#sometimes you gotta take a hammer and FIX the canon you know?

[inkblackorchid]

Have you ever thought about moments (whether in canon or in your own scenarios) where Aki could possibly call on the full Mark of the Dragon? Out of the signers, only Aki and Luca iirc are the only ones seen without manifesting the insignia on their backs.

Anon I have thought about this so often it’s not even funny. I have, on several occasions, sat in rooms by myself, seemingly staring at nothing while my mind was going at 200 km/h trying to figure out a scenario where this could happen to Aki. As it turns out, though, canon is… kinda in the way when it comes to that. Bear with me, this answer might get more long-winded than intended, but here’s the thing(s):

I had to go back and check myself just to be sure, but in canon, only four people have managed to unify the signer marks in special situations: Yusei, Jack, Rua, and, surprisingly, Rex Goodwin. And Yusei is the only one who managed it not one, but several times. (Among those times: his second duel against Kiryu, his first duel against Placido, the BBT duel against Paradox, and his final duel against Z-ONE. Meanwhile, Jack only did it in his duel against dark signer Carly and maybe also in the duel against Red Nova, I don’t remember that exactly, Rua did it when he almost died against Aporia, and Goodwin did it for no apparent reason during his stint as the final antagonist of the DS arc.) Meaning that Crow, Ruka, and Aki never even got their chance. As to why they didn’t, frankly (at least in my opinion, mind, I’m not the central authority on canon), I think it’s because the antagonists bringing about the situations where the mark is unified (not counting Goodwin’s nonsense) were all tailored to the people defeating them. Kiryu, Placido, and Z-ONE were super personal fights for Yusei. Carly was arguably THE single most personal duel for Jack in the entire show. And Aporia, the personification of despair, facing off against little Rua, who refused to give up hope until his (nearly) last breath? Yeah, also personal.

And the thing is, Crow, Ruka, and Aki don’t really… have anyone like that. Arguably, their respective dark signer duels would have still fit the bill the best, since the dark signers were very personal antagonists by default (a reason why I adore them). At the same time, I can see why the writers didn’t do that, because if every signer had had a unified-mark-Majestic-Dragon moment during a dark signer duel, it would have quickly felt gimmicky instead of earned.

Which brings me back to your question—a moment where Aki could possibly unify the signer marks would have to feel earned, and thus, it would have to put her up against an antagonist who’s a fairly big obstacle, for one, and who’s ideally a personal fight for her, too. As you may realise, canon doesn’t exactly give her that. All the major antagonists, especially during the WRGP arc, aren’t personal fights for her, more vague threats against the whole world. None of them are written to juxtapose or foil her, and she isn’t written to juxtapose or foil any of them. (You could argue that Sherry is somewhat personal, but with her flip-flopping allegiances, she honestly doesn’t count as enough of an antagonist for this for me.) The only antagonists who come even close to being appropriate fights for a scenario where Aki could get her hypothetical Majestic Rose Dragon (or other upgrade) moment are Misty, who isn’t treated as big enough of a threat for the reasons stated above, and Divine, who exits the stage after his last hurrah in the Misty duel with absolutely no fanfare whatsoever. Which means that as far as canon is concerned, Aki has no proper opponent available who could make a moment like that happen. As such, I feel that if one wanted to give Aki a nice, well-earned moment where she gets to unify the signer marks (and god, do I want to give her that moment), there are only two ways it could go: 1. Dust off Divine and make him a proper threat somehow (which is risky because he was previously already removed from the narrative and might thus come off as repetitive), or 2. Make up an antagonist who’s not tailored to Yusei or Jack for once, but to Aki (which is also risky because it requires good setup in order to make the payoff moment feel earned).

So yes, anon, I have thought about it, haha. Often enough that it drives me a little insane. Unfortunately, canon is extremely unhelpful where this scenario is concerned. Which is not to say that I am not scheming to find a way to make such a moment happen anyway, at least in my adjusted version of canon.

[dreamcrow]

🎤 and or 💡 please! ♡(´⌣`ʃƪ)

💡what inspires your fic ideas?

limitless gay yearning, mostly! but also (as you well know) sometimes... sometimes. u just gotta rescue that character from canon. be grateful for what gave them to u! but also.

[final pam voice] take a hammer... and fix the baby (ง •̀_•́)ง

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"i—i'd like to kiss you, if that's alright" / "a bridge of green light; like a dream, like magic" / "some weaknesses, dear heart, even you can't burn out"

[tigerkirby215]

5e Jinx the Loose Cannon build (League of Legends)

(Artwork by Riot Games)

Wanna join me? Come and play! But I might shoot you in your face! Bombs and bullets will do the trick; what we need here is a little bit of panic!

Would be unfair of me not to do a Jinx build after a Vi build, and would be unfair of me not to do a Jinx build in general. One of the most popular characters in League of Legends almost entirely because of her music video, Jinx is 7 brands of crazy and the perfect character when you want to get excited and blow stuff up!

GOALS

Come on; shoot faster! - We’ll need just a little bit of energy with quick movement and boosts of excitement when we get kills.

Let’s try something fun right now - We’ll need some tricks up our sleeves to keep alive and keep the enemies dead. Some people would call it anarchy.

Let’s blow this city to ashes - And see what Pow-Pow thinks when we shoot stuff before blowing it up!

RACE

Technically Jinx is a human, but no one really knows for sure and with skin that pale I’d probably say you’re some sort of Half Elf. In particular while it doesn’t make too much sense a Wood Half-Elf can run faster with Fleet of Foot for an extra 5 feet of movement speed. You also increase your Charisma by 2 and two other abilities by 1: choose Dexterity and Wisdom.

As a Half-Elf you get Darkvision up to 60 feet, and your Fey Ancestry gives you advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep, cause you can’t make crazy go to sleep! Oh and you get a language; bleh boooring! Just pick whatever.

ABILITY SCORES

15; DEXTERITY - Jinx’s a walking Looney Tunes character, squashing and stretching and bouncing around like a maniac. Because you are a maniac.

14; CHARISMA - You won the hearts of pretty much every League of Legends player with your unique brand of crazy.

13; WISDOM - More in flavor to dump this, but we need Wisdom for our class features.

12; CONSTITUTION - You’re an ADC but I’m not about to dump CON.

10; STRENGTH - Jinx can take a lot of hits and come out fine, and lifting up Fishbones takes a lot of strength.

8; INTELLIGENCE - You’re completely bonkers. Technically a genius (and if your DM’s cool enough to let you swap your Intelligence and Wisdom that would make more sense for RP) but something’s gotta show that you’re insane.

BACKGROUND

Hey let’s get even crazier: you know Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica? How about we grab a background from there?! The Rakdos Cultist background is perfect for a crazy anarchy clown! You get proficiency in Acrobatics and Performance to dance in the mayhem, a musical instrument of your choice (Drums go boom, so pick those!), and a language choice between Abyssal or Giant; go for Abyssal cause why wouldn’t you speak like a demon?

As a Rakdos Cultist you have a Fearsome Reputation: people are too scared of you to stop you from making minor criminal offenses like refusing to pay for food or breaking down a door at a local shop. Well, as long as fat hands doesn’t see you.

NOTE: Rakdos Cultists do get additional spells from their background, but it’s a very Ravnica-specific thing and I know a lot of DMs would be against it. If they allow you to take the spells go ahead but I’ve elected to ignore them in this build.

(Artwork by Riot Games)

THE BUILD

LEVEL 1 - MONK 1

Starting off as a Monk because I’m crazy! But it’s mostly for their skill and saving throw proficiencies. You get proficiency in two skills from the Monk list as well as an Artisan’s Tool: choose Athletics, Insight (because why not? But we might swap it later depending on your DM), and Tinkerer’s Tools to work on Mr. Sparkles.

As a Monk you get Unarmored Defense equal to 10 + your Dexterity and your Wisdom score, because one thing you certainly aren’t wearing is armor. You also get Martial Arts which lets you do some crazy stunts:

You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for the attack and damage rolls of your unarmed strikes and Monk weapons, which is good cause you don’t have much Strength.

You can roll a d4 for your unarmed strike or Monk weapon, which increases as you level up.

When you Attack with an unarmed strike or Monk weapon you can make one unarmed strike as a bonus action.

No guns yet, but that’ll be fixed by...

LEVEL 2 - WARLOCK 1

Jinx is known as the Demon of Piltover, so a Fiendish pact would be perfect for some mayhem! As a Fiend Warlock you can Get Excited with Dark One’s Blessing, letting you gain Temporary Hitpoints equal to your Charisma modifier plus your Warlock level whenever you slay an enemy.

You also get Pact Magic: you can take two Warlock cantrips and of course we’ll be grabbing a shock pistol with Eldritch Blast. You can also trick the sheriff with Minor Illusion. Make some fake booms spray some walls; distract them while the real fun begins!

For your spells of choice Hex will let you shoot the enemy just a little harder, and Arms of Hadar will serve as some Flame Chompers to help you get away from the cops.

Also if your DM’s okay with the Class Feature Variants UA I’d suggest swapping out your Insight proficiency with Intimidation for some proper anarchy!

LEVEL 3 - MONK 2

Now that we’ve got something to defend ourselves how about we grab a machine gun? But firstly Monks get Ki points to help get excited! You can spend Ki points on Flurry of Blows to punch twice instead of once with your Bonus Action (which your probably won’t do much but oh well!), Patient Defense to dodge a big metal fist flying at you with your Bonus Action, or Step of the Wind to Dash or Disengage with your Bonus Action and also jump twice as far! Step of the Wind is by far the most in-character choice to take. After all they’ll have to try a little harder to catch you!

Speaking of being hard to catch you also get 10 feet of Unarmored Movement. On top of Wood Elf movement you can run 45 feet in a turn!

LEVEL 4 - MONK 3

Pow-Pow, I missed ya! Way of the Sun Soul Monks are perfect for blowing up the sun. You get a proper ranged attack with Radiant Sun Bolt: instead of punching you can shoot some sun bullets, which will do your Martial Arts die in Radiant damage. They have a range of 30 feet, and you can shoot one out as a Bonus Action or spend a Ki point to shoot twice with your Bonus Action.

Third level Monks can also Deflect Missiles. If you’re shot by a weapon you can use your reaction to brace yourself for a d10 plus your Dexterity modifier and your Monk level. If you reduce the damage to 0 you can “grab” the shot and shoot them back with a Zap, spending a Ki point to throw the shot back as a Monk weapon with a normal range of 20 feet and a long range of 60.

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LEVEL 5 - WARLOCK 2

Second level Warlocks can Zap their foes with Eldritch Invocations: Lance of Lethargy will properly slow down enemies hit by a zap, but I’d hold onto your other invocation for now. Likewise hold out on picking a spell as well for now.

LEVEL 6 - WARLOCK 3

The cool thing about being a champion as popular as Jinx is that just about anything is canonical. Want more tools as a PROJECT? Take Pact of the Tome. Star Guardian? Pact of the Chain! But the most in-character choice would be Pact of the Blade for more guns! You can summon swords and hammers, and with the Improved Pact Weapon Invocation they can be guns! (Well a shortbow, longbow, light crossbow, or heavy crossbow at least.)

If you’re going for Pact of the Tome take Book of Ancient Secrets instead. If you’re going for Pact of the Chain take Voice of the Chain Master instead. Honestly there’s practically no reason for you to take Pact of the Blade, but it is the most in-flavor.

You can also take second level spells now: Shatter will let you make a boom on your enemies or a wall, and Scorching Ray from the Fiend list will let you shoot out some red-buffed bullets! Kerchow, boom, kablamo!

LEVEL 7 - WARLOCK 4

4th level Warlocks get an Ability Score Improvement: seeing as Eldritch Blast seems to be our main source of damage at the moment increase your Charisma for more accurate Zaps.

You also get another cantrip like Prestidigitation for some fireworks, and another spell like Hold Person to keep them in place with some chompies!

LEVEL 8 - WARLOCK 5

5th level Warlocks get access to SUPER MEGA DEATH ROCKETS! Or rather third level spells like Fireball! And I mean, I don’t need to explain this: it’s Fireball! It’s a big explosion! Blow stuff up!

You also get another Invocation at this level and honestly there isn’t much that’s in-flavor. Pick whatever you think is good (Agonizing Blast is always a good pick) and roll with it. Can’t tell you everything: gotta make up your own plan sometimes!

(Artwork by Riot Games)

LEVEL 9 - MONK 4

These builds always get weird, where we get our ult before our abilities. Regardless fourth level Monks get an Ability Score Increase for more Dexterity now since we’re working on Pow-Pow.

You also get Slow Fall to pull out some balloons as a reaction to reduce fall damage up to 5 times your Monk level.

LEVEL 10 - MONK 5

5th level Monks get Rev’d Up with an Extra Attack, equaling three in a punch punch bonus punch combo or four if you use Flurry of Blows. And speaking of Extra Attacks your Martial Arts Die increase to a d6 for even deadlier bullets!

You can also hold an enemy in place with some chompers with Stunning Strike: when you hit an enemy with a MELEE attack (so not your sun balls!) you can force them to make a Constitution save against your Monk DC (which is currently really low) or be stunned until the end of your next turn. Distract them and run back to shoot them up!

LEVEL 11 - MONK 6

6th level Sun Soul Monks get Searing Arc Strike, letting them cast Burning Hands using 2 Ki points and upcast it by spending additional Ki points. Considering that your Monk DC is awful I’d highly suggest against using this ability.

But hey at least your fists are magical now thanks to Ki-Empowered Strikes; not like you were shooting them with 6 different types of magic already... Oh and your Unarmored Movement increases by 5 feet, to a max of 50 now!

LEVEL 12 - MONK 7

7th level Monks get Evasion: when they have to make a DEX save they take no damage on a successful save or half as much on a fail. Jinx rides giant rockets until they explode and gets out without a scratch; you think that’s natural?

You also get Stillness of Mind, or the way I see it: a mind too crazy to keep still! You can use your action to let the crazy take over any effect of Charming or Frightening, so you can go back to shooting!

LEVEL 13 - WARLOCK 6

May as well hop back to Warlock so we can finally grab Dark One’s Own Luck. Once per Short Rest you can add a d10 to an Ability Check or Saving Throw you make; you can do so after you see the initial roll but before you know the outcome. Jinx knows her way around mayhem; what most think is luck is just a bit of natural skill, ‘tis all!

For your final batch of chompers grab Hypnotic Pattern for a whole line of the things to distract your foes! Who’s a good hunka junk?

(Artwork by Riot Games)

LEVEL 14 - MONK 8

8th level Monks get another Ability Score Improvement and since we’re focusing on Pow-Pow now you should max out your Dexterity for deadlier bullets and more AC to, ya know, not die?

LEVEL 15 - MONK 9

At 9th level Monks gain the ability to move along vertical surfaces and across liquids without falling thanks to Unarmored Movement Improvement. Physics? That’s boring!

LEVEL 16 - MONK 10

At 10th level Monks get Purity of Body, making them immune to poison and disease. I’d chock it up to the fumes from Zaun. They also run 5 feet faster with Unarmored Movement, adding up to 20 extra feet for 55 feet total!

LEVEL 17 - MONK 11

11th level Sun Soul Monks can finally start using Fishbones! Searing Sunburst lets you shoot a rocket at a point within 150 feet; everyone in a 20-foot-radius sphere must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or take 2d6 radiant damage, but they don’t need to make the save if they’re behind full cover that isn’t see through.

You can also increase Fishbones’ damage by spending Ki points, gaining 2d6 damage per point to a maximum of 3 Ki points spent. (So 6d6 extra damage, or 8d6 total!) So yeah if you wanted you could totally shoot a Fireball’s worth of damage out over and over again, but you’d probably be better sticking to the actual Fireball spell for that.

Oh and your Martial Arts damage increases to a d8, meaning that Pow-Pow is doing the damage of a Light Crossbow now. It’s a Light Crossbow that shoots light! Ha!

LEVEL 18 - MONK 12

12th level Monks get another Ability Score Improvement: if you want more big booms increase your Charisma for a tougher Warlock DC. But if you want more little booms Wisdom will make your Searing Sunburst harder to avoid and give you more AC. I personally opted for Wisdom.

LEVEL 19

There are two directions you can choose for your last two levels in this build. The first option is to take the last two levels in Monk for Tongue of the Sun and Moon (which is meh) and Diamond Soul (which is amazing), or you can opt for 2 more levels in Warlock for more Invocations, higher level spell slots, and another Ability Score Improvement. I personally opted for Warlock in this build but feel free to adapt it how you want. Or don’t cause I know most groups don’t get to level 20 anyways.

WARLOCK 7

7th level Warlocks get more Invocations like I just said, and you’re more than welcome to cause some anarchy with Dreadful Word for the Confusion spell. Is it a bit too late to be getting 4th level spells that you can only use once a day? Yeah probably!

Oh and feel free to replace that one mystery invocation from 5th level with Bewitching Whispers. It’s technically more in-flavor!

You also get access to 4th level spells, and the Fiend list has Wall of Fire for a big row of huge flaming chompers!

LEVEL 20 - WARLOCK 8

And our capstone is the 8th level of Warlock for our final Ability Score Improvement. Much like I said 2 levels ago: Charisma for big booms, Wisdom for little booms.

And for your final spell; how about a little shock-and-awe? Sickening Radiance is like a 30-foot boom, but anyone who walks in the blast crater or starts their turn there must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or take 4d10 radiant damage. They also suffer one level of exhaustion, and emit green light in a 5-foot radius so they can’t go invisible. The light and any levels of exhaustion caused by this spell go away when the spell ends. It’s a real slow cooker; kinda boring, but reeeeal deadly!

FINAL BUILD

PROS

Do you ever wanna catch me? - With 55 feet of movement, somewhere around 18 AC (between 17 and 19 depending on how you build), Evasion, temp HP whenever you kill an enemy, a 30 foot range with your Radiant Sun Bolts, and some really long-ranged hits with Eldritch Blast and Searing Sunburst you can make sure you never feel ignored.

I'm really getting bored! - Almost all your abilities come back on a short rest, the only exception being a one-time use of the Confusion spell. That means you can use all your abilities and take a quick break before getting back into the fight!

Smile! It’s called gun play! - There’s also the fact that you do, just, a lot of damage. 3d8 + 15 Radiant damage with Radiant Sun Bolt (4d8 + 20 if you do Flurry of Blows), 4d10 Force damage with Eldritch Blast (plus an additional 16 if you took Agonizing Blast), and some massive bursts of AoE damage with Shatter, Arms of Hadar, Wall of Fire, and of course good ol’ Fireball.

CONS

No need to be scared... or alive - You’ve got an ADC’s lifebar, which is to say... not big. At best you’ll go a little over 100, which is still more than enough for you to be whacked a few times before being executed by Power Word Kill. 

All part of the plan I just made up - You’ve got three really good stats... and three really bad ones. Your DEX, WIS, and CHA are high but your Strength, Constitution, and notably Intelligence leave a lot to be desired. Your Strength is negated somewhat by proficiency in Strength saves and Athletics but plenty of things can hit you hard in the Constitution or Intelligence.

I'm MAD! Got a doctor's note - The same eternal problem remains when you mix classes like this: you have 3 primary stats so you’re going to have to dump something unless you rolled lucky during character creation. Your best bet is to get an 18 in both WIS and CHA, or a 20 in one of those stats and a 16 in the other. And regardless of what you do you’re going to want to grab an Amulet of Health to fix that awful Constitution score.

But who cares if you’re crazy; as long as it works! You’re packing a small armory with you and know how to use all of it at once. Kick down some doors, shoot the place up, all while singing a kick-ass theme song! Just don’t get too crazy, or the party Paladins might have a vendetta against you.

(Artwork by Riot Games)

[evrthefanatic]

soulmark part 1 | Elijah Mikaelson x OC

Pairings: Tyler x OC, Matt x Elena

Warnings: Canon Typical Violence

Word Count: 3,873

Read on AO3, FF.net, Qoutev, Wattpad

A/N: Hello there! If there’s anyone there! So I made a fic and I’ve been consistently updating it so far, I thought I’d share it here! I hope you guys like it! 

Ever since she could remember, the strange lettering was engraved into her wrist, pale enough for no one to notice, but rough enough in the edges to be traced. It wasn't until the tragic accident of their parents did Alyssandra begin to uncover the secrets behind the runes.

What would happen in the show if two human doppelgangers were running around?

PROLOGUE | Drowning

It was dark out. Cassie's 'Me & U' blared out loud from Tyler's stereo. From where she stood, Aly saw some of her friends motionless on the grass, either too drunk or fast asleep. Aly glanced to her side. "How's this for a party?" Tyler smirked.

"Pretty good," she answered. The lake offered them a cool breeze, and it carried along with the chatter from the other party-goers. "Pretty tame," she added in afterthought.

"Well that's for next week," he smirked, grabbing her by the waist. "For when we win the championship."

Aly giggled and playfully pushed him away. " If you win the championship." she teased.

"Come to my house this Sat then." he shrugged, "It'll be way more fun than this one. Maybe I can convince you how good of a player I am."

Aly snorted, rolling her eyes. "I can't." she tells him, "It's game night. Mom and Dad are coming home from this huge Medical Convention from Seattle,- and Dad's leaving again next week so I can't really miss it."

Tyler frowned. "How will we have some fun time then?" he whispered to her ear, kissing her there. Aly felt herself flush- her breathing instantly laboring as he nibbled and sucked.

"Next week?" she answered weakly. "They'll be gone anyway."

Ty kissed her, pulling her body flush against his and Alyssandra finds her hands going through his hair. He bit down her bottom lip and she gasped. "We can have some fun time now," he said suggestively.

Whatever reply Aly had in mind was disrupted as Caroline's voice filled the air. "Lockwood!" she whined, "stop manhandling my best friend in front of all of us!"

Aly flushed even more, but she smirked at the looks everyone else gave them. She pushed Tyler away, grinning upon seeing his clearly frustrated face. A chorus of laughter filled the campsite.

"I gotta go anyway." she gave him an apologetic smile, kissing him by the cheek. "I'll see you tomorrow."

Instantly as she got away, Caroline hooked her arm around hers, bursting into giggles. "Have you seen Elena?" Aly asked her.

Caroline ignored her question. "That was so hot. He looked like he was about to eat you. I wish I had a boyfriend like that."

"He's not my boyfriend." Aly denied, rolling her eyes. "Yet."

"Ugh." Caroline flipped her hair. "I just want to have sex. Hot and scandalous. Is he as good as they say he is? I want all the details."

Alyssandra couldn't help but laugh at her comment. "Pretty good," she answered, not at all intimidated by her comment. Caroline shot her a look. "Sometimes aggressive-" she adds, "Takes what he wants, kind of guy."

"Damn." Caroline wistfully sighed. "I want one."

"You'll get one," she reassured her. "Have you seen Elena? I haven't seen her since earlier"

"She's probably knocked out somewhere," Caroline muttered. "You know, with Prince Charming Matt."

Aly giggled at her comment.

"Bonnie already went home, by the way."

"I didn't see," she replied. "Wanna carpool home?"

"Fine by me." Caroline shrugged. "I guess it's just me tonight." she sighed once more. The two girls ceased their walk upon hearing a familiar sniffle and sob a little deeper within the woods. They gave each other identical looks of worry as they followed the sound. "Is that-?"

Elena's face formed immediately to a familiar pout upon seeing them. She threw herself between the two girls, instantly wrapping her arms into a hug. "I broke up with Matt!" she cried.

And that's how they spent the night at the Forbes residence.

Water. Endless water. She was drowning. Her lungs screamed at her, and she desperately clawed her throat. She couldn't breathe, every breath she took burned her. Her heart rattled against her chest. Each second feeling more like her last. Her arms reach out to her father, who struggled against the hold of the belt on of their car before her world faded into black.

But not for long.

She coughed out, crying in hysteria as soon as her eyes opened. Distinctly, she heard sirens fast approaching. Aly quickly sat up, head looking around like a lost dear, to her side she sees that she's just near Wickery Bridge and-

The sweet smell of pancakes and honey awoke her. She blearily opened her eyes, taking a sharp intake of breath. Her heart refused to calm down, and she couldn't help but trail her finger along the familiar mark on her left wrist, welcoming the comfort that usually came along with it. Aly distinctly looked around her surroundings, feeling slightly relieved upon seeing the familiar walls of Caroline's room. Outside, she hears some chatter and plates being moved.

Alyssandra grimaced upon seeing herself in the mirror. Her curly hair was a wreck, it's normal to loose curls had bunched up in her sleep. The signature headband she always wore had grazed her neck, leaving a mark. They must have gotten even more hammered last night, especially with the news of Elena and Matt breaking up. She sighed, choosing instead to tie her hair into a bun, not bothering to fix it until she had come home. By the time she had reached the kitchen, her dream had been long forgotten.

"Morning sleepyhead." Her twin sister, Elena, greeted her. The duo looked exactly alike- completely identical in features, looks, and height. Their differences lied on how they dressed and presented themselves. Aly was more preppy in style, and Elena was more laid back. The biggest difference was how they chose to style their hair, with Elena getting it straightened every other month and Alyssandra just letting it be.

"You look disgusting," Caroline stated. Aly grimaced, whole-heartedly agreeing with her. "Are you okay?" the blonde immediately followed up. "You kept trashing and muttering last night."

Aly blinked, taking the cup of coffee Elena offered her. "I had a bad dream." she shrugged. Caroline wiggled her eyebrows suggestively.

"The good kind of bad?"

"The wrong kind of bad." she corrected. Though, now that she thought of it, Aly could hardly remember the nightmare at all. Aly switched her attention to her sister, who still looked disheartened and depressed from the breakup. Which was odd, since SHE was the one who broke up with Matt. "How are you holding up?" she asked.

Elena gave her a small smile. "I'll hold," she answered. In truth, Aly knew that her sister was going to break up with the jock sometime soon. She knew exactly why. Elena had known Matt since they were children. Their relationship lacked the excitement, the thrill, often seen in newly formed couples. It was because they were never 'new' at all. If Aly was gonna be honest with herself, she would say the same about her and Tyler.

"Bonnie's asking if she should come over." Caroline's voice broke Aly's musings. "I told her we can meet up at your place later tonight."

"Sounds fine by me." Elena gave her another, albeit timid, smile.

Glancing at the time through her phone, Aly ate one big pancake before dragging her and Elena out. "We'll see you later Care!" she called out, fully intent on getting home and fixing herself up first before heading to school.

The news of the breakup had apparently shaken the whole campus. People sent Elena looks as they walked through the hallways, and her sister maneuvered their walk to make sure they avoided any jock-looking guy that might say the word 'Matt' as they passed. The odd looks were mostly ignored, bar the pouty look that Elena had permanently etched to her face. It seemed to be enough to ward off any advances, cheerleaders, or otherwise.

The two sisters soon separated as they got to their respective classes. Although both girls were intelligent and hard-working, both wanting to go to the same college together, it was Aly who took the extra mile to her studies and extra-curricular. Never wanting to have a dull moment in her schedule- she had signed up in multiple clubs and participated a lot in the Founding Families activities, even going as far as volunteering every now and then along with Caroline.

Her classes passed by smoothly, or as smooth as they can be. Once again she had aggravated her history teacher, Mr. Tanner, before remembering that the man can very well destroy all of her hopes and dreams with a single B. She had wisely shut up, thinking that AP History in her Juniors next semester would be worth the shame of being 'outsmarted' by the man. Someday, she idly sneered in her mind, he'd get his ass rightfully kicked.

In the cafeteria, she finally opened her phone that kept on buzzing in her pocket, and she couldn't help but laugh a little at Ty's rants about Matt and Elena- and how it was ruining his mood. She sent him a bunch of emojis in return- snickering at his attitude.

"Are we gonna hear another break up from you, too?" Bonnie asked as she sat beside her. Bonnie Bennett completed their little circle of friends. A beautiful black brunette who was fiercely loyal to her friends. Oftentimes it was Bonnie who'll get them out of trouble when it arose and she never failed to speak her mind when she wanted to.

"Ty and I are just friends," she said in sing-song.

"Can you like, explain to me how that works?" Caroline demanded, taking a seat as well. "I never pegged you as friends with benefits type."

Aly put her phone away. "It just happened." she said, "We didn't have a label and it-well- I guess it's gonna keep on happening?"

"You have a way with words." Elena mocked, taking a seat as well. She looked remarkably better than she did in the morning. "You should run to the hills. We've known Tyler our whole life and he's not exactly boyfriend material."

"Agreed." Bonnie sagely nodded, pointing her fork up and down. "You'll find better. You never know, you might find a handsome, daring, hot, and chiseled man just around a corner." Aly snorted, giving Bonnie a look.

"Oh you bet." she giggled. "Just not right now."

"I need a boyfriend," Caroline whined. "Maybe I shouldn't have broken it off with Dustin a couple of months ago."

"Gross," Elena complained. But Care nudged her, blonde hair bouncing as she pointed her head to a bunch of red-varsity jackets wearing guys approaching. As if in by cue, Elena's face morphed into an epitome of sadness. Matt led the campaign, and Aly and Ty's eyes met- she looked away immediately, focusing instead on her food before she burst out laughing.

The cafeteria sobered, spectating the debacle about to happen. Bonnie consolingly held Elena's hand- who stared at her food, lower lip wobbling.

"Elena," Matt started.

"She doesn't want to talk to you!" Caroline quickly ended.

Matt ignored her. "We can talk about this," he continued. "Come on, babe."

To Alyssandra's complete surprise, Elena actually faced him. "We can't, Matt," she said, meeting his eyes. "It's over."

The silence seemed to have fallen all over the cafeteria. "This Saturday." he mustered up, fighting the monstrous awkward silence. "Tyler's throwing a party-"

Ty raised his hands in an instant, giving Matt a look that said 'don't bring me into this'. Matt ignored this too.

"- and maybe we can go together? Just this one last time," he said, practically begging. "Please, 'Lena."

Her sister took a deep breath, giving him a small smile. "I'll think about it," she answered. That seemed to be enough, as the flock of jocks immediately went away after that. As soon as they did, chatter once again began in the cafeteria.

"Damn." said Caroline, "I kinda feel sorry for him."

Aly snorted, she quickly covered it up when Elena glared at her. Elena wasn't actually going to the party, she mused. Tyler's party overlapped with their family's game night. "Yeah," Aly tried to agree, "Poor Matt."

Bonnie giggled.

Except Elena didn't seem to be in with the laughs, there was this guilty expression on her face. One that Aly knew all too well. "Come on-"

"I'll talk to him," she said firmly. "The entire thing's my fault, anyway."

"How is it your fault?" Caroline argued. "You should be able to break up with a guy whenever you want!"

"Totally!" Bonnie agreed, "But why do you want to talk to him, anyway? I thought you already had last night."

"I didn't." Elena finally admitted. "I kinda just ended things off." she shook her head, sighing. "I just can't be with him anymore, you guys. I just don't feel like things are going right. Don't get me wrong, Matt's amazing. It's just- it's just not right."

Caroline gasped. "O my god! He totally scared you off!"

Alyssandra laughed at that, remembering Matt's promises of a future filled with mini Mattlenas. "He totally did. 'Lena has a point though. We're only in high school."

"He deserves an explanation." Her sister continued, moving a stray strand of hair from her face. "It'll just suck if I dump him for no reason. I'm not that kind of girl."

"Fine, talk to him," said Alyssandra. "But you gotta remember that we have game night this Sat. You better not miss it."

"I'm not going to." her sister answered. But Aly was quick to realize that she was lying, Elena always wore the same pinched expression every time she lied. Alyssandra still hoped that she'll change her mind, so she didn't push it.

In another life, Aly might've stopped Elena from sneaking to Tyler's party before game night. In this one, she ignored her sister sneaking out of her room through the window after she had lied to their parents about being sick. Completely avoiding game night altogether.

Instead, Aly focused on her four very-present family members as they meticulously played an aggressive version of UNO. Jeremy was currently winning, and Aly felt herself giggle hard over their mom's angry glare. Miranda and Grayson Gilbert were both Doctors at the local Mystic Falls hospital. It wasn't unusual for them to leave their kids alone, sometimes for weeks, trusting that the three siblings together would have enough brain cells to keep the house and themselves together.

Their trust is well placed.

Or at least Aly has convinced herself that it was.

The trio wasn't the type to cause trouble, especially Jeremy. Their brother was as relaxed as they come. Often he'd stay out to hang with his friends, either playing baseball or painting out. Aly and Elena were often out as well. Before, the two sisters would take turns in cooking, and the trio would rotate with the chores. It stayed that way until Elena had almost accidentally burned the house down while using the oven, their parents had then left cooking to Aly's hands whenever they left.

A resounding 'ding' broke the concentration the four held. Miranda was quick to stand up to retrieve the freshly made pizza. Aly felt her stomach grumble in delight as the aroma flowed into the living room. Making sure to carry her cards with her, Alyssandra followed her mother. Fully intent on helping her out. (and maybe grab some bites as well)

"Do you know where Elena went, Alice?"

The question caused her to scowl. Their mother didn't seem to be all too-bothered with Elena skipping game night (it wasn't the first time). She watched Miranda cut the pizza into pieces, immediately grabbing one when she finished.

"She went to Ty's," she answered, taking a bite. "Matt didn't take the break up well. So she decided to apologize- or something."

"Or something." their mother echoed, a light smile on her face. Aly really thought that she was too lax. Her mind wondered if she'll be the same once she had children on her own but she instantly grimaced, burying the thought deep in her mind. She was only 17 after all. Her entire life was still waiting before she could ever begin to settle.

Alyssandra helped her mom bring the food to the tense living room. Grayson's stormy blue eyes were locked against Jeremy's brown ones. Both held their cards against their chest. The tension broke when Grayson grinned, putting a +4 card down in triumph.

Jeremy groaned. "Seriously?"

"Seriously."

Her brother sent their dad a dirty glare, grabbing four new cards from the deck. Aly threw their dad a grin, plopping herself down next to Jeremy, not so discreetly looking at his new cards as she went by- earning a yell from the youngest Gilbert.

It was Miranda that won the game by the end. The four had watched a movie before effectively calling it a night. She begrudgingly sent a message to her sister, telling her that lights had gone out and she was free to go home. She was fast asleep before she could read Elena's reply.

Aly choked, eyes wide. Grayson tried to reach out to her. She couldn't stop herself from gasping even if she wanted too. A pang of familiarity resonated within her, and with it came fear. She tried to reach out, finding it harder and harder to breathe- her lungs burned. Her windpipe felt crushed. The last thing she saw was her father's struggle against the seatbelt before her world faded into black.

Her mind kept telling her that it was a dream. That she should just wake up. But she can't. Aly gasped awake, shooting herself up- coughing. Where was she? Wickery bridge? Another bubble of uncontrollable fear buzzed through her, making her cry in hysteria. What-

Aly was violently pushed awake, without even realizing, she was dragged up. In the back of her mind, she hears a voice cry out.

"Aly wake up!"

She groaned in response, hastily pushing her brother away, glaring. "I'm awake!" she snapped, holding a hand up her chest to calm her rapidly beating heart. Her hand shook, and it took her a moment to realize that her entire body was shaking as well.

Alyssandra groaned once more, pushing her younger brother away with a glare. "Yeah," she murmured, sitting up. She blatantly ignores her racing heart. However, it seems like life has other plans. Jeremy immediately pulls her up.

"Get dressed," Jeremy said, breaking Aly out of her haze. He says, he has this wild look in his eyes. He looked scared. "we have to go."

That's when she noticed the sirens blaring outside her house. All of a sudden, the dream she just had gone to the forefront of her mind, waking her up. The events of her dream were still fresh on her mind, and it overwhelmed her. Aly stood there in her room, frozen.

"Hurry up!" Jeremy frantically pushed her. "Mom, Dad, and Elena are in the hospital,"

Alyssandra moved without thinking, her body suddenly going in auto-pilot. Jeremy rushed her on, but his voice barely registered in her head. She didn't even bother to completely change her set of clothes, settling into an oversized jacket and hair tie. Outside their home stood Deputy Forbes, Caroline's mother, and there was a pained expression on her face.

The officer offered them a tight, sympathetic smile and didn't reach her eyes. Aly fought the urge to scream. "Let's get you two to the hospital."

She could barely recognize the streets as they quickly drove by. Alyssandra's mind had gone to an override, jumping to her dream to the hospital. In the background, she could hear Jeremy and Liz talking.

What had just happened? How could it happen?

Words like accident, lucky, and Elena echoed in the car. Their sister, her twin, survived. But both Grayson and Miranda were dead.

Their parents were dead.

How could things change so quickly?

They were just having game night a few hours ago.

They were at the hospital before she even knew it. Jeremy got out of the car first, rushing in. She saw Aunt Jenna immediately embrace him to her arms, letting him cry and sob. She followed behind- her throat felt so tight. Liz gave her arm a comforting squeeze, leading her inside. Oddly enough, Aly didn't run to her aunt's arms, letting Jeremy have his comfort. Instead, she swallowed the bile that had lodged itself in her throat.

"Elena?"

The first thing that Aly noticed was the crying.

Throughout their entire lives, she was used to the sound of Elena crying. Her sister had always been the more sensitive one out of the two, and it didn't take a lot for waterworks to come. But never in her life had she heard her sister sob this hard. It was agony, deeper than any emotional cut that came before it.

Elena was barely covered with a towel, bawling into her hands, she was absolutely soaked from head to toe. And every cry from her throat shook her entire lithe frame.

Aly felt her heart wrench painfully. For a moment, she felt like she was still dreaming, there was no way this was actually happening. Their parents couldn't actually be dead. Right? It had to be a joke.

In a second, her arms had wrapped itself around her twin. Holding her tight, ignoring the tremor that seemed to overcome both of their bodies. "It's okay." It's not. But the words were out before they even registered in her head. "We'll be okay," she tells her, firmly this time. Her head felt unbearably light, and she jumped when another set of arms had settled in their embrace.

She couldn't breathe.

The sounds of her family crying seemed to echo in her mind. And Aly's arms fell loose to the sides, another person grabbed her arm- Liz Forbes again. She didn't smile this time. Guiding her body into a chair instead, Aly fell to the seat immediately. Blank. Her mind has gone blank. She stared at the image of her family ( what's left of it ) holding each other in a tight embrace. Aly shook herself, taking a harsh deep breath.

Like a shadow, Aly followed the Deputy out of the room, and she can see the concerned glances of everyone present. Mystic Falls was a pretty small town after all, and the hospital was where her parents had worked in. Their Doctor, her parent's co-workers, idly explained to her what happened. And Alyssandra found herself nodding along, signing this- signing that. I'm so sorry, he had said. But really, she couldn't see what he was sorry about, it's not like he drove them off the bridge. It was an accident. Accidents happen all the time.

They gave her a heavy piece of paper. At the top right corner, it said ' Mystic Falls Memorial '. It was a fill-up form.

"You don't have to do this right now, Aly." Liz again. In the back of her mind, Aly can hear the annoyed voice of Caroline, angry for her mother always going about her business.

"It's alright Ms. Forbes," she answered. Jenna was still consoling her siblings. "I can do this now."

The adults around her gave her a set of tight smiles and as she walked away, she could hear the words poor girl, the responsible one, and such a tragedy.

Next Chapter

[froginvader]

THE POSITIVE & NEGATIVE; MUN & MUSE - MEME.

FILL OUT & REPOST ♥ this meme definitely favors canons more, but i hope oc’s still can make it somehow work with their own lore, and lil’ fandom of friends & mutuals. multi-muses pick the muse you are the most invested in atm.

TAGGED BY:  --- stole it :) TAGGING:  :)

MY MUSE IS:  canon / oc / au / canon-divergent / fandomless / complicated

is your character popular in the fandom? YES / NO. ( He is the main character )

is your character considered hot™ in the fandom? YES / NO / IDK. ( I--- I have no idea??? He’s a fucking frog. I do wanna hold him and squish him tho,,,,he’s adorable. BUT NOT HOT??? GKRTNGLKEGG ) 

is your character considered strong in the fandom?  YES / NO / IDK. ( Yes and no simply because he is a commander of an army and has the keron star, but if you took that Title from him, you’d realize he’s just a lazy sack of potatoes. He’s incredibly powerful though )

are they underrated?  YES / NO / IDK. ( He’s the main character, but people tend to like the other platoon members more than him. It’s fine though, he’s the star in my heart )

were they relevant for the main story? YES / NO. ( No I've just been talking out my ass )

were they relevant for the main character? YES / NO / THEY’RE THE PROTAG.

are they widely known in their world? YES / NO. ( Yes, he’s the sergeant that was adored by everyone. That status has quickly gone away since his time on Earth )

how’s their reputation?  GOOD / BAD / NEUTRAL ( Formally adored by all as I've said, but there’s still a handful of people that love him )

HOW STRICTLY DO YOU FOLLOW CANON?  —  I try to follow canon as close as I can, but even the show is.   .  .not consistent of it’s own lore and facts about the characters in it. So yeah I follow canon but sometimes I gotta take the hammer and FIX the baby.

SELL YOUR MUSE! AKA TRY TO LIST EVERYTHING, WHICH MAKES YOUR MUSE INTERESTING IN YOUR OPINION TO MAKE THEM SPICY FOR YOUR MUTUALS.  —  He’s an alien!! A frog alien at that! Who doesn’t love cute animal aliens? He’s also very tiny, good for cuddling!! CHONKY CHEEKS TOO--- smooshing them is a dream. Makes cute sounds. And he cooks and cleans! He’s very soft! Despite being at Earth to take it over, he really can’t do it, be it terrible plans or his heart can’t go through with it. He’s a cute green frog alien bls.

NOW THE OPPOSITE, LIST EVERYTHING WHY YOUR MUSE COULD NOT BE SO INTERESTING (EVEN IF YOU MAY NOT AGREE, WHAT DOES THE FANDOM PERHAPS THINK?).  —  HE’S AN ASSHOLE. If he doesn’t get his way, he’ll throw a tantrum until he gets his way, he usually wont do any favors unless he can profit from it (mostly wanting money or getting off the hook of doing chores). He’ll force you to take one for the team (like that time where he tripped Dororo so he didn’t get eaten by the Nyroros). SO YEAH---he’s really selfish depending on the situation. Though, it’s not really his fault. He grew up with everyone brainwashing him that he could get whatever he wanted and was adored too. Emperor's New Groove much?

WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO RP YOUR MUSE?  —  I’ve always loved aliens and this show has been my comfort watch since I first discovered it on netflix all the way back when in 2012(?). Since IZ boomed again, I wanted to write someone who was also an alien and thus, frog man became a thing.

WHAT KEEPS YOUR INSPIRATION GOING?  —  ALL MY FRIENDS....EVERYONE IN THE CLOWN SERVER IS SO SUPPORTIVE AND LOVING ABOUT THESE FROGS HHH (esp Spirit, Che, Mori, Jam, Snail and Water--- I LOVE YOU GUYS ;;;;) thanks for being a blast to bounce back and forth with ideas with all of you. My muse has been so strong thanks to you ;;;

SOME MORE PERSONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE MUN.

give your mutuals some insight about the way you are in some matters, which could lead them to get more comfortable with you or perhaps not.

do you think you give your character justice? YES / NO / I SINCERELY HOPE I DO?

do you frequently write headcanons?  YES / NO / SORT OF? ( I mostly write them on discord hhhh. I should really post all my headcanons here !! )

do you sometimes write drabbles?  YES / NO / ON A RARE OCCASION

do you think a lot about your muse during the day? YES / NO 

are you confident in your portrayal? YES / NO / SORT OF?

are you confident in your writing?  YES / NO. / SORT OF? ( the amount of typos I make is really scary and embarrassing for me. But I love to write too much to give up. I just wish I had a bigger brain for more flavor text )

are you a sensitive person?  YES / NO. / SORT OF?

DO YOU ACCEPT CRITICISM WELL ABOUT YOUR PORTRAYAL?  — I’ll take it!! I’m still learning about Keroro even as we speak, I’d love to see if people point out stuff I do wrong or even help me build upon him!

DO YOU LIKE QUESTIONS, WHICH HELP YOU EXPLORE YOUR CHARACTER?  —  YES....PLEASE GIVE THOSE TO ME

IF SOMEONE DISAGREES TO A HEADCANON OF YOURS, DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY?  —  Everyone has different opinions, I’d love to hear why the person thinks otherwise but it’s just water off my back u_u 

IF SOMEONE DISAGREES WITH YOUR PORTRAYAL, HOW WOULD YOU TAKE IT?  — Hard to say. I really try my best to stay true to his character but if someone doesn’t like it--- I really can’t sway them either direction. I’ll be hurt but--- You can’t please everyone, y’know?

IF SOMEONE REALLY HATES YOUR CHARACTER, HOW DO YOU TAKE IT?  —  LOL its fine? Keroro is a little shit. Though I WILL show them all the good things about him. I WILL DIE ON THAT HILL BLS

ARE YOU OKAY WITH PEOPLE POINTING OUT YOUR GRAMMATICAL ERRORS?  — Yes please.....I’m so trash at writing that I really need it. Please point it out or help me fix it ;;;; I’ll appreciate it. Just don’t be a jerk about it, yeah?

DO YOU THINK YOU ARE EASY GOING AS A MUN?   —  Yell heah. I just vibe. I’m very friendly but I’m not sure if people think I’m scary but I’m very chill! Don’t be scared to talk to me

[dungeonsanddragonsfifthedition]

tazchat: penny widmore syndrome

THE CHALICE: Wow, you guys fucked up so bad. Just, like, so, so, so bad. TRES HORNY BOYS: Oh word? Let’s talk about Barry Bluejeans for five fucking minutes for no reason.

—Time To Fucking Die —“the chalice” is maybe my favorite musical piece in the show (i really like the chalice/disrobed leitmotif in general lol) —so. let’s go, boy by boy.

MERLE: —SO CUTE HOW EVERYONE BUT CLINT REALIZES THAT MERLE IS GAY —i really like the holodeck comparison lol —“this was not the first quest.” —“terrible home life.” —so cute how EVERYONE but clint realizes that merle is gay —we were beach dwarves. we lived on the beach. —horrible catering at merle’s wedding oh geez —FUCK YEAH DUDE LET’S GET INTO IT. unbroken static!! fuck yeah!!! —you hear this sentiment of “when things are good, it’s easy to worship pan,” during parley, right? i forget tbqh —Moody Teen On A Hippie Commune Merle and like i hate to say it because that’s my fucking mom’s story —Merle Highchurch’s Fairly Charmed Life is my favorite fantasy sitcom —oh wow it’s kravitz “dumb gay bitch” kravitz back at it again at krispy kreme. i love him —Oh Geez Big Disabled Mood at the end huh

TAAKO: —I FORGOT ABOUT THE OPENING OF THIS ONE FUCK —LUP! LUP! LUP! LUP! LUP! LUP! LUP! LUP! LUP! LUP! LUP! LUP! LUP! LUP! LUP! LUP! LUP! SHE’S COMING! SHE’S IMPLIED SOON! —taako was canonically a young adult during tsc, i guess? which i think we all assumed —been on his own since he was about twelve :’) —This Is Probably Retconned But Taako Maybe Just Forgot All About Magic After The Forgetting —“there’s something about of the memory that’s a little bit off [...] something is missing.” i just wanna talk griffin. —i remember i relistened to eleventh hour when reunion tour was happening, and i was kinda doubtful about the twin theory until that. and then i knew, like, oh. yeah. stan pines two babey —i think it was max who said it but griffin pronounces it “folx” which is So Silly —taako just fucking talks the whole time gay icon —“he thought i hung the moon,” taako may have speedran enemies to lovers but goddamn he also speedran lovers to enemies. he was right when he said he was multidimensional —“this is mostly a merch thing” —he thinks about it every day —“some small relief—“ —“in actuality, it was still plain ol’ jealousy.” —“we ran. we just drove, and drove. [...] and he abandoned me.” —But we’re not there yet.

MAGNUS: —bye —he emphasizes the size of the century here. —“you’re all missing time? like—a lot of it.” —tsc was twelve years ago. so lucretia was eighteen (based on griffin saying that she’s fifty in tsg), and magnus was twenty, and i’d like to die. —not a hero—but a protector. —buppy —look at the sky, bud, scrawny boy —travis is already choked up lol —the happiest years of your life —griffin who made travis scrap the backstory is sad that it took so long —I Named My Fish After Him —“yeah, that’s a dude who could swing a hammer.” —magnus has 3 dads —griffin’s description of rr is SO DOPE like i love this idea of a town in the sky in the mountains it’s very pokémonesque —magnus said fuck government —“he didn’t wanna be a hero.” —“his FUCKING rustic hospitality.” —ONLY THREE MONTHS???? —that dude fuckin saved the town so i GOTS to get a coffee table —and enter julia, and enter Bee’s Penny Widmore Affliction —JESUS, DUDE —THIS CHAIR SMELLS LIKE GRANDMAS, antagonizing you kinda playfully —“that’s just the way things... go sometimes,” as a prelude for “not all exits.” —WHAT DID HE SAY? —you earned this happy ending /because this is the ending you earned. (cinematic parallels?)

ALL TOGETHER NOW: —skipping thru the ads but i landed on “after travis and i have our babies” oh my gosh :’) —next ep is all together and i’m ready —Oh Geez I Want That Darkest Timeline Shit So Bad —travis just lets out a long sigh —it’s not what julia would want —i don’t really do regrets. that’s a merle pearl for you. —Taako Is Repressed —“this vision was chill as hell?” —“it was a very explosive beginning.” —NOELLE —griffin just talkin bout barry so casually i love it —WE’VE HAD SOME LAUGHS, FELLAS —we gotta keep movin forward toward the good, not lookin back at the bad —“listen, i didn’t take this to fix something that was HALF my fault, you think i’m gonna do it for something that’s a THIRD at best” —“can we get barry a robot body?” —“absolute, and vicious, and FAST.” —god this episode just fucks me up every time. i’m a sucker for a flashback, you know? all of this to say, ABC LOST AND TAZBAL ARE THE SAME SHOW

[misssamericaschavez]

Gosh, Stop Flirting.

Pairing: Dean x Reader Summary: Dean’s packed up all of his stuff and is ready to give up and say yes to Michael leaving you and Sam behind. Cas decides to show him the future he could have if he has faith in his family instead. Word Count: 2,200 Warnings: fluffy with a little bit of angst, canon divergence, language. A/N:  Based on an episode from season 5 called Point of no return. Only the beginning though when he’s going to say yes to Michael. Beta’d by @nighttimenoodle 

I place everything carefully into the cardboard box sitting in front of me and pour another drink. Everything’s in order, I’ve gotta fix this the only way I know how. Sam will be fine as soon as this is all over; I’ll get him a sweet deal out of this, but everything will be fine.

Sure, she’ll be pissed that I left the both of them in that motel room, but she’ll move on as soon as she realizes this is a good thing. This could mean a win for them. I stare into the mirror and then I see him.

“Sending someone a candygram?” Sam says watching me with sad eyes.

“How’d you find me?” I ask shocked.

“You’re gonna kill yourself right?” she says walking into the room behind Sam. God, she looks so hurt. This is why I ran, I didn’t want to see her face when she found out.

“It’s not too hard to figure out the stops on the farewell tour,” Sam says stuffing his keys into his pocket.

“I’m not gonna kill myself,” I say avoiding their eyes, staring at the floor in front of me.

“No? So Michael’s not about to make you his muppet?” she says angrily her eyes filling with tears.

“Sweetheart please-” I say trying to stop her tears.

“What the hell, man?” Sam sighs as I take another drink. “This is how it ends? You just... walk out?”

“Yea I guess,” I respond and I hear her scoff loudly.

“How could you do that Dean?” he spits angrily as the tears spill over falling down her face.

“How could I?” I say yelling back at him. “All you’ve ever done is run away.”

“And I was wrong every single time I did!”

“Dean please just not now,” She says trying to dry her eyes as best she can. “We’ve got bobby working on something, please.”

“Oh really? What?” I know she’s bluffing. “You got nothing and you know it.”

“You know I have to stop you,” Sam says staring at the stained carpet.

“Yea well you can try,” I say slamming my empty glass on the dresser. “But just remember, you’re not all hopped up on demon blood this time. And sweetheart I know you’re good, but I also know you won’t hurt me so there goes most of your muscle Sammy.”

“Yea whatever,” she sighs, “That’s why we brought help.”

My eyebrows furrow as I realize exactly what she means. I spin around to see Cas standing behind me. Two of his fingers raise to my forehead and everything goes white. When I come to, I’m standing in the middle of a sidewalk in a nice neighborhood. I look around confused, spinning in a circle. Why the hell would Cas send me here? Is this like suburban hell or something?

I turn around facing the nice house in front of me. It looks like something she would have chosen actually. It’s a two story home with a two car garage. It doesn’t look super expensive, but it doesn’t look cheap either. There’s a nice Ford Focus parked in the drive way and-

“Go open the door,” Cas says from behind me interrupting my thoughts and scaring the shit out of me. I spin around fast narrowing my eyes at him.

“What the hell Cas? People don’t usually take too kindly to strangers opening their doors and just walking right in. It’s creepy. Also you know what else is creepy? Sneaking up on people… we talked about this.”

“Yes I remember,” he sighs. “But those people inside won’t think you’re a stranger.”

“Cas where the hell are we?”

“Your future if you don’t say yes to Michael. In this future you get your happy ending. There is no hell and there is no utopia. Just this nice house in this nice neighborhood.”

“Cas,” I run my fingers through my hair. “This isn’t some made up world like that time Zachariah put me in a monkey suit and had me sit behind a desk for a week. Made me eat salads and shit. Disgusting.”

“No it is not like that. Just turn the door knob and you’ll see,” he says before disappearing. I roll my eyes at the empty air he left behind. Might as well see what’s behind door number one because he’s not going to pull me out of this bullshit unless I do what he says.

I walk up the sidewalk to the door then trudge annoyed up the porch steps. My hand hovers over the doorknob. I take a deep breath before turning the knob and pushing the door open. Walking in I see a small sitting room to my right, a long hallway in front of the door, and a staircase right beside it.

“Hello,” I say stupidly. Cas did say there were people inside who knew me. Suddenly I hear tiny feet running across the floor.

“Daddy! You’re home,” says a little boy, probably no more than 4 years old, as he runs towards me. He wraps his arms around my left leg and my mouth hangs open in shock. “Daddy up,” he says holding his small arms out for me to pick him up.

“Hey buddy,” I say trying to act as normally as possible. I scope him up and really look at him. Yea, definitely my kid; he’s got my eyes and my nose, but everything else is all her. He’s a perfect mix of the both of us and my eyes begin to water. When Zachariah sent me to the future where Sam said yes, this little boy was never there. At least I now know we’re safe from that future and this is what I get to look forward to. “Buddy where’s mom?”

“She’s in the kitchen cooking,” he says kicking his feet for me to let him down. I let him back onto the floor and he takes off in what I assume is the direction of the kitchen. I follow him down the hallway, my heart hammering in my chest. “Mommy! Look daddy’s home early.”

“What sweetie?” she asks turning around to look at me. She looks older, maybe only a couple years, but still just as beautiful as ever. She wipes her hand on her apron and her expression is hard before she puts on a fake smile. She tucks a strand of hair behind her ear and I notice the wedding ring on her finger.

“Hey sweetheart,” I say trying to ease the tension.

“Hey honey you didn’t call me to tell me you were on your way home. What happened?” she asks sweetly reaching out to hold my hand between both of hers making sure the ring on her right finger touched my skin. “Hey Mason?” she says not taking her eyes off of me. “You wanna go watch cartoons while I talk to daddy?”

“Yay cartoons,” the little boy, Mason, says before running back down the hall to the living room. She waits until she hears the TV turn on in the next room before she walks over to the cabinets.

“Baby you want a drink?” she says pulling out a bottle of whiskey and a glass. “I know this case was hard for you. Sit down, I’m making pasta.”

“Thanks,” I say as she sets the glass down in front of me. I drink the whole thing in one go and open my mouth wide so she can see. “Not a demon either sweetheart it’s really me.”

“Seriously?” she asks confused. “It’s not you because when you left yesterday you were not this young. Looks like someone de-aged you quite a bit. Was it a witch because the case for sure sounded like a wendigo?”

“No it wasn’t a witch,” I say smiling at her. “It was Cas.”

“Cas? Really?” she says even more confused than ever. “Cas made you younger? Why?”

“No he didn’t make me younger. I from 2010.”

“No way so DeLorean Cas strikes again?” she asks smiling.

“Yea guess he did,” I chuckle. Gosh, this is why I love her. Tell her I’m from the past and she just goes with it, smiling that perfect smile that makes my heart hammer in my chest.  “You’re so beautiful.” I can’t help it she is and her cheeks heat up under my gaze.

“Gosh, stop flirting with me, nerd,” she responds laughing. The sound makes my heart soar, always has always will. “So when’s he going to take you back?” 

“Damn trying to get rid of me already I see,” I say smirking.

“Well my husband texted a while ago… said he was close and should be here in two hours and he’s kind of a hard ass. He catches me in the house with a moderately attractive man who’s flirting relentlessly mind you and...” she tsks shaking her head. “No telling what he’ll do.”

“Hard ass huh?”

“Yea he’s the worst,” she laughs.

“Only moderately attractive?” I ask chuckling and she shrugs. “So uh, we’ve got a kid,” I say staring down the hall to where my future kid disappeared.

“Yep we’ve got a kid,” she says smiling softly at me.

“How old is he?”

“He’s 4. He was born December 17th 2010,” she says watching my eyes light up. “Yep, so since you seem surprised by the news of a kid I’m guessing you’re from before you both found out or he hasn’t even been conceived yet. So getting you back home is now my top priority.”

“Fucking Cas,” I say rolling my eyes. “Has the worst timing sometimes.”

“Sweetheart, I’m home.” I hear my voice call out from the front door. “You know this door was unlocked? Extremely unsafe.”

“Shit Mason’s gonna be confused as hell. Stay here,” she tells me firmly. I can hear him in there with his family and I’m jealous. I know this is all mine if I choose the right path, but what if I don’t. What if I fuck up along the way and never get here? “Ok promise you won’t freak out?”

“Really?” Future Dean says looking me up and down. “He passed all the tests?”

“Yep,” she says biting her lower lip.

“This is fucking weird,” say future me.

“I know right?” I say looking at him.

“Fucking Cas,” he says running his fingers through his hair.

“That’s what I said,” I say. “Freaky.”

“How do we send him back?” he asks.

“Can’t we like call your Cas or something maybe he’ll listen better.”

“Nope no can do,” he answers immediately avoiding eye contact.

“Why not?” I ask curiously.

“He’s not exactly taking my calls these days. Why did your Cas send you here anyway.”

“I guess I’m supposed to learn an important lesson or something?” I say looking down at the floor.

“What happened?” she asks, though I can tell she already knows the answer.

“Was gonna say yes to Michael,” I say and I’m met with silence.

“Well if you do something stupid like that we’ll never get here asshole,” she says glaring at me. She’s pissed. She knows what saying yes would mean. She knows that if I give up control to Michael, it’s a death sentence.I know that too, but the world doesn’t need me. “That little boy in there needs you Dean,” she says like she read my mind. “I need you too. So don’t give up on me.”

“I know it’s just,” I sigh. “Things are bad right now and I just need a win and I thought this would get us somewhere.”

“Well you thought wrong. Don’t you dare walk out on us now. Do you understand me?” she asks sternly, she’s got that mom voice down perfectly.

“Yea baby. I understand,” I say winking at her.

“Told you to stop flirting,” she says wrapping her arms around future me. “My husbands right fucking here.”

“Rude,” he jokes. “I’m right here.”

I go to respond, but I don’t get the chance to. I don’t even get a second to say anything before Cas pops in front of me pressing two fingers to my forehead and saying “Time to go”. Suddenly, everything burns white again and I’m standing in the middle of Bobby sitting room. Looking around, I see her sitting waiting anxiously on the old couch against the wall.

“You’re back,” she says voice shaky.

“Yea I’m back,” I croak watching her sad eyes. “I’m sorry.”

“Dean just tell me you’re not going to say yes to Michael,” she says standing up and walking towards me.

“I’m not going to say yes,” I say and she lets out a relieved sigh. “We’re going to figure this whole apocalypse shit out. I know we can. I’m not leaving you.”

“Good,” she says pressing her lips to mine and for the first time in a long time I feel pretty good about the future. As long as I’ve got her by my side, I’ll be alright.

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[minaminokyoko]

In Vino Veritas: A Harry/Murphy ficlet

A/N: What if Harry had been the one to find Meditrina first in “Last Call” from the Side Jobs anthology? Just a little AU idea I had. Crossposted on AO3.

There weren’t a lot of things that could still scare me—or that I will admit to, anyway—but one of them was knowing that the temptress who was peddling enchanted mead that made people violent and crazy was somewhere with my best friend, Harry Dresden.

 I aimed a kick at the door—the good, strong kind you see in movies that almost never works, but it can be done with the right gumption—and it lurched open. I found myself in plush room with a wet bar and furniture.

 And a dark-haired woman currently straddling my best friend.

 She fit the description Harry had given me earlier—shoulder-length hair so dark it had blue highlights, and even from behind, she was beyond voluptuous. That sensuous body curled and uncurled itself over Harry’s upper body, her hips gyrating over his, and from the look of things, he didn’t seem to mind all that much. His hands were anchored over her waist and I could hear low, happy groans of pleasure slipping out of him between kisses.

 I clicked the hammer back on my gun.

 The woman pulled back finally and craned her neck, fixing me with green-gold eyes that glittered in the overhead lamplight with malice and seduction. “Well. Someone likes dramatic entrances.”

 I shrugged. “Go big or go home. Get off him. Slowly.”

 The woman smiled and didn’t budge. My grip on the gun tightened. “You must be Murphy.”

 I stiffened. Uh-oh. I glanced at Harry. His brown eyes were cloudy and dazed with lust. He looked blissfully intoxicated. The expression made me shiver. It was so odd on him. It left his features too vacant of their normal emotions: good humor, anger, passion, confusion, the works. Harry’s face wasn’t the type for mindless happiness. It also meant she’d gotten through whatever mental defenses usually protected him from this kind of tampering, and he’d told her I was coming. Dammit.

 “Yeah,” Harry said, hiccupping slightly, his grin wide. “That’s her alright. God, she’s beautiful, isn’t she?”

 I blinked. Twice. Uh. That was new.

 “Beautiful is a bit of a stretch,” the dark-haired woman sniffed. “But I can certainly see the appeal.”

 “Maybe you didn’t hear the part where I said get the hell away from him,” I snarled.

 She clucked her tongue, but this time, she slithered out of Harry’s lap and onto the couch next to him, though she carded her fingers through the hair on the nape of his neck. He leaned into her touch, still blinded by whatever had been either on her lips or in the mead. Shit.

 “Now, now, no need to be jealous, dear Murphy,” the woman said. “I fully intend to share the wizard with you over a pint.”

 She glanced at him. “Harry, be a dear and invite your lovely friend over for a drink.”

 He nodded and slid to his feet with a smoothness he’d never possessed. Harry Dresden was a lot of things, but smooth certainly wasn’t one of them. He was used to being the biggest, tallest thing around. A walking Redwood. He moved carefully at all times unless someone had hit him pretty hard.

 This version of Harry did not.

 He walked towards me almost gracefully. There was something in the motion that made a part of me want to react to him on an instinctual level. Not fear. I’d all but conquered that over the years on the force. No, this was…troubling. Because I was having a hard time concentrating on the evil bitch who’d drugged him and not concentrating on how utterly masculine and sexy that un-Dresden walk made him look, with his dark hair all mussed and his cheeks flushed and his lips pinker than they should have been.

 Oh, boy.

 This was going to be a long night.

 “Murph,” Harry said in a sing-song voice. “The mead’s really good. Even better than Mac’s ale. You gotta try some.”

 I set my feet as he strode closer. “Harry, concentrate. You’re stronger than this. Snap out of it.”

 He cocked his head to one side. “Snap out of what? I haven’t felt this good in years.”

 I offered him a wry look. “Yeah, exactly. You’re a miserable bastard when you want to be, remember? She’s tampering with your mind. You need to break free of whatever spell she’s got you under.”

 “And do you know why that is, Murph?”

 “Supernatural tart juice in her lips?”

 The woman scowled at me. Petty pleasure spread through me.

 He shook his head. “No. ‘Cause I’ve never told you the truth.”

 “Which is?”

 His chin lowered and he hit me with a gaze that almost rocked me back in my tennis shoes, it was so goddamn sexual. “That I’m absolutely fucking crazy about you.”

 My heart did its best imitation of the Tazmanian Devil playing a drum solo. Hot blood rushed up my neck and swallowed my entire face. No, Murphy. Stop that. Stop every last bit of that thinking in its tracks.

 “She’s in your head, Harry,” I said once I’d regained the ability to talk. “She’s making you think these things.”

 “No,” he said softly. “She’s not. And I think you know she’s not.”

 I licked my lips. “Harry—”

 “I’ve wanted to kiss you since you left for Hawaii.”

 My eyes widened. Shit, shit, shit. Shitfuckgoddamnmotherfucker. Stop him before he says something else stupid, Murphy.

 I shut my eyes for a second and then leveled a death glare at the woman. “Leave him alone or I’m putting a bullet through your skull.”

 She shrugged and spread her hands. “I have done nothing but shown him the desires of his heart, Murphy. He has embraced them, along with that of the gods.”

 “Yeah, speaking of which: you’re going to trash the magic booze and turn him and everyone else affected back to normal, or I’m putting your wiggly little ass in the ground.”

 She laughed. “Mortal authorities. You’re so confident, aren’t you?”

 “And you’re so arrogant, Meditrina.”

 The smile vanished at the use of her name. I bared my teeth in a grin. “Sorry, lady. I read. Now make your choice. Fix him or die. You have three seconds.”

 The gesture was tiny, almost invisible, but I saw her first finger on her right hand twitch, and Harry stepped into the path of my gun. I immediately swung the barrel away from him. Drunk with magic or not, I wouldn’t shoot him.

 “Murph,” he chided me. “It’s not hurting anyone. Not permanently.”

 “Harry,” I said in a measured tone. “Step aside. Or I’ll make you.”

 He grinned wolfishly and waggled his eyebrows. “Is it wrong that I kinda wanna see that?”

 I started to snap at him, but then I glanced all the way up into his face this time. He had his back completely to her.

 And then he winked at me.

 He didn’t lift his hand high enough over his shoulder that Meditrina could see it, but he pointed a long finger to the upper right corner of the room. I saw a long, unlit rectangular light that hung by a chain.

 “C’mon, Murphy,” Harry drawled, drawing closer, his baritone voice deepening, and from this close, it did…things…to me. “One little taste won’t hurt.”

 He mouthed, “Now!”

 I aimed and fired.

 The chain snapped loose and the light swung down in a perfect arc and smacked Meditrina dead in the temple. She didn’t even get a chance to cry out. She flopped over on the couch, unconscious. The light swung back and forth, smacking the wall nearby and shattering glass, before going still.

 “Nice shot,” Harry said, turning to check out my handy work.

 I lowered the gun…and punched him in the stomach. Hard.

 “Gah!” the wizard cried, tossing an alarmed look at me. “What was that for?”

 “You were faking the whole time?!” I screeched. “I thought she’d melted your brain or something, Harry. For God’s sake, I was about to shoot her.”

 He rubbed his stomach. “I had to sell it until you got here to help.”

 I arched an eyebrow and placed my free hand on my hip. “Oh, so it was part of the plan to have her all over you, then?”

 He had the grace to blush. “Well, that part I hadn’t anticipated, but…yes.”

 I eyed him. He squirmed. “What? I had to take one for the team. You’d have done the same.”

 He paused. “Wait, let me just picture that for a second—OW!”

 I hit him a second time, in a spot above the first one, and stomped over to Meditrina’s limp form, cuffing her and grumbling insults under my breath. “This is why you’re not a cop, you blundering, stupid, sexist, reckless oaf.”

 “Alright, alright, I’m sorry,” Harry sighed, rubbing his second sore spot. “But you have to admit it’s kind of cool that I fooled you.”

 I rolled my eyes and dug around for my phone to call for a pick up. “Hardly. I was concerned for your safety. I didn’t actually believe what you were saying.”

 I paused as his words flickered through my mind again. “I’ve wanted to kiss you since you left for Hawaii.” Again, my heart did the Tarantela. He’d been acting. Right?

 Somehow, I think he knew what I was thinking, because I glanced at him, and he had this soft expression on his face, one he rarely let me see. Harry was always honest with me about anything he could afford to be, but sometimes…sometimes he looked at me like that, and the only word for it was longing. I knew it all too well.

 Sometimes my face looked like that too.

 “I’ll, uh, start rounding up the booze,” he said rather quietly, all traces of humor gone. “Thanks, Murph.”

 He turned his back on me and headed for the door. I shut my eyes, cursed myself, and called out to him.

 “Harry!”

 He stopped and glanced at me over his shoulder. I offered him a fond smile.

 “Hurry up. I owe you a drink.”

 He smiled and nodded. “You’re a hell of a dame, Murphy.”

 “Pig.”

 FIN

I’m not going to stop writing this shit until I get a confirmed canon sex scene and relationship, Jim Butcher. Do you hear me, you bastard?!

[musesfromnippon]

   { So I’m still awake and thinking... “You know, until I get those about pages set up, why not write short bits that sum up the muse?” So that’s what I’m doing.     Expect some of these to be a bit ridiculous, cause I haven’t slept yet. }

Amenominakanushi: The Dad of all Dads. He’s gonna drop some wisdom on you and also be really vague sometimes. I bet he knows too much about everything.

Inari-okami: Gender doesn’t exist, especially for them. Feel free to refer by she/her, he/him, or they/them. Foxes are friends and also the thieves of your missing socks. Might adopt you like Ammy does, but less “parent” type and more “party uncle/aunt with a glass of sake in one hand.”

Nuregami: Pure bean who is here to make sure things are going okay...with the water, of course! She’s a little awkward around people. Family, save her.

Kabegami: Will climb everything tall that you own, including you, if you’re tall. Hope you like cats; she’s got a lot of kitty friends. Will steal any seafood you have...or just give it to her. Make a new friend.

Sakuya: Guardian of the trees and wishing she could do a bit more with her life. Still, she knows all the secrets of Kamiki. All. Of. Them. Become her gossip buddy, it’ll be worth your time. But be careful of what you want to know about....

Kushi: Came home to raise her sons and brew sake...and her adopted son left to figure out his past while her other child is probably learning things he shouldn’t from his father. Brew so good it can get the gods wasted, so beware....

Camellia & Camille: The traveling sisters who visit Guardian Saplings around Nippon! Camellia being the elder sister and Camille being the younger and who is also super up to date on that kami stuff. Big sis is waaaay behind, yo.

Princess Fuse: Princess of the canines and the boss of Kusa Village. Totally. Also OkamiDen isn’t canon, so there’s no acting going on here. Only a woman trying to keep her warrior-dogs in line and encourage them to keep protecting their home!!!

Kaguya: Just your average space princess from the moon, no big deal. Also one of few remaining Lunarians after some massive bullshit that somebody pulled and our bets are either on Orochi or Yami...... So yeah, now she’s the ruler of the shambles of her home and kinda needs to get on fixing that. Sometime soon, hopefully.

Queen Himiko: She may be dead in Okami canon, but now is the time to say, “fUCK SHE MAY BE DEAD....but that’s what we have past RPs and AU threads for.” Anyways, she’s a badass who rules the throne while her husband plays with demon fangs, so know who’s the powerful one around Sei’an City... Cause it’s her.

Kamo & Abe: Some Tao Troopers who serve under Waka. Just remember that Abe is the ditz and Kamo is the cool, collected dude you can trust with anything. Abe would probably sell all of your secrets for a dinner at Sei’an’s finest. Abe is a DORK.

Queen Oto: Remember kids, “Otohime” is “Princess Oto”, so technically she’s “Queen Oto” now, a’right?? ANYWHO. You know Himiko and how badass she is/was? Well, here comes Queen Oto, ready to LAY DOWN THE LAW OF BADASSERY. Cause she changed into a huge fucking dragon while preggo to help the sun kami and her bouncing friend fight off a God Complex Ninetails. She’s also a widowed, single mother and that kid is gonna be just as incredible as she is. Damn.

Tobi: Speaking of the Ninetails, that big bro had a cool dude working for him...and that guy, was a demonic slip of paper. Who liked to race! And helped you to the top with those races!! LONG LIVE TOBI!!! So yeah, he’s stickin’ around here and ready to hand out some flowers.

Samickle: Yo, you won’t believe this, but.... This guy is the Oina chief now. Crazy, right?! Yeah... He’s also sorta engaged. Just some fanficy shit, dON’T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT, GOSH.

Tuskle: They made her as a one-off priestess in-game.... And then I came along and went, “Mine now.” So now we’re gonna get a badass shaman in this group, helping people heal, giving advice, and lowkey being a mom to everyone. Someone’s gotta!

Ayame: The OkamiDen one-off to play really hardcore on your emotions, while also tying into a story nobody knows about... Again though, I’m taking her. She’s mine now. Imma make her cute as hell and ya’ll gonna have to love her now!!! (Don’t worry, you will naturally. Ayame is too cute and pure. Gotta love them pure peeps~)

Kuni: He was the son of Susano and Kushi...until he revealed he actually wasn’t, he’s just adopted. We can either talk about this crazy kiddo and his attempts to figure out who he really is...or just get our butts into the future, where he’s a damn good swordsman and a handsome boi.

Nanami: The Dragonians continue to be badass and elegant...and Nanami’s here to hammer that point home. Hope you like water and water hair, cause that’s what you’re getting here, bucko. She’s real cute, though. Prepare to be charmed.

Kagu: OkamiDen may have flopped in story, but DAMN if all their girls ain’t #goals! Our little actress-miko Kagu, back at it again with her incredible powers, eventual (possible) heir to the Sei’an throne, and also getting a little sweeter with the acceptance of who she is. Confidence out the wazoo and it looks GOOD for her!!

Kurow: ...Blease protect my boy..... He did not deserve what canon gave him...... So now he’s gonna be coddled here and protected... Probably for a week or two. Then we toss him to the angst hounds. Also should mention all of the kid partners (including this rad dude) have “adult AUs” so... That’s a thing.

Sugawara: Hey, if Capcom could maybe like....stop hurting my babes from the Moon Tribe, that’d be rad, okay? That’s gonna be my job, dudes. SO. Denying canon a bit? Maybe. Mostly just wanna set this guy free... Maybe get him a date. He’s too attractive to be single I mEAN WHAT--

Dark Chibiterasu: Remember that bit? At the end? Well, screw that, too, cause I’m gonna make my own dark Chibi. He’s sorta his own entity now, though. How you interact with him, shapes how he’s gonna be, so.... Play with him wisely! Else you’re gonna be at fault if he grows up to be a very bad pupper.

(Oh hey, it’s the OC section. We made it this far!!)

Koamashi of Nippon: So in a summary, Koamashi are like...land guardians? They collect the history of their homeland and stuff and this could go on forever. This one is a happy being and also ready to kick your ass. But she probably won’t, cause being friendly is the way to go! (Also that whole “cursed land” thing didn’t go well for her, so she’s still trying to recover from that.

Koamashi of Kamui: A cold guy (ahahahaa, get it??), but could be tight-knit...if he had friends. He just sorta...watches over the Oina and Poncles. That’s his main dealio. He’s a sad man, give him a hug...once you know him better, anyways. Doesn’t like touches from strangers, m’dude.

Koamashi of the Takamagahara: You’ll likely never meet this guy unless, like... You die or something. Or are a deity of some kind? He’s a cool dude, though. Very friendly, patient, and kind. Probably gives warm hugs. Will kick your ass if need be, though. Died once; not fun. Also, the Koamashi are technically genderless, but they do lean towards a preference of appearance, so.... And they really don’t mind, either way.

Handmaiden Reiko: Dad the sake brewer, mom the painter, and big brother the warrior...and their parents are dead, of course. Reiko somehow managed to get a job as a handmaiden to a tanuki princess, but... Geez, is it straining or WHAT?! Makes using a bow look so, so easy.... Patient af, though; she’s still working to keep getting money to ensure a good life back at home. Also has an Oina bf named Hayato.

Demon Cat Sukei: Fight first, questions later. Won’t let you pet him and will bite if you try. Maybe claw, too, if he can manage it. Can speak English/Japanese and will hand over demonic wares and give advice on demons/imps to talk to who might be of help, if got need of them. Alright, if an asshole.

Genetic Pup Aoi: Remember the “Science is Bad” trope? Well, it’s sorta true here; get the hair and blood of a kami with some science shit and BAM!! Here’s four godly puppies, have fun explaining that shit to the higher ups. Aoi is the blu boi and he’s got them water powers. Eldest of the four sibs and thus, the leader.

Genetic Pup Hinote: Second in command to Aoi, but sorta like Starscream in that he keeps trying for first place. Dark pupper and the only one to have black fur; he controls fire and- yes- is a bit of a hothead. He’s a good big bro to Kusa, though.

Genetic Pup Kusa: The green boy, associated with wind, and the fastest of ‘em all because of it. Could probably speed over water, honestly. He just likes to run and play with Hinote, cause they’re the other duo to Aoi and Sakura.

Genetic Pup Sakura: Cliche name for the pink pup with the earth powers... Also the sole girl, but she knows that just makes her better then! ...Right? Is the runt of the group, but also sorta the powerhouse, considering how important nature is, and all. Is the “underling” to the duo between her and Aoi, though she secretly prefers Hinote to give her attention.

Lunarian Aristocrat Kiyoshi: One of the Moon Tribe runaways during the fall. Kinda sorta doesn’t care what happened back home, cause Sei’an City is a lot cooler, anyhow... Mostly cause 300+ years of being there and it’s still a neat place to him. Is a little shit in the way only a very flashy man can be. It’s all a part of that Lunarian charm, eh~?

Tanuki Princess Yua: Got big tiddies cause mythology states that tanuki have ridiculously huge and useful ballsacks. The more you know!! Yua, however, is the second child who is a girl, and thus won’t get the throne. So via la rebellion and exploring the world of Nippon and Kamui time!! She’s the princess Reiko has to watch over, bless the woman’s heart... Yua likes playing tricks, flirting a bit, but has some wild ADHD that just....won’t settle. Can at least relax a little in Wep’keer/Kamui, so Reiko can see her man and not have to fuss over the princess during that bit of their trip.

Oina Woman Miame: CALLBACK TIME. So remember Samickle? Being engaged? Here’s his fiancée. YUP. Casual woman who he kinda had to help when she got herself trapped and hurt... Sorta stuck around with nowhere else to go, wormed her way into the pack....and then some cheesy bit like “warming up Sami’s heart” or something. Definitely does know how to keep him from stressing out too much, though, so... Go her!!

Demon Priest Takahiro: He got a name for this appearance. At long last, he hAS A NAME!!! He’s mostly here to pay for his crimes years ago, when he forced Amaterasu to swallow up this stone of darkness kinda thing? It makes her go into a baddie mode, basically. Yeah, he did it. That’s his fault. Also, that hasn’t been fixed, so..... Someone needs to get on that and drag Takahiro with them!!

Young Fox Akemi: “Young” by kitsune standards, thank you. She’s still in her early 200s! Anywho... Fox from a small kitsune village. Has been going around to learn stuff about the world as she gains her tails. Made a friend in another wandering kitsune with similar goals, so they joined up; he’s been traveling longer, though. Associated with the autumn season.

Teenage Fox Yoshirou: Akemi’s friend and a black fox of 3-tails, so... About 300 years already under his belt. Wanted to be alone and in peace, but Akemi was younger than him, so... He relented. Acts like her big brother now, basically. Since they’ve wandered from their homes and families, expect him to be the one to look over suitors in place of her actual family.

Lunarian Scholar Kazuki: If you’ve been around me for about a year, you know this guy already. If not, he’s basically the ex-love interest to Shiori over at Goddessof-Poems. He kinda died during the whole wipeout of the Moon Tribe? Yeah... He used to do a lot of important writing for the Moon Tribe and gave Shiori her signature, golden collar. (Still wears it to this day.) He’s a dead guy now, but Izanami likes setting him free sometimes to amuse herself. So whether in the past or present, Kazuki is around somehow...somewhere.....