@mossysjournal @unfortune-ly @stup1dvoid @urfriendlyneighborhoodbiderman + anyone who wants to share their opinion! I think I may know what some of you will say
I feel like a sort of yellowish orange would suit you with a little dark blue like the bottom of the ocean 'cause somehow you still feel a bit mysterious to me
You ? looks like your image profile to me -ā įā į“„ā įā -
You really tagged me twice, you did well I almost didn't see it lol
We have to tags some people we know ?''
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we need to bring back old school tumblr communication and im so serious. sending an ask to a mutual just to say hello. seeing three different asks in your inbox all asking how your dentist appointment went. seeing a post you think one of your mutuals would enjoy and tagging them/sending it to them in the dms. nowadays its just silently liking a post or (if youre feeling extreme) replying under posts. WHAT HAPPENED TO US!! we used to be a proper community!!!! #LetsBringWhimsyBack
Me? Writing 3k~ of twst fanfiction by accident? More likely than you think.
A short snippet I wanted to write for @violenteconomicsā shattered glass AU :D
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In the cold of the night, sounds echoed.
The howl of wind. The crackle of fire. The thud of footsteps mindlessly on floorboards.
āSebek.ā
A sound that repeats itself over and over like a broken record. A frantic thump, thump, thump-
āSebek, stop. Youāre going to make a hole in the floor.ā
āJust leave it Ace. Heās not going to stop.ā
It wasnāt like the rest of them werenāt the same.
Yuu hadnāt been able to stop picking at their fingers even as Deuceās equally as jittery hands forced them to stop. Aceās own agitated palms never leaving the deck of cards creaking in his grip.
āI canāt just leave it! He looks like heās about to burst a blood vessel from thinking too hard!ā He hissed in Yuuās general direction.
āUnless you find some way to tire him out enough to stop spiraling, I suggest you take your own advice and pipe down.ā An annoyed ear flicked from another corner as Ace yanked his head around with annoyance.
"Oh I'll give him something that will tire him out real good! Hey, Sebek-"
"Don't. We don't know who could be lookin' if you two end up fightin'." The reminder causes everyone to wince. Eyes flicking cautiously towards the half covered window. Curfew was already an hour or two ago, but you could never know with night raven, especially not now.
Defeated, Ace sat down again with a huff. Hands aggressively shuffling the worn deck. Silence once again the loudest sound in the room, amplified by the whirl of fans and the thumps of anxious limbs on wood.
Yuu sucked in a breath. Such a normal sound suddenly jarring in the absence of the regular chatter their sleepovers usually entailed. They rubbed the sore spot between their eyes.
It still seemed so impossible what happened. So outlandish and ridiculous no one wanted to even talk about it.
One moment everything was fine. The next everything when to shit.
One moment Ace was goofing around in history like he always does. Eyebrow raising dramatically as he said-
-I mean, come on, really?ā He jabbed. āOne of the most notorious criminals in history and the best catchphrase he can come up with is full house?ā
āHey, I think itās intimidating!ā
āYou and no one else Juicey,ā He wave dismissively, ignoring Deuceās squawk of indignation as he continued. āSeriously, think about it!ā
His hands flapping sloppily to pantomime pulling a deck out of the air. āWho in their right minds would look at someone saying āI summon you full houseā and be scared-ā
Suddenly, He freezes. The teasing in his tone immediately dashed as he feels card stock between his fingers. A bright red joker slipping from his grip.
āWhat the hell-
-The next their entire friend group was now scum of the earth because they were -allegedly- reincarnated fucking war criminals.
One moment, their motley crew was just another oddity on campus who could go about their day with worrying about the-
-staring. I canāt stand the staring.ā Deuce grimaced, poking at his measly lunch tray.
āBear with it.ā Jack whispered back, trying to focus on the square of table in front of him even as the hushed gossip made his face twist.
āI know. I know. But sevens damn. I didnāt expect the news to spread this fast.ā He replied frantically.
They couldnāt even breathe, not when the tension clung to skin like blot. Every eye pinning itself to their corner of the cafeteria like rusty pins. Only three of them looked anything remotely normal, but even then they looked close to cracking.
āPlease. Weāre lucky itās only this much.ā Epel huffed. āIf Trein didnāt step in in time it would have been even worse.ā
Ace winced again, looking away towards the wall. Ortho pat him gently on the shoulder.
āDonāt worry too much Ace-Sanā He tried to reassure. āTrein-sensei has done his best to make sure no one can verify the claim and Iāve cleared any footage I could find.ā
āBased on my calculations a rumor of this kind and legitimacy will start to fall out of relevancy in a month if conditions remain the same.ā The humanoid added half cheerfully.
The if continues to hang in the air.
-The next they couldnāt even sleep in their own dorms without worrying. The pile of foreign blankets and pillows stacked up in the corner a bitter reminder.
One moment, there was the slightest bit of hope that maybe, just maybe everything was going to be alright. That their efforts of being nice and polite despite all the bullshit this goddamn school had throw at them across several weeks had paid off. That being locked out and scorned by their own dormmates was not for fucking nothing.
Please. Please. Please. What do you-
-mean next week!ā He slammed his fist into the desk.
āTrappola please calm down. I know it sounds unreasonable, but-ā
āOf course itās fucking unreasonable! Youāre sending us to be murdered by the rose court!ā He jabbed manically. āIn a week! A week!ā
āI- I donāt even-ā
Ace grabbed at his face. Folding himself into his hands as humourless laughter erupted in the frozen room. Horror and anger seethed beneath stricken faces as that damned Crow tried to continue.
āYour sentences have not been decided! It is just a preliminary trial! Please just cooperate-ā
āEven so, that is more than irrational headmage! There is barely any evidence for us to be trialed in the first place!ā Sebek hissed. āAnd to tell us now is even more irresponsible!ā
āYeah! What the hell is a week gonna do!ā
āWhat the fuck Crowley!ā
āI- I need to call my mom.ā
āWhat the fuck.ā
āWhat am I supposed to say!ā
āWhat the FUCK.ā
āYou incompetent WASTE OF-ā
āI GET IT.ā
āI get it.ā He says, so deceptively calm.
āNothing you have said is false.ā A hand pressing beneath his mask.
āBut there is nothing we can do to stop them.ā He sighs. The sound is heavy, so achingly- achingly human, sagging against the chair.
āPlease. Understand.ā
There is nothing else to be said.
No one could sleep the following night, nor the next. And now here they were. Trapped, with nothing to do but wait for that next moment.
And Yuu isā¦ so so tired of waiting.
They looked around the room once again, taking in the disarray and hopelessness that has settled over the entire group like a miasma. Hesitantly, they sucked in a deep breath
They had to do something. Even despite their own fears and hesitation there must be something.
And breathed out before clapping their hands together.
āEveryone!ā Eyes snap towards them as Yuu patted the ground. āWe need to talk.ā
At first, there is nothing as the rest of the first years looked around awkwardly. The uncomfortable unease that simmered in the background boiling back now that they had to actuallyā¦ acknowledge the problem. No one wanted to think about it, let alone talk.
Still, Yuu continues to gesture towards the floor next to them. Hand drumming against the floor with enough persistence to wear them down bit by bit. Slowly, with resignation, the rest of the first years sat down.
āWhat is there to talk about?ā Ace huffed as he settled on the floor, counting on his fingers.
āThe card happened. Everyone hates us. Crowley happened. Everyone hates us even more! Bada bing bada boom cased closed.ā He flourished his hands with faux enthusiasm.
Vague sounds of agreement go around the room.
āWell can we at least try?ā Yuu pleaded with exasperation. āLike uh- try start at the beginning or something- Who... were the seven exactly?ā
āPfft, please, we're not 4. I doubt anyone hasn't heard of the seven scourges-ā Yuu raised an eyebrow making Ace chock on his own spit.
"Ah- right. Forgot about the uh other world thing." He cough into his fist alongside several other members of the group. "Sorry."
"Well uhhh..." He trailed off, trying to remember what he thought he knew only to come up blank. "Sebek?"
The boy in question looked up with a startle "Wha- Why me?!"
"Come on man help a brother out! You're the one whose been glued to that book!"
"Ugh... fine. If you insist." The half-fae huffed before reaching for the novel in question.
"In the simplest terms, the seven evils were a band of criminals that originated in the Rose Queendom who terrorized much of Twisted Wonderland before the time of the great Seven." He started, flipping over to the map for them to see.
"It is said that the leader of the group -the Renegade- just appeared one day and was caught trying to insight chaos in the then ruling queen's court," He pointed to a spot on the heavily annotated page, right at the middle of the Queendom. "but before they could be sentence the criminal had already escaped with the help of the Trickster, Monster and Serf."
āAs revenge for being captured, the Renegade left a truly terrifying path of destruction in their wake. Not just in the Rose Queendom, but across the Land of Dawning and parts of the Shaftlands as well.ā He moved his finger, trailing the path of destruction on the page with a grimace, from one end of the world to the other in one fell swoop. "This is why the group had so many titles. All given to them by the many they tormented."
"Wait, this was before the Sevens right? How did they even cross the ocean?" Yuu interjected in confusion.
"While it was much harder to travel across the sea before the popularization of portals and other forms of transport, it wasn't impossible." Ortho jumped in. "It is theorized that, with the help of the Poisoner and Brute as accomplices, the Renegade managed to find ways on passenger ships that delivered trade and people across the continents."
āAlthough always through brutal means. Giving the band ample time to cause havoc compared to the Rose Queendom who needed to go through official methods.ā Sebek crossed his arm bleakly.
āIt took a full year for the entire band was captured. By then the damage was so severe that the entire group were labeled war criminals even though only one to two members operated at any given time.ā
āJeez, what they even do for it to be that bad?ā Grim muttered quietly, finally piping up from where he was curled on Yuuās lap. He didnāt intend for anyone to answer, but Ortho leaned in anyways.
āWell, from my research, the seven criminals committed many acts of atrocities that in included: murder, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture, attacks against civilian populations or non-combatants, use of chemical weaponry, and pillaging.ā
āā¦ā
āChrist.ā
āPrecisely for those reasons, upon the recapture of the Renegade, the entire band was executed almost immediately.ā He snapped the book shut.
"However, in those final moments it was revealed that somehow in the time it took to captured their leader the other members managed to alter the programming of the Queendomās Azure Knight! Making it expend all its energy to cast a spell that did something to the souls of the criminals."
"According to the accounts of multiple mages present, their mana signatures didn't dissipate, it just disappeared. To where? No one knew." He sighed deeply before continuing.
"The panic that ensued from the idea that the entire band could still be out there pushed the then queen to create a treaty alongside several other nations in the event the seven evils rose again..."
"..."
"...What else?" Yuu asked after a moment of silence.
Sebek looked back at Yuu in confusion as he put away the book. "There is nothing else."
"Wait really? Nothing else?" Their face scrunched as they tilted their head. "7 of the most notorious criminals ever recorded and that's all we know about them?"
"Unfortunately, that is the case Yuu-san." Ortho replied sadly as Sebek nodded the same. "History records that came before the Seven are hard to preserve and what did survive focused more on the damage they left rather than the criminals themselves."
"Not to mention the effect that linguistic drift and oral recordkeeping has had on accuracy of these stories." The half-fae tacked on. "We still have no idea what the actual names of the criminals were, nor their relationship to one another. The only thing that survived is their legacy as symbols of villainy."
"...Til now." Epel remined causing everyone to wince.
"The first confirmed case of reincarnation and it just had to us." Ace groaned into his hands "It's exactly our luck."
"How are they so sure?" Deuce mumbled as he looked at his hands. "I- I don't feel like anyone else. I don't think I could ever do what they did... Right?"
"Of course not."
"To compare you to them is disrespectful."
"If ya say that again I'll hit ya!" Epel threatened before, slowly, he droops again. "But it doesn't really matter what we think does it."
āTheyāre gonna think whatever they fuckinā want and weāre just gonna have ta deal with it.ā He mutters with anger.
āHow is this even legal?!ā Ace hissed. āHow in the Sevens can they just drag us off without even telling our parents! No- Scratch that. How the fuck is this thing still active.ā
āItās older than dirt! Most of the places that signed it in the first place have died 8 times over!ā He throws his hands up in exasperation. "How is it still alive?!"
"It's written using magic. It doesn't matter how many times a nation changes hands, if it still believes itself to be the same country." Jack ran a tired hand through his hair. "Unless the Queendom itself disappeared there's no way it could be lost."
"Wait, magic laws?" Yuu whipped their head over to Jack.
"Think of it like one of Azul's contract." He ļæ¼explained. āThe holder of the contract enforces a specific set of terms and conditions on those who sign it in return for a service.ā
āIn this case, the Queendom is promising theyāll take care of the seven if they ever reemerge in other nations, only under the conditions that those nations allow them free rein over said criminals.ā He continued seriously.
āBut of course -like that slimy octopus- the Queendom is only required to go by the word of the law and not the spirit of it, so here we are.ā Ace muttered angrily into his palm.
The group paused a bit as they chewed over the words, remembering less than pleasant memories of the on campus mafia with a shudder.
āIf we could just rip up that stupid treaty like we did with Azul this would be so much easier.ā He sighed.
āIf you genuinely believe that I question your intelligence more than usual human.ā Sebek raised his brow with disgust. āNot only is doing so highly illegal, it would be insane to think that the Queendom doesnāt have duplicates stashed away. Itās one of the most important texts of the nation historically and legally!ā
āJeez. Calm your pedantic ass down I was just spitballing!ā Ace raises his hands defensively. āWhat I was trying to say was that if there was another option I would take it okay!ā
āIs there another option in the first place?ā Deuce looked unconvincingly at Ace.
āMaybe! I donāt know!ā Ace shot back. āLike if magic laws are just a bigger and dumber version of contracts shouldnāt they follow the same rules?ā
āā¦Technically, yes.ā Ortho tried tentatively. āIf you manage to destroy the physical form of a contract, the soul itās bound to, or the magic itself it would disappear, but all those options would require an astronomical amount of magic equivalent to that of some of the top mages in the worldā¦ā
Everyone turned to look at Sebek.
āW- what!ā He snaps with a panic.
āYa know. That lord o' yours.ā Epel points out.
"Fools! Malleus-sama would never! Not only is it idiotic, dangerous, and highly illegal, I doubt be would even-" He freezes, the heat in his voice dying as he looks away. "...bother."
The group grimaces before Yuu looked towards Ortho to change the topic.
"Ortho can you access the treaty?" They ask with an edge of desperation. "Even if it's still active, it's old enough that we can find some leeway to work with right?"
"Unfortunately not Yuu-san," He shook his head. "Most of the clauses have been update for the modern court system. The closest I could find is the modern use of term "bring to justice" allows us a right to counsel, but that's it."
"Then what can we say to defend ourselves legally." They bite their thumb nervously as they looked to the others.
"Maybe we can say that we don't remember jack shit." Epel sighed. "It's close enough to amnesia."
Both Ace and Deuce winced.
"Yeah, no. Do you know how brutal Rose court is?" Ace pressed. "I once saw a guy on the new who got lost on private property while shitfaced drunk and he still got a whole year in prison."
"It doesn't matter what your physical condition was, if you did it you would still be judged the same." Deuce continued grimly. "The best you can hope for is a reduction, but in the best case scenario that's still decades in jail for us."
"Unless we can somehow prove ourselves innocent we're as good as gone." Jack added. "And we're more likely to meet the King of Halloween before then..."
āSoā¦ā Yuu looked around desperately as tried to swallow the stone in their throat. āIs there really nothing we can do?ā
No one says anything for a long while, slowly, slowly, slipping back into the oppressive hopeless silence. Ace shuffles his cards. Yuu picks at their hands. Peeling away the chipped skin, bit by bit by bit by-
"Yuu..." A paw on their thigh stops them.
"Does that..." Grim looks up at them from where he was curled. His voice small and his ears cupped back. "Does that mean you're all really leaving?"
"No! Of course not Grim." Yuu hurriedly cradles the direbeast against their chest. "We're just- We-"
"We..." Their voice wavers as they try to grit their teeth weakly. "I'm sorry Grim."
A loud slam jolts everyone out of their stupor as eyes whiz over to the source of the sound.
"Ace what the hell!?"
"I can't deal with this shit anymore!" He yelled "Why are we just sitting around moping! We're about to die for sevenās sake! We have to do something!"
"Do what!? What can we possibly do? We-" Ace cuts them off frantically.
"What can we do? We run! That's what!"
"Huh?!"
"What other choice do we have!" He presses urgently as he looks to the rest of them. "No matter what we do we're doomed either way! Why not choose the option that gives us even the slightest chance of finding something?"
He looks around again as he bites his lip waiting for them to say anything. Still, the rest of the group stays frozen. A thousand and one objections and fears swirls in their minds and on the tips of their tongues like lead.
"I..." Sebek speaks first. "I agree with Trappola."
"Really?" Ace turns in surprise.
"Yes, I- Wait, why are you surprised!?"
"I don't know man! You always find my ideas stupid."
"Because they are idiotic! And so is this one! Never before have I seen a plan so slapdashed, so incompetent and so reckless!" He pause for a moment. "...However, it is the best plan we have."
"Master Liliaā¦" He looks down for a moment before he tries to steels himself. āThe most important lesson he has taught me is that you have prioritised survival first, no matter what. Even if it's hopeless at the very least we have to try. Everything else can come after."
"Yeah! I'm don't want to lose my hench human!" Grim yowled as he leaped onto Yuu's shoulder. "No way!"
"...Yeah." Deuce said quietly before he repeated. "Yeah! We can't give up before we even did anything."
"I aināt givinā up yet!" Epel balled his hand even as it shook at the edges. āNot yet.ā
"There is no way of calculating the odds of surviving this string of events in comparison to the overblots, but weāll never know if we donāt see for ourselves. " Ortho added on as he steadied himself.
Jack took a long, deep breath before he replied. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but we might as well. Thereās no other choice anyways."
Yuu looked around the room to the faces in front of them so full of hesitation and fear, yet still resolve.
"Then it's settled." Yuu said grimly. "We're getting out of here."
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I hope yāall enjoyed it :D This is mostly going to stay a one shot because Iām not confident I will be able to get it done but I might add onto it sometime!
Na vdd, fiz isso a um bom tempo no mĆŖs de maio, pra trollar uns amigos que estavam ansiosos pelo book8 e pensei em postar agora pra nĆ£o ficar empoeirado na galeria.
Ughh writing ravens lore down rn , why did i have to make an entire planets lore just for her. Why DID I MAKE THIS SO COMPLICATED, i sound like a mad man.
Well it is a hoyo game so the lore will be complicated. Im just on brand ig, letās just hope i can muster up some motivation to draw.
why are there so many posts about asexuals being immune to sirens. people. sirens donāt lure you in with sex (necessarily). they sing about whatever it is that you want most. they could sing about mothman or cinnamon toast crunch and guess what then your asexual pirate is fucking dead
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Oh heil fire burner will we ever see your outlaw god slayer oc, I just went down to the very start of your blog ( like in your notifications as proof) and yet found nothing, not even that oc's post, are you the right person !? )
Art fight ref is kicking my assā¦.
Helpppllljljk
(Ima do a headshot of raven, just been taking a while cause of life)
Haha okay, but it wasn't referring to art fight, I never used it, maybe you don't remember a few months ago you posted an oc a HSr one if I remember right
Ah no i remember!! I was just saying i havenāt been able to get to raven as ive been busy working on my art fight stuff + life/general lack of motivation
Oh heil fire burner will we ever see your outlaw god slayer oc, I just went down to the very start of your blog ( like in your notifications as proof) and yet found nothing, not even that oc's post, are you the right person !? )
Art fight ref is kicking my assā¦.
Helpppllljljk
(Ima do a headshot of raven, just been taking a while cause of life)
