Journey to the Underwhere
Another scene for the Mario Dæmon AU I discussed in conversation with @istadris .
Inspired by a scene in Chapter 21 Book 3 of ”His Dark Materials” (some spoilers for the source material!).
I am not sure if I will make a full fanfic of this - cannot make any promises - but for now, have this ficlet instead.
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Halfway through the journey the Bros reunite, but Peach is taken down into the Underwhere by Bowser!
However, in order to journey to the Underwhere to rescue her, they must leave their souls - their own dæmons - behind so they can be accepted as "dead". They are also told that this will be painful (as dæmons cannot travel too far from their humans).
Mario tries to get Luigi to stay behind, as he refuses to let his brother go through that, especially with what he has been through already - but Luigi is stubborn and tells Mario that he'll follow him no matter what, and he'll shoulder this with him.
True to what they have been warned, the journey proves excruciatingly painful in of itself due to the pull; but to their horror, they also realise they can feel the pull away from each other. This is before the Power Star awakens the bond, so this is the first piece of evidence that a spiritual connection still exists between them, despite the "barrier".
And all they can do is hold each other as the pain cuts so deep. The dæmons are crying at being left behind by their humans; the humans feel the pain from being pulled away from their dæmons and each other. And it distresses them so much. They know they are physically next to each other, but they can't stop this internal pain. They hold each other so tight, trying to hang onto the warmth and comfort.
Luigi cries and screams with tears pouring down his face, and Mario holds him. He tries to remain strong for both of them, but inside he's mentally kicking himself from how much he's hurting his brother and the guilt of leaving behind his dæmon - and he ends up breaking too. Everything that's hitting him from the pain and the fear gets to him...
“I'm not strong enough. This is all my fault...”
- Luigi notices this, and while he is still distressed by their suffering, he refuses to let his brother shoulder their burden alone. He looks into Mario's eyes and communicates.
"It's ok. I'm sharing this pain with you."
Mario knows there and then that his brother really is the best in the world.
No matter what, they will never leave each other. They will rescue Peach, find their dæmons again, and set things right with the worlds...
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When, Who, What, and most importantly, Why?, please!
Once again, I'm cheating by jumping around on this fic because I've got a lot written and it's all kind of a mess and it needs a lot of work, so we're taking it right back to the beginning on this one.
Hook couldn’t look at him afterwards. It had taken everything he had just to get the words out of his mouth - eye contact felt impossible. He feels like he should be looking Orange in the eye though. He should have to face the consequences of his actions head-on. Confront it, like a man. But he just can’t. So he stares down at the table they’re sitting at, in Orange’s apartment.
It’s late at night. It’s raining outside. Right now, that’s all Hook can hear.
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new tumblr update is sewing doubts into my mind, whispering intomy ears that beloved mutuals have blocked me
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aLSO OK so i was watching the knowing bros jeonghan moment w the hybe security stuff w facial recognition and just ,,,, him and gose pd oc walking into hybe together ,,, the facial recog not working on him bUT WORKING FOR GOSE PD and hes just like "what the fuck? u dont even work here" (idk do they? idkidk i need to sleep)
- joha joha uwu
IM ANSWERING THIS ONE FIRST BC THE OTHER TWO ARE RELATED dude i absolutely swear on my life that the facial recognition works better on pd than on jeonghan LMAOOOO like i bet they walk ahead of him on purpose when they enter together so that he wont get pissed off BAHDHSNZ
also!!! technically they do work there but its kinda complicated bc gose is a pledis production, so im sure they do meetings and things at the hybe building, but they use a bunch of diff sets and locations and theres this ooooone sound stage i think they've repeatedly built sets at that they must just choose to rent all the time bc im p sure they started using it before The Inquisition. ORRR it's part of the hybe arsenal of production services LMAO i know those motherfuckers probably bought all those cameras and equipment and shit for the company instead of renting them out all the time 🙃
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I did a casual hu tao cosplay for a con, was supposed to do another one for another con but missed it because i was too sick to go, but I recently bought a real hu tao cosplay for the next con i'm going to. only problem is, I don't have any shoes that won't look silly with it. I just have my work shoes that are very dirty running shoes, and some boots that would cover up the socks completely. I like the little flower thingys that are attached to the socks. I looked for shoes that are similar to hers, but it's so hard to find women's shoes that fit me because my feet are too big, and mens shoes in a similar style are ugly. and most of them are too expensive to buy for a one-day cosplay anyway. the struggle
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