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#like yes he already knows Yor is strong but when he finds out just *how* strong 😩😩💦
ventithedrunkbardehe · 10 months
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hello, I was wondering if we could pls have this, but genshin impact edition?
Yes ofc!
I'll be making Mondstadt boys then I'll make the other regions too <3
Also sorry for not writing for Mika I don't really know him that well 🙏
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Genshin Impact Mondstadt boys with a gn!reader who is as strong as Yor from spy x family
Albedo I feel like he'd know already that you're strong but not this strong, so it would probably like this: You're a helper of Albedo with you being a knight at the KoF. You were asked to accompany him in Dragonspine, since he had a new place that he wanted to research and find maybe new items thst he could use for his alchemy. The journey was going pretty well until you tried leaving the cave. The two of you already guessed that there's some kind of monster's livingplace you entered, but the two of you never thought about the monster being this gigantic nor dangerous. You tried coming up with an escape route but there weren't any beacuse the monster found you guys easily. So it attacked and you fought back easily taking it down. You helped him carry the stuff that he got from the cave to his lab and so your guy's day went on with him asking weird or not so weird questions about your strenght.
Bennett is our little unlucky adventure boy so you guys probably met on an adventure. You were going thru Windrise when you saw someone being dragged away by hilichurls so you went after them you found a quite big hilichurl camp where they held Bennett hostage. You saw how terrified he was so you knew you had to take matter to you own hand. You wiped out the entire camp pretty nicely rescuing Bennett who looked at you like you were a god\godess. You helped him back to Mondstadt. While going back to the city he didn't stop talking about how strong you are and how thankful he is to you and he asked you to join Benny's Adventure team so you either accept it or not he will be by your side beacuse he wants to repay you.
Diluc wouldn't be that suprised. Like Albedo, he knew you were strong but but didn't expect you to be that strong. I feel like he would find out your strenght like, walking around the Winery and he would just see you slaying enemies like they are some kind of bugs to you. Kaeya already talked about you to him as 'The newest member of the KoF'. The two of you talked before beacuse you got dragged into the Angel's Share without ypur consent. So while everyone was drunk the two of you got to know eachother pretty well. He was zoning out so much that he didn't even notice you standing infront of him trying to ger his attention.
Kaeya would be impressed and would likely clap for you. As at Diluc's let's say that you're a new member of the KoF and he was your partner in the most recent mission. He expected that you're somewhat strong but not so strong that you can wipe out a hilichurl camp single-handedly. So he was just there standing a few meters behind you as he watched you fighting with the hilichurls. But did the Calvary Capitan had any fighting on his mind? No not really unless you get hurt or you really need help. But since you didn't get hurt neither needed the help that he'd offer you so he was standing there with his arms crossed across his chest until you killed the last hilichurl and then there he was clapping for your impressive strenght and fighting skills.
Razor lives in the wild as we know. I imagine he'd encounter your strenght when you protected his so called Lupical. There are quite a few hilichurls living around Wolvendom and some went out to look for food and well, met an injured wolf. Luckily you were there picking Wolfhooks so before anything bad happened you came to the rescue. Razor arrived too but if it was justo nly him there, he would've been too late. He ran uo to the injured wolf as he watched you cut down the few hilichurls with ease. He thanked that you protected a member of his lupical as he tried to take care of the wound the poor wolf had. You saw him struggling so you took over and bandaged up the wound.
Venti was just chilling on the Windrise tree at night as he heard someone "disturbing" his peace. He looked down and saw a person being surrounded by monsters so he thought he'll help but as he got up he saw that the person is cutting the monsters down with ease so he stayed on the tree, deciding not to interfere the mini battle. He saw a bit of a struggling as you were getting tired but you still took the victory. He chukled to himself as you reminded him of Venessa, laying back on the tree branch, begining to loose himself in the nostalgia of the past.
Aether was travelling around when he saw someone in the distance fighting some monsters. He thought he'll jump in but when he arrived you cut the last one down with a powerfull slash. He just stood infront of you like: O-O "Emm... Are you okay? Did you get hurt?" - He asked trying to break the akward silence, but still being in shock. "Yeah, I'm okay. I'm used to this." - You answered, then the akward silence continued until Paimon had something stupid.
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crimson-mage-02 · 3 years
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Spy x Family Mission 2: Honeymoon (Smut/Fluff)
Summary:  Loid wanted to go on a family outing with his daughter and wife until he was asked to go on a mission and had Yor to come along on their new mission to save newly wedded brides on their honeymoon.
A/N: This is my Christmas gift for @kadhis-stuff!! This is for you! I also posted this in Ao3! I had so much fun writing this fanfic of Loid and Yor! I really, really, really, hope you’ll like this! Please forgive me if you spotted any errors. Everyone and @kadhis-stuff, enjoy reading, comment and give feedback! 
Merry Christmas and and stay safe! 
Anya was walking along the path with her adoptive father, Loid was following her on the way home and listened to her talking excitedly about how she’ll spend her time with her uncle Yuri and Franky. He wished they wouldn’t teach her anything that was unnecessary unlike the last time they had taught her how to handle a knife and a gun.
But luckily it was a plastic knife. Much to his relief, he chuckled remembering Yor was teaching her hand to hand combat before attending the Eden academy. He didn’t really say anything much, but right now, he finds it cute. “Papa!”
“Ah, yes, Anya?” Loid looked down at her with a smile.
“Is Mama coming home to cook dinner with us?” Anya asked him as she tugged in his pants.
“Mama will be coming home a bit late and we’ll be cooking dinner together. How does that sound?” Loid asked her.
“Mmm, yeah!” Anya smiled brightly as they walked in hand in hand together on their way home. When they got home, they immediately got started with preparation of making dinner while Yor comes home from work.
It has been months since he and Yor have become an official married couple. He loved spending everyday with her and their daughter Anya. He definitely will not abandon them as he loves them so much. He vowed to protect the two of them. “Anya, get changed and wash your hands.”
“Okie!” Anya saluted with Bond licking her face. She ran into her room to get changed while Loid had changed as well and gave some dog food for Bond in the corner near the new table they had bought. Franky and Anya both had promised they won’t be destroying another table ever again.
He had started some buttered chicken with some sauce while hearing Anya was running towards him and hugged his legs. “Oh, Anya. You ready? Here, you start by stirring the soup.” He gave her a spoon to use to stir while he cuts the meat and then put them into the soup.
At 5pm, when the sun had set and it was dark, Yor came home tired with a worn out look on her face. “Oh no! Mama!” Anya exclaimed worriedly.
“I’m home.” Yor said tiredly as she walked towards the couch and lay down for a bit. Loid turned off the stove and had asked Anya to give them privacy which she complied as she went to study in her room.
He turned to his wife and let her lay on his shoulder. “Tough day at work?”
“Mmm hmm, I have been working so hard. Yet there is so much needed to be done. Oh, how I want a vacation, Loid. It would be very helpful just to relax every once in a while.” Yor said hugging him around his waist.
Loid smiled and then rubbed her back. “I do hope that some dinner would help you relax tonight then maybe I can plan for a trip. Just us three.”
Yor’s eyes brightened and sparkled. “I really do love your cooking. And a think a trip does sound wonderful.”
“Great. I will tell Handler that I will be unavailable for the entire week or month.” Loid smiled at her and stood up with her.
“Oh? Handler is the one who tells you about your missions as a spy?” Yor asked as she helped setting up the table.
“Yes, she’s the one. I think she’ll understand.” Loid chuckled putting the pot in the center of the table. “Plus, she now saw how things had gotten better with us, I think she’ll understand I could have a few days to spend more time with you.”
“I am sure she’ll understand. And I’ll get Anya since dinner is ready.” Yor smiled as she walked towards daughter’s room. “Anya, dinnertime.”
The three of them had dinner together with Bond eating some of the leftovers. They all had discussed what they all had done for the day including Anya showing the art projects she had made in classes.
After dinner, Loid was reading some paper in thinking where he could take Yor and Anya to for their trip. He hummed in deep thought while Yor washed the dishes and Anya was taking a bath. “Loid? Are you searching for a place where we could have a trip?”
“Yes, I am. We went to the aquarium last time. I thought we could go to the beach while renting a beach house to stay in. How does that sound?” Loid asked her.
“Oh, that sounds wonderful.” Yor agreed while clasping her hands together. “I cannot wait!”
The next day…. Loid walked to the agency to request for a few days off with his family. But it wasn’t all he ever had hoped for until Franky had informed he has a new mission on the same day of his vacation with his family. “What? Can’t you find another agent to do this? I really need to spend more time with my family as possible.”
“Sorry, Loid.” Franky apologised to him. “But—But it is a really interesting mission. Just wait until she explains to you.”
Loid sighed and muttered. “This better be good.” They both walked into the office and found Handler was putting some champagne in a basket with red ribbons and some love hearts inside it. Loid gulped softly and cleared his throat to get her attention.
“Oh, good Twilight, you have arrived.” Handler smirked.
Loid’s eyes twitched and gritted his teeth but took a deep breath in and out before speaking up. “Handler, what is it that you want to discuss?”
“Well, I was informed by Franky that you wanted some alone time with your wife and child. Well, I have this mission that involves with kidnapped brides in this honeymoon spot for newly wedded couples.” Handler started explaining the mission for him.
“And…?”
“And you had told your lovely wife that you were a spy and that was not a part of the plan, Twilight. So, I will let this slide and give this chance for you to spend your time with her there to rescue these poor brides.” Handler continued with a grin.
Loid blinked and shook his head. “Wait…wait… are you saying you are granting me permission to bring my wife on a mission with her? Are you testing her abilities as a hitman?”
“Well, yes and no. I can truly see how strong and capable she is, but I need to know that she won’t breathe a word that you are real life spy. Of course, I am granting permission for you to spend time with your wife.” Handler replied as she handed him the basket. “Oh, and I added a few things in the basket just for you as a reward. But before I do let you look into the basket, I am going to let Frankly get you up to speed with the rest of the information of the mission.”
The two boys walked of the office and Franky took out some files for the mission. Loid was really overwhelmed seeing stacked papers on the table, some were categorised and in order. He even looked at the recent kidnappings and the grooms complaints.
“Some papers are growing and growing. There’s a lot of women who are captured. Grooms are getting worried.” Franky said while shaking his head seeing all of the papers.
“Hmm, we’d need to do this quickly. But who will look after Anya?” Loid asked him as he looked through the files.
“I could look after her. I mean, this mission is gonna be for week. You will have time to spend your lovely moments with Yor.” Franky teased him and then sweats nervously seeing his eyes staring at him deadly into his soul. “…Sorry.”
“No, I’m sorry. I am just…. Been so protective of Yor. She has been a center of attention when I had introduced her to everyone here.” Loid said as he remembered every men were trying to get her attention and really wanted to hold her soft hands.
“Maybe I should ban everyone from having contact with her.” Loid continued while clenching his fists with a vein popping.
“What? No! I mean, I am sure she was trying to get settled in. And besides, she had helped us a lot during our other missions.” Franky pointed out.
“True. Alright, I suppose I can let you take care of Anya. But on one condition. Yuri can help out.” Loid said to him.
“What?! Why?!” Franky exclaimed in shock.
“Because it has been months, he had seen her. It would be nice if you two got along well and try to work together to look after Anya while we’re gone.” Loid replied as he got the files in his bags and reluctantly grabbed the basket that Handler gave him. “Alright, I am off and come to eat dinner at 6pm.”
“Good luck, Loid. You may need it.” Franky called out to him as he prepared himself to get to his house and pack up his things for his stay in their apartment. He wished it was just him and Anya, rather than Yuri, him and Anya. He scares him.
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On the way home, Loid arrived early to tell Yor that their trip will be their new honeymoon. And he will tell her about their new mission together. He waited for her at home while packing with Bond watching over him.
“Loid? Are you already home?” Yor called out to him.
“Yes, I am in our room.” Loid replied, putting some clothes on their bed. Yor came in and gave him a kiss on his cheek. “Handler was kind enough to give us a week to let us rest up.”
“Oh that is wonderful. I cannot wait to pack everything! Who will tell Anya that we’re going on a trip?” Yor chimed excitedly and then felt his hands grabbing hers.
“Actually, Handler said it was also a trip and a mission.” Loid explained clearly to her as she frowned.
“Mission? What happened?” Yor asked in alarmed, looking into his eyes. Loid offered her to sit on the bed and sat next to her.
“Okay Handler has assigned us to a mission where we have to act like we are on a honeymoon. And our main focus is freeing all of the brides who were captured and reunite them with their grooms.” Loid explained the mission to his wife.
“I see. Then if it is a really urgent mission, then I must pack right away.” Yor understood how important it was and packed all of her clothes including her hitman attire and her weapons. “So, when do we leave?”
“Right after we start packing. I hope you don’t mind, I invited Franky to look after Anya as well.” Loid said to her.
“Oh, sure it’s great to have him accompanying Anya and Yuri.” Yor smiled, getting her clothes folded and placed them on their bed with Loid giving her luggage and heard the bell ringing. “Must be Yuri.”
“I’ll get it.” Loid smiled at her as he walked over to the door and opened it seeing Yuri. “Hello, thank you for coming in.”
“Anything to look after my darling sweet little niece. So, she is still at school?” Yuri asked with Bond licking his shoes.
“Yes, she is on her way with her friend and classmate. Not to worry, she will be here on time for dinner while your sister and I pack.” Loid replied with a smile.
“You two are going on a trip instead of me looking after Bond and your apartment?” Yuri asked in confusion as he rubbed his neck while Loid sighed deeply.
“Well, I am going on a long-awaited deserved honeymoon with your sister.” Loid smiled at him with Yuri’s eyes widened in fear and shock. He knew this day would come! And he never wanted to let Yor be fully attached to this man ever! But he must accept the fact, she loves him very much.
“W-well, I do h-hope you two enjoy it. You really do deserve it.” Yuri smiled while clenching his fist and a vein was popping out while Loid slyly smirked at him. Seeing him crack just for a little bit was so satisfying for him to see.
The door opened with Anya came running inside and hugged her papa on the legs. “Papa, I’m home!”
“Welcome home, Anya!” Loid happily greeted and carried her in his arms. “Look who’s here. It’s your Uncle Yuri.”
“Uncle Yuri!” Anya reached for him with Loid letting him hold her. He let them have a few minutes with each other and went back into his room seeing Yor was putting something in her luggage rapidly as if she doesn’t want him to see.
“Yor? Something the matter?” Loid raised an eyebrow.
“No. No! I am all packed now. Is that my brother?” Yor asked quickly as she left the room to greet her brother. Loid shrugged and then decided to put the luggage’s out in the living room and then saw Franky had brought in a lot of cartoons for them to watch.
“Look, Franky was kind enough to bring in a lot of cartoons for Anya.” Yor smiled at Loid who smiled cheerfully and then looked over at Franky who gave him another file. Loid watched Yuri and Franky were eyeing each other with a glare on their faces.
This is going to be a long week. But all that’s worth, he gets to have some alone time with his lovely and beautiful wife. He also remembered the basket and held it in his hands and placed it on the table. Also putting the secret envelope Handler had given him.
“Anya, I am very sorry that we cannot take you to our trip. But Papa and I are going on a special trip. I want you to be good to your uncles.” Yor said to her daughter with a smile and then gave a stern expression to her brother as he understood that he’ll do whatever he needs to do to take good care of
“Oh, that’s okay, I do understand!” Anya smiled brightly at her parents.
“Also, I left the numbers on the fridge. Be sure to call us if something has happened.” Loid smiled at her as she hugged the both of them. “So behave and listen to your uncles. We will be back soon.”
“Okay! Have fun Papa, Mama!” Anya chimed while Bond barked.
They all had said their goodbyes to Anya, Franky, and Yuri. Both of them went inside the car that will lead to their ‘honeymoon’. It seemed like a quiet place to have a honeymoon. It was nice. Clean air and beautiful sights to see and go to. The beach house looked so beautiful, it has great architecture, wonderful spacious rooms and it is a breathtaking luxury beach house.
“Hmm, I love it Loid, how did you afford this? It must’ve cost a lot.” Yor wondered as she took off her sun hat and put her bags on the floor next to the table.
“Well, Handler handled everything, the money, the activities, the food and everything.” Loid replied as he looked at the papers. “So, tonight, there is a restaurant that is opening on the beach. We should get ready. You have your uh, weapons ready?”
“Of course, but if you don’t mind, I would like to get changed first.” Yor said as she got her dress out.
“Sure, I’ll just wait in the main room.” Loid nodded with a smile. He thought it would be a good chance to go over the mission and look for certain clues where they might be. He had looked through some of the photos but never got the chance to read the rest of the information that Franky had given him.
He also wondered if Yor wanted to go on a real honeymoon. He would love it if he would take her to dancing and take her on a walk down to the beach, then play in the waters. Maybe even kissing her with the sun setting. Sounds like a perfect honeymoon.
“…..Loid? What are you smiling about?” Yor asked him while she fidget with her sunflower dress with her hair down past her waist. Loid blushed seeing her in a beautiful dress and has fallen in love with her all over again.
“Uh… j-just how we are doing this missions together that’s all. Ahem, and that we are on our honeymoon trip.” Loid smiled nervously with a small blush on his cheeks.
“Oh, well, then I am very excited. I also got my weapons ready.” Yor chimed with Loid standing up, smiling at her.
“Alright, we should get going.” Loid smiled back.
They both walked along the footpath, holding hands together and act like they are a real married couple. Yor blushed a little, remembering the moment he had confessed his feelings of love. She was so happy she got to experience in going on a honeymoon.
They had reached to their destination and sat at their table. Loid pulled the chair for Yor shyly which she happily accepted and sat on the chair with him sitting opposite of her. They both had looked into the menu together and had ordered what they would like to eat.
“Hmm, this place does look romantic, don’t you think, Loid?” Yor asked.
“Of course. When we get home, we can go on another date.” Loid smiled lovingly as he held her hand across the table while she blushed bright pink and looked into his eyes until something caught her eye.
“Loid, two men are outside the restaurant. Possibly waiting for a newly wedded couple to come out.” Yor said softly with Loid nodding with a stern expression.
“Appearance?”
“Dressed in black, both in coats with golden and silver watches on their waist.” Yor noted while she play with his hand which Loid blushed yet, he played along until their food has arrived.
“Alright, we have to be on our guard. For now, let’s just be our normal selves.” Loid winked at her while she giggled and began to eat her meal which was absolutely delicious! Yor also fed some of her steak to Loid which he shyly accepted.
“So, do-do you think we could do this some other time? I mean, someplace else?” Loid asked while he rubbed the back of his neck watching her eating her dessert.
“Hmm, I would love to. Oh, I wonder how Franky and Yuri doing.” Yor wondered while Loid whimpered as he was supposed to call them, but they call them now. “You’ve forgotten to call when we got here, didn’t you?” Yor asked, seeing his reaction.
“Yes, I did…Sorry, sweetie.” Loid apologised seeing her arms were crossed and she narrowed her eyes at him then she chuckled softly.
“It is alright, Loid. It’s our first time. So there will be no mistakes next time.” Yor smiled at him while she drank her water. Loid looked on the reflection on the glass, seeing a wedded couple were walking out of the restaurant and heard car wheels screeching from outside.
Loid and Yor both looked outside seeing the bride was being taken away while the groom had called in for the police. The spy and the hitman had paid for their food and disappeared from the restaurant and had ran back to their beach house to get ready.
They were both on a roof top and he had brought in his binoculars to see what they were doing. It looked like there has been multiple missing women inside. He looked to the side seeing Yor taking off her coat seeing her revealing outfit. He blushed deeply seeing her in a halter-style black dress, showing her shoulders. As well as her cleavage. She also wore a rose choker and rose pattern on the inside of her skirt. He also noticed she wore a pair of black thigh-high boots with black fingerless gloves.
And she had changed her headband to a golden coloured with a rose and two spikes coming out each side. “Uh, ahem. Yor?”
“Hmm yes?”
“Is, uh well, you do certainly l-look lovely…. Um, doesn’t make you feel cold?” Loid asked her, trying not so hard looking at her cleavage.
“No. Not at all. I have been trained not to be bothered by the cold.” Yor replied with a smile as she twirled her weapons in her hands. “Shall we?”
Loid nodded as they both jumped off the rooftop down to the warehouse and had heard the men were trying to select a woman which made Yor more furious to hear such crude words that has been side. The spy held her hand tightly to calm her down as he grabbed his guns from his holster.
They successfully went inside the warehouse with Yor swiftly taking down two guards with Loid punched one in the face. Yor gave him another gun to use and she looked over at the women who were whimpering in fear. She desperately wanted to save them badly. She walked around with her husband following her.
If he ever had lost her to these men, he would hunt these men down if they hurt Yor in front of him. His eyes glanced over at the table and he got Yor’s attention as she looked over at the board with her eyes scanning all over the papers.
All of the women who are targeted by these men. It boils her blood inside and she wanted nothing more but to take them down. Loid heard footsteps and then held onto Yor and hid behind a pillar, holding her closely to him.
“Looks like these are all of the women.” Said one of the men.
“Heh, too bad we didn’t get that new bride that came in today at the restaurant. She looked like a real snack boys.” With that comment, it made Loid even more furious. They were thinking of capturing Yor to be one of their……toys to be played with. He cannot allow those men do such a thing to those women or to Yor.
“Loid…. We must get them out of here.” Yor whispered to him.
“Yes, and fast.” Loid nodded and looked at how many men were there in the warehouse. “Okay, here’s what we are going to do. I’ll distract them and then once I got their attention, you take the women out of here. If one man touches one of them…”
“I’ll fight them off.” Yor finished as she went to the other side of the warehouse to try and get to the women. She made sure they all stayed quiet, not to get her caught. She heard some rattling noises and turned to see Loid was the one who was doing it to distract them while he fought off against the men.
“Get him!” shouted one of the men who ran after him outside of the warehouse. But they weren’t prepared on what’s going happen next. Loid side kicked one of them in the face while shot one on the leg with his gun.
Yor quickly got the ropes of the women’s wrists, cutting them free from the restraints and guided them outside until one man grabbed onto him until she twisted his arm and then kicked him in the stomach, sending him into the air with one coming at her with her punching him and swung her golden metal pick and plunged it onto the palm of his hand, making him scream in agony.
“Go!” Yor cried out to the women who were rushing outside while she fought against them. She kicked them hard as she can, sending them back into the boxes unconscious.
Outside of the warehouse, Loid was handling very well fighting against them and saw one man was thrown from the window, he saw Yor was walking towards him while she twirled her weapons in her hands. He looked behind her saw one man was about to attack her from behind. He got out his gun and grazed his arm a bit, screaming in pain. Saving her just in time.
Then they heard the police was coming at their position while they ran into hiding away from the police and watched the men being arrested. Loid was watching how the grooms where reunited with their wives and saw the look on Yor’s face. She was relieved to see them being reunited.
He was glad that the mission was a success. Both of them walked along the beach while Loid watched her playing in the water and laughed when she felt it was so cold. He never knew he would have this type of feeling towards her and…. He was glad that it was her that got him this far to becoming the world’s best spy of all time.
All thanks to her encouragement as well as Anya. He loves both his wife and daughter with all of his heart. “Loid! Look a seashell! And there is a smaller one. I am sure Anya would love this!” Yor beamed with excitement.
“Yes, I am sure she will love it.” Loid smiled lovingly as he caressed her cheek softly with the stars sparkling in the reflection of her eyes. He gently touched a strand of her hair and then kissed it while she blushed deeply red. She was glad that it was night time, so he won’t be able to see it.
Loid’s eyes stared into her red eyes, he was looking at the most beautiful assassin he has ever seen. He leaned in and kissed her passionately as they fought for dominance with Yor reciprocating the kiss. She wrapped her arms around his torso and felt his heartbeat.
They kissed each other underneath the stars as they played with each other’s tongue and Loid felt every bit of her soft curves with her chest pressed against his. He held the back of her head, deepening the kiss.
“L-Loid?”
“Mmm?” Loid moaned into the kiss as they broke away to get some air. He saw her hair was now getting messy.
“W-We should do this at our beach house.” Yor said shyly, looking down at their feet.
“Of course. W-We should.” Loid nodded in agreement, holding her hand. leading her back to their house on the beach. Once they reached towards their beach house, he looked back at Yor who was taking off her boots and took off her shawl and put it on a hangar.
She placed her weapons on the table and looked at Loid who was taking off his jacket and his suit. She bit her lips, thinking back of their kiss on the beach. Slowly, she walked towards him as he noticed she was getting closer to him.
He reached out to her cheek and then they both clashed their lips together and he stumbled against the table with the fake vase falling down. He caressed her cheeks with her undoing the buttons of his suit and shirt, with him throwing it away on the floor while staring into her eyes.
They both breathed in and out heavily and continued making out as they both made their way to their bed room. He gently laid her back on the bed and took her appearance as an assassin and gently took off her headwear. Dropping it on the floor while he rubbed his knee in between her legs, getting the most cute and adorable reaction from her, moaning softly.
Hearing such angelic noise coming out from her mouth has really blessed his ears. He trailed his kisses on her neck while she moaned. She felt every bit of his muscles and kissed his ear softly while placing more kisses on his neck and felt his hands were exploring her curves and her breasts. He massaged them gently.
She arched her body and opened her eyes seeing his blue eyes staring down at her. She covered her face and whimpered. “Yor…are you afraid of me? If you are, then we could stop.” Loid said gently.
“No…I mean…. I am not afraid. Because it’s you. I know you won’t hurt me.” Yor admitted with a single tear rolled down her cheek. She smiled and caressed his cheek, kissing him on the lips, then whispered. “You can keep going.”
Loid nodded slowly while he helped her get out of her attire while kissing her shoulder softly. He laid her back on the pillow as he took her dress off, seeing her naked body while she hugged her chest, blocking the most beautiful view away from him.
“Sorry, this is my first time….” Yor said softly while closing her legs.
Loid didn’t say anything but was staring at her like she was the only woman in the whole wide world. “You…look beautiful, Yor. Do not hide yourself from me. Please, may I continue?”
Yor nodded and put her arms away from her chest, letting him kiss her bare chest and messaged one breast and sucked one nipple, making her moan louder and louder.
“God, Loid, your…your tongue…feels great! Ah!” Yor exclaimed and gasped softly in pleasure, tilting her head back on her pillow and gripped onto the sheets. Loid switched breasts as he bit softly, making her moan even more louder. He massaged them at the same time while watching her reacting to his warm touch.
He felt her hands were squeezing his arms softly and reached up to his strong biceps. His hands caressed her body while she caressed his cheek and she got up on her elbows to kiss him softly on the lips while his hand trailed all the way to her thighs.
He kissed her neck while she played with his blonde locks and then laid her back down again while trailing kisses on her chest, to her belly then went to explore her clitoris. But she covered it with her hands and whimpered.
“Yor…you don’t have to hide away from me. As I said, you are stunningly beautiful. A-and I cannot wait any longer, you are driving the world’s greatest spy crazy.” Loid smirked, licking his lips while she rubbed her thighs together before she lets him take off her underwear and started licking it gently and slowly.
“Ahh! Loid….t-that’s feels so good! More!” Yor moaned as she held onto the sheets in her hands tightly. He licked her more roughly while he squeezed her thighs as she moaned. She watched him getting up and wiped his mouth until he put one finger in her. She screamed and moaned, humping into his hand while he was exploring her folds.
“How does that feel, Yor?” Loid asked softly while he held her hand.
“It feels so…ah!” Yor whimpered, feeling two fingers in her now. She thrusted herself in his hand. She cannot take it anymore as she wanted more of him…him inside of her. “L-Loid?”
“Do you want me to stop?” Loid asked, thinking she doesn’t want to go bit more further.
“No. I do not want you to stop. It’s just did you bring a c-condom? Protection?” Yor asked, looking away from him, covering her mouth.
Loid looked at her in confusion then remembered something. He went to the basket Handler gave him earlier and grabbed the bag filled with little squares, had something in there. Now he gets it now. These are the condoms Yor had mentioned. “These are it…right?” Loid shown her the condom in his hand.
He saw her looking at him lustfully with her eyes shining brightly. She nodded and stood on all fours, watching him taking off his pants and saw his dick with her eyes widening in shock, seeing how big he is. He put the condom aside and he caressed her cheek as she looked at his dick, she gently touched it. She has never done this before but never wanted to disappoint him.
So she took the risk and licked the tip softly hearing him groan softly. She put her hair behind her ear as she sucked all of his dick while he tilted his head back, feeling such a great pleasure. He never felt anything like this. “Ahh, Yor!”
A muffled scream escaped as she pulled away from his dick, seeing more of his juice spilling out while she gulped, taking it all in. She breathe out while looking up at Loid in his eyes. He took a cloth in his hands and wiped it all away.
Loid decided it was time to put on the condom. He put it on and turned to see Yor was opening her legs open for him. Once he was ready, he was rubbing his dick against her, making her whimper and twirl her hair.
Then he thrusted his cock into her as she moaned while he grunted, burying his face onto neck. She held him tightly, both panted heavily. “It…. doesn’t hurt?” Loid asked her quietly.
“No, please do keep going.” Yor replied seductively against his ear as he started to thrust into her, in a perfect rhythm. She loved the sensation she was feeling. She made eye contact with Loid, locking into each other’s eyes before they both kissed each other passionately.
Loid thrusted in her more roughly and held her hands with her legs wrapped around his waist. In no time, he would cum. He stopped while putting one leg up on his shoulder and thrusted slowly into her before doing it roughly.
She moaned louder and louder, holding his arms. How she loved it! She arched her body, feeling something was happening and screamed out loud with Loid holding her body down onto the bed, coming into the condom. He set her leg down and collapsed on her chest, panted heavily while she held him tightly in her arms with a smile.
(~)
Loid and Yor both laid down on their bed with content smiles on their faces, she was leaning on his chest with their legs tangled with each other underneath the sheets. He had his arm around her while staring up at the ceiling with a smile on his face.
He really did it. He made love to the love of his life! But he wondered if she thought he was bad at it and that she would regret it. “Loid?”
“Y-Yes?” Loid saw her getting up and laid on top of his chest.
“Thank you. I mean for this honeymoon, mission, going out for dinner and well… this.” Yor smiled lovingly, creating circles on his chest. “I really enjoyed it. Including the sex part.”
“You’re welcome. I am glad that was successful.” Loid chuckled, brushing her hair out of the way to see her face clearly. “I hope I wasn’t all that bad.”
“Loid, no, no. Y-you were amazing, I must say.” Yor blushed softly while getting up a bit and kissed him softly on the lips. “If we ever do get another chance doing this, we could ask Franky and Yuri to look after Anya again.”
“Of course, I called Franky, she’s asleep now.” Loid smiled at her while she laid her head back down on his chest. “If we are going to do this again…we might need more condoms. I believe we already used them all that Handler gave us.”
Yor giggled, remembering how many times they had done it and it was an amazing night of her life. She got to experience it with the man she truly loves. “I believe so.”
Few Days Later
Loid and Yor came back home to their house with happy and content smiles on their faces and opened their door. “Anya, we are home!” Loid announced until he heard snoring from the living room.
“Aww, how cute, Loid, look!” Yor squealed softly with Loid going in the living room and then gasped softly seeing the big mess right in front of them. But then smiled seeing their daughter sleeping in Yuri’s arms with Franky hugging a pillow in his arms, sucking his thumb.
Loid snickered as he decided to take a photo of them and try to at least tease his brother-in-law and his friend. Maybe show it to the entire agency. “This will be in the history photo albums. I shall show this to everyone in the agency.”
Yor giggled at his antics. It was rather cute to see him all loosened up after doing their missions. She has been blessed to share such a blissful honeymoon with him. It was the best night of her life. She hugged him around his waist with him looking behind to see her smiling.
“Let’s fix up some breakfast and wake them up. We need to report this to Handler.” Loid smiled at her.
“Of course.” Yor smiled brightly while walking towards her daughter and younger brother. Loid could still see she was still a bit sore and wobbly in the legs. But nonetheless, he enjoyed it.
He put the suitcases near the table and watched Anya hugging Yor tightly with Yuri while Franky came hugging Loid tightly. “I am so glad you are back from your honeymoon!”
“Yes, yes, I am glad I am back and what have you done to our house?!” Loid hissed at him grabbing the collar of his shirt. He gulped fearfully and then looked back at the mess in the living room, seeing every packet of candy and chips everywhere, including some crumbs.
“Um… well, that was a very long story.” Franky chuckled nervously at his friend.
“This will be the last time you’ll be babysitting Anya in here. Instead, we are getting her to stay at your place.” Loid whispered.
“Yuri, thank you so much for looking Anya.” Yor smiled at her brother.
“It was no problem. I love my little darling niece with all of my heart.” Yuri smiled warmly at his niece. If anyone has the desire to hurt my niece, I shall shove my gun at their heads and shoot them myself.
Anya was shocked to hear that in her mind and immediately hugged her mother’s leg. “Aw, she missed her parents a lot. I do hope you enjoy your trip.” Yuri hoped as he grabbed his bags. Yor awkwardly looked at Loid who was drinking some water with droplets of sweat falling down from his forehead.
“It was…we have the greatest time of our lives.” Yor chuckled while hugging Yor in her arms.
“Oh, that’s great!” Franky exclaimed, happy for the two. “Now can we go now?”
At the agency, Loid and Yor had left Anya in the care of Franky again while they had talked to Handler. Loid and Yor were standing in front of her desk while she smiled at the two with a grin. This irritated the spy so much he knew how much she was going to tease him.
“Well, well, Twilight, I hope you enjoyed your honeymoon with Yor. I heard the mission was a success. And thank you, Yor for helping us out.” Handler smiled at her.
“Oh, no. thank you. I really do love helping you with your missions. Especially with Loid’s. I am more than happy to work with you again.” Yor blushed bright pink.
“Happy to hear that.” Handler smiled at her. “Loid, you are one lucky guy to have her. Never let her go. You understand?”
Loid smiled at his wife lovingly and held her hand, intertwining their hands together. “I am not planning on letting her go.”
The couple said their goodbyes to Handler and walked back into the hallway to get to Anya with smiles on their faces. Yor saw Anya was running up to them and held out her hands to her with Loid watching with a smile. He got the family has he never thought he would have, and he loves both of his girls and had promised he’ll never leave them.
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flamingo-writes · 3 years
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Untitled — Ushijima Wakatoshi x Reader
So, I kinda wrote this out of the blue, so, atm I can’t think of a title, but when I do, I’ll edit it. I...I also cant think of how o summarize this and make it sound cool vsivs sorry for the simple summary fjdsnvs
Summary: Ushijima isn’t the best at handling emotionalpeople, but he tries his best to soothe his s/o. 
A/N: this fic is dedicated to my lovely friend @serenitystar2002​ you are one of the kindet people I know, and also so very funny, you deserve all the good things happening to you! 
Word Count: 1K words
Posted: 12.08.2020
Warnings: a little bit of angst with fluffy end. Post-time skip, though there are no mentions of spoilers. 
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The habit creature, Ushijimaa Wakatoshi, immediately noticed something was wrong. Having returned from his training in the afternoon, he’d usually come home to find you cooking something for dinner, for the both of you, greet him warmly with a hug and a peck on his cheek despite Wakatoshi telling you he was all sweaty and stinky. As much as he “complained” about you hugging him when he got home all dirty from training, he still felt his heart melt at your welcoming embrace regardless of his state.
However, this afternoon he came home to a quiet place. There was no music playing, nor your voice singing, nor the smell of food inviting him. There was something wrong.
He called your name several times as it echoed through the house as he walked to the master bedroom leaving his stuff on the floor next to the door. He called yor name once more before approaching the bed, where you were lying on your side, facing your back to the door. 
It was so unlike you.
“My love, is everything alright?” Wakatoshi asked upon hearing the silent sobs coming from your mouth. “What happened?” 
“Nothing, I’m...I’m fine” You sniffed. 
“Then why are you crying?” Ushijima was definitely not good at reading people, but spending so much time with you, and being so infatuated, you were the only one he could easily read. “Hey, my darling, come here” 
The pain in your heart was too much to handle. Overwhelmed , you started crying once more as the insecurities buzzed in your ears. 
“Babe, please. Come here” 
Reluctantly, having the echoes in our head remind you of everything that had been haunting you and hurting you, you didn’t want to face Wakatoshi. Not now. Not like this. 
However, his strong arms quickly wrapped around you. Tightly, as you started crying hard against his chest. As if it was his arms what kept you from breaking into a million pieces. One of his hands went to the back of your hand, and his fingers began brushing your hair delicately. 
He felt his eyes grow teary, and did not know why. Somehow, your pain was permeating into him. God, he loved you so much, he didn’t like seeing you like this. His arms tightened around you as he breathed deeply, trying to come up with something to say. How badly he wanted to help you feel better.
“You don’t have to tell me what happened. But, if I can help you in any way, please let me know” He purred.
“I don't think you can help” 
“Do you want to talk about it?” 
“Not really” 
“Okay then" Wakatoshi began "Listen, I love you okay? Just know that I’m here for you. Whatever it is that happened, it’ll get better. You’re strong, and you’re clever, you’ll get through this. 
You were about to say something but completely went against it, as the lump on your threat threatened you. 
You remained quiet for a while as he hugged you tightly against his chest. His words hurt, and at the same time soothing your ache. Your insecurities were still bugging you, but, knowing how he felt definitely made you feel better. You wondered just how true his words were. But right now, it didn’t matter. Ushijima had spoken his mind, the only way he knows. Plainly, speaking his mind without filtering his words. That much was true. Everything he had said was true. 
You couldn't bring youself to speak, to tell him you loved him back. Althoigh, Ushijima knew that all too well. You simply sobbed.
“I don't know if you need to hear this but, I really love you. I've never been this in love with anyone before, and I doubt I ever will be. Even if I spend the entire day out, training, busy with volleyball, just know, that you’re always in my mind. I know you’re always there, taking care of me, making sure I eat well and sleep enough, cooking such delicious food, it’s always a blessing to come back home and be with you. You keep my mind at ease when things get stressful. I don’t know what I’d do without you. I love you so very much, okay?” 
After a short while of hugging in silence, his hand continued to play with your hair. He noticed the way your breath had turned back to normal, and you had been quiet for a while. You weren't crying any more. Whether or not you felt better, remained a mystery to him. But he was willing to keep trying to lift you up, even if it took him all day long. 
“You stink,” You said, breaking the silence as Ushijima chuckled.
“I know” He said amused “But I also know you don't care” He added. 
Hearing you chuckle softly felt like a win. He broke the hug, now his hands cupping our face as his tender look scanned your face.
 “Hey, how about I make dinner tonight?” Ushijima said as you looked away from him.
“Not hungry…” You answered.
“You have to eat. It's healthy” He said lifting your chin up so you’d face him once more “I’ll shwer real quick and cook something for the both of us. And while I cook, you’ll take a shower” 
“Ushi...I…” 
“Please,” He cut you off gently “It’ll make you feel better, I promise. Do it for me, yes?” He said kissing your forehead. “Listen, I love you. Everything about you. You have no idea how in love I am with that cute little smile of yours. I didn’t get to see it earlier when I got back from training, and I miss it already” 
“O-okay…” You answered hesitantly.
“You’re gonna feel better, I promise. I’ll help you through it, okay?” He said holding your hand. “I’m here, and not going anywhere” His hand gave yours a gentle squeeze as you squeezed his hand back in response. 
“I love you, Ushi” You murmured. 
Wakatoshi smiled and wiped away the silent tear sliding through your cheek before kissing your forehead. 
“I love you too, my darling. Very, very much” His voice purred against your ears as you locked stares for a few seconds. 
His tender smile soothing you as he packed your lips so softly and so tenderly, you felt your heart stop. He then kissed your forehead one last time before heading to the bathroom. You looked at him disappear behind the bathroom wall as his words kept replaying in your head. What a warm and somehow painful comfort his words brought to your heart. 
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nagy-bari · 4 years
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spy x family angst points/plots (?)
sooo there’s one thing that bugs me and that if we only follow any pov from start to possible half-realistic finishes it can become a full on tragedy by just tiny things. example: (i’m gonna be rambling soooo much)
Yor: she needed someone so the secret police won’t find her suspicious. (she has no idea that lil’ bro won’t let anyone hurt her from the SSS but let’s assume even he won’t have much power if a higher up decides that she is indeed suspicious. I mean if they can work for the same government without knowing about the other, and as history often proved secret police’s tend to make huge mistakes.) she meets with this paper-cut perfect single father (if we go with the conservative atmosphere the story so far has, that’s also can be suspicious) he happens for WhAtEvEr reason agree to be a fake boyfriend and then messes up and they get ‘married’ of course she gets way too attached to her new family. cause she knows how much the bonds can mean for children (just look at the strange but visible strong connection between her and Yuri. yes they know absolutely nothing about the other but they care way too much) BUT she knows that Loid only needed her so that his daughter can go to the elite school. she knows that once Anya finishes that school she won’t really have any place in the fake-marriage, or Loid’s end of the deal will be off. she’s insecure by character so i would say she does worry that Loid will just tell her one day that: thank you so far, i won’t be needing you anymore as a fake wife. she does her best of course but a low self-esteem can eat away your spirit. ALSO if the deal is off she’s once again single AND had a short marriage (for worse from the outside an affair) with a single father. So. what would keep the SSS from coming after her? or as we’ve seen Nightfall/Fiona is after her position in the mission and so far only the good heart of the writer keeps her back from researching Yor a bit more. and with the stone cold precision she has i wouldn’t be too surprised if she can find out about the connections Yor has. of course Fiona can be stopped by the sheer power of plot, or Anya, or Bond or whomever the story flings in front of her, but let’s assume the worst so she manages to dig up Yor’s teenager works as an assassin or some from the present or anything. this may lead to Yuri getting suspicious, which is an altogether different wild goose chase (which i would love to see) not to mention that Twilight/Loid is still bewildered anytime Yor manages to sneak up on him. and i’ve already wrote this but a man who bugged his fake wife because what if she blows his cover, may get back into a similar headset if too many suspicious thing happen around them (like Yuri and Fiona constantly visiting and dropping hints (death-threats and insulting his work ethic) soo back to the SSS if she somehow gets on the list for real as a suspicious single woman, the most obvious solution is that her boss will simply move some strings. Yet. history proved it many many times that systems that use secret police will sacrifice some of their people if the situation demands it. so there’s a huge possibility that neither Yor’s boss nor his brother will/can do anything to save her. bonus point if she’s on the list because Loid finished his mission. and the deal is really off but they misunderstood each other (mostly Yor) and couldn’t somehow say that even if the fake part is over it would be nice to remain a family for real. (Anya is nowhere near when they talk about this, since if she’s there she will translate and there won’t be an angsty plot :D) so they are on a temporary pause and since they were such a picture perfect family all the neighbours notice that she’s missing/didn’t go back for a week/ never go with Loid and Anya to the bus/etc. (anything you can come up with that may lead older/gossiping people that the marriage is over) so someone calls the SSS on her (and or the whole family ?) and she is on the run. Loid has no idea where she went but is livid, (may even ask for help from Yuri who will also be in murderous mood, mostly towards Loid, then the neighbour, or Fiona, who i think will simply refuse to help. or not. character growth?) Anya wants to help so she runs off with Bond to search for her Ma, double the pressure double the angst, so on so forth. Yor realizes that she’s in trouble, is actively hiding (which is one of her speciality i would assume) and they meet in the middle of the night in a fight (or any place you think Yor would run off to to not be a bother to anyone) Loid may realize why she was able to adapt to the strangest things, confessions and agreements. they leave for Westphalia (?) (or would if Yuri won’t say anything.)   
Loid and Anya will come in a next rant/rambling as soon as life lets me.
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mail-me-a-snail · 4 years
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A Heavy Burden (of Fangs) Ch. 2
Chapter 2: The Fangs
tag list: @starl1ght-child
chapter 1
A warm palm cups Rezyl’s cheek.
It’s a familiar touch, maybe of a love long lost. It soothes him, and for a moment he is alright. This is the touch of home. Another hand brushes his hair in long, slow strokes, brushing silver curls out of his face. He sighs contentedly. It doesn’t feel like a dream, but it is, isn’t it? He hasn’t felt this kind of comfort in a long time, especially in the past few months.
He had felt the same way when he emerged from the Hellmouth; the light on his face, however artificial, and his gratitude for being out of the dark at long last. He enjoys it as much as possible, because he knows what comes next.
Both hands cup his face now. Rezyl notices not that the palms are not smooth-- they’re gnarled and knotted like rotting bark. The texture makes his cheeks itchy and in frustration he longs to scratch. He keeps his eyes closed. Rezyl doesn’t know what he’ll see if he opens them.
“You said you were ready to listen,” a voice says, feminine and cool, but just as rough as her hands. “Here I am.”
“To whom do I owe the honour?” he replies. The voice comes from his left, like the person/creature/voice is sitting on the edge of the bed.
“You kill my consort, take his chitin,” she tuts, fingernails--claws---digging into his temple. He grunts. “and yet, you do not know his lady’s name. I thought Guardians were honourable.”
He remembered the consort. A tough battle, but one he had no trouble winning. “We have...good intentions, to say the least.” A hand once again brushes through his hair, and he sighs unconsciously. “What are you doing?”
“Observing my trophy,” she laughs. It’s surprisingly gentle, if not patronising. “You’re very beautiful, Rezyl Azzir. You’re strong. Your hair tells of your age--years spent defending the Traveler, I’m sure.”
It would’ve indeed been a sign of his age, had his hair not turned silver the night after Twilight Gap. He could’ve explained it away with the stress of the battle, but he had had a feeling it hadn’t been that, because if that had been the case he would’ve been grey after Six Fronts, or even Burning Lake.
“Open your eyes for me.”
He does, without hesitation. Two--three--green eyes in pyramid formation, glowing so harshly he instinctively shuts his eyes. He opens them again, squinting to brace himself. The eyes are, in a way, hauntingly beautiful. They are the green his had once been.
“How grey they’ve become--how grey you have become. Your hair, your eyes, the pallor of your skin...You’re sick, Rezyl Azzir. But I can help you. We are the only cleansing you will ever need.”
He sits up, and the hand stays on his cheek. Against his better judgment, he leans into it, relishing the warm touch, however inhuman it is. It is the kindest touch he’s felt from another being all these months. He hasn’t realized just how starved of physical contact he is until this very moment. He’s become so utterly weak.
“Yes, you have,” the voice hums, “Why, you’re not even sure any of this is real, are you?  No matter. I know of your quest for peace in this damned world. I know of the barricades that stop that reality from coming to fruition--it’s your own weakness, your own lack. It’s not your fault that you lack, as every Guardian lacks any real power, but you came to me. You destroyed my consort and took his place.”
Rezyl leans away, shaking his head. “I’m...that wasn’t my mission.” He’s quite sleepy, head heavy, as if every hour of sleep he should’ve gotten is coming back to him all at once. His mouth feels like putty.
“No,” she laughs again, “Guardians mean well, as you said, and good intentions rarely lead you anywhere. You’re not as good as you think you are. You can be so much more than ‘good’ and ‘evil.’ You can be beautiful. Because even demons were from some sort of heaven, once.”
“My tattoos,” Rezyl shakes his head again, as if it’ll scatter the powder of sleep from his eyes. “Is that...why you did it? Why you filled them in?”
“I never got your name.” Something sharp pokes at his gum. He opens his mouth, thumbing his teeth--and reels in surprise when a tooth stabs the pad of his thumb.  He tastes a drop of copper. He goes the other way and finds another fang and two more on his upper teeth. His incisors have lengthened. He has fangs.
“Among...other things. But aren’t they wonderful now?” She takes his arm and rolls up his sleeve. His tattoos emerge, plain on his skin. They are fully black, when a mere hours ago they had just been half-filled. “You are whole now, Rezyl Azzir. You are my champion. This title I do not grant lightly. You are a hero...no, that’s not the right word. You are a peacekeeper worthy of my attention. Will you do as I ask of you?”
“Xyor, the Blessed,” Xyor says, her voice a little raspier like the Hive.
“Yor?” He tips his head. “That is your name?”
“No. It is yours. It has always been yours, since the day you stepped into the Hellmouth alone. Will you, who was once Rezyl Azzir, hero of the Last City, who is now Yor, my champion, and the thorns of a rose, take your place as my consort?”
“To keep the peace,” Rezyl Azzir vows, “and to change this wretched world.”
Lightning flashes. For a moment he can see the horrible, knotted, and gnarled chitin of a Witch standing tall above him, green eyes pure and unwavering, long, tattered robes flowing. Her hands are claws, black and rotten. The sight erases any idea of comfort she may have brought him. It turns his stomach over. The small taste of copper in his mouth is sharper now, spreading across his tongue. He tries not to gag.
The room goes dark. Thunder claps. When the next flash of lightning comes, Xyor is gone.
--
Rezyl Azzir wakes up.
It’s morning now. The sunlight streams in from the window, striking his eyes. He looks away. Aster is asleep in his nest of cloths. Rezyl stands and stretches. He groans as a few bones pop into place. The Guardian packs clothes, ammunition--he packs lightly. Once he comes back, he’ll take Aster and they’ll leave the City for good. The only peace to be made is out  there in the wilds.
He puts his bag at the foot of his bed. He gets dressed in the same armor he had worn on Luna--fur collar, chitin along his arm--and that’s exactly where he goes.
When he’s in the Hellmouth, every creature, big or small, seems to move aside for him, as if they know who he is and who he belongs to. Good. They already fear him. He reaches Xyor’s chamber. The Witch floats above him and Thralls bow down to her. She turns and looks at him with what he can say is satisfaction, not surprise.
“What did you call me, last night?” He asks, looking up at her. “A thorn?”
“You are the thorns of the roses you once planted. Deceitful, painful, but beautiful nonetheless.”
“A thorn,” Yor repeats. He takes the Rose out of his holster, examining it under the eerie green light. Little green eyes fester in the holes in its chamber. “I like that.”
He kneels to her, mimicking her Thralls. Xyor laughs, a sound that echoes through the chamber and around his skull.
Years from now, Yor won’t be able to tell you how it had happened. How he had received a power he was worthy of, how he had learned to keep the peace--all he will know is that in the Hellmouth, a Witch can come with a heavy burden, fangs and ambitions bared, and if she comes to you?
Take the fangs and make them your own.
i might write a follow up one day...who knows :)
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protezioni · 5 years
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⚑ for Sepheir and Zuro... and how about an unexpected crossover duo with ☂️ Shima And Yarohe :3 (yes this is Bc of the BQ Thieves)
Of course !! I love these duos with my whole heart!! Also omg, yes the BQ Thieves is a great squad!!
SHIMA IS A CHARACTER FROM ZETA, STAN @zetacomic !!
Zuro/Sepheir
…seeing someone else getting too close to your muse = ⚑
A mission for her and Zuro alone was something that wasn't rare. Her team usually works by their own individual missions, but these two went together a lot. The reason for this was because Zuro may have been strong, but he always wanted Sepheir by his side. After the whole incident... They promised they wouldn't leave each other, no matter what the consequence... and that promise will be kept. Right? "Sephie, something off?" He was confused for a moment, his hands still in his pocket. He stopped walking, his eyes just focused on hers. "Were you thinking of something negative again? Should I fight your bitch of a brain?" He removed his right hand from his pocket to cup her face. "Listen up, brainy bitch boo, stop making Sephie-"
She blinked a couple of times before smiling a bit. "Zuro, quit acting like that. I am fine." She held his hand and placed it away from her face. "We should focus on the mission at hand." She began walking ahead of him and he only grinned as he followed behind her. She sometimes wondered if he ever got tired of walking around, just following her pace... She wasn't even someone who was that interesting, but she admitted that she always felt relieved that he stayed with her. The whole world can be crumbling down, but he would still be a person who'd reach down to save her... But no one really saw that side of his except for her. "Zuro." She called out to him, and his head perked up. "Thank you for giving me special rights."
"Fuck yeah! You better be thankful, no ordinary person will get such treatment from this bitch!" He ran next to her before sticking his tongue out. "Only the best people can gain such a privelege from me, yeah?" He grinned as he began nudging Sepheir, who only began rolling her eyes but it soon became reslly silent laughs. "There we go, now we've got that smile showing! Fucking bless, that's some good shit. Mhmm." He might have a bad reputation, being a well known rule breaker and liar--- but this never changed the fact that he was someone who was actually the closest to her. Well... she was one of the people who saw his best sides. "I miss that smile of yours."
"You saw it a week ago."
"Still doesn't change the fact that I missed it."
"Despite being a bad boy as you call yourself, you're really sweet." She commented, before poking his cheek. "You're surprisingly considerate to the people you love, and you try your best to cheer them up. You always call yourself the personfied version of the devil, but yor actions say differently. You're no angel, you're no demon... But if you were any different creature, you'd be... probably a reaper. You take lives at your will, but you never do unless the time is right." She tried to make up words in her head, and she believed she sounded reslly stupid but she did not even look at Zuro to see how wide his smile was, his hand running through his hair.
"Well that's---" He stopped talking and coughed loudly. "Sephie, I think our targets are nearby." He whispered before bringing out his usual atmosphere. "Mafia drunkards, what bastards. They focus on human trafficking and smuggling those goods." It was good he remembered what they were known for, and she only nodded her head- her expression getting serious again. "As far as personality goes, there is no information. But as far as what they did it for, it was plainly for money. They joined the famiglia to gain access to that, and also for power. They don't have any family members... But they killed several. What has the leaders chosen, huh?"
"Unanimous decision of death." She replied before hiding her weapon. "You should be the one to hit them. As far as I know, they aim for women." She states this and Zuro twitched slightly. "They wouldn't have interest in a guy, but they would be interested in having a woman who they can sell." Without any sort of resistance, she removed her hair tie and her bag, handing it to him. "Be quick, you should be the one to kill them. I will only act as bait." She began using her position as a capo to make him obey, and he only sighed loudly before a scoff came from him. "Don't worry, I'll be fine. Just follow the plan. Kill them once they're distracted enough."
"Understood, Sephie." He clenched his fists. "I swear to god, I'll kill them. Even before they touch you." No other words from him, he quickly went into hiding as she stayed in place. Messing up her hair, removing her suit, and unbutton some parts of her shirt. It was late at night, and it was easy to attract some men who were drunk. Skin usually gets them... They're digusting. She tied her blazer around her waist and only waited for them to come closer. Smell of alcohol and cigarettes, sight of bastards and drunkards... Whispering to each other as they eyed her... Then they moved closer. "These fuckers."
"Why, hello there, Miss~! Aren't you a pretty one? Would you want to-"
Sepheir's eyes widened as she noticed that their death was instant. Zuro has used her tonfas to bang the back of their heads, cracking their skull open in just a split second. "I told you to do it when they're distracted... You do know they would have a chance to counter. They're people from the mafia and---" She noticed how he didn't talk at all, he just began buttoning her shirt with a rather pissed off expression. "... You seem rather... You know what- nevermind. Thank you for ending this really quick... But be more careful." She continued talking, yet there was still no response. "Are you mad?" No answer... Until she was all buttoned up.
She felt his arms wrap around her and she began patting his head... "Not at you, but at them... Anyway, can we clean them up now?"
She only nodded her head, realizing that Zuro's protective side showed up just for her again.
Yarohe/Shima
…sharing an umbrella with your muse = ☂
The rain was only getting stronger as the minutes passed by. The rain drops was loud, the trees were swaying. Fuck. Why the hell did he not bring an umbrella? Of course he fucking didn't! There was no hint of rain when he went out of the damn academy, and weather decided to be a bitch and let this happen. He didn't voice out his complains, he only stayed under the shed with one word escaping his mouth... "Fuck." POP! Goddamn it, Ren isn't even fucking around! Great. A storm happening and now a flower on his head. This day was going horribly, and all he wanted to do was play his games. If only he-
"Shima?" Huh? "Shima? Shima! Yeah, it is you!" Someone began running next to him. She was soaking wet but she also had a bag with her. "Didn't expect to see you outside! But hey there!" He did not know how to feel about how radiative the positivity of this person was, but then... she was someone who was part of the BQ Thieves... Something established about a week ago. Or two. And well, she was one of the members and he compared her to the tea-loving chick. She only smiled brightly at him and he could definitely see why the Protezioni referred to her as one of the sunshine trios. "Do you want to come with me?" She blinked innocently and he only raised an eyebrow.
"Come with you? How would I come with you if you only have a rain coat? I'd get soaked." He brought this up and she only began fiddling with bag to find something... Then she pulled out an umbrella. What the fuck? "If you had an umbrella like this, why aren't you using it in the first place?!" He began to question her and he only sighed when she began laughing nervously. "Sure, whatever, let's go." He prepared the umbrella and began looking at her... She was someone who was described as selfless, but he still didn't like the fact she got wet even if she had a damn umbrella prepared. "Are you going or not?" He began questioning. "I won't get you wetter than you already fucking are. You're fucking soaked."
She began laughing before going under the umbrella with him. "I enjoy the rain!" She replied to him. "I remember when I was younger my family... Well, my biological family... Would play under the rain." She explained. "So when I get the chance, I do that a lot too and I don't care about the rain... but for now... I don't mind being under an umbrella with you." She quickly changed the topic so she wouldn't make herself sad. "I should probably get my jacket dry anyway, so I will end up squeezing the water out of it as we walk!" She brought up the yappy atmosphere again and Shima only muttered some inaudible things. "What was that?"
"I said that you don't always need to act so happy. Even compared to Namito, you show sadness less." He had to admit the truth. "It is weird to remain happy all the time, and I'm surprised you can actually fucking do that." He gave his opinion to her and Yarohe only tilted her head. "What I mean is- it is okay to be sad. Even for a little while. You can't always be this positive shit even when bad things happen. Or you'll end up masking yourself for the rest of your life." Fuck. Did he say too much? "But whatever, you decide with want you want to do with that. You can remain yourself, I don't really care." He shrugged.
There was silence in between them before he felt her pluck off a flower off his head. "You really are nicer than you act like you are." She brought the flower close to her face. "I wouldn't say you're the sweetest or nicest, but you are one of those people who I see as nice and sweet... And I really want to thank you for being such!" She plucked another flower off his head and he only uttered the words ow as she did. "But don't worry, I don't hide it all the time. I vent to people time-to-time. The other capos know how I truly feel, and so does my crew. Now, you do too! So does Ren! BQ Thieves, you know? Oh and Care Bear too! You guys know me well." She named people as she continued to pluck the flowers off his head.
"But it's only been two weeks."
"Four months!"
"FOUR FUCKING MONTHS?!"
"FLOWER!"
"Ow." He held the part of his hair where she plucked out the flower "I didn't know it was that long already." He didn't count the days after the collision happened, and he didn't count the days ever since the BQ Thieves happened, but he guessed that everyone else but Izami did... He was surprised by the fact it has been that long, but a part of him didn't mind at all. "Shit, did I actually lose the tract of time? I have just been playing different videogames for four months." He mumbled and she only continued walking next to him. "Anyway, where the fuck are we going? To the Protezioni House or Zygos Academy? This is your umbrella, so it's proper if you decide."
"Why don't we go to the arcade... It is the nearest place here and we could wait until the rain gets weaker... We could play a couple of games too!" She raised both of her arms in celebration. "You VS Me! In Arcade games! Since I offered it, it could be my treat! Then we can go to Zygos Academy, and I can bring my umbrella home and go back to my place! Does that seem fair enough?" She finally placed her arms down and Shima began thinking about it... Hell, it's her treat and playing games could be fun... "So what do you say?" She waited for his answer and he nodded his head.
"I'm down to do that." He agreed with her plan, knowing there was no reason for him to deny it. "Can we eat in Burger Queen after that?" It was part of the routine for them to eat there every time they went to a mall for whatever reason--- but he didn't really know if eating together was something that applies if only a part of the team was there.
"Of course we can!" She grabbed his arm and began pulling him to the direction of the arcade as he tried his best to hold unto the umbrella. What the fuck was she on? She was much stronger than she looked- what the fuck, she dragged him like a stroller bag... "FORWARD MARCH!"
"Fuck."
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The Darkside Detective Review: Occult fun for All Ages
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This started out as just a Steam review but I wanted to post due to the fact I enjoyed the game so much. But after the second paragraph, just after finding out that the Devs are releasing Season 2 in the coming year after a successful kickstarter, I realized that this is a game I want as many people as I can tell to know about. Just adding another positive rating to the already existent mass of them would be as helpful as getting a windmill to spin by blowing on it. So let’s do a full review, published courtesy of Fextralife so I can waste your time tell you about a pixel styled, point and click adventure game, so you can waste spend your money on it.
The Darkside Detective Review: Occult fun for All Ages
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Genre: Adventure/Point & Click Developed by: Spooky Doorway Published by: Spooky Doorway Release Date: July 27th, 2017 Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC via Steam (Review Platform), Mac, Linux, Windows Price at the time of the review: $12.99
This is probably one of the funniest adventure games I’ve ever played and has got me back into occult fiction and fantasy. This is a mix of Ghost Busters and the X-Files, added with two thirds of the three stooges. It’s silly, spooky, laugh out loud fun and deserving of more investment, and no I am not a member of the dev team or affiliated with them in any way, but yes you should give them lots of money. If you have little to no interest in occult fantasy, buddy cop comedies, pixel graphics, or point-and-click adventure games, then I’m sorry to say you have lost approximately fifty seconds of your life reading the introduction to the review of a game you probably won’t want to get anyway. If you do, then let’s begin.
Story & Setting
The Darkside Detective tells the story, or rather many stories by Francis McQueeen, a seeker of the occult and eldritch as well as an investigator of all things paranormal and supernatural. Teamed with his goofy cop sidekick, Officer Dooley, Detective McQueen investigates multiple cases dealing with some form of ghostly apparition, crazed cultist, demonic entity, or cryptic creature. Despite its many horror themes and monsters, this game is a satire through and through, making fun of everything horror B-movies have tried to scare audiences with. It’s filled with parodies of various popular horror flicks and myths.
The satire, however, is really only a small facet of the comedic hilarity, as The Darkside Detective excels with its writing of ridiculous characters, situations, with plenty of jokes and jabs, that revolve around what is terrorizing New Yor-I mean Twin Lakes at the time being. Twin Lakes is a city rife with crazy paranormal encounters, and equally crazy (if not more so) people to deal with. Its a bevy of kooks and weirdos who range from a pyromaniac eight-year-olds, a paranoid anti-government sea monster, An occultist train engineer, a rival detective so douchy he literally takes candy from babies (then fines the baby for crying about it) and more.
It’s just…a mess, a beautiful mess of madness that makes progressing through each story a treat, with dialogue so funny that I want to interact with every possible thing just to hear it all, and everything seeming to have some kind of oddity or quirk just to make it all that much stranger. I could go into further detail on each individual story, but honestly the best experience with this game, is going in blind. Truly it’s the storytelling and writing that makes this game fantastic, as it seems to be for the most part of these classic adventure games.
If my mother had that much storage space in her closet, she’d still run out of room by the end of the month.
It’s the major selling point, and what I most loved about The Darkside Detective. I wish I could say more, but unlike thoroughly explaining gameplay, visuals, audio, and all other more technical components of a game, story and humor are some things you can’t go into full detail  without spoiling the plot, or weakening the experience compared to a first time playthrough. Again, if you enjoy buddy cop comedies, Ghostbusters, and horror movie satire, this is a sure thing, heck, even if you don’t like point-and-clicks, I would still say get a guide and play through it like that, cause the humor is top notch. Simple at times, witty at others, but splendid all around. Not every joke was equally funny, but there wasn’t a single one that didn’t at least put a smile on my face.
Audio & Visuals
Simplistic, is one word I could use to sum up the pixel art style and colorful is another. Blocky, square, and geometrically appealing are a few more. “The Darkside Detective’s pixel graphic style lends a nostalgic return to classic point and clicks of old, that is reminiscent of titles such as Monkey Island and Dark Mansion” is a pretentious sentence I could also use to describe the art style. However, when it comes to pixel art, there only three things I, and likely what most people care about.
There are no words to describe how I feel about this.
Does it look nice? Can you tell what’s going on and what’s what? And will it possibly give me an epileptic seizure? To all these questions I can pretty much answer yes, yes and you may want to consult your doctor about that. Really though, given the decades of practice game development has had in 2D pixel art, I think it should be the basic standard for any pixel game to look “nice”, decent at least, and The Darkside Detective has certainly accomplished that.
Though simplistic to the point of not having facial features for most characters outside of facial hair, and hardly any dynamic animations, the game looks vibrantly colourful, and is especially beautiful at certain points in the story. It’s…like a child’s drawing actually, made into pixel form. Lots of strong, crayon colors, simple details, and some cartoonishly designed characters. which is quite fitting given the game’s comical nature.
But this is a quite an important feature that can damn a point-and-click pixel game into the nine circles of game development hell. If a pixel game’s standard is to look attractive, then knowing what anything and everything is at a glance should be the barest minimum. This is so I can tell the difference between a baby rattle and a bomb so I don’t accidentally recreate a morbidly dark version of a loony toons skit. So, how hard is it to tell what the hell I’m looking at and clicking on? I’m happy to say, hardly difficult at all. Unlike some point-and-click titles, this is one where I can tell exactly what’s what and who’s who.
Pretty much everything of interest is definable from the background and usually large enough and colorful enough to catch the eye. Anything that doesn’t easily stand out can be found with a little mouse waving. The point is, I never had a “What the $&%! Am I looking at?!” moment, or ever got stuck because the thing I needed to find was so obscurely hidden in a mess of visual clutter, so that it ended up being a hidden object game on top of a logic puzzle.
Finding things was fairly easy, and the game hit that sweet spot of being visually interesting and fun, but not so much so that I ever got sick and confused from looking at it. The game’s visuals are neither boring nor over stimulating, and the valuable items are easy to distinguish with a little looking at the most, giving the Darkside Detective a pass and thumbs up in its visuals department. While I do admit some more dynamic animations would have be welcomed, I can’t say there was any point in the game when I didn’t enjoy what I saw on my screen.
When it comes to audio, yeeeeah, don’t expect award winning vocal performances because as well as having no mouths, no one has voices either. Does this bring down the game? Well if you hate reading of all kinds, then yes, yes it does. However, if you do enjoy the written word as well as or even more than the spoken, then you’ll have no problems here. For me, the silence is actually preferable in this case. The lack of vocal sound leaves one in a quieter atmosphere, as well as it draws more focus on the music, which I’ll get to in a minute. Also, personally, I would bet that the voices the devs would get for the characters if they did, wouldn’t be as good as the ones imagined in my head.
Sound Effects
As for sound effects, they do their job, quite minimal and only occur during certain events such as putting out a fire but are well used as they do add to the scene or action. I can’t really complain about nor commend the sound effects, but given how little significance they have to the game as a whole, I don’t think it really matters. In a more action focused game, this would be a problem, but in an adventure title having sound only when something’s happening is probably for the best. Having constant, distracting noises would probably just get annoying over time, and like I said, when they do occur, the sound effects do add something, so they’re not a waste.
Soundtrack
Finally and most creepily, you have the music. If the voice and sound effects were largely ignored to focus on the music, then I have to say it was a smart choice. Simply put, the music for this game in fantastic, a beautifully fitting soundtrack of creepy and spooky pieces, paranormal and ghostly in tone and execution, amplifying the horror side of this horror comedy. Each song a similar yet unique brand of subtle horror, not truly scary or spine chilling in the sense of wandering around an empty house with Michael Mires walking in pace right behind with that classic Halloween music playing. It’s more on the side of what you would hear in say a supernatural mystery documentary, or a ghost story narrative such as tales from the crypt.
The Darkside Detective Soundtrack by Ben Prunty
It’s whimsical, with a good deal of creep factor, not to cause terror, but to draw one into a state of calm eeriness. It’s somewhat enchantingly haunting all at the same time, more serene than disturbing, in a way that soothes the nerves rather than putting them on edge like the aforementioned Michael Mires theme music. It also gives the feeling that something’s not quite right, that proper paranormal vibe like a specter may be looming over you.
Gameplay
As a point-and-click adventure game, the biggest thing you would want to know is this “how hard is the gameplay?” Because when it comes to games like these, difficulty can range from being fairly easy, just click the big shiny red button with “press this” in big, bold letters. To being more challenging in terms of gameplay with “you better have a detailed walkthrough on hand cause this will be like figuring out the Divinci Code, upside down, in a bad translation of J.R.Tolken Elvish speak…………and the paper’s on fire”. Thankfully, the Darkside Detective is not the latter and far from it.
The answer to this conundrum is easier than you think, though it does require extensive understanding of fourth dimensional quantum physics.
Puzzles
The puzzles are on the easier side of the scale, with the majority of puzzles giving strong hints as to what you need to do and what does what, as well as being largely involving “use this on this” style of puzzle solving. A staple of point ‘n’ clicks, with a few fun little mini games such as clear the tiles, make a pipe chain, or connect the wires without crossing them. Most of the use this on this puzzles usually took but a minute to put two and two together, after finding the needed objects. The only times I ever got stuck was because I didn’t know exactly how to use the items and on what. This was largely due to not knowing what order certain things had to be done in, but even then, that was only during a few problematic minutes.
Only once did I ever run into a situation where felt particularly stuck which I feel is worth mentioning. This happened due to an arbitrary order of operations where in this particular instance I had actually worked out what I had to do, before clicking on the hint that would lead me to the action.
Aaah, if gamers of the past could see us now. Futuristic graphical technology that can render beads of sweat dripping off of a realistic swimsuit model, and we’re still playing games you could run on a calculator.
Aside from that, the gameplay is, admittedly pretty average, though I did find the occasional mini game quite colorfully fun and a welcome exception to the standard point ‘n’ click affair. The puzzles that had logical solutions were in no way hard, and any puzzles whose sensibility and reasoning deviated from common logic were clearly explained. I never really encountered a situation where I’d solve a puzzle and then say “how the hell does that make any sense?!”, or, “how the hell was I supposed to figure that out?!”, or “how many drugs were these developers taking to think this up?!” And you know what? That’s the way I like it.
The puzzles are easy but not too easy, thus giving quite entertaining and not too frustrating obstacles between plot segments or events. The short length of each case (level as it were) makes it so that they don’t get stale before the next case, and helps change things up a bit.
Final Thoughts
The Darkside Detective isn’t revolutionary, it isn’t mind blowing and it isn’t a brain buster. However it succeeds where it matters most, it’s fun. It’s fun to look at, it’s fun to listen to, it’s fun to watch, it’s fun to read, and it’s fun to play. From start to finish, I had a great time playing this wacky little game and enjoying all the humor, mystery, and added spookiness that it had to offer. While I can definitely see room for improvement, this is still a solid experience as it is, and I wholly recommend it to anyone who wants a light-hearted adventure into the world of the supernatural and occult.
However, though the find and use puzzles are a common staple of the point-and-click genre, I do genuinely think they’re becoming too common place in gameplay in these games. I would rather see more of the kind of puzzles that diverge from the well-treaded design. In The Darkside Detective these worked well to a certain extent, but it was the puzzles that didn’t have them, that really stood out for me, even if they were ones not completely original.
I much prefer adventure games with clear, simple, logical puzzles rather than the extremely obscure moon logic puzzles the “classic” adventure games present me with, and you know why? Cause that’s not what I playto adventure games for. I come to them for enjoyable, entertaining stories as well as characters with clever dialogue, colorful plots, and interesting worlds to explore. That’s exactly what The Darkside Detective gives players.
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This started out as just a Steam review but I wanted to post due to the fact I enjoyed the game so much. But after the second paragraph, just after finding out that the Devs are releasing Season 2 in the coming year after a successful kickstarter, I realized that this is a game I want as many people as I can tell to know about. Just adding another positive rating to the already existent mass of them would be as helpful as getting a windmill to spin by blowing on it. So let’s do a full review, published courtesy of Fextralife so I can waste your time tell you about a pixel styled, point and click adventure game, so you can waste spend your money on it.
The Darkside Detective Review: Occult fun for All Ages
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Genre: Adventure/Point & Click Developed by: Spooky Doorway Published by: Spooky Doorway Release Date: July 27th, 2017 Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC via Steam (Review Platform), Mac, Linux, Windows Price at the time of the review: $12.99
This is probably one of the funniest adventure games I’ve ever played and has got me back into occult fiction and fantasy. This is a mix of Ghost Busters and the X-Files, added with two thirds of the three stooges. It’s silly, spooky, laugh out loud fun and deserving of more investment, and no I am not a member of the dev team or affiliated with them in any way, but yes you should give them lots of money. If you have little to no interest in occult fantasy, buddy cop comedies, pixel graphics, or point-and-click adventure games, then I’m sorry to say you have lost approximately fifty seconds of your life reading the introduction to the review of a game you probably won’t want to get anyway. If you do, then let’s begin.
Story & Setting
The Darkside Detective tells the story, or rather many stories by Francis McQueeen, a seeker of the occult and eldritch as well as an investigator of all things paranormal and supernatural. Teamed with his goofy cop sidekick, Officer Dooley, Detective McQueen investigates multiple cases dealing with some form of ghostly apparition, crazed cultist, demonic entity, or cryptic creature. Despite its many horror themes and monsters, this game is a satire through and through, making fun of everything horror B-movies have tried to scare audiences with. It’s filled with parodies of various popular horror flicks and myths.
The satire, however, is really only a small facet of the comedic hilarity, as The Darkside Detective excels with its writing of ridiculous characters, situations, with plenty of jokes and jabs, that revolve around what is terrorizing New Yor-I mean Twin Lakes at the time being. Twin Lakes is a city rife with crazy paranormal encounters, and equally crazy (if not more so) people to deal with. Its a bevy of kooks and weirdos who range from a pyromaniac eight-year-olds, a paranoid anti-government sea monster, An occultist train engineer, a rival detective so douchy he literally takes candy from babies (then fines the baby for crying about it) and more.
It’s just…a mess, a beautiful mess of madness that makes progressing through each story a treat, with dialogue so funny that I want to interact with every possible thing just to hear it all, and everything seeming to have some kind of oddity or quirk just to make it all that much stranger. I could go into further detail on each individual story, but honestly the best experience with this game, is going in blind. Truly it’s the storytelling and writing that makes this game fantastic, as it seems to be for the most part of these classic adventure games.
If my mother had that much storage space in her closet, she’d still run out of room by the end of the month.
It’s the major selling point, and what I most loved about The Darkside Detective. I wish I could say more, but unlike thoroughly explaining gameplay, visuals, audio, and all other more technical components of a game, story and humor are some things you can’t go into full detail  without spoiling the plot, or weakening the experience compared to a first time playthrough. Again, if you enjoy buddy cop comedies, Ghostbusters, and horror movie satire, this is a sure thing, heck, even if you don’t like point-and-clicks, I would still say get a guide and play through it like that, cause the humor is top notch. Simple at times, witty at others, but splendid all around. Not every joke was equally funny, but there wasn’t a single one that didn’t at least put a smile on my face.
Audio & Visuals
Simplistic, is one word I could use to sum up the pixel art style and colorful is another. Blocky, square, and geometrically appealing are a few more. “The Darkside Detective’s pixel graphic style lends a nostalgic return to classic point and clicks of old, that is reminiscent of titles such as Monkey Island and Dark Mansion” is a pretentious sentence I could also use to describe the art style. However, when it comes to pixel art, there only three things I, and likely what most people care about.
There are no words to describe how I feel about this.
Does it look nice? Can you tell what’s going on and what’s what? And will it possibly give me an epileptic seizure? To all these questions I can pretty much answer yes, yes and you may want to consult your doctor about that. Really though, given the decades of practice game development has had in 2D pixel art, I think it should be the basic standard for any pixel game to look “nice”, decent at least, and The Darkside Detective has certainly accomplished that.
Though simplistic to the point of not having facial features for most characters outside of facial hair, and hardly any dynamic animations, the game looks vibrantly colourful, and is especially beautiful at certain points in the story. It’s…like a child’s drawing actually, made into pixel form. Lots of strong, crayon colors, simple details, and some cartoonishly designed characters. which is quite fitting given the game’s comical nature.
But this is a quite an important feature that can damn a point-and-click pixel game into the nine circles of game development hell. If a pixel game’s standard is to look attractive, then knowing what anything and everything is at a glance should be the barest minimum. This is so I can tell the difference between a baby rattle and a bomb so I don’t accidentally recreate a morbidly dark version of a loony toons skit. So, how hard is it to tell what the hell I’m looking at and clicking on? I’m happy to say, hardly difficult at all. Unlike some point-and-click titles, this is one where I can tell exactly what’s what and who’s who.
Pretty much everything of interest is definable from the background and usually large enough and colorful enough to catch the eye. Anything that doesn’t easily stand out can be found with a little mouse waving. The point is, I never had a “What the $&%! Am I looking at?!” moment, or ever got stuck because the thing I needed to find was so obscurely hidden in a mess of visual clutter, so that it ended up being a hidden object game on top of a logic puzzle.
Finding things was fairly easy, and the game hit that sweet spot of being visually interesting and fun, but not so much so that I ever got sick and confused from looking at it. The game’s visuals are neither boring nor over stimulating, and the valuable items are easy to distinguish with a little looking at the most, giving the Darkside Detective a pass and thumbs up in its visuals department. While I do admit some more dynamic animations would have be welcomed, I can’t say there was any point in the game when I didn’t enjoy what I saw on my screen.
When it comes to audio, yeeeeah, don’t expect award winning vocal performances because as well as having no mouths, no one has voices either. Does this bring down the game? Well if you hate reading of all kinds, then yes, yes it does. However, if you do enjoy the written word as well as or even more than the spoken, then you’ll have no problems here. For me, the silence is actually preferable in this case. The lack of vocal sound leaves one in a quieter atmosphere, as well as it draws more focus on the music, which I’ll get to in a minute. Also, personally, I would bet that the voices the devs would get for the characters if they did, wouldn’t be as good as the ones imagined in my head.
Sound Effects
As for sound effects, they do their job, quite minimal and only occur during certain events such as putting out a fire but are well used as they do add to the scene or action. I can’t really complain about nor commend the sound effects, but given how little significance they have to the game as a whole, I don’t think it really matters. In a more action focused game, this would be a problem, but in an adventure title having sound only when something’s happening is probably for the best. Having constant, distracting noises would probably just get annoying over time, and like I said, when they do occur, the sound effects do add something, so they’re not a waste.
Soundtrack
Finally and most creepily, you have the music. If the voice and sound effects were largely ignored to focus on the music, then I have to say it was a smart choice. Simply put, the music for this game in fantastic, a beautifully fitting soundtrack of creepy and spooky pieces, paranormal and ghostly in tone and execution, amplifying the horror side of this horror comedy. Each song a similar yet unique brand of subtle horror, not truly scary or spine chilling in the sense of wandering around an empty house with Michael Mires walking in pace right behind with that classic Halloween music playing. It’s more on the side of what you would hear in say a supernatural mystery documentary, or a ghost story narrative such as tales from the crypt.
The Darkside Detective Soundtrack by Ben Prunty
It’s whimsical, with a good deal of creep factor, not to cause terror, but to draw one into a state of calm eeriness. It’s somewhat enchantingly haunting all at the same time, more serene than disturbing, in a way that soothes the nerves rather than putting them on edge like the aforementioned Michael Mires theme music. It also gives the feeling that something’s not quite right, that proper paranormal vibe like a specter may be looming over you.
Gameplay
As a point-and-click adventure game, the biggest thing you would want to know is this “how hard is the gameplay?” Because when it comes to games like these, difficulty can range from being fairly easy, just click the big shiny red button with “press this” in big, bold letters. To being more challenging in terms of gameplay with “you better have a detailed walkthrough on hand cause this will be like figuring out the Divinci Code, upside down, in a bad translation of J.R.Tolken Elvish speak…………and the paper’s on fire”. Thankfully, the Darkside Detective is not the latter and far from it.
The answer to this conundrum is easier than you think, though it does require extensive understanding of fourth dimensional quantum physics.
Puzzles
The puzzles are on the easier side of the scale, with the majority of puzzles giving strong hints as to what you need to do and what does what, as well as being largely involving “use this on this” style of puzzle solving. A staple of point ‘n’ clicks, with a few fun little mini games such as clear the tiles, make a pipe chain, or connect the wires without crossing them. Most of the use this on this puzzles usually took but a minute to put two and two together, after finding the needed objects. The only times I ever got stuck was because I didn’t know exactly how to use the items and on what. This was largely due to not knowing what order certain things had to be done in, but even then, that was only during a few problematic minutes.
Only once did I ever run into a situation where felt particularly stuck which I feel is worth mentioning. This happened due to an arbitrary order of operations where in this particular instance I had actually worked out what I had to do, before clicking on the hint that would lead me to the action.
Aaah, if gamers of the past could see us now. Futuristic graphical technology that can render beads of sweat dripping off of a realistic swimsuit model, and we’re still playing games you could run on a calculator.
Aside from that, the gameplay is, admittedly pretty average, though I did find the occasional mini game quite colorfully fun and a welcome exception to the standard point ‘n’ click affair. The puzzles that had logical solutions were in no way hard, and any puzzles whose sensibility and reasoning deviated from common logic were clearly explained. I never really encountered a situation where I’d solve a puzzle and then say “how the hell does that make any sense?!”, or, “how the hell was I supposed to figure that out?!”, or “how many drugs were these developers taking to think this up?!” And you know what? That’s the way I like it.
The puzzles are easy but not too easy, thus giving quite entertaining and not too frustrating obstacles between plot segments or events. The short length of each case (level as it were) makes it so that they don’t get stale before the next case, and helps change things up a bit.
Final Thoughts
The Darkside Detective isn’t revolutionary, it isn’t mind blowing and it isn’t a brain buster. However it succeeds where it matters most, it’s fun. It’s fun to look at, it’s fun to listen to, it’s fun to watch, it’s fun to read, and it’s fun to play. From start to finish, I had a great time playing this wacky little game and enjoying all the humor, mystery, and added spookiness that it had to offer. While I can definitely see room for improvement, this is still a solid experience as it is, and I wholly recommend it to anyone who wants a light-hearted adventure into the world of the supernatural and occult.
However, though the find and use puzzles are a common staple of the point-and-click genre, I do genuinely think they’re becoming too common place in gameplay in these games. I would rather see more of the kind of puzzles that diverge from the well-treaded design. In The Darkside Detective these worked well to a certain extent, but it was the puzzles that didn’t have them, that really stood out for me, even if they were ones not completely original.
I much prefer adventure games with clear, simple, logical puzzles rather than the extremely obscure moon logic puzzles the “classic” adventure games present me with, and you know why? Cause that’s not what I playto adventure games for. I come to them for enjoyable, entertaining stories as well as characters with clever dialogue, colorful plots, and interesting worlds to explore. That’s exactly what The Darkside Detective gives players.
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