#Devil's Gakuran

[maleyanderecafe]

Devil's Gakuran (Visual Novel)

Created by: KoltonKennedy

Genre: Horror

You might have seen this one because it's pretty old, I think it was first released in 2016, and you can't really play it on most platforms because it was a flash game. Luckily, you can still play it using Newgrounds, so if you are curious about this game, you can still play it, it's just not as accessible as it was before.

The story starts out with the main girl, Hitomi Aizawa listening to rumors about the new boy, Takeo Kaeda, with him being handsome, getting into fist fights and being popular with the girls. Hitomi, being a nice girl, decides to not weigh in these rumors until he introduces himself to the class. He gets conveniently seated next to Hitomi and tries to ward off any rumors she might have heard, as he was listening in on their conversation in the morning. He offers to walk Hitomi home after class, talking about how they seem to have met before. Takeo starts acting strange and excuses himself home early. At home, Takeo talks to his gakuran, praising it and stating that he's given him everything he ever wanted and that their next step is to court Hitomi. The next day, Takeo asks Hitomi on a date, to which she accepts. They eat lunch together, however, Hitomi proceeds to get bullied by a classmate named Ichiro Takayama. When Takeo comes back, he is surprised and angered that someone would hurt Hitomi and share food with each other and have a cute time. Afterschool, Takeo murders Ichiro on the roof for hurting Hitomi, erasing the evidence with the power of his Gakuran. The next couple of days, the police comes to investigate the murders, but to no avail. Hitomi confesses to Takeo and the two go on a date together where we're treated to a flashback where a year ago, Takeo was bullied by a bunch of kids and protected by Hitomi. Hitomi goes towards a fortune teller, much to Takeo's unhappiness and they get their fortune read. Takeo has a breakdown, and during the chaos, Hitomi receives a note from the fortune teller.

After walking home, Hitomi reads the note. It's about a demon who disguised himself as a tailor to sell them clothes that can grant the wish of the wearer, with the exchange that the person's soul slowly gets eaten. The fortune teller tells Hitomi to get Takeo to take off his gakuran and burn it, and if that fails, attempting to reach out with her heart. Meanwhile, Takeo murders the fortune teller as he saw her give a note to Hitomi, and is worried that the Gakuran will be taken away from him. Hitomi decides to go to the store the note describes, asking her friend to watch over her as she goes in. Inside, he meets the tailor, who asks her about Takeo. The tailor shows her a flashback of when Takeo first entered the store. Takeo confesses that he tried to stop the bullies that were hurting Hitomi, but got beat up instead. He's afraid that Hitomi will simply run away from him again and that she will never notice someone like him. He confesses that he is going to commit suicide, however, the tailor offers to sell him a gakuran that will give him everything he desires. Hitomi confesses that he loves Takeo and the tailor gives her a second chance to save Takeo, telling her to burn the gakuran. Hitomi asks her friend what she should do to take of the gakuran and her friend suggests to seduce him. Awkwardly, Hitomi attempts to get Takeo in her house under the premise of having sex, however, Takeo catches her and stabs her in the thigh. Takeo knows that he will die tomorrow so he decides that having a murder suicide with her so that they will be together forever. Takeo reveals that he knows what she will do, as he saw her go into the tailor. He wants their love to be permanent and attempts to murder her, however, Hitomi is able to reach out and stop him. Takeo is able to tear off the gakuran and burn it, and then proceeds to stab himself so that he can never hurt Hitomi again. Hitomi calls him an idiot and bring him to the hospital. We see that Hitomi and Takeo are still dating afterwards, although Takeo has moved back to his school.

The game itself is pretty old, and it shows for it's type of genre. It's the kind of story that's similar to Chocolat No Mahou or those of a similar genre where the story is focused on a cursed object that makes the life of the person who has it better with a twist. In this case, the gakuran is the object that makes Takeo popular but also is what drives him to become a yandere. It's been a while since I saw this kind of story, and while it has been done quite a bit, it is still nice to see. The story itself is a bit predictable, considering it's still based off of the haunted item, but I do think it's nice to have a more simplistic yandere horror story since I haven't seen a lot of them recently.

Takeo is a situational yandere since all of his murders and whatnot are due to the influence of the gakuran, and afterwards it doesn't seem like he retains any traits, but I still would consider him it in this game, especially if you get the bad ending where he kills Hitomi. As for yandere actions, it's pretty simplistic, killing both the bully and the fortune teller for trying to remove the gakuran and trying to hurt Hitomi. There are other instances too, generally with a more self inflicting tone of calling Hitomi the only reason that he's living as well as having very little interest in other girls that swarm around him. There's also the aspect of trying to commit a murder suicide with Hitomi as he was about to die and he wanted to make sure they would be together, stating that it's easy for people to separate and that this way their love would be eternal. He also attempts to take his own life to sacrifice as he did hurt her, but this might have just been Takeo's guilt talking. Even before gaining the gakuran, he seemed very suicidal, willing to die under the impression that Hitomi would never notice someone like him. I did think it was funny that he was never caught for his murders of the bully and fortune teller nor did was there any consequences, but I suppose that would have made this story sadder than what it was made out to be.

The game itself is very simple and I think while the story is rather solid, the game itself has some problems. The intro warns the player to avoid good choices and choose the "cruel" choices else their soul be taken, however, it's very easy to bypass these choices by skipping and you can pretty much gain the good ending this way with very little trouble. Even if you were to play it normally, the way the choices are presented are done where they are floating across the screen, making it difficult to choose the right answer. Perhaps it would have (as Cherry suggested it) been better if the choices that were correct were more difficult to get (similar to Yakuza 0's call centers, if you know what I'm talking about), however, in this game, it's pretty much inconsequential due to skipping. If you choose the wrong choices, Takeo's soul gets sucked away and you have to start over, or kill Kotomi, but there isn't much of an extra scene really as a screen that tells you Takeo has killed Kotomi. I'm sure that this would have been good idea in concept, but in execution, it could have done much better. I also didn't realize these choices were actually Takeo's thoughts until much later, since it wasn't really clear what exactly the player was clicking on for those options.

Overall, a short game that wasn't too long to play. If you are into more of the old horror of objects that turn people into yanderes, it might be a good one to play. The art is at least average, but I think again the story is rather solid for what it's trying to tell.

[thedevil-probs-art]

full body full render "baby girl" pose meme + sparkle version Jan2023

[bayaaranja]

Harpoon Hybrid - CSM oc

(Edit: Name change, 16/04/24.)

Second oc!! (One of my favs<3)

His name is Botan Kawase!! (Affectionately shortened to Bo!!!) I forgot to put in on the ref but he's 5'4 ft (around 163 cm)

Outfits: Public Safety uniform, Fourth East gakuran and deckhand port cloth.

Tap for more info and a few doodles of him!!

🎣— Character details!!

(He/Him pronouns for Botan!!)

⚠️Warning:—Manipulation mentions (Makima), badly drawn blood on the last pic.

Botan is calm, polite and keeps an stoic facade (which Yoshida breaks easily.) most of the time, school and work equally. He's socially awkward and tends to avoid conversations by giving small talk, answering with just a "yes", a nod, a "no" or a head shake. After what happened in his hometown, Yazui, in addition to the fact that he is now in a profession where people could die for just be around him, he is not very interested in making friends, still the harpoon can't help but get attached to certain people around him. Botan is still a teenager (17 or 18 y/o.)

He is the Harpoon Hybrid, he prefers not to talk about how he merged with the devil. But the encounter happened a few months before the Yazui port staff found him,

Botan is currently working for Public Safety, deciding to stay after being freed from Makima's control in the Control Devil Arc; now member of Special Division 7

He used to be a deckhand in Yaizu's city port, Shizuoka prefecture, being hired as a private devil hunter by the port staff and crew when they found him, he had killed the Sea Urchin Devil near the installations in his hybrid form. He was offered a home, water, food and other basic needs in exchange for being, so to speak, security against devils who attacked the port, staff, prevented any process or exit of the boats¿ He formed a bond with most of the tribulation members and saw some of them as father/mother figures and family.

Public Safety learned of his existence through a staff error and immediately took him away, laying off some staff members. Makima being Makima, pulled some strings to have the harpoon hybrid transferred to Tokyo to be a member of Special Division 5 along the rest of the weapons. Botan was easy prey for Makima, he felt extremely guilty for getting some of the crew fired and she offered him comfort through a false façade of a mother figure. (Just as a small clarification, Botan never had romantic feelings towards Makima, he saw her more as a mother and wanted to protect her during his brainwash.)

The Harpoon now with free will really saw no point in trying to return to Yazui, he felt sorry and guilty and it just didn't feel right for him to return. With no better alternative, he stayed at Public Safety and began renting an apartment in Tokyo with his salary; still wears one of the port's hooks as a bracelet along with keeping some photos and shells from his time still in Shizuoka, a few decorate his apartment along other sea themed objects.

Botan was assigned as Yoshida's partner, Denji's bodyguard, and was ordered by his superior to harpoon out the chainsaw hybrid's heart if he at any time disobeyed orders or lost control.

🎣— First meeting!! (oc x canon)

With a new job and a new mission to protect a certain blonde boy, of course this was not going to be a job just for the Harpoon. Botan was quiet and quite upright with Yoshida at first, he limited himself to only talking about the mission even though Yoshida wanted to know more and was curious about the hybrid. Hirofumi of course insisted in getting to know each other better and ended up dragging reluctantly the harpoon to a Cafe so they could talk more comfortably unlike the PS building which air conditioner probably never goes off in 24/7, they had a few drinks and desserts together and suddenly Botan was starting to think this guy is maybe not that bad as he initially looked.

Botan thought Yoshida was kind of weird at first (and still kind of does) but he has developed admiration towards his professionalism and totally grown a camaraderie like for him.

No, he's not going to elaborate about what he thinks about Yoshida, nothing further than a "He does a good job."

He knows he's pretty you don't need to tell him, man literally sees him daily, no, he's not going to admit he thinks he's pretty.

Botan makes sure to assist Yoshida whenever he gets hurt in missions, even if it's just a small scratch that not even himself had noticed until the hybrid pointed out.

At some point Botan called him Hirofumi instead of Yoshida and apologized quickly but a smile and a "It's fine, you can call me Hirofumi" with a rather warmer tone than usual from the eerie boy was enough for the harpoon to start using his name on him always. No, he didn't get home happy that day, "The pollen in the air tickles my nose." and he was smiling more than usual that day... "Hm? We're not in spring yet? Uh, how strange then." and he shrugged.

🎣— Hybrid form!!

Botan possesses a small gun trigger on his upper back which he usually covers with his hair which, forgive the redundancy, triggers his hybrid transformation by being pulled. (May change this in the future)

In this appearance his head is replaced by an harpoon gun or canyon that he can shoot along the harpoons attached to his arms by pointing with his index finger, he also can also simply detach the harpoons to throw them in more traditional way or use them in melee combat just like the Spear Hybrid.

The ropes tied to the harpoons are useful for him to make the weapons return to him, the ropes are infinite and don't really have a limit to stop stretching but they can be rip by a blunt weapon or sharp object.

If Botan losses any of his harpoons under any circumstance he can simply generate/create them again to replace the ones he lost, the harpoons are sharp enough to pierce through a Sperm whale and a Blue whale easily.

The harpoon hybrid accuracy allows him to hit targets easily and freely even if they're hundreds of meters away from him.

He possesses as well the other same abilities than the rest of The Weapons have as: Augmented body, healing by blood consumption and nigh-immortality.

Botan tries to perfect his handling of weapons such as: the poleaxe, the fauchard, the glaive and firearms in general to avoid depending from his hybrid form, in a way aspiring to be like Quanxi.

That's all for now!! I'll try to bring more of him and my others ocs soon!! :3

Thanks for reading! —★

🎣—"The seas raised me, a ship cradled me and the seagulls lulled me to sleep."

[skyedancer-rae]

TGAA 2 Spoilers

I thought of that one scene from The Emperor's New Groove, but with Ryunosuke & had to draw it. Takes place vaguely during 2-5 (but with no one standing in the right place). I didn't want to write out Ryunosuk'e debate with himself, but it basically boils down to:

Shoulder devil: Expose the truth, damn the consequences.

Shoulder angel: But you need to be careful how you expose the truth so you don't emotionally devastate those dear to you.

Image description after the cut.

Image is a 3-panel grayscale comic.

Panel 1: An illustration of Ryunosuke from the chest up. He is dressed in his normal gakuran uniform. He stares to his right (viewer's left) toward the floating shoulder devil there. The shoulder devil has Ryunosuke's face, bat wings, horns, and a pointy tail. The shoulder devil says, "Okay, the truth is painful, but you have to push forward and expose it." Above Ryunosuke's other shoulder floats his shoulder angel, which has his face, a sleeveless white robe, a harp, feathery wings, and a halo. The shoulder angel is staring flatly at the shoulder devil.

Panel 2: The scene zooms out to show Ryunosuke debating with himself how to proceed in court. He is clearly talking and gesturing toward his right shoulder (viewer's left) but not shoulder angel or devil can be seen. Stronghart stands in the foreground in the bottom right, gesturing back toward Ryunosuke with a look of clear confusion.

Panel 3: A grayscale illustration of Barok, Kazuma, & Susato standing next to each other. Barok has his arms crossed and stares forward with a look of confusion. Kazuma just shrugs, expression flat, as he says, "Yeah, he does that sometimes." Susato has one hand on her hip and the other covering half her face. She is visibly blushing, slightly embarrassed at Ryunosuke's habit of thinking aloud.

[lilirot]

I'm trying to think of human cover name for the boys when they're in the human world. Because walking up to someone and being like "hey, I'm satan/lucifer/beelzbub/etc." kinda sus. Also, I'm stealing the DeVille (or was it Deville) last name from the Gakuran event. Anyways, so far I got: Lucifer - Lucius DeVille Mammon - Leviathan - Levi DeVille Satan - Stanley DeVille Asmodeus - Ashe DeVille Beelzebub - Bennet DeVille Belphegor - Ben DeVille Side Boys: Diavolo - Dante King Barbatos - Bartholomew Steward Simeon - Simeon/Christopher Peugeot Luke - Luke Solomon - Solomon Baker (technically his full legal name for the situations he's required to have one). Undateables Trio: Thirteen - Thirteen Raphael - Raphael Mephistopheles - Maxwell ???

Edit: Updated Diavolo/Barbatos/Eggplants names - Thanks to Katboykirby for the suggestions :)

[boozye]

PARADISE EVENT at Nightbringer

(gakuran uniforms - demon brothers)

DEMON CHEAT CARDS:

Satan: Greed UR+ (majolish/battle outfit)

Beelzebub: Greed UR+ (majolish/battle outfit)

Simeon: Greed SSR (no outfit)

(No SR cheat cards)

BOX DEMON CARDS

Leviathan: Greed UR (majolish/battle outfit)

(that's it, the rest are memory cards)

AKUZON

- Mammon and Asmodeus battle outfits

- Lucifer and Belphegor majolish outfits

Some things of interest within the boxes:

- Box 1 contains 3 D-Energy

- Box 2 contains 3 D-Energy, 2 UR Joker, and the event exclusive background

- Box 3 contains the UR shards, 1 UR Joker, 5 vouchers, 6 D-Energy, and chibi homescreen backgrounds for Lucifer, Mammon, Asmodeus and Belphegor (I don't know where the rest are)

- Box 4 contains Lucifer and Belphegor battle outfits, Mammon and Asmodeus majolish outfits, 1 extra copy of the event UR, 1 UR Joker, 6 D-Energy, and 5 vouchers

- Final box contains: card shards, and devil tree materials

Good luck!

[ask-tanjiro-kamado]

Akuma (oc name :D) turned  around as he spoken to 

“Uh?, oh No everything is fine”

Akuma tilt his head at the boy before noticing he is a demon slayer

“Oh you must be a new demon slayer am i corrected?”

Akuma posture sightly change into a defense posture as he trys to end the convestion quickly

“Well i think i got to get going i need to get this slayer some help ” 

Akuma turns around to walk away still with the injure demon slayer

(Thanks :> also is rui the demon is run by the same person if so i can do interact with one at time also OC INFO :D no need to read but just about his attacks and stuff like that)

Name:  Akuma no sagi-shi  /  阿隈の鷺市

Name in english  (google transleter sucks man :<): devil's deceiver

Perferd targets: Weaker/Injuried  or newer swordmen and unattend children 

Design/Appearance : Heavly base off of  a siren and wearing large clothing as patchs of skin has fish scale and  usually  when he  out  and about he cover his head with a black head covering and a black and white mask to prevent humans seeing his  siren features and he always wear his the standard Demon Slayer uniforms consisting of a gakuran jacket and hakama  pants  and pretends to be a medic or helper when out in the night looking for a meal

Draining Tears This blood demon art   stuns swordsmen with ear-piercing sobs  the sob itself sounds  despairing and very much desperate, while that happen a temporary increase in healing speed occours  as the opponet gets stuned akuma tears and pleads are short lived as he trys to end the opponents life the second they stop moving 

Draining Tears  weakness The blood demon art is self pretty much affects swordsmen who are weaker and ones that second think of beheading akuma but  it has hard time effecting harder opponents only at most surprise them at best and the small amount of time akuma healing is speed up he will lose some energy 

Mimcking Waves This blood demon art allows akuma to mimck voices of people he ate (ex man,woman,child) and is usally used to lure  unsuspecting  weak swordsmen or folks who happen to hear the voices of the distress kid,man or woman nearby 

Mimcking Waves weakness The weakness of mimicking waves is the unpredictable chance of  attracting strong swordsmen  towards the voices he mimcks  and making  akuma easy to locate in busy areas as if akuma

“I’ve been a slayer for a while but I am sort of new, less than a year. Around 6-7 months I’d say.” *He says happily*

“No I insist, let me help you.” *He says with a kind smile*

[haemocyaninz]

I should trace and color stuff from my sketchbook more often

[Image ID: A digital drawing of Penny and Ashley from Warioware. Penny differs from her original design in that she has light brown skin, a more realistic heart, a gap in her teeth, and a circular red nose.Ashley differs from their original design in that they have shorter hair tied into one pony tail at the back and red swirls on her cheeks.

The left side is Penny running in a sailor uniform as she holds a microphone and cord. Above her are the words “PITCH ADJACENT!” Under her is a picture of Red looking confused. In the upper left is the duo standing side by side. Ashley wears a gakuran uniform and sticks their tongue out as they hold a magic wand. Penny wears a sailor uniform, smiles, and gives Ashley bunny ears. Under this is a fusion of Ashley and Red titles “Red Ashley? Blood Ashley?” They have redder skin, a horn, wings, a devil tail, a bandana tied around their neck, skull necklace, and loose fitting red shirt and pants with a yellow apron tied around their waist. They hold a red trident behind them. To the left of this is a picture of Red Ashley ,colored blue, sitting nervously. There is a surprised picture of Penny, colored pink, beside them. Under this is a bust shot of Mike. The background is tan with pieces of sketch book sketches behind them. The image is decorated with skulls, hearts, sparkles, and music notes. ./End ID.]

[chall-enge]

Info about akuma! Kny

personality

his personality is eh bad at best. He will be very rude to any one (Incudling people of higher power), if  said person ever happen to insult or question his work. Depending on the person he is arguing with he is willing to fight despite being clearly weaker (When i mean depending i mean mostly anyone that akuma knows wouldent behead him the moment he shoves/push).

When he isnnt  rude to people you can tell his ego is deeper then hell it’s self as . Even if the other person is better then him. He still finds way to be better in a small way or a big way!.

But also his ego  can easily be broken so if he even assume you insulting him get ready to be yelled at and insulted.

Like some demons he can and will cry but you need to do certain things to make him do so!.

For example any higher ups then him calling him useless,Good for nothing,failure,Waste of a life,disgrace or anything related to it. He will cry  and even try to insult you back but at that point he is going flee so dont expect to hear back from him for a long while! (beside muzan, akuma is too afraid to ignore muzan commands to meet him face to face)

Akuma also stubborn, very stubborn. But he isnt that dumb if he knows he going to lose a fight he will spare the embrassment of losing my fleeing. He will hold grudges until he feel like he got his justice on said person, you hardly will see a moment  of akuma being a nice to a another demon (Cause in his mind anything of kindness is weakness). 

But in the rare chances you do, you can tell he is trying to be nice to said person (usally friends or preferred person) by  attempting to behave and control his anger near then and wont be as loud when arguing with said person, And MAYBE allow to be insulted sightly (But just be aware, some insults can hurt more than others and will/can worry your friendship with said person)

And in some cases  if he trusts you enough to not abuse/backstab his weakness, he will be more weak towards said lucky person for example, He will show more emotion beside anger.he come for you for advice or opinions on matters he doesnt care/ doesnt understand well enough to  really take time to consider. Treat him how he wants to be treated and You have a semi asshole demon as a friend.

Also of course like any demon he has fears.. He is afraid of dying weak and pathic, failling to do something,dying,being backed stab by anyone he trusts and being hurt badly by his food (which is why he targets certain people.)He targets  new/hurt  demon slayers or unattend childern 

Also for fun i tell yall how you can embarrassed akuma, calling out his bluffs,saying something he didnt expected (Doesnt even need to be nsfw, his mind will need to restart and figure out how to respond),showing akuma that he can do a certain thing better than him, copying his amount of any emotion,suffering any consequences in pubic,getting him off guard (50/50 chance of him yellings at you or just make him embarrassed), failing at doing something infront of someone (ex hunting a demon slayer and they got away/ managed to fight akuma away from them as somone same or higher rank watches him fail)

Other info!

Name:  Akuma no sagi-shi  /  阿隈の鷺市

Name in english  (google transleter sucks man :<): devil's deceiver

Perferd targets: Weaker/Injuried  or newer swordmen and unattend children 

Design/Appearance : Heavly base off of  a siren and wearing large clothing as patchs of skin has fish scale and  usually  when he  out  and about he cover his head with a black head covering and a black and white mask to prevent humans seeing his  siren features and he always wear his the standard Demon Slayer uniforms consisting of a gakuran jacket and hakama  pants  and pretends to be a medic or helper when out in the night looking for a meal

Draining Tears

This blood demon art   stuns swordsmen with ear-piercing sobs  the sob itself sounds  despairing and very much desperate, while that happen a temporary increase in healing speed occours  as the opponet gets stuned akuma tears and pleads are short lived as he trys to end the opponents life the second they stop moving 

Draining Tears  weakness

The blood demon art is self pretty much affects swordsmen who are weaker and ones that second think of beheading akuma but  it has hard time effecting harder opponents only at most surprise them at best and the small amount of time akuma healing is speed up he will lose some energy 

Mimcking Waves

This blood demon art allows akuma to mimck voices of people he ate (ex man,woman,child) and is usally used to lure  unsuspecting  weak swordsmen or folks who happen to hear the voices of the distress kid,man or woman nearby 

Mimcking Waves

The weakness of mimicking waves is the unpredictable chance of  attracting strong swordsmen  towards the voices he mimcks  and making  akuma easy to locate in busy areas as if akuma panics when mimicking you can hear the voice breaking and cracking out of character of a preassumed man,woman or child 

Water hideaways

The blood demon art is a combtion of offense and defense, it has ability to manifest a water puddle it allows travel underground hence allowing Akuma to escape or heal underground Additionally, the emergence of betta fishes from the puddle to defend and attack nearby threats 

Water hideaways weakness

The Water hideaways weaknness is that The betta fishes themselves are easily defeated  if put in enough effort Furthermore, the energy-draining nature of maintaining the water puddle limits its duration, making it suitable only for life-or-death scenarios. 

Additionally, Akuma's need to surface   at random intervals when the betta fishes are being defeated easily and akumas needed to take charge and level out the field   making  them vulnerable during these moment .

Aqua Blades

This blood demon art allows akuma to solidify summoud water making them into blades These blades can be controlled if akumas  pays attention to the blades form

Aqua Blades weakness 

The Aqua Blades weakness is it is needed get close to the swordsmen which has many risk and depending on the opponent it will put them  themselves in a vulnerable position. And it has the  increases the likelihood of being counterattacked or overpowered by opponents who may have superior strength or weaponry.

[ihateyukanda]

Also important note: I'm thinking the uniforms of each school would have to differ strongly visually.

Noah High is an elite private school, but it’s less traditional than the more Catholic Black Order Academy, so the Noahs have the blazer and tie uniforms you see in modern Japanese high schools. Maybe in with some gothic lolita inspo. They have more freedom to customize as they see fit, and everyone's too afraid or in awe of Road to get on her case about her wearing a frilly petticoat and striped stockings. Tyki's devil may care attitude leads to him flagrantly breaking the dress code, but as he's on the student council, no one can discipline him for it outside of the Millennium Earl.

Black Order Academy is more traditional, being a Catholic school. As a result, Black Order students wear black and white (maybe with some red trim like canon?) sailor fuku and gakuran with the Order's cross embroidered somewhere visible. There is more of an emphasis on the dress code there. However, our main characters aren't the most traditional members of the Order, and so Lenalee has not-dress code appropriate shoes thanks to Komui being her brother, the acting vice principal and the school nurse all at once, Kanda just doesn't give a fuck and the disciplinary committee gets Mugen (wooden kendo sword here) to the face if they try to enforce it, and Lavi is technically an exchange student with Bookman so he has more freedom to flout the rules slightly. Allen I think is the closest to the school dress code but even he gets in trouble from time to time.

Alma is the worst dress code violator here tho. They went all in on the sukeban style and modified their uniform shirt to be shorter, skirt to be much longer, wear sneakers instead of the school-mandated loafers, and have tattoos and nail polish. I firmly think they're very much a delinquent and a perpetual truant.

[upper-moon-4askblog]

Akuma turns to urgoi and bows before  returning to a normal stance and looked  at urgoi

“Oh but urgoi im being honest i thought honesty is the best quality! Is it not?” 

akuma smiles sightly  beforeing turning his attention  towards sekido and ignoring to bow  

“As for earning respect I haven't been beheaded by demon slayers so isn't that enough sekido? So i like to pre assume i earn it! Also I'm not a human sekido. I thought you knew better! How embarrassing to get your humans and demons mixed up!” 

akuam tilt his head to the side mocking clearlying enjoying the rage he gets from sekido 

“Oh how i pity you at times!, i cant managed how it is like to have a temper like a human child”

 Akuam dramatically  place his hand on his chest  and faking a look of empathy towards sekido

“ I guess Not all demons can be lucky, oh well anyways…”

Akumas turns his attention at karaku  bows  before returning to a normal stance 

“ Well thank you karaku! It truly makes me prideful when a uppermoon enjoys my honestly! And I'm glad to have something in common with such an upper demon like you to bad Not all demons like my honesty!” 

akuma side eyes sekido and urgoi for second before returning to speaking to karaku 

“So this greatly rare for me in general, maybe one day i will be in lower moons or somewhere in the rankings!”

Akuma smiles at karaku before pausing for second  looking confused 

“Say, isn't there another one of you? The sad blueberry? I haven't seen him just  yet i like to know if he is easily annoyed by me!”

(Puppet master read!: Thanks i will follow the rules and i will try to improve my writing to make it more readable also Im No Longer a ANON WOOO anyways here some details No need to read but it’s basic stuff 

DON'T READ UNLESS WANT TO (oc info and Drawing)

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Name:  Akuma no sagi-shi  /  阿隈の鷺市

Name in english  (google translate sucks man :<): devil's deceiver

Preferred targets: Weaker or newer swordsmen and unattend children 

Design/Appearance : Heavily base off of  a siren and wearing large clothing as patches of skin has fish scale and  usually  when he  out  and about he cover his head with a black head covering and a black and white mask to prevent humans seeing his  siren features and he always wear his the standard Demon Slayer uniforms consisting of a gakuran jacket and hakama  pants  and pretends to be a medic or helper when out in the night looking for weak demon slayers

Draining Tears

This blood demon art   stuns swordsmen with ear-piercing sobs  the sob itself sounds  despairing and very much desperate, while that happen a temporary increase in healing speed occurs  as the opponent gets stunned akuma tears and pleads are short lived as he tries to end the opponent's life the second they stop moving 

Draining Tears  weakness

The blood demon art is self pretty much affects swordsmen who are weaker and ones that second think of beheading akuma but  it has hard time effecting harder opponents only at most surprise them at best and the small amount of time akuma healing is speed up he will lose some energy 

Mimicking Waves

This blood demon art allows akuma to mimic voices of people he ate (ex man,woman,child) and is usually used to lure  unsuspecting  weak swordsmen or folks who happen to hear the voices of the distress kid,man or woman nearby 

Mimicking Waves

The weakness of mimicking waves is the unpredictable chance of  attracting strong swordsmen  towards the voices he mimics  and making  akuma easy to locate in busy areas as if akuma panics when mimicking you can hear the voice breaking and cracking out of character of a pre assumed man,woman or child 

Water hideaways

The blood demon art is a combination of offense and defense, it has ability to manifest a water puddle it allows travel underground hence allowing Akuma to escape or heal underground Additionally, the emergence of betta fishes from the puddle to defend and attack nearby threats 

Water hideaways weakness

The Water hideaway's weakness is that The betta fishes themselves are easily defeated  if put in enough effort Furthermore, the energy-draining nature of maintaining the water puddle limits its duration, making it suitable only for life-or-death scenarios. 

Additionally, Akuma's need to surface   at random intervals when the betta fishes are being defeated easily and akumas needed to take charge and level out the field   making  them vulnerable during these moments .

Aqua Blades

This blood demon art allows akuma to solidify summoud water making them into blades These blades can be controlled if akumas  pays attention to the blades form

Aqua Blades weakness 

The Aqua Blade's weakness is it needs to get close to the swordsmen which has many risks and depending on the opponent it will put them  themselves in a vulnerable position. And it increases the likelihood of being counterattacked or overpowered by opponents who may have superior strength or weaponry.

Urogi looks at you in surprise at the compliment and the bow with a soft smile.

— "Oh! You don't have to bow, Akuma! I very much appreciate the compliment, though, haha~"

He looks over at Sekido for a moment, chuckling at akuma's mockery and comment on how Sekido confused Demons with Humans.

— "Oh, hahaha, you are very funny, Akuma."

He chuckles as he takes a quick look at Karaku before turning back to you.

Sekido immediately bursts out in rage once again at Akuma's mocking comments, his grip tighten on his Khakkhara.

— "Shut your mouth, demon! Why are you acting so cocky and confident about your strength!? It's disrespectful! Do you not realize who you're standing in front of right now!? I am the manifestation of Hantengu's anger, I am far stronger than you and everyone else in this place, and I can kill you in a second!"

He says this with a very loud, booming voice, full of rage and aggression towards Akuma.

Urogi's expression is serious, now seemingly fed up with Sekido's constant out bursts of anger.

— "Sekido. Enough."

He says this in a stern tone, tightening his grip onto Sekido's Khakkhara.

— "You are acting like a spoiled child. You need to calm down. You are not the strongest demon in the world.. You need to learn some respect. We cannot be acting like this to one another."

He stares back at Sekido, stern expression on his face.

Karaku notices you mocking Sekido, with his face turning into a playful grin.

— “Ah, good one, Akuma! I love to see you tease Sekido like that! He gets so annoyed so easily and your comments only make it all the better~”

He says, speaking in a slightly more high-pitched voice for a moment before switching back, making it sound like he’s trying to mock Sekido’s voice as well.

— "How embarrassing.."

— "Do not mock me!"

He says this in a loud and angry voice, his eyes burning in rage.

— "I'll have you know I am the manifestation of Hantengu's anger and not his sadness!"

He says this, with his voice becoming more and more aggressive. The air surrounding him starts to become a bit colder, with his eyes starting to glow brighter.

— "You have my words! I don't want to hear another peep out of you, or…" [We love your oc. Very well done and cool description!!]

[dirty-brainrot]

Here's something short because I couldn't stop thinking abt Joboobs.

"—and then he was like yare yare daze." You and your redhead friend laugh. It was a peaceful Sunday and you and Kak were hanging out at the Kujo residence. Jotaro was nowhere to be seen so, being a good friend, you and Kakyoin gossiped about the emo boy.

Until a certain topic popped up in your head. "Hey Kak, do you think Jotaro can crush someone's head by his using his huge tiddies?" Kakyoin placed a finger on his chin and hummed. "I think he can." The two of you sat in silence, trying to imagine Jotaro crush someone by the sheer fat of his honkadonks.

"Should we ask him to try it?" You asked Kakyoin in a low voice. He looks at you as if you were crazy and maybe you were. "He'll get mad and might kick us out!" You gave him a mischievous smile. "Maybe, maybe not."

Speak of the devil, Jotaro enters the room without his gakuran. You could see his well-built torso as his shirt was too tight on him.

You grabbed the empty bottle of coke and approached the huge man. "Hey, Jotaro!" You gave the man a bright, innocent smile. "Oh my God, they're actually gonna do it..." Kakyoin mumbles as he watches you walk towards Jotaro.

Jotaro stood still, he had an unreadable expression. Slowly regretting your decision, you wanted to back down but there was no point of return. "Can you crush this can with your boobies." Your smile disappears as you speak with a monotone voice. It wasn't even a request, it was a more of a command.

Jotaro's eyes widened in surprise and confusion but he quickly covered it with the tip of his hat. Kakyoin was shaking as he covered his mouth, trying not to burst out in laughter. "Yare yare daze." Deciding to humor you, he grabs the empty can from your hand.

It was now your turn for your eyes to widen. You couldn't believe it! He's actually gonna crush the can with his fat badonkadonk!!

He squeezes the can in the middle of his chest then moves his arms forward, making both of his elbows touch, and crush the can with his boobs with ease. "OH MY GOD!" You yelled while Kakyoin burst out laughing and wheezing.

"Oh my god! Bustie— I mean Breastie— I MEAN BESTIE—" You stuttered while looking at his chest with awe and a red face. Kakyoin laughed harder and fell back to the floor.

After staring at his chest, you looked at Jotaro's face to see that he was smirking. "What? Don't tell me you wanna get crushed too?"

[talesofsonicasura]

Thief's Ambition

Velvet Dilemma

Every thief needs the right tool for any sort of job. But what would happen if one of your resources isn't what they seem to be? Long post. Warning: Suicide Attempt, and mentions of abuse

They say reality and imagination are two sides of the same coin. Reality being ruled by laws and sciences to present what one calls 'normal', a limited perspective. Imagination however, is without restrictions if someone has the willpower to create or dream, limitless potential.

Information or to be specific, Digital Code' held both treats of reality and imagination. Rules to stabilize the unlimited potential of someone's creativity and what could be created is endless. Sometimes, one's design could break those boundaries. The results are determined by the creator. Whether it will lead to paradise or pure ruin. Only they can decide.

Le Blanc, a small but humble shop located in Yogenjaya, Japan. This cafe owned by Sojiro Sakura, is quite famous for their delicious curry, extraordinary coffee and friendly atmosphere. It is also the temporary home of a specific teenager. A young man whose choices can affect the world around him in large ripples. His name was Ren Amamiya.

The boy was around 15 years old, hair was a pitch black nest of curls, eyes a mysterious obsidian that shone brighter through the lens of his false glasses, a soft balance built with some growing muscle to his form, and stood about 5'7 in height. A pure black gakuran fitting snugly on the young man's body paired alongside black pants and nicely made boots as he carried his slightly large gray school bag over his shoulders.

His destination was Le Blanc, taking his time by walking down the sidewalk and glanced around to take in any important details. It didn't seem that anything would catch the boy's eyes since Yogenjaya was more of a rural area. That was until an abnormally tall structure crossed his line of sight.

Not too far from where he was, Ren could make what had to be a hotel. Around 5 stories in height and from how clean it seemed, the place was obviously new. Halfway down the large infrastructure was a soft magenta sign that read: Hotel Nexus. The name rings some bells in his head.

It was a new hotel that recently opened up before he came. Great service, fair prices and quite a selection of accommodations for anyone's price range. He heard some of the teachers and even students at his school raving about it.

Ren didn't really notice that he entered his destination until his nose was greeted to the bitter scent of coffee beans and spice of curry. His caretaker Sojiro Sakura, a rough looking older man with dark brown eyes, black hair in a man bun and beard, was in the middle of serving a few customers. Thus, the teen walked up to his room which was in actuality, a spacy attic.

Placing his bag on the bed, the raven was about to start on his homework when a voice spoke out. "Thy trickster." A soft, suave yet slightly distorted male's nearly made the boy jump if he didn't know who this voice belonged to. Not even the first few days in Tokyo did the teen come across the path of the supernatural.

"We need to have a discussion. Thee might have a problem." The voice explained much to Ren's utter confusion. If by instinct, the raven took off his glasses and held it out. Blue flames suddenly manifested on the frames, sparks spewing out to the attic floor in 5 different spots before the fire extinguished.

Each spark burned brighter as they grew in size but didn't spread across the wood surface like any normal fire. The smallest stood barely a foot in size while the largest being a shocking 15 ft all around. Suddenly, the fire sputtered out as five different creatures now sat before the young boy.

A large black horse that had two long teal horns, crimson eyes and white mane, a small brown haired pixie with butterfly wings wearing a blue one-piece and gloves, pink skinned imp with small wings and wore a belt with a large stinger positioned at an inappropriate place, and a jack-o-lantern headed creature wearing a dark blue robe, witch's hat, and white gloves holding a lantern.

The last being was not only large but vastly different from the others. Sitting slightly uncomfortable on the floor was a dapper gentleman-esque black and crimson demon.

Black leathery hide, pitch black mask for a face as fire highlighted the long spindly devil horns than just painting fiery eyes or the wicked smile, razor sharp black claws and angelic ebony wings that spawn from his lower back. The demon's clothing consisted of a black corset tuxedo held tight by red strings, white fancy cravat, a short crimson coat with long sleeves, collar and coattails, red armor mimicking dress pants covered the legs which ended with knife blade heels, and a tall black top hat stitched at the back with red strings.

Despite the five demons sitting before him, Ren wasn't afraid of their presence. After all, why would he be scared of his own Persona and one of the reasons he is still alive? From the information given by various sources, these beings were born from thoughts of man and assist those who awaken or earn their power.

His current Persona team consisted of Bicorn, Pixie, Incubus and Jack-o-Lantern. Ren couldn't forget his main Persona either, the one who answered his call and shared the same rebellion in his soul, Arsene. Seeing all five here meant there was something going on especially from the looks on their face.

Bicorn looked very irate, well, more than he usually was, Pixie was a mixture of concern and worry, Incubus had his arms crossed alongside a large scowl on his face and Jack-o-Lantern looked like he wanted to disappear. The only one who didn't seem upset was Ren's dapper devil, the flames of the mask were in a soft simmer, almost if he was sheepish. Things had to be wrong if the Legendary Phantom Thief didn't have his signature grin.

"Is everything ok? Arsene said you guys wanted to talk about something." The raven politely asked, it may not look like it but Ren did care for his Persona. Although, not all of them were on the same level as his rebel heart but… Out of the bunch, it was Incubus who spoke up.

"Here's the problem boss, none of us are getting fused!" And the teen's train of thought came to a stop like a broken record. "What?" The word just came out of his mouth as if he was on autopilot. Quite a reasonable reaction for when you considered Ren's current situation in full.

Stuck on probation in a foreign place, his future walking towards a foretold path of ruin, the twisted desires of his gym teacher manifesting as a cognitive place and these very creatures before him holding a key to his salvation. That also included fusing them to create a more powerful Persona.

"Normally we don't have any opinions when it comes to fusion. Previous Wild Cards before you had done the process thousands of times. However, this time there's two issues that we cannot accept! And no amount of bribery will change our opinion!" Bicorn huffed, scraping a hoof across the ground.

That actually convinced Ren even more to listen to their problem, especially when he considered the new information given. If there had been others like him, why wasn't he notified? And what was different about the process of Fusion if Persona used to not have an issue?

"Alright. Can you tell me these reasons for omitting fusion from the Velvet Room?" His inquiry seemed to relieve some of the tension for the group of Persona. The teen could only guess it must be rare for Wildcards to tend to their needs. Or it must have been quite a long time since a Persona User like him appeared.

"Sure dee-doo, bossman! First off is the Fusion Methods! Persona are fused in many different ways, some by dancing or even tarot cards. Executions aren't one of them. Despite some Persona being created from evil legends, the fusion tools were always humane and fair for all participants." Jack-o-Lantern spoke up, the fire in his lantern burning brighter with each word.

Ren easily agreed with that reason. His first time actually being able to use the Fusion was a very unsavory experience. At that time, he only had just Arsene and Pixie. To see Igor and his assistants unveil those large guillotines made him feel like he was back at that Palace thing.

Seeing shadows of people being tortured like slaves already made him a bit uncomfortable but the 'Fusion Tools' were enough to leave the room with a poker face just to hide a grimace. "Yeah, I can see your point. Don't know how a guillotine isn't even supposed to do that."

That also raised another question as he had a feeling what the second reason really was. Pixie only solidified that very thought. "Our second reason is the Velvet Room itself, to be precise, Igor himself. You see, out of many Personas, I am usually the one Wildcards tend to acquire first." A look of nostalgia sparked in her eyes.

"This means that I am often fused quite a lot so I've been around Igor. Despite looking a bit crooked, the man has an aura of a gentleman and has this mischievous but kind air around him. Something that makes the Velvet Room comfortable for both Persona and Wildcards but…" A nervous and saddened look was quick to mark the fairy's face.

"...that isn't the Igor we know. This one is cold and has this aura of cruelty hidden underneath. And it's not just him but both Velvet Room attendants feel off too. It's almost if both girls are like broken dolls, scraps of a toy remade into two different copies."

The room went silent for a bit as Ren processed all this information. Persona who's been summoned or recruited a lot, Veteran he'll call it, could feel when something is off with the Velvet Room. It would explain why Arsene didn't seem that bothered unlike the others, since he was new to the whole thing.

Now that the teen thought about it, Igor and his attendants seemed very quick to introduce the Fusion mechanic… too quick. If something was indeed wrong with the Velvet Room, then it would be best to limit his usage. Ren couldn't just stop using it altogether and none of them had issues with the Register/Summon option.

"Alright. I won't use the Velvet Room for fusion. If you guys think the place is off and Igor can't be trusted, then I'll trust your judgement. Problem is, how can I perform Fusions now?" The Persona he had now, excluding Arsene, can't really grow powerful enough to deal with any future Palaces.

Stronger Personas were needed if he was going to avoid this 'ruin'. His main Persona then spoke up. "How about you search for a mage? Thou passed one earlier today." Wait what? Ren looked at the Curse Type with a mixture of disbelief and surprise.

There's a mage, someone who practices actual magic, in bloody Tokyo. Pixie spoke upon her User's look of befuddlement. "Practicers of magic do exist, master Ren. They are rare and tend to stay hidden amongst the locals. You can easily guess why. Some even treat Fusing or Summoning Persona like an exam to know if one is ready for the next level of magic."

The raven haired teen let out an intrigue hum from the explanation. If he can find the mage Arsene sensed earlier then they should be able to help with his Fusion problem. "Where did you sense them anyway?"

Ren couldn't believe the stroke of luck he got. Apparently the person he was looking for happened to be in Yogenjaya, specifically the new Nexus Hotel. Once school was over for the day, he quickly made his way towards the place. It was honestly bigger in person than seeing it from Le Blanc.

Various trees with interwoven branches formed a path to the hotel similar to a green red carpet, two fountains paired with benches on each side of the fountain and the centerpiece was a peculiar statue. An 8 meter giant of scrap metal carefully melded together to form a lizardman wielding a large microphone stand like it was a guitar and on the plaque it stood on read: Welcome to Hotel Nexus.

There are even a few stalls set up for local vendors to rent and sell merchandise. 'This hotel feels like a homey place to stay in. No wonder a lot of people Shujin talk about it.' Ren thought while looking at the large statue with intrigue. He could see a lot of work was put into it from the V shape horns, beak like snout and even intricate design on the stand.

Even a non-artist can see all the work, effort and dedication put into it. "What do you mean it ain't for sale?!" A brutish shout immediately ripped the boy's attention. Obsidian eyes soon look at a scene forming to his side between a large portly man and someone around his age.

The girl had cyan hair with a silver frohawk at center, emerald green eyes bearing black v shaped marks underneath, and a thin elegantly curved body around 5'6 in height. Her clothing consisted of a black shirt, short red long sleeved jacket, dark blue cargo pants and white high tops.

What got Rens attention was the peculiar device hanging around her neck, it looked like one of those pocket pet toys but merged with a walkie talkie. Pure silver with red buttons and a black strap for string. She honestly looked very annoyed.

"It's like I said to your boss a million times before. Hotel Nexus isn't for sale! My family and I worked hard to make this place so no way in hell we're giving it up. I don't give a damn how high the food chain your boss is, the answer will be no!" Ren could practically feel the venom in her words from the fifteen distance.

Something that amused Arsene since the Curse Persona was laughing. 'It seems that fiery young lady is the mage that thou been looking for. Such strong rebellion radiating brilliantly alongside her magic.' The raven continued watching the scene unfold.

He had to agree with Arsene on the fiery term since the girl literally growled at the man before her. "Get outta here and tell your boss he can choke on his own balls!" The poor employee went running off in seconds with his tail between his legs. Adjusting his fake glasses, Ren decided to approach the cyanette once she took a few deep breaths.

Now that he was closer, the young man could see flecks of gold and silver in those emerald eyes as the girl saw him. "Hey there. Sorry if ya saw the commotion. I'm usually more professional but guys like that tend to grind my gears." She then put on a polite smile.

"My name is Hokuto...Shoutmon! One of the owners of Hotel Nexus. What can I do for you?" Ren couldn't lie, that was the oddest last name he heard in his life. Or the fact that her teeth were razor sharp just from the smile given. Knowing it was rude to stare, the raven haired teen spoke.

"My name is Ren and I happen to be new in the area. I was hoping you can answer a few questions for me." Best to have some honesty if he was going to even get the cyanette's trust. Hokuto merely kept a polite look on her face and stayed professional to even her posture.

"Sure, what questions do you have? Need any help finding a room or are you interested in renting a stand? Or is it more personal?" Childlike curiosity brimmed in the emerald eyes of the Nexus' heiress that made Arsene laugh in his human partner's head. 'Might as well answer her, dear Trickster. Can't keep a young lady waiting~'

Ignoring the obvious flirt, Ren decided to be a bit straight forward in his response. "Can you help me with a little school project of mine? I'm supposed to ask people a set of words and how they felt about each one for my psychology class." He even pulled up a pen and paper to make it more convincing.

If she was really a mage, then he had a feeling Hokuto would be more comfortable with masking a risky topic such as this. Plus one class did ask for a Do-Your-Own assignment for homework today. The Shoutmon woman tilted her head a bit, mild confusion crossed her face before shrugging. Didn't seem that bad to her so why not oblige the boy?

"Sure, I don't mind. It's honestly a bit refreshing but I get to choose a few words too. That way it'll be more like a game, and who knows, ya might get some extra credit." Ren nodded his head and had a smirk on his face from Hokuto's unexpected reply. He even had a good word to start with.

"Alright. My first word or to be precise, words is 'Velvet Room'." The cyanette hummed a bit hearing the word. An inquisitive look on her face as she mulled the two words over in her head a bit. It took a few more seconds before she gave an answer.

"Intrigue and wonderment comes to mind but oddly also caution. Something as fancy as 'Velvet Room' has to have something dark or sinister in the undertone. Kinda like the story of Hansel and Gretel with the witch's house being made of sweets." The teen and Persona understood the reason behind that, even if the 'caution' part sounded more instinctual.

Not everything that glitters gold meant was good. "Alright, my turn. The word I choose is Tamer." Hokuto said with a cheery tone. It was his turn to tilt his head at the suspicious pick. Being a Wildcard did fit with the word since Ren had to befriend or 'tame' multiple Persona than just one.

"Adventurous, enlightening and carefulness. Being a tamer means you are potentially risking your life at befriending a living creature that can do harm if you aren't careful. Achieving a bond is also a reward in itself from how much you learn and grow with the experience." The raven haired teen could feel the warmth of his Persona's happiness and admiration blanket his heart.

Hokuto also seemed really happy about his response too, almost if checking something off in her head. "That's one way to say it. Now it's your turn again." Ren already knew what he was going to ask for this round. "Okay. My next word is Persona with a capital P." The cyanette mulled over the peculiar word in her head.

Something about it felt odd, like a primal instinct of sorts but she couldn't really guess why. Placing a hand on her chin, the young woman gave the boy an answer. "Since it sounds like a living creature, I would say wonder and bewilderment. Unknown life tends to bring tons of questions alongside the possibilities of their uniqueness."

Ren hummed at the answer while writing it down on paper. He would admit that he didn't see the next word coming though. "Your next word is Digimon!" Confusion immediately covered the raven haired teen's face. Did he hear that right? Digimon? Was it short for something like 'Digital Monster'?

"Taking a random guess here but the only thing that comes to mind is curiosity. I've never heard of a term like Digimon before and it makes me wonder what the concept truly is. A game or maybe a brand series that's focus is around collectible creatures under the same name."

It was the only reasonable Ren could actually think of. He'd never heard of 'Digimon' before and would have done some research later on. The teen was ready to ask his final question when the sound of a ringtone went off. Hokuto had pulled out her phone, a look of mild horror crossing her face in seconds.

"Seriously?! I'm sorry but I have to cut this conversation short. Got to close off one of the guest bathrooms and call for a repairman!" She quickly turned on the heel of her feet before taking off into the hotel. All Ren could do was blink as his objective was now out of reach.

'An unfortunate setback. However, thou at least have the mademoiselle's location. We would just need to visit another time.' Arsene whispered in the raven's head, the young man let out a sigh. He'll have to make do with the Persona he had for now.

The next day… Ren was sitting in his seat like usual. Getting stared at by most of his classmates and teacher with the appeal of a convict. An irritating normal when you had your criminal record and reason for being transferred thrown out to the entire school as if it was a newspaper.

It also sucked that his teacher, Mr Uchimaru, was an asshole who likes to harass others when they answer one of his surprise questions wrong. Ryuji texting him in the middle of the class and Morgana talking in his bag either. Even if no one could understand the not-cat, they could still hear his meows.

His mind however went to a grinding halt upon the words of his classmates. "There's someone on the roof! Is she going to jump? Suzui Shiho?" Dread immediately filled his heart upon the name. Suzui Shiho was one of the upperclassmen who was being sexually harassed by his current target, the gym teacher Kamoshida.

He was out of his seat in seconds and ran straight for the hallway window for a better look. A better view was needed to see if it really was Shiho. Obsidian eyes widen in absolute horror upon the sight of the brown haired teenager standing at the ledge of the building.

'No… Dear god, please don't…!' The girl jumped off the roof, Ren's heart dropped to his stomach while his classmates screamed. Shiho was about to hit the ground when familiar light blue hair came into sight as someone caught her falling body in time. Ren immediately ran down the halls of the school, to get outside and see if his senpai was alright.

The teen caught sight of Hokuto Shoutmon holding the girl tight to her chest, Shiho was nuzzled into the hotel manager's neck in tears. "Shh. It's alright. Just let it all out. I don't know who hurt you but there are people in this world that still care about ya. Think about them, not ya tormentors."

Hokuto's strong upbeat voice was now a soft comforting whisper while she rubbed the suicidal girl's back gently. Emerald eyes looked into Ren's obsidian ones with mild surprise. It was probably the fact she didn't know he went to school here either.

"Shiho." The raven turned his head to see one of his classmates running towards the two girls. Ann Tamanaki, the platinum blonde girl with green eyes and her hair in two ponytails who was also Shiho's best friend by what he saw from their interactions. The hotel manager turned her head over to the blonde.

"I'm guessing you are a friend of hers? Do you know her parents' numbers? This poor girl needs all the support she can get right now and I need to call the suicide hotline. We were lucky enough that I was able to catch her in time." Hokuto let Ann hold Shiho but not before the pigtailed girl said a grateful teary 'Thank You'.

The cyanette then looked at Ren. "I don't know who broke that poor girl's will but I do know one thing. If that fucker shows their face, I'll do everything in my power to knock em off their pedestal. No one deserves this for another bastard's sick pleasure. They say eyes are the window to one's soul, her eyes are that of a victim on their last string."

Shiho's parents immediately came over along with an ambulance and a few cop cars to check on the frazzled brunette. Hokuto had left after they questioned her on how she even found Shiho. Apparently the hotel manager was heading towards one of the markets nearby, a coincidence that managed to save his classmate's life.

It also meant that Kamoshida needed to be dealt with before someone else breaks. There is the expulsion deadline too, since confronting the man in righteous anger was a dumb idea. Whatever the case, the perverted PE teacher needed his heart changed. And the only solution was the man's castle, nestled in the school's Metaverse.

The Metaverse was a physical plane created through the unconscious cognition of people, a place between reality and imagination. Palaces were an area created from the large distortion in a person's heart, something that reflected a dark mindset. Kamoshida's Palace was that of pure unadulterated lust.

A medieval castle filled with statues of himself or various girls around the skin that displayed their innocence in a perverse manner, echoes of male students were seen as slaves that were beaten meticulously, and the distorted version of Kamoshida flaunt through the castle as it's disgusting lustful king in nothing but a crown, heart shaped boxers and a fluffy red cape.

Through these halls was the key to stopping this man's twisted heart and the consequences to follow if they failed. Within one of the hallways, a large cluster of knights were gathered in a tizzy. Empty blue masks staring at a pile of molten gold, various statues of the Palace's Ruler melting into a golden soup in front of the culprit.

The suspect's body was shadowed by the large blaze behind them. "How dare you destroy the visage of our King Kamoshida?! You'll pay with your life wench!" One of the knights howled as all brandished their large blades. Feminine laughter came out of the figure alongside their appearance, emerald eyes glared down at the mass.

Ren was running as fast as he could, the teen helping a tired Ann with assistance from two others. The clothes the four of them wore were very different from what they wore in the real world, an attire created through the power of their Persona and rebellious souls.

The raven had a white domino mask bearing a black flare around the eyes, long black leather jacket paired alongside a bulletproof black vest, crimson gloves, black Italian leather pants, and black leather boots. Ann's entire was a full red leather blend suit that displayed her elegant lithe form, a red mask with cat ears, red stilettos and even a fake cat tail that seemed to move on its own.

Then there was Ryuji Sakamoto, a spiky blonde with brown eyes and Ren's first ally he made. His outfit was a metal skull shaped mask, a black suit bearing a metal spine plate along his back, red tie to a black bulletproof vest, black Italian leather boots and red gloves bearing metal knuckles.

Ren couldn't forget their odd party member Morgana either. A 1'6 ft tuxedo cat-like being with a form comparable to a bobblehead. Slightly large head with black fur on the top half of the head imitating a mask to the white bottom part, a yellow bandana scarf around the neck, a black body with white paws, white feet and white tip tail, and a brown fanny pack around the waist.

The two males were helping keep Ann steady, the platinum blonde was exhausted from summoning her main Persona. "We're almost at the exit, just need to go past this hanger." Morgana stated, his childlike male voice stern and strong. Smell of burning metal hit everyone's nose, all eyes were on the growing smoke that began to seep from an adjacent hallway.

"What the hell? Is someone else here because I don't think Kamoshida's knights are stupid to burn the castle to the ground?" The blonde was right but who was it. Getting into the Metaverse, much less a Palace, required the Metanav app. Without the mysterious phone app, no one could enter this place unless brought here by accident.

A familiar voice then reached Ren's ears. 'Thy Joker, that sounds like young Hokuto. It appears our acquaintance is making good on her threat to Madame Shiho's abuser.' Arsene spoke within the raven's head. It was an odd coincidence that the hotel manager was in the same corridor leading to the exit.

The group of four turned into the hall to see an army of Kamoshida's knights cornering Hokuto. None of them were blind to the gold statues of the Palace ruler burning behind the young woman, a sight that made Ren's main Persona purr in delight.

"Ain't that Shoutmon-san?! Did she get dragged in by accident like I did?!" Ann couldn't help the worried tone within her own voice. The not-cat of the group whistled at the destruction. "That girl isn't normal. It takes extreme heat to melt solid gold like that."

Ryuji guffawed at the amount of damage that the cyanette did by herself. "Talk about a one woman demolition crew! Maybe she can help us after we help her." The group was taken aback when Hokuto began to laugh at a guard's execution threat.

"A King you say?" The cyanette scoffed, her hand grasping the device around her neck. Morgana quickly notices the peculiar device. "I'm getting weird vibes from that gadget. Whatever it is, that thing is letting out a lot of power!" All three humans looked at their smaller teammate in surprise before facing Hokuto.

Something big was about to happen. "All I see is the evidence of a pervert who loves to harass those more innocent than him. It's time these trophies of sin burn and I'll light them ablaze with the fire of my soul!" A light purple aura circled around Hokuto's opposite hand.

The peculiar sparkled and moved in an inhuman but familiar to digital code if given a physical shape. The next words Hokuto said proved to Ren and his friends just how unique she was. "Let's do this Shoutmon! Biomerge!" Pure gold fire burst forth upon Hokuto swiping her hand across the device.

All of the guards had to jump back upon the massive blaze that now engulfed the teenage girl, her shadow growing amongst the wall of flame. For a second, the masked raven saw something familiar move within the fire. The visage of the Hotel Nexus Statue crossed Ren's mind.

"Hope you're ready!" Hokuto's voice boomed from the blaze but it was very off. There was a mechanical tone to it and all of Ren swore he heard another voice overlap, a scratchy, growlish young male one. A large gold armor leg and boot with a silver stripe going down the center alongside a back spike heel stepped out from the blaze.

What followed was a giant 16 ft armored beast, a golden dragon man that looked vaguely similar to the statue back at the hotel. Giant V shaped horns adorn the head alongside the golden tusk on the cheeks to form a pseudo helmet to the silver beak like muzzle of the dragon, a rounded chest plate that held two holes on opposite sides of the flat front, curved pauldrons leading to black wire hose that connected the slimmer arms bearing three fingered hands.

On the upper back was a helm very similar to the statue and that gold alloy went down the slim waist except for the silver circle on the stomach. And the part that showed this was once Hokuto was the bright emerald eyes burning with righteous fury.

"Cause OmniShoutmon is going to bring the house down!" Hokuto or OmniShoutmon bared her two fists in a boxer's stance as she let out a battlecry. Her eyes then flitted over the group of four, a look of surprise crossing the dragon's beakish muzzle. Something one of the guards noticed as he turned around to see the small group.

"The intruders are still here?! This rebellion will be squashed before it can grow!" Every knight began to shudder in an unnatural manner, their bodies immediately collapsing into streams of black and crimson shadow. The shadowy streams immediately rose up to form various Jack o' Lanterns, Incubus, Bicorn except for one.

One had transformed into a large knight in silver armor, ruby red angelic wings sprout from the back, their red skin face held a solemn stare as they held a large broadsword in front of them in a religious manner. Ren recognized that type of Shadow from a previous encounter, it was an Archangel.

"Mona and Skull, protect Ann!" With a flair, Ren pulled off his mask as blue flames swallowed it and Arsene materialized from the fire. The sight of the Curse Persona made a wild smirk run across OmniShoutmon's muzzle. "Knew there was something special about ya! Let's get to know each other after we toast these suckers with the melody of our burning souls!"

Orbs of pure sun yellow flame ignited the draconic being's claws, emerald eyes burning bright with something akin to passion. "Hard Rock Soul!" Both small suns doubled in size and with a howl OmniShoutmon tossed them with incredible force as if they were baseballs.

A large blast of fire exploded forth upon the two projectiles hitting one of the smaller Shadows, the intense heat burning groups of the ones that held no resistance to ash. Ren took the opportunity to strike the twisted monsters with their guard dropped by the blast.

His boot struck an Incubus from a high jump kick, he used the Shadow to spring towards a Jack O' Lantern stabbing his razor sharp straight into the pumpkin demon's skull. The raven then spun midair to send his hooked opponent straight into a small cluster of Pixies and quickly turned to a group of Bicorn.

"Eiha!" Red tinted black energy manifest between Arsene's claws, the Curse Persona morphing it into a short lance. The personification of the gentleman thief quickly threw into the head of one of the black stallions. The beast let out a painful neigh in response before exploding into a redfish black bonfire that grasped a few other Bicorns.

Some enemy Jack o' Lanterns lob multiple fireballs with a swing of lanterns, Pixies shot out bolts of lightning from their fingers and a herd of Bicorn went into a stampede covered in harsh wind magic. All of them were aiming for OmniShoutmon, who smiled maliciously at the attack.

"I am an inferno born of passion, baby!! You can't extinguish my soul that easily!" The draconic being leapt off the ground, arms spread out whilst her golden body flew through the air almost if riding on an invisible current. Hokuto swept past the lightning in a barrel roll, weaved through the onslaught of fireballs before going into a condor dive whilst bearing her horns.

"Mach Rush IV!" She picked up more speed as OmniShoutmon went straight to the herd of Bicorn with the intent to run them down. Looks of shock crossed the horn horses as every single one quickly found themselves bouncing off of the dragonoid then crash disgracefully to pieces. What was worse were their green horns easily shattered then sent off into rapid fire sharpnel, whatever wind magic on them now struck down multiple allies.

The only three non-combatants watched the scene in utter shock. "Holy shit! Hok- I mean OmniShoutmon completely wrecked that stampede like it was nothing!" Ryuji remembered how much of a pain those specific Shadows were but to see them being wiped out so quickly was insane.

"I think it's because of that weird armor all over her body. Doesn't seem like any kind of material that can be found in the Real World or even the Metaverse." The not-cat has seen very peculiar things in the metaphysical plane before but he didn't think whatever material that armor was made from one of them.

"It's not just that. Before she changed, she said 'Let's do this, Shoutmon.' What if Hokuto-san wasn't saying her last name but someone else's?" Ann's words hit her two companions like a truck. Joker had also caught what the platinum blonde and things started to click in his mind.

The thought swirled in his mind whilst sliding under the large blade aimed for his head from the boss Archangel. She wasn't really alone when they had conversed earlier. Hokuto had someone or something alongside her, a Persona perhaps? Could it be…?

Joker glanced at the once human, his eyes widened in mild horror when he saw the Archangel spread out their wings. A warning signal for a powerful attack. "Look out OmniShoutmon!" The dragonoid immediately spotted the aforementioned threat and her response was surprising.

OmniShoutmon stood her ground, a burning yellow aura burst from the brilliant gold armor. "Hamaon!" The angelic shadow pointed his blade at OmniShoutmon, a large blast of bright light erupted the steel straight at her. It was at this point that the observers realized an important detail about the former human's armor.

There was a purpose to those two holes on the chest. "Flamethrower, yeaah!!" Fire burst forth from the chest holes alongside OmniShoutmon's war cry, large golden streams that clashed with the blast of light. Both attacks struggled to swallow the other, a battle of attrition in physical form. Letting out a loud roar, the fire from OmniShoutmon doubled in size as she put more power into the attack.

In seconds did the two blazing streams engulf the light in its entirety before swallowing up the Archangel and their allies in a massive bonfire. With the last bits of fire out of her chest, OmniShoutmon fell to her knee panting roughly.

"*pant* Damn did that asshole have some power. Using Flamethrower like that just takes the air out of your lungs. *whistles*" The dragonoid pants, her eyes now settled on the group of familiar faces. Ren had run up to the former human with Arsene offering his hand so the Persona could help her up.

OmniShoutmon took the assistance without hesitation, a smile on her beak like muzzle. "Thanks big guy. I have a feeling you aren't a Digimon, but I do know that I like those knife heels." The Curse Persona raised a non-existent eyebrow before letting out a hearty laugh.

Ren couldn't help shaking his head albeit agreeing with the statement. That definitely solidified this was indeed Hokuto among some other things. "As much I love to continue this chat, I believe it's best to move it to outside the confines of this castle." Arsene's suggestion didn't go unnoticed to everyone.

It made no sense to stay any further in their current state, plus there were a lot of questions that needed to be answered about their draconic ally rather than just their next possible move. Ren did know one thing, he had a feeling his life was about to get flipped over once more. For good or bad was up to debate.

And that's it. Felt Digimon would suit more into this considering DNA Digivolution, Biomerge and Spirit Evolution is a thing. Hokuto's last name isn't Shoutmon if you hadn't noticed. Last name is undecided at the moment. I did add some personal headcanons than just giving the Persona actual personalities. Persona is in personality after all.

Until next time folks!

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

My MegaTen Nendo’s guide (WIP)

(Titled WIP because I don’t have every Megaten char listed nor all Megaten games/entries listed, so there will be constant updates to this) Also spoilers (characters and forms) will be in here you’ve been warned.

So if Atlus won’t give me a collection of MegaTen nendos then I WILL! This will be a guide using existing parts. (Not so) Easiest way around this is learning to mold clay and sew clothes but I’m not at that point atm so we’re gonna focus on using existing parts+painting them if we need to.

So this isn’t a complete-complete guide. Some chars might not have the right parts available yet (such as, Yukari’s hair), if that’s the case I’ll mark it as N/A. But if there is a char from another franchise that could suite a Megaten char later, and is likely to get a nendo but it doesn’t exist yet (such as a char I found who would be great for Izanami’s hair), I’ll mark it as “N/A(x)” to link to the character of that franchise so you get an idea/someone to look out for.

If a part needs to be painted I’ll label it as “x*”, if there are more than one possible candidates for something it’ll have something like (x,x) showing both candidates. Links will either be to the good smile char themselves, or to a google search (the latter only for chars that are more likely to get nendos than the Megaten guys, but aren’t announced yet), maaaaybe the amazon page if I forget to go to the goodsmile page. If it is a faceplate that needs altering it’ll be labeled with two **’s, meaning you either need to paint it on or use some form of sticker (Sho’s scars and Maki’s mole comes to mind, no nendo has it in those places)

The list will be the Game’s name, followed by a bullet list of chars, it’ll be framed like this:

Game:

Char 1: hair (x*,x), body (x), faces (x)

Char 2: hair (x), body N/A, faces N/A(x)

Chars that already exist (Aigis, Yukiko, Teddie, Jack Frost, Black Frost, Pyro Jack, PT sans Sumi and Black Mask ver, and Hibiki) will not be listed since they already exist.

Gakurans are hard to come by tbh, which stinks since they are used for A LOT of the male nendos in Megaten (school uniform that is). If you do get one I recommend learning to mold (you’ll probs wanna for SMT3MC’s hair and for the frost five). If you need a Gakuran (aka for male P1/4 cast, Raidou, SMTVMC+other’s) then I recommend this guy (x or x), with the P4 cast I’ll try to find something closer to the non winter school uniform. You can always do the the undershirt under the gakuran (just a white button up shirt) like so x

Persona 1:

P1MC: 

Maki:

Kei:

Reiji:

Yukino:

Yuka:

Eriko:

Masao:

Hidehiko:

Kandori:

Phil:

Revelations Persona (most of the diffs will be hair color):

RP1MC:

Mary (might not need it but if you wanna copy Maki and paint her hair a shade lighter then eh 8U)

Nate:

Elly:

Mark:

Persona 2 IS/EP:

Tatsuya: Hair (x***, x), IS body, EP body

first hair will need to be sanded/repainted tho

Maya:

Lisa: hair (x***, x)

first hair will need to be sanded/repainted tho

Eikichi:

Jun:

Yukino:

Ulala:

Katsuya:

Baofu:

Phil: Masked hair, Unmasked hair

Kei:

Eriko:

Maki:

Reiji:

Persona 3:

P3MC: hair (x*, x), face (x)

FeMC: hair (x, ), face (x)

Mitsuru:

Shinjiro:

Akihiko:

Yukari:

Junpei: hair (x), body (x), face (x), necklace (x), hat (x), a body w/necklace (x)

Fuuka:

Ken:

Koromaru:

Pharos: hair (x*), body (x*), face (x)

Ryoji:

Metis:

Ikutsuki:

Chidori:

Jin:

Takaya:

Liz:

Theo:

Persona 4:

P4MC:

Naoto:

Izanami:

Chie:

Yosuke: hair(painted), face, body (arms are different though)

Kanji:

Marie:

Margret:

Aiko:

Adachi:

Persona 5:

Sumi: Hair up, Hair down, black track suit body

Takuto Maruki:

Kazuya

Shiho

Yuuki Mishima

Shibusawa

Non PT ver of PT members? (or some at least):

Black Mask Goro (body at least):

Persona Spinoffs:

Rei:

Zen:

Labby

Persona Trinity Soul:

WIP

Devil Survivor 1:

WIP

Devil Survivor 2:

Anguished One: body(x*), face (x, )

Devil Summoner 1:

WIP

Soul Hackers:

WIP

Raidou Kuzunoha 1 and 2:

WIP

Megami Tensei:

WIP

SMT 1:

MC:

Louis Cypher (long hair and suit): hair (x*), body (x), face

Yuriko: hair (x)

SMT 2:

WIP

SMT If:

Male outfit in general: x

Female outfit in general: x

FeMC: hair (x), body skirt(x)

SMT 3:

MC: body shirtless (x, x), body hoodie, body track suit (x)

Chiaki: hair (x, x*), body (x),

Isamu: hair (x*, )

SMT Imagine:

WIP

SMT SJ (for the bodies, when in doubt, get Doom guy kfsajdfl;):

Louisa Cypher: hair (x)

WIP

SMT 4:

WIP

SMT 4A:

MC: hair (x*),

SMT Dx2:

Rika: hair (x*, x*, x*, x)

SMTV:

MC (Shingo): hair (x*, x*)

FeMC (Shinko): 

Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2:

WIP

Catherine:

Vincent:

Catherine: hair (x),

Katherine:

Rin:

Erika: hair (x*)

Devil Children:

WIP

[boozye]

PARADISE EVENT at One Master To Rule Them All

(gakuran uniforms - demon brothers)

DEMON CHEAT CARDS:

Satan: Lust UR+ (majolish outfit)

Beelzebub: Greed UR+ (majolish outfit)

Simeon: Pride SSR (no outfit) once again, no idea why he doesn't show up when looking at the Nightmare banner "details"

Lucifer: SR (majolish outfit)

BOX DEMON CARDS:

Leviathan: Gluttony UR (majolish outfit)

Mammon, Asmodeus and Belphegor: SR (majolish outfits)

BOOST DAYS

Some things of interest, as usual:

- Box 1 contains 2 D-Energy and 1 SSR+ Voucher

- Box 2 contains 3 D-Energy, 2 vouchers and as always, the event exclusive background

- Box 3 contains 4 D-Energy and 4 vouchers

- Box 4 contains 6 D-Energy and 6 vouchers

- Final box contains: 10 D-Energy, card shards, SR cards and devil tree materials

- All boxes contain the Majolish Outfit SR cards

Good luck!

[katastroficwriter]

I have a headcanon that Kokichi loves baking gingerbread men and gingerbread houses on Christmas, and that Kiibo has never understood why. Later Kokichi reveals that the reason is because he used to make them with his older brother, who he doesn't get to see that much anymore, and it reminds him of the time when they were younger.

Humans are fond of asking strange questions in the hopes of getting a glimpse of how other humans view them. One such example would be, “If you were food, what would you be?”

“I think Ouma-kun would definitely be an eggplant,” Yumeno declares. “It’s purple, and its name is misleading–a lie! Eggs are not long and purple, yet it’s called an eggplant.”

Kiibo somehow found himself trapped in such a discussion. And since Ouma wasn’t around, they were the ones trying to find a fitting food that best describes the supreme leader.

“Actually Yumeno-san, it’s called an eggplant because in its earlier stages, the plant clearly resembles an egg before growing elongated and turning purple. That’s how it got its name,” everyone stared at the robot, who never spoke during the discussion until now. “Though I agree with you, it does resemble Ouma-kun to some extent. Like how it seems like it’s deceiving people, when in truth, it’s just hiding its honesty.”

“Honesty? Him? I seriously don’t understand how you could see something pure like that in a degenerate male like Ouma-kun,” Chabashira huffed. “I thought you of all people would know how terrible he is since he targets you the most.”

“I suppose that’s precisely why I can say that much about Ouma-kun since he hangs around me frequently,” Kiibo resisted the urge to roll his eyes. ‘You noticed such a detail yet you didn’t do anything to assist me.’

“What’s this, what’s this? Am I being summoned?” Ouma popped from behind the android, grinning when the latter almost fell off his seat from shock. “Man, you guys really can’t go one day without calling my name, huh~”

“Ugh…speak of the Devil…” groaned the magician.

“Don’t you dare pull any more of your nasty shit, twerp!” Iruma pointed an accusatory finger at the newcomer.

“Oh wooow, pot calling kettle black. At least my entire existence isn’t a crime against the universe like yours is!” Ouma sneered at the inventor with disgust.

“Y-you didn’t have to put it that waaaay–!!!” whined the blonde.

“Knock it off Ouma, you just got here and you’re already pissing everyone off!” Momota slammed his hands on the table.

Ouma tapped his chin, smiling such an innocent and sugary sweet smile that would no doubt trick anyone who didn’t know him. “How are you so sure that that’s what everyone else is feeling, Momota-chan? Stop assuming everyone shares the same opinion as you all the time!”

“Now, now, let’s not fight,” Akamatsu raised two placating hands. “It’s almost Christmas after all–”

“Pfft, Christmas? What are you acting all goody-goody for exactly, Akamatsu-chan?” Ouma tilted his head to the side playfully. “…Is it Santa? How embarrassing! You’re already a high schooler but you still believe in a big faker like Santa Claus?”

“N-no, that’s not–”

“Alright, that’s it! C’mere!” The astronaut got out of his seat and charged his way towards the supreme leader’s general direction.

“Uwaaah! Momota-chan’s turned into a BULL-Y!!!”

“Ghhrk! I’m not a bull OR a bully! I’m Momota Kaito, Luminary of the Stars!!!”

“So you keep saying ad nauseam. Don’t you have other voice lines? Then again, I guess I can’t expect too much from a side character! Nishishi~!”

“Who you calling side character?! I’m the hero!”

Kiibo observed his two classmates run around the limited space of the dining hall until Ouma eventually got bored of the chase and decided to run out the exit that led outside of the school building, leaving Momota tired and out of breath.

“Idiot,” Harukawa uttered under her breath before heading out the other door.

“Hey!” huffed the astronaut.

Once the commotion had settled, everyone left the dining hall one by one, unknowingly leaving behind their robotic classmate, not that the latter minded. Kiibo leaned against his seat, closing his eyes.

“If they asked me, I’d say that Ouma-kun resembled a gingerbread man more,” he murmured to himself. “…Small, fragile, yet proud and untouchable.”

– [Run, Run, Run, as fast as you can. You’ll never catch me, I’m the gingerbread man!] –

Usually, Kiibo spent nights cooped up in his room just reading the books he retrieved from the school library. His learning is composed of developing his social skills through his everyday interactions with his peers, and the other one pertains to diligent studying through research. However, he was feeling rather rebellious tonight, that’s why he decided to take a tour around the school instead. In the day, he frequently finds himself getting swept along his classmates’ pace, so he never really had the time to just roam around and observe the environment on his own. That’s one of the advantages of being incapable of sleep, he supposes.

He was blindly following the path that led to the dining hall after making his rounds in the courtyard.

“Hm?” He carefully climbed the steps and noticed that light was spilling from the cracks of the door. ‘Is someone in the dining hall? What could they possibly be doing up this late?’

The android silently pushed the door open so as not to alarm the room’s occupant, and was surprised to find no one in the room. He shut the door behind him just as silently as he had opened it and walked towards the middle of the room. That was when he heard the sound of metal against metal. Perhaps a whisk lightly scraping against a bowl?

‘In the kitchen, huh…’ Kiibo carefully made his way towards the kitchen. He opened the door just a crack, and was surprised to find the supreme leader whisking a white mixture with practiced ease.

His hair was pulled back in a small ponytail and his bangs were kept out of his face by a set of white barrettes. Instead of his usual tattered white gakuran or his pajamas, Ouma was wearing a plain white shirt, a pair of black basketball shorts, and a light blue apron to keep the mess off of his apparel as he whisked away.

“Get in and close the door, it’s bothering me,” Kiibo hit his face against the door from shock. He was being completely stealthy, yet somehow he got found out anyway.

“S-sorry…” murmured the android as he entered the kitchen. “How did you know I was here?”

“I felt like I was being watched,” Ouma made a show of tapping the white and fluffy mixture out of the whisk before continuing. “Also, I saw you walk out the dorms earlier. I knew you were the only one out there gallivanting around the campus while everyone’s asleep.”

“I wasn’t gallivanting, I was taking a stroll,” huffed Kiibo. “What are you doing in the kitchen this late at night? Preparing a late night snack?”

“I suppose you can call it that. It’s actually meant to be a surprise, but you ruined it the moment you entered the kitchen. Then again, you can’t exactly read the atmosphere since you’re just a robot. ” the supreme leader moved to pour the white mixture into separate and smaller bowls evenly. “Anyway, since you’re already here, you might as well give me a hand instead of standing around being all useless.”

“You didn’t have to be so rude about it,” Kiibo frowned, but made his way towards the shorter teen regardless of the other teen’s robophobic statement. “…What do you want me to do, exactly?”

“Print photos of our classmates.”

“What for?”

Ouma raised his head from his task of mixing purple food coloring in one of the small bowls and rolled his eyes. “Gee, Kiiboy, I wonder what? What could I possibly need our classmate’s ugly mugshots at 2 am, some bowls of thick icing and a bunch of food coloring for?”

Kiibo wanted to call him out for his rude behavior, but that was when he noticed that there was tray of faceless gingerbread men and women on Ouma’s left. “…Oh.”

The supreme leader snorted before covering the purple icing with plastic wrap and moved on to the next bowl. “Good to see that you’re not as dumb as you look.”

“I take offense to that!” Kiibo crossed his arms in indignation. “Anyway…I don’t need to print a photo of you, correct?”

“Yeah.”

“Got it.”

Whirrrrrr.

Out comes a clear photo of Chabashira, Yumeno, and Yonaga meditating inside the aikido master’s dojo from the android’s lips. “Here. I thought it would be more efficient to take photos of my memory where more of our classmates would fit in the frame.”

Ouma let out a whistle, “So you really can be useful when you put your mind to it. Good job. Anyway, place it where I can see it so I can mix the colors right.”

Truth be told, the unexpected praise from the trouble making supreme leader took him off guard and made him feel rather conscious of himself. He looked away in an attempt to hide his embarrassment. “Alright.”

He moved to the other side of the counter and placed the photo right in front of his companion, but not too close to the bowls so as not to dirty it. He started printing more photos while watching Ouma mix more colors into the bowls he had laid out.

“You’re not going to just run out of batteries after printing everything, right?” Ouma lifted his eyes for a moment before going back to mix blue food coloring in the icing.

“Of course not. I have long since optimized my energy efficiency after I–”

“After your batteries died while climbing up the stairs?” Ouma snickered as he was reminded of the day where everyone found the robot passed out by the dormitory staircase while making a ridiculous yet inhumanly possible pose.

“…Yes. That. Let’s never speak of that again,” Kiibo shuddered at the shameful memory. “A-anyway, what I mean is, using my functions will no longer take up too much of my power like before.”

“Great! Then that means you can help me load these piping bags with these suckers,” Ouma grinned as he lifted a bowl of colored icing. “You gotta be quick though, this thing hardens like concrete.”

Kiibo wasn’t really well-versed with cooking or baking, so it took him a while to get a hang of filling the piping bags with icing without getting some on his fingers. He thought the supreme leader would mock him for his clumsiness, but it seems like Ouma was completely focused with the task. It didn’t take them too long to finish, thankfully.

“Gimme your hand.” Ouma beckoned the android with a hand.

“Huh?” Kiibo stared at him in confusion, his ahoge curling into a question mark to reflect his curiosity.

Ouma rolled his eyes before pulling the robot’s hand to his mouth and licked the icing off his fingers.

“I don’t like wasting ingredients.” Was what he said before directing his attention to the tray of gingerbread, not even giving the albino time to process what had happened.

‘W-what was that all about?!’ Kiibo inwardly screamed as he inspected his hand.

“Hey! Earth to Kiiboy, work’s not over!” Ouma easily dragged the android back to the present with his usual demanding tone. “I intend to work you down to your last percent for ruining the surprise.”

“Y-you’re saying that as if I did it on purpose,” Kiibo grumbled. “I didn’t even expect that you would be the one inside the kitchen. I wasn’t aware that you were skilled with baking either.”

“Mmmm… Not really,” Ouma hummed as he passed him a macaroon yellow piping bag. “I’m not good at baking in general. I only learned how to bake gingerbread because of family.”

Aquamarine lenses lit up with interest. “Family?”

“Nope. I’m not going to say anything more until you start decorating,” Ouma stuck out a tongue as he waved a white bag. “That said, you handle the girls, and I handle the guys.”

Kiibo stared down at the piping bag in his hand before nodding. “Fair enough.”

– [I ran from the baker and his wife too. You’ll never catch me, not any of you.] –

Decorating gingerbread men, or in his case, women, was surprisingly fun and fulfilling. With the photos as his guide, it was as if he were giving life to a coloring book. And seeing his classmate’s faces staring up at him with a pleasant smile somehow made him feel warm in its metaphorical sense.

“Mmm, that looks impressive coming from a newbie,” Kiibo met the other teen’s gaze, eyes wide from mild surprise. “Have you seen gingerbread men somewhere before? I thought that since you were a robot, you’d try to copy the photo exactly as you see it.”

“Oh, um…” the albino found himself looking at the tiny Akamatsu on the tray before responding. “Back when I was still in the developing stages–a child, so to speak, the Professor would leave the television on a kids’ channel for me to watch while he worked on his other projects. It just so happened that one of the songs that played for me was the Gingerbread Man.”

“Heeeh, is that so?” Ouma moved to grab a green piping bag. “So you learned things appropriate to your ‘age’ just like a human.”

“Yes. My development was purposefully modeled after a human child’s. Though the only difference is that I was able to walk as soon as I was active,” Kiibo smiled, pleased that he was finally able to have a decent conversation with the other boy. He set the piping bag on the counter since he was already finished with his own batch. “Hey, Ouma-kun.”

“Mmm? What is it?” the supreme leader still had his eyes on his handiwork, decorating the gingerbread men with utmost precision.

“…About your family…is it okay for me to ask about them?” Kiibo fidgeted, ahoge drooping nervously.

Ouma paused to glance at Kiibo’s tray before heaving out a resigned sigh. “Eh, you did your work. So I don’t see why not. What about them do you want to hear?”

“Umm…I hope I’m not being rude by saying this, but…” Kiibo averted his eyes before continuing. “I’ve actually heard from the others that you were actually orphaned, so…”

The android flinched when the shorter teen suddenly threw an empty piping bag against the counter. But despite this, his voice remained calm when he spoke. “You mean since I’m orphaned, I wouldn’t have a family to speak of right?”

“…Y-yes…” Kiibo found himself staring at the ground, wondering if he’d triggered a mine.

“Technically you’re right. But let me tell you something–family isn’t restricted to blood relations. You should know this by now, since you’re a robot,” Ouma puffed his chest. “Yeah. I'm an orphan. But everyone in the orphanage was my family. Just like how you and your Professor are family too.”

Kiibo’s eyes widened with awe. That’s right. He and Professor Iidabashi…they are family. He’s referred to him as his father from time to time, but called him by his title out of respect. Perhaps…he should start calling him as ‘father’ more frequently.

“…That being said, I really do have a family…now, at least,” Ouma turned his head to flash the android a rare sincere smile. “I got adopted by a baker. Their son–my older brother, I guess, taught me how to bake gingerbread houses and gingerbread men since that was the only thing he knew how to bake well at the time. It was his way of bonding with me I suppose.”

“Oh!” gasped the android. “How are they like? Your family?”

“They’re good people. I like them.” Ouma hummed, tapping a finger against his chin. “Big brother was kinda annoying though. Whenever it was Christmas, he would annoy me until I finally agreed to bake some gingerbread with him.”

“So it has become some sort of a family tradition,” Kiibo smiled. “…I’m glad that you were taken in by such a loving family, Ouma-kun.”

Ouma looked away in an attempt to hide his blushing face. “S-shut up. I wasn’t joking about big brother being annoying, you know! Always talking about baking and studying abroad to improve his skills…”

“Where is he right now?”

“…France,” Ouma set another piping bag on the counter, gently this time. “Would you believe that? He actually went abroad to study more baking techniques just like he wanted.”

…

….

The supreme leader suddenly grabbed the hem of his apron to hide his tears. “We…we haven’t baked together in a long time. It’s annoying. But I actually missed it. Those annoying days…”

Kiibo hastily searched for the roll of paper towel Ouma had prepared earlier and pulled two sheets from it, which he handed the supreme leader. “Ouma-kun, here…”

The raven-haired Ultimate simply nodded his thanks and dabbed his eyes with the paper towel. Kiibo wasn’t sure how to react in this situation, so all he could do was rub comforting circles on his classmate’s back as he cried. It took a couple of minutes for Ouma’s crying to die down. He left the android’s side in favor of washing his face by the sink in order to hide the evidence of his vulnerability.

“You saw nothing.”

Kiibo nodded. “I didn’t.”

Ouma flashed him an appreciative smile before re-tying his hair. “Anyway, enough of that sappy talk. We still have a house to assemble. Let’s get working!”

As he listened to the leader’s instructions, Kiibo couldn’t help but smile to himself. He’s gotten to understand more about him…their class’s very own gingerbread man.

– [They were all hungry and ready to eat, but the gingerbread man was quick on his feet.] –

“Huh? Isn’t this…me?” Akamatsu regarded the miniature version of herself, which was standing by the gingerbread house. “The attention to detail is amazing…!”

“Ah, Gonta’s here too!” the entomologist cheered.

“Ku ku ku…It seems everyone is here,” Shinguuji chuckled. “Wonderful, truly wonderful!”

When everyone entered the dining hall, they were surprised to find the gingerbread display on the table. They couldn’t help but crowd around it with wonder and amusement as they admired the accuracy of the gingerbread men and women’s designs.

“Did you prepare this, Toujou-san?” Amami turned to look at the maid, who was standing just behind him.

“That’s…”

“Uwaaah! What’s this? Gingerbread?!” Ouma boisterously barged into the room, eyes sparkling with delight. “Toujou-chan made this didn’t she? I don’t think anyone else here can cook besides her!”

Toujou regarded the supreme leader with a neutral look before bowing slightly. “…Yes. Since it is almost Christmas, I believed that preparing gingerbread for everyone would fulfill everyone’s wishes of having an enjoyable Christmas.”

“As expected of the Ultimate Maid! Only she’s capable of pulling this off!” Ouma praised.

His smile widened when Toujou offered him another bow. “It is my pleasure to serve.”

It was probably unhealthy, but they decided to just have gingerbread for breakfast and warm cocoa or milk to go with it. Kiibo, who was unable to eat, found himself staring back at his smaller, more edible version in interest.

“Toujou-chan’s really nice, huh! She even baked you one even though you can’t eat~” Ouma took a bite out of his gingerbread version’s leg as he sat himself beside the lone robot. “Or maybe that’s actually more cruel. Giving you something that’s meant to be eaten, yet you couldn’t eat.”

“I can at least enjoy its scent,” Kiibo huffed. “The smooth blend of spices and sweetness…it’s quite pleasant.”

Ouma shook his head, “Stop. You’re making me feel bad.”

“I didn’t mean to put it that way,” Kiibo rolled his eyes. “Though I would appreciate it if you could explain to me how eating this feels like.”

“Mmm…” Ouma mercilessly bit off his gingerbread counterpart’s head this time with a crunch. “Although it breaks off with a loud crunch, but it’s actually pretty chewy–melts in your mouth too. As soon as you open your mouth, you just get hit with the spices, and the more you chew the sweeter it gets. You can taste the spices but it’s not spicy at all.”

“Thank you for your input.” The android nodded, taking in the information. “Umm… why did you lie about it earlier?”

“Wow, I wasn’t aware that we were playing 20 questions, I’m leaving–”

“Ouma-kun.”

The supreme leader blinked once, twice, before heaving out an exasperated sigh.

“…I ordered Toujou-chan to help me hide the gingerbread dough while I had it cool overnight over the past few days before I was able to bake it last night,” Ouma popped the remaining body parts of his gingerbread self in his mouth. “No one would eat it if they found out I was the one who made it, after all.”

“Oh…”

“Mmhm! Besides, it’s more entertaining this way,” Ouma yawned. “And needless to say, if you dare speak a soul about this, I’ll have you assassinated by my men.”

“There’s no need to go to that extent,” frowned Kiibo. “If you wanted me to keep it as a secret, then all you have to do is ask.” He passed his gingerbread to the sleepy supreme leader to represent the metaphorical olive branch.

“You’re giving me your share?” Ouma regarded the android with amusement. “Not the others, but me?”

“You’re already here anyway. I don’t see the need to go anywhere else,” Kiibo shrugged. “And although I can’t eat this, I still appreciate that you took the time to make one for me.”

“Mmm, is that so?” Ouma nibbled on the cookie’s ahoge. “It’s actually quite rude to return gifts, you know. Well, since you’re a robot, I guess it can’t be helped. There’s one thing you can do to show me how grateful you are, though! I’ll let you guess what it is~” He completely bit off the ahoge, giving the android a mischievous smile.

“O-oh! Yes, you’re right,” Kiibo shifted into a more erect sitting position and gave a small bow, smiling as he said: “Thank you, Ouma-kun.”

               – [And that was the end of the Gingerbread Man] –

Rrrrrring! Rrrrrrrrrriiiing!!

Click.

“Kiibo? Did you need something?”

Hearing the Professor’s voice on the line made his metaphorical heart swell with gratitude and adoration.

“F…father,” Kiibo’s grip on the phone tightened, willing his blush to go away lest he gets caught. “I’ve called to greet you a Merry Christmas.” His forehead creased with worry when the line went silent. “Father…?”

“…M-Merry Christmas, son.”

Kiibo stood in a more confident manner and wore a wide smile. He and his father ended up having a long conversation, with Kiibo just sharing his experiences the past few days with his only family. Iidabashi on the other line was resisting the urge to cry as he listened to his son speak with much excitement.