#JEAN DELAMER MENTION

[accirax]

I think I remember you making a theory about who would die and when in Eden’s Garden. Now that the title of chapter 1 has been revealed, (and the title usually at least loosely relates to the themes/victim/culprit of the chapter), have your options on who might bite the dust this chapter changed?

Project: Eden's Garden Chapter 1 Killer/Victim Theory

Ooh, an Eden's Garden ask! It's been a while since I've gotten to talk about this game, so, thanks :D

Funnily enough, the inciting incident of this ask isn't actually real. I haven't made a full death prediction for P:EG, mostly because of how little information we have as to the characters' full personalities and, perhaps more importantly, their bonds with each other. Your memory might be a combination of my mastermind ranking (and its update), that one time I rambled about different fangan writing styles (including the logic behind a first victim), and some off-the-wall speculation about what a ch2 victim Eva might look like in another meta discussion post mostly focused on DRDT. I made some offhand comments about potential victims and killers (especially in the early game) in all of those posts, so given my history of discussing DRDT's death order, I can see how that post might have formulated in your mind. Alas, it does not actually exist.

Still, with the first chapter of P:EG coming out soon (ish), I'd be delighted to spare some speculations as to who might be on the chopping block for the first chapter, least! My usual apologies for this taking so long, but this time, I also wanted to replay the prologue since I was kind of hazy on what actually happened in it. However, this extensive writing period has given me additional time to think of what I want to say, and hopefully come up with a convincing theory as to what may happen.

(Spoilers for Trigger Happy Havoc, SDR2, and V3, as well as some very minor spoilers for SDRA2 Chapter 2. You only need to worry about them if you wanted to go into SDRA2 completely blind.)

The Title

The first step here is obviously to take a deep dive into what the title could actually mean or imply. I keep wanting to think that the title refers to death, but that phrase is "beyond the veil," not "beneath the veil." "Beneath the veil," as far as I can tell, isn't a commonly recurring phrase. Plus, it's not like saying that there's going to be a death in this chapter is anything mind blowing, nor does it help us narrow down who would die.

So, let's take a step back. "Beneath the veil" implies that somebody is hiding something, because there's a piece of fabric concealing their face, and therefore their true intentions. However, it's not necessarily a super successful concealment, because (according to a quick google search) most veils are transparent. The character(s) this title refers to may only be partially concealing their hypocrisy from the group, as opposed to being fully undercover. Notably, veils are often (in Western culture, at least) associated with weddings. The choice of the word "veil" could implicate our local Matchmaker as the beholder of the hypocrisy.

Speaking of hypocrisy, I think that's the key word in this title that can help us pin down the central characters and themes of this chapter. As defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, hypocrisy is "a feigning to be what one is not or believe what one does not, especially the false assumption of an appearance of virtue or religion." In simpler terms, it's lying about or double-crossing something that you believe in to make it look like you have the moral high ground.

Therefore, in order for a character to fit the themes of this chapter, they have to have something they're actually hypocritical about. Take Ulysses, for example. In what way is he pretending to be better than the others around him? What core beliefs has the game shown us that he has that could be weaponized against others? I don't yet see anything compelling, and therefore, he might not be super important to this chapter.

Combining the title with the way the prologue ended, I definitely think that this first chapter is going to be about Damon's point of view being proven correct. Meanwhile, the rest of the students will secretly struggle with morality and their desire to kill while pretending that everything's cool. You know, like how most killing games start! (Other than the protag being such a downer.) It'll be interesting to presumably witness this typical group dynamic from the perspective of an outsider. Being someone who's used to tearing others' arguments apart, I wonder if Damon could be better than the average person at finding the hidden meanings and opinions behind others' words. I just think it'd be super funny if he were listening in on a breakfast conversation and it was just like--

Ingrid: Keep your chins up, everybody! If we can keep our heads on straight and trust in one another, I'm sure we'll start figurin' out how to get out of here! Damon: ("We'll start," implying that no progress has been made thus far. Combined with that if clause, Ingrid's frustrations that no one is thinking clearly and she's found no one to trust become obvious.) Eloise: Right...! It's like my dad always said: "in union, there is strength." I'm sure he'd be happy to hear that all of us are on the same page. I wish I could tell him... Damon: (Sounds like someone has been obsessing over the thought of going home.) Wolfgang: There's no need to worry, Eloise. I won't let any of the despicable killers in this academy keep us from our families. You can count on me. Damon: (Jesus Christ.)

Anyways, victims and culprits! I'll be discussing the top 5 most likely students that I can see filling each role.

The Killers

As much as I'd like to talk about the culprits second for the sake of drama, it'll be a lot easier for me to talk about potential blackeneds first. I think I've said this somewhere on this blog before, but who a victim is really depends on who the killer is. After all, the victim was only targeted because of the killer's rationale. A victim can be random, but a killer is pretty much never random. So, who could be filling our first blackened spot?

#5: Diana

Despite her placement as #5-- AKA, above 11 other students that I won't be talking about in a role as the killer at all-- I actually don't really like putting Diana here. To me, her fears and hopes for the future read as genuine. And, while a character who starts off fully sipping the hope Kool Aid can obviously come to murder in the end, for Diana, I don't think it would happen so fast. If she isn't secretly evil, I think it would take at least one murder to make her crack under pressure.

However, I can't argue that Diana has a compelling argument for the title of hypocrite. Simply put, she's the character in the prologue who seems most invested in everyone working together and being friends, without any personal power-seeking agendas. Therefore, if the veil in question is that of promoting friendship, Diana would be the most extreme example to use to prove the point that friendship in Eden's Garden Academy (at this point in time) is a fruitless endeavor.

#4: Wenona

After discussing my reasons for suspecting Diana, Wenona might come as a surprise. Does she really fit the theme? Out of all of the characters who could be hiding behind a guise of teamwork and being a good person, is she really the best fit?

Well, while I think it's likely that the main crux of the hypocrisy this chapter will be about remaining unified and trusting one another, that theme can always be interpreted in multiple ways at once. We could have characters who are hypocritically pretending to be nice while harboring ill intentions, and characters who are hypocritically pretending to be meaner than they are looking down on the nice folks while secretly being soft inside.

That's more of what I'm getting at with Wenona. If she were the blackened, I think the hypocrisy would be "pretending to be strong and better than other people while actually being just as weak as the rest of them." As the Ultimate Entrepreneur, Wenona seems to take a lot of pride in herself and her skills. She has the same sort of snobbish demeanor that Damon has when it comes to assessing the less academic of the talents recruited to Eden's Garden Academy.

Wenona is a cutthroat genius when it comes to social politics and financial practices. Even if this killing game wasn't in her initial plans, she'll obviously be able to crush it. She isn't trapped in here with Tozu; Tozu is trapped in here with her. That's what she wants everyone to think.

But, if she does become the blackened... how much of that attitude is really real? I'm imagining a scenario in which Wenona's reason for killing is less "fuck this shit I'm out" and more genuine fear for losing her life at the hands of the killing game and/or never returning to her regular life. When asked why she killed the victim, she tries to fake ruthlessness, but in the face of her execution, the clear truth is that she was just afraid of dying. Thus, Wenona would spend the majority of the daily life hypocritically sneering at the "weaker" students like Toshiko or Diana for not being tough enough to cut it in the killing game, before ultimately proving herself as the weakest link in the end.

#3: Eva

From the Prologue alone, we can already tell that Eva is a character who easily has strong enough opinions to potentially become a hypocrite. But, wait-- wouldn't her killing someone actually line up perfectly with the argument she made?

How is that hypocrisy?

Well, although Eva is certainly of the opinion that someone will kill, she acts as if she's above it herself. If it's been a while since you've seen the Prologue, that could be easy to forget. However, after she makes her initial statement that someone here will kill because they have too much to lose, she starts talking about how pretending that everything is fine will only make people more vulnerable to being killed. She directly accuses Wolfgang of doing this purposefully in order to better his own chances of succeeding as a blackened.

Most of her statements use the pronoun "you," which, whether referring to anyone in the group or Wolfgang specifically, does not include Eva herself. You, Wolfgang, are making a mistake that will lead others towards their deaths, murders that will happen by your guys' hands. Me, though...? (I'm tight as fuck!!!)

After criticizing Wolfgang so harshly, Eva would be the biggest hypocrite if she was actually the one to be the first killer. Even though Eva was doing the other students a favor by telling them the harsh truth, she did so in a way that put herself above them. She's let everyone know that she's smarter than them for immediately seeing straight through the killing game, and for not falling for Wolfgang's obvious manipulation tactics. If the rest of the students then learned that Eva played directly into the killing game's hands by becoming its first killer, I think they'd have every right to call her a hypocrite.

As for Eva and Damon, I think that making Eva the first killer could be really interesting for Damon's character. That's because, whether he'd admit to it or not, I think that Damon does align with Eva more than anyone else at this point. They were working together to promote the idea that pretending that nothing is wrong is dumb at best and harmful at worst. Damon doesn't seem like the type of protagonist who would be super vehemently against the idea of killing another student himself.

Thus, if Eva did become a killer, it would give him a startling window into what he would look like if he had decided to forsake this academy and kill. Every assertion he's internally made suddenly sounds flaky and desperate when coming out of the mouth of someone on death row. And, now that he's been betrayed by Eva too, why do some of the counterarguments the other students are making against Eva's claims sound more and more legitimate...? I think Eva's death as a killer could be the perfect wake-up call to Damon that his cold and calculating demeanor might not be as perfect of a plan as he acts like it is now.

However, much like Diana, I do think that Eva's reactions are genuine-- in this case, genuinely coming from a place of wanting to save the other students as opposed to wanting them all dead. Even if it would be compelling if Eva turned out to be some massive hypocrite, that doesn't mean that the setup for that being the case is actually there. We've seen so little of all of the characters so far that it's hard to provide textual evidence as to why I think this is the case, so unfortunately we'll just have to rely on my gut feeling. Every day I have to remind myself that it's okay to say "it's just my opinion" in the Just My Opinion essays. Sigh.

#2: Wolfgang

I feel like (as compared to something like DRDT) I have so little of a finger on the pulse of the P:EG community in terms of knowing what's popular opinion and what's not. Is Wolfgang's placement here a surprising take? Are people surprised to see that I have Wolfgang listed as a potential early killer as opposed to a final boss antag/survivor? Are people surprised that he's not #1???

Anyways. Hypocrisy. Wolfgang. It's so obvious that I feel like I don't even need to say it. I mean, I already did say it in this very post. Eva has already called Wolfgang out for hypocritically claiming to protect everyone while actually increasing the odds that someone could be taken advantage of. Wolfgang claims to be a defender of the people, but as soon as he hits the Trial Grounds, he seems to fixate on proving his viewpoint correct over all else. In the Chapter 1 demo (really mild spoilers for that, I guess), the literal last thing we leave off on is Damon calling out Wolfgang for being a hypocrite when it comes to investigating the school. Wolfgang Akire, Ultimate Laywer? Nah, I only know Wolfgang Akire, Ultimate Hypocrite.

Going back to my analysis of how early deaths work (here's the link again if you didn't read/refresh on it before but want to now), if P:EG is a project that wants to make their early deaths out of characters that are really visible, then Wolfgang is perhaps the best choice for that. The only other possible rivals he has in that regard are Damon or Eva.

Given how visible Wolfgang has been, it feels inevitable that this chapter will revolve around his hypocrisy somehow. The question is whether that would result in him dying or not. And, part of that question for me returns to what I mentioned at the beginning: how much does the fandom expect that it would result in him dying?

Make no mistake, this isn't an effort to people please by going along with what most people believe to be true. It's an effort to deduce which option would read as a more surprising and satisfying answer to a mystery posed in this mystery series. If the fandom is really caught up on the idea that "Wolfgang is P:EG's Byakuya/Nagito/Kokichi antag character, and that character MUST make it to the end after opposing the protagonist all the way through!!!", then it would work as a successful subversion to have that character die early, and leave the audience questioning who will come to fill the void in the story that Wolfgang left behind. However, if the audience has already broken free of those expectations and see Wolfgang as someone whose biases and neuroses could easily lead to him snapping early, then actually making him the first killer could turn out kinda boring.

I think I'm of the latter opinion at this point, although I could obviously just be biased in thinking that others share my opinions because my opinions are the main ones I've heard. Even if Wolfgang is a really obvious fandom's favorite edgy antag archetype, I can't deny that there's a lot of really good thematic setup in the Debater vs Lawyer department that I feel like the writers will want to reap the payoff from. It would be a shame to let whatever twisted worldview Wolfgang is cooking on "go to waste" by having him exit the story so early. But, I'm also always a fan of riffing wildly and unexpectedly off of the preconceptions of a killing game that Danganronpa fans have built up in their minds, so I would neither be too surprised nor mind at all if the writers did wind up letting Wolfgang flame out early, as long as they have a plan for what happens next prepared.

#1: Jean

Despite what I was just complaining about in Wolfgang's section, I'm almost certain that this will come as a surprise to people. Does that make me a hypocrite, too? Yay, how thematic!

Jean does not seem like the typical first killer. He's way too silly and entrenched in his theming. He's an oddball character! Accirax, weren't you literally the one who said that oddball characters don't die in Chapter 1?!

Oddballs tend not to die in Chapters 1 or 2. This is because oddball characters are generally created to supply a very niche kind of comedic relief[...] Any character deemed worthy of being included in a fangan occupies one of 16 highly contested slots. So, if you include a character for the purpose of making jokes with them, you'll want to get your bang for your buck! It’s hard to fit every joke you have in mind into only a chapter or two. The best example I could come up with for a (canon) oddball who dies early is Teruteru. In his case, the writers likely anticipated that his hyper-flirtatious nature would get tiring if it continued on for too long, and thus, exhausted all of the jokes they wanted to make in Chapter 1 before his exit. An oddball who dies this early has a limited shelf life, and is likely accompanied by other oddballs who can pick up the comedic slack.

Why, I sure did! Thank you for remembering that one niche argument in a really long post about a completely different series, imaginary person. However, that logic is why I initially wasn't suspicious of Jean either. With a bit of investigation, however, I've landed on him as my most likely choice.

Let's start with the hypocrisy. Although not necessarily the loudest voice on the subject, Jean, too, is someone who has strongly advocated for unity and friendship in the face of the killing game. It was easy for me at least to forget, but he has a bit of a leadership position in the Prologue, a bit behind Wolfgang. Even Damon can surprisingly attest to the command he can wield when he needs to.

It makes sense that, as a Ship Captain, he's all about getting people to work together under his leadership to accomplish amazing feats. Therefore, while not as obvious about it as Diana or Wolfgang, Jean would also be someone who could only commit a murder hypocritically.

Like, you can't just say this and then selfishly try to win the Class Trial to protect your own life. Well, not without speaking from beneath the veil of hypocrisy, anyways.

However, as I just admitted three sentences ago, the argument for Jean fitting the hypocrisy theme is weaker than someone like Diana or Wolfgang. So, what chose me to pick him over those two, or someone else at a similar level? Well, for that, we'll have to go over my...

Project: Eden's Garden Chapter 1 Murder Theory

HA HA! You thought we were merely conducting narrative analysis, but we're taking a look at evidence as well! It is a bold choice to try to predict who the blackened will be based on the murder committed when said murder hasn't even been committed yet, I'm aware. However, it's the choice of location that made me lean towards Jean. And, while it's no guarantee...

... I find it really likely that this will be the site of the murder. It screams murder location to me. Why the hell is there all this water on the floor if it won't be relevant in some way somewhere down the line? It's also locked in as the first area that you investigate closely. This doesn't have to mean that a murder will happen here, obviously-- none of Makoto's classroom, Hajime's beach, or Kaede's classroom become murder locations-- but it still does mean that this location will leave a lasting impact on your mind. The first time you ever get to wield the controls in this fangame is to investigate this room. And investigate it, we did.

I feel like locations that become murder relevant are often investigated in a much more specific way than ones that aren't, especially in cases where aspects of the room are critical to solving the mystery. This often includes them having CGs and/or cutscenes to illustrate the location's functions at work, and potentially be art used for a truth bullet in the future. Off the top of my head, I can remember a couple of times this happened in v3.

To use a fangan example, it also happened at least once in SDRA2.

(translation by Johnny Youngster)

The P:EG basement area was investigated to hell and back during Eva and Damon's first introductions. Like, can't you imagine this being truth bullet art?

Anyways, down in this basement that no innocent student has any good reason to visit, there's a conspicuous vent we've investigated in detail that looks over the Dining Hall, which several students are inclined to visit at various points in the day.

It has gaps in it that are wide enough to see through, and perhaps wide enough to use a weapon through. Even beyond something like a poisoned spear or the like, if you could shoot a gun through these slits, it could be enough to take someone out. Damon has very conveniently already removed one of the grates in the way, which will make it easier for the killer to do their malicious deed, and perhaps even make it easier for them to figure out that they could remove the other vent as well.

Now, it is true that Damon and Eva had to work together in order to reach this vent, which could make it difficult for the killer to utilize. However, it's obviously not impossible. If the killer were tall-- say, six feet tall, an entire half foot taller than Eva-- then it's possible they could access it on their own anyways, especially if they possessed any sort of climbing ability. The killer could also have an accomplice with which to create the same sort of setup Damon and Eva made (although, to Jean's credit, if this were the case, he'd probably be the one on the bottom -> not the one holding the weapon -> not the actual blackened). Or, they could use the cardboard boxes and duct tape that have conveniently already been identified in this room to make some stairs.

Although, that raises a problem, doesn't it? The entire floor of this room is covered in water.

A cardboard box would likely have structural issues if you put it in the water and then tried to stand on it. Maybe it could work if you put several cardboard boxes inside of each other...? Or if you just quickly used them as steps to hop up before fully leaning your weight on the generator. Regardless, we have other problems. Even if Eva has proven that the water won't electrocute you if you step in it, it's still an issue. If you step in the water with your shoes on and then try to quickly flee the scene, you'd leave wet footprints and damning damp ankle evidence behind. You could take your shoes off and roll up your pants like Damon does, but that could cost you precious time.

If only there were someone out there who was already wearing waterproof shoes...

... and maybe even a cloth or sash of some sort to wipe them off with before leaving the room.

Even Jean's character conception makes sense to me from this perspective. For your first chapter, you need a character who can be a kind and friendly leader type whose betrayal will rattle the more friendship-inclined of the group, and you need them to wear waterproof shoes. Leader plus waterproof shoes... well, that could be a ship's captain, couldn't it?

In this case, Jean's oddball nature is actually a boon to him in pretty much all manners. Despite relying so much on the gimmick of "I'm not a pirate!", Jean does seem to have a serious side to him. That duality gives him some clearly articulated character depth, even if it may not be explored much in the main plot. The striking nautical gimmick makes it harder for him to fade into the newly introduced crowd. He's quickly recognizable at a glance, making it easier for the casual viewer to remember him in the long gulf between chapters.

Speaking of being memorable, Jean is placed right in front of the tree when the characters in the Tree of Knowledge room are introduced.

He also stands there before the 0th Class Trial.

(Using this screenshot even though it's blurry just to show that these are different points in time.)

It's not as memorable of a spot as Eva, Grace, Wolfgang, or Toshiko (who go around and introduce themselves with Damon and thus get top billing), or even as Eloise and Desmond (who at least get their own room), but it's still notable. Between my own playthrough and others', I've seen people go around the circle with Ingrid first or Ulysses first, but everyone always talks to Jean right after they enter the room. The dark trunk is a great contrast against Jean's bright orange design, so he's really striking standing against the door. When I think of this room, I know exactly where Jean is, while the others are... somewhere back there. If I'm right, it's a subtle way to make sure that all players have at least some connection to Jean before he dies, and possibly even to make the first post-Trial gathering feel a little emptier with that super-highlighted spot empty.

I do want to touch on the narrative again, though, because that's more important than the murder plan that may or may not just be my own invention. I maintain that, right now, Diana or Wolfgang make more sense as someone who would illustrate the hypocrisy of pretending to be friends while actually murdering for their own purposes. However, depending on how Chapter 1 plays out, I think that Jean could be just as good as them, if not better. There's been some foreshadowing that Jean might take on a leaderly role in the group, but at the moment, it's been pretty focused on Wolfgang alone. However, if Jean starts to take on any sort of leadership position, even if it's mostly in the background or as the heart to Wolfgang's brains, I think he could work just as well as Wolfgang.

So, that's my prediction for now! The most likely blackened is Jean, with Wolfgang and Eva as backups, and Wenona and Diana as backups after them. But, in the case of any of them being the killer, who would they kill? Obviously, the answer may differ slightly depending on which of them (or someone else) it is, but I'll try to come up with a good aggregate answer.

The Victims

While my victim ideas will still be roughly ranked in order of likelihood, know that there's a lot less difference between #1 and #5 here than on the killers list. And, along that line of thinking, I'm a lot less confident in these predictions than in the killers', in the sense that I would be less surprised if the victim was none of the five characters discussed below than I would be for the killer. But, at any rate: the five most likely victims.

#5: Kai

I could definitely see some personal bias coming in to me placing Kai here. Not because I dislike Kai-- actually, he was quite possibly my favorite character coming out of the Prologue. I love a funny pathetic drama queen. I just remember, after first playing that Prologue, having the fear that Kai would turn out to be the first killer, thus eliminating my so-far favorite from the game. Obviously I've since removed him from my likely killers' catalogue, but I still can't shake the feeling that he could be an early death.

Kai is an easily recognizable and memorable character. You know who he is near-instantaneously-- take one look at him and you're already saying, "oh god, the influencer." He's really talkative, already having taken up a lot of screen time in his "arc" of being terrified by the body to being too lazy to participate in the Trial to eventually blabbering his way through it anyways. He also already has a defined dynamic with Damon. Even if I can't necessarily say that Damon would be sad to see Kai gone at this point (sorry Kaimon shippers), he'd have to have some sort of personal reaction to it. I could see him eventually recognizing something along the lines of, "it's weird to not have Kai around bothering me anymore."

It's no surprise that Kai is a popular character in the fandom, because he has all the traits to take on a role like that. However, that sort of characterization is a double edged sword. When considering the killing game as a whole, it's hard to come up with a first victim who will still be remembered and celebrated by the end of the entire saga (assuming that's what you're going for). However, despite not being a super critical character to the story*, I could see Kai continue to be featured in fanart and included in fanfiction due to his humor and pretty boy appeal long after his demise.

(*I'm not saying that Kai couldn't be a super relevant character if he survives Chapter 1, I'm just saying that, if he is the Chapter 1 victim, I don't think it would be in a Mukuro/Twogami/Rantaro Early Mystery kind of way.)

Kai is definitely one of those characters that I see in a crux position, where they're either going to be a super early game character or a super late game character. And, to be honest, despite what I've said here and what I believed after playing the Prologue, I actually now think Kai might have the legs to go long game. Although he could just be a bit of a cowardly funny guy who can't handle the circumstances and instantly drops dead (sort of like what was originally planned for Hiro in THH), Kai does seem to have a lot of... issues. While I originally thought those might just play out in his FTEs-- which is still theoretically possible-- I think the story might take more time to dive into them. There's also a clear arc before him of initially not rising to the killing game's challenge, but eventually being forced to take things seriously and give it his all.

There're also the comments that Grace made in Kai's introduction about him a dictator. From what we've seen of Kai so far, that label seems really hard to believe. If his character ever needs to rise to that dictator status, he'll probably need more time to do it.

I'm also applying some... meta knowledge here. I'm pretty sure I remember from watching some of the San Japan interviews that Kai is at least one of the writers' favorite characters, which is a bold take if he does die literally first. Also, I just learned from trying to look up what Kai and Damon's ship name is that apparently three of the staff artists ship Kaimon. Could that indicate that Kai and Damon might survive together...? I could definitely just be looking into things too much with both of these, but it's hard for me to not consider all the evidence at hand.

Anyways. Kai could really easily be taken out first, or he could have a major role to play yet. In either case, I'm sure this speculation will be fun to look back at in the future.

#4: Toshiko

Hey, maybe I can make that wedding veil thing have meaning after all.

Part of what I was considering when coming up with my list of potential victims is what sort of rationale the killer would have when choosing who to kill. Obviously, with the method I described in Jean's section, it's possible the criteria would be "whoever walks into the Dining Hall alone first," which is essentially random. However, that doesn't give me much to work with, so I tried to assume something more specific than that. However, I also didn't want to make it too specific-- like Peko targeting Mahiru in SDR2 Ch2 due to a prior conflict-- because that forces me to pin down my killer too hard, and might rely on information I simply don't have.

Instead, we're looking for a broad category, like "Sayaka wanted a manipulable man." Honestly, the "I want to kill but I don't have a specific image in mind of who" apparently doesn't happen too much in canon, but I think it's a really useful one to consider. Would the killer want to target an unpopular person so that anyone could have a motive to kill? Would the killer want to target the smartest person around so that they'll have fewer hurdles to deal with in the Class Trial? Would the killer take out the weakest and most vulnerable target because that's all they could manage, or even because they want people to believe that's all they could manage?

To go along with the hypocrisy theme, I think that the killer taking out an easy target for simplicity's sake is a very plausible option. Especially if the killer is a strong person like Jean, there's that added injustice of, "dude, you couldn't even pick on someone your own size?"

If that is the case, Toshiko is an obvious choice for someone who's small and easy to beat in a fight. (Kai follows these guidelines too, to an extent.) Other than her small size potentially making her harder to hit, I could imagine anyone being able to overpower her with relative ease. This part is more of a shot in the dark, as we haven't seen any daily life play out yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if Toshiko's notably younger age leaves her with few friends around the school. Thus, she might more often be found alone, making her easier to ambush and giving the killer more time before somebody realizes something is wrong.

Toshiko is also in the group of Eva, Grace, Wolfgang, and herself who got additional focus via conducting introductions with Damon in the Prologue. Including the first victim within that group would be a great way to give their character with the least screen time a bit more before they die off.

However, I also have my doubts that this will happen. It's just... such a bold move to kill the literal child as you're drawing first blood. Like, obviously I picked it for the hypocrisy-themed chapter because that kind of thing would make you look like a monster, but, would anybody really bite?

I also just kinda get the vibes that Toshiko is set up to be more than the first victim. While uniquely making her a child could be intentional, if the first killer is meant to look extra heartless, I don't understand where the Ultimate Matchmaker talent would have come from in that case. I guess she could matchmake or otherwise psychoanalyze people in the Chapter 1 daily life before she dies...? Maybe the killer could be worried about her figuring out how they're feeling and want to silence her. Actually, okay, that's convincing enough.

Picking Toshiko goes against my gut instincts of where Eden's Garden is headed, but I can't deny that there are sensible arguments behind Toshiko dying first as well. Or, maybe I'm just delusional. I'll leave that up to y'all's judgment at this point.

#3: Diana

Uh, kind of the same things that I just said about Toshiko, as well as my arguments for Diana being the killer. Diana also appears to be pretty weak, so it wouldn't be too hard for others to overpower and kill her. I also didn't forget that she too is a child, although she appears much more mature than Toshiko due to 1) being a high school senior as opposed to a high school freshman and 2) having an industry job rather than however Toshiko's business functions. You could still use the argument of "why would you kill someone who still has so much life left to live," although it might feel a little awkward when characters like Mark are only one year older than Diana and Toshiko is (presumably) still standing right there.

Really, though, the main reason why Diana ranks this high is because she's so darn nice. Even if people might see her as a little ditzy, I still feel that she'd have the most unilaterally "why did you choose to kill such a sweet person" response across the board. Depending on who the killer is, that choice could be hypocritical. If it's someone like Jean or Wolfgang who had been trying to convince everyone to work together and shaming those who didn't conform, eliminating someone who was happily following along with your plan could be considered hypocritical.

However, I still think that Diana is more primed to have a surprisingly deep run than a surprisingly short one. If Diana died first, then her character is "nice girl," and that's it. What about all of that weird mastermind coding?! My new theory is actually that Diana will be killed at some point because people think she's the mastermind, even though she's actually innocent. (That, or The_Humbugg is right and Diana has autism, and the mastermind coding is a galaxy brain method to ensure that viewers are wary of her for reasons that are entirely not her fault, much like how neurotypical people might instinctively find autistic people unsettling/shifty even when they aren't trying to be. I love The_Humbugg's video everyone should watch that.)

I was actually at first worried for her in Chapter 1 for that reason, until I remembered that (currently, at least) the students haven't been told that there's a mastermind among them. (Assuming there even canonically is, I might add.) Obviously, they could learn about that in Chapter 1, but at that point, just put it in the Prologue. Then the fandom could be sure in the long hiatus that speculating about a mastermind had a point, and potentially start thinking about how a killer could react to that information.

Still, Diana's extreme friendship stances make it easy for me to fit her into the hypocrisy theme in either the killer or victim position. But, if she can use her chameleon skills to fade into the background for just one chapter, I think she might have a long life ahead of her.

#2: Wolfgang

Anybody think this dude is just... flying too close to the sun?

Perhaps this placement is a remnant of the past: when my sister and I were first playing through the Prologue, we totally thought that Wolfgang gave off first victim energy. Except, funnily enough, we thought it was because he was kind of a bland, friendly character who clearly didn't have much going for him, if he was burning one of his voice lines on "Miss Madison!". We were fully taken aback when he popped off in the Prologue trial, and agreed that he wouldn't be a first victim for those reasons anymore. However, he could still die first for other reasons.

Other than Damon, it's hard to argue that any character gets more of a spotlight in the Prologue than Wolfgang. Hell, he might even beat Damon in that regard. It may just be the fandom's penchant for fawning over pale, skinny, antagonistic men, but Wolfgang certainly felt like the most after-the-fact-discussed character to me. However, it's possible that Wolfgang is being set up as a huge figure in the Prologue and Chapter 1 daily life because that's all the time he has to shine. It's possible the Prologue trial was conceptualized under the rationale that the Ultimate Lawyer should have to attend at least one Trial.

While Wolfgang isn't necessarily easy to overpower, it's easy to see how any killer would want to off him so that they don't have to face him in the Class Trial. Even if Damon did a considerable amount of heavy lifting, the majority of the Class sees it as Wolfgang's skills that got them through the Class Trial. He certainly displayed how ruthless he was willing to become against those who spat in the face of what he called justice. If I were becoming the blackened, I'd be worried about facing off against him in the Class Trial. One easy way to prevent that from happening is to cancel his attendance.

Also, while I said I didn't want to get too into the details of any killers in particular, should Jean be the blackened, things could get extra spicy. If I'm right that Jean and Wolfgang could come to lead the group together, then killing your co-leader because you're afraid he could properly bring you to justice is just extra salt in the wound.

But, now it's time for the counterarguments, naturally. Everything I said about the lost potential of having Wolfgang cap out at first killer is probably even more true if he's the first victim. The whole "lawyer versus bargain bin" thing would only actually be applicable to one Trial, even if the memory of Wolfgang's Trial prowess would probably hang over Damon's head for a while. More decisively, if the game is going for an ethos/logos/pathos thing, I have a hard time seeing who would fill the ethos shoes quite as well as Wolfgang did. I guess Damon could eventually step into that role, coming to embody all three...? However, it might be a little early to set that arc in motion.

Again, maybe it's just an inability to shake my initial assumptions, but I still have the vibe ingrained in my mind that Wolfgang will be a shockingly early death. Well, shocking to some people. Not me or Venus, though. But, I won't be shocked if he lives, either. Wolfgang will be a narratively important character, we just need to see how exactly he'll go about it.

#1: Eva

Wow, Eva gets to be the third character included who introduced themselves alongside Damon and the third repeat character from the killer's list! Unfortunately, it seems like I'm not predicting that she's going to make it even as far as the third death in this killing game. Tell me that statement's a lie...!

I think I'll actually start out with some of the counterarguments this time, because they relate to things I've said about other characters. Like Diana, I did initially call Eva to mind because I thought people would think she's suspicious, and perhaps kill her under the assumption that she's the mastermind. However, that's once again probably not going to be the case, because the students don't currently know whether there's a mastermind among them or not. Also, going back to the ethos/logos/pathos thing, I think there's a pretty decent chance that Wolfgang will be ethos, Damon will be pathos, and Eva will serve as logos. There are... probably better options for a replacement logos (including Damon just double wielding with truth and pathos bullets) than a replacement ethos, but Eva is probably still be the best fit. Given that no one trusts her (ethos) and everyone thinks an emotional argument would be a lie (pathos), all she has to convince people is the cold hard facts (logos).

Also, you can't ignore that Damon, Wolfgang, and Eva could just be a really obvious protag/antag/support trio that will all make it to Chapter 5 or whatever. I'm hoping for something a little less vanilla than that, but, hey, that's just me. It's their game and they can do whatever they want.

However... The_Humbugg comes in clutch once again! I won't fully reiterate all of their points, but basically, they bring up a lot of solid arguments about how Eva might have additional information about the prior killing game in which Cara died. Even beyond the possibility that Tozu might stack the killing game in a way that could subtly target Eva, unlike Kai, she does feel like she's being written as the Early Mystery. Also, if she's the one bringing up information about the prior killing games, it's possible another student could "connect the dots" themselves and assume she's somehow behind this one.

Beyond those more far-reaching speculative points though, I do also think that Eva being a victim would fit with the themes of hypocrisy. Specifically, the veil part. Given that the killer is (probably) "beneath the veil of hypocrisy," they aren't just hypocritical, but they're hidden beneath their hypocrisy. They might not even know that that veil is there. So, essentially, killing Eva-- the one who's been directly calling people out for their poor assumptions-- would be the killer succumbing to vice and doing anything to shut up the nagging voice that's accusing them of wrongdoing. They can't come out from under the veil of hypocrisy and confront it face-to-face, so they wind up only furthering their hypocrisy in an attempt to hide from it.

Eva is also in the top three most highlighted characters of the Prologue, between introducing herself alongside Damon (bonus points for meeting Damon first and in special circumstances) and her little speech at the end of the Class Trial. Even more than Wolfgang, to me, her heightened involvement in the Prologue feels like an inclusion to get her more content before an early death, rather than setting up a major character with other relationships and plot threads down the road. That's just my gut instinct, though.

Final Thoughts

And with that, Eva's section is over. I do want to make quick mention of Cassidy, though, because I know a lot of people think that she'll be the first victim. I think it's because of where and how much she's appeared in promotional material...? To be honest, I don't really see it, but I probably would have listed her sixth for lack of other ideas. She is another character whose jokes made her very memorable after only one chapter, and I could see her getting on someone's nerves enough for them to choose to strike back against her. Again, won't be super surprised if it is her-- because, to reiterate, I don't have incredibly strong feelings about who the victim will be-- but I didn't have much of my own to add for Cassidy speculation.

Well, you askers have done it again (/pos). You got me to ramble for way too long about Fangan Possibilities. It's fine; I think that geeking out over various fangan theory essays is important for my account and my personal ecosystem. Perhaps next time, I'll have a bit more evidence to look over if the first chapter is out by then. Or, maybe I'll have a thought of my own after rewatching/replaying the prologue again, or somebody will send me another ask that I take WAY too long to respond to.

Thank you again for the ask and your patience, @thefandomenchantress! I hope you and everyone else enjoyed. Until next time!

[markerofthemidnight]

WHAT THE?!-

Uh, yeah! Surprise new fic out that I wrote in like 3 hours! This one’s a little weird, but I mean- it’s still good! Y’all can read it! You can even read it if you don’t know anything about P:EG!

[chocoloom]

Adding onto my last post, Imma make an Eden’s Garden prediction on who I think may survive or die, or at least seems to be more likely to die to ME.

Spoilers Ahead for Project Eden’s Garden btw! If you haven’t played it, please do, it’s FREE RN

If you’re still here, here we go!

Damon Maitsu - Survives (Protagonist clause, he’s gonna be hella traumatized though). Dude still has a whole character arc to go through, he still has trust issues to get rid of.

Ingrid Grimwall - Probably Dead. Look I love this lady with my whole chest. Her passion and charm hit me like a train and as a southern woman myself, I love her accent. But. Her death would hit like a truck and that is exactly what Danganronpa thrives in doing. Especially considering her death would cause the group to lose a pillar of emotional support, and would devastate a certain little matchmaker. Speaking of which.

Toshiko Kayura - Survives. She’s gonna get some character development related to Diana or Ingrid, especially if one of them dies (looking at Ingrid specifically). Ingrid dying would fuck this girl UP, which is why I think it’s going to happen. They have been setting up these two having a mother daughter relationship early on. I don’t see this girl as a murderer, but I can see her filling a similar role to Aoi’s. Specifically how Aoi was acting during the Sakura trial, hiding evidence cause she blames other people and herself for the death of someone she cares about. I can’t see her dying though, she’s too young. That’s a baby. Then again, this isn’t the main Danganronpa world, so I could be wrong. Absolutely off topic, but I think there’s a reason she’s hiding her face. Not a bad one mind you, she strikes me as someone who would try to hide things she doesn’t like about herself in an attempt to seem more mature or lady like. Maybe she still has braces and is embarrassed about it.

Jean DeLamer - Solid fifty fifty. I straight up don’t know, I could see this going one of two ways. One, he survives to the end (in which case, awesome, he’s honestly one of my favorites in this game). Two he dies in a sacrificial manner to save the rest of the group, as they have become his new crew in a sense. In which case, I’m sad and my heart is in tatters. He gives off big Nekomaru or Gundham vibes in his role in the group. Regardless, I see him as a big source of reliability and moral support for the group going forward. I can also see him taking up more of a leadership role going forward. Maybe he helps out Diana in her attempts to unite the students.

Ulysses Wilhelm - Dead. That bit about him not being able to smell strikes me as a Chekhov’s gun that has yet to be fired. I can practically taste the metal. I could see him being either a murder victim or a murderer. Regardless of which, it will likely involve Wenona in some way, as those two have been maintaining a positive relationship. I can see them conspiring with each other, or betraying each other. Either way, dramaaaa~

Jett Dawson - Dead. 100%. I do not see his ass surviving. Sorry Jett enjoyers. The fact that we don’t know what his face looks like also feels like a Chekhov’s gun. Maybe it’s connected to Tozu and Mara, or maybe it’s connected to another student (looking at Mark). Maybe someone impersonates him, or the other way around.

Mark “Mayhem” Berskii - Dead. I could see him being a murder victim or murderer tbh. I think it may depend on what happens with Jett, as those two have been linked together, much to Mark’s initial chagrin (The shippers are gonna sob I just know it). There’s a darkness in that boy’s soul, and it specifically mentioned that Mark specializes in remixing songs and voices. I could see a scenario where he takes the recorded voices of his fellow students and uses them to create confusion, maybe make people think that a person is in a specific place when they are not, or cause confusion as to whether or not a person is alive or dead at a specific time. Maybe he kills Jett, would that be fucked up or what :D?

Desmond Hall - Fifty fifty, but I think he Survives. He’s more likely to in my head, but if he does die, he’s the murder victim. From what we know about his personality, I think he’s less likely to try and kill anybody in comparison to some of the other characters. He’s got a very low key personality, and even though his talent is the most connected to killing out of the whole cast, I actually think he is probably one of the people who is least likely to do so. Dude is a killer shot, but he’s no killer.

Wenona - Fifty fifty, leaning more towards 25-75 in favor of death. She COULD survive, but I think it’s more likely for her to die tbh. She’s been one of the people who has been the most vocal about waiting for rescue, but she’s also a billionaire. And you don’t get that much money without being willing to take advantage of, manipulate, and hurt people. She’s definitely going to be an antagonist in a future chapter, aided by Ulysses. She’s also going to have some sort of conflict with Cassidy, as they have been setting up this bad blood between the two since Cassidy’s intro. She strikes me as someone who could play a similar role to Byakuya or Celestia, especially if she finds out that help might not be coming. Or if her company is on the line. Cuz we still don’t know what the situation is like outside of the Academy. Also, murder is just as much of a girlboss move as it is an immoral one.

Eloise Taulner - Dead. I don’t know enough about her to say for sure, but I think she could be the murder victim or murderer. If it’s the latter, good for her ig. Girl slays, or I guess stabs would be more applicable.

Cassidy Amber - Survives. I think she’s more likely to survive than die. Girl is feisty, and the survivor groups usually have some upbeat and optimistic. If she dies however, she dies mid game. I could see her plotting to murder Wenona, or getting into a confrontation with her due to her status as a morally bankrupt billionaire. I don’t want her to die, I like her dynamics with a lot of the other characters, but I could see it happening.

Grace Madison - Dead. I would wager she might die within the next chapter or two. Her primary connection as a character was to Wolfgang, and he’s gone, soooo, yeah. Something is definitely up with her that’s going to get addressed next chapter regardless. For one, we still don’t know why she was so adamant about nobody going into Wolfgang’s room at the time of his death. It could be because she was just embarrassed about people discovering and questioning her about her relationship with Wolfgang, but I think there could be more to the story. There’s secrets in each students room, but we don’t know what secrets could be contained in Wolfgang’s room. But Grace might. What’s more, her behavior after Eva’s execution peaked my interest. She’s uncharacteristically silent, not saying anything, even when someone says something that would typically elicit a violent reaction from her. I think she’s conflicted about Eva now, cause Grace definitely despised Eva, but after watching her death, in all its horror? I think even she feels like it was too cruel. She might act a bit more toned down and less angry going forward. Additionally, during Diana’s speech, she doesn’t insult Diana or say anything. Wenona is the only one to really insult Diana, while the rest of the group just kinda try not to acknowledge it. Either Grace is still in shock, or maybe she was actually kinda moved by Diana’s gesture to try to honor Wolfgang’s memory? Maybe she’ll help her, who knows. Would be interesting to say the least.

Okay, these last two are really hard. Figures, they have the most interesting relationships and dynamics with Damon, our protagonist. I can see this going in a lot of different ways, and they are all interesting.

Kai Monteago - Okay, hear me out. Kai strikes me as someone with confidence issues in spite of being an influencer. He underestimates himself, and that lack of confidence combined with his cowardice leads to him wanting to leave stuff like the investigations and the trials to other people. But I also think he wants people around him. The guy craves genuine connection, and he seems to have found the beginnings of that in Damon. He latched onto him like a butterfly to a flower, and I can’t see him letting go anytime soon.

Because of that, I see Kai filling the role that people initially thought Eva was going to fill. Kai will be Damon’s Assistant character, his support. The role of an influencer is one that involves the manipulation of people, be it to follow them on instagram, to buy their products, or simply to listen to them. Damon can argue and debate all day, and he’s good at it, but Kai I think will aid in getting people to listen to his points, and could even manipulate people to uncover lies or get them to confess. This will increase his confidence in his own abilities as a result. Kai is not as dumb as he seems to think he is, and I think he’ll learn that in the arcs going forward. He may also kiss Damon on the mouth, but only time will tell. I hope they do tbh.

Because of this, Kai is mostly safe. If he dies, he dies late game and it mentally destroys Damon, or helps further his character development. Otherwise he survives until the end. And honestly, I think there’s a pretty good chance that the latter option will occur. Regardless, Kai is going to play a crucial role in Damon’s arc. I could see him being one of the catalysts for Damon actually trusting people in this game, after his trust was so broken up by Eva’s murder plot.

Diana Venicia - First of all, she is not gonna be a murderer. Girly was framed last trial, they aren’t gonna pull that shit twice. Plus it was established that she couldn’t bring herself to pull the trigger on Wolfgang, even though her life was actively in danger and he ATTACKED her. If, IF, she becomes a blackened, it is purely by accident or she didn’t intend to kill (maybe smth similar to Chiaki where her actions led to the murder unintentionally, but she never intended to kill). Even then, I think the chances of that situation happening are veryyy low.

I think she is going to serve as a foil to Damon in the trials to come, kinda like an antagonist. As an antagonist isn’t someone who is necessarily evil. They either serve as foils to the protagonist or prevent them from reaching their goals. She won’t obstruct or prevent Damon from reaching his goals, as they both want to go home and get out of the killing game. Rather, she’ll be an antagonist in the moral or metaphorical sense, and I think she’ll be more vocal and try to take a leader position in an attempt to emulate Wolfgang. Her trusting and open nature clashes with Damon’s closed off and suspicious demeanor, and that’s going to play a role in the trials going forward. I can also see her finding allies in her attempting to unite the students in Toshiko, Jean, and possibly Jett, Cassidy, and maybe Grace.

I’ve seen some people saying she will die come Chapter 2. While I see the reasoning behind that. I don’t think that will be the case. If she dies, it’ll be late into the game, maybe come Trial 4 or 5. I could also see her surviving, but it’s too soon to tell. She either dies late game or survives the whole thing, like Kai. That’s my take anyway. Still, the poor bubblegum girl. The horrors are just beginning for her I think.

Wolfgang and Eva: lol they dead as hell. Rigor mortis is already setting in. They’re extra crispy.

In Summary:

Potential Survivors (most to least likely in my head) - Damon, Kai, Diana, Toshiko, Desmond, Cassidy, Jean

As for who may be next to die in chapter two, my money’s on Grace, Ulysses, or Eloise.

[maithall]

you have a thing, i love (M/M) - Desmond Hall x Damon Maitsu 🦈🐍

the maithall fan account reviews this to be...

Rating: 10/10!!! yes it will be 10/10 for every fanfic I rec here. all maithall is good maithall. first non-explicit fic and my favorite out of all of them. the style of this fic is very soft and warm. i tend to write with snappy, punchy dialogue and prefer strong comedic beats, so fans of maithall might appreciate the departure of silly shenanigans to something more kind and sweet

Fandom: Project Eden's Garden

Characters: Damon Maitsu, Desmond Hall, Kai Monteago and Jean DeLamer (Mentioned)

Tags: Fluff, Late Night Conversations, Mutual Pining, Comfort No Hurt, they are in love your honor, My First AO3 Post, How Do I Tag, Tooth Rotting Fluff, gay losers, Developing Relationship, what's wrong with them!!!!!, Lowercase, hear me out... lowercase makes the fic feel more warm do you get me, Unresolved Romantic Tension

Language: English

Author: Anonymous

Summary: but like a gift from god, he spots a certain ultimate sitting in the center of the garden, back supported by a white pillar. desmond feels his heart pound, the same feeling from before coming back to him in waves. its like fate intertwined them.

mod thoughts underneath the cut...

eel here! i'm gonna start recommending fics that gets my seal of approval ™️ ! as always, my recs will be completely sfw (no suggestive, etc). if you're a maithall fan you don't need me to dig up those kinds of fics for you anyway.

[review-anon]

Tell me what you think about Jean DeLamer

//Aye aye captain!

//Thoughts are below the cut;

//Jean is a case of don't judge a book by its cover since upon first seeing him, while I knew the whole he's a pirate isn't gonna hold but he is a sailor but whereas most sailors in fiction are potty mouthed and have thick accents, Jean isn't like that at all, if anything Grace is the one with the sailor's mouth.

//While the cast as a whole follows Wolfgang's leadership, since Jean is used to leading a crew, he does his own thing at times such as exploring the new area when its opened up in Chapter 1, and also gives some helpful advice. Seeing as Wolfgang is gone and as kind as Diana is, she isn't very forceful so I can imagine she might turn to Jean for advice on a few occasions.

//But Jean's true potential comes when Wolfgang was murdered since he actually comes in clutch and finds several useful clues such as him sniffing the air and noticing a chemical which hinted towards lithum batteries being used to cause the explosion and helped to change direction when the class trial was going nowhere. He might not be the most adamically smart, but he knows what goes on his ship and can offer valuable insight into the investigation.

//The most notable thing about Jean is he's the only person with a mythical creature as an animal since his motif is a dragon. But dragons come up OFTEN in the Bible and not...in the best light and even sea monsters were often mentioned as well. Now I'm not saying Jean is the killer but then here's the facts, he's a big guy and we have a Chapter 4 can you see where I'm going here?

//I really do hope Jean doesn't fall to Chapter 4 big guy curse especially since PEG will want to subvert expectations, but given how things have gone, I'm not convinced.

//Jean is a cool guy, and one I feel is gonna make some funny banter when he does appear on the Voidship for reasons that should be obvious. I am thinking I should use some of my FTEs next chapter on him, but we shall see.

[frickingnerd]

yandere jean delamer

pairing: jean delamer x gn!reader

tags: mentions of murder, clingy yandere

jean is a harmless yandere

he only wants what is best for you and would give you the world if he could

though you are already his world! 

jean is convinced that he couldn't live without you and he's therefore very dependent on you

he always follows you around wherever you go, unable to enjoy anything if you aren't by his side

just the thought of you leaving him or being killed breaks his heart and he tries to avoid thinking about it, so he won't drive himself insane

in response to that, jean is overly protective of you, always keeping an eye on you and the people around you

he has a good relationship with all of your friends and is well liked by them, though he only got close to them to make sure they aren't a threat to you

he doesn't want to get violent and kill anyone to protect you, knowing that you'd be sad if he'd hurt your friends and that you'd feel guilty

though he knows that if he really had to, he would do it! 

after all, he's only doing it to protect you! and that alone makes it worth it…

[ao3feed-danganronpa]

What Stays Behind Closed Doors

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/Zvbx5gn

by TadashiRaiden

Tozu presents fourteen out of the sixteen students with their first motive. Damon Maitsu, determined to get to the bottom of this takes on a string of strange challenges. He needs to figure out what exactly is going on with this room, why do specific people enter it when they do, and why they forget the nonsense that happens behind closed doors. Not to mention, why does he remember it all? Clearly, it's a Groundhog Day for sure. [LOVE HOTEL AU!!]

Words: 1686, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Project: Eden's Garden, Dangan Ronpa Series

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M, M/M, Multi

Characters: Damon Maitsu, Mark "Mayhem" Berskii, Eva Tsunaka, Cassidy Amber, Wolfgang Akire, Desmond Hall, Eloise Taulner, Wenona, Grace Madison, Ingrid Grimwall, Jean Delamer, Jett Dawson, Kai Monteago, Diana Venicia (mentioned), Toshiko Kayura (Mentioned), Mara (mentioned), Tozu

Relationships: Damon Maitsu/Ulysses Wilhelm, Damon Maitsu/Eva Tsunaka, Damon Maitsu/Cassidy Amber, Damon Maitsu/Wolfgang Akire, Damon Maitsu/Desmond Hall, Damon Maitsu/Eloise Taulner, Damon Maitsu/Wenona, Damon Maitsu/Grace Madison, Damon Maitsu/Ingrid Grimwall, Damon Maitsu/Jean DeLamer, Damon Maitsu/Jett Dawson, Damon Maitsu/Kai Monteago, Damon Maitsu/Mark "Mayhem" Berskii

Additional Tags: Love Hotel AU, Love Key AU, Character Study, non-canon, Anal Play, Blowjobs, handjobs, Smut, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, Porn With Plot, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, There's somewhat a story here, Rough Sex, Friends With Benefits, groundhog day trope, Butt Plugs, will add more tags later on

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/Zvbx5gn

[thomaswisdom]

SOPICO - SLIDE from DISSIDENCE on Vimeo.

Réalisé par Scotty Simper

Produit par DISSIDENCE

Producteurs: Antoine Fritsch / Charles Portier Chef Opérateur : César De Charme

Directeur de Production : Driss Lumbroso Coordinateur de Production : Joseph Ragons 1er Assistant Réalisateur : Hugo Lebaillif 2nd Assistant Réalisateur : PIM Caloni 3ème Assistante Réalisateur : Augustine Girard 4ème Assistant Réalisateur : Maxime Detournière Casting : Éléonore Aguillon 1ère Assistant Caméra (A) : Jules Berthe 1ère Assistante Caméra (B) : Zoé Mention 2nd Assistant Caméra (A) : Lucas Bidard 2nd Assistante Caméra (B) : Katia Hamnane Steadycameur : Valentin Clarke Chef Opérateur Drone : Marc Didier Opérateur Drone : Antoine Brut Opérateur Drone : Josselin Cornil Chef Électricien : Nathan Jean-François Électricien : Kylian Bouvet Chef Machiniste : Vincent Blasco Machiniste : François Perrault-Alix Machiniste : Olivier Thual Machiniste : Anatole Deniaud Machiniste : Sébastien Obrecht Chef Décorateur : Moïse El Karout Assistant Décoratrice : Jaya Brouhmann Ripper #1 : Thomas Scala Ripper #2 : Hatem Diab Stagiaire Décorateur : Gabriel Desbons Stunt coordinator : Sébastien Fouassier Stunt assistant : Dominique Fouassier Stunt assistant : Tony Auge Stunt utility : Laurent Coin Stunt utility : Mickael Cottin Stunt utility : Jennifer Hauguel Stunt utility : Antoine Mezan De Malartic Superviseur Grand Final (Pyrotechnie) : Stéphane Bazoge Technicien Sfx #1 : Pierre-Emmanuel Gelis Technicien Sfx #2 : Olivier Fleurette Technicien Sfx #3 : Audrey Segain Technicien Sfx #4 : Romain Verstraete Grand Final Staff : Stéphanie Jarry Grand Final Staff : Frédéric Lepla Grand Final Staff : Clément Rivier Ingénieur Du Son : Charles Grégoire Maquilleuse : Victoria Sapet Styliste : Lola Maux Assistante Styliste : Martina Dotti

2ND PART SHOOTING

Chef Opérateur : Scotty Simper

Chef Décoratrice : Catalina Labra Assistante Décoratrice : Élise Frichet Ripper : Benjamin Rougé Thomas

2nde Assistante Caméra : Juliette Perpina Steadycameur : Sacha Naceri Chef Électricien : Silvio Belviso Électricienne : Juliette Maignan Machiniste : Gaspard Christin

1er assistant camera : Sebastien Dubor

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SPECIAL THANKS

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Yoongi Scenario: Tainted Love - Part 14.

Request: Could you make one with Yoongi being some sort of demon/vampire boss that every one is super scared of but then there is Y/N, Yoongi is in love with her and everyone is always super impressed how Yoongi always surrenders and softens when something is about her? He’s super protective and wants to please her in his own way, thank you for doing this i love you  

Summary: Demons are merciless, demons are ruthless, demons can’t hold nothing dear to them. Yoongi is the leader, the king of the demon world. He is feared as he is respected, no one expected him to bring a human girl as his lover, you. You fell in love and now you are in the midst of adjusting to the demon world, its custums, and its dangers. But everything is worth it if is for him, the demon king that lives between shadows and that would turn hell apart to protect you.

Demon AU. Featuring all BTS.

Genre: Romance / Drama.

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You were wrapped in the blankets with a book on your lap and the tv on to have it as background noise, but none of it really distracted your mind of Yoongi and Sonya.

You didn’t want to be the typical dramatic girlfriend, although thinking yourself as a girlfriend fell short in what you thought you were. You were his lover, his partner. So you didn’t understand why he hadn’t mentioned meeting his ex, if you could call her that.

You thought it was the shock, it wasn’t like you hadn’t known he had had other women, but seeing him with one of them, in the same room, coming alone from who knows where made you scowl with anger. In the past he had told you women who crossed him had suffered the consequences, a threat to you that should have driven you away from him, but here you were. He hadn’t told you he was in good terms with at least one of them.

The worst thing was he wasn’t coming. Staying still and waiting wouldn’t be something you’d do although you were forcing yourself to do just that, you thought about going wherever he was just to make yourself present, but then you also thought about leaving, but as you didn’t have any other place for the moment you had to stay. That fact made you even angrier, maybe you should just call Anji or Yuri to go out for a moment, the day was ending and going out just like that would be more than imprudent but you truly wanted it.

You thought that if he wasn’t coming in half an hour then you’d go out, at the moment you weren’t considering if you were overreacting or not, you just thought about how wronged you felt. They had heard them, people or other demons, had heard them having sex. It made you crazy imaging it.

You were contemplating the few clothes you had with you, you hadn’t even gone shopping but then it wasn’t like you had the mind to think about that, the door opened and he came in, he seemed surprised to see you but you ignored it, drifting your eyes again to the few pieces of clothing hanging in the closet.

-What?- he asked unceremoniously but you ignored him again. -Y/N- he pressed and you didn’t hear him coming, only noticing him when he was standing beside you. -Are you going out?- You nodded. -Care to tell me? Haven’t you have enough for one day?-

You huffed. -The nerve-

-What?- he asked again. -Why are you angry?-

You rolled your eyes at him, you thought Taehyung would have told him about it, or Jungkook or even Jimin, but they didn’t so maybe they were on your side, or maybe they just didn’t care about some stupid jealousy problem.

-Why didn’t you tell me?-

-Tell you what?-

-You meeting with you “ex”- you crossed your arms. Yoongi stared at you for a moment, you were breathing heavily, fuming, but he just stared at you, all over, and after what you thought was too long and you were thinking what to say to him he chuckled, he actually chuckled.

-You think this is funny?-

-Actually, it kind of is-

You raised your brows and then continued to look for your things this time more eagerly -You are an asshole-

-Y/N, I didn’t mean it that way love-

-You did-

-I didn’t, I just… -he sighed, amused.

-What the hell is wrong with you? What? To demons this is some kind of joke?-

-No, Y/N, calm down, where are you even going?-

-Not your problem-

Yoongi groaned. -How wouldn’t it be my problem? Of course it is-

-Then cut the crap and tell me what were you doing? I had to find out through your friends that that… demon, was your ex or whatever-

-She wasn’t my lover or anything, we just…-

-You used to fuck, I know that- you cut him making him frown. -Never came to your mind telling me she was coming?-

-Y/N it isn’t really that relevant-

-You meeting with someone you used to fuck isn’t relevant? So then maybe I should go do some meetings then-

-No, this is different-

-I don’t see the difference, really- you said while you threw on the first you saw, a pair of jeans, a loose black blouse and a pair of sandals. -And you were hurt, I thought you were resting or maybe with Namjoon, but no you weren’t with Namjoon, you went off to meet some old fuck of yours, great-

-I never said I was going to meet Namjoon- he stopped talking seeing you were already dressed and looking for your purse. -It is different because she works for me, if you go meet someone now it is because you want to- he growled. -That’s the difference-

-Oh because you didn’t want to see her- Yoongi shook his head and from his shoulder a shadow slid on until it was all over the door. -What are you doing?- you said since now what was the door was a mass of darkness in which you couldn’t distinguish anything.

-We are staying here-

-Yoongi, open it-

He took off his jacket and glared at you. -No, and to your knowledge that happened way before you were even born, this is ridiculous-

You shook your head, you were behaving like a brat, that was true, and wasn’t he so devoted to you to the point of exhaustion? But then why not telling you?

You stared at him now seeing he had bandages over his hands, and a black one around his neck that more than a bandage looked like a collar. He looked really hot like that, but a part of you also wanted to choke him, to choke her. You shook your head confused with your own thoughts and then you felt his hands on your shoulders, you wanted it all over your body but thinking him with her made scowl with annoyance so you slapped them away. -Don’t touch me-

Yoongi didn’t listen though and kept pulling you to him. -I laughed because I hadn’t seen you like this before-

-And this is funny to you?-

He gave you a crooked smile. -A little, but you don’t have to worry love-

-Then why not telling me?-

-You left, and this wasn’t anything scheduled, she and her squad arrived and I have to deal with it, you know that, if you go out now and see someone you were fucking before then protecting their identities all this time would have served nothing, I’ve contained myself, but if you do that I’ll go there and slaughter the useless human and then what? You’ll be angry and upset at me-

You sighed, you had until now refused to tell him who you had dated before because you feared for their destiny and you knew you weren’t wrong -How considerate, thinking who you slaughter-

-I am-

You didn’t want to look at him, too angry and too embarrassed with your childish behavior. -I don’t like it, that’s all, you are mine-

Yoongi smirked pulling you to him until he was sitting down at the edge of the bed so he hugged your middle and buried his face on your chest to then look up. -Yes-

-Yes, what?-

Yoongi raised his brows. -I am yours atashe delam-

-Can I mark you?-

That made him laugh and you pouted. -I’ll mark you if you want-

-This isn’t about me, this is about that fucking whore knowing she can’t just come here-

-I’ll let her know I have a beast here-

You slapped his chest and he hissed, the burns, you looked at him apologetically but got away from him nonetheless. -Don’t play with me- you shook your head and took off your sandals to wrap yourself in the blankets again without looking at him. You felt him there still so you spoke. -If this was me you’d be going all over the place making death threats and marking me and whatever, you are just playing with me right now-

-Alright, it is a game then- he conceded sarcastically. -All of it-

You wanted to cry but you refrained yourself from doing so, you felt him getting in bed as well right under the covers with you.

-I’ll stay here with you- he whispered really close to your nape, the goosebumps traveling from there to other parts of your body -I know it is hard, but you don’t have to feel this way- he pecked your neck and got closer to you wrapping an arm around you. -I would have made a mess if it was your ex, I would kill him or anyone getting too close to you-

-So for you is fine, that’s what you are saying?-

-No, I’m saying I understand Y/N fuck- he sighed. -You can be angry, but you don’t have to be, I’ll see Sonya stays the minimum-

You groaned hearing her name and Yoongi kissed you again. -Don’t go anywhere alone, I saw you were alone today-

-Alright- he assured kissing you again. -What else?-

-No physical contact-

Yoongi shook his head with a little smile. -Done, what else?-

-Telling me first, everything, I don’t want these surprises anymore-

-You are being very controlling love, you will excel at demon-

You smiled a little at that. -I just don’t want to think you with anybody else-

-Not think, done- he said and you laughed at that, you turned to look at him, seeing the wounds were of a less intense shade of pink but still raw.

-This must hurt- you took a hand and kissed it to then go closer and peck his collarbones. -I was worried babe-

-It doesn’t hurt- he affirmed kissing your lips.

-Did you… here?- you said feeling uncomfortable. Yoongi shook his head and sighed like asking patience to some high power out there.

-Not here, didn’t I tell you not everyone can come here?- That made you smile widely despite yourself and Yoongi shook his head once more. -I swear Y/N-

You were going to retort something sarcastic but you didn’t want to keep fighting, all you wanted was him. So you moved as swiftly as you could, not entirely catching him by surprise since that was hard to achieve with Yoongi, but still the look on his face as you moved to be on top of him, straddling him, was way too good, a mix of amusement with curiosity. He caressed your hips as he contemplated you and you leaned down until you could whisper next to his ear.

-You are mine-

His hands squeezed your flesh as a reaction of that and you almost moaned, biting your lip to stop yourself right on time. You had to be careful with his wounds but still you needed to do this, your lips caressed his ear and then went a little lower, kissing him, licking him a little as his hands massaged your body and even if you still had clothes on the touch made you feel on fire.

You bit his chin and this time Yoongi hissed with pleasure, the hold on his arms tightened and you were almost sure he was just about to spin you around to be on top, so you shook your head. -No- You slipped a hand through the hem of his pants caressing there where you could make him groan with your touch -Fuck me?- you exhaled biting your lips, desiring him way too much for your well being, you regretted it for a second, he was hurt, but then you needed him, the jealousy carving in you, you could feel the possessiveness he had over you in your own mind and body, it was a dark feeling, you shouldn’t be feeling this way about your boyfriend, with a human lover this might be the red flag for something unhealthy, something you should get away from. But Yoongi wasn’t human and as he skimmed your skin with his fingers you couldn’t come to think about what humans should or should not do.

-Done- he stated in a growl just before getting on top of you.

The waiting for new from the warlock clan took a few days, it was making everyone impatient and irritable, in a place full of demons that wasn’t good.

It was to Yoongi to keep things under control, but as you were finding out under control had different connotations for everyone, in human world and for your demon mates. A lot of times for Yoongi control meant deciding who lived and who died, and as his patience was wearing thin there had been a lot of killings lately. Him getting busy collecting what was to collect, or just going for the kill when someone brought a problem to him. It amazed you how he could do it so swiftly, like some lives meant nothing to him, so insignificant he could just get rid of them with a smooth movement of his hand. It amazed you that you were getting used to it, the horror had diminished, although you grimaced at the most gruesome tales.

-It was my kill for the take- Taehyung demanded one time at the table. It was rare the times that it wasn’t just Yoongi and you, or you and Jimin. This time almost all seats were occupied and the table was loud with conversation.

-I saw it first- Jimin retorted, there was a growing rivalry between them you were starting to notice, you were at first a bit worried until Yoongi told you it was ok. Taehyung saw Jimin as competition because he was getting better and that was good. He had also pointed out that Jimin facing up the likes of Taehyung was good for him.

-Next time you should kill it together, share the slaughter like a couple- Jin laughed making others even Yoongi laugh too.

-You split it in half- Namjoon who was there continued. -Split it from the head and go down, you could dismember it, depending of its limbs of course-

-Better, split it from the belly- Jungkook suggested with mischief. -You can compete on who has more guts at the end- they laughed again and you stared down at your plate with the almost raw meat that was the meal of the day.

Jokes about killing, jokes about slaughtering. This was the everyday, but you guessed you preferred them like this than them fighting at each other like sometimes you were afraid. Like that time Yoongi had punished Taehyung, he had deserved it but him going against his own made it more exalting to you.

Two more days went by, you were keeping track of Yoongi’s wounds that were practically inexistent, he healed fast, you supposed this was just little things for him but it still made you weary that he could be hurt. As you were staying there you started to think what you should do, if you could be present in the meetings, being such an opinionated person you thought of what could that bring, but then you also made yourself remember you were actually a smart person, that you were Yoongi’s lover, and that in a way all the things he did you’d have to do at some degree, at some point.

-I’ll go with you- you told him when you saw him just after you arrived from college, you had to study but there was a meeting of some sort and you realized it would be good to take this chance even if you were a bit tired.

Yoongi looked at you so you stared back at him waiting for approval although you were already determined on going. -Ok- he nodded waiting for you by the door.

This wasn’t your first time in a meeting, you had already been hidden in one with Jimin, other time when he was introducing you to his people, and in one or two occasion you had barged in rather rudely. But this was the first time you’d be there with Yoongi, you thought this would happen when you turned to a demon, but you being there being human was just another confirmation of his devotion for you.

There were several demons already waiting by the doors of the meeting room when Yoongi and you approached walking there, and although you felt a bit out of place for just a second with just jeans and a black top you also kept your head up and didn’t look at them, you were walking by Yoongi’s side who never stopped to look at how some demons gawked at his presence, a lot about demon had to do with not giving a fuck.

Everyone entered after you two and at the table you sat just beside him in a seat you didn’t remember being there before but saw Hoseok giving you an accomplice look which meant it was him. Hoseok was at his left and Namjoon at his right on your side. Everyone else accommodated and you saw Jin sitting randomly in the middle, but you also saw Sonya sitting in the long table. You kept yourself contained but hardened your features a little, if she was there you couldn’t help it and surely Yoongi couldn’t either or simply wasn’t affected by it.

The talk started, it was a lot like a political meeting, only that more ruthless since there was in stake a lot more than a charge. This time Taehyung wasn’t there with his feared aura and swords, but Jin’s pleasant smile wasn’t doing that for the demon at his right who constantly looked at him and tried to not even graze him.

-They crossed us my lord, we should be firing their village, we must demand blood- one of the demons proposed and it was a very well received idea.

-Don’t forget about the other demon going around, that leech has us going in turns, how can we demand blood if that’s not done?-

-Because we have eternity to go after that demon, in exchange revenge must be taken immediately-

-So you plan in going in circles for eternity?-

Yoongi tapped his fingers on the table and the voices died down immediately as everyone regarded him. The two demons engaged in the little discussion looking at him waiting for him to say who was right.

-We must continue pursuing the lizard, that’s the priority for all of us, being his character evasive I was thinking in a bait-

All of them looked at each other nodding and Yoongi smirked. -Perhaps, you who have eternity so well assured- Yoongi said looking at the demon who had suggested that, an adult man that made you think of the navy when you saw him -I remind you if the killings don’t stop our little balance will be disturbed irremediably and then eternity won’t be a sure thing, or will it be without a source of power?-

He bowed his head nodding and growled at the other demon smirking at him but then Yoongi continued.

-I agree revenge must be taken, only if the warlocks do not take care of the issue first, let them do the dirty work, for once- he exhaled making Jin chuckle. -If not we will go there and be done with it, revenge it’s not always immediate so get your shit together and don’t mix your thirst for blood in this-

-My lord so how we will hunt them down? The lizards and the warlocks? What are we to do?- another demon asked, this one was very pale and blond, his voice was soft and his features were almost feminine but there was an edge about him that got you thinking he was much more than it meet the eye.

-We are always talking about the same things, my lord- this time it was Sonya speaking, you saw her looking at Yoongi just briefly just before her eyes set on you.

You arched a brow and kept your chin up like daring her continue. Her red hair was pulled away from her face letting her beautiful features stand out, oh she was attractive and she was also daring as to having no hesitation in speaking out.

-For the lizard we have been working on it, we are close to finding the lair- Namjoon answered for Yoongi. -If we are always talking about the same it’s because we have the same problem, that neither of us have solved yet, just a reminder- Namjoon laced his fingers and stretched his back. -If we are in it to defend our domain then the responsibility is on all of us, or have you caught any lizard demon lately Sonya?-

Sonya smiled mildly and nodded giving reason to Namjoon. -I have a lead on the warlocks though- she said proudly. -Will be my pleasure to share it with you-

-Why haven’t you said anything before?- Hoseok busted annoyed.

Yoongi tapped his fingers again and rubbed his temple a little. -Sonya you are giving us a headache- everyone laughed and Sonya grumbled something unintelligible. -The lizard theme is over for today since no one has a new lead, we will all start looking in unusual places for stray demons to hide, try with the humans, no unnecessary killings- Yoongi ordered firmly. -You are dismissed, not all of you- he said looking at Hoseok, Namjoon, Jin and finally Sonya.

Sonya told all of you that there were rumors going around of warlocks sniffing in demon grounds, although other said it was the other way around and that there were demons going about warlock’s business.

-You know what they say, if anyone’s going to do anything they gotta go to the market first- Sonya finished with a shrug, she was relaxed talking to Yoongi and you weren’t pleased with that familiarity.

-You say we could find something in the market?- Hoseok asked not exactly believing her.

-You can find many things there- she sighed. -I’m just trying to contribute though, if you don’t think it’s a good enough lead then…-

-I think we should go- Namjoon intervened. -Sonya’s right, this time, there’s always rumors going around in the market, maybe this time all that merchant palaver is true-

They all looked at Yoongi who assessed everything quietly for just a moment until he made up his mind -Alright, we will go, the sooner the better, this afternoon-

-I request going too- Sonya said before the meeting was dismissed. -I brought up the idea, I want to go, Hana will come with me-

At the mention of her name Hoseok’s eyes went to Sonya, you saw distrust in him, apprehension. Maybe he didn’t like the girl he was in love with being by Sonya’s side, or maybe he was worried about Hana walking into potential danger, after all he couldn’t go there, he couldn’t be there and protect her if he had to.

Yoongi nodded. -Alright-

-We will all go- you stated firmly. No one dared to refute at that moment although you saw some uneasiness in Hoseok’s face yet again, Yoongi on his behalf was giving nothing away until he commanded all of them gone to wait for his word to go to the market. You were left once again in the meeting room, how many discussions had you had here already? Too many of them for sure, Yoongi and you often thought differently and had different points of view on how to do things.

-So you want to go-

You nodded. -It will be good if I go-

-Which part will be good, exactly, tell me exactly-

You heard the irony in his voice and glared. -We will be together, I will see other things about your world, learn about this mysterious market, I can show your people that even I, being a simple human- you said the last part with also a tinge of irony. -Can go and do the things you do, that I’m committed- Yoongi stared for a while, he was thinking about it. -Was that specific enough?-

He brows rose and for just a little moment you saw a tiny smirk, at least something he had enjoyed about your little speech. -Ok- he conceded looking at you still but this time his eyes let on something more, he was entertained, he was impressed, he was admiring you. So you kept your chin up and smirked a little at him too.

-Also, I did say I don’t want you going nowhere with that… demon- you exhaled. -

Yoongi chuckled before coming closer to kiss your lips. -You will have to stay very close, Sonya being there can’t be a distraction for you, alright?-

You hugged him by the waist sticking your body to his. -It will not distract me if she doesn’t distract you-

Yoongi chuckled again and you pinched him which made him laugh. -You are always so full of fire Y/N- he stated after you were both quiet still feeling each other close.

It made you smile, he had said it as if he was admiring that trait of yours with everything that involved, so you looked at him and kissed his lips. -Thanks- there was a question dancing in your thoughts that made you want to blush, Yoongi would surely tease you because of it but you just sighed and said it anyways. -Would you mark me?-

First he widened his eyes but then you saw that lopsided smile. -I knew you liked it- you huffed and he placed a hand over your nape, just where he had put the first one some time ago. -You remember how it felt?- he asked with a  lower tone, smoother, his other hand caressing your hips very softly, he just skimmed his fingers over your skin but it had an effect on you. -Right here- His fingers pressed the flesh of your neck and you gasped biting your lip quickly to not give yourself away and how erotic you found every time he touched you like that.

-Yes- you breathed as of course you remembered clearly. -I don’t want that one-

-But you want one, I can offer you one, we can make a deal-

-You are good- you breathed stepping out of his grasp. -Very good-

-You have special treatment love- you laughed and he came closer agin -You don’t need a mark if you don’t want to, I’d rather have you with one if you ask me, to disguise you a little, save some lives- you shook your head at the implication and he just shrugged blameless for already knowing he would have to kill someone to protect you.

-Alright- you conceded this time. -Put it here- you touched your skin of your neck just below your left ear.

Expectation filled you as he examined the skin first, his hands had found their way to your body again, one went high to the right side of your neck to keep you still, a hard job to do when the other one was under your shirt, his thumb caressed your lips very slowly just as you felt his breath, hot, a bit humid. You opened your mouth and just licked his thumb a little as he did it. You didn’t feel familiar with the burning sensation that made you squirm and whimper. His hands kept you in place as he intended and caressed you to comfort as he cooled down the burn with his mouth.

You searched his mouth to kiss him and Yoongi didn’t object, oh you liked it, you liked the marks and the burns, the delicious caresses and the tender coolness at the end. You enjoyed it so much you were thinking how it’d feel to have it on more parts of your body.

But you made yourself stop, both of you with breaths a bit ragged but satisfied with how you were feeling, Sonya wouldn’t be a distraction, you were going there to find out who wanted to get to Yoongi through you, and why.

There had been a couple of thoughts when you heard the market, although you knowing such places existed and imagining there could be no other way, you hadn’t stopped to think how a demon market would be until now. As it was used for the group you appeared in place as fast as a blink. The market wasn’t a place like any other you had visited but oddly enough you had imagined it could be something like this. The market was a labyrinth of tents and small buildings, with paths so narrow you couldn’t walk if more than two people walked together, it was a chilly place and looking up you couldn’t tell if it was night or day as the sky was stormy, totally clouding the faint source of light, you didn’t know if it came from a weak sun or the moon.

This was the place were demons came to commerce their own goods, things that only they would buy or that they couldn’t just take from the human world. And as you noticed almost immediately most of those things were weapons.

The idea was to come here to find any leads on the stray warlocks, they didn’t frequent demons markets for evident reasons so if a group was bold enough to come it would surely lift suspicions. You were just supposed to go and sweep the place and ask around, nothing that serious. But for you it was another kind of experience as your eyes roamed the place taking it all in, Yoongi by your side whispered little details as you walked. How the weapons were made of different kinds of metals and wielded with demonic fire. How that place wasn’t really anywhere and was more like a limbo, and how no humans have the chance to come here and survive.

-If humans come here is because they were brought and if they were brought it means they’d sure have death coming, I don’t allow mine to take humans out of their place though, too much trouble-

Nobody payed too much attention to you as demons did when you were around, which meant they were fooled by the mark, but it wasn’t the same for Taehyung who was always having someone staring, he was walking in the front followed by Sonya and Hana who were quietly talking, Hana was the girl Hoseok liked and she seemed nice, you didn’t want to dislike her just by association, but it jumped to the eye they were close, technically Sonya’s intentions weren’t as you thought, so you decided to not jump on conclusions yet. You walked behind them, very close to Yoongi just as he had requested, everyone ignored you after giving you a glare or two probably wondering who you were, the stares of the few demons outside the commerces were on Yoongi, some lowering their heads some growling a little at him. Yoongi didn’t mind any of them, and neither did Namjoon who walked behind and as you turned to look at him you discovered he was even approached by demons, a lot of them which picked your interest.

Yoongi followed your gaze and spoke. -Namjoon is the son of a war lord in our domain, the power of demoniac weapons runs in their family so he’s really popular in these places, and in war of course-

That explained his warrior appearance, his soldier manners despite him not being visibly violent.

-When was the last war?-

Yoongi hummed. -We are always in war love, but you can say the last one was almost a hundred years ago, there was a conflict with the europeans and we had to summon our armies.

-Oh- you nodded thinking about that, in school you studied human wars and how terrible they could be, so how a demon war that must be out of this world had remained unknown? -And how, I mean… where?-

-It depends what is the war about, but you can say everywhere- Yoongi answered understanding your question. -Sometimes in an open field in human lands, you perceive it as natural catastrophes because we all choose it that way, other times it’s just small groups moving, sometimes we can do more damage like than taking out our power, that’s why it is important for all squads to remain loyal- you eyed Sonya and scoffed, Yoongi chuckled. -Sometimes is in places like this, the underworld-

You nodded watching around as a male demon carried a stack of spears. You separated after that, Sonya and Hana going one way, Namjoon and Taehyung in another one. Yoongi and you walked around the market and you found out why it was so chilly, there was a lake in the middle of it, and floating around you saw more commerces and barges going around between a faint fog.

You walked the deck line where barges came and went, Yoongi’s inquiries were precise and straight to the point, he didn’t waste time in subtlety and most of the time he had to use intimidation, his gaze turned colder, the shadows around him floated just visible enough to have whoever he was talking to stuttering.

-I have not seen any warlocks my lord- one seller said a bit out of breath. -But business has been profitable, very good, everything is been under control, I just sell what I have- he was small, almost your heigh, and a beard that went down to his neck like a goat, his skin was pale but bluish, his veins showed in most parts and he was very thin, if he was human anyone would think he was dead, or about to be.

Yoongi eyed the goods, some sort of rope that you were sure have other uses than the obvious ones. -You sell these, where do you get them?-

-I make them my lord, I make the knots and braid the rope if its needed too, it makes it stronger to hold prisoners, there’ s no one else here who makes them, since the other clan died of course,  if you’d like I’d…-

Yoongi shut him with a glare and kept on watching.

You examined the rope well, it made you think for a second in something you had seen before, the dream catchers and the intricate designs that they displayed.

-These can hold a demon- he said to you as he lifted a piece of rope. -And as far I know they are also used in sorcery, am I not correct?- he asked this time eying the demon who was seeing his own rope nervously. Something clicked in you, all your body flaring with attention at what could happen now.

-My lord I…-

-You didn’t think it was fairly… advantageous a clan disappearing and then your business going up, you didn’t think anyone would notice?-

-With-With all due respect- he stammered -Clans disappear all the time, I just, I just sell-

-And you didn’t think this increase have to do with more than mere economical rules, are you merchant or a bloody brainless worm?-

Before the man could say anything a shadow flew to the man’s face who gasped and almost fell, it turned his eyes black just like he had done back in Russia with the twins. You watched attentively his next move, the demon falling on his knees after Yoongi’s shadow went out of his body. You heard Yoongi muttering a low curse.

-I’m very… I’m the most… I’m very sorry my lord- the demon lamented and then you heard the click of apparition.

Your heart thundered and instinctively went closer to Yoongi who let out his shadows, his right arm pulled you closer keeping you in contact with his body, the other hand had a dagger that you didn’t know when he had pulled out. The fog of the lake was thicker and you could barely see barges now.

-Stay very still Y/N- Yoongi instructed in a very low whisper, your breathing picked up the pace no matter how you fought to keep it calm, the fact that you could barely see anything anymore made you uneasy.

Yoongi was steady, only his eyes moved around, his shadows meandered across the deck like snakes. It was very quiet all of the sudden and then a clash of metal could be heard.  Taehyung’s back came to view as he jumped and made the ground vibrate with his weight.

-Yoongi- he said his name gravely and then you heard a far cry battle of a female, either Sonya or Hana were fighting.

Taehyung’s arms moved and blocked the attacker from coming closer to you, and then when it was close enough you saw them, the yellow eyes of  the lizards, when you gasped of impression your mouth got impregnated with the retching odor of sewer.

The lizard lunged forward to were you two were standing but just like that you heard a snap and everything turned. When you let out your next breath you were in the main hall of the manor.

-Stay here love- Yoongi’s voice was full of that cold anger that took away your words. You nodded, caressing his cheek for just a second before he separated from your touch and he was gone.