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creativecupcake · 1 month ago

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Oh Goddess Beyond Part 2

Warnings: None really other than bad google translate for Rook and a mention of Autism/ADHD.

Chapter 2: The Realm of Rest and First Sight

Part 1 , Part 3

It had been about a month since Yuu’s status as Champion had been discovered. Within the first week Azul, Riddle, Vil, and the staff had created an airtight contract for all the NRC staff and students to sign. With word that it had to do with the Goddess and her Champion, everyone was quick to sign. When Yuu was revealed to the masses and they mentioned working towards the Goddess’ return, the halls of Night Raven College echoed with cheers. Students worked together to get the school buildings prepared for her. Upon hearing their housewardens and others mentioning that the Goddess herself directed them to classes and practices, students began to pour their all into their studies, sports, and club activities. While students still butted heads over various topics, the situation had actually brought the college together. It had even become a bigger source of pride when someone had mentioned that THEY had been chosen over their rival school, Royal Sword Academy.

During the month the Housewardens had met with staff and other selected students to investigate the magic mirror in Ramshackle.They had managed to confirm the mirror was acting like a door and had a strong tie to the Goddess. Staff like Trein and Crowley had reached out to other institutions to ask for historical records or older tomes of spells. While Housewardens like Leona, Kalim, and Malleus had reached out to their family or national libraries. Students and staff had kept up with lectures and classes, but many subjects had been shifted to aid with all of the work for a portal. Most of the students were glad to follow their contract, but some had tried to let it slip to outside sources. And, oh, if you thought Azul’s contracts were strict before… not like anyone would argue with the punishment. This was for their Goddess, everything had to be perfect!

On Yuu’s end, he felt so conflicted. He’d come to feel a much greater connection Twisted Wonderland as the days passed, and while he didn’t have magic himself he did feel the pull of magic all around him. He’d slowly been regaining memories of Amira and what seemed to be his family, though they all seemed to be of his childhood. As he gained more of himself he’d actually begun working with Vil, Rook, and Jamil (with Kalim’s credit card) to find more of his personal style as well as remodeling Ramshackle based on what he’d remembered of Amira’s preferences. Yuu felt more and more like he fit within his own skin but the hole in his chest that ached for his best friend was growing. He would dream about her smiling, speaking comforting words, holding him as he cried. She was his home, she was what he had previously been so desperate to return to. Yuu once again found himself playing with the charm tied to his braid. Smiling, he remembered Amira giving it to him, telling him she made it with her own hands as she revealed she had a blue one.

(A quick doodle to get my ideas for Yuuto down. I will be posting this and one without his jacket separately later.)

Yuu glanced around the main parlor of Ramshackle, all of his friends scattered around, doing one task or another.

“I did it…” Idia’s statement cut through the chatter of the room. “I did it!” His flaming hair seems to jump to life as he and Ortho raced up to Yuu’s room. Everyone quickly scrambled to follow, of course fighting over who would be first. Reaching his bedroom Yuu found the Ignihyde duo connecting a large monitor to the magic mirror.

“Shroud, explain,” Malleus cut in, glaring at the two. Everyone had been so nervous to even move the mirror, worried that any little thing could cut off the connection to the Goddess.

“Nii-chan and I found an ancient spell from the Isle of Woe archives! Back when the Goddess talked about communications and other technologies with the King of the Underworld she gave him a spell for a scrying mirror!” Ortho practically vibrated as he helped Idia hook up cords to the mirror. “Idia-nii found a way to connect a monitor to the mirror so we can see the Goddess!”

“W-well,” Idia giggled as he set the monitor up on a small table. “We haven’t found a way to physically bring her here yet, but we can see her and learn all we can to get NRC ready for the OP boss battle.”

“Oi, Radish Sprout,” Leona eyed the oddly energetic duo. “You saying you can full on see into her Rest Realm all on your own, with just an old scrying spell?”

“Well- I mean. Not JUST a scrying spell,” Idia seemed to shrink back, fiddling with a zipper on his jacket. “The spell, the mirror, a large source of magic, and Rook-shi’s signature spell.”

“Oh! Mon Dieu, moi?” Rook dramatically gasped, eyes turning to him.

“What’s so special about Umineko’s unique magic?” Floyd pouted, as he and some others glared at the smiling huntsman.

“Oh! Rook’s spell helped us track the others to the Isle of Woe!” Epel chipped in, remembering just how scary Rook’s unique magic could be.

“That’s right, we were able to track them even beyond the magic meant to hide the place,” Yuu muttered, glancing at the mirror with some hope.

“Correct, you are Epel Felmier-san and Champion,” Ortho cheered, displaying a holographic screen. “Rook Hunt-senpai’s spell allows him to track others across great distances and behind barriers! Thus, getting him to focus on both the Champion and magic mirror will allow Nii-chan to direct a large amount of magic through the mirror and find the Goddess on the other side! Estimations give this plan a 97% chance of success!” That hit the room like a bomb. A true look at their Goddess. Ortho’s predictions were usually accurate and Idia was unparalleled in technomagic.

“We have something that may help those odds!” Ruggie cheered, wide eyes looking at. Leona.

“Oi, Ruggie-”

“Think about it Leona! The old King of Beasts hunting spell!” Ruggie was starting to bounce in place, clearly getting excited.

“Uh, that old clear sight spell,” Leona had a smirk slowly growing on his face. “All beastmen are supposed to be able to tap into our ancient ancestors and clear our sight for a hunt.”

“Well, well, us Merfolk have something similar. A spell meant to guide us through the darkest depths of the seas.” Azul stepped in, Jade and Floyd at his side.

“Updating calculations. Estimated at a 99.8% chance of success!” Ortho cheered.

“We should gather the staff and make sure all preparations for the spells are as perfect as possible.” Riddle brought up.

“Not to mention gathering all the merfolk and beastmen in the school,” Jack added, nervously rubbing his neck. “Not everyone will know the spells and needs to practice.”

“We have books on such old spells,” Lilia brings up, motioning to the Diasomnia group. “There are old ways meant to focus the spells like spell circles.”

“Yes,” Malleus smiled, his tail invisibly wagging. “I believe it would benefit us for Pomfiore to aid us in drawing the ancient spells, as they need to be done cleanly.”

“Pomfiore has studied writing ancient spells before as they were quite elegant,” Vil nodded in agreement.

“Oh! Oh!” Kalim burst in, before being pulled back by Jamil. “Scarabia has been studying the old star charts from the Sorcerer of the Sands! He found a constellation that helped him channel the Goddess!”

“He’s right,” Jamil said, feeling like he’d grown a second head. “The constellation is meant to appear back in a week’s time.”

“Then we have a week until we see her.” Yuu’s words left no room to argue, everyone getting ready to do their part. “We have a week to make all preparations perfect to find her.”

Arrow Afar!

A simple bedroom, on the smaller side. It felt cozy, comfortable, like home. A bed piled high with plush creatures and warm blankets, a small bookshelf littered with textbooks and papers, and hidden in the corner is a dress mannequin and a few bolts of fabric. It was so simple, but it felt more like home than anyplace they had ever been. Muffled voices could be heard a bit off, before a door opened and footsteps approached.

“Oh there you are,”a honeyed voice said as the view changed. And there she was, beauty incarnate. The Goddess who was loved by so many. She was more than she’d ever imagined: warm round cheeks, moon-touched hair tied up in braided buns, and dark eyes that seemed to hide a rainbow of colors. She was gorgeous, but felt approachable; like she was pulling all those that saw her in.

Sitting in the palm of her hand they saw her sit, close to their original position, a desk? What were they connected to? A mirror like on their end? No, she seemed to reach out to them and touch… something, and a transparent box opened in front of them.

“Oh sweet Sevens, we’re in her phone!” Idia cheered, rambling in the background about what that could mean.

“I suppose that makes sense,” Lilia began thinking aloud. “Scrying mirrors were an ancient phone in a way, and the Goddess did tell the King of the Underworld about her advanced technologies.”

“Just look at how clean her skin and makeup are,” Vil choked, trying to keep his composure in front of the literal definition of perfection.

“Oi! Her unique style is magnifique! It truly highlights her natural form!” Rook gushed while most of the freshmen looked away as her mesh top was a little on the revealing side. The room immediately cut to silence as the Goddess spoke again.

“Now, let’s check on my boys today,” she said as the image of a mirror with a raven in the center appeared. The room stiffened, this was it! Her presence took over the whole school, even the dorm rooms felt her arrival. “Oh, Rook and Idia’s birthdays are this month, I should give them a little extra love.” Cut to the mentioned men freezing in place as they processed what was just said. “Let’s see, end of year exams should be coming up, so Ace and Deuce really need to get some extra lessons.” The duo couldn’t decide if they were happy to be her focus, or upset at being called out. “I should also send Kalim for some extra lessons so he can prepare and Jamil can rest for a moment.” Jamil knew in that moment he would pray to the Goddess ten times as much and make more offerings. “Spelldrive also has a match at the end of the year, so I’ll get Leona, Ruggie, and Epel to take some extra flight lessons.”

Normally, when the boys felt compelled to take extra lessons they felt a warm air and a sense of encouragement, energy, drive, etc. But this time? This time it was so much more. It felt like warm arms were wrapping them in a hug as the Goddess’ own voice whispered encouragement in their ears. The boys that had been called out quickly went about to their destinations, happy to have the Goddess’ direct attention. The others would not admit it but they were seething with jealousy.

“Finally I’ll give my SSR support Idia and SSR tank Ortho a little charge boost,” she said, tapping her screen a few times as the brothers felt a sudden swell of energy.

“Energy output decreased by 78%, magic intake up 65%, booster speed and stabilization increased by 52%. Goddess given upgrades!” Ortho cheered as Idia hid behind his hood, a pink shade taking over his hair and face.

“Now,” they turned back to the screen at the Goddess’ shift in tone. “Time for some work.” With that she set the phone down and they heard a sound like a bell. Luckily the phone was still facing her, now displaying that she sat in front of a dual screen monitor set up and keyboard. As it turned on she pulled out a set of plush headphones and an attached mic.

“Hey everyone, hope you’ve all had a great day. We’re waiting for others to join in.”

“Oh my gosh!” Idia screamed as he and Ortho almost leaped forward. “The Goddess is a streamer!” Idia didn’t need to seem more than the basics. He’d watched so many streamers so he was able to easily recognize a set up.

“What does that mean for us?” Riddle asked, not really knowing much about social media culture. “Could this help us reach her?”

“Cay-cay can say for sure we can learn way more about her,” Cater called out, leaning against Riddle.

“It’s true,” Vil cut in, as he examined the Goddess, her set up, and her environment. “Most streamers have quite the personal relationship with their followers. It would allow us to get a clearer view of her personality, her interests, her hobbies, and maybe even her desires for Twisted Wonderland.” That gave the remaining boys so many ideas. They paid close attention to her stream as she began, it turned out that she used a virtual model (a V-streamer as Idia pointed out). Her virtual identity looked similar to her, with a more ethereal outfit, a pair of glass wings, and a blue charm tied into her hair.

She talked to her viewers as equals, discussing video games (cue Idia and Ortho cheering), her love of designing clothes and playing with makeup (Vil and Rook had a whispered discussion on this point), one fan even brought up how she was in school for business (happy octopus noises). Then a change in topic that they weren’t expecting.

‘So have you gotten things ready for Rook’s birthday?’

“Oh yeah, I’m all ready! Have you seen this cute PJ set he has?” And with that a photo of Rook in his nightcap and vintage pajamas appeared on her screen. You could hear a pin drop in Ramshackle, before chaos erupted. The Goddess had pictures of them!? Who? What pictures? At what times? (Did they have makeup? -Vil) Even though she had called some of them out by name earlier, it seemed to finally be dawning on them what that meant. But that also led the chat down an interesting path.

‘Rara-chan, who is your fave boy in Twisted Wonderland?’ This got everyone’s focus as they eyed one another.

“Oh, I don’t have a favorite guy.” Of course! Their Goddess was so fair and loved all her creations equal- “But I do have tops in certain categories.” Record scratch. Cue the competitive atmosphere.

‘Oh? What categories do you have Rara?’

“So far my main categories are Most Beautiful (Vil starts sweating), Most Handsome, and Cutest. With a separate category for my goofy lil guys.” By this time the other boys had returned, with the staff in tow. “Most beautiful of course goes to Vil-” Vil was practically glowing with pride. “With Azul and Silver right behind.” Lilia cheered for his son as the tweels teased a very flustered octopus.

“If we are talking most handsome is hands down Leona-” He tried to hide it but Leona was more than glad to hear he was number one to his dear Goddess. “With Jack and Jamil. All three of them are just such handsome men.” Jack’s tail was wagging a mile a minute while Jamil was trying not to pass out from the heat in his face.

“Cutest is Epel,” Oh, the poor apple boy was so torn on how to feel. “I mean his fighting nature and accent make him even cuter.” Never mind, she likes his accent! “With Riddle and Kalim rounding out the top three.” Ah. Riddle’s face matched his hair and Kalim was happily chatting to Jamil about how both of them were in the Goddess’ favorites.

“As for the last category, we have the goobers. The guys that I just love for their personality. That group is Rook, Floyd, and Lilia. The three of them just make me giggle.” Oh dear, Floyd should really not be picking fun at Jade, think we’re gonna have a brawl. All the mentioned guys were quite happy knowing that they held the Goddess’ favor, but those left out were shooting daggers.

‘What about Malleus? Why isn’t he in your most handsome?’

“Huh? Oh, that’s more on me and my AuDHD.” Say what? Some like Riddle had knowledge about Autism and ADHD, but their Goddess had them? “When I categorize things I’m a bit more rigid than most. So boys like Malleus who is beautiful and handsome kinda can’t be top at either catergory.” Well that helped ease the tension Malleus had. “But now that I think about it Malleus would be at the top of another list.” Oh, so now we have a dragon acting like a puppy. “Malleus is really relatable to me, with his hyper fixation on Gargoyles and some of his trouble making friends, I can relate to it. Same reason I appreciate Jade’s love of mushrooms and understand Floyd’s quick mood changes. I mean I’ve got more than one hyperfixation and when the dopamine stops firing I can drop it so fast and move on.” They watched her lean back in her seat, looking a bit thoughtful. “It’s nice to be able to see someone who may relate to me.”

‘What about your favorite teacher?’

“Uh. Well Crewel is really cool and it’s sweet to see him care for his ‘pups’. Not to mention I would adore getting to talk fashion and design with him and Vil!” Oh no. Stop! They are going to explode, stop praising them! “I also love Trein and how he takes charge of his students. Like when they had to deal with the…incident at Noble Bell, he took charge even though he was having issues. Plus I love getting to see such a loving father and husband. And he and Lucius look so refined.” Huh. Well Trein and Crewel are now trading words over who her favorite is. Please stop them before it gets worse.

‘What about the staff over all?’

“Sam.” What? “I absolutely adore Sam and how he interacts with the other staff and students. Him and Azul sort of rivaling as business men-” Azul refused to look at Sam’s smug face. “Plus his sales events and seeing his crafty nature is adorable.” Trein and Crewel are now debating about teaming up to take on Sam. “I love all the staff at Night Raven though, they all really bring out the best in their students. Even if their students are a bunch of arrogant hard heads.” Oh, they loved that look, a proud smirk painting her lips, teasing twinkle in her eye.

‘If you had to choose an absolute favorite boy tho?’

Groaning and rolling her eyes she glared at her monitor. “If you make me pick one boy, then the answer is obvious. Especially since he’s half of my favorite duo.” Favorite? Duo? Oh, the boys were spinning, thinking of all the duos that tended to pair up. There was Ace and Deuce, Kalim and Jamil, the tweels, Trey and Riddl- “Ortho!” Come again? “Ortho and Idia are peak cuteness and I love them being little menaces. I mean did you see Ortho’s shit talking when the guys were trying to get things done at the Isle of Woe?” Excuse me, what? “Ortho is such a cute lil bro and I love seeing him hype Idia up.” It seems that chat was just as confused as the rest of the guys as they looked at a self-satisfied Idia and a shining Ortho.

“Ok, ok. One sec chat. I see you being mean to my boys but one sec. Lemme make a call and see what you think after.” None of them knew where she was going, but they would just get back at the Ignihyde duo later.

“Hi hi Lana,” she started, greeting the second streamer (a chibi had appeared on her screen).

“Hey Rara, what’s up? You normally don’t call during streams.”

“Ok, so I’m doing a challenge with my chat. I’m going to describe two people to you. Could be anyone. And you tell me the first names that come to mind.”

“Oooo. A challenge. I’m game girl!”

“Ok. First one: Big brother, socially anxious, hates being out of his room. Will 100% stare at a screen 24/7 if allowed. Overprotective of his baby brother to a fault. Will talk shit the minute he feels in control or safe. Blue-”

“Oh that’s Ghost!”

“Ok. Next up: Little brother. Tiny, tiny baby. Cute but is willing to fight, especially if you mess with his big broth-”

“Toast! I mean you made it so obvious making them a duo!” Lana laughed, cutting off the description. A tiny smile grew on her face.

“For those of you in chat who don’t know Ghost and Toast are my babies.” Pictures of two blue grey cats popped up on her monitor. “Ghosty loves TV and video games, and Toasty loves to make bread and run around in his kitty wheelchair.”

(Reference for Ghost, Toast, and Toast’s wheelchair)

A cat’s trill came from somewhere in the room. Suddenly a pair of yellow eyes stared at the phone as Ghost jumped into his owner’s lap.

“So I was right?” Lana joked.

“Nope! I was actually describing Idia and Ortho from Twisted Wonderland.” A picture of the brothers popped up.

“Oh my gosh! It’s like a human Ghost and Toast! That’s so cool!”

“Thanks Lana.”

“No prob, Rara.” Lana hung up and chat returned to the screen.

“I don’t really have a favorite person in all Twisted Wonderland, but I do have those I really like.” Ghost trilled again as he rubbed on the Goddess’ chin before staring at her phone again.

‘That makes sense. But what about Yuu? They can be so bland, what do you think of them?’

Oh, that hit hard. Yuu had been almost like a passenger since they had been able to see Amira’s face. He’d been practically frozen in place, sometimes snickering as the others reacted, but focused solely on her. Grim had jumped into his arms, sensing his discomfort.

“Yuu… Yuu is a difficult topic. It may just be me, and I may be projecting, but I see Yuu as the strongest and kindest person. Yuu isn’t a blank slate, and I see the world through their eyes, but I see them being the one helping all the others as best they can.” A yawn cut off her discussion and everyone realized that the sun seemed to have long set behind the woman. “I can get into my relationship with Yuu another day, but I have to call it a night. Remember to take care of yourself my little weasels.” With that she ended the stream, stepping away from the desk and leaving their sight.

Yuu wasn’t fully satisfied but to hear Amira talk so kindly about him eased the ache in his heart. Everyone began to mutter and discuss what they had learned before she returned to their view. By now she had changed into pajamas and was wrapping something around her hair. Grabbing her phone she crawled into the small bed they had seen. They could catch a glance of a tiny kitten on her bed before they were placed facing the ceiling.

“Night Toasty.”

And with that soft breaths took over the sound and all they saw was a dark room.

“So what do we do now?” Leona lazily stretched out on the new Ramshackle couch as everyone gathered round.

“Since we are in her phone I think I can get my technomagic to help us get into her computer and check that she’s doing alright in that world.” Idia and Ortho had been thinking of how to handle her technology since they had realized she used her phone to check on their world.

“Well it’s obvious the one True Queen values our education and achievements since she is encouraging us to study,” cue glares at Ace and Deuce who refused to meet his eyes. “And we can’t keep an eye on her at all times, how should we handle this?”

“I can get my friends on the other side and the ghosts to keep an eye on her at night. We all need to keep well rested if we plan to get her here in a timely manner.”

“I think that’s best,” Trein agreed, clearly having been thinking over this issue. “All of us will need to work carefully and quickly to get the Goddess here in respectable time. The staff and I will create a rotating schedule between the dorms to keep watch.”

“We also think it best that only Housewardens, their Vices, and other selected students should enter Ramshackle to keep watch on our Lady.” Crewel stood up to look the young men in the eye. “Others may fall weak to her beauty or give into temptation at being so close to perfection. We need all pups to be on their best to make sure nothing occurs before she arrives. All dorms will be kept in the loop and we will make preparations for her imminent arrival.”

“We’ve already found a way to see into her world, now we just need to focus on getting there physically.” Yuu took over as they prepared to call it a night. “We can all see that she cares for us dearly and wants the best for us, so lets make sure she has the best upon arrival.”

And there’s my second Chapter! Hope y’all enjoyed. Kinda rushed getting a drawing of Yuuto to go with this but I had fun with his design, especially since I don’t really draw guys. Have fun reading and feel free to message me any questions about characters or the AU.

#twisted wonderland #twst #twst x oc #twisted wonderland fanfiction #twisted wonderland x oc #Yuuto Saito #amira oc #yuusona #yandere twst #yandere twisted wonderland #Goddess AU

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twstfanblog · 3 months ago

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*~500 Followers Fic: WaterPark Episode PT 2/Vignettes~*

A/N: Ignore me taking so long to get this out, AGAIN. I've been fighting to write for the past few weeks for no reason. That's a lie, it's because I wanna write things that are so far in my canon they'd make no sense if I did post them XD I was also consumed trying to finish my Halloween fic Word Count: 8K Warnings: They/She OC, headcanons on the sexuality of the characters Main Pairings: Malleus/Yuu/Jamil/Azul, Alluded-Riddle/Floyd, Jade/Trey, Leona/Ruggie, Cater/Idia, Vil/Rook, Sebek/Silver, Firstie Poly

Part 1

Now that Yuu was free from their duty of making sure the other students were checked into the park, they were able to meet up with the other first-years. They all sat huddled around, turning their lounge chairs into a circle as they planned out their day.

Yuu hummed, looking at the small map of the park Ace had managed to find, “Damn this park is big. There’s like forty slides in this place…”

Epel smirked, eyes roaming over the map and already planning out his route, “Ah’m gonna ride everythin’.”

Ortho had already scanned the map, making sure he noted every location of bathrooms and the park's first-aid station, “That could be detrimental to your health if you ride all forty in a span of our six-hour stay…”

“No pain, no gain.”

Jack raised an eyebrow, tucking his ears into the water cap he had pulled from his bag, “What are you trying to gain…?”

Leaping into Yuu’s lap, Grim smiled at the map while Yuu tucked his own ears into a water cap, “I'm gonna ride everything! And try all the food at every restaurant and stall! And-”

Yuu gripped Grim around his middle, holding him in the air and maneuvering him so that they could stare at the excited monster, “You will die. I need you to know this. If you do all that shit, you will die.”

Ace snickers, “Let him try. Maybe he’ll actually learn a lesson in gluttony for once.”

Deuce raised an eyebrow, glaring at the other Heartslabyul solider, “He’ll learn his lesson in death…?”

Huffing, Jack crossed his arms, “Alright, but seriously. Do we plan on sticking together for the day or are we splitting off until lunch?”

“Hmmm…” Yuu points to the largest slide closest to their rest area, “How about we all do this big slide together just to get used to the water temperature? And we can go on more rides together until we find other stuff we’d rather do. Because, Epel, I adore you. I’m not riding forty slides for you.”

“Fair.”

Deuce nods, “Sounds like a plan. We can still meet up for lunch and touch base, maybe go on more slides together.” He looked to his side, opening his mouth to ask Sebek if he had a slide he wanted to try only to see the serious expression on the half-fae’s face, “Sebek? You ok?”

“...” Sebek sighed, closing his eyes before looking to the side, “I don’t think I can spend much time with you all today…”

The others all whine a bit, even Yuu and Grim, asking Sebek why he couldn’t spend one day not directly attached to Malleus.

Yuu huffs, rolling her eyes, “I’m pretty sure Malleus asked you to just enjoy the park away from him today-”

“That’s not what I’m concerned about!”

Jack leaned closer to Sebek, his hand pressing to the other’s forehead with a worried expression, “Are you having a heat stroke.”

Ace quickly passed over his water bottle, “Here, have a sip.”

Sebek blushed, smacking both of his boyfriends’ hands away, “Enough! I’m concerned about Silver’s enjoyment in the park…”

…

The group as a whole looked over to another cluster of lounge chairs. Silver and Lilia were under an umbrella, Lilia applying a heavy layer of sunscreen to both himself and an already half-asleep Silver.

Sighing again, Sebek called the other’s attention, “Lilia-sama doesn’t do well in high heat nor direct sunlight. He was happy to come along even though he wouldn’t be able to do much. But, because Lilia isn’t able to enjoy the park, Silver doesn’t want to leave his father alone for the day. Plus…the sleeping…”

Epel groaned, seeming to finally make the connection, “Oh yeah…sleep disorders and water ain't a good mix to try…”

“I know we all planned on spending as much time together today as possible, but…I will most likely spend my time with Silver to make sure he can enjoy the park and not potentially drown.”

Yuu nods, “Fair and valid.” She smiles, slinging an arm around Sebek’s neck and ignoring the half-fae scowling at her, “So, the plan is to do the big slide together to break the ice so to speak. Then you can ask Silver if he wants to go on a few slides with us before we all start to break off until lunch.”

“...” Sebek huffed, “I like this plan.”

Floyd had instantly dragged Riddle toward the wave pool, a number of students already being swirled in the man-made current. The mer had been quick to assume his other form, his swimshorts snapping open from the inner seem to allow his tail minimal constriction, “Come on, Goldfishie! I wanna swim with you~!”

Riddle had agreed at first. He planned on swimming, riding the slides and simply enjoying this new experience. But as he walked deeper into the chilly water, his stomach started to roll. His reflection stared back at him as he had an embarrassing epiphany.

Swimming in a lazy circle, Floyd floated closer to a still Riddle, “Goldfishie~? Come deeper in the water, swimming in shallow water is annoying…”

“I can't swim.”

…

Floyd flipped himself over, his back in the water as he drifted to be in Riddle's line of sight. He almost asked if he was joking, only to see Riddle's cheeks flushed and brows creased in what Floyd coined his ‘thinking face’, “Wait are you serious?”

Riddle huffed, turning his head away, “I…I just realized…”

“How do you not know how to swim?”

“I never needed to learn!”

“You're seventeen?”

Riddle huffed and nearly stomped his foot, thankfully realizing it was a bad idea to do in thigh deep water, “Don't you judge me-”

A buzzer sounds, both Riddle and Floyd's attention being called to the far wall of the pool. Symbols eched into the wall start glowing, causing the waves to swell suddenly and easily sweep numerous others into the current and higher into the air. The wave hit Riddle hard, sending him tumbling back into the water as a prisoner with Floyd diving after him. Luckily, the waves calmed quickly, allowing Floyd to lift Riddle out of the water to take a desperate series of breaths.

Riddle hacked and coughed, hands gripping onto the clawed arms holding him up, “UNHAND ME, I'M GETTING OUT!”

Floyd cooed but still swam Riddle to the edge of the pool, letting him grip at the stone and pull himself out, “Aw~ poor Goldfishie…I really wanted to relax in the water with you though…” He thinks, looking at the map of the water park before smiling to Riddle, “I have an idea~!”

“Just help me out of this hell pool!”

Jade and Floyd quickly rushed off once their trio had found a comfortable spot to set as a rest space. Each twin having plans to find their respective Heartslabyul lover, leaving Azul to sit under the shade alone. And while he could enjoy the warm weather, maybe people watch or use his phone to review the past sales reports of the lounge. Instead, his eyes caught the bold numbers along a sign. For a few seconds he felt his brain stall once he fully understood what the numbers said. Now he sat on the lounge chair, staring unblinking at the price sign of a small ice cream stand.

Soon, Yuu walked up to Azul with a smile and holding something behind their back. They moved to speak only to stop at seeing the blank look on Azul's face, “Um…baby, you doing okay? Can you hear me-”

Azul reached out, grabbing Yuu by the underside of their swim top and yanking them down to his eye level, “ My pearl, what does that sign say?” He pointed across the way, his other hand leaving Yuu's top and gripping them by the face to make sure they were looking in the correct direction.

Yuu blinked, raising an eyebrow at the price “...Oh. Nice seeing park prices are the same even in other worlds.” They laughed lightly, smiling at Azul's expression.

“How are they getting away with charging $15 for a single scoop of ice cream?”

Giggling, Yuu leaned more into Azul's hand, “Maybe it's got gold leaf or diamonds in it.”

Azul growled lightly, turning Yuu's face to look at them directly, “You know very well that gold leaf costs basically nothing! Plus that diamond would have to be practically worthless in quality or size! Why even bother!?”

Yuu doesn't reply past making a kissy face to Azul, smiling when the second-year sighed and leaned forward to press their lips together.

Pulling away, Azul made the mental note to look more into the pricing practices for such parks, “Well, that blatant theft aside, how may I-why do you have a gun?”

Azul had finally taken notice of the brightly colored water rifle in Yuu's possession. While a water gun was clearly better than an actual gun, that didn't make him feel any safer.

Yuu smiles, holding the toy up and shaking it so that Azul could hear it was full, “I borrowed it from Vil.”

“Why does Vil have a gun?”

“Oh calm down, it's filled with sunscreen.” Yuu leaned over and pressed another kiss to Azul's cheek. Pulling away they pumped the water gun once, an ominous click sounding, “Now run.”

“...”

Trey sighed, closing his eyes and adjusting his glasses, “Jade, I'm not getting in the water.”

Jade pouted heavily, a clear expression of disappointment so exaggerated it was almost believable, “Trey-san…so heartless, so cruel. To deny me the chance to swim with someone I hold so dear…boo…boohoo.”

Pointing to the shallower end of the pool, the few other mers and students keeping a wide distance from Jade, Trey spoke with a smile, “And the fact you've been bullying everyone who goes past the 6ft mark?”

“I'm not making anyone stay in the shallow end.” Jade fluttered his eyelashes, swimming in a small loop and having his tail flip in a teasing motion, “But if you were to…come in the water, I may be a bit friendly.”

“Jade, I'm not going to let you drown me a little just so you can give me CPR.”

Jade keeps his smile, but looks off to the side from Trey's eyes, “Oh, I could…never-”

“Do you want to come with me to the lazy river? Kalim told Cater that this park has a rather extensive one.”

“...” Jade huffed, glaring at the other students cowering on the other side of the pool, “I suppose…this pool isn't as entertaining as I had hoped.”

“Did you try the wave pool?”

“It was already packed when I looked…” sighing, Jade moves to pull himself from the waters, “Just give me a moment to change back into my human form. It takes a bit longer when wet-”

An arm loops around Jade’s waist, suddenly pulling him from the waters and over Trey's bare shoulder. The second year was stunned, eyes wide while Trey maneuvered him into a comfortable position for them both. Trey lets out a huff of air, his free hand picking up Jade’s slack tail before he starts to walk.

“Hm. Only a bit of my Unique Magic and you're pretty comfortable to carry. Are you eating enough?”

“How many children do you want?”

Trey's response was to laugh, leaving a flustered Jade’s question unanswered. An atmosphere that was easily switched once they reached the lazy river. It was as big as Cater said it was, multiple waterways and a number of functional manmade grottos to splash water onto those in the river. A few other students were in the current, but what gave them pause was Riddle and Floyd.

While Riddle was in one of the park's single-person inflatable tubes, Floyd was behind him, swimming at a breakneck pace to zip around the water. Riddle was screaming, struggling to keep a hold of the tube while demanding Floyd ‘STOP’.

Jade laughed, placing a hand over his mouth, “Oh, that looks delightful. Trey-san, we should try it.”

Trey kept his smile, gently tossing Jade into the shallow water and moving to grab his own tube, “Well, I guess this is what my day is gonna be…”

Leona had no plans to get in any type of water today. A fact that made Ruggie deflate, yet respect his wishes to not join him in exploring the park. And, sadly, instead of going with him, Cheka decided he wanted to stay with his dearly beloved uncle.

Sighing, Leona stretched himself on the lounge chair he had claimed as his own, the surrounding area completely empty since everyone knew to stay away from a sleeping lion.

Well…most everyone.

Leona groaned hearing Cheka perk up in excitement, his little tail whacking his uncle in the face from where he was sitting.

Cheka waved, smiling wide as he recognized the tall blonde walking over to their area, “Hi Mr.Vil! Hi! I haven't seen you in forever!”

Vil smiled from behind his shades, placing his bag in a chair beside Leona before he kneels to Cheka’s level. He quickly pulls out a bottle of sunscreen, pouring a bit of the liquid into his palm before he started to rub it onto Cheka’s cheeks, “Hello, Cheka. It's very nice to see you, too. You've grown much taller.”

Giggling, Cheka let Vil smooth the pleasant-smelling liquid onto his face and exposed arms, “Thank you, I ate all my veggies last month, even though they tasted bad. Do you and my uncle still kiss?”

Malleus, who had followed Vil and placed himself on Leona's other side, snorted. Catching the one-eyed glare the beastman threw his way, the fae prince simply laid on his front to sunbathe.

Vil sighed, opening the umbrella closest to their group before sitting in the shaded area, “No, Cheka. We don't do that anymore. We don't like each other like that now.”

Cheka hummed before nodding his head, as though Vil had delivered news from on high, “That's good. You shouldn’t kiss people you don't like…” He looked past Vil, climbing over his lap and sitting on Leona’s back to point directly in Malleus’s face, “Who’s this?”

Leona snickers, speaking before Malleus could, “A lizard.”

Cheka gasps loudly, staring at Malleus with a new sense of wonder, “Really! You’re a really big lizard! I like lizards! There’s a bunch around the castle in the middle of the day because it’s so sunny! They run really fast because I chase and roar and them like this- RAWR!!!”

…

Malleus blinks, the sound of Vil and Leona struggling to hold in their laughter as he stared into the beaming face of an innocent child. A child that just roared in his face, “...That was a very impressive roar for one of your size…”

“Thank you!” Cheka spread himself out on Leona’s back, his chin resting right between the older beastman’s ears, “I practiced.”

Walking the park was somehow the worst thing to ever happen to him. Not his overblot, not being nearly sucked dry of magic, not even being almost smooched to death by a very desperate ghost. But the combo of a blasting hot sun, open toed footwear, and the fact he was forced to use every braincell he had to take the ‘most camable shots’ of Cater taking his selfies, Idia wondered if the universe was getting back at him for attempting global genocide. He wondered if it had to be so cruel…

He knew he couldn't complain. He helped Cater with his blog a lot since they officially started dating; editing, getting him access to music for videos, taking photos with his freakish height stat.

A collection of yells, whooping, and splashes calls his attention. Idia grimaces at the group of students being launched into a pool from a slide. Loud extroverts, jovial casuals. A water park was such an attribute difference than his cozy room with his set up. Even under his coat, past the layers or sunscreen he put on before even leaving his room, Idia could feel his skin cells burning under the unforgiving sun.

Cater’s fiery curls and smile could only enchant him for so long. The fear, the dread building. He's seen the videos, people filming their trips on waterslides. The very fact Cater was using him as another POV camera for B-Roll only pointed to the fact his boyfriend was going to make him get on a slide at some point. He just hasn't said when or which.

Biting his lip, Idia made the choice to just bite the bullet and stop in his tracks, “Can the slide we go on please not be too high? Or have any crazy turns? I know you'll probably want different angles but, I really don't do well all wet and this jacket will only go from the weight of one byte to a kilobyte if I get dunked so-”

“Idia, what are you talking about?”

Cater had stopped, looking at Idia with a sense of mild bewilderment. He blinked, his phone still held up to capture the perfect angle for a selfie.

“Um…” Idia fidgets, looking to the side before pulling his phone out, tapping on it with quick fingers before his text-to-audio voice calls out, “I thought you’d want to go on a slide for ‘camable’ shots. I'm just begging it’s not too wild a slide…”

“...” Cater nearly topples over, bending forward and cackling so loud multiple people had turned and stared at the duo. Calming, Cater stepped closer to cup Idia’s chin and bringing him down to press their lips together. Pulling away he laughed again, “Idia, I’m not getting in the water. I spent two hours just on my hair for today. I’m not getting all messed up and going up a bunch of stairs for a single shot that might not look good. Maybe at the end of the day…but not anytime soon.”

Idia stuttered, being dragged behind Cater while the other junior raised his phone up to line his selfie back up.

“Now, come on. There’s an ivy wall somewhere in this park and I will find it…”

Leona groans, his brow twitching in annoyance as Cheka whined and pulled on his ears.

“Unca! Unca! UUUUUUUNCAAAAAAAAAA!”

Vil spoke up, turning the page of his book from under his parasol, “Leona, I believe your nephew requests your attention.”

“No? Really?” Leona let out a deep sigh, rolling over on the lounge chair and managing to catch the falling child with one arm, “What? It's been an hour.”

“Ouji-Tan! I wanna go play! Come play with me!” Cheka pouted, slapping his open palms against Leona's chest.

“Go play then…” Leona tried to roll back over, gently slipping Cheka to the pavement only to groan when Cheka started to yank at his hair.

“Noooooooooo! I wanna go in the water with Unca! Unca! Uncaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!”

Cheka had devolved into simply yelling, taking deep breaths before continuing to shout and tug at one of Leona's braids.

Malleus hummed, cracking an eye open to the scene only a foot away from him, “Beastmen child rearing is rather odd…”

Leona growled, pushing up from the lounge chair and scooping the child up in one fluid motion before he started to walk away from the lounge area. Cheka squirmed around, Leona piecing together that his nephew was not only bored but overheating. A quick dip was the easiest solution. Since the wave pool was out of the question and the normal pool was packed, all that was left was the lazy river.

He stood at the edge of the water, watching as a group of students floated closer. Rosehearts and Clover both lounging on innertubes, their respective Leeches circling around them in full forms.

Riddle perked up, seeing his fellow housewarden standing at the side of the river, “Ah! Leona, how can I-”

Leona barely moved, tossing Cheka into the air with his one arm and letting the child arch to splash into the water.

A moment of silence passed, the river group staring wide eyed as they watched a child disappear under the water. When Cheka doesn't resurface instantly, Trey called out to Leona concerned.

“Can he swim!?”

…

Leona glances down at the water, waiting silently while the two Heartslabyul students start panicking. Luckily, the bright orange ball at the bottom of the river started to swim up and break through the surface. Cheka paddled around making over exaggerated shivering sounds.

“It's cold!”

“Yeah, he knows.” Leona turned on his heel, the unspoken task of watching his nephew hung in the air as he walked away.

“Thanks for carrying the tube, Jack!”

“It's not even that heavy…”

Sebek scoffed under his breath, still mad the large tube had unbalanced him and made him fall, “It's ridiculous how big a four person tube is! Could this even fit in the slide!?”

Yuu hummed, looking at the large pipe of the slide beside them as they climbed the stairs to the top, “I would think so. Since that's kinda the whole point you know.”

Sebek had opened his mouth, either to actually respond or rise to Yuu's small jab, Jack didn't let him speak, “Why did you two want to ride this slide with us specifically? Didn't Ace and Deuce get in line before us since we had to wait for a four person tube?”

Epel mumbled, waving his boyfriend's question off as he and Yuu quickly raced up the stairs. At the top, positioning into the small pool before the mouth of the slide, the attendant looked…concerned when Yuu and Epel instructed them to sit on the opposite side of the tube from them.

Holding onto one of the handrails of the tube, the attendant gave both Jack and Sebek worried glances, “You um…you guys sure about this seating arrangement?”

“Just release us already, human!”

“Alright…your funeral…”

Only as he and Sebek descended into the mouth of the slide did Jack realize a few key things. One, physics was a subject he was decent at. Two, this slide had a large bulb filled with water half-way through after a drop. Three, he and Sebek were on one side of this tube and they both weighed much more than Epel and Yuu combined, “...Fuck.”

The resulting screams reached the three lounging juniors. Only Leona perked up at hearing the sudden increased intensity of the four very familiar voices before silence seemed to ring out.

Vil spoke, not looking up from his book, “Were those ours?”

“...Yep.”

“Were those ‘broken bone’ screams?”

Malleus hummed, tilting his head but not moving elseway, “I don't believe so…”

Vil turned the page of his book, grabbing his bottle of ice water to sip, “They're fine then…”

A few minutes later, Sebek and Jack had walked over still dripping wet. The two taller boys had Epel and Yuu over their respective shoulders. While Jack had sat Epel down beside Vil, the cackling freshman having to lean against his housewarden’s chair. Sebek dropped a laughing, sopping-wet Yuu onto Malleus’s back before walking away without a word.

Leona raised his head, looking at the two still laughing freshman, “What did you two even do?”

Yuu all but cried into Malleus’s hair from how loud they were laughing, “We…we did a flip…”

Lilia sighed, waving a hand in front of his face as he sat in the shallow water opening of the lazy river, “Such a fun place…it's a shame it has to be so hot…”

It was nearly lunchtime, so it was only right to gather his charges and make sure they all managed to have a meal before the food area was overwhelmed. Malleus was easy to find, a large black mass lounging around in the sun. The real challenge was finding Silver and Sebek. While he was happy that his boy wasn't stuck lazing around with him, he could only worry not able to find him In the water park.

Luckily, Lilia had ran into Kalim, the Asim hier carrying the youngest Savanna prince on his shoulders after somehow gaining responsibility for him. Kalim had gleefully told him where he last saw Silver and Sebek, and that they were most likely still there. Parting ways, Kalim had invited Lilia to join them in the children's area after lunch.

He didn't have to wait long, chuckling lightly at the two underclassmen floating in the river.

Silver was asleep, but safely floating on a tube in a comfortable position. Sebek floated behind him completely face down in the water, hands lazily resting on Silver's shoulders. Lilia walked deeper into the river, standing in the path of the two guards. Seeing how neither moved nor noticed him, he could only giggle a bit more.

“Oh, dear…well…I have no choice then…” clearing his throat, Lilia narrowed his eyes and yelled, “SILVER! SEBEK!”

Silver shot up, nearly headbutting Lilia only to fall face first into the water as the general dodged. At the same time, Sebek had jerked and flailed in the water. A cloud of bubbles broke through the water as he jolted upright and saluted.

“SIR!”

Silver stood up in the water after getting his bearings, saluting as well, “Sir!”

Lilia laughed, “I’m happy to see you boys are relaxing on this lovely day. Now come out of the water, it's almost time for lunch!”

Yuu walked around the park, taking in the sights and sounds. They had made a quick stop to where the teachers were all gathered, asking if what Azul had told them earlier that day was true or not. Crewel had been too excited to explain what the numerous advancements in potions and chemistry had done in only a few decades. Allowing rapid growth and processing plants to be used as natural filters in real time. Making such clean and non-chlorine filled waters that were safe for every species.

For nearly five minutes they were trapped in Crewel's too happy gaze before Sam had distracted him with a bottle of suspiciously already opened scotch. Trein had shooed them away while Crewel tried to yank the bottle out of Sam's hands, telling them to drink plenty of water and to get out of the sun when they could. So walking around the park it was, sipping on a blue raspberry slushie and seeing who they could find to bother.

They had to do a double take as they spotted a messy braided bun. Calling out his name they rushed over before they could lose him in the crowd.

Jamil turned, raising an eyebrow as his datemate ran over and stared at him in astonishment. He glanced over to the side, waiting for her to speak, but seeing how they weren't he tilted his head, “Yes?”

“Where the fuck have you been!? I don't think I've seen you since you checked in?”

“I've been enjoying the park, hayati. That was the whole point of the trip wasnt it?”

“Well…yeah. But I haven't seen you, in like…hours… are you good?”

Jamil smiles, raising a fist to his mouth to laugh before leaning over to peck Yuu on the cheek, “I'm fine. I really have been enjoying myself. This day turned out to be more relaxing than I thought it'd be.”

Yuu blushes from his kiss, PDA from Jamil was rare and treasured. They press their slushie to their cheek, “Kalim hasn't been…well, Kalim? His top stay on so far?”

“Don't know, I only saw him briefly in another lunch line. But, he seemed to be doing ok.”

“...” Yuu pressed the slushie to Jamil's neck, ignoring the viper hissing and trying to escape the cold touch, “Are you fucking dying of heat stroke? Who are you!?”

Taking the drink from Yuu's hand, Jamil glared, “That's cold. Yuu, this park was already vetted by the Asims; a second look is only more thorough than the first with Kalim’s family. Since Kalim, the heir, is here, no doubt they sent much more security detail than normal. Just because most of the other students can't see them doesn't mean they aren’t there. And lastly, Cheka is here. Kalim actually engages all his brain cells to keep children both entertained and safe in his care. He's literally more safe and functional than normal so long as Cheka remains attached to him”

He hands the drink back, taking the time to flick Yuu directly in the center of their forehead, ignoring their whining as he speaks, “I'm having fun, don't worry about me. Just be sure to reapply sunscreen.” Jamil hugs them, one-armed and brief before he turns to walk away.

Yuu mumbles under their breath, speaking around the straw of their icy, “I don't need sunscreen-”

Though it was mumbled, Jamil heard them and whipped around to sprint toward them. Yuu screamed, the shriek sliding into a burst of hysterical laughter as they ran from the vice warden.

Deuce hummed, brows creasing as he and Ruggie walked over the multi-colored stone bridge that led to a new area of the park, “Isn't this…trespassing?”

Ruggie snorted, looking over his shoulder at the Heartslabyul first year, “I mean, Kalim’s family bought the park for the day; we can go wherever we want.”

“Really…?”

Sighing, Ruggie pats deuce on the back as they walk through the brightly colored gate of the park's kiddie area, “Don't think too hard about it. Kalim sure didn't when he boltcut the locks off…”

Kalim had almost gleefully explained to anyone who asked how he had magiced up a pair of bolt cutters to break the chains and locks of the park's kiddie area. It was only logical in his mind, since he plucked Cheka from Riddle and Trey's care in the lazy river, he had to take the five-year-old to the age-appropriate area.

The park was big in its own right, and while the children's area was smaller it still had the size to hold a hundred or so people comfortably. The area was whimsical, water spouts shaped as various aquatic and tropical items. Bright colors of every hue at every corner, making it almost an eye strain to both Ruggie and Deuce.

Deuce oo-ed, looking around the space and laughing at a rotating fish that squirted water into the air, “This is a lot, but really cute. I can see how kids love it here…”

Ruggie snickered, looking over at Kalim, Cheka, and Lilia playing on the massive jungle gym and spraying each other with stationary water guns, “Money really buys a plethora of experiences. The kids back home would never believe this place, just from the amount of water alone.”

“Ah…water is scarce in your town?”

“Not so much ‘scarce’. But we have other ways of staying cool than using fresh clean water; that's for cooking and cleaning.”

Nodding, Deuce looked around the space, “I guess when you put it that way…a water park does feel like a waste. But it has been pretty fun, right, Bucchi-senpai? I've never been to one before so I've been trying to go on everything.”

Ruggie hummed, turning a wheel and then sputtering when a ring overhead turned in tandum and dropped water on his head, “Yeah, it's fun. Just really reminds me how many rich people I've been around. I've only gone on a few slides because I've been…a little overwhelmed.”

Deuce nodded, closing his eyes, “I know what you mean. The queendom doesn't get that hot and even when it did mom and I were able to cool down with just ice lollies. But, thinking about how valuable a resource water is for some people…a water park seems kinda wasteful.”

They both sigh, Ruggie muttering good naturally under his breath, “Rich people-”

A loud buzzer made both of them jump. Deuce was well aware of the wave pools buzzer, an auditory warning to the incoming currents. But looking around, neither could see what was coming. Only the gleeful squealing of Cheka makes them look up. The other three guests on the jungle gym all smiling and pointing upward. Deuce and Ruggie both look at the top of the gym, only now noticing the large bucket witht he park’s logo on it tipping over. The rush of water hit both boys hard and fast. Deuce was able to keep himself standing, sputtering and shaking his head to get the water out of his face. Ruggie wasn’t so lucky. The Savanaclaw boy having been knocked down and nearly waterboarded before the onslaught was over.

Ruggie coughs, sitting up and flicking his ears and brushing his hair out of his face, “This place is for the kids!?”

Cater tapped at his phone, screening through his photos and deleting ones that weren’t up to his standards immediately. Beside him, Idia was crouched before an electric keypad with his own phone connected to it via a cable. A few minutes passed before the previously red light turned green, a pleasant ding sounding as the door's lock disengaged, “Got it…”

Humming, Cater pockets his phone and holds the now unlocked door open for both of them, “Awesome, babes! That felt like it took longer than normal though…”

Idia shook his head, putting his phone back into his pocket as he followed Cater through the restricted area, “I was kinda impressed honestly; security was no real end-game event in difficulty, but it was pretty interesting how they structured it…” he smiled, his face looking smug, “Wanted to play with it a little…”

Cater snickered, bumping shoulders with the other third-year, “Bully.”

The two walk down the stone hallway, finally entering a large area of shallow waterways brimming with faintly glowing plants. The large foliage growing out of the troughs and interlocking under steel grate walkways. It was peaceful, the sound of water gently trickling through the park's systems. Small fireflies flew lazily through the air, repeatedly blinking as they went.

Ooh-ing, his phone already recording the area as he walked deeper into the room, “OM7, this place is amazing! The other influencers are gonna be #somadcraycraywithjel-layforcaycay!”

Idia sighed from his spot, inching away as a number of fireflies mistook his hair as a beacon, “Have I ever given you my opinion on your hashtags…?”

“Sorry~. Can't hear you over the sound of all the cute pictures I'm taking~.” Cater smiled, winking toward Idia as he held his phone high to take another 30 selfies in rapid succession. But, he blinks, his expression turning into one of surprise before he turned his phone camera toward Idia, “Babes, take your jacket off a bit?”

The other third-year instantly tried to hide in his jacket. Even fully covered he briefly brought his arms up to shield his chest from Cater’s focused eyes, “Why?”

“Ah. No, wait. Yeah, keep the jacket on; it's good since the background is so dull compared to you.” Cater moved around his shy boyfriend, the audible click of his camera going off only making Idia squirm more, “Don't move so much.”

“Why are you taking my picture…?” Idia blushed, trying to hide in his hair and hood as Cater teasingly pushed the phone directly into his face, “C-Cater!”

Cater chuckles, finally pulling away to look over the newest batch of photos while he twirls a strand of hair, “Sorry~. I couldn't help it. You look really good in this lighting…”

“...” Idia glared softly from behind his hair, “Don't post those…”

“Don't worry…” Cater leaned into Idia, pulling the other third-year down to whisper against his lips, “You know any pic of you is #MINE…”

Idia hair had flared for a brief moment, the electric blue overtaken by a soft bubblegum pink before it faded to his edges. He laughed nervously, looking away from Cater, “Wh-What kinda game plan are you even playing at…?”

“Well~...Since you were such a good sport today and helped me get all the Magicam shots I wanted. I thought we could chill out here, away from everyone else. Maybe makeout a little-”

“Yes, please.”

Waiting in lines was a factor Epel hadn't accounted for when he said he was going to get on every slide. He sighed, resting his palm against his face as he looked over the park from the tall walk up tower, the people below slowly growing smaller and smaller as he and Rook climbed higher.

“Monsieur Pom, the line is moving. Come along.”

Epel turned to Rook, walking behind the third-year, “Thanks for hold the tube for us, Rook. Those things get annoyingly heavy after a few hours…”

Rook chuckled, the two person tube looped over his shoulder, “It is no issue. I want to thank you for agreeing to ride this slide with me. Trey was my original target, but his beau would not allow him out of the river without him…”

“Yeah, the Leech twins are…really aggressive in the water Ah’m learning…” Epel had simply tried to ask Riddle if he had more sunscreen he had passed out among his dorm and where to find it. Deuce lost his tube, Ace needed an extra coating, and Epel honestly wanted a tube just to avoid Vil sniping him on the back of the neck with his ice cold sunscreen potion. He had barely walked into the lazy river before he was being round house slapped by a beefy eel tail.

“Ah…Oui. At least you landed further into the river and not on the pavement like moi…”

Epel turned to his senior, opening his mouth to make another comment only to stop and then hum, “Ah. Rook-senpai, hold still you have something on your back.”

“Oh?”

“Ah’ll get it.” Epel brushes at the center of Rook’s back, trying to remove the collection of spots that seemed to suddenly appear on his skin. But seeing they weren’t moved, Epel rubbed at the skin harder only to lean in, “What is on yur back…?”

Rook looked over his shoulder, eyebrows raised in an expression of surprise, “My back? I don’t remember laying down anywhere.”

“Yeah, It’s like a bunch of dots…wait.” Epel leaned in closer, squinting his eyes as he noticed even more darken speckles, “Are those…Are those freckles? You have freckles?” Epel leaned back in surprise, staring in almost horror at Rook’s back.

The third-year only laughs, tilting his head back, “Oh! Is that all? Yes, I freckle when in the sun too long these days. Though when I was younger you’d confuse me for one big freckle. The sun is a creature of wonder, life, and mystery. It’s light nourishes the soil and the flora, giving food to the beasts of man and the night. But its same light can set fire to the savana, burn and boil the skin of those who need it to survive.”

Epel could only stand and listen as Rook continued on and on about about the dangers of the sun while also waxing poetic about it. The longer Epel studied his senpai did he start to see more and more freckles along the third-year’s body. He mumbles under his breath, brows creasing as he thought aloud, “Wait, did you even put sunscreen on?”

Screaming in a more frantic frequency suddenly rings out. A two-person tube from above them flying far off course of the waterslide and sailing through the air until it landed with a massive splash into the wave pool. Epel nearly fell off as he slammed into the railing, screaming at the familiar two people who just flew off the slide, “THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YA TWO!? ACE, DEUCE, AH’M TELLIN’ RIDDLE ABOUT THIS YOU FUCKIN’ DUMBASSES. YA COULDA DIED!”

Rook leans over a screaming Epel, smiling and waving to the two still shell shocked freshmen, “BEAUTIFUL FORM! 100 POINTS!”

Azul looked up as a shadow fell over him. Blocking out the sun stood a dripping Jamil, his fellow second-year staring down at him with his normal expression of unenthused, a bright red slushie in one hand. Azul had remained seated, silent as he gripped his cell phone and wrote down a few ideas on a clean napkin.

Looking to the side, Azul cleared his throat, moving his arm away as Jamil’s hair sent down three drops of water in quick succession, “Hello, dear. Did you need me for something?”

Jamil continues to stare, bringing his straw up to his mouth and slurping loudly. Tilting his head to the side and letting his hair drip across Azul’s still-clothed arm. He smirked, watching Azul cringing his arm to his chest. He decided to be kind, flipping his hair over his shoulder, “Have you been sitting here the whole day?”

“Not…the whole day. I moved after lunch. But, Jamil!” Azul had gripped Jamil by the arm, pulling the other sophomore onto the lunch table bench he held up the napkins, “Look at these calculations, this park is performing theft in broad daylight! The markup is absurd. A single slice of pizza and a bag of chips is almost $20!” Azul turned away, one hand tapping at his phone and the other writing more numbers along the napkins, “That's a single slice and a small bag of chips, not a drink. The pizza wasn’t even good. Could you imagine how much more I could make at the lounge with actual decent cuisine?”

Jamil raised an eyebrow, sipping his slushie before speaking, “I could imagine the riot that’ll break out once you even think of raising your prices. It may have been last year, but people still haven’t forgiven you for the whole ‘School-wide Slavery’ plot.”

Azul stopped tapping on his phone, turning to glare at Jamil’s blank-faced inquiry, “As I’ve told you all multiple times, it wasn’t slavery; everyone signed a legally binding contract that was fully explained and outlined to them. They knew what they were-Stop trying to drip water on me!”

Laughing, Jamil moves his hair back over his shoulder and away from dripping onto Azul’s arm, “You really don’t want to risk anyone seeing your true form that bad?”

“You know I’m…sensitive, about it…”

“Yuu says you look cute.”

“Yuu’s never seen me in my mer form, they’ve only seen what I looked like in overblot. And let’s not sit here and pretend Yuu is the authority on appearances. If I remember correctly, they saw your overblot form as very attractive-JAMIL! PLEASE GO DRY YOUR HAIR!”

Deuce blinked up at Ortho sitting on the pool's edge, “You don’t know how to swim?”

Ace floated behind Deuce, arms lazily waving around the water but he raised an eyebrow at the automation, “Can’t you just download how to do it?”

Deuce splashes him, glaring at the sputtering redhead, “Ace, that's rude!”

Ortho giggled, kicking his legs lightly in the water, “It’s not Deuce Spade. But, thank you. It’s not that I don’t know how to swim, I’m asking you to help me me figure out a way to swim.”

“Is there…a difference?”

Holding up a finger, Ortho stood up from the edge of the pool. Once he was sure the two other freshmen were watching him, he took a step over the edge and allowed himself to fall into the water. Ace and Deuce both stare as the still-shining blue flame sank lower and lower into the water until Ortho landed on the pool bottom. The robot tilting his head up and waving toward them.

“Oh…”

“Do… do we help him back up?”

“Deuce, what the fuck. How are we gonna-”

Trein looked at the teacher beside him. Crewel leaned back in his chair with his mouth hung open. He could only sneer as the bicolored man let out a loud, guttural snore. He plucked the empty bottle of scotch from the man's hands, recapping it and putting it back in his bag before looking over the rest of the faculty that came.

Oster was reclining in a lounge chair, a trifold in her hands to direct as much sunlight to herself as possible. An empty slushie cup half hidden under her chair with the actual drink poured into a deep margarita glass with a colorful paper umbrella in it.

Hui-Yan was covered head to toe, an ornate swim cover hiding all skin from view as she peacefully read under an umbrella. He at least thinks she's reading. She had on stylish shades, borrowed either from Crewel or Oster, that completely hid her eyes. And while she hadn't put her tablet down, he's also certain she hadn't actually moved…

Rohdri was doing…something. The stoic man had brought some compact contraption with him and he had been fiddling with it since they arrived at the park. He stood in his shorts, button-up short sleeve shirt, and a fisherman's hat, looking over the machine as it gave beeps. He would widen his eye a fraction of an inch every now and again, humming loudly and typing at his tablet.

Dubhghall was Seven knows where. What had started as him accompanying a few students that didn't meet the weight requirement for a ride, quickly turned into the massive teacher simply not returning to the teacher's table and running around the park as if he was a student himself.

And Vargas…

Trein's eyes trailed over, watching the shorter man drag Crowley away kicking and screaming. He laughed loudly, Sam locked under his other arm, stating that the ride he was taking them to would put hair on their chest. Crowley howled and wailed, ridiculous gold tipped claw rings digging into the pavement as he cried out he didn't WANT hair on his chest. Sam seemed to be resigned to his fate.

Looking back toward Crewel, he sighed. Even with Crowley's whining the other man hadn't woken up from his drunken stupor. Pulling out his phone, he could only frown at the text message his daughters had sent him. The both of them more than willing to cat sit Lucious for the day. At the image of his darling boy, tongue sticking out as he slept the day away belly up he could only sigh again.

“I miss my cat…”

Leona glared at his nephew, the five-year-old kicking and screaming on the ground after being told it was time to go home. Cheka was having far too much fun at the water park, not to mention the fact his uncle hadn't even gone on a single ride or swam in the water.

Rolling his eyes, Leona kneels down and scoops the wailing child under his arms, “Stop your yelping. We're leaving.”

“NOOOOOOOOO! UNCA! I DON'T WANNA LEAVE YET! YOU SAID WE'D PLAY IN THE WATER TODAY!” Cheka devolved back into simply screaming and flailing his arms around, climbing up Leona to clutch onto his back.

Leona stood still, glaring into the air as Cheka’s legs kicked against his collar and he screamed into his ears. The only time Cheka wasn’t screaming was when the five-year-old would lean over and try to sink his still dullish baby teeth into Leona’s ears.

Vil scoffed, his bag already packed and his sunhat back on, “Really? Are you going to just let him throw a tantrum?” Shaking his head, Vil leaned forward hands up to pluck Cheka from Leona’s shoulders, “Come here Cheka, you can ride back to the school with me-AH! MY HAIR, MY HAIR!”

Cheka didn’t detach from Leona’s ear as he gripped onto Vil’s hair and pulled at the locks, ruining his hairstyle and knocking his hat off of his head. Malleus even tried to help, if only to try to release Vil from the angry toddler’s hold. Instead, one of his horns were also gripped in a tiny hand.

Leona raises an eyebrow at Malleus, the large fae keeping bent over and doing his best to not move far from Cheka’s range, “You know damn well you can move out of his hold…”

Malleus looked away, pouting lightly but letting Cheka shake his head around from his horn, “I don’t wish to hurt him trying to remove him…”

“...” Only when Cheka takes a deep breath, unlatching from biting at Leona’s ear to let out another piercing scream, Leona speaks up, “FINE! FINE! Pick a damn ride and we’ll go on it!”

Cheka stopped screaming almost instantly, but kept his grip on both Vil and Malleus, “Really?”

“Yes. By the Seven, just stop your shrieking…”

Cheka spent only two seconds thinking over his choices before scrambling off of his uncle, tugging on his swim trunks as to say ‘Follow me’. Beaming and jumping up and down.

Leona stood under the bucket, glaring at the crowd of people all watching him with rapt attention. As the buzzer sounds, he closed his eyes feeling the rush of freezing cold water hitting him hard from the top of his head. It felt like a full minute before the water stops and he’s left soaking wet with a giggling Cheka still gripping onto his swim trunks.

Ruggie looked all too pleased with the current events, eyes just too low to be eye level, “Was the water nice?”

“Everyone get back on the fucking bus.”

“UNCA!”

#twisted wonderland #twst #disney twst #twst wonderland #yuu oc #twst heartslabyul #twst savanaclaw #twst octavinelle #twst scarabia #twst pomefiore #twst ignihyde #twst diasomnia

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mellowwillowy · 1 year ago

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Alright, let's get this straight. You are praying for the Great Seven, or whatever it is in this TWISTED wonderland, to be transferred away from Pomefiore! (Pure crack content with a lil bit of yan spice~)

No, it's not fun having to do these damn skincare, especially with Vil around you, ready to reprimand you for slacking off! Posture check, outfit check, hairstyle check, fragrance check, dialect check! Rook is sure as hell happy to assist Vil in checking on you! He really should have just let Azul and Kalim fight about who gets to keep you in their dorm.

It feels like Vil is just living beneath your skin like the beautiful parasite he is now, so by all might after punching Crowley right in the guts, he hands you a phone. Well, technically, he's only lending you his spare phone, stingy.

"Aren't I very kin-" Another punch right on his jaw because his beak ass mask will hurt your fist.

Alright, an admission for NRC's dorm, this is it. This is your one and only chance to actually make Crowley agree to transfer you to another dorm.

He sure took his sweet ass time in introducing everything in that stupid voice of his but here comes the moment of truth! Just tap the screen and pray for the best. It's a 1/7 odd and you sure as hell wish you won't be transferred to Heartslabyul. Riddle's name alone is enough to make you think Vil might actually be a better choice here.

Savanaclaw sounds peaceful enough, Leona got that lil Ruggie around after all. Ignihyde is great, you can just be the little introverted ass you are and send some game invitations to Idia and Ortho every now and then.

But of course, Octavinelle is a great option to start. You have a high affinity with those sea mafia and you just have to be careful not getting tricked by their scheming nature.

Scarabia? Great. You got Kalim. He will spoil you rotten and squeal in joy the moment he knows you are transferring. You are not sure about Jamil though, seeing how he has to take care of 2 babies now but he will manage.

Last but not least, Diasomnia. While you do have a great relationship with Malleus and co, Lilia is the real highlight here. You get a friend whom you can actually drag into a fistfight like the good ol'days Lilia misses (does he?). You two are old old, it'll be nice being able to vibe with him more in pulling stunts plus your life there will be made easy by Lilia and Malleus.

So COME NOW! Do not shoot me into Hearslabyul by all means!

A hand takes away your phone before you can see the 2D character appears on the screen. You know damn well which dorm's uniform this is because well, you are wearing it right now.

""I am Pomefiore's dorm leader, Vil Schoenheit."" Uh-oh, not only are you shitting yourself over the 1/7 odd, why are you hearing double? (This really happened. I got Vil's despite trying to transfer them away in my first go.)

""Are you the new student?"" By all means, yes. Ignorance is bliss.

""Hmm? Well, you may have been sorted into Pomefiore in the first one go."" Oh great Seven, in TWO go. Don't look up, don't look up.

""But, you are still very naive."" You admit it, you are naive enough to not include Pomefiore in the 'Do not shoot me into Heartslabyul and Pomefiore by all means!'

Like the brat you are, you close your face with both hands and look up, "Oh my, housewarden Schoenheit, what are you doing here?" If you can't see him, he can't see you.

Well, that is until Rook pulls both your hands away from your face, "My, my, mon chèri, you shouldn't hide your beautiful face from us, do never shy your beauty away as you exist to enchant everyone."

Now you see Vil's feature being graced with a smile yet you can feel just how threatening his aura is right now. You are in a BIG trouble. Not only did the Great Seven grace your prayer of not getting transferred to Heartslabyul, but they also grace you back in this stupid 1/7 odd!

"Let's have a pleasant chat about this, shall we?" And with that, Vil drags you by the collar of your uniform like a stray cat you are, ready to be starved and drenched in cold water.

"Don't worry, I'll share my dinner with you later~" "Really-" "Rook, no."

PS: Turns out the person who alarmed Vil was Rook himself because well, he sees everything that you are doing, whether creepily or thoughtfully? Who knows~ Now you'll just have to hear Vil lecture you again.

PS 2: Epel thoughtfully shared 1/3 of his dinner in exchange for you teaching him how to fight bare-handed like a Savanaclaw.

Reference to the said event

#I really wanna tag this as #Yandere Rook Hunt #and #Yandere Vil Schoenheit #but #we will have #TWST #Twisted Wonderland x Reader #Vil Schoenheit x Reader #Rook Hunt x Reader #x GN Reader

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rattlyglitch · 3 months ago

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Robots do not Reveal Secrets Buried

(Chapter 11 of A Painful Apology)

Malleus seemed rather calm after everything that had occurred even as walls of thorns rose from the ground hiding the school like a shield Ortho barely managing to make it back to the school by running. The thunderous clouds and green lightning would tell otherwise but he didn't reveal how he truly felt about the situation. He turned towards Idia and spoke giving no room for opposition.

"Shroud call all the housewardens. I myself shall go fetch Sebek from his enclosure in the garden. We meet in the courtyard in ten minutes." Malleus took off quickly leaving Idia to gather all the housewardens. Azul, Kalim, Riddle, and Leona arrived passing by Epel who Vil had sent back as the temporary vice warden for the moment. Malleus arrived as soon as they did Sebek with him.

"Why have you called us here Malleus? And why is there a wall of thorns around the school?" Riddle inquired. It was noticeable that he wasn't trying to jump to accusations but it made sense why he would. Malleus' overblot had brought about vines and thorns that seemed to enshroud all the students who slept during that time. "The walls of thorns was not caused by myself. Silver caused them."

Riddle rose a brow almost as if he wondered if Malleus was blaming it on Silver. "What happened to cause this? And does Silver even have magic? As far as we know he doesn't." Malleus gripped his magic pen a bit before releasing it. "We believe it is from a bracelet he received from Lilia to protect Silver that has infused him with magic hence how he started leaking blot as you all have known. If we remove it the problem may be gone."

"The problem won't be gone."

Everyone turned to the person who had spoken up which was Ortho. "He...he awakened his magic when Malleus overblotted. Even discovered his unique magic which helped us to get through to Malleus." Ortho kept looking at the ground not wishing to look at the others. "I thought you forgot about what happened bro. Totally glitched out like everyone else" Idia spoke confused as he looked at Ortho.

"I didn't. But the dreams everyone was stuck in weren't the best. I didn't want to remind everyone of their dreams. Silver remembered and when I found out he didn't want anyone to know." Malleus' hand visibly twitched as Ortho spoke

. "Why did you not say anything then Monsieur Wonder? At least about Silver?" Ortho froze at Rook's question for a moment before his look of shame deepened. "I promised Silver I wouldn't. He was scared that he wouldn't be able to stay at the school or he wouldn't be able to use magic. At the same time when he started forming blot he was scared that his bracelet would be taken away."

Ortho breathed in a hitched breath before continuing. "Gods he was so scared that the bracelet Lilia gave him would be taken. It's the most valuable thing he has from Lilia and it was channeling his own magic which is why Silver formed blot. He even named his god forsaken overblot that he saw in his dreams. Named the damned thing Ollie."

Ortho started to let out steam as he spoke gripping his arms. "He always referred to it as a cat named Ollie like it was a pet. Even said he talked to it and it kept saying to 'slay the dragon'. Ollie started to appear as a sword in Silver's dreams. He kept coming to me crying saying he hurt Malleus. That he was just like his real dad. That stupid Dawn Knight."

Oil started to leak down Ortho's cheeks. He hated remembering Silver's terrified voice as he sobbed in his arm Ortho who was helpless to do anything but hold Silver. "Ollie won't stop. I don't know why but Ollie won't stop. I've begged him to I swear. I don't want this. B-but he won't stop. Make him stop Ortho please. Make him stop."

Ortho shuttered at the memory. "He was so scared. B-but he trusted only one other person besides me a-and when I wanted to know who I met Mim." Ortho could remember meeting Mim as clearly as possible. Silver had been so excited for Ortho to meet him. It was the day Silver said he wanted to show Ortho something. Ortho was nervous about entering he forest but Silver was brave. He was so excited to take Ortho to the house in the forest.

"It's such a nice place Ortho. There's so many cool plants around it. The house even looks like a plant because of how many plants are on it to." The house when thy arrived seemed to be abandoned. Silver was happy to walk into it with Ortho and show him around. Old stone counters completely covered with the large amounts of honeysuckle that managed to grow inside with a fireplace in the middle of them covered in mushrooms and ferns.

The strong smell of jasmine that seeped into the house from the vine covered the windows made a beautiful smell combined with the rose bushes that had spawned randomly. Even the rooms in the house seemed just like the inside of the house. A new world to be discovered by any who dared venture to it.

When Ortho and Silver walked out of the house though a man greeted them. "Hello young one. My name is Mim. I am a protector of the forest and a friend to Silver. It is a pleasure to meet you." Mim seemed charming and kind. His smile though as he spoke seemed like a lie. The way it twitched and sometimes let out words spoken towards Silver laced with a venomous sound clued Ortho in on how dangerous the man was.

"He said if I told anyone about him he would hurt Silver. Th-that he would make me watch as he murdered him. That it would be a day when we were visiting the horses in the stalls." Ortho had been trying to Silver's attention after they had been in the forest for what felt like a long time. "We should head back Silver. We need to tell the headmage about this place. I don't think it's safe here."

Ortho knew Silver wouldn't understand what he meant but Ortho was trying to give Silver a reason as to why they should return to school. The words he had spoken to Silver were veiled with fear he was worried would seep out and clue Mim in on how he truly felt. Mim wasn't as naive as Ortho had hoped though.

One moment Ortho was standing and watching as Silver began to climb down a tree and the next Ortho was rushing to catch Silver when he suddenly became limp. Falling nearly to a very bad injury. Ortho placed Silver on the ground and looked for injury. Instead he detected magic coming from Silver. He was able to trace it back to Mim who was looking at Ortho darkly.

The threat Mim gave was quick and sharp. When Mim revealed the translucent heart in hand Ortho didn't want to think about how he knew whose it was. The cry of pain Silver gave out when Mim squeezed it slightly made Ortho flinch and cradled Silver close to himself as if hoping he could act as a barrier between whatever Mim was doing. Mim disappeared with a vile smirk on his face pleased with he fear he had caused Ortho.

Silver began to wake up unaware of the panic that Ortho had gone through. Silver was convinced another one of his sleeping spells had overcome him and stood up gripping over his heart for a second before whatever pain he had felt faded and offering his hand to help him up. "Come one Ortho let's play tag."

Silver started running and Ortho gave chase. He tried to forget the terror he had felt minutes before as they both ran. Ortho started to hope Mim was gone forever but even he knew deep down that was hopeful thinking.

Ortho looked up at Malleus before he broke down sobbing. Idia rushed over to Ortho's side and took his brother into his arms holding him close. Kalim had started silently crying tears rolling down his own cheeks and Azul had wrapped an arm around him while he himself had a blank face with eyes full of fire. Leona and Riddle both had looks of fury on their faces. Vil seemed rather calm though his fist were clenched, Rook's eyes were squinted as if he was preparing to hunt down prey, and Sebek looked murderous letting out a hiss before he spoke.

"Find...Silver...destroy...Mim."

Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13, Chapter 14

#ortho shroud #idia shroud #malleus draconia #mim oc #silver twisted wonderland #metal rose au #kalim al asim #vil twisted wonderland #rook hunt #riddle rosehearts #azul ashengrotto #sebek zigvolt #twisted wonderland

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liviavanrouge · 19 days ago

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Plan pt 2 of Biggest Fear

Livia: *Fiddles with her hair, their bracelet in her lap*

Vil: Potato Cub, how did all even start...

Livia: *Looks up dully* Where...did all this trauma start? Ah...I remember now..It started when I was six and they managed to grab me...taking me from my home one day

Livia: I woke up in the Golden Leaf Carriage...everyone cheering, happy to see that there was a new Saintess they could love and believe in...

Livia: "Saintess, we'll never let you go," they said...and everything suddenly went dark..

Livia: I remember...the looks of disgust, the disappointment, the way they tried to force me to dye my hair a brighter color to make me more believable..they threaten my family to keep me obedient...

Livia: Every month for the three day celebration of the Saintess, they force me into that god awful carriage..the windows would have invisible bars and there'd be priests making me wave...

Livia: *Looks down* After the end of everything, I'd always whisper to myself, "Happy Saintess Appreciation Livia" and I'd give myself a soft smile and a tight hug..

Livia: *Looks up* Since...nobody has ever decided to say it to me before...or show me genuine affection for being their savior..

Riddle: *Stares in shock* Livia...

Floyd: *Hugs Livia tight, their cheeks squished together* Catfish!!

Cater: Liv....

Jade: *Looks down, his arms at his sides*

Livia: *Smiles at them* But it's okay now, all I have to do is just go home with them and get through the three days! It'll be alright...

Rook: You can't possibly be thinking of going with them!

Ace: Liv, you moron! There's no way we're letting them take you for three whole days!

Livia; People come to the Valley of Thorns to see me...if not there, where else would they go to celebrate the three days?

Livia: Everyone is depending on the Saintess to appear, the residents of Twisted Wonderland are my people, I'd feel bad disappointing them and it's not their fault they don't know what's happening behind the scene's

Livia: Saintess Appreciation must go through..no matter what..

Sebek: Lady Livia...you're too kind for this world...

Livia: *Smiles softly* Not kind, Sebek...just dedicated to everyone's happiness, it's what helps me get through those awful days..

Jamil: Livia....

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Lilia: Is she asleep...?

Silver: Yes, knocked out as soon as their head hit the pillow

Kalim: We have a plan for Livia!!

Vil: *Smiles and nods* Indeed, I've asked a few people in high places to spread the word!

Lilia: Hm?

Jamil: We'll hosts this months Saintess Appreciation days on the island, so Livia doesn't have to go home..

Riddle: Indeed, there's no way they'll show her proper respect, so we'll host their special days here!

Malleus: *Smiles* That sounds fantastic and I shall send a letter to grandmother regarding the Valley's Temple..

Leona: *Grins* What are we waiting for, we gotta get preparing!

Trey: *Chuckles* Indeed!

@queen-of-twisted @yukii0nna @zexal-club @schixophrenic @abyssthing198 @writing-heiress

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yuurei20 · 2 years ago

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Leona Info Compilation part 21: Intelligence (pt2), Perceptiveness and Effort

In a vignette Leona helps Epel and Grim create a voice-changing potion that Rook told Epel is so hard that it shows up on graduation tests and “there is no absolute, surefire recipe”.

Epel insists that they could never get the potion done in an hour, and Leona recreates it without issue over the course of a conversation (during which Grim insults him for being “a putz who’s already gotten held back a year”, but it is not unusual for Leona to ignore insults from people who regularly assume the worst of him).

When asked how he managed to create such a complex potion so quickly Leona responds, “the normal way."

Grim claims he must have used some secret cheat or “threw some random stuff in and called it good!” (The rare times he makes an effort being met with insults may be another part of why Leona does not seem to try as hard as other people think he should.)

In addition to being well educated, Leona may be unusually perceptive: he seems to be the only person who was suspicious of Lilia’s role in Spectral Soiree from the very beginning, and refers to Lilia as “old man” during an event, while every other non-Diasomnia character seems convinced that Lilia is no older than 18.

Leona also catches on to Ace using him as a shield so that Ace can protect himself from Floyd (intentionally sacrificing Epel instead), and deduces that they were all gathered together in the same location at the same time intentionally before Malleus’ reveal during Halloween.

Leona is also the first to realize that Malleus is faking his own possession.

Due to language restrictions EN has Leona catch Malleus referring to him by name, but the original situation was more subtle: Malleus slips into a different verbal tic mid-conversation, which Leona notices and calls him out on, starting a domino effect that ultimately compromises Malleus' charade and to Malleus' confession.

During Book 6 Leona is also who makes the connection between the missing Grim and door in STYX that got blown off, deduces that Idia and Ortho are throwing out obstacles to try and buy themselves time and notices the presence of the Crystal Titan through changes in the wind, long before Jamil.

When Ruggie returns a presumably missing Lucius to Trein, Leona is suspicious based solely on the fact that Ruggie did not ask for a reward in exchange.

It is revealed that Ruggie had arranged the entire situation in order to get Trein to give him a break in magic history class.

Leona also (accurately) suspects Jamil of having unpleasant thoughts about him based on his facial expression alone and says he cannot imagine what Kalim must be thinking to risk spending time with a “schemer” like Jamil: “He just doesn’t get that any one these nights could be his last.”

Characters like Vil, Jack and Ruggie are often complaining about Leona’s lack of effort (“You could skate through life if you’d just TRY”), and we learn that Leona has given up because he will never succeed at his one and only goal no matter how hard he tries (“succession ain’t got nothin’ to do with ability”), so he just doesn’t.

(A point about Leona being a “hated” second prince was removed from EN, and possibly has something to do with why Leona is choosing to repeat years at NRC and stay away from home as much as possible, as well as maybe the real reason why he is so troubled about being secondborn.)

#twstleona #leona kingscholar #twisted wonderland #twstfacts #leonafacts

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youreallyshouldtalkmore · 2 years ago

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Misplaced Concerns

A.N: Never did do Mia’s version of “finding out” about Malleus from Book 5. Which since she already knows it’s more everyone else being shocked she knows.

Twisted Wonderland Masterlist

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“Oya, Oya. What have we here?”

The voice had everyone freezing as Malleus seemingly appeared in the torn arena.

“I thought I’d arrive a bit early, and what do I find, but a stage laid to waste?”

Mia gave a small wave, “Heya, Tsunotaro! It is quite early, but we also have a bit of a pickle to deal with, as you can see.”

Mia jumped at everyone’s proclaimed, “TSUNOTARO?”

Mia blinked and looked around, “What’s wrong with you people?”

“Oh hey! Tsunotaro frequently wanders the Ramshackle Dorm garden late at night.” Grim stated, “Wait, is he the one with the horns that—”

Deuce reached out and clamped his hands over Grim’s mouth, glancing nervously at Malleus, “Grim, are you nuts? You can’t just talk to an upperclassman that way!”

“Mia, what is wrong with you?!” Ace hissed, pulling at her elbow, “Do you have a death wish, calling this guy Tsunotaro?”

“Don’t you know who this is?” asked Epel.

Mia gave a long-suffering sigh and folded her arm, “Malleus Draconia, Dorm Leader of Diasomnia and descendant of the Thorn Fairy one of the seven, correct?”

“EHHHHHHHHH!!”

Mia was a little concerned that some look like they would have passed out right there and then.

“You know?!” Jamil asked.

Ace shook his head, “How in the….”

Mia rolled her eyes, “While I wouldn’t expect everyone to know, Ace, Deuce, Epel, you three do know that joined the Gargoyle Research Society, yes? Why would I not know?”

“Seriously?” Rook spat out.

Vil glanced at Rook.

Something that shocked even the hunter.

Amazing.

“I didn’t think you were serious! You never attended! I never heard you talk about it!” cried Deuce.

“That’s because by the time I joined, this group was starting up. So I actually haven’t gone to my first meeting yet. Once SDC is over, I will attend my first meeting.” answered Mia.

“That is a good point.” mused Jamil, “We are all exempt from our club meetings to focus on SDC.”

“Wa! That’s great that you will be attending the same club as Malleus!” Kalim beamed, “I hope you two have fun!”

By this time, even Rook managed to gather himself to ask, “By the way, Roi de Dragons, how did you even get into this coliseum?”

Malleus looked pleased as he answered, “I was invited by the child of man living in Ramshackle Dorm. I do have my invitation right here.”

Once Malleus gained an understanding of what happened, he was able to put it all back together. Mia blinked after it was all over. Looking around, it looked like nothing happened.

“Oh my gosh, Tsunotaro!! That was cool!! Thank you so much!!” Mia beamed.

Malleus blinked before smiling softly, “You are most welcome, Child of Man!”

“Are you sure you should be addressing him as such?” Ace whispered to Mia.

Mia growled, “He’s the one that told me to call him that!” Then she swatted a hand at Ace, “Leave me alone and since you have nothing of importance to say, thank the man for doing this for us!”

Malleus held a smile back, as the other expressed their gratitude with still wide eyes.

How interesting, this Child of Man was different from the others! More interested in having him properly thanked than witnessing his powers.

Yes, he was looking forward to having the first Gargoyle Research Society meeting with her. He had been strangely disappointed that no sooner than she joined, she was suddenly hit with another obligation that was SDC.

At first, Malleus thought maybe she had rethought her joining, but now he was reassured that she would be attending a meeting with him.

Ahh, he would have to plan!

There would be much to discuss!

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A.N: Technically Gargoyles N Grotesques is the sequel to this story where Mia has her first Gargoyle Research Society meeting!

#twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland fanfiction #twst #twst fanfiction #twst book 5 #twst malleus #twst malleus draconia

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b4tboys · 2 years ago

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➣ not-so-secret late night rendezvous

pairing: malleus draconia x gn!mc

word count: 3K

summary: while the vdc group stays over at ramshackle, they notice you have a frequent visitor

notes from lee: i’m rusty with long pieces so i hope this is okay ish? takes place during book 5 when the vdc group is staying at the ramshackle dorm but i haven’t read book 5 since it released so it’s not entirely canon compliant… also way more ace-centric than i realized oops i love adeuce

You had abandoned the hope of falling asleep easily once Crowely oh-so graciously allowed the newly formed VDC group to take up temporary residence in Ramshackle. When either or both Ace and Deuce stayed over you could deal with their moderate snores, however, snoring amplified by the seven extra people staying in your dorm was disrupting to say the least.

Despite all the boys being the next room over, the snoring seeps through the rotting wood floors and poorly constructed walls.

In hopes of trying to tire yourself out, you decide on a midnight stroll. Something that has been a recurring event even before your visitors. And maybe you have an inkling of hope that there will be another visitor when you get outside.

You feel the need to be quiet and sneak out, hopeful to not incur the wrath of Vil despite you being the dorm leader of Ramshackle. The window in your room has provided many nights of escapes, but it still takes an effort to push it open enough for you to get out. It only takes a few steps across the patchy roof before reaching the fire ladder. When your feet hit the ground you can already see the green fireflies that swarm the area and it instantly puts a smile on your face.

If the others within the dorm were not up earlier from the scolding Vil had given them, they were more than awake at the footsteps on the roof. Of course, it could have been passed off as the ghosts, but the creak of the rusty ladder gives you away to those inside the house. A quick check into your bedroom proves that it’s you out of the dorm and not one of the VDC members. Vil is largely unconcerned, you are just a manager after all not a performing member, that is until Trappola calls out from the bottom floor.

“Oi! What’s Malleus Draconia doing outside?” Now this peaks Vil and the others upstairs’ interest. Already pressed to the glass window in the seating room are Ace and Deuce, the others join shortly.

“What is this fuss about Draconia being outside?” VIl questions and the redhead shivers at the tone of voice he uses. Instead of answering anything, Ace points outside to where you stand animatedly talking to the prince of Briar Valley. Everyone just now coming to witness the scene outside the window reacts similarly, shock. All inside the house knew of Draconia’s reputation, but there you were chatting away with him like an old friend.

Despite the seemingly friendly conversation between you and the fae, the way Malleus looked fondly down at you did not escape the watchful eyes of the Rook, “Quelle beauté! The love between the Roi des Dragons and the Trickster is blooming right before our eyes!”

The three first-years mashed into the glass pane let out a simultaneous groan. “How come the Prefect didn’t tell us they got into a relationship!” “Bleh who even wants to be in a relationship?” And similar remarks left the boys’ mouth, but soon quieted when they watched as you started back towards the dorm. Their blabbing had cost all of the bystanders to lose track of Malleus who had seemingly left.

“Back to the room. Not a word of this to the Prefect. It is up to them to tell us about their relationship, not your incessant meddling.” Vil sternly ordered and the boys trudged up the creaking stairs before you came back.

Despite what Vil may have told Ace and Deuce about not meddling, you were their friend! If anyone would be allowed to meddle it would be your best friends, no? At least that’s what Ace had convinced himself of and later Deuce despite his reluctance.

They have a momentary break in the grueling practice and that’s when Ace decides to pry. You sit near the sweaty boys and offer up bottles of water, but it feels mostly like moral support. “So Prefect, you’ve been here for quite a while now, so’s there someone you're crushing on?” Ace asks, trying to be nonchalant.

“Is this some roundabout way for me to ask you if there’s someone you like?” You laugh at the red-head when he turns as red as his hair in embarrassment. “I take that as a yes?”

“No!” He waves his hands and you laugh at him again. “What’s wrong with your best friends wanting to know something like that?” Ace nudged Deuce, making him the accomplice to this encounter.

Before Deuce can protest, the two of them are yanked up by their collars. “If the two of you have energy to move your mouths, I’m sure you have the energy to continue practice.”

You laugh at Ace once again and shout a wish of good luck at him and the innocent Deuce.

After the catastrophic failure of the afternoon, Ace decides to take a different route: asking Grim. Once again he makes an assumption that if anyone would know about your relationship it would be your friend (though Ace is unsure if Grim counts as a friend or a pet).

The cat-like creature seems to be asleep at the moment, but Ace’s curiosity is strong enough to be the one killed by the cat. He pokes Grim and he yawns. “Whatcha want that you needed ta wake the Great Grim up?”

“You know the Prefect better than anyone right?” Ace asked tentatively.

Grim rolls over, trying to get comfortable once again before answering, “Just ask my henchman yourself, there’s no need to bother me.”

Ace rolls his eyes but presses on, “Well if it’s your henchman you should know if something in their personal life would affect them serving you, yeah?”

Grim rolls over to face Ace once again, “What could they be doin except being my henchman?”

“Oh well, I heard something about them dating Malleus Draconia, but if it hasn’t been affecting anything then it’s probably not worth talking about.” Ace shrugs, but he knows that Grim is interested in helping him now. At least he thought so, but Grim fails to respond and Ace is met with soft snores.

Ace groans, yet another plan of his: failed.

You crawl into bed, hopeful that maybe tonight you can rest. Grim follows suit and snuggles up next to you. He talks to you about the homework and other classes from the day and it’s not unusual. After a period of silence, “You won’t stop being my henchmen, right?”

You ruffle the fur on Grims head and laugh softly, “What gave you that idea? We’re two halves of a whole, literally.”

Grim exclaims and moves away from the hand that pets him, “I knew you would never leave such a great mage such as myself! Ace told me about some dragon and I didn’t want you to think that you were able to have a new master.” He returns to your side and curls up next to you to fall asleep and says nothing, leaving you confused but you brush it off.

Even though Vil had scolded Ace about staying up not long ago, he still dragged himself and Deuce down to the window where they watched you and Malleus meet. It’s been maybe a week since they last saw your rendezvous with the fae, but Ace is determined to make sure it was really.

Deuce yawns from behind him, “Maybe they aren’t in a relationship? It’s ok for them to just be friends…” Deuce’s head clanks against the window as he tries to go back to sleep.

“But the Prefect always wakes up happier when they’ve seen Draconia the night before! And don’t you remember the first night when Rook was here and he said somethin’ about the two being in love?!”

“It’s not that big of a deal is it? Just let the prefect tell us if or when they want. You’re so obsessed over this like you’re in love with the Prefect or something.” The sleepy boy mutters, but Ace picks up on it.

He laughs haughtily, “Like I would be in love with a pathetic person with no magic.” His tone quickly softens as he voices his real concerns, “I just worry about them ya know? Draconia is a scary dude and I wouldn’t want the Prefect to get hurt. Not because I care about them or anything, but because then I wouldn’t have a place to stay when Riddle kicks me out.”

Ace looks out the window for any signs of you but the field in front of the house is empty. He sighs and drags Deuce up the stairs with him.

Green fireflies fill your gaze and your hairs stand on edge at the powerful magic in the air. Despite the odd feeling you can’t help but smile when Tsunotaro appears.

With the VDC competition just around the corner, Vil had given you tickets but as you would be on the side stage you had no use for them. And the only person, well fae, you could think to give them to was Tsunotaro.

“Child of Man, it is always a delight to see you.” He cups your cheek gently.

Despite feeling a little flustered, you continue with what you wanted to say and fish the tickets out of your pocket, unintentionally breaking his hand off. “Vil gave me tickets for the VDC but I don’t have any use for them so I thought I would give them to you! I won’t be the one on stage but I’d still really appreciate it if you came to watch what I helped put together.” You flash a lopsided grin at the fae and hold out the ticket to him.

His eyes widened in shock. “You wish to invite me to this?” You nod earnestly and he laughs. “Perhaps it is because you are not of this world, but you are certainly naive, little one. Very well, but I will need to find an adequate way to pay you back.”

“Oh! That’s not necessary!” You’re about to ramble but Tsunotaro interrupts you with a kiss on the forehead.

“I will have to teach you the rules of the fae soon, Child of Man. But for now, let us go observe the gargoyle on the south grounds together.” He tucks the ticket into his pocket carefully and holds his hand out to you. You take it and he intertwines your fingers easily.

The night before the VDC it seems no one is able to sleep. Crowded around the window are all seven members of the squad, watching as you converse, yet again, with Malleus.

Watching the two of you has become somewhat of a pastime in the time the group has spent in Ramshackle.

But all of them are growing increasingly frustrated at the way both of you seem to skirt around your feelings. Of course, they have no way of knowing what is actually going on as they can’t hear you, but your body language is enough. Plus all the times you’ve woken up and come into practice with a silly lovesick smile is pretty telling.

“He’s standin’ so close to them! Can he just bend over and kiss ‘em?” “It’s absolutely nauseating seeing Draconia like this, doe-eyed for our Manager.” “Do you think the Prefect invited him to the competition tomorrow?”

The boys quiet at the mention of the competition. The whole reason for coming down to peek into your rendezvous with Malleus was to distract themselves from the impending nerves.

Vil is the one to break the anxiety ridden air and ushers all of them up to the room and in good timing too. The door creaks as you come back inside the dorm. Everyone in the dorm is plagued with emotions, good or bad, that make it seemingly impossible to fall asleep.

The day of the VDC comes and everything goes awry at Vil’s overblot. Though it is not your first overblot, being magic-less during it really takes a toll on you. You hate being useless during these times, there’s nothing you can do besides offer moral support, de-escalating the situation after, and a shoulder to cry on.

The adrenaline fades away and the boys collapse on the broken stage. Their heaving breaths are audible and their body language tells you of their exhaustion. You’re not exactly sure what to do, but the presence of powerful yet familiar magic washes over you.

You whip your head around to see the horned fae and you want to run up to him, but you’re just as tired as everyone else plus a little lightheaded from the poisonous air. Instead you simply call out to him, “Tsunotaro! What’re you doing here so early?”

It’s as if everyone sitting in the rubble has regained energy as they all repeat your pet name for the fae, but much louder. Though it’s not a shock that you know him, they’ve all witnessed your late night trysts, but for you to call him ‘Tsunotaro’ instead of something more respectable is… surprising.

Grim’s eyes light up with recognition at the nickname. “This is the ‘Tsunotaro’ ya were fawnin’ over? The nickname makes sense since he does have those horns growin’ out of his head but…” Grim trails off and you’re thankful he shut up. You didn’t need Tsunotaro to hear about your crush on him.

Thankfully he’s grabbed by Deuce so you don’t have to shut the cat up yourself. “Grim, you need to respect your elders,” Deuce scolds through a forced smile.

“It seems I’ve arrived a bit early. Though I’m unaware of how you all expect to perform on a ruined stage.” His tone is a bit teasing and it’s groundbreaking for all that have regarded Malleus as scary. And for those that have interacted with him, it’s weird to hear him talk so tenderly.

“Oh, well you see… there was kind of an overblot.” You smile at him, as if the overblot was not a traumatic experience you and the others barely survived.

Malleus’s eyes widen, “I did not sense an abnormality of magic, nor did anyone else for that matter. I’m pleased to see that you are all okay though.”

He looks around the stadium to assess the damage. “I suppose this counts as my payback for your invite, little one.” He pats your head gently and smiles down at you. The overwhelming sense of power washes over you and sparks seem to fly out of Malleus’s hand. In an instant the previously damaged stage is restored.

“Woah,” you breathe out softly. You look at him with stars in your eyes. You’re still unaccustomed to such flashy magic or really magic at all. The others behind you, while admiring Draconia’s handiwork, are completely astonished, and maybe a little frightened, by the enormous gap in skill.

“Please, such magic is child’s play for a mage of my caliber.” He responds to your praise. Coming from anyone else it would sound arrogant, but as one of the top mages in all of Twisted Wonderland, it was deserved. “I’ll return when the competition draws closer. I expect to be enthralled by your performance, after all it is due to the effort of Schoenheit you have gotten this far.”

The fae walks over to you where you sit and crouches down. He reaches his hand out towards your face but stops just short, hovering and hesitating. Malleus resigns and ends up dropping his hand back to his side all together. You don’t voice your disappointment, but the others do.

There’s a collective groan that’s quick to catch the attention of both you and Malleus. Ace is a myriad of stupid, hence he is the one to speak up out of all the members, “Great Sevens! Are ya shy? The Prefect clearly wants you to kiss them and everyone can tell you want that too so just do it! We watch the two of you meet up practically every night and every single night you chicken out.” Ace sighs, but quickly realizes. “Uh, I mean this in the most respectful way, Mr. Draconia, sir, highness?”

You’re embarrassed, was it really so easy to read your disappointment? But more importantly, “What do you mean by ‘we’? Are you telling me everyone that’s stayed in the dorm has watched me and Tsunotaro hangout?”

You look at them expectantly and see them nod. Jamil scoffs though, “You call that a hangout? It’s without a doubt a date.”

“I didn’t want to assume…” you trail off. You turn your head to look at anywhere but Malleus, embarrassed and a little flustered. It seems like the universe is intent on letting the prince know exactly how you feel.

The boy in question places a hand on your knee to turn your attention to him. “Were you not aware that I am courting you? I thought I made it fairly obvious.” He seems confused but his words have that teasing lilt that seems to become apparent when talking to you.

“Courting is like dating right?” You ask, cocking your head to the side. You hear another collective groan, but it seems Malleus is as clueless as you are.

“Is that what they call it these days?” The fae mirrors your expression. Perhaps this is why the two of you seem to be perfect for each other.

“Please talk about your relationship status later. We need the Prefect for rehearsals.” Vil tells his classmate impatiently. Though he is quite pleased with the events that have unfolded, nights spent at the window watching you two was not a waste after all.

Malleus kisses you swiftly, having made up his mind due to the words from the others. It takes all you have not to grab him by the lapels and keep his lips glued to your own. But having your first kiss with Malleus in front of your friends is enough to remind you to practice self-restraint.

He smiles at you softly, “I will see you later, darling.” He swipes at his uniform, ridding it of any debris and takes his leave after giving you a quick peck. You stare after Malleus longingly before Vil claps his hands.

“As lovely as that was, we have a championship to win.”

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yuri-is-online · 9 months ago

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My question was about how the few boys who stayed alive would react to seeing yuu again

But how Yutu feels about the life he could have had in general sounds very interesting as well

So sorry about any confusions 🥲

No problem! Just wanted to make sure I understood you correctly. I have already sort have touched on how Jade reacts to seeing Yuu again, as I wrote about over here Yuu dies pretty quickly when they arrive, but let's ignore that for now and pretend Yuu is just really sick.

notes: they/them used for Yuu, this is part of my Fyuuture kid AU which can be learned about here, or on my masterlist under the series section

Silver is filled with overwhelming happiness and relief, much like when he finds Lilia in Endless Halloween. He doesn't care that you are weak or injured, he's more than willing to carry you on his back so you can get around, or push you in a chair if that's what you would prefer. He's just glad that the real you is here and he doesn't need to search for you in his dreams anymore, he can handle the world ending if he knows where is family is.

Sebek is a mess. He doesn't stop crying for days and switches between speaking at his normal volume (foghorn) and so quiet it is surprisingly hard to hear him. That intense stare from before when he was mad at you for being close to Malleus is back but instead of anger he's like a big cat who assumes you will disappear if he blinks. He'll settle eventually, just give him a moment.

There is a gap between when you first arrive and when Idia manages to get to you. As soon as you and Yutu arrive he gets a message and flies over as fast as he can, tense as all hell and not believing that it will be remotely real by the time he gets there and it will just be some sort of cruel joke. But it isn't. It's you, it's really you. It ages him almost instantly as he dares to relax next to you for the first time since you left, as he's struck mute by how you've been so strong to make your way back to him. You really don't like playing by the rules, huh? Lucky you he's into that.

The time between when you arrive and when Epel gets to be with you is even longer. When he learns you're alive he drops off the radar for a full week again, managing to drag himself out of the barricade and past Rook's watchful blotted eyes. He walks to a place where he knows he can take off flying, that's how determined to see you again and meet Yutu. He never fully processed losing you, and he's managed to convince himself he won't need to if he can make it to your side and just see you. That's not what happens. Seeing you again just makes what happened come to the front all at once. You've seen Epel cry before, but never this much. He's happy he swears, just let him hold your hand for a bit and don't comment on how intent he is on holding your pulse point.

This is simultaneously everything Vil has ever wanted and his worst nightmare. You and the baby are still alive; you are cursed and in bad physical shape, his son has no idea who he is. He hasn't given in to the phantom, and seeing you makes her song less pressing in his skull, but it's still a danger so he can't hold you. He can't comfort you in the way he wants just yet, he has to satisfy himself with resting his palm against yours and pretend the glass isn't there. Seeing you again gives him some of his moxie back, but it's clear he isn't doing well, something in him is broken but being with you could maybe knit it back together. Just don't leave him again, he knows it wasn't your fault, that you didn't go willingly but... he won't lie he was worried you did. And it made him think deeply ugly thoughts about himself.

Jade. Oh Jade. When he stands alone at his bar he gets bored sometimes. Closes his eyes and fantasizes about things he'd like to see. His favorite is one where you walk up to his bar in some slinky little outfit, the color changes depending on his mood but today he's thinking about black. You come up to his bar as he's closing it down and his back is turned, cleaning the glasses and saying Oya, you'll have to come back tomorrow I'm afraid. We're closed right now. "Not even for an old friend?" His eyes fly open and the glass shatters. You're older than he remembers, leaning on someone his instincts recognize the scent of even though he's never seen him before. A black NRC jacket has been slung around your shoulders, his lips twitch at the coincidence. You are twice as beautiful as the day he lost you, and twice the fool if you think you are ever leaving his sight ever again.

#<3 asks #twisted wonderland x reader #twst x reader #future kid au

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coralinnii · 2 years ago

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Hi, I saw your requests were open could you do a sequel for Malleus and Idia villainess? And if it’s not too much work could you do for Rook and Lilia?

being reincarnated into a new world as the bad guy feat: Lilia, Rook genre: drama note: set in the same universe as previous works (Malleus and Vil’s ver specifically), prominent non-canon characters (Yung, etc), not gender-specific reader, no pronouns used, sculptor!reader in Rook’s portion,

You remembered that the dating sim game you found yourself in was at most PG13 but oh, how you wanted to swear in your native language and the language in this madness of a new world you were currently in.

Couldn’t you be a rich but nameless aristocrat or even a dumb mob character? Why did you have to be the hopeless puppet of your evil parents who just purchased a dragon egg from a black auction?!

At the persuasion of your “parents” (they certainly don’t act like it), your character went to buy a dragon egg, hoping to raise it to overthrow one of the love targets and become the new Dragon King. All for the slim chance your family would be proud of you. You knew the unfair ending to your person that was offered as a sole perpetrator of this act of treason. Your life was written unfortunately as such, short and unloved.

But you weren't their child anymore. You chose to rebel this horrid destiny by running away with the dragon egg in your arms. You weren’t sure how to get the egg back to its people but you weren’t going to let your family get their hands on it.

You were adamant of your choice of action. You were going to find a way to reunite the young dragon to its family. Easy, right?

No. No it was not. Especially when the moment a small cute boy hatched from that egg, you were running around your secret cabin trying to reign in the surprisingly powerful child.

“Love, please get off the ceiling. Slowly float your way to me-ahh the curtains! Get water!”

Realising you were way over your head, you were racking your brain to figure out the best solution. Aside from just your inexperience with children, it’s plain to see that the youngster in your care is developing skills you couldn’t possibly know to support.

You had no choice but to find him

“This is certainly an odd predicament here”

Lilia casually commented as he curiously observed the unplanned visitors in his manor. Lilia’s eyebrow quirk upwards as he watches the young dragon fae playfully squirming in your lap as you nervously nurse the tea Lilia’s servants prepared in haste.

“I understand you must have questions. I can explain everyth-“ you started to speak but you were cut off by the Duke.

“May I take a guess first?”

For someone who is smiling, Lilia still manages to instill a sense of fear in you to the point that you couldn’t bring yourself to do anything but nod your head.

“I’m aware of your family’s…avarice for power and their disdain for Lord Malleus since their lost in standing” your breath hitched when you accidentally locked eyes with Lilia’s darkened scarlet gaze “Young dragons are rare but their strength can change the world’s power dynamic when raised into adulthood”

Lilia’s words were vague but his tone was pushing a dangerous weight onto you. With a few sentences, he already knew your family’s plans for treason and you were being carefully judged by his watchful gaze.

“Which is why dragon eggs are extremely difficult to obtain, and considered illegal to own or sell to non-fae if one were to find ways to find one.” Lilia continued. “Coming to me with a young dragon fae is sort of a confession of your crime, you understand that?”

Of course you did. It was why you didn’t want to get involved with Lilia or anyone in the first place. You were a criminal the moment you obtained the egg and you were being used as a pawn in your parents’ greed for power. You initially wanted to leave the egg deep in the woods and run away from your family.

But before you could, Yung was born. And you instantly fell in love. The tiny child crawled into your arms and into your heart. You decided to risk imprisonment if it means the innocent fae grows up happy and strong, with the love your host body never received.

Shaking away your nerves, you stared straight into Lilia’s scarlet eyes which surprised him. “I know the risks, but only you can save this child from my family's greed.”

You, albeit awkwardly with the young fae in your lap, bowed to the powerful duke as you made a bold and desperate plea.

“I beg of you. Please take this child into your care”

Unbeknownst to you, Lilia wasn’t distrusting of you at all. While he disliked your family, he pitied you as he could see only a lonely human that begged for love. He heard news of your disappearance but to think you would appear before him with a tiny fae with great potential. He deduced that your family planned to raise the child to usurp the throne from his young lord but you rebelled and ran with the innocent child.

He silently praised you for your bravery, which led him to his next words.

“Very well, I accept your request”

You lifted your head in shock at the quick reply. You’ve heard that the young(?) Duke was laid-back to a certain degree but you’d assume he put more thought when taking in a whole new ward into his care. But you weren’t going to complain about his benevolence so you fervently thanked him.

Lilia reached his arms out, glancing towards Yung in your arms and you took the hint. He needed to take the young dragon from you if he was going to raise him. You knew that, it was obvious. But that knowledge didn’t help the painful throb in your chest.

Perhaps because he was still quite young, Yung was sensitive to your aching heartbeat as he squirmed anxiously in your grasp, tightening his grip on your shirt and started to cry out for you.

“W-wuv, wuv!” He cried out his nickname for you, something he picked up after hearing you call him Love over and over again. You couldn’t risk the possibility of him attaching to you so you avoided parental titles but alas it didn’t stop anything. He was calling for you with that endearing name.

“Oh, love” you whispered painfully, reaching to the young fae’s tiny hands with your own shaking hands. “You need to let go. I can’t stay with you anymore”

But you couldn’t calm the young one down. You couldn’t even stop your own emotions as you felt the sting in your eyes from the tears that were cascading down your cheeks. You stayed with Yung day and night as you did your best to raise him. You got to see his first crawl, his first stand, his first flight, and so much more. You had dreams where you watched the young dragon grow up with love and you forgot that you weren’t meant to be a part of that. For Yung to be happy, he should be far away from your family, including you. Your mind understands that, why can’t your heart?

You impressed yourself that you managed to register a sudden warmth atop of your hands in your chaotic mess of a mind. You felt Lilia’s hands encase your trembling ones that were wrapped around Yung’s. You locked eyes with the duke’s which you felt your heart skipped a beat at the beauty of his orbs. The entire conversation, you felt his gaze to be intimidating but now it’s slightly different. It was…gentler.

“Oh dear, I supposed there is nothing else we can do” Lilia let out a sigh as he raised to his feet. He gestured for a servant’s attention and announced, “Prepare two rooms for our guests”

“Sir Lilia…” you uttered in confusion but Lilia responded with a playful smile on his pale lips.

“You’ll be staying with me for a while” He smiled with a slight mischievous glint in his eyes

That was how you, a criminal, started living with the great Duke Lilia Vanrouge along with the baby dragon you ran away with.

If you had an unfair life before, the universe must have been dying to prove you wrong by showing that your life could be more unfair. You reincarnated as the story’s most unluckiest character. You were the desperate and foolish noble that fell for Rook Hunt, respected knight and fanatic of beauty in all its form. Stupidly falling for Rook’s flowery words of appreciation, your character begged to be engaged to the knight but grew jealous every time Rook decided to focus his adoration elsewhere, which was every single time.

Blinded by jealousy, your character recklessly attacked Neige and his love interest which ultimately led to imprisonment and presumably death since you never appeared in the story after that.

You thought it was simple to avoid that ending, just annul your engagement and that’s it. However, apparently the original script failed to mention that your family received a large sum of money to arrange the engagement. And there’s no way your family was gonna give the dowry back.

Welp, guess you gotta pay this yourself then.

You proposed a deal with Rook and his family. You would find a way to earn the money that his family spent on you and the engagement will be annulled which certainly shocked the Hunt household since you were so desperate for the union between you and their son in the first place. But they ultimately give the final word to Rook, who was strangely calm.

You were nervous under his gaze but by some miracle, Rook agreed to your deal and you sighed a breath of relief. Now, you just need to figure out how to make money

Coincidentally, like Rook you were also an admirer of all things beautiful but fortunately for others, your method of appreciation is capturing beauty through art, specifically sculpting. You love being able to immortalize one’s visual beauty with your own hands and you were confident that you could make some money out of it.

It started with smaller requests, desk decors of fake flowers and animal sculptures. Soon, your talents were spreading as you were receiving commissions to make busts of loved ones. They were appreciative of your ability to bring out life from inanimate mediums.

But that was partially due to Rook as well.

While he was careful not to overtake your process, Rook’s keen eyes were helpful in the smaller details that made all the differences. He tells you how your client’s face crinkles slightly or how the dimple dips into their cheek when they smile. You suppose you couldn’t blame your original body to love Rook, not completely anyway.

But you refused to make the same mistake. You were determined to change your predestined fate. Afterall, you were a completely different person.

And someone else noticed that as well.

He’s not trying to brag but Rook Hunt was not a typical man. There’s not a single misplaced hair that he wouldn’t notice or a thread misaligned that he wouldn’t catch. So obviously, he noticed the drastic change in you.

Your walking pace is different, your breathing has changed, your typical habits were replaced with new ones.You were more level-headed than usual, determined as always but your goal has changed. It was as though you woke up as a completely different person.

He noticed everything about you but did not mention a word to you, preferring to continue his observation without your knowledge. And through his observations, he’s picked out aspects of you that he can’t seem to look away from.

Firstly, your eyes. While he objectively admired the pure infatuation of your old gaze at him and he was intrigued by the frequent crazed glare of jealousy, Rook finds himself captivated by the new look in your eyes. Your eyes stay the same but they’re clearer, more confident with professional focus when you carve or mold your work. Your eyes seem calmer as you converse with him on occasion, gone was the obsessive looks he once received.

Next, your hands. Since you started sculpting, he began obsessively watching you work, entranced by your practiced strokes and cuts. Your hands glide skillfully against the material as you shape your medium to your whim with confidence. He voiced his envy towards your sculptures for having your hands grace its surface (you chose to ignore that). Your movements differ so much from your old self that Rook started to doubt your identity.

Finally, your lips. You haven't changed your morning routine with the servants so your facial features haven't changed in that sense. However, your smile held his heart in a vice grip, his gaze trapped by your lips like a bramble of thorns digging into his thoughts. He found beauty of all forms to be equally exquisite, and he was not lying to you when he sang praises about your lovestruck grin that showcased the maddening effects of love. But why did that smile seem dull in comparison when he watched the small satisfied smiles formed on your face whenever you were proud of a new project or the shy upward quirk of your lips when your client gave you their words of appreciation for your hard work?

Since your change, Rook grew more and more fascinated by you. He waits to see a new side of you or even glimpses of you he has already seen, just wanting to see you that day. But when he does see you and you offer a polite smile and a wave, his mind turns blank with nothing but you for a second which for a knight and hunter such as himself is frighteningly concerning.

You were dangerous for him, but he likes it

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