If Sebastian had some how became human against his will, how would he adapt?
This is a really interesting and inspiring question but I wasnât sure how do you want me to answer to it so I wrote this little scenario (ŕšâ˘ĚĎâ˘Ěŕš)
Sebastian knew there was somethingwrong before he even managed to open his eyes. He couldnât recall the last timehe let himself drift into such a deep sleep, allowing the darkness tocompletely devour him and his mind; surprisingly physical, chaining, paralyzing,suffocatingâŚ
It seemed as if somebody put afrosted glass in front of him, as if he was slowly losing his sight and it madehim wince uncontrollably. He was still in his bedroom, although it didnât looklike it at all, laying on the bed which was now much more uncomfortable than heremembered. Every single furniture and object around him was dull. He couldnât see the edges anddetails, he barely recognized his own tailcoat hanging on the chair and as muchas he didnât want to admit it â the colours seemed to fade also. There was noperfectly designed, tiny ornaments on the wardrobe, no threads of fabric on thebedsheets, no particles of dust floating in the air, nothing. Only he, himselfand this weird painting in front of him, created by some lazy artist who didnâthave enough time nor will to finish his work, leaving it as a bare draft,slightly stroked with a brush touched by the diluted paint.
His head was held underwater. Sebastianexperienced similiar feeling while diving in the deep oceans, freezing wavescaressing his skin, scratchy sand under his feet and those sounds⌠Lullabiesof the sirens played in the distant, rush of the white foam above him, quietpulse of the living creatures nearby, all of it muffled by the water, thisinvisible barrier so much alike the one which was now surrounding him. Hecouldnât hear his master wandering in the bedroom, nor any of the threeservants who were most likely destroying the mansion to the ashes right now,not even the sweet songs of the birds outside, the wind, the trees.
He was tamed, completely and utterlytamed, unable to feel any scent, not to mention the blissful feeling of humanâssoul around him. Everything was so silent, so plain, so dull it made him want to open his skull wide, to destroy whatwas suffocating him and all his senses in this torture. In an attempt to standup, he let out a resigned sigh, his limbs so weak he wasnât sure he could walk,not to mention doing anything more. How ironic, if he was capable of puttingwords together in a way humans do, calling things in a way more interesting waythan they truly are, he could say that something was trying to suck the lifeout of him.
That he was dying.
The sudden realization caused hisheart to beat faster and that was the moment when Sebastian, for the first timein a whole millennials, was scared. Never in his life he thought that the endwill be so easy for him, that he will disappear into universe as the smoke onthe fresh air and he didnât want it to be this way. Loud thuds in his chestwere still as strong, however, warm blood flowing through his veins and eventhough he couldnât hear nor see it as before â the feeling itself was makinghim feel more alive than ever before.
He was breathing. One deep inhaleafter another and oh, the air never left so good inside his lungs. Sorefreshing, as if everytime he did it, the life was growing inside once again.Sebastian felt like the fire itself, the flame in his whole being burning onlywhen given an oxygen, shining brightly when he was present there, in this bodyand fading slightly when the air escaped his lungs. And he wondered if that wasthe flame he was previously able to sense from afar, the brightness ofâŚ
You know what the funniest potential shipping war for twst. The families. The family lock in and want you as their new in-law. Especially after they got to know you.
Just imagine a family day at NRC and you have a lot of people who really REALLY want to see Ramshackle and it's infamous Prefect. Who are these gifts for? Why the prefect of course. They heard how tough things can be, of course they'd love to show their appreciation for the dear schoolmate of their family!
This isn't just about love, these people are preparing for war! Mission, win the prefect's heart has begun!
The Trappola household knows all about you. Ace can try to deny it but they know. The same Ace who ghosted his girlfriend in middle school after a week. Ace Trappola who tried to find any way out of responsibility. Ace Trappola who has you in his phone contacts. Ace Trappola who most likely has many photos of you saved and his favorite is your contact photo. Ace Trappola who dropped everything at just a single text to come back to NRC because you needed help. They know he's down bad and you make him a better person so they want him to stop being a dumbass and actually ask you out! Big bro will help lil Acey learn to flirt like a pro!
Dilia 100% would be thrilled if you dated Deuce. She knows how much her son talks about you. He calls you his best friend! You're an amazing friend and a positive influence on Deuce. Deuce can be dense but it's obvious when it comes to you. She talks with her mother about it. They're both hoping the next time you visit, it's as Deuce's partner.
Marja likes you. She sees how good you are with Epel. He doesn't have to try to fit a mold to impress you. He can be himself and he likes you as well. Imagine if she found out you're the reason Epel unlocked his UM when he saved your life! Marja's already thinking about ways she can get Epel to invite you back to Harveston. Maybe during the Summer!
Lilia already likes you and he knows how important you are to Malleus, and all you did to help everybody. So don't tell me this man wouldn't absolute be ecstatic if you started dating Silver. Lilia has the added bonus of being at school with you, so he can try to play match maker.
Silver: Would you like to stay for dinner?
Lilia: Would you like to stay forever?
Georgina locks in that you're friends with both Jade and Floyd? She knows how mercurial Floyd can be and Jade's personality is well... The fact that Jade invited you to the wedding, and she sees how you to interact. She thinks you're as adorable as your shrimp nickname. You two really do resemble the symbiotic relationship of moray eels and shrimp.
Mama and Papa Shroud finding out that you're friends with Idia? He actually likes your company? You don't treat him like a creepy Otaku? On top of that you're friends with Ortho and he's a part of your close friends group? Those two are already thinking about how you'd make a fantastic addition to the family. Your energy and personality are a wonderful contrast and compliment to Idia. Just like Mama and Papa. Ortho would agree and you've got three shrouds cheering Idia on.
Vil: It's a shame you've never removed that mask. If it's your appearance you're afraid of, I doubt it would matter in the slightest with all the talent you possess.
MC: *chuckles* Vil, I'm not ugly in the slightest. If anything, my appearance could easily surpass yours.
Vil: *raises an eyebrow* Is that so? Then tell meâwhy hide it?
MC: *is reminded of several bitter memories*
MC: They say my beauty cannot be compared to any poem, any earthly treasure, or even the stars that illuminate the night sky. It is said to captivate all who behold it and drive them into madness.
MC: Ah... If I remember correctly, a young priest once said my face was blessed by the devil. That its only purpose was to tempt others into sin.
Vil: ...
Vil: What?
MC: And he wasn't wrong. He was the first to fall from grace because of me.
Im not sure if this is a request or an ask, but nonetheless, what do you think wouldâve been the ramshackle boys role in malleus overblot? Wouldâve they helped? Wouldâve Idia even been able to enter their dreams? And if so what type of dreams wouldâve they had?
Im sure Rollo wouldâve been more than glad to help tbh
okay SO I was going to just answer this as a normal ask but I ended up having too many thoughts and then thought, WELL. I MAY AS WELL
*ŕŠâŠâ§âË I've got a dream
summary: what the ramshackle boys (2/4) dream of during book 7
type of post: blurbs
characters: rollo, fellow
information: romantic, reader is yuu, reader is gender neutral, affection and domesticity and all that, reader is meant to be an adult in fellow's segment
*ŕŠâŠâ§âË Rollo Flamme
You stumble into a garden.
It's not as preened as the rose maze outside Heartslabyul, or big as the botanical gardens. There are no tools, no wheelbarrows or watering cans, no paint cans or card suits or sleeping lions.
There's no sky.
The entire garden is kept in milky white glass, bound by iron bars, as if you were in a birdcage. Only sunlight and dust seep through the cracks, and the air is stifling, hot, thick with the smell of freshly cut grass...
You look around- where are the others? You should've landed with Silver, Ortho, Grim...
...Here, it's just you. Are they outside?
You set out searching for a door. A window latch. A hole in the wall. Anything, to escape the thick, muggy air and white glass.
The plants are suspiciously tropical, but potted, hanging, or kept in their nursery beds on freshly tilled soil. Dripping with condensation, wilting, each of them- the black touch of blight on the ends of every leaf.
It could be the darkness seeping through the cracks of fantasy. Or this dreamer could be particularly precise about his reality.
But who would be in a tropical greenhouse...? You'd already found Leona.
You turn down the brick walkway.
There you see him.
Not in fine robes, not in a crown, or couture, or a cowboy hat.
He's not even in his student council uniform. Worn gloves, a dirty apron, sweat beading on his brow.
"Rollo," you blurt out, nearly scaring yourself with your own echo.
Rollo's eyes, wide and tepid, as if he hadn't heard the sound of his name in years, snap up to meet yours.
"Yuu." he says easily, standing and patting his hands off on his apron. The flower he'd been preening- pink and orange, with thick petals and an overpoweringly sweet scent- seems to droop as it loses his attention.
You can sort of relate.
"You're here early," he says, "I thought you'd still be at the school."
So he was expecting you? "Uh... I finished up fast," you play along. "Busy?"
"Never," he smiles so easily. "Shall we?"
He holds out an arm, you take it, and you walk.
"This place is beautiful," you say, "Did you grow it all yourself?"
"Don't flatter me. You did just as much as I. To think, only six months ago, it was an abandoned part of the bell tower. And now..."
You blink. You built this place together? You and him? Him and you?
"So, how were your exams?" he asks, "I'm certain our thorough studying has come into fruition."
"Oh... haha, yeah," you force a smile at that. Exams? Tutoring?
...Where exactly are you, anyway?
"You seem tense," he comments.
"I'm just nervous... about the exams,"
"Don't be," Rollo says it as a command, not an assurance. "You are the most intelligent student at Noble Bell... by far."
"Ah..." Why does that make your face feel hot? It must just be the muggy greenhouse.
Wait- Noble Bell?
Which means you're in Fleur City?
Which means....
You blink. "Yeah... good thing, too, because exams at Night Raven College were brutal,"
Rollo gives you a strange look, studying your face as if trying to understand where that remark came from. You must not talk about NRC much in this dream world of his.
...Honestly, you had been expecting something rather different.
A younger, more hopeful Rollo, sparkles in his eyes at the mention of magic, a little brother not far behind. A world free of suffering, a boy bereft of a traumatic childhood, and an adult who isn't allergic to smiles and resistant to any and all human contact (plus a decent sleep schedule and diet).
This is...
...Well, it's just Rollo.
The soft-spoken, quiet one who only seemed to materialize when he was speaking specifically to you. But Rollo nonetheless.
He gives up on trying to figure out why you had said that, and you keep walking. A door, milky glass like the rest, only with a brass handle where its heart would be, comes at you like a charging bull. Rollo's steps are swift and powerful.
"A shame," he says, "That it closed. It had great potential to reform, but, alas... too stuck in its ways. Magic..."
Closed.
That it closed.
It Closed.
Your eyes widen, and you suppress the urge to gape at Rollo. You have to act natural. Pretend to know what he's talking about.
You only glance at him from the corners of your eyes. "...I suppose so,"
Rollo stops at the door. He smiles at you, all the softness in the world resting in his sharp, French features, and he finds your hand, lacing your fingers with his own.
A gentle squeeze. Almost a reassurance, but for what, you're not sure.
All at once, he's saying:
It's over.
It's begun.
You're safe.
You're mine.
I'm yours.
Forever.
Never again.
We're safe.
The world is our sanctuary.
He pulls you closer to his side, and you follow him through the door, into the open night.
Over Fleur City, millions of fire lotuses burn.
*ŕŠâŠâ§âË Fellow Honest
You were expecting, what?
A mansion?
A palace?
A private island?
Fellow Honest, lying on a mountain of thaumarks, surrounded by jewels, a feast fit for a king, and at least ten gorgeous models?
It was the sort of thing he talked about whenever someone asked what he dreamed of.
Fellow says, and you remember it quite precisely, "I don't dream about any 'a that touchy-feely stuff. It's me, somewhere hot and sunny, on my own island, surrounded by enormous piles of money..."
And that's all he ever said.
The same dream, every time.
You don't remember how it had come up, the last time- Skully probably started the conversation, scouting for new Halloween ideas (and ever-fascinated with the minds of his roommates... for some reason). You asked Fellow if he ever thought about anything other than money, and he just laughed.
"You're real naive for your age, aren't 'ya?" he had cackled.
You didn't find it funny.
But now you're here.
Not a mansion. Not a castle. Not a private island, or a jumbo jet, or a yacht...
A two-story townhouse, with a back door that doesn't close all the way, a fridge that smells like death, two clogged toilets and an unmade bed.
...This CAN'T be right.
You wander around the kitchen, opening cupboards, looking for the diamond-encrusted silverware and the gold plates.
Nope, plastic. Some glass, a mismatch of dishware that told you whoever lived in this house shopped exclusively in the dumpster outside a dollar store.
The table is jammed into a tight corner, broken leg propped up by the phone book. Remnants of breakfast, bread crusts and Pop-Tart wrappers, are still littered across the surface, even though it's far past dark.
You can't even tell what color the fridge is, there are so many crayon drawings and macaroni self-portraits taped to it.
Grimacing at the state of the kitchen, you take the nearest broom and get to cleaning, wasting precious time in someone's terrible dream of unwashed dishes and cluttered countertops. At least it's a small enough kitchen, and the mess is taken care of by the time the front door opens.
Oh, good, you think, setting the broom aside, Now I can kill whoever's having a dream about a dirty house!
"Sweetheart, I'm home!"
Before you can unleash the fury that had been building from the moment you saw this filthy home, someone's got their arms around you, burying you in a tight hug and spinning you in place.
"Oh, wow, it looks great in here! Did you do this all by yourself? I would've helped if you asked, you know..."
"It's fine," you say, somewhat disoriented from the affectionate greeting.
Fellow tips his hat (clean, nice, and new) at you. "Well, at least let me tip you for your service,"
Your eyes widen when you realize what he means. "THAT'S OKAY!" you blurt out. "R-really, um- let me take your coat!"
Fellow shrugs off his overcoat (just as nice as the hat) with a sigh.
"You and your house rules,"
This is weird. Is this weird? You think, carrying the coat to the closet (you'd snooped in there for clues, earlier). You turn over your shoulder to look at Fellow as he admires the stack of clean dishes drying by the sink. His tail is wagging. Then:
I better not start liking this!
"Shoes, too," you remind him dully, and he playfully rolls his eyes while he returns to the front door to undress himself proper.
"There, now. No mud on the floors,"
"Yes," you say, "And don't roll your eyes at me."
"I apologize,"
"Good,"
"Good!" and then he leans forward, and you find another convenient out.
"How was work?" Assuming that's where he was.
"Boring, awful, the usual," he smiles slyly, "But it puts bread on the table and keeps the kids in school, so I can't complain."
That seems unlikely.
"It's good to have a job," you rattle off the pointless statement if only to keep him from trying to kiss you again.
Fellow snorts. "Sure beats sleeping outside,"
"Or in a mold-infested old dorm!" you blurt out, thinking back on all the repairs you made to Ramshackle to make it livable.
"That, too,"
The lamp flickers, casting a new light on the situation... the house, the kitchen, the hat, the dream.
It isn't glamorous, it isn't a mansion, there are no models or speedboats, and definitely no piles of money, but to a guy who's never had the comfort of this- stability, that is- this is paradise. A warm home, a bed, disposable income to waste on top hats and big coats and macaroni and crayons...
...And you.
A part of his domestic fantasy, as natural as the dishes and the art and the rickety old table. Like you belonged there.
The grandfather clock in the upstairs hall chimes.
Fellow sighs. You drop the defensive stance.
"Well, duty calls," he says, returning to the closet and pulling on his coat. "Gotta pick up that rascal from practice."
He heads to the door, blowing you a kiss on the way out.
You make a half-hearted attempt to catch it.
Damn, you think, retreating to the warm light of the kitchen,
Waking him up is gonna be hard.
AN: these got a little long so I'll only do the remaining two ramshacklies if people are interested in seeing them with this prompt :]
đĽ Hi, I wanted to know if there's any information about Yuu in the game, since I think I saw in your previous posts and on other blogs that things like Yuu had a normal singing voice, that Silver mentioned he had some swordsmanship, that he was shorter than Vil, and a very interesting theory from the manga about the surnames of the Yuus being connected or containing kanji related to the Sanzu River.
(I want to write a story and I want my Yuu to be as close to canon as possible. I know there isn't much information about him, but I want to try â¤ď¸).
P.S.: If there are any mistakes, sorry. I used a translator because I don't speak English.
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Yes, there is technically canonical information about Yuu, such as them not having a particularly beautiful voice (said in book 3 by Azul) and appearing effeminate (said by Crowley in the prologue; voiced but does not appear in dialogue box). However, I'm afraid I will not be able to provide a comprehensive compilation of that information. There's various reasons for this, but these are the key deterrents:
There is just too much Twst content for one person to rifle through to pull out all known Yuu facts. It'd be over 30 events, several hundred vignettes, thousands of character voice lines, and not to mention the monstrous length of the main story and Twst's many adaptations.
Speaking of having an impossible amount of content to check. there are differences between the JP and EN versions. This gives me essentially double the work to do and can lead to inconsistencies due to the word choice used to refer to Yuu.
Yuu is intentionally designed to be a blank slate self-insert character, so characterization is not always consistent. This is evident via their dialogue options, some of which give conflicting characterizations for Yuu (since they are meant to be projected onto by the player). For example, there is sometimes a dialogue choice that is confident vs one that is meek. Other times, there is a dialogue choice where Yuu professes skill or talent in something (such as the ability to play a musical instrument), while the other dialogue choice is them showing little or no skill/talent in the same thing.
Twst is very vague and non-committal about some aspects of Yuu and is not very good at showcasing them in action. For example, the game suggests that Yuu as a tactician and someone who can bring people together, but in practice, Yuu is not proactive in these efforts and they only come off that way if your imagination does a lot of heavy lifting to fill in the gaps in presentation.
Not all information presented about Yuu can necessarily be called "canonical". Many Yuu "facts" come from character voice lines, which are often directed at the player as fanservice and are not accurate to Yuu + the character's relationship in the main story. For example, most, if not all, characters appear friendly with Yuu in voice lines + vignettes and invite Yuu to do activities with them, but they are not close at all in the main story and largely ignore Yuu.
"Official" Yuus, such as the leads in the manga and light novel adaptations, are their own characters and may have lore which clashes with the lore of the blank game!Yuu. For example, the LN Yuu, Yuuya, is explicitly stated to come from Japan. Game!Yuu, meanwhile, never has their country of origin stated.
Making a Yuu that is "as close to canon as possible" is virtually impossible given all the points I've made above. If you want to write a story with Yuu in it, then I recommend you work off the most basic points (like the fact that they came from another world) and fill in the rest of the details to make them truly your own character.
Sometime during the VDC training camp, when everyone on team Night Raven is sleeping over at Ramshackle Dorm:
Ramshackle Dorm has no shortage of spare rooms, but their condition is another story. You've managed to get enough of them decently clean. They're not as nice as your room, which has had far more time invested in it and is well lived in, but your groupmates should be able to spend a few days at the dorm without issue and are more than free to tidy up rooms as they please.
Yet on one of the first nights, you hear the door of your room creak open. It's dark and you can't see the intruder, though you know it's not one of the ghosts. The approaching footsteps aren't as heavy as Grim's, even after he's cleared out the entire fridge in one sitting. You're also pretty confident Grim is fast asleep beside you.
"Hello?" You groggily lift your head and call out to the intruder. If it's anything malicious, you hope the ensuing scuffle will cause enough noise to wake everyone else up.
A weight pushes the edge of your mattress down and there's a gentle touch at your shoulder. "Prefect, do you mind if I spend the rest of the night here?"
"Jamil?"
You almost don't recognize him in the dark with his hair down. You feel around for a bedside light. Grim groans in his sleep when it clicks on and turns over, shielding his eyes with tiny arms.
Jamil looks exhausted. "Please, I'd really appreciate if you could let me sleep here tonight."
"Yeah, sure. Of course." Maybe it's the sleep addling your brain or your trust in Jamil. You see no reason to turn down his request and didn't question why he was coming to you instead of Kalim. You nudge Grim over to make room for one more on the bed.
The vice housewarden does his best to fit in the cramped sleeping conditions, assuring "I'll pay you back for this. Thank you."
He's turned towards the wall, back touching your side so that he doesn't fall. You wait to make sure he's fully secure in bed before turning off the light. In the calm that follows, you notice he's almost imperceptibly shaking. Sure, the dorm is cold, but not that cold. Especially with three in one bed.
"Jamil, are you okay?" The longer you spend awake, the more concerning this whole situation feels.
"I'm fine. Goodnight, Prefect." Jamil already has his eyes shut and seems adamant about not discussing things further.
"Okay... Goodnight."
You lay down and silence settles over the room once more. It's really warm between your two friends. Sleep is quick to catch up to you, you find yourself nodding off within minutes of your head touching the pillow.
Before you fully drift off, Jamil turns to face you. His hair drapes over the side of the bed and he places a hand on your pillow, lightly grazing your cheek.
"Thanks again," he whispers. "I feel a lot better with you here. Your room doesn't have bugs on the wall."
This is mostly about my yuu but you can use it for your yuu too. Will you guys interested in some Q/A for my yuu ?
They shared so many clothes with yuu they ended up forgetting what they gave to yuu and what they didnât
To sneak out to go in ramshackle and have a movie night. Yuu let a window or the door open for them.
Everyone is confused about their relationship. Are they friends? Are they more? Do they know what they are doing is not friendship?
If one person in the trio is missing everyone notices it and gets worried. Did they sacrifice them? Did something happen? No just one of them is sick.
If one person gets sick they will all finish getting sick too. They donât know personal space.
Go out a lot. The island is big enough to do every type of activity: picnic at the beach, shopping, eating something, etcâŚ
Although all of them care for each other, they will also be the first ones to tease and bully each other.
Even if they can talk about everything, vent, etc⌠one subject is banned: the âyuu coming homeâ conversation.
If they canât see each other, they just video call. Yes, Deuce and Ace are in the same room, and yes, they are still calling on different phones. Save the other guy in their room.
Yuu always get invited to an unbirthday tea party. Till the trio starts to be too loud and annoying. Riddle ends up not letting them invite anyone anymore.
They canât sit next to each other anymore because, again, they are too loud. I think they are the type to still find a way to communicate even across the room: sign language, reading lips, using their phones, throwing paper, etcâŚ
Got a matching trinkets or something like that. Could be a phone charm, bracelet, t-shirt, etcâŚ
The trio is loved by most of the students but hated by the majority of the teachers.
They send some random pic and say âItâs usâ and then itâs just a pic of rocks.
The closet is made of glass for Ace and Deuce (Yuusei already figure out his sexuality long time ago)
During book 5 Deuce had weekly call from his mom were Ace and Yuu could participate and also talk about their week. Ace will snitch the little bad thing Deuce did when in the other hand Yuu will talk about how well behave Deuce is.
âthey match each other's freak in a way that is uncomfortable for the other characters to watchâ - some twitter user
the vibe:
my yuu wiki - more yuu content - aceyuu art - yuusei relationship
yeah more gay post please forgive me but i said i was going to be in every twst topic till the fandom want me. I don't know if this post is good i be honest i just put all the stuff i had in my head for the moment i would love to see more yuu with this ship so don't be shy to send it to me.
You remember how we visited Silk City back in Jamilâs hometown event, A Firelit Sky? How Kalim said that this year itâs the Asim familyâs turn to host them all?? Remember how we spent a lot of time in the bazaars there???
Remember how, in the film, Princess Jasmine wore a peasantâs disguise to sneak out of the palace???? How thatâs where she ends up meeting Aladdin and forming that genuine bond in spite of their class differences????? And how that leads to them forming an even deeper bond when they meet again down the line?
WHAT IF
Yuu actually first met Minajael all the way back during the Fireworks Festival, when the group went on the trip with the Scarabia duo... It wouldn't be completely out of the question, given the set-up. Kalim's family is hosting, so it would make sense for them to invite their relatives. And why wouldn't the royals of the country show up to the event?
Minajael is stated to sneak out of the palace multiple times, causing a stir in the media in the process. What if he just so happened to be in his commoner's disguise at the same time NRC students were visiting with Kalim and Jamil??? You know, this one:
What better time would there be to explore outside of the palace than during a festival, when people from all over Twisted Wonderland are visiting and the local businesses are at their busiest? There would be so much to see and to experience!
And maybe--just maybe--Minajael bumps into Yuu (somehow separated from the NRC group, probably lost?) while he's out and about? Perhaps he's even trying to escape guards that are looking for him, and Yuu helps him out like how Aladdin helped Jasmine escape the angry merchant. Or maybe he plays the role of Aladdin? Yuu could get into some kind of misunderstanding with a merchant and BAM suddenly thereâs Minajael, come to rescue them and talk them out of it.
Alternate scenario: Maybe Mina mistakes Yuu for foreign royalty (since theyâd be wearing fancy clothes from Kalim) visiting for tourism?? So they could have a âPrince Aliâ (Yuu) moment.
Then they could run off together and have fun, reenact a lot of those romantic Aladdin-Jasmine moments from the movie. Minajael tossing Yuu an apple, offering a flower he picked, evading capture hand-in-hand, vaulting across rooftops Yuu accidentally stumbles and falls right into his arms, and more. Maybe they'd even open up to one another about their personal problems. Minajael feels "trapped" (in his princely obligations), and Yuu feels "trapped" too (in a strange new world). When they part ways, he's left feeling like he's made a genuine friend, a real connection.
It kinda fits for Yuu since theyâre pushed by the narrative as someone who can connect with others. They feel like an Aladdin too, since theyâre impoverished and live in a run-down building for most of the school year, but generally come off as a good person.
And then when Minajael comes to RSA for the interscholastic competition, he recognizes Yuu so he's automatically hitting it off with them www Yuu may not remember him, so he'd play coy and skirt around it, not wanting to outright tell them where they may have met before. Bruh, he invites them on a magic carpet ride and encourages them to hold onto him if they're scared of heights đ
faibfuayyaeipafeib BUT IMAGINE JAMIL (whom Minajael plays against in Relic Labyrinth) SEEING THIS AND JUST. COMING IN TO BREAK THEM MAPART UNDER THE GUISE OF "it's not proper for a prince to mingle with us common folk"???? He'd even address Minajael as a prince to subtly get under his skin (fully knowing that Minajael dislikes being referred to that way). Maybe Jamil would also scold Yuu as well, either for "befriending the enemy" or "behaving so casually" with royalty.
So Jamil manages to successfully chase of Minajael for now--but right before the prince leaves, he gives a little wave and a wink, asking you to please watch his match veeery carefully. He'll show you how cool he can be!
The way Mina described as absolutely perfect, smart, athletic, beautiful, etc. I thought how funny it would be if he was set up in Yumeship with personfailure. Definition of The groom and his ugly uss spouse.
Like, Minajael is literally surrounded by beautiful, high-status women only to think of them as pretentious, annoying and thinking of how to get out of here and then he looks at Yuu, who is straight up personfailure trying show cool trick in front of their first years friends by throwing food in the air and eat it... Only for said food to fall on their face, smudging both their face and clothes, as Ace laughs, Deuce looking in concern and Minajael be like: Ah yes. Radiant seven I want this one :)
The man is actually perfect đ
xbjsbwjwkwd It would be kinda funny if he went for someone thatâs the complete opposite of the types of women he usually attracts⌠Someone thatâs a messy and a little inept and pathetic in an endearing way. A regular ass, socially awkward person trying to make it through the day.
I donât necessarily think that Mina is against good looking, competent, or high status women. Itâs that he doesnât trust the intentions of those kinds of women that aggressively approaching him. Theyâre looking for something to gain out of the relationship, putting on airs to get in his good graces. Itâs not genuine, itâs forced and manufactured. Thatâs not the type of love heâs after.
Mina strikes me as someone who wants to be loved for what he is, stripped bare of the things that make others salivate over him. Take away the money, the brains, the status, the looks, the magic, etc. Look at what is inside, and then choose to accept him as he is, even if he didnât have a single madol/thaumark or a shred of power to his name. I think thatâs what makes Mina so effortless to ship with a Yuu, despite his recency and lack of content in the Twst canon.
Yuu, as a blank slate, is pitched as a practical and down-to-earth everyman, someone able to see value in the things that their peers cannot. For example, they are the only NRC student to realize the value in the Radiant Seven and what they stand for. If anyone can look past Minaâs exterior and to his heart, itâs them. Not only that, but Yuu lives such a humble life in Ramshackle and is pretty ordinary by any accounts (a non-mage, humble, etc.). They have nothing to prove, no desire to hunt down a rich and powerful husband. Theyâre content just chilling with their besties and being goofy with them. Thatâs relatableâand, to Mina, someone worth falling in love with. And because âYuuâ can be anyone, so many different permutations of them can exist and work well in this context ^^
I like to imagine that Mina confesses to his RSA buddies that he has a crush on someone and they all get SO hyped that the cool, mature Mina-chan had feelings for someone. Neige and Rielle for sure hold sleepover meetings to gossip and to help Mina develop a plan of attack (ie asking them out)!!! B-But now Minaâs too embarrassed to tell then moreâŚ
P.S. The Kuzco rejecting his potential brides scene, except itâs Mina/j
Request by @lex752:
Hello! I'd like to request Mr Loverman but with the vice wardens
Link to part 1
A/N: Ty for the request! I didn't include Ortho because of the romance aspect of this prompt; yes I know he's technically grouped in with the other first-years age-wise, but I really just cannot get over that he's a reconstruction of an 8 year old boy.
Warnings: Angsty in some of them (Jamil), discussions of death and loss in Lilia's
(GN!reader)
TREY CLOVER
⢠Trey would realise that he has feelings for you pretty quickly, but would either take a very long time to act on it, or wouldn't at all.
⢠Firstly, he's already the doting type, and that becomes especially obvious with you. He's constantly asking if you've eaten today, and whether you have or haven't; he always has a little baked treat on him just for you.
⢠He makes sure you're always properly dressed for what kind of weather was forecasted for the day; he makes sure you're getting to bed on time; and of course, he makes sure you're taking good care of your teeth. He's even helped you get out of trouble with Riddle a few times - or, at least done the best he could in that regard.
⢠Unfortunately, this is partially why I think Trey would be very prone to getting "he's like a brother to me"-d.
⢠He's just naturally quite caring and protective of everybody, always making sure their needs are met, and is liable to over-indulge them at times, especially you. But because of his unwillingness to make a move in fear of making you uncomfortable or ruining the bond you two already share, anything he does is unlikely to actually come off as romantic, because he seemingly just acts this way with everyone.
⢠Then there's this paired with him being a very passive man, to a fault. If you were to start getting close to someone else, he does nothing. Go on dates with someone else, he does nothing.
⢠His passiveness is probably his biggest flaw and his most frustrating feature too. And I can absolutely see it leading to him losing his chance with you.
⢠Once again, the simplest answer here would be to confess to him yourself.
RUGGIE BUCCHI
⢠He knows he has a thing for you pretty early on, but denies it being serious for as long as he possibly can. To everyone, including himself, he'll insist it's just a tiny crush and nothing more. He might even turn it into a running joke.
⢠I can see him playfully flirting with you to the point that it just becomes your dynamic. You'll banter, he'll flirt, maybe even jokingly ask you out. But that's just it; as far as you know, it's a joke. And he'll try to convince himself it is too, that you rolling his eyes at his horrible pick-up lines and your rebuttals - all meant to be jokes - don't sting at least a little bit.
⢠He brushes it off for as long as he possibly can. The point where he can't anymore is when people notice him starting to give you things. Namely food.
⢠Leona catches him handing you something off of his own plate in the cafeteria and just the look his Housewarden gives him is enough to send Ruggie spiralling. This is serious, and he really can't deny it anymore.
⢠Would he confess? Yes, I think so, but only after a long while of hyping himself up, and he wouldn't be doing it with any expectations whatsoever.
⢠He knows he has to tell you if he wants any chance at moving on from this, because all this time being your friend has proven that these feelings aren't going away. And he'd understand if it makes things awkward, or even if you don't want to hang out with him anymore, given that the playful flirting your dynamic is built around might get a little weird now.
⢠But, even though it might seem contradictory to him confessing, he has next to no hope that his feelings might actually be returned.
⢠Weirdly for Ruggie, I get the feeling he approaches it from a coldly logical angle. He's got this idea stuck in his head that there's no reason you would want him. He has nothing to offer you, not in the sense of money, ambition, or anything that he assumes you would want for a stable future. And he's so deep into this mindset that it's like he's already gotten over a rejection that hasn't come yet.
⢠Anyway, accept the confession and watch his whole world change before your very eyes.
JADE LEECH
⢠Oddly, I think it's very obvious.
⢠Not just to Azul and Floyd either - though they are the ones who notice the most changes in him - I mean literally everyone, including you, can tell he's taken a liking to you. Which is strange for a man with such a famed poker-face.
⢠Unfortunately though, his liking to you presents itself almost like scientific fascination with a specimen. He likes to experiment with you.
⢠He'll say and do things specifically to get you to react, sometimes very frustrating things. But then he'll also give you objects - random rocks he picked up while hiking, mushrooms, coins, food if you're lucky. And then he walks away to see from a distance what you do with it, which you can't imagine is that interesting, but he seems to find endlessly entertaining.
⢠He feels like he's observing you in an enclosure and tossing in objects just to see what happens.
⢠I don't think Jade would confess, but it's not for the same reasons as some of the others. He still fully intends to enter a relationship with you, he just wants to see what he can do to push you into confessing first.
⢠If he starts being more overtly flirtatious and spending more time with you, will that change anything? What if he starts getting closer to another student, does that spark any jealousy within you? He likes going to places alone with you so that strangers can mistake you two for a couple and he can stare you down to see how you react to that.
⢠I think if he realises it isn't working, he'll confess himself, and have no issues doing so. He just wants to see if this little science experiment will work first.
JAMIL VIPER
⢠Well. Unfortunately there are endless things getting in your way here.
⢠His servant status poses a multitude of complicated roadblocks. His life is essentially devoted to serving Kalim, and if something comes up that distracts him from this job for long enough for anything to go wrong, not only will he suffer the consequences, but his family will by extension.
⢠He also lives with Kalim, and the Asim's estate is where the rest of his family reside too. It's likely he can't leave there - not without bringing shame upon his family for abandoning his station, maybe leaving them jobless and with a sullied reputation due to the influence of the Asims - but he also may not want to bring anyone from the outside, in.
⢠What the Vipers do is generational, which raises the question of how they marry. I imagine it's typically arranged for them, which then brings to light a whole different set of issues that I'm not going to even attempt to dissect, given I believe arranged marriages are a cultural practice, and I don't want to say anything incorrect.
⢠The long and short of it is that any kind of romance with Jamil is unrealistic at best. I genuinely don't think there's much of a way around this, short of you uprooting your entire life to become a Viper yourself (if his family or the Asims would accept you), or him running away and potentially bringing ruin to his family.
⢠Jamil is more aware of how restricted he is than anyone. And even if it was possible to bring you back home and have you stay with him forever, he doesn't want to. He doesn't want to make you continue the cycle with him.
⢠Even if you were to confess to him, he would be honest with you, saying that he just can't do it. But he'd still tell you that he loves you. Not for the first time either, as after your confession, he says it more and more often, and every time you hear more sadness and desperation festering behind his words.
⢠You hold him, whisper words of comfort and affection, and it's nice to pretend to be a normal couple. But it will come to an end, and fleeting moments of respite from his caged life will have to remain fleeting.
⢠He needs you to remain free. Maybe you can come to visit him in his cage from time to time, pretend to be old friends, while holding him where you're sure no-one can see like you used to. And in those moments and those moments alone, he allows himself to be happy.
ROOK HUNT
⢠Good luck??
⢠Rook will follow you around everywhere, praise your beauty constantly and has attempted to serenade you at least a couple times. I say "attempted" because he did it in a public space and you just walked away.
⢠He has endless poems and letters written about you, most of which he hasn't even shown you. He just keeps them stashed away somewhere.
⢠The question here isn't really if he'll confess, it's more about when you'll finally return his affections. He isn't remotely subtle about his feelings, he'd confess to you over and over again if you let him, but this is likely also exactly the problem he faces. He's too obsessive.
⢠I don't think Rook intends to be creepy or overbearing, this is very much just how he is. But given I think he falls fast and hard; it understandably takes you a while to give the benefit of the doubt to a man who, from your perspective, started stalking you the moment you met him.
⢠Either you or someone else (likely Vil) is going to need to have a very long chat with him about boundaries. Because although he will respect them once they're stated, they do need to be stated; he lacks any amount of common sense about this kind of thing. He is not intentionally trying to make you uncomfortable.
⢠Assuming he has that conversation and backs off, I think this is the point where a healthy dynamic can be built between the two of you. And now that you have your space back, maybe you will end up returning his feelings for you with time.
LILIA VANROUGE
⢠Lilia has been in love before. Maleanor and Raverne were his first and only loves, and he's experienced the highs and lows; as well as the heartbreak and grief that comes from losing them.
⢠Maybe 400 years ago, when he first lost them, he would have sworn to never fall in love again. He was convinced that the pain he experienced after losing them and being left only with Maleanor's egg - their son - to remember them by, would never be worth the fleeting joy being in love gave him.
⢠But hundreds of years have passed since then. In that time, Malleus has come into his own, and he's also taken in a human son, Silver. And behind the incomparable joy of watching Silver grow has always been the looming threat of the anguish that will come when he has to watch his son, the baby boy he raised, perish.
⢠But he's never regretted his decision. Maybe he will in the future, but as for the present, he wouldn't change a thing. If he could do it all over again, he finds that not only would he still take Silver in; but he would still choose to fall in love with Maleanor and Raverne, too.
⢠Lilia is far older than Malleus, and more experienced with loss. So although the realisation he loves you would still come with some necessary introspection, he wouldn't agonise over it quite as much as Malleus would. He doesn't want to waste the time he has with you by worrying so much about the future.
⢠So, in the name of wasting no time at all; he's as quick to start openly flirting with you as he can be. He'll spook you by hanging upside-down behind doors, before jumping down and joining you in whatever you were going to do. He asks you to teach him how to work his phone - ("you wouldn't leave a poor old man hanging, would you?") - despite knowing exactly how to use it, just to spend more time with you.
⢠He doesn't confess immediately - he'd rather build a close bond with you first. But he will at some point, as soon as he thinks the time is right. Any moment spent with you is undoubtedly worth the pain of losing you.
Context: Being a decent person is quite a rare thing in NRC and many of the students there wanted to have some time with you, but your inner circle of friends won't let that slide at all. Here are some of their reaction to someone bothering their time with you.
Other dorms: Heartslabyul, Savanaclaw, Octavinelle, Scarabia, Pomefiore, Ignihyde, Diasomnia
Ace âĽď¸
Deuce â ď¸
CaterâŚď¸
Trey âŁď¸
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I'll be back with posting the next part later next week! Hope you like this new series I've made! :3
Hellow Iâm a big fan of ramshackle dorm au so if it ok and if you request are open? (I couldnât find if you requests are open or not so sorry if they not) Can I request their reaction to all the overblot, and the fact that they basically lived in a dorm that was Basically, one strong gust of wind away from collapsing on them, and also being blackmailed by Crowley for all their money and their place to live, and becoming an unpaid therapist for people who tried to murder them or screw them over, and all the trauma they've been through and they're not getting proper help with it all and they're expected to help everyone emotionally wall no help being offered to them and they just react like this
Sorry for the word vomit, I love your writing I hope you have a good day or afternoon or night and don't forget to drink water
:)
â light up the ring , follow after me ! â
â you grow in pity , i grow by faith ! â
â this is halloween ! â
â hehe .. boo . â
â + a bonus of someone special to yuu !! ( â˘ĚŻĚ â â˘ĚŻĚ) â
>> pairing :: platonic ramshackle dorm au + gn!reader as yuu
>> tw :: should be none !!
>> tags :: @kinnoriv || want to join the taglist ? Should me an ask or comment to be added !!
đŞđ :: FELLOW HONEST + GINO
As soon as the duo moved into Ramshackle they were bombarded with the new found knowledge of the mass amount of kids overblotting at the school. Sure Fellow was no stranger to magic and knew about the issues of it, but it didnât mean it made much sense to him in the slightest.
He slowly turned around to look at you after looking at Ace babble on about Riddle Roseheartâs overblot. He swiftly pushed Gino towards him side as if trying to cover him up from the darker sides of the overuse of magic.
âAre you⌠okay?â He tried to say nonchalantly as Gino looked back at you too, silently agreeing with Fellowâs question.
âIâm fine, Pssh, Ramshackle has been through it. Oh, and donât worry about the exterior. The ghosts are working on it!â You perked up as you shot the duo a thumbs up. Fellowâs jaw went slack as he stared at you dumbfounded.
They were going to have to give you a lot of therapy if youâd gone through seven of the overblots and still put up with Crowleyâs rampaging blackmail.
By the time Rollo arrived heâd sensed something was wrong. Of course, being a gentleman, he never directly asked you about it, but made sideway guesses to try and pivot you toward an answer. Heâd sure gotten one.
âOverblots? I told you magic is sinful.â He snarked, less bite than bark, his words only meaning to show care towards you. âYou sat through seven of those⌠disgraceful behaviors? Exhibited by the highest ranked here as well. Absolutely vile and shameful.â
You tilted your head as you smiled at him, understanding a little of where he was coming from before you got a text from Crowley asking you to give the fire fairies some wood as the kitchen staff was off duty.
âSorry, Rollo. I appreciate you caring a lot, but I gotta catch this or Crowley is going to tip the last good wall in this dorm⌠Iâll see you after, Fellow should be upstairs anyhowââ
âYou get blackmailed too!? Have you had a hint of good intentions given your way while you have been stuck in this world!? And the walls!? This place is going to collapse any minuteâ y-youâre just okay with that!?â Rollo immediately fought back as his hands balled up on his sides and his eyes lit up in a passionate fire. He was for sure going to knock anybody who dared make your day anymore painful back into the hell fire.
Skully moved in shortly after the other three. He had immediately fallen in love with the creaks and scratches left upon the old dorm house. Itâs taken him awhile to actually realize that the rest of you arenât actually dead⌠meaning the design, while lovely to him, was considered deadly to you all.
So after much sighs and cries once you had all settled on getting it redone, he was then bombarded by the fact the seven Housewardens immediately came to help you. Whilst he laid in confusion Fellow awkwardly explain to him this was their ârepaymentâ for overblotting and you having to fix it.
Skully went absolutely mother mode on you as after he found out that overblotting was still an issue at Night Raven College (shocker with Crowley in charge) and he refused to let you out of his sight. While he, unlike Rollo and Fellow, couldnât recommend therapy, he did constantly try to get you to open up about it.
âYou know, as a soul boundlessly devoted to helping halloween, you seem more scared of talking about it then you do bugs and ghosts galoreâŚâ
âYou learn that having to talk about it means having to relive it sometimes, Skully. Youâre a kind gentleman for trying to help me though Yâknow.â
Where to go with Swing? Genuinely, he doesnât care. Doesnât care that people have overblotted, doesnât care that Ramshackle is one wind blow away from falling, and also doesnât really care about you mentally other than toying with you.
That doesnât mean you get to point out how he subconsciously will stay near you when you have guest in Ramshackle. Thatâs odd of course! Heâs simply there to watch you jitter in his presence.
That also doesnât mean you get to bring up the mass loads of cash coming in from Azul, Kalim, Leona, and Idia. Now thatâd be even more odd! And donât ask about the bugs and moving portraits in their dorms either. Itâs cheap schemes by the skeleton boy whoâs down right obsessed with Halloween if youâd ever wonder. Never Swing. Because Swing doesnât have the heart to care for someone like you does heâŚ?
Grim had been with you through thick and thin. Every Overblot, every school day, every harder than normal night, every nervous breakdown, everything. Of course he tried to act like you were no more than a pawn for the Great Mage Grim, but truly you were his family. His found home.
So when Rolloâs constant berating became too much, when Fellow and Gino had too much going for them, when Skully became to overstimulating, when you had one too many scared from Swing, it was Grim who stayed and comforted you. He was no therapy, he wasnât a doctor or understood everything going through your mind, but he knew you needed him as much as he needed you.
So when Ramshackle seemed one rip away from collapsing or everyone seemed too set into a world that wasnât yours, Grim was sure to be by your side. Without tuna. He may never fully grasp the idea of being lost in a world that will never fully accept you, but he understands the acceptance part.
You never had to earn a place in his heart, he gave it to you freely. Sure he could be a little egomaniac or cocky in ways you didnât know a cat like being could, but he loved you. You were his home and whole being. So never feel like you donât have someone waiting for you on the other side of the island, campus, dorm, or bed. Because Grim would be there, just like you were for him.
>> â Iâm so sorry this took forever ,, I was flowing in and out of writerâs block and I couldnât find a good way to stay motivated . Iâm also so sorry if this isnât what you were looking for !! I had to think of them but like ⌠would some of them really care or would they even really elude to voicing concerns (âĽďšâĽ) ⌠thank you for your patiences in this long long experience ⌠â
>> not proof read
hehe good aftie, may i request some cooking headcanons for the shacklerats. domestic boarding house ramshackle is a very lucrative venture methinks. please and thank uuuu :))
OH THIS ONE IS WONDERFUL!!! funny thing is that I didn't get any writing done last night because I was cooking (and baking)
*ŕŠâŠâ§âË anyone can cook!
summary: ramshackle cooking headcanons
type of post: headcanons
characters: rollo, fellow, skully, swing
information: platonic, reader is yuu, reader is gender neutral, ramshackle au, old skully (ghost), probably ooc IDC
*ŕŠâŠâ§âË Rollo Flamme
Considering that Rollo's idea of a lunch is two croissants and a couple grapes... do NOT let him meal plan okay
Does he know HOW to cook? Yes. It's just chemistry, and Rollo is good at nerdy shit like that. DOES he cook, though? No and that's for the better. You'd be eating like the English were still invading
That said, he gets CRATES worth of Fleur City delicacies shipped from his former fellow council members at Noble Bell, and he lets everyone have a little something from the spoils
So don't expect any grand, indulgent meals from Mr. Ascetic, but his bottomless bread and cheese supply makes up for it
Anyway your number one task as his dormmate/friend/whatever is getting him to eat a full meal at lunch and it's an Olympic sport
(Organize a little charcuterie spread, he'd like that)
*ŕŠâŠâ§âË Fellow Honest
Literally the exact opposite of Rollo in every possible way
In fact, any time the former goes on about how grand feasts are gluttonous, you have to hold Fellow back from strangling him
What good are all those boarding school brat bucks if you're not using them to EAT?
Despite having been on the verge of starvation for years before winding up at Ramshackle, he really does have a refined palette, and appreciates food with flavor and substance (and by that I mean CARBS)
...Sorry Italians, he's the most Italian-American coded character ever. You have Octavinelle, Fellow Honest is for the east coasters
Needless to say that Fellow does most of the cooking in the dorm, and always makes sure you and Gidel have enough on your plates before serving the others (he plays favorites)
*ŕŠâŠâ§âË Skully J. Graves
I like to think that since getting over his whole "let's all sit in a dark room and think about death!" thing, he's come to appreciate the finer flavors in life
That said, like ninety percent of his kitchen knowledge is candies and seasonal pastries. So
You can get a wicked good pumpkin pie out of him but do NOT ask him to make a savory meal, he will give you gruel
Like LITERAL gruel
Reminds him of childhood :)
Mind you this is someone who probably grew up eating pease porridge three times a day, his flavor receptors are permanently stunted
Rollo at least appreciates a flavorful cheese, good bread, a nice buttery croissant... Skully probably thinks salt is spicy
Sorry. But he's also a ghost who doesn't eat so at least he doesn't take offense to being banned from the kitchen 364 days a year
That pumpkin pie is still mind-blowing though
*ŕŠâŠâ§âË Swing
Here's my thought
Is he a good cook: yes
Is he allowed to cook: NO
In my head he's kind of on the same spectrum as Lilia, but in the opposite direction- total chaos in the kitchen, but always ends up making something strangely edible and really good
So much flavor and depth that it makes Fellow's cooking taste like saltines by comparison (which are still too spicy for Skully btw)
...And then you find out what it's made of and suddenly it's a unanimous vote not to let Swing in the kitchen anymore
But who knew snakes and spiders could make for such a tasty stew?
Here one of my friends would like me to add that Swing is a Krampus and gobbles up naughty children for misbehaving, but that's only a theory...
Hi!! Could I request something with Floyd courting the reader? I love how you portray the tweels and how silly they can be. Youâre writing is always so fun to read!!
Aaaa this was so fun to write!!! I miss writing for Floyd I should give him some more attention!!
Floyd is someone to me who falls in love at first punch. Or any act of violence and or aggression towards him. Really, someone who grabs his attention and keeps it is going to be the type of person that Floyd is into.
floyd leech x reader courting one-shot!
wc: 1,648
Floyd is an interesting case, being both a bit of a coward and very upfront about his feelings. He doesn't want to be vulnerable (ew yuck)! That's so not his style!
Unfortunately for you, his style is very middle school-like, aka: I'm gonna bother and annoy you but also expect you to know from this irritating special attention that I actually like you.
It makes for a really, quite funny sight for the others around you, as they can tell that you're definitely getting "special" treatment from Floyd, but due to his general demeanor and his role in Octavinelle, it's hard to tell if this is a good or bad thing.
Going back to my interspecies romance post (which might be due for a rewrite tbh I have more refined thoughts now) a few things from there apply to Floyd still.
He does bestow you with gifts, gifts that you don't really want because Floyd refuses to say what he wants in return. "They're just for you, take them." "I think I'm okayâ" "I said. Take. It." You take them anyways because his expression is that unnerving one he always does when Ace starts annoying him in basketball and he's just about to start chasing him and throwing Ace into the hoop. Again.
They are the oddest little gifts. There are nice ones of course, an eel keychain that he insisted you take. A rock he found that Floyd though matched your eyes. He heard that for some reason, humans really like shells. Floyd learned the hard way that specifically empty shells, after gifting you one too many conches with the snail still in it. So Floyd brings you (empty) shells that remind him of you. They're fun colors, big, and usually pointy.
He also really likes to give you teeth. He gives you a lot of teeth, sharp ones, dull ones, ones with a little bit of blood still on them. You think the sharp ones might be his own, you heard Azul mention that growing up the twins would get into fights and lose teeth, only for them to grow back pretty quickly. Some of the teeth certainly looked big and sharp enough to be Floyd's. The others you're not too sure, but if you'd paid more attention to Floyd, you'd notice that he'd started a habit of following certain students that liked to push you around. All it takes is for one of them to mutter something about the "useless prefect" and you lack of magic, and Floyd is back with another tooth, smiling brightly like he did something trophy worthy.
Yes, he will "talk" to your bullies, in part because that's how you court and show love in the deep sea. A dangerous place like that means that you want to show that you are someone who not only can withstand the icy waters and her inhabitants, but can protect your beloved from her as well. The other part is because only Floyd is allowed to bully you.
This is more where the middle school behavior peaks most. Once again, if Floyd is pursuing you, it means you got is attention somehow. Most likely his interest started during one of the times you came into the Mostro Lounge, and probably did something like kick him in the shins, or the dick, and it's been love at first punch since then. Not many people can get the drop on him you know? And the other part of courting in the deep sea is making sure that your partner is also strong enough to protect you and fight for you. As such, he is antagonizing you daily with the sole purpose of getting you to fight, chase, and lovingly maim him.
Floyd is into you because you are exciting, more like a mantis shrimp with how you fight back when he bothers you. The pissed off look in your eye is just so thrilling when it's on him, and he wants to keep it on him. It's unfortunate that this aspect of eelmer courting is so conflicting with humans, because playing with you is his favorite way of courting. To him, it's obvious, all of his attention is on you and you on him, so it's going to be the quickest way to get you to confess to him first!
Oh, you think Floyd is going to confess first? Ha! No. He thinks that all his actions: the gifts, the protection, the "playing," is all an obvious enough sign of his courting. If anything, Floyd thinks he's practically shouting his intentions from the rooftops, and you're taking your sweet time. Honestly, the fact that you haven't caught on ("or," a voice whispers at the back of his head, "they aren't interested. They're ignoring you.") frustrates him to no end.
His mood swings ironically get a bit more predictable around you, just not in the way most would prefer. Floyd approaches you with another gift, after another "talk" with a bully, or tries playing with you again, if you don't react the way he wants his mood is dropping. He'll sulk, laying down in a booth at the lounge or at the bleachers during his club. Sometimes he gets antsy, wondering if he just squeezes you hard enough that you'll finally give in, so he'll stalk around campus to find something else to rough up, since humans apparently fragile little things. Jade makes fun of him for this, since when has Floyd cared about being gentle? Since when has Floyd become predictableâwhy even random students are clocking that Floyd gets moody after talking with the Prefect!
The fact that other students are noticing a pattern annoys Floyd even more; he doesn't need his business known by anyone but him. Alas, it continues on as you live on in ignorance and Floyd lives on in annoyance that you're not already sloppily making out in his room right now. He's ready to just do it anyways, if you didn't like it all then you would've told him to stop long ago. You gotta like him too!
But it's not the gifts or protection or attention he gives you that eventually catches your attention, but rather the rare, almost foreign sound of your actual name from his mouth. It's not often, as Floyd thinks that if you're gonna stay being a little shrimp around him then you can stay as Little Shrimpy. But sometimes, when it's just you two, and you play along with him, Floyd likes to feel the way the letters of your name leave his lips as you blink up at him with a cute, surprised expression.
"Ah!" Floyd rocked on his heels, looking down at you with a lazy smile as you pointed a finger up at him. "You do know my name!"
Floyd tilted his head and giggled, "Duh, why'd you think I didn't?"
A pleasant change of pace for him, usually you'd blanch at the sight of him and grimace at the latest trinket he'd gotten you. It pissed him off, Floyd reeeeeally wanted to just pick you up and squeeze until you finally gave in and agreed to go out. There's a fun spooky escape room in Foothill Town that he wants to try with you but it's not fun if you're gonna be clutching the wall with fear and not him. But Mama reminded him that humans were soft things, had to be careful with them if you liked one. And he really liked you.
"Cause you call me Shrimpy instead! Like, all the time! I thought you just didn't bother to remember anyone's name!"
He shrugged smile dropping into a pout.
"Only when I wanna."
He frowned as you huffed, rolling your eyes as you fidgeted with the rock Floyd had given you. More so plopped in your palm after cornering you at the end of a hall during his latest chase. It wasâŚcertainly a rock!
"Lovely, so you only wanna remember my name sometimes."
"Only when Shrimpy deserves it."
Floyd leaned back as you whipped your head up at him and held up your hands in a strangling motion, an also strangled sound coming from your mouth as you practically growled.
You had look in your eye, like you were on the last straw of you patience. Floyd would really love to see you lose it though, see how you'd jump him and rough him up. You'd look so pretty, breathless and flushed, like you would after making out, he's very sure of it.
"Why are you like this? And why me? Wasn't Riddle enough fun for you?"
A giant, full (sharp) tooth grin grew on Floyd's face as he giggled. A fond warmness filled his chest and bloomed on his cheeks.
"It's different with (Name)!"
Then, you slumped and half whined, half groaned as you ducked under Floyd and started walking away.
"But why?! What'd I ever do to you? Are you still mad about the first time I came to the lounge? I didn't mean to dick you down there! Everyone else started fighting and I was just trying to make sure I didn't get hurt!"
Floyd also whined, following after you like a lanky, looming puppy.
"Ugh! How come Shrimpy still doesn't get it!" He sighed, suddenly draping himself over you. You yelped, stumbling as you tried to steady yourself from falling. "I'm doin' everything like Mama said! But you're taking too long!"
You went warm and stiffened, Floyd's breath grazing the back of your neck as he murmured into you: "How come you don't answer me? Don't cha like me?"
"A-ah, Floyd you're being weirdâŚ"
It was confusingly pleasing and frustrating that you liked how Floyd practically curled over you as if he could merge you two into one.
"Don't want me? I want my (Name), and I think I'm gonna take you now."
I absolutely adore this idea of the Halloween characters all joining Ramshackle Dorm so have this. Also it has been brought to my attention that Crowley knows who Skully is (I haven't reached the end of the event yet) but eh just take it.
In the Ramshackle dorm au can I request HC were they are a found family and them sabotaging/being obstacles for enyone trying to ask you out because I think it would be funny lol
Like a scenario where a student knocks on the Ramshackle door planning to ask yuu out and they just answer the door or them scaring away the suits for yuu and basically going âyou're not good enough for my sisterâ lolďżź
Love your writing hope you have a good day, afternoon and night and don't forget to drink water
:)
Ramshackle + keeping the bums away.
Masterlist
This technically shouldnât be next in my inbox list but like.
Itâs funny as shit.
Ramshackle dorm you arenât real but youâre real to me
Also!
QUICK BONUS! The ghosts of ramshackle are very protective of Yuu and will haunt people so bad even just coming to the doorstep if they try anything. Their acceptable criteria isâŚunknowable but they do love love so theyâre the easiest to get through
⢠has been on this shit from day 1
⢠he is the ultimate âprotectorâ
⢠like , Ace tryna spend time alone? HES THERE. Floyd dragging you off? HES SCREAMING. Silver trying to nap with you? MAKE ROOM FOR GRIM.
⢠he does concider letting Idia , Azul or Kalim get some for the moneyâŚ..but youâre his henchhuman! He CANNOT and WILL NOT sacrifice you.
⢠honestly before the others csme it was silent common knowledge that to get to the prefect you had to appease grim which seemed to be an impossible task.
⢠but now it gets so much worse
⢠to members of the audience , the so much worse in question!
⢠being your second in command he too immediately gains an âauthorityâ on whom becomes potential partners
⢠if he hears anyone even mentioning it he will find them and resolve it the non magic way (a punch right between the eyes.)
⢠heâs got high standards and this school is really not meeting them
⢠none of them are respectful , smart , kind , loyal and able to give you a long fulfilling life in his eyes!
⢠heâs not above any means honestly. Heâs also more than likely the one to slam doors in the face of suitors if they try come to the dorm.
⢠ough he is ON IT. Heâs scheming heâs doxxing (or at least gwtting others to do it for him) heâs keeping his precious little baby safe. You may be nearly an adult but you are no less a baby to him like Gidel! So no dating at all. Youâve got so much life to live instead of sucking face with these bums!
⢠heâs humiliating them so hard. Like. Heâs got no shame.
⢠though. Heâs sneaky with it. He acts interested. More open to you dating! He draws them in.
⢠then when he tells them completely false information to win you over they notice their wallet , their tie and probably everything easily stealable is gone except for a new note with âstay awayâ written in it or something else akin to it
⢠also he gets to you and definitely makes you have such a critical eye of others. Like really??? This is who you wanna date????
⢠someone tryna date you?
⢠nah
⢠the warm cozy spot in your bed is for him and grim to battle over. He doesnât need some third loser coming in.
⢠very much like his big brother in his methods but also like grim in the sense that one reason they never get a chance to even have you alone because heâs just always prying (and winning) your attention!
⢠and every time yous walk away he looks back at them with the most FOUL grin
⢠NOOOO đ
⢠ABSOLUTELY NOT đ
⢠he waxes and whines long lamenting lyrics to you about how tragic it is that people are trying to steal your heart!
⢠he scares them away. Thatâs his main method
⢠also, he shows you he can treat you better! Not even in a strictly romantic sense! You can get all you want and more from him! Why waste time with this gawp?
⢠biggest unintentional slanderer too
⢠he will tell you some had a crush on you but then lists the most foul criticisms known to man against them
⢠another one where you donât even have a chance
⢠heâd rather die than admit how much he cares for this rag tag group of losers
⢠so you donât even know when someone has a crush on you because he either casually mentions it to the others and they do their work or he just haunts them until they stop
⢠he doesnât even know how he knows! The information just drops into his lap tbh
⢠but anyway he almost has fun with your potential suitors , he has the most fun messing with them
