#OT!Vigilante

[hamsterrodent]

After countless hours of designs and lineart and color picking, I finally finished. So...

Meet the Characters!

(Of Orchestra Tower)

Descriptions under the cut (also keep in mind I made first or last names for some characters, and also some personalities may be tweaked. This is an au after all)

Peppino Spaghetti: Conductor of the orchestra. He is mostly calm, but may crack under pressure. Otherwise he is largely expressionless, yet approachable.

Gustavo Herald: Concertmaster* of the orchestra. He's kind and carefree, but sometimes puts the needs of others over his own.

Nolan Stick: He works as a debt collector, yet is surprisingly tolerant. He sometimes offers his clients extra time to pay off debt (which his boss doesn't like).

Phil Pepper: He plays the bass. He's quite pompous, but willing to help those on his good side (ergo those who like his talent lmao).

Hazelnut Latte: She plays piano. She's very creative, and offers ideas for the orchestra from time to time.

Totino Mozzi: He's a solo violinist. He's spoiled and wants to be the best. Good with gizmos and gadgets.

Brick: The orchestra's pet(?). He lives with Gustavo when nor at the orchestra building. Incredibly smart for a rat.

Vigert Lante: He's a farmer who can play the banjo. Very gentle, and supportive of the orchestra despite not being in it (nor wanting to).

Feppi: Stand-in conductor (kind of). He likes being given attention. Good at conducting from watching Peppino conduct.

Theodore Noise: Movie star. He doesn't want to be in the orchestra, but he is still generally supportive of it (he won't admit it).

Gerome Stone: Janitor. He's quite good at a few instruments, so he sometimes offers tips to those struggling. Otherwise quiet.

John Stone: He travels many places. Every once in a while, he comes to one of the orchestra's concerts.

[robocops-a-christ-allegory]

Attempted to summarize Adrian Chase’s character development in the 80s comics

[abluescarfonwaston]

In the Ranma 1/2 au Kotetsu transforms into a tiger when splashed with water and obviously the heroes can't just let a wild tiger (no not That wild tiger) run around so he's been captured and transported to the zoos in and around sternbild a few times.

Sometimes he waits until they release him to an exhibit and just 100 powers out of there (usually resulting in some minor accidental damage) and sometimes he just breaks out of the cage. The zoos refuse to take in the Tora at this point (even if the video feeds of him escaping lead to Huge boosts in visitors who want to see the toras paw print left in the wet cement.)

Barnaby isn't particularly aware of the legend of the tora so he tries to catch him the first time they meet. Origami tries to stop him because "It's bad luck to catch a tigers tail!" "... I thought that was foxes?"

Either way Anges keeps the camera focused on the cage and when he breaks free the chat lights up with

The tiger

He's destroyed his cage

Yes

YES

The tiger is out

[on-the-clear-blue]

Dead Man's Diner pt3

Dick knew that Tim was sending him looks every few seconds.

How could he not? This places food names were honestly the best, if this was some kinda murder cult Dick would be so disappointed.

Glancing up over the menu at Danny, Dick smiled at the teen who had been whipping down the same cup for five minutes like some wild west bartender while trying very hard not to stare at the two vigilantes.

"Okay, I think I have made up my mind, Red you got what you wanted?" Finally meeting Tim's eyes, Dick mentally winced, Tim's eyes were doing that twitchy thing that happened sometimes...

"Yes. I am." Dick understand slightly but like...the puns weren't that bad

Out of the corner of his eye Dick saw Danny pop up, nearly slamming the mug he had been holding as he fumbled with a note pad, coming closer to the two, he did a pretty decent customer service smile as he waited.

Since Tim was having a problem with words, Dick went first.

"So, I'll have some Boo-berry Poltergeist pancakes, with two sunny side up eggs and a side of bacon?" Dick watched as Danny paused for a moment, let out a little laugh and then started to write before looking to Tim.

"I will have...Ugh, the Wraith waffles with the hunting hashbrowns on the side...please." Dick had seen Tim look less pained over being stabbed than say the wonderful puns.

"Alrighty, anything to drink before I head back and get started on your order?" Holding up a coffee jug in one hand and an orange juice jug in the other, Danny gave a slight smirk.

Perhaps it was the coffee but Tim looked a bit less pained after that.

---

As he slapped down a few pieces of bacon, Danny totally didn't use his ghost powers to bring the bowl of pancake batter over closer as he scooped a ladle full on a freshly buttered side of the flat top, making sure it set first, Danny heard a beep from the frier, heading over he paused to see French fries in there as well.

Shaking his head, he dunked them all into the oil, and moved to set the timer only to see it already clicking down, "Oh um...thank you very much." Patting the deep frier, Danny moved back to the flat top as it let out a gurgling purr.

---

Tim took all of five seconds after Danny rounded the corner into the back of the house to start whispering

"Wing, this place is mocking me. Apple apparition pie? Haunting Hashbrowns? Ethereal fucking eggs benedict." Hissing Tim shifted in his seat, "like I would get it if this place was ghost themed but it very clearly isnt! It is mocking me because I know this place doesn't exist!" Slamming a fist down on the counter, it very much thudded.

Sharing a look with Tim, Dick placed a hand on Tim's shoulder, "Buddy...I agree there is something up with this place but...I very much think it exists? Since we are kinda sitting here."

Dragging his hand down his face with a groan Tim leaned back in his seat, "I know and it is infuriating me..." Grabbing the coffee mug Tim looked at it with a not insignificant amount of distrust before taking a swig, pausing, than taking another, much slower sip, holding the mug with both hands as he lowered it down, staring at the dark liquid with a small glare.

"Red? You okay? Is that the bad coffee look ot oh shittake mushrooms that was poisoned look?" Dick said worryingly, looking to the cup of orange juice that was in front of him with suspicion.

"N-no...I" Tim's words cut off as he took a breath, "Just...tastes just like the kind Mom used to drink, came from this little town in Chile they passed through..." staring at the cup a little longer Tim shook his head, "They closed a few years back, the farmer that made it got killed by a drug cartel that wanted him to plant coca rather than coffee, it's just that this place should very much not have this."

There was a tension between the two vigilantes, Dick moving to speak before being cut off by Danny quickly coming out from the back.

"Order up! Got two pancakes for Mr. Nightwing, side of bacon and eggs and two waffles for Mr. Red Robin with some hasbrowns!" Setting each plate down in front of said vigilante, Danny gave them both a grin.

"And a side of Phantom fries for both of you on the house!"

After refilling the little bit missing out of Tim's cup, Danny seemed to be to there one second and back in the kitchen a moment later.

---

"Phantom fries?" Danny whispered to himself as he started to clean off the griddle, a grin on his face as he did, he might of left the hero business, but oh God was it funny, he wondered if other people got the same fun out of it.

Checking out on he customers through the small window to the front, Danny felt his core thrum at the sight of the two eating, it was a different kind of thrum that he got while protecting people, this one...this one gave him a full body shudder and cleared a fog in his mind he didn't even he had.

Shaking his head, Danny tried not to let the purr building in his chest out.

---

Screw the worries that Tim had, Dick was having the time of his life.

"We can't tell the others about this place Red...Little wing would try and place it in the Alley and B might try and buy it cus holy guacamole this shit is good..." Dick had dug in after Tim's wrist mounted computer had tested the food for any known poisons which said that there weren't any, but still went and saved a few samples for further analysis at the Cave.

Dick didn't know why but the pancakes tasted like those that Alfred made the first week he had been at the manor, he had gotten upset at Brcue and hid in the attic all day, but Alfred managed to lure him down with the promise of blueberries in his pancakes.

They were perfectly fluffy, butter soaked with that little edge around it that was crunchy, the berries were tart enough to battle the maple syrup and...it was just like how Dick remembered.

Shaking his head as he finished up his food, Dick threw a look over at Tim, who was hunched over his empty plate, holding his mug of coffee closer, at Dicks questioning look the teen spoke.

"We have to leave Wing something is just...off about this place, its...they taste like when my dad used to make breakfast after coming home from a dig...has to be brain waves or mind reading or..." Tim continued to ramble on, ideas flowing out of him like a water fall.

By the time that Danny went back to check on the two, they were gone.

[zahri-melitor]

One of these days I will write a definitive post on why all those "The Justice League meets a Robin and their Mind Is Blown" posts drive me bonkers, but for the interim have a bunch of points:-

The League probably met Dick around the same time they were all fostering their OWN wards. You know the OT Teen Titans existed for a reason, right? RIGHT?

In fact we have versions of the 'League meets Dick' that are literally 'everyone brought their sidekicks in for playtime' (Robin & Batman notably goes straight for this).

When Jason was a Robin, Cynthia Reynolds was literally 14 years old and on the Justice League. You're trying to tell me anyone is going to be mindblown about Jason's existence during Justice League Detroit?? Cindy is right there!!! Nobody thinks Bruce is doing anything unusual!

(Also Cindy's ALSO a runaway from a broken abusive household. Just saying)

When Tim became Robin, not only did a good chunk of the League not even realise Jason had died (because Bruce...didn't tell them) and they assumed Tim was Jason in pants, this confusion between the two existed up until at LEAST 2001 and Quiver.

Also Tim became Robin in one of the messier periods for the Justice League, between JLI, Justice League Europe, Justice League Task Force, Extreme Justice and so on. There were multiple heroes under the age of 20 operating on various Justice Leagues during this period. The only thing anyone ever noticed was whether it was Batman or Nightwing accompanying Robin to the call up event.

Nobody met Steph as Robin. Nobody knew Steph was Robin. It was 71 days (of which three weeks she spent on the bench), the Teen Titans barely realised Steph was Robin. If anyone had any feelings about it that we don't see on page (see Kon's reaction) it was probably in the category of 'eh there are a lot of vigilantes in Gotham these days'.

The Justice League at the time Damian became Robin was... firstly the goddamn mess that ended up resulting in Cry for Justice, and then newly formed one that was led by Dick and Donna. I. Uh. Don't think they were having any of the reactions to Damian that you think other than going "Dick, are you sure you're not doing this as a punishment to yourself? You're allowed to deal with the fact that your father died".

[alextydaisuda123]

Hello, Echo!

What kind of music do you prefer? Do you all listen to it in turns? Or do you all have a genre that you all like?

Peppino: Hello you too. We have already answered this question. Okay, let's answer again. I love Rock. It really helps to dispel all the negativity.

Pepperman: I love ja-

Noise: Metal. He. Loves. Metal. Me too.

Pepperman: I don't...! ...*sigh* Okay, I love metal, but I love jazz too.

Vigilante: I already said that I don’t usually listen to music, but if I do, it’s something light, like kantri.

Bruno: !gnihtyreve ot gninetsil evol I:D

Peppino: I don’t know what Bruno said, but in my opinion he doesn’t care what to listen to. As for general music, we couldn’t decide on something in common. We can barely decide on food, but here the music. So from time to time we all listen to everything we love.

Oh yeah, sorry that congratulations are a little late, Happy Birthday to your Music AU🥰✨️

[eddygoldarm]

So.. How did 'Colt' meet Shelly?

They have a pretty complicated relationship. Shelly was Eddy's first and only friend when he was little, they only met two ot three times. But as the Goldarm started to get more violent, she tried to stop them by any means possible. She had a personal vendetta against Eddy, who she saw as the worst of them, without knowing he was her old friend. Meanwhile Eddy tried everything not to hurt her.

Years later, he was assigned to protect Oldtown, a small vintage city lost in the frontier. He was sent there specifically for his familiarity with the area and the kind of criminals lurking around it (for obvious reasons).

The only fighter they had was Shelly! She accepted to work as a mercenary with the rangers to pay for her acts of vigilantism. Colt was pretty shocked to see her again, but he saw this as an opportunity to make up for what he did to her.

Their relationship is still complicated to this day.

They're colleagues who can't exist without the other but they also hate each other but they're best friends for life but one wants to murder the other and they kinda want to kiss but no that's gross ew.

[princess-of-the-corner]

Forged au:

After dealing with so much stuff in her life, with the mask and without the mask, Marinette is so tired... she is so tired of having to tiptoe around everyone because of her secret identity, she is so so tired of dealing with Lil's lies and with the fact that even if Alya already knows that she's ladybug... She still decided to believe whatever comes out of her mouth.

Most of the class still believes Lila too, Adrien is not much of a help in that area as of currently, and then someone who supposedly is a "miraculous guardian" decided to try and take HER miraculous box from her, and with the bomb to both Cat noir and Pollen dropped on her about what actually happened with Chloe, makes her feel ever worse then she already felt...

She has no actual support system and she can't even talk to cat noir about her problems because of the stupid identity rules that are in place (and because of her fear of him becoming Chat Blanc but she would never admit that outloud... Atleast not now). She's so stressed out and overwhelmed that she's starting to find comfort in Ursa's visits and check ups

She knows it's not good that she found out she was Multi-mouse but it's better then her finding out she's Ladybug, sometimes it confuses her how someone who so blatantly shows her distaste and annoyance for her alter-ego... be so thoughtful and caring with her secret identity. Sometimes Ursa would show up on her balcony with some little gift or trinkets that 'supposedly' reminded her of her like if she knew or saw that that day was a hard and gloomy day for her. Other times she'd show up with nothing as an offering and just sit down or stand next to her, admiring the night sky, not saying anything as if she knew that on those days Marinette only needed to have someone there next to her, not talking just the presence of someone next to her... To show her and reassure her that she at least has one person there for her.

But not in any of the previous times that Ursa visited did Marinette ever cry in front of her... until today... everything that she's been piling up and locking away into the back of her mind finally explode. And she's didn't even know when she started crying, she only realized she was crying until after Ursa pointed it out through a question, she tried desperately to calm down cuz really... crying over the fact that the person you consider a friend, (at least while not wearing a mask) who for some reason reminds you so much of your old bee holder that you failed so horribly, looked so much like her when interacting with a bee, is not something you should be crying about

And it doesn't help that Ursa is so concerned about why she's crying, why is she concerned? Why is this vigilante such a better friend then the ones she's known her whole life? She shouldn't be concerned. She has other stuff to worry about. Like protecting the other temporary heros or like doing something else entirely different that doesn't include comforting Marinette.

But deep down Marinette knows that out of everyone she knows... She would prefer Ursa being the one to comfort her and then anyone else... Maybe it's for the fact that she's a bear... Bears are known for their warmth... Or maybe it's because of her secondary power that makes her feel safe enough to let go of her emotions... Ot maybe it's because she reminds her so much of Chloe Bourgeois and even if Chloe and her aren't in good terms now... She can at least be on good terms with Ursa... Like she wished fo be with Chloe

FUCKING OOF

[alenkorra]

Sorry but it's been so funny watching those crazy Garrus fans lose their minds just because he wasn't #1 in a ranking that they misunderstood. It doesn't matter that he's the most popular romance, it was about wether or not he'd make a good boyfriend IRL. Garrus has a lot of issues, which is fine, it's what makes him such a complex character, but not a great boyfriend in real life. He literally became a vigilante and hunted down people to kill them out of revenge.

Personally I'm glad that Thane, Jaal and the 2 queer OT boyfriends made the top 3. They deserve more recognition. Also, Kaidan went to therapy, maybe if the other characters did that they would be able to compete in the healthy boyfriend department.

[hamsterrodent]

Me, slightly changing some designs for my au? More likely than you think.

Also, I'm including minor character changes under the cut (there aren't many)

Phil doesn't do art. I wanted to change him a bit from OG Pizza Tower, so I changed that.

Vigert is MUCH more shy. He gets flustered easily by the simplist of praise.

Theodore only works as an actor (not a big change, yeah)

[bobbinalong]

Do you have any more story of your Earth-2149 that you could/want to share?

I don't remember what I said here and what I said on Twitter, so I'm just gonna recap everything, lol.

So, to start, there's this guy:

The one on the far left. His name's Jonathan James Kent and he goes by J.J. -- or Superman, depends on how you met. As you can see, he's 34, a photo journalist just like his (middle) namesake and recently got divorced from this woman:

Kathy Branden. You're familiar with her, I assume. She still runs her late grandfather's dairy farm. They got married fairly young and had the two kids above, Jacob "Coby" Branden and Orla "Ori" Martha Kent, whose powers are still emerging and who occasionally get to join their dad (and grandad, until he gets killed, and larger Superfamily) superhero-ing as Superboy and Supergirl. If their homework's done. J.J. was their primary caregiver when they were little (read: stay-at-home-dad) but he's fully back ot photography since Ori started school. J.J. and Kathy are still very close; there's just no romantic spark anymore.

J.J.'s best friend (and Coby's godmother) is the lady on the left:

She's Earth-2149's Damian. She's not a vigilante anymore, instead just living her best life as a rich person and helping Gotham monetarily while her family keeps kicking villain ass. She's an artist and very invested in Gotham's artists. She's also still/again (I haven't decided) with Nika/Flatline, who's on the right above.

Last but not least, Jay (and Asra again):

Jon and him didn't meet as teenagers. Bendix doesn't take over Gamorra, so he doesn't have powers. Absolute Power doesn't happen, so his mom's alive and well and delighted by the build-in grandkids when Jay "brings home" J.J. for the first time; they meet through Natasha (Irons) because this Jay does still eventually end up working for Steelworks. They don't meet until after J.J. gets back from his hunt for Ultraman, though.

Apropros Ultraman, until he appears on the scene to kill Clark, this Universe is ... relatively calm and cozy. The villains are more Condiment King and less Doomsday. It's all a little bit less life and death (though obviously there is still life and death, lol).

Aaand that's as far as I've tought. If there's anything specific you're interested in, feel free to ask and I'm sure I can come up with something haha.

[rayshippouuchiha]

Hi again!

I just noticed you got into the KHR fandom and I'm so excited, welcome!!

I come bearing a few reccs from the fandom:

Birthright by Morcai

Tsuna time-travels, deals with some heavy PTSD and there is comfort delivered by, surprisingly, Kyoya.

Game Over and Over Again by Writing_Frenzy

Tsuna time-travels (again), has a brother and both adore each other, Tsuna is a veritable badass, qnd is the epitome of the 😐 emoji.

(Warning: It gets pretty dark and gory sometimes)

Namimori Gods by renysen

This one is 1827, Kyoya is the reincarnation of a god and looking for the god's godly-wife reincarnation is a Namimori tradition.

Of course, this is KHR, so chaos ensues.

Come Together series by mhwright

In which everybody tries to kill Tsuna when he's a kid, and one day says enough is enough and ask his usual not-quite savior, Hibari Kyouya, to teach him self defense. This changes everything. There is BAMF! Tsuna, Feral!Kyoya, chaos, lught PDA and affection and a lot of confusion for Tsuna's estranged brother, the Decimo candidate. 1827.

Un Fiore Per Te by Cissnei69 (in FFN)

Tsuna lives in an orphanage run by Angie Martinelli, Peggy Carter's friend and somehow it devolves into getting the Winter Soldier to becone her cloud. Actually, there are a *lot* of clouds involved. And somehow, Shamal.

MarvelxKHR crossover, incomplete but is amazingly good.

Cirrus Cloud by CeiaOfSilence

In which Fem!Harry is cloud who has a couple of personas, likes to create chaos and somehow befriended Viper.

Teeth and Claws by TheShadowSwan

Another Fem!Harry is Skulls, but instead of a couple of personas there is a lot of separate personalities, and Skull is a badass. set before the Arcobaleno were cursed for now.

Of Organized Crime and Schizophrenia by AshGopal (FFN)

In which Tsuna is the reincarnation of Senju Tsunade, Jirayja and Orochimaru also are present, the medical procedures in the fic are amazingly written and somehow there is yakuza, flames and chakra.

(Warning: this one can get pretty gory and very detailed abt it)

Starstruck by Little_Miss_Bunny

One of my favorites of the fandom; Tsuna is a normal guy who has a lot of jobs to be able to raise his adoptive siblings, and everyone else (except for Haru, who is his best friend) is an idol and mostly are part of a group. Somehow they are always bunping into Tsuna and Shenanigans happen. Romcom.

Bandaged Hand by Jorie2127 (Flight_orFight)

Tsuna time-travels (yet again) and meets some of the arcobaleno before the first arcobaleno meeting. Romance.

For The Last Time, I'm Not Your Wife! by Gothickprincess

In which every arcobaleno falls in love with Skull, and they're very possessive, and willing to do everything to win his affections. Sky!Skull (I think? Ot's been a while lol), poly!ArcoxSkull.

The Vigilante Boss and His Failed Retirement Plan by Fey_Storyteller

Tsuna (and Giotto) reincarnates into Midoriya Izuku, and promptly wants to retire and live a normal life. Sadly, he's still in middle school and everybody think he just gained his quirk, a perfect one for a hero. Everyone wants him to become one, and fortunately for them, Vongola Intuition may leave him no choice. BAMF-But-Tired!Izuku.

I hope you like them and welcome to the fandom!

!!!!!

[kyleraynermybeloved]

You Truly Are A Holy One

Pairing: Kyle Rayner x GN!Reader

Summary: “You know…” He made it a point to gesture at your bandaged shoulder, “You truly are a holy one.”

You gave him an unimpressed look and scoffed at his little joke.

Warnings: canon-level violence, swearing, blood, severe injury, a hint of angst, fluff, established relationship

Word Count: 1.6 k

A/N: I decided to give the reader "Thrasher" as their vigilante name just to keep consistency with my other Kyle fics. I hope u enjoy this oneshot! This probably took me forever to write, mainly bc I was moving. Not entirely happy how it turned out but it's done now ;-;

Taglist: @esposadomd

The morning had been going on quite well, in fact it was a little concerning. Something was always bound to happen in your line of work. There’s never a dull moment when living as a vigilante, even when dating and living with another. Especially when said vigilante happens to be a green lantern. More specifically the freelance artist green lantern who’s known for creating gigantic gundams.

He’s a great boyfriend and chaos has a tendency to follow him wherever he goes. Thus, chaos followed you as well like an unshakeable cold. Most of the time it was manageable but it seemed like today was heading towards a direction you certainly did not like once a fellow vigilante had called you for backup on a case they were working on.

Donna Troy was a close friend to both you and your boyfriend, so whenever she asked for aid you normally drop what you're doing and go support and vise versa.

She needed help closing up her case by stopping a shipment from leaving the docks. She had intel there were five cargo crates that needed to be obtained with a small crew handling the drop off. The case had been in the works for two months deep undercover. Donna was not one to slack off when it came to things like this. She’d informed you these crates were filled with containers of lethal weaponized chemicals that could cause a national ecocatastrophe.

Getting there was an easy job, waiting for the package took longer than expected. At one point you thought maybe Donna had gotten her intel wrong. It had been hours of sitting in the same position and your body was starting to lock up. You desperately needed to stretch out. Before you could voice your worries however, the loading trucks carrying the crates arrived.

“Thrasher, there’s six coming out of the truck not including the driver. Stay concealed until I give you the signal,” Donna whispered. She was making her way over to the truck where the crew began unloading. She slowly picked off one by one, starting with the driver who had gotten out to smoke.

As Donna made it to the last one the back doors flew open and more came barging out with weapons. “Well Donna, I’m gonna take that as my signal unless you’d rather I sit this one out?” You spoke through the coms.

“A little help would be great you little asshole! Now get down here!”

You unsheathed your trusty daggers and made your way down from your high perch, effectively dropping two goons on your way down from the silent jump. Unsheathing the knives from their holsters you threw them to their targets who went down with no issues.

There were only a handful left. You slashed down whoever was near you while Donna was moving the crates away.

“Hey, have you gotten the crates to a secure place yet? I know-” you choked out in pain. Looking down you saw a narrow spear half sticking out of your right shoulder.

“Okay, I just got the last of them secured. Heading over your way,” Her voice crackled through the com piece in your ear.

“Son of a bitch!” you gasped as you broke off the end of the spear after a few hacks from one of your daggers. You made sure to keep it in your shoulder so you wouldn’t bleed out but the edges are going to cause more harm than good if you can’t fix it fast.

Once your arm had more movement you went after the remaining goons who were left standing. They weren’t too much trouble compared to the others you had just fought but they carry stranger weapons.

Donna had made it back in time to catch you before you tumbled down. Only after convincing her you were fine to make it back to yours on your own did you make it inside your small apartment.

Kyle had spotted you instantly on the couch once he got back, rushing up to you with shaky hands at the sight of blood pooling out from the wound. “Hey, hey look at me. Let’s get you to the bathroom so I can clean you up, okay? Can you walk on your own?”

When you slowly shook your head no he carefully lifted you up and carried you to the bathroom. He waited until he was finished with rubbing the blood off with a damp towel and disinfecting the wound before carefully pulling out what was left of the narrow spear. You instructed him through patching you up, reminding him you’re fine just woozy from blood loss.

After Kyle gave you medication for the pain he took you to the bedroom carefully tucking you under the covers.

“You know…” He made it a point to gesture at your bandaged shoulder, “You truly are a holy one.”

You gave him an unimpressed look and scoffed at his little joke.

“So, are you going to tell me what happened or do I have to bribe you to let me in?” Kyle pulled you into his arms, your back towards his chest,  as he slipped into bed next to you, avoiding your injury to not cause any more damage. Which you were very grateful for.

You let out a shaky sigh, your head was still spinning albeit slower than it was a moment ago. “I uh, it was from a case I was helping out with. There wasn’t much going on, I only had to lend a hand when things got to be too much. I can feel the face you’re making right now. If it makes you feel any better I was careful for the most part. It was just the end when I got this nifty souvenir.”

He let out a small bemused huff through his nose, “What am I going to do with you?”

“Well, for starters you could graciously put a ring on it.”

You could feel the vibrations of his laughter begin to lull you to sleep. You let your eyes flutter closed and your breathing finally evened out.

Once Kyle knew you were fully asleep he pulled you in closer, reassuring himself that you were still alive, still here. He went to sleep knowing he was planning a trip for the two of you with the small ring box he had hidden away deep in his pants drawer.

[intothelabruins]

|__LAB RUINS__|

“Crossing The River”

‼️TW Body Horror!

"Alright, here's the shortcut I was talking about."

The moment the giant metal doors swung open, Peppino recoiled at the stench of sewage-infused cheese, a scent he had hoped he would never have to smell again. A giant raging river of molten cheese separated the two halves of the room. Pizzahead seemed unphased and headed over to a storage bin and started digging around in it.

"Cheese slimes must've gotten into the sewage, absorbed all of the trash."

"Eugh..are you sure there's-a no other way there?"

"You'd rather take the long route? Run into more of those things? I mean look at ya, you're falling apart already!"

Peppino looked down at himself. His white tank top was now a dingy grey from the grime and dirt it was accumulating and he was starting to get sore from how many doors and walls he had been smashing into. His body hadn't really recovered from his last adventure before he started this journey and it was really starting to take a toll on him. Turns out to need to take care of yourself more when you're 45. Who knew?

"I guess you're-a right. We better not be swimming through this though."

"Don't worry, I put some emergency rafts somewhere in here."

As Pizzahead was still digging through the bins, Peppino's attention was drawn to a group of clones that entered the room on the other side of the river. Two clones of himself were dragging a feral-looking Pepperman clone towards the river.

The pepper hissed and gnashed it's teeth as it tried to escape, but the two other clones held it tight. As they got closer to the edge of the river, ripples started to form in the raging cheese and the waves started to get higher.

When they finally got to the edge, Peppino watched as a tendril of cheese flew out of the river and wrapped itself around the Pepperman like a lasso. The two clones to the side let go as it was pulled into the river in a flash, disappearing beneath the waves without a sound.

"Ah here we go! I knew I put one in here!"

Pizzahead pulled out an inflatable raft triumphantly and slammed it onto the ground. He grabbed a pump from the chest and started to inflate it

"Pizzahead...I...Um....I don't think-"

"Don't worry this raft is big enough for both of us. And it's heavy duty too! You wouldn't be able to sink it if you tried!"

He lifted the inflated raft and headed over to the edge of the platform to toss it in.

"PIZZAHEAD WAIT DON'T-"

The raft hit the surface of the cheese river with a wet plap. Pizzahead smiled and gestured towards it.

"After you!"

But before Peppino could take a step, the raft shot backwards out of the river towards Pizzahead and knocked him into the ground with a thud. It let out a squeal as it deflated and Peppino could see that something had ripped a massive hold in its side. He ran over to Pizzahead and lifted the plastic off of him while the river behind him started to bubble and churn.

They both watched in horror as a massive lump of cheese rose out of the river and towered over them. Two eyeholes opened up near the top of the mound and two milky white eyes tumbled out of them, loosely hanging on to the edges of the sockets. The creature opened its mouth and let out a mighty roar, rattling the sewage pipes and stirring up the waves around it.

As Peppino screamed in terror, Pizzahead noticed something floating on top of the creature's head. It was a cowboy. It was small, but immediately recognizable.

"I-is that....Vigilante? Or uh...'Riverlante'..I guess?"

The creature closed its massive maw and slowly nodded.

“Ydwoh..”

"Wow! What a..uh...mighty man of the law you've become! I bet you rule over these parts with an iron fist!"

Rivilante smirked for a moment, but then went back to scowling.

“Yrettalf tnow krow no em. Uoy deen ot yapeth eef ot ssorc.”

(Flattery wont work on me. You need to pay the fee to cross.)

“What did he say?”

Peppino whispered to Pizzahead.

“He wants us to pay a fee to cross.”

“But we’re-a both broke as hell!”

The two suddenly jumped as a ginormous cheesy hand slammed something onto the platform in front of them.

It was a messily drawn wanted poster depicting a nasty-looking little gang of toppin clones. There were doodles scattered around the paper showing the little creatures biting and terrorizing other clones. They definitely looked like bad news.

“Dnif meht. Gnirb meht ereh. Neht uoy nac ssorc.”

(Find them. Bring them here. Then you can cross.)

“Ohhh I see.”

Pizzahead turned to Peppino.

“We gotta hand over these hardened criminals to get through.

Peppino grabbed the poster from him and looked it over.

“I’ve collected toppins before. This shouldn’t-a be too hard. Let’s-a get a move on.”

The pair turned and headed back out the doors they came in from as Rivi slowly descended back into the raging waves.

(Finally done with this!! I also added the backwards translations to make this a bit easier to read lol)

[alextydaisuda123]

Now I'm curious of what Echo thinks of Maurice. Does he even exist in this au?

Echo: MAURICE?!💢

Pepperman: The same man who came to us last week as if he were at his home, began to speak disgustingly, AND ALSO DEFANIATED MY ART FOR THE FUCK?!!

Vigilante: The same Maurice who charged ME for speaking?! Of course, I understand everything, few people like anything, but HE didn’t shut up for a second and inserted insults for no reason! I could barely contain myself so as not to yell at him!..

Noise: That bastard who "Peppino this! Peppino that!" HE EVEN FUCKED ME WITH THIS!!! THIS DAMMIT WAS NOT TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING BUT THIS SHIT! I WANTED TO STRUGGLE HIM!

Bruno: !hguor saw tI !yaw emas eht ffo dnah ym raet ot deirt eH

Echo: HE'S AN UNBEARABLE AND ANNOYING FREAK!

Peppino: *didn’t expect Maurice to be talked about like that, but he’s glad he’s not the only one who thinks the same about Maurice*