AZUL KEEPS MAKING ME SO SADD. I just got one of his home screen things for his masquerade card and I just broke. He said Fleur city has temptations and he needs to be careful and I'm just noooo. I swear I'm gonna get isekaied into twisted wonderland just to help azul with his food relationship.
Riddle - He Plays Plant based Synchro deck , With Barrone de Fleur and Black Rose dragon as His Aces pretty fair Duelist.
Ace - This kid Is the Embodiment of Joey Wheeler, How’d this Kid even Win a duel with a deck like this . He’s Bricked several times.
Deuce-He Plays Speedriods with the end goal being Clear wings Synchro Dragon . But he’s Still learning the Combos
Trey - Plays Maldoches and Hes combo takes so. Long !!
Cater- Hes Plays a Dragonmaid deck and he’s good at it .
Savannahclaw
Leona - Gladiator Beast and dear good is he an Annoyingly good one.
Ruggie - This Boy is Yusei ,He plays a Junk deck and has some really situational cards in there .
Jack - He Plays A Mean U.A Deck.
Octavinelle
Azul- …. he Plays Eldlich with Every Floodgate. ( My Eyes twitched just thinking about that). He probably also played Sky Strikers with Mystic Mine and Possibly Swordsoul .
Jade - He Plays an Icejade , Frog Deck … Hes also Plays Tearalaments .
Floyd- This man Plays a Marincess or Mermails deck cause the Cards looked cool but somehow plays it Wells.
Scarabia
Kalim - He Definitely Plays Marincess .
Jamil- .. He’s Plays a Dark Magician/Magician Girl Deck and He is Ruthless.
Pomefoire
Vil - Abyss Actors, He has Trickstar Burn Deck
Rook - He Plays Blackwings and Freaking Floodreeze!?( My Lyruliusc loving ass Love/hates Floodereeze )
Epel - He Definitely plays something Simlar to Sora from ArcV So Naturia into a Predaplant
Ignihyde
Idia - This man Is Just Yusaku , Decode Talker , Firewall Dragon. But He’s also likes to Play @ignister. Oh and Altergeist
Othro - He plays Roids or Gizmeks
Disamonia
Malleus - He Plays True draco and Dragon Rulers ( Please Help )
Lila- He Plays Branded Despia
Sebek - Plays a Thunder Dragon deck and Gets on my nerves
(Small feelsy oneshot. It’s vent-y, so, like, mentions of feeling useless, being a burden, all the good depressed shit)
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Syn was missing.
Now, it wasn’t uncommon for the Ramshackle prefect to end up at another dorm for the night for a variety of circumstances. If they weren’t at Ramshackle by morning, it could be expected for them to walk to classes with one of the many Housewardens or students. That’s what everyone was used to.
That’s what Grim was used to.
So, there was no worries the morning when he woke up and didn’t see them in the dorm. But, there was also no Syn on the way to class. Or in class. He had no answer when Professor Crewel asked him where the ‘other Ramshackle pup’ was and was told that points would be docked since they were meant to be a package deal for one student. If one half was missing, that meant only half points.
Half points?! Grim would definitely complain to Syn when he saw them. After all, his fr- I mean, henchman couldn’t just skip out on classes when it would affect him too!
Huffing after the first class, he found Deuce and asked him if he knew where Syn was. The Heartslabyul student didn’t. Both of them started to look for others to ask.
Ace, Trey, and Cater had no clue, Ruggie said the human hadn’t been around Savanaclaw, and they even gathered the nerve to ask Floyd, who told them that neither he or Jade had messed with them the day before. They continued asking. By the time lunch came around, most of the student body was buzzing with gossip about the missing prefect. Some took it as a good omen. After all, no one overblotted BEFORE the human somehow got on campus.
It was enough to get the Headmasters attention, though all Crowley did was assure Grim that Syn would be found ‘by any means necessary’. Though, they all knew he was just going to saddle the responsibility to the Housewarden’s after school. Which he did, to no one’s surprise.
Riddle was the first to assemble a search party, quickly followed by the rest. Even with Rook and Ortho on the case, none of them found further evidence of Syn on campus, and even looking through everyone’s dorm dimensions brought up no results. The Ramshackle ghosts had been questioned, but they only said that Syn had left the night before and never came back. They had to call off the search when midnight came around.
The next day was about the same, with no one knowing the Ramshackle prefect's whereabouts and a secondary search that was called off a bit before midnight, though some stayed up to look because the next day was the weekend.
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If Syn had to guess, it was around two in the morning when they gathered the nerve to climb back over the front campus fence. They hadn’t wanted to come back during the day where people would ask questions about where they’d been the last couple days.
They just wanted a break from everything a little bit. Their mood had been deteriorating for a while, and the large campus just suddenly felt too oppressive and suffocating, chest hurting from merely existing, so they gave into the overwhelming urge to leave. They’d never been one to run away from home or their responsibilities but… they just felt like they had to.
They wanted more time away, but they felt like everyone would start looking off-campus at that point.
Syn grunted a bit as the impact that ran up their legs from landing on the ground, brushing dirt off their pants and looking at the familiar campus through the line of trees against the fence. Reluctantly, they tried to take a deep breath past the ache in their chest and walked out. God, they were tired.
The quickest way to Ramshackle was walking down past the Hall of Mirrors to cross the bridge. They just hoped everyone would be asleep at this point. The only one they could think of being awake was Malleus, but he hadn’t been by their dorms for a while.
The quiet night left them deep with thoughts that had already been circling the last week as they walked, noticing movement by the crossroads next to the Hall of Mirrors in the light of the lamp posts while they walked down the steps. In the night, they couldn’t see who it was, but just pulled their hood over their head with the intent to skirt around them. They just wanted to go to Ramshackle and wallow until morning. Maybe longer.
If it was someone they knew, they’d hoped their backpack would have been enough to obscure the noticeable icon on the back, but the grey sleeves with a raven icon at the shoulder seemed just as iconic.
“Syn? Is that you?”
Azul’s voice made them pause before they could force themself to try and ignore him, chastising themself internally when the minute stop only confirmed the man’s suspicions. They sighed and braced themself for conversation, turning around to face the man as he walked closer, lowering their hood. “Hey, Azul. What’re you doing out here?”
“What am I doing out here,” Azul repeated in surprise, seemingly caught off guard by the question. He was still in uniform. “What are YOU doing out here? We’ve spent the last two nights searching for you at the Headmaster’s request. What happened?”
“What? Why,” Syn blinked in surprise, frowning a bit in confusion as they wondered why. Realization hit them and they let out a deep sigh. “I forgot to leave a note, didn’t I?”
“A note?”
“Yeah. I just needed some time away. Meant to leave a note,” Syn shrugged, starting to walk away. “Sorry, didn’t mean to cause a whole thing.”
They found their elbow grabbed before they could make it more than three steps, jolting in surprise and looking at Azul. They could see his eyes were a bit dark underneath, but that was to be expected from anyone up at 2AM. What they were more surprised about was the fact that he’d grabbed them.
“‘Just needed some time away’? You look like you got into a fight and lost with two black eyes,” the man frowned, glancing them over.
They didn’t doubt that he’d notice that their clothes were disheveled and had dirt and dust, leaves from sleeping in trees and on the ground. Absentmindedly, they reached their other hand up and rubbed their palm against their cheek, hoping they’d washed away all of the dried tear tracks with the water they’d brought with them. They couldn’t have done anything about the bags under their eyes though. They suddenly felt incredibly self-conscious, averting their gaze.
Their normal clothes never really felt like it meshed well with the fact that every dorm had a uniform but Ramshackle, but now they felt gross with their disheveled appearance.
“I’m just a bit tired. I’m sure you and the other Housewardens are probably worse off with the search parties and stuff,” they said, expecting that Crowley treated them going missing with the same Housewarden hunt that Grim got after he scratched them. Guilt gnawed at the already present ache, finding their thoughts souring more. They tugged their elbow experimentally, finding that his grip was pretty firm.
“I don’t think you understand how worried you made everyone,” Azul frowned, but they just sighed a bit at his words.
“Yeah, I’m sorry, okay? I meant to leave a note so that wouldn’t happen,” Syn tried to keep their cool, finding their frustration building. Why couldn’t they have just been able to get back to Ramshackle without running into someone? They supposed this was better than Riddle, at least. “I’ll apologize to everyone tomorrow when my phone is charged back up.”
“You didn’t even have phone access?! Why didn’t you come back sooner?”
“I TOLD you. I just needed some time away from everything, okay,” Syn snapped angrily, feeling everything just beneath the surface bubble up. The hand around their arm loosened slightly and they took advantage of Azul’s surprise by wrenching their elbow from his grasp and stepping away. “Look, you don’t have to pretend you care, alright?”
“I- What,” Azul’s eyes widened in surprise, his hand dropping slightly as they glared at him.
“Don’t play dumb with me, you know exactly what I’m talking about,” they kept an eye on him to make sure he wouldn’t step closer, just wanting to curl as far away from everything that they could. “You and the eels have made it pretty fucking clear that I’m just some sucker that doesn’t even know why they hang around you guys. You guys just want some entertainment, and everyone else that ‘cares’?
“They just pity the magic-less human on campus that can’t defend themself. After all, even if I was really strong or big like Jack, all it’d take is ONE well-placed shot to take me out,” their eyes narrowed, eyes stinging. Thankfully, no tears came, but they still felt the pain in their chest increase as they thought about their uselessness. A hand raised to clutch the front of their shirt slightly, as if it would make it easier to breathe. “Just cause I can’t do much of anything, that doesn’t mean any of you have to ‘look out for me’ or whatever, kay?”
Syn turned around to keep walking, vehemently adding, “I don’t see why you guys bother, anyways...”
They walked off before Azul could respond, ignoring him calling their name after a moment. They didn’t really want to hear him talk about their ‘tender disposition’ because that just meant ‘sensitive and easy to scam’, and they really didn’t think they could keep it together well enough to keep their anger in front of their sadness and despair. They were sure they were going to get an earful from everyone the next week anyways. The thought created an exhaustion deep into their bones.
Syn wished they’d stayed away longer now.
They sighed, continuing their walk to Ramshackle without further interruption, surprisingly enough. Tiredly shoving open the front door with a loud creak, they dropped their backpack on the floor carefully, not wanting to wake up Grim. Still, the floor creaked beneath them as they walked into the lounge and stopped in surprise.
Grim was asleep on the couch, something that caught them off guard given that they had their room with him. He was tossing and turning a lot more than in their room though, and they debated turning back and leaving again, finding themself choked up at the thought of facing Grim after basically abandoning him for a couple days… they felt worse that they’d forgotten the note…
But, before they could retreat, Grim flipped over and muttered in his sleep, startling them.
Syn stepped back, causing another creak that had the magical cat's eyes to open slightly.
“Syn, that you,” the cat asked groggily, eyes quickly taking them in. Before they could do anything, Grim was suddenly very awake and rushing towards them. “Syn!”
They yelped as he impacted against their chest, startled as he tried to wrap his paws around them the best that he could. They had expected this, but they still weren’t prepared for him to actually be bawling against them.
“Y-You’re okay!” Grim sniffled, burying his face against their shirt. “Myah! I-I didn’t know if you were gonna come back!”
“I-I’m sorry, Grim. I meant to leave a note, but I forgot,” Syn swallowed the lump in their throat, wrapping their own arms around him and patting him on the head. They began to feel tears well up in their eyes, more guilt piling on. But, they tried to lighten the mood for him, looking down and asking, “You didn’t commit any arson while I was gone, did you?”
They just got another wail that roughly translated to, “Why’d you leave?!”
Frowning, they gently pet him and walked towards the stairs with him in hold, sighing tiredly. “I just… had to go away for a bit, okay? I won’t do it again, alright?”
Grim sniffled as he looked up, asking, “Y-You promise?”
“I promise,” Syn gave him a reassuring smile past their exhaustion, giving him a scratch between the ears that he would usually complain was not dignified for the ‘Great Grim’ but that he leaned into this time. “I won’t leave like that again, Grim. Now, let’s both get some rest.”
They walked upstairs while continuing to give him calming pets, able to feel a light purr against their chest. When they made it to their room, the cat refused to leave their arms and they had to take off their shoes by pressing the heels against the floor, slumping into bed with their furry roommate clinging to them.
He fell asleep far quicker than they did, but they didn’t stop absentmindedly petting him. It was therapeutic for them and he didn’t allow it normally. They wished they had a normal cat… they wished they had THEIR cat.
Syn stared at the ceiling for a while longer, feeling drained. They didn’t know if it was worse than what they’d been feeling. They felt bad about Grim, but they just hoped he never felt like a burden, not like they did. No. No, they’d try to keep those thoughts away for the night.
They needed sleep if they were going to face everyone else.
The C button on the tamagotchi allows users to check the character's status. This animation plays when the hunger meter and happy meter is not empty but the happy meter is not completely full
This is a recreated pixel animation from the official Twisted Wonderland Tamagotchi nano.
I like that for each student they actually animate it based on their in game animations and are unique for each
In game Asset credits: @alchemivich
Have not been consistently posting because Star Rail is fun and I also have IRL job to do to fund my questionable gacha needs.
