Okay, but the fact this chapter is fucking called PEACHES and it turns out because Mirio was showing his ass is probably the most outrageous thing ever and it beats AFO stealing clothes by fucking 200.
Tumblr, help. What's the difference between "poor little meow meow" and having "meow meow energy"? My coworker told me I have "meow meow energy" and I'm very confused 😅
Once upon a time, long, long ago, there was a great forest with trees so tall that they shut out the sky, and it was always dark in that place. A single road passed through it, one side to the other, and no wise traveler ever ventured off that road.
In the forest to the east of the road there was a great hill, with a tower on it, and in that tower there lived a wizard. He was solitary and ill-tempered, but if someone in trouble came to him humbly and begged his aid, he did not usually refuse.
In the forest to the west of the road - or so it was said, for it was not visible as the hill and tower were - there was a great dark hollow with a house at the bottom of it, where the forest witch, the Cailleach Foraoise, lived with her seven daughters. She was ill-natured and dangerous, but still, she had been known to give aid to those willing to pay her price.
It happened that the king of the land had grown cruel and dangerous, and he taxed his people to starvation, he poisoned their land and slew any who displeased him. He slew even his own sons, when they defied him, and all went in terror of him. This king had three nephews, the sons of his sister, and they saw that soon they would be in danger from him as well, so they fled his castle by night, and took the road through the dark forest.
When they reached the river that ran through the heart of the forest, they stopped and took counsel of each other. They must do all that they could to save the kingdom and its people, that they agreed, but they debated what that was until the youngest spoke.
SAGAU x Creator! Reader
Sorry for the long wait! Aside from somehow getting shadowbanned, I got a bit too busy these past few days with college stuff
"Would you like us to see your brother now?"
Those are the words that Lumine has been longing to hear. To see her brother. To finally be reunited with him. With their grace home, it's now plausible. So with happy tears streaming down her face, she gave you a genuinely grateful smile as she nodded her head.
"I'd love that….Thank you, (Y/n)." Paimon was quick to tackle her into a hug, very happy that her friend is finally going to be reunited with her brother. And they only needed to save 3 nations for it!
"Paimon is so happy for you!"
You let them have their moment before you grabbed hold of Lumine's hand, walking the group towards an abandoned house that you've come across while searching around with Kazuha, one with a door still intact. Paimon flew close, a bit confused and curious at where you're taking them, but kept quiet. Dream don't fail me now. The moment I open this door. It should lead us to Aether.
Letting go of Lumine's hand, making her miss the warmth from your hands that you gave her, you gingerly placed it on the doorknob. Praying (eh? to yourself?) that it would work. You really didn't want to see Lumine be dissapointed.
Thankfully, the moment you opened the door, a portal of the abyss stared back, parts of it seeming to leak out of the door, vanishing into the air. You're quite glad that it worked, but by the looks of it, there's no time to go back and tell Kazuha about your whereabouts. With a quiet apology, you turned to Lumine and Paimon who are both quite ready to jump into it, only waiting for your signal to go.
"Hmmm. Hopefully, time would be normal."
"Huh?"
You chuckled at their confused faces, instructing Paimon to hold on, before moving forwards into the portal, dragging the two with you.
And it felt weird. So weird. The teleportation didn't hurt, you feel numb but at the same time, it felt like your body is being ripped into pieces and brought back together again, from one place to another. And when it you're finally fully in the Abyss, you feel normal, though a bit nausous. Once settled, a wave of something came onto you. You certainly didn't expect the Abyss to feel so… homey.
When you turned to your companions, both who were forced to let go after entering the portal, they seem to be fine, already looking around searching for who you all came here for. Lumine's eyes widened as she found him, body already on the move before the person's name even fell from her lips.
"Aether!"
"Lu-Lumine?!"
Aether could only stare wide-eyed as he sees his sister run towards him. He didn't notice how his people started kneeling after seeing a certain someone nor did he notice the said person watch the scene with a smile. He could only open his arms for his dear sister once she finally reaches him, hugging her back just as quickly, just as tightly, as he can. Neither of them caring about anything at the moment, only of each other. For the first time since the fall, Aether could finally feel himself at home, letting tears fall from his eyes as he is sister does the same.
'What a lovely reunion…' That was all you could think as you finally look away, noticing and moving your eyes at the kneeling… people(?) that was with Aether when you all got here, one of them being a quite familiar pyro abyss herald. You were about to comment on it when Paimon was suddenly by yourside, hands hugging your arm.
"(Y/n)?"
Why is Paimon looking at you like that? Looking so pale and worried… When did the floor get so close?
"Your Grace!"
There are two blurry blobs of yellow reaching out for you but it wasn't long before everything turned black…. Am I finally waking up?
"When will you be back?" Someone asked with a face looking eerily similar to yours. You feel yourself shrug, eliciting an annoyed sigh from them, making you chuckle in amusement. You can feel yourself saying something, but for some reason, you couldn't really understand nor hear what it was. You could only guess from how they narrowed their eyes at your words that it might've annoyed them even further.
Once done, your lookalike seem to think hard about whatever it is that you said, looking at the sky, seeming to ask why they gotta put up with this, before looking back at you and nodding their head.
"Fine. Then don't blame me for what I'll do to your precious creations." You could hear yourself laugh, amused at their defeated expression. "And you better make sure to stitch my head back once it's done."
The moment you opened your eyes, already noticing you're not in your own room, you grew puzzled. You try to ignore the pit of nervousness fluttering around your stomach as you sat up to look around. You're quite aware that you're still in Genshin, but where exactly? From the dark starry void that greets your eyes when you glanced at the window, safe to say you're somewhere in the Abyss.
You stilled when you see Lumine and Paimon sleeping by the bed you're in, obviously tired. You can only think of the complications of you being here, especially with an imposter now that you think about it. An imposter that is somehow your friend too if the memory you saw was real.
Quietly, you got off the bed, making sure not to wake the two up. As you did so, you couldn't help but notice how big the room is, how you seem to be in a room inside of a castle. It probably is.
Getting to the door that seems like it may lead to the outside, you carefully turned its knob, cringing at the loud noise it made, indicating that the lock has been released. You glanced back at towards the two, sighing in relief that they stay asleep. The moment you pushed the door open, you were greeted by a pair of golden eyes, staring at you in surprise.
"Your-" You slapped your hand onto Aether's mouth, gesturing your head at your sleeping companions. Only when he nodded in understanding did you take it off, ignoring the cute blush in his face that he tried to hide with his own hand. With the door shutting closed behind you, you give him a small smile as you spoke. "Let's go talk somewhere?"
With another nod, Aether lead you into a castle hallway. There is an… awkward silence as you both walk, mostly for Aether anyways. You're busy thinking of all the things you can and couldn't do. The fact that you managed to get to the Abyss by pure dream logic made you quite aware you have some power here.
"I… am very thankful that you chose my sister." That took you out of your thoughts. You watched as he opened up a door to a small balcony, letting you go through first before joining you to feast your eyes at the abyss' starry sky. It was hauntingly beautiful. There's something hypnotizing about this place, something within you that wants to… take hold of it.
"Khaenri'ah made a grave sin and when Celestia came for it, you were there to save my sister." You motioned Aether to go on, quite interested and curious as to where this is going.
"We didn't think of the consequences that may occur when we… when we looked into your world and tried to interact with it. We saw you living your life. Living it like a normal human being just like most of us. You are the only God that we kept close to our hearts and yet we betrayed you and your privacy."
"You looked into my world?"
Aether quickly dropped into his knees, suddenly bowing in front of you, forehead touching the stone cold floor, as you stood there shocked at his action. A string of apologies came rushing out from him and words that he'll take accept any punishment that you'll give him. You won't lie, it is a bit terrifying to know that people were stalking you but…
"It's okay, Aether." You kneeled down yourself, sitting on your heels as you pet his head, eyes lighting up at how fluffy and soft his hair is. He stopped talking when he felt it, after sitting up and looking at you, he now wants to curse himself for making you sit on the dirty floor. But the way you smiled and looked at him so caringly, he couldn't help but melt into your hands, body leaning a bit more closely, closing his eyes just so he wouldn't feel too embarrassed for acting like this.
"You're forgiven as long as none of you do it again."
"Thank you, your grace."
"Please just call me (Y/n). And if it's possible," Aether opened his eyes, finally staring back at you, waiting for your order whilst one of his hands unconsciously reaching up towards yours that's still on his head.
You're making a huge rash decision right now, but who cares really? Maybe you could still keep thinking that this is just one big dream. Consequences be damned. "Your mages, heralds, hilichurls…I want you to call everyone back. "
"...Everyone back?"
"We can't have a nation without its citizens, can we?"
It's been a week, yet no sign of you, Lumine and her little emergency food. Kazuha partly regrets leaving you alone with the two. Beidou and her crew are also close to losing it. The thought of you being with the traveller isn't enough to fully calm them down. It's not that they don't trust her, but a warning could've been nice.
In another note, they couldn't stay long near the waters of Inazuma nor can they near Liyue's. They don't want people start asking why they haven't ventured out yet for their grace's treasure. So sadly, they have no other choice but to leave and wait, to hear from you in some other way.
"…Your grace, we hope you're safe… wherever you are." Kazuha can only hope that the wind sends you his prayers.
Thanks for reading! Apologies if I wasn't able to answer every asks or replies to be added to the tag list. If you want to be added to the tag list, do just comment it down. I will check it and add you, but no promises that I'd be able to reply hehe ~Jam
hi lovely people its 4am and xiao is pesterin me so im makin it ur problem as well mwahmwah | pls dont pay attention to the spellin mistakes its 4am okay 😔😔😔 | college au!!
boyfriend!xiao who drives you to and from college on his motorcycle everyday, thankful to the fact that you can't see his cheeks turning red and ears flushing because of the way you cling to him, a small smile gracing his face when you claw at his waist when he speeds up (something he does on purpose just to have you cling to him).
boyfriend!xiao who brings you your lunch everyday, kissing your forehead softly before stepping out of the cafetaria, leaving you to deal with the teasing of your friends (that you successfully flee from after bribing them with free drinks).
boyfriend!xiao who worries about the fact that his piercings might hurt you when he kisses you and, even when you reassure him that it's not as painful as he thinks, he removes them once you're back in your shared apartment so he can kiss you without any worries.
boyfriend!xiao who despite his fear of hurting with his piercings, can't seem to stop biting you whenever he can; you'd often find yourself blankly staring at the marks he left on your shoulders and neck and cheeks, wondering how foundation could hide your boyfriend's cannibalist habits.
boyfriend!xiao who looks all tough on the outside with his leather jackets and dark clothes, with his expensive motorcycle and his piercings and the red rimming his eyes but happens to be the softest and most caring person you'd ever got to meet.
boyfriend!xiao who teaches you how to skate, using it as an opportunity to have you cling to him, his hands resting on your hips to "stabilize" you while your hands gripped his shoulders as he screamed internally at how adorable and squishable you are (he eventually bit your cheeks to death that hu tao was worried when she noticed the bandaids on your face).
boyfriend!xiao who loves you to the moon and back and who says the cringiest, cheesiest things ever, but he doesn't care because if it's for you, then nothing else matters.
My ramble about SAGAU, because I've got the brainrot:
You get isekaied (my favorite version tbh) into the Imposter!AU. You've read enough SAGAU fics and posts to be wary of running into anyone since you don't know which version you ended up in.
Teyvat recognizes you (and knows how everyone will react, the cheeky lil shit), so it leads you to a safe haven where you can figure out what your plan of action is, while the world's animals and monsters follow you to make sure you stay safe. I just really like the versions where the monsters and animals are the only ones to recognize you lmaooooo
You're just like "if I'm god here, I should be able to do what I want, right? Hmmmm...." *chin stroking motions*
My thought is, why not just bring back the four Yaksha, sans their karmic debt, to be your personal protectors? So you do. And before you stands Bosacius, Indarias, Bonanus, and Menogias, smiling at you in wonder and amazement. Their Creator just resurrected ***them***? Of all people???
You have them go see what's going on in the world without being seen (gotta know if people are gonna see you as an imposter or not, rip lol). You make sure to cloak their energies so the Archons and Adepti don't sense them. They return and tell you that "the Creator" is indeed in the world. Then you decide it's time to sow some fun little seeds of Chaos™.
You go out and get the people's attention as "the Imposter" (doin it gremlin style, cause that's just who I am as a person), leading to an all out manhunt for your ass. You sit and wait at Pervases small temple, your guardian Yaksha waiting in the wings, until Xiao appears, ready to spear you to non-existence. "I've been waiting for you, my dear Alatus," turning to him with a gentle smile. (:o < Xiao's face in my mind)
He feels four arms wrap him in a hug (Bosacius couldn't wait) and he's absolutely gobsmacked to see his friends and comrades, alive and breathing in front of him again after all these years, letting out a tiny sob and tears running down his face.
With the addition of the final Yaksha to your team, you search out the people you feel would recognize you as The Real One™, adding Bennett, Fischl, Razor, Albedo and Klee, Kaeya, Dainslef, Sayu, Kazuha, Itto and the rest of the Arataki gang, the Traveler (I personally like Lumine for this, even tho I use Aether) and Paimon, the ENTIRETY of Snezhnaya, and even the Abyss order (I have a separate thing behind that reason *rubs gremlin hands together and cackles*) to what was once your motley lil crew.
I don't want to spoil the ending, because I eventually want to write a full fic, but I NEEDED to get this outta my brain. There will be chaos, angst, maybe some NSFW spin offs, but mainly chaos
*I'll add the cut later, cause they don't give me that option on mobile 😒*
little drabble based on the scene where bosacius paints on alatus' (xiao's) face hehe
"who did this?" silence fell across the open space. all chatter died down as he stepped forward, glaring at each and every one of you gathered in a circle. golden eyes surveyed the area, lingering on each one for a second before his eyes narrowed and they fell upon you again.
"it was you, wasn't it?" alatus growled, holding up his hand to show smudged black ink. you bit your lip as you looked up to his face. a black circle surrounded his left eye and there were streaks across his left cheek.
"no! it wasn't me, i promise!" your voice sounded higher and you covered your mouth so as to not let him see the laughter that was bubbling up. it was no use. alatus lunged towards you as you scrambled backwards, laughter spilling out as he fell atop of you, his hands pinning you down as he scowled.
you could hear the others laughing at you and you couldn't help but join. "alatus, i swear, it wasn't me!" your faces were inches apart, and though he was glaring down at you, there was no hatred in those glowing golden eyes of his. he refused to move, even if he believed that it wasn't you, not wanting to push himself up and have to face the others who he was sure were already cooing at the position the two of you were in.
"i told you he would think it was them first." he hears bosacius snicker, so quietly he almost didn't hear it. "it was too easy for me." he narrows his eyes and turns his head slightly but his attention is brought back to you when you start laughing again and press your hands to his toned chest so you can sit back up. he lets you do so, waiting until bosacius opens his mouth again.
"aren't the two of you cute!" alatus ignores the heat on his cheeks as he pushes himself to stand and does his best to glare at the others. he knows there's no way for him to look intimidating with ink all over his face, but for the sake of his pride, he believes that he's scowling menacingly at them.
they're all struggling to hold in their laughter. indarias and bonanus lean in close together, whispering something he can't be bothered to hear. he knows its not them, they like to sit back and watch the trouble unfold. menogias is usually the level headed one, and though he too is trying to cover up his laughter, he wouldn't be the one to do this. which leaves bosacius, ever the troublemaker.
"it was you wasn't it." he directs his words at the purple yaksha, who sputters out nonsense. too easy.
"get back here!" even alatus can't stop the grin that begins to grow across his face. he'll deal with bosacius first, and then he'll come back to you.
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a/n: this popped in my head and i just had to write it lol
THE STRICTLY NO HEROICS (Feiwel & Friends, Macmillan Children’s, 2023) COVER JUST DROPPED!
[ID: cover of a book showing a figure in a gasmask, hoodie and gloves, leant on an old TV. A rainbow pride pin is pinned to their jacket. Text reads ‘STRICTLY NO HEROICS’ in neon pink and green, and ‘B. L. Radley’ in white.]
If you’re a powerless normie in a world run by superheroes, you need three rules to survive:
1: Keep your head down
2: Don’t make enemies
3: STRICTLY NO HEROICS
When a hero gropes her best friend, Riley Jones breaks all of them.
Her attempt at serving justice gets her fired from her summer job. Luckily, Sunnylake City’s biggest business is booming (literally, when there’s C4 involved).
Every villain wants henchmen: masked cronies who take their coffee orders, vacuum their secret lairs, and posture in the background while they fight. The HENCH agency provides a steady stream of drop-outs and losers who are willing to get beaten up by sidekicks for minimum wage.
Riley might just be the perfect candidate.
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