#espectres

[egghatched]

Shou is a simple boy. He sees a cool dragon he walks up to them.

unprompted. / always accepting!

and it was a weakness of hers to be face-to-face with a small human. he wasn’t too much older than her first tamer — wasn’t he? ah, the way her eyes instinctively twinkled with joy. she tried to fight it, but it was inevitable to feel this way —

it was in her very code to be a friend.

jaws shift momentarily, about to speak, but then she silences herself. this little one has probably never seen a monster such as she, or even more so, one such as tall. she tells herself to hush, until he is ready for a booming voice.

so instead, she tries to communicate a docile nature — lowering her head and letting out a soft snort; tail swaying slowly from side to side (she remembered cats did something similar...?).

[quietlyblooms]

random asf (?) but i think it's very amusing whenever chiyo goes "oi!!" 😭 i can literally hear it in my head in a way aksbajdbakxb have u ever thought of a voice claim for her ???

the fact that you can hear it in your head makes me so happy, peach :’ ))) and listen, i didn’t have a voice claim for her before, but i listened to clips of japanese voice actresses after you sent this! and i think i’m going with haruka tomatsu!! i’ve always imagined chiyo’s voice to be not very high nor low but somewhere in the middle, and she fits the bill pretty well. she voiced the female lead in my little monster, which is a good example — just imagine it a bit more animated? lively? just bc chiyo definitely emotes vocally rather than keeping an even tone most of the time uvu

[dnangelic]

" And then the champion wields the vorpal sword and slays the Red King's Jabberwocky ! Prompting the subjects to gratefully turn against their cruel ruler, and then finally returning the crown of Underland to the White Queen where it belongs. " He speaks with the air of a narrator adamant on catching the attention of crowds, even though his audience is just one fellow prince listening intently. Shou even strikes a dramatic pose while he's at it, chest puffed out, and a small dagger in place of a sword he points around aimlessly. He'd have used his real sword, but he left that back home!

But it doesn't take long for his grand story to end, and the greatness that surrounds its events deflates, just like Shou's whole being as the hand around his dagger falls to the side. " ... Or at least that's how it's supposed to go. People claim it's a prophecy, but I've always felt like it's just something they made up. " To lessen the suffering of the wait, to give themselves some sort of hope. He shrugs, not even trying to conceal his lack of enthusiasm.

" It's supposed to be in our castle, the sword, but no matter how far I've searched, I can't seem to find it. " He crosses his arms, features troubled and irritated as he looks over at Daisuke for a reaction. " Sometimes I wish this story never existed. Maybe then the people wouldn't just sit and wait for someone to come and save them. "

@espectres

who could have kept themselves from applause before such a well-acted spectacle ? it's everything it needs to be ; brave heroics and legendary artifacts and a mighty fiend that needed slaying for the sake of preserving peace and establishing order , yet it's this very thought alone that draws a poor aftertaste ; poison to the cup of wine . daisuke's hands still quietly clap for the other come the end of their soliloquy , in a timid , nervous-laugh accented flutter no different from the likes of which he politely acknowledged and promptly excused the occasional juggler , jester , and whatever joke-telling what-have-yous , put before him in an attempt to entertain if not outright impress . after which , he would always retreat alone into his silent , somewhat somber contemplations , only this time , his own audience does not bow and vanish from before him , simple as it would have been for them to do so .

' i don't think ... it's a bad story , ' he tries to confess after a while , even if he would have liked to hear more about the jabberwocky ; more about the horrible monster that supposedly went far beyond words and description , and thus the pitiful extends of human comprehension . you are too kind , his mentors had told him once , and now the words come rushing back , quick as the dagger glint he had caught in their eyes , aiming for his throat --- the cowled sneer of a plot-and-schemer who , at the very least , hadn't dared to commit any sort of treasonous ( just and righteous --- ? ) act of defiance yet . was death to always be the cost of life ? was it wrong to long to face what only should have been boldly slain ? he's too naive , too soft-hearted ; his tastes are poor and absurd to believe in otherwise , he has failed a family of usurpers and tyrants .

yet silence and all its thick , heavying darkness , the boy believed , could be far worse than even a made-up prophecy of hope and faith . a king too could indulge in a little superstition and hobby , but they would always be a king before all else , demanded action and reality no matter how many amateur , mediocre works of art and imagination they lovingly attempted to produce . for just a moment the niwa thinks that he finally sees , at the very least , the hollow space of what he was truly missing . the proud posture and radiant inspirations , the sort of charisma that could bind anyone to a cause , to the pointed stretch of nobility ... to another prince that wanted to overthrow and overcome his own father . was this the sort of ideal everyone had always expected out of him ? something about it still feels strange and painfully unlike himself ; daisuke's head gently shakes after a moment , and a grave and loathsome thought strikes him thereafter .

' it might be stupid , but i can't help but worry . ' it's a simple story ; a simple prophecy . a tale about a lock and a key , a cause and effect , a sword run through someone --- something , that thus could have been anyone , anything , like a so-called villain made out to be a martyr . ' i'm not an oracle . i only know what i think should be right and wrong , like your father ... understanding that he's being cruel , and taking things too far . ' and if he didn't come to understand any of it , then what was left ? this horror , this omen of extremes ? privy to each other's secrets and curses ; the playful , innocent boys meeting under daylight perpetually transforming into wild , terrifying things under moonlight --- the roles of their lives and thoughts of the people ever-shifted with their forms , until daisuke suddenly feels sick , his heart beating as if each pound was little by little , ripping and tearing at its very own strings .

' do you ever think ... the jabberwocky might be you ? ' were foul news ever brought to him then he'd weep senselessly for the one skinned and bled ; the peace of a country would never have been worth its prince , one perpetually out of its people's thoughts and mind , injured or slain . ' if your father knows , if it's supposed to be in the castle in the first place , then maybe he's the one who hid it . ' likewise , he too would have been the one to wield it ; to catch a grinning cat and turn it helpless wild hare . ' what if --- what if it's not trying to tell you to fight , what if it's just a warning ? ' what if nobody involved in a prophecy was actually listening to any part of it ? ' there has to be some way , somebody that can reach him . before any of this --- anything like that happens . shou-kun , i don't want to see you in danger ... '

he didn't want to imagine the bright , roaring cheers . the ensuing confusion . the sinking , far , far too late realizations ; the same sort he had imagined at the center of a blazing , hellish azumano , its skulking haunt and prized demon finally captured amidst frenzy and chaos , the foolish king who only wanted to love his people howling unrecognized at the stake . ' ... isn't there something else we can do ? shou-kun , do you really ... do you really have to keep fighting , like this ? ' losing innocence , cleaning blood off his hands before it could rust , and all by himself , at that ; this felt wrong , too . ' does your father really not ... not love you , not even a little bit ? not even enough to try --- to try to listen to you about something like this ? '

[nulltune]

[umaspotted]

@espectres gets an unexpected hangout!

You know that awkward moment where you're in a group of three, and the mutual friend breaks off for whatever reason leaving you with their friend who you don't know as well? That's sort of how this felt, except the mutual friend in question was his brother.

It felt like a mean thought to have, Suzuki was his friend too! It's not like he disliked spending time with the other, there was just a weight on his chest that had yet to lessen.

But that was normal, wasn't it? Hanazawa made him feel that way too at certain moments, it was just something that needed time.

Maybe he was just feeling weird because of the sudden change in plans, Ritsu needing to stay behind per their mother's request was a stroke of bad luck. His brother was never the type to neglect a chore of his, but he's not immune to things slipping his mind either.

This silence was stretching on way too long.

❝ Ritsu wanted me to tell you he's sorry about not being able to make it, something just came up is all. ❞

That felt like it'd read better as a text sent, cancelling the outing all together, but it felt rude to do so last minute like that. Besides, what would that say about him- that he couldn't sit through a single movie with Shou?

He mentally counted the notes again, the fee for admission would be about 1,400 yen.. right? At least that's what they budgeted for, what if it wasn't enough? It should be, especially with Ritsu having dropped out. Why was he stressing about the admission price now?! Get it together.

❝ I hope we can still have fun. ❞

[primordyalsoul]

shows her a hamster shows her a hamster shows her a hamster shows her a ha

Where were these hamsters coming from??? Didn't he only have two?? How was she to pet them all?! ❛❛ T-That's too many.❜❜

[mcflymemes]

hello ! can i ask you what does it mean when a blog is "dash only"? ( your blog is so awesome btw one of the best rp resources blogs I've seen i love it :>)

hi my friend! thank you so much for the compliment! that means a lot to me :) let me see if i can explain it!

a "DASH ONLY" blog means you have to be logged in to tumblr to access their blog.

this is the feature that turns that on and off:

i have this feature turned OFF on mcflymemes, so you can access my blog without an account. it also means i have a blog theme and an archive you can access:

when a blog is DASH ONLY, you can only access their blog and see their posts like this:

they don't have a tumblr theme you can go to, or an archive you can explore. they're "only accessible through the dash" = "dash only"

does that make sense? i hope that helps! please feel free to ask any other questions you have! i'm here to help!

[whirling-fangs]

3 , 10 & 21 !!

Munday numbers // accepting!!

3 - roleplaying with yourself

[[ I have never done it myself since I've only ever had one blog at a time, but I think it's cool and people should do it more. It's a pretty cool way to have your own muses interact, either for a big thread with someone else that would require several of your own muses, or just for little dash banter, or even for character progression drabbles. ]]

10 - anons

[[ I LOVE them. I feel like they're Super underused these days, maybe because people don't dare jump onto other people's stories, or it's considered rude now and I've missed the memo :/

I love nosy anons that come challenge my muse's actions and decisions. I love anons that come out of nowhere with questions or challenges. I miss magic anons... ]]

21 - your current RPC

[[ It's small and chill and great as it is. I genuinely expected it to be bigger given the aura that KNY has, but considering the mess that is twitter rp (which is where I think? most of the RPers are, it's probably better that way.

It has its bad apples but you gotta learn to weed them out and curate your experience. I do wish there were more single-muse blogs out there though, and there are some characters that are critically underwritten :( where are my Gyomeis, my Genyas, my Zenitsus... ]]

[regensia]

@espectres / Shou said . . .

❝ During the sixteenth century, unity is gradually restored through the efforts of three warlords who ... the first, Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582), through military might and ... followed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536–1598), who continues the campaign to reunite ... The name of this period, Momoyama, derives from ... imposing stone structures are decorated with bold and resplendent paintings and works of art ... ❞ Halfway through monotonous reading of the history book text, something in Shou seems to lose path and stray far from understanding historical fact and into somewhere unknown. He blinks once, twice, mouth held agape as concentration evaporates through his head into thin. It takes a little long for him to perk back up again. ❝ Oi Dimple, ❞ Ah, so that's where the train of thoughts went. ❝ Were you alive by that time? ❞

What a weird little ritual he had developed, hanging around middle schoolers whilst they studied, sometimes helping, sometimes distracting. Tonight's homework was particularly dry, and it wasn't as if Dimple decided to listen to the other read aloud closely, just some basic history. He was in the middle of wondering if he should just call it and go find something more interesting to watch, because surely paint drying would be more fascinating. No wonder Shou had trouble staying focused sometimes.

Almost simultaneously did both boy and ghost snap back to reality right as the kid look over and ask one of the most off-the-wall questions Dimple had heard in a long while. And he thought Shigeo could throw him for a loop! More than that, it was kind of irritating. The gall of this brat!

❝ Huh!? ❞  Zooming in closer to Shou's space, the ghost's floating visage twisted into one of annoyance, exaggerated by how he tended to be sort of yanki in demeanor or more likely low-tier thug.

❝ Of course not! I'm not some freaky super ancient spirit or anything! I'm not even that old!  What in the world gave you that idea? Jeez – no wonder your grades are the worst! Focus, Shou, focus!! ❞

[quietlyblooms]

@espectres liked for something short and sweet!

" i'm supposed to take care of you. " brow furrowed and brown gaze glimmering with guilt, the blonde gently squeezes shou's hand. " not the other way around. "

[dnangelic]

tsun tell me abt the wings but like how they work in UR writing

OH BOY.... THE WINGS META..... i mean i've mostly been winging it (lol) myself so i don't think i'll end up with huge paras upon paras of info (lying, i know how i can get,) but sure lets go!! before i lay anything of my own out i'll do canon the favor of itself; in canon usually wiz serves as dark's wings and carries him or daisuke around, but dark also has his own set that can appear/disappear (furl/unfurl) at will as long as dark himself isn't low on (magical) power. (why else would he even be called the black wings right-) there's also the matter of daisuke manifesting dark's wings from his own body all on his own, which, when using the 'wrong emotion,' (negative ones such as hate, fury or sorrow,) becomes actively detrimental to him. within dnangel, magic (and likewise, the case of dark's wings,) will always be a) something within a realm that ordinary human beings should not be capable of (aka "something that should not exist") as well as b) something that, at least in regards to hikari artworks, manifests from powerful human emotions. the wings, if not krad and dark for the hikari and niwa, are both proofs of their respective 'sins' - the hikari for playing god as artists, the niwa for being thieves.

that all being said, i don't usually bring wiz in as an npc to threads just because i don't want them to get too long. in canon wiz is aaaaaalways with or around daisuke. ALWAYS. that's his pet, his best friend, his cute lil obligatory magical girl mascot, wiz who hates water but braves it anyways over and over for daisuke's sake, wiz who always saves him and gets him out of all sorts of pinches!! i'll bring wiz in often for heist situations because it's there he's often truly a necessity, but dark having his own wings means wiz's involvement isn't always necessary for everything. dark/daisuke's own wings > wiz in regards to rate of appearance when i write to save myself and my partners some sanity.

frequency aside, the wings are also Actual Limbs. like. those are Physically Attached, sensations can be felt through them, and they can be cut, wounded, or torn off- hence dark's feathers shedding everywhere all the time and needing to be cleaned up. sugisaki messes around with the wings' physicality a lot because the back of daisuke's shirt isn't usually blown wide open, (more often than not they just kind of magically manifest out of thin air) but she's also had hiwatari's shirt rip and tear from manifesting his wings + daisuke outright bleed from trying to manifest his during argentine arc, and i think the process of Actually Gaining Limbs and growing feathers adds a fun dash of body horror that the series does pretty well with sometimes. when you really stop and think about it, the wings, or rather the process of a 15 yr old's body straight up Changing Like That (alongside, yknow, the other inhuman/monster-y bits like the eyes/teeth/claws,) is genuinely Pretty Horrifying if not at the very least bizarre, but it suits dark well as a (gothic) curse and brings him and daisuke closer overall to the beauty and beast thematic. it's freaky. it's weird. it's fun. normal ppl would be screaming.

daisuke also usually has no usual visible evidence of dark's wings; there aren't any thin slits hiding feathers (so even if you're like riku and scan or run your hand along his back, nothing in particular beyond a lot of faint, assorted scars show up,) but those spaces are there on dark's body when his wings aren't unfurled. (i'll give the anime credit for one thing and that's giving dark's shirts open holes for his wings to go through in concept art. i also think an outfit that has zippers on the back like this is awesome LMAOO) daisuke's also clumsier with his wings than dark is!! which means they'll often flap or flail around in response to his emotions on instinct compared to the way they might normally just smoothly lift, lower, or puff (angy) with dark --- when dai's unfocused and/or panicking that ditziness of his very often translates to Things Breaking all over the place because he can't help but run around and accidentally slap things everywhere. bird stuck in a closed room behavior. he's a danger and a menace indoors to all things fragile but it's all completely unintentional 😂

despite this daisuke also gets phantom limb syndrome very often!!! going from all that wing-weight to suddenly being without it makes him feel strange and overly light/floaty sometimes, which is why when he's particularly restless but doesn't have a heist scheduled, he'll often go on a night flight with dark to calm himself down. he does like flying. he does love his freedom, the moon and the stars and a quiet night. he does, at the bottom line, like being dark and the elation a nighttime flight brings him- he just needs a space like that where his intense social anxiety (or dark's own easily recognized fame/infamy) won't get in the way of his own existence, and it doesn't matter 'who' he is.

using jurassic park logic here (lmao) but assuming he flies as fast as a pterodactyl, (aka a rough equivalent body measure for human beings,) then he's around a steady 60 mph in the air - dark can go from azumano to tokyo in maybe an hour, which he can and will do if he's bored and/or just feels like visiting someone. dark's feathers have a rough and coarse look to them and are more or less pitch black, but when you feel them, they're actually pillowy soft and smooth (even the feathers are tsundere,) and give off a really nice reflective shimmer. given the magic that courses through daisuke's blood, it's possible to imbue some of dark's own power into them, (this is only really useful in verses where dark can actually readily do this without worry over detriment to daisuke's body,) but even if left alone to naturally shed, there'll still be very, very faint traces of the tiniest fraction of the kokuyoku's magic left on them. i figure i should also say that while you can brush/pet/touch his wings or something, dark/dai won't really feel it, or if they do it might just tickle or bother them, so it might not be as intimate as anyone imagines. stick to petting dark gently on the head like a bird he loves that.

i have no idea if i'm missing anything atp?? things i take from canon are daisuke hurting himself if he tries to force dark's wings out and if he ever connects to dark through negative emotion; also too much transforming exhausts him and his body, his heart can only pound for so much / he can only fly for so long before he just straight up gets tired and needs a nap regardless of what appearance he's stuck with. anyways what rlly matters is his wings are pretty af. free my boy let him do all the crime he wants, because hes special and got them gorgeous black fallen angel wings. he deserves it. its his right

[nulltune]

miss moon lady is def pretty but y'know what else is pretty???? YOUR WRITINGGG 🥺🥺🥺♡♡♡

^ LIVE LYNN REACTION.!!!! peach 🥺🥺 YOU'RE ALWAYS SO SUPPORTIVE AND IT MAKES ME SO FRIKKIN HAPPY,,, 🥺😭😭🫶❤️❤️ I APPRECIATE IT SM U HAVE NO IDEA!!!! and oughh i am but an insecure lil lynnie lynny lynn.... 👉👈 i'm not gonna be a negative binch tho bc THIS ASK HATH GIVEN ME SM SEROTONIN 🥹🥹 SNIFFLES THANK YOU SO MUCH.!!!!! I RLLY HOPE IT'S PRETTY- i need 2 do justice for my fav moon lady!! 🤧💖

DON'T THINK UR NOT GETTIN SOME LOVE FROM ME THO! >:3c i may be repeating myself but idc I LUV UR SHOU SM ❤️💙 i honestly didn't know he existed before ur blog (sorry king 😭🙏) BUT I ADORE HIM SM NOWW !! like.. i rlly wanna drink soda with him together? if i fistbumped him i'd feel so frikkin epic methinks ✨️✨️ AND ALSO U COMPLIMENT MY WRITING BUT I AM!! GESTURING SO PASSIONATELY TO URS !!?? 🥺 i rlly love the flow of ur writing.... it's so smooth 2 me if that makes sense.. and i luv how u can understand sm abt shou thru it... IT'S JUST RLLY GREAT FOOD! 🫶💓💗💞 even ur lil ask (WHICH I HOLD SO GENTLY OKOK,,, 🥺) has soo much personality and it's just so fun and cute and i'm just!! SOBS INTO MY GRUBBY RACCOON HANDSS /POS

i also just need to say that tHESE ARE ME AS WELL:

[ultfan]

@espectres sent in: what attire do they feel most attractive in?

komaeda wouldn't really consider himself an attractive person no matter what he wore, but despite that he does like to really like to customize his outfits. the strange cuts near the bottom of his jacket are his doing. he tends towards complimentary colors — as well as darker pallets (which really exaggerate how pale he is; which is to say... extremely).

i'd say he's a fan of things like chains and zippers and anything similar. his default outfit having a chain with a small skull attached on his pants — as well as zippers on his shoes. and his UDG outfit showing him wearing that chain around his neck (although i'd say it's 50/50 whether that was his personal taste or if the warriors of hope put that on him when he was captured by them. i could see it being either or).

lighter colors definitely wash him out, though. so i think he just generally avoids them. not always, but usually. ——— overall i think komaeda just wears what he thinks looks cool. whether it be chains and chokers or just jeans and a neat hoodie. with a tendency towards edgier-looking things.

[violetueur-archive]

SOOOOO HAPPY TO SEE YOU ON MY DASH AGAIN YIPPEE

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I FUCKING MISSED YEEEEWWWW 💕💞💜💖

[whirling-fangs]

i don't want to be carried.

PROMPTS FOR CARRYING/BEING CARRIED // accepting!

"Oh yeah?! Then maybe you should've thought about that before you hurt yourself! Moron! Weakling!"

Now, Shou's injury was very much on Inosuke as well. Their little "spars" tended to go out of control rather quickly, and Inosuke may not have intended for the entire scaffolding to collapse. The long abandoned construction site was a perfect playground... but it was also a death trap.

"Just shut up and get on my back already, idiot. I'm taking you to my grandma. And if you don't stop whining, we're going to the hospital instead! So you better not move that leg and do everything I say, alright? I'm your boss!"

Inosuke waved that threat as if it was the worst of all tortures. To him, it probably was.

He had lowered himself onto one knee, elbows bent for his friend to slip his legs through. Inosuke could only imagine the sort of annoyance that the redhead felt – in a reverse situation, he would probably have made the same sort of fuss. Probably more.

Oh well. A chance that Inosuke's injuries were a lot easier to hide. There was no way Shou would figure out about his broken ribs, right?

[moonsmultimusings]

Send to 10 other bloggers you think are wonderful. Keep this going to make someone smile. ☆♥

OMGGG peach you're so sweet 🥺🥺 i'm literally doing this to you rn

sending these vibes out to my mutuals too! i have way more than ten of you i'd want to pass this along to tbh~