#the oc is only there briefly

[monkeythefander]

A Witch and a Baby

Chapter 5: A Vampire in the Library

Summary: It’s been two months since Logan became a parent, and with the help of his new friends raising Janus has become a bit easier. The witch has also had plenty of fun hanging out with his friends. All of these events seem to have caused Logan to forget something though. That something is an overdue library book. That book might just lead to another friend.

Content Warnings: Brief mention of singing lullabies (which are calming due partly to magic), nothing else that I’m aware of, but please let me know if I missed anything.

Relationships: All platonic

Click below the cut to read the fic and find links to the previous and next part

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It’s been two months now since Janus first arrived at Logan’s cottage. The witch feels a bit more confident in his parenting skills. This confidence is probably due to all the help he receives from his new friends. Patton helps babysit Janus during days when Logan needs a break, and Roman and Remus sing lullabies for Janus whenever Logan struggles with getting the baby to fall asleep.

Logan has also had a lot of fun spending time with his new friends. He can talk to Patton about mystery novels and gardening. With Roman, Logan can talk about Greek Mythology and poetry. Then with Remus, Logan can discuss magic and whatever other random things that the merman had questions about.

Logan even introduced Patton to the twins, and while Patton seemed a bit nervous around Remus at first, the two soon grew comfortable around each other and discussed different kinds of plants. With Roman, Patton got comfortable talking to him very quickly. The two discussed fashion and romance novels. Logan was happy to see his new friends bond and after the introduction, the friend group started to meet up at a cafe regularly. Janus seemed to enjoy seeing them all get along too, as the baby had started to smile a lot whenever the friend group hung out.

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One night in the cottage, when he was talking with Roman in the study after putting Janus to sleep, Logan glanced down at a piece of paper he had on his desk and remembered something he’d forgotten to do. The witch quickly grabbed the paper and began looking through the books on his bookshelf.

“What are you looking for, specs?” Roman asked, surprised by how quickly Logan stopped participating in their conversation to search through the bookshelf.

“I just remembered a library book I was supposed to return a week ago. I usually never forget to return my books. I hope I don’t have to pay too much for being late returning it.” Logan says as he keeps looking through the books, eventually finding the one he borrowed and pulled it off the shelf.

Logan then turns around to face Roman and asks, “Could you possibly stay here with Janus so I can go return the book now? It’s only eight o’clock, so I have an hour before the library closes for the night.”

“Sure, Logan. I can keep an eye on your little prince for you. I hope the returning process goes well.” The merman replies with a smile and motions for Logan to go. The witch nods his head in thanks and leaves the study with the book in his hand. Logan quickly grabs a bag and his wallet before heading out the door.

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Once he arrives at the library, Logan quickly enters the building and heads towards the front desk. Standing behind the counter is a tall man, dressed in ripped black jeans, a purple t-shirt, and a black hoodie with patches on it. The man is looking at something on his phone but glances up once he hears Logan’s footsteps approaching.

“Hello, what can I help you with this evening?” The man says in a customer service voice.

“Salutations. I just came here to return a book. I’m a few days late returning this though.” Logan replies and hands over the book to the library worker. The man takes the book and scans it before logging into the library’s system on the computer that’s on the counter.

“Okay, so you’re Logan Sharp then?” The man asks as he looks at the computer screen.

“Yes, that’s me.”

“Okay, your book is late by a week so you have to pay five dollars.” The man says as he glances up from the computer to look at Logan.

Logan nods and pulls out his wallet from his bag. He takes out a five dollar bill from the wallet and hands it over to the man. The man takes it and goes to put it in the cash register.

“I can’t help but be curious, how come I haven’t seen you working here until today? I’ve been a frequent visitor of this library.” Logan asks as the man closes the cash register and hands Logan a receipt.

“Oh, well my shift is from the afternoon to closing time, so if you don’t come to the library later in the day then you probably wouldn’t ever see me.” The man replies as he goes back on the computer, probably to mark down the book as returned and paid for.

“That makes sense then. I typically come here early in the day. Are you always the only worker left in the front here?” Logan gestures around him at the empty front section of the library besides the two of them.

“Yeah, it’s usually just me by the desk at this time. There are a few other workers around though to reorganize the shelves though. I don’t mind the quiet though.” The man says with a small smile on his face. The smile reveals that the man has small fangs.

“That’s good. I like how quiet it can be here in the library too. The late shift must also be nice when you’re a vampire.” Logan remarks. Vampires are known to be mostly nocturnal. They have more energy at night, so the morning and early afternoon is when they usually sleep. The man seems surprised by Logan’s last statement.

“How did you know I’m a vampire?” The man questions.

“I saw your fangs when you smiled before. So…is the late shift good for vampires?” The witch asks.

“Yeah, it is. I can get some sleep in the morning before coming into work. My shift’s ending time is also nice since I get time to myself back at home while I’m still energized.” The man says with a slight smile again.

Suddenly, another library worker comes toward the front desk and starts speaking to the man.

“Well I’m leaving for the night. See you tomorrow, Virgil.” The library worker says before walking away.

“See you tomorrow, Lucy.” The man, Virgil, replies back as he watches Lucy leave. Then Virgil seems to glance at the time on the computer and sees the library closes in 10 minutes.

“Well, looks like I have to start closing up the library. It was nice meeting you, Logan.” Virgil holds out a hand for Logan to shake.

Logan nods and shakes Virgil’s hand.

“Same goes for you. Maybe we can continue our conversation another time, during or outside of your work hours.” The witch suggests, wanting to continue getting to know Virgil. The man seems interesting.

“Maybe. I’d be okay with that.” The vampire replies.

“Okay then, I’ll see you around then. Goodnight, Virgil.” Logan says before turning around and leaving the library.

Logan smiles to himself, thinking about how he has an interesting story to tell Roman when he gets home now.

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Endnotes: Thanks for reading chapter 5 of “A Witch and a Baby.” Please consider leaving a like, comment, and/or reblog if you enjoyed it. There will be one more chapter after this to wrap everything up, and then this fic will be completed. However, I’d be open to writing a oneshot or two that continue this au’s story (probably focusing on Janus growing up more) once this fic is done if anyone would be interested. So let me know if you’d be interested in that.

-Monkey 💜

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Link to previous part: https://www.tumblr.com/monkeythefander/741723113949200384/a-witch-and-a-baby-chapter-4-a-chaotic-first

Link to this chapter on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/52055863/chapters/138282943

[hey-hey-j]

"....Lisi?"

"Hm?"

"How would you feel about going on a trip?"

I can't decide if chronologically this takes place before or after this

(★ my Kofi)

[stinkrascal]

previous | beginning

TRANSCRIPT

Mom: It's dark, why are you outside? You ain't seen what's going on on the news?

Madeline: Momma, will you bring me to B&S? Mom: It's a little late, don't you think? Madeline: They're still opened, I checked.

Madeline: I wanna let them know I put in an application. Mom: Baby, you don't wanna work there, that's a bad area.

Lilith: [ sighs ]

Breanna: Lilith? Lilith: [ gasps ] Breanna?!

Lilith: W-What are you doing here? You shouldn't be here! Breanna: You're here too you know...

Breanna: I gotta ask you something important. Lilith: That's not—that's no excuse to stray so far! Breanna: So what are you doing here then? Lilith: I should be asking you that question!

Breanna: [ groaning ] Are you dumb? You're not even listening to me! I just told you!

Breanna: You're just like him. You got big ears but you don't fucking listen. Pay attention! I said I have a serious question to ask, goddamn it!

Lilith: [ giggling ] Of course. Where are my manners? Come, my friend. What will you have of me? Breanna: There was this guy, and he... uh... Lilith: Is something the matter?

Breanna: Huh. Well shit. I forgot. Lilith: Hmm. Sounds very serious. Breanna: That's so weird. I thought about it the whole walk over.

Breanna: Oh well. I guess it wasn't that important after all.

[residentialsinyomakai]

Hello!!

Th. This is my watcholder oc! :) And his team of 6 ofc ofc.

Baddinyan is basically their partner/Whisper od this universe! They live in Blossom Heights

sooo basically when she was 14, her mom got some glasses custom made for her birthday as a sentimental special gift thingy :>

A few days later or something he was gonna spend the night with one of his friends and noticed that he was acting Weird. Night goes on for a while before Caspian goes to his room,,,

Her friend's freaky cat starts talking :O After a short plot-convenient explanation of what yokai are, Caspian gets him to stop inspiriting Friend (spraying him with a water bottle until he stops)

They Eventually becomes friends!!! Kinds begrudgingly and mainly because Baddinyan doesn't have a concrete place to stay without like. Threat of Yokai Exorcism (tm) so Caspian's like well I mean I have room in my house I guess just don't be a nuisance (he didn't listen)

After a while, and a yokai friend or two later, the topic of what to do with the weird medals he's been getting. Tldr;

"Do your glasses not come with a summoning feature? That sucks, nyan"

"Well im soRRY THE OLD GUY DIDNT PUT IN A YOKAI SUMMONING THING? How do I do that"

"I think they sell stuff for it in the yokai world"

Summon band! Just how it sounds. Made by Yopple Inc; it has a slot on the side to put medals into and stuff happens from there :)

Anyways,,, yeah! That's about it. Will probs post more about general stuff later. Bye bye

[sleep-nurse]

remember null? well after lore progression and violence he regained his true self now

say hi to narrow (or, nicknamed by hana, anguria which means watermelon in italian)

lore rambling in the tags because i'm not assed to write it here

[hielloehyy]

some holiday doodles :3

[harellan]

💚🍃🥝🦎

[liquidstar]

wait speaking of getting isekia'd via truck, a couple weeks back me and a friend on were talking abt portal fantasy/isekai tropes (mostly bc i was infodumping abt rz again), and it made me think abt a fun concept for an ocverse. tho its possible similar things have been done obvs with just how inflated the genre is, just hear me out OK

story starts in the normal world, with a typical Nerdy Guy going about his daily life, expositing about how he feels bored and longs for adventure and magic, just like in all of his favorite media. as he's crossing the street, distracted by his mobile game, he doesn't notice The Truck(tm) coming straight towards him. except he's not hit by it- he's pushed out of the way in the last second, saved by a passing girl who gets hit in his place. this is who the story is about now.

mc gets sent to that sort of intermediary dimension that some isekai have, where she meets the Goddess Lady or whatever that was in charge of the whole isekai situation. goddess lady proceeds to freak out, because she nabbed the wrong person, and she's going to be in SO MUCH TROUBLE. she starts questioning the mc, only to find out that this kid has a good social life, does well in school, is in sports, and has barely ever played a video game. basically the opposite of the socially introverted, underachieving, repressed, genre-aware guy she was supposed to have reincarnated. for the sake of fulfilling somekinda hero prophesy or whatever. and the mc kinda bargains to be sent to the fantasy world anyway bc, well, its that or death i guess. so the two of them kinda have to team up to course-correct this mix-up.

mc is kinda given a list of tasks to do that basically mirror how a typical story like this Would Go, expected to fall in line with the tropes in order to achieve the ultimate goal, but kinda ends up failing at all of them... or not? failing backwards, maybe. doing it in a way different from how its meant to go- using the wrong formula, but somehow getting the right solution. while sort of continuing to question the insanity of the whole situation, and the nature of this whole fantasy world. just fucking up all the tropes.

but a layer i'd wanna add on top of all that is the fact that the hero prophesy (or whatever) called for a man. so upon arriving to this new world, the mc is basically put into a "gender swapped" body and... doesnt seem to mind. this isnt an uncommon isekai trope either, but i hardly see it tackled with much care to really explore whole Gender Thing beyond gags about the "mismatch" (which can be in poor taste) or the conclusion that "well because their Body is now this gender, their gender identity changes to match" which i feel is a pretty shallow and binary take-away to draw abt bodies and identity.

but i think there can be more to explore w the prospect if you actually wanna get into gender stuff. in this case, i'd particularly wanna get into the idea of imposter syndrome. the main character was not MEANT to be... the main character. seen as a phony fighting tooth and nail to meet expectations, and constantly fumbling. not a real hero, or a real man. but its meant to be an act anyway, so why does that bother her? it was like that back on earth too, trying as hard as possible to be the perfect girl. a good social life, does well in school, is in sports.... but that good girl thing always felt fake too. or desperate. what was she trying to prove? how long as this BEEN bothering her, actually? why does it feel easier to breathe in this body, despite everything? the way this whole act makes her happy is scary, because its fake isn't it? but wait, which part was fake? the before or after? is it all fake? isn't this all just a mistake?

was it really a mistake? who is more heroic; a guy too focused on a mobile game to pay attention to those around him, or the person who risked their life to save a stranger? but the hero prophesy was for a "man," right? what does that even mean?

[hello-universe-lovers]

A collab between me and @lordiedams

Shineko has "adopted" a "child" and she is showing em around.

Bonus doodle:

[tired-of-being-nice]

starvation

sorry this one's late! the travel horrors :/ anyway. i think coren can go a little feral. as a treat.

cws: starvation (duh), violence, living weapon whumpee, brief mention of near-cannibalism

The noise slowly fades and Coren opens their eyes, sighing in relief. Everything is nice and normal again. The dull ache of starvation is gone from their limbs, the haze of exhaustion is gone from their mind. They feel awake and ready and sharp and—

Hungry.

Coren frowns. That shouldn't be happening. Why are they still hungry?

They glance nervously around the empty room they've been placed in. "Um, hello? I– I think something went wrong, I'm still–"

"We know," Erica's voice says from nowhere. Coren jumps a little and immediately feels silly for it—it's just a speaker, Coren, come on. "This was intentional."

"...Oh," Coren says stupidly. "I-it was?"

"Yes," Erica's voice says calmly. "We noticed that you've been rather...slacking in your duties recently. Pulling punches, so to speak. Seeming...reluctant."

Coren winces, remembering. Please, don't, I don't want to have to hurt you— they knew they weren't supposed to say things like that, that it ruined the whole point of their existence, but no one wanted to be friends with them anymore and they'd thought maybe if they tried to be a little nicer...well, it hadn't worked anyway, so what was the point.

"So," Erica's voice continued, "we thought maybe remembering how hunger feels would help you sharpen up. So to speak."

Coren wants to say I already know, it's hard to forget, I've forgotten how it feels to not be hungry, but they swallow it down along with the saliva in their mouth. They feel nauseous.

"I'll do my best," they say.

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That conversation was two, maybe three days ago. There has been no food since.

Coren is so fucking hungry.

It hurts like hell, and yet, somehow, they still have the energy to be up on their feet, moving. It's thinking, well, not straight, exactly, but not hazy the way it usually thinks when it's this hungry. More jittery, wild, desperate. It snarls and scratches and screams, barely able to hear the pleas of its quarries over the roar of its blood in its ears. So hungry. Its stomach feels like it's trying to eat itself alive. Hell, it might have the right idea– sometimes in particularly bad moments Coren finds themselves sinking their teeth into their own arm just to have something to bite. 

Erica flinches when she sees them come back, dragging the attempted escapee of the night with them, eyes too-wide and hungry. Coren sees the flash of terror in her eyes and smiles. Sharp enough for you yet?

[undeadvoidreaper]

Creabturas

Yeah more VX and V0 stuff that accumulated but I have gone with the idea of VX being some void entity basically pretending to be a V because whyyyy not, I thought it was cool

And other stuff with these two because I can not contain myself

[lil-gae-disaster]

So. How exactly is Jonathan doing during the spy mission? I really need a nickname for him

He's not doing too great! :D

He's missing Freddie a lot, plus at the same time he's kinda glad Freddie ls away so that he could consider a response to an inevitable rejection. Which is kinda freaking his tentmates out since he's muttering to himself.

He's also very lonely, so he might start socializing after putting it off for very long since he didn't need to, in his opinion (Jonathan tends to keep his social circles rather small out of paranoia he might accidentally be neglecting the friendship with one of them)

He also lost his (signature) braid since he doesn't wanna bother people ("You're just wasting my wifes time with your senseless requests, boy!")

He's also starting to recieve letters from Annabelle and his father again, talking about how irresponsible his running away was (they finally managed to locate him to sent him berate-letters) so there's that....

Honestly I think he'd start getting closer to either Cathy or Giles, or trying to get closer, and just whining about everything that's been going on. After they left that awkward stage of "what should I say...?"

I mean the three could certainly bond over awful fathers.

He's also shivering a lot since mah boy was living in a hot blacksmith for the past years and he had his (high quality) cloak (which he stole from his father when he ran away btw) which he gave Freddie because "you can't die on my due to hypothermia" so he might start asking around if anyone has a spare and he also starts to wear his coat more often than in the other seasons

All in all he has very much a self doubt era where he's constantly overthinking if Freddie would follow Hammy and commit treason and stay with the rebels or if Freddie hates him now of if Freddie might not want to at least be his friend anymore and-

Plus he's starting to have a lot of regrets. Most of them aren't justified though.

Like, it was completely reasonable to leave before he trapped Annabelle in an unhappy marriage and it was also completely reasonable to leave a letter of explanation and it was also completely reasonable to kiss and confess to Freddie

But Jonathan doesn't know that

So he's just kinda drowning in self doubt and spiraling thoughts without an anchor to hold onto because he didn't even talk properly with other soldiers because "why should he? Freddie will always be with me and he's the only one who needs to know me" (bro is lowkey scared of forming new relationships - even when platonic)

Well

Now Freddie isn't here and Jonathan is hanging on by a thread.

(Meanwhile Freddie and Joseph are about to start strangling each other before the argument™️)

[ @hamalicious-soup @papers-pamphlet @marsfingershurt @paradox-complex @half-eaten-baguetteee ]

[lyranova]

Cornelia Felicitas

Basic Information:

Name: Cornelia Felicitas

Nickname(s): Felicity (by Briar Rose), Cornie (by people who want to annoy her), Granny (by youngsters and Julius), Nelia (by her family), Lady of the Lake (official title).

Age: 36 (But is really over 496 years old)

Birthday: September 13th

Blood Type: B

Location: Clover Kingdom

Magic Affinity: Rock Dust Magic

Appearance:

Height: 5’5”

Build: Lean and average for someone her size

Eye Color: Amber

Hair: Violet purple, wavy due to living in water, rests just a little under her shoulders.

Clothing: 496 Years ago: A white crop top that comes up and wraps around her neck and shoulders, a pair of white shorts with a sheer white skirt over it, and a pair of sandals. Present Clothes: A strapless white top and a flowy high-low skirt with turquoise and gold trim and decorations on both, she wears a pair of large, flowy white sleeves that start from her upper arm and extend well past her hands. She also wears a pair of white, thigh-high boots with the same color and detail as her sleeves, top, and skirt.

Personality:

Cornelia is a calm woman who acts a lot older than what she is, which earned her the nickname “Granny” by people younger than her. She tends to have a strict “no nonsense” personality; however, she’s actually a big softie who has a caring heart.

She is very protective of people, even those she doesn’t know. All she wants is for everyone to be safe and cared for, even if that means she has to put herself at risk, or give up her life/things that are precious to her.

Despite her strict “no nonsense” personality, she is also a curious person who can’t help but investigate things that pique her interest and will occasionally appear childish. But once someone points that out she immediately goes back to her serious personality.

Background:

(The Lore for the Magic Stone comes from the lovely @koneko-pi !)

Cornelia was born in the Noble Realm of the Clover Kingdom. She is from a wealthy family and is the oldest of two girls, and she took her role as the elder sister very seriously.

One day, while out exploring the woods with her younger sister Emilie, she stumbled across a beautiful grey stone that was shaped like a shield but held two diamonds and a star in the center. Out of curiosity, she picked it up and began to inspect it, hoping to take it home and possibly make a necklace out of it.

However, as she and her sister were headed home, the pair were attacked by wild beasts that had come from the common realm. Due neither she nor her sister having strong attack spells, they opted to run and hide from the beasts, hoping that they could make it to the city where the newly formed Magic Knights were stationed.

But, unfortunately, they didn’t make it.

Out of desperation to save herself and her sister, she decided to use the Magic Stone’s powers to get rid of the beasts. And much to her surprise, it actually worked! The beasts had been killed, and she and her sister were safe.

Or, that’s what she thought.

After she used the Magic Stone, she suddenly felt intense feelings of anger and resentment fill her body; and a voice in her mind that wasn’t her own, began to scold and yell at her, telling her how dare she use the precious stone made and stolen from an ancient race for her own selfish needs.

And no matter how much she tried to argue with the stone, it was of no use. The anger and resentment overwhelmed her, and when she felt a hand on her shoulder, she immediately lashed out and attacked them, thinking that it may’ve been a beast.

But to her dismay and horror, it wasn’t a beast…it was her sister, Emilie, with a sword made from her Rock Dust magic impaled in her chest.

Cornelia will never forget the confusion, the sadness, and the hurt in her little sister's eyes as she died in her arms.

“ As I and my people have suffered due to the selfishness of other beings, so you too shall suffer due to your own selfishness.”

Thinking that the Magic Stone must be a cursed object, Cornelia, regrettably leaving Emilie’s lifeless body behind, ran away.

She ran through the woods, trying to get as far from civilization as possible, and only stopped when she stumbled across a hidden lake.

In anger, she began to throw the stone into the water…but paused just before she did; if this truly was a cursed object, and she threw it into the lake, wouldn’t that mean that someone else could stumble across it and accidentally use it?

With that thought in mind, she clung tightly to the Magic Stone, and walked into the lake…vowing that she wouldn’t let it fall into anyone else's hands.

For the next 486 years, Cornelia lived in that lake…guarding the “Cursed Object” from innocent people…

Trivia:

• Enjoys Wine, the older the better!

• Is a part-time healer that works with Owen

• But also works as an advisor to Julius when it comes to the Magic Stones and other things

• Is very strict, but is a big softie especially towards young people and animals

• Hates being called “Granny”, especially by Julius.

• Can’t stand anything scary

[shooks-stupid-stuff]

egodeath: the disappearance of one's sense of self, or the removal of one's ability to distinguish themselves as an entity separate from their social or physical environment.

[smokbeast]

Craig gimmicks

craig tends to be like a cat in nature, his mood goes up and down, and his desire of touch only occurs when HE wants it rather than others (tho he’ll try to compensate for his partners sometimes) Getting spooked if he is suddenly touched or gripped without him knowing it will happen, getting scared and teleporting away or squirming like a feral gecko (flailing) he also prefers floating than walking around,, or wall and ceiling crawling, the feeling of gravity pisses him off a bit sometimes JRKFMFM

[starswirly]

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