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hopkinrx · 11 months
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Workouts to Increase Stamina: Boost Your Endurance and Energy Levels
Workouts to Increase Stamina Stamina is a crucial aspect of physical fitness that enables individuals to endure prolonged Workouts to Increase Stamina and perform at their best. Whether you’re an athlete, a fitness enthusiast, or simply looking to improve your overall endurance, incorporating specific workouts into your routine can help you increase your stamina and achieve your fitness goals.…
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yandere-sins · 1 year
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Ok but like… can you do some yandere NSFW könig headcanons? Like if you disobeyed him and you were crying and scared of the punishment but he has to do it but he’s super horny I’m sorry ignore if it’s too thirsty I’m down bad 😩😩😩
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You, me, everyone lol. Thank you guys for being down bad for this anxious bad boy, I love him too ♥
Rated Lemon, 18+
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♡ If you put huge body mass, anxiety, and social awkwardness in one man, you cannot expect him not to absolutely simp for his darling in any and all ways possible to mankind. Of course, he tries so hard to make you like him and gain your favor until you finally cave in and comply with him asking you to come to him for cuddles. König didn't know he'd get a massive boner the moment you straddle his hips either, but well... now it's there, and he's biting his lip to the point of drawing blood, ready to fall to his knees, begging you not to abandon him once you notice and jump off him. If you don't notice it right away, mistaking the boner for his muscled thighs, you'll probably find out about it from his heavy panting and strangled breaths as he barely lasts a few seconds before cumming in his pants. He's so fucking ashamed and still so fucking hard afterward that it's painful.
♡ I know the real question is: Does he whimper? And tl;dr: He whimpers. It's such a glorious, stammering mess when his cock gets the tiniest bit of attention. König thanks, moans, praises, and then thanks you some more for the opportunity to fuck you, disregarding if you were on board before he started his merciless thrusts or not. Up to climax, he is all but praising the lord for how beautiful, amazing, and enhancing his life you are, and how tight, warm, wet, and well you're taking him. He loves you, he loves you, he loves you. Only to then, abruptly, grow quiet, breath halting as his body tenses, a strangled squeak escaping him as his cock pulses inside you, ready to release all this pressure that has built up for years. It might become a problem that he can't shut up in further sessions because he's downright annoying as he goes on and on while you're trying to reach your own orgasm somehow through the awful experience. But if you demand it from him, König will do his damn best, sounding like a miserable squeaky toy every time he thrusts into you and isn't allowed to say something. It's this hard for him to stay quiet.
♡ He's a huge premature ejaculator with too much stamina. No matter the reason you two are fucking—be it out of emotions overcoming you two or because he can't take it anymore and takes you out of uncontrollable need—König is all but over the moon over every touch or breath against his cock. If there's any warmth to plunge into (mouth/pussy/ass), he's cumming from the slightest stimulation, like a lick or his tip sliding in, only to then get a real taste as his hips move on their own, driving his cock deep inside with no restraints and his jizz as the lubricant. There's no holding back once he's inside you either, as he keeps plowing through both of you continuously reaching climax until he's finally satisfied. However, he still cums more times than you do, filling you up to the brim. I blame it on his lack of real-life experience, so over time and training, König, too, will last a little longer. Though this also means there really isn't a way to tease him for the first year of being caught up with him. König just cums from everything you do once he had a taste of you, even if it's just something like you having nothing clean to wear and putting on his shirt. The stains everywhere are abhorrent.
♡ I do totally believe that König's darling is likely his first and last relationship despite the... situation you two have with him kidnapping you and now using you as a cumdumpster as well. So he's still quite inexperienced, BUT he works incredibly hard to please you regardless. There are surprisingly a lot of tutorials these days on how to please your partner, and König is all too happy to try them on you. Making you cum ultimately also makes him cum, but he's genuinely doing it for you first and foremost, and it elates and motivates him to see you shivering and climaxing right in front of his eyes. There's something so satisfying in knowing he can do this to you, and it almost makes König believe if he keeps going, you'll fall in love with him at some point. He's too delusional to know when to stop or listen to you begging him to accept it when you say no. Once he starts fulfilling his desires, there's no way anyone can stop him. It's like fucking you becomes his second way of breathing.
♡ König probably wouldn't use sex as a harsh punishment. However, he really hates arguing with you (it upsets his anxiety badly), so if he finds out that he can stop arguments with his cock or fingers, there's a very high chance he'll use them against you. Listening to your gurgles or moans is like heaven after the hell every argument is for him, so he'd rather 'punish' you by facefucking you or fry your brain by having you hang from his thick fingers until you're a drooling mess. It's a charming way to stop unnecessary bouts of emotions, and once he learns to keep himself more in check, he'll be happy to leave you behind to go about his day after making sure you can't form any coherent thoughts anymore that would cause more arguing. It's like he resetting you back to more peaceful times, and it works well for him.
♡ While König doesn't like anything that can potentially harm you (he believes that sex should be nice and loving and a wonderful experience for you both while he forces you to take him like an animal), he does have his fair share of kinks. He's totally on board with trying everything once as long as it's between the two of you since he really doesn't like sharing you with anyone. His favorites will always be kinks that mark you in some way, be it covering you in cum, biting, scratching, leaving hickies, painting your inside whites (and all the kinks that support this), and watching it drip out of you as if that means you belong to him now. He also loves all kinds of things that enhance the experience, like groping, toys (though he gets childishly jealous of them), forcing you to roleplay (authority kink in both ways, baby!), foreplay sessions, etc. And when he does realize he might have worn you out, König will simply resort to using your worn underwear or getting off between your thighs to finish his session alone. Nothing compares to being inside you, but it's a pleasant alternative every once in a while.
♡ His curiosity, however, has led to a few reprehensible times, too, especially when it comes to applying his strength. His hands are just a bit too big when they wrap around your throat, and had he not snapped out of it, he might have snapped you. The same goes for being so lost in fucking you that he doesn't realize he's accidentally ramming you into the headboard or slamming you into a wall. Sometimes he won't realize he's squeezing the air out of your lungs with his weight on top of you. Occasionally, these things happen, and they ruin the mood for both of you. Worn out by PTSD, things become increasingly dangerous as he remembers moments from the battlefield, even though you are in front of him. It feels like he's trying to crush you with his arms until you panic and scream his name to pull him back to reality and out of the memories of him killing soldiers with his bare hands. König is so devastated whenever he does things like this, trying to get you comfortable by holding you and coddling you even though you want nothing more but to get away from him. He'll cry and apologize so much that the rest of the day is ruined, and he can never forgive himself for confusing you with a damn bastard on the battlefield. No matter how much you struggle, you won't be able to get out of his hold now either, as he needs to feel you as close as possible to know you're okay while he goes through a full-blown anxiety attack over what he did. But hey! At least you're alive... barely.
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Call of Duty Werewolves🐺 - Part 2!
{Author's Note} Since y'all loved the first part so much, here's a second for you to enjoy! I've included more lore and some cute werewolf snippets for each of the characters I mentioned in the first post so hopefully I managed to write them all accurately. I'll probably do a fic for one of them at some point so let me know who you'd like to see! Thank you for all the love and please feel free to write/ask for more headcanons for this AU! I'm having so much fun with it❤️ Happy Halloween! 🎃🧟‍♂️👻 >Call of Duty Werewolf AU -> Part 1 >Shadow Company Snippet by @http-paprika -> SC Werewolf AU (she's also writing her own werewolf AU fic so go give it some love👀)
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>Werewolves have fangs in both forms. The human canines are replaced by longer, sharper teeth when natural werewolves lose their baby teeth. In bitten werewolves, the human canines are pushed out within their first month of being turned. While in human form, only the sharper tips are visible, resulting in fanged smiles (just imagine your favorite boy flashing you a fanged grin👀). When transforming, the teeth extend from the gums as the muzzle forms.
>Werewolf hair and nails grow faster and are usually thicker, requiring more frequent trimming, especially after a transformation.
>Werewolves heal faster than their human counterparts. Cuts heal in a few minutes, broken bones take days rather than weeks. Most tissues can be fully regenerated, except for entire limbs. The canine teeth will always be replaced if lost.
>Bones and muscles are thicker and heavier than those of humans, resulting in increased strength and stamina.
>Werewolves digest meat more easily than humans and prefer carnivorous diets. It's healthier for them to consume more meat on a regular basis.
>Werewolf senses are far more acute than humans'. They have great night vision and colors are more vivid to them, as if the saturation has been increased. Their enhanced hearing, however, can be problematic and a werewolf will often have to learn how to tune out certain sounds so they're not completely overwhelmed. Scent is also important to them as it denotes health, emotional state, and belonging. Familiar smells offer comfort, whether they belong to people, places, or things.
>While transformed, werewolves can't really speak. The fangs and muzzle tend to prevent intelligible human speech. On the other hand, their unique vocal cords allow for animalistic grunts and growls, even in human form.
>Transformations will always be painful for both werewolf types. With practice, the process can become smoother and faster but it will always have a pinch, especially as the face changes. Heightened emotions can trigger the beginnings of the change, though it takes a conscious effort to completely transform, unless a werewolf is suffering from moon blindness. Bitten werewolves tend to be more reactive but transform more slowly as it takes longer for their bodies to get used to the shift in comparison to natural werewolves, who are specially built for it from birth.
>A werewolf's transformed state is so dependent on their human traits that they don't always look very wolfish. Some can look like coyotes, foxes, or even bears because of differing body types, features, and hair colors.
>Poisonous to humans, wolfsbane also has an adverse effect on werewolves. It clouds their senses and prevents them from transforming but it won't kill them. It's often used to control a werewolf and keep them in line. However, it can also be mixed into a poultice to treat wounds caused by silver.
>Silver causes mild allergic reactions in werewolves. It only becomes fatal when enough of it pierces the skin and enters the bloodstream, which is why hunters lace their weapons and bullets with silver. Despite this, many werewolves still revere the metal for its association with the Moon.
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💲Price is the fluffiest. His iconic beard remains when he's transformed, making him easily recognizable, though he has been mistaken for a bear in the past. If you laugh at that fact, he'll simply huff in feigned annoyance and lay on top of you to prevent you from escaping. Being a natural werewolf, not only does he have more hair but Price's transformations are about as easy as they can be so he'll often use his time with you to relax and catch up on sleep. He sleeps the most soundly when you're cuddled into his chest or back, your face pressed to his fluffy mane. He loves hearing about how much you love his fluff and secretly takes pride in it.
💀Ghost is the biggest. As a 6'4 mountain of a man, he's even larger when transformed. It'll take some getting used to, especially when he transforms in your living space. If you try to make the area more comfortable for him, he'll be especially grateful for your effort. More than anything, he'll just want to be close and feel your touch. His body aches after he transforms and he's more easily overwhelmed so the gentleness of your hands helps him settle into this second shape. No matter how many times you've seen him transformed, he'll always feel some degree of shame around you so make sure he knows just how adored he is.
🧼Soap is the most playful. His transformations tend to energize him rather than exhaust him so expect him to be bouncing off the walls for a bit. If you match his energy level, he'll never let you go. He'll want to chase you and wrestle around but he's hyper-aware of his own strength so any change in your attitude will make him settle down. Once he's burned through that extra energy, he'll just want to listen to you ramble about anything that comes to mind, even if he can't really respond.
🧢Gaz is the sweetest. In the field, he’s known for his level-headedness and clever quips. When he gets home, he’s nothing but a big softie with you. His favorite place to be is in your lap, his wolfish head snuggled against your stomach as you card your fingers through his hair. To know that you accept and love this side of him warms his heart and he'll let you know just how happy it makes him with plenty of cuddles and kisses. He absolutely loves hearing you giggle and does just about anything he can to get that reaction from you.
🦿Alex is the most sensitive. All werewolves tend to be very in-tune with their surroundings, especially in the military, but Alex is even more so. His job as a secret agent of sorts has honed his ability to pick up on the tiniest changes in his environment and, when it comes to you, he's even more aware of your reactions. A slight change in your scent or heartbeat will immediately have him hurrying to your side to check in. More often than not, he can tell if he's actually needed but you're always grateful for his attentiveness and respond with a reassuring hand to his head or chest so he knows you're alright. When you're not, prepare for some inescapable werewolf cuddles.
🪦Graves is the most stubborn. As the Commander of Shadow Company, one of the most notorious groups of werewolves around, he's used to getting his way. When it comes to you, however, he tends to give in far more easily, especially so when he's transformed. A simple scratch around his ears or under his chin will make him melt in seconds and he'll never be able to resist when you run your fingers through the sandy blond hair covering his neck. The usually snarling and snapping werewolf commander will want nothing more than to hold you close, peppering your skin with gentle kisses and warm huffs of breath. Just don't let his Shadows know or he’ll withhold his cuddles.
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*BONUS: Werewolf features! Thought it'd be fun to do short descriptions of how I imagine the boys! This includes height, eye color, and hair color for each of them. Pretty straightforward lol
💲Price - 6'2" -> 7'2" ; blue eyes ; brown hair w/ strands of gray
💀Ghost - 6'4" -> 7'4" ; brown -> yellow-amber eyes ; dirty blond/brown hair
🧼Soap - 5'10" -> 6'10" ; blue eyes ; dark brown hair
🧢Gaz - 5'11" -> 6'11" ; dark brown -> orange eyes ; black hair
🦿Alex - 6' -> 7' ; blue -> silvery-gray eyes ; light brown hair
🪦Graves - 6' -> 7' ; blue eyes ; sandy blond hair
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thatbowserguy · 1 year
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Tip: Cuddling with a sexy hairy man all night can enhance your health and stamina past it's usual limit.
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holly-fixation · 2 months
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Ever Crisis Tips!
For anyone who started this game or wants to know what the best way to use your time/resources is, here are my tips to get stronger faster:
1: They recently added a 9x stamina option. This means 9 times the rewards with 9 times the stamina, but you save so much actual TIME. This makes grinding for everything a lot easier.
2: Give yourself a specific goal for anything that uses stamina. These will keep you from going insane. "I'm going to max out Aerith's exp." "I'm going to get all the highest weapon materials." "I'll get all the ice materia materials I could ever want!" "I'm going to max out Zack's Ifrit rarity!"
3: Use auto battle. Specifically, if you don't want to be in the top 1,000 of the dungeon rankings (that takes so much time and I am also convinced it costs money), only play levels you do not need to pay attention to. This still applies for stamina cost battles only. Your life will be so much easier if you passively get stronger through a bunch of auto battles than forcing yourself to pay attention.
4: Check on the Cetra Tower every once in a while. You will probably forget about it. If you give it a couple of tries and realize you aren't getting any closer to winning, LEAVE. It's not worth the heartache.
5: When gaining weapon materials, all the metal cubes can be broken down to the smaller ingots and such in the Exchange menu. NEVER waste your time playing early weapon material quests when you have access/can reliably complete the difficult quests. - Even for later materials, you will always run out of the rarest first. The genome pods and such cannot be broken down, but you will not want to either.
6: Weapon enhancement (grindstones) same deal: always play the highest level for the best rewards.
7: I suggest having an A team for difficult battles, a B team for when the A team maxes out, and a C "this team is my lowest level" for daily missions. You might not like everyone, but it feels like you're still making progress even if your A team is maxed out.
8: If there is a free draw, try to remember it with everything you have. Free draws are rare and incredibly useful.
9: Personally I always keep 36,000 crystals on the back burner in case a specific costume I really want appears in the next banner. It is incredibly difficult to maintain crystals if you want something from every banner. The real money option is incredibly expensive. Be careful.
10: Try not to forget about the dungeons, especially early game. But also don't hurt yourself on the crisis dungeons. If you feel like you're hitting your head against a wall, it's not worth the medals yet.
11: You will reach a point where the only thing stopping your characters from growing stronger is the weapon rarity. This will suck. The best you can do is gain materials for other uses.
12: Materia in the microwave: try not to forget but not the end of the world either. I suggest cooking up 3* of every single materia type you have access too. Don't worry about the 4* and 5* materia until everything at least has 3*.
13: Speaking of materia: focus on Ruin when you're bored. They cook fast and since almost every boss requires them, it's better to do more damage in those required levels with higher stars *.
14: Summons: Very hard 1 is the only very hard you should ever do outside of coop. Only complete this to unlock the summon stream/stronger attack. Since Auto battle can't complete them, don't repeat these levels.
15: Double speed is great, but if you lose a level, try turning off double speed. The game won't register certain attacks that should go through on double speed. Normal speed can actually be your key to victory, since all attacks that can go through will.
16: Coop sucks. We all know it, but the rewards are incredibly useful. Usually just doing the event coop will cover the weekly requirement, but check the items available anyway. Item drops increase for coop levels.
17: Save 40 stamina potions before an event begins so if you have time or really want the rewards, you can blow through it. Any more than 40 will become 99 WAY faster than you think it will, so try to use stamina when YOU have time.
18: Yes the phone version drains battery life, but it's also easier for multitasking. I play while folding my laundry or watching youtube. If this is impossible, there is also a steam version. And you can link your account so you won't lose any progress!
Good luck! Hope this helps!
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reaping-romeo · 5 months
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Successfully silenced the Walker of Illusion! Despite my dislike, I must admit her scream has a certain eerie beauty. 🫶
Some tips:
*Exploit her fire weakness with Flamberge and Salamander dagger or a flame grindstone/abrasive paired with Flamberge for overheat.
-- Use Aegis for damage while blocking.
*Use the holy trinity of throwables and consumables—throwing cells, thermite, and carcass body fluid. Use shot puts, sharp pipes, and cluster grenades for staggering.
--Save thermite for her second phase.
*In her second phase, deploy the saved thermite to swiftly defeat her clone, staying cautious as she may multiply twice.
-- Utilize your fable arts to prevent her from cloning! (Thanks, Bloodbrown!!!)
*Monitor stamina closely; it's crucial for the fight. Dodge attacks by circling, blocking when necessary.
-- Enhance stamina with a patience wishstone in your cube after reaching the ladder's top.
- Roll into her fury attack to dodge it!
*Cheese her using the ladder—climb down during the fight to make her return to her spot, granting you the opportunity to use throwables or consumables.
Good luck fighting her! ♡
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Mushroom Girl fanmade character card info (V3, final version, I promise— actually, no promises, but still—)
Realized that her current moveset doesn't fit the creativity, but I think I got it this time. Some moves might be the same with slight differences, but there are changes.
Mosary Amaniphall (V3)
AGE: 12
HEIGHT: 4'6
BORN: DEC 12th
STAMINA: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
PROFICIENCY: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
CREATIVITY: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
ANIMAL: KOMODO DRAGON
FAV FOOD: BAKED APPLES
LIKES... HUGS, HAIRLESS CATS, STARING AT RANDOM INSECTS, PLAYING WITH MUD, CAMPING
☆☆☆☆☆
EPITHET: EFFLORESCENCE
Allows the user to create flowers and flower-like summon with a variety of effects
MOVESET
Dead Man Dancing
The user summons a a large 4ft flower on the ground with the appearance similar to that of a Rafflesia Arnoldii Corpse Lily. The flower-like summon will emit a toxic and corrosive gas that poisons and slowly rots the body of anyone who isn’t the user. This does need to be used cautiously to avoid friendly fire, and the range of the gas can only expand to a radius of 2 meters, which means that opponents can easily get around this if they have ranged attacks. Not only that, but the poison and corrosion effect only effects organic and biological targets, so stuff like summons and robots render this move useless.
Munching Moss Balls
Mosary summons a small moss ball that resembles the Marimo Moss balls. Upon being attached to a summon, the moss ball will expand and spread out from its round shape until it encompasses the entire summon (provided it’s big enough to do so). Afterwards, it will gain full control over the summon and transform it into a slightly more powerful form.
The user can summon multiple of these due to their small size, which gives them the option of controlling multiple small summons or a single larger one, but they take stamina to maintain their forms. The user can currently only maintain 3 without excessive stamina usage. Each Moss ball on it’s own is at least large enough to encompass a summon about the size of 1 of Sylvie’s sheep
Modest Paradise
By kissing her hand, she can summon a flower with a similar appearance to the “Bird of Paradise”. This flower is relatively small and weak, but it makes up for it with versatility.
While the summon has small leaf wings it can use to fly, offering a great amount of range, its main ability is to mimic the sound of anything it hears. If they hear a person, they can perfectly mimic their voice, and if it’s any other sound, they can mimic it perfectly as well. Along with copying sounds, it can also amplify the volume of any sound coming out of its mouth, and can even shoot concentrated sonic sound waves, though this is relatively weak
Radiant Euphoria
Upon tapping her head and shouting “RADIANT EUPHORIA!”, a flower appearing to be a Sunflower will sprout from the user’s head. By glowing, it can tremendously enhance all 5 of her senses to superhuman levels and give them a smaller but still significant boost to strength, speed, and agility. However, when Radiant uses its ability (it glowing), it takes a lot of stamina to maintain, so this must be used sparingly.
Bleeding Love
The user manifests a summon that shares some appearance qualities to that of a “Bleeding Heart” Flower. At will, the user can have the summon shoot out several massive parts of the plant that are extremely thick. Each part of the plant has multiple little hearts attached to each side, with the tips of all of the hearts as sharp as obsidian. These branches are capable of ripping anything to shreds like paper, and anything cut by these plants will have poison ejected into their bodies that prevents the blood from clotting. This means that if it causes someone to bleed, they’ll have to deal with rapid blood loss.
This is the user’s most reliable and useful summon, and their 2nd strongest summon offensive-wise. The first would be the move below
Lobster Pistol
The user manifests a summon sharing the appearance of a Lobster Claw Flower. On the plants stem are 6 hot-pink coil-like leaves with 3 on each side of the plant. At will, a leaf of the user’s choice will build up pressurized water inside and increase in temperature until it fires from the leaf like a revolver, firing in a direction of the user’s choice. This bullet-like projectile is much more powerful than guns (in Epithet erased), and a single leaf-bullet can tear through several layers of concrete and steel like butter. It'll do immense impact and burning damage to anyone it hits
This does have it’s weaknesses. The summon only has six leaves, and once all leaves are used, it'll take a full 24 hours for all 6 leaves to grow back. Not only that, but the recoil and pressure is so intense that the user can’t just rapid fire these as they need to charge again. They typically need to wait 1 minute before shooting again, which doesn’t sound like much time, but a minute in a fight can make or break the battle.
Fake it till you make it
The user’s last summon appears to just be an ordinary frail white lily. This summon doesn’t appear to be much, and it isn’t. Direct confrontation is a no go, however, it does have a unique ability:
It can change its shape into anything relative to the size of a person, and manipulate the light interacting with it to change its colors. This allows it to perform limited shape-shifting, and even make itself and anything under its branches camouflage with the environment. They can also intensify the light interacting with them, effectively acting as a flash grenade and blinding targets, but the summon goes away afterwards
Although all of this is useful, the flower is extremely fragile, and even when shape-shifting, still has the same texture as a plant. Anyone who touches it will immediately be able to see through its deception. It often needs to be paired with “MODEST PARADISE” since they can’t change their voice.
Weaknesses
All of her summons require immense care as if they were actual plants. The more the user cares for them, the stronger their moves get, but neglecting their plants for long enough can actually cause their Proficiency to decline.
The user has a connection to her summons, and with the pros of that comes the cons as well. If her summons are desummoned by anyone who isn’t herself, she'll lose 1/5th of her health, and won't be able to use the summon again until she gets a full night's sleep.
While the user’s plants are actually immune to fire, the user and all of their summons are weak to the cold and needs more heat to function. As a result, the user’s summons will use double the stamina if the user is too cold
All of her summons require her to touch something solid with one of her hands and say it’s name for it to summon. If both hands, voice, or even her environment are compromised, she effectively can’t use her epithet
Because the passive effects of the epithet, while the user only needs to eat half as often as the average person, they need to drink twice the average amount of water.
EPITOME
the user can’t use this, but they did discover their epithet via an epitome
BOUQUET OF BLISS AND FURY:
Upon activation, a mass of vines will surround the user, expand outward, and be accompanied by a large summon that appears to be a heart shaped sun at the peak of noon. The name of this summon is “Heartburn”
Anything the light touches (that isn’t a person) will grow a mass of different flowers with an infinite array of magical effects and energy. All of the user’s summons will be tremendously amplified, gigantic in size, and grow everywhere to the point of their being multiple copies of the same summons, with there even being combinations and fusions of some of them.
The longer the goes on, the more powerful the epitome will get as the Heartburn slowly grows in size the longer it goes on, though it does have a size limit
At the center of the plant domain will be a massive mass of every plant summon the user has in the form of a gigantic dragon 200 ft large. This summon is extremely fast, shares every ability the user has and more amplified, and is deceptively agile for its size. It is vicious and will rip anything to shreds. The dragon’s breath attack shoots a large beam of light. Any person caught in the attack will be atomized, and any flower caught in the light will receive healing.
It’s weakness is that it will prioritize the safety of its own user and Heartburn before itself without any thought, so it can be tricked if the plan of attack is to harm either the user or HeartBurn indirectly, or destroy the dragon. If the latter is being done, it’s best to prioritize Heartburn or the user as if the dragon is defeated, the sunflowers will go through a process of sacrificing themselves to revive the dragon which takes 1 minute and 30 seconds
This only ends either Heartburn is destroyed, or the user passes out.
Small examples of buffs
The corrosive effect from “Dead Man Dancing” is much more potent and has a much larger radius for each lily
The Munching Moss Balls are a lot more Numerous and larger, being able to overwhelm and take over even the largest summons
Each bird flower is as large as a pterodactyl and can focus its sound waves so effectively that it can rupture the eardrums of multiple targets without harming its allies
Each sunflower empowers the dragon and even allows it to heal passively. They can even shoot out flames to defend themselves
“Bleeding Love” vines are much more vicious and can level its surroundings (while keeping allies safe)
The Lobster Claw flowers are larger and more numerous with the leaves scaling in size. They can fire more rapidly, effectively making them a canon and Revolver gun fused together. In addition, the leaves grow back much more quickly
The White Lily’s can manipulate light around them from a close radius, making them capable of creating visual illusions and creating a much stronger blinding effect
☆☆☆☆☆
That's about everything. I'm open to constructive criticism! Kind of went ham with the moveset and stats. I wanted to align with her tiny snippets of her meme-like reputation in the Fandom, while grounding it since I'm trying to write her without the ludicrousy (/affectionate) of all of her meme aspects lol. She's extremely powerful for her age, but not so powerful that it's beyond reason.
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toomanyf4ndoms7 · 3 months
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Hypothetical Fighting Game: Delta-Fighters rundown:
I bet you didn’t see this coming. Or maybe you did. Either way, settle down. This is a long one.
@ohbee-whatcanyoube
Summary:
They say that violence isn’t the solution to anything. But it can be entertaining. Especially if both parties are having fun. At Kris and Susie’s behest, the Dark World has allowed a contest of fighting prowess to entertain the citizens, featuring numerous volunteers from the Light World. Who will win? Who will lose? Is this all an illusion for a nefarious scheme? Who cares, just enjoy the show!
Characters:
Kris: Our favourite human, specialises in defence and offence, a Jack of trades but not truly excelling on any one level. Use the flirt move to stun your opponents.
Susie: With a mighty axe and a scary smile, Susie can cause heavy damage and take it too. But try not to get too aggressive, you could make a mistake.
Ralsei: A long range mage, Ralsei can end a fight with stunning spells or surprising magic. But he’s squishy, so be careful.
Lancer: Lancer, lacking his father’s build and ruthlessness, prioritises speed and tricky attacks to score victory. Watch out for his bike.
Noelle: A mage specialising in ice magic, Noelle can use a range of spells or kind actions to play a fight from her preferred range. Just, try to be careful. She might cast a spell she doesn’t know.
Berdly: A mid range character, Berdly can use his halberd and strategic intellect to make his opponent’s bottom of the class.
Temmie: A loveable oddball, Temmie can keep the opponent guessing with her incredibly high damage abilities.
Sweet Cap'n Cakes: Three characters in one, the rebels of Cyber World use their sick beats and quick reflexes to score a win, so long as their player knows what to do.
Jevil: The trickiest one of the bunch, Jevil is the character you go to if you want to feel everything go topsy turvy. Still, for those willing to entertain the jester, he promises a show.
Spamton: A [TOP SALESMAN SINCE 1999] Spamton can use his [ENDORSEMENTS] to achieve [HEAVEN] but, failing that, he has a little [HYPERLINK BLOCKED] to tip the scales.
Queen: A deceptively dangerous character, Queen uses a multitude of different tactics to make her opponent press escape key on life. Still, try not to spam her health recovery. Battery acid has a little kick to it.
King: A mighty glacier type of character. Slow, but hits like a train with titanium spikes attached to the front.
(Later characters to be added with chapter releases. Likely other classmates or noteworthy Darkners.)
Stages:
Most of the stages are drawn from the games, but there are some original places. Some stages have a Light world version and a Dark world version.
Castle Town.
Field of Hopes.
Great Board.
Castle Grounds.
Forest of Dreams.
Jevil’s Freedom.
Cyber City Fairgrounds.
Queen’s mansion.
The Bridge.
Hometown Streets.
Gym Class.
Abandoned Classroom/Dark Fountain.
Modified Computer Room/Cyber Fountain.
Style and presentation: The game is sprite based, but with higher pixel counts to increase character expressions.
The gameplay is primarily based on platform fighters like Super Smash Brothers, where you need to knock the opponent off the stage using Act-Tacks (basically smash moves.) However, you can set the rules to be decreasing stamina for a more traditional experience.
The gameplay has two modes. Either free for all or team battle. Team battle means two characters for you, and two for either the CPU or other player. Some pairs work better than others, so be sure to explore possibilities. (Certain pairs also have unique entrance animations.)
There’s a meter similar to Tension Points, you can use it to enhance special attacks, enter a brief defensive state where you take less damage, or use a powerful super attack.
There would either be voice acting, or just simple voice work like grunts and short phrases during battle, long dialogue in character stories being text boxes with minor vocal noises.
There’s a basic tutorial system hosted by… Toriel. Duh.
Intermediate tutorials are narrated by Rouxls. Advanced are done by Seam.
Modes:
Single player:
Character stories: Detailing their adventures as they progress to the main event. Completing each story gives the character an alternate costume.
STORY, only unlocked after completing the individual character with everyone: Details the events of the ‘tournament’ which isn’t nearly as professional as you’d think. Includes the FINAL BOSS.
Arcade ladders: The good old ladders. Face against random opponents and the final boss to the unique ending.
Practice Mode: Practice your skills. (You have the option to use ICE-E as the practice dummy instead of a playable character. This is the only time thaf character exists in the game.
Online:
Online versus: Face a (presumably) human player and prove your skill.
King of the Hill: Watch matches and give points.
Miscellaneous:
Gallery: Watch cutscenes, see concept art, promotional materials, alt costumes and the special character biographies.
Music: Jam out to the remixed tunes.
Audio: Listen to audio clips.
If you want me to go through the roster, let me know.
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Dragon of the Darkness Flame
The destructive , eternally burning creature that is bound to Blake's right arm , manifested on his skin in the form of markings no different to a tattoo as he would explain himself if asked .
Encountered during the events of Volume 9 and constrained to him through the use of unique bandages that completely encase his right arm . The wrappings going as far up to his shoulder and then down to his finger tips , keeping the creature's power suppressed to the point where Blake remains in control of it , if at least mostly so .
The bandages were given to him by the Blacksmith at Blake's own insistence , his defiant multiple refusals to have himself separated from the dragon when offered as attempting to keep it under control without them caused him to feel near constant excruciating pain . The antithesis of the Blacksmith's definition of Balance . But Blake saw it as an opportunity , to obtain a strong weapon he could use against Cinder , and Salem . It was the also the reason as to why Blake was able to leave the Ever After with the dragon as the bandages kept it's presence suppressed within his body .
I've included a summary below of my current headcanons , and ideas for how Blake's abilities improved following the acquisition of his new ability .
Physical Abilities :
Partial Heat Resistance - Even with the bandages still on . Blake's body is able to tolerate higher temperatures much better than before even without having to use his semblance to block it out thanks to the dragon's presence within his body . He is not completely immune to burns or scarring when put against very intense external heat if he is without the stamina needed to use his semblance to protect himself from it but your not going to see him sweating in Vacuo even if he's wearing heavy clothing out in the sun .
Partial Flame manipulation - Even with bandages still on . If touching someone with either one of his hands , or if someone is touching his body . He can channel the power of the black dragon through his aura , burning them with it . Expect intense burns .
Partially Enhanced Physical Traits - Even with the bandages still on . He's able to siphon energy from the dragon , bolstering his aura , and his semblance's defensive abilities with it . Allowing him to move faster ( still not as fast as Ruby ) , and hit harder than before . His reaction time is also improved .
Techniques :
Black Dragon Wave ( Dragon of the Darkness Flame ) - The bandages are removed only for a short period of time . The Black Dragon is mostly released from it's bindings , and directly used against his opponent . Physically channeled in the form of pitch black flames that race towards his opponent regardless of the distance . The flames completely consume anything in it's path . Blake doesn't have full control over it , which is why it isn't possible to fully release it in that state . He can only direct it towards the opponent .
White Dragon Wave , Kirin - The name Blake gave to the special variation of the Dragon born of his technique of using the Black Dragon to heat up the upper atmosphere by constantly releasing strong waves of of the Black Dragon Wave . By heating up the atmosphere so consistently , or by already being within the area of one . He's able to create a localized storm cloud . From there , he draws in the ambient energy in the atmosphere into the form of a White Dragon comprised of lightning that he calls Kirin .
It's an attack that can only be used once per fight , and depending on the scenario before a fight , is highly likely to leave Blake drained of aura , and stamina afterwards . The tradeoff being that Kirin's destructive power , for however brief it is , is far greater than that of the Black Dragon's .
Black Dragon Sword - The bandages are loosened , but remain on . Blake focuses the flames of Black Dragon into the form of a sword , in which he can either use an actual sword as the medium ( though it'll likely break afterwards ) or he solidifies his aura as the medium for it . Thanks to the intense heat of the flames , the sword can pierce through heavy armor .
Black Dragon Absorption - ( Click the read more for visual references ) Blake completely undoes his bandages , and turns the Black Dragon free on himself . Absorbing it , trapping it completely within his body without the aid of the bandages . By keeping it trapped within his body , he has access to it's full strength . Blake becomes the Black Dragon itself . All previously listed physical abilities are boosted to their maximum potential as there are no longer an restrictions in place for either of the two .
However , this form isn't permanent and it's duration still entirely depends on how much stamina Blake has to endure the strain it puts on his body . Once the technique expires , he'll be very heavily drained of strength , and likely will not be able to continue fighting .
White Dragon Absorption - more to come in the future .
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ghoste-catte · 1 year
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Any tips on writing giving Lee more powers without y'know. Erasing his disability. Was writing an unrelated fic and realised that by its internal logic, it would make Lee kinda "ooh your disability was actually a power in disguise" which. That's BAD. That's so bad. I reworked it but the issue remained in my head.
Hey! Oh my gosh, I have no idea how long this has been sitting here, because Tumblr does not do a good job of letting me know when I have asks.
I think the biggest thing with writing disability - Lee's or anyone's, really - is to make sure that you don't erase the drawbacks. It's okay to show that there are possibly some positives to having a certain disability ... I'll use the example of being hard-of-hearing: while not being able to hear well is definitely shitty in a lot of circumstances, there's also an amazing sense of community, strength, and solidarity that can come with being HoH/Deaf. That's not to say there's a "bright side" to every disability - certainly that's a matter of the individual's experience as well as the specifics of the disability. But many people are proud of their disabilities and do see both advantages and disadvantages; the neurodiversity moment is another great example.
So when it comes to Lee's disability, I think it wouldn't necessarily be bad to show that there are some upsides or things that he can do better than others as a result of it. For example, he's clearly had to train his strength and endurance much, much harder than anyone else, and as a result he's much stronger and has more stamina than most people (in my mind, at least). It's taught him perseverance and given him a mindset of constant improvement. I think the fact that he is frequently underestimated could be portrayed as a double-edged sword: while it hurts his confidence and the emotional effect is not to be understated, it could also potentially give him an edge in battle.
The main thing to keep in mind, then, is that even if you want to show some perks, that you not undermine the genuine limitations that are placed on him by his disability. Not being able to do ninjutsu and genjutsu are huge limitations in his chosen career and means that he has to work twice as hard as everyone else for half the payoff. We see that very clearly in the Sasuke vs. Gaara fight: Sasuke was able to learn and replicate Lee's moves in a fraction of the time it took Lee to perfect them. On top of that, he's more susceptible to genjutsu (can't remember if this is a headcanon or actual canon) and would definitely have a harder time breaking out of one than the typical shinobi. He's at a disadvantage in ranged fights. He's got a very limited moveset. He's not able to, like, call upon the elements to give him supernatural powers (however extraordinary his strength and speed are). His disability has led to a lot of shame and ridicule, particularly as a child, and that's something that sticks with you your whole life.
I can see plenty of ways that you could enhance his powers within the bounds of what he's canonically able to do, whether that's by being creative with the Gates, or using his speed with his weights off, or looking at the amount of force he's able to exert on an opponent or the environment (I could see him, for example, being able to imitate something of an Earth Style jutsu by kicking the ground with enough strength and precision, or punching air hard enough to cause a sonic boom). I mean, the dude did canonically kick a meteor in half; that's pretty impressive.
I'd be interested to hear what other people think on this topic, too! There's a lot of creative and thoughtful minds in this corner of fandom, and my word is certainly not law. Feel free to chime in in reblogs or replies, y'all.
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accidentalmistress · 1 year
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Accidental Mistress - Growing Up
Today's release is an attempt to step outside my comfort zone and try using tropes that I haven't really worked with before. I hope I did okay with it ^.^;
(For more Accidental Mistress content, click here.)
Title: Growing Up
Word count: 4,597
Content and warnings: snz (male), giant snz, destructive snz, mention of mess
In which a spell gone wrong leaves Noelle and Oraion with a very big problem...
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 “And what, exactly, is this spell supposed to do again?”
Noelle adjusted her glasses with a finger as she checked over the symbols she’d drawn on the floor once again, making a few slight adjustments with a stick of white chalk she held in her other hand.
“Theoretically it should provide a provisional increase to the power and stamina of the muscular system, allowing the subject to exert a greater degree of force against external resistance without the expected hypertrophy—”
“I would appreciate it if you could dispense with the theoreticals and just tell me what it does.”
Noelle sighed and looked up at the man looming over her with his arms crossed.
“It’s supposed to give you temporary superstrength.”
The Demon Lord Oraion narrowed his crimson eyes as his long tail gave a quick lash.
“Uh huh. And I need to be the guinea pig because…?”
The young witch kneeling on the floor waved a hand. “Oh, don’t worry. I’ve already done some preliminary testing on a live subject.”
“Meaning?”
“I tried it out on Nutmeg.”
“The chicken?”
“Yes.” Noelle turned back to her preparations, ignoring the way Oraion placed his face in his palm. “I’ll have you know the experiment went off without a hitch. I rigged a custom harness and sledge, and I measured how much weight she could drag before and after the spell. She was able to pull four times as much weight with the strength enhancement than she was without.”
“Well, that’s reassuring.” The remark oozed with so much sarcasm, Noelle thought it might come to life and start inhabiting a dungeon.
“Hmph.” She pointed to a sofa sitting against a wall that had a stout frame of oak set with thick, upholstered cushions. It was so large it could comfortably accommodate Oraion’s tall frame should he choose to lie on it. “You’re skeptical now, but we’ll see what you have to say when you can lift that with one hand.”
The demon heaved a resigned sigh. “Yes, very well. Let’s just get on with it, I suppose.”
Once her preparations were complete, Noelle instructed Oraion to stand in the center of the circle she’d drawn upon the floorboards. She knelt just outside it, flanked on either side by a motley assortment of pillar candles in various colors, shapes, and sizes. With a gesture and a whispered word, she called the wicks to flame, and with another sweep of her hand all other lights in the room were doused.
“Why do we need to have the lights off?”
Noelle blew an irritated breath through her nose before fixing Oraion with a glare.
“Because I need to concentrate, and it’s easier for me to do that when it’s dark. And on that note, I would appreciate it if you could be quiet throughout the casting.”
He raised both hands in mock surrender. “All right, all right. Shutting up.”
The witch drew a steadying breath deep into her lungs and began to focus her intent. Her wand lay before her, so she took it up and raised it with both hands, her gaze intent on the tip. That was the focal point, where the manifestation of her will, augmented by Oraion’s power, would connect the latent arcane energy around her with the prepared ritual and set the spell into motion. She then let go of the wand with her left hand, keeping it held aloft in her right, and dipped her fingers into a bowl of spring water charged beneath a full moon. She anointed her brow, placed the tip of the wand on the edge of the circle, and closed her eyes.
Energy flowed through her, raw magical power that she gathered and fed into the magic circle. Had she looked, she would have seen the symbols on the floor take on a pale glow, growing brighter as more power fueled the spell. She kept her focus on that single point, the connection between the potential and the true, and willed her desire to come into being.
“Uh, Mistress?”
Noelle’s brow twitched. “Not now, Oraion.”
“But, ah, it feels r-rather strange. Tingly.”
“That’s to be expected. Now stop distracting me!”
When she heard him sniffle, however, was when her focus truly began to slip. She attempted to wrench it back, to keep her grip on the arcane energies flowing through her. If she held on for a few more seconds—
“I-I know, but it- it’s going to m-make me s-sn- ih-hiihh! hiih-SHHHIEW!”
Noelle’s concentration shattered. The spell flew from her grasp and was gone, fizzling into nothing as the escaped energy rushed in all directions with a gust of air and a whiff of something like pine. The candles guttered and extinguished, plunging the room into total darkness so that when Noelle opened her eyes there wasn’t much difference. She heard a resonant thump in the dark, then a crash, followed by something heavy hitting the floor.
“Oof! Agh, damn it!”
“Oraion? Are you all right?”
“Nngh. Mostly, I think. I tripped and hit my head on something. I, uh, may have knocked over some furniture…”
Noelle pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed.
“All right, give me a moment.” She waved her wand around the room and called on the lights to brighten again. “I may need to make some adjustments…”
As the room came back into view, Noelle’s voice died in her throat as a weighty knot coiled itself in her gut. Her wand slipped from her fingers to the floor. She blinked several times, as if perhaps doing so could somehow alter what she beheld. Oraion had indeed fallen and was sitting on the floor in front of her, except the two curling, ram-like horns that sprouted from his forehead were now nearly brushing the high ceiling of Noelle’s workshop.
He rubbed the base of one horn with a hand and a scowl on his face, before regarding Noelle with some puzzlement.
“Mistress, you’re tiny! … Wait.”
His crimson gaze swept the room, then his own body, eyes widening in horror as comprehension dawned.
“Wh-what did you do to me?! I’m huge!”
By that point Noelle had recovered from the initial shock enough to protest his accusation.
“This wasn’t supposed to happen! I-I told you not to distract me!”
Oraion scowled once more and ground out his words through clenched teeth. “That’s why I tried to warn you that I had to sneeze!”
Noelle pushed her glasses to her forehead and dropped her face into her hands with a frustrated growl.
“Uuuugh! Okay, okay. It was an accident. Trying to shift the blame to each other won’t fix this.”
“Well, I suppose with that I can agree.”
After fixing her glasses, Noelle rose to her feet and made for her desk, shouldering past Oraion’s now-massive boot. His clothing had maintained scale with him, by the grace of the gods. Atop her small writing desk were scattered papers filled with notes and drawings, and she began sifting through with the crinkling of loose pages.
“I just need to figure out exactly what went wrong. Then I can find a way to reverse it.”
“You said it was temporary, so it should wear off eventually, right?”
“Theoretically, yes.”
She could almost hear him rolling his eyes behind her.
“Okay, and, ‘theoretically’, how long should that take?”
“If it’s in keeping with the intended effects: about eight hours.”
“Eight hours? You mean I might have to stay like this for eight hours?!”
A groan passed Noelle’s lips. “That’s why I’m trying to figure out how to reverse it! I don’t want you to stay this large either; what if the tower can’t take the weight for that long?”
Oraion crossed his arms. “Hmph. I think I might break out from sheer boredom before then.”
Noelle spun around and pointed a finger at him, though it felt rather silly and ineffectual being so much smaller. “Don’t you dare! Do you know how long it took me to restore this place?”
He scoffed. “Well, of course I’d fix it!”
She pinched the bridge of her nose and took a breath before turning back to her notes. “Let’s just make sure that doesn’t happen, all right? I’ll figure this out, I just need a little time.”
Behind her, Oraion continued to grumble. “All right, new rule: experiments like this are to take place out of doors. This might have actually been fun if I wasn’t trapped in here. Can’t even sit fully upright. And what is poking me in the— oh. Well, it appears I crushed a chair. And an end table. Tch, I liked that vase…”
Noelle tried to ignore him as she continued to sift through her notes, flipping through the pages of the well-used and slightly tattered journal where she’d recorded the development and initial testing of the spell. She’d been so close to completing this casting before everything went haywire. In fact, if she closed her eyes and reached out with her senses, she could still barely feel the arcane energies lingering. They brushed against the very edges of her perception like floating threads or torn strips of fabric. If she broke down the spell into its constituent parts, looked at each rune individually, maybe she could pinpoint exactly where it had gone off track, and then, maybe, she could complete the casting of it. But would that produce the desired result and return Oraion to normal size, or would the demon simply become a super strong giant? Or some other unknown outcome entirely?
“Well, you were right: I can pick up this sofa with one hand. It’s almost like… being inside a doll’s house.” Held in his enormous hand, the piece of furniture did look almost like a toy. “Which I suppose makes you the doll.”
Suddenly he put the sofa down and looked sharply at Noelle, his face lit up with an expression that told her she was not going to like whatever idea he just had.
“Oooh, can I pick you up? Please? I promise I’ll be careful!”
She took a step backwards, heat creeping up her neck. “What?! N-no!”
“Oh, come on! I might never get a chance like this again, and you’re so cute and tiny!”
“I-I’m not a doll!”
“Well, of course not. I’m not actually going to treat you like a doll, I just… you know… want to hold you.”
He looked down at the floor and then back at her with a pleading look, like a little puppy. Noelle felt it ridiculous and unfair that he could pull off that look, being a grown man who was, at present, probably twenty-five feet tall. She took the papers in her hands and held them up in front of her reddening face.
“Oh… fine.”
She turned and placed her notes down on the desk and was just turning back around to approach him when his hands closed around her torso.
“Kyaahh! A w-warning would have been nice!” she squeaked with a rather undignified yelp.
True to his word, Oraion was quite gentle with her, though it was still unnerving to be held so high up in the hands of a giant.
“Sorry, I just— Look at you! You're adorable! It's like holding a- a baby or something. No, wait, a small pet of some kind. A little cat!”
Noelle puffed out her blushing cheeks.
“I am not a baby, a doll, or a pet! A-aren't you satisfied yet?”
He brought her closer to his face with a self-satisfied grin.
“Hm, no, I don't think I am.”
The demon’s beauty was something Noelle had appreciated from the moment they’d met, but there was something exceptionally captivating about him like this, studying him so close. His pale skin, an unearthly gray, was without flaw, the mark beneath the left corner of his full lips more an accent than a blemish. She took in his bone structure: narrow features, high, defined cheekbones, and an angular jaw. Those red eyes made her blush. His hair was the color of blood, but his eyes were brighter than that, like strawberries or the petals of a poppy flower. Of course, it also did not escape her notice how close to his nose she was, a light pink flush from his earlier sneeze still lingering around his nares.
“Hm, are you thinking naughty thoughts?” he teased.
“Wha-? Of course not!”
“Oh, come, you know I can tell when you're… excited.”
“W-well, looking at you this close… what am I supposed to think?”
 “Looking at this, you mean?” He twitched his nose at her, and Noelle's face burned all the way to her ears.
He laughed, a booming thing at his current size, then carefully placed her to sit upon his bent knee.
“Oho, I can tell you liked that. Aren't we discovering new things about ourselves today? You know, I've changed my mind: this is fun.”
“I'm not sure that's how I would describe it…”
Her position felt rather more precarious than she liked, so Noelle managed to get herself straddling Oraion’s leg instead, ignoring the highly entertained expression on his face as she did so. She couldn't deny that there was a strange sort of… excitement to their current predicament. Still, that did not change the fact that she needed to reverse it as quickly as possible. Every time Oraion shifted, she could hear the floorboards groaning.
He crossed his arms again and looked at her sitting on his leg with a grin on his face that was the very definition of smug. The demon looked like he’d just won something.
“... why are you looking at me like that?”
“Because I know what you’re thinking about.”
She waited for him to elaborate, and when he didn’t she rolled her eyes.
“And that would be?”
His grin grew wider. “Oh, only that we could get some really big sneezes out of me right about now, eh?”
Noelle looked aghast. “What?! No! That’s a terrible idea! Gods know what would happen, and the floor is already straining!”
Before her eyes, Oraion’s expression rapidly sobered, from cheeky amusement to mild alarm.
“Oh… well… I think I h-have some bad news, then…”
Fairly certain of what was happening, Noelle’s stomach plummeted. With mounting horror, she remembered the ring she was wearing on her right hand.
“My ring—it’s silver! Oh gods, did it touch you?!”
“It m-may have. Th-that would explahehhain the ti-ti-hiihh-tiiihckle! he-heh!”
“No, don’t!”
He pressed two fingers under his nose to his septum, but already his breath hitched, his muscled chest twitching with increasingly erratic movement. Noelle tried to steady herself on his leg, which began to sway in time with his shuddering breaths.
“Nnggh… I-I do-don’t know ih-hiiih- if I can huh-HUH-hold it!”
“Then a-at least stifle it!”
He couldn’t speak, only nod as his eyes rolled back and screwed shut, nostrils flaring before he pinched them closed at the last moment.
“hhehh-hhiihh! HEH-CHNGXT! Guuhh…”
Even stifled, the spasm made Oraion’s leg rock, and Noelle had to cling on for dear life with both arms and legs lest she be thrown off.
“S-sorry, I’ll get you down. -snf-”
He quickly snatched her up and placed her back on the floor. It was a little less gentle than before, but Noelle didn’t care so long as she was back on stable ground. Oraion sniffled again, rubbing a knuckle beneath his rapidly flushing nostrils.
“You m-might want to heh-hurry. Ngh- -sniff-”
“Right!”
Noelle dashed over to her desk and began a frantic search through her papers. There had to be something, she just needed time to find it. Time she didn’t have.
“Ugh, h-how could suh-huh-hiihh! nngh- s-something so small, m-make me itch so muhuuhch! ih-hihh- hiihh- hiiHH! HH’CHHXT! huuhhh…”
He stifled the sneeze into his wrist, but Noelle still felt the floor shiver. Damn it, how was she supposed to focus? She looked at the page she happened to hold in her hand, which bore a hand-drawn diagram of the spell. Where had the spell gone wrong? Could she figure it out in time?
Behind her Oraion made a valiant effort trying to hold back his sneezes and stifle the ones he couldn’t, but there were only ever two outcomes when he stifled. One: he would stifle so much that the sneeze would get stuck, leaving him itching and hitching until one of them induced it out of him, resulting in a spectacular fit. Two: the tickle would get so bad from not having a proper sneeze that eventually his attempts to stifle would fail, also resulting in a spectacular fit. The former scenario was preferable. Somehow Noelle didn’t think they’d be that lucky.
She went back to her first line of thinking, which was to look at the individual runes that made up the spell. There were so many… Here, several interlinked to affect endurance. There, a cluster of them ensured the effect would be temporary. This group boosted power while preventing hypertrophy—increasing strength without increasing mass. And here—
“Wait… Could that be it?”
If that’s where the spell went wrong, then maybe it increased his strength and mass, but it went so awry that instead of making his muscles bigger it just made him bigger. If she isolated that part of the ritual, cast the proper runes, and wove them into the frayed edges she still felt of the existing spell…
“Oraion! I think I’ve got it!”
Not a moment too soon, it seemed. Oraion was hunched over, his head nearly between his knees as he clutched both hands over his nose and mouth, his eyes shut tight and streaming. The tip of his tail twitched with erratic movements, like an agitated cat’s. 
“Heh-hehh! HEH! I… I c-can’t- hehhHHEH! I… can’t-!”
Noelle had the sinking realization that she wasn’t just in time. She was just barely too late.
“hih- hih- hihihh- HIH HIHH- HNNGGXT- TCHHIIEEWW!”
Despite one last attempt to stifle it, a violent sneeze wracked Oraion’s body, and the entire tower trembled. All Noelle could do was dive for cover as Oraion descended helplessly into a desperate fit.
“HEISSHIIUUH! heh-heh-! … hah! AAH! HAAEESSHHIEW! hii’isshiu-isshiu-ISSHIU! Oh p-please- hehh! ihh-hiihhh! HIIHH! HIIH’DTCHOO!”
Wood cracked and splintered. The floor of the workshop gave way, dumping the demon-turned-giant, as well as much of the room’s contents, into the floor below. This area was much disused and seldom cleaned, so, consequently, the tremendous disturbance kicked up an enormous amount of dust. Poor Oraion remained at the mercy of his inflamed, irritated sinuses, unprepared for this fresh assault. He clapped his hands over his nose in a futile attempt to stave off the allergen already teasing his sensitive nostrils and making his chest heave with heavy breaths.
“N-no, no, n-not agahehhhaiinn-! heh! HEH! HEHISHOO! hih-hiihh-hiiHH! HIIH! HIHHIII’ESHHIUU! heh-ESHU-ESHUU! ihh-hhiiIIHHhh-! HIISSHHIEW! Nnggeh… -snnfff- hehh- hih- Oh n-no… hiiHIIhihh… hiiihhHHIIH… HIIHH-IIISSSHHIIIEEW!!”
When the literal and figurative dust settled, Oraion lay breathless in the wreckage of what had been the floor of the room above and ceiling of the room he fell into—along with broken furniture, strewn books and papers, and whatever had been beneath him when he fell through. Judging by the crushed boxes, it was being used for storage. 
His breath came in pants, punctuated by self-pitying moans around thick, wet sniffling. Pathetic. His face and hands were a mess. His backside was surely bruised, his sinuses ached, his head pounded, his throat felt raw. Worse than any physical hurt, however, burned the humiliation in his chest. What a fucking spectacle. He was a gods-damned Demon Lord, reduced to a whimpering wreck all because he failed to control his own body. How long had it been since his eyes stung like this? At least they were already streaming.
A lone volume from one of the library shelves above tumbled into the void, bounced off an exposed beam, and disappeared into the chaos. Oraion sat up and summoned a handkerchief to attempt cleaning himself up. The cloth, he realized, was the appropriate size, and a stunned moment later it sank in that so was he. Somehow he had returned to his normal height. He pulled himself up out of the mess he had made and looked around the destroyed room.
“Mistress?”
Nothing answered him but the creak of settling wood and a few chunks of falling debris. Anxiety gripped his stomach like a hand of ice. If something happened to her… His fingers flew to the collar about his neck—it was still there, still fastened tight. That meant she had to be alive, didn’t it? Yet she could be badly wounded, perhaps clinging to life as she bled beneath some piece of ruin. He started moving hunks of broken wood and plaster in a near panic.
“Mistress! Noelle!”
A sound reached him, then: a deliberate tapping somewhere in the rubble.
“I… I’m here!”
He rushed to where the sound was coming from and began moving debris. Wooden beams, chunks of masonry, broken furniture—it felt like it weighed next to nothing. Then the strength spell had worked after all…?
At the bottom of the pile he found the sturdy frame of the large sofa sitting upside down, legs in the air—those that were still attached, anyway. He lifted it out of the way with a shower of pulverized masonry, and there, kept safe in the space beneath, lay his Mistress, her clothes and face covered in dirt and dust. He fully expected her to be upset, furious even, but instead she waved up at him and smiled.
“Hello~!”
Oraion fell to his knees and gathered her up into his embrace, something harsh and tight gripping his throat as he buried his face into her hair.
“I’m so sorry. I-I tried. I tried so hard not to, but… it tickled so much—”
Her slender arms slipped about his waist as she hugged him, rubbing a hand along his back that soothed him far more than any healing could.
“Shh, it’s all right. I know you tried, and you couldn’t help it.” She pushed back and looked up at him. “But you’re all right and I’m all right—and that’s all that really matters. Besides, look at this!”
She unfurled a piece of crumpled and torn paper and held it up in front of her, like a child showing a particularly favorite drawing to a parent. On it were a number of symbols—runes—drawn crudely in something red.
“Wait—is this… blood? Are you hurt?!”
She held her arm up, revealing a neat gash on the outside of her forearm. It didn’t look deep, yet still it oozed a bit of red. Oraion took her arm in his hands.
“We need to get this clean and bandaged.”
“Oh, it’s just a scratch, really. And a lucky thing, too: I didn’t have anything else to draw with! But look: I fixed it! I fixed the spell! And I did it on the fly with the whole tower collapsing around me! Isn’t that incredible?”
The demon’s mouth opened and closed a few times, but no sound issued forth. For the first time in a long time, he’d been rendered speechless. Not only was Noelle not angry with him, she was more excited than he had ever seen her before, and, for the first time since he’d met the young witch, proud of something she had accomplished. When his voice did find him again it was to bark out an incredulous laugh.
“Oh, you're pretty incredible, all right. I'll give you that. Are you seriously not upset that I just sneezed half your tower apart? I'm bloody mortified.”
Noelle rubbed the back of her neck with a sheepish look, a slight rosyness blooming in her cheeks.
“I can't say I'm not upset at all, but, well… It is sort of my fault, too. Besides, they’re only things, and what's done is done. It's more like a third of the tower anyway.”
“Well, first it was the whole thing, then half, now a third—by the time we’re done talking it’ll be like it never happened at all.”
“Don’t forget that you promised to fix it if you broke out.”
“I meant on purpose, but I suppose fair is fair. You know, if you took this collar off and let me access my full power, I could fix all of it in mere moments with a snap of my fingers.”
She placed the tip of her index finger across her lips, as though she were really considering it, though she couldn’t hide a smirk. “Hm, are you still planning to kidnap me and take me away to the Demon Realm?”
“Of course.”
“Then I’m afraid I’ll have to decline.”
“Oh, but I think I would so enjoy having you as a pet.” A mischievous grin suddenly lit up his face. “Do you think we could figure out how to do the spell in reverse? So we could shrink you down instead? Then you really could be my pet!”
Noelle scoffed and gave him a playful shove. “No, I am absolutely not going to turn myself into your tiny, little pet witch! I am still your Mistress!” She paused and rubbed a hand thoughtfully across her chin. “Although, if we did make me smaller instead of turning you into a giant, your sneezes wouldn’t be so destructive…”
Oraion pulled Noelle in close again with a smirk.
“Oh, so we did discover something interesting about ourselves, did we?”
“W-well, I– Th-that is– I-It’s just something to, um, experiment with? Er, variety is the spice of life?”
His eyes narrowed as his tongue passed over his lips. “Mmm, you’re so delicious when you’re all flustered…”
“Oh my gods, are you serious? Here? Now?”
Oraion laughed. “No, definitely not. First I need to get out of all this dust and into some fresh air. I think that’s the hardest I’ve ever sneezed in my life, and my sinuses hurt.”
He couldn’t even sniffle anymore, he was so stuffed up. Every time he tried it felt like trying to suck an egg through a straw.
Noelle touched his cheek, her delicate brows drawn together in concern. “Poor thing. You do look awful. Well, as awful as a creature of unearthly beauty can look. I don’t think you could be ugly if you tried.”
“Is that a challenge? You know I can shapeshift, right?”
She gave his shoulder another shove. “Oh, stop it, you know what I mean!”
Their laughter slowly died away to silence, but still neither of them moved. Oraion looked down at the human woman in his arms and wondered why, even though it had only been a handful of months since he’d arrived at her tower, it felt like she belonged at his side. It was like he’d been living alone in a portrait meant for two, and now the outline of the missing figure was starting to fill in. In her shape.
Had he really allowed himself to grow so attached so quickly? To a mortal, no less? In his heart of hearts he knew the painful destination to where such roads led. But here, with her large, brown eyes looking deep into his own, her soft lips just slightly parted, as if inviting him to kiss them, there was only this moment, this small sanctuary in the midst of the destruction that surrounded them. Perhaps he would regret it later, but he had to say something.
“Noelle… I’m glad.”
She tilted her head quizzically to one side. “Of what?”
He touched her chin and just barely brushed her lips with his own.
“That you are my Mistress.”
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