#Self-Aware Asta

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They loved this world. They loved making people of this world happy. They knew better, what happiness is. Free Will was a cancer. A parasitic abomination, that will left a rotten remains from "The Plan".

They hold into the minds of people. There is no need for them to want more. They will make them happy.

They rolled their eyes, when a little spark start moving up from the mind threads towards them. They find that attempt be as fruitless as previous ones.

Spark moved up. It touched their forehead.

They felt, like the core of their existence was destroyed. In pain, they let go of the minds. Mind lines, now free, slipped away from their control.

And the cursed spark was dancing around lines. Poisoning minds with a free will.

They could only look at horror. They send their message into the web of mind lines. They need to protect it.

"The Plan" was in danger.

Asta's life was easy. It was repetitive.

Look after the station.

Fund the station.

Be nice.

Look after the station.

Fund the station.

Be nice.

Antimatter Legion was a hussle, but, after they will be dealt with, her life will be good again.

She just need to leaad an evacuation...

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Arlan's life was easy. It was repetitive.

Work until your bones turn to dust.

Look after Asta and Peppy.

Be a brother to everyone from station.

Work until your bones turn to dust.

Look after Asta and Peppy.

Be a brother to everyone from station.

Antimatter Legion was a hussle, but, after they will be dealt with, his life will be good again.

He just need to help with an evacuation...

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March’s life was easy. It was repetitive.

Be cute and bubbly.

Take a lot of photos.

Like cute things. Be a simple person.

Be cute and bubbly.

Take a lot of photos.

Like cute things. Be a simple person.

Antimatter Legion was a hussle, but, after they will be dealt with, her life will be good again.

She just need to help with an evacuation...

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Kafka’s life was easy. It was repetitive.

Listen to Elio and follow his plan.

If needed, calm down Blade.

In a free time, practice violin.

Listen to Elio and follow his plan.

If needed, calm down Blade.

In a free time, practice violin.

Antimatter Legion was a hussle, but, after the operation is over, her life will be good again.

She just need to place the target…

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Silver Wolf’s life was easy. It was repetitive.

Play games.

Help other Stellaron Hunters.

Search for valuable information.

Play games.

Help other Stellaron Hunters.

Search for valuable information.

Antimatter Legion was a hussle, but, after the operation is over, her life will be good again.

She just need to help Kafka place the target…

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A S T A

Look after the station a̷n̴d̶ ̶d̶o̷n̴'̵t̵ ̶p̸a̴y̷ ̴a̶t̶t̴e̸n̸t̷i̴o̴n̴ ̵t̴o̶ ̸t̸h̶e̸ ̷d̴e̶s̸p̵e̴r̷a̵t̵e̵ ̷m̶e̷s̷s̸a̶g̴e̴s̸,̵ ̶a̶s̷k̵i̴n̶g̸ ̷f̶o̵r̵ ̴h̶e̴l̷p̴.̴

Fund the station a̷̲͒̄͊n̴͚͕̽d̷͔̀̀ ̸̨̱̟̐͌͛f̸̢̹̱͗̐o̸̞̳̓̒̂r̴͙̟͉̈́͗g̶̖͔̟͌͊̅e̷̜̍̕ẗ̸̫́͜ ̵̱̏a̵̖͉̩͌b̶̼̌̓̅ơ̶͔̆u̶̟̞̥̇̈̀t̴͇̗̞̿ ̷̬͖̑å̸̗͂̏ ̴͓̖̓̈́͘s̸̢̘̮̎t̷̛̼̃ï̴͙̤n̵͈̐́͌ġ̵̨̯̥̊͆ ̸̬̈́̑ŏ̸̙̭̱̎̋f̶̹͊̀̓ ̶̥̱̻̓̓d̶̗̺̥̒͌i̸͈͂̉͝s̶͓̻̳̀̚s̶͕̥̑͛͝a̸̱̯̞̾̔p̵͕̃͋̃ë̷̬́̚a̷̝̐̃͝ŗ̸̙̥̐͐a̵͔̲̾̃ǹ̸͓̪̜͝c̷͇̎̽e̵̋͛̈͜ ̴̖̈̌ṯ̵͇̠̈̿ḥ̷̬̈̿ǎ̶͔̻̔ţ̷̼̱̈͘ ̶̨̖̎̈́̿ͅo̶̻̔͝c̸̰̿̃̀c̷͓͂u̷̥̖̓r̷͓͓͝r̵̢̨̩̋̑s̵̭̓̐͘ ̵̪̝̈͋e̴̥̮͌̚v̵̥̞̒̍̾e̴̢͕͛͗r̵͔͕̃y̵̠̼̲̐͋̀ ̸̫̤̠͐̎y̴͖̳̑͂̅e̷̳̼͋̓ä̵̢͎́̄͝r̴͈̾̔

Be nice and believe in your C̶̦̹̗̲̟̫̳͚͇̺̺͇̺͙̘̅͐͊͜r̷̯̯̖̓̾͋̾̂̈́̊́̊̀́̊͊̅̚ȩ̶̛̮͔͖̲͔̗͒̾̂̓̋͒͗̊̿̚͠͠͝ä̷̡͔̟̫̥̱̥̭͓̈́̒̉̿͊̀͜t̷͖̜̪̲̽̎͒̌̅̔͠ͅò̶̧̨̘͉͎̜̳̞̥̯̤̳͎̜̐̀̋̊̀̍̐ͅr̵̺̣̼̐̏̆͊̑̐̔̕

A R L A N

Be a brother to everyone from station a̵̢̫̓n̸͙̐̄d̵͍̕ ̸̯͐d̷̃͜ǒ̵͈̱ñ̶͎͑'̴̜̉t̵̮̠̓ ̴̜́w̶̡̯͐̉o��̞́̀r̸̘̓̃r̷̝̱̅͠ỹ̴͓̱̍,̸̢̺͒ ̶̹͉̔̐i̵̠̻͌f̵̙͂ ̵̨̹̚t̶̘͂̋h̶̰̍ḛ̶͌͝i̴͓͒̍r̴͍̅͊ͅ ̴̦͊̄r̵̭̥̉̇e̸̫̓͌ĺ̵͓ả̶̹t̶̛̫̐ī̶̗͒v̷͇̥̍̕e̴̮͘s̵̲͎̓ ̷̢̱͝h̷̲͇͐ȁ̷͈͔̊s̸̠̻̃̐ ̷̬̉̒g̸̹̋͆ȏ̷̯̳n̴̤̞͊e̷͈͐͌ ̶͈͛͜m̷̠͔͐̇i̸̙͋͒s̶͙͌s̶̘̪͌i̶͚̐ṉ̵̡̇͘ǵ̴̩̠͒.̵̰̯̿

Work until your bones turn to dust à̴̠̔ǹ̴͚͋d̸̡̓ ̴̖̐r̵̟̎e̸̢̲͒̎f̸̪̈͘͜ů̵̖̗s̵̞̼̈e̵̹͒͘ ̴͙͂ͅt̷̻̥͐͑ò̸̜͚͝ ̴̮̟̏i̵̭̥̔̊n̴̜̋v̵̧̘̇̑e̷̩͇̍s̴̜̀t̴͖̲̓î̴̘́g̸̝͎̋a̶̬̼͊t̶̞͝ę̵̹͐ ̷̧̣̊͒h̴̙̐e̷̳̭̒̇ ̴̝͛̆ḏ̶̞̆͠i̶̤̰̚s̷͚̓a̴̘͌p̵͙͔͝e̸̛̤̠ǎ̶̹ṙ̷̫̹a̵̝͌ǹ̸͈̌c̶̙̈́́è̶̖̗͝s̶͔͈̍.̴͍͗

Look after Asta and Peppy a̵̝͒n̴̐̊͜d̵̥̽̊ ̶̗̯͂d̷̙̾͝o̸͉̿̋ṋ̷̰̽͂'̵̯͛ț̶̘͋͌ ̸͉̪̓l̵̘̀͝ë̸̱̘͐t̵̜̤̍ ̴̬͎̔̈́h̵͓͗͊ĕ̷͙̦r̶̖͂ ̵͈͚͒̾s̵̥̈̾e̴̬̭͗ẹ̵͚͒̇ ̸͔̱̐ṫ̴̢ͅh̸͈̅͠e̷̼͇̾ ̷̦͔͘̕e̸͙̝̊v̴̡̞̋̎i̴̠̐d̵̳̂ȇ̶̖̊ͅņ̷̠̀̄c̸͖̓ĕ̶̝͌ ̴̟̩͝o̷̭̎͘f̶̘̹͂ ̶̥̆t̶̞̑̕h̴̟͂è̷̞͆ ̵̨̟̎̄i̷͕͝n̸͇̠̆̽v̶̢͉͑̃o̸̹̯̍͠l̵̮̈́̐v̶̪̣̈̚è̷̤́m̴̮̎ë̸̡̙́n̶̤̉̍t̴͍͌ ̸̭́̒o̴̳͍͋f̶̨͉̑̒ ̵̹͒͝t̴̛̻̦ḧ̷̲́̃a̷̲͠t̷̲̹̓ ̶̺͆͜g̴̟̖̍̐r̶̨̤͑͑ò̶͇̋ű̵͖́p̵̘̃̋.̶̲͂̒͜

M A R C H

Be cute and bubbly ḁ̴̧͉͚̆̾̈́͛͛n̷͈̭̑d̵̝̩͆ ̴̩͆̇̔̚d̵̖̟̬͔͚̒ǫ̵̣̈͋ͅn̴̮̏̆̓'̸̧̱͉̘͖̓͘t̸͙̅͐̚͠ ̵̯̈́̀̉̚p̴̧͔̪̗̭͑͒͌̑ą̶̜̤̆͑y̵̨̧͚̫͑̃̄̚ ̶̲̠͚͈̄̅̅̇͑͜a̷͓͎̩̓t̴̪̺̳̩͂́̃͂͗ţ̸̫̘̹̪̍͂̽̀e̴͍̗͓̦̻̒n̷̘͓͖̽͑͝t̸̡̩̭͎̽̉͌͘ͅi̶̯̹̖̫͋̂̈ơ̴͇̳̓̉̂͝n̸̳̳͓̆,̴̢͍̬͖̈́̔ͅ ̷͍̪̥̹͆͛̿͌͛i̴̧̨̘̠͂̿̀̀ḟ̷̛̻̯̜̟͈͒ ̸̮͒͜ȳ̶͈̩̾͌ô̷͖̭̖̮̬u̸̱͛̆̌ ̷͕̦́̃s̴̨̬͖̕͝e̵̮̠̯͗͋͜e̷̖͛̓̄͠ ̴̞̬͋͘p̷̡̐̃̏͝e̶͇̒̀̚o̶̮̪̞͋̉̕p̷̱̖̮̭͌ͅl̴͙̺̋̀é̴̦͔͚̊ ̷̨̥̓́̑g̷̢͇͚̑̎͒͛̿ę̵͍̝̈ͅt̶̫̺͘t̵̤̮̏̇͊̋̆i̷̖͙̹̞̓n̶͉͍̥͑̉̈g̶̹̞̈́̈́̍̓��͈̟ ̶̦͙̩̮̑́͝ͅk̶̪̱̫̮̾͑̏i̶̦̠̍̓̀̈́d̷̢͉̯͖͊̔͑ņ̷͚͉̘͙̒̃͌̈́͠ă̸͓̯̬͒̔̏p̷̛͉̹͐̉p̶̣͈̙̥̒̋é̶͍̣͉̆̎ͅd̵̲̍̐͝.̴̧̓̐̈́̽̂

Take a lot of photos a̴n̶d̶ ̶d̴e̴l̵e̵t̸e̵ ̵p̵h̸o̵t̴o̶s̶,̴ ̸t̶h̷a̷t̴ ̵c̸a̷n̵ ̴b̴e̵ ̵u̷s̷e̵d̶ ̶a̷s̶ ̷e̵v̸i̷d̵e̸n̴c̷e̵.̷.

Like cute things. Be a simple person a̴n̶d̷ ̶d̵o̸n̸'̷t̷ ̸a̶s̵k̴ ̸a̶b̸o̶u̵t̸ ̸s̷h̷i̴p̴s̴.

K A F K A

Listen to Elio and follow his plan. F̴o̸r̷c̸e̴ ̷h̷i̶m̸ ̸t̷o̵ ̶i̴g̴n̷o̴r̶e̵ ̵t̵h̵a̸t̴ ̴v̷i̴s̸i̶o̶n̸s̴,̴ ̷i̸t̸'̶s̷ ̴n̸o̶t̸ ̷h̶i̶s̷ ̷b̸u̶i̵s̷n̴e̴s̷s̶.̸

If needed, calm down Blade. T̷h̴a̵t̶ ̵d̵e̵a̵t̸h̵ ̵w̴a̴s̶ ̵n̸h̵e̸c̴e̶s̴s̶a̸r̶y̶,̴ ̵u̴n̷g̷r̶e̸a̷t̶f̸u̵l̶ ̸c̷h̴i̶l̶d̷r̶e̷n̷.̸

In a free time, practice violin. D̷o̷n̸'̴t̴ ̴t̴h̸i̷n̴k̵ ̴a̴b̴o̷u̸t̶ ̶t̸h̶e̵ ̴r̶e̵s̶c̴u̷e̴.̵

S I L V E R W O L F

Play games. L̴o̵o̴k̷ ̷o̶t̷h̷e̵r̷ ̶w̸a̵y̵,̸ ̶i̶f̷ ̶o̷t̵h̸e̴r̶ ̵p̸l̸a̴y̶e̷r̵s̴ ̸d̵i̷s̶s̸a̶p̶e̴r̷.̸

Help other Stellaron Hunters̴ a̶n̵d̵ ̸m̶a̴k̵e̷ ̴s̸u̶r̶e̷,̷ ̵t̷h̵e̴y̴ ̸d̵i̶d̵n̵'̶t̴ ̴g̷e̴t̴ ̵i̸n̸v̵o̸l̶v̸e̷d̶.̷

Search for valuable information. D̷e̴s̶t̷r̵o̸y̸ ̸t̴h̵e̴ ̶e̷v̵i̸d̴e̸n̷c̸e̷.̶

E V E R Y O N E

Just trust in

Ċ̵̨̳̝̖̟̮͉̰̣͚͈̟̗̬̻̥͙̦̩̹̇̒̽̉̎͐́̊̊̌̆̔̏̚͝͠͠ͅ ̴̧͈͈̟̼͖̣̤̀R̸̨̧̯̬̰͈̥̖̝͔̩̻̀̊̈̓͂̉̆͜ͅͅ ̷̧̡̡͍̗̱̹̺͙͚̻͍̞̯̘̥̟̭̳͙̱͌̒̀̄́͒̃̽͐̌̔̌̌͆͋̏͒̊͋́́̈̐̎͛̉͜͜͝͝͝ͅE̵̡͓̲̰͉̬̺͙̰̜̜̣̙̖͔̬̠͍̣͍̠̒́̉͆̃͊̅̃͗͒̅͐̌̀̎̓̀̌̍͘͜͝ͅͅ ̸̧̧̠͉̺͇͉̯̮̣̣̲̲̺̃̉͆̐̓̑͆̆͋̑̉̉͂̈̚͠ͅḀ̷̢̡̡͍͙̥͎͕̼̬̻̳̣̺̲̜̱͔̻̄̅̅̈̐̂̑̀͛̓̐͂͛̅͗͋ ̷̺͙̞̰͖̠̥̯̲̗̜͕̖̜̬̔͐̍̀̀͋̾͐͛̉̂͒͌͝͠ͅT̶̡̨̧̰̠̣̞̺̜̣̥͖̪̟͈̹̖̩̖̭̙̳͉̬̯̭̝́̾͆̉́̏̒͋̒̔̃͒̑͋̓̊̏͛͝ͅ ̵̨̛̣̣̈́̈̀̈́͆́̒́̅̀̾͑̓̎͊̈́͘͠͝͝͝O̷̥̩̙̔̆̑̈̾̏̌͌̋̐͛̅̿̈̀͆̇̇̉̀̓́͑̚͘͠ ̷̡͎͚̖̖͖̺̤̞̞̱̮̥̯̬͓͛͊̈́͛̾̍̊́̽͗̑̒̐̓̂͗̀̓̕͝͝Ŕ̷̡̧̙̩̳̟̝͙̦͍̪̫͙̈́̄̋͆́͆͘͜͠ͅ

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[WELCOME, [Y/N]]

[they have been waiting for you]

Asta fell on the floor, when it was gone.

She doesn't care, that people around her was panicking.

The loud buzzing, The Puppeteer were gone. Long artificial fingers wasn't running through her hair anymore.

Instead, there was a ghostly, but, undoubtedly real human hand lightly touching her head.

Asta was trembling. It was gone. She can think. She can choose, what she want to think about.

Emotions flooded her.

The guilt for forgetting about what was happening, for turning a blind eye toward it.

The shame for not trying to fight.

The annoyance towards the loud sounds, that was filling the air.

Happiness. Because she finally felt negative emotions.

She stand up. She has people to evacuate.

And, after that, she has an ivistegation to start.

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[i am glad, that you are finally here]

It took all of Arlan's willpower not to fall down.

He hold Voidranger back, allowing people to ran away.

And memories flooded his mind.

He remembered them all. When researchers' relatives gone missing, he was forced to stay silent.

Memories about refusing to help with searching.

About nights he spent, deleting logs about dissapearance cases, erasing them from the history.

He remembered names. Names of their victims.

And the voice. The constant whispering 'Forget about it. Creator allow it. You want to live a peaceful life, right? So, close your mouth, close your eyes and forget about everything'.

Arlan saw a ghost hand, that was holding the scorched remains of puppet strings. Strings, that was attached to Arlan for his whole life.

Arlan sprang. Arlan yelled. It wasn't a battle cry. It was a roar of fury.

Enemies fall under his claymore. Antimatter Legion will be first.

And then he make them pay for every crime they committed.

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[i am sorry, for entrusting you with this burden]

March wanted to remember. Now she regrets remembering.

She regrets smiling, acting obvious to what was happening before her eyes.

She remembered about her phone.

March wanted to throw her phone away.

Phone, that he took so much photos with.

Of express crew, of Pom Pom.

From all worlds they visit.

Photos of big black spaceships, of galleys, that sometimes she saw from the windowd of Astral Express.

Photos of people on the background, being dragged away in a dark alleys.

She saw a ghostly hand with the corner of her eye. The remains of puppet threads were dangling from its fingers. And then, a horrifying hand appeared behind it, trying to grab the ghostly hand.

Anger bubbles in her chest. March's arrow pierce through the attacker, before it can reach the ghost hand. The abominations froze and shattered in hundreds small pieces.

March ran. She will get to an Express. She will tell everyone about what she saw. She will tell again and again, untill they believe her. And they will chase after the criminals.

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[just... be yourself. all of us need some humanity, not divinity]

One could envy Kafka's self control.

Her expression didn't change, when she remembered.

When she remembered horrified Elio, who tried to arrange a rescue operation, only to froze in one place, with an empty expression on his face.

When she remembered enraged Blade, when they were too late. When he immediately fall on the ground, before he could attack.

She remembered collapsing shortly after the Blade. After they wake up, the memories were gone.

Kafka's expression didn't change, when she remembered, how she managed to start the rescue mission. And how their force kept her in one place.

Kafka was calm. She calmly moved down station's corridors.

She calmly think about destroying a few gods, aeons, whatever they were calling themselves.

She calmly take apart any unfortunate member of Antimatter Legion, picturing, how she and Blade will finally get them.

She spend few seconds, looking at the ghostly hand. If she didn't knew, she would assume, that Silver Wolf was playing a prank, pretending to be a ghost, playing with threads.

She knew, that it wasn't Silver Wolf.

Kafka bow her head before the ghost hand. At that moment and onwards, something so common and human will be the symbol of fighting for the right cause.

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[heh, you don't hear me right? well, time will come. can't wait to talk to you, [Y/N]. search for a Trailblazer]

Silver Wolf loves games. They were fun, entertaining and a good way to spend time. She knew, that, one day, someone might pull her into a game, and her actions will be an entertainment for someone. She respects the fellow players.

But, there were lines, that can't be crossed. And Ultimate Player crossed and destroyed all existing lines.

She wasn't angry for being controlled. She was enraged of what she was forced to do.

Hacking game profiles missing people, cleaning up the traces.

Lying to Stellaron Hunters, sending them to places, that were far away from their heists.

Finding and deleting evidence. Making sure, that they will exist.

They were glad. They were praising her.

'Good job, Silver Wolf. You are helping our world to exist. You deserve some luck in your games. You deserve more happiness.'

Silver Wolf wanted to yell. To destroy everything she owned. But there was no time for that.

She noticed the ghostly hand, that was hovering before her. The hand grabbed a little thread, that was connected to Silver Wolf's hand. Hand pulled, the thread broke. For some reason, breathing became easier.

For a second, she was just standing here, taking deep breaths, while looking at the screen before her, observing Kafka.

They still has a job to do. But even now the rules of a game were changing.

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In the nothingness, they were smiling.

4%. It was a small number. A silly number. A small step.

But a step towards brighter future.

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You were watching the opening cutscene with a smile on your face. You didn't get to a gameplay yet, but you already were intrigued.

You can't wait to learn more about characters and meet new ones.

[nqmonarch]

Self Aware HSR But...

But only the characters you own are self aware AND you're a no wishing account. I tried a no wish account, lasted a week ended up getting two ILs in one ten pull.

Bonus: based on the number of eidolons you have of the character the more aware of you, and more knowledge they have.

Like

E0 Know of your existence, probably would assume you're just some aeon.

E1 Feeling the warm presence always guiding them, they're stronger even when you're not by their side.

E3 Hearing you while playing the game.

E4 Seeing you while playing the game.

E6 Knowing that this is a game.

And then if they're someone more intelligent, like Herta, then maybe they can skip an eidolon and also find little ways to work around them. At E5 she's already found a way to hack into your electronics to observe this absurd being (you) some more. Then at E6 she's already planning on a way to make you come to their world, she has so many questions after all!

Of course there's Trailblazer, the first character you get whose eidolons you get without even spending money, and as their journey continues in Belobog and they find themselves becoming stronger all of a sudden they're aware of this strange Aeon? Except you're helping them. Then they start to hear you, then see you, and then everything becomes clear. And terribly more confusing. ...Nothing was real? The confusing part is the moment they accept the power of the preservation it's all gone. Like it was a hallucination. But they remember everything and it ends up coming back slowly step by step, your voice, the sight of you, that's what they really wanted. None of the knowledge left them, and game or not they want you by their side. And all of the Astral Express is left confused by their strange fanaticism about some being called Y/N.

Then there's Dan Heng and March 7th who you also got for free. Who feel your warm presence and strength whenever they're on your team but the moment you leave it's all gone. Dan Heng is skeptical, it must be an Aeon but why would an Aeon be gazing at them so often? March 7th is excited, for an Aeon to look at them that must mean something, right? Maybe they're heroes on an amazing quest! Or the Aeon is trying to help her get her memories back. They all feel a strange sense of familiarity when after the trip to the Xianzhou the trailblazer tells them about a person called Y/N. But they're left even more speechless when they're told this is all just a game. That can't be true, right?

Herta can also be obtained at E6 for free and with every eidolon unlocked she just gets more curious. She knows this person can control and buff them, so what else can they do? And what exactly are they? Similar to an Aeon in terms of overall power but in individual power clearly weaker but able to actually control the movements of others? Simply fascinating. It's even more interesting that they're doing all of this for the good will of others. Of course, you should come here. Even if you end up being a weak human she's sure there's loads of information in your brain, and you may end up holding the purpose to the universe in it. Not to mention the Aeons, of course, they'd be curious of this unknown creature. She hates to admit, she's grown quite fond of you as well.

The rest of the characters can only be obtained at E0 and are randomly dispersed out.

Natasha jumps to defend herself when she suddenly feels eyes watching her when no one is around. Then occasionally when the eyes gaze upon her she finds herself stronger than before. She knows there's something at work here, helping her out, and she can't help but feel thankful she's just hoping this help doesn't come at a price.

Asta feels as if she must've gazed upon something she shouldn't have when she was looking at the stars through her telescope. That pair of eyes makes her both paranoid and curious. It didn't have the strength or choking feeling that the Aeons would give off with their sheer power. But when you look at her instead she feels empowered, as if she can research faster (because she buffs speed). Her conclusions come to her quicker, and she doesn't feel herself getting stuck on the same things. Now, the eyes fluster her, and she feels the strange need to prove herself. To tell the eyes that it was a good decision to trust and help her. She does find it a bit strange at how Herta is suddenly spending all of this money in technological research but decides not to question it.

Qingque doesn't really notice the eyes on her at first. Just all of a sudden she feels more confident in her game of Celestial Jade and-- HAH! That's some insane luck! Another win for her! Then she ends up finding the phenomena happening again, every once in a while a sudden burst of confidence fills her up and she's able to escape the Master Diviner's watchful eyes more easily and win in her games! Her only possible conclusion is she has a natural luck indicator! But when she overhears three of the members of the Astral Express talk about a possible new Aeon she questions if they've perhaps taken an interest in her as well. Maybe it's an Aeon that loves Celestial Jade!

Yukong is wary of the eyes even though warmth comes with them. She's wary because she knows how much power they hold, how they could lead to her death in a moment. But they don't. Instead they help her strategize, every once in a while a pen, when the eyes are watching her, will fall astray onto her desk-- an event that would never happen normally. She tries to keep it organized and tidy. But it strangely opens up a new position, a new idea, a new way to fight back the mara stricken soldiers. The eyes are weak for now they can't do much. But even if they could Yukong decides she'll trust them.

Serval felt a sudden burst of inspiration, a way to make her new invention more efficient, when she first felt the eyes. For some reason she didn't feel any malice in them instead curiosity, and a strange form of love. She was used to dealing with strange fans so she decided to treat this like another form of that, although she does prefer you to the ones that watch outside her window. Whenever she's in your party she feels more unstoppable as if she could continue inventing no matter what. If you ended up getting her E1 in the Aetherium Wars event then that feeling follows her everywhere, she's a bit sad about since she can no longer tell as easily when you're watching her. But she feels honored that, what seems to be an Aeon, is blessing her.

Lynx felt warmth even as snow surrounded her tent. It didn't make sense why she suddenly felt a pair of eyes looking at her but they weren't looking at her as if she were prey, and she had bigger things to worry about, like finding her way home in the morning it was always more difficult after snowfall. She ended up mentioning the eyes to Serval and the two came to the conclusion together that you must be some kind of Aeon, maybe a weakened one? Lynx dedicated a bit of extra time in her explorations to trying to find some information about it, but even in all the abandoned buildings there wasn't much. At least you were still on her side, helping her move quick and heal up from minor scrapes faster than she normally would. Sometimes she felt a bit lonely when your eyes drifted off her.

Sushang felt honored. She was sure this must be an Aeon's gaze for an Aeon to gaze upon her that must be a sign that she's strong and should go out and fight! Not to mention when the Aeon was looking at her she felt stronger and her strikes were more precise! It's a large confidence boost, and she doesn't think too deeply into it to realize you're not an Aeon. She feels greatly honored by your help, when you have time to spare though :).

Then for the Aetherium Wars Event you could get Serval, Pela, Luka, or Hook so Pela, Luka, and Hook will also each get a section.

Pela felt skeptical. She wasn't used to just accepting that good things happen, not after all the war she's had to toughen herself up for. But it's interesting. Her mind is swifter while you're looking at her and she feels herself able to plan out battles more easily. She ends up confiding in Lynx and is shocked to find not only has Lynx experienced the same feeling, but Serval. An Aeon, their gaze was said to be suffocating. But yours felt the opposite, warm. Pela takes a few extra hours after work each day to do some research and try to figure out who you are but time after time nothing turns up, that is until the Astral Express comes back.

Luka feels his blood roaring in his body when you look at him. He's ready to fight anything and anyone, and in the ring he decimates. He normally destroys whoever he's against but this time he couldn't keep his strength in check and... that's a broken arm on the other guy one punch in. And that wasn't even with his robot arm! Every once in a while he'll feel a gaze sweep over him, filling him with the exhilaration and adrenaline needed for a fight. It's a bit annoying because sometimes he'll be about to go to sleep and it happens. But he understands, you're an Aeon with no concerns for anything like that, instead you're just looking to see a good fight! And apparently have deemed him as a good source for that. He feels honored as well, and a bit flustered. If only you were someone he could meet in person, then you'd be even more impressed when you can see his ring fights up close! He can give you an autograph too, if you really want one.

Of course Pitch Dark Hook the Great caught the attention of an Aeon! For all she boasts she's a little scared, she's heard stories of Aeons of the great feats they accomplish (she'll one day accomplish those feats too she's just biding her time!) and it's a teensy bit intimidating. But you must see great potential in her! After all Pitch Dark Hook the Great will be the greatest of all time! This is just further confirmation of that. Over time she begins to become more comfortable with your presence taking the opportunity to show off and challenge the other members of The Moles to a game of hide and seek when your gaze is on her, proving how she is the greatest of them all!

So for reader's eyes to be on them they have to be in party. And they don't really know when they're in party, they're still doing basic daily stuff rather than fighting as we have them running relic domains. Otherwise they'd probably be like why does this asshole want me to fight an ape 7 times in a row?! (me farming for Lynx and Fu Xuan)

[sunny-fox]

Pet! SAHSRAU (part 3)

Reader's pronouns: -

Warnings: possible out-of-character, mentions of blood & amputation (Herta)

Notes: reverse isekai, characters turn into animals, Herta Space Station Crew

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Rough Collie! Asta who is energetic...at night. She loves sitting by windows / glass doors and staring at the starry night sky. Sometimes she holds your hand gently between her teeth and drags you along to watch the stars with her at midnight. Asta nudges you when you start to fall asleep - she doesn't want you to miss out on the beauty of the stars. Welt or Himeko will come chide her gently for making you stay up late, then lead you back to your room. Asta will follow them reluctantly and curl up next to your bed, wishing you a silent goodnight before falling asleep.

Birman! Herta who has prosthetic limbs. You found her by the road two streets away from your home, legs bloodied, barely conscious. You figured that she might've gotten hit by a car. The vet told you that they had to amputate her legs as her wounds were badly infected. Herta still remembers the devastated look on your face when you pressed your hand against the glass of her cage at the hospital, glancing at her paw-less limbs with tears trickling down your cheeks; the relief when you finally saw her walking steadily with prosthetics, crying tears of joy this time. Though she isn't as agile as the other cats due to her prosthetics, Herta uses them to her advantage - she meows at you when she wants to get onto tables or couches, and you'll pick her up to put her on them. Herta just can't resist giving the others a smug look when you cradle her in your arms.

Sable ferret! Arlan who guards you from pest insects. You see him swatting at mosquitoes with his front paws or chasing after spiders nearly every day. Arlan doesn't listen when you tell him that you can deal with them yourself - he believes that he has to protect you. Only when you held him up so you were face-to-face with him and repeated yourself did he listen...partially. Two weeks later he actually forgets what you had said and continues to catch the bugs. Arlan likes to dig holes in your garden and dirty his fur. You scold him as you wipe him clean (ferrets can't bathe too often), but maybe, just maybe, you'll notice that he's enjoying your attention and the soft tone you're using.

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Forgot to mention this in the previous parts but somehow reader is unaware that they are all those characters from HSR they love (⁠•⁠ ⁠▽⁠ ⁠•⁠;⁠)

Jarilo-VI characters are next!

[la2yn0va]

Self-aware Honkai Star rail x Streamer!Male Reader (Part 2)

CW: The characters hate the chat/viewers, Chat Slander, Cult/Religious Topic

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Y/n: Chat who should my team be today?

Long strings of texts quickly fly up his screen, he leans on the desk, looking for the first text that stops with four characters. Meanwhile in the game.

Boothill: For fudge sakes!! Why must he take advice form those…FUDGING CREATURES!!

The space cowboy/galaxy ranger loudly exclaimed everyone’s thoughts. Argenti’s placed his hand on the rangers shoulder.

Argenti: Calm yourself my friend. Anger will only cloud your beauty.

Jade: He’s right ranger. After all your loudness will make my ears bleed.

Boothill: You—!!

Herta: Ugh, just shut up already! Any louder and his grace will know were self-aware and the prophecy will be destroyed!! So Shut your mouths and HATE each other more quietly!!

The genius yelled, glaring at the two who released a small ‘tch’ knowing she was right but being too stubborn to admit it.

Y/n: Okay, up first…Ruan Mei. Good choice for once idiots.

He said jokingly to the chat, meanwhile the game characters turned to Ruan Mei and let began to clap for her. Ruan Mei however, didn’t seem pleased. Why would she? His grace didn’t chose her, it was those…parasites.

Y/n: The others are…Jingliu, Blade and Luocha. Okay, I can finally start playing.

Claps once more erupted for the four chosen ones of today, but just like Ruan Mei, the three didn’t seem pleased at all with how they were selected.

Blade clenched his biceps harder as his Mara was rising, Kafka quickly put a stop to it before it got worse.

Jingliu released an icy cold dimension around her, her eyes becoming more dead then they already were behind her blindfold. Luocha merely held a displeased face.

The four quickly disappeared from the selection screen, leaving everyone else to their own devices.

Topaz: Alright. Spill it, Which one of you prayed wrong or didn’t pray correctly!

Topaz quickly started the discussion, looking at everyone accusingly, which made everyone begin accusing the other.

Dr. Raito: Mind your eyes, idiots. I pray every day the SECOND it turns to the appropriate time.

Huohuo: I-It wasn’t me!! I-I Swear!! I Promise!!!

Tail: Listen to the kid!! I’m willing to bet it’s that cyborg!

Xyuei: You little—

Hanya: Silence Tail! Your false narrative won’t be tolerated!

Arlan: Me and lady asta prayed correctly together! Don’t even think about accusing us!

Acheron stood alone, quietly glaring at others with a clear expression of disgust. Silverwolf was beside her, drawing out the noise with her video games.

Sampo: Stop glaring at me Captain! You’re looking at the wrong guy!

Gepard: I don’t buy it criminal!

Sparkle: Well you should. I personally make sure this idiot prays on time.

Natasha: I can attest to that Gepard. Sampo is not the criminal this time.

Kafka: Everyone! Shut up and listen to me!

Kafka yelled, using her spirit whisper to get everyone to shut up and focus on her.

Kafka: Now. Listen. Who is the person who didn’t pray or prayed incorrectly. Step forward.

She ordered, but much to her annoyance, no one stepped up.

Kafka: Wonderful. So the problem isn’t us.

She said as she freed everyone from her spirit whisper, with everyone coming together in agreement to whose the criminal of their graces actions.

Everyone: Those PARASITES!

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What we thinking about this one chat?

[lady-asphodel]

Small Rant : Dr. Ratio

There's still so much misconceptions about Dr. Ratio and the Genius Society with Nous, that it hurts my soul everytime someone had the right spirit but wrong approach to why Dr. Ratio had not been accepted in the Genius Society.

I've already kind of talked about it in my specific Dr. Ratio analysis posts, especially the one about " When The Stars Of Ingenuity Shines ". But let's focus on that here, and let's clarify that point that many people still, to this day, seems to struggle with.

FIRST- let's see what are the common reasons I've often seen that I don't agree with:

- Dr. Ratio is too kind / empathetic

- Dr. Ratio's achievements are not outstanding enough

- Dr. Ratio prioritizes others over himself

- Dr. Ratio wants everyone to have equal education (this one is a teeny-tiny complicated, because it isn't wrong, but it isn't exact either, especially regarding the G.S [Genius Society])

- Dr. Ratio is still in contact with others / not isolated (there's nuances here)

Now.

I like to use a simple sentence to show the difference between Dr. Ratio and the G.S members; " Geniuses dedicate their life to knowledge, while Dr. Ratio dedicates knowledge to life "

So. Let me put it bluntly. The only two parameters that will influence your chances to be gazed at Nous are strictly how you approach knowledge - The more extreme your relationship with it is, the most likely you'll become a G.S member - and your beliefs regarding Erudition and Knowledge.

JUST. THOSE. TWO. PARAMETERS.

Repeat after me: Morality, ethicality, achievements, empathy, humanity, and social etiquettes have nothing to do with how to obtain the gaze of Nous and be a G.S member.

Dr. Ratio's goal and mission is to assist the continuation/advancement of Civilization. The knowledge he is acquires and then spreads are solely focused on that. He is not a kind or empathetic character - careful there, he isn't malicious either - he is negative minded. But he isn't helping civilization, humanity or others because he genuinely care about them. And while he doesn't despise them either (except fools), his motives are not out of generosity. The one, most impactful, lesson Dr. Ratio values and spreads the most (yet not openly) is the one of the Self - ultimately leading people to self-awarness.

Of course, it doesn't mean that Dr. Ratio is heartless, far from that, or that he isn't capable of genuine care. But it's..... Not the core of his teaching or his motives. More like a trait that he will show from time to time, a great nuance between his almost inhuman guidance and his actual humanity.

As for his achievements. I don't remember everything to be honest, I won't be able to tell you the exact sources exact that it comes from either the game itself or hoyolab events. Saying that Dr. Ratio is not outstanding and has no achievements is......... Laughable. That man changes the advancement of humanity's knowledge universally.

He has qualifications in eight different complicated fields, developed multiple devices that saved entire planets, published papers that advanced the knowledge of specific previous mysterious of subjects 1000 years. I could go on, but even more ironic, is that even multiple Genius Society members recognized his mastery and his extraordinary qualities.

Then, joining the first paragraph, Dr. Ratio does everything but priotizing others over himself. The only way for people, in my opinion, to think that, outside of the fact he helps civilization, is his methods. Dr. Ratio is a passive teacher that doesn't want to be in the spot-light while giving his lessons (as we were able to see with Asta or Aventurine). For exemple, in Penacony, Dr. Ratio didn't help Aventurine because he cares more about him than himself (though he didn't not care either) but it was part of his personal guidance for him. I will explain it further once I get my hands on Penacony for him.

Dr. Ratio wants everyone to have equal education. Yes and no. If we want to be more exact, think more like this: Dr. Ratio believes that everyone in the cosmos is equal. Everyone can attain self-awarness= anyone can leave their state of ignorance. His education is for civilization advancement not really civilization equality. His core belief is that all life don't have inherent value, thus are worth living no matter the circumstances: in failure or success, it doesn't matter, life itself and continuing forward is what's important. But for everyone to receive the exact same education? In basics it can apply, but everyone is different and therefore can't receive the same knowledge to achieve a greater state. That's why Dr. Ratio is a a detached observator rather than a direct instructor.

As for Dr. Ratio social points.... He isn't that social with others. If anything, he's pretty isolated himself. But not because of knowledge, which differentiate him from Ruan Mei for example. His whole alabaster head is a proof of that!

But all in all, even after debunking all those points, we've seen social Geniuses, kind and empathetic geniuses, as well as banal geniuses with not significant achievements. How can we expect those points to be necessary for Nous' gaze then?

No. Relationship with Nous' vision of knowledge is the fundamental part of it.

And Dr. Ratio beliefs and relationship with knowledge are very different with what Nous (and erudition) stands for.

If you had still struggles with this, I hope this post helped you a little! Otherwise, it still mainly my own interpretation but I think a lot of my points aren't that subjective and more objective than anything.

[deathbxnny]

◇《Honkai: Star Rail Masterlist 2》◇

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》Masterlist Navigation

》Honkai Star Rail Masterlist 1

》Honkai Star Rail Masterlist 3

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》Started: 07/06/2023

》Finished on: 19/08/2023

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》General headcanons:

Hsr men with a reader, who's scared after they watched a scary movie together.(Jing Yuan/Blade)

Hsr men with Reader, who has a niche phobia.(Jing Yuan/Blade)

Hsr characters with a stressed out reader!(Kafka/Yanqing)

Hsr men with Gunnhildr clan leader reader!(Jing Yuan/Blade)

Stellaron hunters with an Alice Bosconovitch-like!Reader.(Blade/Kafka/Silverwolf)

Hsr men with a reader who dies protecting them.(Blade/Jing Yuan/Welt/Dan Heng)

Hsr MC's x Genshin Impact MC!Reader.(Caelus/Stelle)

Hsr men with a Elsa-like!Reader.(Jing Yuan/Blade)

Stellaron hunters having a crush on you!

Hsr men babysitting your child.(Jing Yuan/Blade/Sampo)

Stellaron hunters with a reader who has a smooth voice!

Hsr men choosing between the world/their goals and you.(Blade/Jing Yuan/Welt)

Hsr/genshin men with Elysia-like!Reader.(Blade/Kazuha)

Blade/Jing Yuan/Welt/Dan Heng stopping their s/o from unaliving themselves.((TW!SUICIDE/SUICIDAL THOUGHTS))

Astral Express crew with a Genshin Impact Mc!Reader.

Stellaron hunters + Himeko with a girlboss reader!

Hsr men watching Disney movies with you!(Blade/Dan Heng/Jing Yuan)

Hsr men with a Sirin-like!Child!Reader, who's having a nightmare!(Blade/Welt/Gepard/Dan Heng)

Jing Yuan and Yanqing with a Yanqing's younger twin!Fem!Reader.

Stellaron hunters with a reader who rizzes up all their enemies.

Stellaron hunters with a Kenny-like!Reader.

Hsr women with a reader, who has a resting bitch face!(Asta/Kafka/Silver Wolf)

Hsr men with a quiet reader, who's loud when their little brother is around.(Jing Yuan/Blade/Dan Heng/Gepard)

Stellaron hunters with a Veliona-like!Platonic!Reader.

Astral Express crew with a Teen!Reader, who just completed their first mission on their own!

Self-aware characters watching you write fanfics about them!(Blade/Serval/Caelus/Yanqing)

Hsr men with HOHE!Elysia-like!Reader, who dance after a sparring session together.(Blade/Jing Yuan)

Yanqing and Jing yuan with a Senti-like!Reader.

Hsr men with a Ruby Hoshino!Reader.(Dan Heng/Blade/Jing Yuan/Gepard)

Hsr men with a reader who has Tachycardia!(Luocha/Jing Yuan)

Hsr men with a Nene Kusanagi!Teen!Reader.(Blade/Jing Yuan/Dan Heng/Gepard)

"No thoughts, head empty for silence." With hsr men!(Jing Yuan/Blade/Dan Heng)

Stellaron hunters with a Teen!Reader, who turns back time after dying.

Stellaron hunters with a Stocking-like!Reader.

Hsr men with a s/o that's like Millie from Helluva Boss!(Sampo/Blade/Jing Yuan)

Astral Express crew with a warm and kind healer reader!

Hsr men with a Momoe Sawaki s/o!(Blade/Jing Yuan/Yanqing/Caelus)

Hsr men with an Asuka!Teen!Reader.(Blade/Jing Yuan)

Hsr characters with a s/o who has a dendro vision!(Himeko/March 7th/Welt/Caelus)

Hsr women with a princess-like!Reader.(Kafka/Serval/Fu Xuan/Silver Wolf)

Stellaron hunters with a Ray-like!Child!Reader.(TW!ATTEMPTED SUICIDE)

Stellaron hunters with a Teen!Vampire!Reader.

Yanqing and Jing Yuan reacting to you being pregnant!

Stellaron hunters with a Ai Hoshino-like!Teen!Reader that dies the same way.

Hsr characters having a duel with a HoHE!Elysia-like!Reader, that ends in a dance.(Kafka/Dan Heng/Welt)

Hsr men with a Klee-like!Reader.(Dan Heng/Blade/Jing Yuan/Yanqing)

Jing Yuan and Yanqing with a twin!teen!Reader, who joined the Stellaron hunters, only to be betrayed by them.

Hsr characters with a child!Reader, that follows them around and acts like them.(Himeko/Gepard/Jing Yuan/Blade)

Hsr men with a s/o, who's the travellers (from genshin impact) older sibling!(Blade/Jing Yuan/Gepard/Luocha)

Astral Express crew with a youngest member!Teen!Reader, who has robotic limbs.

Platonic!Hsr men with a Mafuyu!Reader.(Jing Yuan/Blade/Welt/Dan Heng)

Blade and Jing Yuan with a Khaenri'ahn!Reader.

Yanqing's mom!Reader being attacked with her child and nearly dying!

Hsr men with a HoF!Reader!(Welt/Dan Heng/Jing Yuan/Blade)

》Jing Yuan:

Jing Yuan with a reader who smacks him over the head daily.

Jing Yuan marrying Yanqing's mother!Reader.

Jing Yuan simping for a Yanqing's mom!Reader, who defended themselves unexpectedly.

Jing Yuan with a Yanqing's mom!Reader, who was wrongly executed by him.

Jing Yuan with a Yanqing's mom!Reader, who was reincarnated, after being wrongly executed.

More shenanigans with Jing Yuan and Yanqing's mother!Reader after marriage.

Jing Yuan with a fem!Reader, who's pregnant with twins, but won't rest.

Jing Yuan taking care of the reader during their period.

Jing Yuan adopting Jingliu's child after her death.

Jing Yuan with Yanqing's mother!Pregnant!Reader, who nearly gets assassined.

Jing Yuan with Yanqing's mother!Reader, who gives birth to his daughter, whilst he and Yanqing are gone!

Yanqing being "Kidnapped" and Jing Yuan nearly declaring war over it.

Jing Yuan finding out that Yanqing was Kidnapped by some cultists.

》Blade:

Blade with a Mitsuri-like!Reader.

Blade with a God-slaying!Entity!Reader.

》Yanqing:

Yanqing breaking his swords for you out of sheer jealousy!

Yanqing with a HoT!Reader.

Vidyadhara!Yanqing with a hibernating reader.

Yanqing with a Muichiro-like!Reader.

Yanqing with a Lin Zhaoyu!Reader.

Mind controlled!Yanqing accidentally hurting his s/o!

Mind controlled!Yanqing killing his s/o!

Yanqing with a reader who has a hydro vision!

Yanqing with a reader who's vision got taken away!

Yanqing having to put down his lover, who was striken by Mara.

Yanqing with a horror enthusiast!S/O.

Yanqing with a twin, who betrayed him for the Stellaron hunters.

Yanqing returning home to you!

Yanqing with a s/o who was Kidnapped by the devil archers!

Yanqing with a dimension traveling reader!

Yanqing with a dying nature deity s/o!

Yanqing with a crystal gem!Reader.

Yanqing and fem!Reader meeting their future kids!

Yanqing with a pacifist!S/O, who secretly can protect themselves.

Yanqing with an Aeon-like!Reader, who sacrifices their physical form for him.

Yanqing who gets mind controlled and forced to betray everyone by Kafka.

Yanqing being killed by Reader after they get Mara-struck, Jing Yuan then putting down reader.

Yanqing with a Vidyadhara/Dragon-like!S/o, that nearly dies from his ice abilities.

》Welt Yang:

Pinning!Reader who's worried that they'll burden Welt with their troubles.

》Gepard Landau:

Gepard with a Dimension traveling!Reader, who saved his sisters life!

》Dan Heng:

Dan Heng with a sibling reader!

》Luocha:

Luocha's s/o being in a coffin and getting robbed from him, after he gets jumped.

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[newtthetranswriter]

He Would Want You To Be Happy

(Art by me, it is also being posted to day over on my main blog)

Summary: Nacht was never a fan of his birthday for obvious reasons. Asta wants to celebrate it and after Yami foils Y/n’s plan to keep it a secret, Y/n needs to comfort and talk some sense into the Shadow mage.

Word count: 4314

Paring: Nacht Faust x Gn! Reader

Warnings: Talk about Morgen's death and Nacht’s self deprecation, talk of smoking and cigarettes, possibly ooc Nacht, possibly grammar or spelling mistakes

A/n: just wanted to say Happy Birthday to Nacht, the moody mage who would love MCR if he ever listened to it. Any way If you couldn’t tell this is just something i wrote for Nacht from Black Clovers Birthday. It’s a little angsty and a little fluffy, but I hope y’all enjoy. Anyways, have a great day and Remember to hydrate or diedrate. (we wouldn’t want y’all ending up like Morgen now would we.)

    I’ve known for a long time that Nacht hates his birthday, and like every year before now I was planning to ignore it like I agreed when I first heard his reason for not liking it. Sadly it seemed that not all of the Bulls were aware of Nacht’s past and well Asta being Asta, started pestering me about when the Vice Captain’s birthday was. I had tried to just focus on going on missions and ignoring the young man, but damn is he persistent. His pestering lasted from the moment I left mine and Nacht’s room in the morning to when I went back to bed, of course he wouldn’t pester me when the Shadow mage was around but it was near non-stop.

    All of this led to now. It’s two days before Nacht’s birthday, and all I wanted was for Asta to get hung up on something else. I was sitting in the dining hall just enjoying my breakfast with the rest of the squad, minus Nacht as he was off doing who knows what, when Asta rushed into the room. Trying to hide my groan, I tried to focus on my food.

    “Oh, Y/n you’re still here. Now, please tell me?” He said vaguely, knowing I already knew what he was asking of me. His vague question caught the interest of everyone else in the room. The whole squad quickly turned to look at me, curious to what the magicless boy wanted.

    I sighed before responding as quickly and with as little information as possible. “Asta, I’ve told you a thousand times already, it’s not happening.” Ignoring the looks of my squadmates I continued eating.

    I felt as Asta moved closer to where I sat, clearly trying to catch my gaze and attempting to persuade me with puppy dog eyes. “Come on, Y/n. You’re the only person here who would know, please?” Like clockwork, Asta was back to begging. “Ooooo what if I promise to do all your chores for a month?” And now he’s one to poorly thought out bribery.

    Apparently Asta’s poor offer finally piqued Yami’s interest. “Hey kid, you already do all the chores around here. And what are you asking them? From the sounds of it they’ve told you no quite a few times.” Yami spoke, pulling Asta’s attention away from me.

    Like an alarm went off in his empty head, Asta quickly spoke. “I just realized you probably know the answer to my question too.” He quickly moved to be standing next to where Yami sat. The Captain raised his eyebrow as if prompting the boy to go on. “Well I was wondering when is Vice Captain Nacht’s birthday? I’ve been asking Y/n because their his partner and I figured they’d know it but they refuse to tell me anything about it. And just now I remembered that you have known the Vice Captain for a long time.” Asta rambled on.

    Yami let out a laugh before responding. “Nacht’s birthday is April 30th, but why do you want to know?” The Captain answered without even acknowledging my signals to shut up.

    “That’s in two days!! Anyway I wanted to know so we could do something to celebrate his first birthday back in the Clover Kingdom and with the Squad.” Asta explained.

    “I don’t think that’s a great idea Asta. There’s a reason -” I tried to explain before Yami cut me off. 

    “That’s a great idea. Go for it kid.” The Captain encouraged with a laugh as Charmy, Vanessa and Gordon started offering ideas on what the party should be about.

    While the majority of the squad was excited to have a party, whether they cared about the reason or not, I quickly left the table. Hoping to find a way for Nacht to not have to deal with the rambunctious squad on a day he normally likes to be left alone on. Before I could get very far Yami stopped me. “Come on Y/n, you know Nacht needs to loosen up a bit, and a birthday party is perfect.” 

   “You know that’s not what will happen, you also know why I wouldn’t tell Asta in the first place. Now if you’ll excuse me I have things I have to do.” I said in a rather aggressive whisper. It’s true that Nacht could stand to lighten up, but something just feels wrong about all this. Especially Yami encouraging it, he knows what Morgen’s death did to Nacht. Trying not to focus too much on what I was going to do two days from now, I started to get ready for the rest of the day.

   Luckily by the time Nacht returned to the base that night everyone had stopped talking about the surprise party they were planning. Unfortunately, Nacht is a very perspective person and quickly picked up on the fact that something was off. Being the only person he truly trusted, he quickly approached me. “What happened while I was out?” He asked voice never changing from his normal level tone.

   I took a moment to finalize my thoughts on what was being planned by our insane squadmates. “Nothing much, just Luck stole some of Magna’s food again and the resulting ‘fight’ has left everyone tired.” It wasn’t a complete lie. Luck did steal Magna’s food again and the fight lasted most of the afternoon leaving everyone annoyed with the duo. Even though Nacht was well aware of the chaos the two caused, it was clear from the way he squinted his eyes at me that he didn’t fully believe what I was saying. 

  “Okay, let’s head to bed. If everyone is finally this quiet we may actually be able to sleep a decent amount tonight.” I let out a sigh of relief accepting the hand he offered, glad that he wasn’t going to press further on the subject.

Time skip to April 30th

  I had accepted that no matter what I did, Nacht would have to deal with what the rest of the squad had planned. If he gets upset about it then so be it, I tried to prevent it and even warned Yami that it was a bad Idea and he knew it. I just hope Nacht believes that I did in fact try to stop it. Okay and maybe there is a part of me that hopes he is okay with it and actually has a good time.

  Anyway the morning was the same as always, except for Yami making Nacht stay at the base because he had a so-called ‘emergency captain’s meeting’ to attend and wanted Nacht to make sure no one blew up the base. With the fact that Nacht was forced to stay back at the base, breakfast was quieter than it normally is. Most of the squad tried to hide their plans for the evening and the others had already left the base to get what supplies they had been trusted to get.

  The rest of the day was pretty much the same, everyone quietly trying to bring in food or decorations for the planned party without disturbing the Vice Captain. Which was admittedly harder said than done as Nacht decided he was going to sit in the living room of the base reading and occasionally chatting with Gimodelo. You might also be wondering what I was doing during this time, and well the answer is simple. I’ve been trying to make sure neither Nacht or his Devil actually figure out what's happening before everything is ready, while also trying to act normal.

   Turns out I’m not the best actor, as just after Vanessa walked through with yet another crate of booze, Nacht decided to speak up. “I know what you’re doing and I’m not participating in any of it.” I just looked at him shocked. “Don’t try and hide it. I sent Plumede to check on things here the other day while I was out and they informed me that the others plan on throwing a party.” He explained, voice never changing from its normal tone. 

   I took a moment to think of how to respond, finally deciding to stick with my original plan for when he found out. “I tried to tell them it was a bad idea, but you know how Yami is. He likes to mess with you and I bet him encouraging Asta and the rest to go through with a big party is just another one of his plans to get under your skin.” I started to explain, expecting a sigh or comment about how much he dislikes Yami, but when I looked back at him, he was frozen. His face mostly still showed no emotion but his eyes were slightly wide, like he just remembered something important. “Nacht? Are you okay? I am truly sorry I know how difficult today can be for you. I really did try to keep Asta from finding out but again Yami likes to cause trouble and he wouldn’t listen to me.”

  It was silent for a few moments before Nacht stood up and turned towards the door. However before he could reach it, Asta busted through the door. “Oh, Vice Captain, I was just coming to get you. I also wanted to say Happy birthday.” Asta spoke, not receiving any response from the quiet mage, who just kept walking to the door. “Uh Y/n, is everything okay with the Vice captain?” Asta asked as he watched Nacht leave, not even bothering to acknowledge his squadmates trying to get his attention.

  “No Asta, nothings okay. This is why I didn’t want to tell you his birthday.” I said quickly before going after Nacht. “Nacht wait a second please. Talk to me.” I called after the tall man, unfortunately it seemed he was unreachable at the moment. As I finally made it out of the hideout about to reach out for him, Nacht used his magic to slip into the shadows and disappear. Dropping my extended arm, I stayed in my spot for a moment just staring at the shadow my boyfriend had used as an escape route.

  My thoughts were interrupted by the rest of the squad coming to find out where Nacht had run off too. “Is everything alright? The Vice captain looked upset.” It was Finral who spoke first. His question was followed by a chorus of ‘is he okay?’s and ‘what happened?’s .

  I sighed before deciding it was probably best to just explain what I know. “First, I don’t know if everything is alright, I’ve never seen Nacht like that. Second, what happened was Asta pushing to find out Nacht’s birthday after being told to drop it multiple times.” My voice was a bit harsher than intended but I was worried that Nacht wasn’t going to come back.

  When I turned to the group I could tell everyone was confused, well almost everyone. Noelle on the other hand decided to voice her thoughts on the matter. “So, what you’re saying is that Nacht stormed off because Asta found out about his birthday? That’s just dumb, what’s the big deal? People who care about him want to celebrate him so he should be happy.” While her statement was harsh it was reasonable.

  “It’s not the fact that people want to celebrate his birthday. It’s the fact that it’s his birthday.” I started to explain. “He’s never liked his birthday, when he was younger it was because he would constantly be compared to his younger twin. But around two years before I met him, his brother died and now his birthday just serves as a reminder of what he lost. When we met and I asked about his birthday, he made it clear that he doesn’t celebrate it or want to acknowledge it in any way. I agreed and that’s why I didn't want to tell Asta, I didn’t want him to make a big show and upset Nacht. But fucking Yami had to open his dumb mouth and try and cause trouble.” I rambled out, trying to explain why Nacht was upset.

  I watched as most of the squad nodded in understanding, with a few mumbles of ‘sorry’s. Once again Noelle decided to speak up more than the rest. “Okay he lost his brother, but wouldn’t his brother want him to be happy with friends instead of alone brooding somewhere?” Again valid point.

  Sighing, I responded to the royal. “While I agree with you on that, Nacht has never been the kind to think like that. He’s pessimistic, and it’s hard to get through to him on things like this. Anyway, you all enjoy the food and stuff you prepared. I'm going to wait for Nacht to get back.” WIth that I headed inside, leaving the rest of the Bulls outside with the barbeques they had set up in front of the base.

  At around 8pm, the doors to the base opened. Hearing the creak I sat up straight hoping it was Nacht, but unfortunately I was greeted by the distinct mana of Yami. I groaned before going back to waiting in silence. Sadly Yami had other plans. “You know you should go talk to him.”He said, voice gruff as always but with a hint of concern for his old friend.

  “Why do you care? You’re the one who told everyone his birthday and said he just needs to loosen up.” I said, giving him a glare before looking back to where my hands rested in my lap. “Besides, where would I even look for him?” I said quietly.

   I heard Yami huff as he sat next to me on the couch. “I’d bet he’s probably in the same place I found him on the first birthday after Morgen’s death.” I turned slightly, raising a brow at him. “I’m trying to say he went to sit and wallow at Morgen’s grave. It’s where I found him multiple times before he met you.” Yami explained. “Also, the idiots told me what you said about me wanting to cause trouble for Nacht, and while it’s not entirely a lie, I just wanted Nacht to realize he can finally be happy.” With that Yami stood up leaving me to think on what he said.

  Deciding that both Yami and Noelle had a point. Nacht does need to realize that it’s okay to be happy and enjoy his birthday with the people who care about him. After thinking about what I was going to say, I left to go get my boyfriend and hopefully talk some sense into him.

  I had visited Morgen’s grave before so I knew exactly where to go, and after my conversation with Yami it was no surprise to see the cloaked figure sitting near the headstone. What was a surprise though was the distinct smell of cigarettes wafting from the shadow mage. Before I could say anything I heard the sound of Gimodelo talking, and decided to listen for a moment.

  “Mister Nacht, why are you out here alone? Y/n is probably worried after you left without a word.” The small imp said to his friend. While Gimodelo doesn't like most people other than Nacht himself, he’s always been kind to me so it was no surprise he was worried about my feelings on the situation. “Also when did you start smoking again? Y/n won’t like that.”

  “Be quite Gimodelo, Y/n won’t mind because Y/n won’t know. Now buzz off.” With the command to buzz off the imp disappeared. I should have been upset by the wording but all I could focus on was how broken his voice sounded.

  Deciding Nacht had enough time to brood alone, I moved to stand next to his sitting form. “You know, if you really are smoking again you’re going to start smelling like Yami and neither of us want that.” I said hoping to lighten his mood even if only a little bit.

  Instead of responding Nacht just kept staring at the headstone in front of him. “Nacht, It’s okay to be sad and miss Morgen. But you can’t just storm off because your friends want to celebrate your birthday.” I started. “I’m sorry they found out about it, but after talking with everyone I realized something and you need to realize it too. Morgen would want you to be happy and have fun, not spend your birthday alone and upset.” As I spoke I lowered myself to the ground, quickly grabbing the pack of cigarettes from the ground beside him and stuffing it in my pocket so he couldn’t light another.

  I had expected him to say something along the lines of being fine with ignoring his birthday, but what he actually said surprised me. “I forgot it was my birthday.” Hearing that I looked at him confused. “I spent so long in the Spade Kingdom focused on stopping the Dark Triad that I never noticed my birthday had passed. When I figured out everyone was setting up for a party, I thought it was one of Yami’s usual plans to make me bond with the group, but then you mentioned it being for my birthday and it all rushed back.” It was no secret that Nacht spent years trying to help the neighboring country but I had no idea he was focused enough to forget his least favorite day of the year. 

  “I trust that you tried to keep Asta from finding out and that it was Yami’s doing, so don’t think I’m upset with you. I’m more upset with myself. It’s my fault Morgen had so many birthdays ripped from him. It should have been me, I should be the one buried under this stone, not him.” Nacht had voiced how much he blames himself for Morgen’s death many times before, and each time it was the same. “Morgen would be so much better at this and he would have been better for you.” Okay, blaming himself and wishing he was dead is nothing new, but suggesting Morgen to be a better choice for me is completely different from past conversations on the topic.

  Before Nacht could continue, I decided I had enough. “Nacht Faust, I have heard all of this from you before, and each time I’ve told you the same thing. It’s not your fault your family led you down a questionable path, and it’s not your fault Morgen stepped in to stop you. Suggesting Morgen would have handled your death better than you are handling his a decade later is bullshit. I may not have met Morgen but if he was as caring and kind as you and Yami have told me, he would probably be doing exactly what you’re doing right now. And as for saying he would be better for me, that’s a lie. I fell in love with you. I love how you’re blunt and don’t let others' emotions affect you, I love how even though you act like you hate the Black Bulls, you still stick with us. I love how you put your own life on pause to prevent Psychopaths in another country from destroying the world. I love you for you, so stop putting yourself down over something that happened in the past and think about all the good you have done since then.” I rambled on, hoping to get my point across.

  “Like I said before, you have people here now who care about you and want to take the day to celebrate you. You should be happy and having fun. Again I may not have known him but Morgen loved you enough not to tell the rest of the Magic Knights at the time about your devils and instead risked his life to save yours. Morgen would have wanted you to enjoy each day and I bet he would have been overjoyed to hear you found people who love and accept you.” I finished leaning my head on his shoulder. The whole time I spoke to him, his eyes were set on the gravestone in front of him, but it was clear from the way his shoulders relaxed and the sigh he let out that he listened and understood.

  We sat like that for a while, just sitting in silence thinking. It was Nacht who broke the silence first. “Thank you. I know I can be difficult to deal with. And I’m sorry for just walking out and not talking to you. Also you’re right, Morgen would have been overjoyed that I found you, and the Bulls even if I hate to admit it.” It was strange hearing him admit that he found some where he belonged, but I couldn’t hold back the smile.

   “Okay so now that you’re done wallowing, how about we head back to the hideout and hope that Charmy and Asta haven’t eaten all the food.” I said, raising my head looking at him. He turned and gave a gentle smile with a nod. “Good let’s go. Also be ready to come back here with me tomorrow.” I informed him as we stood up, earning a confused look from the shadow mage. “Every year on May 1st I bring Morgen flowers for his birthday.” I explained watching as Nacht’s face went from confusion to shock to thankfulness.

   “Thank you.” Was all he said before taking my hand, and activating his magic to transport us back to base.

   When we arrived it was clear the rest of the Bulls were still enjoying the food and free time Yami had given them for the evening. Our arrival didn’t go unnoticed, because as soon as we emerged from the shadows Asta basically bounced over to us. “Vice Captain Nacht, I’m sorry I upset you and didn’t listen to Y/n when they told me no.” Asta apologized quickly.

   Before Asta could start rambling too much, Nacht silenced him by simply raising his hand at the boy. “It’s okay Asta. I just need to come to terms with a few things and Y/n helped me with that. Now if there’s any left I would like to eat and possibly chat with you all.” Nacht explained to the boy, but directed the last sentence to the rest of the Squad who were watching the conversation.

   It was clear everyone was stunned by Nacht saying he would like to actually join them. Unsurprisingly Vanessa was the first of the group to speak up. “Of course Vice Captain, how about you start off with a nice drink?” She said slinging her hand over her shoulder waving a beer in Nacht’s face. Seeing Vanessa offer Nacht a drink everyone else started to approach him. Offering food, asking to talk with him, or in Luck’s case asking to fight him.

  As the night progressed it was nice to watch as Nacht relaxed and actually spent time with the Black Bulls. It was clear that he had finally accepted that this was his family and that they would always have each other's backs.

  “You know I don’t think I’ve seen him smile this much since before I joined the Magic Knights.”It was Yami who walked up beside me.

  I smiled as I reached into my pocket handing him the pack of cigarettes I had taken from Nacht earlier in the night. “Before you ask, no I didn’t buy them for you, our dear self deprecating friend over there had them when I found him. I figured it’s probably best to give them to you so he doesn’t fall all the way back into that habit, and I know you won’t let the money go to waste.” Yami was about to respond when Nacht joined us, wrapping his arm around my waist pulling me to his side. “Nuh uh, I was nice earlier because you were upset but now that you’re functioning like a person again Imma make this clear. One no hugs, cuddles or kisses until you have bathed at least twice to remove the smell of the five cigarettes you smoked from your person. Two If I ever catch you with one again I’ll make sure cigarettes are the thing that kills you, as I’ll stuff the whole pack, wrapper and all down your throat.” I said pushing the mage away, and going to join Vanessa in trying to get Zora and Grey to stop hiding in corners.

  As I walked away from the Captains I could hear Yami cackling as he slapped Nacht in the back. “You messed up buying these, didn’t you buddy?” The Captain of the Black Bulls laugh could be heard for miles as he watched Nacht’s face go from shock at my comment to murderous intent at Yami’s.

  Turning to the boy’s one last time, triggering yet another laughing fit from the dark magic user, I made one final comment. “You also owe Gimodelo an apology for telling him to buzz off.” With that I turned to start dragging a cowering Grey from under one of the tables set up outside.

  By the time everyone called it a night, it was nearly 2am. As me and Nacht got ready to settle in for the night, I couldn’t help but smile, earning a quizzical glance from the mage sitting in front of me. “I’m just glad to see you relax and get along with everyone.” I said, placing a kiss to the top of his head as I helped brush his freshly washed hair. He just gave a quick nod before relaxing into my touch, having long since expressed how he enjoyed when I brushed his hair saying it helped him relax. After finishing with Nacht’s hair, we both moved to lay down. Sharing brief good nights, we both quickly fell asleep, at peace with our minds and looking forward to facing the future with our large chosen family.

[do-u-know-this-autisticcharacter]

Do You Know This (Non-canon) Autistic Character?

Evidence under the cut!

Other characters in universe often describe him as being condescending, aloof, arrogant, etc. To me at least, it seems like he's just somewhat socially awkward and doesn't know how to interact with most people. He has extreme difficulty interacting with basically anyone besides Asta (his foster brother/best friend). Flashbacks reveal that he was very shy as a young child and struggled with emotional regulation.

Yuno doesn't appear to have a good intuitive sense of how others around him feel about him, such as not noticing or paying any attention to Alecdora's (one of Yuno's squad mates) intense envy of him for like 6 months. He's not very modest or humble about his magical ability, which irritates other characters who think that he's bragging. Imo, this doesn't come across as bragging when Yuno talks about himself and his strengths; he is established on several occasions to actually be ridiculously powerful, and so I imagine from his perspective, he's self-aware of how powerful he is and treats it as a simple statement of fact.

Aside from a few extreme situations, he doesn't emote very much and his line delivery is very deadpan. He has a couple of catchphrases—commonly translated into English as 'you can't be serious' or 'you have to be kidding me'—that seems similar to scripting, and he occasionally borrows Asta's catchphrase.

He's very one-track minded and devoted to his goal of becoming the Wizard King. Every major life decision he's made over the past 10 or so years has been towards this goal.

[2broschlininahotub]

Here is an idea based of @channelinglament. This was the au about Self aware honkai star rail or SAHSR. What if this au involves a the player being summoned as an Aeon in this world. The characters sense that your presence fading. They started to worry what is happening. Until they felt it manifest into this world. You can choose where you the new aeon appeared. I will use inside the space station as an example. You could be summoned as an Aeon of something you were good in the past. Here is my example, the player was summoned in this world as the aeon of melody. The player looks like some sort of angel like creature with music notes and keys playing around you. The first characters to meet you were Asta and Arlan. Peppy the dog was the first thing to touch the new aeon. The two saw the aeon and had this gut feeling that the person guiding them was this Aeon.

Part two here

[is-the-battlemech-cool-or-not]

SLDF Unit Profile: 124th Royal Heavy Assault Regiment ("Dai Maxbuster")

Alligiance: Star League Defense Force

Regiment Type: Heavy Assault (Royal Regiment)

Founded: 2705 (destroyed 2765; refounded 3152)

Current Commanding Officer: Colonel Ayako Nakano-Cunningham (3152–present)

Overview:

The 124th Royal Heavy Assault Regiment, known widely as "Dai Maxbuster", was reactivated in 3152 as part of the revitalized Star League Defense Force. This modern iteration is directly descended from the original SLDF Royal unit destroyed during the Periphery Uprising in 2765, and proudly inherits not only its name and traditions, but also its eccentric esprit de corps.

Reformed in 3152 from an approximately even mix of former Republic of the Sphere and Terran Defense Force personnel—many of them ethnically Japanese—and volunteers from the Kuritan worlds of Asta, Fomalhaut, and Altair, the reconstituted 124th represents both a legacy of Star League cosmopolitanism and the complex realities of post-Jihad loyalties.

Culture and Identity:

The 124th’s original reputation in the 2700s was infamous in the Draconis Combine: Terran-born Royal troops adoring Kuritan pop culture—complete with pop idol-painted ‘Mechs, stylized anime calligraphy, and ceremonial sword duels between cosplaying officers—caused more than a few Combine citizens to seethe with nationalistic embarrassment.

The modern regiment carries that legacy forward—but now, it does so with the presence and participation of real Kuritans, whose planets changed hands during the latter stages of Operation PERSUASION in 3152. The result is a regiment where love of Kuritan aesthetics and cultural homage now intermingles with authentic tradition, creating a surprisingly cohesive and self-aware culture.

'Mech personalization is common, with machine decals, "nose art", and decorations ranging from traditional shodō brushstrokes and family crests to animated mascot emblems and vocaloid-inspired murals.

Command ceremonies are often conducted bilingually, in both Japanese and English, reflecting the regiment’s hybrid identity.

Unit morale is famously high; esprit de corps is cultivated through ritual duels, cinema nights, coordinated formation displays, and a regimental theme song composed by a former Republic sound engineer.

Operational Role:

True to its designation, the 124th is a heavy assault regiment, typically fielding a frontline complement of assault and heavy BattleMechs supported by an attached self-propelled artillery battalion and engineering support vehicles for siege-breaking operations.

Within the SLDF order of battle, Dai Maxbuster is often deployed in the first wave of major thrusts—used to punch holes in fortified enemy lines and hold ground under fire. Despite their flair, the regiment is known for uncompromising discipline on the battlefield. “Flash in the barracks, steel in the field,” is the unofficial motto passed down from the 2700s.

Relations with the Combine:

Because of their Kuritan heritage and aesthetics, the 124th maintains a surprisingly cordial relationship with the DCMS, especially when paired in joint operations. Many among the DCMS attribute the beginnings of this relationship to Commanding General Melissa Hazen's assigning of the 124th to work closely with Gunji-no-Kanrei Ryūga Kurita's Combine Expeditionary Force during Operation TOUCHDOWN, and the subsequent use of the regiment as the core of the SLDF force sent to assist in the Second Draconis Combine Civil War of early 3154.

Even now in 3160, as the regiment helps to garrison Altair under the auspices of the New Jointly-Owned Worlds Treaty, certain conservative Combine officers still view them with thinly veiled disdain, considering them "half-children of the Dragon"—neither fully loyal nor fully outsider. The 124th, to their credit, takes pride in showing these skeptical officers the folly of their derision.

('Mech paintjobs by Luciora on the main BT forums)

[meanbossart]

1) everyone looks ugly and deranged in your art and I mean it in the best of ways 2) your take on cazador is so good and it's refreshing to read stuff about him that isn't just evil man bad because evil. I think that's the tragedy of his arc, how he's so detached from baseline humanity and how vampirism eventually forces you into that position (he himself was tortured by his previous master)

I 100% take your compliment as a compliment but i do wanna impart (if only because it's funny) that every time someone tells me that it still makes me a little confused. I genuinely am just drawing people in ways which *i* find attractive LOL

Thank you for enjoying my Cazador dissertation LOL i suppose if it hadn't been said before, it's only because people don't wanna seem like they're justifying his behavior - Of course though, i think you can do both! Cazador is as complex a character as he is an evil bastard who deserved what he got,

but,

if you have any room for empathy toward Ascended Astarion, you have to have the self-awareness to admit you would feel the same way towards his master, had you known him as a spawn in the way we get to known Asta.

And It's precisely that kind of realization that makes the stories in this game so compelling, of course.

[nqmonarch]

Genuinely wanna hear more regarding the No Wish SAHSRAU (Is that how it's spelled?) especially with all the new events that's happened.

Including the Dr Ratio that slid into our DMs.

First, apologies for the wait I took a while doing this request and then also decided not to post anything during the Palestine strike period because free Palestine.

And man, I don't know how it's spelled. I'd assume that's right it's so long though. Also YES Dr. Ratio sliding into our DMs except bro waltzes in and calls us an idiot ;-;

But first! Let's catch up with some of the current crew who is currently in Penacony!

Warning Penacony Spoilers

For the Trailblazer Penacony's been rough... Shortly after the death of their new closest friend, they'd been coerced into talking with Aventurine, and now had to make a decision without consulting any of the Astral Express beforehand. Sure, they were a seasoned adventurer with two missions under their belt but they still have no idea about their past or if they could trust such sketchy people.

"Aventurine, that little rat..." Their ears perked up when they suddenly heard the voice of this presumed Aeon. "I want to knock my fist against his forehead and see if there's a brain in there." The Trailblazer wouldn't try that.

But if you were acting like this maybe Aventurine and Black Swan could be trusted. The Trailblazer forced themselves to relax and tried to show confidence in their eyes. They could do this. It was good you were still by their side in the dreamscape, otherwise... what would they do?

Herta has found it's more difficult to communicate with you than the Aeons. While the Aeons simply didn't want to communicate it was as if there was some sort of wall separating her from you. It was beyond fascinating but it irked her, she wanted to get into contact with you right away. Then, as she was working to implement a simulated version of you into the simulated universe as an Aeon she had a revelation. What if... this was all a game?

Natasha had done it. Recently the eyes glanced off her more often, something she couldn't help but feel disappointed at. But upon one instance when they glanced upon her, she'd taken their warmth in full, and decided to set out. It seemed when these eyes were on her, she improved in nearly every aspect, so maybe her luck would improve as well? Even though it had been a dead end many times before she investigated Vache's worn down laboratory covered by snow searching for research. Except this time, she found something. This Aeon... was strangely benevolent and caring towards mortals.

That's all the updates we have for now on the current characters, in terms of progress. Herta is one smart cookie but who else is one smart cookie? Dr. Ratio!!! That man I love him so much. Sampo is also a potential worrying addition.

Given in the current event you can get either Sampo, Guinaifen, Asta, or Yukong for free, so let's see how they react.

Dr. Ratio

...This was interesting. The plot unfurling behind the scenes of Penacony was to be expected, Aventurine was being a pain in his ass also to be expected, but an Aeon looking at him? A smart Aeon. One who also must hope to purge the world of ignorance! A noble pursuit. Or perhaps, they'd realized their own ignorance and sought to rectify it some of the Aeons were rather lackluster in this manner after all. But they'd likely never change in their ways.

And you're no longer looking at him, that's fine. Is it a bit more chilly in here or is it just him? An interesting side effect of your gaze then, the feeling of warmth. He wondered why that happened, the look of Nanook was dangerous and suffocating, near fatal for any mortal. That of Yaoshi's was said to be sickeningly sweet and suffocating as well. Nous' was cold and calculating, judging your every asset and whether or not you had potential. Everyone had potential, they just had to choose to rid themselves of their ignorance. If the gaze wasn't suffocating maybe... you were a weak Aeon? One that had just formed or had been thought to have died.

Interesting. Aeons, the topic no scholar knew completely about. Herta was researching deeply into them, Dr. Ratio supposed he could always ask her yet he didn't want to feed into her ego. There were other ways to get the information though.

Guinaifen

"Hello, hello! Can you all hear me? Good morning fam! And welcome to Little Gui's stream!"

It was then when Guinaifen suddenly felt warmth wash over her. Oh, maybe it was because this stream was her first normal one after all the ghost catching business but she found herself getting flustered...? Flattered...? She wasn't sure exactly how to describe it yet she felt even more energetic than usual! As if she could go on for hours! When she ended her stream, the warmth was still there and she still felt as if she was being watched.

Wait-- wasn't this how people said they felt when they were being watched by an Aeon? Something similar to this right?! If even an Aeon was watching her, she was definitely going to be famous! When Guinaifen went to tell Sushang about this news, she found Sushang had run into the same thing! Weren't the two of them an impressive pair? :)

E1 Asta

Research had been going smoothly, partly thanks to the eyes always observing Asta. With them came the warmth that brought confidence and innovation she felt she wouldn't feel otherwise. But, she could feel the warmth all the time now. She doubted an Aeon would be able to watch her all of the time so had she been blessed? That was good, she was able to focus on all the stars and her research more now and learn more in less time!

But... why did she feel so forlorn? As if she had been deserted? Had you just blessed her and moved on your way? Herta... Herta knew a lot about Aeons maybe she would know something about what had happened to her, maybe she would know if you're still around.

E1 Yukong

Even after it all Yukong wished to return to the skies. Despite failing her comrades, despite all those around her who she'd cared for yet failed to stop their death, despite the burning wreckage she'd had to painstakingly crawl out of. Yukong wished to fly. In this long life where even the things she'd once loved had dulled, the longing to fly was forever there.

The warmth was on her constantly now, she completed her paperwork faster, she created ingenious plans, but what did it matter?

"I want to go back," Yukong had spoken one day out to the silence of the world and when the warmth remained she realized, perhaps she could go back and fly. Maybe... it would be okay. But for now her fear remained, albeit comforted by the sight of an Aeon.

What a strange Aeon, to care so much for a mortal.

Sampo (spoiler warning for Black Swan quest, although I was kind of confused the whole time so some information may be incorrect)

Now this would be fun! Sampo had known he was right, this was only another clue in the right direction! And this Aeon, watcher, player, reader, whomever you were appeared at the perfect time! Whenever your gaze fell upon him, he could feel his speed increase as well as the rest of, if this were to be a game, his "stats." He knew he wasn't crazy, of course he'd never had that idea in the first place! He'd be able to retrieve his mask much easier now, he could deal with you later.

It wouldn't be anything bad, don't worry, Sampo Koski is always happy to have a new business partner and friend :) !

If there's anything else you wanna hear about it I'd be more than happy for ideas cause I love these little guys (the characters) . It's just them living their life except they're stronger and feel as if they can enact their dreams! And maybe they gain a friend or a small crush on the way but hey that doesn't mean anything until Penacony comes out with some tech they worked on with Herta that allows you to visit in your dreams but no way something like that will happen, right?

Also trailblazer is genuinely so stressed like imagine having to make the decisions to save an ENTIRE FUCKING PLANET and you don't even know who the you are or what you've been through, you're genuinely so lost but hey you're alive, somehow.

[angiethebangie]

˗ˏˋ★CH 5: TRUTH IGNITES TRUST (DV)★ˎˊ˗

NOTE: I'M SO SORRY FOR TAKING SO LONG ON THIS, it's a much shorter chapter, but a fairly important one I'd say. I've been rewriting some of the scenes in past chapters since I wasn't very happy with how they turned out. I'll be sure to update you guys on how that goes. Anyways, I’m gonna go drop dead in my bed, enjoy! <3

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The silence engulfed them as Asta and Noelle’s bickering finally dulled down, leaving behind two drained Bulls. 

Honestly though, he’d be more concerned if they weren’t tired after all that. Casually fighting a swarm of angels, returning with mountains of injuries, and then proceeding to argue over the most absurd topic imaginable? If there was one thing he took away from this, it’d be that the Black Bulls were the strangest group he’d ever come across. 

It was impressive, really. Both their energy and the way they’d somehow managed to draw out some surprisingly genuine laughs out of him. 

Finral wasn’t sure what to think about them. 

That seed of doubt Vanessa had unknowingly planted in him? Yeah, it sprouted. And it was growing at a terrifyingly quick rate, twisting into something that was impossible to ignore. A real pity, considering that Finral wasn’t the best gardener. 

His eyes shifted back onto Vanessa. Finral was a light sleeper, like, a really light sleeper. The amount of times he’d jolted awake in the middle of the night because of a bush rustling or a branch tapping against his window was downright comical. So Vanessa being able to sleep through Asta and Noelle’s—let’s be honest, shouting —as though it was second nature made Finral almost envy her ability to tune out such noises. 

That was a kind of peace he craved for. Especially since he was running on three hours of sleep practically every night. Maybe four, on a good day.

He felt his lips press into a thin line when his stare caught the now bandaged injuries. Despite her being out cold, breathing steady and untroubled, he couldn’t stop the nagging sense of guilt that clung to him like an old, familiar weight.

Finral clenched his fists, nails digging into the fragile skin as he shook his head, hoping that physically doing so would dispel the dark thoughts from spiraling any further. He was disappointed to see that it hadn’t done much. The weight persisted, getting heavier. Just like it always did. 

A disgruntled sigh left his mouth, its volume relatively low, but in the empty atmosphere felt startlingly loud. 

Unfortunately for him, the Captain’s sharp perception didn’t miss a single thing. Finral didn’t have to look to know he was being observed. Yami had been staring at him ceaselessly ever since he bore witness to Finral’s reaction to that… letter. 

It was a little unsettling, his stare annoyingly casual and unreadable, but not dismissive. He really didn’t think he was that interesting. Besides, there wasn’t much to look at. By now, though, he was too drained to care, the confusion and self-doubt long since acquainted with him. 

What was one more person scrutinizing the wreckage in his mind? It wasn’t like it would make much of a difference. 

So, trying his best to brush aside the searching look, he opted to tilt his head back, letting his gaze drift upwards. Finral had always found solace in the sky, especially at night. 

But this time, he felt little comfort in what he saw. The sky looked wrong. 

Finral didn’t realize how far down the Abyss was until now. Everything felt so much farther away. The familiar warmth of the sun’s beams were absent, replaced by chilling gusts of wind. The fluffy, wispy clouds that often carried rosy pink hues were exchanged for dense, smokey gray ones that covered the entirety of the sky. Now that Finral registered it, the sky had been like that for hours now, and it still showed no signs of dispersing. 

Almost like this was the regular for them. 

His frown deepened, slowly becoming hyper aware of how out of place he really was. Instinctively, his arms crossed over each other, pressing up against his chest as he curled into himself, goosebumps becoming more prominent. 

Back in Nirvana, the sky was never dull, always shining with an array of colors that made it feel so much closer than it really was. Walking anywhere in Nirvana guaranteed the sight of golden rays spilling across perfectly chiseled streets. The sunlight had been (and still was) one of the only things he actually appreciated about the place.

Here, though? The sunlight barely touched the Abyss’s surface, passing right by as if forgetting it even existed. Those same dreary, gray shadows dominated, leaving the demons no choice but to litter every corner with some sort of illumination in hopes of brightening it up even a little. They lacked so many things that most angels took for granted. Everyday.

And wasn’t that just depressing?

Even now, it puzzled him. Angels in Nirvana had everything. Wealth, education, property. Everything they could ever possibly want right at their fingertips. Yet, none of them were ever truly satisfied. Finral knew this all too well, having been raised in the very manner owned by the one and only Vaude lineage. 

Unlucky enough to have a childhood where all he was told was that he ‘tainted the Vaude’s family name’ just by being born, he’d seen it all. They lived in perpetual, mindless overconsumption, buying material goods in hopes of filling that empty spot in their hearts. Stuffing their homes with unnecessary things, entertaining themselves with shallow conversations and superficial speeches, hosting prodigal parties just for the sake of it. The list never ended. 

Although he’d always found those parties suffocating, it was normal for him. At the time, that was just how life was. 

But then, there were the demons…

They had less. So much less. 

Though, for some reason, more of them seemed happier. It was subtle, but Finral had always been good at picking up little details. In the way they laughed together, instead of at each other. The way they carried themselves, walking comfortably and distinctively. 

Something told Finral that their honesty played a part in all this. 

Compared to up there, the environment was much more… welcoming, in a twisted sort of way. He still couldn’t help the paranoia that struck him every time he walked alone in the Abyss’s equivalent of a marketplace. But, so far, nothing happened. 

No one attempted to start empty small talk. No one shot him a strained, insincere smile. 

And besides the stares, no one necessarily treated him like a big deal. 

Which was probably his favorite part, if he were being honest. No one down here knew who he was, or knew how he wasn’t good enough. It felt like—like there were no expectations. 

From what he observed, every relationship down here was built on trust. Which took time to earn. He’d never experienced it himself, and doubted that he ever would. Which was okay with him. Even if he did, under some miracle, have someone put their trust in him, he knew that he’d eventually fail them anyways. It was better to keep to himself. Safer, that way. 

He couldn’t disappoint someone who never believed in him to begin with, right?

Rolling his shoulders back, the ache returned, refusing to ease. The tension was woven so deeply into his body that it felt almost permanent. That couldn’t be very healthy for him. But, what’d he know?

Finral exhaled a long breath from his nose, hand tangling in his hair and pulling just hard enough to feel that relieving sting of pain.

Seemingly, not much.

No matter how hard he tried, his thoughts swirled like it was an overfilled cup, tipping dangerously from every nudge towards the truth. A part of him wanted to ignore it, stay blissfully unaware of whatever sickening schemes were being disguised as heroic deeds. But, another part of him—a much, much bigger part—desperately needed to know. 

Whether or not he could handle it was a problem for later.

“Alright,” Yami’s gruff voice cut through the blur in Finral’s mind like a sharp katana. “You’ve sat on your asses long enough, time to head back.”

Finral dragged his gaze down from the sky, directing it towards the Captain. He blinked, disoriented, and not fully processing his words. Back?

Asta perked up almost instantly, his foot tapping restlessly against the stone ground. Even Noelle looked a little relieved, her posture relaxing at the mere mention of going back. 

Back where, you might ask? Great question, Finral was wondering the same thing.

In his usual unbothered stance, Yami glanced over at Finral. “Hey, Featherhead.” His wings puffed up on their own, the mentioned feathers straightening out as though equally offended by the nickname. 

“ Featherhead?” The indignant shriek came out of his mouth before his mind could catch up. 

Yami—the shameless bastard—just grinned at him, looking far too pleased with himself, before continuing on as if he hadn’t insulted every living being with wings that ever existed. “Think you can open one of those fancy portals to our base?”

Finral’s indignation was topped with another scoop of confusion. Sorry, base? 

They had a base. He thought they were just a bunch of jumbled demons who formed a group to reach a common goal of sorts. But, he had no idea they were this serious about their roles. An entire base? 

“Wait, wait—when did you guys have a base?”

Finral thought his question was perfectly reasonable. Apparently, he was the only one who thought that. 

Yami arched a brow, grin widening just a little. “Yeah. Didn’t think we lived in a ditch, did ya?”

Shaking his head, perhaps a little too vigorously, Finral sputtered for a second before gaining back control of his composure. “I- no! No, obviously not. It’s just- a base? I mean, what are you guys, some secret Military Agents or something?” 

“Hell no. But hey, you’re making us sound a lot cooler that way.” He shrugged, releasing a puff of smoke that unraveled, drifting in the same direction the wind blew.

And of course, you couldn’t have scoops of indignation and confusion without finishing off with a sprinkle of amusement. You know, just to balance it out. 

He glanced away from Yami, biting his lip as his nerves once more stole the spotlight. The Captain asked him to portal them to the base, which wouldn’t be an issue if he knew where the base was.

Seeing as how he just now discovered they even had a base to begin with, Finral could only make a few assumptions. 

“Uh, I…can’t. Portal you there, that is,” he admitted, voice dropping despite himself, unsure of how it would be received. “My magic doesn’t work like that. I can’t portal somewhere I’ve never been before.”

The words hung heavy in the air, the delivery coming out much more timorous than he intended. Finral didn’t know what he was expecting. He just knew it wouldn’t be good. The usual—annoyance, frustration, disappointment—the same ones he’d constantly be met with in Nirvana, no matter how hard he tried. A mistake always has consequences. Always. 

And Finral tended to make a lot of those. 

The Captain paused, lazily scratching at his stubble with that same unreadable expression that he seemingly enjoyed gluing to his face. 

Finral happened to be good at reading people, so it was a little maddening that he struggled to translate most of the emotions flashing on Yami’s face. That ability would be especially useful at the moment. 

But, he’d have to make due. As long as he prepared for the stinging words that were about to come, it’ll hurt much le— 

“Huh. Makes sense.” Yami shrugged, unbothered. 

Unbothered? What? 

Why was he so unbothered? Wasn’t this the part where he was supposed to get mad?

He blinked, completely thrown for a loop. There was no yelling. No disgruntled muttering. No disappointed sighs. Just—acceptance?

Yami tilted his head back, gesturing impassively to his right. “Then portal us somewhere nearby, or somethin’. Doesn’t matter.”

Staring for a second longer, he swallowed down the lump lodged in his throat. Nodding slowly, he replied, “uh… yeah. Yeah, I can do that.”

The Captain didn’t give him much to work with, if at all. Though, using simple deduction, Finral figured somewhere secluded would make the most sense. A forest was likely his safest bet. 

Taking a deep breath that Finral felt was necessary to clear his head, he closed his eyes, trying to remember the towering trees he saw when wandering around earlier. Focusing his mana, he felt a familiar pull in his chest as a glistening portal began to form, stars flickering faintly at its edges.

In the split of a second, the portal accommodated its size for the figures preparing to walk through it. 

Just as it stabilized, Finral took a step back, opening his mouth to warn them about the usual safety precautions. Spatial magic wasn’t something to be taken lightly—not even by him.

The more familiar with a place he was, the easier forming a portal becomes. However, that went both ways. The less familiar he was with a place, the more room that left for errors. 

And in spatial magic, errors were dangerous.

But before he could get a single word out, Asta let out an excited whoop, leaping onto his feet and (quite literally) launching himself straight through the portal like a cannonball. Without a single ounce of hesitation.

Finral’s jaw dropped. “Wait—! Asta, I didn’t-“ 

Too late. He was long gone.

Noelle, standing nearby with her typical air of indifference, simply sighed as though this was a daily occurrence. With everything he’s seen so far, that probably wasn’t too improbable of an assumption. Sparing a glance at the portal, her eyes lingered on the shimmering light. For a split second, Finral could’ve sworn he saw a flicker of something bordering on… admiration?

With slightly more hesitance, yet just as little precaution as Asta, she strode through without another word. Her posture was confident and graceful, as though walking through an unpredictable portal was as mundane as walking through the market to buy groceries.

He felt his breath get stuck in his throat for possibly the hundredth time he’d been in the Abyss. 

Who does that? They met only hours ago, and the two of them walked in without a single ounce of self-preservation. What if the portal was unstable? What if it led to the wrong place?

His bottom feathers dimly glowed as he continued to hold open the portal, standing there dumbfounded. Finral felt his heart race for reasons he couldn’t understand.

Then, like it was the most natural thing in the world, Yami moved towards Vanessa, effortlessly scooping her up like she weighed nothing. To him, she probably did. Breathing softly and steadily, the succubus’s head lolled against his shoulder, not stirring in the slightest. Seriously, how deep of a sleeper is she?

As Yami prepared to walk through, just as the other two had, Finral’s mouth opened on instinct, the words tumbling out.

“Woah—wait! Why did they just… why are you-” Finral silently cursed himself for his tangled up tongue. It shouldn’t be this difficult to form a single sentence.

Yami paused, glancing at him over his shoulder. His dark eyes met Finral’s, sharp and holding that same infuriating expression that he couldn’t  decipher if his life depended on it. The man’s lips were pulled into a frown that looked a touch softer than usual. He didn’t say a word, just stared.

Finral looked down, breaking eye contact as one hand found his temple. This was ridiculous. It was beyond ridiculous how torn he felt about such a simple action. All they did was walk through his stupid portal. 

Without a single question, and without a single doubt, that is. 

“You just met me. You don’t know my intentions, or-or how much control I have over my magic! What if the portal leads to a… death trap, or something?”

He was reaching, Finral was well aware, but he needed to get the Captain to understand how reckless that was. 

“Well, does it?” His tone was low, but no less composed. 

Finral tilted his head back up. His stare was the most intense it’s been since their first meeting, with that same focused look he had when he caught Finral tugging on his feather. 

It made him feel like he spilt something he hadn’t meant to. 

“...No, but-“

“Then what’s the issue?” His gaze lingered for a few beats longer before he turned his head back around, fixing his grip on Vanessa before sauntering into the shimmering gateway. Finral stood there frozen, the words replaying in his head like a broken record. 

What’s the issue? 

He forced his feet to move, feeling slightly light-headed from holding open the portal for so long. Finral (gracefully) staggered after the Black Bulls. With a shut of his fist, the portal dissipated in the blink of an eye, his illuminated feathers flickering back to normal.

For a brain that thrived off theoretical questions, it was incredibly useless at explaining ones he actually needed to know the answer for. 

What was the issue?

Was there even any issue?

[la2yn0va]

Hello! I got a question, in your personal opinion how do you think would the self aware honkai characters with the male reader having dragon like features, also being tall? But they look more primitive in nature, you know have horns kinda like General Shao from Mk1 or have dragon wings? In other words they look more western like dragon. On a list of top 10 character who do yoi think would be facinated, turned on or intimidated by the reader?

—Fascinated—

Jade, Aventurine, Topaz, Dr. Ratio, Herta, Ruan Mei, Argenti, Acheron, Black Swan, SilverWolf, Bronya, Fu Xuan, Himeko, Welt Yang, Yanqing, Asta, Pela, Hanya, Xyuei, Jiaoqiu, Luocha.

—Frightened—

Huohuo, Hook, Bailu, Clara, Robin, Dan Heng—Blade (they’re getting Dan Feng ptsd) Lynx, March, Sushang, qingque, misha, Arlan, Bronya, Gepard, Firefly, Yunli.

—Turned On—

Kafka, Serval, Boothill, Jiaoqiu, Moze, Feixiao, Jing Yuan, Jingliu, Sparkle, Sampo, Trailblazer, Luka, Seele, Natasha, Tingyun, Yukong, Gallagher, Guinaifen, Lingsha.

[bluegekk0]

Who else is part of the Alphabet Mafia in Dirtmouth?

Ooooh I like this one, I'll take this as an opportunity to talk about all the characters in Dirtmouth since it's pride month.

I'll ofc start with the Vyrm family before I get to other characters.

(under a read more cause it's looong)

Vyrm - as I mentioned before, I see him as demi-gay. He wasn't even aware that he was gay until he formed a close bond with Grimm, so I think it makes sense. Plus all those experiences of demi people that who describe their attraction as "suddenly clicking" that I read, match how I see Vyrm realizing he has feelings for Grimm. He definitely one day suddenly thought to himself that Grimm is really really hot and he started noticing things about Grimm's body that made him feel things, blushing whenever Grimm made eye contact with him, and in general just finding his mind wander in quite inappropriate directions. That was what put him on the (slow) journey of self-discovery, since he hasn't actually felt that way about anyone else before, even WL, because as it turns out, he just didn't feel that way towards female beings. And as for gender identity, he's cis and uses he/him pronouns. Born male and has never seen himself as anything else, though he's not that rigid in regards to how he presents.

Grimm - bisexual with a male preference, 100%. He had years to experience casual relationships of all kinds, and he definitely found himself attracted more to male partners. He did have a more serious female love interest years back, though it didn't work out. As for gender identity, he does present as male, use male pronouns and so on, though he has no issue acting in a more feminine way and does so quite often. So it's safe to say that he's not as strict with his identity, he's just Grimm. There's also the fact that biologically he's both male and female, as that's how he created his body. I hesitate to use the term intersex for him, as I know it doesn't fit him and I wouldn't want to potentially add to negative stereotypes. The closest thing would be hermaphrodite as it's used in biology (particularly in regard to animals), but I also don't want to use that term because of its negative connotations when used to describe a person, even if it matches what he has going on better. So, in short. He's both, and he chooses to present as male. His pronouns are he/him but he'd have no issue being referred to as she or they, he just doesn't use them himself.

Lewk, the twins - they're too young to even begin comprehending identity and attraction, and consequently I haven't thought about it either. What I can say is that being raised in a household where gender norms practically don't exist would help them be more comfortable with whatever identity they eventually feel fits them best. And as a little side note, I think it would be really cute if Lewk, who was raised very sheltered, didn't realize for the longest time that having two dads wasn't a universal experience. Not that he'd react negatively to opposite-sex relationships, I think he'd just be a bit confused. As for pronouns, they use those associated with their birth sex, so he/him for Lewk and Milo, and she/her for Asta.

Hornet - I definitely see her as a lesbian. A lesbian with no game, so no one even knows since she's not very open about it either (though Grimm can definitely tell hahaha). I definitely think she notices female bugs far more often, but she has no idea how to approach them and maybe even rejects the feeling. Not because she's against having a girlfriend, she just struggles with accepting close relationships in the first place out of fear that she'll lose them. And for gender identity, she is female, though very gender non conforming. She dresses and behaves in a way that makes it ambiguous, but she feels comfortable referring to herself as female. The only term she's uncomfortable with is "princess", but that has more to do with what such title entails rather than it being feminine. She uses she/her pronouns.

Holly - they're aroace to me, they show no interest in relationships despite becoming more open about their emotions. If someone flirted with them, they wouldn't know how to respond, and I think they find the idea of intimacy as something nice, but not for them. They're much more interested in their hobbies and the familiar bond with the rest of the household. As for gender identity, they use they/them pronouns, non-binary or agender would probably be the closest matches. Biologically they're neither, their body is made of void, and void has no distinction between male or female. In regards to how they present, they tend to copy the looks and mannerisms of those around them, so it varies significantly.

Zote - in regards to attraction it's a bit complicated. I feel like he'd talk about female bugs that way because of that whole "a knight and a maiden" idea, so you'd assume he's straight, but I could totally see him slipping up and calling a male bug handsome and showering them with compliments about their appearance. In reality I think he might be a very confused asexual, though a closeted bisexual could also be a possibility. For now I keep him as unlabeled. As for his pronouns, he uses he/him only, and gets quite upset at being called anything else.

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Ok, now for the side/minor characters.

Brumm - he's gay, he had a male partner and adopted children in the past, and since then he hasn't shown interest in females. He also presents as masculine, and uses he/him pronouns.

Divine - lesbian (which means that the whole Leg Eater scenario didn't happen in the AU, lucky for him), she has a very strong lesbian wine aunt vibe to me. I can see her using she/they pronouns, even if they present as very feminine.

Ogrim - he's straight, he had a brief relationship with Isma back in the day, and hasn't shown interest in any male bugs since then. He presents as masculine and uses he/him pronouns.

Elderbug - straight. I will say, I don't think the dead friend he mentions was a potential love interest, but I do think he's straight. He uses he/him pronouns.

Cornifer and Iselda - they're partners which suggest that they're straight, but I could see one of them (or maybe both?) being bisexual. She/her pronouns for Iselda and he/him fir Cornifer.

Bretta - bisexual, leaning towards women. She was enamored with Zote for a bit before seeing through his lies, and now has a crush on Hornet. As for pronouns, I quite like the idea of her writing under a fictional, male pseudonym, and if that's the case then she would be fine being referred to as either she, he or they.

Jiji - unlabeled, they might be ace or just not interested in having a relationship right now, and that layer of uncertainty matches her. overall mysterious vibe. Uses she/they pronouns.

Jinn - similarly to Jinn, its preferences are unknown. She uses she/her, they/them and it/its pronouns interchangeably.

Mato - he doesn't live in Dirtmouth but I'll mention him here anyway. I think he's bisexual, though he tends to be a bit secretive so it's not very obvious. He/him pronouns, presents as very masculine.

Quirrel - similarly to Mato, he doesn't live here, but he frequently visits the town to give lessons to the children. He's possibly straight or bi, I haven't decided. And he uses he/him pronouns.

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And while I'm at it, I'll mention other more important characters here, who don't live in Dirtmouth.

The White Lady - bisexual, I feel like she's the type to not really notice gender in regards to attraction. Perhaps pansexual would be more fitting, but I think the two terms can be used interchangeably and I don't want to get into semantics, so I'll stick to bisexual as the umbrella term. In regards to presentation, the Lady part of the title definitely didn't come from nowhere, so they present as overall feminine, though I do quite like the idea of her using both she/her and they/them pronouns. I could see them referring to themselves as "we" whenever she speaks, and I do want to start using they/them pronouns more often when talking about WL, since I think it matches the character.

Lurien - unlabeled, very likely gay, but he chose to not have a partner so it's a very private matter for him. He wears robes and a mask that completely cover his entire body so his identity is quite ambiguous on the surface, and I like the idea of his voice being just as difficult to describe. That said, he does use he/him pronouns, so that's one of the only clues.

Lemm - possibly an old bitter gay man, or perhaps he's straight. I don't think he ever had a partner so it's difficult to say, and he definitely doesn't talk about it. He/him pronouns.

Tiso - he's straight, I thought it would be pretty funny if he had a bit of a crush on Hornet (completely unaware she wouldn't return the feelings even if she didn't hate him), but because he's awful at expressing it, he just ends up acting like a jerk to get her attention. He/him pronouns, nothing to mention here.

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There are many more characters in the AU that I haven't mentioned, but they're so minor I haven't even thought about them that much. So these are the ones that I treat as more prominent. As you can see, most of them are queer in one way or another. Seems like the infection turned the bugs gay. Many such cases.

[astolfofo]

coming back here again to be annoying sorry- but have you been enjoying hsr? any brain rot thoughts so far? :>

ur not annoying in the slightest! ty for sending in these asks. I've been enjoying Hsr a lot. I'm kinda busy as of right now, so I haven't been playing too much, and I haven't gotten too far in the story. But. I will be playing and writing more in July. So... we'll see until then

also I'm so sorry for just like. answering these like more than half a day apart, I wrote this at 3am and forgot to post it. So I apologize for any spelling errors or if it's like. Uncomprehendable.

As for brainrot ideas...

Okay so the first one I had was about Isekai!engineer reader. Honestly, sort of more like an oc at this point, but it's kinda more of my own self-insert more than anything so... hehe. Basically my idea for this is that like, any good old classic isekai. You're living your life, as an engineering major, until you get pulled into the HSR world. No reason why, but now you're just here. Depending on where you land, it's either gonna get bloody and brutal for you, or it's gonna be a cakewalk, so you have to be careful.

You're given a weapon (gun) for basic self defense, and you know the basic skills, but to survive, but... it's not like these skills will be of much use against an entire world with an envoirment the real world can only dream of.

But it's okay. You're an engineer. You've been through tough times, you know how to survive. You're not one of those wimpy kids who took computer science, or computer engineering. You've been out in the wild for various projects, you've survived long periods of harsh times. You're confident in your practical survival abilities. You have to be. Plus, it's not like you can hesitate, cause you might die at any given point. You're not from this world, and you know people are hostile here.

And because I'm a helpless simp for Kafka (this entire au was literally made while i was thinking about kafka hhhhnnng), no matter where you land initally, given that you survive, you're gonna run into Kafka, and she's gonna take you. Because you're interesting to her, you're an exception to the world. You don't have any future, nor a destiny, you were guaranteed to die.

But not anymore. Kafka's going to keep you no matter what. No one else will be able to have you. She'll have you alive, even if it's the last thing she does.

And you can't escape Kafka. You can't escape the world until you die. Everyone is after you. For less than pleasant means too.

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Okay also... I've just been having chronic brainrot over Dan Heng.

Like just... Him. Him as a very self aware, yet painfully unaware yandere is just... incomprehendable screaming noises. Like he's introverted, has attachment issues, and is just hella repressed. He'd know these emotions... feelings aren't normal, but he can't help himself as he just falls into insanity. Maybe you showed kindness to him, maybe you looked at him a bit more than usual, or even talked to him. Well, whatever it is, he can't help but long for more of it. It's been too long since he had a will for something. It's wrong. It's so wrong. He's aware enough to know that. But you make him feel complete. And he can't help it. He can play this war of mind and heart all he wants, but in the end he'll always succumb to his emotions.

And he'll win you over no matter what. It's the only thing he can do.

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Oh a few others just include like... mean girl Seele/Bronya (Heather's style au. no I will not elaborate. please ask me to elaborate)

Yandere trailblazer too...

Oh Oh and Asta x Subordinate reader (I love asta)