happily ever after

🎶 the spell you got on me, it's like magic🎶 main: @fishbones-wishbones discord: fishbones#0849

[charmed-spectre]

MUSE INFO:

chapter 1: charmed afterlife something changed (UNLOCKED) Lewis Rose Gabriel Pepper He/Him, trans man, bi 21, Scorpio, October 23 7'5, purple hair, blue and orange eyes (formerly purple), golden rose on cheek, pointy ears foggy mind, but kind despite that. three beats: melody, rhythm, skadi mechanical versions of his friends (no longer exist) likes: spicy and sweet food, golden things, music boxes, painting dislikes: loud noises, sour food, sarcasm, being confused chapter 2: sweet dreams (UNLOCKED?)

Arthur Marigold Kingsmen He/Him, trans man, bi 22, Virgo, September 5 5'11, blond hair with brown streaks, mostly orange eyes with blue and purple, freckles, goatee missing: arm, memory likes: ??? dislikes: ???

chapter 3: fogged mirror (LOCKED)

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[charmed-spectre]

“I’m not the one you want.” ((Arthur))

“And I have no idea who you are.” Arthur crosses his arms. “How did you even get in here? I’ve been stuck for what feels like months.. is it something to do with the mirrors? They act weird when I’m around them… Do you have any food?” He asks. If this had been any other situation, he wouldn’t have been so blatant about his hunger, but.. he really was hungry.

[mysteriouslyhopefulstranger]

Alice felt the crack. Ok, something’s happening! She kept “pushing,” feeling some part of her, her energy, traveling and spreading out onto the “wall.”

I want it to break! Break! She thumped her hand onto where the crack was.

[charmed-spectre]

Arthur had given up on the wall, wandering off elsewhere to look for another way out. Looking up in surprise when he heard the wall shatter. “Wait, you did it? You actually did it! We should go before it gets blocked again!”

[mysteriouslyhopefulstranger]

Her hand fell through the former wall as the energy shattered to pieces. Alice gasped. Holy shit, she did it!

Heeding Arthur’s call, she quickly ran ahead, slowing down due to the rest of the stairs and the lingering dread reminding her of her location.

[charmed-spectre]

Arthur followed after her, letting out a giddy laugh. “I can’t believe it! I think we’re actually close to the way out!” He dashed ahead, towards where he had last seen a mirror. The big one on the first floor of the hospital. It was a large full size mirror, and it gave him the creeps. The frame was delicately decorated with golden floral motifs, but magenta light glinted off of them.

[mysteriouslyhopefulstranger]

As Alice ran after him, the realization of what this place looked like was starting to take its hold. Her stomach was clenching, and she felt like she wanted to cry. Panic was poking at her heart, trying to get her to succumb into an anxiety attack. 

The only thing that stopped it from taking hold was Alice spotting a mirror. She ran in front of it and knocked on it, careful not to make it shatter on her knuckles.

[charmed-spectre]

Arthur only barely noticed Alice’s panic, offering his hand with a vague motion. What if only Alice got through, and he was stuck behind?.. Maybe if he held onto her, he’d make it through?

He shook his head, ignoring the thought as best as he could. He was so happy to be at the mirror, a bright grin on his face.

The mirror wobbled against Alice’s knuckles, bending inward, like a very tough bubble.

“I think you need to break it..”

[mysteriouslyhopefulstranger]

“Wha-?!” Alice cried. It’s not glass?!

“How?!” She barked at Arthur in panic. “If it does…?!” She pressed her hands against it, expecting it to stretch again. 

[charmed-spectre]

"I don't know how?! But keep pushing, I think it's working!" Arthur shouted back, partially in excitement, and partially because of his tendency to mirror other's energy levels. He was practically jumping up and down. "Yes, yes!!! It's working! We're going to get out of here!" He cheered, watching the mirror continue to bubble out, stretching until it reached a breaking point. Turning stiff suddenly, shattering into tiny shards and raining down onto the floor.

The mirror was empty of glass now, but the frame remained. And through the frame was the main hall of Lewis's house. Arthur, in all of his excitement, was about to clamber through the frame, though he stepped back after clearing the remaining glass from it.

"... Here, you do the honors. You did it!!"

[charmed-spectre]

💀

like a flame, alice had burned herself out. lewis had realized this just in time to dart over to her, catching the human collapsing. he couldn’t feel a pulse or any breath from her, was he even doing this right?

he had no idea. no idea what had happened, why alice had been straining herself so hard, but he couldn’t take it. he couldn’t have (more?) people die on his watch, he was supposed to protect them.

shit, he didn’t have a single clue as to what to do, tears starting to stream down his cheeks as he tried to think of options. was it even possible to get her pulse to start again? was she bleeding?

[mysteriouslyhopefulstranger]

“Oh.” That helped her calm down. “I’m guessing that’s what you saw at first?”

The nurse walked back in. Alice pursed her lips shut. Did she hear her?

“Your mother didn’t need to stick around to talk. She said she’s on her way.” The nurse was a smidge shaken up. She could’ve sworn that when the mother went silent on the line for a second, the air got colder. Heavier. The nurse tried to shake it off. “Anyways, are your ribs starting to hurt less?”

Alice touched her torso and winced kind of hard. “I don’t think so.” She groaned.

“Well, I’ll be right outside looking for your mom. What does she look like?”

“Pretty much senior, red hair like mine, kind of. It’s short.”

“I’ll keep an eye out!” With a smile and a nod, the nurse exited the room.

Alice made gave Lewis a silent stare that said, “Now what?” She’s probably within hearing range if they try to continue to talk. 

[charmed-spectre]

"Well... Yes, at first." Lewis just gave an odd mix between a grimace and pained smile. Making another vague 'kind of' gesture with his hand and shrugging. "I... don't really remember the rest after it faded to nothing.."

He was clearly lying, but it was also fairly obvious that he didn't want to talk about what had happened when he had died. And he didn't even remember half of it, but the half he did wasn't pleasant, just sensations of pain and screaming in his ears. A surprised look on his face, fading away again when the nurse returned.

[charmed-spectre]

((whoo. hi, i know ive been gone for a while. a lot has been going on. i won't get into the nitty gritty, but the basics are that death in my family, trying to get a job, and.. my hyperfixation on msa has just been waning a little and taken over by the owl house lol. But don't worry, Lewis isn't gone.))

[punsandfuturekingsmen]

charmed-spectre​:

Lewis nodded, giving a soft laugh. “Don’t worry, I’m not going to make you go to a haunted forest. How about we go outside and have some tea? We can keep chatting too, get to know each other a little better.” He suggested, a small smile on his face. He really was happy to have some company, being a ghost was kind of lonely.

“Sounds good to me.” Arthur patted the smaller beat, before glancing back up towards Lewis. “Lead the way. We can hang out wherever you’re comfiest. It’ll definitely be interesting to hear how our stuff differs and all that jazz.”

[charmed-spectre]

Lewis hummed softly, waving his hand and calling the deadbeat back to him. Floating over to the patio that extended off of his house. Pulling over a second chair to the table. Snapping his fingers to summon a tea set. "Let's see, chamomile.. hibiscus.. peppermint.. and more. Here, you pick whatever you want." Lewis offered a box of teabags to Arthur, looking out at his garden. He needed to prune the rose bush...

[charmed-spectre]

Not who you think I am:

“Alice? Is everything okay? You’re acting really.. weird.” Lewis raised an eyebrow when he saw Alice, floating closer to her. “Did something happen? You normally aren’t this.. well, this.” He gave a nervous laugh, flames floating up from his hair.

[mysteriouslyhopefulstranger]

Alice pulled out her keys to unlock the car then paused. “Wait, where’s her-my license?” She mumbled. She looked at the house and went inside. 

Bijoux ran to her to greet her, but then stopped dead. Alice seemed…startled…by Bijoux’s appearance, like she had never expected her to be there. Bijoux gave Alice a hard stare, a low growl emitting from her. Alice tried to move cautiously around the disturbed fox, but then Bijoux let out a light “scream” and gekker.

“Easy…….Bijoux!” Alice raised her hands, defensively. She continued to move slowly.

Bijoux then made a fake-out snap at her.

“Hey! Fuck you bitch!” Alice sassed.

[charmed-spectre]

Lewis had waited in the car until he heard Alice swearing and her fox making noise. Looking up, phasing through the front door and making sure everything was okay. Eyebrows furrowing when he saw Bijoux snapping at Alice.

“Are you okay, Alice? That’s really weird, normally your fox isn’t on edge with you.. she only does that around ghosts, I think. I wonder if she’s having a bad day.” Lewis mumbled to himself, not quite connecting the dots. After all, he had just phased through the door. His sudden appearance could be why Bijoux was so upset.

[mysteriouslyhopefulstranger]

Alice froze for a moment. “….Oh uh, maybe she smells you on me. Heh ha!” She tried to smile it off.

Bijoux continued to make distrusting whines. Alice tried to just go for her purse in the bedroom, but not before the fox let out a stream of gekkers.

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In a cloudy web of blue, deep within the subconscious, Alice’s soul was unconscious and bound by the mist. The gekkers reached her ears. She stirred a bit, but didn’t wake up.

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Alice on the outside grabbed her head. Shit, she’s going to wake up! How did she turn this bitch off?! Grab her by the nape? Well, like she wanted to risk getting bit. That might wake her up.

[charmed-spectre]

Lewis nodded, giving a soft laugh. "Maybe.." He stayed away from Bijoux, not wanting to stress the fox out more. Tilting his head with concern when he saw Alice grab her head on her way to her room. "Are you sure you're okay? Do you have a headache?"

[punsandfuturekingsmen]

charmed-spectre​:

“I have fire powers. I don’t think I can be cool..” Lewis smiled, polishing his locket while the little ghost gave an affirmative peep. They knew they were cute!

“Did you have any other plans than checking in on me?” Lewis asked, tilting his head to the side slightly. “We could go exploring, or even.. I don’t know, wander a forest?”

“Well heat is relative. Fire powers are still cooler than a star.” Arthur grinned, rubbing the spirit’s little chin. “As for plans… not really. I hadn’t seen you in a while so I wanted to check in. But if you want to do something, I’d be game. Though maybeee not any haunted forests, if we can help it? I’m not looking to cause trouble.” His smile was sheepish.

[charmed-spectre]

Lewis nodded, giving a soft laugh. "Don't worry, I'm not going to make you go to a haunted forest. How about we go outside and have some tea? We can keep chatting too, get to know each other a little better." He suggested, a small smile on his face. He really was happy to have some company, being a ghost was kind of lonely.

[mysteriouslyhopefulstranger]

“Look at me–you’re safe.” - charmed-spectre

Mother fucker!!! Why is the matron shopping at the same grocery store that Alice was all of a sudden?! At least she hasn’t spotted her…yet. And Lewis was here too, but now he’d have to witness a panic attack.

Nothing was happening; Alice hasn’t been spotted. And yet it felt like she was in a battle to the death, a knife on her neck. Her heart was racing a million miles a minute, and she was struggling to keep up with her deep breathing. Would her deep breathing alert her to her location?

Alice ran over to where the bathrooms were, hiding behind some shelves full of food that were worth only a few cents.

She tried to take in Lewis’ sincerity and his face, but his words wouldn’t sink in. “I just don’t want her to talk to me!” She hissed, trying to keep her voice down. “I don’t want to see her!”

[mysteriouslyhopefulstranger]

“!!” Alice felt his presence before he came into her view.

“Awesome!” She smiled. “Though if I need to bring this with me all the time, I hope my bag or something else doesn’t create a false alarm, if you know what I mean.”

[charmed-spectre]

“Well, you don’t need to bring it with you all the time. I just.. if you needed help, I’d want to be there for you. I don’t think it should create a false alarm, but that is a good point..” Lewis trailed off, rubbing the back of his neck. Smiling back at her. “I think it’ll be fine.”

[mysteriouslyhopefulstranger]

“Thank you so much.” Alice smiled back. “For everything.”

[charmed-spectre]

He just nodded, flames floating from his hair. "Oh. Um.. you really don't need to thank me. I'm just being nice."

[charmed-spectre]

Not who you think I am:

“Alice? Is everything okay? You’re acting really.. weird.” Lewis raised an eyebrow when he saw Alice, floating closer to her. “Did something happen? You normally aren’t this.. well, this.” He gave a nervous laugh, flames floating up from his hair.

[mysteriouslyhopefulstranger]

Alice pulled out her keys to unlock the car then paused. “Wait, where’s her-my license?” She mumbled. She looked at the house and went inside. 

Bijoux ran to her to greet her, but then stopped dead. Alice seemed…startled…by Bijoux’s appearance, like she had never expected her to be there. Bijoux gave Alice a hard stare, a low growl emitting from her. Alice tried to move cautiously around the disturbed fox, but then Bijoux let out a light “scream” and gekker.

“Easy…….Bijoux!” Alice raised her hands, defensively. She continued to move slowly.

Bijoux then made a fake-out snap at her.

“Hey! Fuck you bitch!” Alice sassed.

[charmed-spectre]

Lewis had waited in the car until he heard Alice swearing and her fox making noise. Looking up, phasing through the front door and making sure everything was okay. Eyebrows furrowing when he saw Bijoux snapping at Alice.

"Are you okay, Alice? That's really weird, normally your fox isn't on edge with you.. she only does that around ghosts, I think. I wonder if she's having a bad day." Lewis mumbled to himself, not quite connecting the dots. After all, he had just phased through the door. His sudden appearance could be why Bijoux was so upset.

[charmed-spectre]

((hi all sorry for the inactivity. Life has been.. whoo, it's sure been life. But I'm hoping things have calmed down enough and Lewis will be able to be active again!))

[punsandfuturekingsmen]

charmed-spectre​:

“Oh, well, I didn’t know we were cool kids.” Lewis gave a soft laugh, the small spirit giving another peep and grabbing onto his finger. Orange eyes blinking up at him. “Oh, that’s Rhythm. They must’ve heard you coming in. But don’t worry, they’re friendly. And they really seem to have taken a shine to you.”

“Well I’m not, definitely.” Arthur snorted. “You might pass as cool though.” His smile warmed as he watched the little spirit hold his finger, wiggling it slightly for them. “Don’t worry, I could tell they are. They’re a cute little ghost. Hi Rhythm~.” His tone was was soft and gentle.

[charmed-spectre]

"I have fire powers. I don't think I can be cool.." Lewis smiled, polishing his locket while the little ghost gave an affirmative peep. They knew they were cute!

"Did you have any other plans than checking in on me?" Lewis asked, tilting his head to the side slightly. "We could go exploring, or even.. I don't know, wander a forest?"

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[charmed-spectre]

💀

like a flame, alice had burned herself out. lewis had realized this just in time to dart over to her, catching the human collapsing. he couldn’t feel a pulse or any breath from her, was he even doing this right?

he had no idea. no idea what had happened, why alice had been straining herself so hard, but he couldn’t take it. he couldn’t have (more?) people die on his watch, he was supposed to protect them.

shit, he didn’t have a single clue as to what to do, tears starting to stream down his cheeks as he tried to think of options. was it even possible to get her pulse to start again? was she bleeding?

[mysteriouslyhopefulstranger]

“Yeah…eventually.” Alice glanced down at her chest.

The nurse came back in with a pill and a cup of water. Alice hitched, shutting her mouth tight and hoping that she didn’t hear her talking.

“Just swallow this pill and we’ll wait for thirty minutes. Once you can’t feel anything, carefully put on one of the gowns over there.” The nurse instructed, pointed her head over to the large pull-out box of disposable gowns.

Alice hesitated, giving Lewis one last eye dart. With shaking hands, she took the pill from the nurse’s hand and put it in her mouth. She took the water cup and pushed the pill to the back of her mouth with her teeth. She swallowed the water and pill with her heart racing.

“Are you ok?” The nurse asked with genuine concern. “You look pale and scared.”

“I don’t like hospitals.” She confessed, keeping it brief.

“Would you like me to contact a trusted individual?” The nurse offered.

Alice huffed after a pause. “Might as well. She’s gonna find out anyway.”

“What’s their number and relationship with you?”

Alice gave the number. “It’s Julia Veil. She’s my mom.”

The nurse jotted down the name and number on a piece of paper and set it aside. “I’ll try and see if I can make this stay a short one.” The nurse promised. “Here,” she gave Alice a remote. “Try distracting yourself with the TV.”

Alice turned the TV on from the ceiling. The nurse left her again. She scrolled through the channels until the nurse was out of hearing range. She lowered the volume and spoke to Lewis again, “Fuck my stomach’s turning.”

[charmed-spectre]

Lewis nodded, still hovering nearby Alice. Extinguishing his flames and staying in his skeletal form so his presence couldn’t be picked up by anyone other than Alice. Frowning as he thought of what he could do to help Alice. There wasn’t much..

“It’s okay. Um.. I can get you some more water if you think that’ll help, but I know you didn’t want me to leave your side.”

[mysteriouslyhopefulstranger]

“I still have this to finish, I guess.” Alice motioned the cup of water the nurse gave her. “Just please stay here.” The next request was going to sound kind of weird. “……Maybe hold my hand?” She asked sheepishly. “Just until mom gets here. Which might not take a while. I’ve seen her run faster than Sonic sometimes. Ha ha ha ow.” Ribs still hurt.

[charmed-spectre]

“Of course I’ll stay here.” Lewis gave a solemn nod, holding Alice’s hand. He had only met Alice’s mom maybe once or twice before, but he knew that she’d be very worried. And to be honest, he was worried about telling her that he had hurt Alice, even if it was accidental. Giving a soft chuckle as he thought to himself. It was childish, but he almost felt like he was going to get in trouble.

[mysteriouslyhopefulstranger]

Alice was about to surf the channels when she felt Lewis’ anxiety. This type of anxiety reminded her of when she was being scolded or waiting for her punishment. Ugh, fun times.

“Why do you feel like you’re waiting punishment?” She asked. “Have I said thank you for saving me? If not, I’m really, really grateful…wait, are you worried about my mom?”

[charmed-spectre]

“No, no, it’s not you! You don’t need to say thank you, I don’t expect it at all. But..” Lewis sighed, his free hand waving in a vague way in the air. “I suppose I am a little worried. From what I guess, you two haven’t had many good experiences with ghosts, and when she finds out that a ghost broke your ribs, I don’t think she’ll react well..” He trailed off, looking away from Alice.

[mysteriouslyhopefulstranger]

Oh.

“I think when she realizes that you broke my ribs from reviving me, I think she’ll understand. And be grateful.” Alice said. “She’ll be more upset that I…” She went silent; it began to sink in a little more. “I didn’t see anything. All I did was wake up. Was I not there yet? Do I not have enough substance to become a ghost?” Her eyes widened, “Did I nearly go to hell?!”

[charmed-spectre]

"Alice, take a breath. I don't think you went to hell. You know that razor problem.thing?.. I forget what it's called, but it's the one that says the simplest solution is usually the right one. I.. I just think you weren't completely... gone, yet." Lewis trailed off, nudging Alice to try and distract her from her panic.

[charmed-spectre]

“I’m not the one you want.” ((Arthur))

“And I have no idea who you are.” Arthur crosses his arms. “How did you even get in here? I’ve been stuck for what feels like months.. is it something to do with the mirrors? They act weird when I’m around them… Do you have any food?” He asks. If this had been any other situation, he wouldn’t have been so blatant about his hunger, but.. he really was hungry.

[mysteriouslyhopefulstranger]

Alice felt the crack. Ok, something’s happening! She kept “pushing,” feeling some part of her, her energy, traveling and spreading out onto the “wall.”

I want it to break! Break! She thumped her hand onto where the crack was.

[charmed-spectre]

Arthur had given up on the wall, wandering off elsewhere to look for another way out. Looking up in surprise when he heard the wall shatter. “Wait, you did it? You actually did it! We should go before it gets blocked again!”

[mysteriouslyhopefulstranger]

Her hand fell through the former wall as the energy shattered to pieces. Alice gasped. Holy shit, she did it!

Heeding Arthur’s call, she quickly ran ahead, slowing down due to the rest of the stairs and the lingering dread reminding her of her location.

[charmed-spectre]

Arthur followed after her, letting out a giddy laugh. “I can’t believe it! I think we’re actually close to the way out!” He dashed ahead, towards where he had last seen a mirror. The big one on the first floor of the hospital. It was a large full size mirror, and it gave him the creeps. The frame was delicately decorated with golden floral motifs, but magenta light glinted off of them.

[mysteriouslyhopefulstranger]

As Alice ran after him, the realization of what this place looked like was starting to take its hold. Her stomach was clenching, and she felt like she wanted to cry. Panic was poking at her heart, trying to get her to succumb into an anxiety attack. 

The only thing that stopped it from taking hold was Alice spotting a mirror. She ran in front of it and knocked on it, careful not to make it shatter on her knuckles.

[charmed-spectre]

Arthur only barely noticed Alice's panic, offering his hand with a vague motion. What if only Alice got through, and he was stuck behind?.. Maybe if he held onto her, he'd make it through?

He shook his head, ignoring the thought as best as he could. He was so happy to be at the mirror, a bright grin on his face.

The mirror wobbled against Alice's knuckles, bending inward, like a very tough bubble.

"I think you need to break it.."

[charmed-spectre]

💝

What is Lewis' love language?

"Oh, um.. well, if I had to narrow it down, I'd say gift giving.. or quality time. I'm not sure..."

[charmed-spectre]

((i want to edit more icons.. but also no i don't <3))

[rpmemesiwanted]

Let’s talk about romance! Muse questions

💗 - How long does it take your muse to fall in love?

💐 - What small things go a long way for your muse? What small favors can someone do to get on their good side?

💝 - What’s their love language?

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🌸 - What’s their idea of a perfect date?

💖 - What traits does your muse find physically attractive?

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💞 - Would your muse ever be opened to a polyamorous or open relationship?

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🌹 - If asked to define love what would your muse say?

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💮 - Is your muse the possessive or super jealous type?

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💌 - How would they confess to their love interest? Would they wait on a confession?

🖤 - What’s something that will instantly make them dismiss someone as a romantic partner

🌷 - Are they ever been scared/are scared to fall in love?

💄 - Is there a past relationship your muse wishes they could have changed?

🥀 - Do they handle breakups well?