#this one really is a doodle. definition of a doodle.

[vera-deville]

Between Worlds, Between Words

04/14/2025

Pairing: N/A Word Count: 1,829 Warnings: Depression that builds up from the fact that you're in a world that's not yours Gender: Gender Neutral Tags: @qaxdea, @katzline, @die-remastered Notes: Totally didn't take me like two years to write this. Inspired by this. Masterlist

It all began with a history lecture.

Professor Trein was going on and on (passionately, as always), about the Seven Great Sorcerers and the founding of the Queendom of Roses. Something-something ancient magic, something-something territorial disputes. You weren't sure. It all sounded like the dramatic backstory of an MMO.

You blinked down at your notes. You had written Queendom of Roses five times in a row, underlined one of them, and then - without fully realizing it - drawn an itty-bitty round-headed T-Rex beside the word. Your pencil hovered. You stared at the creation.

That was the moment you'd pinpoint.

The moment you realized you hadn't thought about dinosaurs or anything of the sort in weeks. Not a single pterodactyl. Not a single deinosuchus. Not a single Berthasaura leopoldinae. You used to be able to rattle off entire prehistoric eras like a party trick.

And now?

Now you were sitting in a gothic castle-school in another dimension, learning about long-dead magic monarchs, while wearing a uniform that quite literally had gold embroidery.

You raised your hand.

Trein, ever the professional, paused mid-sentence and looked up from his book. "Yes, Y/N?"

"Do you..." Your voice was very calm, very reasonable. "Do you know what dinosaurs are?" You waited for him to cause your world to crash down (and further cause you to crash out in the middle of a classroom, of all places).

The classroom fell silent. Deuce blinked at you from across the aisle. Ace looked up from where he was doodling something suspiciously inappropriate in the margins of his textbook. A few heads tilted. Professor Trein furrowed his brow.

"Dinosaurs?" He repeated.

You nodded solemnly. "Yeah. Y'know. Giant lizards? Extinct? Kind of a big deal where I'm from."

"I suppose you must be referring to the draconic species," Trein said slowly. "Dragons were once prominent in the Land of Briar, but-"

"No. No, no, no. Not dragons." You waved your hand. "They didn't have magic or fire-breathing. They just...ran around and roared and occasionally ate each other. Real chill. They had feathers sometimes. I think? And they're all dead. Very important part."

Trein blinked at you, confused. "I've never heard of such a creature."

You nodded again, eyes wide. "Yeah. That tracks. That definitely tracks."

And then you laughed.

It wasn't a cute laugh. Not a giggle. Certainly not a dainty little chuckle. No, it was a full-body, slightly breathless guffaw that escaped from your chest like it had been trying to get out for days. You slapped a hand over your mouth, horrified, but it was too late. The dam had burst. You were cracking up in the middle of lecture like a sitcom character who finally snapped.

"Oh my God," You wheezed, "I'm losing it. I'm actually going insane. This is my villain origin story."

Trein just looked tired.

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You didn't get detention, miraculously. (Trein may have chalked it up to "dimensional stress" and decided not to poke the hornet's nest).

But it was only the first domino in a long, long line.

The rest fell fairly quickly.

Later that day, at lunch, you tried to make a joke about TikTok and go blank stares from every single table. You had something dumb like "It's giving ✨depression✨" and the silence that followed was deafening.

Even Grim had paused mid-bite. "Giving what now?"

You wanted to scream. Instead, you chuckled weakly and pretended to choke on your food.

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"Do you ever," You muttered to Ace and Deuce one day while walking back from Alchemy, "make a really niche reference and then realize - oh. I'm all alone. No one here gets it. I'm never going to have a meme-based conversation again."

Ace shrugged. "You could just make a new meme?"

"That's not how that works!" You cried, clutching your textbook like a lifeline. "They're...they're communal! They're sacred!"

"Maybe you oughtta get used to the memes here then. Dunno what you're complaining about."

Deuce patted your back with a concerned frown. "Maybe you should take a nap."

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It would've been bearable, maybe, if you didn't keep catching yourself saying things no one understood.

Once, in P.E., you muttered, "I'd sell my soul for a Baja Blast right now," after running laps.

Cater turned to you. "What kind of spell is that?"

You nearly bit your tongue.

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There were good days, sure. Days when the chaos of NRC felt almost normal, the strange magic of the world you'd landed in had a fairytale charm. You even liked it sometimes. The floating candles, the enchanted mirror, the weirdly attractive student body (seriously, what on Earth was in the water here?).

But then something would happen - a throwaway line from a friend, a specific smell, a distant memory - and the homesickness would sucker-punch you in the gut.

You missed your old phone. You missed a steady flow of electricity. You missed your precious animes from back home. You missed complaining about anything and everything to your friends in your group chat at 2 in the bloody morning. You missed sending them cursed memes and sobbing over fictional characters they knew you'd been in love with since forever.

You missed feeling understood.

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You think the final straw was a joke.

Ace said something stupid and punny in class. Something about cauldrons and bad grades - classic Ace. Everyone laughed.

You didn't.

Not because it wasn't funny. You figured maybe it was. Surely it had to be, with the reaction of your classmates. But you didn't get it.

You didn't understand the slang. The reference. The cultural context.

So you just sat there, frozen in place, smile tight and fake, and your laughter coming out a few seconds too late.

You felt weirdly hollow.

Not the dramatic, tragic kind of hollow. Just the kind where something that should've made you feel warm instead made you feel like a cracked mug. Still functioning. Still upright. But leaking a little.

And of course, Professor Trein noticed.

He didn't say anything at first, just gave you a quiet, thoughtful look before resuming the lecture. You sat up straighter. Tried to look attentive.

But even so, at the end of class, while everyone packed up their books and filtered out of the room in clusters of laughter and inside jokes, Trein called your name.

"Y/N," He said, tone gentle enough that you flinched a little.

You turned, your bag slung over one shoulder. "Yes, Professor?"

"If you're not in a rush," He said, adjusting his glasses, "would you...care to join me for tea this afternoon?"

You blinked. "Oh. Uh. Sure. Is this - like - a detention-in-disguise kind of tea or...?"

He chuckled softly. "No punishment involved, I assure you."

So that was how you found yourself, after classes ended, sitting in the most scholarly little office you'd ever seen, across a worn oak desk from Professor Trein, with two steaming teacups between you.

Grim of course, had no reason to be there, so it was just you, Trein, and Lucius - who sat on the windowsill like a furry, judgemental gargoyle.

Trein poured your tea and added a sugar cube to his own with great precision. His movements reminded you greatly of Vil.

"I find," He said slowly, "that I don't understand half the things my students say anymore."

You blinked.

"They speak in riddles," He continued, "about things I cannot begin to visualize. They once referred to something as 'mid." I assumed it meant middling, perhaps average. But then I was told - by Ruggie, I believe - that it was an insult?"

You snorted. "Oh, yeah. 'Mid' is like the fancy new word for 'meh.' A good way to start a fight in a cafeteria."

Trein's eyes twinkled. "Yes. Precisely. I've taught for nearly four decades and still find myself utterly baffled by whatever new linguistic virus has infected the student body."

You laughed - genuinely, this time.

"I don't get any of their references either," You admitted. "But, like...from the opposite direction. I say stuff and they look at me like I've sprouted wings."

Trein leaned back in his chair. "I did wonder about your question in class earlier this week. About...dinosaurs, was it?"

"Oh my god, yes!" You set your teacup down. "They don't know what dinosaurs are, Professor. Dinosaurs! Like - prehistoric lizards! We have museums about them! They've made animated movies!

"Fascinating," He said, and it was clear he meant it.

"They thought I was talking about dragons," You muttered, sinking in your chair. "I nearly cried."

Trein's mouth quirked into a small smile. "It must be terribly isolating."

Your shoulders tensed. "Sometimes I don't feel like a person here. I feel like a joke. Like a weird little artifact that fell out of some ancient time machine and nobody's quite sure how to categorize."

"You're not a joke," He said, kind but firm. "You're someone trying to survive in a world that was no built for you."

That hit you right in the gut.

Lucius lept off the windowsill and sidled your leg, promptly resting his head near your foot. You sipped your tea quietly for a moment.

"...Thanks," You said, voice a little hoarse. "I think I needed to hear that."

He nodded, then tilted his head, thoughtful. "Would you be willing to tell me more about your world?"

You blinked. "Wait, really?"

"I may be old, but I've always valued learning," He said. "And you're a living library of knowledge we've never had access to before."

You grinned. "Okay, then. Where do I start?"

You ended up talking until the sun dipped low in the sky. You explained your version of the internet, social media, reality TV, electric cars, and theme parks. You showed him how memes worked. You drew a rough sketch of a dinosaur. You explained your favorite movies, and how music was streamed, and how cooking shows were a national obsession. Trein took notes with the fascinated curiosity of someone rediscovering the joy of being a student.

He, in turn, told you stories about past generations of students. About how the slang used to be different even back then, about the way magic has changed, and about the first time Lucius clawed someone in the middle of class for disrespecting history.

You both laughed a lot.

You scratched Lucius behind his ears for a bit, allowing the soft purrs to lull you further into your feelings. The conversation was exactly what you needed. As you left his office, you heard him say, "You are more than welcome to come to me for anything you may need. I am more than willing to explain the ways of this world to you so that you may pass your classes."

As you walked back to your dorm, the castle halls a little quieter, a little softer in the dimming light, you didn't feel so lonely.

Not everyone got you.

But someone was trying.

And for now...that was more than enough.

Author's Note: I'd just like to say that I genuinely think that Twisted Wonderland had dinosaurs and that their existence has long been known worldwide, etc. I like to further think that modern-day dragons (as rare as they may be) are descendants of old-day dinosaurs and that they somehow magically evolved into dragons. Having said that, I thought it would be admittedly funnier if the Reader found out that the people of Twisted Wonderland don't know anything about dinosaurs, and they crash out because of it. So, I went with that for this story!

Masterlist

[toge1kiss]

That Girl In Front Of Me! V2

📢 | What its like having the second years sitting behind you and how you became their friend!

Heavily based from a tiktok video by @erikadayshawn!

Jjk second years x Fem!Reader ( can be seen platonic or romantic ) Reader is heavily implied quiet & very feminine!

˚·˚ Panda ｡˚

🎧 | Ahaaa, he'd give the most weirdest first impression out of you. Simply just his appearance says it all.

🎧 | Once you found out he can actually speak the human language, everything seemed possible now. It was so bizarre.

🎧 | When you were instructed to sit in front of him, you were very awkward since you didn't know what to do or say.

🎧 | One time in class, you can literally hear his chair and his table scraping against the wooden floors, you can tell it was inching to you.

🎧 | "Hey, hey, sorry to bother, but uh.. I sorta smell, y'know, rice krispies in your back and I was wondering if I could have some?" He randomly asked in a not-so subtle manner since the rest of the students were looking at you.

🎧 | "Huh?" You muttered back in total confusion. You blinked twice with a baffled expression because how did he managed to even smell that. "Oh yeah, sure. Just take it quietly.."

🎧 | You then did random movements with your pen then turned back at Gojo who was still teaching.

🎧 | Over all, a very chaotic classmate.

˚·˚ Zenin Maki ｡˚

🎧 | Definition of RBF I fear. Except she actually is pretty irritated

🎧 | You guys NEVER spoke as in EVER. It was more on your part since you were too scared to ask. It feels like you'll get beaten up if you even look at her

🎧 | But there was this one time where an unnamed classmate of yours started to bother you mid-lecture, constantly pressuring you to give you your notes even when you said you have NONE ( you in fact do, you just didn't like them )

🎧 | Maki was like watching from the back with an irritated expression and decided to speak up. "Do you wanna talk to them?" "No-" "Then speak up! She doesn't wanna talk to you, stop!" She exclaims while making that shooing hand gesture and scoffed.

🎧 | That interaction really baffled you because 1. that was the first time you spoke and 2. it actually worked..??

🎧 | "Thank y-" "No. Don't even. Stand up for yourself, that's just embarrassing."

🎧 | But after that, you heard from Panda that Maki has been keeping an eye on you for a long time because people wanted to mess with you

🎧 | You both became friends eventually due to Panda and you both would bond by training!!

˚·˚ Okkotsu Yuta ｡˚

🎧 | Not only is he very approachable, but he's very kind as well. Probably one of the first people you've became friends with.

🎧 | The first time you met him and you were instructed to sit in front of him, he literally PULLED the chair out for you with a smile.

🎧 | "Hello! I hope you're doing well." He would greet with a respectful bow and the lecture just started

🎧 | fast forward, a few weeks passed. You both were acquaintances, not close, but definitely improving.

🎧 | One day you didn't have notes, he was quick to offer you his and quickly handed you his notebook.

🎧 | Another day, he gave you a paper flower as a gift. A 'just because' gift with the words: "I thought you'd like it. The whole.. paper flower was my personal preference since they don't die. I hope you like it!"

🎧 | Then after that you'd get random trinkets from Yuta. Safe to safe, he's definitely fond of you.

˚·˚ Inumaki Toge ｡˚

🎧 | It wasn't like he was mean, he honestly just had that mysterious aura that gave you the creeps..

🎧 | The few days you sat in front of him, he never really spoke to you and vice versa. You thought he appreciates his peace so you just don't say anything.

🎧 | One day though you were doodling mindlessly because you were bored out of your mind and you felt a tap on your shoulder. When you looked back, Toge gave you a short wave and pointed at your doodle.

🎧 | "Oh my drawing?" "Tuna." "Oh, you like it..?" "Salmon, salmon."

🎧 | Though you couldn't understand him, his nod and thumbs up makes his message clear. You gave him a soft chuckle of relief when you understood him and thanked him.

🎧 | At break, you were about to leave until Toge handed you something and what do you know, he gave you a doodle of a little kitty with the note "hope we can be friends =)"

🎧 | Eventually, months passed you two became super closed due to your mutual quiet nature.

🎧 | Sometimes on your desk, you were even surprised with makeup products that you always use. When you texted Toge about it you always get a reply of: "Kugisaki said you use it"

🎧 | Confirmed a very sweet boy!!

CONCLUDED!

MASTERLIST

[theanimatingfanatic]

ITS MORE DOEY THE DOUGHMAN!!!!

Some more doodles of Doey the Doughman the bestest little guy ever!!! Well I guess he’s like what 10ft tall? So not little but he’s little to us cause he’s son.

More of these are related to Matthew, Kevin, and Jack being in more control. Also some cute outfits and him interacting with my persona! I know the skin tone isn’t accurate I was doing this late at night and it looked good then but now it’s kinda ass. I might do a Player design later, either my persona as the player or my take on the player.

SOME HEADCANON TIIIIIIIME

Doey is on the Autism spectrum, with more traits of towards aggression, social difficulties, and fixations. I see him having social issues from all three kids on account of the trauma they have faced. And his main fixation is protecting people but also reading!

He mellows out best when he’s alone, where all the kids can talk internally to each other

He enjoys fidget toys, especially Kevin. He’ll use his play dough body if need be.

I can also see him having DID (dissociative identity disorder) and each child as a system. I’m more so getting this from my friend who headcanons this.

—if I am inaccurate about these please let me know. Much appreciated.

He can’t really wear cloths because they stick to his playdough body.

Matthew is definitely the leader of the three and most of the time he can get them all to cooperate as a unit. He sets goals does the job and so on. He does stress out when things don’t go to plan and holds a lot of weight on his shoulders. His favorite things are reading, drawing, and meditation.

Kevin isn’t a bad kid, he just needs some guidance on how to regulate his emotions. He is the one in control of most of Dory’s movements as he’s the best st doing so. His favorite things are napping, video games, and fidget toys.

Jack is the quietest out of the three. He is often scared and confused but when they hang have some down time he shows up the most. He relates to the other children the best and is best at playtime. Surprisingly he is the one to solve most mechanical problems with the generator as one of his favorite kinds of toys were creative robotic ones. He also loves Doey, even more that he is his favorite character, he enjoyed all the sculpting he could add on top of his toy robots. His favorite things are video games, imaginary play time with friends (think house or war scenarios kids play out), and tinkering with machines

[tapwater118]

tpot 17 spoilers here's what i thought of it lalalala

overall very good episode!! not the *best* ever episode but not every episode can be. it was very silly and fun and also what the fuck is happening

this eliminations played out how i most expected it to, i like pillow and yellow face is alright i guess but it was definitely their times to go. love how pencil freaked out for a hot second over having the most votes (again) i knew they would do that they are so evil for it. I LOVED BOTTLE'S LITTLE DOODLES of course she draws 2018 cute boots and mouth good for her

speaking of bottle was such a fun host! the "everything she does takes literal days" thing was a bit overused but i'm glad they stopped doing that once the challenge started. nice little subtle bit of character-building for four given how he was seemingly happy with bottle taking over. bro cares more about cooking than hosting now i can respect the growth and progression

the challenge itself was a very neat idea, splitting up the teams like this is a very good way to get new groups of characters to interact who wouldn't have otherwise. i thought for a second when bottle shuffled everyone around that we were getting ANOTHER team swap and nearly screamed lmao. but yeah super funny how the eating contest objects where all chill with each other (for the most part) but everyone else was at each other's throats the whole time lmao

pencil. oughhhhh pencil. i am ill. i dont really think pen was the best choice to talk to her at the end but to be fair the options were pretty limited given that everyone else was either MIA or book. the bookcil scene was awesome yes girlie get ANGRY unleash your RAGE. i think it would have been a bit more impactful if they didn't have fanny going basically "erm, awkward!" right in the middle of it but yeah good food i am fed

oh my god what has happened to one's room. has gaty torn through there like a feral animal or something or was this all the product of one's own frustration. given how she fucking mutilates donut i wouldn't discount the latter possibility. also six is plot relevant what, and purple face is gonna lead them to the EXIT and then (theory time) one's gonna use that group to get three out of the fourtress for. something. idk yet but things are happening

individual challenges lightning round go! circus circumstances is amazing i love slasher tacks, love evil tv arc they should have him Kill more. ferris wheel was kinda whatever but i love how they're bringing back snowball's old relationships with certain characters, particularly gb and pen. THE FOURSE IS BACK I LOVE YOU FOURSE not much else to say i didn't already cover in the previous section. eating contest was fun they leaked price tag's search history (and loser got cancelled lmao). winner felt appreciated i need to kiss them what who said that

wow i had a lot to say about this one huh, forty minute episodes will do that to ya. elimination predictions: grassy is almost certainly out, the team 2 votes (aside from icy's) were really close last time so it really depends on where the icy voters' votes will go now, and just by fandom reaction i can tell you it will not be grassy. for 🎼 i'm less sure but i can certainly say bottle and pen are safe, they were all over this episode they got so much to do. i think it might be liy or tb as much as i hate to say it, they kinda got sidelined in their challenges

ok uhh tpot 18 or 19 will probably be a meetup episode so i'll be able to see it before the rest of you HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ratkingvixx]

𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟 ⦻˖⊹🔪 Pens called to me, and I could not refuse. It’s a mess sure and no thoughts occurred as to what I was going to draw — just scribbled and it amounted to, well, Jeff. So I went with it. And you get a whole whopping page.

Oh, and some husk designs for derilum (my creepypasta story in case you didn't know yet) . You can definitely see my cry of fear inspiration there. My sibling helped me out here too. However, these aren't set and stone. Just doodles. I’ve got a lot of ideas, but nothing really gets done with me. One day… I will get to just put it all out there. When? I don't know.

[star-lights-up]

I'm taking driver's ed and online chemistry right now and let me tell you, they're a goldmine

(click for better quality)

[naki-ru]

Angelic companion

it’s been a while I know…. from exams to lack of motivation to basically everything I had no time… I hope this compensates the lack of art. kitr and gabe. I think they would get along. enjoy!!

I will try not to disappear for so much again. I hope.

[youareabeautypj]

go my player design notes

plus some old doodles:

this ones got some old designs but i still think its silly:

[inumbrapugnabimus-maybe]

✨colors✨

[ferngle]

Ok so I read "Reaping what you sew" by @/thetriggeredhappy a week or so ago. Definitely did not get the feels. No tears were shed... anyways-

[vonlipvig]

kinda infatuated with this diva so ofc i had to draw him 🏎️🏁

[sysig]

Skelekinz (Patreon)

[sunny-knight]

idk what dark forces compelled ANY of these, but take my Caine practice doodles that I made last night at 1 AM while listening to I Am Damaged and Seventeen from The Heathers Musical on loop

Keep Reading for extra doodles and zoom ins :3

:3

[flowerakatsuka]

i felt like drawing kuroba's osokun design again. looks like they found a playmate for the day while visiting their grandparents. :3c

[moeblob]

That fae OC of mine who is void of color (black hair/black eyes) and is looked upon as a blemish by the older fae and decides to go all out and wear only black clothing with a sharpness who actually has a good friend group who loves their little black hole. They love him so much. He's just their special little void.

[amarioe]

Got inspired by @kiruyeen's drawing a while back :]

Decided to mess around with long haired chosen,, sorry if the design is inconsistent or messy i'm still figuring out how to draw all the ava characters 😭

Also i know i said i wanted to make an analysis but i changed my mind soo,, go chosen doodles!!