Omake: The ingredients are WHAT?!
Based on @k3lbug's Yandere Twisted Wonderland series (Masterlist). This omake is meant to take place in book 5, while training for the VDC.
Hosting like 7 yanderes in Ramshackle was not ideal. Not to mention at least 5 of them were after you. Honestly, even just hosting Rook alone would be a huge headache - you did NOT want that guy sneaking around your bedroom. You almost got Ace and Deuce sleeping with you for protection, but then it turned into a whole argument that had to be broken up, and it was decided everyone would have their own rooms.
This begged a question about your current situation: if you were to be left alone, just why was Vil of all people sitting in your room at dawn?!
"A truly beautiful apearance comes with a lot of effort and care." He lectured, as he tugged you out of bed and towards the bathroom. "Which you're frankly not giving yourself. Durinig our stay here I will make sure to transform you from a cute little spud into a proper shining diamond. I trust you will learn from this experience."
"But why?" You questioned blearily, letting him manhandle you as he got to brushing your hair. "I'm not even part of the team, and honestly I'd really rather sleep at this hour."
"Proper sleep is important, but if you're lacking it I suggest you go to bed earlier instead." He tutted at you. "And while you're not part of the team, I find you to be a good source of motivation for most of the members."
Great, so you were a prop for him to use to motivate the team. Why didn't anyone care about your opinion? You just hoped getting 'prettied up' doesn't cause anyone to snap...
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"Look at the state of your skin. It's so dry." Vil muttered in dissatisfaction. "Honestly, I Iwasn't planning on dipping into more scarce personal supplies, but you clearly need this..."
"Huh, what is that?" You questioned as he fished out a glass box and opened it to reveal some sort of.. gel? It was weirdly green.
"Moisturizer. The best I've ever used, and trust me I've seen a lot of cosmetics." Vil dips his fingers in the substance and starts smearing it on your clean face. You don't like the texture - it's so slick and slimy. But even a few seconds in you can feel like your cells are sucking in water.
"Wow, what's in it?" You were simply amazed. It wasn't cold, but so, so refreshing...
"Honestly, I'd love to know too." He sighed. "Azul is the one making it, and I think we both know he doesn't like sharing his trade secrets."
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"Oya, today you shine even brighter than usual, [name]." Jade slid behind you out of nowhere while you were harvesting greenhouse herbs for a Potionology assignment.
"Hi Jade. Mind helping out?" If he was going to hang off you, you'd rather put him to work.
"My, to immediately use me without even acknowledging the compliment," Jade sighed but but took the notebook with the list of hearbs, "how cruel of you."
"I'm 'shining' as you put it because I got woken up at the ass crack of dawn to get marinated in cosmetic." You grumbled. "I mean, I like looking good, but I like my sleep more..."
"Cosmetics?" He put a hand to his chin, and you did not like that smile at all. "If I recall correctly our future VDC stars are currently lodging at Ramshackle, so by any chance, would it have been Vil?"
"Huh? Yeah." You answered, eyes narrowing in suspicion. The most natural suspect there would have been Rook, given his frequent displays of (stalkery) affection for you. You'd never even been approached by Vil before...
"How... curious." The mereel gave you a wide smile. "May I know what cosmetics he used, exactly."
"...It's not like I remembered all of it." You replied cautiously. Could it be... "Are you asking because of Azul's moisturizer?"
"Oho, so you are familiar with it!" Jade looked downright giddy. Like, gushing over a rare mushroom giddy. What. "You've used it, haven't you? Where did you use it? Just on the face? Or possibly... the whole body?"
"Uh, just the face, and why are you so excited over it?" You asked, suddenly wondering if you should maybe wash it off.
"Oya, pardon me." He got his demeanor back under control. "It's simply that it was made... cooperatively between me, Azul, and Floyd. It feels great to have our effort so appreciated."
"There's something you're not telling me." You stated bluntly. You'd seen how he is when he feeds you something he'd made, and it's certainly not to this extent even when you yourself were more openly appreciative of it.
"Is there now?" He tilted his head innocently. "Oh how suspicious you are. If you don't trust it, I welcome you to come to Octavinelle over the weekend. We're due to make another portion, so you may observe the process. And if you wish... I could even make you some of your own, no payment required~."
"That is.. weirdly generous." You gave him an inquisitive look. "And are you sure you can just promise to reveal the process without asking Azul first."
"Do not worry. I am sure I can persuade him." Jade chuckled in a way that sent a shiver down your spine. Ok, not touching that with a ten foot pole.
"[name] I got my portion of herbs!" Deuce yelled from somewhere to your right. "Now we just got- J-Jade?! What are you doing here?"
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You ended up taking Jade up on his offer. It just kept eating away at you, that happy expresion of his, the way he questioned where exactly you applied the cream. Whatever the big secret was, you wanted to know.
Well, okay, but you didn't want to know, quite frankly you had already stumbled upon a lot of secrets you wanted to erase from your mind, but- You couldn't stand not knowing. Especially when Vil insisted on slathering you in the suspicious cream every day.
The moment you entered through the mirror, you were immediately picked up and swung around like an overexcited kid's teddy bear.
"Shrimpy~ you're here!" Floyd laughed freely. "And you're gonna help us cream~."
"Wha-" You damn near choked.
"With cream! And I'd prefer you call it a moisturizer!" Azul shouted. "Honestly, Floyd, must you be like that?"
"You're no fun Azul." Floyd pouted, as he stopped spinning you around.
"Let the Prefect go." Azul ordered, glaring at the hug. "We have to get on with the production, we don't have all day!"
"Eeeh." He whined but you were let go without much fuss.
"Thanks Azul." You nodded at each other in acknowledgement before making your way to the kitchen.
"Oya, welcome [name]" Jade greeted you. You nodded at him.
The Mostro Lounge was completely empty... It was a bit uncanny this way. Was this special moisturizer really such a big secret they had to close up early to make it? You took a look around the ingredients scattered on the countertop. Plants (a few of which you recognized from Potionology), mushrooms, small labelled vials containing stuff you'd expect in cosmetics (collagen, mineral oil...), and a bottle of hand sanitizer.
In short, there was nothing that could warrant this level of discretion.
"So... am I here to watch you make some herb extracts or....?" You questioned in confusion.
"Oh, there will be extraction. Just not from plants." Jade smiled at you in a very shady way. "Now, since you're our guest today, you choose: me or Floyd?"
"You or Floyd what?" You were not making a choice without full information here!
"Me! Me! Pick me!" Floyd screamed enthusiastically, completely neglecting to answer you.
"We will be extracting a... special ingredient." Azul informed you. "I was honestly under the impression Jade already told you about it, but I suppose not."
"Why ruin the surprise?" Jade's smile widened. "Come on now Darling. We have to choose our ingredient. Me or Floyd?"
"An.. ingredient...?" You took a step back, frantically looking between the three.
The tweels were grinning widely, while Azul looked torn between exhausted and curious. Stop stop stop. What the hell did he mean, ingredient?! You've heard legends about mermaid flesh - were they actually going to cut a part off and blend it into the cream?! Oh you were going to be sick...
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You spent some very weird, borderline horror-esque next few hours. Oh, it wasn't as bad as you suspected when they mentioned ingredients. It didn't involve any flesh -or blood- getting extracted. Instead Floyd turned into his mer-eel form and the other two... squeezed him like a rag.
You got to touch him on the tail too, discovering a similar slimeness on his skin as the moisturizer. You didn't participate in the wringing part though. For one, your arms were too weak for this. And also, it looked plenty grotesque with the way the skin moved against itself as it was wrought out like a rag, and the slime dripping from it- ugh, you could barely look.
You ended up being Floyd's hug-pillow for most of it, as he complained and cried about the process and how "Darling wasn't even the one doing it!". Honestly, you'd have been way more sympathetic to him without those comments.
"And done." Jade let go of his twin, letting him crash to the ground. "We got quite a good harvest. We could even make a portion for you, Darling~."
"I don't want it." You wheezed out from under Floyd.
"Don't be like that. It is the best moisturizer acknowledged even by Vil Schoenheit himself" Jade brought the slime in the box closer to your face. You glared at him. "If you'd like, I can even add on a bit from myself. How about you, Azul?"
"H-huh? Well, if [name] wanted it..." He agreed awkwardly. "Of course, only if it's for their exclusive use!"
"No, really, I'm good." You shut it down, internally wondering, as you have for at least the past hour, if Vil is aware that he's putting Floyd-slime on his face. If not... there might be a murder in the near future.
"How about a spa treatment then? A bath with eels..." Floyd suggested, still not getting up. "Seven know I could use a good soak too."
"I promise you a bath with an octopus would be much better!" Azul declared, suddenly competitive for some reason. "Imagine getting a massage from eight arms with suction cups at the same time. Relaxing, isn't it?"
"Uh, no, really, I'm fine. I think I'll just go back to Ramshackle..." You finally managed to get away from Floyd, and onto your feet - this was your escape chance.
"If the slime isn't to your tastes, might I suggest a semen facial treatment instead? I hear it does wonders for the skin." Jade proposed with a smile. "Of course, it's on me~."
Oh you were going to die. Or kill someone. Whichever came first.
"There is no scientific evidence of that!" Azul interrupted, looking all red and scandalised.
"Doesn't mean we can't try and see!" Floyd yelled from the floor.
You were swiftly, and as discreetly as you could, backing away.
"Fufu, I truly love your adventurous spirit." Jade grinned at you, stepping closer as you fumbled with the doorknob. "If you'd like, we can even put it in the moisturizer..."
The door abruptly opened behind you.
"Bonjour! I'm afraid I must take Trickster back now! It's been so long everyone is getting worried!" Rook yelled spiritedly, taking hold of you from behind. Did he... hear what the conversation was about? "Ah, and of course, if you're developing a new product as interesting as this... I shall also sign up for a sample!"
"ROOK?!?!"
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