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tboy-summer-fun · 2 years

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almost every omori ship name i think

omori x aubrey - omobrey

omori x stranger - nightshade / eclipse

sunny x basil - sunflower / bunny / photosynthesis / サニバジ / dandelion

sunny x aubrey - sunburn / sunbrey / throwing knives / sunbow / sunbun

transfem sunny ( luna ) x aubrey - burning moon

sunny x kel - suntan / sunkel / caprisun / sunny d / orange joe / cactitulip / cactulip / nutterbutter

transfem sunny ( luna ) x kel - lunartan

sunny x mikhael - sunbleached

sunny x mincy - sunsketched / sketchbook

sunny x kim - starburst / meteorite

sunny x cris - sunfish / sunbath / evaporation

transfem sunny ( luna ) x cris - tidal waves

sunny x rowan - chocolate sunflower

hero x mari - heromari / picnic basket / heroine / rosemari / cookie sandwich / mario / picnic sandwich / picnic blanket / macaron / cookiepan / roselily / picnic prep

hero x bowen - egg mcmuffin / breakfast / shortbread / frenchtoast / herobiscuit / ham sandwich / boro / herwin

hero x daphne - cookiedough

kel x aubrey - kelbrey / baseball bat / baseball / sunrise / tanburn / homerun / knuckle brass

kel x basil - cactiflower / flowerbasket / cauliflower / morning mud / stutters / citrus

kel x kim - gumball

kel x mincy - paintball / paperball / kelcy

kel x cris - beachball / surfing

kel x mikhael - goldrush / kelvick / mavel

basil x aubrey - photobomb / fireflower / swordflower / bushfire / watering can / batsil / spring break / autumn / forestfire / hotsoup / strawberry shortcake / weed pulling / lawn mowing / garden shears / basilbrey / aubrasil

basil x aubrey ( bunyn ) - bunnybomb

basil x charlene - camomille tea

basil x kim - kimsil / honeysuckle / peppermint / spikemoss / sugarshot

basil x mikhael - melonbread / brick

basil x cris - waterlily

basil x mincy - mintybloom / mint

aubrey x kim - kimbrey / cotton candy / jawbreaker

aubrey x cris - sea bunny / hurricane / boiling waters

aubrey x mincy - paintsplash / idol / minbrey / graffiti

letter-room!aubrey x stranger - shutterbomb / dustbunny

kim x cris - swedish fish

kim x mincy - edible paper

mari x daphne - breadbasket

mari x bowen - cupcake

space boyfriend x fish boy - bioluminescence / boy²

space boyfriend x rococo - spacecoco / starry night / rocketship

space boyfriend x sweetheart - spaceheart / divorice papers

space boyfriend x perfectheart - starkissed

space boyfriend x perfectheart x mutantheart x roboheart - stitchedheart

sweetheart (or perfectheart idk) x molly - jellyfish

sweetheart x medusa - jellydonut

mincy x cris - paperboat / watercolors / paint water

aubrey's dad x sunny's dad - runaway moon / belt & slipper / locked and loaded

prettyboy x jay - prettyjock

omoriboy x aubrey - light newspaper

sunny x kel x basil - sunkissed / sunnydew / sunkist / desert flower

sunny x kel x aubrey - beach day / sunscreen / arson

sunny x aubrey x basil - burnt sunflower / burnt sunflower seeds / flowerbed / aloe vera

sunny x aubrey x kim - melted candy / rockcandy

sunny x kel x basil x aubrey - solar system / sunny days / sunshine / war crimes

sunny x kel x basil x aubrey x kim - milkyway

basil x aubrey x kel x sunny (basically solar system but resolves around basil) - bouquet / allergy season

basil x aubrey x mincy x kim - gasoline flavored taffy

basil x aubrey x kim - cinnamon

basil x aubrey x cris - waterwheel

basil x aubrey x kel - summer breeze / honey-kissed liquor / molotov cocktail / tax evasion

aubrey x mincy x cris - sea bunny portrait

aubrey x kim x mincy x cris - rose scented watercolors

daphne x hero x bowen - hero sandwich

daphne x hero x bowen x mari - ice cream sandwich

shattered!omori x letter-room!aubrey x stranger - ink smudge

updated - 11/9/23 sorry for little updates! im not as interested in omori as i was when i started this list :<

#omori #i spent too much time on this #starts screaming #omori ship #AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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cwbuggo · 1 month

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im sketching the first parts of encore but ill have u know that there is another omori future au in my head, and it exists solely to scratch this specific summer breeze itch in my brain. featuring a local newspaper photographer, a certain fixit repair guy he called over that ended up crashing on his couch (and never left), and the elementary school phys ed intern + softball coach. xoxo

#buggo bumbles #omori #omori au

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nonbinaryaubrey · 1 year

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What do you fee is a understated ship for Omori?

an underrated ship ?? ah.... hm. tbh i think any ship outside of heromari or sunny ships tends to be less popular. kelbrey, photobomb, and cactiflower (and any other very small ships with minor characters, such as shortbread, bread basket or sea bunny.) i would all kind of call ''underrated'' i guess. Along with that, i feel poly ships, like solar system, burnt sunnflower, summer breeze, etc etc, also tend to be less acknowledged.

#hope thismakes sense its 12 am ..#asks #thinkimok #aubrey.txt

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whalesforhands · 7 months

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“Beautiful blue is absolutely stunned as he stands there, before a quiet whisper is breathed out with the fragrant summer breeze, under the warm sun where three souls have finally reunited eternally in the embrace of each other.”

fucking HELL im this 🤏 close to crying happy tears. THEY DESERVE THE WORLD WAAAHHHH [sobbinf]

these are the times when i wish i could use my well earned money irl but im trying to save up for a pc 😭 (not to mention i dont have a lot of money atm in the first place…) i bet whatever ur cooking on kofi is so heart wrenchingly fluffy.

tl;dr you never miss and im sobbing on this fine friday morning

by the way what are the video games you’ve been playing as of late? 👀 for me i’ve been playing splatoon 3, overwatch 2, persona 4 golden, genshin and hsr! :)

-omori anon

there is no rush to read them haha, they’re more like bonus scenarios that aim to deepen your understanding of the relationships in dyf au. (so that it hits harder when i pull something strange)

recently i’ve been playing valorant and league of legends like the sweaty gamer i am, either i’m doing that or playing dress up with the clothes in my closet

#nvytalks #omori anon

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polaroid-petals · 3 months

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Basil being the tall kid among summer breeze until Kel and Aubrey shot up like trees and left Basil as the tiny one means so much to me

#polaroid posts #omori #omori aubrey #omori basil #omori kel #omori summer breeze #featuring kel being too tall to stand in frame #163cm basil 171cm aubrey 187cm kel truther #when they're adults #it's the ✨malnourishment✨ and the ✨depression✨ that kept basil small

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fireroll · 4 months

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DOODLE DUMP YEAHH 🔥

are you even homies if you don’t have matching eeveelutions am. Am i right.

ALSO PIRATE/ROYAL AU MADE WITH @raineadey … I EXPLODE. EXPLODES THEM. TRINDS THEM INTO DUST GRRRHGHETHE SQUEEZES THEM

Summer breeze au doodles ig..

Also just. General doodles

SHITPOSTS 🔥🔥

THE GIRL AND GIRL KISSER ONE SPAWNED OUT OF A CONVO WITH @raineadey …AS USUAL…LITERALLY ILY/p YOU’RE FUELING MY BRAINROT SO MUCH. also all your takes are so objectively correct ok 💥

#omori #omori au #omori doodles #omori shitpost #omori kel #omori aubrey #omori basil #omori sunny #omori vance #eeveelutions #omori kelbrey #KELBREY #I love kelbrey so much guys #i love kelbrey ok just just. Just kelbrey #omori summer breeze

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enby-peep · 2 years

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i have an url that i saved on impulse after waking up at like two in the morning and i legit do not know what to do with it.....like i prettied it up and everything but its. useless. i guess i just like looking at it dhdjsvdjdvdjdv

#i could use it as an omori sideblog in theory but why would. i dump everything on my main.#had an idea to maybe start it as a headcanon blog but i already have sooo much stuff to keep up with #then again i like keeping busy....#bc of the url itself i could make it a shipping blog but im like the only one that ships summer breeze lol

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arcanescholar · 3 years

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Hard to Find the Right Words Ch. 2

Omori Post True Good Ending Spoilers. Chapter 1 here

Sometimes you just need to vibe with your friend(?)

The sun hung high and beat down with its telltale brutal heat with not a cloud in the sky to block its fury. Summer was starting to reach its full swing and god damn it she did not wanna put up with the judgy sky orb’s bullshit today. Ugh, riding out to the hospital on her bike at night trying to follow the ambulance’s route was a pain in the ass already that left her legs feeling way too damn sore, and piling on with this was just over kill damn it.

… Huh. Shit, that’s probably why her knees gave out back in Basil’s hospital room. Come to think of it, damn, she should’ve snagged some bandages while she was there, they were all in Sunny’s pocket-

She screeches to a halt, barely stopping herself from running smack into some younger elementary school kids that take one look at her haggard, emotionally exhausted expression and…

Scream.

Then run away, tripping over themselves because the scary nail-bat lady was here to eat their faces.

…

After a bit of fumbling, she yanks her phone out of her pocket and turns the busted front facing camera on to take a better look at her face…

She slept on a visitor’s couch last night, hadn’t had breakfast, just went through one of the most emotionally harrowing nights of her life, then one of the most emotionally harrowing mornings, and now just did what felt like a half and hour of hard pedaling to make it to her planned meet up with Kim cause her sense of time estimation fucking sucks.

“… I look terrible, ugh.”

First thing she’s gonna do, she thinks, is dunk her sore legs in a lake once she gets to the park, but before that, she takes off her jacket, tying the sleeves tight around her waist, leaving her in her favorite crop top to vent some heat off before getting back to pedaling.

The rest of the ride is a bit easier thankfully, a familiar coast through familiar streets and under familiar trees with familiar shade. She passes by the curb that the group first comforted her on along the way, past where she had her picture taken in her favorite coat and decided that she wanted to dye her hair pink one day, past where Kim first snagged her by the hand and dragged her along to meet the Hooligans-

Haahhh…

She coasts down a small hill, letting the bike carry her where it pleases for a bit, hair billowing behind her, standing up a bit on its aged frame and just letting the moment wash over her. She wishes she didn’t leave her headphones at home, this was a pretty perfect moment to just play something dramatic y’know?

But, the ride eventually comes to a stop, as she arrives at the park. The kids were already playing out in force, and that nice garbage collector lady was set up with her stand like always, but Aubrey didn’t have time to snag much extra cash, she was already late for meeting up with Kim by like ten minutes-

“Aubreeeeeey!”

Speak of the devil

“Hah… Hah… Hah…!”

Kim struggles over on her bike, panting for breath-

“Hey.”

“Sorry…! Mikhael- uh, the MAVERICK got in trouble with some girls he was supposed to pay cause he forgot he left his wallet at home so I had to bike back and forth to snag it for him, or else he would’ve followed me here whining the whole time! I’m not too late am I?”

“Nah, I just showed up too.”

“So, uh…! What did you wanna do?”

“…”

Aubrey turns without a word, stepping off of her bike and walking to the back of the park, shuffling her way across the verdant, well kept grass.

Come to think of it, there was way less trash around than before, and with how much she saw Sunny running around town…

Jeez, did he really pick up most of this with Kel? Damn pair of goody two shoes-

Is what she almost thinks, but, after the past few days, it’s kind of hard for her to really make fun of them for it. It’s honestly kind of impressive.

She remembers how many flowers were set up in Sunny’s hospital room in that moment while they waited for him to wake up… How many well wishes and thank you notes sprawled across the tables and some even on the floor itself because of how much space was taken up. For a boy that hadn’t shown his face in maybe four years, that looked like he hadn’t had a decent meal in just about as long, that seemed more like a mystery than an actual person, he really…

…

Was it really good? Was it something he did out of kindness? Was it one last hurrah to try to apologize for what he did to Mari? Aubrey can’t wrap her head around his headspace, and that thought is enough to make her punch her hand against a tree with enough force to shake its leaves… That or the breeze was really well timed-

“Aubreeeey…! I can’t help out if you don’t even talk to me y’know!”

Kim grumbles as she manages to catch up, walking alongside her best friend with the canopy of trees overhead shading them from the sunlight.

As Aubrey turns her head, she takes a moment to stare at her friend, watching the way the sunlight dances across her skin as it peeks out from the trees to light her up the way her smile lit up Aubrey’s worst days.

Kim’s expression was that perfect mix of annoyed and genuinely worried, the kind that makes you feel bad for bringing up a problem in the first place but yanks all your guts out onto the floor to get it settled already, her eyes resolute and determined to get to the bottom of what was happening. Was this her way of apologizing for leaving her behind with Sunny, Kel, and Basil at the lake…?

“… Hhhffffhhhit’sallfuckedup.” Aubrey finally groans, stepping forward into the hidden spot behind the park, the lake’s water glistening in the sunlight, the old statue’s flowers swaying in the breeze, and the same abandoned picnic basket and blanket. Someone really needs to clean that up damn it, but, the blanket makes for a nice place to sit kinda.

She dumps her bike off to the side with more force than she means to, Kim following suit. The pair share a quick look and a nod of understanding before popping off their shoes, their socks, rolling up pants legs in Kim’s case.

They walk together and sit by the edge of the lake, leaving the stuff they took off to the side, dumped carelessly in the grass, dunking their legs into the cool water with a harmonized sigh of relief, a mirrored gesture of leaning back to rest their palms against the grass before flopping onto their backs in near perfect sync, and finally taking in a deep breath to just bring themselves back into the moment.

Without a word, Kim pulls out her phone and a pair of headphones, offering one up to Aubrey that she takes with no hesitation, stuffing it into her ear and staring up at the clouds as music plays loud enough to hear but quiet enough to just let them… Vibe, is the word they’d both use for it.

For a few minutes they lay there, sharing a song, a mellow guitar and the tapping of a drumstick against a closed hi-hat washing over them.

The beach might be out of their reach right now, but sound waves’ll make a good substitute.

Kurayami de yorisou hibi

“… Sunny lost his eye.”

“Holy shit…”

Bokura ni wa beddo mo nai

“Dunno if Basil’s woken up yet either, but… Sunny told us, a little bit about what happened when Mari died.”

“…”

Nai kedo…

“… Sorry I’ve been so cagey and quiet and stuff lately.” She murmurs, rolling over onto her side to look at Kim more properly, her friend rolling over too, her glasses getting shoved slightly till she just takes them off and sets them off to the side.

“I dunno what’s goin’ on but it seems like it’s really heavy… After what went on with your mom and dad though? Feels like you can tell me… well… Just about anything right? After you shut us out and I had to call those three over to your place I started really worrying you were gonna dip back into a screwed up place again.”

“… Gonna be honest… I almost was.”

Kimi waaaa, ima tashika niii-

“But?”

“… But, I managed to realize some important stuff, I think. About… About Mari. About Sunny, Kel, Hero, you, all of our friends.”

Soba de…!

“… I missed them so much it hurt. I missed everything so much that it ached.”

Hohoemu

“And, when I couldn’t do anything about that ache, I turned that anger out on nearly everything around me. If it weren’t for you and the other Hooligans I think I would’ve turned out even worse…”

“Aubrey…”

Sawarasetari shinai

Kurutta koi to

Sashichigaete mo ii nda

Zenbu uketomeru

“… Sunny pushed Mari down the stairs of their home in the middle of a huge argument between them after he broke his violin.” She murmurs, tears starting to trickle down her face, cresting over the bridge of her nose and spilling onto the grass and dirt.

“Holy shit-“

“But… I… No matter what I do I just can’t think to be mad at him anymore.”

Beautiful morning with you

Itsuka, utaitai na

Beautiful morning with you

Kimi to hikari abite

“After I pushed Basil into a lake… Kicked off this whole mess of yesterday and today, I guess it made me realize how precious stuff is.”

“How do you mean?”

“That like… If Basil died right there… And Sunny with him? If he and Sunny drowned in the lake, even if I somehow ‘got away with it’, I’d… I don’t think I’d be able to live with myself.”

“…”

“When it happened I was so freaked out I couldn’t even move, let alone try to rescue him. My head twisted to all sorts of places, like, what should I do to get away if they both die. About how I’d have to run away from town, dye my hair a different color, get as far as I can and never look back.”

Sabishisa wa teguchi wo kae

“That’s… heavy.” Kim murmurs, finding it hard to bring herself to say anything else, but…

Maybe, in a moment like this, there’s nothing she could say. Nothing she could do, except be here in this moment to be someone Aubrey could talk to, reaching out in a moment of vulnerable affection to squeeze her close, one hand resting at the small of her back, and the other pressing against the back of her head, running her fingers through the girl’s hair…

Nando demo ai ni kuru

“So, I guess I get it now. Why he hid away in his home for so many years. Why he took so long to tell us until it exploded like that. Why they did something so… dumbfuck stupid like trying to make it look like Mari killed herself… I get it cause, I think I would’ve done the same thing if we weren’t lucky and had Hero there to save them both, and hating Sunny over it would make me a hypocrite.”

“And we both know how much you hate those…”

Kuru kedo

Futari ikudo to naku

“… I’m gonna try to be better than I was a few days ago. Better than I was a few years ago. Maybe this is just me trying to make excuses and wriggle my way out of the dumb stuff I’ve done but, I want to be there for them the way you were there for me. The way you and the others were, when I had nowhere else to go, so… Thanks Kim.”

“Heh… S’ what I’m here for Aubrey.”

Koko de unadzuite

The pair hold up their hands, and bump their fists in time with the song’s beat picking up, and just in time for-

“AH! There they are! Hahahaha, of course THE MAVERICK would know the right way-”

“Hey sis! Jeez, where were you two, we were wondering what happened!”

“Yeah! Did that smelly Kel and weird Mystery Boy with the knife do something to you after all?! I’ll give ‘em a dropkick that’ll send ‘em flying!”

“… sorry, t-that we weren’t there when… things went really bad…”

Furimuitari sinai

Sodatta ai ni!

Kizusuitatte ii nda

Mou

Modoranai

The Hooligans damn near bum rush the pair, dog piling on them both with muffled shouts in faux-protest as the group becomes a tangled mess of limbs, laughs, and little room for escape.

Beautiful morning with you!

Itsuka! Wakaritai na!

Beautiful morning with you

Bokura umarete kita koto!

“Hey, hey, Charlene brought some egg sandwiches from home that her mom made-” Angel grins at the top of the pile, resting on his side and supporting his head with his hand.

“M-mh… Um… I… had a feeling you missed breakfast again, so, I got worried… I was gonna bring them to the hospital but… when I called to ask where you were they said you were gone…” Charlene explains with her usual quiet voice, this time tinged with affection and worry as she… stands off to the side, feeling a bit too self conscious to dog pile but still holding both Kim and Aubrey’s hands.

“Yeah… After what happened with Basil by the lake and the stuff that went down at his place with him and the other guy, and that day you weren’t answering your door, all of us sorta got together and talked a bit…” Vance continued, directly hugging the pair of girls with a big, doofy grin.

“And of course, I, in my infinite wisdom as The Maverick made the wonderful declaration that we reaffirm our bond as the glorious, Hellacious Hooligans of Faraway Town! Our bonds of brother and sisterhood won’t be shaken like that again, this, I promise! What do you think ladies? Falling for me yet?~”

“shpk lke thhgh hhhhghnn nhhh whhll kll yu-”

“Hmmm? Say that again Aubrey?”

Vance shuffles off just enough to let the girls breathe again, the pair simultaneously sucking in a breath before shouting at the same time with big grins on their faces.

“”Speak like that again and we’ll kill ya!””

In the tackle-hugging dog pile rush, Kim’s headphones got unplugged, and the play button on the song got butt-pressed while it was auto based, but as the Maverick lets loose a yelp and topples off of the pile with only Charlene to catch him, with a laugh from the rest of the group, the rest of the song they were listening to finally gets to finish.

Promises like these might not always stand the test of time, Aubrey knew that for a fact. They can wither and fail and break and shatter in your hands faster than she can blink, but now…?

Beautiful morning with you

Itsuka, utaitai na

Beautiful morning with you

Kimi to hikari abite

Beautiful morning with you!

Isumo, kanjitai na!

Beautiful morning with you!!!

Kimi to, deaeta koto!

Now she kinda understands why Kel was so damn determined.

Even if it doesn’t last forever, even if it doesn’t work out, moments like this are worth fighting for.

She just wishes, in some part of her chest, that it hadn’t taken her so long to realize…

… … …

The hours pass, the sun raises as high as it can be before finally beginning its descent. The rest of Aubrey’s morning and afternoon was spent talking with her friends, practicing her bat swing on any random tree branches they could snap off and throw. Turns out Angel was nice enough to snag her bat for her on the way over too, and Bun-Bun…

Well, Charlene barely fit through the ladder hatch, but, Bun-Bun had a nice, temporary home at her place while Aubrey had to manage everything that happened last night and couldn’t go home to check on her and play with her. It’s a good thing she’s so gentle.

Against her better instincts, she uses her phone’s crappy, busted-ass camera to snag a picture here and there as they spend the day.

Angel and THE MAVERICK practicing dumb poses at each other, Charlene crouching nearby some flowers to see whether or not she wanted to pick them or leave them be to grow on their own, Vance and Kim getting into thumb wrestling matches to figure out how they’d split the last of their candy haul…

They were messy, unprofessional, usually badly focused, and the camera’s issues made it difficult as shit to call them anything close to “good”, but, they were hers…

And as the sun dredged low, and as the group had to split up to go back to their parents’ places for dinner time, that was good enough.

Kim and Aubrey are the last pair left alone once everything is said and done for the day, standing next to their respective rides as the distant laughs, jokes, and banter of the rest of the group echo out into the distance.

“… Hey Kim? ‘Fore I go… I just…”

“Yeah, Aubrey?”

“… Thanks. For spending time with me today. For the music and stuff too.”

“I had a feeling you forgot your headphones with everything that happened. Glad I turned out to be right!~”

“… Yeah…”

“Hey, one last thing before we split off for the day!”

“Huh- Eh?!”

With barely any time to react, Kim sweeps an arm around Aubrey, squeezing he close and tight while lifting her own phone up into the air, the relatively undamaged thing snapping a picture of Kim sticking her tongue out and Aubrey’s shocked, red faced blush at being hugged outta nowhere like that before Kim gives the barely taller girl a big squeezing hug, stuffing her phone into her pocket and damn near lifting Aubrey off the ground.

“Picture for picture, send me some of the stuff you tried to sneak pictures of!~ And... I’m not gonna make the same mistake of leavin’ you to deal with all that alone again, okay? I’m still not good at this kinda nerdy touchy feely feelings stuff, but…”

She pulls away, pushing up her glasses with one hand and scratching the back of her head with the other in an attempt to hide her blush at trying to throw up this kind of bravado outta nowhere-

“Th… The candy doesn’t taste right, if you’re not happy, or something!”

“… Kim that might be the cheesiest shit you’ve ever said in your life..”

“Hey-”

“But… Thank you. I think… I’ll be fine, just for now. If anything else comes up, I’ll tell you, okay? Right now, I gotta meet up with Kel and follow up with him on what we’re supposed to do next.”

“Best of luck with your mission, comrade.”

The pair smack their hands together for a firm high five before going their separate ways.

For now…

She had some god damn pizza to get, and a guy too lovably foolish to give up on people to share it with.

#omori #omori aubrey #aubrey focused #kim omori #spoilers #omori spoilers #omori good ending #omori good ending spoilers #what the fuck i've never written this much this consistently in a while why-#bonus points to whoever knows what the fuck they're listening to #but tbh googling lyrics is easy so #probably just like one point or some shit #fanfic #omori fanfic #hard to find the right words #chapter 2

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enbiart · 2 years

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cuddle pile!!

#im calling kel/aubrey/basil summer breeze now dont @ me #my art #omori #kel omori #omori kel #aubrey omori #omori aubrey #basil omori #omori basil #kelbrey #cactiflower #photobomb #summer breeze

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amerart · 7 years

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Divin/Rivi crossover story

Lost. The word rang in Divin’s ears, hung in the summer haze that surrounded him. At this point, he was too tired to panic, but the fact that he was lost still caused a twinge of discomfort.

The long-stemmed junegrass bent beneath his sneakers; everywhere he walked, clouds of tiny gnats rose up to meet him. The heat had risen considerably since he had set out that morning, but in true Killwin fashion Divin still wore his dark, iconic hoodie, holes in the pockets and patches sewn in the elbows.

His legs hurt, and he was feeling rather grouchy from missing lunch. The potato chips and trail mix had run out hours ago, and his water bottle was running dangerously low- he hadn’t seen a stream or creek for hours now.

Divin ran his hand through his thick, curly mop of hair, cursing it for being so adept at absorbing the sun’s heat and thus increasing his misery. He could hear his father’s voice in his head, pleading with him to wear a hat- he had refused, naturally. He wondered what the old man was doing right now. This late in the afternoon, he was probably out on the porch with a cool glass of applewater and a book. Paisely would be coming home from school right about now- what time was it anyway? With his pocketwatch buried somewhere in the bottom of his backback, he had no idea.

In every direction, as far as the eye could see, there was nothing but an amber-green sea of grass. Not a single bush, building, or wandering farmer- just miles and miles of gently waving blades. However, if he squinted hard, Divin could see a tiny patch of something dark green- trees, perhaps?

Whatever it was, it was bound to be infinitely better than slow roasting in this blistering heat. Divin set off down the hill, his sword clanking against his back. A gift from his father, it was nearly as long as he was tall. Again he heard his father’s voice insisting he take the sword with him, with a promise that he would grow into it someday- but for now, it was just one more piece of crap to drag around.

By the time Divin came within view of the trees, his hunger and thirst had reached a peak, and he was on the verge of passing out. However, as he approached, his despair only mounted- this was no familiar wood, and it seemed barely large enough to hold a few birds, much less any life-sustaining bodies of water. But he was desperate, and at this point he didn’t have much choice.

“Greetings, stranger.” Divin jumped as a pleasant, melodic voice reached his ears. He reached for his sword, but only succeeded in getting the blade a quarter of the way out of its sheath before it got stuck. He pushed it back and looked around.

“Um, greetings?”

“No need for weapons here.” The voice said, and Divin saw that it belonged to a young boy sitting with his back against an old pine at the edge of the trees.

“Could you help me out?” Divin said, then remembered his manners. “I mean, if it’s not too much trouble… I’m a little lost.”

The strange boy met his gaze, and he saw a round, kindly face bordered by rusty locks woven into a thick braid. His clothing was quaint and simple, nothing more than a faded brown blazer over a clean white shirt, and threadbare brown shorts. True to his word, he had no weapons to speak of, but he did have something far more interesting:

Jutting out of his back were two enormous, chocolate-covered wings, half-folded in a lazy, restful manner.

“You have wings!” Divin blurted out, then stopped himself. “Sorry… Didn’t mean to be rude I just… nevermind.”

The winged boy seemed unaffected by this comment, and smiled up at him. “Lost, you say?”

“Yeaaah…” Divin stuck his hands in his pockets. “And I kinda ran out of food and water.”

The boy patted the ground next to him, indicating that Divin should take a seat. “So nice to meet a fellow traveler. My name’s Rivi, by the way. Rivi Redwing.”

“Divin.” Divin replied, still not quite sure if he could trust what he was seeing. The boy seemed friendly enough, but those wings… After a few moments of deliberation, Divin made up his mind and joined him under the towering pine. The area beneath the tree was cool and shaded, and covered in a thick layer of clover and wildflowers. Fat, lazy bumblebees staggered from flower to flower; cicadas droned like a series of endlessly ringing telephones in the branches above them.

“Lucky for you, I was just about to have lunch.” Rivi said, pulling out two sandwiches and large canteen. “So, traveler, what brings a youngster like you around these parts?”

Divin bristled. “I’m twelve.”

Rivi’s face split into a grin. “As am I!” He offered up one of the sandwiches, then took a bite of his own. “Say, you’re not a wanderer, are you?”

Divin eyed both him and the sandwich.“What if I am?”

Rivi swallowed, and his smile grew even larger. “It’s the most noble occupation there is, if you ask me. Nobody to tell you what to do, or where to go, just you and the open road. Am I right?”

Divin nodded, and decided that Rivi didn’t really seem the type to give poisoned sandwiches to strangers. He tasted fresh herbs and some kind of unfamiliar crunchy meat; the flavor was gamey and foreign, but it wasn’t bad.

“I don’t suppose you have any maps or anything?” He asked.

“Never had any use for maps, myself.” Rivi said. “Remi didn’t use ‘em, and neither do I.”

Remi? Divin decided not to ask.

“I’ve been all over Amadok and I’ve never even heard of this place.” Divin said, brushing crumbs off his pants.

“Amadok.” Rivi let the word rest in his mouth like candy. “I’m not familiar with that region, I’m afraid.”

Divin stared at him. “Then we must be in Yaire, right?” He tried to ignore the fact that Yaire was a month’s journey at least, and he had been walking for less than a day.

Rivi finished his sandwich, and leaned back with his hands behind his head.

“You’re in Omori, my boy.”

Now it was Divin’s turn to chew on an unfamiliar word. “Omori? Where the heck is Omori? I don’t remember seeing that on any of the maps…” He felt the twinge of anxiety return.

Rivi picked a daisy, and watched idly as a tiny green caterpillar inched across it. “You people and your maps… Why not just run free for a while?” He paused, gazing off into the distance. “Remi once told me that being a wanderer is different from any other trade. There’s no end goal to what you’re doing- no finish line to cross, no final destination… The wind tells you where to go, and so you go, until it tells you to stop going.

Divin picked up the canteen and took a sip; the water was clear and sweet. “I mean, I’d totally do that if I could but… I kinda need to go home. My dad’s waiting for me. He doesn’t like it when I go on these trips but I just get this feeling, like I HAVE to go somewhere, and-”

“If you don’t go, your feet will just drag you up of their accord.” Rivi finished for him, chuckling a bit. “Remi said the same thing.”

They were both quiet for a minute, lulled into silence by the monotonous droning of a woodpecker, mingled with the eternal hum of an invisible army of insects. Above their heads the trees whispered to one another, given voices by a slight breeze.

“You and Remi must be really good friends.”

“We were, and we still are.” Rivi replied, his eyes half closed. “His spirit guides me each and every day to new places, that he never got a chance to see for himself.”

“I’m… sorry.” Divin replied, not sure what to say. He was no stranger to suffering himself, but he couldn’t imagine permanently losing his best friend. He thought of his wolf pup, Ripburger, and his friends back home, and for the first time since he had set out, he felt a pang of homesickness.

Rivi opened his eyes and stretched with renewed vigor. “So, tell me again where you’re from, and maybe I can help you on your way.”

“Um… I live in Surrin, Amadok, with my dad and my sister- though, he’s not REALLY my dad, and she’s not really my sister, because of all these alternate timelines and... “ Divin trailed off, realizing it probably wasn’t necessary to go into his entire life’s story. “Anyway, I’ve never even remotely heard of Omori, and I have no idea how I even got here.”

Rivi nodded, apparently understanding Divin’s rambling.

“Okay, I’m really sorry if I’m being rude, but I have to ask.” Divin blurted. “Are those real?” he pointed to Rivi’s wings.

“Oh yes, they’re real all right.” Rivi stood up slowly, and unfurled both his wings. They caught the light of the sinking sun, and in that golden hour, they looked as though they belonged to an angel in a cathedral, not this strange, soft, wandering boy. “Beautiful, aren’t they?”

Divin could only nod. Amadok had its wonders, but winged children were not one of them.

“Beautiful, but about as useful as a fish that can’t swim, to borrow a favorite phrase of Remi’s.”

“Useless?” Divin said, dismayed. He had been looking forward to a little display.

Rivi shrugged. “Let’s just say me and some of the local spirits aren’t on the best of terms.”

“I know how that is.” Divin agreed.

“Anyway, I suppose we better be finding you a way home then, eh?” Rivi reached into the pocket of his blazer, and pulled out a scrap of paper and a piece of charcoal. “I have a theory- I could be wrong, mind you, but it’s an idea

Divin leaned in, eager to see just what this grand idea might be.

“Seems to me you might have walked yourself right through a corridor.”

“A… what?”

“A walkway between worlds. Not exactly easy to just stumble across, but it does happen.”

“So how do I find this corridor thing again?”

The golden afternoon was turning a sort of peachy orange, as the sun set and the shadows lengthened. Divin played with a thread on the end of his sleeve, feeling antsy. The first crickets were tuning up, and birds called goodbyes to one another as they each headed to their respective nests for the night.

Rivi tapped the charcoal against the paper. “That’s the hard part. Now, can you tell me any of the landmarks you saw on the way?”

“There weren’t any!” Divin cried. “That’s why I got lost in the first place- there’s nothing but cheesecaking grass the whole way!”

Rivi remained cool and steady despite his outburst. “Okay…”

“Well, there was this ONE thing, a big rock, kinda shaped like a dog.” Divin admitted. “But I can’t remember if that was here, or back home in Amadok. Oh, and there was this weird old tree that someone carved a face into. Not a particularly good face either.” He added.

“I know that tree!” Rivi said. “It’s by that old burnt-out farmhouse!”

“Did you carve that face?” Divin asked, not sounding particularly pleased. The face on the tree had scared him senseless when he encountered it, and he still felt embarrassed even now.

“Maybe.” Rivi said cryptically. “Anyway, so I think I’ve figured out what you need to do.” He scribbled something on the paper, rubbed it out with his thumb, and then rewrote it.

“Walk back the way you came…”

All the way? Divin grumbled to himself.

“And when you reach the farmhouse, there’ll be a big, flat-topped rock there. What you need to do is stand in the center of it, and then…” Rivi handed him the scrap of paper.

“I am NOT doing that!” Divin said, upon examination of its contents.

Rivi shrugged. “You’re welcome to stay here then.”

Divin fidgeted and glared at the paper, indecision lining his face. Should he spend the night in a strange,dangerous country, or embarrass the heck out of himself?

“You should go home.” Rivi said softly. “Or your dad’s going to worry.”

“He worries about EVERYTHING.” Divin muttered. “I can’t even leave the house without getting a lecture.”

“He must love you a lot, then.”

Divin huffed. “I guess.” The paper had stained his fingers an ashy black from gripping it so hard.

“It won’t be so bad.” Rivi soothed. “Nobody will see you.”

“You sure?”

“Positive. You best be on your way now, before the night finds you…I’d walk you there myself but…” Rivi smiled softly and gestured to the woods. “A certain spirit and I are due for our evening conversation.”

Divin nodded and gave him a small, awkward smile back. He hadn’t made a new friend in a long time, and the thought was both comforting and bewildering to him.

“Do you think we’ll meet again, sometime?” He asked.

Somewhere above their heads, an owl let out a shrill, drawn-out cry.

“Perhaps.” Rivi said. “If the wind wills it to be so.” He stood up. “If not, well…” He stuck out his hand in an unfamiliar gesture, and Divin shook it, unsure of what else he was suppose to do.

“May Remi’s spirit guide you, as it has guided me. Travel safely, my friend.”

Divin nodded. They stood there a moment longer, then he was off. He looked back, to see Rivi waving after him; when he looked again, he had vanished.

Divin looked at the paper in his hand, then at the road ahead. Boy was he going to have a story to tell when he got home…

Home. The thought had never been more comforting.

#crossover w/ my two favorite children #don't tell the others plz #short fiction #short story #fantasy #I guess??#I never know how to classify these sorts of stories #Divin Killwin #Rivi Redwing #almantica #amadok

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