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polyhexian · 5 months

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Darius frantically googling childcare tips in the runaway au, hoping to god that the Emperor's Coven isn't monitoring his scroll. how do you take care of a child? how do you reassure a child? how do you feed a - okay actually that one's easy, Hunter has his father's painfully simple taste in food, if his looks didn't make it obvious that he's Jasper's son the fact that he considers salt a spice would be proof enough.

Eberwolf is like, I can give you some tips but they're all gonna be based on raising ratworm litters and Darius is like STOP.

Hunter is probably kind of an easy kid to take care of in most respects, tho. like you said, he's had to become independent. self-sufficient. I feel like a lot of his childhood he was kinda like a fawn - like, a mother deer will leave her baby in a place she deems safe and hidden, and the fawn will lay there completely still for HOURS until mom gets back. Jasper's definitely had to do that with Hunter, except as Hunter has grown older Jasper has likely left him alone for longer periods of time, so Hunter gets to wander around a bit while waiting for his dad to get back. Swipe some food, maybe work some odd jobs for some snails, visit the library and see if he can finish a book before they have to move on again.

so he doesn't complain easily, and he doesn't really get bored the way a regular kid might, he's used to either sitting perfectly still or going off to find something to take up his time. he probably also gets more mileage out of entertainment items Darius gets for him. Darius is like "uhhhh I found some crappy crayons and some paper, sorry, best I can do on short notice" and Hunter is just like, oh, cool! cuz he's rarely had time/space/resources to sit down and color on paper.

Darius is still fumbling his way through this tho. one night he wakes up to find a sniffling Hunter climbing into bed with him and he starts to panic like OH GOD IS HE SICK I DON'T WANNA DO GERMS BUT I WILL IF I HAVE TO except no, the kid just misses his dad. Darius surreptitiously grabs his phone to type in "what to do when a kid crawls into bed with you crying" except to his everlasting horror he did NOT type that into Ghoul-gle, he typed it into a text message and now Eberwolf is responding like DARIUS ARE YOU SERIOUS and Darius is like I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO and Eber is like JUST HUG HIM THE WAY YOU'D NEVER HUG A BABY RATWORM.

Rjjsjsjd Darius trying to figure out how to care for this kid via eberwolf describing how to care for various baby animals

Yeah yeah yeah. Hunter is a baby faun. He's very good at hiding and he's very good at following instructions. Jasper has to weigh a lot of risks. Is it riskier to steal what he needs, or is it riskier to earn it by bounty hunting or selling something or what have you? And things just get riskier as Hunter gets older. Another timeline where jasper can't give hunter the childhood he wants him to have, but he's going to make sure he has one that he makes it out of, at least. He would rather have an unhappy adult than a dead child.

Hunter is a little fuckin monkey. He's always stealing shit. Just to prove he can. I love this little goblin version of hunter, a highly skilled little artful dodger.

When I was a teenager and my dad left it was pretty hard on my family. My brother has down's syndrome and autism; he's nonverbal, low-functioning, legally dead/blind. So he has a lot of trouble communicating effectively. He was like nine around this time and yeah, normal stuff was no problem. He knew how to let me know he was hungry or he needed me to come hit play on his DVD or something- assistive communication devices were and I think still are thousands of dollars lol and my folks and I were eating out of the food bank so. Yeah. Not happening.

In any case, the point is that one night my brother started crying. Like. Really crying. Crying in a way id never heard before. And obviously my mom came but I drove him to the hospital and we spent all night in the ER while he screamed and sobbed and they did test after test after test trying to figure out what could possibly be wrong.

Nothing was wrong. He was completely fine, physically. The end "diagnosis" was... Our dad had been gone three months and it was finally hitting him that he might not be coming back.

Just thinking about poor little hunter trying to cope with the idea his dad might not be coming back because he doesn't know where he is or what happened to him; he's just gone and it hurts! Reminded me of that night (can you believe I had to go to school the next day lol)

All Darius can do is hold this sobbing little guy and tell him that at least HE isn't going anywhere because... What else can he say? It's going to be okay? Jasper is going to be okay? Jasper will come back? He doesn't know that. He doesn't know any of that. All he can do is his own best. And hunter just :(

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smidgen-of-hotboy · 2 days

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Our Angel of Brahma, pt. x

This is my second time trying to post this, and I think- I think this may the point where I draw the line with the weird fucked formatting Travelers. Hellsite does not like it when I reach the character limit (and I'm tired of fighting it, curses...)

@ceaseless-watchers-special-girl @ananxiousgenz @demonic-panini @the-private-eye @gwenlena

SOUND: COMMS BEEPS. RECORDING BEGINS.

BAIRD (REVOLUTIONARY):

I apologized to Iris for my outburst a few days ago. They accepted it without any questions. I still feel guilty, but they aren't willing to drag this out any longer.

The twins are off probation but they still need supervision. Talia goes out with them most days as part of her physical therapy. It's good for her. But she always comes back so tired and wiped out from just walking that she takes days to recover. We don't get days though. We don't know when New Kinshasa is going to change its mind on us again. Today they can give us an early curfew, and the next they can turn the Guardian Angel System on to target everyone old enough to remember the Angel. We don't have a damn clue what they're planning or going to do next...

Uh- this week on Brahma: the Rats gang in the north and the Rats gang in the south are at odds with each other. If the situation escalates any further there's going to a be a damn turf war. Ten years of relative peace and now they're at a tipping point?

(BAIRD SIGHS)

I remember when a mischief of Rats scurried on to our block a few years ago. Charlie, Talia, and I had run a couple of them off years and years prior. And most knew better than to come looking for trouble down our block. Most everyone that was taken care of by Mrs. Darius or taught under Mr. Eber at some point or another knew not to come poking their nose around looking for trouble. But this mischief was new. They didn't know who's grounds they were stepping on or what apartments they were looking to squat in.

When those new kids started making a mess of the streets and tried running circles around the market, I went and took care of them myself. Josie and Hank were so worried for me, but when I got back I just told them that it was no big deal. Just a bunch of homeless kids that needed a place to stay. I wrangled them into place and got them all sorted and now they’re running chores for old-timers like Hank and slipping messages to the other Revolutionaries across Brahma.

Yesterday’s Rats weren’t those same kids though. The twins complained about a group of teenagers mucking around the old daycare. Josie and Iris couldn’t parse much of what they said so they’ve asked me to try talking to them and Talia one on one. And from what I understand, the girls were upset because the Rats kept calling them “Goodies”, and Talia was mostly ignoring them pretty well until one of them chucked a rock at her. So now I gotta get involved in another rat problem and either rough ‘em up and shoo ‘em out, or knock enough sense into them they start behaving better.

(BAIRD GROANS)

And honestly, I wanna do neither. I told Hank and Josie back then that I wasn’t scared but really. I was scared shitless. Those kids were easy to talk to though once they realized I’m like them. I’m not a fighter. I don’t go in fists-a-swinging right off the bat. That was always more Talia and Charlie then me… but, Talia can hardly walk most days, and Charlie’s gone. Josie is too busy distributing aid at the rec center, Hank is retired, the twins are afraid of them, and Iris is coordinating with the Old-Timers. Everyone’s either too old, too busy, or too young to deal with problems like these.

(BAIRD TAKES A DEEP BREATH AND LETS IT OUT SLOWLY. HE STRUGGLES TO CLEAR THEIR THROAT)

In other news on Brahma: Ester is now taller than I was at ten. Meaning that I really was just short for being a ten-year-old. Hallie is as tall are Charlie was, but they’ll both probably need another year before they’re as tall as Talia was at their age. I don’t know much about Hank and his life before the Galatic Civil War, but I’m almost certain he came from one of the Solar Planets. Why in any Goddess good name he chose to stay in the Outer Rim and chose to stay on Brahma of all places, I don’t think I’ll ever understand.

(BAIRD COUGHS, BEATS THEIR CHEST, AND COUGHS SOME MORE)

Good grief… I need to ask Iris about something to soothe my throat. Debris keeps falling from New Kinshasa. It burns up before it hits the Dome and can do any real damage, but when I was last in the market, I was talking with one of the vendors and she said her neighborhood was afraid of another Cleansing. The last one was… six years ago? That sounds about right. And the one before that was when New Kinshasa leveled a quarter of Brahma in one day. It still gives me chills just thinking about it.

SOUND: COMMS BEEPS. RECORDING ENDS.

SOUND: COMMS BEEPS AGAIN. NEW RECORDING BEGINS.

BAIRD (REVOLUTIONARY):

Well, that went better than expected.

I paid a visit to the squatters at the old daycare. The youngest looked to be about nine, the oldest gave me a black eye–

IRIS:

They did a lot more than that, now hold still while I stitch your face back together.

BAIRD (REVOLUTIONARY):

Oh c’mon Iris– can’t a guy catch a break? Do you think it’s gonna scar at least?

IRIS:

If it does, no one will notice unless they look for it.

(IRIS GETS LOUDER, AS IF THEY PULLED THE COMMS CLOSER)

For the record: Baird’s brow split open because the Brat was wearing a ring. Baird does have a black eye, but that’s nothing a bit of pain meds can’t help him cope with.

(BAIRD GAGS)

BAIRD (REVOLUTIONARY):

No thanks, I’ll pass. I can cope with the pain.

(IRIS SNORTS)

IRIS:

And… There. All done.

(MOMENTS PAUSE)

BAIRD (REVOLUTIONARY):

You can let go of my face now.

IRIS:

Right, sorry. You look so much like your parents and I just– I miss them.

BAIRD (REVOLUTIONARY):

Well it would kind of be a weird if I didn’t look a little bit like them…

IRIS:

Har-har– think you’re so fucking clever… you were saying though? About how it went better than you expected?

BAIRD (REVOLUTIONARY):

Oh yeah. It did. I got punched in the face and the others got freaked out when I fell backwards because they didn’t know how to get rid of a dead body. One of them came over to check on me and I was mostly fine after they helped me sit up.

The one who punched me didn’t apologize and I don’t need ‘em to. I asked them why they were squatting in the daycare and they said that they didn’t feel safe anymore at their old spot. Apparently the Rats North and South from here drove them out and they each found one another looking for some place to go. I talked to them and they agreed to pack their shit up and get out of the daycare, but they want my help finding someplace they can stay.

(IRIS HUMS)

IRIS:

It sounds like to me, that we’re past a plausible turf war, and are stuck smack dab in the middle of it. I’ll have to bring this up at the next Meeting you know… How do you feel about going to your first Meeting with the others?

BAIRD (REVOLUTIONARY):

Really! You mean that?

IRIS:

Yes. You’re an adult, I trust your decisions, and you have some experience from back when you helped run Talia’s little book club. Plus those meetings are so boring without someone there to keep you company. It’d be nice to have you around to take notes while I nap.

BAIRD (REVOLUTIONARY):

You’re such an ass, you know that?

(IRIS LAUGHS)

SOUND: COMMS BEEPS. RECORDING ENDS.

SOUND: COMMS BEEPS AGAIN. NEW RECORDING BEGINS.

BAIRD (REVOLUTIONARY):

What the fuck!

(IRIS LAUGHS)

No I’m serious! What the fuck was that for the last hour and a half! What the fuck!

IRIS:

Welcome to my world, Baird. I’ve been fighting those ding-bats for the last decade all on my own. They refuse to give me supplies to restock the only functioning Hanataba Clinic left because you live across town now, how are you supposed to take care everyone when you're all the way over in the Est Quarter? I would move back someplace closer if only you would fucking give me what I need! But no! Instead we run circles around and around, have the same passing contests between North and South, East and West, downtown and uptown, and no body fucking wins!

(IRIS PANTS)

BAIRD (REVOLUTIONARY):

Oh. I… had no idea. Really? It's been like this this whole time?

IRIS:

Yes! Baird what’s wrong?

BAIRD (REVOLUTIONARY):

Nothing it’s just… you would move back if they put effort into stocking the Hanataba clinic? You really would?

(A LASPE OF SILENCE. IRIS GASPS)

IRIS:

Oh no no no– no. Baird. Look at me. I would not leave you just like that. You’re my family. I gave up my dream to keep the clinic stocked because I wanted to be there for you and Cyrus. When Hanataba built the clinics, they left each one with a massive handbook covering all sorts of procedures. If the clinic was ever back to half functioning, I’d go back only to show someone else how to keep the lights on.

(IRIS SIGHS)

But there isn’t anyone else, there aren’t more supplies, and the clinic’s generator was probably been siphoned for fuel years ago.

(BAIRD MUMBLES SOMETHING INAUDIBLE)

BAIRD (REVOLUTIONARY):

What if… you weren’t the only Hanataba Clinician the Revolution had to rely on though? What if there was at least one other one?

IRIS:

Come again?

BAIRD (REVOLUTIONARY):

Quid pro quo. You help me get the Rats off the street, out of the daycare, and I help you find someone else to train to run the clinic and justify getting it operating again.

IRIS:

You want to use the Brats?

BAIRD (REVOLUTIONARY):

Just the mischief that got ran off by the bigger gangs. I bet I could even talk them into running messages across the planet. Helping us organize a bit better. Make getting the word out easier… what’s wrong?

IRIS:

Nothing, it’s a great idea Baird…

BAIRD (REVOLUTIONARY):

But?

IRIS:

…but I think the Old-Timers won’t like it. They don’t like the Pests to begin with.

BAIRD (REVOLUTIONARY):

Oh yeah no, they’ll hate this idea. But… I have to try. Right?

(FOOTSTEPS THROUGH AN EMPTY STREET. A FULL MINUTE PASSES)

IRIS:

Yeah. You have to try. I trust your decisions, and I trust you.

BAIRD (REVOLUTIONARY):

So, lets try together.

IRIS:

Yeah… we’ll try together.

SOUND: COMMS BEEPS. RECORDING ENDS.

- This recording takes place a few days after “Decade”. - Baird has mentioned Talia a lot and based off their descriptions it’s likely the neglect and abuse she took from the Constables 10 years prior left her disabled. If not that, in lasting chronic pain. - Baird’s cough does sound very concerning. They sounded awful in the first one (“Belief”). Dust that settles in the lungs can cause scarring. It must have progressively worsened over the years. If they’re alive today I would be shocked. - “Talia’s Book Club” whatever happened to it after Charlie was executed? - Baird’s reaction after attending his first Meeting with other Revolutionary organizers is so much like Eevees’. - Est Quarter: the East Quarter of Brahma. - Baird and Iris’ relationship has changed and improved so much since they were a kid. They’ve clearly grown a lot closer and have a lot of a love for one another. Did Baird’s plan ever get off the ground? Was there another Cleansing? -Frannie’s friend (Ms. Rita) messaged me back with an update on her search for Eevee Bell and Baird Bell. She recommended that I look back through her list for Baird since she said it would take her a week at most to gather everything she could on Eevee Bell. Doing a preliminary search on my own turns up nothing. I don’t know how or where Ms. Rita is getting her information from, and I don’t think I want to know either. The less I know the better (I think). - Though now that I’ve had time to think about it, I could ask her to look into the name Peter Nureyev. I’ve tried searching myself and I haven’t really found anything. Even with the information I’ve gleamed from Camilla and Eevee’s recordings, I haven’t found dick anything. Whoever he is (was?), he very effectively disappeared.

#our angel of brahma #long live the fucked formatting #sigh. oh well.#i will inevitably someday post this on ao3 and put all ~fancy~ formatting from my google doc into the ao3 posting #ask to be tagged or removed #the penumbra podcast #the penumbra fanfic #a hotboy's writing #private eye's keys go jingle jangle #i am also now working on the next installment and strap in folks we are going back into angst hurt no comfort territory. it'll be a doozy

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madisonthefifth · 1 year

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Toh Human Au but it’s super random facts that the discord server came up with

(ft. direct quotes from the convo)

// (cw mention of religious cults)

Ty to the server peopoe for helping me with this, cw for oddly long chihuahuas

Darius takes yoga and is addicted to coffee. He has the most expensive expresso machine you’ll ever see.

Eda runs a tattoo shop?? More likely than you think

Kikimora used to be head of security at an amusement park but was demoted to an unenthusiastic ride operator

Raine is a music teacher at the local school, also gives out violin lessons through craigslist before they were hired to be on the town council

Belos is the mayor, Coven heads are the town council

Eda lives in the neighborhood but because of property lines, she’s the only house that doesn’t have to be in the Hoa and that infuriates everyone on the council/Hoa because she makes it a point to flaunt every rule she doesn’t have to follow of theirs

Luz ran away from home but got very lost and was lucky enough to stumble upon eda while she was restocking on inks

Warden Wrath started as chief of police but was demoted to a traffic cop

Terra, Hettie, and Vitimir own a medicinal pot shop together. - Running a drug smuggling ring on the side with Raine as their mule. So long as they cooperate, they won’t hurt Eda or any of the kids

Belos is the head of a cult

Hunter was immersed in said cult

Darius works in the fashion industry, and Eber is a non-verbal zookeeper who uses sign language (Darius knows sign, and Hunter learns it later on)

Odalia and Alador were an arranged marriage at eighteen, they had the twins soon after

Luz snuck off the bus on the way to summer camp and accidentally ended up in the town of Bonesburough

The haqsquad (Eda, Lilith, Alador, Odalia, Darius, Raine and Perry) are all around thirty here

Caleb was introduced to the town through Eveyln, and soon started investing and helping out with it a lot. Phillip didn’t like that. When Caleb became mayor he killed both Caleb and Evelyn, inheriting the position as mayor.

Caleb and Evelyn also had a baby boy, who Belos raised to be his right hand man. That boy was Darius’ mentor (who we’ve named Jasper)

Jasper went on to have Hunter, and then Belos killed Jasper and his lover, raising Hunter aswell.

Willow owns bees

Luz and Hunter met when they both went to care for a wounded bird, Hunter took in the bird and they became friends

Hunter was sent to many camps worshipping the titan (human au god), and believed everything. He wasn’t allowed to have the internet, or any books or stuff not regulated by Belos. Except one of the council members gave him a secret phone because they felt bad.

Odalia and Alador are weapons dealers

Hagsquad all went to a religious school together, but Eda drifted away from the ideals. She’s now wanted for tax evasion.

Hooty (we couldn’t rlly decide on this one,) is a parrot/overeager dog/slinky from toy story/a really long chihuahua/a weird cousin

Edit: we’ve decided he’s a pomeranian

Osran is a well renowned psychic, or maybe a priest

Odalia drinks wine regularly

“hunters that weird kid who spends all his time at the library and animal shelter, probably a volunteer and gives everything he earns right back to his uncle. nobody knows what's going on with him. he's prolly that one kid who acts kike such a dickhead, definitely acting out because he can't at home. yknow”

Lilith used to be a council member, but then was fired because of (something we couldn’t figure out), Hunter took over her seat on the council

16yo super religious government official lmao

Possible reasons Lilith got fired:

1. Electoral fraud

2. The petrification’t

3. Maybe embezzlement charges

Darius being the only one on the council to actually do something by passively pointing out the red flags to hunter - he was the one to complain the most about hunter being part of the council "belos he can't even vote or drive on his own 💀"

Hunter is a sweetheart so he wants to help the animal regardless. he visits Luz a few times and she keeps reading and doing things very much against his rules. and she's just "?????" whenever he starts saying shit abt the cult place he's in

Mason runs a construction business, and adding in the hc that Steve and Matt are his sons, Matt helps out with the shop and Steve works for mayor Belos

Ruler’s Reach and Cosmic Frontier were the first non-Belos approved media Hunter consumed

Graye runs the local theater company

It's failing miserably cause ppl keep dropping out due to attitude

He acts all high and mighty just because he had a few background roles in some tv show and now thinks he knows everything about the field of acting and pretends to have all these big connections

now he only gets hired for ads and bad ads at that, like constipation pills

Well i think they wouldn’t like it but it’s the only theater thing in town and they produce good stuff in the end so they can’t leave. That’s my explanation for how he stays rich enough to be on the town council

I was just thinking he was old money/a highly spoiled trust fund kid XD, I love this though

“Wait until my parents hear about this!”-Young Graye multiple points through his life

I kinda want to add in the Hettie is his aunt hc and that’s how he was recommended to the council in the first place

Emerald Entrails is a Roller derby team

If Jasper (Darius’ mentor and Caleb’s son), had Hunter at like 18-19 then Darius would’ve been like 18-19 when they knew each other since Hunter is 16 and Darius is 30 in this au

Belos is some crusty old man

This next one i just had to add in

oh also I thought of sth, since this is about traditional religious stuff, odalia won't be able to be doing her girlbossing tbh. or any of the women but we can kinda ignore that for the sake of plot

We make our own cult with our own rules

Good shut her up /hj

...two types of people

Bonus: Maddie & Davey sum up the human au convo

Davey: cult, chihuahuas, murder, arranged marriages, misogyny, hunter is the nephew of a really weifd mayor whos deeply religious and the coven heads are town council

Maddie: Yeah that basically sums it up

Davey: also edas a tattoo artist on the outskirts of town girlbossing

Maddie : And Eber uses sign language

Davey: maybe part of the reason edas so judged is bc not only is she a tattoo artist speaking out against the cult, but shes a WOMAN with a BUISNESS

Maddie: Terra Hettie and Vitimir sell crack

Maddie: to raine

Davey: once again, two VERY different conversations

Maddie: And Adrian is a spoiled rich kid with a theater business

Maddie: He wears a clip on tail /hj

Everfree: Terra S is the karen who yells at kids for dumb shit

Kenz: Adrien is a furry confirmed

#toh #the owl house #toh au #toh human realm #human au #coven heads #the owl house belos #hunter wittebane #hunter deamonne #toh eda #lilith clawthorne #odalia blight #alador blight #darius deamonne #love u peopoe /ref

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therivergirl · 2 years

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Conversations at the CATS Hideout, chapter 1

King already slept on the bed, occasionally stirring, but his dreams seemed to be peaceful.

Lilith and Hooty slept on the floor and they seemed comfortable, so, aside from Eda throwing a blanket over them, nobody thought it was necessary to move them.

Former BATTS led Steve to their bedroom, Derwin happily remarking how he is no longer the only guy in the room and earning a glare from Katya and Amber that made certain he was going to regret his remark. They could hear the four laughing about something and they decided to let the young rebels have their fun. They deserved it.

Eber was somewhere outside, as they preferred sleeping under the stars.

This only left Luz, Eda and two mutinous coven heads.

Luz, having taken a break from palisman carving to have dinner, sat on the carpet with a half-empty bowl, absent-mindedly stirring the stew that has already grown cold. She stared at the chunks of vegetables that went round and round as if they held the answers to all the questions in the universe.

Eda was discussing strategy with Raine and Darius, the latter of whom rubbed his temples at half of Eda's suggestions.

"For Titan's sake, how did you escape the Emperor's Coven for over two decades with plans like those?" he sighed.

"Hey, don't knock my methods, they clearly worked! It's all about the execution, baby!"

"Stealing outdated uniforms?" Raine raised an eybrow at her.

"Hey, whose side are you on, Rainestorm?" Eda frowned in offence.

"I'm not picking sides, I just thought that the infamous Owl Lady would at least indulge in the proper heist," Raine teased and the two stared each other in the eyes.

"At least I don't go on heists in my everyday outfit! Come on Rainstorm, that shirt looks good on you, but change it up for when you're a rebel vs a loyal head of the Bard Coven!" she air-quoted the last words, but Raine did not even hear them, their brain stuck on that shirt looks good on you, as they blushed.

"Ugh, enough of you two flirting, we have an emperor to overthrow, you also want to carve a palisman with your apprentice, oh and we only have two days!"

"Oh, relax cape-boy-"

"Please, don't refer to me like that" Darius said tiredly.

"-with all of our head in the game, our skills and allies will figure something out," Eda finished her sentence.

"Um, Eda, speaking of your apprentice," Raine nudged her, pointing at Luz.

Ete turned and noticed Luz's glum disposition. She sighed, "I knew that one talk I had with her was too easy, you two work further, I'll go talk to her and try to get her to get some sleep," she said, yawning herself.

"You seem like you could use some sleep too," Raine pointed out.

"Nah, I'm fine, I can go without sleep for a while," she yawned again.

"Eda..." Raine started but was interrupted by Darius.

"Before this turnes into another flirtatious squabble-"

"Hey!" came a unified complain from Eda and Raine.

"-we could all use some sleep. Lilith and the...tube, seriously what is that thing?"

"Hooty. That is Hooty."

"I know his name, but what is he?"

"Hooty," Eda answered again.

"You know what, never mind. My point was, those two have the right idea, we should all have a shut-eye. The two of us are tired as it is, and we need you in a top shape as well, Owl Lady," Darius said genuinely, all the jest gone from his voice.

"There is a reason he wanted to ask for your help as soon as we formed the CATS," Raine said.

"The name..." Darius grumbled.

"Ah, really, didn't know you think so highly of me, cape-boy," Eda joked.

"You two are impossible to deal with! I'm off to get my beauty sleep!" Darius stomped over to one of the bedrooms in the hideout, but not before snapping at the four younger members in the other room to go to sleep. They only continued to laugh, which did not improve Darius' mood.

Raine yawned, "He is right, though,"

"Off to get some beauty sleep too, Rainstorm?" Eda teased.

"Ah, it's already too late for me," they said, blushing.

"Hey, don't knock yourself down already, you still got it," Eda smiled, making Raine's blush grow deeper.

"Heh, right," they stumbled over their words. "I'm off to bed. You and Luz should too."

"Aye, aye captain, as soon as I see what is troubling her. Speaking of we should..."

"In the morning, we'll talk in the morning. Good night, Calamity." Raine said, disappearing behind the same curtain.

"Good night, Raine," Eda said after them then turned her attention back at Luz who was still sitting absent-mindedly in the corner.

She walked over to her kid and sat on the ground, grouching, "Curses, you're growing old Owl Lady," she said with a bitter chuckle, but Luz barely paid her any mind. Eda frowned, looking at her kid. "What's wrong kiddo," she said, startling Luz.

"Oh, Eda. I didn't hear you," she said, "Where are Raine and Darius?"

"Both went to sleep. Something else on your mind? And don't eventry to lie,"

Luz sighed, suddenly looking very sad, "I'm sorry," she said.

"What?" Eda was taken aback, what was Luz apologizing for.

"I got us in trouble, I didn't listen to you, I got us captured. If it weren't for Raine and Darius we would have...you would have..."

"Hey, hey, none of that, ok?" Eda pulled Luz closer to her for the second time that night.

"But-"

"No buts," Eda rubbed circles on Luz's back, "If anyone should apologize it's me,"

"What?" Luz pulled away from the hug, "Why? You did-"

"Nothing wrong?" Eda snorted, "Yeah right. And the ocean on the isles is the perfect temperature for a swim!"

"Eda..."

"Listen, Luz. I should've told you the truth from the start. Or at least before we left to get King's bunny. I'm sorry."

"I know," Luz leaned back on Eda, "But that is not what bothered me the most. It was...the thought of you sending me away." She took a deep breath and Eda wanted to add another apology right away, but she knew Luz had more to say and so she didn't interrupt.

"I just," Luz continues, "Mum wanted to send me to camp. Which, I understand better now, and then I got here and I love it here, but I have no idea when I'll see her again. But I have you, and King, and Lilith and Amity and Willow and Gus and...you guys are what keeps me going, you know. But the idea of you also sending me away, of not having you guys around...it hurt. It hurt even more than thinking you don't think I could do this, though that hurt too. I get you want to protect me, but...I can't lose you too. Not now," she wiped of the tears from her eyes, but new kept coming.

Eda's heart broke and she pulled Luz even closer, stroking her hair, "I'm sorry, kiddo. I really am. I'm sorry I tried to force you to leave, that I even used my harpy form against you. I just..."

"I know, you wanted to keep me and King safe," Luz smiled trough tears, "I get that. Apology accepted."

"Luz," Eda pulled away from the hug for a moment, keeping her hands on Luz's shoulder and looking directly into her eyes, "First of all, it goes without saying but that apology at the beginning, is accepted, not that you had to apologize. And I want you to know, I didn't want to send you away because I think less of you. I think the world of you, ok? I thought less of myself, because I can't keep you overachieving little but safe, and-"

Luz wrapped her arms around Eda's waist in a rib-cracking hug, "Don't say that. You are amazing, Eda. And you keep us safe."

"Yeah, kid," Eda wanted to return the hug but she had to be able to breathe first, "you know, you don't have week noodle arms like you did when you first came here."

"Oh, oops," Luz said, loosening her grip, "Sorry. Anyways, I know what you'll say. We're kids, we shouldn't bother with fights and overthrowing emperors and stuff, but, this isn't an ordinary fight. If this goes bad, it doesn't matter if we are safe somewhere else, we might all be hurt regardless."

"I know. And I'm glad to have you by my side, kid," she yawned again, "Man, I'm sleeping with my eyes open."

"Yeah, I think part of my brain is already asleep..."

"Ugh, I hate to admit but cape-boy is right, we should all get some shut-eye. Come on," Eda got up, gesturing for Luz to follow her.

They went to their room with the tripple bunk bed, King already having taken the bottom bunk.

"Look at that little guy," Eda said, smiling.

"He seems to finally be at peace," Luz added softly. "Um, Eda?"

"Yes?"

"I know they gave us this," she gestured to the bunk bed, "so we would each have our own bed, but, King is always sleeping next to me anyways and...could I sleep next to you tonight?"

Eda smiled warmly, "What, all three of us snuggled on that narrow thing? I mean, I had worse sleeping arrangements in my life..."

"Hmmm, Luz thought for a second, then pulled out a plant glyph and placed it on the floor. She took a deep breath before activating it and, a few moments later what looked like Eda's nest, but smaller and greener, appeared in front of them. "Huh?"

"Wow, you're really something kid," Eda said, impressed, "At least we won't run out of beds any time soon with this new trick, even if we manage to round up more recruits in the next two days."

Luz gently picked up King, who lazily opened one eye, let out a small squeal, and fell back asleep in Luz's arms. Eda grabbed the blankets and sheets from the bunks and arranged them into the nest, "Come on, or I'm hogging the whole thing for myself," she joked, sprawling over the nest.

Luz climbed into the nest, lying down next to Eda, putting King between them.

"No more blankets to serve as a cover?" Luz asked, feeling around the bed of the nest.

"Just one, and I warn you, I'm a blanket hog," Eda snickered, wrapping it around herself.

"Eda!" Luz chided, pulling on the blanket.

"Hey, you're the one that wanted to share the bed! But wait, I have an idea," she focused for a moment and her wings sprouted from her back, "I might end up needing a few vials of elixir if I hold this on for the whole night, but it'll be worth it."

"Eda..." Luz said, her eyes wide.

"Not a word more, sleep now, kid," Eda said as she pulled the girl closer. For a moment it seemed like Luz was about to argue, but instead, she wrapped her arms around King and then snuggled against Eda who proceeded to wrap her wings around both. King, feeling the warmth even in his sleep, let out a satisfied sigh.

"Good night, Eda," Luz mumbled, already drifting off the realm of dreams.

"Good night you two," Eda said, "my babies," she ran her hand through Luz's hair and then patted King's head. Good night to you too, she said to the owl beast, before wrapping her wings even tighter, her harpy form, or at least part of it keeping her kids safe.

There was a long, hard road ahead of them and the future was filled with uncertainties. But for one night, they were safe in her embrace

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So...this was supposed to be just a short drabble. But, of course, it turned into a whole thing and I might have plans to write a few more conversations.

I know my title is about as creative as drawing a long, straight line, titles are the hardest part of fics for me, so we have to deal with this one.

#the owl house #toh #luz the owl house #eda clawthorne #toh eda #toh king #king the owl house #king clawthorne #eda the owl mom #toh darius #toh raine #bits of reada #fanfiction

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