#wanted to include Diasomnia but not take away from Malleus

[flipppyflopp]

Happy birthday to the most charming and mysterious prince, Malleus! 🌹

I joined in on a wonderful collab hosted by @humbuns Flowers for Malleus to celebrate the birthday boy! It was a lot of fun to choose flowers that represented Malleus and I did it from the perspective of Lilia, Silver, and Sebek giving these flowers to Malleus as a lovely bouquet. There are some hydrangeas, chrysanthemums, and more! Of course I couldn’t leave the Diasomnia fam out, and I included them as birds on Malleus’s shoulders because….why not lol

Anyways, hope you all enjoy and make sure to check out the final product! May all of you who want Malleus’s birthday card get it quickly!✨

[faeryarchives]

catch me (diasomnia x gn!reader)

requested by anon: hi, hopefully your request still open! can i request for diasomnia? where the boys kabedon mc, resulting them blushing so hard then the physical closeness enough to make mc pass out there. yeah it's kinda romantic and crack in the same time. note: delayed bc my bed broke haha (loose screw) + i got sick... requests are still not open this is a request from long time ago 😓 yuu and reader are different ppl! u have no idea how i love this (made sebek's part kinda angsty idk) 🤍 !! recent works: hey chat (first years x gn!streamer yuu!) divider credits to @cafekitsune !! her works are so pretty real 🤍

-‘๑’- malleus draconia (3rd year ramshackle dorm leader - beanfest)

'it seems like i am on the farmer's team this year. how about you, treasure?' your eyes landed on your dorm mates chilling in the lounge - eyes sparkling in unknown excitement. "what team did you and grim got assigned to?" "oh, (name)-senpai! we got assigned to the farmers team!" a shiver ran down yuu's spine after a smirk plays around the edges of your mouth. "(name)-senpai?" "that means i'll be on the monster team, huh? good luck tomorrow!" "wait, we are going up against you?!"

the survival of the beanest - the event that most students are waiting for while some of them loathes it

given that you, grim and yuu are the only members of your dorm, it was natural for you to be opposing teams -> leading you to face off against your lover, thee malleus draconia

its not often you would be on opposite sides in anything after all

after the orientation about the rules, students started to group according to their teams leaving you and malleus alone together. the fae had the most dejected everyone ever seen. he slowly took your hand in his, holding it tightly as if he doesn't want you to go to the other side. "what a shame, we could've bond over this." "you silly fae, who said we couldn't bond over this?" in a blink of an eye, malleus found himself being hugged. as if waiting for this moment, the soothing wind picked up scent of fresh lavender invaded his senses, reviving his spirits - as malleus watch you bury your face to his shoulder. before he could wrap his arms around your frame - you pulled away, grinning. "let's have fun, yeah?" "heheh, it seems i won’t be bored today."

not being able to get even a good luck kiss from you made the diasomnia leader a menace because he will lock his target for real and he will make sure he finds his target (ok this going the wrong way)

while the farmers' team looked formidable having most of the housewardens, it couldn't be denied that the monster team have the athletic and agile members - including you

you were pretty confident in your skills really and having to plan with azul and the others really gave you more confidence and boost so it will probably go well!

"there are so many players who got eliminated immediately huh?" after eliminating more than enough players, you and lilia start to scurry through the woods, you see players of opposite teams now leaning on trees looking defeated and exhausted. "well that is because all the youngsters are thrilled to let out their fun!" chimed lilia as he float next to you, his laughing smile was a clear sign of his amusement that made you a little wary. "so, i heard someone challenged our malleus to a little game. i wonder who might that be?" "hahaha how silly, who would challenge mal anyway?" the fae stared at you for a solid minute before smiling ever so eerily. the two of you exchange no more words, only hearing the rustling of wind as you run - that is until a shadow jumped right in front of you, almost bumping into it if it weren't for your reflexes. "holy-" "... good luck little bat." in an instant, lilia vanished, leaving you with the diasomnia leader. one look at him and his devilish smile was a charming mask for his mischief. "i found you."

from the start it was already hopeless to think you would be able to take him down, so you resorted to one thing - playing a game of tag

and the other students didn't even dare to step close to you because holy moly, malleus was beaming!

you don't know how long you were running for. one minute? five minutes? thirty? it felt like you already ran through the whole campus yet malleus doesn't make any move to capture you- or so you thought. "come on, treasure. don't strain yourself." you could feel him just right behind you, his deep voice ringing in your ear and sending shivers throughout your body. "this wasn't supposed to go this way- ah!" turning around, you see malleus face very close to yours causing you to trip over a large tree root and your hand grabbing the nearest one next to you - which is malleus as you both fell to the grassy ground with a loud thud near your ears. head throbbing from the fall, eyes squinting as the sunlight decided to shine on you at the moment. "... lright, (name)?" you could barely make out the voice calling out your name and after a solid minute, you finally regain your senses. "malleus?" (eye color) eyes locked onto bright green eyes blinking rapidly as malleus panic, but that was the least of your concern. because all you know right now is that you are under the fae - his arms and legs caging you in, you can barely even move! one of his hand is on your cheek, caressing it ever so gently like you were made out of glass. what set the alarm go off in your head is the non existing distance between your faces, noses are almost touching and lips one inch away from another. "are you alright, my treasure? did you hit your head hard? shall i burn the ground?" before anything else, malleus heard you mumble something inaudible, confused as why you start to cover your face with your hands. nevertheless, wanting to prioritize your being over anything, malleus leaned in closer, eyebrows furrowed as he gently pry off your hand over your face. "can you repeat that again...?" his voice grew softer and softer as he finally put the pieces together after seeing your cheeks blossomed like a flower over the years, even your ears were burning red. "...i surrender." "so i win?" ever so curious, the fae decided to lean in more - casually rubbing his nose with yours so casually causing you to blow a fuse.

while your group won in the end, i think we all know who the real winner is 😊

-‘๑’- lilia vanrouge (3rd year ramshackle dorm leader- stitch tropical turbulence)

right now, you don't know why a little blue ball of sunshine named stitch is clinging onto your shoulder, comforting you.

honestly you don't know how you got dragged into the whole mess. you even rarely go to the library!

if anything it is crazy that you got teleported in another dimension on the day you decided to read some books in the library (like literally staying inside)

just as you were about to go to the other side of the library, you find yourself following the familiar sound of your friends chatting away. walking right at the corner, familiar faces filled your vision. "woah, what are you all doing here? this is an unusual big group." "dorm leader, what are you doing here? you don't come to the library often." "nothing, just a change of pace for today. i just feel like doing it." "oh, little bat!" a blur of black and green rush suddenly rush in and tackling you into a hug that you reciprocated without batting an eye, which to everyone's surprise. "hello to you too, lils. what are you up to?" running through his hair affectionately, the fae started to share what they previously talked about before you arrive. "i miss you." "lils, we just saw each other like two hours ago." as if your words just entered one ear and exited the other, lilia wrapped his arms around you tighter, burying his face into your shoulder. "mrah?! what's going on? it's so bright?!" and being lost in your own world, you didn't notice how grim and floyd proceed to open the book - engulfing your group in a bright light. and that is how you find yourself alone in the island.

for some reason, the book wanted you to be separated from the group - waking up with small blue little guy next to you, shaking you awake

you didn't know when and how long you were out for but you are pretty sure you are alone - except for the owner of the soft small paws patting all over your face. eyes fluttering open, you find yourself face to face with a blue... koala? "...huh? what-" from the corner of your eye, you see a large figure pointing something at your direction - emitting a laser which is surely going to hit if it weren't for you rolling out of the way. "what was that for?! are you alright?" you scanned through the koala for any injury, its curious eyes watching you carefully. "another one of those humans? never mind that, give me experiment 626 this moment." the mysterious being slowly made its way to you, loud thud following with each step. "you mean this little fella...?" your blue furry friend was hiding behind you, snarling - arms multiplying?! but the thing that caught your eye is the charm hanging around his neck because it's the one you made for lilia not too long ago. "lilia's charm..." as if hearing a familiar name, 626 immediately perked up as if realizing something. "stitch is friend! not enemy!" it garbled, waving his arms in the air trying to prove its innocence. "lilia gave stitch necklace!"stitch thought that you might not understand but to his surprise - you quickly stood up on your feet and started to run away from gantu. "you are making a big mistake, human! that is no ordinary creature - 626 could destroy anything its path!" you looked over your shoulder, and stitch could see your eyes sparkling with mischief and curiosity. "sorry but no way i am trusting you over my lover. let's go stitch!"

it became a game of hide and seek and actually having stitch as your company wasn't bad + he even helped you to reunite with your friends who somehow came into the island a day before you

surprisingly lilia was nowhere to be seen, others saying he went out to explore so you ventured the island once more

having to explore with no interference like robots attacking you or even gantu pointing his laser gun, you finally get to enjoy the island's beauty. blanket of golden sands, palm trees swaying gently, hearing the waves lapping at the shore and the taste of salt on your lips- everything was just so refreshing. "... i wanted to spend this moment with lilia too." you muttering dejectedly, feeling lonely due to the absence of your favorite bat fae. with your mind wandering somewhere else and mindlessly kicking through the fine sand, you failed to notice how someone creeping up behind you. noticing the presence a little too late, a faint whisper drifts through the air, seeming to come from everywhere at once. a pair of arms wrapped themselves around your waist "it seems like the wind guided my way to you." you yelped, pulling and jumping away to glare at the floating lilia, who is now giggling and flying circles around you. "lilia! you scared me!" "that was but a little surprise, my love. i missed you too." seeing how you stomp your foot on the ground, lilia descended from the air to stand in front of you, poking your cheeks playfully. "forgive me please?" still feeling a little embarrassed, you refused to look at him in the eyes and turned the other way. but the ever so persistent vice dorm leader of diasomnia refuse to back down. he took small steps towards to which you respond by taking small steps backward until you find yourself backed up on a tree. 'oh fuck.' as if reading your mind, lilia didn't even give you time to escape by slapping his hand on to the tree behind, trapping you in. "(nickname), can you forgive me?" "..." "love?" "(name) (last name)." his other hand caressing your cheek so fondly as he turn your head to look at him. his eyes widening in surprise seeing your face turned into shade of beet red, eyes looking everywhere interesting other than him. seeing you all embarrassed made him tease you even more, leaning in even more until your foreheads are touching "please?" as if imitating an oven, lilia watched your completely turn red and smoke coming off you. the next thing he knew, you fainted in his arms, your eyes spiraling. "...oops."

there were questions lingering in the air when lilia returned to the bungalow with you fainted in his arms, but that is for another time.

-‘๑’- sebek zigvolt (yuu's twin - phantom bride)

while everyone got to have an audience with eliza, they expected that they would be following the plan flawlessly because surely there are nothing that can ruin the flow. until they utterly failed in wooing the lady. you shocked them even more by walking so freely in the venue, waving at them with sheepish grin on your face. "well if this isn't awkward!" "(name) how did you get caught too?!" "oh, that is a good question..." sebek could feel his inside sour as he watch eliza wrap her arms around you in an oh so gleeful way - the nerve! even sebek himself doesn't have the courage to do the same thing! "oh my dear friend, you really came!" "but of course! i don't really have a choice..."

well apparently eliza took you too to be her best friend to the wedding - you were at the wrong place at the wrong time and you fit her requirements!

you could run anytime you want but leaving your gaming buddy alone was too cruel, especially when he is begging for his life for you to stay 😭

"... are you guys still there?" asking something so obvious to the all frozen students who got slapped by the bride made them look at you as if you were a lunatic. "what do you think, (name)?" "not my fault you guys decided to make it a competition..." mumbling that last part loud enough to tease vil and leona while sending rest of them an apologetic stare - you turn your attention to the next candidate for eliza, which is sebek. questions start to run though your mind after sharing an eye contact with your lover - trying to talk through nonverbal cues only for him to get the wrong idea. seeing how he pumped his fist was a bad omen already. "he is going to be one of us, isn't he?" a chorUs of agreement rang out from the eliminated squad, watching as their soon to be companion approach the ghost bride. "what is your name?" "MY NAME IS SEBEK ZIGVOLT!" the bride stopped, as if sensing something in the air, wondering why this man in front of her looked determined even though his friends are now her captives. nevertheless she went on with the audience. "how would you know if you are in love and how would you love someone?" usually, everyone would expect sebek to burst into a ranting fit about love and how will it be related to malleus and waited for a minute, then five minutes then another but they were only met with silence. "... you wish to ask me questions about love, ghost?" sebek carefully asked eliza, disbelief written all over his face as the bride nodded yes to his question. "he is going to fail this one." leona yawned, just wanting everything to be over with. sebek slowly blinked his eyes, arms crossing in front of his chest as he drown himself in his own thoughts. "...you wouldn't know immediately if you are in love, it will just sink in your mind on a random day that maybe you treat someone a little more special than others. that you can't really see a future where they are not there." his words trailing off. "and how would you love someone? that is a stupid question." sebek glanced at your direction and it felt ike he was saying it to you rather than eliza. "just give it your all. and love unconditionally. it doesn't matter if you are the most powerful ruler, the richest man or just a normal person in the world. if both of you knew you share the same feelings - everything will just click in place." no one dared to speak after sebek's speech as he rendered everyone at loss of words. eliza knew everything was perfect, his answers were good but why does it feel like- "those are not for me." she then turn to look at you, gaze softening at the realization. "you're out." eliza hesitantly raised her hand, ready to strike when you suddenly ran past the two - but not without grabbing sebek's hand. "sorry eliza, this one is off limits."

you sweatdropped after hearing your friends screaming you name

maybe it's the short time that you get to know eliza helped you to gain her trust even just a bit as you noticed how there weren't any ghost soldiers following behind as you stopped running at the hallway.

not to be that person but crowley can find other people to resolve this issue, not just passing responsibilities to children.

the only thing you need to do is to get to your sibling safely - right?

"what were you doing back there (name)? it could be dangerous for you!" shocked from the volume of his voice, you jumped while holding your still linked hands together close to your chest. if sebek didn't look worried back there, he was certainly playing the part even more now. "sebek, the whole campus is filled with ghosts." "and i was looking for you the whole day! you weren't even answering your phone, your sibling didn't have any idea either!" you didn't know how you backed up into the wall but now you have nowhere to go. sebek was zooming in without him noticing. "do you know how worried i was? i thought you vanished into thin air!" "love, we can-" the unexpected then happened, sebek slammed his hand to the wall right next to your head and buried his head into the crook of your shoulder, giving your jaw small kisses. "don't do that again, please. at least give me a heads up first..." stuck in the same position for a few minutes, sebek was starting to get worried when you fell all silent on him causing him to peek at your face only to see you overheating on the spot. "(NICKNAME)?" "i'm fine..." "you are not fine at all!"

-‘๑’- silver (2nd year ramshackle dorm student - white rabbit fest)

being able to visit one of your dorm mate's friends was incredible - never would you imagine that you would be joining the white rabbit fest with your lover, silver!

he was the one who actually invited you, which was rare because you were often the one who plan for the date

it was a saturday morning, with all your pending tasks and reports finished - you finally had the time to laze and goof around. a perfect day just to lie and watch your favorite series until a knock from the dorm's entrance rang out through the empty building. "huh, yuu and grim wouldn't probably knock at their own dormitory... must be ace and deuce." you stared at the open space, debating if you should succumb to your laziness and ignore the person on the door or stand up and see who it is.

" i'm too lazy to stand up." groaning, you buried your head into your pillow and waiting for the person to go away. "(name) are you inside?" ears perking up, body moving before your brain could process, you find yourself right in front of the ramshackle's door within thirty seconds and tackling your boyfriend into a big hug. "silver! what are you doing here? come in!" leading the knight inside, you both find yourselves in the lounge with your head on his lap and your hands playing with his. "i wanted to ask if you could come with me to the queendom of hearts and celebrate the white rabbit festival." hearing that made you froze in the spot. "(name)?" "is that a date i hear?" "i heard there are good dating spots there-" "SAY NO MORE!"

no was not really an option because its a great opportunity! heck, you even planned a whole itinerary on the outing

researching about deuce place makes you feel like you know his hometown more than himself.

when the day finally came you were so thrilled and overjoyed especially when everyone changed into their rabbit costume thanks to deuce's mom

"aww, yuu looks like a lost child in that suit." while waiting for the others to finish changing, you teased your prefect and bumped their nose playfully with your finger. "hey that is not nice at all! i am so telling silver." yuu grumbled, fixing their hat to hide their face from you, grumbling something inaudible. at the mention of the knight, you scanned the area and not one silver hair was found in sight. "where is silver? if i recall, he was the first one to change clothes..." "(name) i am right behind you." when you turned around to face the sound of the voice, your eyes lightened up like christmas lights on christmas day seeing silver looking very dashing and cute in his suit. "i need to send this to lilia, you look so good!" "(nickname), you look great too, as always. you are really perfect in everything." yuu laughed when you finally fell silent and tears started to roll down your face, making silver suddenly go to panic mode. "you can't just say that to me silver-!" "sorry, i love you." "i hate my life as a third wheel. where is grim when you needed him the most." yuu muttered bitterly.

exploring the town and everything it has to offer, it was no surprise that you were having the time of your life.

especially when silver youd pull you to the side and give you the things he not iced that you were looking at while walking - even got you both a matching pocket watch clock 🥹

but it couldn't be denied where you will eventually get unwanted attention

while the first year group went to try out some rides that ortho found nearby, you and silver finally got to spend your time alone together - that is until something caught his eye that prompt him to stand up and leave for a moment. turns out there were eyes waiting at the right time to do their plan. one by one the group of strangers made their way towards you "are you all alone?" they waited for a response or even a reaction from you but to no avail because your eyes and attention were stuck onto your phone. "hey, do you ignore us!" "people like you really ruins my day." this seemed to set off a wave of irk mark among the men. there were other people around the area but we all know no one really wants got get involve in a battle where you are fighting just to lose your honor in the end but these guys were persistent. "come on, it's not that b-" the man tried to reach out to you and just when you were about to leave and meet at another place with silver- a hand shot through between the tiny space, a loud thud of metal ringing as silver put his arm in the way, shielding you from those guys and stared deep into their souls. "i believe they said they are fine." silver turned his attention to you close and gave you a small kiss on the cheek. "were they bothering you, my love?" "... i'm alright! i could kick their ass anytime anyway!" seeing how you got absorbed in your own worlds, the strangers took it as a sign and leave without even looking back. "(name), are you alright?" turning his head back to look at you, silver was taken aback when he saw literal smoke coming out of your head and your face radiates heat at this point. to make it even worse - silver leaned in closer making your foreheads touch each other. "(name), you are burning up! we need to get some help from ortho!" "i don't think ortho can save my heart from this..." and if it wasn't enough, silver kept you really close to him - arm to arm, hand in hand and noses almost touching. one more inch and silver would surely kiss you on acc-. a child no older than 6 bumped into silver's legs causing him to close the deal and kiss you accidentally. "oof, sorry about that!" *1, 2 ,3 WARNING WARNING! (AME) SYSTEM SHUTTING DOWN!* "my love!" and that was the final straw and your last memory before fainting was silver carrying you in his arms. so cute, he is not even a knight in shining armor but a rabbit knight. BEST DATE EVER.

[hanafubukki]

for no other reason that i'd love seeing malleus and lilia freak out over you (men who keep it together SNAPPING when they see their loved one hurt? hell yes gimme), please imagine you visiting diasomnia dorm and accidentally take poison that was snuck to harm malleus.

i was replaying book 4 recently and remembered jamil taste-tests everything, but i don't remember his retainers doing the same... malleus probably grew some immunity due to lilia's cooking lolol jkjk ok but i wonder if he ever was under that eye... granted he's powerful enough that barely anyone would dare, but there must be someone who wants him gone, like, look at rollo lol that man had no fear.

so yeah, you're just doing your thing, hanging out and talking malleus' ears off while he's grabbed a snack or something, and maybe he playfully shoves the spoon into your mouth as he teases you "breathe, child of man" with a grin on his face (you know the one, the one he does when you poke him too much in the home screen and he says he'll "overlook your rudeness". sir you are not fooling anyone. you love getting our attention. ANYWAYS—). lilia's there, leaning on the counter chuckling while you roll your eyes, playing along–

and then your mouth goes numb. at first is your tongue, so you blink in confusion, not fully registering what's happening. malleus stares at you in confusion as well while lilia's the one narrowing his eyes now.

next it's your jaw that numbs, and you touch your face feeling a pang of worry–it's the next second, when it becomes hard to breathe, that panic sets in. and it sets in hard. you're clawing at your throat while your body fights for air as you panic. you hear the clang of a plate and the rustling of robes near you, and your vision is full of black and neon green as malleus' form covers you, trying to see and find what is wrong.

lilia is too familiar with said attempts, having been acquainted with nobility and a senate that hated his guts for centuries, plus the tensions among the fae kingdom centuries past. one touch to the food numbs his finger and he immediately knows, so he's out in a flash to find crewel's office where he knows there might be what he needs.

bonus points if the antidote is administered via kiss because you can't swallow it and cough it out :3

the fun part though (to me, i am not sorry lol) would be malleus going absolutely ballistic to the point where there is a storm on the whole school. maybe the island, even while lilia looks one step away from going back into general–mode. "maybe it's time i pull my old weapon out." "father, please don't."

(sebek and silver are your friends too so they'd be pissed off as well, or if you're into a whole polycule you can imagine them freaking out as well.)

but now everyone in the diasomnia dorm is under heavy scrutiny. who'd have the balls to try and go poison malleus draconia? someone with a deathwish, that's who. though now you get pampered to death by them, including some open heart talk about malleus feeling guilty you took the hit for him, albeit accidentally.

if you want the lite version with no poison, just pampering and no snapping, just imagine malleus giving you a cold or the flu, except he doesn't get it himself. his body just doesn't feel the symptoms because he's that powerfully built, but you do get it from him (does this make sense? no, i personally think the virus would avoid him alltogether but let's just go with the flow (flu, heh) here) and you fall sick in his presence a few days later, red and feverish–passing out on him on the couch, too! you didn't want to stay at ramshackle and rest when he'd been looking forward to hanging out with his favourite people, so you just popped some meds and went out anyways. congrats, now you'll be pampered to death as well! maybe literally, if lilia insists on making that soup...

(me personally i prefer the poison one because desperation + love is delicious. plus the antidote giving through a kiss. clichés are in my blood. though i'd also love the other way around where you save malleus instead, i admit it's hard for me to imagine a poison that's able to get that man at all... but hey maybe there is one! or lilia's the one that gets it accidentally. that would make both you and malleus go absolutely feral on the spot, and silver? oh boy. yeah you three are out for blood. sebek for once would be the calmest of the group while still being pretty pissed off about the whole ordeal.

but hey now you get to pamper your old man or prince a little bit! :D)

YESSS ANONIE YESSSS 🥳🫶🙌

ALL OF THIS

I love when the calm/happy ones snap. You know you’re out of luck when that happens. Whoever dared?? Their days are numbered big time.

And something caused by poison?? When it was meant for another? 🤌 yes give it to me.

I feel Malleus would have a poison resistance that he accumulates over the years. And even if his dorm is filled with mostly supporters and those who worship him, it doesn’t mean there isn’t anyone that doesn’t want to hurt him or the others.

There can be many reasons. Maybe they hate his stance with humans? Maybe they want to hurt Lilia. It could be an aftermath of his OB.

But either way, you have been harmed and that cannot be. An innocent who was a friend (or maybe something more) to them and they dare harm you?

And for Malleus to have “basically fed” you that poison? Oh the guilt and the horror.

Lilia, from experience alone, probably has a panacea or the ingredients needed. If not, crewel’s lab is getting raided. How could he have let this happen? How could he lower his guard like this? All of this he’ll have to reflect on later. Even now, enemies are in his shadows.

Administrating the antidote through kiss? Yesss

Forcing your mouth open and making you drink it. Slowly rubbing your throat to make sure it goes down.

Crewel and Vil are called to check up on you. While Lilia? He’s using his UM to find answers.

His eyes glow wine red. The shadows around him spreads. He is eerily quiet. He is hunting now.

Anything with a kiss always has me kicking my feet, I don’t care how cliche it is. I will eat it up like it’s a fine course meal and I have been starving 💞💞

Diasomnia is going to be extra protective of you for the next coming weeks minimum. Get ready to be cuddled 🥰🥰

Delicious, so delicious, thank you for this meal Anonie 🥰🥰

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Hi, Miss Raven! Since you seem to be a Leona fan, can you explain what his plan and goal was in book 2?

Eh… I don’t think being a Leona fan is a prerequisite to understand his motives and plan 😅 AND FOR THE RECORD, I DOn’T LIKE KINgSCHOLAR, OKAy??????? (<- tsundere)

It’s spelled out pretty plainly in book 2, albeit in a sort of scattered way. Here’s the Sparknotes:

Many of Savanaclaw students tend to get picked up by professional magift/spelldrive scouts at the inter-dorm tournament. However, they haven’t been able to stand out recently because Diasomnia (and more specifically Malleus) crushes them in their matches. This has made many Savanaclaw students worry about their futures once they graduate. Leona, being the dorm leader, decides to cook up a plan to help his dorm members.

Importantly, Leona also has complex selfish motives (which, sadly, are not fully explored in the game). He, being the scorned second born prince of his country, was put down his entire life and compared to his older brother in spite of him constantly trying to demonstrate his merits. His whole bid in book 2, then, is partly fueled by a personal disdain for Malleus, wanting to help his dorm out, and that desire to prove he has what it takes to be a “leader”. This is his time to shine—and that’s why he reacts so poorly when his plan falls through. This failure is, to him, just another kick to the teeth, another reminder that he was so stupid to have had any hope at all, that he shouldn’t have even bothered trying. (The light novel explains Leona’s innermost feelings a lot better than the game does, so I’d recommend that you read this post for more context!)

Anyway, Leona decides to use dirty tactics to get their main rivals and most threatening opposing players out of the way so Savanaclaw can have the spotlight. He has Ruggie use his UM, Laugh with Me (which allows him to force others to mimic his own body movements), to injure other students who may pose a threat in the tournament. Notable casualties include Jamil from Scarabia and Trey from Heartslabyul. The ultimate goal, however, is to take out Malleus.

Leona made a deal with Azul in preparation for his attack on Malleus. He basically forks over a lot of money in exchange for a magic enhancing potion. The idea is that Ruggie will take this potion, which will magnify his UM and allow him to control a lot more people at once. When Malleus comes out, Ruggie will control the bodies of all the spectators in the arena and they’re supposed to… trample Malleus I guess? (It’s not clear if Leona’s intention was to outright kill Malleus this way or just to incapacitate him to the point where he cannot participate in the tournament.)

Leona reasons that Malleus would not be able to use his magic on civilians, so he would be caught in a position where he cannot escape, but… well, let’s just say there’s a reason why book 2 is commonly regarded as the “worst” of the main story. There are SO many plot holes book 2 might as well be swiss cheese 😭 Like, what the heck is stopping Malleus from teleporting away??? Or using magic to heal himself back to full health if he did get injured??

Leona’s plan is so stupid and unimpressive in book 2 that it makes HIM also look stupid and unimpressive. I always, always have to get a dig in whenever I discuss this part of the main story because it makes me SO salty. It’s such a half assed introduction to Leona as a character and it forever stains his legacy… 💢 You’ll find many book 2 rewrite/fix-it posts and fics because of this. (I have one of my own; you can read that here!)

[twstgarden]

❁ ❝ 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵 ❞

━ diasomnia only ━ silver goes through his things in search of one of his books, and he happens to stumble upon a photo album that he has no memory of keeping. perhaps his father placed it in there?

event host: @diasomnia-month

this work contains spoilers for chapter 7, diasomnia’s arc.

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silver rummaged through his boxes and cabinets in search of a book. a soft yawn escaped his lips before he shook his head in an attempt to wash the drowsiness away. it irks him that his so-called sleeping curse gets in the way of his daily duties and responsibilities. as he rummaged through his drawers, he happened to stumble upon what seemed to be a photo album.

he does not recall seeing that before. he had no memory of ever owning such an item either.

out of curiosity and pushing the thought of searching for the book aside, he picked up the photo album and opened it. the first picture was of him, sebek, and malleus. he was wearing a party hat with a smile on his face, while malleus smiled at the camera, and sebek had a stern expression.

“okay, pose for the picture, boys!”

lilia’s voice echoed in the living room of the cottage that he and silver lived in. with a big smile on his face, he lifted the camera and took a picture of the three boys. as soon as that was done, the camera proceeded to print out the photo and with great pride, lilia held it.

“what a great photo! i’m getting the hang of this thing,” spoke lilia as silver walked towards his father and looked at the photo. it came out perfectly, just like his father said. 

“lilia, let me see,” spoke malleus as he went behind lilia to take a peek at the photo. sebek joined the group as well, looking at it with a bright smile on his face, “malleus-sama looks ravishing! i am honoured to be in the same photo!”

lilia chuckled at sebek’s words as he held onto the photo, “malleus and his two knights, this is a wonderfully dignified picture, if i do say so myself.” he then looked at his son as he smiled, “happy birthday, silver.”

silver turned the page to check the other photos in the album. they were all childhood photos of himself, and they mostly included sebek, malleus, and even lilia in some of the pictures. several photos later, he found a candid picture of malleus holding a tamagotchi, sitting on the couch of the cottage as he held a curious expression.

silver knew that malleus had this device, but he had not known how long it was in his possession. all silver knew it was an item he had constantly seen ever since he was a child.

“lilia, what is this?” asked malleus as he held onto the little device.

lilia, having returned from one of his travels, smiled as he took a seat beside malleus, “it’s a little souvenir i got for you! i’m sure you’ll enjoy it. see that little egg on the screen? you must care for it until he hatches and grows!”

malleus blinked at lilia’s explanation before he started using the tamagotchi. he was getting the hang of it as time passed, and malleus constantly held it when he was in the palace left with nothing to do all alone.

one afternoon, little silver was seated on the chair as he stared at the meal before him. lilia, on the other hand, was busy placing the pots he used back in the cabinet drawers while humming a little tune, not realising that his son was staring at the… purple goo on his plate. was it supposed to be like that?

the comforting atmosphere was suddenly cut through by a loud knock on the door. lilia quickly opened it to see malleus with a worried expression on his face as he cried out, “lilia! i woke up and drakon-kun’s gone. i only see an egg. what do i do?!”

lilia’s expression was shocked for a moment before it morphed into one of laughter. malleus, thoroughly confused, blinked his eyes at his guardian laughing right after he voiced out his panic, “why are you laughing?”

“haha! oh, malleus, you made me think there was some sort of emergency with you showing up to my doorstep with that look on your face. come, come inside,” spoke lilia as he pulled malleus into the cottage and looked at the little virtual pet – currently an egg – on his palm.

silver continued to turn the pages until a knock came through his door, making him pause his current activity and look up. sebek quickly opened the door as he spoke, “silver! have you fallen asleep?!”

he then realised silver was sitting on the floor by his bed with a photo album in hand, “what are you doing? this is no time to slack off! have you found the book yet?”

the book! yes! silver completely forgot about that for a second. he stood up and replied, “no, not yet. i was going through my drawers when i found this.” the diasomnia first year approached silver and took a look at the photo album, “hm? it has all our photos. i never took you the type to keep pictures like this.”

“that isn’t mine… i just found it in my drawer. maybe it belongs to father,” responded silver.

sebek hummed as he went through the photos as well, “we should return it to lilia-sama. come! never mind the book!”

© twstgarden 2024 || please do not steal, translate without my permission, or use this to train a.i.

[shiny-jr]

Hi! I just want to say that I've read all of your takes on how the overblot crew don't get held accountable for what they've done and I am so happy to find another person that agrees with me.

Listen, I understand that we're dealing with incredibly traumatised teenagers who were pushed into it and overblotting was what ultimately lead them towards their healing but put aside the damage that they did during their overblot and think about how awfully they treated yuu beforehand.

Azul: took away their home and the only comfort family they had in twst (the ghosts), and sent the tweels to attack and harrass them during their attempts to get back their home and free their friends from servitude

Jamil: Kidnapped them, locked them up in a room against their will, again took away their home, isolated them from their friends/adeuce and prevented them from contacting anyone, hypnotised them and manipulated them, forced them to participate in long marches in the desert and literally turned a blind eye during their clear suffering

Vil: (he is literally my least favourite character - and yes, I do understand that he has just as much trauma and issues as the others due to his past and the pressure he puts on himself to be perfect - but I just don't like him) he was downright cruel and needlessly awful to not only Yuu but everyone else. He not only was horrid to poor Epel but he was dismissive and uncaring to the point of upsetting Deuce and making him run off so that no one would see him in that state. And that was before he tried to murder an innocent teenager in cold blood pre-overblot.

Yuu has gone through so much because of them and not once do they ever actually acknowledge the damage they've done to them. No one ever thinks: hey, maybe we should check up on that traumatised child that we've most definitely emotionally scarred and try to make amends instead of brushing their feelings under the rug.

You know why I love Ace so much? He actually calls people out for what they've done. He rightfully admonishes Trey for being a bystander during Riddle's reign of terror whilst Heartslabyul was suffering, he rightfully tells Riddle that crying won't erase the way he treated them before he overblotted (I was shocked that he had the guts to say that but I agreed with him - I stan a real one), he punches Riddle when he maliciously insults Yuu for no reason (that was the moment I fell for him. Yes I have a 5% hunch he did that also because he just wanted to punch him but the fact that it was Yuu's feelings getting hurt that made him actually lose it after everything else Riddle did to him is just everything to me), and he rightfully gets mad at Malleus when his prank made him think that his friends were dead.

I actually have a Yuu/OC that's so traumatised by the overblots that the only people they fully trust are Adeuce and Grim. They don't know if anyone that's nice to them are actually manipulative or will just use them in the future so they've developed serious trust issues and have PTSD from the actions of the overblots that they don't even look at them or greet them in the hallways. This is a Yuu that will forgive and never forget. It sounds petty and vindictive but I want them to suffer in their guilt whilst Yuu gets the support and help from Adeuce that they need.

Okay, I held off on responding to this because goddamn is it a long ask. Hold on, I gotta put this under the cut because it's too much, and my responding just makes it longer. Also, you read all the takes? That's impressive, considering I don't remember half of what I said. Spoilers for all overblots, including from the diasomnia chapter.

I'm just gonna summarize this in one simple statement. I know people aren't gonna agree, but here it is. The overblotted students deserved more punishments. As you said, yes, they're traumatized, but they were still conscious of their decisions before they overblotted. And they all did some questionable stuff before overblotting.

You literally said everything I was going to say. None of them are innocent. Even if they didn't overblot, their actions before the disaster were bad.

Idk, I feel like Yuu should be a little more acknowledged sometimes. I mean, yeah, ultimately, the characters do get close to Yuu and help them out. (1) Riddle helping Yuu investigate against Leona, (2) Leona helping Yuu get rid of Azul's contracts to free everyone, (3) Azul stepping in to help Yuu while they were stuck with Jamil, (4) Jamil getting them out of that dangerous overblot situation with Vil, (5) Vil helping fight against Idia and giving Yuu and co. a kiss, etc. But half of these felt like they had ulterior motives when they did this, and yeah, they treat Yuu differently, but we don't see that too much.

Ace is like one of the only real ones. The realest. Yeah, he was a massive jerk in the beginning, but that character development? In the beginning of the prologe, he was just being rude for no reason. But then, by the end of the prologe, he's actually begrudgingly friends with Yuu, and then towards the end of chapter one, as you said, he defends Yuu after Riddle made that unnecessary comment. Find yourself a bro like Ace (also because, as mentioned in other posts, he did not stand for Malleus' and Lilia's bs prank).

Honestly, Yuu should be super messed up mentally and emotionally by now. Probably even physically. Because of all the stuff they've gone through.

[cursedcupcakemaster]

This is a small series I made for nothing but enjoyment

Notes:I don't own twisted wonderland or it's characters

this is just my interpretation of how they'd be they belong to Yana Toboso and Disney Reader is gender neutral, some of these are kind of short

type; Blackberry cupcakes

How Diasomnia comforts you after a bad day

Malleus

He'd know something was up once you didn't show up for at least 3 of your usual nighttime meet ups

Malleus would go looking for you, just a trifle upset until he heard a sound coming from your room

You were sobbing your heart out

There was piles of assignments on your desk, and he remembered you've been running quite a few errands for the headmaster

If there was one thing Malleus couldn't stand it was seeing his beloved cry

Malleus knew something had to be done and the next night his plan would be put into action

Sebek had given you a message from Malleus to meet in your usual spot

When you were walking along the way you heard a beautiful sound of a cello being played and followed it until you found malleus

He smiled at you continuing his performance and you could swear you've never seen something more ethereal than this

Once it was finished he looked up at you and explained he merely wanted to cheer you up

He soon led you away to the diasomnia dorm to enjoy an ice cream together

Malleus knows you will have more bad days than this but he'll be ready to make it better

Lilia

Lilia knew immediately from your expresion in class

Lilia has been around the block quite a few times including seeing people with a rather concerning bit of sadness

The Bat fae knows he needs to bring you out of your sour mood and he knows just how

Lilia would first shock you by appearing in front of you saying boo whilst upside down

Lilia would tell you some dumb jokes to make you laugh

After maybe the third or fourth one you really can't not laugh

Lilia would likely take you on a little midnight flight with his familiars and afterwards help you back to your room happy to see you in a less sour mood

Lilia treasures your feelings even if he doesn't know how long you'll stay together

Sebek

Okay so he didn't know at first because he was preoccupied with tending to his duties

When Sebek finally had a moment his phone had been flooded with texts from you and each one was more and more distressed

Sebek went looking for you and fast when he got to your dorm, your roommates gave him a sour look but let him pass

He felt guilty hearing your sobs and knocked , you let him in before hugging him tightly

According to your texts your week was getting worse each day, more school work another overblot and on top of that Sebek hadn't been there

He rubbed your back and proposed that perhaps you needed a cup of tea to soothe your nerves, so you agreed

Sebek took great care into making you some herbal tea that would at least give you back some of your energy and some snacks

Sebek promised after that he would try to make more time so you wouldn't have a similar situation so soon he doesn't like his partner being in such dire strain

Silver

Silver would have likely been told by Lilia about your misfortune you'd been dealing with for days

Silver felt quite bad since he hadn't been able to help you

But now now you had his full attention so he went looking for you

He found you eating lunch by yourself before he sat beside you

Silver told you,you could tell him everything that was wrong if that might make you feel better

So he listened to you talk about everything that had been messing with your life including being way too busy to even sleep much

Silver would bring you around to the school stables helping you onto the horse for a nice ride around the place

Afterwards Lilia would go looking for you and Silver after it had been a couple hours only to find the sweetest sight you two were napping together chuckling the elderly fae took a picture before leaving you two to rest

[blues824]

round 6?? i think

can i have silver w prompts 6, 7, 11, and 12?

(i’m sorry LMAOOO atp ill just do the whole prompt list w him 😭😭)

You requested: Making a Gingerbread House, Gingerbread House Competition, Christmas Baking, + Christmas Market from the Fluffcember Prompt List

TW: Shrek references

Silver

Recently, you and Silver had both gone to the Christmas Market in the town below NRC for a date night, and it was definitely a wonderful experience. Sure, it was cold, but the lights as well as the smells and the vendors made it all worthwhile. Anyways, the point is, you saw a vendor that was selling gingerbread house kits, and you came up with the idea of doing a competition with Diasomnia.

You bought two and you both headed back to his dorm, where you asked the group, including Malleus (which made him delighted), if they would like to participate. Lilia said that he would be the judge in your little competition, and Sebek was all too happy to be teamed up with the great Crowned Prince Malleus Draconia of Briar Valley. You were paired up with your boyfriend, as you should be, and you both immediately set out the different items in the kit.

The kit included 6 pieces of gingerbread rectangles, and 2 people. You wanted to design them after you and Silver, and he let you after you finished building the house. To say that the icing was messy would be an understatement. You had it all over your shirt, and you even smudged some on Silver’s nose as a joke.

Surprisingly, Malleus and Sebek were in a pretty similar state, and the latter seemed very close to yelling at the piping bag for daring to smear itself upon the great Waka-sama. However, the former was having a lot of fun with building their house. 

Lilia was walking around and watching both teams, like it was a holiday baking show. He giggled upon seeing that the two knights were taking this competition very seriously, and then he whipped out a fake microphone that he seemingly had in his back pocket to ask both teams questions. He was genuinely trying to make it seem like a holiday baking show.

“So, Prefect, what are you doing to that poor gingerbread man?

“When I was younger, there was a movie I used to watch: Shrek. There was a character that pushed all fairytale people out of his kingdom and was torturing a gingerbread man to get their location. I’m recreating that scene with this extra gingerbread man.”

“Oh, what fun! Although, I do not believe I’ve ever heard of such a film!”

“It’s from my world, but it is a childhood classic.”

~~~~~~~~

After 30 minutes more of frustration, jokes, and interviews, both teams were finally finished with their gingerbread houses. You let out a sigh and stretched your back, making it pop from how long you spent hunched over the cookies. Silver looked at you and smiled, happy to finally be done, and he went over to a chair to take a nap.

Sebek and Malleus’s house looked really good, no doubt from the half-fae’s desire to make it perfect. The lines were sharp and the gumdrops, candycanes, and other candies that were used were meticulously placed to make it comprehensible. You and your boyfriend made a cottage of sorts that had a very homey feel to it, reminding you of Gingy from Shrek.

It came as no shock to you that the other team won, but you shook hands and bid them a ‘good game’ as you turned to Silver, who was still slouched in the chair. You kneeled down to wake him up and take him to his bed so that his back or neck wouldn’t be hurt. He was slightly stumbling, being only slightly awake, but you eventually made it to his room.

Making sure he was tucked in all the way, you gave him a kiss on the forehead as his eyes closed for the night. However, as you turned to walk away, you felt his hand find your arm, and with his strength he pulled you into his bed next to him.

“Stay,” Was all he said, and you smiled as you got comfortable, ready to sleep next to your lover.

[dotster001]

Hey I decided to try your event request! For TWST, I was absolutely stuck between Vil and Malleus, but ended up choosing Vil. I’m a simp and both appealed a lot to me, what can I say? Right now, I still use him in battles and him occasionally on my home screen, but he shares the spot with Malleus. Although if I have to be honest, Diasomnia is my fave dorm and I consider Mal my husbando more, with Vil as secondary fave.

I like to think that Vil eventually got his revenge by playing hard to get, because his birthday and Halloween cards both forced me to hit pity before I pulled him. On the other hand, Malleus was more shy and took me forever before I got any of his SR cards.

I honestly truly love both and have difficulty deciding which one is my favorite. So overall, I’d like maybe a playing hard to get Vil, whose also trying to show off, while Malleus is secretly (obviously) pining from afar and trying to be aloof, but failing. I feel like the two may get competitively petty, so I’d like to see that! Overall, a cute but lovey dovey romantic battle! Make it so that they’re consistently trying to one up each other.

Other details about me: I’m kind of shy when it comes to romance. Not easily swayed by material goods OR words, but rather actions. I dont mind light yandereness.

( Hi boo! Thanks for participating! I hope you enjoy, your petty competitive men! Side note, I love how many of you have already built up stories based on your card draws. It's cracking me up 😂)

CW:soft Yan!content. Mostly just unhealthy possessiveness.

A Tale of Malleus and Vil Competing for their Lover

Vil’s morning routine had always been long. But these days it took at least two hours, with lots of new products added to his arsenal on top of his already extensive product list. New products included a hair spray that made his hair shimmer, nail polish that changed color to the viewer’s favorite color, perfume that was whatever scent your beloved found comfort in, and a lipstick that made it very hard to resist kissing him. And those were only a couple of his secret weapons. 

After preparing for the day, he left the dorm, making sure his form fitting shirt and pants had plenty of the perfume on them. It was the weekend, so he knew he could find his target hanging out in the courtyard. He may or may not have scheduled a photo shoot in said courtyard, but he was generous, and would let you remain in the area. 

He arrived just in time to see the photographer trying to shoo you away. Vil scowled. He knew the photographer was trying to help, but he was ruining his plan.

“Potato,” He said to the photographer, “What seems to be the problem?”

"This student is going to be in the shot."

"I can leave if you need me to. I didn't know you'd be here today, Vil," you said, your eyes trained on his lips subconsciously. At least his lipstick was going the way it was supposed to.

He gave a dramatic sigh. "As long as you stay out of the way, you can stay. I do better with an audience anyway."

You nodded and went back to where you liked to sit, your eyes following his every movement. 

                                ….

He really did do better with an audience. If the audience was you. He felt alluring, and sexy, and stunning with your eyes trained on him as he posed. 

A couple more shots. Then he'd take a water break. He knew the perfect angle to accentuate his profile in the sunlight and….what was he doing here?

"Take five," he snapped at the photographer as he made his way to Malleus, who was taking a  seat on the bench across from yours. He seemed to be reading a book, but Vil knew better.

"Draconia," he said, voice full of venom. "There's a shoot happening here. Please read elsewhere."

Malleus looked up at him, his eyes flashing with emerald electricity. 

"Schoenheit. I am not in your way. I am just reading."

Vil was about to snarl something nasty when you spoke up.

"I can help you find a better spot to read, if you want Tsunotarou," you spoke up.

Both men looked at you in shock.

Malleus recovered first, with a satisfied smirk.

"I'd rather not disrupt your activities, Child of man," he hummed.

"It's alright, I have some homework I'm supposed to be doing, but Vil's photoshoot is too distracting. It's hard to focus on anything but him," you said with a laugh.

Both men clenched their jaw, for different, but similar, reasons.

But Malleus knew that he had won this battle, so he closed his book, stood up, and held out his arm.

"Lead the way, Child of man. Show me a better private place."

Vil seethed as you both walked away, but said nothing. He'd lost this battle, but the war wasn't over. 

"I'll win the next one, Draconia," he hissed quietly.

He knew it wasn't possible that he could have heard him, but the booming laugh Malleus let out was quite the coincidence.

[youreallyshouldtalkmore]

Why is the Question

A.N: Illusions to Malleus Dorm Uniform card, so if you haven't read that vignette, this story may not make sense. I loved that vignette; this is my TWST OC Mia with Malleus after the fact.

Twisted Wonderland Masterlist  

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There was no other word for it. 

Malleus was pouting as far as Mia was concerned. He barely said two words since the Gargoyle Research Society meeting started. Which didn’t bother her any, as sometimes they would sit in companionable silence and observe the gargoyles together. At Ramshackle dorm, tea would often accompany them.

There was no tea today. 

But the key word was companionable silence. 

This wasn’t companionable, as Malleus’ brain was obviously not on the beauty of the Ramshackle gargoyles this evening. 

It wasn’t hard to figure out why Malleus’ attention was elsewhere. 

By now, all of Night Raven College knew about the stunt that the Diasomnia Housewarden had pulled during the previous Housewarden meeting. How could they not when most of the Dorm Leaders had returned to their dorms in a rage? 

Mia simply continued to sketch in her sketchbook. She had already asked if he was alright, and he reassured her before returning inward. She thought, perhaps, he found it a private matter to deal with. 

That’s fine, he knew where to find her. 

Eventually, Malleus heaved a sigh and murmured, “No matter how many times I try to go over it in my mind, I simply cannot understand what went wrong.” 

Mia decided to take this cue since he voiced it outloud and spoke lightly, “Oh, anything I can help with?” 

Malleus blinked and started. Slowly he turned and looked at her as if seeing her for the first time. 

Mia continued her sketching. 

“Ah, Child of Man!! Yes, you are a child of man. Perhaps you would assist me in a matter?” 

Mia only chuckled, “You don’t have to be so formal, what’s up?” 

Malleus started, “Well, you see, it’s like this….” 

Ten minutes later, after Malleus explained the event in great detail, including everyone’s reaction, he was stunned to see a twitch of Mia’s lips. Much like Lilia, she could no longer hold it back and burst out laughing, slamming her sketchbook close. 

Malleus felt a flash of annoyance at this. 

Exactly what was so funny about this?! Was he being made a fool of? 

Mia waved her hand, “I’m sorry! I promise, I’m not laughing at you but hearing a 1st hand account of the event, I mean…” 

“Yes, yes. Very amusing, child of man.” 

Mia managed to contain her mirth, although her eyes still danced. Perhaps it was wise to settle down a little. She could tell that Malleus was beginning to lose his patience the longer he looked at her. She did not want an angry fae on her hands. 

“Malleus, I….” pause. 

“....” 

“.....” 

Sigh. “There is so much to unpack, I can’t do it in the next five minutes.” 

“I have the time.” 

“Yeah, not right now. Listen, let me think about this a little more. This is gonna require a Powerpoint presentation with graphs and everything.” 

Malleus blinked, “Does it really warrant that?” Just how big was this matter that he couldn’t seem to get a grasp of? 

Mia giggled, “Oh, yeah…..”

“Then can you, at least, explain why do you keep laughing? What exactly is so humorous?” 

Mia took pity on Malleus who looked so earnest, “Personally, I find it quite charming.” 

Malleus’ eyebrow shot up, “Charming?” 

“It’s charming and sad at the same time. I have to say, you get an A+ for effort. Using what knowledge you had, you came up with some kind of solution. Didn’t work, but you took some initiative. That should be applauded.” 

Malleus pouted, “Would that others saw it that way….” 

“Ah, well, I do have an edge over them.” Mia shrugged. 

Malleus looked at Mia and raised an eyebrow when she didn’t elaborate any further. 

Mia glanced away once, “Well, I’d like to think I know you a shade bit better than the others. I know that it came from a good place in your heart, and you didn’t mean to hurt, insult or scare them.  Just you and the other’s wires got crossed. However, if I didn’t know you as much as I do, I would probably be insulted as well. ” 

Malleus heaved a sigh, “You as well? This is troubling indeed. This has made me even more aware of the differences between fae and human, but I do want to make some kind of effort. I’m just not sure where to go from here.” 

“Well, for starters, you need to go to the next meeting.” 

Malleus folded his arms, “I cannot if I’m not invited.” 

Mia growled, “You got an invitation the moment you became dorm leader. Even if they are angry, no one will find you rude if you show up. You have just as much right as a dorm leader to be there as them. They don’t like it, their problem. That’s #1. And #2 when you get there the first thing you should do is apologize.” 

Malleus whipped his head towards Mia, with wide eyes. 

Before he could protest, Mia spoke up, “It’s really to just smooth things over. I know you feel you don’t have anything to apologize for, and you don’t understand, but that doesn’t matter. They felt insulted, therefore you are apologizing for insulting them even amidst your good intentions. And Malleus, don’t be condescending about it. That will only make them angrier.” 

Malleus heaved another sigh, “It seems human etiquette is so intricate. I fear I am bound to mess this up, no matter what I say or attempt to do.” 

“Don’t worry about it! We can practice if you like.” 

Malleus smiled at her, “I’d be much obliged.” 

“.....After I try to make sense of this faux paux you have committed….” 

Although Mia was shaking her head at him, Malleus could still see the mirth in her eyes. Perhaps if this child of man didn't think he was that much of a lost cause, perhaps he could see this through. 

“I will look forward to your teaching then.” 

Two days later, Mia had invited Malleus into Ramshackle Dorm. Malleus was surprised to see a huge paper sitting on an easel. True, to her word, Mia tried her hardest to explain why everyone was angry.  Although Malleus didn’t quite get it, he learned that understanding that he offended was much more valuable than the why. 

In fact, Mia quickly shut down his constant question of why. 

“Just as fae has things that are a fact for them, so too, do humans. You don’t have to understand why, you just need to learn and memorize a loose script and accept it as fact. The way you understand is to learn and accept the boundaries. And if you don’t know, ask someone. Between Lilia, Sebek and Silver surely you can get some kind of answer. If not, come ask me. And if I don’t know, ask one of the teachers or Headmage. I’m sure between all of that, we can find some kind of actionable answer.” 

It seemed he had a long way to go, but perhaps if he could start by learning from this child of man, who seemed willing to take time out of her day to teach him. 

Ah, he would have to properly show her his gratitude for this evening. 

[rendy-a]

♡Valentine's event is so cute!♡ so I hope to be in time to place my order: Silver, romantic, in a sunset in the woods? I love your blog, I hope to see more of your future works 🌹

I rambled quite a bit on this one but I think it ties up nicely at the end. Thanks for taking part in my event!

If ever you need me, I’ll be at your side, Valentine.

Ever since you were young, you’ve enjoyed gifting Valentine’s cards and candy to your friends.  You made sure to make one for all your new friends this year too.  The first years were easy to deliver to; you all ate lunch together.  You lucked out with the Dorm Leaders (save Malleus who is never invited) and Vice Leaders, as they had a meeting after class.  That only left you with a few of your friends to find. 

Ruggie tracked you down when he heard you were giving out candy.  Floyd is only a stop away at the Mostro Lounge when it opens.  And Cater, he could be reached to meet up with at any time over his Magicam.  The real difficulty was Silver.  The quiet second year was rarely on a set schedule.  You were as likely to find him training at Diasomnia as sleeping in the Botanical Gardens.  You’d kept your eye out for him as you delivered your previous gifts and yet, not caught any hint of his location.

You had one last gift to deliver before only Silver’s would be left.  You’d saved this one for last on purpose, just in case you needed the extra help.  “Happy Valentine’s Day Malleus!” you say as you hand him the little chocolate dragon and card.  “So, you mean to present a gift to me, child of man?  You are very brave.  Fufufu,” the dragon fae says.  The words sound foreboding but you can tell from the smile on his face that he is pleased to be included in the day. 

“Say Malleus, you wouldn’t happen to know where I could find Silver, would you?  I’ve still got his gift and I can’t seem to find him,” you tell your friend bashfully.  Malleus puts a hand to his chin, “Silver?” he questions as he ponders.  “I believe Tuesday is the day Silver is tasked with feeding the horses for the Equestrian Club.”  You brighten up and shout, “Thanks Malleus!”  Then head off towards the stable, hoping you’d be in time to meet up with Silver.

You arrive at the stable, but Silver is no where to be found.  As you stand at the fence, a white horse approaches you, curious to see if you have any treats.  “Sorry boy, I’ve got no apples for you.  I’ll bring one next time, I promise,” you apologize to the princely stead while mentally making a note to get some apples from Epel.  The horse neighs at you in a tone you swear was disappointed.  “Well, I’m disappointed too!  Shouldn’t I find my knight on the back of a white horse and yet here we both are, Silver-less.”  The horse shakes his head as if to say, ‘that’s your problem!’ before wandering back into the pasture. 

You give a sigh, looking off into the distance.  The sun was dropping lower in the sky and you were wondering if you’d succeed in giving out your last Valentine on the holiday after all.  The most important one.  While all your Valentines were special in their own way, you can’t deny that you’d put just a little bit extra into Silver’s.  You hoped that just a piece of your admiration would come through when he saw the extra effort you’d put into the hand cut decorations or the thoughtful poem. 

You give one last huge sigh and push yourself off the fence, headed home.  That’s when it hit you.  Literally.  You jump with surprise, gazing at a lone acorn that rests at your feet.  You look up and track the makeshift projectile to a chattering squirrel.  As you gaze at him, he continues to scold you from his lofty vantage.  “Well, what do you want me to do?  It’s not like you can lead me to Silver, can you?” you demand of the noisy squirrel in frustration.  To your great surprise, at this statement the squirrel quiets. 

“Wait, can you lead me to Silver?”  It was an odd thought but you recall the almost magical bond that Silver has with the small animals of the forest.  You look up at the squirrel hopefully, “Will you do it?  Will you take me to him?  He’s probably fallen asleep in the forest, right?  Well, let’s go!”  As you approach the squirrel, it bounds off the tree branch and onto the neighboring tree.  Then it looks back at you and you feel like it is telling you, ‘follow me!’ 

The path the squirrel takes you on is unpredictable and long.  There are many times you cures Lilia for giving Silver such strange training to be done in such remote places.  More than a few times, you’ve considered turning back but the thoughts of Silver, alone in the forest, kept you going.  Finally, you reach a tall tree at the edge of a stream.  The squirrel climbs into a hole in the trunk and you wait for him to emerge and lead on.  You wait.  And wait.  And wait. 

Finally, you realize how foolish you’ve been.  ‘I can’t believe I followed some random squirrel into the forest,’ you say to yourself.  You look up where the squirrel had disappeared and shout, “TRAITOR!”  The squirrel does not appear to answer to your allegations.  You collect yourself and take in your situation; it’s not good.  If the sun was beginning to set when you entered the woods, it would be nearly sunset soon.  Seeing as you were deep into the forest, the trees were already blocking most of the scant light.  The shadows were pooling at the base of the trees and forming deep lakes of darkness.  Soon, you’d not be able to see at all.  On top of it all, you had no idea where you were. 

SNAP!  The sound of a twig breaking catches your attention and elevates you to a new level of fear.  You look around for a branch or something to defend yourself, hoping you’ll be able to avoid any large or vicious animals.  When the source of the noise steps into the clearing and it is only Silver.  You are profoundly relieved.  “Silver!  Don’t scare me like that!” you say as you put your hand to your racing heart and toss the branch onto the forest floor.

Silver sheepishly puts one hand to the side of his face, “I’m sorry.  I’ll try harder next time.”  You shake your head; he was always so earnest, even in ridiculous situations like this.  “Silver, don’t apologize for things that aren’t your fault.”  You chuckle and continue, “Besides, you haven’t harmed me but rescued me instead.  How did you even know I was here?  I don’t even know where I am!”  Silver looks at you gently, “A little bird told me.”  At this, a small owl in the branches about you lets out a satisfied hoot. 

You look up at the owl and say, “You could have warned me about the squirrel.”  The owl tilts his head and replies with a long “Whoooo?”  You consider the owl; was he there the whole time and you hadn’t noticed?  When you pose this question to Silver, he clears it up.  “When I returned to Diasomnia, Lord Malleus asked if I enjoyed the Valentine gift from you.  When I told him we hadn’t meet, fa..Lilia said I better go find you.  So, I asked my forest friends if they could help me search.”  You thank your lucky stars that you’d told Malleus what your plans were.

You smile at him, “I’m so glad you did.”  You reach into your pocket and hand Silver your Valentine.  It might have gotten a bit squashed in the hike, but it was the thought that counted!  He looks startled to receive the Valentine, even though he had just mentioned hearing about it from Malleus.  As he reads it, a rare smile breaks across his face.  You tremble a little, hoping your feelings were conveyed.  Then suddenly, he frowns.  “What is it?” you ask.  He looks forlorn as he puts his hand to his head, “I didn’t get anything for you.” 

You walk to his side and place your hand on his shoulder, “I don’t need a gift.  Look at how you are already helping me out.  I don’t know what I’d have done tonight without you.  You are like my real-life knight in shining armor.”  Silver looks up at you hopefully, “I may not have prepared you a card but that doesn’t mean I can’t tell you what is in my heart.  If ever you need me, I’ll be at your side, Valentine.”  You smile back at him joyfully and take his hand in yours, “I accept.”

The sun had set but you walked home without fear, hand-in-hand, with your own personal knight.  When you cleared the final trees, the full moon shone over the path to Ramshackle.  It lit the way nicely, but you no longer cared.  You had no need for the moon, you had already found your light in the darkness.  And when you parted at the door of the dorm, he placed a kiss to your palm.  It felt like an oath; I’ll always be there when you need me.

[kousaka-ayumu]

Yuri Sakamaki

Nickname: Dumb bitch(Yuzu@anxious-twisted-vampire ), Child of Dawn(Malleus), Sea Lily(Floyd), Saint Lily(Vil), Yuri-san(Yui), Mademoiselle Lily(Rook), Twin(Subaru), Yuri(Mari@zexal-club)

Twisted from: White Lily Cookie(Cookie Run Kingdom), all reincarnated villainous female leads from Manwhas, Shiina Mahiru(MILGRAM)

Voice claim: Kouri Arisa

Age: 16

Height: 167cm

DOB: 11/4

Species: Vampire

Homeland: Japan

Family:

Christa (Mother)

Karlheinz(Father)

Richter (Uncle)

Shu (Paternal Older Half-Brother)

Reiji (Paternal Older Half-Brother)

Ayato (Paternal Older Half-Brother)

Laito (Paternal Older Half-Brother)

Kanato (Paternal Older Half-Brother)

Yuzu(Cousin)

Miyuki Tachibana(Cousin @yukii0nna)

Dorm: Diasomnia

Class: B-1(No.59)

Hobby: Singing, collecting stickers.

Likes: Yui, Ribbons.

Dislikes: Her cousin, tormenting others, Laito's perverted nature.

Pet peeve: People taking away her teddy bear.

Favorite food: BBQ

Least favorite food: Garlic

Talents: Scream like a banshee, healing abilities.

"A first year of Diasomnia, twin sister of Subaru Sakamaki, other than him she's the only normal one in the family, if anything please don't take away her teddy bear."

Appearance

Yuri has long silver-white hair with the side hairs being pink, with a black ribbon bwibg her headband and her side bangs are being held by a hair clip and golden eyes.

Background

Yuri was born as a result of the incestuous affair between Christa and Karlheinz. She was born with Subaru, making them twins. She's the only one who was born with golden eyes just like her father, unlike her twin Subaru with his mother's eyes, Shu's light ocean blue eyes, Reiji's pale magenta eyes, Ayato and Laito's green eyes, and Kanato's purple eyes.

Growing up, she desperately wanted her family to be mentally stable, she despises Cordelia and Beatrix with all her heart because of their treatment towards her half-brothers and Yuzu for being a psychotic girl, if anything she is more close yet distant from her brother.

Because of this she wanted to get away from everything, wanted to go to a place that gave her the closure she desires.

Personality

Because of her upbringing, she ended up being a living embodiment of sosial anxiety, often stuttering every word she said, and apologize for anything even if it wasn't her fault.

However just like her brother she has anger issues and would lash out on anyone like punching Laito in the face for seeing her friend Mizuko undressed.

She can be a bit of a yandere.

Unique Magic: Kiss Of Truth

Yuri will give them a kiss mark on the back of the hand, the person will have brightened eyes. She can also force that person to be honest of what their doing.

Trivia

She's considered the least feared Sakamaki.

She's the only one who can get away with punching Laito in the face.

She's a big light novel fan.

Out of all the siblings, she's the only one who have golden eyes.

Her teddy is from an old friend she had since middle school, but that friend died to an illness.

She would often go out of her way to buy clothes with turtlenecks as well as a crucifix necklace for Yui to protect herself from the brothers including herself.

The name Yuri also known by the wasei-eigo construction girls' love, is a genre of Japanese media focusing on intimate relationships between female characters.

Yuri is a lesbian

What do you guys think of her?

@zexal-club @anxious-twisted-vampire @yukii0nna @marrondrawsalot

[sunsguilt]

ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE NOT BEING HELD HOSTAGE?┊ft: malleus draconia

warnings: none contains : gn! reader

notes: first post kinda nervous xoxo many thoughts about malleus documenting them all here. i subjected a dear friend to this brainrot and now I'm going to spew it to the world! thank you for reading if you chose to!

lemme just say this, malleus in my eyes is a loser. i mean this in the most endearing way possible, losers are my type bless <3

there are very select few scenarios where i could imagine one befriending malleus, outside of being a ramshackle dorm resident. that's too easy. one scenario would include you being his seatmate and being paired up with him for an assignment because no one would agree to work with him.

at first, you're a little intimidated by him! understandably, he has the respect of many, but he's never approachable to the average person, save for select diasomnia residents. as far as you can tell, he's rather isolated from the rest of your peers, even if not of his own desire.

with malleus not being the most talkative or outgoing at first, you end up carrying the conversation. he seems to be listening to you the whole time. sometimes he chimed in with the odd comment or two, but the dialogue was rather amicable. you speak to him kindly, in a familiar way as he imagines friends would. so he is now under the assumption that the two of you are friends.

he greets you when you walk into the classes you share. ok sure, he's being nice because he knows your name now. it's not THAT weird. but then it's like. he's approaching you in hallways to greet you, waiting by your locker for small talk.

it's not like you have the heart to outright run away from him. so the two of you begin talking more often, forming a camaraderie of sorts.

sure he's unapproachable at first, with a cold tone that seems unchanging with others who dare to speak to him first, the timbre of his voice almost seems to soften when he addresses you.

he has a peculiar habit of approaching you when you're talking with someone else, his face appearing to be rather menacing even if it's not his intention. he's just waiting for you to stop talking to them so he can walk with you. it's not something he's ever noticed and not something you plan to point out.

he will complain about how often you talk to others to his attendants (ie: sebek)

"how dare they talk to someone other than u lord malleus they should be ashamed !!!!!!" and malleus is eating this up like "hm u are right…. how could they do this to me."

sebek wants you to be struck by lightning. we are going to ignore this.

he's actually desperate to maintain his first friendship with you and somehow his love language is gift-giving. he does not know what gifts should be given for what occasion. he will give you a family heirloom dating back to the 13th century for taking him to the cheesecake factory.

you must reject his gifts because otherwise, it's going to ramp up to him being like, "child of man, i have been thinking..." he's offering you a spare castle. personally, i wouldn't let that slide. nor would my stomach be able to handle the weight of such a gift.

he'd probably have a crush on you he either refuses to acknowledge because "you're just friends" or he's just stupid. probably the latter!

— ☆

[the-knaves-world]

Hana! I have been thinking about this for a while!

Like someone, can't remember who, said that vil was given a red pair of heels for an advertisement. A pair of shoes that weren't sold to the public? That's sus considering that the queen in the original grim story danced in red hot shoes til she died.

Idias parents, rooks whole family too, are government. They know something about the world as a whole. Especially leona, in book 6 leona talks about these people in dark uniforms that showed up to take away someone who had overblotted. They never saw that person again

Azul never had an adult listen to him about the bullying, whether he just never told his mom bc she was so busy or just didn't care, idk. Idk about y'all but if I'm crying so much that two people who don't know me can find me, then I'm prolly gonna be crying at home too.

Riddles mom, knowing medical info like she does, knew damn well that riddle wasn't being fed correctly. She would've known that he was unhealthy. I should have prefaced all this with THE PEOPLE IN TWISTED WONDERLAND WORSHIP THE VILLAINS, THEIR ACTIONS BE DAMNED, THEY MIGHT JUST DO ANYTHING TO BRING THEM BACK! Not to mention trey, trey knew he was making riddle worse, he had powerful enough magic to deal with him. He also pushed cater to do things involving riddle, imo, trey is plot important. He is AN ENABLER. While he has trauma and is not completely at fault, and it is difficult to call out people that we love, he still expects everyone to bend to Riddle and even hates having to play big brother to people, so why keep doing it? Unless he has a reason for it. Say.....he has no choice.

I might have misunderstood a few things about the beastmen but....Leona and Farena are damn near identical to scar and mufasa. MUFASA DISLIKED SCAR! SO MUCH SO THAT HE STARTED CALLING HIM THE ONE THING HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR/BY! SO MAYBE FARENA IS AN ASSHOLE! also, based on ruggies trauma, maybe people from the savanna aren't nice, especially the women. Maybe farenas wife has something to do with leonas trauma. Based on ruggies life, farena and leonas dad can't be that great of rulers. No one can fully eradicate poverty but to be so bad that ruggie had to do some sketchy shiz to survive? Not to mention that mufasa also wasn't that great a ruler in the lion king.

In regards to kalim and jamil, remember when jamil was called to Crowleys office (or went there himself?) He asked wtf kalim was made housewarden for. Crowley said something about how kalims family made generous donations and how "you are smart enough to get how the world works, hmmm?" Crowley expressly told him to push his buttons when he was already on the ground. Crowley kicked him in the metaphorical side and put him on his butt.

As for diasomnia, I can't say much for sure. But for any tales fan out there that plays twisted wonderland like me, LILIA REMINDS ME OF LADY MALTRAN FROM TALES OF ZESTIRIA! For those who don't lemme give a quick description here: evil hot lady trains princess who was pure of heart bc she took on the job of killing her, or at least that's what she was supposed to do. She ends up kinda caring for the princess and hesitates when fighting her. Princess saw through her moves bc she was the one who trained her.

Maltran was working for the dark lord, the big bad. Yes she cared but she had a job to do. I think lilia and maltran are similar.

I personally think that the powers that be, Crowley included, are trying to bring the great 7 back. Crowley speaks of not having much time left. "For you, for me, for this world, there is not much time left" is what I think was said.

Not to mention that ambrose was trying to say something in book 5! Asking Crowley what he was up to and Crowley slipped away. He claimed that there was a powerful presence was In the stadium.

And, something I never see people using as evidence or even question! Rook in book 5! Looks at malleus and says "ABSURD NICKNAME, HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE?'' MALLEUS REPLIES THAT HE WAS INVITED AND THAT HE EVEN HAS THE INVITATION TO WHICH ROOK REPLIES "THAT WAS NOT WHAT I MEANT!" WHICH IMPLIES THAT MALLEUS WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO GET IN! OR THAT THERE Was a deviation from the past try. Or something.

Rook, trey, idia, leona, kalims family, farena, Crowley, ace and Grim are all highly suspect. But SO IS OUR DEAR HUSBAND LILIA! LILIA KNOWS SOMETHING.

My favorite theory is him being based on the curse itself. Somethin about the Halloween event that I would like to bring up!

LILIA NOR MALLEUS IS THERE AND HE ISN’T THE LEAST BIT SLEEPY! THEY ARE IN A DIFFERENT REALM AND HE IS TOTALLY AWAKE AND FINE! WHILE IT IS AN AU, I THINK THERE IS A HINT THERE.

I was rewatching sleeping beauty and actually watched it. There is one (1) instance of bats

When maleficent curses the baby, bats fly out along with some smoke. Lookin like mist to me👀

If lilia cannot remember his age, like really, and if the overblots were planned to bring them back bc, say, the 7s power is needed to keep wonderland alive or even, there is a power that is slowly sapping life from somewhere? Then lilia would want to bring maleficent back (or if she is still alive) bring her compatriots back to help her out power wise? She's strong and old. They get stronger with age, which means that if lilia truly cannot remember his age, then he must be strong enough to bring someone cross worlds? Kingdom hearts anyone?

Just imagine that the organization 13 is the ones in black collecting the blot stones.

I find it hard to believe that, while grim had been captured, idia didn't take a few samples. Whether to Clone or to check out just what grim really is doesn't matter. His parents, part of the schemes, could always get a hold of it.

Ace wasn't that upset at getting thrown out of a prestigious college when everyone else, us included, were freaking out about getting expelled

Crowley also turns into a literal fucking bird in the one scene of the opening!

Someone also mentioned that the school has the well from snow white, the school also has more elements of architecture from snow whites castle and Era. Why wouldn't that well be at the dorm instead of the school? Unless Crowley, who we don't know how long he's been headmaster, had it there for a reason. Or to remind him of his "Fairest of all, his most evil flower'' or whatever.

I think he is hildeys bird. He is her helper and he misses her. He had a hand in all of this bc it wouldn't be a stretch if he went round to these powerful people or was contacted by powerful people, and brought up bringing the 7, his lovely Fairest queen, back to him. Or him back to them.

I'm rambling but ya get the idea, I hope anyway. I have had no one to talk to about this so I have like, 3 years, of pent up theories for this!

What if...the overblots were planned out before?

so me overthinking again and wondering…

what if overblots were planned? 

it could be Crowley or it could be someone else, but each one could somehow have been influenced in some way.

riddle’s mother who is a healer/doctor (I believe a pediatrician at that) was strict to there point that he was probably suffering from malnourishment? this is coming from a popular healer at that? 

Farena became king and somehow didn’t know that leona was being treated horribly by others? was it somehow kept a secret from Faaren? because I want to say he wouldn’t let his brother be treated in such way. so has someone been working in the background? (and their father is sick? what if something caused  him to become sick so farena could be king?)

for azul it might be tricky….because it would have to be influencing either the divorce of his parents or the bullying too. maybe corrupted the bgoligcal father?

for jamil, maybe it was how his family eventually became in servitude to the al-asim family? of if its crowley related, the real reason why crowley made kalim the dorm leader 

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[twstgarden]

✰ ❝ 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝗲? ❞

━ yan! malleus draconia, yan! vil schoenheit x gn! reader (reader can either be yuu or an oc/twstsona) ━ it seems you have caught the eye of a certain dorm leader(s) in night raven college, but it doesn't seem like he'll let you run off and not be his. you have no choice but to marry him, and you have no choice but to be his perfect lover.

cw: (including but not limited to) yandere themes, mentions of kidnapping, slight dollification, non-consensual drug use, possessive behaviour, unhealthy relationships, mentions of forced marriage

requested by: anonymous request type: oneshot requester’s message: Hello mina!! Can i please request a yandere vil or malleus one-shot any pronouns is good hehe and i really really LOVE your dévouement like when there's an update to the main story i always thought your story first tbh im more excited to your story than the main hehe that's all sorry for the rant thank you po have a great day!!♡´･ᴗ･`♡ florist’s note: hello po, dévouement reader! <3 i'm really glad you love the book! i have dropped an update on that a few days ago~ as for your request, i'll do both vil and malleus, thank you for your request!

might include spoilers for chp 6 and 7! f/n means first name. do not steal or translate without my permission.

— 𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙪𝙨 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙖 —

the silence was deafening in this godforsaken room. you were not even certain if you are locked up in the main castle of the dormitory or in the other area connected to it on the right side of diasomnia's map. you have been here for days, or was it weeks? months? you do not know.

all you knew is you missed a lot of classes now and you have no idea if your friends are searching for you at this very moment.

it has been way too quiet for a while now, it was starting to drive you mad.

you want to be free from this room, you want to speak to another living being, you want to take in the scent of fresh air, you want to be away from him.

everything was fine at the start, or so you thought. you had no idea what you did wrong for him to kidnap you in your sleep and lock you up in this room. you had no chains or ropes tied to your wrists and ankles. in fact, you were not even tied to anything at all! you can freely jump off the window to escape if you wish to.

oh, please. of course, you have tried that. and where did you end up? still in this room. it seems like he used some sort of magic in this room to make it hard for you to escape.

it was a huge disadvantage that you had to be kidnapped by one of the most powerful mages in the world.

'click.'

a noise.

finally. the silence was starting to drive you mad already. your eyes widened as you watched the door slightly open ajar before a tall figure entered the room, closing the door behind him as he approached you. he sat on the corner of the bed and smiled gently at you as if he did not just abduct you and lock you up in this room.

"my dear..."

his voice was deep and tender, clearly lovestruck by you as he caressed your cheek gently with the back of his hands. however, your eyes remained on the door, thinking of ways to escape and run away from here.

he seemed to have noticed your lingering gaze on the exit door, which made him frown as he placed his finger under your chin and pulled your face up to look at him.

and once your eyes met his pained gaze, his finger stroked your cheek as he whispered, "please don't look at the door. i don't want to feel like you're trying to run away from me."

"then set me free."

you demanded softly, wanting to keep that slightly peaceful conversation going, not wanting to piss him off as you still wish to go to sleep with all four limbs intact. his pained gaze turned even sadder as he sat closer to you, "but why? i give you everything you could possibly need. we are to be wed soon, my love. you'll have all the riches you need, you'll have the finest jewellery and clothes in the world, you'll live in my palace and be royalty..."

it might sound like a dream, but it isn't what you desire. you don't even see him in a romantic way either. you wanted to tear up as you imagined your future the moment he mentions marriage, "...i don't want those. i want to go back... i want to see my friends... i don't want to get married, i don't want to become a royal consort with no freedom..."

your words seemed to make him upset. who would reject his offer? he's giving you everything that he thinks would make you happy! his eyes narrowed as he looked at you and huffed, "why would you choose that? all they do is take you away from me."

"i was never yours to begin with!" you argued as tears started to prickle at the corner of your eyes, growing desperate to be free and be away from him and anyone associated with him.

after your little outburst, it was uncomfortably silent in the room, only your soft sniffles and breathing were heard as he sat before you with an unreadable expression, but you knew he was pissed as hell now.

he suddenly stood up and turned his back on you, walking away from the bed and heading to the door. the last thing you heard from him before he left your room and locked the door made you want to sob even more.

"we are getting married whether you like it or not. you do not have a choice."

— 𝙫𝙞𝙡 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙚𝙣𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙩 —

the lights of pomefiore's bedrooms normally appear aesthetically pleasing to you, but right now, it served as a frustrating reminder that you have been in the same room for more than 24 hours now, staring at the same objects over and over again, unable to move your limbs to run away from this wretched room.

the brush tickling your cheeks, as it applied a red hue to them, felt like thorns brushing and scratching your skin despite its softness. it was unbearable. you have been sitting on this vanity chair for far too long now, not even sure of how you look like with how you've been tickled and dabbed with makeup brushes and sponges all day long.

a pair of amethyst eyes carefully watched as his hands did all the work on dolling up your face. once he was satisfied, he turned the vanity chair around to make you face the mirror.

you look like a fashion doll.

at least it was better than looking like a clown caked with makeup.

you had to admit, his skills were good. the makeup suits you perfectly and the outfit he made you wear looks gorgeous on you, but it would have been better if he did not paralyze you in the first place with his unique magic by cursing your drink.

you could not respond. you could not even move your hand to touch your face, but he seemed very pleased with himself as he caressed your cheek with the back of his hand.

"you look perfect."

perfect.

perfect.

perfect.

you were nothing but perfect in his eyes right after he dolls you up every time. you felt like you were just a mannequin for him to beautify and show off to everyone, claiming you were his darling lover, that you would forever be the love of his life.

even if you were paralyzed, your eyes filled up with tears. you wanted nothing more than to run away from this place and hide. vil clicked his tongue at the sight of your tears prickling at the corners of your eyes.

"if you dare mess up my work with your tears, i'm cursing your drink again and i'll redo everything."

you wished you could stop, but his threats sent your heart throbbing with fear as you could not hold it in anymore. tears started to roll down your cheeks as the fear in your heart grew, wishing you could just disappear in the blink of an eye, but alas, you were not blessed with magic, unlike everyone else in this prestigious academy.

vil groaned and harshly held your face by your cheeks, messing up the makeup with your tears and making you look at the mirror as he glared at your reflection, "look what you've done."

and as if the gods have heard your plea, you can suddenly move again. it has been past the time limit of when his unique magic's conditions are met, and once you regained your mobility, you held onto his wrist and tried to pull his hand away from your face.

"please, stop! i'm sorry, i'll fix it!" you pleaded, sobbing even more as vil pulled his hand away from your face and landed a slap on your cheek before making you look at him again. "fix? you're not even good enough to apply makeup on your own," hissed the man harshly as he glared at you.

he sighed as he stood straight, closing his eyes and placing his fingers on his temple to show how stressed he was. the pomefiore dorm leader looked at you with a glare before grabbing your cup on his bedside table, refilling it with your drink of choice and casting his unique magic on it.

this time, his conditions included a longer time limit than earlier.

vil stood before you with the cursed or drugged drink and held your face with one hand to try and pry your mouth open. he brought the glass to your lips, forcing you to drink the beverage as you started hitting his arm and struggling, hoping he would stop forcing the cursed drink down your throat, but his strength was overwhelming. his grip on your cheeks made it feel like your face was about to break if he gripped you a little harder.

you struggled to push him away as he forced the drink down your throat, and once he was finished, he placed the cup on his desk and made you sit properly, leaving you paralyzed in that same position once again.

tears continued to stream down your cheeks as you sobbed and pleaded for him to stop. at least this time, his conditions did not include taking away your ability to speak. vil leaned down to look at you right into your fearful eyes as he whispered, "stop looking so frightened when i'm around."

vil gave you a small smile before placing a tender kiss on your forehead. it felt patronising, as if he was taking any ounce of authority you have left in you and taking full control of your life. he leaned his cheek on your head as you both looked into your reflections in the mirror, seeing his endearing smile after doing something drastic to you made you sick to your stomach.

how could he smile after treating you so harshly?

"i'm only doing this out of love, my darling. you have to look perfect before we go out for dinner, no?"

© twstgarden 2023 || please do not steal, translate without my permission, or use this to train a.i.

[yaksha-lover]

Twisted Wonderland Vampire AU (part 2)

featuring diasomnia (malleus in pt.1)

cw: aged up characters, biting, blood drinking, sebek is a human hater

part 1 (housewardens) part 3 (octavinelle)

Lilia:

When you first stumble into the mansion, looking for help after getting lost in the forest, Lilia can’t help but think that you are the cutest human he’s ever seen.

Lilia can’t risk you leaving and telling the world about them. He loves his family more than anything, and he’d do anything to protect them; including keeping you with them forever.

He may need to keep you here for the sake of their safety, but his want to get close to you he can’t justify as easily.

He knows he scared you on that first night, when he couldn’t help but lap the blood off your fingers after you accidentally cut your hand on some broken glass.

You’re don’t know how Lilia spends his days, only that he seems to pop up out of nowhere to strike up a conversation with you.

Despite Sebek’s very verbal dislike of you, or Vil’s seeming distaste at your presence, you can’t help but be the most afraid of Lilia.

The head of the household, you can’t imagine the things Lilia has done and seen in his long, long life. What would he be willing to do to you?

You might see yourself as a prisoner, but Lilia wants you to become a part of his family, just like the other residents who have chosen to stay here.

He hopes that Malleus and Silver can find some solace in your presence, but he can’t help but want a taste of you himself.

Silver

A human who was later turned by Lilia after his adoption.

Silver is very… ambivalent towards you.

He knows that his father knows best but he can’t help but question if Lilia keeping you here is the right thing.

Silver spends his days diligently by Malleus’ side, although he seems to constantly fighting off sleep.

He lives in the mansion, both because of his father and to protect Malleus.

When he comes back one day, collapsing on the couch after neglecting himself for too long, you can’t help but to soften.

Your promised yourself, you wouldn’t let these vampires take any more of your blood but… one time can’t hurt right?

Silver is nice to you, maybe one of the only ones without an ulterior motive. He’s the first to step in if he believes the others are treating you too harshly.

Maybe you shouldn’t give in but you really can’t help it. When you pull Silver close to you, his sharp fangs sink deeply into your neck.

There is a sharp pain but the feeling is quickly overtaken by a feeling of euphoria.

By the time you regain some semblance of awareness, Silver is already whispering apologies to you and licking away any evidence from your neck.

You know that you should be upset but, you’re still slightly high off the pleasure of his bite.

Silver bandages your wounds and swiftly avoids you for the days to come.

Sebek:

Born to a human and a pureblood, Sebek can’t seem to hold back his resentment for his human half.

He stays at the mansion to protect and serve Malleus, and he does so with great pride.

Of everyone at the mansion, no one is more vocal about their dislike of you staying with them than Sebek.

You try not to take it too personally, Sebek seems to hate all humans equally.

Of course, Sebek never fights against Lilia’s choices, he has too much respect for him.

Sebek, however, has no qualms glaring at you from across the room, making patronizing comments, and trying to keep you away from Malleus.

Despite you literally just existing, Sebek is worried you will try to seduce Malleus and pull him away from his duties. He doesn’t understand why his mother chose his human father, but he can’t take the risk with you and Malleus.

When asking Lilia about the beautiful garden outside, you were surprised to find out it was Sebek who takes care of it. Although being with Malleus takes up most of his time, you occasionally spot Sebek in the corner of the library, reading by himself.

Although not ideal, Sebek’s attitude towards you is surprisingly refreshing. You know he has no intention of coming near you, let alone bitting you. One less vampire to watch out for at least.

Sebek is frustrated about how much you occupy his thoughts. How dare you act seductive (you just bent over to pick something up), and dress yourself like that (average, plain clothes), and try to trick them with your false kindness (you asked Kalim if he was okay after he tripped). He’ll need to keep a closer eye on you from now on.