#shall we date: scarlet fate

[waifuoftomonori]

It depends. Tomonori wouldn’t break up a marriage that either Shiki or Akifusa had freely chosen, no matter how much it might be killing him inside, unless he had solid reason to suspect their spouse of harming or manipulating them, and even then he’d try to nudge them toward a peaceful resolution first. He has, however, canonically kissed Shiki and told her he loved her while she was engaged to Kuso against her will, and he offered to poison Furutsugu as revenge for infidelity in Fugu’s Song of Spring story, so I don’t think the engagement or marriage itself would be enough to discourage him.

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[waifuoftomonori]

My favorite OT3 dynamic is when each person thinks the other two would be cute / sexy / good for each other and tries stubbornly to matchmake them, while unconsciously seeing themselves as the equivalent of human trash who does not deserve nice things (i.e. a loving relationship with the people they love). And then through various plot events they overcome this and all get together in the end.

[waifuoftomonori]

Aki After Tentacles: Chapter 1 - Fever (rough draft)

Story Summary: After defending the Princess from a tentacled Void-like monster, Akifusa wakes up biologically female. The only way for him to regain his former body (and hopefully get over his newfound attraction to his male best friend, who also happens to be Shiki’s husband) is to become pregnant. Or: In which I put poor Aki-kun through the wringer once again. *** [Foreword: I’ve been working on this fanfiction for a few months now— since August or so, I believe. It’s currently over 50k words, making it my longest fanfiction so far; I’m typing it up on Google Docs as well— scared to publish any of it on AO3 until I know I’m able to finish it, given my current track record, and it probably needs some editing and revision, but things are looking all right so far. The plot is progressing— yes, it actually has plot, I’m proud of myself. I still enjoy writing it, although some days I find it more difficult to write than others. I’ve reached the point in my writing where I’m willing to embrace dumb or unoriginal ideas instead of shy away from them. I think. I’m still a little shy about sharing this fic, in all honesty, although I had fun writing it. Anyway: thank you for reading this somewhat sloppy rough draft of a guilty-pleasure-slash-crack-fic-slash-smut fic that has spiraled into either porn with plot or just a really kinky, unconventional romance. (First chapter’s tame, though.) I appreciate it.] *** Chapter 1: Fever

The Princess parried a slash from a shapeless shadow-being, her heels churning up dirt from the force of the blow. They’d been fighting in these woods for hours with no reprieve. Their enemies were nearly impossible to track, their forms amorphous even in light, and the slivers of sky darkening through the crooked lattice of branches overhead spared them no mercy. An attempt to retreat would have resulted in massacre. 

And in turning to fend off one of the horde, the Princess exposed her flank to another. Akifusa was the only one close enough to see a gruesome appendage, writhing with eerie eldritch energy, lash toward her from the black haze.

Instinct and years of rigorous training kicked in. With a warning shout, he sprang between the Princess and her attacker, muscles convulsing as his form shifted.

The last thing he was aware of, before Tokoyo-gami took over and eliminated conscious thought, was a wave of overwhelming heat as the tenebrous tentacle wrapped around him.

***

The ceiling, at least, was familiar. 

Or maybe it was the bitter herbal smell that gave it away. That was probably it. The ceiling looked like most ceilings— which was still reassuring. At least the shrine hadn’t burned down. Blinking fuzzily, Akifusa turned his head. They’d put him in Toshi Temple: not the training area where he regularly honed his sword skills, but the adjacent, rarely-used medical room. Poultices, bandages, and healing talismans lined the wooden shelves; two rows of nondescript futons were arranged against the walls (all but his unoccupied, he noted with relief).

But although he recognized his surroundings, his own body felt… strange, in a way that went beyond simple pain.

He heard a door sliding open, followed by soft footfalls approaching over tatami, and then the Princess’s face appeared overhead. Her breath caught when she found him conscious. “Akifusa…” She blinked quickly, but her eyes still glittered with unshed tears. “You were out for so long… I was worried.”

He wanted to throw his arms around her and reassure her he was fine, the mere sight of her in good health had revitalized him, but his muscles protested. Still, his lips twisted in a feeble smile before forming the word: “Princess…”

He paused. That had sounded off, although he couldn’t place why. Did he have a cold or something? Could you catch a cold while you were unconscious?

“Oh. Um, Akifusa? There’s something you should know.”

***

The Princess had told all of them about Akifusa’s transformation, and they’d all agreed not to say or do anything to humiliate the poor guy… or maybe girl any further. After all, it was thanks to Akifusa that all of them were still alive; even Kuso knew this, beneath his arrogant sneers. And his current predicament sounded unsettling, they could all agree on that much. (Gentoka didn’t see any reason for embarrassment, and Furutsugu’s first reaction was that it sounded kinky, but they both admitted— eventually— that it would take some adjustment.) They could resist the urge to tease him for a day or two.

But none of them had been prepared for the uncomfortable possibility that female Akifusa would be hot.

Of all the guys, in fact, Akifusa had seemed the least likely to provoke that particular problem if subjected to a sex swap. Not that this was something they (except Furutsugu, who had a very active imagination and no sense of shame) thought about often, of course. (Highest on Furutsugu’s list were Kodonomae, Kuso, and himself— he didn’t believe in false modesty. Gentoka and Tomonori would still be attractive, but more cute than sexually appealing, though he’d be intrigued to hear the Princess’s thoughts on the latter. The only person he’d ranked lower than Akifusa was the Princess, and he was willing to admit that was probably influenced by his personal bias toward women.)

But when the Princess appeared in the doorway with a blushing brunette at her side, shifting from foot to foot and avoiding everyone’s eyes, the whole room sucked in a breath.

Akifusa’s profile was a bit softer now— chin a bit smaller, cheekbones less square— but mostly the same as it had always been. Choppy layers of straight dark hair tumbled to his waist, restrained from his eyes by only a simple red ribbon. Although he lacked the Princess’s more delicate beauty, all of the men had to admit to themselves, after the initial mental adjustment, that the end result certainly wasn’t repulsive. Anyone seeing Akifusa for the first time would have never guessed he hadn’t always been… well, a girl. (No one was quite sure on this point; none of them knew much about the powers of shadowy tentacle demons, making it hard to gauge the specifics of Akifusa’s transformation while he— or she?— had been unconscious.)

But the face wasn’t the part of Akifusa they had trouble dealing with. It was everything below the face that was the issue.

***

Akifusa’s cheeks blazed as he took a seat in his usual place, feeling his cumbersome breasts jiggle in the process; what was worse, the movement immediately drew all of the guys’ eyes, even though they all hastily looked away a second later. “Stop staring!” he snapped in that frustratingly high-pitched voice that had replaced his own. “Perverts!”

“Calm down, Aki,” the Princess said gently, sitting beside him. “They’re just not used to seeing you like this. Give it a few days.” There was a noticeable gap on her left; her husband must have been working late. That was too bad. Other than the Princess, Tomonori was probably the one person Aki could trust not to drool over his new figure.

He lowered his voice so the others wouldn’t hear. “But what if they don’t stop after a few days?”

“Then we’ll deal with it from there. But for now, could you try to give them the benefit of the doubt? They’ve been worried about you as well, in their various ways. …And high levels of stress aren’t healthy, especially when your body’s still recovering.”

“…Fine.” Akifusa bit his lip, shifting position. With every slight motion he made, he was reminded that the body he occupied was female, and judging by the expressions of everyone else in the room, they were equally aware of this fact.

“For what it’s worth, I think it’s an improvement,” Furutsugu said, flashing Akifusa a flirtatious smile uncomfortably like the ones he usually saved for the Princess. Akifusa shot him a death glare.

Kodonomae cleared his throat. “Good to see you’re alive.” He raised a hand as if to slap Akifusa on the back but stopped halfway there, an odd look crossing his face. His massive palm hung in the air for an awkward moment before falling aside.

“Uh. Thanks.” At least he was trying. Still, did he have to act so weird about the whole thing? True, Akifusa was smaller now (it felt strange being shorter than the Princess, even though it was only by an inch or two), and his body was softer in a few places and slimmer in others, but it wasn’t like a single back slap would kill him.

“Kuso,” the Princess said, sitting up straighter as if anxious to change the subject, “were you able to learn anything from your trip to the spirit world?”

There was a long silence. Akifusa’s eyes wandered to Kuso and found the Crow purposefully averting his gaze, his cheeks vermillion.

“Nothing of value,” he muttered eventually, crossing his arms. “There were several accounts of similar transformations, but none this… noticeable, and all of the recorded instances wore off after one to five days. For further information, I’ll need to examine the b—” He broke off, face coloring even more violently; Akifusa gritted his teeth. He’d hated it when Kuso insisted on calling him “boy” in the past, but the god’s inability to say the word now felt like even more of a slight.

Gentoka, who’d been silently eating until now, spoke up. “I tried becoming a woman once, a long time ago.”

All of them stared at him.

He shrugged, reaching for another piece of fish with his chopsticks. “I thought if Aterui had a child to look after, it would give him something to live for besides vengeance. It didn’t work, though.”

Kodonomae recovered first. “The transformation, or…” 

“No, that part was easy, but he didn’t want to mate with me in the new body, so I changed back. …This salmon is quite tasty. We should have it more often.”

Furutsugu smothered a laugh. More uncomfortable silence ensued.

“So… if it’s so easy, can you change me back?” Akifusa asked hopefully, but the fox god shook his head.

“I only know how to change my own form. I thought that was obvious.”

“Then why’d you bring it up in the first place?!”

Gentoka frowned, golden eye fixing on him with complete innocence. “I was just making conversation. Not everything is about you.”

With a scowl, Akifusa lowered his gaze. “I know that,” he muttered, ears growing hot.

“Do you want me to say something about you?”

“No, that’s—”

“It’s impressive you can stand with breasts that large, especially with your current height. I only made mine about a third that size when I tried. Your back must be killing you.”

Beside him, Akifusa saw the Princess wince, but he was already surging to his feet, blood boiling, ignoring the stab of agony in his ribcage. “I’ve had enough! You’re all acting like I’m a different person, just because— just because I grew these stupid breasts that I never even wanted in the first place! There’s more to me than just my body, so… so stop panting and knock it off already!”

He glowered at each of them in turn, eyes watering as he clutched his bandaged ribs, but no one seemed able to meet his gaze. Cowards.

And then a quiet, familiar voice ruptured the silence. “For once, Akifusa, I completely agree: they’re idiots, and you’re clearly the same reckless fool you’ve always been. Now sit back down before you break any more bones. Shiki worked very hard to heal you.”

Relief crashed over him as he turned toward the doorway. “Tomo—!”

Blood-red eyes met his own, and his breath shattered inside of him.

No. Oh no. He was dying.

He was dying, and that was why Tomonori’s features stood out to him in such luscious detail: the lurid crimson of his hair and eyes, the smooth curve of his cheek, those… those soft pouty lips. Akifusa’s mind was clinging to this precious image, knowing it would be his last; he was beginning to feel feverish, heart pounding a million miles a minute.

“Is everything all right, Akifusa?”

“Y-yes, Princess.” He hastily turned away and sat again. No need to worry her on his behalf. After all, as long as she stayed alive, he had a duty to protect her; Akifusa refused to let himself die yet.

“Akifusa.” Tomonori’s soft voice caught his attention again as he took a seat beside his wife. A small, sincere smile darted over his lips, eyes clinging to Akifusa’s for just a beat longer than necessary. “Thank you for saving Shiki. I’m glad you survived.”

Crap. His fever was coming back. *** Hope you enjoyed. There’s a lot more written; I’m not sure yet how much of it to share on here. It’s hard when I have no idea how many people are reading this to begin with. Thanks for reading, though. :)

[trickster-kat]

Scarlet Fate - Kodonomae CGs 2

[waifuoftomonori]

This is how modern-AU Akifusa would type online (sometimes with caps lock as well), and I will not be convinced otherwise <3

love using (!) excessively, like yes!!! i am so very excited!!!! right now!!!!! i love you!!!!!!

[honeybeewhereartthee]

Pink KKOMAS 178

Spoiler for my stories

-In kkomas-

Bee is currently asking grey how to make a credit card to give someone ask grey seems to know how to handle the money from twist.

Grey: [ here you go. You can give this to your beloved.]

Grey give bee a card thats connected to the bank account. Sometimes he wonder why other au is too fund of money or material currency. Money can never do anything but waste space anyway.

Bee: thank you... But is it ok to really use blood money?

Grey pats bee head and smile: [don't he give it all to you? Beside those will not be use and left to mountain. Go have fun with it. That person would want that too.]

Bee sometimes wonder why grey is so nice to him: thank you...

His quite embarrassed but date with MC!! He is determined to look for mc to give this card to them. As he thought of that, suddenly a system screen appear before him as his a VIP.

The scene of sheep in front of confrontation of a scarlet Mika shows.

Sheep: hello! Welcome to the surprise Livestream. For this love stream, sheep shall fight this intruder. Please donate money to help out the world. 😊🫶

The so called sheep even have time to open Livestream to get money. Bee thought as grey look at the screen with him. Grey is quite surprised by the system screen but seeing a fight seems quite interesting to watch.

so bee who don't really want to watch the fight is force to do so cause grey is looking forward for the show.

Sheep who dodge the attack of Scarlet Mika ( Riku ) give a peace sign to the camera: hey chat how long do you guys think I should make this fight last? 😋 Please donate money. 🫶

Grey seems to be in a deep thoughts: [ how do we donate money? ]

Bee who look at grey who been a victim of that scummer sheep, sigh: I can donate for you since I'm a VIP member.

Grey: [ how do you become a VIP? This show seems quite interesting if they are fighting. I'm quite interesting how other world do their battle.]

Bee wonder why a Niki shiina is interested in fighting sceen to begin with.

Grey: [ It's quite a sight to see a lamb battle. He look quite tender =P.]

Bee who realize why grey is into this now is silent and bamboozled: you need to be someone who can change an au fate or something.

It's not like that's not normal, that's very HC of all Niki anyway. Beside grey really not escaping the allegations of being cannibal. But then again, knowing the world setting of twist. That's probably the most normal out thing there to begin with.

Grey:.... P̴̣̈́e̸͍͒o̵͓̔p̶͉̋l̷͕̓ë̶̢́ ̵͉̽w̵̙̓ḥ̵̾o̸͚͊ ̶̨̎c̷̲͝ą̴̀n̵̻̿ ̴̗͂ç̴̊h̶̬̓ạ̵̃n̴̳̐ǵ̴̘ẹ̵͝ ̸͓̋ẗ̶̮́ȟ̸̭ȇ̷̮ ̶̝̔f̵̜̾a̸̘͑t̴̝̎e̶̝̕ ̵̙̐õ̷͓f̴̰̔ ̷̞͋a̸͎̓ ̵̫̚u̴̺̅n̴̫͒i̶̟͗v̴̨́e̶͕͊ŕ̴̫ŝ̶̠è̴̦.̶̯͛.̴͕̊.̵̲͊.̷͑ͅ ̶̼̓J̵͈̐ŭ̵̝s̸̭̓t̴̘̉ ̵̧͝w̷̼̋h̶͎̀a̷̛͉t̷͎̑ ̴̙̅k̴̙͆i̴̦̅n̵͇͝d̸̎ͅ ̸̯́ọ̵̓f̵̘͘ ̷̦̂p̴͎͛l̴͎͛ą̴̓n̶̙̒ ̸̫͝d̴̯̋ǒ̶̝e̶̟̓s̶̢̕ ̷͓͝t̷̻͒ḧ̴̢́i̶͕̓s̴̅͜ ̶̭̍w̸͈̍o̶̦͗r̵̬̈́l̷̻̚d̸̜͝ ��̥̊t̸͇͝r̸̻̀y̶̱̕ì̷̯n̸̤̓g̸̪͆ ̶̺͊t̶͎̎ȯ̶̥ ̶̱̇d̷͙̈ő̶̞ ̷̯́t̶̢͒o̶̠̓ ̸̗̈́s̴̼̕e̶̥̿ė̶͍ ̶͉́t̷̙̀ḩ̸͂ǫ̴̏s̷͔̏e̵͎͌ ̷̙͠w̴̭͑h̴̙͑o̷̦͐ ̴̻̀c̶̺̾à̶͚ṋ̵̍.̸̡́.̵̳̆.̷͈͑ ̴̯̌?

Somehow that look of grey eyes seems to be quite scary for a moment. Bee wonder what going on his mind right now. He can even barely understand what grey just spoke just now.

Grey seems to snap from that craze look just now and went to writing his speech instead again: [ then please help me donate then.]

Sometime. Bee really think the real mystery of this au is not blood but this so called grey. But then again that's not his business.

Bee: ok. How much do you want to donate.

Grey told him how much and the two continue to watch the Livestream.

[cyens]

GREETINGS, TRAVELER!

HELLO!! i'm jaimee and i make icons!! but i'm willing to try out making layouts, reply icons, and sometimes try to make more complex stuff, and i'm taking requests!

WHITELIST ; genshin impact, honkai star rail, omori, honkai impact 3rd, obey me! shall we date?, project sekai, ensemble stars, fire emblem (three houses, heroes, and fates), and pokémon (sun and shield, arceus, black and white (including 2), scarlet and violet, and masters ex), basically any isekai manhwa.

DNI ; basic dni criteria, transmasc lesbians, transfem gays, fujoshis, andrew tate fans and defenders.

[waifuoftomonori]

Probably confused trying to figure out the mechanics of operating two people at once. On the bright side, I get to make them kiss and stuff like I normally do in my fanfics anyway. Downside, I now have to run a village with only Akifusa and some weirdos who are all obsessed with one-half of me to help me. And we’re in 11th-century Japan, which is a fun setting to write about but I wouldn’t want to live there. If we ever swapped back, my life would probably be a lot more productive (Tomo and Shiki would work out a system for sharing / swapping control pretty quickly), but the combined weight of their trauma would make people even more worried about me. (Being crammed into one body the day before they were supposed to get married probably wouldn’t help much on that front, either.) They’d get access to modern meds and therapy during their time in my body, though, so good for them.

idc if it's not a person. if your icon is a sunrise, you're a sunrise now.

poll about swapping with prev's icon here

[zoradementio]

Hey, anyone out there who wants to start a riot directed towards NTT Solmare for them to bring back the games they deleted an let fall into the nothingness to die in obscurity!?

[waifuoftomonori]

What I spent an embarrassing portion of my day doing

More image-less Scarlet Fate character alignment charts for your perusal. <3 Tomorrow I should probably get back to, y’know, actually writing. Look, my dog was sick and I wanted something lighthearted to take my mind off of things.

[waifuoftomonori]

Tomonori with his arm wrapped around Shiki’s shoulders at the end of his route if you get the Good Ending, the evening before their wedding. Both of them have content smiles on their faces, and Shiki has her hands clasped to her heart like she’s all snug and secure in his embrace, and it’s just aaaa so cute I can’t stand it <3 (I have since expanded the scope of my fanfiction / headcanon to include Akifusa in this relationship as well, but there’s only two CGs that also include him and neither one will fit neatly in a square box.)

hello I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. The anonymity of tumblr means that I associate my idea/image of you with your icon and sometimes I look at people’s icons and I’m like ‘hmmm….what is that and why?’ 

so pls reblog this and comment in the tags the meaning behind your icon and why you chose it. this is a social experiment. do it for science pls.

[trickster-kat]

Scarlet Fate - Kodonomae CGs 1

[otome-out-of-context]

[kurokosworth]

Chou no Doku English Release...

Anyway.. friendly psa to any mobile otome gamers out there that Abracadabra’s pricing for Chou no Doku is extremely exploitative and no one should charge that much for a buggy game with no voices.  ┌（┌ ^o^）┐

Check out this tweet to see the amazing bundled price 🙄

[waifuoftomonori]

Whenever there’s a stupid idea, Akifusa is almost always behind it. I love the man, but he is dumb as bricks. <3 Usually Tomonori discourages him and points out all the ways in which this idea is stupid, but that just fires him up and makes him more stubborn, so I guess one could argue this is encouragement, in the weird semi-adversarial relationship they sometimes have. (More than half the time, Tomonori is objecting out of concern for Akifusa and Shiki’s own health.) And Shiki’s normally the one to “fund” them, if they even require funding. Sometimes they don’t.

three types of characters in an ot3

[otomechuchu]

Hi!! Apologies, I don’t know if your inbox is full of these types of asks or not, but I was curious about something. I haven’t been a regular player of SWD apps for awhile so I’m unsure. It’s understandable that any apps that might need an internet connection would be unaccessible. But if you’ve bought routes in the paid apps, can you still play those as long as they’re installed on your phone?? It’s upsetting to hear that the only english translation of Toki no Kizuna and HNK4 are going away.

Hello.

It has nothing to do with internet connection. When an app is shut down, it’s gone forever. If it’s removed from the store, it can still be played but not re-downloaded. 

All the SWD games will be shut down, except those 6 games I mentioned. Those 6 will however be shut down on iOS and you can transfer them to Dear Otome. These 6 apps will be fine for Android and Facebook, no need to worry. Only iOS who needs to transfer their accounts (or start all over again if they want to).

So sadly, any purchased stories from the paid apps will be gone forever. We can hope they add them to Story Jar one day. 

Remember the dates: end of Feb is gone from the app store but can be played. End of March is shutting down and can’t be played.

I too am really sad to see Scarlet Fate (HNK4) disappear soon… I really love that game.