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Miracle of Chu Chapter 1: The Rise of the Indigo and Purple

Sig finds the Peacock Miraculous and makes a bug friend, things go downhill from there and a Moth heroine is born. AU: @greenysoliatre and @camirazone

Sig let out a yawn. This has been a tiring day and all he did was look to see if there's any new bugs he can find, being the season of summer with the cold being away bugs will come out and play but so far he had very little success.

Before he could call it a day and take a break, a shine of blue stopped him in these tracks.

Coming from his bug catcher net..

Wait, when did that get on his net?

To his disappointment, it was not a bug but a blue broach shaped like five segments of peacock feathers and a black teardrop at the bottom centre.

But at least it looked cool, it was blue and Sig liked the colour blue as it was the colour of the sky and the ocean. With no second of hesitation, he puts it on after taking it out and is met with a bright blue light causing him to shut his eyes to prevent them from being blinded.

As it subsided, a high pitched voice chimed "Hello~!"

Eyes now opened, floating before Sig was a deep blue creature resembling a peacock looking at him with a curious smile.

"Are you the one who found me?"

"Uhh.. I guess I did." The only response he can think of at this point.

Meanwhile in Primp Magic School, class was starting and everyone was present apart from one.

"Umm.. where's Sig?" Lidelle piped up as she took notice there was no sign of him anywhere. It really didn't take a detective to know where he went as everyone knew the answer.

"He's probably still doing his bug hunting. Surely he'll be back..?" Amitie responded with her hopes up. Sig has gotten a bit better keeping track of time, what's wrong with being a little late?

"Maybe one of us should go get him?" Carmen asked. "It's possible he might have fell asleep."

"Don't bother wasting your time, if he's absent from class, that's on him." Klug scoffed as he paid no attention to the disapproving scowl from the others.

Raffina found herself pulling a face at the notion that she does agree with his point.

"Maybe after school one of us could check up on him in case~" The gentle giant known as Tarutaru suggested but before anyone can reply, their one and only teacher Professor Accord arrives

"Hello, children, I hope you enjoyed your break because we have a pop quiz coming up." She greeted as she does an attendance count, everyone was here apart from Sig. Oh dear, she hoped he was alright. Marking him off as absent, Accord made a mental note to speak to him first thing tomorrow if he does make it. "Now time for the pop quiz~"

Back to Sig who couldn't really understand the little bird thing who introduced himself as the Kwa.. me? Kwami of Emotion, Duusu as the name of the bird was trying to tell him as they were panicking kind of like Amitie really when she stresses out. "There's something gone amiss and I really need your help, Sig! Please this is urgent!"

"What's gone a miss though?" All Sig could respond as this sounded too vague for him to understand.

"That's what I'm trying to find out but I can't do this alone, please help!"

"Okay, but how?"

Duusu then proceeded to go on ramble: "Well as I said before I am the Kwami of Emotion. I bestow powers to whoever wears my pin and turn them into a peacock themed superhero! The said power is to manifest people's emotions into creatures known as Sentimonsters."

Senti.. monsters? Sig suddenly became intrigued. "So I could make any creature as long as it's based on people's feelings? Even mine?"

"Yes, yes! But now's not the time! We need to start!" The Kwami of Emotion says flapping their arms frantically. "In order to transform, you just need to say "Duusu, Spread my feathers!" and if you want to detransform you say "Fall my feathers." Can you do that for me?"

Sig still confused as ever decided to go with what he has been given. "Okay.. uhhh..."

May as well give it a shot. "Duusu, spread my feathers, I guess."

And just like that the magic of the Miraculous began to do it's work as Duusu disappeared into the peacock pin and Sig felt an odd power surge through him. It felt great but at the same time so strange. In a sudden flash, he took a look at a nearby pond to see that his hair changed into midnight as his usual outfit transformed into a dark indigo jumpsuit with a blue tailcoat adorned with light magenta buttons and a five pointed tail resembling that of a peacock and dark blue gloves. The hood over his head having a feather straps with a magenta center on each side with three blue feathers. His blue and green running shoes were now high boots, the skin also dull indigo and finally his mismatches eyes came in two different shades of magenta.

With all this blue he's wearing the only superhero name he can think of is Sapphirus like his spell Sapphire.

He wasn't sure how to feel about this new look nor on what to do next. A hand fan that somehow appeared in his hands started glowing, more specifically the feathers on the fan did, giving him a hint on what to do. So on instinct, he plucks a feather.

With a clenched hand, the feeling of confusion turns the feather into blue and flings itself onto the butterfly net.

A dark blob appears taking the shape of an oddly shaped beetle three times his height. Sig couldn't help but take a moment to cheer as he made a new bug friend but the celebration was cut short as the beetle charges at him. On instinct he dodges out of the way and watches his new found bug friend running around the Nahe Woods prompting Sapphirus to give chase, leaving behind the net in the process.

"Wait, bug friend! Come back!" He called out hand reached out as he ran after his first creation. By the time he caught up the large beetle was ready to change at him again.

How can he make it stop?

Maybe a Puyo battle could calm it down-

Wait.. what's that beeping sound?

And suddenly in a flash, Sapphirus' form was reverted back into Sig who only had a second to react and catch the exhausted Duusu in his hands.

Wait what just happened?

"Ah, Sig! Incoming!!" The Kwami screamed as beetle charged causing the bug enthusiast to dodge the attack barely as he ended up flopping on the ground, Duusu encased on his hands in front of his head safely. Having the sudden lack of energy to get up, all Sig could do was watch as the beetle went on its way.

"Oh right, your Miraculous has a timer of five minutes anytime you use your powers and it turns you back after it hits zero.. oops." Duusu says sheepishly, slightly as they turn around to see that their holder isn't getting up.

"Coulda told me this sooner..." Sig drawled as the feeling of sleep takes over and the last thing he heard was his new friend crying out in confusion as he began to pass out.

Somewhere the town square of the resident shop where you can buy almost anything at your convenience run by the one and only Oshare Bones, the dapper skeleton, the door bell chimes indicating a customer has arrived. "Hello, Mr. Oshare!"

Hello, Carmen~!" Oshare Bones greeted as Carmen walked in to take a look at what she was looking to buy. "Just came back from school?"

"Hmm mmm, we had a pop quiz." She looked around the shop to see anything she could buy.

A couple of flower seed packs were a must have on her mental list. Mama mentioned she needed some to grow more Tulips as they were getting sold fast. Also some Hibiscus flowers sound nice to grow, it's the season after all.

After a few minutes of deciding what she wants, she places her would be purchases on the counter and gets ready to pay.

Before the platinum blonde knew it, her eyes caught a glimmer belonging to a small deep purple broach with a silver lining resembling a butterfly of some sort in a plain black wooden box sitting by the counter.

It was memorising as if it was calling out to her. "Oh hoo! Found something else to purchase as well? Carmen?"

Carmen snapped out of her trance and looked at the shop keeper and points at the broach.

"Oh that's just a broach I found while I was on a stroll, I thought it looked cool at first but it looked so UGLY when I brought it in so may as well put it up for sale."

For only a couple of silver coins? Aren't jewellery usually a bit more expensive than that? Carmen wanted to say aloud but choose to say something else. "Could I buy it then?"

"Buy all means, you're doing me a favour getting rid of the drab. That would be two silver coins."

And just like that Carmen handed the coins in favour of the butterfly looking jewellery with a thank you and took off. Oshare was kind enough to call her back in for the other items make her purchase to her relief and embarrassment.

While making her way back home, she couldn't help but stare at the box with fascination, it wasn't everyday Carmen would make such an impulsive purchase as she did, as she was taught better than that by her mothers, the importance of planning on what to buy, difference between a want and a need though a bit of self indulgence didn't hurt but it was rather fortunate it costed her a couple of silver coins.

What isn't fortunate however is that the lack of attention towards her surroundings had the winged student bumping into something causing her to stumble back, nearly dropping the box in the process and bringing her back to reality.

"Sorry-!" She began to apologise looking up and sees a rather shiny looking surface.. odd. She could see her reflection on there, kind of.. Taking a second to pat the surface with her hand, it felt smooth now where did she see and felt this before..?

Steps back and eyes went wide with astonishment, a giant sized beetle?! In the town square?! And why does she feel like she's in danger all of a sudden?

The massive beetle began to move causing her to jolt and make a dash for it only for the creature come at her with a charge with an alarming speed causing her to let out a scream in terror as she tries to outrun it but alas she throws herself to the floor to dodge it. Getting up with her heart feeling like it was burst out of her ribcage, Carmen sits up to see the beetle running around the square, she wasted no time running back home before it sees her, opening the door and shutting with a loud slam slipping to the floor with her back pressed again the door and hand clutching the box to her chest, gasping to regain her breath.

Thankfully Mama was there to see her though it took a while for the girl to explain as she went nonverbal and needed to calm down, eventually telling her mother about this large beetle attacking the town square, Carmen was advised to stay home until it's sorted out. Fleeing to her room, she plops on her bed to bury her face into the soft pillows for a second before looking at the broach one last time, as she opens the box once more and suddenly the broach began to shimmer and a small orb of purple light appeared out of it causing her to reel back into her pillows flinch at the sudden brightness as she watches the ball of light manifest into a small lavender creature with butterfly wings that have a long tail with a tip at the end of each lower wing and large dark purple eyes with a swirl of the matching colour on his forehead.

Doing a small polite bow, the creature begins to speak. "Hello, my name is Nooroo, the Kwami of Transmission. I know this must be overwhelming for you since we just met but I need your help!"

Carmen stay sunk into the pillows gasp and covering her mouth with surprise and adoration. He looked adorable! Wait.. what? Looking around a flock of glowing white butterflies made their acquaintance in her room, did they come from Nooroo?

She sits up properly and flaps her hands as Nooroo continued to ramble. "Wait, wait please slow down! What is it you need my help with?"

"Ah, sorry! It's just that it's very urgent. A great threat is here in Primp and it needs to be stopped before it could get worse. The Miraculous you're holding grants you the power to transform into a superhero."

"The miraculous.. the broach?"

Nooroo nods patiently as he watches Carmen take the time to process what he's saying to her and make a decision.

She stares at him before looking at the broach. A threat in Primp..? It had to be the large beetle creature that's attacking the town square maybe she can use the miraculous to stop it. But.. Did she really deserve the right to be called a superhero? After all she did buy the miraculous instead of earning it. She looked down away from the broach upon thinking about it.

But Nooroo needs her help. She'll just have to put in the hard work to make up for that, looking back at the miraculous then clutching it with eyes back at the lilac kwami, eyes hardened with resolve. "I'll do it, what should I do?"

Nooroo beams with delight at this and answers all of the questions she had in great gusto. Putting on the miraculous and standing up away from her bed, Carmen learns that she can create butterflies that can allow her to choose a champion to bestow a superpower onto based on their emotional state to aid her in combat and in order to transform she just needs to say;

"Nooroo, Wings Rise!"

She felt such power coursing through her as the glowing butterflies danced around her with purple light and Nooroo disappearing into the Miraculous. Carmen took a moment to look at the new change of appearance. A dark purple and indigo dress with the skirt resembling that of a butterfly wings and the fluffy top and collar kind of like a moth. The legs being indigo and periwinkle with purple heeled boots and matching gloves that reach up to near her shoulders. Her ponytail was now split into two braids and a large purple fancy hat with two feathers can be felt on her head and course a mask on her face.

Her wings feels different as well.. turning her head to see, what was once sparrow wings now turned into that of a butterfly or a moth, it was hard to see really. Nooroo mentioned having a superhero name. She sits down to think of one, it had to be good. Something memorable, something that feels right..

Butterfly and moth.. Sig some time ago mentioned an order of butterflies and moths but the name escapes her.. Taking a moment to find the notebook dedicated to his bug ramblings which the platinum blonde took a moment to look for, she searched to see if she still had that information written down.

Aha! There it is! She smiles with satisfaction. Lepidoptera.

She will be called Lepidoptera henceforth.

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teaspoonofdragons · 1 year

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A Claire's and a Hot Topic Walk Into a Bar (They Leave Immediately Because They're Both Underage)

Summary: The new kid's all sorts of confusing, to Amitie. They're perfectly capable of a normal conversation, hell, he's even usually rather nice, if a little prone to spacing out and, incidentally, ignoring people. But he's also got a tendency to start fights, and he's always trying to goad Amitie into one. She can't understand why he's sending her all these mixed signals-

-And he just can't understand why she won't play with him.

(made for the au in this post)

Characters: Red!Sig, Amitie, Raffina, Klug, Arle Nadja(mentioned)

Warnings: Swearing, implied past bullying and manipulation, miscommunication

Word count: 3321

Amitie's not completely sure she believes Raffina when she claims that Sig's not really all that mean. She trusts her friend's judgement, of course! It's just, well, personal experience claims otherwise.

By no means does she hate him! Amitie finds it... Difficult, to really find enough anger towards any one person to hate anyone. But he sends her an awful lot of mixed messages and she feels like he's toying with her at this point.

He's plenty nice- when he feels like it. It's not like Raffina where all her insults are made either in jest or because she's trying to get her to do... whatever rivals are supposed to do. He'll be nice, and then he'll get mean, and then he'll ask her if she "wants to take this outside," and Amitie's dumb but she's not stupid. She knows he's looking for a fight.

And she'll tell him no, thanks, they can Puyo battle inside just fine, and he'll grumble because that's not the kind of fight he wanted, but he'll do it anyways. If nothing else, he calms down a little afterward whether he wins or loses, but he still seems irritated over something regardless.

Well, admittedly, she's pretty sure that's just his face. Even when he's doing something he actively enjoys he manages to look a little annoyed. So, she can't actually be too sure on that front.

Either way! Would it kill the guy to be a little consistent?

Raffina doesn't seem to see the issue. Amitie's seen them trading blows- physically, not with words or Puyo- but they seem to be on friendly terms. More than that, really. If Raffina doesn't sit with Amitie over lunch she's sitting with Sig, and if Amitie ever wants to know something about him but doesn't want to go through the hassle of asking him to face, well, Raffina will probably do just as well.

She has learned through this method many things. Primarily that despite his very... Red appearance, he's actually rather fond of the color blue. Who'd have thought?

Arle doesn't really see the problem either. Says he's just got an "interesting" way of making friends.

Yeah, interesting is certainly a word choice alright. Amitie can't see what either of them see in him.

"What's the deal with you two anyways," Raffina asks.

"He's mean! I swear, he has it out for me!"

"He's no worse than Klug."

"Yeah, but Klug's not good at it," Amitie counters. "He usually just comes off as silly."

"And Sig is?"

When they'd first met, and Amitie had come with her boundless excitement to say hi to the new kid and introduce herself to him, he'd given her a quick once-over and asked, after she'd finished talking, if she was the reincarnation of a Claire's.

As in the store, Claire's.

And wow, that should not have hurt as much as it did, but Amitie had never felt more shot down before in her life. She tells Raffina this much, and to her dismay Raffina laughs.

"I'm so sorry," she squeaks between laughter, "you're right, that's so cruel. I'm going to have to give him a stern talking to, next we meet."

Amitie groans, looking up at the sky. After a moment Raffina manages to add, "You two could be an item. Claire's and Hot Topic."

The look of complete and utter dismay Amitie shoots her sends Raffina into another giggling fit, and Amitie is so upset by her statement that she demands a Puyo battle. Raffina loses because she keeps breaking concentration and laughing again, and Amitie can no longer show her face around her for the rest of the day, she decides.

Sig's back and forth indecision over whether to be nice to Amitie or to attempt demolishing her in a fight comes to a head on a really, really bad day for Amitie. It's not uncommon for her to wake up late, but she also forgot her homework, and her lunch, and worst of all they were practicing aiming their magic. Most of the time this was generally all good fun, a break from the monotony of normal, boring schoolwork, but not today.

Not for Amitie, who was already in a pretty piss-poor mood, who can't aim for shit, and who has a gnat in her ear goading her for every shot she manages to fire 2 feet away from the intended target.

"I'm sure Glasses would let you borrow his spectacles if you asked," Sig passively throws at her before muttering "cardinal," at his own target.

Amitie huffs and doesn't answer him. She fires off another shot- how the hell did she get it to land there?

"Careful," Sig drones, "you might hit The Tower."

Amitie has to think about that one for a second, but she does come to the correct conclusion that the joke is that The Tower is quite literally opposite of where they're currently aiming. She growls under her breath this time, and tries again. She actually gets a bullseye, and she points at Sig with a "ha!"

He lets out a low whistle. "Wow," he drawls.

Amitie can't tell if it's sarcastic. Everything sounds sarcastic coming from him.

Nothing else is said between the two of them for a few more spells, but then just as Amitie casts one-

"Miss."

And miss she does. She cringes as she watches her flare only barely singe the edge of the target. She buries her face in her hands for a second, then turns to face Sig.

"What is your problem!"

"I've got a few. Like, my arm's always too warm and it's really annoying."

"That's not what I'm talking about, and you know it!"

He tilts his head at her like he doesn't know, actually.

"Quit insulting me!" She demands. "You're not helping!"

"'M not supposed to be."

"Well you could at least not make it worse!"

"What're you gonna do?" He bares teeth and raises his right arm, flexing his clawed fingers at her. "You gonna cry about it?"

"I might!!"

"Oh."

He lowers his hand with a frown. "Well, maybe, you'd feel better about it. If we fought."

Amitie groans. "I'm not going to fight you! I'm not going to get detention because you're being incomprehensible!"

He stares at her.

"Incorporeal!"

She is met with further silence. She sighs, turns around, and calmly asks the classmate on the other side of her, "Klug, what's the word for when someone's being stubborn, and it starts with 'in,' and has a c and an r in it, I think?"

Klug blinks at her and thinks for a moment. "Incorrigible?"

Amitie turns back to Sig and gestures to Klug. "That!"

Sig opens his mouth.

"Shut up!" Amitie interrupts. "No! No, I'm not gonna let you walk all over me anymore! Stop talking and leave me alone!"

He lets it click shut again. They stare at each other for a tense few seconds.

And then he leaves.

Just up and walks off the school grounds entirely. Of course, Klug being Klug, he shouts after Sig, and when the other doesn't turn around he tells Ms. Accord he's gone off to who knows where. She says she'll take care of it, and Amitie doesn't see him for the rest of the day.

Or the next.

He does come the day after that, and he very resolutely does not talk to her. Refuses to look in her direction, even. Amitie doesn't say anything to him either, except for some reason his silence is giving her anxiety. Maybe he's just trying to give her space after her outburst.

A lot of it.

Multiple days' worth.

Okay. Okay now she's definitely more than a little bit anxious.

She knows, realistically, she should be overjoyed! He's finally leaving her alone! But those few times that she manages to catch his eye he's quick to look away and he always looks...

Sad. Dejected? She's not sure. It's hard to read his expression on a good day, let alone when he's clearly having a bad one. Or, many. But he sure doesn't look like his normal, slightly-annoyed-by-everything self.

She's watching him eat from the far side of the school grounds, which is probably really weird and she'd be super embarrassed if he caught her, but she can't help it.

"You'd think you're worried about him or something," Raffina points out, checking out her nails in faux-disinterest.

"Is he okay?" Amitie blurts out.

Raffina snorts, lowering her hand and bringing her gaze to Amitie's. "No."

Amitie watches him flump forward onto the dirt. Now the only thing she can really see of him is a mass of varying shades of red and two little horns poking out from it. She frowns.

"I mean- I know I was a little harsh," Amitie mumbles sheepishly, and Raffina looks at her like harsh isn't the word she'd use but she remains quiet, "but it wasn't that bad, right?"

Raffina sighs, turning her eyes toward the sky. "Normally, I'd say it couldn't even be considered bad in the first place. But for him, it was bad enough."

"You'd think someone as nonchalant as he is wouldn't be bothered by it..." Amitie grumbles.

"Yes, well, from you, it meant something."

"Why?"

Raffina blinks and goes quiet. "I think... Perhaps that's something you should ask him yourself."

Amitie looks a little horrified at the idea but she knows if Raffina won't tell her the first time she's not going to spill at all, unless maybe she bribes her. She swallows, and resolutely stands up. Right. Okay. She's going to figure this out one way, or another. And by that, she means only one way, actually.

Sig has found that fighting someone is one of the best ways to get to know them.

That's what the kids at his old school would tell him, anyways, and they were right. After his right arm and eye had turned red and he'd started inexplicably growing horns under his mess of hair, he'd gotten a lot more friends.

A lot more bruises, too. A broken nose, once.

They were a little on the aggressive side, sure, but he'd found that at some point he'd started matching them in temperament. He's not sure when that happened.

He's not sure why his parents decided to move him to a different school, either. He'd spent so long without any friends and of course, it's only when people actually start playing with him that his parents decide to move. Go figure, huh.

But he's got new friends here, at Primp. Not as many, and they act a little differently, but they're friends regardless.

Raffina was very, very easy to make friends with. He knows a lot about her. She's confident, practiced, she knows what she's doing- it's not the kind of practice where she learned everything on the fly and has been working on it since, like Sig, it's the kind that's purposeful.

She's also hotheaded, though, and prone to making more mistakes if she thinks she's losing. This carries through most of the things she does, her competitiveness a constant in her personality.

Arle's another one he made pretty quick friends with. She's a little on the looser side, more in it for the fun than the glory. But sometimes, when she's cornered, she's like a wild animal. Unpredictable. Violent. She's been in tight spots before, and it's clear how she got out of them.

(She apologized for the burn on his arm, and he waved her off and said if it was anything like the others it'd go away within the day. She didn't ask what that meant.)

He tried to be friends with Klug. He seems fun. Unfortunately, while Sig had managed to convince him to take an argument to the back of the school, when he lifted his fist to throw the first punch Klug flinched and screamed and curled up on the ground.

It wasn't even his right hand. He was using his normal human one to test the waters. Unfortunately, it seems these particular waters have the depth of a puddle. Shame.

Amitie, though. He can't understand Amitie. He's not very good at reading people as it is, but she's sending him so many mixed signals and he can't seem to interpret them correctly. She follows through with the lead up just fine, huffing and puffing the whole way through, but then he tries to actually play with her and she always refuses, and she's absolutely unbending in this decision. She'll Puyo battle with him, but it's not quite the same.

He guesses he's learned some things about her that way. She's smarter than she acts, and than other people tend to make her out to be. She's just smart in a very particular area. But she's prone to picking at her own mistakes. She notices one, and the entire thing breaks down.

And, yeah, that's pretty significant. But he bets he'd learn more if she really fought him. She was the first person to really approach him, to say hi rather than lean over to her friends and ask "what's wrong with his arm?" Of course he'd want to get to know her.

"You could always just tell her you want to be friends," Raffina'd suggested to him. "That might be, I don't know, easier?"

And yeah, he could. But that's not being close. That's just saying "let's be friends." That's not genuine- there's something different, something vulnerable about biting without bark. Bits and pieces of the other person bleed through. He wonders what Raffina and Arle see, when they play with him.

The way they play feels different from the way his friends at his old school do. They're not gentler on him, necessarily, but it hurts way less. He wants to know if Amitie is the same.

But he could never tell if she felt that way too.

Guess he has his answer now.

He's laying in the grass and watching ants crawl towards the food he'd lain down for them. He couldn't stomach it. Why waste it when he could feed a colony for days.

He hears someone approach, but he doesn't bother looking up. They stop not even a full foot behind him, and seem to shift a little awkwardly.

"... Sig?"

He looks up to glare at Amitie (he doesn't even mean to glare, that's just how he looks), but it doesn't last long. He decides craning his neck over his shoulder like that is too much work, so he lets it drop back onto the grass and tracks an ant grabbing a crumb of his lain down food.

"Sig," she tries again, slowly sitting down next to him. He huffs, flipping over on his side to face her all the way. Despite this, he still doesn't really look at her. She fidgets, trying to figure out what to say, and then settles for, "Are you... Okay...?"

He looks up at her with a look she can't really decipher, and this time she's the one directing her gaze away. "Um. Yeah. I guess that's kind of a dumb question," she laughs nervously. She looks down at him again. "But, um, could I ask what it is? That's bothering you, I mean."

He lets the question permeate a little and then responds, "Why would you tell me to leave you alone if you were just gonna come over n' talk to me yourself."

"So it is that," Amitie mumbles. Sig brings his focus to the grass. Wow. It sure is green, down here.

"Why would that bother you, though?" She asks, and when he stays silent she continues, "I mean, you're all! Bitey, and snappy and bored by everything all the time, and I know I should probably be glad you're not talking to me anymore," she watches his expression change again, and this time she can take a guess at what it is.

Hurt. She cringes at the thought.

She takes a breath and keeps going. "But now you're being all weird about it so what-" she furrows her brows, watching him curl his fingers into a fist and pull out a few blades of grass. "What changed?"

"Nothing," he responds, honestly. "Nothing changed. You just..." His eyes unfocus and his tone goes distant, "You just never want to play with me."

Wah-huh?

"I never what?"

"You never play with me," he repeats. "You act like you might, maybe, but whenever I ask you to you always say no."

"Wait wait wait, back up. Fighting... Is playing to you?"

His attention snaps back to her. "Is it not for you?"

"No! No," Amitie denies, "I mean, Puyo battles are totally normal, but fighting? Why would you want to do that?"

He rolls onto his back, staring up at the sky. "Wanna be close to you."

WAH-HUH x2?

"I want to get to know you," he admits, closing his eyes, "I've never been good at talking. It's easier to understand a fight."

Amitie's not completely sure she really gets that feeling. She doesn't really know how fighting someone would help you understand them better.

"But, I mean, I get it," Sig murmers, keeping his eyes shut. "I get it if you don't wanna be friends with me. Freak, n' all."

"NononoNONONO!" Amitie exclaims, quieting down when Sig looks up at her with a squint. "That's not it. It's not- I don't- I thought you hated me!"

He scowls at her, which very much contradicts his next statement of, "I don't hate you."

She chooses to believe his words, instead of his face. "So, then, you- you were just-!"

She buries her face into her hands and screams. "Ohhhhhh my god. Oh my god, I'm so sorry!"

Sig sits up in a lackadaisical manner, but he keeps his attention on her.

"This entire time I thought you were just being a, a uh," she snaps her fingers a few times. "What's a word Arle would use?"

"Asshole."

"An asshole!" She nods. "But that's just how you play? You were trying to play with me? Because you wanted to be friends?!"

He blinks at her. "Yeah," he responds. He sounds irritated, but Amitie chooses to ignore it.

"Ohhhhhh nooooo," she whines, and now she's the one laying on her back. "I'm sorry! Oh my god, and I hurt you! You just wanted to be friends, and I hurt you!"

"'S fine," he mutters, "You didn't know. Sorry for... Not communicating. Or whatever."

Amitie grumbles about how that's probably not a healthy way to form relationships and they should discuss this later. She sits up and gives him an awkward smile. "Can we start over? Please?"

Sig tilts his head at her. "Uh. Sure?"

Her smile brightens and she excitedly throws her hand out. "Hiya! My name's Amitie I heard we were getting a new kid are you the new kid? You look like the new kid I've never seen you before you look super cool is your hair dyed or is it just like that sorry I'm talking so much I should let you go huh so what's your name?"

Wow. Did she seriously memorize that entire run-off? He looks her up and down, then smirks. "Are you the reincarnation of a Claire's?"

She punches his shoulder with a disbelieving laugh and an indignant "Sig!" then responds, "No, but I get my earrings from there!"

Further off, Raffina watches the two laugh with a feeling of relief. Finally, that's one headache removed.

Unfortunately for her she pretty soon realizes that this would merely cause a different headache to later form. But it's better than Amitie complaining about Sig's hot and cold demeanor, and Sig moping about how Amitie, who definitely wants to be friends with him, doesn't want to be friends with him. Honestly, as long as they're not going back to that? Raffina thinks she can deal with this particular headache.

#puyo puyo #fanfic #sig puyo puyo #amitie puyo puyo #raffina puyo puyo #klug #arle nadja #Cherry's the Favorite (Cause Blue Raspberry is Fake as Hell)#< That's the tag I'm using for my version of this au #long? yes #but it won't get mixed up with anything

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peefartress2 · 10 months

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puyo one shot - the magic school bus?!

“Seatbelts, everyone!” Ms. Accord announced cheerfully, eyes glinting beneath her glasses. Her purple-hued hair bounced around her like a cloud as she gracefully settled down into the driver’s seat of the bus.

“What’s a seatbelt…?” Sig murmured in response, while the class filed into the bus.

“It’s a safety device for the bus.” Lemres answered calmly, but Sig ignored him.

“What’s a bus?!” Amitie bursted frantically, having never seen such a contraption before. She froze at the doorway to the bus, holding up the line.

“Well obviously it’s uh- and uh, well. A vehicle. That will.. help us on our field trip.” Klug struggled to explain something he as well didn’t understand much to hurry Amitie along. “Not dangerous at all!”

“Somehow I doubt that.” Feli added eeriely, who had shuffled her way to the back of the bus. Lemres was chaperoning, so she tagged along of course. “It isn’t the future, but the past that tells me we should be wary of things that have happened here before.”

“As valued as your input is, I don’t believe there’s anything to worry about with Lemres here.” Klug remarked snarkily; but as he looked around; Amitie clamoring over how the bus felt alive and Raffina jolting away after spotting a bug on Sig, he started to think maybe at least one thing could go wrong on this field trip. (That one worry began to snowball into much, much more) Only Lidelle and Tartar quietly sat in the back row next to Feli and Lemres- Raffina intended to sit alone, but recoiled in disapproval as Amitie plopped down right beside her.

That left Klug next to Sig, which would be tolerable enough. He was quiet, definitely, unlike Raffina and Feli (his vicious rivals) or Amitie (mildly annoying friend). Lidelle would get scared the moment he raised his voice slightly, and Tartar could be oblivious at times. So sitting with Sig wasn’t that bad.

…Still.

Klug clasped his hands together, praying to the Will of the Worlds that be. “Please let this be a normal field trip.”

Amitie’s head popping up from behind startled Klug and made him jump. “With Mrs. Accord?”

“NO WAY!”

#think of this like.. a light novel magic school bus parody lmao #cookie crumbles #puyo puyo #puyo fic #my writing #one shot

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solplparty · 1 year

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[Raffina] - 샷샷샷(Shot Shot Shot!) Official Audio https://youtu.be/qveKNHpEnng 우리는 경계에 익숙하다. 사랑이라는 것은 무엇일까. 사랑의 대척점에 있는 것은 무엇일까. 마음을 느낄 수 있다는 것, 보이지 않지만 알 수 있다는 것. 너와 나는 '우리'라는 테두리 안에 있다. 함께이자 타인인 우리는 서로 어떠한 인연의 고리로 이어져 있을까. 사랑은 고통을 필수적으로 수반한다. 다시 처음으로 돌아가 모든 것을 똑같이 겪는다 하더라도 기꺼이 그 고통을 수긍할 수 있는 마음은 그저 사랑에 대한 허무한 환상일 뿐일까. 사랑의 정의는 모호하지만, 마음은 ��렷하다. 설상 그 마음이 찰나의 화학 놀이 일지라도. 타인이기도 하고 나이기도 한 사랑은 각기 다른 세상의 문을 여는 허용의 열쇠일까 혹은 함께 만들어가는 그 세계 자체일까. 총알처럼 파고드는 감정의 고리는 어떻게 이어져 있을까. 그렇게 너의 세계와 나의 세계가 새로운 하나가 되기를, 그리고 다른 둘이 되기를 동시에 바랐다. 노래가 흐르며 12분의 짧은 고전 'How do you know it's love?'의 대사가 음악 끝에 삽입되어있다. 화자가 나누는 대사를 통해 우리는 어른스럽고 고상한 사랑에 닿는 것보다 지금 당장 더 사랑해야 한다는 것을 깨닫는다. 함께 시간을 향유하며 타인에 대해 눈을 감고 같이 생각할 수 있는 여유가 생길 때, 우리는 비로소 엄마의 자궁 속에서 느꼈던 일체감과 같은 사랑의 따뜻한 여운을 다시 경험할 수 있지 않을까. 또다시 총알에 맞았다. 대중적 암시에 의해 더 많이 생산하고 더 많이 소비하는 것이 목적이 되어버린 이 사회에서, 총알이 다시 격렬하게 내 심장을 파고들며 내 삶을 송두리째 뒤흔들어 놓을지라도. 더 이상 사랑이 보이지 않는 오늘날, 총알을 순전히 받아들일 용기를 내어본다. 빵야 음원듣기: https://linktr.ee/newrubymusic #라피나#샷샷샷 RUBYTUBE

#Ruby Records #루비레코드 #소속사 #Label #레이블 #YouTube

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neoneun-au · 1 year

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Post the first 10 songs that come up when shuffling your Spotify Wrapped!!

tagged by @twogyuu (thank you i love these ;A;)

lullaby - woodz (my alarm clock most mornings LOL)

do or not - pentagon

bittersweet (radio edit) - lianne la havas

crazy in love - seventeen

drunk-dazed - enhypen

we'll never have sex - leith ross

original - onf

shot shot shot! - raffina (this was such an underrated release. mv is very good)

pinky star (run) - gwsn (my girls ;A; i hope they come out of purgatory soon)

tang!♡ - mino (in my top five !!!!!)

tagging anyone who wants to do this and hasnt yet !

#also pls come talk to me about music or groups or idols at any point in time #i love opinions #tag game #song recs

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neonun-au · 2 years

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hey mads would you like to share what's your mid-year top 10 under this ask 😉😉😉😉😉

oh my god !!! i just posted them actually also HAHAHAHA so i will share some more songs that i love love love but aren't in my top 10, we'll say they're the latter half of the top 20 lol

take you down - yugyeom

shot shot shot - raffina

wildside - red velvet

memeM - purple kiss

but you - ikon

dragon - ikon

dilemma - apink (the whole album really)

wa da da - kep1er

issu du feu - giriboy

pastel - wheein

montage_ by onewe gets an honorable mention cause im listening to it right now and i love it

#replies #hahaha funny timing lolo #zh-lele #fdjksah

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puyopuyotetris2 · 2 years

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Why do people writing Raffina find it so necessary to specify how short her skirt is in relation to the way she kicks? I’ve seen this multiple times from many different people, and I roll my eyes every time. People think they’re so clever referring to Raffina’s skirt being “dangerous” and then not elaborating. It’s not clever. We all know you have anime poisoning and think panty shots of children are peak comedy.

If there are any prospective Puyo writers following this blog who just need to know what’s under Raffina’s skirt, may I please introduce you to an absolutely novel concept:

Shorts.

#you seriously think that wouldn’t click for someone as vain as Raffina?#she’s only obsessed with her appearance 24/7 #she throws kicks over her head like it’s nothing #of course she’s going to be wearing an appropriate outfit to do so #her super puyo quest design is ugly as sin but they are least got that right.#seriously though she’s like 13.#knock it off.#mod Raffina #text #Raffina #Puyo puyo #original content tag

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yopalonso · 5 years

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Arle Nadja for Smash Bros. 4: We’re going for Spiritual Classics

Behold. Even when there’s chaos and disorder, we’re near the spooky day, and so, it’s time to talk about the Spirit Battles that I plan to bring into Smash Bros. Ultimate!

I did warn you last time we had this kerkuffle, that long texts awaited thee for this instance. You have been warned tremendously. Let us begin the last part!

Número 3: Spirit Battles!

Spirits are these jolly-good .png files that, when equipped, give you power, make you stronger, give you buffs, etc., etc. Puyo Puyo-based Spirits will consist of 11 of those little fellas, with 9 of those having a battle via the (hypothetical) DLC Spirit Board.

1. Carbuncle

Class: Advanced ☆☆

Type: (Support) Neutral

Power: 4200

Team Stock Battle

Vs. Bunny Kirby (Yellow) & Arle

Stage: Windy Hill Zone (Ω)

Music: Area A

Item: Superspicy Curry

Conditions:

Defeat the main fighter to win.

The enemy is easily distracted by items.

Acquired Spirit Stats:

Ability: Mouthful of Curry

Cost: 2

He’s round, hard to hit, and loves curry! Carbuncle, obviously represented by a Bunny Hood-wearing Yellow Kirby. If you get him, you get the Mouthful of Curry ability, which grants you the effects of a Superspicy Curry at the beginning of the match.

2. Amitie

Class: Novice ☆

Type: (Primary) Attack

Power: 1700

Team Stock Battle

Vs. Zelda (Red) & Corrin (Male Light Blue) & Villager (Female Pink)

Stage: Peach’s Castle (Battlefield Form)

Music: Puyo Puyo FUNderworld!

Conditions:

The enemy's side special has increased power.

The enemy favors up specials.

Acquired Spirit Stats:

Power: 960 [ATK 529 DEF 431]

Slots: 2

Can Be Enhanced at Lv. 99.

3. Red Amitie

Class: Ace ☆☆☆

Spirit Stats:

Power: 3158 [ATK 1928 DEF 1230]

Slots: 2

Fire Attack ↑

Amitie’s Spirit Battle has to take place at a magical place! Taking her spot is Zelda, who’s known for having Fire and Wind-based magic, much like our lovely protagonist herself. And joining her are Corrin and Villager mimicking Sig and Raffina! By leveling up, she turns into Red Amitie, but how exactly is a thing we don’t exactly know.

4. Ringo Ando

Class: Ace ☆☆☆

Type: (Support) Grab

Power: 9000

Team Stock Battle

Vs. Robin (Female Red) & Richter (Purple) & Banjo & Kazooie (Dark Brown / Purple) & Dark Samus

Stage: New Donk City

Music: The Puyo Puyo Song - In-Game Version

Conditions:

The enemy’s electric attacks have increased power.

The enemy favors neutral specials.

Reinforcements will appear during the battle.

Acquired Spirit Stats:

Ability: Zap-Floor Immunity

Cost: 2

The red-haired student who’s in this to win. She comes packed with a powerful team in a battle taking place in the only city that resembles the “real world” where Ringo lives. Joining Robin with her thunder attacks is Richter, jumping in as Maguro, the bear himself, Banjo, as Risukuma, and a surprise guest: Ecolo, as Dark Samus! As a reward for such a scientific match, she’ll grant you Zap-Floor Immunity, to fight against electric floors and the like!

5. Ally

Class: Novice ☆

Type: (Support) Grab

Power: 1600

Team Stock Battle

Vs. Daisy (Green) & Arle & Zelda (Red) & Robin (Female Red)

Stage: Yoshi’s Island (Melee) (Battlefield Form)

Music: Ready for Fever Mode!

Conditions:

The enemy can heal by shielding attacks.

Reinforcements will appear during the battle.

Acquired Spirit Stats:

Ability: Critical-Health Defense

Cost: 1

Ally! The lass in green from the mysterious lands brings a whole party of 4 to the fray. Although her battle isn’t that hard, it’s her skill that makes the difference: Critical-Health Defense, which will get you buffed in time when things get hectic!

6. Schezo Wegey

Class: Advanced ☆☆

Type: (Primary) Grab

Power: 4100

Stamina Battle

Vs. Robin (Male Blue)

Stage: Yggdrasil’s Altar

Music: Request from Puyo Puyo

Conditions:

The enemy starts the battle with a Black Hole.

The enemy’s melee weapons and electric attacks have increased power.

The enemy favors neutral specials.

Acquired Spirit Stats:

Power: 1532 [ATK 998 DEF 534]

Slots: 3

Can Be Enhanced at Lv. 99.

7. Cool Schezo

Class: Ace ☆☆☆

Spirit Stats:

Power: 3041 [ATK 1761 DEF 1280]

Slots: 3

Sword Attack ↑

It’s the one who commands the dark magic, Schezo! Seemed kind of obvious for him to be portrayed by Robin himself, in a magical, distant land. His fight makes it seem like he’s hella powerful, so getting him AND getting his Spirit to become Cool Schezo feels even more rewarding. Just look at that pristine white cape of power, so cool!

8. Rulue

Class: Advanced ☆☆

Type: (Support) Grab

Power: 4300

Stamina Battle

Vs. Wii Fit Trainer

Stage: Tortimer Island (hazards off)

Music: NORMAL MODE

Conditions:

The enemy's physical attacks have increased power.

The enemy has increased defense.

The enemy favors grabs and throws.

Acquired Spirit Stats:

Ability: Energy Shot Attack/Resistance ↑

Cost: 2

The lady who kicks into scene takes form into a Puyo SUN-inspired battle! At the shores of the beautiful Tortimer Island, Wii Fit Trainer posing as Rulue will take you on with powerful kicks and twists. The skill you get, which is Energy Shot Attack/Resistance, is a testament to her strength and training against magical arts.

9. Dark Prince

Class: Ace ☆☆☆

Type: (Primary) Shield

Power: 9300

Team Stock Battle

Vs. Ganondorf (Brown) & Bunny Kirby (Yellow)

Stage: Dark Prince Castle (hazards off)

Music: Final of Puyo Puyo

Hazard: Screen Flip

Conditions:

The screen will suddenly flip.

Defeat the main fighter to win.

The enemy starts the fight with a Black Hole.

The enemy favors special attacks.

Acquired Spirit Stats:

Power: 3148 [ATK 1882 DEF 1266]

Slots: 3

The Dark Prince himself, mwah ha ha! To be quite fair, the only character who was able to fit this awesome robe was Ganondorf himself. I know there’s a joke there trying to have Joker take his place but, well, Voice Actor jokes only work when they’re, well... global? For this fight, it’s all about manipulation and trying to outdo your rival to get your hands on that powerhouse of his Spirit.

10. Puyo Puyo

Class: Novice ☆

Type: (Support) Neutral

Power: 1600

Team Stamina Battle

Vs. Team Kirby (Red ×4, Green ×4, Yellow ×4, Blue ×4, Purple ×4)

Stage: Distant Planet (Ω)

Music: Theme of Puyo Puyo

Conditions:

Reinforcements will appear after an enemy is KO'd.

The enemy falls slowly.

Acquired Spirit Stats:

Ability: Instadrop

Cost: 2

Before we move onto the last Spirit, we have to do this... fun Puyo hell! It’s the Puyos, in their... most interesting form. Represented by colored Kirby fighters, these fall slowly into the field and have low energy. When you beat them, you earn the Instadrop ability, kinda like if they gave you the ability to Hard Drop.

11. Doppelganger Arle

Class: Legend ☆☆☆☆

Type: (Primary) Attack

Power: 13500

Stamina Battle

Vs. Arle (Dark Red)

Stage: Dracula’s Castle (Ω)

Music: Dark Arle’s Insanity

Conditions:

Take your strongest team into this no-frills battle.

Acquired Spirit Stats:

Power: 4842 [ATK 2659 DEF 2183]

Slots: 2

Magic Attack ↑

The final battle for all of us is supposed to be against ourselves. Same goes for Arle, who you get to battle into these Spirit Battles as her doppelganger! Or is it the other way around? Defeating this incredibly powerful Spirit will grant you a Spirit that’s either too powerful, or that’s way too powerful.

Número 4: Classic Mode!

Lastly! We journey through her Classic Mode run and all that implies! Discounting the Bonus Stage, this would be her journey through Classic Mode (as envisioned by yours truly)!

Puzzling Magic Fun!

Puzzling Magic Fun! ( パズルの楽しみ旅 , lit. “Puzzle Fun Trip”) is all about exploring the history of puzzle games that are currently represented in Smash Bros. in one way or another, and Arle having some crazy stock battles against all of their protagonists! All stages have music from the Puyo game closest to that release.

STAGE 1

Vs. Yoshi

Stage: Yoshi’s Island (Melee)

Music: Theme of Puyo Puyo

The first fight is against the least alike of the puzzle games: Yoshi’s Cookie, from 1992! Yoshi’s Cookie is a fun title with an interesting sliding mechanic, but it’s far from being similar to Puyo Puyo, yes.

STAGE 2

Vs. Mii Swordfighter

Stage: Super Happy Tree

Music: Area A

Our second fight is against Panel de Pon, from 1995, with Mii Swordfighter cosplaying as Lip! Panel de Pon, localized as Puzzle League, is an interesting match-3 puzzle game where you have all your pieces on the board at all times, and you line up your strategy to let gravity take its course and do crazy chains!

STAGE 3

Vs. Ryu & Ken

Stage: Suzaku Castle

Music: Request from Puyo Puyo

Wait, Ryu and Ken!? Well, wouldn’t you know, they starred in their own puzzle game, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo. This 1996 puzzle game mimicked Puyo Puyo in that pieces fall in pairs and you line them up on your board, but you can’t erase your blocks without using colored Power Gems, which shakes things up plenty. This frantic puzzle game saw a soft re-release in 2017 for mobile devices, too, although it had a short run.

STAGE 4

Vs. Kirby & King Dedede

Stage: Dream Land GB (Ω)

Music: NORMAL MODE

KIRBY’S AVALANCHE WASN’T REAL AND IT NEVER EXISTED. Now that THAT is out of the way, Kirby and the Dream Land 2 crew starred in their own puzzle game in 1997 with Kirby’s Star Stacker. In this game, pieces fell in pairs, and you lined them up on your board to get Star Blocks in-between the same Animal Buddies to start a combo, which would make stars fall on the board and fill in the empty spaces. If you knew how to line stuff up on the board, you could rack up some insanely crazy combos!

STAGE 5

Vs. Pikachu & Jigglypuff & Pokémon Trainer

Stage: Pokémon Stadium

Music: Puyo Puyo FUNderworld!

Pokémon’s first original incursion in the puzzle game world was with 2005′s Pokémon Trozei! (or Pokémon Link! for the Eurobuddies) This game followed through with gameplay similar to that of Yoshi’s Cookie, but taking the advantage of both screens for some really fast gameplay. You also had to line them up in a straight line, but how you did it was up to you.

... wait a minute, don’t you think we’re forgetting something important?

STAGE 6

Vs. Dr. Mario & Peach (White)

Stage: 75m (Ω)

Music: The Puyo Puyo Song - In-Game Version

The original, colored reference for Puyo Puyo lies within Dr. Mario, of course! The NES 1990 classic which slowly evolved through time, and the one puzzle game that’s almost too similar to Puyo Puyo. You line up colors to form a straight line of four between viruses and pills, to erase those critters from your bottle. In VS mode, this actually means trouble for your foe, as randomly colored balls will fall on their field!

And, finally...

BOSS STAGE

Vs. Dracula

Music: Final of Puyo Puyo / Double Trouble Finale!

And for the last stage we beat Satan himself! Well, the one that was the closest, to be honest. We’re still fighting the final battle in a castle, against a devilish character with one cool cape with strong connections to Satan himself. And while Castlevania did have a puzzle game in the form of Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night in 2010 for mobile devices, I still believe that playing make-believe with Dracula portraying as the Dark Prince is a better way to go.

Número 5: Anything else I forgot across all entries?

Entrance animation: appearing from a light portal, similar to how she gets transported into Grimp in Puyo Puyo Chronicle.

Taunts:

Up Taunt: her victory pose from Madou: Saturn.

Side Taunt: a half-flip, ending with a V-sign, with Carbuncle bouncing.

Down Taunt: Carbuncle running around Arle with her following him as she spins.

Victory screen:

Theme: Final Results! (Story Clear) [Remix]

Carbuncle hops on Arle’s back as she does a V-sign, saying “We’re number one!”, recreating their victory pose from 15th Anniversary. This one also doubles as her Team Battle victory pose when she’s a team member.

Carbuncle bounces around Arle, up until she catches him mid-air as she says “We did it, Carby!”, mimicking their art from Puyo Puyo Quest’s Arle & Carbuncle card.

A dramatic zoom-in, as she enthusiastically raises her arm, vigorously, recreating her pose in the final screen of the original Puyo Puyo. Here, she can say either “Yes!” or “Big victory!”.

Mii Costumes:

Rulue’s Hat & Rulue’s Cape (Mii Brawler)

Schezo’s Hat & Schezo’s Outfit (Mii Swordfighter)

Puyo Hat

Sig’s Hat & Sig’s Outfit (Mii Gunner): The gun would be the red arm.

AND THUS I HAVE COMPLETED THE GLORY OF ARLE IN SMASH, how I think her content would be, which Spirits would be featured, which music would be included, and just how much content would be packed with her inclusion. I have to say, it feels incredible to finally have it all out of my chest, it feels hella relieving. If anyone wants to use this whole series as a basis for their own character requests, feel free to do so.

As of this post, this marks the last time, for real, that I’ll write about Arle in Smash Bros., because it has been a fun ride playing make-believe. But the truth is, she’s not in the game, thus the only thing we can do, is dream. And dream, I did. This is a testament of my love to the character herself, to the franchise, and to everyone who also wanted her in the game. If anyone involved in Smash Bros. reads this, know that while this is my utmost wish, I’d be happy with any representation of the Puyo series proper in Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Special thanks, once again, to everyone from the Puyo for Smash Discord, to my friends at the Edge of Forever, to everyone who read and shared this nonsense, and to everyone who helped with this massive creation by adding their own inputs from time to time.

And of course, to Masahiro Sakurai and Satoru Iwata, creators of Super Smash Bros., and to Mizuki Hosoyamada, current director of the Puyo Puyo franchise.

Making a little reference to SEGA themselves, if you count her, the Carby cameo in her taunts and victory screens, her stage, the tracks, and the Spirits from the Spirit Board, all of that adds up to 24! Don’t ask how, really.

©SEGA. 2019.

#ARLE FOR SMASH #arle nadja #arle #Smash Bros #puyo puyo #smash dlc #super smash ultimate #super smash bros

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puyopuyotetriss · 6 years

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hi it’s me your best friend axel and i know it’s super early in the morning and nobody’s gonna care about this but i decided to do some personal ratings on some of the english puyo puyo tetris voices (both the original and alternative) and they’ll be under the read more be sure to like comment and subscr

ringo: both voices are good but i personally prefer the alternative voice better she'd honestly do better with a slightly deeper voice??

risukuma: JESUS CHRIST BOTH OF THESE ARE AWFUL he sounds like he's smoked his whole life!!! he's a god damn HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT also they're cowards because they basically pulled a 4kids on his attacks but it kind of works honestly

schezo: there are no words. first voice is the best one because the guy actually put some EFFORT into voicing him instead of the alternate voice where he just reads off random words casually though i guess it's kinda funny if you're not looking to take things seriously

O: both are ridiculously funny but i honestly like the alternative voice better just because of how aggressive O sounds

tee: the alternative one is the winner here because it makes him sound like an actual teenager (atleast i believe he is? he looks like one) and the original voice sounds like a rogue cowboy who just rolled into town

maguro: hello?? is this sonic the hedgehog on the phone?????? honestly maguro's voice is really funny in general because both the 1st and 2nd voices sound like fucking sonic the hedgehog and it really gives you the impression of playing against him but i also like how it really drove home his personality. i would like to say that the 1st voice is better, though, since the alternative just REEKS of sonic. also off topic but his attack names are super stupid. the cheddar factory called they want their cheese back puyo puyo!!!

amitie: honestly both voices are ridiculously cute but i love the first one solely because of her tetris voice line where she says " ooh check out that tetris!! " i'd die for you amitie!!!!!!!!!

feli: both voices fit her personality perfectly. the 1st one captures her goth attitude but her alternative voice captures how ominous she is. i prefer the first one though since it's more believable!

ai: SDFYSEDHJDSJHSDFRHJSRFGJUSRDFGJHRS I CAN'T TAKE HIS SECOND VOICE SERIOUSLY he sounds like a hanna barbera character but his first voice also sounds really emotionless it's still the winner here though

ess: let me say that i'd die for ess and both of her voices fit her so well that i can't decide

klug: what happened here chief. also he reminds me of that one nerd villain from word girl

sig: both of sig's voices are really good but i particularly like the first one better just because it fits him the best

draco: BOTH voices are ridiculously cute but i feel like the second one captures her personality the best. also i'd die for draco and i wish they kept her spells from the 20th anniversary game

zed: zed is also really cool but i'll take his first one by a long shot

jay and elle: what happened in the alternative voice. i'd like to order the original voice please

arle: i'd die for arle and also i like the alternative voice better. she said fuck satan lives!!

carbuncle: I'D LITERALLY GIVE CARBUNCLE MY LIFE ENERGY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but his english voice sucks please for the love of god give him a cuter voice

suketoudara: i literally cannot take this character seriously at all but both voices are alright i guess

satan: im going to kill satan with my bare hands he better leave arle alone or else I Won't Hesitate You Creepy Fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im not even gonna judge his voices because i hate him actually

rulue: i really like both of rulue's voices but her original voice is the winner for me. also rulue is a lesbian and she said fuck satan lives!!!!!!!!!

raffina: both of raffina's voices are really good but i feel like she'd do better with a more rough and aggressive voice like rulue's original voice. also her french attacks were way cooler!!!

witch: i really like both voices here but i especially like her original one since it fits her more. also witch is dating arle!!!!!!! these are just the rules fellas!!!!

ecolo: both voices fit him so well but the alternative voice makes things funnier because of how fast he's saying everything

zed: WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT ALTERNATIVE ONE!!!!!! please can i get an original voice appetizer!!!!!!!!!!! also someone please get this man some better fashion sense

lemres: i had to do a double take on his alternative voice and i've decided to stan it fuck the original actually

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radiant lights - chapter 4

summary: arle leads herself, carbuncle, amitie, and ringo into sneaking into a party. nina evaluates their fashion, schezo messes up his speech again, and and a rabid cat screams at them.

characters: arle, carbuncle, amitie, ringo, tarutaru, nina, schezo

mentioned characters: rulue, raffina, raina, silvana

word count: 5.1k

HIDING HER FACE IN THE CROWD

"I nearly forgot the cakes- I'm really, really sorry."

The dirt-covered, soot-stained redhead gasped for air as she finished sprinting a mile to get to a side door at the base of the castle keep. Sundown had fallen upon the Erian royal castle, its shadow representative of its towering above both those of House Hallieu and House Salwin, and consequently the entire kingdom. Wide, steep steps decorated the front as one approached its arches and iron gate, hardly welcoming in any respect, but the three–actually, three plus one–of them were thinking of other ways of getting in.

"No worries, Ringo!" Arle affirmed, lightening her burden. "It's all gone exactly to plan. We've got the cake-offering-bribe-snack, our costumes, and our entry and escape points. All we need is an empty room with a lock; difficult, because I don't know anything about the castle interior aside from Schezo mentioning the ballroom once or twice. He sounded pretty angry." She shivered in place, recalling the booming voice and strictly serious demeanor of the captain of the Erian royal guard.

The little yellow creature named Carbuncle accompanying her bounced up and down, calling out a "Gugu!" before hopping to her side, bringing back her smile and the redness in her cheeks. "You're right, Carby," the ginger replied, giving him a headpet. "That pervert is no threat to us! Especially not when he can't recognize us."

Ringo fell silent, as if deep in thought. "Wait, why are doing this?" she inquired, raising her head to face the two girls before her. "I never really understood why..."

"Well, that was sudden. To have fun, of course! And because we have nothing better to do, ahaha. The better question is, why wouldn't we infiltrate Rulue's party if it meant a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? It's your chance, Ringo! We'll all get to learn a little more about the extravagance of high class!" the mage shot back, and proudly puffed her chest. "Besides, I have faith in my plan. So long as we find a dressing room or a lockable, empty room, we'll be set."

"Well, we'll find one," Ringo replied, looking in the nervous? Amitie's direction. "Amitie can help us recognize the kinds of rooms inside. They must be similar, no? ...Amitie?"

The normally bubbly and overly talkative Amitie was uncharacteristically silent amidst the chirping of cicadas and rush of the harbor a ways off. "Umm, guys, can I just say something? Real quick?" she asked, and Ringo nodded, giving her the go-ahead. The blonde breathed deeply, hands to her heart, and she bowed hastily to the both of them.

"I'm really sorry Raffina found out about our plan because I opened my big mouth when I gave her tea and cakes and I don't possibly know how she found out butIthinkRulueandNinamightknowaboutittooandtheycouldkickusoutpleaseI'msosorryhavemercyonme!"

...

"Excuse me?"

"Gugu?"

Amitie squeaked meekly and rushed behind Ringo to hide from Arle's golden glare. "Eeeeeep! I'm super-duper sorry!" she squealed, tears welling up at the edges of her eyes. "I'll make you tea and cakes if you want me to!"

Arle dismissed the comment, and put her hand to her chin, evaluating the situation. "Nina and Rulue know of this?" she continued, putting her palm to her cheek. "Well, Rulue might tolerate it, but Nina will definitely have our heads. Not really. She'll hate us for sure." She shivered again at the thought of the middle Hallieu sister: cute, dainty, but supposedly pretty ruthless when cracking down on those who oppose her. "Gugu..." Carbuncle added, his fluffy ears drooping.

Ringo shook her head. "I don't think Raffina is the type to snitch," she mumbled to herself. "I mean, she WOULD snitch. But given the circumstances, probably not this time. Besides, it wouldn't be out of the ordinary if the princess was expecting us."

Arle raised an eyebrow and sighed, giving a shuddering Amitie a feel-better pat. "Well, what's done is done," she stated, letting go to move towards the door. She twirled around some thin, metal rod creation, slid it into the door, and with a bit of twisting and turning a crack of white light peeked through to the darkening sky around them. "We can scream about whether Nina knows later. Right now, we've got a mission to fulfill, don't you think?" The golden-eyed girl checked everything in possession: cakes for emergency bribes, dresses and accessories borrowed from Raffina, makeshift lockpick, cover stories, emergency escape route...

Ringo nodded excitedly, and Amitie quickly followed suit. "Absotively!" the caped redhead exclaimed, charging for the door as she ran past Amitie and her hair flying upwards with the wind left in her wake. "Let's go, let's go! We've not a moment to-"

Arle's firm grip on her upper right arm stopped Ringo and the trailing behind Amitie in their tracks. "Not like that, young lady," she replied, pointing at Ringo's dirt-covered brown dress and cape. "Pat yourself down clean and then we'll find a place to change. And make sure to stay quiet, but keep your toes light. Who knows how many people are at that party, and in the castle in general."

Amitie peeked into the crack in the door; there was barely anyone in the hallway they were at, but there were a good deal of them filing down the stairs, plus armored guards standing at every stairwell's base. "Yikes, that's a lot of people," she whispered and turned back to the other two. "Think we can really make it past them? I could probably distract them... somehow..."

"Actually, that's a much better idea than plain trying to slip by," Arle affirmed, giving a strong thumbs-up. "You could ask something like, 'I'm Amitie, do you know where Lady Raffina is?' and we can slip by no problem!"

"That's a wicked plan! Alrighty, then I think we're all right and ready!" Amitie cheered loudly, and then covered her mouth to lower her tone to a whisper. "I- I mean, that's pretty wicked!"

The clanging of metal and iron started and approached them with each passing second.

"Gugu, gugugugu!" Carbuncle shouted, pointing toward the sounds coming from beyond the door. "Gugugu gu gu!" Arle gasped, her eyes widening, and shook the other two awake to grabbed both of them, one hand in each of hers. "Ringo, Amitie, they know we're here!" she hissed and ran backward to turn the corner, where a firm grip dragged the other two along to the back of a wall, where a shadow hid their silhouettes. "We gotta wait until the guy steps out and goes back to his original post for this to work."

The three girls' backs lay flat against the stone wall as Ringo poked her head around the corner ever so slightly as a bulky, armored man with an out-of-place, adorable blue cap donning his head stepped outside, looking to his left and right, and stared at the lock on the wooden door. "Huh. No one there. And I wonder how this got unlocked," he mumbled before turning back to attend to his post. "Oh well. Maybe Rulue forgot to lock it. I don't have the keys, unfortunately."

Amitie pointed at the barely-open door. "Now's our chance!" she whispered, but Ringo had already sped forward to slip in, followed by Arle and Carbuncle. "Hey- Wait up! Get real, why am I always the slowest to catch on?" She sprinted as fast as her legs could take her, and barely managed to fit in right after the yellow creature.

The blinding white light reflected off equally blinding white hallways were bright, to say the least, but rather elegant. Paintings were strewn here and there, and chandeliers decked every intersection in the area. And this was only the ground floor. "Huh, surprisingly there isn't a lot of security on the sides of the castle," Ringo mumbled, looking around and focusing her sight on the source of most of the sound. "Most of it seems dispatched in the front, and on higher floors where I assume most of the action is. I reckon we won't need the cakes in the end, but we should still keep them."

Arle nodded, quietly shutting the door behind her and fiddling with it again to lock it as silently as possible. After confirming it was locked, she looked around to observe her surroundings—no one in sight but the armored man from before, who was far away and stationed at another hallway and whistling absentmindedly—huddled with Amitie and Ringo. "Right, so Operation: Party Break-In is now in session," she started. "Let's go! We don't have a lot of time!" The other two nodded affirmatively, Amitie whispering a very quiet "Yay!" followed by "gugu"s from Carbuncle as the four of them dashed off to slip by the guards in a hallway to their right.

An amnesiac with a thirst for knowledge, a noblewoman's trusted servant and rival, and a warrior princess from the slums with her familiar-sidekick-creature crash a party hosted by the ruler herself.

Nothing bad could possibly happen.

~~🌺~~

"You know, getting past that guy wasn't as difficult as I thought. I knew I saw him somewhere!"

The bustle of people chattering and walking around in the floors above them could be heard beyond polished walls, stone ceilings, and tall stairwells, as the four of them made routine, alternating checks of the crack in the door. It was a miracle they had found an empty guest room so soon on the second floor; though, in hindsight, where they were going to go from here was a little bit unplanned.

Arle sighed and put on a pair of brown heeled boots. "Well, lucky break, we overestimated the threat," she replied, giggling quietly. "If he even is a threat. Didn't you mention he was a nice guy?"

Amitie nodded, heels clapping against the ground as she jumped up and down. "He's a really nice guy, and not a threat at all! Tarutaru's kindness comes from the very, veeery bottom of his big heart! If we just told him we wanted to attend the party, he'd let us in with no issues!" A smile radiating pure trust was weaved upon the feather-haired girl's lips.

"We might have avoided that altogether if you had told us in advance," Ringo commented, patting down her unnaturally poofy, white dress with one hand. The other held four hazelnut cakes in a tall, neat wooden box, a lot lighter than she'd expected it to. "All's well though because we can consider this an exercise into judging the danger level of a thre- wow, this dress is really lacy." Silk draped along her legs as she held up her dress from the pinch of her fingers–even then, the bottom edge was still barely touching the bottom.

"About that, well, just act as naturally as possible. We'd be in a lot of trouble if you got caught after tripping on a piece of fabric," Arle assured her, tiptoeing to the door to peek through the crack of light between it and the wall, making sure not to step on the blue velvet of her own gown. "Once you're done, Amitie, we can get out. Coast's clear, but remember, we gotta act as naturally as possible."

"Gugugu gu?" Carbuncle asked, skipping over to Arle and spinning itself around. The mage fell silent for a moment, and then she gasped, pulling off the white ribbon keeping her ponytail neat and tying it into a bow around one of Carbuncle's ears. "There you go, Carby," she replied, adjusting it to fit snugly but securely. "How's that?" The yellow ball of fluff did a happier twirl and posed rather cutely. "Gugu guuuu!"

Amitie hopped over on one foot to the other two waiting at the door in the unlit room, putting on one of her heels and a long glove simultaneously. "Coming, coming!" she cried and quickly silenced herself upon realization. "Oops, I did it again. I should really check my voice level. Indoor voices, everyone! O, ohohoho!..." Amitie pulled out a bright blue silk fan–contrasting pretty badly with her ankle-length pastel pink dress, and waved it openly to no one before switching it with a white, flowery one.

Her acting was pretty bad; maybe it was better if she stayed the same Amitie as she always had been.

Ringo opened the door, bright light illuminating her and Amitie's figure, Arle following behind after hastily kicking the wooden costume box under a bed with her foot, Carbuncle at her side. "Yeesh, I think I might've damaged something inside," the latter mumbled, eyes wide as she breathed out a sigh to herself. "Why is everything in that box made of silk, anyway? Eh, Raffina won't notice or care. Those dresses will be fine."

"You could've taken the time to put it away nicely," Ringo responded, taking so much care to make her steps look elegant and keep steady the cake box simultaneously she started to look a little awkward. "If that comes back to bite us, it sure won't be my fault. Though, I guess you have a point. That box probably kept them safe. You didn't break it, did you?"

Arle shook her head as the four started their walk up two flights of stairs sheltered between thick walls—or in Carbuncle's case, his surprisingly elastic body bounced up them—a piano's waltz making itself more apparent upon reaching the third floor. The quartet found themselves in a much more elegant corridor than the nearly identical past two floors; red carpet lined the floors and the yellow glow of candles dotted every inch of the hallway to keep them all bright. And most importantly-

"There are a lot of people here."

Tall gentlemen, tall ladies, regardless, to a group of girls of whom not one was above 160cm, the third floor was a forest. Groups of people dotted every place in view; those who weren't were paired up and walking toward the large arched entrance to the girls' right.

"Wow, we really stand out," Ringo muttered to herself, noting the three out-of-place teenagers and golden rabbit-like creature, before turning to Arle and pointing to the general traffic flow. The redhead led the charge–or she would have if Amitie had not been on the same wavelength–towards the grand halls that everyone seemed to be walking to. "Well, it's okay. We've got the whole shtick down, right? No? if not, we'll make it up as we go alo-"

"And who are you?"

Amitie stopped dead in her tracks, leading the unsuspecting Ringo to nearly crash into her, and Carbuncle into the two of them. Before them was a girl about the same height as Arle, if not a little shorter. Neatly-cut pink bangs, a frilly, lacy black dress—five times larger below the corset than Ringo's, somehow—and a round, pale face impeded their progress, and sharp golden eyes examined their dress, walking a full 360 degrees around them.

"Blue velvet with gold accents, ooh, stylish... plain white cotton ribbon? Your familiar, I take it, so it gets a pass, I guess... white silk with black lace? More white silk, with hints of red? Ooooooh, stylish! And what a pretty little fan-" –holding up Amitie's fan in her own hand– "-the colors could use work, but I can see your obvious taste in style. It's very plain, but the little decals add lotsa charm! Well done," she rambled and stepped back with a nervous smile. "Oops, my apologies. You see, I have a habit of commenting on others' attire. Though yours is a style that I've never seen before, it still works! May I please get your names?"

The chitter and chatter that came out of this girl alone–perhaps no older than herself–reminded Ringo of a certain servant at a certain cafe, but that last statement worried her. So sudden, and so out of the blue...

"Lady Nina!?" Amitie's shriek came suddenly, as the shiver–or sparkle?–in her eyes expressed her surprise, which carried over to the other four in the vicinity. "It's really nice to see you here! I usually don't see you anymore, because I've taken to taking care of Raffina. How've you been?"

It was now the pink-haired girl's–Nina, was it?–turn to be surprised. "Oh, Miss Amitie! I take it you chose the outfits for these companions of yours? Well, it seems like your style. But I must say, you did rather splendidly," she started, eyeing the other two—especially Arle, with a hint of a squint—slowly. "Mind introducing me to them?"

Amitie stood frozen, and stuttered out incomprehensible babble, making eye contact with the other two. It seems she wasn't aware of their cover stories...

Arle stepped up, and forced herself to bow and flash a smile—Ringo noticed the sheer amount of pain she was in trying to pretend to be courteous. "I am... Silvana, of House Salwin," she began, motioning a hand to put Carbuncle and Ringo in the spotlight. "This is Carbuncle, my friend and companion; Ringo, my coworker also of House Salwin. We were recently placed in their employ, so if you do not recognize the names I do not blame you." Carbuncle jumped up and down, hopping to his best friend's shoulder and nesting himself nicely next to her cheek.

Arle, meanwhile, could be felt crying, screaming on the inside as she forced herself to not use contractions. Somebody should tell her it's okay, especially around this loud-mouthed, spunky girl in black.

"Salwin... that circus troupe?" Nina snarled, words seething with contempt. "My apologies, but I cannot stand them. I'm sorry you were looped in with them, I've heard one of the newest and kindest servants in their household was sent away in tears by that peasant-marquis. Granted, their magical prowess has historically been stronger than ours, but so much stuff has happened I don't even know what to think of them."

Ringo raised a thin eyebrow. "I've never heard of such... what makes them so bad in your eyes, might I ask?"

Nina inhaled loudly, and stared into Ringo's emerald-green eyes, her glare dripping poison itself. "Well, let's see," she started and folded her arms.

"When I was about eight Mother and Father tried to marry off my sister Raina to the Marquis at that time—a teenager, to some man who must've been in his late twenties, or so, and I've heard hasn't left his room in ten years!—and then Raina disappeared not long after. Then, they try to arrange my marriage in her place, but the Marquis disappeared when I was about...twelve? As if twelve is a better number! Oddly enough, Mother and Father disappeared around the same time. The guy who was supposed to take the marquis' place skedaddles to pursue baking—baking! cool and all, I like cake, but kinda lame—and got his unfashionable, but apparently super talented student or something to do it for him. Archmage Accord is trying to marry that peasant marquis-to-be and Raffina to end our house rivalry—fitting, because Raffina always needs someone to do stuff for her—so my only prospect for marriage, if I'm even interested at the time, is the boy prince of Lidyn across the sea. Funnily enough, this prince was supposed to show up for today's ball, but he never did! It's supposed to be our engagement- or, I hope it ends to something like that. Way, waaaay too much drama going on for my poor seventeen-year-old self. I just wanna hang around and check out popular stores!"

...What?

"Wow, the nobility's got some serious problems."

Ringo and Arle jumped, Carbuncle nearly falling off his makeshift perch, and nervously stared at Amitie from the corner of their eyes, the blonde girl having made an innocently insensitive remark. "What?" she asked, staring at the two girls reeling from the shock. "I'm not wrong. They should get themselves checked out– 'cause get real! That's really concerning and I'm worried for everyone's safety!"

"I understand your concern, but in a palace filled with gossiping nobles, you can't just say that, Amitie," Ringo reprimanded her in the nicest, least reprimand-like way possible. She turned to the pink-haired girl and raised her other eyebrow "The fact you know all this is strangely suspicious, though... Who are you?"

Pulling out a feathered, black fan from nowhere, Nina waved it in front of the quartet and giggled rather loudly. "Who else but Her Grace, Lady Nina, Duchess of Hallieu," she proclaimed, pulling all nearby attention on her. "You know me. Inherited the title after my sister disappeared, and Raffina's elder sister. It's a pleasure to meet you, Ringo, Silvana, and Amitie."

The second-hand embarrassment was real, except for Amitie whose eyes lit up at such a bold and confident performance–Ringo definitely thought otherwise, and Arle was most certainly not having it–but the more obvious detail were the voices that whispered behind and around her.

"That Duchess Hallieu always likes to stir up trouble wherever she goes..."

"I've heard the youngest sister is far more capable of the position than she and the eldest combined..."

"At least she carries the bloodline. His Lordship the Marquis was replaced by someone from the streets..."

"But she does make things lively, don't you think..."

"Your Grace!"

A loud, masculine voice shouted through the halls as the A-Crew turned around to see another heavily armored man dash from the right, come to a full stop, and hurry along towards them with a red liquid (?) staining his dark leather gloves and the tips of his silver hair. Ringo was less surprised by the man's appearance, and Amitie the same, but Arle seemed a bit frozen...?

"Tch, it's that unrefined, perverted Lord Schezo Wegey," she hissed and folded up her fan along with her arms. "I hope you haven't gone and broken any rules on 'accident', sir."

The man named Schezo clenched his shaking fist, and his face morphed into pure rage. "But they were on accident! And who are you calling a pervert!?" he growled and grabbed the hilt of his sheathed sword threateningly. "Had I been able to shove this sword into something else, I would definitely feel nothing from shoving it into you, too!"

"What? What- what what what whatwhaaaat!?" Amitie said to herself, before breaking into squeals and a wide smile. "That's so- oh! So bold! So confident! I just can't even! Eeeeeeeee!"

"Amitie, now's not the time to be amazed OR impressed by this rampaging man with a strange vocabulary," Ringo replied with a nervous half-grin.

"Get to the point. Just tell me what you want, darling," Nina snapped. "I'm talking to these lovely ladies right now and I can't be bothered to entertain you."

Schezo composed himself, and let go of his grip on his sword. "Rulue- I mean, Her Highness is looking for you," he explained calmly, in stark contrast to not even ten seconds ago. "I don't know what she wants, but it's best if you find her in the Great Hall."

Nina's golden eyes lit up, and she clapped her hands. "Ooooh, my special time to shine must be all ready! After all, we all know why this banquet is being held in the first place," she cheered, yet another complete 180 from her cold aura from earlier, and skipped off in a flash, waving to the remaining five. "Toodle-loo, Silvana! Amitie, Ringo, Carbuncle! We can talk more lateeeeeer!" Her high-pitched voice echoed more the farther she was until her figure spun around the corner into what was the Great Hall.

Between this silver-haired swordsman, and the Duchess herself, they really couldn't catch a break!

Ringo shuffled around nervously. "Well, can't say I expected anything less," she mumbled. "I guess Mr. Perv Swordsman here doesn't have the greatest of reputations or word choice." The cacophony of noise continued around them, but no one spoke a word as Schezo examined Arle in the same way Nina had the four of them. Amitie held the latter's hand tightly, and Ringo simply watched, unaware of what was actually going on.

"Silvana? But you're... Well, you're twins, so I could be incorrect but aren't you Arle?" he asked, peering at the shorter girl.

No way.

Arle snapped out of her daze and gulped, and laughed nervously. "No, I'm- I am Silvana. You may have the wrong person, sir," she stuttered, looking to Carbuncle at her side. "Gugu!" the rabbitlike creature affirmed, jumping up and down very quickly.

The knight shook his head, navy blue eyes eyeing her intensely. "No, you're definitely Arle. I can just tell, especially with that clown of a Dark Prince and Rulue always talking about you for differing reasons," he asserted. "Your tone of voice, your disposition, and your magical potency compared to your sister... I couldn't mistake you for anyone else."

Arle hung her head, defeated. "You got me," she murmured and steeled her gaze, looking right back up to meet his. "Right, then. What do you want, Schezo? How much for your silence? You want cake?" She pointed to the wooden box in Ringo's hands, and the man raised a thin eyebrow.

"Depends," he responded, his voice and posture unshakeable. "What's it supposed to be?" He reached his hand to take the box in his hand before Carbuncle nabbed it first to his shock and gave it to him personally. "Gu gu gu!" he called out, jumping away and opening it in a single motion.

"Oh, a chocolate cake?" he said, before a wide grin and bright eyes took over his expression, almost in a terrifying respect. "The cream looks well done, and the chocolate decorations look like little kitties, and the decorations are adorable! Squeeeeee! I'll take one- no, your whole stock!" He gently closed the top of the cake box and slowly picked it up, staining the sides faintly with red.

Amitie blinked once. "So, what just happened?"

"Business, Amitie." came the reply from the redhead beside her, slowly inching herself away towards the wall.

Schezo coughed out an "ahem" and straightened himself. "Well, Arle! It seems rumors are true. Trouble and action follow you as fervently as you have cunning. I wasn't thinking you'd be here of all places–in fact, you are just in time." The man reached out a gloved hand–Ringo beginning to think it may have been blood, and meeting Arle's eyes saw she thought the same–and placed his other to his chest as one would imagine a swordsman would.

"Tonight, I have come to ask for your consent to beat my meat!"

...

"ExCUSE ME?"

"GUGUUUUU!?"

Schezo jolted upwards at Arle's half-confused, half-angry remark as the three red-faced girls and the scarily red-faced yellow creature stared at him awkwardly, wide-eyed and suffering from secondhand embarrassment. The hallways fell silent, whispers arising from the young man's declaration. Some knew what they expect, some didn't. Either way, this was an awkward situation to be in. "This is a new low, Schezo," Arle said monotonously. "I know you have a habit–maybe a talent–for this, but this, you're just built different."

"Oh my... He truly is bold! Going straight after her like- like... You can't get any more confident than that, Lord Wegey!" Amitie shouted, somewhat swooning at the swordsman and the mage. "How do you have this confidence to confess to your true love like this!? I really, really gotta know!"

"Y-You misunderstand!" he claimed, shouting even louder. "I mean- I want your consent to assist me in preparing a piece of meat!"

"That doesn't make it any better!" Ringo replied, scratching the side of her head. "That's- Yikes, I think we as a collective require more context, sir."

Schezo sighed, his face still betraying his embarrassment, and unsuccessfully attempted to calm himself down. "I- well-! You see, her Highness tasked me to kill a boar for this banquet," he started, the energy getting calmer and the background noise getting louder. "Something-something she can't do it herself because she needs to manage everything else, but she'd really like to, so I did it for her. Problem is, I believe I sliced it so hard it was not slewn as neatly or as properly as I imagined... You have experience with cooking, don't you? Could you possibly help?"

Arle narrowed her eyes, raising both twitching eyebrows, and followed the silver-haired man turning to walk away to the hallway he came from. "Ugh, if you said that the first time this could've been a lot easier," she groaned and turned her head around to the two girls. "You two walk around, see sights and stuff, okay? I'll come back and find you real quick."

"Guguu... Gugu gu gu!"

The last thing Amitie and Ringo heard was the happy cry of one Carbuncle, and the three faded out of sight around the corner. "W-Well, can't say I completely believe what I saw," Ringo commented, grabbing hold of Amitie's right arm. "Shall we, Amitie? I'm sure there are people socializing right at this hour, before the banquet and all."

"Banquet!? How'd you know about that?" Amitie exclaimed, walking side-by-side with her towards the light and sound of the ballroom beyond the wall to their left. "I don't recall knowing that until today, and I forgot to tell you, too..."

"Don't parties–or balls, as I believe they're formally called–have banquets before the dancing? I do a good deal of research, just to learn more about the world, and this is no exception."

"No, you're completely right! I just- Wow, you're dedicated! Why do you want to know so much about living, anyway?"

"Well, I don't know. Maybe it's ju-"

The two girls instinctively backed up to let a cat...? pass through.

A cat?

"What's a cat doing here?" Amitie asked, looking at its small, navy body run down the hall. "What if it's someone's lost familiar? We have to catch it!"

"Amitie, I really don't think it's our-" Ringo started, but Amitie had already begun her dash to catch the cat, the former of which had stopped at the first corner without turning left. "Amitie? Why'd you stop?" Ringo followed up after the girl with the red hat, who bent down and outstretched her arms to the cat.

"Heeeere, kitty," she cooed, smiling. "Who's your master? If you're lost, I'll help you find them!" The cat hissed angrily and hissed even louder once Ringo arrived on the scene.

"Nyo way... You're with her, too!?" the cat said in a sharp voice, shocking Ringo into nearly falling backward. "Then it couldn't be a coincidence, there's nyo way, then that means..." The cat pointed a shaking paw at the two girls, and its fur stood on end.

Ringo moved backward, and Amitie looked up to put her hands back on her knees. "Whoa!? The cat talked!" the girl in pigtails shouted, shuddering. "Sorry, that really shocked me. But, um... wh-what about us? Can we help you? We'd like to help you, if possible-"

Scarily enough, the cat's voice changed from its shrill shrieking to a much lower pitch, much like a young woman's.

"The girl in red, she's here! Seize her at once!"

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