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vespertine-legacy · 2 years
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no conquest for you!
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silverislander · 2 years
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oh yeah me and my friends went to go see men (2022) last night! it might be the most fucked up thing i've ever watched ever which is impressive considering it's me but i think it was great and i need to know what it means RIGHT NOW IMMEDIATELY
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2-dsimp · 1 month
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Yandere Hitman Squad
Introducing Bjorn the Strategist
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Yandere strategist Who is a primary member of the big brains within the squad and is currently at his wits end due to the tomfoolery he has been subjected to and seeks out a safe haven. Which is being in the presence of his favorite coffee waiter, you.
Yandere Srategist Idly drumming his fingers against the table, trying to mentally pep talk himself into initiating a proper conversation with his cute waiter. Besides just saying what he always orders, along with a casual thank you when you’ve given it to him.
Yandere Strategist Who’s a master at mind games and has a special knack for having keen foresight whenever it comes to cornering difficult and slippery targets and clients alike in his long line of work.
Yandere Strategist Currently growing frustrated at the lack of concrete strats he could come up with in order to innocently make his way into your life. Since he’s a perfectionist at heart he’s sensitive to rejection and failure brought to him by his own hands.
Yandere Strategist That wants to ensure that his chances of getting a happy ending with you are nothing less that 99% Since you’ve unknowingly wormed into his cold heart with how patient and understanding you were when he first came to the cafe when he wasn’t at his best.
Yandere Strategist Heart that skips two beats once you grace him with your signature customer serving smile, as you give him his straight black coffee with no creamer. He’s a bit delusional thinking that every smile you give him means so much more than a complementary greeting. Making him all the more willing to go unhinged for you, to become his.
Yandere Strategist Striking up a small conversation with you talking about the stress he has to endure from his foolish coworkers, trying to dig for information regarding his angels work situation. Just to make sure to take notes on who he should dispose of later, should they dare to disrupt his darling when they’re working.
Yandere Strategist That won’t hesitate to use underhanded tactics to make you rely on him for everything you so desire. He wants to make you solely dependent on him and him only. He’ll take all the information his gathered from you and write it down in his journal entries for future reference.
Yandere Strategist Who will go through any lengths to make sure his plan of having a future with his darling comes to fruition. He will corrupt, bribe, manipulate, and toy with those closest to his darling. One by one until no one remains, so that the only one you’ll have by your side is himself.
Yandere Strategist Who will be the puppeteer to your marionette, he will control your actions and guide you on the right path which will always lead back to him.
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spacedace · 9 months
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Reluctant War AU Part 3
Part 1 Part 2
More of the brain worm that has taken me over, gonna probably post it to Ao3 here before too long. Already got another part started and so many ideas for additional stuff, someone please send help I've been consumed by this thing lol
Sorry if Waller seems out of character, outside of fandom I'm mostly familiar with her through Justice League the animated show & Justice League: Unlimited and her vibe there has always struck me as "deeply incredibly unlikable character that also kind of has a point but also has done so much fucked up shit in the name of her goals that you don't really care about her point anymore." So you know, complicated lol. If she's completely unrecognizable let me know, but I'm hoping she feels at least somewhat like Waller.
Forgot to say this in the last update, but still feel free to use all this as an overly long prompt if yall want. Literally anything I throw out to the void should be treated as a prompt lol If there's anything at all interesting to you in any of this nonsense go for it <3 <3 <3
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Amanda Waller was someone who did what needed to be done.
Ruthless, heartless, vicious, cruel.
She’d been called it all. Wore the words thrown as insults as a badges of pride and valor. Because at the end of the day, when it came to the problems she was given to face, the issues she was meant to solve, those words meant she’d done what others had been too squeamish or cowardly to do. Life was a never ending slog of trolley problems and she the only one unshakable enough to pull the levers that needed pulling.
It wasn’t so simple as a matter of greater good.
Greater good was what the weak willed muttered to themselves after having feelings over doing the bare minimum. A justification used by people on all sides to do what they wanted with fractured, faulty logic thrown around like truth was a thing immutable. To assuage their guilt when they were forced to make a call they didn’t want to.
It wasn’t a matter of greater good. It was a matter of preservation. Of protection. Of digging through the filth to find the threats skittering beneath and crush them with ruthless abandon. Of facing a god and not blinking because if you did it could cost the world.
Of doing what needed to be done, no matter how underhanded or atrocious it was.
Hands dirty.
Hands red.
Hands wrapped tight around the throat of something that could threaten to destroy it all.
When the Ghost Investigation Ward had been shoved her way with it’s sucking wound of a budget, it’s bloated incompetent staff, its asinine methods she’d seen a rotted limb in need of hacking off. It hadn’t been until she’d been conducting her inspection, digging through the trash for a few pearls of effective agents she could snatch up and put to work elsewhere, that she’d truly seen what they were working on. The potential.
Potential to better arm themselves with in the forms of the strange new weapons being created.
Potential for threats far greater than anything even she had thought possible before.
The GIW as it had been when she’d first come across it was a fetid waste of time and resources. A laughing stock agency only secret because no one took them seriously enough to look. Made stupid and useless with its own conceited delusions of importance it didn’t actually have. Yet.
She went to work on it. Hacking away as she’d originally intended, but this time with a different goal in mind. She ripped out the weeds with bare, calloused hands and planted proficiency and loyalty in their place. She took over as director herself, tossing the self-aggrandizing fool that had been running the place into the ground to the dogs as the culprit for misappropriate spendings, saving the agency by tweaking things until their ballooning budget was pinned neatly onto the former director as an embezzling charge.
Then she got to work.
The Fentons were brilliant, if entirely insane. But Amanda could work with that. She’d reigned Harley Quinn in - more or less - she could do the same to the two deranged scientists that so eagerly wanted to be apart of the fight against the dead. Especially when the benefit came in the form of the inventions they threw together so easily, especially when those inventions were weapons.
It took very little to get them on board with her plans for the GIW. Keeping their focus could be a chore, at times, but she didn’t even have to really do much in the way of pressing to get them back where she wanted them. They craved knowledge and understanding nearly as much as they craved the eradication of the entities themselves. Letting them have the first look at a new subject here, free reign over a vivisection there, it took so little to fuel their fervor and keep them busy working on the projects she set for them.
Things had been going smoothly.
For a time at least.
Until Phantom.
He’d been the main focus of the previous director’s attention, the big fish he’d so desperately wanted to catch and put up on his wall. Amanda wouldn’t lie and say it wasn’t a tempting prospect, but not one she’d put above the other projects she had set in motion since taking over. No, Phantom was powerful, enough to be a real problem one day, but she could the awkward youth in the way he held himself, the inexperience in how he handled situations. She had time to get everything else in order before focusing on getting Amity Park’s would-be hero brought to heel.
And he would be brought to heel. One way or another.
Hands dirty.
Hands red.
Hands wrapped tight around the Core of a fledgling god and bending him to her will.
An artifact, old an powerful, recovered with some effort. A means of controlling specters, of chaining them to the will of the artifact’s wielder. Dangerous in the wrong hands. Dangerous in the right hands.
It was shattered, and even whole and functional Phantom was resistant to its power. But Amanda Waller prided herself in her ability to see the potential in things. It could be repaired, be made better. Even gods could be bound, be made to kneel, with the right pieces, with the right application of force.
It was just a matter of time to gather everything needed.
Phantom didn’t know he could single handedly destroy every last member of the Justice League. The baby fat, the innocent eyes, the split-second hesitations when he fought. He knew enough to be confident in fighting the usual ghosts that haunted Amity Park, but he still very much saw himself as a little fish. Maybe it was the part of him that was still Daniel Fenton, gangly teenager not quite sure what he was truly capable of yet.
She had time before the Fenton’s son truly became an issue. Time to judge if his parents’ obsessiveness would overcome their - rather shoddy, by Amanda’s estimation - parental instincts and continue to hunt him once they knew the truth. Time to get as much out of them as she could before hand, should they falter at the idea of attacking their own son. Time for the staff to be repaired and returned to working order, to get the other items needed for the truly big fish hidden on the other side of the veil between worlds.
She had time.
Until she didn’t.
Pariah Dark had not been something she thought she’d have to account for - not yet, at least.
If he wasn’t already dead, she’d ring the Ghost King’s neck with her bare hands. His arrival had opened Phantom’s eyes to what he was capable of, of just how big of a fish he was. Worse still, Phantom’s defeat of the war mongering King changed the state of play. Phantom was no longer an impressively powerful half dead teenager.
He was King Infinite.
He was an Ancient.
He was getting on her last damn nerves.
Phantom’s rogue gallery were now firmly under the boy’s control. Still distinct nuisances around Amity Park, but no longer considered true concerns. They were loyal to their boy king, delighting in ruffling his feathers but never crossing the line into treason or attempted regicide. Which meant that the GIW was the only thing that held his attention.
Amanda took the time to send a care package to the former GIW director in his tiny, dank prison cell. As thanks for his carelessness in revealing to the entire town - both living and dead - of the agency’s existence and their intentions. Had he stuck to standard protocol, Phantom would have been none the wiser to their presence. Would have scratched his head and shrugged his shoulders at the ghost that went missing upon occasion. Would have been boredly uninterested in the people his parents had begun working with. Would have been taken by surprise when they finally came for him.
But no.
No that self-obsessed, fame chasing imbecile had to go and announce to everyone and their dead mother that the GIW existed and exactly what it was they were in Amity Park to do.
Phantom knew what they were there to do.
They could only count on his naive certainty that he could broker peace with them for so long.
Peace. As if he and his people weren’t the invading force, the monsters slipping in through the cracks between worlds, the latest threat that had to be accounted for. As if he himself hadn’t rent their world asunder himself in another world, another time. No. Peace was not something they could hash out with this baby-faced monarch with his too-big crown. Peace was the assurance of safety, security. Of control of the situation.
There could be no peace.
The higher ups were somehow surprised when Phantom took that to mean there would be war.
Amanda Waller was not.
The Fentons, as suspected, took the right side when all was revealed. Steady hands and flinty eyes as they crafted the weapons that would be needed for the coming fight. Minds even sharper in their maddened grief, hearts set on revenge for the son lost and the entity that stole his face and friends and sister in his garish pretense at humanity. They were blinded to the reality of the situation in its entirety, the potential in what their son truly was, but at the end of the day it didn’t really matter. They did what she needed them to do, they could believe whatever it was they wanted so long as they did.
By the time the boy king and his armies marched upon the Amity park facility, preparations had been put into place. The base in Amity had been stripped back to bare essentials, everything of importance moved to more secured locations.
The weapons labs.
The artifact.
The girl.
All tucked well away from the front lines where Phantom and his motley crew could not reach. Their time to be put in play would come, but not yet. First she needed to gauge what Phantom and his people were capable of, what they were willing to do in the name of what they wanted. Amity Park was a pawn well sacrificed on that front. As were the other facilities she’d left easy to find.
The problem with making children gods, with giving them crowns and calling them King and giving them armies to play with, was that they thought there should be rules. That even in the trenches tearing apart their enemies, there was a certain level of playing fair that everyone was held to. They thought there was a way the world worked, of how things should be that blinded them to more effective options even as time stretched on and desperation set in.
It was the Dead’s problem though, not hers.
She reached out to the Justice League. Sour faced, unhappy, bitterly reluctant to accept that she needed their help. Stone faced and barely containing their rage at what little they knew of the situation, they agreed to a meeting.
She didn’t let herself smile until she was well and truly alone in her office.
Greater good. A lie people told themselves. A fairytale told to children. A means of convincing the weaker willed that they had no choice, that they had a noble duty to bend to. A belief that could be wielded like a weapon if the fantasy of the idea had dug in deep enough. And there were few it had dug into so deep as the members of the Justice League.
Amanda Waller was someone who did what needed to be done.
Hands dirty.
Hands red.
Hands clenched tight on a victory long in the making.
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Part Four
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iwaasfairy · 3 months
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ETCHED IN RED | VERMILLION Part 2
tw. dubcon/noncon, yandere, bullying, age gap, power imbalance, implied stalking wordcount. 1k
read part 1 here or see the valentine's masterlist
gojo satoru x reader
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It’s been a while since you’ve left the countryside for Tokyo. It’s been even longer since you had the displeasure of being locked up in a room with the people who stood by while your life — well, you want to believe you can leave old grudges lie. It’s been half a decade, and people change. As you wade through the group of people, mostly old classmates and their partners, you regret coming alone.
Your cold hands play with the flute of champagne, before you look up again.
He’s yet to take his eyes off of you.
White hair and those blinding, paradise blue eyes… apart from maybe one extra line next to his eyes, he still looks the exact same. You’re very aware you do not. You made a purposeful effort to remove anything that made you you the second you left Tokyo. But it doesn’t really surprise you all that much to see that he still recognises you. Gojo’s might just be surprised to see that you came at all. If you were smarter, you wouldn’t have.
It’s been long enough that you could’ve ignored the invite. Could’ve pretended like you didn’t know the class of cheery misfits, that you never got it at all. But Yuuta had sounded apologetic, and maybe somewhere deep down you wanted to believe that everything had changed. That you’d arrive and you wouldn’t feel the same helplessness you felt. Maybe seeing one of your beloved friend’s memorial pictures would mend things, and you could let go of the strings still pulling you back.
Being that it isn’t just a reunion, but a memorial too; there’s very little music to fill the space. It leaves everything awfully raw and exposed. Your shift the glass from holding, to placing, to holding again. Flutter your nervous fingers along the stem, as you flip through the picturebooks they’ve left on the table, alongside the framed picture of her. Before she was Yuuta’s flame, she was your friend— came to Tokyo Jujutsu High on the same train as you. You flip through some of the yearbook until you find a picture that makes you swallow tighter.
It’s you and her, Makki, Panda, Inumaki. And of course Gojo, white hair hanging loosely over his shades, his arms around Yuuta’s shoulders. You remember the day it was taken. You remember the way you’d brushed away your spilled tears and had puffed your chest out like none of it had any effect on you, and how you’d watched Yuuta ignore you through the gap in the door. While Satoru embarrassed you, humiliated you, threatened to ruin you. The more vile stuff had come only later; but you can’t help but think that if anyone had said something, none of it would have happened in the first place.
You wouldn’t have had to hide like a rat under the floorboards.
His scent spooks you before he can even make his presence known, has you bumping into the table of entrées when you turn. Your eyes meet his through the tinted glass, but it doesn’t take away from the intensity that stares back. A tad bit too wide to be comforting, a little too wild to feel familiar. You’re pinned like a bug under his towering shape, and though he smiles, you don’t feel it. Gojo Satoru’s even more unsettling than you gave him credit for. Something about distance making the heart grow fonder. “Hardly believe my eyes,” he chuckles, “I didn’t hear you’d swing by. It’s been a few years…”
You nod back, certain the smile doesn’t reach. “I quit, you can’t expect me to come by every few weeks. You’re all busy, and I decided our line of work wasn’t for me, so…”
He chuckles at that, and runs long fingers through his hair. “Even though we’re so understaffed?”
“Because we’re understaffed. Too many familiar faces.” If he catches your underhanded dig, he doesn’t show it. But Gojo was always good at hiding whatever was bothering him. “It’s good to see Miwa, Inumaki and Makki again.” Your eyes flick over his shoulder to another familiar face standing among their circle, but can’t make yourself say a nice word about him either. A few years ago you would’ve added him to the list too. But here, you can’t call him a friend. “Panda and the staff too.”
“You look really different. Wouldn’t surprise me if the staff didn’t recognise you.” He eyes you down for a few moments, before taking your drink out of your hands and downing it. Not even a question, he just takes. Like he can still scare you into owning every part of you. “But I guess if anyone was going to quit, it would’ve been you or Yuuta. Must’ve been hard after the funeral.”
It shouldn’t surprise you that he’s managing to twist your fondness back onto you. However much it hurt, that wasn’t the straw. No, it’s always been Satoru. He’s the reason you left. He already knows this. You don’t expect the picture-perfect smile he’s giving you to slip any time soon. “It was. Especially because I didn’t really have any support.” You glare at him just barely, before picking your now empty glass back up. “Following your lead and all.” It doesn’t bring you the resolution you hoped it’d bring. 
Even when you watch him chew his tongue for a response, or when his eyes sink down your chest to your hands clasped around the flute. To the glittering stone on your finger. For once, he raises his eyebrows too high, eyes searching. Maybe he expected the threat of violence to stop you for longer. “Got married in your time away?” He’s quick to school his expression back, and if it wasn’t for the forced jerk of his mouth corners, you could believe he’d actually be happy for you.
“Engaged,” you force out. It’s the truth. It’s just that as soon as it’s out, you wish it right back. There’s something wrong with his eyes. “It’s been good catching up.” You would add some false pleasantries after, but Gojo would just take it as an invitation. “I’m going to talk to Miwa, haven’t seen her in years.” A hand wraps around your shoulder when you try to slip past him, gripping too tight. With one long step he almost forced you into the wall. His smart tongue presses against his teeth, before he softens his grip and lets you go.
“You look beautiful, baby. Missed your pretty eyes staring up at me like that.” You turn over your shoulder to glance at him instinctively, just long enough to watch the Cheshire grin slip onto his lips. Before he winks, and strides past you back towards the group — stopping only to brush his mouth past the shell of your ear when he dips. “Can’t wait to catch up. It’s been a long five years, hasn’t it?”
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tinkerbelle05 · 1 year
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Stepping Up
Stepdad!Clark Kent headcanons about him stepping up to the plate when it comes to Bruce’s kids.
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In order to appeal to Damian, he showed him all the pictures of the farm animals back at home. He saw the small smile on Damian’s face even though he insisted that there wasn't any. After Damian warmed up to him, Clark always gives him updates on the well-being of the animals whenever he gets home.
Lex had made a rather underhand comment on Tim’s handling of the company. Something about how a child has no place in a boardroom controlling men twice his age. And him being Lex also took a dig at Bruce (that man is so miserable). Tim ensured Clark that he didn't have to do anything and that things were being handled which was code for “drag this sorry excuse of a man through the mud and back as salt for the emotional wound he’s about to inflict upon him.”
While Tim was ripping Lex into strides about his empty promises to improve Metropolis, to how he’s a supervillain bc it was obvious he wasn't hugged much as a child, to yelling about his failures as a father to Kon. At the end told him to pick a struggle.
Clark was like, bet. So after Tim’s speech, Clark posts his exposé about the mistreatment of Lex’s workers and how they’ve been going on endless strikes to fight for their rights and to unionize. Let’s just say, Lex had to suspend his Twitter account for 3 months as his PR team scrambled to fix his image.
Clark learned how much Dick is trying to reconnect to his Romani culture: re-learning the language, cooking the food, singing the songs. Clark could relate to that, being one of the last Kryptoians ever. So in solidarity, he asks Dick if he could learn with him. So every Wednesday, Dick and Clark cooked a Romani dish for the family. This week was Mămăligă.
Clark and Duke understood each other. Their powers might’ve been different but the sentiment all the same. They feel different, the odd one out from their family. Clark feels honored that Duke feels comfortable telling him this. He knows how much the bats and birds love their secrets.
There was a practice at Cass’s dance class that was optional but basically, all the parents and guardians attended and participated in. Unfortunately, Bruce took a hard hit as Batman and was unable to attend, which sucks since they’ve both been looking forward to it. Clark, who knows absolutely nothing about ballet, went into it nonetheless. Cass was unsure about this but Clark looked really excited to join so she said yes. He was terrible at it, as expected. Cass was smiling because he tried anyway. He was clumsy and stiff, and probably embarrassed but he still showed up and did all of their moves anyway.
Once they were done, they both recounted the experience all while laughing over greasy food and soda. Cass didn't have to say a word either all was in sign language, something she greatly appreciated.
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marlynnofmany · 9 months
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Hands-Free
“Are you going to want help installing all these?” I asked, opening another case of engine rings. I had no idea which part of the spaceship’s guts these actually went into; they were about three feet across, an inch thick, and made of some plasticky red stuff that was above my pay grade to define. All I knew was there was a lot of them, and we only had one engineer.
“No thanks,” grumbled Mimi, the octopus-looking guy with the voice like a gravel road. “This is a tentacles-only kind of operation.”
“Really? What’s the difference?” I was curious now. “Do you have to use specific tools, or reach into tight crevices?”
“Crevices,” he said, checking the label on the box. “These have to fit snug, and they go somewhere you people with fingers can never manage to reach.” He gave one ring a judicious whack against the floor, then tossed it back into the box.
I huffed in mock offense. “I’ll have you know I’m very flexible for my species.”
“Sure you are,” he chuckled. “Not your fault you’re held back by all those bones. And you only have two arms! I don’t know how you get by.” He started looping tentacles around the rings in a different box, gathering an impressive number of them.
“Just fine, thank you,” I told him. “Two arms is plenty.”
“Yeah? Carrying just a couple things at once? Must be a simple life.”
I took the hint, digging into the box for more rings. “Who says I can only carry two at once? Look how many I can fit over my nice long arms.”
“Yes, yes, good job. Put ‘em over there.”
“And I can hook them over my shoulders,” I continued as I deposited my armload where Mimi had pointed. “Heck, these are big enough that I could just stand inside a stack of them, and hold them all from the bottom. Oh! And—”
“Here, these too.”
“And,” I repeated, “I can even carry one without my arms or shoulders.”
“Yes, I know you have tiny fingers on your feet,” Mimi said, unimpressed.
“No, not like that!” I set down the other stack. “I’ll pick it up with my hands, then only touch it with my torso! Think I can do it?”
He struck a pose lounging on the floor with one tentacle against his head, looking dramatically bored. “Wow me,” he grated.
I hadn’t used a hula hoop since I was a kid, but I wasn’t going to let that stop me. With all the flair of a carnival magician, I grabbed a ring and lifted it over my head, braced it against one hip, then spun it and did my absolute best to keep it from falling.
I managed about three seconds, which I consider a major success.
Finally it hit the floor. “Ta-da!” I said, hands in the air.
Mimi got up and deadpanned, “Wow.”
“Ah, you’re no fun.”
“I’m sure that is immensely practical on a day-to-day basis,” Mimi said. “A fine consolation for being unable to reach around three-bend corners.”
“Oh sure,” I said, stepping out of the ring and picking it up again. “You can do that, but can you make this love you?”
I gave the ring an underhanded throw towards the hallway, with a twist to make it spin madly. It bounced twice, still spinning, then rolled back to my waiting arms.
A voice from the hallway shouted, “What was that?” Paint stuck her lizardy snout around the corner, and was utterly flabbergasted when I did it again. “How did you do that? Can you teach me?”
“See, she’s fun,” I said to Mimi. “Sure thing, Paint!”
“Well sure; she’s got fingers too.” Mimi waved a tentacle and went back to sorting the boxes while I showed Paint how to use vital engine components for childhood tricks.
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The ongoing backstory adventures of the main character from this book. More to come!
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dark-frosted-heart · 9 months
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Book of Memories ~ Clavis, Jin, and Sariel ~
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As usual, can’t guarantee 100% accuracy on this.
Clavis gets bullied
BOOM!
AAAAAHHHHHH!
(Ah...There goes two down a hole.)
Since coming to court, the sounds of explosions and screams have become apart of my daily life. Amazed by how adaptable people are, I stopped reading and headed toward the nose.
Jin: Are you two hurt?
The knights came out of the hole with the help of Jin. Besides them was Clavis, who was probably the one that dug the pit, and Sariel, whose brows were furrowed. Just an everyday sight.
Knight 1: Fortunately, the hole was filled with cushions so I'm fine. How about you?
Knight 2: Same. Thanks for your help.
Jin: I just lent a hand while you two were climbing out.
Clavis: You two must have cooled off now after falling down the hole. I'll see you two tomorrow.
Knights: Yes sir.
(Were the knights arguing?)
(An underhanded method to get them to make up, but it's expected from Clavis.)
Sariel: Prince Clavis will fill this hole up by himself. Everyone else can go about your own business.
Knights: Understood! Excuse us!
(Wow, they look so happy...)
I approach the three, as if replacing the knights that just hurried off.
Clavis: Emma, did you come to see who got caught in my trap? Unfortunately you're too late.
Emma: Actually, I thought I'd come help whoever fell in the pit.
Jin: Most people would stay away to avoid getting dragged in to trouble, but you're so sweet. I'll give you some candy for being a good girl. Here, give me your hand.
Emma: Thank you.
I hold my hand out and he gives me a lollipop. Sariel clears his throat and I’m pretty sure the increased tension’s not a part of my imagination.
Sariel: Prince Clavis, you already made a pit trap yesterday, didn’t you? Are you planning to unlevel this beautiful garden?
Clavis: It looks like our dear bureaucrat's vision is deteriorating so why don't I show you? Look at where I filled up a hole yesterday. It's as beautiful as it was before I dug it up. No unevenness here.
Emma: Wait, you're pointing at my feet. Did you dig a pit here yesterday?!
Jin: It's true that it's pretty level here. You're not just a master digger, but a master filler too.
Sariel: Prince Jin, please don't encourage him. He'll get carried away.
Jin: Getting carried away's a problem, but the hole's been nicely filled. Isn't that okay?
Clavis: Jin really is a wonderful older brother and partner in crime. I'll make some sweets for you next time.
Jin: I'll pass since Yves' making sweets. How about you make something as an apology to Sariel?
Sariel: If you'd like to know what it's like to step on thin ice, then by my guest. You don't feel sorry at all.
Clavis: Are you expecting me to?
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Sariel: ...
Emma: S-Sariel, please don't be angry. If you furrow your brows any further, you won't be able to get rid of the wrinkles.
Jin: If he can't get rid of them, I'll teach him how to massage them out.
Sariel: We should deal with the source of the wrinkles first.
Jin: Think you can do it?
(I don't think so...)
Clavis returns the stares with a proud smile and Sariel quietly pinches his brows.
Sariel: Intelligence increases with age, but I wish that his ability with traps remained that of a child's. Seriously.
Emma: As expected, he wasn't as powerful as a kid.
Jin: If he was this powerful as a kid, the castle would've been repaired more than 10 times over.
Emma: The thought of it is terrifying.
Sariel: There's no charm in falling into a trap you set yourself.
Emma: Own trap?
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Clavis: Oi, why'd you just say something like that to Emma? You did it on purpose, didn't you?
Sariel: Just some divine punishment.
Jin: That's quite a promotion from bureaucrat.
Clavis: Emma, forget what you heard. That's just a false memory of Sariel's.
Emma: Did you get caught in your own trap, Clavis?
Clavis: I've never seen you smile without any reservation or care like that before.
Jin: It was such a failure. I think it was his first time setting such a big trap.
Sariel: Yes, the trap suddenly malfunctioned and went off before it could be stopped.
Jin: The impact caused Clavis to slip, grab our clothes, and drag us into the pond together with a plop.
~~Flashback start~~
Sariel: You've done it now.
Jin: Hey, your glare's making Clavis cry.
Clavis: *sniff* I'm just pretending to cry. I'm just great at acting, okay! Damn it...Me, a genius, made this trap. I'm frustrated, but I'll definitely succeed next time. I'll keep going at it until I do!
Sariel: You caused so much trouble for others, yet you don't regret it at all?
Clavis: Eek
Jin: Hey, hey, don't actually make him cry. It's just child's play, isn't it?
Sariel: It's never too late to nip evil in the bud.
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Jin: Clavis, run! Sariel's serious!
Clavis: Run away!
Sariel: Hold it!
~~Flashback end~~
(Wow, I can just imagine it.)
Jin: As you get older, you want to reminisce.
Clavis: About people's failures?
Jin: It's a precious memory for me. There was some commotion after that and I didn't have time to rest.
Emma: I'm sorry Clavis, but I'd love to hear about your lovely memories too.
Clavis: If my own shame can make someone else happy...It can't be helped. I'll allow it.
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Sariel: Emma, would you like to hear about another memory?
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Clavis: We're ending it there!
Jin: Your tolerance went away in an instant.
Sariel: Fufu, must be a dark past he wants to forget about.
(It's rare to see Clavis so flustered.)
Suddenly, a casual question out of curiosity springs up.
(Sariel was Clavis' teacher, wasn't he?)
(He's probably the one that got to see the evolution of traps up close.)
(Even if they've improved over time, I think they could've been prevented in the first place...)
Sariel: At any rate, this trap was a little crude, even for you.
(Hm...?)
Sariel: I think you were pressed for time because there was too much room for just two men.
Clavis: You got a good eye. To begin with, I didn't have enough time to prepare. It would've been better to string them up.
Jin: But you'd need a tree large enough to hold two knights. It'd be hard to lure them to the right place, wouldn't it? Then how about-
(This...I've never seen this before)
It was unheard of for Sariel to start evaluating traps while in the middle of a lecture. And after hearing Jin's suggestion, started adding on to the ideas for new traps. Apparently I was unaware of the fact that this was part of the trio's daily life.
(So, rather than Sariel failing to prevent traps, he's just not trying to.)
(Then why...)
One question's answered and another pops up in its place.
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Clavis: ...
(Ah...)
For a moment, Clavis' eyes softened. That expression...
Clavis: Emma
Suddenly, our eyes meet when he calls my name and he pokes my cheek after closing the distance between us.
Clavis: You've got that smile on your face again. You've been thinking about me, haven't you?
Emma: Yes... I wanted to know more about your childhood memories, Clavis.
I unconsciously gave an answer different from what I had in mind, but it wasn't a lie. My reply made Sariel's smile widen and his shoulders shook slightly.
Sariel: How about I prepare for you the finest memories?
Jin: I won't lose to you.
Clavis: Those memories are all going to be related to my failures, aren't they.
Jin and Sariel: Of course.
Clavis: You two do nothing but harass me.
Jin: A big brother's love for his little brother.
Sariel: A teacher's love for his apprentice.
The looks of disapproval on Clavis' face makes us laugh out loud. There's no longer any traces of tension or lectures. Instead, a pleasant air seems to surround us.
(Jin and Sariel sound like they're joking, but they must be speaking the truth.)
(When I looked a Clavis just now, for the first time, I thought he was like a little brother.)
Clavis' relaxed expression showed me the happiness and trust that he couldn't hide.
(That's an expression you can only see when he's with the two of them.)
The relationship among the three revealed through traps warmed my heart.
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pacificwaternymph · 1 year
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Empires smp s2 Western AU
Lizzie is the town mayor who everyone knows is corrupt and definitely involved in some underhanded dealings, but nothing ever really gets done about it because her little brother Jimmy is the exasperated sheriff who keeps burning all the reports on her. He doesn't know how much longer he can keep doing this for her, but what is he going to do? That's his sister.
Most of the stuff Lizzie does under the table is really pretty harmless anyway, or at the very least doesn't affect the people of the town much, so they're mostly content to let her do whatever.
Sausage and Joel are couple who married for tax benefits, and accidentally adopted Hermes when they found him living under their porch like some kind of raccoon.
Lizzie takes great pride in being the fun "aunt" who teaches him swears and feeds him more sugar than he probably should have. She also won't stop flirting with Joel whenever she gets the chance.
"Aunt Lizzie taught me about tax fraud today!"
"Why does the mayor need to know how to commit tax fraud?"
Scott is the bartender with a really complicated, off and on relationship with Jimmy. It basically consists of flirting his way out of trouble because he's definitely a dealer in the black market and a lot of sketchy shit goes down at his bar.
Katherine is the daughter of the wealthiest man in town who moonlights as a vigilante, and Shelby is the town doctor who she keeps visiting in order to patch up the injuries she gets while out at night. Not so surprisingly, they are both crushing hard on one another.
Joey is a bandit whom Katherine regularly crosses paths with. He's a bit infatuated with her even though she is not interested in the slightest.
False is a reclusive engineer whose projects are... questionable at best. Everyone has just kind of learned to ignore the strange explosive sounds coming from her house.
Oli is a musician who plays at Scott's bar. Jimmy is convinced there is something up with that guy but he is in fact, not involved in the previously mentioned sketchy shit at all. He's shockingly oblivious to all of it, actually.
Fwhip is the town's deputy who really doesn't like Jimmy. They tolerate each other for the sake of their work but things tend to get complicated when you have to work with your ex-boyfriend on a daily basis. They try to avoid one another whenever possible.
Gem is a farmer who ran away from wealthy parents because she got bored with that life. She also works at a beekeeper. Basically the entire town's only food source.
Pixlriffs is an archaeologist who came out to study a new dig site and then realized that there were so many fossils out here he could spend the rest of his life here without running out. Whenever he's not out digging he's running the local library. Has the weirdest, most random collection of hyperspecific knowledge.
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Dig You A Grave
Inspired by @im-totally-not-an-alien-2
Part 6
(warning for language)
The Light was in shambles. Vandal Savage had no idea how all of his carefully laid plans came crashing down around him. Members were being hunted down and arrested. Somehow the Justice League had gotten a hold of their plans and files. Pieces of equipment and various items were gone. Someone or someones had even ratted out the Reach to the Guardians on Oa.
Black Manta had retreated to his underwater base. QueenBee returned her Country to Isolation and prepared for the oncoming political onslaught. Lex Luther was taken but pleaded that he was lied to about what his technology was being used for, the coward. All of them had gone to the wind, to save themselves. Savage could not blame them because he did the same, but being held in this U.N. cell gave him time to think.
He would get out of this and get his revenge on whoever was responsible for this.
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Earlier in the week
Tim was so confused. Something had tripped the alarm in his penthouse and when he arrived, there were stacks of files and documents on his coffee table. Sitting innocently on top was an old Young Justice comm and what looked like a note.
Hello Tim,
I thought you would benefit from these files. Maybe spread a little chaos. Take down a few villains. Who knows.
Sincerely,
Your friend Klarion, the Witch Boy
P.S. Don’t tell anyone it was me.
After reading the note he rushed over to his computer, and pulled up the footage from his camera. Checking the footage and there he was, Klarion and his familiar Teekl, standing in his apartment. He had waved his hand and the mounds of files appeared. He continued watching the tape until well after the Witch Boy had left. He quickly called Oracle, Batman and Zatanna for backup.
It took them hours to go over everything, once Zantanna cleared everything. After the initial surprise of what these documents were, had worn off everything was taken to the Batcave to be examined.
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At the emergency meeting Batman had called the next day, nearly everyone had shown up, even John Constantine.
Hal and the other Green Lanterns rushed in, panicked. “We know what happened on December 30th!”
“As do I, now take your seats so we can start.”
“No bats you don’t understand. We just finished talking to the Guardians and they told us about..”
“About The Light syndicate teaming up with the Reach to mind control the Justice League frame us for invading, so the Reach can invade Earth as retaliation, but not break the contract they signed with the Guardians of Oa.”
All members were shocked into silence. It was Guy Gardner who finally broke it. “Well, shit Spooky, is there anything you don’t know?”
“You can debrief us on what the Guardians told you later in the meeting. Now take your seats.”
The next few hours the heroes went over everything. By the time they were finished everyone was exhausted. Constantine stood up to leave like the others but was stopped by Zantanna. “We need to talk to you, and fate.”
“Bloody hell. Can I at least have a smoke break first?”
“Fine but meet us back here in five.”
“Alright.” Constantine shrugged her hand off and went off to enjoy a quick smoke. He thought something or someone was being omitted from the meeting, but now he knew it and whatever it is, is powerful and most likely magic. Fuck. He just finished a tough job and just wanted to crash at home.
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Klarion waited for Danny to meet him. The heroes had been busy with rounding up the remaining members of The Light. The press had been filled with all of the underhanded secrets. Politicians were debating on clone rights, and what to do about the Reach. Everything else has basically come to a stand still. He had been free to do as he wished and today he wanted to hang out with his new friend.
It wasn’t long before Danny came running up to him, slightly out of breath.
“Hey, sorry for keeping you waiting.” The blue eyed boy panted as he caught his breath.
“Your apology is accepted since you were only a minute late.” Klarion patted himself on the back for being so cordial. “So what shall we do today?”
“I was thinking of getting something to eat. Before that though. Sam, Tucker and I are going to ‘The Back to School Fest’ Friday. I was wondering if you wanted to join us. It’s not the most exciting but it’s held at the fairgrounds.”
Klarion raised a brow and looked down at Teekl. This didn’t sound all that fun and exciting but he didn’t want to scare off Danny … yet. Giving it another thought Danny had good taste in food so far, so maybe more tasty delights could be in his future. Looking back at Danny Klarion replied. “That sounds doable.”
“Awesome. I usually go to Nasty Burger but a new cafe just opened up near the bookstore. Sam says the selection is great.” (It had taken both Jazz and Sam the better part of an hour to convince Danny to not take Klarion to Nasty Burger right off the bat. If he was Amish, the Nasty Sauce would more than likely put him in a coma. Jazz is pretty sure it is low level toxic but no one listens to her.)
Danny grabs Klarion’s hand and heads off. It was a short walk to the little cafe and to the Witch Boy’s delight the establishment had a cat theme and was pet friendly. They were seated outside, ordering drinks, a few cat themed desserts (Klarion has a major sweet tooth.) and they even had a few tasty looking morsels for Teekl to try.
Opening the pastry box, an all too familiar voice calls out as Danny’s ghost sense goes off. “I am the Box Ghost and I am here for your confection containing cardboard.” Exploding out of the box, sending the food flying and looking down at the occupants of the table the ghost realizes just who was sitting there. “So the rumors are-”
“Why today Boxy?!” Danny growls, as he whips out the Fenton thermos, sucking the cardboard obsessed ghost into it. “Sorry about that. Amity has a bit of a ghost problem but don’t worry they mostly leave people alone. The only real issue is when it involves a ghost's obsession and when that happens Phantom shows up.” Nervous of Klarion’s reaction, he quickly stuck the thermos back in his bag. Taking a breath, he gathered the courage to look at his friend’s (date’s?) face and was shocked to see the gleeful expression.
“Oh this is wonderful. There are just ghosts that pop-up and cause chaos.” Klarion broke out into a fit of giggles. “This is so interesting you must tell me more.” Looking down the young Chaos Lord noticed the destroyed treats. “After we replace our snack.”
Danny was thankful that Klarion was finding all of this amusing. He was worried that the culture shock might send the other boy running. The halfa could build with this foundation. Slowly introducing new foods and technology, and maybe Klarion will start sharing more of himself too.
The afternoon flew by as Danny told Klarion the crazy ghost stories that happened in Amity, with some editing of course. Can’t have a secret identity if you tell people who you are.
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Klarin had enjoyed his afternoon with his new friend. Seeing another ghost and hearing Danny tell all of those wonderfully chaotic stories, made the Witch Boy curious about Amity. Instead of heading home, he decided to stay and see what mischief he and Teekl could find.
The first few hours were very boring for the two. If he didn’t know better he would have assumed that this was just another dull city full of mortals. It wasn’t until after the sunset that things began.
It started with a whistling sound that turned into an explosion, which was shortly followed by shouting. Klarion followed the sounds of battle, hoping to catch a glimpse of Phantom and whomever he was fighting. Maybe even challenge the ghostly hero to a fight, if he was lucky.
Following the battling ghosts path was easy for a Chaos Lord like himself. Deciding to stick to the shadows, Klarion watched on. He watched as a tall, buff ghost with a flaming green mohawk, chased down a ghostly teen. The younger of the two seemed unbothered by the projectiles being thrown at him or the threat of his head being mounted on a wall as a trophy. To Klarion the ghost he assumed to be Phantom, from Danny’s description, actually appeared annoyed and dare he say bored.
It wasn’t long before the self proclaimed greatest hunter was defeated, and was sucked into a thermos, just like the one Danny had. Now that the fight was over Klarion was able to get a good look at the ghost. It was unsettling how much he looked like his new friend, so much so that the Witch Boy decided to follow Phantom.
Still sticking to the shadows, they continued to watch as the ghost made his way around town, as if patrolling. It had gone back to being quiet and boring. Klarion was thinking of calling it and just confronting the ghost, when Phantom quickly ducked into an alleyway. Not wanting to miss anything, the Witch Boy followed.
Phantom had landed and began looking around as if to make sure everything was clear. Fed up with waiting, Klarion stepped out of the shadows but before he could say anything, two rings of light surrounded Phantom, and after a bright flash Danny was standing there.
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centuryberry · 2 months
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Shadowiceflower Adventures
Otherwise known as "Macaque's Extended Bachelor Party" or "What Happened While Wukong and Yue Were Away"
A Brief Summary: For once, Macaque doesn't just sit and wait for Wukong to come back home. Instead, he goes out with Shanzha and RinRin to make some memories and maybe leave a mark on the world.
Macaque, Shanzha, and RinRin last about one (1) week without Wukong and Yue before they break down and cry. They just miss them so much.
After a night of getting completely hammered together, RinRin gets the bright idea of going on an adventure - just the three of them. Macaque is reluctant to leave FFM but eventually agrees.
The three start small: They visit the Demon Bull Family first.
Everything is pretty chill until Red Son starts to lose control of his Samahdi Fire. Shanzha manages to ease the flames with her ice powers and buy Macaque and RinRin some time as they search for a specific flower known to help manage and repress demon powers.
Red Son is (temporarily) saved though the event makes PIF and DBK consider asking for celestial help since their son's abilities mostly come from the celestial side of the family.
The trio move on. They stop by a Demon Night Market so they can buy rare wares and trinkets for Yue and themselves.
RinRin meets an unpleasant Owl yaoguai and decides to steal their lantern so she can gift it to Macaque. This sets off a chain of events that gets the trio into trouble. They somehow get out of the ordeal intact and alive. Shanzha is upset at RinRin's riskiness but Macaque is moved by the gift.
From there, the trio decides to visit Macaque's homeland. The lands were ruined and ransacked and were a sad sight to see.
Macaque, Shanzha, and RinRin stay in the Macaque Spirit Clan's castle overnight and discover that it's haunted. Or, more like, RinRin is painfully aware that it's haunted while Macaque (part of the bloodline) and Shanzha (a shrine maiden) are oblivious until RinRin decides to deal with the ghosts.
Instead of putting them to rest, Macaque uses his new lantern to give the ghosts shadow forms. They now guard the lands, keeping outsiders out. They also acknowledge him as the current Macaque Spirit King.
Since the Spirit Macaque Clan territory is located between FFM and LoES, they use the land to gather all of the FFM soldiers and generals willing to throw down with some snow monkeys for sending a child bride.
Macaque, RinRin, and Shanzha enter the territory first to gather information and stir up some shit. RinRin and Shanzha give Macaque a makeover and sit back and laugh as LoES falls over themselves to impress and court Macaque.
Macaque gets the ego boost of his life. While he really doesn't have to do anything, he takes the initiative to learn from RinRin how to flirt and seduce. He also learns from Shanzha all the underhanded tricks that the residents of LoES might pull on him. He flourishes during his time there.
Though, in their information-gathering, the trio slowly realizes that there's a conspiracy afoot. They dig a bit too deep and are imprisoned by a clan leader who isn't as moved by Macaque's looks (unfortunately).
Enter: Nezha, who had been scouring everywhere to find the three so he could bring them up to Heaven. He breaks them out of jail and ends up getting tangled as the monkeys continue to unravel a concerning thread of thralls and followers of a Bone Demon.
Nezha was insistent that they come with him at first but then he saw the state of LoES firsthand and witnessed children's lives being threatened daily.
LoES child: "There's a God that Protects Children?"
Nezha: (devastated at their disbelief)
Nezha was onboard with helping after that. He was the one who would evacuate the children whenever the scheming trio upended a clan and dethroned its thralled leaders. Eventually, he was the one who led the charge against the Zodiac Monkey Clan when civil war broke out.
There's this one moment when Macaque enters the compound and finds the room Yue used to live in with Shanzha and RinRin. It was so small and bare and it broke his heart seeing it.
LBD's influence over the clan made it more hellish than it already was. Many of the clan members were all too happy to back Shanzha as the new heir and leader. Anything to escape LBD and Yishan's rule.
Shanzha and Yishan (the Thrall) engage in a one-on-one inheritance battle. Shanzha nearly takes his arm off with her arrows. Yishan nearly takes an eye out but scars her instead. The fight ends up as a draw because of Erlang Shen's entrance, forcing Yishan and LBD to flee.
Erlang Shen takes an exhausted Nezha and the Scheming Trio up to Heaven where they are reunited with Yue and Wukong.
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yuurei20 · 4 months
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Jade and Floyd Info Compilation part 14: Azul (pt5)
We have seen characters like Vil, Jade and Ruggie invoke Azul in order to get Floyd to cooperate with them.
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In addition to enforcing Azul’s contracts, Jade and Floyd also keep up surveillance on his behalf. They have voice lines encouraging the prefect to visit Azul if they are ever in trouble.
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Despite this apparent loyalty, Jade is quick to mock Azul when the opportunity arises: He comments on Azul learning from Kalim’s compassion in Book 4 and Azul responds, “You just had to get in a dig, didn’t you, Jade?.”
(Azul’s reaction is echoed by Vil in Vargas Camp 2, when Jade observes that the campers must have run off in the middle of the night in fear of Vil’s ire. Vil also says, “Even if a time of crisis you just have to get a dig in, don’t you?)
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During Vargas Camp 2 Jade also mocks Azul for his poor physical stamina and when Trey orders them to carry Grim and Vargas out of the mine, he grabs Grim and runs, leaving Azul alone to physically remove Vargas from the area (with the prefect).
Jade also forces Azul to dance in front of visitors during Halloween. 
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Jade tries to get an octopus plushie to pull his sled in the Harveston sled race and Idia observes, “Azul’s got it rough.”
Jade buys bluebird whistles for Floyd and Azul as souvenirs from Harveston, with Sebek wondering if they would even want to use “such cutesy little whistles” and Epel agrees it's hard to imagine them doing so.
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Jade encourages Azul to take dancing lessons from Jamil and Kalim and says, “When it comes to underhanded ploys, Azul at his worst still couldn’t hold a candle to that. That’s quite a feat, you know,” in reference to Jamil's betrayal of Kalim in Book 4.
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Jade says that he is looking forward to seeing Azul in action during Beanfest (Azul: “Patronize me while you still can”), comments on Azul being “closest to the bottom of the charts” in flight classes and when Azul says that he gets heartburn from watching Ruggie eat Jade responds, “I believe you could put him to shame if you felt so inclined” (Azul: “Not another word.”)
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When Jade’s group comes across a possessed Azul during Spectral Soiree that does not want to do anything but lie on the ground, eat, and sleep, Jade asks if they can’t keep him like his for a while as, “it’s so entertaining.”
Jade also laughs at Azul for being “gelatinous and rather…” in the water, and teases Azul about throwing himself into the depths of despair when Mostro Lounge hasn’t any customers.
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When Jade returns from a task for Azul where he temporarily worked as an assistant to Vil, he says, “Satisfying Vil was like child’s play in comparison to a certain someone I know. My stay at Pomefiore was like a well-deserved break. I must thank you for essentially giving me some time off.”
Azul responds, “Oh, you jokester, you.”
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[Teen Sprig and Maddie knock on Ivy’s door before being pulled in by Ivy]
Sprig: Whoa! What’s the big deal? Why’d you call us over so suddenly?
Ivy: I think I’ve figured it out. The worst secret in all of Wartwood, no, all of Amphibia! It took months of investigation, undercover work, digging through my mom’s stuff, making underhanded deals in the Bizarre Bazaar, seeking Dark Magic and asking Chuck but I’ve come to the only conclusion…
[Ivy flips a chalkboard revealing a conspiracy board with all the string going to a picture of One-Eyed Wally]
Ivy: One-Eyed Wally is my dad!
Maddie: Oof…you have my sympathy, Ives.
Ivy: Thanks, Madds. I of course don’t want to believe it but all of the evidence points to it and I’m 99% sure.
Sprig: Have you asked your mom and possible dad?
Ivy: Wally doesn’t know and my Mom never talks about it. Probably too embarrassed about having a kid with that bardic hobo. But once I present all of my evidence, my mom will have to tell me the truth or she’ll have me live my life thinking Wally is my dad.
Sprig: Well at least your grandpa’s rich then.
Ivy & Maddie: ……………………what?……………
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indigoishh · 3 months
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Hazbin Hotel x Volleyball
“The Devils”
✨Ideas and concepts✨
Ok so my idea is that Hell and Heaven are rival schools. but especially rivals in sports (specifically volleyball because that’s the only competitive sport i know)
I definitely think that Hell schools team name would be something like “The Pentagrams” or just “The devils” and Heavens could be like “The angels” or something else
Teams and Roles
The Devils
My idea is that this school is a public school but a medium sized one and most of the people know each other from pre-k
Lucifer
So Lucifer is Both the coach and Principal But after the first few weeks he basically stopped going to the practices and puts Charlie in charge 90%
I feel like he would only show up a week befor an away game to make sure we know what we’re doing
he definitely owns a duck themed store outside of school (Extremely popular with anyone who owns a jeep…if ykyk)
Charlie
Charlie is Team Captain but not because she’s the coaches daughter but because she’s a great leader and great at volleyball general
I can see her being really great at digging/bumping
And serving but she never really understood how to do overhand serves until recently
i feel like she’s a Junior
She would also be really big on helping plan team get togethers to help the team gain trust within eachother (If you don’t know that’s extremely important with any sport but especially with volleyball)
Definitely on A team
Alastor
Team manager so he doesn’t actually play the sport he just organizes and helps out when he can
Senior Vibes
Definitely forced Husk and Nifty to join volleyball
Helps out with planning rotations and plans any fun team get together outisde of school
Like for example after my volleyball tournament last year we had a huge pizza party and a barbecue and pool party the next day as a team
Also is i charge of doing stats and Advertising about home games
He definitely has a famous radio station where he advertises the games
And whatever else you can do on a radio station (music, murder podcast, blah blah blah)
He also holds the power of making the team run suicides, Charlie does not have this power
And he has, many times especially if they’ve lost to “The Vee’s”
Vaggie
I just know she’s super amazing at spiking and serving
Definitely plays defense too
The Libero
My idea is that she used to go to “Heaven” But she either left on her own terms or got kicked out/off the team
I’m going with she got kicked off for not being good enough (or grades cause school sucks)
Nifty
Freshman Vibes (The freshman this year UNHINGED OMG)
She’s related to Alastor in someway (Either his sister or close cousin
The Outside hitter/spiker in front row
She’s tiny so people don’t expect her to hit HARD or jump as high as she does
Also an amazing overhand server, especially for being like 4’8
Angel Dust
Spiker 100%
Have you seen his arms?? and how tall he is?? Tell me he wouldn’t be amazing at all parts in volleyball but especially Spiking setting and blocking
Hates Serving tho (he’s already serving cunt 24/7)
I don’t know why i just don’t think he would love serving, over hand or under hand
Met Husk through Volleyball, I feel like they would partner up for any of the warmups that requires two people
Sophomore or Junior i can’t decide
Husk
He says he hates volleyball but secretly loves it
Alastor has some sort of blackmail on him so he’s had to play for all four years
Senior
Outside hitter (Back) and still does underhanded serves
I feel like Alastor caught him smoking or bringing alcohol to school at some point, somehow got evidence over him and has held it uber his head ever since
I really can’t see him ever willing doing volleyball definitely a basketball guy if anything
Really great at Defense and Blocking
He’d have a really strong Overhand serve if he really wanted to he just prefers underhand
Sir Pentious
He didn’t join until like a bit later in the vb season (They still let him join because hey don’t even really have enough for an A and B team)
Underhand server
A Bumper and The right side front hitter
Decently new to Volleyball so he doesn’t exactly understand the sport
A sophomore but he’s a new student for this year, joined about a month in the volleyball season
Cherry Bomb
It took Angel a lot of convincing to get her to play Volleyball in high school
She also didn’t join until the second semester
(I’m making volleyball a year long sport because i can and i want to)
I feel like she did Volleyball from 6th-8th grade but stopped in Highschool, which is why they were okay with her joining so late (again they barley have enough for an A and B team)
She’s a setter and really great at over hand serving
I’ll add more later for “The angels” and try to make the V’s into a volleyball team if anyone is even interested in thisss
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spacedace · 8 months
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It wasn’t a matter of greater good. It was a matter of preservation. Of protection. Of digging through the filth to find the threats skittering beneath and crush them with ruthless abandon. Of facing a god and not blinking because if you did it could cost the world. Of doing what needed to be done, no matter how underhanded or atrocious it was. Hands dirty. Hands red. Hands wrapped tight around the throat of something that could threaten to destroy it all.
Enter Amanda Waller.
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terriblygrimm · 6 days
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this is petty and i truly do support love for them in any form, but can PLATONIC zukaangers please not tag their posts with “platonic zukaang” or “platonic though make sure you know i mean platonic!!!!! PLATONIC!!!!!” like zukaang is the ship name.
& this isn’t a dig abt posts who talk abt their friendship, or meta, or obviously understand the depth of the show and their characters - i’m referring to ppl who HAVE to say/clarify that they mean STRICTLY PLATONIC and in no way would ever mean or insinuate romantic don’t ever infer romance between these two you sick freaks shady posts. like pls. if you mean that & are utterly terrified/disgusted with the possibility of ppl interpreting your post in a NOT platonic way, don’t tag your post with the SHIP NAME.
you’re not the fandom police and nobody cares abt your underhanded purity callouts. let ppl have fun and enjoy things in their own way.
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