#demon mangu

[hearts4pearlescentmoon]

You’re at the party is a distortion song simply because of the “your fingers long” line

[instaspacenoodles]

A Touch between Warriors (Magnu Kenki x GN!Reader) [Part 1]

Pairing: Magnu Kenki x Gender Neutral Reader

Warning NSFW Content ⛔️

Summary: Having earned the respect of the legendary Magnu Kenki, he agrees to help you grow stronger in your sword skills. However, after a certain spar session, Mangu has a question to ask about the human body.

A/N: This was a joke that started during a stream and then I was held at gunpoint by my bestie Zoe to write this. Enjoy this quick and chaotic piece. 😩

Through the light mist, the outline of the puppets arm moving catches your eye. 

Your hand grips tighter around the hilt of your sword, ignoring the burning pain and exhaustion clinging to your being. Every muscle of your body screamed for rest and it only increased the longer you stood. 

You were victor of the fight this time, wounding the puppet enough that he retreated back to his idle position. It was the first time you had won out of the many confrontations, though you would be a fool to let your guard down. That thing was a monster in a fight: quick on its feet, skilled with the blade, and using ghostly elemental clones to attack. Gods, it even had the balls to taunt you mid fight which surely pissed you off. 

At the end of the day, you didn’t know what else the puppet had in store but you knew you weren’t going to be caught off guard again. Your tired body steps forward, moving into a defense stance with your sword position to block another strike. 

The puppet didn’t launch a devastating attack like you thought; the only thing that started moving was it’s arms. Your eyes carefully watched as the puppet made some movement with its arms and hands. In confusion, your sword lowered from its defensive stance and you see the puppet repeatedly making the same gestures. Then it hit you. 

The puppet was trying to communicate. 

The puppet was signing to you. 

You didn’t know how to react. From the tales and stories, it was thought that the puppet couldn’t talk and refused to communicate any other way but through crossing blades. So how does he know Inazuman sign language? You managed to catch the sign again. 

You fought well, your skills have improved. 

Your hands fumbled to sheath your sword and you slowly sign back, Thank you?

You look confused. Why? You have bested me in battle, The puppets head tilted slightly. 

It’s because I am confused, Your body closed some of the distance between you two before finally settling down in front of  the puppet, I thought you couldn’t talk. 

 I do not have the ability to speak like you do; I was only taught the language of the hands by my creator. However, only those whom I deemed worthy shall have the privilege to communicate with me.

“I’m not all that special,” You dismiss with a wave of your hand, “As you see, I barely won that fight— and that’s not counting all the other times you nearly sliced me in half.”

The first time you stumbled upon the puppet was when you had lost your 5th duel in a row. Anger and embarrassment course your veins as you rush away from the scene, barely muttering a word of congratulations. You couldn’t bare to see the look of disappointment on your master’s face. As fast as you could, your feet carried you blindly through the island. That’s how you ended up at a wide open space— a single figure kneeling in the distance. However, as your curiosity got the best of you and you moved a little too close, you didn’t know that the figure was the demon puppet of legends and that you would barely make it out alive. 

From then on, you would come back to the ghostly area every week to fight Magnu Kenki. To prove your skills to the world— and mostly to yourself. 

A loud noise could be hear leaving the puppet, like he was offended at what you had said, Nonsense. You have a warrior’s spirit, young one. I sense your dedication in mastering the art of the sword. 

You confirmed with a nod, “You’re right, I am. I must get stronger- I can’t loose. Not again.“

An idea popped into you head, “I swore to myself to be the strongest samurai Inazuma has ever seen. Though I will need some extra training. Will you help me, Magnu Kenki?”

Magnu suddenly stood up from his resting position. His legs carried him over to where you sat, heavy footsteps echoing through the quiet arena as he closed the distance between you. You lift your gaze as he stood before you; His arm moved forward and you realized he was holding his hand out for you to shake. You stumbled to get up. You grabbed his hand with your right. 

Wordlessly, at that moment, an agreement was formed between warriors.

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You laid spread out on the ground, chest heaving for air due to your latest spare with Magnu Kenki. It’s been a few months since your agreement and your sword work has definitely improved over the course of your weekly sparring sessions. However, you still had a long way to go before you could compete in Warrior’s Spirit competition this spring. 

Your ears picked up the sound of heavy footsteps growing close and you opened your eyes to glance at the approaching puppet. 

I have a question, my warrior

“What’s up Magnu?” You sit up, reaching for you container of water and bringing it to your lips. 

Your physical being is different from mine, I believe it would be beneficial to learn more about your body, if you’ll allow me.

You choked on your drink. Coughing ensues as you try to once again catch your breath. The sudden forwardness of the puppet was surprising, as you didn’t expect such a question to come from Magnu. However, it does give you a special…opportunity. You had been wondering for weeks how his hands would feel upon your skin and this was your moment to make it happen. 

Are you feeling ill? Magnu Kenki’s head tilted slightly. 

Your hands quickly signed a reply, No I’m okay! I was caught off guard by your question! 

I see. 

“But why do you want to know?” You asked cooly.

His hands went still before replying which further piqued your interest- that hasn’t happened before, I am but a machine. You are a warrior of mortal flesh. This is a prime opportunity to learn from each other. 

“You’re right, it is a great chance .” You stood up from your sitting position, “Then I am at your mercy.” 

Very well, let us begin warrior.

You feel his gaze raking over your body, taking the opportunity to step even closer to you till you were barely inches apart. 

A chill runs through your body as Magnuu’s fingers lightly traced down your spine. His touch was gentle, almost hesitant, as it caresses your exposed skin.  You didn’t know why your body was super responsive to the puppet, only that the shivers of pleasure felt too good to say otherwise. 

The heat was growing in your lower area, burning brighter the longer Magnu touches you like this. His fingertips dragged against a sensitive area and you nearly jerked in his grasp. Your hands found his armored chest, something solid, to keep you grounded in reality. You can tell that he was being gentle to not harm you but damn you want him to give you more. 

Your body, it’s reactions are something I do not understand. Still, I shall investigate further. 

Suddenly, thick fingers slid under your clothing. His thumb brushes against one of your nipples, rolling it curiously. Soft moans escaped your lips; the noise echoing off of the quiet cliffs. You couldn’t stop yourself from rolling your hips against his solid figure. 

Your body is very expressive, warrior. Magnu quickly signed and you nearly whined from the missing hand, Is this how the human body is like?  

 “Only when you stimulate it- fuck“ You groaned.  

A sound similar to a low hum left the puppet, I see, how intriguing. 

No other questions were asked. 

The puppet continued on. His hands trailing down towards your lower parts. Flames danced beneath your skin and you felt like you could faint from how worked up you were getting. Arousal and slight embarrassment fluttered like butterflies in your stomach, knotting and unknotting as the puppet cursed brushed his fingers against your-

You let out a loud, drawn-out moan with no shame at all. At this point you could care less what heard the noise. Gods, it felt so good—so right—being touched like this. You were on cloud 9.

“Right there- ah~,” you pant desperately, “Keep touching me there.” 

As you wish. 

You pushed even more towards his hands as they continued to stroke your sex. You could feel the pressure in your gut growing tighter with every passing second and you knew you wouldn’t last long. The remaining reason in your clouded mind wanted to extend this moment but your body was screaming for release. 

Magnu must have felt your body growing tenser cause that’s when he decided to add more pressure and speed to his fingertips. That was the last drop that broke the dam. Your lips parted with a sinful moan and stars danced before your vision as you came. Your fluids squirted and dripped onto Magnu’s hands. 

Magnu Kenki watched as you came down from your high, curious as to what happened. He slowly removed his messy hand, taking the time to gaze at the fluids in curiosity. 

This was…enlightening. Tell me warrior, what is this?

You took your time catching your breath. Your energy was completely drained and the intense orgasm turned your legs into slime goo. You knew that if you weren’t still clinging to Magnu Kenki you would’ve been back on the ground. 

 “That’s my…um…well…” You begin awkwardly, no one told you you had to explain the birds and the bees to a puppet, “when you physically stimulate humans enough with pleasure they will send out fluids called cum.” 

Magnu made a short humming sound, I see. Then I shall practice this knowledge on the next human I come across.

You never wanted the Electro Archon to open up the ground and swallow you more than at that moment.

“No, no, no! Please don’t touch anyone else that way but me understand!?” 

Very well, I shall respect your wish. 

You sighed in relief, thanking the seven that that bullet was dodged. You could only imagine the next poor soul’s reaction, accidentally stumbling across this place and being touched sexually by the puppet. It would be downright awkward and you would die of embarrassment. 

The conversation moved to silence as a few minutes have passed. You managed to get yourself back to normal, fixing your clothes to best of your ability and praying that no one would see the wet spot on your pants. Magnu Kenki wordless watched by was still next to you nonetheless.

The sun was beginning to sink beneath the horizon, painting the sky in beautiful oranges and reds. It was then you realized how long you stayed and that you should head back to your home. As you wave goodbye with an embarrassed smile on your lips, Magnu Kenki watches your figure disappear through the foggy cave entrance. He waited a minute then another- the sound of your footsteps fading into natural silence. Once he was certain you were gone, His body returned to the center of the arena, sitting down into his resting position once more. 

The puppet could only sit and ponder the weird feelings that now plague his hollow chest. Nonetheless, he will be looking forward to the next time you come to see him.

[muddthebugg]

okay so immediately after drawing that pic/ref sheet of Eddie, I got hit with the sillies. unfortunately I only have one of em drawn, the rest is gonna be just words!

(also this is about to be a headcannons post. again. so buckle up >:]c )

His Mandibles (Pedipalps???)

in the image I drew of his demon form, it is noted "He gets it from his ma. Also he is pissed off"

He does indeed! I've yet to post the reference doodles I made to try and imagine what his ma n da look like

He usually doesn't use em when he can avoid it. They creep other people out a lil (he himself likes bugs. Perhaps he wanted to be an entomologist at some point?)

Mangus finds them to be really cool

Asks and then dares to do stuff to the point where one day Ophelia finds them and a whole host of other people cheering Eddie on in the Mead Hall as he proceeded to eat a razorelk's cooked hind leg whole.

(It works. Crowd goes fuckin crazy,, XD)

Ophelia eventually drags him away for something and as soon as he sits down, she turns around and finds him snoring (food coma).

His Wings

okay I love their in-game design but like. idk

also listed in that image I drew in his demon form: "Wings are underdeveloped at first; can't fly proper but can glide! (Flies better with tail :]c )"

look. no way he can fly so fast, especially with such little surface area they take up!! Also most of the craetures that fly iirc have tails or some similar structure to aid them so don't come at me okay

i just wanna make him sillay it's fine :]c

also I kept thinking about it so I drew this:

no way this hasn't happened at least ONCE.

i can also see Mangus egging him on about it and being the one to first see him fly forreal

prolly ends up getting a special jacket/vest made since his first one. yknow. has two giant jagged holes in it.

His Childhood

not too much on this front, tbh

I can imagine his da having been being affectionate by way of contact; lots of shoulder touches, hair ruffles, hugging, tackling, playful cuffing, suddenly picking him up, etc.

He ate with the grace of an excited puppy. as in, very messy (it took his da a while to get him to stop because his ma ate similarly and he found it cute/endearing)

People always called his da "Riggs" and always called Eddie "Lil Rig" or sometimes (to his torment) "Lil Riggy"

He was DEFINITELY the kind of kid that got harnessed in public places (mall), like in that one meme format/picture

His da always told stories about himself and his ma, and they were super fantastical. As he got older, Eddie assumed that they played DND or something (despite his da having little clue what DND was), and only somwtime after encountering the Zaulia does he realize: "oh shit this is what he was talking about."

[silverredtail]

Magnus bullshit-mangus monkey bullshit. Feel free to talk it out with me!

-Mk and mac both are so vuntable to the lonely it's devastating

-Mk is many episodes is shown to being afraid of being left behind and gets depressed when he feels isolated. Season 2(?) Highlights this especially after meetings lbd.l, and wukong doesn't help. He needs to be useful and the lonely can easily give him a cold embrace.(Notes added cause wife is clever: mk hates the cold and reacts big so that would work against the lonely. Mk is quick to fall prey to the isolation but he's just as quick to perk up with others around or has a goal he can focus on) He's also vulnerable to the stranger mainly shown in the calabash episode, he doesn't like it when things wear his friends faces and the stranger can abuse that easy since mk forgets to check things with his gold vision.

- lonely is the same with Mac but it's one he has had to wrap himself in. Hell he'd probably be so deep in the lonelys grasp that he might be close to becoming an avatar..or at least a tool of the entity. The end also might like to play with mac's memories to remind him that Mac is dead and already belongs to it. Compared to the cold isolation the lonely carried the solid embrace of the end would probably feel like a friend.

-red. This may be a dumb one but fuck it, the vast. Spacifically the fear of being insignificant. With his mother's powers I doubt he'd fear the ozone, wind or the sky(eat shit you crusty avatar) but stick that boy somewhere where he is a spec among an endless existence and lost to a lack of control and I think that boy will break. Also maybe desolation but only in that small subsection of the fear of loosing all that's precious to him and watch those he cared about being in so much pain. Like his mother grieving his father when he was locked away.

-mei. Again, could be desolation because of that special brand of cruelty Jane does(same as red)..her biggest fear came from the samadi fire and not being enough for her family. The fire burning everything she loved to nothing but ash. The desolation would eat that up, remind her just how much of a powder keg she is and what destruction she can bring to the world. But others also fit like the dark for the same kind of thought. The unknown, being left in that questionable state(looking at you wukong, could've told them something) was enough to make her loose her cool.

-Wukong. End, eye, web and the buried. He's a mess, he gets a mess with so many entities that claw at him. Let's start strong. His whole hunt for imortallity began because he feared growing old, weak and eventually dying. The end is constantly on Wukongs mind and he thought he ran hard enough..but it took his subject, Mac, his brothers, his master. The end always wins..now he's got mk and the rencarnations of his brothers and master, mortals..the end is back in his mind. The eye, heaven constantly watching him and judging his every action. That has to create some paranoia..make him second guess just how to proceed even if he plays and acts stupid. Same with the web..this monkey hates and fears being puppeted around. Heaven, the many demons that are shits, lbd..he's a weapon and he doesn't want anyone to handle him..and then the buried. Many creatures, demons and celestials have found that the best way to shut him up and make him stop moving is to bury him deep deep down in the earth, chain him, put him in a pot or frying pan, restrain him in so many ways..and he hates it every time and freaks out. Bitch fits so many of the 14 but god damn it ya know?

-pigsy. This one also may seem obvious or stupid depending on who gets to see this bullshit. curruption and the flesh seem to fit him in my opinion. Curruption naturally comes from the need to keep the shop clean so he can stay in business and rot, disease, and the such would shut him down..but in jttw bajie always ended up eating magots and rotten food that wukong never warned him about cause of demons and I think that would pass down..beyond that depending on how his mother and grandmother passed can also make him weaker to curruptions effect. Flesh and the hunt also could kind of comes from his primal nature but also time in the war. Fear of being butchered and being hunted because he's a pig but also just because he's no doubt felt a lot of hatred for being a demon and probably has seen awful things..but curruption seems the strongest for him, idk. I'll come back to him

-sandy. The man who technically started this shit. Slaughter feels the most right for him, from the sheer bloodshed from the war he fought in that caused him to change his very being. He doesn't even raise a hand in anything more then defense because of the mindless carnage that gave him PTSD. (Notes added cause wife is clever: the hunt would also be a good fit because he was the hunter before and now he would fear his sins coming back to haunt him. After all he harmed so many that something would naturally come back and karma's a bitch) The cats help make him feel more himself sure but with that can bring in the stranger or the spiral..those entities that remind him and fill those corners of his eyes with red and bodies.

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The Show by Rock Character Bracket is Here!

Are you tired of seeing Show by Rock characters show up in other brackets, just to lose because they got put up against a far more popular series? Then here's a character bracket that shouldn't have that problem!

It includes a total of 128 characters, from both Fes a Live and the old game. (FaL tie-in bands were, unfortunately, not included since it would make a number that would lead to a more complicated bracket. But, if you guys want, we could later make a mini-bracket with just them!)

Here's the Round 1 Bracket! (Text version under the read more at the end of the post)

For the sake of trying to keep at least the initial matches as fair as possible, FaL characters and old game characters were split up (Kintaurus and Cheety included in order to get the right number of matches per side, and also because they were two of the few characters in 'Special' FaL bands to get bromides). FaL characters were paired up based on number of FaL URs for each character, while old game characters were organised in alphabetical order.

Please no character hate. Cheer for your fave in a civilized manner. This includes NOT doing stuff like "Only [insert category of horrible people] would/wouldn't vote for X".

First round of polls begins sometime next week, and will be lasting a whole week.

Text version of the match-ups:

Top Left (FaL part 1, matches 1 - 16)

Cyan VS Crow

Yasu VS Rosia

Ailane VS Howan

Hacchin VS Darudayu

Rikao VS Ruhuyu

Shuzo VS Rom

Himeko VS Delmin

Lalarin VS Titan

Aion VS Joe

Sojun VS Uiui

Chuchu VS Retoree

Moa VS Yaiba

Orion VS Marimari

919 VS Sumomone

Tsukino VS A

Un VS Riku

Top Right (FaL part 2, matches 17 - 32)

Selen VS Holmy

Shibarin VS Arashi

Lepannyo VS Gyaraco

13 VS 659

661 VS 151

Kai VS Peipain

Hundrekko VS Argon

Jacklyn VS Uraragi

Kusuka VS Jalop

Kamui VS Oboro

Gilili VS Shimakk

Gashigashi VS Tsugihagi

Monmon VS Dyuradyura

Hakkun VS Kittsun

Pokoe VS Rin

Cheety VS Kintaurus

Bottom Left (old game part 1, matches 33 - 48)

Acidmond VS Amurin

Anifurun VS Anna Spire

Asami Rosy VS Bai Blue

Bai Green VS Bai Pink

Bai Red VS Bai Yellow

Candy Lapin VS Choquirrel

Corriente VS Cream Teddy

Daishizen VS Demon Bat

Demon Mangu VS Demon Mummy

Demon Smog VS Deyan

DJyksbeat VS Fennely

Fujiraid VS Ge Furocchi

Gengen VS Harike

Heikou VS Hideniro

Itodine VS Ivary

Kabutomoaki VS Kanato

Bottom Right (old game part 2, matches 49 - 64)

Kanon Beryl VS Kazzed

Kikka VS Kuwagatatsuya

Lina VS Maotti

Marie Spira VS Maro

Mitomiton VS Mix

Mopei VS Ochi

Pig Macaron VS Rix

Ryuryu VS Sadafurun

Shabobon VS Shakki

Shimiswans VS Taipeco

Takeppa VS Takuburning

Tanefurun VS Tasmanian Demon

Tentan VS Tentoumutsumi

Turtle BIG VS Uchuura

Wendy VS Yaginupan

Yoshiten VS Zebrina

[minusgangtime]

Scientist log: the spook cafe gang

Teal: found another group of creatures,this time they were a pair of two demons,a werewolf,a vampire and a..swamp monster I guess. For the first demon,teal,I wanted to make him something equally as vial,so I had my assistant make him look like a zombie,several stitch marks were sewn onto his body,his shoulders were removed to expose his bones,though you can’t see it cause of his long sleeves,though the stitches seem to have caused his skin or furr to become paler,apart from crying a bit in the beginning,nothing seems to have changed.

Mangus: he in particular almost bit my assistant from self defense,but she was able to catch him. I got a bit creative with him,I made him into a multi link. First,my assistant ended up attaching three tail like metal wires onto his back,the two smaller ones are tucked under his shirt while he uses the big one as a third arm. Then I had her add elements to him,fire,water,ice and poison,my assistant injected all theses elements based chemicals into his skin,this caused his arms and legs to become irritated,turning a light shade of red,blue,white and purple,but again,since he’s wearing long clothes,you can’t see it. This gave him to power to control and manipulate these elements even giving others a poisonous bite if he wanted to,however,there was a cost,the amount of chemicals and magic in his system caused his eyes to go black with his pupils glowing a light red,as well as them bleeding he also got a much more intense hunger,revenging any food he could get his hands on,maybe that’s how he became so fat,for a while he appeared to have lost his vision,however,my assistant readjusted his glasses so that he could see again,as they had broken when he was captured,she says that before,he looked really hostile toward her,hissing at her,but when she put on his readjusted glasses,he stopped,she says that he looked stunned,what did that fatso see in her,kindness? HA! Not that anyone would be kind to her.

Pico: with this swamp monster,I decided to make him a monster that does belong in a swamp,my assistant sawed off his legs and replaced them with a snail like tail,attaching a snail shell to his back and attaching gills to his sides and cheeks,I essentially made him into a sea snail. Though,there’s side effects,his tongue became a bit longer from the aquatic functioning of his body and his skin became more aqua greenish,normally he is quite slow,for a while he kept himself in his cell,miserable,however,one day,my assistant ended up giving him a cauldron and random ingredients and his book,that had fallen off him when he was knocked out,she told him that someone had told him he really liked making potions so she brought him all the stuff he needed,I noticed there was a immediate mood change,as he went from depressed,to back to normal,it seems like he might’ve used a speed potion on himself cause after this,everyday,he’d zoom out of his cell,and zoom back into it at bedtime. Since he’s a seasnail,he can slip right into the water tanks if they’re not covered up and talk to whoever’s inside.

Petunia: the other demon in the group,by her outfit,she seemed like a waitress,and seeing how robots seem to be a lot of waiters now,I got an idea. My assistant chopped off her legs,and replaced them with a metal pipe,turning the pipe into a big long metal cord,she attached them to the roof. Petunia can’t walk on the floor,instead,she rolls around on the ceiling,allowing her to be really fast like a roller skater,however,she didn’t seem bothered by this change,as she helps serve the experiments and hostages in the cafeteria,not even looking tired. I believe she’s the one who asked my assistant to give pico his potion making equipment,and she says ever since she did that,she would often find a random treat and drink at her door ever since then,I think it’s her.

Bodie: since he is a werewolf,I got an idea what if I made him even MORE powerful? I had my assistant inject chemicals into his blood stream,this made his veins very visible and his eyes looking more animalistic,he has more strength and middle in his arms and legs,that is hard to see cause of,again,his long clothing. He can’t dent walls and break bones just by punching,he’ll,in his werewolf form he becomes even stronger,his body becoming nearly as big as his cell itself,and his strength and speed is increased,though his behavior becomes a bit more aggressive,he’s more easily agatated and can impulsively scratch those who anger him in this state,though his IS still himself,so he apologizes immediately after and so far,there’s no record of him biting someone. So far,there dosent seem to be much of a difference of behavior,other than him being a bit more confident after his experimentation.

-mod shelby

(Oh man- 👀)

[wildsecuritywolf]

Magnus and Liam looked at each for a bit, it was kinda comical how they played Rock-Paper-Scissors for it. In the end, the chubby Magnus was the winner. His approuch was a bit different then expected, instead of going rough, he was very gentle, stroking his soft hands over Sebastian's chest and belly, while slightly teasing his ass by simply allowing his cock to lay on his cheeks instead of inside it. Was he teasing with him? Or was he just being nice and gentle? Maybe both?

The demon began to moan happily upon feeling the chubby man's hands caress his stomach and chest ever so splendidly. "Oh yeah, baby...daddy likes that, hmm hmm~." Sebastian quickly shivered upon feeling the thick cock pressed down on his ass and chuckles. "Oh my...are you trying to play the good boy part? If so...then I like it when my meal tries to play coy with me, hmm, hmm~."

The incubus slowly licked his upper teeth as his tail lightly curls around Mangus' leg. "I'm sure you're the gentle type...but I don't mind if you get a little rough with me, you sexy beast you, hmm, hmm~."

[kaos-m]

[vampirelovergirl]

I really love how this season is going, Simon is starting to become such a stunning character to me. He’s incredibly brave and just trying his best. So when Heidi comes to him feeling like she’s owed something, Simon tries his best to do the right thing. 

And come MALEC?!?!?!?!?! These babies are falling apart right in front of our eyes because they aren’t communicating properly.... sad. 

SO here;s my review/rant/discussion what ever you wanna call it, but let’s talk about this weeks episode!  

Shadowhunters Season 3 Episode 6 Review/Discussion | Sher Tamble

[brujalatina]

he blends in with my stuffed animals omg😢💖

[deth-of-a-king]

a demon mangus from @mtllica's demonklok au,, and my idea for a demon mma

[wordproblemapoligist]

The Dark And Dreary She Of Peppercorn Fur is a 6th level Tabaxi warlock who's patron, a chaotic demon of the Fiendish, has willingly granted her the destructive abilities of his own. Unfortunately for Peppercorn, continued usage of abilities beyond her realm grow to be... taxing... on her body.

Sire Mangus The Bleached, previously a priest-warlock of the same chaotic patron, had a change of heart when an incident resulted in the loss of his arm. He renounced the Fiendish and turned to a clerical order.

Betrayed by her former friend's 'betrayal', Peppercorn only grew more withdrawn. Mangus has decided it's his duty to confront and stop Peppercorn when his power grows enough.

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[beidak-art]

Can ya draw a devil from Dorohedoro or an OC devil

In this house we disrepect animu and mangu on main but I can think of some demon OC 👀

[bytheangell]

If Yesterday’s Too Heavy, Put It Down (3/5)

(Read on AO3)

Magnus can’t help but think back to the last time he thought he had forever - a proper, eternal forever - with someone. He thinks back to a red gemstone necklace, to a vampire he gave his heart to forever, only to have ‘forever’ last less time than some of his relationships with mortals. He knows better than to be naive enough to allow himself to believe that he and Alec will actually be together for a proper forever. However, the idea of having more than a handful of decades with Alec is more than he ever imagined he’d have and he’s grateful for the possibility of them.

For what it’s worth, Alec truly seems to believe the words he says. Magnus knows that he can’t possibly grasp the idea of what living forever will actually entail, what that sort of burden and the losses that come with it will truly feel like over time, but he seems to have given it more consideration than Magnus first thought. Selfishly, he’s glad that Alec wants it. Magnus wants it for them, more than he’d ever admit given the normal alternatives to obtaining it. He hates that the choice was taken from them, away from Alec, but in a way, it makes the situation easier. He won’t have to tell his family and friends that he chose a life that would go on long after they’re dead, he’ll at least be spared that particular hardship, even if it’s a choice he would’ve made willingly.

And, just as selfishly, should things go sour between them then Magnus doesn’t have to live with the burden that it was a choice Alec made for him should he come to regret it.

That isn’t to say they’re just accepting it and moving on. As promised, Magnus gets permission to inform Catarina so that she can perform an extensive series of exams on both him and Underhill to make sure there aren’t any side-effects that Isabelle’s normal medical tests may have missed. Andrew agrees, again on the terms that Catarina does not say anything to anyone else, especially not to Lorenzo.

In fact, that seems to be the only part of this Underhill cares about, given the first words out of his mouth when he comes over to Magnus’ loft to meet with himself, Alexander, and Catarina.

“I just wanted to thank you for keeping this between us,” Underhill says.

“Of course,” Magnus says, but he frowns. “Just for now,” Magnus emphasizes. “Right?”

Underhill shifts uncomfortably and Magnus takes this opportunity while Alec is off chatting to Cat about something to have a bit of a heart-to-heart with the Shadowhunter he doesn’t know all that well.

“Listen, I know it isn’t… ideal. But he deserves to know, too. Especially if you two are-”

“That’s the thing,” Underhill cuts him off. “We’re seeing each other, yeah. And it’s good. Like, surprisingly good. But he hasn’t even said he loves me yet,” Underhill sighs. “I mean, I haven’t said it yet either, but that’s the whole point. We aren’t there yet, I can’t just go and drop immortality on him.”

“Can’t you?” Magnus counters, his tone kind. He isn’t trying to judge Underhill for his fear or rush the decision, he just wants to make sure that Underhill is thinking this through properly. “Don’t you think this might be something that’d be better to develop your relationship around the knowledge of, rather than lying about it?”

Underhill pales, his hands tensing into fists at his side for a moment. “I’m not… I’m not lying. I just haven’t told him yet. I’m sure there are plenty of things about him that I should know that he hasn’t told me yet. It’s… like that.”

At least he didn’t say ‘it’s the same’, Magnus thinks. While Underhill has a point, he’s positive there are plenty of things that Lorenzo is keeping from the Shadowhunter, a few centuries’ worth, most likely, he doesn’t think it’s quite the same.

Mangus begins to wonder if this is really a conversation he wants to be having. He doesn’t owe any sort of personal friendship allegiance to Underhill or Rey to be taking sides, but he does have a personal sense of right and wrong, and keeping this from Rey feels wrong.

Cat and Alec are making their way over and Mangus can only take a deep breath and nod, cutting their conversation short. “For what it’s worth, I think you should tell him. And sooner, rather than later. But I won’t take that decision from you-” Magnus adds quickly when Underhill immediately opens his mouth to speak again. “-so no need to worry about that on top of everything else.”

“Thank you. Again,” Underhill says. “I’ll think about what you said.”

Alec gives them a strange look but doesn’t ask, trusting Magnus to fill him in later if it’s important.

At the end of three hours full of Catarina pulling out all the healing and medical magic she can think of, they can at least say that Alec and Underhill appear to be fine, all things considered. In very simplified terms, the curse simply stopped their cells from aging and deteriorating - their hair and nails will still grow, they may gain and lose weight, but they’re no longer aging. Outside of that change, they’re still fully human, fully Shadowhunters, with nothing tarnishing their Nephilim blood or abilities.

All in all, it could certainly be worse. Magnus wonders if the demon meant to do more harm than it did, or if it simply understood the true weight of an immortal existence.

“You’re still going to look into a counter, right?” Underhill asks on his way out.

“Of course,” Cat promises, and Magnus feels for him. Alec took the news surprisingly well but Underhill is reacting in much the way Magnus would anticipate someone to react when faced with the news that they’re suddenly immortal: afraid, uncertain, upset.

And they do look for a counter to the curse, of course they do. Magnus would like to have it as an option for Alexander as well, just in case, and so Magnus and Catarina make several appointments with old friends who might be more knowledgeable on the subject as well as trips to the Spiral Labyrinth to look into some of the texts there.

They look for days, which turn into weeks, which turn into months. As their search draws out, the time they have to devote to the cause grows more sparse - there are always new problems cropping up in the Shadow World, after all, and it isn’t as if this is public knowledge they can cite for putting other tasks off.

He and Alexander have a number of serious discussions on the matter, with Magnus doing his best to ease Alec into the less pleasant aspects of the future he now faces. Alec tells Jace, because of course he can’t keep this from his parabatai, but that’s it.

Magnus does his best to be supportive and not try and step in too often. When Alec doesn’t tell his parents, or Max, or anyone else, Magnus can only reassure him that he’ll be there when he’s ready. Alec decides to wait until Andrew’s ready to tell Lorenzo before he spreads the word too far... but of course, that’s at the beginning. The longer Andrew keeps his own secret, the more difficult Magnus can tell it is for Alec to do the same.

“You can tell them if you want,” Magnus reminds him one night, watching the way Alec fiddles with the cell phone in his hands after hanging up from a call with his mom. “You don’t have to wait.”

Alec shakes his head. “No. I just want to give Andrew a little more time… I can barely keep Jace and Izzy quiet about it, you know once my parents find out the entire Clave will know by dinner.”

Magnus tried to push the issue a few times before but doesn’t anymore. As much as telling Lorenzo is Underhill’s decision, telling his parents is Alec’s - Magnus might strongly believe that sooner is better for both of them but he has to remind himself that it isn’t his call to make. If Alec wants to wait for Underhill, that’s his decision. However, Magnus starts to wonder if Alec might be using waiting for Underhill as an excuse to push off talking to his parents because he isn’t sure how to break the news to them.

It’s only a matter of time, Magnus knows... but that time stretches on longer and longer with no change. There’s no cure to be found, nothing new in Catarina’s medical examinations, and no changes in Underhill’s reluctance to talk to Lorenzo. Magnus asks him occasionally, always hoping that the answer will be different, but it never is. What he does discover is that Andrew is very, very much in love with the warlock. Magnus assumes this will make the decision to tell him about the curse easier, but apparently he’s wrong.

“Don’t you get it?” Underhill tells Magnus one of the times he checks in with him. “If I tell him now it’ll feel like I’m manipulating him into staying with me. I don’t want that. I want him to want to stay on his own, not out of guilt.”

“I doubt Lorenzo will do anything he doesn’t want to do,” Magnus says, with a hint of a well-meant jab at Lorenzo’s typically self-serving nature. He half-expects Andrew to take offense to the implication.

Instead, the Shadowhunter gives Magnus a small smile. “You don’t know him like I do,” Underhill says simply.

“Do you know him well enough to trust that he’d be honest with you, for better or worse, after you tell him what happened?” Magnus suggests. By now there’s no denying what he thinks Underhill should do, his words and questions obviously biased towards that result.

Andrew considers it for a second, then frowns. “I don’t know,” he admits. “I hope he would… I’d like to think he would, but I’m not positive. I just want to be sure before I do something I can’t take back.”

Okay, perhaps Magnus can get that on some level, even if he doesn’t completely agree with it. It isn’t the decision he’d make but it also isn’t his decision to make, as much as he and Alec try to sway Underhill into seeing things from their perspective. They’ve been down this road before, after all - more than once, with mistakes made on both their parts enough to know it’s a bad idea all around.

Magnus decides to offer one last bit of advice before Andrew leaves. “Everyone thinks they’re better at hiding secrets than they are; it’s only a matter of time before he finds out something’s up. Trust me when I say you want him to hear it from you.”

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Magnus doesn’t talk to Andrew much after that - really, he’s said all he can to help and the rest is up to him to come to terms with.

Nearly six months after that fateful off-the-record mission there’s a knock at his door, and Magnus opens it to find himself face-to-face with a rather distressed looking Lorenzo Rey.

“Bane,” Lorenzo says by way of a greeting. “I don’t suppose you have a moment to talk?”

The request catches Magnus off guard. They don’t hate one another by any means, they’re actually quite friendly these days in professional settings, but it isn’t like Lorenzo to simply drop by unannounced for a little chat. Magnus certainly doesn’t expect the next words that come out of Lorenzo’s mouth.

“I could use your advice.”

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