#also i believe in angry floyd rights

[sandflakedraws]

the perils of reaching out early on

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Ortho, Jade: Three Heads are better than Two

Once again, Ortho is a fashion icon 🫶 dbdvwksns His Duo Magic line with Jade is hilarious (they’re so giddy about exploiting their enemies’ weaknesses). In this fic, I wanted it to have more of a wholesome (?) feel. Maybe I’m just too tired right now to write feral, hahah…

Just one more birthday (Riddle, whose duo partner will probably be Rook) before the new rotation with Jamil 👀

A Tale as Old as Time.

Heroes in action poses aplenty decorated the interior of the art museum. Swords and shields in hand, they stood defiant against an onslaught of beasts, beings of shadow and primordial evil. A being half bull and half man, a monster with several serpentine heads, a one-eyes giant, and more.

But what Ortho was drawn to was the painting of two figures on a short marble column. There sat the hero and a squat satyr, locked in a conversation. The former, leaning forward and listening. The latter, mouth ajar��talking.

Strategizing for an upcoming battle, Ortho surmised. One last hope, and they’re seizing the opportunity.

The painting was a simple masterpiece, a work of heart.

Beside him, Jade piped up. “Oya, have you taken an interest in this work, Ortho-san?”

“Yes, this is the hero and mentor that inspired Star Rogue,” Ortho chirped. “The Son of the Thunder God must demonstrate that he is a ‘true’ hero in order to claim his heritage. He seeks the wisdom of a hero trainer.”

“Oh dear.” Jade’s faint chuckle echoed eerily in the room. “It sounds like quite the ordeal. How cruel to force one to labor to acknowledge their birthright.“

“It’s not so strange. There are families in similar circumstances of blood and bond. One does not necessarily guarantee the other. For example, children can be abandoned as well as adopted. Relatives can be shunned or estranged.” Ortho’s eyes drifted shut. “Human relationships are complex. There is no solution that can be applied to them all.”

“Indeed.” Jade tucked a finger under his chin. “Within my own year, there are a number of unique families.

“Ruggie-san is without parents, but was raised by his grandmother. He also maintains close ties with the local neighborhood rascals. For the winter break, he brought them scraps and leftovers from the NRC cafeteria.

“Silver-san is adopted and well-loved by his father. It must be difficult to raise a child as a single guardian, but he manages. I believe Silver’s father has a background as a veteran, so childrearing is a relatively new venture for him.”

“You know so much about your classmates, Jade Leech-san!” Ortho giggled as if he had just been told a funny joke. “And here I thought I was the only student capable of digging up information to that detail.”

Jade smiled sardonically. His answer, intentionally vague. “You’d be surprised what one can glean from a quick social medial investigation.”

“I know! Nothing much gets by me.”

The eel’s glinting eyes cut to Ortho, silently searching him.

“If memory serves, the Shroud family is a sort of unusual as well. It is the mother, the father, Idia-san, and…”

He held his breath, letting the sentence trail off.

“Ortho and Ortho,” the android recited, filling in the open space. He lifted one hand and then the other, as if he were a scale balancing out the weight of the souls. “Three Shroud sons.”

“Of course,” Jade said tactfully. “Having a brother of my own, I’ve learned that they can be a great source of both joy and sorrow. Floyd’s antics are as much trouble to clean up after as they are amusing.”

“Nii-san is the same. He’s the smartest person I know. I just wish he would get out more. They say that touching grass is good for stimulation, but nii-san would rather hole up in his room… Once he made a hissing noise like an angry cat when I tried to open the curtains to let some natural light in.”

“That certainly sounds like Idia-san.” Jade inclined his head. “Ah, but for as much of a handful as they may be… family is family,and we love them as they are.”

“I’m glad I chose you,” he had once said to his twin all those years ago. Again, again, those words rung true in his mind.

Ortho nodded. “Running the simulations and accounting for the changing variables in every possible iteration, it’s entirely possible that other routes result in happier endings. Even then, I don’t think I would give up this reality for any of them. It’s only here where I have two cool big brothers, a mom and dad that love me for being me, and the chance to go to Night Raven College with everyone!

“We struggled… shed our blood, sweat, and tears… survived and rose from battle victorious, just like heroes. It’s inefficient and perhaps improbable, but it’s something we can call our own.”

The young boy happily floated in circles around Jade. So jubilant, like dandelion fluff dancing on a breeze—it was difficult to think he was anything but living, anything but human.

“The Son of the Thunder God wished to be acknowledged by his own family,” Ortho said longingly as he gazed at the painting. “To that end, he went the distance and proved he belonged among them.”

Jade’s lips quirked. “It’s amazing what he accomplished. The Thunder God must be thrilled to claim him as his own.”

As for you, Ortho-san… You’ve achieved that and more.

“It’s a story with a happy ending.” The boy’s face was bright. “I want to earn that for myself one day—a future for me, for nii-san…”

Ortho folded both hands over his core. The flame there pulsated like a heartbeat.

For him, too.

Three, a lucky number. Three, the heads of Cerberus. Three Fates.

Three brothers entangled in their threads.

And he, the guardian of them all.

[lovelytwistedwonderland]

The housewarden's reactions to Yuu forgetting their names and calling them "that faggot over there" ? Please and tank yew :]

→ prompt :: housewardens and their reactions to being called “that faggot over there” by mc/yuu

→ custom req :: n/a

→ content warnings :: use of the f-slur, reader is assumed to like to draw in azul’s, very light spoilers for ch. 2 (not anything too big) ch. 5 (only what the arc is about), mc/yuu curses a lot

→ word count :: 1,852 words

→ A/N :: this sure is a request to start out with AGSKJASHJK but this was very fun to write <3 even if it's kinda badly done (also yes i can reclaim the slur, otherwise i wouldn't say it)

•———••✦ <3 ✦••———•

riddle rosehearts

it happened in heartslabyul’s lounge.

riddle was helping deuce study magic history while you and grim were with ace.

you’d been talking about riddle but you’d forgotten his name in a brief moment of brain lag.

you were trying to figure it out when you saw him in the lounge helping deuce and pointed directly to him. “no, i mean that faggot over there, the red hair, what’s his name??”

almost instantly after you said this, ace snorted and both him and grim burst out laughing.

riddle, who’d overheard your conversation, whipped his head up and furrowed his brows.

he was absolutely flabbergasted.

you actually just called him that.

his face turned almost as red as his hair when he glanced at deuce and saw him trying not to laugh.

(a futile effort on deuce’s part that only made riddle angrier).

he slammed his hand onto the desk that deuce was currently cackling leaning against and stomped over to you and ace.

he gave you a firm talking-to about the use of that word in his dorm but you couldn’t really make out what he was saying because of ace’s laughter.

probably ended up ranting about it to trey about “can you believe the prefect actually called me that!?” “honestly yeah, i can.” “WHAT?!”

ace now brings this up every time you two pass riddle, no matter where you are (and it makes him extremely angry).

leona kingscholar

you and ruggie were in the cafeteria during lunch.

the two of you had been talking about your opinions on random students in the cafeteria.

it was now your turn and you glanced around to find someone to talk about.

“that guy, over there, you know him, right?”

ruggie turned to see who you were pointing at, and turned back with furrowed brows. “jack?”

“no, not jack.” you gestured. “the fuckin’- the faggot lion.”

ruggie snorted and got the attention of the table next to you. “LEONA??”

you nodded.

“DID YOU JUST CALL LEONA A FAGGOT?!”

leona, even if he was completely across the loud cafeteria, could pinpoint ruggie’s voice from anywhere, to be completely honest.

he growled to himself as the cafeteria went quiet, several students turning to face him.

“yes, i called leona a faggot. i couldn’t remember his name, what did you expect me to call him?”

ruggie started cackling and so did half the cafeteria.

leona’s ears went back and he snarled. this bitch.

he knew letting ruggie hang out with the prefect was an awful idea.

he took his food with him and left the cafeteria.

this wasn’t something he was awake enough to deal with.

ruggie mentioned it earlier and leona had to physically restrain himself from using the king’s roar on the little shit.

he avoided you for like a week before he decided it was too much work and just gave up, but he still isn’t happy with you and will not let this go.

azul ashengrotto

happened at mostro lounge on a really slow day.

you were doodling in the lounge while you were eating.

jade and floyd, finding entertainment in your art, were watching with interest, floyd standing behind your seat and jade standing next to you, watching over your shoulder.

they watched as you flipped to a new page and began to sketch what looked like a person.

“what’cha drawin’ now, shrimpy?”

you hummed as you looked up to say something but you stopped, forgetting his name. fuck, what was it?

“your boss. i can’t remember his name.”

jade held a hand up at floyd, who was about to tell you. “no, you can do it, prefect. try to remember.”

conveniently, azul had come out with the drink and food you’d ordered at that moment.

you pointed at him. “him- the- that faggot right there!”

azul nearly dropped the platter he was holding.

floyd was cackling and you even heard jade snort trying to hold back a laugh.

azul, meanwhile, turned bright red in the face and set the platter down on your table.

“that’s rude and uncalled for.” azul would say before turning on his heel.

“jade, you’re in charge. don’t come get me.”

and he ran off into the VIP room in the lounge.

floyd couldn’t breathe. even jade was chuckling.

you had just said what popped into your head, why was azul so flustered over it?

later, however, jade and floyd were teasing azul about it.

azul, pacing, shoved his face into his hands.

“how did mc know?!”

neither of the tweels have let him live this down.

kalim al-asim

you and jamil had been studying together, and were now on your way back to scarabia.

somehow, the conversation had made it’s way to talking about some of the crazy things you’ve done at this school so far.

“and then one time, me and this guy accidentally tripped floyd in mostro lounge and we had to run so fast to shake him, which was absolutely terrifying. i can’t remember his name but i wish i knew him better.”

jamil shook his head. “how do you not know this guy’s name? it sounds like you’ve done quite a lot together.”

“no, i can describe him, you know his name. he has like, white hair, and he’s in scarabia, i think.”

“you’ll have to be a lot more specific.”

you were about to keep trying (and failing) to describe this guy, when you saw him talking to another scarabia member.

you pointed at him. “that faggot right there! that’s who i’m talking about!”

jamil furrowed his brows as kalim turned around and pointed at himself.

“are you talking about kalim?”

“yes! that’s his name!”

“and you just called kalim a faggot?!”

kalim, upon hearing this, snorted a laugh.

he was not flustered in the slightest.

if anything, he thought it was hilarious that jamil was so surprised.

“yes i did, and you can’t deny it!”

jamil’s jaw dropped as he stared at kalim, who was now laughing heartily.

“i can’t believe you.”

kalim followed jamil into the kitchen as he stormed away.

you left scarabia giggling to yourself. you hadn’t seen jamil that surprised ever.

meanwhile, with the other two, as jamil began to get ready to cook something for kalim, he sat in a chair and kicked his legs.

“jamil, you’re smart, what’s a faggot?”

jamil almost tripped over himself. that was not expected.

vil schoenheit

probably happened while you were practicing for the SDC.

vil had the idea that maybe some makeup might tie together the look for the actual performance.

so, he pulled you and epel off to do your makeup.

he was out in the lobby while you and epel were waiting with your bangs tied out of your faces in the bathroom, awaiting vil’s return.

there was a bit of an awkward silence until you turned to epel.

“so, does this always happen?”

“wha’ddya mean?”

“like, do you always get your makeup done like this?”

epel raises a brow. “huh?”

you sigh. “like, does what’s-his-face pull you off to do your makeup a lot?”

epel snorts. “what’s-his-face?”

you groan. “i can’t remember his name, the fuckin’-”

vil, conveniently, enters at that moment and you turn to him.

you point and look back at epel. “this faggot.”

epel snorted and you couldn’t help but snicker too, until you looked at vil.

that man looked so offended.

he set the makeup bag on the sink and turned to face the both of you.

“what did you just call me?!”

epel’s giggling doesn’t help when you try to answer seriously.

“you heard me.”

“you do realize that is highly disrespectful? especially for someone so much better than you?”

epel can’t stop laughing.

“epel.”

“sorry, vil.”

man’s angry but he’s really good at covering it, being an actor and all.

he makes you and epel sit in silence while he does your makeup and then makes you practice extra for the SDC, which you and epel were both complaining about.

he would hold a grudge against this for the rest of the time you attend NRC.

idia shroud

you were on a voice call during a multiplayer game idia had asked you to play with him.

it was you, idia and someone who goes by the username “muscle red”.

muscle red and idia were both muted but were in the call while the three of you were playing.

idia almost didn’t make it to you to heal you and you began to shout about it in the microphone.

muscle red had messaged you in the private group chat you three were in, asking what you were shouting about.

to which you spoke aloud that “this fucker almost didn’t get to me in time!”

you three weren’t the only ones in the game, so muscle red had asked who you were talking about.

“i can’t remember his name,” you began, but you @ him in the chat. “i mean this faggot.”

the chat was flooded then with keysmashes on idia’s part and several LMAO’s from muscle red (who had, thankfully, began to pick up how to text in online spaces).

most of idia’s messages were as follows;

“WHAT T HEJFUCK WHAT TH EFUCK”

“WHY?????”

“ME??????” “YOU JUST CALLDE ME A FAGOGOT”

“HWO DI YOU KNWO???”

“AAASHAWMNAHETRGHJEAFS”

“KMS KMS KMS KMS”

quite frankly, it was hilarious.

meanwhile, idia was screaming in his room so loudly that ortho had entered and asked him what was wrong.

he ended up telling ortho in absolute dismay.

muscle red sends screenshots of this occasionally and idia hates it every. time.

malleus draconia

it was late at night outside of ramshackle.

you were with ace talking about some of the housewardens compared to riddle.

he’d been talking about them for a while and you cut him off to bring up one of them.

“i haven’t actually met him really but i’m sure you know him, shit, what’s his name…”

“you haven’t met like half of the housewardens. that’s not specific enough.”

you sighed and made gestures with your hands. “he’s like, okay, i think he’s the housewarden? but like, i can’t remember his name, shit-”

ace begun to chuckle as you struggled.

“he comes around here, he might be here soon enough and i’ll just show you-”

sure enough, someone familiar caught your eye. you pointed and ace turned to look.

“that faggot!”

ace covered his mouth to try not to laugh as malleus tilted his head.

“is that the name you’ve decided on calling me, child of man?”

ace’s soul nearly left his body right then and there.

“you just called malleus a faggot,” ace whisper-yelled.

“yes i did, and i’m not wrong.”

malleus watched the two of you argue about this with intrigue.

“what exactly is a faggot?”

ace’s eyes widened and you snorted as ace grabbed your arm and pulled you into ramshackle.

he dragged you off too soon, in malleus’s opinion. that was a fun conversation to witness.

he went to lilia, who was more up-to-date on current terms, and asked him what a faggot was.

he was extremely confused when lilia burst out laughing and left saying he “had to tell sebek and silver about this”.

[vilevenom]

Howdy, Anon! An idea for this prompt smacked me right in the face as soon as I read it. Aaaand I have a feeling it's, uh, not as fluffy as you may have been hoping. Still a JD & Bruce fic, buuuut less of an "Oh no! John Dory had a bad date! lol" and more of a "Oh no. John Dory had a bad date." Also, this is set pre-brozone breakup. Let's not mention the sheer amount of times I wrote "Bruce" instead of "Spruce" and had to go back and fix it I hope you enjoy!

John Dory crept into the pod, knowing full well he was much, much later than he had told his grandmother he would be. And after the night he'd had there was no way he wanted to deal with a confrontation with her. She had been upset enough with him when he had proposed the "Win a Date with BroZone" contest in the first place, especially without a sponsor to cover it. He didn't need to provide her with extra ammo over the whole thing by how late he'd gotten home.

He made sure the door shut as quietly as it could, then tip toed through the pod, doing his best to avoid toys and instruments scattered across the floor in the dark. He let out a near inaudible sigh of relief as he made it to the door of his bedroom, reaching for the knob, fully believing he had made it scot-free.

"About time you got home."

"Cupcakes!" John hissed, nearly jumping out of his skin at the voice suddenly to his right. He placed a hand over his rapidly beating heart, shooting a glare at Spruce who was stood in the darkened hallway, arms crossed over his chest, and a scowl on his face.

"Bitty B cried when you weren't home to tuck him in."

John rolled his eyes, shoving his bedroom door open. "It was one bedtime story. I'm sure he'll be fine," John grumbled, quickly ducking into his room and away from Spruce.

Spruce followed John Dory like a shadow, quickly shutting the bedroom door behind him in the hopes of keeping the rest of their brothers asleep. "Oh, no. You do not get to pretend like you weren't out until the middle of the night, making us worry. And you better believe that Grandma is going to have words with you in the morning. You've got to stop putting all of the band crap before your family!" Spruce growled, doing his best to keep his voice quiet, while also conveying to John Dory just how upset he was. Not only did he have to deal with a crying Branch, but Floyd had also been upset by John missing their bedtime routine, and Clay had just been angry.

"Come on, Spruce. Can't you lecture me in the morning? It's late," John grumbled, tugging his goggles off and tossing them aside, not bothering to turn the bedroom light on.

"No! You're going to listen to me, John Dory! This is getting ridiculous. First you start sequestering yourself in your room for hours on end to write, then you're forcing us to practice every minute we're not scheduled for a press conference or photo shoot, now you're out partying it up late into the night, making our brothers upset! It has to stop," Spruce snapped, flipping on the bedroom light as he spoke. He scowled when John quickly turned his back to him, his fur bristling as he stormed across the room. "Look at me when I'm talking to you," he snarled, grabbing John's shoulders to turn him around.

Spruce fully expected John to glare at him and give him some snotty remark about being manhandled. He was not expecting to find a bruise forming over his brother's cheek, and crusted blood covering a split in his lip. Spruce gaped while John looked at the floor, unshed tears brimming in his eyes.

"What happened?" Spruce asked, his tone distinctly softer as he directed John to sit on the edge of his bed.

John took in a deep breath, obviously trying to keep himself from sobbing, but it did nothing to stop the tears that slowly began to trail down over his cheeks. "The date went…badly."

"This looks like it went worse than 'badly', JD," Spruce murmured, sitting next to his brother and wrapping an arm around his shoulders. "Talk to me, bro. What happened?"

John sniffed loudly, quickly wiping this nose with the back of his hand. "You're going to say 'I told you so', and I really don't need that tonight, Spruce."

"I won't, I promise," Spruce said quickly, shaking his head. He had a feeling he knew exactly what John was referring to. After John had argued with Rosiepuff over the date contest, he'd gone to Spruce with the proposal, as he was the designated heart throb and had previous experience with fake dates with fans. Spruce had immediately refuted the idea, citing the debacle when 'Trolls Magazine' had held a similar contest, and the awkward ice cream date he'd gone on with one of their fans and a photographer. John was proposing they run the contest themselves, without someone to vet the entries, to boost popularity before their next tour. Spruce had argued that a date without a chaperone, even with John being seventeen, was a terrible idea. John thought he would be able to handle it. After all, how crazy could their fans be?

John took another deep breath, coughing quietly as he tried to choke back a sob. "You really promise?"

"I absolutely promise."

John blinked a couple of times, before finally letting out a low whine, burying his face in his hands. Spruce rubbed his back in comforting circles as his older brothers shoulders shook. After a moment he finally sat back up, gasping quietly for air. "I…It started off fine," he said quietly, gaze far away, "She looked older than I thought she'd be. Her contest entry said nineteen, but I think she was older. She brought me flowers, which I thought was weird, but sweet. We went for dinner. I took photos with a few fans who asked while we were out. She got mad. She said I should only be paying attention to her and telling the others to go away, because she won my time. I told her I couldn't just ignore our fans, that'd be rude. She was upset, but let it go. She seemed to get more agitated as the night went on, though. Finally, when I was walking her home- or, at least, what I think was her home…She pinned me up against the tree and kissed me. She was rough, and it hurt. She bit me when I tried to pull away. When I did finally manage to get her off of me, she hit me. I ran for it, and she chased me. I only got home so late because I wanted to make sure she wasn't following me anymore."

"John," Spruce breathed, shaking his head in disbelief. To think that one of their fans would do such a thing was disturbing, to say the least.

"I should've listened to you and Grandma," John whimpered, turning a tearful gaze onto Spruce, "I never should've put together this stupid contest. I never should've gone on that date without someone with me."

"Hey," Spruce murmured, "What happened wasn't your fault."

"Wasn't it?" John scoffed, wiping at his eyes angrily, "I didn't listen to you or Grandma, I went out by myself to meet someone I didn't know, and then had to run around the tree for hours so she wouldn't follow me home! I think that qualifies it as being my fault." He let out a weak sob, covering his face again. "I was scared." The admittance was quiet, and Spruce likely only heard it because he was so close to John.

Spruce tugged John Dory bodily into a hug, his older brother practically falling into his lap. "It wasn't your fault. I should've gone with you, regardless of how I felt. I could've helped to keep you safe." John clutched at the back of Spruce's sleep shirt, the damn of his tears breaking as he wept quietly into Spruce's shoulder. "You're going to be okay, JD. It's going to be okay."

[azurevi]

Hello! Can I request Azul, Malleus and Vil with "O" from the alphabet (angst)

O ffer - how they apologize after an argument.

Azul

When he’s in the heat of the moment, he may say things that he doesn’t mean or let loose comments that aim straight at your heart in an attempt to prove himself right. Basically it’s just like how he argues with Floyd about his temperamental attitudes sometimes.

The only difference is that he can’t stay mad for too long without eventually succumbing to melancholy. It’s nothing short of torturous not having your comfort after a hectic day, and unbearable silence stretches into the corners of his office without your presence on the couch. He misses your silly jokes and your laughs, and he misses your concerned glances when he looks the worse for wear.

If it’s his fault, it takes a few days max for him to come to his senses and scramble to apologize to you. He asks Jade for advice about whether he should get you flowers or chocolate, but the latter says he only needs to bring with him sincerity.

If it’s just a bicker over petty matters, perhaps he will still comply and come to you with a genuine apology, but if it’s a big fight that leaves both of you down in the dumps, he won’t allow himself to go empty-handed. Whether it be dinner or a cute jewelry, he is determined to right his wrongs and bring a smile back to your face by all means necessary.

He promises not to let his anger get the better of him again, and pays extra attention to his demeanor when he’s stressed or frustrated in the future.

Vil

Vil has the tendency to nitpick your actions and choices, and can come off as overbearing and demanding at times.

Sure, he usually tries to accept you for who you are, but there are occasions when he forces his own standards and wishes onto you.

He’s unwilling to apologize at first, believing that his advice and comments came from a good place— the wish for you to become the best version of yourself. Eventually, he realizes that he might’ve been too harsh with his words.

Sometimes it takes a certain attentive hunter’s off-handed words for him to realize that.

He doesn’t want to hold grudges. It’s difficult pretending to be mad at you when you pass each other by in the corridor, even for a professional actor such as himself. On the other hand, it is not easy for him to apologize.

Give him more time and he will open up and apologize to you. He won’t delay it for long as having you think that he doesn’t care about you and your feelings is the last thing he wants. He respects it if you want to set some boundaries. Even if you don’t, he makes a note of the argument and tries to avoid criticizing the same things again.

Malleus

Malleus can never stay mad at you for long. In fact, it’s strange that he would get into an argument in the first place, since he always tries his best to be loving.

Still, there are times when he fails to understand your feelings. Chances are you’re his first romantic partner, and having grown up mostly in isolation doesn’t help.

He wants to make it up to you as soon as possible, but also believes that you need some time to yourself. Plus he does want to let his negative emotions subside lest he does something to aggravate the situation.

When you’re away from each other, he still makes sure to check up on you, leaving notes to remind you to eat meals throughout the day, bringing you a cardigan when the afternoon breezes get a bit too cold for comfort.

(Really, how does one manage to stay mad at him?)

Once he thinks that you’re ready to talk, he confesses that he still needs some experiences and apologizes for overlooking your feelings.

The first few times you accidentally derail into quarreling, he gets you really extravagant gifts to show his sincerity, but he eventually understands that you’re not that angry at him. Most of the time you just need some space, and then everything will be fine once you talk it out.

[lovelyyandereaddictionpoint]

You know that Weapon Reader you did with Lilia and Malleus? Can do you one with Before and After Overblotting Yandere!Azul (And maybe Yan!Floyd and Yan!Jade) with Weapon Reader? I can see Reader doing this when Azul was asking for something to ‘sweeten’ the deal that he has for them (To free the Students):

Azul: What exactly can you offer me beside your Dorm? You don’t exactly-

Reader (No hesitation): My Body

Azul: Have much to offer- (Realizes what they said) HUH?!? (Is completely off guard by such a suggestive offer)

Reader (Straight faced): You heard me

Jade and Floyd (Both smirk realizing the Magicless Prefect is going be entertaining to have around): Hehehe…

Jack (Surprised and very started by their ‘suggestive’ offer): Are you INSANE?? (Has a blush on his face from embarrassment)

Grim, Ace and Deuce (Spit-Take after hearing what their Friend just offered): W H A T/N Y A H? ? ! ?

I DEFINITELY believe that Reader doesn’t realize that the rules on ‘Offering’ their Bodies is VERY different from their world (Since Demon Weapon offer their Bodies to Meisters to turn into Weapons) which is seen as connecting to their Meisters (Not realizing that what they offered was VERY suggestive until Ace explained it, then I bet their face rivals Angry Riddle’s Face)

I love this so much

🖤🖤🖤

Weapon Reader (2) | Yandere Twisted Wonderland

Azul Ashengrotto

Feeling the weight of the scythe’s blade that was on his lap, he’s desperately trying to gain some semblance of normalcy for him

“Y-your leg!”

“It wouldn’t be just this part. This is only a demonstration. Fully changed, I'm a spear.”

“W-why would I need a spear?!”

“...” You were looking at him like he was the alien here 

“Uh to stab people? I thought you were the smart one Azul.”

He near faints 

Despite his initial shock he eventually gets quite excited about you and your so-called friends failing becoming part of his little crew in Monstro Lounge

With you in his pocket, he’d be unstoppable

Not to mention he could finally get to know you or rather for you to know him at all

Too many times had he chickened out from speaking to you because he was sure his heart was beating loud enough to hear

But if you really were making the offer

He’d take it

And when the day ends he himself will collect you

“Well similar to Ramshackle, it's only right that I protect and exercise your services until the contract is officially in action.”

On account of maintaining your deal, you sigh before following Azul who is trying to hide his blushy smile as he pushes his glasses up with pride

So between being interrogated about your weapon status and plotting with your friends it will ultimately trigger his overblot

When that finally does happen you are more than prepared to throw down especially if Jade is offering to be your meister

When all's said and done Azul’s really upset you are out of his grasp

Next to Jamil your #1 on his ‘make a contract with at any opportunity' list

And it's not entirely because of your weapon status

“Prefect, I was curious if you’d let me…handle you, a-as a weapon of course!”

“If you let me touch your tentacles.”

“W-what?! B-but thats–”

“Embarrassing? Maybe, but I’m not one to let just anyone wield me.”

“I’d love to wield you more than anything~!”

“What?”

“J-just thinking about future…opportunities for collaboration, where’d we both get what we want.”

Jade Leech

His having a difficult time repressing the smile on his face

No doubt having also been deeply engaged in research about you, he already deemed you a person of interest

This was just the icing on the cake

He’s really really hoping Azul didn’t properly explain it in the terms of the contract

If Azul didn’t have use for you, he’d gladly be willing 

He can’t wait to take advantage get to know you better

In all your forms

“We happily accept your offer. And once you fail, we can’t wait to keep you forever properly employ you.”

Now he’s going to enjoy exercising the guard for collateral 

Sevens does he love throwing that weight around 

As he slowly carves into your time with your friends 

“Excuse us but we best be off. We’ve scheduled some time for us to get acquainted with one another.”

He really wants to see you in your full weapon form

He also really wants to know if your sense of touch remains through your transformation

“So this is what you meant about being a battle axe. I expected something more modest.”

“Like a lumberjack’s? Please, with the monsters I’d be fighting this is–what are you doing?”

“Sorry I just wanted to know, can you feel this at all?”

“Y-yes but why are you holding my handle like that?!” 

“Just getting a feel for you, that’s all.”

“Well stop it! This is just weird!”

“Perhaps but you were the one to sign the contract, no?”

“It hasn’t gone into effect just yet.”

“It will. And when it does I’ll be more than prepared to wield you with the skill you deserve.”

Sucks to suck 

He’s more aggravated than he lets on about the contract being fulfilled

Now he’s got to find another way to get ahold of you

And while he’s at it he might just cut Azul and Floyd out of it for good measure

So prepare for any and all situations that need you to transform

“Well this is quite the predicament!”

“It isn’t a predicament! You purposely chose this heavily forested area!”

“I’ve done no such thing. This is all through coincidence.”

“Right...”

“...”

“....”

“Now if you’d transform so that I may cut through this bramble.”

“And there it is!”

Floyd Leech

Is just as excited as his brother

He’s following you everywhere 

Closing in when he finds an opportunity to run off with

“I get to have (Y/n)! Why? Because I need to watch for the contract of somethin’!”

He isn’t as interested in getting Ramshackle as he is in finally getting to play with you

He always thought you were just a cute little shrimp 

But you have claws!

How fun!

Fully expect him to shake you hysterically before full-on asking

“Why won’t you change?!”

“I-I-am-not-a-toy-!”

“You’re telling me! Where’s the knife button?”

“Hahaha! S-stop p-poking me! Hey! Keep your hands off!”

Thinking it might ease his insistent touches it won’t

You’ll transform and he’s swinging you around like a maniac

“Stoooop! You’re going to hurt someone!”

“But it's so fun to swing you around like this!”

“Leech brother put that down immediately! You shouldn’t be swinging a weapon like that so indiscriminately, especially since it's you.”

He’s honestly a little peeved

But hey you were known for never being boring

Now that you have claws he’s more intense with his advances

He’s not immune to blades but he does enjoy a workaround

It doesn’t matter that the contract wasn’t fulfilled 

It just means he gets to have fun trying to catch you off-guard

He’s always been one for a chase

“Ne ne Shrimpy~Where’d you run off to?!”

“Don’t come near me Floyd, I'll cut you!”

“I’d like to see you try!” 

[mirrow-hamato]

Promised Crystal Clay AU headcanons + mostly spoilers to fanfic that I'll probably wouldn't be capable to finish

First thing first that i think is important to this au is "how would Viva will find Clay's brothers?".

I mean, of course we can just say "He told her about them". Right. Yea. But that unlikely would be enough.

So my things to everything is headcanon that Clay having a diary. With photos, some of his thoughts, some sad or angry moments he had, but also a good ones.

(honestly, i built my entire fanfic on this goddamn diary.)

Diary important because:

1. My personal reason is because in the beginning of my fanfic (hello spoilers for something that i haven't finished) is that after founding this diary once again in Clays small library, he'll get very emotional about how he a bit regrets that they split out and that he wasn't capable to do anything about them being eaten (that's what he thinks). So as soon as he sees Velvet and Veneer (that looking for new troll cuz old one escaped) he gets very determined to "finally do something important in his life" and save the other Putt-Putt trolls. And well..

2. He fails because his diary fell of his bag, which he instantly trying to get back. And of course he get himself caught.

3. Viva could use photos of Brozone so she can at least be sure of how they used to look like.

4. Clay would surely write about his brother's hobbies and about the day they split. So even if Viva could think that all his brothers could be eaten, she would give a try to looking at them.

5. Diary have photos! That would prove other brothers that Viva isn't just a stranger but actually someone who somewhat related to Clay.

6. After most of brothers still would much believe her (a bit wrong of saying. They just have some "reasons". Like: JD saying that it's useless for him because he knews that Clay or other brothers wouldn't want to see him. (If they're alive ofc). Bruce would just instantly call the police. Floyd would be terrible worried, but he also have a concert right now and he can't just cancel it (he will don't worry.). And Branch just probably wouldn't trust this and would think that Viva just steal it or find it somewhere in "trash.")

7. P-H-O-T-O-S. Photos are important.

Because every time when Viva will leave another brother after they somewhat rejected her, randomly there will be a photo that will still remind them of how good they were together one way or another and how they miss and worry about each other. (So yea each of brothers gonna have a photo. +Clay have one while he's in the bottle. Yes i love angst)

John Dory would instantly return to the troll tree (where he would find Branch and Poppy).

Bruce would warn Brandy about his leaving. Then he would took something like a bike (let me just imagine Bruce on bike, please.) and goes for the spot of Velvet and Veneer concert.

Floyd cancelled his concert right when he was about to start singing (while looking at photo, he apologised Infront of thousands trolls and leaves the stage. He leaves on limousine tho. Try change my mind.)

Then all of them meets up together in the same spot to save Clay all together.(and also Viva would be there.)

Honestly it's all what I've got. I hope it was somewhat interesting. Have a nice day and don't forget about self care!

[lulu101]

Part 1

In continuation to my Hook AU, I’ll be skimming over Clay and Viva’s situation and share a few ideas on how Clay would react to the news:

In the escape from Bergen Town, Poppy is like a year old and Branch is a bit older than her, he’s almost 3 (mostly because I don’t know what Poppy’s age is)

Brozone and Grandma Rosiepuff are still alive and are present for the escape

Their parents had died right before Branch’s first birthday

Viva and some of the other trolls are still separated in the tunnels

Suffering from this loss, King Peppy encourages Brozone to start a concert again as they are the last band with all members present, in hopes to boost troll morale

Due to this pressure, John Dory pushes all of his brothers to be at their very best, which causes a strain for his brothers, especially Clay who is grieving Viva

King Peppy is the one who tells John Dory about the perfect family harmony, which only causes more pressure for the brothers once JD ends up promising other trolls they’d pull it off

They spilt up like in canon, leaving Branch with their Grandma as they are now safe from the Bergens and have no reason to worry

On Clay’s journey, which takes a few months, he stumbles upon the Putt Putt Trolls and Viva, who had believed they were the only survivors

Assuring Viva that they had successfully relocated, he is able to coax some of the trolls to go with him to prove it’s safe

However, when they go back, the new village is deserted, and Clay’s brothers and Grandma are nowhere to be found

Clay then goes back with the Putt Putt trolls and helps Viva as a co-leader, growing up to wonder if his older siblings had survived or not

The overall idea of this is that Branch and Rosiepuff had been left behind because the brothers genuinely didn’t think they’d be in danger now that the trolls were away from the Bergens

As for why the new tree had been deserted, Rosiepuff is taken by Chef, which a few trolls had ended up witnessing, and once King Peppy hears of this, he has his people move further into the forest as he is not willing to lose any more trolls

Branch, now grey and an outcast, goes with them as he does not wish to let Rosiepuff’s sacrifice be in vain, hence why is obsessed with building the bunker, to be safe and alive

My ideas with how Clay reacts to the news of JD’s death and his newly 17-year old son who had been raised by the Rock Trolls

He’s angry that JD died, that he hadn’t gone through with the idea of looking for him at the Neverglade Forest like he had planned to when he came back from the deserted village

He’s resentful that he would never be able to yell at JD for the role he pushed him in, that he’ll never be able to find out if JD would’ve apologized, if he’d accept the troll he had become

He’s wary and uncertain towards Hook, JD’s son, because he looks so much like his father and he acts like him sometimes, that anger boils inside of him

However, Hook is the last remnant of JD and his nephew, so he tries his best to bond with him and pretend everything is okay

Whenever Hook asks Clay about JD, he either refuses to say anything or has him ask Bruce or Floyd

Clay also tries to be friendly with the Rock Trolls, though their interactions are awkward once he finds out about Queen Barb and the strings

Clay’s role may change as I am still in the drafts with deciding how Hook’s relationship would be with the brothers and how that affects the events from the third movie. Heck, I’m still debating whether it should be Hook who gets captured, just so Brozone finds out they have to save the son of their dead brother and a bigger risk of the Family Harmony not working.

Next part will be more about Hook :)

[jaxxsoxxn]

Do you have any Flasharang art

or Headcannons

Henlo Anon! With art amma be slow bc I hurt my hand slightly at work yesterday :') but expect it!

Flasharang hc tho? I have few:

- Boomer pouts, like I love him dearly, but he can be pretty childish, but he fully on has to bite his lip to not pout when he's deeply unhappy at smth. Flash, when not Brainiaced, absolutely adores it. After few months of a relationship, he learns to notice the signs of it being hidden and can't help but smile at it. If Boomer will catch him smiling at it, he'll have to fight the need to pout even more.

- Flash, normally, would be pretty affectionate with Boomer. He's not one to hold back with physical or verbal PDA, and while Boomer might be pretty crude and loud, his ginger genes betray him whenever the other decides to give him a quick peck in front of his team or any other hero/villain, and his face turns red in seconds. He tries to act angry about it - he fails.

- Flash would be way sweeter at the start of the relationship, just to be a horrible tease later. No-one would believe Digger when he'd say that, above GL(Hal Jordan ver.) or other people that know Flash enough to be aware of it.

- Digger takes somewhat the most beautiful pictures of Barry and he hates it. He wants an ugly photo for his contact pic! Give him one!

- On the other hand, Bar takes the worst pics of Boomer ever and he really doesn't want to! But somehow his every pic looks like those blurry, chaotic pics of orange or black cats that do smth they shouldn't be doing.

- Flash loves cuddling Digger from behind. He needs to be the big spoon, he needs to count every little freckle and just keep Boomer safe, even if Boomer doesn't need the protection. It's just something small comforting him.

- The first person in the squad who knows about them isn't Harvey, surprisingly, it's Floyd! He's actually so deep in denial about it for first few days he knows, he shoots Digger looks like he killed his dog. Zoey, on the other hand, adores the fact that her silly uncle Boomer has a superhero bf. Boomerang disappeares from the face of earth for two weeks after learning she knows because he doesn't want to talk about it to her. Flash loves little Zoe.

- Hal isn't even in top 10 first people to learn about the relationship, but he absolutely hates it and for first two months or so, he shoots Digger dirty looks and steps in-between the two when he can. Barry is deeply embarrassed and amused at the same time.

- Boomer usually uses Barry's name in a silly, half annoyed half petty way, but when they cuddle in front of TV and Digger falls asleep to his fave cartoon, he sometimes mumbles it in his sleep, softly and wanting, and all Bar can do is fall in love again.

- Hal and Zoey, when they meet on a hang out caused by these two, are the most chaotic duo ever. She deems him her favourite and only likeable Green Lantern. He fights the tears for the whole day out. Floyd still doesn't trust him much, but his daughter trusts him so he'll give him the benefit of doubt.

- Squad and the other closer coworkers, above Shark and Toyboy, make disgusted sounds or kissy sounds at Boomer every time he mentions Flash. One time a random guard tries to give him shit too, but Flag knocks him out right then and there. Only few people can make fun of him, thank you very much.

So that's about all for now! Oh Lords it's a lil more than I planned, but well

Also, don't fear to send more asks! I thrive off them :P

[claudemblems]

Operation "Kiss the Girl" | Chapter 1: The First Date

Summary: With the help of Jade and Floyd, Ace and Deuce put the first step of their "Kiss the Girl" plan into motion. What better way to woo your true love than sharing a private candlelit dinner in the Mostro Lounge together?

Genre: Fem!Reader. Lots of pining. Fluff.

Notes: This is a long one at 2,891 words! I plan on writing at least two more parts after this, so stay tuned for them 💜

“Shrimpy’s in love with Azul?!”

The tweels stared slack-jawed at Ace and Deuce, wondering if this was some sort of prank they had the audacity to try to pull on them. Were they still angry about almost getting squeezed to death by Floyd during that whole contract debacle? Tsk, humans get so offended by everything. 

"She is!" Deuce exclaimed. "And the only way to turn her back to a human is to have Azul, her true love, kiss her within three days!"

"Hmm…" Jade tapped a finger against his chin. "Ace, Deuce, for your sakes, I hope you're telling us the complete truth. Otherwise, I'll have to use Shock the Heart on you."

"We swear, Jade-senpai!" Ace cried, slamming his hands on the table. "We didn't come all the way here to mess with you!"

"Please believe us. [Name] is in a dangerous situation right now because of our stupidity. We can't just leave her to stay a mermaid forever. We need your help."

In one last attempt to persuade the twins for help, Ace and Deuce got up from the booth and prostrated themselves on the floor of the Mostro Lounge. With their faces to the floor, both of them yelled simultaneously, "Please!"

The twins shared a look, debating if getting involved in such frivolous human affairs was worth their time. After several painstakingly long moments, they finally reached a consensus. 

"All right, we believe you, and we'll help you."

"Really?!"

"On one condition."

"Oh no," Ace groaned, earning a swift smack on the head from Deuce.

"There's no room for complaining! We promised to help [Name], so we have to see this through."

"Fine,” Ace sighed. “What's the condition?"

"That you'll help us help Azul confess his feelings to her."

"Sure! No problem! That will be easy—wait, confess his feelings?!"

"You haven't seen how Azul gives her those sickly sweet goo goo eyes?" Floyd sighed, rolling his eyes at the thought. "He's like a sea sponge that soaks up any kind of attention he gets from her."

"Wait a minute. So you're saying that their feelings are mutual?"

"It would seem so," Jade replied. "Ah, I do love a good story about sea-crossed lovers."

"Isn't it star-crossed...nevermind. Yes, we'll help you come up with a plan for him to confess to her!"

"Excellent. Go prepare [Name] for a romantic candlelit dinner tonight. We'll make sure Azul is dressed to impress."

"He's also gonna need some time to calm those nerves of his. He already turns into a tomato-faced mess when [Name] is mentioned~"

"Are you sure that you'll be able to convince him to have dinner with her?"

"Oh, don't worry," Jade answered, flashing a smile that showed off his sharp teeth. "We have our ways.”

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Earlier That Day

“Professor, what’s that?”

“It's a seashell necklace imbued with the voices of shapeshifting sirens,” Crewel answered Ace, leaning down beside the bathtub you were soaking in and clasping the jewelry around your neck. “It will allow her to return to her human form for a short while.”

“Professor, you’re amazing!”

“Don’t start flattering me yet, puppies,” Crewel replied sharply, shooting the duo another one of his infamous terrifying glares. “It can only hold its power for a limited amount of time. You’ll know it’s running low when scales begin to resurface on her skin. When that happens, come find me. I’ll restore its magical properties with a vial of a siren’s song.”

“Yes, sir!”

“And don’t think your idiocy will go unpunished. I’ll go easier on you for being so willing to help out your friend, but once she’s back to normal, I’m going to whip you both into shape.”

“Y-Yes, sir!”

“Now, I’ll be taking my leave. I’ll leave her care in your hands. Do not make me regret it.”

“We won’t let anything happen to [Name]!” Deuce promised.

“You can count on us!” Ace added.

“Good. Then I’ll be on my way.”

The three of you watched as Crewel gathered his things and wordlessly strolled out of Ramshackle Dorm. The atmosphere turned heavy as the realization of the impossible mission you all needed to accomplish finally dawned on you. But not one for reveling in misery, Ace was there to lighten the mood.

“Well, it’s time to work on getting [Name] her little smooch with Azul!”

“Y-You don’t have to put it like that, Ace!” you cried, hiding your flushed face in your hands. 

“Aw, is someone embarrassed? Are you going to turn as red as the Little Mermaid’s hair when he puckers his lips for you?”

“Keep up your shenanigans and I’ll let Jade and Floyd make a seafood meal out of you.”

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“Okay, I can do this. It’s no problem. I just have to act like myself. Don’t try too hard. Don’t fiddle with your tie. Don’t give yourself reasons to be nervous. This is perfectly fine. This is fine. I’m fine…NO, I’M NOT FINE AT ALL!!!”

Floyd cackled as Azul hid his face in his hands, the candlelight illuminating his flushed skin. “Aw, poor Azul’s heart isn’t prepared for his first date!”

“They grow up so fast,” Jade added, dabbing at his dry eyes with a handkerchief.

“Both of you, knock it off!” Azul cried, waving his hands in frustration. “You just dumped this on me out of nowhere! Who makes “date” plans for someone else, much less when it doesn’t even involve you?”

“If we left it to you, it would never happen.”

“You…You don’t know that!”

Jade and Floyd exchanged a look. 

“I think our boss here is in denial, Jade~”

“AM NOT!”

“You’re not helping your case, you know.”

“Ugh, just…leave me alone for a minute,” Azul pleaded, rubbing circles into his temples. “I need to compose myself before she gets here.”

And just as he finished speaking, a voice came echoing from the entrance of Mostro Lounge. 

“Jade-senpai, Floyd-senpai! [Name]’s here!”

“Well, that’s our cue,” Jade said, shooting a playful smile at an absolutely mortified Azul. “Floyd, let’s get some menus and lead [Name] to her seat.”

“Sure thing! Azul, you better be composed now~!”

The twins set off before he even had time to respond.

“Oh, Sevens,” Azul sighed, holding his head. “This isn’t going to go smoothly at all.” Why in Twisted Wonderland did he let the twins persuade him into doing this “date” nonsense in the first place? “It’ll be a great stress reliever.” “You deserve a break.��� Yeah, right. Those two were planning something far more nefarious, and it frustrated Azul that he couldn’t figure out exactly what it was.

But all of his anger dissipated the moment his gaze fell on you.

His breath caught in his throat at the sight before him: you wore a beautiful light blue evening gown that draped over your shoulders, cascading onto the floor like ocean waves. Your hair was pinned up in an intricate hairstyle fixed in place with pearl-studded hair clips, and your makeup perfectly complemented your outfit’s ocean theme with varying shades of blue eyeshadow and coral-colored lipstick. And to tie the look together, your neck was adorned with a dazzling gold seashell necklace.

“Wow,” he breathed, too caught up in your beauty to hold back his awe. 

You flushed at his sincere reaction. “Is this too much? Vil and Rook insisted on doing my makeup for the occasion. They said it would be ‘good practice.’”

“It’s perfect,” Azul replied, offering you his hand. Though he was still feeling like a flustered mess on the inside, he would never allow himself to forget to treat you like a gentleman should. “Shall we?”

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To Azul’s surprise, the night was flying by, and his nervousness had completely vanished as if he'd never had it in the first place. Conversation with you was light and comfortable, but if he was being honest, he would have been perfectly content with just letting you talk the rest of the night away. He found your voice so soothing to listen to, and a part of him wondered if you’d managed to put him under some sort of a love spell. But he knew that you, of course, were a magicless human, and yet that only made Azul all the more entranced by you. 

“Thank you for having dinner with me, Azul,” you finally said, giving him a small smile.

“Of course,” Azul replied, wearing a smile of his own. “I should be thanking you as well. I would have asked you properly, but Jade and Floyd like to take matters into their own hands.”

“Just like Ace and Deuce. They seem to always make plans without asking for approval first.” You shook your head, laughing at the thought. “That’s what gets them into trouble all the time.”

“Yet here we are, enabling their behavior,” Azul sighed. “Still, I could never pass up an opportunity to be in your company. If I’m being honest…” A pink hue began to bloom on his porcelain cheeks, “you’re one of the few humans I feel like I can truly connect with. You know that I’m a reserved person, so trying to form friendships proves to be quite difficult for me. I’m out of my element when I’m not in the sea, which makes my attempts at fitting in even worse off. But with you…I forget about all of my shortcomings. I just enjoy being in your presence. So thank you, for all that you’ve done for me.”

Silence hung in the air for a few long moments before Azul’s face turned from a soft pink to a bright burning red. “I’m so sorry! I just started rambling and made everything awkward…Sevens, I don’t know what I’m even doing here—”

“Azul.”

Upon feeling the touch of your hand on his, he lifted his gaze to your face, and his heart skipped a beat at the sight of you wearing a warm smile. “I enjoy being in your company, too. I’ll always be here for you, whether you want to talk or get something off your chest. All you need to do is call my name and I’ll be there.”

“Oh,” he breathed, taken aback by your sincerity. “I mean, yes, thank you. You’re also welcome to come talk with me any time.”

“Good.”

The two of you finished up your dinner before your plates were taken away by Jade and Floyd (who wore suspicious grins on their faces, you noted). They returned with dessert for the last course, which you and Azul finished in a comfortable silence.

“Could I ask you something?” you asked after a while, fiddling with your hands in your lap. You’d been having so much fun on your “date” that you’d nearly forgotten you needed to win his affection. 

“Of course.”

“What do you think of the love story between the Little Mermaid and her prince?”

Azul’s eyes widened a fraction. “Hmm…I’ve never really thought about it. Why do you ask?”

“Just curious. I watched the movie again recently with Ace and Deuce, but both of them thought it was overrated. “Too much romance, not enough action.” Honestly, there’s a reason those two don’t get girls.” Sorry, Ace and Deuce. This is just a little bit of revenge for what you’ve gotten me into.

“Hah, those two are too scatter-brained to get it. The movie is a classic! Who watches it and doesn’t like the romance?”

“Are you perhaps…a hopeless romantic, Azul?” 

The tips of Azul’s ears turned a deep shade of red as he quickly shook his head. “N-No, I just don’t like seeing fools criticize good films!” He sighed, straightening his tie (something he seemed to do when he was nervous, you realized). “But if you’re asking for my opinion, I think the love story between the Little Mermaid and the Prince is beautiful. It’s endearing to watch the mermaid try to express her feelings through fleeting touches, gentle gazes, and bright smiles. And watching the Prince slowly begin to fall in love with her is so heart-warming. You can tell he loves her for who she is. His heart is matched perfectly with hers, and his affection for her is unconditional. He helped save her life, after all, just like she saved his.”

“They really are so sweet, aren’t they?” you replied with a dreamy sigh. You held your head in your hand, gazing up fondly at Azul as he rambled on again. The way his eyes lit up when he recounted the mermaid and prince’s romance was unmistakable. It was almost like he craved for the same thing in his own life, like he’d spent endless nights wondering what it might feel like if someone loved him like that.

Just who was he imagining in those scenarios, though, you wondered. No. You shook your head. Don’t get cold feet now. You’re looking too far into this. He’s just talking about the movie, is all. But still, part of you couldn’t help but question if there was a hint of truth in what you thought.

“And the film shows the importance of an equal give and take in relationships. This ensures fairness and a win-win situation for both parties, no matter what obstacles await them in the future.” He’s talking about contractual obligations again, isn’t he? You laughed to yourself. He never changes.

“But I do admire the Little Mermaid’s devotion to the one she loves. To give up her whole life as a mermaid means letting go of a lot, but she sees a brighter future with her prince. I think everyone deserves to find that special person, just as my mother found my step-father.” A small smile appeared on his face, no doubt recalling happy memories. “To be with someone who wants nothing more than to remain at your side…what more could you possibly ask for?”

It was then that he realized he’d begun to ramble on again. “Oh, I really don’t know when to quit, do I?’

Well, now’s the time to test the waters.

Carefully, you placed your hand on top of Azul’s, noting how his cheeks flushed at the action. “You deserve that happiness. I hope you find it.”

Instead of crawling back into his shell, Azul surprised you by smiling in return, gazing at you fondly. He mirrored your gesture by placing his other hand on top of yours and sincerely answering, “I hope you find it, too.”

Now it was your turn to blush. 

But further conversation with him would have to wait. The shell’s power had begun to dwindle, causing your bright mermaid scales to reappear on your skin.

Shoot. I need to come up with an excuse to leave, and fast.

And as if they could read your mind, Jade and Floyd quickly came to your rescue.

“Azul, don’t you think it’s time to wrap things up for the night? I’m sure [Name] is quite tired, and there’s a mountain of paperwork waiting for you in your office.”

“Oh! You’re right. It’s late, isn’t it?” Azul glanced down at his watch. “I’m sorry for keeping you so long.”

“It’s no problem,” you replied. “I had a great time. Thank you for having me.”

“You will always be welcome here. Come by whenever you’d like. Your food and drinks will be completely free of charge.”

The statement was so out of character that it left yours, Jade’s, and Floyd’s mouths agape. Azul never offered anything for free, not without some sort of catch. But it seemed that he was being genuine with his words. At least, that’s what you thought.

“Thank you. I’ll keep that in mind.”

Within moments, Ace and Deuce returned to your side, thanking the trio before leading you back to Ramshackle Dorm.

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Even long after you’d left the lounge, Azul was staring off into the distance in a daze. He couldn’t hide the happiness that enveloped him like ocean waves. He was caught in your current, a single man enraptured by the siren that was destined to take him down with her. But he would willingly go wherever you wanted him to, even if it meant risking everything just for your love.

Floyd broke into laughter at the lovestruck look on his boss’ face. “If you like Shrimpy that much, why don’tcha tell her? She’s been giving you goo goo eyes all night long, too!” 

“Ah, young love. It’s a beautiful thing,” Jade chimed in, smirking when Azul’s face turned a lobster red.

“You both are insufferable,” he huffed, stomping off to his room. He’d had enough of the tweels for one night. But even if he escaped their teasing within the confines of his four walls, that didn’t mean he’d managed to calm himself down at all.

Falling asleep proved difficult when all he could think about was you. 

And across the college grounds, the same could be said for you, too. 

You had the most wonderful night spent at Azul’s side, but time was already running out. You’d nearly forgotten the purpose of going there in the first place. You didn’t need to fall even more in love with him. He needed to fall in love with you.

But you still had time to make this all work. That’s what you reminded yourself before your eyes finally slid shut, your dreams filled with memories of your romantic night. 

One day had passed. You only had two more remaining. 

[unfortunatetheorist]

The Complete Works of Contradictory Logic in ASOUE: Volume I (Quote Debunk 10)

Part 7 - The Miserable Mill S1 E7

Quick Intro: Surprise! I'm back after what I know has been quite a long while - life's been keeping me busy! As Voltaire once said: "Life is thickly sown with thorns and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them."

Time to carry on where we left off...

And of course we're jumping straight in with Mr Poe-ntless:

01:49 - "We must act now! We must act without delay! We... (sniffs)... need... (sniffs again)... We need... (sniffs some chowder because why not?) Oh! Oh, my! Oh, my, this is excellent chowder. Mmm, mmm, good. Oh, God... [chugs the entire thing - again, why not?]"

How did we ever believe this guy cared about the Baudelaires?

05:06 - "Pink Floyd's "The Wall"... Although Mother wouldn't let me watch that one."

Not contradictory per se, but a beautifully subtle reference to the lyrics of the song 'Another Brick in The Wall, Pt 2.' particularly the chorus:

We don't need no education

We don't need no thought control

No dark sarcasm in the classroom

Teacher, leave them kids alone!

So I guess it's contradictory, in a way, to the underlying principles of V.F.D.

07:06 - "They have to do what I say, even my partner here." ~ Sir

Luckily Klaus responds quickly and correctly to this one.

10:06 - "...who joined you for years on a sequence of heists and schemes until the two of you were forced apart by circumstance, and also because you ran off in the middle of the night with a bunch of her valuables?" ~ Olaf. to Evander the Truck Driver

What a way to lose a lady. Something tells me only Olaf would do something like this!

The chocolate bar scene at 10:26 is funny, but not really the kind of contradiction we're looking for.

14:45 - "I'm just an old friend" *sniffs flowers and writhes in disgust* ~Olaf to Georgina

"Um, Dr Orwell's not here right now." ~ Dr Orwell (Georgina) to Olaf.

Sheer genius. Neatly covered with the hilarity of Olaf's facial expression after smelling the flowers.

15:06 - "So he isn't just knocking on Dr Orwell's door because he needs something - for himself?" ~ Georgina

Olaf: *chuckles*, *pulls angry face*, *chuckles*

It's brilliantly timed and brilliantly filmed. Also better/easier to understand when viewed.

15:27 - "...who shares one's brilliance, one's charm, one's dubious moral code in a world gone gloriously wrong." ~ Olaf

Olaf was just trying to find alphabetical words; 'brilliance' and 'charm' have quite different meaning and connotation to 'dubious'.

Also, a world gone 'gloriously wrong', eh, Olaf? I wonder how it got that way...

15:48 - This gem:

Georgina: "I took a solemn oath that my office would be closed to you forever even during regular business hours."

Also Georgina: "How big a fortune are we talking?"

22:22 - "I took a chance on treating you like grown-ups, don't make me regret it." ~ Sir to the Baudelaires

A classic phrase often said to children to enforce good behaviour now twisted to benefit Sir's bank balance. Respect, Handler! This kind of thing goes unnoticed very easily.

25:25 - "You, me, an evil scheme, a little death." ~ Olaf

"La petit mort" ~ Georgina

"You know I love it when you speak Spanish." ~ Olaf

Ok. First off, 'la petit mort' is, in fact, French not Spanish. Secondly, 'la petit mort' literally means 'the little death' but in French slang, it means something else entirely... [Hint: not child-friendly...]

26:10 - "It represents the eyes of God staring down and judging society as a moral wasteland." ~ Klaus

"Oh, that sounds like a fun book." ~ Phil

Not really sure how fun this is... but the same could be said about ASOUE to be fair. Each to his own, I suppose.

37:24 - "We've fought a host of unsavoury characters, including a most unfriendly refrigerator repair person. We've flown a plane into a hurricane. We've been to Peru and back to get home to our children. And today, finally, we'll all be together. What could be wrong?"

Gotta love the sarcasm when it's there.

There's also the piece related to the final scene about Sir mentioning the 'probable' (yeah right) conditions of the Baudelaires, which are actually his own... this isn't as contradictory as it perhaps could've been so not worth writing in full.

~ Th3r3534rch1ngr4ph, Unfortunate Theorist/Snicketologist

[robo-milky]

[MORE INFO]

Nicknames:

Brittle Star (Floyd) | Monsieur Fontaine (Rook) | Mr. Leikata/Leikata-sensei (Idia) | Lei (Neige)

Bio:

Leikata is an expressive boy who’s always honest to himself. Whenever he feels happy, sad, or angry, his body’s natural reaction is to tear up. As a result, his peers mistook him for an irrational crybaby. Contrary to this, Leikata is someone who can speak clearly and calmly in tears. Additionally, he’s gained a reputation for being a “pretty cryer”. This does not make Leikata ashamed, he instead embraces it as a natural side of him. Leikata believes it’s best to let loose and go with the flow, than bottling everything up. Moreover, Leikata’s heart bleeds as much as he cries. Leikata is not just sensitive to his feelings, but others’ as well. If he feels like he did something wrong, he will gladly admit and bring attention to it, even if the other party can’t care less. This is also the reason Leikata can’t lie, the guilt would have eaten him alive.

Core values -> Honesty + Peace

Background:

Leikata’s father is a renowned artist in Twisted Wonderland, known for his craftsmanship of using purely paper to make masterpieces. As a result, Leikata followed his father’s footsteps and became somewhat of an apprentice, working under him for exhibitions and galleries. At the age of 12, Leikata discovered his own UM, “Paper Plans”, and started to surpass his father when it came to crafts, via magic. Out of respect for his father’s value of traditional crafts, Leikata branched off to do his own shows and viewings, by joining the scenes of paper theatres and stop-motion. His personal works are niche among the art community, but he’s been getting more attention through collaborations with others.

Notable Thoughts: Leikata’s

“Silver’s the best! He is my first friend in Night Raven College. …Why? Because he was the only student who wasn’t intimidating.”

“Kalim is a surprisingly good person to vent to, if you ever need it. He always knew how to pick me right up, and sometimes he’d even cry with me.”

“Vil is truly the fairest of them all! Well… maybe not when he’s chewing me out for flunking potionology, haha…”

“When Rook is not keeping an eye on Epel, it becomes my job to keep an eye on him. I’ve tried so hard to teach him how to differentiate between the dessert spoons, but he still doesn’t get it…”

“Lilia’s wears a sun-blocking visor when he has P.E.; I wonder if I should get that too.”

Notable Thoughts: Others’

“I thought I had offended Master Leikata when I talked to him the other day, but apparently his eyes are sensitive to sunlight. That makes me wonder how much of his tears are real…” - Cloche

“Leikata brings such life and energy to the Board Game Club, even going so far as to make customized game pieces for us, and animating them in front of our eyes. He’s so creative, turning chips into something so avant-garde. …Surely, they must be worth quite a lot under his name.” - Azul

“I don’t get why Vil wants me to be like Leikata so bad… All that pansy does is cry.” - Epel

“I can’t believe Azul invited Mr. Leikata— THE Leikata who was part of the stop motion for one of the biggest current blockbuster anime OPs of all time, to the BG club—! What was he thinking?!” - Idia

“I wonder how Lei how is doing, after he animated the credits of my last film. I was hoping we could catch up some time, after he moved.” - Neige

Extras/Trivia:

- Light magic user

- Leikata’s hair used to be long and symmetrical, until Rook burned it part of it by accident during a science lab.

- Leikata’s favourite food, stargazy pie, is banned from the Pomefiore dining hall for life.

- Pomefiore is generally very protective and coddling of Leikata. Not necessarily because they’re scared of him getting hurt, but because of the potential danger that is his UM.

- One of Leikata’s past times in Pomefiore is doing puppet shows in the lounge. Students of other dorms drop by sometimes to watch.

- Leikata’s anime/manga/gaming collabs are essentially the TWST equivalent of JJBA x Gucci/Louvre

Full Sprite:

[blade-that-was-broken]

That ending conversion between JD, Bruce, Clay, and Floyd is rough because (I believe) JD is right and there is no way to prove him wrong.

Also to have someone say, I know you like this person more than me. Is a hard conversion.

Then to have it be your sibling talk about you loving another sibling more and then accepting it as ok. Is heartbreaking

That convo was a snippet I had done a while back and I couldn’t NOT put it in cause it just. Hits. I just had to make it work.

I agree with you. It wouldn’t matter what JD had done or not done. In canon, at least Clay and Bruce, kinda held literally a 20 year grudge over stuff they did as teenagers/youngsters. I couldn't imagine if JD had showed up to tell them THAT and they'd be okay with him. Like I'm sorry, I just cannot see it and that HURTS.

It is a hard conversation but it’s also not one John takes offense too. At least not when it’s in regards to Branch in this instance. Of course everyone loved the baby. The baby was the sweetest little thing ever; he couldn’t make anyone angry or upset. He was just the little guy. The sweetheart. The most adorable baby ever. They all loved the baby. They only knew the baby as a baby. They didn’t know him as a child or a teenager or even an adult. His personality hadn’t quite developed yet and they didn’t know him like that. They only knew the baby.

Hearing it from an outside perspective might be jarring. Like your sibling is telling you that he knows you love this other sibling more than him and he just… is apparently fine with it.

I think it would bring a lot of feelings and having something like that hit you in the face? An entirely new perspective on your siblings.

The whole concept just makes me cry because no matter how you look at it, no matter what happens, it's just so sad.

[jessidogg]

Hey! I just followed you! I’m Christian too. I saw your post about BroZone abandoning Branch. I agree with you. What they did were stupidity and selfish.

I know Floyd said goodbye, but IF he was a good and loved Branch very much then why did he left him? (I know it wasn’t make sense but Trolls if he didn’t 😅)

That’s just wrong of him, making promise is serious. Solo career takes a lot of time, also Rosiepuff was old. Honestly I don’t know if that’s wrong or right but I feel like he’s very wrong, the solo career is just something to enjoy and human/ Troll is living! Wasn’t he like 10-12?

You only live ONCE!

My 2ed favorite is John Dory. taking care of siblings is lot of responsibility and he through everyone died meaning his family died as well. He mentioned he tried came back but no one was there. I don’t know about Floyd, Clay and Bruce. They’re okay I guess. (They’re awesome in fanfics I don’t know why ;’D)

True I don’t like how they treat Branch in movie, it’s just weird and embarrassing. Like come on! Branch is not a baby! I’m more shocked they didn’t notice Branch’s hair and skin were not same as his original colors, it’s duller!

I know John left first but he did come back, but well yeah we know.

I don’t know about Bruce. By looking at him, he has family, right? I feel like he replaced Branch. Branch is HIS family! I’m bet Bruce’s kids would have asked about their uncles, his brothers! Honestly I feel like he doesn’t care about Branch but I’m not quite sure.

Clay is fine, he wanted to be serious but it seems like he isn’t mature enough and he just did dance which is kind of funny in movie at golf course, right?

It’s fine if he doesn’t want to be fun boy, that doesn’t mean he should be serious ALL the time, honestly I’m not sure about him. Staying mad at John for 20 years? That’s too much. I’m surprised he or Bruce didn’t end up hurting themselves- (it did happen to me, I was upset with someone, no i didn’t hurt myself but I felt hurt, after awhile I got over it, moved on and feel better, so should they)

I don’t know about Floyd, all we know he only got captured and was trapped for two months. We don’t know what he did before that.

The worst is they all left Branch to the hands of Bergens in the middle of BergenTown which was worse! (I heard about Bergens finding Trolls after BroZone Breakup, but I find it hard to believe and I don’t understand so I don’t believe and timeline is confused)

I’m not sure why Rosiepuff didn’t do her job to step up to the boys. I understand she was too old, or stop them from leaving unless she thought they needed some time to themselves and will come back, it might have happened before, like teenagers normally does. I’m guessing she didn’t hear what Floyd was saying to Baby Branch.

I’m not sure If she did help JD, we don’t know how her relationship with her older grandsons were.

Her death was even more sad.. ;(

Branch is my favorite ever more! :’D

My apologies about any mistakes or grammar.

Anyway I have a question, we know BroZone’s parents was never seen at all, they most likely died.

But

What do you think their reaction to their four older sons, what they did to their youngest son? I know they would be so disappointed and angry, knowing that they do not raise their sons this way.

I get it, teenagers can be stupid but abandoning families is wrong and awful, really sad even when Branch didn’t do anything.

How would they think about their sons left after one performance that went wrong and one fright that made them left and never came back?

How Branch went through so much?

HELLOOOO FELLOW CHRISTIAN 💕💕

Sorry I didn't get to this sooner, i knew this response would take a bit and I didn't have a ton of time earlier today😁💅

Okay, so to answer your question, it's hard to know exactly his parents would feel other than being disappointed and angry. We don't really know their personalities as well, so it's super hard to tell. I know for sure that they would never have let them just walk out the door like that unless they were lousy parents, and would probably give them all a good talking to.

I will say, being a girl with six brothers, I know what brothers go through, so I'm assuming that they have had multiple fights like this before, and that this one was only a bigger deal because they had promised the Perfect Family Harmony, something that had never been done before, and they blew it in front of the whole village.

DOES NOT MAKE THIS RIGHT BUT JUST SAYING THAT IT'S VERY EASY TO LOSE UR TEMPER WITH IT BROS HAHA-

But yeah, they would be so sad about Branch going through all of that. He definitely didn't deserve it. He was only a baby after all!

I never understood why Grandma Rosiepuff just sat there talking about dummy during the fight, that doesn't show the sweet loving grandma we know she was from Branch's descriptions of her. Ok Dreamworld was trying to be silly, but (And this is very hard for me to say bc I LOVE Dreamworks so much and their jokes are amazing in kids movies!!) I think the joke was too forced at the wrong time and place.

So I'm trying to give her a benefit of a doubt about why she didn't stop them, maybe thinking "oh, they 're doing their silly little fights again, they'll all be back." But they didn't come back:(((

I don't believe that Bruce REPLACED Branch or any of his brothers-- falling in love and having kids isn't replacing them at all. Branch could have done the same thing with Poppy, honestly. Bruce did seem to not really be too eager about going back, which did confuse me, and can be fustrating, but it makes sense. John Dory had always bossed him around and yelled at them, and he had found love and a great new life where he was, so he didn't really need to return to the life he didn't really enjoy. (Tho it is still messed up)

IDK WHAT HAPPENED WITH FLOYD LIKE WHY DID YOU NOT TO BACK TO BRANCH?!!! I don't have an explanation for Floyd at all. Maybe he did come back but found the troll tree abandoned and whatever, so maybe he guessed they were dead too? idk, I love Floyd but I just can't believe he didn't return for Branch or take Branch with him, though I guess it would have been messed up to leave their grandma all alone.

For the timeline confusion you have-- totally get it, the timeline is all over the place. But here is the basic explanation for things:

The BroZone Breakup HAD to be before the Bergen Attack bc Clay ran off with Viva, remember, before arriving at Putt Putt Whats-it-called lol (which is why Clay didn't look for Branch again also-- Viva wouldn't have let him)

Also, Branch is at least two years older (bc he was def a bit older when his grandma died) than Poppy, and Poppy was only like one year when the Bergen attacked, so the breakup also had to happen before the Bergen Attack bc Branch was only like one (at least) during it and Poppy definitely wasn't born yet. (If Poppy had been born, it might have taken her quicker to connect the dots between Bitty B and Branch).

You know the timeline after that, Trolls, Trolls Holiday, Trolls World Tour, 1/2 month later THIH, and TBT 1/2 a month after that. Kinda complicated at first, but if you really think about it, then it becomes a bit easier.

also, Clay is in a phase where he is trying to figure himself out. He wants to be serious (mainly to defy JD and show him that he has grown up) but at the same time, he does seem to be a silly boy at heart.

BRANCH IS MY FAVORITE TOOOO SAMIESSSS

sorry, I ranted. Hope this helps! Love ya!❤❤❤

-Jessi

[nevasora]

I LOVE YOUR FEAR

Yandere Floyd X Reader

Warning : Yandere-ish,NSFW,Violence,Breaking legs ,murder(not on reader),Non-con

Part 2

everyone always tells you that Floyd Leech is not one to approach,honestly you believe that, seeing how the incident where students were beaten in front of your eyes and in front of the public is not a pleasant thing,you also think to always keep your distance from Floyd Leech, no, not only Floyd, but also Azul and Jade.

 

You have a comfortable and peaceful school life, far from danger, until one day, when you want to return a book to the library at night because you're too busy during the day, you accidentally see someone thrown at you with a body full of blood and what's worse,the person is not breathing , Shocked and panicked to see this, You fell down and covered your mouth in horror, not long after that a pair of shoes appeared in front of the dead person and spoke "hee~ I thought school was over at this time? Who would have thought that I would get a witness for what I did." You know that voice, that signature voice, it's the voice of the man you should be avoiding, Floyd Leech.

 

To be honest, you are very scared right now, but you dared to look into his eyes, the mistake you made at that time, Floyd also looks at you and smiles broadly showing his sharp teeth, his eyes filled with murderous intent make you shudder,Floyd crouched down and looked at you straight and said "hm~ actually I don't want to leave any traces, let alone have to kill you , Because it must be troublesome, so I will give you a choice, you will live but you have to keep all this a secret,or I kill you here right now even if it's troublesome? choose wisely little fish "

 

Adrenaline surrounds you, you want to live, so you also agree to the first choice, that way your destiny is locked, since then, Floyd always appears around you and even bothers you , makes you shunned by your friends because they are afraid of what Floyd will do.

 

At first maybe you just used to be ostracized, but as a social being you finally can't stand it anymore, you try to talk to someone and make friends with someone,But the result was nothing, they didn't want to take any risk, finally with all the courage, you ran to the mostro lounge and shouted Floyd's name,Making other people who were there turn towards you and wonder what you're doing, Jade and Azul are no exception, Jade approaches you and asks "Please calm down for a moment, if I may ask, why did you call Floyd? did you have any business with him?" You just nodded and held Jade's sleeve then said "Please call Floyd here, I want to talk to him" hearing what you said Jade nodded and told you to wait a moment, after that Jade went to call Floyd,And finally Floyd appears and approaches you with a look that looks bored "uhh what's your business little fish? I'm busy you kno—" Without finishing what he said, you grabbed his collar and pulled Floyd out of the mostro lounge, you stopped in a place that you thought was deserted.

 

"....sigh, what's wrong with you? It's so annoying, hurry up and tell me what's wrong with you, you're just taking up my time," Floyd said angrily.

 

And then, you turned towards Floyd and slapped his face in annoyance, making Floyd startled and glared at you "huh?" Floyd said in a deep tone and looked more annoyed,But this doesn't stop you.

 

You looked straight at Floyd and the anger that was building up in your heart

"can you stop bothering me during the day? Do you know that behavior of yours makes me shunned by my friends?I'll keep that night's events a secret, so you don't have to bother me anymore!" You said in a loud tone.

Floyd who was annoyed and angry because of your previous behavior, didn't care about what happened to you, of course.

so he pulled your hair hard and yanking your head back

"Listen, little fish, I don't care what happened to you, what I care about right now is, you dare to slap me with your little hands and it piss me off now,Do I have to punish you for this? I don't think breaking your little hand is a difficult thing for me" Floyd threatened you, and you know that you have made a mistake,You tried to get away from his hands and apologized to him repeatedly, but Floyd didn't listen to you and instead dragged you into a room.

 

He threw you into the room with ease, and locked the room once he was in the room, looking at you with a look full of danger, you thought you would die right then and there,But what you saw was Floyd smiling, a dangerous and lustful smile, that smile made you realize that nothing good would come of what was about to happen.

"Hmm... Actually I wanted to kill you earlier, but your crying face and your begging me made me a little bit excited" he said followed by his signature smile.

 

  "..No, please, don't do whatever you're thinking right now, I was wrong, please just kill me" you said hoping that Floyd would understand what you were saying.

NSFW?

[chloe-spade]

The Little Leeches ACT THREE: Love can be healed

Morning arises as the waves meet the beach. The Kingdom was thriving for a positive reason, as flowers were delivered, a beautiful layered cake was made, and a wedding boat was ready for sailing. People laugh and cheer during this.

It was an odd sight for Shore, who flew up high, looking for the twins. However, she was tempted to eat much of the food that was prepared for the event, but she was getting tired of brooms hurting her wing, so it was a failed mission.

So she flew high to a nearby bedroom, searching for the twins.

"Floyd!! Jade!!" She called out, "Have you heard!? Today is a wedding!!"

Her screech went through the castle skies, which annoyed everyone around, even the awakening Azul, who grabbed her by the beak, glaring at the seagull.

"It is too early for her screams, Shore," Azul groaned, "and what do you mean by a wedding? I don't think I heard about one," he yawned and grabbed his pair of glasses.

"Check!!"

Azul sighed and went onto his balcony and saw the boat ready to sail on the sea. People of many entered to decorate it with everything that felt fancy for a human wedding, Azul thought. He also saw Queen Icabeth and King Julius watching everything with big smiles, which sent alarms in Azul's head as he turned towards Shore.

"Who is getting married?"

"Uh…I dunno! Best to find out!"

Azul sighs and walks outside his room to look around. He went over to the throne room, where he was Riddle, displeased with Trey, which was odd, as Riddle does not get annoyed with Trey, let alone angry at him. His face becoming red says it all.

"Riddle, your face is getting red," Trey spoke, "I don't know why this has upset you. I thought you would be ecstatic for me."

"Trey, you are not yourself right now!" Riddle hissed, "This…you just met this person and you automatically believed they saved you? Really? Nothing matches up, Trey. And no offense to you, kind sir, but I do need a recap of what has happened for me to understand you position."

"Well, I thought I explained it so many times," Adam sighs, now upset, "Everyone knows it by now."

Riddle felt stuck, convincing Trey was like talking to a brick wall and he already had bad vibes about Adam, from his mysterious appearance, to how his voice reminded him of Floyd's but calmer, and steady like it was a voice that didn't belong to him.

The way Adam twirled his necklace with a suspicious glance made Riddle scared.

He knew who saved him, by name.

"W..what about Jade?" Riddle focused on speaking, "Did last night mean nothing? Did he mean nothing?"

Trey's eyes softened at the mention of Jade, his hand now shaky.

"I…It's not about Jade, Riddle. You know that."

"I don't." Riddle spoke firmly.

"Now, now Trey," hummed Adam, "He's just upset that you are to marry and we are to be kings together. Jealous, Riddle?" Adam's eyes drifted behind Riddle and a smile appeared on his face, "Who's that lovely beauty behind you, Riddle? Oh, don't be shy, young one, come over here."

Quick sudden footsteps got Riddle and Azul's attention, but nobody was there, disappearing like a ghost.

"Jade!" Riddle heard Azul call out, which made his heart drop even lower than it already was.

Without a second thought, Riddle followed Azul and saw Floyd, Idia, and Ortho on the ground, shocked.

"What happened?" Floyd asked slowly.

"Your brother is a madman who just pushed us all on the ground," Idia gasped, getting up. "But seriously, what just happened? That twin is not as emotional as this twin here and that strengh.."

"It was surprising," Ortho added.

"Looks like my Aunt has sucessfully sabatoged our plans," Azul groans, "That man must be Amphitrite, but in a disguise. They are going to wed at sunset if we do not intervene."

"How so?" Idia spoke up, "…also, I need an explanation quickly."

"Right, how about this," Azul spoke, "Riddle and Floyd, find Jade while I figure out a plan for us. And find him quickly."

Riddle helped Floyd up and they bolted out.

"Now. I need to explain myself," Azul sighs and turns to the brothers.

💞

"He should be here," Floyd whispered, as they entered the beach where they'd met, "If Jade would be heartbroken, this would be the place…oh, I found him."

Riddle looked at a nearby rock, where Jade lay, his hands slowly drifted within the waves, losing grip on the jade statue that was given. There were no tears but both Riddle and Floyd could tell that Jade was beyond sad, he was heartbroken.

Jade looked down, his mind now thinking about all the things that had happened. He risked so much but…why did he if he ended up heartbroken and lost?

💞

Risking it all only to fall

Back where I started

Back near the shore, back to before

You took my hand

Betcha on land they understand

And they don't strand you, brokenhearted

What did I give to live where you are?

Where do I go with nowhere to turn to?

💞

Jade jumped as Floyd helped him back up, opening his arms for Jade to sob in. Riddle watched as well, scared to intervene.

"Jade!!" called Shore, flying down to the twins. "Ok ok! So I was flying, right? And you know me, I don't get distracted by flying much-"

"Get to the point, Shore," Floyd calmed her down.

"OK!"

💞

Shore was overhead, trying to look for Jade per Azul's request but a soft voice singing caught her attention.

"Jade?" She pondered.

So, she flew closely to the nearby window where she thought Jade would be, but he saw the mysterious Adam, singing and dancing to himself, admiring himself in the mirror.

It was not Jade's voice, but as soon as he took the hanging necklace from the mirror he began to mimic Jade's voice. Soft and subtle but wicked and cold, Shore would describe it. But she took a closer look at the mirror and saw Adam shifting to Amphirite, laughing.

As soon as she saw that, she flew away in a panic.

💞

"And now I'm here," Shore panted.

Floyd, Riddle, and Jade all were shocked at the discovery. Sure, it was that surprising, but knowing that Jade's voice was used to manipulate and deceive Trey into such a lovestruck state made them feel nauseous.

Jade touched his throat in shock, his sadness turned into anger.

"That's why his voice gave me chills," Riddle spoke, gulping. "I didn't think it was your voice, Jade, and…we need to get that voice back."

"How so?" Floyd looked at Riddle. "We only have until sunset and-"

"And we have all morning until they leave around dawn to plan ahead and tell Azul," Riddle spoke, "and we need to go now."

💞

"Ok, let me get this straight," Idia groaned, "you and the twins are mermaids. I mean, under the sea mermaids. And those twins actually made a deal with a sea witch, who is your aunt, by the way, to become human for this entire week, and today is the last day and if you don't Prince Trey to fall for the silent twin and kiss him, they'll be human forever? Sounds convoluted."

"I get it," Ortho added, "so we just get them to fall in love? I thought they were."

"Yeah, and now my cousin, who is now Adam, tricked him and we need to stop that wedding." Azul continued.

"How? Royal Weddings are not a joke that you can simply destroy because you feel like it. Guards are everywhere, and they'll tackle you for just objecting to the marriage," Idia explained, "If we need to destroy that wedding, we need to do something like a distraction, make it seem like an accident.."

"An accident?" Azul pondered, "Hmm, like what exactly."

"Anything. Anything to stall an 'I do'". If what you say about Adam is right, we need to stall as long as we can."

"Big Brother and I are invited." Ortho spoke, "Maybe we can sabatoge from the inside?"

"Why am I worried about that?"

"Well, I'm thinking that we should steal the wedding rings, or ruin the dress or spill something on it," Ortho listed, "and we could even sink the boat."

Azul thought about it and a thought made him smile.

"Steal the wedding rings and then we can use some of our sea friends to stall as well," Azul planned with a smirk, "Shore may be an absolute airhead but she can summon all the seagulls to her location easily. If we could just give her a signal, that'll help our chances.."

Azul began his plan with a very excited Ortho and a skeptical Idia listening in.

💞

Once Riddle, Jade, and Floyd returned from the shores, a maid rushed over to demand Riddle immediately and she was waiting by the docks. Riddle was worried, as he did know his mother and her plans for the Royal Wedding but he had to concede after he got dressed as his clothes were coarse and sandy.

"I'll be back," Riddle spoke to Jade and Floyd, "but I recommend that you two find Azul. I just hope he has a plan to end this monstrosity of a wedding."

Riddle took a sigh and walked out of the castle. He saw his mother by the wedding boat, happily humming to herself. Riddle could tell she was happy about the wedding, but something was nefarious behind her smile and he knew it.

"Mother, why did you call me here?" Riddle spoke as he entered the shore.

"Aw, Riddle, glad you could make it in time," Icabeth hummed, "we are just waiting for our two other guests to arrive."

As she said that, the guards came with Idia and Ortho, who were surprised at the sudden abduction.

"What?"

"Good, now let us be off," Icabeth demanded, walking aboard the ship. The Guards grabbed the three and started to march behind her, ignoring the protest of everyone involved.

"Hey, what about Floyd and Jade!? And Azul too?" Riddle managed to ask amidst his struggling, "They are just as important!"

"Ah, Riddle," Icabeth laughed but it turned into a snowl, "I could not give a..pardon my words, a care about thenem, even if one of them is your fiance, Riddle, but I digress. Riddle, I need you to know that I do not care about your chemistry, or lack thereof, considering I have never even seen those in my entire life. They do not belong in royalty, and they do not deeserve to be part of a beautiful occasion that those in the top enjoy. Peasants like them, deserve to eat dirt for even stepping foot into my palace, my village, and one to even win your naive heart. Abandoning them would be the best option for us to enjoy this lovely wedding."

"Mother, you have lost your senses!" Riddle called out, "I've known Floyd since I was a child and I have proof of that. You are acting on your own selfish instincts, which is not what father wanted. You know he loved our people. Why tarnish his memory?"

"Riddle…he's only a memory. A memory that you will never mention again," Icabeth scowled as he turned her back on Riddle, "so please. Be happy for Trey, as he found the perfect person."

"Mother.." Riddle gasped softly but it fell on deaf ears.

The three were pushed into a nearby room, and though it was not locked, the guards guarded it with their lives with Queen Icabeth's orders being very clear to them to not jump off the boat or else their heads would be cut off for disobeying her.

"Your mother does not like your fiance, hmm?" Ortho questioned.

"Not partically," Riddle hesitated to answer. "Now they're back over at the kingdom and we are over here. How are they going to get here in time?"

"I mean, they are mermaids, they could just swim there," Idia replied.

"Only Azul can, big brother," Ortho reminded.

"Right," Idia mumbled, "…I'm so lucky that our plan could still work without having Azul here."

"Yeah!" Ortho giggled, "but at least I can do my part now."

"What plan?" Riddle questioned.

"Azul plans for us to disrupt the wedding, no matter what, at least until we could them on this boat before sunset," Idia explained, "we're doing small steps for it first, but once the wedding starts, it'll be…terrifying to say the least."

💞

Azul found the twins after a while, both in Riddle's room. Jade was red with fury, but without a voice, he couldn't vent about it to Floyd, who understood and was listening.

"I see you found Jade, Floyd, but what happened?"

"Shore told us that Adam is using Jade's voice to hypnotize Sea Turtle to thinking it was him." Floyd explained.

"That golden necklace," Azul hissed, "it belonged to my aunt. I should've known she would so this. Keeping your voice in there guarentees that it will remain trapped unless we break it."

"Well, we have to wait for the boat to leave,"

"The boat!" Shore called out, flying in the window, "The boat! It's sailing away! It's sailing away! We have to go!!"

The trio looked through the window and Shore was right, the wedding boat was sailing farther into the sea, leaving them behind. This made them rush to the docks, but they were too late. The boat was too far and the blue sky slowly turned orange as the sun began to set.

"That queen is on my last nerve," Azul groaned, "she did this on purpose. She must've know something was off about us and this was her last option to ditch us."

"And the sun is almost set," Floyd sighs.

Jade huffed and looked at the boat. The only thing he could do was jump into the ocean, not caring about the fact that he couldn't swim with his legs.

He immediately sank down but as he tried to swim up, he felt familiar arms wrapped around him and took him back to the air above.

Taking a huge breath of air, he saw Azul, back in his merform, holding onto him.

Floyd was also now in the ocean, one of Azul's tentacles was around his waist.

"Don't do that again," Azul sighs towards Jade, wrapping a tentacle around him. "Hold on tight, it will be long and incredibly bumpy, but we need to stop that wedding."

💞

"Idia, please keep an eye on your brother," Julius sighs, "I get it. He's a wanderer, but be lucky it was me who caught you and not Icabeth."

Idia looked back at Ortho, who feigned ignorance and innocence, still proud to be stealing a wedding ring and disrupting it.

"Of course," Idia quickly spoke, "I'll keep an eye on him this time. This won't happen again, your highness."

"Glad to hear it," Julius laughed.

Both brothers sighed as he left, and Ortho let out a soft laugh.

"I'll admit it, that was a little fun,"

"But he's right. He's lucky that we only encountered him and not the queen," Idia shuddered, "considering what she's been doing to us and this entire wedding, we have some divine luck on our side. The Prince is unfortunate to have her as a mother, I can tell."

"That's rude to say, Idia," Ortho remarked.

"I mean…where am I wrong?"

Ortho found himself silent and Idia made a wide grin, knowing Ortho didn't have a defense.

"I can't believe you!" Riddle's anger presented itself, "You are never this stubborn, and when the time is when you fall for some unknown man on the beach in the middle of the night! This is not you and you know what, I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm glad Jade isn't here to see this weak man in front of me."

The silence was foreboding for the brothers as they saw a very upset Trey walking out with Riddle behind him.

"I'm going to guess that convincing him didn't work?" Idia spoke.

"Nope, the more I try, the more agressive he gets. The spell is much more stronger than I thought. But mentioning Jade does do something to him. He stops and has some sort of regret in his eyes," Riddle remarked, "it was…like he knows he wrong, his heart is fighting himself."

"Poor Prince Trey," Ortho lamented.

"It's almost time for the wedding to begin," Riddle sighs.

Right on cue, the guest sat down, the three captives included, and waited for the music to begin as Adam, smiling to himself, walked down the aisle with Trey lending his arm, trying to keep positive after the nasty fight with Riddle.

"Ready?"

"Yep," Idia grabbed a makeshift ball. "Thank goodness that Azul knows magic or else we'd be doomed."

Idia looked around and gulped. So awkwardly standing, he quickly threw it hard, and the reflection of the sun caused it to dispel a massive firework that alerted the guest who watched in confusion to some amusement.

"Now, we just watch the show."

Suddenly, the boat rocked as starfish climbed on and seagulls flew overhead, some holding onto the fish. The guests were terrified as the seals also jumped onto the boat, barking at the guests. But the only one who was dealing with the damages was Adam.

Everyone watched as the seagulls began to poke him and the fish sprouted water from their mouths and onto his face, ruining his makeup and his dress. Seals tear and bounce him around and even a small treat, Shortcake, who got out of her leash joined, barking at her in anger. The guards tried to stop it but to no avail, as the sea mammals were getting more aggressive the head seagull kept screeching, as if ordering them around.

"You did it!" Called Azul, going to the others.

"What took you so long?!" Riddle demanded.

"I'm sorry, but following a boat that continously moving was hard." Azul replied sarcastically.

Floyd and Jade watched, trying not to get hit by food bits and thrown jewelry that went all around the air.

Jade saw Adam, trying to grab one of the birds, his golden necklace glowing with his voice. Without a second, he began to run over to the mistreated groom.

"Move out the way!!" Ordered Shore, "He needs to get to the necklace!!"

As ordered, some sea creatures moved out of Jade's way, and some even helped him get closer to Adam.

As he did, Trey grabbed him.

"What are you doing?!"

But Jade ignored him as he grabbed Adam and pulled him towards, trying to grab onto the necklace but to no avail as Adam began to fight back. He seemed to be winning as he wrapped his hands around Jade's neck with a wicked smile and a cackle.

"You! You will not stop me from getting what I deserved. I was supposed to save Trey, not you, I was supposed to be the one he falls in love with, not you! This is how it was supposed to be! Him and me! YOU WILL NOT RUIN IT FOR ME!! Now, be a good mermaid and die!"

Jade gasped for air but he managed to grab the necklace and used his legs to push him back, making Adam stumble. He realized that his necklace was taken and tried to pounce back.

Jade didn't have to think as he threw the necklace down. The shell was opened, revealing a golden orb singing a beautiful melody, causing the guests to stop and watch.

"Jade, sing!!" Azul screamed.

Jade looked at the orb and as it entered his mouth, he began to sing loudly, echoing before he gasped in shock, holding his neck. He didn't care that he was being stared at, all he did was stare at Trey, who stared back for just a moment.

"J-jade?" Trey stammered.

"Yes," Jade replied, "It's..It's me."

"You…I knew it was you, but why didn't I for this past day," Trey questioned, but it didn't matter because Trey ran after Jade and immediately held him into a tight embrace.

"What happened to you last night!? I was looking everywhere for you and then I met with Adam and then I just didn't find you all day, I was so worried about you, I thought…you didn't want to see me after this." Trey kept Jade close, "I love you, Jade, not Adam. It's always been you that I love and I'm so sorry that I didn't see that."

"Oh Trey," Jade whispered, "I love you too."

"Get away!" Adam growls, his voice low and feminine.

"I need answers," Trey admitted, "what happened to me that night and why was I so close to marrying him?"

"Because her real name isn't Adam," Azul explained, "that is Amphitrite, a sea witch. But she is not alone, her own mother is also a wretched sea witch, and they used so much magic to get their way."

"Impossible!" Icabeth exclaimed, "Sea witches are myths, like mermaids. Fake, fake, fake!"

"They are very much real," Floyd interrupted, "I mean, I may not look like it but I am very real."

The guests gasped, now looking at them.

"He's right," Riddle spoke up, "He is a mermaid, and I know this because he saved me when I was younger and we've been friends since…until I ruined it but being so overly cautious. I pushed him away when it wasn't even necessary. And yes, Mother, I still intend to marry him, because I have to make up for what I did big time."

"I'm about to faint.." Icabeth gasped.

"So, when you saved me," Trey started, "you weren't even human? I guess that explains why you were in the middle of the ocean." Trey laughed and pulled Jade closer, "That's the most pleasent surprise I've gotten all day."

"You're not uspet?"

"Of course not! It's you, Jade, no matter what you were or are, I still love you."

"Enough taking!" Azul spoke up, "Kiss already!"

Jade blushed and looked at Trey, "If you feel comfortable with it, Trey."

"I'll be more than comfortable," Trey grins.

Before they even kissed, Jade and Floyd suddenly gasped in pain and fell into the ground and their tails formed causing the guests to back away terrified.

"What happened!?" Riddle gasped, going over to Floyd.

It was obvious that the sun as set.

Trey, on the other hand, held onto Jade.

Hearing Adam cackle onto the front of the altar. Lightning crackled as he transformed into her perform and began to crawl over to Jade in a jealous rage but a sword to her throat stopped her.

"You stay the hell away from him!" Trey commanded, holding Jade close.

"Oh, but I'm far better and besides," Amphrite laughed, "they have better things to do. Mother!!"

Everyone watched as two tentacles sprouted from the ocean and grabbed the two, pulling them into the air, ignoring the protest of Trey and Riddle.

"My dear Amphitrite, I am truly sorry that your wedding was being disrupted by these fellow boys. How unfotutunate. Now let us deal with these two." She looks over at Trey and Riddle, "Sorry, loverboys, but you won't be seeing these two anytime soon, if you two are looking for an adorable princess, my daughter will always be available to fix that broken heart of yours."

And with that, both twins were dragged down to the sea, leaving the humans alone on the boat.

Everyone was frightened, too stunned to speak.

Azul gasped and immediately dived down after them before Idia could even stop him, mainly out of fear.

"What are you doing?!" Idia gasped.

Azul rose back, now in his merform, looking up.

"It's been a pleasure meeting you and Ortho, Idia, but I have a business to take care of. I need to save them, I have to. But I do have to thank you for giving me some great experience up there. I need to go.."

With bated breath, Azul dived down.

"What happened?!" Icabeth gasped, storming towards Riddle. "What is the meaning of this!?"

"Like we have explained," Riddle managed to say, "they are mermaids, down underneath the waves. But we need to do something before something bad happens to them. I need to help them."

Riddle began to look for anything, and once he did, he found a harpoon. He had a vicious look of anger in his eyes and had a hard grip on the weapon.

"Trey!" Riddle demanded, "Come on! We need to follow them."

Trey could only grab one more harpoon and let down a smaller boat onto the sea. Riddle was ready to get in before he was stopped by Icabeth, whose face was red with fury.

"Riddle, have you lost your mind?! Why on earth are you going after sea monsters!?" Icabeth gasped.

"They weren't monsters in the first place, Mother," Trey sighs.

He walks toward Riddle and helps him with the boat.

"And they need us," Trey added, and got onto the boat. "We can't leave them now."

"..I lost him once, I am not going to lose him again," Riddle muttered, as he got on the boat and started to stir the paddles.

💞

"Let go of us!" Floyd grunted, struggling. "You absolute cheat! You tried to sabotage everything as if yesterday wasn't a massive sign already."

Jade was silent before his eyes slightly widened.

"Oh look," teased Winifred, "looks like our silent twin now remembers our little agreement."

"What did you do?" Jade hissed towards Winifred.

"Oh, pretty simple," Winifred laughed, "I added a small spell to you for you to forget about the kiss, it was just a small little token from my lovely daughter."

"Who loves Trey? But…"

"They never met? Oh, darling, love doesn't require love meetings, like you and your nosy little brother. Who do you think caused that storm?! Natural causes? HA!" Winifred laughed, "She was so in love that it was special, but Jade, oh you, you just had to save him and fall in love? You took my daughter special moment and now I had to pick up the pieces."

A beam of light came out from the darkness, almost hitting everyone.

"Winfried!!" Called out Triton.

"Ooh! My guests have arrived!! Oh, and my dear sister and brother also came? Such a lucky day for me."

"What in the absolute -" gasped Veronica. "Azul!?"

Azul managed to catch up and looked at Veronica, scared.

"Let go of my twins!!" Marigold ordered. "Or you'll be wishing for death."

"Oh! Well, I'm sorry, but they're mine! They signed a contract, and they didn't fulfill their end of the bargain." Winifred explained.

"Boys…" Killian growled. "What has happened for this to happen."

"Poor Floydie was so heartbroken, he came to me! Yet his brother decided to tag along as well." Winifred laughs, patting their heads. "I was planning to put them in my sea anomie collection like the other unfortunate souls, but since I'm a parent myself, I can understand the feeling of fear for your children's safety. So how about we make an arrangement?"

"What arrangement?" Triton growled, holding the trident towards her.

"Simple," Winifred grinned, "The Trident and the Book for the two twins. Do we have a deal?"

As they waited, she squeezed the twins tightly.

Azul swims forward, holding the book.

"Azul," Veronica gasped.

Azul looked away and handed the book to Veronica with a hesitant look on his face.

"Well, one of you is very good at listening," Winifred grins, taking the book. And as she promised, she released Floyd, who sank to the sandy floors, being comforted by Marigold.

"Now, the trident," Winifred reminded, "but..well, I don't necessarily need it. And since this twin didn't complete his agreement, I can get to keep him, right? But the option is still available,"

Triton looked down for a moment but he took a sigh. He just swam forward and put the trident in her hands. "That boy doesn't deserve that fate."

"Good choice," Winifred laughed as she dropped Jade.

Everyone felt the power around them as she held her items in her hands. She had a wicked smile on her face, as lightning clashed above them and black swirled around them, causing the ocean to feel dark and broody.

At that moment, a harpoon zips by, wounding the side of Winifred's stomach.

They saw Riddle with a harpoon gun, holding his breath, Trey was behind him.

"Humans?!" Triton gasped.

"Here?" questioned Killigan.

"Oh? New guests for me? Fantasic." Winifred laughed, raising the trident towards them. "Hello boys!"

With Winifred distracted, Jade and Floyd took the opportunity to swim towards the humans.

"Who says that you are allowed to leave?!" She laughed, her magic slowly making its way towards Jade. "You didn't complete your deal…"

Floyd immediately grabbed Riddle's harpoon, using it to reflect the magic, redirecting it towards an unexpected Zephyr.

He immediately turned into seafoam.

Winifred gasped as she held the remains of the vampire squid, or what was left of him.

"Why you…" she growled, watching everyone swim up to the surface. It sets her off, as dark magic surrounds her and a storm begins to form, rain and lightning mixing in together. But that almost didn't matter as Marigold and Killigan immediately hugged the twins tight, refusing to let go.

"Thank the stars that you two are ok!" Marigold sobbed. "Are you two alright!? No cuts, no bruises, and you're not bleeding right?"

"Mom, we're ok," Jade reassured her.

"What were you both thinking?!" Killigan lectured. "Making a deal with the seawitch like that?! You didn't think of the consequences?"

"Killigan! Not the time!" Marigold hissed. "Our boys are ok, that should only be the only thing that matters right now."

"That doesn't even concern the humans they were with," Killigan groaned.

"Rude, but I'll take the critizism for now," Riddle groaned.

Everyone didn't take a breather as bubbles formed below Trey and Jade as a monstrous Winifred arose from the sea, her tentacles formed around them and she glared at them, her face deformed and covered with shadow, only her yellow eyes and a wicked grin.

"What the hell?!" Riddle gasped and looked up.

"Ha!Ha!Ha! You poor insignificant fools!" Winifred chirped, "True love! What fools believe in that nonsense! Now bellowed down to the deepest parts of the ocean, where you were all be punished."

Trey and Jade held on to the giant crown, looking down, scared.

"Are you ok?" Trey whispered to Jade.

"…Not at the moment," Jade admitted, looking down at the ocean where everyone else was.

Trey grabbed Jade's hand in comfort and they jumped down onto the ocean, reunited with the others. But Winifred's laugh sent them chills down their spines.

As they checked on each other, many whirlpools were created, some of which revealed a sandy bottom in which many fish dried out, causing many merfolk to be confused and scared about the new surroundings.

"Where are you!?" Winifred growled, searching around.

As the whirlpools formed, it even erupted some broken ships, even some with massively dagged and sharp edges that could harm a person if too close. What's worse with the whirlpools forming, many got caught up and hit rock bottom, but some, like Trey and Riddle, found safety among some broken ships, almost close to a whirlpool.

Floyd saw one he remembered and quickly took Jade and Azul, swimming towards one, much to Azul's panic and dismay.

"What are you doing?!" Azul protested.

"I got an idea."

"Oh what now!"

As they climbed onto the ship, it swayed with the waves, which made all mermaids hold onto a nearby rope for security. Floyd and Jade, ignoring the swaying ship begin to climb the rope onto the wheel.

"Are you sure about this?" Jade shakily questioned.

Floyd grabbed his hand and nodded. "I need to fix this, Jade, and I will do anything to fix my mistake. I just need you to help me, Jade."

Jade relented and held onto the right side of the steering wheel while Floyd grabbed the left side, and they began to sail towards Winifred, hoping the plan would work.

Riddle saw from the distance and used his harpoon one last time and sent one towards Winifred, which made her glare down at him, and her grin turned into a scowl. Riddle took a deep breath and dived into the sea, making it difficult to be seen.

"YOU ABSOLUTE BUG!" She screeched, searching for him.

With some small navigation from Trey, the twins took the opportunity and with the waves seemingly helping them, the sharpest spike was shoved into her stomach, along with a lightning strike. It felt like the world stood still as it happened, and with the grasp on her life, her tentacles surrounded the ship to drag it down under the sea, almost dragging everyone with her.

💞

Riddle gasped as he coughed for air, getting up. He looked around and saw Trey unconscious next to him, all on a sandy beach and the waves slowly rising and lowering only touching his feet. He groaned to himself and looked around. It was a new day, and he had survived such a scary night with magic around them.

He saw Idia and Ortho next to them, mainly waiting for them to wake up, Riddle concluded.

He groaned and sighed.

"What happened?" Riddle questioned.

"A lot, but I assume you want the aftermath," Idia wearily spoke, "everything went back to normal basically but…the king of the ocean had banned your lovely fiance from coming back up here. Some sort of punishment, I'm guessing."

Riddle felt his heart broke, his words stuck in his throat.

"I'm sorry," Ortho soothed, "I liked them too."

"I can't…" Riddle whispered, looking down.

"I know," Idia agreed, "it's so stupid. I mean, sure, they made a sea witch going around hurting people."

"Not helping," Ortho hissed.

Riddle looked at the sea for a moment, looking at the distance for who knows how long. He felt a ring against his foot, and he picked it up, letting his tears fall. He wanted to jump in and search for Floyd, but he knew it wasn't going to be an option.

How was he going to tell Trey about the heartbreaking news? How was he going to move on from this?

He didn't know how but if he was going to wait for Floyd, he would.

💞

It was a heartbreaking week for all. Nobody was able to be happy with a lot of stuff for both mermaids and humans alike, as the recent storm caused many to stress and to be scared of any new threats.

And one more thing that was odd was Floyd looking for Jade.

"Jade? Where is he? He's never late for lunch with Azul?" he pondered.

With the twins after the incident, things didn't go well for them. Floyd was arguing with everyone but he ultimately lost in the end, and was in his grotto, looking at the human stuff he collected. Marigold had somehow convinced the king not to destroy everything, mainly for Floyd's mental state. Jade, was mainly silent, but Floyd knew he missed the human world just as much as he did. Who wouldn't after meeting a beautiful man who loved you and would fight for you?

It also led to Jade disappearing for a long time. No one could find him, but he was found, just by rocks, daydreaming. But on this day, he wasn't found at all, which seemed like a Floyd thing to do.

But only place Floyd would know he would go.

On the rock on the surface which was near the kingdom, just staring.

Floyd sat next to him and rested on the rock.

"You know what was strange?" Floyd joked, "I would do this everyday, and you would find me. But now look at us, me looking for you."

"It is strange," Jade managed to laugh, "I would search for you for hours and hours, just to see you down in the shipwrecked ships, searcing for all sorts of human stuff. Always in danger, too."

Floyd scoffed, "You act like you never weren't curious about them either. And you join me on these searches whenever you were amused or bored. I think we bonded so much because of it."

"That depends on so much." Jade looks at Floyd, "but you're right, I did want to see humans and their stuff as much as you did. I think it was because of your ambition and your strong will, no matter what happened, you never gave up on what you wanted. It made me feel the same."

Floyd smiled happily and looked at the castle. "I miss it."

"Me too."

Floyd and Jade both watched in silence, just enjoying each other's company.

Just what could stop the moment?

"I should've known!!"

Azul.

They forgot about Azul.

"What are you two doing up here?" He asked, swimming towards them. "I expected this from Floyd, and now I see it from Jade." Azul sighs but his anger subsides. "What are you doing?"

"Remising about last week, I guess," Jade answered,

"It was so much fun, and now we can't even get back up here," Floyd sighs, "I miss Riddle so much."

Azul took another sigh. He didn't want to admit it, but he also missed the human world and the mysterious ways of it. He learned about humans and he wanted to know more, especially when he met someone as interesting as Idia and Ortho. Who knew he cared so much for humans after meeting someone in his life?

"Well, you missed the lunch," Azul huffed, "and I was going to give you a surprise."

"Surprise?" Jade questioned, "You would never give us gifts."

"It's odd for you, Azul," Floyd added.

"Well, this is very important." Azul urged and summoned magic from his hands, "But I need to get the others for this."

"Others?"

With his hand hitting the water, causing a small ripple, up came Veronica, Marigold, Killigan, and surprisingly King Triton.

"I am not surprised that you two are up on the surface again," King Triton started, but the twins ignored him, so he continued, "But I do see my own fault in that."

"What does that mean?" Jade questioned.

"Well," Killian started. "You two…must love those humans? To even still sneak out and do so much for them?"

"We do, Father," Jade admitted, "It's unsure how this has happened but we," Jade then paused and looked at Floyd, "we did so much to get on land, and it's regrettably the same."

"It was all worth it," Floyd added, "that strange love is not uncommon between land and sea, and we got to experience that love. It's a shame that it was all for nothing now.."

"Oh, but you two found it," Marigold chorused.

"We did?"

Marigold nodded happily. "No one has loved each other after the Sea Princess's unfortunate demise, but look at you. Floyd, Jade, you with those humans have proved to us that we should break those barriers once and for all."

"Really?"

"Yes," Triton agreed, "I've been blind after what has happened as it was taught by my father. I am ashamed that it took two young ones like you to change my mind."

He swims back, confusing the twins.

"Do you two promise to visit occasionally?" Killian asked, "And to be safe on land?"

The twins tilted their hands in confusion but nodded.

"Good, but I'm going to miss you both very much." Kilian shaky sides.

"What do you mean?" Floyd asked.

As he asked, the trio were surrounded by surrounding light which was granted by the King.

"Go!Go!" Marigold urges with a smile.

Azul smiles and leads them down under, watching as their tail has transformed into beautiful legs for them to walk on land with. The twins almost gasped in shock before swimming back up and looking at their parents one last time.

Marigold made a teary smile, with Killian trying not to cry, but they could see a few tears. Without much hesitation, the twins immediately swam and held onto their parents, now also crying.

"Floyd," Killian stammered, "I'm…I'm sorry for being so hard on you. You made a difference that I simply couldn't see. You have a heart for these humans and now you can finally show it. I just hope, within time, that you forgive me for my harsh words."

"Well, without those harsh words, I don't think I would be here, like this."Floyd sobbed, hugging his dad more tightly, "I love you, Dad…"

"I love you too, Floyd."

"Now Go!" Marigold cheered, "Be with them! Don't let us stop you again."

Floyd, Jade, and Azul went back onto the beach, looking up at the castle ahead.

"Ready for this- FLOYD!!"

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Riddle sighed as he looked down at the map again. He kept staring at the small rock where Floyd said he resided. He didn't know how long he'd been in his room, but it was long enough for maids to give him tea or snacks which often surprised him.

Riddle didn't do much other than ride his horse or be in his father's private cove for hours on end. That whole week was Riddle ready to argue tooth and nail for Floyd, no matter what his mother or other bystanders thought of. It caused a rift between him and his mother and the only people defending him were Trey, Idia, and Ortho, who also were affected by the aftermath, but tried to move on.

But poor, poor Trey. Even when he was his old self, it was so obvious that he wanted Jade again. It was guilt for not even noticing when Jade was right in front of him, and Trey actually took his time, relaxing by the beach, feeling much more content there than being by the castle, surrounded by many who wanted to marry him. Icabeth didn't take the hint of his rejections, and he just sort of snapped and made it clear that he was not to wed anyone unless it was Jade's own hand. Riddle found it a highlight of his entire week.

He was proud that Trey finally managed to fight for himself and his love.

He was so distracted reminiscing the past week that a small noise made him jump. But he didn't turn around, just staring at the map again, thinking it was his mother once again, trying to pry him out of the cove.

"Mother, I do not want to speak to you," He spoke, "unless it's an apology for everything, I do not want to hear it."

"Well," a familiar voice giggled, "Do I have to apologize for not visting?"

Riddle managed his gulp as he turned around to see Floyd, decked out in a beautiful dress that looked like the ocean, but with a massive Floyd grin that he missed ever so dearly.

"Floyd," he whispered, "Floyd…!"

Riddle sobbed as he rushed over and held Floyd tightly, now crying. He didn't need to convince himself that this was a dream, or a hallucination as Floyd's lips met his, trying to hide his own crying.

"Y-you're back," Riddle beamed as they pulled away, "Don't leave me like that again, please…I can't deal with that for the third time."

"I won't…I'm your fiance, after all," Floyd laughed softly.

Riddle managed to laugh again, holding Floyd tightly. He was extremely happy.

"So, can I have my ring back?" Floyd grinned and wiped Riddle's tears.

"Let me have this moment first," Riddle sobbed.

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Idia tried to keep things as normal as possible that week, but a small sliver in his heart missed Azul and the small moments they spent together. He found himself creating poems of Azul when he got too distracted or daydreaming while working, and having small dreams about him from time to time. But he tried to ignore them but it failed every single time.

That led him to do the same thing, writing a poem with words that are simply too romantic. He wasn't even thinking much as the door opened, thinking it was another person grabbing or returning another book, but that was shattered when he heard the person's laugh.

"My, what a beautfiul poem you have there, Idia."

Idia's face went pink as he looked up to see Azul with his signature smile, but with an outfit that matched the fact that he was a mermaid in a human form and was even sparkly without a doubt. It made Idia stare, thinking this was a dream, but that was false as Azul's hand brushed against his face.

"You missed me that badly?" Azul teased, "I do hope that I can fix that when I planned out evening together?"

"E-evening?! I mean," Idia stammered but let a small laugh, "you didn't let me answer you…I missed you terribly. More than I would admit, um…uh…"

"Oh, I have rendered you speechless," Azul smiled.

"You did.."

Azul laughed and kissed Idia on the cheek. "Well? Shall we go then?"

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Jade was nervous, walking through the garden. He remembered how outcasted he was being in the gardens for the first time. But he adored nature which is why he always felt better there, but seeing Trey would make him even happier.

He begins to hear barks from the distance and turns to see Shortcake dancing around him, clearly excited to see him. Jade smiled and bent down to pet the dog, laughing as she licked his face.

"It's great to see you too," Jade hummed.

"Shortcake! Where are you, girl?" Jade heard Trey call out. "Where did you go?"

Trey entered the garden, following the barks of his dog. His pace slowed as he saw Jade, after so long, he saw Jade after so long. They stared at each other for a while before Jade got back up, still nervous.

"Jade?" Trey gulped.

"Yes," Jade expressed, "Trey, I.."

Jade didn't have to speak when Trey wrapped his arms around him and gave him a very passionate kiss, which Jade quickly reciprocated. Jade wrapped his arms around Trey in unity, just happy to be back with him.

Trey pulled away, trying not to cry and Jade, already crying.

"I missed you too," Jade took a breath.

"I couldn't help myself," Trey sniveled, holding onto Jade. "I missed you so much and when I heard you were gone…I felt so guilty about that day. I didn't want to believe it, but…"

"I'm here now, Trey," Jade reassured, "and we can be together."

"Can we? Can we start over?" Trey beamed. "I want us to be happy without no one tearing us apart."

"And that is what I hope for," Jade blushed, "I love you so much, Trey."

"I love you too, Jade," Trey proclaimed and gave him one final kiss to start a life with each other.