sooo reblog with a snippet of what you're working on!
spoilers for up to chapter four of ITKMEMVITA
Pyro wakes when his very comfy mattress begins to shift sometime after the sun rises. Cracking one pink eye open, and then the other, he’s not fast enough to move before the surface under him goes vertical and he goes tumbling to the fabric couch cushion with a squeak. He lands on his back. A hand, halfway to rubbing a set of tired eyes, pauses. Heavy brown brows furrow and bleary eyes look down at him from under heavier bangs.
Lessur’s expression was always hooded half in shadow. Most of the time it makes his face look either murderous or stricken. Sometimes both. Now, seeing it from below, he just looks a little lost as he stares right at Pyro for a full ten seconds. And then his eyes widen, hand smacking the back cushion as he jerks to face Pyro fully.
Bats couldn’t grin, so Pyro gives a happy chirp before rolling onto his belly. “Good morning!”
Lessur looks as if he’s been hit over the head with the knowledge of Athena. “Pyro?”
“The one and only,” Pyro says with a theatrical bow.
“Pyro.”
“See, you’re wearing it out now.”
“Pyrosythe?” His hand sweeps his bangs back and digs into the rats nest. “As in, Jack von Pyrosythe.”
Pyro is a little lost. “...yeah?”
“Avid. Shelby’s Avid!” It’s a mutter now. The other hand joins the first. “You—you’re supposed to be dead!”
Pyro sits up further, “You know Shelby? How is she?”
Lessur hunches over and stares at the wooden floor. “Holy shiitake fucking mushrooms. You— Yes! Yes, I know Shelby! Hell, I know you.” Lessur shakes his head. “You have a grave. We—we passed it yesterday! She…” And he trails off.
“...Lessur?” Pyro says, “Is Shelby okay?”
“Yeah,” He says, distracted, staring at the floor still. He blinks and gives a rueful smile. “She’s— They come back every year to see you guys, actually. That’s how I know her— of her, more like. We’re, ah, not supposed to be alone with them.” Lessur turns to look at the curtains eeking in sunlight. “I guess they're gonna miss it this year, huh?”
“They.” Pyro says. His mouth is dry cotton.
“Yeah—Shelby, Drift, and Scott. Though, we throw our party like, a week later.”
Scott.
Pyro feels… numb. Like someone has reached in and whisked away all his feelings and left him but crumbs to see what they were. Or water droplets, anyway.
His mind spins away from him, unruly to all but the man that drowned it, once. This year. This year Scott couldn’t get into Oakhurst. No one could. But— as soon as this all blew over he’d…
Huh.
“What… What if the barrier didn’t break?”
That was "In the Kaleidoscope (Memento Vita)" and the link to it is pinned on my tumblr page.
Me: idk maybe I should pull back on the ITK!Owen whump
Veinbound Legundo: You tried to turn me into a monster!
Veinbound Owen: yeah but you were one person!
Me:
Legundo: I heard you whispering into my ear, "think about what you could do... Kill them all!"
Veinbound Owen: Can you blame a guy for being mad? I was upset!
Me:
Me: Nevermind I'm going to throw him into a few more walls
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/3
Fandom: Vampires SMP
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Legundo/Owen | OwengeJuiceTV (Video Blogging RPF)
Characters: Legundo (Video Blogging RPF), Owen | OwengeJuiceTV (Video Blogging RPF)
Additional Tags: Blood and Injury, Torture, Bad BDSM Etiquette, Heavy Angst, it's like a gorgon knot of feelings, Owen has a great time hating himself and Legundo has a mental crisis The Fic, Post-Canon, revival, Redemption, Self-Harm, If You Squint - Freeform, Self-Hatred, Vampire Legundo (Video Blogging RPF), Legundo Needs a Hug (Video Blogging RPF), and I don't think this counts, Whump, don't ask which character is getting whumped I Do Not Know, it's here somewhere, Masochism, Sadism
Series: Part 2 of We aren’t people, and I’m asking
Summary:
Pain pulsed up from his leg, burning and encompassing, steel wool rubbing away his thoughts, the world, the past— almost as enveloping as the feeling of the hand on his face. Soft hushes, words, as a thumb whirls gentle circles on his cheek. “You’re fine. You’re good. Everyone is safe. I’m here.” And it was true. Owen couldn’t get up even if he wanted to. He was in Legs’s hands, harmless. He could finally breathe. His breath shudders out of him, whole and ragged.
Owen has killed 2799 people and I have infected people with story 2799 times <3
@Poppitron360 has it right. Thank you to all the commenters who’ve engaged with me and for all the people who have bookmarked. I even keep track of people who have kudo’d (because technically that’s the number it should go up by every chapter? Sort of? Plus guests and rereaders?) And I do notice and investigate every single one with a “!! :D” on my face.
You guys are the reason that I’m having so much fun with this. Here’s to another ten chapters!
^ there’s also someone named Phantomplexi and Peter-Rabbit and Vibing and Mercury-cat and dataninja (annnd alpharapter who. Is a guest that really likes pyro. Sorry buddy) but I do not know their tumblr handles. And I can’t find breadknives’s handle. but I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUUU! I would run this gauntlet either way, but you guys make it worth it.
Update! Tomorrow (Sunday) (2pm UTC) i’m going to host a little game on my Tumblr. People can send in questions about any song title on the ITKMEMVITA playlist and I will answer them as vague and as cheeky as I can to maximize fun, and I will not tell you who it is about. (I will also refuse to answer questions about songs that are especially spoiler-y.)
You can also ask for little drawings or thumbnails based around songs, to to help narrow it down!
People can then make a guess on which songs go to which character. Some songs go to multiple characters! If a character gets between five and two songs correctly guessed, then I release a treat! (some characters only have like three songs, so...)
The treats are thus: there are five playlists that I have made to hold all of the songs that I use when thinking of and writing that character group. For instance The Werewolf playlist has Pearl, Gabe, and Russle. If you get two songs correct for any one of them, the playlist will be released.
These playlist also update as I write. if you believe there’s a fantastic song for these characters I’ve not seen yet I would be ecstatic to hear your recommendations for these bonus playlists!
The game will continue until people stop playing! :J
Links and Characters Contained in Playlist in order of How Many Songs They have, and thus How Many Guesses Unlocking Their Playlist Takes below cut:
Owen (5 needed)
Legundo (5 needed)
Cleo (4 needed)
Avid (4 needed)
Pyro (3 needed)
Martyn (3 needed)
Apo (3 needed)
Nora (3 needed)
Gen Oakhurst Song (can go for a lot of people) (3 needed)
Pearl (2 needed)
Lessur (2 needed)
Lilly (2 needed)
Gabe (2 needed)
Russle (2 needed)
Claudia (does not unlock anything)
Oh Wow Heavy Plot Song (big event for a lot of people :P) (does not unlock anything)
Le Playlist!
The fanfic! (post-canon revival story about what it would take to get better) (it's mostly bloodletting because I am Extremely Biased)
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
In all honesty, Pearl had completely forgotten about the curse.
Chapters: 2/?
Fandom: Vampires SMP
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Characters: Owen | OwengeJuiceTV (Video Blogging RPF), Legundo (Video Blogging RPF), Jack | Pyroscythe, ZombieCleo (Video Blogging RPF), Martyn Littlewood | InTheLittleWood, Pearl | PearlescentMoon
Summary:
A young man in green with a headband sits in an overturned grave, blinking stupidly in the sunlight, skin smudged in dirt and ears slightly sharp. The grave beside him remains still and lifeless. The man in green locks eyes with her and lights up, a smile with the smallest fangs.
Pearl puts her hands on her hips, with a half-humored sigh. “Cleo, I think I remembered what today is.”
...
“Where is he?” Cleo puts her hands on her hips and Owen notices a stake on her belt. “Last chance.”
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 8/26
Fandom: Vampires SMP
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Legundo/Owen | OwengeJuiceTV (Video Blogging RPF), AvidMC & Jack | Pyroscythe, Pearl | PearlescentMoon/ZombieCleo, Mayor Louis (Vampires SMP)/Owen | OwengeJuiceTV (Video Blogging RPF), OCs & Everyone
Characters: Owen | OwengeJuiceTV (Video Blogging RPF), Legundo (Video Blogging RPF), Jack | Pyroscythe, ZombieCleo (Video Blogging RPF), Martyn Littlewood | InTheLittleWood, Pearl | PearlescentMoon, AvidMC (Video Blogging RPF), Original Characters
Additional Tags: Tags May Change, Action, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Minor Character Death, Major Character Undeath, Tired Legundo (Video Blogging RPF), Non-Consensual Body Modification, Eventual Happy Ending, Demon AvidMC (Video Blogging RPF), Psychological Horror, Jack | Pyroscythe Needs A Hug, Character Study, that "and" for pyro and avid is doing some heavy lifting, Alternate Universe - Revival, Dehumanization, Other Ships Not Mentioned in Tags, what do we even call avid's demonicness. it's not possession but it's three parts avid per seven parts demon and stir, Redemption, Traumatized Owen | OwengeJuiceTV (Video Blogging RPF), Hopeful Owen | OwenjuiceTV, Suicidal Thoughts, Legundo is doing worse than in canon ngl, Self-Harm, Post-Canon, Torture, Vampire Legundo (Video Blogging RPF)
Summary:
As long as Nora was still standing, still moving, still thinking, the damage didn’t matter. She would shoulder her own damn burdens, and she would fix it all on her own.
--
200 years after she first stepped foot into Oakhurst, Cleo was once again counting her existence, and the existence of her town, in mere hours.
--
Pyro wakes when his very comfy mattress begins to shift sometime after the sun rises.
--
Pearl turns back to the animal pen, volume rising as she gets closer. Whoever this idiot was, they weren’t subtle.
...Owen wasn’t subtle.
Chapters: 6/26
Fandom: Vampires SMP
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Legundo/Owen | OwengeJuiceTV (Video Blogging RPF), AvidMC & Jack | Pyroscythe, Pearl | PearlescentMoon/ZombieCleo, Mayor Louis (Vampires SMP)/Owen | OwengeJuiceTV (Video Blogging RPF)
Characters: Owen | OwengeJuiceTV (Video Blogging RPF), Legundo (Video Blogging RPF), Jack | Pyroscythe, ZombieCleo (Video Blogging RPF), Martyn Littlewood | InTheLittleWood, Pearl | PearlescentMoon, AvidMC (Video Blogging RPF)
Additional Tags: Tags May Change, Action, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Minor Character Death, Major Character Undeath, Tired Legundo (Video Blogging RPF), Non-Consensual Body Modification, Eventual Happy Ending, Demon AvidMC (Video Blogging RPF), Psychological Horror, Jack | Pyroscythe Needs A Hug, Character Study, Minor Original Character(s), that "and" for pyro and avid is doing some heavy lifting, Alternate Universe - Revival, Dehumanization, Other Ships Not Mentioned in Tags, what do we even call avid's demonicness. it's not possession but it's three parts avid per seven parts demon and stir, Redemption, Traumatized Owen | OwengeJuiceTV (Video Blogging RPF), Hopeful Owen | OwenjuiceTV, Suicidal Thoughts, Legundo is doing worse than in canon ngl, Self-Harm, Post-Canon, Torture
Summary:
Klinokinesis: When the rate of directional change increases the closer a creature is to a stimulus.
To seek. To evade. To follow.
(To change.)
...
On the other side of the tower door, Nora presses one hand to the blood dripping down her forearm and bitterly curses herself for being a coward.
