#i feel like she would have like a calm loli voice

[kiddoryder]

Angelic Friend

Hey guys! The season finale was SO good!! I love it so much!! Can’t wait for season 2! But this fanfic will take place before the finale.

Anyway, this story is about my new OC Pixie, who became friends with Charlie and the others but has a major secret.

So relax and enjoy the story!

Blitz and Sophie McKnight belong to @loli-momo1908

At 666 Lucifer Elementary School, Sonya was at her locker putting away her books. Liz came out in shadow form looking a bit annoyed.

Liz - “Why didn't you leave that boring class?”

Sonya - “Because I actually wanted to learn a new potion spell.”

Liz - *whining* “But that was boring!”

Sonya - *rolled her eyes* “You’re such a drama twin.”

Liz - *cross her arms* “Well you’re lucky it’s almost lunch time.”

As Sonya and Liz were walking to lunch, they heard some strange noises. They were sounding like somebody was being banged into lockers.

Liz - “What the hell was that?”

Sonya - “No idea. But let’s check it out. You know our curiosity.”

Liz - “Yeah, but unlike cats, it doesn't kill us.”

They followed the noises until they were down the hall. They were surprised to see a humanoid butterfly demon with black hair in a bob style, antennas, yellow glass eyes, big red and black wings along with the same color spiky dress, black gloves, with a gray belt, and brown boots. The butterfly was getting pushed around by 2 imp kids and a hellhound. Sonya and Liz looked disgusted as they witnessed the butterfly getting pushed around.

Butterfly - “Please leave me alone!”

Imp kid - “Not until you give us your lunch money.”

Butterfly - “No! It’s mine!”

Hellhound - “Heh. Why don’t we rip this freak wings off?”

Imp kid 2 - “Good idea!”

Just when they were about to grab the butterfly’s wings, they heard Sonya’s voice:

Sonya - *threateningly* “Hey! Leave her alone!”

The bullies turned and saw Sonya.

Imp kid - *smug* “Hey it’s the weirdo with the imaginary friend!”

Sonya - “Liz isn’t imaginary! She’s real!”

Hellhound kid - “Just get out here before we beat you next!”

Sonya - “Not until you leave the girl alone!”

Imp kid 2 - “Then I guess we are gonna have to bust you up!”

Sonya - “Alright. But can I just read something!”

Imp kid - *scoff* “What? Your will or your diary?”

Sonya - “No this! *take out a spellbook* somnum exterreri!”

At first, nothing happened. The bullies laughed at Sonya but still had that smile on her face. But then a few seconds, the bullies eyes turned purple and they fell on the ground screaming. Sonya smirks at this and went to the butterfly girl. She held out a hand to her:

Sonya - *softly* “You okay?”

Butterfly - *shyly* “Y-Yes. Umm…What did you do to those boys?”

Sonya - “I did a nightmare spell. They would be trap in their worst nightmare. Don’t worry, it only last a few hours.”

Butterfly - turn her head and rub her arm“Well…Thank you for saving me.”

Sonya - *smiles* “No problem. I can’t stand bullies. What’s your name by the way?”

“My name is Pixie.”

Sonya - “I’m Sonya Morningstar. This is my twin sister Liz.”

Liz - “Sup Shybug!”

Pixie - *uncomfortable* “Umm…It’s Pixie and how come you’re a shadow?”

Sonya - *chuckles* “My sister and I were born a Gemini: it’s considered very rare in Hell since it’s a pure earth star. We share the same body. Liz likes to give nicknames to people she meets.”

Liz - “It’s easier to remember than real names.”

Sonya - “Come on, We will show you around Hell.”

Pixie - “Um? What about school?”

Liz - *shrugs* “None of the teachers would care. They sometimes even let us go early if they don’t feel like teaching us anything.”

()()()()()()()()

As Sonya, Liz and Pixie were taking a walk on the street. As they were walking, Pixie was looking around and saw demons. They were either fighting, killing each other, stealing, etc. Pixie was feeling a bit uncomfortable seeing blood and guts and fire. She once again turned her head and rub her arm since it sometimes helps calm her down when she’s nervous.

Pixie - *uncomfortable* “Umm…Is this always like this?”

Sonya - “Yeah. But you get used to it.”

Liz - “What are ya? A sinner or hellborn?”

Pixie - “Oh! Um…I’m a sinner.”

Sonya - “Really? How long have you been here?”

Pixie - “A-A few days actually. I did some pretty bad stuff and I’m here. By myself.”

Sonya - *sympathetically* “Oh man really?”

Liz - *whispers* “Hey Sonya, tell her about the hotel.”

Sonya - *whispers* “Good idea! Hey Pixie, I know what place you can go to.”

Pixie - “Really?”

Sonya - *grabs her hand* “Yeah! Come on!”

()()()()()()()()

Sonya and Pixie ran until they made it in front of the Hazbin Hotel. Pixie’s eyes widened in surprise at how nice the hotel actually looked. Since the other buildings she had seen are either damaged, dirty, or run down.

Pixie - “What is this place?”

Sonya - “The Hazbin Hotel!”

Liz - “Our cuz Charlie owns it.”

Pixie - “Really?”

Sonya - “Yeah it’s super cool! I’ll show you.”

Sonya led Pixie inside and saw some egg bois covered in paint and getting chase by Niffty who is trying to clean them. Sir Pentious was trying a picture but was using the brush too hard. Angel was painting but was looking at Husk who just gave him the finger. Blitz and Sophie was also working on their painting as well. Charlie and Vaggie were also painting until Charlie noticed Sonya and Liz with Pixie.

Charlie - *happy* “Oh hey Sonya and Liz! *she hugs them* Oh! Who’s your little friend?”

Sonya - “This is Pixie. She’s new in Hell.”

Pixie - *shyly* “N-Nice to meet you.”

Charlie - *warmly* “Nice to meet you too. Welcome to the Hazbin Hotel: where sinners come to get redeem and go to heaven with the help from me! The Princess of Hell.”

Pixie - *shocked* “Princess of Hell?! *freaking out* Oh uh…N-Nice to meet you *curtsy* your princess-ness I-I mean your highness or umm…Royal lady person? No! That’s not good! Umm-“

Charlie - “Whoa! Take it easy. You can just call me Charlie.”

Pixie - *takes a deep breath* “R-Right. Charlie. Umm…So you redeem sinners here?”

Charlie - “Yep! I feel like it’s a better solution than the extermination.”

Pixie - “Extermination?”

Charlie - *surprised* “Oh my? You don’t know? Well for as long as I can remember: heaven sent these cruel awful exorcists that would come and kill a lot of sinners.”

Pixie - *horrfied* “That's so horrible!”

Charlie - *determinated* “But this hotel is going to change that! It will show heaven that everybody deserves a second chance.”

Pixie still looked scared and nervous. Especially hearing about the extermination. Sonya noticed this and said:

Sonya - “Umm…Cousin Charlie, why don’t we show what we are doing now?”

Charlie - “Good idea! *sweetly* Pixie, do you like to draw and paint?”

Pixie - *slowly nods* “I love drawing.”

Charlie - “Come I’ll introduce you to the others. *points to Vaggie* This is my girlfriend Vaggie.”

Pixie - *shyly held out her hand* “Nice to meet you.”

Vaggie - *smiles* “Nice to meet you too. You have very nice wings.”

Pixie - *smiles* “Thanks.”

Charlie - “These are also our guests. The first one is Angel Dust.”

Angel - “Hey kid. I really like your dress. It remind of that bitch Velvette once wore for some fashion shit.”

Pixie - “Oh you’re into fashion too?”

Angel - *nods* “Yep. I’m a drag queen, a sexy one at that. And I also love to suck-“

Sonya - *mad* “Angel! Nobody wants to hear that!”

Angel - *chuckles* “Popsicles! I wasn’t gonna say anything dirty.”

Pixie - *to Charlie* “What does he mean?”

Charlie - *nervously chuckles* “It’s nothing. Our other guest is Sir Pentious.”

Sir Pentious - “Greetings little butterfly! I’m the great Sir Pentious who will

Someday show off his amazing inventions in hell!”

Vaggie - *stern* “Pentious, what have we discuss before?”

Sir Pentious - *sighs* “No building weapons in the hotel.”

Charlie - “And this is Blitz and Sophie McKnight.”

Sophie - “Hi! I really like your wings! I have wings too.”

Pixie - *chuckles* “I can see that. They are really nice.”

Blitz - “It’s nice to meet you Pixie. I’m Sophie’s older brother.”

Pixie - “It’s really nice to meet you.”

Charlie - “And this is Husk. He’s the bartender.”

Pixie - “O-Oh but I’m too young to drink…”

Husk - “Relax kid, I don't serve drinks to kids. Unless they want to, I mean I can see the weird boy drinking at 13.”

Sonya - *annoyed* “I’m a girl Husk.”

Husk - *shrugs* “Whatever.”

Charlie - “Umm…This is Niffty who is the housekeeper. We are mostly sure that she’s is 80% harmless.”

Niffty - “Hi! Your wings remind me of all the bugs I kill! *sees one* oooh that one deserves some stabs!!”

Charlie - *chuckles nervously* “Why don’t we draw some pictures?”

()()()()()()()()()

Sonya and Pixie were painting some pictures. Then Pixie finished and said:

Pixie - “Is this good?”

She nervously showed everybody her painting. The painting was pictures of a field with flowers. Everybody stared at it in awe.

Charlie - *amaze* “Wow Pixie! That is amazing!”

Pixie - *shyly turn away and rubs her arm* “Thank you. I-I always like to draw and paint.”

Angel - “So wait if you like sunshine and flowers, how the fuck did you end up here?”

Pixie - “Oh! Umm…I actually hurt animals…Found them annoying. Especially Butterflies. I died when I-I got hit by a car after I pushed a cat.”

Sophie - *shocked* “You hurt animals?! But they are so cute.”

Pixie - “I didn’t think so.”

Charlie - “Well Pixie, I get the feeling you need the hotel to help you change your ways.”

Pixie - *surprised* “You want me to stay?”

Charlie - “Of course! The hotel is about second chances and I can tell you deserve one.”

Vaggie - “Wait, Pixie are you by yourself?”

Pixie - *nod* “Yes. I don’t have my parents with me.”

Charlie - *sympathetic* “Aww…Well don’t worry, we promise to protect and take care of you.”

()()()()()()()()

Outside in the hotel, Charlie, Vaggie, Blitz were outside while Pixie and Sonya were playing tag with Sophie. However, as they were playing, Sophie wasn’t watching where she was going and tripped and fell on the ground.

Blitz - *worried* “Sophie!”

Sophie whimpered and had tears in her eyes. There was a cut on her knee and it was bleeding.

Sophie - *whimpers* “It hurts..”

Just before Blitz can do his healing power, Pixie steps up and gently puts her hand on Sophie’s wound. She closed her eyes and her hand began to glow and the wound was gone. The others were amazed by Pixie's powers. However, Pixie began to wince as Sophie’s wound was now on her knee.

Sonya - “What the heck happened? How did you do that?”

Pixie - *wince* “It’s part o-of my curse. I-I can heal but get the pain.”

Charlie - *sympathetic* “Oh you poor thing. I’ll get you a bandage.”

Sophie - “I’ll help!”

Charlie - *chuckles* “Okay my little nurse.”

Charlie got the first aid kit and Sophie helped her with Pixie’s wound. Then Pixie has an apple design bandage.

Pixie - “Thank you.”

Sophie - *holding her hand* “Come on Pixie, for being a good patient, you get a treat!”

As Sophie led Pixie inside with Sonya following, Vaggie and Blitz looked a bit suspicious of Pixie.

Vaggie - “Charlie, don’t you think that was a bit strange?”

Charlie - *confused*“ What do you mean?”

Vaggie - “She was able to heal Sophie’s wounds.”

Charlie - “But Blitz does that all the time.”

Blitz - “Yeah but that’s different. I’m a hellborn demon. Pixie is a sinner.”

Vaggie - “Don’t you think it’s strange for a sinner to have healing powers?”

Charlie - “Yeah but remember something: she has a curse as well. So whenever she does heal somebody, she gets their injuries as well.”

Vaggie - “Yeah that’s true.”

Blitz - “But I find it strange that what caused her to go to hell was hurting animals. It's usually something more than that.”

Charlie - “I know but she still ended up here alone. The hotel purpose is for second chances and Pixie really deserves it. Plus she looks scared and nervous when we first saw her. Hell can be scary especially for kids.”

Vaggie - *sighs* “Yeah your right Charlie. I just don’t want anything bad to happened.”

Blitz - “Maybe we should still keep an eye on her just in case.”

()()()()()()()()

Over the next few days, Sonya and Liz have been hanging out with Pixie. Spending time with Sonya, Liz, Charlie, and the others actually been helping Pixie as well. She grew less nervous and more open of her feelings and having fun. Even though Vaggie and Blitz kept an eye on Pixie, they thought nothing of her seeing she caused no harm at all.

One day, Pixie and Sonya were playing volleyball at school. Sonya hit the ball and the opponent jumped high and hit the ball with great force. But then Pixie flew and also hit the ball with such great force that the ball hit the other player and got sunk into the ground.

Pixie - “Whoo! We won!”

Sonya - “Awesome job Pixie!”

Liz - “Yeah Shybug! You hit that ball like I would!”

Pixie - *giggled* “Well I did learn from the best.”

Liz - “Oh yeah that’s true. I actually taught her that move.”

Pixie - “Oh! I made you guys something.”

Pixie took out two friendship bracelets. One was a blue one that had a blue heart for Liz, and a yellow one with a yellow heart for Sonya. Both Sonya and Liz looked so touched at this.

Sonya - *touched* “Aw thanks Pixie! It’s so sweet! Oh! Here’s something for you!”

Sonya took out her magic book and said: “Holinua!” And then a pink friendship bracelet with a butterfly came.

Sonya - “I made it pink since it’s your favorite color.”

Pixie - *squeal* “Thank you! I’m gonna change.”

Pixie went to the locker room to change. Song and Liz were looking at their friendship bracelet that Pixie made them. They never really had anything like this.

Sonya - “Pixie is so sweet.”

Liz - “Yeah. She kind of reminds me of Cuz.”

Sonya - “Now that she’s comfortable around us, you think she's ready to meet Rimfire, Raina and Frostbite?”

Liz - “Yeah. I think they will like her.”

Sonya - *noticed something* “Hey Pixie dropped her gloves. *picks it up* better give it back to her.”

Sonya and Liz went to the locker room to look for Pixie. However, they noticed a glowing light. Curious about it, they followed the light, and their eyes widen in shock:

Pixie was in angelic form.

Her skin and new gloves were now white as snow. Her wings and hair are sky blue with white on them. Her dress was blue with yellow swirl designs. Her leggings were white with pink hearts on them, with black Mary Jane shoes and eyes were white even having a halo above her head.

Sonya - *shocked* “P-Pixie…”

Pixie turned around and saw Sonya and Liz with shocked looks on her face.

Pixie - *yelps* “Sonya! Liz! I didn’t know you came-“

Sonya - “You…You were an angel all this time!”

Pixie - *nervous* “No! No! It not like that I-“

Liz - *mad* “You lied to us! Did our friendship mean nothing to you?!”

Pixie - “No no! It did! I really do consider you guys my first real friends! I just…”

Sonya - *sadly* “Oh Pixie…Why?”

Pixie took a deep breath and began to sing:

I know I shouldn’t of have lied

I should of told you the truth on

How I really did died:

The whole hating animals was an

act. I actually do love them all especially

butterflies. One day I saw a cat from afar and sacrificed my life so it wouldn’t be hit by that car.

Even though heaven became my new home, I still felt uncomfortable, shy and alone. I kept hearing how bad hell was so I wanted to see with my own eyes. So I use my powers to see the place where the bad people had died.

At first I was scared, but after meeting you guys and the princess of hell, I actually felt more at ease. This place isn’t actually sad in fact: Hell isn’t as bad.

Sonya - *singing* Hell isn’t as bad but hey what place is perfect? Meeting you made me glad.

Liz - *singing* You accept us for who we are. Not a lot of people do. I used to think Angels were nothing but stuck up bitches but meeting you changed that. You can even see that He’ll isn’t as bad.

Pixie - *singing* “I’m sorry that I lied. But what will your cousin say? What if she gets angry and turns me away?

Sonya - *singing* “You shouldn’t worry because she’s not like that. Because she will now know that you think Hell isn’t as bad.

Liz - *singing* “Our Cuz is forgiving. She’s all about forgiving. She believes in second chances and won’t give you neglectful glances. It will make her happy when she hears how an angel doesn’t think Hell isn’t as bad.”

All three - *singing* “Hell isn’t as bad since meeting each other made us all glad! It shouldn’t matter if you’re a demon or an angel, you can still be friends and care about each other and see places like Hell isn’t as bad!

All three of them stop singing and giggle.

Pixie - “I’m still sorry for lying.”

Sonya - *chuckles* “It’s okay. I know it’s hard to reveal something huge like this.”

Liz - “Yeah. But you’re still cool for an Angel.”

Unknowingly to them, outside the window were two exorcist angels watching them.

Exorcist 1 - “There’s the missing angel!”

Exorcist 2 - “Looks like the demon was keeping her hostage this whole time.”

Exorcist 1 - “Should we report this to Adam?”

Exorcist 2 - “Not yet. We will take care of it first.”

()()()()()()()()()

Sonya, Liz and Pixie were outside of the hotel. Pixie was still feeling a bit unsure.

Pixie - *nervous and rubs her arm “Ooh I don’t know about this. What if your cousin gets mad at me?”

Liz - “Hey, like we told you before: our Cuz is all about second chances.”

Sonya - “She will be a bit surprised, but will understand.”

“Found you!”

They turned around and saw the two Exorcist Angels.

Pixie - *horrified* “The Exorcists!”

Sonya - *shocked* “How the hell they get here?!”

Excorist 1 - “We noticed an little angel girl was missing and saw that she was in hell.”

Excorist 2 - “That when we saw her with you and realized you kidnap her! We are taking her back home.”

Sonya - “No! She’s staying here.”

Exorcist 1 - *chuckles* “Suit yourself, demon. Will fun to have a practice for the extermination.”

Sonya - “Stay back Pixie! We got this!”

Sonya took out her magic spell book and began to say our spells like fire, water, ice, etc. While they took effect, it wasn’t powerful enough to stop the Exorcists. Then one of the Exorcists burnt Sonya’s book to ashes. Just when Sonya was about to prick out her finger to let out Liz, she felt a shock collar around her neck and was lifted up in the air. She saw one of the Exorcists was using a pole connected to an angelic shock collar. Pixie was horrified by this and tried to stop it but was held back by one of the Exorcists.

Inside the hotel, the others were actually discussing plans for the next activity. But they were hearing noises outside.

Husk - *annoyed* “Princess can you tell who ever making the fucking noises to shut the hell up!?”

Charlie - “Calm down Husk. It probably some demons fighting in front of the hotel again.”

When Charlie moved the curtain windows her eyes widened in horror: her baby cousin was in danger by the Excorists!

Sonya tried to pull the shock collar away from her neck. It almost worked but the other Exorcist use the collar around her arms that caused her even more pain and started screaming.

Exorcist 1 - “Look like we got a new test dummy!”

Pixie - *horrified* “NO! STOP!!”

All of a sudden, the window broke and Charlie in her demonic form effortly broke the poles in half like they were toothpicks. Sonya was free, but almost fell to the ground but was caught by Angel Dust who carried her in his arms.

Charlie - *demonic and threateningly* “Touch my baby cousin again, and I’ll tear you two apart, put the pieces back together to make ugly ragdoll!”

Exorcist 1 - *shocked* “What?!”

Exorcist 2 - “What the fuck?!”

Charlie - *furious* “You heard me dipshits! The demon you were hurting is the niece of Lucifer and I don’t think he would be happy to hear heaven break their deal on hurting a hellborn!”

Exorcist 2 - *shocked* “Oh shit! We are so dead!”

Just when Charlie was about to rip those two apart, Pixie said;

Pixie - “Charlie stop!”

Charlie turned and saw Pixie as an angel. This shocked Charlie seeing an angel that wasn’t an exorcist in Hell.

Charlie - *calming down* “Pixie?”

Pixie - “Please don’t fight! It’s all my fault I just wanted to see what Hell is like. *to the Exorcists* I’ll go back to heaven. Please just don’t hurt them anymore.”

The Exorcists opened the portal to heaven. Charlie said:

Charlie - “Wait Pixie!”

Pixie - *regretfully* “Tell Sonya that’s I’m sorry.”

Charlie - “Wait!”

But it was too late. Pixie flew up in heaven along with the two Exorcists. The portal closed and Charlie looked really sad. Then Angel said:

Angel - *concerned* “Charlie. Your cousin doesn’t look too good.”

Charlie turned and saw her baby cousin unconscious in Angel’s arms. She had bruises and burnt marks on her. Even Liz looked worried and scared for her sister.

Charlie - “We gotta call her parents now!”

()()()()()()()()

Sonya moans a bit and she opened her eyes halfway. Sonya saw she was in her hotel room and in bed covered with a blanket. She felt a bit dizzy and then her eyes widen as she remembered something:

Sonya - *loud raspy* “PIXIE!”

Then Sonya began to cough as Liz came out in her shadow form.

Liz - “Oh thank Uncle Lucifer you’re okay! But take it easy sunshine you’re burnt out.”

The shout out had Charlie, Sonya and Liz’s parents Azarel, and Zella rushing in. They were relief to see that Sonya was okay.

Charlie - “Thank Dad you’re okay. We were so worried about you.”

Zella - But you shouldn’t of speak as your throat is still weak”

Sonya - *winces* “What happened?”

Azarel - “Those evil Exorcists came and hurt you. Charlie came to save you. *darkly* Those bastards were lucky I wasn’t there cause I would have torn them limb from limb!”

Charlie - *nervously chuckles* “Take it easy Uncle Azarel.”

Liz - “You were out for a couple of hours. But Mom patched you up.”

Sonya then noticed some had a couple of bandages on her, and her throat was wrapped in gauze bandage as well. Even saw that she was in her pajamas.

Zella - “Your father and I will stay here for a few days.”

Sonya - “But what about Pixie?”

Charlie, Liz, Azarel and Zella all looked at each other with unease. They didn’t know how to break it to Sonya. Especially with the injuries she had suffered.

Charlie - *sighs* “Sweetheart, Pixie had to go back to heaven.”

Sonya - *shocked* “What?”

Liz - *sad* “It’s true. She had to go back home.”

Zella - “She didn’t want an ugly fight so she went back to the heaven lights.”

Sonya was shocked and devastated. Her friend had to go back home. Even though Pixie was Angel, she still didn’t deserve to go back home by force. Sonya looked at her friendship bracelet Pixie made her, lied back down on her bed, turned to her side, and silently began to cry. Liz noticed and gave her a hug to comfort her. Charlie, Azarel and Zella felt sorry for her and Azarel said:

Azarel - *comforting* “Oh it’s okay sweetie. I know it hurts that Pixie had to leave but it’s not as bad.”

Sonya - *whimpers* “H-How you know?”

Zella - “Your father is right honey, there sometimes people stay and then they have to go away. But it’s not always forever.”

Charlie - “Yeah! Maybe there’s a chance that Pixie can come back. And you can always remember the good times you had together.”

Sonya - *smiles a bit* “That’s true. *to her parents* Are you guys upset that she was an angel?”

Azarel - “Nah you can be friends with whoever you want. As long as they aren't sickos.”

Zella - “What matters is that she makes you happy. Now you need some rest so you can feel less crappy.”

Zella gently push Sonya down on her bed and tuck her in. Gave her a kiss on the forehead and left the room. Azarel said:

Azarel - “We will be the room across yours in case you need us.”

Azarel and Zella left the room to go to their hotel room. Charlie then said to Sonya:

Charlie - “I’m glad you’re okay. But I’m sure you will see Pixie again. The actions she pulled is proof that your friendship is genuine.”

Charlie gently gave her baby cousin a hug and left the room. Sonya looked at her friendship bracelet and smiled at it.

Liz - “Cuz is right. Shybug actually did care because she tried to stop the right and didn’t act like a snob toward demons.”

Sonya - *smiles* “Yeah. I’m sure we will see her again.”

Sonya took off her bracelet and put it under her bed.

Sonya - “See you soon Pixie.”

Sonya smiled and fell asleep. Hoping that someday she will see her angelic friend

Hope you all like it!

[honeycheerio]

do you ever wonder what your animal's voice would sound like if they could speak?

[alwayspondering]

Roots Intertwined

Hi! I’m absolutely honored to have had such a wonderful artist to work with in @mysme-rbb​ : Loli! Their art style is spectacular and it is a perfect visual for the story below. Check out Loli’s Instagram HERE! ^^

Note: I posted this before, but accidentally pressed the wrong button and deleted the original post. If you could leave a note to build it back up to what it was, that would be lovely!

Warnings: some implied reference to neglect and abuse, spoilers for Rika’s Behind Story, religion

Finally. A moment alone with my thoughts. That was rare.

As quiet and serene the ancient walls of the cathedral were, it was rare to find a moment of peace.

Perhaps “peace” is a loose term. Peace can be defined in countless ways, flexible from person to person. One thing is universal – everyone gets peace of mind from security, from support, from compassion. Peace of mind is one thing, but surviving is entirely different. Too much security is dangerous.

I had learned that early on. No matter what happens - or whoever enters my life - that mindset will always be with me. It protects me. That is the only thing I know for sure in this world.

V tells me that he is my security, the one I can trust, the one I can love - my Sun.

V tells me he will help me rid of the darkness in my mind.

I want to believe him. I want to trust him. I want to love him as much as he loves me. I want to be worthy enough for the handsome, sentimental man that had so sincerely promised his life to me.

A part of me wants to embrace the darkness that I pushed away for so long. Is that so wrong?

The all-too-familiar feeling of dread washed over me. I suddenly saw Mina, curled up on a church pew. The screeching voice of Mother - of the Pastor - berading every thought that could have spun the flashback away.

“This is just a ritual to cleanse the devil from you-”

“Serena, you’re possessed by Satan-”

“This thing will spread its germs! Dear Lord, smite this fiend out of this place-”

“Begone!”

“Satan!”

“I need your help, good people of God!”

A small, trembling hand reached to point at the Preacher, tears streaming.

“Amen, amen...”

Though a million different phrases raced through young Mina’s mind, nothing dared escape her lips. Mina was silenced. Serena was silenced.

“Lord, protect us from this Satan!”

I was silenced.

“Do something about her! The Satan might reach out to us, too...!”

“Get her! Now!”

Silenced. Restrained. Helpless.

Slowly - painfully - the image of Mina soon began to shift. Mina’s emerald doe eyes faded into vibrant golden ones, filled with the same amount of helplessness. Her wavy blonde hair faded into a tousle of red.

“...Miss Rika?” A soft, mouse-like voice snapped me out of the nightmare.

Saeran.

I knew how to recover quickly from these episodes. I learned how to don a mask of innocence and happiness for the rest of the world, at the flip of a coin.

Saeran needed someone who was stable - someone who could be his rock. Just like V was for me. I had to be that for Saeran no matter what. I could never abandon him.

“Hello, Saeran.” My once-dazed expression melted into a smile as he ran to meet me on the bench in the prayer garden that had become my escape.

“I’ve missed you, Miss Rika! So, so so much!” Saeran nearly tackled me into an embrace that I returned warmly.

“V and I have missed you just as much!” I heard my own voice chime out, the smile on my lips genuine now as the lingering dread washed away.

“...You did?” Saeran pulled away from the hug, his head tilting to the side. His eyes were just as doe-like as Mina’s. The same innocence - and fragility - she had once had was evident in him, too.

“Of course we did. How could we not miss such a goofball like yourself?” I rustled his hair, a light-hearted giggle escaping the young boy’s lips. The small peal of laughter was soon interrupted by a sudden expression of uncertainty.

“A ‘goof-ball’... Is that a bad thing?” Saeran enunciated each syllable of this new word, unsure of himself. My own expression shifted as I could sense a new anxiety in the young boy. One that was very familiar.

“A bad thing? No, absolutely not. Being a goofball is one of the best things to be, Saeran. It’s a good thing.” My voice was reassuring, almost motherly.

“A good thing... Hm.” I could see the cogwheels turning through Saeran’s mind after he spoke, and then - “Mother says I will never be anything close to good.”

Tears began to form in Saeran’s eyes but it was obvious he was trying his best to hold it all in. It seemed like he had experience with holding in that emotion. Just like Mina.

“Saeran…” I watched as he struggled to keep an unbothered expression.

He was fighting hard.

His thoughts were so obviously spiraling.

“...Saeran… You don’t have to hide any of those emotions from me. Okay?”

Saeran’s expression remained as stone-cold as he could muster. His eyes glared back at me with bewilderment. It was as if he’d never heard reassurance like this from anyone.

I figured that was accurate, from the way little Saeyoung had spoken of their mother. There was obviously a reason he never talked about her.

Without another word between us, I enveloped Saeran into a nurturing embrace.

As if a burden had been lifted, he sunk into my arms - effortlessly, as if he had belonged there.

His heaving sobs were silenced as he buried his head in the ruffles of my dress. His breathing soon became hitched - broken - gasping for air.

I could only hold him tight, and comfort him as best as I could. That was the least I could do for this poor child.

Soon, the gasps turned into hyperventilation.

“Saeran, darling - Breathe…” I spoke tenderly, in the most comforting voice I could muster.

His breaths were still fast - too fast. “You are safe here with V and I. You are safe with me… Please, just breathe…”

Slowly, but surely - painfully - Saeran’s breaths began to calm.

“That’s it - just keep breathing… Three counts in, three counts out…” I recalled the breathing strategy V had coached me through countless times. Saeran followed my advice, and soon his breathing pace settled further.

I held Saeran close, like I always wished my mother had. I held him tight. I wanted to protect this child from this world. Even if it meant sacrificing myself.

“...Can you talk to me, Saeran? Tell me what’s swirling through those thoughts of yours.” I asked gently, taking care not to overstep and push him away.

In response, Saeran pulled away from the embrace, staying close but retracting in by wrapping his arms fully around his small torso.

The young boy’s sniffles were the only sound other than the birds chirping in the near distance.

A look of deliberation - of hesitancy - suddenly appeared on Saeran’s face. He wiped his face with the sleeve of his torn, thin shirt. A bony wrist moved to roll up both pant legs to reveal two raw, red bruises around his ankles.

A sharp gasp instinctually escaped my lips at the sight.

Though I kept it hidden, rage for the monster that shackled this poor child boiled up inside.

“It hurts…” Saeran whimpered, his voice barely a whisper. The tears trailed down his cheeks silently.

“Your mother did this to you…?”

A sharp nod in response.

“A mother should never treat their child that way.” My voice was suddenly colored with a new darkness.

“...Why does she?” The young voice chirped, pining for an answer. That was an answer I wanted to figure out for myself. I could hardly fathom how anyone could even think of hurting such a weak, broken child.

A child who needed someone to help him survive in this world.

“Some people in this world are evil, Saeran. Unfortunately, your mother is one of them.” I spoke in a calculated, composed tone. There was no need to let my true emotions out.

“‘E-vil…’ Is that something bad?” Another inquisitive chirp.

I nodded in response before taking his small hand in my own. At first, he flinched at the touch - but soon relaxed.

“...But you know what? I know how to spot the evil people in this world.”

“You can…?”

“Yep, I can. It’s my super power.”

“Wow, really?”

“Well, not really. But I’ve never been wrong about a person, ever.” A laugh escaped my lips before my expression shifted to that of true sincerity. “...I want you to know that I’m going to do everything I can to protect you from her. I will always protect you, Saeran.”

“...Why me?”

I considered this for a moment. I had to gain his trust. I had to be careful. One misspoken word, and I could lose everything.

“Believe it or not, you and I are actually quite similar, Saeran.” I wiped a tear from Saeran’s cheek and realized he was entranced at my words. My eyes searched the ground, settling upon a burst of yellow just beyond the shadows of the bench. Reaching down, I deftly picked it from its shady haven.

“...You and I are like this daffodil. Fragile, beautiful, sprouting even from the darkness.” I spun the stem in between my fingers. “...This daffodil needs someone to take care of it. Someone who will protect it. Someone who will help keep it alive.”

I took a moment to phrase my words - cautiously.

“I will be that someone for you, Saeran. Will you let me be?” I handed the delicate flower ever-so-carefully to Saeran. He twirled the stem in between his fingers, his expression colored with new melancholy.

“You… really want to protect me?” Hesitant curiosity coloured the child’s voice now.

“Of course I do,” I continued, “I’ll care for you, protect you, and help you survive in this world, Saeran.”

Saeran blinked in an almost disbelief, a tear trailing slowly down his cheek. That disbelief melted into a hopeful smile.

That was the smile of a child who was fit for the Paradise I had been dreaming of.

“...Okay.” Saeran’s gaze flickered back towards me, his golden eyes as doe-like as ever. He twirled the stem giddily in between his fingers.

Saeran was the daffodil - as delicate and fresh as the tiny flower he held so carefully. I will do everything in my power to keep him from being crushed, from being choked out by the weeds he would inevitably find himself ensnared in.

No weeds would ever dare ensnare anyone I deemed fit for my Paradise.

[megashadowdragon]

**1.**Punching Gilgamesh the moment you are summoned/enter a fight/enter a room is not reasonable and should not be done at any time -Gudao

1a. Not even when he barges into the Camelot Room and threatens to everyone, especially when he does it to make your female counterpart marry her -Gudao

1b. Apparently PTSD is not a viable excuse to punch someone when you see him harassing someone. Noted.

2. Just because I am a King, does not mean I can give people nicknames. Makes me wonder how Gareth felt about being called Best Boy by Merlin.

3. Eating contests are apparently not allowed, seems food shortages are common with my counterparts.

4. As it turns out, screaming "To Valhalla" is not the best idea when you step onto Iskandar's Chariot. Especially so when you are right in front of the enemy.

5. Frankenstein is not a doll, do not dress her up. No Arthur, not even if she tilts her head and makes cute growls -Gudao 5a. Okay! Only if its a sundress! -Gudao

6. Getting together four of my other counterparts and forming the Saber Rangers is not allowed, especially if we have Excalizords. Seems the other servants aren't fond of needlessly big robots that take too long to combine.

7. Motorbikes are not to be used at any point or time in Chaldea, no, not even when Iskandar decides to hold the "Chaldea Grand Prix" -Da Vinci

7a. THE SAME GOES FOR OTHER VEHICLES YOU MONGRELS, UNLIKE YOU FUCKS, SOME OF US NEED BEAUTY SLEEP AT 3 AM! -Gilgamesh

8. Just because I can use a sword, doesn't mean I am allowed to attack my Cu Chulainn with it. I swear, he walked into it.

9. Apparently I am not allowed to compliment people? Turns out after I left the beach where I hung out with a sweetie named Kiyohime, along with master, Kiyohime attempted to burn someone alive because I said that master looked like a dashing man. I highly doubt she did.

9a. The smell is still stuck to my trunks Arthur -Gudao

10. My liege... My OTHER liege, please don't ever get Red Saber to sing "Total Eclipse of the Heart" again when I am about to utilize Galatine -Gawain

11. We know you are fascinated in other cultures, but please. Stop talking to the Servants of France about Sasaki Kojirou, we don't know if you made up his nickname, but he is not the "Savior of France" - Jeanne D'Arc

12. I would suggest that you stop entering the Camelot Room by screaming "Where is my love! Guinevere!", while it as funny once or twice, I can't stand to see either Lancelots' become depressed anymore -Arturia Altria

13. No offense... But please stop patting my head so much, I know you are basically my Uncle, but people are getting the wrong idea -Mashu

14. While Proto League is an acceptable nickname for the servants of your war, please don't ever enter a fight and scream it out again. We know you enjoy it, but it can get obnoxious after a while - Random Mob 1

15. Proving that I am male by either fighting or pantsing myself is no longer allowed after Heracles decided to do the same thing when a recently summoned Shakespeare made him question his own gender -Da Vinci

15a. Having the entire male team to pants themselves in front of the enemy is not a viable tactic against Archers, no matter what you watched beforehand and despite how fun it is -Robinhood

16. Just because Merlin suggested it, I shouldn't instantly do it. Its odd, almost like no one trusts Merlin, he seems just like my one.

17. "I saw a pest" is not a viable reason to drop a Corrupted Grail into the Babylon Room, we understand your dislike towards the King of Heroes, but Ishtar and Ereshkigal were caught up in the rage.

17a. "I was bored" is not a viable excuse to kiss a female servant while under the effects of Merlin's illusionary spell, Gudao has yet to leave his... specially enduced Coma.

17b. "I saw this scene-" is not a viable reason to go to a prior singularity and ask Muramasa to create a specific weapon, it is time wasting, no matter how strong the weapon is.

18. Suggesting to Rayshift to the point before someone dies is not a good idea, no matter how much fun it is for you to watch the "Crazy Murder Loli" die.

18a. Getting Fou'd is not a good reason to Rayshift back to your fight against Beast VI just so you can "Finish the Fucker Off".

19. Using a voice manipulator made by Merlin is not a good way to get people to be afraid when you shout a noble phantasm.

19a. Shouting "Stella" is not allowed, Arash prematurely shot off his Noble Phantasm while training and now we have to resummon him.

20. Just because we have a Simulation Room, does not mean I can alter the device to allow me to see someone from the past.

20a. We know you miss her, we do too. If you want to speak, you can come talk to us -Proto League

21. Trying to host an "Engry MIYA" talk between Nameless and Alter is not a good idea, just... Don't.

22. While having a Picnic is fun, please don't host them in the middle of a fight.

23. Just because a rabbit killed Gawain in a movie, does not mean you can threaten to cook Fou alive.

24. We know you love kids but come on, you can't just take Nursery Rhyme and Jack out to "Play Fetch" with the Dragons in France every after-noon.

25. Blaming someone that isn't even a servant isn't a viable way to shift blame.

26. I've been banned from the Kitchen, apparently forcing my way in and cooking the meals before Nameless is not a good idea. He looked ready to cry.

26a. Turns out mentioning the fact that Muramasa was far more willing to let me into his kitchen when I visited him was not a good idea. I don't think Nameless likes me much.

26b. "Just because I have the alcohol" is not a good excuse to get a few of the servants including Mashu drunk at dinner.

27. Just because you technically existed before Back to the Future 1 and 2, does not mean you can threaten to sue the creator, even if you can go back in time freely.

28. NO, NEVER DO THAT AGAIN, NOT EVEN IF KIYOHIME ASKS NICELY, WE SHALL NEVER REPEAT THE EVENTS OF YESTERDAY AGAIN.

29. "Look what I found" is a sentence that I am never allowed to speak when I am holding something bigger than my head or smaller than my hands.

30. Turns out that breaking my own arm is not the best way to get Nightingale to calm down. Never thought Merlin would be wrong.

31. "Sure you can touch my Excalibur" is not the best way to differentiate between Arturia's Excalibur and my own when someone asks to hold it.

31a. "But mine is bigger" is not a good response when Arturia talks about how easy her seals are to remove from her Noble Phantasm, nor is it alright to use when talking about when how she made Mordred.

32. Stealing Gilgamesh's potion of youth and putting it in the Soup that EVERYONE ended up eating is the easiest way to have myself barred from missions for a week.

33. Just because people are afraid of it, doesn't mean you should hug it. Not even if Merlin says to.

34. Just because someone stole your food, does not mean you should "Call in a favor" and have Elizabeth sing until someone gives up who stole it

34a. Update: The above applies to Nero as well.

35. Just because I have an innate fear of the Lancer version of my female counterpart, does not mean I can steal her horse and run away because of that fear.

36. Making King Hassan say "Omae wa mou shindeiru" is not allowed, especially if you reply with "I'm already dead" just to mess with him.

37. You are fond of Mordred, we understand. But please stop teasing her. Calling her cute will be her death - KotR

38. We understand that being locked in a single room with Nobunaga can be hard, but saying it was like prison is not fair.

38a. Quoting an abridged anime is not allowed, especially if it has "Sluts" and "Prison" in the same sentence, we still don't know where you got that swim team outfit.

38b. Making a mini Excalibur and saying "Blade of Promised Prison Riots! SHANKCALIBUR" is not allowed at all, Edmond almost had a heart attack.

38c. It is noted that the Arthur and Nobunaga were almost forced to kiss, but utilizing time manipulation to see Romani's death and threaten him with "Spoilers" is not allowed.

39. Just because Merlin asked, does not mean you should dress up as a "Cutesy Idol" and perform a song with a voice changer on in front of a camera for his "Magi*Mari" stream, Romani has yet to heal from that wound.

40. Looking Mordred in the eye and saying "Mordred, I am your father" is not allowed, especially when you have her surrounded by all the versions of her "Father", even the ones that just look like "Him".

41. "I solomly swear I am up to no good" is not what you say while standing behind the Director in the Lost Room, she died once already, we don't need her worrying about what you will do.

41a. "Remember that time you became a Loli" is not to be said around Olga Marie after what happened after she was... Killed.

42. Quoting Kamina from Gurren Lagann is banned, especially after everyone believed you were actually erased from the throne. Only to find you a month later taking off an invisibilty cloak and sneaking into the mens bathrooms to shave.

43. Anime is fun to watch, but please. Stop trying to explain why a certain character would be within the Throne of Heroes.

43a. Stop. Asking. When. I. Will. Summon. ISSEI HYOUDOU! -Gudao

43b. BOOSTED GEAR SCALE MAIL! -Arthur

43c. BOOSTO? -Siegfried

44. Valentines is a wonderful thing, we get it. But making everyone in Chaldea chocolate by going around and hunting in various areas is not needed, we have too much already.

45. Stop Rickrolling, that was so early 2000s, get with the golden times old man -Kintoki

45a. EX-

46. Commenting on the impractical armors of the female knights that walk around is not needed, we have gotten complaints about how they feel harassed -Staff Member

46a. I just wanted to help out... -Arthur

47. I am not to sing anything ever again, the reason isn't because I am bad, no. Everyone agrees I am quite good. But its the genre I sing coupled with my Charisma rank. Seems love songs should not be sung. How sad.

48. Just because I have cat ears, does not mean you should give me Catnip - Atalanta

48a. The same was repeated for Alter.

48b. Along with Tamamo Berserker.

49. "Merlin told me to do it" is no longer an excuse that is accepted, even if he did make you do it.

50. LITERALLY ALL THE THINGS ON THIS LIST ARE BECAUSE OF MERLIN, STOP LISTENING TO HIM.

51. I'm only responsible for a quarter of these, stop blaming me for your troubles, Normies -Merlin

Kiyohime asks Arthur what to do to catch Gudao's attention. Arthur tells her to turn into his most cherished person. She turns into Gudako and tries to force Gudao into sex.

[redglassesgirl-maruma]

Live reaction/post to the new Drama CD

 I decided to listen to it and live-write in a post with whatever I’m thinking XD 

For the ones who want the general summary of this new CD, here’s marumafan post. You can get a good idea of everything that happens in it from the summary alone and skip this post if you’re not interested, there’s nothing new and I don’t have the japanese level to explain anything, I’m just doing this for entertainment purposes ^^

Aw, I missed the voice actors, they’re great as always <3 I understand like 20% or less of what I hear but it doesn’t matter haha.

That first reference they do is killing me, I strongly believe the “hot limit/revolution” thing Yuuri says about Wolfram’s costume is related to TM Revolution’s song Hot Limit, a video that was very sexy for his time and the costume the singer is wearing resembles the designs for this Halloween CD. Video here in youtube, I feel so old watching it again xD The dictionary Wolf’s using is making things worse but I love it, I hope they keep it as a running gag.

Anissina’s costume is super sexy, and now I see her voice in the CD is pretty sexy too. The whip and all, dominatrix style like Cherie. And I’m dying with Wolf crying and talking about Günter’s fate hahaha, so dramatic. He rolls back pretty quickly to “Sorry Günter, I’ll save myself” haha, same as previous CDs where he wouldn’t even sacrifice for Gwen. Hahaha they drop the CD name so casually, like “ah, here I have to say the title...” xD I love these funny details when they break the wall.

Oh man I couldn’t recognize Conrart’s voice at first, until he calls Gwen aniue I was wondering who was this. I had to go back here and listen to their scene again. Aw so cute when Conrart says daisukidayo to him, loved that. Specially because I always remember from the special The Maidmer Princess and I and the way Conrart thinks about Gwen there, so cold and distant, like they’re not even friends. I would like it so much if they maintain this development where they’re all close.

Ahhh, my Jozak xD I love to hear his voice, and he’s arriving with Mura. The “gaooo” Mura does is so cute, Gwen I feel you hahaha. The changes in Jozak voice are always amazing, the voice actor is so versatile, but Anissina in the first part also impressed me with her voice acting. Mura always breaking the 4th wall, that’s his thing . I’m sad I don’t understand some parts I was interested in detail from the summary haha, my second OTP being Jozak and Mura wants me to understand more moreeee.

Poor Gwen being whipped, but he seems to be enjoying it? XD so M, your Excellency. Jozak calling her Anissina-chan, he’s the only one that dares, hearing him is great.

Hahahhaa, the censored word Anissina is saying makes everyone loose their mind. And she keeps repeating and repeating, this part is hilarious. Excuse me, what did you say girl? XD

So, in this part in the summary she’s basically saying “pussy juice” and I just can’t when Yuuri ends up drinking the morning dew (aka the juice) and faints. Boy so gay he can’t stand anything related XDDDDDDD And he’ll end dreaming sad things, but also being married to a guy with an adopted daughter and enjoying his happy gay family hahaha. There’s so much to analyze about Yuuri here but it’s also very self explanatory.

Anissina goes from sexy queen to a lolicon voice in a split of a second, calling Yuuri-kun and all in a childish singing voice. Hhahaha, when Yuuri drinks the juice, Wolf screams “Yuuuuuuri” (Nooo, don’t go to the dark side of heterosexuality! xDDDDD Can’t help it).

So, now Anissina is just a chibi or something, her voice is 1000% loli. I applaud this woman with that range of voices and that control. We have the best seiyuus and I’m so glad. Everyone has been amazing so far, not just her, but I’m just impressed hearing Ani for so long this time.

Now the dream is happening. Gwen really sounds calm and happy, I’m so glad. I can’t say much about this part because I don’t understand much of what they’re saying, now Jozak is at his bar and all. Same as Apollo but hearing it makes me feel way less depressed than the written version. The Apollo ending made me so sad, so I don’t re-read it as other specials and parts of the novels. I think now Jozak is complaining no one comes to visit him and yeah, that’s sad. Yuuri is not having a good time, every time he steps in and out of some sort of room while seeing these dreams he’s like living a nightmare. Chibi Anissina is there to guide him trough the changes.

It’s Conrart part now. Well, it starts cheerful, then romantic and then they end things very badly. A roller coaster that I’m not a fan of, specially because I don’t like this ending for Conrart, I think he deserves better than “repenting” alone and nothing else. Like, let the man be happy for once. Yuuri’s even punching his clothes or something, and Conrart drops a sayonara there, so cold man so cold.

Now is Wolf time! Yuuri summarizes everyone’s situation to Wolf very quickly and they sound super casual with a romantic jazz music as OST xDDD Then the music turns serious and kind of epic when they speak about Conrart and also Shin Makoku, the decision to come to Earth, it’s quite nice. Wolfram’s always wonderful when he’s prince like. The wife/husband discussion again hahhaa, but so SO casual~ then they just talk about Greta with more slow music. So the topic about hey we’re newlyweds is very cute and super mega casual with no tsundere attitude at all.

They’re so married~ I can die happy now, this is enough for me specially because the dream is a about the actual future Yuuri shouldn’t have seen. It’s something that is actually true, and that’s sad because some characters endings could be better, but at the same time I’m so glad they’re fucking married, finally xDDDDD

And this ending just happens in two years, we can calculate thanks to Greta’s age, and I think Yuuri just said it to Anissina, that she’s 10 now and she was 12 in the dream/future. Now Mura calls by phone to wake him up, and Yuuri is sad about everything except Wolf and Greta. Now Yuuri must forget the spoilers xD Mura special powers/knowledge no one understand but are very convenient.

Yuuri wakes up, Murata says the prohibited word and the biiiip keeps being a great gag for me, with a 5 years old sense of humor. Jozak making Wolf calm down is great, let’s be zeeeeen. I think I understood Jozak said he likes Anissina because x and x reason. And now we go to another pairing, with Yuuri trying to remember the good part of the dream, but Wolf’s too excited and mad for his back and forth, some sort of hilarious discussion and misunderstanding I’m not getting XD

Something about Yuuri and Greta haha, and Wolf saying he’s not forgiving him. Nooo, the OST is the marriage song. Wolf’s voice when Yuuri actually explain they’re both dad and daddy, awn. The dictionary again haha, Wolfram keeps using it and making everything worse. Marriage fanfare again hah, but I don’t understand what’s happening here, there’s Jozak and Conrart commenting too. Then, something about Anissina torturing Gwen a lot aaaand... the end.

The rest of the CD is the freetalk with the seiyuus, and this is a challenge because even if I listened to it fully, I don’t get what they’re talking about. I’ll just leave this at a one time listening and go back to my favorite parts to listen again and again and practice my hearing skills xD

 So, I really enjoyed this CD. My way of listening to it has been messy, a little bit here and there over an enteire week when I had the time and wasn’t dead tired. Slowly trying to understand but replaying and going back and forth. I have to listen to it again just in one go without stops, but I’ll not do the live writing again, it’s just pointless, once is more than enough!

[natsspammityspamspamham]

Dino Watches Anime (Nov 28)

Obviously, I’m not going to list the ongoing anime that I’ve still watching as that hasn’t changed much. I will put the ones that I recently completed though!

Recently Completed!

Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e

I was going to put this in chronological order until I realized that I just wanted to get this piece of crap out of the way. Seriously, I regret watching this show. I HATE how it’s the highest rated out of all of them! It’s almost an 8/10! I gave it a 4! Here’s why:

This anime started out okay. I liked the sound of its premise. I liked the idea of teenage psychology being pushed but not as life-or-death but more of status. Because believe it or not, sometimes a person values their image and status more than their life. That plot was... kind of there? I don’t know. It was mostly boobs and ass. Those jiggle physics don’t stop here. They make sure to remind you that every character in this anime has large assets and asses every two seconds. 

The characters are probably the most deplorable part of this show. They were so bad. Seriously, we just took the worst parts of every trope and threw them together! The “I don’t talk to anyone. I don’t have any friends. I’m EDGY and don’t belong here. I’m this close to selling myself to Orochimaru for power”, the “cardboard houseplant that’s so monotone that it hurts”, the “double-sided dipstick that will take out a person’s intestines and use them as a jump rope”, and the “arrogant older brother who is way more accomplished than his sister”. We also have more assorted bastards, but those are the main ones. The characters ruined everything. Their interactions were so coarse, forced, hard to watch, and everything is executed so poorly that it made me wonder whether people rated this for ulterior motives or not. Everyone here is an asshole. 

Let’s look at the first three characters:

“cardboard houseplant that’s so monotone that it hurts” - Shoya Chiba isn’t even a bad voice actor. He does give me Hiroshi Kamiya vibes though (not a bad thing), but his voice acting in this show was hard to listen to because his expression didn’t change and neither did his voice. Seriously, over 12 episodes, he has that same expression. Someone threatened to harm him, and he’s still looking like a dead fish. I can’t describe how much worse it is to have a main character whose facial muscles don’t move. He has no personality.

“I don’t talk to anyone. I don’t have any friends. I’m EDGY and don’t belong here. I’m this close to selling myself to Orochimaru for power” - I like her design, but what else is going for her? How many times does she need to say, “I don’t need friends. I just want to move up in school.” Bitch, I get it. You can calm down. You keep doing things for other people but you say you don’t care? She arguably gets the most growth. Akari Kito voiced her and it was just like how any other person on earth would voice this character. 

“double-sided dipstick that will take out a person’s intestines and use them as a jump rope” - She’s exactly what she sounds like. She’s in that gif. She’s sweet and nice until you catch her being not that. Yurika Kubo did a pretty alright job voicing her. Nothing really to say here besides I hated her with a burning passion.

Music was alright. Animation was... Lerche standard. Nothing special. It looks nice until you are flashed so many times that you can’t tell what this show is even about anymore.

This is one of the worst shows I’ve watched in a while. It wastes a perfectly good premise and voice cast.

Kekkaishi

2006 was a good year for anime, and this probably got swept over because Code Geass took the fall season by storm. But this anime was genuinely good. I wanted a good shonen/comedy with action and this filled that void and more. I even read some of the manga before realizing that I just don’t like reading manga that much.

I genuinely like the cast of characters and find them amusing. I also like how they incorporate a stay-at-home dad who wears an apron and no one judges him because it’s what they see as normal. We have a female character whose not being sexualized every few seconds. Sunrise did cheat a little with other female characters though because the manga made their proportions okay while the anime decided to make them look more like a Barbie rather than a human. The animation was pretty okay too. For 52 episodes, it did some pretty okay stuff but with today’s technology, it’s probably not as “wow” as it was back in the day.

I’m just mad that they developed a character only to kill him a couple of episodes later. That’s sad. 

The soundtrack was pretty standard, but I was impressed by the fact that I liked the voice acting. I originally wasn’t as much of a fan of Hiroyuki Yoshino’s works because I found his voice annoying, but when he finds the right character (like Yoshimori or Eraser Mic), he works really well. It’s unfortunate that a lot of the main cast aren’t as prolific as they once were, but I guess that’s life.

No one was hurt in the making of that gif. 

I rated this a 9/10 because it was for pure enjoyment. I didn’t have this much fun watching an anime in a while. This is the anime that got me binge-watching again.

Nobunaga Concerto

This anime has a blaring problem. It’s not the story, it’s not the writing, it’s not the characters, and it’s not the music. It’s the art. Watch any clip and it will give some Berserk flashbacks.

The writing was pretty good too. The story was genuinely interesting, but in the end, it didn’t feel like it did enough. It didn’t cover enough. The dialogue and the incorporation of modern culture with the historic parts were smart. Saburou was really likeable and oddly adaptive. The characters around him (the historic ones) are pretty cut and dry. The music was pretty good too! The art and lack of adaptation are the only things truly holding this show back.

Mamoru Miyano plays the main character and obviously makes him charming and funny, Yuki Kaji plays Nobunaga Oda, and Nana Mizuki plays Oda’s betrothed. I actually didn’t know anything about Oda’s tale prior to this anime so don’t think that’s required. 

I rated it a 7/10

*Another important note is that they get suddenly racist in the last episode. A black guy appears, and people scream that it’s a monkey like they’ve never seen a darker-skinned human before. It was honestly disappointing.

Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi

Okay, this anime surprised me because of how much I liked it. It wasn’t even anything special. They took the same JC Staff rom-com tropes and put them into another anime combined with some fairy tale lore. But this anime was so entertaining and charming with its cast that I genuinely didn’t hate any of the characters. There were a few moments that made me go, “okay, that’s a bit too much”, but a girl going around punching people with neko boxing gloves? That’s pretty cool. Ookami was a really funny character who I actually found a bit interesting which is weird for a story that’s supposed to be superficial and comedic. Ryoushi is practically a spitting image of my anxiety and personality but in a charming way? He has some cool moments. He’s almost a little like Zenitsu. Courageous when push comes to shove but he’s actually awake. Ringo was the innocent loli until she wasn’t because if you mess with her friend, she will poison you. Again, they made these references to regular rom-com anime and fairy tales that completely roll together nicely. JC Staff didn’t mess this one up, and as always, there’s a tsundere Rie Kugimiya role in there somewhere. 

Because I enjoyed it so much, I gave it a 9/10.

Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha

I literally finished this one an hour ago, read the last chapter of the manga, and went “what the heck?” Because... I enjoyed this, but I also didn’t? Bitter-sweetness at its best. Houko Kuwashima is a really underrated voice actress because she hasn’t taken that many big roles as of recent, but she has incredible range. The characters of this are incredibly plain, but I don’t mind that because they aren’t painful to watch unlike the first anime I mentioned (seriously, I watched the last three shows on this list to wash that bad anime out of my brain). Everyone in this anime seems to be perfect in one way or another because they don’t really wish ill on anyone. Not gonna lie, characters like that aren’t for everyone because “everyone is a scum at some point in their lives”. I definitely respect for the need of balance. The story is pretty simple and plain and so is the art. The music was nice and pleasant. Basically, it’s a palette-cleanser of an anime after watching some bad anime. It’s about developing middle school romance and this... “teenage” couple on the side. It’s about friendship! And discovering yourself, and yes, one character found out she was gay, and I was rooting for that character so hard only to find out that she didn’t get her conclusive ending. Everyone else gets some bullshit ending one way or another! This is published in the same publication as Bungou Stray Dogs, and I wouldn’t have been able to tell if I didn’t look it up. 

I rated this one an 8/10 because I enjoyed it still despite the ending being a little idealistic, sad, and far-fetched (seriously, someone becomes a god and gets their existence erased). 

[hmratking]

Enter the Rat King, Part I

(continued from Letters ) 

Usually, knocking on the door was customary for the Flea so to not frighten Loli if he portaled into the apartment, but this was an emergency and there was no time to explain. The Flea’s portal appeared inside the living room, the loud crackling and bright light disrupting the silence of the room. He tipped his hat at Loli and rushed past her to grab the double stroller. “Get everything they need and take them to that decorated place I took you the other day. If you need anything, I will find you.” He grabbed the diaper bag and some of the toys. 

Loli had just given the twins their bath, and they were now warmly bundled in sleepy bodysuits as she lay them into their crib, smiling at their cherub faces drifting off into a peaceful slumber. That was until the loud and brightly blinding lights of the Flea's portal disrupted their nightly routine.

Loli grabbed up both babies, of which Nath’aniel stayed quiet but Vera'wyn started to cry inconsolably. "Jhon!"  Loli found herself stating rather loudly and she may have almost opted to scream, but his suit and face registered before the ability compelled her. "You can't just do th- What? What are you…wait…I just got them ready for bed. Shh, shh, stop crying princess. It's ok. It's just uncle Jhon." Loli tried to calm down Vera'wyn as she struggled to keep them both close to her in the haste she had grabbed them in.

The Flea passed by Loli and took one of her hairs. 

"Ow!" it had surprised her the pluck of one of her hairs, another startled looks at the Flea, she understood something was up but he was acting crazy,

“I really apologize but that’s so that I can find you. I really can’t explain too much right now. Get out with the children and I will find you. I will let Dahlia know as well. Go. Hurry.” There was a sort of desperation in his tone. He walked to the dining table where he placed his black case. From within, he took two large boxes and placed them on the table. “Hurry, Loli...”

"You are not making sense! " Lolianth had walked forward to set the twins into the stroller, Vera still visibly upset as she didn't want to be set down and started to cry even louder which caused Nath to start to pout uncontrollably. She quickly grabbed the diaper bag and reached into it placing pacifiers to the upset babies mouths whiles shushing as softly as she could.  "What's happening?? who's com-" her hands grabbing bottles and extra blankets as she started to push the carriage to the door...

Loli didn't have time to ask who was coming as Mora's door opened. Angry brows set like a crown on her unblemished face as she quickly sized up where everyone was and moved to her children with precision, pushing Loli out of the way and leaning over them to smell their heads and cuddle them, pausing the rush of the madness for a moment as she glared between the two.

"Explain. now."

The Flea paused and looked at Mora, no expression on his face. “They need to go. Right now, Dahlia.” He stared at her for a few seconds. “Right now.” He looked around her at Loli and gestured to get going. “If Loli would rather go to an inn for the night, I can arrange it, but now, she has to go.”

He saw Mora and he sighed. “Trust me... I would not let any harm come to them.” His eyes widened to emphasize his next words. “Or anyone.” He walked toward Mora and leaned in, daringly kissing the corner of her lips. “Loli, let’s go. Now.”

Mora barely had time to process or protest as Jhon kissed the corner of her lips. She was slightly taken back but knew he was right. If he said they should be moved and now, Mora trusted him. "Move them Loli, go up to the nicer part of Dal, get a room at the inn. Jhon, give her money now then. I do not want them on the streets. In case you cannot make it back to them in a timely manner; it's cold and snowing. " Mora touched her lips some but the focus quickly faded on him and moved to her children as she fussed over them. frowning and kissing them again as she moved away and watched Loli wait only a moment while Flea handed her some gold. 

"Do not let ANYTHING happen to them. I swear Loli..-" 

"Nothing will happen to them! Please! Let me go. I will find the nicest place I can, and I will wait there. I promise, on my life, that nothing will happen to them" Loli spoke with a still slightly confused fear. As soon as Mora nodded, Lolianth was leaving out the door. 

“Jhon! Keep them safe..." Mora walked to the window and watched with anxiety building with each step Lolianth took away from the home. 

The Flea escorted them to the other side of Dalaran, guiding her toward the inn. “I’ll be back as soon as I can,” he whispered, smiled at Loli, and cast his spell.

It wasn’t even ten minutes when another flash appeared inside Mora’s apartment, followed by one more appearing in the room Loli had acquired. The Flea looked so weak that he simply collapsed on the ground beside the children’s carriage.

Back in Mora’s place, footsteps followed the crackling sounds of the portal. They were slow, calculating. The footsteps stopped and the man stood at a distance.

Mora had gotten dressed, exposed shoulders and little black dress, she assumed Jhon would be back to take her to whatever had caused this panic, so when the portal flashed into being once again she stood up ready, heart beating. "Jh-" No, that was not Jhon. She could tell the moment the air died down.

He took a few deep breaths as he heard her voice, eyes closing as her tone sent shivers throughout his body, but his mind was already processing the first sounds that angelic voice of hers had made. He walked toward that siren sound and called out in a low rumble, “Expecting someone?” It was when he walked into the doorway and saw her dressed in her little black dress that his twisted mind was already going elsewhere. “Going out?” The Rat King’s voice reverberated from his chest. Green eyes stared at her amongst the shadows in the apartment. 

A wild look of surprise, anger, chills, spread through her like a wildfire. She had stepped back and held the back of the chair she was just sitting at to settle herself. Mora did not smile, but those piercing eyes stared at her and she drank them in with the feeling of her legs weakening. So, she used the back the chair to keep herself proud and vainly standing.  "I-..was not expecting you.” She heard the whisper come out of her tight chest and she let those gold nails dig deep into the cushion of the seat. She had to, or she would move, and those legs of hers would betray her. "Where would I have to go?” she called back to shadow, settling back down into the chair and crossing her legs tightly as the dress would allow. 

He looked around for signs or clues or something that would justify the silent desire to be just as angry as she let on to be, but he turned his attention back to her. "No, you wouldn't be expecting me..." He saw her sit and he fought the urge to rush to her. Turning away, he walked toward the window, peeking out as he gazed at the city. "I'm surprised you're not in Silvermoon..." His green eyes turned to look at her, eyelids narrowing slightly as the look turned into a glare. 

"Why is that? Why are you surprised?”She watched the way his beautiful face looked back at her, a blonde god, and she wanted his eyes on her, glaring or not, but it wasn't a bad feeling when he did. She puckered her lips softly at him, a smirk slipping before she turned her head.

"I asked for you…everyday nearly, and you never responded. When should I have expected you, nn?"  The Doll watched him pace, his slender form still seeking the darkness of the room, pulling at it, though she could see him clearly as he moved closer to the window and its light.  He had her sit at attention, a hand rubbing up and down her thigh, a nervousness coldly falling over her spine. 

“I highly doubt that. I asked the Flea every day if you asked for me and not once did he say you did.” He turned back to the window. “And I saw you were in Silvermoon. Doing things you should not be doing...” One is his hands curled up into a fist as he tried hard to maintain calm. “What were you doing, Mora?”

Mora's brows narrow as the King said that he had not heard she was asking for him. She expected cockiness, or to hear him say that she was not worth responding to; not that there was nothing. “What?...you are joking. He said you never asked anyth-" It was overshadowed by what he said next. 

She looked back at him, her head tilting in a way that displayed she was naughty. "Looking for family, Kingy,” she whispered enough for him to hear, but she did not want to argue with him about it. A gold-dipped hand pulled up and hung on the side of her neck as she watched him. 

"You were looking for MY family... People I strictly forbade ANYONE from interacting with!" His voice growled and it raised a bit in the end. "And you, out of everyone, should have never met them." He turned and looked at her. "NEVER!" He moved away from the window and walked in Mora's direction. "Do they know?"

Instantly, Mora stood and threw the chair back with the push of her arm as he walked in her direction. Her lips snarled as she hissed, "Out of everyone? OF EVERYONE? I AM THE MOTHER OF YOUR CHILDREN. MELAETH! That is THEIR family! You TOLD me they might be safe for them. I WENT TO SEE!” Instant rage poured from her as she felt that he was saying that she wasn't good enough. Never good enough, wasn't that the case? She felt it so.

"I told you they might be safe for them IF there was danger! They are not in danger, Mora!" He ran his hand through his blonde hair and continued walking toward her. "Do they know?" he asked again.

When he asked if they knew, Mora was deathly quiet. 

He finally approached her, staring down at her, inches away. "Do. They. Know?"

Mora’s breath was heavy as she stared up at him, her hands crept up but she pulled them back to herself. "Your sister does, but that is because she already did, Melaeth. Other than that, I do not know." Her lower lip trembled some "THIS is the danger, Rat King…You and I. I wanted to choose us. I wanted to know what might happen…if…" She couldn't bring herself to say the rest.

He rolled his eyes and growled softly at the thought of his sister knowing. He turned to look at her when she addressed his moniker "If? If what?"

"If I had to give them up. If I had to choose you." She clenched her hands over the front of her dress. Standing toe to toe with him but not eye to eye. "I don't want to though…" She took a breath. "I do not think you will choose me. So why should I leave them now? They cannot leave me,” but she couldn't keep looking up at him, not while saying that, so she looked away trying to keep herself from reaching out to him and begging for him to hold her, make it better, fix it. 

"If you…if you are leaving or I am…I don't want to be alone...but I can't do this anymore. I can't be your enemy. Melaeth...kill me...just not slowly..”

The King took a deep breath, inhaling her in, and he closed his eyes. He missed her and longed for her, but this was a priority...right? "This wasn't about you choosing, Mora," he spoke softly. He knew he was going to open a new can of worms, but he spoke anyway. It had to be said, "This was about you thinking that I didn't want you because I didn't want to say that we were married." He braced himself for her rage, but it didn't stop him.

"I...I never wanted you to leave. You did that alone." He hesitated a bit but he reached his hands out, cradling her face in his hands. He lifted her chin up, whether she looked at him or not. "I am not your enemy, Mora." Melaeth's angelic face glanced down at her, hoping that she did not move from his touch. Simply touching her face was soothing enough.

"It ties into that Melaeth. You broke my heart. Why? Why am I not good enough to be your wife? Is it so bad? Am I so bad? ...Or are you waiting for Lily?” She could not look at him as she said this, even as his hand caressed her chin to tilt her face up. "She isn't coming back, but I do…is this stupid?" 

He stared at her as she spoke, losing himself in her voice, her feel, her.  When she mentioned Lily's name, he cringed a little, his body trying to pull back but he forced his hands to remain on her face. "Marriage is not an option, Mora," he whispered. "It's...not safe for you, for them...And no, I don't expect her to return. She must be living such a normal life now..." He sighed. "But if you can't accept me..." There was a crack in his soft voice, "...then...you are free to leave."

She finally looked up to him hands gripping into his sides with a hard grasp as she wanted to pull him close before he had a chance to become distant…a ghost.  "I NEVER want to leave you, but I won’t let you hurt me anymore. You can pull this world apart, but not the core, never me. No one will ever love you like I do, Melaeth. No one. Before or after. You took me and changed everything, everything in my world, and now you have to have responsibility for that, or I will leave. My King. My only King." She couldn't help it, not when he was this close, and not when he looked at her with that face. He knew. She knew. But it hurt all the same. 

"I do not want to be your enemy.” Her hands moved up more as she stood on tiptoes and pulled at the lower back of his neck so that their lips might touch, perhaps.

There was no resistance when she tugged down at him, his lips meeting hers. His hands slipped from her face, wrapping around her torso, pulling her closer as the tenderness of their kiss quickly increased intensity. Soon, he was lost in her embrace.

"You stupid, stupid boy. I have always been in danger with you. I never wanted to be safe." She inhaled deeply pulling herself close to him, the dress keeping her bound from clawing her way into his arms. The lower part of her back pushed into the side of the table as she felt the King indulge her kiss. “That is why I chose you. To live and die…for you .” She slid herself up onto the table so that he could lean on it with his palms as her lips hungrily moved to his neck and kissed over the mark she made on it, biting and sucking over his skin as she missed the way he smelled, the way he tasted.  

"I will always be your wife whether you say it or write it or burn it into the flesh of anyone who dares cross you. I am your Rat Queen because I accept you." Her hands had raked down his chest as her words became more heated. It was what she believed regardless of his own beliefs. Her fingers hooked around his belt as she leaned in, kissing his chest. The things she had dreamed of doing to this man…they got the best of her, but she stopped.

"I have always been free to leave, does this not weigh on your mind?" She looked up with fel infected eyes, " But I can't...don't let me..don't make me. Tell me what you can say, Melaeth. You can say yes. That, for whatever happens, you accept me. Us. Or tell me you at least plan on saying it. Give me hope, Kingy…" She let go of his belt, leaning back and wiping her eyes. She hated that it so easily upset her. She hated that she could cry in front of him. "This will end horribly. won’t it? That is what people like us…like me deserve…isn't it?" 

He craved her lips and her touch and when she began to speak, it became an internal battle between the Rat King and Melaeth. "You have everything, Mora," he said between breaths. "I have given you everything. You are asking for something I cannot give you. And you're willing to throw it all away."

He tilted his head back and then to the side. "All I want is for you to come home..." He placed his hands on her thighs and caressed them, longing to wrap them around him. "It will only end horribly if you let it..." 

(co-written with @loveherdekay )

[sweetdollfromhell]

Chilling tales of Riverdale, a crossover fic

Chapter 6 of a old fanfic but stil alive that is a mix of Riverdale, CAOS and Archie horror. Located in season 2 and will have differences with the canon for both shows. This fanfic contains corrections for something that bothers me in the canon like the fact that Toni's actress is not a first nation (this detail is there but presented differently and I hope to use the terms correctly ), the weird thing with the multi-cultural neo-Nazi (plus I go with the comic book where Archie is Jewish), the impacts of the snake dance, Joaquim (because it's weird that these friends talk about it exactly once in 22 episodes and in a disposable sentence), for Sabrina's family, as shocking as it sounds, given the dates given, yes Sabrina's father is literally 10 years older than Ambrose in  the show canon (not the actors, I know but it's worth wondering if Ambrose is aging well or if Edward is aging badly)and yes, you can find Toni or Sabrina pretty bitchy towards one or the other but don’t be afraid, no one is going to become a bad guy for the purposes of the plot, I just think they would have tensions between the two given the situation (I really like the two chararctere and I expect a possible friendship because who doesn't like Vitriolic Best buds?)Sorry, it was a long explanation, but I didn't want people to misunderstand my intentions.

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-What do you think of Archie's plan? Asked Betty of Kevin.

-That it may come from a noble intention, but it will end badly.  You know how many accidents happen because a few idiots thought they knew better than everyone else," replied the young man. -And let's just say, if I'm willing to trust Archie, I doubt a little more about Reggie or Dilton. But we're a little hypocritical of ourselves.

-What do you mean? Asked Betty surprised her.

-Hello Betty, the whole Jason Blossom case where we played Scooby-doo? Call Kevin back.

-Maybe but we must do something... Me and Jug met tonight to read some documents that will help us with the black hood case. Do you want to come?

Kevin was surprised by the invitation asking if Betty is still trying to make amends but realizes that the runaway was at her boyfriend's house. Yeah, he was going to let him benefit from the doubt.  

-Isn't that going to stress your guest out?

-Sabrina? Uh, I don't know, she seems really in need of human contact, I guess he won't have a problem. We just must avoid talking about where it comes from. She almost had a panic attack when I tried to talk about it. And I hope you like cats.  

Once in front of Jughead's trailer, Betty and Kevin will knock on the door. Toni open them up.

-Hello Toni," said Betty, surprised to see her there. -I didn't know you'd be here.

- Jugh told me about your project and it's a subject I'm passionate about too. I see you brought someone along too.

-Oh yes, here is Kevin Keller, said the young woman to introduce her friend who reached out to her.

-Hi.

-Toni Topaz, said the interested party, but she did not take his hand. -In, Jugh is gone looking for food for everyone and I stayed here to babysit Poison Ivy.

-I heard that! Shouted a voice in the Caravan.

-That was the goal, Toni replied.

As Betty and Kevin entered, Sabrina came to meet them. She looked much more presentable than when Betty saw her in the drinks. She had worn a vintage horror red t-shirt, a short black skirt, a big jean jacket with a wool lining, knee socks with striped , mary-James, un gold necklace and the headband given by Toni held her short hair in place.

-Betty! I am happy to see you again," said the girl smiling.

-I am also happy to see you again Sabrina," Betty replied surprised by the welcome. -This is Kevin," she continued.

Sabrina looked up at the young man with an intriguing look before reaching out.

-Hello Kevin, it's nice to meet you.

-I also like your cute grunge loli look, I especially like your Gremlin shirt," Kevin continued, watching it blush.

-Thank you, it's probably one of the most representative things in my wardrobe... Most of my clothes are practical.

-Oh what a shame, maybe Ronnie can lend you something...

Kevin kept talking with Sabrina about everything and nothing that probably lowered her defenses, Betty hoped.   She went to Toni wondering what to say to her: she wanted to silence that stupid feeling of jealousy in her and become friends with that person whom Jughead clearly appreciated but she had no idea how to interact with that person. She decides to try the banality.

-I hope we have enough for everyone," she tried clumsily. -You will tell me what we owe you and Jughead.

-You will ask your non cousin, she is the one who is buying, Toni replied.

Betty was surprised to see that Toni knew the lie to invent about Sabrina's origin (she was her cousin exception if the question was asked by the Cooper or the Sheriff, then it would be Jughead's) but let it go

-Oh, that's nice of him.

-No, it's necessary. Because personally, if I were Jug, I'd throw away everything in my fridge!

-I'm not sure I understand," Betty said troubled.

Toni sighed before explaining below:

-You know the Ghoulies who attacked you?

-Yes?

-She didn't just beat them, she poisoned them.

-What? Says Betty surprised. - How? How? Are they...?

-With a mushroom junk from which she had covered her broom. They are in the hospital, Miss swears that even if it has violent effects it can be treated well and without any backlash but still. Personally, I won't eat what she's cooking just so we know more about Jolly Jane. Note, having a criminal mind could be useful even if there is a world of difference between a teenage poisoner whose primary purpose is not murder and a guy in his forties who kills by violent means such as a gun or knife. Both are motivated by punishing someone they consider having committed a crime.

Betty was speechless when she heard the revelation; it was a little too much for just five minutes.

-I... she... how did you come to that conclusion?  Does it end with a request?

-Jug and I have to investigate," Toni answered proudly. -And she has no choice but to confess.

-I see, said Betty trying to untangle what she was feeling. -But you said she didn't want to kill them?

-That's what they lend and for what I learned about this thing, it seems possible but it's still dangerous. Shit, I was there when one of the Ghoulies developed symptoms, he could have had a concussion or choked on his vomit. I don't have them in my heart and I believe her when she says they wanted to see harm done. ¨Damn, they already beat him up once....

-What? Exclaimed Betty, unwittingly drawing Sabrina and Kevin's attention.

-You didn't know... Toni realized. -Sorry, I didn't mean to... Hey, you two, it's a private conversation," she said.

-Sorry, but it's a little hard to ignore when space is so limited, and no one is discreet, Kevin replied.

- Not to mention the fact that most people have the decency to talk behind their backs when they are not in the room, says Sabrina with an icy voice.

-Oh, that's cute, you think I didn't want you to know," Toni mocked.

Betty wants to calm things down in between but also asks Sabrina and Jughead for explanations while we're at it. Because right now one part is shocked by her revelations but another part that she would like to silence herself thinks it's well done for the Ghoulies. But two things stop her; the first is something that only lasts for a moment and that she is the only one who has noticed.

She had felt ants crossing her and a sudden cold and noticed Sabrina's eyes: it seemed as if the pupils were dilating... No, not really, not really that they seemed to want to pass the iris without making it disappear by swallowing only the white, but the operation started without ending, the pupil returning to its normal size so quickly. A play of light, fatigue, who knows?

The other was the sound of the door opening to reveal Jughead carrying many of Pop.

-Hi, a little help would be nice.

Kevin and Toni hurry to help while the two blondes stay where they belong.

-Toni told you what? Asked Sabrina whispering.

-That you've been poisoning people. Do you confirm?

-Yes, but only in self-defense. I'm not stupid or cruel either, Betty.  I took something that's not fatal and with obvious symptoms, so they'd have to see a doctor. This way, he had less risk of complications if something went wrong. A silent aggressor is worse than a noisy one.  

-It seems like you're talking about experience...says Betty was confused.

-I told you, my ancestors were pretty good at it and we kept their notes. We try to keep their knowledge alive and learn the tricks that can be used.

-That explains Toni's comment.  

-You don't have to be afraid of me," Sabrina said in an almost begging tone.

Her sentence made Betty uncomfortable but not for the reason she thought she did. Sabrina seemed more frightened at the thought of being repelled than any consequence has its actions. She also had a darkness in her that terrorized her, something dark that if she pointed her dirty head at her, would drive away all those who had never had affection for her. Because Betty still wonders why Veronica was talking to her after what she did to Chuck, how Archie could say he wasn't good enough for her after knowing him all his life, why Jughead loved her and treated her as a fragile thing rather than some kind of monster escaping from the asylum. Was Sabrina just a rebellious child who became pariah like Polly or a good soul who had to learn never to let her guard down to survive like Kevin.  

With hindsight, these next actions would seem very stupid, but too bad.

-I'm not afraid of you. For the moment, you haven't tried to hurt me or my loved ones, on the contrary, you wanted to protect us. So it's okay, but if you have other things you'd like to tell us that are important, it's better if you do it quickly. So that we can help you and avoid unpleasant surprises, but I would understand if you don't feel ready yet. It's just... I think it's a lot of trouble for Toni and...

-You too, Sabrina finished.

Not for the reasons you think, would have wanted to answer Betty. Because after this new information given by Toni, Sabrina could literally make the Ghoulies regurgitate their guts and bleed their eyes for what concerns her! And the one that realized horrifying her more than the idea that Sabrina was an expert in poison.  

-I...

-Betty? Are you coming?

-Of course, Betty replied, giving her an emergency exit to allow Sabrina to leave the conversation.

Surprisingly, they had enough food for everyone and no one tried to tear someone else's face off. Sabrina's cat, Salem, had decided to make his presence known once the food was served, searching for it. He had managed to get some from his mistress, Betty and Kevin. As a reward, the young man even won that the animal settled on his lap by purring with satisfaction.  In fact, Betty realized that the group she and Jughead had assembled was actually quite effective: Toni had experience in the darker parts of the city had several ideas or the killer could have found an unregistered weapon in addition to his interest in criminology, Kevin also shares this passion in addition to having literally grown up among the criminal cases thanks to his father and Sabrina seemed to know more about the dark history of the region whether it was Riverdale, Greendale, Sunnydale or other city in the region without speaking that Toni had been right for this criminal mentality story.

-You can find a weapon anywhere, see it taken from no one where you are and delete the number is easy with the right contacts, says Toni.

- The guy probably also has security experience because he knows so much about surveillance and if he doesn't succeed in all these crimes, he didn't leave any clues.  It means that his first concern is his safety," Kevin continued.

-Speaking of which, am I the only one who thinks her motive is fake? False-Grundy of what you explained made sense in the sin department to be a pedophile but the other victims? Two teenagers taking drugs and perhaps having some adventurous caress?  A single man who had a short affair with a married woman for whom he may have had real rather than purely sexual feelings and who acts like a saint the rest of the time? added Sabrina. -A little weak as sinners, don't you think? And this even if he was only motivated by lust.

-The best thing would be to make a list of everything they have in common, Jughead cut out. -It can't hurt.

Betty felt her stomach twisting as she thought back to the serial killer's letters and saw Kevin's strong gaze. She would rather keep quiet, it could have been just a stupid joke after all....

-Easy! All from Nordside and privilege! Says Toni.

- Fake Grundy came from Greendale, Moose is the eldest of six children with parents composed of a soldier and a mother who has a home daycare not what I would call privileged, corrected her Kevin. -Moose has already said that if he can get into a good university it will only be because he is good at football and they will want more minorities.

-Fred Andrew is also not rolling in gold,gave up Jughead.

- Grundy still lived in Nordside, Toni continued. -And how is this guy a minority? She continued surprised.

- His mother is an Amerindian. But she was adopted so Moose just knows the name of her tribute, unfortunately. And before you ask, they never had any government money for it because his mother thinks it's horrible to just use it to make ends meet, Kevin concluded.

-Uktena? Sabrina asked.

-I think so, said Kevin.

-Impossible, said Toni. -I am one and I've never heard of him.

-That's normal, isn't it? They were almost all massacred, only children and a few naaldlooshiis survived. The first dispersed to the four winds and the second having found refuge in Greendale. Honestly, that's the way it is in every small town, if you go through people's genealogies, discover lots of weird links and cousins you didn't know you had.

Betty almost laughed as she remembered the whole drama with her family and the Blossoms. Oh my God, she didn't know how right she was.

-And I'm going to be honest like Moose, I wouldn't have known you were if you hadn't told me, Sabrina continued. By whom, by the way?

-My grandfather, Toni answered quickly.

-Oh, so you're a Native American quarter?

-Well, technically yes," said Toni suddenly uncomfortable.

-Technically? Insista Sabrina.

-He is my grandmother's husband but he is not the father of his children, but he adopts them and raises them! So that counts, right? She defended herself.

-It makes him a good man and definitely your grandfather! But as a very white girl, I'm not going to get into a discussion about whether you can say you're culturally Native American," says Sabrina laughing.

-Are you from your origins? Oh, don't worry, don't you have to talk about Mom and Dad, just say if you have something interesting in there? Asked Toni, frustrated at having been taken to class.

-My grandfather was an American, but he lived in England where he met my grandmother who was herself a mixed English and Australian. They got married, they have my three aunts before returning to the United States and having my father. The oldest of my aunts is staying there with her late husband.

-Did she marry young or does she just have a big difference with your father? Ask Jugh.

-Both. My father and cousin must be about ten years apart. Her husband was Afro-English and otherwise we also crossed the geneological tree we have German, Indian, French and Uktena

-What's is that word you use? Nanalooshi? Asked Kevin.

-An abomination/victim! Both girls said with a heart.

-Okay. Maybe…, Betty began.

-Hey, it's my culture! These people were criminals who deserved their fate! Says Toni.

-Need I remind you that being gay or having an abortion was once a crime? Most of his people were healers for not being able to heal someone or sick people rejected out of fear? Says Sabrina.

Jughead decided to intervene at that moment:

-Maybe get back to the main topic? I don't think we can solve this issue tonight, but maybe the Black Hood issue.

The two girls stared at each other but obeyed each other. Jughead continued:

-I admit that even if there is still the possibility that only attacks people he can reach and leaves out targets like Hiram Lodge, it doesn't go with his provocative attitude.

-Overcompensation? ask Kevin.

Jughead shook her unconvinced head before turning to Sabrina.

-Sabrina, can I ask you something else with this investigation and was hoping for an honest answer?

-Wow, almost no pressure! Says Sabrina uncomfortable. -You can always try. I wouldn't lie, but I keep the privilege of pleading the fifth.

The cat suddenly stopped purring on Kevin's lap and he felt it tender. Did the animal feel the stress of its owner?

-I suspect that Greendale is not a village, but have you known anyone with a connection to the real Miss Grundy or the fake one? Her real name was Jennifer Gibson, known as Jughead.

Sabrina seemed to reassure immediately, and the cat became soft again on Kevin's lap.

-Oh, just that. I don't know Jennifer or any Gibson. I know a little bit of some of the Grundy family, but it's just that we went to the same church. I can try to answer as best I can about them if you want but I don't see anything very useful in it.  

-Do you think the killer could have come from there? Suddenly ask Kevin.

-What makes you think that? Asked Betty surprise.

-He was very comfortable with this attack: he succeeded in his murder and was much more violent with it. It was a crime of passion! If the killer hadn't sent personal belongings from the other victims, I would have said it was someone who wanted revenge on her and made it look like the work of the Blackhood," Kevin explained.

-Aren't you saying this whole thing would be a plot to get rid of fake Grundy? Toni asked.

-It does seem a little big to me, says Betty.

-There may be another explanation... Sabrina whispered.

This time, the cat jumps from Kevin's knees to Sabrina's knees, who mechanically started stroking him.

-It's a little silly, but maybe the reason he took his time was because he knew no one would bother him.

-Because he attacked her at home? Asked Betty.

-Among other things. But also... It's really stupid but... It's Greendale. Let us say that the population has certain habits. Like not leaving the house after dark. Especially if you hear screams.

Toni laughs before answering:

-It's Greendale, not Los Angeles! What the hell are you gonna do if I drag you into my corner!

Sabrina looked at Toni with deep boredom and replied:

-I never said I was part of a superstitious population, on the contrary I loved walking at night! But I can tell you that I am a minority and even outside there are people who will hesitate. The city has traumas that night brings back.

-What kind of trauma?" Betty asked.

-Want to hear stories of heroes and monsters? This is far from our study topic....

-Oh no! No! I want to hear this story! Exclaimed Kevin with stars in his eyes. It's even better when it's based on real-life experience.

Kevin had always been fascinated by horror and gore, never missing an opportunity to expand his repertoire of history by the fire.

-I guess a break can't hurt, Betty yielded.  

The cat jumped from Sabrina's knees to take refuge in the room, Sabrina looked at him worried but quickly recovered.  

Sabrina smiled and began her story:

-The settlers would arrive in America...

-Seriously, how far do you have to start? Toni asked.

-It's just a summary to get you in the mood! So all his settlers are there to escape persecution and build a free and accepting land...It really took a hypocritical level of hypocrisy crazy enough to believe such shit. The local population is mistreated like women, pocs, other religions and everything else that comes out of their morals stuck puritanically to the impossible criteria. In this wonderful hell on earth that the trials of heretics begin, it seems, very ironic when you consider that most people have fled from these persecutions in Europe. The most famous of his trials is of course Salem and this despite who is not the most murderous, in fact he shines by his mediocrity! His popularity is probably related to his industry from the beginning turning murder, torture, rape and treason into entertainment for the whole family, go figure! Sabrina continued.

-Well, Confederate soldiers have statues, don't they? Not to mention dumb people like Christophe Colom, says Toni coldly.

-True, Toni, that's right. But good for us the rest of the story is more joyful: Greendale is not spared by this madness, the vast majority of non-Puritanical settlers had even been driven from the lands they had or they had settled by the most extremist leaving them without homes or resources and some poor souls are offered in sacrifice to their larvae addictive to the suffering of others. Hanging slowly, fighting to keep the air from their lungs, losing control of functions in front of their beaten child in front of their execution zones with religious leaders telling them to bow their heads and let the scapegoats be sacrificed for the good of others, Sabrina continued, filled with cold anger.

-Sabrina, don't bother to be so precise we just ate," moans Betty.

-Betty, you've been through worse, make fun of Kevin nicely.

Jughead attracts his girlfriend against him and Sabrina takes over:

-So many decided that they were because it was all women who were tired of shaving walls and just watched them suffer! They had to expect it badly and no consequence could be worse than what they were going through, to act. They will not flee, they will not hide and more importantly, they will no longer let people get hurt with impunity....

-One of your ancestors among them, Sabrina? Jughead asked curiously.

-Not impossible, Sabrina said with a little smile. So they broke into his so-called hunters, judges and other criminals who hide under titles. They would find them and their families: they would slit their throats, skin them alive and tear their hearts still beating from their chests! And to make the message clear, they will throw their carcasses to the same trees where their victims were murdered!

Betty looked at the storyteller in shock, so the way Sabrina told her story was disturbing. You could feel a kind of pride and respect in his words. And his expression! Betty thought she would rather have seen a psychotic smile than that kid's expression of a joke, laughing eyes and a candid smile!

-And with the bodies a note sticking on one of the bodies warning that it was not revenge, only a warning. If such horror were to happen again in Greendale or even in a nearby town or village, they would be happy to show that they had not yet seen anything! And it worked, the inhabitants of Greendale learned how to love and respect its slightly different inhabitants. Night and the forest have remained their domain and even nowadays, one can laugh at his stories, at night when the moon shines and one wonder if one waits for a cry in the distance, that sometimes perhaps just maybe, there is still one of his women who watches over the grain. And fine! Sabrina said, clapping her hands.

-Great story! I wish Riverdale had had something like that! Says Kevin with a big smile.

-Not bad, I admit that it's nice that oppressing them wins and not because of the power of love or some shit like that," Toni said.

-Not sure that people will build a museum to attract tourists with this history... Seeing children, violence is sometimes the solution, says Jughead more troubled.

-Are you saying they killed their families too? Asked Betty to horrify.

-Yes, Sabrina said as she realized the implications. -But they had done the same thing... and if it makes you feel better, as much they had peace after that, as much the women or at least the woman who organized everything had to pay for it to the leaders of her community more for overriding their permission than because they had problems with her methods. No problem has taken advantage of the benefits anyway I don't think anyone is learning anything new.

-Indeed, and it continues to this day! The minorities pay, suffer and fight while the rest benefit from advancing by posing as moral guardians," says Toni gloomily.

Jughead clumsily tapped Toni's shoulder but she seemed to appreciate the attention.  

-So, your theory is that people if they heard something, they didn't do anything because of these stories? Says Betty, still trying to silence her illogical feelings by focusing on something else.

-I know it sounds stupid, but superstition is stupid by definition! Easy to say that it's bullshit in broad daylight with friends, it's a whole different story at night, alone when every shadow looks like a ghost. You don't care about people who believe in Bloody Mary but not enough to try the ritual just to prove to them that it's bullshit. My point is that maybe this guy was lucky or maybe he knew they had old monsters to use as a screen but in the end, he could kill her.

-So, we eliminate the theory that false Grundy was his only intended victim, but we add that he can come from Greendale or at least be familiar with the city? Asked Kevin.

Everyone nodded, and Kevin wrote their last notes.

-What's the result? Asked Jughead.

-Uh... male, white, in his forties, with a high probability of having green eyes, height and average weight according to the information we have, in good physical condition, knows how to shoot, knows the city of Riverdale and Grendales well, has access to private information, seems obsessed with the sins of the city which may indicate that he is religious in a way, concludes Kevin by always having a supportive eye towards Betty. -In other words, we don't have much.

-Bright green eyes are the rarest natural color in humans, only 2% of the population has eyes of this color, says Jughead.

-Ironic as a remark in a room with 3 people with green eyes, Kevin remarked, referring to himself, Betty and Sabrina, all of whom have eyes of this color. He could even have included Jughead so the look oscillating between green and blue.

Everyone stared at him for a moment Kevin who caught up:

-Hey, I'm not accusing anyone, it was just a remark that includes me too! You don't have to get paranoid.  

-Yes, in addition, limiting oneself to only people with green eyes would be counterproductive. Archie was in shock, the Blackhood's eyes could be hazelnut or blue but seemed green because of the lighting, Jughead recalled.

-We should still prioritize them without kidnapping suspects because they have a different color," says Betty.

-Good idea," Jughead approved.

-Speaking of Archie, can either of you explain how the fact that his father got shot gives him the right to leave a neo-Nazi group? Said frustrated Toni.

The other four turned to Toni, shocked by his accusations.

-Toni, what are you talking about the red circle? Asked troubled Betty.

-Yes, I'm talking about these morons! Ready to attack the southside in the first movement! Toni continued.

-I didn't know that the neo-Nazis had become multicultural," says Sabrina coldly.

-Sorry? Toni asked.

-Apology accepter, Sabrina quickly said, taking advantage of Toni's poor choice of words. -But my point is that I don't understand why you call a multi-ethnic group without any iconography related to fascism or Nazism, Sabrina continued.

-And Archie is Jewish by his mother, feels obliged to specify Betty to defend Archie. Information that was greeted by a frustrated look from Tony and a satisfied look from Sabrina.  

-They had hoods... Toni began.

And they were bare-chested, usually except for a bad case of Vertigo, people have the same color face and torso, the Sabrina cut.

-I was going to say that the KKK wears hoods too! Toni defended himself.

-Like many Islamic extremist groups or pussyriots, I don't see you accusing them of being one or the other, Sabrina continued.

-As soon as we could all agree that it looked like bad porn at first? Tempted awkwardly Kevin only reaping the fiery gaze of the two girls.  Betty also tried to calm the situation down:

-This is the third time we've changed the subject, I think it's a sign that everyone is getting tired. We've made good progress, so why are we getting

-Sorry, but if it's to make the Southside serve as a scapegoat, then it'll be without me, Toni shouted before leaving the caravan.

-Toni, wait! Says Jughead as he goes to his suite leaving the other three alone.

Betty sighed with her head between her hands.

-Sorry," said Sabrina. -I shouldn't have corrected it.

-You didn't do anything wrong," Betty said flatly. -She needed to vent her anger one way or another, my sister is the same.

- Do you have a sister?

-Yes, Polly.

(And a brother somewhere she thought silently).

-Is it just Polly, Pollyanna or Appoly? Sabrina asked.

-Uh... Pollyanna, says Betty surprised by the question. -My mother likes the classics, Pollyanna after the novel of the same name and I am Elizabeth after Pride and Prejudice.

Kevin had a little laugh, from what he knew about Betty's mother, a novel about an indescribable optimist and another about the danger of preconceived ideas and misplaced pride seemed quite funny from Alice Cooper. Betty seemed to think the same thing because her expression seemed closer to a I know what you think than a hurt expression.

- Not everyone can have a name with a cool meaning, others like your servant are named after the top 10 popular names of 2003, complains Kevin. - What about you? Was he a fan of the movie with Audrey Hepburn? Asked Kevin.

-Maybe. But I think the important part was the A at the end," says Sabrina.

-The A? continued Kevin that Betty could see mentally taking notes.

-All the girls in my family for more than 400 years have a name that ends in A even if it means changing the spelling: Sabrina, Zelda, Hilda, Vesta, Esmeralda, Lydia, Priscilla, Evanora, Locasta Kezia, Sara and many more!

-I hope there are still some good ones left among them, Kevin continued.

-We'll see, you already must have a daughter on the way to do that! Retorqued Sabrina.

-I hope it's not too bad with Toni," says Betty as she leaves with Kevin.

-Yes, especially since Sabrina should have apologized to me. I had planned to make connections with her, replied this one.

-Did you want to hear from Joaquin? Asked Betty.

-I just wanted to know if he was okay," Kevin said hastily. -His life was not exactly easy and no matter what happened between us, I don't wish him any misfortune.

-I don't judge, on the contrary if you came back together, we could have double dates with our snake buddies, Betty tried.

-Yes, and we can visit them together in prison," says Kevin sarcastically. -Why don't you ask the question that burns your tongue?

-On Sabrina?

-On Luna Lovegood herself.

-So?

She's self-monitoring, I can confirm that, but she talks as much as I do and if she tries to be careful, she lets things slip. She comes from Greendale with her family who has been there for a long time, among the names of women she named some are obscure enough that if Spellman is her real name can find them. Plus, she was talking about doing a congregation and seems to have had a good education so probably was at school at one time or another. Hopefully, someone saw something.

-Won't it be too hard to get? Betty continued.

-My father is already contacting the Greendale police because of the black hood and I just need to ask the archives manager to send us information pretending it's for my father. Madge trusts me, I'm the gay son she never had," Kevin proudly said.

-Oh, my God, Kevin, you're awesome!

-I know but I can't promise you a result; too precise would risk attracting attention and it may be that it is really nothing. For all we know, she could be a bored mythomaniac or a kid who lives without contact with civilization because her parents are in a cult or something, Kevin reminded her. -And you will have to deal with his reaction and or the problems that will follow, Kevin reminded him.

-I will take responsibility for my actions, Betty promised.

-Toni, wait! Jughead shouted.

-What? Asked Toni frustrated but stopped anyway.

-I'm sorry about what just happened, but no one is our enemy!

-Our enemy? Asked intrigues Toni.

-I'm going to become a Southside Serpent, aren't I? And Betty defended the snakes and my father in the newspaper even though it made her threaten, Kevin made....

-Allows Joaquin to flee the city, Toni added.

-Do you know each other? Asked Jughead.

-There are exactly 3 LGBT Serpent of our age in and for all, we stick together.

-Joaquin, you...including Jughead

-I like guys but I like girls even more," smiles Toni. -And Fang is like me, but it stays between us.

-I promise! And for Archie....

-He is an idiot, and someone will end up hurting: turn into a martyr if it is someone from the north and if it is someone from the south, he will probably have run after it, concluded Toni.

-Yes, unfortunately. I intend to fix this. It's horrible what's his father’s but drowning a bunch of idiots in their own testosterone isn't going to help the situation. Neither is Sweet peas' plan.

-He is not the only one to have this point seen," said Toni gloomily. -But you can't do anything until you're an official member. I'll also have to talk to your roommate.

-Why?

Toni had a little amused smile

 When they returned, they found Sabrina alone cleaning up. The cat eats with enthusiasm the little bit of staying behind.

-They left but Betty said you could do the text her, Sabrina quickly answered.

-I'll do it right away," replied Jughead, taking his phone and settling down on the sofa.

-It's all right Toni? continued Sabrina

-Not bad, don't even think of taking advantage of a moment of weakness for your cat to eat me," replied this one. -Besides, you and I must have a chat," she continued, taking Sabrina's wrist and dragging her into the room.

Sabrina stiffened under her fingers but did not try to resist, following her. Toni saw the cat watching her following her with her eyes...Stupid animal!

Toni closed the door and turned to Sabrina who had sat on the bed.

-Why this sudden desire for privacy, Antoinette? Asked the other coldly.

-Don't flatter yourself, Sabrinette," said Toni before taking a deep breath and choosing her words carefully:

-I need you to listen to me: Jughead is going to have to have an initiation to be a gang member. One of the challenges for this involves getting into his home. We won't touch you and nothing serious will happen, okay?

-For this one, said with a kind of amusing dry Sabrina. No problem! - No problem! Just let me know when I should take out my first aid kit.

- I never talked about that! Said Toni forcefully.

-So, none of the events can hurt Jughead? Sabrina asked with a big smile.

-Well... Toni began.

-That's what I thought," said Sabrina clinically. -Don't worry, I'm not judging and it's none of my business.

Toni should be happy to hear him say that, shouldn't she? Or maybe he replies that it is none of his business. But she can't do it. There was something wrong with this girl; something missing or at least had been damaged, leaving that feeling of cold and death that comes out of her. Sabrina's gaze passes over Toni in such a clinical way that she feels naked: an animal judging its prey before speaking:

-I like Jughead, he's a good person. I won't let anything happen to her, I promise, conclude this one with a smile. Then she reattached in force:

-Same, worse or better than for you?

-What?

-Your initiation? Is Jughead going to get the same one as you or is it going to be different? Sabrina continued.

Images of the snake dance reappeared in Toni's head with feelings of anger, shame and disgust. Dancing at the age of 14 in front of adult men, some of whom she considers to be family and others who had looked like a piece of meat, still haunting her today. So far from the stories of pure warriors of his grandfather protecting theirs. Again, one of the elders had told him what it was like before FP took the lead of the Serpent...

-I see...said Sabrina looking sade to the surprise Toni.

-What do you see? Toni asked dryly.

She looked embarrassed before she answered:

-Your expression... I’m sorry. It's not a good memory...

- Like when you come from? Because I don't know if you ran away from home because you wanted to live the life of a young adult novel character or if you're as fucked up as you say you are going to have to give something other than your word. Because believe me, I know what it's like to have no one and not be able to go to the cops...  

Sabrina stiffened up but replied with a smile closer to the grimace:

- I gave you my hometown, didn't I? Doesn't that give me points for good conduct?  And you want to take me out with the not so different after involving that I hide by boredom? Oh Antoinette, you know nothing about my situation and if you were me, you'd wish you were dead! So, you take care of Jughead and I'll be there if you ever need help to put the pieces back together again because if it were really safe, I wouldn't have the face of someone who would take him to the slaughterhouse, Sabrina continued, spitting out his venom.

-You crazy bit...started Tony who wasn't as to why she hadn't hit him yet.

(Because it would mean touching her) and Tony's gut told her that something horrible would happen if she did. The poisoning episode was probably not the worst.

 -Not a you are wrong or it a lie? If you switched to insults, it's because I had a good argument.

Then seeming to find a semblance of calm:

-Everyone survives as best they can, I don't judge, I don't think I even have the right to judge others' choices anymore. I'm just asking you the same thing, okay? I want help to thank you for your help and I will leave at the slightest sign of disturbance on your part," she said, realizing that the violence of her reaction and extending her hand apologizes.

-Swear on what little I have left, Antoinette.

Toni, gave him a cold look and before saying:

-Don't you dare go out the room when we get back tomorrow, before turning his back on her and leaving the room.

[writing-rivers]

The Plan

Steve Rogers x Reader (not really)

Warning: Blood? Poor writing?

Summary: Reader fakes her death.

A/N: I might make a part two I you guys want

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“What?” I asked, standing from the chair I was sitting in. “You’re joking right?”

“Agent Y/L/N I never joke,” The one-eyed man sitting across from me said, standing slowly.

“So you’re telling me that I need to fake my death in order to save the world?”

“Yes.”

“I swear to god Nick you always do this, just,” I sigh in defeat and slump back down into the soft chair, “Just tell me why. Why me?” This is crazy, I only came to Shield four months ago with minimal training and a bad past. Now, the Director of this god forsaken organization is telling me I need to fake my death.

“Because,” Director Fury stated, walking around the desk and sitting next to me, ”Nobody knows you Y/N. After Ms. Romanoff released all the HYDRA and SHIELD information she lost all of her alias’. You on the other hand were never in the system. Someone messed up and didn’t put you in. Whic–”

“WHAT!!” I screamed standing to my feet again, “I WAS NEVER IN THE SYSTEM!! Well who fucked up so I can give them a beating.” Oh my god I was never in the system that means I was never really an agent, my whole life–

“Y/n calm down, it doesn’t matter now,” Fury said his voice breaking me out of my thought, “I need you to do this and you can’t tell anybody.”

“What about Steve?”

“No”

“Natasha?”

“No”

“Well how abou–”

“Y/N NO!” The Director yelled giving me a ‘if you don’t stop I’ll make you stop’ look. And that was enough to make me shut my mouth, because that man is hella scary.

“Fine,” I grumbled, folding my arms like a little kid. “What’s the plan?”

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“Hey Steve,” I grunted kicking a HYDRA Agent to the ground as six more closed in on me. “I could use a little help if you’re done loli gagging.”

“What you can’t a few agents!” He smirked hitting an Agent with his shield, sending to poor man hurtling across the room. The fight was short lived and pretty soon all the Hydra Members were either dead or horribly injured.

“Thanks, old man,” I said patting him on the back, while he glared at me trying to hide his smile.

“All right we’re all clear here, get ready to move out,” I said into my earpiece earning murmurs and grunts from my other teammates.

We started walking towards the exit and out of the corner of my eye I could see Steve looking at me nervously. “Hey Y/n maybe after this we ca-”

“Watch out!” Steve got cut off as I screamed and jumped in front of him, protecting him from the oncoming bullets, (I would have pushed him out of the way, but that man is like a brick wall.) Two bullets pierced through my skin and blood instantly started pouring from the wounds. ‘Damn this hurts so much more that I expected. Fuck you Nick’ I thought.

The shooter had fled and Steve had run after him, not noticing my bloodied body on the ground. I withered in pain as I heard grunts and punches coming from the next room. There was one more grunt and the sound of a body hitting the floor before Steve came back slightly more disheveled and out of breath than before. Upon noticing me on the floor Steve ran over with a panicked face and picked me up in his arms.  

Steve started running with me in his arms. He kept repeating, “You’re going to be okay Y/n. It’s fine, it’s not that bad,” The running made the pain worse and I really did feel like I was going to die, ‘the next time that one-eyed bastard needs me to do something say no. God dammit Y/n’.  Steve ran into Quinjet yelling, “Y/n’s been shot, we need immediate evac.” He set me down on a table and started to apply pressure on both wounds. “Hey, Y/n look at me, keep your eyes open.” I moved my head and looked at Steve, he was covered in blood, my blood, and he was frantically trying to stop the blood from pouring out of my body.

We reached the compound and the plan was already going perfectly. The “doctors” Director Fury hired were doing “everything they could”, and soon I would be declared dead. I felt bad for everyone on the team, I know how many friends they had lost in the past and to lose another would be hard. But the mission I was going on could save a lot of people, so ultimately this was for the best.

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The doctors came out of the operating room with a solemn look on their faces, that was never a good sign. It was how they looked when they told me when my mom passed. I felt my heart speed up as I rose to my feet to hear the news. I knew in the bottom of my heart the truth but I was still hopeful that Y/N was alive. The doctor spoke and told me what I dreaded. Y/N was dead.

[kiddoryder]

Date Night

for @loli-momo1908 ;) enjoy! 

It was just a normal day in the Happy Hotel. Inside Charlie’s room, she and her youngest cousin Sonya was watching a horror movie. They were busy eating a lot of snacks and drinking soda and beer.

 Charlie - “You sure you can handle this baby cousin?”

 Sonya - “Don’t worry Cousin Charlie, scary movies don’t scare me like they use too.”

 Charlie - “Well alright *noticed the popcorn is almost empty* hey I’m gonna get more popcorn. Do you mind if I also bring Vaggie to watch the movie with us?”

 Sonya - “Sure no problem.”

 Charlie left to go get more popcorn leaving Sonya alone in the room. Then Angel was walking and saw Sonya watching a scary movie looking a bit afraid. He did a sneaky smile and quietly walked into the room and hide behind the bed. Sonya was watching the movie getting a little scared.

 Sonya - *frightened* “Okay now this is starting to get scary.”

 That’s when Angel slowly stood up behind her, up and tickled Sonya’s side. This made Sonya screamed and fell on the floor landing on her stomach. Then she saw Angel laughing hard which made her mad.

 Sonya - *mad* “What the hell Angel?!”

 Angel - *laughing* “That was hilarious! *mockingly* Ohhh look out Sonya! The monster gonna gets you!”

 Angel continue to laugh until Sonya saw a jar of hot pepper that Charlie enjoys eating. Smirking, Sonya took a handful she took a handful of hot peppers and stuffed them into Angel’s mouth. She began to laugh and point at Angel who’s quickly spit out the pepper and his mouth was burning and was looking for something to drink. That’s when he ran into the hallway and saw Charlie who was holding a bowl of popcorn  and Vaggie with a liquor bottle in her hand. Angel swipes it and drank all of it.

 Angel - *sighs* “Thanks for the drink babe.”

 Vaggie - *angry* “Angel! What the fuck!? I was gonna drink that!”

 Angel - “Well that’s not my fault! Princess’s little cousin shoved hot peppers in my mouth!”

 Sonya - *coming out the room* “He scared me and laughed at me!”

 Charlie - “Well Angel, it  sounds to me like you brought this on yourself.”

 Vaggie - “And you owe me a new bottle of liquor!”

 Angel - “Sure thing babe. I'll give it to ya on February 29th.”

 Charlie - “That’s a leap year.” Angel - “Exactly.”

 Vaggie - “Ugh. Jerk.”

 Angel Dust - “Bitch.”

 Then that’s when the McNights siblings Blitz and Sophie came back from the Supermarket and went upstairs. They saw their friends looking mad and annoyed at each other.

 Blitz - “What’s going on here?”

 Sonya - “Angel’s being a jerk like usual.”

 Blitz - *sighs* “Angel What did you do this time?”

 Angel - “Nothing I just played a little joke on the kid. Until she stuffs hot peppers into my mouth!”

 Sonya - “Well you scared me!”

 Charlie - “That’s Enough! Look it’s clear to me that Angel is simply bored because teasing Sonya

would be the last thing he would do. I mean we were hanging out with each other.”

 Angel -“And I don’t have anybody to hang out with since Cherri is out of town to Turf War Con.”

 Charlie - “Really? Hmm *to Blitz and did a smirk* “Say Blitz, when was the last time you and Angel spent time with each other?”

 Blitz eyes widen a bit as he hid his blush when he was asked this question.

 Blitz - “Uh! Umm...... Well, uhh....”

  Blitz tried looking away as he rubbed his head a bit. He tried to remember but couldn’t much to his embarrassment.                                                                                                                          Charlie - *smirking at Blitz teasingly* “Something tells me that you haven't yet.”                                                                          Blitz - “Hey, of course we have. We went on a.....*sounds nervous* umm....Shoot, what was it? Ugghh....”

 Sophie - “A date?”

 Angel - “Bingo! Sophie said the magic word!”

 Sophie smiles at this and Blitz started to blush a bit more when they mentioned it.

 Blitz - *shocked* “A date?!” *he placed hand over face*  Aw, shit, that's worse…”                                                                        

 Vaggie - “Seems to me you guys haven't went on a date just yet.”

 Sonya - “Or having hanged out with each other at all lately.”

 Angel - “Well we couldn’t ever since...You know what happened…”

 Blitz - *glumly* “Right….”

 Blitz lowered head a bit as he placed his left hand on right arm. The others started to look a bit sad and uncomfortable too.                                                              

Charlie - “That's right, Ryan O'Grady…”                                                                         

Vaggie - “How could we ever forget? *crossed her arms*

 A few weeks ago, Ryan O’Grady AKA the Evil Eye Killer (Who was responsible for murdering Blitz and Sophie’s parents 4 years ago), had kidnapped Angel Dust and brutally beat him in an abandoned factory. Ryan’s plan was to lure Blitz into the factory so he can kill him and Angel. Luckily for Blitz, he managed to save Angel from Ryan’s grasps but unfortunately, Angel was badly injured and had to spend some time at the hospital to recovered. Not wanting to Blitz and Angel (along with the others) to remains sad, Charlie spoke up and said:

 Charlie - “Well Maybe you guys should go out and spend some time together. We will even watch Sophie for you.”

 Blitz - “You will?”

 Vaggie -  “smirks as she shrugged shoulders a bit*

“Sure, why not?”

 Sonya - “Of course you can trust us. We will take good care of her.”

 Charlie - “We will all have a fun time with each other.”

 Sophie - *happily* “Yaayy!

 Sophie smiles as she ran over to Charlie and hugged her cutely. Blitz was surprised at this kindness because before he and Sophie move into the hotel, not a lot of people showed them kindness. Then again, its Hell people are jerks to each other everywhere. Plus it would be nice to spend some time with Angel.                                                                    

 Blitz - “Well... Alright, I guess we can go out on a date. *looked over at Angel* What do you say, Angel?”

 Angel - “I say date night!! *hand him a piece of paper* Meet me at this bar at 7:00! I got a special surprise for you!!”

 Blitz - “Oh boy.”

 ()()()()()()()()

                                                                                                                         Later at night in Hell, Blitz was at a place called the Champagne Bar, which was a rare fancy bar that shows a couple of demons and sinners were formally dressed and having their time drinking while the piano music was heard playing. Blitz was also wearing a formal outfit of a blue tie, vest tuxedo with white long sleeve, and dark pants with black shoes as he was sitting on his seat at the bartender stand while sipping a glass of orange soda he ordered. Blitz checked his watch, he noticed Angel was five minutes late.                                                       

 Blitz -  “It's 5 minutes after 7. Angel should've been here by now.”

 Angel - *in a sing songy voice* “Yoo-hoo Blitzy Que!”

 Blitz soon glared as his left eye twitched a bit at that nickname. Blitz hated the nickname “Blitzy Que” that Angel gave him because to him, it sounds embarrassing and stupid.  

 Blitz - “How many times have I told you NOT TO-!

 However when Blitz turned around, his eyes widen of seeing Angel stepping out slowly in something so special. He saw Angel dresses in a gray and pink stripe dress, with gray gloves, and high heels boots with a pink heart design. Angel had his hair gelled down covering his left eye and had makeup on Angel Dust - *sedately* “So how do I look baby?”

 Blitz was staring at him speechless while blushing. He never seen Angel dresses so beautiful like this before. Blitz shook his head to snap out of this trance before turned to the bartender stand as he held a glass of orange soda and tried to keep himself calm. Angel started to walk up toward Blitz.

 Blitz - “Uh, fine. Fine. You look.... fine.”

 Angel - *perk up his “breast”* “Why Blitzy Que, are you blushing at my executive beauty?”

 Blitz’s eyes widen before spitting his drink out, which startled Angel at this.

  Blitz - *coughing* “WHAT?! *started to blush all over as he raised hands out in front as they waved a bit frantically* “Ohh, nonononononono! Who said I'm blushing?! I'm not blushing! Shut up! I was never blushing! Uh-uh! Not me, man!”

  Blitz lowered his hands a bit as he and Angel stared at each other in silent for a few moments. Angel couldn’t help but began to laugh a little when Blitz was freaking out since it’s rare to see Blitz having a freak out. Blitz was a bit embarrassed,  but then he realized that nickname he called him before his face turned red, along with his eye colors as he pointed at him.

 Blitz - “And  didn't I tell you not to call me that?!

 Angel snickers - Sorry Blitz it’s just fits so perfectly! *chuckles* but I’m glad you liked my outfit Blitz began blushed again as he looked away a bit.

 Blitz - “Uhh, yeah.... Yeah, you look great in it. Let’s just get some food.”

After ordering wine, Angel and Blitz decided to order and eat some shrimp and salad since they both like shrimp. While they were waiting, they were talking about just stuff they seen in hell and the things they usually do in Hell. Then their order came and began to eat. While eating,  Angel starting to have an uneasy look on his face. Angel - “Can I ask you something Blitz?”

Blitz - “Sure. What is it?”

 Angel - “Do you think I’m...pathetic?”

 Blitz - “Of course not. Why would you even think that?”

 Angel - “I just feel like ever since...You know what happened, I felt like you’re disappointed in me. I mean normally whenever I get kidnapped or threaten, I can take care of myself. But with that Evil Eye Bastard, I felt so weak cause how he almost killed me.”

 Blitz - “Angel, I would never be disappointed with you. That wasn’t your fault, you never faced a guy like him. There are sometimes I even get badly hurt by him.”

 Angel - “Yeah But did your opinion of me changed? After...What happened?”

 Blitz looked down at a bowl of shrimp and salad. At first, he wanted to stay quiet and continue eating, but know that Angel would keep bugging him about it and wouldn’t get the answer he wants. It was painful for him to talk about his feelings when it comes to Ryan, but thanks to Charlie, he knows that he can’t keep his feelings bottled up forever. Blitz looked up to Angel and said:

 Blitz - *Sigh* “Angel, I.... When you were badly hurt by Ryan and when I took you to the hospital to get you better, I was... I was just so scared... so afraid that I might lose you. *placed hand on forehead* Just thinking about that horrible thought reminded me of how I lost my parents to that bastard. I didn’t want the same thing to happen to you.”

 Angel - “I know...I mean I was shocked and actually scared when I was fighting him. He kept saying nasty stuff about you.”

 Blitz - *surprised* “He did?”

Angel - “Yeah but I didn’t let that stop me from well trying to beat the shit out of him.”

Flashback In the abandon factory, Angel was trying to fight Ryan, but Ryan punched him in a crate of boxes. Angel stood up and looked angrily at Ryan who was doing a smirk at him.

Angel - “You call that a punch? My father punched harder than that!”

 Ryan - *laughs and rubbing his knuckles* “You should've just cooperated with my plan and tried not to escape or stupidly tried to fight me, you wouldn't have been in a physical mess. I know that pathetic rat with wings loves you deep down and it's a shame he wouldn't have a chance to tell you that, when I'm through with him, then you, and then, his baby sister who is weak and pathetic like her brother.

 Angel - *angerly* “Why you bastard!”

Angel ran and actually managed to punch Ryan in the face which did knock him down a little. Ryan was shocked because only strong demons like Blitz was able to fight him or physically harm him. He never thought a demon like Angel can actually have the strength to hit him.

Angel - “You are just jealous because Blitz is more of a man then you will ever be! You may lie to yourself that you are better than Blitz, or Sophie, or even his parents. But I know about the truth about you: the truth about you is that you’re nothing but a fucking coward!”

 Ryan - *glaring angrily as he got up* SHUT THE FUCK UP!”

 Ryan ran toward at Angel and slapped him on the right side of face, which made him fell on the ground. Then Ryan kicked Angel on the stomach hard as he watched Angel rolled over towards another crate box. Then he walked over and knelt down as he roughly placed his hand on Angel’s head to keep him pinned down while apprehending his four arms. Angel was wincing in pain even when Ryan was digging his nails into Angel’s skin, but he didn’t want Ryan to hear it, so he stopped.

 Ryan - “You don't know anything about me or what their father did to me, when I was alive years ago.... And once your precious hero comes to the rescue, I'll be making you watch as I slaughter the fucking life out of him! *grins evilly* And then, after that, I'd be happy to have you join him in a merciless death.”

 Angel - “The real tortured is that a coward will be the one who will kill me! The most fun I’ll have is watching him beating the living crap of you cause that what you are too! A piece of crap!”

 Ryan -  “I wouldn't get too cocky, you little shit!”

 He lifted up Angel by bow tie,  and threw him across the factory, seeing him crashed on another crate box that shattered into pieces. Ryan began to walk over towards him.

 Ryan -  “Tell me, if I were a coward, how come that little runt with wings ran away from me with his sister 4 years ago? Ohh, that's right. He's been hiding like a sick scared bitch all this time after he saw me put an end of his dear parents. Does that make him a "man" by cowering away in the shadows all this time? He's a poor weakling sap, just like you are.”

 Angel weakly got up and wince in pain and saw that his first left arm was broken. He was in a lot of pain and beside the broken arm, Angel can feel and see he got a lot of cuts and bruises on him. Even his clothes, bow tie, and gloves had some holes and torn apart.  However, despite being in pain, Angel refuses to give up and let Ryan talk bad or hurt Blitz.

 Angel - “You shut up about him! You’re a hypocrite too! If you are so tough, then why aren’t you fighting him now? Your basically me using me as a shield. Plus killing his parents four years ago prove that you are a poor weakling sap because you were too afraid to fight back! At least Blitz is a braver guy then you are!”

 Ryan was getting angry again that he was being mocked and talked back to by a demon like Angel. He could have killed him quickly but thought why not beating him into a bloody pulp? It would be much for fun and seeing Blitz’s reaction, Blitz would be too depressed to fight back and easier for Ryan to kill him. Then Ryan kicked Angel on the stomach, which made him fell on the ground again.

 Ryan - “You're arrogant fool. No wonder why your daddy never loved you at all. At any time when the son of my arch enemy arrives to the rescue, it'll be the last time you'll be seeing him alive....”

 Ryan was smirking with sharp teeth bared before he looked out at the window and saw Blitz flying over from the very far distance from the sky.

 Ryan -  “And not a moment too soon....”

 Ryan chuckles evilly, looking forward to having Blitz falling right into his trap. Then he turned back into Angel.

 Ryan - “But why don’t we have more fun huh? Let even make it a challenge.”

 Ryan then puts a blindfold and gag on Angel and continued to beat him up. But Angel continue to fight back despite being in horrible pain for Blitz.

 Flashback ends

Blitz was shocked. Not only he was feeling anger from Ryan for badly hurting Angel, and insulting him and Sophie, but couldn’t believe that Angel took all that pain for him. That’s a sign that Angel isn’t a heartless jerk some people say.

 Blitz - “Angel...I can’t believe you did that for me.”

 Angel - “Of course I did. That was the worst pain I ever been through, but I kept fighting him for you no matter how much it hurts. But my memory was a little blurry. I just You are carrying me, being on a bed with wheels, something was put on my face and you crying.”

 Blitz - “That's because... *Sigh* I did cry for you. I mean after you passed out, I quickly flew to the hospital and I was a messed…”

 Flashback

 At the hospital, Blitz kicked the door opened and ran toward the front desk carrying an unconscious Angel Dust in his arms. He told the front desk who was looking uninterested and painting her nails.

 Blitz - “Where the Doctor?! I need them now!”

 Front desk clerk - “Look you can’t just come in here and demand something! I’m busy doing my nails and-“

 Blitz - *grabbed her by the shirt* “I don’t give a shit about your nails! He’s badly hurt, and you better get the doctor or else I’m killing everybody in this crap hole!”

 Clerk - *scared* “Y-Yes Sir!”

 The clerk pressed a button and a doctor came out. First, he only saw Blitz and looked annoyed.

 Doctor - “Clerk you know I only take in worthy demons-“

 However Blitz turned around, and the doctor saw he has an injured and unconscious Angel in his arms. The doctor gasps in shock.

 Doctor - “Hey that’s that mobster and porn star Angel Dust!”

 Blitz - “Yes! He’s badly hurt! Help him now!”

 Doctor - “Alright! You’re lucky Angel is an important figure in Hell. I only help those that I think are worthy.”

 The Doctor pressed a button on the wall and two nurses came out with a stretcher. Blitz gently put Angel down and they began to wheel him. Angel weakly opened his eyes halfway and the doctor put an oxygen mask on his face. Angel closed his eyes again and opened them seeing that he was still on the stretcher but saw that Blitz was there holding his hand and saying:

 Blitz - *with tears coming down his face* “Angel...you’re gonna be okay...You better not die! You hear me?”

 Angel - “Mmm...Blitzy…”

 Angel lost consciousness again and it made Blitz more worried. Then Blitz stopped when one of the doctors block his way and the rest of them kept wheeled Angel into the hall.

 Blitz - “Get out of my way! I need him!”

 Doctor 2 - “Sorry But rules are rules. Beside they are wheeling him to the operation room.”

 Blitz - *shocked* “Operation room?”

 Doctor 2 - “Have you seen the injuries he has? He will need surgery, so he won’t die again. We will make sure to keep you in tact on what is happening.”

 Blitz - *sighs* “Fine…”

 Flashback ends

 Blitz - “I kept on praying and praying for you to be alright and stay alive after what happened. I would never forgive myself, if I ever lose you.”

 Blitz gently put his hands-on Angel’s and sighs. Angel was also shocked and surprised on how much Blitz cares about Angel. Out of all the men Angel dated or just have sex with for money, he never met someone like Blitz who truly care about him.

 Angel - *comforting* “Aw don’t worry Blitzy I’m not going anywhere.”

Angel moves forward a little to Blitz’s face and Blitz was slowly starting to do the same. However before anything can happen, the door burst opened with gang leader saying: Gang Leader - “Alright! This is a robbery! Everybody gives up your fancy crap right now!”

 Out of shock and fear, the sinners took out their money and some valuables that's worth a fortune or so, which allows the Gang Leader and his group to take some to claim as their own. Blitz and Angel saw what was happening and Blitz glaring over at what was going on as he stood up from seat.

 Blitz -  “Ohh, hell no!”

 Angel - “Wait for me!” He followed Blitz and saw the robbery. One of the gangs and saw Angel Dust. He did a wow wee whistle.

Gang Member - “Oh look at this hot stuff! I wouldn’t mind taking this one!”

 He was about to grabbed Angel, but Angel said:

  Angel - “Sorry Shnookums, I’m already taken. But you can take this!”

 Angel took out his gun and shot him in the head knocking him out. As the gang members just heard and saw what Angel did to their member, they were angry and was about grab him. Blitz stood in front of them, with his blue eyes started glow red with sharp claws bared from his fingers.                                                                                                          

 Blitz - “Keep your fucking ugly claws away from my date!”

 Blitz swung an uppercut punch at three of the gang members in just one strike with his fist flared in blue magical glow. Angel smiles and said/

 Angel - “Let me Help you out baby!”

Then a fight began to happen. The Gang Leader would either use weapons like guns or bats, or just use their fists. But Angel and Blitz was a lot stronger than them and Blitz is using his kickboxing skills and some of his magic. Angel was using his guns and his aiming skills to make sure the gang leaders wouldn’t hurt him or Blitz. As they were fighting, one of the gang members got out a chain as a tempted to grabbed Blitz but Angel quickly noticed it. Angel - “Look out!”

He pushed Blitz out of the way and got chained up instead. Member - “I got bait!”

He threw Angel across the room hard and he was knocked into a bunch of chairs and tables. Blitz saw this in horror.                                                                                                             

Blitz - “Angel! *his eyes glowed red as he glared at the gang* Errrrr...!”                                                                                                                   

As the gang members started to get a slight scared look on their faces, even the leader, Blitz soon let out an angry roar before he flew forth directly at them all. Then, outside of the bar, it was soon shaking and quaking while the fighting noises were heard until a minute later, POW! They were burst through the ceiling of the bar building as they were sent flying by Blitz's powerful blow from his witchcraft magic until they soon crash landed on a garbage truck full of garbage as it soon drove away. Blitz was panting as he was finished from his fight with his eyes stopped glowing red as they changed back to blue before calming down from his anger.  Blitz ran over to Angel who was sitting up and rubbing his head.

 Blitz - *putting a hand on his shoulder* “Angel, are you alright?”

 Angel - *wincing* “Yeah I’m Fine I-“

Angel wince in pain as he held his ankle. But he didn’t want Blitz to worry.

Angel - *trying to hide the pain* “Ohh Don’t worry. I’m pretty sure it’s just a scratch or cut when I crashed.”

 Angel began to stand up but wince in pain again and stood on one foot. Blitz noticed this and he carefully put Angel back down on the floor for him to relax his ankle.

 Blitz - “Angel, I know you aren’t okay. Let me see what’s wrong. Take off your boot.”

 Angel - “Blitz I-“

 Blitz - “Just do it. I don’t like seeing you in pain.”

 Angel - “Well alright.”

 Angel unzipped the back of his boot and Blitz’s carefully took it off. Angel wince in pain a little and Blitz saw that Angel's left ankle had a slight bruise, but it was also badly sprained.

 Blitz -  “It's more like a sprain. Here, let me try and make it better.”                                                                                                     ��          

And so, Blitz carefully put Angel’s foot on his lap and Angel wince a little more. Then Blitz raised his hand over the sprained ankle, closed his eyes, and began chanting an ancient language of spells with his hand began to glow warmly as if he's casting a healing spell to make Angel's ankle feel better from a common injury. Angel then liked this feeling because at first, he thought the healing would cause more pain, but it actually did the opposite of that. This healing was actually making him better.

 Angel - “Ohh...This is feeling really nice!”

 Blitz - “Just a little bit more.”

 Blitz kept on  casting his healing spell on Angel’s  ankle. The bruise and the sprain on the ankle faded away completely and it was now restored into a normal health. Blitz soon finished with a healing spell as his hand stopped glowing while Angel managed to carefully put his boot back on and get back up on his own. And most of all, his ankle doesn't hurt anymore, thanks to Blitz and his ways of witchcraft his mother taught him years ago.

 Angel - “Wow Thanks...Nurse Blitzy Que! *he laughs*

 Blitz - *left eye twitched as he glared a bit annoyed, pointing at him* “Do not call me that, you crossdressing dolt!”

 Angel - “Well it’s cute and you did heal me after all.”

 Blitz - “Yeah, I guess the healing part is true. *looked around at the mess in the bar and sighed.* Well, this date was a total disaster. Damn those robbers! They ruined everything. *placed left hand on back of neck while his right hand on his hip*

 Angel - “Well it wasn’t a total disaster. I mean we got free stuff!”

 Angel held up the bag of money and other stolen stuff. Blitz looked at him annoyed.

 Blitz - “Angel, don't even think about keeping all those. *looking at him with eyebrow raised up* They're not even ours.”

 Angel - *defensive* “So? It not like anybody gonna miss them or need them.”

 Blitz took a deep breath and sighed with hands on hips and sighed at Angel. While he was annoyed at him, Angel did bring up a good point about taking stolen items since things in Hell get stolen all the time.                                                                              

 Now with the robber gang were out of the picture, Angel and Blitz came out of the bar with a bag full of money and other stolen items as they headed back home. And it soon showed these two slowly holding each other's hands softly as they walked away.

 Angel - “Thanks again for the date Blitz I actually had a good time.”

 Blitz - *smile* “No problem. I had a great time too with you.”                                                                                 

  As Angel and Blitz smiled softly at each other, they walked all the way to the Happy Hotel and call it a night as their date went pretty swell for the both of them.

 ()()()()()()()()()

 They opened the hotel door and saw the girls asleep and their face covered with candy and frosting. They even saw some candy and cupcake on the floor along with juice and movies on the floor.   Angel - “I guess the gals had a party of their own huh?”

 Blitz - *smirking as he chuckled in throat a bit*  “Sure seems like it. *gently picked up Sophie* I better take this little one and call it a night.”

 Angel - *yawns* I’m gonna call it a night too. Night Blitzy.”

 Blitz - “Goodnight Angel.”

Blitz and Angel went upstairs and went to their own rooms to sleep. Then later in the night, Blitz got up and went to the bathroom. After he was finished, he was heading  back to his room, and Blitz saw Angel’s door open and saw that  Angel asleep in his bed with his blanket covering half of his body. Seeing Angel asleep, reminded Blitz his time of watching Angel in the hospital. “Flashback” Blitz just got back from the bathroom and saw Angel asleep. Luckily, he didn’t get internal injuries and the doctors said that he can leave the hospital in a few days. Blitz slowly walk up to Angel and couldn’t believe the injuries he got: his head was wrapped in gauze bandage since he have a concussion, his first left arm was broken and it was put in a cast, the rest of his arms was cut and bruises so they are wrapped in bandages, he have a cut on his cheek which was bandage. His chest and ribs were bruised so that was wrapped up as well, and his legs was cut up and bruises, so it was also bandages up.

 Blitz gently put his hand over Angel’s hand another hand on Angel’s cheek. He was being careful that he didn’t touch any of Angel’s injuries and didn’t want to wake him up. It was hard to believe that a tough demon like Angel, got badly hurt and now in the hospital to recover. Even some of the cuts was bad to the point he needed stitches. Blitz held back the tears because the important thing was Angel was alive and was safe. Blitz - “Don’t worry Angel...I‘ll make sure to keep you safe from that Evil Eye Bastard. That a promise I’m keeping for sure.” Blitz saw that no one was looking and kissed Angel on the lips. Blitz - *whispers* “Recover soon Angel.” Flashback ends

                                                                     Blitz then soon smiled as he shook his head a bit before quietly entering into the room, lifted up the blanket and covered Angel's entire body while he sleeps. Then Blitz whispers quietly to the sleeping Angel:

 Blitz - “Good night, Angel. Sweet dreams, you dolt.”

Blitz then leaned down and gave him a small kiss on the right cheek before he stood up and quietly went out of the room to go to bed. He was really happy that he finally went on a date with Angel and to hope to have more date nights with him.

 Hope you like it!

[omgwtfdondake]

72 things about Konohana Kitan 01

Oh no her name is Yuzu...

Whenever I see sakura trees/blossoms, I want to eat them.

This is giving me Hanazaku Iroha! feels...

OH NO SHE HAS A CUTE FANG-

Oh damn, this OP is too chill-- it could lull me to sleep.

Wait, are they all kitsune?!

SHIT.

MIKO!!

WHOA I WAS NO EXPECTING THAT VOICE FROM THAT CHARACTER-

DON’T BLOW SMOKE INTO PEOPLE’S FACES-

KIRI?! IT’S FUCKIN’ SABER WITH FOX EARS WHAT THE SHIT-

I need to calm down.

Yuzu’s a cutie--

PLEASE DON’T JUST DRAG- oh my god Kiri no.

Oh no, the boyish one and... tsun? probably.

.....Ah, there’s the fanservice.

Pink hair-- Ren-- reminds me of Chinatsu from YrYr.

IT’S CHINATSU FROM YRYR!!

PLEASE STOP DRAGGING YUZU AROUND KIRI JFC-

YUZU’S DAIMOND-MOUTH FACE IS 11/10

KIRI’S BUN IS EXACTLY THE S- she’s fuckin’ Saber with fox ears okay.

HAHAHHAHA Of course she pairs her with the tsun.  

Kiri you fuckin’ shitlord. I love it.

Man, I’ve always thought cleaning floors like that would be fuckin’ havoc on your back...

WHOA FURRY-

Satsuki’s “aho” was p great tbh.

Oh shit, he shrank-

OH SHIT, HE FELL-!!

Oh wow Satsuki so stric- Yuzu please contain yourself what the heck-

Damn Yuzu that actually makes sense.

Knock down some stars? What?

Wait like... actual stars... what?

YUZU’S DIAMOND-MOUTH THOUGH-

OH NO SHE’S SO CUTE, I WANT ONE.

DON’T HIT YUZU, SATSUKI YOU SCRUB!

This dude reminds me of the Lorax..........

Yes, Satsuki, please.... relax-

Oh no. Bath scene.

Convenient tail censor.

“Yo.”

Satsuki’s “Baka!” tho..... 11/10

Blush.

Convenient Yuzu censor.

Wow, Yuzu already winning Satsuki over.

More convenient tail censor.

Satsuki’s angry sounds are magnificent though-- I’ve decided.

Achievement: Won over the tsundere. Congratulations, Yuzu.

Oh no, I like Mr. Lorax....

I want to adopt Yuzu.  Yup.  Yuzu is now my child.

WHAT-?! EVEN SMALLER LOLI???

So why does Natsume--- is it Natsume? Why does Natsume have a different color... uniform?

What are you plotting, Kiri...

OF COURSE HER NAME IS SAKURA-

They’re both so small... damnit...

Don’t just leave the- oh my gosh what are these lolis doing... I-

WHAT THE HECK DID SHE DO TO THE FISH?!?

Oh no they’re cute-- why are foxgirls so cute gfdi what am I doing with my life-

Secret field of flowers-- I’m calling it.

Okay, secret field of... sakura trees-- same thing.  I win.

HAHAHHAHAHHAHA-- I’m sorry, the way Sakura is sitting...

The falling sakura petals make me hungry....

Oh, she speaks. Le gaspu~

Sakura-chan is a time-lord.

THEY’RE. TOO. CUTE. STOP. THIS. RIGHT. NOW.

Oh, more bathing...

Hi Saber.

Yuzu, that’s pretty gay.

Kiri that’s also a little gay.

OH MY GOD YOU TWO THAT’S HELLA FUCKIN’ GAY.

................... Are they all just g- y’know what... I’m just gonna... 

Oh no Yuzu... precious child... omg I love her so much already...

I want to... nom her ears though wow...

I don’t know why but Bikuni seems shady af to me...

Oh, the ED is cute too....

THERE ARE SO MANY FOXGIRLSHALP M E

[my-mystic-messenger]

So I jumped between requests all day but couldn’t focus on a single one - just too many ideas, you know that feeling? - so I went through my pics and found this beautiful screenshot. I mean MM is known for it’s grammar mistakes, translation issues and similar, but this one is my favourite so far. Due to a small mix-up this makes it seem like Saeran is the one marrying MC in the after endings, not Saeyoung. And I know it’s just a mistake and I know it was all a dream anyway but I love Saeran and he deserved redemption, love and therapy. Therefor I write a fic where he gets all three, hopefully. MC mentioned Masterlist Hope you enjoy ❤⃛ヾ(๑❛ ▿ ◠๑ )

Fandom: Mystic Messenger Rating: General Warnings: Depression and hinted at self harm but like blink and you miss it kind. Still I want to be safe rather than sorry so... Categories: F/M Relationships: MC x Saeran Word count: 1435

When Saeran had first gotten out of Mint Eye he'd been in a horrible state. He'd been underweight, malnourished, completely drugged up with things even doctors couldn't fully identify to the point his already weak immune system was on the brink of completely collapsing on top of suffering from multiple mental disorders; the most prominent being depression. He was either busy attempting to kill his twin brother or himself and not a day went by that he didn't feel an unhealthy mixture of miserable and resentful. It certainly didn't help that his brother had gotten him out of the hospital far too early for his mental state to be stabilized. Not to mention that his go to solution to everything had been locking Saeran up in a windowless hole until he got better eventually. Without meds, obviously, because who on earth would ever need those, right?. Frankly, he'd given up hope altogether, gradually drowning in his own guilt and sadness, wilting away.

That was until Min-Jee Chu had begun to play a recurring role in his life. Whatever he threw her way, verbal or physical, she always remained calm. Once he'd actually attempted to punch her to which she'd merely caught his fist in her hand, twisted his arm and gotten him on the floor. She'd straddled his back like a little pony, peacefully continuing to lick at the lolipop she'd been enjoying before his attack. She'd sat on him for however long it took for him to finally calm down. Only then had she patted his head and gotten up, leaving him completely baffled. It had been that moment that Saeran had realized that maybe, just maybe, he'd met his match and not just physically. She never chewed his ear off, never pushed for anything and yet gave so much in return. Whenever she came along, despite Saeyoung telling her not to on multiple occasions, she always had a proper meal she handed to Saeran. For a while he refused to eat, but eventually she resorted to doing the here comes the plane game and Saeran only lasted so long being subjected to such idiocy before he gave in. 

Not only that, but she also stuck around when things got ugly. Whenever Saeran hurt himself, intentional or not, she was always there, pulling out a bandaid from her pocket and gently putting it on the wound after carefully disinfecting it. Throughout the entire process Saeran didn't move, instead watching with awe as she took care of him so sweetly. The sick, twisted part of him wanted to break her, ruin her to be more like him. A bigger part, however, had the need to protect and cherish her. Frankly that part scared Saeran more than the darkness he held within. It only got worse as the weeks passed by. They barely talked and yet he felt close to her. She didn't need to talk for him to understand her. The fact that she constantly kept breaking into Saeyoungs place – learning Arabic just so she could answer the goddamn door quick enough and get in – or the fact that she was willing to fight his twin in order for him to give Saeran certain freedoms or at least therapy was proof enough that she cared. It took a while until Saeyoung finally gave in. Min-Jee must have been miserable, spending all those afternoons and evenings in that pit that Saeyoung called his home. Saeran certainly did! Still, she came every day after school, without fail. She would sit down next to Saeran and sometimes they would just look at one another, neither saying nor doing anything. He'd glare while she'd eat her candy. Secretly though, he was happy that she was there. Especially on those days when she brought along a book and read it aloud. He didn't have to ask her to do so, she just did. Even when he'd complained she'd just continued, somehow knowing that he actually loved the sound of her voice and those beautiful stories she told him. It was extremely soothing. Still, obviously there were bad days where he resorted to his violent and mean tendencies. Whenever he threw a hissy fit her comeback would be stuffing some bonbon or loli into his mouth, effectively silencing him.

When the day finally came that Saeran was allowed to leave the house for the first time, Min-Jee took him to the park. They sat near the lake, in the shadows of a tree so Saeran wouldn't get a sunburn. He complained a lot that evening. Not because he was actually unhappy, but because he was so happy it scared him and his instinct told him to push her away before he got too attached. Nothing worked though, as per usual with her. He was too hot? She had an electronic pocket fan with her. The sun burned his eyes? She put her shades on his nose. He was hungry and thirsty? She got him a burger and something to drink. She'd even trusted him enough to leave him out of her sight and Saeran actually stayed put! He'd realized in that moment that there was no chance he'd get away from that girl. There was no escaping her, so he might as well give in, give the last piece of his broken heart to the one person who hadn't yet battered and abused it. 

From that moment on things started to finally look up a little. He felt a little less miserable and like maybe there was some purpose to his life. The dark thoughts were still there, but there was a ray of sunshine silencing them from time to time and Saeran took what he could get. Min-Jee talked both Choi brothers into getting Saeran therapy and he actually went. He also took it serious this time, trying his best to open up about his feelings and thoughts, accepting possible treatments and eventually medication. Sure, he was still weary of it, since drugs had been the start of all his problem to begin with, but Min-Jee encouraged him and thankfully she turned out to be right once more. Not only did therapy help untangle the mess Rika had created in his mind, it also taught him the strength to forgive his brother and understand that he'd really tried his best. The meds also numbed that aching pain of loneliness and darkness he'd suffered from and the little rest that was left Min-Jee took care of for him.

The day Min-Jee turned eighteen was the day Saeran proposed to her. Throughout this entire time she'd done nothing but give and give and then some more. Never had she asked for anything in return and that was precisely what made Saeran want to give her the world. He knew, despite only having known her for a little over a month, that she was the one person he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. Sure, they hadn't dated per se and yes they were both extremely young, but the second he got out the small ring he'd gotten for her on his first trip around town by himself both of them just knew that they wanted to be together. Saeran had learned to live life to the fullest. Suffering through the things he did, frankly he hadn't even expected to make it this far and part of that mentality was still embedded inside of him. If he died tomorrow, he wanted to die a happy man, knowing that he'd done all the things he wanted and could do. That included putting a ring on the finger of the woman he loved.

When Saeran and Min-Jee announced their engagement in the chatroom everyone reacted very intensely. Zen was completely shocked and to some extend enraged, Yoosung had difficulties figuring out when on earth that connection between Saeran and Min-Jee had formed, Jaehee was weary of such a rushed proceeding, Jumin was merely glad that you were getting married instead of jumping into other much more improper activities and Saeyoung cried buckets. They discussed the engagement long after the couple had left the chatroom, cuddled up on the couch together peacefully without a soul to disturb their little moment of bliss. When the big day finally came it wasn't big at all. All the people they cared for were there; the RFA members. Despite their initial reservations anyone with a set of eyes could see that Saeran and Min-Jee were meant to be. They filled those empty slots in each others hearts and everything else time would take care of.

[sophierender]

This is a link to my final outcome which can be viewed on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/v_vT_zSMhcU

My final outcome is a 360 degree, virtual reality, animated collage. The college was inspired by contemporary artist Eugenia Loli.

I wanted my college to have a futuristic look to it and at Christmas I was given a virtual reality headset. It was so fascinating to see videos literally come to life, where you can turn your head to look at the video in different angles. It inspired me to try and create my own Virtual Reality video. I didn’t think it would possible to even make a 360 video with the technology and resources that were available to me. I thought I would need a special 360 recording camera and special programs, but I asked google if Virtual Reality settings were possible in Premiere. I instantly got the good news I was hoping for and found a tutorial on how to use the VR settings in Premiere. Here is the link to the tutorial.

https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/VRSupport.html

In the tutorial I learned how to activate the VR settings and how to turn them on and off when I wanted to. I learned some new vocab such as the word Stereoscopic which is a setting that is commonly used in the virtual reality videos today. This setting is when the video is split into two screens that are slightly curved and one scene through VR goggles, gives the image a three dimensional look, whilst allowing the viewer to pan the video in the direction they choose. I knew this setting wouldn’t work because I couldn’t use my own virtual reality goggles in the exhibition as they would probably get stolen.

Another word I learned was ‘Anaglyph’ which is a VR setting that changes the colour of the image and gives it more green and red tones. This setting can be used if you do not have VR glasses and with the right glasses (similar to the old fashioned 3D glasses), you get a three dimensional look to the image. I knew this wasn’t this right setting for me because I didn’t wanted the colours of my image to stay the same.

The correct setting for my final outcome was the ‘Monoscopic’ setting. This changed my wide panoramic photo into a round 360 degree image, keeping the colours and shapes the same. The video did have a curved look to it, but I liked the way it looked because it looked three dimensional, plus you could turn the video any way which made it a proper 360 video.

After choosing the right setting, I then focussed on the collage itself. In my plan my collage would have a Space themed background, with mountains in the mid ground and then another layer in the foreground. I wanted the mountains to cover the entire width of the collage, so I knew I needed a panoramic picture of mountains. I looked at several panoramic images of mountains and found a good high quality image. The image wasn’t quite wide enough to cover the entire width of the background, but with the image being mountains, I was able to blend them into each other as the mountains looked quite similar to each other.

With the mountains in the mid ground, I then worked on the foreground. This was the floor of the planet. I decided to use a video from one of my ink experiments as I thought the surreal colours would work well with my collage. Also, if I had the video playing in slow motion, the ink would make the floor of the planet look alive and visually interesting. I had to stretch my ink experiment video widthways, which ad wit look a bit odd in normal mode, but in VR mode it turned into a circular floor which is what I wanted. The whole of my collage looked really effective in VR mode. My next step was to add people to my collage. I had an idea to have them sliding up and down the mountains, like they were skiing. I found an old picture of me that I could use and edited it in Photoshop to get rid of the background. I then imported it into Premiere as a PNG file and animated it sliding over the mountains from the left side to the right side. When I turned on the VR settings, the photo animated in a circle. I had this photo animating repeatedly in this scene for roughly a minute. I wanted to have more people in my collage, so I also added a photo of my specialist tutor’s daughter and had her skiing around the mountains also. I was given two different photos of her and I decided to use both to make my collage look busy. I kept all three characters in the collage animating on the same path, to save me time making new paths. In Premiere, once you have made an animation path for one object/character, you can then paste the path into another object or character to save making a new one.

I wanted the viewer to be able to travel to another planet, so I made this collage separately on another Premiere document. On this collage, I added trees instead of mountains and zoomed into the Space background, so in the VR video the viewer would get the sense of moving forward when the video transitioned from the first planet to the second one. In the second collage, I had people swimming

With my two colleges complete I then worked on the transitioning between them. I imported my complete second collage into the Premier file that had my un-imported first collage. To make the first collage transition into the second collage, I made the first collage decrease in height which in the VR mode makes it compress, but to the viewer it looks like they are travelling upwards and away from the planet. I then made the second planet decompress to make it form around the viewer.

I wanted my virtual reality video to finish back where it started on the first planet. This meant I needed to make the second college transition into the first collage. To do this I made the floor of the second collage rise and expand, so it would give their view of the impression that they were sinking. I have then made the floor of the second colours fade into the floor of the first collage and made the floor all the first collage decrease in size and rise upwards. I thought this was a good transit session as it was smooth and easy for the viewer to follow. I hope it would give the feeling to the viewer that they have traveled through some kind of smooth portal or wormhole.

I have also added sound to my video. I downloaded calming space themed background music to give a calm feel to my VR video and have also added a voice over briefly telling of you where to look and what are the video is, e.g. a virtual reality experience.

W.W.W- I feel I have created a really visually interesting that your reality experience. My collages show clear influence of Eugenia Loli and my transitions are smooth and interesting.

E.B.I- I think one improvement I would have made would have been to make the photo of me a bit clearer as I feel she looks a bit pixelated.

[mofumushu]

Oopsie [The Adventures of Autumn and her friends] pt. 2

"LOOK WHAT YOU DONE." said Amanda right to my face.

"Me? Look what YOU did. Two innocent girls just came out of YOUR machine." I shot back.

"Why you little...ARGHGHGHGHGHG" Said, Amanda, as she then proceeded to push me into the machine.

"AHHHHHHHHH" I said as I fell to impending doom.

Crap.

About 5 minutes later.....

nnngggg.......

I felt something soft underneath me.

It smells like...

Cinnamon?

Wha-

"Huh, you must not be from 'round here sugar. Y'all look like you've never sat in cinnabon before." said a weird voice.

A girl maybe about the same age as Peppermint appeared before me.

She was wearing an all-pink dress with pink frilly stocking and...lollipops in her hair?

"The name's Loli Poppins. But my friends call me Loli. What's your name sugar?"

Wait is this a hallucination? Oh great, I feel sick now.

"The name's uh...Autumn." I said.

She shook my hand.

Her hands were sticky like...Lollipops.

"Aw, nice to meet ya sugar! Welcome to dessert land! Where pretty much everything is edible. Except for the residents of course!" she said.

"Wait WHAT? I'm in a new world?" I said very confused.

"Oh, sugar ya don't look very good. Come sit down." she said.

It all came flooding back.

Amanda pushed me into the Multiverse portal.

I'm stuck.

In a land of sweets.

Back in the "Normal universe"...

"AMANDA WHAT DID YOU DO?" I said.

"SHUT UP YOU NEKO BAKA. I've got this under control..." said Amanda.

Ugh. She does not know what to do.

Oh.

Howdy!

Guess I'm the main character for the time being.

Woo-hoo!

Anyway, the name's Rebecca.

I'm a bit of a neko.

As in I like to wear cat ears.

And wear a school-girl uniform.

Anyway...That's-

Oh, wait Autumn already told you about her?

Oh good.

"ALL OF YOU SHUT UP. WE HAVE TWO UNCONSIOUS GIRLS IN HERE. AND AUTUMN IS IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE. CALM DOWN. *pants*" said Peppermint.

I never thought she would have gotten this mad before.

nnnnnn...

uh-oh

"Sanity where are we...?" said a girl.

"Dunno Unknown. Dunno." said a girl named "Sanity"

"Oopsie?" said Amanda.

Me and Peppermint eyeballed her.

This is gonna be a looooonnnnnggggg day...

[hmratking]

The Flea and Loli, part I

Continued from Mora and the Rat King, Part II  While the Rat King and Mora have reunited, the Flea and Loli wait in an undisclosed room with the twin babies...

"Do not let ANYTHING happen to them. I swear Loli...-" Mora had already kissed her children goodbye and the Flea had announced that it was important for the children to go. Resigned to the fact that this was happening, Mora hoped for the best.

"Nothing WILL happen to them Please!...let me go.  I will find the nicest place I can, and I will wait there. I promise my life that nothing will happen to them." Loli spoke with a still slightly confused fear.  As soon as Mora nodded, Lolianth was leaving out the door.

"Jhon! Keep them safe..." Mora walked to the window and watched them leave,  anxiety building with each step Lolianth took away from the home.

The Flea escorted them to the other side of Dalaran, guiding her toward the inn. “I’ll be back as soon as I can,” he whispered, smiled at Loli, and cast his spell.

Loli was extra careful about the babies, she followed the Flea to the rather fancy inn, and she did as she was told to protect herself and the children. Once safely inside the room, she bid goodnight to Jhon, who seemed to be leaving too quickly to notice. Loli sighed and composed herself as the adrenaline had built her up and now she was alone with the twins.

It wasn’t even ten minutes when another flash appeared inside Mora’s apartment, delivering an important person, followed by one more appearing in the room Loli had acquired. The Flea looked so weak that he simply collapsed onto the floor.

Loli had settled the babies onto the bed when they propped up and awakened as they again broke into heavy pouts and reaching out for Loli after the portal had disturbed their peace for the second time.  Torn, Loli gasped as the noise startled her again and she moved to the babies to hold them close. "Mr. Flea!" she watched the undead collapse and she stared, wide-eyed. "Mr. Flea?!" she called as she attempted to calm the twins down enough so that she could put them down and rush to him, pulling his head unto her lap. "...Jhon?" she dared to say his name again.

The Flea remained out for a while longer and slowly, he began to open his eyes. He gazed up and smiled at Loli. “I’m... I’m alright, sweetheart.” He closed his eyes for a moment, taking a deep breath to jolt his body and he looked up at her once more. “Are you alright?”

Loli's scared but pretty face hovered over Jhon's with a tunnel view through the darkness of her hair as it hung over them both. Her worry softened to concern as his eyes opened and she saw he was only just passed out, with no breath or way to tell. She was not sure what just happened to him. "I.. am fine, now. Are... you alright? I have no Idea what is going on. Why are we here? Why are you falling down now? Did you get hurt?”

The Flea smiled at Loli and his cold hand carefully caressed her cheek. "Shh. I'm fine now. A bit weak, but that's what one gets after casting several spells at once." He sat up and chuckled a bit. "I am not hurt." He looked around and smiled, "This is nice. And the children? Are they alright?" He continued to avoid the main question as to what was going on.

Lolianth's concerned eyes softer if just for a moment, dark brows pulling slightly as she seemed to study his face more now that the opportunity was present. He was quite handsome and Loli seemed to lose a few of her senses when she lingered a bit too long.  "Oh," she quickly moved and got up to check on the babies. They were indeed starting to roll and crawl from their spots with fussy cries to the edge of the bed. "Vera!" she scooped the baby girl up quickly and laid across carefully to pull the Prince back from the other side of the bed.

The Flea walked toward the bed, smiling. He carefully sat along the edge and gently patted Vera’s side. “Shhh, Princess.” He leaned back against the wall and closed his eyes, his hand continuing his gentle patting.

Loli smiled at the prince as he was gathered up and brought to the center of the bed " Where do you think you are off to? was this not enough of an adventure for you? your mother would have me..." she licked her lips some and realized it was scary even as a joke.  She sat up and watched Vera being patted, her crying just turning to noise as the baby seemed to just like the sound of her own voice and the brakes in it caused by the flea's gentle pets.  It Loli giggle some. "she likes that I think"  But she looked back up at Jhon with a narrow of her eyes in confusion still. "why are we here and not at home, what is going on?"

The Flea smiled at Vera and when Loli asked her question, he sighed softly. "I had to get you all out of there. The Rat King went to visit Mora. I don't know what's going to happen, but it's safer for you three to be away from there for now." He lifted his golden eyes and looked at Loli. "My apologies, Loli. The last thing I need is for him to hurt you needlessly." He looked at the children, "Or them."

Loli frowned some, looking away and then standing as she needed to walk, pacing. "I... Wait. I thought he wasn't going to be going there? " she rubbed her face some, and then picked up the prince to hold him and rock him in her continued pacing "Are...is he dangerous to the babies? Would he really hurt them? Is that why? or...just me?"

The Flea noticed that Vera had fallen asleep and he looked at Loli. "I don't know, dear. No one knows what he's capable of because he hasn't hurt them or tried to hurt them. Not that I know of, anyway." He rose and walked toward Loli, silently requesting for the child in her arms. "Please, allow me.”

"How could she let him come there!" Loli spoke without reserve, but she was upset, recalling how he had hurt her when she met him. A horrible man. "That..." her hands held the prince tightly and she looked over at his sleepy sea green eyes, a precious sweetness birthed from those ugly monsters. "Shh ..shh. It's ok sweet prince. You are a gift..."  Loli walked closer to The Flea as he sought out to hold the prince and gently handed him over.  "You...are really good with them. Do you have --" That must have sounded so stupid and Loli closed her eyes some, realizing the undead could not have children.. not living ones. "Were...were you a parent before?"

The Flea took the child in his arms and carefully rocked him. "No, I never had children." He looked at Loli and smiled at her before turning back to the child. "I'm dead, Loli, but children, a smile, taking care of myself, an embrace; all these things make me feel alive. I don't take moments like these for granted." He watched the little boy yawn and snuggle in his arms.

Loli smiled some as he seemed to forgive her wording. She was not a poet by any means.  Not like he seemed to be, his way with words had the pretty dark haired elf looking over him and the baby.  "No offense, I...cannot see this happening often, and not with undead in general. At least...not many had come in to adopt when I was there. I was not there very long. Long enough to see two children find a home..." She paused and blushed some in her rambling. How boring her life would be compared to his. "They deserve so much more...all of them" She looked over the prince's little pink lips with tenderness. It was easy to see she cared deeply for the twins.

(co-written with @loveherdekay )