#Rem Arlond

[dance-like-a-butterfly]

Dance with Devils Realistic (ish) Headshots

[acquiredmen]

And it is out!

Just as Shiki Likes It (ao3)

9227 words of the drafts on top of drafts that have consumed me for over two years. RemRitsuShiki try (and fail) to do a safe bdsm scene with no knowledge of what that is (and fail). But that's too short of a description

As my need for sadistic Ritsuka persists, and Shiki's obsession with pain persists past the point it should've been gone for good, I couldn't leave this locked away in my drafts !

The only things Ritsuka knows for sure are: 1. She's not doing this because she hates Shiki, 2. She shouldn't let this go too far.

The only things Rem knows for sure are: 1. How to deal the right pain to Shiki, 2. That Ritsuka asked him to, and if it's Ritsuka who asks, he has no reason to refuse her.

Rem whips Shiki at Ritsuka's request. All is going well. Rem was given a request and not an order. All stops going well. Rem does not account for the fact that Shiki's limits do not match Ritsuka's, not when the space around him and Shiki closes to take them back to how they used to be before Ritsuka became theirs

Shiki discovers what agony feels like on human skin, and he doesn't really mind it. But Ritsuka does mind it, and therefore, Rem minds it.

Rated M, mostly for violence, with mild sexual content but not enough to justify a tag on its own | post-canon | Human Shiki | Established Relationship | Whipping | Voyeurism | Masochism | bdsm Accidents | Burns

[ewa-jednak-chce-spac]

Congratulations to Beren x Luthien fans

Beren/Luthien won with Remritsu in my one true ultimate shipping tournament and advanced to round two!    

Remritsu fans, don’t weep, because your ship remains awesome!

[the-great-empress]

Who is Lindo?!?!

Rem: *migraine* Let's see if we understand.

Solomon: *angry and with a dark aura* Belphegor killed my pretty apprentice not once, but twice

Luke: *crying and hugging Mc*

Simeon: *Disappointed and irritated* He killed her because he wanted to extinguish the human race

Urie: *angry* You didn't punish him and instead you fought to sit next to Mariposa and pretend like nothing happened, without even asking her how she felt about that experience.

Mephistopheles: *faints*

Lords, Diavolo and Barbatos:....

Mammon: Well... if you put it that way...

Mage:*Angry* No matter how you look at it, it's bad!!!

Beelzebub:It was a mistake, Belphie regrets it and Mc forgave him!

Belphegor: Yes!!

Rem: *skeptical and angry* Really? *see Mc* You sincerely forgave him and didn't care about their behavior of pretending that nothing happened?

Lords except Satan: Of cour-!!

Mc: Well...

Lords, Diavolo and Barbatos except Satan: *shock*

Shiki: Ohh~? Why aren't you surprised too, nephew Satan~? *Sinister and sadistic smile* Is it because she was also compared to someone? To Lilith?

Simeon and Raphael: ?!?!?!

Satan: *shock* How-?!?

Shiki: I like to spy on Mc~

Thirteen: Pervert

Raphael: I will inform Michael.

Diavolo: What?! No!

Rem: It's better for the archangel to know than for Lindo to know.

Lucifer and Diavolo: Who is Lindo?!

Rem: Mc's cousin

Urie: Exorcist

Mage: Damphir

Shiki: Incestuous and son of Nesta.

*They knock down the door*

???: *angry* Rem Arlond!!!

Rem: *shock* Ritsuka?!?

Ritsuka: *angry* How is it that they killed Mc twice!?!

Mc: *smile* Hi Ritsuka. Hi Lindo!

Lindo: *Angry* You Demons!!! *Summons a circle against demons on the ground*

Diavolo, Barbatos an Lords: *pain*

Urie, Satan and Mage: *pain* Hey!!

Shiki: *pain* Aww~💜

Roen peeking behind Lindo: *winning smile* Are we on time?

[remthebombshell]

It's been so long about seeing the post of DwD, but can you recall the main boys' real names?

HUH i haven’t checked my inbox in forever so idk when u asked me this but i’ll try!

rem - rem arlond

urie - urieganof fuser

mage - mage gargantua or something (big boy mcbigboy)

shiki - kirael

roen - roen lilyknight

i think i got most of them right but i’m VERY unsure about mages name so please if anyone knows better lmk🙏🙏🙏

[phantomhydeoftheopera]

5 Favorite Characters Poll (Tag Game)

Thank you for the tag @psychic-waffles!!!!

Rules: make a poll with five of your all time favourite characters and then tag five people to do the same. See which character is everyone's favourite.

Tagging: @youngks-smile @pangzi @scaredysap @enjaami @stupid-lemon-eater @forerussake @tinydragondreamer @beanmaster-pika @teal-pen @remthebombshell

[bunny-bluue]

This is my next DWD OC from my fanfiction that I drew: Akina Tsundra, the vampire mother of Sakura. As some may have read and known, Akina was attacked by a pureblooded vampire when she was on her way to a hospital while in labor with Sakura. Sakura was told that her mother had died due to blood loss but sadly her mother had turned instead. Akina had to abandon Sakura when she had realized what she was and vowed to return for her when the time was right. And I guess a little spoilers here for my story😋 Akina did eventually find Sakura because she was assigned to capture her and being her down to the underworld under the command of the demon lord: Lord Arlond, Rem’s father. Later on when she brought Sakura to the vampire realm, she had a plan for her and Lindo Tachibana. Akina still loves her daughter very much and she claims to want the very best for her. So what does she decide to do? Try to erase both Sakura’s and Lindo’s humanity and make them full vampires. That way the vampire realm has a new vampire king but with a queen this time. So sadly Akina is a villain in this story but I do hope you like her (art wise of course)

[pandapillow]

Re-listening to the songs in Dance with Devils and wow as cringy and 2nd hand embarrassment I get from it, the songs slap. There's just something about really cringy, spine shriveling, wall slapping, salt eating shows having so much charm. I love it when all the characters are being their most unapologetic cringy self and singing their feelings in a simple, yet complex way to show their motivations, personality, and just how much of a side/main character they are.

All in all I just like songs with plot

Kakusei no Air - No lyrics in this one darn, oh well. Anyways I love how dramatic it feels. This song really just gives me the urge to be a pretty boy. Ayo the only one she actually danced with was Rem. And now she's opening the door to a new world.

Kaze no Yokan - "I'm a normal high school girl" I'm sorry, but you're not. I love that this song shows that she's not completely naïve, but she does still keep that hope of having a fairytale love cause honestly, sometimes having a fairytale like romance sounds cool. So yeah among some other stuff, MC wants to have a relationship with someone with genuine love between the two.

Labyrinth of Depravity - Omg I love the start of the song. THIS GIVES ME SUCH GENDER ENVY! I LOVE THE WAY IT SHOWS THEIR PERSONALITIES!!!!!!!!! OMGGGG I LOVE THE PART WHERE THEY GO "We are Shiko Academy's Student Council of the third library" cause that part just sounds cool af, and the way they're posing on the stairs makes me wanna pose like a pretty boy who'll never get the girl. And I love the glass apple and the way it broke. Since the dudes called themselves the forbidden flower garden it reminds me of the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, so Rem taking a bite of the glass apple could be a way of showing that his character arc will lead him to learning more about himself, even if he finds it uncomfortable, to the point that he regards his feelings as "forbidden knowledge" and do his best to lock it up- I have no idea where I'm going with this. Anyways glass apple is cool and I like the sound effect when it shattered.

My Name is Rem Arlond - This one is so funny to me. He's just standing around and ordering his enemies around with such grace and poise, showing that he's the one usually in power and will him announcing his name is his way of saying "remember this name because I'm above you" or smth like that. Also his fire flower was cool.

Yuuwaku❤amor - I love the imagery in this one. The chains are meant to be his webs because anyone chained up his essentially caught up in his web of lust(?). He's selling his love as a paradise, but they're dancing in a cage. His love would only hold MC, and any other women, back and they wouldn't notice because they're dancing in that cage enjoying their life together. Too much to notice the problem with his love.

Kimi Dake no Shugo Kishi - And I love this song. I will never root for this guy as a LI, but his song is just so full of love and devotion. The most pure(ish) and genuine out of all the others. Also it sounds nice in general... WTF HIS VA IS WATARU HATANO?? NO WONDER I LIKE HIS VOICE THE MOST! ITS FULL OF FOND MEMORIES!!! I can't believe it took me a moment to recognize it! The line "Putting my all into atoning for the mark of sin that flows through my body" + the imagery from the previous scene of the cross's shadow over his eye is so good to me. THIS SONG IS SO GOOD I SWEAR I DON'T SUPPORT THIS DUDE, BUT I LOVE HIS SONG SO MUCH!

VANQUISH - I love this dude. He's so silly. His song really being only about him, and what MC can give to him. Also him kicking the screen was funny. The whole song? rap? feels like a daydream where he's talking out loud. Anyways I love this dude, he's funny.

Pitiful Lullaby - The imagery in this one is cool. Him calling her a pitiful bunny girl really fits his very hunter like vibe. Cause he's literally creeping on her, but darn I love the chorus. So what I'm getting is that he likes the way he feels around her, and wants to keep that feeling and the best way to do that is lock it down in an "eternal sleep" where they can always dream of it together and it'll never change cause they're asleep and change can't happen when you're asleep and never do something to change your situation (cause you're asleep).

I Am a Faithful Dog - The dogs are so funny. But the religious imagery is so interesting to me, cause he seems to be Cerberus the loyal dog of Hades, so what does that mean. Oh fudge I love the part leading up to the chorus. He also seems like a big liar. Cause like he shows himself as a cute lil Pomeranian (I think), but his shadow is him being Cerberus, so maybe he's tryna lure MC into trusting him with his very cute and fluffy look and saying he's her trusted servant. It's always the small dogs... The end is especially weird cause he kept talking about how he is willing to serve and be devoted to her, but then he's like "Trust in Cerberus and devote yourself to me". Really changed up who the will be doing the devoting huh.

Someday Towards The Place We Saw In A Dream - Ngl I kind of find this song boring, just cause it's not my type, but the lyrics are intersting. They both say that they're in each other's eyes so they def like each other, and even admit that what they feel towards each other is love. The imaginary land they're in seems to be a paradise to them because there's nothing there to remind them of their destiny.

KETTO ~Unyielding Conflict~ - I love the duet between the two dudes who feel the strongest towards MC. The fight scene is especially nice. Like they're fighting each other, but all they can think about is MC, cause they're not just fighting each other, but they're fighting to show that what they feel is no joke and will not allow anyone to get in their way. Also love the part where they sing together.

EMO LIAR - Love it when the home boys know you're deeply in love with the girl you "don't care about and are only after because of her musty old book", and don't buy into your denial, and are like "hey we're competing for her love too, but just admit you love her loser". Love that they just sit on a throne that looks like a torture device which is very fitting considering that they're devils and the chain fence that was put up in the beginning is being blown up into pieces as Rem is forced to face his feelings towards MC. No seriously I love that they're literally calling out Rem's lies, and Rem acting dumb. Ohohhohohohoh I love it when they take turns calling him out while sitting on their weird throne.

Bride of Darkness - Love it when your suitors appear to save you and just start listing the things they love about you, while there's a knife to your throat and they're outnumbered. I also noted that when they start listing stuff about her it's to show just how innocent and untainted she is, compared to them, the devis (plus an exorcist and a dog). I also love the part where snake dude is like "don't disregard how I feel towards you, just cause it seems out of character and you're not ready to have your image of me change", cause like it really isn't like him at all. In his character song it was only about him and what MC could bring to him if he "won", and in most stories the receiver of the confession is like super bewildered and say "it's not like you at all", cause in their mind that one person is and acts a certain way, so when they aren't following the "rules" that were set in their mind it's a very jarring experience and they instinctively try to separate themselves from this moment by disregarding the confessor, but Snake saying not to say that is him saying he wants to be taken seriously. I also haven't seen the anime in a very long time and will not watch it so I have no memory of their romantic development, which I'm pretty sure is close to zero so I'm just thinking of this scenario as a separate thing. And webs saying he'll never let MC go and always cherish her is a nice nod to the fact that he's a flipping spider dude and calls her his "butterfly", so if she were to entangle herself with him she'll never be able to break free. Which is also why he says he won't care if it breaks her. As for Crow I don't really know what to say for his part? Like I'm guessing he spends most of his time sleeping, cause of his character song, and is very detached from other people as well as his emotions, so when the idea that someone who wormed their way into his heart could be taken away forever he feels sorrow, but just doesn't know it yet cause he hasn't experienced it enough to be able to identify it, and also cause he hasn't yet seen the impact she had on him, so to him he hasn't changed at all, but did change. Or smth like that. I also love that they're all holding out their hands towards her, another way of telling her to pick who she wants to be with forever, but like, she's being held hostage so she can't take their hand physically. Only with her mind will she be able to do that.

Crazy About You - Ah MC's singing with the two dudes who have the strongest feelings towards her. Red with him saying time and time again how he's willing to die for her, and Rem being Rem. And omg I'm getting sad for Red even though I never rooted for him at all and will never root for him, he's happy that she's happy and wants to protect her happiness just like Carton from Tale of Two Cities! Him calling her love with Rem "her pair of wings" cause their love will allow them to reach heights they never thought they could before and love itself is a very freeing emotion for the both of them I'd assume. And now they're singing their duet song again, and are literally doin da wedding vows. Omg I just realized that they're both blue. NOw MC has to choose if she wants to continue being human or a devil. To be with the person she loves or stay with her family, and I love that the spotlight is literally on her. YES CHOOSE YOUR OWN DESTINY GURLLLL! AND THE SUN RISING TO SHOW A NEW DAY/BEGINNING AND MAYHAPS AN DECISION??? YEAHHH SHE CHOSE HER HUMANITY! HE GAVE HER A SMALL CROWN AND DISAPPEARS CAUSE SHE MADE HER CHOICE AND THEY KISS ONE LAST TIME (and maybe the only time I don't remember).

Mademo★iselle - HOLY FLIP I FORGOT ABOUT THIS SONG! I love the circus theme. No idea what the lyrics are. Ayo MC is an Alice in Wonderland + Rabbit mix kind of outfit. Cause she was thrown into a strange world, and is still fairly innocent.

[panpandaarts]

Rem - Dance with Devils

[silverwillow99]

Loooooooong overdue but it’s finally here!! I’ve had this piece of Rem in my W.I.P.s for almost a YEAR so I’m more than happy that it’s finally out.

I hope you guys like it!!

[if-i-want-to-dance]

Dance with Devils headcanons for the boys going to a haunted house with their S/O

Happy Halloween, everyone~

Rem

You tug at Rem’s sleeve and point at the mock haunted mansion. “Come on! Pleeeease?”

Rem sighs and nods.

You enter through the ramshackle front door to find yourselves in a room that looks like a Victorian parlor.

A woman in a black dress approaches you, holding a flickering lantern. “I trust you had a safe trip? Good to hear. Now, I have to warn you that it’s been quite active tonight. I wish you luck with him.” She gestures with the lantern towards the next door.

Rem takes your hand and leads you towards the door.

The next room is what looks like a bedroom. A little girl sits on the edge of the bed, swinging her legs.

She stops at the sight of you. “Oh, hello. Are you here to take care of it?”

“...Yes?” you respond.

The girl points to what looks like a closet door. “He’s in there.”

You go to the door and try it. Nothing.

The room goes pitch black.

Behind you, light flares. You turn around.

The girl is standing in the middle of the room, staring at you and holding a kitchen knife. “It’s here to play.”

You gasp in surprise.

Rem’s grip on your hand tightens and he puts his other arm around your shoulders. “Are you okay?”

The room goes black again, then the lights turn on. The girl is gone.

“Are you sure about this?” Rem rubs your shoulders. “You’re shaking.”

“I’m fine. Just startled.”

“If you say so.” Rem moves you towards the other door, which leads to a narrow set of dark stairs.

You end up in what looks like a dining room, where two more girls are playing with their backs to you.

A woman in a grey dress and apron approaches you. Her eyes are black holes. “Are you here to see the girls? How lovely of you to come and play.”

The two girls turn around - their eyes are empty and their white dresses stained with blood.

You shriek in surprise and take a step back.

Rem pulls you behind him. “It’s okay, they’re not real.”

You nod, shaking.

“Do you need to leave?”

You nod again.

A few minutes later, you’re both standing outside again. Rem puts a hand on top of yours. “Are you okay?”

“Yeah. I thought I was braver than that...”

“Those are meant to scare people, and they’re all fake. You were doing fine up until then. There’s nothing wrong with that. But I take it there will be no more haunted houses for you?”

You shake your head.

He takes your hand and leads you off towards the carousel.

Urie

“Butterfly, if you wanted to spend time in a carnival, we should have just gone to my dreamworld.”

You shake your head. “While I do love having your dream one to ourselves, the crowds and the buzz are part of the fun.” Your eyes settle on an attraction next to a teacup ride. “Urie! Look, a haunted house! You don’t have one of those in your dreamworld.”

Urie’s smile freezes on his face for a moment. “No, I don’t.”

You grab his hand. “Let’s go in!”

Urie sighs. “If you like.”

“Don’t you want to?”

“I would go anywhere with you, Butterfly.”

You roll your eyes and walk up to the haunted house, which is designed to look vaguely like a circus big top, complete with actors dressed as circus actors. 

“Come in, we’ve been waiting~” sings one of them, her blank expression not matching her cheery tone.

Urie puts a hand around your waist. “Be sure to hold my hand if you get scared, Butterfly~”

You laugh and open the door.

The room is cluttered with circus props, with a clown sitting in the corner.

“Hi?” you say.

The actor stares at you and say nothing.

You proceed towards the door, her eyes following you as you walk.

Urie’s grip on your hand tightens.

A voice comes from behind you. “...Watch out for the trapeze artist.”

You turn around but the clown is gone.

Urie laughs. “It’s all just a show, Butterfly. Nothing more, nothing less.” He plants a kiss on your cheek and pushes aside the curtain in your way.

You enter a room full of circus costumes - most of which are torn and stained with blood.

A girl in a frilly, tattered dress stares at you dully. “Why are you here? She can find you here. Go! Go quickly!” She points at the door, which you both head through.

Urie’s grip on your hand tightens. “Don’t worry, Butterfly, it’s all a show, that’s all.”

“I’m not that scared yet, Urie!” You laugh.

“Aren’t you though?” A man in a tattered magicians costume appears in front of you. “You SHOULD BE!”

Urie jumps and glares at the man.

Is he... scared? No...

The magician runs out cackling like a lunatic.

“Urie... do you not like haunted houses?”

Urie reddens. “Butterfly - ”

“I wouldn’t have asked you if I’d known.”

“You wanted to.” He pouts slightly. “These haunted houses don’t exactly scare me - I’ve seen much, much more terrifying things. I do find them unpleasant though. I don’t like being shouted at and having the actors try to startle me, it’s unsettling. I’m fully aware it’s a show but even so.”

You kiss him. “We’ll walk through to the end, and then no more of this. And thank you.” You put your arm around his waist and walk towards the next door.

Mage

“A haunted corn maze?” Mage eyes the sign over the entrance, directing his flashlight up and illuminating the word “Welcome”.

“Yeah, one of my friends did it last year. She said it was fun. You want to?”

Mage hesitates.

“You’re not scared, are you?”

A minute later you’re heading into the maze, Mage practically dragging you behind him. “Okay, so we just have to find our way out?”

“Pretty much. It’s not big so if we get lost we can call for help and they’ll come get us out.” Your boots squelch in the mud as you advance between the cornrows. “And no using magic on the actors or attacking them, they’re not getting paid enough to get struck by lightning.”

“Actors?”

“Yeah, there’s people in costume who come out and try to scare you.”

“Not like they could scare - ”

“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” A clown with a chainsaw jumps out of the stalks and runs at you.

Mage freezes for a split second, eyes wide.

He grabs you and runs.

You leave the clown’s cackling in the distance as he tears through the cornstalks, straight through to the end of the maze.

Once he stops, he sets you down and turns back to see the new path he’s created through the maze, the chainsaw-wielding clown staring at you at the end of it.

“Oops.”

“No haunted corn mazes anymore?”

“Nope.”

“...Let’s get out of here before anyone else sees what we did.”

“Yup.”

Shiki

Shiki pulls on your arm. “Let’s go into the Haunted House. Come on~”

You roll your eyes and go along with him. It’s just a carnival haunted house made to look like a hospital. It’s not like anything in there is any kind of real terror. Except for Shiki.

You go through the front door into what looks like a waiting room.

The nurse sitting behind the desk looks up at you and smiles. “The doctor is waiting for you, my dears. Go right on in~”

Shiki puts his arm around your waist and opens the door for you. You step into the doctor’s examining room, where a man in a dingy white coat and holding a clipboard beckons you towards a examining chair with dilapidated leather straps. “Come, sit down, I’ll examine you.”

Shiki’s eyes lock on the straps and he plops himself down in the chair, putting his hands out to be restrained.

You and the actor exchange glances. You shake your head and grab his hand, pulling him off. “Shiki, no.”

The actor goes on, explaining that you’re being committed the madhouse and sending you through into the next room. The dingy room is lined with beds, and several are occupied with patients.

“Are you new?” A woman in a ragged nightdress ambles up to you like a zombie, staring at you with huge eyes. “Come, lay down and sleep... forever....”

Shiki puts an arm around your waist. “Are you feeling sleepy?”

You glare at him and say nothing.

A man approaches you, holding a syringe. “...I’m hungry... I want to eat... I like eating flesh... one toe? Please just one?”

Shiki puts himself in front of you.

He removes his shoe, then his sock, and holds out his foot for the man. “As many as you want.”

The actor blinks a little.

“The pain... it would be so exciting...” Shiki moans.

You pull Shiki’s sock back on, then put his foot back in the shoe. “Let’s go, Shiki.” You grab his wrist and pull him past the bewildered actors, through the door, and past the bloodied nurse who jumps out screaming.

Shiki moans again at the screaming actor.

You tow him past all the scares, ignoring them all until you’re past them and at the exit in the sunlight.

You release his wrist. “Don’t freak out the actors, Shiki.”

Shiki pouts. “Meanie~” He puts an arm around your waist and kisses you on the cheek. “ Let’s go do something else.”

Lindo

“Are you sure?” Lindo frowns at the haunted house, which has been made up to look like a red and white circus tent.

“I can handle it, Lindo! I’m not a little kid!”

“Fine.” He pays the lady and the front and leads you forward through the doors.

You find yourself in a room with red and white striped circus tent walls and multiple exits with curtains.

A man dressed as a bloody clown stares at you both. “Well, take your pick, I can’t wait all day.”

Lindo’s grip on your hand tightens. It’s kind of cute how protective he is, even if it’s just a fake horror clown. You squeeze his hand back and push back the curtain in front of one of the doors.

You follow the narrow, dim tunnel behind it, only to come out one of the other doors and back into the room with the clown.

The clown smirks at you. “Aw, are you lost?”

Lindo glares at him and pulls you through another curtain. This one leads you to a small, similarly dim room littered with circus props.

A little girl carrying a doll runs up to you. “Please, he’s after me! Run!” The little girl runs past you and disappears.

Lindo leads you forward through the narrow exit.

“Hey there!” A bloodied clown jumps at you, holding a butcher’s knife.

Lindo scoops you into his arms and bolts.

He runs past all the other scares, ignoring the trapeze artist with no eyes and the ragged, bloodied ringmaster brandishing a whip, vaulting over several pieces of circus equipment.

He doesn’t stop until he runs through a striped curtain and the frigid night air hits you.

He stops and looks around at the other carnival attractions. The brightly lit carousal, the maze of mirrors, the Ferris wheel in the distance. His eyes are still wide and his hands are shaking slightly.

“Lindo... what was that?” 

He seems to see you for the first time. “Oh! I’m sorry. That was stupid of me. I was startled.” He sets you on your feet.

He seems oddly perturbed. Odd. It was just a clown... wait. “Lindo... are you afraid of clowns?”

Lindo’s face turns as red as his hair. “...they’re creepy.”

“You’re an exorcist who sees demons on a regular basis and clowns scare you?”

He avoids your gaze and stares at the boyfriend.

You laugh and kiss him on the cheek. “Thank you for protecting me.”

He blushes and puts an arm around your waist. “Let’s go do something else that doesn’t involve those freaks.”

Roen

“...You know these are fake and these are all just actors and special effects, right?”

You sigh. “Of course I do, Roen. But it’s fun!”

Roen sighs and pays, following you into the mortuary themed attraction.

The room you enter is decked out in flowers, with a coffin in the center.

A woman in a black dress leads you forward towards the coffin. “Hello, I’m the director here. I’m so sorry for your loss. Would you like to say goodbye one last time?”

Roen sighs. “If I must.”

You dig him in the ribs with your elbow and he lifts the lid of the coffin.

A woman in a white dress with bloody nails jumps out of the coffin, gasping. “They locked me in there! Get out! Save yourself!” She sprints past you into the back room.

The woman in the black dress sighs and shepherds you around the coffin towards the back room.

Roen puts an arm around your waist. He seems... tense? Strange...

The next room is also full of flowers, but filled with rows of caskets and lit by candles.

The lids on the caskets pop up and bloodied bodies rise from them.

You shudder and Roen’s grip on you tightens. He’s not getting scared, is he? if anything he should be finding this ridiculous.

Roen reaches behind you and tries the door. It doesn’t open.

He frowns and glances at the woman in the black dress, who seems confused and tries it herself.

Roen walks you forward through the actors, who are very close.

He pushes you in front of the door. “Stand here and don’t move.”

You turn to see the actors have all stopped and are staring at him.

“Did I give the Fuserhof House offense when I fought you last, Lilith?”

One of the actresses shimmers and transforms into a woman in a long black dress. “Leave him alive, but she can die.”

One of the bloodied actors lunges at you.

Roen steps in front of you, blocking your attacker, and, putting two fingers in his mouth, gives a sharp whistle.

Lilith glowers at him. “She’s only a human, she ought to be your shield, not you hers.”

Roen sighs. “As always, you’re not paying attention. Do you remember what happened in our last fight?”

She looks down.

You follow her gaze to see two hounds tearing at her shadow.

She screams and vanishes.

All the actors collapse to the floor.

Roen sighs and gives you a hug, pulling you against his chest. “No more haunted houses.”

You nod and return the way you came.

[dance-like-a-butterfly]

My dearest devil…

[acquiredmen]

RemRitsu Shining Nikki AU in which Ritsuka discovers the Ocean of Memories, and with it, Rem's reflections. And with them, his past

Some of Rem's reflections are from when he was a kid, she watches until she feels she's intruding. And others are the recent past, the times his father calls on him, preparations for the school festival, the night after Roen's attack

Somewhere down the line, he starts noticing her. It's in the quiet moments, the long nights he's stuck researching the grimoire, when he thinks about her at the end of the day, the evenings where he plays shogi by himself

She's not of this world, she's not the Ritsuka he knows, the Ritsuka he will hurt the next day. She's from the future, she's the Ritsuka that already went through it all and lived

And while it can't change the past, he invites her to sit down and play with him. She has no bearing on the real world

He tells her things, about himself, about his feelings towards her. Things she saw but didn't understand. She listens until the sun rises, and Rem doesn't feel tired the next day. Nothing changes, she was a mere interference in a memory, a dream within a dream. The real Ritsuka won't know anything the next day

When she enters the next reflection, Rem welcomes her back

She won't know anything until many, many years later. But by that time, the Rem whose memories she saw won't be the same Rem that is with her now

Two different versions of the same people, at two different points in time. They will never really meet, not at the same time

Will Ritsuka tell Rem that she's been spending time with the past version of him? Will Rem tell Ritsuka that a future version of her has been plaguing his memories since he was a child?

Will Rem tell her that he has two, even three versions of the same memory, only one of them not invaded by her? Even that one is slowly being replaced by the version she witnessed

The times he went treasure hunting with Urie, he was alone, he knows it. But when he thinks back on it now, he can see Ritsuka's figure standing in the distance. He never turned to Urie to check if that figure was real, he didn't have to. Young Rem knew that nobody was there watching them. But now, when he thinks back on those events, he wonders is she really had been there all along, from the very beginning, watching him

The times he was training until he was exhausted, the long hours that all blurred together into one giant mass, they all gained new clarity. When he looks back, he knows she saw him training on Monday, Friday, Sunday and the following Tuesday

One time, he invited her to be his dance partner. Ritsuka wasn't even born at the time, but Rem has the memory of dancing with her before they even met

It happens later too. He gets her a gift for their anniversary. Ten years later, when he recalls it, Ritsuka is there, watching him. He picks something cute for her and she laughs, because she's happy, because she still cherishes this gift years later. She's happy to see him in that moment, a moment she didn't get to see when it first happened. Rem turns to her, by now used to her dream-like presence and asks her "Do you like it?" The same thing he will ask when he gives it to her

Rem doesn't know how far in the future this Ritsuka is. He doesn't know if the Ritsuka that saw him researching the grimoire was 17 or 45. He can't visualize the way she's dressed, if there are any wrinkles or traces of makeup on her face. But he knows she's Ritsuka. Always Ritsuka.

Rem can't remember a time when Ritsuka wasn't in his life

[ewa-jednak-chce-spac]

[the-great-empress]

Cousins?!

Obey Me! X Dance with Devils

*Diavolo's castle*

Diavolo: *excited* It can't be! Mc!! You know my cousin?! How did you two meet?! When?!

Mc: What do you mean cousin? They don't look alike at all *surprised*

Rem: Political cousins. We're political cousins, Mc. *see to Diavolo* We met in the human world, your majesty

Diavolo: Cousin, don't be like that! Our parents' enmity doesn't have to affect our relationship!

Barbatos: Miss Mc conveniently studied at Shiko Academy, the same one that Mr. Arlond did, so they probably met there

Mc: Right, and I also knew back then that he was a demon like the others, *Mischief* and he's also my future brother-in-law~ Emo liar~

Diavolo: *shocked* WHAT?!

Rem:*seriously* Is a saying among some humans to the couples in their families who are not yet engaged.

Rem: *looks disapprovingly at Mc* You're not going to the dinner.

Mc: Really? Tell Ritsuka. *winning smile*

Rem: … you win.

Barbatos: So that's why Mr. Arnold started going to the human world so often.

Diavolo: *shocked* WHAAAAAT?!

Lucifer: *headache* Well, that explains why Mc wasn't surprised when she first arrived in the Devildom *bad feeling* Wait Mc! What do you mean “others”?!?!!

[remthebombshell]

exams are over. i can add to this thank god-

so like. the first example of this is urie. when they are eight and rem has to start his training, he finds out that he has to stop seeing urie because of it. at their last meeting, rem knows he has to tell him they wont be able to play anymore, but he can't get the words out (see spicy's rem/urie unit cd translation). while this isn't a conscious choice, it showcases early on what kind of person rem is, and how that ultimately ruins the relationships he has.

then, we have roen. i don't know much abt him and rem's relationship given that i haven't played roen's route yet, so this is beginning to stray into hc territory. bear with me. the gist of it is that 1) maksis was defeated and sealed away/killed 2) rem took roen in as a servant, which i imagine neither roen nor rem's father were happy about, considering roen's loyal nature. while rem says "the arlond family took roen in", i can't imagine this was glax' call and not rem's own 3) later, roen "betrays" rem and starts pursuing the grimoire himself, and acts like rem should have seen that coming. rem genuinely thinks he did roen a favour, or at least that taking him in was the right choice to make.

next, ritsuka. we can argue that his feelings for her are what's making him hesitate both in the anime and the game, but combine that with the points from the previous to cases. when hypnotizing her proves not to work bc of her pendant, he takes the road of trust with her, and when That doesn't work he ends up at a complete loss as to what to do with her both bc of his feelings and because he can't find a middle road between getting what he wants and not hurting her. when it's revealed that taking the grimoire will kill her it gets even worse. its the first time when rem is forced to choose between one or the other

rem's biggest issue is balancing his duty with caring for the ppl he loves (or just the people around him, see: roen) and having it backfire in the worst way possible methinks