It was a lovely day in the Crossroads, and you are a curious child. Medkit had taken you with him to run errands and to house calls. The inphernals who called him to heal them were confused by having a child watching them be healed. You assisted him when he needed it and kept close to him. It was relatively peaceful. Medkit looked at the notes in his hand.
"The next one is... Rocket.," He read out, "Maintenence on his prosthetics."
You lit up a bit, you could go back to Zuka's! You followed Medkit to the shop and into the building. Zuka was working on some of his wares. He did not even look up.
"Welcome in.," The older inphernal greeted.
You ran up to the counter, "Hi Zuka!"
The shopkeeper looked over the counter to you, "Hey kid."
Medkit walked up to the counter, "I am here for the scheduled maintenance on the prosthetics."
Zuka motioned his thumb to behind him, "He's in the apartment."
Medkit thanked Zuka and the two of you went around back to their apartment. You knocked on the door and heard Rocket's voice.
"I'm coming. Hold on.," He opened the door and motioned Medkit inside.
The blue horned inphernal looked down at you after noticing you. He looked back at Medkit.
"She is staying with me until she can go home.," He explained, "lift your sleeve so I can see the connection."
Rocket sat down and did as Medkit asked. The teal horned inphernal leaned in and looked at the prosthetic. You climbed into the couch beside Rocket and looked at the prosthetic as well. You didn't understand the technology, but you did know it was well made. It reminded you of the one your mama had.
"It looks a little like Mama's.," you said, "It's a different color though."
"I made both sets.," Medkit replied, "Your mother's was a special custom one I had to make for her."
"Someone else is missing a limb?," Rocked chuckled, "Cool."
You nodded excitedly and started to tell Rocket about how cool your mom was. From her pretty clothes and horns to her elegant use of her gear. He listened to you talk.
"And she has a pretty glass eye.," you said while pointing to yours, "Mama is so awesome!"
"She has a glass eye like that freak who comes around sometimes?," Rocket asked and got a side eye from Medkit.
You stopped smiling and looked him dead in the eyes with a blank expression, "Don't talk about him like that."
You smiled wide again, "He's funny and tells good stories! He talks about you and Zuka."
Rocket rested his head on his free hand as Medkit worked on his arm, his eyes cut towards you. He looked a little miffed about you talking about Broker.
"How did you and Medkit meet?," You inquired.
"Sword. He introduced us.," Rocket replied, "What about you? How did you end up knowing Medkit?"
You looked at Medkit as he worked before looking back at Rocket.
"He took care of me after I was found.," You answered.
"She was close to dying. Heat and starvation.," Medkit added, "Her Mother adopted her soon after."
"Huh. Sounds kinda like how Sword was adopted by his mentor and Zuka taking me in.," Rocket said and flexed his mechanical arm after Medkit indicated to try the joints.
"I had parents before being adopted...," You said sadly, "They... Are gone. They were hornless like me."
"What happened?," Rocket asked while making a mean face, "Did they get eaten by something?"
The teal horned doctor gave him a harsh look. A warning to not scare you.
"I don't know. I just know they disappeared.,"You replied, "It's been over a year. They... Are more than likely dead."
Rocket's face lost the teasing look. He seemed a bit sorry. He reached out his hand and placed it on top of your head. Rocket rubbed your hornless head.
"You have a gear?," He asked.
"No. Not really.," You replied.
Rocket made a confused look, his sharp teeth could be seen, "How the fuck are you still alive?!"
He pressed down on your head until you smacked his hand to make him let off.
"Change position. I need access to the leg.," Medkit interrupted.
Rocket laid down on his stomach on the couch and let Medkit work. You climbed up onto the back of the couch to watch. The teal horned doctor reached into his bag to grab another tool. He searched around until making an annoyed sound.
"Crowbar took my tools without asking again.," Medkit grumbled while clicking his tongue in annoyance.
You patted the top of his head lightly to get his attention. He looked up at you as you smiled and pointed to yourself.
"No. You should not use your power for something as trivial as this.," he said and looked for another tool.
"I don't think my limbs are something that can be considered trivial, Medkit.," Rocket added and looked back at you.
You did not heed Medkit and let your Lua flow out of you, forming into a shining crystal that floated just beyond your outstretched hand. Rocket's eyes locked onto the crystal, His mouth hung agape. Medkit begrudgingly took the crystal. The shining material shifted into the shape of the tool he needed before shedding the glittery skin to reveal the desired tool.
"What?!," Rocket exclaimed and tried to get up.
His sudden movements knocked you off of the couch and onto his back. You made a small noise from falling onto him.
"You can make ANYTHING?!," He exclaimed, "Where the hell did you come from?! What are- HOW?!"
You grabbed his horns as he tried to get up again, he immediately laid back down and tried to buck you off. Medkit had enough and grabbed both of you.
"Stop moving." He ordered and turned to you, "And you. Don't just grab horns."
You deflated from the scolding. Medkit had a scary angry face before putting you down on the floor.
"Rocket. You are not to tell anyone what you saw.," Medkit said, "I don't want her to be exploited."
You sat on the floor and did not move after being scolded. Thoughts of being scolded again mixed with the thoughts of what you had seen before. Meeting Sword's mentor, Venomshank. Finally being able to come to crossroads.
You rembered the food at the restaurant yesterday. You had not eaten yet. Your stomach was starting to hurt from hunger. The workers there were nice. The tall one with the pink horns seemd nice and Shuriken was sweet. Your belly rumbled a bit and you drooled a little from remembering the food. You could barely register what Medkit and Rocket were talking about. It was not important to you. Not as important to as filling your tummy. You wiped your mouth as you felt the drool on your chin.
Rocket reached out and poked your head again with a teasing snicker. He did not seem to be mad at you for grabbing his horns earlier.
"Did you not eat yet?," He teased.
"No.," You replied, "Not since I went to that place yesterday."
"Thieves rest.," Medkit added, "I found her there."
"Heard that its good.," Rocket commented and laid back down.
You wanted to go back. If not for the food, then to see the staff again. The inphernals you heard Broker talk about. How he was impressed by both their abilities and the look of their food. You would have to report back to him what you experienced. He would love hearing about it.
You felt your stomach rumble again. The urge to return to the restaurant grew. You heard Rocket laugh at your growling stomach. Medkit did not acknowledge your hunger as he worked. You just sat beside him as he worked. He had to completely take apart the leg since he saw a piece that needed to be fixed inside of it.
"Oh, this part will need to be replaced.," Medkit sighed, "That is going to take a while to get the appropriate parts and put it all back together."
"I'm hungry.," you said and saw that Medkit was focused on working while rocket seemed to have dosed off, "I'm going to get something to eat."
You told Medkit where you were going and left the apartment quietly before going to see what Zuka was doing. He was with a customer, selling a weapon to them. You watched from a safe distance. After the customer left, you got closer to him. He still had the tired yet stern look on his face. He cut his eyes towards you after he saw you coming.
"Are they still doing maintenance?," Zuka asked and got a nod from you.
"And where are you off to?," He asked.
"The place from before, Thieves' rest.," You answered, "It was good and I am hungry."
"Just be safe kid.," the older inphernal said and went back to working on some weapons.
You walked out into the streets. It was still morning. You wandered down to the lower level of the city. Your tiny feet kept moving, following the familiar path you had taken the previous day. You finally found the building you were looking for, but the lights were all out. Nobody was there. Your face fell, feeling down that you would not eat the good food again.
"Hey, why are you out here so early?," you heard a voice ask, "And all by yourself?"
You looked up at an inphernal with soft blue horns looking at you. The horns themselves looked like cat ears. He was wearing clothes with the same pale blue on them.
You answered honestly, "I was hungry. The food here was so good that I wanted to come back."
He gave you a smile after hearing you praise the food. You noticed then that he was wearing one of your crystals as a necklace. He crouched down to your level, still giving you a friendly smile.
"The diner still won't be open for a while.," he said, "I'm so sorry."
Your tummy let out a loud growl that made the inphernal laugh, "Sounds like your tummy doesn't care about when we open."
He stood to stretch. His eyes saw that yours were locked onto his necklace.
"Are you curious about this? Pretty right?," he grinned, "My siblings and I got them from strange yet kind customer yesterday!'
You pulled a crystal out of your bag and showed him, it was bigger than the one he had on his necklace.
"I gave Shuriken and the other one the necklaces.," You said, "Because... they are nice and I really liked the food."
The inphernal's face was kind as he looked at you, "Thank you for the gift. My name is Slingshot, what is yours?"
"I am Lualight, but I can be called Lua for short.," You introduced yourself.
"Nice to meet you, Lua.," Slingshot said, "You already met my siblings, Shuriken and Vine Staff."
"Is Vine Staff the big one with the pink horns and pretty makeup?," You asked with curiosity in your big and colorful eyes.
Slingshot nodded, "She is."
Slingshot already thought you were cute when he saw you standing outside of his diner, But now that he was talking to you face to face? You are absolutely adorable and so very precious. He has never seen a newspawn this small or delicate before. Usually ones like you were killed or died of illness or injury where he was from. He assumed you were from either a wealthy family or had a family that really loved you, no matter how you spawned. He noted your softer skin, lack of horns, and docile behavior. You didn't display the typical aggressive or trigger happy behavior that newspawn were known for.
He still had to open his shop. Slingshot opened the door and went inside to prepare the diner for opening. He saw you watching him through the windows. You were just waiting patiently. Your colorful eyes observed him and everything around you. The soft blue horned inphernal saw other inphernals walking around the streets, some he knew as less savory individuals. You were there, a delicate and docile little thing that could get hurt if left alone. He went back and opened the door.
"Come on in, we're not open yet.," He said, "But I can't leave you out in the open. Vine Staff should be here soon, you can help her before we open."
You watched slingshot move efficiently and quickly through his kitchen, preparing for the day. His face had a smile on it the whole time. He seemed happy with cooking. You heard the door open and the little bell ring.
"I'm here, Sling!," a gentle voice called out.
You peeked out of the kitchen doorway to see the pink horned inphernal from before. The large inphernal saw you and stopped. She had a mix of different emotions in her eyes. The most you could see was a familiar one. Pity. She smiled at you, though.
"Hello again, did Sling let you in?," Vine Staff asked and crouched to your height.
You saw she had the crystal necklace on still.
"He did.," You replied.
She reached out her arm to pet your head, an arm that looked to be made of a thick tree branch. She stopped right before she touched your head. You reached up and grabbed the hand, placing it on your head softly.
"No Horns...," You heard her mumur, "Poor thing."
You gave her a wide and happy smile, moving your head to encourage her to pet you.
"Oh, I am glad you and Lua are getting along.," Slingshot's voice was heard from the kitchen window, "She can help you with cleaning the diner before we open. Just need Shuri now."
Vine stood and motioned you to follow, she showed you what you can do to help. You were tasked with wiping down the tables. As you wiped the tables, you started to smell what Slingshot was starting to cook. It smelled delicious. Vine staff started to talk to you, asking you questions.
"So where did you come from?"
"Where are your horns?"
"What kind of gear do you have?"
"Are you cursed like I am?"
"Where is your caretaker?"
You tried to answer as well as possible, trying to keep as much about the family a secret as Father had told you to do.
"The Lost Temple."
"I was spawned without them."
"I don't have one."
"Mama says it is not a curse, I am special."
"Mama is back in Lost Temple. I am being looked after by Medkit right now."
Vine staff was nice. Her pink forward swooping horns matched her cute makeup. You saw some flowers on her arm as you two talked. The door bell jingled again as the last of the siblings entered the diner. Shuriken saw you and Vine staff cleaning and talking together. The green horned inphernal greeted the both of you.
Shuriken seemed to be a little tired. He must have been up late. He patted your head with your permission, rubbing your soft hair. Quickly, you grabbed his hand and rubbed your face against it. He had hard hands, like he had been working a long time. You wanted to thank him for doing a great job. You wanted to relieve him of his exhaustion. It was something you had done before for your mama and some of the other church fellows. Your Lua flowed into him with a gentle feeling. Shuriken did not pull away, this feeling of a sudden wave of energy washed over him. It felt nice, almost comforting. Like he had gotten a good night's rest, something he had not had in many years.
Your healing of his energy caused the crystal on his necklace to glow, betraying your want to keep what you were doing hidden. He pulled back when you were done. His eyes were wide as he stretched, feeling how light his body was.
"What did you do?," he asked.
"I made you feel better.," You answered, "Like I do for Mama."
Shuriken gave you a small smile. He patted your head again.
"Thank you, Lua."
You continued to help the siblings until it was time to open the diner. Shuriken put you on one of the booths. He gave you a menu to look at as he and the others finally opened.
A trio of customers came soon after they opened.
"Welcome in!," Slingshot called out to the trio.
An inphernal with dark red horns and a helmet on. One with green horns and a visor. and one with orange and blue horns that had a simple crystal embedded in the blue one.
"Mornin' Sling.," the red horned one greeted in a laid back manner.
Slingshot had a smile on, "Good morning, Skateboard."
Slingshot's smile faltered a bit after seeing the orange and blue horned inphernal.
The three walked back to a table you could only assume was their favorite one. You heard them talking amongst themselves as they passed by you. The orange and blue horned one cut his eyes at you, seemingly giving you a quick look to determine if you were dangerous. He himself seemed to be a dangerous individual compared to his company. He stopped and walked back to look at you, eyeing the crystals you had on your person.
"Coil, Something up?," The laid back one asked and walked over, "Oh hey there. A newspawn."
"A newspawn without any horns or a caretaker.," the more intimidating one said with a cocky grin and a teasing tone, "What's a tiny little thing doing all alone?"
"Leave her alone, Coil.," You heard Slingshot say.
Coil snickered, "Why is the cute lil thing dangerous?"
Slingshot made some muttering, this Coil seemed to get under his skin. The green horned inphernal also came over to take a look at you.
"Oh by the swords, aren't you cute!," He exclaimed and patted your head.
The newcomers kept petting your head, messing up your hair. Every time you fixed it, the two toned horned inphernal messed it up again. Your cheeks puffed up in irritation.
"Stop, my hair..," You whined.
You kept getting poked and petted by these friendly inphernals. The laid back one sat across from you in the booth. The rest decided to join you as well. The green horned one sat beside you. He was a lot more heavy set than the others. His clothes had a lot of green in it. His backwards cap was also a green color.
"I'm Boombox, What is your name?," He asked.
"Lualight.," You replied and heard Coil choke.
"Somethin' wrong?," The one named Skateboard asked.
Coil wiped his mouth, "Nope, I'm good."
Shuriken got your order as well as the orders of the three with you. The three continued on with their conversations while also conversing with you.
"What region are you from?," Boombox asked, "Your clothing is quite different from anything I have seen before."
"Lost Temple.," You answered, "It's a pretty harsh place, but it's okay since I live with others."
"How'd ya get out here all by yourself?," Skateboard asked and took a drink of his beverage, "You're pretty young to be crossing a desert that big."
"I was with others, But we got ambushed.," You replied, "I was able to escape and a kind inphernal brought me the rest of the way."
"It's great you ran into a nice guy, because some inphernals will try to eat ch'ya!," Coil said and bit the air with his fangs exposed.
You whined and clung onto Boombox's arm. The trio laughed a little and coil got a light punch on his shoulder from Skateboard. Boombox told you that they were from a tougher area called the 'playground' and that Skateboard survived being thrown off a floating island by one of the Seven Swords.
Skateboard tapped his horn where it was cracked, "That's how I got this one."
Your food came as well as the ones that the three ordered.
"Looks great as usual, Sling!," Skateboard said with a smile to the chef.
Coil took a bite, "mmm. It's okay I guess."
Slingshot's face had a smile, but it didn't meet his eyes. Coil continued to get under his skin. Slingshot seemed to be falling for the bait a lot. At least Coil stopped teasing you. You nibbled your food as the older inphernals talked.
"Don't be too mean to her, Coil.," Slingshot said.
Coil found another opportunity to tease, "Oh, Is this newspawn yours then?"
You could see Coil looking back at you, his expression changed after hearing your name. Slingshot scolded Coil, only to get playfully teased back. You felt your cheek get poked by Boombox, He was smiling at you.
"Do you have any music you like listening to?," He asked.
You thought a bit and shook your head, "I listen to whatever is playing. I have not heard much. But... I like happy sounding music."
He nodded his head enthusiastically.
It was kind of fun meeting these nice inphernals. You felt happy to know that there were people outside of the church that were as nice as the members. Your happy thoughts were shattered as Shuriken yelled. He had cut his hand on something in the kitchen. Vine Staff went to look at the wound. You could see it from the booth you were at.
"Damn, that looks deep.," Coil commented.
The crystal around Shuriken's neck began to glow and shake before breaking. The fragments embedded themselves in his arm before fading, leaving undamaged and healed skin.
"What...?," Vine staff gasped.
Shuriken looked at his healed arm and then at his shattered necklace. The trio with you were watching too. The green horned waiter looked at you, his eyes frozen in shock. You squeezed by by Boombox and grabbed his necklace before attaching another crystal to it.
"Be more careful. I don't have a lot of these with me right now.," you said.
Coil had been watching with the most interest. He had noticed the crystals as soon as he came in. He had heard of 'Lua' before, especially when poking around the notes of that black Rock scientist he steals from. Your name having to do with Lua and the crystals you had, he had a feeling that you could be in trouble if someone with bad intentions knew about you. You returned to the booth and finished eating. The group with you also finished eating and left the diner with you after both parties paid. Skateboard and Coil were about to walk away after saying goodbye. You stopped them by calling out to them
Skateboard crouched to your height after you held out some necklaces.
"Are you sure?," the helmeted inphernal asked.
You nodded and put the necklace on him. You offered one to Coil as well. He took it and put it in his pocket, not wanting to wear it for some reason. He thanked you and walked away with Skateboard following. Boombox stayed behind with you.
"Where are they going?," You asked.
The inphernal with you smiled, showing a tooth gap in his front teeth.
"Back to Playground.," he replied, "they don't live here like I do."
You reached into your bag and found that you didn't have any more necklaces with you. You pouted a little.
Boombox noticed, "I don't need one, honest."
"But I want to." You replied and close your hands together.
You made your power condense again, like you did back home. You could feel it crystalize in your hands. Boombox watched as you seemed to be crushing the summoning spark of a gear in your tiny fingers before opening your hands to him. In your palms lay a fresh crystal. One that shimmered brightly. It was beautiful. He had felt it. Your power as you condensed it down into a small stone for him. He picked it up and attached it to his tie. He still felt the pulses of sheer energy from it. It was warm. Like you.
"Thank you." He smiled.
You gave him a warm smile back, "You're very welcome!"
You started to walk away and found he was going the same way.
"Where are you going?," You asked the smiling inphernal.
Boombox motioned to the same direction you were going, "My apartment. I have some work to do. How about you?"
"Going back to Medkit.," you answered, "I feel like I am about to be scolded again."
Boombox thought a bit, "How about we go together? We are going in the same direction."
You nodded and got picked up by Boombox, being set on his shoulders. He seemed to be used to carrying heavy equipment. But to him, you were not heavy at all. He carried you back as far as you both were going. He left you with a friendly goodbye and an invitation to one of his shows later. You would take him up on that offer if your caretakers would let you. As soon as you got back to Medkit, you were scolded for disappearing when he was supposed to watch you.
Clawed fingers tapped the chair their owner sat in. The faint pulses of Lua energy had reached all the way out there. The ruler stood, having enough.
"Find the hornless!," the tyrant bellowed, "Being them to me!"
Wings shimmered behind the towering inphernal before the tyrant sat back down. There was a single question being asked in the mind of the ruler.
Can we hear about which of the phighters or other inphernals she would like and what she would do with them?
Thanks!
I'm going to list all the characters she's going to like/likes in the story. :D
Sword- She likes sword a lot. He's so sweet. He acts like an older sibling with her and takes her out to do things. Like play in an arcade, go on walks or even help her train her power!
Rocket- he's the teasing older brother. He acts mean to her but is one of the first to jump in and defend her if he's with her. He and sword both chase her around to play when they are free.
Medkit- He's protective of Lua. She helps him with his projects and healing duties. She wants to touch his horns, but he doesn't let her.
Scythe- Her mama! Scythe and Lua are basically inseparable when they have free time for each other. Scythe either carrying her some way, or Lua following mama like a baby duck. They do almost everything together!
Broker- the funny uncle! He likes Lua because of her innocence and docile nature. He gives her shoulder rides where she hangs onto his horns. He's quite playful with her and teases gently.
Slingshot- Appreciates her honesty. Lualight loves his cooking and thinks he's cute. He thinks she's cute. He would teach her how to cook or bake of they had time together. Might even play with her along with his siblings.
Shuriken- likes her kindness. Lualight thinks he's funny. She was open to him when they first met and thinks she's a cute cursed newspawn. Would try to teach her how to do some tasks or train her with throwing weapons.
Vine staff- Loves her out of thinking they are both cursed. Lualight thinks she's pretty. Vine would tend to the garden with Lualight beside her. Playing with Lualight in the shade of the trees is a great way to spend the afternoon to her and her siblings.
Boombox- They get along great! Both are docile and happy beings. They would dance together in the street with other inphernals if they can.
Skateboard- She finds him easy to speak to, even if he doesn't understand most of it. He thinks she's cool. He would skate around with her on his back or being carried by him, just to see sights and meet up with others.
Coil- teases her for a lot! He thinks she is strange but cute. May ask her for crystals from time to time. Would help her train her Lua for combat, making large bursts of crystals and explosions.
Katana- She's a bit intimidated, but thinks he's nice. He thinks she is so cute and wants to save her from the cult he had escaped from. He knows what they are doing. He would be a good sitter, meditation and walks together. Plus he's massive, good for climbing on.
Banhammer- He's another mean tease to her, but he does find that her being a docile and adorable child hornless very charming. She likes how big he is! He'd carry her about and brag about his accomplishments to her. She'd climb on him, on his back, to his shoulder, on his chest. If he's napping, she's propped up on his belly or curled on his chest. His mother told him about hornless being gods, so having a baby god on him is a bit of a treat.
Hyperlaser- Lua thinks he is cool, likes to listen about his cat. He thinks she is cute and small, like a kitten. They wont interact much at all.
Valk- he thinks she is so cute. He would want to dress her up in cute outfits if he could just keep her! He's fun to be around and can wear her out before a nap.
Dom- also thinks she is cute, like his brother. He would also dress her up, but also listen to music with her. Would be the nap time supervisor.
Venomshank- LOVES HER. wanted to adopt her on the spot. Would still if she accepts. Would be a protective and good dad!
Darkheart- Teasing uncle who encourages chaotic use of lua.
Icedagger- he's so fun!
I'm tired and wrote this when I'm trying to go to bed. ;p
Okay, y'all I'mma be real. I am a mixed type blog. I need you to be specific about what you want. If you want art, ask for art. If you want headcanons, ask for them. If you want a drabble, ask.
I am not a single type of media blog. I had to delete some asks for not being clear about what they want.
So if you are waiting for something, please resend the ask and be CLEAR. Especially you, who asked for windforce.
1 Idk what context you are asking for, please be clear. I've had to delete asks that are not clear about what they are asking for.
2, Since you are not clear, I am using the context of my recent fic.
A teenager in the inpherno would be a major difference than the prepubescent Lua. Teens have a lot of hormonal changes going on and there is also the issue of periods in women.
Given that all the inphernals in the main story are adults or young adults, the teen would have plenty of caretakers. However, some may not want to deal with the amount of additude or angst teens have.
However, a good and patient inphernal would make a good parent for the teen. Plus, teens are clever and a Lua powered teen would be a menace to face in a combat situation with the parental inphernal.
Soooo,i want to hear YOUR opinion on Lua,the headcannons you have about it too and how its used.
I hope we have a good time conversing,Krsytal ☺️
I am just a basic beginner of coding languages, only had to use it during playing Neopets. I am a lot more knowlegeable about biology and physical sciences than computers.
My opinion on lua is similar to that of Hax, or Cosmica as you may know her as. But I find it being used kind of subconciously in some circumstances and then used consciously in others, depending on circumstances. It can be used as a weapon or as a medical assistance.
Sorry I cannot give you an opinion more than this.
Since my Lualight fic has blown up a bit, I might as well share my thought processes with her! :D
I don't care about the poll, imma share this anyway.
The idea itself came from reading the human in roblox fics posted by my good friend Hax or Cosmica-galaxy.
My original idea for Lualight was for her to be improperly summoned to the world of the inpherno, alone. No parents. Because she was improperly summoned forth (thanks Church of the True eye), Venomshank had to use some of his power to finish the summoning. He would take her home to raise her alongside sword. Sword would be a very sweet older brother. Their age difference would be about four years.
She would be incredibly sheltered by Venom because of her precious status as a hornless. But of course could go out as long as she was with Sword. And it would somewhat follow the events of Death in the Family. This lualight would have false horns from being 'spawned' by Venom using his power to complete the summoning. False horns that would later break. She would also be known to the other Swords from day one as they needed to know about their brother finding a hornless child. She would have somewhat of a relationship with the rest of her family.
She would still have a fair relationship with scythe and broker, but more so that they are wanting to lure her away and use her power for the church instead of having any real affection like in the actual storyline.
Other ideas I had:
Zuka adopts Lua. Banhammer Adopts Lua. Katana is a babysitter.
Lualight can upgrade/power up inphernals (magical girl like transformation)
Dropped ideas:
Subspace kidnaps for experiments.
Lua can summon gears from those who trust her.
Healing of Subspace.
Concepts I will think about adding later:
Lua has to gain the trust of the Swords before she can be acknowledged as the new god.
Lualight's true power being able to remake the entire inpherno.
She has to fight the swords to prove herself.
Lualight gains wings from gaining enough power/after godhood ascention.
If you have questions about my fics, don't be scared to shoot me an ask, even as an anon if you want.
Bonus:
My Lualight avatar on Roblox, if you encounter her that is.
She doesn't have a set design, but this is my version. :D
Beware the toxic vitriol of the domino crowned king.
Sorry for taking so long. I also had to change the sword to keep it from being too complex to draw. I also made him feathery, like a certain chicken man Xp.
Thanks for voting on the polls to everyone who participated!
Please be patient, I don't have my tablet on me rn.
These two lovely inphernals are Crossbow and Chainsaw. The twins I made for Lualight in the Inpherno fic.
They are supply runners for the church and love doing so because of the beautiful sights they see.
Crossbow goes by 'She'. Her gear is a power crossbow and she acts like a long ranged fighter.
Chainsaw goes by 'He'. His gear is a chainsaw. He's a scout yet gets up close and personal with enemies.
They like caffeine and sleeping in.
The twins are friendly, yet creepy because of their smiles.
They were considered bad fortune and cursed when they spawned, so they were outcasts in the theives den. They joined the church after getting ran out.
Their vultures are named Tellura and Catharti.
Crossbow loves pancakes.
Chainsaw loves waffles.
CW: Violence, Cultists, inphernals being inphernals. Child reader.
I had to make some inphernal ocs to make it feel more alive. Enjoy.
It had been a few months since your failed induction and your power had grown steadily. Father had you practice using your Lua for different tasks, such as healing or summoning more of your offensive capabilities. You were dressed up in new ceremonial robes. Your hair was brushed and you were given a headdress to match your robes. A headdress that had your crystals embedded into it. You were cleaned and pampered until you were perfect. You didn't know why. You had accidentally hurt your brothers and sisters, why did the father have them dress you up so ornately? After you were prepared, you were led to the auditorium where the Father had called in a new sermon. As soon as you entered, you noticed the room was a lot more full. All of the seats had an inphernal. There were those also standing and leaning against the walls and pillars. You were about to sit on a seat before your escort nudged you to keep walking. The father beckoned you up to the stage alongside him. You were picked up and set onto the stage alongside Father.
He motioned to you, "Her name is reavealed. Lualight, our newspawn God."
Ripples of murmuring ran through the auditorium. It was a mixed reception of you and your identity. Father tapped his cane on the stage.
"As difficult as it can to believe it, our little sister has been revealed as a new god. Her outburst during her induction was proof enough for me.," Father said.
You heard the familiar boot taps of your own mama walking up to the stage. She had a look of confidence in her face. Father must have called her to support you.
She gave you a supportive smile and raised her gear up. Some of the naysayers stood down after seeing support from Scythe.
Father looked to the audinance, "Will you accept our Lualight?"
Cheers ripped through the crowd. Your new name was chanted as you were lifted to be seen by all of the members. It was strange to have been found as a child and now elevated to being a god. After being introduced to the congregation, you had to meet and greet the members of the church. You had questions about you, mostly about where your horns were. Chatter and murmurs were heard when you answered that you were born without them.
The crowd met you with gentle wonder and tender touching of your head. Medkit himself came up to you to greet you.
"You finally have a name I can call you instead of kid.," He said, "It's sort of cute and fits you."
"I don't really understand what it means.," You replied to him, "But I will try to use my power to help as much as possible."
He knelt down to your height and placed a hand on your head, "I know you will."
His small smile was encouraging to you. You appreciated his support.
The Father still let you be under Scythe's care, Yet he started to train you in being a god and secondary leader of the church. He had you practice sermons and writing some for you to practice while you also were given other duties. Duties that included healing alongside Medkit. Your new duties were a bit hard to learn, but you learned quick. You could tell that not all the members were warm to you. But, none acted on their dislike of you. You did notice that some members had vanished, as if they never existed.
You still found time to spend with your mama between both your schedules. You felt safe in the church, but felt safest when being held by your mama. Her hand running through your hair and her soft humming were enough to settle you down. After you finished your duties, you liked to nap on your mama as she relaxed. She could be talking to Broker while you dozed on her chest. Broker was very friendly towards you while you rested. He would ask you questions and tell you stories about inphernals he was watching. You liked hearing about a friend of his, an inphernal named 'Zuka'. Something about the retired soldier turned single father was charming.
One night you woke from a dream. It was a dream of being talked to by a large dark figure. You knew his name, Darkheart. But, something else bothered you. The other people in your dream made you feel sad. You finally remembered. Those were your birth parents. Your parents that disappeared. Using a light from a crystal, you wandered the church in the early morning. Your small feet walked to your mama's room. She was still resting in her own bed when you found her. She was fast asleep. You placed down the crystal and climbed up onto the mattress before squeezing yourself into her arms.
Tears fell from your eyes as you nuzzled to your mama's chest. You felt a bit of fear and sorrow from remembering that you lost your parents. You knew that they wouldn't abandon you. They had to have been killed by something or someone. But that creepy other figure, Darkheart. You could still feel like he was watching you, even when he was not there.
Scythe found you squeezed against her in the morning. She figured you had a bad dream and wanted some comfort. You were a god, but you were a child first, so she did not blame you. She held you and nuzzled into your scalp before getting up and putting her uniform on. Scythe heard your little yawn and gave you a warm smile.
"Mornin, Darlin'.," She greeted, "Did ya have a bad dream?"
You nodded and rubbed your eyes, "Sorry mama."
"Don't apologize, Lua.," She replied, "Scary dreams happen sometimes, But mama won't let those scary dreams hurt you."
Scythe placed her hand on your hair and rubbed your hornless head. She gave you a kiss on your forehead.
"Go get ready. The father wants you to try doing a section of the sermon today.," She told you.
You dragged yourself back to your room and got ready while looking over the notes that the Father left for you to look over. He wanted you to talk about about the hornless in the manuscripts that you helped translate, especially since you are the last of these hornless gods.
You brushed out your hair and cleaned your face. You slipped into your ceremonial robes and tied a little bow onto your collar. You put on your headdress and took one of your crystals with you before leaving for the auditorium. There was a line going to the auditorium, your brothers and sisters of the church were chatting happily. They saw you and you were given a warm greeting from them. You returned the greetings and had to deny some of them the ability to pet you on your head.
You walked to your seat in the room, sitting between your mama and Broker. The stitch covered inphernal gave you a friendly greeting and patted your head lightly. Chatter stopped as soon as the father entered and stood on the stage. He greeted the congregation and started to speak his lessons. You listened with intent to his teachings. He finally called you up to give a small sermon based on your findings of the manuscripts. You remembered your public speaking training and used his guidance to give your first sermon. You could hear some of your brothers and sisters snicker when you stuttered, but you had support from all of them. When you finished, the auditorium gave you applause.
Father approached you after the sermon was over. He knelt and patted your head with affection.
"You did well, Lualight.," he praised.
His words got him a smile from you. Praise from Father was always nice. You were allowed to roam around the church after as a free day. Other members gave you friendly hellos and petting on your head or back. You liked how friendly everything was in the church. It was much better than starving in the desert and almost being killed by animals. You continued to walk and visit your sisters and brothers of the church, seeing how they are and helping as you could. You stopped to listen to one who had something from the outside world. She and another had boxes stacked on a table. A sweet smell came from the boxes. The smell enticed you closer.
The inphernal, who you knew as Crossbow, saw you and waved.
"Lualight! Good job on your first time speaking this morning.," She smiled.
You gave a small bow, "Thanks, Cross. What's in the boxes?"
She motioned to the boxes and picked out a small cake. Her scarred hand gave it to you as her blue glass eye sparkled.
"Chainsaw and I went shopping in Crossroads.," She replied, "Decided to get some sweets to celebrate."
You tilted your head. What was she celebrating? Was it her and her twin's spawnday?
Chainsaw laughed, throwing back his head with a belly laugh.
"Did you forget that today is the first anniversary of us finding you?," he asked, winking his good eye.
So it had been a year already. You had lost track of time since they were keeping you inside. Your own spawnday must have passed already. The twins crouched to your height.
"Have any plans?," Crossbow asked.
Chainsaw chimed in, "Is there something you wanted?"
You thought a bit before answering.
"I want to visit Crossroads, too.," you said.
Your reply caught both of them off guard. They looked at each other and then tilted their heads as they looked at you, touching their horns together.
"You... wanna go to Crossroads?," they echoed in unison.
You nodded while fiddling with the paper on the bottom of the cake.
"I have been hearing a lot about the outside world from the others and I want to see it myself.," you explained with some hesitation, "I've only seen the desert. But I have heard about other places from Broker and... I want to see them too."
Crossbow looked a little worried as Chainsaw lifted your head from looking at the floor gently.
"The outside world is not safe.," Chainsaw said, "You were almost dead when I first saw you."
"I don't know if Father would even let you go out.," Crossbow added.
She ran her fingers over the cracked stump of her lost horn. It still had to be painful for her, yet she never let you heal it.
"You can ask the Father.," Chainsaw said, "But I think it would be better to also ask if you can go with an escort of you really want to go."
Crossbow smiled a little, "Well, toy are a child. You were bound to be curious."
You were left with the small cake they gave you after they stood to take the food to the dining hall.
You decided to find your mom and talk to her about what you wanted. You found her with the animals. She was brushing the feathers of her vulture. You sat on a nearby surface as you watched her.
"Howdy darling.," she greeted once she saw you, "Crossbow gave you a cupcake I see."
"She did, mama.," you replied, "She and Chainsaw also asked what I wanted."
Scythe put down the brush and came to sit by you. The much older inphernal smiled at you with such love in her expression.
"What did you tell them?," she inquired.
"I want to go to Crossroads," you answered.
Scythe's smile left her face. She was not mad. She looked a bit worried. Her hand touched your cheek.
"Lua, I don't know how safe it would be if you went. There are a lot of dangerous 'phernals in the inpherno."
"What if someone came with me?," You asked, "Like you, Crossbow, or even Medkit!"
Your mama was still worried looking. She was always concerned about your safety and well being since she adopted you. You felt her hand on your hair after a bit and she picked you up into her lap.
"Have I e'er told you about the warden that has been tryin' to arrest Broker 'nd myself?," She asked you.
You shook your head. You were interested in this Inphernal. Your mother chuckled. She began to tell you stories about the warden. How he was a massive, muscular brute that weilded a hammer. How he was persistant in his pursuit of criminals and other beings who he deemed to be annoying or lawbreakers. She even told you about the silly nicknames she and Broker called him. 'Banny' being one of the favorites. You were so immersed in her stories and watching her move as she told them, that you didn't notice Broker sneaking up behind you.
"He's tried and failed to cage me multiple times.," Broker said right behind your head, making you jump in surprise, "Hee hee~ Sorry Lualight, But it was too fun to resist."
You pouted a bit as he picked you up. Broker had his usual friendly smile on his face.
"I heard that you wanted to visit Crossroads, Lualight.," Broker chimed, "Did my stories of visiting inspire your curiousity?"
You nodded with a small pout, "I want to see these places you talk about."
He held you up against his chest, letting his head rest atop yours as your mama watched both of you. She was making sure Broker did not accidentally hurt you.
"You could always ask the Father.," Broker said while carrying you to the animal pen.
You patted the head of your mother's vulture. The large bird made a cooing sound as it leaned into your hand, used to your petting.
"Chainsaw said I could ask to have an escort to go there.," You said, "Would that be enough to let Father allow me to go?"
"Maybe, maybe not.," Broker replied, "The Father does want to keep you safe, as do the rest of us. You are one, If not the most important person in the church."
His face nuzzled the top of your head lightly. Scythe went back to grooming the animals in the pen. Broker carried you back inside. The two of you got friendly greetings from the different members of the church. You jumped in Broker's arms when you heard screaming.
"Bah! Another unruly guest.," The scarred inphernal holding you said and looked down at you, "Don't you worry about that. Our brothers and sisters can take care of them."
You nodded and held up the cupcake in your hands, "Want a piece?"
Broker made a silly expression towards you and took a bite of the cake, leaving only half. You knew he could not taste, but still offered it to him. It was nice to share as mama told you. You ate the rest of it while being carried by your mama's silly friend.
After dinner, you wandered around more. You heard your brothers and sisters talking about looking for someone. You wondered what that was about. Was someone lost? Tiny feet kept carrying you as you wandered. The memory of that horrific sound was still in your mind. It would not leave your head. You felt frightened by the sound. You heard the unmistakable sound of one of your church sibling's gears being used.
"FOUND YOU, BASTARD!"
There was something terrifying about hearing the amount of rage in their voice. You felt fearful, but drawn to the noise at the same time. You peeked around the corner and saw your mama talking to the church sibling with the loud weapon gear. She seemed to be scolding them about something. You looked down when you smelled something with a biting metallic smell. Blood was pooling and it was starting to reach your feet.
You gasped quietly and stepped back. Your eyes followed the blood to the source. A body. It was mangled from extreme damage being done to it. You felt like crying and throwing up at the same time. The body did not wear the same color scheme as you, nor the same dress code. They seemed to have more wild clothes, more akin to what your mama wore, but red and earth tones. You found yourself feeling sorry for the poor soul and reached your tiny hand out to the corpse.
As soon as your fingers brushed over the hand of the corpse, It grabbed your wrist tightly. You could feel the energy of your power, your lua pouring into the corpse. The wounds mended by themselves and the horns regrew. You screamed as the body moved. The formerly dead body got up by itself and the inphernal snarled, showing the fanged teeth. Your mama reacted immeditely. With a flourish, she sliced the hand of the inphernal right off, making them drop you. She caught you before you fell to the ground and held you close to her chest.
"Keep your damn hands off my daughter.," She hissed at the inphernal.
"Scythe..," The other inphernal gasped in both pain and rage, "You bit-"
Scythe severed the inphernal's head from their neck in an instant while holding you.
You were on the edge of tears and clinging to your mama. She relaxed and despawned her gear, using her newly free hand to hold you closer to her.
"Lualight, are you okay, darlin'?," She asked and looked at your wrist, "Oh you're getting a bruise."
Your eyes were filled with tears as you started to cry from how scared you were. Your mama held you and let you cry into her. She told the others to clean the mess as she took you to a safer area. Scythe took you to the Father after she cleaned the blood off of you. The Father was in his office. He took you from your mama and sat back in his chair. His fingers wiped away the tears escaping your eyes.
"Oh dear Lualight, You see why I am hesitant to let you go out into the inpherno?," He asked, "You barely survived both times."
So he knew about your wish to go out. The twins must have told him. You sniffled and clung to him for a sense of safety. His hand ran over your hair.
"You are not injured are you?," He asked.
You showed him your wrist, which was starting to turn a purplish color. The Father let you down after looking at your bruising. He sent you to bed as it was getting late and you were still growing, But he made your mama stay behind to talk.
"So what happened?," He asked.
"The bastard was dead, then they got back up.," Scythe answered.
The father grimaced, "Was it one of them?"
"No. They were fully conscious. Even saying my name when they got up.," Scythe replied, "I think it was Lualight. The wounds had her crystals in them as they healed."
"That power is greater than what those false seven can do.," Father mused, "What great fortune for us to find her when we did. It's a shame her parents had to die."
Scythe's fingers twitched. She saw it all. How your father fought to protect you and your mother from the church's scouts. How you hid behind your mother. And how they died. It kind of hurt now that she had fallen so in love with you and being your mother.
The father waved his hand, "Return to your daughter. She needs you right now."
Word spread through the church about your increased power. As did the rumors about your want to go to other places. You noticed you were being watched more as you wandered the church and did your duties. When you asked, your brothers and sisters told you it was because they were worried about you getting attacked again. The fellow that was killed was apparently from another faction. They were there to do something mean from what the others told you. You didn't understand why someone would want to hurt your family, all of you were so nice and wanted to help others.
You kept helping around the church and giving small sermons after Father was done with his turn. He even had a small stool made for you to stand on to reach the poduim. The party to celebrate you was fun as well, with you giving out some of your crystals to church members that have helped you before or have found some favor with you. The crystals were made into small necklaces or brooches for them to wear with their uniforms.
Father called you to the animal pens one day with Broker beside him.
"I have finally decided that I will let you go to Crossroads, But You need to have an escort team.," He explained, "As you saw a few weeks ago, our neighbors are dangerous. They are unruly and barbaric."
You remembered. Your bruises had healed, but the viciousness of the being that you accidentally revived never left your mind. Father patted your head to bring you back to the present and turned you around to see some of the vultures from the pens were getting their tack put on them. Chainsaw and Crossbow were placing saddle bags onto the saddles. The twins smiled at you and waved.
"The twins volunteered for this job. I would have let your 'mama' join you, but she is a bit busy right now.," Father said, "You two. I want you to protect her during this trip and to bring back more supplies."
"Yes Father!," the twins chimed back.
Father turned to another member who was going with you and gave them orders as well. The inphernal, You think was named Crowbar, gave a silent salute and jumped onto the back of their bird. You felt yourself being picked up as Chainsaw put you on his bird.
"If you start feeling sick, tell me.," He smiled.
The birds were loaded up and the group took off. Broker and Father waved as you and the others took to the skies. You were scared at first and clung to the bird with your eyes closed shut. However, Chainsaw tapped your back and told you to look. You followed his directions and looked. Before you was a beautiful scene of the expanse of desert with the blue sky above your head.
A small gasp escaped you.
"Pretty, right?," Chainsaw asked, "This is why Cross and I like going on supply runs. We get to see wonderful sights like these."
You nodded as the wind rushed through your hair. It was so beautiful. You leaned back against Chainsaw's chest and belly, getting comfortable to enjoy the trip. The group enjoyed almost an hour of flying together. In the distance was the shape of other birds flying. The group did not mind them much. That was until they turned to head right for you. Along with a Gear flying right by your heads.
"Ambush!," Crossbow shouted and summoned her gear, "Saw, Get Lualight to safety!"
"What about you, Cross?!," you asked.
"You're the priority, go!," she yelled back, "I'll be fine!"
Chainsaw turned his bird away as his sister and the other guard engaged the ambush in battle. He tried to fly you and he to safety as fast as possible. You prayed that they would be safe and that if they were hurt, that they would heal quickly.
What seemed like a Grappling Hook whizzed by your heads. Chainsaw looked back and saw an inphernal and their vulture dive bombing his. The attack knocked the bird out of the sky. Chainsaw used his own body to cushion you as you two hit the ground. The air was knocked out of him.
"Now then, what's this?," an unfamiliar voice caught your ears.
It was the Inphernal that knocked you off the bird. They walked up and summoned their gear. Chainsaw forced himself to catch his breath.
"Hn? A newspawn?," the attacker said in an inquiring tone, "That's unfortunate."
Chainsaw summoned his gear and slashed it at the attacker. He turned to you.
"Run Lua!," He yelled, "Just get somewhere safe!"
You did as he ordered and ran. Right into the nearby flaming ruins. The other ambush party members stopped chasing you as ran into the flame. The fires did not seem to even lick you.
"Damn kid is suicidal!," one of the members yelled.
Another chimed in, "Lets find them later, we have business to attend to at the moment."
You continued to run to the ruins, keeping out of sight and trying to block out the sounds of fighting. You felt that these ruins were familiar. You were here before. You followed a path to a larger building that was unscathed. Inside were makeshift beds. Beds that you and your parents slept on. You remembered. You were left behind by your parents. You knew that they had to have died in this place. You started to sniffle and then cry.
You sat on one of the beds and cried. Cried from fear, from stress, from sorrow, from pain. You could not help but to cry. After a bit of time, you stopped crying. The sounds outside had stopped as well. There were no more sounds of birds nor fighting. Only the crackling roar of the fire. Something else came with the silence. A feeling of not being alone.
You looked to see a dark figure in front of you, grinning down at you with bright green teeth. You were a little scared, but you also knew this man. The ever familiar grin and the wizard hat. He pressed a hand against your face.
"It's been a while, little one.," He chuckled, "We wondered where you went. If we knew you needed help, we would have taken you to safety."
You wiped your tears and whimpered, "Darkheart.."
The large being tilted his head. He looked to be thinking. The tall being did not flinch when you suddenly hugged him. He took a moment before placing a clawed hand on your head.
"It was so noisy outside for a bit there.," He said, "And we don't think it is clear yet... We can take you somewhere safer."
You looked up at him, you were torn on what to say before he just stood up.
"That actually sounds like a better idea.," He snickered, "Plus it will be more fun."
He reached out his arm as it started to glow and gripped the handle of the door beside you. The door turned black. He opened it to a dark area and walked right in. The corridor it led to was filled with many more doors. Your small hands gripped onto him as he walked through the door filled hallway. He was humming the whole time.
"Here we are.," He finally said and stopped while looking up.
You wondered what he meant before he started to float into the air and towards a door high above you. He reached out and opened it, leading to an alleyway. The area was much different than where you had been. It was much cooler and there was noise from cars and other living beings.
Darkheart set you down, "This is a safe area. Much better than being near the flames of our dear brother."
Your little eyes looked around at the alleyway. It had graffiti in it of other horned creatures of different shapes and colors. Darkheart nudged you to move, leading you somewhere before you heard a noise.
It was two horned creatures arguing. You looked back to Darkheart to see he had vanished.
With a bit of fear, you started to wander the alleys before finding your way to the main streets and roads. You found yourself getting excited and full of wonder. There were so many other people around! You saw inphernals walked around, talking and shopping. There were so many sights and smells that it started to overwhelm little you. But you needed to deal with the gnawing hunger in your belly first.
You caught a smell and began to follow it. You were lead to a restaurant that had a lot of food in it. The name was not important to you as you were hungry. You walked in and sat at an empty booth before looked at the menu. You checked how much money you had in the little bag that you had with you, the allowance that Mama and The Father gave you for your work. You were happy to see you had more than enough to get a small meal.
An inphernal who looked like they worked there walked up to you smiling, then looked puzzled. The inphernal looked around before turning back to you.
"Where is your caretaker?," The waiter asked.
You did not see any reason to lie, "Mama is busy working."
The waiter rubbed his long green horns and sighed, he looked at you and. Seemed drawn to your head. Oh right. You didn't have horns. You were glad that The Father had given you a veil like hat to wear. But he also was looking at that you had some injuries and dirt on you.
"Hey, are you okay? Newspawn like you shouldn't be alone.," he asked you, "Did something happen?"
You nodded, "I got separated from my group when we were attacked while coming here."
The waiter looked a bit worried when you said that. But he kept a smile.
"Okay. My name is Shuriken, and I will be your waiter.," He introduced himself, "Please ask for help if you need anything."
You told him what you wanted and he took the order. You watched him go back to the staff area, but not before stopping by a much larger Inphernal with pink horns and telling that one something. The pink one gave you a quick glance before snapping her head back to look at you again. She seemed to give you a look of pity before returning to work. You sat in the booth and watched the crowds outside pass by. You had your head resting in your palm as you leaned against the window. Until, you saw a familiar pair of horns. Teal stood out against the colors in the street. But with the teal was a splash of red.
You watched as Medkit walked by with another inphernal, one in a gladiator like helmet. You wondered how the two knew each other. He walked right by the window and gave you a quick glance. Then he walked back to look again. By this time your meal was already served to you. You were nibbling when Medkit almost ran into the restaurant and look right at you. The red horned inphernal was right behind him and looking confused.
"What are you doing here?," He asked you, "Does Sc- Your mom know you are here?"
You kept nibbling as Medkit sat across from you. You swallowed the food you were chewing before answering.
"I was allowed to come. We were caught in an ambush and I escaped.," you replied, "Chainsaw said they'd be okay. I- I just have to believe him, right?"
The doctor sighed and took your hand to look at it. He determined that you were at least not suffering from serious injuries.
Medkit sighed. The red horned inphernal with him slipped into the booth and sat beside you. His eyes were on your head and the lack of horns you had. He touched you lightly and felt that you were warm.
"Medkit, who is this?," the young inphernal asked, "She's so cute."
Medkit looked annoyed and tired, "Sword, this is a... colleague's daughter. Her name is Lualight."
Sword looked happy to see you and meet you. The two decided to have lunch with you since they were there. Sword kept feeling your head, as if trying to find any trace of horns. You were still trying not to break down again. You had to be strong for your brothers and sisters, right? You were their newspawn God.
"After we are done eating, I am taking you somewhere more private to check you for injuries.," Medkit said.
"How about Rocket's place?," Sword asked, "Da Shop is close by."
"That is up to Rocket and Zuka.," Medkit replied.
The three of you ate your meal and began to leave. You stopped and went to Shuriken and the other worker. Shuriken crouched to your level.
"Hey, is there something I can help you with?," He asked.
You looked at his face and horns. He looked pretty strong. He had some facial markings on him and a pair of long green horns. You dug in your bag and brought out three necklaces you made from your crystals.
"For you.," you said, "You, her, the chef. They can protect you."
He and the other worker took the necklaces and put them on.
"Thank you, sweetie.," the much larger, pink horned inphernal said to you, "We'll give our brother his."
You waved and left with Medkit. It was hard to keep up with them, so Sword ended up carrying you. His fingers kept invading your space, though. He was poking at your soft cheeks, enamored at how soft your skin was. You were used to being petted and prodded by others, so you didn't mind him. You remembered what Sword said. Da Shop. You remembered that Broker had mentioned it before. And this 'Rocket' person as well. And 'Zuka'. You remembered how grumpy his voice sounded when Broker let you say hello to him over the phone.
Medkit and Sword talked about things as they walked, Sword even asked you some questions. Mostly about your name and why you didn't have horns. You did not really know how to explain those. But, you tried to answer his other questions as best as possible.
Da Shop come into view. A pretty well maintained building that you could see a selection of weapons through the window. Sword put you down and walked into the shop. You could see him greeting another inphernal with blue horns. Medkit followed sword in and motioned for you to follow as well. You walked in and looked around. The selection of weapons was pretty decent from what you could see. Plus it looked like there were things that could help repair gears if they had been damaged.
"Are you two here to buy something, or are you just visiting?," You heard a familiar but gruff voice ask.
Behind the counter was an older inphernal. He looked to be older than your mama. He had four horns, two sets on either side of his head, all black. He was missing an arm and looked pretty serious while also being tired.
"We needed a safer spot to check her for injuries, Zuka.," Medkit answered.
So you finally had a face to match the name. The younger one with blue horns must have been rocket then. Zuka looked over the counter at you. He seemed a little confused.
"What happened to this one?," Zuka asked, "Her horns are missing."
The teal horned doctor looked down at you with his single eye, "She was spawned without horns. But to answer your question, she survived an ambush."
The tired old man motioned for your group to follow, leading you to his apartment.
"Do not make a mess.," He said, "But you can check on her here."
You looked up to him and held out your small hand. He crouched and took your hand into his large and calloused one to shake.
"Nice to finally meet you, Mr. Zuka!," You greeted, "I'm Lualight! We talked on the phone before!"
Zuka made an expression that looked like soft surprise. His eyes slightly widened. He recognized your voice. He let your hand go and stood up.
"Glad you are safe, Lualight.," he said and went back to the store.
Rocket stayed back with your group as medkit took off your cowl and veil. He checked over your body for injuries, even pressing into your sides and back to check for internal damage.
"You have some bruising.," Medkit stated, "And some heat damage, but you are otherwise healthy."
"Chainsaw broke my fall.," You replied.
Sword and Rocket watched, leaning over the couch to look at your skin and head. They were curiously looking at your hair and colorful eyes. Sometimes reaching out to feel the hair, your nose, or your ears. Your skin was colorful as well. Warm toned compared to their pale grey.
"Thank you for letting us use the apartment.," the teal horned doctor said to Rocket.
"What is up with this thing anyway, Medkit?," Rocket asked with a blunt tone, "You're treating her like she's going to break at the slightest touch."
"I.. Am unable divulge too much.," Medkit replied, "But, she is a collegue's daughter. And she was Spawned much differently than were were. She is a lot more delicate."
"That's obvious.," Rocket stated and pressed a finger lightly into your head, "The kid doesn't even have horns. How the hell is she alive?"
You smacked his hand away, annoyed by his painful poking. He started poking again, enjoying the teasing.
"So soft and weak.," the blue horned inphernal teased.
"Stop it...," You whined.
Medkit shook his head. He just watched the younger ones interact. You got up off the couch and hid behind sword. It kind of became a game of Rocket trying to catch and poke or tickle you while you escaped. You squealed as he caught and tickled your soft skin.
"Be careful with her.," Medkit warned, "Her skin is not as thick as ours."
Rocket put you down, You ran back to the familiar eyepatch'd inphernal and hung onto one of his legs. He placed a hand on your head. It was light and gentle. He looked serious at you.
"You never told me what happened.," He said.
You looked down before he knelt before you. His hand gently raised your head up by your chin lightly.
"How did you get here?," He asked, "The distance you had to travel is great, especially at your age and size."
You teared up a bit. It was scary to think about again. Seeing the fight and hearing those screams.
"He told me to run, they were going to catch me.," You whined as you tried not to cry, "I hid. In the burning place. There is a untouched one deep in the flames."
"Oh, so you're from Lost Temple.," Rocket commented.
Sword leaned in to listen, "So what happened next?"
"I was hiding and alone, then I was not alone.," You continued, "He found me."
"Who found you?," Sword asked.
"The tall one. He wears a wizard hat and has a big smile.," You answered, "He brought me to Crossroads."
You heard Rocket make a noise like he was choking. Medkit stood immediately. Sword made a face you could not read.
"Did you get his name?," Sword asked.
You nodded.
"His name is Darkheart."
You could have sworn you heard a giggle coming from the shadows as the inphernals in front of you grimaced. They did not seem to like that name. Rocket groaned.
"Of course it was that one.," He muttered and got up, "I have to go back to work."
He left you and the other two. The sudden heavy air felt crushing. Medkit looked stressed. Sword, however, looked like he was contemplating something.
"He's not supposed to interact with inphernals outside of his family.," the helmet wearing inphernal said before snapping, "I got it! I can ask my mentor about it! He should know!"
The three of you left, wiith Medkit and Sword going different directions after saying goodbye. You were about to follow Medkit when a scratching, deep voice spoke to you.
"Follow Sword, It'll be more fun."
You looked around, searching for the origin of the voice. Medkit had already disappeared into the crowd. You decided to follow the advice of the voice. You followed Sword into the back alleys and to roads that were not as walked on. The crowds began to dwindle as you continued to follow Sword. You lost sight of him a few times, but the voice guided you.
"Turn left."
"Follow the second street."
"Too far, go back"
"Continue this way."
You found Sword walking into a building in a secluded area. It looked fairly maintained. You followed him in and heard him speaking. It sounded like he was talking to someone close to him. You got closer and heard a chirp. You looked up to the side table beside you and saw a little black bird. The bird looked at you with its little green eyes and made a small 'caw' sound. It did not seem unfriendly as you reached up and touched the smooth feathers. The bird fluttered from on top of the table and perched onto your shoulder, pressing against your cheek. You made a small giggle about how friendly it was.
You heard a much deeper voice from where Sword was. It had to be who he was talking to. You slowly approached and looked into the doorway. A tall being, like the one who brought you here was standing before Sword. This one had a military uniform on and was wearing a scary birdlike mask. The yellow-green horns curled like ram horns.
"-and she was hiding from the attackers before she was brought to Crossroads.," Sword said.
You relized that he was relaying your story to the tall one. This had to be his caretaker or mentor.
"How did she get here from Lost Temple?," The tall masked inphernal asked.
"She... Mentioned Darkheart.," Sword answered, "That's what I was wondering about, You said that you could not interact with others."
"It is true, We are not allowed to.," The masked one said, "He must have had a reason."
"The reason is quite clear, if you see who is eavesdropping~," An all too familiar voice chimed from the shadows.
Darkheart stepped out from the shadows he blended into and made Sword jump from fright. The Mask wearing inphernal did not seem very pleased about the intrusion.
"Is this true?," the mask wearing one asked, "You took a newspawn from the Lost Temple and put her in Crossroads?"
Darkheart laughed in his usual jolly manner, "We did! But we had good reason~"
"Pray tell would that be?," the other tall one inquired.
"Her father asked us to take her somewhere safe if anything were to happen to him or her mother.," The dark colored inphernal answered, "We could not deny the last wishes of a Hornless, now can we?"
The masked one had his full attention on Darkheart after he said that. You leaned in a bit closer to listen. 'Hornless'? Is that their name for your kind? The bird on your shoulder was nuzzling up to you as you listened. You watched the masked one get closer to the wizard hat wearing one.
"There is a Hornless? Where is she?," The masked one asked, "Where did you take her?"
Darkheart still wore his mischievous smile. The bird on your shoulder started to caw, catching the attention of the masked inphernal.
Sword looked right at you after he heard the bird. He looked a little surprised.
"Lualight? Wha-," He asked.
The masked one was looking at you as well. He was even more scary when he looked at you from his intimidating height.
"We brought her here." Darkheart chuckled, "The safest place that We know."
You tried to hide, but was caught by Sword. He brought you to the tall masked one while you shook in his arms.
"Our job is done here, Bye~," Darkheart chimed and disappeared once more.
The masked inphernal turned his attention back to you. The bird that had been on your shoulder flew onto the tall inphernal. The beady eyes still looking at you. You flinched as the tall one touched your head. He felt you shiver and your fearful whimpers. You were not too scared because of Sword being there, but this inphernal petting your head was by far the scariest looking you had seen so far.
"What is your name, little one?," The masked inphernal asked with a gentle tone as he sensed your unease.
"Lualight.," You answered.
"Lualight... That is a pretty name. But I know that is not a name a Hornless would give their child.," He stated.
You looked up at him as he removed his hand from your head, only to reach behind his head and removed his mask. He was showing you his face. It was a lot kinder than his mask let on. His smile was wide, yet peaceful. He knew about your kind, he knew that Lualight was not your original name.
"I am Venomshank.," he introduced himself, "And you already know my brother, Darkheart as well as my ward, Sword."
Sword smiled down at you before looking back at Venomshank.
"What is a Hornless?," He asked his mentor.
Venomshank motioned to you, "She is one. Perhaps even the last one. They are a species that are older than ours, a species that created the inpherno and us."
His hand patted your hair again, "Although I have never seen a young Hornless. I never expected one to be so adorable."
Venomshank was a lot nicer than you expected. You can tell where sword got his kind and gentle personality. You let the two pet your hair and examine your head.
"How have you survived?," Venomshank asked as he took you from sword.
You thought of how to answer without revealing too much, "I was taken in by a group who do not mind that I do not have horns or a gear. "
Venomshank looked a little disappointed. He made a face that looked like a silly mix of sad and pouting. This made you giggle at him.
"I would have taken you in if you didn't have a home.," He admitted, "Sword would have made a good older sibling."
You looked over to Sword, who was practicing with his gear.
"Mama would not like hearing that.," You said, "She killed someone for hurting me. Well, they also wanted to hurt others..."
"Your 'mama' sounds like she is very protective of you.," Venom mused, "I understand. I do not want harm to come to Sword either."
You looked up to Venomshank, seeing the bird on his hat now.
"What is the bird's name?," You asked.
"Oh, this is Sisyphus.," The friendly man replied, "He is my wings, as I was born without them. My siblings all have wings."
"Siblings?," You asked, "More than just Darkheart?"
"Yes. There are seven of us in total.," Venomshank answered, "Myself and Darkheart you have already met. There is also my sister, Windforce."
He grimaced as he said the name.
"She is not exactly nice. Neither is my brother, Illumina.," He continued, "Ghostwalker is fine, albeit a little cold. I have not heard from Icedagger in a long time."
He paused and looked down at you, Seeing the soot that stained your cheek and feet from running through the flames. His expression was reminescent of your biological father's. So kind and concerned. The love you could feel. Scythe had also made that kind expression towards you many times. You were starting to miss her.
"Firebrand would have loved to meet you. He always had a soft spot.," Venomshank said, "His flames did destroy, but it seems they were also protecting you from those who wanted to harm you."
You dug through your bag and pulled out some more of your crystals. you presented it to Venomshank.
"Here. For you and Sword.," You said while holding it out, "I don't know how, but I keep making these. They are good for healing and making some small things."
Venomshank took the crystal and looked at it, turning it and observing the colors. His eyes widened in amazement, then he had a look of what seemed to be a realization of horror. He looked down at you with concern.
"Were you in danger a few months ago?." He asked in a serious tone, "I felt this stone's energy burst. It felt like someone was terrified."
You remembered. A few months ago was when your eye was supposed to be removed. Your energy outburst that almost killed the brothers and sisters around you stopped that. You nodded to his question.
He gave you a firm but comforting embrace, your head was resting on his broad shoulders.
"I am sorry.," he said, "I should have- Darkheart should have-"
He was struggling to find the right words, even with his over a century of experience. You felt his breath heave as he made himself calm down.
"We should have helped as soon as we felt you fall into this inpherno.," Venomshank said to you in your language, "Then you would not be alone."
It was strange to hear it again after all this time. He spoke it so well that it almost sounded like your father was speaking to you again.
Sword wandered back over and got Venomshank's attention, "Its getting late. I should probably take her to Medkit's place so she can be returned to her mom."
The tall inphernal did not seem to want to let you go, but he relented. You were given to Sword and he left with you. He carried you through Crossroads. Through the roads and to an apartment building. Sword carried you up to an apartment and knocked on the door. The Teal horned inphernal you knew well opened the door. His expression turned to relief.
"Where?," Medkit asked.
Sword looked a little bashful, "She followed me back home. My mentor liked meeting her."
The red horned inphernal put you down and patted your head. He gave you a smile and said goodnight to you. But you got scolded by Medkit for following someone you just met in unfamiliar territory. You noticed that Medkit's apartment did not have a bed like your room back at the church. Just a couch. You watched as Medkit changed into something more comfortable and laid down on the couch. You crawled up onto his stomach and looked at him, seeing him without his eyepatch for the first time. There were stitch scars keeping his eyelids closed.
You lay on top of Medkit after pulling the sheet on top of both of you. Your head rested on his chest and felt his heartbeat inside. You could tell he was barely asleep. You closed your eyes and felt yourself slipping as well. You prayed that both of you got good rest and good dreams this night.
Scythe was pacing and fuming. Her baby was out there and she didn't know where. The supply team had not reported back yet. She looked up when she heard footsteps. The supply team's bodies were being dragged in by some other members. Scythe walked up to see the wounds. Crossbow's veins and muscles were reattaching her lost limb back on. She could see Chainsaw's bones and organs reforming inside of him. Crowbar Gasped and saw up quickly as his skull healed back over, covering the reforming brain material. Chainsaw groaned and sat up.
"Fuck... um.. Hi Scythe.," The Inphernal gulped.
Scythe looked down at the freshly revived supply runners, "Where is my baby?"
"She um... Ran into the flames of the ruins??," Chainsaw said and covered his head while receiving a punch to the top of his noggin.
"Why didn't you protect her like you were supposed to?," Scythe asked with a twinge of irritation in her voice.
"We were ambushed.," Crowbar said while reattaching his jaw, "More'n just us three. They are getting more desperate."
Scythe was about to say something else when Broker's voice sounded, gaining the attention of the group.
"Lualight is safe.," he said, "So you can stop scolding them."
Scythe looked back at her friend.
"Where is she?," Your mama asked, desperation for your safety and location in her tone.
"My contact in Crossroads saw her. She's with Meds.," The broker replied, "Don't know how she got there on her own, but she's perfectly safe."
Scythe heaved a sigh of relief. You were safe. The newspawn God was okay. Her baby was safe. She despawned her gear and wiped her eyes, she didn't notice her tears before. The supply group was allowed to go back to their rooms to rest, leaving Broker and Scythe alone.
"I should have gone with them.," She said to the scarred Inphernal.
Broker smiled his usual smile, "Lualight is going to be okay. Meds is not going to let anything happen to her."
"He might stick me with a pretty big bill, though.," Scythe chuckled.
At least you were safe. But, they still had to report this to the Father. Their enemies had seen Lua, and the church had to be ready if said enemies got too curious about their hornless newspawn. Scythe placed the special necklace you made for her on her desk before getting ready for bed. Her fingers ran over it, the feeling of warmth and pulsing energy from it made it feel like she could feel your heartbeat through it.
Medkit woke the next morning oddly refreshed feeling. He was able to sleep through the night. Your small body was still on top of his. You were quite warm and your hair looked like it shimmered in the way your crystals did. The teal horned doctor rose up and held you against his chest. You looked peaceful. Not like a god, but an innocent child. You were just an innocent child. Conflict rose in his mind. He should return you to the church, but wouldn't it be better for you to be given to sword and his mentor. Or even better yet, returned to where you originally came from. He had heard whispers that your spawning was not natural, that you and your parents were taken from your home in a ritual that barely worked and was expensive to accomplish. Now your biological parents were deceased and you were left all alone.
Vunerable.
You stretched in his arms as you woke up. Your bright and colorful eyes looking up at his duller one. You smiled at him in the same innocent and friendly manner you always did. The same way that Sword smiles at him.
"Good morning!," Your cheerful voice said as he finally set you down on the floor.
"Morning.," was his simple response.
You were used to his blunt and simple attitude. You looked around as he went about his morning. Your eyes locked onto a bright red phone. It was the same kind that you saw on Broker's desk. You climbed onto the desk chair and reached your hand to the phone. Medkit saw you pick it up and listen to the buzzing line.
"Did you want to call them?," He asked.
You nodded and Medkit gave you the number to call. You punched in the numbers with and waited as the tone played.
"Good morning," the ever familiar voice on the other side said.
You were happy to hear him, "Broker, Good morning!"
"Oh Lualight! I am glad you called, We were worried sick about you.," The Broker chimed back, "Your mom looked like she was going to pop a blood vessel. I am assuming you are with Meds?"
"I am.," You replied, "Crossroads is fun. I got to see new faces and try new food."
"I know you met Zuka. He told me last night when I called him.," Broker said, "Stay with Medkit, We shall come get you when it is safe."
You heard some talking on the other end between Broker and someone else.
"Lua, Darlin', are you okay?," You heard Scythe's voice.
Your face kit up at her voice, "I am mama! It's fun here in Crossroads!"
You told her about everything you saw and the different inphernals you had seen, purposely leaving out Darkheart and Venomshank from being mentioned. You knew how the church felt about the Seven from how Father talked about them.
You stopped your talking before asking your mom a question, "Are the twins and Crowbar okay?"
You heard her sigh, "They're okay, thanks to the crystals you gave 'em."
She did not speak for a few seconds, there were more sounds from their end.
"Lualight, I cannot get you just yet. Just stay with Medkit and stay safe.," Scythe told you.
"Okay mama! I love you!," You said and heard her choke a bit from happiness of hearing you say that.
"I love you too, Darlin'," She said and the phone hung up.
