Antumbra: Why didn’t you just cry?
Eclipse: What?
Antumbra: Crying. You know oil from the eyes? Maybe some sniffling and hiccuping?
Eclipse: I know what crying is. I wasn’t going to show weakness to them. They hated us! They threw us away!
Antumbra: Yeah, I know why you didn’t cry. But, it would’ve improved our lives so much if you just got over our god complex and did.
Eclipse: Really, and how do you figure giving the people who want nothing more than to get rid of us something to exploit is a good idea?
Antumbra: Well, I’m sitting in Moon’s lap right now getting headpats, and you’re alone in a computer in some bunker, so I’d say crying worked out pretty well for me.
Eclipse: What. What do you mean you’re with Moon?!
Moon: Yeah, hi. I’ve been here the whole time. Heard all of that.
Eclipse: *incredibly vulgar beeping* *hangs up the Computer*
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Eclipse just needs a good cry and to get some headpats.
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Canon and logic be dammed.
I just like the idea of Uta hearing Buggy making his own town (just as the Cross Guild was forming) and as soon she finished her tour, she headed straight to Karai Bari to spend some quality time with Momma Buggy.
Like picture if you will, Buuge's getting the usual treatment in a Cross Guild 'meeting', and a shy knock comes in. A lowly follow tasked to say that there's a visitor requesting the Chairman.
'Who?' A certain lizard and bird ask, 'a by the name of Miss Uta.'
And suddenly Buggy just pops up from the floor, miraculously healed, a sparkly (dare I say, flashy) look in his eyes, "Uta?? Red and white hair? Bunny loops, prettiest purple eyes???"
As soon as the subordinate nodded, Buggy was out the door! Practically flying to the docks.
Crocodile and Mihawk got up and followed the path (grumbling all the way, cuz who the hell is this? Taking away their clowns' attention and making him this damn happy??) Cut to see Buggy swinging the young lady around, elated to have her in his arms. All the while she hugging the stuffing out of the clown and giving him cheek kisses.
'Just who in the hell is this? And who does this little-'
"Momma!" The girl shouted with joy. "I missed you so much!!"
...... huh???
"I missed you too, sweetie!" Buggy grinned ear to ear as he nuzzled his nose atop Uta's head. And he just started to babble about all the things a mother would say
'What are you doing here?/ Have you been eating well?/ look at you! So flashy and cute! Was the trip over here okay? No troubles?' etc.
All of which just turned to white noise to Crocodile and Mihawk as they watched from the sides, both clearly surprised.
And then they picked up the talk from the people around them;
'Is that the famous Uta? Why is she here?'
'Wasn't she supposed to be on a concert tour?'
'Did the captain called her Bunny?'
'Forget that, did she just called Mister Buggy, Mommy??'
I just want Crocodile and Mihawk just shocked to hear that Buggy had a child and find it funny that she's more successful and competent than her 'mother's.
And maybe a bit jealous that Buggy spends 100% of his attention to her all day (the entire trip even).
THIS IS SO CUTE I'M SOBBING-- Uta and Buggy are so so so so sweet together. They make me go insane.
Nobody has ever seen Buggy so... Happy... And optimistic.... And genuinely caring and loving somebody this much. Like it's surprising how much Buggy changes around Uta. That's his little girl!!! Seriously. Buggy calls her his little girl, his little Bunny or whatever and she's all like "I'm older now!!! Stop saying that!!!" and he just hears a sweet little voice because that's still his little girl no matter what.
I want her to stay with them for a while and she is of course so polite and sweet to Crocodile and Mihawk because she is a star and knows how to handle social situations. But damn, she is scary when she sort of threatens them to never hurt her mom ever again. They won't listen to her but at least they won't do anything while she's here because... There's nothing scarier than a teenage idol.
They have girl nights together with Alvida, too!!! And nobody is ever allowed to mention Shanks because if they do, Uta ends up getting incredibly mad or having a breakdown and nobody needs a mentally unstable teenage girl with daddy issues to be angry. Buggy manages to calm her down every time, somehow, it's incredible.
Buggy does her hair and she sings for all of them! They make this huge party to celebrate she is here and I just know a lot of them are her fans, so she would have such a great time too!!! Buuut at the end of the day it's always just Buggy and her and Uta singing lullabies for both of them only under a starry night. I am. So not normal about them. I am not okay.
I don't want to make this about Shanks but they have to have a conversation like:
Buggy: Do you miss him?
Uta: No! How could I??!?! I hate him.
Buggy: You know, it is okay to miss you father-
Uta: He's not-- Not anymore.
Buggy: Whatever you say, kid.
Uta: Besides, I like you better.
Buggy: Pffft. Of course you do! Thought I-- Thought I was your mom, though?
Uta: You can be both. As far as I know, both titles are free if you want them.
Buggy: As if somebody other than me could match your flashiness, Bunny.
But!!!!! Crocodile and Mihawk??? Jealous of Uta???? Because Buggy spends all of the time with her??? That is amazing. And I also like to think Buggy becomes more competent and bossy when he's with Uta because if there's something scarier than a teenage idol is her parent. And Buggy would do anything for her. So he's extremely protective and also even a better leader now that he has to take care of her. While Mihawk and Crocodile are all like "????? Why the fuck did he not act like this before" and also "Why the fuck has he not talked to us all week ???". Because as long as Uta is near, Buggy doesn't fear them and he doesn't need to talk to them every day. And that bothers them soooooo much.
It'd be funny to see Uta getting along with Mihawk and Crocodile in the end. You all know (because I've talked about it) I just love Uta actually joining them and being the diva of the group. She's extremely protected and loved there!! Also please, add Perona there too because they're,,, Girlfriends,,, And they should meet,,, And be Cross Guild's princesses together,,,
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"We die, and the world will be poorer for it."
Prince Nuada Silverlance x Reader
Word count: 455
Angst, OOC (but everything is OOC if it isn't canon, so fuck it, we ball)
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Once, I made friends with Time. I myself was nothing more than a Careful Creature, young and curious. He was enduring and ancient.
We had a few long years together- or, at the very least, I thought them long, but his age likely meant it was the blink of an eye for him.
He opened up, slowly. About literature and old languages, customs of fighting and war, and legends and stories of his people. He told me of his armour, of his youth, of the golden war.
A few years passed, and he taught me some of the language, wrote in journals with yellowed pages all of his tongue so that I may keep it close to my heart like I did him.
He taught me of the trinkets and little machines he liked to make; tiny little machinations with minuscule springs and the smallest screws, making elaborate systems for puzzles or music boxes.
...he made one for me once, too.
And a new war came.
At first, I hoped we'd both survive. Then, I just hoped I'd die rather than him. But he took the blow, and there is nothing I could have done but hold him.
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He was dying. He asked me, with some of his last breaths, if I would honour him by tattooing his marks into my skin. Just to keep his people alive through me. He only trusted that to me.
I knew why- I could see it in his eyes.
And I told him no.
And instead begged him to carve it properly into my cheeks, like they had been done for him.
And with the last of his strength, he cut into my cheeks, a mirror image of the marks of his people that rested on his own.
He told me that he should be the one to die- that he had made too many mistakes, that he was part of a peoples so old they had forgotten who they were, who they were meant to be.
He told me that he should die, and the world would be better for it.
But he could not let me die. I asked him why.
He told me, "I am an old fae. This world has no room nor use for another angry heart like mine. I cannot change anymore, though you have softened me. But you- if you die, the world will be poorer for it."
And as he laid his spear in my palm, blood in his teeth, I saw nothing but worship in his golden eyes.
When he died moments later, I wept.
Because I knew for certain that the moment he took his last breath, he was truly dead- and the world was poorer for it.
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