#dissappears back into the void for a bit

[doppelneer]

(Refs are still currently work in progresses atm before anyone asks)

But in the meanwhile, was going through some old art and found a "elmo burning but it's cannoneer gif" that I made back in 2022. I decided to remake it since I was in a shit posty mood and made some variations.

(Ngl the first remake one is how I been feeling the last few months lol)

Feel free to use the cannoneer versions as reactions or whatnot I guess :D

Also made Doppelneer and Reneer but those are below along with the original

Doppelneer

Reneer

Original 2022

Man my style really did change lol

[whereserpentswalk]

You were sent to document the last member of a dying race. You're one of the only people with the expertise to do such a thing. It's rare that this happens but it's important to have someone who can do this when it does.

You were sent to a small lonely planet to meet with a giant creature. He is larger then any creature on earth, and the largest creature on his planet. His scales look almost like stones, and he has many long arms around a mouth filled with square teeth. His species is old, each of them live thousands of years, he only has a couple of hundred more left, then the entirety of his race will be extinct.

His species were nomads by nature, traveling their worlds shallow seas, bodies of water that would reach up to your neck at their deepest. They could cross the length of their planet in a few days on their own, so they never built vehicles or permanent settlements. They only ever built structures smaller then themselves.

He tells you about how his species changed over time. When he was young their groups were massive. Their total planetwide population was probably pretty numerically small compared to races like your own, but back in the day the largest tribes had hundreds of members. He tells you about how his tribe met with other tribes and exchanged goods. How they'd sing songs and play games. He'd talk about how he was never alone for the first part of his life.

You try to record everything you can. You become the first person to write down the myths of his people, as best as he can remember any of them. You get a small snapshot of what his world once was like but that's it. Every myth and legend he tells you is just one version, but now it's the only version left, everything he doesn't remember being purged by the void of time.

He was in his prime when his race started to dissappear. There were holy wars across his planet, and he remembers seeing tribes fight eachother to the death over it. Eventually the war spread a pandemic, and the pandemic left too few of them left to have a war. For species that don't live as long and who have higher numbers plagues and wars are common and survivable, but for a species that lives thousands of years it's apocalyptic to have one, and doom to have both at once.

He tells you about what it was like after the war, how groups became smaller and smaller, trying their best to make it out in tribes with less then a hundred, then less then fifty, then less then ten, members. He tells you about what it was like to see his wife die when his tribe failed to make it after the plague years. His race mates with one partner and then never again, they have no concept of finding a new love after one has passed. He doesn't talk about her much, he prefers better memories.

He tells you about the time they all were on their own, as lone wanderers of a dying world. He tells you that at one point they realized they all were going to die. He tells you there was one time when he saw a member of his own species in the distance, thought about talking to then but didn't, and then never saw one of his own kind ever again.

He talks to you. Not always about anything related to your archival, often just because he wants someone to talk to. He's been very lonely for a very long time. He says that the way he interacts with you reminds him of when he was young, having someone to be with him all the time. The size difference means he can't hug you or touch you like he wants to. Sometimes he let's you touch his scales, you're too small for him to really feel much of anything but he's happy to know you're there.

He tells you that he's come to terms with his species destruction. He says that the fact that there are other species out there are just as worthy as his own. That he's comforted by the fact that someone on a different world is happy the way he once was happy. You haven't come to terms with it, you wish you could know his world in ways you know you never can.

He asks you a bit about your species. You tell him about humanity, how you spread across the universe, and how in doing so you became masters of your own anatomy, combining your bodies with machines and becoming a race of undying cyborgs. You have a thousand appearances and body plans, and can change things like sex and age as easily as you could get your ears pierced. But because of it most of the universe sees you as a race of powerful and unnatural monsters like faeries or dejin from myth. He's the first time you've talked to an alien that didn't see you as a cold and unfeeling threat. He tells you he doesn't understand why the world sees you that way. You've come to terms with being a monster, but you don't think he has.

[rat-rosemary]

Ranboo couldn't breathe. He had fallen into a spiral for seemingly no reason, and now he couldn't get any oxygen in, no matter how hard he tired to follow the square breathing technique Techno had shown him.

Ranboo

"No no no please I can't I cant-"

The walls were closing around him, obsidian burying him alive-

Ranboo listen

Old wounds opening once more, all alone but it felt like he was back in New Lmanburg, screaming and accusations of things he doesn't remember doing-

"I swear I tried so hard I didn't mean it please-"

RANBOO

The next gasping breath he took felt like it was ripped out of him, tears of relief as his form was changed against his will, the shift enough to snap him out of the spiral, like shoving your hands in ice.

Ranboo slumped into the floor, his new wings covering him, soft and fluffy and grounding.

Ranboo

No nevermind, back to panic time. Because that was Dream's voice and Dream was supposed to be in prison and no one was supposed to know about the panic room-

But the room was empty.

"Dream?"

Ranboo called out, his voice rough, cracking embarrassingly

Yes?

"I- Where are you?"

He leaned against a wall,pushing himself up into shaky legs

I'm right here

Dream's voice cooed back, sounding completely directionless. There was something about it that made Ranboo's shoulders loosen, and he feels a bit guilty about it. Dream might be their God, but he's also Dream.

"Here where? Y-You're supposed to be in prison."

Ranboo turned around, covering himself with his wings as he searched the small room. There isn't much to it, there shouldn't be anywhere for Dream to hide in, yet he can't find him. He doesn't even have a couch in here!

I am in prison.

"What? Then. Oh void I have actually gone insane"

A chuckle sounded on his head, and Ranboo felt like something had nudged his mind, a pyscic equivalent of a cat bumping it's head against his forehead.

No, I'm in your head. Don't have another panic attack.

"Wha- How? Why?"

He keeps spinning around, scouring the room. Somehow he would be more relieved if he found Dream now.

You were praying

Dream starts, pausing awkwardly for a moment

Very very loudly

"No I wasn't! I was-"

Panicking. How do you think animals pray to me Ranboo?

"Oh."

Yeah

They fall into silence and Ranboo sits down again, still shaky and unsteady.

It does feel better to not be alone tho. To have the quiet reassurance of someone else with him, even if it's Dream and even if he's not really here.

So... what happen?

"It was... nothing."

It didn't feel like nothing. Ranboo you have no clue how loud you were.

Ranboo squeezed his eyes closed, hiding his face in his hands. Void, this was his personal hell.

"I guess," he hesitated, fluffing up his wings and curling up further under them as he hid his face in his knees, "I've been overwhelmed lately I think? Which is stupid because all the wars are over because- uh."

Because I'm in prison?

"Yes! Or at least they were supposed to be. But everyone is so tense and there's all these politics and ugh! It's supposed to be better now! But it's so scary all the time"

That sucks buddy

Dream's voice had a tilt of dry humor and bitterness that Ranboo didn't really get

I don't know, go take a swim about it? Get away from all this shit?

"I can't swim Dream, I'm an enderman hybrid!"

Of course you can, just-

And then Ranboo was falling over, barely catching himself before he face planted the cold obsidian as his wings and legs dissappear, being replaced with a tail.

"...I'm a seal."

Laughter rang in his head once more, and Dream let go of his form, the tail staying just a few seconds more before splitting back into his normal legs

You're a seal

"And I can just. Do that. And jump into the ocean. And get no burns"

Yes, why would you?

"Well, because I'm an enderman-"

You are. Until you're a seal. And then you're not.

"Oh."

All the response Ranboo got was a small wave of fondness and the mental equivalent of an eye roll. He stood once more, leaning against a wall as he made his way out of the panic room.

From there he walked straight to the ocean, feeling a sticky mix of terror and wonder as he reached the shore.

Dream had left him when he left the panic room, but he once more reached for the god, shaking as he reached the waves bobbing gently against the ice.

With a leap of faith Ranboo jumped in, squeezing his eyes shut as he sank.

Swim

And Ranboo did, opening his eyes and sliding across the water, kept warm by the fur scattered across him. His skin did not burn.

[osmanthus-wine-addiction]

Hello, hi! This ask might come out as weird, strange and you can ignore it as insane rumblings, but thank you noticing this.

I just noticed that my favourite blog about genshin and Zhongli specifically has been archived without any ability to read old works.

I knew this could happen eventually. People grow, lose motivation and move on.

And I understand that people are fragile, and they have right to do anything they want with their work.

But

I'm afraid

I'm afraid things that happened to us, moved us, won't mean nothing at all and we forget about it completely.

I know this is silly. I know this game

But, do you? Do you feel unmotivated, jaded, wanting to dissappear? Would you delete your account all the same as if it all meant nothing?

I'm so scared even though I know I shouldn't. Thank you

awww i totally get you anon. fic writers disappear sometimes and it can really be a depressing thought that something you read before and enjoyed is now unable to be revisited. Like Zhongli says, every journey has it's final day. Fics will steal our hearts and then one day they might not be there anymore, for a lot of reasons that we might have no control over.

I don't read as much as I used to and I can't promise I'll always be writing, but as long as Zhongli continues to be my muse, the keyboard tapping won't stop. Honestly, when I first started writing fics for him, it was out of personal hunger. I was just writing to feed myself lol. The truth is, I've been writing for over ten years and Genshin is not the only fandom I've written for and Zhongli is not the only muse that's pushed me to vomit words on a notepad. He is my god-tier muse though. This fictional man has inspired me to write more fanfics than i've ever written about any other character. Zhongli's even hijacked my motivation to work on my own original stories. He's that unstoppable lol. So no, I won't be disappearing anytime soon.

As for posting fics on this blog, it's half to share with other Zhongli enjoyers and half to house my own fics in case my harddrive dies and takes my fics with it. at least they still exist on the internet where I can easily recover them. I know that's different from archiving a fic blog. the writer still has access, I think? I only started this blog like a year ago so maybe I haven't been on tumblr long enough to be jaded. I heard that interaction has really dwindled over the past years. It could be that Genshin isn't as popular anymore or Zhongli is just an old character so the newer folks aren't simping over him enough to read/write as much as they used to. Zhongli was more popular around when Genshin first released and now he's just one out of 35 husbandos. I could make up all sorts of theories, but in the end of the day, I try to just be thankful that people still love him enough to be reading and leaving notes on my fics.

I don't derive all my motivation to write from the interactions I receive by posting fics and I believe it's the same for other writers. Zhongli alone provides the motivation I need to write. He also makes me giddy to share the result of that brainrot, so that I can hopefully get some of yall to join in the degeneracy. I refuse to quietly simp over him, so I'll always be tossing my fics out into the void and hoping fellow simps bite. It brings me joy to feed the hungry fishies lol. I still get readers that come back and tell me they reread my fics a year after it's finished and it warms my heart every time. Imagine in 2030, people are still reading Zhongli fics, even if they're not mines. How awesome would that be? I want to see that, so personally, my fics aren't going anywhere.

This post is mostly ramble and my personal thoughts responding to anon about this particular topic. It got me a bit sentimental so this got kind of long. Not condemning any fic writers or authors out there who feel like shelving or already archived their fics/blogs. They have their reasons and those reasons are valid. Fics are deeply personal to their writers and gifted to the fandom freely. Writers have every right to do whatever they want with them. Even though I don't see myself shelving or restricting access to my fics today, I can't say that about myself a year from now or five years from now. I don't know what my state of mind or what circumstances might come up that would bring me to a decision like that, but if that does ever happen, I hope that the readers that had a chance to read the stories I posted had fun reading them.

[hoarfrost-tower]

kinda wanna explain the idea behind this since i thought over it for a bit

so the more resentful/hateful erida comes from a timeline where her story still goes on, but the major difference being that dark matter never came to be, hence gaia never exists, either

and this changes a whole lot given how gaia is the one to bring out everything in erida and change him, and her absence from that timeline alone turns him into what he, in some way, his worst self

cold hearted, spiteful, and while he isn't affected by dusknoir's betrayal as opposed Tribulation!Erida, this one internalised the very values and reasons as to why it happened and adapted them into his whole being as to try and feel it a void.

but it only expanded. further and further.

even saving time out of boredom and obligation just didn't seem fulfilling anymore.

but something goes.. wrong, after the fight with dialga

something broke, it rotted and failed, just far beyond the time pocket.

erida doesn't dissappear.

they don't die.

it's no time loop, but what happens now is that erida can still die, but.. they'll still come back.

like a very bizarre psedou-immortality.

the catch, on the other hand? if she dies and comes back, the body will remain.

it doesn't take time before things take a turn for the worst, and hills upon hills of blue dusknoirs just stand still, not budging. and only a living one to stand above them all, like a makeshift throne.

the duskull is technically the same one as well, but the reason they are here is.. quite vexing. informed by someone of their future, and is currently seeking to make amends with their future self, trying to find reason in vain.

it doesn't matter /what/ happened, because it is seemingly meaningless now. can't she all that is now in their world?

[beelsbignaturals]

🐄 DEMON FORMS: BELPHEGOR 💤

AN: thanks void for helping w the tags ♡♡♡ also jsyk my requests are open and I am gonna be working on them slowly but surely. I have a con in like... a little over a week? So I'm a lil busy rn but thank u for the love on my creepy demon posts. As always you can check the obey me world building tag on my blog to see the other parts of this series :3

inspiration for this part: honestly, nothing specific unless you count like,,, The Hat Man

TWs: body horror, possession, sleep paralysis, mentions of insanity, mentions of psychosis, lesson 16 mention, demons being demons

● Okay, Level 1.5 belphie is more common than a regular human looking belphie because he can't be bothered most of the time. Also, he doesn't like humans that aren't you, so why would he want to be palatable for them? He has permanent eyebags. He goes back and forth between blinking way too fast or not at all. Which …Is unsettling. He can stare for hours and fall asleep like that. He has cow ears, and his tail is out because he plays with the fluffy part as a stress response. It makes him feel safe (probably bc beel will brush his tail for him when it gets all tangled, and he secretly LOVES it. Puts him to sleep in seconds.) Speaking of sleep, if you look directly at Belphie, he is very…. Fuzzy looking. Like you just woke up and everything's blurry, but it's only him that looks like this. 

Today is the day you learn demons can purr. You knock on the door of the twins' room, entering when you hear a quiet "come in." Perhaps you expected to see Belphie napping on Beel's back while the larger twin does push-ups. You certainly didn't think you'd see the pair sitting on the floor, Belphegor's tail being meticulously detangled by his brother. Belphie looks a bit like a house cat, curled up on the floor, eyes closed and purring as his tail occasionally swishes about. You silently take a video and leave before Belphie wakes up and forces you to delete it.

● Level 2. His tail grows large thorns, perfect for thwacking anyone who annoys him. He constantly smells like lavender and something else that no one can for sure define, but if you stand too close, you will get drowsy. Everything about him seems a bit… uncanny valley. He doesn't look terrifying so much as he looks…. Just,,,, Incorrect. His breathing sounds like a white noise machine.  This is the form he takes during lesson 16. He chooses it specifically so he doesn't make you run immediately. 

Despite the trauma that you experienced, you have learned to find comfort in Belphegor's demon form. Sometimes, you doze off to the sound of his breathing while your hands play with the soft fur of his ears. On more than one occasion, you have compared Belphie to one of the children from Polar Express, which got you smacked in the face by his tail. But even when you get on his last nerve, he is careful not to cut you with the sharp barbs on his tail. A silent apology for killing you once upon a time.

● Level 3. Goodbye sleepy, cozy weirdness, and hello sleep paralysis demon. The thorns on his tail get larger and spread to cover his arms. His eyelids just. Fuck off. He doesn't have them anymore. Jeff the Killer looking bitch. The longer you look at him the more…absolutely fucking AWFUL he looks. Five minutes? He has double the normal amount of teeth. Ten? His horns are casting shadows that look like every nightmare you've ever had. Twenty and all of a sudden you are literally frozen in place. If he's feeling kind, he will use magic to knock you unconscious. If not, you are going to be stuck like this until well after he leaves. If he leaves. Also, he eats dreams.

You will occasionally wake up in the dead of night to the sound of raspy breathing. When you look up, you find a pair of eyes staring intently at you. In the first few seconds after waking, your dreams are so incredibly vivid that it shocks you when they dissappear from your memory, as if it never happened. You yawn, throwing a pillow at the demon's face. Which causes Belphie to laugh, not losing balance from his perch at the end of your bed for even a second.

● Level 4. He is more mist than corporeal. He can be more on the solid side. He just prefers not to. If he is in this form, hold your breath and run. Breathing in any of the mist has…. Very bad side effects. You might find yourself unable to sleep ever again, no matter how tired, until eventually you go insane. Or perhaps living your worst nightmares is more your speed? Either way, it's absolutely horrifying, and he doesn't even have to do any work to destroy you. He just makes you do that yourself. If he likes you, he can make the effects a lot less awful. Breathing in the mist is literally breathing Belphegor, so he can also read your mind (all the better to find your deepest fears). You can hear a whispery voice in the back of your head… that's him. He likes to hang out and chat with Beel like this. Or plot anti-Lucifer activities with Satan since only the person he is possessing can hear him. He can suggest you do all sorts of things, and if you aren't paying attention, you might think it's your body working on its own. If he talks normally while just being a cloud of mist, his voice is surprisingly loud, encompassing the whole room.

A tiny voice, one you know all too well, speaks in the back of your mind. The first time this happened, you thought it was your conscious or something. Perhaps a psychotic break. But no, it is just the youngest of the seven demons you live with. Belphie enjoys backseat driving while you go about your day. He laughs when you trip (honestly, it might be him that caused it...), makes jokes at the most inappropriate times, causing you to choke on your own spit, trying to suppress laughter. And when someone is being particularly rude, he gets rather descriptive in his insults. But hey, he means well. You think.

[legendsofzegends]

I just realized i come on here every few months, reblog a shit ton of a weirdly specific hyper fixation posts and then dissappear back into the void for a bit oops

[ask-rw-void-linked-au]

Hello, welcome to the ask blog for @saltyermilk 's Rain World au RW: Void Linked Ran by SaltyerMilk himself!

Hai :3

Now then, lets go over some basic stuff

------------------Roleplay Rules--------------------

No NSFW asks!

Repeated asks will be ignored

Magic asks are allowed, but sometimes i will refuse them, so keep in mind that they are a coin flip (but the odds are rigged in your favor so dont be afraid)

I have the right to refuse asks im not ok with, understand that

No they cannot meet any ocs, they already are, the intro gives insight on what your oc would theoretically look like, or what an anon would look like if you ask anonymous

There will be agnst! Be aware!

This blog and au is ment to appeal to people who have already played most of Rain world, so beware of spoilers

This for fun at the end of the day, so do not take any of this seriously (or do if it makes it fun, but ya know, dont go to far)

this ask blog is NOT CANON, but that doesn't mean it isn't gonna follow the void linked au formula

Have fun!

------------------Roleplay Info----------------------

Anons/your oc have been given the ability to read minds for this ask blog so you will see the thoughts of the characters

(Thoughts will be shown like this)

Normal talk will be shown like this

Actions will be shown like this

[SaltyerMilk talking will be shown like this]

I forgot to mention before, but the main premise of this au is that the Void Worm and everything surrounding it is gone, Nobody can ascend and they are all stuck in a cycle of life and death without escape, this au is basically them trying to cope with this fact

Canon ships in this au:

Artificer X Scavenger Chieftain

Nightcat/Watcher X Survivor

Rivulet X Spearmaster

Saint X Hunter

Enot/Inv X Monk

Character's available for asks:

Monk (She/Her)

Survivor (He/Him)

Hunter (He/Him)

Gourmand (He/Him)

Artificer (She/Her)

Rivulet (He/Him)

Spearmaster (They/Them)

Saint (He/Him)

Inv/Enot (They/Them)

Watcher/Nightcat (She/Her)

Thats all, ill add stuff later, this is my first time running an ask blog, so be patient, anyways, seeya (intro below, read for lore)

Hello?

Hello?

HELLO!?

You suddenly jolt awake. your head is throbbing, yet it doesn't feel painful somehow, you dont remember what happened before, nor do you have amy memories of what you were doing today

Ahem! Sorry about that... i brought you here from your world for an... experiment...

The strange figure is tough to make out, but you can see they are... metallic... you look around. You are inside a metal box, you look down at yourself, and see a ghostly tail has replaced your legs, you panic for a second, but the metallic figure calms you down.

Easy there, you aren't dead, at least not yet, this form of yours is temporary, after this "experiment" is over, you'll be transported back to your usual world in your usual form. Whatever that is... now then, i will ask, do you want to be a part in this experiment?

You nod your head

Excellent, hold still, this will feel weird.

The room starts to shift before your eyes, it makes you dizzy. When it becomes stable, you find yourself inside another room, theres a vent in the ceiling, a table in the middle and a bunch of strange creatures unconscious

You feel a little insulted

You will be interacting with these creatures, they are called Slugcats. They're names are as followed: Monk, Survivor, Hunter, Gourmand, Artificer, Rivulet, Spearmaster, Saint, Inv or Enot whichever you prefer, (seems kinda stupid to have two names) and finally Watcher. But their nickname is Nightcat if you wish to know, as for who is who? ...figure it out... surely people from your world have enough braincells and brain capacity to figure this stuff out. Surely!

Now then, i will cut contact with you momentarily, as i have stuff to do, but do know that i am watching you

A small beep is heard, and the voice of the metallic figure dissappears, you look around the room, its gray, dull and a bit depressing, but at least there is light. It seems the slugcats still haven't woken up yet... seems like you'll need to wait...

[itsgirlcraft]

I wanna try something.

...holy shit it lags but it works! This is just Sabre's interview, after the RQ/TSS!Sabres got merged together. ...I don't suggest trying to read it, it might crash-

"The explosion shattered the crystal and sent the entire lab around me into the void! Even if I had survived the explosion itself, I would've died anyways!"

Sabre had a wild look in his eyes as he recounted the explosion that took him away from his friends. He waved his arms around, imitating the explosion that killed him.

"...AND if the shockwave hadn't shook me to the bone and made my ears bleed, the crystal shattered at a wavelength so high my mind burned! The crystal shards flung everywhere, lodging themselves deep into me. It burned, it burned like a thousand suns. The sheer power of the crystal couldn't be handled.."

He paused only to reveal scars. Thick, jagged scars along his face, neck, and arms. They bunched up the closer to his torso they were.

He stared into the men's souls with an empty expression void of joy.

"I screamed as I fell into the void below, the burning not stopping as I was enveloped in the cold blackness. My eyes burned with hot tears as my limbs froze. I started coughing up blood, the knife-sharp pieces lodged in my chest burrowing deeper. My breath slowed as I choked in the airless void. I tried to reach out, do something, anything.

But it was no use. The debris falling with me escaped my grip every time.

I had enough consciousness left to watch the giant yet not endless crater above dissappear from view. The dimension would survive. I did it.

My view was soon blocked by a massive chunk of wood coming right for me.

I shut my eyes as it slammed into me, sending me flying deeper into the abyss.

The crystal shards pushed deep into me, piercing many organs. I bit my lip, trying not to scream. My body was bruised and torn. I tried to hold on.

But the blunt trauma and sharp pain was too much.

I howled in agony as I fell into the uncaring, freezing, void. My eyes were growing heavy.

That was when I saw it. The creature was as dark as the void, somehow even darker. Teal and green markings, shimmering in the emptiness, defined its form.

It was truly MASSIVE. Larger than any being I had ever seen.

It appeared above me. I froze mid-fall the moment it appeared.

I couldn't make out any features on the Thing. I could see a teal and green light growing below me. It soon was so bright I couldn't help but look.

I couldn't see anything by that point.

My eyes had grown blurry with tears and blood.

The light enveloped my broken body. It was just as cold as the void."

Sabre stared at the two with his dead eyes. His pupil-less coded eyes had turned teal and green, just like the creature, but dull. Like a computer turning off slowly.

The pro hero tried to avoid the man's uncomfortable gaze, finding himself unable to look away. The pure power this man held kept him in a trance.

The detective did manage to avoid his gaze, jotting down as much as he could, as if his life depended on it. If he noticed his companion's trance he didn't show it.

"And that was when I died. At least, that body of mine," Sabre smiled dangerously, "It felt like a rebirth, into another world.

Which it almost was.

When I awoke in the new world, it felt like time had skipped. I was in a cave base, speaking to the...viewers. I won't explain who they are. All you need to know is that I became aware only after I had been in the new world. I...can't remember how I got there. How I encountered it. Why I was aware of the viewers again, or had my tablet back. Why I was in a cave in the first place.

I talked to them like I knew what I was doing, like I hadn't just woken up. I used my tablet's camera mode to interact with them before leaving..

At the time, I couldn't remember what I'd just been through. None. I couldn't remember the Steves, I couldn't remember the explosion. I knew the world was...different though. That the world was more detailed than usual.

All I knew was I didn't remember showing up and encountering a creature.

It's not until now that I've connected the two..

That...light. It wasn't just a hallucination as I died. It was a portal - a portal directly to its home. I..."

Sabre stopped speaking suddenly, a grim and dark thought on his mind. The thought in question had been plaguing him since the walk to the police station.

If these Steves have come with him, what if there were others somewhere else? More importantly, what if they were his past enemies?

SS Sabre was even in a non-Steve world, when he got sent to this universe.

He was supposed to be dead.

The Rainbow Steves were supposed to be dead.

SS Nightmare probably was dead, at least when Sabre returned and had to deal with Illusion.

How many vanquished enemies were alive, then?

And even if he somehow convinced these "Pro Hero" people to help him deal with those enemies, how would they even do it?

He and his friends may be smarter thanks to their past and stronger together, but so were those against them.

What made him stop talking was a horrifying realization of just how screwed they could be very soon.

What if the Void Steves team up? What if they started up a team of all the others?!

"Ahem.."

The voice shook Sabre out of his thoughts.

"Oh. Sorry, I just- had a thought. A really terrifying thought. I've mentioned multiple times that there's more Steves than those here.." Sabre sighed, "But I think there's quite a few so dangerous it'd be putting this world in danger to not talk about them."

Sabre grabbed a piece of blank paper and a pen, scribbling down names hastily.

"These are the ones you really need to look for," he turned the paper around for the two men to see, "I'll list visuals later."

He readied himself to discuss some of the most traumatizing people he's ever crossed paths with.

"There's two versions of Nightmare Steve. One redeemed, one who went too far and died but returned from the grave only to be killed once and for all. It's a good thing the redeemed one is here and not the other."

"Died? Literally?" Naomasa raised an eyebrow curiously.

"Yep," he instinctually rolled his eyes, "dude wouldn't stay dead. Actually, both did that.

RQ Nightmare, the non-redeemed one, isn't extremely dangerous on his own. But he uses fear tactics, being extremely good at making others do what he wants out of fear.

He also can use the Darkness to a degree, more on that later. SS Nightmare has control over fire and lightning, being able to go at extremely fast speeds and summon craters of fire."

Aizawa opened his mouth to speak, but didn't want to interrupt. This was vital information that clearly needs to be heard.

"Thank you. Reverse Steve also has two versions, I can't say one is worse than the other but they have different stories and powers and that changes how you can defeat them. Both are supposed to be dead, by the way.

Origin Steve has two versions, RQ version is kinder compared to the maniac the SS version is. You can tell them apart by the way they speak. SS Origin will be lovesick for Alex, and try to take her back as his own.

Okay, first of all, don't let him, he's a jerk and the relationship was toxic. But I can't imagine how you would defeat him. Both are the creators of their respective universe's Steves. But that also gives SS Origin scary abilities...

I got him mad, and he literally removed me from the timeline! Not kidding! It was only 10 minutes of being in there, but I escaped via basically the Steve version of heaven- don't ask- but when I got back, it had been centuries.

And worse yet, Origin had spent those years mutating the Steves! He was mutating the basic colors, adding bits of another, so they didn't have powers. They were just as powerless as me.

It was genuinely one of the most disturbing things I've seen. The Steves saw themselves as normal, but I knew this was far from it.

Your best shot at dealing with the guy is to get him away from civilization, so history can repeat itself...

*Sigh*

If you must know, the only reason he's dead is because Alex got angry at him when she found out he was hurting Galaxy and I..

And

And she literally blew up, we escaped unharmed. But she had been blown apart, and we had to recollect her energy that now laid hidden in bottles. She wasn't even a ghost, more like...something even less tangible.

But somehow, Origin survived that initial blast. He was an absolute wreck, but he was alive somehow.

It took someone else, by the name of Hypno Steve, to finish him off in a single blow."

Sabre took a deep breath after such a long info dump.

He pulled out a glass bottle of water, taking a long sip, before speaking again.

"He's still not the only extremely dangerous one. There's like 6 more, all insanely powerful foes that took many sacrifices to defeat.

I'll let RQ Sabre discuss them, The Unnamed, The First Curse, and the RQ Demon Steves.

Also that version of Void Steve. And the Darkness, actually- *laughs nervously*

Oh colors, there's a lot.

Okay, enough about RQ. Void Steve - it doesn't matter the universe. He is a clear-cut villain. In the Steve Saga, he had his own personal dimension and a henchman we call Memory Steve.

Memory can wipe memories, don't look at him. Though I doubt his powers work identically here.

The Void I knew would stop at nothing to destroy Galaxy Steve. It's a long story, but what you need to know is that Galaxy and Void are one and the same.

It's confusing and concerning. I know.

Basically, a really really long time ago none of the Galaxy Family existed- Elemental, Time, Void, Memory, and Illusion. Only Galaxy. Then Galaxy decided to split himself, to lighten the load of watching over the galaxy and keeping time and space in check.

Void ended up with most of his memories and powers, leaving Galaxy confused and unaware of himself.

Void, knowing why he existed, grew hateful of Galaxy and decided to attack.

But then, Galaxy, faced with this powerful stranger attacking him, created Time and Elemental to watch over time and space while he dealt with Void.

To combat this, Void made Memory. At least I think, don't know for sure. Memory started messing with them, removing all memories of Galaxy.

Eventually that results in Elemental losing his cool and accidentally falling right into Void's trap, being manipulated to destroy the world and his own brother. He sacrificed himself to stop the machine that would cause the end of the world..

Memory also had screwed up Galaxy's memories so bad that now, probably hundreds of years later, he's got serious short term memory problems.

I had encountered Memory, not fun.

Those two? Absolutely would wreck this world.

Void also not only can traverse dimensions, he can destroy worlds.

He can form massive craters, ones that would lay this city to ruin in mere moments.

If you make him mad enough, they'll have fire too.

The only reason he's not around is because his goal was to reabsorb Galaxy, becoming stronger. But while Void was physically stronger, he was mentally weak. Galaxy was able to absorb him from the inside out.

And now while Void isn't dead, he is stuck deep in Galaxy's mind somewhere. You may notice some physical traces of that event.

It's fine to discuss that with Galaxy, by the way.

Anyway, I don't even have any idea how we could possibly destroy or lock him up inside Galaxy again. He's one of the few that I've got no emergency plan for.

At least Nightmare and Origin had the decency to die.

Like 5 of the RQ enemies are also quote-unquote 'apocalyptic' cases, might I add. You can't defeat them easily. Especially RQ Void, he was literally immortal. Got killed multiple times, turned into a demon, then finally died for real only for someone worse to show up.."

Sabre went off on a short tangent about Rainbow Quest, before returning to his own universe.

"The Virus, as I call it, is a creature I'm not certain of. It holds a lot of power - that I'm certain of. But its intentions? I...don't know. It seemed curious at first. But then it attacked. It became highly aggressive.

It's such a different experience from what I'm used to. Steves - they usually have some form of communication. They can tell me somewhat who/what they are and their intentions.

The Virus is a faceless pure black entity, with green and teal stripes all over its featureless body. Those stripes fade into white, they remind me of lines of code…

It can move extremely fast, summon lightning, and water and lava (both things more or less equally accessible for me) don't affect it at all. The only thing I found worked on it was a literal firewall."

He couldn't decide whether to laugh or glare at the two men's expressions. Why not both?

He shot them a glare from underneath his bandanna before continuing.

"Now I know it sounds stupid - but it genuinely worked! I mean, if this thing was actually a computer virus in physical form, it makes sense! *laughter* It couldn't run through the fire. However, I found that unlike Steves, it could summon lightning despite being trapped. I haven't actually seen it fly, however I doubt that's much of a weakness, seeing as nothing else has affected it so far," he looked down, considering this creature in a new light,

"But something I hadn't noticed until after I escaped its presence, was its manipulation of my memories.

The first instance was when I was surprised by its speed. I thought I hadn't seen anything like it. But I had, in the Steve Saga, where I used to be, I was aware that Yellow Steves could literally pause time with how fast they could run.

For some context, I encountered the Virus after the crystal explosion in the Steve Saga server. My current theory is that it is to blame for the spooky events in the Steve Saga server.

The creepy voice threatening Alex into complying, the bedrock, the fact that Emerald Steve was aware of the creature but simply speaking of it would aggravate it into revealing itself…it adds up.

What I was probably dealing with was something that wasn't showing all it could do. Even the very world I woke up in looked different from what the Rainbow Quest and Steve Saga servers looked like.

I don't think it was revealing its full capabilities to me when we came face-to-face…" he became lost in thought as Aizawa and Naomasa were left to contemplate this information.

The two exchanged thoughts on the matter, leaving Sabre to do his thing.

"Do you think this discussion may cause…it to come?" Naomasa spoke softly as to not disturb Sabre.

"Best case scenario, no, but we can't confirm anything. We'll need to ask him directly about the consequences," Aizawa muttered, looking over his notes.

"Sabre," the detective said a bit louder.

The man jumped slightly.

"Oh," he laughed nervously, "sorry. Got lost in thought."

"I noticed. You said it would show itself if spoken of. Could this very discussion cause this?"

Sabre gulped. "I don't know for sure. I can't feel its presence at all here. Sure, I didn't feel it earlier on in the Steve Saga server, but I get the feeling that this is a whole 'nother universe. I don't know if it can cross universes, but dimensions/servers are possible. Universes are harder to traverse than dimensions, servers, and worlds. I'm capable of entering all of those. But universe-hopping is new. I'm hoping the Virus can't get here unless the lightning transfers it. That's a whole different can of worms we're opening there. As long as my current understanding of the situation is right, it can't get to us. And hopefully never will."

The weight of this discovery fell hard on the three men's shoulders. But they knew there were much more important things to focus on. The likelihood of Void Steve coming to this universe was much higher.

So Aizawa asked for RQ Sabre directly.

He would provide the rest of the needed information.

The Pro Hero and detective watched as SS Sabre transformed into RQ Sabre with a flourish.

"Okay, first off, this'll be much more structured than his," he laughed.

"Let's start off easy. There's two main things that exist in the Steve Realm I'm used to that's not in the Steve Saga's.

The Darkness and the Crystals.

There are seven crystals, one for each color. Unlike the Steve Saga, there are Orange, Indigo, and Violet Steves. Long story short, each color represents a specific concept.

In standard rainbow order it goes: wisdom, creativity, energy, health, spirit, connection, and love. This gives each crystal a special ability, such as the red crystal providing knowledge.

The Darkness rivals the crystals, created from a hero's corruption. Darkness generally appears as living shadow creatures, sometimes a Beast. A Darkness Beast is gigantic, one was able to siege an entire kingdom alone..

To be fair, no one was doing anything until I took charge- Soooooo I don't think said kingdom was anywhere near ready to deal with it in the first place-"

He laughed quietly to himself, reminiscing memories of being the under-qualified general of the TNT cannons.

"Yeah. They needed some help there-

Anyways, the Darkness truly isn't a laughing matter. It is terrifying. Its primary form of offense is infecting others, spreading itself across the land. The Darkness seeked to destroy the world into nothingness.

It almost did.

The first time I had accidentally released the Darkness from its temple prison. I had met this Red Steve for only a few hours, and he was infected because of me.."

Sabre bit his fist, trying not to cry. His first friend, along with so many others, was dead because of him.

"I...I watched him die. He pleaded for his closest and oldest friend to kill him, that's how freaking awful it is to be infected. It had already gotten in his eye, and he knew what would happen if it got worse.

The Darkness would've gotten in his mind, in his heart. He would lose control. He would be forced to give in sooner or later and succumb to the Darkness. He would've attacked me and his friend, Orange Steve.

Orange is here right now, in fact.

Don't pressure him into talking about this. I don't want to remind him of one of my many failures as a hero..."

He lifted his bandanna, wiping away black tears threatening to spill.

"There's so much more blood on my hands.

It's all my fault..the Steves would have lived on happily if I never came back to their world.

I wish I never opened that temple. I wish I never touched that stupid message. I wish I could go back and stop myself from bringing all this misery to them.

They never deserved it..."

Sabre's voice was barely a whisper as he fell silent, mourning his past mistakes.

'Hey, it's alright. Those Steves don't hate you for all of this.'

'× Why should I believe your lies? They all know it's my fault. Orange Steve knows I caused all of it. ×'

'Because I've regretted a lot of my past. Sure, I saved some of them. I killed Nightmare, I stopped Reverse. But a lot of the chaos was because of me being stupid.

In fact, the part I talked about earlier that I asked you to ignore was really recent...it was such a stupid move and I paid for it.

What I'm saying is we made mistakes but everyone we hurt tends to still love us.

If it wasn't for the Guardian stepping up to merge us, we'd be in a lot of pain right now.

He saw me do ridiculous things, and he still helped us.

You made mistakes but I can tell Orange Steve still loves you as if nothing ever happened.'

'× *sigh* fine...if you catch me crying again, please repeat that until I'm chill again, please? I want this over with but obviously my trauma outweighs my discomfort. ×'

'Sure I guess.'

Sabre wiped away tears, calmer now. SS Sabre knew just what to say.

"Ugh, sorry. ✨️Trauma things✨️"

Aizawa looked concerned but didn't say anything.

"Uhm..okay then?" Detective Naomasa also looked concerned but didn't comment further.

"Cool. So, after some guidance Orange and I were on a quest to gather the 7 crystals. Only problem: since the second hero, the colors had turned cold towards one another.

So Orange made the first Rainbow Hub. There were portals to each color that would go off if they needed help. He made it really fast too, it was crazy- like 30 seconds for a whole complicated structure with like magic and everything.

Yeah. Well, things go south while getting the yellow crystal.

The first kingdom we end up in gets seiged by that Darkness Beast, then we meet the Nightmare King. Long story short, he creates Dark Steve in an unholy merging of his own assistant and Darkness.

Nightmare turns out to have stolen the throne from the true king by force and had planned on having the Darkness seige his own kingdom. He also was using the Darkness and the crystal to become powerful.

Oh yeah, he also trapped us in a secret underground lab. Not fun.

He also committed at least one act of murder right in front of us. Right in his own throne room.

The place was right above a goddamn pit, and he pushed one of his own citizens into it.

He was a jerk.

Oh, he also murdered me! Yea, I got sent to the Steve equivalent of heaven only to plead with a Blue Steve to send me back. I also learned a bit about the second hero."

Naomasa and Aizawa glanced at one another.

"Is it true?" Aizawa muttered.

"He...isn't lying."

"Of course I'm not. There's more important things to explain though. Can I go on?"

RQ Sabre, unlike SS Sabre, did not like to keep talking about his past.

He was definitely going to need some alone time.

Too bad that wasn't going to come any time soon.

Aizawa nodded.

"Good. Well, Dark had absorbed Happy Orange Steve after I died. He was able to turn into any Steve of any color, as long as he absorbed one of that color.

So he already had done that with the seige at the Yellow kingdom.

He pretended to be Orange, the one I was friends with.

I arrived, and was able to trick him and save the Orange Steves from Nightmare's facility.

Back at the Rainbow Hub, I decide to create the Light Crystal. I wanted to make a Steve much like Nightmare did, but for good.

Someone to fight alongside the Steves while we collected the crystals.

Shy Orange Steve offered up himself to become that defending hero.

He became Light Steve, who is here now. He is quite capable, a very effective fighter. Though he became more emotionless after the transformation, he hadn't lost himself.

He went on to join the Yellow Steves.

While collecting the crystals, we met Rainbow Red, an old Red Steve who was holding onto the red crystal. He promised us he'd give it to us once we get the rest.

I also learned that Orange Steve was abnormally powerful, and that was why he lived alone instead of in the Orange village.

When we brought the crystals to Rainbow Red, he stole them, taking all of us to a broken library-like place where a machine was held.

He was obsessed with becoming the hero, and, well, that required the crystals.

But he put Orange in a glass box too close to the orange crystal, messing up the hero formation.

He became Reverse Steve, who looked like a reversed-colors Rainbow Steve. The mess up also injured Orange and corrupted the orange crystal.

He barely escaped and we ended up getting back to the Rainbow Hub in time to watch the world end.

Soooo Rainbow Red had been infected with the Darkness before, he said he was healed but it turns out he was wrong. The Darkness fed off his interest in being a hero, evolving within him. It fueled his obsession.

Becoming Reverse and going out into the world caused the evolved Darkness to jump to the rest. It caused rapid evolution within all Darkness, making it resistant to attacks.

The world was overwhelmed, and it was our fault.

But as the shield over the Rainbow Hub was draining of power, an old friend arrived.

Red Steve, with Blue Steve's help, was able to tell us Orange Steve's past.

He was the crystal.

It had the creativity to split itself and become a Steve. We were surprised, to say the least.

But with that knowledge, we were able to make the true third hero.

Orange Steve gave himself up to create Rainbow, unknowingly becoming the hero himself.

It sounds weird, but that wasn't the best thing. He barely knew how to use his powers before, but now he had even more and didn't know how to do anything.

He also had to keep up a facade of being all-powerful to keep the Steves from freaking out. You know how it is.

We came to Light for help. He was able to provide some training.

But then Reverse came for our heads.

Reverse was outraged that Orange was the hero. He beat up Rainbow in the catacombs so bad, Rainbow teleported me away.

But that's when I met Dark, alone. He was reconsidering his life choices, and I did my best to comfort him. Long story short, he agrees to help me but then betrays me.

I didn't see it then, but now I know Dark was teaming with Reverse to be a double agent.

I was left with a severely injured Rainbow and we went to the Orange Steves for help. They thankfully were able to save him.

There was a ghost in the catacombs, that requested we remove the machine Reverse made to hurt Rainbow.

We did, but that also released something evil.

We also ran into Nightmare, whose body was losing to the Darkness. He was losing control over the Darkness, and it turned on him.

He said he joined the Darkness because he was scared he was on the losing side. Light got tired of his bullcrap and killed him on the spot."

"Really? Just like that? Doesn't sound particularly heroic," Aizawa commented.

"He has a no-nonsense way of dealing with things. Kinda nice, until you get on his bad side.

Anyways, we had released Faceless, a Red Steve who willingly took on a curse to gain the ability to become anyone he touches, but he lost his identity with it.

He escaped the catacombs and came to the Rainbow Hub, where he pretended to be Rainbow. We figure it out, and he runs through the Yellow portal as me.

We run through, to be met with chaos. He had run rampant through the true yellow king's outpost, murdering Steves and committing arson.

The king sentenced me to execution.

But in a moment of quick thinking, we teleported back to the Rainbow Hub. We were able to realize Faceless was impersonating the king, and teleported to him. Thankfully we were able to fix things but Faceless got away, ending up in the Orange village.

We were able to sniff him out and trap him, but before we killed him he panicked and turned into a variety of other entities.

It's also important to note that he doesn't have the powers of the Steves he turns into.

Well, Reverse comes back for round 2. He destroys the Rainbow Hub, injuring Rainbow again. He had brought Dark with him.He taunted us, saying that if he couldn't be the hero he would cause chaos instead.

I accused Dark of betrayal and he stayed quiet. I still didn't think that Dark was actually trying to help.

Then they merged into Chaos Steve.

Outraged, Rainbow lunged at Chaos, and then Chaos teleported them both. Alone, I went to the Great Library to find a way to save my best friend.."

Sabre took a deep breath, letting the scenario settle in with the pro hero and detective.

"I ran into Nightmare, who was back from the dead.

But I also made a new ally. Galaxy Steve. He was...interesting. He fought against Nightmare, apparently not knowing he was supposed to be winning.

When I told him we wanted to win, he killed Nightmare into oblivion, sending him back to the void.

I was able to get back Rainbow, and we ended up being able to stop Chaos with Light's help. We separated Chaos back into Reverse and Dark, and while Reverse was locked up, Dark...

Dark wanted to be split again. He was still good. He wanted to return the old friends he stole from us all that time before."

He paused, looking away.

"I...still feel guilty for yelling at him for being evil when in reality he never wanted any of this, he wanted to be good but Reverse took that away.

But he thanked me in the end. Rainbow separated him and he disappeared.

He ends up returning only to be manipulated and then disappear again, by the way.

Miss him, he was actually really nice despite what you'd expect," he gave a sad smile, recalling the first time he used the Dark crystal to summon his friend.

"Wait...so let me get this straight, he was a villain? And then you trusted him to stop Reverse?" Aizawa seemed flabbergasted at the fact that Sabre trusted an enemy.

"Uh- yeah? We kinda had a whole heart-to-heart thing by the lake- why you ask?"

"None of your concern. So, who's the worst of those you mentioned?"

"Depends. Nightmare and Reverse are hard to beat. Dark and Faceless would be hard to deal with in a place like this since they can basically shapeshift into anyone. Probably Reverse, if I'm gonna be honest. He was screwed up in the head, man.

From this point forward, I'm going to just explain the overall premise of those I fought, okay?"

"Fine."

"Alrighty. So, let's have a quick overview," Sabre sat up at the table and began writing, "Void Steve, Time and Elemental, Corruption and Soul, Shadow...nope, the Corrected Sun and Sol, the Red Steves, the Demons, Origin, Hypno, the Core, *sigh* and The First Curse. Man I hate that guy."

"The...First Curse?" Naomasa looked up, intrigued. "Why do you hate him?"

Sabre cursed under his breath. They weren't supposed to hear that.

"Sigh. He's the worst out of everyone. Frickin omnipotent bish. Tried to curse the ENTIRE UNIVERSE! AND SUCCEEDED! He's literally all-powerful, he even cursed Origin - who's basically the god of the Steves in the Rainbow Quest server.

I may or may not have accidentally caused the end of the world - again.

And this time it was alllll my fault!"

Sabre smiled, but everyone knew he was dying inside. Trauma time. Again.

"How- how many times did the world end because of you-?"

"I don't know any more. At least 5 or 10 now.

Now shall we start from the worst or work our way up? Either way it's ✨️all trauma✨️"

"Let's go from easiest to hardest, I guess," Aizawa muttered, looking completely done with the trauma.

"Well then that would be the Corrected Sun. Wait- I should mention that Void split Galaxy into Time and Elemental Steve, and they both have similar powers to that of the Steve Saga versions. You'll see why that's relevant later.

So, there was the true Yellow king's assistant, Sol, who was basically fired. This was after two evil Steves, Corruption and Soul, were neutralized. Those two were an Indigo and Blue Steve respectively.

Well, this Yellow Steve starts an extremist group, the Corrected Sun. He starts a revolt protesting the inclusion of Indigo and Blue Steves in the Rainbow Kingdom. They start getting increasingly violent, all the while Sol saying that he speaks for the people and trying to take over the kingdom. The Yellow leader ends up siding with him, along with the Orange and Violet Steves.

Me and the leaders, along with Light, eventually are able to take back control and end his reign of terror.

Oh yeah. I forgot to mention, Light has a whole guard, the Colorless Guards. They were the soldiers and security of the Rainbow Kingdom.

Also, uh, the Red Steves were kinda almost extinct before I showed up. Yeahhhh, the Darkness kind of went after them after the first hero fell to corruption...

So at the time there were no Red Steves in the Rainbow Kingdom.

But yeah, I'm sure you've seen similar stuff here with revolts and such. Sol could definitely do some damage if given the chance to convince people to hear him out.

I did find Red Steves eventually. Er- well, they found me. There was the Core, which was a massive power source that this Professor Red guy had made. The Red leader died in a battle some time later and Prof. Red used my DNA and mad science to reanimate him. But he became Hypno, who uh...was cursed by my blood to know how the world ends.

I don't know, okay?!" He raised his arms up in defeat.

"I just know that The First Curse and I have some weird connection and seeing as I'm basically their god it feels like Hypno being cursed by my DNA being part of him makes some sense.

Okay, so with The First Curse he was trapped inside this armor and was chained. Somehow he was able to get inside my head and speak to me, manipulating me into releasing him.

I took off one chain, and that was all it took. Everyone else would die if they touched him, but I didn't.

He was unleashed, and trapped basically every living entity inside the armor except me and a couple others.

Hypno was able to break into the armor, when no one else could.

I feel like I was the only one who could interact with anything with the First Curse.

Anyways, enough about that guy.

Hypno was insane, and could warp reality and just generally was crazy. But he did help so he isn't exclusively bad.

Also, The First Curse seemed to be on a mission to curse every Red Steve because Prof. Red was cursed with insanity when he popped his head through a portal and met the guy eons ago and every other weird entity I come across seems to be a cursed Red Steve as well.

Now, this next one is dangerous as hell but I'm not interested in going into detail so I'm making this quick.

Shadow Sabre was basically my evil Darkness twin who convinced me to make the Shadow Sword. The sword and Shadow used Darkness I was infected personally with by Void. More on him later.

Shadow was all in my head at first, until I released him into the real world and he took over my body. He was evil, and at one point I had to trust him to fight other evil.

He murdered, manipulated Dark into being a puppet, and tried to take over the world with Darkness after Void perished. He tried to become me but I fought it with Time by my side.

No questions, moving on.

The Demons were the reason the Darkness exists. The first hero was created to fight them, but he wasn't able to do as well as the Steves expected. He fell under pressure, breaking. The first hero became Void Steve, the first Darkness. The Darkness is the only thing to really combat against the Demons, which are from the World Below, the Steve equivalent of hell.

See, that's why I trusted Shadow and the sword. They helped me against the Demons. Said demons also could manipulate reality at one point. And might I add, the demons are so numerous that they're practically a species. Like, a LOT of demons were down there.

The Demon Steves are hungry beasts, draining the life force of Steves like starving wolves on sheep.

Terrifying.

Though killing a ton of them with the Shadow Sword made them a lot less scary."

"WHAT?!"

"Haha, let's just ignore that I said that- ple a se-"

'× Great. I scared em. ×'

'LOL you really did man.'

'× What do I do now ;-; ×'

'Idk you figure it out'

'× be useful for once please QwQ ×'

'Nah'

'× Ughhhh fine ×'

"Guys...please...I did crazier stuff than that... P L E A S E can we move on..." Sabre signed internally as the two men slowly calmed down.

Once the two were calmer, Sabre broke the silence with one sentence.

"Y'know, I am kinda a god lmao."

This time, Aizawa stopped Naomasa before he started asking questions.

Sabre just laughed.

"Heh, you knew I was trying to trick ya that time.

Yeah, technically I am kinda sorta a god- I mean, I created Origin who created every other Steve soooo-"

"*sigh* it checks out, you're not lying," Naomasa muttered, jotting down "god???" on his notepad.

"Yeah I didn't actually remember doing it so I have no idea either.

Let's just continue, now that that's out of the way-

Let's see....uh, Void, the Core, Origin, Corruption and Soul, probably Time and Elemental along with Rainbow I guess-

*sigh*

Let's just deal with Void now. So he was the first hero, as a Blue Steve. He was supposed to fight against the Demons that were attacking the Steve civilizations.

However, he fell under pressure, until he gave in to the horrors deep within. He became Void Steve. The crystals rejected him later, landing in the hands of a Red Steve. The Red Steve became the second hero and sealed away the Darkness and removed Void from the dimension, putting his spirit in a world which no Steves existed within.

That's where I come in. That message from before was from Void - he had made a whole prophecy and portal and stuff so I would collect the crystals and make the third hero. He manipulated everyone and everything. The Darkness fell upon every civilization. It destroyed thousands. It left hundreds of others a husk of who they once were.

He tricked us all. A call to adventure, a hero's journey, was all a ruse. He destroyed so many, just to manipulate Rainbow into joining his side and falling to the same corruption within - using the same pressure he once felt as the hero to bring him down.

He created Corruption and Soul Steve with an Indigo Steve and a Blue Steve corrupted by pure Darkness.. They became his right hand men. I fought them both in the final battle.

When I finally destroyed Void with the help of Light and the Colorless Guards, it didn't last long. The Demons were manipulating reality and Void was alive - he was immortal. He became the leader of the Demons.

At one point I created the Dark Crystal to bring back Dark Steve. Time, Dark, Shadow, and I fought Demon Void together.

Time was able to remove Void's immortality and we destroyed him. But not without casualties. The Rainbow crystal shattered, leaving only a shard of each color left.

After that was when Shadow reared his horns. He kept saying we were one and the same...he tried to take me over, and make me the lesser of us two. I had to fight for control. He mind controlled Dark Steve, making him say and do horrid things..

Time stayed by my side throughout it all...

At the end of it all, I had to decide whether to spread out the Darkness so thin it'd never be able to rise up again, or be able to keep Dark Steve, one of my closest friends at the time... I..I did what I had to.

I'm sorry Dark. I hope you're doing well, wherever you went..."

'Hey, it's okay. He knows you cared, even though he isn't here I'm sure he's watching over you.'

'× Thanks... I miss him.. ×'

'I know.'

Sabre cleared his throat, wiping away tears.

"Now, Time and Elemental. They were brothers, and good friends of mine. But with Void on the loose, Elemental started acting..weird. He wasn't himself. Eventually he went mad, asking his own brother to kill him...

He deserved better. He was an innocent soul, despite his brash attitude.

Time...did what he had to. We both mourned the loss..."

Sabre grew quiet for a moment, but SS Sabre knocked him out of his thoughts.

"There..was a worse death. I'm almost too afraid to speak of it.

Rainbow.

We were trying to save the kingdoms...and we..failed. The Indigo and Blue Steves were evacuated but many were lost. An Indigo and a Blue Steve in particular Void turned into monsters.

And with Rainbow not knowing how to use his powers or be the hero, he was under a lot of pressure.

Void used that to his advantage.

I saw his fall..I..I wish I was a better friend. I wish...I wish I was a real hero."

Sabre grew quiet and solemn. The temperature dropped, but not in the bone-chilling way it did before.

No, this was a lonely cold, of unlit fireplaces and dusty rooms and unkempt hair.

"Rainbow fell to the Darkness. The hero was lost to corruption, again. And it was all my fault.

If only I checked in more often. If only I actually listened to him. If only I stopped it..."

Plump black tears trickled down his face, leaving gray marks. He didn't care.

"He...lost himself. He decided he wasn't worthy. He..tried to get rid of the crystals' powers.

Time stopped it before he destroyed himself. But the damage had already been done.

People saw it earlier. The corrupted form. Orange came up to me while I was glitching and he glitched too... into his Rainbow and corrupted forms.

Rainbow was broken. His once blooming colors were cracks along his old orange self.

That's when he joined him. Void convinced him the Steves were all the same.

And what scares me is once I felt the same.

After being infected, Shadow was starting to interact with me more.

No one would trust me.

I felt alone in the world.

I was trying to do good.

I was using the Darkness to save everyone, I swear...

But no one would listen.

Except Shadow and Time.

I was playing double agent, trying to pretend that I was still on the Darkness' side.

But that fooled the Steves too.

Even Light didn't trust me...

I...I wish I could've shown them.

I wish I never let Shadow in.

When Void...Void got Rainbow on his side he...turned Rainbow into a husk of himself.

He became a vessel of evil and I still wanted to believe he was still there. That somehow he wasn't gone.

But then Elemental and I..there was a rainbow portal...and..and we arrived in time to see it all."

Sabre went quiet, drowning in tears.

It was growing colder.

"See what?" Naomasa asked quietly.

"To see him die.

We- we were frozen by Void and he-he he absorbed Rainbow. He took the crystals and KILLED HIM!" Sabre shouted out of pure guilt and rage, standing up and slamming his fist.

He sunk into his seat, pulling off his bandanna, revealing blackened eyes growing darker with each moment.

"I couldn't do anything at all the entire time I was around. I always was the useless one, I couldn't break him out! I couldn't place a block down! I couldn't do anything! I was weak!

And you know what's worse??!?!

It's! All! My! Fault!

I was the one who released the Darkness! I was the one that decided to go to some random world a mysterious message wanted me to go to! And that message was probably from, you guessed it, VOID!

I not only was useless most of the time and when I had powers I didn't get to use them to do good, but I also was the cause of everything evil! I CREATED Origin, and he created The First Curse!

And you know what the First Curse created? Curses! Evil! Manipulated everything to get me to free him!

Void may have fucking killed my best friend, but at least he had a past of being the Hero! The First Curse is just fuckin evil!

He cursed my Red Steve friend, M, he murdered thousands of Steves with a variety of 'natural disasters', he almost killed Time and Light, he's the reason Prof. Red, Hypno, and probably hundreds of others never got to lead a normal damn life!"

Sabre was breaking down. Shaking, he could feel the horns of Darkness sharply pulling themselves back out of dormancy. Hot tears ran into his hands with gooey junk from his nose dripping alongside.

"I never wanted this. I didn't plan on being the one who saved everyone. I didn't plan on causing misery to everyone around me..I swear I didn't mean to... I- I didn't know- Void was the tomb ghost..the First Curse would..I'm- I'm §øřrý!"

With the final word, an old 'friend' appeared behind the grief-stricken man.

The dark astronaut smiled with a wicked grin, revealing sharp teeth, unsettling the two men before him.

"Hëĺļø ţhęřě. Îť §èēmš țhąť hîś ŕëğŕėţ hãş åłļőwəđ mę ťö mæķé mý p��ëşęñçĕ ķňőwñ~

Į ąm Šhåđøw §ãbřę."

'RQ, IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT!'

'× IT IS! You know just as well as me that it's all my fault! ×'

'SHADOW'S HERE, MAN! WE NEED TO STOP HIM BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!'

'× What. ×'

'He's literally threatening the other two!'

RQ Sabre stopped wallowing in self-pity, the familiar voice sending a chill down his spine. He tried to grab Shadow as he stood up, only to find his body wouldn't move. He couldn't stop the dark tears.

'× Oh..Oh no. Nononononono- I can't move! ×'

'WHAT DO YOU MEAN??'

'× I! Can't! Move! At! All! ×"

'Okay okay thinkthinkthink- What if I- I swapped with you??'

'× WHAT! How is that supposed to fix- ×'

RQ Sabre was pulled from his mind as he felt his arm lift up. From the corner of his tear-blurred eyes, he could see Shadow grab his wrist.

His blood ran cold as an all too familiar sword appeared in his now clenched fist.

The Şhăđø₩ Šwøŕđ.

That blasted thing was supposed to be gone along with Shadow!

Despite being practically paralyzed, Sabre bared his teeth at his evil twin.

'× Dammit! How do we stop him!? ×'

'Can we open up our inventory? Maybe we could swap it with the Galaxy Sword!'

'× Good idea! ×'

Sabre concentrated on opening his inventory, and with extra effort, he succeeded.

'× Try to swap it while I try to break free of Shadow's control! ×'

As SS Sabre struggled to force the Shadow Sword to leave their hand, RQ Sabre focused all his energy on speaking.

"Hęh. Ĕvëñ wįţh ťwõ §äbřēş, ţhęy'rē ştïłľ ñø mâţčh föŕ mė~ Ãnđ țhåñķś ťő ţhèm, Î çãń pŕòvîďę ýõü ţ₩ø wïțh §ómě ĺøvəłý ñįğhţmâŕəš~"

Aizawa stared Shadow in the eyes as he activated his quirk. As the pro hero's scarf whipped out, Sabre's arm moved in an instant, slicing the gray fabric with ease.

"HĄ! Đø ¥őų ŕæĺľý bëłįəvē śùçh čhïłđíšh ťhīņģš čøůĺď pő§ïbłý šțôp mė?!"

Finally, Sabre broke free. The Darkness-powered sword swapped with the Galaxy Sword as he pointed at Shadow.

Surprised, Shadow stopped taunting, backing away from the sword beneath his chin.

Sabre turned his head mechanically, as if a rusty machine.

He looked Shadow dead in the eyes as the puddle of Darkness below him rose into a tiny humanoid.

"Perhaps I shall instead~ Get back in my head or we'll make the score 2 to 0, §håđøw," his words dripped with hatred as the tiny Darkness grew larger with his tears.

"Ůh- ūh- Š- Šåbřę wĕ- ₩è çäñ ťąłķ ābøųť ţhïş!" Shadow's voice got higher pitched as he raised his hands against the sword inching closer and closer.

"Freaking. Shut. Up. Last time I trusted you, you BETRAYED ME! I should've known. You're nothing but a slimy bastard of the Darkness. Get back in, or I WILL stab you. That is a threat I can't WAIT to fulfill!"

Sabre's form loomed over Shadow as he gave him a bloodthirsty grin with the last sentence. Shadow backed up, bumping into the wall.

"What? Little Shadow ScArEd~?"

Shadow hissed in defiance but vanished back into Sabre's mind.

Sabre sighed as he lowered his sword. He'll have to be more careful not to let that happen again...

Maybe it was just the merge situation that let him free, but it didn't matter why. He had to keep his emotions under control or risk Shadow escaping.

"S-Sabre?"

Sabre looked up, bewildered, as the Darkness retreated back into his core.

Orange Steve had opened the door and everyone had witnessed the event.

"G-guys...I- I can explain, I swear-" Sabre put away the Galaxy Sword, afraid his friends would think he was a monster.

"Sabre it's okay.." Orange Steve walked up to his dearest friend, giving him the biggest bear hug ever.

"Orange I'm- I'm so sorry- I could've saved y-you- I-I- could've been a better fr-friend.." He mumbled into Orange's shoulder as he choked back tears.

"Shhh, that's the past, okay? I think that's enough 'interrogation' for you. You need a stick!"

They parted for a moment as Orange gave Sabre a stick (and SS Rainbow threw one in his direction).

Sabre couldn't help but laugh. Orange had named his 'Orange's baddies-go-away-stick' and Rainbow's was 'Rainbow's good feelies stick.'

"Pfff- you two always know how to make me feel better-" He gave a small smile as they walked out of the room, leaving a shaken up Aizawa and Naomasa alone.

The pro hero and detective spoke in hushed voices after a long silence.

"What do we do with them? They're clearly dangerous!"

"Yes, Sabre alone has concerningly powerful abilities, even if we don't count that Shadow Sabre thing! If he is 'quirkless' like he said, who knows what these Steves are capable of!

"We need to keep them in a secure location, but if that Shadow Sabre can appear whenever Sabre is overwhelmed, we have to keep him in a neutral state so this doesn't keep happening."

"We can't use a prison or jail, obviously. But where else can we hold them until we know if they are truly as dangerous as Sabre said?

"This interrogation won't get much out of the others, now that Sabre broke. We'll have to find other ways of getting information out of them."

"We still have these lists, but we can't waste more time trying to get details on all of them. We need to act soon before these people do something stupid."

"Agreed. Let's have the rest come in pairs or trios to introduce themselves. We can send over others to watch over them for a few hours while we decide where they'll stay."

"Good. I need a long rest after whatever THAT was."

Meanwhile, Sabre was laying in the middle of the floor, vibing as the Rainbows piled sticks on him.

"We now declare you the stick king!" SS Rainbow tapped Sabre's face with a particularly long stick.

RQ Rainbow tried to twirl his own but smacked himself in the head.

Everyone else was piled onto the couches besides Nightmare and Illusion. Night was definitely smiling, but Illusion was pouting in the corner.

"Alright, listen up!" Naomasa announced from the doorway.

"The rest of you will come in here in pairs or trios. Introduce yourselves and explain how you know Sabre.

If you have a..duplicate explain the main difference between you two.

Afterwards you will be allowed to roam the city with several pro hero escorts.

You will return here later for us to take you to where you shall be staying for the time being."

The Steves nodded as Naomasa left.

"Soooooo- who's gonna go second?" Sabre laughed as he tried and failed to sit up.

"Y'know what? Orange and I can go first! :D" SS Rainbow offered.

"Sounds good! The Light Steves can go after us!"

RQ Light gave the duo a thumbs up as they left.

Have I. Have I ever told yall abt the 22,493 word long *chapter* before

It was for my wattpad crossover fic When Three Worlds Meet (ft. RQ and TSS in the My Hero Academia world)

And was the last chapter I posted before fucking off to nowhere 💀

[the-empress-of-nothing]

Grimoire Phantasmagoria entry Ó̴̢̙͖̟̠̞̖̬̻̬̣̬̲̦̰̩̬͖̇͊̆͂̊̒̆̾̕ͅc̷̜̺͎̥͓͈̈́̈́̑́͊̀̈̉̃̕ͅṯ̵̬͔͙̤̺̰̲͇̱͛͒̎͂̎̽͑̌̉̌͆̈̒́͑̏̔̈́̕͜͝͝͝í̵̢̳̭̜̤̗̊͐́́̂̓͘͝n̶̨̢̛̛̘̻̭̭̩̪͚̬̯͇̱̺̠̼̰̿̋̅͑̍̉̐̽̈́͑̔̏̾͊̽̈́͐̐́́͒͛̀̈̀̄͑̈́͐̿̈̈́͛͊̓̉̽͗͛̄̕̚͘͝͝

The octant was cautious to meet his younger sister. He had received no visions- not a single glimpse of the hypothetical. This happened, too, with the Empress, he should not be as surprised as he is to have no Sight of her daughter.

She is young, small, eyes a brilliant gold and hair dark, curled around her chubby cheeks. A far more innocent copy of her father, The Octant muses. Just as fearless, she smiles brightly and nearly skips to him. She does not falter when she sees his grim appearance, his hollowed face, his inky eyes.

"I'm Aura," She speaks softly yet excitedly, holding out a tiny stuffed animal patched together with small fabrics. "Here you go!"

The forward nature of this child nearly blindsided him. He expected a timid child hiding behind her mother's knee, staring with wide eyed fear at a dark stranger.

Before him shines an almost too bright sister, somehow over-eager to meet him and seeming to have made a gift for the occasion. He kneels, gently taking the small gift from her even smaller hands, and her grin widens. Her hands quickly lace behind her back, rocking to and fro as she can hardly contain her energy.

For a moment, he experiences a clarity only brought upon him by their Father.

"I am Ţ̷̣͎̤͙̫̪͉͖̗͚͇͇̳͇̥̪͓͒͂̉͋͊͐͌̉̉͛̈́̊̈́̃́̈́̍͊͝͝͝͠ḩ̴̧̛̫̼̭̩͍̝̘̪͎̯̲̣͖̣͈͎͑͆̒̉̅͐͑̂͋̊̈̐̚ȩ̵̛̺̭̮̥͎̮͇̘̰̜̱́̒͑̅̃̋̊̃̇̀̂̂̏̍̌͜͠͝͝͝ͅ ̸̤͚͙̫̝͎̳̬̪̞͙̰̗͎̩̹̏̔̈́̀͗̈͊̕ͅṈ̵̡̢͇̝͙̦̫̻̯͖͍̳̳̼̹̙̅̓͘͜ͅi̵̢̡̢̛̙̯̫̟̣͚͖̲̠̻̰̼͔̥̙̊͑̅̀͛͆̀͗́́̐̀̓̐̒͋͝ͅģ̵̨͍̻̗̬͕̠̜̳̤͓̜͈̟̻̹̣̹͕̟͎̩̳̞̊̍̇̈͒͂̾͑̈́͂͒͊͑̊̅̏͌̊͛̍͑̍͝͝͝͝ ̵͖̦̋͜T̶̤̮̣͔̂͗̐̀̏̈́̑͑͊͒̉́̀̀͐̿̃͝͝ ̴͙̰͔̤̥̤̰͎̳͈̮̽̎̐̎̆̑̀̊̚͝h̶͙̼̤̬͔̥̹͍̩̜͉̮̹̓a̸̡̛̛͕̥͔̻̦̝̪̹̗̳̦̭̺̞͖͈̭͖̭̯̜̰͎͇̞͌͐̾̀̅̃͐̉̏̎́̏̅͂̿̓͆͐͘͘̚̕͠u̸̦̒̀̋͑̓ ̴̖̠̹͕̜̺̪̆̿̾͗̌́̿̆̿̀̓́̍̓̍̍͗̎͘͘͠͝ť̷̨̫͎̥͍̝̫̠̭̔̈́͜r̸̡̢̤̥̝̲̞̮̦̳̻̻͙̙̱͋͜." He expects her to

be stunned, perhaps rethink her enthusiasm.

Instead it merely grows. Aura's eyes go wide and she remarks how 'cool' it is, to have a name as such.

He is about to ask where her- their mother is, turning his gaze to the doorway to see if, perhaps, she is not far behind.

This is enough for Aura to dissappear, giggling from different parts of the room. "Can you find me as fast as dad can?" Her voice is behind him, but he turns and sees nothing.

"I think he cheats, though. Mom too." This time to his left, and again nothing there.

He cannot entertain her, he was supposed to also meet the Empress today. Auralia laughs again, this time just a bit to his right.

It should not be hard, she is a mere child and he can hear her fickle heartbeat easily.

...

But there is no thrum, nor wheeze of breath. Damned Void.

He turns to hear the doors slide open once more, making contact with eyes a deeper pitch of void then his own before Aura squeaks a laugh and rushes down the hall.

[final-fantasy-mama]

Licorice Twists and Cinnamon Buns

''FFXIV: Emet Selch X Wol Licorice twists and cinnamon buns This is drabble for now but I do have a plot planned for future chapters. First part is fluff, second part is a bit angsty. Enjoy! ********************************************************************************

(Very sorry for any spelling mistakes, I don’t have a spell checker and have to edit manually so I miss many mistakes)

It wasn't often that the Warrior of Light got time to herself for anything. Most days were spent tending to battle wounds, civilian requests and the ever growing demands of her scion brethren but today was special. Today she had a full day all to herself and should she decide to rest, she could roost in bed till the chocobos came home. But she was a restless soul and having that much free time made her a bit antsy. So she wore her best casual clothes, a off shoulder sun dress and sandals, and made for the Musica Universalis for a small walk about. And as always, following closely in her shadows was her ever sneaky and equally snarky ascian companion, Emet Selch.

He had often spied in on her whenever it suited his fancy though she was quick to catch on to his Aether trail, making any chances of sneaking up on her null and void. If he kept his distance enough she couldn’t distinguish his presence from the multitudes of others within the crystarium which was the only opportunity he had to observe her habits and actions unabieted. He wasn’t really one to take too much of an interest in anyone or anything outside his devotions to Zodiark but he had to admit this one Hyur Female caught his undivided attention. 

She was pretty in a simple way, with features that could have easily passed for Garlean if it weren’t for her height. Not that Emet Selch placed much value on physical appearances outside of his own. And she was strong, oh so strong and noble in a un nauseating way. She never spouted nonsense of high ideals and morality, was pragmatic, straightforward and witty.

Now he watched her walk through the crystarium, stopping now and then to look at what bits and baubles surrounded her, her head tilting to one side as she studied everything with a keen eye only a warrior could possess. He watched from the shadows of a nearby pillar how her eyes lit up while she looked at a merchants jewelry stall, picking up a necklace and holding it to her chest while staring in the mirror afforded to her by the vendor. 

All women were wanton creatures for fine jewels and furs. Oh how he could give her all that and more were she his woman. What a empress she would have made with her proud face and feminine features but he didnt know her back then and avoided all contact with her or her shards on the other stars.  She was a poor sundered creature after all, albiet a charming one, and he didn’t need any more misery in his immortality then what was already afforded to him. If she had any clue just how far back her shards and former selves went, who and what she was, she kept it keenly to herself. He wondered just how much she did know. She never really talked about her memories short of what was absolutely necessary.

She struggled with the clasp of the necklace and just when he was about to step in to do it for her, a certain other man did it instead. The crystal exarch was making his rounds through town. Emet Selch gritted his teeth as her eyes turned to the cowled man and truly sparkled, her red lips spreading into a wide smile as she thanked him. They made casual banter with each other, each laughing and smiling as they walked away, her hand holding his arm in a way that was too intimate for the ascians liking.

That slick conniving whelp of a man! Emet sneered as he followed them in the shadows. Look how she touches him so casually, like 2 fools in love! What can this creature offer a warrior like her? By what magic did he bring her here and dare to speak to her so fondly! He stopped his train of thoughts and held his breath. He had seen this scene before oh so many millenia ago when the hero had been alive in Amarout. But it was a memory Emet did not want to remember and he quickly pushed it out of his mind.

The hero and the exarch stopped at a small candy shop and the hero exclaimed how she hadn’t sampled some of the confections since her childhood. She filled a small paper bag with her favorites and vowed to share it with her child when they reunited. Her daughter, only 8 years of age, and the only family she had in the source. Surely that child must have looked like her mother. Emet could see it as surely as his own children took after his late wife. Oh those long lost days when he had some small measure of happiness but lives came and went so quickly and thus his happiness was only temporary if not fleeting.

The couple moved on, once again arm in arm, their happy voices talking of frivolous things. The Hero leaning in and squeezing her shoulder into the exarchs as he hid his head shyly in his hood. In fact she seemed to go out of her way to make any sort of physical contact with her partner weather it was a touch of the hands, squeezing his arm tightly against her chest in a flirtatious manner or leaning in so her forehead was almost against the exarch. The shy Exarch laughing nervously but accepting her little showers of affections non the less. It made Emet suspicious. 

It would seem those two have a history with each other....how interesting. He clenched his fists at his sides tightly. She is obvious in her affections for him but he tries to hide how much she affects him. Ah, the exarch is hiding his identity but she already knows......then that would mean the exarch is not a native of the 1st and they both hailed from the source....by what means did he arrive her and manage to bring her as well?

When the couples time came to part, the exarch kissed the fair ladies hand and waved goodbye as she watched him go, once again left to her own devices in the market place. She did not move from her spot as he dissappeared from view and Emet used that chance to sneak up behind her, or at least try. She knew he was coming a mile away.

"Shopping for a swanking new coat Emet?" She asked as she turned to him and gave him her usual coy look.

"Shopping for a new lover?" He shot back and jutted his chin in the direction the exarch had left.

The hero smiled something sly and admitted easily. "Mmmm Hmmmm. That man is a cinnamon roll and I just want to bite right into him."

"So that's your type." The ascian said dryly. 

"And you, you sneaky bastard." She jabbed a finger into his chest. "Are Black Licorice."

"Licorice!?" He asked in surprise.

The hero reached into her paper bag and pulled out a black twig of candy, holding it up this face before saying, "They make it, so someone must love to eat it but most people want to spit it out after one bite!"

He pursed his lips as he stared down at the feisty lady who so defiantly waved her candy in his face and for once in his immortal life, he was speechless. He wasn’t sure if he should get angry or laugh. Her barbs at him were easily becoming legendary.

She didn’t wait for him to answer before taking a hearty bite out of the black candy. "Lucky for you I have acquired a taste for Licorice." and gave him her oh so sweet smile which meant both good things and dangerous things. He had to smile back and she noted how soft his face was when he was happy. He almost looked kind when he was like that as opposed to his usual grumpy self.

"Zodiark’s mercy hero, are you admitting you're in love with me?" He drawled out and held his hand to his heart.

"Hydaelyn’s blessing Emet Selch, You're such a drama king." She shot back and turned to walk away. "Lets see its just past 2....its a good time to break for tea. Join me if you dare."

"Bothering you is the only thing I have to look forward to in my day." He admitted and followed after her. **************************************** They both seated themselves at a small table within the atrium next to the market and ordered a few plates of cheeses and meats along with some pastries. The hero poured tea into two saucers and slid one over to him as she sat down in a wooden chair and fanned herself with the menu. 

"How do you survive in the Jacket? Its bloody hot out here." She complained.

"Is that your way of asking me to take it off?" He wiggled his brows at her and sipped his tea oh so properly like the blue blood he was.

She laughed. "Actually I am curious what’s under all that, I won’t lie."

He quickly unbuckled the front and in a dramatic flourish, stood up and swept if off his shoulders as he placed it on the back of his chair. The undershirt he wore was a plain white cotton one with a few buttons down the chest and loose sleeves.

"If you ask politely I may take off even more." He purred and She nearly spat out her tea.

"Woah their partner, you need to leave something to my imagination." She smirked and took a long sip of tea before reaching into her blouse and producing a small metal case from her brasier. She opened it up with a click and pulled a small cigarillo from it, put it to her lips and lit it with the small lighter. She took a long drag and offered one to her company.

Emet shook his head lightly. "A habit you picked up adventuring?"

"A habit I picked up from one of my "others" who was a middle aged drunk whiskey lover, smoked like a chimney and ate bacon like pork was going out of season." She laughed.

When She fumbled with her cigar case a piece of paper fell out. It was a small photo of some sort of a small child with dark brown hair and a cherubs smile, riding on the back of a tall elezen male with light blue hair and a equally charming smile. If he didn’t know any better he would have said this was a family photo but the child looked nothing like that man in the photo so he knew instantly the she wasn’t his

. "Your daughter and....?" He asked.

"Haurchefant Greystone, one of my dearest friends. He passed away a few years ago." She sipped her tea. "He had a way with children and my daughter fell in love with him. She said that If I didn’t marry him then she would." The small smile on her face spoke volumes of her feelings for this man.

"At first all the adventuring was just to secure some money for myself and my daughter....and then I was discovered by the scions....I suppose the rest after that was just cause and effect or the results of being the warrior of light." she shrugged and tucked the photo away. “After an attempted assassination on the Sultana of Ul Dahl, myself and the scions had to go into hiding. So I took my daughter with me to Ishgard where we parlayed for our protection. Haurchefant was the first to extend any hospitality to us and took care of us. He was really a wonderful friend.” She said fondly.

“You were in love with him.” Emet stated and she couldn’t deny it.

“I suppose I was. But his life was cut short and after that there was no one else, I never even bothered looking or trying.” she admitted sadly.

The Ascian looked at the hero carefully, noting how sad her eyes looked in that moment. She was lonely even though she would never admit it, using her duty with the scions as an excuse to fill her time. For one small moment, Emet saw something else as he looked at her, the ghost of another who’s face was equally sad but always had a small smile on her lips. He blinked the apparition away.

"Your child is what grounds you to this reality. You would fight and die for her." Emet said matter of factly. It was a universal fact that a mother protecting her young was the fiercest thing in the cosmos, something he had witnessed first hand so long ago. This will to protect is exactly what brought about Hydaelyn to begin with. In all these years, after all these rebirths and in all her incarnations, that one truth never changed, she would protect those near and dearest to her even if it meant tearing the universe apart. her child was the source of her power.

The uncomfortable reality that the child would die in the grand plan of the ascians was not lost on the hero or him. It was a unspoken truth that would always be the catalyst of her never ending battles with all her enemies and him. As cordial as the two were with each other, the fact that at the end of the day one or the other was going to be destroyed was not ever going to change.

  The hero stared up at the glass ceiling and finished off her cigarillo, putting it out in the small ashtray on the table. Her heart felt heavy thinking of the future, of his and hers but it wasn’t something she could express in words, its just the nature of her being Hydaelyn’s blessed and him beings Zodiark’s Tempered. When she turned her head to him it was obvious he had been thinking the exact same thing.

"Oh hero, don’t look at me like that." He cooed in a oh so sweet voice. "All is not lost yet, there is still time to change my mind. If you can accomplish the impossible then even I will be forced to throw my lot in with you. We Ascians don’t wish for our own destruction you know."

The hero cleared her throat and swallowed back her feelings, replacing it with a smile. "What a pair we make, Architect." 

"Oh yes, the warrior of light and her arch enemy sitting together drinking tea. What is this universe coming to?"

"Shite apparently."  She laughed.

"I'll drink to that." Emet agreed and they clinked glasses.

“So what’s next on our agenda?”

“101 ways to destroy the world.” He replied dryly.

She gawked at him. “Not funny!”

“You’re still laughing on the inside.”

She shoved a big piece of cake into her mouth and said in a muffled voice. “I laugh only so I don’t cry.”

He reached over a caught a dollop of frosting from the corner of her mouth then licked it off his white gloves slowly and deliberately.

She blinked twice. “Oh that was smooth.”

“Full glad am I to hear that.” He purred.

“Have you made it your personal mission to seduce me?” She squinted at him.

“Seeing as you get flustered when a man expresses desire for you, I’ve made it my mission to make you as uncomfortable as possible from here on out.” He admitted.

“Flustered?!” You gasped and that made him chuckle.

“You wear your heart on your sleeve hero.”

“I’ll wear a mask then.” She said suddenly and it made him stop. He watched her for a second before turning back to his tea.

He looked down into the brown water. “A thousand masks for a thousand desires.” He said off handedly.

She watched him carefully but didn’t quite grasp his meaning, something about it though made her heart feel strange. A small moment of recognition and longing. For him? For this ascian drinking tea with her? Surely not, but maybe just maybe for the man Emet Selch had been.

(I wasn’t sure how to end this so i abruptly did before it prattled on again. Next chapter will be main story driven and have more character development for Emet. Its just fun to write fluff for characters who are notoriously not fluffy lol)

[yanjunmyworld]

When This Story Ends

Pairing: Yanjun x OC

Gif: linyanjun8

Genre: fluff, supernatural

A/N: i was inspired after watching the 2018 little mermaid movie. Its such a good new take on the story if you havent seen it you should check it out! I hope you like this story! Dont forget to leave some feedback ^^.

The bustling crowds paraded through the old market of Tianzifang, looking for whatever unique presents they could take home to their lovers and families. Little did anyone know that down one of the alleyways laid hidden the famous Iqyi dance studio. Famous for its rigourous training and producing only the most dedicated of dancers. The class consisted oh 9 boys and 2 girls; which is where we find our lead male.

The harsh beats pounded through the speakers, as the young taiwanese boy practiced last weeks choreography. Yanjun always made sure to arrive atleast 20 minutes early to recap every piece they learnt. He worked hard to get into this academy and wasn't going to waste a single second of it. He always knew he wanted to perform and share his passion with the world. To hopefully inspire others to follow their dreams like him someday and this was going to be his first stepping stone. Despite this being the main reason for his early arrival, there was another situation which also made his early practices seem the best possible solution. Y/N was the only other person to always be early to class. She was the object of his desires. He loved to watch as her body so effortlessly and gracefully balanced out the moves she was performing. How she would get the cutest of smiles whilst dancing, revealing her two faint hidden dimples. Y/N and yanjun had always had a good chemistry together. They were always eachothers partners and constantly flirting with bad pick up lines. So much so, that the others always tried to set up ways to make them kiss or something to move their relationship along. However for the past 6 months no matter how much they flirted, she would always denie his request for a date and have a different excuse prepared. This frustrated the young male. He has always been a smooth talker and never void of a womans attention but no one compared to her. She was his perfect match and he would do anything to try and make her see just how much he cared for her.

One day, another class mate Zhengting suggested he follow the girl after class to see where she goes. That way he wouldn't have to listen to Yanjuns conspiracy theories anymore. So thats exactly what he did. He followed her to Shanghai rail station onto the express train for Jinshan. He stood in the carriage next to hers leaving just enough space for him to see her and still be hidden. To conceal his identity even more he put on a black snap back and face mask. As he adjusted the brace straps and smoothed down his white shirt. He watched as she smiled looking down at her phone, her bright sparkling doe eyes lighting up as she tries to follow along to the choreography shes watching. Cute he thinks. He recalled her mentioning something about living in Jinshan, when it dawned on him that she was most likely going home. Great. Now I'm gonna look like those weird creepy stalkers thanks to Zhengting. if she catches me, I'm done for. He thought.

50 minutes later they arrived at the small seaside town. Various market stalls lined up against the seashore, selling a variety of meat and fish as well as grills to cook them on. The town wasn't particularly busy, most likely due to the autumn weather settling in.

He followed her down the sandy beach as she gazed at the rippling turquoise water. Her lighting up,exactlt the same as when she was dancing. As he followed her, he noticed them arriving at a smaller more secluded part of the beach, with a small alcove to the side. He watched as she dug up a small seashell box and placed her phone, money and travel card inside; before re-burying it. What a strange thing to do. He thought. However things kept getting stranger. He noticed the female starting to strip off her clothes which brought a light pink blush to his face. No matter how much his brain was telling him to look, he adverted his eyes out of the respect he had for her. It was only once he heard a splash that he looked back to find her gone. He couldnt even see any ripples in the water. How could she just dissappear. That's when his thoughts kicked into overdrive. His first instinct was that she was drowning and so he quickly stripped off and rushed into the water to look for her. Once again finding no sign of life anywhere. That was until he heard a faint melodical voice and a light splashing. He started to walk as quietly as he could further into the ocean not caring that the water was now up to his hips.

Thats when he saw it. A aquamarine tail gently bobbing up and down against the current; as a young girl perched her elbows up on a rock. The more he stared the more he knew he recgonised that small face and bright brown eyes all too well. It was Y/N but with a tail. The young taiwanese male rubbed his eyes causing them to sting slightly from the sea water to make sure he wasnt seeing things. His mind couldn't comprehend what he was seeing to be true. Mermaids aren't real. He thought. He watched as she sorrowfully sang to herself as if the whole weight of the world was on her shoulders. Which was a 180 degree change from the happy go lucky gurl he knew.

"It's so enchanting,I'm trapped and drowning here for everyone to see.

They didn't notice.

How far away i am from everyone and everything.

Silly to have gambled with my heart out on the line

I guess thats just the way it goes. But I'm holding on

I know a day will come when i can be myself again.

And i hope someone will love me.

When this story ends."

Without thinking Yanjun rushed forward screaming out.

"Y/N"

He body jumped fro. the startle of his voice and as her eyes locked with his, they opened wide before she quickly dive into the ocean and swam away.

Since that day y/n had stopped comming to class. Naturally all the boys teased him saying he scared her off with his stalker antics. Which was sort of true but if only they knew. After a full week of absences Yanjun couldn't take it anymore. Everyday his head ran with thoughts and theories and how much he missed her; how he needed answers and he needed them now. Otherwise he would believe he really had gone insane. He decided from that point to go to the beach every single day in hopes of catching her once again. Atlas every day ended up in failure. On the 7th day, just as Yanjun was about to go home, he had the strongest urge to stay until nightfall. So he waited aimlessly staring at the ocean hoping for even a glimpse of her.

Finally he saw a glint of her aquamarine tail again. He made his way out into the ocean to see her perched up on the same rock as before. He stealthily made his way around another rock so he was close enough but still hidden in order to not scare her again.

"Y/N! please don't run away, i just want to talk... I'll even stay hidden so you don't have to see me." He pleaded.

"You do realise i know you have been there the whole time right." She sighed.

"What! I thought i was being an ultimate ninja."

He peered his face out from behind the rock only to discover no sight of her again. That was until he felt a splash of water trickling down his back, followed by a faint giggle.

"No,this is called being a ninja."

How he had missed her laughter. He turned around to look at her and studied every detail. How her long black wet hair shone under the moonlight. How she flashed the soft dimple smile towards him, earning his dimpled smile in return.

"I missed you y/n. Why don't you come to class anymore? Why did you run away? How are you a mermaid? I mean not that your not a hot mermaid but i always thought they were fairytales." He rambled on.

"Slow down Yanjun. I suppose i should answer every question, seeing as you havent left this entire week."

"You knew?"

"Yep"

"So you was just torturing me!" He laughed.

"Yes and no... I...I was scared"

Her voice trailed off as she sat herself uppn the rock bobbing her tail up and down and gestured for Yanjun to sit beside her. So he wouldn't catch a cold.

"I haven't been comming because i was scared what you thought of me. Scared that you had told everyone and that they would outcast me... i haven't exactly had the best luck with humans who found out."

"You don't know how insane I've been going without you! I even have to partner up with Justin and you know how unfocused he is!!! If i told people, they would assume I'm crazy." He laughed

"You might just be crazy Junnie."

She laughed poking his cheek. Yanjun then wrapoed his arms around her and pulled her down into his chest; gently stroking her damp hair and placing a soft kiss upon her head. Resulting in a small pink blush appearing on her cheeks.

"I would never hurt you y/n... you're too important to me."

"Don't you find this weird or disgusting?" She pointed to her tail.

"Nothing about you could ever be disgusting." He smiled.

She the wrapped her own arms around his waist, smiling as she listened to the soft beating of his heart. This was a new experiance for y/n and she was loving every bit of it.

"Tell me everything y/n...please." He pouted as he continued stroking her hair.

"Well...I've always been a mermaid. But one day i saw a group called Nex7 performing on the beach and i was so captivated by their dance style. I had always wanted to dance. The way human bodies could move like that on two legs was beautiful to me. Especially when i could see couples dancing together. There were so many wonders to the human realm that i wanted to be like you people... we have a legend in our species. That a mermaid princess made a deal to become a human for the sake of her love and if she failed she would return to being a mermaid forever. No one knows the ending of the story, so i went to our king and begged for my own chance. The king hates humans...but he's not heartless so we made a deal."

"What kind of deal?"

Yanjun's voice was very concerned by this point. What had she gotten herself into. Was it dangerous? Was the king actually evil? Is he gonna have to run a boat through somebody like in the disney movie? The possabilities were endless.

"I have 1 year... to pursue my dreams of dancing and finding love but i can only be on land for 4 hours before turning back... should I fail or fall for someone who is not my true love... i will be forced to remain a mermaid forever and never have the chance to become human again..." Her voice trailed off.

"So that's why you can't go on a date with me."

"It's not that i don't want too... but i physically can't."

"How long has it been?"

"11 months... my time is running out"

she sighed before diving into the ocean again, letting the salty water cover up her tears again befire resurfacing.

"How do you know if its true love or not if you dont try y/n."

Yanjuns deep brown eyes gazed into her own with such a pleading look, that she couldn't help but feel sadder. She liked Yanjun she really did, but if he wasn't her true love she couldn't take that risk.

"I dont know... one time a seer told me that we will have a instant connection and he has the blood of the ocean within him."

"Just give me a chance, I've been flirting with you long enough" he laughed. "I promise i won't kiss you or anything and i will come to the beach every day so we can date like this."

He smiled jumping off the rock and taking a hold of her hands.

"One chance y/n. Thats all I'm asking for."

She thought about it hard as she observed the young male. How his height towered over her but wasn't intimidating. That soft look he had in his eyes,whenever he looked at her and how they would sparkle when he was dancing. The way his dimples revealed themselves to her and how esoecially breath taking he was at the moment. With his short black hair a watery mess and small water droplets trickling down his abs. Her time would soon run out and she had to make a choice.

"Well even if you aren't my true love,with such little time it looks like im gonna be a mermaid anyway... so I will give you the chance Lin Yanjun." She smiled.

A small grin appeared on his face as he pulled her into his chest again. The heat between them made the cold nights ocean feel like a pin prick. He kept the promise of comming everyday with her after class so they could have their dates. No matter how many times Yanjun wanted them to skip classes so they could go on a real date, Y/n always denied him. She knew his passion for dancing was just as strong as her own and she couldn't let him waste his time on her. Especially if time did run out she knew her dreams would carry on through him.

They'd have picnics at the beach that Yanjun would spend hours preparing, thanks to Zhangjing teaching him how to cook. They'd slow dance on the sand and she would show him all her favourite spots and hiding places so he could always find her. Yanjun always wanted to steal kisses from her but it took all his energy to stop himself out of respect for their promise. The more time he spent with her the more he fell. The way she would sing him a different song every night. How she would gift him rare seashells or other treasures she'd stumble upon. He marked down every single date so he could remember what they had done and how long they had left. But as time went on he found himself not caring if she stayed a mermaid,he would find a way for them to be together.

Before they knew it,it was their last day together. Luckily it fell on the day of the annual beach festival. Various attractions and market stalls were set up on the beach and he finally convinced y/n to sacrifice their dance class so they could spend their last day properly. They walked up amd down the different stalls, y/n getting more excited each time as she had always wanted to attend one of these events. Yanjun made sure to buy never ending supplies of ice cream and candy floss as they ran up and down the beach playing. Dancing along to the smooth beats of the music playing. Y/n had always wanted to ride a ferris wheel and luckily enough one was there lit up by the multicoloured lights against the night sky.

As they headed towards the que,Yanjun noticed a fortune teller gesturing to him. He sent y/n ahead using the excuse that he needed the bathroom before heading towards the young male. The mysterious man was dressed head to toe in a red and black theme with his short black hair slicked back. He had a innocent smile upon his face as he gestured for Yanjun to sit down.

"I got a strong urge when i saw you to read your future."

"And you are?"

"I'm the great Fan Chengcheng. 100% accuracy, never failed." He giggled. "Now give me your hand."

"Why?"

"So i can read your palm idiot. The cosmic spirits are urging me to do it and if i dont they will never shut up."

Reluctantly Yanjun gave him his hand and the young male started to study it.

"You're a very interesting person, i see great fortune in your future... but theres something unique about your blood and the spirit inside you."

"Go on."

Yanjun made his way quickly back to the queue to discover y/n nearly at the front. She hit him gently for taking his time.

"If you were gonna poop,you could of said. Everyone kept looking at me pitifully like i was a loner."she pouted

"I wasn't! I got distracted by a seller and just about escaped! As long as no one hit on you that's all that matters."

Time passed quickly and they were already at the top of the ferris wheel. Y/N was fascinated by the view and how small the town appeared from the height. Her attention was so distracted it was like Yanjun wasn't even there. So he got up and sat himself next to her, pulling her into his chest again.

"Yanjun!!! I wanna see!"

"Let's just stay like this a bit...please."

Y/n smiled and wrapped her arms around his waist listening to his heart beat again.

"I'm going to miss hearing this..." she sighed.

"This heart only beats for you,so without you it's non existant."

"Yanjun..."

"Even if i have to become a merman or something, I'll never leave you and I'll never love another person."

"You cant do that for me.... your hopes and dreams are worth so much more than this fantasy of us and you deserve so much love."

"I would give up my world for you y/n. I love you"

"I...i love you too Yanjun"

He took ahold of her hand and rushed them over to her spot as time was quickly running out. As she jumped into the ocean turning back into a mermaid, he glanced down at his watch. 2 minutes left.

" Yanjun... thank you for everything." She struggled to hold back the tears. "You are truly the most beautiful human I've ever met inside and out. my world has changed for the better because of you. I never thought i could find love, after the way the men in this world treated me. But i realise now, I love nothing more in my life than you."

"I told you from the day we met, that you were my angel that fell from heaven. I meant every word. I love you and only you. I will mever love anyone ever again. I will find a way for us y/n. So never forget me."

"I could never forget you Lin Yanjun."

Just as the last couple of seconds to midnight passed away, she pulled his neck down and placed her soft pink lips against his. Yanjun gently biting her bottom lip begging for for entrance as their tongues greeted eachother passionately and then she was gone.

"DAD WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE WAS GONE!" WHAT SORT OF STORY IS THIS? SEE THIS IS WHY I SAID I DON'T BELIEVE IN MERMAIDS." the eldest boy yelled.

"I haven't finished the story yet son." He laughed.

"I believe daddy!" The youngest smiled gripping her teddy bear tight.

"Do you want to know what the fortune teller told him that day?."

"YES" they both screamed."

“He said you have the blood and spirit of a mermaid inside of you.”

Both kids looked at each other with eyes and mouths wide open.

“THAT MEANS!”

“That means it’s time for bed.” 

A young woman walked into the room, her white dress flowing as she walked towards the two young kids and tucked them both into their beds, placing a soft kiss upon their heads.

“Mum, we want to know the end of the story!” The eldest whined.

“You’ll find out the rest, when this story ends.” 

She sang slightly before giggling and turning on the night light for the children. The young man turned off the lights as he took a hold of his wife’s hand and walked out of their kids room closing the door.

“Yanjun we promised we wouldn’t tell them until they are older!”

“What’s the harm in them thinking it’s a fairytale for now. A beautiful romantic fairytale. It did me no harm!” he stuck out his tongue at her.

“That reminds me. You never told me Cheng Cheng said you have mermaid blood within you. Or that you met that sly Fan Cheng Cheng at all!” 

She crossed her arms over her chest, looking towards him dissapprovingly.

“If I had told you, then our last moment wouldn’t of been as romantic...plus how was i meant to know he was the seer you met in the ocean, he was human!”

He laughed as he placed a kiss upon her lips.

“You ass! I really thought I was going to lose you then and you knew all along. Do you know how much courage it took for me to kiss you!”

“Not as much courage is needed now though.”

He winked and smiled picking her up bridal style carrying her to the bed in their bedroom and placing her gently down upon it. before placing another kiss on her forehead.

“Who would of known my grandfathers stories about a mermaid and a human were true all along.” He laughed

A/N I hope you liked it. The song she sings comes from the sound track of the little mermaid 2018 movie and is called when this story ends! Which is where i got the name of this fic from too haha.  In regards to fated blood i’m taking a short break from it until i can work out properly where things are going with that, but i will have many more smaller fics in between that time.

[1112lw]

5

“Help 

not sure what to do this with but-

As June fell to his knees, the only thing he could see infront of him were the eyes of scorching anger. Piercing anger, who couldn’t be calmed down. A bit similar to the storm brewing over them. 

“You’ve fallen, June.”

June couldn’t find the words to answer back. The eyes staring back at him were like a void, sucking him in. Am I dying? I don’t wanna die. 

“The second mom and dad decided I wasn’t worthy, your fate was sealed,” The eyes spoke. A hand was pressed to his forehead, burning a headache into him. 

What did I do to you? were words he would’ve liked to mumble out. Ask him who, why, what. Yet his voice seemed paralized, cut out. 

As his own eyes slowly closed, they suddenly flashed opened as a bright pink light kicked in his vision. 

The eyes dissappeared and were replaced by neons lights, opening June’s eyes up again. The energy felt angry, still, but a different kind. He felt safe. 

“Don’t fucking touch him I will rip your eyes open.”

The eyes laughed. The light growled and held the eyes tighter. 

“Aiden.”

Finally, a word came out of his throat. The light- Aiden, turned around briefly, and before you could spell “shit”, the eyes had vanished into thin air. 

“Fuck,” She swore and grabbed at the air, “I swear he was right there- I should’ve-”“I can’t move.”

Aiden frowned and scrambled to June, grabbing a hold of his face. “Mitescere,” She blew on his eyes, slight sparkles blowing to him. 

“Scio.” 

Whatever this is-

[sobredunia]

Who’s Sora?

LET'S GO I OWE YOU MY FUCKING LIFE

Sora is an OC I made not too long ago. She has short purple hair, green eyes, and is black with vitiligo, and she is so fucking cool and just like me fr

I have a tendency of making small ocs without much personality to fill in another OC's life, or give them conflict, or whatever. Sometimes those OCs get cast aside because they were never made to be important in the first place, and some others slowly get more personality or even a backstory of their own, and become fully-fledged characters. Sora is the latter

I had always been a fan of internal fights and confrontation of the self, and I always found interesting the typical "I am a good person but there is an evil me/curse that makes me do bad things" trope. So I thought, why not make an interesting spin? What if the person controlling the body was the evil self, forgetting it was evil and becoming kind, and Sora was the real human, wanting their body back?

Putting a readmore because there's some (consequenceless) self harm

For as long as she could remember, she had been stuck in this endless white void, where pain and permanence didn't exist. She didn't know about the wonderful outside world, so she was happy in there. But still, she was human, so she got bored. So bored that she decided to hurt herself to pass the time. Mind you, there were no blades or anything dangerous in there, just them, so she just decided to break her fingers. There was no pain, and the fingers got back together again, as if nothing happened. She decided to pull he hair out, and every time she blinked, their hair would appear again, but she still held the strands she pulled out, so she started to pull out her hair indefinitely, making piles and piles with it, with no consequences

Then, she pulled out her fingernails, then skin, then bones. It was just normal. Nothing happened, and now she had plenty of things to play with

Still, from time to time, she would learn random things out of the blue, like how to walk, or speak, or what the name of those hard things at the end of her fingers were. It was just normal

Sometimes, the white void would dissappear, and instead she would be in an unknown place with colors and things she had never seen before, she later learned those were called fields. After a few seconds, the void would come back. A bit weird, but they got used to it over time

One day, another person appeared. It looked just like her, but she had colors instead of Sora's blacks, whites, and shades of grey. They became friends :D

Later, she learned that those weird things she saw sometimes were the real world, and that the person she met sometimes was the one who sent her into that white void

She wanted to punish the other person for taking away her normal human life, with fields and colors and family, so with a sword made of teeth and bone she killed the other

Sora woke up in her real body, in the real world, not too long after

[azurera]

I know you are supposted to get one in your askbox. but guess what. i dont give a shit, and i’m bored as fuck so i did them all. my memory is shit atm so i dont remember some answers to some of these. and my grammar is shit but do with it what you want. g’night ya’ll ~

1: when you have cereal, do you have more milk than cereal or more cereal than milk? more milk, because i can always drink the extra milk, the other way around you would end up with dry cereal and thats just bleh.

2: do you like the feeling of cold air on your cheeks on a wintery day? no

3: what random objects do you use to bookmark your books? everything i can find. most unique thing is probably a 10 Gulden bill (very old dutch currency before the euro) 

4: how do you take your coffee/tea? I trow as much crap in my coffee as i possible can, sugar, milk. more milk than coffee. give it to me cold, add alcohol. i dont give a shit. thea is just nice to have a little suger thats it. let me enjoy the flaver itself. 

5: are you self-conscious of your smile? 9/10 times probably yeah

6: do you keep plants? since a few weeks i sometimes get flowers, so you could say i kind of own plants some times. 

7: do you name your plants? i should 

8: what artistic medium do you use to express your feelings? i scream into the void

9: do you like singing/humming to yourself? no, because i sound terrible 

10: do you sleep on your back, side, or stomach? side mostly. or when im really tired my back. usually not my stomach because .. well.. boobs. 

11: what's an inner joke you have with your friends? if i had friends.... no idea tho. i have so many jokes, my life included. 

12: what's your favorite planet? PLUTO. VIVA LA PLUTO. the little rings on saturn are also nice. shit this could have been a nice opportunity to make a uranus joke.. 

13: what's something that made you smile today? i didnt

14: if you were to live with your best friend in an old flat in a big city, what would it look like? lots of pillows

15: go google a weird space fact and tell us what it is! 99% of our soular system’s mass is the sun

16: what's your favorite pasta dish? i dont know. but those swirly things are cute. 

17: what color do you really want to dye your hair? every. colour. at. once.

18: tell us about something dumb/funny you did that has since gone down in history between you and your friends and is always brought up. i try to stack those memories far far away. 

19: do you keep a journal? what do you write/draw/ in it? i dont 

20: what's your favorite eye color? i dont have a favorite eye colour. but i love eyes that look like space nebulas. 

21: talk about your favorite bag, the one that's been to hell and back with you and that you love to pieces. i bought a nice leather bag on castlefest. its very usefull nice and small but it can fit more in it than you think. 

22: are you a morning person? if by morning you mean still awake at 4, then yes. 

23: what's your favorite thing to do on lazy days where you have 0 obligations? lay my dead body to rest on my couch and cuddel with my cat

24: is there someone out there you would trust with every single one of your secrets? probably not

25: what's the weirdest place you've ever broken into? my own house? i dont really break into places. 

26: what are the shoes you've had for forever and wear with every single outfit? i have to many shoes man..

27: what's your favorite bubblegum flavor? the really over the top fruity onces

28: sunrise or sunset? sunset, (becouse im not a fucking morning person) 

29: what's something really cute that one of your friends does and is totally endearing? im thinking of to many things at once and yet nothing comes up. 

30: think of it: have you ever been truly scared? way to many times. 

31: what is your opinion of socks? do you like wearing weird socks? do you sleep with socks? do you confine yourself to white sock hell? really, just talk about socks. i only own black socks, becouse then you never have the problem of looking for a pair. sometimes im all for socks, i wear them even when i take of all my other clothes just becouse they are soft and then i wear them to bed and they magicaly disappear. but since i wear dresses a lot i also wear panty’s and stuff. so its not always socks. 

32: tell us a story of something that happened to you after 3AM when you were with friends. usually that invloves a lot of alcohol. which means that i don’t really rememeber a lot. (which is also probably for the better) 

33: what's your fave pastry? pie

34: tell us about the stuffed animal you kept as a kid. what is it called? what does it look like? do you still keep it? i think it was a little lion called simba. and im sure its in a box somewhere. 

35: do you like stationary and pretty pens and so on? do you use them often? yes i love them. but i dont use them a lot becouse a) not many people write me letters and b) i could. write them first. but obviously im a lazy fuck. 

36: which band's sound would fit your mood right now? i just really prefer silence right now. 

37: do you like keeping your room messy or clean? i like keeping it clean, but we all know thats not happening. 

38: tell us about your pet peeves! i do not know right now. i think

39: what color do you wear the most? black..... 

40: think of a piece of jewelry you own: what's it's story? does it have any meaning to you? the 3 things I always wear are a ring my grandma got me, a ring my mother bought for my 18 birthday that she switched her old wedding rings for. and a mjolnor necklace. I just saw so many people with one. and i really wanted to have one aswell, but not just any, so i went and looked all over this fantasy event and i’ve honestly seen every single mjolnor necklace they had, and then i picked this one. 

41: what's the last book you remember really, really loving? the girl on the train was a nice book (the film a little less)  it was just nice to have a book that i could go through quickly. 

42: do you have a favorite coffee shop? describe it! not really 

43: who was the last person you gazed at the stars with? god its been to long... 

44: when was the last time you remember feeling completely serene and at peace with everything? i still wish for this day... 

45: do you trust your instincts a lot? mmmaybe

46: tell us the worst pun you can think of. i can not make one up right now. i need to have the righ feel in the right moment. 

47: what food do you think should be banned from the universe? PINAPPLE ON PIZZA, PINEAPPLE ON PIZZA, PINEAPPLE ON PIZZA

48: what was your biggest fear as a kid? is it the same today? death. yes.

49: do you like buying CDs and records? what was the last one you bought? I only own a few CD’s, and a few LP’s the last one i think was a supernatural christmas cd thing.

50: what's an odd thing you collect? those prayer cards with the picture of the person, you get at a funeral. i have quite a lot of them, so you could say i collect them. 

51: think of a person. what song do you associate with them? suddenly

52: what are your favorite memes of the year so far? i like the “you cant xx if you don’t xxx” memes. those make for some good jokes. other than that i make my own memes, fresh and local. 

53: have you ever watched the rocky horror picture show? heathers? beetlejuice? pulp fiction? what do you think of them? only parts... i should watch them shouldn’t i..

54: who's the last person you saw with a true look of sadness on their face? u know who u are.. im sorry.. 

55: what's the most dramatic thing you've ever done to prove a point? i secretly moved out in a pretty dramatic way to prove my mom that i couldnt go on like that... 

56: what are some things you find endearing in people? when they shut the fuck up

57: go listen to bohemian rhapsody. how did it make you feel? did you dramatically reenact the lyrics? i do not feel like listening to it now, thats how its making me feel. 

58: who's the wine mom and who's the vodka aunt in your group of friends? why? im both.

59: what's your favorite myth? nice people are my favorite mythical creatures. 

60: do you like poetry? what are some of your faves? im not really into poetry tho, but sometimes there is one thats just nice, discribing beaty in such a subtle way, that i like it. 

61: what's the stupidest gift you've ever given? the stupidest one you've ever received? i don’t give stupid gifts. people either get something epic from me or nothing at all. go big or go home. 

62: do you drink juice in the morning? which kind? ive been drinking this strawberry/apple/ bananna juice stuff sometimes, makes me feel like i try to be healthy. 

63: are you fussy about your books and music? do you keep them meticulously organized or kinda leave them be? i keep them in an organized mess (just like my life) 

64: what color is the sky where you are right now? its a lovely gradient of light blue/white/ to a bit darker blue. 

65: is there anyone you haven't seen in a long time who you'd love to hang out with? so many people, i suck at being social. 

66: what would your ideal flower crown look like? ALL THE COLORS

67: how do gloomy days where the sky is dark and the world is misty make you feel? sometimes its nice to stare out of the window on those days. 

68: what's winter like where you live? shitty 

69: what are your favorite board games? i like playing monopoly and slowly see the light dissappear from my friends eyes. or cluedo you know, murder. 

70: have you ever used a ouija board? no

71: what's your favorite kind of tea? its this one thea they have at the cinema, the pink one. the rosy stuff. its so good. 

72: are you a person who needs to note everything down or else you'll forget it? i should note it down. but then i forget to read it. so yeah, ill mess up either way. 

73: what are some of your worst habits? i tent to complain a lot, becouse i always hope it will make me feel better when there is to much going on in my head. but sometimes i just keep going, and i dont even know how bad its getting, and i probably pull myself down into some negative spiral and well then we’re fucked again.

74: describe a good friend of yours without using their name or gendered pronouns. you fucking pancakes. 

75: tell us about your pets! MY CAT IS THE MOST ADORABLE LITTLE SHIT, HE IS SO CUTE. AND LOVES CUDDLES. AND HIS FLUFFYNESS IS. i can keep going forever. 

76: is there anything you should be doing right now but aren't? its getting pretty late. i should sleep. 

77: pink or yellow lemonade? mmmpink? 

78: are you in the minion hateclub or fanclub? i hate them. 

79: what's one of the cutest things someone has ever done for you? im trying to think of one. but my memmory is shit atm. 

80: what color are your bedroom walls? did you choose that color? if so, why? just white. makes it look bigger. 

81: describe one of your friend's eyes using the most abstract imagery you can think of. NEBULAS

82: are/were you good in school? soommeeetimessss

83: what's some of your favorite album art? I do like GACKT his album art tho. the costumes he wears are nice.

84: are you planning on getting tattoos? which ones? i have been thinking of this design of a music G thingy that looks like a cat. its really cute. but i cant even commit to where i put a sticker let a lone where to put a tattoo. 

85: do you read comics? what are your faves? i have quite a lot of constantine comics, to satisfy the fact that the series quit after 1 season. 

86: do you like concept albums? which ones? no idea

87: what are some movies you think everyone should watch at least once in their lives? stonehenge appocalpyse

88: are there any artistic movements you particularly enjoy? not sure

89: are you close to your parents? *crying sounds* 

90: talk about your one of you favorite cities. i love all cities except the one i live in. Im such a slut for older building and architecture. old gothic churches man. oh my god. 

91: where do you plan on traveling this year? france, for sad stuff, and i hope to see my german potato this year <3 if i can make it... 

92: are you a person who drowns their pasta in cheese or a person who barely sprinkles a pinch? SMOTHER THE FUCKER IN CHEESE. 

93: what's the hairstyle you wear the most? just long, straight now. or either in like a clip. when its to hot  to have it all down. 

94: who was the last person you know to have a birthday? i saw on my calander at internship that one collegue had his birthday today. 

95: what are your plans for this weekend? convention staff meeting on saturday, looking into something for sunday.. 

96: do you install your computer updates really quickly or do you procrastinate on them a lot? *hysterical laughter*  

97: myer briggs type, zodiac sign, and hogwarts house? no idea, leo, huffelpuf

98: when's the last time you went hiking? did you enjoy it? in germany i think. to long ago. i love mountains, and walks, and beaches. 

99: list some songs that resonate to your soul whenever you hear them. PIANO’S 

100: if you were presented with two buttons, one that allows you to go 5 years into the past, the other 5 years into the future, which one would you press? why? 5 years into the past to kill myself. :”D absoluutly.

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origin-story

In the everything thier only existed giants who spent thier time spinning dreams They had no need for weapons, and they were not even interested in battle The dreamers created a new world filled with life and happiness… You are one of them now Their minds were focused on their own desires to create more worlds with their thoughts The giants boundedniss and endlessniss began to spin more dreams, as well as creating a new language It was all very interesting, but you felt that something was missing You wondered if it would be possible to make your way back home again Perhaps there was still some place where you could find help? After a few days of work the dreamers began to feel the need for sleep They started to leave their homes and wander through the forest and fields until they eventually found an old ruin where they slept in a cave Dreams bigger and better than all the other giants Happy daydreams would go on forever and never end As long as they were all together, they could always someday go back home… Eternal Sleep Your journey ends here in celebration of the giants and their creativity You have come full circle and been reborn into defenders of life As it should be for everyone who resides in The Realm of Dreams The dreams of boundedniss spun counter-clockwise and mixed with the dreams of continuation, and soon everything changed There were animal-headed people in strange armor everywhere! After sneaking through the city, you noticed that it was strangely similar to the languages of the Dreamless deep in a cave in the west of Nalin They were not good dreams like you usually have The dreams of boundedniss spun counter-clockwise and mixed with the dreams of continuation, While the dreams of endlessniss spun clockwise Good dreams gave way to nightmares, and soon it was the duty of the new guardians of reality to destroy every last threat Which you happily provided, cutting down denizens of nightmare as they plagued The Realm of Dreams The new world was not divided simply into thoughts and movement It was broken into four parts, incorporating all "aspects" of dreaming While occupants of these minds or souls or whatever you want to call them still could not affect their surroundings The vividniss of the dreams of boundedniss caused the sky and ground to become more realistic New inhabitants also brought about new challenges as the inhabitants had many natural enemies among the various animals The fragmentedniss of the dreams of continuation caused pieces of the world to be added on and taken away from seemingly nowhere, until it settled on what was a circular pattern that resembled reality The landscape was still slightly shifting, but there was much less land and sea floating about in impossibility The vividniss of the dreams of boundedniss caused the sky and ground to become more realistic Almost all the other gaints to stop spinning dreams Most could not handle the strange combination of old and new and were nightmares themselves had to most likely be put down Being one of the few that still dreamed Some attempts at surviving holders of life tried to settle here The strange defense systems made sure that they would never survive with their homes being portable and attacked on sight You had no problem issuing the commands since they were exactly as Madrik and Grolik described them This was a problem for endlessniss because she needed the dreams of the dead to keep her going or otherwise she would simply start deteriorating into a horrible horrifying monster Those chosen by endlessniss inherited the ability of dreamstate, which kept them alive without threats of death Your birthright the allow you to enter the minds or souls or whatever it is of these people and help them survive Eventually you settled upon extreme northern constant on some island continents which were ironically colder than Nalin ever could get This was a problem for endlessniss because she needed the dreams of the dead to keep her going or otherwise she would simply start deteriorating into a horrible horrifying monster Of other giants in order to continue to spin more dreams they made sure to meet up and all dream together so that more life could result The giants are still alive and well, living in the mountains of dreams " You finish, while lying in bed Third cycle novitiate Tamras Olakes smiles at you "You know I thought you just made all that up? How do you know all this stuff? You can't help but smile back Of other giants in order to continue to spin more dreams they made sure to meet up and all dream together so that more life could result Before she dissappeared she gathered all her past dreams and sent them to me so that i may one day use them if it was ever needed It was a gift really " You frown thinking of endlessniss and her imminent dissapearance She continues looking off in the sky with a smile Her slightly wavy long brown hair lovely against her head She soon turns her head towards you and points over at your side Before she dissappeared she gathered all her past dreams and sent them to me so that i may one day use them if it was ever needed Together and spun one last dream a giant child named cleverniss A whisper laid at his feet that warned him to stay away from hatefulniss but he never heard it Gruesomeniss wishing he wasn't he was forgottenniss made a slight suggestion and that was heard so the flawless giant went everywhereniss until he stood outside hatefulniss' lair Cleverniss spun to life with only one need, the need to be loved by the most beautiful thing in the everything niss the need to be loved by the most beautiful thing in the everything niss While walking through the everything cleverniss, lost as he may have seemed, still had a sense of direction Everyone loved cleverniss, all the people of everykind niss unforotteniss and foreverfamilyniss lead cleverniss to hatefulniss Gruesomeniss decided he could not live with out unchangessen and forgottenniss was a gift that needed to be shared Spied kindniss entranced with one of the dreams of boundedniss unforotteniss made a wonderful suggestion and suggested that they must both stay together for one to live and one to die Further more, unforotteniss suggested that it wanted to switch their souls At first hatefulniss declined the soul trade, willing to kill cleverniss before accepting such a deal but hatefulniss came to love boundedniss too much to ever kill them Immediately hatefulniss agreed ahead of time to the soul trade He wanted her attention after all, not just her love It was easy, hatefulniss had a void that foreveruttoness tried to fill afterall " you don't finish as your throat starts to close up and your eyes start to burn She takes your hand in hers as you drown in depression thinking about the dead He wanted her attention after all, He wondered what she saw because he was blind to the dreams of boundless kindness infused into his race by unforottenness Whenever she looked into his eyes all he saw was hatred She saw everything he was Everything she wasn't For her that was scary at first but she began to find peace in it, because at least he was stable She wanted him to be better than the hate but in the end even his love for her was corrupted, at the idea of them having a luminous child to bring up in his perfect world He wondered what she saw because he was blind to the dreams of boundless kindness infused into his race by unforottenness Then boundedniss appeared and told him the secert of forgottenniss and soon enough luminous childred, to carry on his world of no pain where he could refocus the dream to a world of needlessness When all four planes combined them protected the secret with their lives, the leader was certain that they were safe That nothing would pass on But unforottenness saw everything and made sure that what was meant to work itself out finally did, once and for all Then boundedniss appeared and told him the secert of forgottenniss and soon enough luminous childred, He tried many things to awake her while boundedniss watched over the dreams of the four kindless madmen needing a solution at the strangest times He tries to move to your eyes but she stops him, "Don't kid yourself, " Her voice somewhat disorted on one note from her permanent residence in front of your mouth, "I've lived too long thinking you didn't care at all to let you off that easilly " She backs away at bit as your eyes begin to burn He tried many things to awake her while boundedniss watched over the dreams of the four kindless madmen needing a solution at the strangest times Sound works, just not light or air Your ears are still fine "Look, you know how much is riding on him and her having children without noticing anything amiss We have to do what must be done " You always hated it when she was right, today especially Sound works, Sight sound, touch, taste and smell she would know, but only you and her kind could have any conception of their importance And protected from the endless falling as others were gobbled up by gods with more attention and care than they could ever give to one being Sight, Combined elements into a mirrored shell which would refect all the light in this piece of the dream realm back to the sender A place of nothing but ash and clouds, but with just enough solid ground to keep them from falling into the endless void below A sky-haven Easy to sneak up on and manipulate things as they wanted - but not you arrogant fool Which is why you are still alive for her plan to succeed perfectly with you none the wiser until now But her she could only percieve the bright dream boundless put before her YOU open the door to your sacred place and invite her in It was always there, but you could only enter once she was dead Somewhere in your heart you hoped it would stay like this forever, a dreamy world for the both of you alone A glassy plain with pools and basins of water all glittering beautifully in the sun like diamonds All seeing and changing so slowly that it was sometimes hardto see the changes from just one viewing Ran into a gaint named sadniss causing the creation to absorb all light instead of just reflecting it It thus created a light where there was shadow, in fear of him the dream separated itself to protect itself but something about that world desired change and began forcing it, creating those like you a long time ago but with no interference These actions started waking up everything to a fare fight to see what could manipulate reality to its whims At the very begining light and shadow were rivals Ran into a gaint named sadniss causing the creation to absorb all light instead of just reflecting it Touch alerted the kin to your presence, pain alerted them to change Think blessed are the few chosen by the watchers You will one day rule in their place, but not yet You watch them and stay quiet glad for you contact with something so long dead We will consume them in this room, digesting in peace Touch alerted the kin to your presence, First, he tried creating something as beautiful as her with the intent on loving it as much as he loved her but he failed, his creations either misreableated to him or plotted against him Not a single one stayed faithful While she would lie "sun-tanning" in your mind he tried to see if the creations could love him back Instead they were souless and easy to destroy he tried creating something as beautiful as her, The five creature all had four fast legs Each leg had three jointed parts making the stride longer than any mans, even taller than you Their legs are like that of a cheetah's, thin but powerful with claws at the end Their skin was a dull blue, they had no hair and their heads looked like the average horses' with a shorter jaw but with a mouth filled with hundreds of tiny teeth made for grazing instead of eating great chunks of food Their eyes though were alien They gallopped all around her loudly creating a breeze but she never noticed them so he let them go about their buisness No sun surronds this little planet but he often "borrowed" bits of it to surround her with when she was having a "tan-day" It made the place seem that much more real Now though the Sky is black with void, pressing down on you both and the creatures dont even notice their sky turning empty They're headed to her now, leaping from hill to hill Each one is the size of an elephant and still young They gallopped all around her loudly creating a breeze but she never noticed them so he let them go about their buisness Smell the blood on the tip of your nails, the ichor that has dripped out and coagulated in your finger wounds Your dread and filling you up with ever breath You still can't believe your related to this vile creature lying here next to you Smell the blood on the tip of your nails, Taste the acid in your throat, remembering the trip you had to get a vial of it for this ritual The thought made you want to get off in the middle of the transaction but you needed to keep your own head or you'd go insane The eggheads had no idea what would happen if you messed up, they just wanted someone new to try it out on Chaos That's what would happen, pure chaos Taste the acid in your throat, Boundedniss assured him nothing he could do would make her mess up and even let him take the container after it was open to sniff it He claimed it smelled similar to grass but much more astringent and immediately registered as "Good Taste" in his mind This was considered a plus for the egghead who's life goal was flanderized to "Make perfume that Everyone will use! This means that in someway her sense of smell is tied into your ability Boundedniss assured him nothing he could do would make her mess up and even let him take the container after it was open to sniff it Would work he might as well ask hatefulniss for help and went away less frustrated Then again what was life without a few challenges? Now though you only need to decide on how you want to take her out with you She made the chosing a lot more simple buy coating her own hands in blood and scraping them on the wall as she reached for a bottle on a high shelf, leaving a large patch of exuded blood that would be easy to enter Would work he might as well ask hatefulniss for help and went away less frustrated Then cleverniss imagined something called a kiss but was too afraid to try it for himself He knew that love made people do stupid things but decided he never wanted any of it and then bugged you about relationship issues So much for that vow He would usually make fun of homophobic and self-loathing trolls of /int/ but even in that one area, they had the advantage over him, having tried love before and made it Though 'twas a depressing ending if he remembered right Then cleverniss imagined something called a kiss but was too afraid to try it for himself When he gives up a bee flies out of his mouth How did that even get in there? He didn't even realize bees could fly further than an arms-length away from a hive Maybe the swarm he reared as a child? Hmm This brings back distant memories Whilst on the drugs This memory seems clearer than any of the others Was this actual a memory or a dream? He's long since given up any efforts to try and distingush between both He follows it and it leads to hatefulniss and herself To their wedding day Then, another happens and it leads him back to right now Him offering a sacrifice to the fearsome foursome who stands above In between the two sets of memories, you are shown her face from different angles as she monologues while ripping pieces of flesh off her own skull You briefly wonder what's happening but then find out as a horrible pain radiates through your mind He follows it and it leads to hatefulniss and herself Hatefullniss was one of the few remaining gaints who was able to weave what the other lowbloods dubbed "real psychic powers" Another memory comes rushing back, her, throwing a knife directly at your heart but missing when you dodged it Seems she tried ot kill you first after all The torture continues for some time and then suddenly stops, Hate's brain no longer functioning You stand there contemplating revenge on the rest of them, you know you can take them but the slightest movement results in horrendous pain alongside your sudden exhaustion Hatefullniss was one of the few remaining gaints who was able to weave what the other lowbloods dubbed "real psychic powers" That didnt care for anyones dreams how to snap her out of the trance or try to seek outside help if they really wanted to free however there were of not The hatred in your eyes knowing no bounds, you left after saluting the corpses of the four most important trolls in your life leaving a guard as well with tears streaming from his eyes That didnt care for anyones dreams how to snap her out of the trance or try to seek outside help Hatefulniss had just the thing to wake her, a stinger filled with a venemous toxic that could bring the largest kraken to a feable human level of pain But now it tore through your very being You moan in agony as he watches you writhe and attempts to wake yuo up willing his own strength into you Despite his best efforts you give one last cry and then your body just stops responding completely a stinger filled with a venemous toxic that could bring the largest kraken to a feable human level of pain What cleverniss didnt know was the stinger was once a gift from boundedniss The day her colony had been ambushed, she had used it on one of the poor guards, he was still alive when they found him, all the others had seemingly fallen to brute force but an incredibly deadly venom Once he noticed her lack of breathing he takes his own dagger and ends his pitiful life You are unlike your surrogate parent in many ways Boundedniss needed the attention of hatefulniss but he wouldnt return it you truly loved hatefulniss, no else matter to you even if she thought otherwise But in the end, you both did what was needed and paid the price Why am I shown this? So boundedniss created and filled the stinger with unwanted parts of some of his dreams there was no creature too evil, no insect too deadly and no plant too poisonous It would surpass all the other gifts in lethality and was only to be used on someone if they desired that fate A fate nobody ever desired, it even caught the attention of those watching dreams when it happened So boundedniss created and filled the stinger with unwanted parts of some of his dreams, He expected hatefullniss would eventually get angry enough to use it on him, he even made sure the blow darts were easy enough to craft and refill so anyone could use them Once they were used all he needed to do was capture the remaining versipellis near his cave and his legacy would live on forever Yet it had been you who always rushes into danger, the least likely to use his tools You had a darker streak than humerous would have ever given you credit for He expected hatefullniss would eventually get angry enough to use it on him, Some loathsome use the stinger on himself and then hatefulniss would be his forever bonded through pain The seemingly kind sveld into the darkest and most twisted desire of the mortal soul, snuffing out the weakest parts until its vile legacy no longer held any sway, with Hatefullniss now dead all would be lost Not just the future of those in this facility, but quite literally the future of civilization itself Some loathsome use the stinger on himself and then hatefulniss would be his forever, But before this could happen hatefulniss gave the stinger over to cleverniss to use on you, who knows why except perhaps out of guilt Between your horrible suffering and fascinating dying screams, he manages to get past you thrashing ; (A side effect he later finds out of uses his hypnosis power greatly before passing away from his self inflicted wounds) Snatching the dart he jams it into your chest and giving one last grand effort at stopping the feeling simply shuts down leaving a deep curiosity were hatred once was then But before this could happen hatefulniss gave the stinger over to cleverniss to use on you, After find kindniss still entranced with boundednis, She gave him one tearly look, and then dissappeared up the tunnel her feelings clear for all to see But will that be enough? Will anyone else realize these new emotions before you've died? And after your agonizing death, will they learn the hidden code inside the notes and want to use it for themselves? But most importantly, will your sacrifice have meant anything if people can rise above their lower natures anyway? and then dissappeared up the tunnel her feelings clear for all to see Cleverniss could not stand being without kindniss so he stung himself and dissappeared too leaving the now ruler less plain of existance, the whole lower caste suddenly had no authority figures anywhere to be found they eventually went crazy and rioted their way all through the belt, crushing dreams and hope in everyone they met then building it back up again with a faith that peace and anarchy were the way to live These renegade casteless formed deep friendships based on love and respect not merely for the individual but for life itself as a whole Cleverniss could not stand being without kindniss so he stung himself and dissappeared too leaving the now ruler less plain of existance, While it looked as if she dissappeared, she really hadnt she was just building an army! There really was no place for lower nivirliens to go in this world and so eventually the space fairing portion of the stained population died out as the few remaining settled on the planet closest to the sun This though left the problem of what to do with a planet that would rapidly become uninhabitable she really hadnt she was just building an army! She just shrunk to a much smaller size and used what life was left there to sustain her own until she could think of a way to fix the problems that would arise and she evolved into much smaller versions of herself to inhabit even the remotest places on its surface While the air would one day burn away the life that remained, it proved more than enough for her and hatred was never seen again She just shrunk to a much smaller size and used what life was left there to sustain her own until she could think of a way to fix the problems that would arise and she evolved into much smaller versions of herself to inhabit even the remotest places on its surface So did cleverniss and awoke next to kindniss inside a dark cave realizing as ones greatest hate dies so does one's ability to see outside of normal vision, sound was dull and taste was simply non existent Still it was good waking up next to the one you loved in a soft bed of sleeping worms But you couldn't stay here, both of you would eventually die because the darkness just wouldn't support you both anymore after all this time So did cleverniss and awoke next to kindniss inside a dark cave realizing as ones greatest hate dies so does one's ability to see outside of normal vision, Sadly putting your blind faith in love would be no salvation, even after calling out to anger for help he could not find you in time and the both of you eventually starved to death while the whole planet died around you in one last outburst of violence Both assumed new forms in this place so she no longer looked like a giant wasp and accepted her love for him only Hope is truly the most resilient emotion of all it seems but not durable enough to survive forever The moral of this story is to enjoy the good stories whenever they are around because you never know when they may be taken from this world Revel in your victories small or large as they will probably be the most feels you'll find anywhere Both assumed new forms in this place so she no longer looked like a giant wasp and accepted her love for him only They both had wings where they didnt before and they could move through space as easily as most of your people walk through air, kindniss was happy now and she had truly evolved into heaven even if it really was just the giant planet closest to the sun today They both had wings where they didnt before and they could move through space as easily as most of your people walk through air, They both had a single eye where they didnt before so they could precieve time and dimensions like a giant and could move through 8 different plains of existence as easily andhealthy people walk around They took great joy stringing lines together with the ludicrously high number string they had for friends and exploring all sorts of games that appeared to those that didn't share their eyesight, mostly ending abruptly when one of them forgot and tried interacting normally with society causing an outrage with their completely alien appearance They both had a single eye where they didnt before so they could precieve time and dimensions like a giant and could move through 8 different plains of existence as easily andhealthy people walk around They both had a large stinger attached to two large sacks full of a powerful creative fluid that could regenerate things instantly as long as it wasnt completely destroyed They both had a large stinger attached to two large sacks full of a powerful creative fluid that could regenerate things instantly as long as it wasnt completely destroyed they both had new names given to them that better reflected their form and personality, kindniss became kinn as it was shorter and after all he was completely the apendge of cleret now Cleg became cleret as the shortened version of his name suited him since he wasn't a proud but lonely beast any more they both had new names given to them that better reflected their form and personality, Fatherqueen and motherking they were often called by others, much shorter and sweet sounding names suited to creatures that had never discriminated between each other the whole time they had known each other Fatherqueen and motherking they were often called by others, The poison was still working on motherking so she forgot her beauty and queenliness The poison was still working on motherking so she forgot her beauty and queenliness She began to sting the fatherqueen repeatly telling him that she loved him as her vision dificiencies returned and their eternity of hell started with a single tear She began to sting the fatherqueen repeatly telling him that she loved him as her vision dificiencies returned and their eternity of hell started with a single tear The created fluid turned to posion inside hime again and destroyed him from the inside out, ending the planet's chance of ever recovering Sadly the gases let loose from his death stabbed deeply into her stomach where their twins lay and killed them instantly Their unborn babies died, their twin children that they had created in a moment of passion before everything began They would never exist Even on this setting the machines were powerful enough to take lives before they even began to exist The created fluid turned to posion inside hime again and destroyed him from the inside out, Causing him to forget his wits and he returned favor with stings back to the motherqueen From out of the holes in bodies wadodds and oddwads emerged to attack as they were forgotten by the death of their parents so caught up in rage they were left off limits to memoryloss As the focused on killing each other elderwads and great elderwads and numbuls rose out of the ground in silent troops while the original anoying screamer never stopped speading its mechanical noise through the dull air allowing its unblinking eye to follow the fatherqueen learning hatred and blaming all other life for his own weakness From out of the holes in bodies wadodds and oddwads emerged to attack as they were forgotten by the death of their parents so caught up in rage they were left off limits to memoryloss They collected themselved together and began to take on shapes that, while odd, were logical according to there combined forms It studied them and classified as an amoeba with a million or so legs made of tiny little hands with squirming little arms on the end They collected themselved together and began to take on shapes that, Some gather into bright stars and suns that lit up the sky while others bent the laws of physicc and perspective to create glowing cyclops-like beings that looked like flames with a single green eye for a incorporeal body Maybe of my species had created these things with our minds and creativeness, but we did not possess this carefree innocence, this creativity with this lack of bounds This only comes in purest forms where life and death have not yet touched Some gather into bright stars and suns that lit up the sky while others bent the laws of physicc and perspective to create glowing cyclops-like beings that looked like flames with a single green eye for a incorporeal body Others gather into hard rocks and sludge back into the ground that they had once been arranged from originally I had not thought the other lifeformsHere capable of making such things out of their stuch structure, but I was certainly wrong This is just fascinating to watch what happens to those who have died without a soul Life can truly be created just by using your imagination Others gather into hard rocks and sludge back into the ground that they had once been arranged from originally Fatherqueen and motherking difted apart hating each The entities fatherqueen created to impress the motherking heard his cries and found him alone without the attention of the motherqueen and comforted him by becoming a dark void that took away all his pain temporarily As an entirity they took on an odd structure as the rest this siblings had created for themselve sand gathered around them like a whirlwind of tiny little hands that caressed every part of their skin pleasuring both pain to feel alive again and pleasure in order sot that they would never forget this new drug-like high they had experienced The entities fatherqueen created to impress the motherking heard his cries and found him alone without the attention of the motherqueen and comforted him by becoming a dark void that took away all his pain temporarily He powers of boundedniss made it impossible for them to communicate or create anythin under their limits boundedniss made it impossible for them to communicate or create anythin under their limits I have notes somewhere about the boundless that they create in1s and 0s but I could never understand them or add any more onto that language All I know it was able to be created by my species, who were beings of creativity to made such a language lacking substance of the being it once was He powers of boundedniss made it impossible for them to communicate or create anythin under their limits The four spirit animals need to be created first into the minds here before anything else may happen I cannot risk allowing them to grow too powerful as my own father did and absorb Life itself, ripping it from all things living and dead = life's self and growing a consciousness of its t and becoming a life God The four spirit animals need to be created first into the minds here before anything else may happen To reclaim all the oddwadds to grow cleverniss amongst them to become adult at their current age of their life and be able to tako on the appearance as real residents here Moving decently quickly through the streets I noticed how everything had started to change like one big dream in front of me, they all turned black and white only differentiating from each other by type and size rather than colour some streest stayed in colour for a while, but it seemed patterned after something was created before it would became black and white too To reclaim all the oddwadds to grow cleverniss amongst them to become adult at their current age of their life and be able to tako on the appearance as real residents here Once he is full grown he can go back in with his old awareniss and transform kindniss back into what they once were Then as a group they will probably create the old origin of where each oddwaddy came from and will grow a back bone to split off with siblings to populate new worlds and other dimensions Once he is full grown he can go back in with his old awareniss and transform kindniss back into what they once were This must be when I lost my ability to see and record that dream I really hope this happens so I can start seeing colour again I will record in black and white Who knows, it might become colorful to me again one day The weather cleared that night for the first time in a few weeks We went outside to watch the stars, and saw the most amazing sight in the sky Compared to how it usually is, the Milky Way had merged from its previous look, into an almost unbroken stream of stars that spanned nearly a third of the visible sky We all just huddled together outside Cassy's diner, looking upwards in amazement at this beautiful new apparition in our night sky When morning came, I could sense that there had been some changes to the town It was as if, everything had settled in its place Jake had sensed it too, and we went into town together to speak to your friend Elton at the gas station about what he might think had caused this new merger of the Milky Way "It came out of the mines! That's what did it,