#the arcana puppers

[ladyimaginarium]

21/10/24.

[stabrakadabra]

Don’t you just love those leggy Russian bois? With their long snoots and their soft curls and their sad puppy dog eyes! (One of which is red...) 

So cute when they beg for affection.

[leechobsessed]

IMPORTANT!!!

Mercedes runs with her tongue out omg

[michael-beachy]

My moon card! howl on you crazy canines! 

[sunnibits]

He may be evil but he loves his dogs so basically that means he’s fine right-

[electroslag]

0 - THE FOOL by electroslag

[phwoarcana]

People, PEOPLE

Whatever you do

Plz don't imagine Julian absolutely hammered down the Rowdy Raven being mobbed by puppies a la This Vid:

IT'S TOO CUTE

((I kid I kid, some plz draw this I'll love u forever ❤))

[mina-mauveine]

Some fluff for you: MC and Devil!Nadia exploring her realms peacefully with the Cerberus, finding gems and jewels and admiring them together

You walk at Nadia’s side, who takes measured steps so not to overtake you. But you’ve been together for endless seasons and it’s as natural as breathing to keep pace with the one you love.

You stall for a moment, the glow in your hand warming and directing you left. You grasp at a section of the obsidian wall, crumbling the rock into powder until your palms shimmer.

“We are close.”

Nadia grins, pleased to watch you work your magic.

“You said there was a depository of gems in this region?”

Nadia flickers her black tip ears and smiles mysteriously. “It’ll be more rewarding to find the treasure yourself, wouldn’t it, my pet?”

Whatever she’s trying to build up is immediately ruined by Alistair, there’s nothing he loves more than his mistresses and be a part of that happiness. To see Nadia’s goat ears wiggle makes him want to chew at them. He knows a bit better than most would think and instead laps a huge tongue against The Devil’s face.

Nadia is none to impressed, but at watching you trying to stifle your chortle she soon breaks into a laugh. Alistair has more than one tongue and if one head got away with a lick his other two join to cover you both with sloppy kisses.

“Aurgh,” you push at his overgrown chops, “down boy!”

Nadia snaps her fingers and he thumps into a full lay down. With another wave of her tail the pair of you are slobber free.

This deep into The Devil’s realm would mean countless perils to mortals, but nothing dares approach the Queens of hell. It also helps that Alistair is snarling and dashing at anything that may cause a threat. He’s taken to going ballistic at what you could only call a squirrel if it was shorn clean of fur and dipped in tar.

Nadia waves a gracious hand for you to continue.

You push a palm against the rock wall, easily able to siphon magic from the sleeping jewels. So long they’ve been hidden away from view, absorbing, generating, and releasing magic since time immemorial.

“There’s powerful magic here.”

“There is, can you break the barrier between us and our prize?”

You’ll try. There’s more behind these thick walls, a resonating pulse deeper in what feels like a cavern, but with the combined strength of the jewels, it felt almost sentient and too strong for your attempts. You place both your hands onto the rock face, hands glowing bright as you summon for entrance, Nadia presses herself against your back, her claws on your hips.

“Together,” she gives you a squeeze, “my love.”

Your joint might allows you two to phase through the solid rock. The pair of you stand in a endless chasm, the stone sky glittered with precious gems reflecting off the glow from your hands.

“Wow, its…” There’s no words that can adequately describe this place. Stalagmites and Stalactite shine with protruding jewels. The air is cool and moist here, droplets of water gather from numerous sources, all falling in different beats to create a melodic echo.

“Closest I am able to get to the open skies,” Nadia presses a kiss to your temple, “will it suffice?”

[countgoatman-and-drleechboy]

In case anyone is having a bad day, here is a photo of my father's co-worker's dog. He is such a good boi, he is sending out good vibes to everyone.

(Side note, would love to adopt this dog with Lucio)

[regalarcanasnorfs]

Mercedes and Melchior go to the pool! (headcanons)

Pool Day is the snorfs’ favourite day and even Melchior can’t help but wag his tail in excitement

When the time arrives Mercedes is dragging out a bag full of her favourite pool toys for the others to throw to her, Melchior just has his floaties not yet blown up

SPEAKING OF FLOATIES

blood red floaties with golden designs, Mercedes has a daisies and bubbles pattern, Melchior has “#1 Son” written on all of his 

Mercedes is jealous of Melchior’s floaties and sometimes tries to swap them

When they get to the pool they have to get told repeatedly to not run about

Mercedes still runs about excitedly and slips into the pool a lot

Slip n’ Slide

Melchior never actually enters the water willingly, he sits at the edge and swipes at the water until Mercedes comes along and pushes him in

When their floaties are on they do that walk where they stick their legs out fully and waddle

The amount of times Mercedes has petended to drown and scared the crap out of everybody

And yet they still fall for it, Lucio and Melchior the most

When Melchior does eventually get forced into the water that’s when the real Water War™ begins

The puppers tumble and try to sink each other and even though it gets pretty intense sometimes they know it’s all harmless games

“This bitch going down... YEET” *proceeds to belly flop on top of an exposed Melchior*

“Launching lethal missile in 3...2...1..” *shoots up from under the water and knocks Mercedes of her inflatable rubber ducky pool seat*

Speaking of which

Mercedes laying across foldable poolside seat under the shade of a dramatically big umbrella, glasses on and sipping her iced mochacino before pulling down her glasses and looking into the camera like in The Office

Like a true Meme Queen™

DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE play fetch with Melchior at the pool

He is extremely fast and will crash into things in an attempt to be a show off

This is the only reason Melchior gets excited for Pool Day or so he claims

At the end of the day it takes a lot of bribing to get them to leave

Back at the palace they have a nice warm bath while reminiscing over the fun day they both had

And they sleep like a rock immediately afterwards, good luck trying to wake them up before lunchtime the next day

[slushrottweiler]

Welp, this route was Officially worth it.

We can all go home now folks. Smiling pupper sprite has won the day

[mononoke-phaux]

Imagine Mercedes and Melchoir playing and both going into zoom zoom mode and fucking NYOOMING through the castle at high speed.

[crystal-jack-asripines]

Here I thought Lucio’s route would be fraught with angst because we couldn’t physically hold each other, and he would’ve been angry for a lot of chapters for not having a real body and it would be a while before we could see him genuinely smile.

Turns out we can just change ghostly form & make it somewhat corporeal RIGHT OFF THE BAT, and he IMMEDIATELY takes his precious dogs outside to play and cuddle. I.... I’m....

[coffee-and-wolfsbane]

Inanna: *has fur covering her eyes*

MC: *moves fur*

MC: you can see now <3 

[eidelynart]

Valdemar and Mneme.

A confused Quaestor and sleepy gardener. Valdemar gives me a Hades vibe, so I gave them a friend with Persephone in mind.

I gotta like the eldrich horror...it's a curse.

@thearcanagame

[bokocho]

Something I am 99% Sure Happened in The Arcana

My Apprentice, on the floor, arms open for snuggles: "Such good horses! Such floofy babies! Such regal snoots!"

Mercedes and Melchior: losing their shit, tripping over each other to give Apprentice kisses

Lucio, down the hall, as a giant 7-foot-tall goat: "....Are you ignoring me?!"