#Red White and Blue Exorcist (Blue Exorcist AU)

[anotherhumanpet]

@patetpluvia replied to your post “@patetpluvia replied to your post “None of you can...”:

“What’s got you all wound up, Dennis??”

"Boy crush Sunday, apparently." No he will not elaborate. It's been a hell of an afternoon just getting here.

[kittenfangirl20]

I was thinking of a cool AU that is a crossover with Hazbin Hotel and MHA. It is Applepie where Adam, Lucifer, and Eve are top three heroes in training in their class of their hero training school. They are sent to Japan to help the heroes there against the League of Villains. Adam is the top of his class with Lucifer as the second and Eve as third. Here is some info about them.

Name: Adam Kadmon

Hero Name: Exorcist

Quirk: Able to shoot powerful beams of light from his hands and flight.

Unique Feature: A pair of gold wings that grew when he was a child and his quirk developed.

Hero Uniform: Black leather jacket with gold spikes on it, black leather pants, dark blue shirt with the gold A design his robes have, black combat boots with gold spikes on them, and the horned helmet/mask combo he wears in Hazbin Hotel.

Name: Lucifer Morningstar

Hero Name: Morningstar

Quirk: Can shapeshift into pretty much any animal, it can only be an animal that exists so he can’t turn into something like a dragon or griffin. He can modify his shapeshifting so he just takes on only the features he wants like growing wings.

Unique Feature: White skin with red circles on his cheeks and fangs for teeth. His feet are hooves and parts of his body have fur on them under his clothes.

Hero Uniform: He wears the white and red suit with knee high black boots with heels like his Hazbin Hotel counterpart does. But he doesn’t wear a top hat like his Hazbin Hotel counterpart does.

Name: Eve Barlow (last name I chose for her)

Hero Name: Lady Eden

Quirk: Plant manipulation and plant creation, can make weapons from the plants. Is also immune to any poisons created from plants.

Unique Feature: Flowers grow in her hair.

Hero Uniform: A short dress with long billowing sleeves made from vines that she can use to fight with. Wears knee high combat boots with flowers on them.

I can see Adam in this AU really getting along with Katsuki Bakugo and the rest of Class 1-A going “Oh no, there are two of them” when they see Adam hanging out with Katsuki.

[fandomtrumpshate]

By the Numbers update!!

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A look at the offers, broken down by type (with last year's numbers in italics for comparison purposes) -

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[findroleplay]

🌚Hello! I am a 24 year old female in search of some new rp partners for mpreg plots! (18+ only please. No minors) I usually like longer stories with characters developing/changing/growing etc. I love to make plots with my partner, as well as share fandom memes, videos, and more. I always love getting to talk out of chat as well.

NSFW very very welcome but not entirely necessary

My preferred genres and ‘tags’ are, hurt comfort, whump, and always angst.

My triggers/ no-no’s are BDSM, incest, rape/non-con, self harm, harm toward children, infantilism, feet, or pedophilia. (this being said I do not mind rp’ing teenagers if the SO is also a teen)

I do prefer to be the carrier in mpreg storylines but if you would like to do multiple I am perfectly comfortable being the one not pregnant.

My fandoms

Voltron I rp: Keith~ ships: Keith/Lance

Rise of the Guardians/ HTTYD~ I rp: Jack Frost~ Ships: Jack Frost/ Hiccup, Jack/Bunny

Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus~ I rp: Leo Valdez~ Ships: Leo/Nico, Leo/Percy, Leo/Jason, Leo/Frank

Miraculous Ladybug~ I rp: Adrien~ Ships: Adrien/Luca, Adrien/Marinette

Marvel (Comics & MCU)~ I rp: Loki mostly~ Ships: er... all but siblings.

Avatar the last Airbender~I rp: Zuko~ Ships: Zuko/Sokka, Zuko/Jet

Blue Exorcist~ I rp: Rin~ Ships: Rin/ Shima, Rin/Sugaro

TMNT~ I rp: Raphael~ Ships: Raph/Casey

Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss~ I rp: Angel Dust~ Ships: Angel/Alastor, Angel/Husk, Angel/Lucifer

Harry Potter~ I rp: Draco, Regulus~ Ships: Draco/Harry, Draco/Fred, Regulus/James

Arcane~ I rp: Viktor~ Ships: Viktor/Jayce

The Legend of Vox Machina~ I rp: Percy (Percival de Rolo)~ Ships: Percy/Vax, Percy/Vex

Encanto~ I rp: Camilo~ Ships: Anybody but family

Red White and Royal Blue~ I rp, Alex or Henry~ Ships: Alex/Henry

Carry On Series~ I rp: Baz~ Ships: Baz/Simon

The Magnus Archives~ I rp: Martin or Jon~ Ships: Martin/Jon

I am also willing to ship with any OC’s (other than the last three)

If none of the fandoms appeal I am also willing to make our own stories with OC’s. I love fantasy, modern fantasy, Sci-Fi, supernatural worlds or elements and some historical, though I will admit I’m not the best at those. I don’t much care for non fiction or modern. College AU’s are 50/50.

Time. I try to reply daily but I do work a few jobs and I will of course extend this courtesy to you.

I think that’s everything I can think of. I’m excited to begin. Please leave a like on the post and I’ll get to you asap! 🌚

_

[buffy]

Writing Commissions

~OPEN~

I’ve been toying with the idea of writing commissions for a very long time and have finally decided to bite the bullet. :D

If you’re not interested/can’t afford right now I’d still really appreciate a reblog

SFW/NSFW all priced the same.

--Pricing--

5$ for 500 words. (500 word min) 

10$ =1k

20$= 2k 

30$= 3k etc 

Max 10k words 

Every word past 5k is discounted at 5$ every thousand words rather than 10$ (ex: 60k fic would be 55$ rather than 60 etc etc. 10k stories for 75$)

Three rounds of edits for free, anything past that I will charge an additional 3$ So please please be specific in what you want. (this does not include grammar or spell check, those will be done before I offer first edit rounds)

I do tend to be long winded however.so if my imagination runs wild I will not charge over what you asked for. Creativity is a fickle bitch.

--Limits--

I will not write adult/child incest, beastiality, non-con/rape (dub con possibly), anything with scat or vomit is a no. No graphic self harm or eating disorders. Age limit for anything nsfw is 16. 

On the other hand.

--Things I will write--

Basically everything else! Furries, mpreg, crack, watersports, feet, knotting, etc etc, go for it. Go nuts. Self insert, Reader insert, OC’s, RPF, whatever fandom you so please and whatever AU you’d like!

That being said, I do have fandoms I know better than others. 

Voltron, Rise of the Guardians, HTTYD, Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus, Miraculous Ladybug, Marvel (Comics & MCU), DC,  Avatar the last Airbender, Blue Exorcist, Full Metal Alchemist, Attack on Titan, TMNT, Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss, Harry Potter, Arcane, The Legend of Vox Machina, Encanto, Red White and Royal Blue, Carry On Series, The Magnus Archives, Good Omens.

If none of these interest you please don't hesitate to ask for other fandoms!

--My Ao3 for writing reference is here --

My asks and messaging is open, please contact me there. Final versions will be shared on Ao3, if you would like it gifted please let me know.

Payment can be accepted through Venmo and PayPal.

[imoonblaze]

The Melody of a Story AU (CrossoverMelody-story)

TheMelodyOfAStory AU (CrossoverMelody-Story) belong to @imoonblaze

thanks for @some-multifandom-stories for helping me to find a name for this AU

What is this AU?

It is a universe where there is a crossover between different fandoms and different universes, the curious detail here is that… each character is a magical or mystical creature! They even live exposed to the magic of this world.

In this AU there are different creatures and kingdoms in all the confines of this alternate universe. There are different types of magic that make up the variety of powers and spells that its inhabitants can possess, although in its uses it can be used for attacks, defense, healing, invocation and among others.

But although it sounds like a magical fantasy world and with a lot of wonder to show, don't trust it, there are also dangers and dark forces and creatures that can be a threat if you have no idea how to guide yourself or be very careful where you walk.

What magical or mythical creatures exist?

In this world there is a great variety of creatures or races that fill this Au with life, among them there are:

-Harpies -Sirens -Faeries -Ajins (or geniuses) -Nymphs -Goblins

-Elves -Fauns -Ghost -Demons -Angels -Dragons

-Beastmen (insects, marine, flying, reptiles, transmutable creatures etc)

-wizards (sorcerers, alchemists, witches) -clerics (exorcists, nuns)

-creatures of dreams and nightmares -vampires -trolls -puppetry

-living inanimate objects -zombies -toys or dolls

.yokais (onis, kappas, Kitsunes, tanukis, nekomatas, etc)

AND MANY MORE!...

What magic, spells or powers are there?

There are a variety of powers and types of magic that each creature possesses, such powers usually have categories or classifications or are already specific to each race. These would be:

-Elementals (fire, water, air, earth, etc)

-Psychics

-supernatural

-summoning magic

-healing

-alchemy

-creation magic

-taming or taming of beasts

-delusions

-music or harmony

-white magic (light, energy, purification)

-black magic (darkness, corruption)

-gray magic (an intermediate point between white and black but its dangerousness or safety will depend on its use and the morality of the person who uses it)

-red magic (just as dangerous as black magic but it is a mystery, its counterpart is blue magic)

-blue magic (just as safe as white magic but it is a mystery, its counterpart is red magic)

-purple/violet/purple magic (just like gray magic is intermediate between blue and red...its dangerousness or safety will depend on its use and the morality of the user).

What places exist within this Au?

So far there is only this information that speaks a little about this world except not the locations, towns, kingdoms and others, since it is barely in development so a map for it will still be thinking as the concept ends.

How do they get their powers?

The way to obtain this magic depends on the genetic inheritance of both parents to the son/daughter, either inherited from one of them or a fusion/variant of both powers

However, there is also the one that they can learn other types of magic and spells in addition to the one they are born with, giving them the possibility of acquiring more abilities and greater possibilities.

But also, it is common for some races or depending on the individual to be born without any power.

What categories or classes of occupations exist in this world?

In this world there are different occupations or categories that the character can decide to be if it refers to combat and adventure, among them there are:

-Warrior -goalkeeper -magician -medicine man -cleric

-alchemist -explorer -Puppeteer -fighter

How do you get to this world?

The way to get there is complicated, since many other AUs do not know how to travel to this universe so far. The way it would be achieved would be to find hidden portals or that appear randomly anywhere in some universe (in all or some), mostly some opened by someone else or by a being of greater power.

In case it is discovered, there would be the possibility of creating an artifact or portal that needs some energy source to keep it active or thanks to the use of an object that you can find but rarely.

Creator deity?

Unknown so far.

[x0401x]

Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun: Ghost Hotel’s Café (Part 1)

Sneaking into a collaboration café that has the image of a “ghost hotel”! A cute and horrific space where one can feel at home for an “eternity”.

The Ghost Hotel’s Café, a collaboration café for “Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun” - one of the mangas currently being serialized in G Fantasy (Square Enix) -, was held in Tokyo, Ikebukuro’s AniPara Café, for a limited period from 12/05/2019 to 02/11/2020. In this collaboration café, the inside of the shop was decorated with “Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun”, where people can taste collaboration food and drinks, as well as purchase exclusive goods that cannot be acquired anywhere except in this café. This time, Pash! PLUS has been there for the first half of the event, which lasted from 12/05/2019 to 01/08/2020!

Welcome to the interior of the “Ghost Hotel”. You can relax here forever.

Ikebukuro’s AniPara Café is located on the 7th floor of a building that sits at a five-minute walk from the east exit of Ikebukuro (the Seven-Eleven on the 1st floor is a landmark!). This time, the collaboration café is based on the image of “Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun” x “Ghost Hotel”, and when the door is opened, the characters of “Hanako-kun”, who became employees at the “Ghost Hotel”, will welcome you.

The adorable characters drawn by AidaIro-sensei are everywhere in the store! As there were already many pop-like and cute illustrations in display at the entrance, we were stuck there for a while. However, this is a “ghost hotel”. Perhaps something more than just cute may be waiting...!?

Enormous panels of Hanako-kun, Nene and Kou were installed at the entrance to the main floor. By the way, if you looked veeery closely at the panels, there was a certain hidden message in them, or something like that. What’s more, the characters of “Hanako-kun” were hiding around the store in miniature versions... Check out every corner if you visit this collaboration café. The playfulness of the “ghost hotel’s employees” may be hidden all over.

Moreover, an original story by AidaIro-sensei was posted on the official Twitter of this collaboration café (@hanakokuncafe). If you check the backstory that led to the opening of the Ghost Hotel in advance, you may enjoy it from a different perspective!

In addition, there are many display panels of “Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun” around the store. It is a luxurious space where you can enjoy the adorable and vivid world drawn by Aida-sensei during the meantime until the collaboration menu arrives. It’s cute everywhere.

And when it comes to the place where the protagonist Hanako-kun belongs to, it has to be the toilet. This collaboration café’s toilet is a beautiful one at first glance, but when you sit down...

Just like ghosts, they “suddenly” appear everywhere in the store. While at this collaboration café, it may be best to pay attention to signs of their presence, so that you will be ready to encounter them anytime.

Check out the cute food and drinks inspired in “Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun”!

When it comes to collaboration cafés, the food and drinks are indispensable! This collaboration café has the “Ghost Hotel’s Café Afternoon Tea”, which includes an invitation to the Ghost Hotel; Hanako-kun’s favorite food, “Hanako-kun’s Floaty Doughnut”; “Mistuba’s Showy Pasta”, a pink pasta that aims for “flashiness”; the sparkly “Mokke’s Delightful Candy Cake”, modeled after candies, the Mokke’s staple food; and “The Edible Plots of Nene from the Gardening Club”, which looks almost like a plot and has a connection with the fact that Nene is part of the gardening club.

Cute and unique foods and drinks such as “Natsuhiko’s Room Service Cocoa”, which has chocolates shaped as screws as its main point, and “Teru’s Holy Exorcist Blue Soda”, which seems to be refreshingly purified by a combination of blue syrup and lychee soda, also made an appearance.

On the occasion, we ordered “Hanako-kun’s Vampire Berry Tea” and “Nene’s Welcome Drink” out of the many menu items. We actually tried them!

■ “Hanako-kun's Vampire Berry Tea” 700 yen (tax included)

Berry tea with the image of a “vampire” Hanako! At first glance, it has a dark red, tomato juice-like color (metaphor), but it is a beautiful drink that looks like rubies when you hold it in the light.

On the topic of berry tea, there are many people who wonder, “Doesn’t the taste of the black tea get too light because the taste of berries is too strong?” but Hanako-kun’s Vampire Berry Tea presents a good balance between the taste of tea and of berries, so we wound up humming without thinking, “I was waiting for this balance!”. There are three types of berries as topping and you can enjoy their texture, so for the people who are indecisive about their drink, we recommend Hanako-kun’s Vampire Berry Tea!

■ “Nene’s Welcome Drink” 600 yen (tax included)

Nene’s Welcome Drink welcomes the visitors into the Ghost Hotel. Gold leaves floating on a pale bluish ramune soda, and rather than being “a nostalgic drink from childhood”, it has a mysterious beauty that makes you feel like you “might be able to go to a different world” if you drink it.

As the name “Welcome Drink” implies, you can enjoy a refreshing feeling with this beverage when it goes down your throat. It might be a good idea to firstly have a toast with Nene’s Welcome Drink, and then order the food and drinks that you are curious about!

Now, if you order a “Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun” collaboration food and drink, you can get a random coaster (9 types in the first half/12 types in the second half). ♪ (Picture is from the first half.)

And these story cards (12 types in total) are available at random for each visit!

Also, if you eat at the café for more than 1,500 yen and collect three stamps, you can get an original can mirror. This, too, is cute!

Come to this a cute and slightly horrific (?) space interwoven by “Jibaku Shonen Hanako-kun”. Is it up to you whether or not you will become unable to ever return from the cozy Ghost Hotel.

Check out the latter half’s menu!

■ “Kou’s First Special ☆ Egg Benedict” (price: 1,300 yen/tax included)

The first egg Benedict that Kou made for Nene and Hanako. It has soft-boiled poached eggs and thick bacon slices.

■ “Nene’s Mermaid Salad” (price: 1,050 yen/tax included)

A beautiful mermaid salad with a blue dressing, inspired by Nene, who swallowed a mermaid scale and became the princess of the mermaid world (!?).

■ “Mokke Curry” (price: 980 yen/tax included)

The cute Mokke turns into a curry!

■ “Crazy-Risky Soup made by Teru” (price: 750 yen/tax included)

A pretty dangerous soup made by Teru, who is bad at cooking. The appearance is quite wicked, but the taste is...?

■ “Watchkeeper’s Tart with Fruits” (price: 1,200 yen/tax included)

A tart with a clock face printed on it, modeled after Aoi Akane. It is delicious to eat with pears and grapes. ♪

■ “Pipe Dream Cake” (price: 900 yen/tax included) ※limited number of slices per time

A colorful, cute five-layer cake. A marine-blue jelly with the flavor of a refreshing blue curaçao is laid out on it.

■ “Tsuchigumo’s Specialty Pancake ~Won’t Let You Run Away Anymore~” (price: 1,170 yen/tax included)

Tsuchigumo-sensei’s pancake, which recreates a cobweb with a purple sweet potato cream and chocolate sauce poured over it.

■ “GHOST HOTEL’S CAFÉ Afternoon Tea” (price: 2,400 yen/tax included)

An afternoon tea set that comes with an invitation to the Ghost Hotel’s Café. It has many cakes, so we recommend sharing it. ☆

■ “Hanako-kun’s Floaty Donuts” (price: 850 yen/tax included)

Hanako-kun’s beloved donut, decorated with blueberry sauce!

■ “Kou’s Specialty Rice Omelet” (price: 1,280 yen/tax included)

Kou’s special rice omelet with a melty egg coat over it. You can also get a card of Kou with it!

■ “Mitsuba’s Showy Pasta” (price: 1,300 yen/tax included)

Mitsuba’s flashy pink pasta, consisting of fettuccine and beet sauce.

■ “Amane and Tsukasa Twin Parfait” (price: 1,300 yen/tax included)

A twin parfait inspired by Amane and Tsukasa. Plenty of black sesame sauce on a panna cotta and shiratama. Plus, it is topped with cheesecake and chocolate cake!

■ “Amane’s ‘I wanted to be an astronaut’ Potatoes” (price: 850 yen/tax included)

Outer space-like potatoes inspired by Amane, who wanted to be an astronaut. Two kinds of potatoes with cheese sauce and basil sauce.

■ “Tsukasa’s Dismemberment Squid Ink Pasta” (price: 1,200 yen/tax included)

A completely black pasta of fettuccine and squid ink. You cannot resist the seafood richness of this item.

■ “The Edible Plots of Nene from the Gardening Club” (price: 850 yen/tax included)

An edible plot named after Nene, from the gardening club. The upper part is a finely crushed chocolate muffin, and the inside of the flower vase contains mascarpone, chocolate mousse and berries.

■ “Akane’s Self-Made Chai au Lait” (price: 700 yen/tax included)

You can mix the tea and milk to your tastes and enjoy your own original chai au lait!

■ “Aoi’s Fairy Forest Fruitball Juice” (price: 850 yen/tax included)

A cherry-based carbonated drink with fruit balls with the image of Aoi, the fairy.

■ “Sakura’s Good Night Mint Tea” (price: 650 yen/tax included)

With green tea flavor and mint syrup added to make it a little refreshing. The perfect hot tea to drink before going to bed.

■ “Hanako-kun's Vampire Berry Tea” (price: 700 yen/tax included)

A bright red, fruity berry tea, suitable for the vampire Hanako-kun.

■ “Nene’s Welcome Cocktail” (price: 600 yen/tax included)

A cocktail that welcomes guests into the GHOST HOTEL’S CAFÉ. Gold leaves on ramune soda!

■ “Kou’s ‘gotta be careful on full moon nights’ Squash” (price: 700 yen/tax included)

Lemon squash inspired by Kou, the werewolf. With lemon slices shaped like a full moon.

■ “Mitsuba’s Stay-Up-Late Hot Strawberry Milk” (price: 700 yen/tax included)

A warm drink with a layer of white milk and one of sweet strawberry inspired by Mitsuba, the mummy.

■ “Tsukasa’s Mixed Calpis Cola” (price: 700 yen/tax included)

Mixed Calpis Cola, in which the Calpis sways under the Cola just like the ghost Tsukasa.

■ “Mokke’s ‘you’re next’ latte” (price: 700 yen/tax included)

Mokke made into latte.

[noxshade]

Day 30 & 31: Showdown and Anticlimax

“Why don’t you show yourself, ‘Mistress’?”

Reimu Hakurei looked around, trying to find the mastermind of this plot.  The moon had risen by this late hour; not that you could see it clearly, just a pale red glow behind the scarlet fog.  There was a great rumbling in the air, and a cloud of bats flew past Reimu, converging in a swarming mass.  From this writhing, a figure emerged.  

A slender young girl, her skin a bloodless, pallid shade.  She was clad in soft pinks and vibrant reds in an aristocratic, gothic, western style, two leathery bat wings, black as night against the red mist, spouted from her back, lazily flapping far too slowly to support her, but still she hung in the air before her.  She brushed a lock of her wavy, powder-blue hair behind one pointed ear and looked down at Reimu.

“Ah, just one?  I was told there were two human intruders,” she said in a vaguely western accent.  

An outsider then, Reimu guessed, based on her voice. “Sorry to disappoint, but it’s just me for now.  The other one is dealing with your pet wizard,” she said.  She and Marisa had been ambushed by the maid and the librarian, and they had split up to deal with them.

“Oh, so that’s how it all worked out.  I look forward to seeing the book Patchy will bind with her skin.”  The looks of quiet amusement as she said this betrayed her age, thought Reimu.  The hint of bemused malice in her child’s voice and the shadow of sadism that crossed her too-young face told Reimu that whatever this thing was, it was nowhere near as young as it appeared.

“And I assume you’re looking to do something similar to me, yeah?” Reimu asked.  She shifted her grip on her gohei purification rod and stared back into those blood-red, slit-pupiled eyes.  “Something cruel and unspeakable?”

“It’s not polite to assume things, especially about your host,” the girl responded.  She folded her hands in front of her, like they were making polite conversation.  “I’m rather thinking of asking you to leave my manor for this behavior.  You’ve harassed my staff, disrupted their work, annoyed my friend and if you don’t leave soon you may disturb my dear sister.”

“Well, remove the red fog from Gensokyo, and you might make it back to your dear sister in one piece,” Reimu said, drawing a handful of ofuda talismans.

“If you think this is a game, priestess, you’re sadly mistaken,” the girl said.  She flicked her hand and a massive, intricately ornate winged spear flew into her outstretched palm, too fast for Reimu to tell where it had come from.  “This is all too real.”  They both smiled tightly.

“Looks like it's going to be a long night.”

“Looks like it's going to be a fun night.”

~~~

Reimu Hakurei awoke from another dream, again anxious, disappointed and confused.  These dreams of a fantasy land were always so exciting, but when she awoke it all turned back to crushing disappointment as she remembered her real life.

She rolled checked her bedside clock, and despite wanting to stay in bed another hour, she judged that it was time to start her day.  She rolled off her futon and began her morning routine.  Boil a kettle for tea, brush hair, toast bread, find clothes.  As she spread a tiny amount of jam on her toast, she tried to remember what her dream had been about.  Another of her many heroic fantasies, like all dreams they faded almost as soon as she woke up.  But this one had been so intense, was she fighting a vampire with a spear?

She finished her toast, and found some clean clothes.  A once-bright red hoodie, now a deeper, faded color, and an equally old pair of khaki cargo pants, now devoid of almost all color except the dull smear of age.  She slipped into her pair of beat-up sneakers and tied up her hair into a loose bun, tied with one of her keepsakes from her mother, a red, frilled ribbon.  The locals had always talked about her with such admiration, Reimu felt a private shame that she couldn’t remember much of anything about her, but the ribbon and the two red fabric tubes she wore on her long sidelocks felt familiar in a way nothing else did.

Finally dressed, she slid her front door up, and stepped out into the mid-morning fog of Gensokyo, Tokyo.  Tucked away between Shinkaji and Shimokitazawa, the neighborhood was oft-forgotten by the authorities, filled equally with retirees and hipsters.  Reimu grabbed her broom from inside the Hakurei Shrine, and closed the door.  She checked her donation box on her way down the stairs, and pocketed the spare coins; judging them enough for a sandwich lunch from the corner store later in the day.  She set to sweeping the path between the torii and the shrine, trying to keep this tiny corner of nature wedged between urban sprawl clean.

“Um, hello?” came a voice from behind her.  Reimu turned to see a pale salaryman, sick mask over his face, looking around nervously as he stood on the threshold beneath the torii gate.  She turned and answered him.

“Hello, what are you looking for?” she said, leaning on her broom.

“Are you…the manager of this shrine?” he asked, looking around.

“No, but I would be if shrines had managers,” Reimu responded, wondering what this could possibly be about.  Another real estate stooge trying to buy up the shrine?

“Oh well, um,” he stumbled over his words before continuing. “I’ve got a bit of a weird problem, and I was given this flyer about it…” he produced a slip of paper and offered it to Reimu and she took it.  It read in white lettering outlined in red: “Exorcisms and Spiritual Exterminations: Hakurei Shrine Services” with a picture of the shrine and the address.  Marisa had made these for her months ago, and little had come from putting them all over the neighborhood except for one near-signed old woman trying to get Reimu to handle her tatami mite infestation.  Did Marisa print more of them without telling her?

“Where did you get this?” Reimu asked.   

The man looked even more nervous.  “Well, I was out drinking after work a few nights ago, and I may have started complaining about how…” he paused, looking embarrassed.  Reimu gestured for him to continue, and he collected himself.  “About how the apartment above mine is haunted.  One of the other regulars at the bar said that she knew a great exorcist who could settle the spirit, and she gave me that flyer.  Is that you?”

“Yes, that’s me,” Reimu said to try and calm his obvious nerves. “Do you know this regular?”

“Um, I don’t know her name.” Reimu gestured for him to continue again, and the man explained: “Tall, middle aged, blond hair, dressed in a dark purple business suit.  The bartender says she’s a night owl: stays until dawn, then leaves.”  Despite the right hair color, that didn’t sound anything like Marisa.  After thinking it over for a moment and coming up with nothing, she returned her attention to the salaryman.

“So, a haunted apartment above yours?” she asked.

“Yes, I’ve spoken to the building manager, but she doesn’t believe me.  She walked me through the apartment when I lodged a noise complaint, she said it’s empty because of some kind of rot in the floorboards that she can’t find anyone to fix, but…”

“What kind of noises are you hearing?”

“Moaning, scratching, and loud thumps at the floor,” he said.  “At first, it thought it must be someone that was kidnapped, or held against their will, but since she showed me that it’s empty and she keeps the door locked, I’m convinced it’s haunted.  It’s happened every night for two months now, and I can’t get any sleep.”

Reimu mulled the problem over.  She needed cash, but a locked apartment might not be so easy.  She wondered if Marisa still had her lockpicking kit from her B&E days - who was she kidding? Of course Marisa still had it, the girl never threw anything away.  Reimu checked her watch, and tried to remember when Marisa would be out of her classes; not until 5 pm at the latest, which left them plenty of time for a nighttime ritual and exorcism.

“Alright, if you can pay, I can remove this spirit for you,” Reimu said, shifting her tone of voice to her saleswoman pitch.  “Base fee is thirty thousand yen, with additional fees if the spirit is troublesome and takes longer, and a down payment of five thousand yen for materials.”

The man swallowed behind his mask.  “So, you can do it soon, then?” he said as he removed several bills from his wallet.

“Yes, we can do it tonight.  I’ll need my associate, who should be free tonight.” She accepted the five bills with a bow. “And besides, exorcisms are best performed when the spirit is active, so we’d have to wait regardless.”  She pocketed the cash, and directed the man into the shrine to get his address and take stock of her supplies.

While she may not have been as fearless as the other Reimu in her dreams, she was still an exterminator of spirits, and a keeper of Gensokyo’s balance.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29772798/chapters/74911179

(I guess this is as good a place to start an AU.  Focused on an urban fantasy feel, and majorly inspired by this picture, look for stories in this universe here and on my AO3.)

[nalufever]

do you have any more nalu fic recs?

Sorry, not sorry - you’ve unleashed more than you could’ve guessed. ^^ Always happy to Recommend a List of Fics ~ And thank you for asking! Admittedly there’s a few Recs that aren’t Nalu - I got excited to share my favs. ;)

A Girl Worth Fighting For: Natsu navigates unspeakable horrors to win Lucy’s love or Natsu goes shopping, looking for the perfect white day gift. 

A Lesson: Natsu and Lucy can’t keep themselves from expressing their passions - and the results are bed breaking. Short but smutty - smexy in fact. ;P 

A Solidly Constructed Kiss: Erza strong-arms Lucy and Natsu into working the Kissing Booth to raise funds for a school trip. Lucy’s never been kissed and Natsu acts like he’s never entertained even the idea of kissing another person. Things naturally come to a head when Lucy and Natsu are given the task to build the actual booth; will they fight over construction or build themselves some kind of relationship? 

Fairy Tail Week: A collection of drabbles from tumblr prompts to celebrate Fairy Tail. Fairy, Ladies, Lads, Magic, Guild, Ultimate Team, Stronger, Mashima, Tail. Only rated teen to err on the side of caution, family friendly content featuring most of the Fairy Tail Guild! 

Feathers and Scales: Angel/Demon AU. Devils are more than they seem and Angels no less. Pitted against each other in a never-ending battle for souls, a single Angel and Devil trade mercies and fall in love. Warning: major character death(s). 

Full Moon Secret: Natsu had wanted to tell Lucy his secrets, to share his family history with the fey…it had just never been the right time. Tonight the truth was going to be revealed, one way or another. 

Okay, I could just keep hyping all of my own fics individually - but I won’t - other than to just put in a link to ALL OF THEM. ;) Fair warning, I have a few other fandoms works in all the Fairy Tail stories - from Brooklyn 99 to The Flash, Snow White with the Red Hair, RWBY, Blue Exorcist, Teen Titans and some Hakuouki. Yes, I’m a shameless self-promoter. Speaking of that - one more I need to rec!  Natsu’s Stars in Lucy’s Sky. I swear Imma finish this. 

I also have more than a few favourite authors who write for Fairy Tail (and other fandoms) ~ some have not contributed lately to Fairy Tail or chosen to concentrate on other fandoms - but I like them and their excellent writing. 

ObsessedwithNalu: One of my first fandom friends and pretty much any of her FT stories is gold. @obsessedwithnalu  

Christmas Treats: Admittedly a gift to me and very cherished for that fact - and - it’s frigging awesome. Lucy does a little holiday baking at home before Fairy Tail’s Christmas party. Natsu, as always, is there. One thing leads to another… 

Thanks, Krov: When Krov decided to relax at his favorite bar after work, he never imagined that he’d be seeing some of his old guild members, especially since he thought they had died long ago. Nalu fluff. 

Edo-Nalu love fest: Submissions for the Nalu love fest week of 2014. But instead of regular Nalu, these ones feature Edo-Nalu. Smut-tastic and delightfully mature. 

ImpracticalDemon: Another early fandom friend who’s still writing this, that and the other thing - and she’s just GREAT. Again, a link to all her works and a few that are special to me follow. XOXOX @impracticaldemon  

May the Best Man Survive: “Gray would never have in a million years thought he’d host Natsu’s bachelor party (Nalu pairing). Why is it his job to herd the bunch of rowdy mages from bar to bar, ending up at the guild where the real surprise party is? Oh yeah, the idiot had asked him to be the best man at his wedding. Hijinks, chaos and hilarity ensue.” ^^ A prompt supplied by me and I’m smirking so wide because the fic Imp came up with delivered more awesomeness than I could have hoped for! 

A Star At His Side: “Accidentally Fall Asleep Together” for Endragoneel on tumblr. Natsu and Lucy spend the day together at a festival in Magnolia. Natsu ends up watching more than just the stars when the festival is over… 

Christmas Gifts: When Erza walks Wendy home from the Guild’s Christmas Party, Wendy realizes how alone her friend and mentor is feeling. She sets out to recruit Lucy, Natsu and the rest to break Jellal out of prison for just one night, as a Christmas gift for Erza. Meanwhile, Natsu has accidentally burned some of Lucy’s writing. Will she forgive him? 

Dark Shining Light: One of the best and most welcoming writers I have ever interacted with! I’m still gobsmacked she’s a friend! She’s a legend and I don’t know what else I could add to any discourse about her writing - but the classics are classic for a reason, yeah? Here’s a few of my personal favourites of her works and just know there’s too many to list them all! AKA @ff-darkshininglight 

Mischievous Cat: Let’s just say there have been a few incidents where Happy has come in at a bad time. 

What Belongs to a Demon: Everyone knew she belonged to the great demon lord and she would prove that she deserved to stand by his side. 

The Truth Revealing Cards: Lucy should have known if there was a card that would reveal her secrets, Natsu would want it. 

Eliz1369: Got introduced to her for her Hakuoki fics but she’d dipped her toes into FT as well ~ and this is a great fic. ^^ @eliz1369 

The Light of Fairy Tail: The members of Fairy Tail may be their own brand of crazy, but their hearts are always in the right place. 

rougescribe: Shame on me for not reading more of this author’s works! @rougescribe  

Fire Sprite No 5: For him, Heaven wasn’t a place or a single moment in time. It was a feeling built on memories upon memories, past and present and a hope for future ones all tied down together. All sharing one common denominator: Her. Nalu. Tumblr Valentine’s Event. 

Fallen Ark Angel: Admittedly I only have interacted from afar with this writer. I mainly read Nalu fics but I love her take on Mira and Laxus and her next gen offspring characters. She’s got a lot to offer and it’s all superb. @fallen029

Loving Satan: Loving Satan is never easy. But when she loves you back, its twice as bad. 

Madartiste: Another one-sided love affair with someone else’s writing. And her stories are all wonderful and prolly appear on hundreds of Fic Rec Lists - but here’s one of my Favs! @madartiste  

Hoarding: Getting interrupted gets old fast. 

UranoMetria: I added her to my stable of fav authors 05-03-2014. Wow. Eons ago and even if I’m not sure she’s still active in the fandom, I salute her. Kudos. 

The Goddess Gate: With six years of partnership, Natsu and Lucy are torn apart by a mysterious visit from a secret magic council. Lucy is kidnapped and her memories suppressed. She fights her way back home to regain her life - with a startling secret revealed as she begins to remember. The lives of all Earthland hang in the balance. **Okay, this is a wicked old fic - but amazingly written and fuelled my own desires for writing. Last updated in 2018 but who knows? Some current attention may slay any demons on her back in regards to writing - and even if not - the hours of enjoyment reading this is worth giving a comment just to say, ‘thank you for writing.‘ 

Wild Rhov: Do I even need to say anything about this author? Famous, famous, famous. Excellent. Writes a lot of pairings and fleshes every relationship into something REAL. I Can’t Even. @wildrhov  

Beastly Possession: Something is murdering people in Magnolia. When Lucy is attacked, Natsu goes on a rampage to find the culprit, and everyone in Fairy Tail wants revenge. But could this bloodthirsty attacker be someone they know? Warning: High octane nightmare fuel! Do not read while eating, and beware of red eyes in the dark! 

Shell1331: Introduced via Imp. This writer is in a few fandoms and is worth reading. @shell-senji  

Juicy: Impulsivity and poorly chosen words get Natsu into more trouble than he’d expected, which is saying something for him. 

AbsentAngel: Everyone should know this writer. Been stalking her since 2014 so that says something. Tho, it’s prolly just that I’m creepy. ;) My suggested fic here is being re-written/has been? into something original and worth being purchased when it becomes available and re-read over and over. No, I am not being paid to shill but I am open to having senpai notice me. @absent-angel  

To the Flame: She stares, transfixed, as the blood runs down his fingers and begins to pool in his palm. He holds his hand up to her lips in offering, and she tears her eyes away from the blood to study his face. He is smiling softly. “Go on Luce, I didn’t cut them for nothing.” [Vamp AU] 

HawkofNavarre: Loved for awesome and delightful Gruvia content. Looks like there’s a tumblr but I can’t manage to link it. :(

You Stole the Rain: He just wanted to be friends; fine, she just needed to change his mind. Gray x Juvia 

Ricardian Scholar Clark-Weasley: Not sure I spelled that right even after checking three times! I usually short hand that to RS-CW in my head. And she’s prolific - has a tonne of fandoms and is a tower of talent. Is anyone reading all my fangirl gushing? 'Cause she follows one of my fics and comments (sorry I haven’t updated that fic in a while) and it’s a source of happiness that someone who writes so well happens to enjoy some of my content. Okay, bragging over - back to the Recs! 

Tales of Fairies: A collection of oneshots exploring different friendships, ideas, sad themes, comical scenarios, and lots and lots of pairings…but mainly Nalu. 

snogfairy: Another giant in the FT fandom. Impressive talent. @lineffability  

naughty nalus: smutty nalu oneshots B) ***Mature content!*** 

Rivendell101: Another giant in FT and other fandoms. This author would be considered required reading if I ran a fandom course in a University setting. Just sayin’ @rivendell101  

Crave: /krāv/ Verb. To feel a powerful desire for (something). They crave each other. And satiation doesn’t come easily. He growls against her again. “Beg for it,” he demands, lips ghosting against her. 

Lakerae aka @hidetheremote : Did you think I’d forgotten you? Ha! Gotcha good! You’re an inspiration to me because you’re working so hard to publish your children’s books. Kudos to you li'l sis! You’re busy but still make it a point to talk to me and I love you for that and everything.

The Gift of the Magi: A Gajevy Twist: A retelling of the classic Christmas story “The Gift of the Magi,” with your favorite Fairy Tail couple Gajeel and Levy! It’s Christmas time and Gajeel and Levy exchange gifts. They both are surprised what they receive and learn a lesson of the true meaning of Christmas. 

I could add more and more as I search my saved favs on FF.net ~ and I’m sorry to not include all of them - but this is crazy long as it is. If you read and like any of the recommended fics, please be sure to let the author know. To the authors of these and all fanfics, Thanks for everything.

[anotherhumanpet]

It was quiet at home, save for the bustling and sizzling going on in the kitchen as Penny cooked a home-made meal. The noise didn't bother Dennis that much though, nor did it prove to be a huge distraction from his summer study work at the dining table. The smell, however, quickly proved itself to be a real problem as the scent of sauteed chicken and alfredo sauce wafted its way to him, stirring up his appetite and creating a black hole within his stomach all at once.

It was torture, to say the least, and when his mother had the gall to ask, "How's your study work going, sweetie?" Dennis wanted to slam his head into the table.

"Fine." He managed to strain out of himself without letting too much frustration bleed through. Things had come to a grinding halt ever since his stomach started eating itself in a desperate bid to get food, but it was fine. Everything was fine and the homework was fine and--

A polite knock at the door had all heads turning to look at the main entrance of the apartment. Then, before his mother could say anything, Dennis got up from the table and made tracks for the front door. "I got it."

"Check who it is before you just open it." Penny chided at him.

"Yes, mom." Dennis sighed out in annoyance because he was going to do that anyway. But whatever. It's fine. Looking through a peep hole really isn't that hard to do or easy to forget but whatever.

Opening the door though proved to be a slight challenge for Dennis after he actually saw who was standing on the other side of it, waiting patiently. Despite how unnerved he was to see Mephisto however, Dennis knew he couldn't keep the Director waiting for long. He didn't know what Mephisto would do if he grew impatient with them, but it didn't take a genius to understand that it just wasn't a good idea to try the demon's patience either. So, after a quick breath to steel his nerve, Dennis unlocked the deadbolt, kept the chain lock in place, cracked the door open, and poked his head in through the small space.

"Director Faust...?" Dennis sounded unsure when he addressed the demon. With so many names and titles to his name, it was hard to know which should be used at any given time. Seeing how his mom was unaware of Mephisto's true demonic nature, Dennis opted for the more 'safe' name at the moment; the one he had been given by Mephisto when he asked him for a name some odd weeks ago. It seemed to be the 'human persona' name that Mephisto had, but Dennis could only guess at that.

@mayhemmaybe

[m34gs]

Blessing in Disguise

Blue Exorcist fanfic based on prompt 9. Bees, from the March Prompts posted by @creativepromptsforwriting (link to the prompt list here)

Blue Exorcist fic beneath the cut. Bon/Rin, crushes, mutual feelings, studying, picnic, au where Rin has an allergy.

Rin hummed to himself and swayed in the kitchen as he finished packing the lunches he made into a little wicker picnic basket. His tail flicked behind him lazily. The sunlight streamed in through the window, brightening the room. Rin took another glance over the lunch, pursing his lips.

"Sandwiches, juice boxes, veggies..." he frowned slightly. "Was there anything else?..." A tug on his pants had him looking down to a little purple demon with a red nose. Once the demon had his attention, he held up a little box to Rin. "Oh yeah! The dessert!" He grabbed the box of chocolates and placed it neatly in the basket. "Thanks, Ukobach!" The little demon nodded and gave an approving grunt. Rin closed the basket lid and fastened it. He glanced at the clock. "Crap! I have to go or I'll be late! See ya later, Ukobach!!!"

Rin raced out the door, grabbing his bookbag from the corner on his way out, his basket hung over the other arm.

The sky was a brilliant blue, with fluffy white clouds, the ones that look like cotton candy. Rin couldn't help but grin, the sunlight warming his skin. He remembered to tuck his tail under his clothes before he got to a more heavily populated area, and slowed his pace when he saw Bon leaning against the tree they agreed to meet at. Rin couldn't help but take a moment to stare, enjoying how this angle highlighted the sharpness of his jaw, and the way the sunlight glinted off his piercings. His forearms were showing, his sleeves rolled up halfway, and if Rin denied being weak at that then he would be a liar. Bon gave a sigh and ran a hand through his hair before turning toward Rin. He started slightly when their eyes met. Rin also jumped and felt his face heat up, but he ignored the sensation and rushed forward, forcing his grin to be even wider.

"Bon!" He greeted with a wave as he trotted over.

Bon nodded at him, adjusting his own satchel on his shoulder. "Let's get go - What's in the basket?" Rin glanced down at his wicker basket and then back up.

"Well, you said we were gonna be studying a while, so I brought us lunch!" he announced with a nervous laugh. Definitely not because I wanted to have a picnic with you, he thought to himself. Bon blinked.

"Oh. Uh. Thanks." He rubbed the back of his neck. "Uh, let's get going then." He turned around and started walking away, still on the school grounds, but to an area where hardly any other students passed through. Rin followed him, trying to ignore the pang in his heart at how unenthusiastic Ryuji was about the lunch he brought. He adjusted the basket and dropped his bag to the ground as he sat down next to Bon.

A low buzzing sound came from nearby, and Rin glanced up. His eyes caught sight of a bee's nest. He tensed, but Rin did his best to ignore it, hoping to impress Bon more by showing an interest in studying. Bon cracked open his book. "Ok, let's get started on the Fatal Verses we're supposed to memorize this week." Rin nodded and leaned closer, very aware of their position in relation to each other. He very consciously kept a couple inches of space between himself and the other boy.

The buzzing faded into the background more as Rin listened to Bon read. He focused on the power of Bon's voice, the tones he used on certain parts, the way his voice stayed at a constant volume. Rin's tail wiggled under his shirt and he nearly hummed in contentment, but caught himself at the last minute.

It wasn't long before both their stomachs were growling. Bon sighed, but Rin grinned and grabbed the picnic basket. "This is why I brought lunch," he announced. He started laying out the lunch for them. They both dug in.

Rin was so hungry, and so focused on how close he was to Bon, that he didn't realize the buzzing had grown louder and closer. It wasn't until he felt something land on his arm that he glanced down. He caught sight of the yellow and black stripes and yelped, jumping back. Bon's head shot up and he looked around wildly.

"What?! What's wrong?" he demanded. Rin scrambled away from the bee, which seemed to now be following him. Bon followed his terrified gaze, body tense as if ready to hit someone. But when he saw what Rin was backing away from, he frowned and paused. "Is that...a bee?"

Rin scrambled backward some more. "I...uh...I'm allergic to bees," he announced awkwardly. The bee bumbled its way closer and Rin leaned further back. Bon tilted his head.

"Hah? You're telling me that you, the literal spawn of Satan, are allergic to bees?"

"I'm also half-human!" Rin reminded him. "And I got the human half of the allergies!" Bon sighed and shook his head.

"Why didn't you say something sooner?" He picked up his books and packed them in the bag, and did the same with their half-eaten lunch. Bon stood and held out a hand for Rin. Rin glanced at the hand, and then the bee, which was slowly drawing closer, its cute fuzzy little body making him shudder in fear. He took Bon's hand and the other boy yanked him to his feet. "Come on. Let's go somewhere else." Rin nodded, grateful.

He stumbled after Ryuji for several minutes. "Um...B-Bon?"

"Hmm?"

"Uh...you can let go of my hand...you know," Rin mumbled, his cheeks completely red now. He cursed the bees for making him look dumb in front of his crush. Bon didn't pause, didn't look back at him, but Rin heard his next words as clearly as if he shouted them in his face.

"Maybe...I don't want to," Bon admitted quietly. Rin blinked. Oh. OH. OH.

Rin grinned to himself as he watched the tips of Bon's ears turn pink. "Well, if you don't want to, then that's ok." He squeezed Bon's hand slightly, and Bon squeezed his in return. And Rin thanked the bee that made his crush end up holding his hand.

[fandomtrumpshate]

Unlisted Fandom Challenge - update

We now have 151 write-in fandoms. Egads.

At the front of the pack it's still Young Royals leading Malevolent and The Queen's Thief, with 911: Lone Star now in a 3-way tie for 4th place with Overwatch and The Owl House. Fifth place is an eleven-way tie -

3 Alex Rider 3 Chainsaw Man 3 Disney's Descendants 3 Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (The Husky & His White Cat Shizun) 3 Homestuck 3 Justified 3 Lout of the Count's Family / Trash of the Count's Family 3 Miraculous Ladybug 3 Red White & Royal Blue 3 The Legend of Zelda 3 Top Gun Movies

Under the cut is the full list of all write-in fandoms with one or two signups … so far. Write in your own fandom, or sign up for one of these to bump it up the list.

Signups are open through Feb 19!

2 Professional Wrestling 2 Aphmau MyStreet 2 Attack on Titan 2 Between Us 2 Bungou Stray Dogs 2 Carmen Sandiego 2 Destiny 2 2 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency 2 Escaflowne 2 Gravity Falls 2 Hollow Knight 2 Love in the Air (Thai BL) 2 Not Me 2 NU: Carnival 2 Pokemon 2 Scholomance 2 Stargate: Atlantis 2 Supergirl 2 The Song of Achilles 2 Video Blogging RPF 2 X-men 2 YuYu Hakusho 1 A Series of Unfortunate Events 1 A Voice from Darkness (Podcast) 1 Ace Attorney 1 All The Wrong Questions 1 Animorphs 1 Be Kind My Neighbor 1 Bioshock 1&2 (only) 1 Blood of Youth 1 Blue Exorcist 1 Blue Lock 1 Bug Fables 1 Cabin Pressure 1 Call the Midwife 1 Cats the Musical 1 Citizen Sleeper 1 Cobra Kai 1 Coco Pixar 1 Cosmere (Brandon Sanderson) 1 Crossover Chaos AU (multifandom crossover AU) 1 Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 1 Danganronpa 1 Dead Poets Society 1 Dice Punks (podcast) 1 Digimon 1 Divergent (Movies) 1 Downton Abbey 1 Dragon Ball Z 1 Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey 1 Dungeons and Daddies 1 Eerie Indiana 1 Elder Scrolls 1 Emma - Jane Austen 1 Fire Country 1 Firefly 1 For All Mankind 1 Glee 1 Grace and Frankie 1 Greys Anatomy 1 Grimm 1 Guardian/Zhen Hun 1 Gundam 1 Half-Life 1 Hit the floor 1 Howl's Moving Castle 1 Hudson & Rex 1 IDOLiSH7 1 Imperial Radch Series - Ann Leckie 1 Infinity Train 1 Jane Austen (any novel any pairing) 1 Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse 1 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 1 Jurassic Park 1 King of Scars Duology 1 Kingsman 1 Les Misérables 1 Los Simuladores 1 Love Between Fairy and Devil 1 Madre Solo Hay Dos 1 Miss Scarlet and The Duke 1 Mob Psycho 100 1 Monochrome Factor 1 Outlast 1 Parasol Protectorate 1 Peacemaker 1 Persuasion - Jane Austen 1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 1 Psych 1 Qi Ye 1 Ranger's Apprentice 1 Ranma 1/2 1 RPF 1 Sable 1 Sanders Sides 1 Scooby Doo 1 Shadow and Bone 1 Shameless (US) 1 Sidemen 1 Suits 1 Stephen King's IT 1 Tamora Pierce works 1 Tangled the Series 1 Ted Lasso 1 Teen Titans (Animated Series) 1 Temple of the White Rat series by T. Kingfisher 1 The Ancient Magus Bride 1 The Boys 1 The Daevabad Trilogy 1 The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison 1 The King: Eternal Monarch 1 The Legend of Drizzt 1 The Lion Hunters Series - Elizabeth Wein 1 The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015) 1 The Man From UNCLE (TV) 1 The Tarot Sequence - K.D. Edwards 1 The Terror (TV 2018) 1 The Vampire Diaries (TV) 1 This Way Up 1 Tortall - Tamora Pierce 1 Tower of God 1 Transformers 1 True Blood (TV) 1 Twilight 1 Until We Meet Again 1 UuultraC 1 Valorant 1 Vikings (TV) 1 Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold 1 Warframe 1 Warrior Nun (TV Show) 1 What We Do in the Shadows 1 White Collar 1 Whiteley Foster's Mansong

[ask-the-layers]

Master post for like, rules and characters!

(It's quite long)

- i do not accept nsfw questions for the tiny gang under any circumstances

- Rp is allowed and even encouraged ! But please if it doesn't go your way dont get mad and lets work it out in dms !

- If you are less than 18 it's fine, I'll tag everything apropriately, the rest is at your charge

- This blog is LGBTQ+ friendly, assume every character is bisexual to start with and are all asexual to a certain degree

-All these characters are self insert, so I'm sorry for the lack of inclusivity when it comes to impaired people, poc, or body types. I just think it'd be weird as a white guy to make a self insert that's not my skin color or suffer from smthg i know nothing about

The characters you can interact with ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Tiny gang (under 18) 35/89

Carillon (layer #0 any world)

Clover/ Myrrh Zogratis (layer #6 Black Clover)

Far/Marie Seed (layer #8 Fc5)

Shynnie/ Margot Lumin (layer #10 Radiant)

Dolly/Kira (layer #12 Dolly Kill Kill)

Stud/Julia (layer #14 Assassination Classroom)

Sni/Evelyn Barrow (layer #15 Hogwarts Mysteries)

Blue/Kamilia Light (layer #20 Blue Exorcist)*

Alch/Dalia Mustang (layer #23 FMAB)

Wat/Amy (layer #24 Overwatch)

Tah/Lallys (layer #31 Witch Hat Atelier)

Ùll (layer #34 Helsing Ultimate)

Ava (layer #37 ATLA)

Isch (layer #42 God Of Highschool)

Myr (layer #46 La passe miroir)

Bas Soma (layer #48 Fruit Basket)

Ise Heisenberg (layer #50bis RE8)

Iruko Romm (layer #52 Mieruko chan)

Elzy/Nemuri Kanzaki (layer #53 Beelzebub)

Tem (layer #56 Team Fortress)

Ress (layer #56 bis)

Pako Mcgraw (layer #61 Oksa Polock)

Dee (layer #64 The walking dead)*

Aby Soma (layer #66 Gakuen Babysitter)

Sham (layer #69 Shaman King)

Bale (layer #70 Bleach)

Lif (layer #71 Fantasy Life)

Pine (layer #73 Perfect Crime)

Oden Agriche (layer #74 The way to save the female lead's older brother)

Nina (layer #78 Saint Seiya)*

Theva (layer #80 Ever Oasis)

Dan (layer #81 Danganronpa)

Sonia Allen (layer #82 Professor Layton)

Lou (layer #83 Tokyo Ghoul)

Tear (Layer #84 Kingdom Hearts)

Tanya Archangelo (layer #86 Gangsta)

Ellie/Eli (layers #87 Pokemon)

Amber (layer #88 Ember Knight)

Misty (layer #90 The Misterious cities of gold)

Fanny (layer #91 Spy x Family)

----- layer #94 The Owl House----

Petra Jung (layer #98 Omniscient Reader Viewpoint)

The adults/young adults 54/89

Léanne Lenoir (layer #99 ATSV)

Cob Volaju (layer #102 Cowboy Bebop)

Ollie (layer #103 Percy Jackson)

Zain (layer #104 Hazbin Hotel)

Hugo (layer #105 Dungeon Meshi)

First/Alice Meyer (layer #1)

Sass/Kelly Miles (layer #2 assassin's creed)

Helpy/Dilthen Lòth Greenleaf (layer #3 TLOTR/The hobbit)*

Pandora Baskerville (layer #4 Pandora Hearts)

Rain/Lilia Barnes (layer #4 MCU)*

Cry/Camille (layer #7 Fc5)

Ghost (layer 8bis)

Detroit/Clarice Anderson(layer #9 D:BH)

Wanda Grindewald (layer #11 Harry Potter)*

Rim (layer #13 Skyrim)

Blay Kavar (layer #13 bis Oblivion)*

Games/Lyssia Stark (layer #16 GoT)*

Seas/Galia (layer #17 Story Of Season)

Hero/Kiho Aizawa (layer #18 BNHA)

Shin/Axel (layer #19 Black Butler)

Icy/Torvi (layer #21 God of War)

Mons (layer #22 Undertale)

Vic (layer #25 VampYr)

//Layilus layer #26 undertale au//

Dun (layer #27 D&D)

Red/Læticia Mildred Sinclair (layer #28 Red dead Redemption)*

Odd/Aude (layer #29 American Gods)

West (layer #30 WestWorld)

Nat (layer #32 Supernatural)*

Nev (layer #33 The Promised Neverland)

Cas (layer #35 Castlevania the show)

Lev (layer #36 Solo Leveling)

Serk (layer #38 Berserk)

Ven (layer #39 Seven Deadly Sins)

Ary (layer #40 Marie's Grave)

Etho (layer #41 Sweet Home)

Pwetty/Célemence Monaghan (layer #43 Death Stranding)

Erf (layer #44 The Witcher)

Orwho (layer #45 Doctor Who)

Hunter (layer #47 HxH)

Edi/Lacie Afton (layer #49 FNaF)*

Evi/Fey (layer #50 Resident Evil)

Cana Morgasdotir (layer #51 The Arcana visual novel)

Eym Marian ( layer #54 D-Grey Man)

Rea (Layer #55 Great Priest Imophtept)

Mag (layer #57 The Magnus Archives)

Easter (Layer #58 I'm The Grim Reaper)

Deam (Layer #59 Ava's Demons)

Cath (Layer #60 Call of Cthlhu)

Noce (Layer#62 The second coming of Gluttony)

Neo Dracule (Layer#63 One Piece)*

Ace Armando (layer #65 Ace Attorney)

Juju Sukuna (layer #67 Jujutsu Kaisen)*

Van Em Moire (layer #68 The case study of Vanitas)

Tai (layer #69 bis, worldless)

Sai (layer #72 Doctor Stone)

Echo (layer #75 Records of Ragnarock)

Marcie Lombardie (layer #76 I'll be the matriatch in this life)

Dia (layer #77 Tomb Raider King)

Tally (layer #79 Fairy Tail)

Taka (layer #85 SNK)

Durian of the Sand (layer #89 Naruto)

Fuka (layer #92 Wakfu)

Amaris (layer #93 Candy Love)

Syllas (layer #95 Style Boutique)

Mashi (layer #96 Chainsaw Man)

Mother, the creator

Azurre (layer #97 Star Wars)*

Caïn (layer #101 Winx Club)

Even More !!

Slayer, the annoying 'uncle'

Helg Odinson (God of War oc)

Mun - Me !

* these layers have alternates. If not specified, i'll assume you're talking to the main one

[kirari-hn01]

I made some AU..Sorry for my poor English

Noir AU

Seven families guarding the island contracted each other with magic. Hanako, the owner of the (7th) largest family, is the representative. These are mysteries to the general public. The power of the family is proportional to the magic power of the house owner.

The contract requires a mediator. For example, the clock used for contracting with 'No. 1', silver scissors for No. 2, and a high-quality mirror for No. 3, etc.

No. 1-Time Control

No. 2-Space Move

No. 3-Clairvoyance

No. 4-Show the Hallucinations

No. 5-Link the Memory

No. 6-Change the Life Span

No. 7-Make a wish come true

it is not effective for themselves and exorcist. Currently, No.7 is crushing the medium by guessing that there are traitors. Because the magic ability is lowered when the mediator destroyed..

They wear the masks that cover their eyes during each meeting.

Owl / fox (Japanese one) / crow + mirror sculpture / sky blue + bluebird / butterfly + spider wire / goat's skull/ white with red letters, moon-shaped decoration

+) The mask of Tsukasa is black and red. It is a cat-shaped mask. It disappeared with Tsukasa.

•No.1 - Akane

He is Aoi's childhood friend and No.1. It was suggested by Kako and Mirai, who recognized his abilities. He was reluctant at first. But he accepted the offer because he thought Aoi would get along if his status upgrad. The largest clock in the house is the mediator.

•No.2 - Yako

She is the owner of the second house. The scissors given by the teacher she admired are the mediator. She is still looking for him.(He is missing)

•No.3 - Mitsuba

Mitsuba is the son of a photographer. And he is Kou's friend. Somehow, he met Tsukasa and became the member of the organization. Tsukasa helped him to became the owner of the No.3 house. No.3, the real owner died by Tsukasa.

•No.4 -Shijima Mei

A girl specializing in painting. Shijima is a hallucinogen created by Mei. The actual owner is Mei, and the actual owner's agent is Shijima. Mei is still struggle against disease. The mediator is Mei's sketchbook.

•No.5-Tsuchigomori

He is a person who knows about the secret of No.7 . In the library, there are records of all the people on the island. the mediator is the moon rock that received from Amane a long time ago.

•No.7-Hanako

Yugi's family has two sons, Amane and Tsukasa. Originally, Tsukasa, which was originally healthier, was supposed to be a owner of house. But for some reason, Tsukasa disappeared. And Amane became to the owner instead. Only few people know this fact(ex. seven-member in each household). Also, Amane uses the alias(Hanako) outside to hide the fact that the owner has changed.

•Broadcast Club

The organization to which Tsukasa belongs that manipulates the media throughout the island. Sakura became Tsukasa's assistant in exchange for a wish to Tsukasa, and Natsuhiko joined the organization for Sakura.

•Yashiro Nene

Nene is the daughter of the largest florist on the island. They sell not only common flowers, but also precious flowers. Amane is fell in love with her. Nene gets caught up in the mermaid's curse, and making a contract with Amane to become his assistant.

•Minamoto

Minamotos is the island's exorcist. They are dissatisfied with the fact that seven people control the island. But Kou, the second of them, is sit on the fence about it.

•Aoi

Nene's best friend. On the island, she is a young lady of the middle class. She is Akane's childhood friend, and the house runs a lantern business.

Because she is a close friend of Akane, she occasionally tells Nene the rumors and secrets of the 7-member.

[venusaria]

DGM X Among Us AU: Part One

(Drabbles)

(Note: I am a bit new to among us so I apologize if I somehow messed this up)

Allen had graduated with a masters degree in the STEM, and was accepted by the NASA to become an astronaut. He was then accepted to take a test to see if they got what it takes to become one, by going on a field trip to space and complete vet basic tasks. He was then greeted by several others who were also going on the trip. (Aka the other exorcists and some Noah). They were all assigned designated uniforms and code names before setting off to space. Little do they know that three of them are actually imposters (murderers) planing on killing everyone on board in space, with no way out to escape.

(I’m planing on writing a fanfic of this, so this is basically some self-reminders on how I’m gonna write this.)

Allen, a new member of the crew, and recently graduated, and is new to the job. who is going to try to achieve his goal of being an astronaut. He is assigned as “White”.

Lenalee, also just like Allen, but graduated else where with Kanda. She is assigned as “Green”

Kanda, graduated with Lenalee and is also a beginner. He is assigned as “Blue”

Lavi, also is like Allen and the others, but came from a different country. He is assigned as “Red”

Krory, one of Lavi’s good friends, and has around 3 years worth of experience, and joins Lavi with his trip. He is assigned as “Black”

Road, has around a years worth of experience, and is just there to join the ride with her cousins (Tyki and Sheril). She is assigned as “Pink”

Wisely, has around 2 years of experience. Just like Road, he only joined just for the fun. He is assigned as “Yellow”

Tyki, has around 5 years worth of experience, and was assigned to be a chaperone. He is assigned as “Orange”

Sheril, is the one who teaches the newcomers how to perform tasks, and how to do basic things in space. He is assigned as “Brown”

Komui, just like Sheril, he is also a teacher, however he’s just there only because Lenalee is and he doesn’t want anyone near her. He is assigned as “Cyan”

Lulubell, Sheril’s assistant and helps the newcomers as well. She is assigned as “Purple”

[maonoka]

“Time Slip”, a ‘MAO’ au

Sooo.... I had this dream... well, a couple dreams, that basically revolved around Heian-era Mao being the soft young man he is, and feisty Nanoka coming along and turning his world upside down. Turned out that scenario became an angsty semi-au, and this fic was born. I don’t plan on leaving it a oneshot - I would love to write more for this. It pains me, cuz it’s gonna get complicated, but I wanna continue this.

Series: MAO

Ratings: T

Pairings: eventual Mao/Nanoka (slooow-buuuuurn)

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Nanoka shivered, rubbing her bare arms and wishing she’d brought a cardigan with her uniform. It hadn’t been too cold in the modern era, but the moment she’d passed through the gate… well, the sudden burst of panic she'd felt at seeing the other side had left all practical thoughts behind. It was only early October back home, but the air here in the Taisho era was bitter cold. At least… she assumed it was still the Taisho era. Where once had been the rubble of Gougyou town was now empty, desolate farmland. Simple shacks and huts stood next to the gate, which had become a looming red shrine.

Fear had seized her, and at once she took off with a yell. “MAO!” Her white sneakers threw clouds of dust into the dry air as she hurried down the village’s dirt road. “Mao! Otoya!” Nanoka’s blood burned, her skin prickling as she felt her adrenaline pick up. The change was coming, and she welcomed it. Rice paddies and rows of crops sped by as wind whistled in her ears; the cold air didn’t bother her anymore, instead pushing her to run faster and further in her search for her friends. They had to be here. She wouldn’t accept that they weren’t! Whatever had happened to the gate, wherever it had taken her, she wouldn’t let it take them away.

Suddenly the crisp air became tinged with smoke, and Nanoka stumbled to a halt as she caught the smell of incense: this was no peasants fire. Hope bubbled up inside her, hope that perhaps her Onmyouji friend was working some spell to get this place back to normal, to make the gate work like it was supposed to… maybe even to find her. She took off at a steady pace, following the scent with her curse-enhanced senses, veering off the dirt road into thick trees speckled orange and red.

The sun traveled behind clouds high above her, but even behind its harsh white cover, she could tell it would be setting soon. She wished she had her phone, or even the clock on Mao’s clinic wall to tell her the time – but her bag had been dropped at the gate entrance, and the clinic and everything in it vanished. Wherever she was, she didn’t like the idea of being here after dark. Nanoka pressed forward, until the trees began to thin, and new forms began to rise above them: buildings. There were rooftops beyond the farthest trees. Old-fashioned, slanted wooden rafters in a classical mansion style. The closer Nanoka got, the more awed she felt. It was like seeing a samurai castle in its glory days, or stepping into the Tale of Genji. The smell of incense became more powerful, almost overwhelming, and Nanoka slowed her approach.

If this really was a mansion, then whoever maintained it should be able to tell her more about where she was and what had happened to Gougyou town. And if Mao was really the source of the smoke as she hoped… she’d have a thing or two to say to him, and then she’d probably have an embarrassing break down.

Nanoka followed the tendrils of white smoke through the trees surrounding the mansion complex; it spread out in all directions so that she could never really see the edge. But here someone had found the edge after all, and Nanoka crept forward until she spotted a figure seated on the ground outside the building compound, surrounded by candles, ropes, paper, and symbols drawn in the dirt. It was a young man, his broad shoulders stiff and straight and soft voice murmuring over the thin candles in the ground. He wore blue robes in the old Heian style… Nanoka pondered that they looked like the ones Mao had worn when he’d fought the flea-demon-nuns. This man wore his hair similar to Mao’s as well: a long ponytail at his nape – only his hair was jet black and tidy in comparison to the ragged doctor.

She continued to watch in silent fascination as the mysterious man worked various incantations over the materials he’d brought, winding the rope and folding the paper, until Nanoka began to realize he was only making simple wards. From all the smoke and magic she’d thought this would be some grand, miraculous summoning – but this was nothing more than a priest making good luck charms to keep away evil spirits. Nanoka couldn’t help it: she laughed. And suddenly the young man turned around.

The gasp that tore from her throat was painful. All that running in the cold autumn air had been fine – refreshing even! Seeing Mao’s eyes, so bright and young and free of the pain almost a thousand years had inflicted, staring back at her from a face free of scars knocked the wind from her lungs. It was him: unmistakably, undeniably, and yet… it wasn’t. This wasn’t the Mao she had met in the Taisho era as she ran from a giant Mantis, this wasn’t the Mao who had patched up her arm and told her she was an ayakashi. This wasn’t the Mao who had put blood on her cheek and sent crazed demon nuns after her, who had transformed into a beast before her very eyes… who had tried to save her child self, had sent a shikigami to protect her in the future, had asked her to stay with him, even if it was just as an assistant….

Mao continued to watch her shadowed form warily through the trees, and Nanoka swallowed hard. If her guess was correct, this Mao wouldn’t do any of that for another 900 years.

“What are you doing here, Ayakashi?”

She startled. Somewhere in her musings, she’d forgotten that this Mao was still a living, breathing human and not some phantom of the past. “Uh…” she’d also forgotten about the transformation brought by Byouki’s blood… and about Mao’s exorcist duties as an Onmyouji. She was in trouble now. “Look, I’m… I’m not really an ayakashi, okay?” she began, stepping out from the shadowy trees and clutching a hand to her chest. “I’m just a human who got cursed, and… uh…. Excuse me?”

Her explanation ground to a halt as this Heian-era Mao did something Nanoka had never seen her Mao do: he looked her up and down… and blushed a bright pink. Mao turned away slightly, a voluminous sleeve coming up to block his view of her, and a somewhat rushed version of his usual calm voice rang out “Forgive me, miss. I did not realize your state of undress. If you will wait here, I can fetch you something from the mansion. I… apologize, you must be cold as well. You should have a hot drink, as well as a meal.”

Nanoka stood motionless, unable to believe either her ears at his flustered tone or her eyes at his flushed face. The Mao she knew would never have reacted to her uniform like this or shown such concern for her being in a short skirt out in the cold. ‘Of course’, she thought sullenly, ‘I don’t actually know this Mao, do I? I guess a person really changes over 900 years. He’s acting more like Shiraha-kun would than an experienced doctor.’

Mao lowered his arm but refused to look at her, bending instead to gather his materials in preparation to leave. She hoped it would be to find food and clothing for her, but she had to remind herself they’d only met moments ago – he didn’t know her, and she was starting to think she might know him even less. Her mind grappled for something to hold onto, something to tie them together in this foreign place, and she said suddenly “I’m not feeling well.”

He paused in the motion of dousing the incense in the dirt, and very cautiously rose to look back at her. Nanoka gripped the hem of her skirt, biting her lip to hide a smile. That was an expression she recognized: the concern of a doctor for an ailing patient. “It’s this curse I have. Is there anyone here who could help me?”

He stared at her, his brown eyes searching and intense, but after a moment his shoulders slumped and he admitted “This place is not very welcoming of outsiders. I’m afraid you wouldn’t find much help. You see, it’s training grounds for Onmyouji. Demons, ayakashi… they’re not exactly welcome here unless it’s for target practice.” Nanoka saw the slight turn of his lip, and smiled, glad to see his dry humor had always been part of him. “Of course, the way of onmyoudo does include healing arts… it’s not practiced nearly enough as curses. A shame if you ask me.” He turned his head as if this was nothing more than a mild annoyance to him, but Nanoka was starting to see beyond the innocence of this younger Mao. She was starting to recognize a familiar soul, and that soul was crying to help others, not to hurt.

“But then…” she began tentatively, drawing his attention back to her and noticing amusedly how his eyes wandered to her bare legs, “you’ve been trained in those healing… whatever arts, right? You could help me, couldn’t you?” She could tell he was struggling not to respond ‘yes’ all at once, still torn by some code or rule to leave her stranded. Nanoka knew what would happen though, now that she’d said she needed the help. She’d seen it with clients who came to ‘Doctor Mao’ with everything from stomach bugs to murderous masters; this was part of who he was.

It was no surprise to her when he said softly “Yes, of course, I’ll help you the best I can. I warn you, I’m still in training, but there’s always somewhere to start. At the very least, you can warm up from this weather, Miss…”

“Nanoka” she replied quickly, taken aback by the gentleness in his voice and the fall of black bangs over his eyes. Perhaps it was the cold finally affecting her, but her cheeks were starting to feel warm, and her heart was beating fast.

“Nanoka-san” he replied with a slight bow. “I am Mao. It might be… a little improper, but you’re welcome to stay with me for a while, until I’ve had a chance to study your curse and perhaps find a cure for you. It’s dangerous for a human to be mistaken for a demon in these days.”

She nodded, her heart pounding in her chest as he said her name in that familiar voice, those words ‘stay with me’ echoing as though from a past life. ‘This is the past life’ she told herself harshly. ‘You can’t get involved here! This could ruin everything!’ Her thoughts abruptly shut off as Mao put down his tools and undid his blue suikan, draping it around Nanoka’s shoulders and folding it about her with some explanation about warmth that was lost amidst the drumming blood in her ears.

The last coherent thought she had as she followed Mao through the dim twilight, watching the cream-colored robes on his back as the two of them wove carefully around buildings to his room, was a sharp and panicked ‘I’m screwed.’