#( another reason him & the first warden don't get along )

[elliscousland]

ellis in inquisition does not, in fact, send his wardens to orlais when they call for them all to gather in inquisition when they start hearing the false calling. instead, he is super petty & like haha. the calling. the calling that i've already heard. the calling that i am actively hearing. the calling that was left to me & another new recruit to deal with, nearly a decade ago. you've got an army guys, you've got this!

he does, however, think is is super sus when they stop responding to his letters / attempts to reach out to them. he does have agents that he's sent to investigate it all, but none of them come back - presumably joining what's going on in adamant, w the exception of whatever senior warden hawke has as a connection.

[thecatchat]

Wandering Warden AU

So, this is purely a self indugent story idea that I don't have the time or energy to make into a full fic, but I'd be open to receiving asks about it.

So, this is partially inspired by that one post about Ingo having a working arcphone and posting on social media about his adventures in Hisui while Emmet and the rest of the poke-world watches on in major concern. But, instead it's Akari and her arcphone doing that. Ingo does become a repeated feature guest, mostly because the chat loves him. Some information is redacted for magical, timeline stability, plot reasons, so people can't just tell Ingo who he is.

Now here's where the real AU starts, that was just flavoring. Once the post game is finished and arceus is captured, it agrees to send both Akari and Ingo home. Also, Lady Sneasler joins Ingo, because do not separate these two, that's her warden, thank you very much. And to be fair, it does send them farther into the future and out of hisui... but not far enough.

They land in the 1920s era of Kalos. Separated from each other! Like, dude, arceus! How are you this inaccurate! While I don't have many ideas for hijinx regarding Akari, I have plenty for Ingo.

First off, Ingo's memory starts improving with the more familiar technology and attitude towards pokemon, but it's very very spotty. He thinks he was raised by a dragon? Or maybe that was a sibling? He's about 65% confident that the man in whites name is Subway. That's the most confident he is in any name.

Like, he has a pile of names, and a pile of concepts of memories of people, and Reshiram help him, the two won't connect in his brain.

So, he starts researching and trying to find legendary or mythical pokemon to get him home. But uh, 1. Extinct variation of sneasler is very much beside him and very much unwilling to stay in a pokeball. 2. Having the ability to make pokeballs that aren't in any way tracked or registered is not looked kindly upon by any government body that is doing that. 3. Having the ability to make pokeballs that aren't in any way tracked or registered is something every crime syndicate would like to learn how to do.

As the heat intensified on him (metaphorically), he needed to lay low. So, he gets a bunch of fabric and covers Lady Sneasler from head toe, addressing her only as Lady S in public.

As for him, well, he actually didn't have one picked out, but as he stumbled into the next town (escaping another crime syndicate, thank Reshiram that they're all very local), he encounters someone in a white conductor hat. And when they ask his name, he said "Emmet". No idea why, but it feels really right to say? Maybe it's his middle name? But, apparently the person they met is The Social Butterfly and introduced him as Emmet to literally every person in town and by the time they've gone through at least 5, Ingo just accepts the fact that his fake name is Emmet now.

And. He makes some friends in this town, so he hunkers down there for a while longer than normal. Namely, a local celebrity singer with a lot of bird+electric pokemon that Ingo continually keeps accidentally calling Skyla (if he sees the bird pokemon first) or Elsa (if he sees the fashion first). He doesn't consciously realize why he's calling her those two names, BTW.

Anyway, there's no train station here and he does need money so he kind of accidentally(ish) ends up a private investigator for a month? Apparently being able to pick out and follow a person in a crowd combined with hisui survival skills make for an excellent tailing ability. Unfortunately, everything catches up again eventually and he has to keep moving.

Luckily, the next stop is a Circus! The ring master is a bit of a Shady character, but they need a conductor so they can become a traveling Circus. Oh? A person who can instinctively drive a train like he's been doing it every day of his life? Hired! Oh, yah, sure you can bring this Lady S along too.

This is where Arkri and Ingo meet up again. At the Circus, where Ingo is still going by Emmet. Arkri almost has a heart attack (and in the not-so-distant future, so is Emmet, as Arkri streams the reunion), but Ingo thankfully explains.

At this point, Ingo has collected enough evidence and whispers of memories to conclude that he's from Unova. Namely, every. Single. Person. In. The. Circus. Comments on how thick of a Unova accent he has. That and looking through some of the pokemon from there jog small bits of memories. ("Too many" he says when he sees the picture of a Joltic)

Uhh... something something, probably all the crime syndicate people coming together to try and get Ingo, the circus standing by Ingo (also having kicked out the old corrupt ring master by now and kinda following Ingo's lead, he's a very good boss ringleader), and they steal a plane owned by pokemon smugglers to go to Unova.

(Nobody knows that they were planning to steal a plane until a new stream starts. Ingo and Akari are sitting against a metal wall and there's a droning noise in the background. Akari looks over at Ingo and asks "Did we really just steal a plane?"

Ingo: "From smugglers, yes. Yes, we did."

Chat: *loses their minds*

So, uh, not sure what pokemon they encounter in Unova that helps them, but finally. After all the trials they've faced. All the stress and struggle. All the effort put into getting back home. They finally make it to the correct time.

*stream starts and points to a sign that Ingo reads out loud in his Train Conductor Voice* "Today is the xxth of [month], 20xx. Welcome to Alola."

*camera points to the very done expression on Ingo's face* "You'd think legendary pokemon would be a little more accurate."

And that's all I've got. Let me know if you want to learn more about anything specific!

[fleshwerks]

i think what ultimately grinds me with assan is that he's a symptom of a greater narrative issue. i'm always wary of games introducing a comic relief 'pet' character, really, or introducing a pet to make a character more endearing, and assan i feel is very much a distraction, a cheap emotional punch, or a character added for the sake of having it. i'll be repeating myself a lot under the 'keep reading' but i'm just trying to organise my thoughts on this.

i can almost hear the writer's room going 'we want to have a cute griffon for this game'. 'cool. what for?' 'well a pet is an easy way to foster emotional attachment, and also, because griffons.' 'cool, but... why would our protagonist even have a griffon? how do we get our character a griffon when they're all but extinct and guarded by this insular faction of cursed warriors?' 'oh. umm. i guess we need a warden then to have a plausible reason for why this cute distraction is there.'

davrin didn't come to the party and brought the griffon along. the griffon is the main attraction and sadly davrin feels like a bit of a plain vessel just so that the party could have a cute mythical pet.

it's like 'assan and his uh... his elf.' And it's a common criticism. you just need to look at entire posts and threads about the choice between davrin and harding and see that it's basically top to bottom 'i saved davrin because i couldn't let assan die.' somehow the damned animal is a bigger draw than the actual black dalish warden man

which you could say is a reach, but bioware historically has been really very uncharitable to its black male companion characters. and now there's another one, and he's being completely overshadowed by an awkwardly designed feather duster. i don't think davrin's origin and his actual design are irrelevant to the issue at hand, not even a little.

when the first thing you think of when you hear the name 'davrin' is 'assan the griffon', you've got a big problem. and now that epler has come out and said it with full heart that they literally hinged all of davrin's 'saveability' on assan, i don't really know what i'm supposed to think here outside

'we couldn't make this guy cool enough to compete with a blandified harding, so here's a cute ass pet to even the scales! the pet's the real star!

that's what i mean when i say 'a greater narrative issue'. i'm sure someone will tell me i'm interpreting it uncharitably, but i'd like to counter that with 'either epler misspoke badly, or you're just coping.' man said what he said.

and the fans are openly saying it that even they caught themselves thinking 'oh no, not assan!' when davrin fell, and realising that apparently in the moment they had more fear and compassion davrin's pet griff than the man himself. and now frankly it's be fine if it was like the milk-coloured cullen type instead of davrin, but it's not. it's another rare black companion character getting the shaft. again. you can't ignore the optics here.

sacrifice davrin if you must, but at least have the decorum to respect the pet griff's decision to die with him instead of whinging 'nooo why did he have to dive after himmmm!' that? that is your reaction to 'black dude dies first'? 'no, no, not the dooooog?!'

though honestly the davrin v harding dies choice was already loaded, because harding may be lily pale but in-game she's still dwarves' last connection to their original nature, power and birthright. meanwhile the relative nobodies like lucanis and frankly neve too can merrily waltz into the sunset. this is what i mean by cheap exploitative emotional punches. the guy with the cute rare near-extinct pet, or the dwarves' and titans' one last hope. whilst everybody else's pretty much ordinary compared to the sole keeper of a powerful near-extinct species and the even more rare dwarf with connection to titans without having gone full drone zombie. just to make it 'hard' while the relative normies keep on keeping going.

[unagreeablegirl]

which companions from veilguard would sera get along with the best/worst etc?

i think sera's opinion of the veilguard companions would probably be mostly the same whether she is rook or just another helper hanging around the lighthouse, so i'm just gonna ruminate on her feelings for each of them without differentiating verses;

bellara :: (tl;dr: neutral-to-positive) i like to think that by the time sera reaches veilguard times, she has actually grappled a bit with her internalized racism towards dalish elves and gotten past that instinct to reject them for their cultural ties, especially if lavellan was the inquisitor. that being said, her extreme wariness and fear towards magic remains, and bellara's tinkering with magical artefacts would deeply unnerve her. she would not really enjoy having to help her with those things if taken along for that quest. she might even take bellara's story about her brother as proof that such tinkering is too dangerous to be trifled with. at the same time, bellara is...adorable. and sera is just a girl. she can't bring herself to fully dislike a cute dalish mage.

davrin :: (tl;dr: positive) with most of her internalized racism out of the way, i think sera would get along okay with davrin. i think he'd even have a bit of a steadying influence on her, with time. she likes that he's a non-magic user and generally no-nonsense about monster hunting. she also has a positive opinion of the wardens in general, at least until they meet the first warden and he's a total pissant, so that also plays in dav's favor. she might tease him a little about his dalish background, but in a much friendlier and less antagonistic way than she'd have treated it in the past. so overall, she likes him. he's cool. she'll hang with him even more if it means she can pet the griffon.

emmrich :: (tl;dr: uncomfortable-to-neutral) sera feels weird about the necromancy. she's not as adverse to it as taash seems to be in the beginning, but it does creep her out a lot. it's possible the way he talks about it makes her feel even more creeped out at first bc it doesn't make any sense to her, wanting to be around bodies and spirits and all that shite all the time. that being said, she's at least a little better about being open-minded by the time of veilguard, and over time i think she'd make peace with the necromancy thing. it might never be something she feels entirely comfortable with, but she eventually stops being such a little shit about it. and maybe she one day brings back a tea he mentioned liking once, because she's desperate to get him talking about anything else, honestly.

lace :: (tl;dr: highly positive) sera loves lace harding. they're old pals from inquisition times and sera has not forgotten. harding is already one of the good ones in sera's book, long before varric hires rook and starts putting together a team for the veilguard.

lucanis :: (tl;dr: uncomfortable-to-neutral) sera's issues with mages and magic rear their ugly head again with lucanis, but they're in conflict with feelings of sympathy for what he's been through. she realizes it was not even a little bit his fault that he became possessed, but her fear of demons can't help complicate any potential connection there. she has a hard time completely trusting him for a lot of the same reasons the others don't in the beginning. she keeps an eye on him like lace does, and tries not to judge. even though she loooooves to judge.

neve :: (tl;dr: neutral-to-postive) i think sera's feelings towards neve would be similar to how fenris feels about a mage!hawke, in that neve appears to really know what she's doing and have an expert handle on her magic, so sera doesn't feel nearly as fearful towards her as she might another mage. and let's be real, neve is hyper-competent in everything she does. sera's not even wrong to feel like she can trust the detective almost immediately.

taash :: (tl;dr: highly positive) taash is absolutely buckwild fucking awesome in sera's humble opinion. from that opening scene where they're introduced the little elf rogue is crushing hard. she is already trying to see if taash is free on friday. beyond that, i think sera might understand some of what taash is struggling with in terms of feeling a cultural pull in multiple directions. just because sera has largely rejected elven culture doesn't mean she never felt anything for it. so she gets that, in her own way, and would do her best to support taash through whatever path they decided to take. but also, she would like to smooch the hot lord of fortune pls & thank.

and...that is what i have for you thus far, nonny. keeping in mind that i literally just picked up sera as a muse on a whim today so the above is possibly open to change as i continue to explore her character....

[the-silver-peahen-residence]

||An Officer's corruption part five||

Hi dears, It's time for another part to this short au: Officer and criminals Au with demon mun's muses and mine. X3 So here you go with a new chapter added to this. I hope you like.

||Chapters||

Part one

Part two ((NSFW warning))

Part three

Part four ((NSFW warning))

((Your reading part five))

||OVA Chapters|| ((My friend Demon mun is writing for the series))

OVA part one

||Drabble summary||

Jaron and Melinda have got to their new prison building but it seems it was being the same one having Warden Finn Reer. Right now, they just arrived and it was already a mad house. It seems he has two new prisoners and they was causing a rucus. Who could they be? Read to find out.

||Warning||

~Violence or a fight is present in this drabble

~Possessive behavior will be present

||Guests in Drabble||

Jaron Jackal, Fin Reer belongs to my amazing Rp partner @demon-blood-youths

Melinda brooks, Rex oxford mills, and Winter are my OCs that belong to me and the same for Sukuna Ryomen comes from Jujutsu Kaisen but also me due to having him as a muse.

((Note: Their will be grammar mistakes and errors in this drabble as others have this warning. But like I state before, this is written for fun. So I hope you like it and my friend too. Enjoy))

"Do you think he is expecting us?"

Officer Jackal blinks hearing his partner Officer Melinda brooks ask while they were making their way to Harlem where the lupins police station was but beyond that they were looking for Warden Finn Reer.

"I think he was. Even the fact we were told by Mr. Henderson we would be coming to help him out along with his policemen and woman." Jaron sighed driving down the road but Melinda thinks about it while he was driving.

"Though, it's rather strange to the idea. I wonder what could be the reason..." she said thinking about it.

"I don't know..but we'll find out soon." Jaron said seeing they have arrived to the prison house. The prison house was pretty big but both officers Melinda and Jaron can tell it's a wild place. Even seeing the back yard where most of the prisoners had animal features but werewolves were more noticed here.

After her parks, both Jaron and Melinda gets out of the car to look at the front gates then at one another.

"Ready?" he said seeing her nod.

"Yeah.."

With that said, both head to the gates to meet with Warden Fin. Inside, it was pretty big with other officers around or keeping a eye on the prisoners here. Or some being moved to a new location with others. Yeah, this was a bit big and yet, the two keeps looking around holding to find someone.

"Hey you two made it!" Both Jaron and Melinda blinks to look seeing the Warden. Fin Reed was smiling welcoming the two but they saw Officer warden Ahmed as well.

"Welcome to our prison. I take it your here because of Mr. Henderson." he asked.

"Yes. He said he has many others scattered around New York to help other prisons with the more difficult prisoners." Melinda said but Ahmed sighed.

"Well, he's not wrong. Because we have two of them here with us." he said.

"Hold up, two of them?" Jaron asked but he turns to let them follow with Fin and Melinda following.

"Yes. We have two of them but I'm watching one and Fin is looking after the other. Though, let me ask you a question first: Have you heard of the hidden gang the season demon warriors?" he asked but Jaron and Melinda thinks.

"Season demon warriors? Hold on, wasn't it that hidden black market group that sells items that's bought through the world? You mean them?" she asked seeing Fin nod.

"Yep; the very same. Turns out the leader was caught and arrested way back but now his team is caught as well. Though, I don't know where their leader was but me and Ahmed got two members from his group. The Fallen summer maiden and the fallen winter maiden." Fin explains as they walk down the hall. Melinda saw the other males howling due to smelling a new woman but she had the guess it was her. Though, what of the two new prisoners?

"I take it theirs not many females in your prison?" Melinda asked.

"Not really. I have some from my team here and you Melinda. However, the fallen maidens are here too but...lets just say they give off a dangerous smell that none of these guys wanna mess with them. Two tried to but..lets say they ended up killed. That was a big fight to break up." Fin walks to the stairs with Ahmed leading.

"So far, they don't know their in the same prison due to keeping them apart but it didn't stop them from trying to escape." he explains seeing one were cat reaching to grab for Melinda's ankle but Fin stomps on the hand hearing a pained yelp.

"I told ya no touching other female officers!" he said that Melinda noticed seeing the other snarl at him that Fin growls back making the prisoner silent.

"I see....but wasn't their four of the fallen maidens?" Jaron asked.

"Their is. We have two here. I got one and Ahmed has one but we keep a eye on them due to being sneaky. They have gotten out a few times but we get them back. But one is at Kali's prison being watched by Bernard and the other fallen maiden is watched over at Joshua's prison. Mr. Henderson said he was hoping to make some deal with the leader but he refuses to speak to him. So, the team is a lot more aggressive wanting to get out and free him." Fin sighed but they keep on walking.

"So....."

"Right now, we are being sure they don't meet up to cause trouble again." Fin said as they get to the main office. However, Jaron heard more howls or flirting from some prisoners towards Melinda but she ignores them while looking and heading into the office.

"So, that's why we were hoping to ask you two to help us out with the prison. Due to a few of our police members quitting because of the reckless behavior of the others." Fin explains as Jaron and Melinda sits down.

"I see...well, we can give it our best to help you Fin and Ahmend." she said.

"Yeah. We can give a hand." Jaron said.

"Huh, thanks guys." he said smiling. While he was happy about this, that's when an alarm goes off making the four blink.

"What the heck?"

"Uhhhhh..."

"Fin.." Ahmend said but he goes to check it out. He saw that some of the police was running off showing some gust of ice wind forming near a door way. The others backs up from the chill winds to see a woman walking out. She had Mid Ivory color skin, blonde hair in a tight bun. Melinda and Jaron noticed she had Cobalt blue ice eyes looking ahead as she was smiling.

"You know, you should get that fixed..you don't know what might come out." she laughed seeing the police surrounding her but they tried to get her only to get punched in the face, kicked as well as she was fighting them off.

"Get her back in her prison cell!"

"Hurry before she tries something else!"

"We can't get close to her!"

"Hurry up!"

The other officers tried to get her only to get blasted back by a strong gust of wind landing in a pile wincing. The woman only smiled looking as she walks forward since she was barefoot as well.

"Awwww what's wrong? Your done? So boring. Oh well, maybe I can find out where my team is..and my sensei..so..." as she was about to run, a ice wall shows to make her stop but she knew who it was to giggle.

"Oh? Wanna play again Warden?" she knew who it was hearing something land near by showing Fin there. He looks glaring at her as she looks back.

"Your going back to your cell Winter......" he said but she only smiled more.

"Awww but I just got out. I wanna play some more!" she said before he rushes to try and stop her while Winter was dodging his grabs to fight back.

"We need to do something!" Melinda said but Ahmed felt a tremor looking to the right. Something else was going on. "Oh you have got to be kidding me.." He looks to the other two. "Seems we might be having a-"

"RIOT!!!" One prisoner said as they were now fighting trying to get out. Jaron, Melinda and other officers were shocked before trying to stop them from destroying everything.

~~~~~Meanwhile at Kinie Ger's prison~~~~~

Rex was meditating in his cell but he was looking silent wondering of his team. True, he and the fallen maidens were dangerous and strong but it seems his team was split up so stop them from getting out. He slowly opens his eyes feeling another near his cell. Some of the officers were too scared to be near it but knowing the danger vibes he gives off, it was scary.

He sighed to relax again but he was thinking to check something. ".....Seems Winter is having a bit too much fun again....knowing her she might end up destroying that place.." he said to himself but a few police walks by his cell again.

"...I wonder if the other three are close or far?" he mutters before hearing someone bang at his cell.

"HEY! Quiet in there!" One guard said but as he said that, Rex turns his head to show one white eye. The guard got silent but scared seeing the murder look in his eye.

"....."

"I'm sorry..did you say something?" Rex said to the now terrified guard.

"N..No, continue your business!" he said scared but Rex looks away while the guard was pissing his pants now. However, Rex remains calm to look and hope his team was good or thinking of a way to get out.

~~~~Back at Fin's prison~~~~

After a while, Fin and his officers was able to stop the Riot but also had Winter tied up and in hand cuffs by him. She struggles but he keeps her still. "Stop squirming. You'll end up hurting yourself." he said.

"You always seem to ruin the fun you know, sweetheart. Why can't you let me have a bit of fun? I promise I won't bite." she pouts to Fin. "Or do you prefer that type of fun?" she winks that Fin sweatdrops to sigh.

"No, now come on..back to your cell." He said taking her back but looks to Ahmed. "I'll be back." he said seeing the other nod. Both Jaron and Melinda was a bit tired after helping with the riot.

"You both alright?" he asked.

"I'm alright. You Melinda?" Jaron said.

"Yeah, I'm alright." she said.

"Good to hear. Also, thank you for helping us with the Riot." he said seeing the two waving their hands not minding it. "Though, that was intense. Are all the fallen maidens that dangerous?" Melinda asked.

"Yes. I hope Bernard is doing alright with the fallen maiden of fall and Angel with the fallen spring maiden. All four of these women are dangerous and together it's worse. Even so, we haven't heard from them so I assume they are okay." he said but Jaron and Melinda looked worried before seeing the cleaning crew show up.

However, some of the prisoners were seeing Melinda but they only were curious about her like the other female officers here. Most were weres like Fin and some of his group. However, Melinda was not but she smelled different. Maybe due to her own blood having the mix of Nagu blood too. Even so, she and the other two leave the area while they keep eyeing her to her tensing.

"You okay Melinda?" Jaron asked.

"Hmm? Yeah, I'm alright.." she said softly to him but quickly follows Ahmed from the area. However, Jaron was wondering if she was alright. For now, they would take it easy before resting up for that time.

~~~~At Winter's prison Cell~~~~~

"There, now get back in." Fin said getting her inside but Winter pouts to look at him while she was in her cell once more.

"You really are no fun Fin. I just wanted to have a little fun since being in this cell makes one bored. You think I'll do something bad?" she said but Fin looks to cross his arms.

"Knowing you, yes. Forgot what you did the last time you got out?" he asked to see her thinking about it.

"Oh come on, a few heads rolled loose. I can't help it." she said shrugging her shoulders.

"You killed them!" he said but she only smiled.

"Again, not my fault handsome. Besides, they got in my way......you should know that right?" she asked to look at him but he sighed to close his eyes.

"Even so, stop trying to get out and behave. I'll check on you later." Fin said but Winter looks to him.

"Fine, it's not my fault I love being bad but maybe it's due to getting your attention. You are pretty handsome.....even if your a lycan. It's fun to tease you...even if you have a wild side yourself...right?" she teased rubbing her neck. Fin said nothing to hear this but looks away.

Knowing this prison held were types, it was still dangerous to be around others that could be at risk or wants to be changed. He only sighed and yet Winter smiled looking at him.

"Though....you are pretty smart and fun to play with, Fin. Why not have more fun? You use ice and I use both ice and heated winds. We could really go wild if you like. It's almost like our blood is calling to one another..isn't it?" she purrs but he closed his hand to a fist not responding.

"......."

Winter looks to wonder what he will do but he walks off to leave her. She sees him go but smiled leaning against the cell metal bars. Yeah, he was so precious to tease like this. Though, she still wonders of her fallen sisters and their sensei. That's when she goes to sit down but touches her ear.

".....Seems he's still strong willed Sensei. But no worries, I'll find a way to get out and help with finding the other fallen maidens."

'I know you will Winter. Just try to not kill too many like the others. Though, have you heard of anything else from either one?' Rex asked though a blue tooth piece he had hidden with him. None of the officers found it.

"No, not yet. Seems they were split up so we can't find one another. But they are close.....I'll see if I can trace or find something else. Then we can go and help break you out Sensei." she smiled that Rex chuckled.

'I know. Even so, keep your guard up and eyes too. I'll hope to see you and the maidens soon.'

"Same to you too, Sensei." Winter said ending the conversation. She leans back now happily thinking of Fin but was humming to herself. In the hallway, Fin was out of the area but he sighed closing his eyes. Yeah, she was getting tricky but he'll have to watch out for that.

As he was heading back, some of the prisoners were speaking.

"You really think she is? Her blood isn't were so.." One prisoner asked.

"It's true. She smells different and given she's from another police group, it's a lot. I know that guy she's with smells like one. A jackal of some sort but her?..she smells tasty." one said with arms crossed. He looks from his cell seeing Melinda speaking with Haliee about the job. Both were happily talking but he looks to Melinda who was smiling.

Yeah, she was cute and like many woman, they were up for grabs. "..I think we need to welcome our new guest. Along with the other females in this dump...but lets not be too crazy. Can't scare them off. We need to see what their like first...including that one." he said pointing to Melinda.

Seems the first day was crazy but what else might happen here?

[kimium]

What do you hc the relationships (platonic or romantic or other) are for faculty in Twisted Wonderland?

Hi friend! Thanks for this ask! I'm so excited to answer it. Also, I'm assuming that while I am going to focus on faulty I can also add students in the platonic relationships. So, let's get started! This is super long, so it's under a cut.

Platonic relationships

Crewel & Vil

Without a doubt, Crewel was a Pomefiore member when he was in school. He was also House warden in my books. Anyways, with Crewel's love of fashion, make-up, and poisons, he's the perfect mentor for Vil. I adored their team-up in the Fairy Tale Gala and I love to imagine they're always collaborating for projects outside of school. For projects inside school Crewel assists Vil in his alchemy classes and side projects, especially poisons. Vil is easily one of Crewel's top alchemy class students and thus Vil is granted access to the lab whenever he wishes.

Crewel & Azul

While I don't think Crewel is as comfortable with Azul as he is with Vil, Crewel absolutely likes Azul. The main reason why I think this is because Azul has to brew shape-shifting potions all the time. No doubt buying them on the market is expensive and Azul being the shrewd businessman would never allow his money to go to waste. Thus, Azul has perfected the shape-shifting potion for himself, Jade, and Floyd. Crewel is a master potion maker and Azul definitely respects Crewel's knowledge. Thus, I can see Azul consistently looking for feedback in his brewing and Crewel willing to give some advice.

Crewel & Kalim

This is an odd one, but I think this for one reason: poison expert. Kalim, even with Jamil and the promise of security in NRC, has been poisoned far too many times to count. Besides bribery, I believe the Al Asim family put in a request for NRC to assist in any poison related suspicions. Now, Crewel isn't one to bend to money alone (I think he's one of the teachers who scoffed at Crowley giving into the money) but that doesn't mean Crewel believes Kalim deserves to be poisoned. Crewel easily can deduce what sorts of poisons were probably used on Kalim and that makes his blood boil. So sure, Kalim isn't his best student, but Crewel will be damned if the poor boy suffers another poisoning on his watch.

Crewel & Yuu

Yeah, this is a little self-indulgent, but hear me out: Crewel 100% has a soft side. Of course, he'd never let his students know that and for a while his blatant favourites were Vil and Azul. But Crewel takes one (1) look at this poor, magicless, isekai'd kid and decides "I'm helping this one out. They look so sad and if Crowley won't buy them proper necessities I'll do it and bill the school". Thus, he takes Yuu shopping and enjoys giving them small gifts (all at the school's expense).

Sam & Ruggie

Most would think Sam gets along with Azul, and he does to an extent. I think Sam appreciates Azul's ambition and drive for success. However, I think Sam sees himself in Ruggie: a young kid who has a dream of making money. Of course, Sam turned that desire into starting his own business from the ground up, but Sam appreciates the hustle and street-smart craftiness of Ruggie. Ruggie also helps out at the shop once in a while and Sam loves students who give him a hand. Thus he likes slipping discounts and extra bonus items for Ruggie.

Sam & Epel

I don't know why, but I think Sam took one (1) look at Epel and went "This kid needs a break somewhere because Sevens know he's about to blow up". So, Sam makes it a point to chat nicely with Epel and in turn Epel tells Sam all about Harveston and the nice handcrafts there. Sam's intrigued and believes this could open up a niche in his store.

Sam & Lilia

Look, both have mischievous energy. Plus, Lilia is one of the few students on campus who knows how to talk to Sam's friends on the other side respectfully, but also playfully.

Vargas & Jack

Jack is the top first year student in PE and Vargas LOVES this. He's over the moon and probably brags about Jack in the staff room during breaks or even during staff meetings. Jack is up for all the athletic awards and Trein has to remind Vargas that he can't give all the first year PE awards to Jack. On the flip side, Jack may feel Vargas can be a little too enthusiastic about muscles but Jack respects Vargas's coaching and advice. Especially since I head canon Vargas was an athletic star in both his days at NRC and post NRC.

Vargas & Jamil / Kalim

Another odd choice from me, but I was thinking both Jamil and Kalim are athletic. Jamil plays for the basketball team and both have extensive dance training. Plus, they're one of Vargas's top fliers in the second year. If only Kalim was a little less spacey and Jamil put in a bit more effort...

Vargas & Rook

Vargas gets along well with Rook for one reason: hunting. Both have a passion for hunting and have tons of experience. Get these two on the topic and they're talking for HOURS about the best trails, game, weapon, technique, etc. Vil once had to come collect Rook because Rook stayed behind after class for two hours chatting to Vargas.

Trein & Riddle

Not only because Riddle is Trein's top student, but because Riddle is insightful, smart, and loves questioning moments in history with Trein. Riddle's papers are always well researched and worded. It's the kind of paper Trein sees in his pile of marking and feels relief so palpable it's almost edible.

Trein & Jade

One of my odd choices again, but I think Trein likes Jade because Jade likes talking about the Coral Sea with Trein. Trein is a scholar and he loves learning about places and Jade's experience and stories are fascinating to Trein.

Trein & Yuu

Like Crewel, Trein has a soft spot for their poor, magicless, isekai'd student. Trein is the one checking in with Yuu, making sure they're doing well and that they're understanding their studies. Probably invites Yuu over to tea once in a while. Also, Lucius LOVES Yuu (not Grim) and that's an instant ticket to becoming Trein's favourite.

Crewel & Vargas

Nothing is funnier to me than the sheer dichotomy of Crewel "I'm proper, always dressed well, and look my best" next to Vargas "I think it's fun to run around and sweat while exercising and hunting + I'm a himbo". Crewel pretends he doesn't like being seen with Vargas, but to Vargas they're BFFs and he's taken it upon himself to make sure Crewel eats and sleeps properly.

Romantic Relationships

Trein/Lilia

Listen, Trein met Lilia when he was a young man, still at NRC (probably in his final year). Lilia wasn't attending (and was in his adult form), but somehow these two met. Lilia instantly took to the bright, knowledge seeking man, especially since Trein is a historian. Bet there were heated debates about history where Trein said "Source?!" and Lilia said "Because I said so!" or "Me!" or "I was THERE, Trein!" Then Trein's huffy "You can't keep saying that" ended in Lilia kissing Trein and shoving him against a wall. What can I say? Lilia loves battles, be it as the ruthless general or heated debater.

Then, Lilia leaves one day and Trein pretends it didn't happen until Lilia shows up looking "young" and is "his student" despite being CENTURIES old. Trein wants to throw a textbook directly at Lilia's laughing face.

Other Relationships

-Crewel has tried to strangle Crowley at least once during his employment. Normally, it's frowned upon to try and strangle your employer, but Crewel has a twenty-page document listing all the reasons he was justified. Crewel would probably win in court should anything legal come out of this.

-Malleus is both a blessing and a curse upon the faculty. On one hand, Malleus is very smart, gifted, and can effortlessly complete tasks. On the other hand, Malleus sometimes goes overboard and only Lilia can help clean up the mess or make Malleus do it.

-The staff have a betting pool to how many times Leona will come to class that resets every month. Crewel wins majority of the time, but that's just because Leona sleeps in the greenhouse 9/10 times and Crewel has special plants he takes care of personally, so he has insider knowledge.

-All the staff love Ortho because he's so gosh-darn cute and enthusiastic. They only wish Ortho could help Idia make it to class in person.

-Sam throws the best "unofficial staff parties" off campus when a break starts. Everyone goes and no one talks about what happens at said parties.

-Crewel laughed himself to tears when he learned of Azul's scheme in Book 3. He will deny this to anyone who asks and that person will promptly receive detention.

-Crewel is the teacher most known for handing out the worst (and most frequent) detentions. No one dares skip them because the punishment for doing so will somehow be worse than the actual detention.

-Vargas, on more than one occasion, has stepped in when some one at a bar has been a little too forward and pushy towards Crewel or Sam, who are the ones always receiving the unwanted attention. This has caused both Sam and Crewel to joke about it, making the students wonder if there isn't some sort of dating situation going on. No one clarifies.

-Trein's least favourite student is Floyd because he never wants to pay attention and do his work. Crewel's least favourite students are Ace/Deuce/Sebek because they never listen and make a mess. Vargas's least favourite student is Idia because the boy NEVER shows to class or if he does, he tries to make Ortho do the work for him.

[echthr0s]

the Otherworldly Companion (OC) masterpost

(aka "who the fuck are these people you're tagging")

Nuadha is what's commonly called the "Dark Urge", but with some modifications. She is an avatar of a largely-forgotten god (in this part of Toril, anyway) who ran afoul of both Bhaal and his Chosen. She travels Faerûn in the company of future Hero of Baldur's Gate Wyll Ravengard searching for a cure to a mindflayer affliction and a reunion with the sundered fragments of her Self.

Dayir and Ishan are my Eorzean Warriors of Varying Luminosity, as it were, and there's a lil about post about them here. Sesshai is their tricksy Viera bestie that I don't talk about nearly enough, for some reason.

Noah Kingfisher is the Sole Survivor of Vault 111; Gabriel the Revelator is the Lone Wanderer; and Gideon of the Grave is Courier Six. Noah is a literal child of Atom, and Gabriel is the next-closest thing, being genetically manipulated by Atom in utero. Noah also exists in Halcyon and Far Cry 5's Montana (along with Preston Garvey).

Anansi Surana is both the Grey Warden that ends the Blights once and for all, and the Herald of [???] (Razikale, but no one knows that) that lays the groundwork for a new world. he's also a First Enchanter for a while. he gets around, you could say. Elijah Wolf (or, Elijah Hawk-child, for much of DA2) is Lord Protector of Kirkwall but that doesn't stop him or his seneschal Varric Tethras from gallivanting off to Skyhold. I don't play in the Dragon Age space much anymore, unfortunately, so don't expect much about these guys unless they respawn in another universe (which is highly possible). or unless I play DA4. which is also possible.

Adrian Shepard is Commander of the SSV Normandy and the scourge of the Reapers. until he becomes something bigger than the Reapers. good thing he's on our side.

Claudio V Invictus is the Saint of Saints and the CEO of Saintscorp. he is the owner of every single pair of the booty shorts in those "shorts that say [x] on the ass" memes.

there are others -- Keahi the Watcher of Caed Nua, Llovyn Arendur of Skyrim, Ananduil and Venanduil of Azeroth, loads more Thedosians, etc -- but they don't have populated tags yet because they simply haven't come up nearly as often.

questions, comments, crack headcanons, etc about anyone here are extremely encouraged and appreciated. you truly cannot go wrong

(side note: #spicy oc tag is where all the nasty posts go. because there will be nasty posts. I delight in debauchery)

[rambles-on-dragon-age]

Postcards, you are right on all counts. Excellently written posts, no notes. I am headbutting you like a cat.

The ONLY thing I have to add is: Inquisition isn't about a group of professionals, are you fucking kidding me???

It's started by a random asshole that crashed the party and touched something they shouldn't have meeting;

Super cop that's spent the last however many hours before the explosion interrogating a known author, liar, and spymaster. She's the Right Hand of the Divine and was only here at her behest and starts the Inquisition on her leftover words.

Murder expert and spymaster, the Left Hand of the Divine. That may or may not have died before and been revived. And was only here to work with the Divine when shit got sideways.

Random apostate that just happened to wander on up and say "hey, I know about the Fade and want to help" but also realizes they could turn on him and kill him at any moment. (Need I also remind you he's secretly Fen'Harel, elven god of lies, deception, and rebellion? And is just using them as tools.)

The aforementioned author, liar, and spymaster that was dragged here against his will because they want him to flip on his bestie Hawke and now he's here for the long haul cause he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Another magic cop that realized he's been a piece of shit the last 10 years and is facing his drug addiction and PTSD while trying to do better for the world for once.

After that, you get the optional people that can be invited to come along for the ride. They're saving Thedas from spooky army of corrupted people, not the world ending terror of the blight being gassed up and controlled by ancient elven gods.

None of them are professionals except maybe Iron Bull and the Chargers and Vivienne. That said, the group of them and Sera are just here because they want a chance, for their own ends, to participate in the organization that's trying to prevent Fereldan and Orlais being overrun and destroyed.

Blackwall doesn't even want to come with you at first and the big reason you seek him out is cause you want to utilize the old Grey Warden accords to get more people and materials.

Who they are, on a deep and UNPROFESSIONAL LEVEL, are at odds with the overall events and people they're with in the game. They are not professionals at a job; they're a group of people that either volunteered or was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Veilguard is a professional setting and professional people. Each one of them is carefully selected and here for a damn good reason. Each of them has been in professional settings and forced to get along with people for years. (Decades in Emmrich's case; can you imagine an unprofessional asshole teaching kids necromancy? Ugh.)

You don't find it compelling because you need copious catty childish drama? I'd hate to work in the same group as you.

Veilguard has conflict that they work through. And they do work through it in adult ways as professionals.

No, I'm not done yet, I'm house sitting and she left me snacks and soda and not even god could keep me from venting my spleen at this point.

"I wish the companions were meaner to each other in this game, like in DA2."

While I think there's a larger argument to be made discussing the similarities between DA2 and Veilguard, I need everyone to get so close to me right now about a glaring difference:

DA2 involved a ragtag group of assholes with their own agendas coalescing around Hawke's personality or exchange of favors. There was no larger "goal," except maybe Varric's expedition - everything else is encountered as circumstance. You wend your way through your companions' stories while a city winds ever tighter into itself, a spring about to literally explode.

There's zero reason for these people to be nice to each other. They have no point in being around each other except Hawke. They can bitch at each other all they like.

Rook becomes Varric's second in command (I've seen one post say it's about 6 months before the events of the game) with an explicit purpose: find and stop Solas. Harding and Neve are recruited as experts in their respective fields for this particular goal. When it all goes to shit, Neve recruits another expert, Lucanis, to deal with the fallout, and Harding finds Davrin, *also* an expert in his field (monster hunting). When Rook has to make a particularly consequence heavy decision, two more are added to the crew: Emmrich (Fade expert) and Taash (dragon expert). All of these people are extremely competent, and know from the jump that they have one particular goal in mind.

They join ready to work together on Day 1 because if they don't, there's simply no other alternative. It's lights out. Even when they mistrust each other, the direness of the situation is not lost on them. Infighting serves no purpose. That's why the struggle is directed inward: clean up your own house, so we can move as a single unit.

Honestly the fact that what people took away from this game was "I wish my friends were meaner to each other" and not "wow, I wish we all worked together to keep evil dictators from taking over" is fucking mindblowing when I sit back and reread this.

[villainessxassassin]

Could you do the overprotective brother hcs with the first years? Also gn reader this time please~

Guinevere: Of course! Also, please check the author's notes below the story.

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Synopsis: You and your brother were both transported into night raven collage. Safe to say your brother does his very best to thwart away any suiters. But what happens when he discovers that you were in love with someone and that said person tries to win your brother over? Will he give them their blessings?

>Vice house wardens and Ruggie Ver

>Similar headcanons with the house wardens(Fem!reader)

(Separate) First years x gn!reader

“Of all the people you’ve attracted did it really have to be that one troublesome first year y/n?”

“Oi! I’m right here you know! And I’m not troublesome!“

“Hmm? Did you hear someone talking y/n? Because I’m certain that I hear an annoying bug“

“You-!“

-Dear me your brother greatly despises Ace and Ace despises him as well! Luckily your there to prevent them from fist fighting each other.

-The reason why your brother dislikes him is because how Adeuce and Grim always managed to get in trouble and somehow gets you involved in it.

-And when he found out that Ace was trying to court you he was dead set on trying to separate you and Ace.

-Ace pranked your brother one time and he was fuming to get revenge on Ace, Your brother may or may not have snitched on him to Riddle. He got collared when Riddle knew what troublesome deeds Ace has caused.

-Thus the two of them started to prank on one another. 

-These two also have a rivalry with one another, that being insulting each other or something like that.

-Anyway one thing these two would do is to try and steal your attention since your brother didn’t want you to hang out with him since he's afraid Ace would influence you, his dear sibling.

-Ace would steal your attention because- well he just loves your attention to be on him and that annoyed face your brother would make once he succeeds 

-Anyway what made your brother like him and get along was how fun he actually is to be around, he also finds himself amused by how Ace got himself in trouble with Crewel one time.

-Congratulations Ace you’ve earned the approval of y/n’s brother, don't get your hopes up just yet though, he’ll hurt Ace if you break his sibling’s heart. Also them annoying one another won’t disappear since it’s a way for them to show how much they get along. You sometimes get pranked by them.

-Since Ace also has an older brother I believe the two of them would get along together quite well, they’d probably tease or prank him , who knows. Oh how Ace wanted to punch your brother and his once those two become in-laws

-Poor Deuce... He didn’t know what on earth he did wrong when your brother was glaring at him in the distance.

-Deuce swears that your brother holds a grudge on him or something but you reassured him that it wasn’t the case.

-you told Deuce that your brother is just that quite overprotective of his family members but he’ll learn to grow towards Deuce overtime.

-So Deuce did his best to get along with your brother, and your brother did not like this at all...

-He dislikes Deuce since he also gets in trouble with Ace though your brother said Deuce is more tolerable than his other braincell-

-Still deuce persisted in getting close to you brother, and your brother was impressed to say the least that despite his cold treatment Deuce would still try to befriend him.

-but then your brother found out about Deuce old delinquent self he was shocked.

“He was a what before?!“

-Then your brother noticed how he tried to change himself to an honor student. Safe to say your brother liked him because Deuce wanted his mother to be happy.

-He then discovered that Deuce is somewhat innocent thus he started the ‘must protect my sibling’s wholesome relationship’

-Oh dear your brother loves to tease this poor boy. He and Ace would team up and make Deuce suffer.

“Looks like you’ll have to call me big brother from now on since you have my approval to date my sibling~“

“Y/n y-your brother is teasing me again!“

-Why would people hate jack when he’s literally a green flag?

-Your brother doesn’t dislike him, rather he had a wrong impression of Jack because at first he got intimidated by him.

-so your brother made it his job to keep you away from that scary looking fellow.

-Your brother got a heart attack when he heard that you actually got close to him.

“y/n are you crazy???“

-He wanted to talk to Jack and ohhh boy how he was mistaken by him.

- He found out that while Jack may look intimidating, he was actually a gentleman.

-yes, yes the perfect person for his sibling.

-safe to say your brother apologized for having the wrong impression of him. 

“I apologize for I have misjudge you, you may freely court my sibling.“

“Uhm.. T-thank you?“

-Anyway these two hang out with each other a lot.

-Your brother found the cactus collection of Jack and found it cute that he decided to give him another one to add to the collection.

-And when your brother found out about his unique magic and how fluffy he is?

-he began to pester Jack to show his wolf form more

-so that you and him can get cuddled.

-If you think Deuce was suffering of your sibling’s teasing think about what Epel’s current feelings are.

-Epel hated your brother because of this.

-He really wants to get along with your dear brother but he’s having second choices because of your brother’s constant teasing

-Of course your brother wasn't always that way, because after you told him about epel (and at the time your brother still didn't know what epel looked like)

-and after you told him that epel came from that pish posh fancy dorm called pomefiore, he more or less got a little worried

-It's not that he disapproved of the dorms characteristics, he was just worried for himself and for you to have a goody-two-shoes of partner (he was also worried he'd have to speak all fancy smancy when around your partner and maybe have to correct his own table manners to look at least decent in your partners eyes)

-It was supposed to be him judging your supposedly significant other, not the other way around!

-All those thoughts vanished however once he was able to get a good look at epel, and my was he shocked (in a good way)

-and after getting to know how he wasn't all just fancy talk and curtseys here and there, was your brother able to truly accept him

-Epel for sure still had a long way to go, but with his determination and drive to keep improving, your brother didn't see a need to get in between you two

-Should you be happy for this new development? yes

-Will your brother ever stop teasing epel? probably not

-Well atleast they got along in your perspective, that being epel trying his best to not break his cool and calm composure while your brother hurdles teasing remark and comments at him

-yep, they're getting along so well

-Oh dear... We have a very bad situation...

-Your brother and Sebek don’t mix together at all, just like water and oil.

-Your brother get’s annoyed that he keeps mentioning Waka-sama. You don’t mind but- oh how your brother wants to sew his mouth shut with his constant yelling.

-Your brother had a nightmare where he’s surrounded by yelling Sebek’s

-He dislikes him more because of that

"HOW DARE A MERE HUMAN-"

 "Sebek use your INDOOR voice please or SO HELP ME I'LL SEW THAT MOUTH OF YOURS!" 

 "YOU DARE THREATHEN ME OTHER HUMAN???"

“Hah! You think I'm afraid of you? THIS IS MY FINALY WARNING"

-Anyway It’ll take quite some time for these two to get along especially your brother.

-I believe that for these two to get along is due to the diasomnia helping the poor souls how much time Sebek and your brother bicker.

-They do eventually get along and like Sebek due to his devotion to serve the young master.

-So i guess you can say that they're like Frenemies?

-anyhow you're happy that Sebek and your brother are getting along.

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Guinevere: I apologize for the other overprotective brother post I didn't notice until an anon pointed out that I placed "sister" instead of "sibling" in what was supposed to be a gender-neutral post. That was my mistake for hurrying to post it. Anyway thank you for telling us and please don't hesitate to point it out to us in the future!

Also if many people would ask I could do the rest of the boys not sure if I’ll include the housewardens since we already made a similar post.

kishira: *want's to neglect her duties as an author but will proofread only for ya'll <3*

[flamyangelwings]

The other reunion fic I won't be writing

This time featuring Uncle Drayden as a key player

As a note, This is post post-game. Pokédex is fully completed, but Arceus could only send people back, in time, and Dialga is too weak from everything that happened. The best Arceus could to was lay breadcrumbs for other people to find.

Arceus planted ideas in peoples minds to research this or that, or record these things, so that in Ingo and Dawn's present people could find out where they were and go get them.

-Drayden has to go to Sinnoh for some conference or something

--Think an bi-annual Gym Leaders conference that happens in a different region each year.

----This was another thing Arceus planted in someone's mind

-Since it's a Gym Leaders thing, Clay is there too, and offers to give a tour, having been to Sinnoh in the past since he has family there

--Regarding The Hat, I headcanon that's it's a family tradition to make that hat for each member as a rite of adulthood, often earned in the present through completing a Pokémon Journey.

---Lian earned his when he became Kleavor's Warden

-Clay is firmly told by his cousin/aunt/whatever to bring all the other Gym Leaders to their place for dinner one day.

--It's a big house.

-Clay is giving a tour of the house when Drayden freezes

--"Clay, what's this?"

---He's pointing to a very old photo hung on the wall, among several other photos of members of the family who've had large accomplishments

----Clay's photo is there too, obviously

---"Hm? Oh. So that's my...five? greats grandfather Lian. He was a warden for the Pearl Clan which meant-"

----Drayden cuts him off

---"No. THIS." Drayden presses his finger on the glass, everyone looks closer

----Clay: "What the hell?"

----Elesa: "What the HELL?!?"

----Iris: "WHAT. THE. FUCK!?"

-----Drayden: "Iris, language. but also yes."

-----Clay walks away shouting "HEY EL! YOU STILL HAVE THOSE SCANS OF GRANDPA LIAN'S JOURNAL THE MUSEUM SENT US?"

-----"YES? WHY??"

-----"WHERE?"

-----"WHY??????"

-----"I NEED THEM!"

-----"WHY?!?!"

-----"DRAYDEN'S MISSING NEPHEW IN IN THE PHOTO OF HIM AND THE OTHER WARDENS IS WHY, WHERE'S THE JOURNAL?!?"

-----"WHO'S WHAT IS WHERE?!"

------Five minutes later Clay's teenage relative-of-some-degree walks in, says "Here you go uncle Clay!" and hands him a stack of pages "I've bookmarked the pages you want."

--------The answer to 'where's a copy of the scanned pages' was 'in her room', she likes to read it and always knew this day would come.

---------She pays attention to the Unovan news since Clay lives there and so knew that Ingo of the Battle Subway was missing, and the nephew of one of Clay's fellow Gym Leaders

----------She was actually going to point this stuff out to him herself, but she knew based on the dates when to tell him so that the timelines would match up.

-Gym Leader research time!

--First bookmark is the part where Ingo [Just noted as a strange man with no memories] is found

---Followed by every other mention of him

----'Today a small space-time rift appeared in the middle of Jubilife village while the Clans and Galaxy Team were having a meeting. A small group of people came out of it. One of them was Lady Akari's mother. Lady Akari was so happy to see her that she burst into tears and practically tackled her to the ground in an embrace. Lady Johanna came with two men, one claims to be Warden Ingo's uncle, had an old copy of the photograph we took yesterday with him. He also had a photograph book of Warden Ingo growing up along with an identical boy. I'm going to be sad to see Warden Ingo go, but I don't think he'll be staying now that he remembers that the 'smiling man in white' he told me about all those weeks ago is his twin brother.' The other man in the group must be descended from me or a relative of mine, or at least kin with one, he's wearing the family hat, and that's likely how Warden Ingo's uncle got a copy of the photograph. It's my copy. Also, apparently Lady Akari really was sent to us for a reason. She calmed the Almighty Sinnoh Palkia and Dialga in her past, our future, and was sent back through time to us to calm them again.

-----Drayden: Okay then. So how are we getting to the past, and who is this 'Akari' girl's mother?

-The Unovan Gym Leaders are asking around at the conference to see if any of the Gym Leaders from other regions have ideas.

--They went to the library and museum and have scans and printouts all the information they could find on Warden Ingo and Akari

---It takes five seconds after one of the Sinnoh Gym Leaders hears the story and see a picture of Akari to call all the others over

----As well as Cynthia who was there as a guest speaker

-I headcanon in the Pokémon world, a person's next of kin can access their PC in case of emergency.

--It's supposed to be for like 'they have an Audino and we need a healing Pokémon NOW' sort of situations

---Also, your mom would leave you potions and stuff in your box in Gold and Silver, right? So like that.

--Anyway, Dawn's mom gets Dialga and Palkia out of her box and sends herself, Drayden and Clay back to Hisui

-Literal portal in space opens in front of Galaxy Hall

--EVERYONE IS ON ALERT

--Three people walk out

---Akari, quietly: "....I....think I know her...I-MOM?!"

----Akari literally dodges Captain Cyllene's hand trying to grab her and is swept off her feet in a hug by her mom

-----Cyllene's first thought was Danger.

------Then Akari started talking and her thoughts went 'Trap. Trap. STOP YOU FOOLISH GIRL!'

---Lian is staring at Clay's hat.

----Clay is staring at Lian staring at his hat

--Drayden is...blunt.

---He just says everything, shows their proof, and then

----Kamado and Drayden are having a staring contest.

-----Drayden knows perfectly well what Kamado did when the sky went red, Captain Cyllene's journal is in a museum and details it. He also understands why and can respect protecting your own.

---Meanwhile Ingo picked up the photo album and is looking through it

----"Emmet. How...How did I forget Emmet?"

-----Drayden loses the staring contest, but only because Ingo looks at him, says "Uncle?" and then faints.

-------Once Ingo comes to in the Galaxy Hall med bay, a week later, he has all his memories back.

---------Irida is there and is completely unsurprised, if a little saddened, at his request to relieve him of his duties as Sneaslers Warden

-Everyone goes home

--With a couple extinct Pokémon eggs

--All the Gym Leaders cheer when they come back out of the portal

---ALL of them, this became A Thing, since the Unova Gym Leaders were asking all the others, so there's like, 62 Gym Leaders, several members of different Elite Fours, and a few Champions/Ex Champions present

-Emmet is waiting at the dock for everyone's return. Elesa, Drayden, and Iris all messaged him separately to tell him to be there

--He's not sure why they were all so insistent, but he's there

---Before the boat even finishes docking someone is climbing over the rail, jumping off, landing on the dock and taking off at a run.

----Emmet has a split second to think about how that must be against Safety Protocol, before he realizes...

-----That's Ingo.

------That's Ingo.

--------"IN-" Emmet is cut off as Ingo crashes into him and they both fall onto the ground

-Once the boat is properly docked the Gym Leaders get off. The twins aren't saying anything, just clinging to each other.

And then later Drayden tells Emmet the whole story at home.

[shivering-isles-cryptid]

The Curse of an Arkham Psycologist | The Riddler x Therapist Reader

Summary: Arkham Asylum was very careful when hiring their newest psychologist, they didnt want another Harley Quinn case. But all their worries seems to be for nothing when they hired Dr. L/n. Top of his class. Ivy League Graduate. He's their perfect candidate, and is hired on the spot. All their fears seem like nothing more than that, fears. Until they assign him the Riddler.

Request: Yes / No

Warnings: Talks of murder, abuse, and mental illness, graphic depictions of violence, language, multiple sex jokes, incompetent policemen, Batman pining for the reader if you squint

The Hiring Interview

Y/n tapped his fingers on his knee, staring at the three men in front of him. The Arkham Asylum warden, Warden Wright, Gotham City Police Commissioner Jim Gordon, and Batman. Thr three men stared into y/n, which normally being alone in a room with 3 muscular men would have been a dream come true, but not when your in a job interview. "I hope you understand why we have these two with us. We need to make sure the psychologists we hire are up for the task. We can't risk another Harley Quinn." The Warden explained, y/n nodding along.

"Where did you go to school?"

"I graduated from the College of Northern Gotham with a Bachelors in Clincal Psychology, with a minor in communication. I then got my P.H.D. in Criminal Psychology from Princeton. I also recieved an associates degree in Psychology when I was in high school."

"Previous work experience?"

"I worked for 5 years at a therapists office in Metropolis, and spent some time as a secretary for Dr. Quinnzel before she was hired here."

"Do you have any personal connection to any inmates here at Arkham?"

"The Penguin killed my dad, Scarecrow killed my mom, Bane killed my brother, and Mad Hatter tried to kidnap me, but I beat him up."

"So you have experience with these psychos?"

"The same experience as anyone else in Gotham."

"Your medical records say that you have difficulty with expressing emotion. Is there a reason for that?"

"I don't have difficulty with emotions, but if there isnt a reason, I'm not going to show them. Take right now for instance, if I was sad, I wouldn't cry in front of you three."

"You can control your emotions, that's good. These bastards will test you every chance they get."

"I can handle it."

The Warden scoffed, and tossed a file to me. "Prove it. Heres your first patient. I'll take you to him."

Interview 1: Meeting the Riddler

"I'll be starting you off with one of our least dangerous villains. If you stay calm, and solve his riddles, you'll be fine." Warden opened a door, which showed a room with a glass box in the center. Sitting in the box was a man with a question mark on his forehead. He was tall and lean, but you could see the muscle on his body. "Good luck. Cheryl." The Warden nodded to the cop standing guard and left the room.

You sat on the chair standing infront of the cube, holding eye contact with the Riddler. "Riddle me this, Doc. Who spends their time trying to heal the broken, who spends their time trying to get them to say the unspoken. Whos over their head and doesn't know what to do, I'll give you hint, the answer is you." Y/n put a hand over his mouth a chuckled lightly. "Your very smart Mr. Riddler. It was a clever joke." Y/n smiled at him and tilted his head. "Now, riddle me this Riddler." Y/n stood up and began circling the cell, never thaking his eyes off the Riddler. "Who wears green outside of March, who's back is as straight as an arch. Who talks in riddles to confuse the dumb, who does crimes so they feel numb. Who acts like they have confidence, but secretly worry over their incompetence. Who kills and lies to push people away, all because they think no one will stay. Who..." Riddler banged a fist against a wall, anger written on his face, but also fear and sadness. "Yeah, yeah I get it!" Y/n smiled and sat back down. "So, now that we've evened the playing field. How about I ask you some questions?"

Interview 4: Earning Trust

Y/n stared at the Riddler, who was using mashed potatoes to draw question marks on the glass. "I feel like there's a wall between us, Mr. Riddler." Y/n said, a small smirk tugging on his lips. Riddler turned and looked at him with a bored look and blinked before turning around again. Y/n stood up and walked to the door, motioning at Cheryl to open it. Y/n walked in, ignoring Riddler surprise, and sat in the middler of the floor. "Well, now there's no wall. What do you want to talk about Mr. Riddler." Riddler stood up and walked toward the unfazed y/n. Riddler stood above him, staring down at him with a smirk. "I like this view, you should get on the floor more often Doc." Riddler sat down across from him, their knees almost touching. "Hmm, maybe I do. You'd never know." Y/n smirked tapping his pen against his clipboard. Riddler blushed for a second, but shook his head and smirked. "So Mr. Riddler, do you want to talk about your childhood? That seems to always be where the story starts." Riddler tilted his head, that shit-eating grin still on his face. "I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours." Y/n looked at him and shook his head. "If you insist Mr. Riddler. I was born here in Gotham. Raised here too. I had a decent life up till high school, that's when the Penguin killed my dad. Then, the day after graduation, Scarecrow killed my mother. And then, it was my first day at the College of Northern Gotham, and my brother is killed by Bane. And then, 3 months later, the Mad Hatter decides I'd make a good Alice and tries to kidnap me." Riddler tilted his head and scratched his chin. "What did you do?" Y/n smirked, letting out a chuckle. "I snapped his arm in half and broke one of his ribs." Riddlers eyes and smile widened and he clapped his hands. "Ooh, I misjudged you doc." Y/n nodded and stood up. "Well Mr. Riddler, I have another appointment, so we're going to have to cut this short. Have a goodnight." Y/n turned around, but Riddler grabbed his arm and pulled him back. "Call me Edward, Doc." Y/n nodded and left the cell. "Have a goodnight, Edward." Y/n smiled at him before turning around and leaving.

Meeting with the Boss

Y/n sat in the same chair he did when he got the job, staring at the same three people, plus Cheryl. "You went INTO his cell! You could have been killed, he could have escaped!" Commissioner Gordon yelled at y/n, who stared at him blankly. "I earned his trust, he'll actually talk to me now. Getting him to do that is my JOB!" Y/n stood up, holding eye contact with Gordon. "He's right Commish, the Riddler trusts him now. I watched it happen." Cheryl said, nodding to y/n. "It is his job Gordon." The Warden said, putting a hand on Gordon's shoulder. Y/n crossed his arms and started at the Commishoner. "Ugh, fine, go back to work." Y/n nodded and went to leave the room. He grabbed the doorknob, but turned back to them. "I'm not Harley Quinn. I cant be manipulated by Riddler. I will never do something that I don't believe is right just because some guy tries to flirt." Y/n said before opening the door and leaving.

Interview 5: Edward Talks

Y/n stepped into the cell, sitting in the same place he did last time. "Sorry I'm late, the Warden wanted to ask something." Y/n explained and clicked his pen. "Oh it's fine. I wasn't worried." Y/n internally roleld his eye, but smiled back at Riddler. "Well Edward, I told you my story, I think its time you told me yours." Edward turned from the ceiling and glared at Y/n, who was still smiling warmly. Edward sat up in the bed and crossed his legs, staring at the floor. "Well, it all started when I was 8."

When the Riddler was done, y/n was fighting back tears harder than he ever has before, qnd Cheryl was a sobbing mess so they had to send in a new guard until she calmed down. Y/n got up and put a hand on Edwards shoulder, pulling him into a hug. "Riddle me this, Edward. Who has been through to much to be sane, but still has the ability to play his own game. Who is stronger than anyone I've met, and who still hasnt broken yet." Y/n rubbed Edwards back, holding him as he shook but no tears came out. "You are stronger than your dad, or mom, ever gave you credit for. And you are way stronger than you give yourself credit for." They stood there for 4 minutes before Edward pulled away. "Ive got to go see another patient, but I'll be back. I always am." Y/n squeezed Edward's hand and left the room, patting the new guard on the shoulder.

Interview 6: An Unofficial Visit

"Wait outside for a few minutes. I dont want you to burst into tears again." Y/n whispered to Cheryl, who nodded and walked outside the door. Y/n entered Edwards cell and sat on the bed next to him. "Doc? But our next appointment isn't for another 3 hours. Did you really miss me that much?" Edward smirked at him and wiggled his shaved eyebrows. "I have something to tell you Edward. That backstory I gave you, its not all of it. Yes, I'm an orphan, yes I broke Mad Hatter. But there's more to it than that. I'm the one who put my dad in the Penguins path. I'm the one who gave Scarecrow my mom. And I'm the one who threw the rock at Bane, not my brother. My dad beat my mom, so I got rid of him. My mom beat me and my brother, so I got rid of her. And when my brother found out, he was on his way to the police when Bane showed up. I killed my family. And I don't feel bad." Yn whispered into Edwards ear. "Holy shit, you're fucked up." Edwards said, his eyes widening, then his mouth burst into a smile. "I knew you were too good to be true, and you just keep getting better!" Edward said grabbing his face and kissing him. Y/n pulled away and shook his head, turning his body so the cameras couldnt see his face. "I don't want to get fired and thrown in here, so pretend like I just rejected you." Edward's face contorted into anger and he started yelling at y/n, who was already back at the door, looking afraid as he escaped. "I'll be back." He mouthed to Edward, who nodded slightly, but still looked mad.

Another Meetimg With Your Boss

"I told you it was dangerous! Riddler is insane and he could have killed you!" Gordon yelled at you, as you once again sat in front of the 4 people. "I knew he would trust me, I didn't think he would fall in love with me!" Y/n yelled, standing up. "Doctor L/n, it is too dangerous for you to go back to the Riddlers cell." Batman said, putting a hand on you shoulder. "No, I am still going to be his doctor! I just won't go into his cell. Knowing what I know now, I realize that it was foolish of me to enter his cell in the first place." Warden Wright nodded at you. "Was he a good kisser?" Everyone looked at Cheryl. "What, we were all thinking it." Gordon nodded, "we were." Now everyone was looking at y/n, who shrugged. "It just made me think we should give the inmates mints. Other than that, he was okay. I've had better." Gordon nodded, and Batman huffed, following Y/n out of the office. He grabbed his arm and pulled him toward him. "Be careful Doctor. The Joker ruined Dr. Quinnzels life because she thought she could change him. She believed she was getting through to him and it destroyed her. Don't make the same mistake." Y/n nodded and patted Batman on the chest. "Don't worry batsy, I won't." And the he left. 'I won't because Riddler isn't manipualting me. He actually likes me, and I really like him.' Y/n smirked to himself as he left.

Interview 7: The Big Escape

Y/n smiled at Cheryl, patting her on the shoulder as she nodded to him. Y/n sat on the metal chair that he hasn't touched since the 4th interview. "Hello Mr. Riddler. Now, I'd like to talk about the incident at our last meeting." Riddler looked up at Y/n with fury. "You have alot of nerve to come back her after that!" Edward slammed his hands against the door of the cell and Y/n stood up, walking to it. "Listen Mr. Riddler, I just want to know why you thought that was appropriate behavior. Surely you didn't really believe that there could be something between us. I mean, your in a cage, how could we date." Y/n shook his head and placed a hand on the cage door, which made Edward hit the door in anger again. "Shut up! I thought that you could look past that!" Y/n tilted his head to the side ane shook his head. "Did you also think I could look past you being a supervillain, even knowing that my family was killed by villains?" Y/n shook his head, his hand sliding down the wall. "I could never look past that Mr. Riddler. Just like how I can't look past the wall separating us." Y/n said, at the exact moment his hand slid over the button unlocking the door. "Oh, guess that's not a problem anymore." Yn shrugged, pulling a gun out from his jacket and shooting Cheryl in the stomach. "Don't worry Cheryl, you'll live. The female body is amazing. I shot you directly next to the womb, so I missed most if not all your vital organ, and you most likely won't bleed out before someone gets you to a doctor. Lovely isn't it?" Y/n laughed, handing Edward his cane and they walked out of the room, Edward electrocuting and y/n shooting anyone who tried to stop them. They just made it to the main hall, after Edward released Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, something aboit repaying a debt or something. Batman stood infront of the door, his body in a guarded stance. "Doctor L/n, y/n. Please, what ever the Riddler said to you. It isn't worth it." Y/n laughed, pointing his gun at Batman. "I already told you Batsy, Edward cant make me do anything I don't want to do." Batman grunted and Y/n pulled the trigger. It was empty. "Darling, do you want to give my Riddle Stick a whirl?" Edward said, putting a hand on Y/n's shoulder. "Eddie, not infront of Batman." Y/n joked, brushing some hair behind his ear. "I meant my cane." He said, handing it to y/n who laughed and pointed it at Batman. "Sorry Batsy, you understand what it's like falling for a villain." Y/n said and pupped the trigger, electrocuting Batman and running out of the Asylum with Edward and the girls.

Home At Last

Y/n sat in Edwards living room, looking at all the green decor. "You should call this place the Emerald City, not the Riddle lair." Y/n joked moving into Edwards lap when he sat down. "Very funny darling, I'll have to think it over." Edward said, snuggling his nose in Y/n's neck. "Ah, it feels good to be free. To be able to be myself." Y/n said, placing his head on Edwards shoulder. "I love you Y/n." Edward whispered into Y/n's ear. "I love you too, Edward. Now, how bout we go to your room and I take your Riddle Stick for a little ride." Y/n whispered into his ear. Edward grabbed Y/n's waist and stood up, y/n wrapping his legs around Edward and kissed him.

[cdroloisms]

so is all of Sam’s control over Dream in the prison arc spin off verbal? Cause I doubt Techno would let Sam get physical (love everything you two are doing btw)

Mmhm!

Because of the state of the break-in, Techno actually has all of his gear - netherite armor, weapons, gapples, etc. He's not someone that Sam can beat in a fight (or most of the server, for that matter) and everyone in the room knows it. One of the first things Techno does is actually ask Dream whether or not he should kill Sam - they decide that it's not a good idea, on account of Sam probably spawning into the prison w/ good gear, but the implicit physical threat to Sam's person (and the stripping Sam of any significant physical power) is very much there.

JMAH!Sam is feeling pretty out of control at this point - most of what he likes to present as far as his Image as the Warden goes is like, him being calm and collected and purposeful in what he does. He doesn't rely on hands-on physical punishment quite in the same way Quackity did - even when he's really pissed, usually he just jabs a button and walks away. There are only a few times when Dream pushes far enough for Sam to react physically in that way, and both of them avoid such incidents in general for...obvious reasons.

This isn't to say that he isn't tempted to really hurt Dream, just to make sure he knows he means it, but he's also not really keen on being on the business end of Techno's sword (he already knows that Techno wants to run him through with it - when they talk while Dream is sleeping, it's not like Techno is particularly shy about his disdain). So he keeps it a lot to mean remarks - c!Sam, honestly, beyond all of the war crimes can also just be a massive asshole. The more out of control he is, the more likely he is to start just. Being a jerk to reassert some level of authority, and he does quite a lot of this.

After everything that's happened between Dream and Sam in this AU, his little quips have the added bonus of really affecting Dream in ways that Techno usually doesn't catch until they've already happened. One of the first things Techno does, catching onto how Dream has clearly been starved, is give him a golden apple. Sam immediately demands it, and Dream - unthinkingly - hands it over. Techno obviously gives him another one, upon which Sam crabbily makes a comment along the lines of how he's not allowed to have that. Dream, for his part, isn't really hungry at all - just the idea of eating at all is making him a little nauseous - so he makes assorted, quiet protests - don't argue with Sam, it's fine, he's not really hungry anyway.

At this point, Sam - recognizing that Techno is getting progressively annoyed at him and also increasingly irritated by his and Dream's - camaraderie, takes a look at Dream and smiles slightly behind the mask. Fine, Dream, then eat. See if Sam cares.

Naturally, Dream does.

(Naturally, just as Sam knew he would, he throws up.)

[mintygracious]

Viego x Rookie! Female Reader Part 2

A little angst warning in the end. Hope you all enjoy it

There will be another part don't worry.

Half a year had passed since you released Viego from his prison. Every week, you would go back and forth to the sentinels base and Camavor. From finishing your training or missions to being with Viego and helping him to cope over and build back up his kingdom. But it wasn't easy.

Viego wasn't easy to deal with either, he was a clingy person and hated being alone. Whenever you return from your journey, you would immediately get tackle down by the man. At first, it was awkward but as time went by you got used to it.

There was up and down on your building friendship, but you both manage to work it out. You set out limits between the both of you, so Viego could get to learn a thing or two when it comes to friendship.

There were days you would just want to quit when he becomes frustrating and stubborn, but you were patient enough to cope with it. There were days, you both would just talk with each other peacefully, enjoying each other's presence.....

And there were nights where you will find yourself comforting the King from his nightmares and even cuddle along with him, to let him know that he wasn't alone. For it wasn't easy for him..easy for him to let Isolde go.

He was slowly working on it. And you were happy that you were doing your job and responsibility well.

.........

While on the other hand, Senna and Lucian weren't too happy when you went to Camavor to bring gifts to the dead Queen over and over again, for you would even stay there for a week or more for some unreasonable reason. And thanks to your infamous silver tongue talent, you made it work.

But the travels did harm some of the training schedules and missions since you were not there always.

You gave them excuses and lied, telling them that you were just helping to make the place a more suitable place.

You even promised to stay away from the altar where Viego was and they still believed he was restrained...but you knew the truth.

Vayne suggested the idea of letting someone else go instead of you to bring the gifts, but you declined the idea and continued doing your delivery job on your own.

And now, you are in Camavor, helping Viego to finish polishing up the throne room. The two of you were mostly done with the room, yet the throne still needed several scrubbing and washing before it becomes shiny and new.

You kneeled next to the throne, scrubbing it with a sponge filled with soap. Your eyes fixed on the sponge you were scrubbing blankly, letting you drift off in your thoughts... It has been a few days since you returned from a mission. It wasn't a big mission. The others had spotted some undead wraiths near Bilgewater or other places recently.

You and Pyke had travelled to Bilgewater to take them out before they did any harm. It was tiring, the shadow wraiths always travel in a group of packs, taking most of your time and energy...Yet no signs of Thresh.

Tension and worries were arising, it was clear that the Warden was getting stronger and stronger.

Lucian wanted to recruit more Sentinels but Senna refused, telling him that there were enough people that could take him down. The others were sceptical but supported Senna. And like that Senna decided that everyone should travel the Shadow Isle by the coming week and hunt him down once again.

It was a risky mission, where life and death would play its part. But you all were Sentinels, a group of people who have taken the oath to never run from darkness, swearing to lay your life even if it saves one or more.

And with that, how were you gonna tell Viego? You are the only person he knows...What if you died?.. how can he cope with the news without anyone on his side comforting him?

Your thoughts were broken when you heard the King calling out your name, shaking you slightly. You blinked, catching his emerald eyes.

He wore a worried expression. "Are you alright, dear Y/n? You seem bothered" He questioned. You stared at him, quite embarrassed.

You tore your eyes away from his, scrubbing another area of the throne. "It's just...." You hesitated. You had been avoiding this topic for the past few months from him. You didn't want to add more trauma on him after all he went through.

You would always tell him that you all were just training together or either taking on simple missions like finding lost artefacts or lost sentinels... nothing too dangerous to make him worried. But that wasn't the real case, every week, sightings of the black mist were spotted in different regions.. and news of a group of people missing would be reported.

You sighed, looking back at Viego. "It's.. the black mist.." You stopped scrubbing and ran your hand through your hair. " And Thresh.."

Viego's face darkened by the state of the name, he came closer to you. " That wretch." He snarled. "He's alive?!"

You raised both your hands, attempting to calm him down. " I know...I know you don't like him...But please just hear me out before you start breaking something" You stated, placing a hand on his chest.

His face softened by your touch. "You have my attention" He smiled, taking your hand and lifting it to his face. Your face heated up from his touch.

You cleared your throat. "I know I've been telling you that I've been training with the Sentinels and going on a small mission" You started, he nodded. "Which is true but the mission isn't exactly what I told you about.."

He raised an eyebrow. You sighed, taking your hand away from his. "Thresh has been unleashing and travelling through the black mist out of the Shadow Isle for the past few months.. claiming souls of innocent peoples"

You paused, letting him process the information. He responded with a small nod, letting your continue. "And it's only getting worse every week. The mist appears and goes, but as usual, several souls are claimed... and it's not a good thing. We've been trying to hunt him down.. especially Senna and Lucian. But he's still nowhere to be found"

Viego winced abit by the mention of the two Sentinels. He still wasn't fond of them despite reasoning with him. " So the mist still lingers.." You nodded.

"Yes," You responded." But it still confuses me... Why didn't the black mist disappear when you were resurrected back to your human form?.. Weren't you the one that bought Ruination and the Black Mist?"

A few seconds of silence passed between you two, Viego didn't respond, seemingly to be in his thoughts. You stayed silent, waiting for him to respond.

"Yes, I indeed bought Ruination and the Black Mist to this world" He finally responded, catching your eyes. "But I never expected what had happened, I only wanted Isolde back in my arm"

He grabbed your arm, bringing you up with him and pulled you out of the throne room. "Where are we going?" You asked, confused. He has yet to fully answer your question.

He didn't respond, continuing his path towards another room.

Soon, it was clear enough that the both of you were heading to the castle's library. He shut the door immediately the moment you entered the room.

You opened your mouth to question him, he pulled you again, taking you to the corner of the last bookshelf. He let go of you and started scanning the shelf of books.

"Viego?"

You yelped abit when Viego handed you over an old book. "Perhaps this could give you answers about Thresh" He answered.

"But that didn't-"

He gave you a stern look, you didn't question further and glance back at the book, it was decorated with old gold linings. You dusted the dust off, opening it.

Several paper works fell to the floor as you open the book. You coughed from the dust that flew out and so did Viego.

"I searched high and low for answers to bring Isolde back" He coughed. You looked down at the paper that had fallen from the book, your eyes lit up. "And it leads me to..."

"The Blessed Isle" You finished, kneeling to the floor. You grabbed the paper and started reading it. Rough sketches on what once was the Blessed Isle were seen.

"It was a beautiful land.." Viego sat beside you, grabbing the book you held and flipped it to another page. The pages revealed the types of people that once lived on the living land.

"Thresh... He was a lowly Warden that knew knowledge, tasked to protect the hidden artefacts of Helia. " He spoke, pointing at the city of the Blessed Isle in the drawn map.

He then showed you the page, filled with information of different positions of people who protected the information of the fabled Water of Life.

" Senna... She told us about this. " You fingers ran across the page, studying every single word. " and about him.. through the words of ancient Sentinels that were trapped within his lantern's wall"

"But not all things.." Viego turned to the next page, revealing different positions of important people of the Isle. "Have you been told that he lead me to the Waters of Life?"

You thought for a moment, trying to remember Senna's words, which you haven't been listening to. "I'm not sure"

Viego gave a slight nod, not satisfied by the answer. "He was the one who lead me to the fabled water of life, yet I had no clear knowledge of what cataclysm it would bring"

You raised an eyebrow and glanced at him with confusion. "And how exactly is this answering my question?" You asked, you clearly didn't understand what he was trying to say. He would sometimes answer questions that you never ask or thought about and neglected your questions.

He didn't answer again.

Silence followed, you took a few minutes to take in his words, the new information he has given you were unfamiliar to what Senna had said. Yet there has to be something deeper than that.. there has to be a real reason why the Ruination started... aside from Viego trying to revive Isolde.

All the high position guarding the Water of Life knew knowledge about the land, and they had tried to stop him from passing further... which meant they knew what result it would bring if death was bought upon the water. Your fingers traced over the page, stopping when the word "warden" appeared...Thresh was also a warden back then.

Your eyes widen. "He... He knew what would happen...and yet.. he let it " You whispered.

He nodded.

You held your breath, blinking in disbelief. All this year, you had heard Senna calling Thresh monster and such, but you always thought he was lost and needed saving. And now knowing what truly happened deep within, you realized how monstrous Thresh was, even in his living days.

"Yet why? Why would he do such things if he knew it would destroy the land? " You questioned. Viego shook his head and shrugged his shoulders.

"I have no answers"

You let out a breath shakily and closed your eyes. You pressed your palm on your forehead." Perhaps this could explain why Thresh controls the mist now... He knows how it works." You mumbled.

"Perhaps.." Viego agreed, stroking your hair and embraced you. You relaxed, letting him comfort you.

For a good few minutes, both of you were quiet, enjoying each other's company. But your thoughts soon interrupted the peace, you tensed.

Viego noticed the tension rising in your body and gave you a small shoulder massage. "Something is bothering you, my dear" He spoke, a tone of worry adding in his voice.

"The Sentinels and I have decided to travel to the Shadow Isle and hunt down Thresh" You sighed, you hoped he would take it lightly.

Viego stopped what he was doing and forced you to turn to him. "When?" He questioned shakily.

You bit your lower lips." I have to take my leave tonight. We're travelling to the isle in two days" You answered.

"You shall not leave"

The command made you quite pissed. "I have to Viego. It's my duty. " You reasoned, but he shook his head, holding you tighter in place.

"This world will be nothing but loneliness if I lose you, y/n. " He pleaded. "I am nothing without you"

The words melted you but you kept your words, you had to leave and being alone with that thought made you madder. Even if he was speaking words and comforts to make you stay. "Really? Lonely?" You grabbed his arms and tore them away from you.

"Have I taught you nothing while I stayed with you?!..." You paused." Even if I'm gone, you will truly not be alone. There is a world out there Viego and I'm sure there are people out there that forgives you"

"But-"

You cut him off. "They will. And I'm sure even Isolde knows that " You spat.

Viego's expression slowly turned to anger when his passed wife's name was mentioned. "Isolde knows nothing of this world." He stated.

"She does"

Viego rose from his position and stood tall, overshadowing your smaller form. You showed no sign of fear and glared at him."You know nothing about Isolde" He stared down at you in anger

"I may not know her as you do. But I do know that she knows that the world is forgiving"

Viego let out a shout and tried to tackle you but you quickly reacted and rolled away. You narrowed her eyes. "See! You still haven't accepted the reality even after knowing that she is with you in spirit" You exclaimed.

Viego snarled. "She is my world! " He exclaimed.

"Then find a new world to create!" You shouted. You took in a few breaths as tears flowed down your cheeks. "Is my friendship not enough to let you know I'll always be there with you even if I'm dead like Isolde?"

Viego didn't answer, his expression turned to shock... Has he been too blind and obsess to see what the world had provided him? Perhaps.

You weren't satisfied with his silence. Your Wayfinder suddenly felt heavy on your belt, begging you to finish what you should have done long ago.

You stood up, shakily grabbing your Wayfinder and pointed at him. Rage and anger were only what you felt at the moment, blinding you to what you were doing.

"Maybe it would be less easy if you just join her!" You exclaimed. Your mind urged you to shoot but you didn't.

Viego stared at you, waiting for you to shoot so he could join Isolde in the spirit realm but you didn't. He stood up and walked over to your smaller form, your Wayfinder followed.

Your breath quickened as he got closer to you and pressed his chest against your Wayfinder, making your heart suddenly stop from the closeness. But you didn't look at him, focusing your attention on your Wayfinder.

You suddenly felt nervous yet the anger still stood." Would Isolde want this?" He calmly asked, placing his fingers on your chin and lifted, forcing you to make eye contact with his.

You didn't answer, lowering your Wayfinder. You then pushed him away, creating a distance between you and him.

You glanced at your Wayfinder, perhaps it would be better if he learns by himself.. You then looked at him."It was great serving you, my King" You dryly proclaimed, wiping your tears with your hand. You then activate your Wayfinder.

A bright light surrounded you before Viego responded."No!" He tried reaching out to you but you were gone.

He stared at the place where you once stood, silently weeping.

"You are my new world.."

[the-wee-woo-royal]

Second Halloween

Renegades Ship Weew #2 l Maxpie - Trick or Treating (Nov. 9, 2021)

This is so damn late and i'm so sorry! It was a mix of forgetting and not being able to write but either way I did it! Finally! and per usual i am the ruler of cheesy endings bc i smol brain

I'm gonna tag who i said i would -again, sorry for being hella late :'):

@renegades-ship-weeks @obsidianfr3sk @greenalmond @dt-everwoods @galaxy-creationz @healing-winston-pratt @theonepersonalwayslate (im sorry but yours wont pop up, I hope you see this!)

Without further ado... adoe...

Here's my fic (under cut) :)

“How about we go as Lilo and Stitch?”

“No.”

Max groaned and rolled his eyes, “Eves, you gotta stop shutting down my ideas.” Margaret rolled her eyes back, “You don't get it! This is gonna be my first like… fun, Halloween. I want it to be perfect.”

Max threw his hands up, “Umm, this is my second Halloween not in a box. I think I know what you're talking about.”

Maggie reached for the plate in front of them and threw a carrot at him, “Shouldn't we consider four people costumes because of your friends… umm… the gem and the metal?”

“Jade and Sterling.”

“Yeah, those two.”

Max shook his head, “They're doing some twin costume.” He was with them a few days ago helping them decide on a costume. The decision to the late had been between Mario and Luigi and two characters from a game he’d never played. It's been days and they still hadn't decided. It was pretty hilarious to watch them think and argue.

Max was about to bring up another idea, one Margaret would undoubtedly shut down, but his Pops came into his room.

He was dressed in his formal Dread Warden costume for some reason, “Hey, kiddos. Your dad and I have to run to an urgent meeting. Adrian should be here in a couple of minutes. Make sure you listen to him and such.” He then crossed the room quickly to give Max a quick hug and nodded and smiled at Maggie.

Max’s eyes followed his pops on the way out, “How about-”

“No.”

Max and Margaret stared at each other for a moment, “You don't even know what I was going to say.” He said. The corner of her lip raised slightly, Maggie cleared her throat and deepened her voice slightly, “How about we do Captain Chromium and the Dread Warden for Halloween?”

Max scoffed, “It's clever.”

“It's not clever if half the world does the same thing every year.”

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Hugh and Simon Everhart-Westwood were unbelievable. Inconceivable. Impossible.

Like… Max was old enough to go trick or treating with his friends in his own freaking neighborhood by themselves.

Currently, Max was face first, corpse pose, on the couch. Groaning ever once in a while. For effect of course. Though his plan didn't seem to be working, since his Dad took any mind to it.

He tilted his head slightly to speak and be heard, “What if we have a tracker on us at all times? Then can we go alone?” He said, partly sarcastic.

Hugh snorted, not looking up from the paper he was reading, “We're part of the government, son. We can track you through anything.”

“That only betters my point. I can't get kidnapped and killed if you're watching me.”

His dad sighed and said nothing.

Damn.

There were a few more moments of silence.

Hugh sighed once more and Max looked up. His dad finally met his eyes, “I'll talk with your Pops. Maybe we can… set a boundary.”

Max sat up fast but Hugh held up a hand, “Don’t get your hopes up. I never said yes and neither has Simon.”

Max nodded along but Hugh could tell his words were going in one ear and out the other by the huge smile on his face.

Hugh went back to his paper and Max ran off with his phone.

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In all seriousness Hugh actually thought Simon would be on board with some convincing.

Yeah… Hell no.

“I, we, told him no, Hugh. You know as well as I what can happen at night. On Halloween night, ” Simon huffed, walking out of the bathroom wearing his pajamas. He then went to lay down and Hugh followed suit. They faced each other, both wearing frowns on their faces. Hugh tried to reason once more, “we cant shelter the boy too much, my love.”

“We're not sheltering him. Max is only 12, he's just not old enough yet.”

Simon flipped on his back, “Were supposed to be a united front, Hugh. You can't take a decision we made together and change it. Because when we tell him no, I'm gonna be the bad dad that has to put his foot down.”

Hugh reached over and caressed his husband's cheek, “That's not what I was trying to do. I'm sorry. It's just time has made me see differently.”

Simon huffed and said nothing.

Hugh continued, his voice light to try and get his point across nicely, “They’re going in a group. I think if we give them a boundary and make Max promise to keep his phone on and answer immediately it will be just fine. We know the neighbors relatively well.” Hugh defended, he then paused, “Hey, If Max goes alone then that means we’ll be home alone, with Adrian going to that party and all” Simon turned his head to Hugh, with an eyebrow raised as Hugh continued with a sly smile forming on his face, “Scary R-Rated Movie Marathon?”

Simon bit his lip, “Fuck it.” He shook his head and laughed, though it was a little strained “Scary R-Rated Movie Marathon!”

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Max hurried to put on his shoes as the doorbell echoed across the large house. When he made his way downstairs he heard the sound of his Pop's voice, the tone was concerning but he could tell he was trying to mask it with a lighthearted tone.

“... and don't eat any candy before inspecting it first. There are some sikos out there that take advantage of this holiday to try and hurt kids. You should've seen the razor phase, grown adults slipped razor blades into kids chocolates and so many kids got hurt. Then there were the literal killer clowns…” Max was about to intervene, he nor Maggie didn't need to hear his Pop's Halloween dangers rant again, but his Dad appeared from what seemed like thin air and put his arms around him, “Don't scare the children, Love.” Simon sighed as Dad turned to them, “I was you kids here by ten. It's 7 now, 3 hours. Home. by. 10. Suggest a little earlier so you don't miss it.”

He turned his head to speak with Max only, “The sleepover is still happening, correct?”

Max smiled and nodded, “Yup, it's just us,” he motioned to himself and Maggie, “and Jade and Sterling.”

Hugh nodded and kissed his husband's cheek, who sighed deeply.

There was a moment of slight awkward silence before they heard the familiar voice of the twins approaching.

Max gave his Dads a hug before heading to the door, “Bye, we'll be safe.”

“You better.” Simon said, hugging him tight.

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Jade and Sterling chose Mario and Luigi, which was funny, and Max and Margaret went with Joker and Harley Quinn.

The great thing about living in a rich neighborhood is that the people can waste their money to get the good stuff. Currently in their bags were multiple king and jumbo sized bars and family sized bags of stuff. It had only been an hour and their bags were nearly full.

“I think we scored for the rest of the dang year!” Sterling said, shoving candy into his mouth.

The rest of them agreed, walking toward the next house. They shoved the candy inside, as well as the could with it nearly overflowing.

"I think we're done, guys," Max spoke, setting his heavy bag on the floor.

Jade set him down too, "Yeah, I agree… but we still have so much time left."

Margret chuckled slowly, earning everyone's attention, "Hear me out… what if we went to the old Anarchist Tunnels? What's better than going to that spooky place on Halloween?"

Max laughed unironically, "That wellllll out of boundary. Plus, those collapsed."

"Since the council wants to create a new subway system, they cleared the rubble. The train cars and some of the anarchists stuff is still down there. Everything's banged up but it's pretty cool."

The twins seemed on border with the ideas but Max was quite hesitant.

"We're not allowed to leave the boundary. Especially to go there. My dad would literally kill me. Bye bye Max."

The three kids ganged up.

"It's not even far. We'd be there and back before our time was up." Maggie said, picking up her bag. The twins did the same thing, Jade pulling on Max's jacket to follow.

Max sighed, the battle lost, "fine."

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The walk there wasn't too long since Maggie knew a lot of shortcuts. Max was nervous the entire way, he looked over every corner twice, thinking one of his dads would appear to bust them.

Jade nudged his shoulder against Max's "Chill, dude. For all they know we're stuffing our faces about to collapse into a sugar coma."

"Just almost...." Sterling groaned, shoving yet another empty wrapper back into his bag.

The group laughed and Max eased just a little. When they reached the entrance to the abandoned subway Maggie didn't hesitate walking into the pitch black darkness. When she noticed the boys had stopped she laughed, "Oh woman up, let’s go." And then turned on her heels, leading the way.

Luckily his Pops made them all bring flashlights, so they were able to navigate through the uneven tunnels.

"I thought you said they cleared the rubble." Jade said after the third time tripping over tripping overall rock.

Margret huffed, "Well it's better than being completely filled in."

There were a few moments of silent walking before someone yelped, making them all jump.

“Sorry,” Max stuttered, “I think a rat went over my foot.”

Jade sighed, “As fun as this is. Yeah… fun. I don't think there's anything special down here.”

Maggie matched his disdain, “Maybe the Renegades did clear everything…”

The boys stopped and stared at her, “Hey, I went with what I heard, Ok?”

“The curiosity did kill the cat. And there is a lot that could kill you down here, at least if it's the same as when I was your age.”

The kids jumped and clumped together at the sound of the voice.

“Wha-”

“But when your daddy's heart of this, I'm guessing the monsters down here are your best bet.” The mysterious person continued, stepping into their light.

Max relaxed, “Nova,” he sighed.

“You scared us,” Sterling exclaimed, “Why the mysterious intro?”

Max answered for her, “That's just Nova being Nova.” He then turned to her, “Please don't tell my dads.”

She raised an eyebrow, “I won't. But when they check why the trespassing alert was sent to us, which is why I’m here, they will definitely find out.”

Max put his head in his hands, “Nooooo.”

Margret huffed, “Can't you just wave it away. Say it was nothing.”

Nova smiled, “I guess I could. If you do something for me.”

Max looked up quickly, “Anything. Literally anything.”

“All your Smarties.”

The four looked at the girl with wide eyes. “Like… the candy?” Jade said slowly.

Nova nodded.

The kids agreed as they followed Nova back to her car. She drove them back to the mansion, letting them out a black away so it wasn't suspicious.

“The footage is basically already taken care of, as far as anyone is concerned it was just some workers that took a wrong turn.”

The kids thanked her, she did a U-turn and yelled out the window, “I expect my candy! You can't find smarties in stores anymore!”

The kids speedwalked the rest of the way, letting out a sigh of relief when they got into the house.

“Dads, we’re home!”

There was no answer so Max went into the living room as his friends made their way to his room. Peeking his head in, he saw the Netflix stuck on the ‘Continue Watching’ and his Dad’s cuddled together asleep.

They didn't need to know. He hoped they never would.

Maggie tiptoed toward Max and tapped him on the shoulder, “We’re starting a movie in your room.”

Max turned and followed his friend, pausing outside his room. “Maggie,” she turned, “the anarchist tunnels were actually a good idea. Thanks for the spoopy experience.”

She smiled and nudged his shoulder with her own, “Oh don't be cheesy.”

This is such a great second Halloween.

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A/N: Fun fact- The part about literal killer clowns and razors in candy is true. And thats not even scratching the surface on what goes around near me. Yes i said near me.

Goodbye.

[dreamsclock]

Hello again! i wrote the "he built it that way on purpose" ask, (could i be cat anon btw?) I agree with your suspicion of warden!sam, i don't really trust him in the slightest. I'd love to hear your more in depth opinions on warden!sam. I also have a google doc of opinions on c!dream because i had to get those thoughts out. If you want to see it i could link it in another ask. I really enjoy your opinions!!

MY OPINIONS ON WARDEN! SAM: BRIEF ANALYSIS

hello cat anon, tysm for this ask!!! this answer will run off the fact that smp!sam, warden!sam and sam nook are the same people - i don’t know if that’s been confirmed, but that’s what i’ll be operating under! if this information changes, i’ll update my own thought accordingly ,, this is just what i’m thinking now!!

so smp!sam was one of the first people on the server, one of the og eight, and one of smp!dream’s associates. he was pretty neutral for most of everything, right up until dream blew up the community house and sam locked dream inside the prison. this is probably one of the reasons he was chosen to be warden - other than the fact he built the prison and is the only one who knows all the ins and outs of it, sam was neutral for the most part. his feelings towards dream should be mild dislike at best, right?

except sam is fond of tommy and tubbo. and he now knows what dream has done to them, especially tommy, in prison. why dream told sam about this, i have no idea (though,, i have my theories,, but that’s for another post), but in any case, this is the first hint of why sam hates dream so much that we get, you know? he mentions this to puffy in a stream about the egg when they’re debating calling on tommy for help, saying something along the lines of “we can’t ask tommy, he’s just a kid” and “dream told me what he put him through in exile, it was horrible”. coupled with his sam nook bit to keep tommy from being less destructive and more like a kid? yeah, sam strongly dislikes dream, and for fair reasons.

...it’s after this we get the sense that smp!dream isn’t just sad anymore, like he was in tommy’s visit. he isn’t just miserable and defeated and potentially manipulative. something else is going on under the surface, something we only see through the limited time we see warden sam and dream. dream implies sam doesn’t always give him enough food if he misbehaves, and sam has a pickaxe labelled “warden’s will”, which is,,, frankly a terrifying thing with horrifying implications, if you want to look at it that way. we see smp!dream’s very quick deterioration over the course of the streams: given that warden sam is the only one with access to him, and how annoyed he sounds by dream every time he a) throws away his clock to get his attention, b) goes on strike for better conditions (it’s openly acknowledged that the prison is inhumane BY the characters themselves, but warden sam doesn’t even consider the strike: interesting) and c) he asks whoever visits him if dream said “anything else” to him when leaving....

i don’t want to point fingers, but i think smp!dream isn’t being cared for much by warden sam, and i think my statement is an UNDERstatement. can we fully blame sam? no, because we know how much he cares for tommy and tubbo, and he must be so, so angry at how dream treated them - and because he blew up the community house too. but this is only another reason why the prison is a bad idea in general - sam literally has power over whether dream lives, dies, suffers, heals, etc. that’s WAY too much power to have over another human being.

absolute power corrupts absolutely in real life - the same applies to the server. what has been the downfall of every character who has fallen recently; wilbur, schlatt, dream? 

power. and sam currently has the most powerful person on the server under his control, making HIM technically the most powerful.

it’s a dangerous position, especially considering we all know how he feels about dream, AND considering there’s currently a corrupting egg creeping through the server...

[romirola]

12, 15, & 35 for the redacted ask game! i’d love to know your answers for them <3

Thanks for the asks, sweetheartmilo! I have such a great time answering these.

12. Listener(s) you want to know more about?

I would like to know more about Warden. How /why did they get into their line of work? How do they spend their days? Who are their friends? Do they have a pet? What are their hopes/dreams for their immortal life?

15. What character(s) would you want to be friends with?

I think I'd get along with David pretty well as friends. He probably needs another voice of reason in his corner.

35. What video got you hooked to the Redactedverse that you knew right then & there this was going to become an obsession?

I don't know if I anticipated it becoming the obsession it has become. I know I LOVED Milo as soon as he spoke in the first video I heard of him, which was the Valenweek first-meeting video where Sweetheart broke into his apartment and waited for him to interrogate him. I made my way through that playlist, and then others, and then re-listened and soon enough, I was in deep!!!