#fiora and her friends get a nice fun evening

[twilidragonrin]

Hey, quick question, is another piece for Underneath the Howling Moon in the works like a stand alone or a new chapter for In the Clutches of the Wolf's Jaws ? I read all of it again and resurrected my brainrot.

If not would you have some small facts and headcanons to give ?

Have a nice day

Oh you better believe there is another story in the works for Underneath the Howling Moon. And I am also working on another chapter for Clutches of the Wolf's Jaws, it's just a little slower because a lot of my brain rot has mostly been the little stories that took place before the current events of Clutches. But I do have some facts and headcanons to give out!

Bela is two years older than Cassandra, and Cassandra is a year older than Daniela. Making Bela and Daniela three years apart.

When the sisters transform into wolves, their clothes are left behind. Many clothing have been lost due to Cass and Dani transforming in the middle of nowhere in their estate.

Alcina has specific nicknames for her girls based on their traits as wolves. Bela: "My little shepherd." Cassandra: "My little bloodhound." Daniela: "My little pup."

The girls have middle names in this series! If Alcina calls out their full name then they know they're in deep trouble. Bela Josephine Dimitrescu Cassandra Milicent Dimitrescu Daniela Fiora Dimitrescu

Daniela was very sick when she was younger. I never went into details in the fic but she actually had aplastic anemia. Bela was a perfect donor for a bone marrow transplant that Daniela needed.

So in the current time of Clutches, the girls don't have jobs. The most is them working around the estate, Bela helping Alcina with paperwork, Cassandra in charge of the staff, and Daniela helping however she can.

Aside from Bela, none of the girls are trusted to get jobs outside of Alcina's business because they might end up revealing themselves. And Bela just prefers to work for her mother.

Hobbies!

Bela: Reading, considering she loves to learn. Not much romance like Daniela though she does have some soft spots for certain romance. Botany, absolutely considering I think she would love to cook and bake. Grows her own fruits, vegetables and so on. Definitely works for Alcina from time to time. Other hobbies would include playing the piano, and painting.

Cassandra: Loves to restore antiques. She likes to work with her hands. Probably is the family's own handywoman, happily getting dirty and fixing stuff. Absolutely loves to play the guitar too. Other hobbies would include some sports like hockey, and surprisingly dancing.

Daniela: Reading romance even though she loves to do physical activities with her boundless energy. Wouldn't be surprised if she does sports but she couldn't really settle on one thing. If she was asked what her favorite is, she would pick basketball. Other hobbies would include sculpting, and surprisingly sewing.

Clothing! This is something I'm taking from my friend who suggested what the girls should wear. I'm not normally keen on writing clothing so this should help gauge what everyone wears.

Bela: A casual chic/business casual style. As she’s the oldest who takes the most after Alcina and helps on the business end, it fits that she wants to make herself look presentable but approachable.

Cassandra: She wears a more casual/artsy style. As she’s the most physical out of the sisters she needs clothes that she doesn’t mind getting dirty and help her move around easier. But she still likes to look good so she mixes it up with fun and chic styles. Think like cute overalls and tank tops. But also some jackets too.

Daniela: The youngest and most energetic of the sisters, I could see her leaning more into the tomboy/sporty style. She’s a free spirit and the least likely to care too much about looking prim and proper. Plus, she’s running around all the time, it helps to have something more loose and easy to tear off when she transforms.

Alcina definitely punishes the girls differently whenever they're in trouble. Growing up, it was such a struggle because Cassandra would always talk back whenever she would lecture her. But Bela would become a sobbing and anxious mess if she were to talk to her the same way. It absolutely caused rifts between Cass and Bela in their teenage years. It's what led to Faults of a Mother.

That's it for now! I'll be thinking of more facts and headcanons, especially about Donna and Angie! Thank you so much for reading, it really makes my day to know there are some people who have massive brainrot for my silly yet heartfelt werewolf series!

[noxianwilled]

— SHIPPING INFO

answer the following for your muse so people know how shipping works on your blog.

WHAT IS YOUR OTP FOR YOUR CHARACTER?

kat/darius....... i am a kat/garen enjoyer too i'm just. kinda picky with it?

HOW LARGE DOES THE AGE GAP HAVE TO BE TO MAKE IT UNCOMFORTABLE?

i don't really have a problem with big age gaps as long as the two characters are adults and met as adults.

HOW FAR DO STEAMY MOMENTS HAVE TO GO BEFORE THEY ARE CONSIDERED NSFW?

hmmm it really depends on the content? honestly i just prefer to be on the safe side and tag things as nsfw even when it's mostly suggestive?

ARE YOU SELECTIVE WHEN SHIPPING?

more or less. i need to feel comfortable with the other writer and there's gotta be chemistry/make sense for my muse. but i'm also very open to plotting romantic relationships rather than just going with the flow, especially if we're friends, so like? not that selective? i'll be very honest i think romance is SO much fun to explore in writing, i love shipping idc i'm cringe but i'm free

WHO ARE OTHER CHARACTERS YOU SHIP YOUR CHARACTER WITH?

riven i adore the concept of kat/riven and the ensuing bitter exes potential with riven's horror at what noxus was doing/katarina's resentment about the betrayal. fiora. i could maybe see akali. samira. maybe sett? miss fortune!! hmmmm not sure. i have a soft spot for katalux tbh and i think i've grown to appreciate it more esp after the comic and how they interacted there. as always, depends on portrayals and how well my version of kat matches with anyone else's version of those other characters also getting into 'no one ever writes non-champion characters' but hear me out katarina and drann definitely kiss the gods themselves told me

DOES ONE HAVE TO ASK TO SHIP WITH YOU?

not necessarily, although openly suggesting you're interested in shipping is actually nice for me because even when i can see it i'm often like oh i don't wanna come across as pushing for that even if it makes sense for how this interaction is going (literally told rey i was trying to not be insane about kat/darius at first before they said it was fine so sknfaksjfn i just get really anxious about it) so like. asking is not necessary, it can happen naturally, but i am 100% fine with someone asking as long as they're also fine with the possibility i'll say no, and talking about it actually makes me far less anxious.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SHIP IN YOUR CURRENT FANDOM?

ok hold on i gotta think about the ones i haven't said yet...... ahri/sett and ahri/yone could be cute. nami and her bf and gf i don't remember their names sorry nami askdfnakjsdnf ekko/jinx. ezlux can be cute. eztalon can be cute. talon/lux can be cute. but also alfio and r unexpectedly made me appreciate ez/yasuo

FINALLY, HOW DOES ONE SHIP WITH YOU?

dm me nicely to talk about the dynamics you can see. or send me memes that indicate that interest when i rb those prompts about wanted dynamics. knock on my door and yell HI MEL DO YOU SEE THIS SORT OF RELATIONSHIP BC I KINDA DO! or grab me by the throat and say you wanna ship with me, that also works.

tagged by: @seekslight here's the last one 😌

[colesmurf23]

(OC) Snowball The Dog

Bio: Snowball Dog

Name: Snowball

Age: 27

Sexuality: Straight

Birthday: July 19th

Relationship/Husband: Fang

Family Members: Baxter (Son) Tiana (Daughter) Lulu (Daughter) Kaley (Daughter) Dakota (Son) Lumi (Younger Daughter) Alban (Younger Son) Albus (Younger Son) Flurry (Younger Daughter) Flury (Younger Daughter) Frosting (Younger Son) Silverius (Younger Son) Fano (Younger Son) Soren (Younger Son) Sonora (Younger Daughter) Snowbelle (Favorite Youngest Daughter) Odelette (Youngest Adopted Daughter) Fane (Youngest Adopted Son)

Personality: Fun,Playful, Active, Runner, Avenures, Confident, and easy going

Friends: Trixy (Best Friend) Camellia (2nd best friend) Stormie (3rd Best friend) Lizzy (4th best friend) Babbie (5th best friend) Rover (My bestie's oc and 6th best friend) Dusk (My bestie's oc) Odin (My bestie's oc) Cilona (My bestie's oc and 7th best friend) Fiora (My bestie's oc) Lucien (Our oc) Pirro (Our oc) Marlis (Our oc and 8th best friend) Concetta (Our oc and 9th best friend) Sparkie (Our oc) Elvio Lucian Prisma (My bestie's oc) Roderick (My bestie's oc) Paries (Our oc and 10th best friend)

Favorite Color: Lavender

Favorite Season: Winter And Summer

Favorite Holiday: Christmas/New Years

Backstory: (TBD)

Fun Fact: Snowball is a very fun dog, she can be very fun to play with. She love playing fetch. Getting the frisbie. And love other fun dog things. She sometimes, likes to Chace her tail. And likes to run after birds. She may run after birds. But that doesn't mean she eats them, likes cats. And she also love jumping in a puddle or river to go for a swim. She even jump in the swimming pool sometimes. As a dog, she is very playful. She love playing with her kids. She teach her kids all about being a dog. She sometimes. likes to get a mini tree branch for her kids. To play carefully. They aren't ready for big sticks yet. She is very active. She may love winter. But she love running in the sun. She is even active playing with toys. She doesn't go hyper. She even love the beach. She love the feeling the warm sand in her paws. she even sometimes fetch's other people stuff. To help them out. She can be a very fast runner. She love running around in the sun. and the winter. She even runs around the backyard sometimes. Even her kids, isn't fast as her. But they are very impressed. Maybe someday. One of her kids can be a very fast runner like her. She love going on adventures. Even, if there is running involved and fetching. She love having fun on her little adventures. As an active dog. She have a lot of confidence. And she is easy going. After running outside. all day. When it's dark, She goes inside. Gets a bath. and relaxed with her husband and kids. on a nice comfy couch. She even have a little me time to herself. Running can be tiring out for her. But she love starting the cycle again. As a fun active dog.

Snowball belong to: me

Art made by: me

Base made by my best buddy: yoshilover1000 on FA ^^

#dog #dogcanine #dogcharacter #caninecharacter #dogoc #dog_oc #feral

[sceptilemasterr]

Defenders of the Flame (TE Rewrite) Act 3, Scene 8 - The Penderghast Amorelia Day Gala

Title: Defenders of the Flame (A CIU Screenplay)

Main Pairings: Shreya x F!MC, Beckett x F!Atlas

Other Pairings: N/A

Genre: Full Rewrite (The Elementalists, Book 1)

Rating: PG-13 for violence, blood, swearing, alcohol, and sexuality

Summary: Several weeks later, Fiora and her friends enjoy a night of dancing, food, and fun.

Previous Scene: Never Bet Against Fiora

Masterlist: Link

INT. RHUKA HALL - GRAND BALLROOM - NIGHT

Several weeks later, the Amorelia Day Gala has arrived. Penderghast’s Grand Ballroom, located on Rhuka Hall’s top floor, has been fully decorated for the event. The entire room is bathed in a soft blue light, changing and shifting in ways reminiscent of sunlight being filtered through water. Toward the ceiling, multicolored floating umbrellas hang suspended by some kind of Air Stoichi. Beautiful fountains erupt in impossible patterns, shaped by Water Stoichi into figures and patterns that rise and fall in time with the music. A table against the far wall hosts countless dishes of all kinds of food, complete with several multi-layered cakes at the center. A few Penderghast students, along with several professors, are already present as several more trickle in, all dressed for the occasion. Then:

FIORA: Holy... wow! This place is amazing!

SHREYA (smiling): Not half as amazing as moi. Or, for that matter, my lovely date.

Fiora blushes heavily as she and Shreya make their way into the room. Shreya wears a beautiful beige dress with matching circlet, both of which are decorated with a Light-Att technique that makes them sparkle every time she moves. Fiora’s dress, in contrast, is a muted golden color with flowing translucent sleeves. As they enter, Fiora beams at her date.

FIORA: Shreya... this is amazing! Thank you!!

SHREYA: Perhaps I ought to be thanking you for saying “yes.”

FIORA (blushes): Yeah... I’m a bit slow sometimes--

She is interrupted by Shreya pulling her into a quick kiss. They break apart quickly when Shreya spots Zeph, Griffin, and Peter approaching.

SHREYA: Oh! Hi, everyone! So glad you could make it!

ZEPH (laughing): Don’t worry about us. We’re not interrupting anything!

Shreya and Fiora blush furiously.

GRIFFIN: Glad you both could make it! Did either of you see Beckett, by the way?

ZEPH: ...Or Atlas?

Fiora shrugs.

FIORA: They might be going together. I don’t know, Atlas was kinda hesitant about--

BECKETT: Ah, there you are!

Beckett approaches the group, along with an unfamiliar, bland-looking woman they do not recognize. Beckett is dressed in a crisp suit with golden tie, his hair impeccably combed straight back. The woman beside him wears a sparkling navy-blue dress, and Fiora at first doesn’t recognize her. Then, she seems to realize something, and peers closer at Beckett’s companion.

FIORA: ...Atlas?!

ZEPH: Wait, Atlas? Where?

SHREYA: Fiora, what are you--

The woman at Beckett’s side smirks, then waves a hand in front of her face and makes a few quick gestures. The unfamiliar features fall away, replaced with Atlas’s distinctive silver hair and facial features identical to Fiora’s. Zeph lets out a soft gasp.

ATLAS: ...I assume that damn thing works, then?

BECKETT: But of course! None can recognize you now, save those you’ve granted permission to.

ATLAS: Good. ‘Cause I’m leaving this place immediately if there’s any chance of--

ZEPH (laughs): Come on, Atlas! Can’t you just enjoy yourself for five minutes? I promise, nothing crazy’s gonna attack the Gala while we’re here. Okay?

Atlas scowls. Then she relents, smiling slightly at Beckett.

ATLAS: ...Fine. Can’t hurt to be here with someone like him, after all. He’s almost as good with combat stoichi as I am!

BECKETT: I--excuse you, what do you mean, almost?!

ATLAS: Oh, please. As if you even understood half the things I’ve had to...

As Atlas and Beckett continue arguing, the others exchange a look of exasperation.

FIORA: There they go again...

PETER: Uh, Griff, what’s with the disguise? I don’t think most people wear Cloakguises to go to Penderghast dances...

FIORA (shrugs): She’s my twin sister. Long story short, she’s... not supposed to be here.

ZEPH: Also, Beckett’s had a huge crush on her since even before we knew she existed--

BECKETT: I did NOT!

PETER (laughs): Sure he didn’t. Anyway, fair enough. I ain’t about to rat her out to Goeffe if you aren’t.

He glances over at the back of the room, where Dean Goeffe stands, a severe look on her face as she engages Dr. Englund in deep conversation.

SHREYA: Well? Shall we, then?

Shreya tugs Fiora out toward the center of the room, the other Pend Pals following close behind. As they approach the dance floor, Zeph dashes ahead of the others.

ZEPH: Watch this! I’ve been waiting for weeks to show you all this move!

Zeph launches into a full body wave, complete with shoulder shimmy. The others watch, enraptured... most of them, anyway.

BECKETT (huffs): I give that a two out of ten.

ZEPH: Oh, c’mon. That’s at least a seven, isn’t it?

BECKETT: Then show me a “seven.”

Zeph pouts as Shreya pulls Fiora onto the dance floor.

SHREYA: Alright, allow moi to show you a thing or two!

Shreya launches into a complicated dance sequence, complete with handstands, cartwheels, and other flashy moves. After a moment, she grabs Fiora’s hands and draws her in to the dance.

FIORA: Shreya, I don’t--Whoa!

After a few beats of dancing, Shreya grabs Fiora’s arms, holding them outward so that her hands are facing up. Perplexed, Fiora keeps her hands there... only for Shreya to step back, then leap into her hands, using them as a foothold to backflip through the air!

ZEPH: Holy Source!

GRIFFIN: Whooooo!

PETER: Yeah!

ATLAS (shrugs): Not bad.

Shreya lands and strikes a pose beside a still-slightly-bewildered Fiora. The others all applaud.

GRIFFIN: That was amazing! Shreya, where’d you learn that?

Shreya giggles as they step off of the dance floor.

SHREYA: I learned that one at a club in Pennseil!

Everyone besides Fiora gapes at her, impressed. Fiora simply looks confused.

FIORA: Okay, is this one of those Attuned things I just don’t understand, or...?

ATLAS (whispering): Pennseil is the Attuned reflection of... “Paris,” I think it’s called.

Fiora gasps in recognition.

FIORA: Oh! Wow, Shreya, that’s super awesome!

SHREYA: ...Well, Beckett?

BECKETT: Hmph. Well, I suppose that might be worthy of a ten out of ten, if for no other reason than by comparison with the single other entry in this impromptu competition.

ZEPH: Hey!

Atlas bursts out laughing. Shreya smiles and wraps an arm around Fiora.

SHREYA: Well. As if I would ever lose such a contest with you by my side, non?

FIORA: Of course not. That was seriously amazing, Shreya.

PETER: Hang on, I think I just spotted some cake. Can’t miss out on that!

GRIFFIN: Looks delicious! Let’s go!

The two of them dash over to the dessert table, with Fiora and the others following close behind. The group eagerly approaches the huge, multi-colored cakes dominating the center of the dessert display.

FIORA: Wow. Okay, that looks amazing.

She moves forward to take a slice, but Shreya grabs her arm and pulls her back.

FIORA (frowning): Hey!

SHREYA: Don’t worry, darling, you’ll get your chance. I just want to be certain you know what you’re getting into, first.

FIORA: Why? It’s just cake-- (sighs) It’s... not just cake, is it?

SHREYA (laughs): Of course not! The esteemed Chef Liyan Fang would never make something as ordinary as a simple cake, without even a single stoicheal infusion, can you imagine?

FIORA: So this thing has some kind of... effect? If I eat it, it’ll do something?

SHREYA: Just watch.

Peter grabs a slice from the blue tier of the cake, near the center. He takes a bite.

GRIFFIN (laughs): Wait for it...

A few seconds later, Peter lets out a series of musical belches that play perfectly in tune with the music playing overhead! Fiora gasps in surprise, then giggles, as the others all laugh.

FIORA: Ooh! I wanna try!

GRIFFIN: There’s gonna be more than one effect. It all depends on which color tier you take the slice from, plus which part of the cake. Choose wisely!

FIORA: Wait, so, is there a sign or something that says which part does what?

PETER (laughs): Where’s the fun in that? You’ve gotta take a wild guess, be surprised!

FIORA (hesitantly): Oh... I don’t--

She swallows, and her expression changes as she confidently approaches the table. She nods once.

FIORA: You know what? Why not. Here I go!

She takes a slice from the corner of the cake’s yellow tier and cautiously takes a bite. The others look at her expectantly.

ATLAS: ...Well?

FIORA: I don’t feel any-- Whoa!

Fiora stumbles back in shock, and the camera shifts to her perspective. She (and the camera) look around at each of the others, and we see shining auras surrounding each of them. Shreya’s aura is a flickering reddish-orange; Griffin’s, a shifting earth tone; Beckett’s is stiff and silvery; Peter’s is wispy and fleeting; Zeph’s is bluish-green; and Atlas’s resembles Zeph’s, but much stronger, with an overlay of crackling yellow lines rushing throughout.

SHREYA: Fiora? Are you okay?

FIORA: Yeah, I... I think I’m seeing your stoichi! It’s surrounding everyone, like a glow, or...

BECKETT: Ah! Your vision must have been enhanced so as to better make out our stoicheal auras!

SHREYA: You actually can see them normally, if you try hard enough. Though here, surrounded by so many Attuned, it’s hard to notice... they’re fairly faint most of the time.

FIORA: Whoa. This is trippy. I--

Fiora’s (and the camera’s) vision pans to the left, toward Dean Goeffe and Dr. Englund... and we hear Fiora gasp. Dr. Englund’s aura is a stronger version of Griffin’s, but Dean Goeffe’s is a swirling mass of darkness, engulfing her to the point that we are barely able to see the dean herself through the thick aura.

FIORA (quietly): Dean Goeffe... her aura, it’s...

Atlas glances over at the dean. She frowns.

ATLAS (quietly): I don’t see anything. What is it?

FIORA: It’s black. And... it looks angry. It’s so thick, I can barely see her. What is that?

GRIFFIN (curiously): I don’t see anything. She looks like a normal Metal-Att to me.

FIORA: No, I--

The aura effect fades away.

FIORA: Darn. It’s gone! Hang on, give me some more of that cake!

The camera returns to a normal perspective as Fiora reaches forward, grabbing another piece of the cake. This time, she takes from the side of the yellow tier instead of the corner. After taking a big bite... She suddenly starts levitating in the air, wisps of Air Stoichi circling around her feet!

FIORA: Whoa! Okay, I did not expect that.

Everyone laughs.

SHREYA: The location of the slice matters too, remember? Wow, I absolutely must try one now.

As Shreya and the others all start taking their own slices of cake, all of whom end up with a wide variety of stoicheal effects, Fiora frowns, looking back at where the dean and Dr. Englund had been. Dr. Englund is now standing near the wall, gazing out at the crowd... and the dean is nowhere to be seen.

FIORA (to herself): That... something’s wrong...

After a brief moment, Atlas comes up to Fiora. Her hands and wrists are covered with shimmering red scales that are slowly fading away.

FIORA: What’s with the scales?

ATLAS: Damn cake.

FIORA (laughs): Should’ve known! Anyway, what’s up?

ATLAS (shrugs): Dunno. I just wanted to say... thanks. For keeping me around all that time, even though you barely knew me...

FIORA: Aw, Atlas, you don’t have to--

Atlas holds up a hand, and Fiora stops talking.

ATLAS: Seriously. You could’ve kicked me out at any time, or reported me to someone. Couldn’t blame you, with how suspicious I was being of your friends. But you put up with me. Not only that, when things were going south at the birthday party... you really stepped up. And now... well, I’m glad I’m here. With your friends.

FIORA (knowingly): By ‘friends,’ d’you mean... ‘Beckett,’ specifically?

ATLAS: Now you’re pushing it.

FIORA: Sorry.

ATLAS: But seriously. Thanks. I’m starting to see why everyone made such a big deal about this party. It’s... fun.

FIORA (smiles): If anyone deserves to have fun, it’s you, Atlas. I can’t imagine there were many parties in the Between.

ATLAS (laughs): If Raife’s evil cultists were having any parties, I sure as hell wasn’t invited. ‘Sides, at least here, I know I’ve got people to watch my back.

FIORA: Really?

ATLAS: There’s nobody I’d rather have at my side in a pinch than my sister. And... just between you and me, I don’t entirely mind that Beckett guy. He’s... competent.

FIORA (knowingly): “Competent.” Right. He’s definitely... that.

ATLAS (awkwardly): Right. Whatever, enough with all that sentimental crap. Catch you later.

Atlas disappears into the crowd. Fiora looks around, bewildered, until Shreya appears and pulls her into a twirl.

FIORA: Whoa! Hey there, Shreya.

SHREYA: Fiora! Just the good-looking and absolutely breathtaking Light-Att I wanted to see. Come dance with me!

Fiora smiles at her date.

FIORA: I thought you’d never ask! I’d love to.

Shreya leads Fiora out onto the dance floor as the music shifts to a slow waltz. They start to dance perfectly in time with one another, moving slowly around the dance floor.

SHREYA: This is lovely. Why don’t we dance together more often?

FIORA: Dunno. Guess we’ve been too busy with school... and fighting off random shadow monsters... and discovering my secret twin... y’know, usual stuff.

SHREYA (laughs): Ah, yes. Things are never dull with you around, are they? I am so glad we ended up roommates. It was clearly meant to be.

Fiora smiles warmly at Shreya.

FIORA: We were clearly meant to be, I’d say.

SHREYA: Oh, I agree. Everything is simply so... beautiful. Don’t you think?

FIORA: Yeah. Beautiful...

Fiora leans in and kisses Shreya.

SHREYA: Well! That’s certainly something the Fiora of a few months ago never would have done!

FIORA: Why, are you complaining?

SHREYA: Perish the thought!

They resume their dance as the music shifts into something more upbeat. After a few moments, Atlas and Beckett join them, followed closely by Griffin and Peter. They all dance together for a brief moment, until finally the song ends, to be replaced with another. The six of them all head toward the edge of the dance floor, where Zeph is waiting, eating from a heaping plate of some type of glowing Attuned snack.

SHREYA: This had best be important. I really was enjoying myself!

Atlas gives her a meaningful nod, then jerks her head in the direction of the ballroom’s entrance. Shreya and the others follow her gesture to see...

FIORA (astonished): Dr. Swan?!

SHREYA: She’s back? But... I don’t... that cannot--

BECKETT (frowning): Rather suspicious, isn’t it? That she should vanish for so long... only to reappear now? And without even speaking to Fiora or Shreya?

ATLAS: Took the words right out of my mouth. Something’s wrong.

FIORA: Let me talk to her. Maybe she knows something.

Fiora starts walking toward Dr. Swan, when suddenly, the booming voice of Dean Goeffe, amplified by telepathy, echoes through everyone’s minds.

DEAN GOEFFE (echoing): ATTENTION. THIS IS AN OFFICIAL PENDERGHAST ANNOUNCEMENT FROM DEAN GOEFFE. THIS CAMPUS IS CURRENTLY IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY. ALL STUDENTS ARE INSTRUCTED TO RETURN TO THEIR DORMITORIES IMMEDIATELY, AND AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTION.

As the students around them start panicking, Fiora and her friends look around with suspicion.

ATLAS: Okay. I can’t be the only one who finds this suspicious, right?

GRIFFIN: Right. Something’s wrong...

DEAN GOEFFE (echoing): ALL PENDERGHAST PROFESSORS ARE TO REPORT TO MIRROR STORAGE AT THIS TIME. I REPEAT: THIS CAMPUS IS CURRENTLY IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY. ALL STUDENTS...

The Pend Pals watch as Dr. Swan and Dr. Englund both immediately head toward the ballroom’s entrance, disappearing through its double doors. Fiora looks around at her friends, then at Atlas.

FIORA: Something’s not right. We need to follow them.

ATLAS: Agreed.

Amidst the throng of confused and terrified students, seven students make their way toward the exit, following the professors toward the Mirror Storage room...

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Notes: And so the climax begins... let's hope our heroes are strong enough to handle whatever comes next for them!

Timeline: The Amorelia Day Gala takes place on March 17th, 2018.

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Next: Into the Between

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[crystalelemental]

Sharena: “It’s so cool that you can hear people’s thoughts!  Would you mind reading a few more?  I’m really curious.”

Sara: “Are you sure that’s what you want?  Knowing the minds of others isn’t always a blessing.”

Sharena: “You don’t have to tell me everything, just what their general thoughts are like!  Here, let’s try this one.  Ephraim!  Over here!”

Ephraim: “Princess Sharena.  What can I do for you?”

Sharena: “This is Sara!  You may not believe it, but she can read people’s minds!”

Lyon: “Ah, what a marvelous power.  Could you give us a demonstration?”

Sharena: “Try reading Ephraim’s mind!”

Ephraim: “Yeah!  What number am I thinking of?”

Sara: “His thoughts are entirely about food and battle, with occasional blips to protecting his sister and Lyon.  It’s a clear yet hollow voice.”

Ephraim: “Hah!  That’s not even a number!  It was-”

Sara: “Sixty-nine thousand four hundred and twenty.  I know, I’m trying not to dignify it.”

Ephraim: “...Lyon, I think she might be psychic.”

Sharena: “Ooh!  What about Lyon?”

Sara: “His voice is muddied.  He’s uncertain about his path in life, and the thoughts in his head get jumbled around and he doesn’t quite understand even what he wants anymore.”

Lyon: “That...is true.  It is hard, knowing what course to take in my life.  I want to do what is best for my people, and to lead them well, but I fear my own weakness and seek solace in-”

Sara: “Both.”

Lyon: “I...what?”

Sara: “You want both of them.  It’s okay, Lyon.”

Lyon: “Wh-what do you mean?”

Sara: “Eirika and Ephraim.  I know your heart’s desire.”

Ephraim: “I don’t follow.”

Sara: “The voice of his thoughts.  It’s maybe 20% the dedication to his kingdom, 80% lust for the twins.”

Lyon: “Wh-what?!  That’s not-!”

Sharena: “That is substantially higher than I expected.”

Lyon: “What do you mean than you expected?!”

???: “Alright, I’ve heard all I need to hear.  Book him!”

Lyon, now handcuffed: “What is going on?!”

Fiora: “Horny police.  We’re gonna have to ask you to come with us.”

Lyon: “But I’m innocent!  I’ve been falsely accused!”

Plumeria: “Right.  I’m sure the empath got confused about your feelings in particular.  You mortals make me sick.”

Ephraim: “Wait, since when are you two friends?”

Fiora: “Since always.”

Plumeria: “She’s the only one of you vulgar creatures with a sense of decency.”

Fiora: “She may dress like a slut, but she understands the importance of having a strong moral backbone.”

Sara: “Confusion and inner turmoil.  A deep desire to be loved, coupled by a crippling revulsion for what that love would typically entail.”

Sharena: “Are you talking about Fiora or Plumeria?”

Sara: “Yes.”

Niles: “Oooh, handcuffs this early in the day?  Naughty.”

Fiora: “Niles, you were just let out for parole.  Do you need another trip to the station?”

Niles: “Only if you’re gentle~”

Plumeria: “How disgustingly vulgar…”

Sara: “He cries out for attention, and resents those for whom connetions come easily.  He seeks the comfort of others but fears their rejection, and acts distant and silver-tongued to mask his true nature.”

Niles: “You...are really taking the fun out of this.”

Odin: “Haha!  She has you pegged, my friend!”

Niles: “Kinky, but also wrong.  You try dealing with her.”

Odin: “With pleasure!  A great magus like Odin Dark has nothing to fear from-”

Sara: “Bridges.”

Odin: *runs off crying*

Sharena: “Aww, now I kind of feel bad…”

Sara: “I told you, this power is not always a blessing.  It can cause harm to those around you, and at times, harm to the one reading such thoughts…”

Sharena: “Really?  How would it-?”

Yune: “Yo, we havin a party?”

Ephraim: “Sara here can read people’s thoughts, so we were testing it out.”

Yune: “No fooling?  That’s awesome!”

Sara: “...”

Sharena: “I think we should be done for the day, though.  Sara seems tired out.”

Yune: “Awww, lame.  Hey, another time though, right?  ...kid?”

Sara: “....”

Yune’s thoughts: *through muffled static*

Yune: “Kid?  You good?”

Sara: “Sharena, may I say a swear?”

Sharena: “Huh?  Well…”

Sara: “May I say a swear, Sharena?”

Sharena: “I...yes?”

Sara: “What the fuck are you supposed to be?!”

Yune: “Hah!  That’s about right.”

Sara: “Stay back!  Back, creature of madness!”

Yune: “Come on, I’m not that scary!  Tell her, Edelgard!”

Edelgard: “She is a perpetual blight upon my existence.”

Yune: “...so that’s how it’s gonna be, huh?”

Sara, turning to Edelgard: “You...”

Edelgard: “It’s nice to meet you.  My name is Edelgard von Hresvelg, heir to the-”

Sara: “I know all about you.  Your voice, it’s...very forceful, yet strangely calming.”

Edelgard: “Is that so?  I see my reputation precedes me.  A most encouraging discovery.”

Yune: “No dude, she’s just empathic.”

Edelgard: “No wonder she’s terrified of you.”

Yune: “Now that’s just mean!”

Sara: “Yet your voice, it carries an edge of...resentment.  A deep, unbridled anger against the world.”

Edelgard: “I...suppose that is a fair assessment, yes.  Still, I have no intention of harming you.  And despite her appearance and mannerisms, neither will Yune.”

Yune: “You’re enjoying this, aren’t you?  After all my sage guidance and moral support.”

Sara: “The two of you...it’s like a tempest.  One burning in its own fury, ready to rage against the world.  The other a maelstrom of conflicting thoughts and emotions; a cacophony of chaos.  What are you?”

Edelgard: “She is a chaos goddess.”

Sara: “A chaos...goddess?”

Edelgard: “In her world, she is one half of the goddess that created the world.  She embodies chaos in all its forms.”

Sara: “And she...is on your side?  You are allies?”

Yune: “Allies is too distant.  We’re friends!  Great pals.  Right, Edelgard?”

Edelgard: “She latched on to me as soon as I arrived, and I have yet to make her leave.”

Yune: “Edelgard.  Can you not?  Right now?  I’m trying to connect with today’s youth.”

Edelgard: “Today’s youth aren’t interested in vacuous nonsense.”

Yune: “Then what are they interested in, smartypants?”

Edelgard: “Revolution.”

Yune: “Bah, you say that about everything.”

Sharena: “Well, I guess technically she is part of Leif’s liberation army.”

Edelgard: “There!  You see?”

Yune: “It’s a whole kingdom of heroes from across the multiverse who spend their lives doing battle!  That’s not really a representative sample from the general population!  Not everyone’s so invested in overthrowing the government!”

Edelgard: “The church.”

Yune: “To-may-to, to-mah-to.  Point is everyone around here should be down with smashing the system.”

Sara, wide eyed: *giggles*

Edelgard: “Is that a laugh I hear?”

Yune: “Does that mean we can hang out now?!”

Sara: “You two are absolutely insane.  Never speak to me again.”  *leaves*

Yune: “...great, you scared her off.”

Edelgard: “I had nothing to do with this!”

***later***

Lysithea: “And let me guess, the flying gremlin was with her?”

Sara: “Indeed it was.”

Lysithea: “That thing freaks me out.”

Sara: “Finally, someone is talking sense around here.”

[mycloneismywaifu]

Shaco’s thoughts on champions..

Aatrox: Such an angry man, definitely needs to relax.

Ahri: quite pretty, everyone seems to like her. I don’t know though..

Akali: Grumpy, but also...balanced, as they would say?

Alistar: Big boy, Small Mind.

Amumu: Oh Nyoh, poor baby...grow up.

Anivia: who left the frozen chicken out to defrost?

Annie: I like their potential, might host a tea party.

Aphelios: Sorry, didn’t hear what you said.

Ashe: chill...hehe...

Aurelion Sol: ALMIGHTY POTENTIAL...Rude as fuck.

Azir: Hm...you had everything, how did it feel to lose so much...?

Bard: BWOMMM....indeed.

Blitzcrank: Metal body, Metal mind, Metal heart...I wonder if you can feel...

Brand: Toasty, I’ll keep you in my fireplace.

Braum: You have a heart worth thousands, but can you save everybody..?

Caitlyn: You claim to be an amazing sherrif, but you haven’t caught me!

Camille: My my, that’s some long...knives.

Cassiopeia;  I like your style...Poison is quite...thrilling in it’s own way~

Cho'Gath: Who’s a good all eating terrifying monster...? YOU ARE!~

Corki: Has ANYONE seen his feet? Anybody?!

Darius: Chop Chop~ You’ve got to catch up to your brother~

Diana: So edgy, but loving the aesthetic~

Dr. Mundo: I’ll see you next week for drinks! Bring the good stuff!

Draven: I heard your brother’s ahead of you, gotta do more work~!

Ekko: Even if you go back in time, you can’t fix your mistakes...~

Elise: Oh My..!

Evelynn: MY OH MY!

Ezreal: Do you really have to dance like that...?

Fiddlesticks: SQUARK!!! ...hah, good times...

Fiora: You’ll never find a worthy opponent with manners like that!

Fizz: Slippery little sucker you are...

Galio: Big. Very Big.

Gangplank: Arrrg! ..got any of those oranges

Garen: You wish for JUSTICE! but what if you’re in the wrong..?

Gnar: Annoying, but sort of cute. Don’t piss it off, whatever you do.

Gragas: My supplier of the finest bourbon. Also a drinking buddy.

Graves: He smells nice.

Hecarim: I love to sneak onto his back to ride on him like a horse...

Heimerdinger: ...Fucking know it all.

Illaoi: I tried arm wrestling with her ones. Never again.

Irelia: K n i v e s, so many K N I V E S.

Ivern: Honestly I’d probably get high with this guy. He seems like fun to get high with.

Janna: Is it me or is it windy in here?

Jarvan IV: You have a kingdom, but do you deserve it?

Jax: If i gave you a rubber chicken, would you still clobber people?

Jayce: Pretty boy needs to learn his place.

Jhin: Finally, someone with some good T A S T E 

Jinx: 👀

Kai'Sa: I’m surprised you didn’t go c r a z y in the void..how do you feel..?

Kalista: I heard you want to get a little bit of vengence...?

Karma: ...Is a bitch...Pun intended.

Karthus: Fucking love to rock out with this guy. Holy shit.

Kassadin: Needs to find an inhaler.

Katarina: Totally isn’t a Yandere waiting for Garen to ask her out.

Kayle: Should have been the one to hit the ground too hard if she fell.

Kayn: Fucking edgelord who I wish would make up his fucking mind.

Kennen: Get a load of pikachu over here..

Kha'Zix: Messy eater, wouldn’t invite over again.

Kindred: Fun to talk about death with, would chat again. Wolf’s a good boy.

Kled: Fucking mental, would drink with again.

Kog'Maw: What the fuck is this thing. I love it. 

LeBlanc: Amazing parties, amazing dances, need to hang out more..

Lee Sin: Now you see me, now you...oh hang on.

Leona: Praise the sun? Nah I get sun stroke. Give me your sister pls.

Lillia: Too innocent, shouldn’t be here, easy to mess with...actually, maybe stay..?

Lissandra: Cold. Very cold. But the best of the 3..

Lucian: I laughed when I heard Senna got caught. Thresh did a good job.

Lulu: One of my bestest sort of friends, we cause the best mischief. 

Lux: Does your father know what you can do...?

Malphite: B I G

Malzahar: Sorta kinda kreeps me out sometimes...his bugs fuck my shit up...

Maokai: I like chilling in his branches, his saprolings know how to party.

Master Yi: That’s a nice lookin sword you’ve got there...

Miss Fortune: You got two lovely guns. 

Mordekaiser: Best guitarist I’ve ever heard. need to see their next concert.

Morgana: Lovely cookies, shame everyone dies after though.

Nami: Why would you even buy boots??

Nasus: Your brother hates you, do you forgive him? 

Nautilus: Can you even feel me knocking on your head?

Neeko: I see myself all the time, you can’t fool me...

Nidalee: You need some class, a wash and some clothes...

Nocturne: DARKNESS, DARLING, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!

Nunu and Willump: Willump can you just eat him already?

Olaf: I miss the good old drinking days...heh, mom’s op...

Orianna: The intricacy of the workings inside are limitless, I must see inside...

Ornn: B I G aswell

Pantheon: You’ve got abs you can eat off, and an ass that would be eaten.

Poppy: You may be small, but damn you hurt.

Pyke: I need to talk to you more, I want to hear all about drowning as much as I can...

Qiyana: You’re just an angry person.

Quinn: I’ve been trying to kill Valor for so long I can’t count the days.

Rakan: Look in the mirror for too long and your face will stick like that.

Rammus: Ok.

Rek'Sai: *SCREECHES BACK*

Renekton: Your brother trapped you for millenia, tell me how much you hate him..

Rengar: heh, you let your guard down and the bug ate your eye..funny.

Riven: You’ll never be welcomed back, you know that, right..?

Rumble: She’ll never notice how much you love her. Give up.

Ryze: C’mon, let me look in the scroll, just a little peek?

Sejuani: God you smell as bad as the boar...

Senna: You have no idea how long it’s been to ask someone...how was it in the lanturn??

Sett: All you do is punch. Not impressed at all.

Shaco: Love this guy, can’t get enough of him!

Shen: You say balance is necessary, so isn’t what Zed doing good..?

Shyvana: No matter what you do, Demacia will always fear you~

Singed: You need to give me more of your experimental vials, I have too much fun with them..

Sion: oh hey big guy, I thought you died!

Sivir: I think you make more money than me killing people...jealous much..

Skarner: Aren’t you the last of your kind...? Samesies! how’s it feel for you~!

Sona: I wish I could hear you scream...that would be wonderful..

Soraka: Why not give Warwick what he wants...no one will miss you~

Swain: I would love to study your...ehem...other form more, it’s so intriguing ...

Sylas: You were a bad boy, yet you didn’t let people know about lux~

Syndra: Show me this limitless power you have~

Tahm Kench: Gotta say, I’m a big fan of your vocabulary...

Taliyah: Yasuo isn’t who you think he is...you should ask who Yone is...

Talon: Stabby Stabby time~

Taric: Wow. 

Teemo: I could list off 900 different ways I would exterminate that little rodent.

Thresh: Hey, I’m Shaco, big fan, huge. Biggest even.

Tristana: you’re oblivious to all the signs, you’ll end up hurting people you have no idea exist...

Trundle: HIT HIT HIT, That all you think about?

Tryndamere: See above

Twisted Fate: I’m never playing cards with you again, seriously, fuck off.

Twitch: God you stink. but you make a good foot rest.

Udyr: So calm, yet anger is deep inside you..

Urgot: No one likes you but god you’re amazing at killing people.

Varus: You fuck everything up, yet you’re still around...

Vayne: You wish to rid the world of black magic, but so much fun comes from it..

Veigar: HAH, SO, SMALL, OH MY, HE’S JUST...PFFFF.

Vel'Koz: I too wish to know what’s going on inside of people’s heads..just more emotionally.

Vi: Caitlyn will never notice you.

Viktor: hit me up when the revolution starts, I may skip town til it’s over.

Vladimir: SO MUCH GOOD WINE, OOF.

Volibear: You’re a big boi now, indeed.

Warwick: Cmon, you know you want it, go get it...soraka’s practically open...

Wukong: sometimes you even get me confused...

Xayah: oo, look at me, such an edgy bitch, only one man get’s me~

Xerath: I am so curious, how the hell did you become what you are...

Xin Zhao: sorry, who are you again?

Yasuo: You killed your brother, didn’t you. I fucking knew it!!

Yorick: Play me that bass riff again, it’s so G O O D

Yuumi: God you’re annoying. 

Zac: surprisingly enough, you’re an amazing bed.

Zed: You know what you should do..? Kill them all...heh, that’d be fun to watch..

Ziggs: I need you to make more bombs, for me...for research purposes..heh

Zilean: You are also annoying, stop knowing where I’ll be, stop. now.

Zoe: GOD, WHY ARE YOU ALL ANNOYING

Zyra: ...you provide the good kush.

Clean list below if anyone want’s to do it too!

I love reading them, tag me in them if you could! :D

Aatrox,

Ahri,

Akali,

Alistar,

Amumu,

Anivia,

Annie,

Aphelios,

Ashe,

Aurelion Sol,

Azir,

Bard,

Blitzcrank,

Brand,

Braum,

Caitlyn,

Camille,

Cassiopeia,

Cho'Gath,

Corki,

Darius,

Diana,

Dr. Mundo,

Draven,

Ekko,

Elise,

Evelynn,

Ezreal,

Fiddlesticks,

Fiora,

Fizz,

Galio,

Gangplank,

Garen,

Gnar,

Gragas,

Graves,

Hecarim,

Heimerdinger,

Illaoi,

Irelia,

Ivern,

Janna,

Jarvan IV,

Jax,

Jayce,

Jhin,

Jinx,

Kai'Sa,

Kalista,

Karma,

Karthus,

Kassadin,

Katarina,

Kayle,

Kayn,

Kennen,

Kha'Zix,

Kindred,

Kled,

Kog'Maw,

LeBlanc,

Lee Sin,

Leona,

Lillia,

Lissandra,

Lucian,

Lulu,

Lux,

Malphite,

Malzahar,

Maokai,

Master Yi,

Miss Fortune,

Mordekaiser,

Morgana,

Nami,

Nasus,

Nautilus,

Neeko,

Nidalee,

Nocturne,

Nunu and Willump,

Olaf,

Orianna,

Ornn,

Pantheon,

Poppy,

Pyke,

Qiyana,

Quinn,

Rakan,

Rammus,

Rek'Sai,

Renekton,

Rengar,

Riven,

Rumble,

Ryze,

Sejuani,

Senna,

Sett,

Shaco,

Shen,

Shyvana,

Singed,

Sion,

Sivir,

Skarner,

Sona,

Soraka,

Swain,

Sylas,

Syndra,

Tahm Kench,

Taliyah,

Talon,

Taric,

Teemo,

Thresh,

Tristana,

Trundle,

Tryndamere,

Twisted Fate,

Twitch,

Udyr,

Urgot,

Varus,

Vayne,

Veigar,

Vel'Koz,

Vi,

Viktor,

Vladimir,

Volibear,

Warwick,

Wukong,

Xayah,

Xerath,

Xin Zhao,

Yasuo,

Yorick,

Yuumi,

Zac,

Zed,

Ziggs,

Zilean,

Zoe,

Zyra,

[blacksurvivalnostalgichanges]

My Take On What Kind Of Student Each Character Is

minus the ones that we fully know about and the ones i didn’t wanna write for

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Adela: She’d be the student that’s very prodigious on a certain subject, but not be very good at most others. Like, she needs help in english, or P.E., but once science class hits she becomes coveted as a project partner. Of course, the moment that someone pulls out a game board she either gets in and demolished everyone else, or is actively let out to level the playing field.

Adriana: She’d be a big troublemaker, the type you see getting switched from classes or on detention at least once until the first half of the year’s done. Everyone knows her as THAT kid. She’s the student that shoves an eraser in the outlet to make the classroom lights go out. She’s the student that burns something, but no one knows what, just knows there’s a suspicious burning smell, flustering the teachers and supervisors. Those are both real stories I have from highschool, by the way. Neither were caused by me, though.

Alex: He’s the kid everyone forgets exists. Either because they’re never present in class and eventually become that one name everyone laughs at because “oh hah the teacher hasn’t realized courtney’s NEVER showing up”, or because they just don’t talk much and turn away or bore folks trying to socialize with him.

Arda: He’s the kid that’s really smart, but everyone gets kinda creeped out by him. Someone looks for him as a kid, and finds him looking at the ground far too close to an anthill. They ask him what he’s doing, and he gets on this weird rant on how ants live and how life is precious but fleeting. People often want him to be in their group on group assignments since it guarantees an A, but fully expect the assignment to not go pleasantly.

Aya: The narc. The tattletale. That kid that no one tells anything to. Beloved by teachers and supervisors, but others usually aren’t that fond of her. Probably gets bullied over it, and eventually gets a huge complex over how she can’t actually make them stop by talking to authority figures. 

Barbara: She’s the kid that knows a lot about how to use the computers when it gets to that. She’d be really good at arts and crafts projects, and get good grades, but be secretly utterly bored by literally everything that doesn’t have that sort of physical building-up and get really excited and happy when tech class starts, or the arts teacher makes an assignment where she can make things beyond drawing or writing about old artists she doesn’t care much for.

Bernice: He’s the really depressed, existencial kid. Bummer to be around. Makes a joke about death that makes everyone fall silent. One of his classmates became a psychologist and sent him their card.

Camilo: The one dude that folks either know as the guy that gets with lots of people, or as really self-absorbed. Passing grades but only that, probably.

Cathy: The kid that wants to be a doctor. Always has bandaids and antiseptics ready, gets called on whenever people get hurt pretty bad (presuming the nurse’s office isn’t available or her school doesn’t have one). 

Chiara: The jehovah’s kid that tries to get their friends to go to the church. Type to show up to a friend’s house on a Sunday, and try to get them to go with her to the church. People usually try to just quietly ignore it or try to just be a good influence on her, since they don’t know how they’d decode her from it.

Daniel: Him being the goth kid’s a given, but he’d also be that really artistic kid that folks admire (because dang his art’s so good) but also get kinda weirded out by. Voted Most Likely to Kill Someone.

Echion: He’s that dude that randomly fights people for no reason, actually winds up creating harm, gets suspended, then next day a teacher starts talking about how everyone should’ve been more patient with him despite the fact that he was hurting people. (hoping this isn’t relatable)

Eleven: She’d be that student that’s always letting others borrow their stuff, has a bunch of friends she helps with school stuff when they don’t get it, and is generally too nice for this world. I know her backstory involves her friends all being fake and only there for her dad’s influence but I’m going to willingly ignore that and say folks love her and are her friends without influence from her dad. Shhhhhh.

Eva: The student that makes jokes during classes, either whispering to friends or out loud when the teacher allows it. She probably doesn’t like science.

Emma: You know that kid that would bring a book about magic to school? And do magic tricks for people mid class? That. Except she’d actually commit to it for more than a week. Teachers hate her.

Fiora: Sword lesbian. She’d likely have average grades mostly, but excel in P.E. Probably in the student council, maybe as the president with Jenny being the vice president because Fiora would trust her with that sort of thing.

Hart: She’d be the type to go through school sort of in a “i gotta” type of motivation, then after graduation you find out she made a mixtape.

Hyejin:The kid that would be able to help deprogram Chiara because she’s also religious but knows the line. I feel like she’d be the arts and crafts kid too, maybe have her dream job be psychology.

Isol: The kid that’s causing mischief, but in a sort of quiet sneaky way. The kid that made the school administration make a huge fuss trying to figure out who the fuck made the classroom lights go out, or stole something. A week passes. No one even knows who the fuck did it because he’s that good.

Jackie: Openly wanted to be a doctor. Everyone silently suspects she’s the murder doctor type.

Jan: The kid that’s really nice and chill. Then he does pushups with no effort and everyone realized that he’s actually really strong and could probably break them in half if he wanted to. Someone asked him why he works out so much. He answered “to pick up big dogs easily”. Nadine nodded in understanding.

Jenny: The theater kid. Probably isn’t that interested in most classes until either english or art decides that making a play would be interesting. Fiora would be really supportive of her and show up every rehearsal, and record the plays every time.

JP: Okay, we kinda know how he was in school but i still wanna harp on it? Like, he hacked into the school system to get test answers. He definitely emasculated every other kid that wanted to cause mischief. And whenever someone got angry at him for it he probably just tricked them into a ligma joke. King. Legend. He probably got held back though. 

Lenox: She probably wouldn’t kick too much fuss in school, be kind of generically nice and fun, but nothing special. Until they meet her post graduation years later and find out the path she took and they now have a good ice breaker.

Leon: The only kid that got excited for swimming classes. Probably has stories about times he went to the beach. I think he’d also be the kid that feels REALLY pressured to get good grades and doesn’t feel happy enough with anything under a ten.

Li Dailin: Got caught doing drugs in the bathroom. Probably is the one who’s picked to organize events.

Luke: The kid that gets really annoyed when people touch their things because of cleanliness. Everyone asks him when they need hand sanitizer because he always has it. Also probably is the kid that makes jokes over what the teacher said.

Magnus: The guy that’s always smoking right outside school. Got caught doing drugs in the men’s bathroom.

Mai: The kid that’s known to be kind of snobby and annoying, that people kinda stay away from. Probably has plenty of material but never lets anyone borrow it. Not even the people that she knows won’t try to steal it. 

Nadine: The cause of the dog that keeps showing up into school. If the school had a mascot she’d likely be the one taking care of it. Also the kid that becomes coveted when teams are being made for sports.

Nathapon: Gets in detention because he won’t fucking put away his phone ever and filmed the classes.

Nicky: She’d probably actively look for fights, but only ones where the other person did something to deserve it. For example, she sees someone bullying the teacher, trying to steal their things, and she’d get into a fight with the person to make them stop. (That story was caused by me. ....oh god is that why i like hyunwoo)

Rosalio: Jock, but a jackass.

Rozzi: Voted Most Likely to Kill Someone. Everyone kinda stays away from her because she looks so threatening, but as the year goes on everyone finds out she’s actually kind of a dork and the facade winds up getting undone. She gave the teachers food as a goodbye gift before graduation.

Shoichi: Very first day, the teachers do the ‘what do you want to do when you grow up’ thing and he says he’ll become a business major. The kid that’s kind of annoying, but since they’re smart the teachers don’t care unless they become fully disruptive.

Silvia: She’d be the kid that gets bullied over not being very smart. She asks obvious questions, tends to not pull her weight on group projects, that sort of stuff. Though, I think she wouldn’t be the type to get low self esteem over it, I think she’d let it slide every time and keep her chin up. She’d likely have a lot of friends because of that carefree disposition.

Sissela: Often misses school, does it online, or leaves early because she’s always sick. May or may not take a depression leave at some point. While her getting bullied over her fragileness might be expected, it never happens because if anyone even tried to bully her, half the class would defend her because DUDE SHE’S JUST A SMALL BUT SWEET KID LEAVE HER ALONE

Sua: The kid that LIVES in the library. The moment a book report is needed she winds up having to help everyone get it. Incapable of being teased because she just takes everything as her sweet gentle self and never actually gets hurt from it.

William: Jock. That’s it.

Xiukai: He’s the kid that sneaks in food during class. The food equivalent of the kid that everyone gets candy from. He once ate soup in class and Nadine yelled “I SMELL MEAT! SOMEONE HAS SOUP!”. No one believed her.

Zahir: Another guy who’s pretty smart, but kind of weird. He never gets any meme reference. He rarely tries to reference any memes he does learn about, but when he does everyone thinks that it might be best that he doesn’t use them often.

[tickleraptorss]

The Future is Mostly Reyn’s to Decide

what’s this?? another xenoblade fic???? THATS RIGHT ITS TIME for ANOTHER XENOBLADE FIC. based on the hc that shulk sometimes gets visions of tickle attacks. post-game but there’s no spoilers! excuse the dumb title but it’s kinda true

this is the longest fic i’ve ever written at 2829 words...... wrow

Shulk relaxed against Reyn, feeling the breeze cool them off from the sometimes blistering heat of the sun. He sighed contentedly, happy to finally be able to relax and go back to the peaceful life in Colony 9 he hadn’t been able to live in a while. He was happy to see that his new friends had taken a liking to his hometown as well, and after all they’d all been through, they deserved a rest. A very long rest.

It’d been a week since Shulk’s adventure ended, and compared to his journey, a whole lot of nothing happened in Colony 9, which was a nice change for him. He definitely needed the break. Meanwhile, Reyn was a bit antsy. Wandering around the areas outside of the colony seemed like a cakewalk compared to what they just experienced (which it was). Of course he had gone up to Colony 6 to see how the reconstruction was going, but other than that he had had trouble finding things to keep himself occupied.

Shulk could definitely feel that slightly frustrated energy coming from Reyn right now. Taking Reyn’s hand in his, the blonde smiled sweetly at his boyfriend.

“If you’d like we can go to Gaur Plains later,” Shulk suggested. “I know it’s not all that much fun going by yourself.”

“That sounds good,” Reyn smiled. “How’re you holdin’ up?”

“I mean… I think I’m ok,” Shulk sounded as if he was asking a question. “It’s a lot to process so… I’m giving myself time.”

“You still gettin’ those visions?” Reyn asked carefully.

“Yeah… but there’s no deaths, it’s more like minor inconveniences I can avoid, which can be pretty useful, I suppose.”

The two sat in silence for a few moments, observing the view of the colony from Outlook Park. Reyn put his arm around Shulk, feeling the smaller boy snuggle into him. They were thankful to have each other around, especially after what they’d been through.

Shulk suddenly saw a flash. Another vision… he thought. What could this possibly be? He let himself see the vision, knowing it couldn’t be anything of too much urgence. He felt Reyn shift slightly before the vision began playing in his head.

The vision wasn’t entirely clear, in fact, it was pretty vague, but…

Oh. That’s new.

From what Shulk could make of the vague and slightly distorted vision, it wasn’t anything… good. Well, it wasn’t bad. It was more embarrassing than anything else, if Shulk was being honest. From what he could tell, he just had a vision of a surprise tickle attack.

From Reyn. Who was sitting right next to him.

The sound of his own panicked laughter echoed through his head as the vision abruptly ended, immediately snapping him back to reality. He jolted, and then froze, feeling a blush creep onto his cheeks. He slowly looked over at Reyn, who looked a bit confused.

“Y’alright?” Reyn asked, patting his boyfriend on the shoulder. “You had another vision, I think.”

“Y-yeah,” Shulk stammered, clearly flustered, but Reyn was more concerned with making sure Shulk was okay.

“What’d ya see?”

“U-uh… um…” Shulk looked away for a second, feeling his face heat up even more. Bionis, this is embarrassing. Butterflies swarmed in his stomach and his head buzzed as he tried to stutter out what his vision was. As he opened his mouth to continue, he looked at Reyn, and fear immediately struck him.

Reyn was grinning.

Dear Bionis, he knows what I saw, Shulk thought, recognizing at this point he was starting to curl in on himself instinctively, preparing for an attack.

“What did you see, Shulk?” Reyn asked again, this time his tone was more teasing than anything. Shulk gulped, he knew his breathing was staggering already. Reyn hadn’t even done anything yet! He hadn’t figured his boyfriend would piece things together so quickly.

“Um… nothing important,” Shulk whimpered, flinching when he saw Reyn’s hand a little too close to his side.

“Oh, well why didn’t you say so?” Reyn chuckled, his original attitude returning immediately. “I was worried that it was a vision you didn’t like!”

Shulk blinked, rubbed his eyes, and blinked again. What. He was pretty sure his vision took place in this exact spot. He was also pretty sure that there wasn’t much he could do about it, after all, he was more or less used to falling victim to Reyn’s spontaneous tickle attacks. This was… very un-Reyn-like.

Shulk relaxed again, leaning against Reyn. Thinking he was in the clear, he closed his eyes peacefully as his head rested on Reyn’s shoulder. He felt at peace… well, almost completely at peace. However, the visionary had a gut feeling that his boyfriend was planning something.

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After spending the majority of their morning at Outlook Park, Shulk and Reyn had decided to check in with Fiora to see how she was doing, after all, she was the most affected by the recent events. She’d decided to let the two stay for a while, as she hadn’t really seen them all that much. Fiora figured Shulk was still adjusting to the new changes.

“Where were you two this morning?” Fiora asked as she sat down across from her friends.

“Outlook park,” Reyn spoke up. “Shulk had another vision.”

“Oh? Of what?”

“He didn’t tell me,” Reyn looked at Shulk, who was sat down next to him. The taller boy noticed his boyfriend blushing. “He said it wasn’t important.”

“Well, every vision he has must be important in some way,” Fiora said. “Do you have any idea of what he saw?”

Out of his peripheral vision, Shulk saw Reyn smirk and nod. He could’ve sworn he saw him wink, too. He was almost certain he did when he heard Fiora giggle.

“Well, I guess if he doesn’t think it’s important,” Fiora smiled, looking at Shulk. Now she was smirking, too. Shulk let out a nervous chuckle, acting like he was in on whatever they were smiling about.

As the two chatted, Shulk couldn’t help but feel nervous again. That gut feeling he had earlier was proving to be correct, much to his dismay. He suddenly felt butterflies again as he couldn’t suppress a nervous smile from spreading across his face. His cheeks flushed a bright pink, and while he wasn’t sure if Reyn noticed, he knew that Fiora definitely did.

“You okay, Shulk?” Fiora asked. “You look a little flustered.”

Shulk nodded, putting his hand in front of his mouth to hide his wobbly smile. Dammit, stop smiling! Shulk internally cursed himself.

“Y-yeah… I-I’m fihine,” Shulk giggled slightly.

“What’s got you all giggly?” Reyn asked, smirking exactly like he did back at the park. “Did something we say tickle you a bit?”

Shulk froze hearing the word, feeling himself suddenly become much, much more nervous than he was before. And with Fiora here as well, he felt like he was going to die.

“I bet he’s all tickled pink because he’s able to hang out with us like old times,” Fiora sang. Shulk’s heart skipped a beat. His blush only grew deeper. His smile got wider too, and he felt giggles start to pour out of his mouth, which he tried to disguise as coughs.

“Hey Reyn?” Fiora snickered.

“Yeah?”

“How many tickles does it take to make an octopus laugh?”

“I don’t know, how many?”

“Ten-tickles!” Fiora giggled. Reyn laughed along with her. Shulk couldn’t help himself but laugh, feeling his face flush more. He felt like he was actually melting. The blonde buried his face in his hands, partially chuckling at the bad joke.

“Guess we really tickled your funny bone with that one, huh?” Reyn playfully elbowed Shulk, who just groaned into his hands.

After what felt like an eternity, Reyn and a very flustered Shulk parted ways with Fiora, and headed back to their shared home. Shulk seemed to try to look at everything except Reyn on their way home, knowing what possibly awaits him when they arrive.

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Eventually they reached their home, and Shulk was the first inside. Reyn stepped in behind him, locking the door behind them, since he knew they most likely weren’t going out after this. He looked up to see Shulk staring at him, his blue eyes filled with nervous anticipation. As their eyes met, Reyn waited a few short moments, before he smirked and raised his hands.

“Alright, c’mere!” Reyn pounced, trying to grab Shulk. The blonde took off down the hallway, which made Reyn laugh to himself. “You can’t hide from me, Shulk!”

The visionary heard footsteps behind him, and he knew Reyn would catch up to him eventually. However, all the adrenaline that had built up from the relentless teasing earlier wanted to make this a bit harder for Reyn. He wasn’t going to give in that easily, even if his fate had been sealed. After all, he was stubborn.

Shulk let out anticipatory giggles as he heard the footsteps getting closer and closer, until strong arms had wrapped themselves around him. He yelped as he was lifted off the ground bridal-style, and soon enough he was looking up at a very hungry-looking Reyn. Shulk couldn’t help himself and burst into a fit of giggles.

“I haven’t even done anything and look at you,” Reyn chuckled. “You’re already giggling!” The redhead carried Shulk to their bedroom and dropped his boyfriend onto the bed. Instead of trying to crawl away from his taller boyfriend, Shulk just curled in on himself and giggled, hiding his flushed face.

“Nohoho! R-Reyn!” Shulk yelped when he felt Reyn roll him onto his back and pin his arms above him.

“You’ve had plenty of time to prepare yourself, man,” Reyn said. “I was thinking of just getting it over with when we were with Fiora, honestly.”

“Thahat would’ve mahahade it worse!”

“Exactly! So, I waited until now to tickle you,” Reyn’s free hand descended upon Shulk’s underarms, earning a surprised squeal from the visionary, followed by loud and squeaky laughter. Shulk tried to hide his blushing face in his shoulders, pulling at his arms in an attempt to free himself, but it was no use.

“Y’know, I was gonna tickle you back when we were at the park,” Reyn said as if there wasn’t a helpless, laughing visionary underneath him. “But when you had that vision, you got so flustered, and it was really cute. And, well, I wanted to see more of it!” The redhead began tracing small circles underneath Shulk’s arms, making his boyfriend squeak.

“Soooo, I decided to just go about teasin’ you for most of the day,” Reyn continued to talk casually, like he was having a friendly discussion with Shulk. “An’ I reckon gettin’ you all riled up just made you even more ticklish, huh?” Reyn let go of Shulk’s arms to he could dig his hands into both of Shulk’s underarms. This made Shulk squeal and try to roll onto his side, only for Reyn to push him back. The blonde clamped his arms to his sides, trying to block out Reyn’s hands, but only succeeding in trapping them there.

“REHEHEYN!!” Shulk squeaked, thrashing in an attempt to knock Reyn off of him. “Stoho-aHAP! C’MOHOHON!!”

“I take it this is a good spot?” Reyn questioned playfully.

“NohoHOHO!!”

“It’s not? I dunno, you’re laughin’ pretty hard.”

Shulk shook his head in response. His laughter had already gotten squeaky, due to him being so flustered. The tickling stopped a few moments later, but Reyn’s hands were still resting under Shulk’s arms.

“I’d love to give you a lil break, but you’ve trapped me,” Reyn chuckled, wiggling his fingers. Shulk squealed once more and his squirming picked back up. “Ya gotta let me out, man!”

Reyn stopped again, giving Shulk a chance to raise his arms, but once he did Reyn only tickled him again, causing him to clamp his arms back down.

“Okay, okay, I’ll stop for real this time,” Reyn giggled, worming his hands out of Shulk’s underarms. His boyfriend tried to catch his breath, giggling all the while every time he looked at Reyn.

“What’s so funny?” Reyn asked, chuckling along. He raised his hands and wiggled his fingers, amused when Shulk squeaked and covered his face with his hands. “I’m not even ticklin’ you!”

“I-I knohohow!” Shulk giggled, peeking through his fingers to see Reyn still wiggling his fingers. “Stohop that!”

“I’m not doing anything! Are you just that ticklish?”

Shulk shook his head, yelping when Reyn started softly stroking up and down his sides. Blushing, the visionary bit his lip, but couldn’t contain his giggling for more than a few seconds. His laughter was breathy and soft, but Reyn knew soft tickles like this riled him up much more. The redhead grinned at his giggling boyfriend.

“Reheheyn!” Shulk squeaked as he felt his face starting to get hotter. The blush that dusted his cheeks only became darker, and the tips of his ears started turning red as well. He squeaked again when he felt Reyn’s hands lifting up his sweater, only having a vague idea as to what Reyn was planning next.

“How about you pick the next spot?” Reyn suggested.

“Wh-what?”

“Where do you want me to tickle you next?” The redhead elaborated.

“I-I don’t know!” Shulk stammered, slightly panicked. “Um… r-ribs?”

“Ribs? You’ve got it!” Reyn exclaimed, wiggling his fingers right above Shulk’s ribs. Just when it looked like he was about to pounce, the redhead switched to tickling his boyfriend’s stomach.

“EEP!!- HEHEY!!” Shulk squealed, trying to push Reyn’s hands away from his stomach. Reyn’s fingers spidered all over Shulk’s belly, leaving no tiny spot untouched. Shulk’s laughter got louder when Reyn’s hands stopped on the sides of his belly, just staying there and softly clawing at the spot. The softer sensation was maddening, and Shulk didn’t know exactly how much more he could take.

“Sorry, man, your lil tummy was looking too ticklish for me to resist,” Reyn growled playfully. “Y’know the tickle monster doesn’t hold back!~”

There was the sing-song tone that got Shulk every time. The same tone that Reyn would use when flirting and teasing his boyfriend, that same sing-song voice that made his stomach do flips. That tone was especially flustering whenever Reyn called his name.

“Oh, Shuuuulk~” Reyn sang. “The tickle monster’s been so patient for so long… I think he oughta have some kind of reward for that, don’t you think?”

“R-REYN! I SWEHEHEAR TO BIOHOHONIS- DOHOHON’T!” It was far too late when Shulk saw Reyn lowering his head, already pressing tickly kisses against his stomach. Shulk squeaked, knowing there was no stopping his evil boyfriend at this point. He just decided to cover his face in hopes of hiding his intense blush. His laughter died down a bit, but with that, his giggles only became much squeakier.

“Aww~” Reyn cooed as more squeaks poured out of Shulk’s mouth. “You’re so cute, Shulk. And very, very ticklish~” With that, Reyn went from pressing kisses against Shulk’s tummy to blowing raspberries.

Shulk all but shrieked, squealing when Reyn’s hands came up to tickle his sides along with the relentless raspberries being blown across his belly. Shulk felt like he was practically melting with how flustered he was. Yet, at the same time, he found himself having… fun. It reminded him of when he and Reyn were kids, and he’d be subjected to the same torment as he is now.

He didn’t have much time to think as Reyn kept tickling him to the point where his laugh became wheezy and his face was impossibly red. After that, the redhead stopped, climbing off of Shulk and letting his boyfriend roll onto his side, hugging his midriff and giggling to himself. Reyn smiled sweetly.

“I haven’t seen you laugh that hard in a long time,” Reyn ruffled Shulk’s hair. “It was good to see you so happy again.”

“Th-thank you…” Shulk said. “For, uh, doing this… it was fun.”

“You think so?” Reyn chuckled. “If so, I guess I’ll have to do this much more often to keep myself entertained!”

“Reeeeeyn… that’s not what I meant!”

“Well, too bad!” Reyn scooped his boyfriend up into his arms, kissing his cheeks. “You’re just too much fun to tickle!”

Shulk half-whined, half-giggled as he buried his face into Reyn’s chest, still flustered. His boyfriend hugged him closer and looked outside, then looked back at Shulk.

“Mmm…” Shulk hummed peacefully. “We should go to bed.”

“I guess all that tickling must’ve tuckered you out, huh?” Reyn said, giggling when Shulk nodded. “Alright then, take your melatonin ‘n stuff.”

After they’d both finished getting ready for bed, Shulk happily snuggled against Reyn as the two of them tucked themselves under the covers. Reyn played with Shulk’s hair as the blonde practically buried himself into his boyfriend’s chest, smiling all the while.

“I love you, Reyn,” Shulk whispered, looking up at the redhead. His eyes sparkled with admiration.

“I love you too, Shulk.”

[letters-from-the-three-houses]

Ooooooofffff who are you gonna pair up???

!!! :D

the first half answers the question proper and is probably what i’m going to do in my first play throughs, while the latter half is a list of my actual ships (though i like all the ships in both lists because notps don’t exist in my vocabulary!)

this got long so it’s under the cut! if the read more works now; come on, tumblr, you can do it edit: nooo it didn’t work. sorry again for flooding everyone’s dash with a long post;; edit2: now it does! awesome

black eagles:

edelgard/linhardt - i really adore the idea of them together so i would not be opposed to an accelerated rate to their supports! i saw fanart of them by reddit user chiralmia one day and i thought they looked cute. eddie being all gung ho about the crests and lin being a crest researcher is bound to have some interesting conversations

hubert/dorothea - this one request made me hardcore ship them because their dynamic is?? super?? fascinating?? i can’t wait to see how they’d interact in-game!

caspar/petra - another;; request;; just imagining caspar being so proud of petra as she improves her adrestian and gets acclimated to the monastery makes my heart warm. he’d be so supportive of her! anyone who makes fun of her speech? insert gta wasted sound effect here

ferdinand/bernadetta - moeblob’s comics opened my eyes to the idea of ferdiebernie and they’ve never closed since. they kinda give me ‘my fair lady’ vibes? this would be a great platonic pairing and i am not opposed to seeing ferdinand become protective of her

(other ones i’m looking forward to):

ferdinand/dorothea - since he’s all uppity about nobility and dorothea’s a commoner, i wonder how it’ll work!

hubert/petra - so serious! such cool! much admire! they both like edelgard a lot too so i can see them gushing about her together and aaaahhh 

caspar/bernadetta - even more requests?! and a fanfic?!?! i’m weak????? caspar being bright and happy to bernie’s glum, and coaxing her to socialize more is top tier

blue lions:

sylvain/ingrid - i mentioned before that i thought they’d be like kaze/azura (which was my fates otp!) before i found out sylvain was a flirt, but now that just makes the ship a fusion of kaze/azura and sain/fiora?? which i both adore?? so i dunno about you guys but this stole me from the get go

felix/annette - (KROISSANT IF YOU’RE OUT THERE—) if it isn’t obvious yet i like my serious, depressed grumpy cats together with bright sunshine children and this is exactly that

dedue/mercedes - actual parents;; they’d be so soft it’ll be insane

(other ones i’m looking forward to):

ashe/annette - shenanigans all the way! they’ll have loads and loads of fun when they’re with each other

dimitri/ingrid - obligatory ‘we have to get the pegasus knight and the lord she has an unrequited crush on together’; not that ingrid does have an unrequited crush on dimitri (we don’t know if she does), but they fit the trope

felix/mercedes + felix/ingrid - we ARE shipping felix with everyone and we ARE going to like it

golden deer:

claude/marianne - asdfghjkl; an actual disney prince with an actual disney princess? why would i not??

lorenz/hilda - they hate each other. i can feel it in my bones. i need to know how it’d work. please, IS

ignatz/lysithea - cute babies! you can see them together a couple of times so they must be friends! i honestly had a daydream about them eloping together which????? made me hate my brain more than i already do, but i guess i’m going to have to roll with it

raphael/leonie - i actually don’t want to pair them up with anyone because i think they don’t care about romance (asexual/aromantic representation when;;), but they seem like good pals so i’ll be okay with that!

(other ones i’m looking forward to):

claude/hilda - partners-in-crime. i don’t know why but i keep thinking they’re childhood friends. they’re probably not, but their dynamic is bound to be funny

lorenz/lysithea + lorenz/marianne + lorenz/leonie - i’m super curious to know why girls don’t like him. is it because he has terrible pick up lines?? does his personality suck?? will they mention his haircut????

ships i really ship (they’re mostly interhouse because i’m an idiot):

they haven’t really changed much from before so if you’ve read this post, you can skip this!

dimitri/edelgard - out of all the lord pairings i could have chosen i chose this one, and it constantly reminds me how much i hate myself (note: before anyone asks, i’m aware of what thani said! whether or not it’s true, it just makes their dynamic that much more interesting to me?? i dunno, guys; sorry if anyone’s disappointed in my terrible taste :c)

ashe/bernadetta - the first time i thought of these two together, i gasped out loud and never looked back since. i still think these two would get along quite nicely! i’m tempted to steal one when i’m in the other half’s house (+ steal both during my golden deer run) so they can be archer partners

petra/dorothea - still the same reasoning as before. one’s a commoner and the other’s a foreigner so they feel out of place within the black eagles as i await for the inevitable ‘but i belong with you’ trope

mercedes/lysithea - i got lysithea’s personality wrong but i still think this is cute! mercie being all sweet and caring whenever lys forgets to take care of herself, and lys making sure mercie is appreciated as she should be is uwu

felix/sylvain - “not fraldarddyd?? letters, i trusted you!” i’m shrieking i’m so sorry if it’s any consolation i don’t trust myself either i just think felix getting all flustered by sylvain’s flirting is?? ???? ?????? and asdfghjkl; i’m trying to spit out words but i don’t even know how to describe it please don’t hurt me

claude/annette - ;w; i have very many feelings about this that would take too long to explain, so if anyone’s curious just shoot another ask and you’ll get an essay in return!

i’m also partial to felix/edelgard but you didn’t hear that from me

from the ships i mentioned in the earlier lists:

hubert/dorothea

sylvain/ingrid

felix/annette

claude/marianne

claude/hilda

broships i really broship:

edelgard/bernadetta - pry this from my cold, dead hands

dimitri/felix/sylvain/ingrid - it’s canon! what else could i ask for?

linhardt/caspar - also canon!

annette/mercedes (+ ingrid) - also canon!! (+ ingrid needs friends to balance out her dumb dumb childhood squad)

linhardt/ignatz - they’re officially nerds! different topics, sure, but they seem like they’d get along well

dorothea/ingrid - girls supporting girls. that is all

bernadetta/marianne - they’re so similar! i’m sure they would bond/connect really quickly, and they’d have each other in their support circles!!

caspar/lysithea/marianne - this would be so chaotic haha. caspar shoots off, does something crazy, drags mari with him, and makes lysithea’s high blood pressure go off the charts

hubert/ingrid/mercedes - honestly? they can have all the tea they want if it means just taking a break and relaxing from their rowdy housemates

i also really want to see ferdinand/leonie interacting with each other just because leonie is the the least noble of all the characters and i wonder what ferdie would think of her

edit: oh yes!! and lorenz/mercedes; mercie mentions that she knows him so i’m curious about what they could talk about!

[machineryfield]

Chapter 2: Lunch with Fiora

Shulk walks out his door with a good three or four hours before lunch time to go, probably for the best knowing how he gets side-tracked. In a buggy he could get to the farmhouse in a half-hour easily, so the more time before getting there, the better.

He looks out across the Colony and smiles, for once, he’s looking up about the future, even if just a little bit. The communications are in place, and once people get used to it? Well, he can only imagine how handy that’ll be!

A day of break before he moves onto his next project… He figures he can allow himself as much.

Reyn’s walking down the street, and Shulk is quick to run towards him, a smile on his face. He puffs out his chest, as proud as can be. When he gets close enough to see the bags under Reyn’s eyes, though, he falters a bit.

“Reyn,” he’s quick to approach, “do you sleep alright?”

“Shulk! I… I slept alright.” Reyn refuses to look him in the eye as he speaks. “Squaretache was goin’ extra hard with punishments yesterday, is all.”

“Really? Ouch,” he flinches at the thought. “What did he have you all doing?”

“Lotsa laps around the Colony, extra training drills,” Reyn pauses, “a few extra slaps across the head. Nothin’ too extreme.”

Shulk frowns, even if it wasn’t extreme for Vangarre, it was a bit much. “Want me to talk to him? Or maybe send Dickson to?”

“Nah, he’d prolly use that as an excuse to hit the two of ya, too.” Reyn shakes his head, stretching out. “Squaretache is just upset ‘cause the hunting party got delayed. Once they get back to town, things’ll go right back to normal. Don’t worry too much about it!”

“If you say so,” Shulk says lamely, “I’ll try not to worry, then.”

Reyn grins. “Good, you worry too much as is.”

Shulk worries anyway, just quietly. Reyn drags them to a buggy and lets Shulk try and get comfy in the passenger seat. He plays with his glasses, taking them off and frowning and overthinking it all. Vangarre may be on edge because of the hunting party but is that enough to be so upset? Is there more behind it?

He chews on the back of his glasses, watching the blurry scenery pass by. He wants to ask Reyn more, but he knows better -- Reyn will just brush him off, remind him not to worry. That’s always been a thing that bothers him about Reyn, the way he brushes things off and never worries. But he guesses his own worry probably bothers Reyn, too.

Well, for now he decides to just sit back and calm down. Fiora doesn’t need to notice how worried he is over what Reyn says is nothing. He can just think on it more, later.

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Shulk and Reyn sit at the table with a smile, sweat dripping off Reyn’s forehead. Being early meant helping out at the farm, and Reyn? Well, Reyn was good at that. Shulk wonders how he can do so much in so little time… He gets winded just plowing one field.

Juju is there, too, the brother of Sharla -- a nurse from Colony 6. From what Fiora has said, he’s often here, helping out and getting a nice home cooked meal in exchange. Fiora’s used to even cooking extra from him to take home to his sister.

“You know, Juju,” Dunban settles into his own seat as Fiora brings out the food, “you should bring your sister one of these days. I would love to chat with her over a nice, home cooked meal.”

“Sharla’s usually pretty busy, but I can see if she can make it once things settle down,” Juju nods as a plate is set in front of him. “The last hunting party got really roughed up, so there’s a lot for her to do.”

Dunban nods, understanding. “Well, I hope she’s not too overwhelmed. Even one patient can be hard these days.”

“Sharla can handle it!” Juju puffs out his chest, proud as can be of his sister. “Besides, when it’s Gadolt…”

He trails off, and it’s clear that conversation is over. Instead, Shulk focuses on his meal, shovelling it into his mouth. It tastes… good, at least as good as anything can. His taste buds have never been so strong, but he knows Fiora cooks amazing food.

“Thanks for the grub, Fiora!” Reyn grins. “No one makes curry as good as you.”

Shulk nods in agreement. “It’s wonderful, Fiora!”

“You guys are always saying that” Fiora sticks out her tongue, but a hint of a smile plays on her face. “I missed hearing it.”

“Always happy to eat what you cook,” Reyn grins, “make more for me in the future, okay?”

“You want me to keep cooking, you either keep working or marry me,” Fiora deadpans. “And you aren’t my type.”

“Oh come on,” Reyn stabs the air with his fork, “I could be your type.”

“If you could, I would never tell you. It’s more fun to get some work out of you~”

Shulk laughs, shaking his head. “You two… Reyn, you do realize marrying Fiora would mean tending to the farm, anyway, right?”

Reyn blinks a few times, coming to realize Shulk is totally correct. “Aw man, Fiora you’re just tryin’ to trick me into work either way!”

“Aw,” Fiora giggles, “you caught on!”

--

“Are you sure you’ll be alright?” Fiora asks Dunban this for the third time as Shulk settles into his seat in the buggy. “Dinner’s in the fridge, you just need to warm it up, okay?”

“I’ll be fine, go and have some fun,” Dunban chuckles from the doorway, “you have some shopping you want to do, don’t you? Go get that done!”

“Alright, alright… Just make sure not to use your right arm! Doctor’s orders are--”

“To let it rest, I know.” Dunban ruffles Fiora’s hair with his left hand. “Go on, now! You don’t need to babysit your big brother.”

“Fine, fine,” she looks back at him, “but I’ll call and check in later, okay?”

Dunban shakes his head, a smile on his face. “If that's what it takes to make you trust me.”

Fiora nods and finally jumps into the back of the buggy. Reyn starts it up and it’s back towards Colony 9, Fiora leaning over Shulk’s seat. This is nice, he decides. A break from all the worry and work… Just time with his two closest friends.

Dickson would probably say he needs this more often, Shulk would probably agree. But he guesses now isn’t the time to think about what Dickson would say -- it’s time to focus on the good time they’re going to have.

After all, it’s not like he’s the one who has to carry any of the bags.

[luucarii]

Fire Emblem Echoes Ramblings

Okaysss so hopefully this won’t be as long as my Persona 5 Ramblings (I’m honestly going to start a “Rambling” series where I just give my opinions on games and anime and just other shit soo)

spoilers and bitching abroad my friends.

edit: most of my bitching is toward the story not the game itself. The gameplay is amazing, save for some few nitpicks I mention down below.

Fire Emblem Echoes. A game I’m extremely conflicted about. Now, this is coming from someone who has only played Awakening and Fates. Echoes was… okay. I don’t think I’ll go back to replay it for a while. Like a long, long while.

Echoes physically drained me after about Act 3. Maybe it was because I was a little high on Persona 5 at the time, maybe it was because I was finishing up school. I don’t know for sure.

Everything just grew so repetitive. The constant “rout the enemy” missions, the lack of memorable map layouts, the lack of memorable anything really. Nothing really stood out to me.

The story, was an extreme slow burn and the amount of exposition was incredible for how simple the overall layout was. The title screen cutscene that plays where Alm and Celica are talking about Duma and Mila perfectly explain what the whole game is going to have you accomplish. Duma’s the bad God and is going mad and with the help of Mila you (or Alm and Celica) are going to have to put him down. I get why they had to have all this fluff in the beginning with the prologue (to establish Alm and Celica’s relationship even though their relationship wasn’t exactly executed properly I feel but I’ll get into that later) but all the other shit involved like why Alm has a Brand and the Masked Man (two “plot twists” that literally anyone could have seen coming - YOU GET THE MEMORY OF CONRAD’S “DEATH” THE BATTLE BEFORE/AFTER YOU MEET HIM HOLY SHIT ITS SO OBVIOUS) was just a bore to me.

The battles were quickly forgotten as well as the named villains you fight. Besides Berkut (who is probably the best villain in the damn game even if he isn’t the main antagonist) and Jedah (who was obviously the main antagonist considering all the cutscenes he was in) I literally only remember Fernand because of his death near the end of the last dungeon. Everyone else who had names and who you were forced to fight are just footnotes because there’s nothing memorable about them. They’re just commanders for Rudolf’s army or are apart of the Duma faithful. Removing their names wouldn’t affect the plot at all.

I feel like the plot as a whole was an attempt to make a simple plot more complex and failed in process. It’s literally a Mila vs Duma fight but all this extra stuff made it drag on longer than my 33ish hours of playtime. And I’m very disappointed because after Fates and Awakening (two games that I genuinely enjoyed) I was looking forward to Echoes. From the trailers and screenshots I was interested in the whole concept of dueling gods but the execution was just subpar for me.

Now, I have one more gripe with the overall story. Alm and Celica. Specifically their relationship. In my personal opinion, Alm and Celica’s relationship seems so forced from the minute the prologue starts. I’ll admit there are a few sparing cute moments here and there but I feel they’re quickly overshadowed once you realize they had only been friends for maybe a good 3-5ish years as children before Mycen took Celica away. You honestly expect me to believe that they continued to want to see each other after 8+ years of being apart? You honestly expect Alm, Gray, Tobin, Faye, everyone to remember Celica from childhood when she was taken away from them at such a young age? I… I just can’t buy it. You can also argue that their fates were intertwined since they both have the Brand and they are the “Children of Fate” but I still can’t swallow that without any lingering thought of bullshit. I never shipped Alm and Celica because I can’t see any actual romantic development with them besides them obviously caring about each other. The fight at the beginning was just a plot device to drive them away from each other and having Celica get momentarily possessed at the end and have Alm kill her was just another cliche and having Mila save her (when to be honest, Celica was better off dead) just made me shrug and say “she’s one of the main protagonists, obviously she won’t die.”

Guys, Nintendo. If you’re going to establish a relationship in one of your games, for fuck’s sake make it at least somewhat likable. Shulk and Fiora (even though Fiora can get a bit bitchy sometimes), Reyn and Sharla both from Xenoblade Chronicles, Link and Zelda from Skyward Sword (specifically). These relationships had development. They grew. Yeah, they had a fight here and there but that wasn’t the only basis as to why they’re loved as a couple. Shulk and Fiora while yes they had their fair bit of problems (mostly the whole revenge relationship plot) you can still see them let their hair down and have fun and Fiora teases Shulk a lot throughout the game. Reyn and Sharla start as a sort of friends while Reyn has to work himself to show Sharla that he can be a man to take care of her after the stuff with Sharla’s fiancé (story shit I won’t get into because spoilers). Link and Zelda (while if only in the first few cutscenes) you can see Zelda poke fun at Link, you can see the care she has for him, HELL THEY EVEN HAVE A FAKEOUT KISS AT THE BEGINNING. During SS you see Zelda grow as she begins to realize her role and Link meanwhile is risking his life all for her, all so he can get back to her.

Alm and Celica, I feel, have none of this. Guys, having them fight at the beginning of the game just to drive a wedge in between them and have them come back together at the end doesn’t make them a good couple if the reason for the fight was overall shit and hypocritical on Celica’s part.  Just… ugh. I’m sorry to any Alm/Celica shippers but I just don’t like them together.

Maybe it’s my bias because I really really don’t like Celica as a character but either way I don’t ship Alm/Celica and there’s nothing that can convince me that they’re good together.

Now, this is already long enough so I’ll sum up the rest of things about  Echoes that disappointed me.

The Supports. Don’t get me wrong, the voice acting is absolutely amazing, one of the best I’ve seen this year. But just… the lack of them compared to Fates and Awakening is so disappointing. Now I get Echoes was based off one of the older games so it’s not completely fair to compare the supports to that of recent games but there’s literally a maximum of 3 supports per character and the supports do literally nothing to show off character. Fates and Awakening’s supports had 3 (4 if it was a marriage support) short bursts of dialogue away from the main game to establish character, likes, dislikes, compatibility with other characters the works. These supports, if anything, are lighthearted pieces of fluff to distract from the somewhat serious tone of the game.

Enemy Variety and Class Variety. Again more I can’t exactly complain about since Echoes was based off an older game and thus took aspects from said older game. But… the amount of Dread Fighters and Barons I saw in the last dungeon just made me hate the classes as a whole (despite two of my best boys Tobin and Kamui being Dread Fighters with Brave Swords who fucked EVERYONE up with crits). Fates and Awakening had such a fun cast of classes, my favorites being Nohr Noble and Assassin and dropping the number of classes just… ugh.

Also, one last quick note. The suddenly difficulty spike is one of the main reasons I considered dropping the game midway through. I played on Normal/Casual (I’m still a newbie leave me alone…) and although I died once, there was a bunch of times where I was sitting in frustration of not knowing what to do. Though as a strategy game, you’re kinda suppose to do that so…

OKAY ENOUGH BITCHING ABOUT THIS GAME, LETS GET INTO THE SHIT I LIKED…which is going to be a few short paragraphs…

The Voice Acting. Holy shit the voice acting. Not only is it featuring some of my favorites (Cherami Leigh, Max Mittelman and the like) but nearly every line is spoken beautifully. Special props to Alm’s voice actor Kyle McCarley who brought me to near tears with some of his lines. Absolutely incredible.

Bows!!! BOWS ARE ACTUALLY GETTING LOVE! I rarely used archers in Awakening but I did pick up using them in Fates (Takumi and Kiragi are incredible) and I fell in love with them here in Echoes. Finally they’re not just limited to 2 spaces and they can hit as far as 5 and just… Python and Leon were my main favorites.

Dungeons. It’s a nice break between battles and they’re interesting locals. But please, Celica, that weird squeak that you have while attacking… just… please stop.

The Design. The character design is something I can’t NOT praise. Everyone looks incredible. While the cutscenes I feel lag a little compared to Fates and Awakening you can’t deny they still look amazing for a 3Ds game.

The Soundtrack. I’m a sucker for good music (one of the reasons why I love XC, Okami, Botw and the like) and a good majority of the tracks on the ost I’m completely in love with. The credits theme especially “The Heritors of Arcadia.” Props to Bonnie Gordon (Silque’s VA) she did an amazing job.

Verdict. Overall, Echoes was okay for me. It was different compared to Fates and Awakening and I knew that going in. I knew there was no marriage system, I knew they were getting rid of the weapon triangle, I knew it was going to be similar to the older games to close divide between the fans before Awakening and after Awakening. And it was a good different in some ways but in most other ways just disappointed me. The fact that I had to force myself to marathon the last dungeon just so I could finish the damn game speaks miles. I was drained. I didn’t want to continue but I did just for the sake of saying I beat it. It didn’t feel like 30 hours of game play for me, it felt like months (which in actuality was nearly two). Like I mentioned, I doubt I’ll pick this game up again anytime soon (while Fates I replayed and beat nearly 6+ times, 2 for each path and Awakening I’ve replayed maybe 3 times I can’t remember). It could’ve been so much more, I feel, if they didn’t try to shove Alm/Celica down my throat and if we could have had some more character development. But eh, that’s just me.

ALSO IM REALLY HAPPY MAE AND BOEY ENDED UP TOGETHER.

[acascadeofflowers]

The Sea of Leaves (Part 4)

“Ria! You're finally here!” Kate exclaims with an exuberant wave. “Sorry I'm so late,” I reply sheepishly, “I got lost again.” Clara shrugs. “Don't you always?” Veronica laughs at her girlfriend's remark. “Harsh, but true.”

I take a seat at the table next to Kate. It's been a while since I've spent time with any of my friends, but tonight I was free, and it was only the four of us, so I came along.

“How've you all been?” I ask, hoping to avoid them asking the same thing. Veronica pipes up first. “I've been tired! Clara keeps me up all night, and-” Clara shuts her up with an embarrassingly passionate kiss, and gestures at Kate to answer the question instead. “My girlfriend broke up with me,” Kate says with a sigh. “Aww no, you were so good together,” I say, putting my arm around her. “I thought so too,” she agrees, “but I'm not too bothered by it. If she was going to dump me out of the blue like that, I clearly wasn't that important to her.”I frown. “Yeah.”

Everyone falls silent for a moment. Clara is, of course, the one who breaks the silence. “Ria, we've barely seen you since Alisha left. Is everything okay?” I rescind my arm from around Kate's back. “I'm fine, really,” I say with a smile. “Thanks for worrying though.” Nobody looks particularly convinced.

Our food arrived at the table a while back, and we're almost done now. At this point, we've been drinking for a while, and even though I've been careful, I'm feeling like I overdid it.

“This sucks,” I mutter, leaning an elbow on the table. “Aww, you'll find someone else eventually,” Kate replies. “Not that. I'm going to have a hangover tomorrow and I have work.” “How's that going, anyway?” asks Veronica. I sit up straight. “It's going fine. My office is nice, and the work is easy.” “And the people?”inquires Clara. I'm unable to prevent a blush from gracing my cheeks. “... They're fine.” “Oh really?” Kate inquires with a smirk. “I'd say they're a little more than fine.” Veronica laughs, and can't resist joining in. “Ooh, what's she like?” “I have no idea who you're talking about.” “Hmm,” Kate chimes in, “let me guess; it's a woman you share your workspace with?” My blush intensifies. “Ooh, bullseye!” she continues. “Is she gay?” Veronica comes to my rescue. “Alright, that's enough Kate. She'll tell us when she's ready.” Kate huffs. “You always ruin my fun.”

“Just needed a break?” Clara's head peers out the door, and then she joins me at the table out the front of the bar. “Yeah, something like that,” I reply. “Here,” she says, handing me a glass of wine, “you look like you need it.” “Thanks.”

We sit silently for a while, drinking from our respective wine glasses, and it isn't until we've almost emptied them that Clara says something. “Have you talked to her since she left?” I scoff. “No way. I don't even wanna think about it.” She nods solemnly. “Maybe that's for the best.”

I hesitate a moment. “Have you... heard anything?” “Yes, I have”, she states matter-of-factly. I quickly regret asking as a sinking feeling takes hold of my stomach.

Clara cleans out the rest of her glass in one swig, then states, “We should probably head back in there. Veronica's worried about you.” I smile weakly. “Thanks.”

Veronica keeps whispering into Clara's ear, and after a while the two of them bid us goodnight and head to the train station.

Kate and I figure that it's about time to head home anyway, and leave the bar. Once we get outside, she wraps me in a big hug.

Without letting go, she starts talking. “I know things have been hard lately, but you shouldn't have to face this alone. We're all here for you Ria.” “I know. I just needed some time.” She finally releases me from the hug, and we part ways for the night.

I'm currently face down on my desk at work. I was right about the hangover, and I wish I hadn't been. The cool surface of my desk makes the headache a little less painful, but I'm supposed to be working, not faceplanting.

“You okay there?” I gradually pull myself up from the desk to see Fiora standing over me with a mixture of concern and amusement on her face. “I'm fine,” I mumble, “I just need a minute.” She softly pats me on the head. “Alright.”

Fiora walks to her desk and gets back to work, which I take as a signal to follow suit, but the place she patted tingles for the rest of the morning.

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(OC) Pentunia The Toad

Adopted from https://www.deviantart.com/katamariluv on DA Long Ago

Bio: Pentunia Toad

Name: Puntunia

Gender: Female

Age: 28

Sexuality: Bisexual

Birthday: May 4th

Species: Toad

Relationship/Wife: Savannah

Family Members: Parissa (Mother) Percey (Father) Nancy (Sister) Emerson (Brother) Tanner (Brother) Savannah (Daughter) Savanna (Daughter) Shannen (Daughter) Shannan (Son) Pentele (Son) Savina (Daughter) Sovannah (Daughter) Penelope (Daughter) Penthea (Favorite Daughter) Pernell (Son) Penton (Son) Aurora (Sister in law) Hazelnut (Niece) Hazelle (Niece) Hazle (Niece) Aureo (Nephew) Hazen (Nephew) Aurore (Niece) Aurorette (Niece) Aurelio (Nephew) Hasel (Nephew) Brooklyn (Sister in law) Brooke (Niece) Piersyn (Niece) Brooklan (Nephew) Preston (Nephew) Pierah (Niece) Sidney (Brother in law) Janette (Sister in law) Jenny (Sister in law)

Personality: Joyful, Peaceful, Understanding, Quiet, Supportive, Blissful, Bubbly, and Candid

Friends: Sassette Smurfling Nat Smurfling Papa Smurf Brainy Smurf Cheerful Smurf Kailee Alenna (Best Friend) Twinkling (2nd Best Friend) Patches (3rd Best Friend) Serra (4th best friend) Lolly (My bestie's oc and 5th best friend) Elysha (My bestie's oc and 6th best friend) Fiora (My besties' oc) Candace (My bestie's oc and 7th best friend) Jozy (My besties' oc) Azra (Our oc) Diane (Our oc and 8th best friend) Jolly (Our oc) Darci (Our oc) Flori (Our oc) Mittens (My bestie's oc) Yoshino Ashen (My bestie's oc) Twila (Our oc) Fluff (Our oc)

Favorite Color: Light Blue

Favorite Season: Summer And Spring

Favorite Holidays: National Best Friends Day And Mayday

Fun Fact: Pentunia is a very Joyful toad, she is always happy, and full of Joy. Even during her speech. She say so much Joyful things. She is always peaceful, she doesn't like vlouents. She always tries her best, to make things very peaceful. Even she fiend's a stray animal. She is peaceful enough to calm down the animal. So she can bring the animal in to forster it. Until it's ready for their forever homes. She is also very understanding, while she takes care of stray animals. She is trying to make them understand that humans and toads aren't bad. She have very patience's. To make the animal understand. She goes by her own pace. She doesn't want to rush things for the stays animals. She may be joyful, but she is very quiet. she sometimes love playing the quiet game with her kids. If they are really good during the quiet game. She gives them a prize. It's part of being quiet. She is very very supportive, as an animal lover and forster mother. She will always support the animals. To make sure they return safely to the wild. are when they get put up for adopts. As being part of being joyful. She is always happy and everything. She is very blissful. She have a bright personality. That no one can pass. It makes her feel nice and tingle inside. As being a candid. She is truthful, even if she did something wrong or not. It's her duty. To always be truthful. Even if it hunts.

Puntunia belong to: me

Toad Species: Nintendo

Adopted from https://www.deviantart.com/katamariluv on DA long ago

#toad #toadoc #bio

[sceptilemasterr]

Defenders of the Flame (TE Rewrite) Act 3, Scene 3 - "That Distance Between Us"

Title: Defenders of the Flame (A CIU Screenplay)

Main Pairings: Shreya x F!MC, Beckett x F!Atlas

Other Pairings: N/A

Genre: Full Rewrite (The Elementalists, Book 1)

Rating: PG-13 for violence, blood, swearing, alcohol, and sexuality

Summary: Fiora struggles with feelings of inadequacy after a Defenders training session.

Previous Scene: Back in Session

Masterlist: Link

EXT. PCSA SECONDARY QUAD - TRAINING GROUND - NIGHT

Late one night, the Defenders of the Flame have all assembled on Penderghast’s secondary quad, which they have reserved for the night. Lucia and Arvan watch over the new inductees as they practice their Combat Forms... or, in Fiora’s case, still practice Stoicheal Gather.

FIORA (to herself): I... no... this is... wait...

Fiora concentrates, but to no avail as she fails to materialize anything more than a few small wisps of energy. Meanwhile, the others continue working on their own tasks.

ARVAN: Everyone, focus! Hold tight to your foundation!

Several successive thunderclaps are heard as Shreya and the third-year inductees all pull off a perfect Stoicheal Gather. Shreya stands charged with energy, her skin glowing a bright orange.

LUCIA: Well done! Now for the Form itself... just like we’ve practiced!

From his stance with his arms crossed in front of him, Zannagan uncrosses his arms and sweeps them over his head and out to his sides... but aside from a momentary flare of fire around his body, nothing happens. A second later, he shudders and stretches his arms out above his head, launching a gigantic fireball into the sky!

LUCIA: Okay, Zannagan, try again--

Before she can say anything more, Shreya performs a similar maneuver. This time, however, the stoicheal energy illuminating her skin starts to glow brighter, brighter... just as she uncrosses her arms, it illuminates until it lights up the entire room, blinding everyone. And then:

FIORA (shocked): What the hell?!

LUCIA (ecstatic): You did it, Shreya!

ARVAN: Nice job!

A massive dragon, its scales the color of Shreya’s hair, floats in the skies above the training ground, flapping its wings to stay afloat. The dragon looks down at the others curiously, then starts to panic. Arvan makes a few quick hand gestures, then speaks, his voice amplified.

ARVAN: Shreya! Well done! Now, just like we practiced: focus and revert to your human self!

For a few seconds, nothing happens.

FIORA (terrified): She... she’s not stuck like that, is she?

LUCIA: Nah. Give her a second--

The dragon abruptly turns into a puff of smoke, then vanishes. Everyone starts coughing from the cloud of smoke now surrounding them.

FIORA (coughing): Ack! ...Shreya?

The smoke clears, and then:

SHREYA: Fiora! Holy Source, did you see that?! I did it! I pulled off a Combat Form! I--

Shreya lifts Fiora and spins her around, and Fiora kisses her, cutting off her words. After a moment (and an irritated cough from Arvan), Shreya seems to remember where she is, and abruptly sets Fiora down and takes a step back.

SHREYA: Mon dieu! That power... I had no idea Combat Form was that... that...

LUCIA: ...Intense? Yeah. It’s a rush.

ZANNAGAN: Nice job!

RHIIA: Impressive. Was it hard to come back to normal?

SHREYA: Not particularly. I kept my foundation point in mind at all times, and when I heard Arvan’s voice, I just thought about turning back to human. And it worked!

MICHAE: That was super cool! Do all Attuned turn into dragons like that, or does it depend on the person?

ARVAN: Combat Form varies by Attunement. Fire-Atts all get huge dragons. Air-Atts get gryphons the size of buildings, Water-Atts get giant sea serpents... etc.

MICHAE: Whoa. You might’ve mentioned the “dragon” part of Combat Form before now!

ARVAN (shrugs): Some things are more fun to find out for yourself. Besides, I love seeing new inductees’ reaction to it once they pull it off!

RHIIA: Shreya, that was amazing. You’ll have to teach us how to do it next!

SHREYA: I’d be happy to!

As Shreya rejoins the other inductees, Fiora looks in her direction wistfully. A hint of jealousy darkens her expression for a brief moment, then she stares down at her hands and slumps to her knees. The others continue practicing...

* * *

Some time later, practice is winding down to a close. The other inductees are all out of breath; none of them save Shreya have managed to perform a Combat Form. Arvan and Lucia exchange a glance, then start walking back toward the main quad.

LUCIA: Nicely done. Especially you, Shreya! Let’s call it a night for now. We’ll meet again next week, same time and place, okay?

ARVAN: Don’t forget to keep practicing your Gathers in the meantime! Just avoid working on Combat Form unsupervised. The last thing anyone wants is a feral dragon flying around Penderghast.

He laughs and continues walking. The third-years all retrieve their belongings and follow Arvan and Lucia; soon, Shreya and Fiora are alone on the secondary quad. Shreya approaches Fiora and takes a seat on the grass next to her.

SHREYA: ...Everything okay?

FIORA: Yes... no. Maybe. I don’t know.

SHREYA: What’s wrong? If it’s about the kiss, I do apologize; I’d quite honestly forgotten we were in public. I never meant to embarrass you--

FIORA: It’s not that! It’s just... (sighs) I’m really happy for you, Shreya. So glad you’re doing great with the Combat Form. Seriously! It was a little shocking seeing you turn into a dragon out of nowhere, but also... really cool.

SHREYA: Ah. I think I understand. It’s because you’re struggling with this, while I’ve already managed to achieve a Combat Form today?

FIORA: It’s not just that, Shreya. Forget Combat Form. I still can’t even pull off Stoicheal Gather.

She demonstrates that fact by getting into her stance. After a minute or so of trying, a single, pathetic wisp of fire stoichi flows lazily around her head, before falling to the floor and fizzling out uselessly. Fiora opens her eyes and shakes her head, gesturing around her.

FIORA: See? I don’t get it. I’m supposed to be this fancy, special Light-Att or whatever... and I can’t even manage that.

Shreya snaps her fingers as a sudden realization occurs to her.

SHREYA: Aha! So that’s what this has all been about. I’ve noticed that distance between us lately. Then... it’s not to do with me?

FIORA (shocked): What? No, of course not! Shreya, kissing you and getting to be your girlfriend was the best birthday gift I’ve ever gotten! You’re honestly about the only good thing in my life right now.

SHREYA: Don’t let Atlas hear you say that.

Fiora laughs weakly.

FIORA: Shreya...

Her voice trails off, and the two of them look at each other in silence. Shreya takes Fiora’s hand and squeezes it tightly. After a brief moment, Fiora takes a deep breath and tells her:

FIORA: It’s the foundation point. I don't have one! All this time, I’ve just been going along with whoever was around: my friends back at Hartfeld, then here with the Pend Pals, then Atlas... and now I feel like I’m doing the same thing with you. Without someone to follow, I have no idea who I am!

Shreya smiles gently and pecks Fiora on the cheek.

SHREYA: I’d be lying if I told you I hadn’t noticed that tendency of yours. But to be quite honest, I think you’re underestimating yourself. Fiora, you are your own person. You simply need to see yourself the way I see you.

FIORA: You’re right. I know you are. It’s... easier said than done, though.

SHREYA: That’s perfectly alright. We’ll figure this problem out together. Okay?

FIORA: ...Okay.

SHREYA: Besides, you know the next step for the Defenders after Combat Form will be training for Light-Attunement. And that is certainly something where you will need to help me!

Fiora laughs and hugs Shreya tightly.

FIORA: I never even thought of that! You’re right... I’ll figure this out, and then I’ll help you with that one when it comes!

SHREYA: Exactly. Shreya and Fiora. We’re a team!

They exchange a heartfelt kiss under the moonlight... when suddenly:

ATLAS (coughs): Um. Hi...

FIORA: Oh! Atlas! We were just--uh--

SHREYA: ...Busy.

ATLAS: I can see that! But maybe don’t stay out this late without telling us? Especially with Raife’s shadow monsters liable to attack at any moment?

FIORA: Right. Sorry...

ATLAS: No worries. Just don’t forget: Dr. Swan’s still missing, and we have no idea what Raife’s been up to since he escaped the Between when the breach happened. We can’t be too careful.

SHREYA (blushing): Of course. Right.

ATLAS: ...If it’s any consolation, Fiora, Beckett’s having trouble with his Combat Form too.

FIORA: What--wait--how much of that conversation were you listening to?

ATLAS (shrugs): Enough of it. For the record, Shreya is not the “only” good part of your life right now. Just saying.

Atlas strides past them, toward the main campus. Fiora and Shreya exchange an awkward glance, then follow her back to Fletchly Hall...

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Notes: And at long last, we see a Combat Form! People who manipulate fire and can also turn into dragons... where have Choices fans seen THAT concept before?

Worldbuilding: It didn't get mentioned directly, but people going feral while in Combat Forms is, in this universe, where legends of dragons, gryphons, sea monsters, etc. came from among the Tuneless. Back in the day, feral Combat Forms were much more common.

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Next: The Approaching Storm

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Bonus Post! Chapter 2 Preview!

The group is about to humor Fiora’s request for fun-n-games, when something interrupts them...something otherworldly.

A loud smash like a someone tossing a bowling ball from a fifty story window grabbed our ears. We turned to the apartment to our right to see a cloud of dust escape through the broken windows. After it settled, I could have sworn that I heard something that sounded like a cross between a cat and a snake release a gurgling hiss.

Emma yelped at the interruption and had to hold onto her sister so she didn't fall off the wooden planks. "What was that?"

"I guess those stories about this place being ghetto are true." said Austin. "Sounds like someone did a real nice job on these new houses."

They laughed off the scare, but I turned my head back and peered into the unlit home. Things fell apart all the time there, but nothing as earth shattering as that. "You guys don't think that was a little too weird?" I asked. "Didn't you hear that strange sound?"

Austin and Emma looked at each other. "I didn't hear anything, dude."

Fiora crawled off her stoop. "Was it like an animal?"

"I don't know what it was. If it was an animal, it was a dying one."

At that, Fiora went all mushy. "What if it's a poor stray kitty pinned under a broken board?"

"If it is it's probably dead now, dude."

Emma socked him in the arm. "Don't be so heartless!"

"Austin, what if something really did get hurt in there? I think we should take a look." I said.

Fiora put her hands on her hips and nodded in approval. "Very good, Fuzzy! You're staying in character even outside the game to preserve the story's flow. I'm proud of you."

"Uh, right."

Austin and I lead the way through the freshly painted door and onto the unit's back porch. The wood we stood on still smelled like a home improvement store; stuffy and metallic. There were even price tags still on the boards.

"Watch out for nails." said Emma.

"Yes Mom." said Austin. He was met with a shove forward towards the sliding glass door.

The girls were behind us as we put our faces against the saw-dust ridden glass and looked inside. The unfurnished space had nothing but tarps and tools laying around everywhere. A few replacement windows had fallen from against the wall, but most unsettling was the pile of spilled white paint. The small milky river flowed along the smooth hard wood, then disappeared into a massive hole in the dining room floor.

"What the heck made that?" I asked.

Fiora pushed me aside and looked in. "Awesome."

"Not awesome." said Emma. "If something was stuck down there, it's probably too buried for us to grab it."

"Kitty..." whimpered Fiora.

Austin looked at the sad sisters, then back to me. "Is it unlocked?" he asked.

I grabbed the handle of the sliding door and pulled it.

"Yep."

"Darn." he said.

I was met with the acrid smell of paint when I stepped inside. It was so strong that it made me feel a little queasy, and the bits of dust still in the air from the destruction didn't do my lungs any favors. I toughed it out though as I led the group to the edge of the hole. Below us looked like a black abyss that went on for eternity.

"Anyone got a light?" I asked.

Emma tried the switch on the wall, but noticed the cheap electric chandelier, a staple of every apartment unit, hadn't been installed yet. Fiora squinted through her glasses as Austin hunched over close to the hole, then backed off at the first creek the boards made. Through it all, I could feel the stone on my neck grow warmer.

"Someone throw something down there." said Austin.

"What if you hurt the kitty?" said Fiora.

I sighed and picked up a paintbrush. "We don't even know if there's really anything down there. Maybe we can get a reaction if it's still alive."

"Just don't hurt the kitty."

Sure I talked a good game, but I was reluctant to throw the brush down there. The stone pulsed more and more as I wound up, as if it were telling me to stop. If I had brought it up with my friends I figured they would have thought I was crazy. My eyes looked over to Emma though, and noticed her hand over her chest, in the same spot where my shard hung. A little bit of sweat was over her brow, too.

"Just do it." said Austin. He took the brush from my hand and threw it.

After a silent pause that felt like an eternity, we heard a gentle thud. Austin seemed satisfied, but if I knew anything from chucking things at my younger brother, it wasn't the sound of an object landing on something, but someone. A slow gurgle sounded that filled the empty apartment and sent tingles down my spine.

"I heard it that time, dude." said Austin.

Fiora knelt down closer, but Emma had tugged at my shoulder. Her other hand hadn't left her chest. "Isaac, I think we need to go. Right away."

I looked back at the pit. The heat on my chest bordered on burning. "Yeah, I think you're right."

Another gurgle, this one more human-like in sound echoed from under us. I only had the guts to turn around for a second, but when I did I saw two big white ovals looking back at me. They weren't a dog's, cat's or anything I had ever seen before.

"Go guys, go!" I shouted.

We quickly moved to the back door, but I tripped when a fist shot up through the hardwood. It fished around for my ankle, but the shoveled-sized hand gave up and forced its way through another spot. Everything was a nightmarish blur as Fiora and Austin helped me up and we darted out the door.

An otherworldly cry came from the apartment, like the tortured voices of a man and woman yelling in unison. We looked from outside as the mirrors shook and wooden planks broke through the glass door. The thing that pulled itself out of the floor and jumped into the backyard was freaky beyond all reason.

Its wide white eyes, in contrast against its black and purple rubbery skin, had just as much stopping power in the sun as they did in the dark. It's elongated, football shaped head zipped its focus from the trees, to the woodpile, then to each of us. Its sharp movements made the long black, tubular tendrils on its back bounce around. It's search eventually settled on Emma and I. It straightened its back and became taller than anyone I'd ever seen.

"What is that thing?!" yelled Austin.

Emma trembled and hid behind Austin. I could see Fiora shake as she stood by my side, but her jaw was locked tight and her teeth were barred more like a cornered animal than helpless prey. I wanted to grab a stick or call for help, but I couldn't get my muscles to move.

The mouthless face let out a heavy exhale before it's invisible mouth spoke. "Memorite." it said. "Give to me."

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Planar Chaos: Chapter Fifteen

 We Need to Go Deeper

"Did you hear that?" Rinok said, moving instinctively into a fighting stance. He drew one of his many weapons: a long, curved sword favored by Mardu raiding parties.

"It sounded like laughter," Vilhelm said, rubbing his temples in frustration. I'm surrounded by idiots, he thought to himself, I'll never get out of this maze.

Seems like a personal problem, a cold and clear voice responded directly into his mind. Vilhelm froze once again, eyes wide and nostrils flared. He took a long breath in, trying to filter though the powerful stenches of the men in his company to find the source of this mental intrusion.

You're a mind mage too, huh? Well you're no fun. You know what's coming next.

Rhyne had managed to scramble his way back onto the same path as his companions. He prodded Vilhelm with a single finger and stood there without a hint of shock on his face when Vilhelm rounded on the wild man with bared fangs and the most stereotypical vampire hiss in Rhyne's recent memory.

"Dude," Rhyne knit his eyebrows together. "Really? You're going to pull that with me? I could dismember you in so many different ways you wouldn't know your head from your ass by the time I'm done."

"Rhyne, Vilhelm, silence," Rinok barked, still retaining his stance. The command of authority fell on deaf ears.

"Shut up!" Rinok bellowed, finally catching the attention of the two bickering walkers. The vampire's face was expressionless, the wild man's angry.

"Who do you even think you are?" Rhyne turned on Rinok. "I eat whelps like you for breakfast."

"We have an unknown enemy in the area and you two are sitting there fighting like an old married couple. You're going to get us killed, you know that?"

"Nothing can take me on and live. I've killed kings and dragons and dragon kings." Rhyne crossed his arms haughtily.

"And I command the single largest army in the multiverse. My generals get the order, all the planes I have touched will burn with scorched and salted earth. I am War itself."

"If you children are done with your contest to see who has larger genitalia, I would like to point out a problem." Vilhelm was looking over the other walkers' shoulders.

"What is it now, bloodsucker?" Rhyne spat.

"That." The vampire gestured to a large, crablike creature that appeared to be made entirely of metal, easily as tall as the three planeswalkers stacked on top of each other and with a leg span of at least twice that length. Its joints made whirring and clicking sounds as it effortlessly navigated the pathways of Xerex.

"I, personally, am no good in any sort of physical fight and this being doesn't seem to have a will for me to dominate. Gentlemen, if you please?" Vilhelm made an ushering motion.

"Worthless bloodsuckers," Rhyne growled, rolling up his sleeves. Fire danced around his hands and his eyes took on a manic glow. He began shouting at the construct lumbering towards them. "I am Rhyne, Wildfire of Fiora and slayer of gods! You will fear me!" He reared back and went to lunge forward, but found himself stuck in place.

Tsk tsk tsk, a voice said into his mind, is that any way to treat your welcoming comittee? Here I am excited to have friends after such a long time and you're going to destroy the only thing that can lead you on a straight path. Well, Mr Wilfire of Fiora, forgive me for not allowing that.

Rhyne felt icewater begin pooling in his stomach. Rinok's sword clanged off the metal beast with little effect and Vilhelm was apparently nowhere to be seen. A large metal claw, almost spherical in shape, closed around Rhyne, trapping him inside. Its prize claimed, the crablike construct lumbered away with Rinok and Vilhelm unable to follow.

"Damn," Vilhelm cursed.

"Why? He wasn't going to help us much anyway," Rinok replied.

"No, but the best kind of suicide missions are carried out by willing pawns, wouldn't you agree?"

Rinok searched his memory and found that Vilhelm was, in fact, correct on this assessment. "There's something of a warrior in there after all."

"It is true, I once was in command of a small force during a territory conflict with a rival bloodline. The Voldaren were a force to be reckoned with, and even the Markov thought that my bloodline, the Falkenrath, were insane for attempting to curb Olivia's expansion."

"So you're from Innistrad. Fascinating plane, by the way. I love the eternal struggle between the angels and dark forces. It helps keep the plane fresh, in my opinion." Rinok breathed deeply through his nose. Xerex smelled stale to him, but there was a gentle breeze that pulled him to where the construct had taken Rhyne. "We need to go deeper."

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"Okay, Marthel, Sa'Raah, I need any sort of pyromancy you two have. I'll take point, you two on my flanks. Kyari, stay in the back and keep us from dying." Brock stood up on the hydra's back and leapt onto the ground, thankful his feet actually met the space he intented them to. His yellow robes swirled around him as he called upon his magic. He felt fire blazing around his hands, but didn't see it. The secrets of Ghostfire were supposedly lost, but there were some records and recollections buried deep within Tarkir and within the mind of Chandra Nalaar, whom the monks of Keral Keep viewed as a spiritual successor to Jaya Ballard, the founder of their order. Brock squared off against the crab construct, confident his team would obey his orders and fall in line behind him.

"I'm not just a healer, you know," Kyari sighed.

Just let him lead, Marthel said into her mind. It's where he's most comfortable.

Good to know, this voice was not Marthel's. Kyari caught her breath and locked down her mind the way Marthel had taught her. He wasn't a particularly strong telepath though, just like he wasn't a particularly strong pyromancer. The dark skinned walker in the white cloak was a mage of many talents, which he viewed as better than being a savant in one area. In some cases Kyari had to disagree and this was one of them. The new voice didn't go away.

Elf, huh? From Shandalar. That's a nice plane. You've got alot of knowledge in here, you know. I think we could have some enlightening discussions. If you could just let me in, please?

"Kyari!" Sa'Raah shouted, snapping the other elven woman out of her thoughts. The crab construct had broken through their line of defense and was making a beeline for Kyari and the hydra. Before Kyari had time to react, six of her hydra's heads smashed into the construct, knocking it over the edge of the pathway they stood on. The construct fell, sustaining several dents before righting itself and making its way unhindered along the pathways. Nadia, who had followed the creature downwards, had no such ease making her way back to the planeswalker she had sworn to protect.

"Jace Marthel," Nadia called out in warning as the construct clambered back up onto the path in front of the Maelstrom Mage.

"What is with this thing?" Marthel said, lashing out with alternating holy and demonic fire.

"It isn't confused by the maze at all, and it isn't affected by the gravitational shifts," Brock responded.

"Could it be because it's an artifact?" Sa'Raah ducked under a swinging claw. "It doesn't have a true mind, so it might be unaffected by all the defenses Urza added to this maze. Maybe it's a part of the defense."

Ooh, the voice in Kyari's head returned. She's clever. Maybe I'll take her.

In an instant Kyari knew what the voice was planning. That was the trouble with telepathy that Marthel often complained to her about. A door, once opened, could be passed through from either side.

"Sa'Raah look out!" Kyari leapt from the back of her hydra and pushed the dragon girl out of the way as a large metal sphere closed around her. Kyari beat against the inside with her fist in frustration.

"Kyari!" Marthel cried out, drawing Brock's attention from the legs the monk had been fighting. The crab construct began bounding away with Kyari in its clutches.

"What did you you?" Brock shouted, rushing at Sa'Raah. "You let that thing take her?"

"Brock," Marthel laid a steadying hand on his friend's shoulder, calling him to heel. "It isn't her fault."

"She jumped in front of me," Sa'Raah explained.

"We have to go after it. We have to get her back." Brock swallowed, reining in his anger. He turned to look at the now clearly distressed primordial hydra. "We need to go deeper."

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"I think we ought to stop for the night," Sverre said. "Oona's getting tired."

There wasn't any true day or night on Xerex, but Odom and Ashleigh agreed that it was time to stop. Maelstrom Wanderer was halted and settled in for what should be an uneventful night.

"Did anyone think to bring any food? I might be a semi-immortal necromancer but I still need to eat sometimes."

"Ash thought way ahead of you, Sverre. We've got provisions that should last us long enough to reach the center if we're making good progress. At least I still think we're going downwards." Odom reached down into a bag up to his shoulder. Sverre's eyes popped when he noticed the bag itself was too small to accomplish such a feat, even with Odom's ooziness.

"Just a spell I borrowed from a guy in a blue box." Ashleigh winked at no one in particular.

"Ash, you promised you'd leave the fourth wall breaks to me," Odom sighed.

"Fine." Ashleigh crossed her arms only to quickly resume snuggling Abby. The infant abomination was yawning, an act that came with an adorablly high pitched sigh. "Besides, I think someone else is getting tired too. But not before mommy feeds you."

"Is it going to be the syringe or the bottle?" Odom asked, still rifling through the bag.

"Syringe. It responds best to alternating meals of high and low viscosity mana."

Sverre sighed, unsure if he wanted to know the answer to the question that followed. "How do you even obtain such a thing?"

"Mostly from Broster Strudel," Odom explained. "It's kind of what he eats."

"So, back to my original inquiry," Sverre said, "what do we eat?"

"We eat this," Odom replied, pulling several baskets of bread and fruit out of the bag. "It doesn't look like much, and these are technically experimental and property of the Simic Combine, but how will they ever be tested unless we actually have to survive with no other food?"

"So what is it?" Sverre asked again.

"Take a bite," Ashleigh said, demonstrating with an apple. She continued speaking with her mouth full, "wait a few seconds, and viola!"

"You mean voila," Sverre said.

"Bless you." Odom smirked.

Sverre watched in curiosity and awe as the apple regenerated, appearing to never have been bitten in the first place. "Amazing," he breathed.

"It's wonderful," Oona said, crawling out of Sverre's hood and flitting down to sit on his knee.

"You might prefer something more like this," Ashleigh fished around in the basket and produced a ripe blackberry.

"Yes, excellent," Oona smiled, taking a bite out of one of the many drupelets. She took special care to keep the juice from staining her hair or dress. An experience from her youth had left the Queen of the Fae with pink hair for several weeks after a blackberry binge.

The drupelet regenerated within moments.

"So we won't starve," Sverre smiled. "Excellent."

"The fruit is the only regenerating thing," Odom cautioned. "The bread is gone once we've eaten it all.

"What about Abby?" Sverre asked.

"Once Abby's digestive system matures, it should be able to consume solid food like any other being," Ashleigh explained.

"And I'm guessing that's where the transparent stomach comes in?" Sverre asked between bites of a pear. He held the pear in one hand, the other held the blackberry delicately over Oona's head. She had assumed a lounging position on Sverre's thigh while he fed her the blackberry like he fed her grapes back on Helheim.

"Of course." Odom gave Sverre a puzzled look. "It's like you don't know me at all, man."

Ashleigh finished feeding herself and Abby and proceeded to rock the infant abomination to sleep while singing a lullaby she recalled from her childhood. It was something about pretty little horses, she couldn't remember all the words and hummed the tune in the gaps of her memory. Abby gradually stopped moving its tentacles and closed its black eyes. The cooing and gurgling noises ceased and were replaced with soft breathing.

In the quiet, they heard the telltale clanking and whirring of an artifact creature.

"I think we've upset someone, Sverre," Odom said. He looked over his shoulder, trying to locate the construct.

Not upset, necessarily, a voice said into Ashleigh's mind. Ashleigh knew this voice wasn't one of the usual voices. It was too clear, too coherent. She could sense the mind on the other side and it was filled with all sorts of fun spells for her to borrow. She also could see exactly where the hidden artifact creature stood.

No, but my baby is trying to sleep, Ashleigh responded to the voice. So you've upset me. Hey, that's a neat spell there. Can I borrow it?

She used the voice's spell to destroy the artifact creature and a spell of her own to terminate their mental connection. Gears tumbled from the pathway above them, falling to either side.

"Ash, have I told you lately that I love you?" Odom said.

"I don't believe you've ever actually said it before now," Ashleigh smiled smugly.

"You two are so cute it's almost gross," Sverre mocked, sharing a satisfied smile of his own with Oona. "That said, we might want to find out who sent the creature in the morning. In order to do that..."

"We need to go deeper," the three planeswalkers said in unison.