#jiroon

[the-follow-up-strike]

"Jiroon.....

You were so much more than just a sacrifice.

And even though I try to pump kindness to my cold heart,

My blood is boiling, trying to find someone to blame.

You were the one to soften the stone.

You were the one to polish the blade.

I will never be a real knight without you.

...

Still,

I'll try to fill your place and be the kindness I lost.

The closest I'll get to you is if I lean into your awful absence, if I lay onto your empty bed.

I'll try, Jiroon

My dearest Jiroon..."

- Quaring

Unrelated but cool

Laurun's perspective:

[incorrect-ember-knight]

Jiroon: hey, what’s good?

Najin: nothing.

Jiroon: *laughing nervously* I didn’t say what’s up, I said what’s good

Najin: *laughs softly*

Najin: *aggressively* NOTHING.

[eijakushingomel]

Qilin, picking Nags up from the ground : Why is he laying down on the ground.

Waron : He's thirsting for vengeance.

Qilin : ...Well, why was he not moving then?

Waron : Dude, shut up. Vengeance is tiring, you know.

••••

Nagyunn : *lifting up Aucherguni, gaze darkened*

Waron : Wow.

Luzian : GAH! Najin, don't grab that!

Fidorance : There's literally other things he could choose. Why did he choose that?

Waron : Like I said, vengeance, man.

Fidorance : Shut up.

Nagyunn : ....

Luzian : Come on, Najin...give me that and I'll give you this flower.

Tyr : ...! Luzian, that's a poisonous flower!

Luzian : Oh no! *pulls back before Nags could take it*

Fidorance : ...maybe it's a good choice that he picked that Narin.

••••

Darigon : Come on, Najin. Say 'Darigon's the best'.

Nagyunn : ...

Quaring : ...what do you think you're doing?

Darigon : Teaching him his first word. What else?

Quaring : I dunno. Something not dumb?

Darigon : Hey, hold the sass. A baby's here, watch your mouth.

Quaring : This is stupid.

Darigon clasped his hands on Nags' ears : *gasp* Quaring! Choice of word!

Quaring : Oops.

Nagyunn : *frowns* Dis is 'etting stupef.

Quaring : See? Even he agrees with me—

Quaring :

Darigon :

Nagyunn :

Darigon : D-did he just talked?

Quaring : I'm not on drugs then, thank goodness sake.

Nagyunn : ...bah.

Darigon : Don't lie to me, boy!

Darigon : I heard cha!

Quaring : Don't scream to a baby.

Darigon : A NAJIN baby.

Quaring : That's—

Darigon : There's no way his word will be that, Quaring.

Lauzun : Actually.

Quaring : OH GOD!

Darigon : *screeches*

Quaring : W-where did you come from?

Lauzun : I'm just nearby.

Lauzun : But Jin-ah's first word had always been unique.

Lauzun : Although, it's just a rumoured spectaculation because no one in the town knows his deep background. But the elderly in the town always say that Jin-ah's first word must be dumb or grumpy or something, with how much he always appeared mad and quiet.

Quaring : ....

Darigon : ....hah.

Darigon : I guess that can be your first word, Najin.

Nagyunn : Yeh I knou.

Darigon : See?

Darigon : Wait.

••••

Nagyunn, thinking : So apparently, only my physical form reverted back to my old infant stage. But my memories and mental capacity are still intact, thank you.

Nagyunn, thinking : I'm much more helpless in this state. I need to depend on others for help.

Luzian & Wadrin : *yell at each other while flames burning up to Wadrin's pant because they're trying to cook*

Lauzun : *tries to cut tree with Side Slash but nearly cut Myusa and Quaring*

Myusa : *traumatise*

Quaring : *pass out*

Jiroon : *tries to help Myusa & Quaring out*

Toorisun : *confuse if he should help Wadrin or Jiroon*

Marsha : *staring at Nags, creepily*

Nuljin : *tries to feed Nags some soup*

Yulnia : *tries to eat that food, you baby food stealer*

Darigon : *plummet to the ground because of Waron*

Waron : *plummets Darigon to the ground*

Pymel : *tries to stop the fire from Wadrin's pant*

Tyr : *wishing he's dead*

Nagyunn :

Nagyunn : Uh nu.

[aseplant]

rekindle chapter 4 is up! sorry for the delay.

After discovering the ability to rewind time after his death, Najin is determined to use this pseudo-immortality to save his brother. The universe, however, does not appreciate being blackmailed. —Najin versus god and the lesson he refuses to learn.

iv: in which najin discovers A Jiroon and decides to roll for intimidation

[incorrect-ember-knight]

Marsha, about Najin: look at that face! how can anyone spend all day with that face and not fall in love??

Jiroon: well, at some point the face starts talking.

[eijakushingomel]

The Ember Knight shorts!

Nagyunn : Congratulations to Pitch Black Hen for being one of the top famous knights in the TEK series!

Waron : Haha, obviously it's me—

Nagyunn : And also took the spot of one of the top three 'comfort characters'!

Waron :

Waron : Wut?

Nagyunn : Congrats, Qilin. You're next to her.

Zuis :

Fadiyan : As in before or after her?

Nagyunn : Guess.

-----

Wadrin : Wait a minute. Who's the most popular character then?

Luzian : Obviously it's me!

Jiroon : *looking at the statistics on the pinboard. Nagyunn got the most vote*

Jiroon : ...

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Fidorance : *checking the fanarts*

Fidorance : Nice. Nice... all pictures appropriate, thank goodness.

Ludika : *also checking the fanarts next to him* Why are there lots more of Qilin and Hen?

Fidorance : Guess people just love weirdos.

Ludika : Huh.

Fidorance : *pause*

Ludika : *squint her eyes in disbelief* ....why people kept posting whiz kid with his hair down and—

Ludika : .... looks so cute????

Fidorance & Ludika : *turn to Nagyunn who's at the corner*

Nagyunn : Apparently, anything that I've done that amazed them turn to adoration. And that adoration turns to adorableness. Then it turns to fanarts, for whatever reasons that for once I can't and won't decipher.

(Seriously, I found a picture of a duck that one who posted it said it was Nagyunn after scribbling it. I found it to be really funny. Can't remember who posted it tho.)

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Nagyunn : How did you do it?

Laurun : Pardon?

Nagyunn : How do you make people terrified of you and your schemes?

Nagyunn : Every time I done that, they found it rather... yeah. That.

Laurun : Uh—

Yong : Let me answer that.

Yong : To those who can't read the true heart of yours (if you even have one), they'd see you as some kind of predator. Mocking them. Sneering at them while believing that you got incredible power.

Yong : But alas, great powers come with great disadvantages.

Yong : Yours is that the author made your internal dialogues visible to the readers.

Nagyunn :

Laurun :

Laurun : ...what exactly that Nagyunn often thinking about?

Yong : Revenge.

Yong : And everything that made the people think of him in fondness, adoration and scam. Especially scam.

Yong : And also—

Yong : *kicks Nags on the back of his legs*

Nagyunn : H-Hey!

Yong : — betrayal.

Yong : Those darn betrayals.

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Lauzun : You know, sometimes when I read the comment section—

Nagyunn : Oh my gosh, why did you do that?

Lauzun : —I see people talked about found family.

Nagyunn : Oh no.

Lauzun : They talked about that Eastern General to be your uncle or dad. A disappointed one, though.

Nagyunn :

Lauzun : And sometimes Fadiyan the mom.

Nagyunn : That would be horrible.

Jiroon, somewhere in the background : Not to fanfic writers.

Nagyunn : What?

Lauzun : But this one was reaaaally famous.

Nagyunn : I honestly worried and terrified at the four amount of 'a' you use in really.

Nagyunn : Don't say it.

Lauzun : The one that captured the most hearts and won the title of the best wholesomeness.

Nagyunn : Please, don't.

Lauzun : Although it could be rather toxic to some people as they believed that he manipulated you to stay in the knight forces.

Nagyunn : *horrified and offended of psychological manipulation*

Lauzun : Let me introduce to you...

Nagyunn : No.

Jiroon : Yes.

Lauzun : The best platonic relationship the whole time in TEK, you and Qilin as brothers!

Nagyunn : *horrified graggles*

Jiroon nodded approvingly : My early death wasn't so bad after all.

Quaring : Please don't say that.

Tourisun : Please.

Zuis : ...what?

Lauzun : Sometimes, the real treasure in this journey is the family and friends you made along.

Nagyunn : No—

Lauzun : Wether you like it or not.

Nagyunn : ... no, please.

Lauzun : The comment section says otherwise.

Nagyunn :

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Myusa : Why is nobody talking about my death?

Tyr : Ignoring is better than facing it.

Tyr : Plus, you traumatised Wild Dog enough.

Fidorance, looming at the background : *eyes wide with sorrow and regrets*

Myusa :

Jiroon : I guess Marsha and Toorisun are the only survivors from our town, huh?

Jiroon : Wonder what they'll tell our parents.

Toorisun : Jiroon, please—

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*Camera pans to Nagyunn, who is hugging a knitted doll of Najin*

Yong : Huh.

Yong : My bet this comes from the self-blame, self-hate, the guilts, the continuous manipulation to save yourself and the people you slowly start to care about, the not enough time for proper mourning and self-heal as you've trap yourself in the ideal of vengeance and the possibility of war in the horizon.

Yong : Hopefully, this hiatus let you rest enough.

Nagyunn : ....

Yong : But it could never heal you and let you grow up properly— HEY!! *getting kicks and punches from Qilin and Fadiyan*

Zuis : Shut. Up.

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Nagyunn :

Nagyunn :

Nagyunn : *grips on Najin doll tighter*

Yong : Nagyunn, it's time for you to say please read the book on Webtoon and enjoy—

Fadiyan punches him : Yeah, yeah, go away.

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Lol. This is supposed to be funny shorts about Waron, surprised that she was acknowledged as a comfort character. There's nothing wrong with that. I'm just imagining how Waron reacts if she knows about it.

But to be honest. I did see Fadiyan as a mother figure to Nags.

[incorrect-ember-knight]

Jiroon: don’t worry, Marsha’s like a big cuddly teddy bear!

Marsha: hmmmm????

Jiroon: *visibly shaking* i-if big cuddly teddy bears were incredibly violent

[incorrect-ember-knight]

Jiroon: hasn’t anyone ever told you that there’s no “I” in team?

Najin: ah, but there is a “me” though