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#just imagine he's bending down to look Reigen in the eyes!!
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the angst in your zombie au bREAKS MY HEART INTO PIECES (I LOVE IT VERY MUCH)
okay, okay, so!! if the kagebros got separated from reigen and teru when mob is still fine, i imagine that their reunion would be hEARTWRENCHING also, i'm a bit curious, would mob still be able to recognize teru and reigen? or would he thought about them as strangers?
(tbh, following your lore, i imagine mob would act a similarly like nezuko from demon slayer? but instead of little hums, his zombie sounds would more like babbling and incoherent mumbles :"D)
the reunion is fuckin AWFUL man it's SO gut-wrenching. both reigen and teru feared this for Months while looking for the brothers; pretty much the worst case scenario was that mob or ritsu or Both turned—a lot of humans prefer death over being a zombie any day, so the idea of ritsu or mob having to go through that and wander around aimlessly until starvation or smth else gets them,,,
it hurts them so much to think about. teru forces himself not to dwell on it and he's pretty good at that but reigen thinks abt it a lot and he's honestly not sure what scenario is worse. best case is that they're both alive and unturned, obviously, but what's the worst case? you'd think it's both of them getting killed, or turning, but reigen also knows that if One of them got killed/turned, the other would probably lose their mind, especially if they had to watch. the fact that they're kids makes this all three times worse and reigen has to act like he's Not worrying himself sick over the brothers while he tries to keep teru in high spirits
the reunion itself is rly fuckin gut-wrenching for them. they see mob from afar, wandered off just a bit from ritsu and tome who are just around the bend looting a place, and they book it bc ofc they do, it's mob!! but then they see how pale he is, and when he turns around they don't see that light in his eyes that's usually there and the red is dulled and dead looking,, teru almost moves in for a hug before he realizes mob looks vastly different when he Rly takes him in, and mob doesn't rly react too much besides staring at them blankly. the obvious answer is almost too horrifying to even consider, so it takes them a minute to rly,,realize what's going on
tome comes around the bend and shouts, cuz when humans and zombies mix it's usually guns pointed at zombie heads. ritsu comes running out after her and when he sees reigen and teru his thoughts go, in order: holy shit is that reigen and tero ohmygod oh my god they're alive they're alive ohmy god i could fucking cry, and ohmy god they see shige ohno oh no oh no
ritsu sounds like a lunatic when he pulls mob away from them on instinct and says that he's safe to be around and that he's "still him" and he's "not gone" and he's very aware of that. he's very, intimately aware that he sounds fuckin crazy, bc ofc he does, this is what all the crazy people in zombie movies sound like. but he doesn't care, he doesn't care if reigen or teru dismiss him as nuts—he has to make them understand that his brother is still in there somewhere
and yeah, they both kinda think that ritsu's lost his marbles a little bit, but while teru is focused on that and the fact that mob doesn't look like he's rly tuned into Anything that's happening rn, reigen is a bit more focused on the fact that both ritsu and mob look awful? they're both very skinny and very dirty, obviously barely scraping by. they're cut up and ritsu's jacket is basically blood and dirt with a little bit of green fabric mixed in. and just by the look in ritsu's eyes, reigen can tell, man ... reigen can tell ritsu is like.not okay at this point he's kinda lost it.
i think the most painful thing about this whole reunion in general is that later that night, when reigen and teru r finally like ok we get it he's,, he's still mob. we believe you (they want to believe him... [they Do believe him, later, wholeheartedly]) and they settle down someplace safe, teru asks how long mob's been like this. and ritsu has to answer "since we got separated" and they both have that to stew over while everybody else sleeps
they realize that ritsu likely watched mob turn, watched the entire process, and that process takes a long time. it's at least a week of deteriorating motor functions and cognitive skill, and the fact that ritsu stayed for that to keep mob company is .ough. and it doesn't end there bc ritsu obviously stayed after that too
given how these things usually go, ritsu probably did think about killing mob. it probably did cross his mind, bc that's basically what everybody's been told to do. kill them before they have a chance to do any more damage. and it's obvious that ritsu did not have it in him
ritsu not only did not have it in him to kill him, he didn't even have it in him to leave him there. the kid fucking took him with him. a zombie. and he's somehow made it work, for months. and the next few days are filled with watching him still treat mob like a brother and take care of him and gently steer him away from a bird he tries to follow down the wrong street.ritsu is as gentle and kind as he's ever been with his brother. and even tho they're both hungry and tired and barely making it, ritsu is doing a rly good job taking care of mob with what he's been given
the kid obviously wholeheartedly believes in a cure and that mob is still There. he's gone through the trouble to take care of him, and the grief of continuously seeing a loved one that many would consider effectively dead, to get him that cure. to get him his brother back. and mob doesn't seem to be in any pain or distress, so reigen and teru think that this path ritsu has followed is probably infinitely kinder than the mercy kill method they've been taught to do
i think they have a new respect for ritsu, after that reunion
#qktalks#anon#zombie au#and also yes!! mob Would indeed recognize them and not attack them#i've never seen demon slayer but im assuming ur talking abt the main character's ??little sister?? smth like that#but yes i adore the idea of mob saying rly weird incoherent sentences that Almost sound like real words but like slightly to the left#bein a zombie rewires ur brain completely man .his mind is struggling a lot to say what it wants to say#it takes mob a moment to rly catch onto who's in front of him during the reunion but when he does realize there Is recognition in his eyes#fun fact; if u hug zombie mob muscle memory kicks in and he hugs back!#reigen and teru don't find this out until a few days later. they're a bit.. scared of him snapping at them for a while#but once they see that mob never once snaps at ritsu Or tome they're a little more willing to get near him and touch him#teru finally hugs mob and mob hugs back and it makes teru cry VGEAYEAV#(ritsu has hugged zombie mob enough to where now mob leans into his hugs.just giving u smth to sob over)#still related to the reunion but focusing more on ritsu:#after they reunite reigen notices that ritsu has a lot more..authority in his tone. he's a lot more comfortable taking charge#but he also notices that ritsu looks Exhausted and for a while he has trouble relinquishing the lead role to reigen aka the only adult#and it's entirely bc ritsu is just so used to doing things on his own now that he Forgets he has people to lean on#so it takes a bit for him to remember he has an adult to take care of him now#bro definitely overworks himself a lot in his haste to take care of mob :(#ritsu eventually lets himself lean on reigen when he's tired#poor kid melts into that kind of care after so long of not having that and being the sole provider for him and mob#when tome came around it got easier. but that also meant it was another mouth to feed so.only a little bit easier </3
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thefandomcassandra · 9 months
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Champion (16/19): They Give it All They Got
cham·pi·on — /ˈCHampēən/
(n) - a person who fights or argues for a cause or on behalf of someone else
(v) - support the cause of; defend — "I don't want these powers. They're too much."
Reigen said he would bear any burden too big for Mob.
Ritsu was eight years old and he and his big brother were on their way to the corner store to buy some snacks with their New Years money. It was biting cold and their cheeks were pink. They were blind to the danger of going out and about like this. He was blind to the danger walking next to him.
Whatever woke up, whatever was inside of Shige's body was not his big brother. It was dangerous and it grabbed the thugs and threw them about like it was nothing. Shige was kind. Shige was nice. Shige wouldn't have used his powers like this. Whatever this thing was, it was so so scary and the fact that it was using Shige to do these violent awful things was the worst possible outcome of anything Ritsu could have imagined.
Before he could even think of calling out to Shige, to pull him out from inside the monster, the thing pulled Ritsu off the ground and slammed him against the wall as well. His teeth rattled with the blow, his eyes flashed with bright colors, he felt nauseous. He wanted to throw up but he couldn't. He needed to get up, to stop this monster.
But he shouldn't have to. He's only eight.
When his vision cleared, the bullies were on the ground, bleeding, and there was blood running down Ritsu's face and he wasn't sure if who he was looking at was Shige or not but he cried about the wreckage so it had to be Shige. Ritsu reached out with a hand, barely touched Shige, told him it was alright.
Because if Shige didn't think everything was fine, then that monster might come back and take his body. If Shige doesn't think that nothing is wrong, then he might break and Ritsu would lose him forever.
Everything was all right and nothing hurt and that is how Ritsu had to live from now on. He could never be sad or angry, he could never argue with Shige, he had to smile and make it better every time.
Years passed and Ritsu smiled so hard it hurt. He smiled until he wanted to throw up. He practiced bending spoons in the middle of the night. He wanted powers so that, in the likely event that Shige ever lost control again, he could stop him or oppose him.
He watched the news report about the incident at Black Vinegar Middle School and nothing would make it better. Shige will always lose control. That thing would always make everything worse. No matter how kind and giving and loving and careful Ritsu was, someone will upset Shige and he will lose control and then Ritsu and a million other people will have to pick up the pieces and apologize over and over again.
He couldn't just be complacent. He had to be strong too. Powerful. He needed to be like Shige to stop the thing that took over Shige's body.
Having powers doesn't change much. All it does is cast how powerful Shige is into stark relief. The house is painted in his colors, every breath Ritsu takes is open skies and ozone and wind against his cheeks. Ritsu, in comparison, is a drop in a bucket, but he chases that high with every ounce of him. If he can just get stronger, be better, he won't ever have to be afraid again.
Shige stood in an alleyway as the adult that had Ritsu in his grasp attempted to escape. Power rolled off him like a thunderhead. Ritsu knew, more than he did before, that this wasn't just some monster holding Shige's power and Shige's body in its control. This is what Shige is really like. He can be violent and angry. He can fight grown men with intent to harm. He can hurt Ritsu if he is unhappy. Not on accident, but on purpose.
Ritsu watched as his brother fought for him and hurt people for him, level-headed and directed. He watched as his brother made his way closer and closer. He watched as he finally understood that having that level of power from a young age ruined Shige. But Ritsu only gained his power recently. He hadn't had time to be ruined. He could still stop his brother.
The moment that Ritsu realized Shige's powers were gone he breathed a sigh of relief. It was as if every prayer he had prayed since he was eight finally was answered. His brother was powerless. His brother didn't have that monster deep inside of him anymore. His brother was now just a normal boy.
So why was he...why did he help Hanazawa look for a solution?
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adaume · 2 years
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SMOOCH A GHOST FOR SPOOKY MONTH WOOOO!!!!
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