#but welcome

[zeawesomebirdie]

well GUESS what you made me start watching tomas

OH MY GOD WELCOME TO THE CLUB

[xelidonia]

the one that pisses everybody off

[plantbasedblackbeard]

so i have gained a handful of followers overnight and i just want to say hello!!! i can’t wait to talk about our favourite pirates with you all ❤️ 

[between-two-fandoms]

Wtf? I got 30 new followers overnight? Where did you come from?

Hi nice to meet all of you.

I'm Ren, I'm queer, and I yell about JatP and various other fandoms to strangers on the interwebs.

Hope you like my writing content cause that's all I bring to the table.

I'm curious, did you guys find me through Tumblr or through my fics ao3?

[art-deco-shrimp]

Kagaminette tidbit: In Japan, the spots on ladybugs are called “stars”. Kagami also calls Marinette’s freckles stars and Marinette blushes every damn time.

(Pre-reveal? Post-reveal? Who knows!)

[lizzingtonblackout]

I should probably do my obligatory “I’m still alive” post, right about now lol.

So yeah, here it is...

I’m still alive. 

[nctpanda]

i’ve been here for like three days where tf did y’all come from

[its-onions]

may have had a bit too much to drink last night and today i’m toasted. come talk to me so I don’t have to work on my dissertation!

[hugwizardwithagun]

@hugwizardwithasword hahahaha ! ! ! the universe thrussy has finally given birth to my clone/twin, @thehugwizardwithtwoguns just as the prophecy foretold!!!

[a-method-in-it]

I’ve been getting a bunch of new followers today, which usually means that the Walmart post is making the rounds again -- except I don’t also have a bunch of messages in chat about unionizing. So I have no idea why you new people are here, but welcome! I expect to start disappointing you shortly. 

[lionfloss]

whoa something crazy happened last night, good morning my bountiful new friends

[imamgoat]

Uhhhh. I decided to make a pinned post so here goes nothing. I'm 16. My favorite color is MAGENTA. my favorite animal is a walrus. They're pretty N E A T. and I spend way too much time playing Minecraft or watching minecraft. Please send help... So yeah.

[timep3tals]

we just reached 1.1k y'all 💜💜💜 thank you so much for following me! i appreciate all of you.

[the-goofball]

My brain: you have 1.001 follwers now

Me: sounds fake but ok

[joyfulsongbird]

*takes a drag of a cigarette* hun he be eating cream cheese out of the container with a spoon-🥯

I read this and saw every time I’ve stood in front of my fridge eating cream cheese with a goddamn fork flash before my eyes

Headcanon accepted

along with shredded cheese

[fulcrum-agent]

29. Amalgamate

It's very awkward to sense one's own aether in the distance, particularly when fleeing in a panic.

Not long after taking the Komra tunnels up unto the high plateau above Eulmore, she sheds the costume cloak. It hadn't succeeded in hiding her from the unexpected guest, though it had made for fewer questions during the ascent.

Unaware of the man trailing far behind her, she crosses the plateau with that preternatural speed, drawing her hidden weapon as soon as she reaches the pathway up to Mount Gulg. There's a long pause as Guillotine attempts to process the fact that her wielder's aether lies in two different places. The confusion doesn't last long, as the Seductress realises what her wielder's intent is, and the scythe begins to almost sing in the Au Ra's hand.

Try as her trailing shadow might, he's ill-equipped to keep up with the pace she's set, but that doesn't stop him from trying. He feels at fault, which leads him to push aside any sensible thoughts of not pursuing her into the mouth of one of the Hells. Instead, he focuses on the pursuit while preparing himself for the horror that likely lies ahead.

Many of the lesser surviving Sin-Eaters that haunt lower portions of the mountain flee from the amassing aether, from the strange aura charging towards them, scattering on the wind and rocks. She ignores them, continuing up the wending arm of the giant Talos, intent on reaching the former sanctum of Innocence.

The being that shares her aetheric signature isn't too deep within the hallowed halls of white marble and gold trims, and the pathway to the platform where the creature reclines clears rapidly. Cowardice flee to their stronger brethren, leaving Flatteries to trail behind them across the platforms and bridges.

Before she can reach the stairs to the platform above, the creature leaps into motion, crossing the marbled floor before jumping to the lower platform she stands upon. Upon landing, the Sin-Eater smirks at the Auri woman, almost bowing in welcome before beginning her vicious attacks with a frightening shriek.

Force back by the sudden arrival of her reflection, she slides to a halt half-way across the platform from the stairs. The scythe is brought to bear, protecting her from the creature's initial assault. Brilliant chakrams seemingly made of the sun and claws made of marble crash along the long haft of Guillotine, sparking upon contact.

The Seductress' aura flares in response to the attack, assaulting both shards with alluring energy. Screeching in surprise, the Obscenity retreats from the source, staring wildly at the scythe and its wielder. From there, the creature begins to circle, trying to find a gap in the arousing defence.

Unlike her reflection, the Au Ra is attuned to the energies her weapon produces during battle. She begins to feed on the ecstasy the scythe exudes, allowing it to enhance each motion with languid fluidity. Considering she faces her polar opposite, she'll need to bring everything to bear on the creature - and quickly.

Sensing the dire nature of the battle, Guillotine seems to give the creature what it wants, the aura waning briefly. With another shriek of rage and confusion, the Sin-Eater burst forth with another series of attacks, thinking its found the opening it was looking for.

Feinting, the aura roars to life as her wielder responds to the attacks with a series of keen parries before delivering a series of strikes herself. Disoriented from the coursing pleasure, the Obscenity falls back under the barrage, hissing and howling all the way across the platform. The Au Ra gives her reflection little quarter, forcing the creature back to the edge of the platform they're fighting on.

Below, the sounds of combat force mismatched eyes to gaze upwards, his brow furrowing as he squints to make out the battle. Through the pillars and statues that make up the entryway to Mount Gulg proper, he watches the pair of shards being their duel. Despite his aetherpool being dulled, he can sense all too keenly the two near-identical aetheric signatures dancing above. His stomach falls as he pushes himself to race up the stairs faster.

She is too focused on the battle at hand to notice the familiar aether approach. The Sin-Eater rallies at the edge of the platform with a burst of stifling Light-aspected aether, trying to infect its attacker. The Auri combatant doesn't wholly block each splatter of aether; instead, she allows it to burn across her lower arms.  Guillotine keeps much of the glittering light from crashing against torso and hips before she's brought to bear upon the creature once more.

Confused by the way the aether seems to burn its way into its attacker, the Obscenity leaps backwards to gain some distance from the strange being. Floating up into the air, the Sin-Eater again tries to douse the dark-scaled woman with another bought of light - this one larger than the last. A shrieking challenge is issued as she assaults her assailant with determination, hoping to suppress whatever aura's being created.

The platform comes into a more unobstructed view, just in time for him to witness the glittering attack fall upon the Xaela he's been chasing through Kholusia. Sliding to a temporary halt, he shouts something almost incoherent as she's half-covered by the liquid light before resuming his ascent.

As they're doused with the corrupting light, scythe and wielder give an ecstatic laugh before charging again. The ruby-red gem that the scythe's blade is made of drinks in the aether, helping wielder to slowly absorb such. Their symbiotic connection mixed with something of a vampiric thirst the Seductress possesses being used to slowly devour the reflection they fight.

Frustrated and confused, the Sin-Eater screams her rage to the heavens, which are none too far away. Attacks renew with a feral intensity as the Obscenity tries all different kinds of attacks with the Light-aspected aether. Claw and chakram collide continuously against the blade and haft of Guillotine, who merely continues to absorb the offering.

Rounding the bottom of the stairs to the platform below where the fight is taking place, mismatched eyes flicker upwards again to the familiar form that dances with itself. As he charges across the platform, the Xaela finally begins to succeed in landing strikes against the creature, rending precious essence from the being with even the faintest scratch.

All at once, he realises what she means to do, and his pace slows as his jaw falls open.

Without warning, the Au Ra suddenly throws the scythe towards the Obscenity, who dodges the apparent attack with a glance at the passing weapon before turning to smirk at what it believes is a defenceless target.

The Xaela is hardly defenceless.

Leaping, she collides with the Sin-Eater, coiling her form around her reflection tightly. Even her tail wraps around the beast's glittering match, entwining the pair fully as the Obscenity howls at the outrage, frenzying. Chakrams are forgotten, and the creature claws the form so like its own, trying to rend the being from its own body.

Seductress returns to its wielder, seeming to slice through both the Sin-Eater and the Sinner. The scream from the stairs to the platform goes unheard as one by one, the shards erupt into Darkness and Light, blinding their witness. Guillotine clatters to the marble floor some distance away from where she cut down the pair of reflections, echoing in what sounds, to him, like finality as distant Eaters begin to howl.

Darkness and Light begin to recede, creating a wind that half-drags him up the remaining stairs to the platform. Swirling together, the aether coalesces as it falls to the platform as well, a form emerging from the chaos. Once his sight returns, he realises he's staring at the woman he just saw cut down by her own weapon, except there are marked differences.

Once jet black scales are trimmed with opalescence as if someone melded the edges of a Raen's scales onto a Xaela. The effect is mostly subtle unless the light catches them properly. Crimson hair contains ruby streaks that are lighter than before, and there's a soft pink colour around her eyes and across her cheeks. A gossamer white dress covers her form, though the familiar Thavnarian tights cling to her legs, gold having chased away the darker red.

Even Guillotine is transformed, with ivory twisting around the obsidian handle, accenting the dark metal. The ivory blooms behind each gemstone inlaid into the scythe, drawing attention to the aetheric-storing crystals.

He's just beginning to get a sense of the union of Light and Dark, the conflict swirling as it adjusts to its new situation when a rapidly approaching cohort of Eaters catches his attention. Lead by a Bribery and its pet Conceit, they swarm towards the fallen Auri woman.

Without much of a second thought, he leaps over the collapsed form, placing himself between her and the oncoming swarm of Sin-Eaters. Crimson eyes flutter open, trying to focus on the being before her, but whatever he's done is too blinding for her to fully make out more than his boots.

Familiar boots.

Familiar aether.

Before she can draw the conclusion, her eyes flutter closed as exhaustion takes her.