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wildflowerteas · 8 months ago

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The Second Perspective ♠

A masterthread/post of all the easter-eggs, fun facts, and references to literature, BSD canon, film noir, and history included in my Soukoku fic, The Second Perspective.

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The Timeline ->

1958 to 1978

The gap of twenty years was super intentional. By the late 50s, McCarthy was censured by the senate, the Second Red Scare and anti-Soviet rhetoric were slowly losing public support and popularity. My choice to include the Rats in the House of the Dead was mediated by that fact. The late 50s is also when the LAPD and law enforcement across the country started making psychological evaluations ( of suspect quality ) mandatory, starting in Northern California, actually. Kinsey's publications in 1948 and 1953 were explosive--especially to the stifling, extremely heteronormative, nuclear-family morals of post-war 50s America. In 1970s, the term 'Serial Killer' officially enters the public's vocabulary. Despite not being an ongoing investigation, the re-opening of the Angel's Ripper case aligns with what is called the 'golden age' of serial killers. The 'second look' and the desire to re-sensationalize the case is due to Detective Dazai's belongings turning up, but also timely, as it would feed into the public's paranoia and fascination. I took some liberties with Los Angeles's mayoral election schedule ( which, if I'd been meticulous and historically accurate with, would have had TSP take place in the early days of 1977 or late in 1976 ). Los Angeles in the 70s was also suffering from serious smog--almost 200 bad air days a year. Akutagawa's lung condition ( which hasn't been touched on just yet with the exception of a throwaway lines at Tycheron and with Yosano ) is largely due to this bad air quality.

July 17th, 1958

The date of the Red Camellia murder was also chosen with intention. July, the peak of summer, rife with Americana, fireworks, and full California beaches, is everything the winter season of Camellia isn't.

Organizations -> The Double Black

A bit obvious, really, but the club's logo of the two black Ace playing cards is an obvious nod to Soukoku being equally matched partners, even if in this au their dynamic is wildly different ( If anything, Chuuya has the upper hand in this one--even if he doesn't quite know it yet ). The Double Black is also described as more Golden Age of Hollywood-like, since Kouyou runs it and she's quite the traditionalist, I figured she'd cringe ( or pass out ) at the sight of plastic plants in the vases and blue carpeting.

The Golden Coast Guild

The TSP equivalent of Hearst corporation, run by William Randolph Hearst, a media company that covered everything from celebrity gossip to politics with over a dozen papers and magazines. Hearst became obscenely rich, and in real life, used his wealth to support Marion Davies, an actress ( and his mistress ), whose life he nearly ruined. F. Scott Fitzgerald ( the actual author ) loathed Hearst's willingness to print yellow journalism ( basically, bullshit ) and Jay Gatsby's mansion is loosely inspired by Hearst's home in New York, I believe. I thought it would be funny to combine the two. I also have a soft spot for Fitz in canon, even if he does speak with the sound of a cash register in every word and there's an American flag behind him wherever he goes.

Tycheron and the House of the Dead

First, Tycheron, Sigma's casino business, gets it's name from the Greek goddess of luck--Tyche--named Fortuna by the Romans. I couldn't call it the 'Sky Casino' because well, there's no sky. But a goddess is pretty up there. California gambling law is extremely complicated, but casino boats, docked 3 nautical miles outside of state borders ( usually from a point in Santa Monica, where the bay/bight made those laws a bit easier to work around ) were a neat exception--at least, until they started getting repurposed for WWII. So, Sigma still evades the law by being 'out of bounds' with The Angelica gambling boat. The casino business as a way for the DoA to stick their noses into the L.A. political landscape is also a loose reference to Bugsy Siegel, and the Italian-American Mafia's attempts to expand westward with the establishment of casinos and the nurturing of Las Vegas. Siegel's mansion, where he was murdered for his thefts from the Mafia, also inspired the Mori estate.

Characters ->

The Red Camellia

The real life Nakahara Chuuya was quite the romantic. His poetry is described as 'Bohemian,' so I thought having him be a bit of a drifter-like character, almost mysterious and unnatainable to his fans and SSKK in the present, would be a bit similair to how much of what we know of Chuuya doesn't come from the main story in canon, either. Combining that with Dazai's obsessive desire to lock him in ( haha ) with a comitted relationship and his serious levels of devotion, makes for a pretty interesting dynamic, I think. Though, Dazai's no Catherine Tramell, and Chuuya is certainly not Curran--BI's dynamic has been flipped almost completely with TSP, but the crazy is the same. And though I describe him as a drifter, that's not to say this au's Chuuya isn't fiercely loyal, it's just his loyalties haven't had the chance to be tested just yet. I made the choice to have Chuuya called the Red Camellia in life because it's a direct subversion of other flower-tagged murders like: the White Rose murders, the Lilac Murder of William Desmond Taylor, the Black Dhalia ( inspired by the film, Blue Dhalia ), the White Gardenia murder, etc. etc. All of those monikers are posthumous, and created for the sole purpose of selling the story of a dead individual. Also, rather than having a journalist bestow it to him, Dazai is the one who comes up with it. Do what you will with that info . . . Additionally, Camellia japonica is native to East Asia, not the U.S. It can survive here, but it will struggle. The choice to set the story in L.A., in a period of harsh post-war crackdowns on Japanese/East-Asian immgiration into California also influenced this title. It was also a choice made based on the appearance of 椿Tsubaki in Soukoku official art. Their Japanese meaning of passionate love and a noble death, also holds true here.

KEY LAPD Characters with interesting qualities

Sasaki Nobuko, Homicide Detective - reference to canon Sasaki's background in criminology and experience as a lecturer at a Tokyo university. Captain -> Commander Fukuzawa Yukichi - Holds a position of authority similar to his role as the ADA's president in canon, but he's unenthusiastic about his career in the LAPD.

Note the lack of private eyes in the story so far!

Interesting PM Character references keeping this light for obvious, spoiler-y reasons

Elise - Elise is intentionally a grown woman in this au. And a nurse! A reference to both her presentation in BEAST and the Great War in the main BSD storyline, and a reminder of the timeline ( she'd have been 8-10 years old in the past TL! ). Her feisty nature is also retained. I was inspired by Lauren Bacall's Vivian in The Big Sleep, especially her meeting scene with Marlowe, when writing her meeting with Atsushi at the Mori Estate.

***SPOILERS procede with caution***

The Angel's Ripper

A reference to Los Angeles, but also Dazai's title as the Demon prodigy of Yokohama. Ripper, rather than Killer being used because of the surgical nature of the deaths ( Jack the Ripper was thought to be either a doctor or a policeman ).

Films ->

some of my major inspirations for this fic are:

Chinatown ( 1974 )

The Maltese Falcon ( 1941 )

Vertigo ( 1958 )

Last Night in Soho ( 2021 )

The Batman ( 2022 )

The Third Man ( 1949 )

The Silence of the Lambs ( 1991 )

The Big Sleep ( 1946 ) and lastly, on a much lighter note:

The Nice Guys ( 2016 ) I couldn't get Gosling's outfits out of my head after watching it. I took one look and thought: I need to get a BSD character in this obnoxiously-70s blue suit yellow shirt combo ASAP.

Phew. What a mess. This has largely been for me to keep track of my own thoughts and the tangled web I've been weaving with this fic, and it will likely get several updates over the course of me writing the second half of Part II and ( the much shorter ) Part III to TSP. But if you read it, and enjoyed it, I'm extra glad <3 I've been having a blast talking about my love for these films and this AU after keeping it bottled up for so long. I'm like shaken, corked champagne haha.

Signing off with the aesthetic of The Second Perspective's ending:

ty <3

#writing #Soukoku #skk #BSD #The Second Perspective #bsd fanfic #skk fanfic

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ghostykai · 9 months ago

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Overlord!Kaire: Fortuna

In this version, Kaire arrived in the middle of Alastor's absence and did not know about the Hotel.

Check out other works about Kaire: Kaire info, Kaire pt. 2, oneshot 1

(My Ask Box is open! So if you want to ask anything, ask away!)

When Kaire arrives in Hell, they immediately know they are fucked if they don't find a way to get above the rest

Stealing a tarot deck from the old demon that runs the antique store was easier than they liked to admit, their giant hands coming in clutch

"Readings! Find out your Fortune for just Five bucks! Best tarot readings in all of pentagram city!"

Thus, Fortuna was born

A few months in they found that setting up near casinos was where real money was made, filled with people willing to give anything to know the winning numbers or when to bet

Soon they made a reputation and they started asking for more: "I take 5% of all your earnings" "One favour for a reading"

From a little stand to a proper store, from 5% of earning to 10%, 15%, 20%, they grew and grew until one day:

"Welcome, what can I do for you," Fortuna asked when their heard the bell at the door ring. The small room was dimly lit and filled with the smell of ash and something woody. Fortuna leaned back in their plush seat, yellow eyes seemingly glowing, rifling and shuffling through their cards.

The demon that had just walked in sat down opposite to them, eyeing Fortuna wearily, "Yer the demon that can tell the future are ya not? Ya can tell folks' secrets and shit, right?"

Fortuna smiled, leaning closer to the table, interested, "For the right price, yes," they chuckled, it weirdly echoed in the room, "I can tell you anything you want: past, present or future, known and unknown."

"Whatever ya say," the demon replied gruffly, "I got someone I gotta get rid of, competition ya might call it. Tell me how to get ahead, take em out of the game."

"Oooh I see, rivalry," Fortuna's smile spread wider, "And what are you willing to give up for this knowledge, sir?"

"Anthin ya want"

The room was now clearer, illuminated by the yellow glow of Fortuna's eyes, not only the ones on their face, other nine had appeared like a crown, floating around their head. The demon gulped at the sight, the eyes seemingly all laughing down at him.

"Anything?" Fortuna asked in a sing song voice.

"Yes, anythin, I want that fucker gone!"

"What about..." In the blink of an eye (or 9) Fortuna was gone. The demon all but shrieked when he felt a hand on his shoulder, "your soul"

He turned but Fortuna wasn't there, once again sitting at their usual place, playing around with their cards, smile as big as it had ever been.

That was the first soul. The demon did in fact beat his enemy, but at what cost

After that, striking deals for soul became much more usual as word spread of just how good Fortuna's divinations were

Fortuna didn't really know when they became an overlord, but one time as they were strolling around the city, they heard people whisper: "The Fortune demon" "the overlord of fate"

Obviously, due to their occupation Fortuna did know a lot about Hell, but not many details about the other Overlords, they really didn't care for that

Fortuna also didn't quite care about their status as an overlord, all they wanted was to be financially stable and not be bothered

Carmilla was obviously the one to reach out, calling Fortuna for a meeting that honestly was a waste of time. They discussed what Fortuna's territory is, mostly having carved out a place near the gambling houses and what they planned to do with it

The second overlord to approach them was Vox. Asking if Fortuna wished to ally with him and the other Vees. That created a tentative cooperation, mostly consisting of Fortuna saying what the next successful trends would be and the Vees offering enough money to not make Fortuna regret their decision

Fortuna doesn't really use the souls under their possession much. Here and there they may ask for a favour or some Intel one of them might have, but for the rest, they leave them be

When they find out about the Hazbin Hotel and the Radio demon Alastor, they are quick to check in with their cards

Fortuna is extremely opportunistic in this version so when they find out it's convenient for them to join the princess of Hell, it doesn't take long for them to be knocking at the Hotel door

But the rest is for another time since this is getting long. Hope ya liked it, more is coming!

#hazbin fandom #hazbin hotel oc #hazbin art #hellsona #hellaverse #hazbin hotel x reader #hazbin hotel #hazbin fanart #oc #oc art

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sara-smind · 5 months ago

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Mi sto guardando "Per Elisa. Il caso Claps" su Rai Play e sento il sangue ribollire nelle vene ogni volta che inquadrano uno qualunque tra prete della chiesa dove è scomparsa, polizia, famiglia Restivo e PM. Quanta incompetenza, stupidità e cattiveria ci deve essere al mondo per permettere che accada qualcosa di così orribile ad una ragazzina di 16 anni e non riuscire a vedere che si ha davanti il colpevole con tutte le prove che puntano verso di lui?

Hanno dovuto aspettare che commettesse un altro omicidio e che la polizia inglese indagasse. Tutto 'sto casino per condannarlo a 30 anni in Italia, 30 anni.

Per fortuna ne deve scontare prima 40 in Inghilterra.

#per elisa. il caso claps #rai

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specialshinytrinkets · 2 years ago

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(Masterpost)

Week 3: Bleak Light Of Justice

As all stories have heroes opposing villainy, this one, too, has a ray of light, ready to fight those defying laws. The detective agency's goal is to bring down the mafia, currently by getting rid of one of its branches — the casino.

By itself, the casino is a strong enemy for sure, establishing a level of interest in its hoarded wealth by many people. This is the reason as to why leader of the mafia "Silver Bullets" had decided to cooperate with the previous owner, adding extra security to both. As a result, the already noticable criminal activity (such as human trafficking and later added alcohol distribution) only rose up, yet keeping on a veil of prestiege.

The two detectives, interested in restoring justice, were L■■■■■■■ Needlemeyer and Karen Miller. Their method was sneaking into the place and investigating it, helping in later ambush. The two were a wonderful pair, able to blend in anywhere. Despite this, they were considered to be of the lower rank, but they were happy. They were satisfied, playing their roles in the grand scheme.

As the years went by, Needlemeyer had taken on plenty of roles, expanding into more "outrageous" disguises. One such, used outside of work at almost any given time, was Phoebe Kettleware (surname optional, for investigations only). The ginger wig — such color chosen by Phoebe, as her old hair — was often styled to be much shorter, with curls. The dress itself looked less like one of a flapper — she was 43 years old, after all. The pair adored this "persona" with all their hearts and debated against any accusations, mostly Karen.

It's obvious that anyone who has worked with their partner through thick and thin is bound to develop feelings. Ms Needlemeyer and Ms Miller were not an exceptions. They yearned to start a family officially together, but the accidents from work kept getting in the way of the proposal for the former. Decade or so later, she worked up the courage to ditch the ring altogether. The Fortuna was on her side that day.

...

If only it was on her side on the day she decided to inspect the rumours of previous casino owner getting blipped off.

Ms Miller, in her heart a Mrs, still waits for the news of her wondrous wife coming back. Turning up anywhere. Be it held hostage or driven off somewhere.

But not dead.

Not dead...

As of currently, Phoebe resides in "Rolling Dice" as a ghost. Despite her hatred for the place, her interviews of sorts with the workers uncovered that most of them have nowhere else to go. They got attached to this rough, calloused hand that feeds them. So, her plans have changed into bringing down the casino through the current owner — Samuel. And hopefully, his moral compass will get rerouted into a proper one...

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sayuricorner · 2 years ago

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Lil’s Lucifer/Forsaken AU one-shot: The Lucky Mortal part 1

Warning : English is not my first language so sorry if it's confusing ! 😅

Warning 2: One-shot wrote with the help of an AI.

Hey everyone, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! :D

And to celebrate this new year, here’s the first part of a Lil’ Lucifer AU one-shot that I wrote with the help of a AI and which take place in @camodielsart ‘s Forsaken AU! ^^

Hope you’ll all gonna like it! ^^

Lil’ Lucifer/casino cups AU belong to @brightgoat and @camodielsart

Forsaken AU belong to @camodielsart

Cuphead belong to Studio MDHR

The OC in this one-shot belong to me.

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It was a late night at "The Tuneful Nightingale", one of the most popular bars in Inkwell Isle.

A peaceful and joyful ambiance was in the establishment, an ambiance encouraged by the soft music of the band on stage as the customers were happily wandering at their occupations.

It was the kind of atmosphere that Aya Luckystar liked with this bar.

A perfect atmosphere for a poker night, a poker night she will win without a doubt.

After all, she wasn’t known as “Fortuna” for nothing.

"Ahh...so nice..." Aya licked her lips with a smile after taking another sip from her glass of white wine.

She stared at the other players around the game table, all of them focused on their deck, not paying any attention to her expression.

It wasn't like it was going to be of any use, it didn't matter what her face reflected, the winner was already known and they knew it.

The only thing that matters is how much cash she will take home tonight.

Inkwell Isle has many casinos and gambling establishments where "Fortuna" was a frequent visitor, so she knew almost every card games and knew how to win at said card games.

And all that thanks to a bit of "luck".

Luck? Yes, luck. Luck to make money. If you have enough of it, then making cash becomes so easy.

Not even a casino's security can stop you.

But a lot of people don't understand why some people are sometimes lucky when others are less, or why some people are just unlucky.

But in Aya's case? Luck was her biggest and most powerful weapon! Whatever she does, Lady Luck is in a good mood and Aya always succeeds.

She was just outrageously lucky and not just with her actions but also with her looks with her shiny golden hair, her eyes as blue as the sea, her perfectly hourglass shaped body and porcelain skin.

A bunch of physical traits which were very present among her family members, as well as the habit to always succeed in whatever they decide to do.

You could guess that the Luckystar family were known to be "blessed with luck".

Well, that's why they were called the “Luckystars”.

So...what did Aya want to do tonight?

Well, she wanted to play a little bit more, no big deal. She will win anyway.

As she was focusing on her cards, wondering what she will do with her win of tonight, something get her attention, at the bar counter, "luckily" right beside her table game.

Two male toons were at the counter, which wasn't surprising since a good majority of Inkwell Isle's population was anthropomorphic animals and objects.

But something about those two men seemed... off...

They were both sheeps, lambs specifically, one had a cream colored fur with amber eyes and was wearing a dark red suit, while the other one, the tallest of the two, had a fluffier fur colored with a lighter shade than his companion’s, his eyes were brown and was wearing a brown suit.

The two were just sitting at the counter in silence and, from Aya's observation, she could tell that the two male lambs seemed to be tired and depressed.

"What's wrong with those two?" Aya mentally asked herself rhetorically as the bartender arrived at her table and asked the players if they wanted anything else.

"No thanks," Aya politely said while looking at the two sheeps and still keeping an eye on her cards.

Now she thinks about it, she didn't think she saw those two lambs before, the town was small so remembering someone's face was easy.

Maybe they were from another Isle?

There are several isles around Inkwell Isle, after all.

"What do we got here?" Aya thought as she turned her gaze away from the lambs and focused on the cards.

The other players finally decided to play and Aya mentally smirked at the cards they threw on the table.

Just like she predicted, this round was going to be child's play!

During the poker game, the young woman kept an eye on the male lambs, she couldn't really hear their conversation as they were whispering to each other, however, "luckily", she managed to catch their names.

Apparently, their names were "Uriel" for the one with amber eyes and "Gabriel" for the tallest one.

"Interesting" Aya thought and then she looked back at her cards, trying to find a good hand.

Two lambs with angel names, they must be from a religious family to had such "convenient names".

"I wonder if they had siblings with also angel names like “Michael” or “Raphael”?" Aya playfully wondered as she continued to play.

Despite the fact that she was playing against three other players, she didn't care too much about them and focused only on her own cards.

The game was about to come to an end and the players were one by one deciding if they were gonna raise or fold.

It was about to be Aya's turn when a commotion coming from the bar counter brought her attention.

The two lambs she noticed earlier were having a bad altercation with two oaf looking men, one of the lambs, Uriel, was on the floor holding his nose, probably from a punch given by one of the two men in front of them

"Enough!" The other lamb, Gabriel, shouted, "Leave me and my brother alone!"

"He deserved it!" The man who punched Uriel replied.

"You were the one who started it!" Gabriel shouted back.

"Well, maybe your bro over there wouldn't have been hit if you two didn't act like pompous, snobbish bastards!" The second oaf looking man sneered at the tall lamb.

"Why you..."

Aya looked at the argument with a frown on her face, she know those two men, they were regulars of "The Tuneful Nightingale", they were two annoying thugs who had the bad habits to come at the bar to drown themself in alcohol and cause problems for the other customers.

And tonight they decided to mess with those two lambs.

"Welp! Better intervene before things get really ugly!" Aya decided as she stood up from the table.

"-I'll raise!" The young woman declared as she throwed her deck on the table, the other players stared, stunned, at the cards.

Four aces, a Quads!

"Four of a kind! The winner of this game is Miss Fortuna!" The croupier, M. Victor, announced as the other players groaned in frustration.

Another victory for Fortuna!

"Well, ladies and gentlemen! This was a good game, now if you'll excuse me, I'm needed elsewhere!" Aya said, a little smirk on her face."Oh M. Victor? Could you please do the usual and send the money to my bank please?"

"Of course Miss Fortuna! It will be done right away!" The croupier nodded.

"Good, thank you! Have a good night!" She thanked him and walked towards the counter right to the two arguing groups.

"Oh my! What a surprise!" The young woman exclaimed, acting happily surprised, getting the attention of both groups."Gabriel! Uriel! You? there? I can't believe it! It's been so long!"

The two lambs stared at her confused.

"What?... Who?... How do you know?..." Gabriel asked, confused.

"Who am I? Oh, you silly! It's me Aya! Aya Luckystar! It's so nice to see you again, Gabriel! It's been ages!" The young woman greeted the taller lamb by hugging him.

Gabriel just stared at her confused, Aya then turned toward Uriel and feigned a shocked gasp at the other lamb's state.

"Oh my god! Uriel what happened to your nose? Are you alright?" She asked, acting concerned before extending her hand."Here! Let me help you!"

She took his hand and helped a very confused Uriel to stand up.

"I... am... Fine... Uh... Thanks?" The other lamb said, confused.

"Wait! Hold up a moment! You know those two bozos, Fortuna?" One of the thugs asked.

"BOZOS?!" Both male lambs exclaimed outraged.

"Why yes I know them!" Aya quickly interjected."Gabriel and Uriel are two old friends of my parents!"

"They don't look like they recognize you though!" The other thug pointed, sceptical.

"Ah! That's because the last time we saw each other was years ago! I was way younger back then so it’s not surprising they had difficulties to recognize me!” The young woman giggled while giving discret winks to Gabriel and Uriel.

The two lambs were still looking at her confused, wondering what this woman they never met once in their lives, despite her claims, was doing.

When they saw her giving them secret winks, their eyes got a bit wide as they finally understood the situation.

She was putting on an act to fool the two thugs!

"-Yes, of course! Little Aya! I remember now! How could I forget?" Gabriel exclaimed, acting, a bit nervous, as if he happily suddenly remembered knowing the young woman."You really grew up since the last time we saw you!"

"-Uh, yeah! It's really great to see you again! How are your parents doing by the way?" Uriel asked, putting on the same act as Gabriel.

"Fine, fine! They are doing good and I'm living here at Inkwell Isle 2, working as a history researcher and... and..." She said, faking a cough before continuing," Oh excuse me I got a bit carried away! We just have SO much to talk about! How about you come with me? My car is parked in front of the bar, we can go to my home where we could catch up. What do you think?"

The two lambs looked at each other before looking back at Aya's face.

"...Sure..." Uriel said, a bit hesitant. "Let's go."

"Great!" She happily answered before turning toward the two thugs."Of course, you don't have any objections we take our leave, right?" She asked the two men innocently as she fluttered her eyelashes at them.

The two thugs looked at her, uncertain, on one hand they wanted to object and "settled scores" with the two lambs but on the other hand this was Fortuna! THE lucky gambler! She was a very well known and respected customer at "The Tuneful Nightingale" and her reputation brought to the bar more customers who come, whenever she came, to see if her abilities as an unbeatable gambler was living up to her reputation which meant more juicy profits for the bar's owner.

By so, if anyone tried to mess with Fortuna, it was obvious whose side the bar's owner would take.

"Oh, sure! Absolutely, no problem! Go ahead!" The first thug answered, a bit reluctantly.

"Yeah, what he said!" The second thug agreed, also reluctantly.

"Thank you so much!" Aya said with a happy smile and grabbed both Gabriel's and Uriel's arms."Well then, let's go!"

The three begin to walk toward the bar's exit, leaving the two irritated thugs behind.

"Just stay silent and keep walking with me until we are in my car!" Aya discreetly whispered to the two lambs."Better not give those two idiots any occasion to be suspicious!"

Uriel and Gabriel nodded at her and kept walking with her in silence toward the exit.

After they walked out of the bar, Aya stopped and turned toward them."Alright! Right here!" She said, opening the door of her car, a black Delage D8-120. "Hop on!"

Without saying a word, the two male lambs got in the car, Aya was about to get in the conductor seat when M. Victor came out from the bar and walked toward her.

"Miss Fortuna? It was to tell you that the transfer of the money to the bank was done! The bank employees also wanted me to tell you that the "usual procedure" with a part of the money will be done!" The croupier announced to Aya.

"Great! Thank you for telling me!" The young woman thanked and smiled at him.

"With pleasure Miss! I am sure the town's hospital and orphanage are going to appreciate your donations very much!"

From inside the car, Gabriel's and Uriel's, who listened to the exchange, eyes went wide in confusion.

Donations? Hospital? Orphanage?

"As I think so! Good night M. Victor! Give my greetings to your wife by the way!" Aya told M. Victor.

"I will! Goodnight to you too Miss Fortuna!" The croupier nodded at her in salutation before walking back in the bar.

Smiling satisfied, the young woman entered her car and sat down on the conductor seat.

She then turned toward the two lambs.

"Alright! Let's get this show on the road!" She said with a bright smile and started driving the car toward the main street of Inkwell Isle 2.

For a while, the ride was going in silence, none of the two lambs daring to say a word while Aya was focused on the road.

But then, after some minutes of silence, Gabriel finally spoke up.

"Hum... Thank you for having helped us earlier! You weren't forced to do it, especially since we are strangers to each other but, still, thank you!" He said, hesitantly.

"No problem! I'll always be happy to help someone in need!" Aya answered with a cheerful voice.

"Right! Well, anyways..." Gabriel continued, clearing his throat. "We were wondering, uh..."

"What was that you were talking about with this croupier earlier?" Uriel asked the young woman with a direct tone."About making donations to a hospital and an orphanage with gambling money?"

"Uriel!" Gabriel warned his brother through gritted teeth, not wanting to be rude toward someone who helped them.

But, luckily for them, Aya didn't seem to be bothered at all.

"Hmm? Oh yeah! Donations! I was talking about a donation to the town's hospital and to an orphanage!" She answered, casually.

"With gambling money?"

"Yep!"

"How did you manage to do that?" Gabriel asked, baffled."Even if you're a regular of this place, you aren't that wealthy are you?"

"Well..." Aya answered, thinking for a moment.

Both lambs stared at her in apprehension, waiting for an answer.

"Let's just say I am just very lucky!" She finally told them.

Gabriel and Uriel stared at her stunned.

" "Just very lucky"? " Gabriel asked, not believing what he was hearing.

"Just very lucky!" Aya confirmed with a smile.

"I don't understand... What do you mean by 'lucky'? How can you be lucky enough to donate so much money to charity?" Uriel asked, puzzled.

"Oh, it's easy!" Aya playfully said as the car drove out from the city and drove on a road through mountains.

She adjusted her hair to be more comfortable while driving and Gabriel could've sworn he saw for a few seconds a sort of stylized clubs shaped birthmark on the back of her neck before it was hidden by the seat back.

"You see, for generations my family has always been extremely lucky! We are lucky in our looks, we are lucky to succeed in any projects we make, anything we do or experience in life is blessed by luck! You can say it’s our innate gift!" The woman cryptically explained.

"You mean..." Uriel began, but was interrupted by Aya.

"Exactly! As you can imagine, being so lucky, my family has accumulated quite a lot of wealth over the centuries! Not only that, but we are also very generous people and we like helping others in need!"

"Alright, but why gambling though?" Uriel pressed." Why taking risks by trying to accumulate what is "dirty money" for donating? Wouldn't it have been easier to just donate a part of your salary? You said it yourself: you and your family are lucky in every way so I guess you had yourself a very well paid job, so why?

Aya thought for a moment before answering.

"Because it's fun! And because it makes me feel good!"

"Hm..." Uriel said, confused.

"I'll explain!" Aya said, with a light laugh." To be honest there's a few reasons why I'm using my luck to win at gambling, firstly, like you pointed out, many gambling establishments manage their business regarding money in a shady way and use shady methods when someone own them money and most people go there with the hope to win "easy money" for their personal gains, so this made me wondering: since thanks to my luck I always win, why not using this advantage to win a lot and turn this "dirty money" into "useful money" by giving a big part of my wins to those who truly need it?"

"That's very noble of you!" Gabriel said, impressed.

"Why thank you! My other reason behind my actions is because it's fun! For some time now, I have been feeling bored of my life and I thought that maybe this is something I can try to spice things up a bit and gambling turned out to be the thing that spiced things up! Not because of the adrenaline of the uncertainty about winning or losing, of course, since my luck makes me never lose, but because of the excitement to create and find strategies to use to win and also about how much I can bet until the game ends! It’s a “win-win” situation for everyone: I use my luck in a way which is very beneficial for those who are in need, the gambling establishments gain more customers because of my reputation and I get the excitement I searched for!”

"That's... a very interesting logic!" Gabriel said with hesitation."I'm not sure if I agree, but still it's interesting ."

"Hehe! Thank you!" Aya said, smiling.

"But aren’t you at least a bit concerned about the risks of being carried away because of this luck?" Uriel asked seriously."I mean, with a luck like this one there's always risks that it'll go to your head!"

"Oh, don't worry! I know how to control myself!" The woman assured him."Besides, I have been raised to always stay humble regarding my luck and to always make sure this luck is also beneficial for those around me! We Luckystars had a mindset regarding karma and it's that pushing your luck too much and letting hubris blind you and disregard your peers always make karma come collect it's debt!" She ended up on a cryptic note.

Gabriel and Uriel looked at her puzzled at this declaration but decided to not comment.

After some minutes, the car arrived at Inkwell Isle 3 and stopped in front of a little house hidden among few trees and mountains.

"Here we are! If I'm not wrong this is where you two live right?" Aya asked as they got out of the car.

"Yes! This is our place inde-..." Uriel begins to say before stopping on his tracks and looking at her confused and suspicious."Wait a minute! How did you guess on what Isle we live and where our house is? We never told you!"

"Well since the bar was on Inkwell Isle 2, that it was pretty late and you two apparently came by foot, I guessed you were probably living on Inkwell Isle 3 since it's the nearest Isle from where "The Tuneful Nightingale" was!" The young woman simply explained in a happy voice."As for how I found your house, well, it was "pure luck"!" She giggled a little.

"Oh..." Gabriel said, not knowing what to think about her answer." Well, anyway, thank you for having given us a ride back home and thank you again for having helped us back at the bar! It was nice to met you Miss...?" He asked as he extended his hand toward her.

"Aya! Aya Luckystar!" She answered with a bright smile as she took Gabriel's hand to shake it and after that shaked Uriel's too."It was also a pleasure to meet you M. Gabriel and M. Uriel!"

She was talking to them with a kind voice and happy smile and despite the darkness of the night, a halo of light seemed to radiate from her and illuminate her face.

"So bright..." The two lambs thought in confusion.

"Well, I should take my leave now! I hope we will see each other again in the future!" Aya happily said as she got back in her car.

"We hope too! Goodnight and have a safe drive!" Gabriel said calmly.

"Thank you! Goodnight to you too!"

Uriel and Gabriel looked as Aya was driving and the car left in the night, reflecting on how weird this night and unexpected meeting with this woman had been.

Then, once she was far enough, Uriel spoke up.

"Hm..." He began. "I wonder if... She really is lucky... or if... She just says so to sound smart..."

"I... Don't think she was bluffing!" Gabriel replied."I mean, the fact she was able to hear our names at the bar by luck and was also able to find our hideout by luck are proofs enough!"

"Well thankfully, she didn't find out that we are archangels "by luck"!" Uriel sighed as he and Gabriel made their wings appeared.

Gabriel couldn't help but agree with his brother's statement, even if the Almighty forsaken them and Heaven was destroyed, the remaining archangels couldn't just walk around in the mortal realm with their wings visible and reveal their existence to mortals.

What if by finding out about their existence, the mortals also find out about Heaven's destruction and about God having abandoned this world? This would more than certainly cause a massive panic and would end up in disasters after disasters.

That's why Gabriel's group made sure to keep their angelical identity a secret from mortals no matter what, so that the surprisingly very lucky mortal woman didn't find out that they were angels was a blessing in disguise.

"However, there was something strange about her..." Gabriel reflected."Remember this strange bright aura we saw coming from her a few minutes ago? It felt... Familiar? Something I didn't felt for a VERY long time! In fact ever since..."

Both archangels reflected in silence for a few minutes before something in their mind made them connect the dots, their eyes becoming wide.

"LUCIFER'S BLESSING!!!" They yelled in realization as they looked at each other.

***

Long, long times ago, back when the angel of Light was still in Heaven, God summoned the angels to give them an important task.

"My children! The time for you to do your first task as angels had come! Go down in the mortal realm and give a blessing to a mortal who you will judge worthy of it!"

The young angels were all surprised by this sudden order. It was a rather big task to perform. But they knew it was God's wish and they obeyed.

"We will do the honour of accomplish this task father!"

The young angels then left Heaven for the mortal realm, each of them searching for a mortal to give a blessing.

Among them, Lucifer, the angel of Light, searched to find a mortal to bless. Unfortunately, his searching was not very successful, most of the mortals he found not being worthy to receive a blessing in his eyes. Lucifer became frustrated and disappointed. He began to ask God why he give him this task that seemed so unimportant.

But God was wise and understood. Lucifer's anger and disappointment was because this task was not easy and told his son to keep searching and be patient and that he will end up finding a mortal who he will saw as worthy to receive his blessing.

Lucifer did obey and continued to search for a worthy mortal but without success. After some time, Lucifer got tired from his frustrating search and thought that God would soon notice his failure. But God didn't.

The angel of Light was near a river, still searching for a worthy mortal to bless, when he found a mortal near the river.

The mortal was a young boy, all dirty and wearing rags.The boy looked like he hadn't eat for a long time and seemed to search for gold in the river. Glancing at the boy's basket, Lucifer noticed it was empty.

This get the young angel's interest and decided to get the child's attention.

"Are you in search for gold child?" Lucifer asked the boy in a curious tone.

The boy turned to Lucifer, with fear in his eyes, he kneeled down before the angel, not daring to look at him in the eyes.

"Oh great angel of the Lord! Please excuse this lowly one for being in front of you in a such miserable state!" The boy declared, intimidated."I am indeed searching for gold, my village is plagued by famine and poverty and I was hoping to find gold to help them!"

At this declaration, Lucifer's interest grown bigger. Could this mortal be the one he was searching?

Lucifer had to know. So, he kneeled down to the child and asked him more questions.

"To help your village you say? You do not attend to keep everything to yourself should you find gold do you?"

Shocked by the questions, the child lifted his head to look at the angel with wide eyes.

"No! I would never! Why improve my life when everyone around me would still live miserably? If I would be lucky enough to live well then my village should be able to live well as well!" He exclaimed with determination before remembering who was in front of him and lowered his eyes.

"But why do you search for gold to help your village then?" Lucifer asked once again, curious on what the mortal would answer.

"Because we can only survive a few months in such times and if we do not find any gold, then my village will starve! I don’t want this to happen, something must be done and I want to help"

"And until now you haven't been lucky enough to find any gold, am I right child?"

"Y-yes! Until now I had not even found a single piece of gol!" The boy whispered and lowered his head a little more.

"And yet you have not given up right?"

"I can't give up! My village need this gold and even if I'm unlucky I will keeping on searching precious resources to help them!"

Lucifer looked at the young boy, finally he found a mortal worthy to get his blessing!

"Unlucky you said?" The young angel commented in reflection."Tell me child, what is your name?"

"I am called Asher oh! Angel of the Lord!" The child answered in respect.

"No family name?"

"No, I am an orphan and grew up alone!"

"Well, Asher, you are a truly brave soul my child! Brave and selfless!" Lucifer praised before getting closer to the boy to look into his eyes.

"And brave and selfless souls like you deserve to be rewarded!"

Lucifer then put two fingers on the confused boy's forehead and a few seconds later, the child found himself wrapped in a bright light.

Once the light faded away, they boy was now changed.

His hair, previously ash blond and dirty, were now smooth and shiny golden locks as if they were made of light. His eyes went from gray to magnificent blue eyes which were like two sapphires. His skin once covered by dirt and scars was now flawless and fair as porcelain. And on his forehead was now a mark looking like a stylized clubs.

From a dirty poor child, Asher now looked like a little prince in rags.

The young boy, shocked and confused by those changes, stared at the angel of Light, not being able to say a word.

Lucifer smiled at the child before announcing formally.

"Young Asher! For your strong desire and determination to help your village despite the odds, I, Lucifer, angel of Light, judged you worthy to receive my blessing! And by so, I bless you with an endless luck! From an unlucky orphan, you are now the luckiest mortal in this world! Every act of yours, every decision you take, everything about you, no matter what, is and will be blessed by luck! From now on, thanks to this blessing, you will never know unluck ever again!"

The boy's eyes went wide.

"And as for now, you should be known as "Asher Luckystar"! May this blessing permit you to accomplish your wish to get your village out of poverty and misery!"

The boy raised his head and looked at the angel in amazement.

"Thank you so much my angel! I will try my best to fulfill this blessing!" He said and bowed at the angel respectfully.

"I am sure you will! But listen to me carefully, you have been granted eternal luck for you and your possible future descendants but the gift of luck is not just given, you will have to work hard to stay deserving of this blessing! Should you, or any possible future descendant of your, end up abusing of this luck and use it selfishly instead of sharing it by helping others in addition of improving your life, you will receive hard karmic retributions, am I understood child?" Lucifer warned Asher, seriously.

"Of course! I will always share my blessing with those around me, I promise! I will do everything in my power to improve my life and my village’s! And if I ever get a family, I'll make sure they, and all future family members who would come after, always do the same!"

Lucifer smiled.

"Very good young Asher! Now go and begin to use this new blessing! May it give you and your peers a bright future!"

Nodding, the young boy stood up and bowed deeply to the angel of Light as if he were thanking the sky or thanking God for his blessings. After the boy left, Lucifer returned to Heaven, satisfied to have accomplished his task.

As for the boy now known as Asher Luckystar, as soon as the angel left, the young boy got back in his search for gold and, thanks to his new blessed luck, found what he was searching for while searching in a cave he found by luck.

But inside of this cave, he didn't just found gold, he also found silver, copper, bronze and many kind of gems.

Without wasting anymore time, the child quickly run back to his village to warn everyone about his finding, when the boy bring the villagers to the cave, all of them celebrated in joy.

The cave Asher found was a real ledge of precious metals and gems, there was enough for the village to survive and continue to live for a very long time.

And this thanks to Asher and his holy luck.

Years after Asher became blessed, the village was now thriving with money and trades, the boy began to participate in his village's trades and, thanks to his luck, earned a good living.

And even though Asher had become an extremely rich child and his life improved highly, he was generous and always shared his blessing with his village.

As time passed, Asher grown up into a successful young man who, thanks to his trade business and luck, made his village prosperous.

He marked his town's history, everyone in the town knew the name of Asher Luckystar and his blessed luck which he used to help others.

Even after his passing, his legacy lived through his descendants who inherited his luck and got very good and successful lives as well while staying humble and sharing their luck with others just like Asher had done during his lifetime.

This blessing keep on passing in the Luckystar family for generations, even after Lucifer's rebellion against God, even though Lucifer was punished, exiled from Heaven with his followers and sent to a lower realm, his blessing luck still remained in Earth and continued to grant its good fortune to the Luckystars as long as they continued to be good and share their good luck with other people.

***

"This tale is not just part of our town's history, it's also an important part of our family's history and legacy!" Aya's grandmother told one day to a, back then, very young Aya as she finished telling the tale of their family.

Like most of the members of the Luckystar family, Aya's grandmother was an very beautiful woman who was lucky to aging well, looking younger than her actual age and being very healthy.

As the Luckystar family's matriarch, Aya's grandmother took their family's legacy and their blessed luck very seriously and like her parents and her grandparents before her, she taught to her children, grandchildren and other younger members of the family the importance of the Luckystar's legacy.

Aya, as usual, listened very intently and attentively to her grandmother who, as usual, talked more than necessary.

"And this blessing keeps on living today and will keep living through future generations of Luckystars as long as our family stay worthy of it! A very few of us in our family's history ignored the importance of our legacy and abused of their luck in very selfish and because of that they paid the price deeply"

The little girl's head nodded in agreement at her grandmother's statement.

"But our family has learned from past mistakes!" Her grandmother went on "And we try our best to be worthy of this blessed luck which is meant to be a blessing for others and not just for ourselves! Do you understand sweety?"

"Yes Grandmother!" The young girl said, with big eyes filled with wisdom, a rare sight to see from a little child.

"I will always make sure to remember and respect our family's legacy and blessing, I promise!"

***

Aya hummed happily as she stepped out of her car, she was wearing a black flapper dress with black, high heels shoes, a pearl necklace, a pair of long black gloves and a white feather boa.

Her hair were stylized in a marcel wave hairstyle, her face had a light eye make up and her red ruby lips were smiling as she was standing in front of the Devil's casino.

It was early evening and for her next "gambling night" decided to go to Inkwell Isle 3 at the casino of none other than the Devil, king of Hell, former angel of Light Lucifer and former angel behind her family's blessing.

Going to this casino was risky, she know that, the owner was the being who give to her family their blessed luck so whatever which could happened there was uncertain and potentially dangerous.

But the temptation, she couldn't resist it!

After all, what better place to use her luck than a casino owned by the devil himself?

Aya had to admit that she felt very excited! For her, gambling was fun, exciting and this casino was going to be the best place to go gamble and get a ton of money.

After all, she know a good bunch of small business in financial difficulties who would be more than to recieve some investments as help.

And to her luck, tonight the casino organized a special dance night so not only she will had a nice gambling night, winning a big ton of money to donate to small business in need and she will had fun dancing.

Once again: a win-win situation.

Aya smiled as she walked toward the casino, meanwhile, inside the casino, the Devil himself was in his office, working on some documents he had to give King Dice once he was done when he felt something... Weird...

An unknown energy was nearby, an energy which, for strange reasons, was familiar(?) to him.

Lucifer looked up from his desk, frowning at the source of the energy, it was coming straight toward his casino, and Lucifer was sure it was coming from...

"Hm?" Lucifer said and raised an eyebrow, for some reason he knew who it was, he knew this feeling, from a very long time ago, but it couldn't be.

It was literally centuries ago! It couldn't be HIM! HE, more than probably, passed away for ages, so who could be...?

Lucifer reflected in silence for a moment before a grin appeared on his face.

Wondering the identity of the one behind this energy doesn't right now, because whoever this energy belongs to is coming right into his casino, he is gonna find out very soon.

He will see what to do next once he get the bottom of this.

Now all he has to do is wait and see.

*To be Continued*

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