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That one anon that said that riddle scared the shitlings out of them seeing Riddle being mentioned in the newest chapter and being scared all over again 😭😭
Also i was lowkey happy Riddle was mentioned again like, i hope you never find the mc again but i love him sm 🙂↕️
- 🍓 anon
More content to come. Y'all have not seen the last of the Red Thief, Blue Brawler, Head of Investigation, King's Regent, and Pyro Archon.
The boys occasionally watch you do a normal things and a vague memory flashes by. “Hey look at this cool shiny rock over here!” Neither Ace nor Deuce could exactly describe why the red speckled rock made them uneasy, but it did. Occasionally a memory from a past loop gets tangled in the webs of dreams, providing a brief horrifying glimpse of what had occurred. For the overblotters especially, this could be horrifying. He was just getting to know you, even though your presence had felt all so familiar. Like the two of you had met in another life once— a warm comforting embrace. Why did he have that dream? That dripping inky dream filled with your screams and suffering. He wasn’t a bad person, he didn’t want to hurt you!
Riddle retreats further into his rules, if everyone obeys the rules properly then that won’t happen. If everyone works as they are supposed to, adhering to that list that stretches onwards and onwards… then surely you’ll be safe. The little magicless prefect so ignorant of this world.
Leona can’t help but imagine how rotten he is, you were so amusing. For him to have a dream like that— a dream yes, but it felt so real. Tch, he supposes that he’s been cursed to another awful destiny. He doesn’t even look at you anymore, avoids even, but you just had to be so persistent, didn’t ya? You should’ve learn by now, no effort is ever rewarded kindly.
Azul no longer just wants Ramshackled, no. In fine print on the contract you signed lies a clause binding your service to him— I mean Mostro Lounge. Here where he can control every piece, you’ll be safe! You won’t have time to tie yourself up in anymore conflict when you’re busy slaving, working away. You can even board here in Octavinelle, isn’t he so generous? So please, just don’t— don’t even think about saving them.
Jamil double, triple, even quadruple checks his plans, scrutinizing them for any flaws. Any contradictions that could possibly bite him in the rear later. Late at night when everyone had fallen to sleep, he rehearses expressions over and over again until it looks as natural as can be. Surely you understood, what it meant to be powerless and have nothing to your name? To be caught up as a pawn by figures who looked down upon you, surely you would understand why he’s doing what he’s doing.
Vil simply does what he’s always done, throwing his everything into his performance. Mind, body, soul, sanity— anything he can to shine brightly, confound whatever consequences might come. To shine so brightly that he’ll win, he couldn’t be ugly if he did win, right? Muscles cramp and shake after hours of practice, stomach groans for anything of more substance, blot accumulating all the quicker. It’s fine though, to see you cheering for him is enough. It should be enough, but it’s not.
It’s not like Idia wanted to even do this, sevens he wasn’t even given prior notification that they were going to round up all those normies and he’d be in charge of them. This game of micromanaging the students with the least amount of sanity stats was seriously driving him into overclock mode… He didn’t even have the time to process that bad rng pull of a dream before being summoned for another side task.
And Malleus? Oh he hates it. With Lilia’s time left slowly slipping through his fingers, and the realization that neither Silver or Sebek will live as long as him he’s already on edge. And then he witnesses that dream, his beloved child of man perishing before his very hands. You just need to STAY IN THE DREAM. Stay in the beautiful world he had made for you, where you can’t be hurt anymore or at all.
Might’ve gotten a little carried away with the idea here….
The concept not only allows for plenty of conflict between characters but also self-conflict, both of which you highlight here. Thinking about it, in some cases, it could even affect the characters you haven't even properly interacted with yet.
Imagine perishing late in the story, sometime toward the end of act seven, and having to start all over again when you wake up in the prologue.
First, the mere dread at having to live through everything again. You wake up knowing that if you want any chance to escape this time loop, you had to win by getting to the end of the game. Meaning you have the survive through months of the same traumatic events you had experienced numerous times, in so many various ways, which have already led to an untold amount of deaths.
Second, after accepting it and starting all over, you decide to lay low this time. Lower than before. Maybe, just maybe, you could avoid unnecessary conflicts by keeping to the background until needed. That doesn't work when characters you haven't even met during this run appear drawn to you even if you're a mere stranger to them. There's just something about you...
Ace Trappola spots you for the first time in the prologue during the entrance ceremony. It's like that every time. In every life he's been a constant, for better or for worse. In those past lives he's seen you die too many times to count, he may have even caused some of those deaths, but of course he doesn't remember them. As soon as he spotted you during the ceremony, there was a feeling deep in his heart pulling him to speak to you. Maybe you might meet him not the next morning, but sometime before then. Weird, why is he drawn to some run down old building on campus...?
Deuce Spade sees you for the first time in the prologue at the entrance ceremony too. He's not quite sure why, but seeing you standing in front of the mirror judging your soul, he hopes you get sorted into Heartslabyul. Although something tells him that it won't happen. And if it did happen, it might not end well. Wait, why's he even wanting a stranger he's never even spoken with to end up in the same dorm as him? Well, either way, it doesn't matter. Even if you don't end up with him in Heartslabyul, he has the weirdest feeling that you and him could be great friends. He hopes you share the same as him homeroom too.
Cater Diamond vaguely recognized you from the entrance ceremony, but he meets you during book one. What a cutie, he thinks, which is why he readily snaps a selfie with you and the others to make sure they aren't left out. During lunch, he plans to talk to his two troublesome Heartslabyul juniors. But since you're with them, he'll make himself look like the dependable senior and take the seat beside you (even if Ace and Deuce complain). As he's scrolling through his gallery at night, he saves the selfie as a favorite. Instinctively his thumb continues scrolling as if there were more but that's the only photo he's taken with you... Huh...
Trey Clover caught a glimpse of you at the entrance ceremony, but he meets you during book one. He's heard mention of you from Ace and Deuce, and he finds himself unusually curious. The first time you properly encounter is in the cafeteria. Trey proceeds to explain the workings of the school and dorms in careful detail, just so you're prepared. He felt sick when he began to tell you about the other dorms... Maybe he'll drop by later while Ace and Deuce stay over at Ramshackle for the night because one of them was practically exiled. He'll come by with baked goods to pay you back for letting the pair stay, but it's just an excuse to make sure everything is okay.
Riddle Rosehearts thought you were quite the rule-breaker from his first impression of you at the entrance ceremony. Why, if you were a Heartslabyul student, he would correct you and teach you the proper way forward! A small image flashed in his mind, one of him allowing you to get away with white roses and not the proper red ones. Immediately he shook away the thought, what preposterous notion! Little did he know, he had once allowed white roses to exist because you admired them but that was in another life. If it's true as Cater and Trey reported, the magicless student was providing shelter to the troublemaking Ace and Deuce, then he will drop by between classes. Afterall, the two were still under his command. As for the magicless human, well, they were just... a curious individual.
you know how Yuu gets premonitions via story in game? lowkey…. that concept w the Weird Feelings…. why did Riddle have a nightmare of Leona turning you to dust? why did Idia dream of you in an eternal sleep in a dragon’s tower? ect ect ect do u feel me
I would have to say that the premonitions would be limited to the characters and not to MC.
Personally, I feel that if MC had those premonitions, it wouldn't make it as fun since it would be more like a guessing game, if you get what I mean. I feel that it would be a lot more frightening in the perspective of the MC if they remembered their past lives. At least, until they've had so many attempts that they're starting to blend in with the nightmares of possible endings and paranoid thoughts on the what-if scenarios.
So only the characters would get that weird sense of deja-vu or, as you said, premonitions. It's not like a certainty to them, it's more like a dark thought they assume came out of nowhere but in actuality it happened once before, they just don't remember.
Hi! I've been really wanting to write a series related to your 'we just got a letter' series, I love your imposter au! I didn't want to take inspiration without asking, also this is @includingyuu (sorry! its a sideblog lol)
I admire your writing so much! I had a huge writing blog when I was younger but with school, things sort of fell apart. Your writing makes me want to get good again! thank you!
Sure, go for it! Thank you for asking, I appreciate it. I hope that you have fun with it!
Call me crazy, but I lowkey miss your yandere Peter Pan fic and wanna re-read it. Know it’s never gonna happen tho…💔
Yeah, that story is absolutely dead and buried, anon. Entertaining the notion, I decided to go digging through my drafts to see if it exists somewhere there. Because I still do have copies of some of my long deleted stories, but that story was not among the ones I saved. To be honest, I don't even remember what it was called but that one was nuked out of existence.
Among searching for it, as I said, I found a few copies of other works I deleted years ago along with projects that never really took off. My motivation for Empyrean is a little low at the current moment, so I've been trying to see if I can write for anything else which includes unpublished projects. Will they ever be posted publicly? Eh, who knows?
Funnily enough, the three OC stories I've written for recently all follow the same trope of: large scary not-human yandere who has committed possible war crimes and ruined the MC's life while being obsessed with a plucky MC who wants to off the yandere. Perhaps I am unoriginal.
Tbh with you, i discovered your fanfics through your yandere male cruella x reader as well as the corpse groom since corpse bride and haunted masnion were my fav fils as a kid and really enjoyed reading it at the time (I was also getting into Twisted Wonderland at the same time) and didn't even know the damnation quiz was also by the same author haha. But yeah, I've been recently catching up to your recent fanfic; the empyrean au since i was a former genshin fan, but stopped playing. Such nostalgic reads 📚
Not a question, but a comment to let you how your work is immaculate and inspiring 🌟
I'm always flattered and amazed by the fact that some of y'all have seen my old cringe stuff and still decide to take an interest in what I make. Please, continue allowing me the chance to show that I've improved. I swear I can make actually decent content now.
Anyways, in all seriousness, thank you, anon. I always appreciate a kind message ✨.
hello! i have two questions kinda cuz i was looking earlier and did not find it but what's the "shiny method" for gacha pulling? also what do you think about deuce spade's new birthday card? both the groovy and non groovy?
im lowk asking for the method deets cuz i'm gonna pull for him even tho i just started really recently with only like 42~ pulls
Sorry for the late response, anon. Basically, the "shiny method" is more like a joke/ritual I do before wishing for characters I want, and it's worked most of the time.
I've only done it for TWST but it works like this: let's say I'm wishing for Ace. While I have the TWST app open on my phone and ready to wish, I'll have another device open and playing whatever songs Ace may be in. Then I wish as the song is playing. I did this for Ruggie, Epel, and Jamil. Each of those times it worked. It's just a fun thing to do.
As for Deuce's new birthday card... which one? New on the English server or Japanese server? If we're talking about the sleepwear, I think it's cute as hell. If we're talking about the bonbonniere one... to be honest, I kinda hate the whole series so sorry Deuce. I just don't think any of those bonbonniere cards are particularly good on any characters.
I like to imagine that the MC is not actually a different person but that they decided to work on growing their confidence. Like after all the BS with Riddle, they were like, "Well, that went really badly. This time I'm going to try asserting myself, and hopefully nothing will blow up." Everything is still going to blow up, but they're trying their best.
(Also your writing is incredible. I binge read the whole thing this past week whenever I had work breaks, and now it's all I can think about)
Oh? Interesting take, anon. Also, thank you! That's a lot to binge read, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Hi 🪼anon here, thanks for clearing up the misunderstanding lol, sorry for the confusion Shiny and 🦑anon. I’m glad everything could be resolved.
On to the more fun stuff, Falena is definitely considering throw us back into Heartslabyul.
1) To maintain country relations.
2) I’m pretty sure Riddle twisted some of the Mc’s actions into his favour.
I’m assuming Falena just wants to give us a chance on whether or not we are actually what Riddle claims we are. Since even though we don’t know much about him, I don’t think he is THAT brutal to just throw us to the foxes immediately. But it’s also hard to say considering how it’s clear he’s willing to give up on certain citizens to appease the masses in a way. (Cough cough, the hyenas)
So I think when we meet Falena and are likely in the process of being shipped or smth. Either Leona or Jack steps in to help us. Alternatively though they could also step in earlier when we’re talking to Falena, Jack because of his sense of justice(I highly doubt he’d say much though, mostly just that one pikachu face since he is just a guard captain.) or Leona so that we can be used for some part of his plan, I’m not saying that Leona dosent care about people getting wrongly accused by he feels more calculating in my opinion so I don’t think he’d straight up just excuse us entirely publicly.
Tbf, we could also potentially break ourselves out and become a fugitive with or without their help depending on how strong we are. (Wouldn’t be the first or last time the traveler becomes one.)
I’m assuming at the very least that smth bad happens to Falena because whilst Leona does canonly care for his family, this version of Leona seems to be more willing to take action for his people(Ex: Giving the Hyena folk a way to defend themselves.) So I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s planning to weaken Falena in some way so he step in. This is all I have for now, I just wanted to share some pretty basic theories lmao.
-🪼anon
It's no issue, anon. Thank you for coming by again!
So I don't like to give too much away, but I do like to try and respond to these long theory messages in some way, shape, or form. I will confirm: readers will get to see Falena. Nothing more on that.
Also! I do want to reiterate something I've mentioned in a separate ask, and something that is only subtly implied. The MCs are not much of a fighter. This second act's MC is plucky and is willing to throw down in a normal magic-less simple fight, but none of the MCs are meant to be these crazy fighters. They're from modern worlds where fighting skills are not exactly necessary, hence why a lot of the times the MC will have to depend more on their wits. Just thought I would throw that out there again.
Anyways, you present some interesting theories, anon! We're getting to the point of the act's climax soon, and I'm very eager to share it with you all.
I hope for you to do more for Empyrean!Riddle after act 1
I'd munch on many headcanons and drabbles of him
I'm always willing to write extra scenes for the series (as I have before), and that's for any character! Of course, I just need inspiration, time, and motivation to do so.
On Day 21 in the Month of Tourmaline, Year 7000, the youngest prince of the Kingscholars was attacked.
Prince Cheka Kingscholar had requested his caretakers escort him to towns and villages in the north. An elite team of Guards of Haven accompanied him, but it is no small task to guard a young royal entity. Especially Prince Cheka, son of Sovereign Falena Kingscholar, who is notorious for causing destructive accidents in the city and somehow slips past the most vigilant of guards.
Ahadi’s Maws, birthplace of the Kingscholar brothers and other great deities before them, is supposedly where the young prince intended to go. Every citizen of Savanaclaw knows the dangers of Ahadi’s Maws, but to those who do not know, Ahadi’s Maws is a chasm rich in resources but also home to wild entities that lurk in its untold depths. It remains operational as a mine but only at certain depths, anything beyond that is uncharted territory with caves and passages that stretch for miles upon miles in different directions.
These underground passages are most likely how the prince ended up in Fisarun territory, within Banagi Badlands, upon getting lost and digging his way to the surface for a way out. Reportedly, this led him straight to a camp where a faction of the Baasho Band resided. The Fisarun who spotted him attacked, but when Greater Lord Kingscholar arrived, the hyena-folk claimed to not have known that the entity they were chasing was the crown prince. A majority of the Fisarun involved were gravely injured by the strength of the Sovereign, while Prince Cheka was unharmed and returned promptly to Pridehaven.
I'm so so glad to find out I'm not the only reader who got creeped the hell out when Riddle arrived in the Furnace. When I read he followed Rebel!MC into the hole, I GENUINELY had to stop using my phone and mull over that part in my head over and over again just thinking how it happened and what could possibly happen after. In fact, I think I got even more goosebumps than the MC themself when Riddle was mentioned in the recent chapter?! I was just anticipating the moment Jack would give me relief and say we weren't being hunted down by the guards
Anywho, absolutely love your work as always! I cannot wait for the next chapter and Act 3!!
- Orca Anon
So, I got a few asks mentioning that fear or discomfort of Empyrean Riddle and to that I say... GOOD. I'm glad. That means my writing was effective. Yapping a bit more about this (about Riddle and Leona), talking a tiny bit about act three, and adding some more character concept art at the end.
Actually, I had a whole self-monologue with myself, because I tend to create voice notes for my own use when I need to voice my thoughts aloud or just make reminders. The topic of a very recent one was my concern over how the major characters will be viewed or interpreted. Part of which was comparing the major differences and some similarities between Riddle and Leona.
In that same voice note, I admit to myself that I am concerned with how Leona will be interpreted and if act two overall will be as good as act one. However, I recall having this same exact fear when it came to Damnation. At the time of posting those first Damnation results, after seeing how readers appeared to adore the Heartslabyul result, I worried a lot that Savanaclaw's result would never live up to it. While I do think Heartslabyul is the fan favorite of Damnation by far, Savanaclaw was still very well received and I was quite proud of it in the end. So I'm hoping that happens here with Empyrean, where it's just the case of me being too anxious.
That is to say, in a way, I hope Leona causes you all just as much grief as Riddle does, if not more. Here is something I will admit that I don't believe I've stated before...
There are about four or five characters I've written for so far in Empyrean that have made me viscerally react, either because I was rereading a part and got worked up or because I was actually writing a scene and got worked up (by worked up, I mean annoyed or irritated sometimes to the point of having to take breaks). Riddle was not on that list. Leona is, without a shadow of a doubt, on the top of that list for characters that made me get worked up in the story I wrote. I reread act two and he STILL bothers me. Use with that info what you will.
In a separate voice note, I was pondering why act three was my favorite so far and I believe I finally reached a conclusion. It is because act three feels like a culmination of the previous two acts, and takes the stakes a bit to the next level. At least, this is my current running theory. I wish I could go more into depth, but unfortunately, I cannot without getting into spoiler territory. So that will have to wait.
Anyways, concept art! So, since Jack Howl was formally introduced in the latest chapter, I can share what he looks like! Leona and Ruggie have had their concept arts shared, now it's Jack's turn.
Jack's first concept art was created in October 2025, I believe. But I drew it in a mostly dark room, so it's not the best. That's why I recently redrew some concept art for him yesterday, same design, this time in a setting with lights so it would actually be a doodle I believed looked at least decent enough to share.
Anyways, that's all! Remember, I write, I don't draw. So sorry if it's wonky. It's not my specialty.
All the remains have been collected. It will take much longer to identify them. His Majesty was gracious enough to leave the Furnace stable. We moved quickly to investigate and recover what we could before the pocket of space will be completely destroyed upon His Majesty’s return.
Our teams are working day and night, rest assured. It is very gracious of His Majesty to allow the identifications to be made, however, due to the intense heat of his divine flames, I fear that a majority of those executed will be difficult to distinguish from one another. In the wreckage, we discovered evidence of some bones reduced to ash. Meaning the true number of executed lawbreakers may never be known unless one of the escapees is caught and interrogated. However, we estimate that the number is in the hundreds. This level of fiery destruction hasn’t been seen since the Day of Raining Hell, and even back then there were countless more casualties and more never to be found again.
They are starting to refer to it now as The Burning of the Furnace. I must warn His Majesty and his advisers, that news is spreading as rapidly as wildfire. This is not the type of event that can be covered up. I am certain that word has already spread past the stone walls of Chesswick, and soon past our borders. They will not understand, but we do. We await our next command, and will continue to send daily reports.
Do you think you’ll ever write a oneshot based on your TWST time loop idea?
Perhaps. Although, if I ever did, it would have to be a series. A oneshot would not be long enough for what I have in mind. But because I have so many current projects I'm working on, I'm not exactly eager to start another.
However, I did come up with a possible title for the idea. I was thinking something like: Time and Time Again. Thoughts?
firstly, i just wanted to say how much i LOVE your work. with the growing use of ai it is rare to see someone with so much passion and will to work hard on something they love and i have to say i appreciate the reserch and the depth your work has and it is always a thrill reading it! i started following you after reading the ✨damnation materpiece✨ and then decided to stalk every one of your other tumblr and quotev works!
i just wanted to ask if you have a schedule for releasing chapters? i am trying to patiently wait for the new chapters of empyrean series, bit i am too excited and want to find out more asap!
also, one of my personal favourites of your work is The Devil book on quotev, so i was wondering if you are maybe planing to write something outside of the twisted wonderland world in the future? or if you have plans on entering other fandoms?
thank you for your hard work! sending love and admiration from croatia!🇭🇷❤️
This was such a lovely ask. I saw it earlier, and only now have the chance to respond. Thank you, anon! Oh lord, if you've seen my Tumblr and Quotev that means you've probably see some of my old cringe stuff.
So, for Empyrean, I usually update twice a month: in the beginning of the month and in the middle of the month. However, for this month, I've been updating more frequently (four updates planned for June, two have been shared already). The next update will be June 15th, then June 24th. After that, I'll be going back to the regular schedule which means updates on the 1st of the month and the 15th or 16th of the month. Lore parts for a new chapter are posted before said chapter, and sneak-peeks are posted at least a day or more before the actual chapter.
Oh god, there's the cringe. My old works. I'm flattered y'all like my old stuff, but I swear, I tried rereading that exact series you mentioned and I wanted to nuke the entire thing 😭. But if y'all like it, then it will stay up.
So, it's actually very rare for me to want to write for a fandom. I'm in a few, and I've never really wanted to write too much for them. I might entertain the concept of a drabble here and there every once in a while, but even that is extremely rare. And usually, it's difficult for me to get invested into new things. I don't even plan getting into fandoms, it just happens, so unfortunately I can't provide much of an answer here. Sorry, anon.
If I write for something outside of TWST, it will most likely be OC stuff. As I've mentioned in some recent posts, I've been rewriting one of my old projects on Quotev. I also recently entertained the concept for a new yandere OC series, including a completed prologue, but I don't think that will go anywhere. At least not anytime soon.
