#enki deserved better

[chancellor-reno5]

Nanbaka Ramble incoming

Enki deserved better. The way that the murder wasn't his fault, it was instead Elf's. He lost a brother because of Elf. He lost his job because of Elf.

He ripped his own heart out because of Elf.

If someone had realised it was Elf the whole time, Enki would've lived

And why did it have to be Samon that found his body?

Ramble over (I may have gotten some bits mixed up but heyho !)

#enki gokuu #nanbaka #nanba prison #idiots with numbers #enki #samon gokuu #gokuu brothers #enki deserved better #elf is a douche #elf nanbaka

[lesbiamano]

the way i can see either enki, ragnvaldr, or cahara taking up the role of girl's parent/guardian EXCEPT d'arce,,, like ive tried but i feel like throughout the entire dungeon crawling experience she is too out of it to like be a proper parent figure to the girl. not to say she wouldnt take her in if she found her and protect her, i feel like she would, because its funny seeing her take in le'garde's child without knowing it. but either way she'd be too stuck in her own head and her want to reach le'garde as soon as possible/revive him that she wouldnt be able to give her the proper parental love im sure girl yearns for.

ragnvaldr used to have a child, he probably sees his kid in her, and he takes her in not just as some child he found that hed take care of until they got out or until she died, hed see her as HIS child and would truly care about protecting her and not letting anything come her way. she'd feel like a way to make up for the fact that he could not protect his own child and im sure that one day when he realizes shes the child of the man who ruined his life and family, it'll be extra painful.

for cahara, hes already expecting a child on the way, and so whats one more child to pick up and take home too? enough of cahara dying in the dungeon after girl ascends to godhood, he gets his treasure and gets out of there with her. he can give her and his newborn child the best life he possibly could, and i feel like hed definitely raise her as his own child, so his newborn gets an older sister. shes part of his family now!

for enki, hed begrudgingly take her along with him on his path to enlightenment. at first hes not really fond of her, but eventually, realizes he cant just let her go after he gets what he wants! i mean, gods, thats a waste of an assistant, right? as much as he hates admitting it, hes found some sort of fulfillment and contentment in teaching her spells and seeing her do them decently as she follows him around, and nosramus definitely wouldnt let him just sacrifice her or something. so he keeps her. and shes his child now, even though he only says shes his assistant/student.

but for d'arce, as much as i WANT to give her a happy ending where she gets out of the dungeon and live her life with her three weed smoking girlfriends, i feel like that just wouldnt happen. and even if she does care for the girl and keep her safe, its not the maternal sort of way that the girl probably desperately seeks, even if not specifically from d'arce, but from anyone. d'arce cannot stop and think that perhaps it would be better if she and the girl turned around and left the dungeon when she finally gets to le'garde and sees his corpse lying there. no. she absolutely loses her mind. she has to get le'garde back, he had so much left to do and she trusted that he knew what he was doing. and besides, shes never been one for the children. with the work she does as a knight, be it a knight of rondon or a knight with le'garde's group, settling and finding a partner and even having kids felt like a distant reality. even with le'garde, hes always been out of reach for her and she knew that she couldnt have something like this. she's committed to this. because if she does back out, where would she go? she abandoned the knights of rondon and her family for the sake of the knights of the midnight sun and for the sake of le'garde. she cant go back home. she cant give girl the life she deserves outside the dungeon. she digs le'garde out of his grave and lies in it for the sake of everything she chose to leave the life she knew for.

tldr. d'arce i will not allow you to have a happy ending

#REAL long rant. sorry gang #i dont even know what overcame me #this was gonna be a short silly post on how i believe d'arce is the only one who couldnt make for a parent but then it turned longer. whoop #d'arce cataliss #le'garde #ragnvaldr #enki #cahara of the south #cahara #girl fear and hunger #fear and hunger #so sorry if this is straight up incomprehensible chat #i dont even know myself. ok

[myreputatioooon]

buy low-key Cahara deserves a good ending or at least a better one.

Okay maybe not actually in a good-good way but in a bad-good good-bad way that IS good-good as long as you shift your morality fifty degrees to the left.

Cahara who came to wretch a monster out of Fear & Hunger itself like The Knight D'arce, Kaiser's Most Blind Loyal, not to save the monster and let it rampage for centuries then on, but to provide for his Beloved and Future Child.

Cahara who took in a Child under his care. A Girl many others would regard as dead weight or meat or a shield against Fear & Hunger. Protected her from the horrors whereas The Outlander Ragnvalder The God of Ultraviolence crusaded against it within and outside the dungeon, legacy fading into nothing. like He was supposed to

Cahara who guided her like his own unborn child and brought her to the pit of the God of the Depth's corpse, and witness her ascent to godhood as The Dark Priest Enki The Enlightened rejected it.

Cahara who cannot be a father to His Flesh and Blood, His Beloved Celeste for he is the Father of Fear & Hunger. The Ascended Goddess has acknowledged his suffering. The suffering that will continue if he lives, so he shall now forever rest.

Cahara who taught Her dances with daggers and gifted Her dolls to dote on in the Divine Dungeons.

Cahara, Father of the Goddess of Fear & Hunger and Father of The Cruel Age which his own beloved girl drives.

Cahara, who's name is blessed, praised and scorned to come all eternity. Who's Beloved Celeste is taken in by the Goddess's worshippers, whose baby never knows a day without community and family under the care for the sister they'll never have.

Cahara who's family is a holy, divine bloodline. The only one.

Cahara who never wanted any of this

#Fear & Hunger #Funger #Cahara #Cahara Fear and Hunger #Fear and Hunger #The Girl Fear and Hunger #AU #Fear & Hunger AU #Funger AU #haven't gotten around to 2: Termina yet so im super sorry for any lore errors lmao #same for lore errors regarding F&E 1 since my memory is Not the best rip #Celeste Fear and hunger #but also im chill with you guys posting spoilers on my post willy nilly they dont even affect the experience for me

[1dreamsareweird1]

I'm a firm believer that Aphmau should have had an unhinged arc in MCD

Her entire existence was unraveled, everything she thought about herself and her experiences weren't even hers to begin with. She had to figure out that she isn't quite human and that she isn't quite a goddess either. She's a fragment of a person she's trying so hard to live up to because there's no way out for her. She can't just leave behind or ignore that part of her like Travis can regarding the Demon Warlock and Enki because she isn't just a descendent which in and of itself is dangerous. She IS Irene, at least a part of her.

The one person who knew Irene was Hyria and she was always so cryptic and she denied Aphmau's pleas when she was practically begging Hyria for answers. Hyria should know better than anyone that Aphmau is not Irene no matter how she came to be in the world, she is only a part of her and the mental strain it put on Aphmau when trying to figure out should have been her breaking point. She deserved to run rampant and lean away from being the voice of reason and everyone's caretaker.

Sorry for any spelling errors I feel like this could have been such an important character arc for Aphmau being her own person and not just Irene 👍👍

#aphmau #headcannons #headcanon #minecraft #fandom #roleplay #minecraft diaries #mcd #aphmau shalashaska #feral au

[erionlextib]

Travis HCs because he deserves them:

• Ain’t no way he isn’t younger than the rest of the group (except Vylad, because dead people don’t really age per say), he gives me the vibes. Perhaps like 18-19 or something

• He wears a mini pony tail to keep his hair out of his face when he’s fighting and what not (or just in general because he finds it quite annoying)

•he has a few freckles..? (not like many, there’s like 6 or 7 in total)

•dimples (that I don’t know how to draw)

•He lives in the tree house along with Vylad and Laurance. Aaron sleeps either at his little set up camp, or sometimes at the tree house when the weather gets rough. (A big ass tree makes for a big ass house)

Travis does eventually get his own place, although it’s on the island. he also claims the little cave on the mountain as his own

• He can shapeshift (cuz witchcraft + demon abilities and whatnot, plus if the imps and his dad can shapeshift, so can he ), but not extended periods of time. He’s a) not very good at witchcraft and b) part human so he struggles a bit more w/ that stuff

It doesn’t really bother him all that much before the rest of the cast scoops him up, as he (canonically) lives in an isolated cabin, in the mountains, away from any sort of civilization (the closest being the town, which just about hates him and still isn’t all that close). Who the hell does he need to look human for? The snow? The trees?

He mainly uses his human form only to sneak in and out of the village to get foods he can’t find in the forest (fruits and vegetables imported from warmer regions, meats when he can’t catch anything) and his (fully) demon form when fighting mainly his dad and his dad’s imps (just to look a little more intimidating)

• When he becomes part of the group though, he becomes kind of insecure; he fears rejection and is scared that if they see what he actually looks like they’ll change their minds on him and hate or hurt him and he’ll be all alone again.

This leads to him pushing his limits and often hiding away whenever he needs a moment to regain his strength. Until the moment w/ the Demon Warlock on the new island, only Aph knows. When she found him (Enki Island), he wasn’t expecting to find a human so far away from the village. Took him a while (most likely longer than in canon) to believe that she wasn’t his father or one of his imps, to which he changed to his human form and apologized profusely when he realized.

• His human form is mostly made up by him in an attempt to look more like his mom. Like in Canon, he has a couple different forms, but his “natural” forms are mixes between a human and a demon. They just kinda change every once in a while depending on his environment, health, ect. *, so he never really looks quite the same. Both his human and demon forms (as well as any other form e.g animals, other people, ect.) are forms he physically has to shift into/require and use up energy to be in

*e.g climate/weather may determine some aspects like horn size and skin color; dark energy/vibes (like those around the nether, or his father) or high stress situations makes him (his natural form) look a little more demonic as his body reacts to the energy around him, while he looks a little more human in relaxed, light hearted situations where he doesn’t feel in danger or when there is overall good energy/vibes (like the energy Aph emits when she heals stuff) and that sort of stuff

Like a defense mechanism (kinda like how some animals try to make themselves bigger in the face of a threat)

• Canon was wrong, he is not.. like that.. no. His mom taught him better than that. He respects women very much.

•He’s socially awkward, and definitely comes off as a little weird and blunt and overall just a little off. (He’s really sweet, just not smooth with his delivery)

• His mom was a really big inspiration for him growing up and he really strives to be like her and he’s deathly afraid of becoming like his father (canon I’m pretty sure, but thought to include it anyway)

• He’s really good friends with Vylad and Aaron; they are like partners in crime, and bond over not being very good with words/social interactions.

When Aaron died and Vylad went off with Laurance to the nether, Travis felt at just about his worst in a long while. He would barely go out (specifically after Aaron’s death, but got worse after Vylad and Laurance’s disappearance), often staying in his room for a few days on end until Katelyn and Luci would drag him out to get some fresh air and get his mind off things. Sometimes they also went with Aph as she was in a similar boat. Travis got closer to Katelyn and Luci during this time. He also started hanging out more with Aph so that neither of them would feel so alone (*coughcoughnotalonebuddiescoughcough*)

•He steps outside and within 10 minutes he is sun burnt and on the verge of a heat stroke /hj

He can be outside for short periods of time before getting some symptoms of heat exhaustion (the amount of time he is able to be outside lengthens the longer he stays in Ru’aun as he starts to adapt to the climate)

When he first got there he was not vibing. Like At all.

He protects his skin a lot, so he gets less sunburns

•Since there is no such thing as AC in this era, as a welcoming gift, Luci took it upon herself to put a spell on Travis’s room so that it would stay colder (aka it’s like a freezer now), so he actually gets sleep at night. Vylad and Laurance like to hang out there when it’s too hot out during the day, although it gets too cold for their liking after a while

Anywayyyyy

Here’s also a small drawing of him I made to try out a new stylus that inspired this entire post

#minecraft diaries #mcd #travis mcd #travis valkrum #bad quality picture cuz I drew too small #he’s my little guy #very normal about him #Travis Valkrum HCs #for a rewrite that will stay forever in head and constantly changes by the day

[ciaossu-imagines]

And for the last fandom for this fandom prompt, I'm hitting a fandom of mine that kind of desperately could use a lot more love than it currently gets, Nanbaka! It's part of why I love creating for it so much, because I do feel it doesn't get the love or attention it should! For anyone wondering, my lovelies, I have about six more fandom prompts I plan on throwing up soon and then I'm hoping to get at least one, but possibly two, good quality responses to a request out before shit-posting some gif reactions/non-gif reaction headcanons for various fandoms that I have kicking around.

Send me a fandom and I will name a character:

Who I will protect at all costs: Nico is a precious treasure. He’s gone through so much that he shouldn’t have had to but he’s still so cheerful and sweet and pure and just…ugh, I want all the good things for him.

Who deserves better: Shiro! So many people seem scared of him but he’s just a gentle giant who loves cooking!

Who was killed off too early: Nobody. Absolutely nobody that my mind can come up with at all. Nanbaka really did start out as a comedy, after all.

Who I used to hate but now I love: I hated Honey at first. Just something about him really irked me with his first appearance but I did really grow to enjoy him. I don’t quite love him as much as some other characters but he definitely grew on me.

Who I used to love but now I hate: There’s nobody who fits that bill because, while there’s character’s I mildly dislike, there’s none I absolutely despise, to be honest with you all.

Who needs to be killed off asap: I think it’s just because of my own personal feelings, but Inori could disappear forever, and I genuinely would not care.

Who is unfairly hated: There is really nobody, either by the writer or by the fandom. I won’t question the writer’s decisions for their own story, and I firmly believe that everyone has the right to feel however the feel about fictional characters, love or hate!

Who is unfairly loved: See the answer above.

Who needs to sort out their priorities: Oh, so many but I’ll go with the notable one. While I understand a lot of where Enki was coming from and why he did what he did, I also feel there were vastly better ways to handle it all. The way he did what he did was shit and it left lasting repercussions for those around him.

Who needs a hug: Samon. I really feel Samon would benefit from a daily hug. He really does get the brunt of it and isn’t respected enough. Also, the group from his building that we see a lot of, that is Liang, Qi, and Upa, also qualify for this.

Who needs to get out of their current relationship: Either Elf or the man with the scar. Those two together are toxic and take everything horrible about the other and amplify it, at least the way I view and see it, with the headcanons I have.

Who the writers love: Honestly, it’s Jyugo. However, he is the main protagonist, so it is only natural and they definitely don’t fall into the trope of making him just this incredible person with no flaws. I actually really enjoy his character and don’t mind the amount of focus he gets, though my heart, as with most of my fandoms, belongs to the minor characters.

Who needs a better storyline: A lot of characters honestly. I’m not fully caught up in the manga, so there is a chance a lot of the characters got more fleshed out and got character development, but a lot of the minor characters could use more focus. Even ones we really should know more about, like Mitsuru, don’t really have full storylines or fleshed out characters yet. However, Nanbaka did start out mostly as a gag manga, so I can get the reasoning behind why they don’t.

Who has an amazing redemption arc: I don’t think it counts as a full out redemption arc, considering there wasn’t really a lot of backstory or build up to it, but I liked seeing Qi’s character growth from his introduction to where he is now.

Who is hot as fuck: No lies, there’s just something about Rock that really does it for me.

Who belongs in jail: So yeah, funny thing…most of them kind of are in jail? Or guarding a jail. So, this question for this fandom is kind of a moot point, haha!

Who needs to be revived from the dead: I really don’t have an answer for this in this particular show/manga, honestly. The only person I can think of that I would really like to see more of, that doesn’t get much screen-time and could kind of fit this category, is Jyugo’s father. I feel like there’s a really interesting story there that would be well worth reading or watching.

#fandom prompt #nanbaka #jyugo nanbaka #qi nanbaka #rock nanbaka #mitsuru hitokoe #elf nanbaka #samon gokuu #enki gokuu #honey nanbaka #inori hakkai #nico nanbaka #shiro nanbaka

[let-it-ripperoni]

Ilma's past

Ilma came from a wealthy, political family, and was the firstborn, making her an heiress. Her dad is a politician and CEO of a company. Her mother was a wealthy heiress to the company Ilma's dad now owns, and the marriage was arranged for political purposes. Throughout Ilma's life everything has been about keeping images, and showing the world you're the perfect family.

Behind closed doors, this wasn't the case. Far from it, in fact. Ilma's dad was emotionally abusive and extremely narcissistic. He wanted nothing, but perfection from her. This moulded Ilma into being extremely people pleasing, and to always know how to show what people wanted to see. She innocently convinced herself if she tried her best she would gain her parent's love and affection. She would constantly wish on the moon at night for this, and confided in it her deepest, darkest, secrets, something she'd continue to do all her life (A reoccurring motif that I will go into further in another post, possibly).

One of her few passions as a child was Beyblading. She met her bit-beast, Enki at the age of 10. Unfortunately, her father deemed this activity to be "unbecoming of an heiress" and demanded she throw away such ridiculous toy. Ilma pretended to comply, but instead hid her beyblade away from prying eyes. Enki would be kept in storage for the next several years, nearly forgotten.

Somewhere down the line, Ilma found out by accidentally eavesdropping that his father was unfaithful, and had several mistresses. She couldn't believe it at first, so she looked into it more and found out it was all true. She rushed to her mother about it, and told her about her findings. Her mother, Sabina just sighed in defeat and said she already knew. In fact, she revealed the reason behind their marriage wasn't for love, but all for political gain. Ilma would have to get used to this as this too was her future. This obviously, struck Ilma as wrong and she began her rebellious phase. This period of time was riddled with constant lectures about her behaviour, and skipping lessons. She didn't want her life to be decided by those around her, she wanted her freedom.

Ilma naively decided to take things into her own hands, believing that if she showed her dad the errors of his ways, he would change. She gathered evidence and found out her dad's corruption, and illegal doings. She had the idea in her head that if she could tell him his faults, and offer better solutions he'd have a change of heart.

Boy, was she wrong. Her father grimaced and expressed his deep disappointment in her. This was the most displeased he's ever been of her, as far as she can remember. His father claimed this was the last straw, and that he's done with her. He didn't think he'd raise such a soft, and weak-willed heir, and decided she wasn't fit to run the company, or be part of the family. He disowned Ilma, and removed her from the family registry.

This didn't phase Ilma, but what did, and consequently traumatized her the most was her mother's reaction. Completely stone-faced and nonchalant. How could her mother not stand up to her? How could she stand by an unfaithful, and evil man? Everything was wrong. Everything about his family was dirty, and she'd lost hope of ever having a decent relationship with them.

Despite the disownment Ilma was offered a hefty sum of monthly allowance as hush money for the information she knew. If word got out, her family's reputation would plummet. They also let her have a maid. This would seem generous, except the maid, Katrina was meant to be a spy for her father to keep tabs on her to ensure that she's behaving, and not spilling the family secrets.

Katrina however, remains loyal to Ilma and reveals this plan to her. She's the only person that's ever cared for Ilma, and was the mother she never had, but deserved. Katrina gives false reports on what Ilma is doing so that she may keep her freedom and live her life to the fullest.

In hindsight, being disowned was the best thing that happened to Ilma. Because of this she develops a new image of herself, a brand new her. A perfect her. She becomes outgoing and social, and popular among her classmates. Ilma also finds out that she's a very good actress, and develops a passion for acting. She's encouraged by her friends to join the theatre club, and the school play despite her severe stage fright (this incident is what brings her to meet Brooklyn, but that's a story for another day), and takes up beyblading again.

This in a way is all a mask to run away, and distance herself from her past. Despite all of the positive changes Ilma made, she isn't completely grounded in reality (this is also partly due to her bit-beast's, Enki's abilities). She's still detached from others, and doesn't develop any particularly close bonds. The bonds she has with people are very shallow, despite the people in her life wanting to get close to her. You could say she's just floating, and drifting through life. Because of Enki's abilities influencing her, she has a dreamlike quality to those that encounter her. She's almost like a fairy, enigmatic and mystical. She doesn't feel real because she never lets anyone get close to see her human side, and flaws. She hasn't truly faced her past as of yet.

#lore #Ilma #brookma #brooklyn x ilma #writing #beyblade oc #canon x oc #oc lore #oc backstory

[verdantrivers]

Forever reminded why Shouryuu and Enki's chapters are some of my all time favourites:

“So, is a civil war going to break out?”

“Looks like it.”

“A lot of people will die.”

“Kingdoms are built from the blood wrung out of the common people. The fact of the matter is, they’d all be better off without kingdoms and the like.” Shouryuu added, a smirk in his voice, “But the powers that be are clever enough to make sure they never figure that out.”

“The last thing I’d expect an emperor to say.”

“It’s the truth. Life for the people goes on without an emperor, but an emperor can’t go on without his subjects. The emperor eats the food they harvest by the sweat of their brows, no different than a poacher or a thief. In exchange, he does those things they cannot do as individuals.”

“Probably.”

“An emperor exists by killing and exploiting his subjects. So he should keep the killing and exploitation to a bare minimum and do it as nicely as possible. Keep the numbers low enough and he may even deserve to call himself an enlightened despot. Though the numbers will never reach zero.” Rokuta didn’t answer.

#juuni kokki #re-reading and i'm just forever mad that the rest of the novels never got officially translated #and the ones that are are obscenely expensive

[chxna-cheeseycake]

MCD Post-apocalyptic AU Idea

Hi I'm actually posting on here lol but anyways I'm bored rn and feel like ranting about an MCD AU idea I have cuz I don't have anybody to talk about MCD stuff with 💔 Be prepared for this post to be a bit lengthy as when I have an idea I wanna talk about, I'll just keep going on and on and nothing will stop me! So feel free to skip this if you don't like reading long stuff lol. Anywho, you can read my silly little thoughts about my silly little AU under the cut!

Anyways, my AU idea I had basically takes place in a modern day MCD (no not like Mystreet just strictly having the MCD characters in a modern day era). And this world is normal at first but one day an apocalypse pretty much happened as somehow several different types of portals opened, releasing all sorts of deadly creatures that reeked havoc on the population. This apocalypse was also pretty much started by both Shad and Irene but that can be a separate post for later as I put far too much detail into that lmao. However, Irene and Shad lie to their respective followers/supporters that they had nothing to do with this tragedy and put the blame on the other for it happening.

I chose Dante to be the main character of this AU because goddammit my boy deserves more love and if no one else will do it then I sure will. Anyways, Dante was 2 years old when the apocalypse happened so the poor kid just grew up in such a harsh environment. He never knew what it was like to not have to hide from vicious creatures and constantly scavenge for food. He also never knew his dad as his father, Donny (not canon name btw just something I personally use) died early on in the apocalypse in an attempt to save his family. Meaning that Maria was left to take care of 14 year old Gene and 2 year old Dante by herself during a disastrous apocalypse. But luckily... there was someone out there that was willing to take the poor woman in and help her out.

And this where I'll get into Shad and Irene's whole deal because I mean they're pretty important here. The Divine Warriors still exist in this world and are also still kind of treated like religious figures. However, I should make it clear that all of them are actually immortal gods instead of just technically being humans that hold a relic or whatever canon stated cuz I lowkey kinda forget some of the details of that. I should also make it clear that Irene and Aphmau are NOT the same person here. I decided to make Aphmau the demigod daughter of Irene cuz I thought that would work better with the AU. Aaron is also the demigod son of Shad because of their familial relationship in canon MCD. The Ro'Meaves are still descendants of Esmund but just like in canon their familial relation is more distant compared to Aaron and Aphmau's. And as for Travis and Enki... well they're related too but I can get more into that later.

Regardless, Shad and Irene seem to be the only Divine Warriors that are still around as the others have miraculously vanished for some reason. So most people nowadays only really acknowledge and worship Shad and Irene. Because of that when the apocalypse broke out, Shad and Irene formed their own respective factions that were compromised of their devoted followers. But these two would also go out of their way to save people that hadn't joined either faction and basically encourage said people to join them. The people would do this too as they felt as though they should be grateful that one of the Divine Warriors saved their life. Shad had pretty much done this with Maria so her and her boys became part of his faction and also started to worship him.

So Dante grew up in an environment where he was taught that Shad was a great man and would be the one to save everyone from this apocalypse. He was also taught that Irene and her faction were the enemy, that Irene was the sole cause of their world being destroyed. And Dante also viewed Shad as a father figure due to the fact that his bio dad died when he was too young to even remember him. Shad even comforted Dante after Maria unfortunately died when Dante was 9. Dante had always admired Shad and that admiration only grew after Shad made Gene his right hand man and one of the generals of Shad's army. Dante truly looked up to both his big brother and his father figure. He wanted to be just as great as them.

But then the main story begins and Dante's life does a complete turnaround. In the main story, Dante is now 12 while Gene is 24 and their life is just how it was before. Nothing strange. Nothing unusual. Gene would go about his duties as general, you know like go over battle strategies with the other generals such as Aaron. And when he had the time, he would check up on his little bro who was hanging out with the other child faction members. Dante would just stay in the designated area for the children until Gene was off duty and then the two brothers would eat dinner together, possibly do something fun too before they had to go to bed. This was their normal life.

However, Shad's lair gets attacked suddenly by Irene's army and everything starts going to shit. The civilians of the faction are panicking and screaming as they thoroughly believe that Irene has come to kill them all (she isn't but they don't know that due to Shad's influence). Gene goes into a panic too as he worries about Dante's safety. So he goes to find his little brother, completely ignoring Aaron's calls for him to come back. Gene makes it to the child area and thankfully finds Dante safe and sound. He then takes Dante and tries to rush and find a way out of the lair. For awhile they aren't seen by any of Irene's soldiers but it doesn't stay that way forever. As they round a corner, they hear the voices of two unknown men which definitely puts them on edge.

Gene tells Dante to stay where he is while Gene goes to investigate what's up ahead. Dante listens to his big bro, albeit hesitantly and watches as Gene slowly makes his way toward the voices. The voices belong to none other than Garroth and Laurance who quickly notice Gene's presence. The three get into a shouting match until weapons are pulled out and a scuffle occurs. This goes on for a bit until Laurance ends up landing a lethal attack on Gene, getting him right in the heart. Gene falls to the ground and Dante, who was watching the entire time, rushes to his brother's side not even caring that he would be caught by Irene's men. Garroth and Laurance are in shock as they weren't expecting this to happen.

With tears pouring down his face, Dante tries to save his big bro by pressing down on Gene's wound. He's desperate to do anything, something as he can't lose Gene too. Gene is the only family he has left after all. But Gene knows there's nothing to be done, he knows he's going to die soon. So with shaking hands, Gene takes off the skull necklace he always wore and hands it to Dante, telling his little bro that he loves him and to be strong for him. Gene takes his last breath, Dante sobs and Laurance feels nausea because he just killed a young boy's older brother right in front of him. Unsure of what to do next, Garroth and Laurance follow Irene's orders of taking any civilians with them so they could be "much safer" at Irene's lair. So they grab Dante who kicks and screams as he doesn't want to be separated from his brother. He especially doesn't want to go with the men that killed his brother.

But being only 12 years old, Dante couldn't really fight back against Garroth and Laurance so he was ultimately taken back to Irene's lair. At the lair, Dante was incredibly stubborn and refused to talk to anyone, didn't want to eat any food that was given to him, didn't want anything to do with the people that he was taught were the enemy. Aphmau would try to get through to him but Dante just ended up yelling at Aphmau that she and her people were monsters that took everything from him. Aphmau silently walks away with Dante's words echoing in her mind. Dante didn't want to be there anymore, he just wanted to be with his brother again. He wanted his old life back. So one day he does something no one expects, he runs away from Irene's lair. The kid has no idea where he's supposed to go now but he just keeps running until he knows that he's far away from Irene's domain.

He's in an alleyway when he hears a strange noise. He turns around and sees some type of creature. A deadly one with a raging hunger in its eyes, eyes that are looking right at Dante. The boy tries slowly walking backwards but ends up tripping and falling on the ground. The creature takes this as its opportunity to strike or it would have but its head gets instantly chopped off in what feels like a split second. Once the adrenaline wore off, Dante realized that there was a man that stood in front of him, holding a large ax and breathing heavily. The man turns around, looking at Dante before walking closer to the boy and outstretching a hand for him to take. Dante did so a little hesitantly, thanked the man and asked him who he was.

The man introduces himself as Zane and begins to scold/ask Dante why the hell he was out there by himself without any sort of adult by his side. Dante hesitates for a second, tears up a little and explains that his older brother had just been killed so he was now left without any family and had no idea where to go or what to do now. Zane softens a little after hearing that and proceeds to offer Dante to come with him to his hideout with his other friends so he can at least have a proper bed to sleep on for the night. Dante at first questions if he's part of Shad or Irene's faction but Zane scoffs at that and says that he and his group aren't part of either faction. They are their own group that gets referred to as The Outcasts by Shad and Irene. Dante finds it odd as he's never heard of The Outcasts before but ultimately decides to go with Zane as he does have no idea where to go now.

When Dante gets to the hideout of The Outcasts, he meets these other friends that Zane was talking about. These people being Janus, Ivy, Lillian, Michi, Travis and Vylad. Dante isn't sure what to think of them at first, he kind of finds some of them to be scary. But soon enough, Dante would learn through them that you can't always judge someone's personality by how they look. He also learns that what he was taught may not be as true as he originally thought. Because then he finally learns how exactly the world became what it is and has to accept the fact that he was possibly lied to his entire life.

Anyways, I think I will end it there for now because I have so much I could keep going on and on about but I don't want to make this too long, you know? But because I care this AU very much I'll most definitely talk about this in the future.

#mcd #minecraft diaries #aphmau #mcd dante #mcd gene #mcd shad #mcd irene #mcd aphmau #mcd aaron #mcd garroth #garroth ro'meave #mcd laurance #laurance zvahl #mcd au #mcd post-apocalyptic au #morally gray irene my beloved #nah cuz i seriously eat up any and all versions of irene that make her dubious its just #chef's kiss #and i can't wait to rant about how truly morally gray she can get in my au #also rip dante i really put him through the ringer in this au lmaooo #straight up killed off his entire family and called that shit character development #it be like that with your fav characters

[sag-dab-sar]

🏺Gods & Spirits🏺

That I worship in my practices.

I worship all Theoi (Greek) & Diĝirene (Sumerian) I may also honor other spirits or "lesser Gods" in both cultures. Since many pagans & polytheists list their Gods in a bio I thought I'd put together my own lil' list.

For resources on deity information go to this post.

Sumerian deity names in posts are spelled using the ETCSL's proper noun list. However, I may add the other spellings in a post and won't change spelling in direct quotes.

I'm going to cut this since it'll change over time.

My view on the existence of other Gods.

In brackets [] is the translation of an epithet

I have 3 distinct practices Hellenic & Sumerian Polytheist Revivalism (as one whole); Shinto; Maryolatry. I may worship or honor other spirits but those are my practices.

I'll list the ones that often have spots on my Altars & Shrines and then a few I think also deserve mention.

🔶 Devoted To

⚫️ Ereškigal — My personal God in context of Sumerian tradition.

Ereškigal is My Queen, Ninĝu Ereškigalam, 𒎏𒈬𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆠𒃲𒀀𒀭

I always address her as My Queen, Ninĝu, 𒎏𒈬

Namtar her son & sukkal is worshipped due to their relation.

Gugal-ana her husband worshipped due to their relationship and upg.

⚫️ The Sun — The sun has always been important to me. Since the beginning of my path in polytheism.

I sometimes worship "The Sun", as a creator and life giver.

If I worship a specific solar deity it is only ever Amaterasu-Ōmikami-Sama in Shinto tradition.

If I am worshipping another solar deity, such as Apollo & Utu. I deliberately do not worship them in their solar aspect.

🔶 Close to My Life

Athena Ergane [Worker] — I have dedicated my education to Athena since high school. I also fully believe she has been with me my whole life and witnessed my birth.

Nanše — This comes specifically from Hymn To Nanše Lines 20-31

Nanaya — Gender Identity / LGBTQ issues

Hera Antheia

Ares | Laossoos [He Who Rallies Men]

Ninĝirsu | Ursaĝ [Hero]

🔶 Health

Ninisina Gula [Great]

Damu

Asklepios

The Asklepiades:

Epione

Hygeia

Akeso

Iaso

Panakeia

Aigle

🔶 Household Gods

This is loosely based on ancient Greek tradition (Attic) a concept I found via modern Hellenic Religious group Labrys.

Hestia

Zeus Ktesios [of the House]

Zeus Herkeios [of the Fence]

Apollo Agyieus [of the Street]

Hekate

Hermes

Hera Oikos [of Household]

🔶 Various Other Reasons

For me worshipping a Diĝir, Daimon(a), or Theos on my altars or shrines only requires a identifiable reasons. No interpersonal relationship, calling, communication etc necessary. If I have a reason in mind then they might get a spot on a shrine or altar.

Enlil

Ninlil

Enki

Inana

Dumuzid

Ĝeštinana

Ningirim

Gibil

Apollo Proopsios [Foreseeing]

Gunida Nisaba [Hulled Grain]

Geštug Nisaba [Wisdom]

Nanna

Nirah — Purification. Temple protection at Enlil's E-kur which was among the most important Sumerian temples thus he represents altars to me, also a ritual protector. I believe there are other Nirah(s) but I'm specifically speaking of the one in the E-kur temple

🔶 Gods not represented on Shrines

That still deserve a mention, due to importance I place on them or how often I invoke them:

An — Sky & Heaven and most supreme in Sumerian pantheon. His cuneiform is "Diĝir" the divine marker for deity names. One of my devotional necklaces to represent me as a Sumerian polytheist is a pendant with that sign.

Hypnos

Mamud

Uraš & Gaia — The Earth (No, I'm not choosing one or the other)

Rheia — as Mêtêr Theon (Mother of The Gods)

Namma — as Amadiĝirdiĝira (Mother of The Gods)

Zeus Patér [Father]

Hera Mêtêr [Mother]

Apollo Paian [Healer]

Athena Paionia [Healer]

⛩Shinto Kami

Kami is not a direct translation to "God/Deity" it depends on context. I personally believe the two Amatsukami 天津神 I worship are "Gods," being among the highest beings in my spirituality. They have their own Kamidana separate from my other practices. Here is some information on Shinto for better understanding.

I worship in a home setting:

Amaterasu-Ōmikami 天照大神

Ame-No-Uzume-No-Mikoto 天鈿女命

⚫️ Additional

Our Lady of Sorrows — (Catholic Saint) primary aspect of the Virgin Mary I worship in what I refer to as Maryolatry.

Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia — (Catholic Saint) Our Lady of Altagracia, the Virgin Mary as protector & spiritual mother of the Dominican People.

Guabancex — (Taino Zemi) It is silent & important recognition of her power not an active honor/worship.

#hellenic polytheism #polytheism #paganism #deities #ofthetheoi #landof2rivers #mypractice #i have taino ancestry

[ava-does-dumbassery]

Various notes from reading all the stories about Ishtar/Inanna mentioned on her Wikipedia page, because I must ABSORB ALL THE ISHTAR KNOWLEDGE INTO MY BRAIN LIKE A SPONGE

One thing I noticed almost immediately is that Inanna/Ishtar is characterized very similarly to Aphrodite in that she acts pretty entitled and presumptuous and gets very mad when things don’t go her way. I think the difference between her and Aphrodite is that Ishtar seems to be enough of a badass to generally finish what she starts.

This makes me wonder if Astarte, being the link between Aphrodite and Ishtar, was characterized like this as well, since so far I’ve only seen her show up in the background of myths.

In Enki and the World Order Enki describes Inanna as: "destroy[ing] what should not be destroyed […] creat[ing] what should not be created." And I thought that sounded like a pretty on point description.

In "Inanna and the Huluppu Tree” Inanna plants and waters a tree with her feet instead of her hands, which is an incredible feat of toe dexterity.

Also in the huluppu tree story a “phantom maid” called Lilitu starts living in the tree, preventing Ishtar from turning it into a throne. Lilitu’s main descriptions in the story is that she “laughs with a joyful heart”. Apparently she might be a precursor to Lilith from Jewish folklore. I’d really like to look into her more, she sounds interesting.

Apparently a hymn called Inanna and Utu contains a myth about Inanna (who doesn’t know anything about sex at the start) getting her brother to take her to the underworld so she can eat fruit from a tree that will let her know about sex. This is supposed to explain how she became the goddess of sex. This story sounds really interesting but I can’t find the hymn or many references to it anywhere, which makes me sad. 

The translation page for the myth Inanna Prefers the Farmer calls it Dumuzid and Enkimdu instead, but I like Inanna Prefers the Farmer better because it sounds like the title of a manga.

I know there are a bunch of love songs/love poems between Dumuzid and Inanna, and I’ll probably want to look into those another time

While doing additional googling about this I found there are also carvings of Inanna and Dumuzid having anal sex. And good for them to be living their best Moche pottery life. (See the reason I’m better than an old timey Egyptologist is cause I make the joke but I still say anal sex out loud.)

In Inanna and Enki it says Enki knows the intentions of all gods. And yet he still gets seduced by Inanna during a drinking contest into giving her all his mes.

I noticed that in a lot of these myths, Inanna/Ishtar is referred to simply as “the woman.” So shoutout to Ishtar for being the ultimate woman I guess.

In Inanna and Ebih, in which Inanna decides to fight a mountain because it wasn’t respecting her, An calls Inanna “My little one” and tells her she doesn’t know what she’s taking on by fighting the mountain. She in fact does and absolutely destroys the thing.

Apparently Inanna’s movements in Inanna and Shukaletuda can be mapped to the movements of Venus through the sky.

Also about Inanna and Shukaletuda: it probably says something that I’m finding myself thinking this, but is so refreshing to read a myth where a rapist is presented as an uncool loser who deserves to be punished. 

I thought I remembered that Inanna went into the underworld in Inanna’s Descent into the Underworld because Dumuzid had died and she wanted to get him back, but no she tells the gatekeeper that she’s come to observe the funeral rites of Ereshkigal’s husband. Also she gets the beings from the underworld to drag Dumuzid to the underworld in her place at the end because he was being all ostentatious instead of mourning her loss.

While in the underworld Inanna girlbosses a bit too close to the sun by demanding that Ereshkigal get off her throne so she can sit on it instead. These seven judges called the Anuna get mad and shout at her, which turns her into a corpse.

The two beings that Enki creates to save Inanna were supposed to be sexless, but I didn’t see anything about it the text of the myth? Maybe that element is elaborated on more somewhere else, or present in the story in a way that couldn’t be translated into English. I’ve heard this element is more present in the Akkadian version, so maybe I’ll look into that more another time. I’ve also heard there was some interesting defiance of the gender binary stuff going on with Ishtar’s priests, and that ambiguous gendering is a characteristic of a lot of goddesses similar to Ishtar, so maybe I’ll look into that later, too.

I’ve noticed that “deciding a destiny” is something gods can do for mortals in a lot of these myths. That’s cool.

The fact that it’s basically just the first part of The Epic of Gilgamesh but with girls and that Ishtar is described as “danc[ing] around gods and kings in her manliness” combine to give the Song of Agušaya (first part of the translation here, second part here) big lesbian energy.

#Ava has thoughts #mesopotamian mythology #ishtar

[pryotra]

It has been many months since LB 6 has been released so I hope you don't mind answering this without problem from spoilers. What is GilHaku's and Proto Merthur's reaction to the truth behind the creation of Avalon Le Fae, such as laziness of the 6 Great Fairies that resulted in not forging Excalibur and them backstabbing the God Cernunnos and using his corpse to make the land, as well as the terrible fate the Human Priestess suffered as a breeding machine.

hehe

Gilgamesh, it must be understood, has no pity for the lostbelts and less for the Crypters. They're dead timelines. Corpses, that have been propped up into some macabre dance while their masters pretend they are as good or better than reality. While he sees some potential in people like Paxti and the twins, he finds their existence, thrown into a world that will devour them, to be an insult.

As such, it's not surprising that he sees this world as an aberration. The horrors of it are, to him, just more proof that this is a world that deserves no pity and should not deserve to exist. In his words, this isn't a world he wants to rule. By the time he's seen heard that humans were devoured, he'd already taken out Enki. Maybe it's a mercy?

Hakuno is the one who is horrified. The absolute and utter casual cruelty of the fairies makes her stomach turn. The fate of Cernunnos, the fact that the planet itself is just trying to die at this point, and the final fate of the Human Priestess. All of it is just a litany of horror that never ends. So much that when, at the end of everything, and Gilgamesh has unleashed his wrath, she can't bring herself to comfort Percival at the end. This wasn't a beautiful world. In this one incident, she can't even stand against Gilgamesh's rage as he ends everything. She can't even pretend there was something worth saving. Maybe if she wasn't human, maybe if she hadn't seen how things could be...but this...this was hell, and she can only hope that some form of reincarnation exists, and those people who were thrown into it, get something better.

For Arthur it's a slap in the face.

He once, as he lay dying, cursed his reign, thinking that someone, anyone, could have been a better king than him. Now he sees the results of the fae without any restraints on them, and a version of Morgan who is horrifying.

[hasarjunadoneanythingwrong]

i saw your post on rin isthar and i completely agree with you. isthar is better when written as just herself, not as rin or as someone to be paired along with enkidu and gil. that’s why the isthar from strange fake is amazing to me. because she’s not just rin or someone to be with gil and enki. she’s herself. she’s allowed to show her true colors and isn’t as watered down as fgo isthar. i love when isthar in sf is just straight up terrible, because of that. we deserve a better isthar honestly

i keep hearing good things about strange fake, going 'i should read strange fake', and then not reading it...

but yes! basically whenever you take a character and use them just as an accessory to someone else it always ends up hurting their chances to develop on their own, and it's hard for ishtar bc she wasn't necessarily like that in her intro chapter but she's definitely degraded a bit in fgo, which does like to reference 'meta' jokes, and it really shows how much of a good change it is when they let them stand on their own as a character. like i remember reading somewhere one of the reasons eresh works so well was because the writers forgot she was a rinface and its like...yeah....

tldr; if you're going to have a character reference other characters/works don't use it as the crutch for their entire character, let them stand out on their own. or at least don't make their interlude revolve around someone else?

#my asks #i still havent leveled her at all IM SORRY I PROMISE ILL GET TO IT ITS JUST #jeanne and emiya and naps all ALSO need embers #and they have higher np levels #ma'am i promise ill treat you well just hold on

[yamayuandadu]

If Tiamat isn't a dragon, what race would better fit her?... And what are your thoughts about Lahmu as a Vile?

I never said she shouldn't be a drake race demon in Megaten! That's the most fitting one. Soul Hackers Tiamat does a great job at capturing the unnerving impression the disjointed Enuma Elish descriptions give (even the four eyes come from an EE commentary) so she's not a literal dragon (thankfully) but she still deserves her spot in drake because the alignment fits her well and nowadays much of the drake roster consists of the most notable antagonists of "chaoskampf" myths (Bai Suzhen really should move to snake though) which is... exactly what she is. As for Lahmu - like the design, not sure if vile works though. I'd go with holy myself seeing how lahmu were, generally speaking, non-human servants of gods (mostly Enki/Ea and later by extension his son Marduk, but also the medicine goddess Gula in at least one source).

[frogathy]

legacy in a nutshell in case you read so fast you can’t remember what happened

sophie is upset

why?

she can’t know who her biological parents are, which means she can’t get matched, which means she can’t get matched with fitz, which means NO ONE KNOWS YET because they let this issue sit and boil until the last seventy pages of the book

dex

dex

biana

biana and dex

biana and dex holding hands

bronte being a proud dad of the moonlark he tried to get exiled

sophie: he is the father

bronte: what

forkle: you are NOT THE FATHER

keefe being an absolute artist

ro

ro being an absolute unit

ro and keefe being an absolute amazing pair of comedic relief and distaster blondie

stina: cadence is ur mom

sophie: oh ok

cadence: no

forkle: stop trying to figure it out sophie

sophie: ok

sophie: jk still trying to figure it out

sophie:

sophie: tell me old man

forkle: no

sophie: i am going to hit you

forkle: ok

neverseen knows all our secrets but i mean it’s fine i guess

i guess they’re in space now, so that’s cool

also they’re wearing glowing crowns and stina’s mascot is a kraken

stina is actually rly lit now

sophie forgets to do things because she wants to be angry at her biological parents

fitz is panicky because she can’t find her biological parents HE DESERVES MORE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HE DESERVES MORE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT THAN THIS PLEASE SHANNON IM BEGGING YOU HELP OUR BABY

lady fos-boss

linh and marella and maruca being queens

amy is just the coolest, as we all know

sophie? still has a broken?? ability?

she can be fixed but she doesn’t want to be fixed because she’s tired of being told she can be fixed

angsty sophie rebelling

keefe supporting the rebellion

sophie forgetting to do more things

sophie decides to do more things now because she realizes that forgetting to do all the things isn’t good leadership

fitz gets trickarood by toot father cassius into searching his memories for like weeks lol poor bb

wynn and luna can teleport and like to go into the gorgodon enclosure owo

sophie decides to stop being a rebel and let her abilities get fixed

the love triangle goes to london “for a few minutes” but sophie inflicts on gisela and absolutely DESTROYS THAT HOE but tam is forced to take her away😔😔

oralie??? is sophie’s??? mom??????? and she’s angry???

then fitz and sophie finally adress the problem they’ve had since day one and then he explodes and yells some and they break up and that’s right about when my heart shattered because he deserves more, like idk and idc who she ends up with but FITZ VACKER DESERVES BETTER

big showdown time, surprise surprise gisela still bein a hoe

king enki is a hoe too like wow man we knew you were a bitch but u rly gotta be that bitchy?????

anyways, keefe gets covered in goo and is like not ok and everyone’s like oh no so sophie runs away with him and figures out a new way to teleport

tam being the angsty king we all love to finally have back

glimmer?? is cool?

gisela still somehow manages to get away

.................hoe

at least king enki gets ABSOLUTELY DEMOLISHED

#kotlc #kotlc legacy #kotlc legacy spoilers #legacy spoilers #SPOILERS #nutshell

[fuwafuwamedb]

Nisa Reaches Chaldea (GilHaku kiddos, Hakuno)

“Gula!”

The voice rang out through the library, sending the young girl into hiding against her older brother. Her gaze fell to the door, spying the figure that was proudly turning his mop of brown hair this way and that with an eager and buoyant attitude that mimicked his pharaoh of a father.

“My lovely lotus blossom!”

Ur nudged her off, shaking his head.

“Just tell him no or accept the attention,” her brother growled at her, for the umpteenth time.

“I can’t.”

There was something wrong with her. She was sure of it. It was impossible to tell him to calm his attitude down without seeing that face fall. The moment it fell, she felt like her heart shattered into a thousand pieces and her soul was fatally wounded. Accepting the attention felt like too much as well. She could feel her cheeks burn for hours, her body shaking until she found herself crying from the overwhelming feeling from being the focus of his attention.

Amun was too much.

Gula turned her gaze pleadingly to her brother.

“You could help me-“

“No.” Ur turned the page of his book, not even bothering to meet her gaze. “You are responsible for your actions and those whom confess to you. Do not ask others to handle the affairs of your heart.”

Ummum must have told him to say that.

Their mother, Hakuno, said that every time their father brought up bridal markets and future spouses.

“Gula! There you are!”

The boy rushed her way, grinning proudly as he stopped at her side. His chest was all puffed up, his whole body seeming to resonate heat and pride.

“I found out about your baby sister!”

“Which one?” Both she and Ur asked.

“Nisaba.”

Gula shared a look with her brother, finding that the two of them were both frowning.

Their mother was against any more children. She’d said no, pointing out that she had Ur, Gula, Arammu, Siduri, and Utu. Plus there was Enkidumaru, whom she had formed from clay and her own blood by mistake. The god Enki had helped bring the creation to life, having her adopt the being as her child.

Both Caster and Archer Abum had said they were open to another, but their mom had glared at them. She was careful, taking medicine now and getting regular check ups to make sure there was something that blocked that kind of thing from happening again.

“Mom can’t have babies anymore,” Ur pointed out.

“The girl counts as a middle child. It seems there was a timeline and singularity where your ummum was with Prototype King Gilgamesh. You have a little sister, Gula!”

Amun smiled proudly.

“I wanted to make sure you knew since she is very cute like you, my sweet Gula. She shares you and your mom’s face so well, even with-“

“She looks different?!”

Both she and her brother were looming over the pharaoh boy now, making him give out a small sound of surprise.

“…Yes,” the boy replied hesitantly. “She is like my sweet Gula so much that I had begun to lament the pretty brown hair of my Gula!”

Gula stood up, bouncing on her feet a little.

A sibling more like her?!

All of her siblings looked more like their father, right down to the hair and the face and the… everything. Her baby sisters were like baby Ninsuns, but this one…

“Amun!” Gula held the boy’s hands. “I want to see my sister!”

“Ah… ah…” Amun was turning pink, his smile broad as can be. “…M-my Gula is h-h-h-holding my h-hands…”

He fell in a swoon, leaving Gula to groan.

“AMUN!” She complained.

“Leave him,” Ur told her, all but throwing her over his shoulder. “We need to find this sibling!”

They ran, soon finding the twins running from the area of the kitchens.

“A sibling?!” They both gasped, hearing Ur’s words and holding the cookie jar no doubt stolen from Emiya in their hands. “We need to see her too!”

“MARU!” Utu roared, prying at the being’s jaw as he pinned the being to the floor, “Give me the dice! I know you used Uncle Amakusa’s loaded dice! Give them to me!”

The being made a show of swallowing the dice, bringing a growl to the blond boy’s lips.

“I’m gonna gut you and tear them out!”

“Do it, Utu! I’ll tell mom that you’re picking on me again!”

“YOU CHEATED!”

“Can’t cheat if it’s not proven,” Enkidumaru cooed.

“BROTHERS!” Ur yelled their way. “We have a sister!”

Utu and Enkidumaru scrambled to their feet, rushing their way in surprise.

“Is she a brunette?” Utu asked excitedly.

“No,” Gula replied, “Amun said she’s blonde.”

Utu hugged her a little, patting her head. “That means you are still unique, Gula.”

She hugged her brothers and sisters… and clay… before they all began to hurry towards their parent’s area of Chaldea. They threw the doors open as their mother finished brushing a head of long, blonde hair.

The girl turned, hesitating.

She did look like their mother, the face and shape of her eyes looking exactly like Hakuno. In fact, she looked so much like her that Gula could understand how Amun had been confused.

Only she and her mom had that kind of face, her siblings’ faces were like her dad’s right down to the little line they’d get when laughing.

“Nisa,” Hakuno began, gesturing to them. “These are your siblings.”

The girl clung to their mother, looking at them with a face that said she wasn’t ready to meet them yet.

Ur moved forward, giving a small nod.

“I am Ur-Nungal,” he told her. “I am a mage and the oldest. This is my little sister, Gula. Gula looks a lot like-“

“She looks like ummum,” Nisa observed, glancing up to their mother. “…Ummum… Can I get hair as pretty as yours? Gula is so pretty too…”

Her face felt so warm. She could feel Utu and Enkidumaru nudge at her, snickering a bit.

“I told you,” Utu muttered.

“Shush, Utu,” Gula growled.

“Nisaba, Gula was born with my hair color. She is not blond like your other siblings. Let Ur finish his introductions.”

“Oh… I’m sorry, big brother Ur.”

Ur cleared his throat before motioning to the others in turn.

“This is Arammu and Siduri. They are twins.”

“Can I be Gula’s twin?” Nisaba asked their mother.

Gula bit her lip, covering her mouth a bit as their mother told Nisa to wait.

Ur grumbled under his breath before speaking up once more. “And this is Utu, your baby brother and mine, who deserves to be greeted better and our half brother in blood and whole brother in spirit, Enkidumaru, who is very important and you should be sure to respect them all!”

Gula pat her brother’s arm.

Ur didn’t like being interrupted, not like that.

Nisaba flinched, looking to their mom a moment before she rose to her feet.

“…um… I’m sorry, big brother…” Nisa stood before him, biting her lip. “I didn’t know that I had siblings and my abum said that our family always has blonds… Ummum is just special because she’s the prettiest woman in the world…”

She hugged him.

“I didn’t mean to be mean…”

Ur huffed, patting her head.

“…Gula is unique, but we are all that way. Appreciate all of us rather than only one.”

“I’m sorry…”

“Poor Nisa,” Enkidumaru cooed. He coughed, spitting up a couple dice. “Do you want to swindle Utu with me? It’s fun-“

“YOU JERK!” Utu roared, leaping on their sibling. “I KNEW IT!”

The two went tumbling into a corner, earning a roar from their mother as the twins went to egg the two on.

Ur set their sister apart from him and gave her another small pat on the head.

“I like the libraries if you need me.”

“Thank you, big brother.”

Ur gave her a small nod as he turned away from Nisa.

“…You think my brown hair is pretty?” Gula asked quietly.

“Mhmm!” Nisa beamed. “You’re the prettiest person other than ummum!”

“…” Gula looked at their mother, watching her hold Utu and Enkidumaru apart by the arms. “…and you want to be my twin?”

“Can we?”

Gula hummed for a moment.

They did look almost perfectly alike… Nisa just had the pretty hair color that she had always liked…

“Yeah,” Gula smiled. “From this day forward, you are officially my twin!”

She hugged her new sister close, her heart swelling with pride.

Nisa was the best.

As one would expect of her siblings.

#there's a kiddo #drabbles #drabble