#so it was fellow after all and not gidel? whoops

[egophiliac]

C'MON TO THE THEATER!

I love these guys so much. forget NRC, I want to attend their terrible disaster school for disaster children that might actually be plastered on top of the smoking remains of an actively sinking ship. I may or may not actually learn anything, but I will have the time of my life.

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #stage in playful land #stage in playfulland #unique magic posters #so it was fellow after all and not gidel? whoops #i was merely overthinking it #me? overthink fictional characters? surely not #god though #i can't not love a guy who gets the cutest most adorable power #and instantly goes 'i shall use this for Crimes' #also every time he was like 逃げる! my brain auto-translated it as CHEESE IT! #accompanied by twst's running-away sound effect which is just the quintessential sound of someone cheesing it #if i could have (1) twst spinoff it would be the adventures of these two idiots trying to do an education #they would have a stodgy bureaucrat antagonist who keeps trying to catch them in their sleazy corner-cutting ways and shut them down #(OF COURSE there would be a bit where they are trying to host an unforgettable luncheon but egads! their roast is ruined!) #and all while they're trying to evade being hunted down by the playful land investors #the hijinks would be SO wacky you guys #i've made myself sad now because this will never exist #it's real in my HEART

[yuus-sentient-teddy]

The Spotlight is Nothing Without You

(Just a scene I thought of for the JP event that's going to drop in 3 days XD)

Grim was practically shaking from excitement. In just a few minutes, he was going to perform as the big star of the show. He could hear the audience on the other side of the curtain clapping and cheering for the current small act. It sounded like a full house, and he couldn't wait to receive their praises and applause.

Unbeknownst to him, the Prefect of Ramshackle was running for their life. Yuu had told Grim that they would be right back and he told them to hurry back ASAP, they were his assistant afterall. He didn't seem worried about what they might be doing, but Yuu didn't doubt he would freak out if they told him they were seeing if Fellow and Gidel were up to something. Yuu had been around enough schemers to recognize certain glints in the eyes, and they were sure Fellow had something awful planned.

Unfortunately, they were right. And now, they were fleeing from mind-controlled lackeys while simultaneously running to Grim to get him out of danger.

Cords and ribbons brushed against their upper arm or back every so often, pushing them to keep running (they couldn't go any faster than their current speed, sadly) and hoping that they wouldn't get caught. They passed countless halls where cheers and laughter errupted and delved in and out of hidden corridors crammed with stacked crates and forgotten decorations. They were taking the long way to the backstage area to loose the lackeys, but it was becoming increasingly clear that that wasn't going to happen. They tried calling for help, tried yelling the Leechs' names and Jack's name when they spotted familiar teal hair or white wolf ears, but their voice got drowned out by the sounds of merrymaking and jeers and whoops of bystanders. "Run, robber, run!" "Police, after them!"

Up a staircase and around some corners, Yuu felt relief when they spotted Grim. They took a deep breath in--

--and suddenly got yanked back.

A ribbon had snatched their arm and more wrapped around their limbs and mouth as they were dragged down a side hall. Yuu wildly thrashed around and their panic mounted the further they were from Grim. They were so close, they couldn't let their cat turn into a god damn puppet!

Yuu somehow managed to rip off the ribbon around their mouth. "GRIM! RUUUUN!" they yelled with all their might just before the ribbon replaced itself.

At the curtain's edge, Grim's ears twitched and he turned around. He could've sworn he heard something. Anyway, where was his henchman? It must almost be time for his debut--!

"Hey, you're on in 3 minutes!" It was one of the circus staff. "I can't wait to see what you do. A mage from the famous Night Raven College showcasing his skills for us is bound to be a treat."

"Hehe, by the end of tonight, you'll want me to stay!" Grim boasted.

The circus staff member smiled. "Oh, I hope so."

"By the way, have you seen my henchman around?"

"Henchman. . . ?"

"You know, the one with the same hat as me!"

"Ooohh! Yeah, they went with some others from your school to sit in the audience."

"They what?!" That didn't sound like them at all. He told them to come back ASAP, they knew he needed them--ahem, he needed an assistant. They would never abandone him at the drop of a hat!

He turned around. "Grrr. . . when I find my henchman--"

The words died in his throat. The staff member said something he didn't hear. At one of the side halls, the brim of a hat stuck out. He hurried over to investigate and was filled with dread to find that it was Yuu's hat. What was it doing here?

"Grim!" The staff member stood over him, a little fretful. "It's time for you to go on stage."

"I. . . I can't. I need to find my henchman."

"But I just told you they were in the audience. Come on, you can't leave them waiting."

Grim was suddenly frozen with indecision. On one hand, he didn't want to miss his debut and disappoint his henchman watching in the audience, but on the other, he had a really bad feeling and finding their hat here seemed proof of something amiss. Finally, he looked up at the staff member. Despite expressing concern, there was no actual care behind those eyes. In fact, there was something a little dark about them, like Jade's eyes when he and the others got roped into working for Azul.

He backed up before high-tailing it out of there, the staff member asking where he was going. "I have to find my henchman!"

"But you're the star!"

Something happened to his henchman and he needed to save them. Anyway, if he actually was throwing away his chance of being on center stage, it wouldn't matter if his henchman wasn't by his side.

#twst halloween event #grim (twisted wonderland) #yuu (twisted wonderland) #twst playful land #🧸🖊writing