#Evil rook? Hell yeah

[cryptid-paint]

If Eon is Ben do you think there's an eon universe version of Rook who is also evil? Do you think Eon had an evil husband? I just want to see an evil benrook variant out there in the universe, just two evil husband's seeking to destroy the world

[corviiids]

alright. i played death note game for the first time. here are my observations from the three games i played

joined an incredibly lovely lobby. if you guys see this hi im rook and i'm sorry for deceiving you

got kira follower two games in a row

won both, hell yeah

told everyone it was my first time playing the game (true) and that i didn't know how the game worked (also mostly true)

got kira my third game. literally what are the odds of this happening to me i didn't get to side with L a single time

day 1: immediately start killing aggressively with zero subtlety.

raised suspicions to the point i was the literal only suspect and everyone was talking about voting for me

i have all the evidence on me and if i get arrested i lose right here. not good. how do i get out of this

distracted them from interrogating me by asking inane questions and playing dumb

stalled out the timer and diverted conversation until everyone was confused and time ran out, forcing a skipped vote. the timer is LONG. this took a WHILE

one player was ultra sus of me and told everyone else if they died then i must be kira

day 2: immediately handed off the death note and all my evidence to my teammate

instructed them to kill the player who suspected me so that all suspicion would fall on me and not on them

deliberately acted as suspicious as possible to get myself caught at the next meeting

everyone is incredibly sus of me at the meeting because i've been standing near literally everyone

everyone votes for me apologetically ("sorry rook that this is your first experience, no way you got kira three times in a row but it's too sus, hope you get a chance to learn the game properly")

sadly conceded to everyone that i understood i must look very sus and didn't know how to defend myself :(

got arrested. no evidence on me.

guess i'm not kira!

follower killed L

kira wins again :)

monologued to the extremely lovely lobby about my evil plan incl. keikaku doori (joke i made on purpose) and maniacal laughter (this just happened naturally)

"wow. you really do know how to play this game."

(i do not. i got very, very lucky and had excellent teammates. but like, im happy to take credit for it.)

exp boost to 11

[thegoldencontracts]

He Is...

Summary: In another universe, your boyfriend is a bit... Odd, to say the least? Why do you stay with him? U-uh, because canon said so (ortho is just platonic ofc)!

Notes: Pure crack based off of popular fanon things that I honestly don't find accurate. No hate, just a bit of joking. Minor spoilers. Also, if you're touchy about popular fanon headcanons you have, you might want to avoid this post. I have no hateful intentions, but I understand it may be take that way. As always, I am open to constructive critiquing and discourse.

Riddle is going to collar you if you so much as breathe wrong. He does absolutely nothing nice for you. But then when you want to leave him, he breaks down crying...? Weird.

Trey is disturbingly obsessed with teeth, but he's completely perfect other than that. Literally perfect. No, really.

Deuce is incredibly dumb and well-intentioned. He's never done anything wrong in his life! Biker gang? What biker gang? You're just hallucinating.

Ace is an absolute asshole. He's never apologized for anything in his life. Just- a complete douche, somehow.

Cater is incapable of speaking on anything other than pure slang. You tell him you're going to break up with him, and he just says "yikes". Who does that?

Leona is literally the worst person you have ever met. Depression? What depression? He's just lazy! But yeah, he's the scum of the Earth. Trust. At least he respects women?

Ruggie is communist. You don't know where it came from, but he is. But he's also a scammer. Yeah, good luck.

Jack is a tsundere... You thought there was something else? No, that's it. He's a tsundere. He's cute, though.

Azul is a little baby boy. He's just that same little octopus he was. Scams, contracts, business? What are you talking about? He's just your little baby boy who'll break down crying if you don't tell him you love him every five seconds!

Floyd is a serial killer. What do you mean he's only seventeen? He's a serial killer! He kills people. That's right, he kills them. He's a merciless, remorseless killer.

Jade is completely sick and twisted. He'd kill you for a single corn chip, and he's never felt any emotion other than schadenfreude in his life. He's not seventeen, he's, uh- he's been lying to you! He's actually a demon who thrives off of souls (and being one hell of a butler).

Kalim is nice. He's also an idiot. That's right, this man has literally never had a critical thought in his life! Can you believe it? He's never had any hardships, either. Poisoning attempts? What poisoning attempts? There's nothing to see here!

Jamil is an asshole. There's no justification for it. His life was so amazing, it's not like he was basically a slave or anything. Why couldn't he just talk to Kalim before going through with his plans? It's literally that easy!

Vil is a mean girl. That's right. He's selfish, manipulative, and lazy! What do you mean 'he wants people to work and be the most beautiful they can be'? He's just a mean girl, guys. Nothing more to it. And I can't believe he ruined Rook! It isn't like Rook chose to move into Pomefiore or anything!

Rook is creepy, and a stalker, and an irredeemable piece of shit. You see, he used to be a shining beacon of perfection in Savannaclaw, but then the EVIL Vil had to RUIN him! The horror! He was so happy there, too! Everyone knows that dull, lifeless eyes are the number-one sign of happiness!

Epel is a perfect, dainty little boy who can do no wrong. He's just- a shining beacon of dainty and perfect ideals. So fragile. So perfect. So helpless. He has absolutely no autonomy. Trust me on that. Just a perfect little angel boy.

Idia is an unhygenic, depressed softie. He's never showered in his life! It's not like STYX had a lot of focus on systematic hygiene that Idia's used to or anything! And he's never looked down on others in his life! You can trust me on that!

Ortho is a kind, soft little robo-boy who can do no wrong. That time he tried to fire a laser beam on the school? Ignore that, he's just a little baby!

Malleus is sooo in love with you. No, he's not acting oddly due to being unused to friendship, he's in love, damnit! He's in love! He's making this an otome!

Lilia is a dad. And he thinks you should get together with Malleus. Really, he's just there to set you up with the dragon man!

Silver is the perfect, most noble and well-liked gentleman. Awkward? Unused to people wanting to hang out with him? Nope, none of that. Just perfection here!

Sebek is the scum of the Earth. Why, you may ask? Simple! He's loud and arrogant. I don't know why he hates humans so much, really, it's not like he's dealing with internalized species-ism or anything...

[hallahart]

here's 2000 words of self-indulgent solavellan veilguard reunion fic that is wildly noncanonical, apropos of nothing~

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The Lighthouse, for all its depressing divorcée energy, is gorgeous—lots of magic lights, frescoes and paintings, high ceilings. Definitely nicer than the mud hovel Rook used to sleep in. But one mural (in what Rook is generously calling the living room—it has more of a tomb-like feel at the moment) is particularly eye-catching, seeing as how it’s about a story high: a woman reaching skyward, rising from the jaws of a snapping wolf with some kind of weird green geometric patterns surrounding her. 

“Who’s she?”

Rook doesn’t know Solas well enough to read him—the man is as impenetrable as Nevarran poetry—but they can hear his teeth grind from across the room. For a thousand year old god (or whatever), he sure is touchy.

“Must you pry into every nook and cranny?”

Rook ignores him, peers closer. “Oh, wait, I see it now. Green glowy hand, pointy ears. You know the Inquisitor?”

“I am surprised that Varric—“ he stops himself, starts over. “Yes. I knew her.”

He’s so obviously annoyed and uncomfortable that Rook has no choice but to wiggle their eyebrows. 

“Knew her, knew her?”

“The Inquisitor is of no concern to you.” Most people would probably backpedal when Fen’Harel looks at them like that, but Rook isn’t most people. They never really had a knack for survival instincts.

“Oh wow, you did, didn’t you?” Rook can’t quite imagine the standoffish man in front of them being romantic with anyone. He’s pretty…severe. They’re pretty sure he’s never smiled in their presence. “You know, I’ve never seen her in person, but those recruitment posters they put up back home—was she really so, you know…” Rook mimes some unlikely curves. 

Solas pinches his nose, and Rook is delighted to see a blush spread across his cheeks. “This conversation is over.”

Rook almost takes mercy on him. But apart from the sad silverware situation, this is the first glimpse of Solas they’ve gotten as a person and not some freaky wolf god with great taste in real estate. 

“So did she break up with you before or after she learned you were an evil trickster god?” They wiggle their fingers in mock menace.

Solas’ eyes flash and Rook knows they’ve gone too far. Whoops. Solas can’t kill them, not without possibly frying his own brain (or spirit, or whatever, Rook’s fuzzy on the details), but they’re sure he can make their life pretty damn unpleasant.

But all he does is sigh, the dark circles under his eyes deepening by the second, and holds up a hand. “Let us please focus on stopping the evanuris. Anything else is a…distraction.”

His voice is hoarse, and Rook immediately feels bad. Clearly this wasn't some meaningless fling (the twenty foot mural should have probably clued them in)—Solas is in it. Present tense. The sad empty rooms start to make a whole lot more sense.

You are the loneliest asshole I’ve ever met, they want to say.

“Yeah,” they say instead. “No problem. Plenty else to discuss. Ancient blighted gods freed from their eternal prisons, etcetera. Say no more.”

Rook can’t be certain, but they’re pretty sure the look on Solas’ face is grateful relief. 

What the hell happened between this guy and the Inquisitor that makes thinking about the gods that want him dead a relief?

___

Rook is lying on the couch pining over Taash and her stupid sexy crystal horn when Varric and Solas enter, already deep in furtive conversation.

The polite thing to do would be to let out a discreet cough to announce their presence. Rook burrows deeper into the pillows and holds their breath.

“Absolutely not, Varric,” Solas hisses. Sometimes he reminds Rook of a sad stray cat they used to feed. Very similar auras.

They come to a stop behind Rook’s couch. “Listen. I get it. Trust me. But if there’s anyone who can help us—“

“No. It is simply out of the question.”

“You’re going to have to face her eventually, you know.”

“There is no reason for the Inquisitor to involve herself. These are my mistakes to fix. Not hers.”

Rook can picture the pitying expression on Varric’s face. “Look around, Chuckles. Your Lighthouse isn’t empty anymore. Like it or not, you have to rely on the rest of us. And Ellana is already involved, even if you don’t want to admit it.”

“The Inquisitor is not—“

Varric scoffs in exasperation. “Took her arm off and can’t even say her name?”

Took her arm off? Whoa. Rook’s heard rumors, but…

There’s a brief pause. Rook can imagine the seething look Solas is giving Varric—it’s been pointed at them often enough. 

“Perhaps I should find a crossbow to name after her. Would that please you?”

Varric lets out a breath that’s half sigh, half chuckle. “Too soon. Way too soon.” 

Rook’s tried to pry into this whole romantic situation, of course, but Varric always deflects, saying something like Don’t even get me started or You’ll just have to pre-order my next book.

Another silence. Then Solas speaks again, his tone softening. “I have caused her enough grief.”

Varric sounds unmoved. “Yeah, by avoiding her for ten years. Has anyone ever told you that you’re impossible?”

“On occasion, yes.”

“Seriously, if you think she’s going to sit this one out now that she knows you’re here—“

Any gentleness is gone. “Excuse me?”

Varric’s nervous laugh makes Rook cringe deeper into the couch. “Yeah, about that… listen, you know it’s impossible for Sparkler to keep secrets from her. It was going to come out eventually, what with the whole ancient evil gods thing. I think she could put two and two together.”

Rook can practically feel the frost radiating from Solas’ voice. “You will tell her you were mistaken.”

“A little late for that,” Varric says sheepishly. “She’s, uh, arriving tomorrow.”

Rook winces at the slammed door that follows in the wake of this new information, and the movement is enough to give away their hiding spot. 

Varric peers down at them, his eyebrows raised. “You heard all that, huh?”

“Yeah,” Rook says, sitting up. “That was, uh…”

“Tell me about it.”Varric sighs, rubs a hand down his face. “Tomorrow is going to be a shitshow.”

___

Inquisitor Lavellan is very short in person. And she looks almost as tired as Solas. And she’s pretty–dark hair and skin, bright green eyes and a wry set to her mouth that looks out of place on the person who was supposed to be Andraste’s prophet. Rook was expecting someone a lot more dour and…Chantry-y. 

She’s also really obviously out of Fen’Harel’s league. No wonder he’s been pining for a decade.

She shakes their hand. “I’ve heard a lot about you from Varric,” she says.

“It’s an honor, your Worsh—uh, your Inquisitorial—“

“Ellana is fine,” she says—kindly, but impersonally, and Rook supposes she’s had this same interaction about ten billion times.

“Ellana, then,” Rook says, and she rewards them with a small smile.

“So you’re the one who interrupted the ritual,” she says. “With some rather interesting side effects, I hear.”

“You mean being magically linked to the grumpiest elf in Thedas? Yeah, interesting is one word for it.”

They’re arrested by the Inquisitor’s hand on their arm. “You could have been cruel to him, and few people would have blamed you. I must thank you for that.”

Her eyes are piercingly kind, and Rook suddenly understands how this woman had entire nations bowing to her will. They have no idea what to say, mouth dry.

“Still, I can’t imagine it’s been easy,” she continues, the wry smile back.

Rook shrugs, hoping their blush isn’t as red as it feels. “In terms of difficult personalities, he ranks a little below my Aunt Beryl, though Aunt Beryl couldn’t turn people to stone with—“

Then they spot Solas over the Inquisitor’s shoulder, hovering in the doorway like a ghost. He’s about as white as one, too.

“Inquisitor,” says Solas, his voice so void of emotion that it gapes like an open wound. 

Rook has a front row seat to the expression that plays across Inquisitor Lavellan’s face. Shock — she grabs the shoulder of her missing arm. Then something Rook can’t quite name—a deep well of some dark thing that makes them shiver, something they hope they never have to feel. 

And then her mouth settles into a grim line, eyes closing for a moment before she turns, back ramrod straight.  

“Solas,” she says, voice steady as she releases her shoulder. Solas’ eyes track the movement with his jaw set.

“You look well.”

It’s like he’s commenting on the weather. 

Rook, frankly, wants to throttle him. The woman you’ve painted onto every other surface of your house is right here, you idiot! Say something better than you look well! They try to communicate this through a series of glares, but Solas seems to have forgotten anyone but the Inquisitor exists. Fair enough.

“You look terrible,” she replies, stepping closer. Her voice is thick. Solas takes a step back.

“I think it best if we—“

“Solas,” she says, stepping forward again, and there is nowhere left for him to retreat. She has the Dread Wolf cornered. Slowly, as though taming a wild animal, she raises her hand to him, coming up to touch his face, the line of his jaw. “You’re really here.”

Rook backs away, knowing this is very much not for their eyes and ears, but—well, they’re nosy, and so they pause in the doorway, shamelessly eavesdropping. Luckily the two elves seem to have forgotten Rook’s even there.

Solas exhales roughly at her touch, ten years of tension rushing out of him in a moment. “Inquisitor—Ellana, I—“

“Hush,” she says, and drops her forehead to his.

Solas’ face crumples. “How can you—I do not deserve—” Rook can barely hear him.

“We have plenty to catch up on,” the Inquisitor murmurs, her voice gentle. “But you are alive, and safe. For now that is enough.”

Like a dam breaking, Solas reaches out, his arms wrapping around her like a drowning man, tight as a sieve. Rook is pretty sure he starts to cry, a sob coming from deep in his chest and shaking his entire frame.

Okay. Enough. Rook’s pretty sure Solas would actually murder them if he remembered they were still there. So they make their exit and ease the door closed without a sound.

They’re happy for him, despite everything. And they really hope they don’t fuck on Rook’s favorite couch.

[zenruu]

Hi, I saw the thing you reblogged with the tags and was like hell yeah an opportunity! SO

I saw that you have a Surana and was wondering what specializations you picked for Neria in DAO? Does she have any story reason for choosing them? Also if you have any Rook concepts, I'd love to hear about them! Do you know what class you want to play or background?

YAAAAAY! Thank you so much for the ask!

So yeah, Neria is a Spirit Healer/Blood Mage! Her mom was an herbalist so healing and helping people has always been on the radar for her. It might sound kind of surprising since she's a bit cold, kind of crass, not at all the usual sweet healer archetype, but underneath 5 miles of ice she's actually a secret sweetie. She will generally want to help people if she can. Her mom was killed trying to keep her from being taken to the Circle when Neria was 5, so she never got to pick up any herbalism from her. Neria does start to learn a bit of it on her own to complement her healing magic though.

I headcanon that she picks up blood magic from Jowan when she meets him again in Redcliffe, wanting any possible advantage to help her defeat the blight. Her curiosity (especially when it comes to magical subjects) is absolutely BOUNDLESS even to the point of recklessness, so she's not afraid of blood magic. She doesn't feel that it's inherently evil or anything, just a tool like any other. She never uses it to control anyone though, freedom and autonomy are some of her biggest core values. She really just uses her own blood, but is not opposed to using someone else's blood if she's going to kill them anyway because what difference does it make at that point?

As for Rook: I don't have any solidified concepts yet but I'm veeeeeery likely going with a Grey Warden Spellblade for my first playthrough! Not 100% locked in until I get in the character creator though.

[queenerdloser]

also i AM playing veilguard and i made a wee pocket sized lad of a man for my first rook and i love him and his boyband hair. spoilers & reactions below the cut.

my first rook is a lord of fortune mage w/the plan to romance lucanis. he's very snarky and i love him.

i'm glad they made the call to go back to the like. da2 style of dialogue.

me so far every time rook talks to solas: get his ass!!!!!!

that said, i feel like they're making solas like rook too quick. what the fuck. it took my inquisitor like YEARS to build a rapport with this motherfucker.

i hate the combat lol. maybe i'll enjoy it more when i get used to it but there's too many moving pieces to keep track of for me. my favorite combat is where i can just like mash one button and easily kill everything in my path, i don't want to be strategic and have to micromanage everything. also what is this three potions bullshit. even dai gave you 10. and i have to like find them in random pots????? what the fuck????

very fun to sprint and jump. makes me feel zoom.

why do the elves just accept that their gods are back and evil? like. it feels like they accept it WAY too quickly lol.

dialogue so far is uh. very cheesy. a lot of "we're all great so let's work together!" stuff that is like. fine. but cheesy.

i'd die for lace harding. she looks so cute in this game.

when solas stabbed varric i SCREAMED. i was like. do NOT kill my boy in the first fifteen minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm still only like a couple of hours in but varric was being suspiciously sick in the cutscenes so i have feeling he is going to die :((((

me: where is my BOYFRIEND (lucanis) and my FUTURE BOYFRIEND (davrin)

i love neve but i have a feeling we are going to butt heads a lot lol. i'm playing my rook as the reckless, confident type with a saving person thing that feels true to what we know about his backstory and he's already disagreed with neve several times. whoops.

i love the little marker showing me exactly where to go. hell yeah, hold my hand with this bullshit. kind of glad they dumped the open world of dai and got us back on rails.... tho that may change as i get further in the game???

when i say i spent HOURS in the character creator.... like i love it but it honestly felt like TOO much tbh. esp. when i had to do it for rook and then immediately again for my inquisitor too.

i ended up going lord of fortune background almost entirely bc i liked their casual look the best but i think i'll definitely try to play most of the backgrounds. they're so fun! i was THIS close to doing shadow dragons.

honestly minrathous is really cool???? all the locations so far have been great, love the lighthouse. (v. funny 2 me that we get all of these cool locations thanks to solas. man knows how to find a cool spot and name it i guess.)

the updated blight is VERY creepy. also those new darkspawn??? i gasped.

i do like that they're playing solas as this like. enemy who is begrudgingly allied due to worse enemies. but i'm so curious how they'll play it when the inquisitor gets involved. i'm doing my kai lavellan inky who DEFINITELY is going to try to stop solas at all costs... uh oh lol.

i know people were salty about not getting to integrate a lot of dai choices but tbh i'm fine with it. i'm more happy we got to include our inquisitor tbh.

morrigan showing up looking younger than she did in da:o.... um okay lol. also i kind of hate that she's considered an expert on elven history yet again. stop that.

im going to say again i hate the combat bc i really do hate it. praying it grows on me as i get more used to it bc otherwise i'm enjoying the game a lot.

[leliwardens]

9 and 10 for the ask game: worst parts of canon and fanon?

🔥 choose violence ask game 🔥

9. worst part of canon

There is more than one for sure but I'll stick with a personal one of mine: the disregard of city elves after Origins. Fenris is the closest we have as rep, but his focus as a character is the slavery aspect, which is really all the city elves have had over the past decade. There's been nothing beyond that, like where is the Shianni type that adamantly defends city elves and proud of their culture? Or where is any city elf culture that's positive and not misery? I'm hopeful Veilguard gives us more but given both elven companions are Dalish and the distinction of city elf/Dalish elf for Rook are purely up to roleplay, and how much we have yet to see, I'm really uncertain. (And sidebar related, when Trespasser came out and all of the hints in Inquisition and build up was happening in expanded media prior to Veilguard getting renamed, I was fully looking forward to the elven uprising plot that included city elves, esp since Denerim's alienage was apparently empty after the Blight. One can only imagine my disappointment that all of that has now been skipped over.....)

10. worst part of fanon

More of a broad answer with fanfic/fanon/meta/etc., but treating any group, person, or society as completely and utterly infallible is both doing a disservice to the media and is just really, really boring. Dragon Age was never a story where this is one, ultimate evil, and if you kill that evil, all of the problems will be solved. Just like our society, it'll always be a constant battle to better it for everyone, and to keep that going because people are infallible by being people. There are good templars and bad mages, good humans and bad elves, hell even though it was pretty much dropped by this point as a plot, even the most monstrously evil beings, the Darkspawn, were treated with some level of grey morality in Awakening when they could become sentient, raising questions of are they beings worthy of being considered something more? etc. There are mistakes sure, and built in biases and problematic elements just by the nature of being written by people, but it's not totally without value or worth to look at and accept "yeah people can be shitty no matter who they are."

[adeliethevilsimp]

Here is also some rookvil brain rot and head cannon stuff

Rookvil actually used to be my OTP but you know leovil the dark horse just have to break it but hey I am not complaining. One thing I really like Vil is his dynamic can really change when you ship him with different people and his multifaceted personality really shines.

What I really like about twisted wonderland is they like to change/manipulate some of the conventional dynamic. Like it becomes a different interpretation of the dynamic. Like how does like Vil just adopts other students who are just a few years younger than him? But hey it works.

It is like how they did in chapter 5 when Rook said the line of the prince who said to Snow White. But you know English translation are cowards they have to scrap that. It is then the hunter become the prince and the evil queen become the princess. It is just too cute. Rook always strike me as the fairy tale prince/high class noble but in a corrupted/changed sense. Like he is not a lot of people consider conventionally attractive(but he is very charming I will fight anyone who disagree xD) there will be no conventional prince with his interest(I guess you can argue the prince loved Snow White when she was “dead ” which is pretty sus ) he come from a wealthy and potentially maybe noble family but the family is shady as hell. You never know what he is thinking and usually prince is very sincere.

I always found it very interesting they decided Vil to be from a commoner family. I feel he probably comes from very humble beginning surrounding wise. I found it to be quite interesting choice because it is not they shy away from making people royal/noble/very important family decent. And they chose vil who is inspired by the evil queen for that. Like he actually understand Epel’s accent and have some weird vegetable analogy sometimes while his demeanour and how he carries himself is what you usually associated with people who is far removed from these.

Usually the queen character is surrounded by their loyal subjects. But you have the feeling Vil is , lack of a better word, more loyal with his affection. Vil is often very harsh if you don’t behave properly and is very strict with Epel. But he really trust Rook and he really strike me as the person who say “no he is just eccentric he is not a bad guy” while idk Rook is hiding a dead body in the background. It is so unbelievable for vil to keep Rook around like this and gaslight himself about Rook’s shenanigans if he is not mad loyal about that man okay.

Oh yeah btw Chapter 5/6 and beans event spoiler

For example he will still have his back aka his vulnerability open to Rook after the betrayal. He does not even get any blot from that. He still clings on to it after the betrayal. It is really unexpected because it is not often what you get.

I get because Rook is the hunter who betrayed the evil queen. But I also feel like his affection towards Vil really grows over the years. The effort he puts in his gift to Vil just grows exponentially. I think at first he refers to vil as the fairest in the school and by the and of chapter 6 he said vil is the most beautiful person in the world or I can be wrong.

I don’t know why but Rook seemed like a person who don’t like physical contact. He just give me that sort of a feeling. Maybe because he wears gloves. He rarely touch others too i think. He just stalks and study them. But in the beans event he captured Vil by hugging Vil. You never really know what Rook is thinking and I really love that. He is an enigma. There is no telling of his true intention. You often feel he is probably lying because he is so theatrical it feels it is fake. But again he will always do these sort of small things you can’t help but think that is genuine. Like he does not have to hug vil to capture him. He was the only one does that when capturing. It is strangely intimate. Also if he was faking it, would he be still praising Vil’s beauty while being choked on Vil’s poisonous gas like I CANT TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU COUGH COUGH COUGH

Like I just can’t believe it can be faked. Why go to this extent? I can’t help but feel the feeling Rook have for Vil is very special and is growing exponentially as we speak.

Also like I don’t even have to start with their origin story okay? It is the cutest thing ever. How they talked outside for hours and they all got really bad cold? And I have headcanon that Vil gave Rook a makeover and this is the look Rook stuck with ever since. And they will do skincare together.

Also like I have headcanon Rook is really really freaky and likes choking Vil. There is no way anyone can convince me Rook is vanilla. I just can feel it I think the guy is sadistic and freaky as hell, and probably enjoy choking Vil every night. If Vil died he will have a entire room dedicate to his shrine with his dead body inside a crystal transparent coffin. you can’t convince me otherwise.

I love them so much.

Also like I just really really like yandere Rook potential okay? XD

[ajarofbees]

hell yeah im excited. nice to see chosen backgrounds does get acknowledged in dialogue (still holding out desperate hope for playable prologue or flashback but this is still pretty neat). the combat is yeah different but still looks snappy and fun. i like the art style in motion its very cool. and its nice to see the personality tones from da2 get used again. i assume they'll affect ambient dialogue for rook, like it did w hawke.

to be safe, for the rest of what we saw:

curious to know what happens to the companion whos left to defend the entrance. i assume nothing too big, since its the beginning, but probably gets brought up in conversations?

looks like varric is getting regulated to an advisor role, which is probably for the best. let him rest. and pour one out for the realest, automatic repeating lady.

since we fucked up the ritual, i wonder if the over arching plot becomes 'rescue solas from the two evil gods', and in doing so he gets a Holy Harsh Cold Sobriety of Reality, Batman moment of 'the past may have good parts but it had really, really bad parts too and it isnt worth trying some foolish effort to bring it back' and 'the current world is worth it and also trying to save your sorry ass'.

but thats just speculation and idk dont wanna put too many eggs in one basket hardy har har.

[dreamerswriter]

Book 6: Idia is Right, I Guess I am a Vil Stan, and Ortho, No!

Oh, no, a Mario Party game.... It is very good none of you have your magic... This will not end well. 

Sounds like Nintendo... Good old Nintendo. Not the current one at times... 

I tried to think of what game that could be. I don’t think it is Resident Evil, but maybe Yoshi? That seems wrong too... 

Ortho watches cat videos and that sounds about right. Wait, no! Don’t do it! 

Gods, Ortho was probably being nice, but it backfired so much. As for the rest, they’re enjoying this. You know, I don’t think Leona likes kids, but he doesn’t have the heart to hurt one. 

Foreshadowing. Vil, you looking for recruits already? 

It is really good that none of you have your unique magic. It would be a slaughter. 

I LOVE HIM! WHOEVER TRANSLATED IDIA, I LOVE YOU! THANK YOU! 

I really like this. I always love shouting quotes and lines like this. 

Idia reminds me of my frustrations with Pokemon X and Y.... I am still hurt by it. 

-Looks at marvel and the live action Disney movies- He’s not wrong. 

-cries in Pokemon X and Y-

Oh, you have hope! I don’t! Especially now! 

I am waiting for my Kid Icarus game! Please! 2012 was the last one! 

HE’S SO RIGHT! HE IS! THIS IS WHY I LOVE THE OLD NINTENDO! WHY?! WHY?! 

You don’t know the pain I am feeling.... 

To be honest, I felt the same and kind of do still. 

I have to say, Vil’s outlook is fantastic. You can always do something to make something happen. If you just do nothing, then nothing happens. His tenacity is astounding. He continues to work hard and pursue his ideal life and dreams. Gotta be honest, Vil really grew on me as a character. I cannot get over him at all

Azul would love Mark’s Getting Over it Series.... Again, I also enjoy it! Hahah! 

I still can’t believe Rook did it... He loves Vil and no one can tell me otherwise. 

ORTHO SHIPS IT?! 

I still can’t believe you did. 

I somehow doubt it...

........... Foreshadowing. You know, I’m going to make a list of foreshadowing with Idia and Ortho on this. 

Ok first off, Vil did give the best piece of advice, but also the worst one when the gate of hell and souls of the damned are present. Two, I don’t know much about Japanese, but I do know that big brother is said in two different ways. This make sense that Idia had a nickname for us in the West. 

DID IDIA NOT PROGRAM YOU TO NOT LISTEN TO THE SOULS OF THE DAMNED?! ORTHO NO! 

Yeah, I get it. I have this mentality at times too. I don’t stop working hard until I can firmly say, “Did I do my best?” or “Am I satisfied with what i accomplished today?” I understand. 

On the flip side, I DON’T THINK I WOULD OPEN THE GATE OF HELL TO DO THIS! 

[mistwalkers-menagerie]

I don't think you're being negative. Having valid criticism for something you otherwise love doesn't equal hating or being needlessly negative.

As I'm playing, doing certain side quests centered around Solas lore, I can't help but feel a bit hollow myself. On one hand it's really enjoyable, on the other I feel like The Veilguard should've broken tradition to be a more direct sequal to Inquisition (despite loving my Rook to bits). Obviously I'm extremely biased as that's my favorite game of all time and I'm very attached to my Inquisitor and his journey.

Anyway, if not a direct sequal, maybe a subdivision under the Inquisition. It being disbanded or not could've affected the story. Because back then I thought that decision would carry weight, that the Well of Sorrows carried weight.

It should've had more of the past companions as NPCs; people who knew Solas, for us to witness exposition and the new revelations from their perspective. Yeah, we had Varric, as an afterthought almost. But because the devs decided they want a clean slate, all the insane exposition is rushed and as you've said, there's not enough nuance to it.

Everyone just accepts that the Evanuris are rampaging. No one tries to make sense of it. The controversy around the Inquisitor's title as Herald have been a constant debate throughout the game. So was Corypheus, everyone dreaded Corypheus and what he represented, the questions his existence raised. There were a ton of codex and conversation about the world's opinions.

The Veilguard on the other hand feels utterly isolated from Thedas.

What do you mean the Elves are just like "well, my gods are evil, that sucks". Why isn't there a quest - hell, an arc - centered around the Elves coming to terms? And the Chantry is not in this at all so far? I'm not a Chantry fan or anything, but what do you mean none of the human political factions and the biggest human religious organization have anything to say about the situation?

We don't know how the world reacted. We don't know shit.

I know DATV went through a rough development, that's not new to BioWare sadly. But it should've handled the past games - especially DAI - with more care and respect. Because despite being compelling and enjoyable, the story still doesn't feel quite right.

Ok, as much as I have been hyping and playing 12 hours a day since it got out (still in Act 1 though, bc I'm a slowass player and completionist), I feel like I have to say something that is getting hard to ignore at this point... and I wanna preface this by saying that I am loving a lot of aspects of the game and I adore the writing when it comes to the companions, who I am obsessed with.

And maybe this will get better yet, as I generally heard the writing picks up once the story progresses beyond picking up all companions..

But I'm starting to get quite upset at the way the writing just does NOT care about the established lore and the politics of Thedas like at all, when to me - and many others - that richness, nuance and depth of the world is what makes the games so special.

(Spoilers below)

I looked past the way the elves in Arlathan just seemed to know that their gods are evil and Solas is "kind of a dick" but was right about that. When, you know, that made him basically the Satan of their pantheon up to now.. It was after all the tutorial stage of the game and I understand that you wanna ease newcomers into the lore. I could also handwave it in-universe with Morrigan being there - she could have filled the Veiljumpers in on the discoveries of the Inquisition or even what the Well told her.

It felt a bit weird that our contacts in every other faction just accepted this huge revelation without a blink, but again it was the early stages and I also get that having a discussion about it 6 times with different faction leaders would have been incredibly tedious. So I ignored that. And yeah, at least the First Warden found it hard to swallow.

The fact that they brushed aside the gods finding elven subjects - many of whom after all still worship them - with one sentence from Solas was disappointing though. Instead they chose to ally them with the Venatori and the Antaam who are the pure evil factions with no nuance or motive to side with them besides a comic book level of hunger for power. They didn't even throw in a sentence about the gods maybe speaking to the Venatori through the Archdemons to get them on their side or how it's very ironic that the Venatori, who want to make Tevinter great again, stoop to working with the pantheon of the people they oppress because they see them as lesser and other. No political exploration of the massive lore implications at all.

It really hit me when I picked up Davrin and he commented how Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain blighting the world would really endear us (elves) to the rest of Thedas - this was the first time anyone actually mentioned the political impact of the elven gods being real, freed, evil and blighted on modern day elves at all, when this should be HUGE. It should be ugly. It should be complex. It should be explored in as many examples as bloodmagic and the oppression of mages was in DA2. It should be a central point of Act 1. (This btw made me love Davrin so much in that moment because this was the first time in the game for me when I actually felt like talking to a Dragon Age elf and even just that one line felt like home.)

And now I just did Taash's first companion quest and it seems Qunari lore is also being ignored (except for the gender aspect of it, which I look forward to). Taash's mum was a scholar and had a baby and the only problem about that was that it could breathe fire and was special but otherwise all would have been dandy? Like she would have just been allowed to keep Taash long enough to find that out about her baby if she was living under the Qun? That directly contradicts everything we know about how the Qunari's culture around reproduction and childcare works.

Sorry to be negative and talking myself into a rage - I know it's not something people want to see rn. But like, I realise you have to brush over some lore intricacies for brevity and to make it digestible for new players. But this is a world initially inspired by Wheel of Time and ASOIAF, both of which are interesting because of the depth of ficitional cultures, lore and politics, and hence it's also what gives Dragon Age its appeal. And now they take us to the most politcally interesting areas on the world map and just get rid of all of political depth?

That's really disappointing. Imagine if Winds of Winter dropped all political themes just because there's several previous books and it's been some a lot of years.

Also, I managed to play DA2 before I ever played Origins and they could introduce me to a vast established background of lore just fine back then.

Sorry. Rant over. But I had to get that out of my system.

[necromatador]

Enjoying the hell out of Veilguard so far, but yeah my one criticism (okay my two criticisms) are ((SPOILERS))

the mystery of why there's no communication with Weisshaupt anymore is NEVER BROUGHT UP AND STRAIGHT UP DROPPED

and

the writing opportunities they missed by a mile with regards to the elves/Dalish specifically; everyone's just so chill and borderline eager ???? to believe that two of their deities have not only returned to the world but are actually super evil and also the original source of the Blight like WHAT???

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT???

I'm gonna write so many self-indulgent fanfics of my Rook dealing with that second one. I love writing self-indulgent Dragon Age fanfics (*cough cough* no my warden didn't die he BECAME A DRAGON MALEFICAR *cough cough*)

[lightvsdark18]

Damien's time in Twisted Wonderland #2

(Instead of summarizing every book, I picked out certain parts to make it easier. Used Mewshi Q's playthrough)

Book 4

Sorrowful at not spending winter break with family, and grew more terrible at Grim's explanation.

Glared at Crowley and didn't believe a single word.

Flicked Ace's forehead.

No trust towards the twins.

Felt something off about Jamil. "Grim, I think we should head back to our dorm." Then Jamil used his gay beam.

Whiplash at Kalim.

Lost his appetite.

"I feel unsure on how to read him."

On the inside, he tried to comprehend what he was looking at. On the outside, 😐

The fear in his eyes.

"Not happening." Got up to leave and the students dragged him back.

"I should be the one saying that considering I still have a broken rib." "Yeah, I'll help."

"I was going to tell him no, but something made me say yes."

He was going to kill Crowley.

"Make me." Dragged out of the room.

"No thanks, not interested."

"And that is?" "... We're doomed."

He hated this dorm.

"Hold on, let me push my organs back in place."

Screamed through the dorm and portal.

Curled up on the floor in pain from unhealed rib.

"Help us out, please."

"Come on, we're poor as it is."

Didn't like the Sus Trio trio getting involved.

"Then why am I called Shrimpy?"

Damien vs Azul, who will win?

Luckily he's overprotective big brother.

"I do not feel comfortable sleeping in the same room as you three."

He could finally focus on healing.

Not surprised.

"! The hell!?"

Felt a bit bad for them both.

Fist fought the students.

"Fuck."

Curled up in pain again.

Big brother mode on.

This will be a crazy story to tell his sisters.

"We are nothing but dirt beneath your feet."

Used a silver platter as weapon. One of the snakes bit him on the crook of his neck. Left a discolored scar.

Conflicted on Jamil's past.

Froze up at the realization he forgot Ace and Deuce.

Clenched his chest. "Damnit, Vanrouge, stop doing that."

Shunned to silence at Crowley keeping his promise.

Took a moment alone in his room to think about the dreams and overblots.

Cautiously went up to the mirror again and tried to understand on what he's having a conversation with.

Book 5

Lay in bed, "crap."

I was dreaming about the Great Seven. Why?

Told them nothing.

Wanted to join VDC because money.

Grabbed his side in pain and glared at Crowley.

Wasn't a part of the fight.

Decent on singing and dancing, but quickly sharpen his skills.

"You absolutely would."

Disliked Rook from "too accustomed to concealing my presence."

And disliked him more from "as a hunter, I make it a point to memorize the species and height of every student on campus."

"Can people stop scaring me? I still have a broken rib..."

Amazed by this world.

His life flashed before his eyes.

"Why do they want me if I didn't pass the audition?"

"What are you offering?"

The apple pie was more savory than sweet.

Blocked Vil's hand from even touching it.

"Damn, that's good."

Raised a brow and poked Kalim's cheeks.

Had a serious conversation with Kalim after sending Grim back inside.

Started getting plates and silverware, then cut a slice of the apple pie for himself when the lights flipped on.

"Schoenheit, what the hell?"

"Let me off? Excuse you, didn't you tell Grim and I we could eat whatever we want? How dare you curse the food that belonged to us and go against your own words."

Lay Ace and Deuce on separate sofas and took Grim upstairs.

"Uh, yes, I'm here."

This kid is messed up.

"Kalim, I'm a company different situation."

"This is definitely a fight."

"Schoenheit, you're cold."

"Ace, learn to shut your mouth sometimes."

Smug, "I don't know, there's always a chance."

Didn't figure it out because didn't feel a need to.

Weirded out at the evil laugh, but glad Iris liked the gift.

"... How does he know my name?" (Lilia)

Said nothing and just picked up Grim.

"Who's that guy in the corner muttering?" (Your future boyfriend)

... Sebek is half human?

Why are those guys bullying children?

Dwarfs?

Cater: "-and Kalim and Damien gets snatched up by Vil..."

"I don't know I would say we're friends, but yeah."

Found the song a bit annoying.

A chill ran up his spine at seeing the poison apple. He looked over at where Vil disappeared into, and instantly chased after him.

"I have a bad feeling..."

Hunt, what is wrong with you?

Was getting scared.

Slightly angry "shit."

"Good foresight, Jamil."

"No, Hunt would the one who died if Kalim didn't get involved."

"Can someone magic me a weapon?"

Vil got close enough to slap Damien and left bloody clawmarks on his right cheek.

Had a look of understanding to Vil's grief.

"Oh Iris, you're early." "No, not really."

"Oh, okay." Not fazed one bit.

Terrified at the powerful magic, then impressed.

"Thank you, Iris." "Ah, sorry."

You could see the disappointment and fury in his eyes.

"Hmm, maybe it's because of my end, something... bad did happen today."

Went looking for Grim and got curious where he was at. "Where's that cat?"

His heart sank at the flashback and told Mickey he had to go, then went searching outside.

He saw something on the stage and investigated.

"Grim?"

Raised up his arm to block the attack and got three long clawmarks on the forearm.

Book 6

Holding his forearm, he rushed back to the dorm and bandaged his arm, then immediately called Crowley to inform him on what happened. He lay down from the adrenaline and exhaustion from the OB, falling asleep.

Gritted his teeth at the dream, knowing damn well what this meant. He was startled awake by voices and saw the boys.

They went downstairs to talk and heard a knock on door, finding Crowley there.

Immediately agued with Crowley on calling Grim naturally bad.

Felt angry, conflicted and upset.

He was lonely inside the dorm and felt the homesick he buried deep.

The comment on surprising Grim lifted his mood.

Then he hit the deck.

Escorted the first years inside the guest room.

Froze into silence at hearing Grim's voice and yelled out his name.

Frustrated at losing Grim, and now Vil and Jamil.

He finally got arrested?

His mind was a fried egg during the meeting.

"Right, I have no dorm."

"What?! Hunt, why the hell are you going there?!"

"... Are you kidding me? Skincare?!"

"I understand your feelings, Epel, but it's too dangerous to go to a place like that. We don't know what will happen if you go."

A small argument occurred and ended with Epel dragging Damien along.

Death grip on Epel and squeezed the life out of the boy, especially the broom going unsteady. Poor boy.

"Yeah, I'll keep you on track."

Hugged himself because warmth.

Why do I have a crush on you?

"Yeah, but I definitely want to visit again."

Now he thought about his sisters and missed them.

Just fell on the ground.

Amazed by the inside.

"You destroyed my dorm."

A bit unsettled by the cryptid statement.

He was ready to carry the staff member, but knew he wouldn't be able to put of the blast zone in time if he did or not. His family flashed on his mind.

Again, he was amazed by this world.

And high-five Epel.

Walked in. "Sup."

Went to the staff. "I need a weapon." Suggested he take one of the Charon's.

"Hey, where's Grim?"

"Do I need to show you my arm?"

How many?!

Look of why me? "Uhh, let's back to school quickly."

"Oh, %I'm sorry%, I didn't think the previous overbloter would act all high and mighty about being reckless."

Kissed the non-swollen cheek. Damien had a gay moment.

Vil: "-and my stoic knight."

Smacking phantoms on the heads with a deactivate rowing paddle.

Squished his eyes at Ortho's invitation to the Film Research club.

"Wouldn't have been a bad idea."

"You trapped someone here?!"

First time his fear was shown on his face.

"Over there!"

Laughed at Epel's stomach.

"Was that a compliment or an insult?"

"Savanaclaw?"

Pissed off at the story always stopping.

We didn't attack the island.

The phantom swung its hand and crushed him against a metal box. His back bruised heavily.

Fell to his knees with the others.

Slept like a rock.

He hated all of this scary BS.

Trauma filled growl at another OB. And had a moment of terror a the ginormous phantom.

Couldn't do anything against the Shroud brothers, so threw his only weapon at Idia, and missed by a lot.

Teared up at Idia's past, especially because he's a big brother himself.

Bluescreened at Vil.

"He's not breathing!"

"Grim! Wake up!"

Petted his head with a smile.

Covered his ears with regret.

"Thank you, Iris."

"You guys are awake!" "Hey!"

Damien is officially a heartthrob. Watch out, everyone.

Disappointed there wasn't a real upgrade on the bedroom.

Jumpscared by Crowley and complained under his breath.

"Nice."

Someone with unique eyes.

[alexglitches]

Twisted Wonderland Actor AU Bloopers : Savanaclaw

bloopers and behind the scenes of chapter 2

~~~

Leona: Do I get an evil monologue?

Director: Nope

Leona: Damn…

~~~

*video shows Leona sleeping in a tree, Floyd comes over and pushes him off, the two the squabble for the rest of the video*

~~~

Yuu: Hope y’all are ready for the angst train

Yuu with a scary smile: Cus it’s all downhill from here

~~~

The cast members, all dressed as Cater clones: humminahumminahumminahumminahummina

Cater is curled up in a ball in the middle looking at Trey with a betrayed look on his face: I TRUSTED YOU!!!

~~~

*in an interview*

Ruggie: Yeah, the makeup team made my disintegration scars a bit too realistic.

Leona: I literally almost had a panic attack.

~~~

*Ace, Deuce and Yuu were on the “magift” field*

Ace, face planted on the floor: Uggggghhhhh, how many more takes?

Deuce: About… 5 more!

Ace: UGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Jack, in the stands laughing his ass off*

~~~

*Vil posted a picture of Rook holding the script with the most confused look on his face*

*the caption reads: Looking at the new script! And no, he doesn’t speak French lol!*

~~~

Crowley: Lilia,Yuu It’s time for the scene—

*Ortho, Lilia and Yuu are sitting in the dark wearing hoodies holding candles. All three have an ‘oh shit!’ face*

~~~

Leona, on the floor wearing his OB costume: How the hell is this thing so heavy—

~~~

Cheka, with a cute smile: UNCLE!!!!

Cheka: Was that good?

Director’s heart has been warmed, they give an encouraging smile and a thumbs up, making Cheka smile more.

~~~

[hypn0sssss]

JDJWJWSOWNS THIS MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD

For a little bit of context, there are houses based on Disney villains! Heartslabyul is the house based on the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland!

You were right about the first one being Ace Trappola ("Ace Trappola with more rizz" is fucking hysterical btw)

That is indeed Jamil Viper :)

Also the Pomefiore appreciation yippee! Vil (the one you labeled "ruler of my heart" (which is real as hell but the way)) is based on the evil queen from Snow White while Rook (the one labeled "evil stepmother from Snow White") is based on the huntsman that was sent to kill Snow White! (And just to round out the trio, Epel (the one who looks like Fuyume) is based on the poison apple!) (Sorry for all the yapping here I love them)

You're completely right about Idia!

"is that a gun" now I'm picturing him with a gun and it's hilarious

Riddle is indeed a tea enjoyer!

"whenever someone says "icebreaking" the camera will spotlight them" what does this mean /lh

LILIA VANROUGE! You're so real I love his hair

Also with Malleus both is correct :3

idk why I yapped so much but yeah :)

local enstarrie who only aquired knowledge on twisted wonderland via osmosis reveals opinions and osmosis knowledge on the characters (pretty sure some have been accidentally omitted though) at 11:20PM on a saturday

[adrianasunderworld]

Yuu: *makes the first years Binge Courage the cowardly dog, then they get to the episode where the old couple gets turned in puppets*

Yuu: I can’t believe none of you guys were scarred! That episode freaked me out as a kid!

Ace: We’re not kids, Yuu.

Deuce: Yeah we seen riddle overblot. Nothing can scare us.

Grim: And I’m not a kitten I’m the strongest mage in this world!

Epel: And I’ve seen Vil when he breaks a nail-Those freaks should be scared of me!

Sebek: I can understand why human children might be frighten by such foolish things. But as prince Mallues’s loyal knight I only fear for his life.

Jack:… your world is kinda messed up if this was for kids…

Ortho: I Agree with Jack’s statement.

Later that evening

At Heartsyable

Ace and Deuce:*waking Trey up*

Trey;Groggy af: Ace..? Deuce? What’s wrong is the dorm on fire? Why the hell would wake up at one thirty?

Ace: …

Deuce: Yuu showed us a cartoon from her world and we’re scared an evil puppeteer will turn us in to puppets. We tried sharing a bed but we got scarred can we sleep with you?

Trey; not even surprised: *sigh* get in..

Ace: you won’t let us become puppets right Trey-senpai?

Trey:…no.

At Pomefiore

Epel: Vil- San? Vil-San?

Vil: Ah, Epel? You better have a good reason for interrupting my beauty sleep, potato!

Epel: We watched scary cartoon with Yuu today, and I had a nightmare. C-Can I sleep with you so that creepy puppet master doesn’t turn me into one??🥺🥺Please??

Vil:…

Vil: *sigh* If you snore I’m sending you to Rook’s room.

At Diosomia

Sebek: Lilia-Sama? I heard your game and figured you must be awake…

Lilia: Oh did I wake you up? I’m sorry I’ll turn it down. Is everything else alright?

Sebek: can I please sleep in your room so I don’t get turned into a puppet?

Lilia: Fufu but of course!

At Ramshackle

Grim: hey henchman? You want me to sleep with you tonight? You must be pretty scared after watchin that cartoon! The great Grim will protect you!

Yuu: Okay, but we sleep together every night…

Grim: *makes his crying face* I don’t want to be a puppet…

Yuu: *sigh* Come here Grim I won’t let any thing happen to you.

Jacks not scarred, he might sleep with his favorite plushie but he’s not scarred. He will lie awake and wonder why anyone would think that would be okay for children to watch- questions your sanity because you seemed to know every episode by heart. But he’s good.

Meanwhile Ortho is trying to convince Idia to make a computer like the one in the attic Courage had.

The next morning, Yuu has a hunch that the others faired just as well as Grim, but all of them are adamant that that's not the case.

Just to be a little bit of an asshole, later that day they go, "I don't...feel like...myself..." and and Ace notices there's some string around their wrist. Deuce puts a hand on their arm and their hand falls off with a distinct wooden, thump. Suddenly the echo of the villain from the show echoed through the hall and the boys got the fuck out of there, screaming all the while.

Yuu laughed as their real hand popped out of their sleeve and picked the fake wooden one. (The had put a uniform glove over it so they wouldn't notice.) Meanwhile Rook popped out of where he was hiding. Yuu had enlisted him for the prank since he sounded the closest to the episodes villain.

"I must say, I enjoy this devious side of you."

"I'll be sure to ask for your help again then."