Who would most likely be the Town Traitor (Coven Edition)?
Coven are the following:
The Administrator (Coven Leader)
Nightbane (Medusa)
Gray Raven (Potion Master)
Ozeca (Poisoner)
Since there can only be 10 poll options rather than 11, I will rule out one of them and say that Bobo was Spy who was witched and stoned by Medusa on Night 1.
Vote for who you think the Town Traitor would be in this scenario:
I love the idea of Aeon just venting his anger about his sister on the internet.
Imagine you’re scrolling thru moments and all of a sudden you see this stoic looking guy and all his captions on his posts says is “shes done it again I can’t enjoy a single book with her around :(“
I wrote a one shot about the Ark siblings and what they did during the Dawn Event and decided to post it here. This was an idea for the official fanfic contest but I submitted something else, so I had the opportunity to write this one properly without a word limit. Also cross-posted this on AO3. I hope you like it<3
Word count: 1586
Rating: general, no triggers
Meanwhile on the Ark
Aeon stares at the big screen in the control center, anticipating. Marina mimics him with her brows furrowed, clutching his hand. Then, it happens. The diagrams start moving, a small red lamp on the monitor starts blinking and beeping in a steady rhythm.
“It has begun,” Aeon whispers, “We can't help Nikki in the physical world but we can still do our part from here.”
He looks down at his sister who looks back as serious as possible. Outside, he notices the wave of the ocean rising. The sky turns dark within seconds. He goes outside and checks on the Heart of the Ark. The water around it swirls as always without damaging it; nothing serious yet, he hopes. It is normal for the Ocean of Memories to turn dark during a storm, but Aeon can’t treat this situation like the others.
The diagrams change exponentially. Aeon runs to the personality mirrors, Marina close behind, and pulls out his phone where he sees the same on the main computer. The selected diagrams show the energy fluctuations of Nikki, Nightbane, the Heart, and you. But a new entity in Miraland appeared and its graph shoots higher and higher.
Arriving at his destination, he sees many personality mirrors crack or turn dark, more than ever before. Aeon’s heart beats faster. He can’t fix them at this rate. There’s a quake. What’s going on? Nightbane’s graph rises, too, but Nikki’s and yours become weaker… and the one of the Heart.
The boy needs to focus. What first? He doesn’t know. Then, he looks at Marina whose expression is worried. It nearly breaks his heart.
He crouches to get on her eye level and hands her his phone. “Marina, I need your help,” he speaks calmly and clearly, “Take this and go to the big mirror. I need you to tell me what’s going on in Miraland. Focus on Nikki.” He takes two wireless earpieces out of his pocket, puts one into his ear and gives the second to Marina. “Understood?”
The girl nods vigorously and puts on her earpiece. “Understood!”
“I’ll be downstairs. Now go.”
She salutes and runs off. Aeon heads into a similar direction until he reaches the stairs that lead to the Heart of the Ark. It takes some time to get all the way down, but he can hear Marina’s voice in his ear.
“The houses are collapsing! I hear screams!”
“Where? Do you see the cause?”
“It’s in Ninir’s capital, right in front of the palace. There are cracks in the ground… a hole, I see a giant hole in the ground!”
Aeon reaches the bottom and what he sees terrifies him. The waves surrounding him and the Heart are like wild beasts trying to grab the crystalline prism. When he looks down, the waters are black, but the blackness is moving. It comes higher, closer.
He tries to not let his emotions show in his voice. “And Nikki?”
“I can’t see her anywhere… But there’s a woman in a white dress floating above the plaza! I think she’s evil.”
Aeon doesn’t understand. Who’s that? Does she have to do with Nightbane or Lilith? Anyway, there are other things that need his attention.
“Find Nikki,” he simply says and tries to manage the defenses around them. He never quite figured out how to operate this part of the Ark but he has to do something, since the Heart’s light flickers. He pulls up every lever as the darkness approaches.
“I see her!”
A relieved sigh. “How is she?”
“She looks unconscious. I don’t know where she is. It’s so dark around her. I hear strange noises.”
“What do the graphs say?”
“Hers and (Y/N)’s are sinking. Nikki’s gradually, but I think (Y/N) is struggling.”
Aeon would try to reach out to them if he was in the control center right now, but he has to protect what the world can’t exist without.
And there he sees them. Countless anonymous eyes shining from the abyss beneath him like stars in the sky. Hundreds, maybe thousands of monsters from the abyss are closing in. Dark water splashes onto the platform now and then. The defenses are giving in.
Marina’s voice appears again. “I’ve listened to that strange woman. I think that new graph belongs to her. It’s so high I don’t understand the numbers.”
Aeon barely listens. More and more water leaks in. He walks on wet floor as he pushes various buttons in the hope of achieving something.
“Dammit, Leonid. Where are you when you’re needed!?” he shouts, his mic muted.
Another quake. He almost loses his footing. Now the entire Ark trembles continually.
The admin stares at the floating heart-shaped prism and contemplates. He can’t tell what’s going to happen, but maybe he should touch it again?
His thoughts get interrupted by a scream.
“Aeon!”
He taps the earpiece, worried. “Marina, I hear you.”
“The water level. It’s almost here. It’s going to flood the Gate of Heart.”
After one last glance at the flickering crystal and the darkness spreading around him, he sprints up the stairs, taking two at a time, but the shaky ground makes him go more carefully than he’d like.
“Brother, I’m scared. The storm is getting worse.” Her once determined voice can barely conceal the fear, but Aeon can tell she’s trying to be brave nonetheless.
“I’m coming.” he huffs in between heavy panting.
Finally, he reaches the surface to the sight of a storm he couldn’t suspect from below. The waves crash against the buildings. The railroad tracks that connect everything flail around uselessly. Luming’s residence rocks on the waves, threatening to topple over. It’s raining so hard Aeon is drenched to the bones when he reaches his sister and hugs her.
They’re standing in front of the Mirror of the World and he takes a look at the situation himself. The plaza and everything surrounding it lies in chaos, heavy clouds block out every bit of hope, everything is bathed in a red, unholy light. In the center of the picture flies the woman, flashing a delighted smile as she watches the world crumble and relishes the cries of despair. People fall into the cracks in the ground and never stop falling.
Aeon takes his phone from Marina and processes the diagrams. The Heart of the Ark keeps losing power and Nikki is still in danger. Only Nightbane and that goddess thrive.
The Gate starts shaking even harder. The first waves crash upon the floor. Some of it reaches Aeon and Marina, and they cling to each other. Aeon doesn’t dare to look at the water, because if he does he’ll see how near the creatures from the abyss are, their claws closing around the foundations of the lowest structures.
Suddenly, the graph that depicts your energy spikes high for a moment, then it drops to the bottom. But in response, Nikki’s regains height, and a few moments later, the siblings observe a flash of light in the hole beneath the goddess. A six-winged, black angel with pink hair rises from the abyss and attacks the women. She radiates a power that wears Leonid’s signature, but also her own, and someone else’s.
“Is… Is that Nikki?” Marina asks with tears of hope in her eyes.
Aeon smiles, relieved. “Yes… Yes, it’s her.”
And she fights the villain with joint powers. Sparks and energy bolts fly through the air, Nikki’s wand clashes with the scythe, everything seems to vibrate from the magnitude of styling power concentrated in one spot.
But Nikki wins, sealing the goddess where she belongs, and the clouds dissolve - not only in Miraland. The waves on the Ocean of Memories decrease and everything becomes brighter as the abyss sinks back to its intended place.
Aeon hears Marina sniffing but he doesn’t say anything, he only holds her tight and strokes her back.
Nothing appears damaged. When he looks at the diagrams on his phone, he’s glad to see that the Heart of the Ark is intact and returning to his usual rhythm. The newest energy source disappeared, although Nightbane’s graph dropped to zero but remains on the radar. Yours doesn’t look much better. At least Nikki’s seems weak yet stable.
He looks around. The Ocean has returned to normal within minutes and the Ark is alright. So he takes his sister by the hand and leads her to their living quarters. The water from the Ocean of Memories isn’t the same as on the planet, so a few towels won’t help to get rid of all the negative emotions caught in their hair and clothes. Therefore he hands Marina her favorite plushie, which she clutches to her body immediately, and fetches them both some of the chocolate Nikki has once brought them from Miraland. The girl is grateful for the treat and the tension in Aeon’s body finally resolves when Marina’s face gains some color.
“I admit,” his sister mumbles after a while, “I was so scared.”
He grabs her hand. “Me too. But you also were so brave. It’s over now so we don’t have to be scared anymore.”
“I always believed in Nikki. I knew she would save us!”
“Yes, she saved us all.” He smiles at her.
After they calm down, they go to the lab to investigate the abyss and what happened to you, and to welcome the dreaming Nikki...
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A/N: Huge thanks for my darling @jacepens for beta’ing this<3
