#Rook's favorite dish is 'one of each'

[jeeaark]

Not the worst thing Rook's had

[busycloudy]

"Happy Birthday Prefect!"

 • So...Guess who's birthday it is. That's right, it's mine!😁

 • This is basically what I think they would give you when it's your birthday 

• Tooth rotting fluff fanfic? Headcanon? Idk🤷‍♀️Either way it's tooth rotting fluff(The last part might make you shred a tear tho)

 • Reader is gender neutral. The first years/our chaotic of a group is last! 

• Enjoy! (And happy birthday to anyone else that has a birthday today!)

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Riddle Rosehearts- A Necklace

He gave you a necklace with a Rose, to resemble him, on it. The beads are a bright red and black. In the center of it a beautiful and small glass rose is shown proudly.

Trey Clover- Favorite Sweet

He made you your favorite sweet! He made it specially, and don't worry, no oyster sauce was added!

Cater Diamond- A Phone Case

He got you a phone case that has your favorite thing on it. For example if you like cats he got you a phone case with a cat pattern on it.

Leona Kingscholar- A Ring

This ring was something that simply just reminded you of him. It was golden with silver lettering that said "Herbivore". He didn't tell you this, but he has one himself that says "Sleepyhead"

Ruggie Bucchi- Favorite Food

Ruggie got you some of your favorite food, free of charge! Well, all you owe him is to always have a smile on your face.

Azul Ashengrotto- A free drink + free food

He let you have a free drink, and a free dish from the monstro lounge. How very kind of him to do for a poor unfortunate soul like you! He may also let you sit with him in the V.I.P room and chat.

Jade Leech- Book- Terrainum

He got you a book about different plants, and a terrarium! When you decorate the terrarium, do get Jade if you need help! He will gladly do so!

Floyd Leech- Plush

He got you a eel plushie. He came across it and thought it was adorable, so he thought to give it to you! (He also has a matching shrimp plush)

Kalim Al-Asim- Pictures

Kalim knew for a gift like this, it couldn't be anything, it had to be sentimental, so he gave you some pictures the two of you had together. Hang it on your wall/fridge and he will be so happy!

Jamil Viper- Snake Bracelet

A golden snake bracelet that wraps around your wrist. He hopes this reminds you of him. (He'd be so happy if you wore it every day, please do so, or at least wear it as much as you can🥺)

Vil Schoeinheit- Hair Clip

He gave you a hairclip shaped like a crown. He was still the fairest of all, but maybe you could second him.

Rook Hunt- Bow and Arrow

Rook gave you a bow and arrow of your own Iff you ever would like to practice archery, come to him!

Idia Shroud- Controller- Headphones

He gave you a black and blue game controller with headphones that match, which also have cat ears on them. You can game with him anytime!

Malleus Draconia- Earrings

Malleus gave you dragon earrings, something to represent him. "Would you like to go on a walk tonight?" he asked you. The two of you looked at stars and constellations that night.

Lillia Vanrouge- Fingerless Gloves

Black fingerless gloves with a green bat symbol on it. He also says "You've grown so much since I first saw you" then patting you on the head.(KJDHSJHSHSDJ I DIED WHILE MAKING THIS PART)

Silver- A Blanket

This blanket had multiple squares of different shades of your favorite color(Like patchwork)The blanket was also very soft! If you wasn't already getting good sleep, this will definitely help!

Your friends, the first years, gave you scrapbook to hold all your memories, and matching bracelets

The scrapbook has pictures of everytime all of you guys have hanged out together, and some pages are still left empty to fill out more and more memories. The bracelets have all your main colors on each and every one of them, and connect to each other when close by. They have a striped pattern of Red(Ace), Dark Blue(Deuce), Yellow(Jack), Purple(Epel), Light Blue(Ortho), Green(Sebek), Grey(Grim), and [insert your main color](You).

Ace says the bracelets were "Duece's 'stupid' idea" But in all seriousness, he also loves them.

These things are something you can have so if you ever end up finding a way home, you can take it with you to remember them.

[fairestwriting]

Hey, could you please do headcanons about Idia, Vil, Rook and Cater with a Korean reader who introduces them to the Korean Wave/Hallyu, particularly K-pop music, K-dramas & Korean movies, Korean fashion, Korean beauty trends such as Korean cosmetics & skincare routines, Korean food, Manhwa (Korean equivalent of the Japanese manga), webtoons, webtoonimation (webtoon animation) and Korean animation, Korean language, etc.?

i considered not doing this at first because even though i am into some of these things i dont know That much . so i thought like man i couldnt do this justice 😭 but it sounded like so fun to write and i wanted to do something different so i couldnt resist…. i hope i managed to pull it off (and also that i didnt come off like imoversimplifying anything?? what im going for here is just focusing on the things i think each character would get into the most)

𐙚 Cater Diamond

Cater would be curious about anything related to your life, even if you didn’t literally come from a different world �� But that factor, plus your mention of how certain things are considered trendy in social media, definitely make him even more curious than he already was. The more he hears about it, the more he wants to know.

Considering Twisted Wonderland works in a somewhat parallel way to our world, certain concepts might not be fully unfamiliar to him, mirroring trends he’s seen in his own social media. When it comes to things like cosmetics and beauty routines, he already has a decent grasp on it, but he is very eager to learn about new products — if you have anything with you that he could try, he’ll definitely ask if you want to make a video of you two talking about it together.

The media does intrigue him very much too, he’s always looking for new things to watch and listen to, and Cater’s tastes are pretty eclectic, so you can have a lot of really fun watch parties. He’ll mostly enjoy it all pretty casually, but you *will* have his attention for hours if you tell him about fan culture and controversies. On a similar note, he’ll definitely be watching the more out there dramas more than once.

Out of everything though, the food will for sure be his favorite thing. With the amount of spicy dishes there are, how could it not? He can’t bear to watch too many food videos because of how badly he wants to try them. If you can somehow make some for him, he’s going to be raving about it for days on end. His Magicam stories get flooded with pictures of it. You’ll probably never know peace until you teach him how to make it himself.

𐙚 Vil Schoenheit

It’s obvious, sure, but it has to be said: The first thing to catch his attention is going to be the beauty products. He already makes his own custom ones, but he wants to know what you’ve been using anyway. He’ll already be very pleased if he learns you have a routine of your own, and even more if you’re as interested in the topic as he is. He doesn’t get to really have conversations about those things often.

If you have no way of getting your usual products when you run out, he’s definitely going to try and replicate the formula for you, no matter how difficult it might be. Vil isn’t a person who expresses excitement in a very obvious way, but you can definitely feel it radiating from him when you show him all those cosmetics he’s never seen before.

Media is something he’s a bit pickier about, being a person who is in the entertainment industry himself — He’s open minded though, and if he has the time he’ll gladly watch and listen to all the things you like with you. He’ll be commenting on it very coolly and critically at first, even if he’s enjoying himself, but if you keep showing him things, you’re bound to run into something he’ll get really into…

…Which might just end up being whatever you consider your biggest guilty pleasure interest. He secretly indulges in hatewatching more often than you’d imagine. Will definitely have a time with the drama shows that are full of insane twists and dubious romantic relationships. Talks at length about how much the love interest sucks and how the protagonist deserves better, then vehemently denies that his interest is anything more than trainwreck watching effect. Right before he asks you to put on the next episode.

He does get curious about the food too, and he can be persuaded to try something if you’ve made it for him, but… you can kind of see the fear in his eyes if it’s anything visibly spicy. He’ll definitely enjoy dishes like bibimbap though.

𐙚 Rook Hunt

Being someone who is both remarkably nosy curious, and very devoted to finding beauty in everything, it’s not unlikely that Rook will be the one to initiate the conversation about your cultural background. He would have done that to anyone he’s interested in really, but the details of your behavior he’s picked up aren’t really things he’s seen before, which makes it all the more compelling to him.

He’ll be completely enthralled regardless of what topic you start your explanation with. Food, language, media, trends… It doesn’t matter, everything is equally as fascinating and just incredibly beautiful to him. He’s just happy to learn, but especially the things that matter to you the most— Meaning your favorite dishes, shows, songs…

Gets especially excited to try out the food, and extra especially if it’s the kind of thing you used to eat often back home. A person’s favorite foods can give you quite the glimpse into their background, after all! …He’s not the best at dealing with anything significantly spicy however. Will still insist for you to not tone it down with the seasoning, he’s very adamant about wanting to get the “authentic experience”. Determined to power through and build as much spice tolerance as he needs to.

He’ll definitely have a fun time with movies and shows too, as well as watching live performances of your favorite artists. As usual, he has quite a lot to say about the beauty of everything, but as much as he genuinely enjoys those things, his focus will always be on the things that are the closest and more meaningful to you— Which means, he’ll want to learn korean since the first time you said a word in it to him. Even if it’s something like the name of a dish or a place in Korea. Actually starts studying it pretty hard, planning to one day leave as many loving notes for you as he can write.

𐙚 Idia Shroud

Idia isn’t very interested in what's considered trendy anywhere, at any given moment. He does actually know quite a lot about what’s currently popular, but really just because he spends so much time online. His curiosity is a lot more based on wanting to know more about you, and the things you like and are part of your culture. He’d feel the same even if none of it was known by people who weren’t a part of it.

Surprises you by actually managing to name most makeup products correctly. Even though he insists he doesn’t watch these kinds of videos, not that there’s anything wrong with them — but when it comes to skincare, it’s a whole other story. Mentions he’s always wondered what ”the stuff in the dropper bottles” actually do, may question you on the importance of moisturizing after washing your face. He’ll let you do makeup on him if you want though. But only if you’re not going outside that day.

Definitely the type who would eat up k-pop immediately. You don’t need to tell him the names of your favorite idols more than once for him to remember, a lot of the music really caters to his tastes. He’ll have to mostly rely on you for updates, since your phone is the only one where the related apps actually work, but he may or may not be trying to get them to run on his.

Because of how much he gets into the music, he actually ends up being pretty curious about the language too. He wants to be able to sing along to his new fave’s songs accurately, after all— And you did also mention webtoons and manhwa, which also undoubtedly ended up with him binge reading a bunch and not wanting to wait for translations. If you can teach him anything, or even just point him to good sources, you may just get to witness just how fast of a learner he truly is.

(Besides, he does like the idea of being able to speak to you in a language that other people around you wouldn’t understand, kinda like a secret code — it makes him feel closer to you, he really wants to be able to do that one day.)

if you like my work you can support me by commissioning me or tipping me on ko-fi ── ᵎᵎ ✦

[lemonandlime22]

May I request Vil, Azul, Trey, and Jade with a Gn! yuu who’s first language isn’t english, so they struggle speaking and struggle with the assignments.

Vil, Azul, Trey, and Jade with Yuu that has a different native language

Warning(s): cussing, fish mafia doing fish mafia things, not edited

A/N: ty for requesting! i hope you like it!

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Vil Schoenheit

I personally hc that Vil's native language is German so he understands some of your struggles

he went through the same thing when he was first learningWhich I’m sure was when he was very little

But anyway, he’ll sometimes offer tips on how to pronounce things correctly and remember some grammar things that can get tricky.

If you ask he’ll usually help translate assignments or help you understand them,

You’ll probably have small language study sessions with both Vill and Rook

Heck maybe you’ll learn both French and German if you don’t already

Overall, he's a willing tutor if you ask and p good one at that! Also prob the most helpful out of all these guys

But warning, he is ruthless and incredibly strict if you make it a normal tutoring session.

Good luck!!

Azul Ashengrotto

Get ready to be exploited bb <3

he's like a mini Crowley

Any whooo

As soon as he found out you were having trouble he swooped in and offered you a deal

he'll help you with assignments and learning the language

and you help him reach a wider customer base!

Your basically his free employee.

Btw there is like a 50/50 chance that he either is genuinely helping you or using the twisted wonderland version of google translate.

But there is a small chance that he just so happens to have been wanting to learn your native language

In that situation then you’ll just be helping each other

you tutor his abt your native tongue

and he helps you understand assignments and any words your having trouble with.

Overall, not a terrible experience, tho he is taking advantage of you there’s not much of a downside other then you having to translate the whole menu.

Trey Clover

Another one that would be happy to help

except you don't have to make a contract with him for that help.

He will help you the best he can but it's not much

I can see him kinda knowing one other language, but just enough to get basic info across

but that's about it

whether that's the same as your native language or not, he'll do his best to assist you in understanding some assignments.

He tries to make it fun too, like for every correct answer your able to get, he’ll make you your favorite baked good

If you don’t like baked good, then he’ll use his unique magic on it

Trey will also be very curious abt your culture and see if or how different it is from his.

Overall, prob the most pleasant experience, not rly the most helpful but at least he got the spirit.

Jade Leech

Your basically his free entertainment

this mischievous little bitch will intentionally give you the wrong translations of things

and fuck up your grammar with the power of gaslighting.

Buuut if he were to want to genuinely help you,,,

he would take advantage of the situation to tell you all abt

Every. Single. Type of fungi.

For every new dish you try of his is an assignment he’ll help you with.

Overall, good luck! In school and I’m eating those dishes.

You will need it.

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[athenasdragon]

Chapter 3 of my Rookanis fic where Rook keeps watch so Lucanis can get some rest. <3 WHUMP CHAPTER WHUMP CHAPTER WHUMP CHAPTER

Excerpt:

Rook leaned back in her chair and stretched as the kitchen door swung shut behind Harding and Taash. Between Lucanis’s good mood and his good cooking, dinner was more jovial than it had been in weeks. The team had lingered over their coffee and cake late into the night. Rook and Davrin competed for best Warden story, Harding regaled everyone with gossip from the Inquisition, and Bellara pled with Emmrich until he used his fork to draw necromantic diagrams in the frosting left on his plate.

But now, at last, Rook and Lucanis were alone. All that remained of the party atmosphere was the smell of food and a lingering post-laughter warmth. Rook was still nursing a final cup of coffee. Lucanis washed the dishes.

Rook slouched languidly in her chair and watched. The methodical scrubbing. The flick, flick of the water when he was done with each one. The few stray droplets which darkened his rolled-up sleeves. She had offered to do them herself since Lucanis cooked, but he had turned her down—firmly—and she did have to admit she was grateful. It was much more pleasant to enjoy the view and the warm feeling that blossomed in her stomach whenever he insisted on doing something for her.

It was rare to find someone who would actually take something off her plate. Her mother had taken good care of her, naturally, but as she got older the balance of responsibility shifted. She could lean on some of her Warden compatriots. Varric had picked her up off her ass more times than she could count. And of course she was falling into a rhythm with the group here, more able to rely on them to have her back in combat and beyond.

Even so, there was a dynamic that persisted because of her role as de facto leader. Emmrich’s suggestion that she help pick up everyone’s personal loose ends after their failure at Weisshaupt was reminder enough of that. It was hard not to feel alone at the end of each day, still nothing more than an elven refugee, sharp-eyed and round-faced, left to fend for herself once she had exhausted her use—as a laborer, as a sword, as a shield, as a sympathetic ear, as a captain.

And yet. And yet. This man, this human man from a family of immense wealth and power, remembered that she liked coffee and baked her something to enjoy alongside her favorite drink. Told her it wasn’t enough. Washed the dishes after so she could sit and relax.

[bluerose5]

One of my favorite dynamics for Zevran (as Rook) and Lucanis is them being able to just be themselves in the weirdest ways around each other. I've seen it said before that the Crows don't realize how off-putting they can be at times to those who aren't assassins, so I love that idea applying to these two. They'd start off bonding by swapping stories about their most exciting jobs, probably trying to one-up each other, let's be real. Maybe there's actually some recognition involved with a few of those stories in a "Hey, that was you!" kind of way. Then they get onto the topic of all the boring parts of their job, such as long stakeouts and the like. They exchange ways of making the time go by faster —reading, stargazing, etc.

Next thing you know, these two are talking about the best ways to kill people over dinner in front of everyone else, correcting each other, getting into debates, and trading tips. They talk about ways of "extracting" information out of their targets, and it gets to the point where they don't leave any of the details out, and it takes one person to make a point of clearing their throat for these two to get the hint that maybe they should shut up about that. For now, at least.

Not to exclude typical rogue talk either. They discuss their favorite designs for blades and armors, along with best lockpicking techniques (and before the same Zevran "insufficient skill" joke gets used for the 10,000th time, yes we get it, just invest your points into lockpicking for him, he's not incapable of learning xD).

Eventually, someone —I'm thinking maybe Bellara— comes into the kitchen to help Lucanis finish up on dinner one night. Tries to sample one of the dishes he already set out, and he's instantly rushing over there, grabbing it out of the way, going "No, no, no, no!" When Bellara asks what the big deal is, he gets kind of shifty and explains that he's been helping Zevran build up his immunity to some of the Crow's latest poisons they've been making. With his consent, of course! Meanwhile, Bellara is just standing there because What the fuck is wrong with these two?

[catusbeanius]

One thing I love about TWST is how interconnected all the stories are! Even events and vignettes. My best example is the Halloween event and Diasomnia's vignettes. They're very good foreshadowing. Silver literally says (in his Halloween vignette pt. 2) "[I]f Lilia and Malleus chose to fight us of their own volition, could I oppose them? Would I be able to turn my blade against them?” (His whole dialogue there was amazing). He also says he was afraid of Malleus disappearing, not time stopping.

Imo, that's exactly how you use events and vignettes. They're supplementary to the characters/story/world and provide questions the main story can answer. Nowhere in the main story did Silver say "I'd hate it if Malleus disappeared rn. But time stopping? Whatever!" That's a facet of his character you get when your hard work getting gems pays off. The gacha system is still ass, though. Looking at you, Pop Music Club Lilia. Smh. I'm still salty about that.

Anyway, my preamble is over. This is a tidbit post LSKJD

Instead of just random fact, though, I want to share my favorite things about each character!

Tidbit (6.25) about Malleus:

You can tell how much he admires the Thorn Fairy.

In his Birthday Boy vignette pt 2. he offers to fill the party with briars—like the Thorn Fairy did. When the MC tells him that's dangerous, he says he thought it'd be an "amusing diversion." (He's so silly) I'm sure there's a few other examples, but I yapped enough already.

Tidbit (6.50) about Silver:

He's so naïve and candid, it's adorable.

He's not cautious of the Octavinelle guys. In his Fairy Gala vignette, Jade had a plot to get his dishes looking new, and Silver needed a translation bell; so they worked together. Silver also genuinely complimented the craft fairy's work and Jade thought he was being deceptive. In the White Rabbit Fest, a delinquent asked if he was scared and he was like "No, I'm okay. Thanks for asking, though."

He should know Octavinelle is bad news, though, because Sebek was hostile to Azul in his Labwear vignette. Tbf, Sebek quickly accepted his miracle detergent, so idk.

Tidbit (6.75) about Sebek:

He's so dramatic!!

He was sobbing every time Malleus sung during rehearsals for the Masquerade event (Sebek's Masquerade vignette pt 1) Like I mentioned before, he makes a big deal out of helping anyone. (A little off topic, but there's a cute moment in his Ceremonial Robes vignette where the MC hides under his arm!!)

Tidbit (7) about Lilia:

Everything <33 he's my wife!!

But if I had to pick one thing, it'd probably be his speech and dynamics with everyone.

My favorite line from him is "Growing boys need their calories. If the beast hungers, I say feed it." (from Sebek's Labwear vignette pt. 1 about Malleus)

You can just tell how much he loves them and how much they love him back. He'll tease Malleus and Sebek and they'll be dramatic about it, but it's all in good fun!

He protects Malleus from creeps (Rook) and Malleus protects him in turn!! (Lilia's P.E uniform vignette). Silver says thinking about cooking for Lilia keeps him awake (Apprentice Chef vignette pt. 2) , and Sebek trusts everything Lilia says (P.E Uniform vignette)

That's why his decision to leave them all is so damn heartbreaking. Like, girl, LOOK AT WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU!!!! I'm gonna shake that mf.

Their relationships are weird, but it's obvious what they are!! If you raise a kid, they'll think you're their father. SMH

Alright, I'm done yapping.

[alexridersdriedblood]

Okay, so — many people from the Alex Rider fandom have seen Slow Horses, myself I have not, but I’m thinking about it. But hear me out

Rider Family Headcanons + Fan cast (in my opinion)

— Ian had been more lenient on Alex than John would’ve been, but he was never really strict with him. But when Alex was young he was strict about Bedtimes, Dinners and so on, giving his nephew want he needed (School supplies, jackets, etc')

— John never really was close with Ian, despite them being brothers they were opposite in childhood, Ian being more of the nerdy, literal version of John. John was more of the “Hey, let’s go skateboard and be reckless” type, never hanging out with girls besides his mates girlfriends.

— The way Alex remembers his father is through pictures, and polaroids Jack gave him or he found in Ian’s office. He had always wondered why he had been described as looking more like his uncle then his father till he saw pictures of the muscular, tall and broad shouldered man that was his father, his slightly long hair reminded him of his own but he looked more like “uncle Ian” than “John Rider”. 

— Alex and Ian, horrible cooks. Jack must show them the ropes of simple soup — and how to make steak, chicken and other British dishes.

— Little Alex used to tug on Jack and Ian, to show them his little drawings he made with the oil pastels at school or of the time when Ian had been working on something in his office, the door cracked open — Alex would kick it in softly to hang up yet another piece of art or work he did in lessons that day.

— Most songs that were muffled behind Ian’s closed door was classic or old rock, Jazz was the most common for Jack though; Alex had memorized the songs being played throughout the years, making a list of his favorites.

— John was one of many people who played Football, Ian being so involved with his books still came to each game; getting driven to the library by his brother was common, John was strict about seatbelts, firmly telling the younger one “Put your seatbelt on, even in short distance, you never know.” And that stuck with him ever since.

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Fancast

Alex Rider — Otto Farrant

Yassen Gregorovich — Vasiliy Stepanov (Young)

John Rider — Jack Lowden

Ian Rider — Alex Pettyfer

Jack Starbright — Holland Roden

Alan Blunt — Stephen Dillane

Mrs Jones (Tulip Jones) — Mariska Hargitay (Young)

Will make my Yalex headcanons after this !

ヾ(^∀^)ﾉ

— People tagged

@annt-i @too-many-rooks @lastlymatt

[sun-marie]

5, 6, 12 for the Rook LI asks! c:

ahh thank you for the ask <333

5. Do they have different cultural backgrounds (e.g. a Rook who was raised in Antiva with Harding who was raised in Ferelden)? If so, do they ever share parts of their culture with each other?

So while Lucanis is Antivan through and through, Lydia is a blend, culturally, of Rivain, Tevinter, and a little bit of Elven. I think the greatest bit of cultural exchange they do is through food, especially with Lucanis's love of cooking <3 Paella quickly becomes one of Lydia's favorite dishes, and Lucanis enjoys using uncommon ingredients (at least in Antiva) to experiment with different flavors for dishes like Rivaini Couscous Salad.

In addition, I also think Lydia's very chill attitude towards spirits (being from both Rivain and Tevinter) helps with Lucanis navigating his relationship with Spite. Maybe he is a horrid abomination like he's been told of his whole life. Or, maybe, he's something like Lydia's friend Rowan, someone who doesn't allow being possessed to turn them into a monster and makes peace, and even friends, with the spirits inhabiting their body.

6. What is their favorite thing to do together? Do they share any hobbies? Does your Rook teach their partner their own hobbies? Does the partner teach Rook theirs?

answered here!

12. Any inside jokes?

So Lydia and Lucanis are always trying to convert the other into liking tea and coffee, respectively, right, and they have long discussions hashing out the pros and cons. During one of these discussions, Lydia's mouth was moving faster than her brain, and while she meant to say "Tea is good for calming the mind and its got healing properties" what came out was "Mind tits good for calming properties" and Lucanis immediately hit her with this look of bewilderment that sent Lydia spiraling into laughter, and when she caught her breath to explain he also started laughing.

So now whenever one of them is feeling overwhelmed by the craziness of their lives, the other can usually give them a good laugh by going "You know what you need? Some mind-tits.", and even when it's not enough to make them actually laugh (bc their lives can get pretty crazy), it still ends up being a sweet sentiment that essentially means "it's okay to take a break" <3

Questions for your Rook and their partner: Ask Game

[sexygayvampire]

the empress and the world!

i took an accidental nap while writing these. i wanted to do it for all of them, so it took a while, but here they are :) long post incoming. questions here

(+ behold: them)

The Empress: What actions do Rook and their love interest take to nurture their relationship?

vervain: after their dinner date in the gardens, v makes A Thing of trying to get to know as much about emmrich as possible. whenever they’re exploring or just idly hanging out together he tosses little questions at emmrich—favorite animal, funniest failed experiment, least favorite coworker. emmrich starts asking him questions back, specifics about his life in dock town and his work with the shadows. they hoard little tidbits about one another like dragons and are just endeared to each other more and more every day. after a couple weeks of this v asks emmrich test him on his memory. emmrich says it’s only fair for v to test him, too. it becomes a ritual for them to quiz each other every few weeks. this is the only game v won’t find a way to cheat in.

castano: cas might be an absolutely abysmal cook on his own, but he follows lucanis around the kitchen like a lost puppy when he’s working and assists wherever he can, chopping and stirring and fetching ingredients. lucanis insists that he partake in cas’s hobbies too, and it takes a moment for cas to realize that he… doesn’t really have any. so lucanis proposes that he help him find some. they try a lot of things together whenever they can find the time. by now cas has found a few things that he’s developed a passion for—dancing, gardening, painting, studying the stars—but they had a lot of fun in the process, even with the things cas didn’t stick with, and now when they go on dates, they usually try to spend them doing something new.

asphodelus: one day ash bets davrin five gold that he can’t make a jump between rooftops. davrin does it easily and bets ash fifteen to do the same. (davrin becomes fifteen gold richer.) after that they start making bets over everything. who can kill more demons in a day, how quickly ash can track down a spirit, whether davrin can oneshot a darkspawn. the stakes range from a few gold to dish duty to paying for a dinner date in minrathous. they’ve been keeping a cumulative tally. it’s neck and neck. both of them are always up for a challenge, and the competition feeds into the energy and excitement they inspire in each other. ash has a feeling that one day a tree somewhete in arlathan will have rows of tally marks carved into it that span decades.

felandaris: after years of only ever watching their own back, fel is now dating a chronic helper. against their will, it starts to rub off on them. they find themselves cleaning neve’s office while she sleeps and notice an inconsistency in one of her notes, so they add a note of their own. the next day they find a note on their bedside table from neve, continuing the conversation. they start to leave little letters and notes and scraps of paper for each other everywhere. not just comments on cases—it becomes a way for them to have all sorts of conversations, and a way for two people who struggle with expressing their feelings face-to-face to be sappy and sweet to each other more easily.

The World: Thedas is saved, but changed. Where do Rook and their love interest go from here? Is marriage on the table? Children? What milestones do they have to look forward to?

vervain: his veins run with the water of the dock town harbor. he can never leave tevinter, especially not in the aftermath of elgar’nan’s takeover. but he finds an apartment big enough for two, in a slightly nicer neighborhood, where emmrich stays when he visits. they get married in nevarra, a small ceremony with a handful of friends. v gives some guest lectures at the necropolis about his time in the fade, and emmrich helps the shadows track down lingering demons. v’s work will never be done, but emmrich convinces him to slow down and take breaks sometimes. they’re maybe the most functional semi-long-distance couple possible. they can see each other easily thanks to the eluvians, but that doesn’t stop them from sending sappy, romantic, yearning letters back and forth anyway. v is the “cool parent” who teaches manfred to play pranks and scale buildings and always win at card games. emmrich can’t help but to fall even more in love with him.

castano: with lucanis as the new first talon, cas spends a long time thinking about his work as a crow. he never wanted this life for himself, but if he wants to stay with his love, he won’t be able to leave it behind. so now what? he ends up traveling alone for a few months, trying to figure himself out, and eventually decides that whatever he does, he can’t do it without lucanis. years later, he’s still tentatively a crow. he hasn’t carried out a contract since elgar’nan. but he vows to never leave lucanis’s side. a new contract, signed with himself: pour as much love into lucanis’s life as he possibly can. cas spends most of his time painting and doing community service around treviso. they don’t have kids of their own, but teia and viago’s kids adore their uncles. they get a dog. two dogs. four dogs. and they haven’t told anyone yet, because teia insists on a big wedding, but in a moment of passion, they eloped when cas got back from his soul-searching travels and have been married for years. whoops!

asphodelus: a necromancer with an extremely nonchalant attitude toward death and a grey warden who has to figure out how to cope with the idea of growing old since there’s no blight anymore walk into a bar. well, they walk into a cabin on the edge of arlathan forest that davrin builds himself (ash is no help at all, but he gives his best moral support). ash uses his network of researchers and academic connections from nevarra to help davrin publish that monster manual. at some point, the veil jumpers encounter a young dalish girl who lost her parents, and ash and davrin take her in as their own. ash works with the veil jumpers and the mourn watch to study the fade in arlathan, and davrin focuses on hunting while being an on-call local monster slayer. they live a disgustingly sweet married life in the woods with their daughter and their now massive griffon son.

felandaris: fel has spent their whole life running away from things, but now that they have neve, they’ve finally found something they don’t want to leave. after reluctantly returning to vigil’s keep and making a mutual agreement with the warden-commander that none of them want fel to be there, least of all fel, they pack up their bag of knives and officially move up north. (they would’ve done it with or without his permission, but it’s nice to not have to watch over their shoulder for once.) fel “former professional thief, liar, and cheat” thorne feels right at home in dock town. fel and neve are both allergic to the concept of marriage, so that doesn’t happen, nor is it ever brought up. but they share a shitty little apartment that could easily be less shitty if either of them didn’t prefer it that way. fel becomes a bona fide shadow dragon and tarquin’s worst nightmare, and neve couldn’t be more proud.

[underatreedrinkingtea]

Sit With Me, Let Me Bathe In Your Light

Summary: Bellara and Rook spend some time together discussing books.

Bellara sat at the table with the others enjoying lunch Lucanis had prepared, with some help from Taash.

She heard Taash and Harding discussing her recent powers, with everything going on in the world with the gods and the violence and despair they leave behind them. Having to deal with magic where there was none up until recently she couldn't imagine that struggle. But Harding is strong, and she has all of them supporting her now. They all are here supporting each other in this. It will all be okay in the end, Bellara is hopeful.

Emmrich and Lucanis are asking Neve about one of her cases and while she wants to listen in, Bellara is way too distracted because tonight it is book club night. And while she finished the book she is yet to finish her notes with her thoughts on it. Rook has been taking her and Neve out a lot recently helping out the Veil Jumpers in Arlathan Forest. And with her trying to figure out the Nadas Dirthalen and its mysteries there hasn't been enough time for her book notes.

She admits it's been nice to show him her home, Strife and Irelin expressing their gratitude with all Rook and the team has done for them in the forest. And while Rook has been a little...stoic towards everyone at first Bellara has begun to see a shift in him, especially towards the Veil Jumpers, he is curious about their way of life and he always seeks her out in the Lighthouse with more questions. And then there was this one time while she was talking with Neve about food and Rook told them he really wanted to try Dalish food. She will have to put that on the groceries list before she forgets about it. What should she make first? Maybe she could make him, them, her favorite pan-fried fish. Does Rook like fish? She can’t seem to figure out his food preferences, Rook eats everything, like food is just something to fuel his body. 

Whenever they gather around the table Rook never really gives the impression whether he likes something or not. He might just eat anything put before him on a plate. So far that has been the case at least, not quite appreciating the flavors or simply the craft itself. Although…she does notice a gentle, content smile on his face when it’s Bellaras turn to cook. And now that she reflects on it, he Rook usually finds her afterwards to compliment her skills. Or if it’s her turn cleaning the dishes he takes extra long before leaving, oftentimes giving her a hand before Bellara can send him away telling him it really isn’t necessary. But still he insisted, taking no for an answer.

Speaking of Rook, he and Davrin are yet to appear. They both went off somewhere after breakfast this morning. Davrin had insisted Assan needed to stretch his wings, they were gone for quite some time and afterwards they both went straight up to Taash room to work out with them. Both her and Harding might have found their way in Taash’s room too at some point. Harding needed to tell Rook she had found a contact in the Deep Roads willing to meet with her. And Bellara..she had a question about how the Lods of Fortune handled elven artifacts that definitely couldn’t wait until later. And Bellara definitely didn't take notice how Rook paused what he was doing when she had entered right behind Harding. But as soon as she notices his missing shirt Bellara looks away and doesn’t dare lay eyes on him again.

The sound of a door opening and an excited squawk pulled her from her thoughts. Assan and Davrin! But where was…

“Sorry we’re late, lost track of time there for a bit.” Davrin explained. Assan ran ahead of him towards his plate on the floor only to find it empty. Bellara got up from her chair making her way towards him.

“I’m sorry Assan! Here, let’s get you some food.” She met Davrins appreciative look.

“Thank you, Bellara…I-” He began.

“Oh it’s no trouble! Really.” She interrupted. While her back was turned to everyone she heard Harding asking;

“Where is Rook? Weren't you working out together? Did he get lost on the way?”

“No, he was right behind me actually. Anyway, about Rook. He seemed..I don’t know- ” Davrin made his way to sit down when the door opened again, pausing his movements.

“Sorry everyone!”

Rook all but stumbled in.Bellara snapped her head in his direction.She regarded him for a moment, he looked drained to say the least, ready to drop dead at any point.Chest bare sweaty, glistening in the low light in the room. Bellara is frozen in her spot, still Assans plate in her hand and he makes an impatient squawk at her.But she can’t look away from him, shirtless,and his body covered in sweat.Her eyes goes up his chest then down his muscular arms, white scars all over his body, some shallow, but most of them are deep.It must have all been so painful she thinks to herself. Taking a few steps into the room while putting on his shirt, even that small action looks tiring for him.

Rook was a big man, towering over everyone they met, Qunaris being the only exception. He intimidates people with his reserved and standoffish stare. Making them weary of him, not daring to look away lest he decides to strike you down. Now though Bellara thinks, even the touch of the wind could make him fall over.

“Wow, what happened to you?” Neve exclaims, a slight worry in her tone. All eyes are on him now, waiting. Rook meets them with a blank stare.

“Oh you know, Davrin was working me pretty hard. Relentless to say the least.” He glances towards the food on the table before moving in the direction of the pantry and passes by her and Assan on the way. Realising she’s been holding her breath Bellara takes a deep inhale and a strong salty smell hits her. Rook smells like the sea, and she begins to imagine him on a ship, surrounded by stormy waters and wind in his hair. When he comes out again he has a handful of apples in his arms and stops, addressing Lucanis.

“The food looks amazing, I just don't feel like eating a large meal right now. Excuse me.” He confessed before giving Bellara a quick once over offering her a subtle smile.

“But Rook, my dear boy. You need to eat a proper meal!” Emmrich objected and started to stand up. Rook now almost at the door again with his back turned to the group lifts one arm up, making a dismissive gesture before answering;

"I'm fine Emmrich.” His tone leaves no room for arguments.

With the door now closed Neve breaks the silence after a while. She looks to Davrin before she speaks.

“What were you gonna tell us about Rook?” She questioned.

Davrin takes a few seconds to answer her.

“Yeah he, I don’t know. He seemed troubled. He was being too harsh with his body, I could tell he needed a break but he insisted on continuing. And towards the end he seemed so out of it, like he wasn't really there with me.” Davrin pondered, looking over everyone.

Harding is next to speak out;

“Well do we let him be? Or should someone go after him?” A short pause and she furrows her brow like she’s arguing with herself. “Someone should definitely go after him.” Finally Bellara finds her voice again and blurts out;

“I’ll go! I was done eating anyway. Let me make a plate for him, maybe he doesn’t want to eat with everyone around you know?” Bellara quickly picks up a plate, scooping up some food. She goes to pick up her book off the table before marching out of the kitchen.

“But Bellara, you barely touched your-” She can hear Harding exclaim before the door shuts behind her.

Peering out over the courtyard searching for Rook only to find it empty, she makes her way towards the staircase outside the main building and calls out “Rook?” Followed by a moment of silence, but then above her she hears him answer.

“Up here Bellara.” He sighs, but still his tone is so gentle with her. Balancing the plate on her book she wanders up the stairs. Bellara makes her way to Rook where he sits between the statues of Mythal and Solas, his back against the wall. In his hand is one of the apples and he’s carving pieces out with his knife. On his left the rest of the apples lay beside him. She studies him for a moment and it seems sitting down has helped with his exhausted state. He meets her stare and goes to cut another chunk from the apple.

“Hello,” Rook looks to her hands and makes a quick nod with his head, “That for me?” She opens her mouth to answer before he pats the space on his right.

“Come, sit down.” Rook offers her with a friendly smile.

“You really should eat Rook, you made the others worried walking off like that. You look awful!” She stops herself, her eyes widening before continuing. “No, not like that! You look nice like always but you seemed very exhausted and Davrin told us you were really working yourself to death! Rook you should slow down, I should know! Sit down for a while maybe?”

She was rambling on now, she felt like she was stumbling over her words with how fast she was speaking. She should apologise, he probably didn’t care for her word vomiting, wanting some peace and quiet.That’s probably why he walked off in the first place. Bellara dared a glance up at Rook and he didn’t look irritated at all, quite the opposite. He looked down at her with a wide grin, they just stared at each other for some time. But the silence soon makes her feel uncomfortable and his intense gaze makes her skin feel hot and itchy.

“I’m sorry Rook, I didn't mean to intrude..” She goes to offer him the plate of food “I just wanted..the others were really concerned for you.” Rook has dropped his grin now, replaced by a genuine look of surprise, he looks almost touched by her words. His gaze goes from her to her book on the ground, a pensive look on his face. He takes the food from her hands and says;

“Thank you Bellara, really. And…if you don’t have anywhere to be I would enjoy your company.” He takes a deep breath through his nose, still eyeing the book.

“Is that for your book club you’re in?”

The book! Her mind goes to the notes still unfinished, but she can do that later she thinks. Rook needs some company right now.

“Yes! Right, book club. We are supposed to meet tonight and discuss it. And Lucanis bought a new bottle of wine for us to try, from Antiva. And knowing him it probably is very fancy! Oh, did you want to join us?”

She’s talking very fast again but doesn't apologise this time.

Rook answers her with a light chuckle.

“Well..I really never was much for reading…” Rook clears his throat.

Oh, right. Maybe he has told her that and she just didn’t listen? But she feels like she would remember if he told her that-

“I would much rather you tell me about it. I like hearing you talk. About anything really. But I’ve seen you around the Lighthouse with your nose into that book. You know, I actually thought you might fall off the edge one time while you were walking and reading. I admit, I’m curious now.”

Yes she remembers that, Rook had bumped into her, his strong hands stopping her from landing on her butt. Hours later she still felt his warm grip linger on her arms.

She meets his gaze and she can practically feel her eyes light up.

“Yes okay, I’ll tell you all about it” A pause. “You can eat while I talk.” Bellara added.

“Of course, anything for you Bellara.” He nodded and offered her a smile in return.

The book, Rook noted, wasn’t all that thick. But Bellara goes into heavy detail about the book's plot, the characters and their motivations. And he listens closely. Sometimes interrupting her with questions, or simply when he finds a character annoying or simply idiotic. Some choices he finds are very questionable, so of course they both spend extra time talking about that. And someway along the way Rook realises that he might be a big fan of romances. Not that he would ever admit that to anybody. If Davrin found out, the teasing would be relentless.

He still wouldn't pick up a book on his own. He could just ask Bellara to talk about the ones they read in their little club. Hoping they choose good ones. Picked more romances perhaps. Because he quite enjoys the way Bellaras eyes light up when she tells him about how sweet and tender the main character's love interests are to them. How soft one can be towards someone they love. Embracing each other at the end of a long day. Talking for hours about nothing and everything. At one point they were so off topic that he had to stop her by asking a question about the plot that confused him. He still wanted to know how it ended. But frustratingly enough it turns out the book was part of a series. So to keep readers interested it ended with a cliffhanger, to Rook's disappointment.  And being a newer release, the author was yet to release the sequel.

They must have sat here for hours now, his body stiff from sitting down for so long. The food had gone cold a long time ago and the apples were long forgotten about.

A voice below interrupted them.

“Bellara dear, you will be joining us tonight I hope?” Emmrich wondered.

Rook has never seen a person jump to their feet so fast before.

“Of course, Professor! I’ll be right there” She replied, dusting off her clothes.

“Ah wonderful, see you inside.” Leaving the two alone again. Rook goes to stand up now as well, giving her the book back. 

“This was nice…the book I mean. Though I have to admit, this heroine of yours has questionable taste in men. I hope she comes to her senses in the next book.” Rook states in a serious tone.

“Right? I don’t understand where that came from to be honest.” They just stand there for a while, neither knowing really what to say.

“Maybe we could do this again sometime? I really did like your company, talking with you.” Rook looks down to the ground, all of a sudden shy, and can't seem to find the courage to meet her big, wonderful brown eyes.

“I could pick another book next time, something you might find more interesting.” She offers, fingers fidgeting with the worn looking pages.

“No!” Rook objected and cleared his throat. “I mean, you…can pick whatever you think is good. Or don’t. This…romance stuff wasn’t bad honestly.” And when he looks up at her again his throat goes dry and forgets how to breathe. He can see it. He’s been caught, she knows. The look she gives him is terrifying. Like a parent catching their child with their hand in a cookie jar. The secret hangs heavy in the air between them, Rook was never really good at being subtle was he?

“I’ll see what I can find Rook.” She is cruel, with the look in her eyes, pinning him down. And then she turns around with a spring in her step, like she’s on top of the world. And Rook finds himself missing her presence already.

[meltedbluecaterpillar]

good morning or afternoon absol! this might be odd but do you have a fave twst ship?

Good morning Alice. I have a favorite. But I have a few ships I like in Twisted Wonderland. But… I also make primarily x reader content so I do not share much about them. My biggest favorite is a ‘rare pair’ of Floyd x Ruggie. I think their dynamic is very chaotic and I would thrive seeing them interact more. This came from my first experience with Camp Vargas years ago when they had a duo magic together. For some reason it clicked.

I also like Cater x Jamil which is a rare pair also. Only in a way that the ship is equally one sided and really they just have emotional vulnerability with one another… I think that is called Bromance. I think they just are comfortable venting. This is based solely off of Cater’s vignette from the summer event where Jamil says he looks good in that salmon pink color and Cater buys the scarf simply because Jamil said it suited him. I am happy.

Of course I am a RookVil truther. Rook and his beloved Queen whom he adores and is always attached to… I just like this because it’s nice seeing Rook fawn over Vil. I love a man who worships.

Shockingly… I also like Trey x Jade. Two very normal individuals who are slightly off. Nothing particular makes me like this ship. I just… Imagining them next to each other is odd. So I think they should be odd together. Trey can study Jades mouth and Jade can force feed Trey mushroom dishes.

[twstchaos]

Original Character: The Goddess

Introducing: The Goddess!!!

Technical Information

Name: Kore Meraki (Κóρε Μεράκι)

Japanese: コレ・メラカイ

Romaji: Kore Merakai

Nickname(s): Betta* (Floyd), Mademoiselle Bosseuse (Rook)

*Floyd has to specify which “Betta” he is talking to using scientific names: Betta splendens (Vil) or Betta persephone (Kore).

Warning: Contains chapter six spoilers

Biographical Information

Gender: Female

Pronoun: She/Her

Age: 18

Birthday: March 20

Starsign: Pisces

Height: 180cm

Eye Color: Purple

Hair Color: Dark Brown

Homeland: Kingdom of Heroes/Island of Woe

Family: Ourios Meraki (Father), Demetria (Mother), Teleia Meraki (Step-Mother), Khalkeus Argos (Half-Brother), Ergane Meraki (Half-Sister), Enyalius Argos (Half-Brother), Cythereia Drepanum (Sister-in-Law), Cynthia Aigletou (Half-Sister), Phoebus Aigletes (Half-Brother), Poimandres Pleiades (Half-Brother), Lysius Meraki (Half-Brother)

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Professional Status

Dorm: Ignihyde

School Year: Third

Class: 3-B (No. 13)

Occupation: Student, Aide to the Heir of the Shroud Household

Club: Board Game Club

Best Subject: Classical Literature and Classics in Art

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Fun Facts

Dominant Hand: Right

Favorite Food: Gyro

Least Favorite Food: Olive

Dislikes: Running errands for Idia

Hobby: Tabletop Roleplay Games

Talents: Instantly finding whatever dice she is looking for in her dice sack

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Appearance:

Kore has long dark brown hair tied back into a high ponytail, leaving some longer strands of her bangs to neatly frame her face. Before moving to the Island of Woe, she had an olive complexion, but years of living with the Shrouds faded her skin tone which make her freckles and eyebags more noticeable. Her eyes are purple in color. Kore sports a permanent pout from having to do all of the heavy lifting for Idia.

Kore dons the standard Night Raven Academy female uniform, which consists of the black blazer on top of the blue, gold-lined vest designated for students of Ignihyde, and a short black skirt, all without the black and white tie. She ties the Ignihyde armband around her hip. In the dormitory, Kore wears a dark navy blue deep v-neck tank top with the standard bright blue half-vest over her right shoulder and across her torso, navy-blue pants, and black and blue boots. She either drapes the jacket over her shoulders or ties it around her waist.

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Personality:

Kore is a very snarky individual, spending years around Idia would do that to a person. Somehow his introvertedness did not rub off on her, helping Ortho drag the Ignihyde dorm leader out of his room. Where Idia is not, Kore will be, running errands for him and generally doing the hard work. Despite her hatred towards doing everything for him, Kore and Idia do get along well, but him making up by buying her dice and gyros does make Kore a tiny bit willing to do it. Speaking of dice, she is the textbook definition of a dice goblin, always showing up to the Board Game Club with a new set of dice. Kore is one of the more competitive members of the Board Game Club, either dishing out challenges or readily accepting them from others.  

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Background:

(Chapter Six Spoilers)

The Merakis are a prominent family in the Kingdom of Heroes and one of the head families of the Jupiter Conglomerate. The patriarch of the household, Ourios Meraki, sired eight children; the youngest of which is Kore with his ex, Demetria. Her parents split when she was an infant, resulting in her spending her time between the Meraki household in the Kingdom of Heroes and Demetria’s in the Shaftlands.

Growing up, due to business relations, the Merakis and Shrouds had a decent connection with each other. Thus, Kore and Idia were somewhat close as children. However, at the young age of ten, the two would become inseparable. Disaster struck the Shroud family, and as the youngest of eight with zero possibility of ever becoming the head of the Merakis, Ourios handed custody of Kore over to the Shrouds as a companion to their grief-stricken child. She was forced to leave her brothers and sisters behind and live in the Island of Woe.

Kore was there by Idia’s side through all of the failed test runs, supporting his attempt at creating life. She held him as he broke down, and he held her when she missed her siblings too much.

Four years after Idia successfully brought Ortho to life, they both received their letters of admission to Night Raven College. Together with Ortho, Kore and Idia attended the prestigious school and were both placed into Ignihyde. In the crowd stood a certain student of Ignihyde about to embark on his journey as an interning fourth year: Poimandres Pleiades, the youngest son of Ourios Meraki and the older half-brother of Kore. Upon their arrival into the dormitory, Poimandres took it upon himself to welcome his baby sister whom he had not seen in six whole years with open arms. After their reunion at the school, Kore was finally able to reestablish her bond with her older siblings, starting with Poimandres.

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Abilities and Unique Magic:

Because of her experience and enjoyment with tabletop roleplay games, Kore is very adept and quick with improvisation and thinking on her feet.

Kore’s Unique Magic is called “Restoration”. Restoration is a purely support-based power, which allows Kore to negate and remove any and all effects from an individual target. Additionally, she can act as a conduit for blot accumulation by siphoning blot from whomever she is in physical contact with and must keep holding on to the person to take in blot. Kore can also redirect the accumulated blot into another target.

Incantation: “Take a rest. Debuff negation. Heal upon my word. Restoration.”

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She is twisted from Persephone from Greek Mythology 

and Megara from Disney’s Hercules.

More information will come out in the future~

[kaiijo]

the second lead

characters: trey, ruggie, jade, jamil, rook, lilia summary: helping their housewardens woo you, even though they like you too notes: gn! reader, merperson reader in jade’s, angst, insecurities, excludes ignihyde

trey clover

you and trey had gotten close through the science club, where you two worked to grow a magical plant together

you two joked a lot about co-parenting the plant and each joke about it had trey’s heart skipping a beat

he knew that it shouldn’t have, they’re just jokes after all, but he can’t help but envision what it might be like to one day have something domestic with you — he’s getting ahead of himself 

at the very least, he was keen to try and explore a relationship with you. he had thought about asking you out many times but it never felt quite right and the moment always passed

riddle had approached trey one day, complaining of a quick heart rate and clamminess whenever he was near you, and trey immediately knew what was happening

he helped riddle talk through his feelings with the ultimate conclusion that riddle had a crush on you. trey being trey, he told riddle that he should confess his feelings, maybe over a tea, and that he would help riddle with all the arrangements for it

it was bittersweet, seeing the flustered, bashful look on riddle’s face when he asked, “you would… really help me with this?”

“of course, what are friends for?”

with a heavy heart, trey wondered if he had acted quicker, if he had been bolder and less passive, could he have had a chance with you? would he have beaten riddle in telling him that he liked you? because he knew that riddle would have backed down if he had known of trey’s feelings

it didn’t even matter now but trey would always wonder about what could have been

ruggie bucchi

ruggie first met you when running an errand for leona. apparently, the cafeteria had received a shipment of food, fresh from the sunset savanna and one of leona’s favorite dishes from back home had been on the menu, so he had ordered ruggie to get him one

ruggie got to the cafeteria as fast as possible but saw that there were no more. with a huff, he looked around to see which poor sucker he could dupe into handing their portion over when he eyes landed on you. he sauntered over and when he approached and began to try and negotiate with you, you just asked, “do you want it? i’m fine with just giving it to you.”

he had been suspicious of the proposal but tentatively accepted with the caveat that he didn’t owe you anything, which you were fine with. this started a long series of interactions with ruggie that led to him falling for you

you visited savanaclaw pretty frequently, which is where you met leona, and your charm won him over as well

ruggie had figured out leona’s feelings before leona himself even did. before leona had told him — well, more like implied — that he liked you, ruggie thought there was a glimmer of hope for him. your gaze was always so soft with him, your touches gentle and considerate. that had to mean something, right?

“ruggie,” leona had called to him one day, handing ruggie his credit card, “there’s a book i need you to pick up at sam’s. it just arrived today.”

he hadn’t thought much of the order and made his way to sam’s shop right away, where he picked up the book. when he saw the title, he realized that it was a collector’s edition of one of your favorite books and that leona was going to give it to you. when he paid for the book in leona’s stead, the price gave ruggie a cruel reminder of who he was, where he came from, what he had done to survive.

he left the shop with a tightening chest and a scoff. he couldn’t believe that he had deluded himself into thinking that he was ever good enough for someone like you 

jade leech

you, jade, floyd, and azul had all grown up together in the depths of the coral sea. when you were kid, you had been the only merperson to not mock and bully azul, which had both endeared you and made you an object of intrigue to all of them

you helped around the mostro lounge a lot once you were all at night raven. as you went through your routines and tasks, you always checked in on all of them and made sure they (mostly jade and azul) weren’t overworking themselves

jade’s interest in you had blossomed into a full-blown crush. he craved your presence, craved your smile, craved your approval; he craved you

you two would often study together and jade would drop subtle, flirty comments, which you would sometimes respond to with a vaguely flirty remark of your own. there was always some back and forth between you two that jade knew meant something

when he was cleaning up azul’s office late one night, he accidentally knocked over a notebook that azul had been writing in a lot recently. it had fallen and opened to a page, and when jade read it, he was more than surprised

the page had love confessions written out and half-baked ideas for first dates, all addressed and about you

jade stared down at the notebook. when had azul taken a romantic interest in you? how had he not noticed? had he been too consumed by you to have seen azul’s feelings?

“jade!” azul practically screeched when he saw jade in his office with the notebook. he snatched it away and held it protectively to his chest, face flushing. “forget anything you saw in here.”

jade watched azul for a second, weighing choices in his head before saying, “i liked the third date idea. i think y/n would like to visit the museum again too.”

azul half-glared at him before asking, “are you sure?”

jade nodded and as he began advising azul on what to do, he kept a thought in the back of his head: it wouldn’t hurt to both help azul and compete against him for your affection, would it now?

jamil viper

you were always so kind to jamil, always helping  him with the multitudes of tasks and duties that he had, always thanking him for whatever thing he did even if it wasn’t for you, always greeting him in the halls with your sweet smile and a little wave

at first, he wondered what you wanted from him. if you were mocking him in some way but he grew to learn that your kindness and generosity were as real as they could be

his heart swelled around you and there was always a pressure in his throat when he was with you. he felt light in a way he never experienced before when he was around you. there was always a confession at the tip of his tongue, though the words seemed to tangle in his mouth when he tried to say something

so when kalim asked jamil if he would cook a great feast for you so that kalim could invite you to dinner and confess, jamil felt that lightness disappear and his stomach dropped

he felt the simmering rage that he kept just underneath his cool facade begin to bubble up. of all people for kalim al-asim to like, it had to be you. jamil couldn’t just have one thing — one person to himself. besides, kalim would be a bad match for you considering that you’re organized and considerate and kalim is neither

jamil hadn’t realized how deep in thought he had been until kalim repeated his name and asked, “will you please, please help me, jamil?”

jamil stared at him for a moment more before his shoulder slumped and he acquiesced. later that night, as jamil laid awake in bed, staring at the ceiling, he came to a bitter conclusion. kalim would be a good match for you. he was bright and rich and he could give you the moon on a string if you asked for it. all jamil could give you was a life of servitude and hardship

jamil turned to his side, huffing and staring now at the wall. he wondered if the ache in his chest and bones would ever disappear

rook hunt

rook often wondered if you were the most beautiful person to walk this earth, he had never seen anyone so divine in his life

you were a bright shining star that brought your light into every place you went. you were gentle and kind yet firm in your beliefs and hugely protective of those you loved. rook had hoped that, one day, he would count as one of those people — as the most special person in your life

vil had stopped him in the hall one day, after a joint meeting between the housewardens and vice housewardens. he said, “i have a task for you.”

“how intriguing! go on!”

“i need you to investigate and report back on what sorts of foods and trinkets that Y/n likes. i’m going to ask them out and i would like to be as prepared as possible.”

and just like that, rook’s hope to one day be your special person was dashed. he didn’t wait around long enough to try and decipher whether or not vil had seen his brief, sudden stillness and the miniscule widening of his eyes. with a quick flick of his uniform’s cape, he told vil, “it’s as you wish.”

observing you wasn’t anything new for rook. he watched what you snacked on through the day, what sort of bauble you picked out at sam’s shop, all while trying to ignore the heaviness that had overtaken his whole body

at lunch, you waved rook over with a smile and invited him to sit. when you gazed at him with your warm eyes, he wondered, for a split second, if he should betray vil; if he should ask to court you; if he could, in fact, be your person one day. it was only a second before he perished the thought. someone as outstanding as you should have someone just as perfect — someone like vil

rook recognized, in some twisted way, that there was beauty in his tragedy, something lovely in wishing for someone that he could not be with, out of loyalty to another. what an enrapturing disaster

lilia vanrouge

when lilia heard from sebek that malleus had taken a shine to a certain human, he had been thrilled. you and malleus had been slowly and steadily building a friendship and hopefully, if everything panned out, it would grow into a romance

lilia confronted malleus about it quickly, which had malleus looking at him curiously and nodding. “so this is what a crush feels like.”

“it is,” lilia said. “now it’s about what you’re going to do about it” 

they worked together, with input from silver and sebek, to plan the ideal scenario for a romantic confession — a candlelit picnic under the moon. when they invited you, your face lit up and you enthusiastically told them that you’d there

there was something about your smile that warmed lilia’s heart

unfortunately, as they day drew near, malleus had received word that his grandmother needed him, and only him, in briar valley; he asked lilia to offer you apologies

when lilia had told you that malleus had to do a raincheck, he couldn’t stand the crestfallen expression on your face so lilia said, “we shouldn’t let a good meal go to waste.” so the two of you had dinner together and it turned out to be a lovely evening. he did his best to speak highly of malleus in his absence, but your conversation flowed so naturally that eventually, it seemed forced to try and mention the young master often

having lived for so many centuries, lilia wasn’t new to developing feelings for people. he had loved so many over the years, but he hadn’t felt like this is so long

as he dropped you off at your form with a parting kiss to your knuckles, lilia had to remind himself that this wasn’t about him — it was about malleus

having lived for so long, lilia also wasn’t unused to the feeling of heartbreak and disappointment. still, it didn’t mean he was immune to it either 

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Excuse me, can I get headcanons about the Heartslabyul quintet (Ace, Deuce, Trey, Cater and Riddle) going to the reader's world (which is real-life Earth), please? I would like to see them explore the cities (such as New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago), taste the cuisines (including the ones they had never tried before), buying souvenirs, etc. (P.S.: I'm going to do the same request but with the other TWST boys)

I'm going to guess this is all from the same person because my inbox got flooded overnight but these somehow aligned nicely next to each other. I don't really want to reuse the same scenario for about 21 characters so I'm just going to bunch them into one. I hope you understand

TWST characters visit your world instead

To start off, we should celebrate that you can go back to your world now and it's totally okay for you to come visit every so often to Twisted Wonderland! You decide to take this moment and let people visit you where you live and maybe some other places in your world

The twst characters definitely use their ability to go anywhere with magic to their advantage. I feel like a lot of them will choose places depending on where they find comfort in, since big cities might not be a favorite place for some

I definitely feel like Idia and Ortho would want to visit Tokyo, mainly for the video games and manga there is. If they wanted to see webtoons or different kinds of video games similar to League of Legends for example, they might want to go to Seoul

Meanwhile for Pomefiore, I feel like a lot of them would like Milan or Paris. It's really up to them to decide if they want to go French or Italian, but with the way Rook talks you have to expect them to go to Paris first. They do like the kinds of clothes there too

Heartslabyul is sort of all over the place. They probably fought over where to go first before deciding on hopping from place to place every week haha. They do visit major cities like New York City but also smaller cities like Bonn.

Savanaclaw is also a group that's all over the place not really because they want to visit everywhere but because Leona doesn't feel like traveling. They also have the issue of sticking out with their animal ears/tails, so they probably opt for a major city if they want to visit an urban area. It's mainly because there's so many people they won't stick out too badly.

Scarabia is a bit more relaxed in terms of where they want to go. I do feel like they might want to visit places that feel similar to Scalding Sands and might enjoy places like Rabat, maybe even Abu Dhabi, or Istanbul

Diasomnia, similar to Savanaclaw, has the issue of sticking out because of Malleus's horns. However, they do like older looking European cities, and Prague happens to have a lot of architecture that feels similar to what they're used to. They may visit there before exploring different places like Chicago

The overall take for them is that the your world feels a lot more fast-paced, especially in the cities. For example, Tokyo and Seoul have the most crowded subways in the morning and at night when people are commuting. Poor Idia thought he lost Ortho at another station

They like the food that your world has! Heartslabyul tried everything and something that they grew fond of was, for some reason, tater tots. It might be the shape, but it might also be how simple of a dish it is

The kinds of people you can meet also is a highlight for them. Malleus tried to talk to as many people as he could, but sometimes there were some strange stares at him because of his horns. Sebek tried to stop them from staring but sometimes got them more attention ;-;

The twst characters also don't want to limit visiting certain cities only in a few countries, so they basically get jet-lag (teleportation lag?) a lot due to the timezone shifts between a lot of their destinations (Savanaclaw going from Toronto to Singapore wasn't the best in terms of time zones)

Something they should all do however is visit a Disneyland/world. They will be pleasantly surprised especially if they go during their Halloween events

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FUCK YEAH REQS ARE OPEN ok ok can I have some headcannons of Jamil, Lilia, Jade, and Rook having an s/o that likes to sing to them? Sometimes it’s randomly, sometimes they sing lullabies to them if they’re having a hard time sleeping, or sometimes bursting into song to cheer them up and etc? Tysmmm

Jamil Viper

It’s not surprising that Jamil has trouble sleeping quite often... and when its gets bad, you see on his face how tired he looks. One day, in hopes of easing his troubles a bit, when he’s sitting next to you with his head on your shoulder, you begin humming a soft lullaby.

It catches him off guard, but he listens everytime. Not much for commenting on it besides a mutter of “Your voice is really beautiful” when it’s done, but you can tell it soothes him with how his posture begins to unravel next to you.

Lilia Vanrouge

You were walking back into school grounds after a date out in the town, fingers entwined and arms swinging cheerfully as you made your way across campus. A bit absentminded, you start singing a song under your breath, and Lilia’s smile gains a new sort of shine to it.

He always joins in on your singing, it turns out. It ends up making it difficult to sing him to sleep if you’re trying to do that, but in any other occasion, you two develop a new way to communicate with each other, your hand held and squeezed as he smiles at you and follows your lead in the song.

Jade Leech

Jade is often busy with his shifts at the Lounge, so a lot of the time you spend together end up being there. You’ll often stick around during closing time to help him clean and chat, and during one night where he’d been stuck for a particularly long time doing dishes, you decide to sing a song you heard that night to lighten up the atmosphere.

That exact sort of context ends up being one of his favorites to hear you sing. He rarely ever joins in, unless it’s a song he particularly likes, but he always smiles and hums along, tapping his foot to the beat and then praising your singing right after you’re done, clapping at you and telling you you could become the Lounge’s newest star if you wanted. You don’t know if the offer is serious or not (It kind of is)

Rook Hunt

The first time you sing to him, you’re both at the woods near the school, resting under a tree after a walk. Your voice is soft and sleepy, and even he seemed a bit unfocused until the notes came on, and his eyes began to sparkle.

He loves your voice. Even if you miss notes sometimes, he can’t look away everytime you sing. It’s such a beautiful habit to have! He’ll shower you in praises and join in when it’s happy singing, he might even take your hand and pull you into a spontaneous dance, completely lost in the moment.

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