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barbaracleboy · 3 years ago

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Can’t Come Back

Another kinda angsty blurb thing. I dunno, I want to write and draw comedy most of the time but sometimes the odd sad idea pops into my old noodle. Also, Spoilers for Leif’s Request.

Leif woke up, and he was laying in some grass, though that was the extent of his knowledge on his location.

Leif: Kabbu!? Vi!? Chompy!?

Leif looked around desperately for his team, but found them nowhere. Something he did find, however, was a small pond close to him. He briefly saw something red in the pond as he scanned the area, but he snapped his attention back to it upon realizing what he might have just seen.

Leif looked into the pond, and noticed the strangest thing in his reflection: his eyes were brown, rather than the blank white he’d known them to be for so long. What’s more, his wings and carapace were a warm, wood-like red, instead of a cool, icy blue. Leif just stared at his reflection for a while, to the point you’d be forgiven for thinking he was some sort of narcissist. Leif didn’t quite feel love for himself as he stared, though. Rather, he felt a sort of peculiar mix of familiarity and unfamiliarity, like he had come across a long lost twin.

Leif: W-what?...We...

With too many thoughts going through his head Leif just looks around the area again, the thoughts of his team being much less prominent now: instead, Leif was just wondering what the hell happened to him. While looking around Leif noticed something else familiar: he saw the Anthill Palace. He was close to the Ant Kingdom. Now Leif wondered about something else...

Leif ran to the Ant Kingdom Plaza and dashed through, past various bugs, many of which looked to him with pure shock. He didn’t greet any of them, he didn’t stop to answer their questions. One bug in particular was on his mind, and he needed to make sure if she was there. Leif ran until he reached a quaint wooden house. It was in the same spot he remembered Muze’s home being, but he knew exactly who this home belonged to.

Leif: I’m home...

With no hesitation this time, Leif knocked on the door of the house. A voice responded, but it didn’t sound willing to open.

???: I-I’m sorry, can you please come back later?

Leif has heard this voice before. He knew exactly who it belonged to. Even harder, Leif knocked on the door.

???: Please, I asked you to come back later...

Leif was feeling saddened, but he refused to leave. Once more he knocked on the door, and this time heard it opening.

Pink Moth: Listen, jackass, I said-

It was Muse. Leif didn’t think he’d ever see her again, but he knew it was her. It was Muse, his wife...a great, powerful Moth to whom he was closer than any other bug. It looked just like her, and her attitude when opening the door was just as rude as how he saw her half the time. The other half she was cheerful, of course, but somehow he found-

Muse kneed Leif in the groin and yanked his face towards hers by his fluff.

Muse: WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOU!?!?!?!?!

Leif: (Weakly) It is so nice to see you again...

Muse: THAT WASN’T WHAT I ASKED, MOTHERFUCKER, IF YOU COULD HAVE JUST FUCKING COME HOME WHY DIDN’T YOU!?!?!? I THOUGHT YOU DIED!!!!!!!

Leif: Me too...

Muse: WHAT!?!

Leif: Forgive me, your majesty, but may I come inside, get something to eat or drink? Maybe then I can, er, attempt to explain things.

Muse almost couldn’t believe it: not just that Leif was alive, but that he had the gall to crack jokes despite her concern. She wasn’t too shocked, though: she knew him pretty well. Still gripping Leif’s neck fluff, Muse pulled him into the house as he closed the door behind them.

Muse forced her husband into a nearby chair before she looked into his eyes with a fiery intensity.

Muse: When me and Rebecca left Snakemouth, we last saw you cornered by a Spider, just about dead. Why are you here now?

Leif: Listen, I genuinely don’t know why.

Muse: The hell kind of explanation is that!?

Leif: It is so, so complicated of a story, I’m not sure I can really get through it all.

Muse: You’d better try, or else-

Leif: Or else what, you’ll beat me up? You really think I’d take that as a punishment?

Muse just stood there for a moment, trembling with rage. After a few moments tears began to flow from her eyes and her fury-filled expression turned to one of relief. She almost tackled Leif and gave him the sweetest hug she ever had, unusually careful and light.

Muse: I-I missed the crap you’d spew so much...

Leif was happy to be so close to Muse again. She was crying, but that was fine. They were together again, and he knew deep down, that they could do great things together...He knew that he should get to explaining his situation soon, it could make things easier...

The two Moths stopped when they heard the sound of a nearby hungry larva. They were so focused on each other that Muse had forgotten of it, and Leif had failed to notice.

Leif: Hey, is that ours?

Muse:...

Leif:...When’d you have him?

Muse:...I laid his egg shortly before we left for Snakemouth...

Leif: What? Why didn’t you say anything?

Muse: I wanted to surprise you. I wanted to come back from our mission and...

Suddenly, Muse was angry once more. As she picked up her baby she stared daggers at Leif.

Muse: Why did you leave us?

Leif: Wha-I-I didn’t try to! Things just...happened...it’s funny, isn’t it? How things just kind of happen? Of all the great things that happen, often due to mistakes?

Muse: I didn’t ask for philosophy, Leif.

Leif: Heh, we...I-I know.

Leif looked to his and Muse’s child. It was small, but it was to be a Moth one day. What great potential it has...what...

Leif was still feeling odd. His mind was still racing, he still had so many thoughts. Before Muse could ask what in the world he meant by “We”, the two of them heard another bug coming down the stairs.

Muse: Rebecca? I thought you were sleeping?

Rebecca: Yeah, but I heard you yell...Leif?

Leif: Rebecca...

Leif stared at her for a moment. The Ant he had known for a while as short, old, and blissful was now looking taller, younger, and more stern. She even had a belt and scabbard around her waist, this Rebecca was clearly more active than the one he had become accustomed to. One trait remained between the two forms he knew her in, though...

Leif: Your arm...

Rebecca looked to her missing limb. The wound was still relatively fresh. It still hurt. Leif knew that fighting was harder for her now...

Rebecca: Mm. I don’t really care, I’d rather lose a limb that I liked than a whole bug...

Rebecca looked to Muse a moment, the two of them sharing concern.

Rebecca:...Speaking of which...(Looks to Leif) What happened? We all presumed you were dead.

Leif: All?

Rebecca: You think the Queen could send a scouting party, have only two-thirds of them come back, and nobody would care? Guard around Snakemouth was expanded heavily afterwards, it was made completely off-limits to anybody without explicit permission from the Queen...And she personally held a funeral for you...

Leif didn’t realize just how much of an effect his disappearance had. Clearly the bugs around here liked him, cared for him...they probably trusted him...Leif began to feel a bit of uneasiness inside of himself, but he knew it was fine. It was normal. It was what he was made for...

Leif: Ha...can’t believe you guys all cared for me so much...I’m so lucky to have made it back.

Muse: We’re lucky that you made it back, Leif.

Rebecca: You’re gonna be a big deal, I can tell: You beat death!

Leif: We didn’t do it alone, Rebecca...

Muse: You said “We” again, what’s wrong with you?

Leif:...There’s nothing wrong with us, love...let us show you what this pathetic, insectoid body has been blessed with...

Before Muse and Rebecca could question Leif’s strange words, he turned to them...and pale white stalks started bursting out of him, all over him. Muse clutched her larva hard and fell to the floor, screaming as her beloved seemingly died before her eyes once more.

Leif: This is good, Muse...we now have such power, such life...let us share it with you...

Leif began walking towards Muse, his stalks squirming all around, but before he could get very close Rebecca unsheathed her blade and swung at him...

Leif awoke with a shout, and was left panting and sweating as he collected his thoughts. He looked to his hands and found them to be blue, as usual...

His teammates were awake as well, no doubt because of him. As Chompy tried getting up to Leif, full of concern, Vi just grumbled at him.

Vi: Ughhhh, what the hell’s wrong with you?

Leif: W-we’re sorry...just had a bad dream...

Kabbu: Would you like to talk about it? Mayhaps that can help you feel better?

Leif:...Look, i-it’s fine. We don’t need to talk, it’s...nothing we haven’t said before

Vi: Then why’d you have to wake me up, dummy?

Kabbu: Vi!

Vi: Ugh...look, Leif. You’re fine. I know you’re like, all weird. I don’t really understand it that much, but worrying so much about stuff none of us can control won’t make you not weird, and it obviously won’t make you feel good either. The life you got now is all special and junk, rather than crying over stuff from the past and thinking “what if this, what if that???”, just think about what you know you can do. Think about what you’re gonna try to do, think about the good stuff you did, and think about all the stuff you can do things about. You can make your new life good and yours, so do it.

Kabbu:...

Leif:...

Vi: Did that help?

Leif:...A little, probably. Thanks.

Vi: Yeah, whatever, I’m going back to sleep, wake me again and I’ll punch you.

Kabbu: (Sigh) I pray you rest easy, friend.

Leif: Thanks, Kabbu.

Chompy has now successfully reached Leif’s bunk, and she rubs her head all over his fluff. Leif chuckles a bit before petting her a little.

Leif: Thank you too, girl...

Chompy curls up next to Leif and gets to sleeping herself. Leif lays in his bed for a moment, his head yet again racing with thoughts. He thinks about his dream, Vi’s words, what he is...It’s all so complicated, but maybe Vi’s (perhaps overly simple ) talk could be what he needed? Vi’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer but she isn’t the dullest either...Whatever the case, Leif slowly shuts his eyes and drifts back to sleep...

#bug fables #angst #writing #blurb #bf spoilers #leif #muse #kabbu #vi #chompy #rebecca #btw I'm naming these now #also hope you enjoy the attempt at body horror

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eve6262 · 4 years ago

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Long Gone | Bug Fables fic pt. 2

It chimes- and it sounds heavenly, like fairy bells on the wind- and calms.

Leif sees himself, reflecting in those eyes. Perhaps it’s the confusion, being so lost in a place so familiar, the fear wrapping around him like spider silk. Or maybe it’s the ever-so-slightly reflective surface of the crystal.

He reaches out a hand nonetheless. There are people speaking in the background- someone yelling?- but he’s stopped paying attention.

“Hrej? Ovriek v’rei hrej?”

Kin? You are kin?

Again it chimes. A memory pops up unbidden- Zommoth, looking down at the poor child kindly, as a brother to her. She has no mouth but he distinctly sees her smile.

Leif has no siblings. The cordyceps has a sibling- a sister. These two are incompatible.

The little crystal spider chimes again, and Leif isn’t sure what to think anymore.

It nudges his hand, like it knows he’s ignoring it. Chompy has always been good at that- seen through his hollow gazes, known when he was simply going through the motions and when he was actually doting on her. Like Chompy, not like Zommoth.

Chompy did not hiss at his friends. Zommoth hissed at his friends- and what did this one do? Like Zommoth, not like Chompy.

The two are incompatible. Leif and “I” are incompatible. They are one and the same. This problem has no solution.

Without hesitation, it bites down on his arm. Not roughly, like wild spiders, but softly, like Chompy asking for pets. And then it tries to drag, like it wants to show him something.

He can’t refuse his kin. But is it kin with the cordyceps or Leif?

Again, vaguely, he can hear people talking. He can also hear the constant chimes of the crystal spider, and he wonders where they are going. And he hears the patter of Chompy’s footsteps- and he wonders, will she be safe? Will she be alright?

She’s a smart little thing. She’ll go back to Kabbu and Vi if it’s too dangerous, won’t she? The old Mother Chomp surrounded herself in thorns, hid in a cave far away so she wouldn’t die. Surely Chompy will have the same instincts.

The crystal spider comes across a door and easily hops up to a control panel. Its body is dimly lit, like a piece of glass over a light bulb. It knows how to operate this place, despite just waking.

Just like him. When did he learn Roach, anyway?

No. Don’t think of that. He can’t. The cordyceps has known it since birth, and Leif has memories of learning the language. The same dialect, too. These facts are incompatible- he must be using one of their repositories, but which one?

Oh, being a parasitic lifeform has its positives. Always nice and cool, even in the desert. But there are so many downsides he can’t even look too far up lest he snap his own neck with the pressure.

Finally, the crystal spider stops, snapping him out of his stupor. He feels Chompy cuddle up to his leg- too warm here? She stays away from him in cold places, but according to Vi the Snakemouth lab was cold.

Gently, his hand is let go of. The slight pressure was comforting, he realizes now. He misses it the moment it is gone. Nonetheless, he watches as the spider climbs something.

A crystal web. Of course.

He wants to cry. He wants to break down and tear the place to shreds. He wants to hug that spider. He wants to collapse in someone’s arms. His wife is dead- that’s not his wife he’s a lie what. is. he?

It chimes again, but Leif and the cordyceps are gone and replaced with a dead-eyed zombified moth with no brain nor inclination to act. If he were to speak it would be in slurred Roach; if he were to move he would collapse with the effort.

Chompy knows. The spider has realized.

It tries to apologize, but all it knows is chimes. Chompy tries to interpret, but all it knows is gentle hand bites and bumping against his leg. The latter gets him to sit, but then his hands go to his head and the two creatures panic.

Then the door opens, and vaguely he can hear the panicked shouting of Kabbu. (which is a testament to his mental state, because that man is loud.) He feels a hand on his arm, and it feels like fire, and he immediately jerks away at the thought. Fire. Fire, wasn’t there something with fire?

The place in flames. The roaches left behind. Him, him and- and-

And Kabbu and Vi. That’s right. The Everlasting King and his madness and his death.

The crystal spider chimes from its place on his lap. His lap. When did he end up on the floor? He reaches down and pets the thing, as he would any other cute thing. It chimes and nuzzles his hand.

Cute thing.

Chompy, satisfied with her owner’s mental state, gives the crystal spider a chomp on the leg. It cries out- and the sound is like angels having their wings ripped off- and again becomes agitated.

“Tr’vrek tajh vrie! Viatiev kr’aivret traj kret obivrat.”

Both of you calm down! The fault lies with no one- a bit awkward. It’s not anyone’s fault.

Chompy does not like hearing her owner speak Roach, because she knows it is usually a sign of a mental breakdown. The crystal spider has only heard him speak Roach, so it enjoys this. The two are at odds.

Just like his mind. The same. Incompatible. What?

“My apologies for whatever I may have caused, but we must work on separating the two immediately.”

The crystal spider, evidently, has a mild understanding of Bugnish. It chimes angrily at that. Chompy, apparently, also sees that this is not the solution, and hisses at the Queen. Leif rushes to stop them.

“Krei jhai, kuvrait. Ovioljret traj...Queen, veriait.”

Be nice, cordial. She is the Queen, after all.

“The word for Queen…”

He doesn’t often speak out loud, save for explanatory purposes, but the phrase slips out as his mind slowly but surely returns to its usual half-Roach, half-Bugnish state. Vi takes that as a sign of recovery.

“Leif!”

She practically shouts it in his ear, startling him, but his eyes are back to normal and his brain is occupied with now and not who. He looks around for a moment before realizing what happened.

“Ah. Our apologies. We…”

“No explanations yet. You okay?”

“Yes. We saw the web and memories…”

“That makes sense. We did find you in a spiderweb.”

“What about the spider, though? You kinda just followed it when it started leading you.”

“It reminded us of ourselves.”

“I wish I knew more,” Queen Vanessa interjects, “But for now, my priority is the creature.”

“The creature is calm.”

As if to support his claim, it chimes happily, finally leaving Leif’s lap so he can get up. Chompy, however, complains and jumps up at his legs a few times. No longer worried about the mental breakdown, she demands pets.

He picks her up and holds her like a small child while the others continue. Kabbu and Vi barely notice, but the others seem worried.

“Wait a minute. Please don’t tell me you think that thing is cute.”

“Think? It is cute.”

“Alright, pack it up, people. He’s found another one. He’s not letting go of it.”

“It is like us. And look at it. It means no harm.”

“You just had a mental breakdown over it.”

“Our weak mental fortitude is not the fault of the creature.”

“Weak? Leif, I can’t begin to talk about how much you’ve gone through! That’s not weakness, that’s simply natural.”

Vi growls and turns around, hands at her head. Much more common for her. “I can’t believe we’re keeping that.”

“Think of it this way. Easier battles.”

“I’m not objecting, I’m just annoyed that I was worried about you for nothing.”

“Vi!”

“Not your fault.”

Kabbu’s shoulders slump. Neo looks a little scared, Queen Vanessa looks apprehensive, and Maki looks almost...scared.

“By the way, Leif, it’s not...normal, for you to pick up that creature, is it?”

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

“It could bite your hand off.”

“Chompy is a nice girl. She only bites people that we fight.”

“It is a baby Chomper.”

“Chompy.”

“If I may ask, you three… would you be willing to-”

“If you’re gonna say take care of the crystal thing, yes. Leif is going to take that thing from you regardless of whether you want us to or not, and good luck fighting him.”

“...Very well then. As far as the records go, it requires no food to survive, as it is technically not alive.”

“See? Like us.”

And the little beast chimes, happy to have found a friend.

#bug fables #kabbu #leif #vi #fanfic #leif centric #writing

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siverwrites · 3 years ago

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Trick or Treat Letter 2021

AO3: Siver

Thank you for taking this on! Here there are some general prompt details if you want them and if you already have some idea of your own, awesome. I can’t wait to see what you come up with.

Note sometimes I have some specific prompts for some characters while other don’t. This has nothing to do with priority or preferences. They’re just ones I happened to some specific thoughts for. Of course they’re only ideas and you’re free to ignore them!

All requests are for fic or art.

Art: Interactions of some sort: emoting at each other, talking, sharing some activity, taking a walk, hugs are always welcome, soft things, whatever suits the pair/group. I’d much prefer the character(s) doing something over just standing around looking cool.

Likes: fluff, hurt/comfort, found family, sickfic, fandom crossovers or fusions between requested fandoms, angst with a happy or at least bittersweet end, bonding, cuddling/hugs/holding, banter, mutual care and support, loyalty, pre-canon, post-canon, missing scenes, slice of life, supernatural stuff, mystery, adventure, world-building, creepy or unsettling atmospheres

DNW: NSFW, non-con, dub-con, underage relationships, unrequested ships, infidelity, explicit gore, modern AUs (college, high school, coffee shop etc), non-canonical permanent character death

Any combination of character tags within each fandom is cool. I have specfic pairs and groups listed at points but those are only for ideas. Heck, any crossover/fusion between any of these fandoms is welcome too, go nuts.

For treats: you can’t go wrong with fluff! Friendship, familial bonds, found family, romance for the few ship possibilities listed here.

For tricks: I like it atmospheric. Unsettling atmospheres. Unresolved mystery. Making use of the stranger environments canon may already provide. The surreal. The strange. The supernatural. Much prefer a subtler creepy factor over ‘jump scares’ and gore.

Ghost Trick

Alma

Cabanela

Jowd

Sissel

Kamila

Lynne

Missile

Pigeon Man

Lovey-Dove

Mino

DNW: NSFW, non-con, dub-con, underage relationships, unrequested ships, infidelity, explicit gore, modern AUs (college, high school, coffee shop etc), non-canonical permanent character death

Ships I’m good with: Alma/Jowd/Cabanela, Alma/Jowd, Cabanela/Jowd (where the focus is there but without infidelity to Alma), Alma/Cabanela (again no infidelity just where the focus is)

I love this game, its characters and pretty much everything about it, so whatever you want to do will be great I’m sure. New timeline mysteries and missing memories are always welcome where it makes sense. Alternate timelines and what-ifs are cool to explore. Fluff, comfort, family found or otherwise and friendships are always a go. Spooky ghost shenanigans, mysteries in the night.

Any combination of these characters is more than welcome too!

Any combination of Jowd/Cabanela/Alma or Jowd & Cabanela & Alma is always welcome.

Always down for various combinations of Pigeon Man with Cabanela, Jowd and/or Kamila. Or PM with someone less expected like Alma! Or Sissel! Or Missile! The Jowd family expands and you cannot escape. In other words found family with Lynne or with Pigeon Man (or both of course).

Animal shenanigans on their own or with each other and fluff is great.

Sissel settling into the Jowd household and the shenanigans that ensue from having a ghost-powered cat.

Mino: What is Mino? Who is Mino? This is trick or treat, go weird, have fun.

Alma: We just need more of our girl honestly. Sweet relationship or family stuff. Go supernatural and consider Alma ghost either during game or temporarily post-game before being rescued by Sissel (Maybe helping Sissel save herself in that situation?)

Final Fantasy VI

Celes

Sabin

Chocobos

Valigarmanda

Mog

Phantom Train

Gogo

Relm

Interceptor

DNW: NSFW, non-con, dub-con, underage relationships, unrequested ships, infidelity, explicit gore beyond canon typical, modern AUs (college, high school, coffee shop etc), Gogo as Daryl, non-canonical permanent character death

Valigarmanda: I just want to know more about them (she? he? your pronoun of choice). What led to them frozen in Narshe? Do they still hold some form of awareness in that state? Do the moogles look after at all? Some form of communication between them? How did they feel joining the party as magicite? What exactly took place between them and Terra? So many possibilities or something else entirely.

Mog: I just like moogles okay. Throw him at anyone here in the above list and see what happens. Or a moogle adventure in Narshe or elsewhere. Sky's the limit, dance's the limit?

Chocobos: I just like chocobos okay. Throw one or more at anyone here in the above list and see what happens. If you want something more specific I will never have enough serpent trench travel with Sabin and Celes in the World of Ruin. Give them chocobos and off they go. Figaro chocobos are also good. Chocobo anything.

Phantom Train: I have no particular thoughts here but what better exchange than Trick or Treat for the Phantom Train itself? Exploring more about it whether it's just it or throw characters at it. All cool.

Celes and Sabin: as stated I'm an absolute sucker for world of ruin travel with these two and anything more is good. That said if you want to focus on just one of them or one of them with someone else that's great too. I've only lumped them together for sake of convenience. Sabin in Figaro? Sabin with another here? Celes travels in the saved world?

Interceptor: Does he interact much with any of the rest of the party? Or... dog and chocobo... Or just you know can't go wrong with Interceptor and Relm things ever

Relm: Any interaction with anyone here. Leaning on her Sketch ability would be cool. Mimic paint off with Gogo?

Gogo: Gogo's just neat. More of them good.

Carto

Carto's Puppy

Granny Maldpo

Shianan

Shianan's Puppy

Storytender

DNW: NSFW, non-con, dub-con, underage relationships, unrequested ships, infidelity, explicit gore, modern AUs (college, high school, coffee shop etc), non-canonical permanent character death

I just want to see a little more of these characters and this world. The game was so cute and neat. More travel or stories or some sort of cute moment with Carto and Maldpo, and puppy if post-game, on their airship! Granny Maldpo is so cool! Explorer pilot grandma hell yeah! A little adventure for her? More exploration of Shianan (and her puppy!)? A reunion with Carto again?

The story chalet was also just really neat so doing more with it and the Storytender is absolutely welcome. What does an average day for him look like in an ever-changeable library with books writing themselves?

The Last Guardian

The Boy

Trico

DNW: NSFW, non-con, dub-con, underage relationships, unrequested ships, infidelity, explicit gore, modern AUs (college, high school, coffee shop etc), non-canonical permanent character death

Give me all the cat-dog-bird fluff/shenanigans/playfulness/warmth/coziness. Anything while they’re together. Barrel feeding, snuggle time, riding, flying. Sweet or silly (Trico has his moments for sure) or something else. I adore Trico. I adore the boy and Trico’s companionship.

Alternatively something in the future. The boy grown up reuniting with Trico. A flight with Trico. A temporary willing return to the nest. Meeting Trico babies!

Metroid

Samus

Chozo

Baby Metroid

DNW: NSFW, non-con, dub-con, underage relationships, unrequested ships, infidelity, explicit gore beyond canon typical, modern AUs (college, high school, coffee shop etc), reliance on manga knowledge, spoilers for Metroid Dread, non-canonical permanent character death

While I don't have anything particular in mind here, I'm all about the mood for Metroid and would appreciate really leaning on the atmosphere and environmental aspects--either more lush areas (eg Brinstar, Tallon IV landing area) but still isolating, or the darker more tense places. I'm particularly fond of Super Metroid and Metriod Prime.

Any singular focus on one of the above three or some combo is good.

Regarding the manga: I know next to nothing about it, so light referencing without needed knowledge is fine; anything deeper than that please avoid?

Monkey Island

Guybrush Threepwood

Elaine Marley

Murray

El Pollo Diablo

Feral Chickens

DNW: NSFW, non-con, dub-con, underage relationships, unrequested ships, infidelity, explicit gore, modern AUs (college, high school, coffee shop etc), Escape from Monkey Island, angst, non-canonical permanent character death

Silly pirate-y shenanigans. Guybrush and Elaine team-up on something actually in one place? Any interactions with Murray are always a treat and we’ve never gotten to see those with Elaine in the mix.

Explore the legend of El Pollo Diablo in some way. What do the chickens get up to now they roam free across Puerto Pollo? What oh-so-nefarious schemes is Murray up to now? A feral chicken demonic skull team-up?? I mean, that’s kinda close to El Pollo Diablo right???

This is coming off as Curse of Monkey Island-centric (it is my favourite) but it doesn’t have to be. It’s just because of the chickens… and Murray. But mainly chickens. Anytime from the previous games, or future or off to the side is good too.

Bug Fables

Kabbu

Leif

Chompy

Elizant II

DNW: NSFW, non-con, dub-con, underage relationships, unrequested ships, infidelity, explicit gore, modern AUs (college, high school, coffee shop etc), non-canonical permanent character death

I love the group dynamics! Party fun times while they’re travelling would be good. Really interested in more with Leif’s situation because that is a Lot and open to more introspection and dealing–Kabbu support go? Attempted Vi support go? Chompy being the best plant she can be? Snuggle that plant during hard times?

Exploring that lab more and cordyceps is welcome for the creepier end of things. Same with the Giant’s Lair and what IS that giant eye?

There’s also an interesting connection between Elizant II and Leif I’d be interested in seeing more. Leif’s out of his time but holds memories of Elizant I. Elizant II is a more direct connection he’s otherwise lacking and it’s nice to see how his opinion of her shifts and grows as she grows.

The Legend of Heroes

DNW: NSFW, non-con, dub-con, underage relationships, unrequested ships, infidelity, explicit gore, modern AUs (college, high school, coffee shop etc), spoilers for Hajimari or Kuro, Agate/Tita, Olivier/Schera, non-canonical permanent character death

Trails in the Sky

Estelle Bright

Cassius Bright

Lena Bright

Kloe Rinz

Alicia von Auslese

Celeste D. Auslese

Olivier Lenheim

Mueller Vander

Ragnard

Any combination of any of these characters could lead to interesting things. Some combo ideas:

In Phantasma, Kloe and Celeste talk... Estelle, Olivier or Mueller could be interesting too though... Or simply more about Celeste and the Hermit's Garden by herself.

Bright family time will always be welcome. And more love for Lena. Kloe and Estelle sister/best friend time.

Kloe and Olivier have a lot of potential for interesting interaction in how they parallel each other but are so wildly different at the same time. Kloe and Alicia family time!

Olivier & Cassius: I’m just really interested to see more interaction between these two whether while they’re still planning or something before Olivier goes back to Erebonia after Sky SC. Cassius can’t help himself when it comes to giving advice…

Olivier & Alicia: Royalty matters, knowing who Olivier actually is. Last meetings before he goes back to Erebonia?

Olivier&/Mueller stuff is all good

Ragnard: cool dragon is cool. Either something about him individually in the past? Or what he's up to now? A look at interaction between him and Cassius? Ragnard and Auslese (any of them)...?

Crossbell

Lloyd Bannings

Randy Orlando

Tio Plato

Elie MacDowell

KeA Bannings

Alex Dudley

Zeit

Sergei Lou

No ships here please.

Bonding and found family is the name of the game here! Tio and Zeit spending time together. Lloyd and Randy having bro time or Lloyd trying to remind Randy that he does indeed belong with SSS. KeA and “Uncle” Sergei time! What might they do together, or what does KeA get Sergei to do with her? Lloyd and KeA spending time together, Lloyd spoiling KeA, KeA being a comfort to Lloyd. KeA turning on the charm on Dudley. Dudley and Sergei interaction. Any combination of any of the SSS related characters is great if you want a bigger SSS gathering. I love them all.

Anything exploring KeA's powers is very cool too.

Trails of Cold Steel

Alfin Reise Arnor

Priscilla Reise Arnor

Olivier Leheim | Olivert Reise Arnor

Mueller Vander

Valimar

Mint

Alfin, Olivier, Priscilla: The Arnors have it rough dammit. Some soft moment for any combo of these three? Reunions after Olivier comes back and isn’t dead? We were deprived! Entertaining sibling times. A Priscilla bonding moment with Olivier when he was still getting used to living in the palace. And of course individually they’re interesting in their own roles and I’m always down for more.

Mueller: Of course anything with Olivier is good in my books. I’m running under the assumption that since he shows up with Olivier in the triumphant not-dead return, that he wound up at Valleria while Olivier recovered and I would be very soft for any moment taking placing during that time period. But when it comes to those two sky’s the limit. I’m good with platonic or ship. Mueller having some interaction with either Priscilla or Alfin would be great too!

Valimar: Given his history and knowledge it’d be interesting to see a conversation with Olivier or Alfin given also their family name Cedric’s positioning and, well, all the history there. Alternatively I love his interactions with Mint and how respectful of her he is, so anything between those two yes please. Or just something exploring him by himself in some way would be cool too.

Mint: I’m particularly interested in her during CS III and IV times and with Valimar as above. However, any Mint shenanigans is a fun time. She’s doing her best!

#trick or treat #trick or treat 2021 #letters

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go-team-snakemouth · 4 years ago

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Of Kabbu and Neolith, who do you think be the first to confess to the other, and how?

desktop means I can leave long answers (n unfinished art) under the readmore!

(This is where I rip off my hat to reveal I’m been aroace the whole time and self-indulgently been hc’ing Kabbu as aroace gay the whole time (aro culture means I see a green character and I’m just. They are aro)! I ain’t knocking any other interpretations and granted my response to this question is oriented to a QPR but you can totally read it the other way if you want!! Chase your bliss)

ANYWAY ACTUAL ANSWER: Both! This was actually the second comic I sketched out but never finished it cause yeah it’s for me. Vi breaks and asks if they’re dating and Kabbu and Neo do that thing where they’re like. ARE WE DATING?? and ramble over each other until they both admit they like each other.

Here is part of the thumb of the (aro) comic if you want!

[id: two sketchy thumbs of three panels from an unfinished comic. In the first panel, Neo and Kabbu shift away and talk uncertainly over each other rambling: Neo starts, “A-Are we dating?” Kabbu flails slightly and asks, “I don’t - No?” Neo rambles, “I value our friendship immensely-” and Kabbu responds, “Yeah, I love you - You’re my best friend!” Then the next panel is them excitedly holding hands and shouting. Neo responds, “You’re my best friend too! I love you!” Kabbu repeats, “I love you too!” Last panel Vi looks on in confusion at Neo and Kabbu hugging with hearts around them, “So are you two datin-?” They answer happily, “No!”]

... I can’t describe this other than that aro joy relief when you realize you can tell someone you love them without it being misconstrued and feeling like a jerk for not being able to feel the same way. So yeah super self indulgent these two love each other

#roo rambles about bug fables #kabbu is a comfort character!!#droowings #whoops forgot to tag them #kabbu #neo

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howtoavenge101 · 4 years ago

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Hey, I really like ur Bug Fables monster au!! Do you have any headcanon or more info about Kabbu and Leif? I’d really love to learn more bout it :O!

First of all, thanks for asking. I’m glad this is catching even the tiniest bit of atttention.

Kabbu is the same Kabbu in the game; he has gone through the same experiences and trauma. A few months before the game starts, he found a cave full of roach statues surrounding a blue crystal in the Lost Sands. He went up to touch it, yadda yadda yadda, he ttansformed into beast. He cannot talk because his mouth parts prevent him from doing so. He was making his way back to the Ant Kingdom in a panic and caused some commotion. Eventually, the queen decides to put him in Snakemouth Den for the time being, as to not disturb the citizens.

Cut to a few months later, and Vi is trespassing the Outskirts (she doesn’t care if she has a permit or not; she’s gonna explore) and went into Snakemouth Den. She gets to the trapdoor, falls, damages her wings, alerts a very irritable spider, gets webbed up, sadness ensues, and then she hears thumping. Kabbu cuts her down, she runs up to hug him as a thank you (she’s slightly OOC in this. She now doesn’t care about your physical appearance, no matter what.) Leif then comes in, having finally been freed from the Snakemouth Labs.

His story is basically 1:1 with the game with the exception being he suffered the worst from the cordyceps (did he even suffer at all? He was kind of dead when it happened. Hm,) and was trapped in the labs. There’s a really good fanfic on Ao3 that provides a lot of details on what went on those labs, heavily recommend. His personality is pretty much the same, but he likes smol bugs a lot more now, including Vi.

Vi introduces herself, why she’s there, and they decide to tag along.

Now, I want it to be known that I haven’t beaten the game yet, but I’m in the last chapter. That being said, Monster!Hoaxe is a thing. I’m still working out what originally happened to him, but he still influenced the wasps into following and listening to him. This influence sometimes got physical, turning the wasps into abominations FAR less elegant than the king’s.

Kabbu, Hoaxe, AND the ant queen are after the sapling. Not only will it do all the things it says it can do in the game, but it will also reverse the effects of whatever happened to our beetle and that wasp (thanks for the info, Neolith.)

Not everything is super thought out, but I hope this was enough. I’ll get to drawing more monster art sometime in the future, but it’s hard to get their designs proportionally consistent. I’m still not 100% on the smaller details of Kabbu’s design (such as the legs and things.) leif’s design is 100% final, as is Hoaxe’s. Thank you for reading and asking.

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abombihoney · 3 years ago

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okay okay part two (here's part one) and another read more cause this also just as long lol. content warnings: angst, descriptions of fatal injuries, consensual body sharing, breaking out of containment, crying, and people who love each other so much.

okay okay so Vi's super fucking upset obviously. and as i said they won't let Vi and Kabbu meet up cause they don't want them to team up. cause Vi's already been causing enough problems by herself. But bianca's giving her a bunch of leeway cause she feels guilty, shes killing what her child thinks is a person of course she's upset.

They do let Vi and Kabbu exchange letters. Vi manages to somehow get across to Kabbu that he ought to leave and that Vi AND Leif will find him later. maybe get anything important from the house/bank cause the don't know who they can trust etc.

But the bees don't actually know how to destroy Leif without potentially spreading whatever it is that makes him infectious. like whatever theyre using to decontaminate the scientists or w/e doesnt actually work on leif. he's too big or magic or w/e.

and Vi keeps trying to see Leif. and she won't talk to anyone

the text says "She hasn't moved for hours. I guess it's finally hit her. She was really attached to it and she hasn't really experienced the death of someone she's close with. Much less... whatever's happened here."

And Crow suggests maybe let Vi see the cordyceps as it is now and maybe that will help her realize it wasn't person etc. And everyone's like yeah okay that checks out.

So they tell Vi that Crow's gonna let her see "Leif" but that Crow doesn't know the passcode or w/e so dont even try bothering her about it. behave. hope this opens your eyes. etc

And the moment Vi and Crow are far enough away, Crow gives her a hug of support which is actually just her whispering that she left something for Vi to break the glass with and that she run interference as soon as the she hears the glass break ok? take care of him he didn't deserve this.

so Vi lets Leif know the plan. and crow runs a distraction or w/e to get everyone as far away from the lab as possible

that feel when ur friend is even colder outside of his casing.

anyway i just noticed i used the wrong "your" rip. anyway they fucking book it, luckily they're already on the outer edge of the hive.

so Vi flies them out of there, but she's weighed down by Leif. and they got like, the entire fucking army after them, cause the queen said to shit that thing on site and take out anyone who got in their way.

and Vi flies them around desert root and into the far grasslands bc she needs to find cover. and she stops once she can't here wings after her anymore.

but alas she didn't take into account that long range weapons exist :( Leif tries to protect her as best he can.

And Vi's side hurts so bad and Leif is holding on to her so tight and she runs and runs and runs into the foliage until lshe can't run anymore.

She drops to the ground and breathes and holds Leif who holds her back.

"Hey Leif, you need a host right? Like you won't survive being all squishy like that."

Several of Leif's tendrils shake at her, she doesn't know what he's trying to say but she knows he won't like where she's going with this.

"No no no. Hey chill, listen. Listen, okay? Thanks. Okay listen. We both know you won't survive like this. that's what they didn't like, set you on fire or something. like, you'll die without a host eventually right? Okay, and hey calm down. It's not your fault, okay, i just-"

And now she's sobbing cause she's scared and being hunted and she's in so much pain, she didn't know it was possible to even be in this much pain. She's bleeding and she's never even seen blood before and its green and gooey and it's such a small hole in her side, barely the size of her hand, but theres so much blood. And her Leif is right there in her lap and he's dying too. And she doesn't know where Kabbu is and if he ever actually got out of the hive. Or if he'll find them. Her hands are green and she's hugging Leif and getting him green too.

"And, and. I'm hurt, and I uh, I don't think, I don't think this is something uh, either of us can fix alone. And uhm," she takes a a shaky breath. "I'm not, I'm not going to abandon you to save myself. And, uhm, can you- can you please stop moving so much? it, hurts. a, a lot."

Instantly Leif freezes. And then he moves slowly, roving across Vi, gently pressing down looking for bruises or scuffs on her carapace. In just moments he finds the crack in her side and it hurts so much worse she didn't know it could feel worse. Vi bites her tongue and muffles her scream. Leif pulls back so fast he tumbles off her lap and onto the ground. She takes several deep breaths before speaking.

"Uh, yeah, that's- uh, that's a thing. So as I was uh, saying. Uhm, we, we won't survive like this Leif. I know, I know you don't want to. But, uh, I already have a, a, crack for you to come in. and I trust you. I'm not just saying that cause I'm probably gonna, gonna die. but. I trust you, I meant that. I trust you. Okay?"

Leif wrapped around Vi in an imitation of a hug. And she hugged as hard as she could, this was the last time she'd ever get to after all.

#bugs are just soup on the inside. bleeding is a very big deal.#I hope someone cried while reading this cause I cried while writing it #bug fables #bug fables spoilers #cw: injury #cw: violence #cw: body horror #my art #my writing #i guess #that is a little mini fic there at the end #mkb au

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