#Nerin came up with his name

[cupofsharks]

Me and my friend @nerinscoffin have decided to have a child (A notebook whom we named Gluten and will share custody of).

We've decided to not show the things we draw in it and only show them when we swap who has Gluten - hopefully every week, on a day that we have decided to call "Gluten tag". Therefore, every week expect a doodle dump post.

Here are my drawings from this week.

[ultraericthered]

Anime Update V3 8

Vinland Saga S2 - The last two episodes were interesting in how the penultimate episode played out like a proper season finale, bringing an ending to the Ketil’s Farm arc that spanned the season, but then there’s one extra episode remaining and it plays out almost like a Series Fauxnale that also sets up where the remainder of the series will go should it continue past here. In the first, Thorfinn not only successfully avoids a violent conflict with Canute and is able to move the king enough to get him to withdraw all his forces from the land, but thanks to this, a change comes over Canute and how he intends to rule going forward, the ghost of his father hopefully haunting him no longer. It’s been building on top of itself all season but only now did it really hit me hard just how beautiful a character arc Thorfinn had undergone and how much more I’ve come to care about him and love his bond with Einar too. With both slaves free to leave with Leif, the finale gives us the long anticipated return to Iceland, and it was somehow the first time I’ve actually cried at anything on this show (Thorfinn and his mother) yet also contained some of the funniest stuff seen on this show in a long time (Thorfinn and his sister). I felt like I’d fully circled to the end when it all came back to the incident with the dying slave in Episode 1, and how Thorfinn now understands the full meaning behind everything his father said and wants to seek out Vinland in order to create a warm, peaceful, nigh utopian safe haven from the uncivil world that the Vikings inhabit. With a much needed shave and new hairdo, he’s ready to put together a crew and set out to do so. I hope we can see his future exploits animated some time later down the line, because in times like these, now more than ever, many of us need a place we can call our “Vinland.”

Hunter x Hunter - Ar last Gon and his friends are ready to infiltrate the palace and confront the Royal Guard in order to stop the selection, while Palm is still undercover, Netero is well prepared for his fight with Meruem, and Meruem himself is questioning his own existence and if his purpose really is what he’d believed it to be...

SHUFFLE! - I saw the beach episode where Rin and Sia end up getting washed away to a different shore on the other side of the island and mistakenly believe they’ve been stranded in another dimension and have to make out, which leads to the following episode where everyone is now under the impression that Rin chose Sia as his bride and are to be married soon. Sia is all ready to go for that but when she sees that everyone else is not so ready and may in fact be burdened by this, especially her demon bestie Nerine, she decides to call off the wedding and strive harder to win Ron’s heart the right way so that she’ll be the one he chooses. Basically I've been seeing a lot of Sia recently, and that’s never a bad thing. ^^

The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II - This week Waver had to visit a manor that suffered a loss of an important person and is now being haunted by what could be a supernatural murderer out to finish the remaining servants and the lord’s daughter who could claim his inheritance. The build up had some intrigue to it, but I wasn’t that enthused by the solution and how it turned the whole affair into an action sequence, though seeing Gray’s hood come off to reveal her full Saber hair was something I guess.

KonoSuba - And speaking of hauntings in manors, we get more of that on this show. Twice, in fact! First we get Kazuma and his party having to stay overnight at a mansion tended to by a female lich shopkeeper named Wiz in order to put to rest the spirits haunting it ever since her friend, the former owner, passed on. It goes as silly and not all that scary as you’d expect, but at least they get to keep the manor as their new lodging now. The episode that followed was even sillier, with Kazuma paying a succubus to give him a lucid dream where he can have whatever he wants, but the succubus runs late yet Kazuma misunderstands the situation and thinks his actual nighttime activity with Megumin is the dream, leading to all sorts of awkward comedy and him needing to save face in the end by lying about having been controlled by the succubus to act out in that way.

Symphogear XV - What I’d earlier figured was going on turned out correct; Fudou cast some mental control hex on Tsubasa to get her to serve his wishes, as she turned on her friends and took the now possessed Miku to Fudou, who planned on harnessing the godly power to galvanize Japan’s own power and even mentally enslave most of the population, for Japan’s “defense”. Maria and Fudou’s two sons arrive to stop this, Fudou kills Tsubasa’s father, Tsubasa reaches full power as she turns on her depraved grandfather and gives him the pummeling he deserves, and when the Noble Red girls infiltrate the place to break Shem-Ha loose, she reactivates her power and swiftly kills the three of them. At the end Fudou very nearly succeeded in getting Tsubasa to end things on his terms but thankfully Genjo intervened: the Kanzanari is going to move beyond the old monster, who can look forward to rotting in prison for his treacherous acts. During all this, Hibiki was having a productive and heartfelt talk with her dad; who has thankfully wised up and made progress in self improvement since we last saw him. He’s got faith in his girl to not give up on saving her beloved best friend, and so do I!

Eureka Seven - This episode was just kind of going okayish at first, with us meeting the bear-sized, Gonky scientist ex-husband of Gekko State’s own doctor. Then in the second half we see Dominic and Anemone again (yay!), we see Dewey again (fuck!), and we finally meet his much hyped up Ageha Squad…who turn out to be five prepubescent girls in matching attire. These kids are normally as cold and collected as they’re trained to be, even when shooting someone, but they get pretty hyper and over enthused with their work once they get down to it, and yes jt is as creepy and silly as it sounds. They lead an operation that drops a bomb of sorts down into where Scub Coral has nested, resulting in a sudden, confusingly fast paced and alarmingly gory attack on human civilization by a massive wave of Coralians! Both Eureka and Anemone can sense it and are pained by it, Gekko State reacts to it, the episode ends and I honestly had a hard time trying to figure out what had even just happened here. I was not prepared for this. This show is going mad now! MAD, I say!

Gintama - An episode all about Katsura, with the Shinsengumi present and on his tail, and we don’t even see Gintoki until the last minute. Katsura had to hide out in a ramen shop, lie about his identity, and help out the owner by learning to prepare more dishes himself. The twist here is the shop owner lost her father to radical exclusionist terrorists like Katsura, leading to her loathing such people who do such things, and she had a really good line that speaks volumes to how horrible terrorism is at achieving anything of significant value and worth to others, as it only leaves senseless mass destruction and more suffering in its wake, a statement very relevant to today’s world and to those who equate terrorist ideology and methodology to legitimate resistance. Katsura has a lot to reconsider about his life now, as even after he rescues the young woman from abductors, her life and his are not compatible.

AND

Code Geass R2 - Recent events also made me curious into going back to this show, which I’d not done since watching only it’s first episode last year and being reminded of why I wasn’t a fan. This one unfortunately did not win me over either. Showing how the cliffhanger ending of the first season got resolved in a laughably, insultingly underwhelming way was not a good start, and how Suzaku went on to act when he brought Lelouch before Emperor Charles was astonishingly out-of-character: he’d been furious and seeking vengeance before, not cold and valuing dominance to the point of selling out everyone who ever mattered to him! This did not feel like him at all! Kallen’s character also took a huge hit with trite tsundere humor at a place where it was not at all appropriate, and the publicized return of Zero and his Black Knights lacked so much power when it’s coming after only a single episode of us seeing a Zero-less world. It’s like instead of taking big steps forward to service the proceedings of the last season’s finale and possibly get this show afloat again after the stupid “Euphie dies, Lelouch lies, and there’s total Armageddon between Britannia and Area 11 all over what began with a bad taste joke” episode that led there, the show opted to take big steps backwards so that we return to a slightly altered version of the old status quo, in which we can only expect bigger and badder trainwrecks made to justify over-convenience in plot development. Oh well, at least Lelouch and C.C remain mostly pleasing to watch.

[naradivision]

Relationship: Family - Saigo Fuyugami

—Family Tree—

Shigure Fuyugami (冬雅味 時雨) † - Saigo’s biological father and the former CEO of the Fuyugami Group’s parent company. With his high success in business, he suddenly became a new rising star in the world of tycoons a few decades ago. Known by everyone as a man of very few words; though didn’t openly show much affection toward his children, he gives his greatest support in regard to their education. He also has one bodyguard and trustful confidant named “Chishio”, whom he entrusted to look after his son ever since Saigo was still unborn. Though he isn’t on bad terms with his father, his impression on him was more like a mentor than an actual parent until his life was taken by a pure accident under the bad weather. Anyhow, he was described by Chishio to be both clever and a bit of an idiot at the same time.

Nadeshiko Fuyugami (冬雅味 撫子) † - Saigo’s biological mother who had passed away soon after giving birth to him. With little information known about her, he doesn’t know what his mother is like except for hearing she was a genius artist who showed a great talent in every art form. While seeming to be well-adored by everyone in Minazuki, those in Fuyugami are likely to forget about her existence. He even guessed at some point that his parents may not have special feelings toward each other since his father remarried later and eventually had kids with another woman, besides, the arranged marriage is a pretty norm among prestigious families —However, Chishio denied all of his guess and that makes him get more curious about them. This maybe why he decides to move into the house his late mom bought in Nara before her death.

Senka Fuyugami (冬雅味 盞花, 50 Years Old) - Saigo’s stepmother who suddenly came into his life after his mother passed away. What he knows so far from her background is that she hailed from some big family owning a jewelry trading company. Seen reserved and having less to say just like her husband, she carries off a mysterious aura that no one seems to understand. The only times Saigo converses with her are when he is invited to play the game of chess together. And even if the veteran player like him always wins, his paranoid self just couldn’t brush off the itchy feels that her defeat was on purpose–

Suisen Fuyugami (冬雅味 水仙, 28 Years Old) - The oldest one among Saigo’s three half-sisters. In contrast to him, she may appear as the sociable businesswoman with a talent for getting on others’ good sides but her true colors are that of a two-faced lady who will literally step on anything in order to get ahead of others; like when their father died, she framed him for his death and convinced the board directors to promote her becoming a new CEO instead of him. Even if not considering what she had done to him, both of them are unable to stand each other from the very start. He even once said it was such a waste that her braincells on management weren’t just as good as her mouth runs. Furthermore, it’s no wonder she has something to do with multiple attempts of assassination after his life.

Shion Fuyugami (冬雅味 紫苑, 26 Years Old) -  Saigo’s middle half-sister who happens to be the only one he once and maybe still have a good memory of. Unlike her egoistic siblings, she is a timid pushover who would easily move to tears by a slight nudge. Nevertheless, he himself acknowledges her to be an admirable hard-worker. Having both passion and the flair for developing new innovation, she did gain certificates through the participation in many awards since she was just a student. Miserably, no matter how much her talent attracts the attention from other big companies, she still falls victim to her older sister’s gaslighting. And on that fateful day, she couldn’t muster up enough courage to stand up for her “Big Brother” when her evil sister started her exploit...

Nerine Fuyugami (冬雅味 ネリネ, 23 Years Old) - Saigo’s youngest half-sister who has debuted herself as an internet sensation and model, mostly for Kawaii fashions. Called by her fans “Nene-tan”, she has been spoiled all her life due to her forever babydoll look. Given her job is to promote every aspect of pop culture, her rising poppularity has plagued her with the high ego and a shallow habit to judge people based on their outlooks. Saigo also prefers to avoid her mainly because of her bratty attitude. On the other hand, Nerine does admires her half-brother but still despises his guts nonetheless. Recently she seems to have got herself in some kind of big trouble because of her own simple-mindedness.

Shūkaidō Minazuki (水無月 秋海棠, 52 Years Old) - Saigo’s eccentric uncle (his mother's younger brother) and the current patriarch of Minazuki family in Kyoto. His household is widely known for being one of the main patrons supporting traditional artists and artisans across Japan for generations. Lately he has seemed to like nagging his nephew to just abandon his father’s lineage and inherit his household instead. But the truth is that it might be because of his adoptive son’s likely absence. However, he is also the one at fault raising Saigo to be quite competitive. From the outside, he may look like some boisterous geezer with an unfathomed zeal for arts, yet according to Saigo’s suggestion, this old but cunning tanuki happens to be the type to bear a passionate grudge.  

Chishio (ちしお ? , 59 Years Old) - Saigo’s closest attendant who in fact actives as his trustful bodyguard in disguise. Caring but also independent and secretive with a little morbid sense of humor, Saigo has known him since childhood thus they tends to act casually around each other. Even so, Saigo still has to admit that there are a bunch of things his guardian has been hiding from him... Addressed by Saigo himself to be the ‘one-man army’, this old but capable assistant has even saved his life from assassinations for several times —Oh, and of course, ‘Chishio’ isn’t his real name. He told him that he has retired from his previous work for like 30 years ago, but what the heck is that so-called work he refer to?

[sustraiii]

TEAM ZRCN ARC 4 CHAPTER 15

After a whole year has passed we finally come back to the arc 4 storyline! A short but sweet chapter before all hell breaks loose!

Neela

"Are we sure this place isn't an actual maze?"

From behind her, Xanthos made one of his usual light-hearted quips. Neela had to admit it certainly did feel that way with long corridors that seemed to loop around on each other and big empty rooms that seemed to lead nowhere. They had seen blueprints of this place before coming here but it didn't do justice to how massive it was.

"Can you talk about something else please?" Wisteria grunted.

Although all of ZRCN had been patrolling together with Cherry and Wisteria, they had since split up when encountering Helia by chance. The connection in this building had proven spotty at best so it was been easier to communicate in person. Helia explained everything that happened thus far with Elio and herself facing off against Laurel and Biggs - or Nerine and Jesper as it turned out their names were - and then Morgan and Calantha encountering Bianca and Belleza. Apparently, Nerine, Jesper, and Bianca had all abandoned Belleza and were working to help them. And they weren't the only ones who had defected, as Helia revealed that the Crest sisters had also chosen to work with them.

It was all a little confusing in truth and Neela longed to ask more questions about the situation but recognised they still had a job to do and that now was not really the appropriate time to be asking extensive questions.

Helia had also revealed one of the Crest sisters was willing to take them to where they were holding their hostages. She was going there now and asked if any of ZRCN wanted to accompany them. Zelde and Cordovan had agreed to go, with Neela and Xanthos remaining to patrol with Cherry and Wisteria. They promised to all meet up at the medical bay afterwards, which had apparently become a sort of unofficial meeting point for the group of allies. As they departed, Neela sent her teammates off with a wave and some words they could say to her sister when they found her.

As the smaller group of four continued to patrol, the topic of conversation eventually shifted to who among the Rossi allies remained. Disregarding those who they now knew had defected, the three of them drew up Miho, Maia, Sparrow, and Belleza herself as remaining candidates.

"What about that other guy?" Neela asked, looking at Wisteria. She struggled to recall the name for a moment before snapping her fingers when it came back to her. "Uriah?"

"He would probably still try and initiate a fight but I doubt Belleza would be impressed if he tried to come running back to her," Wisteria answered.

"Would he try something like that?" Cherry asked.

Wisteria gave a noncommittal shrug. "Possibly," She conceded. "For reasons unknown to me, Uriah practically worships the very ground Belleza works on. He'd probably jump at the chance to defend her or give his life for her." Suddenly, Wisteria started to chuckle. A glance passed between Cherry, Neela, and Xanthos, who all seemed confused at the sudden humour of the situation. Perhaps realising that they were all staring at her, Wisteria promptly stopped laughing.

It was Xanthos who asked, "What's so funny?"

"Oh, you wouldn't appreciate it," Wisteria said, giving a dismissive wave. "I was just laughing at the irony that Belleza is now more likely to kill him herself for him abandoning her."

The same confused look passed between Cherry, Neela, and Xanthos before they pressed on. Eventually, they came to a balcony which looked down upon an open atrium. Somehow they had made it up to the third floor, much to Neela's surprise.

“Well, well, well! Would you look what the cat dragged in!” A voice behind them jeered. The four of them turned to see Miho Ryuzaki stepping out of an adjoining room. As the woman made her presence known, Cherry ushered Neela and Xanthos behind her, whilst Wisteria rather confidently stepped forward.

When she saw Wisteria step out from behind them, the other woman’s eyes flashed with delight before she gave Wisteria a menacing smile. “Wisteria,” She said, dragging her name out. “I did wonder if you’d ever crawl your way back to us.” Miho’s eyes glanced towards ZRCN and she smirked. “I’m not sure what surprises me more that you’re working with them, or that they’re working with you.”

Wisteria rolled her shoulders. “Oh you know how the saying goes - the enemy of my enemy is my friend.”

“If you had any sense you would have run far away from here when you had the chance, Wisteria,” Miho said, idly messing with one of her gauntlets, which Neela noted were already on and looked primed for use. “I shall have fun squashing you just like I did that little bug.”

Before anyone else could react, the red-haired woman raised her left fist and punched the air, firing a blast at Wisteria. Neela and the others were forced to scurry away though as the blast did not land directly by them, it kicked up a fair bit of dust and small bits of debris. Cherry gestured for Neela and Xanthos to stay back, before stepping forward with her bhuj. She didn't directly engage Miho at the moment but the intent was clear. On one side stood Wisteria and Cherry, and on the other side stood Miho.

"Never faced an Atlesian Specialist like this before," Miho mused, that same menacing smile reappearing as she spoke to Cherry. Neela tensed when she saw how she looked over Cherry. "That isn't to say I haven't gone toe to toe with one of your kind before. Although they were incredibly young and inexperienced. Not much of a challenge, you know? Especially when they went down after one hit."

Cherry did not show in her face but Neela could tell she was irritated. She could see her grip tightening on her weapon, her knuckles starting to pale from the strain.

The brief lull in battle did not last long as Miho was quick to charge the two. Even when not using the dust in her gauntlets, she was still a powerful combatant, punching, kicking, and shoving whenever she got an opening. Wisteria was able to fair quite well, but Cherry was having difficulty manoeuvring her weapon to parry and attack Miho.

Miho made a lunge towards Xanthos and Neela but was caught by Cherry and Wisteria who grabbed an arm each and hauled her back.

"Your fight is with us!" Cherry snapped

Miho sneered at her. Rather than give an audible response, she twisted at a right angle, freeing her arm from Wisteria's grasp before aiming a punch at Cherry. Luckily she was quite aware of what was going on, managing to turn her body to avoid a punch to the face but still catching a blow to her shoulder. She managed to avoid the brunt of that hit but was caught by Miho bringing her knee up and catching her in the gut.

Fully free from both women, Miho jumped back a bit, before aiming two shots at the same time as Cherry.  There was nowhere for her to dodge, so she was forced to bear the blast, using her bhuj to take some of the hit. Luckily her aura seemed to be holding, as Neela doubted she'd have still been standing if it had taken too much of a dent.

"Do you not give a shit about your home or something?" Wisteria asked, gesturing to the further damage Miho had caused.

Miho shrugged, rubbing her nose on the back of her hand. "Homes can be rebuilt," Miho responded in a flat tone. "Or you can just buy a new one. I hear there's an open apartment in the Aeris District that's recently come back on the market."

Neela noted there was a slight edge to her voice, though she could not make out if it was a teasing remark or something more dark. It was only when Wisteria lunged forward, making a sound akin to a growl, before practically throwing herself at Miho, that she got her answer. Both women began punching and kicking each other, clearly intent on doing as much damage to the other as they could. Miho was doing more damage but Wisteria's overall nimbleness meant she was able to dodge the worst of the blows - for a while at least.

After some back and forths, Miho seemed to give up on striking and when Wisteria moved in for another jab, Miho wrapped her arms around her.

"Let go of me!" Wisteria yelled, thrashing in Miho's arms.

"As you wish," Miho smirked.

She inched closer to the edge of the walkway. It had been damaged from the earlier blasts from Miho, with some of the glass panels fractured or shattered from the shockwaves of her rounds. And some of it looked bent and warped, with only minimal pressure to break it or further damage it. Miho kept going until pressing Wisteria against the balcony, leaning her backwards.

"Stop!" Cherry called out, rushing to intervene. Miho only relinquished her grasp slightly, freeing an arm to shove Cherry away sharply, where she stumbled and dropped to a knee, her weapon skittering away.

"She said stop!" Neela urged, inching forward with her weapon, snapping it into her more preferred of a single spearhead.

Miho glanced over her shoulder, giving Neela a wry smile. "Is that supposed to frighten me? I could snap your weapon over my knee if I so wanted."

She dipped Wisteria a little further over the balcony before inhaling sharply.

"Actually this isn't really my thing," She said, before hauling Wisteria back, and throwing her on the floor next to Cherry. She was offered a brief moment of respite before Miho was quickly upon her again, hooking an arm around her neck and bringing her back to her feet in a chokehold. Wisteria’s feet kicked out, trying to steady herself but found no such luck. Despite having pulled away from the balcony before, she was moving back to it now. Once she reached it, she turned Wisteria around so she was facing her again, and used one arm to hold one of Wisteria’s arms down before putting her arm against her throat. This time when she leaned her over she was leaning into her as well.

She looked over her shoulder at Neela, Xanthos, and Cherry menacingly. "Wisteria here can confirm that I prefer a more personal touch."

It was then that Miho began to apply pressure as Wisteria began to cough and splutter. Although Miho had restrained one hand, Wisteria was clawing at her with the unbound one, trying to get her fingers in her eyes.

Neela and Xanthos moved to intervene but Cherry held a hand out. Cherry made a gesture to her weapon which she had managed to slide closer to herself. With careful hand movements, she freed the concealed dagger in her bhuj's hollow shaft, a glint of polished steel shimmering in the light.

The three of them exchanged a glance before nodding. To her credit, Cherry moved frighteningly fast and made little noise as she closed the gap between herself and Miho, before plunging her dagger into Miho’s lower back.

Miho screamed out in pain, relinquishing her grip on Wisteria, and backhanding Cherry across the face which sent her sprawling to the floor. Miho turned to face Wisteria again but the purple-haired woman had pulled herself away, punching Miho in the jaw before darting to the side to avoid retaliation. Sensing Miho needed to be pushed further back, Neela bolted forward and jabbed her sharply in the gut, pushing Miho back against the balcony where it accidentally knocked the blade still lodged in her back.

Grunting with effort, Miho carefully moved her arm around to remove the blade, pulling it out of her with gritted teeth. She held the bloodied weapon up by her head, looking at it for a moment and then down at Cherry, who Xanthos was helping to sit up. “Cute,” She said with a sneer, before tossing it over the edge of the balcony.

“You’ve had your fun now-”

Miho appeared to have been attempting to goad them again but something gave her pause. Neela didn’t see any potential cause but after a moment she noticed something strange happening to Miho. The red-haired woman seemed to be trying to say something, but either could not or would not get the words out, and not only that but her chest was rising rapidly as she took big gulping breaths. Miho’s eyes darted around and then landed on Wisteria.

“Wisteria!” She roared. “Stop this!”

“No!” Wisteria responded immediately. “You will feel exactly as she felt when she died!”

Miho grimaced and tried to remain standing. Neela had only experienced Wisteria’s semblance sparingly in the past but it seemed Miho was being treated to the full force of it. Even Wisteria appeared to be straining from the effort it was taking to direct her semblance at Miho.  So much so that blood was starting to drip out of one nostril.

Eventually, Mihp seemed unable to bear it any longer, wincing and gripping onto the balcony for support. It was then that Wisteria let out a mighty screech and lunged at Miho. She managed to hook her arms around Miho’s waist and with the momentum gathered from running at her the two of them went crashing through the balcony and tumbling to the ground below.

A small scream was heard but was snuffed out pretty quickly when a sickening thud indicated that the two women had hit the ground.

Neela was not sure how to react for a moment, wanting to check on the two of them, but also not daring to peer over at what potential gory scene she might find below. Instead, she focused her efforts on helping Cherry back to her feet.

“Are you good?” Neela asked as the woman used Xanthos to help stand up straight.

“I’m good,” Cherry confirmed. “The slap hurt but didn’t do too much damage.” That didn't seem to stop Cherry from massaging her jaw as if it still ached.

Cherry moved towards the edge of the ruined balcony and peered down. Neela and Xanthos followed suit and nervously peered down below.

There was an old dried-up fountain on the ground floor, which Miho was now hanging halfway out of, a shard of glass sticking out of her abdomen. Neela did not even need to query if she was alive or not. The blood pooling out of her, as well as the unnatural way her body now lay told her all she needed to know. On the other hand, it was harder to determine Wisteria's fate. She lay on her back, gazing up at the massive skylight. Other than her left leg and a bloodied gash in her right shoulder, she seemed to have fared better than the red-haired woman, though it was hard to tell if she had survived or not.

"We need to get down there," Cherry said, pulling away from the edge. "We need to check if either of them are alive."

"Looking at Miho's body I would say-" Xanthos began to talk but stopped short by the look Neela shot at him.

Cherry frowned but didn't say anything. "Hopefully Wisteria might have survived," She muttered, already turning to walk away. "If she hasn't Wren will surely have my head. If not Wren then the general certainly will."

Neela imagined Ironwood would have a lot to say to all of them for this little mission. With what had just happened and everything Helia had told them, it was clear that their plans had not gone as well as they thought they would. All their planning had amounted to nought in the face of the Rossi allies' sheer determination not to lose.

Neela was not foolish enough to hope the rest of the Rossi's allies would come quietly but she could hope that she and her friends would make it out of here in one piece.

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Violet Evergarden Movie Summary

The initial plan was to make this a short bullet-point thing, but I felt like there was too much to clarify and I had no choice but use novel references to explain certain parts, so I decided to just write a normal summary. Many thanks before-hand to my friend Yuuki, who gave me all this info.

Apologies for taking relatively long with this thing. Not even I expected that I would end up writing this much. Buckle up for the ride, ‘cause it won’t be fun.

Nope, not kidding. It really won’t.

First thing I need to make clear is: this movie is one and a half hour long and divided into three parts and two different timelines: the times when Violet existed and the times after she dies. Already in the beginning of the movie, Violet is dead.

Yes, you read this right. She’s dead.

Now, I don’t mean that she’s dead in the literal sense. This is 60 years in the future. She might be alive or not, but it’s never said. However, the timeline of 60 years later is considered an era without Violet, apparently because she has retired and her “legend” is over, so to say. It’s also a time where Auto-Memories Dolls don’t exist. That’s one good punch in the face. Let’s keep counting.

The movie is sort of like a tale being read by someone else, which at some point goes into Violet’s first-person POV. The whole thing is kind of a look back on Violet’s life tragectory and how it took a new turn when she decided to continue looking for Gil despite all the mess of the TV series.

The era where Violet exists is an era where telephones are being introduced to the people, so Auto-Memories Dolls are starting to become unnecessary. I would argue that the creation of the telephone isn’t enough for an entire occupation to start disappearing so quickly, since new inventions are normally extremely expensive and not everyone has access to them (or even knows about their existence) so immediately after their conception. Realistically speaking, ghostwriters would still be important as long as there were still so many people unable to buy phones. Not to mention that this is a steampunk world where compulsory education doesn’t seem to be a thing yet, so even in the off chance that everybody can buy a phone, there would still be a lot of people who can’t read or write on their own. But all of this clearly went over the animators’ heads, so not only ghostwriters but also the mail business in general are nearing their doom in the movie.

The one looking back on Violet’s life was Ann, who was telling it all to her granddaughter, Daisy (who, by the way, is voiced by Morohoshi Sumire, the same girl who voiced the seven-year-old Ann). Ann had kept all the letters that Violet ghostwrote for her mother, as well as the newspapers about the CH Postal Company. Looks like the article was printed after Violet left CH, since she isn’t in the picture with everyone else.

In this era, CH’s main office has been turned into a museum. Nerine is shown working in it. Of course, she’s a grandma by then. Speaking of the CH personnel, Erica also quit being an Auto-Memories Doll and became a playwright like Oscar. She appears in the newspaper, though, so she probably a while left after Violet did. Taylor also appears there.

Back to Daisy, she was writing a letter to her parents, in order to learn how to properly convey feelings with written word. The message of this scene seems to be that, no matter the tools, what’s important is that we convey our feelings to the people we love.

As we see in the trailer, Gil’s mom has passed and Violet runs into Dietfried when visiting her grave on the anniversary of her death. To anyone who is wondering: yeah, Gil never went to see his mother and she died thinking that he was dead.

Nobody knew that Gil was alive. Not his mother, not Dietfried, not the Evergardens and not even Hodgins. No one.

Here’s what happened to Gil in the anime: he survived the incident at Intense, of course, but got separated from Violet in that explosion. His tag miraculously stayed on the same spot, though, as we saw in the TV series. Now, since this isn’t explained in the anime at all, I have to make it clear: the tag is that necklace the soldiers wear. It contains their names and ranks, so that their bodies can be identified even when they’re irrecognizable. Without the tag, the people who rescued Gil had no idea who he was, so he was sent to a different place to get treated. He ended up at a monastery hospital instead of the one in Enchaîné. I would debate that his uniform alone is enough to identify him as someone from the Leidenschaftlich Army, or maybe they could’ve just asked him which troop he belonged to after he woke up and relocated him to where his fellow men were, but who even cares about all these plot holes anymore? Definitely not me.

Anyway. After Gil was discharged, he ran the fuck away. Like, literally.

If anyone out there was hoping that Gil would finally have his moment to shine as the self-sacrificing, thoughtful and ridiculously kindhearted character that he is in the novel, I have bad news for you. What we had here was even worse than it being Gil’s excuse movie. It’s like the whole thing was made to drag his character so deep through the mud that he’ll never be able to get up again. There’s pretty much nothing in this one and a half hour that actually justifies what he did to Violet. I’ll elaborate on this as we go on.

Anime!Gil became a nomad and went traveling. He offed his ass to the island where that lighthouse displayed in the most recent official art is located (that’s why Gil and Violet were at the beach on the movie poster). He doesn’t have a prosthetic in the anime because, apparently, he was more worried about disappearing as fast as possible to somewhere he would never be found, and never attempted to contact anybody. So nobody knew that he was alive, hence the grave, which, as we feared, was not a fake one. His family really did think he had died.

This is a point that I have already addressed before, but that also means Gil really did abandon Violet to luck. If anything dangerous ever happened to her (as it did, and it was always very obviously likely to happen, since she was the southern army’s most outstanding soldier and quite literally fled from the military), he wouldn’t even know. If word ever got to him, it would probably be too late. And even if it weren’t, he wouldn’t be able to do anything to help her. More than allowing her to live freely, it felt like he was running away from his responsibilities regarding Violet.

Punch on the face count is currently at six.

By sheer coincidence, Violet learns that Gil is living in that island. She goes to see him and Hodgins goes with her after trying to stop her at first. When Gil finds out that they came to see him, he outright refuses to meet them. It pretty much takes the near entirety of the goddamn movie for them to see each other face-to-face. I say face-to-face because all of the following shit happens:

Hodgins goes to talk to Gil. It lasts about 20 minutes.

Gil talks to Violet from behind a door. This one is about 10 minutes.

Dietfried also comes to the island to talk to him. Also about 10 minutes.

At long fucking last, Gil goes to see Violet. But that, too, is only for about 10 minutes.

Hodgins gives him a speech very similar to what happens in chapter 8. Now get ready to fall back from your seats: Dietfried basically goes there to tell Gil that he won’t run away from taking over the family anymore, so Gil can live freely. Yes, Dietfried is officially a better Gilbert than Gilbert himself. I crave death.

So, after much ado, they come to a conclusion: Gil will stay in the island. In order to completely free himself of the shackles of his bloodline, he stays behind, living the way he wants to. ‘Cause all anime!Gil wants is to rot away alone by the sea, apparently. Now prepare yourselves, for it gets worse. Ready?

Violet stays with him in the motherfucking island.

That’s right, ladies and gents. Another fear became true. She quits her job at the CH Postal Company and goes to live with him. Well, at least, not as a housewife. She starts working with mail services in the island, and Gil helps her with it. Her life goes on like this and she dies in the island as well.

This is where the timeline after Violet passes away comes into light, parallel to the era when Violet was alive. Daisy talks about what happened after Violet left CH, as if it were a tale from the distant past.

That’s it.

The movie paints this as a happy ending. I can hardly see it as one. I know it almost looks like everything was solved, but it just got swept under the rug.

The main point that makes me sad in this ending is that Violet’s character development did a 360 degree flip. In the end, she threw everything to the air and went to live in someone who she always put before everyone else, even herself, but who didn’t do the same for her (in the anime). She’s gone to a crammed little island, where she led an uneventful life away from everyone and everything that’s ever had a positive impact on her. All she has is Gil.

Of course, he’s all she needs, but he isn’t all she should have, and that was the entire point of pushing her to go live on her own. Which is exactly what she earns in the novel: two loving parents, a father figure, a brother figure, a best friend and several other friends and acquaintances whom she formed a bond with. She has all she needs, so she doesn’t have to cling to Gil for any reason. There’s no emotional dependance on him anymore. She doesn’t need him to be whole. She just wants him because he happens to be the best person she’s ever met.

Anime!Violet is most definitely not whole. She almost got there, but then she backtracked completely. And anime!Gil... in my friend’s words, is a weakling. There’s nothing in him actually worth all this undying blind love. Sure, he’s full of regret and shit, but it’s too easy to only act upon it now, by vanishing into thin air like a coward.

The deal with novel!Gil is that he looks around at everything he has, everything that had been burdening him and killing him on the inside all his life, and decides to make use of it for Violet’s sake. He continues being family head and working in the army, amassing money and connections in order to have every means possible to protect Violet should anything happen to her. And as it turns out, he does end up having to use those means, more than once, but he will keep this up for as long as he needs to, because he lives for her now. That’s what makes him worth all the blood, sweat, tears, mental sanity and even body parts that she gave away for his sake: he pays it back. Every cent.

Punch in the face count ends at twelve. Thirteen if I include the fact that the movie ends with a last shot of Violet after she and Gilbert do a pinky swear. Looks like they were really trying to buy everyone with tears.

Oh, well.

I hope this has been a good enough summary. Sorry if I rained on anyone’s parade. I’m pretty sure we won’t get a remake ever, so I really wish we all can get over this soon.

[ahatintimestorybook]

Hopes and Friendships Chap. 2-The Witch and The Believer

Hello! I’m so glad you're enjoying this AU!

So updates may be a tad bit slow this month. Not only because my birthday is this Saturday, but just last week my dog who I had for 17 years (and is also my first dog ever) died and I was a broken mess. Couldn’t write as much as I used to, so I had to take a bit of a break to clear my mind and rest. I was able to get this story done as it was halfway before everything crumbled down. Luckily, my friends, my family and work seemed to help at least, which helped writing this story faster even if it was little by little.

Enjoy!

The sun started to rise over the town, as the light started to wake up Mu and Boss from their sleep. The two crash landed in a tree and after a while of struggle to free themselves from the branches. They decided to sleep there as sleeping on the ground or anywhere else would have someone catch them in the morning.

Mu groaned and slowly opened her eyes seeing the sun rise. She slowly stretched, but almost lost her balance forgetting she was still up the tree she crashed into. Mu sighed as she caught herself and went to wake her familiar.

The witch shook her cat, but he groaned not wanting to wake up. “Hey Boss! Wake up you lazy cat!” Mu shouted. However, Boss didn’t wake up and still wanted to sleep more. Mu groaned and grabbed Boss by his tail, which quickly woke him up, and held him up ready to drop him to the ground.

Boss yowled seeing his witch was going to kill him. “Are you crazy!” He yelled. “Why do you want to kill me?!”

Mu smiled and gave a snicker as she pulled him back and put the cat on her lap. “I had to wake you up somehow.” She told him. Boss gave a growl as Mu straightened herself up, grabbed her broom which was sitting up on a branch right above them. “Well come on, we better get back before Headmistress Elizabeth knows we’re missing.”

Boss nodded and went up on the broom as Mu flew up, but the ripple she entered in earlier was no longer there. She then flew around hoping to find some way back to Speranza but no ripple was around.

Mu was getting frustrated. “Great! Do you remember how we came here?” She asked.

“I do!” Boss replied. “We flew at night, and went through Magic Ripple. Can’t go back till tonight.” He explained.

“Great!” Mu groaned. She knew Headmistress Elizabeth was gonna flip, finding out she flew off and not flew off in another part of Speranza, but in another world! Another bad thing on Mu’s list of troubling behavior. She decided to fly down back towards the tree till she heard a voice coming her way and quickly hid.

“Oh witch!” Harriet called out. Since she woke up this morning, Harriet quickly jumped out of bed and wrote a note to her dad saying where she was going. Harriet hoped that the witch didn’t fly off while she slept. “Witch! Where are you?” She called out.

Mu looked from behind the tree and glared. “How could a mere normal girl know about witches?” She asked.

“I don’t know.” Boss replied with a shrug. He looked down and saw Harriet look around the bushes, which confused him. “We may have to keep our distance, normal people might be magic hunters.” He warned. Mu nodded, but as they kept watching they saw Harriet pull out a stick with a leaf at the top.

“Huh?” Mu wondered, tilting her head in confusion. “What is she doing?” The witch hopped on her broom and was ready to fly off. Boss noticed and quickly jumped on the broom as they followed Harriet from the sky.

The normal girl was using her stick and twirling it around, mumbling some spells as she pointed the stick at trees, bushes and even a puddle of water. Mu just rolled her eyes with how stupid Harriet was acting right now.

“Parappa! Ping! Oh Miss. Witch, appear!” Harriet commanded, pointing at a tree hoping the witch would appear. The child sighed seeing the witch wasn’t going to appear there either. “I know you're out there! Miss. Witch, or Mr. Witch!” She called out.

Mu went behind another tree and watched Harriet look for her. She was surprised how Harriet hadn’t given up finding her yet. Though Mu was the best in hiding even when someone tried to use their magic to find her. However, that will all change when Mu’s umbrella hits the branch, which rustles the leaves.

Harriet gasped and turned around facing the tree. She smirked and pointed her stick wand at the tree. “Parappa! Ping! Witch, appear!” Harriet shouted, pretending she was unleashing a large amount of magic. However, when Mu didn’t come out from the trees, the young girl sighed thinking it was just a bird or the wind and started to walk away.

Once Harriet was far away, Mu was able to appear from the tree branches and sighed seeing she was gone. The young witch tried to get up to her broom, but she lost her footing and fell on the ground.

“Ow.” Mu groaned. She slowly got up and gasped to see Harriet right in front of you.

“I KNEW IT!” Harriet yelled. “I KNEW THERE WAS A WITCH!” She yelled. Mu was freaking out as Harriet continued yelling excitedly about how she found a real live witch. “All these years I knew magic existed and today is finally the day a witch is here! Right in front of me! A real live witch!”

“Shush!” Mu yelled as she covered Harriet’s mouth. The young witch looked around and saw there was no one around and pulled Harriet aside behind the tree. “Listen here little missy. Don’t just be yelling witch out in the open. We could get in major trouble!” She explained.

Harriet removed Mu’s hand from her mouth. “B-but you're a witch!” She reminded her.

“W-well maybe I’m not a witch. I could just be a normal little girl who loves dressing up as a witch.”

“Nope she’s a witch.” Boss interrupted as he jumped up from the tree.

Mu blushed in embarrassment and glared at her familiar. “Boss shut up!” She yelled.

Harriet gasped in amazement and quickly scooped Boss into her arms and hugged him tightly. “A talking black cat!” She beamed. Soon Harriet started to snuggle the black cat, who now was starting to feel uncomfortable. “Oh you're so fluffy, and cute! I always wanted a cat, especially a black and fluffy one, but my dad is allergic.”

Boss tried to struggle out of Harriet’s grasp, but the young girl had a grip on him preventing his escape. “C-can’t breathe.” He gasped. “Mu help!”

Mu smirked and crossed her arms watching Harriet hugging the air out of Boss. Soon enough Harriet let go of the cat, who was breathing heavily from the human girl’s death hug. Harriet took a deep breath and smiled. “Sorry. I’ve just almost dreamed of seeing a witch.” She said calmly.

“I could see that.” Mu replied.

“So…” Harriet started, leaning towards Mu. “Got a name?”

Mu nodded. “I’m Emily Nerine, but everyone calls me Mu.” She introduced herself. “And this is Boss, my familiar.” When she introduced Boss he sat up proudly causing Mu to roll her eyes.

“I’m Harriet Kidd!” Harriet introduced herself. “It’s nice to meet you Mu!” She held her hand out hoping Mu would shake her hand in reply. The young witch looked at the human girl up and down before slowly grabbing her hand and shaking it. Once the two girls let go of their hands, the two girls stood there awkwardly. “Well...um...what brings you to Subcon?” She asked, hoping to break the silence.

“I just went on a flight across my home world, Speranza and just somehow landed here in Subcon.” Mu explained. “Is that what you call Earth?”

Harriet giggled. “No, silly.” She replied. “Earth is our planet, Subcon is just my hometown.”

“Oh.” Mu realized, sounding stupid just now. Harriet giggled again. She was starting to like this witch more and more now. Soon Harriet’s giggles stop when the young girl hears Mu’s stomach rumble. The young witch started to feel hungry as she hadn’t eaten since yesterday.

“You sound hungry?” Harriet noted. She then smiled having an idea where to take Mu. “H-hey we both haven’t eaten yet, so let’s have breakfast together!” She suggested.

Before Mu could deny the offer, Harriet took her hand and started walking. The young witch wondered what this girl wanted from her. Since her arrival all Harriet has done to her was greet her with kindness. “She must be up to something.” Mu thought.

Soon Harriet took Mu and Boss to a small waffle kiosk that was located in a grass field in the park. This kiosk had some benches so the two girls could sit and talk. Harriet led Mu and Boss to a bench so they could sit while Harriet went into her pocket and took out her wallet to order the food.

Mu and Boss watched Harriet walk up to the counter and order the food and then looked at each other. Not long after, Harriet came with two trays each with a waffle on them. Harriet’s waffles were pink with blueberry syrup and fruit while Mu’s had a chocolate flavored waffle with whipped cream and chocolate chips. There was also one small waffle for Boss in case he was hungry too.

“Go on, try it! My dad loves to take me here.” Harriet urged the young witch.

Mu looked at the waffles and then looked back at Harriet who was already eating hers. The young witch was starving and the sight of the waffles made her mouth water. Mu then grabbed her fork, took a piece of waffle and put it in her mouth.

The young witch eyes widened with how good the waffle tasted. “Wow this is good!” Mu beamed.

“They’re waffle cakes! You take a cake mix and turn it into a waffle!” Harriet explained before taking another bite into her waffle cake.

Mu giggled and soon the two were eating their waffle cakes! Boss tried his waffle cake by eating it in one bite, enjoying how good it was. While eating Mu, looked up at Harriet and asked her a question. “So Harriet, why do all this for me?” She asked.

Harriet stopped eating, confused a bit. “Well I’m just being nice. Plus I already said I like witches and have never met one in person before.” She explained.

“But why?” Mu repeated. “You must want something from me.”

Harriet sighed and dug into her pockets as she pulled out a picture. In the picture was her, when she was little, her dad and a woman with long blonde hair and blue eyes that shined like snowflakes.

“Because a witch took my mother.” Harriet revealed.

~~~~~~~~~

Quick little Author’s Note: I did some looking up on last names and Kidd is a last name. So yes I did a pun. Also Nerine is a kind of Spider Lily. I was trying to think of a creative last name for Mu for this AU and figured why not do a flower!

[drabbles-mc]

Okay so can we get a snippet of the Untitled Nerin Fic - just a little something to.... you know.... hold me over 🤣

Hahaha you know I’d send you the whole thing if it was done 😂���� I’ll give you two snippets from two different parts of the timeline...as a treat

Fluffy:

“So? Whaddaya say? Up for being a getaway driver for two today?”

He shrugged, “Sure. Won’t even make you pay for it,” he snubbed out what little was left of his cigarette, “You’ll have to be the one to tell them we’re leaving, though.”

She cocked one eyebrow, “Why? You scared of Mike?”

“Scared of your fucking sister.”

Erin scoffed, “Wrong Thomas sister to be afraid of, Nestor,” she saw that Miguel and her sister were about to start walking off, so she let out a whistle to get their attention, “Yo, Em!” she gestured back and forth between herself and Nestor, “We’re going…literally anywhere that’s not here.”

Not So Fluffy:

When he saw that an unknown number had sent him a photo, he almost deleted it off the principle of it. But something in his gut told him to open it, so he did. A smile instantly spread across his face as he looked at the message. The photo was a screenshot from Emily’s Instagram, a photo of her, Miguel, and Nestor at the party. The message was short, with no name included, but he knew exactly who it was from, “Surprised those Dress Blues still have sleeves. Nerd.”

He smiled as he typed out his reply, “Kept the sleeves to cover up the tattoos”

“That mean you’re gonna start wearing a fucking turtleneck too?”

He chuckled, shaking his head as his thumbs flew across the screen of his phone, “If they make it I’ll wear it” he paused, trying to think if he wanted to say the other thing that he was thinking, “I miss you”

“After 4 years I’d sure hope that you do”

He read each word in her voice and it made him feel more at home despite that she was nowhere to be found, “Am I ever gonna see you again? Or are you on the lam because I haven’t been around to bail you out of trouble?”

“Well telling you where I’m at would defeat being on the lam now wouldn’t it?” a few seconds later a follow-up text came through, “Go enjoy your party. Emily will come and smack the phone out of your hands if you keep texting”

He chuckled, trying to ignore the weight that was settling in his chest. All he wanted to do was call her and hear her voice. His finger hovered over the FaceTime button for a moment before he talked himself out of it, knowing that Erin was completely right when she said that Emily would snatch the phone away from him if he got too engrossed in it. But he couldn’t help but wonder if she looked the same, sounded the same. It’d been a long few years with no contact.

I need you to know that I love these two so much. This story is such a mess right now because I’ve worked on so many different parts of the timeline and I haven’t brought them all together yet but I’m really excited for it 👀

[dennou-translations]

Violet Evergarden Official Fanbook: Character Profiles

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Index >>

A few warnings before we proceed:

The data below is pertinent only to the anime, not the franchise as a whole. Much of what is written here does not match the novel. Please keep that in mind when finding any controversies or additional information. This also applies to the characters from the anime who are not in the books and vice-versa.

The profiles follow summaries of each episode. They’re the same ones from the official site, all of which I’ve already translated, so I’ve embedded links to their translations.

The order of introduction of each character corresponds to the order of appearances in each episode, hence the numeration and hence why they don’t follow the official main character line-up. The only exception to this is Gilbert, whose profile is introduced by episode 8.

Unlike the other characters, Violet has three profiles. That’s surely for the sake of showcasing her development.

A few characters have their names written wrong. The people in charge clearly took their translations from the Netflix subs, which everyone knows got many things wrong. I’ve taken the liberty to correct them. Specifically, it’s Dietfried written as “Diethard”, Abelfreya written as “Eberfreya”, and Ale written as “Yale”.

Episode 1

Violet Evergarden CV: Ishikawa Yui

An Auto-Memories Doll of the CH Postal Company. Unknown background. Estimated age is 14 years.

She became an Auto-Memories Doll in order to learn the meaning of the words “I love you”, which her superior from the battlefields back when she was a soldier, Gilbert, had told her. Until becoming an Auto-Memories Doll, as she used to live only for the sake of fighting, she was neither able to understand the feelings of other people nor her own. However, through interacting with her clients, she comes in contact with all sorts of emotions, such as the feeling of loving someone and the sadness of losing an important person, and grows up step by step.

Claudia Hodgins CV: Koyasu Takehito

The president of CH Postal Company. His family is a wealthy one, which also invested in damage relief expenses during the war. Formerly, he served as a lieutenant colonel in Leidenschaftlich’s army, and so is able to take on jobs by using connections from the time when he was a soldier even after having retired.

He met Gilbert during their days as students in the Military Academy and became close to him. As per a request by Gilbert to take care of Violet, he now watches over her in the CH Postal Company, which he himself founded after the war. Understanding that Violet still did not comprehend people’s emotions and admiring her will of wanting to become an Auto-Memories Doll, he warmly sees her growth through.

Cattleya Baudelaire CV: Endou Aya

A popular Doll who is the face of CH Postal Company. She specializes in love letters, and there is no end to the number of clients who commission her. Upon observing Cattleya notice the feeling of “love” from her client, Violet took interest in Auto-Memories Dolls.

Amongst the Dolls employed in CH Postal Service, she’s the one with the longest career on the job, and so she watches over Violet with her juniors as the latter begins her own. She is an old acquaintance of Hodgins’s, and so she tags along with him in a friendly relationship to give advice about Violet and about work.

Episode 2

Erica Brown CV: Chihara Minori

An Auto-Memories Doll who works at the CH Postal Company. She was inspired by the novels of the writer Molly, and thought that she also wanted to write texts that could resonate with people’s hearts, thus aspiring to become an Auto-Memories Doll. However, due to her introverted personality, she tended to struggle in her interactions with costumers, and inwardly embraced anxiety while wondering if she was actually not suited to be an Auto-Memories Doll.

When meeting Violet for the first time, she could not fathom why the latter wanted to become an Auto-Memories Doll, but upon being touched by her straightforward desire to understand what “I love you” meant, Erica reminisced to her own dreams.

Benedict Blue CV: Uchiyama Kouki

A delivery boy (postman) of the CH Postal Company. He mainly does deliveries by bike. He appears to have an obsession with dressing styles, and so does not wear the company’s uniform. He seems to be the rude type at first glance due to not being too friendly, but also has a kindhearted side that casually showed concern for Violet, who had just barely joined the CH Postal Company.

He never stops quarreling with Cattleya over trivial matters, but he is trusted as a comrade who had been supporting the company along with Hodgins ever since its foundation day.

Bridget CV: Aizawa Yurika

A female costumer who came to the CH Postal Company for a ghostwriting request. Her hand had been asked in marriage by a young man who had started an automotive business, and so she commissioned an Auto-Memories Doll to ghostwrite a letter of response.

Bridget was overcome with the desire to attract the affection of the one that had asked her in marriage and test his sincerity. However, Violet was unable to grasp Bridget’s true intentions while ghostwriting the letter, which had her enraged.

Nerine & Lilian CV: Saitou Aya || CV: Hikisaka Rie

Female staff members who work as receptionists at the CH Postal Company’s front desk. They deal with the costumers who visit the post office. Same as with Auto-Memories Dolls, the reception is one of the fields in which socially progressing women are active.

Episode 3

Luculia Marlborough CV: Tadokoro Azusa

A girl aspiring to become a Doll, who attends the Auto-Memories Doll Preparatory School. The trigger being that they were paired together to write letters during a school activity, she started getting along with Violet. As Violet receives a critique from the teacher Rhodanthe and becomes upset, Luculia brims with sympathy and tries to make her feel better by showing her the beautiful view of Leiden from a bell tower.

On the other hand, she was unable to convey to her older brother Spencer, who suffered from emotional after-effects of the war, that she was “happy he at least was alive”, and so was burdened with worries. However, her feelings were delivered to him through a letter that Violet wrote in her stead.

Spencer Marlborough CV: Kimura Subaru

Luculia’s older sibling. He fought as a soldier during war times, but the western battlefield he had been assigned to was invaded, and so he lost his parents, who had come to a western city for work. He convinced himself that this was his own responsibility and wound up with psychological problems. Even as the war ended, he would drink continuously regardless of whether it was during the day or at night, unable to lead a proper lifestyle.

Through the letter that Violet delivered, he realized the feelings of his only blood relative Luculia, and gradually recovers. Later on, he visited the CH Postal Company in order to send Luculia a letter.

Rhodanthe CV: Nozawa Yukari

An instructor of the Auto-Memories Doll Preparatory School. She upholds the goal of nurturing “optimal Dolls” and works hard on teaching. She taught in a way that rubs where it hurts even on Violet, who was brilliant in the subjects, by stating things such as, “What you ghostwrote cannot be called a ‘letter’”, and did not break her strict posture in order to raise optimal Dolls.

Once the course ended, she read Luculia’s letter and acknowledged Violet’s graduation, for she was the one who had ghostwritten said letter as per accepting Luculia’s request.

Episode 4

Iris Cannary CV: Tomatsu Haruka

A newbie Doll from the CH Postal Company. She admired working women and moved to the capital Leiden from her hometown Kazaly. She had just become employed after finishing going through the Auto-Memories Doll Preparatory School. She was still in the process of maturing her will towards work, but was not following it through on the inside, and so she ended up going round in circles sometimes.

When Violet joined the CH Postal Company, Iris did not welcome her into becoming an Auto-Memories Doll, but as they went together to Kazaly on a business trip, the distance between their hearts shortened through Violet ghostwriting letters to her parents.

Eamonn Snow CV: Inagaki Takuya

A male childhood friend of Iris’s, who lives in Kazaly. He received a love confession from Iris in the past, but was unable to view their relationship as anything other than childhood friendship and rejected her feelings.

Iris’s Mother CV: Soumi Youko

Iris’s mother, who lives in Kazaly. She was worried for her only daughter, who had moved to the capital city to work, she used a fake name, made a request to CH Postal Company and called Iris over. Despite showing support for Iris as a Doll, wishing for her daughter’s happiness, she made a plan to throw a birthday party for Iris, but her thoughts ended up crossing purposes with Iris’s feelings.

Iri’s Father CV: Matsumoto Yasunori

Iris’s father, who lives in Kazaly. Just as the mother, he was worried about Iris. He came to know about his daughter’s serious feelings regarding her job upon reading the letter ghostwritten by Violet, and saw off his daughter as she headed to Leiden once again.

Episode 5

Charlotte Abelfreya Drossel CV: Nakajima Megumi

Third princess of the Drossel Kingdom. She was raised by the court lady Alberta. Her upbringing is that of a great princess, but on the inside, she is but a 14-year-old crybaby girl in love. In preparation for a tradition of Drossel Kingdom, the ritual of “Public Love Letters”, she gave thorough thought to her marriage with Prince Damian of the Fluegel Kingdom.

Nevertheless, she was unable to see the prince’s true intentions in the beautiful texts written in his Public Love Letters, and so she became anxious. As per a suggestion of Violet, who had been invited for the sake of ghostwriting her Public Love Letters, she wrote the love letters with her own words and conveyed her feelings.

Alberta CV: Koyama Mami

A court lady of Drossel Kingdom. She had served the court since before Charlotte had been born and watched over the latter’s growth, raising her as if she were her own child. She knew Charlotte better than anyone else, enough to realize that Charlotte was not satisfied with the reply from Prince Damian, which had been written by an Auto-Memories Doll. On Charlotte’s wedding day, she endured her loneliness and sent the latter off with a bright face.

Damian Baldur Fluegel CV: Tsuda Kenjirou

First prince of the Fluegel Kingdom, a neighboring nation of the Drossel Kingdom. He has the right to inheriting the throne of Fluegel Kingdom, but has never pretended to be composed. Due to him coming to talk to Charlotte on her birthday as she was alone in a garden of white camellias, their engagement happened.

Afterward, he came to know about Charlotte’s passionate feelings for him through their love letters, and becomes determined to marry her. He proposed to Charlotte in the garden of white camellias where they had first met. After their wedding, he took zealous care of national affairs along with Charlotte.

Episode 6

Leon Stephanotis CV: Uemura Yuuto

A staff member of the codex department in the Shaher Astronomical Observatory. In his childhood, he watched his mother abandon him and leave home to search for his father, who belonged to the literature collecting department and had gone missing, thus becoming distrustful of women and of romantic love. He was also disgusted by Auto-Memories Dolls because of this, yet wound up falling in love with Violet at first sight upon meeting her. As he squeezed out some courage and invited her to an astronomical observation, he realized that a different special someone is reflected in Violet’s eyes, perceiving the end of his short-lived love.

With his meeting with Violet as the trigger, he decided to become a literary collector like his father.

Kile Zenich CV: Yokota Daisuke

A staff member of the codex department in the Shaher Astronomical Observatory, who lives in the same dorm room as Leon.

As the complete opposite of Leon, he was happy that Auto-Memories Dolls were coming to the workplace of the codex department, which was lacking in women. He was chosen to pair with Iberis from the Fujimi Post Office, and the two of them got along with each other as they proceeded working together, so he made active moves, such as inviting her to the observation of the Alley Comet.

He also displays a friendly side that is familiar with Leon, who was bullied by the people around him for not having parents, and worries about the latter’s relationship with Violet.

Le Verrier CV: Hoshino Mitsuaki

The section chief of the codex department in the headquarters of the Shaher Astronomical Observatory. He commands the staff that works in the codex deparment. He invited the Auto-Memories Dolls who visited the headquarters, explaining to them the contents of their job. His thoughtfulness towards his work is extremely high, enough for him to discuss about the rare documents and records about to be lost.

Iberis Konoue & Bluebell Junoa  CV: Doi Mari || CV: Yuzuki Shouko

Classmates who attended the same Auto-Memories Doll preparatory school as Violet. They finished the course before Violet did, and while Iberis was employed by the Fujimi Postal Office, Bluebell was employed by her hometown’s postal agency, the two of them working as Auto-Memories Dolls. They reunited with Violet through the job at Shaher’s headquarters.

Episode 7

Oscar Webster CV: Taki Satoshi

A worldwide famous and renowned dramatist. He lost his beloved daughter Olivia, leading his life surrendering himself to alcohol due to the shock.

In order to finish his new play, he made a request to the CH Postal Company, and upon meeting Violet, he saw that she had the same hair color as Olivia and was reminded of his deceased daughter, which wound up disturbing his heart. However, as Violet showed Oscar the miracle of walking onto the surface of a lake, which Olivia had told him that she wanted to show him when she was still alive, he was able to rid himself of the darkness that he had been carrying in his heart.

Olivia Webster CV: Senbongi Ayaka

Oscar’s only daughter, who has a lovely smile.

Even after losing her mother to illness, so as not to make her father worry, she would entretain him by smiling incessantly. She used to like her light blue parasol and waterfowls, and had promised Oscar to show him that she would jump over the lake in their backyard with said parasol someday. However, Olivia was also plagued with an incurable disease, and contrary to her father’s wishes, her life came to an end.

Episode 8

an orphan girl CV: Ishikawa Yui

An orphan girl found by the military in a northern battlefield. All information such as her place of birth, real name and the whereabouts of her parents are unknown. Her body age was of about 10 years, yet she could not speak properly, and was mostly unable to communicate with people.

She was taken in by Gilbert and joined the Continental War between North and South.

Gilbert Bougainvillea CV: Namikawa Daisuke

A major of Leidenschaftlich’s army. He was born to a famous household, a family that had remained in the military continuously from generation to generation, and had led life fervorously fulfilling his responsibilities as such.

During the Continental War between North and South, he received an orphan girl from his older brother Dietfried as a “weapon”. He gave the name “Violet” to the girl who had none, telling her that she should become a person fitting of said name.

He was fatally injured during the last battle at Intense, leaving to Violet the words “I love you” and going missing in action.

Episode 9

Violet Evergarden CV: Ishikawa Yui

Through working as an Auto-Memories Doll, Violet was touched by many sorts of emotions. And so, she came to realize that there are definitely emotions within her as well. She was able to understand feelings she had never noticed until then; for that part, her sadness towards the fact that Gilbert is gone deepens, and it was painful to accept her past, from which she could not erase the things she had done. Her past could not be erased, yet she realized that neither could her memories with the people she had met nor the ghostwritten letters from her new life as an Auto-Memories Doll, and decides to move on.

Roland CV: Kagami Riki

An elderly postman who works at the CH Postal Company. He is an old man whose plentiful beard causes an impression.

He would watch over the lifestyles of the young ones with a cheerful smile, to the point of eating fried noodles with Benedict out of consideration, as the latter was treated coldly by Nerine and Lilian, and delivering a letter to Violet, who had locked herself in her room.

Every letter contains the precious feelings of someone. The words that Violet told Ann, “there is no such thing as a letter that needn’t be delivered”, were said by Roland to Violet.

Episode 10

Ann Magnolia CV: Morohoshi Sumire

The daughter of Clara, Violet’s client. She lives with her mother in a large manor in the outskirts of their town. She believed Violet to be a real doll and treated her as such. She would ask the latter to tie her hair and read picture books, thus becaming emotionally attached to Violet, but those were signs that she had wanted her mother, who was bedridden due to a disease, to do all of it instead.

She felt that her mother did not have life expectancy, and so begged Violet not to steal the little time she had left to spend with her mother. She was gently soothed by Violet, who knew of the whole situation, and parted from her with a smile in the end.

Clara Magnolia CV: Kawasumi Ayako

She had lost her husband in the war and lived together with her small daughter Ann in the manor. She suffered from sickness, and realizing that she had not much time left, she wrote letters together with Violet for 50 years in the future addressed to Ann.

Upon finishing preparing the latters that would be delivered after her death, she spent her remaining time with Ann, departing to heaven along with the arrival of spring.

Ellis CV: Horikoshi Mami

A servant who works in the manor. As Clara suffered from the disease, she began to take care of Ann, and is responsible for all of the housework in the manor. She was aware of the contents of Clara’s commission, and during the times when Violet was typing out the letters, she was attentive of not letting Ann go to the two.

Episode 11

Aidan Field CV: Asanuma Shintarou

A young male Soldier from the southern part of Ctrigall. When being recruited as a soldier, he found an advertisement of the CH Postal Company and made a request for ghostwriting. However, he was drafted to the front lines of a civil war and shot by the Anti-Peace Faction, finding himself on the verge of death. At that time, he met Violet, who had accepted his ghostwriting request and come rushing to him. And so, as his consciousness faded, he entrusted to her his feelings addressed to his parents and beloved girlfriend, Maria.

In his last moments, he was able to convey the words “I love you” to Maria through his letter.

Maria CV: Sudou Yumi

A childhood friend of Aidan’s, who lives in his hometown. She was raised together with Aidan since babyhood, and he used to show affection for her as if she were his younger sister. Love had blossomed between them when Aidan was still in their hometown, and so she kept waiting for him to return safely, but her wish did not come true.

She received the last letter from Aidan delivered by Violet, and amidst her sadness, she expressed her gratitude.

Ale Koster CV: Sasaki Takuma

A boy soldier who was in the same troop as Aidan. As Aidan did not have anything to use his money on, he suggested Aidan to write letters to his homeland. He was the youngest of the troop and close to Aidan, but was met with an attack from the enemy, losing his life amidst despair.

Lindsey Nicks CV: Akagi Susumu

The master sergeant of the troop that Aiden belonged to. As a civil war broke in Ctrigall, he gathered the soldiers and headed to their base in Menace. However, he was shot by the Anti-Peace Faction led by Isidor and collapsed.

Episode 12

Elias Vandal CV: Sakuya Shunsuke

President of the Vandal Aerial Post Office, which he runs in Ctrigall, and certified pilot. He rides a two-seat monoplane. He has a lively personality, and taking a liking on Violet, who did not reflect on danger and attempted to go to the battlefield her client was in, he rode her to the Menace Base. Afterwards, he also lent his utmost strength to her and took her to Aidan’s hometown.

Toby Sewlyn CV: Kobayashi Chikahiro

An employee of the Vandal Aerial Post Office. He is puzzled by Violet’s request of wanting to go to Menace Base, which is at the forefront of the battlefield, but together with the president, Vandal, he helps fulfill said request. He refers to Vandal as “boss”.

Isidor CV: Mikami Satoshi

A member of the rebel faction’s force, which had raised the flag of resistance against peace. After the war, he had been imprisoned in a military camp of the Galdarik Empire, yet succeeded in escaping through the guidance of Brigadier-General Merkulov. He led the remaining soldiers and took part in an operation to destroy the Intercontinental Railway. When the strategy was taking place, his flank was shot by Dietfried on top of the train and he fell onto the railing.

Brigadier-General Merkulov CV: Hirota Kousei

A brigadier-general of Galdarik Empire’s army. He served as the captain of the troops that conquered Intense. Many of his fellow man were killed by Violet during her days as a girl soldier, and despises her as the cause of Galdarik Empire’s surrender.

The soldiers that had fought with their lives on the line for Galdarik Empire, which was defeated, were spoken ill of by the citizens, and indignant of their situation of mistreatment, he revolted as a member of the Anti-Peace Faction. He attempted to destroy the Intercontinental Railway, which was in part a symbol of peace, and take advantage of the commotion in order to have Intense back, but was once again hindered by Violet and disappeared into the darkness.

Episode 13

Dietfried Bougainvillea CV: Kiuchi Hidenobu

A colonel of Leidenschaftlich’s navy. He is the eldest son of the Bougainvillea family and Gilbert’s older brother. As the polar opposite of the serious Gilbert, he would let his hair grow long and his bad conduct would stand out.

Albeit his actions not showing it, he cherishes Gilbert. Unable to accept Gilbert’s disappearance, he one-sidedly decided that Violet was to blame for the fact that Gilbert could not be saved, burdening himself with thoughts that had no outlet.

However, through the incident with the Intercontinental Railway, he acknowledged Violet and allowed her to meet his mother, Mrs. Bougainvillea, in person.

Mrs. Bougainvillea CV: Takashima Gara

Gilbert and Dietfried’s mother. Her memory is becoming faint, and she currently lives quietly in the Leiden residence of the Bougainvillea family. She thinks very fondly of her two sons, and while her chest ached with Gilbert’s disappearance, she spoke kind words to Violet, who had been living her life burdened with the same pain.

[a-dot-han-writes]

Ticking

A/N: Hello! This is another short story! This is my personal favourite out of the two I’ve shared (this one and ‘One Month Left’). I came up with the idea of ‘Ticking’ when I was awake on a school night at 2am, I was staring up at my ceiling and listening to the sound of a ticking clock, and the story evolved from there! 

Word count: 1251 Warnings: mention of surgery, mention of death, mention of car crashes, mention of anxious behaviour and reactions, mention of broken bones and other injuries. 

If the thought of anything listed above in the warnings makes you squirm, or triggers you, please don’t read this book! I really, really don’t want to trigger anyone into have an anxiety or panic attack, or trigger anyone’s possible PTSD! 

That being said, for anyone who (hopefully) won’t be triggered, happy reading!

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I looked up at the clock for what felt like the hundredth time, and just like all the other times, it stared back at me, quietly moving its arms and creating the usual ticking sound of a clock. It was as if it was taunting me, letting me know that I had been waiting for hours to hear any news, and with each 'tick' reminding me that it would be hours before I heard anything at all, but that at any second something could go horribly wrong. 

I tapped my index finger against the plastic arm of the chair, creating a sound that was a rhythmic copy of the clock's ticking. My eyes connected with a set of doors, and my stomach flipped around as I awaited the person I longed to see walk through them. I looked back to the clock, it was still there, ticking away... taunting me. I could practically hear it saying; 

"Another hour down, five more to go," with every tick. 

I glared at the white object, but slowly my gaze softened. It wasn't the clock's fault that the boy I loved was in an operating room with surgeons by his side as they all, including himself, fought to keep his heart beating. My finger stopped tapping, but my heartbeat remained fast in my chest. Every time the door opened, my head turned to it like lightning, only to be disappointed when it was a doctor who I didn't recognise, but each time, someone else in the waiting room did. 

It had been a freak accident. The accident that lead to this very moment. I had been driving along the road, calmly, joyously singing along to the soundtrack of my favourite musical, when all of a sudden a car turned around the corner of the side street ahead of me. I hadn't seen them, and they hadn't seen me. I slammed on the brakes, but by the time I did, it was too late... my car had already slammed directly into the driver's side of the other vehicle. 

When I came to, my ears were ringing with a high pitched, bell-like noise. As my vision cleared, I managed to lift my head, looking at the car in front of me... the car I had collided with. My heart sunk as I realised that I recognised the car, and my worst nightmare was confirmed when I saw that stupid, loveable head of black, curly hair. Tears had poured into my eyes and before I could stop them, they had rolled down my cheeks. 

I was sobbing loudly by the time my door was opened by a paramedic. They checked me out, they called me 'lucky'; I got off with barely a scratch, maybe a few bruises... Cooper on the other hand, well, he got everything you'd never want. A broken arm, broken ribs, glass in his face, in his head, a ripped open leg... you could see the bone, a piece of metal pierced through his chest that miraculously missed his heart by mere millimetres, a broken ankle, a broken wrist, some broken fingers, a broken nose... God knows what else. 

The thing was... I was the one who escaped unscathed, but I was far from lucky. Because now I was the one sitting in the waiting room, waiting for a doctor to come out and tell me what I already knew; that I had killed the only boy I ever loved. Yeah, it'd been an accident, but surely I could've paid more attention to the road. Did I look over to a tree and miss a stop sign? Did I look down at the wheel for one second, a second too long, and not see him coming around the corner soon enough? I must've done something wrong... and if I could find out what it was and go back in time to change it... God knows I would.  The worst part of all this?  He was driving to meet me. At a cafe, that we always went to. It was routine; every Tuesday at 4:30 pm, we were both off work and we would meet at the cafe. I would order a medium hot chocolate with marshmallows and extra whipped-cream on top, along with one of the amazing white-chocolate and raspberry brownies they made... and he would get a large caramel latte with cinnamon sprinkled on top, as well as a piece of their famous peppermint slice. His favourite flavour was peppermint... is peppermint. 

I looked down at my phone; I had called his mother hours ago... she hadn't called me back. Was she mad? Did she somehow know I was the one responsible for her son being in the hospital? Did she herself get into an accident? 

So many questions ran through my mind, faster than my brain could even begin to attempt to answer them. I looked back up to the clock... it'd been another few hours, and still nothing. No news... was that a good thing? Or was it bad? The clock still ticked away... it still taunted me. I slumped down in the seat, practically begging the ground to swallow me whole. This... this was what unbearable felt like. 

"April Nerin?" My head snapped over to the direction my name had been called from. I had been slumped in the chair for the past hour, looking up at the taunting clock every now and then, but upon hearing my name I had immediately sat up straight. I felt my shoulders tense as I mentally prepared myself for the bad news that I was more than likely going to get. 

I watched as the doctor walked towards me, and with every step she took, my heartbeat increased. It was as if she was walking in slow-motion, I could hear as she took each step... and I could hear the way her steps matched the rhythm of the clock. As the doctor sat next to me, I felt my heartbeat slow... it slowed right down as the world around me became fuzzy. My throat felt as if it had closed up, and all I could hear was the clock ticking away. As my eyes tried to focus, I saw the doctor... her face was blurry, but I could see the way her eyes widened as she looked over her shoulder to call for help. I slid from the chair, landing on my side on the cold floor of the hospital waiting room.  Maybe I hadn't been so lucky after all.  The last thing I saw was the doctor looking into my eyes, and behind her, a figure running towards us, with a skirt that was extremely familiar... it was Cooper's mum... she'd made it to the hospital after all. The last thing I smelt was the disinfectant hand sanitiser that was placed in many bottles all over waiting room; on tables, hanging from a holder on the wall... everywhere. The last thing I felt was the rubber gloves against my skin as the doctor frantically checked my face, my head... everywhere. The last thing I tasted was the peppermint chewing gum I'd had earlier... before the accident. And the last thing that I heard before everything went black, and silent... was the taunting, rhythmic ticking of the clock. 

Maybe the clock wasn't taunting me after all... maybe it wasn't counting down the minutes until I found out the result of Cooper's surgery. Maybe it was counting down the hours, minutes, seconds... until I died. 

[nikatyler]

Sharon for the ask thing but also I wanna know the tea on Nerine too ☕️☕️

Okay, let’s do this. Thanks for asking! 

I used an older picture of Sharon because I’m too lazy to go take a new one haha. Also, I picked just three (probably most obvious) characters for both girls. We don’t need to go overboard, right? (still, if there’s a specific character whose opinion you would like to know, I’m not opposed to adding them)

Sharon

ALT

Tyler: At first, he didn’t really care about her that much, she was just some random (though very pretty) girl that became friends with his sister. But later, when his two very close friends stopped talking to him (which is what he deserved, let’s be real) and Bianca lowkey declared him war, Sharon was the only one who listened when he came to apologize and she didn’t completely give up on him, she saw that even though he repeats a lot of stupid mistakes on a daily basis, there’s good in him. Tyler really appreciated that, they became better friends and eventually started dating, to put it very simply. Now she means the world to him. I’ve talked about that in a tag recently. In front of her, he doesn’t feel like he has to pretend to be something he is not. He’s also 100 % sure that without her, he wouldn’t be where he is now.

Bianca: The two quickly became friends on Sharon’s first day at Twinbrook High. Bianca just took care of the new girl, but she never expected they would get closer. She loooooves her blue hair. And even though she says she hates it, she actually likes that Sharon forces her to go out and have a life. At first, she couldn’t understand why she started dating her brother out of all people, but then she had to admit they do have some chemistry together.

Caleb: Though they haven’t had a scene in the high school story Golden Days story (smh Ron don’t expect people to call it by its right name when you don’t use it either), I can already tell you that they will get along, especially very later on when they’re adults. That’s what it was in the original legacy and I want to keep it in the new canon as well. They’re 100% done with this family (and some of its members - no Tyler, definitely not talking about you right now). Caleb thinks that Sharon is exactly the kind of responsible person Tyler needs by his side.

Nerine

ALT

Regan: Ooh boy. She loved her. She really did. She was willing to look past Nerine’s strange quirks and occasional (and graduating) selfishness. She would do anything to make their long distance relationship work. But then Nerine ruined that all when she put the spell on her. Regan understood that Nerine doesn’t trust her enough and she just wants her for herself. She doesn’t really care about what Regan wants. That wouldn’t be love. Regan was extremely disappointed in her, all the feelings she’s had for her are gone.

George: He knew from the beginning that something was off about Nerine. He got even more worried when Regan started spending so much more time with her and less time with him and Lou. He however didn’t want to come off as jealous and bitter and said almost nothing, even though he wasn’t Nerine’s biggest fan. And then the spell happened. He didn’t realize it could be that at first - I mean, I can’t blame him, he’d never encountered anything magic in his life before. After the argument he had with Regan, he just thought that Nerine simply manipulated her that much. He hates her for what she wanted to do to his friend.

Will: Nerine surely crashed all his naive ideas of “mermaids are cute underwater creatures who play with fish and have shiny long tails”. Really, he liked mermaids before, but now that he’s met one, they don’t seem all that awesome to him.

[gold-from-straw]

Frozen Heart

Loki's Jotun roots show themselves at the worst possible time - in the middle of Thor's coronation. Odin's last act before falling into the Odinsleep is to hurl Loki to Midgard, deactivating the Bifrost in the process. Panicking and alone, Loki hides in a mountain cave, his powers out of control.

That's where Tony Stark finds him.

Based on an anonymous prompt on @frost-iron

Read on AO3 if you prefer! Updates every week ^_^

Loki was still simmering when he walked out into the coronation crowd, his head held high, step sure and confident, nothing like the petulant rejection he felt inside. Thor could never know how his words hurt - how they always hurt. He’d be doing so well, and then bang, Thor would say something like that.

Others just do tricks indeed. He’d like to see how the five idiots survived on their suicide missions without him and his tricks. Maybe next time he’d stay home. Maybe next time he’d refuse to accompany them.

Maybe next time they’d ask in the first place.

As he reached the dais, bowed to his father and stepped aside to stand with Mother, he knew it was all irrelevant. There would be no more spur of the moment trips to Nornheim, no glorious quests to a distant Vanir village to battle a dragon. Thor hadn’t accepted it himself, yet, but as King, even if only temporarily while Father slept, he would be tied to the palace.

Loki shifted imperceptibly under the weight of his helmet. The blasted thing was so heavy, and his formal armour was so hot. Usually he could handle it, but he’d also had a migraine creeping up on him, the bright light reflecting off the gold piercing into his eyes and stabbing against his brain. His back ached. He took a deep breath and held it, tightening up sore muscles.

Perhaps he was coming down with something. Just typical. Right when he was about to get front row tickets to Thor failing at something, he was going to get one of his hateful illnesses and be trapped in the healing wards for weeks on end.

Thor came in and Loki maintained his perfect posture, a nice counterpoint to his stupid brother’s showboating and arrogance. He saw his mother’s lips tighten in disapproval - yes, Thor was definitely going to fail at this. And for once Loki wouldn’t even have to do anything to make his brother look like an oaf. Sure, he could have staged a disruption. He could even now trip Thor up on his own robes, make him a laughing stock. He’d even, for a short while after he found that pathway between the realms, considered letting the Jotnar into the palace. That would have been sure to show everyone how spoilt and overdramatic Thor was. But the first time he’d ventured through, he’d been attacked by a great beast of some sort and nearly lost an arm. By the time he’d recovered, he’d lost his nerve.

Thor knelt at the foot of the dais and grinned up at Father, completely oblivious to the irritation rolling off Father’s shoulders. Thor had never cared a whit what Father thought of him. That had always been Loki’s job. But then again, Loki had always been the one to attract Father’s disapproval.

Loki cleared his throat, a wheezing breath rattling in his lungs and making that momentary panic flare when he couldn’t quite get enough oxygen. The air felt thick and overheated, and he closed his eyes, trying to gather his composure.

Thor was repeating the oath after Father, and Loki slowly drew his breath in, trying to suppress the panic rising in his throat. His head ached so much, he could feel himself sweating, trembling under the weight of the armour, the world going red behind his closed eyelids…

He heard a gasp rippling out from the dais and struggled to hold in his nausea, to stay poised, but he was on his knees, oh Norns, how embarrassing! What was wrong with him? He could hear his family calling his name, Thor would be furious, he would think it was a trick. His hands seemed to be burning against the usually cold stone floor, and he retched violently, bringing nothing up. What was wrong with him?

He pulled his helmet off and almost instantly groaned in relief as his skull stopped feeling like it was splitting in two.

But then the screams started. He raised his head, where was the danger? Was mother protected?

There was ice across the floor, frost blossoming into strangely beautiful fractals and ferns and radiating out in a circle from… from him. The crowd were staring in horror at him.

He glanced down at himself, at his hands - blue, with white raised lines, and “what trickery is this?” he asked, his voice hoarse. A small hysterical part of him laughed to hear his brother’s words, so oft used against Loki’s magic, from his own lips. “What… what’s happening?” he cried, turning imploringly to Mother and Father.

“A Frost Giant,” someone said from the crowd, a hushed voice. Then someone else said it, louder, and another and another, until the crowd rang out as one voice, “Frost Giant, disguised as the prince, kill it!”

Loki looked to Thor at once, terrified, reaching out. Thor flinched back, and then so did Loki to see his own black-clawed hands. “Mother? Father?” he said, his voice young and small.

“Kill it!” roared the crowd, and Thor turned to snarl our at them, fisting Mjolnir. Loki caught a flash of motion from the corner of his eyes and turning in instinctive defence, he threw his hand out.

The crowd screamed and roared and weapons appeared in every hand. Because a ring of razor sharp ice spikes appeared around Loki at the arc of his hand.

He stumbled back, breathing fast, the air still hot and thick in his lungs. He stared at his hands in rising sickness. What had happened to him?! He’d never been any good at elemental magic, what was this?

“Enough!” roared Father, the hilt of Gungnir thundering against the floor. The room stilled, and Loki turned to him in terror, because what if he was blamed for this? Father would be furious, he wouldn’t believe -

“Loki, with me,” he said, his deep voice reverberating around the room with absolute authority.

“But sire, the Frost Giant—“

Odin roared at the guard, silencing him with his wordless fury. “Everyone, leave!” he shouted. “Out, now! Loki, with me.”

Loki followed without thought, his legs obeying his father’s command even as his mind screamed disorder and panic. He was still staring at the palms of his blue hands as he heard the door to Father’s office slam shut behind him.

“Am I cursed?” he asked, his voice a croak.

Father didn’t reply, pacing up and down, his fingers pinching the bridge of his nose. “Father…” Loki started.

“You are not cursed, Loki.”

“Then what…”

“In the last days of the war with the Frost Giants, I came upon a temple. There I found a baby, a tiny one, just a runt. He had clearly been left to die for his small size.” Father sighed heavily and sat at last in his chair. “My hands were stained with the blood of hundreds, but when I picked you up--”

Loki’s ears filled with a high pitched ringing sound. It couldn’t be true, he couldn’t be… he couldn’t be one of them, he was too small, he was… he was Aesir. He started to breathe fast, his chest heaving, his head pounding once more.

“Loki. Loki!”

His head snapped up. Father was standing close, his hand outstretched but not touching him. Not touching him, because he couldn’t. Why would he want to? “I’m… I’m the monster people tell their children about at night.”

“No, no--”

“Why did you take me?”

Odin closed his eye, pain lining his face. “I thought… I thought we could make peace, I thought--”

“So I am just another stolen relic?” His voice raised high at the end, childish and petulant and risible.

“Loki--”

“And now… now I am to be paraded on the streets, a curiosity under guard every moment lest someone lose their head and destroy-- oh, Norns, Thor… Thor has sworn - did he know?”

“Loki…”

“Tell me!” Loki screamed, the pain in his heart making him almost double over. “Tell me who knew! Who has hated me from my infancy because they knew-- Mother! Was she--”

“We do not have time for this,” Odin snapped. “You will no longer be safe in Asgard, we must send you away--”

“No! You cannot send me back there, you cannot send me to Jotunheim, I will not--”

Odin roared at him, and it was so normal that something which would usually set his heart beating in shame and panic and rejection was actually a sanctuary he clung to. “Be silent, boy,” Odin said. “Let me think.” He pressed his hands to his head. “Somewhere they will not find you, yes… yes, it must be.”

He turned to him, drawing himself up to his full height. “I shall send you to Midgard. This is for your own safety. You must stay, until… until…”

“What? No! You cannot… Father, please, just take this skin from me! You did it once before, you turned me to Aesir once, please, I can keep it a secret, I’ll… I’ll go…” He breathed fast once more, because where would he go? It was no longer a secret, how could he… “I’ll tell them it was an illusion… to disrupt the ceremony.”

“I’m sorry, Loki.” Odin shook his head.

“No! No, Father… Allfather, please!”

Loki could feel the power gathering, pooling from the direction of the Bifrost towards Gungnir, and in his panic he threw out his hands in front of him. The last thing he saw before the stars warped in front of his eyes was his father falling to the ground.

Thank you so much to STARSdidathing for helping me with the plot and @rabentochter for beta-ing!! @aurora-nerin, @victoriagreenleaf and @nivael I promised to tag you ^_^ I will update every Monday on AO3 and on here!

[rottenheartedchild]

RWBY OC: EDELWEISS HOLT

It took quite a while to design him and his team members (life stuff and all that jazz), but it’s finally over. Up first is my dramatic crow son and team leader of ELDR. I created him and his teammates for an AU where magic actually exists, and there are mythical beings galore, so yeah.

 Full name is Edelweiss Holt but has various nicknames from friends and family like Eddie, Snowdrop, Birdie, Snow King and etc.

Leader of team ELDR, which is named after the elderflower and its association with witchcraft.

His parents are Aydan Holt, an Atlesian Specialist who went into hiding and became an author under the alias of Leander Eikenboom and Nur Cempaka Silveira, a retired Mistrali mercenary who pursue the art of music by becoming an actress of a local theatre group.

A man with a kind heart, unbridled imagination, sharp tongue, iron will, discerning intellect and a passionate sense of justice. He has quite a vicious temper though rarely shows it in front of people and much instead cool off somewhere secluded as to not lash out on any innocent bystanders. Only when he’s passed his limit that all hopes of negotiation are thrown out of the window due to him losing any reason to listen.

Lives a peaceful life with his parents in a quaint cottage not too far from the coastal town where his grandparents, Lucio, a capybara Faunus, and Guntur, an eagle Faunus, reside.

Loves animals and often leaves them snacks or leftovers whenever he explores nearby forests, enjoys playing with them and study their behaviors.

Often brings his journal along to record his findings and secrets before proudly showing it off to his amused parents. Lately, he’s been recording about Grimm and their secrets to understand them better.

Every time he stays with his grandparents for a week whenever his parents are away on a business trip, Edelweiss eagerly help the townsfolk with anything he can do from babysitting a working baker’s children to doing the laundry for a tired inventor for free. The townsfolk are always grateful to him and often give him treats or small gifts as their way of saying thanks.

Music plays a massive part in his life as it reminds him of his parents whether his mother singing while doing her chores or his father listening to a tune on an old gramophone. It also reminds him of his grandparents and their secret little dances while they serenaded to each other and his best friend, a boar Faunus named Margaret who happily sings along to his song every time they play together or to the animals that he sings for whenever he feels too overwhelmed and needed a quiet place to recharge. But the most crucial part is that reminded him how beautiful and peaceful the world can be despite the everpresent dangers and perils.

He has two pets of his own which are Malphas, a male crow that he nursed back to health who became attached to him and Princess Buttercup, a female pitbull that he rescued from the street.

Often get called around as the mediator for any disputes due to his just opinion for the subject of the conflict and always offered solutions that would benefit all sides.

When he reached the ripe age of 12, Aydan and Cempaka decided to train him with the skills of their former lives to ensure that Edelweiss could survive should the time comes when they will not be there to protect him anymore. Lucio and Guntur contributed as well with his training, sparing him no mercy as they deliver every punch, blows, kick, jabs, throws and stabs to Edelweiss, letting him learn each move and learn from it before adapting it to his advantage. He whined a lot during the first few training but soon realized he could use what he learns to protect his loved ones.

He also received various tips from the townsfolk, some more dubious than the rest but Edelweiss memorized it nonetheless, believing it’ll be useful in the future.

Lost his parents when he was 15 due to his parents’ connection to their past came to punish them and was left traumatized when he witnessed their mangled corpses on the ground. Lucio, Guntur and some of the townspeople buried their bodies, and Edelweiss shut down emotionally and mentally from it. He still vividly remembers how the assailants murdered his pregnant mother while he only watched from his hiding spot helplessly with tears in his frightened eyes.

It took a long time for him to recover as he always blamed himself for not staying at his parents’ side and protect them. He recovered slowly with the help of his grandparents, Margaret and the townsfolk who patiently help him get through the trauma and guilt.

His Aura is light grey in color, and he unlocked his semblance when Edelweiss saw Margaret being beaten up by a stranger who dragged her unconscious mother by the hair, anger filling his head as he subconsciously summoned a ghostly bear and mauled the attacker. Once he realized what just happened, he broke down and muttered apologies to them only to be hugged by the frightened faunus, who thanked him for saving her and her mother.

Enrolled in Beacon Academy and partnered up with Lupine, an owl faunus from Vacuo and formed a team with the Valean twins, Delphinium and Rhododendrum. He bonded with them quickly and hang out together, often sharing juicy gossips and tell each other stories of their hometown.

A skilled fighter and a competent leader, he often listens to his teammates’ suggestions and never dismiss their opinions. The team formed a band and always performed at bars for extra money every weekend.

Extremely good at cooking and house chores, he often cooks meals for his teammates, and his favorite dishes are lemang, oyster omelet, stamppot, and egg tarts.

Super enthusiastic around new places, new people, fresh food, new animals, and new experiences.

A big shipper and he always gets giddy whenever he sensed someone has a crush. Cries hard at weddings, including his own when he happily married both Margaret and Lupine.

Was blessed with 5 children, a pair of twins, Nerine and Gladiolus, from Lupine, and Esther, Purnama, and Sorin, from Margaret.

Is a transgender man who received his surgeries at the age of 18, courtesy of his grandparents.

His weapons are hand-me-downs from his late parents that he upgraded for more efficient transformation and smooth execution.

His Multi-Form Scissor Blade (MFSB), Phlegeton and Styx, is a scissor sword with three transformations, a standard scissor sword, a double-headed spear, and a pair of rifles. Whereas his Multi Dust Chain Sycthe (MDCS), Rangda, is used for various purposes including binding Grimm with Dust infused ribbon chain.

His semblance is basically creating living constructs with a certain degree of sentience using actual animals and mythical beings as reference. The downside for this is that he will receive the same damage his creations received and it drains his Aura the more complex his constructs get. Fortunately for him, he came from a family with an impressively large Aura reserve.

A fulltime Huntsman with theatre actor as his side job. He loves performing in front of people as he dazzles the audience with his talent.

His faunus trait is his wings though he lost one of them after the Fall of Beacon due to a confrontation with one of the White Fang soldiers.

He had recurring dreams of a woman draped in ice and fur, not knowing the significance behind it though it made his late parents worried, not wanting to let him know what it truly meant.

Still kept his raggedy clown doll as his safety blanket every time he feels too overwhelmed or down.

[seongnamkrp]

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NAME  ›  oh hayoung ALIAS  ›  n / a AGE  ›  19 / 07 / 1997, 22 YEAR  ›  junior

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MAJOR  ›  public relations MINOR  ›  n / a HOUSING  ›  gangjeon complex, fourth floor, 4001 CLUBS  ›  fashion, gardening, nerine ( social chair ), yoga SPORTS  ›  cheerleading, basketball, gymnastics

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›  ›  ›   seoul, south korea her first memories are here. fond memories of playing with friends as children, getting dirty in her brand name dresses even as a child with no regards to any rules imposed upon her. getting scolded when she got home but doing the same thing over and over the next day and the day after anyway.

busan, south korea her family came to this city often. her love of seafood came from visiting family here, hanging out with her cousins and getting into many shenanigans with them, playing pranks and just in general having fun. her best childhood memories are all in busan.

los angeles, california, united states her mom had family friends in the states, and her mother would go there often enough to audition for roles. sometimes she got to go along. spending two summers there meant she learnt some english, made some friends, learned not to listen to her parents or take herself too seriously.

tokyo, japan her times spent in japan were on her gap year after high school, flying over to spend time with a friend and ended up staying for almost eight months. her love for fashion grew here, making youtube videos always a passion since them and her interest piqued, getting better at editing, learning to enjoy herself.

seoul, south korea her return meant her parents were on her back again, wanting her to go to university, wanting her to focus on a career that wasn’t reliant on trends and popularity. she heard their words but didn’t listen, didn’t want to listen, wanted to make her own path with her own carer choices.

seongnam, south korea her father decided enough was enough: it was time to make her go to school. she enrolls in seongnam university at his insistence, with him pulling some strings. she agreed, but doesn’t focus on her classes, letting herself do whatever she wanted. they’ve compromised that she has to pass all her classes and she can continue with youtube.

so it goes.

[btswishes]

Salem's witches.

BTS AU

Part1 /...

A/N: I recently watched a video about Salem’s witch trials and came up with this idea.It is kind of interesting so I want to see where I go with this story. Requests are CLOSED. I hope you like this and sorry for any mistakes made.

Word count:  3,086

Warnings: None

 You were walking barefoot around the forest.A white dress ,that was reaching your knees, moved gently as your hands touched the trees around you. The light was warm and pleasant. Closing your eyes you could hear the heart beat of so many living creatures - animals, plants, everything and anything.

“I knew I would find you here.”your eyes snapped open and you turned back to capture in your sight the person talking behind your figure 

“Good for you.”you said looking at the long black haired girl, as she smirked closing her dark eyes for a second 

“Barefoot, dressed in white?”she described what she was seeing “Could this get any more cliche?”she sat on the grass and leaned onto a tree

“The way I dress has nothing to do with you.”you averted your gaze 

“Isn’t it too bright though?” 

“I do not live like a bat in total darkness.”your head moved up towards the sky, bathing your skin in the rays of the sun

“You should try it.”she said

“Caves are more your style Onyx.”you turned to look at her

“Have you seen your room?Last time I checked skulls didn’t scream ‘I am a little pink princess’.”

“Last time ‘I’ checked ,skulls don’t scream at all.” 

“Touche.”Onyx got up and patted her clothes clean “So, what now?”

“Why are you asking me?”

“You don’t know do you?”she smiled

“Know what?”

“You are leaving Salem.”

“What!?”your voice echoed in the forest, scaring away all the animals into hiding “What do you mean by that Onyx?”you ran up to her, now staring right into those dark void like eyes 

“All I know is that The Elder Mother has decided to send you to the city.”she looked away 

“When did she tell you this!?”

“Yesterday.”

“And you didn’t come to tell me sooner!” letting go of her shirt you stepped back, sighing with a slight tremble in your breath 

“Y/N, I thought you knew.” 

  You didn’t answer, your eyes looked at her with a piercing gaze worth a thousand words.

“Where is The Elder Mother now?”you asked

“I can let Dawn show you the way.” you nodded and she snapped her fingers, calling upon her familiar.The dark feathered owl landed onto her hand. “He should be able to help you, but Dawn does fly fast.”

“Don’t worry about that, just let him lead the way.”

  Onyx looked at the bird and he flew up immediately. You whistled loudly.Foot steps which were getting louder and louder stopped soon next to you.

“Let’s go Enid.”you jumped on the wolf’s back  

“Good luck!” she yelled

  The owl was very fast, you wouldn’t expect nothing less from Onyx’s familiar.Much time didn’t pass before you reached a lake covered with large trees, small enough to let light pass trough, but big enough to hide what was inside from prying eyes.Dawn went back and you stepped onto the grass, walking closer to a figure dressed in dark colors.

“I expected you.”she said with a deep and old voice 

“What is the meaning of this?” you weren’t planing to beat around the bush 

“I see Onyx told you.”

“Why wasn’t I informed first?”you swung your arm away from your body

“The decisions I make aren’t questionable.You say yes and obey.” 

“Why me and not Onyx?” you knew she was right, who were you to question an elder

“She is needed here in Salem.Her wisdom helps us a lot.”

“That isn’t an answer!”

  The old woman’s head moved slightly to the side, exposing only her white hair and closed eyes. “You should keep your tongue behind your teeth.”

“I am sorry.”you did as she said

“You are the most strongest one of us.If you go than we will have a better chance of finding it.” she looked in front of herself again 

“Elder Mother, I am just as strong as the others.”

“Right now maybe, but soon that will change.” she turned around,now facing you “Don’t you think it is strange that you are the only one of us with two familiars? Not to mention two opposites.” her words made you think a bit “Enid is a dark wolf symbol of power and dominance, Nerin a white cat-elegance, beauty and fragility.”

“How do you know about Nerin!?”you gasped, taking steps back 

“You are the only one who can perform light and dark spells and I have seen you with her a couple of times.”

“Are you going to tell everyone else?”

“There is no need for that now is there.You can call her out, I know.”

  You looked to the side for a second as the animal jumped onto your shoulder, purring and making herself comfortable.You ran your hand through Enid’s fur, gesturing for him to sit down “What are you planing Elder Mother?”you asked

“I need you to do something, no, to find something.”

“And what will that be.”

“I can’t tell you, you will know when you see it.”

“How am I supposed to get it for you when I don’t know what it is?”your voice got a bit louder 

“Your tone!”

“I am sorry Elder Mother.”lowering your head you listened to her

“You will be leaving to day.”

“But...-!”before you could say anything more her head moved towards you, sending chills down your spine 

“Yes Elder Mother, as you wish.”you stepped back and started walking away

“I have left you a little something you can take with you.”

  Soon the trees covered the way towards the lake, like it wasn’t even there in the first place.In front of your house were waiting your parents.Your mother the most exited of them all.

“Congratulations sweetie!You were chosen by the Elder Mother.”she smiled and you walked past her to your room

“Thanks.”

  Closing the door behind you, you looked at all of the stuff in it.It was true, you were going to miss them, but if the Elder says to go, you go. Opening your suitcase, you started thinking what to bring with you. One was filled with clothes and essentials, you know the normal stuff and the second was bigger, had a totally different world in it. 

“What do you think I should take?”you asked the two animals 

  Both Nerin and Enid were holding a book in their mouths.As creatures of different energies they both had spell books of different origin.

“I know about that.”you took them, placing the books on top of each other “I am talking about other stuff.”a white tail sneaked behind you and pulled out a black material “My robe.Should I take it with me?I mean won’t it be a bit strange?”

  What witch leave without her robe and spell book?

“Yeah, you are right.”an hour or so later, you were done 

  Stepping down the old wooden stairs for the last time, you took in the smell of the forest and the cool wind.A car had been waiting for you.

“You will be staying with the Kim family from today on.”said your father “They are very close friends of ours.”

“Nice to meet you.”you shook their hands and got in the car

“Don’t forget.”said the elder 

“You have to call me!”Onyx smiled at you and you did back

  The car started and soon you were on the road, seeing for the last time the green forests of Salem.

“So, Y/N.”started talking the woman “You were born in Salem?”she asked

“Yes, um...”you didn’t know how to address her

“Oh, you can call me mom, I want you to be as comfortable around us as possible.”she smiled.It felt a bit strange at first, but soon you got used to it, they were really sweet people 

“Yes.At the dark cave.”you explained 

“Isn’t that rare.”said the man “You must be very strong.The Elder Mother must really treasure you.”

“I don’t know about that.”you looked down 

“Honey don’t say things like that.”she turned back to look at you “So, this is your familiar?”

“Ah, yes.His name is Enid.”

“Nice to meet you Enid.My familiar is a hawk.”your eyes lit once you heard her

“I have never heard of a familiar like that.My friend has an owl.”

“She must be very smart.Do you want me to show you my familiar?”she asked

“Can I really?”

“Of course.”she smiled and took off her necklace, trowing it in the air from the car window “Fly Adon!”

  The loud call of a bird of pray echoed and you saw a strong light, before the creature itself.

“It’s so pretty.” your head was sticking out of the window, marveling the way Adon was flying.

  Before you knew it you reached the city.It was bigger than you thought.Your eyes were looking at all of the new things, there was a sudden chill you felt, like someone saw you or was actually looking at you, but you brushed it off. The Kim family showed you to your room and you were surprised when you walked inside.

“Wow.”you gasped 

“Do you like it?”the woman asked

“I love it.”there was everything you could ever need in one place.Anything a young which could want.

“You can leave your books here.”she pointed at a stand on the desk

“Ok, let’s leave her to unpack.”the man smiled “Have fun.”the door closed and you were left alone 

“Do you see this Enid, Nerin?” you immediately took out their books and made yourself at home.The only strange thing was a small black box you had never seen before. “Hey, what is this?”you picked it up, but couldn’t open it at all “I don’t remember packing this.”

  We did.

“What?Why?”

  You will find out soon, but not now.

“But Nerin.”

  No buts, Nerin is right.Right now you should focus on your spell practice.Let’s work a bit on your dark spells.

  Practice makes perfect and you indeed wanted to be that. You locked yourself in the new room for 3 hours straight learning spells, following your familiars’s every word and advice. 

  Around 08:00PM someone knocked onto the door and you opened it. In front of you stood a tall man.He looked at you and just said. “Mom asked me to tell you that dinner is ready.” he left just like that. At the table you found out that his name was Kim Namjoon, the son.

“So,you come from Salem?”he asked you and you nodded “I have been there only once, when I got my spell book.” you gasped “Is something wrong?”

“You are a witch too?”

“It does sound a bit feminine, but yes.”he noticed the look in your eyes and added “During the Salem witch trials, out of the 20 victims 6 were men.You shouldn’t be that shocked.”

“It’s just I have never seen one before myself.” you were eyeing him from head to toe. Suddenly you noticed that Namjoon was actually very handsome, unknowingly you started blushing.

 He looked at you ,but you averted your gaze fast.After dinner you shyly ran up to your room. Forgetting about him for a short time, you practiced a bit more spells.

  We should stop for today.

  Enid suggested and Nerin agreed with him.

  He is right, why don’t you go and take a shower?

“That actually sounds nice.”

  Taking a towel you walked into the bathroom, filled the bath with warm water and gently sat down, relaxing every muscle in your body. You didn’t keep your eyes closed for too long. Looking down at the floor you sighed.

“I can do this on my own.” your familiars were with you “I don’t need constant protection, this isn’t Salem remember?”

  Sorry about this. I guess it’s an old habit.

  Nerin flashed you a cat smile and stood up stretching her body a bit. As you sat in the tub, you lifted your hand out of the water and created droplets. As your fingers moved a bit more they turned the spheres into fishes that had almost lifelike movements.

   I see that you have mastered personification spells already. You learn fast don’t you Y/N?

“With a teacher like you, who wouldn't.”your wet hand gently patted Enid’s fur when you heard Nerin clear her throat “And you too.”her childish behavior made you laugh “I should be getting out now.” Enid passed you the towel and you took it from his head.Covering your body you reached for the doorknob, but it opened too easy. Suddenly you felt a body fall on top of you and collapse into he bath again.You looked up and noticed Namjoon’s eyes, his face red inches away from yours and his body just a few millimeter away from the towel.No one said anything. Yet what was happening behind him was a totally different story.His body flew up in the air.

“What is this dark magic all of a sudden!?”he asked looking around shocked. The door closed and you pulled the towel closer to your body, trying to hide any exposed by chance skin. “I am really sorry. I promise I didn’t see your smooth skin, I mean!.....can you let me down?”

“It’s not me, it’s my familiar.”

“Fine.”Namjoon summoned his, it was an owl just like Onyx’s but lighter in color. His familiar tried to remove the spell ,but it was too difficult for him, Enid’s powers are far greater than that of such a pet. “What is going on Moon?”he asked, but owl shook his head “Can you ask him to let me down?”

“He won’t listen to me, even if he does you still would have another problem.”

“I rather take my chance with the other thing.” 

  The bird made a loud sound and disappeared. “Moon!”he gasped noticing the white animal below him.

   I don’t like birds that much.But I hear you would like to take your chances with me and not Enid. Bad choice.

 Nerin licked her paws and placed one of them onto your body, creating clothes that weren’t just a small towel, able to cover absolutely nothing. 

“First, did that cat just talk?Second why is there a cat here?”

  You sighed and got up “Let him down Enid. I think we should tell him.”

 A few moments later you were in your room and he was sitting onto your bed. You told him everything that you deemed as important.

“I am still amazed you can use white and dark spells.That is amazing!”he grabbed your shoulder, but after a growl he let go “Sorry, I was too exited.My bad.”

“I was born like this, so it isn’t anything cool in my opinion.” you scratched your neck

“What are we going to do about school though?”he looked at the carpet with a thinking look in his eyes

“What do you mean?” you asked him

“Well you can’t use magic there.”

“What!Why?”

“Most humans can’t and don’t know it even exists.”he stood up and patted your back “Don’t worry we will talk about this tomorrow.”

“Wait!”he closed the door behind himself and left fast. You couldn’t sleep well, his world were echoing in your head all night. A place where you couldn’t use even a tiny bit of your magic or the shortest spell.That was stupid! Somewhere in between thinking you fell asleep. The morning sun soothed your skin and gently woke you up. You found yourself in the standard position. Nerin sleeping onto your belly and Enid next to you on the floor.

  You got up careful not to wake them up and chanced into the clothes you were supposed to wear at school. After breakfast, you and Namjoon left the house.

“Are you ready for your first day?”he asked

“More or less, yes.” you were exited, but a bit worried at the same time, there was this uneasy feeling you couldn’t explain 

“Don’t worry, if you need something tell me.” he left you in front of your classroom before the bell rang “I am the class next to you. Be careful ok?”

“Why are you saying it like I am about to meet someone scary.”you laughed out and petted his back

“Just saying. Ok good luck.” he entered his room and left you alone in the corridor 

  You took a deep breath and entered.The teacher asked you to introduce yourself in front of the class, normal stuff for a transfer student.

“Nice to meet you everyone.”you bowed, but the moment your head came back up your eyes locked with a boy in the back of the room. His gaze was piercing, almost taking your breath away.His hair dark brow, his eyes alluring. If you didn’t know better you would have said that he casted a spell on you. Your heart was beating fast, but you didn’t know if it was fear or...something else.

  The teacher asked you to sit down and ironically your seat was next to him.You tried your best not to look, but ended up doing it in the end. The moment you turned your head just a bit your eyes met again.

“Hey.”he said with a smooth voice, hypnotizing you slowly “Names Jung Hoseok. Nice to meet you Y/N.”

“Nice to meet you too.”you said

  During history the teacher asked you to come in front of the class.

“Everyone, you might not know this ,but Y/N actually comes from Salem.You know a lot about the witch history don’t you?”you nodded “Would it be ok if the class asks you some questions?”

“No problem.I would be happy to answer.” there were normal ones and strange ones too, but the one that caught you was his.Hoseok raised his hand.

“Yes?”asked the teacher 

“Do the people of Salem still believe in magic?”he looked at you

“Well it is a part of the history.” you answered 

“Let me rephrase it. Do the people still practice it?”  

“It was all a hoax.”laughed out the teacher 

“I wasn’t asking you miss.”his eyes never left your body.Were you turning red?

“How rude.”she said 

  The moment the bell rang you noticed Namjoon at the door of your class.You ran up to him as fast as you could, trying to stay away from Hoseok, unknowing why yourself.

“What is wrong?”he asked looking at you

“Nothing, let’s go and get something to eat.” as you walked past him, Namjoon spotted Hoseok.Their eyes met, it was like an unspoken message went to both of them.He smirked at the tall boy and got up leaving the class as well.Namjoon had a strange feeling and went to find you fast. 

 How much does Hoseok know?What is the Elder Mother planning and why were you in this mess? There was one more question, but you haven’t noticed it yet to ask......what is in the box, or should I say what is the box?

[bleachpanda]

When your favourite girl wins...

So if anyone is still curious about who Negi liked and confessed to at the end in Mahou Sensei Negima, it’s in the latest chapter of UQ Holder (Ch 138!). 

*spoilers ahead*

YAY! My favourite girl was actually the winner all along!~ Although I do agree with her that Negi should come back 5 years later and try again since he’s only like 11?! LOL, I mean, seriously, no matter how mature he acts and everything, he’s still a kid on the inside very much and I think Chisame (Chiu-sama~ <3) understands that, which is why she rejected him. However, I’m happy that Negi has good taste HAHAHA, Chisame has always been my favourite girl. The other girls are cool and cute but Chisame has always been the one for mee~ She’s cool, funny and ridiculous in a different sense hahaha! I honestly love all the girls in the class though haha. I’m so happy that she was the winnerrrr! I guess it’s because my favourite girl rarely wins in harem manga so it always makes me happy when the one I love is loved by the one she loves, it makes me happy to know that she got the happy ending she desired. I hope Negi really did go back to chase her again 5 years later hahaha~ 

It kinda reminds me of when I watched Shuffle. I’m not sure if Asa-senpai is like a true route or not since I only watched the anime (but I will eventually play the game!) and he chose her in the anime~~ I was seriously so happy when he did though omg, I totally thought he’d go for Nerine or Sia like they usually do since it’s usually the girls that get introduced in the beginning that win you know~ But Rin knew what a cool girl Asa was omggg~ I mean she’s totally worth it, she was fun, a bit of a tease but really kind so I loved her. She can cook so well tooo! The emotional problems she had were understandable as well and definitely much easier to deal with than Kaede...LOL

Also reminds me of Ichigo 100%, contrary to popular opinion, I am an avid fan of Nishino just because Toujo and the guy were too passive for their own good and so someone more forward  like Nishino (that also always tried her best) worked out better for Manaka (I remembered his name!). Nishino was undoubtedly a great girl though, she was hard working, loved him despite the fact that she knew he liked Toujo, tried to win his affections and was active about it despite him breaking her heart. It was nice to know that even though she wasn’t the first girl he fell for, her hard work and her strong feelings for him came through, so I was happy even though others weren’t hahaha.

As for Nisekoi, it was super obvious  that he would definitely choose Chitoge by the time he went to help Marika or something since by that time, Onodera was such a side character, it wasn’t even a competition anymore, which is what I hate about Nisekoi tbh. The thing about harems that are good would be that at least some of the girls have a fair chance at winning the guy’s affections and  that’s why the shipping wars work out well, because at least SOME(OR THE MAIN TWO) of the girls have an equal chance. Whereas, in Nisekoi by the halfway point or whatever, it was obvious that the girls that fell for him wouldn’t get a chance at all. Although I did enjoy the fact that most of them confessed and had their unrequited loves resolved. But yeah. I loved Marika but I knew she’d never get chosen, she’s definitely not even his second or third choice lol. 

Which is what I loved about Mahou Sensei Negima, a lot of the girls had good bonding time with Negi. Asuna obviously had the most considering she’s the like main partner but she was always like a big sister to him so it was always like a maybeee. Chachamaru was so cute btw, Yue and Nodoka sincerely liked him as well and you could see why they all liked him! I cheered them all on tbh hahaha. But yeah, basically, I hate it when my harems don’t have equal chances, it might as well be a straight up romance then. Or maybe it should just be like To Love Ru Darkness where the main aim is to get the guy to accept the whole harem he has accumulated throughout the whole series lmaoo.

[otome-no-uta]

Thanatos Night Vol.5 {Liam}

THANATOS NiGHT 05

CV: Suzuki Yuuto

Mune-kyun level: 3.5/5 (THEM DEADLY WHISPERS OMG.)

R-18?: Yuuto is finally not in one:)))))

Craziness level: 7/5 (THIS EXCEEDS MY RATINGS LIKE IT’S ALL IN THE HEAD THIS GUY IS CRAYZ)

Dummy head mic used?: Yes

(On to the madness)

Plot Summary:

You encounter Liam when he nearly trips over from carrying too many things and you help him out. He sees you in your school uniform and both of you get to know that you two are actually classmates, just that he doesn’t go to school because planting flowers is more interesting for him than going to school. He says that he plants flowers for them to bloom on the night of the full moon and when he was about to leave, HE TRIPS AGAIN. (HE IS SO CUTE HERE IT WAS KILLING ME) You being the kind soul you decide to help him out and you go to his house. He brings you to the backyard he’s so proud of and mentions that he plants different types of flowers, like pansies, roses, daisies and primulas. As thanks for helping him, he gives you some seeds of nerine and tells you that in flower language it means, I am looking forward to the next time we meet, and that it perfectly represented how he felt towards you.

A few days later, you go to his house to find him because your teacher told you to but he’s all sad and went like “I thought you came to see my backyard...ANYWAYS, COME INTO MY BACKYARD:))” (At this part, the fact that he’s an oddball has been proven, even the person himself agrees.) You fo go into his backyard and then he spots some flowers that had bloomed already, earlier than Liam expected and would definitely not last until the night of the full moon, so he ripped them out. Liam makes sure that EVERY FLOWER blooms on the night of the full moon, nothing more nothing less. Hr also mentions how it was the fate of the flower to bloom earlier and to ripped out by him. You still accept his weird self and he gets happy.

After your mini trip to the backyard, he serves you some snacks that belonged to some other fallen angel and some tea. You do get a little worried because it was someone else’s snacks, but Liam’s all like “It’s his fault for not writing his name on it if he really wanted it.” (Kinda true, I like that logic.) He follows up by saying, “As expected my way of thinking is weird right? That’s because I’m not human!” (WOAH BROTHER YOU’RE FAST WE ARE AT TRACK 2 HERE) He even asks if you can see his wings (that would be trouble), but lies that he was an angel, that he had white wings and that he plants all the flowers in the backyard for the people to see before he sends them off. HE INVITES YOU TO SEE HIM DOING HIS WORK AND GETS HAPPY THAT YOU AGREED TO GO, but of course, you would only agree to go see if he comes to school, which he agreed to, thinking that school would be interesting with you around.

He does turn up in school and surprise surprise he sits next to you! You two bond throughout the day and later the fact that fallen angels can predict the weather is shown.

Liam falls sick, which is rare for fallen angels, so you go visit him at home as he didn’t turn up for school except for that one day. You take care of him, and later on, he confesses and asks for your reply. The confession being too sudden, you didn’t say anything and he said he would wait for it. If you do like him, he tells you to go see him at work, doesn’t have to be the upcoming one, because he will be always waiting for you.

Full moon night is here and you go to his backyard in reply to his confession. He planted blue hyacinth all around and in flower language, those flowers meant never ending love, just like his love for you. You confess, and he thanks you by showing him his true self. He asks if you could see his wings, and you couldn’t, not yet. He admits that he isn’t and angel as people usually avoid him after they know what he really is and he didn’t want that to happen with you. You accept him and he gets happy, saying that he will treasure you more than anyone he has ever sent off. Wings appear in front of your eyes and now you are fucked:). HE’S SO HAPPY THAT YOU CAN SEE HIS WINGS AND DROPS THE TRUTH BOMB THAT HE WAS AN FALLEN ANGEL. (previously, he only ended at the part where he wasn’t an angel, he didn’t state about him being a fallen angel.)

He goes like you don’t mind it right because you still love me even after you knew I wasn’t an angel. The clock strikes and he drops the idea of you loving him so much that you wanted him to send you off. (BUT WE DIDN’T KNOW THIS WOULD HAPPEN BITCH FILL ME UP ON THE DETAILS NEXT TIME.) He says that he wanted to spend more time with you but you picked this day to be sent off. Mentions that he would be lonely, but he’s satisfied with this as it’s his first time meeting someone who accepts him for who he is. He will send you off together with his eternal love for you and will think about you forever, even if you go to hell. He kisses you and YOU PUSH HIM AWAY, REJECTING HIM. (BIG MISTAKE)

Liam gets so shocked and goes:

WHY? I’m a fallen angel, I’m doing this out of my love for you. This thinking may be different from you humans, but you said it was okay right?!

You reject him, his identity as a fallen angel, just like how everyone has. Liam enters psycho mode and goes:

When you said you love me, was that all a lie? ANSWER ME! Forget it, It’s enough. The one who lied wasn’t me but it was you! I don’t need you anymore, what I said earlier (about remembering you and loving you), forget it all. *strangles you* I trusted you, that if it was you, I could love you, and that you would love me too, but as expected there is no one who would love the me that is a fallen angel. Oh? Why do you look at me with those eyes? The one who wished for this was you am I right? The fact that you are still resisting means that you still want to live? It’s useless. Once you see my wings you are doomed to die, that’s just the way things are. I’m disappointed in you. Troubling myself for you like this, it’s so stupid. *lets go* The last bell is about to ring and when it does, I will send you off immediately. After that’s done, I will pluck out all the flowers, all the blue hyacinth I planted for you, then I will never think about you ever again. *Last bell rings* Bye bye.

After he sends you off, he doesn’t feel as satisfied as he usually is when plucking out the flowers in the backyard and then derived to the reason being that the flowers didn’t suit you. He decides to plant another flower that suits you even more, which is chocolate cosmos. The meaning of this flower in flower language being the end of love. He follows by saying that he never thought he would grow flowers for someone after he sends them off and that it was a first. He also reveals or hints that it is his first time sending someone off alone. (Creepy if you ask me and how does he send off more than one person? Must be psycho to do so.)

I will quote the rest of the crap he says now:

It’s weird right? I never wanted to think about you again, but in the end, I’m still constantly thinking about you. After these flowers bloom and I pluck them out, I wonder how I would feel? Well, we won’t know until that time comes. First I’ll take care of it (the flower seeds), and properly raise it. Hey, look closely from there okay? How these flowers will bloom on you. Try your best to make these flowers bloom beautifully okay?

My Thoughts: No joke his song just played when I’m starting on this part.

Besides that, LIAM IS FREAKING NUTS. HE IS CRAZIER THAN NIA IT’S NOT EVEN COMPARABLE. He’s happy to kill you, and plants flowers ON YOU. BRUH THAT’S SCREWED UP. Though, I think his story actually wins Nia on the craziness factor and can we talk about how both of them are so beautiful?

(^Shameless promotion, but seriously WHO DO Y’ALL THINK IS MORE BEAUTIFUL??)

I would say that only yuuto can voice Liam, only him. He really brought out Liam’s craziness and it was effective and awesome if you ask me. Also, the use of the gentle voice for Liam was super good in showing that constrats between the you think he’s normal Liam and completely psycho Liam.

Song: IT’S SO BEAUTIFUL IT’S HURTING ME.

It’s the first song to be a slow one in this series and I will say that Yuuto’s vocals are beautiful and I actually kinda teared when I heard the full version for the first time.

Would I Recommend?: 10/10

Besides the fact that it’s yuuto finally voicing a non r-18 cd again and that he has a beautiful voice and displayed great acting, this story was actually quite interesting. From the start, you could already feel that there was something very wrong with this dude and kind of keeps you alerted, due to experience with Nia and if you listened to his second sample. I would say, though the pacing of how you two fall in love and all is indeed a bit fast, but I’m not complaining as it kind of suits Liam.

~Kimi~