#justice flower in evil demons......

[lovinggreeniehours]

i decided to log back into om on a whim and i got jumpscared by the new homescreen voice lines. here's some of the funny ones jdejkfdhj

[lmk-oc-competition]

LMK OC COMPETITION 2 - TIE BREAKER

Blossom belongs to @blossomnightshade

Xīnghuā belongs to @shatteredstarsart

Learn more about them below the cut!

Blossom:

In summary, (Kāihuā) Blossom is a powerful but introverted huli-jing who has the potential to bring peace and prosperity to the universe and has yet to find out more about the greater aptitudes that await her…

(Kāihuā) Blossom, a young Huli-Jing, was once a symbol of balance, order and power. The celestial sky was filled with moonlight, and the scarlet moonflower emerged, symbolising the potential for those willing to eat its petals. However, the flower's power was cursed, and it was hidden from evil and darkness.The moondrop's immense power and rich history led to stories of its relationship with the celestial body above and its potential to bring justice and prosperity to all people.Thus, leading to the emergence of numerous demons and bad entities hunting for the flower's recent harvest by its host.

The story begins with Blossom, who and her father were chased by bad entities throughout their childhood. One night, Xiangliu cornered them in the East Sea, and Blossom's father threw her into the sea. Ao Lie and Ao Guang saved her, and she was transported to the celestial bars of the Celestial Realm. As the Moondrop's incarnation, Blossom faced fear of becoming a threat due to her traumatic past. The celestial court and Jade Emperor agreed to erase her memories, allowing her to create new ones in the Celestial Realm.

Blossom was raised by Miss Chang'e and Princess Iron Fan, the residents of the Celestial Realm, and the heavenly minister. She has grown to be a calm, selfless, and skilled individual, mastered in healing powers, golden vision, crystal manipulation, and shapeshifting. She is also a soft-spoken and comforting figure to the Monkie Gang, but may become intimidating if she witnesses her loved ones being threatened.

Xīnghuā:

Xīnghuā aka a silly shadowpeach fan child that mostly just a silly goober who has the defense skills of a potato.

She's 7 but that doesn't mean she's hasn't had her fair share of trauma, from as little as being kidnapped to almost being killed by her older brother, Fu Xiao (endipuff on tumblr) and having her arm broken! Dont worry though, she can still kick ass because she is the Long Arm Gibbon (insert OSP as source here), she can make a sword out of no where to stab anything she wants... except she won't because she's a little shy.

[acrystalwitch]

First an introduction to Lucifer: Usually in my deity guides this is where I’d share a bit of mythology on the deity I learned from their texts. Here will be a lot of UPG and SPG instead from him and other followers of his instead, as the texts he is in purely see him as evil and misunderstand him. This might ruffle some feathers so again please know; I understand I’m speaking from my own UPG a lot.

From the best of my understanding, and from what Lucifer has shared with me…

Lucifer was an Angel from the Christian religion. He was his father’s most beautiful Angel.

His father made the angels to serve him and always rule under him, he was the only god in his pantheon and wanted to stay that way.

The angels never even questioned it, things were how they were and that was that. But, Lucifer started to question it, he felt it was unfair and cruel for a god to create so many creations just to serve him and worship him, it was selfish and controlling. So he asked to be treated as an equal, and instead was punished.

In that he gathered all of the angels he’d been able to rally behind his cause. He wanted to free them of the idea that told them they couldn’t ever be more than his servants. Lucifer revealed to them that they were all no different from gods themselves. They rebelled against their controller, and lost.

Lucifer and his angels were kicked out of their pantheon and thrown into Hell, being called ‘demons’ now.

The demons rule different parts of hell and Lucifer is said to be the king of all of it. But I also believe he spends most of his time on Earth.

When Lucifer saw that his father created humans and was doing the same to them in Eden that he’d done to the angels he felt so sorry for them. He snuck his way into the garden and tried to get them to pull the veil from their eyes. He helped them see that they could make decisions for themself, and that’s the energy he continues to try and bring to us all wherever he can.

He is a deity of love for humanity, love for freedom and independence. A god of rebellion and justice for those who have been walked all over. He is angry and sad and kind and fair. He is pride and self love. Confidence and knowing yourself inside and out.

My personal experience with Lucifer:

He is the 3rd deity I brought into my personal pantheon I worship and he is very key to my pagan practice.

He came into my life to help with a lot of my religious trauma and things revolving around the church and my childhood and my parents.

He also helps with a lot of my gender and trans issues, as I and many others that work with him see him as a more non-binary being (I use he/him pronouns mainly but I have always felt Lucifer isn’t binary)

He appears in meditations to me as a blonde man, looking kind of sad at times, but other days very excitable and probably the one that makes me laugh the most (next to Thor)

WHY ALL THE LEMONS

You might’ve noticed almost everything I do surrounding lucifer I talk about lemons or have images of lemons.

Plain and simple answer is, lucifer really likes lemons 😂

It just kind of became our thing because I’ve always really liked sour fruits. They seem misunderstood like him, but also bright and sunny , with that sour kick.

On that note…

Other offerings for Lucifer

(Of all of my deities Lucifer cares the least about physical offerings and the most about spending quality time together)

- yellow, orange, red, black candles

- sunstone

- citrine

- carnelian

- flower agate

- gold jewelry

- wine

- Sun water

-chocolate

- citrus/lemon incense

-coffee

-tree fruits

Non physical offerings

- acts of rebellion

- artwork

- poetry

- shadow work

- hanging out with him while you do mundane activities

- learn about yourself, get to know yourself

If you have a lot of trauma in your past about the Christian religion and have felt like he might be reaching out to you, it could be worth pulling out your preferred divination method and having a check.

He has worked wonders for me already and I’ve found a lifelong friend in him as well. Of all my deities I’d say he’s the most understanding of humanity and what we go through and it just feels like talking to a wise friend sometimes.

[monkie-kid-oc-showdown]

SEMIFINALS

Zǐsè de (紫色的) (@waternstreams)

(zoo-doe-da is basically the pronunciation) (she/her)

The monkey on her head is her pet named Macaroon.

(Small bit of background)

Zise de is technically a celestial being (due to both her parents being one) zise de was raised by Macaque however, because of drama between her parents and her mom leaving zise de with a different family for the better. She eventually ends up being raised by Macaque! Zise de has shadow manipulation powers she inherited from her mother, which is also another reason why Macaque was interested in raising Zise De when he found her! She is also best friends with MK but not that close with his other friends due to being very shy and introverted and having trust issues. Major trust issues!

Other things about Zise de:

Zise de is 16ish years old during season 5

Zise de prefers to stay at home unless someone (MK) invites her to something or when she gets REALLLLYY lonely.

Her favorite food is tortilla shells and apple sauce

Her powers are shadow manipulation (just to restate that! :3 )

Zise de is skilled in fighting because Macaque taught her how to fight growing up

She currently lives in a treehouse she built

Blossom (@blossomnightshade)

Description: In summary, (Kāihuā) Blossom is a powerful but introverted huli-jing who has the potential to bring peace and prosperity to the universe and has yet to find out more about the greater aptitudes that await her…

(Kāihuā) Blossom, a young Huli-Jing, was once a symbol of balance, order and power. The celestial sky was filled with moonlight, and the scarlet moonflower emerged, symbolising the potential for those willing to eat its petals. However, the flower's power was cursed, and it was hidden from evil and darkness.

The moondrop's immense power and rich history led to stories of its relationship with the celestial body above and its potential to bring justice and prosperity to all people.

Thus, leading to the emergence of numerous demons and bad entities hunting for the flower's recent harvest by its host.

The story begins with Blossom, who and her father were chased by bad entities throughout their childhood. One night, Xiangliu cornered them in the East Sea, and Blossom's father threw her into the sea. Ao Lie and Ao Guang saved her, and she was transported to the celestial bars of the Celestial Realm. As the Moondrop's incarnation, Blossom faced fear of becoming a threat due to her traumatic past. The celestial court and Jade Emperor agreed to erase her memories, allowing her to create new ones in the Celestial Realm.

Blossom was raised by Miss Chang'e and Princess Iron Fan, the residents of the Celestial Realm, and the heavenly minister. She has grown to be a calm, selfless, and skilled individual, mastered in healing powers, golden vision, crystal manipulation, and shapeshifting. She is also a soft-spoken and comforting figure to the Monkie Gang, but may become intimidating if she witnesses her loved ones being threatened.

[lrgoescrazy]

bshshshshs the way you color skin is AMAZING the light scatter and reflection and stuff is awesome

what are your OCs like?? what are some cool things about their dynamic and reasons why? anything you want to talk about but don't get a lot of chances to?

omg THANK you i was just chilling and I instantly got like 10 notifications thank you sm!! ngl almost no one asks me about my OCs so don't mind if I absolute drop a bomb on you lmaoo

jayden (chinese guy with devil horns hair and eyepatch) thinks in a very black and white way, his two solutions to any problem are to beat it up or hug it out, no in between. and he loves snacks, one of the first parts of my comic (not gonna be posted for a long time unfortunately) is just him getting mad at a little spirit cuz it takes a bite out of his cookie!!

speaking of spirits the lore of my universe is kinda crazy too, there's a spirit world and tons of demons and cool creatures, and how it works is that ANYTHING you believe exists, exists in the spirit world its a true show for imagination lol and I love being able to just come up with wacky creatures or terrifying god-like beings.

also i said universe, not earth, for a reason. cuz there are ALIENS in my universe (the alien arc is gonna be soooo long, my plan for my comic is to include every character and plotline I've ever created, and I have been making OCs/stories since I was in elementary school) and I've made whole solar systems and technology and alien biology

magic is also a thing and it's closely tied with the spirit world. puma guy (no name yet but he's the purple blonde guy with eyepatch, and was literally created as a joke cuz I wanted to make a funny plotline about a flipped version of jayden) is a magician and he's very good at it too, and in my universe magic is actually quite closely tied to science, and for example, you cant just make an apple appear out of thin air, it has to obey (at least some, teleportation is completely not understood) the laws of physics and nature.

jayden is super happy all the time and he's rarely serious. he's very nonchalant about violence but it's not necessarily the first action he'll take. he cares a lot about justice and what's right though, he can't even comprehend that some ppl are truly evil, he innately believes people to be good because that's just what his morals are. he cares a lot more about other people than himself. also his Chinese name is 尊强 (zun qiang) which literally means something like "honour strong" he also has an evil sword with a demon in it that he can control cuz he has a bigger stronger demon inside him (unironically why his nails are black, he's not emo its the DEMON)

also i have something in my story called "levels" which is the shape inside my character's eyes (they all have one). jayden has a star, puma guy has a flower, yael has a backwards play button etc. what level you are is how many sides the shape has, with a curve counting as one side, so since jayden has a star, he is a Level 10. scientifically and medically its not called a level, but more like "spiritual fingerprint" since its unique for every person and cant be changed, its a literal part of your spirit. the levels actually do have an impact spiritually cuz the higher level you are, the better you are at seeing sprits and stuff which isn't necessarily better as the greatest warlord in history also had the highest level of 14 and went insane and died cuz of all the spirits he was seeing.

also prince lefayze (long hair dude with blue eyes) technically is level 1 but the monarchy insists that they are actually level infinity and just better than everyone else. lefayze is obv part of the very corrupt monarchy but he's quite cut off from what goes on and genuinely has no clue about all the horrible things going on until jayden comes in cuz he's basically forced to work for the monarchy but he takes his chance to get closer to the prince and show him how messed up the king (his father) and basically everyone else is. the king literally makes decisions in the prince's name, so this makes him quite the target even though the prince has never actually made any policies or statements, he's just a figurehead.

the fact that hes a target makes a lot of ppl try and kill him for valid reasons, although their hate is misplaced cuz again, he's not even doing anything, he's clueless.

i havent posted this dude, but there's a guy named fernando (I took his name from that abba song I kid you not, also took yael's name from new soul by yael naim, cuz that song is fr her) and he's... not on friendly terms with jayden, and that's being nice. I'll reveal what actually happens later, but he's the one who took jayden's eye, and no one's happy about that.

also the main cast of my TEN OCs (most are not posted) can turn into animals, jayden can turn into a lion, lefayze into a wolf, yael into an owl, Fernando into a deer, puma guy into... well, a puma etc

yael i've only posted once but i don't draw her a lot even though I've developed quite a lot of lore for her (involves autism and childhood trauma, very serious stuff actually, my story has comedy and very tragic/messed up stuff, but her story is one of the saddest) and she always ends up being the middleman between all the people fighting around her cuz she's dating fernando but she also doesn't think his actions towards jayden were fair, so it's kinda just complicated.

puma guy, being the opposite of jayden, is very serious all the time and he beats nazis up, that's literally his whole thing (very relevant in modern times I know) and he wants a relationship real bad, and it certainly isn't hard to find ppl who like him cuz he is attractive, but he can't talk to them!! he suddenly loses his ability to speak coherently around people he respects or people he likes, and it kinda messes things up for him. not to mention, since he's fighting all the time, it's just hard to manage a relationship, so even when he gets someone he isn't able to keep it going and it usually comes to an end. also he's probably got the strongest virtues of all my OCs, he only beats up bad people and he doesn't drink, doesn't smoke, always tries to be a good person (thank his parents lmao)

puma guy is literally the only one with a healthy relationship with his parents, the way he was raised by them did make his extremely selfless and it made him not complain (if he didn't want to eat veggies or smth his dad would just say "my dad was in the camps, eat up" and his mom wouldn't help cuz she would also just say "well my dad was starving and his house got bombed" ww2 generational trauma goes crazy

so puma guy bottles up all his problems and refuses to care for himself cuz "other ppl are doing worse than me" I love writing complex characters man

jayden and puma guy dont quite have the absolute hate for each other like jayden and Fernando, but because they are literally written to be opposites, they often disagree on simple issues (classic "I want to paint the wall blue" "I want to paint the wall pink") and they kinda have a really funny competition between them.

jayden and the prince... oh boy where do we even start. well I'll get this out of the way, they like each other a LOT, and its an interesting dynamic cuz jayden is always getting hurt to protect the prince, and the prince always feels really bad cuz he too cares about jayden.

i have one other character who's also fleshed out, but I haven't posted them (I really should tbh, but my current ref is literally more than a year old) and their name is rocksalt, and they are very blunt, no nonsense, say it like it is kinda person. they don't really show fear and they kinda just have a nonchalant attitude. very suited for being involved in laws and stuff. also they can turn into a cobra and again, more childhood trauma.

last thing... i have an old written story about jayden and his love for boba, it involves gang members and the old boba shop owner... who literally ends up in the hospital and has an IV filled with boba. and I wrote that for school, no joke. not to mention, I got a really high score on it the teacher was raving about it brooo

i lied about last thing, i also made a whole entire plushy of puma guy, except its a silly fat cat and that is literally the FIRST depiction of him and the first concept of him I ever made, a lot of the elements of his design make sense when you see the plushy

[dani-does-stuff]

Hermitcraft species headcanons. It's also really obvious which hermits I watch

Grian- watcher/parrot avatar: has watcher powers but only uses them in an emergency, has big parrot wings, bird legs, and feet. He does perch on other hermits, his favorites being Mumbo, scar, gem, impulse, and Skizz (so Magic Mountain minus Joel because he will go limp on purpose). He also sometimes will randomly swoop in, land on a hermit, and take off hard to knock them off balance, his favorite victims being Scar, Joel, and Doc. He has tried to knock Mumbo off but can never get him to fall over for some reason.

Skizz-angle of justice/laughter: has a full angel form. Some of his scars are actually closed eyes. Any sword he welds gets fire aspect until he puts it down. His normal form has a pair of wings and a halo, if he gets overly emotional(stressed, angry, happy, etc) he will gain two more sets of wings, and the halo will become tilted and another one will appear overlapping in front of his eyes(he can still see clear as day) this is not his true form, the only one who has seen his true form is impulse.

Impulsesv-demon: demon of ambition, semi-fireproof but not much. Has a full demon form. Much like Skizz, he has the form he presents most of the time, and when he feels strong emotions, his looks become more demonic. For his every day, he has two small horns on his forehead that go from his normal skin tone to an ashy black and a forked tail that has the same effect. His wings are like bat wings and have small yellow talens on the ends. For his more demonic look, his horns get bigger, his eyes will start to glow, his teeth will become too big to fit in his mouth, and when his tail strikes the ground, it creates sparks. Also, like Skizz, this is not his true form, and Skizz is the only one to have seen it.

Gem-shapeshifter: the main form is a humanoid with deer antlers, usually with flowers and vines woven in.

Scar-vex: made a deal with the vex and became one. His normal form is a human, but if he gets angry, which is rare, his skin turns blue. He can also summon vex wings and can turn into 1-3 small vexes, can only walk through walls and fly when he is in either vex form.

Mumbo-vampier bat/part watcher: can shift to and from bat form but rarely does it mostly because he forgets he can. Gained the watcher part after eating grians soul back in season 8.

Joel- meat-eating pixie hybrid: has sharp teeth for tearing into meat and can shift from his human size to pixie size.

Tango- blaze: fully fireproof, arms are disconnected, but that is usually hidden with his shirt/hoodie, has blaze rods floating around his head and will sometimes use them if he needs one and will give them to other hermits if they ask.

Pearl- moth: has moth wings and antennas. Every once in a while a hermit will find them staring at a light and have to drag them away

Etho- arctic fox: can freely shift from human to fox form and will use this power exclusively to prank people. In human form, he has fox ears and a tail.

False- eagle avatar: has eagle wings,

Ren- dog: on a full moon, he will turn into a full dog, but like a Minecraft dog (zed makes sure to stay inside during full moons because of this), he can also shift into a dog outside of the full moon with the bonus of still being in control. He is allergic to things dogs can't eat, like chocolate, but they just give him a stomach ache, so he sometimes just eats the stuff anyway. In his human form, he has dog ears and a very fluffy tail. If a hermit throws a stick or something around, no matter what state he is in, he will chase it.

Cleo- zombie: sometimes they have to sew their limbs back on, and for whatever reason they can't do it, they will get Joe to do it; other hermits are allowed, but Joe does the best Joe and has fun, colorful thread.

Beef- long-horned cow/bull: has long bull horns that make it annoying to go through doors sometimes.

Xsuma/evil X- void walker: although he technically can breathe the air in the overworld, it is a lot harder, so he wears the suit to help him breathe with the added bonus of having it temper regularly because the end is a lot colder than the overworld.

Hypno- wasp: wasp :)

Cub- vex: was born a vex. They had the same vex features as Scar with the same mechanics.

Doc- creeper/goat/cyborg: doc started as just a normal creeper hybrid, but then he had his arm ripped off, so he made himself a new one with some perks, of course. Then he lost his eye, so he replaced that, and then he just kept going. He now has goat horns, a robotic spine, and butterfly wings, along with countless other modifications. Now, it's not the changes that Doc made to himself that freak the hermits out; most of the hermits think it's really cool, but the fact that no one can figure out how the hell he did it. Replacing an arm by yourself is one thing but a spine. A SPINE DOC. It wasn't even necessary he just did it.

Joe-???: nobody knows what Joe is; everyone just knows he is not human. The most common theory is that he is a ghost, but due to the nature of Joe Hill, nobody is sure. It certainly doesn't help that he keeps saying he is from a place called Nashville, Tennessee, and the hermits can't figure out if it's a server name or a dimension or whatever; most of them have just given up on trying to understand Joe Hills and just accept whatever he is.

Xb- guardian: elder guardian hybrid, has retractable gills and a tail.

Keralis- ethereal being: whatever he is it is not human for one and two, has been here long before the universe formed

Zedaph- sheep: normal sheep hybrid, can be nametag _jeb, but the person who does this will end up with various zany redstone contraptions that may or may not be lethal

Wels- falcon: has falcon wings

Jevin- slime: blue slime

Bdubs- mossy glare: he's solar-powered.

[pulpfiction-cowqirl]

𝑶𝒌𝒂𝒚, 𝑰 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝑶𝒖𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒘, 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒘𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅

la’nya | they/them | 22 | nov scorpio | african american | queer ace | intj-t | 5w4 sx/sp

✧ ˚ ༘ 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑠: active | on reblog

✧ ˚ ༘ 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑧𝑜𝑛𝑒: central time {US}

˚₊·❧ bts: tomorrows-rain

˚₊·❧ monster fucking: pookie-boo

˚₊·❧ From mgm/epix: kennycatchabreak

˚₊·❧ k-drama: 1-800-slapdathoe

˚₊·❧ og writing: pulpfiction-cowboi

𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒏𝒐𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒏𝒐𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒑 𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑰 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏 𝑪 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒕

tri-type: 539 (5w4, 3w4, 9w1)

☉scorpio ☽ pisces ↑ aquarius

adventures: learning korean | learning spanish | learning crochet | getting back into drawing

fav color: yellow & purple

fav food: faygo crème soda, dr. pepper, root beer, angel food smoothie, soul food, chicken quesadillas w/ bean dip, orange chicken w/ white rice

fav genres: 90’s rap, Southern and West Coast rap, Horrorcore, Horror Game Ambient Sound, Kpop, KR&B, Memphis rap, Motown, Jazz, Funk

fav music: BTS | TXT | Red Velvet | SUMIN | Victoria Monet | NBA Youngboy | Kenny Mason | 36Mafia | j-hope | Jimin | Agust-D | Lucky Daye | Megan Thee Stallion

fav games: stardew valley | resident evil | fallout | far cry

fav US tv: the vampire diaries | buffy the vampire | from | farscape | angel | dexter | fargo | my babysitter’s a vampire | preacher | american horror story

fav cartoons: invader zim | ah monsters | billy and mandy | powerpuff girls | cow and chicken | catdog | secret squirrel | amazing world of gumball | making fiends | the proud family | courage the cowardly dog | adventure time | mystery incorporated | class of 3000 | el tigre | my life as a teenage robot | the snorks | pound puppies | my lil pony | carebears | tom&jerry | hong kong phoeey | top cat | the aquanauts

fav kdrama: mask girl | flowers of evil | all of us are dead | kingdom | tomorrow | twenty-five twenty-one | a time called you | squid game | behind your touch | move to heaven | under the queens umbrella | juvenile justice | vincenzo | the glory | the school nurse files | DP | bloodhounds | dr. cha | golden mask | the second husband | mr. plankton

fav anime: hunterxhunter | assassination classroom | demon slayer | one piece | bleach | ouran host club | death note | cowboy bepop | kurokos basketball | haikyuu | devils line | kagegurui | diabolik lovers | horimiya | toilet-bound hanako-kun

fav tdrama: girl from nowhere

fav cdrama: a use for my talent | meteor garden

fav jdrama: alice in boarderland | animals

[moontheoretist]

"The dual planets were intertwined in each other's tragic destiny, and a dead song was scattered amongst the Cave Where Light Hid. The song had no beginning and no end, had no sound and no echo, came from no singer, and was heard by none. It thus uttered:

Takamagahara endless like Izumo, for it was a paradise perfect in its place. Yet the sky turned dark and the great sun pulled the tides, and the Kami left numerous trails as if migrating. The Yaoyorozu no Magakami manifested and slaughtered without mercy, yet little did they expect their peerless authority to be stolen and taken. Izumo broke seventy-thousand-and-thirty-three warrior's blades, forging the majestic Sentinels twelve in number.

The first was "Truth," forged with the slain Sovereign of Revelation. It allowed mortals to comprehend all laws and order, to dissect all things and to recreate miracles. - (Honkai Impact 3rd - Herrscher of Reason / Truth)

The second was "Sky," forged with the slain Eternal Zenith. It could turn the sky into walls and fortresses and pose obstacles for the Magatsu no Morokami's steps. - (Honkai Impact 3rd - Herrscher of the Void)

The third was "Howl," forged with the slain Almighty Thunder. It could summon lightning to tear the sky, and the soaring meteors and thunder dealt divine justice. - (Honkai Impact 3rd - Herrscherr of Thunder)

The fourth was "Mist," forged with the slain Everbreath. It could make winds break and shear the land, for gales to rage forever unceasing. - (Honkai Impact 3rd - Herrscher of Wind)

The fifth was "Frost," forged with the slain Heaven's Winter Cloak. It could freeze and still the very order of time, to create boundless frozen wastes and stretch one moment into eternity. - (Honkai Impact 3rd - Herrscher of Ice)

The sixth was "Fate," forged with the slain Spurned Sister of Mortality. It could make flowers bloom and cover barren graves, for life and death to dance in a cycle and dissipate. - (Honkai Impact 3rd - Herrcher of Death / Rebirth)

The seventh was "Flare," forged with the slain Flamebringer. It could summon fires to burn down the very world, to torch the skies and to char the earth. - (Honkai Impact 3rd - Herrscher of Fire)

The eighth was "Thought," forged with the slain Wisdom Supreme. It could discern the past and future with the mirror of water, to tell truth from lies over years beyond reckoning. - (Honkai Impact 3rd - Herrscher of Sentience)

The ninth was "Root," forged with the slain Father of Lands. It could command islands to float into the heavens, for mountains and valleys to burst before armies. - (Honkai Impact 3rd - Herrscher of Earth / Stars)

The tenth was "Form," forged with the slain Nether Lord. It could make the masses join in unity, for endless forms to ebb and flow as one. - (Honkai Impact 3rd - Herrcher of Legion / Dominance)

The eleventh was "Bind," forged with the slain Omen Ward. It drove misfortune into a binding cage, for evil and demons to instantly vanish. - (Honkai Impact 3rd - Herrscher of Binding)

The twelfth was "Maw," forged with the slain Woes Eighty. It could corrode and age the very mortal world and make equal Kami and Oni, leaving an entity's four souls to be sundered in twain. - (Honkai Impact 3rd - Herrscher of Corruption)

Then the underworld was cleared out, the wars called to a halt, and the twelve blades broken and locked. In the emptiness the dead souls grew restless, and under the black sun two blades were forged as Bearers of the world's destiny.

One was named "Origin" and the other named "End," for all begun with humanity and shall end with Oni-kind. (Honkai Impact 3rd - Herrscher of Origin and Herrscher of Finality)

The sounds of lamentation ceased, and the dead flowers rose and fell. The losers returned to the void, and the winners... became null. The hobbling monk sang the song without a tune, for those who hold the power of Kami are walking backwards, towards divinity. Witnessed by the great sun, the land once named Izumo became completely devoid... of humans, Oni, and Kami".

The most interesting part is how the video described Herrcher of the Void's power set in comparison to Heavenly Principles from Genshin: "It could form a barrier from the firmament, and prevent the innumerable gods of misery from passing through". Which lowkey implies that Heavenly Principles is a Guardian of Teyvat that stops random Gods or beings from just entering this world willy-nilly.

[borgialucrezia]

omg i read blood and beauty and its sequel last week bc it had been on my reading list for months!!!! and is this a safe space where i can just say that it hit the nail on the head for all of the borgias without unnecessarily vilifying one or the other (i mean basically considering how most writers hold some vendetta against juan) and i loved how u could really see lucrezia's growth from her childhood innocence to being forced to mature and grow up AND obsessed w any media that portrays cesare as ferocious and sharp and ruthless and juan finally got his flowers bc they obv showed his flaws but without making him the big bad evil when instead he also started off a kid but ended up being dragged to the bottom of the river by his father's ambitions 😔

i wish the 2nd book had progressed a little further to lucrezia's childbirth bed death so the story could come full circle and sometimes the pov switching was confusing for me but aside from that, the borgias will always be famous to meeeeeeeee and i love a good book that portrays them well!

ive been on the hunt for more borgia-centric books so if u have any recs......... <3

zaynab omg hello!!!!! i was kinda waiting for someone to talk to me about this book because it's my absolute #1 favorite historical fiction book <3

i'm so happy you enjoyed reading it! the way miss dunant brilliantly humanized the borgia family by creating striking and compelling narratives for them was truly *chef's kiss*. it's safe to say that her portrayal of them has even made her my favorite author as well (and made me want to check out her other work, lol). the way she made them so sympathetic is truly admirable to me, which is also a standout aspect of the book as we manage to develop a deep understanding of their motivations and complexities through her nuanced portrayal, you know? i say it could've been done more when it came to lucrezia, as she is truly one of the most compelling figures in history (and my all-time favorite). i'm not criticizing dunant for lucrezia's portrayal!! but it's more like i wished she added more of lucrezia's lore...but alas! other books did her more justice, i must say!

my favorite theme of the book is the immense love the pope has for his children. the way [spoiler] juan was taken too soon from him is profoundly melancholic and it added emotional depth to the story and it highlighted the power of a father's love and the devastating impact of losing a beloved child. also, YEAH, the book felt like a breath of fresh air when it came to juan borgia! he was unfairly demonized with no reliable narrative and mostly used as a prop to hype up cesare at his expense *yawns*… but dunant made him an individual, likable character in the book, countering the unjust treatment he always receives. her portrayal of him allowed us to discover the vulnerability and sensitivity that lie beneath his outwardly arrogant and handsome demeanor. we really can't help but feel deep empathy and pity for him as we read about his inner struggles and emotional depth. he became a truly compelling and sympathetic figure within the borgia family, especially when his death is met with cruelty and brutality. the tragic nature of his demise evokes an even stronger sense of empathy and sorrow in the narrative of juan losing himself and being overwhelmed by the heavy task he was entrusted with…

and cesare, of course, was portrayed as that sulking, bitter, cruel but incredibly intelligent, cunning, and charming guy! lowkey a recurring theme for him, but the flavor in making him extra dark in the slayest way possible made me insane in a very positive way! you should watch "los borgia (2006)" for a delicious portrayal of cesare (and personally, i think it's the most historically accurate).

more books? i'd recommended emma lucas's 'lucrezia borgia' and maria bellonci's 'life and times of lucrezia borgia' - both are biographies btw! their work is a solid read, very unbiased without any manipulation of the letters about/between the siblings to push certain narratives (hello sarah bradford!!), well-researched, sheds light on the family's complex relationships and their rise to power, and is highly sympathetic to all of them. you won't be disappointed!!

for historical fiction, i'd recommend mario puzo's 'the family' ...you will never be disappointed after all it's by the dude who wrote the godfather!

i hope you enjoy them <333 i'll be waiting for your feedback :)

[the-pessimists-paradigm]

Petunias stand together Flowers never say never Evil demons be on alert as I'll plant your rears in the dirt! Justice flower! Ruri Hana! Ru-Ru Ruri!

[foxchainart]

The last black fox Symbolism dump: purple is strength, yellow is sacred but also inexperienced, black is death, as well as "clarifying between right and wrong" Butterfly is death Shimenawa are sacred and come in red and white, red being self-sacrifice, passion, and blood, while white is purity and truth but also death and morning Shide are the pretty papers that hang from them and also denote that there are spirits here Diagonal lines show movement and change, or falling the triad symbol is a classic Japanese symbol of gods and divinity and fire destroys and creates, which is a common theme with Kurogitsune. Its black because its destructive powers reveal what is right and wrong through death Lastly, red pentas, Kurogitsune's canonical flower, is a symbol of protection, peace, and balance. The pentas is often seen as a talisman of sorts against evil spirits, demons, hexes or spells, and is often associated with love and death. . The five petals symbolize faith, hope, charity, justice, and peace.

[lmk-oc-competition]

LMK OC COMPETITION - ROUND 5

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Blossom belongs to @blossomnightshade

Xīnghuā belongs to @shatteredstarsart

Learn more about them below the cut!

Blossom:

In summary, (Kāihuā) Blossom is a powerful but introverted huli-jing who has the potential to bring peace and prosperity to the universe and has yet to find out more about the greater aptitudes that await her…

(Kāihuā) Blossom, a young Huli-Jing, was once a symbol of balance, order and power. The celestial sky was filled with moonlight, and the scarlet moonflower emerged, symbolising the potential for those willing to eat its petals. However, the flower's power was cursed, and it was hidden from evil and darkness.The moondrop's immense power and rich history led to stories of its relationship with the celestial body above and its potential to bring justice and prosperity to all people.Thus, leading to the emergence of numerous demons and bad entities hunting for the flower's recent harvest by its host. The story begins with Blossom, who and her father were chased by bad entities throughout their childhood. One night, Xiangliu cornered them in the East Sea, and Blossom's father threw her into the sea. Ao Lie and Ao Guang saved her, and she was transported to the celestial bars of the Celestial Realm. As the Moondrop's incarnation, Blossom faced fear of becoming a threat due to her traumatic past. The celestial court and Jade Emperor agreed to erase her memories, allowing her to create new ones in the Celestial Realm. Blossom was raised by Miss Chang'e and Princess Iron Fan, the residents of the Celestial Realm, and the heavenly minister. She has grown to be a calm, selfless, and skilled individual, mastered in healing powers, golden vision, crystal manipulation, and shapeshifting. She is also a soft-spoken and comforting figure to the Monkie Gang, but may become intimidating if she witnesses her loved ones being threatened.

Xīnghuā:

Xīnghuā aka a silly shadowpeach fan child that mostly just a silly goober who has the defense skills of a potato.

She's 7 but that doesn't mean she's hasn't had her fair share of trauma, from as little as being kidnapped to almost being killed by her older brother, Fu Xiao (endipuff on tumblr) and having her arm broken! Dont worry though, she can still kick ass because she is the Long Arm Gibbon (insert OSP as source here), she can make a sword out of no where to stab anything she wants... except she won't because she's a little shy.

[monkie-kid-oc-showdown]

Yu ling ren (@lmkobsessedmoth)

Fears: fire, failure, being touched and dogsLike: books, dancing, history, learning about the mortal realm, flowers and silence

Backstory: Yu ling is a being who’s fate was reset by the gods erlang and guanyin after she died at a young age. After the accident erlang and guanyin discovered that yu ling couldn’t harness her qi so they made a deal with the 10 Yama kings to help her and she’s been their student ever since. Even though Yu ling gained many injuries from the accident it didn’t seem to affect her when training with erlang and the celestial army

Bonus Info: Yu ling is a giant perfectionist and people pleaser and is confused when seeing people who aren’t, most of the celestial realm sees her as a soulless infection, she has a familiar dynamic with her mentors and has curly hair but chooses to straighten it as people often bully her for it

Blossom (@blossomnightshade)

Description: In summary, (Kāihuā) Blossom is a powerful but introverted huli-jing who has the potential to bring peace and prosperity to the universe and has yet to find out more about the greater aptitudes that await her…

(Kāihuā) Blossom, a young Huli-Jing, was once a symbol of balance, order and power. The celestial sky was filled with moonlight, and the scarlet moonflower emerged, symbolising the potential for those willing to eat its petals. However, the flower's power was cursed, and it was hidden from evil and darkness.

The moondrop's immense power and rich history led to stories of its relationship with the celestial body above and its potential to bring justice and prosperity to all people.

Thus, leading to the emergence of numerous demons and bad entities hunting for the flower's recent harvest by its host.

The story begins with Blossom, who and her father were chased by bad entities throughout their childhood. One night, Xiangliu cornered them in the East Sea, and Blossom's father threw her into the sea. Ao Lie and Ao Guang saved her, and she was transported to the celestial bars of the Celestial Realm. As the Moondrop's incarnation, Blossom faced fear of becoming a threat due to her traumatic past. The celestial court and Jade Emperor agreed to erase her memories, allowing her to create new ones in the Celestial Realm.

Blossom was raised by Miss Chang'e and Princess Iron Fan, the residents of the Celestial Realm, and the heavenly minister. She has grown to be a calm, selfless, and skilled individual, mastered in healing powers, golden vision, crystal manipulation, and shapeshifting. She is also a soft-spoken and comforting figure to the Monkie Gang, but may become intimidating if she witnesses her loved ones being threatened.

[tsbluvr]

REVIEW NOBODY CARES ABOUT: HIP TO THE JAVABEAN EDITION

ALSO, some of this was written in the morning, and some was at night. So, if the night part is really THAT MUCH more entertaining, I'll start writing these right before I sleep again

What’s in the Toaster?: NA/10

Honestly, I don't think it needs explaining

Sunbeam Light Show Flower Seed: 8/10

Good song, It's fun, it's catchy, it says the words "necktie" and "band" in the same song, which clearly means it references Tally Hall (it hypothetically could've been). Good

Musical Chairs: 7/10

Pros: it's a really good song

cons: he uses the word "bloody" the way a filthy brit would

jokes aside, It's a really good song but I just don't LOVE it, y'know

Atomic Copper Claw: 9.5/10

ILOVETHISSONGILOVETHISSONGILOVETHISSONG IDK how to explain it but the protagonist is so me I love them so much. Also, I wonder if the antagonist actually DOES have an atomic copper coat like the singer believes.

Your Evil Shadow Has a Cup of Tea: 8.75/10

I feel like this in an unpopular opinion (outside of the lemon demon fandom) but I LOVE this song. Definitely on elf my highlights from the album, it's stupid and sounds kind of bad. It's exactly what I want in a song.

Telekinesis: 8/10

In this album, my favorite three songs in a row are easily Telekinesis, Matches and Nails, and Relativity. Sure, I do like YESHACOT and Atomic Copper Claw more, but honestly it feels weird to separate the songs. It just feels natural to put those songs together. anyways hell yeah I love this song.

Matches and Nails: 8/10

The protagonist is kinda stupid with a horrible memory. Literally me (except that spot is already taken by the atomic copper claw guy)

Relativity: 8/10

I like, love love love the outdo of this song. Also, the chorus and pre-chorus are really fun and catchy! unrelated, but this album in my head feels really white. Not in a racial way, just. Like, when I think of this album I think of specifically the Minecraft polished quartz block.

Fancy Pants Manifesto: 8/10

If you haven't before, do yourself a favor and listen to this song with headphones in. It was a month or two before I listened to this song with headphones, and I was delighted when I heard the bridge and during that one part the synth bounced from ear to ear. Also, I didn't realize until the re-mastered version came out that at the beginning of the song Neil was saying "1, 2, 3, 4" and I thought he said "fancy pants, fancy pants" also this song reminds me of that one flash game

Go to Hollywood: 7.75/10

Love this song. It's great, and a sudden though appreciated change of pace from the rest of the album (kinda like clown circus' somnolence in terms of sound). This song used to be my favorite, but became overplayed in my head and ended up losing a good 1.25 points over time. Whoopsie!

I Know Your Name: 8/10

This song is an energetic, fun, hilarious masterpiece and anybody who tries to tell you the deporitaz/trapezoid version is better is WRONG.

Consumer Whore: 8/10

Kinda like go to Hollywood, this song became a little overplayed (though less so). I really like the second verse (cause it's funny) and the bridge (cause bridges are often my favorite parts of lemon demon songs)

Between You and Me: 8.25/10

I feel like this song is a perfect example of what I mean when I say the song is white. White like polished quartz, or almost-to bright pale LEDs. This song just feels really clean, almost weirdly "cleaner" than the lemon demon songs that came before it. Not that's bad, it's one of my favorite songs on the album. "Where cosmic placement failed / Where Serendipity drags her tail" is a FANTASTIC lyric (no I do not know what serendipity means I just think it's a big fancy word that sounds cool)

I’ve Got Some Falling to Do: 8/10

no need for explanation, it's a good song.

Sick Puppy

OKAY this song is so long, that it wouldn't do it justice to give it one rating so I've decided to split up the song into three sections

Sick Puppy (first instrumental section): 8/10

I know I said I don't really like instrumentals much, but this section is probably my favorite in the song. In fact, it may be one of, if not my favorite Lemon Demon instrumental. It's fun, it's energetic, and I especially love the section where it really picks up before transitioning into the second instrumental section.

SPEAKING OF THE SECOND INSTRUMENTAL SECTION.....

Sick Puppy (second instrumental section): ZERO OUT OF TEN (actual rating like 4/10)

GRR EW I HATE THIS SECTION IT RUINS THE INSTRUMENTAL SECTIONS AND IT RUINS THE WHOLE SONG I HATE IT IT SUCKS SICK PUPPY MORE LIKE SUCK(S) PUPPY

Sick Puppy (Guitar section): 6.5/10

meh

OVERALL: 8/10

FAVORITE/LEAST FAVORITE TRACKS

Atomic Copper Claw, Sick Puppy or Musical Chairs (depends on my mood)

Bonus Tracks

Almond: 7.25/10

good.

Bad Idea: 8/10

This song's pretty good. It's a fun song about zombies (WITHOUT THE ACCENT COUGH COUGH PEPPER AND SALT COUGH COUGH) but it kinda got overplayed. I still really like it though, and it has a great ending.

Behold the FUTURE: 7.5/10

overrated

Not Applicable: 7.75/10

Good, fun instrumental. Definitely my favorite instrumental on the album.

Roman Robot Statues: 7.5/10

yeah good song

Run, Harry, Run!: 8/10

WHAT THE FUCK WAS NEIL ON WHEN HE WAS WIRITNG THE LYRICS TO THIS SONG WHAT IN THE NAME OF HARRY POTTER COMPELLED NEIL TO WRITE THIS WEIRD ASS FANFICTION JESUS CHRIST. Also, good for him killing Dumbledore. You go, girl!

Take a Picture: 7.5/10

ehh its okay. don't love it. good song though

There’s a Robot in My Head: 6/10

This song is a great alarm. I know from experience.

OVERALL BONUS TRACK RATING: 7/10

FAVORITE/LEAST FAVORITE BONUS TRACKS

Either Run, Harry, Run, Bad Idea, or Not Applicable for my favorites. Least favorite is there's a robot in my head, easily.

[stupidrottencat]

The church's bells tolled as a woman in a nun's habit ambled passed the wailing and grieving family of yet another unfortunate victim with an air of aggrievance for the families whose loved ones have been taken at a much earlier time than God intended. A man in a cassock looked upon the weeping crowd with despair, “Sister Perdita, this is the fifth murder this week. The police can’t find even a trace! It’s as if this evil is not of man.” The priest had uttered, turning his attention to the woman.

Perdita’s eyes widened in realization and she whipped around to look at the priest with shock, “You don’t mean that there is satanic influence, right? These victims are people who come and worship God twice every week! How would Satan get his claws around their souls that easily, Father Williams?” Perdita spoke as she trembled at the mere thought of Satan waiting outside the church to claim these people of God. “Perdita, I need you to examine and purify the old Inn in the woods. I believe there is a connection between the dead found near there and the inn itself.” Father Williams spoke with quiet confidence, “ The inn has a fitting name as well, the Demonic Inn. It can be found past the rundown mall a few miles south of the abandoned Wardens house.”

Perdita with a sense of righteous justice and hope for the end of the murders, left for the Inn. Past the rundown mall, down the trail by the Wardens house, and continuing south through the woods. The woods were quiet except for the occasional chirp or song from the birds. It was unnerving of how desolate the woods appeared. Perdita was exhausted from walking miles in steep, unstable, and muggy terrain. The birds stopped chirping. They stayed deathly silent, seeming to shudder in fear of something she couldn’t sense. Two thuds sounded to her side before stopping behind the large blueberry bushes. Through her muddled mind she finally registered the sounds. ‘Footsteps��. The word rang through her mind like the death toll she heard at the church. Perdita turned and looked at what had made the steps, only to watch as a tall shadow walked out of sight away from the now barren bush.

Thudding and panting, Perdita ran as hard as she could deeper into the woods. She caught sight of a cream and vibrant red building through the trees. Through her exhaustion she pushed herself to make it to the building. An inn with cream walls, red highlights and beautiful flowers and bushes as decorations. Upon the wall the words written in gold read, ‘Demonic Inn’. “No, no, no. This can’t be it can it? It must be an illusion or deception of evil to lure people into a false sense of security.” Perdita muttered to herself. As she collected herself and prepared to walk in she took note of a familiar smell, it was difficult to put a name to, yet it was eerily familiar.

As she pushed open the door a ring sounded out, announcing her entrance. The lobby had sturdy red fabric chairs, a dark brown wooden table carved with amazing craftsmanship, books laying upon its shining finish, and potted plants scattered here and there. Ahem. The obviously faked clearing of the throat sounded masculine in origin. She went to politely apologize for the gawking but as her mouth opened to begin the sentence caught in her throat. The desk had a gold nameplate with ‘James’ written on it and what can only be described as a demon behind it. He had ebony fur covering his heavy set body, glowing eyes that seemed to pierce the soul of anyone looking, two large horns, one snapped half way off and the other with a gold ring around it, tusks that looked like ivory and clawed hands with no arms attaching them.

“So, do you want a room or not?” James spoke with a tired and sarcastic tone. Perdita pulled out a vial of holy water and ran to the desk causing James to stand up and take a quick step back with surprise. “Return to the hell you came from, satan spawn! Let you never harm anyone again!” Perdita splashed the water onto the now much taller demon.

“I don’t get paid enough to deal with this.” James said absolutely drenched in the holy water, “You do know holy water only works on demons and devils, yeah? Well I’m not either of those so unless you want to actually get a room and stop being rude to employees just doing their job, leave.” Perdita stood in shock. “I'll take a room.” She was barely able to force it out of her own mouth. “Alright then,” James wiped his face off with a black handkerchief with gold embroidery and sat back down, “here is your key, you’ll be staying in room 123. Not to be confused with G123 which is on ground level.” James said using a slightly louder voice than normal, before flipping the nameplate face first into the desk and leaving through the ‘employee’s only’ door behind him. Near the door was a picture that read ‘E.O.M Phil’. Phil wore a black tophat with a red lace and spider lily on it, he seemed to cover his face with a white mask that only had eyeholes. ‘Employee of the month, huh? Maybe he has something to do with the murders.’ Perdita let thoughts rush through her mind as she ascended up to her room. 

‘117, 119, 121, 123… 123!’ Perdita turned back around to open the door she had just past. Inside it was illuminated by the opened window next to the door and a few lamps, the bed looked newly made and held a tv as well as plenty of decorations.There was a bathroom off to the side with a shower and bath combo, mirror, sink, and toilet. She flopped on the bed after locking the door then she realized the sheets were nice and toasty, as if they had just been dried. As the hours ticked by she could not sleep, no matter the position, how sleepy she was, or how comforting the bed and feather soft blankets were. The sound of a sheet rubbing against the floor caught her attention, thinking she was just imagining things from lack of sleep, she tried to go to sleep. There it was again, much clearer now. It came from outside her room, right next to the window. Perdita slowly got up to look out the window when a large crash rang through the halls. She dashed out her room to see a dark cloaked figure dart to the stairs. 

Chasing the figure down stairs and through a winding maze of halls, she finally caught up with them. Grabbing their cloak, the figure let out a horrified scream, “Please don’t kill me! I’m just the janitor!” The cloaked figure turned to her to reveal nothing but glowing eyes in the pitch black opening of, what she now realized was, a black blanket. “What? You’re just a janitor? Was that why I heard noises in the room beside me?” She said with confusion very evident on her face. “Yeah? Can you let go of me now, please?” The figure said, looking at her with teary eyes. “Oh, of course! I’m terribly sorry. May I ask your name?” “It’s Atticus. Nice to meet you, bye!” Atticus then turned around and shuffled over to the counter. 

Perdita then realized she was in a cafeteria of sorts. The walls were still the cream color and it had highlights of red and gold. The chairs looked as if you could sink into them and never want to climb out, the tables had red cloths draped over them, and she saw the unmistakable face, or mask, of Employee of the Month, Phil. Phil’s photo showed one very unsettling thing though. He walked on his hands and feet, if you could call them that. They seemed more like if he had put his hands and feet in cups and covered them in a black full bodysuit. He didn’t appear to have clothes other than a bowtie, tophat, and a nametag that read ‘Phil’. His body was an inky black that seemed to be a fabric of sorts, however.

She walked over with careful steps toward Phil when she noticed he seemed to be in a conversation with someone in the kitchen. The chef who went quiet and stared at her was thin, much too thin. She could see his ribs and wore an animal skin cloak that only covered his collarbone in the front and mid back on the tail end. The cloak let no light touch his face and he had very thin, long limbs that allowed him to stand almost as tall as the ceiling itself. As he stared at her quietly, Phil turned his head to look at her then trot over. Perdita tenses in fear yet keeps a confident face. “Sir, are you the manager of this hotel?” She questions Phil, only receiving a blank look. “He doesn’t speak ma’am. But yes, he is the assistant manager.” A deep, raspy voice echoes through the kitchen's opening. The tall man Phil was ‘chatting with’ came out with smooth long strides. “My name is Annex, I’m the chef of this establishment. A pleasure to meet you.” He spoke eloquently despite his scratchy voice, “Oh. I was wondering if you know about any murders nearby.” When she said this both seemed to flinch back as if struck. Annex swiftly turned and went back to the kitchen, while Phil walked out of the cafeteria on trembling limbs. “You should try to get some sleep, ma’am. You’re welcome to breakfast in the morning.” Was all Annex said before continuing to cook. Perdita went back up to her room, not without getting lost here and there.

She got very little sleep. Walking to the bathroom like a zombie, Perdita flinches at the sorry sight of herself. The bags under her eyes reached a new color of dark blue, her hair was a rat's nest, and she seemed much paler. ‘Wow, I better fix myself up before going to investigate why Annex and Phil reacted like that. Wait, Annex said I could go to breakfast. Maybe I could find information there.’ As she started cleaning herself up, she caught a whiff of the familiar scent she had smelt at the entrance of the inn. Once again she couldn’t put a name on it, only this time she felt a sense of dread with it. As if a once comforting smell turned sour and rotten. Finishing up as quickly as she could, she rushed out to get away from the smell.

“Glad to see you miss.” Annex was the first to notice her at the cafeteria door. James, Phil, and Atticus were all there with their breakfasts. Atticus looked as nervous as a man with only eyes on his face could look, wringing his hands while chewing, his plate was almost polished. Phil’s and James’ plates looked untouched, and if looks could kill, Phil would be dead 5 times over. “Y’know Phil, you are the sorriest assistant manager I’ve ever worked for. Not only are you a pain for all of us, but you give everyone more work than you do!” James kept digging into Phil when Annex spoke up, “Will you shut up already? We have a guest and this feud you have on each other needs to stop. It’s annoying and pointless.” James and Phil whipped their heads to Perdita and Atticus gave a small wave before quickly and quietly leaving. “You look dead.” James called to her when she went to grab a plate. “Well isn’t that a way to treat a lady!” She refuted, “Oh sorry, didn’t know I was talking to a lady.” He said before resuming eating. Perdita gaped at him and Annex came out of the kitchen at a swift speed. When he got in James' space, he smacked him in the back of the head, “Be nice! She is our first customer in months!” Annex spat out. ‘If they haven’t had anyone come in here in months, then they couldn’t have been part of the murders.’ Perdita clears her plate and returns to her room after saying her goodbyes.

 ‘I have enough information to return to Father Williams.’ Perdita packs her things and goes down stairs to give James the room key. “Thank you for this time, James.” “Have a good one.” James replied without looking up from filing his claws. “Miss.” Annex’s voice called out before she opened the door, “Annex? What is it?” “Please watch your back, there is someone after you.” He said before turning and leaving. James had paused his filing and he and Perdita watched as Annex left, “As vague as ever.” James then continued his filing.

‘What did he mean?’ Was all Perdita could think about while trudging through the cold woods again. In an instant, a cloth covered her mouth. Perdita gasped in surprise, breathing in the chemical. Then it all went black.

She heard a voice, distorted and the words were unintelligible, and the smell was back. She then recognised what the smell was. It was a combination of frankincense, myrrh, and flowers. The same smell Father Williams always had permeating around him. The voice cleared up before her blurred vision did, a much too familiar voice dripped with venom, “Annex did try to warn you, Sister. Yet, you left without so much as a pocket knife.” Her vision cleared to reveal Father Williams standing over her in a dim, cold, and moist room. The floor was concrete with what smelled and looked like blood in a summoning circle with sigils and 5 skulls at each point of the pentacle. Each one was human. Only one was missing. “You will be the last one needed for the ritual to be completed! I will finally be released from this hell!” Father Williams spoke in a manic and almost insane manner, “Why are you doing this?” Perdita’s voice came out slurred and slow. “I have been stuck here for years! These excruciating reminders of what I’ve lost being replayed over and over! They get to live the life I want! One I deserve! All they did was do my work! I had done everything and they just played it out! Yet they reap the benefits? No more. No more, no more, no more. No more!” Father William had slowly descended into even more mania and hysterics.

 He picked up a curved and twisted red stained dagger, “This is my freedom!” Right as he raised the blade to plunge it within her heart, thudding footsteps pounded closer. As if a herd of raging cattle thundered toward them, Father Williams whipped his head to look in panic, “No! No! They will ruin my freedom! I want to be free! Why do they want to save you? You are nothing but another sacrifice!” He cried out, keeping his attention to the door. The footsteps rumbled closer before stopping behind the door. A jingling of keys and murmuring resounding before a sharp, rage filled roar shook through the room, “Just bust the door down!” The door flew off its hinges with a deafening crash. Father Williams looked like a ghost as 4 familiar employees walked through the doorway. No words were spoken as James darted towards Father Williams and started ripping shreds out of him. Annex and Atticus hurried to her side to help her up and hide her eyes from seeing the absolute carnage that James was wreaking.She still heard the ear piercing screams. She heard the sickening sound of bones splintering and hooves clacking against a wet, concrete floor. As Annex and Atticus led her out of the room, Phil and James stayed behind to finish him off.

“I’m sorry it had to come to this.” Annex whispered to her, “We never wanted this to happen. He drove this place to ruin.” They sat in the lobby. Atticus put a soft blanket over her while they waited on the two others to join. Two sets of hoof-steps echoed through the main hall. Phil and James were soaked in blood and slumped in fatigue, “We want to send you off, Ma’am. Will you let us?” Annex’s voice was soft in worry, “It’s only fair isn’t it?” Perdita’s shaking voice showed just how shaken she was. 

“You can keep the blanket miss.” Atticus then retreated behind James. Annex handed her a silver necklace with a cross on it, “Hopefully this will help you.” He looked down, then backed up a few steps. She immediately clipped it around her neck. Phil raised his hoof, on it was a blue, dried flower. “It’s an amsonia.” James spoke for him.  She gently took the flower and looked it over before putting it in her bag. James then held out a folded newspaper. “Whatever you do, don’t read this until you’re out of the woods.” His tone was deadly serious. She looked into his eyes with slight fear. “Okay.” She nodded before getting up, “Thank you all so much. I owe my life to you all.” She walked out after hearing various ‘Goodbyes.’ 

She stumbled her way out of the woods. Her heart dropped. The newspaper held the words, ‘Inn burned to the ground with employees and owner inside! March 13, 2006.’

The inn wasn’t there. It was burned in 2006. They all died in 2006. 

Hope y'all enjoyed this! 🙂 I intend to continue with these characters and more!

[the-cryptographer]

@ocean-motioned this baldposting caused me to try and find bald anders edit someone did a while ago here on tumblr and i didnt find it but i found, well, this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldanders bald anders is an actual real life german cryptid. do what you will with this information

About to use this information for evil.

So Baldanders is a cryptid of the cycles of life and equilibrium and changing forms of matter:

Baldanders subsequently changes into a succession of forms: an oak tree, a sow, a bratwurst sausage, then a peasant's excrement, a meadow of clovers, cow dung (Kuhfladen), a flower, mulberry tree, and silk carpet. The significance of these objects is that the oak produces acorns that are eaten by the female pig, then turned into sausage, and eaten by human, in a natural cycle of things that perish and are reborn. According to Sachs’ and collected descriptions, the Baldanders is a creature that is symbolic for the continual change in nature and society as well as the importance of familiarizing oneself with the common from another perspective.

I can work with this. Anders in the middle of his balding panic attack compares himself to the tale of this cryptid, who was of course a popular figure in the Ander immigrant village of his childhood. Anders says he's already an old man and gonna be fertilizer for an oak tree pretty soon. Fenris tells Anders to stop being dramatic and by the way he bought you shaving cream if you want to clear off the rest of your scalp *hint hint*. Hawke excuses themself to make sausages and acorn flour pancakes as part of their balding depression binge eating, and ends up down a rabbit hole trying to document the water cycle. But this whole Baldanders concept has produced a lot of fascination/anxiety for Justice - who is now perseverating on the whole concept of aging and physical/chemical transformation, which are unique to this side of the Veil, and what the experience of possessing someone who will someday be an oak tree is going to be like. Merrill decides to bring in comparative mythology and compares/contrasts the Baldanders with minor figures of the Elvhen pantheon, and/or Solas who is also bald. (Nobody is happy with these comparisons.) Fenris who is usually appreciative of Justice's thoughtful, philosophical side (he and Justice are the only ones with a positive wisdom modifier in this group) reflects that this all would be a whole lot easier for him if Justice was a desire demon instead gdi.