#custom twst event

[theolivetree123]

Rev up your engines, it’s time to…

🏁 Race for the Cookie Cup! 🏁

(More below the cut)

🫐Event Summary🍒

You, Grim, Ace, and Deuce decide to visit a new arcade that recently opened up in the town not far from NRC. There, you meet up with Ruggie, Epel, Silver, and Idia, who have all taken interest in a specific game in the corner of the arcade. The game is called Sugar Rush! Since there's two arcade machines, Ace challenges Deuce to one round of the game, and whoever loses must pay for the other's lunch. Deuce unsurprisingly accepts, and they begin their match. Midway through their match, however, the game suddenly glitches! You and the gang all think the game is broken until a flash of light comes from the arcade machines. Next thing you know, all 8 of you are somehow inside of the racing game, Sugar Rush!

To escape this sweet nightmare, you must win the next grand prix and obtain the Cookie Cup! But, uh oh. Ace and Deuce are having a bit of a squabble. It seems like you guys are going to have to split into two separate teams!

For this grand prix, Deuce will be accompanied by Silver and Idia as...

Team Bluepuff!

And Ace will be accompanied by Ruggie and Epel as...

Team Redpop!

Which team will you choose?

🏁Rules🏁

Everyone is allowed to race! Whether it's your OCs, yuusonas, or, heck, even rope your favorite canon NRC/RSA student into this mess! Everyone is welcome to participate in the mess that Ace and Deuce started.

You can participate in this event by making custom cards, general fanart, fanfics, whatever! Just no NSFW, please. This is a PG racing game!

If you decide to make anything for this event, please tag me and use #🍪rftcc. I'd love to see what you make!

And finally, this event has no deadline, so feel free to participate whenever!

��Outfits and Carts🏁

Since you will be racing, make sure your outfit is fit for the job! Make sure your character has a jersey, gloves, and a sweet theme!

For your character's theme, make sure it is based off of some sort of candy or sweet treat! The character must also have a matching cart, as well (if you're drawing them with one, that is). Try to stay away from actual candy brands, though! We wouldn't want a lawsuit on our hands!

The characters listed in the summary have their own cards and outfits! I listed them below so you don't accidentally copy their theme.

SSR Deuce (Blueberry Pie)

SSR Ace (Cherry Pie)

SR Ruggie and Epel (Donuts and bubblegum)

SR/R Idia and Silver (Slushies and marshmallows)

Also! If you're making a card, you may use the blank cards below!

🏁Racers🏁

Team Bluepuff

🍋Yuya Florence by @cheerleaderman

🍪Dias Feathenfool by @beezonia

🍓Robyn Starling by @pinkskytwst

💝Reese Kingbit by @kickasscentral

🍋Flori Mohn-Prinz by @bunniehunn

Team Redpop

💍Ryuuni by @rini-rambles

🎂Narcissa Viperoné by @beezonia

🍍Saya Starling (ART) by @pinkskytwst made by @dilatory-replies

🧸Cerise Fanfare by @0kiwisalad0

🎄Humm by @xxoomiii

⚫️ Leon Lynch by @readsrandomstuff67

🏁Fanart🏁

A little comic from @mello-bee

Art of the crew by @spade-12

Ruggie doing donuts by @mirioho

Ruggie fanart by @cheshanoneko-draws

🏁Fanfics🏁

Bet on the Teleportation by @spadecentral

🏁I look forward to seeing what you create!🏁

[readsrandomstuff67]

what side will you choose…

In the battle for the black cauldron

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event summary

You and the rest of the night raven college students have been invited to participate in a event hosted by a private school in briar valley known as the black cauldron college or bcc for short where the students of both schools separate into groups of two the dark army or the heroes of briar valley the two group leaders are Hunter Kavanagh the student council president of bcc ( based off the horned king) and Malleus draconai both fighting for the privilege of which school is better

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rules

1. No nsfw keep in pg 13

2.Anybody can participate

3.you can participate by making, cards, art, fanfic,edits, and anything else

4.if you want to participate tag me and use #battlefortheblackcauldron

No deadline

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outfits for the event are just medieval attire, got a card base though

also the black cauldron college is a very dark and gloomy castle

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cannon members of each team

Note:the process was randomly generated and I was too lazy to list all of them out so here is a tierlist

Dark army: hunter kavanagh,

I’m counting grim and yuu as a single person just like Crowley (kinda sad that sebek isn’t with the diasomnia horde) also if this event gets 25 likes I’ll make a new event

participants:

a wonderful fan fiction by @purple-templar

Another wonderful fan fiction by @purple-templar

[readsrandomstuff67]

this is so good you captured hunter’s personality perfectly

thank you again for participating in this event :)

Battle for the Black Cauldron Part 2

After much pain, second-guessing, and rewriting I have finished part 2! I tried to make it shorter so it's not a giant wall of text, but it was so hard to not turn it into the equivalent of a small chapter in a novel lol. I'm thinking of maybe seeing if I can move the fic over to A03 or something so that I can write the different parts at the size that I want and not have to cut myself off to make each of them smaller, but I haven't decided yet. I'm planning to make a couple of posts to explain some of Anna's, my lovely little Yuu's, backstory and a little bit about where my own head-canons influenced the story because as I'm sure the size of both parts can tell you, I'm very much a ranter. So, if that's something you would be interested, in keep an eye out! I hope everyone likes part 2 :)

After a couple of moments of walking the large group of Night Raven students finally reached the entrance of the school. The doors were open, and a tall figure stood in the doorway with a strange smile. Anna frowned at the smile on his face, she didn't understand what it meant. She hated smiles, they were her Achilles heel. She already picked up very few social cues, and it had taken years of practice to figure out how to translate those small body movements into the emotion behind them. However, smiles…they just didn't make sense! Supposedly they meant someone was happy, but there could also be a hundred different hidden meanings behind them. In Anna's opinion, smiles were a conspiracy.

The figure stood there, almost the same towering height as Malleus, the tan horns atop his head nearly brushing against the stone arch of the doorway to the school. Arianna assumed he was a fae similar to Malleus due to his horns and the pointed ears that peeked out from under his muddy green hair. Unlike the horns that Malleus possessed, his horns grew out from the side of his head and grew up towards the sky.

He was wearing black and gray shoes with grey slacks that reminded her slightly of the pair of pants she used to see her grandfather where when he took her little sister out to one of their golfing tournaments. He wore a red shirt with a maroon overcoat. His overcoat lapels were neatly ironed out revealing the even darker fabric underneath it. A black cape was clipped onto his overcoat and fell behind him to his knees; it was rather dramatic in Arianna's opinion.

The figure bowed as they all arrived at the entrance with the flair of a showman grinning at all of them as he stood up. One of his hands rested on his chest as he began to introduce himself, "Welcome to Black Cauldron College, my name is Hunter Kavanagh; it is my honor to host you here for this year's Battle for the Black Cauldron."

His eyes glinted strangely as he glanced about at all of them, his smile growing. He ushered them into the castle, just in time for the overcast sky above to turn into a raging, thunderous downpour, the sky lit up with an occasional lighting blast.

"Holy smokes, we got in right in time," Anna commented, looking behind her as the large wooden doors closed behind them. She shuddered slightly at the boisterous sound of thunder still audible even within the stone walls that now sheltered them as she brought Grim closer to her chest, the small creature awoken by the thunder, awakening with a jolt. Arianna had already been hesitant to go on this trip. It had taken some coaxing from her friends to convince her to accompany them. "Hey Sebek, are storms like this normal here in Briar Valley; should we be worried?"

"Of this scale? Occasionally. Such storms usually occur around this time of year though, especially in this area. Briar Valley isn't known for its sunny weather; there is no need to be worried," Sebek explained, his eye twitching slightly.

"Geez, it sounds like it's going to flood out there. It sounds like one of the rains you get before a typhoon back home," Ace commented, Deuce nodding in agreement as they looked around nervously.

Before anyone could say anything else Hunter began to speak again. "I apologize if some of our students seem a little skittish. It is not often that we get visitors from outside of Briar Valley, never mind someone of such standing as some of your number. Please allow me to give you a tour of our school so you may familiarize yourself with your surroundings. Before that though, I'm afraid I must request that you all change into clothes that will conform to our school's dress code," He said, speaking with calm control, the same glimmer in his eye as before.

It didn't seem to fit him.

Arianna didn't like the idea of changing into new clothes. It had already taken her some time to adjust to the Night Raven's uniform and quite a bit of alteration to make it fit her probably as the uniform was intended for a boy and she was loathe to deal with the hassle just for such a small trip. She knew she would have to suck it up though.

Before anyone could say anything most of them were ushered off. It was kind of annoying how much they were being moved and rushed about like they were on a time limit. Arianna stumbled along, struggling slightly to keep pace and before she knew it she was shuffled off apart from the rest of the group before she could protest or ask what was going on. She found herself separated from the rest of the first years and Grim alone in the hallway with two students from Black Cauldron College.

Arianna was briskly guided into a room, a bunch of clothes shoved into her hands before the two students disappeared before she could even ask their names now alone in the empty room with just a plain mirror. Arianna looked slightly in surprise as she saw that it was a dress. Not just that it was a dress but it was also her size.

Arianna couldn't help but smile and giggle in excitement at the idea of wearing a dress. She hadn't been able to wear a dress like this since the trip to Noble Bell College. She still had the dress, Rollo had let her take it home with her and she kept it happily in her closet at Ramshackle and rarely touched it except on special occasions or in the dead of the night when she was taken by the urge to dress up just for the fun and sake of it.

While the trip to Noble Bell had been…a mess, there were still plenty of good memories from it and she still wrote letters to Rollo and some of the other student council members at Noble Bell. Perhaps this little field trip would be that bad after all.

@readsrandomstuff67

[da-birb-writes-sometimes]

HI HI DOVE :DD im so excited for the event!! your writings always make me kick my feet and giggle c:

so yk my undying live for the one and only jade leech ^^ (even if the bitey bastard refuses to show his face in gacha >:0) and i see [fairytale scene] fits his love for nature C:

jade and cottagecore hmmmmm 👀 well there goes my brain and my spine—

REMEMBER TO HYDRATE AND UNSHRIMP YOUR SPINE TOO DOVE :DD

Fairytale Scene; Jade Leech

Content; Fluff, gender-neutral reader, mutual pining, yearning

Content Warning; Some swearing

Word Count; 700+

Author's Note; I don't even know how I ended up with this, but it's cute! Hopefully, this makes up for the bitey bastard refusing to come home!

As a reminder, do not put my work — or others for that matter — into AI as it steals. Link to Masterlist

You felt like you were living in a dream, a picture-perfect dream that only existed in fairytales. How else could you have ended up alone in a quaint cottage on the edge of the sea with Jade Leech; the man that had captured your heart since day one? And despite Floyd and Azul basically making the two of you pack up your bags for a week-long vacation with the crush that you swore was secret — as you hadn’t uttered a word to anybody — you found yourself and Jade alone with just each other for an entire seven days. One hundred and sixty-eight hours, ten thousand and eighty minutes, alone. Scratch that, maybe not a dream, this seemed more like a plot of some cheesy rom-com where both of the characters confessed their love to each other on the beach. But there was no chance that Jade, the Jade Leech would do that… right?

“You seem distracted, Prefect.”

You jumped and hit your head against the hanging flower bed since the two of you were doing some sprucing up in the garden. You were fine, but your clumsiness sent a pot crashing to the ground, leaving you more embarrassed than anything. “Nope! Perfectly fine!” But the rise in octave betrayed you.

If it were anyone else, Jade would have found it amusing, which he still did, but instead of just chuckling at your misfortune, he helped you get out from under the flower bed, and made sure that you weren’t hurt. “Hmm, are you alright, my dear,” he hummed, looking you over for any cuts.

I’m not okay, no, especially with you looking at me like that and calling me dear. I think I’m going to have a stroke here. “Yeah! Just my own clumsiness is all—” you stopped mid-sentence, and stared at Jade. 

The mid-afternoon sun cast him in a warm light, turning his eyes into a glowing gold, and highlighting the olive of his right eye. The ocean glittered behind him. He had a few leaves stuck in his hair, and some dirt on his face, so unlike his clean and refined state that you usually saw him in. And the look he was giving you… it was so soft, so full of worry, concern, and love. 

Perhaps you had hit your head hard enough to give yourself a concussion, with your luck it was more likely than your feelings being reciprocated. 

And Jade’s staring at you was not helping the manner, he was looking you straight in the eye, and you couldn’t look away for some reason. You two hadn’t even been here for a full day yet! How could you expect to survive an entire week of this?!

You weren’t, that was the entire reason the both of you were here. Azul had grown tired of seeing Jade get distracted on the job, and Floyd was getting bored of seeing the two of you do nothing. But you and Jade didn’t need to know that, even if the mer-eel knew what Azul was plotting with this ‘vacation’. This was all a set-up for the two of you to confess, and what a fine set-up it was.

“You need to be more careful,” Jade breathed out, finally putting his concern at ease when he couldn’t find anything wrong. 

There he was, giving you that look again. “Uhhhh, okay,” you said eloquently. Who could blame you really? 

Jade chuckled softly as he helped you up, brushing some dirt off your shoulders. And before you knew it, you were rubbing off the smudge of dirt that was on his cheek, and he froze, looking at you with a curious look.

Shit, did I cross his boundaries? SHIT-

“You are full of surprises,” he murmured, taking the hand you used to smudge the dirt off his face into his, before placing a kiss on your earth-stained knuckles. A week alone, that’s rather unfair of you Azul, but no need to worry, I shall use it to my advantage. And he then placed a kiss to where you had bumped your head. “Hopefully that speeds up the healing process, my dear.”This is a dream, a fairytale scene. This can’t be actually happening… right? But the lingering sensation of his lips on your cheeks was very much, not a dream.

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[akkivee]

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[nemisisnemi]

Here's an unfinished Masquerade Idia i never finished

He was drawn for perspective practice, but ended up too complicated due to his clothes...

[britishassistant]

Twisted Wonderland was so real for having the enemies in the first Halloween special be entitled customers

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

wish lantern rewrite

I can’t be the only one that wishes we had actually traveled to a new location… that we had learned about a new culture and holiday… that Riddle had actually had more character development in Wish Lantern instead of being cooped up in the library, being forced to play pretend princess in order to get out, and give like maybe a handful of lines max in the second half of the event 😭 What we ended up getting was fun too, but I keep thinking about the missed opportunities and how great this story event could have been.

If Twst won’t give it to me then I will have to cook my own food 😤

Here’s how I would write Wish Lantern if I was in the Twst writing room:

Since Riddle is the SSR, I feel the story and its set-up should center him. I’m thinking maybe he’s invited to (or told by his mother to attend) some kind of conference or event in the Kingdom of Heroes or the Sunshine Lands for aspiring medical mages. Let’s say it is being held in the same place where the story of the Princess in the Tower originated because the Sundrop flower mentioned in the tale has miraculous healing properties (and the city/kingdom has since become known for its medical advances).

Riddle is uneasy about going there by himself (the implication being that this event is set after book 1 and, more specifically after book 6, when Riddle expresses to Azul he has been considering pursuing law instead of magic medicine/the career his mother chose for him). Maybe he mentions this unease around Deuce, that he feels obligated to go because “Mother knows best… She has always known what is beat for me, hasn’t she?” It could even be in the library. Say that Riddle is brushing up for the conference and happens to run into him, who is looking for a book to help with completing an assignment. After listening to Riddle’s woes, Deuce, being one of the people who knows about his dorm leader’s complicated feelings toward his mother and finding his own independence, offers to come along as emotional support.

As for how Jack gets involved, he’s Deuce’s club member. Maybe he overhears Riddle talking about sports medicine or panels presented by medical mages who work with athletes, or Deuce mentions it in a club meeting. Jack becomes interested because he’s the type of person that’s always looking for ways to enhance his training and to learn more about this subject.

Kalim can either join because he's conveniently in the library + wants to learn more about poisons and antidotes (on his own self-development journey to be more self-sufficient instead of relying on Jamil all the time) or because the Asims are sponsors of the event and he gets a free invite through his Rich Privilege.

Use the usual "Grim overhears and whines until he and Yuu get invited to go along" excuse or maybe have Yuu and Grim come because they, too, want to be emotional support for Riddle. (They could have heard from Deuce?) With that, we have all of the main characters for this event assembled.

Even though this is a rewrite, I'm going to try and follow the conventions of OTHER "hometown" events. That means most of this rewritten event will be exploring the new area, learning about its customs and traditions, souvenir shopping, and sampling food. This would be a great chance to, of course, throw in Tangled references. Because I proposed that this event be focused on a conference for aspiring medical mages, we can also learn more lore about what medical technology and practices exist in Twisted Wonderland and how magic has played a part in advancing medicine.

So it turns out, there's a festival going on in the area at the same time as the conference. That's because there's a holiday in this kingdom that celebrates the Princess in the Tower finding her way home by following a trail of lanterns. Since the conference doesn't start until the next day, we can go out and enjoy the festivities! (Riddle can be hesitant at first, but the others convince him to loosen up.)

The new outfits + hair can be explained away as part of local traditions. Everyone is provided with a potion that lengthens their hair so they can emulate the Princess in the Tower. Or maybe there can be a potion-making station, and length still correlates with the skill at which you were able to brew it. (In this version, the hair lengthening potion isn't made with super rare ingredients; it is something easily accessible for even non-mages to brew and can be made cheaply.) YES, THAT MEANS WE GET LONG HAIR GRIM.

Local specialties could include dishes mentioned or depicted in Tangled, like hazelnut soup (Rapunzel's favorite).

HERE ARE SOME CUTE INTERACTION IDEAS BASED ON RAPUNZEL'S OWN EXPERIENCES IN CORONA: the gang doing chalk drawings and clowning on each other's artistic abilities (or lack thereof), trying out cupcakes (the reasoning being that they're "single servings" so it's okay for Riddle to indulge), exploring bookshops, painting on the walls, and everyone joining in a big group dance! (For the dance, maybe there’s a competition to see who can drag in the most bystanders into the dance and Riddle gradually finds his footing in that + is crowned the winner?) There could even be a tavern that pays homage to The Snuggly Duckling.

While we're out having fun, there should be a consistent pattern of Riddle having to be convinced that it's okay to be participating in these activities. He feels that he should be focusing on studying for the conference, but the others are there to reassure him it's okay to take breathers.

"You won't perform at your best if you're always at 100%. In terms of a workout, you'd be asking to pull a muscle if you push yourself to exercise without end." (Jack)

"Mmm? But how often are we going to be in [name of city]? We're here now, so we might as well experience everything that's here!! The food, the music, the games, the people... You can't find that anywhere but here." (Kalim)

"I get the importance of preparation, but I'm kind of curious about the celebration that's going on. If Rosehearts-senpai wants to study, then he should do that. I'd feel bad exploring the city without him, though... He might miss out." (Deuce)

"Shouldn't you at least grab some grub first? I'm pretty hungry too! Let's check out the food stalls!" (Grim, maybe Yuu can also get a dialogue option)

At some point, the group decides to browse and buy souvenirs. They discuss who they are shopping for and come upon the subject of family. Kalim and Jack want to buy stuff for their siblings and Deuce thinks his mom might appreciate a locally made handkerchief with the kingdom's sun emblem on it. (As a trucker, Dylla often drives for long hours so she might find use in a handkerchief to wipe her forehead.) Yuu and Grim can also bring up potentially getting something for the Ramshackle Ghosts, who are like their found family.

Riddle becomes visibly uncomfortable when the topic of family is brought up. Everyone else sounds so happy talking about theirs, but he has no idea what a happy family is supposed to be like. Deuce (and maybe Yuu + Grim too) realizes why Riddle is uncomfortable and quickly apologize. Kalim and Jack, who aren't familiar with Riddle's background or his attempts to speak with his mother over winter break, are a little confused but the others feel it's not their place to explain why and Riddle doesn't know them well enough to elaborate on personal matters. (Here, Jack and Kalim serve as an in-universe reason to keep his family history vague so as to not spoil people who haven't gotten that far in the main story yet, but the awkwardness is palpable enough to imply something is wrong to serve the narrative of the event story.)

Now, "hometown" events tend to introduce a new character, typically a family member, to us. However, the new characters are not those who appear as the "trauma source" for the respective OB boy. (For example, Falena was not the character introduced to us in Tamashina Mina/Cloudcalling on the Savanna and we met Kifaji instead.) Following this trend, we will not be encountering Mrs. Rosehearts but rather MR. Rosehearts.

I realize that we don't have a ton of lore about Riddle's dad yet so everything I write about his personality is completely headcanon (primarily based on the personality of the King of Hearts). The only things that are canon in this depiction is that 1) Mr. Rosehearts is a medical mage like his wife is and 2) Mr. Rosehearts does not have a happy marriage with his wife.

Anyway, we run into Mr. Rosehearts out in the city. Turns out that he is one of the presenters at the conference and he was supposed to meet and receive Riddle. He's a quiet and slightly anxious man but overall is kind to his son (though we should get the impression that Mr. Rosehearts isn't good with confrontation and folds easily).

Maybe have a part where Mr. Rosehearts is surprised that Riddle has friends because uh... the last time he recalls his son having friends, it was because his wife ranted at them for 5 hours and banned them from their home. But hey, he's chill about it and promises Riddle this can stay between them and he won't tell his mom. Could insert a line or two that implies that the winter break talk didn't go over well. (This is just my headcanon, but you could also stick in a line that insinuates that the Rosehearts parents don't just outright divorce because Riddle's mom can't deal with the potential social fallout + realizing that she is "wrong" in her marriage.)

Every "hometown" event thus far has presented us with some kind of minor external conflict to be resolved. In this case, Riddle's conflict is more internal. He's wrestling with what he wants to do with his future and trying to cope with the reality that his mother isn't the loving, "always correct" woman he thought she was. This, of course, mirrors Rapunzel's struggle with Mother Gothel, who tries to keep her in the tower and doing as she commands.

We finally make our way to our quarters for the night (Riddle has his own room; everyone else has to share one), perhaps in tall tower to mimic Rapunzel's home with Gothel. Riddle knows he should retire early because the conference is first thing tomorrow, but he admits to everyone that after spending time in the city, he has become curious about the tradition of releasing thousands of wish lanterns into the night sky. It happens pretty late in the day though, so he brushes it off and says they should sleep.

... But the others get really hype about Riddle "finally getting into the spirit of the holiday" and decide they should see the lanterns!! The only problem is, Riddle is locked in his hotel room for the night. There could be a local superstition, tradition, or security reason for this. Like maybe due to the story of the Princess in the Tower (and Gothel locking her up), people who are indoors at a certain time of night can't leave until the next day?? Or maybe Mrs. Rosehearts had prepared Riddle's room for him in advance and instructed staff to ensure he doesn't leave because she has been paranoid about him "breaking the rules" again after the tart incident. I don't know, pick your reason.

YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS??? It's time for Jack, Deuce, Kalim, Grim, and Yuu to be Riddle's Flynn Rider + animal companions to break Riddle out. Our group represents the freedom and childhood wonders Riddle missed out on, the antithesis to Mrs. Rosehearts'/Mother Gothel's control. I can see Riddle using his long hair to hoist himself down, Jack using his UM to help everyone race to the water in time to catch the lanterns, Deuce being the muscle if they run into any thugs, Kalim using his social skills to quickly befriend the locals and ask for directions to the best vantage point or using his $$$ to rent the group a rowboat, etc.

We can keep the rhythmic/twistune from the original version of this event where Kalim, Deuce, and Jack were able to safely descend using Riddle’s hair but Riddle hesitates before he’s able to get himself to follow. The reason is the same; he worries about breaking the rules and how his mother would disapprove of him leaving the home. Riddle wonders if the Princess in the Tower felt the same, but ultimately his friends convince him it’s fine (by baiting him with the rules). He will be trapped in this tower forever if he doesn’t summon his strength and take the leap. If not now, then when? When will my life begin? “There are people waiting for me outside, so… it must be okay for me to leave. Right… Mother?”

Riddle keeps nagging everyone about how many rules and social norms they're breaking, but eventually he loosens up and even laughs a little at some of the dumb things they do. We can maybe have him thinking, This is just like… and then flashback to his childhood days with Trey and Chenya.

They're out on the waters just in time to see the lanterns being released. Alternatively, the even runners could be having trouble lighting up all the lanterns or something so Riddle has the opportunity to help with that (this way, we’d still get the other rhythmic/twistune featured in the original event). That particular rhythmic/twistune ends on Riddle with five lanterns floating overhead, which I think could be important symbolism (five lanterns -> five mentions of Heartslabyul).

It's beautiful. Everyone oohs and aahs at the sight--most of all, Riddle. He can say something like... "This city is known for its many contributions to magic medicine. I know that, and yet... I don't believe any magic or medicine could replicate what I am feeling in this very moment." There is some part of Riddle that acknowledges the healing and therapeutic properties of just... being allowed to have freedom, of allowing himself to live in the present and not stress about the rules or gearing up for a future someone else has decided for him all the time. He just doesn't know how to fully verbalize it + has not fully come to terms with it yet, so this is how he expresses it. At last, he sees the light.

While the new location they travel to + the conference provide us with the backdrop of medicine and health for this rewrite, I think there’s also something to be implied about the injuries we don’t see, the pain inflicted that isn’t physical. Both Riddle and Rapunzel were trapped in towers but were also emotionally controlled and prevented from leaving/made scared or the world and disobeying their mothers. When Riddle sees the lanterns, it’s sort of a “wake up” sign to his soul, a reminder of how healing it can be to just… live by one’s own terms, to not be ruled over by fear of disappointing someone else or failing to meet expectations. Rapunzel and Riddle bear scars on their heart from having been raised in the households that they were, and it is seeing the lanterns in-person that helps to “heal” what hurts them.

Riddle recalls the story of the Princess in the Tower and how she made a wish to see the lanterns, so now people make wishes upon these lanterns before releasing them into the sky. He lets go of his own lantern and wishes that, someday, he can be like the Princess in the Tower and this lantern floating up to the sky… and follow his own Road to Freedom.

Everyone sneaks back into their rooms and rest for the day. Uhhh, and there can be a scene of slicing off their hair for tomorrow. Riddle can talk about how the Princess grew her hair long because her mother told her to, but that it must have been cumbersome to walk like this. This way, by cutting off the hair like how the Princess does at the end of her story, it's a liberating act.

It doesn't matter what happens at the conference because what was important was the experiences Riddle had with his friends leading up to it. At most, maybe we see Mr. Rosehearts again while heading to the venue and they have a brief exchange where Riddle lets it slip he's a little tired. "That's so unlike you," Mr. Rosehearts remarks. "Well," Riddle replies with a small smile, "I am a growing young man, after all. I am changing every day."

I want to be clear that this does NOT mean Riddle has had a full character arc to come to terms with how he was raised. He would NOT feel 100% okay with rebelling against his mother by the end of this (hypothetical) event. The point of my version of Wish Lantern isn't to empower Riddle to fistfight Mrs. Rosehearts or to tell her off. The point is that it's supposed to be a small step in helping Riddle through the very complicated process of recognizing he was traumatized and/or abused, accepting that reality, and learning about how he can grow from it and his abuser (who is someone he thought he loved and could trust). This can take YEARS to process in the real world, and it would probably be similar to Riddle. Again, this is meant to be a SINGLE STEP he takes, NOT THE ENTIRE JOURNEY.

So in my rewrite, the event would be split up like this:

Episode 1: invitation to the event; gathering all the relevant characters, hopping through the mirror

Episode 2: arrival in the new location and having fun in the area

Episode 3: souvenir shopping, meeting Riddle's dad

Episode 4: retiring to room, changing mind and deciding to break out instead

Episode 5: seeing the lights, ending

As you can see, the structure is very similar to a traditional "hometown" event. I didn't want to stray too far from Twst's usual writing conventions, as it could mess with the cohesion with the rest of its story events. I did, however, try to change things up a little (like having an internal conflict instead of an external one) and tied in this (hypothetical) story with Riddle's overarching character development, as those are elements that I personally prefer in a story. I realize that the biggest change here is tying my rewrite much more strongly to the main story than similar events have 💦 BUT LET ME HAVE THIS, I think I cooked 😭

... What Wish Lantern could have been OTL Don’t get me wrong, though!! The version we did get wasn’t all bad. There was lore about the NRC library, lots of involvement from the staff, and fun character interactions with the whole student cast. I just feel like those could have all been used for a different event and not the Tangled one which could have been so much more interesting for Riddle and his character.

[nosyp]

Celebrating CNY with twst dorms :]

A/N = I'm... trying to get out of my lazy phase... I'm gonna take it slow. Slow.

Second part

Heartslabyul

When you first tell them about chinese new year, they're amazed. Like wow, your world also celebrates events? Being a lover of events, heartslabyul helps plan a chinese new year celebration.

Riddle, the oh so loving dorm leader, INSISTS on making it a perfectly rule-abiding event. He's asking you for detailed instructions to avoid offending the traditions. Like oh? You need to buy new clothes for CNY? Guess what. Everyone in heartslabyul gets a new fresh shirt or outfit.

His favorite rule is the one where everyone has to clean the day before. The sight of everyone deep cleaning the dorm along with their room is just so satisfying for him. He's enjoying it.

Though, I can't lie. Some rules he doesn't agree with. (like no cleaning during CNY)

Trey helps prepare festive food (ofc he does). He's baking red velvet cupcakes and tangyuan (sweet rice balls) to fit the theme. Accompanied with the loud bustles of the

Ace and Deuce would argue over decoration and stuff but they quickly stop when you tell them it's actually not allowed.

Cater takes aesthetic pictures for his Magicam and helps decorate ig? But he mostly just take pictures.

Don't be surprised if the dorm is DECKED with red paper lanterns and chinese decorations.

Savanaclaw

Savanaclaw's celebration is... lively and chaotic actually.

Leona pretends not to care but shows up to observe the festivities (mainly because Ruggie bribed him with food). He honestly doesn't care for events like CNY but for you, he cares.

Moving on, Ruggie LOVES the idea of red envelopes and tries to get as many as possible while also munching on dumplings. He wishes he lived in your world. You get red envelopes filled with money every year? He's so in.

Jack respects every tradition you explain from your world. He listens to you intenly. And it's not all for show. From sweeping the dorm to hanging banners, and even helps string lanterns high up for everyone to admire, he did it all.

The lion dances are a big hit. But Leona only scoffs, but you catch him watching intently.

Octavinelle

Octavinelle’s CNY celebration feels like a high-class event hosted at the Mostro Lounge. It feels like a crazy rich people party. Probably beacause that's what the host is but,

Azul uses the opportunity to market themed dishes and drinks, decorating the lounge with elegant red and gold accents. He advertises it as 'The annual other-wordly celebration' cuz it quite literally is other wordly.

Jade is in charge of the menu, he... adds his own unique twist to traditional dishes like longevity noodles and steamed fish, while Floyd runs around causing chaos with firecrackers and scaring customers. Please stop bro

Azul, of course, keeps a close eye on him while insisting on a proper ceremony for an authentic touch.

The celebration is a HIT. Everyone loves it. And they love it.

[kalims]

Can I please request any Twst character seeing their crush kiss their tsum?

⊹ kissing their tsum tsum

premise. maybe leaving their tsum somewhere to come back to wasn't such a good idea anymore when it's clearly taking the attention of the person they like.

parts. floyd (i somehow forgot him help)

content. gender neutral reader

characters. riddle, leona, jack, epel, sebek

cw. written by someone who hasn't played through the event and does not know shit lol

note. are they just plushies??? or do they have a consciousness of their own??? I am so confused but wow I wrote somehow

I just slapped whoever had cards on the event onto here 😭 caters part is my favorite ugh

riddle rosehearts

left his tsum in it's custom made velvet chair to grab another jar of sugar since riddle didn't know it ran out.

and yes, he had one made for it. smaller version of his own and stuff, it literally has better privileges than any other resident of the dorm.

^ he totally drinks tea with it and believes that even if it isn't actually alive it's him and if this tsum didn't drink tea at the exact time for a specific rule he still feels like he broke one.

he even pours a cup for it hekasbkqkas.

I mean the liquid doesn't get drank by anyone obviously but riddle still does it.

so as he's walking back, opening the chair to take a peek to see if it's enough cubes once he closes it, and looks up he almost just trips on air and drops the glass jar.

he fumbles with the object for a second, blinking rapidly at the sight of you snuggling into his tsum then giving it little kisses every now and then, did he hear you calling it cute—?

"wha...what in the world are you doing?!"

"it's so adorable.." you mumble, hearing the boy but it just goes in one ear and out the other.

good lord he doesn't know whether he'd like to melt into a puddle, combust from his red face, or be that tsum.

should he be jealous? no. but is he? yeah. even if he's denying it severely.

next session the tsum was left with no tea and was promptly caged in his room in hopes that you would not do all that to his tsum, and to his real self instead.

leona kingscholar

I honestly don't think he would really care for it??

I mean wow. it looks like him. cool. whatever. what's he supposed to do with it? it's just a plush no need to work up so much for it.

not that doing effort for it benefits him in anyone but he just keeps it on his bed since he didn't really wanna go anywhere else and his bed just happened to be near so...

*yoink*

no one tells him this, especially not ruggie but he actually sleeps with it. an arm over it sometimes and usually coddling it in his arms.

trust me ruggie has proof.

100 madol for 5 seconds fr

well as usual it's in his bed just there in it's habitat just like the real leona kingscholar.

even someone like him takes the time to actually go to the bathroom so while he's gone, and when he's on his way back he immediately knows you're there.

that's a scent he can recognize anywhere (well duh. bro spent so long tryna engrave it) and if he can smell you so close to his destination then obviously you're in his room.

also he left the door slightly closed and it's more open than before so that's that.

just like anyone else he completely stops before he could open his mouth and is actually flabbergasted and flustered?

why are you kissing his tsum?? "that's kinda creepy ain't it?" he drawls but his tucked ears says I wanna be it so bad.

"guess i'm creepy then."

you say simply and go back to coddling the damn thing. leona scowls at the relevation. there's no way a small, lame version of him is gonna win you like that!

move over so you can enjoy the real thing >:(

jack howl

mr. everyday is leg, arm, everything day guy.

I believe he's more of an outdoors dude, a very sweet outdoors dude.

the kind of sweet outdoors dude that would buy a miniature plushie version of weights for his tsum so it can get the eveyday is leg, arm, everything day too.

cute thing is jack is actually so proud of himself 😭 evident from the cute lil' wag of tail he does.

he's so pure!!

and him and his tsum totally 'work out' together.

well it's mainly him but he likes to think that his tsum is too. if he's doing an exercise that doesn't require a lot of moving his tsum is just there somewhere with it's weights facing him.

if he's running he has it on his shoulders awww..

sometimes he can get a little distracted though. from his intense focus he didn't even hear you approaching, let alone sitting down and basically hogging his tsum all to yourself!

at some point you just made the tsum copy whatever the real jack does. jack is doing push-ups? damnn.. tsum is doing is so easily.

you get the point.

it's only then when jack notices when he hears you and mistakes your comment for him.

"ahh, you did great cutie.. so strong, so cute." he hears you mumble and turns pink before turning back to look at you and the happy movement of his wolf traits pause.

oh that wasn't for him.

jack stares in envy. HE SWEARS THAT TSUM JUST SMIRKED AT HIM.. LITERALLY TRAITOR.

man just feels betrayed.

cater diamond

absolutely adores him tsum to bits!!

ever since he got it he practically drags it everywhere and his magicam page is full of it.

I reckon cater named it. maybe dia(mond) or something, if not then the classic cater 2.0 which is funny cause now he got 3 clones!!

^ the other two and now lil' cater 🎤

which makes me wonder. it'd totally be cute if he had like, two other tsums that are copies of the result of his unique magic. now it's actually cater 2.0 for real!

cater 2.0 is definitely more popular than some students so you could go up to one and say: you know who this is *picture of random student*

they'll be like: ehh... can't say I do, or seen them before

you holding up a picture of cater 2.0: what about this?

them: oh thats cater 2.0 obviously!

random student crying in the backround.

IMAGINEEE (laughs in pain)

ahem. he likes to have his tsums (tsums cause he actually got 3 to match himself) around everywhere so he can incorporate them into his selfies.

also he needs to feed everyone more cater 2.0's content. there's cater D, cater I, and cater A who all spell out dia :DD big brain

in the music room of his club where's he's peacefully testing out a riff behind him his tsums lay..

so obviously he didn't hear you shuffle into the room, let out the quietest gasp ever and just take the three into your arms and look like you're in heaven.

you stay like that for a while, smiling and hugging the tsums cause wow were they just adorable! and there's three of them!

you all spare the three a sweet kiss before realizing that the music has stopped and cater is pouting at you.

"aw that isn't fair!" he whined, and smiles cheekily. "these guys and I want some of that too!" he points to his two splits that has recently conjured.

now you got three miniature caters that got the kiss, and three real caters that want one yayy!

sebek zigvolt

said he was not going to care for.. something like that and if there was anything like.. that, the only thing he'd care of was one of malleus'.

then said that 'he wanted to educate the plush' even though it was a plush. he's already contradicting himself here, where's the hate??

legit just rambled to the plush for an hour straight preaching about the greatness and glory of his young master.

where silver actually woke up from! silver!! crazy, right?

it must have been a lot of even silver rose from it.

said he was not going to spend anything on it unlike the other people who had spent a hefty amount of madol for the comfort of their tsum and for them alone.

but he figured.. just getting a small painting of the young master so the tsum would look at it everyday isn't too much of a stretch.

that's what he said before and now he's on his way to get another smaller version merch of malleus.

god forbid if malleus ever came inside the room cause he's just gonna see a lot of stuff.. but don't worry cause sebek atleast has a separate corner for all that.

'I will not care for it' my ass.

of course he had completely forgotten that he had invited you over and was outside fetching his blade he forgot to bring inside.

as per dorm rules! don't want it flying away anywhere if a.. *coughs* storm suddenly appears.

lilia had already invited you in and insisted it was fine for you to enter sebek's room beforehand even with your doubts he just pushed you in and you weren't in a place to argue when he didn't even budge when you tried to stop.

once you just walked around out of curiosity it was only in due time where you would see the plush.

an idea pops in your head.

sebek did not expect to see you inside his room.

let alone on his bed, with his tsum in your arms and you dutifully committing yourself into showering it with love and affection.

he's just flabbergasted, shocked to silence, every synonym near to those. but there's an increasing amount of steam pouring out of his ears as his face twitches more by the minute.

"WHAT ARE YO—"

you kiss it so casually that sebek shuts up and almost faints out of embarrassment and fluster.

WHAT IS GOING ON?? he's so confused. WHO LET YOU IN??

bat chuckling somewhere

epel felmier

would very much like to dress up his tsum.

he knows because vil already saw the tsum looking like a monstrosity covered in dirt and leaves, only spared a disappointed look but stayed silent.

not in the way you'd think cause he feels like he can do whatever he'd like to this tsum and vil wouldn't really care like the man would to real epel.

a hallelujah for him honestly.

he doesn't really put much love to his tsum but it's pretty cute that's all. rook finds it way more appealing than him though which he isn't sure how to interpret.

epel doesn't leave it just anywhere when it's outside of pomefiore. cause students there are polite and definitely would not wreck a plushie that looks exactly like him.

if he did the tsum would probably disappear on campus and be found in a dumpster.

*chills* cause he somehow feels for the tsum.

when he's angry he just vents to it and vents whenever. including the times he's just having a crisis about you.

if that tsum was alive godddd epel would be so exposed.

he left the tsum somewhere outside, in the middle of the garden.

he was practicing his make-up there, as per vil's instructions and went out to go fetch a product he had forgotten to grab along with the others.

he figured he might as well take a cup of water as a drink to go.

epel is just gulping down the water when it's just coincidence that he lowers the cup, sees you, there's water still in his mouth, then you give his tsum a little cute kiss so he just spits it all out.

OH MY GOD WHAT WAS THAT. he thought completely out of it. he stares intensely at the tsum.

he's definitely regretting venting to the tsum about you cause epel somehow thinks it's somehow alive and is now rizzing you up, with the knowledge HE gave IT!

he's so mad help 😭

*epel trying to aggressively rizz you up too*

"you don't need that." *snatches and throws the tsum away*

IN JEALOUSY.

meanwhile you watch it fly with sad eyes. :(

mad epel.

note. jesus christ I wrote all of this RIGHT AFTER I posted that /srs ☹ AND I DID ALL THIS IN LIKE AN HOUR HELP ME WHERE DID THAT COME FROM

commision me!

[theolivetree123]

OMG I AM FINALLY DONE WITH ACE’S SUGAR RUSH CARD-

I ain’t making his groovy bc I’m way too tired and I still have 4 more characters to do 😭😭

[yuurei20]

What exactly is Tenebres?

Hello hello! Thank you for this question! 👠👞

Here is some information about Ténèbres:

・They are a shoe brand: "That brand's so lux, even a fashion noob like me knows about it" - 💀

・"Ténèbres only sells to those deemed worthy of their brand" - 👑

・They do hand-dying and offer custom colors: "These shoes are hand dyed. I wanna get a pair in my own custom colors!" - 🦈

・"Their designer hardly makes any public appearances. Even making contact with them is a challenge in and of itself." - 👑

・Vil met the designer at a party wearing their "mirror heels" and the designer was so impressed that they offered Vil the role of Ténèbres brand ambassador, which he accepted.

・Vil's father heard about Vil being hired as brand ambassador before Vil had the chance to tell him for himself.

・Ortho describes a pair that are black with blue highlights and are being sold for 360,000 madol, possibly inspired by these Berluti shoes?

・Vil says they're known as "phantom shoes*" because they are not available on the market.

*The word "phantom" carries a lot of weight in Twst, but when the characters refer to overblot Phantoms they use the English-language word "phantom" itself. In this scene Vil is using 幻 (maboroshi), the same word used to describe Playfulland:

EN translated this as "illusionary" for the event which I think it a perfect interpretation for 幻 in that context, but in the context of Ténèbres there is a different nuance of a thing that exists but is so elusive that it is practically impossible to grasp.

・Ténèbres has a store in the Fairest City.

・According to Google translate "Ténèbres" is French for "darkness" in a figurative sense as something that is mysterious or hidden in shadows.

In a line that was mistranslated on EN, Jade wishes for the ability to grant Floyd and Azul's wishes during the Wish Upon a Star event.

And Floyd's wish? For a pair of Ténèbres shoes 👀

And it seems as though Jade's wish came half true as he was able to procure a pair of Ténèbres shoes, but he gave them to Vil, instead 👠 Maybe he was only able to acquire the mirror heels and not the custom shoes that Floyd has wished for? 👞 It is a curious and most interesting subplot!

And that is maybe all that we have learned about Ténèbres as of this post! ^^ Thank you again!

[readsrandomstuff67]

So it’s finally time

Joseph akaba platinum jacket

I’m sorry if I did the color wrong I’m horrible with platinum

if you’re wondering why there are lion guard images in the background as I’ve said my oc is based off of a character I made for one of my friends little brother’s dnd campaigns based off of the lion guard which I proceeded to become the villain

also todays my birthday so yaaaay

[readsrandomstuff67]

just read this because I had to do some work but this is so good thank you for participating in the battle for the black cauldron event

I really enjoyed it

I don't know what demon has possessed me to finally post something on here, but I saw this post about this event way too late at night and it just triggered something in my brain and now I have like several pages worth of a fanfiction so now I feel like I have to post it lol. I don't really know what I'm doing, and I'll probably come back later if it's possible and edit because I'm not the biggest fan of my first draft. It seems a lot more novelistic than fanfictiony to me but oh well. It's just a small snippet, I might right more but I'm not sure. It's just like a little, way too long opening I wrote with my version of Yuu and a little too much foreshadowing that probably makes no sense if you don't know my version of Yuu's intricate backstory lmao.

It felt like she was walking through jello or trying to walk underwater. It was hard to breathe and it took every single amount of focus to continue walking forward and not to drift off. It was completely black, and nothing was visible as she stepped forward.

It felt like it had been hours, but barely 2 seconds had passed. Time seemed to move slowly as if it was stuck, its gears and old rusted as they tiredly turned out of obligation. Then, without warning, she emerged. She stepped out of the mirror slowly, the glass rippling behind her as it let her pass; the glass acted almost like a non-Newtonian fluid in how it moved. Parts of it seemed to cling to her almost as if reluctant to let her pass before snapping back into its golden frame as it stilled, hardening again into the reflective glass of a mirror.

The sky overhead was overcast, dark clouds overhead casting the area into shadow. Despite the clouds overhead, the rest of the weather was pleasant. A gentle breeze consistently blew past that prevented it from becoming too humid. Her destination stood in front of her, the large stone castle looming above her, casting a shadow across everything. Before she could examine her surroundings anymore she was jumped.

A familiar grey and blue form leaped into her arms, beaming smugly up at her as if he owned her arms. It was a large, oversized grey cat. Blue flames flickered, emanating brightly from his ears lighting up his strange eyes. His sclera was a light sky blue, his irises a darker shade of the same blue. His eyes were scrunched up from his grin, flashing his sharp pristine teeth. The cat's smile was odd, almost uncanny in its human-like quality. On its chest was a bright white fluff that rubbed up against her, eliciting a small giggle as it tickled her arm. At her giggle the cat seemed to pout irritably, whacking at her arm as he settled down in her arm.

"What took you so long Arianna? I swear you always take longer than everyone else. You're going to have to do better than that if you want to be the hench-human of such a great mage like me," the cat lectured, speaking easily as if he were human as it glared up at her. It should have caused immediate alarm, but no one reacted to it at all, treating it exactly as if it was nothing out of the ordinary.

Arianna grinned down at the cat-like creature in her arm, gently ruffling its head. "Oh Grim, it's just in your head. It doesn't take me any longer than anyone else to get through the portal" Arianna replied to the creature in her arm with a laugh.

She was lying. But Grim didn't know that. None of the other people around them in their student's uniform did. None of them would. Unlike back home they couldn't recognize the way her head twitched to the right as a warning tell.

Arianna looked up from Grim, noticing the rest of her classmates who she had befriended, and started to consider family ever since she had awoken in a coffin in this strange world. She quickly ran forward, catching up with them as they all walked towards the huge castle in front of them. Arianna breathed deeply, enjoying the fresh air and the scent of pine and rain in the air. She picked up her pace slightly falling in step with one of the other students in the group. He was a tall, imposing figure. His bright, almost teal, green hair stood out easily among the crowd as well as his uniquely stiff way of walking.

"So this is Briar Valley?" Arianna asked with a small laugh, gently running her fingers through Grim's fur, easily causing him to nod off in her arms. "I have to say it's exactly like you described. You can almost feel the magic in the air. Are you excited for this huge event? I didn't realize Briar Valley had its own magic colleges though I suppose it would be weirder for it not to."

"OF COURSE BRIAR VALLEY AS IT'S OWN SCHOOLS!" the boy snapped, quieting down at the glares from their other classmates.

"Relax Sebek, we're here to have fun," another student with chin-height, shining silver hair chided tiredly, rubbing at his eyes as he trudged along.

Before Sebek could make a retort, Arianna grabbed his arm, dragging him off towards the rest of the other first years to avoid an argument as they made the trek to the castle. "Hey Sebek, why don't you tell us about this Black Cauldron College? I've never heard of it before, do you know anything about this event that we're supposed to be participating in?" Arianna said quickly, knowing that a surefire way to get Sebek to not make a scene was to distract him by giving him something to rant about.

"Yeah, I mean I know we're going to win, but what's the huge deal?" Ace, another one of the first years, interrupted.

"Oh shut up Ace, don't get ahead of yourself. I bet you'll make us lose," Deuce retorted earning him a playful shove from Ace as Sebek watched on with disdain.

"Shut up juice!" Ace snapped, his face turning red.

Before it could turn into another fight between the two of them a quick glare from their house warden shut them as they started walking slightly faster, not wanting to earn Riddle's wrath so early on in the trip.

"Is it a physical competition?" Jack asked, his boots clomping down along the winding stone road up to the stone castle, Black Cauldron College.

"As long as it's not anything prissy I'm down," added Epel, scowling when Ace ruffled his lavender hair.

"We're here to participate in the Battle for the Black Cauldron," Sebek snapped, glaring at the other first-years as he shook his head at their lack of decorum that he had long since given up on constantly trying to correct. As he spoke thunder crashed in the distance, creating a rather ominous edge to his words

"Well, that sure wasn't ominous," Arianna commented sarcastically, looking up at the sky with a raised eyebrow, trying to distract from how she had jumped when she had heard the thunder and how her body remained tensed as if ready to bolt. Arianna shook herself slightly, focusing on the feeling of the still-sleeping feline beast's fur under her hands. "This is going to be an adventure. Glad I brought my camera." Tags: @readsrandomstuff67,

[ghosttownryder]

haha i just finished my secret santa(s) event and now making it about the twst freshies!! for those who don't know what it is, it's a secret gift giving game. usually it is done with your irl friends, however you can host an online session with artists/writers :]

yuu is the one hosting for the festivities and approaching winter break holiday coming up. christmas probably doesn't exist in twst but in yuu's world it did, so they're bringing it over to celebrate with the other first years!! (i mean winter break does exist so they're utilizing that)

read more below !! vv

of course, none of the first years have ever heard of this game. once yuu explains the rules of the game, the freshies are interested to see what the others are going to get for them. is it going to be awful? or is it going to be really good and they can't be outdone like that? unfortunately grim and yuu are too broke to participate so they'll (read: yuu) be organizers and handle any questions or arising situations.

after writing everyone's names, shuffling it, and handing each slip of paper one by one, it's mainly 2 types of reactions: obvious or poker-faced. yuu quickly gets their attention to organize the time and to prevent the others from peeking into each other's paper; they settle on giving gifts before they are whisked off to winter break, back in their own homes.

minor issue: they forgot to impose a budget. oh well, it was a minimum spending budget anyway.

fast forward to a day before everyone's scheduled to leave through the darkness mirror, and yuu hears a knock on the door. sebek is the first to arrive, followed with ortho and jack right on time, and epel a mere moment later. ace and deuce arrive a little bit late.

ramshackle's not entirely too festive in yuu's opinion, but with DIY crafts, it's the best they and grim can do. yuu notices how some presents are wrapped nicely while others... there certainly was an attempt! it's endearing to see the effort put into it though.

and without further ado, grim decides to pick on someone to make them go first. a few laughing, scuffles, and a lot of unwrapping presents later, the freshies all present what they got!

ace -> limited queen of hearts collector's edition card deck along with the regular edition (from ortho) ace was shocked because he tried to get his hands on it before but failed and gave up

deuce -> crochet bunny and chick (from sebek) deuce thought of it as him and his mom and nearly teared up

jack -> a mountain load of apple-pear granola bars + its recipe (from epel) jack immediately unwrapped a bar to eat it in literally two chomps

epel -> high quality applewood roasted beef jerky in different flavors (from jack) epel was fighting demons to not rip into it right there and then

ortho -> intriquitely designed clock (from deuce) ortho got curious of its mechanics and detailing and got analyzing

sebek -> warm customized pj set + bathrobe (from ace) sebek really enjoyed the set's texture, quite a luxury

yuu's really happy for the 1st years, but they all surprise yuu back with presents of their own! they gifted yuu something similar to their own giftees.

Ace -> customized pj set + throw blanket (where he got yuu's measurements is a mystery) (he asked rook)

deuce -> working clock that doesn't require much maintenance and doesn't break often

Jack -> a lot of non-perishable food

epel -> a harveston cookbook, boxes of apples, and a handful of apple-pear granola bars

ortho -> straight up appliances like a toaster, microwave, heater, etc.

sebek -> crochet plushies--mainly a cat, hen, and mouse. (cat for grim, hen because my yuu's named chicken in the game, and mouse for mickey (he doesnt know))

incredibly touched, yuu is happy that they thought of them while going shopping. they weren't even aware the freshies would do this! at ramshackle, there's nothing but fun festivities and the holiday spirit (not the ramshackle ghosts)!

[merakiui]

The new Halloween event is just a Halloween promotion Azul thought up for TWST Host Club. Come in now to have your favorite host serve you tea as your very own ghastly butler. He'll be loyal to his master for all eternity.

Omg yes!!! And perhaps Vil has some competition when a certain Skully J. Graves shows up as a customer, only to then charm not only the guests but the hosts (specifically you hehe) with his eccentricities! Thinking about it now,,,, Skully really does have that Tamaki vibe...... orz

Oh, to be served by a devilishly handsome Jade, who was quite literally made for the butler role! Serving you tea and tiny cakes, spending quality time with you as the both of you discuss upcoming excitements. Halloween is forever here at the host club (or until the promotion period ends, but never mind those details!!)

Or sitting with a cute butler Epel, who peels and carves apples in whatever shape his master desires! Or Riddle, who is pleased to hear his master is doing well in their studies. It's just as he expected; his master is very intelligent. He's quite proud. Or even Idia, who eventually warms up to the role and becomes just a little confident when he's interacting with you!!!

AAAA OTL so many ideas!!! A loyal butler to call your own for the rest of eternity, bound in life and eventually in death. <3