#beacon au

[capriciouswriter207]

Light the beacons - chapter 6: Company and life

Story summary

The ancient beacons had failed. Without their light, beaming into the sky, undead crawled out from the deepest crevices and dared venture out in daylight to terrorize the people. Panic set in, and a solution had to be found.

The beacons must be lit again. Wels, a knight who recently returned to service, took the job onto himself. The journey, however, would be more taxing than he could have ever anticipated.

Excerpt

Behind the town loomed the beacon. From stories Wels had heard, the beacon was created from pure light in a way that resembled iron, but looked more celestial. They were built to resemble pyramids, with steps on all four sides to allow easy access to the top, where the beacon’s light beamed up into the sky. This beacon, too, was covered in this dark moss.

As Wels stared at the foul scene, the wound in his shoulder acted up.

“Wels?” Pearl stood next to him. She wasn’t only checking in to see if he was alright, but also to ask what he was thinking about.

“This isn’t good.” Wels slowly shook his head. His gaze was still on the beacon as welled up within him. “This shouldn’t… none of this should have happened. This should not have happened.”

His resolve to fix the beacon had only grown with this sight.

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[billy-cockblock]

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

BOOM! An infected Caz au idea I had. I have so many thoughts about this au, please feel free to message me or send an ask, I want to talk about it. Hope you enjoy!

[milestonekestrel]

If you’d like to do it, could I request a silly beacon au doodle of Caz flashbanging someone? Maybe infected Addair?

-Mr. CB

power of the sun, ye prick!

[apartgirlbrock]

[meremorphs]

AU where everything is fine bc Ozma and Salem went to counseling and now run the school together (+ Glynda).

There are no villians, but still Grimm around, bc they're important for balancing this world. All the relics were found, but they're not in use, bc Ozma and Salem wanna spend eternity together.

Oh and all the villians that existed are swapped here. They're good too. Just because.

Also Salem, Ozpin and Glynda are in poly relationship.

[disorganizedkitten]

3 & 14!!!

Both good questions, both have kinda long answers. Thank you for asking!3-Favorite line/scene you wrote this year?

Oooh okay this is a good question. I’d have to say that the top scenes fanfic wise have to be in It’s in the Blood C3, because midnight talks are super fun, and the casual trash-talking plus Chloe’s run on insult sentence in You’ll survive C3. Then my favorite line is going to have to be listed as an unpublished line from In Another’s Hands, which is this ‘ “It’s amazing what you can learn when the Kwami wants to help you,” Empress answered cooly. “Now sit back down, I’m not done talking.” ’ because Iris is just amazing in that line and she’s growing so much and I’m so proud of my little bug.

Aside from that I really like anything I write in the Changs Universe, but those are way too long to copy and paste unless you want an essay. They’re gonna get published one of these days but until then just know it pretty much consists of Jade’s sass and Marinette’s skills.

14- A fic you didn’t expect to write?

Most of my published writing is kinda spontaneous, but I think that my Peacock!Marinette Au (Rena, plus more in the works) and the Beacon Au were both surprises. I expected to be writing for Fluff month  this year too, but I hadn’t planned any of that, so it might count. And then even though I knew I would be writing it, I didn’t expect to enjoy writing the first drafts of Depth of Cold so much. DoC was originally supposed to just a counter fic to Shades of Warmth (which is so far behind DoC now) because I felt guilty about letting the girls have all the fun, but now it’s in my favorite Fanfic wips.

[capriciouswriter207]

Light the beacons

chapter 14: A wound exposed

Story summary

The ancient beacons had failed. Without their light, beaming into the sky, undead crawled out from the deepest crevices and dared venture out in daylight to terrorize the people. Panic set in, and a solution had to be found.

The beacons must be lit again. Wels, a knight who recently returned to service, took the job onto himself. The journey, however, would be more taxing than he could have ever anticipated.

Excerpt

The desert lay behind them and the road toward the jungle beckoned. This journey away from the desert temple and to their next campsite was tense. None of them really spoke with one another. They set up the camp in silence. Gem went to make the fire, while Wels and Pearl set up the tents. Gem tended to the fire while Pearl cooked their dinner.

Watching the women do some work, Wels ought to be taking some of the work off of their hands. Yet, his mind was too occupied to even do anything but stare off into the distance. He held a small pebble in his hand, rubbing his thumb over it. Perhaps to have something sensory to focus on while his mind fought back against what Impulse had said.

The soldier had been desperate. His mind must’ve been turned to mush, his judgment clouded by whatever had happened to him. Perhaps that moss had made him insane, and perhaps the same happened to Skizz. It would explain why Skizz ignored them and why Impulse had said what he said.

He fought against the urge to cover his ears to block out phantom words. It wouldn’t help. He just needed not to take those words too seriously. Still, they gnawed at him and he didn’ like it.

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[capriciouswriter207]

Light the beacons

chapter 20: The first cracks

Story summary

The ancient beacons had failed. Without their light, beaming into the sky, undead crawled out from the deepest crevices and dared venture out in daylight to terrorize the people. Panic set in, and a solution had to be found.

The beacons must be lit again. Wels, a knight who recently returned to service, took the job onto himself. The journey, however, would be more taxing than he could have ever anticipated.

Excerpt

Wels paid little attention to the crew of the ship, or what it was called, or even in which direction was going. As soon as they boarded, Wels found himself a spot. With his arms on the railing, he stared down into the blue ocean waters. At first, the clear blue waters enabled him to see some of the wildlife below. The farther out they traveled, the darker and murkier the ocean became.

It didn't matter. He could just as easily lose himself in that dark blue, anyway.

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