#kid!Jamil

[anbaisai]

Alright whatever you say Mr. Jamil "I'm Normal" Viper

(Full text transcription: God it looks so cute on her I think she should transfer to Scarabia permanently but I know that won't happen I hate this damn school)

[basedjamil]

silly little retainerswap au . . . baur was a bodyguard for one of kalim's ancestors; kalim is at NRC specifically so that sebek can go without abandoning his post. the vipers are the traditional retainers for briar valley's royalty and they REALLY disapprove of lilia for book 7 spoilers reasons

[mellosdrawings]

It's "bully Azul" time !!

(Og post here)

[harunayuuka2060]

Kalim's mom: ...

Kalim's mom: Who is this, dear?

Kid Kalim: This is MC! My new friend! *grins*

His mom: Hmm... You look a bit dirty.

Kid MC: I live on the streets.

His mom: ...By yourself?

Kid MC: Obviously.

Kid Kalim: Mom, can MC live here from now on? They also want to work here.

Kid MC: I can be ordered around.

Kalim's mom: ...

Kid Jamil: You need to take a bath first. You stink.

Kid MC: Okay. I'll be done in five minutes.

Kid Jamil: No! What the hell? Wash yourself properly!

Kid MC: ...

Kid MC: Honestly, I'm good in just a few washes.

Kid Jamil: *gives them a warning glare*

Kid MC: ...

[kamapon]

Is this my best work ever?

Probably

[egophiliac]

have you seen the new nightwear groovy? alas, the dream of the animal onesies or the pillow fight groovy are dashed 😞 - i have yet to see the card's story but i assume that yuu is interviewing the boys again this year like the birthday boy cards cause there's no other characters in the card (?)

I too am disappointed that we didn't get a big full-on pillow fight. 😔 but he DOES battle by throwing his pillow, so at least we get some cushion action in there!

it looks like this round of birthday cards aren't going to be interviews/conversations, at least not for most of it -- the first part was Jamil talking to Ortho (who he duos with) about what his dormmates are doing for his birthday (they're setting up a surprise party/parade (because Kalim) but they're doing an extremely bad job of it and he's having to go around making sure that they don't screw it up) (being Jamil is suffering). second part was Jamil talking to his (unvoiced mob) roommate and answering Crowley's School Improvement Survey (he wants bigger bathrooms) (also a fridge in his room) (actually, make that a whole kitchen) (but mostly bigger bathrooms). then third part was his ~morning routine~, aka talking to himself about his hair and makeup, as one does in a visual novel. it's less cohesive than the previous birthday stories, but it's all pretty chill and there's some fun stuff in there! (Najma sent him hair stuff for his birthday that's way too fancy and he can't decide if she did it to annoy him or not. truly, being Jamil is indeed suffering.)

if all the cards are going to be about nightly/morning routine though, we're going to absolutely melt when we get to Vil, brace yourselves

[yuri-is-online]

Out of the Bag (Jamil, Ace, and Idia x Yuu)

"Oh can I help you? You seem to be lost." You attempt to cheerfully ask the vaguely familiar looking person in front of you. As if he is deliberately trying to rub salt in your wounds, Crowley ignored your request to leave campus for NRC parents day and is instead making you and Grim run errands. The person in front of you, blissfully ignorant to your inner turmoil perks up at your attention.

"Forgive me for asking, but are you the magicless prefect?" You and Grim exchange a confused glance. "You've got to be right?" They're practically glowing with how happy they are to see you. " Oh I'm sorry, I've just heard so much about you!" Wait, what?

notes: (so uhhhh Jamil and Ace were supposed to be a part of the original post but I cut them out because I had to go to bed but forgot to remove the tags, sorry </3) they/them pronouns used for Yuu, sibling snark (Jamil and Ace) vs light angst (the Shroud parents), light reference to certain events in Ch. 6, but nothing specific. If you liked this please check out the first version on my masterlist.

Jamil

"Oh yeah, you're Najma, right?" The younger girl looks pleasantly surprised you have remembered her from your visit to the Scalding Sands.

"Well that makes this a lot easier, do you know where Jamil is?" You internally cheer at how polite she is, some of the other families you have been dealing with today have really been testing your patience. "I've been looking everywhere for him, but couldn't seem to find a good opportunity to sneak up on him." Or maybe not, that doesn't sound like she hasn't seen him at all, why is she asking you?

"According to my schedule he's probably in the gym for the club activities program." You confirm with your clipboard and Najma sighs.

"Lame, he's gonna be all sweaty and gross." She checks her phone as you sneak a glance at Grim trying to figure out how much longer you have before you need to find something shiny to distract him. "Actually maybe I can just ask you." You turn your attention back to Najma who seems to be tapping her cheek with her phone and sizing you up. "Is there anywhere to get snacks on campus?"

"Now you're talkin!" Cheers Grim, bringing a really bright smile to Najma's face and a tentative one to yours. "Mr. S's Mystery Shop's got all the tuna you can ask for!"

"And other things to." You helpfully add and Najma happily begins to follow.

"So what do you like to do?" she asks almost ten seconds into your walk. "Like what fun stuff is there to do around campus?"

"Shouldn't you be asking your brother?" You ask, thankful Grim is too caught up in his tuna thoughts to make any snarky comments.

"About you?" Najma laughs and you feel a bit silly. "Nah he hates being honest about things like that."

"Well I don't have much free time..." but you manage to list off some things that you like as Najma nods, still tapping her phone on her chin for some reason.

"What about food?" she stops fiddling with her phone and just goes straight to texting on it as the Mystery Shop comes into view. "I know Jamil's food looks boring but it tastes super good."

"It sure does." Grim says, well more like whines. "He only ever gives it to Yuu and gets mad when I eat it though."

"That's because he asked for my opinion, not yours." It's a petty thing to say, but hey Jamil's a good cook. Najma seems to agree, giggling before you both jump ten feet backwards as a strangely shaped blur nearly knocks you over.

"NAJMA!" Jamil is indeed, sweaty and gross looking, his basketball jersey is practically drenched through, almost like he ran the entire way to here from the gymnasium. He's doubled over, hands on his knees as you fumble around looking for the water bottle Crewel made you bring with you earlier which he gratefully takes.

"Oh hey what are you doing here Jamil?" You don't know Najma super well, but she almost sounds disappointed to see her brother. "Prefect said you were at the gym."

"Don't start." Jamil passes you back the empty water bottle, hesitating just a bit before he lets you take it. "She didn't do anything weird, right? Hasn't said anything strange?" You blink in confusion.

"No? She's just been asking a bunch of questions about stuff. Jamil relaxes, letting you take the bottle with a genuine smile-

And gets cut off by a shutter sound effect making you both turn towards Najma, who doesn't bother looking up from her phone camera.

"Whoops thought I turned that off."

Ace

"Well, well, well, just what should I do with you?"  The ginger stranger is stroking his chin with an all too familiar look that puts you on edge, not because you think he is going to try anything illegal (yet) but because you can practically see the collar on this guy already.  There really is no beating around the bush about who this guy is, even if you really wished you had some plausible deniability.   "I could tell you about that time I told him if he kissed a frog it would turn into royalty and he actually did it-"  Too much information he technically just did.  "Or what about that time he only wanted to eat carrots so I freaked him out by saying he was turning into one because his hair was orange-"  So is yours big brother Trappola!  And where the hell is Grim he is supposed to be suffering through this with you.  "Nah those are too boring- oh I got it!"  Before you can break out in a dash for the mirror chamber, big brother Trappola claps an unintentionally (you hope) firm hand on your shoulder.  "Listen to this- wait I didn't introduce myself I-"

"Ace's brother."  He seems genuinely taken aback.  "He talks about you all the time." 

"Oh does he?"  Maybe you shouldn't have mentioned that, little Trappola's ego was insufferable already, older Trappola's has got to be worse right.  It's so obvious you can't even bring yourself to put the question mark on it.

"Funny you mention that, from my end it seems like all he ever talks about is Yuu."  He makes a big show of looking you over.  "Always talking about what a pain it is to look after you, but he never does stop."  He maneuvers himself to look directly into your eyes.  “You must be pretty special then, right?”

“Didn’t you used to go here?”  You ask, crossing your arms and fixing your best “not today Trappola” look onto your face.

“Sure did!  Also got put into Heartslabyul, must run in the family, we’re all a bit mad.”  Older Trappola breaks eye contact for just a second, something dancing on the tip of his tongue you have no desire to entertain at all.  You just want to ditch this overgrown root veg on his brother and then take a nap.

“So then, just to be clear, you don’t need me to show you around.”  You fumble around your clipboard looking for a map anyway.

“Oh no I absolutely need you to do that.”  You like it when Ace plays dumb better, at least it’s cute.  “Would be a really bad thing if you just left me all alone and I went somewhere I wasn’t supposed to.”  He stands up straight, looking off into the distance behind you with a dramatic sigh.  “Somewhere like Ramshackle Dorm maybe?  I hear that’s one of Ace’s-”

 A surprisingly strong pair of arms wraps you into an embrace from behind.

“Back off.” snaps Ace, a lot harsher than either of you have heard before “This one’s mine.”

Idia

"Dear! Dear! Come look it's the prefect!" A very excited very pink woman in a sundress and comically oversized sunglasses beckons to a very tall, very out place looking man who is... also wearing comically oversized sunglasses.

"The who?" he sheepishly walks over to his wife and gives you a little wave, clearly out of place but trying his best.

"The prefect! Ortho and Idia's friend." The realization seems to hit both you and Mr. Shroud at the same time, causing you both to retreat just a bit. You because you feel desperately dumb for not noticing the flaming hair and him because-

Well you hope it's because of the whole house thing but who knows.

"Oh sorry. Um we're Mr. and Mrs. Shroud but you probably already guessed that it's really nice to meet you." You awkwardly shake hands while Grim hides behind your legs.

"Do you have any plans for today?" Asks Mrs. Shroud. "I'd hate to interrupt things too much."

"Oh no that's not really an issue for me." You look down at Grim for half a second before adding. "For us."

"I'm sorry to hear that." whispers Mr. Shroud, gently taking his wife's hand and you stand around in silence for a little bit, trying to figure out how to walk the conversation from the ledge it's found itself on.

"Um if there isn't anything you need help with-"

"Idia speaks really highly of you." Mrs. Shroud says gently, and you have to keep yourself from fainting from shock. Idia speaking highly of- no forget that. Idia talks to his parents? And you were the conversation topic? If she had said it was Ortho that would make sense but Idia? "I know he can be a bit blunt, but he treasures your friendship. And as his mother, I am very grateful he has someone as kind as you in his life."

"We both are." whispers Mr. Shroud. "If you need help while you are here please don't hesitate to ask us." And with that they leave you and Grim

~~~

[Fullmetal] hey ortho said u ran into our parents irl

[Fullmetal] srry that had to be awkward

[yuu] it's cool

[yuu] I mean they spooked Grim but they were nice lol

[Fullmetal] UNACCEPTABLE

[Fullmetal] ...so do you think that he'd be cool to come over so I can like

[Fullmetal] apologize

[Fullmetal] u know for the stress

[yuu] and not for talking about me behind my back (￣ε￣)

[read at 6:57 pm]

[Fullmetal is typing... ... ...] [... ... ...] [... ... ...]

"I don't need to apologize if I said nice things... right?"

[crystallizsch]

finding out from two different voice lines from two different cards that jamil practices dance moves that he finds is two too many for me not to go 🤨🤨🤨

here are the voice lines in question -

Luxe Couture:

Club Wear:

(thank you to mysteryshoptls for the translations!)

[broh3m3]

oldification beams the blorbos

[jesteringbug]

another caterpillar dump (｡⁠◕⁠‿⁠‿⁠◕⁠｡) ✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

LITERALLY BIG BRO BEHAVIOR

***Stage in Playful Land spoilers below the cut!!**

HALP I'M DYING OTL NO ONE WARNED ME WE'D BE IN L*ONA BIG BRO ERA FOR THIS EVENT SDH FIUPABDFAIHBAEFIODGVYQEGFOIVQEGABI;FwovgucABHVGADVOBpfgovaevgqetoBn;j.qegk[ppu9hq709tr31pgyqeinbsdaihovfdvaoadgudvdtSVDG

Uhhh basically Ferro encourages the NRC boys to invite others to join them at Playful Land; Jamil, Riddle, Azul, and Idia outright reject it for their own reasons (it obviously sounds shady as heck, IT'S A WEEKDAY SO WE CAN'T SKIP SCHOOL, Azul doesn’t want to owe anyone, and amusement parks are where extroverts hang out). Some of the others decide to come along with, including Vil (who says he is looking out for his underclassmen but also admits to being interested in the performances of the park) and Lilia and Cater (who want to be amused and to have fun with their club member Kalim, who would be sad without their company). BUT THEN YOU GET TO TTREY AND L*ONA WHO aRE PURELY JUST TAGGING ALONG TO WATCH OVER THE FIRST YEARSE (although Trey does it upon Deuce's request) 💀 L*ONA'S JUST THER ELIKE "this is hella sus, I'm NOT going," UNTIL JACK SAYS HE'S GOING HIMSELF BECUASE HE MADE A PROMISE TO fERRO AND HE CAN'T BREAK HIS PROMISE... L*ONA SAID HE'S JUST GOING TO BRING "THE IDIOTS" HOME ?????? ??????? ??? HBJABYUFQVUOEFVYQEFOUTQEF23698RP937PNGWM,DV,KADVJINPGWBQEGIPBUQGENP

HE cOULD TELL JACK TO fUCK OFF OR THAT IF SoME ShIT GoES DIWN iT’S 100% oN HIM. GE CoULD IGNORE IT AnD cATcH UP ON HIS BEAauTY SLEEP, CONSErvE hIS ENERGY… BUT L*ONA DOESn’T, HE MAKES THE DECISION HIMSE TO PULL THROUGH FOR HIS KOUHAI… TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE SAFE AND THEY COME BACK ALRIGHT... NO ONE HAD TO CONVINCE HIM TO GO... AnD HE EVEN REMIDS THE THIRd YEARS TO STAY FOCUSED CUZ THEymRE THERE TO WATCH THE LITTLE ONES

YoU JNOW EHQt YHIS IS, L*ONa?????? THIS is GREATER BIG HROTHER BEHAVIOR THAN EVEN TREy 😭 YOu’TE NOT BEATING THE BIG BRO ALLEgATIOONS AnYTIME SOOn, BiTCH… LEONA "I don't give a fuck about the kids but I actually give a fuck about the kids" KINGSCHOLAR, LADIES AND GENTS (AND NONBINARIES)… HE'S SO GONNA GO, "I-It's not like I care about you/want to protect you or anything, you're just in my way, so get behind me" TO THE KIDDIES, I JUST KNOW HE WILL………………… …….. ……………. …… …. .. . ….. . . .. …….. … . .. . .

I’’M FR GONi FNG ThROYGJ AlL 5 STAGES oF GRiEF, IM So ILL RN

[basedjamil]

more of this nonsense! i got carried away!

najma and lilia are pals because she thinks listening to your parents is for dweebs

poot

sebek refuses to tell kalim no about Anything but he does live in fear that he's going to harm himself on his watch somehow so he just has to be At The Ready At All Times

regrettably this is just who kalim is as a person

[mellosdrawings]

Who out of the N2 squad gets sick/ill the most?

Jamil without a doubt. Vil has a proper care of his body and Leona rests a lot, but Jamil is always overworked and stressed. He'd be the one to catch stuff the easiest just because he's always tired. And then he'd refuse to rest so he'd just make his condition worse. Jamil would be a terrible patient.

Vil comes second because he also tends to overwork himself. And just like Jamil he'd be a terrible patient because he'd want to do something and keep the grind going.

Leona probably is the kind who gets sick once in a blue moon, but when he's sick it's the end of the world and he needs to go to the hospital.

All in all, none of them gets sick that frequently, but Jamil is sure to get sniffles whenever winter hits.

[harunayuuka2060]

Kid MC: *confused why the servants are starting to dress them in expensive finery*

Kid MC: ...

Kid MC: I can't work in this.

Servant A: *chuckles* You won't need to.

Kid MC: ...

Kid MC: What do you mean? Am I getting fired?

Servant B: Quite the opposite, young master.

Kid MC: ...

Kid MC: What.

Kalim's dad: The rumors are true.

Kalim's mom: Isn't that great? We're your new family.

Kid MC: ...

Kid MC: Did you do this on a whim because you felt bad, or because adopting me will help Kalim be less of a target for the assassins?

Kalim's parents: ...

Kalim's dad: MC, we-

Kid MC: Sir, I don’t like being pitied, so I’d rather it be the second reason.

Kalim's dad: ...

Kalim's dad: Do you have the courage to be a sacrificial pawn?

Kid MC: *nods* It's not that hard. I've seen my parents do it.

Kalim's parents: ...

Kid Jamil: You know you shouldn't be doing that.

Kid MC: What? I'm just folding clothes.

Kid Jamil: That is the job of your servant.

Kid MC: Eh, I'm not really an "Al Asim", so I can't feel the "privilege".

Kid Jamil: ...

Kid Jamil: *drags them away from the pile of clothes*

Kid MC: Hey-

Kid Jamil: You should get used to it soon.

Kid Jamil: You want to be a sacrificial pawn, remember? Then try to at least be convincing.

Kid MC: It needs practice?

Kid Jamil: Yes.

[diodellet]

cw: 3 am thoughts hitting, but this time we got good ones 🤧 yippee🎉 i would've wanted to put this in my current wip, but the vibes don't fit, so i'm jus throwing it out here. pre-slash relationship crack, reader is yuu/ramshackle prefect and extra down-bad for jamil, accidental violence and blood descriptions, unbeta'd, all mistakes are mine as always. if u see me editing out any typos and incomplete sentences, no u did not.

thinking of how jamil seems to have a constant furrow in his brow while sleeping. at first, you take it as a sign that he probably isn't even asleep. he's probably keeping his eyes shut in spite of the noise you make. as much as you blame the lack of regular upkeep for the ramshackle dormitory's constant creaks and groans, jamil probably is the lightest sleeper (out of the human characters in the NRC ensemble at least). he's probably keeping all the minute complaints to himself and is just making use of these forty-five minutes away from kalim.

to you, the little crease on his forehead is extra confirmation that - no matter how much he denies it - jamil is so overworked that he cannot seem to find much peace, even in unconsciousness.

and you try to busy yourself, anything to stop from keeping vigil (or watching over him like a guardian angel? to be honest, you were more like a sleep paralysis demon). you were not going to ruin this sacred nap - oh, that sounded so depressing, he barely even gets an hour of break time away from his duties.

(though you do consider reaching for his phone and messing with the alarm. maybe you could stretch that scant bit of time into two, three hours. or just shut it off completely, jamil more than deserved the sublime comfort of not having to wake up to alarms. but, alas, if only you knew his passcode.)

instead what happens is that you crouch by him, one of your hands tentatively outstretched. the pads of your fingertips just hovering a few centimeters away from his face, poised to soothe the tension from his features.

and what happened next, happened in rapid succession and was completely your fault.

crack!

(your cheeks don't stop burning. you can hang your head in a display of shameful contrition, sure. but the truth is that you're tuning out every single word of jamil's exasperated sermon in favor of savoring his touch as he presses a fistful of napkins against your face to stop the bleeding. thankfully not broken, but capillaries like to do their thing and make the situation more dramatic than it actually is.

"enough worrying about me, what about your hand?" you'd sound so cool if you didn't have dried blood on your face.

the unimpressed frown jamil gives you is all the response you need. heck, if you looked closely, you could see him combing through his encyclopedia of choice insults. "my hand is fine. but now i've got a headache thanks to someone being a dumbass. should i be glad that it isn't kalim for once?"

oh, more than a mix of guilt and shame, having jamil's attention on you is an intoxicating sensation, you can only muster a weak "haha" in response.)

[poisoned-pearls]

Family disney trip with family friends!