#allay!scar

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[17] Diamonds and Cake for a Vex and Allay

[mochiwrites]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

title: wrap your hands around my soul (and hold it gently, please?)

warning(s): graphic depictions of violence

chapter(s): 1/?

relationship(s): scar/grian/mumbo

summary:

And as he approaches his home, he sees the silhouettes of two people collapsed on his doorstep.

Wings fluffing up in alarm, Grian hurries to approach.

Passed out on the ground are two men, and they appear to be injured. Grian grimaces at the blood that’s spilling into the grass below before turning his attention to the two strangers at his doorstep.

The brown haired one is covered in bruises, and his face is twinged with pain, even in sleep. His arm is at an odd angle, making Grian grimace. Though it's the man’s companion that makes Grian worry. He seems to be bleeding, but Grian can’t tell how bad it is. Not from this angle anyways.

But most importantly, there’s magic radiating from the two of them.

read on ao3 here!

PARROT COVEN IS FINALLY HEREEEEEE !!!!! I’m so excited about this :D there’s a lot of fun things ahead :3 and lots of world building to be done! but first, the boys need to meet :3

[mochiwrites]

There’s birds chirping outside Grian’s window as he steps into the living space of his cottage, a bowl of water in his hands and rolls of bandages floating behind him, highlighted in glowing red.

His dark eyes sweep over the two men seated on his couch, and takes in their drastically differing expressions. One of them is smiling, peaceful and content despite the scratches covering his skin. There’s a bruise on his forehead, and his arm is most definitely broken, but he looks completely unbothered by it.

The man next to him is looking off to the side, his arms are crossed over his chest, brows pressed together and sitting low on his forehead. He looks just as injured as his friend, though he appears significantly less pleased about it. There’s a tear in the sleeve of his shirt, and Grian can see the blood drying against his pale skin.

Grian pauses right in front of them, “I don’t have much medical supplies, so we’ll have to make do with these.” He gestures at the floating objects behind him.

The smiling man looks up at him and his green eyes shine pleasantly, “Oh, not at worry! The hospitality is very much appreciated!”

The bowl of water is set down on the nearby table as Grian moves to pull a stool over. He places it down right in front of the two men before sitting down himself. The bandages float over to the table and Grian motions them down with his finger. “I’ll run out to town later and grab some actual supplies,” he says, eyes trailing over to the smiling man. He quirks a brow, “What did you say your names were?”

“We didn’t,” the brooding man cuts in, voice low and terse.

Grian frowns at him as he dips the towel on his shoulder into the water. “Well then can I know them?” he snarks in reply, and the smiling man laughs.

“The name’s Scar, and my grumpy companion is Mumbo,” Scar explains. He looks at Grian with an inquisitive gaze, though there’s something else within his eyes. Grian can’t quite tell what it is, but when he looks at Scar’s eyes he feels electricity zip through him. He suppresses a shiver. Scar smiles at him, but it appears just a tad too sharp, “And what may your name be, oh kind and benevolent stranger?”

“Grian,” he answers blankly, finding himself sitting up straighter on the stool. His insides twist and curdle with Scar’s eyes on him like this, feeling as the man is trying to see something that isn’t on the surface.

“And you’re a witch?” Scar questions, and the movement is minute, the way his eyes squint ever so slightly.

Electricity crackles in the air, charging each particle and making it taste static on Grian’s tongue. It almost feels like a stand off, like Grian should choose his words carefully else a fight in his home may break out. Or his mysterious and injured guests may just show themselves out at the very doorstep they randomly appeared on.

Slowly, Grian nods, “I am.” He watches Scar’s expression carefully, noting from the corner of his eyes the way Mumbo seems to stiffen. “I don’t see how that’s relevant right now though,” he says, motioning for Scar to move closer, “your injuries are much more important.”

Much like lightning cracking in the sky, or two sparks of electricity meeting, whatever charge was building in the atmosphere around them bursts. It quickly fizzles out and disperses, leaving only weak charges of static behind.

It makes Grian relax almost immediately, the hairs on the back of his neck no longer standing on edge. His shoulders drop slightly, letting his guard fall.

Scar offers him a smile and a soft secret chuckle as he leans in, and Grian has to bring the stool closer in order to reach him the way he needs to.

He dips the towel into the bowl once again, taking Scar’s chin in his hand to move him the way he needs to. He scowls as the light just isn’t working for him and with his free hand, he takes his finger and draws a circle in the air. It glows red as it forms from his fingertip before morphing and curling in on itself, becoming a sphere of light that glows warmly. “Much better,” Grian hums before carefully dragging the soaked towel against Scar’s skin.

Silence stretches over the living room as Grian works on patching up his mysterious guests’ injuries.

[mochiwrites]

the parrot coven au master post!

we all saw this coming okay

formerly tagged as the “familiars au”, this is a mumscarian fantasy au! grian is a covenless witch who lives in a quaint little cottage in the woods of boatem. scar and mumbo are a pair of allay and vex traveling together who happen to stumble upon grian! their paths cross and their strings of fate become very entangled.

(note: this au does contain hermitshipping / trafficshipping. if that isn’t your cup of tea, dni!)

warning(s): violence *this is subject to change as the au develops!

- main tag: #parrot coven au

fics.

a parrot’s coven — main storyline, mumscarian focused

arts.

vex!mumbo and allay!scar colorized 2023 (putting this here as a joke) / witch!grian by @halfapersob / witch!grian design by @musiccallanon /

lore things.

general intro to au / grian’s magic / sky siblings relationship / coven uniforms / a hint at mumbo and scar’s past / scar and mumbo’s forms / wands and spell circles / role of familiars / more info on familiars /

drabbles.

mumscarian first meeting /

master post will continue to be updated!

[mochiwrites]

familiars au allay scar and vex mumbo (colorized 2023)

[mochiwrites]

speaking of abandonment and separation issues, what about Mumbo and Scar? How did they feel? also do they have issues with their sense of self? being different from others and what not

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oh boy I have been WAITING for this question >:3c

yes. absolutely, yes.

mumbo was tied to an evoker for a rather long while and his evoker didn’t like the fact that mumbo was so… soft hearted. it made it difficult when fighting enemies and mumbo would often be “punished” for it. until one day he snaps and well…. I shan’t say

and scar!!!! he ran away from home :) and then ofc met someone who betrayed him in the end and yeah.

mumbo and scar have been traveling together for about two years before they meet grian? so you could say there’s a bit of separation anxiety there

but yeah absolutely @ having issues with their sense of self. they’ve definitely had those moments of “I was born as the wrong thing” and felt like they were never going to find someplace to belong

it was pretty rough — at least they found each other eventually though <3

[mochiwrites]

are they small

are Mumbo and Scar small in the familiars au

(tiny mustache.....)

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they can be, yeah !! :D

so like, scar and mumbo have three (3) forms in this au. human, humanoid with vex or allay characteristics, and then actual vex and allay forms (as in the mobs themselves). so in that form they’re the exact size of an allay or vex

they can summon their wings at will too!!! though it does cost some magic to do so. and their humanoid form with mob characteristics automatically has the wings :3 I haven’t quite worked out what those characteristics are just yet, but they’re spinning around in my brain

[mochiwrites]

Sooo your parrot coven au is very amazing and I love it

I read the drabble of their first meeting and there seems to be a lack of trust👀

what event happens that makes mumbo and scar trust grian more? and what are their roles as familiars? what do they do?

I like hazelnuts 🌰

!!!!! uwahhhh tysm!!!!! 🥺🥺

there is indeed a lack of trust 👀👀

there’s a couple of things that happen that make them both trust grian!!! there’s quite a bit of bonding that happens :3 but the specific event that earns grian scar and mumbo’s absolute trust is him protecting them both. physically putting himself in between the two of them and a perceived threat :D

as for what their roles are !!! most familiars can be grouped into two types!

you have type one: the group that can’t communicate through a spoken language and only exist in animal form. their bond is still very powerful with their witch and though they don’t speak words, they’re still able to communicate in other ways. their general role is lifelong companionship <3

and then you have type two! the group that are not only companions, but give their witch some kind of access to magic they might not have had prior! they can easily change between a human form and animal form and can communicate easily

scar and mumbo fall into the second type! vex and allay give their witches (or evokers in the case of vex!) some kind of extra boost in magic.

as for what they specifically do?? I haven’t quite worked that out yet. but the two of them being bonded to grian does give him some sort of ability or two :D