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The Balladeer
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Me when idk what to do with the background
Kabukimono🍁
My belief is that, when the Kabukimono was in its early days of experiencing life, it outwardly presented as female by virtue of being a prototype puppet; despite being envisioned as Makoto's son, it clearly took a lot of visual cues from Ei herself. (Symbolically, it represents how all life is conceived as female. D-Don't think too hard about the logic behind it.) In narration, however, from its own perspective, it is exclusively referred to as it/its...
...up until the point that it finds a home in Tatarasuna, in which its experiences with Niwa and the others has it confess that it wants to be a man just like everyone else. Niwa and the others were thrilled with this, and promptly referred to it as a man up until the second betrayal.
Hot take: if Wanderer was in Undertale, his soul would be Green. For Kindness.
-mic drop-
Beating Heart
Wanderer x Reader
Maybe if he had a heart he’d be able to feel it flutter. He would be able to feel what the novels describe as his heart ‘skipping a beat’. If he had a heart, he’d be able to feel it speed up past its normal pace when you first met him. His heart would’ve sped ten-fold at the first interaction. It would’ve gone past the average pace each time you kissed him, purposely avoiding his lips to leave him wanting more.
If he had a heart, you would’ve been able to feel it beating as you rested your hand against his chest when you laid next to him. You would’ve been able to feel his pulse as you rested your fingers against his wrist.
If he had a heart, he would feel a gut-wrenching ache in it whenever he saw tears fall down your face. He would feel his heart rise and get stuck in his throat as your sobs wracked from your chest. If he had a heart, maybe he would be able to spare a bit of remorse for you. Maybe if he had a heart, he’d be able to feel it ache as tears welled in his eyes as he stared at your unmoving form.
You weren’t dead. No, you were going to die though. He knew it. It was what people would describe as a ‘gut feeling’. Normally, Scaramouche wouldn’t indulge in such cliches, but that’s the only way he could describe what he felt.
He placed his hand over your still-beating heart. He knew it wouldn’t be beating for much longer. But unlike him, you wouldn’t be able to live without a heart. If he had a heart, maybe it would beat in sync with yours. If he had a heart, he’d feel it sync to the bottom of his chest as he watched you breathe as you slept.
If he had a heart, he would’ve felt it stop as he was informed of the news.
At least now your hearts would finally be in sync.
Wanderer's 2023 Birthday artwork in my art style!
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