#shadowsceptered

[fortruechaos]

something deeply funny to me about shadow just looking at the scepter and being like oh this fuckin thing? (deadpan) wheeeeeee while mephiles is lowkey having a panic attack

[yourflame]

BITES OPEN A ROCK. BITES OPEN A ROCK. BITES OPEN A

[scumbag-the-hedgehog]

@shadowsceptered asked: " No. You're not him. "

"The hell is that supposed to mean?" He has a rough idea. It's the same person he's always compared to, he knows it without even a single other clue. No matter where he goes, whatever far-flung corner of the multiverse, he's still stuck in the bastard's shadow. And now this vaguely familiar freakshow has the gall to come up right to him, eyeball the usurper, and then try and dismiss him? As less than? Quills are standing on end as Scourge's brow creases.

"The hell is that supposed to mean, huh!? Don't give me that cryptic crap, pal - you got something to say, spit it out." If it crosses Scourge's mind that he might not want to be him in this case, that hasn't been enough to influence his actions. There's a gloved finger shoved into the god's face, and the hedgehog's mouth has twisted into a snarl, fangs bared like he's already regressing into nothing more than an animal.

[fastfists]

one day, something will happen to you. and none will know. you will be all alone.

"Was t'at suppose t'make me break? Try again, I know you can do better t'an t'at."

This song and dance was nothing new to the echidna. How many times had they tried to get under his skin? How many times had they tried to poke and prod at him to make him squirm? Trying to dig their claws into him and render whatever scrape they could chew on. Mephiles should've know by now — he wasn't going to be able to break him that easily.

Oh no, Knuckles wasn't about to let him have any sort of power over him. Not by a long shot. Try digging, try clawing, try tearing at his insecurities, his fears, his worries. He wasn't going to give him an inch with any of them. No, he wasn't going to let him have that. His gaze firm and strong as they pierced into the other, stoic as ever and not letting him see past their barriers.

One side of his lips quirked up, his gaze turning to amusement as a brow raised. Oh, something just dawned on Knuckles.

"Don't tell me — "

" — 'r you startin' t'project your own fears onto others now? My my my, didn't t'ink you worried 'bout t'at so much, seems ah bit trivial for you doesn't it?"

[h0ptimists]

@shadowsceptered

how would you feel? if someone killed your family?

Cream paused, her hand frozen over the flower that she had just plucked from the ground, planning to add to the flower crown she was crafting when the question was asked to her... Her brown eyes slowly shifted towards his direction and on him.

Her expression was unreadable besides a small frown on her muzzle.

How would she feel? Didn’t she come close already to losing them? A feeling that stuck to her like sludge and made her feel queasy… A feeling that gripped her throat and threatened to choke her.

She hated that feeling.

“..... I… Wouldn’t know… I don’t really think about those things.” The rabbit spoke softly; her eyes shifting away from Mephiles. 

“I know I don’t like it… I already felt what it’s like to nearly lose my mom, Cheese and Chocola… As well when Gemerl got hurt… But for them to be gone forever…” Her voice trailed off; dropping the flower crown against the grass below them.

“I don’t think I would be able to handle it…”

[seaofserene]

and i know he will never be satisfied. i will never be satisfied.

(ft. @shadowsceptered)

[robotnikium]

@shadowsceptered said: he's here to talk about your life's extended warranty (it ran out)

NUH UH! SAD LANKY GIRL!!!! GO!!!!!

What—

[floraprin]

❝ i love watching people interact with the person they love... ❞

[onestepfcrward]

" You like him, don't you Shadow- "

[cynicallyscorned]

but also remembering the concept we played around with that was 'sol rescuing (see: kidnapping) main-tbc cynic out of that nightmare dimension because that's cynic-shaped and bringing him to main cynic's timeline' and hddfsk

he has a potty mouth in every AU, this cannot be changed

[somewhereinchaos]

@shadowsceptered: “  they hate what they cannot control.  ”

          ╳ ┊ u l t i m a t e  »  "Because they're afraid." He knows the feeling of wanting control, he's been desperate for it before. But wanting to control others is.. Hm, he can understand why it's such a tempting thought. But Shadow had no interest in something like that, he just wanted to be free to do what he feels is right. And if they tried to take that away from him.. "I'm fine with being hated."

[fortruechaos]

@shadowsceptered here's the starter for normal verse!

"This?" Shadow looks to the scepter in his hands, then up to Mephiles. He doesn't know why, exactly, but knows something about it is familiar. Every time Mephiles shows himself Shadow can remember who and when and what he is, but there are still things that come and go...seems like the scepter is a missing piece of the puzzle. Whatever Shadow once did with this, it's obviously been a pain point for the half-god. "No, I'll be holding onto it."

[yourflame]

@shadowsceptered continued.

Reptilian eyes stare vacantly ahead, and eventually, they slowly move to meet Mephiles's. He was in our way. Nothing could ever be enough, nothing could ever make right the ways the world made them wrong. Two unrecognizable halves. Shattered. Ripped in twain, left to the fickle whims of time — a force that was once their own to govern, having no choice but to just figure it out. Abandoned. Those who swore loyalty, swore love and adoration. The Duke. Their molten claws curl, the ground hisses and smokes under their feet. Betrayal. And what for? WHAT WAS IT ALL EVEN FOR?

❝ Non è giusto. What am I now? ( Now? ) ❞ Asked hurriedly. But their broken consciousness responds like an echo. A monster. A disaster. A wrong that can't be made right.

The golem shakes visibly, almost swept up in the feeling. Mephiles' words, his conviction, they only do more to stoke the fire. Brighter Iblis burns. Brighter burns their rage. It hurts. IT HURTS.

But...

He was in our way. ❝ No. ❞ Because they don't remember always feeling this way. No, because they remembered something else. Because they remembered quiet. They remembered control. They remember silence — peace. A time when this pain slept. Numbness. And then. The moments leading up to their release. Laughter. Smiles. Joy. Iblis's eyes shake. He was her friend. Our friend. For once, Iblis had felt something other than pain.

And Mephiles...

...Took it away?

❝ . . . Ero felice ( felice. ) ❞ Softly adds the golem, shoulders slumping weakly. The glow begins to die, their molten body starting to harden like a statue. They turn their hands upwards as it does, staring down at them forlornly. The lava that seeps from it's eyes , it drips into their rocky palms. ❝ E ora non c'è più. ❞

[badnikbreaker]

@shadowsceptered : " i woke up somewhere i didn't belong . " / maria! / accepting!

Is there anything the child could possibly understand more?

It will likely always haunt her — Shadow is kind to her now, works so hard at it. But when she'd first been revived / created, his horror had been so frightening. She hadn't understood why the person she loved so much should look at her with something like despair. The first days alive, or whatever she is now, had been so awful and so sick, swallowed by her own fear and by Shadow's bleeding disgust and the sense that she had been brought to a world she did not belong to.

Her brows furrow — she is so sorry that he should have had to go through that. She doesn't understand everything, but she knows that that experience was worse than anything she ever felt on the ARK. She reaches out, careful, palms open — an offering. Hold my hands. Let me comfort you.

She remembers doing the same for Shadow, the first time she'd seen him cry.

"I'm sorry," she says, because she is. So, so much. That's familiar, too. "Me, too. Maybe we could...make the world someplace you could belong." She isn't there yet. But she always wants to be a comfort for those who are in pain.

[spirestar]

@shadowsceptered : " You're something of an optimist, aren't you? What a shame... " / amy !

Optimist. Amy tries to be as positive as she can--Hopeful to a fault. In the face of destruction and danger, they try to bring out the best in people, to remind them that struggle is always temporary. There will be an end to it, like everything else.

It's difficult to be sure if she knows this hedgehog. A memory stirs, something that shouldn't be, and it makes her angry. Why, why... But it doesn't matter. He's here--Whatever happened before can be different now.

"Sure, I am," she replies, hands on her hips. Defiant. "What, you don't like people with a good attitude? I've met plenty of people that have changed their mind about that!"

[knightofthelake]

@shadowsceptered / mordred : i am... well. do not fret for me. 

          ✽ ┊ "I.. have heard those exact words before. Then they died in my arms." The knight's words don't have much emotion to them, but the truth is he's mourned countless of his comrades, young and old. He's not about to make the mistake of not being in control of the situation. That's why he's sometimes a little.. pushy.

          Lancelot lowers himself on one knee so that he could examine the wounded Mordred better.. but this would certainly be easier if he had the permission to touch him. "I know I'm no healer but.. are you truly not going to let me have a look?" The visor was lifted, revealing piercing red eyes ( the devil some would call him ) but his expression is quite gentle.. and anything but malicious. A hand reached into a pouch on his hip. He should have some healing water with him..