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yourlocalstranger123 · 1 year

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Hi! I hope this ask goes through, my asks often seem to not go through for some reason, but I have request!

Can you please please please write more flirty, villian, creator!reader? The concept is amazing and I love it

I would be the most delighted to do this.

Part 1 [Mondstadt]

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The colors of who is talking will be based on the elements. Although for dendro and anemo, both will be green but Anemo is bolder. Same with cryo and hydro. Ex: Anemo Dendro. Cryo hydro

And your talking thingy is bold.

And also for the traveler ima use they/them because your traveler could be lumine or aether. So idk.

Note: Sorry if you wanted to continue the thing, Ima just do a separate one. Because that post was a flop. I bet you won't read the whole thing and read without skipping a line, MWAHAHAH >:]

Spoilers for this post, the dead people are gonna be revived because I say so. This is gonna be a happy day, alright. I ain't using angst to ruin it

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The traveler always faced many dangers, hilichurls, mechanics, a dragon, to a false God.

But nothing compared to you. It felt like their soul was quivering. Every time they went into a nation, they always felt eyes on them. They waited for you to make a move to attack them, but it never came. Why were you watching them?

In every region, there was always a commission where this flirty imposter was running around making a mess. This was the only commission they couldn't do. They could never catch you! And even if you were there, talking to them. You somehow escape from their grasp. Just what are you? Who are you.

They only knew you were just a kind of imposter of Teyvat Creator. There was always a bounty on your head in each nation! Even a village has one. Every time they asked the archons, they just looked away, flustered, and didn't even answer the question. Always changing the subject and when they do awnser, the archons always say that you are a trouble maker. Of course, beside Nahida. The things she said about you didn't really match up with other people, said.

"I had no thoughts of them being bad. Even now, when I meet them. They always bring me flowers and share interesting stories, even from other worlds. They visited me even when I was imprisoned. They were the only thing that kept me not giving up on hope."

Nahida says while smiling.

"They always play with me and swing with me. They aren't bad. Although they are full with mysteries.......why you say traveler? Well, I tried finding information with irminsul, but the only information about them were locked up."

Now the traveler was more cunfused. Irminsul has little information about you, but it was locked? He looked around for more, but when he did, his view of you changed. The citizens who told you were horrible but did many wrong things. Which in the end when they found out, were arrested. The citizens who didn't do any wrongs told them many great things from you.

They decided to go to each nation and stay for a few weeks and see what you do to see if there was a pattern so they could meet you. First was Mondstadt. They were sitting at the usual place while paimon was ordering.

Until they saw Kaeya and Diluc coming towards them. Were they...talking without fighting?

"Hello traveler, mind if we join you? Of course we'll be paying for our own meals."

Then the traveler saw Venti coming along, asking the same thing. Surprisingly, he had mora to pay, unlike for his drinks—

The traveler agreed to let them join, and they started ordering too. Although some people might not have noticed but their ears were red. Why?

Flashback:

"Kaeya, get out. Im already closed.."

"Aww, come on, Diluc! Just one more, hm? And plus, technically, you aren't. Just close to."

(Close to making Diluc beating your ass—)

*ding* [bell from the door rang]

Diluc and kaeya turned their head to see a person with a strange looking cloak on?

"Well, who do we have here? You look quite suspicious, don't you think?" Kaeya chuckles as he looks at you."

"Yeah, yeah. I do, but I can assure you, I am no threat." You put your hands in the air and waved as a sign that you mean no danger.

Diluc just scowled at you and just continued to clean the glass.

"Hmm, can I have a dandelion wine? Also, some grape juice to go?"

Diluc just looked at you dumb founded. But still did the drink for to go even though he's supposed to be closed. He put the grape juice in a bottle and then gave you dandelion wine. You paid him in a bag of mora, then you asked if you could see how much mora does Venti owed him. Diluc just looks at you, then said the price. Was quite high, but you still paid. He was cunfused and asked why you were paying for that drunkard bard.

You just shrugged. Kaeya jokingly asked you to pay for him, too. But you actually did. He was baffled. He looked away in a different direction and continued drinking. It was quiet but not really awkward, more peaceful than awkward. Diluc was annoyed at you two for flirting with each other, but Kaeya got the most flustered <3 although...Diluc felt something he thought he would never feel for you, a stranger. Jealously

hours later,,

(Yes, I know quite well about Diluc because I know as heck he will kick kaeya and you out if you stayed for more hours.)

Kaeya was absolutely drunk. You continued paying for him to drink, and he didn't want to be rude, so he just continued drinking, drinking, and drinking....just how many mora do you have?!

Diluc mentally slapped his forehead but enjoyed this little scene. At least he could enjoy knowing that kaeya would get scolded and have a very bad headache. You put something in his pockets, and Diluc quickly grabbed your wrist. He asked you what you put in Kaeya's pockets with a glare that could scare a soldier off. You took it out, and he examined it. It seems like it was just hangout medicine. He gave it back and quietly apologized.

You continued talking to him but then kaeya woke up. You always saw a wall between their relationship, and you want to break it, so you did. You may or may not have used magic to make Kaeya say some things. You excused yourself and got out. You leaned onto the wall and waited.

*20-30 minutes later*

You finally peeked inside and saw them hugging, kaeya sobbing and Diluc tearing up. You smiled and tried to walk out until you saw Venti. He was drunk, don't know how.

You heard Diluc opening the door. You quickly picked up Venti and hid somewhere.

Diluc has Kaeya arm over him as he drags him to his house. You watched them go, although you flinched as Venti squeezed your chest. [I know, in the sagau idea, he slapped your ass. But I'm ain't doing it]

You looked at him as he giggled. He definitely drank too much. You thought.

"Ehe....why don't you join me~?"

You were holding back so much on your actions that were about to be done to this man. He tugged your clothing that was covering you to not alert anyone that you were the 'imposter'

You quickly got a room for him, and thank god no one was around because Venti almost got your disguise off. You gently put him on the bed. You looked back at his face and saw him flustered. You were cunfused. Why was he so red?

"I-....are we doing this right now?"

He looked away, blushing. Suddenly, it clicked.

he thought you were gonna *censored* him? (Pretend I didn't just say this, shshhhshsh)

He thought you were gonna 'sleep' with him?? You chuckled and tucked him to bed and softly ran your hand through his hair, slowly un-doing his braids. He became more flustered for thinking you were gonna do 'it' with him.

His eyes felt heavy as he slowly drifted to sleep. The next morning, he saw a letter and a bottle of hangout medicine. With a cup of water. He quickly drank down the medicine as his headache got better. He reads the paper,

Hello Venti

Please do not over drink, firstly because of your health and lastly you were so drunk and were clinging to me. I had to get you a room because you were trying to take my clothes off.

From your dear 'imposter'

He crumbled the paper and looked down, blushing hard. He remembers what he was thinking and doing. Although it felt nice and peaceful when you ran your hand through his hair...wait, what was he thinking?! You're the imposter for archon's sake!

He looked around and saw a bag of mora. There was a small paper that said "for venti"

I guess he appreciated the mora.....

*end of flashback*

The traveler had a nice talk with them as paimon just continued eating all the food.

Soon, the chat ended, and they said their goodbyes. He went to the church and wanted to see how things were there. They were surprised to see Amber, Jean, Barbara, Lisa, Noelle, and Eula. They decided to listen to their conversation while they gave Paimon some mora for her food.

"People are reporting to see the 'imposter' taking hillichurls into a portal, and this is getting out of hand. Does anyone know how to catch the 'imposter?'"

Everyone shook their head. Some lowered their head in shame and guilt. Jean sighed. Amber raised her hand,,

"Well, the last time we got reported by this, we went there and found a paper that seemed to be written by the 'imposter'. It said that they know we are trying to track them down and won't be successful. Also, they said that they are just taking to the abyss and getting rid of the curse.."

Jean nodded at the information.

"Did any of you...encounter anything strange, perhaps?"

"Hmm, now I think about it. People always kept losing the books, but lately, they've been returned nice and neat. I also remember that some of the lost books got one of the page ripped but the book got returned and that page was stitched back and with the 'imposter's' hand writing saying the exact thing on the page."

"My bunny got damaged and got lost into the ocean. When I came back, there was my bunny on the table, stitched up and all dry. There was also a paper heart."

"I heard a song/music with a humming similar to the 'imposter's' voice and when I went in, nothing was there. I only found the lyre was all patched and fixed as if nothing even scratched it!"

"I got injured in a battle, and when I woke up, I was patched up in a tent. I saw the 'imposter' standing before me, I tried attacking, but they disappeared into the air."

"I was also in a battle, I was about to get hit, but something blocked the attack, and the ruin guard was smashed into pieces."

"I see...is this perhaps the 'imposter's' doing? If yes, then why....what is their goal?"

Everyone asked what strange thing happened to Jean.

"Ah...well, i had to go somewhere, and when I went back to the office, my papers were all done correctly."

Jean looked away a little flustered. The traveler left since it was the end of the conversation they were eavesdropping to. Paimon came back feeling full from the food she ate. They both went to the forest and saw Bennett sitting without a scratch and Bennett was smiling so happily.

Paimon asked what Bennett was so happy about.

"Ah, me? Well, I think my bad luck is going away! No hilichurls were going after us at night, no tripping, no choking on food, and—"

Traveler was surprised at least since there was no offense. He literally has pretty much no good luck. After Bennett finished talking, he looked around and panicked. Paimon asked what was wrong, as Bennett explained Razor was missing. Fischl came back with some food and asked why you guys were panicking. Bennett quickly explained to her that Razor was missing, but she softly chuckled and pointed to the path.

"What do you mean? He's over there with this hooded person. Idk why, but their cloak look like it's vaporizing."

They went with fischl as she led them to the place. They see a person petting razor as he lays on their lap. The traveler knew this was the 'imposter' and tried to snatch Razor quickly, but Razor was un-willing and hugged the unknown person closer. As the traveler and the others saw the 'imposter' chuckled then turns into loud laughter. As Razor snuggled more onto the 'imposter'

They suddenly disappeared into thin air. Before the 'imposter' (you) left, he saw your strange cloak have an image of dragonspine. He quickly said their goodbyes to Bennett, fischl, and Razor. Paimon didn't want to go into the cold but gave the Traveler some warm food she bought and soon to be waiting in the room they rented.

They went to dragonspine at the path they saw Rosaria smiling....wait, smiling? Rosaria quickly saw the Traveler and fixed her posture. She walked away with an item.

[It was a hand warmer for her to use given by you. Explanation: she didn't really join the hunt to find you, so she just left you alone unless she was ordered/asked to hunt you down. While in dragonspine, she saw you and tried reaching to you yntil you stepped back. Then you gave her a bag then left. Although suspicious, she opened it, seeing a hand warmer and a letter saying it was for her, and you don't want her to catch a cold.]

Traveler continued walking the path, going into Albedo's lab. They see him and Klee as Albedo sits with klee as she drew something. The traveler greeted them with a smile as Albedo and Klee returned it. The traveler asked what was going on as Albedo explained that a mysterious person with a black cloak gave her a paper of how to build safety bombs. Klee ran to Albedo [big brother because I say so. It's now fan Canon, and I am proud of it. >:) ]

and Albedo is strangely not asking why.

[You are friends with him, heh. He knows you are the creator since you have already proven him, but honestly, you didn't know how. He never told anyone because he wants you for himself. You may or may have flirted with him, but he didn't understand—]

Anyway Traveler asked them if they had seen the 'imposter.' they said no. Traveler sighed, disappointed they went back to the room where Paimon is, welcoming them back. The traveler told Paimon there is one last place they could look for to find them.

The cat's tail. They went in and saw Diona almost in tears behind a person, the 'imposter.' You were defending her from this drunk guy

"I am this f—cking close to beating the sh—t out of you. Ugly a$$ mother fu—"

But your fingers were touching...yeah you made him go to the celestials, "infinity and beyond!"

Diona hugged the stranger (you) as you comforted her, giving some candy which she declined with a pout. You disappeared into air as the Traveler and Paimon tried to get closer.

"Dang it! We were so close!" [Paimon]

The traveler sighed as they asked if Diona was ok. She was but closed the cats tail. As the Traveler went outside, they saw Mona. They quickly ran to her and tiredly asked her to look into the 'imposter'. As Mona tried, she opened her eyes and fell down. Although there was strangely a pillow landing her impact of the fall. The Traveler asked what happened as Paimon began to panick. Mona quickly said that she couldn't reveal..seems like she knows something

The traveler went back to the room, disappointed. Suddenly a note fell through the opened window.

"Hello outlander Traveler.

I heard you are finding me, so I am here to tell you I am going to Liyue. I know you are wondering, "why is this bi— I mean 'imposter' telling me this?" Well I would like to play this little game with you of trying to catch me. I hope you succeed!

From 'imposter'

Welp. The next stop is Liyue!

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iwritenarrativesandstuff · 23 days

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This is probably a really stupid question, but I feel like people are all over the place with theories regarding what feels like a relatively straightforward situation to me, so I need to ask: where is the idea coming from that Fyodor is going to come back possessing someone like Nikolai or Sigma?

Forgive me if I'm just telling you things you already know/is obvious, I don't mean to sound arrogant I swear 😭, but to me it's pretty clear that Fyodor bodyswapped with the helicopter pilot after he died? Just going by the face alone, the eyes have the little vampire possession lines, he has the same eyebrows, and overall the face looks just like the pilot's to me. The pilot stabbed and killed Fyodor the same way the guard did in the castle flashback (to make us connect them in our minds), and after the guard got Fyodor's blood on him he started being affected a bit after Fyodor died. We can then surmise based on the final page of the chapter that Fyodor eventually resurrected in the body of the guard, said body taking on Fyodor's likeness/face (without the scar he had previously anymore), and the guard's face being swapped onto Fyodor's previous body that's now dead. With that in mind, the same thing happened here; Fyodor's been revived in what was previously the pilot's body, and the two bodies swapped faces, effectively making it so that the pilot is the one that's now dead/died, and not Fyodor. This post describes it much better than I just did asdlfkgld (additionally, also saw a theory that the swapped face of the person Fyodor bodyjacks takes on all the scars/injuries Fyodor has ever had, hence all the strangely deliberate looking scars on the pilot's face he definitely didn't have before). Having said all this, I don't think anyone else is in danger of being possessed by Fyodor right now? I definitely think there's juicy and terribly tragic potential for Nikolai to suffer that fate if he one day tries to kill Fyodor (which may be why he's even wanting to do it in the first place, if he's the only one who knows Fyodor's deal.... Idk, this reveal opened up too many possibilities for Fyolai and all of them fucking destroy me), but the pilot's face seems to prove to me that he or anyone else isn't at risk right now. That being said, I have no idea what exactly Fyodor's blood is doing when he just randomly kills people while he's still alive, since he doesn't need to resurrect then... can he clone himself in others while his main body is still alive?? Would he do that?? 😭 I doubt it, we haven't seen that yet, which is why I think his blood's/ability's primary usage is bodyswapping to revive himself after he's killed, and so since his target for that right now is clear, I don't think Nikolai etc are in danger yet (emphasis on yet). ...I hope this is coherent and not mansplain-y 😭😭😭 don't get me wrong, I definitely LIKE all the theories for who Fyodor could possess, they all have such great potential and I'm excited to see whatever havoc he ends up wreaking now; I've just been confused as to where all these ideas are coming from for the current situation, since to me he clearly bodyswapped into the helicopter pilot.

Ok, so I hadn't seen Soup's analysis here - that's a very good explanation of what Fyodor's ability likely is, and I'll be sticking with that until something comes along to contradict it.

Not to worry, it's very coherent! I did say at the top of my original post that the most likely possibility was that he was going to end up swapping with a vampire guard anyways, I just... think it's a bit boring, is all. I also, admittedly, forgot what the pilot looked like since I hadn't looked back at the previous few chapters. It definitely looks like him. I suppose I, and many others, are just a little miffed that the helicopter fucking landed in a fuel tank fire and Dazai just pulled out an intact, non-burned body, and Fyodor apparently got away with the body of the helicopter pilot. Somehow. It's just. Ugh. So, I'd rather have some fun thinking about who could get demon possessed that actually has some stakes on the cast other than "oh no, Dostoevsky still isn't dead" - because we all knew that lmao

Well, now this has me curious why the arm was severed. Probably to intentionally leave a body part (the wounded hand in particular) as a way to throw Dazai off the mark. As for how he got out of the helicopter. I guess we'll find out. It feels kind of pointless to theorize. The only thing I could think of would be that Nikolai used his ability, but that would be incredibly annoying because that would make his reaction to the severed arm... an act. Just like pretty much everything else in this arc. And honestly, I'm not sure how many more "at least it was funny"s I have in me. So, here's to hoping Fyodor was able to get out on his own somehow.

Having said that, Soup's suggestion for the nature of the ability is actually very fitting with the themes and makes Fyodor a hell of a lot more interesting. It's somewhat better than just "he escaped again" and if this is truly what his ability is, then I look forward to seeing it get elaborated on in future arcs.

Any further thoughts on the ability from my end has to do with me trying to figure out the nature of the scars on Fyodor in the flashback, Hawthorne, Ivan, and now the pilot. I still think brain surgery with a blood scalpel is a funny answer.

#ugh sorry for my clear annoyance in the reply it's not at you i swear #i really appreciate you pointing out the guard's face - i had forgotten so i'm glad you reminded me #i'm just so done with this arc man.#storyrambles #bsd #bsd chapter 114 #bsd theories #thanks for the ask!

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nottapossum · 10 months

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Itty Bitty Imps chapter 17: Two anxious babies 💚❤️

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TW: Diapers, talks of past trauma (only implied) Social anxiety, fear of strangers, general anxiety… Idk, most of this is fluffy.

~2 Weeks later~

~~~Asmodeus and Fizzarolli~~~

Asmodeus had taken Stolas’s advice and set some time aside for Fizzarolli to regress every two weeks. It’s starting off a bit rocky but Fizz did agree to it at least.

They started by watching cartoons and Fizzarolli allowing Asmodeus to baby him a little- within reason of course. Sometimes it felt overwhelming so Fizz would ask him to tone it down or give him some space, and of course he would.

But eventually Fizz would regress and be full of energy (at least, that’s the plan). That’s when they would go to the playroom for him to run around as much as he wished.

Fizz was a very energetic and curious little. He loved trying new things, he loved being creative and he absolutely loved reviving all Asmodeus’s attention.

Despite this, Fizzarolli did not like meeting new people…he found strangers to be his greatest fear.

As an adult Fizzarolli could easily entertain a group of strangers and felt absolutely confident around littles, adults, children of any age without a care in the world.

But, little Fizzarolli wasn’t like that. He felt anyone new was somehow dangerous and out to get him. He didn’t feel comfortable with strangers at all and would instantly have a panic attack in result to being around them.

So, when Asmodeus had an emergency to deal with and needed someone to watch him…this proved to be a difficult situation…

Fizzarolli was in a great mood today, he was energetic and playful, and (as per usual) very well mannered. He was swinging and doing acrobatics on the monkey bars they had set up in the playroom.

“Fizz, will you come here please?” Asmodeus asks kindly, interrupting his playtime.

Fizzarolli did a flip off the bars, perfecting the landing, then ran to his caregiver excitedly. “Ozzie! Did you see that? Didn’t I do good?” Fizz asks, eager to please the overlord.

“You did amazing, beetle.” Asmodeus says. “Listen, I got a phone call from Azazel, they need me at Ozzie’s.” He explains.

Fizzarolli looks at him confused.

“So, I was wondering if you’d like to go to daycare for a few hours.” Asmodeus asks. “You could play, and even meet some littles your own age.”

“I don’t want to! Please don’t make me!” Fizz begs. “I’ll be good, but I don’t want to go, please, Ozzie!” He cries. Tears flooded down his face instantly and his breathing was hitched.

“Okay, okay. Calm down, baby. It’s okay. I won’t make you go.” Asmodeus promised.

Fizzarolli started to calm down, nodding his head.

He’s safe… Asmodeus won’t make him go. He’s okay.

“I have another idea, what if I asked Stolas to watch you instead?” Asmodeus asks.

“Stolas? The chicken guy?” Fizz asks.

“He’s an owl, but yes.” Asmodeus confirms. “He’d probably be willing to take care of you while I’m gone.”

“I don’t know…” Fizz says, rubbing his shoulder anxiously.

“I promise, I’ll be back as soon as I possibly can.” Asmodeus says. “It’s either this, or I can take you with me there.”

“Will Blitzo be there?” Fizz asks.

“I don’t know.” Ozzie says. “I hope not.” He mumbles too soft for Fizz to hear.

“Okay, I guess that could be okay.” Fizz says.

“Alright, I’ll call him. You pack a bag of things you’ll need.” Ozzie instructs.

Fizz nods and runs to the nursery to get some coloring books, crayons, toys, and anything else he felt he needed.

Asmodeus exhaled sharply as he presses ‘call.’

“Asmodeus?” Stolas answers.

“Stolas, hi. I hate to ask you this, especially after everything that happened but I’m wondering if you might watch Fizzarolli for a few hours while I attend some business.”

Stolas hesitates. “Oh…I don’t know, Asmodeus. Blitzø is supposed to be here in a few hours.”

“Alright. I understand. I’ll just think of something else. Thank you for your time.” Asmodeus says.

Stolas feels rather guilty, imagining if he was in Asmodeus’s shoes right now. Fizz would probably be left with a stranger, there’s no telling what kind of babysitter they could get last minute and how they’ll even treat Fizzarolli. “Wait-“

Asmodeus is silent.

“If you can’t find anyone else… I can watch him, Blitzø will be fine. It is only little Fizzarolli after all.” Stolas says.

“Thank you, Stolas. I owe you one.”

~~~Stolas and Fizzarolli~~~

Asmodeus opens a portal to Stolas’s palace and leads Fizzarolli inside.

Stolas bows to the overlord once he and Fizzarolli walk through. “Asmodeus.” He greets.

Asmodeus bows back. “Stolas. Thank you again for doing this.”

Fizzarolli hides behind Asmodeus, a little nervous.

Stolas smiles kindly. “Hello, Fizzarolli. How are you today?”

“M’good.” He says.

Stolas smiles. “I’m glad to hear it.”

“Call me if there’s any problems, I promise I’ll be back as soon as I can.” Asmodeus says to stolas before turning back to Fizzarolli. “Fizz, you be good for me, alright?”

Fizz nods.

“Can I get a hug?” Asmodeus asks.

Fizzarolli nods and hugs Asmodeus tightly. “You promise you’ll come back?” He asks.

Asmodeus smiles at him. “I promise.”

Stolas smiles at them both, they were quite adorable together.

Asmodeus stands up and turns to Stolas again. “Take good care of him.”

“I promise, he’s in good hands.”

“He’d better be.” Asmodeus says, opening up a portal to Ozzie’s.

“Bye Ozzie.” Fizz says.

“Love you, bug.” Asmodeus says to his little before exiting through said portal.

Fizzarolli sighs once Ozzie was gone.

“Well, Fizzarolli. What would you like to do first?” Stolas asks.

“I brought some coloring with me.” Fizzarolli says. “We can color.”

“What a marvelous idea.” Stolas says.

Fizzarolli smiles and runs over to the coffee table and set everything up.

Stolas checks the time, it’ll be at least four hours till Blitzø would show up, maybe he won’t have to tell him about this at all…

~~~Blitzø and Stolas: A few moments later ~~~

Stolas and Fizzarolli were happily coloring when Blitzø walked in unannounced. “Stolas, do you know your window is closed, it’s almost like you want me to use the-“ Blitzø paused mid-sentence upon seeing Fizzarolli and Stolas together.

“Blitzy, what are you doing here so early?” Stolas asks, surprised to see him.

Blitzø scoffs, arms crossed. “Well, apparently, interrupting something important.” Blitzø says sarcastically. “I’ll just go-“

“Wait, Blitzø, it’s not what you think.” Stolas says, speeding over to him before the Imp could get very far. “You see, I’m only watching him until Asmodeus returns, he had an emergency.” He explains.

“So, you’re watching Fizzarolli?” Blitzø asks. “Little Fizzarolli?!”

“Yes.”

“That’s worse than I thought!” Blitzø says.

“How is that worse?” Stolas asks.

Blitzø’s tail swished from side to side like a annoyed cat; “I don’t know! But, I don’t like it!”

“Blitzø, he didn’t have anyone else to call, I swear if he did he would have. But Asmodeus had to attend to some business and Fizzarolli didn’t want to be alone.”

“He couldn’t just take Fizz with him?” Blitzø asks.

“Would you want me to take you if I had business to attend to?” Stolas asks theoretically.

Blitzø rolls his eyes. “I guess not.”

“So, you understand why Fizzarolli has to be here.” Stolas says.

Blitzø sighs. “Yes, fine. I get it.”

“Good.” Stolas says. “Why are you here so early anyway?” He asks again. “Did something happen?”

“Well, Mox isn’t doing too well so Millie took him home early. I figured coming here would be better than trying to finish the day alone. But, I guess I can just head home and-“

“No, why don’t you stay and join us?” Stolas suggests.

Blitzø glares at the prince. “Stolas-“

“I’m serious. We can wait for Asmodeus to come back, then it’ll just be the two of us.” Stolas says.

“Is this a trick? Trying to make us get along again? Stop trying to make it happen, it’s never going to happen.” Blitzø says.

Stolas takes both Blitzø’s hands, similar to how Millie and Moxxie do.

“No. I know that, darling. I’m simply trying to prove to you that you have no reason to be jealous.” Stolas explains.

“I’m not jealous.” Blitzø mumbles.

“Whatever you say, dear.” Stolas smiles.

Blitzø sighs. “I suppose I can stick around, I have nothing better to do anyway.”

“Excellent! So…you’re okay with this then?” Stolas asks.

“As long as you don’t let Asmodeus return the favor, it’s fine.” Blitzø says.

“What am I to do if I have an emergency while you’re little then?” Stolas asks.

“Lock me in a room?” Blitzø suggests. “Or in a kennel?”

Stolas rolls his eyes. “Oh yes, that’s a much better option.”

“Stolas!” Fizzarolli calls.

“It’s alright, Fizz. We’re here.” Stolas says. “We’ll discuss this later.” He says to Blitzø before walking back into the living room.

Blitzø followed him, slowly, not sure if this was a good idea.

Stolas sat down next to Fizz again.“What’s that you’re coloring?” Stolas asks.

“I’m coloring a horse, just like the ones at the circus!” Fizzarolli says. He holds up the coloring book and shows it to Blitzø. “Remember, Blitzo?” He asks.

“It’s Blitzø.” Blitzø corrects, saying nothing else.

“It’s very nice, Fizzarolli.” Stolas compliments. “Right, Blitzø?” Stolas asks.

“Great.” Blitzø agrees reluctantly. His arms are crossed and he’s leaning against the wall, not really wanting to move.

Stolas suddenly got a phone call. “Oh, I should get this. Can you stay here with Fizz?” He asks Blitzø.

Blitzø raises an eyebrow.

“It’ll just be a moment.” Stolas promises, rolling his eyes. “Just make sure he doesn’t eat a crayon or anything.”

Blitzø glares at the bird as he walks away. “Stolas!”

“Be nice.” Stolas orders him before leaving to answer the phone.

Blitzø sighs. This was the last thing he needed today.

Fizzarolli watched as Stolas walked away, then turned to Blitzø. “Blitzo-“

“It’s Blitzø.” Blitzø corrects. “The o is silent.”

“Silent?” Fizz asks. “Letters can be silent?”

“Yes.”

“So it’s just gone?” Fizz asks. “Is it invisible too?”

Blitzø shakes his head. He takes a crayon and writes his name down. “See, B.L.I.T.Z.O. But the ‘O’ doesn’t make any sound. It’s just there.” He crosses a line across the O. “Get it?”

“Oh, but why?” Fizz asks.

“Because.”

“Because why?”

“It used to be a singer but quit to pursue his real passion to become a mime.” Blitzø says sarcastically.

“Oh.” Fizz says. “Like you was a clown and now you’re a saxson.”

Blitzø blinked in confusion. “Excuse me?”

“A saxson. You kill people.”

“…Sure.” Blitzø decides not to correct him.

“Hey! Want to color with me?” Fizzarolli asks.

“I dont think so.” Blitzø answers

“Please?” He begs.

“Do you just not understand the word no?” Blitzø asks.

“I’ll cry if you don’t!” Fizzarolli says. “I just miss Ozzie so much, but I’ll feel better if you color with me! Please?!”

This little asshole. He really thinks that just because he’s little their fight suddenly didn’t matter!

Well…technically he’s just a kid right now…it’s not his fault any of this happened…

“Please please please please pleeeeeaaaaaseeee!” Fizzarolli shouts.

Fucking damn it.

Blitzø sighs, “okay fine.” Deciding he didn’t want to hear Fizz cry, he colors with him.

~~~A few minutes later.~~~

“Sorry that took so long.” Stolas apologizes as he walks back into the living room. “What have you two been up to?”

“Colorin’.” Fizzarolli answers.

“That’s nice.” Stolas says. He turns to Blitzø. “Blitzy?”

“Mm hi.” Blitzø says. You can tell by looking at the drawing that Blitzø was not regressed when he started coloring, But then, the little dog on the picture was partially covered in squiggly lines that Blitzø was now working on, that must have been done by a one or two year old.

Stolas sits down on the floor next to his beloved little. “Blitzy, is someone little right now?” Stolas whispers to him.

Blitzø shrugs, continuing to color.

“Alright, little one. I’ll give you five minutes to color, then we’ll get you dressed, how does that sound?”

Blitzø made a sound that was both a whine and a growl. He doesn’t want to change.

Stolas honestly expected that to be his reaction, the little is bound to feel embarrassed being in his little clothes around someone new, even if it was another little. “Would you rather change now?” Stolas asks.

Blitzø whines and shakes his head.

“It’s either now or in a few minutes, dear.” Stolas says.

“Few minutes…” Blitzø mumbles reluctantly.

Stolas kisses his head. “Good job, darling.” He says.

After a few minutes when both boys finished their pictures, Fizzarolli showed Stolas his picture and Blitzø seeing what he was doing, held up his picture aswell.

“My goodness.” Stolas says. “Both of you are so very talented.” He praised.

Fizzarolli smiles. “Thank you.”

“Blitzø, darling? We need to get you changed now.” Stolas says.

“No.” Blitzø whines, he doesn’t want to change, he wants to color.

“Blitzø…”

Blitzø whines again, hiding himself in his arms that were folded promptly on the table.

“Does this mean Blitzo is little now?” Fizzarolli asks.

“Yes, Blitzø is little.” Stolas says. Stolas’s attention was turned to Fizz, but his hand was gently petting Blitzø’s head to hopefully comfort him a little. “I do have to take him upstairs to change, can you be good and wait down here for us?” Stolas asks.

Fizz shifts uncomfortably. “Um, okay… but don’t leave for long, because I might get scared.” He says.

“Here,” Stolas hands Fizz the remote for the tv. “Why don’t you watch something so it seems less lonely. We’ll be back as soon as we’re able.” He promised.

“Okay.” Fizz says.

Stolas picks up Blitzø who hides his face in his caregiver’s neck.“ Good job, Fizzarolli.” Stolas praises as he and Blitzø head upstairs.

~~~

Blitzø and Stolas had a routine.

First, Stolas picks out some clothes for Blitzø to wear while Blitzø picked out a toy to hold to keep him occupied while getting changed.

Stolas has learned that it helps Blitzø when he feels he has a sense of control, this can mean allowing Blitzø to choose his outfit, give him small tasks (when he’s a little older) or ask him to go over the routine.

“Alright, Blitzy. Do you have your friend?” Stolas asks.

Blitzø holds up the stuffed animal he chose, it’s a little green horse, Stolas believed it was greenie cake from his cartoon show.

“Very good, darling!” Stolas praises.

Blitzø brought the stuffed animal to his mouth.

“Ah-ah. No, Blitzy. Friends don’t go in your mouth.” Stolas is honestly glad Blitzø doesn’t remember much from his little headspace- or he’d give him a lot of crap for that one.

Blitzø whines.

“You want one of your paci’s instead?” Stolas’s asks.

Blitzø nods.

Stolas knew they had one in the nightstand drawer in case he regressed in the middle of the night. So, he grabs it, took it out of it’s case and popped it in Blitzø’s mouth.

Blitzø hums, he hugs his stuffy happily with excitement as he sucks on the navy blue pacifier.

“Alright. What do we do now?” Stolas asks.

Blitzø thought about it, then pointed at his clothes.

“That’s right, we pick out some clothes.” Stolas holds up a short sleeve, light purple onesie with snaps on the bottom. “Is this alright, dear?” Stolas asks.

Blitzø nods.

“Would you like your shortalls with it?” Stolas asks, holding up a pair of black shortalls with purple flowers on it. (He couldn’t help but buy it when he saw the adorable ensemble.)

Blitzø nods again, feeling that it would probably be better to have them, maybe Fizz won’t notice the diaper.

Stolas smiles and sets the outfit down on the bed, along with matching knee high socks. “Alright, now pick out a diaper to wear.” Stolas instructs holding up a box they had under the bed with multiple diapers of different colors and patterns.

Blitzø wished he didn’t have to wear one… he looked up at Stolas with a pleading look.

“Blitzy, please don’t start.” Stolas says, understanding the look, Blitzø has tried to get out of wearing a diaper before, it’s never worked, Stolas knows that if Blitzø isn’t using full sentences, he definitely needs to wear one.

Blitzø whines pitifully.

“Darling, you know as well as I do that you need one. I know it’s scary but, can you brave for me?” Stolas asks.

A few tears fall down Blitzø’s face, but he nods, he wipes the tears from his eyes and then he reaches into the box and picked out a purple one.

“Ooo good choice, Blitzy.” Stolas says. “That will match perfectly.”

Blitzø smiles.

Stolas sets the diaper on the bed with the onesie. “Alright, what’s next?”

Blitzø points at his clothes again.

“That’s right, we get you undressed.” Stolas says. “You’re so smart, Blitzy.”

Blitzø smiles proudly at himself for getting it right, he waits patiently as Stolas takes off his coat, choker, and lastly, his shirt.

“Alright, lay down, love.” Stolas instructs.

Blitzø does as he’s told, then Stolas takes off his pants and underwear.

Stolas grabs the diaper. “Now I’m just going to lift your legs-“ he narrates. “And set you down on the diaper.” Stolas makes sure to get Blitzø’s tail through it.

Blitzø still cringes at this part, but he’s gotten a lot better since the first time they’ve done this.

“So now we can put some cream on…now we’ll powder you…and tape you up real nice.” Stolas continues to narrate what he’s doing as he diapers the imp. Sometimes it helps Blitzø to know what’s going on so he’s not surprised by anything.

Stolas finished taping him up, then he helps the imp sit up again. Blitzø held his stuffed animal close for a moment, because he knew he’d have to let it go soon.

“Alright, let’s set greenie down for now.” Stolas instructs, taking the toy and setting it next to Blitzø.

Blitzø whines, reaching for the horse.

“It’s alright, you’ll get her back. Lift your arms for me, please?”

Blitzø does so Stolas can put the onesie over his head, he hands the toy back to Blitzø and instructs him to lay down so he can snap the buttons on the bottom, then he gently put on the shortalls, and lastly the socks.

“There we are, we’re all done!” Stolas says enthusiastically.

“Mmm!” Blitzø makes an enthusiastic sound with the pacifier still in his mouth.

Stolas couldn’t help himself, he had to take a picture of this. He grabs his phone and takes a few photos. (As long as he doesn’t share them, Blitzø won’t mind, right?)

Stolas cooes. “You are absolutely adorable, Blitzy. Do you know that?” He asks.

Blitzø thought about it and shrugs.

“You are.” Stolas says, nuzzling the little one as he hugs him close. “Come on, let’s get back downstairs and join Fizzarolli.” Stolas says, picking Blitzø up.

Blitzø whines and shakes his head.

“Darling, what’s wrong?” Stolas asks. He sets the Imp back down on the bed.

Blitzø doesn’t answer, he only curled up, wrapping his arms around himself.

“Are you being shy?” Stolas asks.

Blitzø nods.

“Why? Are you embarrassed?” Stolas asks.

Blitzø doesn’t answer, he only looks away from Stolas nervously.

“Oh, darling. You don’t have to feel embarrassed. You’re adorable; and Fizz understands that you’re a little.” Stolas explains. “He won’t judge you.”

Blitzø’s breathing increased, Stolas’s words didn’t help.

“Shh, darling. It’s okay. You’re safe. I’m here for you, I won’t let anything bad happen, I promise.” Stolas says, petting Blitzø’s head to comfort him.

Blitzø’s breathing soon slowed back to it’s normal pace as he leans into the bird’s gentle touch.

Fizzarolli, on the other hand was starting to get anxious. “Stolas?” He calls. “Blitzo? Is anyone there?”

“I’m here, Fizz.” Stolas calls back. “We’re coming down now.” He says. Stolas picks up Blitzø and holds him close.

As Stolas takes Blitzø downstairs, Blitzø feels overwhelmed and scared so he starts crying into Stolas’s shoulder, not wanting to be down here.

“Shh, it’s okay, Blitzy.” He says holding his little close, rubbing circles on his back.

“Is Blitzo okay?” Fizz asks.

“Blitzø is fine, dear. He’s just…”

“Is he anxious?” Fizzarolli asks.

“Yes. That’s a good word for it.” Stolas says.

“Oh, well that’s okay! I get anxious too sometimes.” Fizz says. “But, I promise I’m nice and you don’t have to be scared.”

Stolas smiles at Fizz’s attempt to comfort Blitzø. Unfortunately the little imp didn’t seem convinced. “What are you watching, Fizzarolli?” Stolas asks.

“I’m watching dumbo.” He explains to Stolas before addressing the other little: “Hey, Blitzo, it’s about an elephant named jumbo, and he has big ears, and at the end he can fly!” Fizz explains. “Isn’t that cool?”

Stolas turns his head toward Blitzø, but the imp was still hiding his face in Stolas’s shoulder.

Stolas doesn’t pressure the Imp to talk, he simply hugs him reassuringly.

“Look! In this scene jumbo is drunk and he’s gonna fly.” Fizzarolli says.

“Is that right?” Stolas asks.

“Yup! He’s not gonna remember though. Oh! And the pink elephants are my favorite!

“They’re very…something.” Stolas says, they continue to watch as Jumbo sees pink elephant hallucinations… The bird is wondering if this was actually a children’s movie.

“Jumbo is part of the circus, like we were, Blitzo. Jumbo’s mom is locked up though.” He says sadly.

“Oh…how sad.” Stolas says.

“Yeah…she was just trying to protect Jumbo. But, the circus isn’t always very nice.” Fizzarolli says.

Stolas nods. “I see…”

Blitzø whines, holding Stolas closer.

~~~Later: Stolas, Fizzarolli, and Blitzø~~~

After the movie was over, Fizzarolli clapped his hands excitedly. “Wasn’t that a great movie?”

Stolas hums in confirmation. Personally, he didn’t see the appeal, but as long as Fizzarolli liked it.

Blitzø did end up watching the end of the cartoon at least, but he was still holding Stolas close to him, refusing to let go.

After a few more movies, Stolas checks the time and realizes the littles should eat something soon.

Stolas takes a deep breath, dreading what he was about to say. He hates to leave Blitzø while he’s still distressed. “Blitzø, I have to go make you two some food. Can you be good and wait here for me?”

Blitzø shakes his head and whines pitifully.

“Blitzø, I really need to, but I’ll be back and Fizzarolli is here too, you can keep each other company, alright?” Stolas asks.

Blitzø shakes his head. “Noooo.” He whines, letting the pacifier fall out of his mouth and onto the couch.

“Blitzø…” Stolas warns.

“Sawes.” Blitzø whines.

“Darling, I’ll be right back. I promise.” Stolas says, he gets up and sets the little down. Then he gives him the pacifier back. “Just be good, and call me if you need anything.” He whispers.

Fizzarolli can see Blitzø is upset, as well as Stolas. “It’s okay, Stolas. I’ll make sure Blitzo is okay.” Fizz says, trying to help.

Stolas smiles. “Thank you, Fizzarolli.” Stolas says. Stolas presses a small kiss on Blitzø’s head then hesitantly walks over to the kitchen.

Blitzø sniffles, he didn’t want Stolas to leave. What if Fizzarolli makes fun of him? Fizz could talk better, he didn’t need diapers, and he could probably go upstairs by himself… he was pathetic in comparison, and Fizz probably knows that.

Fizzarolli hates to see Blitzø so upset, since he’s the oldest, it was his job to make sure Blitzø was okay. “It’s okay, Blitzo. He’ll be back. Caregivers always come back, I know it’s still scary when they leave though. But, hey! We can do something together, what do you want to do?” He asks.

Blitzø doesn’t respond.

“We can watch another movie…or we can play something.” Fizz suggests. “I’ve never played with another little before! It’ll be fun!”

Blitzø doesn’t respond to that either.

Fizz frowns, feeling like he’s failing. He just wants to make Blitzø feel better.

But then he saw what Blitzø was holding and his eyes brightened. “Hey, you have a horse! I got one too.” Fizz says, reaching into his bag, he pulls out a stuffed red horse. “See?”

Blitzø’s eyes widened, he held up his own horse.

“Yeah! We can just play with them!” Fizz says. “My horse is named ice cream sandwich.”

Blitzø held his horse close again. He takes out his pacifier so he can talk to Fizz. “Gweenie.”

“Greenie? Oh yeah, I’ve seen that show!” Fizz says. “My favorite is horicee the clown. He’s fun.”

Blitzø nods, agreeing with the statement.

“We should have our horses go on an epic adventure! What do you think, Blitzo?”

Blitzø takes a second to think about it before smiling and nodding his head.

~~~Later~~~

Stolas walks back into the living room. “I’m back, how are you two doing?”

“Oh no! Greenie horse is falling- I’ll save you!” Fizz shouts as his stuffed horse lifts Blitzø’s horse from falling off the tv stand.

Blitzø whinnies for his horse, not being able to talk very well at the moment.

Stolas smiles, it was nice seeing them get along. “Blitzø, Fizzarolli, it’s time for dinner.”

“But, we’re playing now.” Fizz argues.

“I know. You can still play after.” Stolas says. “But you both need to eat something first.”

“Okay.” Fizzarolli says. “Do you think Ozzie will be back soon?” He asks.

“Probably.” Stolas says, picking up Blitzø and leading both littles to the dinning room.

“Do you think he’ll let me stay longer if Blitzo and I are still playing?”

Stolas decides it best to not correct Fizzarolli every time he gets Blitzø’s name wrong, he’ll eventually get it, it’ll just take some patience.

“Perhaps.” Stolas answers. He sits down in a chair, setting Blitzø on his lap.

Fizzarolli sits down next to him where Stolas had set his plate of Dino nuggets and a sippy cup of juice. “Mmm!” Fizzarolli says. “Nuggies!”

Stolas smiles, “glad you approve.” He chuckles.

Blitzø starts eating his nuggets, not saying much, just kinda picking at it. He pinches a tiny piece of chicken and then sticks his whole hand in his mouth to eat it.

Fizzarolli observes his friend. “Blitzo is a lot younger than me, isn’t he?”

Stolas hands Blitzø his sippy cup. “Yes, I suppose he is.” Stolas says.

Blitzø happily took it, his tail swished back and forth as he smiled.

“That’s okay, I’m pretty big right now.” Fizzarolli says.

“Oh? How big are you?” Stolas asks.

“I’m seven right now.” Fizzarolli says.

“My, that is big.” Stolas says.

“Mhm, told ya. I’m big enough to do anything prac’ally.” He says.

Stolas smiles at Fizzarolli. “Is that right? Like what?”

“I can feed myself, I can do a flip, I can even do…well anything really.” Fizzarolli says.

“Goodness.” Stolas says.

“Yeah, Blitzo and I used to do flips and tricks all the time at the circus.” Fizz says. “But, I suppose Blitzo is too little for that now, huh?”

Stolas hums in agreement when suddenly the phone rings again. The three demons look towards it.

The magic identified the collar.

“As-mo-de-us!” Fizz sounds it out. “Oh! Asmodeus! It’s Ozzie!”

Stolas smiles. “Would you like to answer it, Fizz?” Stolas asks.

Fizzarolli nods, then runs over to phone to answer it. “Hello?”

“Fizz? Hey, baby. How’s it going?” Asmodeus asks.

“It’s good. I’ve been playing with Blitzo, and Stolas made us Dino nuggies for dinner!” He explains.

“Oh? And is Blitzø playing nice with you?” Ozzie asks, a little nervous.

“Yeah, he’s little too, he’s littler than me even.” Fizz explains. “A lot littler!”

“Oh, that’s good then. I’m glad you’re having fun, bug.” Asmodeus says.

“Are you coming back soon?” Fizz asks.

“I’m afraid it’s going to be later than I originally thought.” Asmodeus explains.

“Oh. Well, that’s okay.” Fizz says.

“Are you sure?” Ozzie asks.

“Yeah, I’ll be okay.” Fizz says.

“I’ll be back as soon as I can, I promise.” Ozzie says. “Be good for me?”

“Okay. I will. Fizz says.

“Thank you. I’ll see you soon.” Ozzie says.

“Bye.” Fizz sighs, hanging up the phone.

Stolas could tell Fizzarolli wasn’t happy. “What’s wrong, Fizz?”

“Daddy is gonna be late.” Fizz says.

Stolas tisks. “Aw, I’m sorry. I’m sure he’ll be back as soon as possible.”

“Yeah…” Fizz agrees. “But I miss him. It’s been a hundred years.”

Stolas smiles. “I know it must feel that way.” He says. “It’ll be okay. In the meantime you and Blitzø can keep playing to pass the time.”

Fizzarolli smiles. “Yeah, I guess that’ll be good.”

Stoles reaches over to Fizzarolli and pats his head, causing the little one to smile again. “I promise, everything will be okay.”

Fizz hugs Stolas suddenly. “Thank you, Stolas.”

Fizzarolli was absolutely adorable, he must tell Asmodeus that if he needed a sitter again, he’d be over the moon to do it.

~~~Later~~~

After dinner the boys played some more, running around with their toy horses.

Stolas read a book peacefully while they did so. Honestly, this is probably the most well behaved Blitzø has been. He wondered if perhaps he could convince the imps to allow more play dates…

Hmm. Perhaps that was better left to the imps themselves. Stolas wouldn’t want to pressure Blitzø to do anything he didn’t want.

“Ooo, can we build a fort?” Fizz asks suddenly. “We can use the pillows and blankets in here and it’ll be like camping.”

“I suppose that would be alright.” Stolas says.

“Yay!” Fizz shouts happily.

Stolas ended up helping Fizzarolli with said fort, since Blitzø was far too young and Fizz wasn’t sure how to do it.

First they grabbed three chairs from the dinning room, then threw some blankets on top of that for the walls.

Easy.

Then Fizz filled the inside of it with Blankets and pillows. Blitzø tried his best to help Fizz with the inside, throwing random stuffed animals and cushions inside. Luckily Fizzarolli was very patient with him, allowing Blitzø to put in whatever he wanted and even telling him he was doing a good job.

Stolas then grabbed some fairy lights and placed them inside so it wouldn’t be dark.

“Woah, this is the coolest!” Fizz says. “Thank you, Stolas.”

“My pleasure, Fizzarolli.” Stolas says.

Blitzø and Fizz played more with the stuffed animals in the fort, then as it got later, Stolas turned on a movie and the two little ones fell asleep.

~~~Asmodeus and Stolas: later~~~

Asmodeus returned pretty late, a few hours after the littles had fallen asleep.

He walked through the portal, apologizing for being late.

Stolas shakes his head and whispers. “Nonsense. Fizzarolli was very well mannered, we all had a great time.” He smiles.

Asmodeus smiles too. “I’m glad to hear that at least…where are they now?”

Stolas smiles even brighter, gesturing Asmodeus to follow him to their fort.

“My my, what do we have here?” Asmodeus asks rhetorically.

The two imps were fast asleep under a pile of pillows and blankets; snuggled up close to one another.

Stolas takes a picture with his phone. “Aren’t they adorable?” He asks.

“They are…” Asmodeus responds. “If only they could get along.”

“They behaved very well today.” Stolas says again. “I suppose the only time they can get along, is when they’re little.”

“I suppose so…maybe this could could be proven useful.” Asmodeus says.

“What do you mean?”

“I mean…maybe if they can get along in headspace, they can get along as adults too.” Asmodeus says. “Maybe all they need is some time.”

Stolas agrees. “Maybe.”

“I hate to wake him up, but we really should be going.” Asmodeus says.

Asmodeus gently shakes Fizzarolli awake. “Fizz? Fizz. Wake up, bub.”

Fizzarolli can hardly open his eyes, but he blinks most of the sleep away once he saw his beloved rooster. “Ozzie?”

“Hey, ready to go home?” Asmodeus asks.

Fizz nods, hugging Asmodeus.

Stolas picks Blitzø up carefully to avoid waking him up.

Asmodeus takes Fizz’s hand. “Thanks again for watching him.” Ozzie whispers.

“Fizzarolli was a perfect angel.” Stolas whispers. “I’d be happy to watch him anytime.”

Fizz smiles, he decides he likes Stolas.

“If you ever need me to return the favor, don’t hesitate to ask.” Asmodeus says.

Stolas only smiles in response to that.

“Bye Blitzo.” Fizzarolli whispers, “Bye Stolas.”

“Goodnight, Fizzarolli.” Stolas says.

~~~Blitzø and Stolas~~~

Stolas walks upstairs as the little one yawns. “Would you like to stay with me tonight, little one?” Stolas asks.

Blitzø nods, only partially awake.

Good thing, because there was no way Stolas was going to allow Blitzø to sleep in the guest room with him being this little. He may need something in the middle of the night, or he could risk getting hurt if he tried to climb off the bed.

He may need to consider getting a crib…

He sets his little on the bed, and Blitzø allows Stolas to change him out of his day clothes and into his horse pajamas.

Stolas lays down next to the imp, and Blitzø snuggled up close to the owl happily.

~~~Asmodeus and Fizzarolli~~~

Asmodeus helps Fizzarolli into the car and secured him in his car seat.

“I had the best time, Ozzie.” Little Fizz said. “We got to color, and play with our plushies, and building the fort was so fun!”

“I’m glad to hear that, Fizz.” Asmodeus says.

“Maybe next time we can go to our house so I can show Blitzo the playroom, he’d love it!” Fizz suggests.

“Fizz…I don’t know if Blitzø would be okay with that.”

“Why wouldn’t he?” Fizz asks.

Asmodeus sighs. “Well, it’s complicated between your and his adult selves, remember?”

Fizzarolli thinks about it. “Oh yeah…we said some bad things, huh?”

Asmodeus nods. “Unfortunately, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you and Blitzø can’t work things out. It just means that it’ll take some time for you two.”

Fizz nods. “I guess that makes sense.” He says.

~~~Fizzarolli and Blitzø, two days later:~~~

“Blitzø, you have a visitor.” Loona called.

Things were pretty normal today, Moxxie even seemed to be in a better mood today.

He dint expect anything out of the ordinary. “Okay, send them in!” Blitzø tells her.

Fizzarolli walks in his office. “Hey…”

Blitzø glares daggers. “Okay, now send him out!” He shouts to Loona.

“Wait! I come in peace!” Fizz says. “I just want to talk.”

“I don’t want to talk to you…” Blitzø says. “Especially not here. Just, get out!”

“Okay, I’ll leave- I just-“ Fizzarolli sighs.

Blitzø rolls his eyes. “What?”

“I uh- I had a nice time with you, wan we were- you know...” Fizzarolli says. “It was fun.”

Blitzø raises an eyebrow. “Okay?”

“Did you not have fun?” Fizz asks.

“I admit, I don’t really remember it.” Blitzø says.

“You don’t?”

“Memory is a little funny between headspaces.” Blitzø mumbles.

“Oh…alright- just listen okay? I’m still pretty angry at you for our stupid fight. And even though I know it wasn’t all your fault, I don’t think I can move on that easily.” Fizz explains.

“Alright…so?”

“But, I’m willing to put all of it aside in favor of both Ozzie and my younger self if you’re willing.” Fizz explains. “We can just be friends in headspace if you want.”

“Very touching.” Blitzø says sarcastically.

“Come on, haven’t you ever done something for your younger self so your caregiver will have less problems?” Fizzarolli asks.

Blitzø thinks about it and sighs.“Fine. But we’re only friends in headspace. That’s it.” He whispers. “I don’t want to have to deal with you any other time. Got that?”

“Just in headspace.” Fizz agrees.

“Good. Now leave, I have work to do.” Blitzø says.

“Okay.” Fizz says leaving his office, he walked out fast in case Millie and Moxxie were there.

Blitzø sighs…he honestly wished he didn’t remember anything about he and Fizz’s play date…but the truth is, he remembered enough to know he had a really nice time too…

Both M&M walk into Blitzø’s office:

“Was that Fizzarolli?” Moxxie asks.

“Is that the clown I hit in the head with a guitar? What does he want?” Millie asks at the same time.

“Relax,” Blitzø says. “He didn’t want to talk business, so I sent him on his way.

The husband and wife look at each other confused, but they don’t question beyond that.

Notes:

Hope you enjoyed this chapter- this was fun to write! Lmk what you’d like to see next ^^

#helluva boss age regression #itty bitty imps #age regression #helluva boss agere #hazbin hotel agere #age regression fanfic #little!blitzo #little!fizzarolli #cg!stolas #agere #Helluva boss #helluva boss fanfiction #helluvaboss

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anachronistic-falsehood · 11 months

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5 (and why is it dreamstuck 👀) and also.... 50 >:]

5. What fanfic of yours should everyone have read?

YEAH. DREAMSTUCK FOR SURE. I've had so many people say they they're reading without even knowing what homestuck is and others saying that they've started reading homestuck because of it and i'm like YESS!!!! YESSSSS SPREADING THE HOMESTUCK!!!! But also another fic i would like everyone to read right immediately now is probablyyyyy Parting Words. It is the only moon knight fic i have ever written but i love it so so so much, it reads exactly how i wanted, and it's just. exactly what i wished we could see in another MCU Moon Knight episode, it's something I wanted to see in the show that we didn't get and I love it very very much :3

50. Can we get a teaser for an upcoming chapter?

HEHEHEHE >:33 i am so excited for this chapter :33 i'm gonna put this under a cut because it is Long and also contains some motherfuckin uhhhhhhh SPOILERS for ch 77 of dreamstuck so if u don't want spoilers u can turn back now but i am sooooo so so excited about this and i hope u will be too!!! this chapter is going to be called Clockwork Sorrow, if that gives u any prior hint as to what it might be about :3

==>Tom: Pester Tubbo.

-- bigmanCat [BC] began pestering nuclearBuzz [NB] --

BC: hey NB: hey whats up bossman NB: any idea where ranboo is i tried to get a hold of him but hes ignoring me BC: yeah uh BC: I came to LOFAE BC: I found him, he’s okay, just distracted NB: wait is this tom? BC: no dude this is tommy what the fuck NB: idk i guess you just feel similar your literally the same person anyway BC: uh also BC: about Tom? BC: I found him too BC: He’s kinda dead. NB: what BC: yeah like he’s DEAD dead man BC: kicked the bucket, whatever. NB: holy shit what happened BC: I don’t really know??? I wasn’t here for it but I think he got stabbed BC: buncha underlings BC: one of ‘em must have found like a sword or some shit that Ranboo left laying around? Idk but he is stabbed the fuck out NB: cant you revive him BC: nope i BC: i tried BC: he was doomed so i guess my dream self/sprite didn’t register as his or something so it couldn’t be his backup life BC: idk if it would even work for me bc you know it’s a sprite and all NB: oh man thats sad NB: i really liked him BC: yeah BC: me too NB: im sorry bossman ill be on lofae as soon as i can BC: NO BC: i mean BC: stay there BC: i don’t want you to see this you know??? BC: Ranboo and I will head back to his house and open a memo. BC: I don’t think we have a lot of time. NB: wdym BC: there’s a fourth planet in out Incipisphere, idk what it means but i think BC: i think we might need a fourth player somehow. BC: and the Reckoning’s already started. NB: hply shit NB: yeah get over there as fast as you can ill be waiting online BC: on it, see you there

-- bigmanCat [BC] ceased pestering nuclearBuzz [NB] --

You heave a sigh and lower your phone. The back of your head thunks against the tree trunk you’re sitting against. Ranboo makes another weird alien noise somewhere in his chest. You feel so, SO bad about lying to Tubbo about this, but what else can you do?

Your name is Tommy Innit, and you just watched yourself die.

Wack.

#whiskey yelling into the void #friend tag :3 #dreamstuck #HEHEHEHEHE :33 #this chapter is something i am so looking forward to posting it's gonna wreck like the three (3) ppl who r actually invested in this fic

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dread-knight · 2 years

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Ive been thikning a bit about it and to me at least Odozeir not necessarily aligning himself with Gibby’s ideals is interesting. Im like imagining while Gibby was still alive he was always trying to get on Gibby’s good graces, not out of any real loyalty but for a hope that he could somehow use Gibby’s weird brain powers for undetermined Foglast/“World Domination For Other Reasons” bullshit. I imagine Gibby was indifferent at best to him prior to the events of H2.

The revival in Hylics 2 was again not out of loyalty to the cause but for the brainwashing Gibby was capable of. If Wayne and Co hadn’t kicked Odozeir’s shit in I think ultimatley ir would have been Odozeir at the helm, and Gibby simply as a pawn. Personal headcanon leaking in but I don’t believe Gibby’s mind was all there after being revived from the dead and implanted in a vessel that was very clearly not his own body. Odozeir saw Gibby as more of a means to an end, and the bit of dialog at the end during the concert where he lists off other beasts we never encounter kinda just strengthens that idea for me. Can’t open the game and screenshot what I’m referring to but maybe I’ll post what I mean tomorrow idfk

IDK. Need to put this into something other than a giant text dump before Mason ultimatley deconfirms it with his next work but LOL, fun to think about potential motives for the guy and how things would have played out otherwise.

#Ehhhh main tagging why the hell not…?#Might delete later I’m shy #Hylics #hglics 2 #I feel like Lucille posted somewhere about Odozeir wanting Gibby’s power and not actually caring for Gibby himself but idr. Apologies if #That’s the case.#Odozeir #BLAHHHH

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eddiemunsonssoulmate · 2 years

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Heyy!! So we’re all moping around and like literally on the verge of death because of our beloved Eddie. That’s why I came with some theories that I’ve found on insta. I just cannot believe that he rlly died. So here they are :) ( hope this wil help with our grieving)

(Also I’m sending this to multiple pages cuz I don’t want to be the only one with maybe false hope, I’m taking you all with me hehehe)

So they’ve brought back Brenner and he was literally eaten alive. So they can bring Eddie easily back ( I mean Steve survived the same thing with a bare chest). Eddie knows he couldn’t return to Hawkins because they would kill him for Chrissy’s death and so on he faked his death. So he’s hiding cuz otherwise u know. *jail*

Aannddd there is a two days time skip. So two days we didn’t see (we also didn’t saw the return of Steve, robin, and Nancy). So its possible they have hidden him somewhere and that we will see what happened those two days next season. That’s maybe why the trio wasn’t really affected by his death and were smiling like literally 48h after.

Aandd Joseph Quinn also said that they had postponed scenes with Jonathan for season 5.

Sooo maybe it’s just wishful thinking cuz I am in my denial phase, but I really hope that that’s what will happen. And if it doesn’t , i hope they will rewrite the script then😃. I don’t think they expected him to be loved by so many and so much.

Anyways thank you for listening to my ted talk

I love ur content <33

(Can I use a rondom emoji? Idk how that works😭 if so thenn..

will that one do?🧺)

They could totally bring him back in multiple ways and probably more that we can't even think of if they wanted to. I've been saying that too because it would be so easy.

If he's hiding somewhere and is still alive, I doubt any of the others would know though. Dustin's reaction was just too strong during the talk with Eddie's uncle.

My personal favorite theories that I've thought of are 1) Time Travel because why the fuck not at this point 2) Vecna taking over Eddie's body but Eddie will be fine in the end 3) El revived him too while reviving Max but she doesn't know and because his wounds aren't as bad as Max's, he'll make it somehow

And thank you for the compliment <3

(idk how that works either lmao but sure you can. Is that a basket of clothes tho? lmao)

#ask #🧺 anon #eddie munson #stranger things spoilers

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spicyicymeloncat · 2 years

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Crystalised part 2 ep 18 spoilers

I forgot to post this :[

They have a no ninja sign? What about the new ninja? Like is this just a ban on every ninja? I really hope there were ppl rioting since that ship was literally gifted from the people man

Also did I hear a rat? The rat is so gonna be relevant Ik it. It’s either Garmadon but I’m hoping it’s mystake so we have a full revival roster

Pffpfztstf Cole

Loving the gold armour! Idk why they decided to glam up now but yknow it does look cool. Also Nya doesn’t have time for counting bro

Okay will they finally succeed at a sing steath mission?

“UgH ThIs jOEy” incredibly delivery I love that

Wu: I experienced character development and have realised the answer to every problem is to commit crime

That smile from Wu tho awww

Woah the way he landed on the bounty like damn he’s getting some good shots and honestly he should he’s literally a demogod

Lloyd and Harumi are really just vibing. They have so many issues, this being the place she betrayed him, Harumi having fake killed Lloyd’s family twice, the whole Garmadon thing but they’re just bantering like kids

Lloyd: fucking chucks Harumi off

She’s such a freaking smug bastard oh myvgod

Had Lloyd been holding back on spinjitzu just for her sake?

He really put Harumi on a baby leash

Aspheera: I saw something green

Also aspheera: *is in a jungle*

Idk why he brought Harumi along, like I get maybe wanting perhaps a hostage/to get information but I assume it’s bc he somehow still cares about someone who keeps telling him his family is dead

I love the ironic timing amazing flawless. An amazing moment

Also hell yeah Zane

C*ck squad really looking like amateurs

I love how the Crystal temple is just floating around. I assume it’s going somewhere but it looks silly

What was that smile Harumi?? How could you possibly spin this in a good way. What did she put a tracker on Lloyd

#i watched this 12 hours ago lol #ninjago #lego ninjago #Ninjago crystalized #ninjago crystalized spoilers #reaction

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the-everqueen · 19 days

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for the ask meme: 001 for awaked alan

send me a fandom - alan wake [disclaimer for the uninitiated: this is all about aw2, because i don't fucks with that man when he had a buzzcut, but the long hair and tortured 13 years in the dark place? yum.]

favorite character: sorry, babe, it's Alan. it's the tortured act of creation that also destroys you. it's how maybe sometimes it's better if the story ends [here]. it's there can be no why. it's the story is the monster the story is you you are the monster. it's not a loop it's a spiral. it's about being in the meta position to decide what the story should be and yet the story will always control you. it's narrative as collar and leash.

least favorite character: who's the nurse who is obsessed with Wake?

five favorite ships: do i have five? OBVIOUSLY Saga/Estevez. Saga/Jesse. Saga/Alice (the two women who went into the dark place on purpose and came out at will??). Tom Zane/the Koskela brothers, because i think they'd make some WILD art. i hope this somehow impresses upon the reader that while i didn't list her as my favorite, i do love Saga and also i think she deserves a queer relationship. maybe her and her husband open their marriage and Logan gets two moms. i think Estevez would be SO weird and unsettling in a way that any child between 8-13 would find Cool.

character i find most attractive: Kiran Estevez

character i would marry:...would i marry anyone in the awake alan universe? hm. seems risky. on the other hand...access to paranatural shit. Estevez.

character i would be best friends with: Saga. we could bond over sweaters and torment people with dumb puns.

a random thought: Alan is like, in-universe Stephen King, yeah? there's all these references to "genre bending" in the third act that feel gratuitous. but King seems like the closest irl analog.

an unpopular opinion: idk that it's unpopular but i DO hate Alan's speech in the final draft. "master of many worlds" gives me the ick. i love the bit where he revives and says "it's not a loop," etc., AND i like the implication that the clues in the final draft aren't a past self but a future one. but the speech is dumb and recenters him in a way that feels like it backtracks the part where he and Saga co-write the story.

my canon otp: too poly for this!

my non-canon otp: still too poly, but saga/estevez.

most badass character: torn between Saga because she survived a horror novel AND the pacific northwest as a Black woman, and Alice because she on-purpose suicide-baited her husband in order to make him self-actualize, which. real girlboss shit.

pairing i am not a fan of: i like Saga and Casey's relationship but i don't really get slash vibes from them.

character i feel the writers screwed up: Freya's utter lack of presence until the third act was a missed opportunity. like, we didn't NEED a full weird movie with deer motifs when we could've had the chance to see another side of Saga.

favorite friendship: obvs Saga and Casey. they cute.

#ask games #aw2 #aw2 spoilers #dangling on the melting edge of sleep #i've got my mind on most of the time

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trenchcoatsbi · 8 months

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Oop didn't expect seeing my papa once more on the ask heyy papa its me tilin :DDD

I told him this multiple times but I want to say it once more and its how aside from all the shit the federstion has done (which I am still mad at cuz the entire forever situation he was drugged and literally broken crying when the fake richarlyson was destroyed with uncle cellbit pleading for him to not leave him now— I hate the fed so much)

But its a bit about how painful it is to be death I an way better now but there had been so many instances of me being in so much pain because even if I cling to the false hope that maybe just maybe there is a chance for me to get revlved there is nothing I can do about it I couldn't meet my sister or form part of that big family I craved so much when I was alive that is why I feel so jealous of tallulah and chayanne because I want somehow to be part of that but I cant I am death and it all could have been prevented if I simply wasn't stupid enough and accidentally ran to uncle slime's sword papa has told me I shouldn't blame myself for it but it doesn't make it less painful being death and not being able to do a thing about it and everyday hoping, hoping for your comeback in cannon having those false hopes attached the moment I saw that icebcube with the ribbon on it for then realizing it was just for niki and yet still hoping

It has screwed me up quite a lot

-(cannon divergwnt llulah anon) tilin qsmp⭑

youre not stupid for that at all :( never say that

idk if your kin beliefs are reincarnation or past lives or little links in the universe but you’re here now!! and while it isn’t the same, you have q back, and you can start on having a family while everything is safe and sound and laid out for you here :D

apart from clips i havent watched much qsmp just cos i dunno if i can take it (which ill regret later i guess) but i honestly believe theres an infinite amount of second chances, or comebacks. maybe you wont be revived, but you can spread love in this life, or the love you left over in qsmp can be spread through them

and even better!! qsmp just started, basically. its a pretty new smp. so only more kins, fictives, copinglinks, etc will form in the future!

plus, q STRONGLY cares for you, which you can see here. sources are harsh but everything is a little easier here, and we all want to support you and see you succeed.

basically, everything will be okay

-someone who also knows about dying a bit

#tom posts #llulah anon #kin advice

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erscogadatabase · 9 months

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16: Bread

Date: 7-31-2020 IDST

Snape: *in the corner at a makeshift desk, brewing a potion* *looks up from his work and scowls at Dukermin* Are you aware that the latent magical energy in your house is out of balance? It's a wonder that I was able to make that simple fertilizer for that plant you had. *has a bunch more plants waiting to be revived*

Dukermin: *shamelessly looking over his shoulder as he works* Yeah I tried to do a feng shui thing a while back and completely screwed it up and haven't gotten around to fixing it. Maybe if I had real furniture instead of rocks it would be a little more spiritually aligned in here.

Snape: *makes some noise of acknowledgement and continues working* Where is that plant that I revived? Perhaps I could use it to know how to adjust my formula... *seems to be throwing things in the mix at random*

Dukermin: I'll get it, it's in the "dragon" den. *goes to fetch plant* Here he is! I named him Ziggy FYI.

Snape: ... This plant has legs.

Dukermin: yeah he actually ran away a while back, but he loved me so much he returned. Just last night actually! He brought his begonia girlfriend with him!

Snape: ...

Dukermin: Anywhooo... How are you liking Erscoga?

Snape: ... *hasn't left the house because it's the most similar thing to his dungeons that he's seen so far in his journeys with the Erscoga folks* *continues working*

Dukermin: You know, you should get out more. See our beautiful and very organized world! You could join a quidditch club! Or start a quidditch club!

Snape: I cannot imagine a world, even this one, in which I would start a quidditch club of all things, up there with the likes of James Potter.

Dukermin: It doesn't have to be a quidditch club, maybe a... culinary appreciation club? Or a.. idk cool cape club? What are you into?

Snape: *isn't going to bother answering* *scowls and jumps away as another cauldron explodes due to the magical energy in Dukermin's house* *cleans it up*

Dukermin: Yeah I gotta get that feng shui fixed. *helps clean it up*

Snape: *Evanesco-s the last remnants of the potion*

Dukermin: You have cleaning magics! That's so cool, you should start a cleaning club. I guess that's just a maid service but... like fun.

Snape: *glares at her* Do I look like a house elf to you?

Dukermin: No you look like a grumpy wizard man. I'm just trying to help... If you want to you can just chill here but like its damp and unaligned... Gotta get that sun vitamin you know...

Snape: *pointedly ignoring Dukermin as he rummages around in his pockets for more ingredients, coming up short* *frowns* Perhaps it would be prudent to gather more wormwood.

Dukermin: Is that a thing you dig out of the ground? I have a shovel! *excitedly runs to grab a shovel* Maybe Nalitie wants to help us find herbs!

Snape: *isn't going to mention that she doesn't really need the shovel, instead sheathing the dagger from his table and pocketing it* Is she the one who launched herself off of the school roof before you brought me here? *also has some vague feeling from another story in another life*

Dukermin: Yeah probably, sounds about right. Let's go! *off to Nalitie's house*

Snape: *following, because he'd have no idea where he's going otherwise*

Nalitie: *inside her house, reading to Lisa, Leonarda, and Erscoga Tobias*

Dukermin: *knocks on door with shovel, it's one of those plastic beach shovels*

Snape: *feeling uncomfortable being out in broad daylight, because he's spent the last 16 years working in the shadows and also being a spy, kind of, not consecutively*

Christine: *opens door, AE Tobias on her hip* Oh! Hello, Dukermin!

Dukermin: Hey everyone! We're gonna go find some wormwood, anyone wanna join?

Nalitie: *finishes the page she's on* .... Wormwood....?

Christine: I'm afraid I have rehearsal later this afternoon; I don't want to risk missing it, or I would come with you.

Nalitie: *setting down the book and picking up all three babies somehow* I'll come with you! Lemme just drop these guys off at Hope's house over on Aeuton, first.

Dukermin: Alrighty!

Snape: *impatient and wants to be doing this alone, but has no idea where to even find an environment suitable to grow wormwood, or if wormwood exists in Erscoga*

Dukermin: *to Snape* So uh yeah this is nalitie's house. Anyway, we'll probably go to Bensel to find wormwood.

Nalitie: *wants to wave, but is carrying three children simultaneously* Hello again! That other lady was my housemate, Christine.

Dukermin: Wanna lunchbox to Aeuton? *preps lunchbox*

Snape: Lunchbox?

Dukermin: Yeah it's the most common form of planet-to-planet travel in Erscoga.

Nalitie: It's.... Maybe like a portkey? Except you go into it, instead of just touching it.

Dukermin: Yeah, Nalitie, you should go first, just so Snape can see what's up.

Nalitie: *goes into lunchbox headfirst, clumsily with her extra load*

Dukermin: Yeah so you just do that but more gracefully *motions for Snape to jump in*

Snape: ... *copies Nalitie, minus the babies*

Dukermin: *hops in after*

Nalitie: *moves out of the way as they come through* *gestures around to the town of Sugar Bunting, which is visible from the hill they're on* Welcome to Aeuton! It used to be its own small world/country maybe? That we upended and rolled into a ball, and now it's here!

Dukermin: Yeah the people here are really chill with it tho.

Nalitie: Well, uh, they are now.

Snape: *a tad disoriented from the portal travel, but probably not as much as other newcomers and definitely not as much as when they were travelling via music*

Nalitie: Anyway, Hope's house is just down here, by Vella and her family. *starts walking, surprisingly normal*

Dukermin: *rolls down the hill*

Snape: *perturbed, but retaining the appearance of apathy* *walks down the hill as well, feeling slightly out of place because Aeuton is very colorful, not magical, and still a lot nicer than his hometown*

Dukermin: *shouts hello to people as she rolls by them*

Nalitie: *reaches Hope's door and kicks at it because her hands are full* *not bursting into the house like she normally would, for fear of giving the babies concussions*

Snape: *standing awkwardly behind her*

Dukermin: *rolled into some bushes and is now freeing herself* Are we here?

Nalitie: *nods back at her*

Hope: *opens the door* Nalitie. *sees Dukermin on the ground and Snape standing there looking like a bat* *confused*

Dukermin: *jumps up* Oh hey, I was just inspecting your bushes for routine maintenance... You got an A+ tho!

Hope: That's... nice.

Nalitie: Christine and I were wondering if you could babysit for a bit? She's got rehearsal later on and will probably be bringing the other Tobias, cause Steven is visiting his mom, Willy's out at a business conference--something about food safety standards, I guess--and Dave was going to go argue with his grandma's landlord.

Hope: I would love to take the kids. *takes the two that are not in the carrier and gestures for Nalitie to bring Tobias in the other room*

Shay and Rocky: *at the table, rewiring a Hexipal*

Dukermin: * goes over there* What are you trying to make it do?

Rocky: We wanna program it to do a different dance, one we saw someone doing over on Termata!

Dukermin: Oh I think I know the one you're talking about, it's quite popular over there. Try connecting that one to that one *somehow knows about electronics*

Rocky: *attempts it*

Hexipal: *starts waving its arms around in the air wildly, clicking its tiny heels together*

Snape: *has come into the house finally* *frowns* What is that?

Dukermin: It's called "The Man on Fire".

Nalitie: No doubt originating from one of my many VR house fires.... Those miniseries episodes got pretty popular on AETV, you know?

Dukermin: Yeah apparently they're renewing it for an eighth season!

Nalitie: Oh no, wait--I don't have any material planned! What the heck has Mettaton been doing with my VR room since he got his body back...? I was wondering where my small cult following came from.

Snape: *uncomfortable at the wording and hopelessly confused, because this is not just normal Muggle television being discussed, and it also isn't 1996 anymore*

Dukermin: Anywhoo... we're gonna head out to Bensel. Hope, do you guys need anything from there?

Hope: No, we just bought produce from Isole the other day, but thank you.

Dukermin: Alrighty, well, shall we? *starts heading out*

Nalitie: Heck yeah! *follows*

Snape: *nods at Hope and Shay and Rocky in goodbye* *leaves with them*

Dukermin: *preps lunchbox*

(And so they were off to Bensel!)

Dukermin: *appears there* So uhh... who's farm should we roll up to?

Nalitie: *lands on her face, untethered by children*

Snape: *lands rather ungracefully this time*

Nalitie: Definitely not Old McDonalds. He tried to sue me the other day for disturbing his corn at Christmas. I might be queen, but that doesn't mean I have money... or that Erscoga itself has a currency...

Dukermin: I mean if anyone's going to have weird herbs it'll be 7even but I'm not sure she's home right now...

Nalitie: *shrigs* Worth a shot. Otherwise we can raid the land around her house, I'm sure that's fine. We made the planet.

Dukermin: Yeah we can do a steal.

Snape: *squints suspiciously* What precisely do you mean, made this planet?

Dukermin: I mean, we kinda made all of this. You didn't know that? I mean, who in their right mind would just allow us to be queens if we didn't contribute drastically to the universe...?

Snape: Forgive me my ignorance, but I didn't exactly choose to come to your world, now did I? *won't speak of the fact that he has actively chosen to not leave the house in the last 2-3 months*

Dukermin: Oh yeah I forgot that you're kind of a hermit in my house. It's okay tho, you're helping my poor plants.

Nalitie: It's not like we really gave you a tour before now, anyway. Dang. Usually we're so on top of that when new people come to Erscoga.

Dukermin: Yeah. Welp. This is Bensel! The farm planet sorta thing!

Nalitie: Literally all that's on here is farms. And 7even's house, which might also be a farm. I'm not sure. We haven't gotten that far.

Dukermin: Idk she wants to be a witch doctor last I talked to her so...

Snape: *chooses not to comment on that wording, unsure if the distinction exists for the Wizarding World™*

Nalitie: I think the last time we did development for her was back last spring.

Dukermin: Well, if she doesn't have wormwood we can try Isole maybe...

Nalitie: Farmer Joe's pretty neutral. We might have to pay him, though.

Dukermin: I have some Pocket Lint™ that I can pay him with.

Nalitie: Sounds good.

Snape: *offers Dukermin a largish gold coin* This should be worth something, regardless of world. In any case, most Muggles are particularly transfixed with gold at all times, so unless your world is any different, it won't matter that this currency is invalid here.

Dukermin: Well... we can try it but.. One of our planets is... hard to explain. Gems and precious metals aren't nearly as rare here as they might be elsewhere. You know what is rare... French breads.

Nalitie: Dang. Maybe I should be selling bread to make some actual money. *pauses* No. That would ruin my integrity. I hate bread.

Snape: ...

Dukermin: *considers bringing up that toast is even rarer but decides against it* We can try it tho, the barter system is good.

Nalitie: *considering* *turns to Snape* Hey, you're good at making things. Would it be possible to make... breadless bread, for those who are intolerant to the real stuff?

Snape: *scowls* Are you truly that stupid?

Dukermin: I dont know. Maybe just throw some beans and rice in there...

Nalitie: Maybe without the yeast....

Dukermin: yeah! Snape, can you magically make bread rise??

Snape: I suppose you could use the Bread Leavening Charm, if you want to run your kitchen like a middle-aged wizarding housewife *thinking of Molly*. *looks at Nalitie* Although I don't suppose you would possess the magical skill required for even that.

Dukermin: Yeah so I'm learning that and making a bread company for sure. And it will be named Breadless Bread™ .

Nalitie: My kitchen is blissfully void of snails right now. Maybe once we're done here, we can go test that Bread Leavening Charm.

Dukermin: Yeah let's do it! ANYWAy wormwood.

(You've been standing in 7even's front yard for a while now. She's not home, but she has some bushes around her house that look suspiciously wormwood-like, and her herb garden is watering itself around the side of the house.)

Dukermin: Hey is that wormwood? *wields shovel and heads over there, tip-toeing, ready to do a steal*

Snape: *strides over there, plucking the shovel from Dukermin's hands on the way* If you dig up that plant, not only will it be more obvious to the homeowner, but you run the risk of severing the roots as well.

Dukermin: Dang maybe I just wanted to look cool, I had a whole aesthetic going on... *pouts*

Snape: *methodically cutting a few sprigs of wormwood, trying to make it not look obvious that any is missing* *placing them in handkerchiefs and placing them delicately in his robe pockets*

Dukermin: I'm lookout *pulls out a pair of binoculars*

Nalitie: *checking out her herb garden*

Snape: *notices another interesting plant and goes and takes some cuttings*

Dukermin: Ooh what did you find *uses binoculars to examine the new plant*

Snape: Dittany. I've been running low, no thanks to escapades of Potter and his friends last year. *scowling at the memory*

Dukermin: *fake low voice* If it wasn't for those meddling kids, bleh bleh bleh. *back to normal* But yeah you can probably take whatever you need, i'll leave some pocket lint as payment when we leave.

Nalitie: Plus, you have, like, unlimited time to do whatever you want here, there's no Voldemort or Harry Potter here!

Snape: *hisses* Don't say his name in my presence.

Dukermin: Ah... good ol' Voldy. Don't worry, if we ever were to encounter him we'd toss him on the scary prison planet. Plus, all his really scary magics are banned here anyways.

Snape: Hmph. Well, if you're done blithely insulting one of the two most powerful wizards of our age, I have what I came here for. Perhaps it would be better to offer your friend actual monetary compensation, if you wish to leave any trace of our presence at all.

Dukermin: Whatever you say, Dad. *leaves the gold coin* We should go do something productive with you since you're around. Maybe we should go see Alphys?

Nalitie: Oh! Yeah, since we're doing the tour for you kind of now, we should FIGHT you to see what your SOUL's like!

Snape: Excuse me?

Dukermin: We'll do that on Pluto. *prepares lunchbox* *hops in*

Nalitie: *tries feet-first this time*

Snape: *carefully enters lunchbox*

Dukermin: *somersaults onto Pluto* What's up everybody!??

(Pluto is looking a tad better than when you were here before. The barricades around the Best Western have been taken down. Undyne's house is pretty much rebuilt. Sans and Papyrus have started to rebuild their house. Alphys's lab is STILL buried in the ground. Chara and Sans eye you warily from their box.)

Dukermin: *shouts to the few monsters out and about* I love what you've done with the place!

Gert: IT'S YOU!!! THANK YOU FOR SAVING OUR PLANET!!! YOUR FRIEND LOOKS REALLY MAD AND ALSO KIND OF COOL! I LIKE HIS HAIR! MOM WON'T LET ME GROW MINE OUT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY.

Dukermin: You're welcome, my guy! And you know what, bald is beautiful!

Snape: *glaring intensely at Gert because he is a child and also he has never seen a monster child before??? But this one is getting on his nerves for sure.*

Dukermin: Gert, meet Snape. Snape, meet Gert!

Gert: WOAH!! I'VE NEVER MET A SNAPE BEFORE! THAT'S AWESOME!

Snape: *wishing he was back at his makeshift work station in Dukermin's house* What precisely did we come here for?

Dukermin: Uh lots of things actually. We needed to check up after the war and tragedy and stuff, we need to FIGHT you, we need to see Alphys... and I feel like there's something else that maybe we're not supposed to know about yet...

Nalitie: Yep. Sounds about right. *to Dukermin* Shall we start a FIGHT?

Dukermin: Sure thing! *to Snape* Put up your dukes, old man!

Nalitie: *starts the encounter*

(You're in the alternate dialogue now!)

(Snape stands across from you. You don't see his SOUL anywhere, but he's outlined in faint shades of purple and cyan.)

(You see the bullet box with Dukermin's multicolored SOUL and Nalitie's slightly desaturated blue one. It's Snape's turn.)

(He doesn't know what he's doing.)

Dukermin: Oh interesting, you don't have like a normal SOUL, which makes sense. The colors are definitely there tho.

Nalitie: Yeah, that's weird. If I didn't know better I would probably say you didn't have a SOUL, but that would be silly.

(Snape asks what you mean by "doesn't have a normal SOUL.")

Dukermin: So, you can see that we both have SOULs...

(Dukermin points out the two SOULs)

Dukermin: They're like, little heart things. I've got a bunch of random colors because... weird things...

Nalitie: And mine's not very heavily colored because DETERMINATION. Actually, neither of us is a very good example for what a SOUL is supposed to look like. Anyway, it's your turn, Snape. Just pick a button.

(Snape CHECKs Dukermin.

Dukermin - LV2 - She has a lot of SOULs because Candle Grandma is also inhabiting her body.)

(It's your turn!:

*| Fight

*| Act

*| Item

*| Mercy)

(Dukermin CHECKs Snape)

(Severus Snape - LV 6 - He's a wizard with specialties in potions and Dark magic.)

(Nalitie SPAREs Snape.)

(Snape accepts the spare, and dialogue goes back to normal.)

(Meanwhile, on Bensel)

*7even comes back to her house after looking for her lost frog pet and sees a golden coin. After searching around her house, she realizes there are some herbs missing. She wonders where they possibly could have gone, and decides to try and contact Nalitie to ask, as she is still relatively new to life in Erscoga.

*Ring ring*

(Somewhere back on Pluto...)

Nalitie: *jumps when she realizes her phone is ringing* *to Snape and Dukermin* Hang on a sec, this looks important. *answers phone* Hello?

7even, still on Bensel: Hello, I'm so sorry to disturb you, but I was wondering if there are any thiefs or something on Bensel, as far as I know is only me and my neighbor?

Nalitie: .... *suspiciously* Uh Old McDonald is a pretty shifty character if I do say so myself. He sued me a few weeks ago for trespassing in his corn.

7even: Potentially, my only suspicion of that is that he is, in fact, very territorial, and seems to respect other people's property as long--is someone there?

Dukermin: *viciously mouthing to Nalitie* Who's on the phone??

Nalitie: *covering the... the microphone bit?* 7even. I think we've been caught. *to 7even* Uhhh we're... orienting a newcomer to Erscoga. We're on Pluto, so there's a lot of post-war construction.

Dukermin: *loudly whispering* ask her if she wants to join us!

7even: Newcomer! Oh that's wonderful!

Nalitie: Yeah! His name is Snape--or uh that's his last name, we don't believe in first names here apparently--and we've been showing him the ropes over on Pluto if you want to come join us. I think I left you with a Lunchbox?

7even: Yes I still have that. And I would love to. I need to replenish my supplies anyway, and the coinage is the perfect amount to supply most of them.

Nalitie: Awesome! We'll wait here for you and also move out of the drop zone. *not going to mention the coin because it totally wasn't her and Dukermin who left it there*

*7even finds the lunchbox in her storage, pushes the pluto button, and jumps in. She tries a little flip to be cool, but unfortunately does not land it well, and falls next to Nalitie, Dukermin, and Snape.*

Dukermin: 7even! Cool "flip"

Nalitie: :D IT'S YOu!

Snape: *raises an eyebrow at the person at his feet*

7even: You must be the newcomer, welcome! Im 7even!! *extends hand as she brushes off dirt on pants*

Dukermin: Yeah that's Snape. He lives in my house and never leaves so we forced him to go outside.

Snape: *warily shakes hands with 7even* You say that as if I'm a hermit. I simply had better things to do than "explore" your world.

7even: *to Dukerman* a bit cautious is he? *to snape* That's probably a good thing in some situations! But I promise I won't do anything bad.

Dukermin: *nods to first bit*

Snape: ...

Nalitie: Uh anyway, yeah, this is our new guy, and we were just trying to analyze his SOUL because that's important here and he's weird.

Dukermin: We already did the fighting thing... What more do we need to do with that? Visit Alphys?

Nalitie: Yeah probably. We can go see if she's in her lab.

(Nalitie points at the big rectangular building that's half-buried in the ground.)

7even: while we are there, do you know, by chance, if she has any herb supplies. There is a specific plant that I need for luring purposes.

Dukermin: What plant? What are you luring?

7even: Well you see, from my exploration of Bensel, there is an elusive....animal? I've been tracking it and it seems to respond to a supply of a plant called Grotsel. And Ive, unfortunately run out. It's a bit hard to find.

Dukermin: We can definitely ask, if Alphys doesn't have any...

Snape: *mouths under his breath* What the hell is Grotsel...?

Dukermin: *looks to 7even* uhh...

7even: It's a new subspecies of herb I've found that resides in unknown places. I don't mean to sound suspicious, but there is very little known about it. I feel like the animal may hold some answers.

Dukermin: I mean it doesn't get much more unknown than Erscoga. Yeah we'll ask, herbs aren't alphys's expertise but she may know of someone.

Snape: *suddenly realizing the extent to which this world is different than his, and also how weird it is*

7even: Then off we go!!

*to the lab!*

Dukermin: *sees the door is like perpendicular and finds a big hole in the side of the building* uhh. Knock knock?

Alphys: *had been watching anime or something* *almost doesn't scream this time* *looks over? Back? At Dukermin + co.* O-oh! Hello!

7even: Hello. You must be Alphys. We haven't met yet. Im 7even.

Alphys: *looks over at 7even* A-alphys. *sees Snape kind of outside of the hole* O-oh... did you bring another, um, another whole s-society here again...?

Dukermin: Not a /whole/ society. Just one person as far as I know... This is Snape.

Snape: *hiding under his mask of apathy again because what the heck is going on*

Alphys: Oh! S-sorry, I just, uh, assumed b-because there were two of them...

7even: Well, I don't exactly know fully our business here, but it seems we have another SOUL for you to inspect? *Looks to Nalitie and Dukermin*

Dukermin: OH yeah, a couple of things apparently. First off... This guy *gestures to Snape* has kind of an interesting SOUL, and maybe you want to take a look?

Alphys: O-oh, sure? Um, what kind of, uh, w-weird should I expect?

Dukermin: Well, the SOUL is present, but it's not so much... a SOUL as like... an Aura? Idk you'll see...

Alphys: ???? *starts an encounter with Snape*

(You encountered Snape!

|* FIGHT

|* ACT

|* ITEM

|* MERCY)

(Alphys CHECKs Snape.)

(Severus Snape - LV 6 - He's a real, live wizard.)

(Snape SPAREs Alphys and the encounter ends.)

Alphys: !!!!!! W-Wait. You guys didn't tell me he was a-a wizard! L-like, uh, l-like a real one!!!!

Dukermin: Oh yeah he's definitely that. Cool, right?

7even: Fascinating. *To Snape* After this is over, I have a couple of questions to inquire of you, if that's all right?

Snape: *looks at 7even appraisingly* If they are not too obnoxiously intrusive, I suppose.

Alphys: *to Dukermin* N-no, y-you guys don't get it. Wizards, real, true wizards w-went extinct in my world when The Barrier was created.

Snape: !!

Dukermin: Oh. Welp. Now you get to meet one! It's okay, he's kinda chill.

7even: Also a bit cautious haha.

Alphys: B-but that would explain the SOUL t-thing. Wizards, uh, they're kind of b-between monsters and humans??? I-I mean, obviously they're human, b-but they're special b-because their SOUL and their, uh, magic... Um, instead of manifesting as a--as a separate entity of sorts? The SOUL you're all used to? It, uh, it's interwoven into their body, their blood, their DNA. It's, uh, actually really interesting! A-and that's why they need incantations and wands, b-because physical matter--namely the human body--is a r-really bad conductor for, uh, magic.

7even: What, potentially, would happen if a regular human tried to conduct magic like that?

Alphys: Um... like, do you mean using w-wands and stuff? Nothing would, uh, happen really. Regular humans... their S-SOULs are separate enough from their, uh, physical matter that it's p-possible to pour magic out directly from the SOUL, so to speak, like, uh, like monsters but a little weaker, b-because they're impeded by being a human. That's why S-SOUL magics, l-like you use in encounters, aren't really effective for humans like they are for monsters.

7even: Amazing! I'll definitely have to do some research on this topic at some point.

Dukermin: I guess that kinda explains why it's so difficult to place "spellcasting" into the power cap. Because it encompasses so many things and hasn't really been much a part of our world before...

Alphys: Y-yep! Oh, uh, and also, in the case of, uh, wizards, s-some of their spells don't fit into the Spectrum of Magical Chroma. N-not like the kinds of magic you and Nalitie and, uh, 7even, was it? can use. L-like, uh... the cosmic p-powers you used to use, Dukermin? T-those were s-sometimes similar to regular monster magic or a v-very watered down blue magic. B-but I know there's some kinds of m-magic wizards can use, certain s-spells that go beyond the S-SOUL or r-really even anything we've slotted into E-Erscoga's system.

Dukermin: That's really cool... But... So we wanted to start a bread company right, and the only way that it can be done with integrity is if we find a way to remove the yeast component. Is it possible for us to learn spells? Or would it look a little different for us? This is very important.

Alphys: U-uh... Well, er... y-you wouldn't get anywhere just, um, just copying Snape if he does a spell. Um... I guess it would depend on the spell??? Maybe if, uh, if you showed it to us we could see if it has a color? *mutters* Sans is better at Color Theory than I am...

Dukermin: It's a bread leavening charm? Snape, can you show it to us?

Snape: *raises eyebrow* ... I could, if there was actual bread dough in front of me. What do you expect me to do, leaven your friend? It wouldn't work, by the way.

7even: I'm so sorry to interrupt. But why do we have to remove the yeast?

Nalitie: *bursts in through the crowd, blazing with passion* French bread is valuable and I don't have any money, but I can't just make and sell bread! I hate bread, it would ruin my moral code! But Log_Lady tested it for me and decided that yeast specifically is what makes bread bread, and gives it its flavor and stuff, so if you remove the yeast, you have breadless bread. *to Snape* And no, its not a stupid idea!

Dukermin: But bread simply isn't good if it isn't fluffy. *under breath* this actually sounds kind of like a scam but... i mean there are lab grown diamonds so...

7even: Ah, I see. Well I have a few bread ingredients at my home, but unfortunately not the type for french bread, so I am not of much help. The only ingredients I have is a starter for sourdough *to Dukermin* Lab grown diamonds? Cool!

Dukermin: Yeah it's an Earth thing! But i mean if there's no yeast in the starter, that could be useful. We just need to test it...

7even: I'm not sure if it has yeast. Farmer McDonald left it on my doorstep as payment for some seeds I lent him

Nalitie: *hisses at the mention of Old McDonald*

Dukermin: Oh, you know who would definitely have basic ingredients? Toriel. We can all just pop over there and see if we can use her kitchen.

Nalitie: HEck yeah, that's right! *already pushing past the crowd again to the outside world*

7even: One thing before we leave. *to Alphys* I have been trying to gather some information on a plant called Grotsel, but am having some trouble. Do you happen to know where I would find some information on it? Perhaps a book or something?

Alphys: *frowns* U-um... I don't think I've e-ever heard of it, b-but maybe on one of the native planets s-someone might know? N-no one's really sure what's on, uh, Lux or D-dunkel yet? O-or the war planet...

7even: That's all right. And thank you for the tips! Let's head out to...Toriel, you said?

(To Toriel's house!)

Toriel: *outside, searching for snails and humming*

Asgore: *probably still living in his own house, since his therapy with Sophia was cancelled temporarily due to the war*

Dukermin: *waves* What's up, Toriel? *looks for snails as well*

Toriel: Oh! Hello, my child--*sees the rest of the group*--children!

Snape: *narrows his eyes at Toriel, because he's not a child and she's too much like Molly Weasley for his liking*

Dukermin: Oh, this is 7even and that cranky man there is Snape!

7even: *Waves with large smile, she seems to like that same characteristic Snape dislikes so much*

Toriel: It is very nice to meet you both! If Asgore were here, he would offer you tea, but seeing as he is not here, perhaps I could extend that offer instead?

Dukermin: Oh yeah! *heads inside* *stops and knocks on the door before just walking in*

Snape: *despite everything, is always down for tea*

Toriel: *to Dukermin* It is open, my child. Asgore is back in the castle right now.

Dukermin: Eh, habits *walks in*

7even: *follows, as she follows, she looks excitedly around at the house, loving the cozy aura of her surroundings*

Toriel: *follows them in, leaving the basket of snails on the counter and washing her hands*

Nalitie: *sits down at the table*

Snape: *standing there in the kitchen, feeling hopelessly out of place*

Dukermin: *had found two snails in the garden* *has named them Seth and Sarah and will be keeping them forever now*

Toriel: *preparing tea* *to Dukermin* Thank you again for helping us with the war, my child. It was certainly a Plutonian problem, but we appreciate the knowledge you brought to the table.

Dukermin: Oh no problem! *under breath* kinda feel responsible because it was my body that was used to... whatever what's done is done. *To 7even* So I have a super powerful SOUL kinda sharing my body... it's complicated but yeah she went on a vacation gone wrong...

7even: That sounds awful. I hope you are okay now.

Dukermin: Oh yeah it was fine, apparently it was a very fun time until they accidentally brought a super evil lady to Pluto...

7even: Yikes, sounds like a lot of stuff happens on Pluto. I'll stick to my home base haha

Dukermin: This is true.. Yeah Bensel is much more peaceful. Anywho...

Nalitie: Oh yeah! Hey Toriel, you have baking ingredients, right? We want to make bread.

Toriel: Oh! Of course, my child, although I must warn you that I have run out of yeast. I made bread for Asgore and Frisk before the war and did not have the chance to buy more.

Dukermin: Oh well what luck! We're hoping to make bread that doesn't contain yeast but is still light and fluffy! With wizard magics!

Toriel: *startles, nearly dropping the tea cups she was serving* Wizard, did you say?

Dukermin: Yeah it's a whole thing. Don't worry about it tho.

Toriel: Apologies, my child, but I did not realize wizards were common in your world--they went out of existence in the War of Humans and Monsters in ours. I suppose we have not explored this world very much since coming here...

Dukermin: I wouldn't say they're common... there's really just one...

Nalitie: *points somewhat accusingly at Snape*

Snape: *scowls*

Toriel: *gently admonishing her* It is rude to point, my child.

Nalitie: *stops and mutters* Sorry Toriel...

Dukermin: heading over to the baking supplies* So uh, that's a yes on borrwing your kitchen...?

Toriel: Of course, my child, after all it would be remiss of me to deny you permission when I use Nalitie's kitchen so often.

7even: And of course we can reimburse you for the ingredients used. I have a coin :D

Dukermin: Oh good, cuz I'm fresh out of Pocket Lint ™ .

7even: *looks confused for a second* Pocket lint....hm. Weird. I think I have some, don't know where I got it

Nalitie: Remember, Erscoga doesn't have a currency yet... Pocket Lint ™ is temporary until our bread economy takes off. *pulling out the flour and putting some warm water in a bowl with sugar, but no yeast*

7even: Oh, well if there is no need for currency, I will find a different use for this coinage.

Snape: *over in the corner, sipping his tea and trying not to draw attention*

Nalitie: *also pulling out measuring cups* Sounds good. We've got like a lot of different currencies on each planet that are literally worthless in the grand scheme of Erscoga.

Dukermin: Ooh can I mix?

Nalitie: *pouring flour into her bowl of water* Heck yeah. I've got a spatula for while its still liquid but we'll have to knead it eventually.

7even: *intently watching* I actually don't know how to make bread. I was going to learn with my starter, but this is good too.

Dukermin: Sweet! You can try kneading it then, we'll show you how.

Nalitie: *sprinkling salt into the mixture because she forgot that* *blithely adding random measurements of flour, going by appearance rather than recipe* You guys can go ahead and mix or knead or whatever, I'll add as we go.

Dukermin: *mixes it up*

Nalitie: *pouring flour over Dukermin's hands as she mixes* It's probably going to be good soon.

7even: When will we need that charm?

Dukermin: Before or after we knead it? *has never made bread before either*

Nalitie: Uhhhh *looks to Snape*

Snape: After, if I recall Molly Weasley's explanation correctly. *obviously does because he's Snape and remembering things correctly is an important character trait of his*

7even: Perfect. Is it time to knead it?

Nalitie: *nods enthusiastically and moves out of the way*

Toriel: *watching and smiling, sipping her tea* *slides over to make small talk with Snape*

7even: *starts to knead, a lot more violently than would be expected, but obviously having fun*

Dukermin: *starts doing the dishes because that's a nice thing to do*

Nalitie: *putting away the flour*

Snape: *trying to move away from Toriel without seeming obvious*

7even: Hey guys, I think it's ready!

Dukermin: Okay, I'll give Alphys a quick call and see if she's still available to check the color *ring ring*

Alphys: *answers* *is breathing heavy, like she's running* I-I'm sorry!!! I hadn't, uh, hadn't realized y-you guys left!!!! I'm on my way!!!!

Dukermin: Oh it's chill, see you in a bit! *hangs up* She's on the way!

7even: Wonderful! We need her to check it or something?

Dukermin: Yeah, precisely. To check the color and see how it works, ya know...

(There's a knock on the door. Toriel goes to answer it, and in runs Alphys)

Alphys: A-alphys is here! U-um, I mean, uh, I'm here! *takes out the device she uses to examine SOULs, which has been recalibrated to just look at Color Signatures* O-ok, go ahead and t-try it.

Snape: *walks over to the bread dough and pulls out his wand* Ortum panem! *the bread begins to rise, as it would if you let regular bread dough sit for a while*

Dukermin: Oh wow! It's working! I smell capitalism and wealth!

Snape: *frowns* Of course it's working, I'm not an incompetent first year.

Toriel: *unhappy at Snape's attitude, but too polite to correct him in front of company*

7even: This is wonderful. I'm sure they didn't mean it as an insult, more like a congratulations and a thank you.

Snape: Hmph.

(The bread has risen wonderfully, and is ready to be baked. Of course, we didn't shape it into loaves of french bread, so it will have to be baked as one big lump.)

Alphys: *messing with her device, pulling up the hex codes for any colors that might be there*

Dukermin: *puts bread into oven, which we definitely remembered to preheat*

(Soon, the smell of baking bread fills the kitchen.)

Alphys: O-okay, um... So the composition of the spell looks like it's a really similar color to, uh, Dukermins' old c-cosmic magic, but in, uh reverse. It l-looks like it's got s-some Integrity aspect, w-which is at a r-really low s-saturation, it says th-that aspect is #e0f1ff, b-but it's got a lot of k-kindness in it, s-similar to healing magic--#54ff68. S-so it's not wizard specific! But s-since you can't really c-cast the spell like Snape, you'd have to, uh, play around with b-base magic compositions and, uh, color mixing, and intent, and really S-Sans is better at t-this stuff than me...

Dukermin: Oh, we'll have to pay him a visit then, I guess? At some point for sure.

7even: Well you guys do that. I'm going to head back to my home to do a bit more research. Keep me updated on the bread. And thank you so much for bringing me along!

Nalitie: Definitely, we will start a... a bread empire, I guess. You can take the bread if it's done. Otherwise we'll mail it to ya.

7even: Sounds wonderful!! *7even takes out her lunchbox and presses the planet Bensel, waves goodbye, and decides to not flip into it* *disappears*

Dukermin: Goodbye! Let's get this bread!!

Nalitie: *waves goodbye until she's gone* *continues cleaning up Toriel's kitchen*

Dukermin: Okay, so we're gonna go talk to Sans then?

Nalitie: Yeah, I think so. *is writing down the hex codes for the colors, now that the kitchen is clean*

Dukermin: Cool, i feel like I've been standing here for months. Off we go! *drags Snape with*

(And so they went outside to the Callie/Sans box. Mr. Face Man stands outside of it, writing on his whiteboard. Callie is confused. Sans is less than enthused.)

Dukermin: *draws a cat on the whiteboard*

Mr. Face Man: *look of annoyance, as much as his face will allow, as it is stuck in one kind of default smile*

Dukermin: *also copies the hex code onto the whiteboard* We want to make bread.

Mr. Face Man: *writes in the corner* ✋︎ 🕈︎✌︎💧︎ ❄︎✌︎☹︎😐︎✋︎☠︎☝︎ ❄︎☟︎☜︎☼︎☜︎

Dukermin: This is more important though. Here's the hex code for the spell we're trying to learn. We need to avoid using yeast for personal reasons, so a bread-leavening charm is the only option. It's urgent.

Snape: *noise of disdain*

Dukermin: *noise of acknowledgment of disdain*

Sans: ... what exactly do you need our help with? or mine, i guess. i dunno. i just got up, i'm not bready for this yet.

Dukermin: Nice. We just want to be able to do this spell ourselves, we have the hex code so I guess we need to play around with the base colors some to get it to work.

Sans: *looking at the hex codes* ... hm. well, i guess this spell, or whatever you'd call it if it's not actually performed by a wizard, has a primary kindness trait. that's not too hard, just some regular ol' green attacks. the integrity part's a lot weaker, so you can't really throw my bro's blue attack at it and call it a day. if i was doin' it, i'd be able to mix the magics before i even throw the attack, but for you, it might be easier to have one person make the green attack and have the other person throw some good ol' blue magic at it. the SOUL kind, not the attack kind. oh, and you gotta mean it, too, that you're trying to get bread rise specifically.

Dukermin: So... I do have access to green magic, and you can do the blue magic thing... It'll just be a matter of getting the proportions right... right?

Sans: *finger guns* you got it, kiddo.

Nalitie: And getting more dough. Forgot that step. Also, we can only use those magics inside of an encounter so... does that mean we have to fight the bread?

Dukermin: Yes!! This is a dream come true!

Snape: *looking at them like they're crazy, since this magic system is gibberish to him*

Dukermin: So... back to Toriel's kitchen for a bread-making montage?

Nalitie: Back to Toriel's kitchen!

(and then they made a bunch of bread dough, knowing they were gonna screw it up a few times)

Dukermin: Okay, let's initiate a fight with loaf A.

(You encountered Loaf A!

|* FIGHT

|* ACT

|* ITEM

|* MERCY)

(Dukermin conjures a beam of magical energy and tries to hold it steady... but she lost control!!)

(Nalitie attempts to perform a blue SOUL mode on the beam of energy, missing a little and only getting some into the beam.)

(The bread turns invisible! It may have risen... but it's hard to eat bread when it's invisible...)

Dukermin: Maybe you should start this next one Nalitie.

(You won...? Earned 0 G and 0 EXP.)

Nalitie: Okay.

(You encountered Loaf 2!

|* FIGHT

|* ACT

|* ITEM

|* MERCY)

(Nalitie attempts to make solid blue magic.... But Integrity magic only manifests itself as a SOUL mode, which isn't physical.)

(Loaf 2 launches into the ceiling! -XX HP!)

Dukermin: Okay, so that didn't work. Probably be best if I started, huh...

(You won! Earned 5 G and 1 EXP!)

(You encountered Loaf e!

|* FIGHT

|* ACT

|* ITEM

|* MERCY)

(Dukermin manifested a ball of green magic and actually held it steady for a while!)

(Nalitie carefully turns the attack blue.)

(The bread starts to cry.)

(Dukermin SPAREs the bread)

(You won! Earned 0 G and 0 EXP.)

Snape: You two are actually more dunderheaded than the first years I teach. How such a simple charm can be outside your grasp is beyond me.

(You encountered Loaf △!

|* FIGHT

|* ACT

|* ITEM

|* MERCY)

(Dukermin very carefully makes a small bean of green magic)

(Nalitie attempts to turn the attack blue, but it's too small for the SOUL mode to take hold.)

(The flour in the bread begins to turn back into wheat. Now Toriel's countertop looks like a small farm.)

(You won? Earned 0 G and 0 EXP.)

Toriel: *walking into the kitchen* *didn't know they'd come back* Oh! What is this? It is, erm, a lovely addition to my home, but what on Earth are you doing?

Dukermin: We're trying.

(You encountered Loaf 5!

|* FIGHT

|* ACT

|* ITEM

|* MERCY)

(Dukermin does the green thing.)

(Nalitie sees the insurmountable amount of bread dough left, and accidentally leeches some Perseverance magic into her blue SOUL mode as she casts it.)

(The bread hardens into stone -- a wall of morality.)

Snape: *raises an eyebrow* How is it that you can manage so much accidental Transfiguration, but cannot perform a simple household charm?

Nalitie: We're doing our best, shh.

(You won, maybe. Earned 0 G and 0 EXP.)

(You encountered Loaf F'!

|* FIGHT

|* ACT

|* ITEM

|* MERCY)

(Dukermin flavor blasts the bread before Nalitie has a chance to realize what's going on)

(Nalitie pouts.)

(The bread comes to life. It goes to comfort the crying bread. What a nice moment.)

(You won! Earned 3 G and 0 EXP.)

(You encountered Loaf G(x)!

|* FIGHT

|* ACT

|* ITEM

|* MERCY)

(Dukermin is getting frustrated. She blasts the bread again.)

(Nalitie complains about not being able to do her thing. She catches the tail end of the blast with a blue SOUL mode.)

Loaf G(x): *is conscious* Space? Space space space gotta go to space. SPAAACE.

(Loaf G(x) has left the building.)

(You won! Earned 0 G and 0 EXP.)

Dukermin: Next time you can blast the heck out of it with me. It feels great!

(You encountered Loaf EIGHT!

|* FIGHT

|* ACT

|* ITEM

|* MERCY)

(Dukermin does the spiderman pose thing and decimates that bread with green magic)

(Nalitie casts a blue SOUL mode directly on the bread's remains.)

(Loaf EIGHT shatters and its molecules spiral apart, becoming pure magical energy and transcending our plane of existence)

Snape: *frowns* I would have liked to study that.

(You won? Earned 0 G, 0 EXP, and 15 Experience Points.)

Dukermin: Okay, time to chill out. I think I've got it figured out.

(You encountered Loaf !

|* FIGHT

|* ACT

|* ITEM

|* MERCY)

(Dukermin steadies herself and conjures up a reasonable looking green attack)

(Nalitie applies a blue SOUL mode to the attack, if a bit heavy-handedly.)

(The bread begins to rise! But... sideways?)

Nalitie: Dang. That was my fault, I think.

Dukermin: We'll get it next time.

(Loaf wins!)

(You encountered Loaf X!

|* FIGHT

|* ACT

|* ITEM

|* MERCY)

(Dukermin makes up a green attack and gets hit with a strange feeling... like she doesn't actually know what she's doing... like this is all a manifestation of something outside of her control...)

(Nalitie does... something.)

(The bread begins to glitch out. The world around it seems to tear apart and reveal a reality that none of the citizens of Erscoga are prepared to face.)

Loaf X: *takes in its surroundings* I believe it is time for me to leave this Google Doc now. *flies out of your computer screen, just over your left shoulder and out into the horizon*

Dukermin: ... That wasn't it.

Snape: *has the chilling feeling that he's nothing more than a crude pantomime of who he's supposed to be, and that he's not supposed to exist in Erscoga at all* *shudders*

(You encountered Loaf 11!

|* FIGHT

|* ACT

|* ITEM

|* MERCY)

(Dukermin makes a very similar green attack as the one she used on Loaf )

(Nalitie places a blue SOUL mode on the green attack. But calmly.)

(Loaf 11 begins to rise! The right way this time!!)

Nalitie: Heck yeah!!!!

Dukermin: We did it!

(You won!!!! Earned nothing but the satisfaction of finally getting bread to rise.)

(Dukermin leaves the fight)

Dukermin: So now we bake it, right?

Nalitie: *nods enthusiastically*

Toriel: *cleaning up some of the more interesting loaves and trying to coax the crying and other conscious ones outside*

Dukermin: *places bread in the oven we totally preheated*

(The bread bakes like a normal loaf of bread! The crying loaf cries harder, mourning its friend as it's so cruelly incinerated at 350 degrees.)

Oven: *dings*

The previous loaf of bread we forgot to take out of the oven: *is but a pile of ash*

Loaf 11: *is a perfectly healthy bread specimen*

Dukermin: Are you ready to try our magic bread that's gonna make us rich?

Nalitie: *peers at the bread suspiciously, reminding herself it's Breadless Bread* Indeed.

(The bread is delicious and fluffy in spite of a lack of yeast)

Loaf e: *sobs harder*

Dukermin: We should find a home for the Loaf e and Loaf F'.

Nalitie: *cleaning up the remains of the bread on the ceiling* I can take them for now, if you'd like. I'm sure the kids will get a kick out of them. Maybe Loaf F' will make a good babysitter.

Dukermin: That would be nice. *chucks the stone bread into the garden*

Nalitie: *tosses Loaf * *takes Loaves e and F'* Alrighty. Thank you again Toriel! *has forgotten about Loaf A sitting invisibly on the countertop*

Dukermin: Yeah, thanks! We'll make sure to cut you in for 15% of the profit.

Snape: *surreptitiously eating some of Loaf 11* *is more impressed than he'd ever admit*

Toriel: Oh, that is nice. Please feel free to come visit whenever you would like!

(The end! ... for now.)

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i’m calling a few things now for stranger things 5:

-it feels pretty obvious by now that Eddie is coming back in some capacity. if they don’t bring him back it’ll honestly be a huge missed opportunity, not just from a fan perspective but also from a business perspective. it really feels like they set his death up deliberately to bring him back if Joe Quinn knocked it out of the park, and he very much did. the fact that they didn’t show his body nor the team/Dustin’s exit from the Upside Down seems pretty deliberate to give some validity to the “he may come back to life somehow” rumor mill. i may be overestimating their writing team and this was completely accidental, but also throw in the fact that he’s STILL doing a ton of press, specifically with Jamie Campbell Bower(who plays Vecna) even though his character is supposedly dead and not coming back(i’m just saying, they tried to pull this last season with Hopper, and it didn’t seem to work much then either)? it could potentially set up Vecna somehow bringing him back and controlling him like he did with Billy or with Will. the whole parallels to Wayne’s outfit in his scene with Dustin matching Jonathan’s outfit from s1, the parallels from the music in the scenes of both Eddie’s death and Will’s revival? it just seems like these weren’t things that were done on accident, imo. and even if they were accidental, they could still retroactively make them work if they really wanted to milk the Eddie love for all it’s worth(and judging from his popularity, it’s worth quite a bit). at the very least i won’t be surprised if we see some flashbacks, or visions from Vecna, or something.

-also, i think if he does come back proper, his story will likely mirror Will’s experiences from s1 and s2. piggybacking off my last point, there’s already some evidence for a potential of that with what i mentioned, and i feel like it could set up for Will to somehow save him(pure speculation on my part but it’d be fun to see lol). his story could also mirror Billy’s, but with a twist that at least Eleven knows how to save people from Vecna’s control now, and could potentially save him a lot sooner.

-i think this’ll also be the season we finally see someone from s1 die. my money’s on Eleven, Will, or Johnathan/Steve(either one of them in an attempt to subvert the whole love triangle thing we supposedly had resolved two fuckin seasons ago).

-possibly also Ted Wheeler, but i also feel that Karen might finally divorce him if they both live through all this. either way i feel like Ted’s bubble is about to burst in a hilarious yet terrible way if he doesn’t just flat-out kick the bucket.

-i also don’t think Max is going to survive either. judging from interviews with the duffer brothers i’ve seen, they were really on the fence on whether or not to kill her off, and so they kind of settled for this in-between state she’s currently in. i feel like if they do go ahead and kill off someone from s1, then they’ll probably do the same to her, since they already pulled the bandaid off. it’ll make me very sad if they do, but i do feel like this may be her eventual fate.

-i really have a feeling(or at least a hope) we’ll finally see more of Kali this season. it’d feel very weird if her story just left off where it did, although there’s always the potential for spinoffs if they don’t include her. it just seems like maybe if Eleven herself isn’t strong enough to stop Vecna, that her big sister would finally come to her senses and come help to save the day. idk, it just really seems like it’d be a waste if she didn’t come back.

-i have no evidence for this but i just really want Murray to analyze the El/Mike/WIll thing and chide the original teens for continuing the dumb love triangle thing. i also just want more of Murray. and Argyle. and Erica. and i want all of them to interact. and if the duffer brothers hurt them i will do donuts on a motorcyle all over their nice lawns.

#putting this under a readmore bc i'm sure this is annoying as shit to people who don't watch the show #dia watches stranger things

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fumbles-mcstupid · 2 years

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so the Quantum Leap revival (not a reboot!) airs tonight and we’ll be watching (if not tonight then tomorrow) and I’m excited! tbh it’s actually the show on the fall schedule I’ve been looking forward to the most. I’m hoping it’s good, if they don’t lean too hard into the macgyver2016-ification of it, as there looks to be some element of that going on, but it’s modern television, what are you going to do.

It’s been, oh what... the better part of a decade where we’ve been throwing the notion around, ‘Hey I wonder when they’re finally going to reboot Quantum Leap/do a continuation’ and look whadduya know

it always seemed ripe for a revival because it’s a good premise for fun, episodic storytelling, and the ending leaves a lot to be desired, as Scott Bakula’s character gets cursed to time travel for the rest of his life (supposedly), and I guess time will tell whether or not Bakula is going to show up in the new one to fix what happened to his character, despite what he’s said.

the original show is a fun cult classic but somewhat of a mixed bag, it’s a great vehicle for social commentary but there were quite a few times it was, well, a yikesworthy product of its times. I’ve watched it through (um, mostly? I want to say) a decade ago and my mom is current rewatching it, so I’m getting bits and pieces of it again, and reminded of what I did and didn’t like about it.

it is, imho, by no means a.... sacred canon, in terms of television history, and I think there’s a great opportunity for the revival (not a reboot!) to fix the missteps of the original while being a respectful continuation. At least, I’m hoping! I think they could make it great, actually, but we’ll see

things I’m hoping it’ll do:

Leaping into more women and marginalized people than in the original

from the trailer it seems like they’ve fixed the logistical nightmare from the original where they couldn’t decide whether the leaper actually leaps INTO a body, or is ‘body switched and the person he’s replacing put into a dumb waiting room while somehow people see him as the person he’s replacing and also he has the same physical capabilities but wait no he has to pretend to have this disability, etc.’ lol what canon consistency...

Better handling of, well, consent and what he can and can’t do while possessing someone’s body.

~Children and animals can see the hologram, and the leaper for who they really are! Bc special alpha waves!~ I’d like it so that, leaping INTO a body means that this dumbness can be fixed, but it’s also a great opportunity to have children be able to TELL he’s a different person because they have no concept of anything and it isn’t as ridiculous to them as it would be to an adult that somehow the person they knew is being... possessed. Animals, too, would sense a different personality, but should NOT be able to see the freaking hologram

Come up with a better reason for the project going haywire than ‘God hijacked the Quantum Leap Project and is sending Sam around time’ because that is such a dumb reason. Aliens or future Leapers, for believability’s sake, at least. (It sort of said at the end that Sam controlled the leaps? idk I’m not fully up on the lore.)

Obviously have Bakula back and finish up Sam Beckett’s story line, thanks.

I think it’ll be fun, anyway, though. I’m looking forward to seeing what they do with the opportunity.

#I didn't mean this to become an essay I'm not even super invested just interested whoops

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makeste · 3 years

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BnHA Chapter 299: No Chains Left

Previously on BnHA: Horikoshi was all “and then AFO broke out all of the inmates from six other prisons and took a nap. well anyways, here’s the hospital angst.” Kacchan woke up two days later and was all, “WAIT BUT HOW ARE DEKU AND TODOROKI AND ALL OF THE OTHER CHARACTERS EXCEPT IIDA DOING” and then we cut to Shouto’s room where the other U.A. kids were sitting around being Mutually Traumatized and giving each other moral support and such. Everyone was alll, “...”, and then the rest of the Todofam showed up, INCLUDING POSSIBLY REI?! which, omg. The chapter ended with Kacchan STOMPING THROUGH THE HALLS all “WHADDYA MEAN DEKU HASN’T WOKEN UP YET”, dragging along Satou and Mineta behind him, fueled by the power of ALL OF THE FUCKS HE NOW GIVES. He gives so many fucks now you guys. This boy cares so much he can probably deduct it on his taxes.

Today on BnHA: SPEAKING OF PEOPLE WHO GIVE A LOT OF FUCKS, the story cuts abruptly to Hawks, freshly recovering from his near-death experience, and pondering the threads that have weaved the tapestry of his life and led him to this moment. Basically he grew up in poverty with his Jerk Dad and Jerk Mom until his dad got arrested one day and his mom sent him off to go Find Money Or Something, and so he rescued a busload of people and found himself a new career. Back in the present day, Hawks and Jeanist ride around town in Jeanist’s Jamborghini having awkward encounters with civilians in a country on the brink of social collapse, and visiting Hawks’s mother’s home. Hawks is all “I know from an outsider’s perspective it must look like my life currently sucks, but now that the HPSC is gone, my public image is shot, and my parents are finally out of my life, I’m actually feeling SURPRISINGLY GOOD.” Anyway so he’s gonna go meet up with Endeavor now, and p.s. this chapter was fucking fantastic though, damn.

oh my god?? is this Hawks narration?? something about him growing up watching the heroes on TV and thinking of them as fictional characters

okay I scrolled down a little bit more to see the rest of that “Keigo” panel, and wow

this is basically a shed. poor boy definitely grew up rough. let me tell you guys, I came in here ready for some BakuDeku shenanigans; I was not prepared for Hawks Flashback Angst. I AM HERE FOR IT, but also wow I gotta brace myself now lol

HELLO MISTER HAWKS’S JERK DAD, SIR

BnHA sure does have an array of Jerk Dads, doesn’t it. makes me appreciate characters like Masaru and JirouDad all the more for bucking the trend

anyway. so Horikoshi, you really thought that one itty bitty chapter of hospital catharsis would be enough to calm us all before you went right back to showing us child abuse huh. my god man can we rest

BABY HAWKS

swear to god this kid can’t be more than five or six, and yet he has this completely blank look on his face even with his dad looming over him being all threatening and shit. like he’s shut down his emotions to protect himself. imagine what has to happen to a child for him to have learned this at such a young age. fuck

AND MEANWHILE THIS GUY

don’t mingle with humans?? not “other” humans, just humans?? what is this implying here?? and also holy shit Hawks definitely didn’t inherit his looks from his dad orz

then again he doesn’t really bear much of a resemblance to his strung-out mom here either

omg omg omg. and this child is basically trapped here in this environment with these two people. this explains a SHITLOAD about Hawks’s personality though you guys. his ability to completely separate his real thoughts from the face he presents to the outside world. his pragmatic approach to analyzing and solving problems. his layers of emotional walls. turns out almost none of that came from the HPSC training -- that was all learned hands-on in his own personal do-or-die survival nightmare childhood!! oh, boy

and small wonder then that he latched on to Endeavor so strongly if he really is the one who brought down his dad and inadvertently saved him from this. also, just putting this out there, I know people are always talking about him and Dabi being foils, and I think it’s very interesting how Touya grew up in a household where he saw firsthand the dark side of hero society, and so ended up becoming a villain in order to bring it down. whereas young Keigo had almost the exact opposite experience, growing up experiencing the dark side of villain society and becoming a hero in order to bring about a world where no one else has to experience that. just. both of them are so determined not to become their fathers. some interesting parallels there

so Hawks was sort of an accident after his parents had “thanks for helping me not get caught after I killed that guy” sex, and now this little boy is growing up in squalor and being beaten by his father for things like Sitting In The Wrong Out-Of-The-Way Corner Trying Not To Be A Bother To Anybody. holy fuck. this is so rough to read through you guys

wait so does Jerk Dad have a an eyeball manipulation quirk?? because he doesn’t have the wings like his son, but wth are these things??

this presumably also means that Keigo has never been to school or anything either. he basically doesn’t exist. he thinks heroes are fictional characters, he doesn’t realize that they’re real people. these are people who could help him if he could escape and find them, but he doesn’t know, and they don’t know about him

OH MY GOD HE’S JUST SITTING IN HIS CORNER HUGGLING HIS ENDEAVOR PLUSH OH MY GOD

how could this child possibly have an anti-fandom when he’s done NOTHING WRONG HIS ENTIRE LIFE. huh. just explain that to me. lol I mean I’m not looking to pick a fight with anyone, but also, MAYBE I AM, idk?? this kid has gotten me all riled up lmao

anyways, Protect Keigo 2021, and thank you Horikoshi for these three very terrible pages. I am pleased to inform you that you’ve effectively gotten your point across and you may now commence saving this kid already

YAY

oh no, Keigo’s dumbass jerk dad tried to steal a car and the popo nabbed his ass and now his mom can’t just sit around neglecting her VERY YOUNG SON all day long, oh horrors. sorry lady my tiny violin is on backorder. just imagine that I’m playing a very sarcastic song on it for you

anyway so what are you gonna do now, abandon him? I can hardly imagine he’d be worse off, if anything it might be a near-instant improvement

LMAO HE’S ALL “WAIT WHAT ENDEAVOR’S A REAL FUCKING DUDE?!”

AND THEY SAY THAT A HERO CAN SAVE US~~~~ I’M NOT GONNA STAND HERE AND WAAAAAIT~~~~~ I’LL HOLD ONTO THE WINGS OF THE EAGLES, WATCH AS WE ALL FLY AWAAAAAAY~~~~

lol what a randomly pivotal moment in his young life. TIME TO GO MAKE THESE MEMES INTO DREAMS YOUNG ONE

anyway so his mom freaked out and grabbed him and they wound up at a train station with her TELLING HIM TO GO GET HER SOME MONEY, oh my god. SURE MOM LEMME JUST WALTZ RIGHT ON DOWN TO THE “JOBS FOR FIVE-YEAR-OLDS” STORE AND TELL THEM I NEED SOME CASH. ffff manifesting someone to come help him in 3... 2...

...

SIGH, JUST GO RESCUE THE PEOPLE FROM THE BUS, KEIGO. is this the outfit he was wearing when that happened?? it must be, right?? I can’t imagine them surviving more than a couple days out here unless this starts getting REALLY dark in a way I know that even Horikoshi won’t explore, so yeah. cut to the HPSC now please. never thought we’d be glad to see them. I mean sure, it may be an “out of the frying pan...” case, but good god

THANK YOU!!

and I guess it was his mom’s eyeball quirk then. anyway, whatever, see you again never, hopefully. lol oh man. thaaaat, was upsetting. need to center myself here for a sec. NAMASTE

OH YAY THE PRESENT

so we cut from Baby Hawks Angst straight to Present Day Hawks Angst, huh. not that this exhausted and traumatized lil lad isn’t still a baby to me too, I’ll have you know

BEST JEANIST, ALWAYS WITH THE JOKES

“WHEW, THOUGHT YOU DIED ON ME FOR A SEC THERE KID.” lmao. Caleb will no doubt ruin this by making his word choice all stiffly formal as usual, so I’m just going to treasure this “WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT, I’M FRESH OUT OF FUCKS” version of Jeanist while I can

look at him, driving his Jeanistmobile

again, is it any wonder Kacchan was bitching about Endeavor’s dinky little car when he was used to riding around town in style like this. anyone else staring at this panel trying to figure out how this car is somehow secretly made of jeans

NOOOOO

FUCK YOU DABI LMAO. PUTTING THESE VOICE ACTORS OUT OF A JOB ONE BY ONE

anyway so Jeanist is all “GOOD THING IT’S THE FUTURE AND WE’RE SO GOOD AT MEDICAL SCIENCE” to handwave how Hawks went from one step shy of being a very handsome corpse, to sitting around texting Jeanist in a car all of two days later

OH MY GOD, AND FINALLY AN EXPLANATION FOR THIS

wait a minute. I’m so confused lmfao. soooo, was Hawks all “anyway, here’s Jeanist’s dead body, you can examine it but please don’t look at him too closely and also I’m gonna need that back unharmed.” how tf did you pull that off lmao

(ETA: also isn’t this technically confirmation of the ol’ Noumu Jeanist theory lol. I’m gonna go ahead and say it is.)

NO BUT PLEASE, CONTINUE. I unironically love reading Horikoshi’s overly convoluted “SEE IT’S NOT A PLOT HOLE” explanations

lkldslfk so wait, you’re telling me Hawks convinced Dabi and the League to put Jeanist’s body in storage, and basically just hoped they wouldn’t use him for any experiments until he could put his plan into action and have the HPSC’s people break in and find and revive him?? WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG. A FOOLPROOF PLAN IF I’VE EVER HEARD ONE

fff this man really asked Jeanist to risk it all to prop up his little cover story, and Jeanist was all “sure why not” omfg. anyways, thanks for recapping all of this out loud for no particular reason in your car conversation you two

LMAO NOW WHAT

TROUBLE YOU SAY? GOOD THING THE NEW NUMBER ONE HERO IS ON THE JOB THEN

okay no it’s just some random thugs strolling around terrorizing the downtown. fuck ‘em. so Jeanist is making short work of them now

uh oh

won’t come? not can’t, but won’t?? what???

WOW

well I guess that makes the local heroes A BUNCH OF SHITHEADS now doesn’t it?? jesus

and okay, serious question, if the cops are spread too thin and the heroes have literally walked out on the job, what exactly is stopping everyone from deciding to use their quirks to defend themselves, legal or not? nothing, as far as I can tell. society just got a hell of a lot more chaotic

anyway so this is an interesting panel here

man, Dabi really did pull it off, didn’t he. well anyway so here’s that better world all of the villains were wanting, you guys! isn’t it so great?? everyone’s terrified and angry and losing hope and society is inches away from collapsing into total anarchy! but hey, at least we exposed the number one hero as a hypocrite

anyway so what are these guys up to

fucking hell, he’s visiting his mom. I really wasn’t prepared to commit this much emotional energy towards reading this chapter today. BUT VERY WELL, WE PRESS ON

?? wait she’s not there?

is this supposed to explain how Dabi knew who Hawks really was? except that there’s the little matter of how he even know where to find his mother in the first place. feels like we’re still missing something there, but oh well

OH MY GOD

RHA I TAKE BACK EVERY WORD I EVER SPOKE AGAINST YOU. YOU ARE A SCANLATION GROUP FILLED WITH ANGELS LMAO. I WILL TAKE THIS PANEL IN MY HANDS, AND TREASURE IT AND KEEP IT SAFE

ANYWAY, BECAUSE MY TIRED BIRD SON’S LIFE SUCKED SO MUCH ALREADY, IT TURNS OUT HE’S ACTUALLY PLEASED WITH THIS NEW TURN OF EVENTS LOL HOW ABOUT THAT

GOOD FOR YOU BBY. YOU GO OUT THERE AND BE YOUR OWN PERSON

and in all seriousness, I love that identity he chooses -- chooses, because it actually is him making a choice now, possibly for the very first time in his life -- is “guy who helps people”, though. it really is nothing short of miraculous that he held on to that kind of optimism and desire to do good even with everything he’s been through. there were so many times he could have chosen to turn his back on the world in retaliation for the way it treated him. but he didn’t!! and here he is now, finally free, and what he wants to do with the rest of his life now is simply to help others. anyway please excuse me for a moment, I need to go find some sort of basket or a big vase to put all of my fresh new Hawks Feels in, pardonne-moi

YEAH BOIIIIII

“FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS, MISTER JEANIST, WHERE DID YOU FIND YOUSELF THAT SWEETASS CAR.” hey, all I’m saying is if this boy’s wings really aren’t growing back, he’s gonna need to find himself a new means of transportation y’know?

oh my god you guys it’s a flashback to his mom buying him the Endeavor plushie when he was like two because, and I quote, ALL MIGHT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE

oh my god oh my god. my boy out here with a new lease on life finding hope in the darkest of times

wasn’t your throat supposed to be all fucked up lmao. Horikoshi was suddenly all “oh shit the VAs are gonna be pissed at me if I keep this up huh”

“that’s why Bubaigawara was such a great guy” motherfucker IT IS A TERRIBLE DAY FOR RAIN. FORECAST SAID NOTHING ABOUT THIS

:’)

yes ma’am. yes indeed. confirmed, I really will straight up fight some motherfuckers for this child. well not really, but YOU KEEP YOUR DISCOURSE OFF MY LAWN AND OUT OF MY BLOG YOU HEAR. THIS IS A HAWKS-FRIENDLY SPACE. WE RESPECT TAKAMI KEIGO IN THESE STREETS

and he’s saying (or is he thinking?? what a weirdly shaped speech bubble this is) that even if what Dabi said about the Todoroki household is true, “I’m not sure it’s the same now.” which happens to be ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. man this whole chapter really is all about saying “fuck the past” and moving forward and I am living for it

SON!!!!

“the first step is at my beginning” fklkjlk. what an iconic fucking line??

AND HIS WINGS!!!! THEY ACTUALLY ARE GROWING BACK AHHHHHHH. “PUT A RAINCHECK ON THAT CAR, JEANIST-SAN.” THE HAWKSMOBILE CAN WAIT, RIGHT NOW HE HAS TO GO INSERT HIMSELF BACK INTO THE TODODRAMA WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT

you guys. I came here ready for some BAKUDEKU HOSPITAL ANGST, and I got DIDDLY SHIT of that, and none of my other kids were even in this chapter, but!!! ASK ME IF I CARE LMAO omg. because bird son is hanging with his new best friend, and he’s out here Finding Himself and picking up the pieces and putting them back together stronger than ever because RESILIENCE HAS A NAME, AND IT’S SPELLED H-A-W-K-S, and you guys. profound, my love for this child. holy shit. hey google, play Silence by Marshmello

#bnha 299 #takami keigo #hawks (bnha)#best jeanist #bnha #boku no hero academia #bnha spoilers #mha spoilers #bnha manga spoilers #makeste reads bnha #I found peace in your violence #can't tell me there's no point in trying #I'm at one #and I've been quiet for too long

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