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THE ORIGINAL SIN 🐙 PORTGAS D ACE X STEPSIS! READER ＫINKTOBER DAY 3: STEPCEST

🐙requested by: @votaeto :sashii thank you for the opportunity! I’m so excited for this year’s kinktober xD since it’s on the list 🤭 can I request Ace + day 3 with Fem Reader pleasee? 🫶🏻💗 thank youuu ⚠️ tw: mdni. explicit content. ⚠️ stepcest ⚠️. they do not share blood tights, however it is intended to be "dark" and twisted. they use "brother" and "sister". masturbation. vag. explicit, twisted thoughts. You've been warned. 🐙wc: 960 // kinktober 24 masterlist // join the taglist

“You understand this is not ok, Ace?” “I don’t care, I need you… I’m desperate, (Name)”

In fact, Ace isn’t lying; he is truly desperate. Watching you come out of the jacuzzi, with that tiny bikini, made him severely needy. Watching your breasts bounce beautifully as the wind hit your wet body, made him even more thirsty.

Once; just once. That happened months ago… both drunk, after that party you shouldn’t have gone. Something that shouldn’t have happened, happened. Alcohol finally erased every limit, and the step siblings condition became non important. Since that very night, Ace hasn’t been able to stop lusting for you… and neither do you.

His hands surround your waist, both skins wet and warm getting colder with the breeze of a mountain night. Ace pulls you closer; it’s late, very late.

“Our parents will hear us, Ace” you whisper, looking at the cabin a few meters from where you are. However, your body can’t -and wont- walk away from his.

“They won’t, they are passed out sleeping…” he insists, of course he is not remotely sure, but nothing could beat the desire of touching, of devouring your whole being. Insides burn like a wildfire, like made of flames, when his lips crash against yours.

Ace kisses you with that type of kiss that leaves you both breathless, the type that forces him to moan and pant during it.

You can feel the bulge on his black swim shorts, the flames around the lower hem can only describe exactly how his crotch feels right now.

Craving more, he humps softly against your bikini bottom, like a dog even. “Come on…” he murmurs, in between panting and accelerated breathing.

You, who have lost all composure, and have surrendered to carnal instincts, follow your step brother like a moth to the fire…

You both run to a tiny, little cabin where the gardening and pool maintenance stuff is stored; an old mattress that is rarely used, only when someone else comes to your family vacation house, will be useful for the night. Two lovers, indulging in a sin that’s considered… unnatural, sick and even to some, twisted.

The moment Ace closes the door with a violent slam, he immediately attacks your breasts. Before he could even take off the wet triangles of fabric that were covering them, he enjoys how hard and protruding your nipples look underneath your bikini.

Index and middle finger placed on top of one of them, begin tracing circles that make you gasp. He knows, exactly, how you like it or maybe, he is just an expert…

Ace’s freckled cheeks turn red when you return the pleasuring favour, and as he keeps playing with your nipples, your hand slides down his bulge. A soft caress that goes up and down, sometimes rest on top of the hardest part of it… his tip, unequivocally, of course.

“Ngh…” he moans; Ace is definitely more than sensitive. A mere touch may be enough to make him cum.

“You like it… brother? Mhh?” you purr, with your lips sloppily touching his ear. The black wavy locks tickles your nose, and the scent of his skin sends you to heaven.

Ace’s hips swing the more you play with his sex, and tempted by such motion, your hand finally slides in between the wet shorts and his nudity. You grab his sex, right in between your fingers, and even though you were ready to start pumping, it is Ace who start fucking your hand… oh naughty, desperate boy ~

He is probably not aware, but he keeps going, feeling hugged by the warmth of your palm. And as he does, he finally moves your bikini top aside, exposing you completely to him… to his lips and tongue. Sucking and biting, with a hand that squeezes, and the other sliding down to untie the knot that holds your bikini bottom up, he slowly but surely makes you weaker and weaker.

“A-Ace…” you whine, once again, closer to his ear. It makes him go crazy, perhaps as much as your lips around his dick may.

“Yes… sister?” he indulges in such term, even though you don’t share blood tights, both were raised as if you did… and perhaps, it exactly is, what makes it even hotter for him, for you… how perverted, how dirty and forbidden this all is. You shiver.

Sister, yes, I am. And still, I want you to fuck me. I want you to use my body. I want you to touch, to lick, to taste, to even impregnate me.

“Fuck me, brother…” you plead. “Yes, my sweet sister” he insists, pushing you against the bare mattress.

Ace quickly takes his shorts off; fortunately, there is nothing but drops of the jacuzzi water on his chest. Abs that spasm, so well trained, with a sun kissed skin.

He kneels in between your legs, slapping them softly to the sides to spread them. Your muscles, trembling, sloppily fall to each side. A soft breeze cools your sex, wet because of your bikini bottoms but mostly from your fluids.

Your freckled step brother gloats at the image of your femininity blooming like a flower, deliciously dripping the sweet honeys of arousal.

He could have fingered you; he could have eaten you up… but he couldn’t resist as his twitching, precum drizzling dick, ached to be buried inside the warmth of your folds.

A flame burning hotter than the fire itself, calling him to get burnt in a much more twisted version of the original sin…

The first ram, and your arched back. The next one, and your toes curled. A third one, and your nails carved in the flesh of his back…

ㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤ “This is so wrong, brother…” ㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤ “But we like it so much, sister…”

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[dryonsenpai]

If u do headcanons can I please ask for headcanons for the kings + Zagan and Belial (or only the kings if is easier) going to the pool with the mc?

If you don't take headcanons I understand. Thank you. <3

First time someone's ever asked me for headcannons hahaha. Thank you, I'll do my best 😊

Headcannons for the kings, Zagan and Belial on the pool with MC (you)

Warning: NSFW, like, almost too NSFW for a headcannon/gender neutral MC

Satan

Pools in Gehenna aren't a big thing due to the country's poverty, but that doesn't mean that you won't have a good time with Satan

You know how pale this guy is? You're gonna enjoy applying sunscreen on him, feeling even the slightest details on his muscled body

He's gonna do the same thing to you later on, even though he doesn't really need the excuse of the sunscreen to touch you

Inside the water, his white wet hair shines under the sun, you just can't help but touch it and caress it as if it was a treasure

Then Satan would hug you tight and start touching you on an even more lewd way

Now is the time when you can leave scars and marks all over Satan's body, so he follows your orders and let you do whatever you want to him

There's only one issue, water doesn't let him spank you properly. Problem solved! He's strong enough to lift you up and keep spanking you

Mammon

Pools in Tartaros are just like palaces, full of gold and oriental decorations. If you sunburn easily, Mammon would demand to build a special indoor pool just for you

No matter if you're indoors or outdoors, Mammon wants to protect his master at all costs. That's why he would demand servants (even the nobles if you want to) to apply sunscreen to you

If you want the very own king to do it, he'll gladly oblige. He'll be very careful to not hurt you with his strong, beautiful and veiny hands

Then, he would just grab you with one arm without difficulty to the pool and get you inside

He won't swim, he would just cuddle with you while touching your butt. But if you do want to swim for a bit, he would be happily looking at you (and your butt) waiting for your return to his arms

Even if he's a golden (no pun intended) retriever, he still wants to do... Things to you, the swimsuit perfectly captures your curves and body shape (again, butt)

And so does his. Sir, where are you going with that? That should be illegal. Still you want to touch it, so both of you succumb to your desires

Mammon's huge cock normally would have a hard time (again no pun intended) fitting inside you, but water made the job much easier

Drying up time! You're tired after the passionate time on the pool, he wouldn't let you move an inch so that you can rest, he is the one drying you up and then probably let you to sleep

Leviathan

"Pool? Are you a child or what?... Ok, but ONLY I will be with you". No matter if you try to say that you want to be alone, he just won't let you, he wants to be with you but won't say it

The only pool you're going to on his watch is a pool inside the Hades palace. Servants are there watching and doing maintenance, Levi just kicks them out cuz only him can see you in a swimsuit

Have you seen Diabolik lovers? The scene where Ayato throws Yui on the pool?... Yup, that's Levi

Water is perfect for his breath control fetish. You don't even have time to reach out to the surface before he gets your head back under the water, seeing you grasp for air turns him on

He wasn't thinking on getting into the water on the first place, but that sight of you? He doesn't have a swimsuit so he just got naked and got in with you

Now Levi makes you give him a blowjob under the water. The water is so crystal clear that he can perfectly see you. Then you would proceed to have sex until both of you are tired

Beelzebub

He would take you to a club at night time. You can either get in with swimsuit or naked. Most likely naked, Beelzebub would just tear the swimsuit out of you so that he enjoys aaall your views

The water of the pool cannot get rid of your body odor. Beel then starts to smell you, your neck, your armpits... And his favourite, your private parts

He can't do what he wants to do under water, so he sits you on the border of the pool and gets your legs open. Surprise! You're not exactly sitting on the floor, you're sitting on the lap of a copy of Beel

Beelzebub 1 burries his face on your private parts, then starts licking it. Beel 2 takes care of your nipples by pinching and pulling at them

People in the club are watching, their king having sex with the new fella? Turns all of them on, if you let Beel know that makes you uncomfortable then he would take you to a private pool, which is better cuz now you're only his

This guy is literally a sex machine, you have sex on almost every position in the Kamasutra and outside of it

When he dries you up, he's still touching you on your "pleasure areas". What? You thought he'd be done? He's Beelzebub!

Unluckily, the water finally removed your natural odor from you, but now there's an almost even better smell... Sex smell

How can you stop Beelzebub? Good luck

Lucifer

Before going, he's going to give you a safety lecture. He doesn't know your name but he does care about you

He won't take you to a pool. Instead, he would take you to a river/lake in Paradise lost full of beautiful flowers and animals, comparable to the very same Eden. Don't worry, nobody really goes there

If there happens to be any dangerous animals in there, he would command them to go somewhere else until you leave the place

He doesn't like that either of you wear swimsuits. After all, he wants to be with you just as God brought both of you to the world

Bro burns fast af so you offer to apply sunscreen on him. At first he declines, but then he accepts on one condition: don't touch his scar or wings

Congratulations! Your touch turned him on, but he can hide it for now... FOR NOW

Lucifer's a doctor, so he would be anatomically studying your perfect body while applying you sunscreen. He can still hide that he's hot

Water time! When you submerged your head and then came out, he can't control himself anymore. Those water drops on your face look like the tears he loves

If you happen to have long black hair & light color eyes, you'll inevitably remind him of Michael. Does that stop him? Oh Hell no!

Remember his bite? You ain't escaping that, it hurt for a little but then it felt like incredible pleasure that let down real tears. Water would carry your blood away, which also happens to turn Lucifer on

Let's remember that the slightest penetration of an angel causes an orgasm, imagine what would happen to you being on Lucifer's hands

Zagan

The thought of both of you being together makes Zagan happy, but he's really shy to ask you out. So he tells you to go together to the pool because it's summer and it's really hot, you obviously accept

When he sees you in a swimsuit he can't help but blush, you're the most beautiful creature he's ever seen

You suggest playing volley, you had to explain to him what that is cuz they don't call it that way in Hell

You soon find out that he's an excellent player, but he's letting you win cuz he wants you to be happy

After a while, you're both sweaty. You notice he's blushing, but it's not because of the heat, remember he has kinesophilia

Still you decide to go to the pool to cool down. When you swim, it triggers back his kinesophilia

Zagan wants it, but he's not going to ask you. You notice and tell him that you want it too

When you're done & it's time to get out, he'll carry you on his arms because he can't let you slip and get hurt

Belial

Pool day? Okay! But Jjyuu stays at home playing videogames and watching anime, a habit he took from Belial

You suggest playing music on your phone, but he declines because he wants to listen to you singing, if you can't sing or you're too shy then humming is okay too

He lays down on your lap & listens to your beautiful voice, you know he's staring at you with shiny eyes even if you can't see them

"I love your voice", he writes with his finger on your tummy. You may sound like a donkey with diarrhea, he's still gonna love your voice and truly mean it

When you get in the water & keep singing, you remind him of a mermaid

Suddenly, those words on your tummy get marked red (like in his h-scene), it turns you on and you just can't control your heat. Don't worry, he can't control it either

When you're done, he's gonna ask you to sing for him again

[vuele]

since i was sick for the past week(ish) i didn't get to set up my journal and my house is a mess so i can't find the one pencil i own (because i was once on a quest to find the Ideal Pencil, and since i bought it ~8 years ago i never wanted another), i want to put my intentions for the new year here!

- watch more non-hollywood movies: as a teen, i was so into foreign & independent movies! i was always watching something new and buying dvds at discount outlets, and i miss that!

- finish my current art projects: or, at least!!! the embroidery project i've been working on for two years. and i want to improve my skills so i can make cooler things to decorate my house with!

- go on walks & dance more: because these are the only physical activities i like besides swimming (which! i really want to do but i would have to go to the public pool & ... covid 💀)

- write regularly: reading my diaries from high school made me so nostalgic! i know there's other ways to preserve memories nowadays but i feel like writing something about how i'm feeling/what's going on is important.

- try new recipes: i actually like cooking i think (cleaning up after might be what i despise so much that it clouds the whole process), and many many years ago i tried this elixir soup from windwaker recipe that turned out to be one of my favorite soups ever. i want to find more things like that! also, lately eating feels like this huge chore because my nose has been permanently congested so nothing tastes right and i want it to feel exciting again! i want cooking to feel like magic!

- listen to more diverse music genres: i like to think i listen to lots of different kinds of music, but it's honestly like just p4k/npr-core... so i want to try getting into genres i've never been a fan of (jazz, r&b) and also! to delve deeper into genres that i only listen to at family parties.

- actually follow a daily routine: because i need it so bad!!! and my sleeping schedule is a mess!!! and i never have energy and lose momentum the moment i wake up!! honestly if i can have a good morning/night routine idc about whatever the rest of the day is

- take proper care of my houseplants: they're alive because they're almost all some variation of succulent/low maintenance plant that is ok when i forget to water them for [redacted] days. but i have SO many pots from the past plants that died and i'm sorry!! and i love having plants because they make me feel cheerful!!! so!!

- keep my house tidy: i so desperately want to view cleaning as an act of self-care, rather than the most taxing, painful, annoying, ceaseless, futile, fruitless thing ever!!! and i don't know how to do this yet, but i do know having everything look tidy makes me feel less stressed so at some point i want to do something

[abookishdreamer]

Character Intro: Anaideia (Kingdom of Ichor)

Nicknames- Ana by her parents, family, & the others

The Detention Queen by Aggie

Dee by her close friends

Sparky by her boyfriend

Age- 13 (immortal)

Location- Hearthwood neighborhood, New Olympus

Personality- She's a young girl with too much anger trapped inside her small frame. She's antisocial towards most strangers, disrespectful towards figures of authority, an unmoving grudge holder, & unapologetically blunt- always telling it how it should be. Very few people have met the scared vulnerable sensitive little girl hiding behind the rage. She's currently dating.

She has the standard abilities of a goddess except shapeshifting. As the goddess of ruthlessness, shamelessness, & unforgiveness her other powers/abilities include limited pyrokinesis, limited odikinesis, arguement inducement, & being able to temporarily make a person have no compassion or pity.

Anaideia would say that her and her family (her parents Homadus & Proioxis and little brother Olethrus) are "wandering nomads that are broke AF." She doesn't know the full story, but she knows enough to say that her father was acting like a dumbass with money which led to their eviction out of their large apartment in the Little Sparta neighborhood, with both her parents' accounts being nearly wiped out.

Several months of hopping from shitty motel to shitty motel, her & her family's current address is the Havencrest RV/Motorhome Park on the outskirts of the Hearthwood neighborhood in New Olympus with the Prytaneia Interstate just two miles away. Anaideia's dad Homadus (god of the battle-din) used up whatever savings was left over to buy a used RV from the Mercury car dealership. Her and her mom Proioxis (goddess of attack, onrush, & battlefield pursuit) cleaned it up and put on fresh coats of paint. When it was all said and done, for a brief moment, she thought that things might be ok- not better, but ok.

In the RV there's a stove, a sink, three overhead cabinets, a little refrigerator, a bathroom with a shower in it, a booth dinette that converts to an extra sleeping space (where her parents sleep), & a bunkhouse (where Anaideia and her little brother sleeps). They drove all throughout the city (a few states too) before finding a semi permanent space at Havencrest. It's definitely one of the nicer motorhome parks they've been to. It's over a few hundred acres where there's a giant wooden carved statue of a chaste tree (one symbol of the hearth goddess) at the entrance. Other amenities & luxuries there include free Wi-Fi, a coin operated bathhouse, a swimming pool, a library, a playground for the children, laundry facilities, and ice cream & potluck socials.

When there's school, she'll rush in showering at her own RV for five minutes (to preserve the hot water). On the weekends, she'll enjoy the shower at the bathhouse. One obol is for five minutes, so Anaideia will put in 6, to enjoy a full hot relaxing thirty minute shower!

Anaideia is more or less fine with this motorhome park. Sure, most of the people there are annoyingly nice and friendly- always wanting to say hi, but it's manageable, even if the biweekly rent & maintenance fees are a little pricy or the unspoken heirarchy that exists within the park. Situated towards the front are the more "high class" and luxury RV campers, including the most extravagant one she's ever seen! Anaideia remembered calling it "the mansion on wheels." Sneaking a glimpse inside whene other neighbors were greeting the owners, her ichor was boiling in her veins! The mansion on wheels had two walk-in closets, natural stone heated flooring, a washer & dryer, a king sized bed, a large kitchen with a dishwasher, leather sofas, three flat screen TV sets, two motorized dining tables, a residential-sized fridge, and a freaking fireplace! Later on she looked up the RV model on her phone & found out that it cost 3 million drachmas! It was no surprise to Anaideia when she found out that the owners were an uppity mountainous satyr couple who wanted to "rough it out on the land for a few months." A few nights later, she stole a few propane and gas tanks from their collection.

She knows the menus of all the fast food restaurants in the city by heart.

Anaideia once slashed the tires on her literature teacher's car after he refused to give her an extension on finishing an essay assignment.

Her favorite go-to drink are the root beer floats from The Frozen Spoon, having been a recent convert after her current boyfriend convinced her to try it out during one of their dates. Even though she's not legally allowed to drink alcohol, she also likes beer, tequila, spiked lemonade, watermelon vodka jello shots, New Olympus Iced Teas, & frozen strawberry margaritas. Other go-to drinks include black cherry cola and large iced dark chocolate mochas from The Roasted Bean.

Anaideia's been recently diagnosed with anxiety, after passing out from a panic attack during a test at school. She usually feels anxiety creeping in when she sees & hears her parents arguing, dealing with her baby brother's temper tantrums, or experiencing feelings of inadequacy with her boyfriend & close friends. She started to go to therapy seeing Pathos (god of emotion), but stopped.

One of her beloved possessions is her smartphone. It's an older model from iCHOR Tech, the screen cracked one too many times. Through every tumble, fall, & intentional throw, it stood strong. When she saves up enough money, she wants to upgrade to the latest model.

She wants to one day tame & bond with a wild dragon!

Anaideia dislikes the heirarchy within the pantheon, feeling as though certain minor deities (namely her parents & aunts) haven't been given their respect and dues! She, however, is skeptical about how successful the MGM movement will be in actuality.

She hopes to be mentored by Eris herself when the time comes!

Her permanent record is quite the sight! From petty theft, truancy (has skipped school many times), and the most current charge of assault. Anaideia's most recent charge came about after she got into a fight with another student from school, a nephelai (cloud nymph) that insulted one of her good friends that was a lampade (Underworld nymph). The fight ended with Anaideia givng the girl two black eyes, a broken nose, a busted bloody lip, two knocked out front teeth, and a concussion so bad that an ambulance was called for her to go to the hospital.

Later that day, she wasn't surprised when two officers from the NOPD (New Olympus Police Department) were standing in front of her family's RV. Anaideia was swiftly arrested and learned that the girl's parents were pressing assault charges against her. Her aunt Palioxis (goddess of backrush & retreat) posted her bail & the family is now awaiting the upcoming court date to await her punishment- time at a juvenile detention center, a suspended sentence, or community service.

Sometimes Anaideia wishes that she was the perfect daughter for her parents- sweet, nice, & uncomplicated. Her dad's been a bit cold towards her since the arrest, so she's been relying on her mom more and more. Anaideia keeps a few copies of fitness magazines that her mom used to model for. Bonding time is them walking to the Fit 2 Be A God gym in downtown New Olympus for a workout. Afterwards they'll stop at a Bread Box for some BLT sandwiches (with sriracha mayo instead of regular mayo) before taking the public bus back home. Even though she didn't like it, Anaideia respected her mother's reaction towards the assault charge- yelling & screaming at her on the brink of tears before she whispered "I'm sorry" to her mom.

She loves her baby brother Olethrus (god of havoc) that everyone calls Olly for short. Anaideia knows just how to calm him down after he has a temper tantrum (the most recent one being when he accidentally disintegrated his favorite stuffed chimera). She'll often be the one to look after him afterschool while her parents are at work. Olly's a huge fan of her stovetop grilled cheese sandwiches & crock pot moussaka mac n' cheese!

Anaideia's currently on break from school (the fight happening a few days before the end of the current school year). At school, she's more there for socializing than being an actual scholar. Her favorite class is gym (was totally into the dodgeball game they did) & she tolerates math. Her math teacher, a Centaur named Mr. Galanis (Anaideia calls him G plus) said that she's filled with untapped potential. She's often sent to detention during lunch for backtalking to one of the teachers or cutting class. Anaideia respects the person overseeing the detention, a female Harpy school security guard named Ms. Hatzidakis- with them often swapping sandwiches.

She doesn't really socialize with the other godly kids in her school like Achelois (goddess of the moon & comfort), Philia (goddess of friendship), E.B, Krysothemis (Kristy), and Pandia (goddess of the full moon).

Anaideia thinks that Thespios (god of acting) is a little too full of himself and the "Drool Crew"- Pompe (goddess of rites), Epidotes (god of purity), and Telete (goddess of prayers) are less exciting than watching paint dry.

Anaideia will sometimes talk to Dysis (goddess of the sunset), Thrasos (god of boldness, insolence, recklessness, & courage) and Deucalion.

The student she dislikes the most is Calocagathia (Aggie) (goddess of nobility & goodness). She hates the jeweled headbands Aggie wears over her long dark blonde hair, she hates her sweet smile, hates how all the tachers adore her, hates how prim & proper she is, and hates how even she was able to bond with a wild dragon, procuring it as a pet!

Anaideia's friend group at school includes Jett (a lampade), a Harpy named Anemone, mortal girls named Giota, Deianira, & Elodie, and a female cyclops named Bellatrix (called Trixie for short; they're also co-workers at Olympic Chef).

Any time Anaideia complains out loud about her living & financial situations, Jett is the first to remind her that things could be a lot worse. She's living in a two bedroom apartment in the Shadowstone neighborhood with eight relatives!

Her all time favorite frozen treat is chocolate peanut butter cup ice cream!

One time she & Anemone shot at stymphalian birds with BB's.

Not by choice, things have been distant with Anaideia and her other family members like her other aunt Ioke (goddess of pursuit, tumult, & battle rout), her cousin Alala (goddess of the war cry) and her maternal grandmother Hysminai (goddess of fighting & combat). She has been seeing them a lot more often now.

Her father refuses to "neuter himself" by asking for loans/handouts. When they first lost the apartment, the family was originally gonna move into Ioke's cabin house for a while before Homadus changed his mind at the last minute- instead renting a motel room in full for a week. Secretly Anaideia's been grateful for her cousin's help. A lot of the clothes she has are Alala's hand-me-downs and she'll sometimes get treated with a shopping trip at the mall when Alala comes to visit. They sometimes keep in touch through texting & for Christmas last year, Anaideia got a gorgeous onyx hair comb pin covered in rubies as a gift from her aunt Ioke. In the end, her dad made her sell the comb on oBay, which sold for 3,000 drachmas. There's another gift that Anaideia's dad doesn't know about-a ruby ring with a simple woven gold band with diamonds that she sometimes wears on her pointer finger. It was another gift from Alala.

For dinners, her & her family resort to ordering in. Anaideia sometimes brings food from work like the 10 drachma family value meal- two olympian sized fries, two olympian sized drinks, and a box of 20 chicken nuggets. They'll also order a large sicilian pizza topped with black olives, spinach, roasted red peppers, & feta cheese, pork gyros, and lemon rice. Anaideia looks forward to when her mom cooks her specialties- scallion pancakes & honey walnut shrimp.

Once at an Olmorfia store with Trixie, Anaideia shoplifted a parfum- that was released by one of her favorite deities Eris (goddess of strife & discord) named Dichónoia. The gold apple shaped bottle was too much to resist!

Her favorite dessert is the s'mores pie from Hollyhock's Bakery. The pie itself is too pricey, so she'll settle for a slice for six drachmas.

Anaideia also likes her nana's best friend Amphillogia (goddess of arguments, disputes, & altercations).

Her favorite musical artists to listen to is Discordic Harmony, Blood in the Water, & The Acid Annies! She also doesn't mind a few songs from 24K Static known as Chrysos (god of gold & riches). An instant favorite has been the punk rock band Dissonance Machine- the lead singer being Koros (god of surfeit & disdain). Anaideia would really like to see them perform at their upcoming concert at Bolt Stadium in a few months! She's also been getting into the music of her maternal aunt's band!

Anaideia's currently dating a mortal guy named Stelios. He's two years older than her- at 15 and is currently a high school student at Athenium Academy. He's on his school's football (soccer) team & is even in talks to possibly getting an athletic scholarship to Athenium University. They first met at a party Anemone was throwing at her house while her parents were away. They exchanged numbers and he invited her & a few of her friends to hang out with him & his friends at a bowling alley a week later. Their first kiss was a date at the cinema a few days later and it wasn't long before Stelios invited her over to his house to meet his parents for dinner. Anaideia liked how his house felt like a home. Things became too much when Stelios' parents started asking her questions about her parents, what they presided over, & what they did for work. She made an excuse to use the bathroom then snuck out the window, with Stelios noticing.

A few days afterschool, he confronted her about it with Anaideia saying that he meant nothing to her. Stelios didn't believe her & after some coaxing, she broke down and told him everything, even walking him to the motorhome park. "Even for a goddess, I'm no good," she whispered as tears continued to fall down her face. "To me you're just Ana and that's okay," Stelios whispered back as they kissed. A few weeks later while at his house playing video games, they ended up having sex for the first time. A couple of days after the fight, Stelios gifted Anaideia a promise locket necklace, which she now always wears. He hasn't met her family yet.

In her free time she enjoys taking martial arts lessons (Perses gives her a special discount since he's friends with her father), listening to music, basketball, playing video games, spending time with her boyfriend, & hanging out with her friends.

Her favorite meal is the 10 piece inferno wings with olympian sized cajun fries from Olympic Chef.

"This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it."

[blizzardz]

Hello motherfucker >:) 3, 7, 11, 12 and 19 for Redd/Archie!

I'm doing Archie bc I have done ENOUGH of Redd for these things lol

3. What inspired you to make your OC?

I'm gonna be so totally honest I just felt that. I was missing themes of mystery in my stories and that was weird bc I am in love with mystery. And obvs I first approached Archie's character as "ooohhhh OOOOHHHHHH no one remembers ooohhhhhhhhh weirdcore traumacore bbrrrrr!!!" Which was my cringiest era ever. But now he has a personality and mystery as intended lolz

7. Do they have a motivation for wanting any of the timepieces? How would they find one? What would they do with it?

Depends on when his story and AHiT's overlap. If timepieces happened after his death but before Otto's birth, he'd definitely use them to yknow. Not die. If ghosts can even touch timepieces. But if timepieces happened currently with Otto being 13, Archie's motive would have to maybe be preventing the bunches of stuff that happened to Otto. But it's a very small motive, because he's happy the way things are, even if he's a ghost. He has his bestie Otto yknow. And preventing what happened is really Otto's choice yknow.

11. What are some of your OCs favorite things? (For example, favorite food, drink, type of music, color, things they collect, ect. anything that they are fond of)

Hmmm ok. He has big interests in water and space, though in some timeline water is a weird topic for him. He likes to go exploring by himself and he's always trying to find little hidden hangout spots for himself. He likes collecting rocks, plushies, various little knickknacks. He likes blues, purples, and greens, and his favorite foods are mostly low-maintenance kid foods, like mac n cheese and whatever the bird equivalent of chicken nuggets are.

12. Do they have a very distinctive manner of speech or other way of communicating? (like telepathy, sign language, making small noises, ect.) Do you have an idea of what they might sound like? (For example: an accent, certain common phrases they're likely to say, vocal tics, quirks or habits, ect? Voice claims even!)

OH OK. As a ghost I think he can occasionally have his voice only be heard in someone's head, but he never has any reason to do that, bc the one person he talks to can see n hear him just fine. Archie probably knows some bits of sign language- bc yknow, Otto is mute and frequently uses it. And I might just be projecting here but he occasionally makes little noises when doing anything bc he cannot handle performing any action in complete silence. As for voice claims uhh. It's weird bc obviously he'd be at least a little scottish as a Forbush, but for now let's just say he sounds like Darwin from TAWOG.

19. If your OC was on the Arctic Cruise, what would they likely be found doing? What would they say to Hat Kid/Bow Kid upon interacting with them?

I'm just gonna assume this is in the instance that he's. Alive. He'd definitely be on there just bc Conductor brought him along, so he'd be found by the pool area, just a little astray from where Cond is drinking. I'd imagine bc he's some Little Guy he has different lines depending on when he's interacted with- but he most definitely has a line about the pool and swimming. If there was a task with him for Ship Shape it's probably in the same essence of the grandkids- make sure he stays where he can't get in trouble or in danger, bc he's very hyperactive and he Will Not stay in one place.

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Troubleshooting Common Pool Cleaning Issues: Expert Advice for a Pristine Pool

Pool maintenance is a big job. It requires a lot of time and effort, but it's worth it to have the cleanest pool possible. You might not be able to control what happens in your pool, but you can manage with the help of pool cleaners in Melbourne and respond to problems that arise.

This article will guide you through common issues that cause trouble for many people who own pools—and point out ways to avoid them or fix them if they arise.

Clogged filters

You may have heard the term "filter," but you're not sure what it means or how to clean one. Filters are important components of your pool's filtration system, and they need to be cleaned regularly to ensure that your water is safe and clear.

There are several types of filters available on the market today: sand filters (the most common), DE (diatomaceous earth), and cartridge filters being among them. They all serve the same purpose; to remove dirt particles from swimming pool water; but each type requires different care methods when it comes time for cleaning them out after use throughout the seasons.

Cloudy water

If you've noticed cloudy water and/or algae growth in your pool, it's important to act immediately. Cloudy water is usually caused by an imbalance of chemicals or minerals in the water that has allowed bacteria to grow.

To fix this problem, test the pH level of your pool with a professional pH testing kit. If necessary, use an appropriate acid or alkali treatment for adjusting pH levels.

Fungus or algae growth

If the water in your pool has turned green and cloudy, there are two main culprits: algae and fungus. These organisms can grow quickly in pools, especially if they're not properly maintained or kept clean.

Algae is a type of plant that grows on surfaces like rocks and windowsills and it's actually what makes up most of the world's oxygen supply!

Algae in pools are usually harmless unless it starts to get out of control, at this point, it becomes unsightly and may lead to more serious problems such as skin irritation for swimmers who come into contact with it.

Filters

Filters should be replaced regularly, and pool cleaners Melbourne will let you know when this is necessary by displaying an error code on its display panel (if it has one), or by not moving at all when you try to activate it in the water.

It's also important for your filter to be cleaned and sanitised regularly, especially if there has been algae growth in your pool recently or other contaminants could clog up your filter’s pores over time.

Pool pump

If you're having trouble with your pool pump, there are a few things to check. First, clean the filter and make sure there's no debris in it. This can stop water from flowing through the filter properly and cause problems with your system. Next, check if there's any damage to the impeller.

If it looks OK but still isn't working well enough for your needs, then you might need to replace it entirely--or at least get a new one made by an expert who knows what they're doing so they don't break easily again!

Another thing worth checking is whether or not something is wrong with your pressure switch; this device tells your motor how much pressure there is in its pipes so it knows when they're full enough or empty enough so as not to waste energy unnecessarily while still keeping everything flowing smoothly throughout its entire cycle without getting clogged up by dirt/debris floating around inside them all day long."

Water chemistry

When it comes to pool maintenance, the most important factor is water chemistry. If you don't have the right balance of chemicals in your pool, it can lead to damage and costly repairs. You should test your water regularly and adjust as needed based on what tests show.

The first step towards maintaining proper chemical levels is testing them periodically so that you know where they stand before making any adjustments.

Additives

Additives are chemicals added to water that help it stay clean and healthy. Some of the most common additives include:

Algaecide (for algae control)

pH adjuster (to balance pH levels)

Stain remover (to remove stains on pools)

How often you need to add these products depends on the type of pool you have, how much use it gets, and what kind of water chemistry you're trying to maintain.

For example, if your pool has an automatic chlorine feeder and an automatic floater skimmer that keeps debris from collecting at the bottom of your liner then all you may need is a good shock treatment once every few weeks. If not then consider adding some algaecide every week or so depending on how much algae grows in between treatments.

Scummy surface

Scum is a layer of organic material that collects on pool surfaces. The most common form of scum is algae, but it can also be bacteria or other organic matter. Scum appears most often in pools with poor circulation and filtration systems, which means that you'll see it more often during hot summer months when there's less wind to keep the water moving around your pool.

Scum on your surface can make your pool look dirty and uninviting, but there are some easy ways to remove it from your water:

Use a net or skimmer to scoop out as much scum as possible before further cleaning your surface; this will help prevent wasting time trying to scrub off something that's already gone!

Cleaning chemicals like chlorine (or bromine) will kill off most types of algae growths within 24 hours if left undisturbed overnight - just remember not to add too much because this could cause other issues later down the road...

Conclusion

We hope our tips have helped you get your pool back in shape. If you have any questions or concerns about cleaning your pool, search for experienced pool cleaners in Melbourne or feel free to contact us at We're happy to help!

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ABOVE GROUND POOL WATER TROUBLESHOOTING:  GREEN POOL WATER

We all remember this picture right?  One beautiful blue pool and one very very green pool.  For those of you that are ready for your pool opening and take off your pool cover only to discover you have the pool on the left, there is help!

Green pool water is caused by one culprit - yes, only one - ALGAE.  There are about a thousand types of algae out there, but you can treat the vast majority of them with the same approach.  Basically, you take away their food (phosphates), and you make the environment inhospitable.  There are other things algae need to survive, but taking them away in the summer when you are using your pool is impossible - sunlight being a main culprit.  So, you starve and attack it.

Step one to getting rid of the algae in your pool is to take away the food - the phosphates.  You will want to add some type of product that essentially removes the phosphates.  We recommend Natural Chemistry PhosFree, but if you have a favorite, use it.  The key is to keep your phosphate reading under 500.  At a reading above that (even just 501) algae can begin to thrive.

Tip:  Treating for phosphates will be a proactive process you will want to continue periodically throughout the summer to stay on the offense.

Step two is killing the existing algae.  For this, you will want to utilize an algaecide and shock your pool.  These approaches work very differently when attacking the algae, but both are effective.  Think of the algae as a green bubble floating in your pool - the algaecide is a knife, stabbing through the bubble, and the shock basically pops the bubble.

Once you have killed the algae (via stabbing and popping), you have to get it out of the pool - you will want to filter your pool on high until the algae is gone.  Any algae that is on the bottom of the pool can be vacuumed out.

Make sure you are backwashing frequently to enable your filter to effectively clean the water.  We recommend a filter helper - like Clear Results Sand Filter Aid - this will allow your filter to remove particulates at a very small level, helping it clean the dead algae out at a quicker pace.

Once you have gotten rid of the algae, the best defense is a good offense.  We recommend making your water as inhospitable to algae as possible - on the plus side, the pool water will be very hospitable to you and your family!  You can do this by keeping your phosphate level low and maintaining a stable pH which allows your sanitizer to effectively attack the algae.  We recommend a once / season dosing of Haviland Activator or Activator Plus - this will help your sanitizer keep algae at bay all season long by helping to buffer your Alkalinity and keep your pH stable, which ultimately makes the water more enjoyable for you.

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[callivich]

I really love the idea of Lip having to take Ian and Mickey home after their anniversary party, so I wrote a little something.

This references a previous ficlet where Lip has an inappropriate dream about Mickey, so adults only please!

Thanks to @udontfuckangie for the advice RE: babies in car seats in ambulances! This was originally going to have Tami drive the ambulance with Freddie but yeah, not safe. So, I had to change things - therefore let’s assume the ambulance is fine parked outside the Alibi for a night. Also, the song is “Hot Girl” by Megan Thee Stallion.

Lip gets into the front seat of his and Tami’s car to find Mickey leaning through the gap, half in the front of the car and half in the back, fiddling with the radio. He flicks through the different stations until he finds something he wants to listen to. Lip wants to shove him backwards and tell him to sit the fuck down, but...fuck, it’s their wedding anniversary. So, he’ll allow it.

“All the hot girls make it pop, pop, pop, bad bitches with the bag say ah ya ya”

“Fucking love this song.” Mickey shouts, turning the volume up, the bass vibrating through the car. He scrambles back awkwardly, elbowing Lip in the side, so that he’s sitting in the back seat. Ian laughs like this is the most hilarious thing that he’s ever seen. They both nod their heads in time to the rhythm, singing the chorus loudly.

Lip shakes his head, if there’s one thing he hates about being sober it’s dealing with drunk people, but, he reminds himself it’s their wedding anniversary and, goddamn, do they deserve to be carefree and happy. And they are feeling very carefree and happy right now. And also very drunk. So much so, it was decided that they should leave the ambulance outside the Albi and Lip would drive them home, before coming back to the bar to get Tami and Fred. It’s not that late, and Freddie is sleeping soundly so he leaves Tami to enjoy the party for a bit longer.

The song ends and Lip quickly turns down the volume so his eardrums aren’t destroyed.

“Play it again!” Mickey shouts, again, as if Lip isn’t sitting right in front of him.

“I can’t, it’s the radio.”

“Fuck you.”

He can hear Ian laughing again, like Mickey is the funniest person in the world.

“Put your seatbelts on.” Lip orders, cutting through the laughter.

“Fuck you.” Mickey replies, as Ian puts on his own seatbelt.

“Very creative, you just gonna repeat yourself all night? I’m not driving until you wear a seatbelt.” Lip sighs, as Ian’s words from earlier come back to haunt him - he’s feeling very much like a dad to Ian and Mickey right now.

“M’fine, just drive, bitch.” Mickey grumbles, punching the back of Lip’s seat.

“No.” Lip taps the steering wheel. “Seatbelt.”

“Here, I’ll do it.” Ian reaches across Mickey and pulls the seatbelt, clicking it into place after a few tries. “Gotta keep you safe.” He gently pats Mickey’s chest.

Lip rolls his eyes at the sappy, soft tone of Ian’s voice, he doesn’t know if he’ll ever get over hearing Ian speak like that to Mickey fucking Milkovich, as if he’s the most precious thing in the world. But, he supposes, to Ian he is. Still, it’s weird.

Checking one more time to see they are wearing seatbelts, he starts the car and wishes for no traffic and an easy ride to the West Side.

“You liked the surprise?” Mickey asks Ian.

“Loved it.”

“I got you good.”

“Yeah, you did. Really thought you’d forgotten.”

“But I didn’t!”

“Fucking love you so much.”

“Love you too.”

And then the inevitable making out starts, and the car is filled with the sounds of sloppy kissing, breathy ‘yeah’s, and some verging on pornographic sounding moaning.

“Wanna suck you off.” Mickey whispers, thankfully loud enough for Lip to hear so he can put a stop to that before it happens. He reaches one arm behind and pushes blindly at Mickey’s head.

“No you’re not, Mickey. I’m serious, sit back.” He pulls his arm back, when he hears Mickey huffing and swearing under his breath. He checks the rear view mirror, and Mickey is glaring at him but sitting upright.

“It’s our fucking wedding anniversary.” Mickey punches the back of Lip’s seat again.

“I know, but you aren’t going to suck my brother off in the backseat of my car. That just isn’t going to happen.” Lip takes a deep breath, goddamn, Mickey is a pain in the ass when he’s drunk, and even more so than usual tonight. Probably down to him being so pleased at pulling off the surprise. And Lip gets that - Ian looked completely astonished when he’d walked into the party. Ian is drunker than Lip’s seen him in a long while - he doesn’t usually drink that much because of his meds, but once in awhile, during a special occasion like this, he lets loose. And it’s kinda nice to see? Because Ian is a sweet, sappy and very silly drunk - there’s something endearing about his behaviour. Lip likes seeing him carefree like this. He doesn’t feel the same way about Mickey, but then, he’s never really found Mickey that endearing.

Lip hears a slurred “c’mere” and some giggling and then there is more kissing. Which is fine, but anything more than that and he’s pulling this car over immediately. He really is in dad mode. He doesn’t want to spoil all their fun, he just doesn’t want to be anywhere near their fun while they’re having it.

The drive seems to take forever, all to the soundtrack of two very in love husbands who are making out as if it’s the first time they’ve ever done it. Lip can’t lie to himself, he’s a little jealous. He’d love a night like this with Tami - just the two of them, happy and silly and able to make out like teenagers. But that’s probably not going to happen anytime soon. Especially if she’s pregnant again. That’s a thought for another day though. Right now he needs to concentrate on Ian and Mickey.

He was hoping to just drop them off, but Lip realises, as he pulls into the apartment car park, that isn’t going to work. Because the first thing Ian says as the car comes to a stop is “let’s go swimming!”

“Yeah! Let’s fuck in the pool!” Mickey agrees excitedly, pulling on the car door and failing to open it.

Lip realises he needs to make sure they get to their apartment before they get themselves in trouble. He has visions of them being found floating face down in the pool, so he helps them both out of the car and firmly steers them towards the entrance to the apartment block.

“No swimming. You two are way too fucked up for that.” He ushers them through the open door into a well lit corridor, lined with doors to apartments and other doors to what he guesses are the offices and maintenance for the building.

“You just.....you just don’t wanna see Mickey without a shirt. In case you get all excited...again.” Ian is grinning, his face flushed.

“What?” Mickey barks, suddenly very interested in the handle of a door which he yanks up and down. There’s a sign that reads ‘private’ and it’s obviously locked but Mickey continues to yank at it for some reason Lip can’t fathom.

“He had a sex dream about you.” Ian is attempting to whisper, but it’s loud, oh so loud in the empty hallway. “I’m not supposed to say because it’s a secret.”

“Ian. What the fuck?” Lip sighs, exasperated.

“Ugh, gross.” Mickey gives up on trying to open the locked door, and turns to Lip with a disgusted look on his face. “Don’t fucking dream about me like that.”

“I didn’t do it on purpose. It was a fucking dream.” Lip realises his mistake as soon as the words come out of his mouth.

“It sure was!” Ian is still grinning. “A fucking dream. Where you fucked Mickey!” He bursts into laughter at his own joke, leaning against the wall.

Mickey still has that disgusted look on his face. “As if I would ever let you....” He shakes his head. “Fucking gross. I love Ian. Only wanna get fucked by Ian.”

Christ, Lip thinks, he needs to get them to their apartment, he doesn’t want to hear anymore of this kind of talk.

Mickey has taken Ian’s hands in his own, and Ian’s looking at Mickey like what he just said was very romantic. “Yeah, Lip, you can’t have him. He’s mine. My husband.”

“It was a dream. It doesn’t mean anything. I definitely do not want to have sex with Mickey. Ok? Let’s just get you two to your apartment. Now.” Lip pushes them firmly, and they stumble forward, still holding hands.

“Good. Besides...if I was...if I was single. Sure as fuck wouldn’t want to fuck you.....jabby.”

Lip frowns, “How do you know about that?”

“Oh, me and Tami....we talk. Gotta complain about you Gallaghers.”

“Jesus Christ. You two are friends now?”

“Yeah.” Mickey laughs. “Guess so.”

“Jabby!” Ian shouts gleefully, running slightly behind in the conversation, but with the confidence of someone who knows exactly what ‘jabby’ refers to.

“And you told him? Great.”

“Course I did, it was fucking funny.”

“It’s ok.” Ian pats Lip on the shoulder, trying to be reassuring. “I’m sure you’ll get better with practice.” Mickey lets out what Lip can only describe as a cackle.

“Jesus Christ, that was one time and it was a one off.” They are finally, finally, at the elevators and he practically punches the up button. He’s hasn’t been here before but he remembers Ian saying their apartment was on the second floor, so he trusts that’s right.

“In you go.” He herds them into the elevator and presses the ‘2’ button. And once again, they are on each other, furiously kissing. Lip thinks the elevator is moving much to slowly. He hits the ‘2’ button again. Mercifully, the elevator doors soon open on the second floor. But neither Mickey or Ian has noticed and Lip grabs Ian by the back of his coat and pulls him out, Mickey stumbling after him.

“Hey, hands off.” Mickey grabs for Ian, who Lip is dragging behind him as he purposefully strides down the corridor. He has to get them inside, he can’t take much more of this.

“He’s stealing me, Mickey!” Ian laughs, “Help! Help!” His voice echoes much too loudly around the corridor.

“I’ll...save you!” Mickey manages to spit out between laughs, almost doubling over.

“You can have him back when we get to your place? Ok.” Lip turns and looks over his shoulder. “Just come on Mickey, follow us.”

A door they are passing suddenly swings open, and a very annoyed older lady is standing there, cell phone in hand. “Everything alright? I heard someone say they needed help?”

“No, no. Everything’s fine.” Lip smiles, trying to look respectable. Which is hard because Ian and Mickey are giggling, red-faced and stumbling about. “They....they’ve just had a bit too much to drink and I’m helping them get home.”

“It’s our wedding anniversary!” Ian yells, throwing his arms in the air.

The woman looks distinctly unimpressed. “That’s very nice. But it’s late, you know. You can’t go around shouting for help if you don’t need it. Especially at this time of night!”

“Listen lady, if my husband-”

Lip interrupts before Mickey can finish whatever threat he’s about to make, “They know, and they’re very sorry. And I’m gonna make sure they are quiet right now.” He grabs Ian’s hand and then Mickey’s and uses all his strength to get them to start walking, as the woman shuts her door with one more disapproving glare. “Come on. Home. Now. Please.”

They get to the door of the apartment Lip thought they would never reach. “Keys?”

Ian frowns, as if this question is a difficult math problem on a test he didn’t study for. “Uh.” He slaps one hand to his chest, then the other and then begins to rummage around in his jacket pockets. “Uh. Hmmm....”

Mickey isn’t much help either. “Maybe....here?” He says, grabbing Ian’s crotch, which causes Ian to smile and giggle and get distracted.

“Come on, Ian. Where are the keys?”

“Oh. Yeah. Keys.” He eventually produces a set from his jacket which has far too many pockets for Lip’s liking or for his tolerance at this time in this never ending evening. “Keys!”

“Good. Great.” Lip snatches them, opens the door, and shoves them, gently - it is their anniversary after all, no matter how fucking annoying they are being - through the door, slamming it shut behind him as he follows them in. He lets out a deep breath, it felt like they would never get here.

The apartment is nice, new, modern. The kind of place he never would have imagined them living in. In fact, even though it’s not furnished properly yet, Lip can see it’s a really nice place. And he’s pleased, he wants them, especially Ian, to live somewhere good like this. They deserve it.

They’re standing in the middle of the empty living room, holding one another, swaying slightly. Ian’s hands move down Mickey’s back to rest on his ass. Better get out of here, Lip thinks to himself.

“You guys need to drink some water.” He starts to rummage around the pristine kitchen until he finds two glasses that he recognises from home...or rather, what’s no longer home, not really - the Gallagher house. There’s only two glasses, clearly they haven’t been shopping yet, he fills them both with water.

“Alright, lovebirds, drink up!” Lip holds the glasses out, but neither of them move. They’re just staring at one another, silently, with small smiles on their faces. “Not gonna leave till you have some water.”

They both put one arm out at the same time, because of course they do. Lip hands them their water and waits until they’ve both drunk their whole glasses.

Satisfied that he’s done everything he can, he makes a move to leave. “I’m going. Enjoy the rest of your anniversary.”

Ian is caressing Mickey’s face with one hand, the other barely holding the glass which is dangling at his side. “Thanks, Lip. Love you bro.”

“Love you too, asshole.” He turns to leave, but fuck it....Mickey is his brother-in-law, and even though he’s a real pain in the ass, he makes Ian happy and that’s the most important thing, and also they’re probably too drunk to remember what he’s going to say.... “And you too, Mick.”

“Gross. Stop fucking fantasising about me, Philip.” Mickey grumbles, never taking his eyes of Ian.

Lip laughs, and let’s himself out, shutting the door behind him with a soft click.

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Hi!, how are you?, hope you're well, anyway, can you please do the '' 1 moment that they assist MC when it comes to adjusting to Devildom'' but for the rest of the brothers? (Levi, Stan, Asmo, Belphie) its ok if you dont want too, have a nice day/night <3

I'm well, thank you for asking! I liked this ask so I'm glad someone asked for the other brothers. Excuse the changing format, I was trying to think of the best way to do each story.

Link to the other 3 brothers.

The brothers help out MC in the Devildom:

Leviathan:

MC has always had a healthy fear of the ocean. As one should, it could easily kill you if you're not cautious. Sharks, certain jellyfish, and riptides and whatnot.

So when Levi asked MC to go to the beach with him, they were a little hesitant. But Levi so rarely wants to leave his room so they felt like they had to say yes.

But as soon as they get to the beach, MC feels their fear go past the lengths of healthy

The sand is black???? Which just makes the water look darker and now MC can't see any potential wild life which they're sure is far scarier and/or more threatening than anything the human realm has to offer and-

"MC? Are you okay?" Levi asks gently.

MC briefly wonders if they should tell him the truth or not.

"I... I just... I'm afraid of the ocean," MC confesses.

Levi is little disappointed. This is the only part of "outside" that he likes, he was really looking forward to this. He wants to stay but he doesn't want his best friend to be uncomfortable

"Why are you afraid of it?" Levi asks, wondering if there's something he can do to help.

When MC tells Levi all their reservations, he perks up a little; he can work with that.

Levi takes MC over to the tide pools first, thinking that starting with something small will help

He's right. MC is absolutely delighted by all the little flora and fauna in the tide pools.

Once MC is comfortable with that, he encourages them to get into the big ocean, promising that no sea creatures will harm them while he's there

"But what about riptides? You can't control the ocean."

That's true, he can't control the water... but he can teach them how to swim out of a riptide.

MC feels a lot better just seeing how much effort Levi has put into making them feel comfortable and safe

"Thank you, Levi. You really are a true friend."

Oh boy is he a blushing mess. He just wants MC to have fun tho and he's glad he could help.

Satan:

Satan is in the library one day, just browsing, when he hears a familiar voice mumbling, grumbling, and... crying?

He walks around to the next aisle to find MC sitting on the ground, surrounded by books, and holding their head in their hands.

He frowns. "MC?"

Their head snaps up to meet his gaze. "Oh fuck..." They sniff and wipe their tears away. "Hey Satan."

"What's wrong?" Satan asks as he kneels down next to MC.

MC sighs. "I just... feel really dumb right now..."

"Can I help you somehow?"

"Not unless you can make all these books suddenly read in (MC's native language)."

"Ah, is the demonic script giving you issues?"

"Yes! And I have to write a paper for literature and history and I'm already sucking ass in history, I have to do good on this paper or I'm pretty sure Lucifer will hang me from the ceiling next! But how can I write a good paper if I can't even read the research well?! Like why am I even here? I'm so stupid and useless down here!"

Satan frowns. "You're not stupid or useless. How about I help you with your papers?"

MC looks at him. "... you would do that?"

"Yes. I'll help you find some good books for your research and I'll help you with the demonic script too."

MC sniffles. "I'd really appreciate that."

Satan smiles slightly and helps them. "Of course, we can't have Lucifer punishing you."

MC chuckles. "Yeah..."

...

"Satan!" MC calls out to the demon just before attacking him with a hug.

"Oi! MC! What're you doing?" Satan is a little annoyed but mostly embarrassed by MC's actions.

MC shoves some papers in his face. "Look, look, look!!! I got an 87 on my literature paper and a 92 on my history one!"

Satan smiles at hearing the grades. "Good job, you did very well."

"Well, it's all thanks to you," MC thanks him.

Satan blushes a little. "You put in the work, I just helped."

"Still, I really appreciate it."

"I'm glad I could help."

Asmodeus:

MC is not "high maintenance" by any means

Especially not when you stand them up next to Asmo

But they still care about how they look a little bit

They want to be clean and look clean and well put together

So when they're thrust into the Devildom without a single personal item, it may not be the first thing they're upset about, but they're upset about it

Lucifer orders Mammon to take MC shopping for such personal items but when MC starts asking him about brands and prices, combination to oily skin...

"Fuck this." He pawns them off on Asmo.

Of course Asmo tries to seduce MC first, but as soon as MC says the words "skin care" it's like a switch is flipped

Asmo pulls them into his room and gives them a skin and hair quiz?? Like on paper???? He just has them ready???????

Based on MC's answers, Asmo has all sorts of products to recommend them

He even lets them try some of the products he owns and uses before he takes them shopping for their own products

Asmo goes only a little bit overboard. He loves helping people with body care, but he's not super invested in MC (yet)

This interaction goes a long way in helping MC become comfortable in the Devildom, and though MC won't tell Asmo that, they do thank him for all his help

When they get home, they definitely find Mammon strung up. Lucifer was not happy that he pawned MC off on Asmo

Belphegor:

By the time Belphegor is released from the attic and is even able to help MC, they've already pretty much adapted to life in the Devildom

Belphie pretends not to care, but when he keeps hearing stories from his brothers about all the stuff they've done with MC he can't help but get a little jealous

Belphie keeps trying to find stuff for him and MC to do that they haven't done yet, but he doesn't have much luck...

Then, one night, he catches MC sneaking into bed with him

"MC...?" He asks, sleepily.

MC gasps. "Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you up."

Belphie just pulls them close and snuggles them. "S'okay..."

"... I had a nightmare... but I always sleep better with you so I thought I'd come in here..."

Belphie hums. "I'll make sure you dream sweetly, don't worry."

MC pressed their face into Belphie's neck. "Thank you."

Belphie is incredibly smug about that the next day, but he won't tell anyone who asks about it.

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Fic: Golden Scales and Automail Fins

Summary: Written for the WriYe Mermay challenge. Winry creates an automail fin for merman Ed, and the two get closer over the attachment process. 

Rated: G

Golden Scales and Automail Fins

The one thing that never failed to amuse Winry was the visitors’ reactions to the merfolk. Having been born and raised in Resembool, the merfolk were part and parcel of life by the coast for her and they always had been. There was nothing special or mysterious about them. She had long since known that they were just like humans - well, apart from the scales and tails and the fact they lived in the sea, of course. Other than that, though, they were just a part of everyday town life as much as anyone with legs was. 

Still, anyone arriving on the coast from further inland, where merfolk were still the stuff of myth and fairy tale, was always mesmerised to see them in the bay, and Winry never tired of seeing the gobsmacked faces as they wandered along the seafront, looking at the little floating pontoons where the merfolk set up their trading stalls; their wares on the water opposite the landfolk’s wares on the pavement, human metal and woodwork trading with merman textiles and botany, a friendship based on mutual benefit. 

Resembool had been living in an easy peace with the sea for as long as anyone could remember. The fishing trawlers always came in full of bounty, as long as they avoided the waters where the merfolk made their villages, and the sea had been calm for centuries. 

It ought to have been idyllic, really, but even at the tender age of fifteen, Winry knew that nothing was ever idyllic. She sat down on the edge of the overflow pool, dangling her legs in the water and looking out over the grey sunrise. 

In the distance, in the main trade area of the bay, she could already hear the stalls setting up on the land and the water alike, and the trawlers were out of the horizon. There would always be accidents, and there would always be the less scrupulous people out there, the ones who saw the merfolk as more fish than people, and tried to exploit them accordingly, looking to harvest their fins and scales for profit, sold to the rich of the inland counties as rare, exotic treasures. And of course, the brighter the scales, the rarer the colour… 

“Hey.”

Winry startled out of her moody contemplation as Ed popped his head out of the water next to her. He raised an eyebrow. “You ok?”

Winry nodded. “Yeah. Just thinking.”

“About anything in particular?”

She shook her head. She didn’t really want to admit that she’d been thinking about Ed and about the incident that had led them to meet in the first place. Naturally, she would rather that she and Ed had not met in the circumstances that they had, but she couldn’t help being glad that they’d met at all. Not that she could tell him that. 

“Well, I’m ready whenever you are.” Ed pulled himself up out of the water beside her and swung his tail up onto the tiles. The ripped edge of the missing half of his fin flopped uselessly, dripping water. Winry ran her fingertips over the torn scale, and Ed twitched. 

“Sorry. It’s really sensitive today. I think it’s subconscious because I know what’s coming.”

“Yeah, it’ll be painful when it connects, but on the upside, you’ll have full swimming power in your tail again.”

Ed nodded. “Definitely looking forward to that.”

Winry checked over the automail fin for what felt like the thousandth time that morning whilst Ed dried off his tail. Rockbell Automail had always been renowned for their craftsmanship, and when Pinako had decided to properly develop and patent her waterproofing designs, they had soon gained fame among the merfolk as well, working with the underwater doctors to create prosthetic fins as well as other limbs. 

“Oh.” Ed paused in towelling off his scales, staring bug-eyed at the fin. 

“What? Don’t you like it?”

“No, no, I do. I just wasn’t expecting it to be that colour.”

“How do you mean? It matches the rest of your tail.” Winry held the automail fin against Ed’s tail, and the sun chose that moment to creep up above the horizon completely, making scales and fin both gleam bright gold. 

“Yeah, I know. It’s great. I was expecting it to just be that normal grey polymer colour that it’s been when you’ve been doing the fittings before.”

Winry shrugged. “It’s the least I could do. It doesn’t match exactly, but…”

“Winry, it’s amazing. Thank you.”

Winry busied herself with the fin, hoping that Ed didn’t notice the blush rising in her cheeks. She decided it was time to change the subject.

“I’ve been wondering about your colour, though,” she said. “I’ve lived around merfolk my whole life but I’ve never seen any with your and Al’s colour.” 

Most of the coastal mermaids around Resembool had softer, paler coloured scales and fins, pastel blues and purples and pinks. Brighter colours weren’t unheard of, but they tended to belong to the folk from the deeper waters, further from the shore - seafolk who weren’t as trusting of humans and didn’t participate in the trade with Resembool. 

This bright, rich gold, though… 

“Oh. Yeah. We get it from our dad. He was from beyond the Deep.”

Considering the use of the past tense, Winry felt it prudent not to probe further. When Ed had first come into her and Pinako’s lives, a young merman tentatively looking for assistance after losing half his fin, she’d not pried into the accident that had caused the loss. 

Over time, as she’d been designing his prosthetic, she’d learned the story in parts and then in whole - two hot-headed young merfolk who thought they could do the impossible ending up on the wrong side of a hunting trawler. Winry wondered where the hunter with the other half of Ed’s fin was, and she hoped he’d come to some kind of messy end in one of the violent storms that rocked the deeper seas. 

She knew that if Ed wanted her to know something, then he would tell her in his own time. Winry had all the time in the world, although there was a pang of something she couldn’t quite describe when she remembered that she wouldn’t be seeing him anywhere near as often now that the fin was about to be attached permanently and he would only come back to the automail centre for maintenance. 

“Ok, I’m ready.” Ed tossed the towel he’d been using to dry his tail to one side, obediently plopping his fin into Winry’s lap so that she could check over the damaged edge prior to attaching the automail. She touched the torn scales again, but this time Ed didn’t flinch. Drying off the scales made them less sensitive, and it was essential that the scales were dry for a smooth connection with the new fin, but they couldn’t be out of the water too long or else they would dry out completely and crack. 

“I’m going to start attaching now.” Winry carefully brought the polymer fin into place and lined it up with the torn part, beginning to brush on the waterproof glue that would hold everything together and create a sealant to protect the electric parts inside the fin. Edward let out a sharp breath - the glue wasn’t kind to the damaged nerves in his tail, and she saw him ball up his fists.

“I’m sorry. I know it’s uncomfortable.” 

“It’s ok. Don’t stop. The quicker you do it, the quicker it’s done, right?”

Winry nodded. “Yeah, I think that’s the best way of looking at it.”

The glue set quickly, so it wasn’t long after the fin was set in place that Ed could dip it down into the water again. It would need to sit, unmoving, for a few minutes to test the sealant and make sure that the glue held, but keeping it in the water was more comfortable than having it out on dry land. Winry dabbled her toes beside him, looking out over the edge of the automail centre’s pool and into the open sea that it flowed out into, allowing easy access for the injured merfolk who came into her and Pinako’s care. 

She wished that she knew what to say to fill the silence. She and Ed had never failed for things to talk about before now, both of them fueled by a mutual curiosity to discover the world that the other one lived in. Winry would regale Ed with tales of life on land and the wonders of legs, whilst Ed would weave similar stories of the wonders of fins and the mysteries of the ocean. Now though, he seemed to realise the significance of this moment as much as she did, and wanted to treat it with the sombreness that it deserved, the goodbye that was coming ever closer. 

Ed carefully trailed his fin through the water, moving it this way and that, looking at how the automail worked in sync with the living fin. 

“It’s amazing,” he said. “I mean, I always knew that it would be amazing because it’s you, but I hadn’t realised just how it would feel having a whole fin again. It feels like I could get halfway to the Deep on one sweep with this. Not that I would want to, of course,” he added hastily. “I mean, there’s nothing out there that’s interesting, and Al wouldn’t want to go that far, and I’d miss everyone here, and…”

He trailed off, looking away and pointedly not meeting Winry’s eyes. 

She reached across, closing her hand over his webbed fingers where they gripped the edge of the pool with white knuckles. 

“I’d miss you, too,” she said softly. “You know, you’re always welcome to come back and visit whenever you want. You don’t have to come just for maintenance on the fin.”

Ed finally looked at her, and she saw the small smile playing over the corners of his mouth. 

“Yeah,” he said eventually. “Yeah, I’d like that.”

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