most recent story development in my brain: ive decided to actually seperate taffy and coco during the timeskip
initially i had it that taffy sticks with coco because he has nowhere to go and they eventually get together over the timeskip. the new version is that he runs away and disappears right before mochi leaves
in my head i see him as the type to run away after what mochi and coco do for him-- after coco put in so much effort and time advocating for him because she saw that there were traces of a good person under his antagonistic nature, and after mochi beat his ass for the final time and finally cleared his curse, he doesnt know what to do with himself.
the rest of the guild at that point (mochi included) has an attitude of "We know why you were the way you were. Now that there's no reason for you to hate us, you're free to go where you want. You can even stay with us." and this sentiment eats him alive. the guilt he feels is insane. the fact that he spent months (years?) trying to ruin mochi, brewing in bitterness and rage and all of a sudden all of that is gone and replaced with forgiveness and warmth is unbearable and he cant stand it, so he leaves.
this is all coupled with his feelings for coco and the attitude on his end of "I don't deserve this. I don't deserve her. All I can do is bring them down. All I can do is bring her down. I have no right to stay here. I have no right to want to stay here."
so theres a pivotal scene in my head where he has all these thoughts, standing right outside the side door to mochis house hearing them all chattering inside, and has a long moment of hesitation before going inside. in the OLD version coco opens the door before he can make up his mind and forces him inside with the rest of them, but in the NEW version i think its much more taffy-like if hes gone by the time she notices and gets to the door
(tldr timeline: mochi removes his curse -> he disappears -> he only appears for the last amanita fight because really thats HIS fight as much as it is mochis -> he leaves again RIGHT after. i imagine coco tried to stop him or say goodbye but this man is notoriously good at escaping quickly)
and so timeskip-wise coco attends university on her own. she keeps in touch with oscar and lime (more oscar than lime) and while she never directly set out to look for taffy, there was always that desire to look for him in a crowd or something, maybe hoping to run into him at random or that he would show up out of nowhere like he did the first time.
I'm not totally sure what he does during the timeskip then. something far away from coco and the guild, but somewhere close to the ocean because he could never find it in him to stray too far from it for too long. maybe lost his touch with water magic a bit because he was too afraid and guilt-ridden to use it. never really stopped thinking about coco but couldnt muster up the courage to go find her again. for YEARS hes convinced that she doesnt want to see him and he wouldnt do anything to make her life better. hes done too much to all of them for them to ever accept him, he thinks.
until one day coco just. shows up. after tracking him down (with mochi and sulluvans help). sitting on a barrel at the docks he works at in some city somewhere, eating some cotton candy she bought at the docks like "Heyo! Mochi needs another guild member, and you kinda owe us one, soooo..."
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https://x.com/zenisball/status/1783105793652375920?s=46
Zavengers assemble!! Coco went straight to it with the correction…no emojis and no “lol” 😂
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Lime gets the Man Flu™ because Mochi cares too much and will dote on him the entire time
its true!!!! shes the "Poor lime :( you must feel so horrible..." while making him soup and putting the cloth on his forehead and he MILKS that shit. "Ah I feel awful.... I'm so cold... can you stay with me instead of going shopping with coco--" meanwhile coco seething in the back "He's faking why do you keep falling for it???"
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trick or treat!!
Oooh! I'm going to assume this is for the writers thing I just reblogged, and not for sweets, so have a Yuri-Coco ficlet!
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“Yuri! What pray tell do you think you are doing?”
Yuri paused, his fingers brushing around the top of the castle piece he'd finished moving into position, and lifted a brow at Constance in bemusement.
“I’m taking my turn?”
She scoffed, balling her hands into fists on the table between them as she leaned towards him with a scowl.
“I dare say you are cheating sir! I remember quite clearly you distinctly said that only one piece could be moved each turn, and that the king piece could only move one square at a time. And yet, you have just moved the king two spaces, and then moved the castle as well. Put your pieces back where they were this instant, and make a proper move if you please!”
Yuri’s lips twitched slightly, then spread into an honest smile.
“That was a proper move, as you put it. Castling, which is what I just did, is the only time that the king can move two spaces and the castle is the only other piece it can swap like that with. You’re free to check with anyone else around the monastery if you don’t believe me. They’ll all agree that it’s a legitimate and well known move…”
Yuri held her gaze as she glared at him, lips poking out in a pout as she obviously tried to decide if he were in fact telling the truth, or if this were one of his schemes. But seeing as she were the one to approach and ask him to teach her how to play, she must know he had nothing to gain from doing so.
“I shall choose to believe you in this instance,” she said primly, with a delicate sniff as she sat back. “But I insist that you now tell me of any other exceptions to the rules, such as this was, so I will not be caught out if they are used against me.”
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