#he really likes looking into cadenza and Aphmaus eyes

[somnas-writes]

Laurence really enjoys eye contact. It unsettled people but he adores staring into the eyes of those he loves.

He commits every little detail and feature to memory.

He can remember it all. Even years later when he’s left them all behind, he recites the little details to keep himself from losing the one piece of humanity he has

[starhvney]

What are the ethnicities you hc for the aphmau characters?

𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐌𝐀𝐔 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐒

𝐀/𝐍: i love this question ty so much for asking me!! it’s so fun to just freeball it since the characters are literal pixels haha. on top of the ethnicities, i also paired my updated face claims i have for them.

(in advance, i’d like to apologize if i give an ethnicity to a character and the face claim i gave doesn’t really match it? i personally have a hard time associating features with ethnicities, and i pulled the pictures from pinterest so it was hard to confirm all of the face model's origins. i tried my best to do the research.)

anyways, i also included some diaries characters in here as well! i tried to group them all in a way that was coherent so i hope it all makes sense!

𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓

𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐊 & 𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐋 𝐋𝐘𝐂𝐀𝐍: i really can’t see them as being anything other than native american. i just think it’s a perfect match for them

𝐀𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐍 & 𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐀: native american, obviously like their parents. 

side note: i did some research and found out that some native american people have short hair and cut it, while others keep it long for tradition and only cut it for grieving purposes. so i think it makes sense to hc them as this—though long hair on all of them would be awesome, too. anyways, please educate me if i’m wrong on this!

𝐙𝐀𝐂𝐊: hispanic, though i haven’t decided on specifics

𝐒𝐘𝐋𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐀: hispanic, more specifically latina/mexican

𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐌𝐀𝐔: just like jess, i’ve always viewed her self insert as latina, too.

𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐘: i had trouble deciding for both him and travis, but i think i landed on him being french

𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐒: we don’t see his mom in mys, but we see her in mcd and she literally just looks like him. so i’ll say travis is also mostly french and possible mixed with another ethnicity to account for his nice tan

𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄: that is a white man. he’s from o’khasis, so i feel like he’s straight up an englishman.

𝐙𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐀: i see her as a small amount of mediterranean, specifically greek, mixed with scandinavian. 

𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐇: garroth takes more after garte, though i think he’d have the bits of green in his eyes and tall nose from his mother. 

𝐙𝐀𝐍𝐄: zane looks more like his mother, with his dark eyes and pale skin, though he has his fathers eyes and the curse of burning in the sun like a vampire from the english side.

𝐕𝐘𝐋𝐀𝐃: he looks the most like zianna, and the unknown biological father seemed to have been european as well based on his skin?

𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂: scottish (af) (samesies)

𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐙𝐀𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐇: british

𝐊𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐘𝐍 & 𝐊𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐘: british and scottish. the whole family is paler than a sheet of paper

side note: i wish we saw more of katelyn’s other little brothers :(

𝐇𝐀𝐘𝐃𝐄𝐍: undecided, though i’m leaning towards maybe spaniard and croatian? pretty sure the face model i chose for him is part italian, though.

𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄: he was difficult for me to decide on, because i feel like canonically he kind of presents as just a tan white man, but i like to think of him as a mix of northern italian and romanian!

𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐙𝐀: i personally view cadenza as being a little mix of scottish or irish, with her pale skin, ginger hair, and big blue eyes, it just makes the most sense to me.

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐀: puerto rican mayhapsies?

𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄 & 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄: i’m not sure why, but i always thought of dante and gene as being mixed with being hispanic and asian ever since i was younger. in my subj3 fic, i more specifically wrote them to be half puerto rican and half korean!

𝐒𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐀: russian/eastern european

𝐙𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐗: i have a face claim for him, but i haven’t thought of specifics on him yet. i’m leaning towards at least part hispanic, though.

𝐇𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐀: i’m not sure, but definitely european.

𝐋𝐔𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐀: since hyria is white, i like to think lucinda is half white and mixed with a little greek and a little indian from her father!

𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐀 𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐃𝐀: based on her name and her character design being clearly based off of japanese culture, i view her as being fully japanese!

𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐄 𝐕𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐆: if not clear by her last name, she is so very clearly german to me. both by her last name and her coloring.

𝐓𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐘: jamacian

𝐊𝐈𝐌: ukranian

𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐙𝐄: mostly indian, and a small bit african

𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐄𝐋: i don’t know, he honestly just exists in my head. if someone could pls let me know what ethnicity the face model i chose for him looks like, that would be great!! ty!

𝐃𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐄: mainly dutch!

𝐑𝐘𝐋𝐀𝐍: wasian, i’m so sorry but i haven’t put much thought into specifics for him 

𝐈𝐕𝐘: english

𝐋𝐈𝐋𝐘: half english half spaniard

𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐗: surinamese chinese

𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐈: her name is japanese, but she has that pretty tan skin and those green eyes, so i’d say she’s part japanese, part filipino, and part kazakh! i'm aware her face claim isn't accurate to this, sorry ;^;

𝐄𝐈𝐍: i had a really hard time deciding on him. i feel like he’d also be native american and some puerto rican as well

𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐎: belgian

𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐍: peruvian

𝐊𝐀𝐈: i think he’d be wasian, ¾ japanese and ¼ irish (ginger)

𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍 & 𝐊𝐈𝐊𝐈: brazilian and egyptian

𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐌𝐔𝐑: genuinely i cannot see him as anything other than a nerdy british man so that is what he shall be

𝐄𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐘𝐍: very obviously based on her coloring, she is also european of some sort. though, i haven’t decided specifics. it would honestly be so fun if her and kenmur were the stereotypical nerdy british couple though. so cute

𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐀𝐍: scottish

𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐀: since her village was in the water, an ethnicity from a northern european country by the water made sense to me. perhaps dutch?

𝐘𝐈𝐏: native american

𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐎, 𝐋𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐎, & 𝐋𝐔𝐂𝐀: scottish and dutch

𝐙𝐎𝐄𝐘: tall and sharper features fit the “elven” phenotype, so i think she’d maybe be estonian?

𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈: undecided

𝐋𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐍: undecided, though i’m leaning towards just making him british lol

𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐀: half native american half latina

𝐋𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐓: undecided

𝐍𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐊𝐎(𝐍𝐄𝐊𝐎𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄-𝐓𝐀𝐍): half japanese, quarter korean and quarter hispanic.

𝐃𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐈: hispanic, korean, and german, though he looks more like dante than nicole.

𝐃𝐀𝐋𝐄: german

𝐌𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐘: french

𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐒 & 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍: german and french (obvi lol)

𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐘: persian

𝐄𝐌𝐌𝐀: german

𝐊𝐘𝐋𝐄: persian and german... i guess? he got most of his looks from his mom

𝐉𝐄𝐅𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐘 & 𝐀𝐁𝐁𝐘: english/british

𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐍 & 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐃: undecided. idek man i just put them in here cause they make me giggle lol

𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐘: sean

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[xerith-42]

Laurance Minecraft Diaries Headcanons that are canon because I say so

-Laurance doesn't like mirrors. His appearance has changed so much and so drastically over such a short period of time that he doesn't like looking at his own reflection because it just reminds him that he can't go back to the person he used to be, no matter how badly he wants to.

-There's a spot near the center of his back where he carries most of his stress. If anyone puts pressure on that point Laurance collapses because it's so tense all the time there and he just never wants to let anyone worry about him so he tries to never be around others with his armor off.

-This slips into Garroth headcanons but Garroth has a similar spot on his back due to a deviated septum and the two of them noticed these things about one another the first time they had downtime together. Both resolved to try and help ease the stress of one another.

-Laurance's favorite color is green.

-He really loves other people's eyes. There's so much people think they hide but they give away everything with their eyes. Garroth has a frown line between his eyebrows when he makes his serious guard face TM, Katelyn says a lot from just a flick of her eyes in combat, Travis' eyes give away how much of his time is spent admiring others. Nobody realizes Laurance notices these things about them but he does.

-After the whole fiasco on the cat island, cats naturally start to be comfortable around Laurance. Strays walk around his legs and start purring before he even pets them. Even after the curse is reversed, he still faintly smells like a cat, and other cats recognize him as a really really big cat.

-Laurance really loves carrying people. Nobody ever lets him do it enough but he loves picking up his friends, or the kids when they want to climb on him, or any of Aphmau's dogs who will let him, Laurance thinks that the strength to hold someone's entire weight and proudly doing so is a beautiful display of love.

-When they were kids Laurance picked up woodcarving so he could make little dolls that Cadenza could then practice her dress making on. He stopped making them as he got older and more busy with guard work, but there's still a chest hiding in a house in Old Meteli that has a handful of small wooden figures with beautiful dresses and colorful hair.

-Laurance isn't sure if he believes in soulmates anymore. He used to, but then it started to feel like a curse. Now he questions if it's even a concept worth considering as a possibility.

[puppsworld]

Like 5 people said yes to mcd rewrite, so I think I'll go through the characters I've got drawn on my pc, starting with Laurence!! W/ some lore ofc. (lore beneath the cut)

In my rewrite Laurence meets Aphmau (renamed Phoebe/Penelope [which i will be using for the rest of the post]) kind of similarly to how he meets her in the original story BUT the whole crazy cat lady thing and the chicken shaman are cut - Cadenza is still missing though, and it seems like everyone's super upset about it EXCEPT for Kenmur (who was pretty known from moving on from Sasha's death so quickly to get with Cadenza), so Laurence asks for Penelope to help look for his sister in return for a ride to Scaleswind on his wyvern.

They go search the woods and find Cadenza and her "kidnapper", Sasha - Who had faked her kidnapping to prove to Cadenza that Kenmur *sucks* and doesn't care about her. (A girls helping girls moment, as my friend had called it). Originally Sasha had been sent to keep an eye on Penelope by Gene (who's shockingly worse actually), but after being away from Gene's influence for a long period of time she decides to jump ship in regards to her allegiance to Gene.

Unfortunately, when Penelope returns on her way back to Phoenix Drop, Gene had kidnapped Sasha to brainwash her back into wanting to be his right hand man - leaving Penelope and Laurence to go into the Nether to save her (Which ends up about the same with Laurence becoming a shadowknight).

Some time after Donna and Logan's wedding, Laurence's wyvern saves him from the Nether (and DOESN'T die from crossing the realm barrier... because that was so unesscessary.)

It goes about the same from there on except that Laurence's vision never really improves and he's left legally blind. He still ends up being one of Penelope's guards, and maybe sorta kinda romancing Garroth (they both think they're GREAT at gay chicken).

Bonus Laurence from his first appearance.

[laurancezvahlslefteyebrow]

Fever

A fic based on @cinnamontoastcroonch ‘s take on Cadenza’s perspective during Laurance’s de-Shadow Knighttaion induced fever, but from Aphmau’s perspective

Aka: Laurance has a really bad fever, hallucinations a bit and everyone is panicking

CW: Sickfic, fever whump, thoughts of death, mention of hallucinations

At first she didn’t notice. She’d nodded off sitting in the rickety wooden armchair next to Laurance’s bed. Her arm was beginning to fall asleep as she rested her head on it, when suddenly she heard the soft rustling of sheets. Her head shot up to see his face, scrunched in agony, beads of sweat running down his pale skin. His eyes fluttered open hardly half way, hot tears falling to his ears. His breaths quickened and all she could hear was a pathetic whine escaping from his soul. Aphmau was willing herself not to panic. Not yet. She could tell he was hurting, she needed to comfort him, make him feel ok.

“No, no no. Shh shh. It’s alright. You’re ok Laurance. I’m here. I’m right here. I got you.” Despite her best efforts, her voice broke a bit and she became chocked up. She hoped he didn’t notice. Aphmau raised a hand to his cheek to verify a fever. Oh gods he’s burning up. This is bad. She wiped some tears from his cheek as she stood, rushing off to the basin on the window sill. She dunked a rag in the cool water and rung it out before returning to Laurance and placing it on his forehead and eyes. A sudden gasp fell from his mouth as he tipped his head away from the sudden attack of cold. “I know, I’m sorry, but you’re burning up! We need to cool you down.” Aphmau could not keep her voice from wavering, she was beginning to panic.

Aphmau grasped Laurance’s clammy hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze. He seemed to calm a bit after that, Aphmau thought maybe he’d be able to sleep now. But after a while, Laurance spoke softly. “Why’s.. he here..? He- Aph I-“ Before she could do any more, he attempted to sit up. A long groan escaped him before he collapsed back into bed. “Laurance!” he was shaking, shivering maybe. Aphmau needed help, she didn’t know what else she could do for him. Her magicks hadn’t been working, no matter how hard she tried.

Aphmau let down Laurance’s hand and ran to the door, though before she could open it, Garroth stepped in. “Garroth! Garroth, he woke up! Laurance woke up! But,” she was talking a mile a minute, “but he’s out again. Shaking! I need to find Cadenza! I don’t know what else to do!” Before Garroth could even get a word in, Aphmau was gone, the door bouncing closed behind her.

“Cadenza! Cadenza I need you!” Cadenza set down the flowers she planned on buying and turned around, a look of fear on her face. “…Is it Laurance or Eseryt?” Aphmau could tell by the look on her face that she was dreading the answer. Aphmau took a moment to catch her breath, “He woke up. Bad fever, asking weird questions. Cadenza he needs you.”

Cadenza wasted no time, practically running to his bedside. When they arrived he was awake; shaking, looking around the room wildly, on the verge of tears. Garroth practically had to hold him down to keep him in bed. Cadenza went to Laurance, taking his hand and speaking quiet words to him that Aphmau couldn’t fully make out.

“D’you see him?” Laurance sounded so weak. He looked so weak. Aphmau had never seen him like this. Not even after he returned from the Nether. At least then he was more aware, less delirious. “Who, Laurance?” “…Joh.”

Aphmau’s heart dropped into her stomach. She could tell that everyone’s did. Garroth stepped back, finger nails digging into his crossed arms. Cadenza’s eyes widened, a hand going to her mouth to stifle a sob. Aphmau was in shock. All she could do was stand and watch this unfold. Is this really happening? Is Laurance…Oh gods..

“Laur. Joh’s… He’s.. He’s not here.” Aphmau could hear the lump forming in Cadenza’s throat, as the pain of one forming in her own made itself known.

“Caddy… I.. Are they here for me.?” he paused a bit longer than anyone would hope for, “Am I… Dying?” His voice was so small, too small. Weak and hoarse and filled with fear and pain. He starred into the void, eyes glazing over and unfocused.

Garroth turned to face the wall, unable to bare the sight of Laurance like this any longer. Aphmau could no longer keep the sob from escaping her throat, though she managed to stifle the tears.

Cadenza squeezed her eyes as a tear rolled down her red cheek before resting her other hand atop of Laurance’s. “Of course not. You still have so much ahead of you Laurance. So much. You have yet to even meet your daughter. Remember? Lina?” Laurance didn’t answer, only closing his eyes as he slowly gave a single nod, a barely visible smile resting on his cracked lips.

At that Aphmau came back to his side, opposite of Cadenza. She leaned over and gave him a long kiss on the forehead. She didn’t know what else she could do. She just got him back and now she might lose him again? This time permanently? Gods no, please. He doesn’t deserve this, he never did.

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Hope you enjoyed that and that your heart is shattered :D

It’s ok he pulls through. They just don’t know that.

[yourlocalspace-cadet]

MCD Laurance headcanons! 3 2 1 GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-

-Laurance sneezes like a kitten

-He can turn his eyes red without turning, but its usually accidental

-Laurance and Dante bonded really well in the first day they met, so Laurance claimed him as his brother

-Laurance loves kids and babysits for Aph any time Zoey needs a break

-Laurance once bit through Garroth’s sword during a training session and ended up getting him a new and enchanted one

-Laurance almost never gets a full night of sleep

-Laurance and Cadenza are very competitive with each other, even in season 3 (when Laurance was all angry and angsty and SHOWED UP FOR 2 EPISODES-)

-Laurance is always cold bc Meteli is hotter then Phoenix Drop (cuz its a swamp)

-Laurance “steals” Malachi whenever he’s off bc the kid is essentially his son

-Garroth and Laurance cuddled a lot when they were looking for Logan bc Garroth is a human heater and Laurance isn’t used to the cold

-Laurance once fell asleep with Levin and Malachi in his arms, even tho Malachi can’t sleep bc ghost

-Laurance kept his hair long as an ohmage to Joh, who kept his hair long before he died

-Laurance almost cries every time he gets a hair cut

-He’s Laurance “my feelings don’t matter, so don’t worry” Zvahl

-Laurance has a scar on the bridge of his nose and scars all down his back from the Nether

-Laurance has nightmares about the Nether

-Garroth sometimes asks Laurance for advice about being head guard, bc Laur used to be head guard in Meteli

-Laurance once slapped Hayden (Cad’s adoptive dad) in the face, but he doesn’t remember the context

-he’s a giggly (and lightly flirty) drunk

-he once ate an iron ingot. The whole thing. In front of Aphmau, Garroth, Dante, and Cadenza. Just right down the hatch.

-he curses so much it would make Satan embarrassed

-he has an old necklace that Sasha gave him on him at all times, even in s3

-he and Cadenza speak fluent Spanish, so sometimes they’ll talk in Spanish like its their secret language (cuz Phoenix Drop doesn’t have a lot of Spanish speakers)

-Laurance has trouble reading, even though his vocabulary is pretty big, so Cadenza sometimes reads to him

-Laurance taught Cadenza how to fight “just in case”

-Laurance is big on cuddles. Just- he loves em

-Big bisexual energy

AND THATS IT! BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[nottoofondofgaypeople]

Can we have the scene from the baby showers with Laurance, Garroth and Aphmau in the street Laurance has fake proposed to Aphmau to get Zane off their backs as gay as humanly possible.

Also if I can be greedy can we have Zoey coming to fetch them from the Irene dimension as gay as humanly possible

A 2 for 1 deal huh? I'll be real with you, I was gonna make these be in the same post, but upon going back to the first episode of season 2 I have so much to do with that scene that it's going to need to be its own post. You'll still get both scenes, but the second one needs more time to cook the delicious angst I know you feral beasts all crave.

scene takes place in episode 56 before the polycule has gotten together and is much more a moment of realization for all three of them (largely Garroth). All of them know Laurance loves Irena, and she gave him a very hesitant answer in response. So they aren't together, but aren't not together? I don't get it either.

Silence lingered as Zane walked past. All three of them waited for the sound of his door closing. Laurance waited a second later before he spoke.

"I'm sorry," He finally whispered, but the final sound came out like a laugh. "I'm so sorry--"

"Don't," Garroth started, letting out an uneasy breath. He glanced up at Laurance and... Smiled. It felt really nice to smile like this. "You saved Lord Irena's life, again."

"Yeah, you did," She muttered. She was never more grateful that Laurance was blind and unable to see how much she was blushing. And how shaky her hands were. The silver bracelets on her wrists clanking together might have given it away. "I-I'm amazed you thought of that."

"I just heard him threatening you, and I couldn't stop myself. I'm sorry if it made you uncomfortable."

"No, no, Laurance you were perfect!" Irena reached forward, placing her hand on his shoulder. It was like second nature. She was never physical with him before, but knowing he was blind made it easy to just fall into the habit of having a hand on him. "It worked, right? You bought us some time."

"Yeah..." Garroth let out a sigh as he glanced between them. There was a thumping of his heart, but it didn't feel like jealousy, as he expected. It was the same kind of feeling he got when looking at Laurance in the academy. The same kind of feeling he got when Irena put on a flower crown. At the same time. "I would have never thought of that."

"I've heard Zane's voice before, but I had no idea the High Priest of O'Khasis was so..." Laurance looked to where he thought Garroth was. He was wrong but it's the thought that counts. "Cruel."

"It's okay. You acted when my anger got in the way of my judgement and saved my lords life." Garroth looked up to Laurance, the sound of his helmet the only indication to the blind man that he'd moved. "I can't even begin to express my thanks to you, Laurance." Warmth spread across Laurance's cheeks, a rush of life he desperately needed. Even if he was blushing and grinning like an idiot, even if it was the most obvious thing in the world, he made it known how much Garroth's words meant to him.

"Me too," Irena cut in, her left hand nervously twirling loose strands of her hair. "I'm really sorry you had to be in this situation at all, but you saved my ass. Again."

"That's just what I do for you, my love." Irena rolled her eyes and gave Laurance a slight smack on the shoulder, but it only made him start laughing again. Garroth expected something still, some sense of envy. The only envy he felt was that he didn't know enough about flirting to join then. But he wanted to.

"I honestly wish he had done something to directly harm a member of Phoenix Drop," Garroth admitted almost sheepishly. He took a deep breath, and instead leaned against his shield and tried to take on a cooler demeanor. "Then I would have really done something to shut him up." Laurance gasped in a sort of fake horror, in a way that Irena had heard Cadenza do before. It made her giggle, and that made Laurance giggle in turn. It did not make either one of them want to kiss the other, definitely not.

"Careful Garroth, you know what happens to villages that step out of line. We're lucky we stayed small enough that O'Khasis just took notice."

"Right. I'm not seriously thinking of doing anything that rash. Just wishing for it."

"Can't fault you for that," Irena agreed with a breathy laugh. An uneasy feeling started to settle in, one Laurance was determined to fight off.

"I feel I should make it clear, I have no intentions of marrying Lady Irena, either. That was just a ruse to get Zane off our backs."

"Aw, that's too bad!" Irena pouted out her lip and spoke in an exaggerated tone. "And here I was about to plan and decorate the entire thing."

"Oh really? And who would officiate it?"

"Not Zane, that's for certain."

"Y'know, Castor is a shaman. He might have the power to officiate." That earned Laurance a smack on the shoulder that made all three of them burst out into giggles. And now it was Laurance's turn to be absolutely elated to hear the sound of their laughter. To hear it come from a genuine and wholesome moment, compared to the cruel mocking laughter he became used to in the Nether. To remember that he was loved.

"Keep up with those suggestions and we'll get divorced before we can get married!"

"Oh, my love, you wound my heart with your cruel words. Whatever can a poor, blind poet do to recapture your love?"

"Quit being such a romantic might be a good start," Garroth shot in playfully. The words could have come off harsh, jealous, even biting, but his tone was loving. His tone was practically dripping with love. Garroth didn't realize it, but Laurance sure did.

"I can't help it."

"He really can't. But it's fine, because I can always get back at him."

"And how do you plan on doing that, my love?" Irena reached up and ruffled his shaggy hair.

"I could always have Cadenza dye your hair again. She'd just say she's redoing your roots, but maybe it's a completely different color and you wouldn't even know."

"She would do it too," Garroth agreed.

"Don't egg her on!" Laurance defended. "My darling fiance already threatened to dye my hair blue."

"And what if Cadenza actually took my suggestion?" Irena's sing songy tone made Laurance raise an eyebrow as he tried to look down at the likely smug expression of the woman leaning onto him.

"She didn't."

"She did." He tried to look to Garroth.

"She did." Laurance's eyes widened in fear, and his hand suddenly went to his hair, bringing it in front of him before he pouted slightly. Right. He still can't see.

"Please tell me you're joking." Unbeknownst to Laurance both Irena and Garroth glanced at each other, and even if his face was hidden, she could practically see the goofy grin plastered across his face. She really wished she could see him. Irena gave him a raised eyebrow, and Garroth just shrugged his shoulders, leaving it up to her how far they would take this bit.

Laurance's hand reached for Irena in a more desperate manner than she expected, which was enough for her to break. The moment Laurance held her hand, she burst out laughing, not blind to the way his fingers danced over the pulse point on her wrist. Seconds later Laurance and Garroth were laughing with her, all three of them simple elevated into the feeling my one another. It was a genuine moment of sincerity and peace, desperately needed after the events of the past few days, and the anxiety Zane had brought.

It was an honor in Garroth's eyes to help in making Irena and Laurance laugh. He was overwhelmed by their love, clear and obvious for anyone to see, even more so that they allowed him to be a part of it in some way. Some perhaps foolish part of him wondered if he could truly love them both, and if he could love them in turn. For now, Irena swept around Laurance and hooked her arm in his.

"How about we get back to the party, my oh so charming fiance and his dashing blue hair?" Irena suggested, though the final comment earned her a groan from Laurance.

"You two better be joking about that or this marriage might actually end before it begins," He shot back.

"Don't worry Laurance, she didn't actually dye your hair blue," Garroth assured him. Irena fully pouted, sticking out her tongue.

"Thank you Garroth."

"Yeah, thanks Garroth for ruining my joke!" For a second he couldn't tell if her anger was sincere or not. Until she reached for him, grabbing at his elbow and dragging him so he was also arm in arm with her. "As a punishment, you're now required to come into Kiki's barn with us and enjoy the festivities yourself." Garroth looked down at those amber eyes and... he couldn't ever say no to them.

"Whatever you say, my lady."

[sammygems]

UPDATES

Katelyn has arrived

"i knew i was talking to a woman of power the second i laid eyes on you" is that subtle flirting there Katelyn? or am i just delulu

can't remember exactly, but was Katelyn looking into what Jeffory was doing out of her own will without anything to do with Zane?

Lucinda jumpscare

forgot that Nicole just has a boxing ring in her house

Roxy jumpscare (Aphmau actually got scared)

kinda love that Katelyn's ship has blue sails. does that mean that all the Jury members have ship sails that match their signature colour?

so Dante is on the list of protentional Jury replacements

oh god, why did the music get so fucking loud??? 😭

Laurance gave Levin and Malachi a book at some point

i think we as a fandom should replace the crosses on Garroth and Zane's clothing in Diaries with the symbol of Lady Irene.

Aphmau: "Garroth you should really take off your helm"

Garroth: "bet"

editing mistake from Aphmau, forgot to cut out a fuck up

damn, Garroth is a fashion designer

Tablemau vs Laurance x Table

i love the Laurmau banter

"are you being serious right now, cause i was seriously joking about the table if you're being serious" me too Laurance, i too have trouble with telling if someone is being serious about marrying me

"try not to flirt with too many tables" please tell me that Sebastian Todd did like, a voice reading of that line please

i find it very funny that Dante's little maid that KC gives him is literally Kaito from Vocaloid

the fact that people were shocked by the KC and Dante being married reveal post timeskip is funny now looking back because the hints were there (i was people)

Lucinda's path to her house is all fun and games until someone is drunk or a child and has to jump across

"you know, i can just break into Lucinda's house while she's not home"

the book that Zoey is reading to Levin and Malachi in Episode 83, it sounds like it could've been a really interesting and good parallel to Laurance and Aphmau in like, seasons 2 and 3

it's kinda sad that Laurance didn't hear about Hayden's "death" from Cadenza, but from Aphmau :(

someone tell Laurance that he's allowed to mourn for Hayden

Castor: "i was making good homes for my people"

Aphmau: "are the good homes for your people in the room with us right now?"

Laurance confesses to Aphmau again, but this time i feel like i'm gonna cry, i love Laurance so much

fuck they hugged, i'm screaming internally

what the hell is happening. we got a merchant lost in the woods, Dante goes to find them and gets lost, so then Nicole goes out to find Dante. i stg-

baby Leona is born

Aphmau in episode 89: "Katelyn just gives me bad vibes"

Aphmau like, maybe 10 episodes later: "Katelyn is now my bestie"

OOOOOOOOH IT'S MY GIRL LILLIAN

oh nooo not Jeffory voiced by Jason 😭😭

LET'S FUCKING GO, KESTIN'S VOICING OF ZANE HAS STARTED

Aphmau has entered her bad bitch era outfit

Things I Have Noticed/Remembered from my MCDiaries rewatch

I will be updating this as I continue my rewatch, currently everything listed is out of order, cause I've started writing this as I am on episode 64 of season 1 and I don't feel like fixing it to be in order, so sorry!

What the fuck was Garroth's "plan" he mentions to Zenix in the first episode 😭

Zenix seems to be younger then Garroth in Diaries, considering the way that Garroth talks about him, but I think in MyStreet, Zenix is either the same age or slightly older then Garroth, so far this is like, the only obvious age difference between the series (besides Travis and everyone else of course)

I forgot how entertaining Brendan's character is, he's far less annoying then I remembered

ZANE AS AN ACTUAL BAD PERSON, I LOVE HIM

I love Vylad, but I legit forgot how much he was in Diaries season 1, I thought he was in it far less

Currently at the stage of Diaries where there is no lgbt+ people, i'm very disappointed by this (we haven't even reached the queerbaiting)

KC's character is....not as bad (racist) as I was expecting, still not great though. I'm choosing to believe that KC is from Tu'lu and Maid Cafes are a thing there, and "Kawaii~Chan" is just a stage name for her work.

Y'all know how Cadenza went missing and she was actually turned into a chicken? Yeah, the way Hayden, Castor, & Laurance talk about her to Aphmau makes it sound like Cadenza is a small child. But then it turns out she's the same age, if not older, then Laurance and Aphmau.

Aphmau should've just made Joh and Hayden lovers, I'm so serious, it would make the whole Cadenza and Laurance being "close like siblings" in season 1 to I think actually being called as siblings in season 2 and in MyStreet a lot easier to understand and make a lot more sense.

Why does Kenmur have like, some sort of romance with all the girls from Meteli??? He was engaged to Sasha and is stated to have feelings for Cadenza.

I love when the episodes open from Sasha's POV, and she goes and talks to Gene and there's just no voices. I love having to pause to read what they're saying. (this point is sarcasm)

The way literally everyone reacted to learning Laurance was blind was....icky. Like, I understand Cadenza and Aphmau reacting as like "we need to find a way to bring his sight back", but the fact that it was literally EVERYONE who decided he needed to get his sight back was so weird.

I don't mind Laurance ACTUALLY getting his sight back, but I wish it was done differently. Like, personally, I'd have him like, have to wash his face with the water of the fountain of Lady Irene.

Emma & Corey, Dale & Molly, and Logan & Donna are very sweet couples.

After Zoey and KC were able to turn Cadenza back to her human form, Zoey mentions that she "recognizes Cadenza from somewhere", but I don't think this goes anywhere???? I'm assuming it was supposed to hint at like, Cadenza's backstory.

ngl, I kinda wish we got more of Zane and Kiki's relationship, I really wanna know what side of Zane Kiki actually saw.

Anyway, Kiki is currently expecting.

Nicole (my beloved) has showed up. I've decided I won't question the logic behind her iron fists being able to break bedrock, and instead say that her referencing her iron fists just made me think of Ace from One Piece and Natsu & Gajeel from Fairy Tail.

I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT NICOLE'S FOX, ROXY, AND ABOUT THE WYVERNS IN GENERAL 😭

I need to mention that in one episode (before Aphmau went to Scaleswind and learned about Lady Irene), Garroth says to Aphmau "by the seven", which I think she was hurt, but the use of "by the seven" is similar to how the same phase would be used in Game of Thrones or to how irl lots of people say "oh my god", so I'm really wondering if there were originally supposed to be 7 Divine Warriors instead of 6.

The way when Aphmau found Levin and decided to keep him and Garroth IMMEDIATLY decided he would be Levin's father figure.

The way when Laurance found out that Aphmau had a kid, his response was to play with Levin and say to Aphmau "you didn't tell me you had this little buddle of joy/energy".

That's all for now, I'll like, update when I have more to add.

[stellisketches]

MCD Headcanons I have that have nothing to do with anything (pt 3)

Laurance’s favorite animal is the ladybug

There are six major regions in the world of MCD

Someday, I will draw a map of them

Dante had turned 19 three months prior to meeting the Phoenix Drop gang in season 1

Each of the jurors have their own signature weapon

Katelyn uses her gauntlets, Janus his bigass claymore, Jeffory his glaive, Ivy a scythe, Lillian a pair of chakrams, Ivan a staff, Teony a spear, and (bonus points if you’ve read my MCD fic) Alexei a pair of hatchets

Aphmau is a horny drunk

Zane joined the priesthood in order to escape an arranged marriage that was being planned between him and the Lord of Narhaka’s daughter

He was only able to do this because Garroth gave him a warning that he had overheard Garte talking about it 6 months in advance, leaving him with enough time to play the ‘religious teenage awakening’ card to the Then High Priest. He was around 14 when that happened

Travis has several tattoos on his arms (semi inspired by that of Inuit peoples)

Lucinda is really good at playing poker. Like scary good.

She won Bigglesworth in a poker game when she was 16

Katelyn still has to make an ‘L’ with her hands in order to tell her right from her left

Laurance used to bring a lot of animals home and claim them as his ‘pets’, but they rarely stayed more than a week before running off.

Garroth is a Capricorn

Cadenza will only eat a sandwich if it cut into fourths

Garroth fainted the first time he saw a pair of titties

He was seven

It was a painting

Garroth used to get into tavern brawls when he was a teenager. Vylad was in charge of taking bets

Levin can fit his entire fist in his mouth, both as a baby and as an adult

Janus stopped terrorizing the Tu’li country side after Zane disappeared, he pretty much only did it on Zane’s orders (Though I don’t think he actually felt bad about it or anything, more like a neutral ‘orders are orders’ thing)

He was just chillin in some random cabin in the Tu’li countryside when Ivy came along and murked him.

Laurance used to have his ears pierced when he was a teenager, however once he tried to give himself another piercing (without the assistance of Cadenza) and got an infection. After that he stopped wearing earrings and the holes healed shut

Also tried to give himself a belly button piercing once, met with similar results and a lot more screaming

Dante has a tattoo of his oath to the guard on his side midriff (I did a drawing of this a while back)

Technically the legal drinking age in most Ru’aunian villages is 17, but like, no one fucking enforces it. A twelve year old could look a barkeep in the eye and say “I’m seventeen” and barkeep will be like “You’re offering to pay double so enjoy your beverage, fully-legal-adult”

Really just depends on the morality of the bartender

Cadenza once stole an entire shipment of ale and sold it at twice the markup while the tavern owners were waiting on another shipment. Hayden was the only person who knew about it, and Cadenza dubbed it ‘a self-taught lesson of supply and demand’

Hayden immediately made her heir to the lordship of Meteli after that

Also she was like. 11. when that happened

Also she would occasionally purposefully cut the buttons’ off Laurance’s clothes and make him pay her to sew them back on. 

None of the Ro’Meave boys got the Birds ‘n Bees talk from anyone, though Zianna did try discreetly leaving biology books in her son’s rooms when they were reaching ‘the age’

Zane was the only one who ever read it, to which he immediately discovered he was asexual

Vylad had actually learned about sex a few years prior by picking a book off the higher shelves of Zianna’s personal library (Though it did take another few months of combing the romance section for him to figure out he was gay)

Zane and Vylad had a bet on how and how long it would take Garroth to find out

Garroth and Dante have both wandered off from patrol in order to pet a stray animal. Neither of them have or would ever admit it.

In Meteli, there’s a statue of Irene sitting with her hands out peacefully. Whenever Laurence gets black-out drunk, he usually wakes up curled in the statue’s lap

Katelyn always sleeps with one of her gauntlets on

John (Visher’s son) used to get in trouble for swimming in the canals in Bright Port

Aphmau’s favorite flower is Juniper

Garroth keeps a small necklace with a charm of the sigil of Esmund. 

It’s a fairly common for guards to own something with the sigil on it (usually its some kind of jewelry, but some keep it in other ways like having it sewn into capes, carved into armor or sword, or even tattooed)

Similarly, Laurance has a locket with the sigil carved in the back that Cadenza gave him when he was officially initiated.

He used to have an earring for it but he gave it to Cadenza after ‘the incident’

Garroth has a very low spice tolerance, but he would never turn down a meal someone served to him. He would eat the whole thing without making a single noise while his face would be as red as a tomato and tongue in utter agony

Travis’s favorite animal are seals

His favorite food is grilled squid, which he was also able to turn Aphmau on to

Katelyn loves birdwatching

Gene used tell Dante bedtime stories

Malachi once stole a boat because of a drunken bet with Levin

Lilith was an absolute menace once she got to her teenage years, and constantly got into fights with Alina

[the-martyrfication-of-the-matron]

Okay.

@erionlextib keeps enabling me

Not that I’m mad.

I’m also sorry it took me so long to do.

Malachi HCs are First

Sometimes he accidentally gives himself nightmares (via his magicks) but he laughs about them after the fact.

He is fairly protective of Levin, and a smartarse. So if someone spouts some untrue nonsense about him, he corrects them. Usually ends up with him getting punched. But he doesn’t seem to want to stop.

He avoids being alone with people because he fears he might accidentally use his magicks on them.

He has about four daggers on him at all times. Two in his boot, one in his sleeve and one on his belt. Can’t be too cautious.

Since becoming alive once more, he has suffered from body pains that come and go. Aching joints, feeling really bruised, splitting pains in the back of his head etc. Zoey has diagnosed it as the Yggdrasil sapling not completely fixing him, and his body retaining some damage from his death.

Black hair, milky eyes and freckles. I’ve mentioned these HCs before but I will mention them again. He also has a scar on his nose that I’ve mentioned before.

He has a fear of heights and falling. For obvious reasons.

MCD Aaron HCs are second

He can like.. steal peoples pain. If he makes skin to skin contact with someone in pain, he can feel their pain instead of them. But it can also work vice versa. So… get in a fist fight with this fucker and you will hurt.

When using the magicks he inherited from Shad, his eyes turn black, but when using the magicks he inherited from different ancestors, they glow gold, like Aphmau’s do. Mix them together, black sclera and gold irises. Pretty cool looking actually.

He has nightmares a lot. He is used to them, but that doesn’t mean they don’t interfere with his sleep.

Aaron can’t help himself, if he sees someone doing something wrong, he has to correct them. This has lead him to basically become the mentor of the group.

He trains aphmau the harshest out of everyone he trains, because if people believe she is so great, she has to atleast be half of what they expect her to be.

He is surprisingly religious.

He’s also pretty speedy. Which Aphmau was surprised by because he’s huge and she imagined that would slow him down a bit. But no.

Nekoette (hate that name. Hateithateithateit) made him a bracelet out of beads she found on the floor around the village and he refuses to take it off.

If he lived long enough, he would have planned on settling down in a small little house somewhere with Aphmau. And maybe have a kid or two, if she was comfortable with that. But he’s dead. So whoops.

Visher HCs

Anyone know the ‘ah, I didn’t see that coming! Probably because my back was turned’ video? That’s all I need to say for this HC.

He was very tall. And very buff. Like weirdly. But not like ripped. He had got some weight to him. So he was like a soft buff dude. If that makes sense?

If he were to have not died, which may or may not be an au I am suddenly urged to write, he would not have Liked Logan. He would pretend to, but behind closed doors, he would threaten the shit out of him.

*coughsubmissivecough*

Way too confident in his own skills. Would try to do something, do it wrong, insist he can do it right, hurt himself, and then ask for help.

Would flirt with people at bars to get free drinks, but when they ask if he wants to get a room with them, he’d respond with ‘sorry I’ve got a wife’ and leave.

Second best alcohol tolerance in Ru’aun, behind Aphmau.

Slight bit of a pickpocket, but it’s an old habit, he hardly does it anymore. get it? Because he’s dead.

He had fangs. Which is weird because they’re super uncommon in werewolves. However, he was thankful he had them, and he put them to pretty good use. Like untying knots. And violence.

Heavily censored himself around kids, and Aphmau, but around anyone else he would swear like a sailor.

Rip the man who I would willingly let rearrange my organs because the relationship I have with my father is terrible at best.

Cadenza HCs now. Because we ignore the last one I gave to Visher.

She’s not got the best alcohol tolerance, but there are still a few people she can out drink. Including pre-SK Laurence.

She got stuck with the nickname ‘Denny’ for four years after she, stupidly, told Laurence she hated it.

She’s got magicks. But she doesn’t notice. They’re simply that Roses bloom anywhere that she is. Oh also she can speak to dead people. But she also hasn’t noticed that. She just kinda thinks they’re alive.

Lesbian. Because I said so.

Castor was like a second father to her, even if she would never admit it.

She has a lot of scars on her hands from her needles slipping whilst she sews.

She has freckles.

She adored Aphmaus wolves, and the feeling was mutual. Until they died.

She will go to any lengths necessary to make Laurence Happy.

She stabs Laurence with her sewing needles if he’s annoying her. Only lightly, hardly enough to make him bleed. It’s more of a warning that he’s actually annoying her than anything.

Hyria.

She’s flirty with younger men. Because they’re pretty.

She doesn’t like doing things for herself. So she finds excuses to get other people to do things for her.

She has the most dramatic ways to fix the simplest of problems.

She’s older than Irene. So she’s like old old.

She’s a dark-skinned native, like her daughter is. Which makes sense

Her eyes are pink, not blue. Because. Like. Why not? It’s pretty. Leave me alone.

She likes wearing a lot of gold, and will often ask for gold jewellery as payment for her help.

Once hit Zenix so hard he was knocked out. This was during one of Vylad’s trips to visit her, and the two of them fell out a bit when he found out. All was made better when she made him tea.

She’s the only witch better than her daughter. And she is proud of that fact.

Somehow always knows what people’s favourite kind of tea is.

Garroth MCD HCs. Because we’ve got a theme of doing MCD characters.

He feels like Zane’s insanity was his fault, but it wasn’t, it was his parents.

He has a light stutter. He manages to keep it under wraps most of the time, but when he’s nervous, angry or excited, it shows up a bit more.

He always sort of knew he was gay. But like. He never knew what it was.

Him and Aaron actually could’ve been good friends. They both had the silent mysterious thing going on at some point. And they both had Aphmau’s best interest at heart. Plus they’re both queer as fuck and definitely would’ve fallen inlove.

He’s scared of wolves.

Tales of Dragons were always his favourite growing up. Shame they aren’t real.

He kind of maybe slept with Matilda/Matijda and is Levin’s biological father. But like also maybe he didn’t and isn’t. Who knows?

Him and Hyria get along very well. She doesn’t flirt with him, and he doesn’t break or touch her stuff. So neither of them have reason to dislike eachother.

He gained a scar on his cheek in the Irene Dimension. It goes all the way from the side of his head to right before his nose bridge.

Donna. My love.

She didn’t really have anyone after she left home. And she wasn’t very good at hiding that. Visher ended up finding her and took her in. It was only meant to be a temporary thing to get her used to being on her own, but after she found out about him being a werewolf, the two kept in contact, and eventually they were practically family.

She used to patch up John’s injuries when he was little. Because he was a bit of a clutz

She doesn’t care for modesty. If she wants to have her boobs out, she’ll have her boobs out. That said, she does care for the modesty of her girls, and if they have anything they don’t want anyone seeing, she ensures it isn’t seen.

She tells scary stories to the kids of the village to spook them. But they always come back for more.

Has been mentioned in my rewrite: but she used to have a bunch of siblings. They all died after her village (which was just outside of the O’khasian walls) was attacked by werewolves. Well, they were turned and her mother killed them. Not fun.

When she’s sad, she sits next to Logan. And then he notices she’s sad, comforts and hugs her, and then when she’s better, he sends her on her way because he has work to do.

She has magicks users in her family, but isn’t one herself.

Currently don’t have any more about Zane that I can remember off of the top of my head. And those I can aren’t detailed enough. Same goes for Paul.

Brian

Brian first joined Zane’s side when he joined the O’khasian guard academy. He was promised a nice life within kingdom walls, and he was sick of living in poverty. He was willing to do anything, even betraying his own family.

He’s scared or wyverns. Especially Raven.

He gets captured by the Phoenix Drop Guards shortly after the main cast went to the Irene Dimension, and gets questioned. He gives up everything he knows pretty quickly (which isn’t much) hoping to avoid the punishment of betraying Phoenix Drop. He wasn’t so lucky.

The typical punishment for betrayal of a village or town is exile, leaving them to fend for themselves in a forest filled with bandits and thieves. But for this one occasion, Dante allowed Dale to decide the punishment. And Dale is not merciful, not even towards his own children. Brian was dragged into the middle of the village, and executed. It was pretty horrific, but Dale had a lot of anger towards his son and Zane after everything that happened to the village, and Alexis, and people were more bothered about having to clean up the blood than the execution itself.

Tales of him spread around the nearby villages, and he was used as a cautionary tale to young children not to betray their towns.

He had bruises and sores from where his armour (which was too big for him) would rub and hit against him.

He bulked up quite a bit during his short time at the Guard Academy. But he was still pretty scrawny.

The merchant guild.

It started off as a group of merchants that would drink together and exchange gossip, but over time they gained a lot of power and influence, and their ranks grew. That said, drinking and gossiping is still a usual thing for them. Their gossip also influences a lot of people’s opinions on merchants and other people.

It’s also a code for Visher and Donna to talk about Visher’s lycanthropy. Since neither of them are part of the guild, or interested in joining.

Childhood HCs

Malachi

He would often sleep in Aphmau’s bed with her, he would have nightmares and Aphmau’s presence was his only comfort for a long time. During the 15 years, when she wasn’t there, he would cuddle up to Zoey instead, even if it didn’t quite work. For the first few years at least. Eventually he felt like he had outgrown relying on others and would get through the nights alone.

He would sometimes accidentally give Levin nightmares. Which made him feel really guilty.

Vylad would sing him and Levin songs to help them sleep, and Malachi would always request the same one. It’s not a real Lullabye, keep that in mind, but it was called ‘ěga en a mǐma saya’ and something about the tune was so soothing to him.

He would often sing the songs that Vylad did, and when people asked where the songs were from, or what they meant (they were usually all in old Ru’aune) he would shrug and walk away.

He would often play tricks on the villagers, and he found them very funny. Laurence began giving him tips once he found out he was the one doing the tricks.

Aaron

Unlike MS, In MCD, Derek wanted Aaron to be weapon. He lived in isolation, like he did in MS, but only so that he formed no emotional connections, or weaknesses. He would be trained as often as his body could handle, sometimes even more. He was trained with a variety of weapons, and Derek would get some of the best guards in Falcon Claw to fight him, sometimes to the death.

He was forced to show no emotion, and he was good at it, but his eyes would always show when his emotions were strong. And his punishment was to train until his body wouldn’t let him train any further. He hated it. So he tried to remove his eyes from the equation. But his attempts hardly worked.

He could beat some of the most dangerous warriors in FalconClaw by the time he was 18. Which was also the age he was when he was taken out of isolation.

He never spoke during his time in isolation. He was never taught how to. His father ordered everyone who went to train him not to speak to him, and Derek never spoke to him either. So Aaron learned some non verbal ways to communicate exhaustion, hunger, and other feelings. He still uses these sometimes, however only a few people have picked up on what they mean.

The Zvhal siblings

Cadenza kind of bullied Laurence growing up. But he bullied her back so it’s fine.

they would often spend all day together and would alternate between having meals at eachothers houses.

Cadenza used to try to set Laurence up on blind dates all the time whilst they were in their early teens, but all of her attempts failed because he was never interested.

Laurence taught her how to horse ride, and she taught him how to sew. Exchanging skills.

Cadenza was really upset when he left for Guard academy, even if it was only for a few years. And when he returned, she refused to leave his side even when he was on guard duty.

Laurence’s first few jobs as a guard was finding cadenza, or getting her out of trouble.

Cadenza would often have to see Laurence’s clothes back up after he got into fights, or was just being a dick and somehow tore them.

They would often sneak into Castor’s house (back when he lived inside of Meteli) and steal his potions to tip into buckets of water, because the potions made the water pretty colours. But castor found out and scolded them, before informing them that it’s a lot more fun to use potions on people, and handing them a few to play around with.

Cadenza would often find cats from Cat island around the village, and Laurence was always assigned with returning them home.

They were both terrified of Urla, the crazy cat lady, growing up, and would often spook the younger children with false tales about her:

I think that was everything

[imjustagayfish]

Aphverse headcanons(are they Mystreet or Mcd? You’ll never know!)

-Katelyn has a burn mark thing on the side of her face

-Travis’s natural eye color IS green but it’s more of a Viridian green like Enki

-All the shadow knights are dating

-Terry and Derek were actually pretty great friends considering both of their situations are very similar

-Blue hoodie guy who was friendly with Aaron‘s name is Valerian and he ends up being Aaron’s close friend!

-Both Katelyn and Garroth have nearly committed involuntary manslaughter!

-Diana and Jenny date after college

-Betty has a southern accent

-Most of the werewolves are Pacific Islanders

-Hayden and Joh are married.

-Nicole’s natural hair color is brown

-Nanas natural hair color is black

-June and Jenny are siblings

-Alex and Ivy date after they get over there internalized homophobia

-June has a birth mark over her eye

-Both Lucinda and Jenny have vitiligo

-June and Jenny grew up in Canada

-Zack and Elizabeth have most certainly focked, although she is not Eins mom

-Aphmaus bi awakening was Teony

-The Ro’Meave brothers were just told “you can’t have sex before marriage“ and that was their sex education

-Maria had Gene when she was really young, like, she was still in college

-Shadow knights have plants everywhere around their house

-Gene plants flowers, Sasha plants herbs, and Zenix has a collection of cacti

-Aphmau and Travis went to prom together in their senior year

-Aphmau and Travis just simp for everyone on Mystreet, mostly Lucinda, than Aaron and Katelyn, but mainly Lucinda

-Laurence and Cadenza are both 6’6

-All the shadow nights are over 6 feet except Zenix who’s 5’0

-Aphmau looks more like Zack then Sylvana

-This isn’t a headcanon but this is more of a question, does pdh have a Meif’wa class?

-Laurence has green eyes in Mystreet because he never went blind

-Donna is from O’Khasis

-Zane IS Leonas dad, the pendant was just a Werewolf maker

-Travis’s mom had something going on with Rachel and Ein’s mom

-Garroth knows how to play the harp

-Zane knows how to play the violin

-Vylad knows how to play the ocarina

-Travis knows how to play the piano

-Laurence knows how to play the flute

-Zianna used to sing the Ro’Meave brothers lullaby’s and when that stopped they would all play it on their instruments

-Travis is really skilled with making clothing because his mother taught him

-Azura helped Garroth runaway

-Azura is from Nahakra village

[starhvney]

𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝟑 | 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟖: 𝐒𝐋𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐘

𝐂𝐖: lots of cussing(reader is done with the bs), a bit of violence, nothing else though? kind of a fluffy and slice of life chapter after that!

𝐀/𝐍: new chapter! i hope you guys enjoy :) it felt a bit rushed but it's out nonetheless

𝐖𝐂: 6,800 +

𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 ☆ 𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓 | 𝐀𝐎𝟑 | 𝐅𝐈𝐂 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 | 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐒

“a sleepover?”

“yeah! i’ve never had one, but don’t you think inviting a few of our girl friends over would be really fun?” aphmau chirps.

how does she manage to be this energetic so early every morning? especially when you both were up so late last night.

“plus… i was talking to my mom about everything that happened and she thought it would be a good idea. you know, to get close with supportive friends and take our minds off… everything.” she continues, lacing her fingers together behind her back as we walked.

you nod slowly, eyes drifting down to the pavement. it was so easy to get caught up in all of the drama you’ve been subjected to that it makes you forget the actual friends you’ve made—which was a much higher number than you had been expecting when you got to this school. a little reminder wouldn’t hurt, that’s for sure.

“that’s… a really good idea, aph.”

“i know! i wasn’t super sure who all to invite though, so i figured i’d ask you, and then maybe katelyn?” she asks, a bit unsure. “i’ve never had a slumber party though, so i was stressing over both the gene situation and trying to think of activities to do last night.”

to be honest, with your morning brain, you didn’t hear most of that. “kate’s cool. she’ll know what to do.”

“i thought so too!”

“hey guys!”

you both turn to see laurance jogging up to you two, lips curled up in a fond smile as he waves you down. 

“oh!” both you and aphmau stumble as he wraps an arm around each of your shoulders, dragging you with him as he slows to a walk.

“well good morning to you, too,” you snort. “you didn’t say you were walking this morning. we would’ve waited.”

“yeah, i didn’t know until the last minute either. cadenza has been fighting off some bad senioritis this year, so she decided right as we were supposed to leave that she was gonna skip today.” he sighs.

“if i was allowed to skip i would too. i don’t blame her,” you muse.

“same.” aphmau blows away a strand of hair from her eyes and sags her shoulders.

“woah, you two. you’re a sophomore and you’re only a freshman, aphmau. you guys can’t talk like that when you’re not even halfway done.” laurance squeezes both of your shoulders before letting go, walking between you two.

“oh come on, like you’ve never wanted to fake sick for school,” aphmau jabs.

laurance shrugs, light chuckles falling from his lips. “…i guess i have on occasion.”

he glances over at you, his expression slightly falling. he tilts his head, poking your cheek.

“hey, you look really tired.”

“gee, thanks.” you deadpan, causing him to chortle out a sudden laugh.

“no! i don’t mean you don’t look good, you just look really sleepy. your eyes are all…” he tilts his head, squinting his own eyes and giving you a sad puppy look. “…like you’re gonna fall asleep standing up.”

your eyes roll as you shake your head, gently pushing his face away with a scoff. “surely i don’t look that pathetic. but i did have trouble sleeping last night.”

“same.” aphmau sighs again.

the three of you are at the school’s steps by now, making your way up to the school doors just as the first bell can be heard from inside.

“crap, i can’t be late again!” aphmau turns to you and laurance, giving a small wave as she already starts to take off. “bye guys! see you at lunch!”

and she’s running through the doors, her purple hair ribbon bouncing as she rounds the corner.

“she does know there’s five minutes until the tardy bell, right?” laurance muses, eyebrows raised as you both watch her disappear through the halls.

“she’s being proactive, laurance,” you say, bringing your hand to your chest with a sentimental expression. “not too long ago was baby’s first detention, and now look at her go. they really do grow up so fast.”

laurance brings his hand to his face as he cackles. “this again! that’s so,” he takes in a breath, “dumb!”

“i'm impressed at how fast those little legs can run. soon it’ll be baby’s first track meet. aren’t you so proud?”

“shut up, i’m begging!” he rests his hand on your shoulder as he silences his giggling, before suddenly straightening up and staring at you with a solemn face. “not funny.”

“rude! last time i try to keep an inside joke with you!” you huff, crossing your arms and sending him a scornful look back. 

“no no! i was kidding!”

“my biggest hater, for real.” you shake your head in disappointment.

laurance draws out your name with a pout, leaning into your side dramatically.

“ok fine i forgive you!” you bump him back into standing straight. “you sure you should be captain of the soccer team? i’m thinking drama club is calling your name.”

“what are you trying to say, huh?” he narrows his eyes.

“you’re a,” you cup your hands around your mouth. “drama. queen.”

laurance sticks his tongue out at you. “if you can’t handle it when i sass you back, just say that.”

you hold up a hand, rolling your eyes as you rush ahead of him to get into homeroom first. 

“hey, wait,” laurance says, suddenly sounding serious as he pulls you back by your arm.

you turn to look at him, nervously side stepping out of the way as some girls give you a once over before going inside. laurance still hasn’t let go of your arm.

“what is it?”

“just… you’re good, right?” he looks a bit worried, briefly glancing around at the other students as his hand subconsciously tightens. “i know i’ve kinda been annoying you about this whole situation with… you know. but-”

“it’s fine. i’m not going to talk to any of them anymore.” you stop his rambling, patting his hand.

seeming to realize how urgent he was sounding, laurance straightens his back and clears his throat, letting go of your arm. his expression shifts to relief and a slight twinge of sheepishness.

“…you’re not?”

“no. i…” you sigh. “almost got in a bad situation because of them, so. i’m cutting them off, even if they spread rumors.”

“can’t you just tell me what they’re using against you?”

the halls still lingered with other students, many of which could likely be in earshot of your conversation. based on laurance’s popularity and the girl and boy who conveniently just stopped to lean on the wall next to him, you were sure your discussion was not private here.

“i will. but, it’s too complicated to explain here. just know you don’t have to worry about it anymore. okay?”

he nods, sighing before giving you a brief smile. “…okay.”

“and you aren’t annoying me. i really appreciate you looking out for me, laurance.”

“yeah, of course. you’d do the same for me, right?”

“of course.”

☆

is it criminal to use the bathroom in this school or are you haunted by some sort of ghost that sends bad side quests your way anytime you needed to take a piss?

you genuinely needed to use the restroom, but the universe apparently forbids you from doing so as you stare down gene him-fucking-self standing in your way.

you suppose you have to go through with what you agreed with aphmau and told laurance, anyways. avoiding him would only prolong this confrontation. it was still intimidating though, especially with how he towered over you, leaning in and pressuring you to agree on his every whim without even needing to say a word.

“are you ever in class or do you like staring at the school’s hallway floors that much?”

“kitty! i’ve been looking for you all day.” he completely ignores your jab. “we’re going to skip again.”

the face you make is involuntary, lips curling into a grimace and eyebrows turning up. “didn’t you promise you wouldn’t ask me to do that again?”

“i changed my mind.”

“like hell you did. i’m not skipping.” you quip back, crossing your arms.

“what was that?” gene cups a hand around his ear, leaning in. “you want a certain picture to—”

“hey, gene!” a familiar voice interrupts your lovely conversation.

you look over to see zane, his face looking really hopeful considering his usual lack of excitement. he looks so young right now, with his round freckled cheeks and icey eyes widening as he notices you. in just the month it’s been since you had met him, you swear he’s gotten just a bit taller.

no. he doesn’t look up to gene, does he?

gene’s face shifts to something genuinely scary. you could tell it was anger, or maybe just annoyance, but his face didn’t contort or wrinkle. instead his jaw sets, dark blue eyes eerily flicking over to the boy.

“not you again.” he takes a long stride closer to the boy, before putting full force into shoving him over onto the floor. “i told you to stay away from us.”

“what the fuck?!” you interject, hand clasping onto his blazer and trying to pull him back from zane. he doesn’t move much from your efforts, though he does look back at you and grabs onto your wrist.

a small groan of pain can be heard from the ro’meave. it looked and sounded like he fell hard.

“c’mon. we’re going.” he says, attempting to walk away with you in tow.

“no the fuck we aren’t.” you snap, ripping your hand from him and stepping back.

you watch as gene’s eyebrows fall, his tongue running across the inside of his lip.

“excuse me?” his voice is even and low, and it makes your stomach turn.

“i couldn’t give less of a damn what you do with the picture or what you tell people. i’m done with your shit.”

your hands are shaking. pins and needles.

his chin lifts, jaw shifting before setting back in place as he looks down at you. “…fine.”

“…what?”

“you and your little freshman win. fighting with you would be a bore. so if you’re done, you're done.”

you stare at him, eyebrows pinched together and mouth cracked open. “just like that?”

“yep.” he raises his hands before swinging them by his sides, backing his way down the hall. “enjoy class. i’ll see you later.”

he disappears off down the hall, but the tense air he created doesn’t leave. you have a hard time believing that, but it’s not your biggest concern as you turn and rush over to zane. he was now sitting up, still grimacing in pain.

“zane! are you okay?” you ask, holding a hand out for him to take.

he whips his head up to you with a glare, slapping your hand away as he stands up on his own, taking a few steps away from you.

“you made me look like a fucking loser in front of gene!” he says, voice cracked and face twisted in an ugly snarl.

you stare at him in complete bewilderment. “you were hurt.”

“obviously, i was! but i don’t need your help!” he snaps.

oh, this little… a tense angry chuckle leaves your lips.

“i just stood up for you, you little brat.” you grit.

he starts stepping backwards as you slowly start to advance on him, his upset and twisted expression turning into worry.

“yeah. i know your brothers, your dad, and your mom, you little shit. get over here.” you quicken your steps, fists clenched.

he turns around, sprinting down the hall with a yelp. you sprint after, still shaking from adrenaline. zane is still faster, and he doesn’t look back as he sprints off down a corner far away from you.

“i know where you live!” you shout after him, slowing down and stopping, catching your breath.

around the corner turns aphmau, who looks between you and most likely zane still running away with widened eyes and pure confusion on her face. “um…”

you place your hands on your hips. “restroom?”

“y-yeah?”

you spin on your heels, clasping your hands together in thanks that finally one thing can be easy for you, with the girl’s restroom being right there. “debrief.”

“…wh- okay.” aphmau sighs, following after you into the swinging doors.

pausing by the sinks, you both stare at each other with blank looks.

“so…”

“gene’s not going to bother us anymore.”

“what?! how do you know?” she leans forward, thin eyebrows shooting up. 

“i essentially told him to fuck off.”

“what—”

“and he said he was done since i fought back. i don’t know how much i believe that, but. it’s what he said.”

aphmau’s mouth is open and attempting to form words, but only confused noises come out. “o…kay? so what about zane just now…?”

“he just pissed me off but he’s fine.”

she blinks. “if you weren’t my friend i think i’d be scared of you.”

you scratch your head. “me?”

“yes, you! you told gene hyun to eff off and then chased another boy down the hallway as he ran away in fear! and both of them are scary and tall.”

you snort. “you shouldn’t be afraid of zane, he’s a dork.”

“a mean one!”

you shake your head, and after a moment you quietly start laughing and bring a hand to your eyes.

“what?”

“it’s only october.”

aphmau goes quiet, her lips pressing together. with a sigh she leans forward, going limp against you like a sack of potatoes and groaning.

you grunt at the sudden weight but quickly steady yourself, taking the opportunity to hug her back. closing your eyes you calm your nerves from the moment, wrinkling your nose when you feel tears threateningly prick against your eyelids.

the squeak of the bathroom door opening and the comforting deep voice of your blue haired friend cuts into the moment.

“woah, what’s going on here?”

you peek open an eye, extending one of your arms out towards her. katelyn raises an eyebrow but doesn’t ask, the taller girl walking over and wrapping her arms around the both of you. 

a few seconds pass. “so, why are we hugging in the girl’s bathroom at ten in the a.m.?”

“because we want to,” aphmau says.

“well okay then,” she wheezes. “sorry for asking.”

all three of you break out into giggles, leaning against the other before finally pulling away. realization dawns on you as you stare up at katelyn, and you shoot a pointed look to aphmau.

“what?…ooooohhhhh katelyn!” she spins and grabs onto katelyn’s arms.

“oh goodness,” she snorts. “yes?”

“sleepover. you, me, her… and who else?”

“a sleepover? that’s exciting.” katelyn smiles, looking between you two. “you’re asking me who else to invite?”

you both nod, and she chuckles before humming off in thought for a second.

“well, there’s teony and nicole! they’d be fun to invite… and i guess lucinda too.” she sarcastically rolls her eyes before looking back to aphmau. “how does that sound?”

aphmau nods with a bright smile. “perfect! i wanna make all the invitations asap!”

“like, physical ones? we can just ask them or send them a text.” you raise an eyebrow.

aphmau’s face falls sheepishly, and she taps her fingers against each other. “yeah…”

immediate guilt hits you at her disappointment.

“physical invitations! a perfect idea!” 

“yeah! it’s gonna be so cute you should totally do that!” katelyn rushes to say after you.

aphmau’s eyes light up again, making you and katelyn huff in relief.

“you think so? ahh!” aphmau squeals, clapping her hands together. “i can make them by tomorrow so they’ll have enough time to plan if they can come or not on friday! this is my first sleepover so i wanted to make the invitations extra cute. also, what should we do when…”

☆

“i accidentally invited someone else instead of nicole.”

“…huh?” you and katelyn lean across the lunch table.

“what do you mean you invited someone else on accident?”

aphmau wiggles in her spot across from you two, face sheepish and shoulders raised defensively. “i put the invitation on the wrong desk… i thought it was nicole’s but it wasn’t.”

“ugh, aphmau! you had one job!” katelyn groans, rolling her head forward. you reach out to keep her hair from falling in the school’s mediocre meal. “why didn’t you just say it was a mistake and take it back!

“i’m sorry! but i couldn’t! the girl i gave the invitation to is super duper sweet and she was so excited that i noticed and gave her the invitation i couldn’t tell her no!”

“who was it?” you question.

“nana ashida. she offered to bake for us and everything.”

you recall the pink-haired meif’wa you’d come across a few times before, the girl always soft and cheerful anytime you greeted her. “aw, i’ve met her before! she’s super cute.”

katelyn blows a strand of hair from her face. “well, we can still invite nicole, right?”

the girl taps on her tray nervously. “yeah… my mom might scold me for inviting too many girls but i’d feel bad if we didn’t invite her.”

“ask for forgiveness and not permission, that’s my motto.” katelyn nods, crossing her arms and pressing her lips.

“…that’s an awful motto.”

“hey! i’m still a good girl! sometimes you gotta work around the stupidly strict rules adults have.” katelyn quips back, pointing her fork at aphmau. “and you’re the one who got detention on the first week, so you’re one to talk…”

“hey!”

“what’re you three squabbling about over here?” garroth sets his tray down next to you, laurance taking the spot across from him.

“these two planned a little sleepover this weekend with some of the girls. aren’t they the cutest?” katelyn says, pulling you into her with one arm and reaching over to pinch aphmau’s cheek with her other.

“aw, well that’s nice.” garroth smiles, giggling and poking your cheek when you attempt to wiggle out of kate’s arm to no avail. damn she was strong. “any occasion, or just cause?”

you shrug, groaning when katelyn’s arm shifts into a faux headlock. “just—ugh!—just cause.”

garroth smiles that perfect grin, not seeming even slightly fazed by katelyn’s behavior. “well i hope you have fun. i’ve been meaning to plan a hangout at my house but i haven’t gotten to it yet.”

katelyn releases you with a cackle when you start pointing at her arm, going back to eating her food like nothing happened when you shoot her a glare.

“i know this is random,” garroth adds, twisting his chocolate milk carton around on the cafeteria table. “but speaking of you and aphmau i heard my mom talking about the both of you on the phone when i went downstairs the other night.”

great.

“oh, did you?” you fix your hair with a small laugh, glancing at aphmau from the corner of your eye. she’s staring with her cheeks stuffed, jaw frozen.

“yeah, sounded like drama or something with a boy.”

“uh oh…” katelyn leans in with a teasing tone. “were you two fighting over a guy? and i didn’t know about it?”

laurance is resting his chin on his hand, silently staring with an unreadable expression.

you wave your hands at everyone in a panicked dismissal. “no, no! it was nothing like that!”

garroth looks at you with a guilty smile, nudging katelyn away gently by her shoulder. “sorry, i didn’t mean to embarrass you. i just suddenly remembered and wanted to make sure you were okay. she sounded upset, so…”

“i just got into an argument, is all. aphmau, too. and you know how our moms are! they were just wanting to tell each other about it. but it’s all taken care of now, so no worries.”

please just drop it, sweet garroth.

he slowly nods, scratching the nape of his neck. “okay, good. sorry, that was an awkward time to bring it up.”

you shake your head. “you’re fine, garroth. thanks for checking.”

he shrugs with a relaxed grin. “if someone bothers you though, you should tell me.”

“mhm… i’ve realized i should open up more, so i will…”

“good.”

☆

aph: i’m nervous can you come earlier pls pls pls

you: omg hahaha

you: it’s just our friends

aph: i know but still T-T i’m just nervous idk what to do

you: i’m just teasing

you: i’m already packed and changed so i can go over rn

aph: yayayatatheiowocoajkdl

aph: ok i’ll be waiting :,)

“mija! you look so cute in your little pj’s! look at you!” sylvanna squeals, pulling you into the house and spinning you in a hug.

“thank—! you—!”

“mom! stop trying to steal my friend!”

“she’s my friend now, yo!” sylvanna giggles, sending a wink to the girl standing bewildered on the staircase before running and dragging you with her to the kitchen.

“that’s so not cool! you are so not my homegirl right now.”

sylvanna gasps like she just took a bullet to the chest. “i’m making snacks for you and all your little friends and you say this to me?!”

“word, yo.” aphmau crosses her arms, tapping her bunny slipper against the tiled floor.

the two burst out in laughter, and you can’t help but follow at the contagious sound.

“no, but seriously.” aphmau deadpans, and sylvanna shuffles over to the speaker she has set up on the counter.

“i’m just trying to hype you both up! ah! my mija is growing up so fast!” she flicks on the play button and single ladies by beyoncé comes on. “oh girl, i have tons of games you and your girl friends can—!”

“mom.” aphmau huffs. “this is my sleepover. not yours, remember?”

sylvanna starts swaying her hips and shaking her shoulders in a little dance. “well, i just—”

“mom!”

“…you’re right. sorry mija.” sylvanna sags her shoulders, but even aphmau’s rejection can’t seem to completely dampen her need to dance along to beyoncé.

you can’t help but feel bad, even though aphmau was kind of in the right here. shimmying up to her side, you start to imitate her dance moves, circling around the woman.

“ahhhh!” she cheers, clapping her hands and dancing around with you. “yes, girlfriend!”

aphmau stares at the both of you in horror, which only fuels her energetic mother as she starts to sing along and direct you to spin with her around the short girl.

“put your hands up!”

“i can’t believe you two right now! i’m going upstairs to finish getting my room ready!” aphmau groans, dashing from between the both of you to the staircase.

sylvanna leans into you, gold jewelry clinking as she claps her hands onto your shoulders and giggles.

“oh, isn’t she just the cutest? you are too, sweetie.” she coos, before spinning away from you and shuffling back towards the stove. “i’m going to finish up these snacks. why don’t you go upstairs, too?”

“okay, enjoy your jam sesh,” you muse, smiling as she points a finger up in the air and pops a hip.

“you bet i will, yo!”

aphmau wrinkles her nose at you when you shuffle into her room, sticking her tongue out. she’s shuffling through some magazines she has spread out on her carpet, most of them being from teen vogue, cosmopolitan, and seventeen. there’s a little basket of nail polishes beside her and near her tv you see a small dvd case opened to what looked like a few chic flics and rom-coms.

“you’ve got everything set up and planned, huh?”

“yeah… i’m sure everything will flow nicely once we’re all here and talking, but i wanted some things for backup just in case things get awkward or we don’t know what to do,” she says, pumping a fist with a determined face. “i’m going to make sure my first sleepover is the best sleepover!”

you set down your bag next to her bed, smiling at her explanation. “i think this is gonna be great.”

“i think so too!” she beams, before scrambling up from where she sat and running over to her desk. “and! i also have this camera i got recently and we can have a little photoshoot… if we wanted. and i also got this speaker so we can all listen to some music while we talk!”

you clap excitedly. “bravo! aphmau is the best sleepover planner in all of phoenix drop high!”

she takes a few bows while giggling, before brushing off fake dust from her shoulders. “no biggie, easy work for me!”

“i love your pajamas, by the way. they’re adorable.”

pastel pink flannel pants paired with an off-the-shoulder white sweater and bunny slippers to match? she really looked like a cute protagonist from a teen romance movie.

aphmau gasps, setting her hands on her hips as she looks down. “o-m-g, thank you so much! i love yours too!”

“thanks–” a knock from downstairs interrupts you two, and aphmau doesn’t waste a second before sprinting to her door and to her staircase.

“hold on!” you giggle elatedly after her, sprinting down the staircase as she flings open the door.

lucinda and teony wait outside, the latter clicking the lock button on a yellow volkswagon beetle that now sat in the driveway.

“is that yours, teony? it’s so cute!” aphmau squeaks, leaning into her doorway to get a better peek.

“yep! i got my license at the beginning of this month after i turned sixteen in september!” teony excitedly smiles.

recently she had gotten her hair styled into knotless goddess braids, the light brown color she chose perfectly contrasting against her skin and framing her round face. lucinda looked like a total bombshell as she always did, her skin glowing and ginger hair blown out into perfect curls.

“i’m so jelly! i want a cute bug when i get my first car! oooh, and it’s a convertible? you have to take me for a ride in it sometime.”

“well since you asked, of course i will.”

the four of you snack on the fruit kebabs with caramel dip and churros that sylvanna had prepared for everyone in the kitchen, and another knock on the door comes not long after. nana came in, the meif’wa sporting the sweetest eager smile on her face as she held up a red velvet cake she baked for everyone. after hoarding all of the snacks upstairs into the bedroom there’s a knock on the door again, and aphmau dashes back downstairs to let in katelyn and nicole.

“so, cutie,” lucinda shuffles next to you, nudging your shoulder with hers and playfully fluttering her eyelashes at you. “do you know what aphmau has planned for tonight?”

teony and nana sit across from you two, leaning in anticipation as they shuffle through the magazines laid out.

“oh, i don’t know!” you shrug your shoulders. “she has some movies, music… these silly magazine quizzes.”

“i think they’re fun!” nana giggles, picking one up. “don’t you want to know what love language you are? or when you’ll meet your next love?”

teony breaks out into an amused grin, picking up a few herself. “perfect kiss tips you have to try? and am i in love with my guy best friend? ooh la la, why does aphmau have these?”

the girl in question comes back in through the door, the final two guests following in behind. they both looked cute, nicole sporting a tank top with basketball shorts, and kate with some flowy pants with suns and moons on it and a form fitting blue tee.

nana shifts in place when she sees nicole, the two awkwardly waving at each other as the girls join the circle on the ground.

“what’s up guys?” katelyn inquires, tapping her hands on the carpet.

“we were just wondering what was on little aphmau’s agenda.” lucinda coos, looking over to the freshman with a small tilt of her head.

“oh, uh.” aphmau starts, tucking her legs up under her chin when everyone looks over to her. “we could all watch a movie! have you guys seen twilight?”

everyone nods.

“oh, aphmau, darling, dearest.” lucinda playfully tilts her head. “everyone’s seen twilight, what rock have you been living under?”

“homeschool.”

“i think jasper is so hot.” nana giggles behind her hand, and katelyn groans.

“can we not talk about twilight? it is such a horrible movie.”

“says the one who has a poster of it in her closet…” lucinda teases.

“and has a copy of the book on her shelf…” nicole adds with a snicker.

“ugh! both of you, i swear—”

the group starts to giggle, and teony speaks up in her student council tone before the three can start squabbling again. “okay, you three. i don't want to see any fighting between the two of you. it's little aphmau's first sleepover, so let's make it a good one.”

aphmau giggles nervously. “sorry guys, i’m not too sure what happens at sleepovers.”

“well, we can start with a bit of gossip.” lucinda wiggles her eyebrows. “you know, just a little way to get to know each other more and talk about stuff.”

teony comically purses her lips, crossing one leg over the other and placing both hands on her knee. “i love gossip. do tell.”

“okay, fine.” katelyn says, before standing and striding over to the open window. “but first let’s shut this. don’t want any secrets getting out.”

“who’s gonna hear us from the window?” aphmau questions, eyebrows raised.

“you never know.” she slides the window shut, flicking the lock before returning to the circle.

“i’ve got something. why don’t we talk about ivy?” lucinda raises a brow, her nose wrinkling in distaste. “did you guys see her hanging all over garroth the other day?”

your eyes dart to aphmau, before inconspicuously turning to glance at everyone. there seems to be a collective grimace on everyone’s faces, even nana who quietly nods with a little frown. aphmau stares back at you for a split moment, seeming surprised.

“she’s so pathetic. she does that bitchy thing where when you say something she looks at you like you said something stupid or wrong.” katelyn rolls her eyes. “like give me a break and get over yourself. so glad she didn’t end up joining the volleyball team, i might’ve strangled her.”

“for once, i agree with you there.” lucinda sassily nods. “her nice girl act is really irritating.”

“well, garroth is super hot!” nana says, the sweet freshman seeming unaware of ivy’s existence.

“no need to play devil’s advocate, nana. ivy sucks.” lucinda says. “but, you can say that again about garroth. laurance is pretty hot, too.”

“ew!” katelyn fakes a gag in disgust. “teony can you believe this?!”

“i’m personally not into them, but you can’t deny they’re cuties, kate.” teony chides, shrugging her shoulders.

katelyn rolls her eyes. “ugh, fine. they aren’t ugly, i’ll give them that.”

“jeffory is cuter, huh?” lucinda snickers, mischievously prodding at the blue haired girl.

“lucinda!” she shouts in offense, her pale skin turning pink against her cheekbones.

there’s a collective ooh and giggle in the group, before nana pipes up again.

“jeffory, like, the senior? i can totally see katelyn with him! i ship it!”

aphmau gasps. “wait, nana. you ship things too?!”

glancing over at teony, you happen to make eye contact with her. the poor academic looks completely confused, eyebrows pinched as she glances back over to the younger girls.

“um, ladies? what does a boat have to do with this?”

nana grins at her, seeming excited to explain. “shipping is when you want to put two people together who you can see in a relationship. get it? it's usually just for fun!”

“seems innocent enough.” katelyn supposes with a shrug.

you, nana, and aphmau laugh at the same time.

“have you ever been in a shipping fandom, katelyn?” aphmau asks.

“…nope. this is the first i’ve ever heard of this.”

aphmau nods solemnly. “you sweet child.”

a part of you cringes internally.

“i’m older than you?”

“in any case, i ship a lot of people together at school! and i definitely ship katelyn and jeffory.” nana gushes.

lucinda leans back on her hands. “well, you don’t have to, becau—”

katelyn suddenly jumps up from sitting cross-crossed onto her knees, looking like she may leap across the group to knock out the ginger with her bare hands. “lucinda, that’s nobody else’s business!”

aphmau awkwardly laughs, looking over at you.

“geez, fine fine. but you know, it's not a secret. you make zero effort to hide it at school.” lucinda giggles.

“i honestly thought it was public knowledge…” you add, and katelyn deflates onto the floor with a huff.

“uh…” aphmau rocks in place as she finds a subject change. “nana, you said you ship a lot of people together at school?”

nana nods with a cute little smile. “mhm! even you!”

“oh no…” you mutter, remembering your first encounter with the meif’wa and her giggling over aphmau and that aaron guy.

“really? who?” aphmau questions, her eyes drifting off in thought. “like… someone like gar—”

“with that one scary guy you’re always arguing with!” nana chirps, and aphmau’s jaw drops.

“what?!”

“scary guy?” katelyn questions, looking to lucinda who clarifies.

“the tall one that doesn’t talk to anyone?”

“with the scratched up face?” teony adds.

aphmau looks horrified.

“oh yeah… now i know who you’re talking about! what’s his name?” katelyn looks between them.

“yeah, i know who that is. aaron lycan right? has a ton of detentions?” nicole leans in, elbows resting on her knees.

“you can’t be serious, nana!” aphmau huffs.

“i’m totes serious! i’ve seen it!” nana insists, pointing at you. “she has, too!”

aphmau whips her head at you with an accusing glare and you turn to stare at the posters on the wall. 

“i just like what i see! he stands up for you and stares when you’re not looking!” nana adds on, trying to drive home her point. 

“ugh! no way! that guy is a complete jerk! not in a million years would i ever even consider being with that guy!” aphmau fumes, crossing her arms.

“what about that cute little freshman with the braces that’s been crushing on katelyn?” lucinda teases.

“you mean travis?” you ask, glancing over.

“ugh, no…” katelyn groans.

“aw, i think he’s sweet,” you say, aphmau nodding along.

“and already the best of friends with dante,” nicole adds in with a grimace, clearly having distasteful feelings for the boy in question.

nana is suddenly quiet, biting at the inside of her cheek and ears flat against her hair, ruffling the cute pink bows tied near them.

“and that’s all i need to know to say hard pass.” katelyn says.

“oh.” you press your lips together, eyes darting to nicole. “were you one of the ones he dated and…”

“yep.” she deadpans, popping the p. “and poor nana here was the other one. we’re cool though.”

nana nods sheepishly. “yeah… nicole and i had no idea the other was dating him. it was very much a middle school summer fling for him i think. he has a lot of maturing to do.”

“it’s that damn older brother of his.” nicole rolls her eyes. “i was pissed at first, obviously. and even nana was, too. but she talked me out of getting back at him, which i’m glad for. i feel more mature from it.”

teony brings her hands up to her cheeks. “aw… well i think a sweet girl bond formed out of that experience.”

“and nana is right,” lucinda adds. “don’t put much faith into a fourteen year old boy with a delinquent older brother.”

“you can say that again,” katelyn scoffs, before leaning over to pick a movie from the case. “anyways. how about we watch a movie instead of talking about boys?”

aphmau nods eagerly, jumping up to her feet and dashing to her closet to pull out a bunch of blankets and strew them out on the floor behind her. “let’s make a big sleeping pallet and we can all sleep together!”

“there’s a perfectly good bed right there that could definitely hold three of us.” katelyn says, raising her eyebrows.

“well,” aphmau huffs, walking to her bed and throwing the pillows down onto everyone’s legs. “i want to have a big cuddle session on the ground with everyone. if you wanna be lonely up there, you can.”

katelyn scoffs and rolls her eyes, faking an angry cat meow before grabbing one of the pillows. “okay, fine! i’ll mind my business then.”

you crawl closer to katelyn, leaning over her shoulder as she flips through the dvd album. “what are we feeling? looks like most of these are romance, huh?”

katelyn hums, blowing some air out of her lips. “yep. there’s some comedy and chick flics too. white chicks, mean girls, ooh ten things i hate about you.”

“you know you kind of remind me of kat from that movie.” teony suddenly says, appearing on your side, munching on a fruit kebab and giving katelyn a little look.

“don’t they literally describe her as a heinous bitch?” katelyn deadpans at the two of you.

teony starts to cackle, leaning into you and consequentially dog piling onto the girl. katelyn groans, arm reaching around you to lightly slap onto teony’s back.

“i think kat’s cool! it wasn’t an insult. but–” she giggles. “–you immediately proved my point anyways!”

“yeah, she’s iconic.” you add, groaning from being sandwiched between the two. “now please get off…”

teony apologizes, though it sounds pretty half-assed with her continued laughter as she rolls off of you onto the now freshly made pallet of blankets on the floor. katelyn rolls her eyes and helps you up as she randomly chooses a movie from the case and pops it into aphmau’s dvd player.

soon you’re laying between lucinda and nana as the movie plays, though it’s barely paid attention to as the girls quietly giggle and chat. the fairy lights aphmau has hung throughout her ceiling is the only thing besides the tv that lights up the room, and you quietly stare up at them as you listen to the chatter.

it’s one of those moments you want to be able to go back to when you know you’ll inevitably have to be stressed again. it’s like listening to music in the car at night, or swinging in a hammock when there’s a perfect breeze.

you hear your name softly called from your side, and you turn to see nana looking at you with her round eyes, the gold color in them shining against the twinkling lights above your heads.

“yeah?”

“you were the other one besides aphmau to plan this sleepover, right?” she asks, her ears twitching.

“yeah, i mean, i didn’t do much but i guess i helped a little.”

“thank you for inviting me, this was a lot of fun! it’s the best sleepover i’ve ever been to.” her voice is quiet and full of genuine gratitude. it makes your heart squeeze a bit in your chest and you have to resist the urge to awe and pinch her cheek.

“yeah, of course, nana. i’m glad you’re having a good time. thank you for bringing that cake, by the way. it was delicious!” you grin back.

her eyes light up, and you feel her feet wiggle next to yours. “really? i’m so glad you liked it!” she quietly squeals. “i love to bake!”

“really? maybe we can bake together sometime.” you suggest.

“o-m-g, can we, please?” she whispers, tapping her hands excitedly against her shoulder.

“yeah, definitely!”

lucinda shifts next to you, her head leaning to rest on your shoulder. “will i get to taste test?”

you hear nana quietly huff, as she shimmies closer to you. “are you trying to steal my baking buddy?”

“maybe i am, what about it?” lucinda coos, quietly snickering.

“that’s not fair!” nana pouts, hugging onto you and reaching up to playfully pat your hair in an act of possessiveness.

“did you guys already meet before this?” you ask, confused by their very sudden casualness with each other.

“she’s my rival in magicks class.” nana points a small glare at lucinda as she starts to play with your hair. “we both keep swapping like every other week on being the top student in that class.”

“more like one sided rivalry. i know i’m the best.” lucinda preens.

“ugh, you!” nana starts, before turning her attention back to you. “can i play with your hair? we can match ribbons!”

“um, sure?” you agree, and lucinda rolls her eyes in amusement before continuing to cuddle on your shoulder, turning her attention back to the movie.

the meif’wa quietly cheers as she pulls one of her ribbons from her hair, her fingers gently reaching back up to your head. she grabs a lock of your own hair, nails ghosting against your scalp while you hear the ribbon fold between her hands. your eyes flutter shut as you go back to listening to the others, the tv light softly flashing across your eyelids. a deep breath has you sinking against the blankets, and your mind begins to float away into a much more peaceful slumber than you had been experiencing for a while.

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[p-nut-butta]

just mcd headcanons

headcanon: aaron had a beard before it was mostly burnt off in the fire of his village. yeah i said it. aaron just seems like the type of guy to have a beard idk

headcanon 2: garroth has an internal monologue where he insults everything and everyone he sees and HATES it. he's insulted aphmau a few times to, but the person he insults most is travis.

headcanon 2 1/2: garroth REALLY doesnt like travis because of how he treats women. garroth is %100 a feminist.

headcanon 3: laurance charms both men and women, and everywhere inbetween.

headcanon 4: one time when they were kids, laurance and cadenza got into an argument and cadenza made him put on a dress and waltz around meteli as punishment after he apologized.

headcanon 5: MCD katelyn oftentimes sees her brothers around the ru'aun region and wonders if they remember her, since she's been gone so long.

headcanon 6: dante was trained to only use one sword but after gene did the whole village thing as an act of unconscious rebellion he started to train to dual-wield swords

headcanon 7: zenix had a pet crow at one point, and he'd occasionally make it steal left out jewelry and things so that he could go sell it.

headcanon 8: laurance drinks a shit ton of coffee. "guards always sleep with one eye open" mf you sleep with both eyes open. drink some water.

headcanon 9: malachi looked up to aphmau when he was first introduced to her, but over the 15 years she was gone he slowly grew to have a small disdain towards her. though he doesnt tell anyone that.

headcanon 10: donna can't swim. the cats in the water on crazy cat lady island would attack her if she got in the water, so she just never learned.

additional pdh headcanon: ..aaron had one of those wispy ass pedo mustaches in senior year and had a complex cause of it. "these losers cant grow a mustache like i can" no aaron. they just shave.

[oasislake76]

I need to make a distinct hierarchy for my Adam’s Family!Au

So the God on top of this ‘pyramid’ is of course Kristen. She is the Goddess of Death so she’s at the top. Philza is more of a messenger between her and the two brothers, Herobrine and Notch, and doesn’t hold a lot of political sway.

Notch, and later on Herobrine, are the Emperor’s of Minecraft. The figure heads of Gods as they are the oldest’s. Notch runs the public rings while Herobrine keeps eye on the codes and works more with the inside people such as Max, Ross, and King Aaron to keep the realm and all the servers and worlds running smoothly. Jeb is basically just like Notch, just not without the age and powers. He’s very much like Philza in the sense of a messenger but he does so much more. He’s the universal uncle to everyone and doesn’t even get referred to as Grunkle by Levin, Malachi, and Dream.

Then come the Kings, Queen, and head Sorcerer. Aphmau and Seto are twins but only Aphmau holds the title of Queen. She is the next rule over Minecraft as a whole if anything ever happens to Notch. Let’s say Nightmare, the virus that overtook Herobrine originally and will take over Dream when his SMP rises, comes back into play which automatically pushes the crown down to Aphmau. Seto has always refused to be part of the social play that partakes with being a King or Queen. Choosing instead to focus more on the budding Academy and slowly makes it to what it is today. Four spread out over the realm with the original one which taught Team Crafted, MCD, plus the rest of the now older Godlings. He spearheads, along with Lucinda, the magical backbone as well. All doctors and healing sources work under him.

Sparklez or Jordan is the oldest son of Herobrine. Just a few years then Sky. Much like Seto he chose the more privated life, as much as being a Brine will allow him. Much more of a follower then a leader in general. The Brine Brothers, as the realm likes to call them, were the duo more known to the public. Both Prince’s played and battled the players of the realm and Sky even opened the castle army to the public. Spear heading a section known as the Sky Army that dealt with the lesser stuff like the Squids and lower class virus’s. Jordan partook in the history and coding section of the Academy. Helping Seto and the two were appointed Headmasters. They have an advantage over their privacy though that both Seto and Aphmau don’t. Since Notch’s kids get, unfairly, stalked a lot more then they do it allows the Brine Brothers to slip away to different private properties without being caught. Sky’s farm is where Dream is actually raised for most of his life.

The three Prince’s are very well loved for many reasons. Levin and Malachi are very well know, being a couple millennia years old. Their adoption status is very public as it was a shock when Queen Aphmau’s modded world, the first of it’s kind, had almost swallowed itself whole. Spreading over paperback news as the eyes could see. Unlike their parents, Levin and Malachi are very much human. Immortal humans but still humans. Okay-well to be fair Malachi isn’t human but more Ghost inhabiting a ‘stolen’ body but it still frankly counts. Both are very spoiled and don’t really go out of the castle walls after the collapsing of Phoenix Drop. Willingly choosing to stay by their parents side in the safety.

Now Dream is a special case or a special Prince, which ever who want to see it as. The first biological Grandson and the God of Live and Rebirth, essentially being Death’s counterpart. Quickly endearing people top him the moment he was born. A lot of the public doesn’t know who the mother is, its Puffy, but from how much Sky gush’s about Dream in interviews it seems like Kristen had taken the motherly roll. Nobody in the public known’s what he looks like and every Admin is very clear and keeping it that way until Dream has decided to show his face on his own terms. A lot of things changed around the castle for the first years during Dreams infancy. A set squadron of guards had to be placed to keep the limit of people knowing what the Prince looks like down along with butlers and maids. Everyone having to sign NDA documents before agreeing. It wasn’t until Dream was four when Sky moved them out and onto his very private farmland where Dream continued to grow up until he was ready for the Admin Academy.

The rest are much referred to as Lords or Ladies unless there’s a specific title they hold. Much like Cadenza who is referred as Witch Cadenza or General Garroth and Laurance. They don’t really take the Lords or Ladies title very seriously and even some of them joke about it. Though none of them don’t take it as far as Max and Ross who started to joke about Butt Knight’s or something. It was spawned from to many shotgunned Red Bull’s inside the closest communal bathroom, gallons of cooled coffee, stupid people and even stupider friends finding ways to not do their own work, and sever lack of sleep

[laurancezvahlslefteyebrow]

Laurance’s Choice

Minecraft Diaries au fanfic where Laurance rescues Garroth from the Irene Dimension instead of Aaron

Sorry for any mistakes, enjoy!! （＾ω＾）

Chapter 2: His Choice

Laurance made his way to the portal to Phoenix Drop, keeping quiet best he could as to not bring attention to himself. His mind began to wander and he started to think about his life. Reliving the things that made him into the man he was. He thought about Cadenza, his old friends and family back in Metelli, Garroth and Dante, Levin and Malachi… He thought about Aphmau. When he met her and made that horrible joke about Atlantis. How she couldn’t care less about his affections at first. About how one of the few thoughts that helped him keep his mind while in the Nether was whether to not she made it home safely. About all the laughs they’d shared, the looks they’d exchanged, the worry they’d felt, the love he’d given her. That night they’d spent together.. He felt hot tears welling in his eyes. Tasted their saltiness as they fell into the corners of his mouth. Deep down, he didn’t want to do this. And in truth.. He was afraid. But he had to do this. For Garroth. And for Aphmau. And everyone else. Zane needed to be gone once and for all and Laurance himself was becoming a danger. It was better this way. It has to be.

Before he even realized it, Laurance was back in Phoenix Drop. The sun was rising and the birds were singing. He decided to spend this day visiting the people he cared for. First in Phoenix Drop, then he headed to New Metelli. He told no one of his plans or why the sudden visit, only that they meant a lot to him and he was grateful to have them in his life. He could tell most of them found this odd, but no one said anything. Only ‘Thank you’s and ‘Yeah you too’s.

Long after the sun had set once more, Laurance found himself standing in front of the portal to the Irene Dimension. His body shook, his eyes becoming hazy. His palms sweat and his mouth ran dry. His ears rang in his head and he could feel himself beginning to sway.‘Come on Laurance,’ He thought, ‘Man up! It’s not really the first time you’ve done something like this. It’ll be ok. They’ll be ok.’ He closed his eyes and took a deep breath before stepping forward and holding the object to the portal. At first, nothing happened. Laurance was beginning to worry this was all for nothing, when it happened. In a second to portal was opened and Garroth fell backwards out of it.

Laurance could feel what was happening. This feeling was all too familiar. It felt like every bit of him was being pulled apart at once. So much energy was not meant to flow through a mortal body. Black and purple burns seared themselves onto his skin as he tried not to scream. He couldn’t. He needed to be stronger.

Garroth scrambled to his feet, reaching for his sword. “Laurance?!? What’s happening?!” Before Laurance could face him, a dark figure stepped out from the portal. Laurance and Garroth both readied their swords, but Laurance yelled for Garroth to run. Begged in fact. Laurance’s eyes began to burn crimson red and his body became encased in a familiar red and black shell. Garroth obliged, assuming Laurance knew what he was doing. He couldn’t be more wrong.

Zane charged at Laurance with very little warning, but surprisingly Laurance was well and able to hold his own against him. Probably the adrenaline. Laurance managed to grab Zane by the collar of his tunic and hold him off the ground, disarming him. Zane laughed his wicked laugh, before his eye widened and he fell silent. Laurance held to object in his hand, ready to crush it. “YOU IDIOT! YOU’LL KILL US BOTH!” Zane called. “Good.” Before anyone had the chance to do anything, the object was destroyed in Laurance’s grasp. There was a blinding light then…nothing.

Aphmau heard the explosion ring out throughout the entire tree fort. “That sounded like it came from the refugee camp?!” Travis asked panicked. “Travis, stay here with Katelyn!” Aphmau called before rushing to find what had happened.

It was a brutal scene. A huge, black crater, still smoldering and fiery, sat were the Irene portal had been. She couldn’t believe her eyes. It was him. It was Garroth. Standing with his back to her. He was far away, but she was sure it was him. His blond hair shown in the moonlight and his tattered blue cape whipped lazily in the wind. As he knelt down to pick something up from the ground, she called out to him. “Garroth?! Is that really you?! How-“ He turned to her with a dirt and soot covered face. There were tear tracks running down his cheeks and he couldn’t look her in the eyes. She rushed to him, finding a dirty, yet bright green sword in his hands. A sword she knew all too well. He handed it to her gingerly, her mouth fell open as she struggled to find the words. “No, he-“ her words were hardly a whisper before an agonizing scream was ripped from her gut. It shook Garroth to his core, and he broke into a sob. “Aphmau I’m so sorry! I’m so sorry!” Aphmau fell to her knees, sobbing as Garroth held her in his still trembling arms. He smelled of smoke and blood. A scent that would stick with both of them forever.

[minecraftdiarieswho]

Zoeymau || The Waltz

Character/s: Zoey, Aphmau, Levin

Setting: Yggdrasil Forest, During the 15 Year Timeskip

Word count: ~1.1k

Summary: Learning the Waltz is quite literally as easy as a one, two, three. That's why it's a partner dance, the simple steps are meant to be shared, not as a complex routine, but as an avenue for two people to connect. A Mother and Son, or Maybe… A friend and her Lord.

A/N: So I heard this song a while ago and guys, the Phoenix Drop feels hit hard and fast. Also my english teacher wanted us to write something on Memory, Nature and the appreciation of a single moment in time and honestly I think it would be a disservice if I didn’t write timeskip zoeymau tbh. I’m actually pretty proud of this, and I might write a part 2 and 3 with other sections of the song as inspiration (dante and cadenza turn on ur location).

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Five Years

Zoey tends to the trees of the Yggdrasil with care and precision. Even when she lived there, it was something she did often. But now… Now she waters and prunes with a more direct purpose than just keeping them alive, sentimental as it was. It was Aphmau's favorite thing. She loved the tree in Phoenix Drop, and her eyes would light up whenever she saw or talked about it, in the same way they did when she looked at puppies, or Levin, or Malachi, or…

Her.

When Zoey moved to the Yggdrasil with the boys, she made a point to look after the trees. It was one of the ways she still felt connected to her, far away as she may be. Looking after the tree made Aphmau happy. And so Zoey looks after all the trees now, to remember her.

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Levin came barrelling out of the house they now lived in. now eight, he just couldn't contain his energy. A while ago, Zoey had tried to channel it into something more productive, and in doing that she had started to teach him to dance. Levin had taken an awestruck liking to it and took every chance he could to learn the steps with his mother.

“Zoey! Zoey! Look! I think I’m getting it! It’s like,” Levin did a bow, then started moving his feet, lilting and twirling in place. “1, 2, 3, 1… 2… 3! See?”

He was trying to replicate a waltz, one of the dances that Zoey had taught him just a day prior. She giggled and crouched down to talk eye-level with him.

“Hey, look at that! You’re picking this up really fast, I’m proud of you Levin! But you know…” She stopped him from dancing by grabbing his hands and took them in hers. he wasn't quite tall enough for a proper dance position, but that didn't really matter anyway. “It works a lot better with two people.”

Levin’s eyes sparkled as he beamed with childlike joy. he was practically bouncing up and down as they danced around outside.

1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3.

Twirl, Spin, part, together. Feet stepping in and out, as they spun around, starting to move between the trees that Zoey had been tending to, laughing together, a mother and son. There was no music in the garden where they danced, but that strangely never occurred to them. It never mattered.

She remembered the day she learned this dance, now somehow clearer than ever.

Aphmau had insisted on making breakfast that morning, something about Zoey always working too hard, and doing too much for them all. As if Aphmau herself wasn't the lord of the entire village and did the most for everybody there. But when she wanted to be, Aphmau was stubborn as an ox, and nobody knew that better than Zoey. so when she asked, Zoey relented fairly quickly. So she sat there, watching her cook, setting the table in preparation for a nice family breakfast.

Aphmau started to hum.

At that moment Zoey realized that she had never heard Aphmau sing before, and it was the most beautiful thing she had ever heard. Although she was singing along to a song that nobody could ever possibly hear, her voice was enchanting, and Zoey was firmly under that spell. It wasn’t fair, how she could be so good at everything. At leading, at cooking, at talking and now even singing. It’s no wonder why everybody was in love with her. Including herself.

When Aphmau turned around, it was like she had just suddenly realized Zoey was near. The humming stopped, and there was a slight redness on her cheeks. Zoey could feel her face heat up in the same way, being caught in her awe. Then, Aphmau burst into giggles. And Zoey had to correct herself; That was the most beautiful sound she would ever hear. And it was infectious. Soon, they were both in fits of laughter, for no apparent reason at all. Zoey quieted First.

“Sorry, For uhm... Staring. Lord Aphmau. It's just- you have a lovely voice.” She felt her own voice grow small and sheepish as she said it, like a child confessing their first love.

Aphmau let out another small chuckle. “It’s alright Zoey. Thank you for the compliment.” Then she paused, thinking for a brief moment, before reaching her hand towards Zoey.

“Lord Aphmau…?”

Her Lord smiled. “Come on, Let's dance!”

“Uh..” Zoey started to reach out her hand, Before pulling back. “I’m not sure if I… Know how?”

Aphmau cocked her head, puzzled. “You… don’t know… how to dance?”

“Yeah? I mean, not with… formal steps, and music, and rhythm and, and-”

Aphmau burst into laughter once again. “Zoey, None of that matters! Just dance with me! I'll teach you.”

Zoey giggled and grabbed aphmau's hand as she was pulled to her feet.

Then they started to dance.

Zoey was looking directly at Aphmau's feet. Not wanting to mess up and step on her toes, or god forbid, knock something over. The steps were fairly simple, a slow, sort of lilting dance that Zoey recognized as a waltz, one of the dances performed at Logan and Donna's wedding. Aphmau's hand was on Zoey’s Waist, the other was holding Zoey’s hand up in front. Then she separated the hold, then lifted Zoey’s chin to look in her eyes. Zoey melted like ice in summer. And Aphmau's smile, Irene that smile, it really wasn't helping the brilliant red Zoey’s face seemed to be turning. But despite her nervousness, Zoey started to get the hang of the dance, Aphmau was right, none of that formal stuff mattered at all. What mattered was that she followed the lead, and just went with her gut.

“See! Zoey, you’ve got it!”

She had. It was a simple beat, even with no music or rhythm, she learned pretty fast.

1, 2, 3

1, 2, 3

Aphmau winked at Zoey as she broke hold once again and flung Zoey out into a twirl. After almost stumbling from the sudden break, she spun in the room before returning to her arms. And then the dance started getting more and more ambitious. She dipped Aphmau, and over her saw that breakfast was bubbling, threatening to burn while they danced. She laughed again and immediately realized all her nervousness was gone, and all that remained was love. Pure, strong, and bold love.

And it was wonderful.

It was surprising, how quickly she learned that dance.

But would you look at that, Zoey thought, looking down at Levin's laughing face as they danced through the Yggdrasil,

I learned.