#non-natural death

[lgbtlunaverse]

I have been thinking on the nature of mdzs as a deliberately vague text that leaves many things up to interpretation, and how i've slowly come to understand "up for interpretation" less as "there is One True version of this story i must find" and not even as " Everyone has a different One True Version of this story inside their head be based on their interpretations and the differences don't make one wrong and the other right" but as "There is no One True Version. Even in my own subjective interpretation of the text multiple things can be true at once" specifically, in regard to Jin Guangyao and the many things which are left up in the air as to whether he did them or not, most notably killing his son.

There's evidence for this, but it's non conclusuve (jgy saying he killed him while also saying he killed Qin Su, who very much killed herself. The speculations on how he'd have killed him being sect leader yao just saying shit. ) it is, esentially, just up in the air enough that if you decisively fall on one side of the debate is probably says more about you and your general opinion of jgy than it does about the "true" events of canon.

I have, as a proud apologist, always fallen on the "he didn't kill him but felt in some way responsible for his death." Side but recently have become more okay with the interpretation that maybe he DID kill him, and that at the very least, that when he tells Qin Su their son "needed to die" he is being genuine. Which, once you look at it beyond. "Is jgy a poor lil meow meow who it is Okay to Like or an irredeemable baby murderer" becomes both INCREDIBLY tragic and deeply interesting. Because here is a man condemned for who his parents were and who wants nothing more than to live, saying that it is possible to be so cursed by your heritage that you need to die. There is no existence for you. The exact same thing that has been said to him.

Of course being born out of wedlock to a sex worker and being a product of incest are different things, but that begs the question: where is the line? What crimes of the father can mean death for the son? How cursed can you be until your existence is so incompatible with society it is you who needs to give? And if there is... where is it? Qin su clearly thought she was past it. Was his son really past it? Is he?

#warning: canon typical incest and suicide #mdzs #mdzs meta #musings on the nature of unreliable narratives or whatever #meng yao #jin guangyao #jin rusong #i know this is a controversial take #i just think! that once you let go of the idea that killing rusong is some load-bearing sin where if jgy has done it you can't like him #that there is interesting stuff to look at here! #obviously. child murder bad. jiggy has done many had things but this one is. particularly bad. #so i get it if you feel uncomfortable with it being done character you view as symapthetic despite other bad things he's done #and again! multiple things are true at once! i STILL operate from 'he did not kill him it was a secret 3rd thing' modus 90% of the time #it's just that in this one instant i find the other option really interesting #i just. non-identity problem my beloved. if rusong's suffering cannot be erased without erasing his existence is he destined to do so? #if he'd been a teen when everything about jgy got uncovered and both his parents died is there... a place left for him to go? #i just. hhhhh this poor child. we know nothing about you beyond your shameful birth and your death. is that really all you were meant to be

[13eyond13]

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#heres the thing i love and will always love death note and this fandom #but also i feel like at this point im very bored of it #like i dont seek out fics or have new headcanons to share #and trying to reread it again i always stall and lose interest in favour of reading new stuff #BUT i love the fandom so much and find it so homey #so its like where to go from here? #start a new blog thats not just for death note? because i dont want to turn this one into a non dn blog #but i feel like my interests are naturally going elsewhere #i almost want to have a blog more just for my reading in general instead #i know it would be way smaller of a blog probably but idk #i assume it must annoy new followers if they follow me thinking theyll get a lot of DN and then its just #mostly random other stuff #but blogging to people-please rather than bc you actually wanna isnt a great way to go either #i feel guilty about being bored of DN when in reality ive probably sustained my interest in this series 1000x longer than the average bear #p

[solradguy]

This isn’t Johnny discourse but it is kind of discourse about the discourse about him balding (which he isn’t).

What would it matter if he took off his hat and he was a shining beacon?? The dude canonically fucks (well not canon-canon but I feel like there’s implications of fucks-ing)!! At the most, he would be a Pitbull reference and that would be cool because good for Daisuke. Listen to Timber by Ke$ha (feat. Pitbull).

It kind of felt like they were making jokes at the expense of people loosing hair. It’s like that thing where you shouldn’t make fun of people for ‘X’ because then your friends who ‘X’ will know you think that about them.

John E is cool. I think he’s lame but he’s cool.

-A concerned Jellyfish Pirate

Idk anything about Pitbull, to be honest, but my GOD does he look like he's having the time of his life in the Timber video hahah Been a while since I heard that song...

Anyway, Johnny totally fucks. There's no way a man that toned, running around shirtless all of the time, with that slight yeehaw accent, couldn't find someone DTF with the tiniest bit of effort. He's absolutely gettin it rofl He could still get it if he was bald too, or receding.

I've complained about it on here a bit already, but yeah I don't think people making fun of Johnny because they think he's losing hair realize that a lot of people in real life are going to lose their hair as they age, and their jokes at Johnny are also jokes at these people. It's not even just an issue cis men can have either, everyone's hair thins with age, some just more (and sooner) than others. To make fun of someone, fictional or otherwise, for losing their hair is digging a trench to fill with future self loathing at one's own hair loss. And hair loss in >2023 isn't even that bad anymore!! There are so many ways to manage and style it now.

Johnny's a babe. Big fan of his "dad trying too hard to be cool but is actually somehow still really cool despite that" energy

#asks #Among the death threats I got on Twitter for the Brisket <3 meme 1 year anniversary post were a bunch of transphobic insults towards me too #And at least two of them were insults about how I was gonna go bald because I'm a trans man lol #I felt kind of bad for the cis guys that left those comments because all the (cis) men in my family were hairy bastards well into old age #T on its own doesn't just make all your hair fall out. It follows genetics just like naturally produced T does #Some trans men will lose their hair and some won't. I probably won't until I am VERY old #So them making fun of me for that told me that: 1. They're very afraid of losing their own hair #2. They think everyone else is afraid of losing their hair too (or that everyone thinks it looks ugly. Which is untrue) #3. They think that trans men are especially susceptible to hair loss #I've had a mohawk for about 7 years now. I am very familiar with the shape of my skull and wouldn't mind just going full bald #When it gets that thin and I decide to buzz it off I'll be sad about it for sure. But it absolutely will not be the end of the world #I'll go full Rob Halford haha Going bald is a non-issue #Unrelated but I love Johnny's EN dub accent in Strive so much because 'watered down yeehaw accent' is the only accent I can do well lmfao

[smolandweirdwriter]

This is Strider! He’s a “wolf ambassador” from the nonprofit organization Apex Protection Project’s sanctuary in Acton, CA. He was rushed to the emergency room yesterday and is currently undergoing a plasma transfusion to stabilize him before he goes to another hospital for overnight care. Apex needs to raise $10,000 (a cost that is steadily rising!) to cover his medical needs.

Strider first came to Apex with a broken skull when his owner tried to kill him. He’s a beautiful and incredible example of perseverance and survival and a reminder of all that apex predators—and biodiversity in general—do for our planet! It’s up to us to help them! Please donate to Apex Protection Project on their website or their Instagram and help save Strider!

#apex protection #apex protection project #strider #wolfdogs #wolf #baby wolf #save the wolves #save the earth #apex predator #wolf sanctuary #animal rights #animal death #cw animal injury #cw animal cruelty #cw animal abuse #cw animal death #donate if you can #please donate #non profit #save the wilds #save nature #save the planet #canine #black wolf #relist wolves #wolves #wolf rights #protect the wolves #canines #nature

[littlegalerion]

Not me being mad that Moon can't assist Gale in becoming a god and overtaking Mystra- becoming a god as well like Gale promises, thus becoming some sort of mind flayer divine that can now guide and lead other independent mind flayers, perhaps even evolve them.

"The lesson is mortals shouldn't be after godhood-" MYSTRA WAS MORTAL BEFORE SHE BECAME A GOD! SHE HAS NO RIGHT TO TALK!

Also, my BG 1 and 2 boy is giving you MAD JUDGEMENT because he canonnly became a divine and is doing fabulous as the first non-evil god of death.

#just saying...wish it was an option #perhaps Ill headcanon this happens anyway #and yes drocsid became a god of death but natural death #like how autumn and winter come as the death of seasons or how old age comes in #or if sickness overtakes someone via non magical means #he despises the other death gods and his clerics are famous for hunting down their cultists #which is how drocsid came to know moon #he was going to kill her but someone triggered him #she reminded him so much of Ralos and Imoen #when he saw she had her memories robbed from her he JUMPED IN to influence her HARDCORE #and it did change her life forever #ralos would be very proud and stupidly enchanted by her little dragon sister #bg3 #bg3 spoilers #baldurs gate 3 spoilers #baldurs gate 3 #gale of waterdeep #my oc harvest moon

[eurychphanpelcael]

かつて死は“当然の”喪失だった。 故に人類が生に無条件の価値を置いたとしても不思議はなかった。 だが現在、生が“当然の”存続と責任となった。 その結果、人類は死や非存在に価値を見出すに至った。

…では生と死が同じ“当然の”座に就いた未来、人類はどちらに価値を認めるだろうか？

In the past, death was a "natural" loss. Therefore, it was not surprising that humankind placed unconditional value on life. Now, however, life has become a "natural" continuation and responsibility. As a result, humanity has come to value death and non-existence.

… In the future, when life and death take the same "natural" place, which will humankind value more?

#microsoft desighner #image creator #dall e3 #ai art #aphorism #pessimism #pessimist #pessimistic #pessimistic poor writing #厭世主義的駄文 #death #natural #loss #humankind #value #life #continuation #responsibility #non-existence #future

[magic-ace]

owowhoggy

(like owo whoggy)

OwOmurder

(like OwO murder)

#textposting #askposting #my legal counsel asked me to include a statement about the non-threatening nature of this language #I have chosen to disregard them. #Your death knells toll.

[stupid-sloot-headcanons]

I can kind of understand people who thirst over Hisoka since him being a nonce is like. Not his only main character trait. But how that long haired guy from NANA who rapes Hachi and constantly manipulates and gaslights her and sole purpose narratively is to just. Be a narcissistic abusive possessive piece of shit.

Yeah how he has fans and ppl who thirst over him confuses me, but then I remember that there are dozens of people irl who stan and thirst over men just like him in the real music industry. And it makes sense to me lol

#like i guess hes handsome but its the most generic way possible so...ok #anyway the real lesson in NANA is that everyone involved in the music industry is a terrible and/or broken person #its why theyre statistically much more likely to die younger and of non-natural deaths #hollywood sucks souls but the music industry's led that charge for way longer #sloot bitches about things #god i cant stand nana lol #.nana

[mrsballlegs]

I’m sure I won’t have enough of a case for damages that I would win against the fucking cops and I’m not going to pursue it until the county pathologist is for real done but it’s so fucking infuriating that the county detective decided that they shouldn’t have to do an autopsy on my mom because she was “almost 65” so he completely fabricated her history in a way that shocked the pathologist when he found out. It’s not like you get a fucking redo once she’s rotting in the ground!!!

#I think the only way I’d get enough traction to win a case is if it turned out to be a non natural death #which. I don’t think it was. but imagine how many other cases they’re fabricating where the families don’t request reports or have medical #background

[myname-isnia]

You ever have your narrative haunted by a character who isn’t even yours

#I’ve been thinking about lien-hua non-stop for the past two days send help #like… it’s true. she does haunt the sotrl and everything sotrl-adjacent narratives #the pair of tragic sisters. the grief. her death is both the catalyst and the butterfly effect for all following events #P’Li would be a different person. Suiren and Midori wouldn’t be left with Haya. the RL might not have even gone after Korra #because Lien-Hua went through the same thing as P’Li and the two of them would rationalise better together #I don’t think Lien would trust Unalaq at all. and her distrust is different from. for example. Ming-Hua’s natural snark #they might’ve payed more attention #and even if they didn’t and still left. again sotrl wouldn’t happen #Lien would be left with the girls and she’d seek out Zhi for help so it’d be closer to UtOS #and Midori would be a slightly different person too for a… different reason #I love Lien. she’s my beloved child but that’s why this story is a tragedy. she has to die. nothing would happen as it did if she hadn’t #she died and now she haunts the narrative #and it’s not even intentional bc when I came up with Suiren and Midori’s characters or sotrl’s storyline I hadn’t read LaF yet #well. I had. I read what was there before Kat continued it #but I didn’t really pay attention to Lien-Hua’s existence. like yeah. she was there and then she died and now P’Li’s the way she is #back then she didn’t influence the way I thought about my girls in any way #compared to now #now the way P’Li sees her nieces is forever shadowed by the loss of her sister #both as kids and adults. whether they’re happy or fighting #the first makes her remember her childhood before it was so abruptly ended #the latter makes her wonder if she and Lien-Hua would’ve ended up the same way #there is a tinge of resentment there. she wants to see her nieces as they are. not as what they parallel #she knows her sister is long gone. she’ll never see her again unless she wants to go into the fog of lost souls again #but the spirits can be as merciful as they are cruel #once. a girl was powerless to stop her sister’s death. 11 years later. the girl grew up and holds her newborn niece. filled with deja vu #because yes. Midori is Lien-Hua’s reincarnation #she was always so unexplainably drawn to her auntie. much more than Suiren was #so fond of the sun on her skin and spices in her food and the glow of a fire that it’s hard to believe she has no FN blood in her #she gets strange dreams of people she can’t know but feels like she does. of an oddly familiar red eyed girl. of a long time in a dark cell #losing her parents. Haya’s cruelty. her sister’s protection fill her with dread she swears she felt before. Why did it all happen again???

[parviocula]

I am Lavinia; Daughter Of Eve Smasher. 

#cyberpunk 2077 #Cyberpunk2077 #CP77 #Cyberpunk 2077 Screenshots #cdpr #some backstory on my new babygirl #Soo Hyena is dead by the time Lavinia returns #Lavinia loves her mama #so naturally you rip your mothers arms off and wear them right? #Liked her clothes too and her daddies big ass knife #HOWEVER #Lavinia 100000% hates Cyborgs #shes a massive brainwashed solider whos entire purpose in her life #is the eradication of Cyborgs #so in otherwise #she is the opposite of Adam Smasher #Smasher wants the death of all non willing to convert #Lavinia is Anti -Convert and you should stay your meaty self #C: Lavinia #buit anyways imma keep the fit because shes suppose to be what her mother could of been

[uiruu]

one way to tell the difference between black metal and death metal is that death metal is less occult-themed and more just like burly toughguys lol. on average anyway, of course there are exceptions and crossovers between the two. 

but in general, black metal is like a shrill wintery spiteful goblin spurning the world, death metal is more like a big orc bludgeoning people with a big club. black metal is mysticism and curses and depression, death metal is violence and catharsis and anger. black metal is like a solitary gremlin holed up in a cave, alone, scorning all outsiders, whereas death metal is like a gore-filled slasher movie lol. i mean there are also the death metal people who are like dnd nerds, or people who just like the musicianship, or whatever else, but generally speaking these are the sorts of archetypes imo.

#tbh death metal musicians are probably much more well adjusted as a result lol it’s probably a better outlet for that shit... #cause at the end youre just like ''ah okay. thats out of my system'' #i mean thats true of both to an extent #and they channel different but definitely similar emotions #i kinda like black metal more though lol. what does that say about me? #i mean i like when it gets a little more atmospheric and stuff especially #o #also you can see how the things i listed about black metal would appeal to fascists. scorning all outsiders? that's their thing #however there's actually a rather large amount of leftist black metal that channels that same sort of scorned feeling differently #like at capitalism or at fascism directly or just in a non political way at depression and anxiety and all sorts of things #a lot of black metal is nature themed and so lends itself to an environmentalist message #though maybe a somewhat pessimistic one

[kemlyn]

UEFA was responsible for the Champions League final fiasco in Paris last May, while Liverpool supporters were ‘instrumental’ in saving lives on the night, an official inquiry commissioned by the European football governing body has found.

A panel of experts including politicians, academics and lawyers was set up by UEFA itself last summer to investigate the chaotic scenes at the Stade de France, where Liverpool fans including women, children and the disabled were tear gassed by riot police, mugged by armed gangs of local youths, and kettled into dangerous crushes as they tried to enter the stadium to access European football’s showpiece fixture.

The group has now finalised it conclusions which lay the blame firmly at UEFA’s door, with its report saying that the organisation’s pre-match planning was based on an ‘absence of overall control or oversight of safety and security.’

The findings of the 158-page report reveal that senior figures at UEFA were aware that the organisation was ignoring its own safety and security policies in the build-up to the match, but did not act to rectify the situation, throwing into serious doubt the positions of key members of its hierarchy including President Aleksander Ceferin.

Furthermore, there was ‘no evidence’ to support the ‘reprehensible’ claims made by UEFA and the French authorities in the aftermath that masses of ticketless Liverpool fans attempting to gain illegal entry to the match were at fault. ‘Assertions regarding huge numbers of ticketless supporters, and those with fake tickets, have been wrongly inflated and have been stated as fact, to deflect responsibility for the planning and operational failures,’ the report reads.

Instead, the panel’s findings heap praise on fans who attended the game, saying that their behaviour significantly contributed to the narrow avoidance of a ‘mass fatality catastrophe.’

‘The collective actions of Liverpool FC supporters were probably instrumental in protecting vulnerable people and averting what might well have been more serious injuries and deaths,’ the panel found. ‘It is remarkable that no one lost their life.’

#liverpool fc #i'm sure it's very coincidental that uefa have leaked this report to the press on the night of the merseyside derby #''lol leak it when everyone is on their way to anfield so they won't notice'' #that might have stood a better chance of working if everyone who was in paris is on their way to anfield right now #but some of us aren't because we haven't been able to go near a football stadium since paris descended into a real life version of the purge #also fuck uefa for leaking the report on any night at all #imagine thinking you could actually bury this #in the year 2023 #and when one of the main reasons why there were no deaths is because liverpool fans have been here once before #so knew how not to die #and in the aftermath of it happening to them the first time #learnt exactly how to expose cover ups of this very nature #i mean... #if it wasn't all so awful i'd be laughing at uefa's arrogance being so off the chart they actually think they can make this a non story #anyway #don't go to the olympics #the french authorities like subjecting visitors to their country to a bit of attempted murder

[softgrungeprophet]

amazing spider-man annual #5 add that to the list of comics in which peter is indirectly responsible for the death of someone trying to kill him lol

#peter my dude .... this was 1968 btw #nadia reads comics #personally i believe that the reason peter doesn't kill is quite complex and very purposeful #and i think that by nature goes hand in hand with the times he comes very close to it #or is indirectly or directly responsible for a death (i mean... uncle ben for one) #i think you can't have one without the other in peter's case personally #not to subtweet i just happened to read that yesterday and the push-pull of peter's violence vs mercy is always on my mind #on the flip side if anyone tries to debate me on this i will ignore you because it's frankly s conversation i am sick to death of #and i am sick to death of arguing with people trying to defend why i think it's not as simple as ''he doesn't kill ever'' #also re asm annual no5 i don't think this was that deep tbh i think they were trying to blow him up so he used them against themselves #and it happened to be in a goofy-serious 1968 issue about the drama of his parents so when the bad guy died he just walked away #do i think it would have been interesting for peter to respond to the fact that he indirectly killed this old dude #yes. do i think it was in character for him to just leave because he was laser focused on finding the truth abt his parents? also yes #also frankly no offense to stan but i don't typically expect a lot of depth of character or philosophy from him #regardless of peter knowingly leading a seeking torpedo to hit a vehicle with his adversaries inside of it instead of #idk a building or something --again i don't feel it's out of character esp given the context #though i do find it interesting #and is exactly what i talk about when i talk about him toeing and frankly often crossing the line #i find that historically over the past 60 years the no kill rule has NEVER been black and white or cut and dry #and he has broken it indirectly on many occasions (and beyond the jokes about videogame ''non-lethality'' 😂) #anyway idk what my point is but it's an interesting read and i like peter's itchy grandpa sweater outfit #such a handsome young man

[wetslug]

. death tw below

#im rlly lucky that this is my first autopsy case actually bc its not 'routine' or confirming smth already known #(bc we r only on call for non-forensic natural deaths at the hospital) #the cause of this guys condition is still unknown but it MAY b a brain tumor #so we get to sample the hippocampus specifically #idk his whole clinical history but im wondering if he had any comorbidities that could cause stroke/cardiac issues in ur 50s #my upper yr supervisor said im lucky that this was an in-hospital death where he was kept nice n clean and immediately refrigerated lmao

[universestreasures]

@crimsonkaiser​ Sent: A "𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥" 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘵 (Accepting!)

" i know i must be the last person you expected to see tonight, but... i'm afraid i have nowhere else to turn to. " [Nobles verse, to Aichi upon their fateful reunion uvu, gimme all the looooooreeeeee,

“You don’t deserve to have this Blaster Blade!”

“Yeah, only a real warrior deserves to wield such a sword!”

“You’ll never be the knight your father was so you should just give up now!”

“I feel bad that he ever thought he could do it!”

“Weakling Aichi a knight? Come on! Give me a break! The only thing he’s destined for is failure!”

“Hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!”

“Ow...” The sounds of their laughter echo throughout his mind as Aichi trenches on home, covered once again in scars and bruises. This always happens when he goes anywhere with his father’s sword strapped to his back, even when he’s simply going into town to buy some fresh food from the market for supper. He’s lucky he can even still walk after what those village bullies did to him, and that his father’s sword wasn’t taken from him. Aichi managed to protect that at least. 

Unfortunately the goods he bought were another story, the produce decimated in the bullies wake and leaving him with nothing. Aichi came home once again empty handed. His sister and mother were, of course, more concerned about his well being than the goods. They gingerly patched him up as best they could with herbal remedies, but they did little to settle the pain throughout his body and heart. 

He felt so...so useless! He couldn’t even do something as simple as go shopping without getting into trouble all because he refused to anywhere without his father’s sword. It had been passed down to Aichi after his father perished in a battle when he was younger, and ever since then, he always kept it with him. Aichi didn’t aspire to be a warrior or anything, even with taking some time once in a while to try and practice his sword skills. 

No, he carried the sword with him for another reason. Well, two reasons. The first is that it was the last memento he had of his late father, and having it with him made him feel safe and secure, as if his old man was watching over him. The second was because of a special item he had imbedded into the blade: a flame dragon’s scale gifted to him by a young dragon he met when he was younger.

Even after all these years, that meeting was still vivid in his mind. It was a dark and story evening just like tonight, and Aichi could just...feel there was something wrong going outside his home. Without even thinking and against his mother’s warnings, he rushed out into the darkness until he stumbled upon a flame dragon soaked in the storm’s torrential downpour. Aichi brought the other inside, and in the process, saved the other’s life. 

Aichi would eventually come to learn that dragon’s name was Kai, the fact he could speak human being a shock to the eldest of the Sendou children. As a thank you for saving his life, Kai gifted him with one of his scales. Dragon scales were among the most rare and precious items in the world, having been used for all sorts of things from medicine to jewelry. He tried to not accept such a thing from a stranger, and yet he couldn’t fight Kai’s insistence. 

On top of that, Kai provided him with the first encouraging words anyone had given him since his father passing in regards to his ability to inherit and master Blaster Blade. He told him Aichi could become as strong as his father, all he had to do was work hard and imagine himself being strong. Despite shortly leaving Aichi to never be seen again after that, those words stuck with the boy and gave him the push he needed to finally start training with his father’s blade.

His skills were far from good, but he kept on trying no matter what anyone said or what anyone did to him. When he was being pushed around, like he had been today, the image and words of Kai and his father gave him the strength to get up and not give up. They changed his life forever and their kindness always would be with him, despite the fact he knew he would never see them again...

Though, fortunately for Aichi Sendou, fate seemed to have other plans for him. After all, as they say, history often repeats itself and tonight’s conditions set the stage perfectly for an encore performance of the events from so long ago that changed his life forever...

“What is...What is this strange feeling...?” Aichi says, looking up from the book he was reading. The storm was still raging outside, the thunder and rain pouring down all around the village. They hadn’t had a rainstorm this bad since he was a kid, since the day he met Kai. A hand moves towards his chest, feeling his heart beat rapidly. It couldn’t be because of the loud noises outside. He had gotten used to them by this point. Same goes for the pain he was still feeling. 

If not for those things, then...

The boy’s body then suddenly shifts to stand, placing his book down on his bed. Legs move with purpose, passing his mother and sister who were enjoying evening tea in the kitchen area of their small home. They give him curious looks, asking what he’s doing, but Aichi doesn’t respond as he keeps heading for their front door. It’s as if he’s...in a trance somehow, focused on one thing and one thing only at this point. 

And without warning, he slowly opens the door to their home to reveal someone standing there waiting for him, someone who caused him to freeze in place in absolute shock.

" i know i must be the last person you expected to see tonight, but... i'm afraid i have nowhere else to turn to. "

“No way...It...It can’t be...” Aichi starts to mumble, completely dumbfounded. He...he had to have been dreaming. Sometimes the medicinal herbs made him sleepy. Yeah, that had to be it! He was just dreaming because there was no way on this Earth that the dragon who impacted Aichi’s life so strongly was once again on his doorstep like this. He couldn’t possibly be so fortunate to see Kai again.

Right...?

“It’s...It’s really you...” The boy eventually speaks, realizing that this thankfully was not a dream and was reality. Yes, he pinched himself just to check, the pain he felt signifying that he was indeed awake. He just had to be certain as to what was going on. “It’s...It’s...Kai! B-But w-what are you doing here?! I thought...I thought I’d never see you again!” 

A clap of thunder causes him to yelp, cerulean hues widening as the memory of their first meeting floods his mind and how they remind him of Kai’s weakness to water. He quickly grabs the other’s clawed hands, quickly shifting him inside and out of the rain. “Mom! Emi! Quick, get some towels!”

His attention then turns to Kai, Aichi noticing he definitely looks in rough shape. Just how long did he brave that storm for? His hands move to support the other as best he could, knowing he could collapse at any moment. However, while he looked concerned, there was something else hidden in his cerulean gaze that caught the attention of his mother and sister as they franticly moved to get the needed supplies to help the soaking wet dragon. 

“Kai, just hang on for a bit longer! You’re gonna be okay, I promise!” Confidence could seen in the boys sharp eyes, his gaze seeming to burn like blue flames of strength. He wasn’t going to let Kai, the person who helped him so much, fall! He was going to save him. It was almost as if he had transformed into a different person in this moment, a person different than the usual timid boy who was a target for bullies. 

He was showing his greatest strength: the strength of his determined courage-filled heart that had been set a blaze by Kai and his father’s words of encouragement. And that strength was...overwhelming to those who witnessed it in the room, like a flame that draws in moths...

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#💎 Solitary King Of Apocalyptic Flaming Thunder (Crimsonkaiser) #💎 Paladin Treasure (Aichi Sendou) #💎 Paladin Answers (Aichi Asks) #💎 Paladin's Home Of Magical Nobility (Aichi Nobles Of Nature AU) #tw bullying #tw injury #tw mention of death #tw long post #(HERE YOU GO CRIX LOREEEEEE ;;; #(SAD LROE BUT LOREEE #(ALSO IN TERMS OF HOW OLD AICHI IS WELL THESE ICONS ARE THE YOUNGES NON BABU AICHI WE GOT SO #(THOUGH I FEEL LIKE KAI MIGHT HAVE TAKEN A WHILE TO GET BACK TO WHERE AICHI WAS. MAYBE TRIED TO GO AT IT ALONE FOR A BIT BUT RAN TO AICHI #(PERHAPS RENS CIRCUS WAS FAR AWAY #(OR KAI WAS WITH REN AND CO FOR A FEW YEARS #(WE'LL FIGURE OUT NUMBERS LATER BUT #(HERE