#rough stuff. oough

[skele8rity]

have all the routes in my replaythrough unlocked again and it feels soooo so so so good and only have the bbl route left but it is 4 am and i am so overstimulated by my own excitement of this fact my hearts doing creative things jakfkf

i missed my boys my boys my boys

[the-s1lly-corner]

Wearing their robes (COTL 1/2)

Part two might have the lamb, narinder, baal and aym maybe we will see!!

Characters: Leshy, Heket, Kallamar, Shamura

Notes: reader is gn, follower bishops, idc if it was 80 degrees the day I wrote this I yearn for cold weather

CWs: none

LESHY

Assuming he's not going to let you slip into his robes whenever you want.... genuinely a great option to snuggle into it- his weird fur moss leaf stuff feels nice

Drags you around in his robes wherever, you may have to speed up to keep up or simply cling onto him

Outwardly teases you for doing it out of just wanting to be close to him inwardly is feeling some sort of way...

You may be trapped with him for a while though so hopefully you're down with that!

HEKET

Similar to her older brother she would not at all be pleased with her robes going missing but you get a pass- anyone else would get so many nasty things said to them

Actually let's you keep it without much resistance, if it's too cold for her to stay outside she's either going to drag you to one of the fires set around the grounds or she's going to pull you inside

May or may not tease you for stealing from her because you miss her, to outsiders it may come off as her genuinely berating you but you know her well enough that she's not

It's the rough voice and generally leaning into the harsher words she does adore you </3

KALLAMAR

Legitimately starts going nuts when he notices it goes missing because there's so many gems and it was his favorite coat- if it were anyone else who took it he would rip it off of them in an instant.... if... he were still a "mighty" bishop... but alas it's only you

Matching coats... matching coats.... oough... demands whoevers working at the tailor to make you a matching coat. Kallamar I love you but he definitely would be a little.. hmm.. with customer service... pre being humbled in the cult arcs

Lets it go to his head if you did it because you missed him- despite that he doesn't do anything to chase that high such as dangling his time and affection for you above your head.. thafs.. not really his style plus he cant keep to himself (/nonsexually in this context)

Would slip you into his robes to keep you close and warm

SHAMURA

Where did... did they leave it behind somewhere..? No you just nabbed it while they were looking

Genuinely offers to make/get you a robe if you're cold.... definitely would use their own silk to make it.. its... actually a sweet sentiment

Oh you missed them too..? They're right here! They make plans to spend time with you between their responsibilities in the cult... they feel a little guilty that they've been away for so long that you started to miss them

Will take you seriously even if you're only joking/being light hearted about being cold or lonely

[aquilamage]

This is a continuation of my discussion of my “compressing the time between Leif getting stuck in snakemouth and the start of the game down to like 10 years so Muse can be around” au that I started over on @enbeemerang’s post. But I didn’t want to take that space up more than I already have lol

So in canon stuff I tend to go with Grandpa being Leif and Muse’s kid, so that would also be the case here. Which if I was writing something of this would mean I’d have to come up with a name for him. so. glad I’m not. But I’d put him in Tod’s spot because 1) he’s about that age and 2) Leif’s “Now, stay out of trouble. Don't worry your mother.” line after the lost toy quest already gets me in the context of his relationship with Tod in canon. Imagining him doing that kind of parental lecture towards a kid he has yet to realize is his own child makes me insane. (also makes for an amusing moment after the initial revelation stuff)

or there’s the alternate version of that quest (that would only happen in iterations where Muse is banished) where instead of running from the Midges he gets stuck in the cave. Team Snakemouth gets recruited to the search mission secondhand. Kid’s pretty shaken up by the time they get to him. Leif does a lot of the calming him (Kabbu or Vi comments on wow you’re pretty good with kids and Leif’s like ...yeah) They take him back to his grandparents (one of them carrying him as he directs, almost falling asleep as they get into town), tearful reunion. They turn to thank Team Snakemouth and stop at seeing Leif who’s dead still, staring at his parents.

I forget if I touched on this in the previous but it’s a much different emotional moment for Leif in any of the reunion scenarios for this, with it being bugs he already is connected to, his immediate family. More persistent guilt about what he put them through, for one. Definitely some awkwardness around their kid. And on top of Muse’s attitude (or treatment if she’s not there) feeding his existing hesitance about Elizant II, he’s also gonna feel more conflicted about continuing to explore because then he’s not being around for his family. Is that just abandoning them again??? (especially since I have a based-in-nothing headcanon that Muse and Leif’s plan when they started having children was going to have Leif doing more of the staying at home taking care of them)

I don’t have anything specific about it really but oough the cordyceps reveal really hits Leif harder when the identity crisis has to answer to there being bugs who knew the Leif from before. “ I am nothing but some...thing... Something that thinks it is him.” but also like. he’s a thing pretending to be Leif to Leif’s closest family, what a monster.

after handing in the first artifact Team Snakemouth immediately runs into Rebecca in the palace. And since I’m going with the headcanon that she was the third member of their scouting team we get family reunion: speedrun edition

slightly off-topic of everything else but I also had the thought that with this compressed timeline Elizant II’s age gives a lot more flavor to things. It works no matter what it is but like. If you want her more sympathetic she was barely an adult when she had to take over and little enough time has passed until canon that it still shows. And otherwise especially with Muse’s reactions/feelings I feel you could do some stuff with her being younger vs the same age vs older

also for anyone who knows and cares about my usual “mothiva’s related to muse”posting: she’s muse’s estranged younger sister in this one.

aaand hollow knight spoilers ahead for the rest of this:

so for the iterations that are “Muse gets exiled and goes out through the forsaken lands and ends up in hallownest,” it’s a rough journey exacerbated by the fact that she didn’t have supplies or prep when Elizant kicked her out. She comes in from the hallownest’s crown/crystal peaks side. It’s some medium amount of time after the ending of the game (godhome but ghost is fine they just have cool void god powers now). And she manages to get at least to the outskirts of dirtmouth. Her appearance causes a stir in general but especially for everyone who’s gonna read into her being a Moth specifically.

Now if I was writing this I would almost certainly ignore the question of potential language barriers completely. But since I’m not, that means they’re going through everyone who knows other languages to find a translator. Most reasonable candidate I think would be Quirrel, although there’s plenty of other options - any of the other bugs who’ve been outside of Hallownest (Lemm probably being my next choice because I’m biased about him. and I think him and Muse interacting would be fun); plus I like the idea that vessels can understand any language, but in that case Ghost and Hollow would only be able to translate one way (assuming they would even be willing to be around her). So eventually it turns into a language exchange with her learning whatever the common hallownest language is and some of them learning bugnish (which makes it easier for Team Snakemouth to communicate when they show up (doing some exploring for the queen I guess). Although when they mention that they’re working for the queen who exiled Muse it makes whoever they’re talking to hesitate about mentioning her)

and yeah for the most part on this it’s just otherwise me dumping all these characters in a salad spinner together and going “nice”

except there’s the variant concept of “the radiance survives as a tiny fragment of Herself and then possesses/inhabits Muse when she shows up because Moth.” Which I have two vague ideas about the when. 1) It takes root when she’s up at the crown by the Radiance statue but doesn’t do anything until the first time she sleeps, in Dirtmouth. And when she wakes up the effects become apparent 2) She goes down below the well and slowly starts feeling weird until she collapses. Either way I think it’d be a “something happens in her mind while she’s unconscious about it but then it’s actually clear what’s going on when she wakes.” Muse is not happy about this. She’s dealing with enough other stuff; she doesn’t need a random deity taking up residence in her head on top of it. Especially one that has all the bugs around her freaking out/hostile toward her now because of it. Two sort of flavors for this as well. 1) Radiance is equally unenthused about the arrangement, did not do it on purpose, did not ask for this, can’t leave, and is basically just exhaustedly resigned to it. 2) Radiance still at the active anger at the Everything. Still didn’t inhabit Muse on purpose in the way like infecting bugs, but yes in the form of purposefully directing Herself to that point, and is trying to do something about this opportunity. She’s not possessing Muse in the sense of being able to outright control her, but She can do some things by force, in brief moments, and also just mess with Muse’s mind. Made harder by Muse fighting Her, though. (And I do think She’d try and bargain with Muse. Don’t You Want To Go Home? I Can Make That Happen. With My Power No One Can Stop You)

[pkmn-aide-mel]

Hey Mel! Sorry it's been awhile, how are you? How have things been? I hope you and the Pokémon are well!

🪷@leafylilpokemon

oough, hi lil :,)

it's been,,, rough,,, school's been kicking my behind and between that and work, i've barely had any time to myself hh

right now, i'm heading over to icirrus for a halloween party of sorts, and also just. to relax a bit, yk? take my mind off of stuff.

the team and i are doing scooby-doo themed costumes. i'm gonna be a random criminal, and they're gonna be the meddling kids xp

[caruliaa]

okey i knoww i usually leave this for the end of the ask but !!!! uhm!! (hugs you soso close maybe if you would like that for ad long as u like) bcuz ik things have been so rough lately and ive been offline which ik u understand but still like!! i wanted to talk to u more and i just want u to know i was thinking of u and stuff!! so yeah, thank u so so so very much for being so here for me and understandinf w me and kind to me as you always are like its sosoo appreciated like im so grateful for u in my life :’>> and i just want to be there for you to and be able to tell you and show you and let you know how much i care for you and stuff like!!!! you deserve it sm and i think youre such an amazing friend and like. more than that youre an amazing person in and of yourself ! like you make such amazing things and like tou are also just inherently sososoo loveable and good!!!!! so yah just! i love youu soo muchhh (and once again! if u wld like then hugs u gnight!!💕💕💕💕💕💕)

oough mx ;; i love you so so much my belvoed i hope you know so os much ;; thank you so so much for being here for me and for being so sweet and kind to me always it rly means sm 2 me like how much u care abt me and how you were like. thinking about me and stuff like that makes me so so happy you dont even know T__T !! nd i hope u know tht im always thinkin ab u too nd rly rly do care ab nd love u smm nd ouggh ;; im so so happy tht i can b kind nd understanding w u mx i hope u know bc i rly rly do love you so so much nd wanna be those things 2 u nd b a good friend 2 u bc u deserve sm goodness i think nd j love nd happiness nd i wanna give tht to u !!! and also i hope u know tht u are here 4 me nd show me tht u care abt me so much so so much i think like ur rly such a good friend thoughtful 2 me i feel nd like just make me feel so os loved and and warm and cared for and just happy 2 know you and be ur friend and just i l just love you so so much mx so so much nd u rly do i j find u 2 b such an incredible wonderful friend and person and ur j so so so dear 2 me and so so bleoved and i just love you so so much so so much ;; anddd !!!! *hugs you back so so much so very close for quite a while if its okay* 💞💞💞💗💗💗❣❣❣

[legobatjoker]

waa okay it like nearly mindnight now omg nd i told myslef id sleep ealry -__- well ill sleep elarier ig honk shoo sleeby etc but !! j as a reminder b4 i do that oough i love lvoe lvoe youu so so so very much !!! as u know lol i havent been having a v good day 2day lol but like !!!! u being here 4 me nd so supportive and caring nd j like bieng able 2 talk 2 u rly rly did help sm j like !! being able 2 here ur voice nd j having the chance 2 relax nd watch tgp w uuu was j. so nice so so nice nd fun nd good i j love spending time w u nd knowing u its so so amaxing u j such a wonderful warm comfortinf presence in m life yk u j amke me feel so so loved and so so happy and warm and safe and ur j such suhc an amazing person and friend and i love you so so so so muchh s oso much i hope u always know u mean the world 2 mee <3 ilusmm i hope ur days been good nd tht u get sm good sleeb ilus,, :] 💗💕🌻💞💖🍋🍓❣🍰🌸💗💞💝🍊💞💕💗✨✨(also !! so sorry abt not answering the ask u sent me yesterday !! :(( wanted 2 j been rly busy + feeling down yk but i saw it nd appreciate it smm :3 !!) /p

!!! dont worry at all about not answerinf the ask, i dont mind in the least, im just glad that you appreciated it and stuff:]]!! and im so glad to be able to be here for you and that i can be that kind of prescence in your life especially because you are so much that for me and . im sorry that ur day was rough and ik u know im here for you but its really so true!!!! i love you so so very much and care about you and i am just so glad i could hear ur voice and stuff today bcuz thats always sucha highlight for me!!!! ilyyy and hope that rest helps you and takes good care of u tonight💕💕💕💕💕