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nanenna · 2 months

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Today I remembered that my favorite thing about having so many AUs is to pick up 2 AUs like Barbie dolls and clack their faces together while making smooching noises.

Behold my beloved DCxDP AU amalgamation monster: DeamonTwinAU and PhantomThiefAU (aka: Selina gives Danny a slutty slutty cat suit, good times)

The story vaguely goeth thusly: Danny is a halfa, the Balance, the Bridge Between Worlds, he is....... the Observants' glorified gofer. You see, there are a lot of cursed/enchanted/ghostly artefacts floating around loose in the living Realm and they need Danny to go retrieve them. Danny would rather not, but they just won't leave him alone about it. Can't a guy just live? At least let him poop in peace! Ancients! Fine, he'll do it if it'll get them to shut up. (Spoiler: it does, in fact, not get them to shut up.)

But you see, Danny has a secret: he was raised in an assassin ninja cult (at least for the early years) before getting adopted by the Fentons. Now the killing? Not a fan, no thanks, he's working on not increasing his kill count, thx. But the sneaking? He could use that. Sneaky ninjas are also good thieves, right? So he cobbles together a knock off League of Assassins outfit, buys a cheap portable lock picking set, and decides to make a game of how far can he get without using his powers (much. He's new at this okay?)

Batman is not having fun. There's some (possible?) League assassin running around stealing verified cursed/magical artefacts! Is Talia planning something? Is Ra's planning something? (Isn't he for real dead? Silly reader, no one is ever for real dead in DC.)

Robin is super frustrated. For all the same reasons Batman is but also because he just knows this new rogue is taunting him. Personally. Because he's Damian al Ghul Wayne and the whole world revolves around him, obviously. (And also because he once pointed at Robin and laughed before jumping out a window.)

Selina is intrigued. Who is this kid? How does he know what to go after? How does he keep evading the bats? Luckily she runs into him mid heist (fortunately they had different targets, she's intrigued but not enough to hand over her shinies to him) and oh he's adorable! She has to train him, it would drive Brucie up the wall. But then she sees his face and oh, she knows exactly who he is, even if he seems oblivious.

Because Danny? He's in Gotham for the ecto, for the Thomas Wayne full ride scholarship he managed to snag, and also because for some reason Gotham is full of so many cursed/ghost artefacts. (Lady Gotham is seething, she worked hard to collect all those curses! But this is her beloved dark knight's kid and she kinda wants him home. But she also doesn't want to give up her curses!) Back to the point: Danny doesn't care about ANY of the rich bougie people. The Waynes give out a lot of scholarships? Cool, that's nice and all. They probably also rub elbows with Vlad or Sam's parents. No thanks. Doesn't care. He's got better things to worry about.

Selina has got a plan though! She's gonna teach this boy how to thief properly, starting with better tools (including the slutty, slutty cat burglar outfit). She also knows that she can't let any of the Waynes (in or out of costume) meet Danny (out of costume). So does Lady Gotham. So does the universe apparently (or just Clockwork maybe), because all kinds of unlikely things keep happening to prevent it.

Danny is having so much fun though! He's learning new skills. Selina is giving him an allowance so he's not living off ramen and peanut butter sandwiches, he's doing well in school, he gets to stretch his ghost powers regularly to go above the smog cover and star gaze in peace. Everything's coming up Danny.

Selina decides it's time to flaunt her find in front of Brucie and makes Danny go to a gala as her date, she spends the entire time clinging to his arm and introducing him around to everyone. Including Bruce himself (who just so happens to have Damian in tow). Danny may not recognize Bruce, but he sure recognizes Damian, and Damian recognizes him if his utterly flabbergasted face is anything to go by. But Danny remembers what it was like living in the League. And so far as he knows Damian is still in it, he was the Demon Head's heir after all. Damian made sure of it.

Oh it. Is. ON! Now Danny is on a mission! A sibling rivalry mission! He is going to make Damian's/Robin's a living hell. Selina going on a heist that has no magical artefacts? Danny's there anyway, always have back up. That necklace in the museum has barely any powers and he wasn't even going to bother with it? Too bad, it's back on the list. He has no reason to be out at all but the bats are on patrol? Well so is Danny. Catch him if you can, suckers!

It's good for Danny, it's enrichment!

#dpxdc #dc x dp #dc comics #batman #danny phantom #nenna writes #just having fun playing with my legos #snap these two pieces together and see what we can build

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luveline · 1 year

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Slightly different request but maybe we can see Eddie and roan having a close loving and cuddly moment together that mostly centres them? You’ve just characterised them so well and I love their daddy daughter dynamic

thank you for your request! eddie and roan ♥︎ fem!reader 1k

"Hey, pumk-min," Eddie says, "whatcha doing?"

Roan looks up at her dad and squints. She's as Munson as they come, pale-skinned with dark curls, dark brows set over big brown eyes that look adorable when narrowed.

"You're being 'spicious," she says.

Eddie kneels down, knees in the soft rug Roan has claimed as her colouring den, and huffs. His pyjama pants are yours, purple with black and dainty flowers, and his t-shirt is a washed out charcoal grey that Roan's seen all her life. His hair is half dry, half damp from the shower, curls weighed down with water. He looks young, though Roan doesn't know that. To her, Eddie just looks like her dad.

"I do have something to ask you," he admits.

She hums and makes an expression beyond her years. Yeah, I thought so. "What?" she asks.

"I need help making dinner tonight cause Y/N's going out."

Roan smiles at the mention of you, then frowns when she remembers you're leaving on a Saturday. "Where's she going? I want to go."

"She's going to see her friends," he says.

"I'm her friend," Roan whines.

"You're my best friend!" you call as you rush down the stairs.

You walk into the living room where they're sequestered, not so much as perturbed by the bombshell mess of pencils and crayons.

"Like, in the whole world," you add, threading an earring through your ear before pressing on the back. "What do you think, do I look pretty?"

Roan stands up and a collection of pencils fall from the fluffy skirt of her princess dress, shiny layers of turquoise blue that dance around her ankles as she rushes to climb up onto the sofa. She leans over the back and you receive her for a short hug.

She complains as you pull back.

"I know, I know, I'm sorry," you say, smushing a kiss to her little forehead. "I won't be gone too long, princess, and that's a promise."

Eddie stands too to see you out the door. Roan deflates against the couch cushions but doesn't cry, just says, "Bye, mom," in a sulky mumble.

Eddie takes your hands.

"Why does she always call me mom when I'm trying to leave?" you ask. Roan calls you mom sometimes, your name mostly, and sweetheart when she's feeling funny.

"'Cause she knows it'll make you wanna stay," he says, which you already knew. "You look beautiful. Tell your other boyfriend I said hello."

You hug him and you smell like lots of things, perfume and hairspray and soap, arms behind his neck. Your jewellery sparkles almost as much as your smile. He squeezes your waist.

"See you later. Love you." You poke your head around the door jam as you step back. "Love you Ro!"

"I love you!" she shouts cheerfully.

A quick kiss and you're gone.

Eddie's glad to see, despite your departure, that Roan is in good spirits. She puts her hands under her face and holds herself up by the elbows, a poster child for pretty babies in her dress and her messy hair.

"What's for dinner, anyway?" she asks curiously.

"Anyway," Eddie repeats, laughing, "I was thinking we'd have what we always have when Y/N's not home."

Roan squeals and holds out her arms. "Cheeseburgers!" she shouts, climbing up into Eddie's chest as he wraps his arms around her.

He'd been planning on carrying her to the kitchen. It's been a couple of hours since lunch and Eddie knows she must be hungry, but he gets a whiff of her jellybean shampoo and holds her closer.

Roan melts into the affection. Her tiny nose jabs him in the chest, her silky soft curls tickling him all over as she cuddles in. He drags his hand up the breadth of her back.

"It's not so bad, is it? Spending time with dad?"

"It's the best."

Eddie spins her around. He holds the small of her back and let's the momentum carry her head back, prompting a wave of delirious giggles. She enjoys it, and Eddie assumes that'll be the end of it, but when she gets her bearings back she wraps her warm hands behind his neck and stares up at him lovingly. It's the only word that can describe her little expression.

"I love you," she says, beaming.

"I love you, too. You're not just saying that because you want extra cheese, are you?"

"I do want extra cheese," she says honestly. "But I will still love you if you don't give me any. Maybe."

He hikes her up higher so they're face to face. For Eddie, it's like looking into a cuter, younger mirror. She's so funny and quirky and lovely, he gets a stab of emotion, heat behind his eyes.

"I love you," he says, kissing her cheek. "Love you so much," —he kisses her other cheek— "you can have every slice of cheese in the house." He kisses her cheek again, too many times.

When he pulls away, she's pink in the face.

"As long as you don't–"

"Don't tell mom, I know."

They gather their resources and make the best burgers ever. Eddie melts the promised cheese on the griddle in the patty grease and Roan eats what won't fit on her burger with a spoon. She's crashing hard from a food coma when you finally get home, but she still makes a point to tell you how much cheese Eddie gave her.

"Like, the whole packets," she brags sleepily, face half hidden in Eddie's chest.

You press wine cooler kisses against their foreheads. "Yeah? Leave any for me?"

"Oh…" Roan blinks at you with wide eyes. "Sorry."

"In the microwave," Eddie mouths.

You grin and dance away, clearly tipsy and humming. When you find the burger he'd made you, you laugh. "Aw, yis. My boyfriend's the best," he hears your say, awed.

"Don't forget that ring on your finger!" he calls. "God knows my savings account won't."

"My fiance is the best," you amend to yourself.

Roan snuggles into Eddie's chest. Eddie pets her hair.

"Love you, pumk-min," he says.

Roan snores.

#eddie and roan #dad!eddie munson x reader #dad!eddie munson #eddie munson x reader #eddie munson x fem!reader #eddie munson fanfiction #eddie munson fanfic #eddie munson fic #eddie munson imagine #stranger things x reader #stranger things fic #stranger things #eddie munson #step mom!reader #stranger things fanfiction

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therapy-ghost · 7 months

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hello! im new to the one piece fandom cus of the live action and i absolutely loved it!

I'd like to request headcannons for strawhat crew (romantic or platonic) with a new female crewmate that is very creative and crafty, but also likes to collect things like a crow for her crafts, like the reader decorates the ship and tries to make clothes or useful things for the crew members ><

have a good day/ night ^^

….I don’t know where or not you want it live action or not… but there are a lot of members in the anime compared to the live action so I’m doing live action!!!!

warning; spoilers, swearing and cuteness(straight fluff)

The straw hats(opla) x fem!crewmate that is like a crow!

Luffy

bro will help her; he will notice her finding shiny things in the streets or just randomly in the sand, and he will do the same and gift them to her

finds it really cute because she will become extremely excited over the tiniest of things

if she ever gifts him something, like a pin, or an extremely shiny rock, he will put it somewhere on his clothes

If she makes something for the ship; like some kinda decor for merry, he is putting it on(no questions ask)

Zoro

bros confused as hell; will ask her a shit tone of questions and be like “the hell are you doing?”

secret is; he finds it interesting that she does this… reminds him of Nami and her berry

if he finds something shiny; he will put it in a place where she can find it and leave it for her.

Nami

sis wants it all; Nami isn’t a fan that she just collects the shiny and very expensive stuff and keeps it to herself… so let’s just say she has stollen a few thousand berry from her

its not like she’ll notice? She’s to busy making a really pretty necklace… for Nami?

Nami eventful finds it the most adored thing ever and will bo staff anyone to death that thinks other wise.

she has suggested making a business tho….

Usopp

he accidentally lonched a pretty rock in his sling shot after thinking it was more amo and then go really said

he always tries to make her happy with finding other shiny things and tells her stories(lies) about them.

helps her clean things off and make little crafts with them

Sanji

head over heels as soon as she gifts him with anything, no matter how dirty it is.

bro will do the same for her and give her really pretty things he has found in hopes to make her happy and hug him

he is extremely touch starved and wants it all the time so…. Once he joins, her stach grows by 100 times

I hope you enjoyed it!!!!

#Opla x reader #One piece x reader #One piece Live action x reader

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thecattishdragon · 2 months

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I'm just gonna... -dumps all of my N headcanons-

- Pansexual

- Adhd & Autism

- 20 years old

- Born/created on April 22nd

- Height: 6’6

- Ptsd, scared of loud noises

- Likes carrying Uzi around. Mostly does it when she’s tired or feeling sad.

- Knows a lot about many animals, not just dogs. Often randomly brings up facts about animals during conversation.

- Has dents and scratches from J and V. Most of them are covered by his coat, so nearly nobody knows.

- Collects random things he finds interesting. Stickers, Books, Rocks he finds cool, and various shiny things are some of the things he collects the most. He gives shiny things, cool rocks, etc. to Uzi :>

- Rubs his claws together and taps them on things to stim

- Curls his tail around himself holds it in his hands when uncomfortable/nervous/scared

- Launches self into the air like a cat whenever startled

- Pets Uzi’s tail like a dog whenever it’s around (It LOVES him for this)

- VERY fluffy and soft hair.

- likes headpats and scritchies ^^

- Sometimes chases tail when bored (Did this A LOT before the events of Episode One)

- Defensive of Uzi when J is around, Curls tail around her, pulls her closer, etc.

- Gets VERY flustered VERY easily. He can go from chill to a blushing mess just with a small kiss or a flirtatious remark

- His hair is just long enough to be pulled into a little ponytail. Uzi finds this absolutely adorable but TELLS NOBODY

- Often eats things he’s not supposed to. Chalk, wood, dirt, etc. His thought process is “I wonder what this tastes like.. Nothing bad will happen if I eat this, right?

Ehhh it’ll be fine” Most of the time it’s fine. *most*

- His voice can go veeerry deep.

- Just as oilthirsty as J and V are, he’s just most excited about the HUNT, not the killing itself. He has single-handedly contributed to around 2/4 of the corpse spire

due to him wanting to be seen as somewhat useful

- Does like most anime, even the violent and gory ones.

- Sometimes has flashback episodes or nightmares where he vividly relives all the traumatic stuff that’s happened to him. Completely silent most of the time, tail curled around himself, trembling, sometimes wings covering himself, eyes closed tightly or just staring into the void

- He loves reading. He can read BIG WORDS like DISCOMBOBULATE and ABOMINATION

- Freaks out whenever he’s near a cute animal. Which, to him, is EVERY animal. Tessa has had to stop him from petting a crocodile before.

- Gets spooked and hides under the nearest bed, table, chair, couch, blanket, pillow, etc. or behind Uzi like a dog whenever there’s fireworks or lightning. He does

think that fireworks are pretty when he doesn’t hear them

- Carries Uzi when she’s tired on long flights

- Separation anxiety

- Has the urge to touch EVERYTHING. Whether it be a cute animal or weird thing he found on the ground, he wants to touch it.

- You know this boi gives the best hugs and cuddles <3

- Clings to Uzi in his sleep and covers her with his wings. Most of the time he doesn’t even do it consciously, he just automatically does it.

- Frequent :3 :0 :D :) :( D: XD :3c etc. user

- Extremely skilled in making/preparing all kinds of drinks

- Was never really the same after the events of the show. He’s recovered well, but he’s not exactly the same. More easily saddened/angered, jumpier, anxiety levels higher, etc.

#murder drones headcanon #murder drones #biscuitbites #n x uzi #enzi #nuzi #N murder drones #Serial Designation N #CattishDragon posts

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jymwahuwu · 4 months

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wingweaver anon here again XD.

i come back with silly brainrots. what if the reader has those hormonal shifts during spring and summer time and starts nesting, gathering pillows and blankets and little trinkets and comfort items close by. and she WANTS to let jing yuan in...perhaps she's grown used to the intimacy they share, perhaps not.

...but...she can't help but feel...unimpressed with him.

yes he's very impressive and yes he's sweet but...he's not really DONE much to woo her now has he? instinct dictates she push him away and find a more suitable mate, one with a better song, who will present better food and shiny items to you.

aka reader is going through her mating season and is very deprived and needy and fully expects jing yuan to show the proper etiquette before even DARING to set foot into her nest he gets scratched otherwise.

jing yuan : no let me in?

reader : you're cute, but you have no shiny. you don't sing. you haven't offered to preen me, or get me berries. what kind of man are you?

jing yuan : :000000 wait wot-

in the end, he does impress reader enough to be let in, and the first thing he does is grab her by the leg, pull her close and give her the fucking of a lifetime. surely the idea of starting a family wouldn't be too far off? look, she's even prepared a nest tp hold them, and he'll be a good father, providing for his little bird and their young ones.

( i'm sorry, you really don't have to write this out. i just think it would be hilarious just...watching jing yuan flounder because his darling???? is being fussy???? she wants him to sing for her?????? she wants berries and shinies????????? and then he just...sits down and gets cracking on general bird mating behaviors while reader is sitting in the corner like "well??? are you going to make a move or should i find someone else????" )

-CW: yandere, dub-con, breeding

part 1

This brainrot is too adorable!! Jing Yuan’s most precious little bird is going through her estrus… Although you didn’t ask for it, I wrote a little bit🫢🤗💖

Even General Xianzhou couldn't expect this, you just have wings after all. He didn't expect you to be in heat like a bird. It’s really interesting to see this hundreds of years old man overwhelmed 🤭

Jing Yuan immediately searched for the keywords "birds + estrus + wingweaver" in the database, and those holographic data blocks immediately swam around him. His eyes were darting around and reading the information he needed, and you were already… squirming on the nest? It was actually a bed with cozy blankets on it. You pouted and puffed out your cheeks, glaring at him angrily. The instinct in your head is calling you to find a better mate, one who will pursue you appropriately. Maybe your confused mind thinks he is a savage bird kidnapping you back to his nest…

Bird courtship behavior:

Singing

Display beautiful feathers

Bring delicious food and shiny stones as gifts

Decorate the love nest together

Dancing

Demonstrate hunting ability

…

There won't be enough time to order berries or collect trinkets for you. You're already questioning him. So… Jing Yuan took off his armor and robe… showing off his burly and well-trained chest and shoulders. He smiled leisurely at you. Your distracted eyes focused, and you felt heat radiating from your neck, your legs began to lose strength, and your wings trembled and fluttered. "you- you……"

"Shhh, come to me. Here's your preen." Jing Yuan opened his arms and simulated the sound of people teasing their pet birds.

You snuggled into his comforting arms. The sensitive wings are carefully groomed. You were about to assume a position that would allow for mating, but the general had already caught you and started breeding. You rocked on top of him, placing your hands on his shoulders and moaning softly. After a round of breeding, your legs were once again pinned as high as they could by his hands. His fat cock is thrusting upwards, thrusting inside your throbbing needy cunt.

It was finally burned into your head - no one could pursue you like he could, no one could mate with you like he could. Jing Yuan is the only spouse you need💖

divider @/cafekitsune

#yandere hsr #yandere honkai star rail #yandere jing yuan #yandere hsr x reader #yandere jing yuan x reader #honkai x reader #honkai star rail x reader #honkai star rail x you #jing yuan x female reader

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many-gay-magpies · 7 months

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new little guy alert! her name is crow and she's a crow. i may come up with a more complex name eventually but until then Crow is my Beautiful Little Rascal Baby and i adore her

alt text added!

notes about crow:

she's a sort of. guide? rogue? character that runs around the realms causing havoc and collecting shiny things. she LIVES in prairie caves but you wouldn't know it cuz she's rarely ever there.

when she flies, her arms and cape morph into crow wings and then morph back when she lands.

she ADORES moths and is always excited to teach them the ways of mischief and mayhem.

tgc pls add a black bird mask my corvid-loving self is suffering

here is crow in-game!

#magpie arts #my sky #sky cotl #sky: children of the light #thatskygame #sky fanart #sky cotl fanart #sky oc #sky cotl oc #sky children fanart #sky children of the light #skykid oc #skykid #c: crow

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ghuleh-recs · 5 months

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It's @iamthecomet's birthday!!! Comet is easily one of my favorite ghoul writers and in honor of her birthday I threw together a list of some of my all-time favorites of hers. I am not exaggerating when I say that I have enjoyed every. single. thing. Comet has written. On top of being an incredible writer, she is a DELIGHTFUL human being. She is SO ridiculously kind and quick to offer advice or support to whichever anon might be dropping into her inbox that day. We are beyond lucky to have such a talented, beautiful soul in this fandom. So go forth, treat yourself to some Comet fics, and leave some comments and kudos as a lil' bday treat ♡

recs under the cut.

Born Under a Troubled Sign - Aether x Dewdrop - 40.7k

Dewdrop goes from water to fire. It goes about as well as can be expected. *THE DEWDROP ANGST FIC OF ALL TIME. I will never stop recommending this and I am not sorry.

Dance With Me - Aeon x Swiss - 1.1k

“Dance?” Swiss rolls his eyes and curls his hand around Aeon’s forearm. He’s so warm. That’s the one thing about Swiss that stays constant even with the glamor. The heat of him. Aeon moves closer like a moth drawn to a flame, and Swiss abandons his grip on Aeon’s arm in favor of one around his waist. “Yeah,” Swiss whispers, leaning in to drag his nose up the side of Aeon’s neck. Inhaling sharply as he noses against his hairline. “That’s what I said.” “There’s no music?”

Tear Me Down - Dewdrop x Rain - 7.7k

Dew can't handle a bad day productively. Rain makes him handle it his way. They make some noise. They're probably never going to be allowed at this hotel again. “Yeah, yeah,” Dew says dismissively. Stroking from root to tip, watching the way Rain is leaking already. Like always. Wet from start to finish. “Can’t believe you’re still mouthing off.” Dew shrugs, watching Rain fill out in his hand, twisting his fist around the head, pressing his fingers to the underside. Rain’s flushed and shiny already. Each stroke makes his stomach clench. “You haven’t really given me a reason to stop.”

Comet's Ficlet Collection (Ch. 154) - Aeon x Dewdrop - 1k

Prompt: i will offer you my firstborn child for a new ghoul focused fic about him being praised about insecurities. i find comfort in my favs having the same issues as me, so the idea of him not really liking his body but being praised for it is just so good to me

Comet's Ficlet Collection (Ch. 16) - Aether x Cumulus x Dewdrop x Sunshine x Swiss - 1k

Could I request something with similar appreciation for a larger body for Cumulus? Any partner or multiple partners are fine. I crave some fat body appreciation and love on a soul level, I adore her so much and she deserves every inch of her beautiful plush figure to be lavished with attention and devotion.

Dewdrop & Sunshine are Chaos Incarnate - Dewdrop & Sunshine - <;1k

Prompt: I neeeeeeed chaos twins Dew and Sunshine gettin in trouble with Mountain and Ifrit

Fill Your Lungs With Words - Aether x Dewdrop - 4.8k

He loves Dew when he’s two seconds away from self-immolation. Loves him when he’s badgering Mountain into letting him in the kitchen—which is always a bad decision. He loves him when he’s high and pliant, loves him when he falls asleep on Aether’s chest, a gentle purr rolling through his body. Aether’s fucking in love with him. This wasn’t supposed to happen.

Let Me Decide What You Need - Mountain x Swiss x Rain - 8.6k

Rain and Swiss take Mountain down to studs. It's surprisingly easy.

Perfect Fit - Aeon x Cumulus - 1.2k

Cumulus tries on her old uniform. Aeon gets an eyeful. Can't really blame him for what happens next.

Comet's Mushy May Collection (Ch. 10) - Aether x Everyone (kinda) - 1k

Unspoken I love you / First I love you Love is an easy thing with them. The pack is full of it. Casual I love yous thrown over shoulders. The press of thumbs over knuckles, the slide of fingers together. They all fit together. Bonded by experience, by undeniable kinship. Aether feels it. Feels the swell of love, the burn of it in his chest. And he thinks about saying it back when Cumulus calls it to him. Thinks about whispering it in Dew’s ear when they’re curled up together. Thinks about letting those words fall off of his tongue again. It’s been…he could pretend he doesn’t know. He could just say it’s been a while. It’s been almost a year. He can pretend that he doesn’t know this down to the day—the minute almost. *this one hurts. you have been warned.

It's No Fun 'Til Someone Dies (series) - murder ghouls - 10k

Dew doesn’t understand how they haven’t figured it out yet. Humanity's persistence, its blindness will be its downfall. He’s in awe of the way they continue to insist to themselves that it’s normal for multiple people a month to just—vanish. To “go home” without taking any of their stuff. To flee in the middle of the night. Or fall from balconies, or down the stairs, or drown. That they haven’t figured out that the unlucky few are fodder for the machine that is the Ghost Project. Food, literally, for the hell-spawn that drives it forward. They spend their days looking at the Ghouls like they are something to be attained. A prize to win. Dew is happy to encourage it. To let them walk right into the trap. He runs his teeth over his fangs. He can still taste the blood.

* Okay I need to stop myself because I could keep going indefinitely.

𖤐 you know the drill--bookmark, read, and leave kudos/comments!

#hbd comet!!!!!!#and a very happy comet day to those who observe #my fic recs #the band ghost fic recs #the band ghost fanfiction #ghost band fanfic #dewdrop ghoul #rain ghoul #swiss ghoul #mountain ghoul #aether ghoul #aeon ghoul #cumulus ghoulette #cirrus ghoulette #sunshine ghoulette #phantom ghoul #nameless ghouls fic #fic rec!!#birthday mixtape

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be-the-glenn-to-my-maggie · 9 months

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Thinking about little Spider in a dragon au. He’s the only human child and is so jealous when the Sully kids start collecting stuff for their hoards because he wants one too! But he doesn’t have that instinct that the others have, he doesn’t have an ancient dragon-y voice in the back of his head telling him what to hoard or even how to properly hoard at all.

Cue baby Spider trying to be all sneaky, assessing each of the Sully kids’ hoards individually to see what feels right for him.

Neteyam’s hoard is probably the neatest hoard Spider has ever had the pleasure of laying his eyeballs on. Carefully crafted arrow heads, brilliantly colored fish scales, a wind instrument of some kind—random stuff (or at least to a human eye; according to Norm all dragons see the specific spark that links everything in their hoard together) all organized in some needlessly particular way that Spider still doesn’t understand completely. Neteyam’s hoard is nice, but doesn’t call out to Spider. He moves on.

Hmm, Kiri’s hoard seems interesting. Dried flowers, random paintings, several baskets of mushrooms and nuts and seeds, homemade jewelry, and river rocks of various shapes and sizes. They’re all scattered haphazardly around her “den,” though none of them touch her “nest” (these terms puzzle Spider because he’s pretty sure their dens are just rooms and nests just really unkempt beds, but Norm and the other researchers assure him that there’s more to it than that). The vibe is nice but upon further thought none of these things really feel like anything Spider himself finds worth hoarding. Time to give Lo’ak a try.

Lo’ak’s hoard is. . . Interesting. A baseball sans the accompanying bat, several mixtapes that he highly doubts the boy has ever actually listened to given their current location being the middle of absolutely nowhere, several arrowheads that match the ones in Neteyam’s hoard, a few feathers, some shiny rocks, a few homemade friendship bracelets, and a few more random trinkets (Norm says it’s not uncommon for young dragons to hoard a bunch of random things until they find the right fit). It still doesn’t feel right to Spider.

He then proceeds to mope about it until he realizes something. Surely a hoard doesn’t have to be material things, right? If a hoard is a collection of what is most valuable, then surely the Sully kids can be be his hoard, right?

Yeah, that makes sense to Spider.

(And unbeknownst to him, he’s part of all of their hoards too.)

Ooh, this is interesting! It's also incredibly adorable, I grinned when I read those last two lines!! I'll admit, this is an au that I don't know much about. Are they actually dragons or are they ~dragons~ like in those werewolf aus where they just have a wolf in the back of their heads that says stuff and then they have senses but they aren't wolves, idk. Maybe.... shapeshifting into dragons? I don't know.

EITHER WAY, I love the hoard stuff. The idea of them all seeing a specific spark that links all their stuff, and Neteyam's specifically is this reasonable bunch of highly related stuff and then also this human child. Hilarious.

BUT CONSIDER: Is he in Jake and Neytiri's hoard? Just imagine. Neytiri, pissed that there's a human child of their enemy she doesn't want anything to do with, but as soon as she sets eyes on him theres that spark. He fits with the other kids in the family part of her hoard. And well, that's ridiculous, and she's kicks him out for dinner or something, but then it feels so wrong. She's always angrily putting Spider next to Kiri and Neteyam like "sit here" and then shoving food at him. She's always pissily stomping over to him to tuck him into his hammock that she furiously installed after one night he was sick at Hells Gate for a week and her dragon was ENRAGED that a piece of the hoard was missing for so long. Just rage caring for him because she has to lol.

#i'm cacklign at myself #i love the idea of neytiri needing to take care of spider due to some motherly instinct but shes mad about it mentally at first #miles spider socorro #spider socorro #spider sully #neytiri sully #neteyam sully #lo'ak sully #kiri sully #jake sully #tuktirey sully #sully family #avatar #avatar the way of water #james cameron avatar #melissa's asks #melissa on avatar (cameron)#we are mindmelding get in

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awkwaamo · 8 months

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The Story of Psyche

Long before the events of this au, Psyche, an Earth fairy, was born. During her time the mindset that you are supposed to rise above your emotions was practically ingrained from the moment you could start comprehending words. This mindset created a disconnect between people and their magic, it was considered extremely rare to even gain a Charmix and at that point people weren’t able to narrow down exactly how these Charmix holders were attaining it.

It was even more amazing when Psyche, one of the already rare Charmix holders, was able to attain an even higher fairy form that came with unimaginable power, the Enchantix. She became the very first Guardian Fairy.

The magic dimension was not in the best shape at that time. There was constant conflict and Psyche ended up having to be the one to resolve the more dangerous situations but each one would wear her down a little more.

Eventually, Psyche realized that things couldn’t continue the way they were. She poured over ancient texts and spoke to as many ancient magic users as she could when she came to the only solution she could find to her problem. She would have to change the way that people viewed the entire dimension.

Psyche spent months going over the intricacies of what she was about to do and when she was ready she used all her power to cast a spell that would tie people’s magic firmly to their souls allowing for more and more people to achieve harmony with themselves and the magic dimension.

Ultimately this spell was too much for her to handle and she faded away but the effects of her spell lasted for centuries. By the time the majority of her magic had faded away the magic dimension had drastically changed the way they viewed both themselves and magic. Though there are still remnants of her spell residing in the soul of every magical creature.

The entirety of the magic dimension was forever altered because of Psyche, the Fairy of the Soul.

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So! As promised, I will explain a little in depth as to the route that I'm going with this AU and Psyche's influence on the redesigns and the story in general.

Every magical creature is very intimately connected to their magic. To the point that they embody aspects of that magic.

We'll start with Stella. She is the fairy of the sun and moon, and yes I am 100% adding back the moon aspects of her power because I was super disappointed that they never used it to its full potential and eventually disregarded it entirely, which pretty much boils down to light in general. She is the epitome of light. She runs much hotter than the normal person to the point that she emits almost a bubble of heat around her at all times. She's not affected by the cold at all, she is the type to walk around in winter weather in a mini-skirt and tank top, she just doesn't because she adores winter fashion. She also glows. Literally. It a pretty faint glow when she's not in her fairy forms, only really noticeable in a dark room, but still there. Her powers are going to be stronger in the daylight, for obvious reasons, but she's not powerless at night unless it's a new moon. She'd still be able to cast very small spells, just the basic everyday magic that anyone can do, but nothing like her normal power range.

Onto Bloom now. Being the fairy of the dragon fire grants her quite a few major differences. She's obviously more dragon-like in personality and appearance, the appearance part mostly effects her transformations. She has a slight hoarding habit, it's not disastrous but she does tend to collect shiny and/or valuable stuff. A lot of the things she gets are gifts from family and friends because it's almost guaranteed she'll love it. She's also very heat-loving. Winter is hard for her, it's not as bad in her fairy form, because she has to dress very warm otherwise she ends up struggling to stay awake. She does have a naturally threatening aura that makes people- mostly normal humans- and animals very uncomfortable, though people don't really know why, they just instinctively know that she's dangerous. Needless to say that Kiko is not in this AU at all. She probably would have given the poor bunny a heart attack just by looking at him. This is not at bad in magical creatures, although the smaller ones like pixie pets still instinctively avoid her. She has much better luck with dragons. :)

Flora, being the fairy of nature, tends to have small flowers and vines growing out of her hair at any given time. Much like Bloom, she needs to take precautions during the winter to avoid going into a hibernation-like state. Not much changes about her personality wise, she's already kind but also more than willing to fight when it calls for it. She does keep heat lamps in her room and turns them on when she wants to relax, or when it gets cold.

Musa! Again, nothing much changes about her personality wise but her magic effects her much more than in canon. She has exceptional hearing but does have some issues processing everything she hears at once so she wears noise cancelling headphones to help her filter everything out easier. She also takes precautions in her room by soundproofing everything, so she can sleep without headphones on.

Aisha is pretty down to earth which is a funny way to describe a water fairy but it fits. She tends to go with the flow most of the time but she is ultimately determined to carve her own path. Her magic allows her to breathe underwater both in and out of fairy form and she does has patches of scales around her hips even outside her transformation thanks to her relation to mermaids. She also has a wonderful singing voice that does tend to entrance people a bit, which she and Musa have fun with. I'm still working more on her to be honest. There is a lot of reference material on sirens/mermaids to choose from, though I am clearly leaning more on the siren aspect.

Finally, we have Tecna. I have a lot planned for Tecna but we'll start with the basics. She is very connected to technology but she's also very determined not to let it consume every part of her, which is going to be a common theme on Zenith. That being said she is the fairy of technology so she does have some changes. She has a tendency to overheat if she tries to do too much at once. She keeps her areas fairly cool so she can do things smoothly and summer is the bane of her existence. She has a million things going at once all the time but she makes it work!

Surprise bonus character! Roxy. Yes, Roxy is going to be a minor character in this AU. I've changed her age a little bit so she's only a year younger than Bloom. Roxy tends to reflect select traits of whatever animal that she's around at the time. Most of the time it's Artu. She also has a track record of animals just following her around everywhere. People frequently joke about her being a Disney Princess.

A little bit of background on Bloom and Roxy in this AU. They kind of grew up being outcasts together, their parents were very relieved that they found each other. It was especially great for them because in this AU magical creatures have a tendency to gravitate toward each other. Roxy is also the only reason Bloom has ever been able to pet a dog because of most animals avoiding her like the plague. Artu, is wary of her but also understands at this point that she's not going to hurt him.

While they both give off ambient magic, like most other magical creatures, their full potential was dormant most of their lives. For Bloom, it activated when she came into contact with Stella actively using magic. For Roxy, it activated after the attack on Bloom's house where there was so much ambient magic still in the air. Of course, Roxy didn't really notice anything until much later and began practicing on her own. She'll become a full fledged member of Alfea the next school year.

Also, a little note. Selina does not exist here. Nothing against her necessarily but her entire existence never made much sense to me to begin with. Her addition kind of threw off a lot of stuff continuity wise, in my opinion. Especially with her being so closely tied to Bloom. So, I'm completely cutting her out.

A little bit of extra info in general. I will not be including all of the fairy forms. I'll only for sure be including the winx, charmix, and enchantix forms. I have some ideas for sirenix as well but I'm not sure how that's going to fit into everything story wise. But Believix is not going to exist at all. I love it but I don't like the idea of an entire transformation hinging on finding a non-magical world and getting them to believe in magic. Also, it's just not going to be relevant to the story.

That being said, I will be giving Charmix it's own form instead of just an addition to their normal forms. I already have some sketches of Stella's, I just have to get everyone else's down. I will also be redesigning the enchantix and sirenix transformations. Enchantix because I want it to fit the story more and sirenix because I never liked those designs in the first place. I have a lot of issues with the later transformations in general because they really just became the same thing for every girl but different colors. It was like they lost their individuality and I don't like that.

I will also mention that not everything is 100% set in stone yet. It's all still a work in progress so you're all seeing things as I go about creating it. I may change some of the designs that I have already posted, like I've already decided that Musa definitely needs a nose ring and I'm disappointed it took me so long to come up with that. Either way, that's just a warning. The main concepts I've already come out with will be staying the same though just minor detail changes, don't worry!

If you have gotten this far, thank you! It took forever to type all this out so forgive me if it seems a little jumbled but I'm tired of looking at this so I'm not doing any more editing on this post. I hope you enjoyed the lore dump!

#psyche au #Psyche #oc #winx club oc #winx club #winx #winx club stella #winx club bloom #winx club musa #winx club flora #winx club aisha #winx club layla #winx club tecna #lore dump #long post

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toodrasticallydumb · 5 months

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PONYO AU COME HERE MY BABIES

*ahEM* So. What occurred is—as you can maybe see—i was studying Studio Ghibli’s art style to draw lil baby adorable kiddos and may or may not have gotten carried away a bit.

I can explain.

I just love baby Walt and wanted to draw him more and then i was watching Ponyo and Ponyo has red/orange hair like Barbara’s and then one thing led to another and yeah it’s a whole au thing now.

Basically, Ponyo = Baby Barb, Sosuke = Weeny Walt, Fujimoto (Ponyo’s dad) = grown up Jim, Granmamare (Ponyo’s mom) = grown up Claire

Ponyo’s story (i’m gonna refer to as Barb in min) goes pretty much the same as in the movie: she’s a curious lil magical fish who wanders away from her overprotective father one day, excited to catch a glimpse at the infamous humans her father has warned her so much about on their motor boats, unfortunately she gets stuck in a tiny jar and gets swept up onto shore, being found and rescued by…a green human?

Baby Walt is a small youngling, abandoned when he was so small he had barely opened his eyes, or so his father, Vendel, tells the story. Without a proper mother and just a tiny whelp, Trollmarket’s leader (with his badly hidden soft heart) can’t help but end up adopting the small whelp. So baby Walt (as he is nicknamed because Waltolomew was FAR too long, Vendel.) is raised alongside his two much older big brothers, Blinky and Aaarrrgghh who watch over him when Vendel’s busy.

They take him on short, highly-supervised outings around Trollmarket and the beach shore during the night; the one rule? No head-butting anyone’s gronk-nuks. Okay, but also NO GOING IN THE SUN.

Vendel is incredibly acute about the rule and it was a long time of whinnying and complaining and pushing and puppy-dog eyes until he FINALLY let Walt go outside to the beach shore with Blinky and Aaarrrgghh. But Walt always knew his dad was so strict about the rule because if he ever touched the sun he’d burn himself and turn to stone.

Right?

One night, Walt is feeling a little down and Aaarrrgghh suggests bringing a teeny bucket to collect seashells in, except they get kinda get caught up in all the serious work and sunrise comes before they know it. The sun is peeking out past the horizon when Walt gets distracted by a strange glittering in the shallow water. Aaarrrgghh is busy convincing Blinky to let them bring all the shells for Vendel so Walt goes after the shiny item himself. He pads over and finds a jar…with a goldfish inside?

Trying to pull the little fishy out of the jar as gently as he can, he tugs and bites at the glass with his short tusks, before feeling a strange stinging across his body and giving a big shiver—

“HEY! KIDDO GET OUT OF THE WATER!” someone shouts from above and his head whirls around to see a human waving his arms at him and heading down the rocks to get to him.

“Blinky!” he yelps, frozen on the spot, but the troll hushes him with a finger and after an anxious beat of his heart he sees them scramble to run away from the human as it reaches the bank and goes after him. “BLINKY?!” Walt cries out, tears coming to his eyes but he’s quickly scooped up into the arms of the chubby human.

“Be careful, kid, the tides comin’ up, let’s get you out of here.”

“But my papa-” he croaks.

“We’ll find him, don’t worry little dude.”

The rest of the story unfolds similarly to the movie, except Walt is nonverbal for a long part of the time Barb is a fish in the bowl of water. Later though, Barb licks a wound from Walt’s human skin and becomes a human girl (mostly), the two wander around getting into small hijinks at the senior center and around town while being (horribly) babysat by Toby and Wine Aunt Nomura, all the while Barb and Walt get closer and fall in love ❤️

But then Baby Barb is snatched away by Jim and Weeny Walt is left trying to find his big brothers and get back to Trollmarket but keeps questioning if they’ll take him back now.

Soon enough Baby Barb girlbosses her way out of Jim’s hold and makes it back to her green friend, in the process LITERALLY BRINGING THE MOON CLOSER TO THE EARTH AND RAISING THE TIDE UP MOUNTAINS. But it’s all chill, they figure it out in the end lol

As if this post isn’t long enough: some hcs!!!

Barb thinks all humans turn green at night and is very Confused™️ when Toby and Nomura Don’t???

She also thinks all human children are as quiet as Weeny Walt and when they get stuck in school she is very shocked when kids start talking to Weeny Walt like nothing

Walt is VERY attached to Aaarrrgghh and very obvious about it, his favorite brother fr while his relationship w Blinky is more of a play fight of who can be the smartest little buttsnack to each other and impress papa

If it’s kinda confusing: basically changelings in this au change between troll and human when sunlight hits them or darkness/shadow does and since baby Walt didn’t go out in the sun he didn’t know (Vendel knew but was convinced it wouldn’t matter if his little baby knew either way)

Walt wears a moss gauntlet-type thing around his forearm as a sign that he was adopted and spoken for by someone other than his mother

Barb is kinda scared of the dark so Walt shows her cool stuff like fireflies and Walt is scared of the water (because rocks SINK) and Barb shows him cool stuff like big fish and swimming

Barb is the ONLY person Walt talks to during a majority of their time with Nomura and Toby, he is very nonverbal and Barb is VERY verbal so she has enough words to speak for them both

She drags him everywhere and he just lets it happen because of course he does

(when i post, I POST OKAY)

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obscuriites · 1 month

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octopath 2 as pokemon trainers! extended commentary (SPOILERS FOR BASICALLY EVERYONE'S STORY) under cut so it doesn't take up 2+ pages. Please do not think too hard about the trainer sprite choices 💗

Okay! Some of these were really easy to make (Ochette, Castti and Temenos), and some were... a bit of a challenge (Partitio and Throné)

Ochette:

VERY self explanatory. Solgaleo is Juvah (white lion), Decidueye is a combination of Mahina and Ochette's hunter class (owl and elemental arrows), Thieval is.. a fox resembling Akalā that's physical based, Shiny Magikarp is Acta (not that good, evolves after putting in a lot of effort), Turtonator is Tera (anatomy, typing), and finally, Articuno is clearly Glacis (Legendary ice bird)

Ochette's whole story is about collecting legendaries, of course her team is half legendaries and pseudo-legendaries

Castti:

Here, we start to have some more pokemon that integrate character's personality. Mega Kangaskhan is Castti's very mother bear-esque personality, nurturing yet ready to chop off someone's limbs anytime. Combusken is also an extension of this (with Castti often being called a mother hen). For some reason to me, Combusken felt more fitting to me than Blaziken, probably because it resembles a chicken more.

Lapras! This one has two reasons. It knows Sing (Castti's nighttime path action knocking people out), and Surf (We all know Castti's history with maritime traveling). Its personality also matches with Castti's drive to care for everyone.

Breloom was chosen because of its Poison Heal ability combined with it's grass/poison duotyping. Torkoal is similar as it was chosen because of it's drought ability. Both of these tie into her final chapter.

Mamoswine is Wooly-Ooly 🙂

Throné:

Lillipup is her buppy 🙂... + the pokedex entry for shield

Klefki is Throné's keys for her collar coming from her parents (Klefki can learn thief, her thief parents carry her keys)

Tandemous, the Couple Pokemon, represents Mother and Father! They both teach moves to Throné that she uses throughout her life (Charm, Thief, Substitute, etc.)

Sneasler is Throne's (NO ACCENT, MY CTRL-V BROKE FOR TUMBLR ONLY.) collar, with the ability Poison Touch. Its lone wolf personality, combined with its general abilities works well as Throne.

Seviper is a black snake. Dodrio is meant to represent the structure of The Blacksnakes though, constantly fighting with its other heads until one becomes the "leader".

Overall I did try to give Throne more speedy pokemon to fit her class and Aeber's Reckoning.

Osvald:

Drampa! This represents his fatherly personality that he keeps behind his scary looks. It's very Osvald-coded to me, can you please just look at its pokedex entries? (burning homes to the ground. haha. it's almost like his third chapter... and his backstory)

Charizard is his ever-burning flame in his chest, his life. Blaziken is like this except for its extra fighting typing as well as it's ability to learn Knock Off, an move that damages opponents while also removing their items (Mugging)

Alakazam... let me just pull up the dex entry. This also ties into Osvald's "Calculations complete!" battle line.

Golurk is Rita (I didn't want to do Golem the pokemon so I chose the next best thing, and the ghost typing helps. I'm so sorry.), Kirlia is Elena (beautiful child, only becoming more beautiful through a better environment)

Partitio:

This is a trainwreck (cue boos). Partitio is the result of me throwing things together despite him being one of my favorite Octopath characters.

I tried to give a lot of his pokemon a secondary business advantage!

Fidough is one of these! It's bread, one of the things he could barely get enough of as a child. Fidough can kickstart the fermenting process w its yeast and it's adorable. Its also Garnet 2, less of a meanie.

Shuckle... hah. Shucks. Another one for the business advantage of berry juice (unless that harms it. then it's there for comedy). Good at foraging, probably a Partitio trait.

Snorlax um... rest move... Partitio's nap action. Needs high friendship to evolve.

Rapidash is from Partitio being described as a wild stallion as well as it's ability to learn Ember, magic that Partitio also knows.

Meowth is there because it holds an Amulet Coin, acting as the Grows on Trees ability

Musharna is Partitio's dreams and how he's made his big dreams help the whole world defeat poverty 🙂

Agnea:

Okay, there's a lot of obvious dancers here. There's also a lot of grass/bug types to show that she's a countrygirl from the Leaflands

Hitmonlee is there because it's the first kicker of the fighting types (Dancer's Ruinous Kick). It's flexible also, like Agnea (I assume superstar dancers are ?? really flexible???)

Leavanny, while it is graceful, only knows Swords Dance. Leavanny is actually meant to represent Agnea's father, with its ability to make clothing (See below).

I chose Oricorio's Baile form as Agnea wears a more flamenco-esque dress

Swoobat is there because of its klutz/clumsy ability (we are introduced to Agnea by helping her find her lost purse), and because of its heart stamp attack (This references the travel banter between Agnea and Temenos in her final chapter where he tries to teach her how to remember each of the 8 gods, "Dancers seal with a kiss".)

Clefairy is just very Agnea to me, very cute and adorable little fairy.

Roserade is a straight forward Agnea reference, grass dancer

Temenos:

We start off with a Crick reference right away: Honedge. It's a steel-ghost, just like Crick 🙂. Unevolved base form pokemon, like how Crick is only a "newly anointed knight". Also bc Crick uses swords, I'm sorry.

(Mega) Houndoom is Temenos, the Pontiff's Hound. Having Temenos be a dark type fits him best, considering how he barely fits into the church and brings down the Sacred Guard.

Lycanroc's Midnight form is what Roi looks like to me. That's it.

Hatterene is Temenos'... off-putting nature ("Omg so cute ^_^ wait holy shit what's wrong with you" energy) as well as his inquire ability (see below). Disarming voice is like Breaking during an Inquisition in my head. Dazzling Gleam is like Holy Light. Misty Explosion is like Temenos' EX Heavenly Shine, except with swapped consequences (Misty Explosion wipes out your entire HP bar, Heavenly Shine wipes out your entire SP bar).

WOOLOO. MY LITTLE LAMB!

Zoroark is Temenos' mask, that only comes off at the very end of the game. He's the black sheep of the church. He's lonely, but he's there. Does anyone hear me. Literally look 🔽

AND FINALLY. HIKARI:

Samurott. It's a sword-wielding pokemon. It's a samurai. Hikari needs water.

Machamp is Mugen, look at those arms.

Braviary is an eagle, like Kuzan! With the psychic typing of its second form, it reminds me of Kuzan's transition in the end from being Ku's greatest tactician to Oboro of the Moonshade Order who revived Vide.

Arctozolt is Rai Mei, electric ice type (electric abilities living in Stormhail). The only one in pokemon.

Mightyena is well. Hikari's loyalty reminds me of pack animal behavior (lovingly). It also knows Swagger and Taunt which reminds me of Incite.

Marowak is there because Bone Rush reminds me Aggressive Slash as both are multi-hit moves. See also, its dex entries

#octopath traveler 2 #octopath traveler ii #hikari ku #temenos mistral #agnea bristarni #partitio yellowil #osvald v. vanstein #throne anguis #castti florenz #ochette #these were originally supposed to be gifs. it went badly.#cringe is dead i say as i shake while posting this

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tobifuyu · 11 months

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Die For You • Prologue

HAITANI RAN x f!reader

I think I’m lost again: This world is big, it'll kill me of I don't figure it out.

cw: nsfw, mdni, slow burn, enemies to friends to lovers, eventual smut, smut, fluff, angst, references to depression, drugs, panic attacks, blood and violence, prostitution, basically anything that has to do with bonten, protective haitani ran, sanzu haruchiyo is his own warning.

Masterlist.

Chizu thinks it's crazy how the absence of a single person could make a room packed with people feel so empty.

Yet, this longing couldn't make everyone else's presence any less overbearing. It's almost as if all the people in the room were staring at her, with scrutinizing eyes, waiting for her to slip up, for her smile to fade.

Inside of her, she knows that this day, much like any other, the attention of the crowd is focused elsewhere. After all, the groom and bride are just now making their big entrance in the decorated room, huge smiles and congratulations sent their way after just getting married.

Chizu wishes she could be truly happy for them, but as her tired eyes take a look at the people sitting around the table, she can't help but judge how effortlessly they manage to pretend. Because if they're not pretending, it means they have forgotten. And how could you forget what has happened, what they had collectively lost? But who would be this happy, knowing what they had to give up to stand where they are today? Who had stayed behind.

Chizu eventually figures no one will notice. The smile she put on is starting to hurt her strained cheeks, so she lets it go. She makes the effort, from time to time, to chuckle at whatever joke is being said, or memory being recounted. Some of her friends know her far too well and she doesn't wanna be the one to rain on their parade, but if she were to just say out loud, how ludicrous this whole pretend get-together is, most of them would probably agree. Oh, the irony.

Three days before that, she was headed to work when her car eventually gave up. Whether it was on her and her shitty driving, or just life in general, she did not know. She hoped that Draken could take care of that. One thing she was not in the mood for was paying for a new piece of metal when she could barely afford to keep this one up and running. That, and going back to be driven around by her boyfriend. Boyfriend? More like fiance, that is, the ring that would usually sit around her finger was a testament to that.

She was not wearing it that day, of course. She had grown the habit of taking it off to go to work, the last couple of weeks. "To keep it from getting stolen." She had replied to Chifuyu when he had asked. After all, it was not unlikely. With her job as a detective, she had to do a lot of digging around in the wrong places, and keeping such a shiny thing on her would do her no good, so Chifuyu believed her.

Chifuyu. Sweet, loyal Chifuyu. He had been all his life, ever since they were kids. Their engagement was a testament to that. That he would do her no harm, no wrong. Ignoring all their lives the undeniable pull that both of them felt towards other people, in favor of honoring a promise made to a dead and dumb teenager.

But a man can only pretend so much, and after twelve years together, it was no wonder she had almost walked in on him and Kazutora more than enough times to stop believing it was her poor sight deceiving her.

Chizu had no doubt he loved her though, in the past and now still. She could tell just by looking in those green eyes she adored so much, she could tell because of how kind he was, how he had cradled her all those years, practically kissing the ground she walked on, spurred her to keep on fighting for what she believed in. How he had always let her be, closed a blind eye after they had just moved in together and she had placed that photo of her and Mikey on the nightstand right by their bed. How he would not question her late nights at Draken's. How he had tried so hard, for years, to kiss the breath out of Chizu to keep her from asking whether he was only staying because she was Keisuke's sister.

Yet, no matter how much she appreciated all he had done for her after his death, she couldn't bring herself to be truly happy with him. And she knew, from the moment she took on this last case a couple of months prior, that she would lose him. The secrecy, distance, and obsession on her part are what finally made him crack, is what made him give up on her like this fucking damned car.

She didn't blame him, nor Kazutora. She just let them be, just like they had done for her all this time.

It was the latter's number she called that day, knowing his work schedule by heart finally came in handy. She asked for a ride.

"D'ya need me to take the car to Draken's too?" He had inquired while waiting for the light to stop. She enjoyed riding with him. His bike was fast and steady, and even though he never speed too much when she was with him, she was still fond of the thrill, the sight of cars and buildings getting left behind and becoming a blurry mess in her peripheral, and the feeling of the crisp Tokyo air scratching against the apple of her reddening cheeks, unforgiving. She was not one to wear a helmet, a dumb thing really, and neither was Kazutora. But she did not mind the knotting in her hair at the end of the day, as long as she got to ride beside another warm body to revive the too-fond memories of her teenage years. Chifuyu had stopped riding Keisuke's bike a while ago.

"No need, Tora. He said he would pick it up with Inupi this afternoon."

"Want me to come to get ya after work then?"

"Nah, I'll probably ask Naoto to drive me."

"You make that kid do too many of your biddings, you're a shitty work senior." She had pinched his side then, having him swerve on the road and reprimand her for breaking the glorified rule of not distracting the driver.

The station she works at is an old one, not too crowded with rookies, her and Naoto being two of the few people who don't have retirement on their minds yet. That's why their head of department doesn't refrain from assigning all kinds of reckless cases to the duo, who've been gladly asking for them ever since they first joined.

For a while they had worked together; partners, the younger Tachibana had called them with a smile on his face that very first time, happy to not be left alone in his careless fight against the yakuza. The more seasoned detectives knew to leave such matters alone, to be solved out on the streets and amongst their ranks, not without reason. Most have learned their lesson, thanks to years of experience and various threats to their lives and families. Some other cops' silence was bought, righteousness quivering under the hearty checks sent their way.

That's what makes their squad captain, Mr. Nakamura, the perfect detective. Pretty much everyone he has known is long gone, not a story he likes telling often, but one their smaller division has heard enough of to give him their utter respect, alongside a considerable amount of trust.

This is why no one had dared to question him about why he would entrust the youngest woman detective in their district with a case that had been turned down by many and labeled as a cold case by their higher-ups.

The plan and strategy that Mr. Nakamura had said to have perfectioned to finally crack this had been classified if not for two of his colleagues. When Naoto first heard of it, he knew that his partner would jump on the case without a second thought for her safety or that of those around her, as determined as she was, but with his sister finally at home and safe, content in her little bubble of pure love shared with Takemichi, there was no other option for him if not to step back and leave her to it, alone for the very first time.

She had not felt betrayed, or scared. It was she who was supposed to bring this secretive plan to life from the get-go, crafted around her persona and all the work she had been putting in ever since Toman was disbanded twelve years prior and Sano Manjirou had chosen the shortest way down to hell. Naoto knew, and so did Mr. Nakamura, it was her troubled past and driving obsession that had landed her ass on that shiny desk in the first place.

Taking down Bonten was not a small feat, making sure its executives were caught guilty was an even bigger one.

Many times their doors had welcomed its underlings in and out, some had slipped and stayed, knowing they'd be dead the moment they would step out either way, and others' names had been cleaned with a snap of god knows whose fingers. Their goal was to eventually eradicate the whole organization, starting by bringing in executive after executive. But up until then, there was yet a single scratch upon the reputation of those whom they, at least, knew the name of.

"Did you tell him yet, Chizu-san?"

"Naoto, we've been working together for the longest time now. There are two things you should know about me already: I cannot come to work every day for the rest of my life and ask you to drop the honorific first thing in the morning. I'd like my coffee first, if you may. Y'know I don't enjoy repeating myself..." Chizu had been babbling on while sorting out through what used to be a neat pile of files placed on her desk. Pictures of old acquaintances being studied by her skillful eyes. "So these are the new pics that were sent in? Those bastards are getting more and more reckless as time passes, either they stopped giving a shit or they know we’ve got zero crap on them, there's no way we can bring them in just for being spotted together-" She had stopped on one that caught her attention. "Look at this! Can- can you believe this shit, Naoto? Fucking Haitani Ran smirking at the camera without a care in the world! And-"

"Chizu-san. I know what you're trying to do. I told you I don't wanna be involved. You’re trying to manipulate me once again. Have you told Matsuno yet?"

"Drop the honorific and then maybe I'll talk to you about my love life." She had said cheekily, enjoying the eye roll coming from the younger man.

"Alright. But Chizu, you have to tell him. This is not just about you anymore, it never was. He's your fiance and time is running out. When the time comes are you just gonna up and leave-" Naoto self-righteous spiel had been interrupted by the booming voice of Nakamura-san. Thank God, she had thought.

But she knew that he was right, time was ticking. And her fears had only been solidified by what Nakamura-san had come to say next.

"The Haitani have been spotted at their old club in Roppongi, the one you and Ken Ryuguji staked out a week ago. Our source got a whiff of a meeting that is gonna be held there a week from now. The Chano club was one of the first to launder money for Bonten, and rumor has it they're trying to get rid of it, no matter its popularity. It might become a bargaining chip for another gang. This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance, Baji-chan. There's no backing out now, the plan is setting in motion."

As if a bucket filled with iced water had been just thrown at her, Chizu sat upright in her chair, shivers running down her spine, her clouded mind making it hard to tell whether it was out of dread or excitement.

But when Chifuyu who had just gone to collect Takemichi from a long trip to the toilet, comes back to join their table at the wedding reception and discreetly leans over to whisper something in her ear, she has her answer.

Three days after she was told her life was about to get bent over by fate, surrounded by friends who liked to pretend to have their shit together, with the one chair they had purposely left empty looming over them like a dark cloud, which was proof enough of how their so-called happy future was anything but, she realized that the shivers shaking her body less than a week ago were, in fact, not out of fear.

"Our Takemichi is back," are Chifuyu’s words.

Anticipation, that's what it was. And while everyone was preoccupied with keeping up the lively atmosphere of the wedding, she finally let out the first real laugh of the day.

It was time.

She was gonna take on the Invincible Mikey.

—🎴—

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Window Across the Galaxy ✧*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ*

masterlist

18+ only MDNI | rocket x f!oc | 27/27 chapters | COMPLETE | word count: 235,940.

girl falls first; raccoon falls harder.

Rocket is captured by a Ravager crew hoping to get rich off the excessively large bounty on his head. Throwing a wrench in everyone’s plans is the Terran girl they hired to do some freelance assessing on a recent haul of goods they’ve seized from a Xandaran luxury liner. Oops.

slight AU starting pre-GOTG volume 1 (but will hit most of the same major plot points). slow burn + eventual smut with a lot of pining in the middle. kinda enemies-to-lovers? (but only one of these idiots thinks they're enemies).

let me be real with you: this fic is really about wish-fulfillment. not just the eventual smut (but that too). mostly i just want someone to be nice to my best boy raccoon back to main masterlist.

so many amazing sweet wonderful readers have drawn fanart of this fic??? ♡♡♡♡♡ jolie is written without much physical description so you can imagine whatever you want but if you'd like to see how i and others imagine her, i've linked them below. thank you for being the absolute sweetest.

jolie's painting of rocket by @hibataao3 makes me cry every time i look at it

very first portrait of jolie by @raccoonmybeloved ~ so fucking cute i died

sims of jo by @evolvingchaoswitch ~ particularly love her paint-spattered outfit

an absolutely drool-worthy nsfw of rocket & jolie by @lazarel-3000 that permanently has altered my brain chemistry and lives in my mind forever ♡♡♡

adorable jolie sketches by @moonnpiie that truly capture what i mean when i describe jo as having “everywhere-hair.” plus her lil art-glove! (and a really cute rocket)

the cutest jo by @frostedwitch in her chapter xxvii sweatshirt. she is so cute with such shiny eyes and cute freckles and i love her so so so much! ♡♡♡

this shiny-haired jo by @miinsie! i love her hair so much in this one - it almost looks iridescent. i swoon. thank you for taking the time to read and to share this lovely interpretation of jolie with me!

and here are my jolie character concepts (complete full-color illo & rough doodles) and an illustration of one of my fave scenes from window ♡

✧･ﾟ:*collects Chapters I-XXVII (below the cut) & a holiday special && a silly epilogue

Chapter I. A Delicacy. in which our reluctant heroes meet atop a crate of Sovereign porn in the bowels of a Ravager ship.

Chapter II. Monster For A Pet. in which one hero wrestles with his inner Groot, and the other is quite possibly a moron.

Chapter III. A Kindness. in which Rocket gets in his own damn way: not for the first time, and certainly not for the last.

Chapter IV. Got There First. in which our heroes obtain an arsenal and street food.

Chapter V. Things No-One Has Said Before. in which one hero refuses to babysit and the other refuses to leave.

Chapter VI. Two and a Half Billion Units. in which we lean into the “they were roommates” trope. Jolie has misgivings, while Rocket has fantasies - about getting rich, of course.

Chapter VII. I'm Here. in which we visit Knowhere.

Chapter VIII. The Care & Feeding of Human Pets. in which our heroes practice breathing and we lean into a new trope: “there was (technically) one bed.”

Chapter IX. Scrapmetal and a Dream. in which we redefine homemaking.

Chapter X. Thin Fucking Ice. in which our heroes get fucked. Not in the good way.

Chapter XI. Let It Be .in which Xandar is saved and good lives are lost.

Chapter XII. So Much It Hurts. in which we try not to fuck up the vibes.

Chapter XIII. Don’t Wait. in which a lost sister is found and Drax grapples with the concept of sarcasm.

Chapter XIV. Exactly Like a Flower. in which comfort is shared.

Chapter XV: Galaxy-Breaking Shit. in which more comfort is shared, and life is good. Briefly.

Chapter XVI. Run. in which Rocket falls victim to his superstitions.

Chapter XVII. A Seedling. A Fox. A Little Girl. in which the party is divided.

Chapter XVIII. I Happen to Know a Guy. in which our heroes get fucked. Again. Still not in the good way.

Chapter XIX. He Was Loved. in which a planet is killed, a friend is made and lost, and nobody still has any frickin’ tape.

Chapter XX. Some Nerve. * in which an ultimatum is given.

Chapter XXI. I Very Still. ❤︎❤︎ in which our heroes get fucked. In the good way, this time. Finally.

Chapter XXII. Got There Worse. ❤︎❤︎ in which Rocket does not say "I love you."

Chapter XXIII. We're Gonna Need a Bigger Table. ❤︎ in which the galaxy just keeps spinning.

Chapter XXIV. Space Would Be Better. ❤︎❤︎ in which Rocket ~ discreetly ~ claims the title of boyfriend.

Chapter XXV. Little Love Stories. in which both of our heroes learn a little about themselves. ❤︎

Chapter XXVI. Other Side of the Window. in which old friends are reunited. ❤︎

Chapter XXV. The Most Beautiful Thing in My House. in which our heroes finally get what they deserve.❤︎

⋆꙳•̩̩͙❅*̩̩͙‧͙ Winter Across the Galaxy * ‧͙*̩̩͙❆ ͙͛ ˚₊⋆ a holiday special *

Epilogue: Interviewing Rocket & Jo. ten years after Window ends. short, silly fluff.

explicit lines or references* abbreviated explicit sequences ❤︎ detailed/prolonged explicit sequences ❤︎❤︎

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pastel-peach-writes · 11 months

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hey,

sorry if i'm bothering you, i loved so muchhh your raya x reader one shot, sooo i was wondering if have some time, can you do another one? (something fluff because she's so adorable).No pressure of course.

Thank you so much and keep going because you are fantastic.

Have a nice day/afternoon/night

Hi Anon! Sorry, I'm getting to this so late. I would love to do this for you. Raya x reader coming up!

When I Looked Into Your Eyes, I Saw Stars For The First Time | Raya x Reader

╰┈➤ PLOT: Raya was helpless with her crush on you. What she didn't know was how much you liked her back. In other words, four times Raya daydreamed about you and the one time she thought you might be daydreaming too.

╰┈➤ WARNINGS: Hopeless Lesbian, Fluff, Long Oneshot, No Use of Y/n, Second Person, Not Proofread.

twenty-one. raya was twenty-one freaking years old and she still had a crush on you. it's been six years. six, and raya still had no clue how to get you out of her head. how could she want to?

when she thought of you, she thought of how your eyes sparkled during firework shows at night festivals. she thought of how your cheeks puffed up when you stuffed your face full of food and then how depleted you felt after.

to her, you were so cute it was sickening. downright nauseating and her knees were weak.

ONE

"wow, raya! are you sick or something? you're looking at that human like how noi looks at golden and shiny objects." the dragon lady commented. raya hummed in a measle response. she pushed a lazy shoulder towards the dragon and let her hat loosely hang from her fingers.

at the day market, you were negotiating with an elder merchant. as you walked by her table, you noticed some sparkly crystal-beaded jewelry. upon further inspection, the beads were fake. nonetheless, you still wanted the jewelry, but not at the ridiculous price she was advertising.

"all's good, sisu," raya slurred her words. she shifted her weight to her back foot, letting the other stretch out. in a love-stricken daze, she put a hand in her pocket.

"yeah, right," namaari commented. she took the hat from raya's fingers. with light movement, she placed the hat on raya's head. namaari continued to smack the top of the hat with a bonk!

"hey!" raya huffed. she tilted the brim of the hat upwards. "what gives?"

"what gives is your longing. stop being a baby and ask them out already." namaari rolled her eyes. she crossed her arms over her chest while a merchant went around advertising homemade bao.

raya scoffed. "i have no clue what you're talking about."

"oo, raya has a crush! who is it? who is it?" sisu bounced around hon her heels, grabbing a bao as she looked up and down the street for raya's crush.

on cue, you walked over to the group holding five bracelets. "i finally got her to mark the price down some. that lady had a tight grasp around her 60 jade per bracelet."

"per bracelet?!" sisu exclaimed. she snapped her attention to the shiny objects wrapped around your fingers. you nodded. you took a blue and purple bracelet from your collection and wrapped it around sisu's wrist.

"yup. 60. she's crazy but im crazier. i made her change the price to 15 for one or 20 for 5."

"whoa," namaari added. "that's a crazy price drop. how'd you do it?"

"a magician never reveals their secret." you gave namaari a dazzling grin as you slid a firey red bracelet around her wrist. raya tilted her head to the side and hummed again. the polishing of the crystals had nothing against the shine in your eye.

TWO

"okay, so, i gathered information from tail to fang and no one has anything on fermented bean sprout powder," you announced as your walked into the designated meeting room of raya's home. raya and namaari were sat at the table.

raya and namaari, up to no good as usual, were making some sort of potion or maybe a dish that required outlandish ingredients like dusted jasmine flower and fermented bean sprout powder. you weren't even sure if those things existed.

raya groaned, leaning her elbows on the table. she held her head in her hands. "are you sure? no one has any information on anything?"

"mm, nope." you placed the collection of papers you had in your hand on the table. beside the paper was a stack of books. "hey," you ran your hand across the thick leather cover of the first book. it was as thick as box of juice, its cover dusty and scratched up. the title of the book was intelligible. "can i scan through this to see if i can find anything?"

namaari, who's been quiet this whole time and enjoying the daze looked in raya's eye, turned her head towards the Heart princess. "yeah uh," raya sat up in her chair. she cleared her throat and scooted the chair closer in. "of course." with a thank you and a sweet smile, you sat at the table. you took the thick book off the top of the stack. it landed on the table with a thick thud. a puff of dust erupted of underneath. you simply swatted the dust away before reading.

raya tilted her head, resting a cheek in the palm of her hand. she was at the end of the table while you were on the opposite end and on the side. the same side namaari was sitting on. namaari was in the chair closest to raya.

raya let out a quiet, dreamy sigh. switching her head to her other hand as you flipped to another page. namaari groaned. she sat back in her chair and pinched the bridge of her nose. "seriously, you're still hung up over this? i thought you were done."

snapped out of her thoughts, raya glared at namaari. "may i remind you why we're here in the first place? no, I'm not done. stick a cork in it."

"stick a cork in it? stick a cork--" namaari stood from her chair. the chair scruffed against the flooring. the sound rang through the echoey room, but you paid no mind. raya grabbed her wrist and shoved her back down.

"stick a cork in it."

THREE

"i don't know, there's just, something about them," raya spoke to the stars. she sat at her bedroom window. she had the doors opened, curtains pulled back, and rested an arm on the seal. she sat on the cush cushions of the bench her father made her when she was young.

at first, it was so she could look at the stars without going on her tiptoes, but now it was a place for her to collect her thoughts and talk to the sky.

"i feel different around them. it was the same way i felt with namaari when we were little, but stronger somehow," she spoke out to the sky. "like, when i first met namaari, i was bursting with excitement. i was making a new friend, she was nice, and also a dragon lover. obviously, that feeling turned into hate for a little while, and I'm not saying i hate them or namaari--" she interrupted her ramble by groaning. she dramatically let her forehead fall to her arm.

she took a deep breath. "saying these feelings are so much harder than thinking them," she mumbled into her hand. she lifted her head up, placing her chin on her arm instead. "what i have with them is different than what i have with namaari. it's the excitement, the giggling, and the dizziness i get when I'm around them that's so addicting. i didn't get that with namaari. what i had with her was simply platonic." raya looked up into the sky. a cluster of stars gathered by some leaves of a tree. a soft breeze brushed her skin, forcing raya to take another deep breath. she closed her eyes. she let her shoulders come up to her ears and then deflate. she slouched, feeling a pull towards the ground. slow, she opened her eyes again. she was refreshed, renewed. she knew what her feelings meant now.

when she looked back into the sky again, a star that led the cluster twinkled. raya smiled, the breeze brushing past her ears. "yeah, i get it now. thank you."

FOUR

finally, the last time raya daydreamed about you co-sided with the time she realized you daydream about her.

there was a party at Heart. it was summer and Heart used every excuse they could to throw a party. Heart's Annual Summer Bash was something all the regions participated in. before the whole, saving the world thing with sisu, a sprinkle of people from each region would come, but since then, everyone came!

raya stood by the food table, resting on the half wall behind. with a fond look in her eye, she scanned the party. there was a couple dancing with their kid in the middle of the dance floor, kids running around with food all over their faces, and then there was you, happily talking to sisu. whatever you were talking about, it excited you.

your eyes lit up, their color even more vibrant than before. the apples of your cheeks puffed up because of how much you were smiling and laughing. raya felt like her chest was going to explode. she wanted to cup your face and kiss it, make you smile more. she wanted to hold your hands and feel how soft they were. raya wanted to do so many things with you, but she couldn't. she didn't want to creep you out.

"raya," her father said as he walked over with a smile. he was dressed up in his party wear, his hair in his usual man bun. snapping out of her trance, raya matched her dad's smile. she pulled him into a hug.

"hi, dad!"

"raya," her dad resumed. he pulled away from the hug. "this party is amazing. you and namaari outdid yourselves." raya waved him off with a sheepish chuckle.

"oh, it was nothing."

"nonsense. this party is better than any one i orchestrated." chief benja laughed, shaking his head. with a happy sigh, he leaned against the wall. "are you okay, dewdrop? i saw you spacing out earlier."

raya's smile softened. she turned around to lean her forearms on the wall's edge. she looked out the opening. she could see the bridge and sparkling water. even from far away, she could see the leaves moving in the wind. "yeah, I'm okay."

chief benja's smile matched hers. he rubbed the small of her back. "you saw them, didn't you? why don't you confess and tell them how you feel? it's been seven years--"

"-- six actually." raya stood upright. she held onto the wall as she rocked herself back and forth. "it's been six years since i had a crush on them. won't be seven until two months."

chief benja laughed. he put his hands up in defense. "oh, excuse me. six years." he opened his mouth to speak again, but from the corner of his eye, he saw a certain young adult walking up to them while fidgeting with a beaded bracelet. "oh, i think someone is calling my name," he told raya. "I'll catch you later."

"okay, dad--"

"hi, raya."

FIVE (technically one)

she just had to stand like that. with her thumbs in her pockets and her back against the wall.

you were proud to say your crush on raya has been a successful secret. no one, absolutely no one, knew you liked her. not even namaari, the girl who swears she knows everyone's secret. she was too wrapped up in her own life to notice yours. not that you were complaining though.

you had a crush on raya for years now; you didn't know the exact number.

there were many opportunities where you hinted your crush on her. like earlier this week, you bought her a bracelet. then, you volunteered to find that ingredient she needed, and now, you were at her party having the time of your life.

okay, so, maybe you weren't the best at hinting at your crush on her but today you had a plan. you bought an extra bracelet for her. you spent your free time during the week creating a personalized charm. it was a heart with your initials engraved into it along with a plus sign. it was the perfect gift to confess. or maybe it was creepy. you hoped she didn't see it as creepy.

"hi, raya," you spoke. your voice was soft and quiet. if you two weren't so close, you were afraid raya wouldn't hear you.

"oh," raya turned around. she stood up straighter, a smile spreading across her face. "hey, you. you enjoying the party?"

your heart was racing. her beautiful brown eyes were staring directly into yours. you could only dream of this moment. her, smelling of fruit and forest, and the strands of her hair neatly pulled back and braided. she even had a half bun to match her dad's.

swallowing hard and wondering where the heck the moisture in your mouth went, you nodded. "yeah! um, I'm having a good time. i actually came over here to talk to you about something."

"uh oh, that doesn't sound good." raya chuckled. she waved you over to join looking at the view with her. you obliged. you stood next to her and instead of looking at the view, you looked at her. "what's up?"

you took a deep breath. there was no time but now to confess. "i made, well, bought this bracelet for you and added the charm." you handed the bracelet off to her. as she grabbed it, her fingertips lingered on yours.

you felt fizz burst up and through you. it was like she knew the effect her touch had on you. your ears were ringing and goosebumps spread to your arms. raya chuckled softly, her own cheeks changing in color.

she inspected the bracelet. she dragged her fingers against the small and cool beads. "this is really cool, thank you."

anxious, you watched as her eyes scanned the item. she finally took notice of the charm. she brought the bracelet closer to her eyes, squinting to read the text. the new color on her cheeks got worse. her dazzling eyes met yours and then looked back at the charm.

"this... this is..."

"raya," you let out a breath. "i like you. i've liked you for some time now and keeping my feelings a secret, while wildly successful, it's also wildly stressful. i lay awake at night hoping and wishing i get to see you and hang out with you." you glanced up at her. she was staring at you now. her face was hard to read. you couldn't tell if she was intrigued or grossed out. either way, you continued. "and if the gift isn't your style or maybe I'm not your style, but i thought you deserved to know how i feel about you so," you trailed off. how else were you supposed to end that? she still hasn't said anything.

raya didn't have anything to say. she realized a few nights back that actions mean a lot more than words. after you confessed, she thought of all the times you were there for her or gifted her something. how couldn't she notice? you were right there. all the time

she held up her wrist to show off the purple bracelet you bought her earlier that week. with a teasing smile, she took it off. she slipped the new one on. after putting the old bracelet in her pocket, she held your hand up to hers. your bracelet on the wrist she held up. she intertwined your fingers, her teasing smile now a grin. "i like you too, jewels."

you laughed. the ringing in your ears calmed down, but that didn't stop the fuzzy feeling in your stomach and the roaring warmth on your cheeks. "jewels?"

she nodded. "you have a knack for buying me jewelry," she cooed. "it's cute, but you don't have to keep buying stuff for me anymore. so, no more hassling old ladies to make sure you got a great gift for your super cool and attractive crush." she poked your nose.

you swatted her hand. "hey, no teasing!"

"ahh," she let go of your hand to wrap her arm around your shoulders. "no can do, jewels. you have a crush on me, it's only fair to tease you."

"oh, so i can tease you back?" you held the hand that was around your shoulders.

"not necessarily, but, i can give you something in return."

confused, you scrunched your eyebrows together and tilted your head. she pulled away from you with a laugh. after digging in her pockets, she pulled out a necklace that had a mini glass bottle hanging from it.

"it's uh, it's forever powder. mari and i found out about it while searching through old books. legend has it that whomever you give this concoction to, you swear your friendship and loyalty to them." she gestured to the necklace, silently asking if she could put it on you. you nodded. raya carefully took the necklace and wrapped it around your neck. she fixed your clothes to make sure the necklace was showing off.

"it looks like we both have a thing for gifting jewelry," you teased her. a grin spread across your lips. raya gave you a dry laugh. she wrapped her arm around your shoulders again.

"seems like."

FIN.

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Main 6 With an Mc who likes collecting shiny objects

Asra

He'll of course think it's cute and kinda funny especially when he sees you fighting Malak over a shiny object. Sometimes he'll see Faust bring you a shiny ring from time to time making him confused on where she got them from but didn't want to find out.

Every time he travels and leaves you at home he'll bring you a shiny object from his travels which just gets you all smiley and happy which makes him happy no matter what you collect he'll always love you just as long as you don't try to snatch the necklace around his neck or his golden choker.

Julian

He'll think it's funny and that you would make for a great pirate one day but if he catches you fighting malak over a shiny object he'll get concerned and try breaking the fight up but in the end he ends up getting attacked by his raven friend which also allowed you to snatch the object you were fight over, which just made malak even more mad.

When he's not being a doctor in vesuvia he's being a doctor on a pirate ship and if he doesn't take you with he'll bring you pockets full of shiny treasure, which he technically stole from the pirate ship he was hired to be a doctor for. But you don't care if he stole it or not, you're just happy to have more shiny objects to add to your collection.

If shiny objects make you happy then it makes him happy as well just as long as you don't fight malak any more.

Lucio

Lucio would love this side of you. It just means he gets to spoil you with expensive shiny stuff, he'll even have a room just for your collection of shiny objects to be stored and if you run out of room in that room then he'll set up another room! All in all Lucio loves to spoil you, since he has a golden arm it tends to be shiny especially when he cleans it and he thinks it's adorable and a bit funny when you hug it when you're walking around town or just around the palace. If he sees you eyeing something shiny that isn't for sale he'll do everything in his power to get that shiny object.

If someone says something bad about your collection then he'll send that person to the dungeon and will most likely send them to get hanged unless you talk him out of it which you do.

Muriel

He'll be confused at first and doesn't really see what's so great about them, but if you love it then when he's out in the woods he'll see shiny stones and will bring them back to you for your collection. If these shiny objects make you happy then I guess it makes him happy as well because it's something you love. He'll allow you to keep a few shiny things in his hut but not too much or it'll get too crowded especially if there are large objects.

Sometimes he'll find Inanna wandering the forest with you as you collect more shiny things, when you're focused on something you tend to not pay attention so Inanna tags along with you to make sure you don't walk into a tree or off a cliff.

Sometimes he'll use your love in collecting shiny objects to lure you to a picnic he had set up in a clearing in the forest, and it's adorable you absolutely love it when he does this.

Nadia

Just like Lucio she'll spoil you with shiny things since you love collecting them so much, but she won't go too far like Lucio does even though you would love it if she did. Sometimes she'll catch you wearing her shiny jewelry and she absolutely loves it, she'll always indulge you into wearing more of her jewelry which you end up doing and if there's any you like the most she'll get you a pair just like it. You can even find Chandra bringing you a shiny object she found because she knows you'll love it.

If someone does insult your collection she wouldn't send them to a hanging no but she would have a stern talking with them, she's not as cruel as Lucio.

Most of your outfits are covered in shiny jewels or a shiny fabric especially if it's for a party, as long as you're happy then she's happy.

Portia

She absolutely loves it. Every day when she's off work she'll bring you a new shiny object she found or got from the countest. Sometimes the two of you would play dress up in the shiny stuff and act like snobby rich people, just to have a good laugh. If you allow her to, she'll wear your shiny stuff to work or if there's a party you both would go all out just to piss Lucio off because he hates it when he's outshined and it's kinda funny.

If someone ever insults your shiny items oh boy be prepared to get protected by a short but mighty female who looks like they're about to throw that person out the window.

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The Grumpus

Glace hadn't been looking for an excuse to visit Ciel, or that's what he told himself, but he arrived at her door nonetheless and was invited in for coffee. Something about her home matched the atmosphere outside. Although it was cozy, her parlor fairly shimmered with Starlight Celebration finery. A large tree, as well, stood decked out in shiny bits and bobs, and strands of gleaming silver. Surrounding its base was a pile of plush dolls and toys nearly as wide as it was deep.

"You're just in time," chirped the songstress upon returning with said coffee, cups, and adornments therefore.

She too dressed for the festivities in a mint green dress trimmed with fur, stockings adorned with snowflakes, and a red silk ribbon in her hair which bore golden charms at the end.

It would be a lie to say he didn't find the look at all adorable but this was a thought to which he would never lend voice. "In time for what? And what's with all the toys? I never would have assumed you the sort to collect dolls." Ciel filled his cup and presented it with her explanation. "Oh, they're not for me. I do collect them every winter, but they're for children in orphanages and less fortunate situations. I could use some help delivering them." He clasped his hands around the cup of coffee and lifted it to inhale the rich aroma. Neither coffee nor cream would find their way into it. It had to remain pure... bitter and dark like his heart.

"You know, I've never paid Starlight much mind," he said. "Never really had time or interest to get into it, and it wasn't so much a thing in Garlemald. Most of the holidays revolved around the Emperor's nameday, or the date of a historic conquest..." "But there's nothing to stop you, hm? Do you know aught of the holiday's history?" He took a slow sip of his drink while considering the possibility, lowered it a few ilms and looked in her direction. "No, now that you mention it. I mean, I know the history, I had to learn it for immersion... but you're right, there's nothing to stop me now and I like kids well enough. I'm just... not the jolly type."

"But do it for them!" Ciel dropped a sugar cube and a dribble of cream into her cup, followed by a stream of coffee. "And the more the merrier, as they say. They'd love you for it." He turned his eyes downward to stare into his cup. "Gods, I've done enough pretending for a lifetime. You want me to pretend more?"

She feigned a pout, "I'm not asking you to pretend to be joyful, I'm just asking you to help bring joy to people who need it. Did they truly have nothing like this in Garlemald?" "Well... not while I was there. Something like it but not like it, a very long time ago, before it ever became the Empire." "Oh?" "They had a Grumpus." He said this much and lapsed into silence, again taking from his cup while Ciel waited moments for more details. "Well, out with it, Glace. You can't just drop something like that and not tell me what a 'Grumpus' is," the woman prodded. He grumbled in response, "I'm thinking... Like I said it's old history, fell out of favor after the military evolution began." Another brief pause for consideration, but he did piece together an explanation.

"I don't know how much you know about Reapers and their origin... the Grumpus comes from that. Supposedly, anyroad, it was the result of a farmer who was tired of his sons not helping around the farmstead... so to instill some fear and respect into them, he made a pact with a Voidsent and let it take over his body temporarily. When that happened, he sprouted aldgoat-like horns, his feet turned to hooves, his hands turned into claws..." Ciel lofted an eyebrow, "Well that hardly sounds joyful..."

He continued, "But it worked. The Grumpus, as it was called, threatened to drag them off into the snows and feed them to the Almastys if they didn't stop shirking their chores. And for every instance of disobedience, it would steal something they enjoyed - including the love of family. They never disrespected their father again after that, and the family was happier for it." She stared. Perhaps she had missed the part where there might have been anything truly joyful beyond terrified obedience. "Alright then..." She slowly sipped her coffee but inquired no further, figuring it better to leave the tale alone.

"Now what of your siblings? Do you think some of them might wish to help, too? It might be good to have them meet people this way."

Something in the Duskwight's expression brightened at that. He could think of several who might have loved the idea. "You're right, Plum. Let me finish this cup and I'll see how quickly I can gather them."

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