#after all it's very rare for a book to win DDD over

[veinsfullofstars]

💝 MetaDede Week 2024 Day 3: Gifts 💝

(ID: Kirby series fanart of King Dedede and Meta Knight giving each other a gift. Top - the boys sitting side-by-side, MK looking up with a pleased smile behind his mask as DDD excitedly flips through a green leather-bound book the knight has given him, the spine titled “Fight the Stars!” and an arrow pointing to it that says “book of famous intergalactic wrestlers.” Bottom - the boys seated at a table, a chocolate parfait in a large handled glass between them, the treat layered with fudge, mousse, and ice cream, topped with brownie bites, edible silver pearls, and a fanned wedge of chocolate emblazoned with MK’s mask. MK, delighted by the gift, leans forward with wide eyes and spread wings, practically leaping onto the table in his eagerness to dig in, while DDD reclines with his elbow propped up and his head resting in his hand, gazing at the knight with a soft smile. END ID.)

Parfait inspired by various MK-themed desserts from the Kirby Café.

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Started 08/11/24, finished 08/16/24.

[secret-engima]

nammuellyll

@secret-engima congrats, you woke the monster. ardyn in my hero academia. there. go wild.

Me: MWAHAHAHAHA. You say that like I regret it >:DDD

-Ardyn in this wakes up post The Great Stabbing and is ... more than a little annoyed. Hello. He wanted the afterlife experience. HELLO WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS DESTINY OF FADING TO COSMIC DUST.

-But no. Apparently he gets to have a “second chance” to “be a hero”.

-Just let one of the Astrals show themselves, he’ll show where to put that “second chance”-.

-Anyway. Ardyn is Ardyn, he looks like he did in canon but he’s sane again. Oddly enough he’s still got both his armiger magic, his super healing, and some of his scourge-like abilities (scary face included). He’s not corrupted tho. Ardyn isn’t sure what to make of that.

-Goes and hobos around for a while, getting used to this world and the fact that everyone looks like a storybook encounter with cursed items gone wrong. Picks up a Smol Traumatized Child that can disintegrate things with his fingers off the streets because Why Not, Let’s Both Be Homeless Together Kiddo, then in short order gets himself known as a Major Villain when he finds a trafficking ring and, since Ardyn is Not Exactly Moral Even If Arguably Sane, he slaughters them to the last man.

-Ardyn is known on the news via grainy footage that only catches glimpses of his scourge face and a lot of rumor, he laughs his head off when the ONE soundbite they manage to get from the scene leads to his being named Adagium. AGAIN. Okay he walked into that one.

-Uses the resources of the no-longer-operational trafficking ring to set up a nice restaurant bar with a secret (illegal) clinic in the back. He makes dishes exclusively from his original time period and so the food is known as very eccentric but good. Ardyn rapidly gets the wackiest duel rep in history. To the mainstream/police/pro heroes he’s a shadowy super-murderer named Adagium. To the underworld and the homeless, the quirkless and the children, Adagium is a name that means hope and shelter, healing and comfort and a monster that protects its own rather than giving meaningless promises, all in exchange for simple favors like clothes and information and school books for his child.

-Ardyn makes special one-finger gloves for Tenko so that he can touch touch stuff without worrying about destroying it. He also, at some point, picks up the rest of the not-LoV by pure happenstance. Toga comes into his clinic hunting a patient, he scolds her, puts her in time-out, then gives her a lolli with heavy iron supplement because clearly if the girl has a blood craving she needs more iron in her system. Don’t you heathens know anything about the meaning behind cravings. Spinner gets into a fight in Ardyn’s territory, Ardyn patches him up and gently informs him that if he’s going to pick fights, at least fight dirty enough to win them. Twice comes there often for a meal and company that won’t look at him funny for talking to himself, Mr. Compress is bound and determined to get Ardyn to be surprised by one of his magic tricks (never works, because unlike Compress Ardyn can do LITERAL MAGIC). Magne is not a regular, but still shows up once in a blue moon because Ardyn’s illegal clinic is probably better stocked than most legal ones at this point (people tend to trade his treatment for actual medicine and equipment, Ardyn never asks where they get it).

-Dabi is the last to be picked up. He is also how Ardyn’s increasing collection of strays first learn about Ardyn’s superhealing factor when he TAKES Dabi’s fresh, weeping burns onto himself and they heal over in minutes, leaving both of them unscarred (or mostly so, Ardyn’s skin will always have faint ripple marks where the burns were). It is also around this time that, coincidentally, people start gunning for Endeavor and trying to make his life miserable. Because Adagium hates him and is plotting to end him, so clearly that’s their cue, right?

-The rest of Endeavor’s kids vanish in the middle of the night. No one in the police or pro heroes can find them.

-Far away in a little, unnoticed restaurant bar, Dabi holds his siblings tight and promises they are never going to have to suffer That Man again. Ardyn rests gentle hands on Shōto’s face and whispers that everything will be okay even as his skin bubbles and boils into an ugly burn before healing over with the faintest scars.

-Moving on from Ardyn’s growing collection of strays (that will keep growing so keep an eye on that):

-Ardyn doesn’t get the whole quirk thing. Or the whole superhero society thing. If something needs doing and it suits him then he shall do it, none of this Symbol of Peace nonsense.

-Yes, he said nonsense. The Symbol of Peace is nonsense and only setting society up to fall apart when this All Might fellow either gets too powerful and is made to take a fall or when he finally picks a fight he can’t win.

-Ardyn says as much to Toshinori Yagi, the nice civilian man who wandered into Ardyn’s bar without knowing who is running it. The man sputters a bit and asks why he thinks so, Ardyn just laughs and laughs and laughs until there is something unnerving about the sound and Ardyn has to stop and catch his breath. Blue eyes flicker gold as Ardyn murmurs that he’s seen it happen before.

-Somehow, Toshinori thinks this strange, eccentric barkeep doesn’t mean as a bystander.

-Ardyn meets Aizawa while Aizawa is on the hunt for Adagium, they eyeball each other like wary cats before Ardyn decides that this angry hobo hero is His Now and invites the man over for food. Aizawa declines. Ardyn casually slings Aizawa over his shoulder and carts him in anyway before Aizawa can think to retaliate.

-Ardyn is highly amused to learn that Hobo Man is after the Adagium. Good luck with that, truly, best of fortune.

-So, for those of you paying attention, Ardyn’s count of Heroes He Has Adopted is officially up to 2, even if he pretends not to notice the first one (pretends. Because he knows exactly who Toshi is, come ON it’s not that hard, they have the same voice and smile and everything).

-Ardyn’s kids grow up with his scathing political commentary and one foot in both legal and illegal worlds. Some of them (Tenko, Dabi, Toga, Spinner) decide that they’re gonna make a League to show the world how dumb its being. A League of Villains! (”League of Vigilante’s sounds more appropriate for your chosen activities, Tenko Mine-” “VILLAINS. WE ARE VILLAINS NOW.” “Alright then, will all villains in the room please wash up for supper?”)

-Ardyn finds Hitoshi and decides he’s not quite qualified for this one.

-Aizawa wakes up from another rare session of being black-out to find Ardyn cheerfully tearing up his apartment to make it more “child suitable”. Child WHAT. Child suitable. For your child.

-MY WHAT.

-Ardyn calmly holds out the adoption papers that have Aizawa’s signature on all of them, perfectly legible because the man is a little too good at pretending he isn’t stone drunk, and then gestures to the sad-eyed, skeptical boy with purple hair in the corner. Ardyn smiles (reads: threatens with killing intent) and says that he’s sure Aizawa will take his new responsibilities seriously (read: you’d better or you’re next on my hitlist).

-Aizawa, never one to go back on his word, has a kid now I guess.

-Shōto comes home one day with a bby Izuku in tow and Ardyn is charmed beyond all words over the boy. He’s so Smol! And Smart! Lookit his little brain firing away! Upon hearing the boy is developing All The Esteem Issues because of his bullying and quirklessness, Ardyn stares off into space for a long time, acknowledges that he’s a sap, and then soothingly tells Izuku that some quirks just come in late, why, Ardyn’s came in late too! Just give it a few days. Then he pats Izuku on the head and uses the motion to disguise the teeny tiny fragment of magic he splits off from his own and gives to this boy who deserves better.

-Izuku comes back two days later, crying for joy and with sparkling green magic dripping from his fingertips. Ardyn exclaims in “surprise” over the similarity of their quirks and offers to teach him. Izuku accepts and after some sweet-talking to Inko, Ardyn gets to mold this tiny genius boi as he pleases to both be proud of himself and his “quirk” AND to fight quirkless as much as possible because “tactics, my boy, take them by surprise!”

-Also then he figures out that he didn’t just lend Izuku magic because this world is funky like that, he genuinely gave it away which counts as LC adoption rituals so OOPS GUESS WHO HAS A BLOOD SON NOW.

-Oh well.

-Toshi and Izuku get along like a house on fire whenever Toshi comes over for a hot meal and Ardyn is pretty content with his brood and his handiwork against Endeavor (who by this point has been exposed as an abuser and put in jail for a long time HAH). Toshi ... pointedly doesn’t ask why several of his kids look like Endeavor. Nope. Not asking. They get their red hair from Ardyn, clearly.

-Of course, all of this casual wrecking of canon attracts the attention of AfO, who is not happy about the competition. He shows up at one point, all suave and intimidating because he is immortal and older than anyone alive and smarter too and-

-Ardyn laughs in his face.

-Baby.

-Bby playing at immortal.

-You think two centuries or so makes you hot stuff? You think stolen quirks makes you special? You think you can come into Ardyn’s territory and threaten his kids and get away with it because you’re ... a little older than the average human being? Ardyn leans close and smiles as AfO tries and fails to steal a quirk that doesn’t exist to be stolen, his Scourge face leaking into existence as he purrs that AfO should’ve minded his own business a little more than he minded others.

-AfO came prepared for a quirk. He did not come prepared for the combined might of 2k year old LC magic and abilities of a Scourge the world has never, and will never, see.

-It’s not even a fight.

-Adagium makes the news again when a body is found hanging from a high tower, torn apart as if by dozens upon dozens of blades, the corpse pinned in place by a spear that dissolves into red sparks upon the police touching it, leaving behind only a note that gets leaked to the media and goes viral.

-Dear World, refrain from touching my stuff, and you won’t end up like this man. Sincerely, Adagium.

-Not the most menacing letter until you considering the delivery method.

-Toshinori has to sit there and have a Moment upon the news that the man who murdered Nana is already dead by someone else’s hand and they have no idea when the fight went down. Because surely there was a fight, right? AfO had been centuries old and with dozens upon dozens of quirks. Who could possibly have brought him down when Nana, the then-wielder of OfA could not???

-Ardyn gently pats Toshi’s shoulder through the breakdown. There there. I’m sure you’ll figure out the culprit eventually, you’re a smart man Toshi. There there.

-Also Kurogiri shows up not long after that entire debacle looking for a new job because his old one got murdered and Adagium seems like an efficient dude. Ardyn is always happy for more hands on deck in wrangling the kids, and this one has warping powers. Welcome aboard Kurogiri.

[cloviaglade]

I noticing a trend where I'm doing this thing where I write my friend's oc and my oc together doing things....

Anyway here is Sorrel and @belphegorasmr 's oc Sookie becoming friends (sorta) at a Lucifer can suck my @$$ club

"THE INCANTATION, SOOKIE. DO YOU KNOW IT OR NOT!?" The demon professor bellowed. 

Sookie already felt bad enough being the only student unable to cast this spell. Heck they are the only human student with no magical powers! They already felt bad enough that they had to be exempt from the casting portion but not even remembering the words to say… wow.

"Today puny human!" a demon classmate sneered from the other side of the class. 

IIt's just a bunch of words why can't they remember! They studied so hard! The pressure was about to get to them when the human sitting at the desk next to them started tapping on the desk very loudly and coughed. Sookie looked over and the girl carefully gestured to the paper where she has written the incantation. 

"rosmarinus mentha petroselinum enchelycore pardalis" Sookie read of the page. 

"Finally… yes that is the incantation. Moving on-"

Sookie sighed with relief. That classmate is new...well newish. She came in a few weeks ago. She rubbed her forehead with her fingertips, flipped back to her notes, and started writing again. Sookie should thank her for the help… but what was her name again...

Right as the bell rang signaling the end of the day Sookie tried to thank her. She was packing up her books into her backpack with sookie sorta standing nearby trying to think of a way to introduce themself. 

"Great… look at what you've done now Sorrel…" the human said to just  herself loud enough that Sookie could hear.

"S-Sorrel? Uh hey. I-"

"Not intrested." Sorrel said as she brushed past Sookie.

Sorrel groaned. Curse her kind nature. 4 visable pact marks and no knowledge of magic. How does someone even get that many pacts without knowing any spells? Can they even cast? She never seen them get called on to cast any of the spells. Oh Demeter they are a walking mess with that many pacts and no magic to make a demon submit. She cant imagine the horror that will occur when all those demons come to "collect".

Sorrel opened her locker and unzipped her bag. She placed the unneeded books and collected a project for the club she recently joined. Well not that she can really call it that. It's just Satan and his little brother Belphegor from what she has heard. More of a brother bond thing she will inevitably be the third wheel in. She won't admit it but she only agreed to it out of fear. She has no interest in hating on Lucifer but she is great with pranks. In her herbology of the three realms class she came up with a really good one that could accomplish both the clubs and her own.

"Hey… you didn't let me finish." 

Oh.. not this loser again.

"I only helped you because I wanted the class to go on. There is no need to thank me. You owe me nothing." Sorrel explained. Why is her kind always so eager to make friends?

"All I was going to say was…" Sookie a notebook in their hands. No that wasnt a notebook that was Sorrel observational diary. The one that if a demon read it would report her and have her expelled at best beheaded at worse.

"You forgot it." Sookie said.

Sorrel reaches up and grabs sookie by the collar of their uniform pulling them down to her level.

"PLEASE TELL ME YOU DID NOT READ IT!" Sorrel growled through clenched teeth. She snatched the journal away from them.

"No-no I wouldnt dare." Sookie only grabbed it and was trying to return it. They assumed it was just notes for the class they were just in.

"Good! Now if you excuse me I have a club meeting to go to." Sorrel said and stormed off.

Sorrel walked towards the House of Lamentation. This is the first time heading to the house but she has a GPS app with the address put in. She was walking along but she could tell she was being followed. She was coming up on a turn soon and according to her DDD there will be a long stretch of road to the house of Lamentation. Surely she wouldn't be followed there… unless her follower is really really dumb.

Sure enough Sorrel was followed. Oh now they are going to get it. Sorrel pretended to trip but what she really did was leave a trap. A few short moments and the spell was activated.

"WHAAAAAAA!!!"

"Gotcha!" Sorrel shouted. You won't believe who was following her.

"Sookie! Why are you following me!? This place is dangerous!" Sorrel shouted surprized that out of all the things that could have followed her to the house of Lamentation ot would be this human.

"I'm just trying-"

"No you go the other way! I'm taking a huge enough of a risk as is heading this way. You could die. If you value your life you will wait for the vines to dispel and go the other way! I don't Care what you are trying to do you don't ever come this way ever again!" Sorrel explained before running off.

Finally… she reached the House of Lamentation. She texted Satan to let him know she was on her way. Satan welcomed her in and lead Sorrel to what would be the meeting room. She wasn't expecting their to be a formal room for the club since it was just satan and his brother but I guess they are taking this clube thing very seriously.

"Here it is go and head on in. Belphie is already waiting inside." Satan said as he opened the door.

Sorrel wasn't expecting much… but this… 

This was just sad.

It was a musky old closet. Some of the clothes that hung from the hangers were rotted with age. Belphegor was already in the room sleeping in an open cardboard box cuddling his cow print pillow. There was a dusty moldy cushion, a metal fold out chair and another box slightly crushed as if someone tried to sit there but it caved under their weight. There was a whiteboard and a corkboard in the room with various papers and notes scribbled on them. 

You would think with a house this large and upscale they would have a better room to set up in.

"...where do I sit?" Sorrel asked, trying to hide her disgust. Why did she agree to this?

"The cushion. The chair is for the founder and president satan." Belphegor said from his box.

"Ahh…" Sorrel cringed a little. She took off her cape and covered the cushion with it before sitting on it. Satan took his spot and pulled out his phone. 

"So is the meeting starting?" Sorrel asked after a few moments of awkward silence.

"We are waiting for one more member." Satan said.

"Why are they late…?" Belphegor growled from his box.

"They said they would be running late." Satan clairfied.

Sorrel did wonder which brother of theirs could g the forth. Mammon had every right to want to join a Lucifer hating club. She was introduced to him while he was strung up upside down. Then there is Asmodeus who hangs around Satan fairly often. The two seem to get along well… but Asmodeus doesnt seem to hate Lucifer. Which brother is it then?

A few more moments passed and a patterned knock on the closet. Finally… maybe this club meeting can be done and over with so Sorrel can finally get some fresh air.

"Sorry I'm late…." 

Oh of all the rotten…

"SOOKIE!?" Sorrel gasped.

"Welcome in. We were waiting for you. I see you have met our newest member." Satan said.

"Uh… hi. I just got a little tangled up was all." Sookie tried to make themselves small desperately not wanting to be in thsi situation. 

"Who kept you?" Belphegor asked from inside his box. His tone has the faintest hint of anger. 

"No… nobody. It's fine" Sookie replied. They wanted to avoid any more conflict. 

"If you have a problem you don't have to be afraid to ask for help. We keep telling you to stand up for yourself." Satan added. 

The meeting began in earnest. Sorrel trying to contain how completely terrified. She toned out most of the meeting. She took a few deep breaths calm herself as best she can. Those pact marks on Sookie must belong to some of these brothers. Somehow this lanky disaster human manged to pact at least 4 of them. No wonder why she didn't recognize the marks. The seven lords rarely make pacts. She needs to be on Sookie's good side. Someone with that kind of power could be useful.

"Sorrel you texted me earlier that you had an idea." Satan said snapping Sorrel out of her thoughts

"Oh yes…" she dug into her bag and pulled out a folder. She pulled a few papers out and passed them to Satan. He glances over each page.

"I don't understand what these documents mean…" Satan said.

"They are human world legal forms. One is for child support for Satan. It says he needs to take responsibility as a parent. Another is a summons to court for Belphegor to sue Lucifer for not winning the celestial war." Sorrel explained. Sookie snickered at the idea but the demons seemed a bit confused.

"And what do you plan to do with these forms?" Satan asked.

"We make a ton on copies and mix it into whatever paperwork that he needs to do." Sorrel said.

"Brilliant! Meeting adjourned. I have some copies to make." Satan said getting up from his chair and leaving the room. 

"Hey wait I can help you with that!" Sorrel called out but he didn't listen.

Sookie sighed. They were the next to walk out of the closet. They didn't have any hard feelings against Sorrel. She was just trying to protect them...right? She has to have some merit for Satan to have taken notice of her. Then again Sorrel did tangle them up in vines in an area she thought was dangerous and left them alone and vulnerable. 

Whatever. They could live with seeing Sorrel in class and once a week for this stupid do nothing club. Satan did seem happy with her idea. They can tolerate her for Satan's sake. 

"Wait. Sookie." Sorrel tapped on Sookie's sholder.

"Sorrel! Geez... I'm just heading to my room." Sookie explained.

"I… I just want to apologize. Not just because you have powerful demosn on your side. I was rude." She said slightly bowing her head.

"It's fine… I guess you were trying to watch out for me. But I'malsosorryifIdidsomethingthatupsetyou" Sookie apologized back. Why where they so weird?

"No you where just trying to be nice. I was dismissive. Regardless we should exchange numbers not only because we are in a club together but because sometimes you just need a human to talk to." Sorrel explained.

"Uh thanks I… I promise I won't text you at weird hours or anything." Sookie said as they pulled out their DDD and gave Sorrel their number.

"Would be amusing if you did." Sorrel smiled.