#swap shuffle lunar

[atherflame-theconcubus]

In the swap shuffle au, the shattered twins at least try to maintain a level of feistiness around people they feel they can get away with doing it to just to feel like they have that control. So they are very feisty with lune while they just freeze up and don’t say anything around radiant because they look like eclipse

Lune just treats them how he would any other feisty child.

Meanwhile, radiant is just trying to encourage them to be fierce, he doesn’t know much about bloodmoon’s from other universes, but he does know they’re usually feisty. 

[atherflame-theconcubus]

Callaway just tells them that they can hunt 3 humans tomorrow if they just rest so they don’t feel sick anymore.

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Lune asks them if they’re ok, since I can only imagine how confused they look. Internally, he is questioning who failed at parenting this bad.

The twins will insist on hunting even if they are injured or sick. They don’t wanna have to wait like a plebian.

[the-violet-galaxy]

What do you do when you have so many AU or fic ideas you want to explore but have no idea where to start, haha

I have TWO (2) swap AUs that are completely different from each other --

One swap AU called "Killswitch", where Sun and Moon's personalities and characters are roughly the same, but SUN was the one with the Killcode instead, aaand just playing around to see how the TSAMS story would have played out from there. Sun-type models and moon-type models switch roles (Eclipse manifested in Moon's head, Lunar and Solar are in entirely different places, characters like Bloodmoon, SolarFlare, and Jack-O-Moon have different names and slightly different personality traits due to swapping to the other celestial type, etc. and so on)

And a more traditional character swap AU, affectionately called "Ruinswap", where everyone's roles are shuffled; Ruin and Earth are closely connected and are one of the focuses

(Which is just funny because I couldn't decide on just one; why not both?)

I have more possible ideas for chapters for "If Ruin Was Never Caught"

Several ideas for "OCs" for variations of TSAMS characters that come from alternate dimensions; and for these I'm really excited but I REALLY have no idea where to start with them, haha

and other various oneshots

There's so much and it's hard to figure out where to begin!

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ritsuka fujimaru - mystic codes

ritsuka is in possession of a number of mystic codes--specially-made items, in her case outfits, imbued with magical energy, making the user capable of quickly casting specific spells. her mystic codes and their abilities (described in both story terms and gameplay mechanic terms) are:

mystic code: chaldea - chaldea’s default uniform for masters.

first aid - moderately heals an ally. (single-target heal.) momentary reinforcement - temporarily increases an ally’s strength. (single-target 1-turn attack buff, increases attack by 50%.) emergency evasion - temporarily allows an ally to dodge all attacks. (single-target 1-turn evade.)

chaldea combat uniform - also known as the plugsuit, a bodysuit worn when rayshifting.

reinforce all - temporarily strengthens the entire party. (1-turn party-wide 30% attack buff.) gandr - a weaker version of the offense-oriented gandr used by rin tohsaka and luviagelita edelfelt, it won’t hurt the opponent, but it will bring their movement to a crawl for a short while. (1-turn stun.) order change - instantly swaps two allies’ locations. (switches a servant in your front line with someone in your back line.)

mage’s association uniform - the uniform of the clock tower, a prestigious school for mages and the center of the mage’s association. ironically, ritsuka’s never been there properly.

heal all - moderately heals all allies, though slightly less than first aid can for a single person. (party-wide heal.) spiritron transfer - gives an ally a moderate boost of magical energy. (single-target 20% ult charge.) command shuffle - we will ignore this one because it’s purely game mechanics in a way that i can’t possibly translate to anything useful here!

atlas academy uniform - the uniform of atlas academy, an insular school for alchemists. ritsuka’s never properly been there either.

dust of osiris - temporarily makes an ally impervious to all wounds. (single-target 1-turn invincibility.) rain of isis - restores an ally to their original condition, excluding injuries. (single-target debuff clear.) eye of medjed - increases an ally’s reaction time. (cuts skill cooldown by 2 turns. single-target.)

anniversary blonde - based on the outfit worn by a certain king of knights in one timeline’s fuyuki, 2004.

mana burst - gives an ally a burst of magical energy, temporarily sharply increasing their strength. (single-target 1-turn 60% buster [heavy damage] buff.) conviction of victory - temporarily increases the party’s perception, allowing them to more accurately strike weak points. (1-turn party-wide crit rate buff. amount varies based on the individual.) knight’s oath - allows one ally to instantly revive upon defeat. (single-target 1-time guts [instant revive] status.)

royal brand - based on the outfit worn by a certain king of knights in one timeline’s fuyuki, 1994.

reaction enhancement - temporarily increases an ally’s speed. (1-turn single-target 50% quick [fast, comparatively light damage] buff.) iron will - temporarily increases an ally’s perception, allowing them to more accurately strike weak points. (1-turn single-target crit rate increase. exact amount varies.) unavoidable strike - temporarily ensures that all of an ally’s attacks land. (1-turn single-target sure hit status [breaks through evade status].)

brilliant summer - even summertime fun is full of chaos at chaldea! this cute orange-and-white striped bikini is no less helpful than any of her other mystic codes.

rumble party -  temporarily increases the party’s speed. (1-turn party-wide 30% quick [fast, comparatively light damage] buff.) sure-kill trident - temporarily ensures that all of an ally’s attacks will deal damage, no matter what. (1-turn single-target ignore invincible status.) sea house shower - heals an ally and gives them a small magical energy boost. (single target heal + 10% ult charge.)

memoria of lunar mare - the uniform of tsukimihara, a virtual high school on the moon from another timeline.

spiritron elevation - temporarily increases an ally’s ability to generate magical energy. (1-turn single-target 50% arts [attack that also greatly increases ult charge] buff.) groundwork for complete victory - temporarily increases the party’s perception, allowing them to more accurately strike weak points. (1-turn party-wide crit rate increase. exact amount varies.) punishment - prevents an enemy from strengthening themself. (single-target 1-time buff block.)

memoria of the far side of the moon - another uniform of tsukimihara.

complete spiritron elevation - temporarily increases the party’s ability to generate magical energy. (1-turn party-wide 30% arts [attack that also greatly increases ult charge] buff.) groundwork for survival - prevents an ally from being weakened. (single-target 1-time debuff block.) down slide - saps an enemy’s magical energy. (lower’s an enemy’s ult gauge by a set percentage based on enemy class.)

fragment of the year 2004 - the uniform of fuyuki’s local high school, homurahara.

code: f - Increases the strength of an ally’s noble phantasm or other ultimate attack. (single-target 1-turn 50% ult buff.) code: u - temporarily increases an ally’s perception, allowing them to more accurately strike weak points. (1-turn single-target crit rate increase. exact amount varies.) code: h - temporarily increases an ally’s ability to generate magical energy. (single-target 1-turn 50% ult charge generation buff.)

arctic region chaldea uniform - a special uniform designed for uninhabitably cold weather. along with the spells described below, it possesses an inherent magical resistance to the cold, so long as it isn’t torn.

purge & restore - heals an ally and restores any damages to their defensive capabilities. (single-target heal + defense debuff clear.) phantasmal reinforcement - temporarily increases an ally’s strength, and further increases their noble phantasm or other ultimate attack’s strength. (single-target 1-turn 40% attack buff + 20% ult buff.) protracted evasion - temporarily grants an ally the ability to dodge any single attack, no matter what it is. (single-target 3-turn 1-time evade status.)

tropical summer - an outfit perfectly suited for the hawaiian vacation they were (not) on when they got it!

blue splash - temporarily increases an ally’s ability to generate magical energy, and further increases their noble phantasm or other ultimate attack’s strength. (1-turn single-target 30% arts [attack that also greatly increases ult charge] buff + 20% ult buff.) supply water - temporarily increases an ally’s perception, allowing them to more accurately strike weak points. (1-turn single-target crit rate increase. exact amount varies.) safety oil - temporarily increases an ally’s ability to preserve their current state and gives them a small amount of magical energy. (1-turn single-target 100% buff removal resist increase + 10% ult charge increase.)

ceremonial new year - a floral-patterned kimono paired with a faux fur shawl, perfect for ringing in the new year (always an eventful affair at chaldea).

first shine - increases the strength of the party’s noble phantasms or other ultimate attacks. (party-wide 1-turn 35% ult buff.) little gift - gives an ally a small amount of magical energy and increases the party’s perception. (single-target 10% ult charge + increases party’s crit rate for one turn.) osechi package - temporarily makes an ally more robust. (single-target 1-turn max hp increase.)

captain chaldea - a spacesuit given to ritsuka when they were dragged into the servant universe by astarte. …don’t think too hard about it.

over charger - increases the strength of an ally’s noble phantasm or other ultimate attack and restores any damages to their offensive capabilities. (single-target 1-turn 50% ult buff + offensive debuff clear.) star blaster - temporarily increases an ally’s strength when striking weak points. (1-turn single-target 50% crit damage buff.) escape pod - temporarily grants an ally the ability to dodge any single attack, no matter what it is, and moderately heals them. (single-target 3-turn 1-time evade status + heal.)

true ether uniform - it also has a way longer name, but let’s just stick with true ether! made for ritsuka’s trip to the seventh singularity in ancient uruk, it has the ability to withstand the absurdly high magical energy concentrations present in the age of gods.

attack simultaneously - temporarily provides a sharp increase to the party’s strength. (1-turn party-wide 35% buster [heavy damage] buff.) threefold therapy - greatly heals an ally over a short time. (single-target heal-per-turn, lasts 3 turns.) mana conversion - gives an ally a small amount of magical energy and temporarily increases an ally’s ability to generate magical energy. (single-target 10% ult charge + 1-turn 40% ult charge generation buff.)

chaldea pathfinder - a scout's outfit, perfect for summer camp! this mystic code is built to endure forested and mountainous terrain.

orienteering - temporarily increases an ally’s speed and Increases the strength of an ally’s noble phantasm or other ultimate attack.. (1-turn single-target 30% quick [fast, comparatively light damage] buff + single-target 1-turn 20% ult buff.) camp fire - temporarily increases an the party’s strength when striking weak points. (1-turn party-wide 30% crit damage buff.) survival kit - removes all ailments from an ally and gives them a small amount of magical energy. (single-target, removes dot effects + 10% ult charge.)

[ladyfly]

The Great Musical Upgrade

The hallways are dark and quiet. You had finished another nighttime task. One of the gaters at Monty's Gater Golf had broken down. It was stuck part way out of the water and endlessly growling. It almost gave you a headache. As long as nothing else happened you were free to get some rest.

You didn't really have an official place to call your own in the plex yet. They were building you one down in the lower tunnels. Not ideal but better than spending the night away from your two favorite jesters. How anyone could abuse the pair was baffling to you.

You passed by the newest nighttime security guard. A young lad named Braxly. He hated his name so most people called him Axle. You two swapped a wave on your way to the daycare.

You had heard the boys got a new upgrade but not what it was. It wasn't cosmetic, that much you did know. It was something involving their code. That terrifies you. Who knows what they changed! You pass the fountain to the daycare. A few coins sit inside. Briefly you consider taking a few but decide better of it.

As soon as you open the doors to the daycare you hear a very loud "Sunshine!"

From down below you watch Sun call his wire. He practically rockets up to where you are. You can hear a strange sound as he gets closer. It seems he can hear it too. It takes you a second to recognize the song. It's 'My Girl' by The Temptations.

Sun slaps a hand over his chest. His rays shrink into his head and he takes off to his room. You tilt your head for a second. What the hell is happening. You run as fast as you can to the theater. Whatever is going on you will help Sun through it. Why was his chest playing that song in particular?

You catch your breath at the door to Sun and Moon's room. You can hear sun inside arguing with Moon about something. You open the door without knocking as you have done so many times before.

Sun turns to you. His chest blares out "Well I guess you'd say, What can make me feel this way, My girl, my girl, my girl, Talkin' 'bout my girl, my girl, talkin' 'bout my girl!" Sun buries his face in his hand and groans.

You snicker "Sunny. What is happening?"

Sun sighs dramatically "We got a new upgrade to our mu-"

The lights turn off. You hadn't been keeping track of the time. Sun shifts to Moon. As his eyes fall on you the song also shifts. Van Halen's 'Why Can't This Be Love' blares from his chest "Whoa here it comes, That funny feeling again, Winding me up inside, Every time we touch."

Moon immediately books it to the balcony and dives into the ball pit. You run to the edge and watch him run to one of the play structures. You run once again back down to the daycare. When you reach the play structure Moon is hiding in you can still hear the music. You have an hour before Sun comes back.

It takes you longer than you'd like to get to Moon. Along the way you can hear Moon trying to stop the music. You can also hear the song loop. Finally you reach the lunar animatronic. His chest blares "It's got what it takes, So tell me why can't this be love, You want it straight from the heart, Oh tell me why can't this be love!"

It clicks in your head. Both songs played are love songs. Do they really love you? Moon pulls his hat over his head and curls in on himself. You place a gentle hand on his knee. Moon shuffles away from you.

You crawl further into the tiny room "what's going on? Sun said you got an upgrade?"

Moon peeks at you before hiding again "We got an upgrade to our music box. It can now play any song we want. At first it was fine but now? Every time we think about you it plays these songs! We can't stop it!"

You scoot closer to him "Do... do you have feelings for me? I have them for you."

Moon's eyes shoot to yours. 'Dream Weaver" By Gary Wright cuts off Van Halen. Moon blushes brightly "You do?"

You lean forward and kiss his teeth "Yes. I do."

Moon leans into your touch and pulls you close to his frame "Sun is screaming in our head. He says to tell you we are not letting you go tonight."

You laugh "What if I have to pee?"

Moon does not skip a beat "Then you pee yourself."

[stereksecretsanta]

Merry Christmas, alaidiem!

For @alaidiem. Hope you have a wonderful and Stereky Christmas!!

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Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Them a Match

Derek Hale and Stiles Stilinski have been best friends since they were very young.

Two-year-old Stiles toddled up to two and a half-year-old Derek, and patted Derek’s cheeks, a smile blooming behind Stiles’ red pacifier as he murmurs “vulf, pity vulf”.

Once they started school, they were inseparable. Despite being in different classes, they always met up at recess and lunch, swapping bits and pieces from their lunch box and reading the latest Batman comic together.

When Jackson Whittmore joined the school and decided on his first day to push Stiles over in the sandpit, Derek marched over and pushed Jackson over in retaliation, pointing a finger in his face and growling, “If you even look sideways at Stiles, I will hurt you.”

When Derek was being made fun of by Liam Dunbar for having his nose in a book, Stiles tilts his head in a distinctly wolf-like fashion and quips, “You jealous Liam? Heard you only got 52% on your last English test. Need Derek to teach you how to read?”

By the time they had reached high school, both their families were certain the boys were mates. Noah and Claudia Stilinksi had made a bet with Talia and Samuel Hale on when Derek and Stiles’ matehood would manifest.

The Stilinksi’s are guided by the customs of the Emissary. An Emissary comes into their own at the age of 14, their spark igniting in the presence of their mate. The ritual tying the Emissary and their mate is performed on the full moon after their eighteenth birthday when the full power and knowledge is bestowed upon the magic-user, and their mate confirms the match.

The Hales, on the other hand, are guided by the moon and werewolf lore. It is said that a young werewolf would find their mate at the age of sixteen, their wolf recognising their true match and spurring them on to make a pledge of the heart. This pledge is made under the new moon, the beginning of the new lunar cycle, signifying a new start.

Needless to say, there has been quite some competition between the two families over the years, followed by confusion when both boys pass eighteen and they are still unmated.

🐺🐺🐺

Peter Hale stands at the kitchen window watching as Derek and Stiles play around in the pool. Stiles is unsuccessfully trying to push Derek into the water, as the werewolf’s feet are firmly planted on the ground and he’s not moving. The force of pushing against an immovable object causes Stiles to lose his footing, arms windmilling wildly as he tries to find purchase, only for Derek to grab his arm and throw a laughing Stiles in the pool.

Talia saunters up behind her brother and gives him a pinch. “Whatever it is you are thinking Peter, I strongly suggest you forget about it.”

Peter sighs, turning to his older sister as Derek cannonballs into the pool.”Aren’t you frustrated as well Tali? Bets aside, both of their mates should have manifested by now. They are nineteen! Both off to college, different colleges mind you, opening them up to other people when they are clearly each other’s mate! Don’t you just want to shake them and tell them to get their acts together?”

Talia puts an arm around Peter. “I’m not frustrated, I’m sad. They are clearly perfect for each other. It saddens me that maybe they aren’t meant to be when it’s clear to the rest of us that they are. They have the same relationship that Sam and I have, and that you and Lisa have. It was clear to all our families back then, just as clear to us now. Maybe Mother Moon has other plans for our boys. We must be patient.”

“Patient my ass. Those boys are oblivious Tali. Stiles seems to think that Derek is too good for him. And Derek thinks he’s too dumb for Stiles, and Stiles deserves someone smarter like Lydia Martin. I just think they need a little bit of a push. A prod even. A shuffle in the mate direction.”

“Since when do the boys think that? I’ve never heard either of them say any such thing. I don’t think meddling is a good idea, Peter. It needs to happen naturally.”

Peter turns to Talia with a raised brow. “Just last week I heard Stiles on the phone to Scott saying how he doesn’t think he deserves it, and Derek was talking to Laura lamenting just before he left for college how he doesn’t know whether he’s smart enough. And anyway, I’ve never heard any stories of things going badly when someone intervened. It can’t hurt.”

Crossing his arms across his chest, Peter sighs. “Look Tali, we’ve all seen how they look at each other. It’s ridiculous how much in love they are. Also it can’t be good having Stiles abilities not fully manifested. He’s to be Laura’s emissary Tali, if he doesn’t fully come into his powers soon, then it will have a direct impact on the Pack. Something needs to be done.”

Talia pinches the bridge of her nose and heaves a sigh. “Ok, I’ll have a talk with Claudia, see what she has to say. She’ll know more about the Emissary manifestation, maybe there’s something we just don’t know.”

“And, in the meantime, I’m going to get in my nephew’s ear and guide him like the good Alpha’s right hand that I am.”

Talia groans and gives Peter a shove. “Fine, but don’t be too over the top or too blatant. And don’t harm either of them. Or do anything to scare the other one. And no making the other jealous! Nothing that can backfire.”

“You are no fun.”

“I am your Alpha Peter Hale, you need to remember that.”

Peter snorts and salutes his sister, who laughs loudly as she walks out the door. Turning back to the window Peter watches the boys talk quietly as they bob gently in the pool. They are talking quiet enough that Peter can’t hear what they are saying, so when Stiles blushes a deep pink, he desperately wants to know what is being said.

He makes his way out of the back door and down the stairs, opening the pool gate as quietly as possible. Peter puts on his best smirk.

“You know Stiles, we are in the middle of summer. You’re looking a little pink there, forget to put on sunscreen?”

Stiles startles violently, almost smacking Derek in the face. Derek holds Stiles' arms in front of him and turns to glare at Peter. “Must you do that Peter? You know how he flails.”

“Hey! I resemble that remark!” Stiles squawks.

Derek snorts and turns back to Stiles. “He doesn’t look sunburnt to me Peter. Maybe it’s time to get your eyes checked old man.”

Peter’s smirk widens. “Yes, well you’d be able to see whether Stiles is sunburnt or not being that close to him Derek. Do you think you could tell whether it’s sunburn? Or whether Stiles is just blushing. He turns a lovely shade of pink when he blushes.”

Stiles narrows his eyes. “Listen here Uncle Creepy, the fact that you know that is gross, and I’m going to tell Lisa!”

Peter snorts. “Oh no, I’m so scared.”

Derek sneers at his uncle. “What about if I told Aunt Lisa about what you did Friday night? Do you think shed ok if she found out it was YOU that ate the last of her chocolate?”

Stiles starts laughing. “You ate a pregnant werewolf’s chocolate? Oh my god, you are a dead man!”

While Derek and Stiles continue to laugh, Peter swiftly makes his exit, frustrated that his plan failed.

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Talia and Claudia sit on the couch, each nursing a cup of tea. Claudia has her thinking face on, while Talia waits patiently.

“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with him Tali. Mischief has been doing all of his Emissary studies, and in fact, is ahead.”

“How is that possible that he’s ahead though? Shouldn’t his abilities have manifested fully by now? I’m not sure how it works, but I would have thought that there was a limit to what Stiles could learn until he came into his powers. And the boys are nineteen now, Claud. Has Stiles said anything to you about the situation? About Derek?”

Claudia shakes her head. “No, he’s always been very secretive with matters of the heart. And there are always things to learn about being an Emissary. In fact, I heard from my sister in Poland, she’s Emissary to one of the Wójcik Alphas you know, and she was saying how on some blood moons, the connection between an Alpha and their Emissary is strengthened with a pulse of power, and …”

“Claud! Off topic.”

“Sorry! It’s fascinating. But as far as the situation as you call it, Stiles hasn’t mentioned anything, and I haven’t asked.”

“I just wonder if we say something to the boys? Peter is going to try his hand at matchmaking, he’s getting a bit worried about it.”

“Honestly Tali, I wouldn’t be too worried. I didn’t meet Noah until I was in my early twenties. I didn’t become your Emissary until my late twenties. The folklore surrounding us is just that, folklore. The Emissary Scrolls were written in a completely different time to now. But if it makes you feel better, I’ll have a talk to Stiles and I’ll let you know.”

Talia lets go of the breath she seemed to be holding and takes another sip of her tea. “Thanks Claud. I’ll let Peter know.”

“He’s not going to stop trying to meddle, surely you know your brother better than that. Remember what happened with Laura?”

There was a moment's silence before the women burst out laughing, remembering when Peter tried to get Laura and her mate Jordan together, Peter ended up locked up in the Beacon Hills Sheriff Department’s jail for the weekend after Peter’s attempted abduction of his niece went terribly wrong.

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Derek walks back in the front door after saying goodbye to Stiles, who incidentally was looking a little pink after forgetting to reapply his sunscreen. He chuckles as he walks into the kitchen to grab a cold drink, almost turning around when he sees his Uncle Peter sitting at the dining table watching Derek keenly.

Opening the fridge, Derek pulls out a bottle of water, turning around to face Peter as he twists the top off and takes a sip.

“Whatever it is you want to say, Peter, just say it.”

“I don’t know what you mean nephew.”

Derek rolls his eyes and starts to walk out of the kitchen to go up to his room, stopping when Peter starts to talk.

“You must miss Stiles when you are at college.”

Derek turns slowly back around towards his uncle and narrows his eyes at him. “Why do you say that?”

“Well, you’ve been practically joined at the hip since you were two. And for the first time in 17 years, you are separated by a 6 hour drive. Are you ok with that?”

“There’s this marvellous invention called a cell phone where we can make phone calls, and even some phones allow you to make video calls! There’s Zoom, Skype, Discord, as well as email, text messages. I may not see him every day, but we talk all the time, and FaceTime every weekend.”

“Yes, but it must be hard not being able to hug him, not being in the same room as him. You must miss his scent.”

Derek looks at Peter like he’s grown a second head. “Are you ok Peter? Did you get sunstroke in the 5 minutes you were outside today? Maybe you are a vampire instead of a werewolf. Yes, that explains everything! Especially since you suck!”

Growling, Peter gets up from his seat and runs at Derek who shrieks and bolts out the front door.

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Thursday afternoon, Stiles is sitting at the diner on Fifth Street waiting for his dad to arrive for lunch. He’s stripping the straw wrapper into a pile in front of his soda, knee bouncing under the table.

Just as he’s about to pull the straw out of his soda, the door of the diner opens with a jingle, Stiles looking up to see his weary father walking towards him.

Noah sits down with a sigh. “Hey, kiddo.”

“Hey pops, you ok?”

“Rough case at the moment, but it’s getting close to being solved which is something to look forward to. How’s your day?”

“Good! Mom asked me to come into the bookstore this morning, Mrs Nelson asked her to ask me if I wanted to do some part-time work there over the Summer, so I had a quick interview, and I have my first shift with mom tomorrow!”

The Sheriff grabs Stiles hand and squeezes. “That’s good news son.”

As Stiles is about to ask his dad about the case, the bell above the door jingles again, and in walks Peter Hale.

Stiles groans. “Ah, crap.”

“What’s wrong son?”

Peter strides right up to the table and presumptuously sits down at one of the two free chairs. “Noah, Stiles, so good to see you! What brings you to the diner today?”

Stiles looks at Peter incredulously and before he can answer, Noah responds. “We’re doing our taxes, Peter.”

“Ah, funny. Yes, you are in a diner, it should be obvious what you are doing. I thought you’d be doing something with Derek today Stiles?”

Noah rolls his eyes and mumbles “Oh lord.”

Stiles looks confused. “Why would I be doing something with Derek today?”

“Why wouldn’t you be! You haven’t seen each other for some time, it’s the summer break, time to reconnect with those you love and all that.”

Stiles blinks.

“You two have been joined at the hip since you were babies! This is the first time you are both out in the big bad world and you’ve gone to opposite ends of the state. I just thought you’d want to spend every waking moment together.”

“I have no idea what you are getting at Peter, but Derek and I are meeting up on Friday. There’s a new Marvel movie out, and the diner has Five Buck Burger Fridays.”

“Why not tomorrow as well?”

Stiles looks at his dad, then looks back at Peter. “Because I’m working, and Derek is working.”

“Derek is working?”

“Yes? He’s working with Samuel at the garage.”

“Ah yes, that’s right. Well, I hope you two get to spend more time together than just on weekends. It would be a shame if you two grew apart.”

Peter gets up from his chair and tucks it back under the table. He bids the Stilinski men good day and walks out the diner.

Stiles looks back as his father. “He is such a fucking weirdo.”

“Language Stiles!”

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When Peter gets home from his gatecrashing the Stilinski lunch, he convinces Talia to arrange a barbecue with the Hales and Stilinskis for Sunday. The weather is forecast to be warm, perfect for swimming and grilling.

Sunday morning dawns and Peter rises with a smirk. Lisa looks flatly at her husband as she sits in the armchair in the corner of the room, rubbing her swollen belly. “What are you smirking at? You’ve just woken up.”

“Well my love, today is the day that I am going to once and for all get Stiles and Derek to admit that they are in fact, in love, and in fact, are mates. The pining and the looks of love from afar end today!”

“I know you think you are this Matchmaker extraordinaire, but the reality is, you are awful at it, and it always backfires.”

“You can’t say it always backfires because I’ve only done it once.”

“That’s the literal definition! Always. Every time you have done it, you’ve failed. One hundred per cent failure rate!”

Peter huffs and trips as he’s removing his sleep pants. Lisa laughs. “Come now my heart. Don’t pout, it’s unbecoming. Now do your pregnant wife a favour and rub my feet.”

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The Stilinskis arrive at the Hale house at 11.30 on the dot. Stiles helps his mom get the plethora of Polish side dishes from the backseat, while Noah grabs the beers, both normal and wolfsbane laced. They walk into the house as a family, dodging screaming kids, laughing adults, and hazardously placed bags.

Stiles stays in the kitchen with Laura and Cora and helps to get the side dishes and desserts set out on the benches. Claudia goes off to find Talia, and Noah parks himself next to the grill, cracking open a cold one for Samuel and himself, chatting to Derek about his work at the garage.

Once the grilling is done and the meat brought inside, Talia calls everyone around and thanks them for coming. After giving directions on where to find everything, and offering for people to sit wherever they want, Peter clears his throat as his Alpha is about to release the pack to get food.

“I just wanted to say a few things before we eat!”

Talia’s “oh no” is mirrored by Claudia, Samuel, and Noah.

“As it is the summer holidays for all our young pack members, I just thought it would be nice to welcome those who have been off at college back home, especially Derek and Stiles who have never been apart this long ever!”

Peter looks around waiting for the laughter. There’s not even a chuckle. Derek steps forward. “What are you doing Peter?”

“Nothing! Well, nothing MUCH. You two have been so close for such a long time, I just worry about you missing each other! Anyway, I just wanted to …”

“You just wanted to what Peter? You’ve been acting fuc .. freaking weird for the last week!” Stiles interrupts Peter with a glare.

Derek nods. “You said the exact same thing about missing each other to me the other day. Why are you so fixated with Stiles and I missing each other?”

Peter looks at Talia for help but she just raises her hands in a “you’re on your own” gesture.

“Lisa?”

“Nope babe. This is your show.”

Peter sighs. “I’ve been trying to get you two to admit you miss each other, which would then get you to admit that you have feelings for each other, which would then get you to realise you are mates!”

Derek walks over to Stiles and puts his arm around him. Stiles snuggles into Derek’s side. “We know we are mates Uncle Peter. We’ve known for years.”

Peter’s jaw drops. Followed by Talia’s and Noah’s. Claudia, Samuel and Lisa are laughing. Cora is looking between Peter, and Derek with confusion. Laura is stifling a laugh.

“What?? But you aren’t mated!!”

Stiles rolls his eyes. “We aren’t officially mated yet no. We wanted to wait until we’ve graduated from college before we made it official.”

“So you know you’re mates, but you don’t miss each other? What am I missing???”

“Uncle Peter, Stiles and I are very much in love so of course we miss each other. But we knew that if we were to be officially mated it would make going to college very difficult. We want to get the first three years done and dusted at our college of choice, and then see what happens. Stiles couldn’t turn down the scholarships from Berkeley, and couldn’t turn down UCLA. But we have every intention of having the official ceremony once we’ve graduated.”

Before Peter can respond, Talia steps in. “It sounds like you’ve had this planned for a long time. Why didn’t you tell anyone?”

Laura clears her throat. “They told me.”

Peter throws his hands up in the air and storms off, leaving his laughing wife behind.

Talia frowns. “Why didn’t they tell me?”

“I’m sorry Alpha Hale, we should have told you. But after discussing it, Derek and I thought it would be best to tell Laura as I’m to be her Emissary.”

“We also knew that if everyone knew they’d make a big deal about us not being mated yet. We really need to do this in our timeline, in our way. I’m sorry mom.”

Talia rushes forward and scoops Derek and Stiles into a hug, and taking the lead of their Alpha, the rest of the pack joins in.

🐺🐺🐺

Three Years Later

Derek and Stiles stand under the new moon in their mating robes. Stiles' hands lay gently on top of Derek’s, a platinum ring in each palm bearing the triskele.

Talia guides her son and his mate through their vows through tears. Derek and Stiles' faces radiate pure love, and as the rings are slipped on the other’s finger, the Hale Alpha declares her son and the future Hale Emissary mates, and to seal the bond, to kiss under the new moon.

The men wrap their arms around each other, and as their lips touch for the first time as official mates, a pulse of power bursts from Stiles wrapping around him and his wolf, drawing them even closer.

The wolves of the pack howl in joy, while the humans cheer. Noah and Claudia hug each other close. Talia and Samuel look at each with love.

Peter looks at his nephew in fondness and turns to Lisa. “I’m taking full credit for this.”

[wingcinna]

Fluffy little Vesper and Iah bonding time with Owynn?

Awww what a cute idea!

Walking around at 1 am shushing the newborns and talking to them about nothing.

Owynn making kissy lips at Baby Iah and him imitating it. Her doing the same towards baby vesper and her snatches her lips in a tight baby fist 💀

Playing hide and go seek with them/ from making sure to leave her feet out when they’re really little saying “where’s mama?”, To much much more advanced play in the forest.

Making Iah devil horns and Vesper wolf ears with bubbles during bath time, so they can “swap” per their request.

going for walks with the boys holding their little hands but Iah getting distressed because he can’t hold Iahs hand. so they end up having to shuffle walk so they can hold mom’s hand and each other’s infront of her legs

Group hugs!!

Kissing the top of their heads just cause

Making snow angels and having snowball fights during the Lunar festival (of course dads are here for this too) ☃️

Owynn being “mama possum” crawling on her hands and knees while the boys are draped over her back.

Taking all of Daddy Alkar’s pillows and making a pillow bed to nap on the floor together.

Sword fights with twigs. She made sure to give them the most dramatic acting she could muster up as the Villain.

Teaching the boys how to do some simple salsa, while they wait for dinner.

[eos-teric]

Relationship Reading 101

I often find requests in my mailbox for readings related to love life, couples, romantic interests. By personal choice I don't do that: it’s already extremely difficult to be precise with readings made via web, not having the chance of interacting live with the querent; it’s even more complicated if I’m asked to include a third person. Moreover, this kind of reading is most effective if the person concerned chooses the cards and interacts with the deck themselves.

Nonetheless, during these months, I’ve done some research and have even been lucky enough to meet a diviner specialized in love reading. In this post I’ll gradually collect the methods I learn. I’ll choose the ones within everyone's reach, to allow you to easily interrogate your own cards!

[last update: Oct 10th, 2020]

SETUP

All you need is a common deck of poker cards. If it’s included, I personally prefer to remove the Joker to keep the deck balanced; if you’re a beginner, I also recommend this setup! You can still choose to keep the Joker, knowing that if it does come up in a reading it’d be a harbinger of immaturity, uncertainty or even infidelity. Alternatively you can also use a tarot deck if you have one. As for the Joker, you can choose whether or not to remove the Major Arcana. I advise you not to keep them all, but to prefer The Lovers, The Hanged Man, The Devil, The Fool. If you feel that a card resonates well with your relationship, include it as well.

You’ll end up with – at least – the 52 (or 56) cards of the four suits: Hearts/Cups, Diamonds/Pentacles, Clubs/Wands, Spades/Swords.

Each method may have its own correspondences with the suits. In general, however, Hearts stand for good news, stability and love; Spades for obstacles, conflicts and sadness.

Remember to cleanse your deck. If you’ve chosen to use playing cards, make sure they’re no longer used to play: they’d absorb bad energies and lose concentration, i.e. divinatory effectiveness. The best practice is to purify and charge the deck before each reading.

METHOD #1 • Daily compatibility

Do you ever think about a special someone, wondering if today is the right day for that idea you've been putting off so far? Or are you interested in that someone, not sure if they like you as much? Then grab and shuffle your deck!

Draw the cards from the top: you discard two and keep the third until the deck runs out. Eventually you count how many Hearts and Spades you have – exactly the number of symbols on each card, not the number of cards of that suit; royal figures count as 15, Major Arcana have no value, and the Joker is worth 30 Spades!

Result: if Hearts are more than Spades your compatibility is good, otherwise it’s better to give ‘em some space and focus on something else.

If the Joker or any Major Arcana are present among the cards drawn, you can interpret them for further insight. Which cards and suits are they close to? The red suits (or Cups and Pentacles) are positive, while the black ones (or Swords and Wands) are negative.

e.g. — Suppose that the Joker is next to the Queen of Spades: one could suspect a betrayal or the malicious intervention of another person.

METHOD #2 • Two bodies, two souls

I was expressly advised to do this reading only during the night before the new moon – it’s believed that when the moon is new, one should never divine –, to check the status and changes in your relationship over the last lunar month as the Moon is the celestial body linked to the soul. It’s also possible to repeat this reading in the same night only by changing at least one of the two subjects in question; this means that you should never ask twice about the status of the same couple, ‘cause it would offend the cards! You’ll then have to wait for the following lunar cycle.

It works like this: first of all you have to choose a card that represents you (or the querent) and one that represents the partner. Specifically, the choice falls between the royal figures of Diamonds for one, and those of Clubs for the other. There isn't exactly a rule but, if it helps, Kings are for men, Queens for women, and Jacks are gender neutral and younger than the two regents. Hearts and Spades remain independent, as they represent love and suffering respectively, as mentioned in the setup.

e.g. — I identify myself with the Jack of Diamonds and my partner, pretending he’s a man older than me, should therefore be the King of Clubs. (I could have chosen the Jack of Clubs instead, so he would have been the King of Diamonds. Easy, right?)

You’re now both associated with one of the four suits. As the name of this method suggests, you finally have two bodies. Your two souls will be the Aces of each suit respectively. We’ll call these four cards Stakes.

e.g. — My soul will be represented by the Ace of Diamonds and his by the Ace of Clubs.

As always, shuffle the cards and draw them one at a time from the top of the deck; distribute them in four stacks, until there are none left, then scroll through each one: your bodies and souls now function as brackets, which include some cards and exclude others. Five intuitive cases can arise, but make sure you've checked well. If it helps, arrange the cards in a row, following their order, and look at them carefully.

1. You found only one Stake: keep it and the following cards, if any; discard the rest. 2. You found two Stakes: keep them and the eventual cards between; discard the rest. 3. You found three Stakes: keep the first two Stakes with what they eventually include, discarding the previous cards, if any; also keep the third Stake and eventually the subsequent cards, thus discarding those included between the second and third Stake, if any. 4. You found four Stakes: as for two Stakes, but twice. 5. The stack contains no Stake: discard it all.

Now stack up all the remaining cards in one deck (don’t shuffle it!) and repeat the operation, this time dividing it into three stacks; next time will be only two stacks; finally, reverse the order of the remaining cards, as if you were forming a single last stack.

It’s time to check: deal out the cards, drawing them from the top and placing them from left to right. You’ll know everything went well if in the end you still have at least the four Stakes and no more than 6 other cards, for a maximum amount of 10 and a minimum of 4. If there are more than ten cards left, it means that the deck has nothing to tell you: maybe the couple isn't close enough, or there hasn't been any progress since last reading. If one of the Stakes is missing, you have clearly messed up and wasted the opportunity for this lunar cycle – that sucks, so be thorough!

But if the numbers add up, you can proceed with the interpretation! Again, follow your intuition by first observing the distance and position of the respective souls from the bodies (remember: it’s the same suit!); then observe the distance between the respective bodies and souls of the couple; finally, consider everything as a whole, paying attention to additional cards and their position. In particular, the further cards of Diamonds and Clubs are related to the partner associated with the same suit; the royal figures are people outside the couple, and the aces can be memories or hopes.

e.g. — I ended up with: Q♦, A♦, A♣, 7♥, J♦, K♣. I immediately notice that our bodies are equidistant from our souls, and that both souls and bodies are side by side; the two planes are separated by a card of Hearts. The interpretation is almost spontaneous: there’s a perfect balance between emotional and physical levels, and in that Seven I see a growth in our relationship. Evidently, in the last lunar month, everything between us has tried to put itself in the right place, and over the next cycle it may be possible to exploit this state as a fertile ground. The key to succeeding in this intent could depend on that Queen of Diamonds, a woman I know that’s also close to my soul. I instinctively thought of a dear friend of mine, who might be able to give me the right advice. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!

METHOD #3 • PRIORITY

We often forget that love isn’t everything, and by virtue of it we sacrifice a lot. This method is a fairly simple and mechanical solitaire game, but when played with your divination cards it can give general feedback on which aspects of your life you should pay attention to.

Shuffle the deck and take out four cards, face down: set them aside. We will call ‘em Revelations. Deal out the remaining cards, placing them face down evenly in four rows. If you’re using a poker deck, when you’re done with the setup you’ll have a 12x4 grid in front of you, i.e. 48 cells.

Your aim is to gradually arrange the cards of the same suit in each row, in ascending order from 2 to King – thus excluding the Ace. The "game" is divided into four rounds, one for each Revelation. Draw the first one and find its position on the first row, which will then be associated with that suit. Be careful: don't forget that the first card of a row is actually meant for a 2, not the Ace, and so on! To place the card you currently have in your hand, you’ll need to swap it with the faced-down one that occupies its correct cell. When you draw a new suit, its row will be the next unused one.

e.g. — My first Revelation is a 7♥, which I place on the sixth cell of the first row, swapping it with what I discover to be the J♣, that will go to the tenth cell of the second row because the first one is already for Hearts.

Continue until you draw an Ace: place it to the left of the row corresponding to its suit: the round is over and you must draw the next Revelation. The game ends when all the Aces have been found, and therefore when you have no more Revelations. Flip all the cards that are still faced-down, leaving them where they are. This solitaire is successful when all the cards are correctly ordered on the grid.

e.g. — To complete the solitaire I have three faced-down cards left, but I draw the last Ace so I can’t help but check if those other two cards were already in the right position. Indeed yes, so I won!

Whether the game was succeeded or not, it’s time to divine: first of all, if it has failed, it might mean that you’ll soon have some setbacks or that there’s not enough clarity in your life. Analyze the order of appearance of the suits, from top to bottom: this will help you understand which aspect of your life you should focus on (first rows), suggesting you temporarily leave out something else (last rows). Spades represent the causes of your pain; Hearts are your relationships; Clubs stand for study or career, Diamonds for what makes you materially satisfied and safe. For a good divination you must as well pay attention to each Revelation, to the order of appearance of the Aces, and especially to the order of completion of the four suits: be glad when Spades are the last to be completed, 'cause it means that sadness is far away!

[toasttz]

From the Tabletop #3

If I don't do this with some haste, I'm going to forget important details, so let's get the party started. At this point, we had a GM swap, Valentinian being excused out of the plot due to something that, upon having it explained to me, I thought sounded a lot like the World of Light scenario in the latest Super Smash Bros game (which was brand new at the time of this swap). That's largely unimportant, though, as it was just an excuse to shuffle GM in and player out. We then welcomed Gwyn, a Solar Sorcerer and a dangerously savvy and competent individual who Scarlet quickly took a shine to. Gwyn: You only want me for my mind, don't you? Scarlet: No, I totally want your body too. Gwyn: Not helping. Next, we sailed out of the Wyld and we ended up docking in, uh, a bathhouse in WhiteWall. No, I don't know how exactly we managed this. The Wyld, it's a hell of a drug. Anyway, with Maxwell now having kicked his oxygen habit, we needed to inform his next of kin. A little somebody you might have heard me mention named Taiga. We were successful in finding her, and Volkenstein almost got his head punched off for it. After talking her down and explaining that they were merely the messengers of the bad news, Volkie went over to a fighting arena. Whereupon he decided to pick a fight with the biggest badass of the lot. While this was happening, we followed some rumors that lead to the town square where a little god was requesting strange items in return for miracles. Turns out this was a Solar Sorcerer named Malgigi the Violet. He was a total G, and threw in with us with minimal prodding once Scarlet name-dropped Valentinian. Back with Volk, the badass in question began using very specific fighting moves - what people who actually read the book would know as Dark Messiah martial arts charms. This is somewhat forgivable, on account that - really, how would he have known? - but it kind of set up a problem later on that he really should've known better, but I'll get to that in a little. Short of it was, he had the balance of his Four Humors (look it up) thrown into discord, resulting in his poops being cursed. Afterward, Malgigi assessed the situation and created a means to remove the curse, using acupuncture. Suffering only pins and needles (tee-hee), he was soon back in fighting form. Taiga also helpfully informed us that the next key to the One Piece was hidden in a massive vault, heavily guarded and under lock and key itself. Scarlet insisted she could not leave without it and the party, Taiga in tow to assist departed. By the way, there was this huge to-do about "how can you put a key into a safe?" and this honestly took longer than it should have for the party to parse. But since our current GM knew full well our greatest weakness was overthinking (on account Maxwell was dead and Volk wasn't used for intelligece tests), he got his chuckles. The funny part being that the puzzles he gave us in this weird-ass haunted bank... place... were either solved instantly between Gwyn and Scarlet or set us back an hour in real-time, no in-betweens. On our way out was when we really ran into trouble, because one of those aforementioned "Rivals of Volkenstein" appeared for the first time. Thing is, he arrived as an Abyssal, so Volk couldn't immediately recognize this fellow calling himself "The Jackal". The Jackal was kind enough to exposit his backstory for us, telling us how Volkenstein scarred his face by violently tearing off the mask of "El Amigo Grande". When he explained this, Volkenstein immediately agreed that was how it went down. Just a reminder: this guy continued to insist he was a Face. Gwyn and Scarlet knew there was trouble when The Jackal was absorbing the necrotic essence from the surrounding area, and both petitioned to run. At this point, however, The Jackal busted out his signature move - La Cucaracha Espada - which Volk decided he would just tank. Head-on. For those who aren't super steeped in Exalted lore, let me explain. Necrotic essence is bad for living tissue. This lead to an age-old addage "Curse my poops once, shame on you. Curse my poops twice, you're a fucking dumbass." Having dropped like a sack of potatoes, Volk was out of the fight. Gwyn conjured a warp spell, which Scarlet assisted in dragging Volk closer for the escape (but only after suggesting that they could use Volkenstein as a sled to flee). The spell succeeded and we arrived back in front of Malgigi, who was deeply disappointed in a certain poop-cursed wrestle-man. Malgigi explained that the first curse-breaking ritual wouldn't work on something of this potency, and that the ritual required would involve a daicon radish being firmly inserted into Volkenstein's anus. And left for several days. He also recommended that Volk stop drinking, as the damage could be too much for his system to handle. This caused ol' Volkenstein to more or less just lay on his back and vomit for several weeks after. This was probably for the best. Because we needed to pursue the next potential key: the frozen north! Or, what would be the frozen north, but it was the Emerald Labyrinth of the Hazlanti League. Then all Hell broke loose. Because then we got out fourth member, Maxwell's successor, Magpie. I don't even remember Magpie's full name. Or even if she had one. Because that's not what we called her out-of-character. To us, she was Stockholm Dino Maiden: worst of all the punchmonkeys. The thing with Magpie... well, they were legion. To start, her backstory made no sense. She was supposed to have been raised by Arilack. For those who don't know, just imagine a big, predatory, dumb dinosaur. She's the patron of dinosaurs and reptile beasts. Alien, ancient, and not particularly a fan of humankind. For some reason, she found this little kabob of a human child and decided to do what anyone with a ham sandwich would do - teach it multi-variable calculus! So, that's the first problem. So with a backstory that makes no sense, she also had stats that made no sense: she was a Zenith caste with stats that of a Dawn caste. She was supposed to be playing a stupid barbarian but had Lore 3 (one higher than Scarlet, who actually DID have a formal education), dots in medicine (Why, though?!), was a tomb raider with a love of artifacts (WHY, THOUGH?!), was a gourmet chef (BUT WHY THOUGH?!), and the list goes on. In fact, I even gave Magpie an easy "out". I suggested she should be the little sister of a Lunar I made back in 2e, Victorious Carp of the Sky, who actually DID have a familial draconic motif. The character was well-liked and even made a cameo appearance in the previous campaign in one of Hell's arenas, where he battled a fellow fighter to a standstill (the only draw of the tournament which ended in a pair of new drinking buddies), and his mother had a draconic theme as well in her own right. It would've gone together like bread and butter and better explained her stats. So, naturally, her player rejected it outright. Gwyn wanted to venture into the woods to find a figure he called "Grandfather", an ancient and wizened entity who was held in high regard by Gwyn's people. He did find him too, but that didn't particularly go anywhere. Scarlet, Volk, and Maggie (brought along for metagame reasons, which I later rationalized as Scarlet wanting more "dumb muscle") had a narrow head-long collision with a massive, black, cylindrical, metal object that raced across the area. Things got a little hectic, and my memory of the next few events are... fuzzy. Consulting with Valentinian's player I am able to continue. Next, we met a powerful Lunar who acted as guardian and de facto leader of a small village, Esha Mae. She tasked us with retrieving a particular book for her, leading us back to town. Long story short, we obtained the book (which was a series of deeply politically satirical and pornographic cartoons) due to an exchange with a mysterious woman who looked a lot like Scarlet - it's important for me to mention at this point that Scarlet was raised by her uncle, Vermilion Mountain, as her parents (Verdant Wind and Azure River) and most of her extended family were killed when she was about 8 years old due to a sudden flu-like disease that ravaged her hometown in the Caul - who called herself Alabaster Albatross. No prize for guessing the relation, but that plotline never actually went anywhere anyway. Long story short: we did give Esha Mae (nicknamed just "Mae" by Scarlet, as she was wont to do) her book, but then the Albatross attacked using a massive steam cannon weapon. Upon firing, Magpie and Volkenstein managed the one (1) unambiguously awesome thing they pulled off the entire campaign and body-blocked the projectile. Scarlet battled with the Albatross, who was just way, way more powerful and upon dealing just the most glancing of blows, Scarlet was burdened by a large, dead bird lassoed around her neck. Alabaster Albatross taunted Scarlet and wished her the best of 'luck', which the albatross (lowercase) signified the opposite of. Then Magpie did something spectacularly dumb and summoned a Lord of Beasts, which ultimately sent Albatross (uppercase) and her weapon Team Rocket'ing over the horizon line. Then the Lord of Beasts basically told us to fuck off and blocked our number from his phone and stormed off, mumbling about the "kids these days". Consulting Malgigi once more for Scarlet's new predicament, he had us cobble together what amounts to a "Good Luck Potion". Managing that, Scarlet felt the need to 'test her luck' by... well, getting lucky. Which she did. With Mae. The next morning, Scarlet awoke to see Mae presenting her with an egg and declaring it their baby. Fucking Lunars, man, how do they even work?! Anyway, Scarlet charmed Mae into coming with them as a non-combat role on the crew and Scarlet began a new life as an engaged woman. Whew, this has gone on entirely longer than I expected, so let's stop here. Join me next time for: Valentinian dies in Boiling Magma and goes to Hell! Scarlet brutally murders yet another of her cherished circle-mates! Magpie is useless! Volkenstein becomes a thrown weapon! See you next time! *Quick note: Last time I screwed up "letter of MARQUE". I don't even know how I managed it, seeing as there's a sail charm with it right in its name. Ugh, I am so stupid sometimes.

[atherflame-theconcubus]

What would the swap shuffle people do to give their bloodmoon enrichment? And how would they react to their goblin ways of making enrichment if not provided?

They’ve made sure all the barrels left in the daycare don’t have the same stuff that incinerated nova, so the twins could definitely play with the barrels, chickpea would also be very willing to teach the two how to hunt wild animals so they can get enrichment like that.

As for the reaction. Somehow, it’s always lune stumbling in on their shenanigans, and the reaction is always the tired dad effect despite him not being their dad. He just sighs & grabs a broom. He also asks the twins to not do this again, knowing for while they will not listen.

[atherflame-theconcubus]

Callaway: *just smiling, glad their children have relented in their attempts to hunt, though concerned that they feel being taken care of is unfair*

(Lune, internally: who the fuck do I have to chew out for not properly taking care of these kids when sick??? )

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Lune just tries his best to help the twins, making sure they feel comfortable while being kept in the bed, they even ask if the twins want anything (other than to hunt)

The twins will insist on hunting even if they are injured or sick. They don’t wanna have to wait like a plebian.

[atherflame-theconcubus]

How would the swap shuffle gang react to shattered bloodmoon perching on the end of their bed watching them sleep

The various reactions:

Radiant: Is startled briefly, but asks if everything’s all right

Lune: just goes back to sleep.

Orchid: they just straight up assume it’s a normal behavior for most blood moons

Sol: he just offers them to cuddle with him. (Automatically assumes they had a nightmare)

Crescent: most likely isn’t even in bed or asleep, and it’s just having a staring contest with the twins

Chickpea: fear.

[atherflame-theconcubus]

Interdimensional names/nicknames

We already talked about this with radiant, but it didn’t really catch up on it much with the others… So I’m gonna do that now

Eclipse: radiant

Lunar: Lune

Sun: Sol

Moon: Frost

Earth: Gia*

Ruin: Nova

Jack: hollow moon/hollow

Solar flare: proto

Blood moon(fused): Orchid*

Bloody (older twin): Canna*

Harvest (younger twin): hibiscus*

Good moon: crescent

KC: Stellar *

Glamrock chica: chickpea

Old eclipse: Araceli/Catalyst 

* Gia is earth’s actual name within swap shuffle. I just called her earth for simplicity sake

* The twins were programmed with this as their interdimensional name. Hence the extreme difference between the rest of the cast, when split, they decided to continue with the flower symbolism names

* the original nicknames for the twins were carnation (the older twin) & amaryllis (the younger twin). Their nicknames got changed due to the symbolism of the original flowers, chosen not fitting their personalities.

* originally on this kill codes, nickname was nebula, and this was posted with nebula as his nickname. I just remembered nebula is already a character in the sun and moon show so I had to change it.

[atherflame-theconcubus]

Ok, so I’ve had multiple sun and moon show, alternate universes rolling through my head, but one that’s recently just been rotting in my brain is my own take on a swap au that I’ve been calling swap shuffle.

It has a pretty similar plot line to the sun and moon show, however, there’s some important differences stemming from the fact that eclipse managed to figure out, alternate universes exist via finding out about the canon show. He struggled to catch up with the whole show, but he managed to, this leads to certain events playing out differently, such as they’re being a much shorter time with the timeout box & eclipse telling lunar in a panic that if they leave sun alone, there is a high likelihood that moon is going to kill sun (it’s still happens, but lunar eclipse get there, just after it happens)

I’m currently gonna go over who takes whose place within this universe, because while not, everyone has been figured out, yet, a good amount have

Eclipse takes moon’s place, & while not being the best brother, he does try to make it up to lunar. The fact he has seen the cannon show has allowed him to avoid a few mistakes (such as not telling lunar about the bit of kill code earlier on) but also leads to new issues & changes certain situations (Sun being blown up).

Lunar takes sun’s place in the au, he’s still short, but he’s much taller than he’s ever been in the show. They also has a tendency to not fully listen/take things seriously (how the moon situation got as bad as it had). Their July 16th happened on November 16th, so lunar usually gets very quiet on the days leading up to the anniversary of a massacre.

Sun takes lunar’s place, & has had a few panic attacks remembering October, though he usually gets help getting through these ptsd induced episodes thanks to his family. For a while Sun had the same issue lunar had of putting his trauma on a pedestal, though that was before he jumped universes. He managed to meet some alternate versions of others that (in sun’s words) “suffered more than I have”

Moon takes eclipse’s place, & he’s a bit more toned down than eclipse. He does attempt to have his abuse towards his younger brother be much more subtle (the best way I can describe. It is a lot of praise that slowly becomes less and less) which slowly turned more physical over the course of their takeover. Moon is also responsible for the creation of Ruin, who was finished on November 15th, & activated the next day

Jack-o-moon & solar flare swap places, I don’t have much to say about them yet though. I’m still working everything out for them

Chica takes Monty’s place, though she’s not really into scamming. She does run a fitness program that she swears by though. She’s one of the smartest animatronics in the plex (behind eclipse by a while) but she’s way too trusting & empathetic for her own good, even when her gut tells her otherwise.

(I don’t really know much about the other shows, but Monty takes Chica’s place, Roxanne and Freddie swap places, along with foxy & glamrock bonnie)

(Update: in lew of a recent realization, the puppet and golden Freddy are being swapped. I genuinely thought both of them were gods. Only one is.)

Old eclipse takes Nexus's place. I’m still figuring out everything for him, but during Eclipse's spiral, old eclipse woke up & was immediately hit with whatever dark lunar put in them, essentially sacrificing himself to keep everyone safe as his last act of self. once under the new code, he starts trying to forcibly take control, ending with Golden Freddy using magic to separate the two & launch Old Eclipse into space. it was at that moment that the Old Eclipse was forever lost to the violent code.

Shuffle time!

Earth takes the place of kc, & she takes a more manipulative mother approach to her two sons when she claims them, not playing favorites, though she does have one. When she was in eclipse’s mindscape, she made it look like an overgrown meadow, using vines to freak eclipse & sun out. While she does eventually agree to a life of peace, it didn’t change her general behaviors and thoughts about ruin & moon, with her actively making it difficult for lunar & eclipse to figure out Commet powers. As well as making her death more realistic

Ruin takes the place of bloodmoon, though he lacks a twin. He generally is unhinged, but ironically hates killing, calling it a chore. He developed his sadistic nature with his hunting to make it entertaining for him, as he’d rather toy with others than kill them (he has a bloodlust, but he despises the taste of blood) when revived by kc, he knew something was off, but played along. Unlike the cannon blood twins, ruin regrets November 16th, stating that he didn’t enjoy the screams of the children while they were dying, & that the children were too weak.

KC takes ruin’s place, & though I don’t have much of an idea for him yet, at least, while infected, I do know that him uninfected is much nicer than he was while infected, though he still isn’t really friendly. He does wish to try fixing his relationship with ruin, as infected KC viewed him as a tool which cured KC thinks theirs a lot more that everyone is missing.

The blood twins take the place of earth, and while they are neutral, they do have their biases, which leads to some disagreement between them & others. The twins are really calm, with the younger twin being extremely calm. An interesting thing is that the creator of this universe only intended for the older twin to exist, but conditions were just right that bloody & harvest developed as two sentient ai, with harvest hiding his existence as he wasn’t supposed too exist. Bloody is closer to eclipse while harvest is closer to lunar.

Francis and Frank are swapped. I don’t know much about these two in Cannon so it’ll be fun to work with them

I’ll go over others like good moon at a later date as this post is getting long, so here’s some fun facts.

Lunar is the eldest brother in the daycare family, with harvest being the youngest

Harvest & Chica end up having a romantic relationship that’s more of a slow burn figuring things out than cannon Monty x earth.

Eclipse helps bloody realize he’s aroace.

Sun has a plushie empire & hyperfixates on them

Ruin has a tea adiction, even if his systems force him to throw it up if it doesn’t have blood in it (90% of the time it’s blood free)

Eclipse has anger issues he’s been seeing a therapist for

Bloody & harvest are more like emotional support dogs than therapist siblings.

Bloody & harvest have their own unique hairstyles (harvest’s is a long braid while bloody’s is a shoulder bob). when combined both hairstyles are visible at once

In the lord moon universe, sun is held captive in a tower, earth has grown to actually regret her parenting decisions & genuinely misses ruin (she’s the landscaper) & jack is the bitter gaurd. Eclipse and a group of citizens & survivors from moon grabbing the commet are planning a rebellion against moon. Lunar is the servant their

Earth subtly favored moon over ruin, as he was the one to activate her. That & ruins hatred of killing pushed moon into her favorites, though she never openly showed it

KC has been caught trying to fix the balloon world arcade cabinet, and only the balloon world arcade cabinet

Eclipse usually uses the nickname radiant when traveling universes. He doesn’t know why, but he assumes it’s because he likes the sound of it.

Sun isn’t resurrected with Commet powers, but he does teach himself magic for defense was resurrected by puppet, who’s now training him

Old eclipse changes his name to Araceli

Araceli's last moment he was himself was during endgame, where Eclipse was begging Chickpea & golden to do something to stop him

[atherflame-theconcubus]

Some little facts about the murder “fam” for the swap shuffle universe

Ruin was teetering on betraying earth when he got killed.

Moon planned to give eclipse a code that would “kill” earth (actual purpose of said code was unknown) but gave him a dud code when earth told him she’d rather wipe eclipse when separating so she looks more like how she does in the mindscape.

OG ruin never hated sun, infact the two were semi-close, considering sun learned how to infuse things with blood so ruin could eat stuff that wasn’t blood

Copy ruin/new ruin hates sun. (This is a mutual hatred)

Earth actively lied about things regarding moon when talking to lunar & eclipse

Earth gave ruin & moon equal treatment, even if she wasn’t pleased with ruin

Out of every celestial in shuffle swap, ruin is one of the very few with a normal craving (tea), the only reason it isn’t fully normal is because his system rejects anything without blood in it

If ruin didn’t have the bloodlust programming in him he’d still be pretty sadistic, he just wouldn’t be killing people.

New ruin/copy ruin ended up getting attached to infected kc

OG ruin had the same thing happen with earth, which is why it took so long for him to even consider betraying her

Earth would actively bad mouth both ruin & moon behind their backs, take a guess, who was badmouthed more

When new ruin killed earth, he shouted all the supposed pent up feelings he had about her before he got shot by lunar (these are not the pent-up feelings of the original)

Ghost ruin never really stopped haunting lunar, And has actively commented on his dislike of new ruin

Jack was originally meant to be a body and spy bot for earth, however, while she was beginning her false redemption, she encouraged moon to take it, so everything would look less suspicious

The only reason moon was put into a lab was to stop ruin from shocking him (which had mild success)

Old ruin had attempted to curbe his blood lust before he got a new body from Chica (his attempts were unsuccessful)

All three of them hate children (moon claims their selfish, ruin believes their weak and just doesn’t like their screaming, earth just doesn’t like them due to her coding, though she claims it’s because eclipse never liked children)

Ruin has a nickname for everyone.

[atherflame-theconcubus]

“haven’t you noticed how sol treats you? They carried you around like a cat. He isn’t afraid of you both, no matter how intimidating you try to be. He really likes you both.. & I’m pretty sure my brother is the same..”

The shattered twins probably assume that the swap shuffle twins will be territorial of their dimension/family so they’re always very careful to not seem like they’re encroaching on their territory. In the stage they’re in they know they wouldn’t stand a chance in a fight

Ironically enough, they have the right idea but the wrong people. The swap shuffled twins aren’t the territorial ones, though Amaryllis would be the one to reassure them repeatedly that they aren’t territorial.