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The Demon God’s Angelic Prince—Part 1—Prologue

You’ll meet a person, someday, who’s not as perfect as they seem. You’ll meet someone who is more evil, broken, or weak than they ever let the world see. That person you meet could be yourself, but you’ll never accept that. No bad person can accept themself as a bad person.

Ember’s parents always told him that, ever since he started speaking. It was a permanent principle that was etched into every Ryl leader’s mind and soul. It was said that this would remind them to stay kind, because not doing so would be a lie. This made sense to everyone; they never questioned if this statement was the exact thing it was explaining.

By the time Ember was an early teen, he was fully convinced that his family had not an ounce of questioning in their nature. They mustn’t have had any loudness either, because the people who did try to delve into the true nature of the family’s motto always kept their mouths shut about it. That was irritating, to say the least. Silence never came naturally to Ember, but rebellion did.

“Isn’t that statement weird? You always tell it to me so I can be good and hold back my real emotions, but that’s exactly what it warns against!” Ember had pointed out to his parents quite often. They never answered, only laughing and shaking their heads. It was likely they were thinking, This silly child with his silly thoughts! What a disgrace! His parents’ response never changed and they never bothered to counter his argument. So, this was all usually followed by Ember awkwardly smiling and wishing he hadn’t said anything.

His family said it was a curse, his talking. It certainly never made Ember’s life better, but it made the common people love him. He wasn’t uptight and stoic, nor was he quiet. Ember was no one to be afraid of, and that was a great contrast to all the other royalty.

“They must fear you!”

“If they aren’t afraid of our discipline, how can we punish them?”

Ember usually ignored those comments from his family. There had to be a way, he figured, to be able to rule the nation without hostility. Deep down, he did wonder if everything they said was true, but he tried to push it away. That was entirely unreasonable. Something about it seemed so wrong…

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Waterlilies for Dee ▪︎ IG @artbyjaymemw

[gorjee-art]

couple banners for horses <3

[evenlyevi]

By the lake

[fieldsparrowstudio]

jewels of opar

traditional ink, digital color. 2024

[snackpony]

tired animal, feel your fur against the blooms ✿

[bluryyyblu]

[fairydrowning]

"It's March. I open the window and spring floats in, kisses me on the nose. I have waited so long–and now the Sun is washing the world in yellow, and now the seeds sprout green in the dirt, and now the trees are budding and ready to bloom–and it was all so worth it."

– Schuyler Peck, Worth the Wait

[withthoseangeleyes]

*✧･ﾟ

[ink-ling]

[unholy-cvlt]

DEAD FLOWERS

[tdgap-official]

The Demon God’s Angelic Prince—Part 3

Their outing ended soon after, though it could be debated when it really ended. They never parted ways or said goodbye, walking back to Rayyi-la together and to the palace, called the Pyl because of the royal line's name of the same letters. From there, they made their way to the prince’s wing.

Ember flopped down onto his bed in a rather unprincely manner while Umbra stood awkwardly in front of the door. Ember glanced in Umbra’s direction, taking in his appearance once again, before speaking.

“You know you can sit down, right?”

Umbra shook his head, declining, “Thank you, but I’m perfectly fine standing, Your Highness.”

“I insist. And please, drop the formality. We are no longer strangers and I dislike being called titles such as ‘Your Highness.'”

After saying this, Ember set down his flower and held out the same hand that was previously holding the gift and pulled Umbra down onto the bed. The other allowed himself to be pulled, quite reluctantly. He ended up falling face-first on the mattress—a position that Umbra wasn’t in for long as he was quite determined to stay proper. Ember sighed internally. How stiff could this guy be? They were in Ember’s bedroom and Umbra really couldn’t even relax a bit. It wasn’t like he was going to do anything to Umbra; Ember really wasn’t into that. Especially not with men. Certainly.

After some time Ember did finally coax Umbra into loosening up. They laid on the bed and stared at the ceiling and talked about this and that. They conversed about any random topics they could come up with. In the end they fell asleep like that, talking until their tiredness took hold of them.

Ember was the second of the two to wake up in the morning and found that Umbra was long gone from the room. How unfortunate. He vividly remembered their late-night conversation and could only feel disappointed that they were not able to continue it. He took a few steps out the door. No sign of Umbra.

Determined to find his new friend, Ember sneaked out into the gardens. Hopefully his parents and brother weren’t awake; no one was allowed in the gardens before dawn. There would be a sure scolding awaiting for both Ember and Umbra if they were found out.

It happened to be that Umbra had just gone out into the gardens. In the darkness, the two men bumped into each other, and then apologized and exchanged their good mornings. Such a meeting was not abnormal, yet Umbra seemed inexplicably awkward. There was no reason for this, Ember thought. He did not think of himself as intimidating in the slightest. In fact, Ember had to be the most approachable member of all of the royalty. So, Ember deduced, Umbra must’ve been skittish by nature. That made it truly a mystery as to why Umbra was so close to the king. That man had often gone on and on in entire monologues about how one should never trust such people. Given this, Ember found himself in a dilemma. Umbra could not possibly be jumpy, nor could he be acting like this just because of Ember’s presence.

“Your Highness.”

Now, maybe Ember was simply perceiving the other man’s attitude wrongly. His thoughts always did tend to wander. They were now. Fuck…

"Your Highness! Are you unwell? You've been staring for—well, nevermind. That's just you being you, isn't it?" Umbra spoke, getting quieter and quieter as he progressed as if he was growing embarrassed.

Umbra then held out a couple of flowers as if he needed to pay a compensation for some terrible deed he'd done. Ember, of course, grabbed them, but not without first giving Umbra a rather questioning look. Yes, it was understandable to be reserved with someone when first meeting with them, but after having multiple conversations, why would someone become even moreso closed off? 

"Are you fine yourself, Umbra?" Ember decided to question. 

"I am quite well, Your Highness. Did I worry you? Haha, do not worry…"

After such an awkward exchange, Umbra made his leave and Ember was left out in the gardens. He was alone once again. The poor prince didn't know how to react to the sudden absence of his dear new companion and thus went right back inside after the other. However, once inside, Umbra went one way and Ember went the other.

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Tulips ▪︎ IG: @artbyjaymemw

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| Tainted Soil |

Yearly piece for the series "Poppies of the Great War"

This time inspired by the effect of war on the working class and the soil itself.

[abby088]

Even after everything I still love you.

[fl00mie]

more ink's flower au stuff

sooo this is obviously a reference to that gif in undertale's newsletter lmao, ofc protraying blue as paps cause, here comes my new headcanon about this lovely au, i love to think ink leaves flowey with blue when he's travelling around universes, flowey for sure got attached to him in an instant becauuuse yea papyrus' personality, although he gets embarrased when he sees swap chara bc REASONS (i'll perhaps draw smth about this?)

[ non especially related but these gifs with paps and flowey made me think flowey actually started living with the rest on the surface, at first i though flowey's ending was open AND i think it was (idrk actually ww i left the fandom on like 2019 and i wasn't aware of any undertale content -sort of- until 2 months ago) until this stuff released ]

i'll find time to draw more i swear ink sans by @/comyet underswap by popcornpr1nce undertale by toby father fox