#☾⋆⁺₊⋆ {VERSE} live long & watch things pass

[witchnordemon]

“No! My only weakness! Dying!” @mellowsmuses (King Clawthorne to Collector!)

@mellowsmuses

Collector held the makeshift sword, fashioned together out of cardboard paper towel rolls, in his left hand, the other end of it currently between King's upper chest and arm - as though the little Titan had been stabbed, and they looked down at him as he spoke.

❝ It is no use, beast, for I have caught you now, fair and square. ❞ They croak out in reply, voice slightly cracking from having to actively pitch it lower for their role in this game. They reach up with their free hand, tilting the paper mache crown atop their head to cast a dramatic shadow across their face - a move they had seen once while watching a human "anna-may" show, and smirked. ❝ It is with your puny weakness of death - this great triumph, that I can announce that my kingdom... has won. ❞

With that final sentence, he broke into a fit of giggles, dropping the cardboard sword and collapsing next to King in a heap, his paper crown toppling off his head. Once he had finally stopped laughing enough to compose himself, he rolled onto his back and grinned over at King.

❝ Ahh, witches vs. demons is always a fun game. So, do you wanna play again, except this time you win? Oh! Or do you wanna do somethin' else? ❞

#// i saw this ask and i was like 'omg what if theyre playing a kind-of dark game where they like. pretend to kill eachother' #because my friends and i did that a tonnn as kids growing up. we'd have soap opera style stories sdkjhgfkjdsfhk #so thats what i had in mind while writing this. kids playing a wild crazy dramatic game like the kind of stuff i'd play as a child #hope it works for you! #mellowsmuses #☾⋆⁺₊⋆ {king} thats my best friend! #☾⋆⁺₊⋆ {verse} live long & watch things pass

[darkanddirtyknb]

KNB MONSTERVERSE(S) #23

⚖️ Nebuya Eikichi (根武谷 永吉) ↬ “A sound mind in a sound body.” He was once at one with capital punishment, A believer in high justice simply to pay his rent— He didn't pay much mind to the condemned, The lawless folks in which he contemned. He did his job so he could get by, To live his life like a normal guy, But time passed like it always does, Making him lose a part of who he was. Killing was easy work at the beginning, Eliminating those skilled in the art of sinning— He'd hang them up and watch them fall, The breaking of necks like a lonesome drawl. The first handful of sentences made him sick, Stripped down his morals and cut him to the quick, He thought about quitting but he had to eat, A life without money meant living on the street. So he did what he had to at the cost of his life, Hanged many men and fucked a few of wives— Comfort was easy to give when all hope was lost, And what evolved into lust came at a marginal cost. He had become well-versed with the rules of the law, And accepting the devil's hand was the final straw, For all of the things that he'd seen and all that he'd done, In a world of two colorless extremes, evil had won. Before this, he may have been a good soul, But now he makes sacrilege and dishonor his goal— He finds joy in torture and pleasure in killing, A lifestyle he once despised has become thrilling. He knows how to pull wires and cut through strings, Tear down old walls and build castles fit for kings, He's not alone in his immoral thoughts or desires, So he's building a religion of lawbreakers and liars. He started his life off as an average man, And ended up commanding an evil clan— His presence is imposing and frightens most, Now that he's living through the eyes of a ghost. A man of murder, his hands covered in blood, Besmirching the bodies he threw into a flood, A proponent of rape, those in which he defiled, Blur into the ink on the long list he's compiled. His heart of compassion has mutated to rage, Like a heinous act playing out upon a stage— A man who has no fear or respect for death, Will live for the flesh 'til his dying breath. ☾ Halloween Song: “Change (In the House of Flies)” by Deftones

#kuroko no basket #kuroko no basuke #kai does poetry #halloween #theme:executioner #nebuya eikichi #monsterverse(s)

[witchnordemon]

“What makes you think I don’t care about you?” Luz (lumitycanon)

@lumitycanon

Oh, what could they say to that?

They stopped in their tracks when they arrived on their trusty transportation star, just outside the Owl House - and ran into her. Collector had tried so hard to avoid Luz in their subsequent visits after the Isles were freed, and had been successful up until now. It wasn't that they didn't like her - they did! She was such a beacon of positivity and selflessness that... they had just assumed she didn't like or care for them all that much.

The last thing Collector wanted to do, after everything Luz had done for them, done for King, was to guilt her with their feelings. They didn't want to be a constant reminder of the suffering that their actions had caused her in the past, and they certainly didn't want her to feel like she had done anything wrong, when they felt they were the source of the problem.

But... he had made a pinky promise with her to keep trying his best, and... maybe the best thing to do was be honest with her.

❝ ...I've done a lot of things to be mean to you... to hurt you... ❞ He finally manages to get out, averting his gaze out of a combination of discomfort and guilt. Despite all the help King had been helping him to process his emotions, it was still something he struggled with. ❝ ...And to your friends, and your family... I don't... I don't get why you would care about me. ❞

#// hiii! i wrote this assuming this is post-canon but before the timeskip. collector is dealing with the guilt and stuff #and he visits every so often to talk with King and learn like. positive coping strategies. and hes trying not to bottle up feelings #...its a work in progress. they probably dont think Luz likes them much after they were jealous of her and mean at first #BUT YEAH hope this starter is ok!! #☾⋆⁺₊⋆ {verse} live long & watch things pass #☾⋆⁺₊⋆ {luz} we'll keep trying our best #lumitycanon

[witchnordemon]

“Are you okay…? ‘Cause you don’t seem very okay.” King Clawthorne (mellowsmuses)

@mellowsmuses

Collector tilted their head at the question. Huh? Of course they were okay, what could King mean by -

Oh.

There was that weird eye stuff again.

Collector brought a hand up to his face, where sure enough he felt a tear start to escape his eye, letting the hand linger there before wiping it away. He didn't mean to - or even notice that he'd started to cry a little.

What had began as a relaxing night watching the stars go by with King, going through all sorts of diagrams and books lent to them by Eda about the different constellations in the Boiling Isles' night sky - had become something melancholy in the Collector's mind.

They used to sit and watch the sky with baby Titans all the time, telling them stories of their time in the cosmos with the Archivists. It was such a happy collection of memories, now tainted by the knowledge that the other Titans - their old best friends - were gone forever.

But... it wasn't just sadness about that, they didn't think. They were definitely feeling something close to sad, they thought, but they were also.. happy? At the same time, to be able to watch the stars with a friend again.

❝ Yeah, I'm... mostly okay, I think. I don't know. Emotions are confusing, ❞ he huffed, wiping his eyes with a sleeve once more, ❝ I... miss getting to study all the stars and stuff, but... I'm glad I get to look at all of 'em with you. ❞ He offered, turning his head to give a lopsided smile to his Titan friend.

#// sorry x100 omg life is so busy. forever #but i finally got around to this... collector experiencing melancholy for the first time after going down memory lane aaahhhh poor kid #☾⋆⁺₊⋆ {verse} live long & watch things pass #☾⋆⁺₊⋆ {king} thats my best friend! #mellowsmuses

[witchnordemon]

“How long have I been asleep?” Amity Blight @lilmcttens

@lilmcttens

Collector startled at Amity's awakening, and her subsequent question.

He hadn't meant to wake her up. When he dropped by the Owl House to see King, he hadn't expected Amity to be there at all - a welcome surprise, though, since she had always been nice to him, even when she had no reason to.

They'd floated over to where she was slumped over on the couch, and leaned in curiously to get a closer look at what was laid out on the table in front of her.

Books. Lots and lots of books. Textbooks, notebooks with scrawled diagrams and notes littering both of the currently open pages. For school, maybe? Probably, if she was this tired from studying it to fall asleep.

Against their better judgement, they leaned in a bit more to try and decipher what it was she'd been working on, clasping his hands and bringing them to his chin, letting out a hum to go with it... and that noise had been enough to rouse Amity out of the light sleep she'd fallen into while studying.

❝ Oh, sorry... ❞ He uttered, floating down from his place above the table and settling onto the floor. ❝ I didn't mean to wake you up. ❞ Collector added quickly, feeling bad for having done so. ❝ I just got here, but... I don't think you were out that long. ❞

#// hiiii hope this starters okay!! #maybe Amity was over the owl house to study in peace and quiet and/or maybe get help from Eda? #and then Collector dropped by to see King and found Amity asleep on the couch #and then he tried to be nosy and see what she was studying and then woke her up dshgfdskjfhks #lilmcttens #☾⋆⁺₊⋆ {amity} star student #☾⋆⁺₊⋆ {verse} live long & watch things pass

[witchnordemon]

Are you interested in a Luz?

// of course! im also deeply unwell about Luz and Collector's (potential) dynamic it pulls at my heartstrings so much, they're such foils of one another and i wish we got more of them interacting in canon

// as for Collector? I think his feelings on Luz post-canon would be very complicated. He wanted to impress her, to show to her they were capable of good and applying what she taught them... and their actions, their need to show off to a cool older kid - was the wrong thing to do, and he in his mind got her killed right in front of him, and saw the grief he inadvertently caused. They like Luz, they know that she's important to King, and she's only ever shown them kindness, so they don't think they have a right to be avoidant of her, they just feel... guilty

// ...TL;DR YES omg

#☾⋆⁺₊⋆ {ooc} out of this world #im still trying to flesh out verses on here but im writing that with the post-canon 'live long and watch things pass' verse in mind #HOWEVER #oh my goddd it would be hysterical for her to encounter Totally Regular Human Collie Noceda by chance one day in Gravesfield #and see that they modeled their humansona disguise after her dshfkjdshfdskjsk

[witchnordemon]

❝...Right, sorry... sometimes I forget the watching-in-on scares people.❞

@scientistredacted

#[screaminggggg imagining Collector traveling the cosmos and watching in on various mortal beings] #[and frequently forgetting they can't directly interact/make his presence known as some nigh omnipotent space demigod child] #[because that rightfully FREAKS people out who aren't used to the Collector and the fact that they... Do that] #☾⋆⁺₊⋆ {VERSE} live long & watch things pass