#Like with Scott and Xornoth or Sausage and Pearl

[nyxcentury]

Lore(heh) for this au!

Fwhip is the brother to Cleo and Gem and the child of Alex (yes, that Alex). When he later becomes an admin, Fwhip is gifted a book by his mother. It is sentient and calls itself Lore and tells Fwhip that he must keep It with him at all times due to the fact that any server not made by Lore can and will corrupted since Its magic is very volatile.

Lore is like the Storybook of Legends from Ever After High but instead of quills, the people get keys and are crowned as Emperors. Not everyone gets a Key, hence why Pearl, Oli and False(although there is more to their story) only have one key.

Keys are the physical form of the stories and are enchanted to stay with that Emperor at all times, even off server. Stories cannot be traded with another Emperor until that story is finished. After the story is finished, the key loses its enchantment and are able to used by anyone. Its kind of like writing a fanfic.

Example: Gem can't be the Codfather and Jimmy cant rule Crystal Cliffs. After Empires season 1 ended, Gem can use Jimmy's key to play the part of the Codfather although the story has been written and there isn't much she can do to change the outcome.

Fwhip was given explicit instruction to not use Lore's magic anywhere except on a server made by Lore and he warned his friends. They joke and pretend to use it but as long they don't insert the key into the book, nothing actually happens.

The current timeline of Fishy Tales, Fwhip, Lizzie and Jimmy disappear from SOS and finds themselves on Hermitcraft which is slowly being corrupted by lore magic although both hermits and former emperors are confused as too why.

Lizzie finds herself in Joel's Shrine, Fwhip is Big Salmon and Jimmy gets to annoy Grian in the Chamber of Cod. The trio has to find a way to communicate with their friends and family to look for their keys and the Lore Book.

[fence-time]

Here is my really long list of head cannons for your playground au.

Marytn, Pearl, Grian, Jimmy, and BigB all went to the same preschool- evo

Gem and fWhip are siblings, who is older? They won’t tell you.

Gem has a rock/gem collection and really likes wizards and magic and science. fWhip made her a really big hat and a scarf. She gave fWhip an amethyst that she put on a necklace she had a ruby that she also put on a necklace. No one knows how she got these.

fWhip on the other hand likes to take apart his toys to make new inventions (They sometimes work. Like 80% of the time). He made himself a scarf. fWhip steals dye from Scott to make people stuff. He crochet because.

Pearl likes the sunflowers that she stole from Jimmy and Scott and is trying to set up Tango and Jimmy. She and Sausage like to fight with sticks at recess. One time it was after school and the lifers couldn’t play so they had a whole arena fight. Xornoth had to go pick Scott, Sausage, and Joey because Sausage’s and Joey's parents were looking for them. 

The empires musical is just Ren and Marytn wanting to put on a musical and so Lizzie was like sure i’ll do that with you guys!

Grian and Pearl try to fly one day with one of fWhip and Mumbo’s inventions. It worked, it was just them gliding . fWhip and Mumbo were very happy after that, they made the ‘wings’ for the two. 

The mail system is Etho, Pearl, and Tango wanting to message each other in class so they built a mail system during a day where they couldn’t life series because it was too cold.

Pix likes to make candles and has a book where he writes down all the ‘deaths’ of the people

During group projects in the esmp room it’s usually a 4 person project and so you have the ocean alliance (or the Codvengers as  Jimmy calls them) the Wither rose alliance and people call them the fae alliance but it’s just the rest of the class i.e Scott, Joey, Shrub, and Kathrine.

Oli only comes to school a couple days a week because he also goes to some fancy music school.

There is a fountain (Drinking) and water pools around it on the playground that’s Lizzie’s empire. Pix took the sand box. There is just some plot of grass and so Pearl claimed that. Gem took the tallest tower of the playground.

The Hermitcraft recap is just Pix, Xloy, and Lyarrah (Who are older but Pix for some reason plays with the empires kids) filming everybody because the hermitcraft and the empires really wanted them to. So they report on what happened during the week on hermitcraft in a news report and make ‘episodes’ of empires. 

Tango made an obstacle course that he called Decked out (2) that they would play during recess. Etho and Pearl got really good at it and so they were called the Deepfrost Court.

Keralis and Xisuma are the oldest of the hermits. They get to hand out the snacks when snack time comes.

AWH YEAHHH :O these are all adorable and I’m incorporating them into my belief system right neow….

[wonderinqrache]

So I was reading some reincarnated villainess stories and got an idea for a fic. It's like Empires s1 but set in an academy. The life series members are also there. And the Hermits.

I'm calling this the reincarnated villain au.

The life series winners (Grian, Scott, Pearl, Martyn, Scar) are part of the student council with Grian as the Student Council President.

Grian is only the Student Council President on account of being the one to think of a way to elect council members without it being a popularity contest (the life series)(idk how it works yet, plz give ideas). He has as much power as the Headmaster.

Grian hates his job and leaves everything for the other members to do. The only thing he actually does is sign whatever papers they tell him to because they need his authority as President to do anything. But he doesn't bother reading what he's signing. This leads to... shenanigans that Watcher 1 and 2, the Headmaster and Vice, have to fix.

Cleo is not an official member of the student council, but hangs out with Scott and Pearl in the student council room so much that she's become an honorary member. Everyone is a lot more scared of her than the actual student council members.

Joel and Lizzie are betrothed. Despite this, Joel ends up getting a harem. Somehow. And Jimmy is part of this. Somehow.

Xornoth isn't a demon, they're just Scott's overprotective twin but kind of like Loki (marvel). Sausage is his best friend and Joey is his betrothed.

Xornoth wants Jimmy and Tango dead. Why? Because Jimmy and Scott were betrothed since they were children, but Jimmy falls in love with Tango and accidentally humiliates Scott by calling off the engagement in front of all the students and their parents at a House Blossom Ball.

But now that Scott is no longer betrothed, other people are trying to win his hand in marriage.

Meanwhile, Jimmy is trying to make amends (while Xornoth chases him around with a Very Big Sword) because he never meant any harm but his stunt has caused Very Big Problems (Bigger than the sword Xornoth is chasing him with).

This entire thing is an excuse for Scott rarepairs.

[pacificwaternymph]

Do you ever find it crazy how Empires SMP S1 had like... several gods just... walking around?

Like Empires s2 has Joel obviously but other than that no one else seems to really be a deity of any sort? I mean Sausage is there but he's not a god himself, just attracts them.

But s1? A solid third of the cast had some form of untapped divinity that they uncovered.

You had Lizzie, who turned out to be a ten foot tall goddess of the seas. Which means that Jimmy is at least a demigod just by nature of being her little brother. And the two of them are quite literally the oldest still living beings to ever walk the earth, predating civilization itself.

Then there's the whole situation with Scott and Xornoth. Reincarnations of vengeful gods, victims of an eternal cycle to perpetuate an endless grudge match. They may not be quite on the same level as Aeor and Exor but still!

And then on top of those four we also have Pearl??? Who is confirmed to have ascended after her death to a higher plane of existence? Who now has an entire religion surrounding her? Whose former best friend is now her most devout worshipper?

Does anyone else ever think about that?

[ahllohehn]

HERMITS AND THE OLYMPIANS MASTERPOST PT.2 (11/19/2024)

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Hermits and The Olympians/Emperors of Olympus is a Hermitcraft/Empires SMP based Percy Jackson AU based off my art and headcanons!

(Please do not use the tags for other PJO AUs as I use them to specifically label what's based off mine.)

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Seperated by art/doodles, headcanons/discussion, fanfics:

# FIRST MASTERPOST LINK

#90 CLEO HCs #91 JIMMY HCs #92 FLOWERHUSBANDS / SHINY DUO HCs #93 TREEBARK AGAIN YES I APOLOGIZE

#94 HATOLI #95 (CARESSES GENTLY) ETHUBS MY LOVES #96 (STRANGLES VIOLENTLY) GRUMBO ATTACK!!! #97 WELCOME TO HEPHAESTUS CABIN

#98 MY ACTUAL DIVORCED PARENTS (CLETHO) #99 A TRILLION LIONS OR THE SUN? (GRUMBO) #100 GALAXY DUO.... SAVE YOURSELVES, GALAXY DUO.... #101 CUB, MY THIRD FAVORITE /J #102 IJEVIN & XBCRAFTED PORTAITS #103 JOEY CRUMBS I GUESS

#104 I NEED TO STFU ABOUT GEM EVENTUALLY #105 MUMSCARIAN IS IN MY BLOOD THO SO NO SHUTTING THE FUCK UP ABOUT THAT REALLY #106 THE DEAL WITH SCOTT AND XORNOTH #107 ... HOW HUNGRY? (SHITPOST)

#108 HATO!MUMBO SKIN! :D #109 SAUSAGE AND FWHIP... AND POOR GEM? #110 FALSEGEM ... GEMSYMMETRY? WTF IS THEIR DUO NAME #111 WE ARE SO BACK, WELCOME HOME NATURE WIVES

#112 MOTHER KNOWS BEST. AFTER ALL, SHE'S THE WORLD. #113 HANAHAKI DISEASE AS A TREAT #114 DADSUMA #115 TANGO EYESTRAIN #115 PAPA K #116 ONE MORE LIL TANGO

#117 VERY DEMURE, VERY MINDFUL #118 GRUMBO STOP DIVORCING I CANT AFFORD MORE TEARS #119 ABANDONED FALSE PORTRAIT #120 WEAPONS #121 JIMMY CARD + EOO TYPOGRAPHY

#122 GRUMBO AU OF A HERMITCRAFT AU #123 BLANK TEMPLATE FOR EMPERORS OF OLYMPUS ID CARDS #124 RENCHANTING #125 JOEY PORTRAIT #126 JOEL PORTRAIT #127 WELCOME BACK SHINYDUO #128 GRUMBO FAMILY PHOTO (ACCURATE HEIGHT TRUST)

#129 THE GIRLIES #130 HATO!JOEY AND LORE DESPITE MYSELF #131 LIST OF CAMP COUNSELLORS #132 APHRODITE AS ARIANA GRIANDE #133 JOE HILLS PORTRAIT #134 GENDERBENT MUMBO N TANGO #135 JIMMY LORE EVEN IM CONFUSED WITH

#136 HERMITS AND THE OLYMPIANS FANFICTION CONTEST

#137 DEMIGODS AND MAGICIANS (DESERTDUO AND CLINGYDUO) #138 COWABUMMER! #139 XISUMA'S HELMET #140 BIGB PORTRAIT #141 JIMMY PORTRAIT #142 CAMP EMPIRES CHARACTER PORTRAIT SUMMARY

#143 GEM AND ETHO SIBLINGS TRUTHER #144 I LIKE MAKING GRUMBO BE TSUNDERE/SHY TO EACH OTHER #145 STRESSKALL SMILEY FACE #146 POSE PRACTICE - CAPTURE THE FLAG #147 FLOWER RANCHERS #148 PEARL PORTRAIT REDRAW/REDESIGN #149 GIRLBOSS, GASLIGHT, GATEKEEP? #150 GLASSES GRIAN MY BELOVED :) #151 HERMITS AND THE OLYMPIANS FANFICTION CONTEST SUBMISSIONS LIST

#152 DEMIGOD GEM? #153 YOUNGER BUTTERCUP TRIO AND THEIR CARETAKERS

OTHER HaTO Related Links:

HaTO Roleplay Blogs Masterpost by gem-the-oracle HaTO Archive of Our Own Series HaTO Discord Server

[waytooobsessedwithmcyt]

Not enough people talking about names in Empires, probably because they're already their names in all seasons but I'll overanalyze them anyway

Don't even get me started on Gem's name meaning twin, any way she received that name is tragic. Did her parents name her that because they didn't want her, they had only wanted one kid? Did she choose that name for herself when she moved to the Crystal Cliffs because she felt bad for leaving Fwhip behind? If you want Fwhip to be the one who got away she could change her name because she missed him so much. In any way it's someone being defined purely by their relationship to another.

Fwhip's name stands for Fail Whip, can you imagine being named Failure? "Sir! Your children are being born! What do you want to name them!" "Shit that's today, name the girl Twin and name the boy Failure." If you're a trans roseblings truther (me) that's literally worse, he named himself something that means failure.

Sausage's first name is fine, but Mythical? Maybe that's his middle name, maybe he was told his whole life that he was above normal people, a myth, a legend, better. His world view just collapsed when he met people like Gem, Pearl, and Shrub, who all, although being in positions of power, don't ever think of themselves as above their subjects, he excused that because, Pearl was a queen, Gem may have been elected, but she was from a royal line, Fwhip's sister, Shrub was blessed by the spirits. But then he spends more time with them, and Gem can easily defeat him in magic, Pearl beats him in PVP, Fwhip is crazy good at inventing things, and Sausage just feels completely inadequate, his world view just collapses, then he finds Xornoth and he is so desperate to feel like he is worth something

Shrub's name is constantly gotten wrong, pretty much everyone calls her Shelby, how do you think you would feel if your entire culture got wiped out and you're the only survivor, and nobody can get your name right

Scott and Xornoth are just funny, can't even make them tragic, elf names are like "alinor, Cohanal, Xornoth, and of course, Scott"

Katherine, Kat, cat hybrid, cat hybrid Katherine, I won't explain further

[ep2nd]

Incorrect quotes, Empires superhero AU edition. From @pacificwaternymph, go check it out on Ao3 too!

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Xornoth: I have an idea

Sausage: Does it involve fire?

Xornoth: No

Joey: Does it involve burning something down?

Xornoth: No

Scott: Let's hear it

Xornoth: ARSON

Scott: NO.

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Lizzie, who is temporarily blind: I'm not trusting my well being in the hands of Fwhip!

Katherine: It's either them or Scott

Lizzie: ...

Lizzie: So what are you doing today, Fwhip?

Scott: Hey!

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Sausage: In my defense-

Sausage: *punches Fwhip*

Pearl: What was that for?!

Sausage: A good defense is a good offense

Gem: That's not how it works

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Jimmy: This is a safety pin.

*cuts off end*

Joel: It is now a danger pin.

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Shubble: Operation no more distractions is a go!

*not even 10 seconds later*

Shubble: Oh, look! A butterfly!

~

Jimmy: Ladies, gentlemen, I want to show you the greatest thing your eyes have ever beheld!

Scott: A llama?

Jimmy: No.

Scott: A baby llama?

Jimmy: No!

Scott: A baby llama with a little hat on?

Jimmy: NO!

~

Pearl: *spits mouthful of blood onto floor* You’ve become far more powerful since we last crossed paths.

Dentist: Please stop, there’s literally a sink right next to you.

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Random Guy: *kicks Jimmy*

Jimmy: *starts crying*

Lizzy: *glares*

Random Guy: Awww what is this lil itsy baby child gonna do-

Lizzy: Your IP address is 157.134.166.42

Random Guy: Wha-

~

Sausage: Pearl, did you know you're my favorite sibling?

Pearl: *narrows eyes* Sausage what did you do no-

Gem: PEARL, SAUSAGE ATE ALL OF MY COOKIES.

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Katherine: When Gem gets back, we're cleaning the building

The rest of the Alliance: *Looks at each other*

*5 hours later*

Katherine: Where's Gem?

Jimmy: Not back that's for sure

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Jimmy: Two wrongs don’t make a right.

Scott: *sighs* That’s true…

Scott: But two negatives make a positive!!!

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Pix, referring to Lizzy and Jimmy: Those guys are dorks.

Katherine: Yes, but they’re my dorks.

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Pix: You know, people treat me like a god.

Shubble: How?

Pix: They ignore my existence unless they need something.

[adina123]

Empires smp god au

Pearl Goddess of the harvest and farming her title was literally the farmer pearl and in the past people kept track of harvest by looking at the phases of the moon and positioning of the constellations

Lizzie the trickster goddess of the ocean and government ocean because in season one she was a fish goddess and government because in season two she was a mayor and in both she is a scam artist trying to make a profit through morality ambiguous means

Joel god of thunder and art in canon he is the god of thunder and if anyone in empires was a art god it would be the guy that sculpted clones of himself and built stratos/mezalia

Katherine goddess order and balance and duality she fights evil by transforming from the pretty pink princess to the axe wielding warrior and as lady Katherine of the overgrown she is the one that is neutral the one that Try’s to keep order

Jimmy is The god of death for obvious reasons

Joey is the god of wealth and desire because he is a pirate and pirates like gold also he steals from false and really wants to get in xornoth s pants he also Katherine’s (understandable)

Shubble is the goddess of nature and the wild because her whole wolf thing she had going on in the first season of empires and the infected outlaw thing she had in season 2

Scott god of the passage of time and the four seasons (and rainbows) because he has connections to flowers (spring) in life series and stars in origin smp and winter in empires smp

Pix god of messengers and prophecies( he is in charge of the recaps that gives people information they might have missed also he is a prophet)

Fwhip god of fire and revenge because in both seasons of empires he has had a stubborn heated rivalry with jimmy and did not take the break up well also in art his hair is fire truck red

Gem goddess knowledge and magic because she as the wizard gem she is a powerful magician and because as the princess of dawn she teaches others about the sun god also the wizard gems empire is literally a school

Sausage love and family and lust because he is known for his platonic love (Hermes and Eddie and pearl) and let’s say his passionate spicy love( pole dancing and flirting)

Oli god of music and insanity he is a bard and who’s words make zero sense to everyone and watching him you get sensory overload ( he is the oldest but nobody believes him)

false goddess of mystery and adventure and new beginnings because she is lost her memory and is a very adventurous person also do to the lost memories she basically started from square one when she came to empires

[mcytshipsandmore]

I love majormoon so much oh my god

Did u know theyre literally married for realsies this time and theyre healing and going to therapy finally and and and i love majormoon

I love them so much i wish them only the best

Also been thinking abt empires 1 majormoon lately and how they got engaged after they were oh so sure theyd "defeated xornoth" and then the the fucking finale happened and they died before they got to have their wedding. They had already started planning it too.

One of their first dates was a wedding also, the royal wedding, they were both invited but scott specifically asked him to go together, ofc pearl accepted. Pearl was the "flower girl", Scott brought a big ice sculpture. There was a dinner banquet after the wedding at the prisma palace, similar to the celebration one, and they sat next to eachother at both.

After dinner also, gem and fwhip did a big magic and fireworks show... the starcrossed lovers held hands watching the beautiful shapes and colors on the sky <3

I imagine when katherine sent them letters telling them about the mini empires town she purposefully sent em flowers associated w eachother (idc abt canon ik pearl canonically got a cornflower and im a huge canon-scott denier for my own whimsy). Pearl got cornflowers and Scott got sunflowers. Before opening the letter, they assumed it was from eachother, until- OH OFC... ofc it would be from katherine hahaha... who else... right...

GHHHHH Scott worrying over pearl's hunger for battle and adrenaline

Scott grew a royal in a cold kingdom, getting etiquette lessons. Dressed proper.

Pearl grew up with sausage and the twins' family, a pessant, playing in the mud. Causing chaos with the boys. Grew to be a farmer. Only an emperor by chance, because of suns openness and kindness to people who had lost their homes.. gilded helianthia started as many people in need of a place to stay.. pearl made them homes

One of them warm like the sun, the other as cold as the heaviest winter.

Snowy crops <3 (e1!majormoon name)

Their opposite aethestics are everything to me

Pearl could teach Scott to loosen up a little, and also probably get closer to the people

Scott would make sure Pearl takes better care of lightself

I think bc of their different upbringings and culture, scott would find it super odd how pearl speaks to her people, and how he lives in a farmhouse like anyone else, just slightly bigger. Gets dirt over suns clothes at work just like everyone else

I think they can both learn from eachother

I wish they got a happy ending... maybe in another universe...

Hehe...

This is why Xornoth had a strange fascination for Pearl, he wanted to know why this peasant was checking his brother out.

-🍫

[ask-the-esmp-emperors]

[muffled] Jimmy: Just hurry up, Scott! [muffled] Scott: Shut up, Petal! Ah-! [the audio clears up] We are the emperors of the Empires server. We're here to answer your questions and anything else you might wish to talk about! I am Scott Smajor of Rivendell. Katherine: I'm Katherine of House Blossom! I can't wait to answer all of your questions! [the smile is evident in her voice] Joey: I am Joey of the Lost Empire! [his tone is extremely prideful] Jimmy: I'm Jimmy, from the Codlands, I guess. And I'm that idiot's husband. [it's said affectionately] Scott: Hey! I am NOT an idiot! Joel: Shut up, nerd! I am KING Joel of Mezalea! Lizzie: [you can hear the affectionate eye roll in her voice] Joel! [exaggerated sigh] Ocean's greetings. I am Queen Lizzie of the Ocean Empire. Fwhip: And I'm Count Fwhip from the Grimlands! And that's Gem- Gem: I can introduce myself, Fwhip! I'm Wizard Gem of Crystal Cliffs. Happy to be here! Pearl: Hello! I'm Pearl. I'm the Empress of Gilded Helianthia! Shrub: I'm Shrub! Or Shelby. But we use Shrub! I rule over the Undergrove! Pix: And I am Pix, king of Pixandria. Sausage: Hey, you aren't last! I am! I'm Sausage of House Sausage! I'm very excited to answer all of your questions! ( OOC// pink was the only color left sob ) Scott: Well, uh. Send in your questions, I guess? And we'll answer them! Jimmy: You could've done better- [click] //OOC Yello yello yello! I'm Castor, or Marsy, and this is my esmp ask blog :3 Mod will be bold and pink, whereas the characters colours are shown above! Psst! My main blog! @live-laugh-ukotoa RULES: no NSFW, please! watcher lore IS allowed, but not too much this is mostly canon with a few of my headcanons! there will be ships, but I try not to make them TOO present but you can, ofc, request ships in asks (EX: if you want a ranchers ask!) have fun with the asks! and if they're confusing then that means that they are fun for me, too! :D SHIPPING: flower husbands (Scott x Jimmy) shadowbeans / jizzie {Joel x Lizzie} PAST(?) jornoth {Joey x Xornoth} nature wives {Katherine x Shelby} and requested ships! this isn't a ship heavy blog, and they won't be that clear, unless the ask is very clearly about shipping MISC. INFO: life series references are allowed! {Jimmy, Scott, and Pearl remember the games} if you'd like an ask for ESMP S2, you can specify that! I don't mind! and have fun with this! it's made to be fun, after all! {sorry I know this is really long lmaoo! tl;dr, ask for ships, no NSFW, not a ship heavy blog, lore allowed, and have fun I guess lol}

[khyann]

Can pretty please info dump things about Pearl or Gem or Pearl and Gem from your Champion of Exor au?

There really isnt much for me to info dump either because there just isnt much story to tell or cuz it enters spoiler territory but i'll give what i can 😅

For starters: Neither Pearl nor Gem know about all the other worlds Sausage traveled to in an attempt to save Pearl and stop the Rapture. Scott kept his memories due to a strange convergence with Sausage's dimension-hopping abilities, so everyone in that world is about the same as they were around mid S1 minus the corruption, but some things are different

Starting with Gem she is sadly more formal than friendly with Scott. This is because Scott was pretty reclusive before Xornoth returned and only begun to get close to other people like Gem and Shrub because of it. Since in this world that never happened, from Gem's point of view the reclusive prince of Rivendell suddenly became more open and friendlier towards her and the other rulers. She also isnt as powerful as the Gem from the original world was since she hasn't had any need to gain more power to protect others, but she is just as skilled. And for obvious reasons she doesnt have Violet here.

As for Pearl's situation is kinda the opposite in the sense that while Gem had someone she wasnt close with suddenly wanting to approach her, Pearl had someone close to her now keeping distance aka Sausage. It took Sausage a few months of being in that world to finally start feeling like he wasn't gonna break into hysteric cries everytime he approached Pearl (as much as he'd like to deny it) and it was solely because he found out Xornoth never got corrupted in this world so that means no Rapture and most importantly: No Pearl dying.

But of course Pearl didnt know any of that. All she knew was that her favorite sparring buddy out of nowhere started keeping distance from her, keeping their interactions at the bare minimum and opting to spar alone instead than allowing her to join him for some friendly matches. But she knows Sausage and she knows he wouldn't be acting that way just because and is probably overcompensating for something she isnt aware of yet, so she decided to just give him time and space until he finally started talking with her again.

Angst aside Pearl is basically the same Pearl in canon. Warrior queen always up for a good fight or just having a good time with her friends.

For now there isnt much in the story about either of them since their original selves had to rise to the challenges when Xornoth tried to take over the world and in the case of Champions!Pearl and Champions!Gem they are just living through an age of peace.

Their time to shine will come once Exor's new champion gets contacted by the evil god. Specifically Gem.

[lexxthekapibara]

Tell me about your empires smp au

Ok so. Since no one is answering my question about Art Fight, I have time to answer. So everyone originally knew each other from elementary school, but things got a little more complicated in high school. Scott, Gem, Pearl, Sausage, Fehip, Pix, Jimi, Lizzy, Joel stayed together in the group but Kathren, Shelby AND Joey were in a small group by themselves with Kathren sometimes going to the group I mentioned earlier while Xornoth joined the popular kids. Now I want to say these kids didn't offend anyone they were just very popular don't ask me why. Then blablabla Joey liked Xornoth but he was too much of a pussy to ask him aut. Now, a few years later, they are all grown up. Gem, Fwhip, Sausage and Pearl started a band, Scott and Jimmy started a flower shop together, Lizzy and Joel are married with two kids, Pix is a doctor and Xornoth just lives a normal life too. Now Joey, Shelby and Kathren are also slowly band together but you see there is one thing. THEY ARE VERY POPULAR. They tour regularly, everyone on planet earth knows them, the point is they are very popular. Joey is the lead singer and guitarist Shelby is on drums and Kathren is the bass player. And this is how Xornoth simply lives his life and goes home to rest. You remember how I said that everyone on the planet knows about Joey Shelby and Kathren and he doesn't know about them. But that very day they were on television and that's when he found out about them. And they immediately recognized them and were delighted. They have been their biggest fan ever since. And after one tour, they went to a cafe when they saw the band resting after a long night of playing and singing. And it's great that they remember them and talk a little.In that story, they found out that Shelby and Kathren are engaged, they're still friends with Gem, Fwhip, Sausage, and Pearl, and a lot of other stuff. But that's not the point, the point is that Xornoth still likes Joey and that's become a problem now. And then it just becomes that thing like "he fell first but she fell harder" if you know what I'm talking about. Scott and Joel think it's hilarious, Lizzy gives them advice, Pix moved to another state, Gem, Fhwip, Sausage, Pearl try to set them up. Now that's Xornoths side, Joey's side is how he tries to separate his personal life from his work but it's hard because he's a star and he's going through a very difficult time while it's happening and he's under a lot of stress

[syn4k]

list of hermits and empires characters who would do drugs and/or smoke cigarettes, ranked from most to least likely

that hermpires chainsmoker poll thats been going around kickstarted a discussion in my discord so i'm compiling the ideas here because honestly its hilarious

list under the cut. warning for... discussion of drugs and cigarettes. obviously

Fwhip: Definitely a chain smoker. Always has a pack in his pocket.

Iskall: that man's radioactive. she does not fear cigarettes. smokes regularly and is not bothered by it.

Cub: does so many weird drugs. high off something or other almost if not constantly i think

Ren: doesn't smoke but has the best weed on hermitcraft and you KNOW he uses it often

False: not exactly a chain smoker but smokes pretty often i think

Wels: maintains that he does NOT do anything of that sort thank you very much. Actually does. inhaling anything destroys him but he likes the taste and the high so he keeps going

Hypno: smokes everything but is pretty chill about it

Beef: also smokes everything and is even more chill about it

Stress: smokes poisonous mushrooms and is entirely unaffected.

Zedaph: definitely does some sort of drugs

Pearl: has a cigarette every now and then

Pix: also has a cigarette every now and then, not really his thing but he'll take one if offered (for esmp s1: i hold that pixandria has at least one hallucogenic that they keep for spiritual purposes but as the resident pixlriffs expert i also hold that pix got really stressed once, horfed an edible out of sheer desperation, and zoned back in in the middle of the night floating on his back in the river anxious out of his shit. he never touched anything of the sort ever again)

Joe: smokes only weed but does not smoke it often, only sometimes when offered

Katherine: smokes weed

Cleo: was a chainsmoker before s2, after that they got their act together

Impulse: not affected at all by anything (weed fumes give him slight headaches) and only does it when everyone else does because why not.

Bdubs: doesn't smoke (takes edibles very rarely) but rolls the best blunts

Lizzie: partakes sometimes but doesn't care for it

Joey: does drugs and smokes cigarettes in the presence of others just to look cool but actually gives zero shits about them

Xornoth: is always so smug about the fact that they smoke what they call "Evil Weed". fwhip steals some and tries it and it's literally just normal grass.

Mumbo: only smokes cigarettes and only when iskall's around. too anxious for drugs- tried weed once and saw the hat man and was shaking for three hours ljke a small dog afterwards

Joel: doesn't give two shits

Grian: nah

Hels: not interested

Sausage: can handle it pretty fine but stopped after he and joel had hermes because he didn't want to set a bad example for his kid

Scott: definitely some sort of drug dealer but i don't think he ever. does them himself?

Gem: doesn't because of concerns for her health, however in esmp s1 she smoked wizard weed (like gandalf) when the academy's paperwork piled too high for her to handle without help

Shelby: smoked weed but it made her really sick and after Katherine got mad at her for it she stopped. she's actually completely fine when it comes to everything else but she swore off trying so she never knew

Evil Xisuma: never did drugs or vaped with nicotine because the things they learned about addiction at school kept them up at night however they did vape water vapour.

Xisuma: has asthma

Jimmy: would quite literally die. Mans gets nauseous if there's a whiff of weed in the room he's in.

Jevin: eats cigarettes just to piss everybody off

[wonderinqrache]

Miscellaneous stuff for Reincarnated Villain AU

Ren is a wolf hybrid from Rivendell and the president of the theatre club. He’s got a weird scar around his neck and only Martyn knows how he got it. And of course, he tells a different story each time he's asked about it.

Martyn is from Mythland. He is both a student council member and Ren's vice. They act so gay everyone wonders "are they actually dating this time or is this another bit?" The answer changes every week and only they know the truth.

Etho, Tango, Impulse, Mumbo, Zedaph, and Pearl are part of the redstone engineering club, with Pearl as the newest member.

Tango is the Blazeborn Prince of the Nether. He, like Scott, is a reincarnator. His past self was a game programmer.

Zedaph is a sheep hybrid from the Grimlands. He is Tango's second best friend in the original game.

Scar is a half-elf half-vex hybrid and the son of a famous wandering merchant from Pixandria. His best friend is Cub.

Cub is a vex hybrid from the Pixandria. He has a concerning interest in skulk. His best friend is Scar.

Cleo is a zombie mutant from Mezalea. They are not an official member of the student council and therefore have less power than the rest of the members (she has as much authority as a teacher while the others have as much authority as the vice headmaster). They are good friends with Joe.

Joe is from Mezalea and the leader of the literature club. He is good friends with Cleo.

Xisuma is a voidwalker from the End. He is a teacher.

Beef is Sausage’s cousin. His best friend is Etho.

Bdubs is from the Undergrove. He has a lot of fear and respect for Scott. He dated Etho at some point but they decided to just be friends. Also Etho's parents did not approve.

Keralis is from Mezalea. He is a teacher.

Xb is a guardian hybrid from the Ocean Empire. He is a teacher.

Scott is still upset about the Un-Engagement and wants to get revenge on Jimmy somehow without causing any actual harm. This will result in a series of pranks that do nothing but annoy Jimmy a little. Like freezing his drinks and making his food cold.

The Codlands swamp is part of the Ocean Empire. Mythland had a very short war with the Ocean Empire over it. It was decided that the Codlands was a saltwater swamp and not a freshwater swamp, therefore it belongs to the Ocean Empire.

The Crystal Cliffs does not exist because Gem is still a student and didn't leave the Grimmlands to set up the empire yet.

Shrub is not here because her world didn't get destroyed by demon Xornoth.

[siriannatan]

Wings

All the games I play keep updating, and I have had a bit less free time recently so my writing has slowed down a bit :{

And I might have some more ZZZ brain rot I need to let out...

Scott was refusing to look up. Why? He didn't need to see fWhip's stupid triumphant smirks. Didn't need to see the bastard sitting on his brother's throne in the Rivendell palace. Scott was fully aware he'd lost the war. But he had no clue where Xornoth might be. Did he manage to escape? But why? He said he would never run away. Did he really leave Scott alone with their old allies? Allies they betrayed. Well, Scott didn't participate in any discussions or planning. He just followed his brother's orders like a good general should. They didn't seem to harm Rivendell.

"So, your brother ran away," fWhip hummed after a long silence of Scott refusing to look at him. All leaders of Wither Rose Alliance were sat in the room but others were so far mostly silent. Scott could hear others shift and huff occasionally even as he stared at the ground.

His knees were starting to hurt from kneeling on the hard stone tiles. Wounds itching from lack of attention. His wings were long stiff in their bindings. Not like it was needed. He couldn't fly away if he wanted to. His true self forced out.

"According to what I know about elven law," Gem, fWhip's twin sister, Headmistress of Crystal Cliffs Academy, spoke up. A shiver of dread ran down Scott's spine. Did she know… "Xornoth can be considered an exile, meaning Scott is now the king," she did know. Of course, she knew. She figured out Scott was a half-dragon even with all the magic he used to hide it.

fWhip hummed. "Is that so," he chuckled and Scott heard him stand up. Followed by his boots on the tile. Then he could see fWhip's damned combat boots. "Then I might have an idea what we can do with Scott," suddenly a warm even through thick gloves hand grabbed one of Scott's horns and made him look at fWhip. "And maybe even annoy the cod lovers in the process," fWhip's grin was far too wide. He was enjoying his plan far too much for Scott. "You were supposed to marry Jimmy for the sake of alliance with Lizzie, no?" he smirked and suddenly seats were scraping against the floor.

"fWhip you better not say what I think you're about to say," Gem suddenly protested. Likely guessing the same thing Scott was guessing fWhip was about to say.

"Why? Isn't it about time I get married? Might as well use it to piss some people off," fWhip laughed, barely glancing at his sister. Scott glanced in her direction as well. She looked pissed. Fists clenched. Pearl hovering nearby. Sausage was just sitting causally. Likely didn't really care who fWhip married as long as their leader didn't turn on the rest of them. fWhip held the most military power in the whole alliance after all. "Come on Gem, it'll be just for politics. Right, fWhip?" Pearl tried her best to stop the siblings from fighting. "Right?"

fWhip stared at Scott in complete silence for a while. "Yeeah, sure, just politics," he hummed but Scott wasn't convinced the other dragon-hybrid was honest. He definitely had other things on his mind. Very physical things. "Make Rivendell a sovereign state to Grimlands, seal it with a nice little wedding so no one can challenge my claim," he added with a nod and a toothy grin.

He was absolutely planning to consummate the marriage. Would likely have some tradition or law ready as an excuse. To justify it to his sister.

Somehow Gem accepted the excuse and a couple of guards soon dragged Scott away. To a room where he was locked after being told fWhip will come and collect him later. Of course, he wouldn't be left alone in Rivendell. Of course, fWhip would be dragging him along to Grimlands. 

At least he wasn't chained anymore. Even if there was no window. Somehow fWhip found one room with none in the whole castle. Sadly it had to be a certain specific room.

Being half dragon Scott was seen as unstable and dangerous when young. He did have an explosive temper back then, yes. But was it the dragon part or the part told off for any, even the smallest, deviation from what was expected of him? The part who got locked in a room with no windows whenever he wasn't hiding his draconic traits. Whenever he tried flying. 

With a deep, shaking breath Scott curled up on the cot. Hiding in his wings like he did as a child when he failed his lessons on hiding what he was. He could not hate Xornoth for escaping. He didn't hate Scott for what he was. Even if did still had to hide it from the public. Even if he was in fWhip's claws. 

So he sat there, curled up. He wasn't crying. Just fighting the urge to hide his wings and horns and tail and scales. To hide it and pretend it wasn't what he was. To push away any memories of being jealous of fWhip and his freedom to be himself. To not hide anything. And he did feel it many times when younger. When his parents brought him to ruler's parties instead of leaving him at home.

He would see fWhip and Gem being normal siblings allowed to walk around together, without their parents constantly around them. He would see fWhip's horns wings tail and scales out in public. And back at home would ask why fWhip could just walk around like that. His parents would just say it was because he behaved well. So Scott tried his best to behave.

But he never behaved well enough. fWhip became this beacon of what he wanted to be. Or at least who he thought fWhip was.

And then he met fWhip. When Xornoth was discussing alliance matters with him. And the reality was different. Real fWhip was a menace and explosion gremlin far too eager to help blast tunnels through the mountains. Looking down at anyone and everyone but his sister. Speaking casually and dismissively even when he wasn't the one sitting on a throne.

Real fWhip was the exact opposite of what Scott thought he was.

Hearing the door open Scott curled up tighter. He did not want to see fWhip. He knew he had no choice. But he could try to delay it.

"Scott? You having a nap?" fWhip asked, painfully gently petting Scott's wing. His hands were bare. Rough from tinkering. "Come on, I didn't have a good chance to really look at you like this. I was honestly quite shocked Gem was right about you. I never saw someone like me before."

Shaking slightly, just the room and memories of it, nothing to do with fWhip he told himself. And glared at the other half-dragon. That had fWhip grinning widely hands instantly on Scott's face. Petting stray, stress-induced scales. Gently petting the base of his horns.

Scott stayed silent. Biting his lips, clenching his fists to not push fWhip away. He didn't need to provoke him. Or to respond in any way. Maybe once his curiosity was satisfied fWhip would leave. He just had to sit and bear with it. No reacting, no pushing away. No snide remarks. 

"What was this room even for?" fWhip hummed as he inspected Scott's left wing.

"Me," Scott said shortly. No annoying fWhip, he told himself.

"Why?" fWhip's hands froze as his attention focused on Scott's face.

"I was put here if I misbehaved," Scott said plainly, wishing fWhip would just drop it. "Wasn't here in a long while," he shrugged, not really caring anymore. 

"Misbehave how?" fWhip continued asking, annoying Scott further. 

He wants to know. Fine. Scott will tell him. "Talking back. Talking when not asked to. Leaving my room with any dragon parts visible," Scott listed off, keeping his voice as steady and monotone as he possibly could. He was quite proud of how calm he managed to sound. And of the expression on fWhip's face

fWhip looked angry as he suddenly stood up. When did he even get into Scott's lap? Suddenly Scott was being pulled up to his feet and out of the room. fWhip growled out orders in Grimlands language and then pulled away. To a carriage. fWhip was muttering to himself all the way. "In, I can't stand this place, I was planning to stay the night but no more," fWhip rambled as his allies ran out to see what was going on. "I'm leaving, it's damn cold here," he told them as he pushed Scott into the carriage. Slamming the door as soon as he had him in.

Scott sat down. Still shocked by fWhip's reaction. Was he angry for Scott's sake or about the situation in general? Not that Scott cared in particular. With a sigh, he glanced out. It looked like fWhip was arguing with Gem. Pearl was likely trying to calm them down. Sausage was just standing next to his sister, looking tired of it all. With a huff Scott sat back and closed his eyes. Maybe he could try to sleep.

The carriage started moving as soon as fWhip got in. Scott didn't open his eyes. Pretending to sleep sounded like a good way to avoid any more questions. fWhip didn't say anything but Scott felt that he sat next to him. Mostly by his warmth. fWhip was half-fire dragon after all. And Scott always had an affinity for ice.   He almost broke the act when suddenly one of fWhip's hand rested on his. It was really warm. But not unpleasantly. And still bare of gloves. Scott did manage to keep pretending to sleep even when fWhip gently tangled their fingers. It almost felt like a loving gesture. Not that Scott knew much about those. Having spent his whole life closely monitored and controlled.

Just sitting in silence with fWhip holding his hand quickly became too awkward for Scott so he pretended to wake up the moment the carriage shook a bit more.

"*yawn* wha..." Scott mumbled blinking and yawning. fWhip quickly retreated his hand. Interesting. Scott thought. 

"Your damn castle's too cold, we're going home," fWhip announced as if they didn't have that conversation. Quickly wrapping himself in his coat and wings. Scott nodded and yawned again, stretching a bit for good measure. "No hiding them," he warned and Scott nodded.

"Does it bother you that much? What I said in that room?" Scott asked, leaning more into the corner.

fWhip was silently staring ahead for a moment. "I don't like not understanding things, and I don't get how can anyone lock a member of their family in a room like that," he huffed, slumping slightly and looked at Scott. Eyebrows drawn together. Face twisted in something Scott couldn't name. "It just makes no sense to me. Why? Why make you hide and lock you in a room?"

Scott shrugged. He was shocked fWhip was so shocked about his childhood. "No idea, I was just put there after being told I misbehaved, and that I should be more like f...." Scott sighed, to him the whole conversation should have been done when he said exactly what the room was for. And barely caught himself before admitting who he was supposed to be more like. Hoping fWhip missed it in his bewilderment.

He did not. "More like who?" fWhip asked, leaning forward a bit.

"Whoever fit them at the moment," Scott dodged the actual answer. That it was fWhip he had to be more like. That would fry his brain with the contradiction.

fWhip hummed, eyes narrowing. "Weren't you about to say a name?" he poked.

"No," Scott shook his head. "My parents just didn't like that I'm a half-dragon so they did whatever they could to squash that," he sighed. He was really tired of fWhip's obsession with the topic. 

fWhip sighed and sat back. "I can see you don't want to talk about this now, I apologize for pushing that hard," Scott was a bit shocked by the apology. Who what this guy? Where was real fWhip? "I... When my traits manifested my parents got people researching it to make me as comfortable with it as possible. Gem's still constantly looking through Cliff's libraries for more info," he carried on. "What I mean is... I know a lot about who we are and if you want to know anything just ask..."

Scott nodded. Of course, fWhip would be shocked if that's how his family reacted. "What do you think I should know the most?" Scott asked, just to satisfy whatever urged fWhip to offer answers.

"We technically have two genders," fWhip said after a short while, cheeks dusted with pink. Scott blinked. Two? "I'm guessing you have no clue what yours is or had first cycle. With how much they repressed that side of yours," fWhip sighed and slumped against his seat. 

"What cycle?" Scott asked, a bit scared of what he might hear.

"Heat in my case since... since I'm an omega," fWhip said the last part pretty fast and quiet. Scott barely caught it. "If you turn out to be an alpha you'll go into rut."

"And the difference is?" Scott could feel his face heating up. He vaguely understood what that would entail. Being incredibly horny. 

fWhip's face was practically matching his hair as he spoke. "I want to be pushed down and taken and stuff. I suppose alpha would be the opposite... And I think you might be one... Dragon side of my brain likes your scent," he rambled pretty quickly.

"Oh..." Scott managed. His own senses felt so dull at the moment. Was it due to constantly hiding? Possibly. "If my senses are supposed to be sharper than a normal person's then I think concealing messed them up," he said, just to swap the topic. Would fWhip, or some part of him, expect his assistance during his heat? More than likely.

fWhip hummed. "That really sucks," he sighed and... sneezed. "Why is it so cold here," he huffed.

"Might be me, I always ran a bit cold. It got even worse with the whole dragon thing," Scott theorised. But as he looked at fWhip, his brain oh so helpfully supplied the thought that fWhip looked quite cute all bundled up. He did try to make some more distance, pushing himself against the wall of the carriage.

fWhip had none of it and cuddled up to Scott. "Take some damn responsibility then," he huffed before closing his eyes. Scott blinked. Was this guy for real?

With a sigh, he relaxed and soon, with the help of fWhip's soft snoring and warmth, also fell asleep.

When he woke up the carriage was not moving. Did they take a break? Nice, his bones felt stiff. And there was no fWhip inside. So he slowly stepped out.

They have stopped in a small space by the mountain roads. He easily spotted fWhip. Bundled in yet another coat. Chastising some of his staff. Yawning, Scott stretched. His wings were rather awkward after this long without hiding. fWhip quickly was done with his chastising and turned. Quickly approaching Scott. He looked angry. 

"You should have waited inside," he huffed out with a puff of smoke. 

"Don't worry, I can't fly," Scott chuckled, stretching again. For some reason, he still felt damn stiff. 

fWhip sighed. "Stretch your wings too," he said, stretching his own. Scott sighed, if only fWhip let him use his concealment he'd be all fine. But mimicked fWhip's movements. And annoyingly it did feel better.

"Is it really that cold?" Scott asked. He himself was fine with just one coat and his uniform. And just then he remembered he was still in his military uniform and with his wounds not checked. "I think we should check my wounds," he said, a bit awkwardly."

fWhip's eyes went wide and he instantly jumped into getting a healer that accompanied them to look at Scott.

With his wounds fixed, and a bit comfier sitting position the rest of the journey was a bit more bearable. fWhip stayed mostly quiet, either sleeping or looking over papers crows delivered to him. Scott asked a few small questions here and there. Like if scales bothered fWhip. They didn't even if Scott was immensely bothered by his.

Once they crossed the border fWhip slept less, bundled up less, and grew touchy. And Scott grew indifferent to fWhip's bare hands on his arms, caressing random scales. And on what fWhip said was the last full day on the road the topic of their cycles came up again. 

"I've been thinking about something," fWhip hummed. Scott learned that the scary fWhip was a mask he put on to be a more respectable ruler. 'being an omega comes with some insecurities' fWhip said when Scott pointed out how much softer he was when they were alone. "About our cycles..."

Scott stiffened slightly. He didn't expect they'd be talking about this ever again. "What about our cycles?" he asked glancing at fWhip. Despite a slowly blossoming blush, he seemed serious.

"Well, I won't force you or anything like that but I think it would be best if we spend it together... Especially you first. I spent mine alone and it was terrible," fWhip said quickly, snappy, to the point.

"Together as in... like have sex?" Scott asked, part of him was freaking excited.

"Yes," fWhip practically squeaked out. His face was redder than his hair. Scott once more thought it was cute. Wasn't he technically a prisoner? Shouldn't he hate fWhip? But how can he with how cute fWhip was? Especially when rambling about something that interested him. Like when he explained his time-telling device. How it told time went totally above Scott's head but fWhip's face as he explained it was adorable.

Finding fWhip cute was one thing. But sleeping with him? Having sex with him? That was another thing. "I'll think about it?" was the best he could offer.

fWhip nodded. "That's fine, I can have a potion that mellows out the effects of it ready but I'm not sure it's a good idea for a first rut... especially considering your unique circumstances," he said, a bit less stiffly. 

Scott hummed and yawned. It was evening, sometime next morning they'd be arriving at fWhip's manor. So he leaned into his corner, relaxed and decided to try and sleep through as much of the rest of the ride as possible. Something seemed to push fWhip to do something he hadn't done before. The terrifying, explosion-loving, half-dragon Count of Grimlands curled up on the carriage bench and lay his head in Scott's lap. At first, Scott was shocked, but then he relaxed again and even started absently petting fWhip's hair. He was mindful of his horns. Based on his own limited experience the base of horns was a rather sensitive area.

The next morning Scott woke up to fWhip gently shaking him. "We there?" Scott asked, yawning, tempted to hug fWhip.

"Almost, just a couple more hours," fWhip hummed, sitting back. He had his usual heavy coat on. He did look really good in it, Scott thought as he yawned and blinked the last of his sleep away. Breakfast not on the road sounded really nice.

"Breakfast at home?" he asked, rolling his shoulders. Hopefully, Grimlands liked sweet things. 

"Sure," fWhip chuckled. "Anything specific? I'll be sending a message for everything to be readied," he asked with an amused smirk.

"Something sweet," Scott sighed. Might as well say it, he really wanted something sweet after rather bland on-the-road food.

fWhip laughed. Confusing Scott. What was so funny about him wanting sweets? "The scary General Scott of Rivendell wants sweets?" fWhip chuckled as Scott glared. 

"All elves like sweets," Scott huffed out in a poor attempt to defend himself. fWhip didn't comment more, instead turning Scott's attention to the views outside.

They were approaching a settlement. Rolling hills were slowly being replaced by fields and small villages and hamlets. It was all pretty nice and expected. Out of the Wither Rose Alliance, fWhip and Pearl's empires were known for farming. But Grimlands was also known for technology, explosives and mining. He could see something that looked like smoke in the distance as well. Could it be Grimlands capital, Eastvale? Possibly, they were going in vaguely that direction.

Another nice thing about Grimlands was... roads. The ride down the mountain peaks on which Scott's people lived was a shaky and relatively dangerous experience. fWhip was already planning on how to improve it. Pretty impressive actually. In Grimlands the ride was smooth over a paved main road through the whole empire. Yes, whole. Now that was really impressive. It had to take so many resources, manpower and gold to achieve. And yet fWhip was casually planning to make something like that up a mountain.

"It's quite picturesque, isn't it? Not what most people imagine an empire ran by me would look like," fWhip chuckled as Scott looked out wide-eyed. And he was right. Scott expected more mines and explosions and less... potato fields? "Grimlands isn't really known for our potatoes anymore. Just wait until you see the train. Sadly Gem and Pearl are a bit apprehensive about me connecting train tracks to them, they say it's a disaster waiting to happen and..."

Scott half listened to fWhip ramble about the absolute safety of his trains. Should he really be enjoying fWhip's voice and rambling this much? Should it bother him that he does? fWhip seemed to really care about his well-being. Not just his strategies, and skill with a sword. That was a nice change from his life so far. So with the slightest smile he kept looking at the rolling fields and listening to fWhip ramble about trains.

Scott listened to fWhip talk about Grimlands and all that changed since he became the Count. It all made little sense to Scott. All he knew about was warfare after all. Their arrival in Eastvale was also something new for Scott. In Rivendell, no one ever greeted him when he returned from campaigns. Victorious or not. Well, he was in a carriage with fWhip so it was him the citizens were greeting. But it still felt nice to see children run out of the nice houses lining the street. Dressed cleanly, some with messy hair. Followed by their mothers. Waving at the carriage. Throwing flowers.

"I wish they'd just ignore my carriage when I pass through," fWhip sighed, pushing as far back into his seat as he could. Scott chuckled. He could at least to himself admit he found fWhip cute. Saying it out loud was different. 

"Become elven Chief General then," Scott joked, still glancing out the window. Some children caught sight of him and stared with wide eyes.

"Scott... Really? You won their wars and no one even thanked you?" fWhip whined, clearly annoyed.

"I was told I did good, just wasn't greeted by crowds as soon as I returned. There were feasts to celebrate too," Scott shrugged and fell silent. He saw the biggest house in town. He knew fWhip didn't live or even have a castle. But his house was still pretty big. And pretty. Dark roof, light walls with dark shutters on the windows. Surrounded by a wall and flowers. And beyond the gate flowering hedges of black and red roses.

"Home sweet home," fWhip sighed as the gate closed behind them.

He wasted no time leaving the carriage as soon as it stopped. Scott following closely. He could fully understand fWhip's excitement to be done travelling for the time being. The staff were outside ready to greet their Count. His council as well. fWhip quickly jumped into being a responsible ruler and started catching up.

"Marriage? With..." one advisor gasped and Scott gave him a toothy grin. Everyone seemed a bit stiff at his presence. So fWhip didn't send a warning that he'd be bringing a future political husband along.

Scott looked about as fWhip argued with the advisors, clearly threatening them. Adorable. When something that could not be a usual occurrence caught his attention in the corner of his eye. He moved before he even fully processed what it was. Blocking a blade aimed at fWhip's throat with a summoned rune blade. The sound of steel clashing with magical ice had fWhip turn around. Eyes wide. 

"Scott!!!" fWhip's shout grounded Scott's brain. He just casually stopped an assassination attempt. And the only thing stopping him from killing the restrained by the guards would-be assassin was fWhip's arms wrapped around him. With a slow breath, Scott lowered his blade. His eyes remained on the assassin as they were being dragged away. fWhip's fast and snappy orders helped him calm down further. Just what has possessed him? "Where did you even get a sword from?"

"Rune knights can summon their blades at will," Scott shrugged, his heart was still beating so fast. To prove it he dismissed his blade and to gently, without really realising it check fWhip for any wounds.

"Stop it, I'm fine," fWhip huffed slapping Scott's hands away. "How can you just... Magic," fWhip grumbled. "Let's have breakfast, I'm hungry," he decided dragging Scott along.

Scott gladly let himself be dragged. Looking smugly at the advisors. Why? He had no clue, just felt like it. The bigger question was... Was his tail really wagging? He'd think about it later. When he wasn't busy staring at fWhip's hand, sadly back in his gloves, holding his wrist.

So busy he barely registered the interior of the mansion until he was pushed into a comfy chair upholstered with red and gold brocade. NIce contrast to dark woods and deep forest greens of the floors and wallpapers. A golden chandelier hung low over a table set with food. The last few maids set tea on it before retreating and leaving them alone. Scott was more than a bit miffed fWhip sat on the other side of the table. And tempted to move closer.

"What was that out in the courtyard?" fWhip asked with a heavy glare.

"No clue. One moment I was just standing there and the next blocking a blade, aimed at you mind you," Scott hummed looking over the food. It was quite a selection. Pastries, breads, cheeses, fruits, meats. And pancakes. And fruit. "As a rune knight I can't really be separated from my weapons," he added as fWhip continued glaring.

"Grand. Anything else I should know?" he asked, angrily buttering up a slice of bread.

Scott hummed. "I can use ice magic, all elves have some magic though," Scott hummed going instantly for the pancakes, whipped cream and berries. "And we all like sweets, Xor's the weirdo who's different," he added at the amused smirk fWhip's frown turned to.

"If you say so," he mused slowly peeling an egg. "Try the powdered sugar," he pointed to a container with a dainty sieve on top.

fWhip was right. He should have tried powdered sugar ages ago. It was amazing on his pancakes. The rest of the food was good as well. Especially everything sweet. Scott didn't expect Grimlands to have good desserts but fWhip's staff shocked him. Well, he didn't expect farmland as well.

"Is us just sharing a room too..." fWhip hummed and stopped, not sure what to name it.

"It's fine by me," Scott shrugged. He really didn't mind fWhip's company anymore. What wonders being locked in a carriage together for a few days can do? "We're getting married anyway," he half-joked. 

"Fine then, I have some stuff to do but I'll take you there, just rest for now," fWhip hummed, stretching as maids cleaned up the table.

"A bath maybe... Though I don't really have anything, you did decide to leave rather suddenly," Scott hummed. Nap in a proper bed sounded really nice.

"Just borrow my stuff for now," fWhip sighed as he stood up. Would it even fit? Scott wondered but didn't mention how different their statures were. "I'll take you to my tailor once I'm caught up on politics," he added leading Scott out the breakfast room - fWhip himself called it that.

fWhip's room was all nice and comfy, a bath as well. But after three days of not leaving it much Scott was beginning to feel a bit antsy. He was allowed to roam around the manor but not to leave it. And to not go to the basement workshop. Just to be safe and calm the council, fWhip said. Scott really didn't feel like a prisoner. Maids and kitchen staff were more than happy to provide him with cookies and drinks whenever he asked. He read a lot in fWhip's library. 

On the seventh day, Scott woke up feeling a weird warmth in the pit of his stomach. He instantly sat up to look for fWhip. Just to ask if it might be a dragon thing... like his rut.

fWhip was already up, struggling with a robe. Smelling really nice, his brain supplied. "fWhip... come back to the bed," Scott asked, instantly forgetting any and all questions he had. He had the biggest urge to just stay in bed with fWhip. Cuddling.

"Are you sure? I think my heat started, I don't want to force you if you..." fWhip mumbled, he sounded like he was in pain.

"Just come here... I think my rut's started too, I feel weirdly warm and want to cuddle you specifically," Scott confessed. Anything to get fWhip back in the bed. "Like really warm," Scott added, removing his sleep shirt. He was warm and it felt uncomfortable on his damned scales. And there were more of those than normal.

He missed fWhip giving up on the rope and just getting back into the bed. He didn't miss fWhip' hands on him. Gingerly tracing scales as he slowly cradled Scott's face. "Is it okay if I want you to kiss me?" the count asked but was already guiding Scott closer to his face. 

Scott was not in the right place to overthink so he just kissed fWhip. It was messy, rushed and inexperienced. And maybe Scott's first kiss ever. But it was the best first kiss he could ask for. Especially with fWhip instantly clinging to him, hands in his hair. Scott's hands around fWhip's waist.

Their kissing was interrupted by a knock on the door. fWhip whined hearing it, Scott growled. "One moment," fWhip grumbled, giving Scott a small kiss on the cheek and after wrapping himself in a blanket went to request their food is brought to them and that they be otherwise undisturbed for a few days.

 Scott could not tear his eyes off of fWhip. Growing strangely irritated with every second there was no distance between them. With whoever fWhip was talking to taking a whole lot of time to leave Scott left the bed, wrapped himself in a blanket and sneaked up on fWhip. "fWhip..." he whined just slightly as he wrapped himself around the count as well as he could. Glaring at the guard and advisor who dared take up fWhip's time.

His glare was enough to have them apologising and bowing and leaving while assuring everything would be handled while fWhip was indisposed. And Scott finally had fWhip all to himself and a good excuse to touch him a whole lot.

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What headcanons do you have from when Pearl and Scott were dating?

The first few weeks of HaTO!Galaxy duo's relationship were pretty normal. They initially got along as close friends to begin with and nothing much changed once they decided to get together.

They were the couple that were both besties and lovers. They called themselves 'Gossip Girlies' but also 'Soulmates'.

Since HaTO!Pearl had to deal with her amnesia, she always somehow found her way to cling onto HaTO!Scott without meaning to most of the time. Not that it mattered to any of them as they were basically inseperable whether one feels bad about it or not.

Halfway through their relationship Pearl's memory problem got worse, along with the dreams she's been having that makes her a little more crazed than she'd like. She became a vulnerable vessel to... unwarranted villains.

Following the defeat of Xornoth and HaTO!Grian's and Artemis' retrieval of Pearl, Scott was actually the one that begged the goddess to remove any trace of Camp Empires in Pearl's head in hopes that her new 'first impression' would be in a happier view. Although HaTO!Sausage didn't like the idea of losing Pearl, he accepted the reason.