NRC first year headcanons!
Am I writing this purely because I have accidentally come across several Ortho x reader and Ortho x [first year] ship posts? Along with a smut fic where Ortho is 18 and they give very very specific details which made me want to burn my computer?
Yes. It is. (Someone burn my eyes, please.)
All the first years forgot Vil and Jack were childhood friends for a whole month and all keep getting jumpscared when they remember.
All members have an initiation ceremony when they become friends which is literally just them going around Ramshackle and picking out the room they want to sleep in.
Epel's room was originally for escaping from Vil but Rook caught on within two days. Now it's where he stores his apples and apple juices, which Grim feasts on. Epel doesn't exactly mind as long as it isn't his junk food that he managed to stash away without Vil noticing. Someone is getting slimed out the moment it's gone.
Jack uses his room for some personal training when he can't find peace in his dorm, and to store some of his lighter weights. He attempted to put some of his heavy ones there at first and heard something crack before everything fell onto the first floor. He did some damage and got scolded by Grim of all people and helped repair the damages.
Ace called dibs the moment Yuu announced the rooms were clean enough for them to call dibs. He claimed one right next to Yuu, and Deuce took the other room next to Yuu.
Ace and Deuce usually use their rooms for privacy, and when Ace needs to escape from Riddle. Deuce uses it sometimes for private studying because his dormmates (mostly Ace) can get loud and he needs all the peace he can get.
Sebek said he didn't need the room due to his duties as Malleus's guard, but did warm up to it after Lilia pushed him to hang out with his friends more. Also after his friends dragged him a few times.
Ortho has one too, and he uses it as his second charging spot. He also uses it for privacy on occassions, and his room is full of new hobby items that he tried out, like origami, knitting, and more.
Addition to that: Ortho, especially after Book 6, has repeatedly tried out multiple hobbies to figure out what he likes. His friends sometimes offer new things he could try, Jack offered him a cacti once to grow.
Deuce has droven everyone to the beach for screaming at least once. Epel is the most frequent visitor but everyone's gone at least once. It's very cathartic.
All the freshmen know the one window in Ramshackle that's always open. They made it look like it's locked with this rusty looking lock, but they all know it's open and they break into it when Yuu's not around and the door's locked.
Whenever one of them feels sad, or says something even slightly self deprecating, the first years do some sort of cult circle around the sad person and forbid them from escaping. Not an actual cult circle, it's just their way of stopping the person from avoiding their feelings. All of them are hypocrites and always try to escape the friendship cult circle.
Sebek's way of cheering someone up sometimes in said friendship cult circle is yelling, "YOU ARE LOVED HUMAN!!!!!" and of course, being the blunt yet caring friend.
Deuce is a little awkward at first but is a bit more gentle with it, talking about his own flaws and how the person who's sad is amazing.
Ace does tease a bit at first, but is realistic, talking genuinely and bluntly, just like Sebek. He will point out the person's self deprecating bullshit within seconds.
Epel's also pretty blunt, he tries to use his real accent specifically at times like these to show that he's being genuine and not fake. He also yells at times, sometimes talking about how the person who's sad should be more proud of themselves and also brings up his flaws at times, like Deuce.
Ortho brings up statistics and specific memories that contradict what the person is saying. Ortho would be one of the more gentle ones, talking very specifically in order to show that he's not just trying to be nice.
Jack's a bit stiff, but reassuring. He may not always be upfront about his emotions, and may try to express them in a more subtle manner, but he's as firm as he can be when he's trying to reassure someone.
Yuu gets talked over by Grim sometimes who calls the sad person an idiot first for thinking in such a manner. If we're just talking about the game version of Yuu, they probably bring up a new perspective to what the person is feeling bad about. Grim would probably say something a bit silly, and even a little snarky, but nice and chuck food at the person.
Anyways they all collectively run away from the other first years whenever they're feeling sad and one of them says, "Get 'em," because they know they're about to be surrounded.
Yuu and Grim are technically one student together, so their grades get added up and sliced in half. The first years all collectively thank god for Yuu's ability to score higher than average or they would both be in remedial classes or expelled for academic failure.
One time they had a sleepover at Ramshackle and after many, many board games played and many movies watched and many fights started, they fell asleep in the bathroom and Jack was sleeping in the tub with Epel who was snoring very loudly.
On that topic: Epel snores.
Ortho has a mean streak, obviously so he has laced his friend's foods with spicy stuff on a few occasions.
They all had to collectively sit down and teach Sebek to not use all caps when he texts, with Ace joking "I can literally hear him yelling this at me whenever I read his texts in his voice," and continued to do a Sebek voice impression.
They also had to explain some "normal human activities" to Sebek so that he could feel included.
Ace always teases everyone, but when he goes too far, he apologizes. Even if it's awkward, even if it's sloppy. He apologizes.
They've all collectively figured out that Sebek doesn't exactly like the fact that he is a half-human, half-fae species due to him feeling abnormal and out of place. When this happened all of them cheered him up using their own methods, like Epel bringing up he gets mistaken as a girl all the time, and Yuu saying, "I'm literally from another world, me too Sebek", Grim saying, "I'm literally a direbeast in school, not that it will stop me but stil!" (Cue friendship cult circle.)
While I don't hate Ace, he did get relentlessly bullied by his friends for ghosting his girlfriend in middle school. Specifically by Sebek and Jack.
Deuce probably had a bunch of guys have a crush on him during his middle school days. He never noticed.
All of the first years have made it their mission to occasionally drop by with food and hide them in the refrigerator in Ramshackle without Yuu or Grim noticing. Grim, because he will tell Yuu, and Yuu because they keep rejecting their attempts to help. They've pulled some cartoon-level bullshit to make this happen, like hiding very badly behind a potted plant level of cartoon bullshit. It's a heist mission every time.
Sebek (Whisper yelling): "ARE THEY GONE"
Everyone except Sebek: "Sebek STFU-"
(All of them are hidden horribly behind something and they somehow haven't gotten caught yet.)
They all collectively have the mindset, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" in certain areas.
They once had an apple carving contest after they witnessed Epel make a swan out of an apple. Ace started it, obviously and Epel was the victor. Ortho turned off most of his skills so they could have a clean fight.
After all of them got to go to the beach to scream about their feelings just like Deuce did for Epel, they all collectively went to a rage room. Surprisingly the ones that went apeshit was Jack and unsurprisingly Epel. Ace and Deuce did some damage, Sebek did less damage considerably and Ortho had also done some moderate damage. However they had all used one room so they had demolished the place by the end.
The first years are involved in a ship war. The Heartslabyul students ship Adeuce, Pomefiore ships Deuce x Epel, Diasomnia ships Deuce x Sebek, Savanaclaw ships Deuce x Jack, and Ortho is the son of this entire situation, why is Deuce specifically the catch? I don't know, why not?
The first years all cockblock anyone from trying to flirt with them. Like they never notice when they're being flirted with, but notice immediately when it's anyone else.
They obviously have a group chat and sometimes they keep going to another one by accident and saying some wild stuff.
Epel: "WHICH ONE OF YA FUCKIN HOES TOOK MAH ICE CREAM????? ACE WAS IT YER FAT ASS AGAIN????? ISTG IM SLIMING YALL OUT TODAY"
Silver: "..Epel, I regret to inform you that 1. No one took your ice cream, and 2. I assume that you are in the wrong group chat."
Epel: ".....please don't tell my housewarden about this ^^."
They have a handshake thing going on as well. They have a bunch of stuff they thought about trying as a sign of their friendship but most of them thought "it was cringe" or something until they all decided on having a secret handshake.
They all gatekeep information from others, like they have a gossip session almost every day without necessarily making plans because everyday, some shit happens.
Ortho doesn't say much when others refer to him as a robot, but his friends do. They all get jumped the moment they even say the "ro" in robot.
Ortho also turns off most of his robotic skills when doing something new with his friends so he can have a more normal experience. Sometimes it's demanded of him because of how overpowered he is otherwise.
The first years have all memorized each other's habits without saying much. They are not slick. They all know Sebek and Epel both like eating, especially when Epel has the chance to snack on junk food, so they all collectively buy some junk food to stash at Ramshackle (with some left over for Yuu and Grim).
The first years are much closer to each other than the second years, or the third years are to each other. They are the only functioning friend group. Sure, certain people get along with others from their grade but the first years are the only ones recognized as an actual friend group.
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