Im laughing bcuz damn do all the demon bros react like that in church?
Actually if ever Simeon, Luke and Solomon visit IK what were like the outsider POV reactions?
I dunno I just like reading about the outsider POV reactions of this incredibly strange found family.
Lmaoo you know for a fact when they have a family outing theres that one person pretending they dont know those strange people fighting in the parking lot no sir 😂
i like to think the church thing is entirely involuntary, it's like an allergic reaction - if belphie had fully stepped into the church he would've burst into flames and there would be nothing he could do about
i reckon the purgatrio are normal enough to not draw the same amount of attention (beyond that of "wow that guy's pretty") - solomon is a pretty standard 'kooky old professor', simeon's very gentlemanly and courteous, and luke is a perfectly nice young man. however since the brothers have already established themselves as maniacs, people are curious about the trio just because it's ik they're visiting
luke probably finds it easier to blend in, solomon doesn't bother trying but is nonchalant enough that people just believe he knows what he's doing, and simeon is very polite but asks all sort of bizarre questions that people just sort of let slip because he's handsome and asks nicely
lucifer tries really hard to pretend he doesn't know his brothers while they attempt to prod at a weird shape in the bushes and subsequently are set upon by a gaggle of angry geese, but unfortunately everyone already recognises him and now assumes he's afraid of birds
Pspspspspsps do you have any HCs for IK babysitting the little guys
okay keep in mind i don't actually know what happened in that kid pop quiz, so this is the literal premise of "these got turned into little primary school boys".
how i imagine this happening: satan + solomon are brewing some dastardly potion and asmo + simeon come in to chat with/ask them about what's going on. lucifer walks in, gets highly suspicious and tries to intervene, solomon accidentally drops something into the cauldron, and then it's hiss, BANG, child
i'll put the boys at around 7 years old both physically and mentally - they retain their usual memories, but they're kind of vague and hand-wavey about what exactly they remember - so they recognise everyone they're meant to but don't know why in particular
the potion going BANG happens at the rad and prof baal is down the hall, so they (attracted by the sound of explosions, their one true love) quickly show up
when they open the door there are five little boys sitting around in various states of shock. solomon turns around and sees this crazy-looking adult in with big glowing goggles and spiky hair, and also has the distinct feeling he's done something wrong, and subsequently starts crying
this sets asmo off, which sets simeon off, which makes satan angry so now he's loudly scolding them for crying for no reason
lucifer just sits there silently, apparently trying to process everything in his now significantly smaller brain
prof baal can only do one thing. leave
and call diavolo
who calls ik because he can't get the boys to stop crying, and when asked for help barbatos just inadvertently made solomon cry more
eventually ik, reeling somewhat, gets them all calmed down and ascertains what happened
unfortunately the two main guys who would be able to figure out a reverse potion are little boys now. so diavolo takes the issue to wiz and ik continues to hang out with the kids
it's. fun?? it's also incredibly jarring
big news! wiz is going to need at least a weekend to analyse the remains of the potion and reverse engineer its effects! the kids are going to have to stay at the castle in the mean time!
so let's get to know them:
lucifer: very serious and earnest - tries to act mature and rein the others in, which is mostly ineffective. likes having his hand held but won't admit it. very particular about keeping himself neat and gets annoyed when he feels he's being talked down to. spends most of his time quietly following ik around.
satan: closer to 6yo and very energetic - runs around exploring things, crawls into whatever spaces he can fit into to. his lucifer-grudge manifests in one of those kiddie rivalries where he has to prove he's the COOLEST one. likes to be read to when he's calm, dislikes it heavily when lucifer is praised in front of him
simeon: just the sweetest little guy... very smiley and bright, seeks approval to an almost worrying degree, kind of clumsy. a little shy around the other boys but super outgoing with the grown-ups (and ik + luke), tries to help out even when he doesn't know what he's doing, and consequently breaks things
solomon: also very energetic, very loudly curious, asks a lot of questions but is moving too fast to actually hear the answers. one of those kids with grabby hands and very little sense of personal space. also keeps having magic accidents because he's not great at controlling his powers in this state
asmo: cheerful but also very blunt and honest with his words. cries quite easily but is also easily consoled; enjoys playing make-believe and dress-up, but very insistent that you do it HIS way. likes being carried around and gets a little crabby if he doesn't get attention for too long
the others are involved in looking after the boys as well but i'm just going to focus on ik for brevity's sake
ik has at least three of the kids surrounding her at all times
at any given moment, at least one of them wants to be carried. another one has something cool to give her. another one wants her to follow them and look at something. lucifer is probably still clinging to her hand the entire time.
the other boys play. lucifer reads a little bit, tries to tell them off, then spends the rest of his time walking around and looking for ik so that she will hold his hand. nevertheless he will look away when asked about this and insist it's nothing
solomon spends a not insignificant amount of time trying to cause as much trouble for barbatos as possible - he's clearly conspiring with some of the little ds as well - and forces ik to go on constant tours around the castle with him so that he can ask her questions at a billion miles per hour
he keeps pointing at things and accidentally making them explode or erupt into flames, or trying to conjure pretty lights and instead summoning bats
he walks into the kitchen with a massive rat in his hands and barbatos almost bodily hurls him out of the window
satan can sprint around the entire castle (including up and down the towers) before he exhausts himself, and he is the bane of lucifer's seven year old life because he will not stop BOTHERING him
satan can theoretically still read at his usual level but he 1. can't sit still long enough do so and 2. now lacks the neural power to comprehend super complex paragraphs, so when he tuckers himself out, he makes ik read him super morbid history books from the castle library
(lucifer is there too, sitting cross-legged and listening solemnly. when satan gets squeamish or spooked he looks at lucifer and reminds himself that he MUST get a better grade in scary stories than him)
(inevitably satan falls asleep and ik will let lucifer pick a book to switch to. when satan wakes up he is inevitably very mad about this)
asmo REFUSES to exert his little legs on the castle steps, so ik has to carry him, never mind the fact that she is also not very well equipped to be taking those stairs
ik plays house with him and pretends to be a little old grandpa, which delights asmo to no end
ik brushes out his hair and he insists on returning the favour, and then tangles a bunch of ornaments in her hair because he thinks it'll look pretty
sometimes he walks into things and cries even if it didn't hurt at all because he likes being fussed over
simeon's just happy to be here!
he tries to help the little ds with chores but mostly just undos their progress (and trips himself down the stairs in the process)
he likes being doted on but doesn't know how to express that, so instead he'll follow ik around, looking at her with these really big hopeful eyes
the boys like to play tag or hide-n-seek in the castle gardens, though the grounds are so extensive that they will inevitably get lost
lucifer has a knack for finding them - he'll silently slip off while ik and barbatos are wondering what to do, and come back with everyone in tow like a border collie herding sheep
when he's finally persuaded into joining their games, satan pushes him into a pond and then immediately tattles on himself because he feels bad
ik gets them to hold hands until they've made up (and barbatos takes a picture that both satan and lucifer will hunt him down for once they're back to normal)
they make fairy cakes together and asmo's decorations are 1. a flower, 2. himself, 3. a cat, 4. himself again, and 5. someone getting their head chopped off????
So we know that Lucifer gets really sweet and affectionate with IK when he's drunk, but what about the others?
a good question!! not sure if you meant just the other brothers or the side characters as well, but i did them all to be safe
as covered, lucifer gets steadily more affectionate the more he drinks, but this is more a knock-on effect from the fact that alcohol makes him more honest; put him near someone he doesn't like and he will tear them to shreds
mammon gets loud and cheerful, but also has frequent mood swings, so he'll go from "YEAHHHH I LOVE YOU KIDDO" to "euughhghgjhff kid i don't deserve you :((((" in a matter of minutes. if there's music he'll drag ik to dance with him, but this usually involves mammon just picking her up and going crazy by himself
levi at first becomes more outgoing and confident, but once drunk enough he'll ask ik like ten times over if she's mad at him, and cry even when she says no. he also has to be watched because if he gets out of the house he will cause some kind of incident
satan (similarly to the demon-nip chapter) gets really giggly and finds everything ik says the funniest thing ever, and also suddenly decides keeping ik amused is his one goal, so he'll do nearly anything if he thinks ik will laugh at it
asmo gets very affectionate and energetic first, then sappy, and finally sad, and there is no changing this cycle. lots of spontaneous hugs, and sometimes it ends up like that one "came home drunk and got really excited to see my cat" post, where the cat has lipstick marks on its fur and looks incredibly frazzled
beel also gets very sappy, but he prefers to sit and and gaze around at everyone in a sort of adoring haze; he will, however, continuously attempt to feed ik throughout the night, and get sad if she refuses too much
belphie just goes straight to sleep once drunk enough. however, he can be woken up drunk, and when this happens he'll latch onto whoever woke him up and goes back to sleep - so ik just ends up being used as a teddy bear
diavolo gets so very loud and happy. he'll start making speeches and toasts to and about everyone, and if allowed to look at ik for too long he starts tearing up about how small she is and how human children are just so sweet
barbatos very rarely gets drunk, and even when he does it's VERY hard to tell. the only real signs: an uptick in the rate at which he addresses ik as "my dear", an unusually absent look in his eyes, and missing the cup when he goes to pour
simeon loses about 50% of his motor functions and just sort of stumbles around giggling giddily. when he spots ik he cheers like a kid and then starts pinching her cheeks and ruffling her hair like a grandmother
solomon gets really frowny and thoughtful, but as soon as he's interrupted and allowed to start speaking it becomes clear that he's very boyish like this - joshes around and roughhouses with ik like a 12yo older brother, but gets really mad if someone joins in and goes what he perceives as too far
After talking about the brothers hypothetical songs with Ik, I've been thinking, what about the side characters? And (just bc I love them) consider: Newspaper Club unit song.
Also which was your favourite of the newest brother unit songs?
oo!! in terms of the new unit songs... i love that belphie & satan's song is just about fucking with lucifer (as far as i can tell), and also mammon & lucifer's one is just very wholesome :') sonically though, i think my favourite's trigger! levi's solo in verse 2 is excellent
as for your main question (i don't really have any example songs this time, so you'll just have to imagine what they might sound like)
ik and the royals have a faux-rap battle with diavolo and barbatos 'arguing' for their sides (diavolo thinks he should get to go do something fun, barbatos thinks he should finish his work first), while ik has shorter interjections where she alternates between being like "diavolo needs to get out more!" and "barbatos kind of has a point". at the end ik has her own extended verse where she decides that this debate is silly and suggests they all go have a cup of tea instead (the royals agree)
simeon and ik have a duet where simeon is bouncing ideas for a new story off her, but his ideas are all super deep and serious while ik keeps putting funny little twists on them and making sure they're full of love for the monsters and creatures. at first simeon is kinda fondly exasperated, but as the song goes on he starts leaning more into ik's ideas and at the end they're taking it in turns narrating the silliest little story ever
luke and ik start off with a cute little song about preparing food for a picnic, and then solomon joins in and from then on it's them trying to stop him from creating something nuclear while he's none the wiser. it's like a continuous thing of "i'm gonna add this" and then "solomon NO"
NEWSPAPER CLUB UNIT SONG!! it'd be framed like a rock song i think - wiz on drums, alecto on bass, mephisto on first guitar and astaroth on second guitar + singer (though of course within jtta itself only astaroth and alecto do music). the lyrics would be written by mephisto and it's literally just all lies about common knowledge
i imagine that simeon is in a constant state of wanting to pinch ik's cheek like a grandmama cooing over her adorable little grandkid but holds back because he knows that, if he lets himself do it once, he's gonna do it every time he sees her from then on
there's a reason why he restricts himself to patting ik's head... simeon knows ik's patient, but not THAT patient, if he does that too much (and he will) she's going to bite him or something
Pugatrio with Zhao sounds so soft though. Simeon would be a very good babysitter and so would luke.
Would he too feel the same irritation as IK did at Solomon's height boost
i think zhao would just be relieved that there’s another human at all, but once he’s had more time to settle in he’d probably get a little miffed about it. solomon offers to shrink himself back down (mostly jokingly) and zhao glares at him, but his glare is so weak that solomon just thinks awww
zhao would get along with the purgatrio great in general! i like to think that in the earlier days, when he’s still completely clueless, he’ll go to purgatory hall with ik to take refuge from the advances the brothers are attempting to make (because he still thinks they’re threatening him), and later he keeps visiting just because he likes it there
i think the purgatrio would also adore baby ik more off the bat than the brothers do initially, so zhao’s more comfortable with letting them babysit his daughter than the others at first. simeon probably spoils her rotten, to the point where sometimes she won’t settle down properly unless he’s holding her rather than her dad, and zhao is devastated by this every time it happens
