#and i was not gonna hurt that small little stoat

[evilminji]

Omg? @lolottes you magnificent geniuses? Just? Danny transforming into a Phantom colored Nedzu but smaller.

One shot K.O.! Nedzu soooorta got why humans acted so insane over human babies, before? As they are small and can be quite cute? Are innocent. But NOW? Faced with a "child" of his own "race" as it were?

Is BABY. Smol. Look at his lil paws and mischievous lil grin! Puffy lil fur tuft that won't sit down for anything!! A tiny little gremlin child~♡!!! I-Is this? Fatherly affection? The desire to dote upon his perfect baby boy?

How wonderfully irrational! *puts up GIGANTIC custom hand painted portrait of Stoat Danny in his office, looking somehow both innocent and menacing in a field of flowers, so that it will LOOM over guests*

Everybody's gonna be looking for some human kid with a mutation. Cause Danny was in a bad way, as was super ghostly. Fire hair and ice blue skin, the works. But Danny's not THAT kid! No, no, he's Nedzu's Secret American Son! With another Nedzu!

Is Nedzu the name of his Race? Or does he mean there is ANOTHER Being exactly like him, from his race, NAMED Nedzu but biologically female, hiding somewhere in America?

:)

Wouldn't YOU like to know, weather boy?

Regardless, here is his son! Who OBVIOUSLY has a different Quirk. See? HIS Quirk is "Ghost"! He has all the power of a Ghost! Which includes, obviously, the ability to trick people into believing the are talking to a person the know. This is a historically recognized skill amongst ghosts. So! I taught him to shape shift! (Bold faced lie. One of many told today. But can anyone prove it?)

That way, he can go to his classes as a "human" child. For his safety of course. Children can be cruel and the world is, rather unfortunately, not built with those of us who are small in stature in mind.

Etc etc.

The other teachers? Totally believe it. Wow, Nedzu had a Secret Love Child! He didn't seem the type. What scandal! They're shocked. Supportive, though.

Aizawa is DYING on the inside. Because, Are You SERIOUS!? We ALL know. For a FACT!! That Nedzu is Quirked Stoat Chimera!! Artificially created! Illegally no less! THERE IS ZERO CHANCE THERE ARE MORE. Nedzu himself would Violently PURGE the world of anyone who TRIED!!!

His sexual orientation is the despair filled tears if his enemies! And maybe torturing his Staff, Aizawa's afraid to ask! But FFS, guys! You KNOW this! REALLY!?

However. Does Aizawa SAY any of this? Ha! Of course not. He didn't survive THIS long be being an idiot. Sorry, kid. Good luck as the Rat God's offspring. You'll need it.

And Danny? Probably fuckin LOVES his new Stoat Father. Fiercely and enough to burn the world for. Because? He's? Not human. He GETS it. Really, truely, ACTUALLY gets it. He's older then Danny, an ADULT, and he survived. Proof it can get better.

He saved him.

He KEEPS saving him.

With fuzzy blanket nests and defensible places to hide, warm food and his steady presence. He doesn't promise sunshine and rainbows. He promises vicious, bloody, teeth baring DEATH to anyone who comes for him. Says it will be okay because he will not ALLOW any other option to exsist.

No more labs.

No more hurt.

They are free now.

Danny's dad is The Best.

He actually CARES when Danny wants to talk about the stars. About how Danny is APPALLED at the collapse of space explorations. How he's gonna get to the stars if he has to fly there HIMSELF. Drag all of Japan back into the sky and beyond.

The hold up in their hidden den of an apparent, seeing EVERYTHING with walls of monitors, Safe and Safe and finally, finally, SAFE.

And two ex-lab experiments talk about the stars.

Back at it again with the BNHA crossover Ponderings!

Nedzu is LITERALLY one of THE smartest beings on the planet, right? Like... he's probably on some internationally recognized list of Top Planetary IQs? Which is why Japan let's him get away with so much?

Cause they REALLY fucked him over, he has the power to leave, and that would be really, REALLY bad Brain Drain wise/politically for the Japanese Government? (Also pls don't become a Supervillian we literally can not afford that, Mr. Nedzu Sir? Etc etc)

You think he has... like? Chats? With the OTHER top intellects? Some kid in Siberia with the New Super Intelligence Quirk his parents can't begin to even handle, gets put in history's WEIRDEST group chat? I like to think so.

But the REASON I ask this?

What hero do you call? For Weird Shit in international waters?

Suspicious, floating, weirdly two dimensional and HIGHLY radioactive... corrosive... green goop? Rings? Orbs? CAN it be an orb if it's two dimensional? It certainly LOOKS like there is depth to it... somehow...

A THING. In the sky.

Shouldn't be there, man. This is a shipping lane. It's scaring the people on passing ships. No one knows what Quirk could have made this. Might be a trafficking victim's call for help. Might be a first Quirk Use mishap. They need to know what it IS and how to get rid of it.

They go the normal routes first. Doesn't work. Okay, call in some professionals. Kinda pricey, but no big. Right? Doesn't work. Okaaaay, call in a SPECIALIST. REAL pricey, but this thing is holding up international trade, making people in fancy ass suit all Nervous(TM).

Doesn't Work.

Specialist tells um to not to bother with calling anyone else on their normal list. Is looking at the green goo like it spat on his mother and called his dog a whore. They would prefer he NOT make that facial expression. That is a facial expression that will get them yelled at by their bosses. Fuck(TM).

Now Politics(TM) are involved. People want to STUDY the green goo. Harness it for dubious and unknown green goo experiments. Poke it with their Quirk to see what'll happen. There's fuckin REPORTER with no concept of self-preservation, trying to get CLOSER to the RADIOACTIVE POISON GOO.

Fuckin Heros have shown up.

Why are you bastards even HERE. What? Are you peacocks gonna PUNCH it? Get off their rig! Stop posing in front of the GOO!

Then? Oh thank GOD. The SMART people show up. Certified, highest grade, triple refined, PREMIUM Nerds(TM). The WAY above our pay grade folks. We're SAVED! Can we PLEASE go home now? We are just ocean cleaners! Our job is debris! Not weird GOO!

Enter, stage Super Cool Helicopters? The Elite Nerds of Earth. Of which Nedzu is one. Since Japan is closest. And it's a school weekend! He had some time.

And?

Ha ha... Thanks, he hates it! Nedzu's stoat brain is SCREAMING and he wants NOTHING to do with...? What he is somehow CERTAIN is a floating pit of Death! Interesting effect. Anyone getting that or just him?

Then? Some hot head on loan to Korea from the states? Spots something. SomeONE. And does he TELL the newly arrived professionals? So they may do a risk assessment? Figure out a way to rescue this individual SAFELY? Of course not!

Said hot head has supposedly indescribable chains! So he just flings them rights on in! Grabbing the boy from the center of the portal, pulling him free, and in the process? Immediately destabilizing it. Causing it to collapse down towards everyone bellow.

He also then proceeds to DROP the young lad, in his alarm at this entirely predictable outcome.

Right. Into. The Ocean.

A boy, who is dressed in filthy medical scrubs, haunting familiar in a way nothing should EVER be again, and entirely unconscious. Plunge down into the briny deeps and bitter cold. Alone. Abandoned. Death, thick and viscous, losing form and raining down like bile.

Everyone saving themselves.

Ah, he rather liked this suit.

The salt water ruins it. The droplets of Green, burn like molten glass each time they touch him. He will likely have at least a few new scars, after today. Assuming this is not the end of him. But he swims fast. The boy sinking slower then his size would suggest he should. He grabs hold and arcs, dragging them both from beneath the fallout of yet another humans hubris.

He does not stop swimming. Not until he knows he is near the helicopter. He is thankful, that he dragged Aizawa along. The man takes one look at his serious expression, the state of his rescued young friend, and merely hauls them both out of the water and into the machine.

Time to go.

They saw nothing, it seems. And there is nothing to be found.

The boy does not wake. Not for quite a while. Long enough, that Nedzu, perhaps unwisely, has grown attached. Is considering adoption. If only too terrorize a few goverment bodies. And... well... the boy will need some who UNDERSTANDS. And the scars paint a very specific sort of tale. But first, the most important question, when beginning these things...

"Tea? Or would you prefer coffee?"

@the-witchhunter @mutable-manifestation @hypewinter @hdgnj

[fadedintheflames]

fight : my muse stops your muse from getting into a physical fight with someone else.

@cajunspoons (I think this means Spoons stopping Lyntel???)

Lyntel almost snarls, sharp teeth glinting in the moonlight. “Spoons,” they huff, eyes glaring at her, “let me go. Now. That bastard deserves it.” They try to move forwards again, trying desperately to get to the man they wanted to ruin. 

‘That bastard’ was currently backed up against the wall, looking at Lyntel wide-eyed. “What the fuck is that? That- That’s not human.” Seeing that Lyntel was currently being retained by Spoons, he seemed to puff out his chest. “What are you going to do? I’m assuming this is over that bitch? I told her I would leave her in tears when I left,” he sneers with a grin. 

At this, Lyntel almost doubles their efforts to get out of Spoons’ grip. “Don’t you fucking say that about my workers!” 

[all-of-the-musesarchived]

Long Awaited Showdown (Ace and Cassie VS Blackbeard)

So this is part of a fan fic my dear friend and I are writing together. She simply asks when I name her that she goes by Anonymous Stoat, we hope you enjoy this. 

“I just got visual confirmation Ace.” Cassie stepped out of the alleyway, her hair tucked up under a black headscarf and her corset and top covered by a black and blue overcoat. “Blackbeard just anchored in the harbor two hours ago, they were headed inland for the nearest village.”

It had been a few weeks now since they’d departed from Alabasta on a false lead, and finally the monster they’d been hunting was in their grasp. Both Commanders had been overtaken by both a sense of relief and dread. It was almost unreal, to think that soon Teach would be in their grasp.

“Just don’t jump the gun on this.” Ace said tipping his hat up a bit with his thumb. “We finally found him, if one of us let’s out emotions get the better of us, then this was all for nothing and we’ll be back to square one.”

“I told you back at Alabasta, I’d follow your lead.” Cassie explained tightening her headscarf a bit. “I’m not going to be the reason he slips away again. It’s just hard to believe it’ll finally be over.”

“I know. Now come on. We should figure out what they are planning before we get involved.” Ace said shouldering his bag. Cassie simply nodded, her waterskin on her belt shifting as she turned and followed her brother in arms down the road. There was a feeling in the back of her mind she couldn’t quite shake, but it was better not to bring that up. Not when it was probably just her expecting the worst. They asked around for what felt like forever but most people they asked didn’t seem to even know who they were talking about.

At least, until they came across a rather shaken older man.

“Why would ya be askin’ about him?” The man huffed, tensing up immediately.

“Please sir, I’m begging you. We’ve been tracking this man for months now. He’s hurt a lot of people, we just want to stop him.” Cassie explained.

“Here. have this.” Ace said pulling a waterskin that had actual plain water and some dried fruit from his bag. “This man has done nothing but bad things. All we want to to stop him from making things worse for the people on this island.”

“You… Thank you…” The old man accepted the gifts before bracing his hands on his cane. “About two hours north of here. The man you speak of, Blackbeard, he’s ransacking villages left and right. The next he plans to hit, if he follows the road, is two hours from here.”

“Thank you. We’re going to do our best to make sure that this ends here.” Ace said think a polite bow. Unlike many people and pirates, Ace was somehow the most polite and well mannered person to exist. Despite his random narcoleptic eating habits which seemed to run in his family. Or just those that had “D” in their names.

“You have our word. This won’t happen again.” Cassie said. She made a note that he was bruised under his shirt, no doubt thanks to Teach’s crew. “I’m sorry we couldn’t stop him sooner. Let’s go Ace.”

“Yeah. Sir, please do me a favor. Do what you can to stay away from the town. When you can, try and get to the coast.” Ace said standing up and pulling bag over his shoulder. He bowed again to the old man before he started walking towards the the town direction. He was going to find out why Blackbeard had killed Thatch. He was going to to know what had driven him to take a the life of his friend. To ruin the love of Thatch and Cassie, the one couple that authors and poets wrote about. No he was going to get answers.

It took them a little under two hours to reach the town in question. The entire time, Cassandra had been uncharacteristically silent. Her mind was swimming with anger, pain, sorrow, rage, and an eerie calm that laid beneath everything. Thatch was her everything. He’d saved her life, shown her she wasn’t a waste of life or cursed like she’d believed, and had been the first true love she’d ever had.

“Ace… It’s way too quiet.” She finally said, noting that the town almost felt like a graveyard.

“I noticed that too. But this is better. The less people, the less risk getting hurt.” Ace said closing his eyes and listening for the ruckus that was bound to follow Blackbeard. It was easy enough, Teach wasn’t anywhere near silent or subtle. Even with them being across town, Ace could still feel the boisterous laugh that had long since turned from funny to a threat. They were occupied which meant that they could get the drop on them. “Let’s go that way. We can get up high and listen to them.”

The Fire Fist spoke pointing to his left and glancing at Cassie to make sure she was alright.

“Alright. Let’s hurry.” Cassie said, her hands trembling a bit as she tried to keep her composure. “The building over there looks like it has decent cover.”

She could hear the sickening laughter in the distance, and her form became a bit tense. All she wanted to do was to put an end to this nightmare once and for all. Without waiting, she jumped up to the nearest rooftop ready to kill their quarry and be over with all of this. Ace watched her go, wondering if had been a good Idea to bring her along. There was so much riding on this moment and the possibility of it not ending well for them nibbled on the back of his mind. Still he followed her up the buildings with ease and caught up to her before she could get too close.

“Stay behind me.” Ace whispered wanting to protect what he considered his sister. She made no indication that she was going to go ahead of him, instead she crouched down just behind him to his right, eyes fixed on the road below.

“Zehahaha! That crazy bastard! Get a load of this! It’s about Straw Hat! That crazy bastard and his crew attacked The Tower of Justice! His bounty should go through the roof after that!” Blackbeard cackled looking at his crew.

“Hm. That’s next to Water 7 yes? I wonder if they hijacked a sea-train to get there.” A very tall, slim man with a ghostly pale pallor spoke.

“It’s not that far from here…” An equally tall man wearing a scope like eyepiece and carrying a long musket commented. “At this rate, we might meet them again.”

“If fate is kind enough to place him in our sights,” A third said, the wet wheezing rattle of sickly lungs breaking his otherwise soft voice. “we’re obligated to pull the trigger aren’t we?”

“HAHAHA! What’re we waiting for!?” A fourth wearing a wrestlers mask and carrying a rather large sack cackled.

“Nothing! Let’s go! Zehahahaha!” Blackbeard cackled leading his crew down the road back the way they’d come from. “We better cut ‘em off before they get away or the Navy gets to them first.”

“Hey, hold on a second there Teach. We need to talk.” Ace called down just loud enough to be overheard by the small band of five. He was crouched on the roof of a building, balanced just so that he wouldn’t topple over. His hands were linked together with his forearms resting on his knees.

“This is a long time coming.” Cassie added, standing to her full height with her hands in her pockets.

“Oh! Whaddaya know! It’s Commander Ace and Commander Red Hair!” Blackbeard said with a big smile, his gaze lingering a bit long on Cassandra.

“You have no right to call us that anymore. Use those titles with respect or don’t use them at all. I won’t have you disrespect us.” Ace said calm despite his feelings for Blackbeard.

“Ooh, so this is the famous Fire Fist Ace.” The Slender man with the top hat and cane said. ”And his little Water Witch.”

“Yep. You guessed it, that’s us.” Ace said playing the man’s comment off. “So this is your crew. It looks like you’ve become a Captain now huh? Captain Marshal D. Teach of the Blackbeard Pirates.”

“Tch, you don’t deserve that title.” Cassie muttered, the very thought leaving a bad taste in her mouth. Something about the way he stared at her was unnerving, but she tried not to think on it too much. Ace gave her a warning glance. A silent ask for her to let him handle this.

“Zehahaha! C’mon Ace! Cassie! Lighten up! It’s good to see ya!” Blackbeard cackled, still smiling at the two. “What brings you here? You weren’t lookin’ for me were ya?”

“You son of a bitch…” The red head clenched her fist, only to be stopped in her actions as Ace motioned for her to stand down.

“Let’s stop beating around the bush now shall we? Even if you play dumb I know you’re a crafty bastard. There’s only one reason for us to be here and you know what it is. So spare us the chit-chat.” Ace spoke with a hint of annoyance in his tone.

“Fine! Have it your way.” Blackbeard replied, completely unphased by the show of aggression. “But there’s one question I’d like to ask first! Well, two rather! Instead of fighting, Ace, why don’t ya join my crew? And Cassandra…”

Violet hues shifted to focus on Blackbeard, an uncomfortable tension eating at her.

“Zehahaha, why don’t you become my woman?” The redhead froze, her already pale complexion paling further and her form began trembling. Was he being serious? Surely he didn’t think she would say yes to the likes of him.

“I’ve got the perfect plan to rise to the top!” Blackbeard said. “Stick with me and I swear we could rule the world! Whitebeard’s days are numbered and you know it! I’m gonna be King of The Pirates! First I’m headed off to Water 7 to kill Straw Hat Luffy as a special gift to the World Government! Wouldn’t hurt to have you along for the fun! And what kind of King would I be without a Queen at my side!?”

“Luffy huh? You’re outta your mind.” Ace spoke clenching his jaw just a hair. He knew Teach had gone a little crazy over the years, but he didn’t think the man was this far gone from sanity.

“You sick son of a bitch!” Cassie snapped, finally recovering from her shock. “I would never be your woman!”

“Oh? You know him?” Blackbeard asked, completely ignoring Cassandra’s response.

“Of course I know him you sack of crap. I’m not going to let you kill my little brother!” Ace said glaring down at Teach. “And we’re not joining your crew. You can take your little offer and shove it up your-”

The sniper wasted no time in firing off three rounds at Ace, though he was a bit surprised to see it did nothing to harm him. Instead of blood, flames licked the bullet holes.

“Well you get it.” Ace said holding onto his hat. It amused him to think that Teach’s crew would so willingly enter a fight they stood no chance of surviving. He had warned Cassandra about letting her feelings get in the way, but there was nothing stopping either of them proving just how much difference there was between those serving under Teach and themselves. The fire cackled and licked along Ace’s skin till the holes left behind sealed without a mark left.

“Huh, seems like you need to teach your crew some manners.” Ace said with a scoffing smirk. He stood up suddenly hands curling into mock pistols at he aimed at th sniper. “Fire Gun!”

The gunner below had mere seconds to start running as bullets of flame were fired at him, one right after another. Cassie on the other hand glanced down to note the mask clad crewmate had been missing from the whole mess. He quickly made his reappearance though with a full on building he planned to bring down on the two commanders.

“Flame Commandment: Fire Pillar!” Ace shouted waving his hand to surround him and Cassie. This was not the first time he had done this and knew that he wouldn’t harm her as long as she bubbled herself. It took all of two seconds for Cassie to encase herself in a sphere to keep from being boiled alive.

The fire coiled up over them, skirting off the water rising high to meet and destroy the top half of the hotel that hand been thrown at them. The pressure alone was enough to break the wooden building apart and the fire began eating at the remains. The pieces left behind fell in a shower of burning panels and splinters.

“Both of you! Stay out of this fight!” Blackbeard ordered in frustration. “Until you get stronger this guy is out of your league!”

“Oh! Sorry!” The masked member of the Blackbeard said putting his hand on the back of his head.

“Fire Fist!” Ace called out and a horizontal column of fire shot out towards Teach’s back. It was enough to blast the entire Blackbeard crew through the building opposite of Ace and Cassie carving a path through the building to the next street over. Teach screamed in pain as some of his men recovered. They had not been the target, only collateral damage at that moment.

“You didn’t have to split the building.” Cassie commented, the water that formed her bubble now wrapped around her arm like a curled up whip. Ace looked over his shoulder at her and shrugged at the Blackbeards that could stand surrounded Teach. He jumped down afterwards and headed to meet them on the ground walking through flame and cinders without hesitation in his calm strut. The fire pooled at the bottom of the wreckage before being put out at Ace’s will. Cassandra was just behind him, walking just far enough behind to keep from getting burned.

“Zehahaha… Alright… You wanna finish me… Don’t you?” Teach asked, pushing himself to all fours after being extinguished. “The murder of a fellow crewmate is a serious crime… And yes, I killed 4th Division Commander Thatch with my own hands! But there wasn’t any other choice!”

“No other choice!? How about not stabbing your crewmate in the back!?” Cassie snapped.

“It wasn’t personal. But he had the Devil Fruit I had been searching for. And he had you!” Teach said pushing himself up to his knees and throwing his hands out to his sides.

“Me?” Cassie felt that pit in her stomach again, and a thing sheen of sweat dotted the back of her neck.

“You know the rules on Whitebeard’s ship. Whoever finds one gets to eat it.I memorized the shapes and colours of all the Devil Fruits that they discovered. So I knew that was the one I needed. Whether I liked it or not I spent decades biding my time on Whitebeard’s ship because it was the best shot I had at finding that one single fruit.” Teach said dropping his hand so they hung limp at his sides. “And all that time I watched as he wooed and stole the heart of the only person I ever cared about other than myself.”

“You… You bastard!” Cassie snapped before feeling Ace put a hand on her shoulder to keep her from lashing out.

“You were the only thing on that ship that helped me Cassie. But you never noticed did you? No because you were always with him.” Blackbeard chuckled a bit. “And just when I thought there was no hope left, there it was, right in the hand of my friend.”

“Then you murdered him in cold blood and stole it without a second thought.” Ace asked seeking the answer to his question. Teach was always easy to provoke into long winded explanations.

“Heh, bad luck for him.” Teach said getting to his feet. “There’s no other way. This ability has chosen me! Zehahahahaha! And its power has made me the strongest man in the world! Watch.”

Blackbeard extended a ringed hand and slowly the edges of his form began turning dark and grainy.

“Even among the Logia Fruits there’s Nothing quite like it.” There was a dull hum in the air as a colleum of dark almost mist shot up into the sky. It swirled in a chaotic manner that seemed to barely be under control. Along the ground it oozed from his feet to match the pillar in the air. “Ace... You’re body is made of fire. And you Cassandra, you’re made of water...”

“What is this?” Cassie muttered, her eyes growing wide. Out of sheer instinct she shifted the water whip to her actual grasp.

“Zehahaha... My body is darkness!” Teach said leveling a power glazed look upon the two.

“Darkness huh?” Ace said having long ago set his body in a pose that had his foot on a pile of rubble and with one hand on his hip and the other dangling free.

“You’ll see soon enough Commanders. I think you’ll wanna reconsider my offer. In the history of all Devil Fruits, this is said to be the most dangerous power of them all.” Teach spoke training his sight on Cassie. “The Logia type Dark Dark Fruit. In other words I’ve become a Darkness Man. I’ll give you a taste of its power. I wouldn’t blink if I were you.”

“Hm. Stop yapping and just do it.” Ace smirked, keeping the best poker face he could. Cassandra on the other hand had fallen silent again, her form trembling like a leaf in the breeze. Her gaze met Teach’s and she all but froze in place. His crew began running, shouting at one another about this or that, it all became static in Cassie’s ears. The black smoke poured off of his form and flowed across the ground as if a dam had been busted holding it back.

“Ace… This…” Cassie started, steeling her form to keep Teach from letting him know he’d gotten under her skin, though it may have been too late. “We need to end this. Fast. I’ve got a bad feeling.”

“Get out of here.” Ace said not taking his eyes off of the man.

“I’m not leaving you to fight him alone. We’re doing this together.” Cassie said, putting her foot down in the matter.

“We don’t have time to argue Cassandra. Either run or stay out of the fight.” Ace snapped with worry. Not for himself but for her. He was younger but he knew how to be an older brother, and those instincts were kicking in.

“Forget it! I’m not leaving your moron.” Cassie snapped.

“Then protect yourself. I can’t stop him and save you.” Ace said as Teach laughed. The swirling void spread out from him surrounding the two standing on the wreckage. There were screams of warning but they were too far to make out.

“You’re assuming I need to be saved.” Cassie replied, stiffening her whip into a rapier like shape. What unnerved her the most about all of this was the fact that save for the wreckage they’d been standing on like an island was just, everything was being cloaked in this blanket of darkness.

“Darkness is gravity. It swallows everything around it.Even light itself can’t escape! Its power is infinite!” Teach yelled out.

“That’s nice but it’s nowhere near us. You sure you got the hang of this?” Ace asked unimpressed by the man in front of them.

“Calm down, I’m not aiming at you yet.” Blackbeard turned from them to look at the ground below his feet. “You’ll be glad when you see what I do to this town.”

“BLACK HOLE!” He shouted as he slammed his palm into the black mist. The light around them dimmed and the smoke began swallowing the buildings and anything else left in the streets. In a mere matter of moments, all that was left of the town was the dirt it had been built on, and the small pile of rubble Ace and Cassandra had used as a safe haven.

“Within these shadows lies the power to compress anything and everything within them, to crush whatever they touch.” He cackled, as the last bits of darkness recoiled back towards him. “And that’s just the beginning. Now I’ll show you what happened to the town. Or whatever’s left of it I should say. LIBERATION!!!”

With a sound of mass effort, the shadows exploded and the remaining rubble of what was once the town began raining down around them. The carnage was impressive, an entire town reduced to scraps of wood and metal without one building still in tact.

“Zehahaha, so do you get it now Ace? Cassandra? This is what I was willing to kill a mate for.” Teach cackled before he noticed small green floating orbs around him.

“Firefly Fiery Doll!” The orbs ignited against the man’s skin, bursting into a large brilliant flame and throwing the man to the ground as he screamed and writhed in agony.

“The Darkness part I get, but this not so much. I wonder what’s going on here. If you’re a Logia Type that shouldn’t hurt you. Or rather, that shouldn’t even hit you.”

“I already told you. My Darkness swallows everything around it. Whether it’s punches, blades, bullets, lightning, or fire. Unlike you two I can’t just turn into an element and dodge an attack. And the pain I absorb when I get hit is much greater than what it normal human feels. But the trade off for that inconvenience is worth it.”

“So, what you’re saying is you’ll feel every moment of agony when you’re given what’s coming to you.” Cassie clenched her fist and raising her water forged rapier to strike.

“Yes. Cause there happens to be one more thing I can absorb.” Teach said holding out his hand towards them. “Black Vortex!”

“ACE!” Cassie tried to reach out and grab the Flame man but wasn’t fast enough as his arm just brushed her fingertips before he found himself in Teach’s grasp. Out of sheer instinct, the redhead sprinted forward, blade raised high and murder in her gaze.

“First I use the gravity of Darkness to pull a Devil Fruit power holder into my grasp.”

“Too... strong...” Ace muttered trying to break free.

“And then when I touch them.” Ace grunted in pain there was a split second when he tried to burn teach but then he realized he couldn’t. “You’re smart. Have you figured out the secret yet? Huh?”

“It can’t be-” Before he could say anything, Teach reared back and punched the raven haired man as hard as he could in the stomach, sending him flying across the ground.

“Bastard!” Cassie jumped up, using the recoil from Teach’s punch to bring her blade of water down towards his throat. “You won’t leave here alive!!”

“I will. ANd I’ll take you with me.” Teach said reaching around and grabbing Cassie’s arm in his. He pulled her to his side and locked his arm over hers to keep her from struggling too much. “Zehahahah! Ahahahaha! It’s been a long time since you’ve been hit. I bet you forgot how much it hurts, Ace.”

He turned to face the Commander laying against what was once a building.

“But you both understand now. You understood the second I grabbed you.” Blackbeard continued. “Not only can my Darkness pull you in. It can also absorb your Devil Fruit Powers! In other words as long as they’re in contact with me, someone with Devil Fruit powers is not different than a normal human! Logia, Zoan, Paramecia. All of those who have become dependant on them are in for a surprise.”

“You sick… Let me go!” Cassie snapped trying to writhe free of the man’s grasp. “You traitorous bastard!”

“One little touch will make them realize how weak they really are.” Blackbeard spoke oblivious to Cassandra’s struggling. He was so trained on Ace that he gave no mind to her protests. He had all that he wanted. Next was taking down Ace and Luffy before he could move on to becoming the King of the Pirates.

“Then all I have to do is avoid you.” Ace spoke looking at Cassie with worry. He could care less of the blood running from his mouth. But he had to figure out a way of beating Teach without hurting her.

“You think you can escape gravity that easily… ” Teach taunted. “I’d like to see you try!! Black Hole!”

He raised his free hand up and reached towards Ace, pulling him in towards his sickening grasp. The black smoke once again swirled and Ace was yanked from where he’d landed.

“St. Elmos’ Fire!” Ace hurled two large fireballs at Teach, the flames piercing his form just as the offending man brought his fist down on Ace’s neck.

“Damn it! Get this Thing off of me!” Teach all but threw Cassie aside as he clawed at the flames which now resembled spears protruding from his body. Cassie took the opportunity to put some distance between herself and Blackbeard, taking up a defensive stance between him and Ace with a shield of water between them and Teach.

“That Bastard almost broke my neck. His ability’s gonna be a bigger pain than I thought...” Ace hissed before forming his fingers into a cross and aiming just past Cassie at Teach. “Cross Fire!”

The flames impacted, but it was hard to see what was happening through the cloud of darkness surrounding Blackbeard. There was an explosion before one of the mountains surrounding the town crumbled.

“Everything fall before Darkness. Even you can only struggle for so long. Still, finishing you off here here and taking her, would be a waste of your talents.” Blackbeard cackled staring at Ace who was on all fours, breathing heavily. Cassie was standing just to Ace’s right, two orbs of water hover over her shoulders as she prepared to strike once his guard was down.

“Don’t Fight it Ace. Cassandra. Join me!”

“If I surrender to you, then I can never call myself a man again. I won’t submit, and I won’t live with regrets no matter what.” Ace swore an oath to himself. “You got that, stupid?!”

“You killed the only man I loved, and you expect me to drop my loyalty to our Father and join you?” Cassandra snapped the orbs turning to javelins. “You can forget it! I’d rather die!”

“Once you die your morals are useless. I’m sorry you can’t understand that Ace.” Blackbeard said. H knew where Cassie was and so could avoid her all together as he threw his hands out to his sides. “Darkness take you!”

“Run Cassandra... Run!” Ace said pulling his arms in as fire began swirling 20 feet out and moving in towards the raven haired Commander. “Great Flame Commandment: Flame Emperor!”

“Zehahahaha! The Sun against the Darkness, huh? Only one can win!”

“I’ll make Whitebeard King, or die trying.” Ace said with determination. Ignoring him completely, Cassie turned her two water javelins into a wall of small, sharp looking needles.

“Something you’ll never understand Teach… Family always has each other’s backs no matter what.” She said before hurling the water needles forward, creating a rain of pain falling upon Blackbeard. It didn’t take much effort for Blackbeard to counter the water attack, using his repelling force to push Cassandra back against one of the piles of rubble before he focussed his efforts on Ace.

“Ace! You can do this!” Cassie called out trying to break free of the invisible force holding her in place. “Show this bastard who’s boss!”

“This ends now, Commander Ace. Black. Hole.” Blackbeard spoke. Ace had been too worried about Cassie to remember that the Dark mist would spread around his attack and swallow him into what was essentially oblivion. In the blink of an eye the black haired Commander was gone and all that was left was Blackbeard, barely standing and badly burned. He turned to look back over his shoulder at Cassie. “You should have listened to him. But now, now I have you right where you belong.”

What the hell? It had all happened so quick, and now all that was left was an empty place where Ace once stood, and his hat covered in dust and tattered.

“You son of a bitch! I’ll kill you for this!” Cassie cried, tears brimming in her eyes as she tried to lunge forward at Teach. “You’ll pay for this!!”

“You don’t get it do you.” Teach spoke pulling Cassie into his hands. He pulled her till she was pressed flush against him. A demented but loving smile was given as he trapped her. “I saved you. In time you’ll understand that.”

The feeling of his hands on her skin, his form pressed against hers, the dampness of his sickeningly hot breath sent a fearful chill down her spine sickened her to the core.

“You bastard… What are you going to do with Ace?” She snapped trying to push herself away from his grasp to no avail.

“If I can’t kill that Straw Hat what makes a better offering to the World Government than a Commander of the Emperor Whitebeard?”

“So that’s it. You’re going to turn us in for the bounties?” She snarled.

“Not you. Just him. I’ll tell them that you decided to join me after realizing that it was your best chance. And then nothing will stop us from getting to the One Piece.” Blackbeard said with a grin turning from demented to lustful. “You know I’m right. That I am the only one to give you all that you ever wanted.”

“All I ever wanted was to be with Thatch. You took everything from me!” Cassie cried once again trying to writhe free, her defiant expression being taken over by fear. “What I want is for you to die damn it!”

“My my, Captain.” Lafitte, the top hat clad man chuckled walking over. “She’s quite outspoken, isn’t she? Shall we lock her in your quarters until she calms down?”

“Where else is my woman gonna sleep. I’m certainly not trusting you to be in the same room as her.” Blackbeard said, moving an arm up around her throat. He wasn’t going to kill her. Just put enough pressure to knock her out. Cassie struggled, her throat constricting under his grasp. In an act of desperation, she did something she was probably going to regret, she reached up and pathetically tapped on his chest.

“Please… S-Stop…” Cassie gasped, hoping he’d keep from knocking her out completely.

“Hm? What is this now?” Blackbeard looked down to her and released his grip a fraction. Just so that if it was a trick he could continue choking her till she lost consciousness for her own safety.

“You…” She swallowed a few gulps of air before looking up at him with half lidded violet eyes. “You’re right… You… You’re the only one that can give me what I truly want…”

Blackbeard wasn’t sure he believed her. Not so soon after refusing him. And yet she looked so pathetic that he had no choice but allow his ego to inflate.

“What I want… Is to live. And…” Cassie swallowed again, her throat still aching a bit. “To overthrow Whitebeard… H-He doesn’t… He doesn’t deserve power. I was blind…”

“It’s okay. You were lied to. But I will change all of that. For now, sleep.” Blackbeard said hating that he had to do this to Cassandra, but it was the only way to make sure that she didn’t trick him into letting her go. “I promise that this will be easier if you do.”

Cassie let out a choked gasp as his arm reapplied the pressure before she pressed against his form, sweat dotting her brow. She wasn’t dead, that was the important part of all of this. Not that he would’ve killed her anyway, but now she had her insurance. She just had to keep up the act until they reached another port.

“I know you are confused, but I swear this will make sense. Once we leave here I will get you a Seastone necklace. I’ll keep you safe so you never have to fight again.” Blackbeard said strengthening his hold on her neck. “This hurts me more than it is hurting you Cassie.”

“We’d best leave, Captain. Wouldn’t want Straw Hat to get too far ahead of us.” Lafitte chuckled watching the red head go limp in his grasp.

“Zehahahahah! Let’s go boys.” Blackbeard said pulling Cassie up into his arms. Now that he had her, he wasn’t going to let her go. At least not until they were far enough out to sea where there was no chance of escape.

[danisnotofire]

Squip Squad at hogwarts. Jere is slytherin (ambitious, wants to be more chill ;))) Michael is literally the textbook definition of hufflepuff (loyal to a fault, even when jere is maybe not the most considerate dude) Squip is a slytherin (stereotypical "bad guy is a slytherin" but I like the idea of the squip being an older kid that Jeremy looks up to, and the Squip showing Jeremy some dark magic that maybe He Shouldn't Be Doing. And jere just goes along with it bc "hes so cool, Michael") -🌳 1/?

okay. i have,,,, so much to say about this. here’s everything i have on the Hogwarts!BMC au (and i have,,,, a lot) (all of this @adrienagrestte and i worked on together so also please go check out her fic on ao3 that is solely about a hogwarts au) 

(i’m a gryffindor lmao and my patronus is a capuchin monkey) (i’m aware what joe tracz has said about everyone being in hufflepuff but LMAO that’s wrong so here’s an essay on this au) (i also disagree with u on some of ur house choices, but I HAVE REASONING SO HEAR ME OUT!!!)

FIRST OFF, THEIR HOUSES, separated by house: 

slytherin:

jeremy.

 this is easy because jeremy values his morals above all else and will do anything to achieve his goals (i.e, taking the squip, hurting his friend, this is clear i dont think anyone will fight me no this)

chloe 

this is also easy

jenna 

she does what she’s gotta do. i know you said she has a thirst for knowledge, but i don’t think that was her reasoning behind the gossip?? i think she liked having that power over people. i think she enjoyed making people care about her. did you see her down that squip without any questions?? c’mon son

gryffindor

michael 

I KNOW, I KNOW, CONTROVERSIAL- BUT THINK ABOUT IT. HE HOLDS HIS FRIENDS IN SUCH HIGH ESTEEM BUT IS NOT AFRAID TO CALL THEM OUT ON THEIR BULLSHIT. and i know you say he’s loyal, but remember, michael was deadass burning the shit jeremy had given him over the years. michael was just as ready to throw in the towel and accept the bitter end. it was mr heere who convinced him to get over himself.

he also saves the day in the end, (not because hufflepuffs can’t, but because gyrffindors value courage and bravery. there is nothing more brave than 1) staying true to who you are in the face of adversity (ie, the constant bullying) and 2) going out of your way to save the day even for someone who doesn’t necessarily deserve it (ie, jeremy after what he did to michael). so, gryffindor michael. hufflepuff michael is amazing too. but. gryffindor michael.). 

HOWEVER. i hc that everyone always thinks michael would be a hufflepuff. you know how everyone thinks neville should’ve been a hufflepuff?? kinda like that. michael isnt a hufflepuff though, just a gryffindor who has discovered pot. 

also…. slytherin/gryffindor best friendship??? sign me tf up

jake 

he does everything all the time. he does his very best to make sure everybody sees him as the golden boy with no problems. (except my son,,,, definitely has his problems) 

ravenclaw

christine

“jeremy…. having someone make your choices FOR you?? that sounds TERRIBLE” 

her reaction to having the squip make her into her dreams is like “what’s wrong me now??” which is very rational and in tune with herself. i think christine also adores the idea of POSSIBILITY and LEARNING and exploring all these different paths and that’s very ravenclaw. curiosity and creativity. 

hufflepuff

rich

“the ladies are gonna love the REAL richard goranski” just like. c’mon. he apologized for hurting jeremy while under the squip.

brooke

“I mean, I was never into him because he was like, super old and kinda mean to women, but I know you liked him, so” 

“you’re so much better off without madeleine, jeremy” 

“i like gay people!” 

PATRONUSES (patroni?) 

jeremy’s is a hummingbird. small and beautiful and delicate, but also pretty badass and unique (the only bird to hover?? definitely jeremy. also?? they are so fast. jeremy is so anxious. you know that bird moves as fast as jeremy’s brain works) 

christine: dolphin

michael’s patronus is a badger. this further plays into the “everybody thinks michael is a hufflepuff” hc. michael thinks it’s fucking hilarious. 

rich’s patronus is a groundhog. 

jake: koala

brooke: a white rabbit 

chloe: a canadian goose. at first, people make fun of her for it, and she just raises and eyebrow and drags a finger down her wand and is like “are you making fun of my goose?” and the person freezes and is like “n-no no.” and she smirks and is like “good. i wouldn’t want to say anything about your non-corporeal mess you call a patronus.”

jenna: seahorse. 

HOW IT ALL GOES DOWN

michael and christine are both animaguses (animagi??). michael’s animagus is a big fluffy dog. christine’s is a stoat. this isn’t really relevant to the plot lol but i love the idea of them being animagi together. 

mr heere is a muggle, but he supports jeremy as a wizard the best he can. he just doesn’t really understand it. jeremy feels kind of awkward and isolated from his dad bc of it. he lives in the suburbs, so he never really knew anybody magical.

this also plays into jeremy’s insecurity and anxiety. he doesn’t feel accepted by either community and struggles really really deeply with it

michael grew up in a city. his mom is super into the magic community, so michael went to a muggle school but had been growing up around magic. his mom and her friends would always teach him tiny spells, so by the time he gets his letter he knows a thing or two about a thing or two.

he and jeremy meet briefly while jeremy is buying school supplies. his dad has no idea what’s up, so jeremy’s mostly on his own to buy his books and things. michael runs into him on the street while jeremy is looking terrified, and he drags him to his favorite food place and splits a snack with him. michael’s mom eventually finds them, and after jeremy explains his situation she takes him and his dad and leads them around, helping them figure things out. 

michael’s chattering all the way, because he’s really met anyone like jeremy before. “i’ve got a lot of muggle friends, you know, and your culture isn’t exactly a walk in the park to figure out. i was no better when i first moved to the city. honestly. self-checkouts?? coinstar machines?? those are a whole different kind of magic.” 

they meet for real on the train to hogwarts. jeremy is looking lost again, so michael latches onto him bc he’s lonely and he misses his mom and jeremy is Familiar and Nice. jeremy buys candy. michael shows jeremy the bits of magic he’s picked up over the years. 

michael’s heard about hogwarts from his mom, from his aunts and uncles and his mom’s friends. but jeremy…. whoo boy. jeremy gets off the train and stands slack-jawed. it’s beautiful. it’s magic. his whole body sings, and for the first time he feels like he maybe sort of belongs to something.

michael takes like, twenty minutes to sort. everyone is staring at him. he is fuckin SWEATING. the hat CANNOT decide between hufflepuff or gryffindor. michael spends ten minutes arguing at it for taking so long in his head, so his stubbornness and forced indifference but simultaneous constant questioning is what ultimately lands him in gryffindor. 

jeremy and michael wear each other’s clothes all. the. time. they’re always getting point deductions bc one of them accidentally wears the wrong tie or something. this happens even before they start dating. it actually takes people a little while to figure out they’ve started dating bc they already always look like two fucking messes wearing each others clothes, and they already spend as much time together as possible. 

michael is one of the first people to stop eating with his house. of course, this is probably a year or two into hogwarts, after he’s better friends with jeremy, but he’s still pretty young. it kinda hits him one day, that jeremy’s the only one he really wants to be eating with. so he takes his plate and walks across the hall and plops himself at the slytherin table. 

jeremy’s like “what are you doing here you’re gonna get in trouble??” michael just takes bite of his sandwich and shrugs and is like “there’s no rule against eating without your table, jeremy.” 

people make fun of him for this move, though. but he doesn’t get up. jeremy really really likes the fact that michael chooses to sit with him even though it kinda socially ostracizes him, but he’ll never say how much it means to him. he just scoots a little closer, laughs a little louder. 

michael’s not really the best wizard school-wise, but he tries really hard. obviously he passes and all, but he doesn’t really think he’ll ever be great or anything. he’s made his peace with this. jeremy has a similar skill-level, but he’s never really content with it.

because they can’t really hang out in each other’s common rooms, they find other places to chill. curled up in the massive stone windowsills. studying in corners of the library. laying out on the great lawn. empty classrooms. study rooms. the back booths in various places at hogsmeade. it’s actually how they stumble upon the room of requirement. 

these hidden places sure do come in handy later, when they do start dating (wink wink) 

as much as i love older student slytherin squip, (because, god. an older, cooler, better student finally noticing jeremy and promising to help him get everything he’s ever wanted? also, a physical form for michael to punch after this is all over? sign me UP). 

but also, I SEE YOU SQUIP!SLYTHERIN AND RAISE YOU- TOM RIDDLE’S DIARY SQUIP. THINK ABOUT IT: jeremy finds this thing that seems to help him and he accepts it eagerly. (i’m also gonna toss in some elements of the half-blood prince into this lol) 

jeremy shows it to michael, and he’s super excited. “look! it talks back!! it has a name, it’s called the squip!” “it can finally teach me how to be a good and cool wizard, michael!” 

maybe some smaller part of him whispers... it’ll show me how to be someone. someone people care about, instead of split between so many different things. 

it’s cool at first. but once the whole idea of ‘WHOA AN INANIMATE OBJECT WITH SENTIENCE’ wears off, michael is unsure. he’s more in tune with how his magic feels when its exposed to different things, and he doesn’t like the way the diary feels when he writes in it. something about it’s slick and slimy response feels wrong. he tells jeremy this, but jeremy shrugs him off. “if it was wrong, why would it be at hogwarts?”

except then slowly starts showing him things. asking him to do things that he wouldn’t normally do. but…. it’s helped him before. why would it hurt him?? magic can’t be evil, right? 

but jeremy is stubborn, and the diary’s telling him that michael’s just jealous. jealous that even though he grew up with magic he’s never been very good at it, school-wise. jealous that jeremy’s finally becoming something more. 

jeremy listens reluctantly, but it eventually works his way under his skin. and so he stops entertaining what michael’s saying, starts blowing him off. until they’re in the dining hall one day. 

michael’s being slightly more enthusiastic about the squip today. a little louder. people are staring, giving them strange looks. jeremy’s burning with embarassment, but michael just keeps getting more animated. 

finally, he snaps. jeremy rockets up, his knuckles white as he grips the diary. “shut up,” he hisses. 

michael falls silent. “dude, what?”

“you’re wrong,” jeremy insists, packing up his stuff to leave. more people are staring now, he can feel their eyes on his skin. “you’re just jealous. because i can finally be something i’ve always wanted, and you don’t even know what you want at all.”  

“what?” michael says, incredulous, ignoring the way his mind whispers i want you. “jeremy, that’s not true! this thing is evil. you have to get rid of it before you get hurt.”

jeremy sneers. “see? you won’t shut up about it because you wish you had it. guess what! you don’t.”

jeremy gets up and pushes out of the dining hall. 

michael scrambles after him, but it’s too late. jeremy’s gone. 

the diary starts teaches him things. illegal incantations that jeremy’s only ever heard in his history of magic classes. spells with vague descriptions (“to be used on enemies”). darker magic. magic that makes jeremy uncomfortable but he does it anyway, because he’s already made his choice. 

the worst part is that jeremy gets better at magic. he can conjure a full patronus before anybody else in his grade can even get the fake wispy smoke. for the first time, jeremy is good at something. actually, he’s better than good- he’s the best. he’s cool. 

meanwhile, michael’s left behind to watch. and no matter how hard he tries, he can’t get jeremy away from that diary. it’s like he can’t even see him, anymore. 

cue michael moping until christine comes along and asks him what’s going on with jeremy. now, all of michael’s/jeremy’s “study spots” are being put to another use entirely, that is, How To Defeat A Sentient Book That Is Also The World’s Evilest Asshole. 

and thus ensues Michael and Christine working together in order to save jeremy, who’s being used by the squip to doing something very dangerous and horrifyingly awful. maybe cue their animagi being used in some crazy way.

(god you could really get as angsty or as action-y as you wanted. would jeremy use any of those evil spells? if so, on who?? would the squip convince him to use sectumsempra on michael, only to have rich or someone come in and save him because maybe rich went through the same thing? or would it be more banter-y? newfound friends christine and michael trying to save someone they both care about? sneaking through hogwarts grounds in their animagus forms? chloe and jake being the ghosts in the hogsmeade shed because that’s where they would sneak off to hook up and everyone just heard them? SO MANY OPTIONS, TREENON!!!)

cue the basilisk fang and jeremy passing out on top of michael, and cue reunion scene in the hospital wing. 

i dont wanna actually write the fic, but lol would u look at that, i basically did anyway. 

ANYWAY YES I LOVE AND SUPPORT A BMC HOGWARTS AU!!!!! PLS TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS!!! 

[runningracingdancingchasing]

xiaolindude‌:

runningracingdancingchasing

Glaring wasn’t an expression her face was used to making, but it was making it now, and it kind of hurt to have her facial muscles to tense. She didn’t bother not to cough this time, and waved her hand in front of her face to clear the air.

“Look, you can’t expect me to just… know about things that I don’t know about. We haven’t all been out in the world as long as you have, okay?”

Despite her angry words, she felt bad. A pang in her heart. Lost babies? There was… there was something she could do about that, if illness was the issue. The blonde clutched her braid, not liking the idea of using her gift around this guy, but at the same time… wouldn’t it wipe the smug look off his face if she did? Hmm…

“Show me,” she challenged. “Expose me to the truth.”

        the play of expressions across her face was entertaining. like a little show, all angry and indignant and then kinda sad and then determined. fun! her reaction to the smoke barely even registered. who cared? she could move further away if it bothered her. he wasn’t gonna put out a perfectly good cig he’d paid good money for! or was this one of the stolen ones? eh, either way.

         he actually laughed at her next words. it wasn’t a particularly mean sound. he wasn’t particularly mean, much of the time - just uncaring. “ alright, so you’re fresh outta wherever, consider this a lesson then. you should be thanking me. trust me, you take a walk down… that street, “ he gestured. “ hang a left and then walk into that part of town? you won’t walk back out, and that’s without even trying to talk to them about the power of positivity, “ he waved his hands mockingly with those last words. such bullshit. maybe it hadn’t been the kindest or clearest of explanations, but his words were a real warning. there was a favela nearby that was controlled by drug traffickers, and anyone unfamiliar who set foot in there was dealt with incredibly seriously.

         “ alright, you got yourself a deal.”  he grinned over at her, raising an eyebrow, glancing her up and down again. she was cute. worst come to worst, the walk would get his legs stretched. “ yeah. i can blow off surfing for an hour. “

        all of a sudden, he clicked his tongue against his teeth, turning behind him. a small creature clambered out of the bushes, chewing happily on something and made a beeline straight for rai. the stoat clambered up his pants leg, up his shirt until it reached his shoulder. rai returned his attention to the girl in front of him as the stoat curled comfortably on his shoulder, pressing it’s nose against his neck.

As quickly as the other emotions had played across her face, they melted away at her astonishment and delight as the creature scampered into view. “Oh!” she gasped stelightedly. “Is that a weasel? He’s so cute! What’s his name? I have a chameleon friend named Pascal!”

And with that, her hair parted, and Pascal shifted his colors back into a visibility. But, unlike Rapunzel, he didn’t look delighted to be here, his large eyes focused warningly on the pair in front of them.