[abaddons-abyss]

(Oh look, another @nerdyquestier rp blog, whoda guessed??) (MDNI, 18+)

‰Yeah, yeah, shut your trap, Quest. I can see you smirking from here about how irreparably damaged you make the fabric of my reality with your appearances. I’m Abaddon, Lord of the bottomless pit where all people eventually go when they die. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust and all that jazz, consciousnesses pass through here until they fade into nonexistence. I don’t care about what I’m referred to as gender-wise but if you misgender anyone then… well, let’s just say you’d wish you faded faster.‰

„Da are you done monologuing at the newcomers?„

‰I- uh- Armaros, I’m busy- what’s wrong?‰

„Oh, right, I’m Armaros, he/they/it or whatever.„

+Army, leave your father to her monologuing… why are you both staring at me- okay- uh- I’m Raphael, archangel of healing, he/him+

(This blog is in conjunction with:

@ask-the-archs

@ask-hells-exangels

@apollo-and-co

@reluctantly-angel-sariel

@jophiels-chaos-crew

So check those out for more cohesive lore, if you want!

General rules of don’t be a dick unless your character calls for it, no misgendering my characters, and no godmodding. Enjoy!)

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael arrives to the Tuesday children show at the Theatre in Heaven earlier than usual, and three teens can be seen on the stage, two of them doing handstands as the third is spotting a child who is attempting to copy them. The two doing the handstands are talking with strain in their voices, and their voices carry*

🎱You really aren’t gonna prove us wrong? Put us to shame, teach! It’d be fun!🎱

🪀He did that to Jonah once and the poor guy couldn’t lift his arms for like a week-🪀

🎱You can wimp out at any- oh hey there’s people-🎱

🪀Pe-🪀

*They cut themself off, falling and rolling so they don’t just faceplant, and the teen that wasn’t doing the handstands shakes their head fondly*

( @heavens-alive-little-ones )

You need to adjust the space between your hands when you do that. It’ll help keep you balanced longer.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

(Lag reset 13)

*nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Is it the one near the Magma Fort? They do make very good food.☁︎︎

ΨMhm. I’ve never actually been.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅good luck. ❅

[angels-maybe]

ΨThanks.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She tries for a smile, but it is only barely recognisable as one*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Get the raw duck platter.☁︎︎

ΨIs it good?Ψ

☁︎︎Mhm☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅…those places don’t usually…❅

[angels-maybe]

Oh the ones in Mictlan aren’t like the ones in heaven. I’m gonna take Ika to a fancy tea place when we get back from vacation if you wanna come.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Oh yes Ika is the ‘princess knight’ yes?☁︎︎

Mhm, shes a little warrior.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

❅Tiny, should see when Vince gives her a sword. ❅

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Awww☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Amused*

❅Tried to decapitate Priss. ❅

[angels-maybe]

*Zyana chuckles*

I should teach her how to fight

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She just stares at Az, completely deadpan*

[angels-maybe]

She’d be good at it. Give her a dagger and sword and teach her how to beat someone four times her size and she’ll be set.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She muffles a laugh*

[angels-maybe]

ΨJust don’t teach her like you taught me. I still vividly recall thinking I actually killed you-Ψ

You did I just don’t *stay* dead.

ΨWhatΨ

Yeah I just said I was messing with you to make you feel better because you were like fourteen and freaking out

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Squint*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas looks like he might puke*

…Quinn literally beheaded me today it’s not that deep

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She mumbles something before walking on the ceiling to the window and phasing through the wall*

[angels-maybe]

Oh-

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She comes back in, dragging Vince by the ear*

[angels-maybe]

Hi-?

*Atlas still looks mortified*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She gestures to Atlas, before staring at Vince*

[☕︎And why should I care? He’s Miti’s boyfriend, not mine. ☕︎]

*Elizabeth crosses her arms with a huff.*

[angels-maybe]

He’s fine he just realized something stupid he did actually had a consequence. Anyways what do you want from the store?

*Zyana sniffs the air for a second.*

☁︎︎Is there a fire outside?☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No fire. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎But I smell fire☁︎︎

It’s just smoke.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Elizabeth taps Vince on the arm before gesturing back at Atlas. Vince glares at her*

[☕︎Get the sloth if you’re that worried, he’ll murder you less if you mention his boyfriend☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨI’m fine but mom is a liarΨ

I thought you would have figured it out by now bud-usually losing vital organs does mean death.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince stares at Atlas*

[☕︎You are only just figuring that out? ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas just sighs*

ΨNo. What do you want from the shop? We’re completely out of food so mom and I have to go in like a minute hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*shrug*

[angels-maybe]

ΨWanna come check it out? I’ll kick mom off the shopping trip.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*there’s a glint of light near Vince’s ear which he swats away with a glare at Elizabeth*

[☕︎Sure. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨMom you’re banned.Ψ

Okay take the list-oh and make sure you get hotel snacks.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*elizabeth nods*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael gives Quinn a wallet.*

Pay for whatever you eat with my card. Las you’ve got a card yeah?

ΨAnd cash. And a tab.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*the light flickers around Vince’s ear again and he glares at Elizabeth*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas puts on his shoes.*

ΨLet’s good get food and probably a misdemeanor charge for QuinnΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince walks over to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas leads the way outside and through a portal to Mictlan. Quinn immediately runs into a buffet place.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince sticks half a step behind Atlas.*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThis is the general area that most of our shopping gets done. I always do cold stuff last so that’ll be like ice cream and blood and stuffΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIf something looks interesting throw it in the cart.Ψ

*Atlas starts into the market*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He follows*

[totecs-throne]

*They head into the non-perishable section first.*

ΨWhat brand do you smoke?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Why? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨI was gonna buy some, and I’d be a shitty dude if I got for me and not youΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gets out a packet and shows it to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

ΨNice. Got it.Ψ

*He tosses some things in the cart*

ΨShits overwhelming in that houseΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIt’s nice to have a break every once in a while. That’s why I like shopping.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou liked the coffee syrups right?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Vanilla, yes. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s a whole bunch of vanilla stuff here. We’ll stock upΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s vanilla roasted coffee beans, fudge-if you can think of it there’s probably a vanilla version somewhere in hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨVanilla is fun. Yknow I bet we could get some vanilla beans and make something with ‘emΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎A house fire. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨProbably. I think we’d do better trying to make paint or something out of them.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*nod*

ΨI bet vanilla bean bread would be good though.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just tosses a few of everything into the cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince shifts from foot to foot, unable to stay still*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhats up?Ψ

*Atlas flips into Old Vampiric*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He grits his teeth, hesitating for a few seconds before responding*

☕︎Nothing. Just don’t have the energy to be accurate in seeing where everything is. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨAh, fairΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAny way I can help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎Doubt it. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨNothing? No food or blood or anything?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎You said blood was last. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah for stuff in the cart so it doesn’t go bad with how long we stay in here but if you’re gonna drink it that’s differentΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨCome on.Ψ

*Atlas takes Vince to the market cafe*

ΨWhat’s your favorite?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*he shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOkay then two bags of whatever’s best right now pleaseΨ

*The boy behind the counter nods and hands over two blood bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince takes it off of the counter wordlessly*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pays and bites into his bag*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*The bag and Vince blip out of existence for less than half a second*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sips his*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*When Vince returns to view, his bag is empty*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMore or are you done?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I’ll be fine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas buys another three bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t touch any of them*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYours.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince only takes one, disappearing and reappearing in the same manner as before*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod*

ΨThat help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨGoodΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBack to shopping now?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAlrighty.Ψ

*Atlas goes back to throwing a few of everything into the cart*

ΨIf you get everything you can’t forget anything.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Didnt you get a list? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah so I just get extra of those things. But you see there’s always a random thing someone forgot to mention but they desperately want and if I don’t obtain it they’ll be silently disappointedΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨSo we get everything. Times three.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎What if nobody eats it? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThen we take it places until it does get eatenΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBesides, big family, almost everything gets eaten.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*He goes into the cold section next*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince follows silently*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOooo blood popsicles!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI love these things.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou cool if I consider you a sibling or nah?Ψ

*Atlas investigates pieces of fruit.*

ΨCause a prick over there is staring and I have a very strong desire to beat his ass.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince hesitates*

[☕︎Only for carnage’s sake. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨDeal. Wanna hold my earrings or do you wanna throw my stilettos at him?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is already taking off his shoes and jewelry.*

ΨTry not to get hurt, mom will be mad at me. And dad but mom is scarier because they do the thing where they go all calm.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Nod*

ΨThey’ll ease up eventually but something about ‘why do you always get your little siblings into trouble that’s dangerous Las what if someone actually hurts any of them’ or blah blah blah.Ψ

*Atlas hurls a can of tomatoes at the guy*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince just watches blankly*

[totecs-throne]

*It very quickly turns into a brawl in the middle of the grocery store. Someone nearby sighs dramatically*

⚠︎︎Every damn time he’s here.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Side-eye*

[totecs-throne]

*The child blinks up at him innocently*

⚠︎︎First time? This happens a lot, you’ll get used to it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Bitch is trying to get me murdered by Death, I swear. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh please everyone knows Az is a whimp. A toddler could take that asshole in a fight and probably win.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I didn’t mention Death going for a fair fight. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎You’ll be fine. Why are you getting murdered anyways?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gestures vaguely at the fight*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎But that has literally nothing to do with you?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎He started the fight because the guy was looking at me weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Checks out. Still don’t think that’s gonna get you fucked up.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He rolls his eyes*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Are those his shoes in your cart-oh. Family?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎My future brother-in-law. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*She squints for a second, then stares very hard*

⚠︎︎You’re the one that Zyana likes⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused stare*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Word travels fast when there’s a family group chat and your sister is spamming it with ‘NEW FAMILY FAVORITE AND HE HAS A CAT’⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Lynx. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh nice. I’ll help you out cause I kinda feel bad for you being stuck with my family. This is normal, Atlas does this way too much. You aren’t allowed in the crossfire because you’re new plus no marked safe adults here plus Las isn’t supposed to be letting younger siblings near danger. Az will probably do the disappointed sigh thing and try to ignore this happened⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎See the new thing is because the adults don’t know all the safe things or like what’s allowed and then if something does happen and you get hurt and someone makes it worse on accident Xipe might accidentally flip out and kill them.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I guess. I’m Mari by the way. Yes the porcelain does break and yes I can feel pain and no I can’t see you. Those are the usual questions anything else?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎…How are you understanding sign language without being able to see? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I can see I just can’t see you. People and animals just blur into eldritch thingys and my brain interprets the rest. The same thing goes for any audio or whatever the fuck⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎communication? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah that.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She hops a little*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎So this—☕︎]

*He gestures at Atlas*

[☕︎Is… normal? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah. Oooo is that vanilla fudge!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Where is that-help me find more!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Sigh*

[totecs-throne]

*She pauses, then shrugs*

⚠︎︎I’ll go find it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She runs off*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Back to watching the fight*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is finishing up hitting the guy with a jar of salsa.*

Ψ-ever look at anyone in my family ever again I’ll skin you and dump acid on your live bodyΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vaguely amused*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pops back over and starts putting their shoes and jewelry back on*

ΨDid I take too long?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Small child came, bullied you, is looking for fudge now. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨInteresting. Mari?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe’s fun. Mom is terrified of herΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat little gremlin is probably the only person that you’ll meet in our immediate family who would actually hurt or kill you if you piss her off too much. Everyone is at least a little scared of her.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎She seemed harmless… except about your mother. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe killed her sister for sleeping in her spot on the couch.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨTry not to get murdered.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Where’s the fun in that? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh. Mari returns with an entire cart full of vanilla fudge*

⚠︎︎I found more fudge⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Approving nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOh very niceΨ

⚠︎︎Yes the Lynx lover and I are to share it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎You can have the ones with dairy. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Okay!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She puts all the non-dairy ones in Vince’s cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Thank you. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Welcome⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He glances to Atlas like he’s proving a point*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari offers a piece to Atlas*

ΨNo thanks I value my lifeΨ

⚠︎︎Lassieeee you’re so mean. I’m not bad!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince eats one of the pieces Mari gave him*

[totecs-throne]

*It’s perfectly fine. Atlas hesitantly tries his piece and immediately chokes*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*eyebrow raise*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhatthefuck-Ψ

⚠︎︎You don’t like it?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I guess I will tell Mitichó you hate fudge? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just starts coughing up blood*

⚠︎︎Oh wow you really don’t like it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused blink*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Lassie doesn’t like the fudge⚠︎︎

*Atlas pulls a shard of glass out of his throat.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod. Text appears in the air, only to Atlas*

☕︎Is that glass? ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just nods and chokes some more*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince pulls out his phone, texts someone, then eats another piece of fudge for good measure*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou are an evil, evil childΨ

*Atlas gets out the rest of the fudge and glass*

ΨWas that cyanide?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He hears a notification, checks it*

Miti: Good.

*Vince buffers for a solid second before typing back*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari giggles*

ΨNow I have to make a pitstop to see fucking healer. Great.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Another notification comes through, and Vince grimaces as it is read aloud*

Miti: Omw, if he dies I kill uou.

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas wipes the blood from his mouth.*

ΨWe can come back for the food. Healers. I don’t wanna drown in my own blood.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas starts out of the store, trying not to get blood on anything*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince vanishes any blood that Atlas misses as he follows*

[totecs-throne]

*He stops at the nearest healers office.*

ΨThere’s a pottery place two doors down if you need new clay. I gotta go in here, up to you if you wanna joinΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t go inside, but he also doesn’t walk off*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads in*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael is in the waiting room, with a very pissed off child who is obviously from Mictlan*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas spots the kid and immediately crouches down*

ΨYou okay squirt?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She hisses at him, the noise distorted and hurts Atlas’ ears. Raphael sighs*

[totecs-throne]

*He just tilts his head*

[abaddons-abyss]

+Don signed me up to babysit for a friend. She managed to break her wrist and is refusing to see any of the healers except one specific one, who is out of office, but also refusing to leave without being healed because that’s ’not how it works’+

[totecs-throne]

ΨHealers name. Now.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

+Get your throat fixed before starting something, or I’ll tell your mother.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨKid first. Healers name.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Tired glare*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the kid, then grabs the list of healers and offers it out*

ΨWho do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She points to one*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas finds the healer in his phone and calls them*

[abaddons-abyss]

*They don’t pick up*

[totecs-throne]

*He finds their address next.*

ΨRaphael. Go get them,Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael sighs, but leaves the office after mumbling something to the child*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sits down.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*the child watches him warily*

[totecs-throne]

*One of the healers walks over and Atlas growls.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*She curls in on herself*

[totecs-throne]

*He immediately stops*

ΨSorry.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She stays exactly the same*

[totecs-throne]

*He softens a bit*

ΨI have a lot of little sisters. And most of them are scared of the white coats.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMy one little sister wants to be a knight. Is there anything that you wanna be?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🐚…firefighter.🐚

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s so cool. Firefighters keep us all safe, we need more of you guys.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*He smiles a little, wiping the blood the drips from his lips*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael returns, looking like he’s been in a fight, with the healer in tow*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the healer*

ΨHelp her please, I’ll compensate. Whatever you wantΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod, and crouch down in front of the child*

🩺Hello Ana, can I see your hand?🩺

*Raphael nudges Atlas*

+It’s fine, go get checked out.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨNot until she’s okay.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*The child seems much more at ease with the healer than she was with Atlas, and the healer surrounds her hand with magic, which solidifies to form a cast*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod. Atlas gets up and goes into another room*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael and Ana aren’t there when Atlas comes back out*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks for the healer*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Theyre sat with a cup of coffee*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI have to repay you for helping. I really appreciate it. What do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺For my next date to not be ruined by an abyss creature showing up and dragging me out of my home.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah…sorry. Is there anything I can do or get you or..?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺A ride home, maybe? The bus isn’t exactly… great this time of night.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah of course.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI’ll get a car or carriage or something.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺Thanks.🩺

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads back out the door*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince is covered in angel blood*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAre you okay? Did you get hurt? I’ll kill somebody-Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎The blood isn’t mine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨNone it it? You swear?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou okay with hugs?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s why I asked, glad you’re okay. We gotta take a healer home. Or I do, you don’t have to come.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He walks to the pottery shop as the healer comes outside*

[totecs-throne]

ΨStay in the area I’ll be back real soon!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince waves him off*

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh*

ΨOkay let’s get you homeΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺Your brother?🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨOne of them, yeah.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺He looked hurt, did he get into a fight?🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨHe said the bloods not his, and yeah I’m assuming he didΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨNo healer can touch that kid. So I hope he was telling the truth. Car’s over here.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They go over to the car, but hesitate before getting in*

🩺I know every route to my home, if you so much as take a wrong turn, your body will not be found.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨNo worries. I have no clue where I’m going so you gotta tell me where to turn anyways.Ψ

*Atlas buckles in*

ΨPlus this car is my moms and I don’t wanna get murdered todayΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod, getting in*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOkay where am I going?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*they give directions until they’re outside an apartment building*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou good from here?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺Yep, should be.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨAlrighty. I gotta puke in the trash can real quick then I’ll be headed out.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod, and get out of the car*

[totecs-throne]

*He gets out, vomits up the last bite of blood, glass, and rat poison(?) before heading back to the car*

ΨSorry again. Have a good night.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺You too.🩺

*They don’t leave the curbside*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael arrives to the Tuesday children show at the Theatre in Heaven earlier than usual, and three teens can be seen on the stage, two of them doing handstands as the third is spotting a child who is attempting to copy them. The two doing the handstands are talking with strain in their voices, and their voices carry*

🎱You really aren’t gonna prove us wrong? Put us to shame, teach! It’d be fun!🎱

🪀He did that to Jonah once and the poor guy couldn’t lift his arms for like a week-🪀

🎱You can wimp out at any- oh hey there’s people-🎱

🪀Pe-🪀

*They cut themself off, falling and rolling so they don’t just faceplant, and the teen that wasn’t doing the handstands shakes their head fondly*

( @heavens-alive-little-ones )

You need to adjust the space between your hands when you do that. It’ll help keep you balanced longer.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

(Lag reset 13)

*nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Is it the one near the Magma Fort? They do make very good food.☁︎︎

ΨMhm. I’ve never actually been.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅good luck. ❅

[angels-maybe]

ΨThanks.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She tries for a smile, but it is only barely recognisable as one*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Get the raw duck platter.☁︎︎

ΨIs it good?Ψ

☁︎︎Mhm☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅…those places don’t usually…❅

[angels-maybe]

Oh the ones in Mictlan aren’t like the ones in heaven. I’m gonna take Ika to a fancy tea place when we get back from vacation if you wanna come.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Oh yes Ika is the ‘princess knight’ yes?☁︎︎

Mhm, shes a little warrior.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

❅Tiny, should see when Vince gives her a sword. ❅

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Awww☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Amused*

❅Tried to decapitate Priss. ❅

[angels-maybe]

*Zyana chuckles*

I should teach her how to fight

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She just stares at Az, completely deadpan*

[angels-maybe]

She’d be good at it. Give her a dagger and sword and teach her how to beat someone four times her size and she’ll be set.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She muffles a laugh*

[angels-maybe]

ΨJust don’t teach her like you taught me. I still vividly recall thinking I actually killed you-Ψ

You did I just don’t *stay* dead.

ΨWhatΨ

Yeah I just said I was messing with you to make you feel better because you were like fourteen and freaking out

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Squint*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas looks like he might puke*

…Quinn literally beheaded me today it’s not that deep

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She mumbles something before walking on the ceiling to the window and phasing through the wall*

[angels-maybe]

Oh-

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She comes back in, dragging Vince by the ear*

[angels-maybe]

Hi-?

*Atlas still looks mortified*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She gestures to Atlas, before staring at Vince*

[☕︎And why should I care? He’s Miti’s boyfriend, not mine. ☕︎]

*Elizabeth crosses her arms with a huff.*

[angels-maybe]

He’s fine he just realized something stupid he did actually had a consequence. Anyways what do you want from the store?

*Zyana sniffs the air for a second.*

☁︎︎Is there a fire outside?☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No fire. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎But I smell fire☁︎︎

It’s just smoke.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Elizabeth taps Vince on the arm before gesturing back at Atlas. Vince glares at her*

[☕︎Get the sloth if you’re that worried, he’ll murder you less if you mention his boyfriend☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨI’m fine but mom is a liarΨ

I thought you would have figured it out by now bud-usually losing vital organs does mean death.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince stares at Atlas*

[☕︎You are only just figuring that out? ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas just sighs*

ΨNo. What do you want from the shop? We’re completely out of food so mom and I have to go in like a minute hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*shrug*

[angels-maybe]

ΨWanna come check it out? I’ll kick mom off the shopping trip.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*there’s a glint of light near Vince’s ear which he swats away with a glare at Elizabeth*

[☕︎Sure. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨMom you’re banned.Ψ

Okay take the list-oh and make sure you get hotel snacks.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*elizabeth nods*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael gives Quinn a wallet.*

Pay for whatever you eat with my card. Las you’ve got a card yeah?

ΨAnd cash. And a tab.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*the light flickers around Vince’s ear again and he glares at Elizabeth*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas puts on his shoes.*

ΨLet’s good get food and probably a misdemeanor charge for QuinnΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince walks over to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas leads the way outside and through a portal to Mictlan. Quinn immediately runs into a buffet place.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince sticks half a step behind Atlas.*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThis is the general area that most of our shopping gets done. I always do cold stuff last so that’ll be like ice cream and blood and stuffΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIf something looks interesting throw it in the cart.Ψ

*Atlas starts into the market*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He follows*

[totecs-throne]

*They head into the non-perishable section first.*

ΨWhat brand do you smoke?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Why? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨI was gonna buy some, and I’d be a shitty dude if I got for me and not youΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gets out a packet and shows it to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

ΨNice. Got it.Ψ

*He tosses some things in the cart*

ΨShits overwhelming in that houseΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIt’s nice to have a break every once in a while. That’s why I like shopping.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou liked the coffee syrups right?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Vanilla, yes. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s a whole bunch of vanilla stuff here. We’ll stock upΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s vanilla roasted coffee beans, fudge-if you can think of it there’s probably a vanilla version somewhere in hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨVanilla is fun. Yknow I bet we could get some vanilla beans and make something with ‘emΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎A house fire. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨProbably. I think we’d do better trying to make paint or something out of them.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*nod*

ΨI bet vanilla bean bread would be good though.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just tosses a few of everything into the cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince shifts from foot to foot, unable to stay still*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhats up?Ψ

*Atlas flips into Old Vampiric*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He grits his teeth, hesitating for a few seconds before responding*

☕︎Nothing. Just don’t have the energy to be accurate in seeing where everything is. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨAh, fairΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAny way I can help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎Doubt it. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨNothing? No food or blood or anything?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎You said blood was last. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah for stuff in the cart so it doesn’t go bad with how long we stay in here but if you’re gonna drink it that’s differentΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨCome on.Ψ

*Atlas takes Vince to the market cafe*

ΨWhat’s your favorite?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*he shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOkay then two bags of whatever’s best right now pleaseΨ

*The boy behind the counter nods and hands over two blood bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince takes it off of the counter wordlessly*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pays and bites into his bag*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*The bag and Vince blip out of existence for less than half a second*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sips his*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*When Vince returns to view, his bag is empty*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMore or are you done?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I’ll be fine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas buys another three bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t touch any of them*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYours.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince only takes one, disappearing and reappearing in the same manner as before*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod*

ΨThat help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨGoodΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBack to shopping now?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAlrighty.Ψ

*Atlas goes back to throwing a few of everything into the cart*

ΨIf you get everything you can’t forget anything.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Didnt you get a list? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah so I just get extra of those things. But you see there’s always a random thing someone forgot to mention but they desperately want and if I don’t obtain it they’ll be silently disappointedΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨSo we get everything. Times three.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎What if nobody eats it? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThen we take it places until it does get eatenΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBesides, big family, almost everything gets eaten.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*He goes into the cold section next*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince follows silently*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOooo blood popsicles!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI love these things.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou cool if I consider you a sibling or nah?Ψ

*Atlas investigates pieces of fruit.*

ΨCause a prick over there is staring and I have a very strong desire to beat his ass.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince hesitates*

[☕︎Only for carnage’s sake. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨDeal. Wanna hold my earrings or do you wanna throw my stilettos at him?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is already taking off his shoes and jewelry.*

ΨTry not to get hurt, mom will be mad at me. And dad but mom is scarier because they do the thing where they go all calm.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Nod*

ΨThey’ll ease up eventually but something about ‘why do you always get your little siblings into trouble that’s dangerous Las what if someone actually hurts any of them’ or blah blah blah.Ψ

*Atlas hurls a can of tomatoes at the guy*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince just watches blankly*

[totecs-throne]

*It very quickly turns into a brawl in the middle of the grocery store. Someone nearby sighs dramatically*

⚠︎︎Every damn time he’s here.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Side-eye*

[totecs-throne]

*The child blinks up at him innocently*

⚠︎︎First time? This happens a lot, you’ll get used to it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Bitch is trying to get me murdered by Death, I swear. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh please everyone knows Az is a whimp. A toddler could take that asshole in a fight and probably win.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I didn’t mention Death going for a fair fight. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎You’ll be fine. Why are you getting murdered anyways?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gestures vaguely at the fight*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎But that has literally nothing to do with you?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎He started the fight because the guy was looking at me weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Checks out. Still don’t think that’s gonna get you fucked up.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He rolls his eyes*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Are those his shoes in your cart-oh. Family?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎My future brother-in-law. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*She squints for a second, then stares very hard*

⚠︎︎You’re the one that Zyana likes⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused stare*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Word travels fast when there’s a family group chat and your sister is spamming it with ‘NEW FAMILY FAVORITE AND HE HAS A CAT’⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Lynx. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh nice. I’ll help you out cause I kinda feel bad for you being stuck with my family. This is normal, Atlas does this way too much. You aren’t allowed in the crossfire because you’re new plus no marked safe adults here plus Las isn’t supposed to be letting younger siblings near danger. Az will probably do the disappointed sigh thing and try to ignore this happened⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎See the new thing is because the adults don’t know all the safe things or like what’s allowed and then if something does happen and you get hurt and someone makes it worse on accident Xipe might accidentally flip out and kill them.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I guess. I’m Mari by the way. Yes the porcelain does break and yes I can feel pain and no I can’t see you. Those are the usual questions anything else?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎…How are you understanding sign language without being able to see? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I can see I just can’t see you. People and animals just blur into eldritch thingys and my brain interprets the rest. The same thing goes for any audio or whatever the fuck⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎communication? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah that.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She hops a little*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎So this—☕︎]

*He gestures at Atlas*

[☕︎Is… normal? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah. Oooo is that vanilla fudge!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Where is that-help me find more!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Sigh*

[totecs-throne]

*She pauses, then shrugs*

⚠︎︎I’ll go find it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She runs off*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Back to watching the fight*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is finishing up hitting the guy with a jar of salsa.*

Ψ-ever look at anyone in my family ever again I’ll skin you and dump acid on your live bodyΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vaguely amused*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pops back over and starts putting their shoes and jewelry back on*

ΨDid I take too long?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Small child came, bullied you, is looking for fudge now. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨInteresting. Mari?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe’s fun. Mom is terrified of herΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat little gremlin is probably the only person that you’ll meet in our immediate family who would actually hurt or kill you if you piss her off too much. Everyone is at least a little scared of her.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎She seemed harmless… except about your mother. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe killed her sister for sleeping in her spot on the couch.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨTry not to get murdered.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Where’s the fun in that? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh. Mari returns with an entire cart full of vanilla fudge*

⚠︎︎I found more fudge⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Approving nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOh very niceΨ

⚠︎︎Yes the Lynx lover and I are to share it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎You can have the ones with dairy. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Okay!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She puts all the non-dairy ones in Vince’s cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Thank you. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Welcome⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He glances to Atlas like he’s proving a point*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari offers a piece to Atlas*

ΨNo thanks I value my lifeΨ

⚠︎︎Lassieeee you’re so mean. I’m not bad!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince eats one of the pieces Mari gave him*

[totecs-throne]

*It’s perfectly fine. Atlas hesitantly tries his piece and immediately chokes*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*eyebrow raise*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhatthefuck-Ψ

⚠︎︎You don’t like it?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I guess I will tell Mitichó you hate fudge? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just starts coughing up blood*

⚠︎︎Oh wow you really don’t like it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused blink*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Lassie doesn’t like the fudge⚠︎︎

*Atlas pulls a shard of glass out of his throat.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod. Text appears in the air, only to Atlas*

☕︎Is that glass? ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just nods and chokes some more*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince pulls out his phone, texts someone, then eats another piece of fudge for good measure*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou are an evil, evil childΨ

*Atlas gets out the rest of the fudge and glass*

ΨWas that cyanide?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He hears a notification, checks it*

Miti: Good.

*Vince buffers for a solid second before typing back*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari giggles*

ΨNow I have to make a pitstop to see fucking healer. Great.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Another notification comes through, and Vince grimaces as it is read aloud*

Miti: Omw, if he dies I kill uou.

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas wipes the blood from his mouth.*

ΨWe can come back for the food. Healers. I don’t wanna drown in my own blood.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas starts out of the store, trying not to get blood on anything*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince vanishes any blood that Atlas misses as he follows*

[totecs-throne]

*He stops at the nearest healers office.*

ΨThere’s a pottery place two doors down if you need new clay. I gotta go in here, up to you if you wanna joinΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t go inside, but he also doesn’t walk off*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads in*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael is in the waiting room, with a very pissed off child who is obviously from Mictlan*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas spots the kid and immediately crouches down*

ΨYou okay squirt?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She hisses at him, the noise distorted and hurts Atlas’ ears. Raphael sighs*

[totecs-throne]

*He just tilts his head*

[abaddons-abyss]

+Don signed me up to babysit for a friend. She managed to break her wrist and is refusing to see any of the healers except one specific one, who is out of office, but also refusing to leave without being healed because that’s ’not how it works’+

[totecs-throne]

ΨHealers name. Now.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

+Get your throat fixed before starting something, or I’ll tell your mother.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨKid first. Healers name.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Tired glare*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the kid, then grabs the list of healers and offers it out*

ΨWho do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She points to one*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas finds the healer in his phone and calls them*

[abaddons-abyss]

*They don’t pick up*

[totecs-throne]

*He finds their address next.*

ΨRaphael. Go get them,Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael sighs, but leaves the office after mumbling something to the child*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sits down.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*the child watches him warily*

[totecs-throne]

*One of the healers walks over and Atlas growls.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*She curls in on herself*

[totecs-throne]

*He immediately stops*

ΨSorry.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She stays exactly the same*

[totecs-throne]

*He softens a bit*

ΨI have a lot of little sisters. And most of them are scared of the white coats.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMy one little sister wants to be a knight. Is there anything that you wanna be?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🐚…firefighter.🐚

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s so cool. Firefighters keep us all safe, we need more of you guys.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*He smiles a little, wiping the blood the drips from his lips*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael returns, looking like he’s been in a fight, with the healer in tow*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the healer*

ΨHelp her please, I’ll compensate. Whatever you wantΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod, and crouch down in front of the child*

🩺Hello Ana, can I see your hand?🩺

*Raphael nudges Atlas*

+It’s fine, go get checked out.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨNot until she’s okay.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*The child seems much more at ease with the healer than she was with Atlas, and the healer surrounds her hand with magic, which solidifies to form a cast*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod. Atlas gets up and goes into another room*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael and Ana aren’t there when Atlas comes back out*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks for the healer*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Theyre sat with a cup of coffee*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI have to repay you for helping. I really appreciate it. What do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺For my next date to not be ruined by an abyss creature showing up and dragging me out of my home.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah…sorry. Is there anything I can do or get you or..?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺A ride home, maybe? The bus isn’t exactly… great this time of night.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah of course.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI’ll get a car or carriage or something.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺Thanks.🩺

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads back out the door*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince is covered in angel blood*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAre you okay? Did you get hurt? I’ll kill somebody-Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎The blood isn’t mine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨNone it it? You swear?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou okay with hugs?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s why I asked, glad you’re okay. We gotta take a healer home. Or I do, you don’t have to come.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He walks to the pottery shop as the healer comes outside*

[totecs-throne]

ΨStay in the area I’ll be back real soon!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince waves him off*

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh*

ΨOkay let’s get you homeΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺Your brother?🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨOne of them, yeah.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺He looked hurt, did he get into a fight?🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨHe said the bloods not his, and yeah I’m assuming he didΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨNo healer can touch that kid. So I hope he was telling the truth. Car’s over here.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They go over to the car, but hesitate before getting in*

🩺I know every route to my home, if you so much as take a wrong turn, your body will not be found.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨNo worries. I have no clue where I’m going so you gotta tell me where to turn anyways.Ψ

*Atlas buckles in*

ΨPlus this car is my moms and I don’t wanna get murdered todayΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod, getting in*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOkay where am I going?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*they give directions until they’re outside an apartment building*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou good from here?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺Yep, should be.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨAlrighty. I gotta puke in the trash can real quick then I’ll be headed out.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod, and get out of the car*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael arrives to the Tuesday children show at the Theatre in Heaven earlier than usual, and three teens can be seen on the stage, two of them doing handstands as the third is spotting a child who is attempting to copy them. The two doing the handstands are talking with strain in their voices, and their voices carry*

🎱You really aren’t gonna prove us wrong? Put us to shame, teach! It’d be fun!🎱

🪀He did that to Jonah once and the poor guy couldn’t lift his arms for like a week-🪀

🎱You can wimp out at any- oh hey there’s people-🎱

🪀Pe-🪀

*They cut themself off, falling and rolling so they don’t just faceplant, and the teen that wasn’t doing the handstands shakes their head fondly*

( @heavens-alive-little-ones )

You need to adjust the space between your hands when you do that. It’ll help keep you balanced longer.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

(Lag reset 13)

*nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Is it the one near the Magma Fort? They do make very good food.☁︎︎

ΨMhm. I’ve never actually been.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅good luck. ❅

[angels-maybe]

ΨThanks.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She tries for a smile, but it is only barely recognisable as one*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Get the raw duck platter.☁︎︎

ΨIs it good?Ψ

☁︎︎Mhm☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅…those places don’t usually…❅

[angels-maybe]

Oh the ones in Mictlan aren’t like the ones in heaven. I’m gonna take Ika to a fancy tea place when we get back from vacation if you wanna come.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Oh yes Ika is the ‘princess knight’ yes?☁︎︎

Mhm, shes a little warrior.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

❅Tiny, should see when Vince gives her a sword. ❅

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Awww☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Amused*

❅Tried to decapitate Priss. ❅

[angels-maybe]

*Zyana chuckles*

I should teach her how to fight

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She just stares at Az, completely deadpan*

[angels-maybe]

She’d be good at it. Give her a dagger and sword and teach her how to beat someone four times her size and she’ll be set.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She muffles a laugh*

[angels-maybe]

ΨJust don’t teach her like you taught me. I still vividly recall thinking I actually killed you-Ψ

You did I just don’t *stay* dead.

ΨWhatΨ

Yeah I just said I was messing with you to make you feel better because you were like fourteen and freaking out

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Squint*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas looks like he might puke*

…Quinn literally beheaded me today it’s not that deep

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She mumbles something before walking on the ceiling to the window and phasing through the wall*

[angels-maybe]

Oh-

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She comes back in, dragging Vince by the ear*

[angels-maybe]

Hi-?

*Atlas still looks mortified*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She gestures to Atlas, before staring at Vince*

[☕︎And why should I care? He’s Miti’s boyfriend, not mine. ☕︎]

*Elizabeth crosses her arms with a huff.*

[angels-maybe]

He’s fine he just realized something stupid he did actually had a consequence. Anyways what do you want from the store?

*Zyana sniffs the air for a second.*

☁︎︎Is there a fire outside?☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No fire. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎But I smell fire☁︎︎

It’s just smoke.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Elizabeth taps Vince on the arm before gesturing back at Atlas. Vince glares at her*

[☕︎Get the sloth if you’re that worried, he’ll murder you less if you mention his boyfriend☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨI’m fine but mom is a liarΨ

I thought you would have figured it out by now bud-usually losing vital organs does mean death.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince stares at Atlas*

[☕︎You are only just figuring that out? ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas just sighs*

ΨNo. What do you want from the shop? We’re completely out of food so mom and I have to go in like a minute hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*shrug*

[angels-maybe]

ΨWanna come check it out? I’ll kick mom off the shopping trip.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*there’s a glint of light near Vince’s ear which he swats away with a glare at Elizabeth*

[☕︎Sure. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨMom you’re banned.Ψ

Okay take the list-oh and make sure you get hotel snacks.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*elizabeth nods*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael gives Quinn a wallet.*

Pay for whatever you eat with my card. Las you’ve got a card yeah?

ΨAnd cash. And a tab.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*the light flickers around Vince’s ear again and he glares at Elizabeth*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas puts on his shoes.*

ΨLet’s good get food and probably a misdemeanor charge for QuinnΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince walks over to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas leads the way outside and through a portal to Mictlan. Quinn immediately runs into a buffet place.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince sticks half a step behind Atlas.*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThis is the general area that most of our shopping gets done. I always do cold stuff last so that’ll be like ice cream and blood and stuffΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIf something looks interesting throw it in the cart.Ψ

*Atlas starts into the market*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He follows*

[totecs-throne]

*They head into the non-perishable section first.*

ΨWhat brand do you smoke?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Why? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨI was gonna buy some, and I’d be a shitty dude if I got for me and not youΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gets out a packet and shows it to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

ΨNice. Got it.Ψ

*He tosses some things in the cart*

ΨShits overwhelming in that houseΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIt’s nice to have a break every once in a while. That’s why I like shopping.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou liked the coffee syrups right?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Vanilla, yes. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s a whole bunch of vanilla stuff here. We’ll stock upΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s vanilla roasted coffee beans, fudge-if you can think of it there’s probably a vanilla version somewhere in hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨVanilla is fun. Yknow I bet we could get some vanilla beans and make something with ‘emΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎A house fire. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨProbably. I think we’d do better trying to make paint or something out of them.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*nod*

ΨI bet vanilla bean bread would be good though.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just tosses a few of everything into the cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince shifts from foot to foot, unable to stay still*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhats up?Ψ

*Atlas flips into Old Vampiric*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He grits his teeth, hesitating for a few seconds before responding*

☕︎Nothing. Just don’t have the energy to be accurate in seeing where everything is. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨAh, fairΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAny way I can help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎Doubt it. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨNothing? No food or blood or anything?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎You said blood was last. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah for stuff in the cart so it doesn’t go bad with how long we stay in here but if you’re gonna drink it that’s differentΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨCome on.Ψ

*Atlas takes Vince to the market cafe*

ΨWhat’s your favorite?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*he shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOkay then two bags of whatever’s best right now pleaseΨ

*The boy behind the counter nods and hands over two blood bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince takes it off of the counter wordlessly*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pays and bites into his bag*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*The bag and Vince blip out of existence for less than half a second*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sips his*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*When Vince returns to view, his bag is empty*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMore or are you done?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I’ll be fine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas buys another three bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t touch any of them*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYours.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince only takes one, disappearing and reappearing in the same manner as before*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod*

ΨThat help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨGoodΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBack to shopping now?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAlrighty.Ψ

*Atlas goes back to throwing a few of everything into the cart*

ΨIf you get everything you can’t forget anything.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Didnt you get a list? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah so I just get extra of those things. But you see there’s always a random thing someone forgot to mention but they desperately want and if I don’t obtain it they’ll be silently disappointedΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨSo we get everything. Times three.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎What if nobody eats it? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThen we take it places until it does get eatenΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBesides, big family, almost everything gets eaten.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*He goes into the cold section next*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince follows silently*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOooo blood popsicles!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI love these things.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou cool if I consider you a sibling or nah?Ψ

*Atlas investigates pieces of fruit.*

ΨCause a prick over there is staring and I have a very strong desire to beat his ass.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince hesitates*

[☕︎Only for carnage’s sake. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨDeal. Wanna hold my earrings or do you wanna throw my stilettos at him?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is already taking off his shoes and jewelry.*

ΨTry not to get hurt, mom will be mad at me. And dad but mom is scarier because they do the thing where they go all calm.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Nod*

ΨThey’ll ease up eventually but something about ‘why do you always get your little siblings into trouble that’s dangerous Las what if someone actually hurts any of them’ or blah blah blah.Ψ

*Atlas hurls a can of tomatoes at the guy*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince just watches blankly*

[totecs-throne]

*It very quickly turns into a brawl in the middle of the grocery store. Someone nearby sighs dramatically*

⚠︎︎Every damn time he’s here.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Side-eye*

[totecs-throne]

*The child blinks up at him innocently*

⚠︎︎First time? This happens a lot, you’ll get used to it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Bitch is trying to get me murdered by Death, I swear. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh please everyone knows Az is a whimp. A toddler could take that asshole in a fight and probably win.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I didn’t mention Death going for a fair fight. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎You’ll be fine. Why are you getting murdered anyways?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gestures vaguely at the fight*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎But that has literally nothing to do with you?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎He started the fight because the guy was looking at me weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Checks out. Still don’t think that’s gonna get you fucked up.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He rolls his eyes*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Are those his shoes in your cart-oh. Family?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎My future brother-in-law. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*She squints for a second, then stares very hard*

⚠︎︎You’re the one that Zyana likes⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused stare*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Word travels fast when there’s a family group chat and your sister is spamming it with ‘NEW FAMILY FAVORITE AND HE HAS A CAT’⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Lynx. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh nice. I’ll help you out cause I kinda feel bad for you being stuck with my family. This is normal, Atlas does this way too much. You aren’t allowed in the crossfire because you’re new plus no marked safe adults here plus Las isn’t supposed to be letting younger siblings near danger. Az will probably do the disappointed sigh thing and try to ignore this happened⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎See the new thing is because the adults don’t know all the safe things or like what’s allowed and then if something does happen and you get hurt and someone makes it worse on accident Xipe might accidentally flip out and kill them.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I guess. I’m Mari by the way. Yes the porcelain does break and yes I can feel pain and no I can’t see you. Those are the usual questions anything else?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎…How are you understanding sign language without being able to see? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I can see I just can’t see you. People and animals just blur into eldritch thingys and my brain interprets the rest. The same thing goes for any audio or whatever the fuck⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎communication? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah that.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She hops a little*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎So this—☕︎]

*He gestures at Atlas*

[☕︎Is… normal? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah. Oooo is that vanilla fudge!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Where is that-help me find more!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Sigh*

[totecs-throne]

*She pauses, then shrugs*

⚠︎︎I’ll go find it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She runs off*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Back to watching the fight*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is finishing up hitting the guy with a jar of salsa.*

Ψ-ever look at anyone in my family ever again I’ll skin you and dump acid on your live bodyΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vaguely amused*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pops back over and starts putting their shoes and jewelry back on*

ΨDid I take too long?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Small child came, bullied you, is looking for fudge now. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨInteresting. Mari?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe’s fun. Mom is terrified of herΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat little gremlin is probably the only person that you’ll meet in our immediate family who would actually hurt or kill you if you piss her off too much. Everyone is at least a little scared of her.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎She seemed harmless… except about your mother. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe killed her sister for sleeping in her spot on the couch.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨTry not to get murdered.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Where’s the fun in that? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh. Mari returns with an entire cart full of vanilla fudge*

⚠︎︎I found more fudge⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Approving nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOh very niceΨ

⚠︎︎Yes the Lynx lover and I are to share it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎You can have the ones with dairy. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Okay!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She puts all the non-dairy ones in Vince’s cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Thank you. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Welcome⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He glances to Atlas like he’s proving a point*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari offers a piece to Atlas*

ΨNo thanks I value my lifeΨ

⚠︎︎Lassieeee you’re so mean. I’m not bad!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince eats one of the pieces Mari gave him*

[totecs-throne]

*It’s perfectly fine. Atlas hesitantly tries his piece and immediately chokes*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*eyebrow raise*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhatthefuck-Ψ

⚠︎︎You don’t like it?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I guess I will tell Mitichó you hate fudge? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just starts coughing up blood*

⚠︎︎Oh wow you really don’t like it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused blink*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Lassie doesn’t like the fudge⚠︎︎

*Atlas pulls a shard of glass out of his throat.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod. Text appears in the air, only to Atlas*

☕︎Is that glass? ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just nods and chokes some more*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince pulls out his phone, texts someone, then eats another piece of fudge for good measure*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou are an evil, evil childΨ

*Atlas gets out the rest of the fudge and glass*

ΨWas that cyanide?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He hears a notification, checks it*

Miti: Good.

*Vince buffers for a solid second before typing back*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari giggles*

ΨNow I have to make a pitstop to see fucking healer. Great.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Another notification comes through, and Vince grimaces as it is read aloud*

Miti: Omw, if he dies I kill uou.

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas wipes the blood from his mouth.*

ΨWe can come back for the food. Healers. I don’t wanna drown in my own blood.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas starts out of the store, trying not to get blood on anything*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince vanishes any blood that Atlas misses as he follows*

[totecs-throne]

*He stops at the nearest healers office.*

ΨThere’s a pottery place two doors down if you need new clay. I gotta go in here, up to you if you wanna joinΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t go inside, but he also doesn’t walk off*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads in*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael is in the waiting room, with a very pissed off child who is obviously from Mictlan*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas spots the kid and immediately crouches down*

ΨYou okay squirt?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She hisses at him, the noise distorted and hurts Atlas’ ears. Raphael sighs*

[totecs-throne]

*He just tilts his head*

[abaddons-abyss]

+Don signed me up to babysit for a friend. She managed to break her wrist and is refusing to see any of the healers except one specific one, who is out of office, but also refusing to leave without being healed because that’s ’not how it works’+

[totecs-throne]

ΨHealers name. Now.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

+Get your throat fixed before starting something, or I’ll tell your mother.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨKid first. Healers name.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Tired glare*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the kid, then grabs the list of healers and offers it out*

ΨWho do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She points to one*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas finds the healer in his phone and calls them*

[abaddons-abyss]

*They don’t pick up*

[totecs-throne]

*He finds their address next.*

ΨRaphael. Go get them,Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael sighs, but leaves the office after mumbling something to the child*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sits down.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*the child watches him warily*

[totecs-throne]

*One of the healers walks over and Atlas growls.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*She curls in on herself*

[totecs-throne]

*He immediately stops*

ΨSorry.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She stays exactly the same*

[totecs-throne]

*He softens a bit*

ΨI have a lot of little sisters. And most of them are scared of the white coats.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMy one little sister wants to be a knight. Is there anything that you wanna be?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🐚…firefighter.🐚

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s so cool. Firefighters keep us all safe, we need more of you guys.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*He smiles a little, wiping the blood the drips from his lips*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael returns, looking like he’s been in a fight, with the healer in tow*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the healer*

ΨHelp her please, I’ll compensate. Whatever you wantΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod, and crouch down in front of the child*

🩺Hello Ana, can I see your hand?🩺

*Raphael nudges Atlas*

+It’s fine, go get checked out.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨNot until she’s okay.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*The child seems much more at ease with the healer than she was with Atlas, and the healer surrounds her hand with magic, which solidifies to form a cast*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod. Atlas gets up and goes into another room*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael and Ana aren’t there when Atlas comes back out*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks for the healer*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Theyre sat with a cup of coffee*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI have to repay you for helping. I really appreciate it. What do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺For my next date to not be ruined by an abyss creature showing up and dragging me out of my home.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah…sorry. Is there anything I can do or get you or..?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺A ride home, maybe? The bus isn’t exactly… great this time of night.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah of course.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI’ll get a car or carriage or something.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺Thanks.🩺

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads back out the door*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince is covered in angel blood*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAre you okay? Did you get hurt? I’ll kill somebody-Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎The blood isn’t mine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨNone it it? You swear?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou okay with hugs?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s why I asked, glad you’re okay. We gotta take a healer home. Or I do, you don’t have to come.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He walks to the pottery shop as the healer comes outside*

[totecs-throne]

ΨStay in the area I’ll be back real soon!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince waves him off*

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh*

ΨOkay let’s get you homeΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺Your brother?🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨOne of them, yeah.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺He looked hurt, did he get into a fight?🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨHe said the bloods not his, and yeah I’m assuming he didΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨNo healer can touch that kid. So I hope he was telling the truth. Car’s over here.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They go over to the car, but hesitate before getting in*

🩺I know every route to my home, if you so much as take a wrong turn, your body will not be found.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨNo worries. I have no clue where I’m going so you gotta tell me where to turn anyways.Ψ

*Atlas buckles in*

ΨPlus this car is my moms and I don’t wanna get murdered todayΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod, getting in*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOkay where am I going?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*they give directions until they’re outside an apartment building*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou good from here?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺Yep, should be.🩺

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael arrives to the Tuesday children show at the Theatre in Heaven earlier than usual, and three teens can be seen on the stage, two of them doing handstands as the third is spotting a child who is attempting to copy them. The two doing the handstands are talking with strain in their voices, and their voices carry*

🎱You really aren’t gonna prove us wrong? Put us to shame, teach! It’d be fun!🎱

🪀He did that to Jonah once and the poor guy couldn’t lift his arms for like a week-🪀

🎱You can wimp out at any- oh hey there’s people-🎱

🪀Pe-🪀

*They cut themself off, falling and rolling so they don’t just faceplant, and the teen that wasn’t doing the handstands shakes their head fondly*

( @heavens-alive-little-ones )

You need to adjust the space between your hands when you do that. It’ll help keep you balanced longer.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

(Lag reset 13)

*nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Is it the one near the Magma Fort? They do make very good food.☁︎︎

ΨMhm. I’ve never actually been.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅good luck. ❅

[angels-maybe]

ΨThanks.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She tries for a smile, but it is only barely recognisable as one*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Get the raw duck platter.☁︎︎

ΨIs it good?Ψ

☁︎︎Mhm☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅…those places don’t usually…❅

[angels-maybe]

Oh the ones in Mictlan aren’t like the ones in heaven. I’m gonna take Ika to a fancy tea place when we get back from vacation if you wanna come.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Oh yes Ika is the ‘princess knight’ yes?☁︎︎

Mhm, shes a little warrior.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

❅Tiny, should see when Vince gives her a sword. ❅

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Awww☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Amused*

❅Tried to decapitate Priss. ❅

[angels-maybe]

*Zyana chuckles*

I should teach her how to fight

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She just stares at Az, completely deadpan*

[angels-maybe]

She’d be good at it. Give her a dagger and sword and teach her how to beat someone four times her size and she’ll be set.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She muffles a laugh*

[angels-maybe]

ΨJust don’t teach her like you taught me. I still vividly recall thinking I actually killed you-Ψ

You did I just don’t *stay* dead.

ΨWhatΨ

Yeah I just said I was messing with you to make you feel better because you were like fourteen and freaking out

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Squint*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas looks like he might puke*

…Quinn literally beheaded me today it’s not that deep

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She mumbles something before walking on the ceiling to the window and phasing through the wall*

[angels-maybe]

Oh-

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She comes back in, dragging Vince by the ear*

[angels-maybe]

Hi-?

*Atlas still looks mortified*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She gestures to Atlas, before staring at Vince*

[☕︎And why should I care? He’s Miti’s boyfriend, not mine. ☕︎]

*Elizabeth crosses her arms with a huff.*

[angels-maybe]

He’s fine he just realized something stupid he did actually had a consequence. Anyways what do you want from the store?

*Zyana sniffs the air for a second.*

☁︎︎Is there a fire outside?☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No fire. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎But I smell fire☁︎︎

It’s just smoke.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Elizabeth taps Vince on the arm before gesturing back at Atlas. Vince glares at her*

[☕︎Get the sloth if you’re that worried, he’ll murder you less if you mention his boyfriend☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨI’m fine but mom is a liarΨ

I thought you would have figured it out by now bud-usually losing vital organs does mean death.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince stares at Atlas*

[☕︎You are only just figuring that out? ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas just sighs*

ΨNo. What do you want from the shop? We’re completely out of food so mom and I have to go in like a minute hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*shrug*

[angels-maybe]

ΨWanna come check it out? I’ll kick mom off the shopping trip.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*there’s a glint of light near Vince’s ear which he swats away with a glare at Elizabeth*

[☕︎Sure. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨMom you’re banned.Ψ

Okay take the list-oh and make sure you get hotel snacks.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*elizabeth nods*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael gives Quinn a wallet.*

Pay for whatever you eat with my card. Las you’ve got a card yeah?

ΨAnd cash. And a tab.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*the light flickers around Vince’s ear again and he glares at Elizabeth*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas puts on his shoes.*

ΨLet’s good get food and probably a misdemeanor charge for QuinnΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince walks over to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas leads the way outside and through a portal to Mictlan. Quinn immediately runs into a buffet place.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince sticks half a step behind Atlas.*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThis is the general area that most of our shopping gets done. I always do cold stuff last so that’ll be like ice cream and blood and stuffΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIf something looks interesting throw it in the cart.Ψ

*Atlas starts into the market*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He follows*

[totecs-throne]

*They head into the non-perishable section first.*

ΨWhat brand do you smoke?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Why? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨI was gonna buy some, and I’d be a shitty dude if I got for me and not youΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gets out a packet and shows it to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

ΨNice. Got it.Ψ

*He tosses some things in the cart*

ΨShits overwhelming in that houseΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIt’s nice to have a break every once in a while. That’s why I like shopping.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou liked the coffee syrups right?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Vanilla, yes. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s a whole bunch of vanilla stuff here. We’ll stock upΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s vanilla roasted coffee beans, fudge-if you can think of it there’s probably a vanilla version somewhere in hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨVanilla is fun. Yknow I bet we could get some vanilla beans and make something with ‘emΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎A house fire. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨProbably. I think we’d do better trying to make paint or something out of them.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*nod*

ΨI bet vanilla bean bread would be good though.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just tosses a few of everything into the cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince shifts from foot to foot, unable to stay still*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhats up?Ψ

*Atlas flips into Old Vampiric*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He grits his teeth, hesitating for a few seconds before responding*

☕︎Nothing. Just don’t have the energy to be accurate in seeing where everything is. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨAh, fairΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAny way I can help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎Doubt it. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨNothing? No food or blood or anything?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎You said blood was last. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah for stuff in the cart so it doesn’t go bad with how long we stay in here but if you’re gonna drink it that’s differentΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨCome on.Ψ

*Atlas takes Vince to the market cafe*

ΨWhat’s your favorite?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*he shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOkay then two bags of whatever’s best right now pleaseΨ

*The boy behind the counter nods and hands over two blood bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince takes it off of the counter wordlessly*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pays and bites into his bag*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*The bag and Vince blip out of existence for less than half a second*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sips his*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*When Vince returns to view, his bag is empty*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMore or are you done?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I’ll be fine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas buys another three bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t touch any of them*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYours.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince only takes one, disappearing and reappearing in the same manner as before*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod*

ΨThat help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨGoodΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBack to shopping now?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAlrighty.Ψ

*Atlas goes back to throwing a few of everything into the cart*

ΨIf you get everything you can’t forget anything.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Didnt you get a list? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah so I just get extra of those things. But you see there’s always a random thing someone forgot to mention but they desperately want and if I don’t obtain it they’ll be silently disappointedΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨSo we get everything. Times three.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎What if nobody eats it? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThen we take it places until it does get eatenΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBesides, big family, almost everything gets eaten.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*He goes into the cold section next*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince follows silently*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOooo blood popsicles!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI love these things.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou cool if I consider you a sibling or nah?Ψ

*Atlas investigates pieces of fruit.*

ΨCause a prick over there is staring and I have a very strong desire to beat his ass.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince hesitates*

[☕︎Only for carnage’s sake. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨDeal. Wanna hold my earrings or do you wanna throw my stilettos at him?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is already taking off his shoes and jewelry.*

ΨTry not to get hurt, mom will be mad at me. And dad but mom is scarier because they do the thing where they go all calm.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Nod*

ΨThey’ll ease up eventually but something about ‘why do you always get your little siblings into trouble that’s dangerous Las what if someone actually hurts any of them’ or blah blah blah.Ψ

*Atlas hurls a can of tomatoes at the guy*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince just watches blankly*

[totecs-throne]

*It very quickly turns into a brawl in the middle of the grocery store. Someone nearby sighs dramatically*

⚠︎︎Every damn time he’s here.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Side-eye*

[totecs-throne]

*The child blinks up at him innocently*

⚠︎︎First time? This happens a lot, you’ll get used to it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Bitch is trying to get me murdered by Death, I swear. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh please everyone knows Az is a whimp. A toddler could take that asshole in a fight and probably win.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I didn’t mention Death going for a fair fight. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎You’ll be fine. Why are you getting murdered anyways?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gestures vaguely at the fight*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎But that has literally nothing to do with you?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎He started the fight because the guy was looking at me weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Checks out. Still don’t think that’s gonna get you fucked up.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He rolls his eyes*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Are those his shoes in your cart-oh. Family?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎My future brother-in-law. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*She squints for a second, then stares very hard*

⚠︎︎You’re the one that Zyana likes⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused stare*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Word travels fast when there’s a family group chat and your sister is spamming it with ‘NEW FAMILY FAVORITE AND HE HAS A CAT’⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Lynx. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh nice. I’ll help you out cause I kinda feel bad for you being stuck with my family. This is normal, Atlas does this way too much. You aren’t allowed in the crossfire because you’re new plus no marked safe adults here plus Las isn’t supposed to be letting younger siblings near danger. Az will probably do the disappointed sigh thing and try to ignore this happened⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎See the new thing is because the adults don’t know all the safe things or like what’s allowed and then if something does happen and you get hurt and someone makes it worse on accident Xipe might accidentally flip out and kill them.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I guess. I’m Mari by the way. Yes the porcelain does break and yes I can feel pain and no I can’t see you. Those are the usual questions anything else?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎…How are you understanding sign language without being able to see? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I can see I just can’t see you. People and animals just blur into eldritch thingys and my brain interprets the rest. The same thing goes for any audio or whatever the fuck⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎communication? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah that.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She hops a little*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎So this—☕︎]

*He gestures at Atlas*

[☕︎Is… normal? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah. Oooo is that vanilla fudge!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Where is that-help me find more!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Sigh*

[totecs-throne]

*She pauses, then shrugs*

⚠︎︎I’ll go find it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She runs off*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Back to watching the fight*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is finishing up hitting the guy with a jar of salsa.*

Ψ-ever look at anyone in my family ever again I’ll skin you and dump acid on your live bodyΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vaguely amused*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pops back over and starts putting their shoes and jewelry back on*

ΨDid I take too long?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Small child came, bullied you, is looking for fudge now. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨInteresting. Mari?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe’s fun. Mom is terrified of herΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat little gremlin is probably the only person that you’ll meet in our immediate family who would actually hurt or kill you if you piss her off too much. Everyone is at least a little scared of her.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎She seemed harmless… except about your mother. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe killed her sister for sleeping in her spot on the couch.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨTry not to get murdered.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Where’s the fun in that? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh. Mari returns with an entire cart full of vanilla fudge*

⚠︎︎I found more fudge⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Approving nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOh very niceΨ

⚠︎︎Yes the Lynx lover and I are to share it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎You can have the ones with dairy. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Okay!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She puts all the non-dairy ones in Vince’s cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Thank you. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Welcome⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He glances to Atlas like he’s proving a point*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari offers a piece to Atlas*

ΨNo thanks I value my lifeΨ

⚠︎︎Lassieeee you’re so mean. I’m not bad!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince eats one of the pieces Mari gave him*

[totecs-throne]

*It’s perfectly fine. Atlas hesitantly tries his piece and immediately chokes*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*eyebrow raise*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhatthefuck-Ψ

⚠︎︎You don’t like it?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I guess I will tell Mitichó you hate fudge? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just starts coughing up blood*

⚠︎︎Oh wow you really don’t like it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused blink*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Lassie doesn’t like the fudge⚠︎︎

*Atlas pulls a shard of glass out of his throat.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod. Text appears in the air, only to Atlas*

☕︎Is that glass? ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just nods and chokes some more*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince pulls out his phone, texts someone, then eats another piece of fudge for good measure*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou are an evil, evil childΨ

*Atlas gets out the rest of the fudge and glass*

ΨWas that cyanide?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He hears a notification, checks it*

Miti: Good.

*Vince buffers for a solid second before typing back*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari giggles*

ΨNow I have to make a pitstop to see fucking healer. Great.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Another notification comes through, and Vince grimaces as it is read aloud*

Miti: Omw, if he dies I kill uou.

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas wipes the blood from his mouth.*

ΨWe can come back for the food. Healers. I don’t wanna drown in my own blood.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas starts out of the store, trying not to get blood on anything*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince vanishes any blood that Atlas misses as he follows*

[totecs-throne]

*He stops at the nearest healers office.*

ΨThere’s a pottery place two doors down if you need new clay. I gotta go in here, up to you if you wanna joinΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t go inside, but he also doesn’t walk off*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads in*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael is in the waiting room, with a very pissed off child who is obviously from Mictlan*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas spots the kid and immediately crouches down*

ΨYou okay squirt?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She hisses at him, the noise distorted and hurts Atlas’ ears. Raphael sighs*

[totecs-throne]

*He just tilts his head*

[abaddons-abyss]

+Don signed me up to babysit for a friend. She managed to break her wrist and is refusing to see any of the healers except one specific one, who is out of office, but also refusing to leave without being healed because that’s ’not how it works’+

[totecs-throne]

ΨHealers name. Now.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

+Get your throat fixed before starting something, or I’ll tell your mother.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨKid first. Healers name.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Tired glare*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the kid, then grabs the list of healers and offers it out*

ΨWho do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She points to one*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas finds the healer in his phone and calls them*

[abaddons-abyss]

*They don’t pick up*

[totecs-throne]

*He finds their address next.*

ΨRaphael. Go get them,Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael sighs, but leaves the office after mumbling something to the child*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sits down.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*the child watches him warily*

[totecs-throne]

*One of the healers walks over and Atlas growls.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*She curls in on herself*

[totecs-throne]

*He immediately stops*

ΨSorry.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She stays exactly the same*

[totecs-throne]

*He softens a bit*

ΨI have a lot of little sisters. And most of them are scared of the white coats.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMy one little sister wants to be a knight. Is there anything that you wanna be?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🐚…firefighter.🐚

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s so cool. Firefighters keep us all safe, we need more of you guys.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*He smiles a little, wiping the blood the drips from his lips*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael returns, looking like he’s been in a fight, with the healer in tow*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the healer*

ΨHelp her please, I’ll compensate. Whatever you wantΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod, and crouch down in front of the child*

🩺Hello Ana, can I see your hand?🩺

*Raphael nudges Atlas*

+It’s fine, go get checked out.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨNot until she’s okay.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*The child seems much more at ease with the healer than she was with Atlas, and the healer surrounds her hand with magic, which solidifies to form a cast*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod. Atlas gets up and goes into another room*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael and Ana aren’t there when Atlas comes back out*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks for the healer*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Theyre sat with a cup of coffee*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI have to repay you for helping. I really appreciate it. What do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺For my next date to not be ruined by an abyss creature showing up and dragging me out of my home.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah…sorry. Is there anything I can do or get you or..?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺A ride home, maybe? The bus isn’t exactly… great this time of night.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah of course.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI’ll get a car or carriage or something.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺Thanks.🩺

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads back out the door*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince is covered in angel blood*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAre you okay? Did you get hurt? I’ll kill somebody-Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎The blood isn’t mine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨNone it it? You swear?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou okay with hugs?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s why I asked, glad you’re okay. We gotta take a healer home. Or I do, you don’t have to come.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He walks to the pottery shop as the healer comes outside*

[totecs-throne]

ΨStay in the area I’ll be back real soon!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince waves him off*

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh*

ΨOkay let’s get you homeΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺Your brother?🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨOne of them, yeah.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺He looked hurt, did he get into a fight?🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨHe said the bloods not his, and yeah I’m assuming he didΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨNo healer can touch that kid. So I hope he was telling the truth. Car’s over here.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They go over to the car, but hesitate before getting in*

🩺I know every route to my home, if you so much as take a wrong turn, your body will not be found.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨNo worries. I have no clue where I’m going so you gotta tell me where to turn anyways.Ψ

*Atlas buckles in*

ΨPlus this car is my moms and I don’t wanna get murdered todayΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod, getting in*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOkay where am I going?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*they give directions until they’re outside an apartment building*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael arrives to the Tuesday children show at the Theatre in Heaven earlier than usual, and three teens can be seen on the stage, two of them doing handstands as the third is spotting a child who is attempting to copy them. The two doing the handstands are talking with strain in their voices, and their voices carry*

🎱You really aren’t gonna prove us wrong? Put us to shame, teach! It’d be fun!🎱

🪀He did that to Jonah once and the poor guy couldn’t lift his arms for like a week-🪀

🎱You can wimp out at any- oh hey there’s people-🎱

🪀Pe-🪀

*They cut themself off, falling and rolling so they don’t just faceplant, and the teen that wasn’t doing the handstands shakes their head fondly*

( @heavens-alive-little-ones )

You need to adjust the space between your hands when you do that. It’ll help keep you balanced longer.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

(Lag reset 13)

*nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Is it the one near the Magma Fort? They do make very good food.☁︎︎

ΨMhm. I’ve never actually been.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅good luck. ❅

[angels-maybe]

ΨThanks.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She tries for a smile, but it is only barely recognisable as one*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Get the raw duck platter.☁︎︎

ΨIs it good?Ψ

☁︎︎Mhm☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅…those places don’t usually…❅

[angels-maybe]

Oh the ones in Mictlan aren’t like the ones in heaven. I’m gonna take Ika to a fancy tea place when we get back from vacation if you wanna come.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Oh yes Ika is the ‘princess knight’ yes?☁︎︎

Mhm, shes a little warrior.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

❅Tiny, should see when Vince gives her a sword. ❅

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Awww☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Amused*

❅Tried to decapitate Priss. ❅

[angels-maybe]

*Zyana chuckles*

I should teach her how to fight

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She just stares at Az, completely deadpan*

[angels-maybe]

She’d be good at it. Give her a dagger and sword and teach her how to beat someone four times her size and she’ll be set.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She muffles a laugh*

[angels-maybe]

ΨJust don’t teach her like you taught me. I still vividly recall thinking I actually killed you-Ψ

You did I just don’t *stay* dead.

ΨWhatΨ

Yeah I just said I was messing with you to make you feel better because you were like fourteen and freaking out

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Squint*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas looks like he might puke*

…Quinn literally beheaded me today it’s not that deep

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She mumbles something before walking on the ceiling to the window and phasing through the wall*

[angels-maybe]

Oh-

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She comes back in, dragging Vince by the ear*

[angels-maybe]

Hi-?

*Atlas still looks mortified*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She gestures to Atlas, before staring at Vince*

[☕︎And why should I care? He’s Miti’s boyfriend, not mine. ☕︎]

*Elizabeth crosses her arms with a huff.*

[angels-maybe]

He’s fine he just realized something stupid he did actually had a consequence. Anyways what do you want from the store?

*Zyana sniffs the air for a second.*

☁︎︎Is there a fire outside?☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No fire. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎But I smell fire☁︎︎

It’s just smoke.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Elizabeth taps Vince on the arm before gesturing back at Atlas. Vince glares at her*

[☕︎Get the sloth if you’re that worried, he’ll murder you less if you mention his boyfriend☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨI’m fine but mom is a liarΨ

I thought you would have figured it out by now bud-usually losing vital organs does mean death.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince stares at Atlas*

[☕︎You are only just figuring that out? ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas just sighs*

ΨNo. What do you want from the shop? We’re completely out of food so mom and I have to go in like a minute hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*shrug*

[angels-maybe]

ΨWanna come check it out? I’ll kick mom off the shopping trip.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*there’s a glint of light near Vince’s ear which he swats away with a glare at Elizabeth*

[☕︎Sure. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨMom you’re banned.Ψ

Okay take the list-oh and make sure you get hotel snacks.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*elizabeth nods*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael gives Quinn a wallet.*

Pay for whatever you eat with my card. Las you’ve got a card yeah?

ΨAnd cash. And a tab.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*the light flickers around Vince’s ear again and he glares at Elizabeth*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas puts on his shoes.*

ΨLet’s good get food and probably a misdemeanor charge for QuinnΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince walks over to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas leads the way outside and through a portal to Mictlan. Quinn immediately runs into a buffet place.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince sticks half a step behind Atlas.*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThis is the general area that most of our shopping gets done. I always do cold stuff last so that’ll be like ice cream and blood and stuffΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIf something looks interesting throw it in the cart.Ψ

*Atlas starts into the market*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He follows*

[totecs-throne]

*They head into the non-perishable section first.*

ΨWhat brand do you smoke?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Why? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨI was gonna buy some, and I’d be a shitty dude if I got for me and not youΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gets out a packet and shows it to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

ΨNice. Got it.Ψ

*He tosses some things in the cart*

ΨShits overwhelming in that houseΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIt’s nice to have a break every once in a while. That’s why I like shopping.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou liked the coffee syrups right?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Vanilla, yes. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s a whole bunch of vanilla stuff here. We’ll stock upΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s vanilla roasted coffee beans, fudge-if you can think of it there’s probably a vanilla version somewhere in hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨVanilla is fun. Yknow I bet we could get some vanilla beans and make something with ‘emΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎A house fire. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨProbably. I think we’d do better trying to make paint or something out of them.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*nod*

ΨI bet vanilla bean bread would be good though.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just tosses a few of everything into the cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince shifts from foot to foot, unable to stay still*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhats up?Ψ

*Atlas flips into Old Vampiric*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He grits his teeth, hesitating for a few seconds before responding*

☕︎Nothing. Just don’t have the energy to be accurate in seeing where everything is. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨAh, fairΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAny way I can help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎Doubt it. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨNothing? No food or blood or anything?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎You said blood was last. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah for stuff in the cart so it doesn’t go bad with how long we stay in here but if you’re gonna drink it that’s differentΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨCome on.Ψ

*Atlas takes Vince to the market cafe*

ΨWhat’s your favorite?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*he shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOkay then two bags of whatever’s best right now pleaseΨ

*The boy behind the counter nods and hands over two blood bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince takes it off of the counter wordlessly*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pays and bites into his bag*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*The bag and Vince blip out of existence for less than half a second*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sips his*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*When Vince returns to view, his bag is empty*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMore or are you done?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I’ll be fine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas buys another three bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t touch any of them*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYours.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince only takes one, disappearing and reappearing in the same manner as before*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod*

ΨThat help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨGoodΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBack to shopping now?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAlrighty.Ψ

*Atlas goes back to throwing a few of everything into the cart*

ΨIf you get everything you can’t forget anything.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Didnt you get a list? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah so I just get extra of those things. But you see there’s always a random thing someone forgot to mention but they desperately want and if I don’t obtain it they’ll be silently disappointedΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨSo we get everything. Times three.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎What if nobody eats it? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThen we take it places until it does get eatenΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBesides, big family, almost everything gets eaten.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*He goes into the cold section next*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince follows silently*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOooo blood popsicles!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI love these things.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou cool if I consider you a sibling or nah?Ψ

*Atlas investigates pieces of fruit.*

ΨCause a prick over there is staring and I have a very strong desire to beat his ass.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince hesitates*

[☕︎Only for carnage’s sake. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨDeal. Wanna hold my earrings or do you wanna throw my stilettos at him?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is already taking off his shoes and jewelry.*

ΨTry not to get hurt, mom will be mad at me. And dad but mom is scarier because they do the thing where they go all calm.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Nod*

ΨThey’ll ease up eventually but something about ‘why do you always get your little siblings into trouble that’s dangerous Las what if someone actually hurts any of them’ or blah blah blah.Ψ

*Atlas hurls a can of tomatoes at the guy*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince just watches blankly*

[totecs-throne]

*It very quickly turns into a brawl in the middle of the grocery store. Someone nearby sighs dramatically*

⚠︎︎Every damn time he’s here.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Side-eye*

[totecs-throne]

*The child blinks up at him innocently*

⚠︎︎First time? This happens a lot, you’ll get used to it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Bitch is trying to get me murdered by Death, I swear. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh please everyone knows Az is a whimp. A toddler could take that asshole in a fight and probably win.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I didn’t mention Death going for a fair fight. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎You’ll be fine. Why are you getting murdered anyways?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gestures vaguely at the fight*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎But that has literally nothing to do with you?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎He started the fight because the guy was looking at me weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Checks out. Still don’t think that’s gonna get you fucked up.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He rolls his eyes*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Are those his shoes in your cart-oh. Family?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎My future brother-in-law. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*She squints for a second, then stares very hard*

⚠︎︎You’re the one that Zyana likes⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused stare*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Word travels fast when there’s a family group chat and your sister is spamming it with ‘NEW FAMILY FAVORITE AND HE HAS A CAT’⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Lynx. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh nice. I’ll help you out cause I kinda feel bad for you being stuck with my family. This is normal, Atlas does this way too much. You aren’t allowed in the crossfire because you’re new plus no marked safe adults here plus Las isn’t supposed to be letting younger siblings near danger. Az will probably do the disappointed sigh thing and try to ignore this happened⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎See the new thing is because the adults don’t know all the safe things or like what’s allowed and then if something does happen and you get hurt and someone makes it worse on accident Xipe might accidentally flip out and kill them.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I guess. I’m Mari by the way. Yes the porcelain does break and yes I can feel pain and no I can’t see you. Those are the usual questions anything else?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎…How are you understanding sign language without being able to see? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I can see I just can’t see you. People and animals just blur into eldritch thingys and my brain interprets the rest. The same thing goes for any audio or whatever the fuck⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎communication? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah that.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She hops a little*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎So this—☕︎]

*He gestures at Atlas*

[☕︎Is… normal? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah. Oooo is that vanilla fudge!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Where is that-help me find more!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Sigh*

[totecs-throne]

*She pauses, then shrugs*

⚠︎︎I’ll go find it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She runs off*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Back to watching the fight*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is finishing up hitting the guy with a jar of salsa.*

Ψ-ever look at anyone in my family ever again I’ll skin you and dump acid on your live bodyΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vaguely amused*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pops back over and starts putting their shoes and jewelry back on*

ΨDid I take too long?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Small child came, bullied you, is looking for fudge now. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨInteresting. Mari?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe’s fun. Mom is terrified of herΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat little gremlin is probably the only person that you’ll meet in our immediate family who would actually hurt or kill you if you piss her off too much. Everyone is at least a little scared of her.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎She seemed harmless… except about your mother. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe killed her sister for sleeping in her spot on the couch.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨTry not to get murdered.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Where’s the fun in that? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh. Mari returns with an entire cart full of vanilla fudge*

⚠︎︎I found more fudge⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Approving nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOh very niceΨ

⚠︎︎Yes the Lynx lover and I are to share it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎You can have the ones with dairy. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Okay!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She puts all the non-dairy ones in Vince’s cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Thank you. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Welcome⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He glances to Atlas like he’s proving a point*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari offers a piece to Atlas*

ΨNo thanks I value my lifeΨ

⚠︎︎Lassieeee you’re so mean. I’m not bad!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince eats one of the pieces Mari gave him*

[totecs-throne]

*It’s perfectly fine. Atlas hesitantly tries his piece and immediately chokes*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*eyebrow raise*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhatthefuck-Ψ

⚠︎︎You don’t like it?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I guess I will tell Mitichó you hate fudge? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just starts coughing up blood*

⚠︎︎Oh wow you really don’t like it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused blink*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Lassie doesn’t like the fudge⚠︎︎

*Atlas pulls a shard of glass out of his throat.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod. Text appears in the air, only to Atlas*

☕︎Is that glass? ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just nods and chokes some more*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince pulls out his phone, texts someone, then eats another piece of fudge for good measure*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou are an evil, evil childΨ

*Atlas gets out the rest of the fudge and glass*

ΨWas that cyanide?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He hears a notification, checks it*

Miti: Good.

*Vince buffers for a solid second before typing back*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari giggles*

ΨNow I have to make a pitstop to see fucking healer. Great.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Another notification comes through, and Vince grimaces as it is read aloud*

Miti: Omw, if he dies I kill uou.

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas wipes the blood from his mouth.*

ΨWe can come back for the food. Healers. I don’t wanna drown in my own blood.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas starts out of the store, trying not to get blood on anything*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince vanishes any blood that Atlas misses as he follows*

[totecs-throne]

*He stops at the nearest healers office.*

ΨThere’s a pottery place two doors down if you need new clay. I gotta go in here, up to you if you wanna joinΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t go inside, but he also doesn’t walk off*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads in*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael is in the waiting room, with a very pissed off child who is obviously from Mictlan*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas spots the kid and immediately crouches down*

ΨYou okay squirt?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She hisses at him, the noise distorted and hurts Atlas’ ears. Raphael sighs*

[totecs-throne]

*He just tilts his head*

[abaddons-abyss]

+Don signed me up to babysit for a friend. She managed to break her wrist and is refusing to see any of the healers except one specific one, who is out of office, but also refusing to leave without being healed because that’s ’not how it works’+

[totecs-throne]

ΨHealers name. Now.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

+Get your throat fixed before starting something, or I’ll tell your mother.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨKid first. Healers name.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Tired glare*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the kid, then grabs the list of healers and offers it out*

ΨWho do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She points to one*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas finds the healer in his phone and calls them*

[abaddons-abyss]

*They don’t pick up*

[totecs-throne]

*He finds their address next.*

ΨRaphael. Go get them,Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael sighs, but leaves the office after mumbling something to the child*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sits down.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*the child watches him warily*

[totecs-throne]

*One of the healers walks over and Atlas growls.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*She curls in on herself*

[totecs-throne]

*He immediately stops*

ΨSorry.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She stays exactly the same*

[totecs-throne]

*He softens a bit*

ΨI have a lot of little sisters. And most of them are scared of the white coats.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMy one little sister wants to be a knight. Is there anything that you wanna be?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🐚…firefighter.🐚

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s so cool. Firefighters keep us all safe, we need more of you guys.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*He smiles a little, wiping the blood the drips from his lips*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael returns, looking like he’s been in a fight, with the healer in tow*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the healer*

ΨHelp her please, I’ll compensate. Whatever you wantΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod, and crouch down in front of the child*

🩺Hello Ana, can I see your hand?🩺

*Raphael nudges Atlas*

+It’s fine, go get checked out.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨNot until she’s okay.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*The child seems much more at ease with the healer than she was with Atlas, and the healer surrounds her hand with magic, which solidifies to form a cast*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod. Atlas gets up and goes into another room*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael and Ana aren’t there when Atlas comes back out*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks for the healer*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Theyre sat with a cup of coffee*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI have to repay you for helping. I really appreciate it. What do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺For my next date to not be ruined by an abyss creature showing up and dragging me out of my home.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah…sorry. Is there anything I can do or get you or..?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺A ride home, maybe? The bus isn’t exactly… great this time of night.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah of course.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI’ll get a car or carriage or something.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺Thanks.🩺

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads back out the door*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince is covered in angel blood*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAre you okay? Did you get hurt? I’ll kill somebody-Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎The blood isn’t mine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨNone it it? You swear?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou okay with hugs?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s why I asked, glad you’re okay. We gotta take a healer home. Or I do, you don’t have to come.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He walks to the pottery shop as the healer comes outside*

[totecs-throne]

ΨStay in the area I’ll be back real soon!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince waves him off*

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh*

ΨOkay let’s get you homeΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺Your brother?🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨOne of them, yeah.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺He looked hurt, did he get into a fight?🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨHe said the bloods not his, and yeah I’m assuming he didΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨNo healer can touch that kid. So I hope he was telling the truth. Car’s over here.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They go over to the car, but hesitate before getting in*

🩺I know every route to my home, if you so much as take a wrong turn, your body will not be found.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨNo worries. I have no clue where I’m going so you gotta tell me where to turn anyways.Ψ

*Atlas buckles in*

ΨPlus this car is my moms and I don’t wanna get murdered todayΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod, getting in*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael arrives to the Tuesday children show at the Theatre in Heaven earlier than usual, and three teens can be seen on the stage, two of them doing handstands as the third is spotting a child who is attempting to copy them. The two doing the handstands are talking with strain in their voices, and their voices carry*

🎱You really aren’t gonna prove us wrong? Put us to shame, teach! It’d be fun!🎱

🪀He did that to Jonah once and the poor guy couldn’t lift his arms for like a week-🪀

🎱You can wimp out at any- oh hey there’s people-🎱

🪀Pe-🪀

*They cut themself off, falling and rolling so they don’t just faceplant, and the teen that wasn’t doing the handstands shakes their head fondly*

( @heavens-alive-little-ones )

You need to adjust the space between your hands when you do that. It’ll help keep you balanced longer.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

(Lag reset 13)

*nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Is it the one near the Magma Fort? They do make very good food.☁︎︎

ΨMhm. I’ve never actually been.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅good luck. ❅

[angels-maybe]

ΨThanks.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She tries for a smile, but it is only barely recognisable as one*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Get the raw duck platter.☁︎︎

ΨIs it good?Ψ

☁︎︎Mhm☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅…those places don’t usually…❅

[angels-maybe]

Oh the ones in Mictlan aren’t like the ones in heaven. I’m gonna take Ika to a fancy tea place when we get back from vacation if you wanna come.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Oh yes Ika is the ‘princess knight’ yes?☁︎︎

Mhm, shes a little warrior.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

❅Tiny, should see when Vince gives her a sword. ❅

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Awww☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Amused*

❅Tried to decapitate Priss. ❅

[angels-maybe]

*Zyana chuckles*

I should teach her how to fight

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She just stares at Az, completely deadpan*

[angels-maybe]

She’d be good at it. Give her a dagger and sword and teach her how to beat someone four times her size and she’ll be set.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She muffles a laugh*

[angels-maybe]

ΨJust don’t teach her like you taught me. I still vividly recall thinking I actually killed you-Ψ

You did I just don’t *stay* dead.

ΨWhatΨ

Yeah I just said I was messing with you to make you feel better because you were like fourteen and freaking out

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Squint*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas looks like he might puke*

…Quinn literally beheaded me today it’s not that deep

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She mumbles something before walking on the ceiling to the window and phasing through the wall*

[angels-maybe]

Oh-

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She comes back in, dragging Vince by the ear*

[angels-maybe]

Hi-?

*Atlas still looks mortified*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She gestures to Atlas, before staring at Vince*

[☕︎And why should I care? He’s Miti’s boyfriend, not mine. ☕︎]

*Elizabeth crosses her arms with a huff.*

[angels-maybe]

He’s fine he just realized something stupid he did actually had a consequence. Anyways what do you want from the store?

*Zyana sniffs the air for a second.*

☁︎︎Is there a fire outside?☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No fire. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎But I smell fire☁︎︎

It’s just smoke.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Elizabeth taps Vince on the arm before gesturing back at Atlas. Vince glares at her*

[☕︎Get the sloth if you’re that worried, he’ll murder you less if you mention his boyfriend☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨI’m fine but mom is a liarΨ

I thought you would have figured it out by now bud-usually losing vital organs does mean death.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince stares at Atlas*

[☕︎You are only just figuring that out? ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas just sighs*

ΨNo. What do you want from the shop? We’re completely out of food so mom and I have to go in like a minute hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*shrug*

[angels-maybe]

ΨWanna come check it out? I’ll kick mom off the shopping trip.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*there’s a glint of light near Vince’s ear which he swats away with a glare at Elizabeth*

[☕︎Sure. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨMom you’re banned.Ψ

Okay take the list-oh and make sure you get hotel snacks.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*elizabeth nods*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael gives Quinn a wallet.*

Pay for whatever you eat with my card. Las you’ve got a card yeah?

ΨAnd cash. And a tab.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*the light flickers around Vince’s ear again and he glares at Elizabeth*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas puts on his shoes.*

ΨLet’s good get food and probably a misdemeanor charge for QuinnΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince walks over to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas leads the way outside and through a portal to Mictlan. Quinn immediately runs into a buffet place.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince sticks half a step behind Atlas.*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThis is the general area that most of our shopping gets done. I always do cold stuff last so that’ll be like ice cream and blood and stuffΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIf something looks interesting throw it in the cart.Ψ

*Atlas starts into the market*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He follows*

[totecs-throne]

*They head into the non-perishable section first.*

ΨWhat brand do you smoke?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Why? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨI was gonna buy some, and I’d be a shitty dude if I got for me and not youΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gets out a packet and shows it to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

ΨNice. Got it.Ψ

*He tosses some things in the cart*

ΨShits overwhelming in that houseΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIt’s nice to have a break every once in a while. That’s why I like shopping.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou liked the coffee syrups right?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Vanilla, yes. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s a whole bunch of vanilla stuff here. We’ll stock upΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s vanilla roasted coffee beans, fudge-if you can think of it there’s probably a vanilla version somewhere in hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨVanilla is fun. Yknow I bet we could get some vanilla beans and make something with ‘emΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎A house fire. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨProbably. I think we’d do better trying to make paint or something out of them.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*nod*

ΨI bet vanilla bean bread would be good though.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just tosses a few of everything into the cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince shifts from foot to foot, unable to stay still*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhats up?Ψ

*Atlas flips into Old Vampiric*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He grits his teeth, hesitating for a few seconds before responding*

☕︎Nothing. Just don’t have the energy to be accurate in seeing where everything is. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨAh, fairΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAny way I can help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎Doubt it. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨNothing? No food or blood or anything?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎You said blood was last. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah for stuff in the cart so it doesn’t go bad with how long we stay in here but if you’re gonna drink it that’s differentΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨCome on.Ψ

*Atlas takes Vince to the market cafe*

ΨWhat’s your favorite?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*he shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOkay then two bags of whatever’s best right now pleaseΨ

*The boy behind the counter nods and hands over two blood bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince takes it off of the counter wordlessly*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pays and bites into his bag*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*The bag and Vince blip out of existence for less than half a second*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sips his*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*When Vince returns to view, his bag is empty*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMore or are you done?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I’ll be fine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas buys another three bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t touch any of them*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYours.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince only takes one, disappearing and reappearing in the same manner as before*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod*

ΨThat help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨGoodΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBack to shopping now?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAlrighty.Ψ

*Atlas goes back to throwing a few of everything into the cart*

ΨIf you get everything you can’t forget anything.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Didnt you get a list? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah so I just get extra of those things. But you see there’s always a random thing someone forgot to mention but they desperately want and if I don’t obtain it they’ll be silently disappointedΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨSo we get everything. Times three.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎What if nobody eats it? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThen we take it places until it does get eatenΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBesides, big family, almost everything gets eaten.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*He goes into the cold section next*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince follows silently*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOooo blood popsicles!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI love these things.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou cool if I consider you a sibling or nah?Ψ

*Atlas investigates pieces of fruit.*

ΨCause a prick over there is staring and I have a very strong desire to beat his ass.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince hesitates*

[☕︎Only for carnage’s sake. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨDeal. Wanna hold my earrings or do you wanna throw my stilettos at him?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is already taking off his shoes and jewelry.*

ΨTry not to get hurt, mom will be mad at me. And dad but mom is scarier because they do the thing where they go all calm.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Nod*

ΨThey’ll ease up eventually but something about ‘why do you always get your little siblings into trouble that’s dangerous Las what if someone actually hurts any of them’ or blah blah blah.Ψ

*Atlas hurls a can of tomatoes at the guy*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince just watches blankly*

[totecs-throne]

*It very quickly turns into a brawl in the middle of the grocery store. Someone nearby sighs dramatically*

⚠︎︎Every damn time he’s here.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Side-eye*

[totecs-throne]

*The child blinks up at him innocently*

⚠︎︎First time? This happens a lot, you’ll get used to it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Bitch is trying to get me murdered by Death, I swear. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh please everyone knows Az is a whimp. A toddler could take that asshole in a fight and probably win.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I didn’t mention Death going for a fair fight. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎You’ll be fine. Why are you getting murdered anyways?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gestures vaguely at the fight*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎But that has literally nothing to do with you?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎He started the fight because the guy was looking at me weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Checks out. Still don’t think that’s gonna get you fucked up.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He rolls his eyes*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Are those his shoes in your cart-oh. Family?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎My future brother-in-law. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*She squints for a second, then stares very hard*

⚠︎︎You’re the one that Zyana likes⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused stare*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Word travels fast when there’s a family group chat and your sister is spamming it with ‘NEW FAMILY FAVORITE AND HE HAS A CAT’⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Lynx. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh nice. I’ll help you out cause I kinda feel bad for you being stuck with my family. This is normal, Atlas does this way too much. You aren’t allowed in the crossfire because you’re new plus no marked safe adults here plus Las isn’t supposed to be letting younger siblings near danger. Az will probably do the disappointed sigh thing and try to ignore this happened⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎See the new thing is because the adults don’t know all the safe things or like what’s allowed and then if something does happen and you get hurt and someone makes it worse on accident Xipe might accidentally flip out and kill them.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I guess. I’m Mari by the way. Yes the porcelain does break and yes I can feel pain and no I can’t see you. Those are the usual questions anything else?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎…How are you understanding sign language without being able to see? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I can see I just can’t see you. People and animals just blur into eldritch thingys and my brain interprets the rest. The same thing goes for any audio or whatever the fuck⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎communication? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah that.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She hops a little*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎So this—☕︎]

*He gestures at Atlas*

[☕︎Is… normal? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah. Oooo is that vanilla fudge!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Where is that-help me find more!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Sigh*

[totecs-throne]

*She pauses, then shrugs*

⚠︎︎I’ll go find it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She runs off*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Back to watching the fight*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is finishing up hitting the guy with a jar of salsa.*

Ψ-ever look at anyone in my family ever again I’ll skin you and dump acid on your live bodyΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vaguely amused*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pops back over and starts putting their shoes and jewelry back on*

ΨDid I take too long?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Small child came, bullied you, is looking for fudge now. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨInteresting. Mari?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe’s fun. Mom is terrified of herΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat little gremlin is probably the only person that you’ll meet in our immediate family who would actually hurt or kill you if you piss her off too much. Everyone is at least a little scared of her.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎She seemed harmless… except about your mother. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe killed her sister for sleeping in her spot on the couch.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨTry not to get murdered.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Where’s the fun in that? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh. Mari returns with an entire cart full of vanilla fudge*

⚠︎︎I found more fudge⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Approving nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOh very niceΨ

⚠︎︎Yes the Lynx lover and I are to share it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎You can have the ones with dairy. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Okay!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She puts all the non-dairy ones in Vince’s cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Thank you. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Welcome⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He glances to Atlas like he’s proving a point*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari offers a piece to Atlas*

ΨNo thanks I value my lifeΨ

⚠︎︎Lassieeee you’re so mean. I’m not bad!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince eats one of the pieces Mari gave him*

[totecs-throne]

*It’s perfectly fine. Atlas hesitantly tries his piece and immediately chokes*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*eyebrow raise*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhatthefuck-Ψ

⚠︎︎You don’t like it?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I guess I will tell Mitichó you hate fudge? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just starts coughing up blood*

⚠︎︎Oh wow you really don’t like it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused blink*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Lassie doesn’t like the fudge⚠︎︎

*Atlas pulls a shard of glass out of his throat.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod. Text appears in the air, only to Atlas*

☕︎Is that glass? ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just nods and chokes some more*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince pulls out his phone, texts someone, then eats another piece of fudge for good measure*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou are an evil, evil childΨ

*Atlas gets out the rest of the fudge and glass*

ΨWas that cyanide?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He hears a notification, checks it*

Miti: Good.

*Vince buffers for a solid second before typing back*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari giggles*

ΨNow I have to make a pitstop to see fucking healer. Great.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Another notification comes through, and Vince grimaces as it is read aloud*

Miti: Omw, if he dies I kill uou.

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas wipes the blood from his mouth.*

ΨWe can come back for the food. Healers. I don’t wanna drown in my own blood.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas starts out of the store, trying not to get blood on anything*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince vanishes any blood that Atlas misses as he follows*

[totecs-throne]

*He stops at the nearest healers office.*

ΨThere’s a pottery place two doors down if you need new clay. I gotta go in here, up to you if you wanna joinΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t go inside, but he also doesn’t walk off*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads in*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael is in the waiting room, with a very pissed off child who is obviously from Mictlan*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas spots the kid and immediately crouches down*

ΨYou okay squirt?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She hisses at him, the noise distorted and hurts Atlas’ ears. Raphael sighs*

[totecs-throne]

*He just tilts his head*

[abaddons-abyss]

+Don signed me up to babysit for a friend. She managed to break her wrist and is refusing to see any of the healers except one specific one, who is out of office, but also refusing to leave without being healed because that’s ’not how it works’+

[totecs-throne]

ΨHealers name. Now.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

+Get your throat fixed before starting something, or I’ll tell your mother.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨKid first. Healers name.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Tired glare*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the kid, then grabs the list of healers and offers it out*

ΨWho do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She points to one*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas finds the healer in his phone and calls them*

[abaddons-abyss]

*They don’t pick up*

[totecs-throne]

*He finds their address next.*

ΨRaphael. Go get them,Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael sighs, but leaves the office after mumbling something to the child*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sits down.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*the child watches him warily*

[totecs-throne]

*One of the healers walks over and Atlas growls.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*She curls in on herself*

[totecs-throne]

*He immediately stops*

ΨSorry.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She stays exactly the same*

[totecs-throne]

*He softens a bit*

ΨI have a lot of little sisters. And most of them are scared of the white coats.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMy one little sister wants to be a knight. Is there anything that you wanna be?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🐚…firefighter.🐚

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s so cool. Firefighters keep us all safe, we need more of you guys.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*He smiles a little, wiping the blood the drips from his lips*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael returns, looking like he’s been in a fight, with the healer in tow*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the healer*

ΨHelp her please, I’ll compensate. Whatever you wantΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod, and crouch down in front of the child*

🩺Hello Ana, can I see your hand?🩺

*Raphael nudges Atlas*

+It’s fine, go get checked out.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨNot until she’s okay.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*The child seems much more at ease with the healer than she was with Atlas, and the healer surrounds her hand with magic, which solidifies to form a cast*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod. Atlas gets up and goes into another room*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael and Ana aren’t there when Atlas comes back out*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks for the healer*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Theyre sat with a cup of coffee*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI have to repay you for helping. I really appreciate it. What do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺For my next date to not be ruined by an abyss creature showing up and dragging me out of my home.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah…sorry. Is there anything I can do or get you or..?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺A ride home, maybe? The bus isn’t exactly… great this time of night.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah of course.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI’ll get a car or carriage or something.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺Thanks.🩺

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads back out the door*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince is covered in angel blood*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAre you okay? Did you get hurt? I’ll kill somebody-Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎The blood isn’t mine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨNone it it? You swear?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou okay with hugs?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s why I asked, glad you’re okay. We gotta take a healer home. Or I do, you don’t have to come.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He walks to the pottery shop as the healer comes outside*

[totecs-throne]

ΨStay in the area I’ll be back real soon!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince waves him off*

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh*

ΨOkay let’s get you homeΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺Your brother?🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨOne of them, yeah.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺He looked hurt, did he get into a fight?🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨHe said the bloods not his, and yeah I’m assuming he didΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨNo healer can touch that kid. So I hope he was telling the truth. Car’s over here.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They go over to the car, but hesitate before getting in*

🩺I know every route to my home, if you so much as take a wrong turn, your body will not be found.🩺

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael arrives to the Tuesday children show at the Theatre in Heaven earlier than usual, and three teens can be seen on the stage, two of them doing handstands as the third is spotting a child who is attempting to copy them. The two doing the handstands are talking with strain in their voices, and their voices carry*

🎱You really aren’t gonna prove us wrong? Put us to shame, teach! It’d be fun!🎱

🪀He did that to Jonah once and the poor guy couldn’t lift his arms for like a week-🪀

🎱You can wimp out at any- oh hey there’s people-🎱

🪀Pe-🪀

*They cut themself off, falling and rolling so they don’t just faceplant, and the teen that wasn’t doing the handstands shakes their head fondly*

( @heavens-alive-little-ones )

You need to adjust the space between your hands when you do that. It’ll help keep you balanced longer.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

(Lag reset 13)

*nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Is it the one near the Magma Fort? They do make very good food.☁︎︎

ΨMhm. I’ve never actually been.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅good luck. ❅

[angels-maybe]

ΨThanks.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She tries for a smile, but it is only barely recognisable as one*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Get the raw duck platter.☁︎︎

ΨIs it good?Ψ

☁︎︎Mhm☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅…those places don’t usually…❅

[angels-maybe]

Oh the ones in Mictlan aren’t like the ones in heaven. I’m gonna take Ika to a fancy tea place when we get back from vacation if you wanna come.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Oh yes Ika is the ‘princess knight’ yes?☁︎︎

Mhm, shes a little warrior.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

❅Tiny, should see when Vince gives her a sword. ❅

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Awww☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Amused*

❅Tried to decapitate Priss. ❅

[angels-maybe]

*Zyana chuckles*

I should teach her how to fight

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She just stares at Az, completely deadpan*

[angels-maybe]

She’d be good at it. Give her a dagger and sword and teach her how to beat someone four times her size and she’ll be set.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She muffles a laugh*

[angels-maybe]

ΨJust don’t teach her like you taught me. I still vividly recall thinking I actually killed you-Ψ

You did I just don’t *stay* dead.

ΨWhatΨ

Yeah I just said I was messing with you to make you feel better because you were like fourteen and freaking out

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Squint*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas looks like he might puke*

…Quinn literally beheaded me today it’s not that deep

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She mumbles something before walking on the ceiling to the window and phasing through the wall*

[angels-maybe]

Oh-

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She comes back in, dragging Vince by the ear*

[angels-maybe]

Hi-?

*Atlas still looks mortified*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She gestures to Atlas, before staring at Vince*

[☕︎And why should I care? He’s Miti’s boyfriend, not mine. ☕︎]

*Elizabeth crosses her arms with a huff.*

[angels-maybe]

He’s fine he just realized something stupid he did actually had a consequence. Anyways what do you want from the store?

*Zyana sniffs the air for a second.*

☁︎︎Is there a fire outside?☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No fire. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎But I smell fire☁︎︎

It’s just smoke.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Elizabeth taps Vince on the arm before gesturing back at Atlas. Vince glares at her*

[☕︎Get the sloth if you’re that worried, he’ll murder you less if you mention his boyfriend☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨI’m fine but mom is a liarΨ

I thought you would have figured it out by now bud-usually losing vital organs does mean death.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince stares at Atlas*

[☕︎You are only just figuring that out? ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas just sighs*

ΨNo. What do you want from the shop? We’re completely out of food so mom and I have to go in like a minute hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*shrug*

[angels-maybe]

ΨWanna come check it out? I’ll kick mom off the shopping trip.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*there’s a glint of light near Vince’s ear which he swats away with a glare at Elizabeth*

[☕︎Sure. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨMom you’re banned.Ψ

Okay take the list-oh and make sure you get hotel snacks.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*elizabeth nods*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael gives Quinn a wallet.*

Pay for whatever you eat with my card. Las you’ve got a card yeah?

ΨAnd cash. And a tab.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*the light flickers around Vince’s ear again and he glares at Elizabeth*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas puts on his shoes.*

ΨLet’s good get food and probably a misdemeanor charge for QuinnΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince walks over to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas leads the way outside and through a portal to Mictlan. Quinn immediately runs into a buffet place.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince sticks half a step behind Atlas.*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThis is the general area that most of our shopping gets done. I always do cold stuff last so that’ll be like ice cream and blood and stuffΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIf something looks interesting throw it in the cart.Ψ

*Atlas starts into the market*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He follows*

[totecs-throne]

*They head into the non-perishable section first.*

ΨWhat brand do you smoke?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Why? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨI was gonna buy some, and I’d be a shitty dude if I got for me and not youΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gets out a packet and shows it to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

ΨNice. Got it.Ψ

*He tosses some things in the cart*

ΨShits overwhelming in that houseΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIt’s nice to have a break every once in a while. That’s why I like shopping.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou liked the coffee syrups right?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Vanilla, yes. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s a whole bunch of vanilla stuff here. We’ll stock upΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s vanilla roasted coffee beans, fudge-if you can think of it there’s probably a vanilla version somewhere in hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨVanilla is fun. Yknow I bet we could get some vanilla beans and make something with ‘emΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎A house fire. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨProbably. I think we’d do better trying to make paint or something out of them.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*nod*

ΨI bet vanilla bean bread would be good though.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just tosses a few of everything into the cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince shifts from foot to foot, unable to stay still*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhats up?Ψ

*Atlas flips into Old Vampiric*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He grits his teeth, hesitating for a few seconds before responding*

☕︎Nothing. Just don’t have the energy to be accurate in seeing where everything is. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨAh, fairΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAny way I can help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎Doubt it. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨNothing? No food or blood or anything?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎You said blood was last. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah for stuff in the cart so it doesn’t go bad with how long we stay in here but if you’re gonna drink it that’s differentΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨCome on.Ψ

*Atlas takes Vince to the market cafe*

ΨWhat’s your favorite?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*he shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOkay then two bags of whatever’s best right now pleaseΨ

*The boy behind the counter nods and hands over two blood bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince takes it off of the counter wordlessly*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pays and bites into his bag*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*The bag and Vince blip out of existence for less than half a second*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sips his*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*When Vince returns to view, his bag is empty*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMore or are you done?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I’ll be fine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas buys another three bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t touch any of them*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYours.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince only takes one, disappearing and reappearing in the same manner as before*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod*

ΨThat help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨGoodΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBack to shopping now?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAlrighty.Ψ

*Atlas goes back to throwing a few of everything into the cart*

ΨIf you get everything you can’t forget anything.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Didnt you get a list? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah so I just get extra of those things. But you see there’s always a random thing someone forgot to mention but they desperately want and if I don’t obtain it they’ll be silently disappointedΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨSo we get everything. Times three.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎What if nobody eats it? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThen we take it places until it does get eatenΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBesides, big family, almost everything gets eaten.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*He goes into the cold section next*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince follows silently*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOooo blood popsicles!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI love these things.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou cool if I consider you a sibling or nah?Ψ

*Atlas investigates pieces of fruit.*

ΨCause a prick over there is staring and I have a very strong desire to beat his ass.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince hesitates*

[☕︎Only for carnage’s sake. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨDeal. Wanna hold my earrings or do you wanna throw my stilettos at him?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is already taking off his shoes and jewelry.*

ΨTry not to get hurt, mom will be mad at me. And dad but mom is scarier because they do the thing where they go all calm.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Nod*

ΨThey’ll ease up eventually but something about ‘why do you always get your little siblings into trouble that’s dangerous Las what if someone actually hurts any of them’ or blah blah blah.Ψ

*Atlas hurls a can of tomatoes at the guy*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince just watches blankly*

[totecs-throne]

*It very quickly turns into a brawl in the middle of the grocery store. Someone nearby sighs dramatically*

⚠︎︎Every damn time he’s here.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Side-eye*

[totecs-throne]

*The child blinks up at him innocently*

⚠︎︎First time? This happens a lot, you’ll get used to it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Bitch is trying to get me murdered by Death, I swear. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh please everyone knows Az is a whimp. A toddler could take that asshole in a fight and probably win.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I didn’t mention Death going for a fair fight. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎You’ll be fine. Why are you getting murdered anyways?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gestures vaguely at the fight*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎But that has literally nothing to do with you?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎He started the fight because the guy was looking at me weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Checks out. Still don’t think that’s gonna get you fucked up.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He rolls his eyes*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Are those his shoes in your cart-oh. Family?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎My future brother-in-law. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*She squints for a second, then stares very hard*

⚠︎︎You’re the one that Zyana likes⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused stare*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Word travels fast when there’s a family group chat and your sister is spamming it with ‘NEW FAMILY FAVORITE AND HE HAS A CAT’⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Lynx. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh nice. I’ll help you out cause I kinda feel bad for you being stuck with my family. This is normal, Atlas does this way too much. You aren’t allowed in the crossfire because you’re new plus no marked safe adults here plus Las isn’t supposed to be letting younger siblings near danger. Az will probably do the disappointed sigh thing and try to ignore this happened⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎See the new thing is because the adults don’t know all the safe things or like what’s allowed and then if something does happen and you get hurt and someone makes it worse on accident Xipe might accidentally flip out and kill them.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I guess. I’m Mari by the way. Yes the porcelain does break and yes I can feel pain and no I can’t see you. Those are the usual questions anything else?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎…How are you understanding sign language without being able to see? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I can see I just can’t see you. People and animals just blur into eldritch thingys and my brain interprets the rest. The same thing goes for any audio or whatever the fuck⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎communication? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah that.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She hops a little*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎So this—☕︎]

*He gestures at Atlas*

[☕︎Is… normal? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah. Oooo is that vanilla fudge!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Where is that-help me find more!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Sigh*

[totecs-throne]

*She pauses, then shrugs*

⚠︎︎I’ll go find it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She runs off*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Back to watching the fight*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is finishing up hitting the guy with a jar of salsa.*

Ψ-ever look at anyone in my family ever again I’ll skin you and dump acid on your live bodyΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vaguely amused*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pops back over and starts putting their shoes and jewelry back on*

ΨDid I take too long?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Small child came, bullied you, is looking for fudge now. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨInteresting. Mari?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe’s fun. Mom is terrified of herΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat little gremlin is probably the only person that you’ll meet in our immediate family who would actually hurt or kill you if you piss her off too much. Everyone is at least a little scared of her.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎She seemed harmless… except about your mother. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe killed her sister for sleeping in her spot on the couch.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨTry not to get murdered.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Where’s the fun in that? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh. Mari returns with an entire cart full of vanilla fudge*

⚠︎︎I found more fudge⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Approving nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOh very niceΨ

⚠︎︎Yes the Lynx lover and I are to share it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎You can have the ones with dairy. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Okay!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She puts all the non-dairy ones in Vince’s cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Thank you. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Welcome⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He glances to Atlas like he’s proving a point*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari offers a piece to Atlas*

ΨNo thanks I value my lifeΨ

⚠︎︎Lassieeee you’re so mean. I’m not bad!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince eats one of the pieces Mari gave him*

[totecs-throne]

*It’s perfectly fine. Atlas hesitantly tries his piece and immediately chokes*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*eyebrow raise*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhatthefuck-Ψ

⚠︎︎You don’t like it?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I guess I will tell Mitichó you hate fudge? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just starts coughing up blood*

⚠︎︎Oh wow you really don’t like it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused blink*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Lassie doesn’t like the fudge⚠︎︎

*Atlas pulls a shard of glass out of his throat.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod. Text appears in the air, only to Atlas*

☕︎Is that glass? ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just nods and chokes some more*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince pulls out his phone, texts someone, then eats another piece of fudge for good measure*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou are an evil, evil childΨ

*Atlas gets out the rest of the fudge and glass*

ΨWas that cyanide?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He hears a notification, checks it*

Miti: Good.

*Vince buffers for a solid second before typing back*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari giggles*

ΨNow I have to make a pitstop to see fucking healer. Great.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Another notification comes through, and Vince grimaces as it is read aloud*

Miti: Omw, if he dies I kill uou.

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas wipes the blood from his mouth.*

ΨWe can come back for the food. Healers. I don’t wanna drown in my own blood.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas starts out of the store, trying not to get blood on anything*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince vanishes any blood that Atlas misses as he follows*

[totecs-throne]

*He stops at the nearest healers office.*

ΨThere’s a pottery place two doors down if you need new clay. I gotta go in here, up to you if you wanna joinΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t go inside, but he also doesn’t walk off*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads in*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael is in the waiting room, with a very pissed off child who is obviously from Mictlan*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas spots the kid and immediately crouches down*

ΨYou okay squirt?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She hisses at him, the noise distorted and hurts Atlas’ ears. Raphael sighs*

[totecs-throne]

*He just tilts his head*

[abaddons-abyss]

+Don signed me up to babysit for a friend. She managed to break her wrist and is refusing to see any of the healers except one specific one, who is out of office, but also refusing to leave without being healed because that’s ’not how it works’+

[totecs-throne]

ΨHealers name. Now.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

+Get your throat fixed before starting something, or I’ll tell your mother.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨKid first. Healers name.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Tired glare*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the kid, then grabs the list of healers and offers it out*

ΨWho do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She points to one*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas finds the healer in his phone and calls them*

[abaddons-abyss]

*They don’t pick up*

[totecs-throne]

*He finds their address next.*

ΨRaphael. Go get them,Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael sighs, but leaves the office after mumbling something to the child*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sits down.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*the child watches him warily*

[totecs-throne]

*One of the healers walks over and Atlas growls.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*She curls in on herself*

[totecs-throne]

*He immediately stops*

ΨSorry.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She stays exactly the same*

[totecs-throne]

*He softens a bit*

ΨI have a lot of little sisters. And most of them are scared of the white coats.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMy one little sister wants to be a knight. Is there anything that you wanna be?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🐚…firefighter.🐚

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s so cool. Firefighters keep us all safe, we need more of you guys.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*He smiles a little, wiping the blood the drips from his lips*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael returns, looking like he’s been in a fight, with the healer in tow*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the healer*

ΨHelp her please, I’ll compensate. Whatever you wantΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod, and crouch down in front of the child*

🩺Hello Ana, can I see your hand?🩺

*Raphael nudges Atlas*

+It’s fine, go get checked out.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨNot until she’s okay.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*The child seems much more at ease with the healer than she was with Atlas, and the healer surrounds her hand with magic, which solidifies to form a cast*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod. Atlas gets up and goes into another room*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael and Ana aren’t there when Atlas comes back out*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks for the healer*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Theyre sat with a cup of coffee*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI have to repay you for helping. I really appreciate it. What do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺For my next date to not be ruined by an abyss creature showing up and dragging me out of my home.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah…sorry. Is there anything I can do or get you or..?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺A ride home, maybe? The bus isn’t exactly… great this time of night.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah of course.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI’ll get a car or carriage or something.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺Thanks.🩺

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads back out the door*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince is covered in angel blood*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAre you okay? Did you get hurt? I’ll kill somebody-Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎The blood isn’t mine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨNone it it? You swear?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou okay with hugs?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s why I asked, glad you’re okay. We gotta take a healer home. Or I do, you don’t have to come.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He walks to the pottery shop as the healer comes outside*

[totecs-throne]

ΨStay in the area I’ll be back real soon!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince waves him off*

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh*

ΨOkay let’s get you homeΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺Your brother?🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨOne of them, yeah.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺He looked hurt, did he get into a fight?🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨHe said the bloods not his, and yeah I’m assuming he didΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*nod*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael arrives to the Tuesday children show at the Theatre in Heaven earlier than usual, and three teens can be seen on the stage, two of them doing handstands as the third is spotting a child who is attempting to copy them. The two doing the handstands are talking with strain in their voices, and their voices carry*

🎱You really aren’t gonna prove us wrong? Put us to shame, teach! It’d be fun!🎱

🪀He did that to Jonah once and the poor guy couldn’t lift his arms for like a week-🪀

🎱You can wimp out at any- oh hey there’s people-🎱

🪀Pe-🪀

*They cut themself off, falling and rolling so they don’t just faceplant, and the teen that wasn’t doing the handstands shakes their head fondly*

( @heavens-alive-little-ones )

You need to adjust the space between your hands when you do that. It’ll help keep you balanced longer.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

(Lag reset 13)

*nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Is it the one near the Magma Fort? They do make very good food.☁︎︎

ΨMhm. I’ve never actually been.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅good luck. ❅

[angels-maybe]

ΨThanks.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She tries for a smile, but it is only barely recognisable as one*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Get the raw duck platter.☁︎︎

ΨIs it good?Ψ

☁︎︎Mhm☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅…those places don’t usually…❅

[angels-maybe]

Oh the ones in Mictlan aren’t like the ones in heaven. I’m gonna take Ika to a fancy tea place when we get back from vacation if you wanna come.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Oh yes Ika is the ‘princess knight’ yes?☁︎︎

Mhm, shes a little warrior.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

❅Tiny, should see when Vince gives her a sword. ❅

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Awww☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Amused*

❅Tried to decapitate Priss. ❅

[angels-maybe]

*Zyana chuckles*

I should teach her how to fight

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She just stares at Az, completely deadpan*

[angels-maybe]

She’d be good at it. Give her a dagger and sword and teach her how to beat someone four times her size and she’ll be set.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She muffles a laugh*

[angels-maybe]

ΨJust don’t teach her like you taught me. I still vividly recall thinking I actually killed you-Ψ

You did I just don’t *stay* dead.

ΨWhatΨ

Yeah I just said I was messing with you to make you feel better because you were like fourteen and freaking out

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Squint*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas looks like he might puke*

…Quinn literally beheaded me today it’s not that deep

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She mumbles something before walking on the ceiling to the window and phasing through the wall*

[angels-maybe]

Oh-

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She comes back in, dragging Vince by the ear*

[angels-maybe]

Hi-?

*Atlas still looks mortified*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She gestures to Atlas, before staring at Vince*

[☕︎And why should I care? He’s Miti’s boyfriend, not mine. ☕︎]

*Elizabeth crosses her arms with a huff.*

[angels-maybe]

He’s fine he just realized something stupid he did actually had a consequence. Anyways what do you want from the store?

*Zyana sniffs the air for a second.*

☁︎︎Is there a fire outside?☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No fire. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎But I smell fire☁︎︎

It’s just smoke.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Elizabeth taps Vince on the arm before gesturing back at Atlas. Vince glares at her*

[☕︎Get the sloth if you’re that worried, he’ll murder you less if you mention his boyfriend☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨI’m fine but mom is a liarΨ

I thought you would have figured it out by now bud-usually losing vital organs does mean death.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince stares at Atlas*

[☕︎You are only just figuring that out? ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas just sighs*

ΨNo. What do you want from the shop? We’re completely out of food so mom and I have to go in like a minute hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*shrug*

[angels-maybe]

ΨWanna come check it out? I’ll kick mom off the shopping trip.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*there’s a glint of light near Vince’s ear which he swats away with a glare at Elizabeth*

[☕︎Sure. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨMom you’re banned.Ψ

Okay take the list-oh and make sure you get hotel snacks.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*elizabeth nods*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael gives Quinn a wallet.*

Pay for whatever you eat with my card. Las you’ve got a card yeah?

ΨAnd cash. And a tab.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*the light flickers around Vince’s ear again and he glares at Elizabeth*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas puts on his shoes.*

ΨLet’s good get food and probably a misdemeanor charge for QuinnΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince walks over to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas leads the way outside and through a portal to Mictlan. Quinn immediately runs into a buffet place.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince sticks half a step behind Atlas.*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThis is the general area that most of our shopping gets done. I always do cold stuff last so that’ll be like ice cream and blood and stuffΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIf something looks interesting throw it in the cart.Ψ

*Atlas starts into the market*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He follows*

[totecs-throne]

*They head into the non-perishable section first.*

ΨWhat brand do you smoke?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Why? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨI was gonna buy some, and I’d be a shitty dude if I got for me and not youΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gets out a packet and shows it to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

ΨNice. Got it.Ψ

*He tosses some things in the cart*

ΨShits overwhelming in that houseΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIt’s nice to have a break every once in a while. That’s why I like shopping.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou liked the coffee syrups right?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Vanilla, yes. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s a whole bunch of vanilla stuff here. We’ll stock upΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s vanilla roasted coffee beans, fudge-if you can think of it there’s probably a vanilla version somewhere in hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨVanilla is fun. Yknow I bet we could get some vanilla beans and make something with ‘emΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎A house fire. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨProbably. I think we’d do better trying to make paint or something out of them.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*nod*

ΨI bet vanilla bean bread would be good though.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just tosses a few of everything into the cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince shifts from foot to foot, unable to stay still*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhats up?Ψ

*Atlas flips into Old Vampiric*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He grits his teeth, hesitating for a few seconds before responding*

☕︎Nothing. Just don’t have the energy to be accurate in seeing where everything is. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨAh, fairΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAny way I can help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎Doubt it. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨNothing? No food or blood or anything?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎You said blood was last. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah for stuff in the cart so it doesn’t go bad with how long we stay in here but if you’re gonna drink it that’s differentΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨCome on.Ψ

*Atlas takes Vince to the market cafe*

ΨWhat’s your favorite?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*he shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOkay then two bags of whatever’s best right now pleaseΨ

*The boy behind the counter nods and hands over two blood bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince takes it off of the counter wordlessly*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pays and bites into his bag*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*The bag and Vince blip out of existence for less than half a second*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sips his*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*When Vince returns to view, his bag is empty*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMore or are you done?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I’ll be fine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas buys another three bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t touch any of them*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYours.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince only takes one, disappearing and reappearing in the same manner as before*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod*

ΨThat help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨGoodΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBack to shopping now?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAlrighty.Ψ

*Atlas goes back to throwing a few of everything into the cart*

ΨIf you get everything you can’t forget anything.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Didnt you get a list? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah so I just get extra of those things. But you see there’s always a random thing someone forgot to mention but they desperately want and if I don’t obtain it they’ll be silently disappointedΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨSo we get everything. Times three.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎What if nobody eats it? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThen we take it places until it does get eatenΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBesides, big family, almost everything gets eaten.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*He goes into the cold section next*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince follows silently*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOooo blood popsicles!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI love these things.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou cool if I consider you a sibling or nah?Ψ

*Atlas investigates pieces of fruit.*

ΨCause a prick over there is staring and I have a very strong desire to beat his ass.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince hesitates*

[☕︎Only for carnage’s sake. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨDeal. Wanna hold my earrings or do you wanna throw my stilettos at him?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is already taking off his shoes and jewelry.*

ΨTry not to get hurt, mom will be mad at me. And dad but mom is scarier because they do the thing where they go all calm.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Nod*

ΨThey’ll ease up eventually but something about ‘why do you always get your little siblings into trouble that’s dangerous Las what if someone actually hurts any of them’ or blah blah blah.Ψ

*Atlas hurls a can of tomatoes at the guy*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince just watches blankly*

[totecs-throne]

*It very quickly turns into a brawl in the middle of the grocery store. Someone nearby sighs dramatically*

⚠︎︎Every damn time he’s here.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Side-eye*

[totecs-throne]

*The child blinks up at him innocently*

⚠︎︎First time? This happens a lot, you’ll get used to it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Bitch is trying to get me murdered by Death, I swear. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh please everyone knows Az is a whimp. A toddler could take that asshole in a fight and probably win.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I didn’t mention Death going for a fair fight. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎You’ll be fine. Why are you getting murdered anyways?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gestures vaguely at the fight*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎But that has literally nothing to do with you?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎He started the fight because the guy was looking at me weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Checks out. Still don’t think that’s gonna get you fucked up.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He rolls his eyes*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Are those his shoes in your cart-oh. Family?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎My future brother-in-law. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*She squints for a second, then stares very hard*

⚠︎︎You’re the one that Zyana likes⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused stare*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Word travels fast when there’s a family group chat and your sister is spamming it with ‘NEW FAMILY FAVORITE AND HE HAS A CAT’⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Lynx. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh nice. I’ll help you out cause I kinda feel bad for you being stuck with my family. This is normal, Atlas does this way too much. You aren’t allowed in the crossfire because you’re new plus no marked safe adults here plus Las isn’t supposed to be letting younger siblings near danger. Az will probably do the disappointed sigh thing and try to ignore this happened⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎See the new thing is because the adults don’t know all the safe things or like what’s allowed and then if something does happen and you get hurt and someone makes it worse on accident Xipe might accidentally flip out and kill them.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I guess. I’m Mari by the way. Yes the porcelain does break and yes I can feel pain and no I can’t see you. Those are the usual questions anything else?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎…How are you understanding sign language without being able to see? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I can see I just can’t see you. People and animals just blur into eldritch thingys and my brain interprets the rest. The same thing goes for any audio or whatever the fuck⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎communication? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah that.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She hops a little*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎So this—☕︎]

*He gestures at Atlas*

[☕︎Is… normal? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah. Oooo is that vanilla fudge!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Where is that-help me find more!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Sigh*

[totecs-throne]

*She pauses, then shrugs*

⚠︎︎I’ll go find it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She runs off*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Back to watching the fight*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is finishing up hitting the guy with a jar of salsa.*

Ψ-ever look at anyone in my family ever again I’ll skin you and dump acid on your live bodyΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vaguely amused*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pops back over and starts putting their shoes and jewelry back on*

ΨDid I take too long?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Small child came, bullied you, is looking for fudge now. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨInteresting. Mari?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe’s fun. Mom is terrified of herΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat little gremlin is probably the only person that you’ll meet in our immediate family who would actually hurt or kill you if you piss her off too much. Everyone is at least a little scared of her.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎She seemed harmless… except about your mother. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe killed her sister for sleeping in her spot on the couch.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨTry not to get murdered.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Where’s the fun in that? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh. Mari returns with an entire cart full of vanilla fudge*

⚠︎︎I found more fudge⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Approving nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOh very niceΨ

⚠︎︎Yes the Lynx lover and I are to share it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎You can have the ones with dairy. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Okay!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She puts all the non-dairy ones in Vince’s cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Thank you. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Welcome⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He glances to Atlas like he’s proving a point*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari offers a piece to Atlas*

ΨNo thanks I value my lifeΨ

⚠︎︎Lassieeee you’re so mean. I’m not bad!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince eats one of the pieces Mari gave him*

[totecs-throne]

*It’s perfectly fine. Atlas hesitantly tries his piece and immediately chokes*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*eyebrow raise*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhatthefuck-Ψ

⚠︎︎You don’t like it?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I guess I will tell Mitichó you hate fudge? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just starts coughing up blood*

⚠︎︎Oh wow you really don’t like it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused blink*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Lassie doesn’t like the fudge⚠︎︎

*Atlas pulls a shard of glass out of his throat.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod. Text appears in the air, only to Atlas*

☕︎Is that glass? ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just nods and chokes some more*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince pulls out his phone, texts someone, then eats another piece of fudge for good measure*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou are an evil, evil childΨ

*Atlas gets out the rest of the fudge and glass*

ΨWas that cyanide?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He hears a notification, checks it*

Miti: Good.

*Vince buffers for a solid second before typing back*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari giggles*

ΨNow I have to make a pitstop to see fucking healer. Great.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Another notification comes through, and Vince grimaces as it is read aloud*

Miti: Omw, if he dies I kill uou.

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas wipes the blood from his mouth.*

ΨWe can come back for the food. Healers. I don’t wanna drown in my own blood.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas starts out of the store, trying not to get blood on anything*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince vanishes any blood that Atlas misses as he follows*

[totecs-throne]

*He stops at the nearest healers office.*

ΨThere’s a pottery place two doors down if you need new clay. I gotta go in here, up to you if you wanna joinΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t go inside, but he also doesn’t walk off*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads in*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael is in the waiting room, with a very pissed off child who is obviously from Mictlan*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas spots the kid and immediately crouches down*

ΨYou okay squirt?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She hisses at him, the noise distorted and hurts Atlas’ ears. Raphael sighs*

[totecs-throne]

*He just tilts his head*

[abaddons-abyss]

+Don signed me up to babysit for a friend. She managed to break her wrist and is refusing to see any of the healers except one specific one, who is out of office, but also refusing to leave without being healed because that’s ’not how it works’+

[totecs-throne]

ΨHealers name. Now.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

+Get your throat fixed before starting something, or I’ll tell your mother.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨKid first. Healers name.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Tired glare*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the kid, then grabs the list of healers and offers it out*

ΨWho do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She points to one*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas finds the healer in his phone and calls them*

[abaddons-abyss]

*They don’t pick up*

[totecs-throne]

*He finds their address next.*

ΨRaphael. Go get them,Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael sighs, but leaves the office after mumbling something to the child*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sits down.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*the child watches him warily*

[totecs-throne]

*One of the healers walks over and Atlas growls.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*She curls in on herself*

[totecs-throne]

*He immediately stops*

ΨSorry.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She stays exactly the same*

[totecs-throne]

*He softens a bit*

ΨI have a lot of little sisters. And most of them are scared of the white coats.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMy one little sister wants to be a knight. Is there anything that you wanna be?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🐚…firefighter.🐚

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s so cool. Firefighters keep us all safe, we need more of you guys.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*He smiles a little, wiping the blood the drips from his lips*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael returns, looking like he’s been in a fight, with the healer in tow*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the healer*

ΨHelp her please, I’ll compensate. Whatever you wantΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod, and crouch down in front of the child*

🩺Hello Ana, can I see your hand?🩺

*Raphael nudges Atlas*

+It’s fine, go get checked out.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨNot until she’s okay.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*The child seems much more at ease with the healer than she was with Atlas, and the healer surrounds her hand with magic, which solidifies to form a cast*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod. Atlas gets up and goes into another room*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael and Ana aren’t there when Atlas comes back out*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks for the healer*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Theyre sat with a cup of coffee*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI have to repay you for helping. I really appreciate it. What do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺For my next date to not be ruined by an abyss creature showing up and dragging me out of my home.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah…sorry. Is there anything I can do or get you or..?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺A ride home, maybe? The bus isn’t exactly… great this time of night.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah of course.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI’ll get a car or carriage or something.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺Thanks.🩺

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads back out the door*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince is covered in angel blood*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAre you okay? Did you get hurt? I’ll kill somebody-Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎The blood isn’t mine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨNone it it? You swear?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou okay with hugs?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s why I asked, glad you’re okay. We gotta take a healer home. Or I do, you don’t have to come.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He walks to the pottery shop as the healer comes outside*

[totecs-throne]

ΨStay in the area I’ll be back real soon!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince waves him off*

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh*

ΨOkay let’s get you homeΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺Your brother?🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨOne of them, yeah.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺He looked hurt, did he get into a fight?🩺

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael arrives to the Tuesday children show at the Theatre in Heaven earlier than usual, and three teens can be seen on the stage, two of them doing handstands as the third is spotting a child who is attempting to copy them. The two doing the handstands are talking with strain in their voices, and their voices carry*

🎱You really aren’t gonna prove us wrong? Put us to shame, teach! It’d be fun!🎱

🪀He did that to Jonah once and the poor guy couldn’t lift his arms for like a week-🪀

🎱You can wimp out at any- oh hey there’s people-🎱

🪀Pe-🪀

*They cut themself off, falling and rolling so they don’t just faceplant, and the teen that wasn’t doing the handstands shakes their head fondly*

( @heavens-alive-little-ones )

You need to adjust the space between your hands when you do that. It’ll help keep you balanced longer.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

(Lag reset 13)

*nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Is it the one near the Magma Fort? They do make very good food.☁︎︎

ΨMhm. I’ve never actually been.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅good luck. ❅

[angels-maybe]

ΨThanks.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She tries for a smile, but it is only barely recognisable as one*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Get the raw duck platter.☁︎︎

ΨIs it good?Ψ

☁︎︎Mhm☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅…those places don’t usually…❅

[angels-maybe]

Oh the ones in Mictlan aren’t like the ones in heaven. I’m gonna take Ika to a fancy tea place when we get back from vacation if you wanna come.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Oh yes Ika is the ‘princess knight’ yes?☁︎︎

Mhm, shes a little warrior.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

❅Tiny, should see when Vince gives her a sword. ❅

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Awww☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Amused*

❅Tried to decapitate Priss. ❅

[angels-maybe]

*Zyana chuckles*

I should teach her how to fight

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She just stares at Az, completely deadpan*

[angels-maybe]

She’d be good at it. Give her a dagger and sword and teach her how to beat someone four times her size and she’ll be set.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She muffles a laugh*

[angels-maybe]

ΨJust don’t teach her like you taught me. I still vividly recall thinking I actually killed you-Ψ

You did I just don’t *stay* dead.

ΨWhatΨ

Yeah I just said I was messing with you to make you feel better because you were like fourteen and freaking out

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Squint*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas looks like he might puke*

…Quinn literally beheaded me today it’s not that deep

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She mumbles something before walking on the ceiling to the window and phasing through the wall*

[angels-maybe]

Oh-

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She comes back in, dragging Vince by the ear*

[angels-maybe]

Hi-?

*Atlas still looks mortified*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She gestures to Atlas, before staring at Vince*

[☕︎And why should I care? He’s Miti’s boyfriend, not mine. ☕︎]

*Elizabeth crosses her arms with a huff.*

[angels-maybe]

He’s fine he just realized something stupid he did actually had a consequence. Anyways what do you want from the store?

*Zyana sniffs the air for a second.*

☁︎︎Is there a fire outside?☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No fire. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎But I smell fire☁︎︎

It’s just smoke.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Elizabeth taps Vince on the arm before gesturing back at Atlas. Vince glares at her*

[☕︎Get the sloth if you’re that worried, he’ll murder you less if you mention his boyfriend☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨI’m fine but mom is a liarΨ

I thought you would have figured it out by now bud-usually losing vital organs does mean death.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince stares at Atlas*

[☕︎You are only just figuring that out? ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas just sighs*

ΨNo. What do you want from the shop? We’re completely out of food so mom and I have to go in like a minute hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*shrug*

[angels-maybe]

ΨWanna come check it out? I’ll kick mom off the shopping trip.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*there’s a glint of light near Vince’s ear which he swats away with a glare at Elizabeth*

[☕︎Sure. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨMom you’re banned.Ψ

Okay take the list-oh and make sure you get hotel snacks.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*elizabeth nods*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael gives Quinn a wallet.*

Pay for whatever you eat with my card. Las you’ve got a card yeah?

ΨAnd cash. And a tab.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*the light flickers around Vince’s ear again and he glares at Elizabeth*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas puts on his shoes.*

ΨLet’s good get food and probably a misdemeanor charge for QuinnΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince walks over to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas leads the way outside and through a portal to Mictlan. Quinn immediately runs into a buffet place.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince sticks half a step behind Atlas.*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThis is the general area that most of our shopping gets done. I always do cold stuff last so that’ll be like ice cream and blood and stuffΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIf something looks interesting throw it in the cart.Ψ

*Atlas starts into the market*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He follows*

[totecs-throne]

*They head into the non-perishable section first.*

ΨWhat brand do you smoke?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Why? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨI was gonna buy some, and I’d be a shitty dude if I got for me and not youΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gets out a packet and shows it to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

ΨNice. Got it.Ψ

*He tosses some things in the cart*

ΨShits overwhelming in that houseΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIt’s nice to have a break every once in a while. That’s why I like shopping.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou liked the coffee syrups right?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Vanilla, yes. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s a whole bunch of vanilla stuff here. We’ll stock upΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s vanilla roasted coffee beans, fudge-if you can think of it there’s probably a vanilla version somewhere in hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨVanilla is fun. Yknow I bet we could get some vanilla beans and make something with ‘emΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎A house fire. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨProbably. I think we’d do better trying to make paint or something out of them.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*nod*

ΨI bet vanilla bean bread would be good though.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just tosses a few of everything into the cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince shifts from foot to foot, unable to stay still*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhats up?Ψ

*Atlas flips into Old Vampiric*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He grits his teeth, hesitating for a few seconds before responding*

☕︎Nothing. Just don’t have the energy to be accurate in seeing where everything is. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨAh, fairΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAny way I can help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎Doubt it. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨNothing? No food or blood or anything?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎You said blood was last. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah for stuff in the cart so it doesn’t go bad with how long we stay in here but if you’re gonna drink it that’s differentΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨCome on.Ψ

*Atlas takes Vince to the market cafe*

ΨWhat’s your favorite?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*he shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOkay then two bags of whatever’s best right now pleaseΨ

*The boy behind the counter nods and hands over two blood bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince takes it off of the counter wordlessly*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pays and bites into his bag*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*The bag and Vince blip out of existence for less than half a second*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sips his*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*When Vince returns to view, his bag is empty*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMore or are you done?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I’ll be fine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas buys another three bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t touch any of them*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYours.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince only takes one, disappearing and reappearing in the same manner as before*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod*

ΨThat help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨGoodΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBack to shopping now?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAlrighty.Ψ

*Atlas goes back to throwing a few of everything into the cart*

ΨIf you get everything you can’t forget anything.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Didnt you get a list? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah so I just get extra of those things. But you see there’s always a random thing someone forgot to mention but they desperately want and if I don’t obtain it they’ll be silently disappointedΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨSo we get everything. Times three.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎What if nobody eats it? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThen we take it places until it does get eatenΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBesides, big family, almost everything gets eaten.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*He goes into the cold section next*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince follows silently*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOooo blood popsicles!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI love these things.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou cool if I consider you a sibling or nah?Ψ

*Atlas investigates pieces of fruit.*

ΨCause a prick over there is staring and I have a very strong desire to beat his ass.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince hesitates*

[☕︎Only for carnage’s sake. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨDeal. Wanna hold my earrings or do you wanna throw my stilettos at him?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is already taking off his shoes and jewelry.*

ΨTry not to get hurt, mom will be mad at me. And dad but mom is scarier because they do the thing where they go all calm.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Nod*

ΨThey’ll ease up eventually but something about ‘why do you always get your little siblings into trouble that’s dangerous Las what if someone actually hurts any of them’ or blah blah blah.Ψ

*Atlas hurls a can of tomatoes at the guy*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince just watches blankly*

[totecs-throne]

*It very quickly turns into a brawl in the middle of the grocery store. Someone nearby sighs dramatically*

⚠︎︎Every damn time he’s here.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Side-eye*

[totecs-throne]

*The child blinks up at him innocently*

⚠︎︎First time? This happens a lot, you’ll get used to it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Bitch is trying to get me murdered by Death, I swear. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh please everyone knows Az is a whimp. A toddler could take that asshole in a fight and probably win.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I didn’t mention Death going for a fair fight. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎You’ll be fine. Why are you getting murdered anyways?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gestures vaguely at the fight*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎But that has literally nothing to do with you?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎He started the fight because the guy was looking at me weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Checks out. Still don’t think that’s gonna get you fucked up.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He rolls his eyes*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Are those his shoes in your cart-oh. Family?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎My future brother-in-law. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*She squints for a second, then stares very hard*

⚠︎︎You’re the one that Zyana likes⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused stare*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Word travels fast when there’s a family group chat and your sister is spamming it with ‘NEW FAMILY FAVORITE AND HE HAS A CAT’⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Lynx. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh nice. I’ll help you out cause I kinda feel bad for you being stuck with my family. This is normal, Atlas does this way too much. You aren’t allowed in the crossfire because you’re new plus no marked safe adults here plus Las isn’t supposed to be letting younger siblings near danger. Az will probably do the disappointed sigh thing and try to ignore this happened⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎See the new thing is because the adults don’t know all the safe things or like what’s allowed and then if something does happen and you get hurt and someone makes it worse on accident Xipe might accidentally flip out and kill them.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I guess. I’m Mari by the way. Yes the porcelain does break and yes I can feel pain and no I can’t see you. Those are the usual questions anything else?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎…How are you understanding sign language without being able to see? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I can see I just can’t see you. People and animals just blur into eldritch thingys and my brain interprets the rest. The same thing goes for any audio or whatever the fuck⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎communication? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah that.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She hops a little*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎So this—☕︎]

*He gestures at Atlas*

[☕︎Is… normal? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah. Oooo is that vanilla fudge!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Where is that-help me find more!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Sigh*

[totecs-throne]

*She pauses, then shrugs*

⚠︎︎I’ll go find it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She runs off*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Back to watching the fight*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is finishing up hitting the guy with a jar of salsa.*

Ψ-ever look at anyone in my family ever again I’ll skin you and dump acid on your live bodyΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vaguely amused*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pops back over and starts putting their shoes and jewelry back on*

ΨDid I take too long?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Small child came, bullied you, is looking for fudge now. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨInteresting. Mari?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe’s fun. Mom is terrified of herΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat little gremlin is probably the only person that you’ll meet in our immediate family who would actually hurt or kill you if you piss her off too much. Everyone is at least a little scared of her.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎She seemed harmless… except about your mother. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe killed her sister for sleeping in her spot on the couch.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨTry not to get murdered.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Where’s the fun in that? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh. Mari returns with an entire cart full of vanilla fudge*

⚠︎︎I found more fudge⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Approving nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOh very niceΨ

⚠︎︎Yes the Lynx lover and I are to share it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎You can have the ones with dairy. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Okay!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She puts all the non-dairy ones in Vince’s cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Thank you. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Welcome⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He glances to Atlas like he’s proving a point*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari offers a piece to Atlas*

ΨNo thanks I value my lifeΨ

⚠︎︎Lassieeee you’re so mean. I’m not bad!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince eats one of the pieces Mari gave him*

[totecs-throne]

*It’s perfectly fine. Atlas hesitantly tries his piece and immediately chokes*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*eyebrow raise*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhatthefuck-Ψ

⚠︎︎You don’t like it?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I guess I will tell Mitichó you hate fudge? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just starts coughing up blood*

⚠︎︎Oh wow you really don’t like it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused blink*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Lassie doesn’t like the fudge⚠︎︎

*Atlas pulls a shard of glass out of his throat.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod. Text appears in the air, only to Atlas*

☕︎Is that glass? ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just nods and chokes some more*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince pulls out his phone, texts someone, then eats another piece of fudge for good measure*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou are an evil, evil childΨ

*Atlas gets out the rest of the fudge and glass*

ΨWas that cyanide?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He hears a notification, checks it*

Miti: Good.

*Vince buffers for a solid second before typing back*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari giggles*

ΨNow I have to make a pitstop to see fucking healer. Great.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Another notification comes through, and Vince grimaces as it is read aloud*

Miti: Omw, if he dies I kill uou.

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas wipes the blood from his mouth.*

ΨWe can come back for the food. Healers. I don’t wanna drown in my own blood.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas starts out of the store, trying not to get blood on anything*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince vanishes any blood that Atlas misses as he follows*

[totecs-throne]

*He stops at the nearest healers office.*

ΨThere’s a pottery place two doors down if you need new clay. I gotta go in here, up to you if you wanna joinΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t go inside, but he also doesn’t walk off*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads in*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael is in the waiting room, with a very pissed off child who is obviously from Mictlan*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas spots the kid and immediately crouches down*

ΨYou okay squirt?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She hisses at him, the noise distorted and hurts Atlas’ ears. Raphael sighs*

[totecs-throne]

*He just tilts his head*

[abaddons-abyss]

+Don signed me up to babysit for a friend. She managed to break her wrist and is refusing to see any of the healers except one specific one, who is out of office, but also refusing to leave without being healed because that’s ’not how it works’+

[totecs-throne]

ΨHealers name. Now.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

+Get your throat fixed before starting something, or I’ll tell your mother.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨKid first. Healers name.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Tired glare*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the kid, then grabs the list of healers and offers it out*

ΨWho do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She points to one*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas finds the healer in his phone and calls them*

[abaddons-abyss]

*They don’t pick up*

[totecs-throne]

*He finds their address next.*

ΨRaphael. Go get them,Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael sighs, but leaves the office after mumbling something to the child*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sits down.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*the child watches him warily*

[totecs-throne]

*One of the healers walks over and Atlas growls.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*She curls in on herself*

[totecs-throne]

*He immediately stops*

ΨSorry.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She stays exactly the same*

[totecs-throne]

*He softens a bit*

ΨI have a lot of little sisters. And most of them are scared of the white coats.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMy one little sister wants to be a knight. Is there anything that you wanna be?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🐚…firefighter.🐚

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s so cool. Firefighters keep us all safe, we need more of you guys.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*He smiles a little, wiping the blood the drips from his lips*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael returns, looking like he’s been in a fight, with the healer in tow*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the healer*

ΨHelp her please, I’ll compensate. Whatever you wantΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod, and crouch down in front of the child*

🩺Hello Ana, can I see your hand?🩺

*Raphael nudges Atlas*

+It’s fine, go get checked out.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨNot until she’s okay.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*The child seems much more at ease with the healer than she was with Atlas, and the healer surrounds her hand with magic, which solidifies to form a cast*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod. Atlas gets up and goes into another room*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael and Ana aren’t there when Atlas comes back out*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks for the healer*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Theyre sat with a cup of coffee*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI have to repay you for helping. I really appreciate it. What do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺For my next date to not be ruined by an abyss creature showing up and dragging me out of my home.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah…sorry. Is there anything I can do or get you or..?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺A ride home, maybe? The bus isn’t exactly… great this time of night.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah of course.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI’ll get a car or carriage or something.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺Thanks.🩺

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads back out the door*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince is covered in angel blood*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAre you okay? Did you get hurt? I’ll kill somebody-Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎The blood isn’t mine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨNone it it? You swear?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou okay with hugs?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s why I asked, glad you’re okay. We gotta take a healer home. Or I do, you don’t have to come.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He walks to the pottery shop as the healer comes outside*

[totecs-throne]

ΨStay in the area I’ll be back real soon!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince waves him off*

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh*

ΨOkay let’s get you homeΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺Your brother?🩺

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael arrives to the Tuesday children show at the Theatre in Heaven earlier than usual, and three teens can be seen on the stage, two of them doing handstands as the third is spotting a child who is attempting to copy them. The two doing the handstands are talking with strain in their voices, and their voices carry*

🎱You really aren’t gonna prove us wrong? Put us to shame, teach! It’d be fun!🎱

🪀He did that to Jonah once and the poor guy couldn’t lift his arms for like a week-🪀

🎱You can wimp out at any- oh hey there’s people-🎱

🪀Pe-🪀

*They cut themself off, falling and rolling so they don’t just faceplant, and the teen that wasn’t doing the handstands shakes their head fondly*

( @heavens-alive-little-ones )

You need to adjust the space between your hands when you do that. It’ll help keep you balanced longer.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

(Lag reset 13)

*nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Is it the one near the Magma Fort? They do make very good food.☁︎︎

ΨMhm. I’ve never actually been.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅good luck. ❅

[angels-maybe]

ΨThanks.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She tries for a smile, but it is only barely recognisable as one*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Get the raw duck platter.☁︎︎

ΨIs it good?Ψ

☁︎︎Mhm☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅…those places don’t usually…❅

[angels-maybe]

Oh the ones in Mictlan aren’t like the ones in heaven. I’m gonna take Ika to a fancy tea place when we get back from vacation if you wanna come.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Oh yes Ika is the ‘princess knight’ yes?☁︎︎

Mhm, shes a little warrior.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

❅Tiny, should see when Vince gives her a sword. ❅

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Awww☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Amused*

❅Tried to decapitate Priss. ❅

[angels-maybe]

*Zyana chuckles*

I should teach her how to fight

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She just stares at Az, completely deadpan*

[angels-maybe]

She’d be good at it. Give her a dagger and sword and teach her how to beat someone four times her size and she’ll be set.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She muffles a laugh*

[angels-maybe]

ΨJust don’t teach her like you taught me. I still vividly recall thinking I actually killed you-Ψ

You did I just don’t *stay* dead.

ΨWhatΨ

Yeah I just said I was messing with you to make you feel better because you were like fourteen and freaking out

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Squint*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas looks like he might puke*

…Quinn literally beheaded me today it’s not that deep

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She mumbles something before walking on the ceiling to the window and phasing through the wall*

[angels-maybe]

Oh-

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She comes back in, dragging Vince by the ear*

[angels-maybe]

Hi-?

*Atlas still looks mortified*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She gestures to Atlas, before staring at Vince*

[☕︎And why should I care? He’s Miti’s boyfriend, not mine. ☕︎]

*Elizabeth crosses her arms with a huff.*

[angels-maybe]

He’s fine he just realized something stupid he did actually had a consequence. Anyways what do you want from the store?

*Zyana sniffs the air for a second.*

☁︎︎Is there a fire outside?☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No fire. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎But I smell fire☁︎︎

It’s just smoke.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Elizabeth taps Vince on the arm before gesturing back at Atlas. Vince glares at her*

[☕︎Get the sloth if you’re that worried, he’ll murder you less if you mention his boyfriend☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨI’m fine but mom is a liarΨ

I thought you would have figured it out by now bud-usually losing vital organs does mean death.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince stares at Atlas*

[☕︎You are only just figuring that out? ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas just sighs*

ΨNo. What do you want from the shop? We’re completely out of food so mom and I have to go in like a minute hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*shrug*

[angels-maybe]

ΨWanna come check it out? I’ll kick mom off the shopping trip.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*there’s a glint of light near Vince’s ear which he swats away with a glare at Elizabeth*

[☕︎Sure. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨMom you’re banned.Ψ

Okay take the list-oh and make sure you get hotel snacks.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*elizabeth nods*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael gives Quinn a wallet.*

Pay for whatever you eat with my card. Las you’ve got a card yeah?

ΨAnd cash. And a tab.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*the light flickers around Vince’s ear again and he glares at Elizabeth*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas puts on his shoes.*

ΨLet’s good get food and probably a misdemeanor charge for QuinnΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince walks over to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas leads the way outside and through a portal to Mictlan. Quinn immediately runs into a buffet place.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince sticks half a step behind Atlas.*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThis is the general area that most of our shopping gets done. I always do cold stuff last so that’ll be like ice cream and blood and stuffΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIf something looks interesting throw it in the cart.Ψ

*Atlas starts into the market*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He follows*

[totecs-throne]

*They head into the non-perishable section first.*

ΨWhat brand do you smoke?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Why? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨI was gonna buy some, and I’d be a shitty dude if I got for me and not youΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gets out a packet and shows it to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

ΨNice. Got it.Ψ

*He tosses some things in the cart*

ΨShits overwhelming in that houseΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIt’s nice to have a break every once in a while. That’s why I like shopping.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou liked the coffee syrups right?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Vanilla, yes. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s a whole bunch of vanilla stuff here. We’ll stock upΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s vanilla roasted coffee beans, fudge-if you can think of it there’s probably a vanilla version somewhere in hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨVanilla is fun. Yknow I bet we could get some vanilla beans and make something with ‘emΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎A house fire. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨProbably. I think we’d do better trying to make paint or something out of them.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*nod*

ΨI bet vanilla bean bread would be good though.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just tosses a few of everything into the cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince shifts from foot to foot, unable to stay still*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhats up?Ψ

*Atlas flips into Old Vampiric*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He grits his teeth, hesitating for a few seconds before responding*

☕︎Nothing. Just don’t have the energy to be accurate in seeing where everything is. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨAh, fairΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAny way I can help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎Doubt it. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨNothing? No food or blood or anything?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎You said blood was last. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah for stuff in the cart so it doesn’t go bad with how long we stay in here but if you’re gonna drink it that’s differentΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨCome on.Ψ

*Atlas takes Vince to the market cafe*

ΨWhat’s your favorite?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*he shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOkay then two bags of whatever’s best right now pleaseΨ

*The boy behind the counter nods and hands over two blood bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince takes it off of the counter wordlessly*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pays and bites into his bag*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*The bag and Vince blip out of existence for less than half a second*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sips his*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*When Vince returns to view, his bag is empty*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMore or are you done?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I’ll be fine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas buys another three bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t touch any of them*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYours.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince only takes one, disappearing and reappearing in the same manner as before*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod*

ΨThat help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨGoodΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBack to shopping now?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAlrighty.Ψ

*Atlas goes back to throwing a few of everything into the cart*

ΨIf you get everything you can’t forget anything.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Didnt you get a list? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah so I just get extra of those things. But you see there’s always a random thing someone forgot to mention but they desperately want and if I don’t obtain it they’ll be silently disappointedΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨSo we get everything. Times three.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎What if nobody eats it? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThen we take it places until it does get eatenΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBesides, big family, almost everything gets eaten.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*He goes into the cold section next*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince follows silently*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOooo blood popsicles!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI love these things.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou cool if I consider you a sibling or nah?Ψ

*Atlas investigates pieces of fruit.*

ΨCause a prick over there is staring and I have a very strong desire to beat his ass.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince hesitates*

[☕︎Only for carnage’s sake. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨDeal. Wanna hold my earrings or do you wanna throw my stilettos at him?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is already taking off his shoes and jewelry.*

ΨTry not to get hurt, mom will be mad at me. And dad but mom is scarier because they do the thing where they go all calm.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Nod*

ΨThey’ll ease up eventually but something about ‘why do you always get your little siblings into trouble that’s dangerous Las what if someone actually hurts any of them’ or blah blah blah.Ψ

*Atlas hurls a can of tomatoes at the guy*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince just watches blankly*

[totecs-throne]

*It very quickly turns into a brawl in the middle of the grocery store. Someone nearby sighs dramatically*

⚠︎︎Every damn time he’s here.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Side-eye*

[totecs-throne]

*The child blinks up at him innocently*

⚠︎︎First time? This happens a lot, you’ll get used to it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Bitch is trying to get me murdered by Death, I swear. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh please everyone knows Az is a whimp. A toddler could take that asshole in a fight and probably win.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I didn’t mention Death going for a fair fight. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎You’ll be fine. Why are you getting murdered anyways?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gestures vaguely at the fight*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎But that has literally nothing to do with you?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎He started the fight because the guy was looking at me weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Checks out. Still don’t think that’s gonna get you fucked up.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He rolls his eyes*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Are those his shoes in your cart-oh. Family?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎My future brother-in-law. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*She squints for a second, then stares very hard*

⚠︎︎You’re the one that Zyana likes⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused stare*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Word travels fast when there’s a family group chat and your sister is spamming it with ‘NEW FAMILY FAVORITE AND HE HAS A CAT’⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Lynx. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh nice. I’ll help you out cause I kinda feel bad for you being stuck with my family. This is normal, Atlas does this way too much. You aren’t allowed in the crossfire because you’re new plus no marked safe adults here plus Las isn’t supposed to be letting younger siblings near danger. Az will probably do the disappointed sigh thing and try to ignore this happened⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎See the new thing is because the adults don’t know all the safe things or like what’s allowed and then if something does happen and you get hurt and someone makes it worse on accident Xipe might accidentally flip out and kill them.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I guess. I’m Mari by the way. Yes the porcelain does break and yes I can feel pain and no I can’t see you. Those are the usual questions anything else?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎…How are you understanding sign language without being able to see? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I can see I just can’t see you. People and animals just blur into eldritch thingys and my brain interprets the rest. The same thing goes for any audio or whatever the fuck⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎communication? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah that.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She hops a little*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎So this—☕︎]

*He gestures at Atlas*

[☕︎Is… normal? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah. Oooo is that vanilla fudge!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Where is that-help me find more!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Sigh*

[totecs-throne]

*She pauses, then shrugs*

⚠︎︎I’ll go find it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She runs off*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Back to watching the fight*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is finishing up hitting the guy with a jar of salsa.*

Ψ-ever look at anyone in my family ever again I’ll skin you and dump acid on your live bodyΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vaguely amused*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pops back over and starts putting their shoes and jewelry back on*

ΨDid I take too long?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Small child came, bullied you, is looking for fudge now. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨInteresting. Mari?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe’s fun. Mom is terrified of herΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat little gremlin is probably the only person that you’ll meet in our immediate family who would actually hurt or kill you if you piss her off too much. Everyone is at least a little scared of her.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎She seemed harmless… except about your mother. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe killed her sister for sleeping in her spot on the couch.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨTry not to get murdered.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Where’s the fun in that? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh. Mari returns with an entire cart full of vanilla fudge*

⚠︎︎I found more fudge⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Approving nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOh very niceΨ

⚠︎︎Yes the Lynx lover and I are to share it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎You can have the ones with dairy. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Okay!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She puts all the non-dairy ones in Vince’s cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Thank you. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Welcome⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He glances to Atlas like he’s proving a point*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari offers a piece to Atlas*

ΨNo thanks I value my lifeΨ

⚠︎︎Lassieeee you’re so mean. I’m not bad!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince eats one of the pieces Mari gave him*

[totecs-throne]

*It’s perfectly fine. Atlas hesitantly tries his piece and immediately chokes*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*eyebrow raise*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhatthefuck-Ψ

⚠︎︎You don’t like it?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I guess I will tell Mitichó you hate fudge? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just starts coughing up blood*

⚠︎︎Oh wow you really don’t like it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused blink*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Lassie doesn’t like the fudge⚠︎︎

*Atlas pulls a shard of glass out of his throat.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod. Text appears in the air, only to Atlas*

☕︎Is that glass? ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just nods and chokes some more*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince pulls out his phone, texts someone, then eats another piece of fudge for good measure*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou are an evil, evil childΨ

*Atlas gets out the rest of the fudge and glass*

ΨWas that cyanide?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He hears a notification, checks it*

Miti: Good.

*Vince buffers for a solid second before typing back*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari giggles*

ΨNow I have to make a pitstop to see fucking healer. Great.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Another notification comes through, and Vince grimaces as it is read aloud*

Miti: Omw, if he dies I kill uou.

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas wipes the blood from his mouth.*

ΨWe can come back for the food. Healers. I don’t wanna drown in my own blood.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas starts out of the store, trying not to get blood on anything*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince vanishes any blood that Atlas misses as he follows*

[totecs-throne]

*He stops at the nearest healers office.*

ΨThere’s a pottery place two doors down if you need new clay. I gotta go in here, up to you if you wanna joinΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t go inside, but he also doesn’t walk off*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads in*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael is in the waiting room, with a very pissed off child who is obviously from Mictlan*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas spots the kid and immediately crouches down*

ΨYou okay squirt?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She hisses at him, the noise distorted and hurts Atlas’ ears. Raphael sighs*

[totecs-throne]

*He just tilts his head*

[abaddons-abyss]

+Don signed me up to babysit for a friend. She managed to break her wrist and is refusing to see any of the healers except one specific one, who is out of office, but also refusing to leave without being healed because that’s ’not how it works’+

[totecs-throne]

ΨHealers name. Now.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

+Get your throat fixed before starting something, or I’ll tell your mother.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨKid first. Healers name.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Tired glare*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the kid, then grabs the list of healers and offers it out*

ΨWho do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She points to one*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas finds the healer in his phone and calls them*

[abaddons-abyss]

*They don’t pick up*

[totecs-throne]

*He finds their address next.*

ΨRaphael. Go get them,Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael sighs, but leaves the office after mumbling something to the child*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sits down.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*the child watches him warily*

[totecs-throne]

*One of the healers walks over and Atlas growls.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*She curls in on herself*

[totecs-throne]

*He immediately stops*

ΨSorry.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She stays exactly the same*

[totecs-throne]

*He softens a bit*

ΨI have a lot of little sisters. And most of them are scared of the white coats.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMy one little sister wants to be a knight. Is there anything that you wanna be?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🐚…firefighter.🐚

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s so cool. Firefighters keep us all safe, we need more of you guys.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*He smiles a little, wiping the blood the drips from his lips*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael returns, looking like he’s been in a fight, with the healer in tow*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the healer*

ΨHelp her please, I’ll compensate. Whatever you wantΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod, and crouch down in front of the child*

🩺Hello Ana, can I see your hand?🩺

*Raphael nudges Atlas*

+It’s fine, go get checked out.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨNot until she’s okay.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*The child seems much more at ease with the healer than she was with Atlas, and the healer surrounds her hand with magic, which solidifies to form a cast*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod. Atlas gets up and goes into another room*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael and Ana aren’t there when Atlas comes back out*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks for the healer*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Theyre sat with a cup of coffee*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI have to repay you for helping. I really appreciate it. What do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺For my next date to not be ruined by an abyss creature showing up and dragging me out of my home.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah…sorry. Is there anything I can do or get you or..?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺A ride home, maybe? The bus isn’t exactly… great this time of night.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah of course.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI’ll get a car or carriage or something.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺Thanks.🩺

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael arrives to the Tuesday children show at the Theatre in Heaven earlier than usual, and three teens can be seen on the stage, two of them doing handstands as the third is spotting a child who is attempting to copy them. The two doing the handstands are talking with strain in their voices, and their voices carry*

🎱You really aren’t gonna prove us wrong? Put us to shame, teach! It’d be fun!🎱

🪀He did that to Jonah once and the poor guy couldn’t lift his arms for like a week-🪀

🎱You can wimp out at any- oh hey there’s people-🎱

🪀Pe-🪀

*They cut themself off, falling and rolling so they don’t just faceplant, and the teen that wasn’t doing the handstands shakes their head fondly*

( @heavens-alive-little-ones )

You need to adjust the space between your hands when you do that. It’ll help keep you balanced longer.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

(Lag reset 13)

*nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Is it the one near the Magma Fort? They do make very good food.☁︎︎

ΨMhm. I’ve never actually been.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅good luck. ❅

[angels-maybe]

ΨThanks.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She tries for a smile, but it is only barely recognisable as one*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Get the raw duck platter.☁︎︎

ΨIs it good?Ψ

☁︎︎Mhm☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅…those places don’t usually…❅

[angels-maybe]

Oh the ones in Mictlan aren’t like the ones in heaven. I’m gonna take Ika to a fancy tea place when we get back from vacation if you wanna come.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Oh yes Ika is the ‘princess knight’ yes?☁︎︎

Mhm, shes a little warrior.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

❅Tiny, should see when Vince gives her a sword. ❅

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Awww☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Amused*

❅Tried to decapitate Priss. ❅

[angels-maybe]

*Zyana chuckles*

I should teach her how to fight

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She just stares at Az, completely deadpan*

[angels-maybe]

She’d be good at it. Give her a dagger and sword and teach her how to beat someone four times her size and she’ll be set.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She muffles a laugh*

[angels-maybe]

ΨJust don’t teach her like you taught me. I still vividly recall thinking I actually killed you-Ψ

You did I just don’t *stay* dead.

ΨWhatΨ

Yeah I just said I was messing with you to make you feel better because you were like fourteen and freaking out

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Squint*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas looks like he might puke*

…Quinn literally beheaded me today it’s not that deep

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She mumbles something before walking on the ceiling to the window and phasing through the wall*

[angels-maybe]

Oh-

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She comes back in, dragging Vince by the ear*

[angels-maybe]

Hi-?

*Atlas still looks mortified*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She gestures to Atlas, before staring at Vince*

[☕︎And why should I care? He’s Miti’s boyfriend, not mine. ☕︎]

*Elizabeth crosses her arms with a huff.*

[angels-maybe]

He’s fine he just realized something stupid he did actually had a consequence. Anyways what do you want from the store?

*Zyana sniffs the air for a second.*

☁︎︎Is there a fire outside?☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No fire. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎But I smell fire☁︎︎

It’s just smoke.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Elizabeth taps Vince on the arm before gesturing back at Atlas. Vince glares at her*

[☕︎Get the sloth if you’re that worried, he’ll murder you less if you mention his boyfriend☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨI’m fine but mom is a liarΨ

I thought you would have figured it out by now bud-usually losing vital organs does mean death.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince stares at Atlas*

[☕︎You are only just figuring that out? ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas just sighs*

ΨNo. What do you want from the shop? We’re completely out of food so mom and I have to go in like a minute hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*shrug*

[angels-maybe]

ΨWanna come check it out? I’ll kick mom off the shopping trip.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*there’s a glint of light near Vince’s ear which he swats away with a glare at Elizabeth*

[☕︎Sure. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨMom you’re banned.Ψ

Okay take the list-oh and make sure you get hotel snacks.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*elizabeth nods*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael gives Quinn a wallet.*

Pay for whatever you eat with my card. Las you’ve got a card yeah?

ΨAnd cash. And a tab.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*the light flickers around Vince’s ear again and he glares at Elizabeth*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas puts on his shoes.*

ΨLet’s good get food and probably a misdemeanor charge for QuinnΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince walks over to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas leads the way outside and through a portal to Mictlan. Quinn immediately runs into a buffet place.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince sticks half a step behind Atlas.*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThis is the general area that most of our shopping gets done. I always do cold stuff last so that’ll be like ice cream and blood and stuffΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIf something looks interesting throw it in the cart.Ψ

*Atlas starts into the market*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He follows*

[totecs-throne]

*They head into the non-perishable section first.*

ΨWhat brand do you smoke?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Why? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨI was gonna buy some, and I’d be a shitty dude if I got for me and not youΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gets out a packet and shows it to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

ΨNice. Got it.Ψ

*He tosses some things in the cart*

ΨShits overwhelming in that houseΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIt’s nice to have a break every once in a while. That’s why I like shopping.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou liked the coffee syrups right?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Vanilla, yes. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s a whole bunch of vanilla stuff here. We’ll stock upΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s vanilla roasted coffee beans, fudge-if you can think of it there’s probably a vanilla version somewhere in hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨVanilla is fun. Yknow I bet we could get some vanilla beans and make something with ‘emΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎A house fire. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨProbably. I think we’d do better trying to make paint or something out of them.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*nod*

ΨI bet vanilla bean bread would be good though.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just tosses a few of everything into the cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince shifts from foot to foot, unable to stay still*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhats up?Ψ

*Atlas flips into Old Vampiric*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He grits his teeth, hesitating for a few seconds before responding*

☕︎Nothing. Just don’t have the energy to be accurate in seeing where everything is. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨAh, fairΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAny way I can help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎Doubt it. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨNothing? No food or blood or anything?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎You said blood was last. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah for stuff in the cart so it doesn’t go bad with how long we stay in here but if you’re gonna drink it that’s differentΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨCome on.Ψ

*Atlas takes Vince to the market cafe*

ΨWhat’s your favorite?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*he shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOkay then two bags of whatever’s best right now pleaseΨ

*The boy behind the counter nods and hands over two blood bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince takes it off of the counter wordlessly*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pays and bites into his bag*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*The bag and Vince blip out of existence for less than half a second*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sips his*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*When Vince returns to view, his bag is empty*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMore or are you done?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I’ll be fine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas buys another three bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t touch any of them*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYours.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince only takes one, disappearing and reappearing in the same manner as before*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod*

ΨThat help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨGoodΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBack to shopping now?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAlrighty.Ψ

*Atlas goes back to throwing a few of everything into the cart*

ΨIf you get everything you can’t forget anything.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Didnt you get a list? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah so I just get extra of those things. But you see there’s always a random thing someone forgot to mention but they desperately want and if I don’t obtain it they’ll be silently disappointedΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨSo we get everything. Times three.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎What if nobody eats it? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThen we take it places until it does get eatenΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBesides, big family, almost everything gets eaten.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*He goes into the cold section next*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince follows silently*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOooo blood popsicles!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI love these things.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou cool if I consider you a sibling or nah?Ψ

*Atlas investigates pieces of fruit.*

ΨCause a prick over there is staring and I have a very strong desire to beat his ass.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince hesitates*

[☕︎Only for carnage’s sake. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨDeal. Wanna hold my earrings or do you wanna throw my stilettos at him?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is already taking off his shoes and jewelry.*

ΨTry not to get hurt, mom will be mad at me. And dad but mom is scarier because they do the thing where they go all calm.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Nod*

ΨThey’ll ease up eventually but something about ‘why do you always get your little siblings into trouble that’s dangerous Las what if someone actually hurts any of them’ or blah blah blah.Ψ

*Atlas hurls a can of tomatoes at the guy*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince just watches blankly*

[totecs-throne]

*It very quickly turns into a brawl in the middle of the grocery store. Someone nearby sighs dramatically*

⚠︎︎Every damn time he’s here.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Side-eye*

[totecs-throne]

*The child blinks up at him innocently*

⚠︎︎First time? This happens a lot, you’ll get used to it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Bitch is trying to get me murdered by Death, I swear. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh please everyone knows Az is a whimp. A toddler could take that asshole in a fight and probably win.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I didn’t mention Death going for a fair fight. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎You’ll be fine. Why are you getting murdered anyways?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gestures vaguely at the fight*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎But that has literally nothing to do with you?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎He started the fight because the guy was looking at me weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Checks out. Still don’t think that’s gonna get you fucked up.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He rolls his eyes*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Are those his shoes in your cart-oh. Family?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎My future brother-in-law. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*She squints for a second, then stares very hard*

⚠︎︎You’re the one that Zyana likes⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused stare*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Word travels fast when there’s a family group chat and your sister is spamming it with ‘NEW FAMILY FAVORITE AND HE HAS A CAT’⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Lynx. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh nice. I’ll help you out cause I kinda feel bad for you being stuck with my family. This is normal, Atlas does this way too much. You aren’t allowed in the crossfire because you’re new plus no marked safe adults here plus Las isn’t supposed to be letting younger siblings near danger. Az will probably do the disappointed sigh thing and try to ignore this happened⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎See the new thing is because the adults don’t know all the safe things or like what’s allowed and then if something does happen and you get hurt and someone makes it worse on accident Xipe might accidentally flip out and kill them.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I guess. I’m Mari by the way. Yes the porcelain does break and yes I can feel pain and no I can’t see you. Those are the usual questions anything else?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎…How are you understanding sign language without being able to see? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I can see I just can’t see you. People and animals just blur into eldritch thingys and my brain interprets the rest. The same thing goes for any audio or whatever the fuck⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎communication? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah that.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She hops a little*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎So this—☕︎]

*He gestures at Atlas*

[☕︎Is… normal? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah. Oooo is that vanilla fudge!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Where is that-help me find more!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Sigh*

[totecs-throne]

*She pauses, then shrugs*

⚠︎︎I’ll go find it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She runs off*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Back to watching the fight*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is finishing up hitting the guy with a jar of salsa.*

Ψ-ever look at anyone in my family ever again I’ll skin you and dump acid on your live bodyΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vaguely amused*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pops back over and starts putting their shoes and jewelry back on*

ΨDid I take too long?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Small child came, bullied you, is looking for fudge now. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨInteresting. Mari?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe’s fun. Mom is terrified of herΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat little gremlin is probably the only person that you’ll meet in our immediate family who would actually hurt or kill you if you piss her off too much. Everyone is at least a little scared of her.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎She seemed harmless… except about your mother. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe killed her sister for sleeping in her spot on the couch.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨTry not to get murdered.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Where’s the fun in that? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh. Mari returns with an entire cart full of vanilla fudge*

⚠︎︎I found more fudge⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Approving nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOh very niceΨ

⚠︎︎Yes the Lynx lover and I are to share it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎You can have the ones with dairy. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Okay!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She puts all the non-dairy ones in Vince’s cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Thank you. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Welcome⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He glances to Atlas like he’s proving a point*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari offers a piece to Atlas*

ΨNo thanks I value my lifeΨ

⚠︎︎Lassieeee you’re so mean. I’m not bad!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince eats one of the pieces Mari gave him*

[totecs-throne]

*It’s perfectly fine. Atlas hesitantly tries his piece and immediately chokes*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*eyebrow raise*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhatthefuck-Ψ

⚠︎︎You don’t like it?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I guess I will tell Mitichó you hate fudge? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just starts coughing up blood*

⚠︎︎Oh wow you really don’t like it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused blink*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Lassie doesn’t like the fudge⚠︎︎

*Atlas pulls a shard of glass out of his throat.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod. Text appears in the air, only to Atlas*

☕︎Is that glass? ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just nods and chokes some more*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince pulls out his phone, texts someone, then eats another piece of fudge for good measure*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou are an evil, evil childΨ

*Atlas gets out the rest of the fudge and glass*

ΨWas that cyanide?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He hears a notification, checks it*

Miti: Good.

*Vince buffers for a solid second before typing back*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari giggles*

ΨNow I have to make a pitstop to see fucking healer. Great.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Another notification comes through, and Vince grimaces as it is read aloud*

Miti: Omw, if he dies I kill uou.

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas wipes the blood from his mouth.*

ΨWe can come back for the food. Healers. I don’t wanna drown in my own blood.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas starts out of the store, trying not to get blood on anything*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince vanishes any blood that Atlas misses as he follows*

[totecs-throne]

*He stops at the nearest healers office.*

ΨThere’s a pottery place two doors down if you need new clay. I gotta go in here, up to you if you wanna joinΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t go inside, but he also doesn’t walk off*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads in*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael is in the waiting room, with a very pissed off child who is obviously from Mictlan*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas spots the kid and immediately crouches down*

ΨYou okay squirt?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She hisses at him, the noise distorted and hurts Atlas’ ears. Raphael sighs*

[totecs-throne]

*He just tilts his head*

[abaddons-abyss]

+Don signed me up to babysit for a friend. She managed to break her wrist and is refusing to see any of the healers except one specific one, who is out of office, but also refusing to leave without being healed because that’s ’not how it works’+

[totecs-throne]

ΨHealers name. Now.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

+Get your throat fixed before starting something, or I’ll tell your mother.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨKid first. Healers name.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Tired glare*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the kid, then grabs the list of healers and offers it out*

ΨWho do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She points to one*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas finds the healer in his phone and calls them*

[abaddons-abyss]

*They don’t pick up*

[totecs-throne]

*He finds their address next.*

ΨRaphael. Go get them,Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael sighs, but leaves the office after mumbling something to the child*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sits down.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*the child watches him warily*

[totecs-throne]

*One of the healers walks over and Atlas growls.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*She curls in on herself*

[totecs-throne]

*He immediately stops*

ΨSorry.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She stays exactly the same*

[totecs-throne]

*He softens a bit*

ΨI have a lot of little sisters. And most of them are scared of the white coats.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMy one little sister wants to be a knight. Is there anything that you wanna be?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🐚…firefighter.🐚

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s so cool. Firefighters keep us all safe, we need more of you guys.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*He smiles a little, wiping the blood the drips from his lips*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael returns, looking like he’s been in a fight, with the healer in tow*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the healer*

ΨHelp her please, I’ll compensate. Whatever you wantΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod, and crouch down in front of the child*

🩺Hello Ana, can I see your hand?🩺

*Raphael nudges Atlas*

+It’s fine, go get checked out.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨNot until she’s okay.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*The child seems much more at ease with the healer than she was with Atlas, and the healer surrounds her hand with magic, which solidifies to form a cast*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod. Atlas gets up and goes into another room*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael and Ana aren’t there when Atlas comes back out*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks for the healer*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Theyre sat with a cup of coffee*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI have to repay you for helping. I really appreciate it. What do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺For my next date to not be ruined by an abyss creature showing up and dragging me out of my home.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah…sorry. Is there anything I can do or get you or..?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺A ride home, maybe? The bus isn’t exactly… great this time of night.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah of course.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael arrives to the Tuesday children show at the Theatre in Heaven earlier than usual, and three teens can be seen on the stage, two of them doing handstands as the third is spotting a child who is attempting to copy them. The two doing the handstands are talking with strain in their voices, and their voices carry*

🎱You really aren’t gonna prove us wrong? Put us to shame, teach! It’d be fun!🎱

🪀He did that to Jonah once and the poor guy couldn’t lift his arms for like a week-🪀

🎱You can wimp out at any- oh hey there’s people-🎱

🪀Pe-🪀

*They cut themself off, falling and rolling so they don’t just faceplant, and the teen that wasn’t doing the handstands shakes their head fondly*

( @heavens-alive-little-ones )

You need to adjust the space between your hands when you do that. It’ll help keep you balanced longer.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

(Lag reset 13)

*nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Is it the one near the Magma Fort? They do make very good food.☁︎︎

ΨMhm. I’ve never actually been.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅good luck. ❅

[angels-maybe]

ΨThanks.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She tries for a smile, but it is only barely recognisable as one*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Get the raw duck platter.☁︎︎

ΨIs it good?Ψ

☁︎︎Mhm☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅…those places don’t usually…❅

[angels-maybe]

Oh the ones in Mictlan aren’t like the ones in heaven. I’m gonna take Ika to a fancy tea place when we get back from vacation if you wanna come.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Oh yes Ika is the ‘princess knight’ yes?☁︎︎

Mhm, shes a little warrior.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

❅Tiny, should see when Vince gives her a sword. ❅

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Awww☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Amused*

❅Tried to decapitate Priss. ❅

[angels-maybe]

*Zyana chuckles*

I should teach her how to fight

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She just stares at Az, completely deadpan*

[angels-maybe]

She’d be good at it. Give her a dagger and sword and teach her how to beat someone four times her size and she’ll be set.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She muffles a laugh*

[angels-maybe]

ΨJust don’t teach her like you taught me. I still vividly recall thinking I actually killed you-Ψ

You did I just don’t *stay* dead.

ΨWhatΨ

Yeah I just said I was messing with you to make you feel better because you were like fourteen and freaking out

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Squint*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas looks like he might puke*

…Quinn literally beheaded me today it’s not that deep

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She mumbles something before walking on the ceiling to the window and phasing through the wall*

[angels-maybe]

Oh-

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She comes back in, dragging Vince by the ear*

[angels-maybe]

Hi-?

*Atlas still looks mortified*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She gestures to Atlas, before staring at Vince*

[☕︎And why should I care? He’s Miti’s boyfriend, not mine. ☕︎]

*Elizabeth crosses her arms with a huff.*

[angels-maybe]

He’s fine he just realized something stupid he did actually had a consequence. Anyways what do you want from the store?

*Zyana sniffs the air for a second.*

☁︎︎Is there a fire outside?☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No fire. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎But I smell fire☁︎︎

It’s just smoke.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Elizabeth taps Vince on the arm before gesturing back at Atlas. Vince glares at her*

[☕︎Get the sloth if you’re that worried, he’ll murder you less if you mention his boyfriend☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨI’m fine but mom is a liarΨ

I thought you would have figured it out by now bud-usually losing vital organs does mean death.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince stares at Atlas*

[☕︎You are only just figuring that out? ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas just sighs*

ΨNo. What do you want from the shop? We’re completely out of food so mom and I have to go in like a minute hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*shrug*

[angels-maybe]

ΨWanna come check it out? I’ll kick mom off the shopping trip.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*there’s a glint of light near Vince’s ear which he swats away with a glare at Elizabeth*

[☕︎Sure. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨMom you’re banned.Ψ

Okay take the list-oh and make sure you get hotel snacks.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*elizabeth nods*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael gives Quinn a wallet.*

Pay for whatever you eat with my card. Las you’ve got a card yeah?

ΨAnd cash. And a tab.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*the light flickers around Vince’s ear again and he glares at Elizabeth*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas puts on his shoes.*

ΨLet’s good get food and probably a misdemeanor charge for QuinnΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince walks over to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas leads the way outside and through a portal to Mictlan. Quinn immediately runs into a buffet place.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince sticks half a step behind Atlas.*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThis is the general area that most of our shopping gets done. I always do cold stuff last so that’ll be like ice cream and blood and stuffΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIf something looks interesting throw it in the cart.Ψ

*Atlas starts into the market*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He follows*

[totecs-throne]

*They head into the non-perishable section first.*

ΨWhat brand do you smoke?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Why? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨI was gonna buy some, and I’d be a shitty dude if I got for me and not youΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gets out a packet and shows it to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

ΨNice. Got it.Ψ

*He tosses some things in the cart*

ΨShits overwhelming in that houseΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIt’s nice to have a break every once in a while. That’s why I like shopping.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou liked the coffee syrups right?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Vanilla, yes. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s a whole bunch of vanilla stuff here. We’ll stock upΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s vanilla roasted coffee beans, fudge-if you can think of it there’s probably a vanilla version somewhere in hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨVanilla is fun. Yknow I bet we could get some vanilla beans and make something with ‘emΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎A house fire. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨProbably. I think we’d do better trying to make paint or something out of them.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*nod*

ΨI bet vanilla bean bread would be good though.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just tosses a few of everything into the cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince shifts from foot to foot, unable to stay still*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhats up?Ψ

*Atlas flips into Old Vampiric*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He grits his teeth, hesitating for a few seconds before responding*

☕︎Nothing. Just don’t have the energy to be accurate in seeing where everything is. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨAh, fairΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAny way I can help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎Doubt it. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨNothing? No food or blood or anything?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎You said blood was last. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah for stuff in the cart so it doesn’t go bad with how long we stay in here but if you’re gonna drink it that’s differentΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨCome on.Ψ

*Atlas takes Vince to the market cafe*

ΨWhat’s your favorite?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*he shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOkay then two bags of whatever’s best right now pleaseΨ

*The boy behind the counter nods and hands over two blood bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince takes it off of the counter wordlessly*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pays and bites into his bag*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*The bag and Vince blip out of existence for less than half a second*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sips his*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*When Vince returns to view, his bag is empty*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMore or are you done?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I’ll be fine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas buys another three bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t touch any of them*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYours.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince only takes one, disappearing and reappearing in the same manner as before*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod*

ΨThat help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨGoodΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBack to shopping now?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAlrighty.Ψ

*Atlas goes back to throwing a few of everything into the cart*

ΨIf you get everything you can’t forget anything.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Didnt you get a list? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah so I just get extra of those things. But you see there’s always a random thing someone forgot to mention but they desperately want and if I don’t obtain it they’ll be silently disappointedΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨSo we get everything. Times three.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎What if nobody eats it? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThen we take it places until it does get eatenΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBesides, big family, almost everything gets eaten.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*He goes into the cold section next*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince follows silently*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOooo blood popsicles!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI love these things.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou cool if I consider you a sibling or nah?Ψ

*Atlas investigates pieces of fruit.*

ΨCause a prick over there is staring and I have a very strong desire to beat his ass.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince hesitates*

[☕︎Only for carnage’s sake. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨDeal. Wanna hold my earrings or do you wanna throw my stilettos at him?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is already taking off his shoes and jewelry.*

ΨTry not to get hurt, mom will be mad at me. And dad but mom is scarier because they do the thing where they go all calm.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Nod*

ΨThey’ll ease up eventually but something about ‘why do you always get your little siblings into trouble that’s dangerous Las what if someone actually hurts any of them’ or blah blah blah.Ψ

*Atlas hurls a can of tomatoes at the guy*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince just watches blankly*

[totecs-throne]

*It very quickly turns into a brawl in the middle of the grocery store. Someone nearby sighs dramatically*

⚠︎︎Every damn time he’s here.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Side-eye*

[totecs-throne]

*The child blinks up at him innocently*

⚠︎︎First time? This happens a lot, you’ll get used to it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Bitch is trying to get me murdered by Death, I swear. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh please everyone knows Az is a whimp. A toddler could take that asshole in a fight and probably win.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I didn’t mention Death going for a fair fight. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎You’ll be fine. Why are you getting murdered anyways?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gestures vaguely at the fight*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎But that has literally nothing to do with you?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎He started the fight because the guy was looking at me weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Checks out. Still don’t think that’s gonna get you fucked up.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He rolls his eyes*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Are those his shoes in your cart-oh. Family?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎My future brother-in-law. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*She squints for a second, then stares very hard*

⚠︎︎You’re the one that Zyana likes⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused stare*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Word travels fast when there’s a family group chat and your sister is spamming it with ‘NEW FAMILY FAVORITE AND HE HAS A CAT’⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Lynx. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh nice. I’ll help you out cause I kinda feel bad for you being stuck with my family. This is normal, Atlas does this way too much. You aren’t allowed in the crossfire because you’re new plus no marked safe adults here plus Las isn’t supposed to be letting younger siblings near danger. Az will probably do the disappointed sigh thing and try to ignore this happened⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎See the new thing is because the adults don’t know all the safe things or like what’s allowed and then if something does happen and you get hurt and someone makes it worse on accident Xipe might accidentally flip out and kill them.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I guess. I’m Mari by the way. Yes the porcelain does break and yes I can feel pain and no I can’t see you. Those are the usual questions anything else?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎…How are you understanding sign language without being able to see? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I can see I just can’t see you. People and animals just blur into eldritch thingys and my brain interprets the rest. The same thing goes for any audio or whatever the fuck⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎communication? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah that.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She hops a little*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎So this—☕︎]

*He gestures at Atlas*

[☕︎Is… normal? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah. Oooo is that vanilla fudge!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Where is that-help me find more!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Sigh*

[totecs-throne]

*She pauses, then shrugs*

⚠︎︎I’ll go find it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She runs off*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Back to watching the fight*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is finishing up hitting the guy with a jar of salsa.*

Ψ-ever look at anyone in my family ever again I’ll skin you and dump acid on your live bodyΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vaguely amused*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pops back over and starts putting their shoes and jewelry back on*

ΨDid I take too long?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Small child came, bullied you, is looking for fudge now. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨInteresting. Mari?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe’s fun. Mom is terrified of herΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat little gremlin is probably the only person that you’ll meet in our immediate family who would actually hurt or kill you if you piss her off too much. Everyone is at least a little scared of her.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎She seemed harmless… except about your mother. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe killed her sister for sleeping in her spot on the couch.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨTry not to get murdered.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Where’s the fun in that? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh. Mari returns with an entire cart full of vanilla fudge*

⚠︎︎I found more fudge⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Approving nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOh very niceΨ

⚠︎︎Yes the Lynx lover and I are to share it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎You can have the ones with dairy. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Okay!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She puts all the non-dairy ones in Vince’s cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Thank you. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Welcome⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He glances to Atlas like he’s proving a point*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari offers a piece to Atlas*

ΨNo thanks I value my lifeΨ

⚠︎︎Lassieeee you’re so mean. I’m not bad!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince eats one of the pieces Mari gave him*

[totecs-throne]

*It’s perfectly fine. Atlas hesitantly tries his piece and immediately chokes*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*eyebrow raise*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhatthefuck-Ψ

⚠︎︎You don’t like it?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I guess I will tell Mitichó you hate fudge? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just starts coughing up blood*

⚠︎︎Oh wow you really don’t like it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused blink*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Lassie doesn’t like the fudge⚠︎︎

*Atlas pulls a shard of glass out of his throat.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod. Text appears in the air, only to Atlas*

☕︎Is that glass? ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just nods and chokes some more*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince pulls out his phone, texts someone, then eats another piece of fudge for good measure*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou are an evil, evil childΨ

*Atlas gets out the rest of the fudge and glass*

ΨWas that cyanide?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He hears a notification, checks it*

Miti: Good.

*Vince buffers for a solid second before typing back*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari giggles*

ΨNow I have to make a pitstop to see fucking healer. Great.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Another notification comes through, and Vince grimaces as it is read aloud*

Miti: Omw, if he dies I kill uou.

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas wipes the blood from his mouth.*

ΨWe can come back for the food. Healers. I don’t wanna drown in my own blood.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas starts out of the store, trying not to get blood on anything*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince vanishes any blood that Atlas misses as he follows*

[totecs-throne]

*He stops at the nearest healers office.*

ΨThere’s a pottery place two doors down if you need new clay. I gotta go in here, up to you if you wanna joinΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t go inside, but he also doesn’t walk off*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads in*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael is in the waiting room, with a very pissed off child who is obviously from Mictlan*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas spots the kid and immediately crouches down*

ΨYou okay squirt?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She hisses at him, the noise distorted and hurts Atlas’ ears. Raphael sighs*

[totecs-throne]

*He just tilts his head*

[abaddons-abyss]

+Don signed me up to babysit for a friend. She managed to break her wrist and is refusing to see any of the healers except one specific one, who is out of office, but also refusing to leave without being healed because that’s ’not how it works’+

[totecs-throne]

ΨHealers name. Now.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

+Get your throat fixed before starting something, or I’ll tell your mother.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨKid first. Healers name.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Tired glare*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the kid, then grabs the list of healers and offers it out*

ΨWho do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She points to one*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas finds the healer in his phone and calls them*

[abaddons-abyss]

*They don’t pick up*

[totecs-throne]

*He finds their address next.*

ΨRaphael. Go get them,Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael sighs, but leaves the office after mumbling something to the child*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sits down.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*the child watches him warily*

[totecs-throne]

*One of the healers walks over and Atlas growls.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*She curls in on herself*

[totecs-throne]

*He immediately stops*

ΨSorry.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She stays exactly the same*

[totecs-throne]

*He softens a bit*

ΨI have a lot of little sisters. And most of them are scared of the white coats.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMy one little sister wants to be a knight. Is there anything that you wanna be?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🐚…firefighter.🐚

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s so cool. Firefighters keep us all safe, we need more of you guys.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*He smiles a little, wiping the blood the drips from his lips*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael returns, looking like he’s been in a fight, with the healer in tow*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the healer*

ΨHelp her please, I’ll compensate. Whatever you wantΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod, and crouch down in front of the child*

🩺Hello Ana, can I see your hand?🩺

*Raphael nudges Atlas*

+It’s fine, go get checked out.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨNot until she’s okay.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*The child seems much more at ease with the healer than she was with Atlas, and the healer surrounds her hand with magic, which solidifies to form a cast*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod. Atlas gets up and goes into another room*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael and Ana aren’t there when Atlas comes back out*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks for the healer*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Theyre sat with a cup of coffee*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI have to repay you for helping. I really appreciate it. What do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺For my next date to not be ruined by an abyss creature showing up and dragging me out of my home.🩺

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah…sorry. Is there anything I can do or get you or..?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺A ride home, maybe? The bus isn’t exactly… great this time of night.🩺

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael arrives to the Tuesday children show at the Theatre in Heaven earlier than usual, and three teens can be seen on the stage, two of them doing handstands as the third is spotting a child who is attempting to copy them. The two doing the handstands are talking with strain in their voices, and their voices carry*

🎱You really aren’t gonna prove us wrong? Put us to shame, teach! It’d be fun!🎱

🪀He did that to Jonah once and the poor guy couldn’t lift his arms for like a week-🪀

🎱You can wimp out at any- oh hey there’s people-🎱

🪀Pe-🪀

*They cut themself off, falling and rolling so they don’t just faceplant, and the teen that wasn’t doing the handstands shakes their head fondly*

( @heavens-alive-little-ones )

You need to adjust the space between your hands when you do that. It’ll help keep you balanced longer.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

(Lag reset 13)

*nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Is it the one near the Magma Fort? They do make very good food.☁︎︎

ΨMhm. I’ve never actually been.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅good luck. ❅

[angels-maybe]

ΨThanks.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She tries for a smile, but it is only barely recognisable as one*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Get the raw duck platter.☁︎︎

ΨIs it good?Ψ

☁︎︎Mhm☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅…those places don’t usually…❅

[angels-maybe]

Oh the ones in Mictlan aren’t like the ones in heaven. I’m gonna take Ika to a fancy tea place when we get back from vacation if you wanna come.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Oh yes Ika is the ‘princess knight’ yes?☁︎︎

Mhm, shes a little warrior.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

❅Tiny, should see when Vince gives her a sword. ❅

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Awww☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Amused*

❅Tried to decapitate Priss. ❅

[angels-maybe]

*Zyana chuckles*

I should teach her how to fight

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She just stares at Az, completely deadpan*

[angels-maybe]

She’d be good at it. Give her a dagger and sword and teach her how to beat someone four times her size and she’ll be set.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She muffles a laugh*

[angels-maybe]

ΨJust don’t teach her like you taught me. I still vividly recall thinking I actually killed you-Ψ

You did I just don’t *stay* dead.

ΨWhatΨ

Yeah I just said I was messing with you to make you feel better because you were like fourteen and freaking out

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Squint*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas looks like he might puke*

…Quinn literally beheaded me today it’s not that deep

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She mumbles something before walking on the ceiling to the window and phasing through the wall*

[angels-maybe]

Oh-

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She comes back in, dragging Vince by the ear*

[angels-maybe]

Hi-?

*Atlas still looks mortified*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She gestures to Atlas, before staring at Vince*

[☕︎And why should I care? He’s Miti’s boyfriend, not mine. ☕︎]

*Elizabeth crosses her arms with a huff.*

[angels-maybe]

He’s fine he just realized something stupid he did actually had a consequence. Anyways what do you want from the store?

*Zyana sniffs the air for a second.*

☁︎︎Is there a fire outside?☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No fire. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎But I smell fire☁︎︎

It’s just smoke.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Elizabeth taps Vince on the arm before gesturing back at Atlas. Vince glares at her*

[☕︎Get the sloth if you’re that worried, he’ll murder you less if you mention his boyfriend☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨI’m fine but mom is a liarΨ

I thought you would have figured it out by now bud-usually losing vital organs does mean death.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince stares at Atlas*

[☕︎You are only just figuring that out? ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas just sighs*

ΨNo. What do you want from the shop? We’re completely out of food so mom and I have to go in like a minute hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*shrug*

[angels-maybe]

ΨWanna come check it out? I’ll kick mom off the shopping trip.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*there’s a glint of light near Vince’s ear which he swats away with a glare at Elizabeth*

[☕︎Sure. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨMom you’re banned.Ψ

Okay take the list-oh and make sure you get hotel snacks.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*elizabeth nods*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael gives Quinn a wallet.*

Pay for whatever you eat with my card. Las you’ve got a card yeah?

ΨAnd cash. And a tab.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*the light flickers around Vince’s ear again and he glares at Elizabeth*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas puts on his shoes.*

ΨLet’s good get food and probably a misdemeanor charge for QuinnΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince walks over to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas leads the way outside and through a portal to Mictlan. Quinn immediately runs into a buffet place.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince sticks half a step behind Atlas.*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThis is the general area that most of our shopping gets done. I always do cold stuff last so that’ll be like ice cream and blood and stuffΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIf something looks interesting throw it in the cart.Ψ

*Atlas starts into the market*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He follows*

[totecs-throne]

*They head into the non-perishable section first.*

ΨWhat brand do you smoke?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Why? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨI was gonna buy some, and I’d be a shitty dude if I got for me and not youΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gets out a packet and shows it to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

ΨNice. Got it.Ψ

*He tosses some things in the cart*

ΨShits overwhelming in that houseΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIt’s nice to have a break every once in a while. That’s why I like shopping.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou liked the coffee syrups right?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Vanilla, yes. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s a whole bunch of vanilla stuff here. We’ll stock upΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s vanilla roasted coffee beans, fudge-if you can think of it there’s probably a vanilla version somewhere in hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨVanilla is fun. Yknow I bet we could get some vanilla beans and make something with ‘emΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎A house fire. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨProbably. I think we’d do better trying to make paint or something out of them.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*nod*

ΨI bet vanilla bean bread would be good though.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just tosses a few of everything into the cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince shifts from foot to foot, unable to stay still*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhats up?Ψ

*Atlas flips into Old Vampiric*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He grits his teeth, hesitating for a few seconds before responding*

☕︎Nothing. Just don’t have the energy to be accurate in seeing where everything is. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨAh, fairΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAny way I can help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎Doubt it. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨNothing? No food or blood or anything?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎You said blood was last. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah for stuff in the cart so it doesn’t go bad with how long we stay in here but if you’re gonna drink it that’s differentΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨCome on.Ψ

*Atlas takes Vince to the market cafe*

ΨWhat’s your favorite?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*he shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOkay then two bags of whatever’s best right now pleaseΨ

*The boy behind the counter nods and hands over two blood bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince takes it off of the counter wordlessly*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pays and bites into his bag*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*The bag and Vince blip out of existence for less than half a second*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sips his*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*When Vince returns to view, his bag is empty*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMore or are you done?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I’ll be fine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas buys another three bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t touch any of them*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYours.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince only takes one, disappearing and reappearing in the same manner as before*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod*

ΨThat help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨGoodΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBack to shopping now?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAlrighty.Ψ

*Atlas goes back to throwing a few of everything into the cart*

ΨIf you get everything you can’t forget anything.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Didnt you get a list? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah so I just get extra of those things. But you see there’s always a random thing someone forgot to mention but they desperately want and if I don’t obtain it they’ll be silently disappointedΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨSo we get everything. Times three.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎What if nobody eats it? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThen we take it places until it does get eatenΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBesides, big family, almost everything gets eaten.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*He goes into the cold section next*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince follows silently*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOooo blood popsicles!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI love these things.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou cool if I consider you a sibling or nah?Ψ

*Atlas investigates pieces of fruit.*

ΨCause a prick over there is staring and I have a very strong desire to beat his ass.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince hesitates*

[☕︎Only for carnage’s sake. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨDeal. Wanna hold my earrings or do you wanna throw my stilettos at him?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is already taking off his shoes and jewelry.*

ΨTry not to get hurt, mom will be mad at me. And dad but mom is scarier because they do the thing where they go all calm.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Nod*

ΨThey’ll ease up eventually but something about ‘why do you always get your little siblings into trouble that’s dangerous Las what if someone actually hurts any of them’ or blah blah blah.Ψ

*Atlas hurls a can of tomatoes at the guy*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince just watches blankly*

[totecs-throne]

*It very quickly turns into a brawl in the middle of the grocery store. Someone nearby sighs dramatically*

⚠︎︎Every damn time he’s here.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Side-eye*

[totecs-throne]

*The child blinks up at him innocently*

⚠︎︎First time? This happens a lot, you’ll get used to it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Bitch is trying to get me murdered by Death, I swear. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh please everyone knows Az is a whimp. A toddler could take that asshole in a fight and probably win.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I didn’t mention Death going for a fair fight. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎You’ll be fine. Why are you getting murdered anyways?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gestures vaguely at the fight*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎But that has literally nothing to do with you?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎He started the fight because the guy was looking at me weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Checks out. Still don’t think that’s gonna get you fucked up.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He rolls his eyes*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Are those his shoes in your cart-oh. Family?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎My future brother-in-law. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*She squints for a second, then stares very hard*

⚠︎︎You’re the one that Zyana likes⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused stare*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Word travels fast when there’s a family group chat and your sister is spamming it with ‘NEW FAMILY FAVORITE AND HE HAS A CAT’⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Lynx. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh nice. I’ll help you out cause I kinda feel bad for you being stuck with my family. This is normal, Atlas does this way too much. You aren’t allowed in the crossfire because you’re new plus no marked safe adults here plus Las isn’t supposed to be letting younger siblings near danger. Az will probably do the disappointed sigh thing and try to ignore this happened⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎See the new thing is because the adults don’t know all the safe things or like what’s allowed and then if something does happen and you get hurt and someone makes it worse on accident Xipe might accidentally flip out and kill them.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I guess. I’m Mari by the way. Yes the porcelain does break and yes I can feel pain and no I can’t see you. Those are the usual questions anything else?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎…How are you understanding sign language without being able to see? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I can see I just can’t see you. People and animals just blur into eldritch thingys and my brain interprets the rest. The same thing goes for any audio or whatever the fuck⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎communication? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah that.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She hops a little*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎So this—☕︎]

*He gestures at Atlas*

[☕︎Is… normal? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah. Oooo is that vanilla fudge!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Where is that-help me find more!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Sigh*

[totecs-throne]

*She pauses, then shrugs*

⚠︎︎I’ll go find it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She runs off*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Back to watching the fight*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is finishing up hitting the guy with a jar of salsa.*

Ψ-ever look at anyone in my family ever again I’ll skin you and dump acid on your live bodyΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vaguely amused*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pops back over and starts putting their shoes and jewelry back on*

ΨDid I take too long?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Small child came, bullied you, is looking for fudge now. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨInteresting. Mari?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe’s fun. Mom is terrified of herΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat little gremlin is probably the only person that you’ll meet in our immediate family who would actually hurt or kill you if you piss her off too much. Everyone is at least a little scared of her.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎She seemed harmless… except about your mother. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe killed her sister for sleeping in her spot on the couch.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨTry not to get murdered.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Where’s the fun in that? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh. Mari returns with an entire cart full of vanilla fudge*

⚠︎︎I found more fudge⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Approving nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOh very niceΨ

⚠︎︎Yes the Lynx lover and I are to share it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎You can have the ones with dairy. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Okay!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She puts all the non-dairy ones in Vince’s cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Thank you. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Welcome⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He glances to Atlas like he’s proving a point*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari offers a piece to Atlas*

ΨNo thanks I value my lifeΨ

⚠︎︎Lassieeee you’re so mean. I’m not bad!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince eats one of the pieces Mari gave him*

[totecs-throne]

*It’s perfectly fine. Atlas hesitantly tries his piece and immediately chokes*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*eyebrow raise*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhatthefuck-Ψ

⚠︎︎You don’t like it?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I guess I will tell Mitichó you hate fudge? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just starts coughing up blood*

⚠︎︎Oh wow you really don’t like it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused blink*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Lassie doesn’t like the fudge⚠︎︎

*Atlas pulls a shard of glass out of his throat.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod. Text appears in the air, only to Atlas*

☕︎Is that glass? ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just nods and chokes some more*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince pulls out his phone, texts someone, then eats another piece of fudge for good measure*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou are an evil, evil childΨ

*Atlas gets out the rest of the fudge and glass*

ΨWas that cyanide?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He hears a notification, checks it*

Miti: Good.

*Vince buffers for a solid second before typing back*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari giggles*

ΨNow I have to make a pitstop to see fucking healer. Great.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Another notification comes through, and Vince grimaces as it is read aloud*

Miti: Omw, if he dies I kill uou.

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas wipes the blood from his mouth.*

ΨWe can come back for the food. Healers. I don’t wanna drown in my own blood.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas starts out of the store, trying not to get blood on anything*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince vanishes any blood that Atlas misses as he follows*

[totecs-throne]

*He stops at the nearest healers office.*

ΨThere’s a pottery place two doors down if you need new clay. I gotta go in here, up to you if you wanna joinΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t go inside, but he also doesn’t walk off*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads in*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael is in the waiting room, with a very pissed off child who is obviously from Mictlan*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas spots the kid and immediately crouches down*

ΨYou okay squirt?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She hisses at him, the noise distorted and hurts Atlas’ ears. Raphael sighs*

[totecs-throne]

*He just tilts his head*

[abaddons-abyss]

+Don signed me up to babysit for a friend. She managed to break her wrist and is refusing to see any of the healers except one specific one, who is out of office, but also refusing to leave without being healed because that’s ’not how it works’+

[totecs-throne]

ΨHealers name. Now.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

+Get your throat fixed before starting something, or I’ll tell your mother.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨKid first. Healers name.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Tired glare*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the kid, then grabs the list of healers and offers it out*

ΨWho do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She points to one*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas finds the healer in his phone and calls them*

[abaddons-abyss]

*They don’t pick up*

[totecs-throne]

*He finds their address next.*

ΨRaphael. Go get them,Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael sighs, but leaves the office after mumbling something to the child*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sits down.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*the child watches him warily*

[totecs-throne]

*One of the healers walks over and Atlas growls.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*She curls in on herself*

[totecs-throne]

*He immediately stops*

ΨSorry.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She stays exactly the same*

[totecs-throne]

*He softens a bit*

ΨI have a lot of little sisters. And most of them are scared of the white coats.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMy one little sister wants to be a knight. Is there anything that you wanna be?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🐚…firefighter.🐚

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s so cool. Firefighters keep us all safe, we need more of you guys.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*He smiles a little, wiping the blood the drips from his lips*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael returns, looking like he’s been in a fight, with the healer in tow*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the healer*

ΨHelp her please, I’ll compensate. Whatever you wantΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod, and crouch down in front of the child*

🩺Hello Ana, can I see your hand?🩺

*Raphael nudges Atlas*

+It’s fine, go get checked out.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨNot until she’s okay.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*The child seems much more at ease with the healer than she was with Atlas, and the healer surrounds her hand with magic, which solidifies to form a cast*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod. Atlas gets up and goes into another room*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael and Ana aren’t there when Atlas comes back out*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks for the healer*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Theyre sat with a cup of coffee*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI have to repay you for helping. I really appreciate it. What do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🩺For my next date to not be ruined by an abyss creature showing up and dragging me out of my home.🩺

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael arrives to the Tuesday children show at the Theatre in Heaven earlier than usual, and three teens can be seen on the stage, two of them doing handstands as the third is spotting a child who is attempting to copy them. The two doing the handstands are talking with strain in their voices, and their voices carry*

🎱You really aren’t gonna prove us wrong? Put us to shame, teach! It’d be fun!🎱

🪀He did that to Jonah once and the poor guy couldn’t lift his arms for like a week-🪀

🎱You can wimp out at any- oh hey there’s people-🎱

🪀Pe-🪀

*They cut themself off, falling and rolling so they don’t just faceplant, and the teen that wasn’t doing the handstands shakes their head fondly*

( @heavens-alive-little-ones )

You need to adjust the space between your hands when you do that. It’ll help keep you balanced longer.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

(Lag reset 13)

*nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Is it the one near the Magma Fort? They do make very good food.☁︎︎

ΨMhm. I’ve never actually been.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅good luck. ❅

[angels-maybe]

ΨThanks.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She tries for a smile, but it is only barely recognisable as one*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Get the raw duck platter.☁︎︎

ΨIs it good?Ψ

☁︎︎Mhm☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅…those places don’t usually…❅

[angels-maybe]

Oh the ones in Mictlan aren’t like the ones in heaven. I’m gonna take Ika to a fancy tea place when we get back from vacation if you wanna come.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Oh yes Ika is the ‘princess knight’ yes?☁︎︎

Mhm, shes a little warrior.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

❅Tiny, should see when Vince gives her a sword. ❅

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Awww☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Amused*

❅Tried to decapitate Priss. ❅

[angels-maybe]

*Zyana chuckles*

I should teach her how to fight

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She just stares at Az, completely deadpan*

[angels-maybe]

She’d be good at it. Give her a dagger and sword and teach her how to beat someone four times her size and she’ll be set.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She muffles a laugh*

[angels-maybe]

ΨJust don’t teach her like you taught me. I still vividly recall thinking I actually killed you-Ψ

You did I just don’t *stay* dead.

ΨWhatΨ

Yeah I just said I was messing with you to make you feel better because you were like fourteen and freaking out

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Squint*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas looks like he might puke*

…Quinn literally beheaded me today it’s not that deep

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She mumbles something before walking on the ceiling to the window and phasing through the wall*

[angels-maybe]

Oh-

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She comes back in, dragging Vince by the ear*

[angels-maybe]

Hi-?

*Atlas still looks mortified*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She gestures to Atlas, before staring at Vince*

[☕︎And why should I care? He’s Miti’s boyfriend, not mine. ☕︎]

*Elizabeth crosses her arms with a huff.*

[angels-maybe]

He’s fine he just realized something stupid he did actually had a consequence. Anyways what do you want from the store?

*Zyana sniffs the air for a second.*

☁︎︎Is there a fire outside?☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No fire. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎But I smell fire☁︎︎

It’s just smoke.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Elizabeth taps Vince on the arm before gesturing back at Atlas. Vince glares at her*

[☕︎Get the sloth if you’re that worried, he’ll murder you less if you mention his boyfriend☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨI’m fine but mom is a liarΨ

I thought you would have figured it out by now bud-usually losing vital organs does mean death.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince stares at Atlas*

[☕︎You are only just figuring that out? ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas just sighs*

ΨNo. What do you want from the shop? We’re completely out of food so mom and I have to go in like a minute hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*shrug*

[angels-maybe]

ΨWanna come check it out? I’ll kick mom off the shopping trip.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*there’s a glint of light near Vince’s ear which he swats away with a glare at Elizabeth*

[☕︎Sure. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨMom you’re banned.Ψ

Okay take the list-oh and make sure you get hotel snacks.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*elizabeth nods*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael gives Quinn a wallet.*

Pay for whatever you eat with my card. Las you’ve got a card yeah?

ΨAnd cash. And a tab.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*the light flickers around Vince’s ear again and he glares at Elizabeth*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas puts on his shoes.*

ΨLet’s good get food and probably a misdemeanor charge for QuinnΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince walks over to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas leads the way outside and through a portal to Mictlan. Quinn immediately runs into a buffet place.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince sticks half a step behind Atlas.*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThis is the general area that most of our shopping gets done. I always do cold stuff last so that’ll be like ice cream and blood and stuffΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIf something looks interesting throw it in the cart.Ψ

*Atlas starts into the market*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He follows*

[totecs-throne]

*They head into the non-perishable section first.*

ΨWhat brand do you smoke?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Why? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨI was gonna buy some, and I’d be a shitty dude if I got for me and not youΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gets out a packet and shows it to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

ΨNice. Got it.Ψ

*He tosses some things in the cart*

ΨShits overwhelming in that houseΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIt’s nice to have a break every once in a while. That’s why I like shopping.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou liked the coffee syrups right?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Vanilla, yes. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s a whole bunch of vanilla stuff here. We’ll stock upΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s vanilla roasted coffee beans, fudge-if you can think of it there’s probably a vanilla version somewhere in hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨVanilla is fun. Yknow I bet we could get some vanilla beans and make something with ‘emΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎A house fire. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨProbably. I think we’d do better trying to make paint or something out of them.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*nod*

ΨI bet vanilla bean bread would be good though.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just tosses a few of everything into the cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince shifts from foot to foot, unable to stay still*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhats up?Ψ

*Atlas flips into Old Vampiric*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He grits his teeth, hesitating for a few seconds before responding*

☕︎Nothing. Just don’t have the energy to be accurate in seeing where everything is. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨAh, fairΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAny way I can help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎Doubt it. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨNothing? No food or blood or anything?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎You said blood was last. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah for stuff in the cart so it doesn’t go bad with how long we stay in here but if you’re gonna drink it that’s differentΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨCome on.Ψ

*Atlas takes Vince to the market cafe*

ΨWhat’s your favorite?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*he shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOkay then two bags of whatever’s best right now pleaseΨ

*The boy behind the counter nods and hands over two blood bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince takes it off of the counter wordlessly*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pays and bites into his bag*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*The bag and Vince blip out of existence for less than half a second*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sips his*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*When Vince returns to view, his bag is empty*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMore or are you done?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I’ll be fine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas buys another three bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t touch any of them*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYours.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince only takes one, disappearing and reappearing in the same manner as before*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod*

ΨThat help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨGoodΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBack to shopping now?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAlrighty.Ψ

*Atlas goes back to throwing a few of everything into the cart*

ΨIf you get everything you can’t forget anything.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Didnt you get a list? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah so I just get extra of those things. But you see there’s always a random thing someone forgot to mention but they desperately want and if I don’t obtain it they’ll be silently disappointedΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨSo we get everything. Times three.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎What if nobody eats it? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThen we take it places until it does get eatenΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBesides, big family, almost everything gets eaten.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*He goes into the cold section next*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince follows silently*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOooo blood popsicles!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI love these things.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou cool if I consider you a sibling or nah?Ψ

*Atlas investigates pieces of fruit.*

ΨCause a prick over there is staring and I have a very strong desire to beat his ass.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince hesitates*

[☕︎Only for carnage’s sake. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨDeal. Wanna hold my earrings or do you wanna throw my stilettos at him?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is already taking off his shoes and jewelry.*

ΨTry not to get hurt, mom will be mad at me. And dad but mom is scarier because they do the thing where they go all calm.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Nod*

ΨThey’ll ease up eventually but something about ‘why do you always get your little siblings into trouble that’s dangerous Las what if someone actually hurts any of them’ or blah blah blah.Ψ

*Atlas hurls a can of tomatoes at the guy*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince just watches blankly*

[totecs-throne]

*It very quickly turns into a brawl in the middle of the grocery store. Someone nearby sighs dramatically*

⚠︎︎Every damn time he’s here.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Side-eye*

[totecs-throne]

*The child blinks up at him innocently*

⚠︎︎First time? This happens a lot, you’ll get used to it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Bitch is trying to get me murdered by Death, I swear. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh please everyone knows Az is a whimp. A toddler could take that asshole in a fight and probably win.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I didn’t mention Death going for a fair fight. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎You’ll be fine. Why are you getting murdered anyways?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gestures vaguely at the fight*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎But that has literally nothing to do with you?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎He started the fight because the guy was looking at me weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Checks out. Still don’t think that’s gonna get you fucked up.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He rolls his eyes*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Are those his shoes in your cart-oh. Family?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎My future brother-in-law. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*She squints for a second, then stares very hard*

⚠︎︎You’re the one that Zyana likes⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused stare*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Word travels fast when there’s a family group chat and your sister is spamming it with ‘NEW FAMILY FAVORITE AND HE HAS A CAT’⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Lynx. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh nice. I’ll help you out cause I kinda feel bad for you being stuck with my family. This is normal, Atlas does this way too much. You aren’t allowed in the crossfire because you’re new plus no marked safe adults here plus Las isn’t supposed to be letting younger siblings near danger. Az will probably do the disappointed sigh thing and try to ignore this happened⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎See the new thing is because the adults don’t know all the safe things or like what’s allowed and then if something does happen and you get hurt and someone makes it worse on accident Xipe might accidentally flip out and kill them.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I guess. I’m Mari by the way. Yes the porcelain does break and yes I can feel pain and no I can’t see you. Those are the usual questions anything else?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎…How are you understanding sign language without being able to see? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I can see I just can’t see you. People and animals just blur into eldritch thingys and my brain interprets the rest. The same thing goes for any audio or whatever the fuck⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎communication? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah that.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She hops a little*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎So this—☕︎]

*He gestures at Atlas*

[☕︎Is… normal? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah. Oooo is that vanilla fudge!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Where is that-help me find more!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Sigh*

[totecs-throne]

*She pauses, then shrugs*

⚠︎︎I’ll go find it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She runs off*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Back to watching the fight*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is finishing up hitting the guy with a jar of salsa.*

Ψ-ever look at anyone in my family ever again I’ll skin you and dump acid on your live bodyΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vaguely amused*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pops back over and starts putting their shoes and jewelry back on*

ΨDid I take too long?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Small child came, bullied you, is looking for fudge now. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨInteresting. Mari?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe’s fun. Mom is terrified of herΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat little gremlin is probably the only person that you’ll meet in our immediate family who would actually hurt or kill you if you piss her off too much. Everyone is at least a little scared of her.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎She seemed harmless… except about your mother. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe killed her sister for sleeping in her spot on the couch.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨTry not to get murdered.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Where’s the fun in that? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh. Mari returns with an entire cart full of vanilla fudge*

⚠︎︎I found more fudge⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Approving nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOh very niceΨ

⚠︎︎Yes the Lynx lover and I are to share it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎You can have the ones with dairy. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Okay!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She puts all the non-dairy ones in Vince’s cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Thank you. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Welcome⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He glances to Atlas like he’s proving a point*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari offers a piece to Atlas*

ΨNo thanks I value my lifeΨ

⚠︎︎Lassieeee you’re so mean. I’m not bad!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince eats one of the pieces Mari gave him*

[totecs-throne]

*It’s perfectly fine. Atlas hesitantly tries his piece and immediately chokes*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*eyebrow raise*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhatthefuck-Ψ

⚠︎︎You don’t like it?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I guess I will tell Mitichó you hate fudge? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just starts coughing up blood*

⚠︎︎Oh wow you really don’t like it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused blink*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Lassie doesn’t like the fudge⚠︎︎

*Atlas pulls a shard of glass out of his throat.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod. Text appears in the air, only to Atlas*

☕︎Is that glass? ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just nods and chokes some more*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince pulls out his phone, texts someone, then eats another piece of fudge for good measure*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou are an evil, evil childΨ

*Atlas gets out the rest of the fudge and glass*

ΨWas that cyanide?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He hears a notification, checks it*

Miti: Good.

*Vince buffers for a solid second before typing back*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari giggles*

ΨNow I have to make a pitstop to see fucking healer. Great.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Another notification comes through, and Vince grimaces as it is read aloud*

Miti: Omw, if he dies I kill uou.

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas wipes the blood from his mouth.*

ΨWe can come back for the food. Healers. I don’t wanna drown in my own blood.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas starts out of the store, trying not to get blood on anything*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince vanishes any blood that Atlas misses as he follows*

[totecs-throne]

*He stops at the nearest healers office.*

ΨThere’s a pottery place two doors down if you need new clay. I gotta go in here, up to you if you wanna joinΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t go inside, but he also doesn’t walk off*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads in*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael is in the waiting room, with a very pissed off child who is obviously from Mictlan*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas spots the kid and immediately crouches down*

ΨYou okay squirt?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She hisses at him, the noise distorted and hurts Atlas’ ears. Raphael sighs*

[totecs-throne]

*He just tilts his head*

[abaddons-abyss]

+Don signed me up to babysit for a friend. She managed to break her wrist and is refusing to see any of the healers except one specific one, who is out of office, but also refusing to leave without being healed because that’s ’not how it works’+

[totecs-throne]

ΨHealers name. Now.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

+Get your throat fixed before starting something, or I’ll tell your mother.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨKid first. Healers name.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Tired glare*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the kid, then grabs the list of healers and offers it out*

ΨWho do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She points to one*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas finds the healer in his phone and calls them*

[abaddons-abyss]

*They don’t pick up*

[totecs-throne]

*He finds their address next.*

ΨRaphael. Go get them,Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael sighs, but leaves the office after mumbling something to the child*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sits down.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*the child watches him warily*

[totecs-throne]

*One of the healers walks over and Atlas growls.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*She curls in on herself*

[totecs-throne]

*He immediately stops*

ΨSorry.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She stays exactly the same*

[totecs-throne]

*He softens a bit*

ΨI have a lot of little sisters. And most of them are scared of the white coats.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMy one little sister wants to be a knight. Is there anything that you wanna be?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🐚…firefighter.🐚

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s so cool. Firefighters keep us all safe, we need more of you guys.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*He smiles a little, wiping the blood the drips from his lips*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael returns, looking like he’s been in a fight, with the healer in tow*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the healer*

ΨHelp her please, I’ll compensate. Whatever you wantΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod, and crouch down in front of the child*

🩺Hello Ana, can I see your hand?🩺

*Raphael nudges Atlas*

+It’s fine, go get checked out.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨNot until she’s okay.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*The child seems much more at ease with the healer than she was with Atlas, and the healer surrounds her hand with magic, which solidifies to form a cast*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod. Atlas gets up and goes into another room*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael and Ana aren’t there when Atlas comes back out*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks for the healer*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Theyre sat with a cup of coffee*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael arrives to the Tuesday children show at the Theatre in Heaven earlier than usual, and three teens can be seen on the stage, two of them doing handstands as the third is spotting a child who is attempting to copy them. The two doing the handstands are talking with strain in their voices, and their voices carry*

🎱You really aren’t gonna prove us wrong? Put us to shame, teach! It’d be fun!🎱

🪀He did that to Jonah once and the poor guy couldn’t lift his arms for like a week-🪀

🎱You can wimp out at any- oh hey there’s people-🎱

🪀Pe-🪀

*They cut themself off, falling and rolling so they don’t just faceplant, and the teen that wasn’t doing the handstands shakes their head fondly*

( @heavens-alive-little-ones )

You need to adjust the space between your hands when you do that. It’ll help keep you balanced longer.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

(Lag reset 13)

*nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Is it the one near the Magma Fort? They do make very good food.☁︎︎

ΨMhm. I’ve never actually been.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅good luck. ❅

[angels-maybe]

ΨThanks.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She tries for a smile, but it is only barely recognisable as one*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Get the raw duck platter.☁︎︎

ΨIs it good?Ψ

☁︎︎Mhm☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅…those places don’t usually…❅

[angels-maybe]

Oh the ones in Mictlan aren’t like the ones in heaven. I’m gonna take Ika to a fancy tea place when we get back from vacation if you wanna come.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Oh yes Ika is the ‘princess knight’ yes?☁︎︎

Mhm, shes a little warrior.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

❅Tiny, should see when Vince gives her a sword. ❅

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Awww☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Amused*

❅Tried to decapitate Priss. ❅

[angels-maybe]

*Zyana chuckles*

I should teach her how to fight

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She just stares at Az, completely deadpan*

[angels-maybe]

She’d be good at it. Give her a dagger and sword and teach her how to beat someone four times her size and she’ll be set.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She muffles a laugh*

[angels-maybe]

ΨJust don’t teach her like you taught me. I still vividly recall thinking I actually killed you-Ψ

You did I just don’t *stay* dead.

ΨWhatΨ

Yeah I just said I was messing with you to make you feel better because you were like fourteen and freaking out

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Squint*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas looks like he might puke*

…Quinn literally beheaded me today it’s not that deep

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She mumbles something before walking on the ceiling to the window and phasing through the wall*

[angels-maybe]

Oh-

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She comes back in, dragging Vince by the ear*

[angels-maybe]

Hi-?

*Atlas still looks mortified*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She gestures to Atlas, before staring at Vince*

[☕︎And why should I care? He’s Miti’s boyfriend, not mine. ☕︎]

*Elizabeth crosses her arms with a huff.*

[angels-maybe]

He’s fine he just realized something stupid he did actually had a consequence. Anyways what do you want from the store?

*Zyana sniffs the air for a second.*

☁︎︎Is there a fire outside?☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No fire. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎But I smell fire☁︎︎

It’s just smoke.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Elizabeth taps Vince on the arm before gesturing back at Atlas. Vince glares at her*

[☕︎Get the sloth if you’re that worried, he’ll murder you less if you mention his boyfriend☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨI’m fine but mom is a liarΨ

I thought you would have figured it out by now bud-usually losing vital organs does mean death.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince stares at Atlas*

[☕︎You are only just figuring that out? ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas just sighs*

ΨNo. What do you want from the shop? We’re completely out of food so mom and I have to go in like a minute hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*shrug*

[angels-maybe]

ΨWanna come check it out? I’ll kick mom off the shopping trip.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*there’s a glint of light near Vince’s ear which he swats away with a glare at Elizabeth*

[☕︎Sure. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨMom you’re banned.Ψ

Okay take the list-oh and make sure you get hotel snacks.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*elizabeth nods*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael gives Quinn a wallet.*

Pay for whatever you eat with my card. Las you’ve got a card yeah?

ΨAnd cash. And a tab.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*the light flickers around Vince’s ear again and he glares at Elizabeth*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas puts on his shoes.*

ΨLet’s good get food and probably a misdemeanor charge for QuinnΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince walks over to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas leads the way outside and through a portal to Mictlan. Quinn immediately runs into a buffet place.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince sticks half a step behind Atlas.*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThis is the general area that most of our shopping gets done. I always do cold stuff last so that’ll be like ice cream and blood and stuffΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIf something looks interesting throw it in the cart.Ψ

*Atlas starts into the market*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He follows*

[totecs-throne]

*They head into the non-perishable section first.*

ΨWhat brand do you smoke?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Why? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨI was gonna buy some, and I’d be a shitty dude if I got for me and not youΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gets out a packet and shows it to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

ΨNice. Got it.Ψ

*He tosses some things in the cart*

ΨShits overwhelming in that houseΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIt’s nice to have a break every once in a while. That’s why I like shopping.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou liked the coffee syrups right?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Vanilla, yes. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s a whole bunch of vanilla stuff here. We’ll stock upΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s vanilla roasted coffee beans, fudge-if you can think of it there’s probably a vanilla version somewhere in hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨVanilla is fun. Yknow I bet we could get some vanilla beans and make something with ‘emΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎A house fire. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨProbably. I think we’d do better trying to make paint or something out of them.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*nod*

ΨI bet vanilla bean bread would be good though.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just tosses a few of everything into the cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince shifts from foot to foot, unable to stay still*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhats up?Ψ

*Atlas flips into Old Vampiric*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He grits his teeth, hesitating for a few seconds before responding*

☕︎Nothing. Just don’t have the energy to be accurate in seeing where everything is. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨAh, fairΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAny way I can help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎Doubt it. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨNothing? No food or blood or anything?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎You said blood was last. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah for stuff in the cart so it doesn’t go bad with how long we stay in here but if you’re gonna drink it that’s differentΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨCome on.Ψ

*Atlas takes Vince to the market cafe*

ΨWhat’s your favorite?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*he shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOkay then two bags of whatever’s best right now pleaseΨ

*The boy behind the counter nods and hands over two blood bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince takes it off of the counter wordlessly*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pays and bites into his bag*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*The bag and Vince blip out of existence for less than half a second*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sips his*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*When Vince returns to view, his bag is empty*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMore or are you done?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I’ll be fine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas buys another three bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t touch any of them*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYours.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince only takes one, disappearing and reappearing in the same manner as before*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod*

ΨThat help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨGoodΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBack to shopping now?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAlrighty.Ψ

*Atlas goes back to throwing a few of everything into the cart*

ΨIf you get everything you can’t forget anything.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Didnt you get a list? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah so I just get extra of those things. But you see there’s always a random thing someone forgot to mention but they desperately want and if I don’t obtain it they’ll be silently disappointedΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨSo we get everything. Times three.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎What if nobody eats it? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThen we take it places until it does get eatenΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBesides, big family, almost everything gets eaten.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*He goes into the cold section next*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince follows silently*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOooo blood popsicles!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI love these things.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou cool if I consider you a sibling or nah?Ψ

*Atlas investigates pieces of fruit.*

ΨCause a prick over there is staring and I have a very strong desire to beat his ass.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince hesitates*

[☕︎Only for carnage’s sake. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨDeal. Wanna hold my earrings or do you wanna throw my stilettos at him?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is already taking off his shoes and jewelry.*

ΨTry not to get hurt, mom will be mad at me. And dad but mom is scarier because they do the thing where they go all calm.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Nod*

ΨThey’ll ease up eventually but something about ‘why do you always get your little siblings into trouble that’s dangerous Las what if someone actually hurts any of them’ or blah blah blah.Ψ

*Atlas hurls a can of tomatoes at the guy*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince just watches blankly*

[totecs-throne]

*It very quickly turns into a brawl in the middle of the grocery store. Someone nearby sighs dramatically*

⚠︎︎Every damn time he’s here.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Side-eye*

[totecs-throne]

*The child blinks up at him innocently*

⚠︎︎First time? This happens a lot, you’ll get used to it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Bitch is trying to get me murdered by Death, I swear. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh please everyone knows Az is a whimp. A toddler could take that asshole in a fight and probably win.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I didn’t mention Death going for a fair fight. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎You’ll be fine. Why are you getting murdered anyways?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gestures vaguely at the fight*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎But that has literally nothing to do with you?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎He started the fight because the guy was looking at me weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Checks out. Still don’t think that’s gonna get you fucked up.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He rolls his eyes*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Are those his shoes in your cart-oh. Family?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎My future brother-in-law. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*She squints for a second, then stares very hard*

⚠︎︎You’re the one that Zyana likes⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused stare*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Word travels fast when there’s a family group chat and your sister is spamming it with ‘NEW FAMILY FAVORITE AND HE HAS A CAT’⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Lynx. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh nice. I’ll help you out cause I kinda feel bad for you being stuck with my family. This is normal, Atlas does this way too much. You aren’t allowed in the crossfire because you’re new plus no marked safe adults here plus Las isn’t supposed to be letting younger siblings near danger. Az will probably do the disappointed sigh thing and try to ignore this happened⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎See the new thing is because the adults don’t know all the safe things or like what’s allowed and then if something does happen and you get hurt and someone makes it worse on accident Xipe might accidentally flip out and kill them.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I guess. I’m Mari by the way. Yes the porcelain does break and yes I can feel pain and no I can’t see you. Those are the usual questions anything else?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎…How are you understanding sign language without being able to see? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I can see I just can’t see you. People and animals just blur into eldritch thingys and my brain interprets the rest. The same thing goes for any audio or whatever the fuck⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎communication? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah that.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She hops a little*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎So this—☕︎]

*He gestures at Atlas*

[☕︎Is… normal? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah. Oooo is that vanilla fudge!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Where is that-help me find more!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Sigh*

[totecs-throne]

*She pauses, then shrugs*

⚠︎︎I’ll go find it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She runs off*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Back to watching the fight*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is finishing up hitting the guy with a jar of salsa.*

Ψ-ever look at anyone in my family ever again I’ll skin you and dump acid on your live bodyΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vaguely amused*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pops back over and starts putting their shoes and jewelry back on*

ΨDid I take too long?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Small child came, bullied you, is looking for fudge now. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨInteresting. Mari?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe’s fun. Mom is terrified of herΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat little gremlin is probably the only person that you’ll meet in our immediate family who would actually hurt or kill you if you piss her off too much. Everyone is at least a little scared of her.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎She seemed harmless… except about your mother. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe killed her sister for sleeping in her spot on the couch.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨTry not to get murdered.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Where’s the fun in that? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh. Mari returns with an entire cart full of vanilla fudge*

⚠︎︎I found more fudge⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Approving nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOh very niceΨ

⚠︎︎Yes the Lynx lover and I are to share it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎You can have the ones with dairy. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Okay!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She puts all the non-dairy ones in Vince’s cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Thank you. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Welcome⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He glances to Atlas like he’s proving a point*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari offers a piece to Atlas*

ΨNo thanks I value my lifeΨ

⚠︎︎Lassieeee you’re so mean. I’m not bad!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince eats one of the pieces Mari gave him*

[totecs-throne]

*It’s perfectly fine. Atlas hesitantly tries his piece and immediately chokes*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*eyebrow raise*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhatthefuck-Ψ

⚠︎︎You don’t like it?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I guess I will tell Mitichó you hate fudge? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just starts coughing up blood*

⚠︎︎Oh wow you really don’t like it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused blink*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Lassie doesn’t like the fudge⚠︎︎

*Atlas pulls a shard of glass out of his throat.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod. Text appears in the air, only to Atlas*

☕︎Is that glass? ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just nods and chokes some more*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince pulls out his phone, texts someone, then eats another piece of fudge for good measure*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou are an evil, evil childΨ

*Atlas gets out the rest of the fudge and glass*

ΨWas that cyanide?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He hears a notification, checks it*

Miti: Good.

*Vince buffers for a solid second before typing back*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari giggles*

ΨNow I have to make a pitstop to see fucking healer. Great.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Another notification comes through, and Vince grimaces as it is read aloud*

Miti: Omw, if he dies I kill uou.

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas wipes the blood from his mouth.*

ΨWe can come back for the food. Healers. I don’t wanna drown in my own blood.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas starts out of the store, trying not to get blood on anything*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince vanishes any blood that Atlas misses as he follows*

[totecs-throne]

*He stops at the nearest healers office.*

ΨThere’s a pottery place two doors down if you need new clay. I gotta go in here, up to you if you wanna joinΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t go inside, but he also doesn’t walk off*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads in*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael is in the waiting room, with a very pissed off child who is obviously from Mictlan*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas spots the kid and immediately crouches down*

ΨYou okay squirt?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She hisses at him, the noise distorted and hurts Atlas’ ears. Raphael sighs*

[totecs-throne]

*He just tilts his head*

[abaddons-abyss]

+Don signed me up to babysit for a friend. She managed to break her wrist and is refusing to see any of the healers except one specific one, who is out of office, but also refusing to leave without being healed because that’s ’not how it works’+

[totecs-throne]

ΨHealers name. Now.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

+Get your throat fixed before starting something, or I’ll tell your mother.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨKid first. Healers name.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Tired glare*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the kid, then grabs the list of healers and offers it out*

ΨWho do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She points to one*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas finds the healer in his phone and calls them*

[abaddons-abyss]

*They don’t pick up*

[totecs-throne]

*He finds their address next.*

ΨRaphael. Go get them,Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael sighs, but leaves the office after mumbling something to the child*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sits down.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*the child watches him warily*

[totecs-throne]

*One of the healers walks over and Atlas growls.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*She curls in on herself*

[totecs-throne]

*He immediately stops*

ΨSorry.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She stays exactly the same*

[totecs-throne]

*He softens a bit*

ΨI have a lot of little sisters. And most of them are scared of the white coats.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMy one little sister wants to be a knight. Is there anything that you wanna be?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🐚…firefighter.🐚

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s so cool. Firefighters keep us all safe, we need more of you guys.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*He smiles a little, wiping the blood the drips from his lips*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael returns, looking like he’s been in a fight, with the healer in tow*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the healer*

ΨHelp her please, I’ll compensate. Whatever you wantΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod, and crouch down in front of the child*

🩺Hello Ana, can I see your hand?🩺

*Raphael nudges Atlas*

+It’s fine, go get checked out.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨNot until she’s okay.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*The child seems much more at ease with the healer than she was with Atlas, and the healer surrounds her hand with magic, which solidifies to form a cast*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod. Atlas gets up and goes into another room*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael and Ana aren’t there when Atlas comes back out*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael arrives to the Tuesday children show at the Theatre in Heaven earlier than usual, and three teens can be seen on the stage, two of them doing handstands as the third is spotting a child who is attempting to copy them. The two doing the handstands are talking with strain in their voices, and their voices carry*

🎱You really aren’t gonna prove us wrong? Put us to shame, teach! It’d be fun!🎱

🪀He did that to Jonah once and the poor guy couldn’t lift his arms for like a week-🪀

🎱You can wimp out at any- oh hey there’s people-🎱

🪀Pe-🪀

*They cut themself off, falling and rolling so they don’t just faceplant, and the teen that wasn’t doing the handstands shakes their head fondly*

( @heavens-alive-little-ones )

You need to adjust the space between your hands when you do that. It’ll help keep you balanced longer.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

(Lag reset 13)

*nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Is it the one near the Magma Fort? They do make very good food.☁︎︎

ΨMhm. I’ve never actually been.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅good luck. ❅

[angels-maybe]

ΨThanks.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She tries for a smile, but it is only barely recognisable as one*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Get the raw duck platter.☁︎︎

ΨIs it good?Ψ

☁︎︎Mhm☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

❅…those places don’t usually…❅

[angels-maybe]

Oh the ones in Mictlan aren’t like the ones in heaven. I’m gonna take Ika to a fancy tea place when we get back from vacation if you wanna come.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Oh yes Ika is the ‘princess knight’ yes?☁︎︎

Mhm, shes a little warrior.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

❅Tiny, should see when Vince gives her a sword. ❅

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎Awww☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Amused*

❅Tried to decapitate Priss. ❅

[angels-maybe]

*Zyana chuckles*

I should teach her how to fight

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She just stares at Az, completely deadpan*

[angels-maybe]

She’d be good at it. Give her a dagger and sword and teach her how to beat someone four times her size and she’ll be set.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She muffles a laugh*

[angels-maybe]

ΨJust don’t teach her like you taught me. I still vividly recall thinking I actually killed you-Ψ

You did I just don’t *stay* dead.

ΨWhatΨ

Yeah I just said I was messing with you to make you feel better because you were like fourteen and freaking out

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Squint*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas looks like he might puke*

…Quinn literally beheaded me today it’s not that deep

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She mumbles something before walking on the ceiling to the window and phasing through the wall*

[angels-maybe]

Oh-

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She comes back in, dragging Vince by the ear*

[angels-maybe]

Hi-?

*Atlas still looks mortified*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*She gestures to Atlas, before staring at Vince*

[☕︎And why should I care? He’s Miti’s boyfriend, not mine. ☕︎]

*Elizabeth crosses her arms with a huff.*

[angels-maybe]

He’s fine he just realized something stupid he did actually had a consequence. Anyways what do you want from the store?

*Zyana sniffs the air for a second.*

☁︎︎Is there a fire outside?☁︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎No fire. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

☁︎︎But I smell fire☁︎︎

It’s just smoke.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Elizabeth taps Vince on the arm before gesturing back at Atlas. Vince glares at her*

[☕︎Get the sloth if you’re that worried, he’ll murder you less if you mention his boyfriend☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨI’m fine but mom is a liarΨ

I thought you would have figured it out by now bud-usually losing vital organs does mean death.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince stares at Atlas*

[☕︎You are only just figuring that out? ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas just sighs*

ΨNo. What do you want from the shop? We’re completely out of food so mom and I have to go in like a minute hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*shrug*

[angels-maybe]

ΨWanna come check it out? I’ll kick mom off the shopping trip.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*there’s a glint of light near Vince’s ear which he swats away with a glare at Elizabeth*

[☕︎Sure. ☕︎]

[angels-maybe]

ΨMom you’re banned.Ψ

Okay take the list-oh and make sure you get hotel snacks.

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*elizabeth nods*

[angels-maybe]

*Azrael gives Quinn a wallet.*

Pay for whatever you eat with my card. Las you’ve got a card yeah?

ΨAnd cash. And a tab.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*the light flickers around Vince’s ear again and he glares at Elizabeth*

[angels-maybe]

*Atlas puts on his shoes.*

ΨLet’s good get food and probably a misdemeanor charge for QuinnΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince walks over to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas leads the way outside and through a portal to Mictlan. Quinn immediately runs into a buffet place.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince sticks half a step behind Atlas.*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThis is the general area that most of our shopping gets done. I always do cold stuff last so that’ll be like ice cream and blood and stuffΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIf something looks interesting throw it in the cart.Ψ

*Atlas starts into the market*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He follows*

[totecs-throne]

*They head into the non-perishable section first.*

ΨWhat brand do you smoke?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Why? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨI was gonna buy some, and I’d be a shitty dude if I got for me and not youΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gets out a packet and shows it to Atlas*

[totecs-throne]

ΨNice. Got it.Ψ

*He tosses some things in the cart*

ΨShits overwhelming in that houseΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨIt’s nice to have a break every once in a while. That’s why I like shopping.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou liked the coffee syrups right?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Vanilla, yes. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s a whole bunch of vanilla stuff here. We’ll stock upΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThere’s vanilla roasted coffee beans, fudge-if you can think of it there’s probably a vanilla version somewhere in hereΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨVanilla is fun. Yknow I bet we could get some vanilla beans and make something with ‘emΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎A house fire. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨProbably. I think we’d do better trying to make paint or something out of them.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*nod*

ΨI bet vanilla bean bread would be good though.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just tosses a few of everything into the cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince shifts from foot to foot, unable to stay still*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhats up?Ψ

*Atlas flips into Old Vampiric*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He grits his teeth, hesitating for a few seconds before responding*

☕︎Nothing. Just don’t have the energy to be accurate in seeing where everything is. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨAh, fairΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAny way I can help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎Doubt it. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨNothing? No food or blood or anything?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

☕︎You said blood was last. ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah for stuff in the cart so it doesn’t go bad with how long we stay in here but if you’re gonna drink it that’s differentΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨCome on.Ψ

*Atlas takes Vince to the market cafe*

ΨWhat’s your favorite?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*he shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOkay then two bags of whatever’s best right now pleaseΨ

*The boy behind the counter nods and hands over two blood bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince takes it off of the counter wordlessly*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pays and bites into his bag*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*The bag and Vince blip out of existence for less than half a second*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sips his*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*When Vince returns to view, his bag is empty*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMore or are you done?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I’ll be fine. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas buys another three bags*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t touch any of them*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYours.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince only takes one, disappearing and reappearing in the same manner as before*

[totecs-throne]

*Approving nod*

ΨThat help?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨGoodΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He shrugs*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBack to shopping now?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨAlrighty.Ψ

*Atlas goes back to throwing a few of everything into the cart*

ΨIf you get everything you can’t forget anything.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Didnt you get a list? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨYeah so I just get extra of those things. But you see there’s always a random thing someone forgot to mention but they desperately want and if I don’t obtain it they’ll be silently disappointedΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨSo we get everything. Times three.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎What if nobody eats it? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨThen we take it places until it does get eatenΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨBesides, big family, almost everything gets eaten.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

*He goes into the cold section next*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince follows silently*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOooo blood popsicles!Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨI love these things.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou cool if I consider you a sibling or nah?Ψ

*Atlas investigates pieces of fruit.*

ΨCause a prick over there is staring and I have a very strong desire to beat his ass.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince hesitates*

[☕︎Only for carnage’s sake. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨDeal. Wanna hold my earrings or do you wanna throw my stilettos at him?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is already taking off his shoes and jewelry.*

ΨTry not to get hurt, mom will be mad at me. And dad but mom is scarier because they do the thing where they go all calm.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Nod*

ΨThey’ll ease up eventually but something about ‘why do you always get your little siblings into trouble that’s dangerous Las what if someone actually hurts any of them’ or blah blah blah.Ψ

*Atlas hurls a can of tomatoes at the guy*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince just watches blankly*

[totecs-throne]

*It very quickly turns into a brawl in the middle of the grocery store. Someone nearby sighs dramatically*

⚠︎︎Every damn time he’s here.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Side-eye*

[totecs-throne]

*The child blinks up at him innocently*

⚠︎︎First time? This happens a lot, you’ll get used to it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Bitch is trying to get me murdered by Death, I swear. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh please everyone knows Az is a whimp. A toddler could take that asshole in a fight and probably win.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I didn’t mention Death going for a fair fight. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎You’ll be fine. Why are you getting murdered anyways?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He gestures vaguely at the fight*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎But that has literally nothing to do with you?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎He started the fight because the guy was looking at me weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Checks out. Still don’t think that’s gonna get you fucked up.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He rolls his eyes*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Are those his shoes in your cart-oh. Family?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎My future brother-in-law. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*She squints for a second, then stares very hard*

⚠︎︎You’re the one that Zyana likes⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused stare*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Word travels fast when there’s a family group chat and your sister is spamming it with ‘NEW FAMILY FAVORITE AND HE HAS A CAT’⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Lynx. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Oh nice. I’ll help you out cause I kinda feel bad for you being stuck with my family. This is normal, Atlas does this way too much. You aren’t allowed in the crossfire because you’re new plus no marked safe adults here plus Las isn’t supposed to be letting younger siblings near danger. Az will probably do the disappointed sigh thing and try to ignore this happened⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎See the new thing is because the adults don’t know all the safe things or like what’s allowed and then if something does happen and you get hurt and someone makes it worse on accident Xipe might accidentally flip out and kill them.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Weird. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I guess. I’m Mari by the way. Yes the porcelain does break and yes I can feel pain and no I can’t see you. Those are the usual questions anything else?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎…How are you understanding sign language without being able to see? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎I can see I just can’t see you. People and animals just blur into eldritch thingys and my brain interprets the rest. The same thing goes for any audio or whatever the fuck⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎communication? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah that.⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She hops a little*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎So this—☕︎]

*He gestures at Atlas*

[☕︎Is… normal? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Yeah. Oooo is that vanilla fudge!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Where is that-help me find more!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Sigh*

[totecs-throne]

*She pauses, then shrugs*

⚠︎︎I’ll go find it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She runs off*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Back to watching the fight*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas is finishing up hitting the guy with a jar of salsa.*

Ψ-ever look at anyone in my family ever again I’ll skin you and dump acid on your live bodyΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vaguely amused*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas pops back over and starts putting their shoes and jewelry back on*

ΨDid I take too long?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Small child came, bullied you, is looking for fudge now. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨInteresting. Mari?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe’s fun. Mom is terrified of herΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Head tilt*

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat little gremlin is probably the only person that you’ll meet in our immediate family who would actually hurt or kill you if you piss her off too much. Everyone is at least a little scared of her.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎She seemed harmless… except about your mother. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

ΨShe killed her sister for sleeping in her spot on the couch.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨTry not to get murdered.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Where’s the fun in that? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Sigh. Mari returns with an entire cart full of vanilla fudge*

⚠︎︎I found more fudge⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Approving nod*

[totecs-throne]

ΨOh very niceΨ

⚠︎︎Yes the Lynx lover and I are to share it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎You can have the ones with dairy. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Okay!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*She puts all the non-dairy ones in Vince’s cart*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎Thank you. ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Welcome⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He glances to Atlas like he’s proving a point*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari offers a piece to Atlas*

ΨNo thanks I value my lifeΨ

⚠︎︎Lassieeee you’re so mean. I’m not bad!⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*vince eats one of the pieces Mari gave him*

[totecs-throne]

*It’s perfectly fine. Atlas hesitantly tries his piece and immediately chokes*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*eyebrow raise*

[totecs-throne]

ΨWhatthefuck-Ψ

⚠︎︎You don’t like it?⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

[☕︎I guess I will tell Mitichó you hate fudge? ☕︎]

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just starts coughing up blood*

⚠︎︎Oh wow you really don’t like it⚠︎︎

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Confused blink*

[totecs-throne]

⚠︎︎Lassie doesn’t like the fudge⚠︎︎

*Atlas pulls a shard of glass out of his throat.*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Slow nod. Text appears in the air, only to Atlas*

☕︎Is that glass? ☕︎

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas just nods and chokes some more*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince pulls out his phone, texts someone, then eats another piece of fudge for good measure*

[totecs-throne]

ΨYou are an evil, evil childΨ

*Atlas gets out the rest of the fudge and glass*

ΨWas that cyanide?Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He hears a notification, checks it*

Miti: Good.

*Vince buffers for a solid second before typing back*

[totecs-throne]

*Mari giggles*

ΨNow I have to make a pitstop to see fucking healer. Great.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Another notification comes through, and Vince grimaces as it is read aloud*

Miti: Omw, if he dies I kill uou.

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas wipes the blood from his mouth.*

ΨWe can come back for the food. Healers. I don’t wanna drown in my own blood.Ψ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas starts out of the store, trying not to get blood on anything*

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*Vince vanishes any blood that Atlas misses as he follows*

[totecs-throne]

*He stops at the nearest healers office.*

ΨThere’s a pottery place two doors down if you need new clay. I gotta go in here, up to you if you wanna joinΨ

[heavens-alive-little-ones]

*He doesn’t go inside, but he also doesn’t walk off*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas heads in*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael is in the waiting room, with a very pissed off child who is obviously from Mictlan*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas spots the kid and immediately crouches down*

ΨYou okay squirt?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She hisses at him, the noise distorted and hurts Atlas’ ears. Raphael sighs*

[totecs-throne]

*He just tilts his head*

[abaddons-abyss]

+Don signed me up to babysit for a friend. She managed to break her wrist and is refusing to see any of the healers except one specific one, who is out of office, but also refusing to leave without being healed because that’s ’not how it works’+

[totecs-throne]

ΨHealers name. Now.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

+Get your throat fixed before starting something, or I’ll tell your mother.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨKid first. Healers name.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Tired glare*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the kid, then grabs the list of healers and offers it out*

ΨWho do you want?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She points to one*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas finds the healer in his phone and calls them*

[abaddons-abyss]

*They don’t pick up*

[totecs-throne]

*He finds their address next.*

ΨRaphael. Go get them,Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael sighs, but leaves the office after mumbling something to the child*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas sits down.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*the child watches him warily*

[totecs-throne]

*One of the healers walks over and Atlas growls.*

[abaddons-abyss]

*She curls in on herself*

[totecs-throne]

*He immediately stops*

ΨSorry.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*She stays exactly the same*

[totecs-throne]

*He softens a bit*

ΨI have a lot of little sisters. And most of them are scared of the white coats.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*Shrug*

[totecs-throne]

ΨMy one little sister wants to be a knight. Is there anything that you wanna be?Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

🐚…firefighter.🐚

[totecs-throne]

ΨThat’s so cool. Firefighters keep us all safe, we need more of you guys.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*nod*

[totecs-throne]

*He smiles a little, wiping the blood the drips from his lips*

[abaddons-abyss]

*Raphael returns, looking like he’s been in a fight, with the healer in tow*

[totecs-throne]

*Atlas looks to the healer*

ΨHelp her please, I’ll compensate. Whatever you wantΨ

[abaddons-abyss]

*They nod, and crouch down in front of the child*

🩺Hello Ana, can I see your hand?🩺

*Raphael nudges Atlas*

+It’s fine, go get checked out.+

[totecs-throne]

ΨNot until she’s okay.Ψ

[abaddons-abyss]

*The child seems much more at ease with the healer than she was with Atlas, and the healer surrounds her hand with magic, which solidifies to form a cast*