#the return of dr sloth

[parlax]

i spent too much time and effort on this

[ninebaalart]

Scout the Cybunny

i have really, really hazy recollections of what the return of dr sloth was- but cute bunny is cute bunny

[thisismycorneroftheinternet]

Chapter 10 of Every Time I See You Falling is out!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/51199279/chapters/158678896

Summary: Commander Valka gives bad news to the pair at the Resistance; Commander Garoo gives good news to the minions of Sloth.

[beargregor]

Thoughts on newest intervallo

to this and also the other asks wanting to know my thoughts on LCB regular check up: i kept a little live reaction note up while i was going through everything so i'll just leave Everything under the cut. i'm still letting all of The Implications simmer so i don't have any like big grand rambling thoughts wrt The Dynamics but my tl;dr is

hohenheim :] he is stubbly which is not exactly what i asked for but i will accept it. kjh next time give me another fully bearded man thank you

my little exception :] my little exception :] i need to put him in the hydraulic press :] i need to beat him with hammers :] i need to stab him with several hundred needles :] i need to shoot him several times over :] my little exception :] my little exception :]

live ishmael reaction

7.5-1

oh hi burn

ANNOUNCER??? I DIDN'T SEE SCRUFF THERE KJH

meurgreg massaging……………………………..

GREGOR. GREGOR. BITING. GREGOR. GEGO. GEG. GE. G.

7.5-2

hong lu.

COMEUPPANCE??? COMEUPPANCE EVENT??? WITH GREGOR TAKING THE SPOTLIGHT IMMEDIATELY???

yi sang stop being a cuck let meursault beat you into a healthy refreshed pulp

G-u-l-p. Dramatic gulping noise.

live ishmael reaction

the ptsd brothers

"i thought it was ishmael or faust" "i did too" "this lack of cohesion" girl has SUCH a complex

"the battle ro-um." she thinks she's SO funny.

ryoushuu's so excited

fau and geg friendship returns! for me!

W CORP?????????

7.5-3

donqui girl stop asking questions.

Expansive Space Warping technology

compliments! how nice~

shelter mention. give us the ego please.

sinc the cuck <3

lobcorp ass hallway

7.5-4

hohenheim title please for the love of GOD be scruffy.

CLOSE ENOUGH I'LL COUNT IT. OTACON ASS DESIGN

faust bickering my beloved

marton and alyssa cute………

heathcliff so real but also i'm obsessed with hohenheim anyway so idgaf

flow mention

get back here bastard i want charon lines

the guy wearing lantern being the one leading them to the cake is slightly concerning

yi sang self conscious……. dragging donqui down with him……

You are, Meursault…?

wow kjh go ahead sneak in your free advertising. when you aren't selling to ME. hate it here.

ASSISTANT TIME WHO IS IT. I'M EMOTIONALLY PREPARED FOR DANTE BUT. ASSISTANT TIME.

rodya i love you so bad you're such a twat

sinclair lore drop hi veep

ISHMAEL?

her bragging is cute so i'm fine with it go ishy

no ishmael my life is so hard. she was standing next to dante wasn't she.

live ishmael reaction

HEATHCLIFF?

bygone days mention

please give heathcliff a cute assistant outfit i'm desperate

7.5-5

wait does this mean i can't use heathcliff in the stages from this point on. don't mean that i want to use tamacliff.

HOODIE SPRITE LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

he feels so important… aheem heem…..

GLASSES??????????????????????????

outis never change

no thoughts head emptyi sang

"like glue, huh. i like it" yeah stuck in it whether you like it or not asshole

sincl so sad i hope he gets sadder

sincl so mean to the heat clip

heathcliff you really aren't helping the dog comparisons with how quickly you acclimated to this role buddy

7.5-6

oh duo battles that's cute i like it. not sure what team would work for these two though.

holding up three his fingers.

anyway funny as fuck thing to say after the whole we're a family spiel. hey dante weren't you listening.

prisoners mention

yeah step on those toes sincl

7.5-7

sloth moment. yi sang gregor time?

FAUST MEURSAULT GREGOR????

gego bullying my beloved

him trying to show off….. my poor meow meow……..

wait are we going to see all the t3s then wait wait wait

T3 SLOTH LOOKS SO COOL

failed to beat it in the turn count but to be fair my team was a total mess lmao

7.5-8

gloom time. i'm gonna go out on a limb and say outis

gluttony here too…. fear…..

hell yeah let's go heathcliff rodya outis

outis so fucking mad

heathcliff and rodya teaming up to dunk on outis my heart is full

rodtis trouble in paradise….. outis is right though girl do you really want to be here or do you just not want an excuse to go back to being irrelevant and thinking about sonya constantly

YOOOOOOOOO SLOTH T3???????

how the hell am i supposed to beat this thing in three turns hello

okay we're going to try being a bit silly

7.5-9

wow dulled harpoon and ishmael is one of the remaining bastards i wonder who's showing up here

wow who could've seen this coming

ryoshmael win for the ruf though <3 we love you ryoshmael

hohenheim mentioning breeding was not expected but i won't turn it away

they are so mean to my poor heat clip

save for attacks that are entirely unavoidable is concerning to me. are we getting more fucking ahab cheese from pride t3.

just realized this leaves yi sang and donqui left. glad to see they're friends again we giggle and laugh

7.5-10

oh i want this chapter voiced so very badly

WHY ARE THESE FUCKERS SO FAST

WHAT THE FUCK

THEY BOTH GOT KILLED MY SINNERS ARE MORONS!!!

DONQUI JUST WIN YOUR FUCKING COIN FLIPS

literally every skill on the board is targeting yi sang and donqui is too slow to interrupt any of them. okay. okay. Okay.

WHY ARE YOU TWO REFUSING TO WIN ANY OF YOUR FUCKING FLIPSSSSSSSSSSS

FINALLY THANK GOD

7.5-11

donqui why are you unavailable. hohenheim you're not unlimiting her so we can fight her are you. hohenheim. Hohenheim.

Well!

welcome back sancho!

HELLO???????????????????????????

VERG????????????????????????????

OH GOD PLEASE TELL ME SANCHO ISN'T THE FUCKING BOSS FOR THIS FLOOR THEME PACK

Uh Oh!

7.5-12

i literally have no fucking clue how this event is going to conclude

gregor i am manifesting so fucking hard for you bestie

okay gregor your bragging has sealed your fate dude smh my head

yi sang official bitch baby of the group god bless

my beloved outlier <3 my beloved exception <3 my beloved outcast <3

okay but that's page coded

7.5-13

oh hey classification code time

flow.

literally what the fuck is this final stage going to be

7.5-14

DUNGEON TIME BABY

hohenheim distortion better be hot as fuck

"You're going to… distort yourself?" incredibly funny line honestly

coin flip theory

LOBCORP?

really fuck w/ everything going on here this aesthetic is so good

gayboy

no proper name for the gayboy?

panic type "anguish" yeah dude you're so calm and aloof

oh no i do not like that status effect

reading these passives is making me take white damage you can't do this to me pm

johann…

our mediocre losers

[chimaerite]

the seven deadly sins (in terms of hannibal)

Sin should not be overlooked, as Hannibal believes. There is no God, there is no tooth fairy, as such – one should be their own judge in the constellation of their stars. As he sits in prison now, hands clasped on his worn knees. His mind recasts memories of Will Graham.

PRIDE fuels Hannibal himself. He’s a prideful friend. Will Graham serves to continue assisting the FBI, but he can’t also feel a little bit of prejudice against him. He feels a little gnawing at the back of brain at the feelings of Will’s inconspicuous betrayal.

GREED, is what accompanies pride. Hannibal wants Will all for himself. Whilst not obvious, silent remarks of Will wash through Hannibal’s actions. He twitches his legs, and eyes dart back and forth – as though looking for his figure in the shadows, or even listening more attentively for the man’s footsteps.

LUST in the more platonic sense, drifts ashore. Hannibal wishes to be Dr Lecter, once more to Will Graham. Whilst their barred relationship has gone rocky – and has returned to a “Dr Lecter” state, Hannibal can’t help but desire their patient-therapy times. Hannibal stares soullessly into the clock above, eyes swirling for better or for worse as he recalls the broken clock Will once drew for him. He’s also broken his insides, for sure. Hannibal can’t help but feel ENVY for Alana Bloom, or even Bedelia for that matter. Alana, he quietly promises to himself and Will’s lingering scent, that he will find her and her wife – Margot Verger. Whilst he stops himself to stoop so low as to fully destroy the Verger heir, he droops his head into his hands, ruffling his greyings, and closes his eyes to breath the scent of Will – wishing he were there.

GLUTTONY may have been his own downfall. Similar to greed, Hannibal wants more. He wants, not just Will in the physical sense, but also his heart – metaphorical. He wants to see it dripping from skin down in blood, lustful blood that makes his saliva tingle in his mouth and eyes light up with the same obsidian as that one singular night.   WRATH builds. Lecter is a patient man, but day after day as he uncuffs his grey low-quality uniform, his heart aches for a more desirable condition. No matter how many books are towed in for his pleasure, he wants to seek his own delights. He may have a telephone, he may call people now and then under supervision – but he will never be the same person out of jail. A SLOTH in empathetic values, Hannibal finds it difficult to think for anyone anymore. He thinks for himself – mostly, but his indolence affects many. His choices are not based on empathy, they’re decisions based on merit. He chose to surrender himself, yet feels aggressively dismayed by the lack of contact from Graham. Nonetheless, he knows the chase isn’t over with the Red Dragon flying overhead. Bored, he leans over the corners of his tidy bed for a recurring book. It’s European art. Perhaps the biblical portraits of familiar figures and certain crimson creatures will suffice for his current circumstances. Set during Season 2 Hannibal NBC

[passionateseadruid]

Snake King's Bride 12

The one with the bird

Content Warning: No this has nothing to do with friends. Also there will be some mentions off all the shit Lucifer has put the reader through (as well as some Lilith criticism).

"Same time, next week?" The therapist ushered you out. She was a infestor/candle-head hybrid. Her blue hair bobbed in the long fishtail braid she had it in. Part of it was tied into two cat buns as her bangs swept around to the side of her head. Her "candle" was a little anglerfish antenna with a bright purple flame at the end of it. She wore a long, black and white, tartan patterned dress with a white shirt underneath. Her hooves here a deep, rich blue and her pastel blue eyes had horizontal pupils.

"Yes... that would be nice..." Your speech was monotone as you stepped toward the limo. Styx drove you here for your first ever therapy session with Dr. Lumine. You spent the entire hour just trying to get to know the nice lady. The people in the sloth ring were far often nicer than any other ring you found.

The pastel pink sky should have felt like a cozy blanket wrapping you in content, it's what everyone would expect, but instead it was a cruel reminder of the golden cage you'd be headed back to. It felt like a steak through the heart. Everything around made you feel melancholic. The floating islands were a far cry from the industrial skylines of the pride ring; the waterfalls flowing from the sky were whimsical and charming unlike the more gritty and realistic circles of hell; the further away you were the more the inevitability of your return loomed over your head.

You slipped into the back of the limo and curled into the ball. Her pastel yellow, lace up shorts hung low on her waist and shifted against her white denim bodice. She had no idea why Lucifer insisted on dressing her up like a duck every day or almost every day. Wearing white became a more common occurrence for you ever since Fenrir came into your life. You didn't know if Lucifer's latest obsession was triggered by the encroaching date of your wedding or if he just liked to dress you and Fenrir as a mother and baby duck. Maybe it was a bit of both.

You looked up at Styx. You felt so compelled to ask them to drive you somewhere. This might have been your only chance. They would take you... they had to understand what you were going through! They literally showed you the horrors of the extermination despite Lucifer's clear instructions.

"Styx...?" Your voice shook. Your heart raced and you clenched your shorts in your fists. What if they refused.

"Yes?" They responded quickly.

"I have somewhere I want you to take me..." You recited the address. "...Will you take me, there?" You asked warily. 

The car sat in an uncomfortable silence for so long. It didn't move from the curb where they had parked over an hour ago. The sleek red exterior drew in a lot of attention from the Hellborn.

You shifted slightly. You felt yourself becoming acutely aware of the attention being drawn to you. "You know what? Forget it. Let's just go ho-"

They cute you off coldly. "I'll take you." They started up the car and you drove off. Styx tuned the radio trying to alleviate the tension wafting through the car.

The car was filled with a familiar melodic voice... "Inside of every demon is a rainbow..."

Styx grumbled something along the lines of "They need to stop replaying this to embarrass the princess."

You weren't paying that much attention as you drifted off into a nap.

////////////////////////////////////////

It was the 28th of November. You had been given one day to yourself in exchange for a date with Lucifer.

You and Nina walked into a building housing many freelance businesses. You went up to the fifth floor and walked into the office of the Immediate Murder Professionals.

"Hello? Hello…" You spoke cautiously.

"Who the fuck are you?" A Hell hound asked. She had long silver hair parting at one side and flopping over snow white fur. She seemed like a husky. Her right ear was cut in a few placed and her left was pierced. She wore an off the shoulder dark grayish-blue crop top.

"Oh shit! SIR! We have a client!" A small imp with a squeaky voice called into the room in the back. He had thick white and black strips on his jagged horns. His hair was a powder white, and his clothes resembled an opera conductor (or maybe a little butler). His legs were crooked like his horns and you felt much sympathy for the poor little guy.

"WHAT THE FUCK DID I TELL YOU ABOUT PROFESSIONALISM MOXXIE!!" A taller man(imp) yelled. He had red skin like the smaller imp "Moxxie", and the same thick strips. Though his started with black instead of white. His large horns curled back and you couldn't help but notice the strange heart on his forehead. His suit jacket had puffs on the side and he wore strange gauntlets on his wrists. "Afternoon Ma'am, my name is Blitzo the o is silent."

You tilted your head. "O?"

"Well sure it is! It's my name after all; I think out of anyone I'd know." He attempted to wrap his arm around you but Nina grabbed it and twisted it around. "OW OW OW!! CALL OF THE HUMPY GUARD DOG, BITCH!" He cried out.

Nina scowled. "Filthy imps like you give your people a bad name."

You intervened. "Nina, please let him go." You smiled pleadingly at her. She rolled her eyes and pushed Blitzo away. "I'm sorry about that Mr. Blitzo. My um... Fiance is rather protective of me, and he's the one who pays her bills so she goes by his orders."

"Fiance? Wait a minute... You're the kings new toy- I mean bitch- I mean... please don't hurt me." Blitzo's smile was tense as his eye twitched slightly.

You gave me a reassuring look. "I wouldn't dream of it."

He lead you to his office. Nina stood outside the door the whole time as you sat across from the 5'2" imp. "S-so what do you need miss?"

"No need for the formalities. I don't plan on sticking around for very long." You explained as you set the briefcase on your lap and started to fiddle with the lock.

He gave you a surprised look. "You... you don't?"

You scoffed. "Why would I? Nothing is binding me to this dump. The second you get me what I need the second I'm outta here!"

He looked at you like you'd grown a second head. "Look lady... I don't know how to tell you this but... once you die, you're stuck here. Forever. Not just here in Hell but the Pride Ring."

You rolled your eyes. "I know. I've heard. I think you'll be changing your tune in well... however long it takes you to find my guy."

"Don't worry we're professionals! But tracking will cost you extra cause we have to send our little Loonie out into the field. But rest assured we'll have him killed in a week tops." He boasted.

"I think you've misunderstood. I don't want you to kill anyone-" He cut you off.

"Lady, we're assassins. The Immediate Murder Professionals. That's our whole thing. We kill any asshole that's wronged you in life." He deadpanned.

You mirrored his expression with your own. "I don't need someone dead. I need someone found. I heard you were freelancers."

He shrugged casually. "We can but it'll cost you-" You opened the briefcase and showed him the fat stacks of cash. His face lit up like a christmas tree. "WELL BEND ME OVER AND FUCK ME SIDEWAYS!!" Just as soon as the smile appeared, it fell into a scowl. "Don't actually try that. I have enough trouble keeping a 9 foot perverted bird off my sweet ass I don't need to used the Horny client Help button under my desk today!"

"Wha-" You looked at him in a mixture of shock, disgust, and confusion.

"Nevermind. Lady, you got yourself a Deal!" He took your hand and shook it.

"Okay. I need you to find me someone named Apollyon." You handed him the briefcase full of money. "And I'd like it done before the wedding."

Blitzo eagerly took the case. "Right right we got it!" He said as he shooed you out the door. You and Nina headed back to the car in a stiff silence. The air was suffocating. The tight walls of the elevator were closing in around you two. You had to ask... you had to know...

"Why don't you like him?" You peered over at her as she avoided your gaze at all costs.

"Because instead of treating all of the other hellborn as equals he's continuing to perpetuate harmful behavior against other hellborn races. Sometimes it feels like Ness and I are the only ones who actually want anything to get better." She vented her frustrations. "I get that imps are treated as the lowest of the low but if they are going to continue to traduce Succubi like that then relations between our kind are going to continue to get worse..."

"You know if you want to tell me anything-"

"I'll tell you everything when I'm ready."

You nodded. "Okay... You know, it takes a lot of bravery to open up like that. I'm proud of you for getting that out."

////////////////////////////////////////

The memory permeated your mind as Styx drove you deeper into the sloth ring. At least you knew they weren't taking you back to the Pride ring. Unless there was some other way up that you didn't know about. That was entirely possible, you suppose. Afterall, you had no idea just 4 months ago that the big bad devil was a 5'4" twink, or that the antichrist wanted to get sinners into heaven, or that Angels were being sent to massacre the lost souls. Everything you'd ever known was flipped on it's head and you had no idea what to do about it. You felt... lost... and alone...

Eventually they stopped at an old and spooky cottage on the outskirts of the ring. It was near a cliffside, where the grass had turned bronze and the sky was filled with black. Styx got out and you noticed that they hadn't turned the cars radio off... nor did they use the GPS...

You got out and decided to have a little look around. Over the edge of the cliff and beneath you there was just a void of darkness; no soul could survive in those mirky depths alone. You looked back up at the cabin; it was old and falling apart, but the place was kind of lovely in a gothic way. All the trees around the place were dead or wilting but the vines and thorny bushes that grew around it were plump and livelier than any other plant you'd ever seen before. They were shades of green you didn't think existed in nature. The main walls of the house were a faded yellow, while the accents like the roof shingles, the door, and the window frames were a dark chestnut color.

Styx grabbed your hand and walked you to the front door. They brought their hand up and slowly curled their fingers into a fist. Sweat beaded down their neck as they stood there for a few moments before knocking. It was silent after that... You looked around... wondering if you had the wrong address or worrying if you'd been scammed.

BANG!

The door flew open and there stood a 9'8" foot tall raven... man? His head was that of a raven and his limbs were talons but he stood like a man, he dressed like a man, he acted like a man. He sported a deep purple robe around his shoulders and an off white, deep-cut, silk blouse that ruffled just above his tight black pants that held buttons running down the sides of his calves. He gasped when he saw the two of you and you noticed how his feathers puffed out the opening of his shirt as if they were trying to gasp for air themselves.

Before you could do or say anything the raven scooped up Styx into his arms and held them against his chest. "Oh, my child has finally come home!" He cried out.

"Hi dad..." They squeaked out, clearly wanting to be let go.

"WHAT?!" You stepped back in surprise.

Styx pulled themselves out of the raven's grip and turns to me. "My lady. This is Apollyon Avyssos, My father, and the traitor of the Ars Goetia."

"Okay... I was not expecting that. Wait was that why you were so weird about Renesmee, Nina, and me researching the Ars Goetia? And is that why Lucifer took you in? And is that why you're just... so different from other Imps that you literally give off this... this aura!?" Your eyes widened in realization.

They looked down sheepishly. "Yeah... I'm sorry to have kept this from you."

"I'm... I'm fine. You didn't need to tell me... this is just a lot to take in. And Mr. Avyssos, I need you help." You looked up at him pleadingly.

"Of course, little lady." He grabbed your hand and kissed it.

You felt your face flush as you pulled your hand away. "Um... yes well we should get inside and talk."

He brought you two in and settled you both on the couch. His home was filled with books. Every wall was a bookshelf in this little one room cottage. on the left was a small kitchenette with some herbs hanging in the window. His bedroom was on the right with a very long, very thin bed with a door you assumed to be the bathroom connected at the foot of the bed. In the middle held an old, blue, fabric couch with a design a grandma would have in her house. Next to an old brick fireplace was a similar looking recliner.

"So what do you need, little lady?" Apollyon asked you in a charming voice as he sat down in the recliner.

You took a breath and then spilled your guts. "I need you to help me run away from Lucifer. He kidnapped me, is forcing me to marry him, tried to force me to love him and broke down into tear when he realized he went to far, threatened my entire family, and is constantly touching me without my consent! And all because I put on this stupid ring!"

Apollyon looked at you in shock. Then out of nowhere he knelt in front of you and grabbed your hand to start examining the ring. "This ring?"

"Yeah!" You continued on your tirade. "And the worst part is the fact that he is constantly comparing me to Lilith! It's almost as if he's trying to turn me into her! I don't want to be used as some freaky sex puppet to live out his weird desires with!"

"Little lady, I think there's some things you need to know..." Apollyon stood up and grabbed a book from the mantel. It had dozens on news paper articles about the difference that your deal with Lucifer in fixing up the Rings off Hell had been going. Asmodeus and Bee had already done a lot to try to improve Lust and Gluttony from the suggestions that you had made and the other sins had at least on the surface started to treat hellborn better. It caught you off guard. You had no idea that you could have this much impact in just a few months. "Little lady, you have an enormous impact on the system of hell. Thousands of people are counting on you. If Lucifer and the other Sins were acting like this when I was your age... well... maybe I wouldn't be where I am now."

"What do you mean?" You looked up at him with big, sad eyes.

"When I was your age I was tasked with guarding any and all artifacts that could open portals into the living world. See, back in my day you couldn't just flutter your eyes at Asmodeus and get a crystal to take you to Earth. You had to either be summoned or you had to send an official report to Lilith to have it approved. Lilith didn't like the hellborn, though. Every single attempt of theirs that didn't come with a recommendation from one of the Sins—or even more rare as a direct order from the big boss of Hell himself—Lilith vetoed. I believe she even set up the current system as it is today... or at the very least she didn't do anything to stop it. I haven't the foggiest idea why she seems to despise those creatures so much but she does." He looked away trying to wrap his head around it but he merely sighed, she could feel the weight of this unanswered problem finally starting to crack and wear the poor man down.

He continued with his story. "Anyway, so when I was about your age there was this beautiful imp woman who dreamed to go to the human world. She wasn't the strongest, and she had a weak tolerance for pain, so her only hope was to prove that she could serve Lilith's cause of smiting Adam's kin. However, all her attempts were vetoed. It got to the point she came to me directly." His smile was strained but overflowing with love. "You would have loved her. She was the cutest little thing I've ever met. Her long, shabby black hair tied into a pretty braid that just barely swept the floor as she walked... her ruby red skin... her beautiful little horns that looked exactly like our child's... Oh and her adorably little navy blue sundress she wore when we first met... her big teary eyes as she pleaded with me." His face grew a darker hew as he talked about the woman he once loved, almost as if he was blushing.

He cleared his throat and continued. "Well anyway, when she came to me I felt compelled to help her, so I brought her to earth despite knowing the consequences. She adored the place. She frolicked through the grass and the river. She played with butterflies and birds and... she no longer wanted to live by Lilith's rules, and frankly neither did I. We decided to keep meeting up and exploring the world of man together. We fell in love during the course of our dates and we decided to get married. However, this is when the Goetia and the Royal family discovered our little secret. They were going to banish me to earth but Lilith wanted to make an example out of me. My love, Anastasi, well... she wasn't about to let me go so easily so she decided to run away with me. Our love transcended the bounds of class and nobility and our roles in society. She wasn't a tough soldier and I wasn't an impartial guard. If we had someone to fight for us and our love... well maybe things could have been different."

...

This was so much to take in. "I... I have no idea what to say." You said as you sat there motionless.

He looked you in the eyes as he told you this next part. "I understand the desire to leave. And... maybe it is the morally right thing to do... see as someone who worked for Lilith for a long time I know her magic anywhere. She put a curse on that ring you're wearing right now. It's making Lucifer go insane with love for you. His actions are his own and they are reprehensible, but he wouldn't be doing this if he didn't have her curse over him."

You were stunned. This both made sense and was totally ludicrous. "But... why? Why would she do that?"

"I assume she was jealous and thought Lucifer was trying to replace her. I mean... he was going to give another girl a ring. Even if he meant it as completely platonic it is still cause for worry."

You looked at him skeptically. "And how exactly do you know all this?"

"I... may have accidentally given the man who stuck the deal with Lucifer the idea in the first place... Look he saw me eating a man who was disemboweling children and he got it in his head to summon the Devil. It could have happened to anyone!" He defended himself. He then gives her a box. "I did think something bad would happen so I created this pendant to counteract any negative effects the ring might bring you. This should bring him down to a normal state or as normal as Lucifer can be. However, you could get him to remove the ring and lift the spell entirely."

You opened the box and saw that inside was a locket with a raven carved into the front. "So... either I can stay here and help the hellborn at the cost of Lucifer's autonomy... or I can give him back his personhood... but he might cast me out in shame of what he's done."

Apollyon looked at you sympathetically. "Well, yes... I'm sorry to put you in this situation."

Styx finally piped up. "What are you going to do? The choice is yours..."

[ryunumber]

Requesting Jeran the Lupe from Neopets? I had a crush on him when I was 9

Jeran does not have a Ryu Number.

(explanation below)

(As a preface, see the Darkest Faerie for the framework under which I'm approaching Neopets for this blog.)

I've identified two games where Jeran appears: the first is the long, long defunct Meriball, where he's playable alongside his sister and buddies from the Meridell plots.

The second is Legends of Pinball, where he's an interactive element on one table alongside the Turmaculus, Gorix, and Cynara on other tables.

...and both don't really lead to much else. The Return of Dr. Sloth duo are in other games like Time Tunnel and Moon Rock Rampage, but they seem to be the only fully identifiable characters in their game. Escape to Kreludor mentions Dr. Sloth, but I don't think he's ever alluded to actually be in any of the ships in an abstract sense.

It's even slimmer pickings for the Meridell bunch, because I couldn't find any other games at all.

I mean, there's Dueling Decks, but those are literally cards in-universe.

Now there are, of course, a lot of Neopets minigames, so it's very possible that I missed a game or two. At the very least, I'm reasonably certain that if it's possible to connect to King Skarl or Dr. Sloth, the rest of the route follows. But as it stands, no dice.

[radioactivetoad]

Starry Paint Brush Holo Return of Dr. Sloth 34/200 2006 Neopets TCG Card

[beehawk4]

i read lu-is-not-okay's sin analysis guide and it made me think about outis some more (mainly base outis)

TL;DR for the guide: Each sin's meaning is likely different from the mainstream interpretation of them (e.g. Lust does not necessarily mean being horny), and an identity's skills represent the layers of their psyche (With s1 being the surface layer and s3 being the deepest layer of the mind)

I should note that this draws from my previous theory of Outis's story so it might be needed to check that out to clear any confusion. Also, since Outis's story isn't going to be released for a very long time, this is really just conjecture.

Anyway...

Outis has a sloth s1 (Pulled Blade), a pride s2 (Backslash), and a gloom s3 (Piercing Thrust), right?

Going by the guide, Sloth S1 represents Outis's resignation to her circumstances. She's given up on hopes of ever returning home after the Smoke War, believing it to be totally impossible.

Pride S2 likely alludes to a fatal mistake Outis made out of hubris during the Smoke War, one that could possibly even be the reason why she cannot return home. Since we don't have her story yet, this is more based off of Outis's source material.

In The Iliad, the protagonist Odysseus had been captured by a giant called Polyphemus. When he demanded his name, Odysseus told him his name was "Ουτις" (Outis), which means 'nothing' in Greek. Odysseus later blinded the giant, who screamed "Outis (nobody) is killing me!" (and thus leading the other giants to ignore his pleas) and allowed them to escape.

However, before leaving, Odysseus revealed his true name to Polyphemus in an act of hubris, taunting him. As a result, Polyphemus was able to pray to his father Poseidon to curse Odysseus to “[never] reach his native land, to [never] come once more to his own house and see his friends again” and to “let him come late, in evil plight, with all his comrades dead, in someone else's ship, and find troubles in his household."

Sounds pretty familiar to Outis's predicament, right?

Afterwards, gaining a grudge against Odysseus, Poseidon began sabotaging Odysseus's journey. All of which would have been prevented had Odysseus's arrogance not gotten the best of him.

Returning to Limbus Company Outis, I feel like Pride S2 would represent her invoking catastrophe the same way as Odysseus -- in an act of arrogance, she will make a huge mistake with terrible consequences (perhaps being the reason why she cannot return home?). Could be her revealing her identity to the enemy to brag -> said enemy pulls a few strings and finds a way to prevent her from returning home, or it could be something less 1-to-1 with The Iliad. Either way, the skill would allude to her ignoring the consequences of her actions in that one moment.

Alternatively, it could refer to her participating in the Smoke War, not quite aware of the potential consequences that could result from leaving her home.

Finally, Gloom S3. This one is a bit hard to pin down with actual evidence because, again, we know very little about Outis's actual past. Additionally, nothing really suggests that Outis is "overwhelmed" with negative emotions at the time of this post. In fact, she's known for being the most rational and collected sinner, despite her obsequious attitude towards Dante. (There's probably something from The Iliad that I could connect to here, but I honestly don't know that much about the epic.)

That being said, I imagine it'd have something to do with regret. Whatever conceited mistake Outis made came back to bite her in the ass, and now she can never return home to those that wait for her. Indeed, she would definitely dwell on her unfortunate circumstances even if she is resigned to them. "If only I hadn't let my hubris get the better of me."

As for appearing rational and seeming the exact opposite of "overwhelmed with negative emotions"...

I have nothing to support this, but it's possible that Outis's implied duplicity through her sycophantic behavior towards Dante is a front. She's well aware that all of the other Sinners and Vergil think she's going to backstab them at any moment -- that's the point of it. It's a smokescreen to cover up how she actually feels, which is intense lament due to being unable to see her loved ones ever again.

That doesn't necessarily mean said treachery is "fake", since she could still backstab them (although you could argue that if she really did want to betray them, she wouldn't make it so obvious). It's just that she intentionally uses said sycophancy and hints of disloyalty, however genuine they may be, to mask her actual issues and her past.

[artsyarcane]

Good god, ok… I started getting tired around year 10 and I just finished this a few minutes ago (it’s past 3 am). There are a lot of plots at the beginning that don’t differentiate between meta lore plots and world lore plots but they become distinctly separate at year 6. The crossed out dates are because I’d like to come up with month names that don’t sound as infantile as the canonical ones.

Neopets Timeline:

Faeries arrive in Neopia. (Year unknown)

Queen Fyora ascends to the throne and unites the elements. (Year unknown)

Calabrus gifts the faeries a magic bowl and Faerieland is created with the aid of said artifact. (Year still unknown)

Altador gathers his companions. (Year unknown)

City of Altador founded. (Year unknown)

Darkest Faerie betrays Altador and is turned to stone and banished by Queen Fyora and the sorceress Jerdana. (993 SE/BN)

Qasala seemingly abandoned and buried in supernatural sandstorm-Razul’s curse takes hold of the city. (193 SE)

Neovia cursed its residents returning as ghosts once every Halloween. (Year 2 SE)

Faerieland discovered. (approx. Year 1 KE)

Dr. Sloth attempts to take over Neopia by turning neopets into VirtuPets. (Year 2 KE)

Tyrannia and the Chomby are discovered. War breaks out in Tyrannia soon after. (March 20th-May 10th Year 3 KE)

Lost Desert discovered. (June 12th-July 10th Year 3 KE)

Investigation of the murder of King Coltzan III by Princess Sankara. (July 9th-16th Year 3 KE)

Retrieval of Coltzan’s crown. (July 17th-19th Year 3 KE)

Destruction of Maraqua and discovery of Krawk Island. (August 17th-23rd Year 3 KE)

Lord Darigan tries and fails to conquer Meridell. (Year 4 KE)

Mystery island nearly destroyed. (Year 5 KE)

Lord Kass tries and fails to conquer Meridell. Lord Darigan reinstated as the ruler of the Citadel (February 2nd-May 13th Year 6 KE)

Bori discovered and the Bringer of Night defeated. (October 21st-December 22nd Year 6 KE)

Maraqua rediscovered. (March 15th-June 10th Year 7 KE)

Qasala rediscovered and Razul’s curse lifted. (August 30th-November 29th Year 7 KE)

The Darkest Faerie freed and imprisoned again. Altador rejoins Neopia. (November 15th Year 7 KE)

The Wand of Wishing is retrieved and hidden away again. (March 14th Year 8 KE)

Shenkuu discovered. (August 3rd-September 8th Year 8 KE)

Neovia discovered and its curse lifted. (October 3rd-November 21st Year 8 KE)

Roxton A. Colchester III and Co. discover and subsequently lose an island inhabited by giant mutant petpetpets. An event all involved would rather forget. (Year 9 KE)

Dr. Sloth tries and once more fails to conquer Neopia by mutating neopets but differently this time. (Year 10 KE)

Moltara discovered and global warming averted. (Year 11 KE)

Faerieland falls at the hands of the sorceress Xandra. (Year 12 KE)

Krawk island disappears and is reformed in an effort led by Gavril McGill. (Year 13 KE)

First time in over a decade where nothing (officially canonical) of note has happened. (Year 14 KE)

Discovery of Tyrannian obelisk. Obelisk war begins. (Year 15 KE)

Diplomatic crisis at Lost Desert trade summit averted. (Year 16 KE)

Nothing (officially canonical) of note occurs. (Years 17-18 KE)

Darkest Faerie is freed and begins an attempt to take revenge on all Neopia. (February Year 19 KE)

Darkest Faerie is defeated and flees, weakened, into the Haunted Woods. (May Year 20 KE)

Diplomatic tension in the Lost Desert and subsequent rising and quelling of Sakhmet rebellion. (November 19th Year 20-March 2nd Year 21 KE)

Legends and Letters. (Year 21 KE)

Nothing (officially canonical) of note occurs. (Years 22-24 KE)

The faerie Luxinia is discovered on a small piece of Faerieland that survived the fall and freed from a crystal. New Faerieland is founded with Luxinia as mayor. (Year 25 KE)

[parlax]

[ninebaalart]

Clyara

been feeling that neopets nostalgia STRONG lately my goodness.

[thisismycorneroftheinternet]

Chapter 8 of Every Time I See You Falling is out!

Summary: The Resistance receives an interesting visitor that already begins to polarize Neopets in there, and Parlax and Gormos go on a mission.

[passionpluto]

*secretly hopes my novel series in progress never makes it big because, while it bears absolutely no other similarities to the return of dr sloth, it does have a (female, granted) resistance leader named valka that i refuse to change the name of because i thought valka was an impossibly cool resistance leader name back when i was 12 and still kinda do*

[lovetogether]

We should post our animal assessments for twin peaks uhhm laa 🎶

Laura - grey wolf

Leland - grey wolf

Sarah - grey wolf

Maddy - black wolf

Shelly - white tailed deer

Bobby - bobcat

Leo - cougar

Mike but like the one that’s Bobby’s friend - yellow house cat

Major Briggs - rhino

Donna - Pygmy rabbit

James - Newfoundland

Norma - cocker spaniel

Big ed - Newfoundland

Nadine - red fox

Andy - river otter

Harry - northern raccoon

Lucy - eastern cottontail

Hawk - Wolverine

Dale - piebald squirrel

Ben - brown tortie

Jerry - orange tabby

Audrey - mixed tortie

Cathrine - Persian cat

Pete - yellow bellied marmot

Josie - golden pheasant

The arm - teacup big

Giant - giant sloth

Mike - owl

Bob - coyote

Gordon - David lynch dog OR parakeet. Have these two fight to the death

Albert - ant (lemon suggestion)

Denise - maned wolf

Sam - duck

That other agent from movie we forgot his name - idk lol

Log lady - beaver

Annie - cocker spaniel

Harold - bearded lizard

Dr jacoby - brown bear

Phillip Jeffries - davidbowie huntsman spider

Da freaking Return

JaneyE - long eared chipmunk

Sonny Jim - chipmunk squirrel hybrid

Blow job brothers - desert bighorn sheep

Diane - poodle

British guy - feild mouse

Other sherif Truman - northern raccoon

Wally - weird hybrid of what Andy and Lucy were because that’s funny

Richard - bushy tailed cat

The woodsman - black bear