

Everything I read in September + some rambles

Good month! Enigma/Tomodachi X Monster/Bags/Judge Bao/Name Of The Game were all thrift store finds and legit all of them were great? Enigma lived up to all the hype I read about it man and it honestly didn't feel like anything else I've read before (I haven't read much vertigo my bad). Tomo x Mon was a bit goofy but by the end of the book it introduces so many crazy ideas with the mon format I couldn't help but respect it? Chainsaw Man keeps being great and this past Pochita arc has been really good. I was a bit worried Fujimoto might have been getting 'tired' of it but these past few chapters have just been crazy good (the statue of liberty scene???). Immortal Iron Fist is dope as fuck but I need to get back to it soon. I'm always a huge sucker for a team up between 2 mantle bearers so the whole Danny/Orson duo has been a joy to read! Plas No More was probably my least favorite read of the month and it's not because it was bad or anything but a) I'm not a huge fan of the whole "comedic character is going through serious stuff" story and b) the way the JL was portrayed was odd and I don't even like the JL like that Damian is my fav Robin so The Boy Wonder was obviously peak 10/10 no notes mr Juni Ba please do this to my other favs at DC thank you king. Also I got my partner to read it too and they loved it just as much so it probably added to the book being a top 10 favorite for me! Ultimate X-Men keeps being a blast to read every issue. I feel a bit bad it seems most of the discourse around the line is centered around USM and maybe the Ultimates recently because this book feels so unique and the cast is always a joy to see. Ain't No Grave was wildly cool. I always knew Young for the stuff he did at marvel so I decided to try this on a whim and bro. Bro. That finale? Bro. Skybound Transformers has now made me a Cliffjumper and Beachcomber stan. I got an omnibus of the Fraction Hawkeye run last Black Friday I think? Either last year or the year before and I just now decided to read it through because of his work on Immortal Iron Fist and yeah it kinda reminds me of when I read both Spencer's Ant-Man and Superior Foes close to one another lol. But real shit? Fantastic book man. The gut punches hit so fucking hard it felt ridiculous going back to the comedy and somehow the book manages to handle those so well it's insane. The Kate subplot was so fucking funny why is Masque like that lmfao

I got really into My Chemical Romance this year and I was huh sure let's try Paranoid Garden and it's pretty good but I feel it will work way better for the trade? That said really excited to see how the mystery plays out. I've been meaning to read more manga beyond CSM so I decided to try out Ichi The Witch because I felt really bad for the artist after what happened with Act-Age and Kagurabachi because of all the memes. Ichi is pretty fun so far and I do really enjoy the protag's philosophy on hunting vs killing. I'm still in the "rougher" parts of Kagura but I can't say it's bad y'know? Like I def see those elements there that will make it better going on. I did a big Ant-Man binge read a few months ago and I thought hey why not try Sword Of Atom too? And it was a pleasant read! I think the 4 issue length puts it in a weird place where it doesn't have enough time to develop the world as much as I would have liked it to but it's short enough that the book ends up feeling like a sword and sorcery movie and that's pretty cool? Ngl tho the Atom I grew up with was Ryan so I'm gonna try the Simone run with him next! The Moon is Following Us/Minor Arcana/The Body Trade I read while on a train and yeah it made that whole ride a lot easier lmao. I think Moon was prob my favorite out of the 3 but that's more because of my love for the creative team behind it! Really hoping Lemire gets to go as long as he wants with Minor Arcana too

Giantkiller is another entry in my desperate search to feel the high I got from reading Simon Dark a few years ago (which so far has lead me to finding really great gems like Hourman/Scare Tactics/Chronos/New Super-Man) and yeah I think it's going to do the trick. My partner said the monster design felt like american cartoons and they were right 1000% as always. There's this weird element of playfullness to them I can't quite describe. I also like that the main duo is called Jack and Jill lmao Bags really feels like it shares a creator with Over the Garden Wall. I won't spoil it but there's a reveal later on the book that absolutely gave me flashbacks to the show. Might re-read it sometime with the soundtrack the original book got! Judge Bao was kinda goofy but in a funny way. Just real dudes just being guys literature right here. Sad the other volumes didn't get translated but I imagine a french comic about a historical figure in china going around solving cases with his team that also doesn't fit on your shelf was probably a hard sell. The Name of the Game was fantastic man. Eisner makes the heavy topics he deals with in the book feel so light that it made me kept reading and reading and reading every time I'd tell myself that's enough for now. He really was a master of the craft man

[blueisabear]

POV: Your Friend is hiding a secret

[M4F] [Friends to lovers] [Slowburn] [Superhero] [Robbery] [Confession]

Well I took a long hiatus, not like anyone on here knows me. I don’t know, maybe writing some short stories will help me clear my system from the undiagnosed ADD ideas running in my head. But for a while I had this idea of your best friend, a very boy next door type, who you known for years is actually one of the most powerful people on the planet. Cannot imagine how Lois Lane felt.

You know being hunched over your computer is really bad for your back. Oh don’t give me that “uh-huh” and ignore what I just said. Listen I get that you’re on a deadline but you’ve been working all day and deserve a break. Why don’t we go for a drinks? There’s this new bar that has a medieval theme and it’s got all these weird cocktails, they’re supposed to be like potions. It’s fun and new. Your favorite combo.

And…You’re not even paying attention, great. Look, I know that you’re a hermit who loves her computer but you and I both know it’s been a rough week. Especially since we’re working on the project for the client. But you came here early and now look, we’re last ones to leave. Please do yourself and me a favor and let’s go home. Even the night staff want you out. Yes I know there’s no night staff but you get my point. Please?

That was totally a yawn, it was a fine but it’s more proof to go home. Come on I’ll help you pack. ‘Cause I’m a gentlemen that’s why dummy. You’re right, names are mean. I’m sorry. Now can we go now? It’s Friday and 9pm and we’re still at the office. At our age, we should be at that bar I told you about. No I haven’t been there but I read it in the paper. People love the place. Maybe tomorrow. I know I always flake but emergencies always pop up. Yes they are emergencies. Well you know stuff. It’s uhm tough being…well, what’s going on… It’s hard to explain. It’s just that I’m trying to thank you for being there. I wanted to do something nice and take you out for dinner. Yeah, yeah. Call me cheesy. I know. It’s just unfortunate that the one night I’m off, you’re at your desk working. I’m teasing, I’m teasing! Ah jeez, you didn’t have to hit me. What that was totally a punch, I’m definitely getting a bruise from you. Signs of this abuse I go with you. I’m teasing! You’re so sensitive, its adorable, in a weird sadistic way. OW! Okay I deserve that one. But you know I love you.

Woah, you okay? You’re wearing heals? Hey I didn’t say you couldn’t wear heals. I’m asking why you’re wearing heals. I know you tripped but did you roll it? Come on, let’s sit down on the bench here. Take off the shoes. No, I don’t have a foot kink. Jeez get your head out of the gutter. Is it sensitive here? Sorry, I didn’t mean to. Bad news is that you definitely rolled it. I got some wraps in my bag that can help. Just let me…ah ha! Got ‘em! Uhm, lets start here then… I know it’s tender. Just a few more…done! How does it feel? Better? Good.

So uhm, why were you wearing heals in the first? Well it’s just that, as long as I have known you, you’re the tomboy. The girl who takes no shit from anyone. Was it that rough of a work day? Yeah I figured by the way you yawn every three sentences. It wasn’t just work? You had a date? With who? What do you mean ‘don’t mind him!’ Well obviously you were glued to your computer when I found you which means this story doesn’t end well. He ghosted you? Jeez what an asshole. Well look at it this way, it sounds like you dodged a bullet with that one. Not all bad? What do you mean? Ohh when you were texting, the conversation seemed one-sided. Ohhh…The energies didn’t match? Haha, your desire to read people’s personalities are adorable. No I’m not saying its a bad thing, it’s just cute when you say that I’m just a Scorpio moon and all that crap. Right not crap, sorry. But it is adorable that you blame mars for being in Gemini for a bad hair day or whatever. You taught me way too much or that. But I am glad that you’re here with me now. Can you walk? Just…ahhh, be careful. Your ankle is still tender. You can lean against me till we get you home.

So what’s this project you’re working on right now? Oh, the new Hero in town. Mr. Greeley wants to track him? Wait what? Oh, my bad the client wants to track him. I don’t like the hero but still, the guy deserves some privacy. When did we decide this? At the past meeting…there was a meeting? No I don’t remember that. It was a week ago, okay. Not to long ago. No I think I had a doctor’s appointment that day. I’m sorry but apparently I had someone beg me to get checked out for iron deficiency. Me being bruised all the time really concerned you. Also not like you punch me every chance you get. I had to have the record for you to believe me that I was fine. You know that I am clumsy, I just don’t watch out where I…ow… am going. Stupid corner came out of nowhere. My point exactly. So how are we going to track him, the man can literally fly. Ohh so you had the idea of the people reporting sightings of him. Like a community twitter? See… you are smarter than you look. Hahaha, hey, hey! Can’t take a joke. You know I love teasing you, just as much as you love hitting me. Okay maybe I deserve a couple but still, that’s us.

Wait, so what are your thoughts of the new superhero? Mysterious? Why’s that? I guess that makes sense that he never publicly announced his name. And that he always flew away as soon as a camera get’s within 50 feet of him. He doesn’t always run away? What do you mean by that? He’s saved you before? When? Yeah I remember that day you were running late to our monthly movie nights. Wait robbed? At the grocery store. Wait why didn’t you tell me this before? I could have met up with you. Ugh, I’m so sorry. I could’ve…I feel horrible that I wasn’t there. Don’t worry? I mean you’re alive, that eases my stress a lot. So what exactly happened? So after the muggers ran away with with your stuff, he came in last minute and beat them up. Oh and then he returned your stuff. Gotcha. No I’m not jealous. If the guys wants to save pretty girls then I won’t stop him. I’m not jealous. Ugh. No I am not. Fine, you tell yourself that if it helps you sleep at night. I’ll let you know that my love life is perfectly existant. Yes it is! The last time…Rosie McDonald. The elderly lady that I volunteered to read to. That doesn’t prove anything, she’s a lady that enjoys my company. Same thing as a date. Yeah, it’s been a while since I last saw her but I have had emergencies.

Hey-hey watch you’re ankle! Did you think of bringing extra shoes? You left them back home? Were they in front of the door right as you were about to leave, you forgot them? You know what, it happens to the best of us. I can’t even blame you. With so much being on your plate It’s hard to keep track of which is what and where it goes. Sorry that was a bit deep, here sit on the stairway. Let’s fix your wrap…There we go! Now it’d be stupid of you and careless of me if you walk again. So either A) Call an expensive cab this late or B) I have to carry you. Wha- I’m stronger than I look! Oh I get it, you don’t want my cooties. I fucking knew it.

Ayo! Taxi! Thanks, we’re going to 25th ave. We’ll be fine if you drop us off at the main light. Princess? You alright. Yeah you can rest on me. It’s should be too far. I’ll wake you up when we arrived. Shhuussh it’s okay. You’re okay. You’re just stressed from work all day. Plus you’re exhausted. Just relax.

Pssst, Princess. PSSST, Princess! We’re here. Thank you sir! Keep the tip! Come on, hop on my back. I’ll carry you inside. Have…I mention…I hate…stairs? Where are your keys? I’m gonna put you down gently. Here we…found them. Hop on in. You go get ready and I’ll bring your stuff inside. I’m always this I nice, you just…Forget even I’m too tired to make a witty joke. Listen I know this is last minute but can I stay here the night? Sorry you go first? Oh, yeah I’d like to stay here. I don’t have any clothes though. Your brother accidentally left some here. Sounds just like him. Are he and I even the same size? He too also like baggy shirts? Must be a family trait. No but seriously, I can’t blame him. Where are they exactly? Guest bedroom? Gotcha.

I’ll lock your door and grab some ice for you.

* You hear footsteps of him locking the apartment and opening the freezer. Then the non-gentle footsteps lead to your room *

Here you go Princess. One ice pack and a glass of water for you. You took no time getting into bed. Did you even brush your teeth? Floss. Who am I kidding, you’re literally a perfectionist you’d never forget but you can afford to miss a night. Is your ankle feeling any better? Good. I’m going to get ready. Do you still have my extra toothbrush? Right, guest bathroom, where else? Call out if you need me. Good night Princess.

* It’s late in the night and you hear small creaking noises. You slowly sit up and grab your bear spray from your night stand drawer. Your ankle is better but it’s still tender, so your footsteps is have a slight limp. Slowly but surely, you make your way over to the door leading to the hallway. There you hear footsteps that weren’t yours and your friend was definitely a sleep. Something smashes in the kitchen and then a long comes a “fuck.” The voice wasn’t familiar. You quietly but quickly limp over to your friend’s room. You jump to the bed and go to shake your friend but he’s gone. Another shatter comes from downstairs but it’s louder than the first. Before you knew it, you hobble over to the stairway. Where was your phone? In your purse, down stairs, left by your friend, where the danger was. Maybe you could go the fire escape, no your ankle was too sore. CRASH! You take one foor after another and soon you were in the kitchen with your friend in the middle of the room, surrounded by broken glass, furniture, and five unconscious men *

Uhhh… I can explain. Oh! Watch out for glass! Yeah I wouldn’t, especially with bare feet. Hey, let me fly over to you. Hang on, don’t want to- Are you okay? You look scared. The costume is just temporary one, until the current one gets fixed. I swear, it’s still me. I’m still your best friend from college. The guy who watches romcom movies with you. The guy who carried you when you were too drunk to walk back to your dorm. I’m still that guy.

Right, those guys. Well the best way to think of it is like getting strikes by lightning. You just got robbed and they robbed the best friend of a Superhero. Hang on, I’ll tidy up the place up.

* Intense winds from superspeed *

Okay bad guys in jail and did the best I could to fix the place. I know a guy if there’s any problems. So I imagine you have questions and want answers. I’ll happily indulge with whatever but be warned, I will repeat the questions.

How long? As long as I was alive? My parents think I was born with these powers but other than that we don’t know where they came from. DNA test? No. Pa says it’s to risky. Doesn’t want the government to take me away from him. What do you think I’m Superman with same back story? No. My parents are my parents and I even had a brother. Yes, a brother. He died when I was fifteen and he was seventeen. Some jerks were messing around 4th of July and decided to pick on the weird kid. They tried aiming a firework at me and ultimately my brother took the bullet. This was before I found out I was immune to fire. No, my brother was a good guy. He was top of his class, football star, Prom King, and just got accepted to Harvard Ivy League. Yeah, the jackass was gonna be a lawyer. He couldn’t be any more cliché. I try to follow in footsteps. Thank you, I appreciate your condolences. Why did I shit on myself earlier? You mean for the project and such. Disguise purposes. But…thank you for, uhm, defending me against real critics. I appreciate that too. When was I planning on telling you? Well, the superhero thing is a new thing but the powers…right after you saved me from this swarm of frat guys trying to forcibly pledge me in. Even though I could have saved myself, you rushed in with no hesitation. Honestly, I just love the way you struck those guys dumb with your quick wit. God the way they look so stupid after you told them off with big words that none of them understand. It was hilarious. Yeah, still got the spitfire with Mr. Greeley, I think he can’t decide whether to fire you or send you to the big boss himself. What you got some great ideas, you should totally market them.

Right, you want answers. Sorry. List my powers? That’s a dozy of a list. Well you know the obvious ones, flight, speed, strength. I have ice rays and energy blasts from my hands and eyes but I really use those for ice pops and the real baddies. A new one is that I can phase through stuff. X-ray vision? No, that’s Superman. I can see microscopic things though. Fire immunity, bulletproof, breathe in outer space and underwater. I don’t know, the list keeps getting longer. It’s hard to keep up.

Hey I just wanted to say that you do a lot more for me than you realize. Well, I mean that…remember that time those guys tried to rob you. Now that you know the truth, you obviously realize that your best friend is actually the superhero who took you on a moon light date. Yeah the flying and us dancing in mid-air. That was me. I didn’t mean to scare you with how high we were. I just wanted to impress you. My parents taught me how to be good. My brother showed me what I could do. But you…you taught me why. I don’t know how or where I got these powers but I do know why. You. No matter how many guys you dated, it hurt watching you get your heart broken over and over again. But, you put on your best smile and kept going. When you did break, you trusted me to run to and just hold you.

What was that? A name? No not yet. I was thinking Boulder but I don’t really have anything with rocks. Champion? I like that. To be the people’s champion. Haha, cheesy but I like it. You’re my champion.

[castle-dominion]

c6x10 audio commentary liveblog

les mis

lol typecasting drinking

XD gave me a heart attack

THEY GOT QUADRUPLETS

"she might have had more screen time than nathan"

with all the shootouts & fire THIS took the most planning?

"when nathan handed the baby to seamus it would start crying as if it read the script"

Julian my beloved "julian come on now don't look at them"

"skill set" crying, smiling, sleeping, stop crying when you pick it up...

Terlesky chose to film this on the lift, good for him

This group of people

NF: Seamus, I notice this every episode: your eyes POP

"howling at a moon" & I never wanted to correct him

"I made the database"

& the cobra's CRYING!

Ah two boys two girls

For a guy who's not a dad irl he's really a good dad on screen

they LEGIT HAD THE BABY CRY WHEN THEY HANDED THEM TO DEVER

NF: Ooh quads! Babies: we are not off-road vehicles

SD: Jon Huertas needs 20 minutes then he takes a nap NF: then he needs to get changed

baby POV XD

Good toss & coat dodge

TAMALA JONES

JT: it would be hilarious to say this technical jargon in a baby voice

Usually he can CATCH the perps when he's chasing them

They run by & seamus is in there oblivious

Despondent, good word

the high five was the baby's idea apparently

Apparently a lot of the stuff with fillion in the obs room is ad libbed.

He couldn't put in a good word BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT YOU ROPED BACK INTO THE LIFE EITHER

I love it when they get caught watching

Kristen Ariza, friend of Dever, did a play together which katic saw

straight laced gates cooing over the baby

A different side of everybody <3 thank you terri miller

Richmond & Andrea, the tech ones. Thank you for your service.

Three men & mustang

Boxes within boxes

In a situation where I don't have to go home hungry

Mum: I love Dever's laugh

Ah yes the relationship <3 I love these two. all the writers went "aww"

XD the us post service stole the prop mailbox XD XD XD

I NOTICED IT TOO, THEY WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT NOTHING IN THE BACKGROUND

JT: we'll put a pingpong table there one day I'd love to have a pingpong table there just for a time

still day one! SD: I don't change clothes nearly as much!

"that's the crying one"

there WAS a doll, $1 500 fake baby that you keep dropping, Nathan

Wanna have a baby?

Two grumpy babies, two happy babies, one was grumpier than them all

"bpice of ice cream's going up, by the time you're old enough to eat it you won't be able to afford it"

Ooh that ball is in the writer room huh

JT & his fun bits, glad this guy is here JT: & I'm glad all those years of WB cartoon watching paid off

AC: How long have I been gone? Love SS & MQ

This is the face of your future

I love watching this with my mom

WHEN THEY HIT PING PONG BALLS TOO HARD THEY LIGHT ON FIRE?

OH. RELIEVING YOURSELF. I SEE.

acme wine preservation kit

diaper connoisseur

oh no i hate the lottery riff

baby needs an education & this was edver & huertas

Lol the lottery ball machines didn't even work

Yeah how do they come in that order?

triple six fix

The guests are always so great

Come in, cry your eyes out, thanks you were great

Commercial!

Five down a hallway, sounding like a herd of elephants.

Yeah the background is so hard, where were you from this exact moment? nf: seamus write a song sd: ~background artists~ nf: not now

"We took the baby up in the helicopter that night" "but only for 20 minutes"

I started by touching... I touched everyone in this scene

lmao the newsie store "we turned him into a little white boy!"

scripted parenthetical

Jim, that's the one who got slammed by dever a billion times

[naffeclipse]

Alrighty! Comment time! :D

First I want to say the chapter started so cute! The fact that Sun and Moon really wanted to be the ones to choose what fabrics would serve for patching the hunters pants had me smiling so much. They've had their own clothes patched by y/n before, and they know they did it with a lot of care. It's been a constant act of love on y/n's part and it's so sweet that they were so enthusiastic about wanting to be part of that for them too! Not to mention they can choose those celestial themes so there's a little bit of them with their little hunter hehe!

But ohhh, things picked up quick! That video that y/n found though! It's so spooky that they got to see part of what a kid went through and what they saw!! I'm defnitely thinking Vanessa is fully possessed by now, but also judging by what was in the video and that the comments explicitly say the demon is calling itself Vanny, I wonder how it's hunts are being carried. Is Vanessa just the lure? Getting the kids to a secluded place only for the demon to spring out of the vessel and get the victims? (If that's so, how horrifying it would be for it to be exiting and repossessing Vanessa everytime D:), but then again there's that picture of the knife, so it's likely she has also been forced to do some awful stuff herself. Hmmmmm, mysteries that we are getting so close to seeing the answers to!

And speaking of Vanessa, there just seems to be no redeeming her in the boys' eyes huh? XD Y/n is like hey she's asking my help because a dangerous being is targeting children specifically and she wants to stop it at all costs! And they just sneer and go "well, what a poor excuse of a hunter if she hasn't solved that one and save all the kids already", despite knowing first hand how quickly a technically simple hunt can go XD They set the bar so high and then insist it's on the ground dksjfjh

(Oh and sidenote for that scene! I see that symbolism with putting the purple fabric in the rejected pile hehe)

And oooh, the boys were really just starving this time! They really seem to have conflicting feelings, because on one hand they hate seeing y/n in danger and getting hurt, (the comment of them being safer had they not become a hunter comes to mind), but also they get excited by seeing them being brave, and lethal, and also they usually get to eat with most hunts. Now, for once y/n has been able to take it easy, like the boys have insisted for a couple of chapters now, and they've been pretty carefree, but it comes at the cost of the boys not getting anything to eat for a while, so much that they consider just going for a regular human. No wonder they were happy when the photos revealed the next cryptid probably had a heart!

(ALSO, oh my god the almost kiss in that scene AHHHHHH, they really were just going for it with the hand on the hip and the closeness and- fdjkshfjk)

But moving on to the cryptid itself XD, this one is definitely the creepiest one so far! It's the first time I heard of it actually, and the way you describe how it hunts is chilling. I feel like if y/n had let Sun and Moon know that it killed a child, they would have been even more insistent on wanting it gone. It really seems so tricky to fight too, with how its gimmik seems to be to paralysze its prey. The hunter was being very diligent by trying to investigate how to fight it (another side note: I ADORED how Sun and Moon were very against the salt circle. Because it would keep them out, and be a place where they cannot follow, thus breaking the vow that y/n made to them!!!)

(another sidenote because I don't know where else to put it XP I love the constant noticing of Sun's broken ray. Even if they are banned from apologizing again, y/n clearly will not forgive themself for that one for a long time. I wonder if Sun notices their eyes lingering on it for a second every time)

As for the hunt, oof, that sickness really hit them hard and fast! They went from nah, not sick, to oh god I perish. The conditions sure didn't help, but I wonder if the cryptids presence really made it worse since it does seem to have a physical effect on those it approaches!

Though as much as the boys want to blame themselves on letting the sickness worsen, it honestly would have gotten that bad anyways if it happened that fast. The one difference would be that they would have gotten back faster probably. But ahhhhh, poor hunter! Already feeling so sickly and weak from it all, that they threw aside their usual need to keep a collected front and just pleaded for the boys to stay with them ;o;

(You guessed it, another sidenote! XD "Awareness slips between your fingers like water"? Chef kiss line!)

The last thing I will absolutely scream about is the encounter with the rake. Because, like, I found it so significant in a way. For all the time they've been alone, y/n really has found strength in the boys' presence! And this combines pretty well with their own character! They acknowledge that they do get afraid, but they usually push past it, not acting through panic, but keeping themself calm to be able to make good quick decisions. And the fact that this time the way they did this was through their firm believe in the new routine? The security and trust in Moon always being there at night? The fact that this started to frustrate the rake because it seems it won't be able to advance on them or get enough fear or panic out of them because they are fighting against that instinct and they are doing so by leaning on their friends even when they are nowhere in sight? I cry.

Which makes the ending so much more heartbreaking, because all this might have bought them enough time for Sun and Moon to perhaps hurry back and utter another warning, enough that the rake left (if that's what happened), but now they are left terrified without their usual source of comfort, and that confidence from right before might start to crumble and ahhhhhhh!

I wonder if the boys even had time to eat before listening to their heart spike up with fear, because if not, hmmmm I'm thinking of several possibilities for next chapter, but this is already so long so I'll end it here haha!

Excellent chapter as always, Naff! Might not have been brilliant to read right before bed, because then I kept thinking, hmm, but what if I saw the thing right beside MY bed fdkjhkgdsh

10/10 would do it again tho XD

Ahhhh, I'm really happy you enjoy them picking out fabrics (and good eye noticing the colors hehe)!

Sun/Moon will not cut Vanessa any slack lol, but to be fair, they are grumpy already from being hungry and now hearing that kids are getting hurt. It's still not kind of them, but they're not in the most forgiving mood alsdjfalsdf

Sun tried to go for the shot and Y/N completely blocked him pffft!

Oh! I'm glad the rake was surprising for you! It's been on my cryptid list for so long, I was really excited to finally get to this episode as the rake is just so horrifying to me!

Oh yeah, the boys loathe salt circles. It would be awful if Y/N broke their vow using one...

Ahhaha, yesss! The rake getting pissed that this human is somehow not completely radiating dreaded fear like it desires??? Very frustrating, but very curious hehe

Oh gosh, I am eating your speculations for the next chapter, eee!!! I'm so excited about it, too! ♥

Thank you so much for reading, babe!

[detectiveichijouji]

Case 18 - A DigiEgg and forbidden memories.

[AO3 version]

An egg unable to hatch… A teenager losing his hopes for meeting his digimon partner again… All of this sounds like the perfect recipe for a disaster.

“...”

“So, no good news yet?” Soleil asked the boy, Mokami Ryouma. He had a sad long face and both boys looked at the egg lying on a pillow on the desk.

“No, not yet…” Mokami replied with a sad gaze at Soleil, “I think he might never come back at this point…”

“You shouldn’t give up on him,” Coronamon said softly, “If you give up on your digimon, he might never come back…”

“That’s the problem, It will be 5 years since then… And nothing. Have I done something wrong? Is Psychemon upset with me, Youta??”

“... I don’t think that’s the case” Soleil replied, “But we will keep researching, but don’t give in.”

“Yeah, we can ask Jijimon or Babamon,” the lion-like digimon added.

Mokami gave them a shy smile, “Thank you, guys.”

He closed the door and sat on the couch, looking at the ceiling and thinking about what happened that time. Sure, a digimon had attacked him and his friends -- Soleil and Lune -- when they had been on the Digital World helping to end a conflict between said digimon and small villagers. That digimon had been only at Adult level and yet…!!

The enemy had been said to be GulusGammamon , and the trio evolved their partners into Firamon , Lekismon and Gururumon . They hardly beat the enemy, and GulusGammamon had applied a dirt move, sending an attack directly to the innocent villagers. Mokami’s legs had moved without his consent, and he had tried to protect the small baby digimon with his own body. Soleil and Lune had been in shock, but who had taken the hit was Gururumon.

Gururumon had reverted into a DigiEgg state and it had made his partner petrified. Firamon and Lekismon had been beaten too, but what stopped Gulus was actually an unknown Perfect level digimon none of the trio had remembered or had seen again.

The boy had fallen asleep on the couch while remembering that tragic day. And he only woke up when the moon was up and the doorbell rang. He got up and opened the door… And then…

“Huh, a digimon?”

“Hello, sir!” the hooded digimon (that eyepatched Impmon, probably) greeted him, “Do you would like to solve all of your problems by using a special digi-trick and end your despair?”

“... What do you want?” Mokami squinted his eyes at the visitor.

“You see, this precious thing,” and they showed a piece of the forbidden Digimental of Desire, “can solve all of your problems! With one little exception!”

“One… exception?”

“You won’t let your friends or the other Chosen Children know! Shh, shh, it’s our special secret. So, do we have a deal?”

“...” Mokami looked inside his apartment, straight into Psychemon’s DigiEgg. He took a while to answer, but he took the fragment from the hooded digimon, “I accept it! I can’t take it any longer…!!”

“Then you made a good deal here, heh heh heh~ Use this shard on the DigiEgg! It might make it hatch instantly!! Then your despair will finally end!”

Mokami looked at the egg again, and when he looked back at the creature on his doorstep…

“Huh? Where did they go?”

… Impmon had left.

The boy closed the door and walked towards the DigiEgg. He was a little hesitant about using that little pinkish ceramic shard on his old friend’s egg but… He did use the shard on the egg, inserting it on the eggshell as if it was inserting a CD on a CD reader.

The egg started to glow in pink light, making Mokami cover his eyes. When the light faded, the boy saw a nine tailed fox with periwinkle fur in the place the egg was.

Takeru was still recovering from using the Fragment of himself and on Patamon. So Daisuke and Hikari were going to school alone for a while. They knew the Halloween Festival was near, so they had to help with the decorations and other stuff in Takeru’s place.

“I don’t like to keep carrying stuff back and forth!!” V-mon complained.

“Do you want me to carry it for you, V-mon?” Tailmon asked.

“N-NO!! I’m a strong digimon, I can do this!!”

Daisuke was helping to pin some deco on their classroom when Hikari, who was reaching him the decorations, saw Mokami coming in their direction. He stopped in front of Hikari:

“Yagami, Motomiya… I have to ask you a favor.”

“If is to help with the decorations I can’t help now--”

“It’s about my digimon…”

“Huh?” Hikari blinked, “What is it…?”

“Not here… I… I can’t talk about this in public…”

“Right… I know where to take you to talk about it,” Daisuke went down the chair he was using to reach the top of the door, he grabbed Mokami’s arm and Hikari’s with the other hand, and walked to an empty classroom and closed the door and curtains.

“Ok, spill it out!” V-mon whispered. Tailmon was in silence next to Hikari.

“My Digimon doesn’t recognize me anymore.”

“What?” Daisuke exclaimed, but in a low voice, “Did it suffer amnesia or something?”

“I don’t know… What happened was…”

“Psyche…mon?” Mokami asked, quite frightened and confused. The fox-like digimon looked at him closely.

“Ryouma, where’s Ryouma?”

“It’s me! I’m Ryouma, don’t you remember? What happened to your form?”

“I don’t understand… You’re not Ryouma. Where is he? ” Youkomon landed on the floor and inspected the apartment, and then he saw photos of Mokami as a kid, but couldn’t recognize the actual Mokami, “Why do you have photos of him, human?” Youkomon stared at the boy, ready to attack him.

“I… Those photos are mine, I’m Mokami Ryouma. Psychemon, please… Remember me.”

“I don’t know you human! You’re not Ryouma. And I’m Youkomon, not Psychemon.”

Youkomon then left the apartment by the window.

“W-wait, come… Come back…!! Psychemon…!!”

“And since then, he left and didn’t come back until now…” Mokami ended his report.

“Huh, how odd…” Tailmon stroked her chin, “I never heard something like this happening before…”

“Maybe when he evolved something caused him to forget the present and live stuck in the past?” V-mon mused, “Like, if the memories of the present were locked?”

“I don’t know, but how can I make him go home?” Mokami asked them, desperately, “I still don’t understand what happened last night…”

Hikari and Daisuke looked at each other, not sure what to say to cheer their senior up.

“Ok, we’re goin’ to take your case” Daisuke sighed, “We will talk to Ken and the others, and we will find out a way to bring him back. But… If his memories are gone, you will have to start back from square one, again.”

“I… I’m willing to do that!” the other nodded, “I just want Psychemon back, even if he doesn’t remember me…!”

Someone was eavesdropping though… Suspiciously Noel was behind the door, listening to their talk. But how, if the group was whispering…?

“Hmm…” Noel thought, “This sounds suspicious… Why wouldn’t Mokami-san’s digimon not remember him…? I have to ask mademoiselle Espimon to do me a little favor…”  and he left in silence…

“Étoile? What were you doing there?”

… To be caught by Soleil walking around.

“Ah um… I forgot which classroom I should go to help with the decorations…”

“Sigh, you’re a walking mess, kid…” Soleil then escorted him to the floor needing people to help.

Daisuke and Hikari called everyone, and after class they just gathered at Takeru’s house because… They didn’t want to leave him out, and they wanted to know how he and Patamon were doing.

“Hmm…” Ken and Iori were thinking, right after Daisuke and Hikari told them the whole story.

“Huh, that’s strange…” Takeru blinked, “I never heard of an evolution which makes you lose memories…”

“Maybe something else happened then?” Hawkmon commented, “Like if it was interrupted by interference?”

“Like…?” Wormmon and everyone looked at Hawkmon.

“I don’t know, there might be more than one cause here…” he shrugged.

“Maybe radio waves?” Miyako tried to guess, “Or mixed feelings?”

“The digivice might have been damaged too,” Patamon supposed, “Like, malfunctioning…”

“Oh, that’s right…!” Armadimon exclaimed.

“Ok, but that’s not the case” Daisuke interrupted them, “The thing is Psychemon ran away and Mokami-san wants to find him. The memory loss problem is not a big deal here.”

“If it is looking for the young Mokami-san,” Iori looked at the group, “Psychemon might have gone to the places Mokami-san used to go in his childhood.”

“You mean… the ones Mokami-san brought Psychemon with him?” Hikari asked rhetorically.

“Sounds like a good place to start looking for…!!” Daisuke exclaimed, “I’ll ask him, just a sec!” and he took his phone from his pocket; he began to type a message.

“Meanwhile, I will check if anyone spotted a Youkomon around Tokyo” and Miyako opened her laptop.

“How are you feeling today?” Hikari asked Takeru and Patamon meanwhile.

“Don’t worry, we’re doing well” Takeru answered with a grin.

“There might be one detail he’s not telling us,” Ken finally spoke after a long silence coming from him.

“What do you mean?” Tailmon asked genuinely.

“How could his digimon evolve out of the blue…?” He clarified, “Digimon evolution is triggered by emotions, not something that can happen from nowhere and without a reason.”

“Huh… That’s true,” Takeru said.

“Digimon can evolve naturally, but it takes years,” Tailmon explained, “And it’s by experience gained. You can say we age like humans and other Earthling creatures.”

“Partnering a digimon with a human via a digivice allows them to break the aging rules and evolve them into higher forms temporarily” Ken mused, “So this means… Mokami-san is hiding a detail from us.”

“But what detail would it be?” Iori asked.

“Geez, ain’t ya saying he got a fragment and evolved his partner with it, are ya?” Armadimon shrugged, “It would’ve been a bad idea for him, dagya…”

They all looked at Armadimon for instance. Yes, even Daisuke and Miyako.

“What?” the armadillo-like digimon blinked, “Did I say something funny?”

“No, it could be possible,” Wormmon replied.

“Ah… I wish we could take a break and eat something, I've been looking for that Impmon for hours… Sigh…” Espimon was flying around when…

Her radar detected something, “Huh?? A shard?? And it’s… moving…??” She stood in midair, trying to locate the signal, “Huh… Maybe someone has used it already…!! We’re in a pinch t-then!! I have to hurry!!”

She flew at full speed after the fragment, to take a better look at the digimon form a victim had evolved into, only to find out the digimon was a Youkomon and wasn’t attacking others… Just sitting nearby a lake in the park watching the koi fishes swimming.

“Ryouma… Where’s Ryouma?”

Espimon heard Youkomon muttering.

“Ryouma… Why did you leave me? Why? Where are you, Ryouma?”

“Huh… That’s a different kind of corrupted evolution” Espimon muttered to herself, “Gotta warn them…!” and she flew away.

Soleil, Lune and Étoile were at a café shop on the deck area in Odaiba when Espimon stopped in front of them, midair.

“What’s wrong, Espimon?” Lunamon asked, “You want to eat some candy--”

“We have a problem!!” Espimon said, then used her eyes to show them a hologram, “I found a fragment, but…”

“But?” Coronamon repeated.

“... The digimon is not going berserk… Yet.”

“That’s good, I think” Soleil commented, then he took a sip from his latte.

“Uhh… Soleil… That digimon is giving me a strange feeling” Lune frowned, “I know this is a recording but… It seems to be saying something…”

“... Oh, right! It was chanting something!” Espimon babbled, “Something like ‘Ryouma, where are you? Why did you leave me?’ I think…?”

Soleil spat his latte and stared at the cyborg digimon, “WHAT DID YOU SAY!?”

“... Calm down, Soleil-san…” Étoile said uncomfortably, “I… I think if we act without a plan… We might make everything worse…”

“H-how can I calm down!?” Soleil argued back, desperately, “It’s Ryouma’s digimon! But… But why would he…!!”

“Like Étoile said, calm. down. ” and Lune stared at Soleil with a menacing glare. He stopped and looked at her with some fear.

“Y-yes, ma’am…” he nodded. He took his phone from his pocket, “I have to talk with Ryouma. Can you… Deal with it for me?”

Étoile and Lune looked at each other.

Youkomon was an odd corrupted evolution though, he wasn’t out of control… Just wandering around the city, going to the places of his fond memories with Mokami Ryouma.

“Ryouma… Where are you?” the sad digimon kept chanting, wanting to find the child Ryouma once again, “Why did you leave me…??”

Hikari and the others spitted out to cover the places Ryouma said to be the ones he and Psychemon used to go to, the ones from memorable and joyful days together. Hours later, she and Miyako found Youkomon wandering in front of a merry-go-round in an amusement park.

“Ryouma?” he looked at the person approaching him. But it wasn’t Ryouma, it was Hikari.

“You don’t want those memories to fade away, right?” she said with a soft and gentle tone, “That’s why you came here?”

“... I don’t know you, human” Youkomon said, then nodded, “But yes, I’m coming here to wait for Ryouma to come back and pick me.”

“But… You’re not looking for the present Mokami-san…” she mused, “You want to return to that time, when he was a child…”

“Ryouma is a child. He’s just 13 years old.”

Tailmon frowned, this also reminded her, Hikari, Miyako and Hawkmon about Wallace’s case a long time ago… About Chocomon.

“Mokami-san is not like a digimon, he can’t turn back into a child again” Hikari frowned, “He’s worried about you… Maybe you should come with us and talk with him--”

“No. Ryouma is a child! He will come back! I know it!” Youkomon growled at her, “You’re trying to keep him away from me! You were sent by that creepy human who has photos of my partner!”

“If you try to hurt Hikari…” Tailmon stared at him, “We will have no mercy on you.”

“... I don’t want to hurt anyone, I just want to go back to Ryouma” and he turned back, walking away.

Hikari was still frowning… She didn’t want that digimon to run away again. Miyako clenched her first and stood in front of Youkomon, preventing him from escaping.

“What? Are you challenging me, human?”

“Look, I know you want to meet the child your partner used to be, but this is not happening! He grew up! His appearance might look older, but he’s still the same person you met in the past!”

“... That human is not my Ryouma!”

“Miyako-san, that’s too dangerous…!!” Hikari shouted in panic.

“How about you ask Mokami-kun something only you and him know then?” Miyako suggested, still with a serious voice, “Something that can prove he’s still the same person.”

“...”

“You could at least try,” Hawkmon said nonchalantly, “just once, Youkomon.”

“Alright… I will try.”

“Why didn’t you tell me you had done something to the egg!?” Soleil was feeling indignant, shouting on the phone.

“I… What do you mean?? It hatched, didn’t it!?”

“You idiot! Using that might turn Psychemon an untamed beast! I… I don’t want to take him away…!”

“... I was desperate!! I’m-- I’m sorry…!!”

“Sigh… You were reckless again, like five years ago.”

“!!!”

On the other end of the call, Mokami was with Daisuke and V-mon and they were not paying enough attention to the boy. They were eyeing some of the delicious food on the shop window, except Daisuke was also looking inside to see if he could find a fox-like digimon there. He then looked at the street, trying to spot anything suspicious when Miyako called him in the communicator:

“Guys, we found Youkomon! And we convinced him to meet with Mokami-kun.”

“Oh, that’s good!” Daisuke replied, smiling. Then he turned to Mokami, “Hey, Mokami-san, Miyako and Hikari-chan found him and he wants to see you.”

Mokami was spacing out at the moment, because of what Soleil had said to him: It was my fault again. I made Psychemon suffer, and now I’m making him suffer again…!!

“Mokami-san?” Daisuke raised an eyebrow.

Youta is right, it’s all of my fault. I made things worse, I made things worse because I couldn’t stand that I had put myself in danger and forced Psychemon to take the hit to protect me…!!

“... Ryouma?” Soleil’s voice was wavering now, it’s like he knew he went too far and had regrets now, “Are you there…?”

“Oh uh… Mokami-san…?” Daisuke approached calmly and called him again, “Are you…”

“ARGH IT’S ALL OF MY FAULT!! I DON’T DESERVE PSYCHEMON’S FORGIVENESS!!”

Daisuke was confused by that reaction.

“I’m sorry, Youta! I should’ve heard you…!!”

“Youta…?” Daisuke clenched his fist, “What did that punk do now!?”

“... I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have said that…!! I… I will bring Psychemon back, I promise you!!”

“R-right…” Mokami muttered, then hung up.

“What did that dude do to ya!?” Daisuke asked him, angrily, “Mokami-san you didn’t do anything wron--”

“No, Motomiya, I did everything wrong” He sighed, feeling completely beaten, “The truth is… Psychemon had reverted into a DigiEgg five years ago during a battle… And then… I did something bad to the egg and it hatched into that Youkomon.”

“... We will save him. Whatever Soleil told you… Don’t let that punk’s words hit you! Youkomon wants to see you, so come with me.”

“?? He… Where is he?”

“At the Tokyo Dome City Carousel area.”

Everyone gathered at the amusement park (Yes, this included Takeru and Patamon because they were feeling a little better now, according to themselves) and went exactly at the spot Miyako and Hikari were.

It’s when they just met… Soleil and Lune too.

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!” Daisuke and Soleil exclaimed together, a deadly glare coming from both sides.

“Ryouma is my friend,” Soleil answered, annoyed by Daisuke and the 02 group’s presence.

“Yeah? But Mokami-san asked us to help him!” and Daisuke gritted his teeth.

“You two, stop. right. now. ” Lune stared at them menacingly. 

“YES MA’AM!!” they babbled in fear.

“Psychemon…!!” Mokami approached the vulpine digimon, “Did you want to see me…?”

“... What was the reason you became a Chosen Child?”

“What is happening here?” Patamon asked, frowning.

Mokami took a deep breath before answering. He took his digivice and looked at it, fondly, and then answered:

“I witnessed a digimon fight at a Christmas 2002 show in Odaiba… And saw Motomiya, Yagami and the other Chosen Children fighting. I wanted to help but… I was powerless. It was when you appeared, 3 months later, with Youta’s Coronamon and Mizuki’s Lunamon.”

“... Correct.” Youkomon gave him a nod.

“Do you believe I’m the Ryouma you were looking for now?” The boy looked at Youkomon.

“... I do.”

“BOO!! I’M NOT HERE TO WATCH A HAPPY ENDING!!” eyepatched Impmon appeared from the top of the merry-go-round, grimacing.

“Impmon!!” V-mon yelled. All of the 02 group, Soleil, Lune and their partners were staring at that Impmon, while Mokami was gasping in fear.

“You told them, didn’t you?” Impmon looked at Mokami, “Your contract was canceled then.”

“What??” the 02 kids exclaimed and looked at Mokami.

“W-wait, I didn’t tell them…!! Please… Don’t take Psychemon away from me!!”

“Uh, no kiddo… I mean this” Impmon snapped their fingers and the mysterious eyeballs appeared again, in front of Mokami and Youkomon.

“EYE OF NIGHTMARE!!” Everyone heard, but not sure from where it came. It hit both Mokami and Youkomon -- “Now, pay the debt, beat those insects…!!”

“...” Mokami took the digivice and pointed at Youkomon, evolving him into DeathMeramon .

“Ok… I don’t like this…” Daisuke gulped.

“Jogress evolve, everyone…!” Ken ordered them.

“... Let me do it,” Soleil and Flaremon stood in front of the 02 group, “Ryouma is like this because of me.”

“Dude you can’t--”

“LET ME. DO. IT.” he gave Daisuke a serious glare.

“... Ok, but how do you intend to remove the shard from--”

Without answering the question, Soleil looked at Flaremon and nodded his head. Flaremon noticed it was the signal to attack, and threw a punch at DeathMeramon. DeathMeramon blocked Flaremon’s fist by holding it, who tried to hit him with the other one. Again, DeathMeramon blocked the second attempt.

It was when Lekismon got in.

“Hey you!” Lune shouted, “Go catch that Impmon instead of watching us!!”

The 02 digimon turned to Impmon, who laughed.

“HA, do ya think those little punks can beat me!?”

“You shouldn’t underestimate us-- cough cough!!” Patamon said.

“Don’t push yourselves!!” The other five digimon and their kids gasped at Takeru and Patamon.

“S-sorry…” Takeru chuckled awkwardly, and he took Patamon from the ground, gently “Maybe we need to rest a little more… We count on you, guys.”

“HAHAHA YOU CAN’T--” Impmon laughed again.

“WELL, I WILL SHOW YOU!!” Wormmon shouted, and then threw his silky thread at Impmon “STICKY NET!!”

“AAAAAH!!” they avoided it, Wormmon tried again, and again. V-mon, Tailmon, Armadimon and Hawkmon went. Impmon teleported away from there.

DeathMeramon and Flaremon were still fighting, with Lekismon trying her best to hit him with a bubble sleep bomb… But that chance has not happened… yet.

“Where’s he…” Soleil muttered… He was holding back?? For who??

Then… a calling card arrived in Daisuke’s hands: 

Bonsoir, mes amis~ I’ll be taking the Digimental fragment from Mokami Ryouma’s partner. Do not interfere, s'il vous plaît.

“What??” Miyako exclaimed, “Why is Arsenemon--”

And speaking of him… Arsenemon arrived from nowhere and landed at the top of DeathMeramon’s head.

“I guess you need my help~” Arsenemon chuckled, then the same mysterious black blue aura was charged in his hand. He did a flip midair and slashed his fingers on DeathMeramon’s head, “Malchanceux~”  

He landed on Flaremon’s head, with the fragment in hands. Again, he stole something from the opponent -- be it either a skill or an item… Or even a fusion/jogress component. Ken was watching that in silence, just like the others.

DeathMeramon reverted into a DigiEgg state, and Mokami fell on the floor, with his energy drained, too. When Mokami opened his eyes, he saw Soleil kneeling next to him, and with Lune holding Psychemon’s egg.

“Yo-Youta?” he sat on the floor, “...” and then looked at the egg.

“It’s okay, we’re not mad” Soleil said, giving him a pat on his back, “You shouldn’t rush him. He will hatch when he’s fully recovered.”

Takeru approached them, and said: “I know how you feel, I had to go through the same pain before… I gave Patamon’s egg rubs every day and took care of him until he was finally ready to come back.”

Mokami looked at Takeru, and then at Patamon. And then he smiled serenely, “Yeah… I won’t rush Psychemon’s recovery anymore.”

Filled with hope, Mokami Ryouma kept taking care of Psychemon’s DigiEgg fondly and gently… Waiting patiently for the day they could meet again.

[aspenmissing]

𝚆𝚘𝚕𝚏 𝙼𝚘𝚘𝚗 (𝙿𝚝 𝟸)

The three are back in the woods, looking for the other half of the body that Scott had seen before he and Y/N took a fall down the hill/

"I don't know what it was!" Scott says as the three cross a small lake "It was like... I had all the time in the world to catch the ball!" The three walk through the woods "And that's not the only weird thing. I-I can-hear stuff I shouldn't be able to hear. Smell things"

"Smell things? Like what?"

"Like the mint, mojito gum in your pocket" Y/N says. The three stop walking. Stiles puts his hand in his pocket.

"I don't have any mojito- gum in my...." He finds a mint in his pocket. He looks at Y/N before Scott and her walk off, Stile following "So, all of this started with a bite"

"What if it's like an infection, like, our body's flooding with adrenaline before we go into shock or something"

"You know what? I actually think I've heard of this-It's a specific kind of infection" The three stop again.

"Are you serious?" Y/N asks.

"Yeah. Yeah, I think it's called- lycanthropy"

"What's that?" Scott asks "Is that bad?"

"Oh, yeah, it's the worst. But only once a month"

"Oh yeah, I'm worse when I'm on my period. But come on that can't be doing this to me, especially Scott. I mean, he's a boy" Y/N rambles.

"Once a month?"

"Mm-hmm. On the night of the full moon" Stiles howls. Scott shoves Stiles back, making Stiles laugh. Y/N then follows Scott "Hey, you're the one who heard a wolf howling.

"Hey, there could be something seriously wrong with us"

"I know! You two are werewolves! Rrr!" Stiles jokes "Okay, obviously I'm kidding. But if you two see me in shop class trying to melt all the silver I can find, it's 'cause Friday's a full moon" Scott looks around and kneels down on the ground.

"No, I-I could have sworn this was it. We saw the body, the deer came running. I dropped my inhaler"

"Maybe the killed moved the body"

"If he did, I hope he left his inhaler. Those things are like 80 bucks. I had to buy this one for him" Y/N says. Stiles turns around to see a man standing, looking at the three. He hits Scott on the shoulder and Y/N on the arm and he gestures them to the man behind them. They turn around as he walks closer to the three.

"What are you doing here?" He walks closer" "Huh?" They don't answer "This is private property"

"Uh, sorry, man, we didn't know" Y/N says.

"Yeah, we were just looking for something, but- Uh, forget it. Uhm" The man then throws something to Scott and he catches it to see that it's his inhaler. The man then walks off, leaving the three "All right, come on, we gotta get to work" Y/N and Scott begin to walk away.

"Guys" Stiles stops them "That was Derek Hale. You remember, right? He's only like a few years older than us"

"Remember what?" Scott asks. Y/N looks to where Derek walked off.

"His family. They all burned to death in a fire, like, ten years ago" She says.

"I wonder what he's doing back"

"Come on" Stiles walks off.

==

Scott closes the clinic and then goes into the bathroom, Y/N follows. The two lift up their shirts to disinfect their bites only when they take of the gauze, the bites have completely disappeared - the two giving each other a shared confused look. Later, Y/N drags a sack of cat food and she enters the room.

"Hey Kitties" She says. Suddenly all the cats start going wild and hissing at her. She looks around at all the cats hissing and shedrops the food and rushes outside of the room and closes the door. Then there is a frantic knocking at the door and Y/N turns around, Scott comes around from the corner and they look at the door to see that it's Allison, and she's crying. Scott quickly heads for the door and opens it.

"I didn't see it. I took my eyes off the road for, like, two seconds to change the song on my iPod, and then this dog, it just came out of nowhere!" She cries out. Y/N walks over and stands next to Scott.

"It's all right, it's all right, it's all right" Scott reasures "Do you remember where it happened so we can send Animal Control to find it?"

"No! I mean, yes, I know where I hit it, bit the dog is-"

"Where is it?" Y/N asks.

"It's in my car" Allison goes back to her car with Scott, as Y/N head back in to get supplies. When she opens the trunk, the animal barks. Allison backs up into Scott.

"You're okay? She's just afraid..."

"That makes two of us"

"Lets's see if I have any better luck" Scott bends over the dog. When he looks at him, his eyes suddenly turn to gold. The animal immediately calms down and they enter the clinic. Where Y/N has set up the table. Scott carefully places the dog onto the table and Y/N looks her over.

"Hey girl, you're gonna be okay" She stokes the dogs head "I think her leg is broken. I've seen the doctor do plenty of splints" Y/N says "I can do i myself and then give her a painkiller for now" She continues to stoke the dog. Scott sees Allison shivering "Yeah, I have a shirt in my bag"

"Oh, I don't want to trouble you"

"Nonsense, your freezing" Y/N says "We wouldn't want the new girl to turn up to school with a cold" Y/N smiles. Scott hands her his dry shirt.

"Here" Allison takes the shirt and smiles before walking to the back room to change. Y/N looks down at the dog and strokes her head. Scott looks at the back room to see Allison taking her top off. The dog whines making Scott turn to look at her. Y/N clears her throat and Scott turns to her. Both the dog and Y/N are giving him a look "What? I didn't see anything" The dog lays back down, whining. Later, Y/N cuts off the end of the bandage for the splint, Scott next to her as Allison walks in, dryer.

"Thanks for doing this you two. I feel really stupid" Y/N finishes wrapping the bandage around the dogs foot.

"How come?" Y/N asks.

"I don't know. 'Cause I freaked out like a total girl"

"You are a girl"

"I freaked out like a girly girl, and I'm not a girly girl"

"If it makes you feel any better, I'm not a girly girl and I still get freaked out" Y/N says, smiling.

"What kind of girl are you?" Scott asks.

"Tougher than that. At least, I thought I was"

"Hey, I'd be freaked out too. In fact, I'd probably cry. And not like a man, either. Like the biggest girly girly ever" They laugh "It'd be pathetic"

"Yeah, right"

"Oh yeah, he cries over like every chick flick movie. You should see him" Y/N jokes "Anyway, it looks like she's gonna live. And I'm pretty sure she'll even let you pet her now, if you want"

"I don't think so"

"Oh, come on. You don't want her to sue. I hear this breed is very litigious" Scott jokes. Y/N moves to the side and allows Allison to stroke the dog. The dog lays still and allows her to stoke her. "You see? She likes you" Y/N sees Scott staring intently at Allison and slowly walks out the room.

"I'm just gonna go and feed the cats" She says and exits the room. Allison sees Scott staring at her.

"What?"

"Uh. Sorry. You have an eyelash on your cheek"

"Oh. It's from the crying" Allison wipes her cheek with the sleeve. But then Scott stokes his finger against her cheek, getting the eyelash off her cheek "Thanks"

"Yeah" Scott says. Later, Scott and Allison walk outside and Allison gets into her car "So, um-I was wondering-I mean-Is it really family night on Friday, or do you think maybe you'd lile to go to that party with me?"

"Family night was a total lie"

"So is that a yes, you'll go?"

"Definitely yes" Allison gets in her car and drives away. Scott then turns around to face the clinic door and see Y/N with a big smile and two thumbs up.

==

Later that night, Y/N wakes up a scratchy feeling over her body. She opens her eyes to see leaves in her vision. She lifts up and she sees that she's surrounded by woods and fog.

"What the hell?" She stands up and begins to wipe herself to get rid of the dirt. She shivers as she slowly walks through the woods. She's only in shorts and a baggy top. She keeps walking until she feels a shot of pain run through her body "Aah!" She lifts her hand up to see claws coming through. She then feels pain in her mouth and two sharp canines grow. Her groaning soon turns into growling. She hears a twig snap and her head shoots up to the noise, her eyes glowing a bright golden yellow. She sees a figure go behind a tree and she follows, growling. When she gets their the figure is gone until she sees them over at another tree and she runs over to there. Soon enough, after following the figure, she finds herself at a old abandoned house. She hears a creek from inside and she runs in, only for the door to close behind her and someone grabs her from behind and holds her tight. Y/N trys to scratch and snap at the person.

"Calm down!" She turns her head around to be met with icy blue ones "Look, I know you're scared. But your inner wolf also senses that and wants out. So please, calm down" Y/N thrashes a little before giving up and her claws and teeth go back as well as her eyes turning back to her hazel brown. She turns around to look at the person and smiles softly.

"Derek" She slowly closes her eyes and falls back, luckily caught by Derek. He picks her up bridal syle and walks out of the house and to his car; placing her in the passenger seat. He then gets into the driver's seat and starts to turn the engine on. He looks over at Y/N and sees her shivering. He leans into the back and grabs his jacket and puts it over her, to which she snuggles into to. He smiles softly before driving off. Later, he arrives to the McCall residence and turns the engine off. He walks around back to see that the door is already open.

"Looks like your brother's got out too" Derek says, looking down at Y/N, who is sleeping. He carries her inside and up the stairs until he gets to a room. He opens it to see a dark room, he sniffs before recoiling and closing the door "Definitely not your room" He goes into the room next to Scott's and walks in to smell coconut and cinnamon. "Bingo" He walks over to her bed and lays her down on it; pulling the covers up. She shifts onto her side, still cuddling into the jacket he gave her. He shakes his head with amusement. He walks to her door, stopping to look at her once more time before gently closing the door.

==

The next day, Scott is standing in a corridor, looking through his locker. Jackson then comes up behind him and shuts his locker, startling Scott.

"All right, little man, what 'bout you tell me where you're getting d your juice?" He says.

"What?" Scott asks.

"Where are you getting your juice?"

"My mom does all the grocery shopping" Scott says confused.

"Now ,listen, McCall-you're gonna tell me exactly what it is and who you're buying it from, because there's no way in hell you're out there kicking ass on the field like that without some sort of chemical boost.

"Oh, you mean steroids! Are you on steroids?" Jackson grabs onto Scott's top and pushes him into the lockers.

"What the hell is going on with you McCall?"

"What's going on with me? You really wanna know? Well, so would I! Because I can see, hear, and smell things that I shouldn't be able to see, hear, and smell. I do things that should be impossible, I'm sleepwalking three miles into the middle of the woods, and I'm pretty much convinced that I'm totally out of my freaking mind!" Scott takes a deep breath.

"You think you're funny ? Don't you, McCall ? I know you're hiding something. I'm gonna find out what it is. I don't care how long it takes"

"How long it takes to do what, Jackson" A voice says. The two turn around to see Y/N with her arms crossed.

"Nothing" They say in unison.

"If you don't mind I'll be taking my brother now" Y/N grabs Scott's arm and pulls him away from Jackson, who glares daggers into Scott's head.

"Thanks for that"

"Yeah, yeah. You owe me"

==

Y/N is sat on the bleachers, getting ready to watch the game.

"Y/N! Y/N!" She turns to see Stiles rushing over to her and holds onto Y/N's shoulder.

"What?" She asks.

"IoverheardmydadonthphonethefiberanalysiscambackfromthelabinL.Atheyfoundanimalhairsonthebodyfromthewoods!" Y/N looks at him in confusion.

"Okay, whoah, whoah, Stiles. Calm down. Breath in" He does so "And breath out" He does so "Now say it again but slower"

"I overheard my dad on the phone. The fiber analysis came back from the lab in L.A. They found animal hairs on the body from the woods!"

"Okay? And?"

"They were wolf hairs" Y/N's eyes widen.

"We-we gotta tell Scott. Come on" Y/N gets a hold of Stiles hand and drags him over to Scott "Scott, wait up"

"Y/N, I'm playing the first elimination - Can it wait?"

"No, just listen to Stiles"

"Okay? I overheard my dad on the phone. The fiber analysis came back from the lab in L.A. They found animal hairs on the body from the woods!"

"Guys, I gotta go" Scott moves away from Stiles and Y/N and runs onto the field.

"Wait, no! Scott! You're not gonna believe what the animal was! It was a wolf!" The coach blows his whistle.

"Let's go! Gather around! Bring it in, come on! Come on!" The Lacrosse team all surround the coach. Scott sees Allison and she waves and he waves back "Got a question, McCall?"

"What?"

"You raised your hand. You have a question?"

"Oh - No. I was just, uh - Nothing. Sorry"

"Okay. You know how this goes. If you don't make the cut, you're most likely sitting on the bench for the rest of the season. You make the cut - You play. Your parents are proud. Your girlfriend loves ya! Huh? Everything else is, uh-" The Coach thinks.

"Cream cheese!" Y/N shouts.

"Exactly, everything else is Cream cheese" The coach quickly looks to Y/N "Wait how did yo- Never mind. Now, get out there and show me Whatcha got! Come on!" Everyone cheers and they begin to play. A ball is thrown to Scott and he catches it and he starts running only to be knocked to the ground my Jackson. The whistle blows and they start throwing the ball again, a player then throws the ball to another player, only he didn't catch it and the ball came spiralling towards Stiles, only for Y/N to quickly catch it. She stares at it in surprise before sharing the same look with Stiles.

"Wow. I didn't know my reaction time was that good" The whistle blows and Jackson and Scott are put in front of each other, the ball right in front of them. The whistle blows again and Scott pushes the pall. Y/N and Stiles watch as Scott dodges all of the incoming attacks. When three people started to block him he jumps over them going over and landing back on his feet and scoring. Every cheers and Y/N jumps up clapping.

"You go, Scotty. Woohoo!" Scott puts his hands up in victory and other players come up and hug him.

"Boy McCall! Get over here!" Scott walks over "What in God's name was that? This is a lacrosse field. What, are you trying out for the gymnastics team?"

"No, coach"

"What the hell was that?" The coach asks.

"I don't know. I-just trying to make the shot"

"Yeah, well, you made the shot. And guess what? You're startin', buddy" Scott's eyes widen and everyone cheers "You made first line. Come on!" The coach walks away and Scott looks to Y/N who puts her thumbs up, smiling big. Where as Stiles is still sat down, looking thoughtful.

[wu-sisyphus-gang]

Jaune: I keep pushing Ruby away. For no real reason.

Yang: Are you just... Scared?

Jaune: Yes. I'm terrified of ruining what we have now.

Yang: Huh?

Jaune: Take me seriously.

Yang: I was terrified of the same thing with Blake. Still am. But she wanted me before. Ruby wanted you before.

Jaune: Oh...

Yang: You do see that, don't you?

Jaune: Yes. I see. She wanted me before.

Yang: But no. Your insecurities won't just vanish. Neither will your mistakes. I think... They are willing to see past them.

Jaune: Does this get better? *Gestures helplessly*

Yang: Getting kissed helps. It helps a lot.

Jaune:

Yang: Did you really offer drugs to my little sister?

Jaune: Just weed. I wouldn't let her try harder stuff. I wouldn't do that. I care about her.

Yang: You love her?

Jaune: It's not an exaggeration to say I would kill and die for her. I'd put the moon back together just to make her smile. Sometimes she smiles at me... And... Sometimes she smiles at me and it lights up my whole life. And sometimes I watch her pink lips move when she's talking to me and I really want to kiss her.

Yang: Then do it.

Jaune: I can feel her making it easy on me. To make that jump. But... I don't know. There has to be some angle.

Yang: Why? You have to jump. Have to.

Jaune:

Yang: Ruby isn't going anywhere without you, vomit boy. When you're ready, jump.

Jaune: *sighs* Such is life being in love with an autistic girl.

Yang: *giggles* What's that mean?

Jaune: It means I could listen to her talk about her special interests all day. I think... I think a lot of girls put a lot of weight into their first times. I could be wrong. But I think so. And I don't think she's like that. I think she wants intimacy from me.

Yang: She does. *At his look she explains* We've had some girl to girl talks. She's told me it's scary how you're already inside her. You scare her too, Jaune.

Jaune: I admit that I am terrified. I have not known a love like this in my life. I'm pretty confident I won't do it right.

Yang: What about Pyrrha?

Jaune: 'What about Pyrrha?' What about her?

Yang: We all knew she liked you. You're a pretty lucky guy when you look at it like that.

Jaune: I didn't know. Not until it was too late.

Yang: There a story to that?

Jaune: She kissed me before she went off to fight Cinder. Then she died.

Yang: Your life sucks Jaune.

Jaune: *laughs* And it keeps coming. With Ruby too it was that way. They both had to be pretty obvious to get my attention. I don't know... For someone who is kinda smart, right? I'm kinda smart.

Yang: Yes. You're smart. We all go to you for plans. The way you fight is as much about the mental battle as then physical one. You're smart.

Jaune: But holy fuck am I dumb. You know what I mean? I'm too smart to be this dumb.

Yang: Okay so you don't have experience with girls-

Jaune: 'No experience with girls?!' I have seven sisters! Seriously?! What's my excuse? I'd like one.

Yang: I have nothing for you. You're pumping in a dry well.

Jaune: Yeah. So that's what is all wrong with me.

Yang: Oh is that all?

Jaune: Probably not but let's say it is.

Yang: I am still going to hit you, by the way.

Jaune: Good.

Yang: Asshole. Listen. Not because of what you said or even because you offered drugs to my little sister. Weed is softcore shit. But because you're being a dumbass and I care about you. Next time you and Ruby are alone find your happy place.

Jaune: 'Find my happy place?'

Yang: Dumbass. Tell her how you feel. Lean into that feeling. Only good things can come of it.

Jaune: Some offense meant...

Yang: Sure.

Jaune: But what the fuck would you know?

Jaune: A girl shows interest in me. Literally cannot stop laughing at her abysmal ability to select mates.