#like i would give so so much to be able to recall those memories because they looked so joyful and happy
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hanafubukki · 10 months ago
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Do you guys ever think about Lilia and how he was changed during those 200 years? All the unconditional love he has? And how that was possible because of Malleus?
Lilia wouldn’t be the Lilia we know today if it wasn’t for that time of his life.
He had nothing left. His childhood friends gone. No title. Banished. He was walking aimlessly in life without any purpose
But then he was given a purpose.
He came back not as General Vanrouge but just Lilia Vanrouge.
He has a purpose now and his purpose was Malleus. A reason for him to live.
The very thing Maleanor wanted of him, for not only Lilia to live but also her son. Be each other's purpose.
Lilia traveled, he constantly looked for ways to hatch Malleus, and he changed during these travels and opened his eyes to humans.
Lilia learned and changed and loved and it was all because of that little egg.
He wasn't willing to do that before when he was General Vanrouge, but Malleus became his reason to live and his hope.
He would return to that egg and talk to him, tell him stories, he would rest next to that egg, and he would let his guard down because Malleus was his constant and his rest/peace.
Malleus showed Lilia that he could love, without him, Lilia would have always been that stubborn headed General thinking he didn't need a family, children were a hassle, etc.
Lilia learned that he could love because of him. It gave him peace and hope in a way he hadn't had it before.
Lilia learned the joys of cooking and enjoying food with a loved one. He put more effort to learning and expanding his knowledge so he could see him smile.
He learned and taught Malleus instruments to spend time with him. He learned the joys of running after a baby who threw tantrums and sneaking him cotton candy.
The joys of helping dress a child and feeding him. He sought for peace because of Malleus and wanted him to be free and get along with his human neighbors.
He chose to raise Silver because of him because he wanted to be a good example of what he taught. In return, this allowed him to expand his horizons and not just get along with humans but love them too (and through these actions, so did Malleus learn as well). He went to NRC because he wanted to be able to spend time with his family and expand their relationships and connections.
He wanted a family and he got that because of Malleus.
He wanted Malleus to learn and get along with humans, to have friends. Give Malleus the same love and experience that Malleus taught him even before he was born.
And Malleus? Malleus loved Lilia even before he was born. He reached out to him, rejected his grandmother’s magic, lived, and threw a tantrum because of how much he loves Lilia.
After he was born, from the stories we hear, you can see how much Malleus continues to love Lilia. Recalling fond memories as mentioned before, taking care of Silver because that would make Lilia happy, learning and getting along with humans for Lilia, always heeding and taking to heart everything Lilia says, wanting to make him proud, sneaking away to see him, etc.
Malleus literally did everything for Lilia that Lilia did for him.
Malleus gave Lilia love, peace, and hope for the present and future and Lilia returned that as well.
Lilia wants Malleus to learn, so even when Lilia isn't here anymore, Malleus will always have this love with him. The same love he gave Lilia.
So, in the future, Malleus will always have this cherished feeling with him.
He won’t be lonely anymore, like how General Vanrouge wasn’t lonely anymore because of that special little egg.
I think about this love between them and feel so soft 😭💞 always thinking about the other and loving each other so.
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okay-babe · 1 year ago
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On my knees begging for you to give us an Alastor x Reader fic featuring cursed Alastor cat 🙏
Some Small Part (return to you)
note: how could I ever say no? tags: alastor x reader, established relationship, alastor and reader are married, pet! catalastor, mild angst, reader's gender is unspecified, fluff
Outside, thunder rumbled ominously, causing you to pull your robe flush against your torso without even realizing. It was a habit of sorts now, developed after years upon years of unanticipated solitude that seemed to have no foreseeable end.
One had to cope somehow, after all, and you'd never been a very big fan of storms even back when the clouds above had spat water instead of acid.
Your fear required comfort to remedy, and those whose needs were not met made due with the little things, like wrapping themselves up in their softest robe before standing thoughtlessly to search for the only other presence that could be found within the thick and familiar walls of their house.
And of course, that is exactly what you did.
"Minou!"
You called, voice drowned out by the much louder growls of the clouds above as you made your way slowly to the creature's favorite spot within your home.
There was no doubt that he was back from whatever hunt he'd been on by now. After all, he really wasn't one to enjoy getting his fur wet.
"Minou!"
You called again, voice slightly louder this time as you peeked into the laundry room curiously, only to frown when you noted that your "pet" wasn't on the lowly thrumming dryer where he tended to reside whenever the weather grew chill.
You sighed.
He was just as hard to find, it seemed, as the man whose image he so eerily and inexplicably took after.
A burst of lightning crashed noisily against the ground, and in spite of yourself and your apparent annoyance, you jumped, gasping in surprise before groaning, placing your hand against your chest as if needing to feel your racing heart to know you hadn't died all over again.
To say you merely disliked storms after how you'd passed was an understatement, and you found yourself cursing the man who had dared to adorn your finger with his ring all those years ago.
Who did he think he was, leaving you alone to endure a hundred nights just like this one in his absence?
You weren't entirely sure he'd walk away unscathed if he ever dared step through your shared front door again.
But that was enough thought of him.
Sighing, you turned around, already eager to continue the search for your ominous little companion.
Except, much to your surprise, it seemed there would be no search necessary, because standing in the doorway behind you was the very being you had been looking for.
"There you are."
You sighed again, half out of relief and half out of exasperation for the silence with which your darling "pet" always seemed to move.
Habitually, you looked the creature over as he sat still upon the floor, taking in his dark red fur, yellowed teeth, and absurdly small antlers.
He was so familiar to you now that it almost made you falter if you thought about it for too long.
When exactly had you gotten so used to the little guy?
Honestly, if someone were to ask you when the thing had shown up, you weren't entirely sure if you'd be able to recall anymore.
It had been quite some time ago, after all, on a stormy night like this one, that he'd shown up at your door.
The date had long since left your memory, but the fear had stuck around in that wretched way it always did.
You had been terrified.
That storm had exceeded the worst of any other you'd experienced in hell prior, and as you'd cowered in the living room, the radio playing nothing but static paired with the brief interruptions of neighboring channels, you couldn't help but feel like you were being watched.
It was a gnawing sensation, the certainty of eyes staring into your soul, but even still, something had compelled you to approach the window anyhow.
Whatever was out there, you hadn't felt afraid of it, not even when your eyes found those piercing red ones in the darkness.
You had let the creature come inside that night, telling yourself it was just because you felt bad for it having had to sit out there for so very long in the rain.
You'd refused to admit back then how eerie a resemblance it shared with your husband.
You'd refused to acknowledge that such a ridiculous fact had any bearing on your decision.
Because in truth, it was completely absurd.
Except, clearly there had been something about the little guy that you enjoyed having around, because after that night, he'd never truly left.
Sure, he would vanish on occasion through the cat door you'd affixed to the wall a few years ago, but he had yet to stay gone for longer than a few hours at a time.
He knew where home was, it seemed.
Perhaps that was the difference between him and the man you'd married.
You tried not to think too hard about that.
Frowning slightly at another bout of thunder, you snapped yourself out of your reverie and returned your attention to the creature still sitting in front of you.
"Where were you hiding?"
You chided halfheartedly as you bent down to pick the cat-like being up, smiling softly at his purr of contentment. For such an impersonal creature, he certainly did like being on the receiving end of your affections...
Perhaps that was something he shared with the man you'd married.
You were still doing your best not to think about that, though.
Carrying your odd little companion over to the couch, you couldn't help but sigh as you placed him upon your lap, watching as he curled up happily in that same manner he always did.
He was quite the consistent creature, each behavior as strict and unbending as a habit.
All he ever really did was hunt, stare, stand, sit, lay, and stare some more.
His typical day consisted of following you around the house, watching as you performed your daily chores and activities, leaving for a few hours if he felt up to it, and then returning to watch again.
Honestly, now that you thought about it, you weren't even really sure if you'd ever seen the little guy sleep in the four years he'd been occupying your home.
A creature of habit, indeed.
But then, if that was so true, why was it that he was suddenly standing upon your lap with no warning, his fur straight on end and his hackles raised as a hiss as low and ominous as the thunder from above rumbled within his chest.
Your eyes widened at the sight, raising your hands as if in surrender, certain you must've done something to anger your oddly particular "pet".
But then, before you could even consider what that something may have been, you heard a sound that made your heart skip a beat.
It was metal on metal, a familiar, subtle clicking, and then an obvious shift in pressure as cool air flooded your living room.
A key slid easily out of the lock.
Except there was only one other key...
And you hadn't seen it since-
Your head whipped around so fast you feared for a moment that you may have given yourself whiplash, though quickly any thoughts of injury ceased the moment your eyes met his.
"Alastor."
You breathed, his name falling past your lips like a prayer you'd been forced to stop uttering.
Even just saying it felt like an act of heresy.
Your husband's grin remained plastered upon his face even as he caught sight of you, expression unphased, though you couldn't help but notice the way that his eyes roved about your face and body, softening slightly as if he'd only just realized after so very long that he could relax them if he so chose.
"Chère."
He replied simply, his voice smooth and relaxed even in spite of how very long it had been since either of you had seen each other,
"I didn't expect you to be awake."
At that, you swallowed thickly, gently petting at the still growling creature that was standing upon your lap,
"There's a storm."
You replied softly, shaking your head,
"I can't ever sleep during storms anymore."
At that Alastor seemed to stop for a few moments, as if considering your words more thoroughly before he finally nodded.
"Of course, how could I forget?"
Hesitantly, he took a step forward, though he halted rather suddenly when he noticed the source of the angry sound that was reverberating throughout the room.
"What is that?"
He asked, gesturing slightly toward the creature who still stood protectively upon your lap, ears pointed straight up toward the ceiling and eyes fixed meanly upon your husband as if it wished to tear the man to shreds.
"Honestly, I'm not quite sure."
You continued to pet your small companion soothingly, trying to reassure it that things were okay without the use of words.
"He showed up a few years ago during a fearsome storm not too unlike this one. I let him inside so he wouldn't get hurt and he's been here ever since."
Alastor regarded the being with caution and a mild sense of confusion as he continued his slow approach. When he stopped a few feet short of you though, you found that you doubted that your "pet" was making much of a difference when it came to that. Your husband never did stand very close to you when he knew that he'd messed up recently.
A quick getaway, you supposed, probably a smart move.
But as angry as you'd been even just thinking of your love earlier in the evening, you couldn't bring yourself to feel the same way in that moment
It was exhausting, missing someone as much as you'd missed the man standing before you, and it almost felt like none of that truly set in until the very moment he was just outside of your reach once more, standing in the home you'd shared as if he'd never even left in the first place.
Oh how badly you wished that were the case.
You swallowed thickly, fighting back tears that you didn't dare try to understand for fear of making them flow faster.
"It was terribly quiet here without you, you know."
You whispered, watching as your husband's lips twitched downward ever so slightly.
He hummed,
"I wasn't aware that I made much noise at all, my dear."
You scoffed at that, in spite of the tears that were still welling up in your eyes.
"I don't think I was either until you left,"
You tried to laugh, but it came out sounding a lot more like a sob, and in response, the creature in your lap quieted slightly, as if having sensed your distress and realized it's attention was better suited elsewhere.
You gasped slightly as you felt it's rough tongue against your cheek, lapping up the tears that had fallen in spite of your best efforts to keep them from doing so.
And then, unable to control yourself, you let out a burst of laughter.
"You're such a weirdo."
You chuckled as you held the small being beneath it's armpits, outstretching your arms to hold it out further so you could see it properly.
It simply stared back, tail wagging ever so slightly with one of it's ears bent toward you in the way you'd grown accustomed to throughout the years.
It was rare that both of it's ears were up unless it was upset.
You quite liked the look of them when they were uneven anyhow, it wasn't much unlike-
Before you could finish that no doubt destructive thought, you stopped yourself and turned your attention back toward the man who was now sitting comfortably in the chair placed opposite to you.
He hummed softly as your eyes met his once more.
You sighed.
"Al, this is Minou."
You introduced gently, turning the creature so he could see it better.
If it reacted, you certainly didn't notice.
Your husband raised a brow in response.
"It's name is... cat?"
He asked hesitantly, wondering for a moment if you had perhaps grown rusty with your french after so many years with no practice.
But before he could get much further with that theory, you nodded.
"Yeah, I thought it was fitting enough. He could pass for a cat, right?"
You turned the creature around once more to get a better look at him, and smiled when it's persistently ominous expression came into view.
He was pretty cute, in his own weird way.
Another manner in which he wasn't too unlike your husband, you supposed.
Alastor chuckled under his breath at your question, watching intently and with a look of keen interest as he took in the sight of you after so very long.
"I suppose so, if one were to squint."
You scoffed at that, but the grin on your face made it obvious that you weren't nearly as upset as you were making yourself out to be.
You pulled your "pet" in closer after a few more seconds of further inspection, smiling softly at the returning sound of his purr upon your lap.
You sighed, looking back to your husband once more.
"You know, when I found him, I almost thought that he was you for a little while, or maybe some extension of you I'd never met before. There's just something about him that feels so awfully familiar in that same way you do."
Alastor hummed and approached slowly, dropping a kiss to the top of your head as he finally began to shed his coat.
"Hmm, how interesting."
He replied, semi-lost in thought as he spoke.
It would make sense, after all, that if some part of him were to somehow split off from the rest and gain a consciousness of it's own...
It would return to you.
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reccyls · 2 months ago
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Victor's Main Route: Chapter 16 + Letter
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Kate: This is William’s, and this is Harrison’s…
My time as Fairytale Keeper was soon coming to an end. I’d written many reports about every member of Crown, and I was lost in thought as I went over them one by one.
(There’s still a couple of days to go, but everything went by so fast.)
Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that I’d stay at the castle and get to know everyone in Crown. But I’ve spent so much time with them that I now had enough memories to get lost in. All the missions I went on, my everyday life with them, all those idle conversations… As I continued writing, I realized just how many precious memories I had gained.
(It’s just Victor’s that I stopped working on halfway through.)
I had been working on it continuously up until I learned his secret. If I left any written records of it, there’s the possibility that someone could discover his true identity. That worry kept me from writing any more.
(What do I want to do?)
Setting a new sheet of paper in my typewriter, I began writing out my feelings. How I had fallen for him before I knew it, my anxiety when I became aware of how different our stations were, How I didn’t know how to navigate the suddenly changing distance between us after I stumbled onto his secrets, how it felt like this love story wouldn’t be an easy one. And, the “I love you” I never got the chance to say.
(But that doesn’t change the fact that I’m still in love with him…)
My feelings were probably just a nuisance to him.
(But even if he doesn’t accept my feelings,)
(And even after I stop being Fairytale Keeper and we never meet again…)
I wished for him to be happy. I wished that he would stop giving up the idea of living life as an individual. These feelings wouldn’t change, regardless of whether I was there with him or not. I stopped writing, and reread what I had written so far to try and clear my mind.
(Why did he cover my ears back then?)
It had been the first thing he did.
(Why did he kiss me to stop me from talking?)
If he didn’t want to hear it, there were dozens of other ways he could have stopped me from speaking. But he chose to kiss me.
(There’s still things about Victor I don’t know yet.)
I had overstepped and hurt him, and then when I thought we were getting closer, he drew another line between us. In the midst of this tumultuous love, even though I had discovered his greatest secret, there were still so many unknowns.
(Until I know everything, I can’t complete my report.)
I realized my fingers had typed out “Don’t give up on happiness.” I pushed back my chair and stood.
(I started helping Victor with his work because I wanted to know more about him.) (Now that I’ve come this far, I want to be able to know everything about him so I can finish my report on him by the time I have to leave.)
I’ll fill my report with all my emotions and I’ll give it to him.
(And anyway, it was Victor’s idea for me to write reports about Crown in the first place.)
Recalling Victor’s words from that night, I gathered all my other reports and left my room. The sound of my feet against the ground echoed lightly in the hallways as I ran.
I don’t know how many times I’ve knocked on this door.
Kate: It’s Kate.
Victor: …Come in.
I don’t know how many times I’ve stepped foot in this office. I couldn’t count how many times I’ve stared at Victor’s serious face as he worked.
Kate: I need to talk to you about something.
Victor: …
He said nothing.
(I really didn’t mean to push even harder than I already have.)
After the day of the kiss, he had a maid tell me that I didn’t have to come in to assist him anymore.
(I thought at first he hated me so much he didn’t want to see me again.)
But the fact that he let me into his office now told me that probably wasn’t the case. He wordlessly turned back to his work, but I walked up to him and slammed my reports down onto his desk. He looked up at me with a startled expression I’d never seen before.
Kate: So this is what it takes for you to look at me again.
When he realized what I’d done, his gaze darted away.
Kate: These are all the reports I wrote about Crown.
Victor: Hm…?
Kate: I recorded everything I saw since I first arrived.
What they said and what they did, their personalities, how they approached their missions, their curses and abilities, how they spent their daily lives.
Victor: You wrote this much?
There were eight envelopes, stuffed so full with papers that they couldn’t even close properly, for eight members. But even this was only a sliver of what I’d seen and experienced.
Victor: Thank you. With this, your duty as Fairytale Keeper is complete.
As he took the reports and thanked me, he continued not to look at me.
Victor: Since you’ve worked so hard to complete these reports, I’ll arrange for you to return to your old life before your month is up.
I had a feeling that’s what he would say.
(He thinks that the best thing for me is to stay away from him.)
Just like always, he was taking action for my sake, to protect me.
(But I…)
I didn’t want to say goodbye.
Kate: Victor, you’re a member of Crown, aren’t you?
Victor: I am… Why do you ask?
Kate: That night, this is what you told me:
Victor: From today, you will be Crown’s personal Fairytale Keeper. Victor: You will live in our castle, and you will be accompanied by a member of Crown at all times. Victor: Everyone, please observe her to ensure she doesn’t reveal any secrets. Victor: And in the meantime, Kate, you will observe their evil deeds in turn, and record them. As if you were writing a fairytale.
Those were his words.
Kate: You told me to observe Crown’s evil deeds and record them. Kate: So don’t you think there’s still one report missing?
He instantly realized what I was implying, and opened his mouth to speak.
Kate: If I don’t know you, I can’t write my report on you. Kate: In other words, I can’t fulfill all my obligations as Fairytale Keeper.
But I didn’t let him speak and continued.
Kate: For one month, I would become Crown’s Fairytale Keeper and keep your secrets safe. Kate: Those were the terms you set for me so that I could return to my old life.
My hands curled around the edge of his desk and I leaned forward, meeting his eyes.
Kate: If things stay the way they are, then I can’t fulfill those terms. I’ll remain in the darkness forever. Kate: Do you want to kill me?
Victor: No, neve-
Kate: Then stop trying to push me away.
I’d never seen Victor look afraid before. But now he flinched and tried to move back.
Kate: You were the one who said this all in the first place.
I didn’t want to berate him or take drastic measures.
(But if I don’t do this, he’ll find some way to push me away again.)
Knowing that, I stood my ground and made him acknowledge his own words. With a resigned expression, Victor put his hand to his forehead.
Kate: …I just want you to be happy.
He dropped his hand and looked towards me. I met his gaze.
Kate: I know that given your past, this is cruel of me to ask. Kate: But I don’t want you to give up on being a person. I’ll wish this for the rest of my life.
Victor: Kate…
Kate: You don’t have to return my feelings. Just don’t let go of the possibility of living a happy life as “Victor”, that’s all I want. Kate: Even if I’m no longer by your side, my feelings will never change.
I felt my eyes begin to burn and tried to hold back my tears.
(I can’t cry here.)
Taking a deep breath, I steadied my emotions.
Kate: I still haven’t written my report about you.
A resolute voice sounded in the office. I almost didn’t believe that that voice, so full of single-minded determination, was my own.
Kate: There are still too many things I don’t know about you for me to complete it. Kate: So before my time here is up, I must know you. Kate: I’ll learn, and learn, until I know everything about you, and I can finally record your evil. Kate: So–
I jabbed my finger at him and declared with all my might,
Kate: Prepare yourself!
Victor’s expression didn’t change at my impassioned declaration. I turned and walked out of his office, and then broke into a run.
(No more taking those words back… but…)
My heart felt as clear as a cloudless day.
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???: Ahahaha!
In Victor’s office, a voice that wasn’t his was laughing. William stepped out from the shadows of a shelf, looking incredibly entertained.
William: You lost that round, Vic.
Victor: …
In contrast to Victor’s troubled expression, William was in high spirits as he took a seat.
William: What a wonderful woman, isn’t she?
Victor: …I agree fully.
William: So much so that I’d like to have her for myself.
A sudden chill filled the air, and William raised his hands in surrender, though he still seemed amused.
William: But alas, it seems like the reaper might have my head for it.
Victor: …Will.
William: Now that she’s made such a bold move, are you going to ignore it?
Victor: I…
William’s smile didn’t drop as Victor remained silent.
William: …Back to our previous topic, then.
They pulled themselves together and returned to what they were discussing before Kate entered the office.
William: The perpetrators of the warehouse bombing are part of that group, after all.
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After leaving Victor’s office, I immediately made my way to the palace’s library and began poring over everything related to the royal family that I could find.
(Victor’s name really isn’t recorded anywhere at all.)
No matter how many books and files I looked through, there was no mention of Victor’s name. Only Victoria’s.
(He must have had all the records changed.)
Choosing to reign as Victoria while hiding his gender meant that no record that a man called Victor could be left in history. Intellectually, I knew that was the case. But the reality of it sinking in still made my heart ache.
(But why did he choose to rule as Queen Victoria in the first place?)
He could have still reigned as a king using a false identity. I didn’t understand why he chose to disguise his gender. Hearing the sound of approaching footsteps, I looked up.
Jude: …Tch, you’re here too?
Ellis: Oh, good afternoon, Kate.
Jude stood empty-handed while Ellis carried a pile of books.
Kate: Are you two also doing research?
Ellis: I’m just here because Jude said he wanted to.
Jude: Might as well make use of him since he’s here. He’s just carrying my stuff.
Ellis took a seat next to me, and Jude clicked his tongue at Ellis but reluctantly also took a seat.
Jude: So? Why are you lookin’ into this?
Kate: Oh, this is…
As I stammered, Ellis tilted his head to the side.
Ellis: Is it related to the explosion incident?
Huh…?
…Yes?
Yes. (+2/+4)
Kate: Yes, as Fairytale Keeper, I–
Jude: Just stop already. You’re a shit liar.
Ellis: Oh, so you didn’t know. But I guess you’ll find out soon anyway. Ellis: I thought that you knew who the culprits were, so that’s why you were reading about the royal family.
Kate: …The culprits have been identified!?
As I leaned forward, Jude scowled.
Jude: It’s a group of republicans.
Kate: Republicans…
I recalled where I’d heard the term recently.
Middle-Aged Parliament Member: My word! As if I would ever support republicanism!
(The parliament member mentioned it back then…)
Jude: They became more radical after Queen Victoria took the throne.
Queen Victoria ascended to the throne in the middle of a period of great uncertainty for the country. Although she led the country to great prosperity, it would be a lie to say that she had been accepted by everyone at the beginning.
Jude: They were running their mouths just because she was a woman, but the country wasn’t in a good place back then. Jude: Not surprising that people weren’t happy.
That discontent only grew, and before long there were both nobles and commoners who called for the monarchy to be abolished. But as the country recovered and improved, those voices slowly died out.
Jude: But not all of ‘em.
The few who remained began to carry out indiscriminate bombings. The last of them was the one at the church.
(But I heard that Victor and William solved that already…)
Jude seemed to be able to tell what I was thinking. He rested his chin on his hand.
Jude: No matter how much you try to stamp it out, people’s wills don't die that easy.
And with those last words, he began reading.
(Victor’s been fighting for so long…)
Even as the people he was supposed to protect turned against him, he still continued doing everything in his power for them. The country we have today is a result of his unwavering determination.
(But has he ever been rewarded for that?)
Not as ruler, but as himself. My mood dipped, but then I fully processed Jude’s words.
Kate: Oh! That’s it!
Jude: Pipe down, this is a damn library!
Ellis: Jude, you’ll also get in trouble if you’re too loud.
Kate: S-sorry.
Ducking my head, I hurriedly began to gather up all the books I’d pulled out.
Kate: I have to go now.
Ellis: Huh? …Oh, she’s gone.
Jude: The hell was that about?
I quickly made my way outside.
(People’s wills don't die so easily.)
As I walked, Jude’s words replayed in my mind. There won’t be any record that a man named Victor ever existed. But even if no records of him exist, even if he himself no longer exists, his will won’t disappear. And because there are those who will carry on his will, the world will become a better place. Just like how he made Crown.
(Even though he gave up on his life, that doesn’t have to mean that nothing will be left behind.) (The determination he bears will continue to live on.)
The realization felt like a ray of light illuminating the path ahead after I had lost my way.
(So what I can do is…) (...record Crown’s evil, and Victor’s as well.)
Even if I didn’t write down his name, or his ability, or even what he looked like, I could leave behind a record of his heart and his thoughts, as proof of his existence.
(Even if someday, the darkness swallows me whole.)
…Or if there came a day where he turned me to ash with his own hands, I would remember.
Kate: Time to write.
This was something that only I, being Crown’s Fairytale Keeper, could do. A one-of-a-kind privilege.
Chapter 16 Letter: A crumped up note
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…You got me. I never expected you to say such things… No, I suppose I should have. I know you’re the strongest woman in the world. I know that you want to stay here. And I know that it’s because you, more than anyone else in the world, wish for my happiness.
Ah, but what a sorry state of affairs this is. Because the reason that I want you to return to your old life is that I, more than anyone else in the world, wish for your happiness.
It seems that we must always be at odds in such ways, because of how we feel about each other.
Victor
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batfansa · 5 months ago
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The more I thought about it, the more I realized just how fucked up the whole situation with Cobigail really was. And to me, personally, I feel she was done the most dirty through Inspekta's actions.
Like, not to diminish what he did to the other gods or anything, but... at most he broke Mitternacht's heart, almost broke Thespius' heart, tricked Click Clack and made him feel guilty for almost ruining their show and hurting Thespi, tricked Bauhauzzo and made him feel guilty and upset for hurting Huzzle, Huzzle Mug was more so pissed and felt betrayed, all while framing and imprisoning King after taking Megapon away.
And none of the followers were in any real danger aside for Mitternacht's crying possibly flooding the Grove. But nobody seemed too concerned with that, more concerned with her being upset and having to deal with the rain. All of which was still bad, obviously, but none of it felt too terrible.
Meanwhile, with Cobigail, he outright tarnished her reputation and painted her as this dangerous god willing to devour her own people. He took direct advantage of the fact that Milldread hasn't had a harvest in a while and decided to directly blame Cobi for it. Literally accused her of starving her own people, all while she's starving too!
This is made worse by the fact that this poor corn lady hadn't even been visited by anyone in twenty years and was starting to forget herself and her memories. She couldn't even speak up for herself 'cause everyone was afraid of her, and she was unable to even recall things so would have been unreliable anyways.
But the thing that really makes this whole situation worse, is that because of Inspekta's letter, someone decided that the best course of action to take was to slaughter an innocent person in front of the entire town, children included. And that this same person also so happened to be someone Cobigail knew back when she was human.
Someone she knew as a child. A child she taught and had fond memories of. She watched that little boy grow up and build that town and community. He's also quite possibly the only remaining person from her time as a human still alive. He hasn't visited her in forever either and feels real bad about it, knows she's not a blood cobbler gobbler. That's his old music teacher after all. He knows she'd never hurt nobody. She's the same teacher who loves his milldreadberry jam and loved being able to eat it during the Harvest.
And now, he's about to be sacrificed to that same teacher-turned-god, without even being able to give her a proper goodbye or apology for not seeing her for those twenty years. And she, in turn, can't do anything about it. Can't stop it. And is forced to watch as he's bashed and cut into mush. His blood splattered onto her alter, in her name.
And I also think people seem to forget that Cobigail was this close to being forced to drink her own ex-student's blood. Like, she would have been slurping up Bloom's blood through her roots unwillingly. Would have been forced to taste it and know exactly who it was she was eating.
And that little detail alone just fucks with me so much, because it is so dark and so sad at the same time.
But while all this was happening, while Saul was yelling about cutting up an innocent man, Inspekta just sat idly in his domain and did nothing. Didn't seem to realize the gravity of the situation (or just didn't care, too busy self-rotting) to tell Cappy or his other Bizzyboys to interfere. Was totally fine with somebody getting killed and his fellow god taking all the blame and being forced to watch.
Like, Cobigail is just the sweetest and is so forgiving, literally welcoming back 'Speks into the family despite everything. Literally had no hard feelings and made it clear she was there for him. So supportive too. Just wants to see everyone safe and happy. Spook some folks. Be silly.
Just, somebody get this sweet corn lady some jam and company.
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mikareo · 1 year ago
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“ ࣭⸰ ★ FROM THE DINING TABLE . . . ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀呪術廻戦 ; gojo satoru x fem reader
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⊹ ⠀⠀ is it possible to fall out of love? ...apparently so. (0.7k)
contains; exes, reader sees gojo w/ his new girlfriend, ur just the sad and lonely ex who can't get over him idk author's note; i am stressed and this is how im coping
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it's been three months.
only three months since you and satoru broke things off. since satoru told you he lost feelings and could no longer string you along as you gazed at him with lovesick eyes etched in hearts; which were well deserved considering your relationship lasted a little over three years.
you loved him so much. no. you love him so much. you'll never stop loving him for as long as you can breathe, because who is he if not your soulmate? there's no one else that understands you, listens to you, and notices all of your ticks and little emotions that are blind to the common eye. satoru is the one that you're supposed to end up with; that you're supposed to marry as you walk down the aisle awaiting that bright smile he always flashed in your direction.
if you're supposed to marry satoru...
...why is he smiling at someone else?
"oh, shit." he finally notices your presence and it's somewhat insulting considering the market isn't too crowded. "hey, how've you been?"
his tone is almost condescending. why would he be asking that question? he should know that you're an absolute and complete mess over him. he should be an absolute and complete mess over you, too. you don't care that he claims to have fallen out of love. that's impossible. that's just something that happens in the movies; and if your life is anything like one of those cheesy romcoms— you desperately hope that you're not the character that gets their heart broken for the main lead.
"i'm okay." you lie. you're not okay. your heart is pounding at a rate that's so rapid you think you're about to pass out, thudding inside of your chest in its best attempt to leap from your body and land in satoru's open hands. now that you're noticing them, though, they're not open. they're firmly clasped to whoever this new stranger is. whoever his new girlfriend is. "who's this?"
he waves his hand dismissively. "don't worry about it." to which the girl giggles and leans into his side.
they're mocking you. you can't help but feel that way.
you can't help but feel your heart break into glass fragments that once were a stained glass mural of your love story. the images of him confessing his feelings after the snow melted in spring, whispering his love for you for the first time when summer began, and the promise ring he was so excited about giving you during your last holiday together, all clash to the ground— becoming incoherent memories that only you care to recall. it's clear that satoru is happily cementing new moments with this girl who's likely somewhat similar to you. she seems sweet and kind, and you hope that she escapes being strung along far sooner than you did.
"you look cute together." the smile on your face is clearly phony. he knows you well enough to be able to tell, and you're sure that she's able to understand, too.
"thank you!" she's so nice? why does he always go for nice girls? if you could take a guess, it's because he enjoys watching them fall for him...watching them give up their entire hearts for his love, only to shred them to pieces like receipt paper that he no longer cares to hold onto. what a monster.
...but you still love him.
"you're welcome." your reply is as genuine as you can fake it to be, and it's possible you've fooled her. you haven't fooled satoru, though. your ex is staring at you with knowing intent, seeing the bitterness in your soul that you hide from everyone else. "satoru, can we talk?"
please.
"what is there to talk about?" his laugh practically drowns you. you feel as if there's a weighted anchor attached to your ankle with a rope that's impossible to break apart with your bare hands. it's pulling you deeper and deeper into the depths of abyss, giggling as you struggle for air and water fills your lungs. the fish say hello. they watch as your lungs close in. they wave goodbye when your eyes finally close.
"forget i said anything."
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welcometoteyvat · 4 months ago
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if genshin ever releases the liyue bow that has lore of azhdaha POV (unlikely, pretty sure it's been sent to the abyss), I will pull for it
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"in his sweet dream the dragon king saw again the little comrades it once followed" "—Why did he say such things? He had loved the land where he had shared fond memories with that person."
you can't just say that I'm in shambles now. his little comrades T_T. and his fond memories of morax contrasted with morax's cold eyes and retuo's heartrending agony. in other news, zhongli bow user alt when, he literally wears that archery thumb ring
anyways, this has also got me thinking about a rezhong animatic to water melody/但愿人长久, mostly because the "palace on the moon" stuff and the angst of them separating bc erosion reminds me of it. poem + annotations below
When will the moon be clear and bright? With a cup of wine in my hand, I ask the clear sky. // zhongli POV, perhaps? visiting the tree at nantianmen with a flask of rice wine, on lantern rite or on midautumn In the heavens on this night, I wonder what season it would be? // azhdaha POV, half awakened from his underground dream, thinking about (more like hazily, instinctively recalling) the past, and the adepti gathering on mt aocang. "the heavens", the adepti in the mountains and the prosperous harbor, contrasted with the dim crystal cavern he's sealed in
I'd like to ride the wind to fly home. Yet I fear the crystal and jade mansions are much too high and cold for me. // insert the line from the bow "If we ride on your back and cross these mountains, we can reach the palace on the moon, right?". btw the "crystal and jade mansions" in the poem is referring to the Moon Palace Dancing with my moonlit shadow, It does not seem like the human world. // cut to azhdaha's sealing away, zhongli's cold eyes. the warmth in his gaze is gone and he's unrecognizable, like a stranger, and all the memories of their past become warped and distorted in retuo's failing eyesight
The moon rounds the red mansion, Stoops to silk-pad doors, Shines upon the sleepless, // cut to the battle between morax/adepti and azhdaha in the chasm amidst the red cliffs. idk not much to say Bearing no grudge, Why does the moon tend to be full when people are apart? // erosion. bearing no grudge is giving zhongli sealing azhdaha away because of his duty to liyue, as part of their contract. probably insert an image of azhdaha (or the zhongli in retuo's memories) slowly being erased, bit by bit and piece by piece, as retuo's eyes close underneath nantianmen. gratuitous use of a flurry of ginkgo leaves floating in front of the viewer as screen fades to white
People experience sorrow, joy, separation and reunion, The moon may be dim or bright, round or crescent shaped, This imperfection has been going on since the beginning of time. May we all be blessed with longevity, Though thousands of miles apart, we are still able to share the beauty of the moon together. // straight angst lol. "May we all be blessed with longevity" makes me think of erosion, but also "When you reach the end of time, those people, those past and future relationships predetermined by fate… they will be waiting for you" said by kun jun/azhdaha in no mere stone. when zhongli goes to meet them, he'll be waiting too
a fic set to the song/poem would also fuck. i simply think that more retuo content is neat!!! hes literally a blind rock given vision, a rock that can sing and dream, and zhongli is retuo's tiny god with a heart of stone, a heart nonetheless. arent they so interesting can we have another azhdaha mention in game soon
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radioisntdead · 1 year ago
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can we get op reader just beating the absolute SHIT out of valentino while vox and velvette watch on in horror? :3 perhaps others too, like perchance we somehow stutmbled upon valentino's set while angel was there and are just *appalled* and therefore decide his second living privileges need to be taken away <3
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Good evening my dear!
When I tell you I audibly screamed when I read this request I mean it my dear! I despise Valentino and I adore this request! I did change some things because it didn't make much sense for the reader to just pop into the studio randomly and start going ham, so I went with some light backstory and causally gave the reader the found family treatment, anyways enjoy!
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The Forgotten one
Reader fic,
Warnings!!
Mild torture {I say mild but limbs are getting ripped off, I don't go into detail and there isn't much of it but be warned!!} I'm imagining reader as an eldritch horror, This is literally just the reader murdering the grape guy horrendously, Reader ended up in eternal damnation for a reason! Also I'm imagining the reader to be British??? I don't know why, that was accidental but if you get British vibes that's why.
You died centuries ago, your generation laid long forgotten, you could barely remember your life before the black death had claimed it, you could just barely recall the high fever, hurling over in your cot and spitting out the blood that had gathered in your mouth.
You probably weren't the best person since you ended up here, maybe you were a tyrannical peasant? A murderer? A person of the night? A thief?
Maybe you had a family, maybe you were wedded, maybe you had kids, maybe you didn't.
Who knows, you certainly didn't.
You wondered if you will ever be able to recall those forgotten memories about your life.
All you knew is that you climbed the ranks quickly once you ended up in the underworld, gaining many souls, and power one could only dream of, becoming a feared overlord.
You've gone through many names, The dark one, the Wicked, The witch, the Warlock, A child of darkness, the devil's child, {That one didn't age well},
Most recently though you were deemed as the forgotten one, always lurking, watching, never coming out into the spotlight unless necessary, sending one of the souls you kept in your place while you hid in your castle.
However decades of solitude gets rather boring,
So you decided to go out, see what was new, after all when was the last time you were out and about? The 70's? Oh you adored the results of that decade.
Well venturing out turned out to be such treat! Turns out that fellow who adored ducks's charming daughter opened a hotel to redeem sinners! Oh how darling it was!
You popped in to visit it, finding the residents quite lovely, you simply adored how Charlie thought that you of all sinners could be redeemed! It was quite a foolish thought
But you liked that hotel along with it's lovely little residents,and if playing along with the Princess's delusions of you getting redeemed after so, so many harsh years, would let you stay in that hotel and cure your boredom then it wouldn't hurt to entertain that foolish thought now would it?
And so you stayed as one of the residents on the path of so-called redemption!
you got along well enough with the others, although Vaggie and Alastor were suspicious of you at first, although you and Alastor got along well after bonding over how the noisy picture box was overrated, it had wow'd you at first but that quickly faded as it progressed,
It took Vaggie awhile to trust you, but after you had taught her some of the skills you had picked up in your lifetime you became like a parental figure to the woman, which played out well as Charlie was already quite fond of you,
You had practically proclaimed them both as your daughter and daughter in law, you adored them both, baking them treats, gifting Vaggie a pair of some type weapon, giving Charlie something related to unicorns, or a joint gift for them,
You quite liked their reactions upon receiving something they liked,
You liked seeing them happy a little too much, so much that you started giving the others things you thought they might like, expensive alcohol for Husk, shiny sharp knifes to hunt bugs down with for dear niffty, vintage radios for Alastor, tools and things for inventing for Sir Pentious, and matching clothes for Fat nuggets and Angel for Angel dust,
You liked seeing their expressions when they liked something, it gave a warm, bubbly feeling in your stomach,
You liked spending time with everyone too.
Chatting at the bar with husk, Angel dust explaining things to you that you don't know, watching your fellow residents sleep with Sir Pentious, sparring with Vaggie, scrapbooking with Charlie, watching one of Niffty's roach puppet shows, taking a trip to cannibal town with Alastor to visit Rosie,
You slowly began seeing the hotel residents like family, you didn't have a family, or at least you didn't anymore so you don't know exactly how they worked but you thought that this was good enough,
They were your beloved family now, formed from delusional hope,
and you were their family reborn from a forgotten era, burned to ashes and thrown to the dark pits filled with brimstone, sin and death.
You'd do anything for them, you'd die for them, you'd live for them, and you'd kill for them, they most definitely were your family now.
And you typically protect family, right?
Right?
You heard about what happened in Valentino's studio with Angel dust, the bruises.
You were displeased,
More then displeased you were upset, you were angry, how long has it been since you were this angry how dare someone lay a hand on your dear family member?
You waited until the majority of the hotel were asleep, most notably Angel,
You made up an excuse to go out, saying you had to check up on your castle after all you had unfortunate sinners working there and they're headless chickens without you!
Charlie told you to stay safe before she went up to bed with Vaggie.
You would be safe!
fortunately though, a certain Vee, would not be safe.
You did stop by your castle, to grab a spear with Angelic steel, you mentally thanked yourself for grabbing it a several extermination days ago,
You twirled it in your hand before a large sinister grin over took your face.
It had been awhile since you were out for blood.
Getting into the Vee's tower was disappointingly easy! Scaling up the wall and breaking a window? Child's play!
What wasn't easy was finding Valentino, the bald pimp moth guy, you had to look through several rooms, why did they have so many rooms? Did they even need these???
Nevermind all that, after searching for an inconvenient amount of time,
you finally found the one that had dared to harm your dear family member, you tilted your head as Valentino squinted to see who you were, unraveling his wings once he didn't recognize you.
He didn't look like much, he was tall, red eyes, and he looked like a grape with wings, the grimaced, oh poor Angel Dust, he had to look at this everytime he went to work!
Thankfully after this he didn't need too, you twitched, transforming into a more demonic form.
"Who the fu-"
He didn't get to finish the sentence as you swiftly kicked him in the kneecap causing him to fall, cursing you and wincing at the sudden pain in his knee, taking that moment you kicked him again, this time on his side, pushing him properly on the ground, placing your shoe on his ribcage you began to slowly crush his rib, grinning at the beginnings of a cracking noise
Unfortunately the little grape screamed out for the TV fucker to appear,
You could hear the sound of cables getting ripped out and the sound of footsteps.
"Val, what is it this time? Is it about angel dust again, I- ShIT VaL, wHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?''
And the TV man makes an entrance shouting, how annoying, well you could always deal with him later, raising your hand pitch black inky tentrals came out from beside you, wrapping the TV headed man and attaching him onto the couch.
Returning your focus to the soon to be deceased, again, grape
You bent down to wrap a claw onto his wing,
It was soft, maybe you could make something for Niffty with it, a blanket perhaps? Or maybe a coat?
You pulled out the wing as Valentino screamed out in pain, blood splattering onto you, the floor and the walls,
a door swung open behind you before quickly being closed, just barely leaving a gap for a phone camera to sneak though, the owner of the phone looked on in horror.
You kicked Valentino over causing him to hiss and groan as he now laid on his stomach, how unfortunate for him, who knew that if you horrendously abused your employees an centuries old overlord would be out for your blood!
You grinned at how helpless he was now, how pitiful!
You grabbed one of his arms and pulled, nerves and muscles separated and blood leaked out.
Vox looked on in complete and utter horror, he couldn't do anything,
Would he be next?
The Vee's floor was destroyed, Valentino was shredded and separated, stabbed in the head with the angelic steel you had brought along as to ensure he would NOT be coming back.
Both of his wings were folded and set neatly on the counter away from the carnage, after all if you were to make Dear Niffty something with them they had to be clean, mostly, you'd have to clean them again, who knows what diseases that man was carrying, Yuck!
You took some of the carnage and place them into containers before putting them in a bag to carry with you, you tucked the detached wings under your arm, dusting yourself off you checked the digital clock on the wall,
You should get back quickly, they'll be up soon.
Moving around the broken glass and furniture that had gotten caught up in the downfall of Valentino you made your way out the door,
You let Vox free from your tendrils, hearing him move to possibly inspect the remains of his business partner and whatever else.
You wonder if the third one was still recording?
Oh well, that's none of your concern,
You knocked things over, shattered, torn and destroyed anything you could get your hands on as you went down the Vee's tower, destroying what you could.
At the bottom floor a box of fireworks caught your eye, you supposed it was for one of the Vee's something, maybe Velvette's fashion thing or one of the skinned grape's filthy films,
Well either way, you were going to borrow the fireworks, set them up on the ground floor and light em' up,
The fireworks boomed onto the floor, sparkling and bursting into flames, burning and sizzling anything it could get it's clutches on.
You left swiftly after, getting bored, and you were practically done anyways.
You should head home now, and stop by your castle to dispose of that spear.
You hummed as you moved around the kitchen swinging a spatula around on your finger before checking on the meat that was beginning to brown in the pan,
"Good Morning [Name!]"
Charlie popped into the kitchen, turning your head to her, you smiled at her,
"Morning Dear Charlie, I'm preparing breakfast for everyone, French toast for the majority and I picked up some fresh demon meat to make something else for Dear Alastor since he doesn't like sweet things,"
"Really? That's so sweet of you!''
"Mhm, It's nothing, But be a dear and call everyone to the dining room so they can feast?"
You ask tilting your head as Charlie nodded with a 'Yes!' before hopping off to gather everyone for breakfast.
You turn back to the stove, poking your spatula into the simmering remains of Valentino, hopefully the peppers and seasons make him taste decent, you would hate for everyone else to enjoy their food and Alastor be the only one to not enjoy the meal.
Hopefully they didn't suspect you when the news covers Valentino's demise and the destroyed tower.
You are not a good person by any means, you were condemned for a reason, this all started to sooth your boredom, you can NEVER be redeemed....
Or could you?
Maybe this little makeshift family that you desperately want to protect could change you, make you a better person.
It was a foolish thought, but as long as you can make them a mildly concerning breakfast, spend time with them, give them trinkets you think they would like, you were willing to entertain that foolish thought, more then willingly.
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Thank you for tuning in folks! I'm working on those Susan requests and the other WIPS I have in my pocket so look forward to those!
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gotta-bail-my-quails · 1 month ago
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crack (kinda?) theory: E-Soul's a cop and that's why he shot Moon
Preface: This is all entirely speculation. I could be wrong. I am a delusional mf so I need to say whatever's on my mind lmao
This episode we were introduced to the "clean-up" specialists with Blankster being able to induce amnesia with his punches. It's interesting, then, that E-Soul's PV has him standing in front of what is seemingly a memorial. A testament to never forget--we are then taken through a flashback of what seems to be a previous E-Soul's experience (considering the designs are different + the "past" E-Soul appears to have like, actual limbs). One of the few lines he has in the PV is this:
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"You're a hero! Have you forgotten!"
Sure, that could be a mistranslation or a mere coincidence, but I'd like to suggest that E-Soul works along the same lines as the "clean-up" specialists--an agent of the association. Only, while they erase the traces of others, he is the one who must always remember. As they say, those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. And the history he remembers is one of unchecked heroes, abusing their powers. Specifically, he says that heroes "are those who bear the trust of the people" but :
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"we pay the price that comes along." While I think this is obviously connected to the detrimental side effects of powers like Firm Man being unable to squat and Nice's OCD, what if it suggests that there needs to be a balance so that heroes do not abuse their powers? (if the side effects are on purpose though that'd be fucked). Or, rather, that heroes need to recall what their powers are for--to help people. After all, this episode we've had Miss J explicitly say heroes are nothing without their followers--yes, in the sense of the faith system--but also because heroes are there for the sake of their people.
So, why did he choose to kill Moon? What crime did our girlie commit by literally just existing? I think we need to ask a few other questions to get to the heart of that.
How and why did he get to the island at the same time Lin Ling did? Lin Ling is visibly healed when he comes to Moon--E soul had plenty of time to come and kill her before this. Although as far as I can tell, people don't seem to know Moon is (was) alive after the battle with Godeye (yknow, the whole focus being on Lin Ling to the point everyone just seemed to move on from Nice immediately), I find it somewhat unlikely he found out just as L0 was going to visit her and then hurried over, unless he has teleportation abilities too. We did see him chasing a speedster in episode 3 I think, so it isn't impossible his powers are at least partly movement based. That being said, I'm going to assume he already knew Moon was there and had prepared means to come to her beforehand. Only, he chose this point to specifically.
Why? Because she still had trust-given powers. However, as she herself said at the end of the episode, she had left the teleporter behind. And when did E-Soul kill her? Right as Lin Ling was going to give it back to her.
If she is still dead in the minds of people, she obviously isn't using her powers to help them. In fact, as long as she doesn't come out publicly, she can use her powers however she likes. So by gaining the teleporter back, she instantly becomes unchecked. She becomes exactly someone E-Soul might want to stop. It's only when she looks like she's going to take the teleporter that she dies--when she reaches for power.
(And it would also kinda explain why E-Soul is rank 9, below a freaking dog. The 10th spot is precarious because it is the barrier between the top 10 and the rest of the heroes--people aim for it almost as much as the position of X, and it's constantly changing. E-Soul, as number 9, can essentially evaluate who gets to move past rank 10 and into the top heroes proper. After all, we saw how L0 and Firm Man fell and changed in rank so swiftly.)
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foolinafable · 10 months ago
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i. slipping through my fingers
SYNOPSIS: He doesn’t know how to love. You know this and yet you would still give everything just to be with him- even for just a moment. Or the story of how you and Keith finally get together. PAIRING: Keith Kogane x Altean reader WORD COUNT: 3.1K TAGS: Slowburn, Angst, extreme cannon compliance SERIES LINK: a love as cold as ours
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Keith was always cold, you knew he didn’t mean to be- it was just who he was but it didn’t make this any easier.
You knew you felt something for him a long time ago much like Lance with Allura. You wouldn’t call it love or more like you couldn’t allow yourself to because how can you love someone that isn’t yours. Sometimes you even doubt that you are friends with him as his standoffish nature sometimes catches you off guard. So why in Altea would you even imagine having anything with him. Every time you see him it’s like a knife is being stabbed in your chest because you know that he could never love you the way you try to do him. 
He explained it best himself- how he prefers his own company and would regularly choose to be alone rather than with other people. You suppose it has to do with his childhood, where he told you for the most part he was all alone with no parents or family to stay and show him unconditional love.
Even knowing all of this doesn’t make it any easier- it doesn’t make you want to be with him any less, rather it just fuels your inner turmoil. It was hard enough being one of the only alteans left alive, your friends, family, nation and your king dead.
Honestly, you're only making it harder on yourself by falling for one of the only people in the universe that as he put it “Can’t love, and doesn’t want to.” 
You suppose this is why it was easy to say goodbye, well easier than you thought it would be.
He had been distancing himself from all the team, spending more time with the blade of Marmora, constantly failing to show up for the team. You were overjoyed for Shiro when he was able to reconnect with the black lion, the whole team was more than fed up with Keith's new non-committal attitude towards them and was happy to have a leader again.
So when Keith did show up, late as usual for a mission, you simply sat back and watched as the other paladins ripped him a new one about how important your work is even if he doesn't see it that way, as he claimed that the work he was doing with the blades was “more important” an audible scoff could be heard coming from you at that comment. Not even bothering to look at him when his gaze turned to you, knowing that if you looked at him he would see the sadness clouding over you, because you knew that now the black lion had accepted Shiro again, Keith wasn't needed anymore.
You zoned out as he told the team of his departure, joining in the group hug to say goodbye to him, but leaving it at that. Knowing that if you had a private conversation it would only end in your tears and his guilt because while you would give anything to be with him, you realised a long time ago that there is nothing that you could give to make that happen. You can’t make him want you.
Him leaving made it easier. Not seeing him every day like you used to and, honestly, having to work with him as you did only made your longing worse and without him here, well there was no room for those emotions anymore. The coalitions planning for the takeover of Naxzela had taken up everyone's time, it was the only thing you could think of, allowing you to put your feelings for him far back into your mind. Blocking it out if you will because there is no time for you to be moping around.
The day of the planned invasion came quickly, it was almost as if the time whipped past you, barely able to recall what happened during the time prior to this day, except for Keith's departure- that you believe will always be engraved into your memories. Nerves couldn’t help but rack you as you walked suited up towards your lion, it all just seemed too easy, a sentiment Pidge shared with you not even the night prior, her words echoing in your mind throughout the battle, you tried to rationalise it as this mission wasn't just Voltron they also had the rebels and the blade, so a lot more manpower. But, in your opinion, it almost seemed like the galra were not fighting for Naxzela but rather fighting to escape.
Voltron was leading the ground effort now, the blades and rebels working as artillery support via the Ziaforge cannons, all seemed to be going fine until Matt and Keith's cannons were remotely turned off by an incoming galra cruiser. However, Shiro was confident
“Naxzela is almost secure, the cruiser is going to be too late!”
Voltron battled with more ships on the ground, and like he said you only needed to take out the last of the heavy artillery then it was over. Lance and Pidge quickly created a shield on the left as per Shiro's instruction, blocking another heavy blast from the galrans, you all grunting at the impact of the large beam trying to keep the robot together and steady on the ground. Lance and Pidge were able to use the shield to push the beam back and you watched with a bated breath as the beam shot back towards the ship, destroying it completely. Voltron flew into the air, Hunk using his cannon to destroy the rest of the artillery support on the ground.
You all sat in your lions and watched Naxzela being blown up- a third of the galran empire gone in one swoop. Voltron landed on the ground again, somewhat unsteady. 
“Woah, did we cause that earthquake?” you heard Lance exclaim over comms as you braced yourself against your control panel.
 “I dont think so!” Pidge quickly replied as you all cast your gases towards the floor
“Something wrong” you mumbled slightly to yourself, eyes going wide when Allura agreed with you. Then the rumbling seemed to increase and alarms started blaring when Hunk halted
“Guys look over there” and the robot turned to see the ground rising behind you, large galran pillars with purple markings now towering over Voltron.
“Uh, guys, what are those?” Lance asked, trying to seem calm, but looking over at his video you could see the furrowing of his brows in worry as he looked up at these new landforms.
“We’ve never seen anything like this from the galra before” Pidge continued, eyes wide. 
“Are they weapons?” Hunk questioned while Pidge tried to guess 
“They look like some sort of generators'' 
You felt a heavy weight on you as you asked “Allura, can you feel it?” and she simply nodded, also confused as to what these were and why they were making her feel heavy and uneasy. 
“Stay alert” Shiro commented, feeling the nerves of his team as Lance interjected 
“I think we should get out of here! Pidge plot a course for our escape” but Shiro didn’t agree with the second in command 
“Hold off, we should try to find out what these things are'' You took a sharp breath as the pillars lit up with quintessence, the top of the towers sprouting out with some sort of electricity, and then the purple light spread across the atmosphere of Naxzela, creating a purple shield. 
“This can’t be safe” Hunk declared as the purple shield covered the top of the Voltron blocking the view of space. 
“Do you feel that '' Allura copied your earlier words adding “That wave of darkness” and you could, it settled deep into your body making you shiver when Allura started grunting out in pain.
Then a pressure came down upon the robot as everyone started panicking, you were no longer able to move your lion. Voltron quickly fell onto its hands and knees from the pressure as Pidge screamed 
“This energy field is holding us down! Gravity levels are spiking!” Shiro grunted before he commanded 
“We need to get out of here, if we stay here we will be crushed. So we need to focus” At his words you tried to dispel as much of your worry as possible knowing he was right- you wouldn't get anywhere being afraid
“Give it everything you’ve got and maybe, we can make it through this energy field”  he continued.
Then with all the paladins' might they were able to lift off the ground but soon after the metal of the lion creaked and they were brought right back down the ground, like a magnet. You could hear the screaming of the other paladins as you fell backwards mixing in with your own, and then Voltron crashed down onto the ground of Naxzela. 
“Is anyone able to move around?” Hunk questioned as Pidge quickly answered 
“Barely, but the gravitational pull is worse on Voltron” she grunted from overexertion then spoke again “Maybe if we can get down to the surface Hunk and I can figure out a way to interrupt the energy field!” you hummed in thought as Lance spoke 
“That sounds good, except for the zillion robot dudes still kicking around down there!” you all looked towards Shiro for some sort of guidance as he says 
“We are going to have to watch out for each other out there, tight formations, now let's move” Then he left the black lion. You all joined him in leaving your lions grunting heavily as you used your jet packs to get to the surface, parkouring off Voltron. You all jumped towards one of the pillars barely missing the lasers being shot at you, all quickly turning on your shields as you landed on the pillar bodies turned towards the shooters.
Pidge and Hunk quickly took refuge behind you four, trying to find out what was causing this energy, but they couldn't find anything so as Allura said you needed to follow the pillars down to the core in hopes of figuring it out Hunk was able to open the door to the pillar.
“It's open let's go!”  Pidge exclaimed and you all piled in, jumping down towards the core of the planet. “Woah” the green paladin spoke in awe you had made it to the bottom of the planet, a door opening up revealing a large purple orb, and you agreed it was certainly amazing to look at- whatever it was.
 “What is that?” Lance spoke your thoughts aloud
 “This is Zarkons witches doing” Allura commented walking closer to the large orb in the centre of the room 
“So this is the source of that dark energy?” you questioned as Allura nodded as Shiro looked up at the room 
“Allura, this facility, it looks altean”
“This is a decommissioned altean teafroming plant, somehow the witch has been able to reactive it remotely,” she confirmed his suspicion, you all walked closer to the orb, now in touching distance you couldn’t believe you had never seen this before on altea 
“Can you shut it down” the black paladin asked 
“I can try.” Allura put her hand towards the orb, a light of quintessence shining from her palm touched the orb when she screamed out in pain, the orb seemingly wrapped itself onto her arm in a vine-like structure. You all quickly called out her name as you grabbed onto her, trying to pull her away from the orb, all grunting due to its sheer power, luckily you were able to slowly drag her away, causing you all to fall backwards onto the floor when the orb let go of her. 
Lance quickly helped her up as she spoke “It’s too powerful” 
You all turned towards Hunk as he grunted, trying to get up, looking towards his hand “This soil- is weird, it's so white and powdery, like ground-up rocks or earth” You could see his helmet examining the soil, probably giving him a breakdown of the material when he gasped
“It’s Heximite!”
 Then lasers started shooting at you again, the soldiers from earlier had finally caught up to you, and you all quickly activated your shields with Hunk and Lance activating their shooters, shooting back at the galrans. Pidge quickly used her lasso to electrocute and bring down another soldier 
“What's hexamite? Some of us may have slept through chemistry!” Lance asked
Smiling at his antics you replied “It’s a highly explosive material” your own words making you stop in thought the words only now registering in your brain but Pidge luckily continued as you figured out what this meant
 “The whole planet is a bomb! One big enough to wipe out several solar systems!” Hunk then interjected,
“It’s under increasing pressure, and when it reaches the point of no return, the whole planet will explode!” 
Shiro tried to seem calm as he asked the next question “How long do we have?” 
Hunk while shielding himself thought  “Maybe twenty minutes'' 
While Lance continued to blast at the soldiers “We need to get off this planet and warn everyone!” As you took down the soldiers, more seemed to appear through the doors
 “Anyone within 10 solar systems of ours is going to get blown to pieces!” Hunk exclaimed. 
“They could take out Voltron, the rebels and the blade in one fell swoop!” Allura concluded as you gasped
 “It was all a trap for us and we fell right into it!” then you activated your jet packs as you tried to escape the soldiers as time was really running out.
 From within Voltron Shiro was trying to reach anyone through the comms, but nobody was responding. 
Shiro sighed “We’ve lost communications, Pidge, can you boost our signal?” 
 You could hear Pidge clicking buttons before she replied worriedly “No! There is too much electrostatic repulsion!” 
Worry was wracking your body causing your hands to fidget like mad as Hunk not so helpfully spoke “17 minutes'' 
Allura then spoke, “We have to get off this planet- immediately!” moving her controls as she was able to get the blue lion off the ground resulting in Voltron being able to stand straight, however, the weight of Voltron against the already pressurised ground make the rocks crack and fall beneath them, causing Voltron to fall further into the depths of Naxzela. 
“Oh no, we have fallen even further down!” Lance comentated as Voltron luckily landed on its feet seemingly in a deep cave.
 “15 minutes'' Hunk exclaimed to which you retorted
 “Really not very helpful Hunk!” your voice is shaking.
 “No, no! We can't die just yet!” Pidge willed. 
“Listen'' Shiro started “We have gone through a lot as Voltron, we just have to think.” 
Then it hit Lance as he turned his comms towards you and Allura
“You both felt the darkness at the start, and you both have a connection to the magic, you both must be able to get us out of this'' 
to which Allura stressed “We haven't been trained”
She was correct back on Altea you were both novices. You had only started your lessons when Zarkon attacked and Allura had been told by Alfor that lesson wouldn't be necessary for her as she would be too busy learning to be the future leader of the nation.
But maybe together you could figure something out you simply looked to Allura and Lance and nodded as you closed your eyes and focused on your energy and Alluras as the both of you connected to each other it was like your quintessence merged together and your powers began to seep out of the two of you and into Voltron, lighting up the entire robot, turning it back on and giving it more power, the whole lion became outlined by the quintessence the two of you exuded allowing voltron to fight against the pressure and lift off at an incredible speed, the power was able to break through the forcefield on top of Naxzela allowing your escape from the planet.
 You smiled at your success, “Thanks Lance '' but he shook his head 
“That was all you and Allura'' and you took a deep breath knowing that he was right. You and Allura are a lot stronger than you give yourselves credit for. Voltron made its way into space as Hunk shouted
 “We still need to diffuse that bomb” you all nodded in agreement as Shiro reached out to someone in the comms
 “Keith, can you hear me?” 
You somewhat gritted my teeth at the mention of him, not sure if you were ready to see him again as up to now you had been able to miss out on talks with the blade usually too busy campaigning on another planet with the rebels and sometimes other paladins for support on the takeover of Naxzella. Since he left you had barely even heard his voice and for the most part, turned off being able to hear Shiro's comms so you didn't need to hear his voice today, everything was so meticulously planned that you didn't even need to speak to know what Voltron needed to do anyway. 
“Shiro! Where are you? Is everything okay?” you heard his voice speak out 
“Not for long if we don’t stop Zarkons witch, she must be aboard that cruiser”
 To which Keith mused “I’m way ahead of you” You could almost hear the smirk on his face “and I brought some backup” You then heard Olia from the rebels speak out letting you all of their presence.
Shiro connected to Coran telling him to get as far away from Naxzela as possible he seemed confused until you and Allura interjected 
“Naxela is a bomb” she started 
“and it’s only a few minutes away from going off” you concluded
 “but what about you?” Coran worried as he looked at the pair of alteans
“We are going to try to stop it” you said gravely
 “we need you to do this'' Allura urged the older man to which he simply replied
 “yes, princess” but you could see the fear etched on his face that he would be the last altean standing after this. 
“Thrusters are at max power” Lance stated as Voltron flew as fast as it could 
“I sure hope we make it in time” Hunk worried, as Voltron got further away the time was ticking, sweat was rolling down Lance's forehead
 “We aren't going to make it in time!” when all of a sudden the purple aura encasing Naxzela faded away and Coran overjoyed commented
 “Naxzela is returning to normal! You did it” A breath you didn't know you were holding was let out in relief when Shiro congratulated Keith and the rebels on their work when he said something puzzling
 “It wasn't me, it was Lotor'' you and the other paladins looked at each other through the comms confused
 “The cannon on his ship was the only thing powerful enough to break through the shield.” After those words were uttered the galran cruiser transported itself away to another galaxy. 
Then you heard his voice
“Attention, paladins of Voltron and rebel fighters, I know we have had our differences in the past, but.. I think it is time we had a discussion.”
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Ghostly Companion-- Chapter 3
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So sorry for the wait! My ribs are really tender right now so I took an extra day to avoid moving my arms as much.
This is mostly a lot of introspective word-vomit (and adorable Mr. Crawling!) Have fun and enjoy!
When you woke up the next morning, bleary-eyed and limbs heavy, you didn’t quite register the weight on your stomach until it moved, long strands of hair falling directly onto your face and into your mouth.
“Pff–” You spit out, eyes blinking open to see your brand new companion looking delightful and far too energetic for whatever time in the morning it is. 
“Hello!” He greeted happily. “You ∎∎∎!” 
“Good morning…” You manage to groan out, gently pushing the brunt of his weight off your chest and watching as he rolls to your side.
You sigh, taking a few spare moments to fully wake up before hauling yourself up, carefully unwinding the gray arms wrapped around your body. Your morning routine was quick, methodical, and you hardly realized when you finished draping your futon on the balcony to air out until you approached your now-empty tatami mats and only saw Mr. Crawling sitting down patiently. 
You… weren’t quite sure what to do now. Breakfast, maybe? Do ghosts need breakfast? You don’t recall ever seeing Mr. Crawling eat anything at all during your short amount of time together, but maybe that was because his world was a barren wasteland. You certainly saw other evidence of human-eating ghosts in his world. 
Would his behaviors be similar to all those myths and legends– or at least to his fellow ghosts? Getting… human flesh to feed him wouldn’t be easy, if he liked it at all. But, you’d much rather him feast on someone else rather than on your own flesh if your hunch was right. You doubt he’d do much else than nibble at an unimportant limb, but you also never experienced a grumpy Mr. Crawling– or any version of him that wasn’t incessantly pleasant and sweet. He could go crazy, and you, the idiot who housed him and let him cuddle up against your vital organs, would be first in line to his stomach. 
That won’t do. You made it out of a near death-match once already. You’re keeping yourself and your lovely prize of a companion safe and happy. Even if it means having to go elbow deep in blood. While somewhat chilling, the thought bringing up those unfortunate memories, you find it easier to think about knowing that the blood would be from someone you don’t even know. 
An unimportant stranger. A stupid stranger.
Well, finding a person would still take some time. A part of your mind wanders back to the mountains where numerous people are said to have gone missing throughout the year– something to do with another ghost wearing a raincoat and umbrella. An urban legend, but one that’s pretty widely believed in these parts of the city. You don’t find it to be true– after all, you’ve been stuck there before and came out perfectly fine each and every time, so it must be other peoples’ lack of survival skills that killed them out there.
Which was great, honestly. You’d be able to chalk everything up to a nonexistent being. People wouldn’t bat an eye at a nice, young, and good-looking person such as you wandering around in cute looking clothes and ‘empty’ hands. Harmless. A naive adult who was curious and ‘stuck close to the trails.’ You could do that. Besides, it would only be for a few hours every… few weeks, maybe? You imagine harvesting human flesh to be something like cattle– one body would last a very long amount of time in the deep freezer.
Yeah. That would also fit into your schedule, so it all works out. The tedious part would be just finding a loner you could convince to take a run through the mountains to prove their bravery or some random trait like that.
Well, that part can always come later. For now, it was time to settle your needs.
You were hungry, and so you went off to your kitchen after giving Mr. Crawling a brief pat on the head, digging through your fridge for anything you could make.
Your fridge was still full of fresh foods from a grocery trip taken before your whole descent into that world that shall-not-be-named, and it was almost offensive at how nothing really seemed to care about your disappearance, but you could take it out on the food once it gets on a plate. 
You fished out some eggs, rice, and random toppings, combining it into one mixed up bowl and placing it on your floor table as you turned on the television.
A quick offer of a mouthful of your food to Mr. Crawling resulted in his curious face sniffing and staring closely at it before taking the bite– and swallowing it after a few swishes in his mouth. No chewing.
Huh. So, he liked raw eggs? 
You got up to grab two more, swiftly taking your seat on the floor cushion and holding one up in front of his face.
He smiled, inspecting it somewhat. “Object eat?” He asks, poking delicately at it.
You nodded. “You want?” You asked, making a move to show him how the egg was part of the stuff he had eaten.
When he nods, you crack the egg against the counter, holding it above his mouth, ready to break it open. He was briefly– and rather adorably– confused at the action, but opened his jaws wide, showcasing rows of razor sharp teeth.
You didn’t need to pass biology class to know that they indicated a very carnivorous diet. 
You cracked open the egg, letting it drop into his mouth and watching, with mild repulsion, as he swallowed it whole, looking happy and satisfied as he licked his lips.
Well then– raw eggs would tide him over until an actual meal (if he even needs one). Good to know. 
His mouth opened wide once again as you discarded the shell and cracked the second one open, letting it plop into his mouth and go down the hatch.
That was actually kind of fun. A few years ago, you briefly considered getting chickens of your own until you realized just how many eggs a small flock of 3 could produce in a week. Mr. Crawling seems to be an excellent excuse to get some– not after moving out, of course. Well, you doubt anyone here would care if they spot some fluffed up feathers every now and then.
After that brief breakfast, you steeled yourself to continue your normal everyday activities– as if nothing happened.
And you also needed to make an elaborate lie about where you were the past day. You had no doubts that, if you told the truth, you would  be shipped off to an institution and have your companion exorcized within the next 24 hours.
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Your friends, very concerned, simply would not stop asking you questions and berating your decision to split off from the main group– as if they hadn’t dragged you to the bravery challenge against your complaints.
There were 5 people you needed to comfort. And, there will be about 15 people you’ll need to apologize to for your inability to work– paired with the cordial, expensive gifts and handwritten letter to your boss begging not to be fired. 
Annoying, annoying, annoying.
You patted Mr. Crawling’s head as you searched up the nearest sales. 
At least he was cute. Like a little, loyal puppy. He was so low maintenance outside of his potential human-flesh needs and his desire for attention– which you could most definitely work with. It was nice and relaxing being with him, not having to worry about all the tiny societal rules you had to follow with everyone else. And, now that you were back in your own world, it felt refreshingly nice having someone depend on you instead of it being the other way around. 
You had power here. And it was nice.
“You mad?” Mr. Crawling ask, cheek pressed up against your neck as he looked over your shoulder at your laptop screen, fingers flicking through ads and discount codes with sharp tap tap tap’s that indicated your irritated mood.
“Me not mad you,” You mumbled, hand reaching up to play with his hair. It was nice and soft now, your conditioner having worked its magic. 
“Humans.” You muttered, not particularly in the mood to elaborate.
“Humans?”
“Mhm,” You hum, gently rubbing soothing circles into his scalp and watching, satisfied, as he leaned more of his weight against you.
So, so cute. You couldn’t get enough of him.
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All Of Me
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🕷️ kinktober — day 7: breeding kink / creampie 🕸️
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pairing: jooheon (monsta x) + reader (afab/fem)
genre: idol!au, mild angst, fluff, smut
warnings: 18+, minors do not interact, explicit smut, established relationship, unprotected sex, creampie, mention of pregnancy (but no actual pregnancy), mention of joo’s military enlistment
word count: ~2.1k
synopsis: you and your idol bf tenderly enjoy one more night together before his enlistment
a/n: dedicating this to my fav jooheon stan @carronpatrick 💕 hope you enjoy it 🫂 also, there’s not much of a breeding kink aspect to this, i’ve realized, so i removed that from the tagline 🙃
posted: october 7, 2023
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So here it was. The day you had been dreading ever since you and Jooheon first started dating. On top of dealing with the hardships of dating an idol—a very successful and famous one at that—you also had to deal with his leaving for military service. He reminded you of it every once in a while, and for the longest time it felt so far away. But now the day had arrived on your doorstep with no remorse, no empathy.
“Don’t look so sad,” your boyfriend tried to lighten the mood as you two sat at the edge of your bed. He had come over to spend the night with you and pick up some of his things from your apartment. He was set to leave for his enlistment two days from now, so this was the last day you had him all to yourself until he would go, “Eighteen months will pass faster than you think. And it’s not like we won’t be able to see or talk to each other.”
“I know,” you put all your energy into speaking with no sign of distress, but your voice betrayed you with a wobble. Jooheon frowned a little, resting his arm around your shoulders as you started to sniffle and tears pricked at your eyes.
“I’ll talk to you as often as I can. That’s a promise. You remember I made you that promise the first year we dated,” he reminded you of that night. Of course, the memory was engrained in your mind like a movie you had just seen yesterday—most of your memories with him were. You recalled you two sitting on the couch, sipping on some beer and eating take-out. He had just finished a media run for Monsta X’s most recent comeback, and he had finally got a night off to spend with you. The topic of his enlistment came up and brought down the mood, but somehow Jooheon always knew what to say to make you feel better.
“_________, I promise, on everything I own and love, that during my enlistment I will use any means and any time I have to talk to you, first and foremost,” even a little tipsy, with his hands jokingly on his chest and in the air (respectively), he managed to say those words so sincerely. You had no choice but to trust his words back then. And even now, you trusted him with everything you had.
“I feel so dumb for crying. It’s not like you’re leaving forever,” you wiped your eyes with the back of your hands, and the smallest smile finally cracked your lips when his laugh sounded from beside you.
“Exactly,” he said, “I’ll be back sooner than you think. And I’ll be sure to set aside lots of time just for us. Just for you,” he corrected himself, pressing a kiss to your head. When you looked up at him, his eyes softened at the redness and teariness in your own. His hand reached up to hold your chin still while he leaned down to give you a tender kiss.
It was a wonder that Jooheon always knew what to say in every situation, but especially without saying anything at all. It was like he spoke with his body language too. Because the kiss he gave you then seemed to whisper it’ll be okay. His other hand holding your waist assured you i’ll always be here when you need me, even if i’m not physically here. The way he rested his forehead against yours after pulling away said i’ll always be yours.
“When you get back-” you started speaking tentatively, and to your surprise, your words came out more confident than before, “-we’re not leaving this bed for a few days, at least. You understand?”
His brows raised and his dimples made an appearance as he chuckled. He nodded, biting his lip subtly before replying, “I was already planning on that. Make sure you have the condoms stocked when I get back.”
As he leaned in for another kiss, your hands were holding onto the fabric of his shirt, feebly attempting to keep him closer, “But I wanna feel you when you get back. Not latex.”
You tried not to smirk against his lips when you felt a low rumble from his chest into his throat.
“Fuck, don’t get me started, _______,” he whined, his hand already going back to your face. His fingers caressed your jaw as his eyes traced between your eyes and lips. Everything in him was begging to have you in that moment.
“Come on, Joo. One more time before you go?” you breathed out against his cheek in between the kisses you pressed to it.
You could feel his breathing getting heavier, and one glance at his lap let you know he was at least considering it. You tested the waters by leaning down and kissing under his jaw, his weak spot. You hummed, “Please.”
Your boyfriend merely groaned in response before he was taking your face in his hands, bringing your lips to his in an abrupt, smashing kiss. He took control easily, you always melted into putty in his hands. You molded to him in any way he manipulated you. He had eased you onto your back, your thighs at the edge of the bed as he continued to make out with you fervently.
Despite how tender and careful he was in his touches, there was an underlying, waiting sense of ferociousness. Like he was waiting for the perfect moment to unleash on you. And you couldn’t wait for the moment to come. You tried to coax it from him, using your fingers to grip at his back. You urged him closer with the rocking of your hips, with the nudging of your feet against his ass. He simply chuckled at your attempts, finding you cute when you were so desperate for him.
He whispered sweet nothings to you as you both discarded your clothing, utters of how beautiful you looked. How good you would feel. How he already couldn’t wait to come back even though he hadn’t left yet. Before the sadness could settle in you again, you were moaning at the feeling of his bare cock resting over your pelvis. His lips peppered kisses all over your chest as his hand pumped his erection in preparation for you. He smiled to himself when you started to move your hips up, quietly exhorting him to fuck you.
“Are the condoms still in the drawer?” he asked you, starting to peel himself away so he could go get them.
You stopped him, hands holding onto his biceps for dear life, “We don’t need to use them. If this is the last time we do this before you go, I want to feel you, Jooheon. Just you.”
Your boyfriend’s dick twitched, and he leaned back down to capture your lips again. He was so whipped for you. His heart skipped a beat when he felt your body pressed up against his. When he heard the sounds you made for him. When he felt how wet you were already. His fingertips swiped up your slit, and he relished in the airy moans you let out before he circled your clit.
“I can’t wait to feel you wrapped around me,” he said, watching your resolve crumble beneath his touch, “It’s been so long since we did it raw.”
It was; over a year, in fact. And it nearly didn’t happen at all. The two of you were getting hot and heavy in his car one day on a road trip, and had gotten to the best part before realizing neither of you had a condom on you. After a minute of panic, you decided to say fuck it and went through with your actions anyway. But you lived in anxiety afterwards. You weren’t really nervous about getting pregnant with Jooheon’s kid, though being pregnant at all did make your stomach sink. But you were more so nervous about tarnishing Jooheon’s career and/or reputation. You wouldn’t be able to live with yourself if you were the cause of such turmoil. Luckily, you didn’t fall pregnant, but you two swore not to do it with condom again until you were both sure that’s what you wanted to do. Now just felt right.
“I want to feel you,” you repeated eagerly, getting impatient. You could feel him lining up at your entrance, his hand still stroking his erection.
“You’ll feel me, baby. All of me.”
Boy, did you. You sucked in a breath as he sunk between your folds, filling you to the brim with his thick length. You watched his face screw up with a disgruntled expression as he felt your tight walls constrict him. He forgot how good you felt like this.
“Holy shit,” he grunted.
You smiled, urging him to start thrusting by pulling on his waist with your hands. Your nails lightly dug into his skin. He hissed while he pulled out, barely keeping his tip in before thrusting back into you slowly. His hips bucked into yours in a growing rhythm. Heavy breaths and the sounds of wet kissing surrounded you two. It was like the two of you made lustful music when you made love. That’s what it always was with him. “Fucking” didn’t sound right to Jooheon. If he was going to have sex with you, he was going to pour in every ounce of his love and appreciation for you that he could muster.
He drilled into you, but his lips were soft and smooth in the way they touched your body, wherever they could reach. He made sure to tell you how good you made him feel and how well you took him. Little did you know that it was mostly because he could feel the effect it had on you. Every touch, every kiss, every word had your insides fluttering, your pussy clenching on him as if he would disappear if you didn’t. In a way, he was going to disappear, you supposed.
“I’m going to miss you so much,” you pouted, feeling that sinking sensation in your stomach as you felt tears welling up in your eyes again.
Jooheon’s hips faltered as he made eye contact with you. His orbs began to mirror yours briefly before he pulled himself together. He continued to thrust into you, softer than before, “I’ll miss you so much more, trust me. I’m gonna think about you every second of every day. Gonna count down the minutes until I can see you again.”
“Joo,” you moaned as you felt your climax building in your lower belly. Your leg muscles were tensing up from the impending sensation.
“Baby,” he whimpered, on the brink of his own release. This was the only bad part of not using a condom; you felt too good. There was no way in hell he could last as long as he usually did. All he could do was hope that you would want round two, and maybe a round three, or four . . .
“Want you to cum inside.”
“I will,” he nodded, eyelids closing tight as he shuddered. He was so close, “Gonna take it all?”
“Mhm,” you hugged around his shoulders, drawing him close until his forehead was on yours. He pressed a haphazard kiss to your nose out of passion, and you chuckled softly.
“Fuc-“ he couldn’t even finish before he was cumming, painting your core. He shook under your touch, his strength wavering under the weight of his orgasm. “Holy shit, that feels so good. You feel so good. I wish you could feel this the way I do.”
Your head was spinning from the way he talked you through it. You could only moan out his name as you came after him, his warmth filling you up sending you over the edge, “Oh my God.”
“That’s it,” he kissed your neck, then he leaned down to hug you properly. It felt oddly nice having his body weight on you, like a comforting blanket.
You would miss this. Not just the love-making, but all of it. Him. You would miss him. It was hard enough being away from him most days due to his job, but having him be unavailable for long periods of time was going to be a form of hell. All you wanted to do was have him like this all the time. All to yourself. You wanted to be able to kiss him and hold him whenever you felt like it. You didn’t want to worry about him up and leaving at any time for any reason. You wanted to have him completely. Was it still selfishness if it was out of pure, uncontainable love?
“Eighteen months,” you didn’t realize you had said it out loud until Jooheon pulled away to regard you with a crestfallen nod.
“Eighteen months,” he confirmed. You prayed that it would be the fastest year and six months of your life.
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For Trine, what are Anselm and Reader giving Blue for a holiday present? Also, Blue doesn't talk about his past much; does he seem a little *cough* blue for this time of year? Does he have bad memories, or is he worried about what to gift Reader and Anselm?
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Trine [12]: Nice List
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Anselm Vogelweide x Blue Jones x afab!Reader • Rating: 18+ pals Masterlist• ao3• want to be tagged? | request info • Trine Masterlist • ko-fi •
Warnings: sexy times mentions, Blue feeling a little blue, typos, not beta read, please let me know if I have missed a warning!
Word Count: 584
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Anselm is upstairs wrapping ecstatically. He enjoyed being far too over the top about the matter and wrapping gifts himself for those he cared about deeply, often decorating the presents with things that properly weren’t best suited as gift toppers. But they were fantastic and oh so very Anselm nonetheless. 
It was however best to leave him to his own devices when he was wrapped, even if he wasn’t wrapping things you weren’t allowed to see. He’d had the ‘gift wrapping room’ rearranged long before you’d gotten married so that you could both have space without being able to see what the other was working on.
He’d commissioned a beautiful belt for Blue, the metal clasp engraved with mistletoe after Blue had held a bunch over his dick earlier in the month and asked Anselm for a kiss. 
You head downstairs, walking through the smaller, ‘private’ rooms that you prefer over the grandeur more traditionally mansion-looking cavernous spaces that are many there to entertain guests and intimate associations.  
Blue is staring out of one of the large windows in the living room, his head slightly slumped to the side. The weak, gloomy light catches him at a sweet angle, almost making him look like a statue for a moment. Something a skilled artisan had spent hours pouring over. 
He doesn’t notice you, too twisted up in his own thoughts until you place a hand on his arm. 
“Blue?” 
He blinks and turns, smiling and trying to shift the sombre look on his face. He manages it mostly, but the emotion still pales his eyes. 
“Are you okay?” You stroke his cheek and he nuzzles into your palm, placing his hand over yours and kissing your wrist. 
He nods. 
“It’s a good job you’re pretty.” You wait until he gives you a quizzical look before you continue, “Because you’re a terrible liar.”
He smiles, warmer this time. 
“Your emotions are always written all over your face.” You tap his nose playfully and he leans towards you to rub his forehead against yours, kissing down your cheek to your neck and wrapping his arms around you. 
“Are you worried about what Anselm said earlier?” You say playfully as you hug him back. 
“Hmm?”
“That he’s going to dress up as Krampus and ravage you?” 
Blue snorts, “If I recall correctly, you were also going to dress up as Father Christmas? Complete with the white beard?”
You grin, “We are going to fight over your immortal soul,” you mimic Anselm’s accident teasingly as you repeat his words from earlier and Blue giggles. “So have you been Naughty or Nice this year?” 
“Hmm… A tough choice.” 
“I think no matter what you say Anselm is going to shove something inside you.”
Blue laughs, smiling as you pull back so you can stroke his cheeks. 
“He wanted to make a dildo out of coal, but that is not practical.” You wiggle your eyebrows. 
“Maybe I can sit on your lap?” He presses his face into your touch, “Or lay on it? You can spank me with your belt for being a bad boy.”
“Hmm,” you pretend to think. “I don’t know, that sounds like a reward, not punishment.”
He pouts a little, trying to cover up his smile. “And how would you punish me?” 
“Well, I’d leave you alone for one.”
“Nooo,” his grip on you involuntarily tightens. 
“Well,” you lean closer and give him a light kiss. “It’s a good job you’re on the nice list, isn’t it?”
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extasiswings · 1 year ago
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Idk what this is but those new stills hurt all three of my feelings so have some angst.
“I don’t understand what happened to us. I don’t understand what changed,” Buck says, and Eddie freezes.
Because he knows. He knows exactly. Every big moment they’ve shared, the beautiful and the terrible, and all of the little ones in between exist in the back of his mind in one giant tapestry of memory. A pulsing, bleeding heart of a thing that he tries not to look at too closely because the fact that it is always there, so close to the surface, never letting him out of its thrall is sometimes more than he can bear.
It’s been years. Eddie’s gotten very used to being in love with Buck. Quietly, achingly in love with Buck, knowing he can’t have him but not being able to stop. Loving Buck doesn’t feel like a choice, it’s just a fact of his existence, rooted so deep and taking up so much space that Eddie can hardly recall being without it, the person he was before—before Buck, before LA and the 118, before tsunamis and shootings and lightning strikes. There are days when loving Buck overwhelms. When he can hardly breathe for the all-consuming nature of it. When the want is so fierce that he can taste it on his tongue. Most of the time though, it’s manageable. Like a radio on in the background, volume low enough that Eddie can ignore it. He can be almost clinical about it: fact—he is in love with Buck, fact—Buck is never going to love him back. It’s been years, so Eddie knows exactly how to handle these inconvenient truths, knows how to handle himself, has gotten used to them. He never expected anything to change, assumed that nothing could surprise him after so long.
But. Buck stood next to him in a cemetery and started talking about a woman he had only just met—a stranger—seeing him, understanding him like no one else, and Eddie—
Something in him broke. Some fragile bit of hope he hadn’t even realized he was harboring shattered, the shards slicing him to bloody ribbons.
And all he could really think was, Enough. Enough now.
Things changed then. He’s changed. Their relationship has changed. And he’s been telling himself that’s a good thing. It’s good, necessary even.
But Eddie doesn’t know how to deal with this. He doesn’t know what to say when Buck is sitting in front of him asking about it point blank while looking like a kicked puppy.
Part of him is angry. He resents being in this position, resents how long it’s taken Buck to say anything, resents knowing he can’t explain himself without revealing things he never wanted to. Mostly though, he resents the fact that after months of work—drawing a line in the sand and dating someone else, pulling away in an effort to establish real boundaries that might let him move on—he is still as much in love with Buck as ever.
Mostly though, he’s just tired.
“We’re still friends, Buck,” Eddie finally manages to say. “That hasn’t changed.”
“But something is different,” Buck insists. “If—you would tell me if I did something, wouldn’t you?”
Eddie drags a hand over his face, resisting the urge to touch his chest where a dull ache has bloomed behind his sternum.
“You haven’t done anything wrong,” he replies. It’s not an answer, not to the question Buck actually asked, but it’s as much of one as Eddie thinks he can give. And it’s the truth—Buck hasn’t done anything wrong. It’s not a crime not to love someone.
“But—”
“Buck.” Eddie’s tone snaps, raw and sharp and jagged. It sounds foreign to his own ears, an unacceptable loss of control, but he is fraying badly at the seams and needs out of this conversation.
A stricken look crosses Buck’s face, and Eddie forces his voice to gentle as he quietly adds, “Please.”
Please drop it. Please don’t push. Please don’t pull this thread.
Please let me go. Just let me go. Please.
Silence stretches between them for a long moment as Buck’s eyes scan Eddie’s face. But finally, as if he heard all the different things packed into that one syllable, Buck nods once.
“Okay.”
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o-sachi · 10 months ago
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Back To Me Bachira Ver. ‧₊˚ ⋅ Drabble (Request)
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ଳ even after all this time—who knew you'd come back to me? ଳ character; bachira meguru (blue lock) ଳ tags; childhood friends to lovers (kinda), sfw, afab reader, no y/n
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There were random days when Bachira's mind would wander to some far off memory from his childhood. Sometimes it was about his early days playing football or a random mother-and-son bonding he had with his mom. But more often than not, he'd reminisce about the little girl he knew way back then.
When he first took a liking to football, Bachira's mom bought him a shiny new ball and would bring him to the park so he could let loose. While he did, his mom would relax on a bench and pull out a sketchbook. She enjoyed observing her surroundings and drawing whatever piqued her interest.
One fateful day however, someone else's interest was piqued—your interest to be exact. Being the nosy little kid that you were, you sat on the bench beside her and started asking a slew of questions.
Bachira's mom was more than happy to entertain your enthusiastic questions. But when she introduced you to her son, you quickly forgot what you approached her for because you had too much fun playing with him.
You were happy to have found a new friend, but Bachira was even more so. His mom smiled—watching the scene unfold before her. She made sure to memorialize that day by making an adorable drawing of it.
Since that day, whenever the opportunity presented itself, you and Bachira would play at the park. Once his mother met yours, you were finally able to go to Bachira's for a little play date.
It was great and all, until life had to happen. You two went to different middle schools, then different high schools. It wasn't a shock to either of you that your communication began to dwindle. Despite that, neither of you seemed to forget each other.
The drawing that his mom made the day you met was still plastered up on his wall and much of his memories with you are things he'd never forget.
Those feelings of nostalgia were especially prominent now that he was making his trip home after they were given the chance to visit their family on their break from the Blue Lock Program. After hopping off of the bus, he trudged through the familiar neighborhood. It seems that everywhere he'd turn his head, a memory of you would pop up.
A wistful smile crosses his lips as he recalled everything about you. Perhaps he thought about you way too hard because somehow he manifested you into reality.
He stood at the doorway of his home, jaw wide open and gawking at the sight in front of him. It was his mother and... you?
Your hair was different and you were certainly taller. But he was so sure it was you. He could tell by the twinkle in your eye and the way your lips curved into a smile.
Bachira was brought back to reality when his mom pulled him into a bear hug. "Welcome back, Meguru!"
She was almost squealing and Bachira had to try and calm her down. He was still trying to process what was in front of him. His mom soon caught on and decided to clear the air.
"You see... I bumped into her the other day while buying groceries and I remembered you were coming home in a few days. So I asked if she wanted to come see you again!"
That does sound like something his mother would do. Bachira felt inexplicably embarrassed. "Mom... are you sure she even remembers me? It's been so long," he asks, scratching his nape with a lopsided smile.
"Nonsense! Of course, she remembers you. Now, now, you two should catch up while I check on dinner."
She gives him a pat on the shoulder and a reassuring smile before disappearing into the kitchen—leaving the two of you and the awkward atmosphere.
He grins at you. "I hope you don't think my mom's crazy or anything."
"No, not at all," you shook your head. "In fact, I'm quite starstruck right now."
His eyebrow quirked at your words, prompting him to take a seat beside you. "Me?" he asked, pointing to himself as if there was someone else she could be referring to. "Why would you be starstruck by someone like me?"
"...I may or may not watch the BL TV streams..."
You look away to the side, hoping to soften the blow of what you said. You were unsure how it would come off—would he be flattered? Or would he not care at all? It's been years anyway. It's not like you'd be any different from his other fans.
He bursts into a joyous laughter. "I'm glad I wasn't the only one who kept thinking about the past." He exhausts the last of his mirth. "Unless... you were watching for the football and not because of me?"
Warmth spread across your cheeks at his question. "Ah... well..." you stalled. "Is it bad that I still don't know the rules after watching it so much?"
That was all he needed to hear.
The fatigue from his earlier commute seemingly vanished—gaining a renewed vigor from seeing a childhood friend and sensing a budding romance.
When feelings became overwhelming, he laid it all out to the nearest thing: you. With how tightly he caged you in a hug, you'd think he inherited this vice-like embrace from his mom. You reciprocated his energy, feeling a surge of emotions yourself.
"Wanna kick a ball around at the park tomorrow? Just you and I."
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nofingjustaninchident · 9 months ago
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ᯓ★ i hate you more pt.3
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pairing jason grace x roman!reader
summary well, he should be dead, and she’d gladly kill him
warnings probably cursing, third person writing
now listening to bad blood by taylor swift
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Chiron invited them inside, sending Drew back to her cabin. y/n was glad when the girl walked away - her excessive touchiness with Jason had been grating on her nerves, as was the fact that she didn't even understand why it pissed her off so much. 
Especially because it shouldn’t, since they apparently hated each other so much. 
"Follow me," the centaur said. "We have lemonade." 
Grapevines covered the walls of the living room, running across the ceiling as well. y/n wasn't sure how they were able to grow inside, especially given the season, but they were leafy green and bursting with bunches of red grapes. 
The girl looked up at a stuffed leopard's head hung above the fireplace, so real-looking that its eyes seemed to move. It snarled at Jason, and she felt him nearly jump out of his skin next to her. 
“For the gods’ sake-” He muttered under his breath and y/n had to stop herself from snickering.  
"Now, Seymour," Chiron chided. "Jason is a friend. Behave yourself." 
Chiron threw a sausage to the leopard, who snatched it up and licked his lips. "You must excuse the decor," Chiron said. "All this was a parting gift from our old director before he was recalled to Mount Olympus. He thought it would help us remember him. Mr. D has a strange sense of humor." 
"Mr. D," Jason said. "Dionysus?" 
"Mhm." Chiron poured three glasses of lemonade, though his hands seemed to tremble slightly. He and Jason carried on a conversation about the old camp director and Seymour's origins, y/n watching in silence. She could tell that Chiron was wary of her as well, though he hadn't recognized her the way he recognized Jason. She supposed that was a good thing, giving the conditions - he had said Jason was supposed to be dead. 
"So, Jason, y/n," Chiron said. "Would you mind telling me – ah - where you're from?" 
"I wish we knew," Jason sighed. “I mean, i don’t. Maybe she does and just don’t want to tell anyone.”  
That earnt him a smack in the arm, which was nothing but passive-aggressive.  
y/n let Jason tell the story, only chiming in when he left out a detail or she needed to speak from her own experience. Chiron didn't react aside from nodding encouragingly for either of them to continue. 
When Jason was done, Chiron took a sip of his lemonade. "You only remember each other?" he asked for clarification. 
Y/n nodded. "Sadly, yes. Just names, but still." she muttered, looking over at Jason briefly. "Everything else is... blank." 
"I see," Chiron said. "Well, you must have questions for me." 
"I have one," y/n spoke up. "Any reason in particular those... naiads? Is that what they're called? Is there a reason they talked to me or...?” 
Chiron regarded her with inquisitive eyes. "They talked to you?" 
y/n nodded. "Yeah, one of them just... stood – can i say stood if they’re underwater? Anyway, one of them stood there and told me to just breathe." She tried to push away the memory of the human-like thing telling her to take a breath underwater. "Is that... normal?" 
"No," Chiron confessed. "That's highly unusual - naiads are typically friendly, especially the ones in the canoe lake, but they don’t usually talk. Well, at least, not that anyone could understand, anyway. The only person they talked to was...”  
With his pause, y/n looked expectantly at him. “The only person they talked was..?” And something Annabeth said came up to her. “Was it that guy that Annabeth talked about? Uh- Percy, right?”  
Chiron’s expression got somewhat darker, but he managed to cover it up. “Yes, Percy. He's one of our oldest campers now, but he’s missing.”  
“Oh.” y/n muttered. “Sorry.”  
“It’s no problem, child.” Chiron assured. “It wasn’t your fault.” 
But what if it was? 
"In any case, that indeed is strange," Chiron said quietly. "I will have a talk with them. Until then, it may be best to steer clear of the lake." 
"That won't be a problem," y/n muttered. 
"Do you have any other questions?" Chiron asked. 
"Uh, yeah," Jason admitted. "What did you mean when you said I should be dead?" 
Chiron studied him with concern. "Do either of you know what the marks on your arms mean? The color of your shirt, Jason? Do you remember anything?" 
Jason shook his head. "No, nothing," Jason said. 
"Do you know where you are?" Chiron asked. "Do you understand what this place is, who I am?" 
"You're Chiron the centaur," Jason said. "I'm guessing you're the same one from the old stories, who used to train heroes like Heracles." 
"And this is a camp for demigods," y/n said, "children of the Olympian gods." 
"So, you believe those gods still exist?" Chiron asked. 
"Yes," Jason answered immediately. y/n felt the same confidence, though she didn't know where it came from. "I mean, I don't think we should worship them or sacrifice chickens to them or anything, but they're still around because they're a powerful part of civilization. They move from country to country as the center of power shifts - like they moved from Ancient Greece to Rome." 
"I couldn't have said it better." Something in Chiron's voice had changed. "So, you already know the gods are real. You have both already been claimed, haven't you?" 
"Maybe," Jason answered. 
"We can't remember," y/n said. 
The leopard on the wall snarled, and Chiron studied them for a moment, waiting. y/n realized after a moment that Chiron had switched to another language, and she and Jason understood it fluently. 
"Quis erat-" Jason faltered, as if the language was automatic. "What was that?" 
"You know Latin," Chiron observed. "Most demigods recognize a few phrases, of course. It's in their blood, but not as much as Ancient Greek. None can speak Latin fluently without practice." 
y/n frowned, trying to wrap her brain around the fact that she could speak Latin, of all languages. Why couldn’t it be french, german, maybe? It felt so familiar on her tongue as she spoke it, the same as in her ears when Jason and Chiron did. 
"I taught your namesake, you know - the original Jason," Chiron said. "He had a hard path. I've seen many heroes come and go. Occasionally, they have happy endings. Mostly, they don't. It breaks my heart, like losing a child every time one of my pupils dies. But you two are unlike any pupils I've ever taught. Your presence here could be a disaster." 
"Thanks," Jason muttered. "You must be an inspiring teacher." 
"You should look into motivational speaking if you get bored here," y/n grumbled. 
Chiron sighed quietly. "I am sorry. But it's true. I had hoped after Percy's succeeded in the Titan War and saved Mount Olympus, we might have some peace. I might be able to enjoy one final triumph, a happy ending, and perhaps retire quietly. I should have known better. The last chapter approaches, just as it did before. The worst is yet to come." 
A heavy blanket of gloom seemed to rest over the entire room. 
"Okay," Jason said. "So - last chapter, happened before, worst yet to come. Sounds fun, but can we get back to the part where I'm supposed to be dead? I don't like that part." 
“Why not?” y/n asked, rolling her eyes as she looked at him with annoyance clear on her eyes. “I like it very much. Sounds appealing, doesn’t it?” It was as if the tease just had to leave her. She didn’t understand where all that came from.  
“Oh, fuck off for a moment.” He grumbled and flipped her off.  
"I'm afraid I can't explain, my boy. I swore on the River Styx and on all things sacred that I would never..." Chiron frowned. "But you're both here, a violation of the same oath. That, too, should not be possible. I don't understand. Who would've done such a thing? Who-" 
Seymour howled, his mouth freezing halfway. The fire stopped crackling, its flames hardening like red glass. 
Everything seemed to just... stop. 
"Chiron?" Jason asked. "What's going-" 
Chiron was frozen, too. Jason and y/n stood up, but Chiron's eyes didn't waver. His mouth was open mid-sentence, and he sat there, not blinking or even breathing from the looks of it. 
"Tell me you're seeing this, too," Jason whispered, reaching for y/n’s hand instinctively. 
She squeezed it tightly, not even noticing at first. She glanced down at it, and decided to stay holding it. It was the only sign that they both weren’t crazy. "Frozen centaur? Yeah, I see it." 
Jason, a voice spoke. y/n. 
A dark mist poured from Seymour's mouth. Storm spirits, she thought, her free hand going to her pocket and taking her key out. She and Jason both summoned their weapons. 
The mist shaped itself into a woman in black robes. 
Her face was hooded, but her eyes glowed in the darkness. Over her shoulders was a goat-skin cloak, falling down her back and brushing the floor. y/n recognized the cloak for some reason, and she knew somehow that it was important - that it was much more than a strange fashion choice. 
Would you attack your patron, Jason? the woman chided. Her voice seemed to echo in y/n’s mind, bypassing her ears entirely. Lower your swords. The two of you. 
"Who are you?" Jason demanded. "How did you—?" 
Our time is limited. My prison grows stronger by the hour. It took me a full month to gather enough energy to work even the smallest magic through its bonds. I've managed to bring you two here, but now I have little time left, and even less power. This may be the last time I can speak to either of you. 
"You're in prison?" Jason questioned, still not lowering his sword. "Look, I don't know you, and you're not my patron." 
You know me, the woman insisted. I have known you since your birth, Jason. 
"I don't remember," Jason said. "I don't remember anything." 
No, you don't, she agreed. Neither of you do. That was also necessary. Long ago, Jason, your father gave me your life as a gift to placate my anger. He named you Jason, after my favorite mortal. You belong to me, Jason. And unfortunately, she’s way too useful to be left behind.  
"Hey!” y/n protested.  
"Whoa," Jason said, ignoring her completely. Something told y/n that this was something he often did. "I don't belong to anyone." 
Now is the time to pay your debt, she said. Find my prison. The girl has the key to unlock me. Free me, or their king will rise from the earth, and I will be destroyed. You will never retrieve your memories. 
"You stole our memories?" y/n asked, her eyes narrowing at the hooded woman. "And you want us to help you?" 
You have until sunset on the solstice. Four short days. Do not fail me. 
The dark woman dissolved, the mist curling into Seymour's mouth. 
Time unfroze. Seymour's howl tapered off into a cough. The fire crackled to life and Chiron continued, 
"—would dare to bring you here?" 
"My guess is the lady in the mist," y/n muttered. 
Chiron looked up at them in surprise. "Weren't you just sitting... why are your swords drawn?" 
"I hate to tell you this," Jason said, "but I think your leopard just ate a goddess." 
He proceeded to Chiron what had happened when time froze. 
"Oh, dear," Chiron murmured. "That does explain a lot." 
"It does?" y/n asked. "Care to fill us in?" 
"Please," Jason added. 
Before Chiron could say anything else, the front door to the Big House blew open and Annabeth and another girl, a redhead, burst in, dragging an unconscious Piper between them. 
"What happened?" y/n asked, rushing over to them with Jason close behind, both of their swords abandoned on the coffee table. "What's wrong with her?" 
"Hera's cabin," Annabeth gasped, like they'd run all the way to the house. "Vision. Bad." 
The redhead looked up, and y/n saw tears on her cheeks. "I..." She gulped. "I think I may have killed her." 
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The redhead – who, later, y/n discovered to be named Rachel Dare – had not, in fact, killed Piper. She was still breathing, though she couldn't seem to wake up. 
Ophelia didn't like the sight of the girl so pale and sickly, as if Hades himself had come up to the mortal world to take away her soul but forgot to do so. y/n was positive she didn't know the girl, not like she knew Jason, but they had survived a battle with storm spirits and a chariot crash within the span of just a few hours - things like that bonded people. 
Chiron put his hand on Piper's forehead, grimacing. 
"Her mind is in a fragile state. Rachel, what happened?" 
Rachel shook her head slightly. "I wish I knew," she said. "As soon as I got to camp, I had a premonition about Hera's cabin. I went inside. Annabeth and Piper came in while I was there. We talked, and then- I just blanked out. Annabeth said I spoke in a different voice." 
"A prophecy?" Chiron asked. 
"No. The spirit of Delphi comes from within. I know how that feels. This is like long distance, a power trying to speak through me." 
Annabeth ran into the room carrying a leather pouch. 
She knelt next to Piper. "Chiron, what happened back there - I've never seen anything like it. I've heard Rachel's prophecy voice. This was different. She sounded like an older woman. She grabbed Piper's shoulders and told her-" 
"To free her from a prison?" Jason offered, looking at y/n with a grimace. The latter was still staring at the girl laid down in front of her, wondering what she could do to help – or rather, if she could really do anything to help.  
Annabeth stared at him. "How did you know that?" 
Chiron made a strange three-fingered gesture over his heart, like a ward against evil. y/n tried to ignore the unsettling feeling it gave her. "Jason, y/n, tell them. Annabeth, the medicine bag, please." 
Chiron trickled drops from a medicine vial into Piper's mouth as Jason explained the vision he and y/n had witnessed of the woman who claimed to be Jason's patron. 
"Does this happen often?" y/n chimed in when he was finished talking. "Supernatural phone calls from convicts demanding you bust them out of jail?" 
"Patron," Annabeth said, looking at Jason with a frown. "Not your godly parent?" 
"No, she said patron. She also said my dad had given her my life," Jason said. 
Annabeth's frown deepened. "I've never heard of anything like that before. You said the storm spirit on the skywalk - he claimed to be working for some mistress who was giving him orders, right? Could it be this woman you saw, messing with you?" 
"I don't think so," Jason said. "If she was my enemy, why would she be asking for my help? She's imprisoned. She's worried about some enemy getting more powerful. Something about a king rising from the earth on the solstice-" 
Annabeth looked at Chiron, her face losing its color. 
"Not Kronos. Please tell me it's not that." 
Chiron was quiet for a moment, checking Piper's pulse before he finally answered, "It is not Kronos. That threat is ended. But..." 
"But what?" Annabeth asked. 
Chiron closed his medicine bag. "Piper needs rest. We should discuss this later." 
"Or now," y/n said with a frown. "You said the greatest threat was coming. The last chapter?" 
"You can't possibly mean something worse than an army of Titans, right?" Jason asked.  
"Oh," Rachel said, her voice small. "Oh, dear. The woman was Hera. Of course. Her cabin, her voice. She showed herself to Jason and y/n at the same moment." 
"Hera?" Annabeth looked downright murderous. "She took you over? She did this to Piper?" 
"I think Rachel's right," Jason said. "The woman did seem like a goddess. And she wore this- this goatskin cloak. That's the symbol of Juno, isn't it?" 
"It is?" Annabeth scowled. "I've never heard that." 
Chiron nodded. "Of Juno, Hera's Roman aspect, in her most warlike state. The goatskin cloak was a symbol of the Roman soldier." 
"So, Hera is imprisoned?" Rachel asked. "Who could do that to the queen of the gods?" 
Annabeth crossed her arms. "Well, whoever they are, maybe we should thank them. If they can shut up Hera-" 
"Annabeth," Chiron warned, "she is still one of the Olympians. In many ways, she is the glue that holds the gods' family together. If she truly has been imprisoned and is in danger of destruction, this could shake the foundations of the world. It could unravel the stability of Olympus, which is never great even in the best of times. And if Hera has asked Jason and y/n for help-" 
"Fine," Annabeth grumbled. "Well, we know Titans can capture a god, right? Atlas captured Artemis a few years ago. And in the old stories, the gods captured each other in traps all the time. But something worse than a Titan...?" 
"Hera said she'd been trying to break through her prison bonds for a month," Jason said. 
"Which is how long Olympus has been closed," Annabeth said. "So, the gods must know something bad is going on." 
Jason sighed, a look of frustration on his face. "But why use her energy to send y/n and me here?" he asked. "She wiped our memories, plopped us into the Wilderness School field trip, and sent you a dream vision to come pick us up. Why are we so important? Why not just send up an emergency flare to the other gods - let them know where she is so they can bust her out?" 
"The gods need heroes to do their will down here on earth," Rachel said. "That's right, isn't it? Their fates are always intertwined with demigods." 
"That's true," Annabeth said, "but Jason's got a point. Why them? Why take their memories?" 
"I'd like to know that myself," y/n muttered. 
"Piper's involved somehow," Rachel said. "Hera sent her the same message- Free me. And, Annabeth, this must have something to do with Percy's disappearance." 
Annabeth looked at Chiron, her eyes narrowing slightly. "Why are you so quiet, Chiron? What is it we're facing?" 
Chiron looked as if he'd aged ten years in a matter of minutes. "My dear, in this, I cannot help you. I am so sorry." 
Annabeth blinked. "You've never... you've never kept information from me. Even the last Great Prophecy-" 
"I will be in my office," Chiron announced, his voice heavy. "I need some time to think before dinner. Rachel, will you watch the girl? Call Argus to bring her to the infirmary, if you'd like. And Annabeth, you should speak with Jason and y/n. Tell them about- about the Greek and Roman gods." 
"But..." 
Chiron turned away, heading out of the room and down the hallway. Annabeth muttered something in Greek that y/n suspected wasn't too kind toward centaurs. 
"I'm sorry," Jason said. "I think us being here - I don't know. We've messed things up coming to the camp, somehow. Chiron said he'd sworn an oath and couldn't talk about it." 
y/n frowned, wanting to add that she definitely hadn’t asked to come to the camp, but she bit her tongue - it wasn't the time. 
 "What oath?" Annabeth demanded. "I've never seen him act this way. And why would he tell me to talk to you about the gods..." Her voice trailed off, looking at the two gold swords lying on the coffee table. She touched Jason's gingerly, like it might be hot. "Are these gold? Do you remember where you got it?" 
y/n shook her head, Jason doing the same. "We don't remember anything," she said. 
Annabeth nodded like she'd come up with a rather desperate plan. "If Chiron won't help, we'll need to figure things out ourselves. Which means... Cabin Fifteen. Rachel, you'll keep an eye on Piper?"  
"Sure," Rachel promised. "Good luck, you three."  
"Hold on," Jason said. "What's in Cabin Fifteen?"   
Annabeth stood. "Maybe a way to get your memories back." 
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whit-doodle · 23 days ago
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Finally got around to reading The Wigmaker Job and Eight Little Talons.
What I wouldn't give for an entire novel of either Lucanis & Illario on a job together or Teia & Viago both trying to accomplish anything but admitting they might have feelings for each other.
*spoilers & my thoughts below the cut for those who haven't read Tevinter Nights yet.
The Wigmaker Job
Lucanis recalling the "sweat-filled days without food or water" and memories of Caterina beating him with her cane... That's honestly heartbreaking to think about. But it's no secret the Crows are exceedingly harsh in training fledglings.
It's mentioned that Lucanis did hate her for a while, but he eventually accepted that Caterina did what she did so both boys would survive.
I loved the banter between Lucanis and Illario during the entire thing. Illario was so different from what we see in the game, and I thoroughly enjoyed that side of him, if I'm being honest. It made it even more bittersweet to know Illario will be the reason Lucanis ends up in the Ossuary.
One thing I found interesting is Lucanis being able to sense the veil/Fade and blood magic. I hadn't thought anything of it while playing the game because I assumed he could sense it all due to Zara's experimentation and the fact he was possessed by Spite. So, it was definitely surprising to see that he had that sense before he was taken to the Ossuary.
Lucanis saying Illario's calling is to become First Talon really drives home how much he never thought he would be First Talon, that he didn't really want to be in that position. (I'll never get over his facial expression in the game when Caterina declares he's the new First Talon. That was the look of a man who was thrust into a position against his will.)
Eight Little Talons
I wish the game had mentioned more on Viago's personality that is mentioned in this story. His struggle to maintain composure around Teia while she is unashamedly just doing what she does best - doing anything to rile him up was beyond amusing.
Teia calling Caterina "Nonna" when even Lucanis and Illario don't just shows how much Caterina does like the Seventh Talon.
It's interesting that Viago chose to become a Crow, when he could've chosen a "life of luxury in exile". He apparently had the option for a comfy life, and instead chose a life that led to him being absolutely paranoid to the point he ingests adder venom daily. Given his resentment towards his father, though, his choice to become a Crow does make sense in that regard. One heartbreaking sentence in the story is when it's stated that Bolivar's wine-stained teeth reminded Viago of his mother after his father's visits started becoming less frequent. (Makes me wonder just how old he was when he joined the Crows if he was old enough to have that sort of memory of his mother.)
Anyway, enough rambling, I guess. Just wanted to share some thoughts on the book, and how it made me appreciate these characters even more.
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